Is It Just Me? - #157: Snap The F**K Out Of It

Episode Date: August 28, 2023

Gina Liano is our long-awaited guest this week ✨ PLUS the Hobby Hunt officially kicks off, with thanks to Scout Pilates + Yoga.   In this episode: Churi’s first sexual health check (09:49) How many syllables are in ‘Vampire’? (16:38) Unfriending people on Facebook (21:25) Gina Liano joins us (26:59) ‘Hobby Hunt’ officially begins! (48:53) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (1:08:51)   Hit us up: @coupleofmitches Send us a text: 0422 948 202See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of Mitches. Hello you. Hello you. Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. So what is the plan with this guy you've been chatting to on Grindr? Are you going to pork him this weekend? No, I've got dinner with Rebel Wilson this weekend so I can't.

Don't you hate it when you've got a Grindr hookup but you have to go to dinner with Rebel Wilson? If I had a dollar. Now here's Mitch Tully and Mitchell Coombs. Hello you. Hello you. How was your dinner with Rebel Wilson, may I ask? Well, there was pork involved, but it wasn't the kind that we're all hoping for. It was lovely.

Yeah, it was very nice. Great time with Rebel. She's very lovely. You're being vague. Was there an NDA involved? No, there wasn't. But it was very much insinuated that what is said at dinner stays at dinner. I've never been to dinner with a Hollywood elite. She is so famous, people stopped and asked for photos multiple times throughout the meet. I was laughing like, oh my god, this is so bizarre. But then everyone else was like, this is normal

and you just keep on eating and then wait for her to sit back down and then don't acknowledge it. It's a very weird thing. So she's nice. She gets the photos. She's nice. She gets the photos. She was like, Mitch, let's get in the photo.

Let's get a group photo. She's absolutely lovely and just a normal person. And I'm like a fan. So I was like, this is so cool to have dinner with you. Then the most awkward part was she offered to pay. And I was like, oh, no, a multimillionaire Rebel Wilson. I couldn't possibly let you. Oh, you've already done it.

That's okay. And then she goes, do you have cash? Just give me cash. I'm like, no, Rebel Wilson, I don't have cash. I'm really sorry. Was she kidding? No, no, no. I mean, you know, she's not there to pay for my food.

Fair. That's true. It was good. You've got to stay rich somehow. No, that's very true. That's how the rich stay rich, you know, she's not there to pay for my food. Fair. That's true. It was good. You've got to stay rich somehow. No, that's very true. That's how the rich stay rich, you know. They just keep their cash. But she was so lovely and so warm and I really enjoyed it.

But no porking for me. No, I had to choose. Rebel or a porking? And I went with rebel. What does she look like? Because I always get a real shock when I'm reminded that she's in her 40s. She bloody doesn't look like it. To me, she's still that teenager on The Wedge.

Oh my God. Oh my God, The Wedge. That's such a good show. I remember The Wedge. Yeah, and she played that character where she would sit in her bedroom and talk to a webcam. On a webcam, yeah. But no, she was so lovely. She looks so young and her skin is like porcelain. Like it's white. It is very similar to Prizekeeper Jenna who's here. Hello, Jenna. Hello.

It's like she's got just perpetually beautiful skin that just doesn't age. She looks like a porcelain doll like you. Thank you. That's true. I've never noticed a blemish on Jenna's face. She doesn't wear makeup or anything and yet it's just clear. You are porcelain-esque, aren't you, Jenna? I try my best.

You do have beautiful skin. We spoke about this last week. You have a lovely skin. Actually, you know what happened that was really awkward? Was that we got there and this restaurant is called Sake in Sydney and it's gorgeous. Japanese, very fancy restaurant. And I,

it was like the restaurant of my last relationship. We'd go for every birthday, every anniversary, every Valentine's Day. So I know the staff there. Anyway, I sit down and the waitress comes over and brings Rebel to the table and she goes, Rebel, Mitchell's already sitting. And she's like, oh, do you guys know each other? I'm like, you know his name. And the waitress

turns to Rebel Wilson and says, oh yeah, Mitch was a bastard of a customer four years ago, was so rude to my face that I thought I'd never speak to him again but then he won me over in the next few visits because he comes here a lot.

But he was such a prick when I first met him. Anyway, enjoy your night. To Rebel Wilson! No. What the hell happened that first visit? Well, it was the first Valentine's Day with Hayden in the early days, and I was like, oh, I'm going to impress this boy and big note myself. So I ordered a table and they were booked out,

so they put us at the bar and I put up a big stink. I'm like, no, I ordered a table. This is ridiculous. This is a terrible service. And they're like, sorry, you they put us at the bar, and I put up a big stink. I'm like, no, I ordered a table. This is ridiculous. This is a terrible service. And they're like, sorry, you have to eat at the bar. And I was like, no, I demand a table. Anyway, the waitress remembered that. Oh, my God.

Isn't that bad? I feel like I remember you telling that story on the podcast because I would have asked how was your first Valentine's Day. I can't believe that stuck with her, you being a little diva. Oh, my God, probably, yeah. Yeah, anyway, she likes me now because I told her that we broke up and he was a bastard in the end end and she gave me a free martini how full circle i love that yeah anyway it was good it was good how was your weekends mitchell

you're coming to us from live from bogengate yeah i'm just back at home on the farm although right now how does my audio sound because i'm actually sitting in the Bogengate pub in the manager's office because I said to Kerry, the manager, who was absolutely gorgeous. You guys would love Kerry. Yeah. I said, can I use one of the motel rooms, if it's not booked, to record the podcast? Because there's better Wi-Fi and reception in town. And she said, oh, well, they're not carpeted. It'll be too echoey. So, you can use my office. So, I'm in the manager's office, but it's right next to the kitchen. So, I don't know if you can hear it but there's literally people chopping

deep frying sizzling all right next to me so i don't know if you can hear that i thought they were just the sounds of the country i thought they were just local animals and hitting around wombats being run over on the on the freeway so you're in he's in a big leather chair jenna look he's like in the is you're in someone's office. It's so professional. I am in the manager's chair. Look, the filing cabinet, everything. Fence.

What's on the desk? Literally nothing. I don't know if she's cleared it for me, but I've got access to the security cameras up here so I can keep an eye on everyone. Oh, my God. Is it full? What's going on at this time of day?

Let me have a look. Oh, that's me. I was like, oh, there's someone sitting alone. No, that's me. It's a gorgeous woman upstairs in the office. I still need to drag you two to Bougainvillea one day. I actually think, Mitch, you would love it because everyone has your energy where they're all willing to stop and chat. It's true. Oh, that's heaven for me. That is absolute heaven. What do you mean? They just talk? Yeah. Everyone's down for a yarn. And even in traffic, if someone's letting you go,

a pedestrian crossing or whatever, or in the car park and it's all full and someone's letting you go, they do it with a warm smile and everyone's just so lovely. I just think you would froth it. Well, I've loved all your content, like you on the truck and with the dog and then the barley and the sheep. Oh, it's been very fun to watch. It's in your DNA.

Literally. I mean. Yes. Is it though? Do I look like I belong on a farm? I don't know if it's really my natural habitat, but. Oh, God. Well, listen, you've been good, Jenna?

What's been happening with you? Nothing. No. Nothing at all? No, nothing at all. Mitch, Jenna and I are competing on our Apple Watches. We're competing for calories, not calories, but the most exercise done in a week.

And Jenna was beating me and I'm doing like 10 kilometres a day. I don't know how that works. Mitch, I got a notification at 11 o'clock last night because I bumped up in the lead. What the hell have you been up to, Jenna? Yeah, I got a notification. Jenna completed one exercise and I said, this will be fantastic. What has she done? A late night walk? No, I

tap it. Jenna just completed rolling. What? Rolling? Rolling. She had a fall. I don't know why it said rolling. Care to explain that, Jenna? Yeah, I was doing Peloton stretches and for some reason it's through the Peloton app and

I don't know why Apple confuses that with rolling. I didn't even know rolling was an option. Jen, it was embarrassing. You chose it. And the animation, Mitch, on Apple Watch, there's animations for running and there's animations for rowing and there's a little emoji doing it. And then for rolling, there was just nothing.

It was just the letter R because there's no possible way an emoji could actually show what that is because it's stupid. It's quite pathetic. Pathetic. Listen, don't knock it until you try it. The idea of rolling sounds like going back to our childhood. Next hobby hunt we do, we're going to the top of a grass hill and rolling down.

That's our new hobby. Oh, my God. We're rolling down. All right. I can get around that. I can get around it. Actually, that would be really bad for your brain illness. It'd be shocking.

It would end me. But great content. Great for the content. That's actually a good segue. Yes, today on the show, Mitchell, it is the first annual Hobby Hunt. Not annual. Oh, inaugural. Inaugural.

That's the word I'm thinking of. Shit. Or maybe. Who knows? Inaugural. Yeah. Yeah. I dragged you guys along to the Pilates studio I go to to join in on one of my bar classes

and we'll be bringing that to you today. There'll be a video on our Instagram as well at Couple of Mitches. Keep an eye out around Monday afternoon if you want to see us see us suffer in a way oh my god this video is going to be incredible mitch put me in a dumb outfit and i happily obliged um and we all all three of us completed a bar class at mitch's pilates studio and we'll play the audio later in the show but um and give you the verdict as to whether or not we'll give it a go as a real hobby which i I'm not sure what your verdict is yet. I'll tell you later on. When we get to the hobby, Han, I'll tell you because I've been mulling it over, giving it thought. And also today, our special guest, Gina Liano. Finally, we had to record this ages ago. They kept it under wraps

because we were on her podcast and they were very secretive. They didn't want people to know that she was doing a podcast. But yes, of course, Gina is the Real Housewives of Melbourne star, my absolute favourite on that show. If you don't know much about Gina, not really familiar with her work, I'll fill you in later. She's a fascinating woman. Oh, God, she's absolutely incredible and she's so savage. And the chat with her is actually very nice.

So I can't wait for people to hear that. So that's coming up. So is Hobby Hunt. If it is your first time listening it's is it just me every week we start the show the same way with uh something we've noticed something we hate or appreciate mitch doesn't know my egem i don't know his and we we chat that's what the show is yeah mine's a far cry from last week's is it just me which was a group therapy session i can assure you that this week's is it Just Me is nothing like that. It's just a very stupid thing I've noticed. Oh, my God, mine?

Well, I might go first because mine is a first that I've had in my life. I've never done this before in my life and it's something that everyone does or many people do, especially single adults, and I had my first ever and it was beyond awkward. Should I just jump in? Should I start? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Spit it out.

I'm curious. I want to know. Here we go. Is it just me or? Are you supposed to do the anal swab in your own sexual health check or does your GP do it for you? You do your own, darling. Okay. So I've got a different kind of doctor then.

Uh-huh. What? Okay. Wait, what? That explains. That's interesting then. Let me just write that down. The doctor doesn't do it.

Wait. I'm going to just write that. Your doctor did it? Are you fucking saying what I think you're saying? Well, here's the thing. I have never in my life had a sexual health check. And don't freak out. I am lazy.

But I was in a monogamous relationship, what I thought was monogamous, for five years. And it was great. And before that, I was sleeping with women. And my ex was my first male partner. So I kind of went into that. So I haven't had to get one. So now that I'm single and I'm entering a whole new era of my life, I was like, well, I better get a sexual health check

so I can start with a clean baseline and then we can work from there. So I went to my GP and I didn't go to a sexual health clinic. I've got a great GP. He's very young. He's very cool. He's a nice guy. He deals with my brain. He knows all my conditions.

So I'll just ask obviously very comfortable around you too holy well very comfortable so i sat down and he goes mitch how are you you look great you've lost weight i went yeah you went very very impressed let's do your bloods and and just see where everything's at cholesterol and whatever and i said awesome while i'm also here um can we discuss um getting a sexual health check because i'm single and um and i'm you know I'm, you know, I'm going to start getting out there. And he's like, oh, yeah, of course, no worries.

He's like, all right, here's the wee cup. You've got to do a wee. I'm like, I've actually never done one before. This is my first one. And he's like, oh, okay, so you've got a wee in this cup. I'm like, okay, cool. He's like, I've also got to swab your mouth. I'm like, okay, great.

Ah, tongue out, mouth open. Ah. So he swabbed my mouth. And he went, okay, we'll just get tongue out, mouth open. Ah. So he swabbed my mouth and he went, okay, we'll just get you up on the bed for the anal swab. And I went, oh, oh, there's an anal swab. And he's like, yeah, yes, there is an anal swab. And I was like, okay, are you going to do that or am I going to do that? And he's like, oh, well, you've never done it before,

so I can provide that if you want. I want to make sure we have to get a correct sample. He doesn't have much faith in your intelligence. It's pretty fucking self-explanatory. Well, that's what I said. He's like, oh, you've never done it? You won't figure it out. I'll do it.

I was like, there's only one way for it to go. And I was like, I'd feel more comfortable if I could do it. He's like, okay, well, you've got to do it right. I'm like, okay, well, then show me. So then he had this diagram. He was putting it in his hand and showing me. So I was like, I'd feel more comfortable if I could do it. He's like, okay, well, you've got to do it right. I'm like, okay, well, then show me. So then he had this diagram. He was putting it in his hand and showing me. So I was like, okay. So then I went and did it myself like an adult.

But I felt so shamed because it's almost like he wanted to do it. He did want to do it. And he didn't. I didn't let him. Yeah, we're not sure. But I got my results back today, guys, and I'm clean. I'm all good. I've got absolutely him. Yeah, well, nor should you. But I got my results back today, guys, and I'm clean. I'm all good. I've got absolutely nothing.

Good. It is hard, though, when it's a doctor and it's like, is this inappropriate what they're doing or is it fine because they're a doctor? Because to this day, I remember this one time when I was 14 and I had Crohn's disease, which is a bowel fucking disease. Bowels. I just need you to remember that, okay? Bowels.

I'm picturing that, yep. Mum took me to some paediatrician and we were dealing with the Crohn's disease stuff and then he randomly goes, all right, up on the bed. And then he pulls out this necklace of sorts, but every bead, it started with tiny beads and then got bigger. And then he goes, right, pants off. I'm going to feel your balls and find out which size bead you're currently

comparable with to see where you're at with your growth. And I was like, is that really necessary? I don't understand what my balls have to do with Crohn's disease. And both mum and I were just kind of like, I mean, I guess it's fine. Good that the doctor. Did you say that or were you too scared to bring that up? Oh, well, I didn't say anything, but I was quietly seething at mum and I've never let her forget it to this day because for some reason I was so body conscious as a kid.

I didn't want to go to the doctors at all when I noticed that I had tummy problems. I was like, I don't want to go to the doctors because they're going to look at my bits, you know, I'm too body conscious. I don't want that. And mum goes, Mitchell, it's obviously something wrong with doctor's because they're going to look at my bits, you know. I'm too body conscious. I don't want that. And mum goes, Mitchell, it's obviously something wrong with your bowels. They won't look at your bits. First fucking paediatrician appointment, he's fucking groping my balls. Touches your bits.

Yes. I was like, to this day, I never let mum forget it. I'm like, hey, remember that time you promised they wouldn't touch me? They did. Wait, were they of appropriate size for the year and age? Well, I was 14 and had not one pube on me, so probably not. He was like, yeah, you're a bit of a late developer. Oh, my God.

What an awful doctor. Yeah, that's terrible. Was it an older person? No, he would have been like maybe. I imagined him to have like a baby at home. That's the age he was. Got it. Okay, yeah, I get that.

Yeah, I see. Right. Well, the age he was. Got it. Okay. Yeah, I get that. Yeah, right. Well, that's very questionable. Who are these doctors getting off on putting things in people's butts and touching prepubescent balls? Well, that's the other thing. I told mum that I was nervous and body conscious about showing off my private parts and she promised that wouldn't happen. Three colonoscopies later, shoving tubes up my ass.

Yeah. So I definitely had to bear all. Well, listen, if you're out there and you've never had a sexual health check, go get one. It's great for you. And if they ask to squeeze your nuts, say no. No. Don't touch me nuts.

Oh, I also got a prescription for PrEP, guys. Oh, you did, did you? Yeah. Well, I haven't filled it or anything. I haven't got it, but I just had the conversation and, you know, PrEP is the anti-HIV drug, which is fantastic. And I'm like, yeah, give me that prescription so I can keep it in my top drawer if I want it, if I want to go out there and get on it.

So I haven't filled it yet, so to speak. But, you know, it's there if I need it. It's good to have. I saw this thing on Troye Sivan's Instagram story once. He had a handful of Metamucil tablets, which, you know, if you're engaging in gay sex, come in handy so that you don't shartle over someone. And he took the Metamucil at the same time as PrEP.

And the photo said, this medication keeps me gay. But then all these people pointed out to him, Troy, you're not supposed to take Metamucil at the same time as any other medication because it'll also absorb that medication because that's the whole point of Metamucil to just like absorb everything into a glob so that you've got hard stool. And so apparently it means that the medication doesn't actually dissolve or some shit. And so just a warning, don't take Metamucil at the same time as PrEP.

Oh, my God, I take Benefiber every morning. Interesting. Just don't take it with it. Thank you, Mitchell. Which I think that might also explain why whenever I have some Metamucil at the same time as my ADHD meds that I'm suddenly really drowsy all afternoon. The fucking Metamucil robbed me of it. Oh, my God.

Good point. Fuck you, Metamucil. Yeah. Homophobic. Yeah. Fibre. Who needs it? Disgusting.

All right, Mitchell. Want to do your regimen? Sure. Let's go. Is it just me or? Are you a bit confused about the word vampire? I've never thought about it, no. I don't really struggle with it.

Neither. What do you mean? Me either. Until recently because you know that Olivia Rodrigo song, you've probably played it a million times on the radio, called Vampire. Yeah, yeah, Vampire, this one. The way you saw different parts, you suck your teeth into me. Oh, it's so good

It's been my breakup song I've been screaming this I'm so glad you didn't play the radio edit That bleeps out fame fucker It's so much better Yeah The dirty one Totally

But anyway the reason I'm confused About the word vampire Is because on Instagram the other day I saw something It was actually from your mates Mitch at Nova Totally. But anyway, the reason I'm confused about the word vampire is because on Instagram the other day, I saw something. It was actually from your mates, Mitch, at Nova. The Rivals. Competition radio station in here in Sydney, yeah.

Yes, I would never listen, but it was on Instagram. So I saw something from Nova where they edited Sherrilyn Barnes saying the word vampire in an Aussie accent into the Olivia Rodrigo song just for shits and geeks. And then Ricky Lee proceeded to make fun of how many syllables Sherilyn Barnes used in the word vampire. And I'm like, I'm pretty sure Sherilyn's saying it correctly. Wait. Sorry, just listen to the bit from the radio. What?

Okay. Is this from Nova? Vampire. Huh. That was close. Vampire. Vampire. That was close. Vampire. Vampire. I like the way she says it.

Yeah, me too. Vampire. Vampire. So many syllables. Vampire. Right. But that's got me questioning, how many syllables does the word vampire have in it? Because if you listen closely, Olivia Rodrigo does say it with two syllables, which to me is just fucking incorrect.

Okay, hold on. This is Olivia Rodrigo saying vampire, mate. Vampire. See? Oh, it's just two. Vampire. Vampire. But if I were to say it, vampire. Yeah, I would say vampire. There you go. To me, vampire is three syllables.

Vampire. Yeah. Like, vampire is one syllable, surely. Like, the R isn't one syllable. Vampire. Oh, fuck. See, this is why I'm confused. Vampire. It just sounds wrong to say it with one syllable. You try it.

You try and say it with one syllable. Oh, fuck. Vampire. It sounds wrong. That just sounds like some prude hoity-toity posh bitch saying vampire Vampire See, it sounds fucking wrong Vampire

Why did we go to the mall so I can pop into David Jones and Ma? It just sounds too hoity-toity if you lose a syllable It's Maya Yeah, you're right I'm going to Europe in August I'm not using cash to buy it. I'm using frequent flyer points. Yeah, it's too posh.

Frequent flyer. You guys know of any limos I can hire? No, it's awful. No, it's terrible. Jenna, look at your tits. They look great. Do you have a new underwear? You're preaching to the choir.

Can you help me change my tie? It's so posh. See, it's just fucking wrong. It sounds dire. Jenna, we need you to go into the enemy's base and we need you to talk to the boss, okay? Okay. And we need you to wear a waa.

All right. That's ridiculous. Jenna, you must be approaching the age where you're ready to retire. You are. You need to quit. Jenna, you must be approaching the age where you're ready to retire. You are. You need to quit. Yeah, I am. Yeah, you need to quit. But you can understand my confusion, right?

Like how many syllables are in the word vampire? I think three. Yeah, no, I think two still, to be honest with you. Yeah, vampire. But you just said it with three. Vampire. Yeah. But to me that's two.

Vampire. No, but vampire. Vampire. No, because ah isn't a syllable. Vampire. So would you say that fire is one syllable? Fire. Fire.

Yes, I would. No. Fire. There's clearly two syllables in that. Fire. It's two. Because if you say it with one, you're just going to sound like a posh bitch. Fire.

A fire. No, vampire is two syllables. I've Googled it. Yeah, but that's American. I just can't be right. Vampire. Oh, it's a question. I've Googled it. Yeah, but that's American. I just can't be right. Oh, it's a question. Everyone's talking about it.

Vampires has three syllables, right? Mm-hmm. Depends on accent is what people are saying. If you add a draw, you get two. Vampire. I just can't accept that it's two anywhere. It sounds wrong if you say it within the two. I just, at the end of the day, am not going to lose sleep over it. Well, I'm not losing sleep over you getting an STI test,

but we're fucking talking about it. Well, once you take a mental image of it, fuck me, you'll have trouble dozing off. Is it just me? That's enough of these two. Now let's hear, and is it just you? Okie dokes. Yeah, you won a free prize. Hit us up in the DMs. Couple of these two. Now let's hear, and is it just you? Okie dokes. Yeah, you won a free prize.

Hit us up in the DMs. Couple of Mitches. You can send us a text as well. Mitch, are you well-versed in our new and improved IJM line? Yeah, I know it off by heart. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Give me a second. 0412.

Oh, no, that's the old one. That's the old one. Oh, no. Oh, no. Hold on. Mitchell! Fuck! Yeah, we've got a brand new text number, everyone, so forget the old one. I need to delete the old one. That's the old one. Oh, no. Oh, no. Hold on. Mitchell! Fuck! Yeah, we've got a brand new text number, everyone,

so forget the old one. I need to delete the old one too, clearly. 0422 948 202. Fantastic. Yes. Now, you can text us and is it just you of your own? It's like our own idioms, but it's something that you've noticed you hate or appreciate.

Today, coming to us from Moran Bar in Queensland, it's Jared. G'day, Jared. Hey, guys. Hello. Hello. How are you, mate? Doing pretty good, pretty good. We're getting, Mitch, a lot of straight clients.

Sorry to assume your sexuality, Jared, but we're getting a lot of the... No, I'm talking to wife and kids. Wife and kids. I love it, Mitch. Cool. I've only just discovered your podcast in the last month and I've caught up. I've started about episode 140, but then I went back to start. I'm up to about episode 30 now.

Wow. Isn't that crazy? Love it. Oh, I love that. Do you have long drives or anything as part of your job? Is that how you're squeezing it all in? Yeah, yeah, yeah, basically, yeah. What do you do?

I'm a massage therapist. Oh, cool. When I said that there's long drives with the commute and that's how you listen to all the podcasts, I thought you were like a truckie or something, but massage therapist. I like that. Oh, like where I am, like if we need to go to a major town,

it's like two hours away. Oh, wow. I do that pretty frequently. So it's four hours in the car, yeah. Is there a huge demand for massage therapists in Moran Bar? Yeah, I'm awesome. I love that. I love that. I can imagine.

But the fact that someone's getting a deep tissue massage listening to us potentially or in their ears or their massage therapist is listening to us is so funny to me. I know. I don't listen while massaging but even in between clients or anything like that. Give it a go. We could be pretty fucking relaxing.

We could. I'll be pretty fucking relaxing. We could. Or put my AirPods in. Yes, true. All right, Jared, Bradley or Kat, you win. Then hit us with your regim, okay? Awesome. Is it just me or?

Do you unfriend people on Facebook on their birthday? That's so savage. What do you mean? Elaborate on that. Why on birthdays? Because it comes up, you know, such and such birthday, and if I can't be bothered writing on their wall or wishing them happy birthday, I'm like, what, I need to have you on my Facebook. And chances are you could have forgotten that they existed

until Facebook reminded you. Yeah. And then if I was, you know, if I'm going to write on their wall to go, oh, happy birthday, I'll keep them as a friend. But if I don't want to keep them as a friend, I just unfriend them on their birthday. It's like a handy little reminder from Facebook. That's so funny.

No, I'm completely with you. I do the same thing. It's quite clever. It's not birthdays, but, like, say, for example, a girl that I went to school with has announced that she's getting engaged to her rat-faced boyfriend. I will go, fantastic, happy for you, but goodbye, and I will unfriend her.

It's so funny. I also find Facebook memories quite helpful because it'll bring up something that I wrote as a status in like 2010 and I'm like, thank you so much for reminding me. Now I'm going to delete that. I don't want any track record of that. Delete, for sure. Drunk status updates at 2 a.m. or anything like that.

Oh, my God, no. It's so bad. I was looking at mine and I used to check into the classes that I was at in high school. I'm like, Mr. Schmorfeld's math class, pop quiz. Like, what the fuck? So embarrassing. That's leading Predator straight to you.

Yeah. No, but I think I did that too. I used to be like, science class now, hate it. Totally. Yeah, Mitch, you're not Predators. I wasn't like, nude in science. My prepubescent penis is on the Bunsen burner. I need someone to ravish me.

No, it wasn't. It wasn't all that. Oh, that's funny. But you know what? Fuck Facebook. I'm over. The only reason, and this is true, I'm still on Facebook, is to connect with our listeners, is to connect with the idiots.

I would have deleted it if it weren't for them and Facebook Marketplace. Yeah. I have a couple of Facebook accounts for pages and stuff, but that's the only reason why I would have Facebook. Yeah. That's the only reason I'm still on there because I've got a hugely popular Facebook page. So anyone who doesn't follow me there already, you better.

I do love you, Coombs. I've been watching your videos for a few years and when I found your podcast, I was like, oh, have to, have to. Oh, you better. Oh, that's nice. I'm so glad you checked it out. I'm glad you're loving it. Yep, definitely. You're a good man.

Well, message Jenna on Instagram. We'll get you a prize. Okay, buddy? Awesome. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. What a good man. We'll message Jenna on Instagram. We'll get you a prize. Okay, buddy? Awesome. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. What a good man. No worries.

Good to chat to you. You can hit us up too on a couple of Mitch's slide into the DMs and we'll get you on and we'll get you some free shit. Yeah. Yeah. Nice. What's his name, Jared? Yeah.

Oh, good. Yeah, I thought so. I know. I noticed when you said thank you, you kind of went, thank you, mate. And then you did the same thing. I was hoping you were going to say his fucking name. No, because then I couldn't remember either. I couldn't remember.

But it is Jared. That's what I said. I've got to say, do you know what it is? And I do this all the time. Deep down, I knew his name was Jared, but I had this split second of doubt where I was like, oh, actually, I don't want to get it wrong and look like a fuckhead, so I just won't say anything. Whereas normally you're the opposite where you'll just confidently say any name, even if it is wrong.

Thanks for coming on, Jacob. You're a good man, buddy. Good man. Keep up the massages. So true. Thanks, Geraldine. Thanks, Geraldine. No worries, Cobb.

All right, now a moment we've been waiting for for a long time. Like we said at the start of the show, this is an interview that we recorded months ago and we weren't able to even talk about it. We weren't able to say who it was with because it was off the back of her project that was unannounced. But finally we can say Mitch and I sat down with the one and only Gina Liano from the Real Housewives of Melbourne.

I've been waiting for this for so long. Oh yeah. So exciting. First, we sat down with her to record her podcast, Judge Gina, which they were keeping under wraps. They wanted it to be a big secret, a big announcement. And so Mitch and I had a dispute that Gina was going to mediate.

And so immediately after we recorded her podcast, we borrowed a bit of her time to record something for our podcast. So you're going to have to head along, search Judge Gina, wherever you get your podcasts. It'll be out Monday. If you're going to have to head along, search Judge Gina, wherever you get your podcasts. It'll be out Monday. If you're one of our early birds listening on a Sunday night, go check it out tomorrow. It's out on the Monday.

But, yeah, Judge Gina, she settled a dispute for us. I wouldn't say settled. Can we just put that out there? No, I don't think that it was settled at all and I was very unhappy and I've gone to the Supreme Court because I like it to be overruled. Let me just say this. Mitch ripped me off. Oh. settled at all and I was very unhappy and I've gone to the Supreme Court because I'd like it to be overruled. Let me just say this. Mitch ripped me off and I was seeking compensation.

Did not rip him off. It was a fair deal and he brought it to the court of Judge Gina and she just felt pressured by him because she was scared by him. But I'm not going to tell you the outcome. You'll have to listen and make it up for yourself. Did you notice all the comments a couple of weeks ago when we did talk back to you live when we announced that we were doing the crossover with judge gina's podcast they were like well that podcast won't fucking last the idgim curse will strike again because every time we collaborate with another podcast they end up going under oh my

god that's so funny that's true well this is her first and debut season so potentially could be the last we could have sabotaged imagine if our episode was the very last one that she It's so funny. That's true. Well, this is her first and debut season, so potentially- Could be the last. Could be the last. We could have sabotaged it. Imagine if our episode was the very last one that she ever did. Well, we're going late in the run, so you never know. Yeah, that's true.

You never know. We could have cursed her. But yeah, if you don't know who Gina Liano is, she was one of the Real Housewives of Melbourne, which I only just recently got into, Real Housewives of Melbourne. Did you ever watch it, Mitch? Yeah, I loved it. I love all the Real Housewives, but the Real Housewives of Sydney and Melbourne have a

very special place in my heart. She's so iconic. And she left that show. And we talk about that in our interview. But yeah, once she left, I stopped watching. Yeah, I mean, even if you didn't watch Housewives, I feel like everyone knows Gina. She's the most recognisable one from the Melbourne franchise, don't you reckon oh yeah that hair that head of hair yeah iconic yeah i love gina and so i only recently as in within the last 12 months got into real housewives of melbourne i did that

really tragic thing you do when you like someone sean mentioned that he had just started watching housewives so i started watching too but oh my god i can't believe I was so late to the party. I was so swept up in it. I became obsessed. I wasn't even watching it to try and impress him anymore. I became obsessed with Housewives. Gina was my favorite. If you've never watched Housewives, I'm going to give you a little taste of what Gina was like on the show. As you'll hear in the podcast, we recorded with her. She's very poised and put together. It takes a lot to get under her skin. There's only been a couple of times on the show that she was rattled. And so they made for the most iconic moments. This first one I'm going to show you. This was when a new girl, Sally, came on board around season four and Sally was calling herself the new sheriff in town. And I don't imagine Gina

would have enjoyed that because she's kind of like the unofficial top dog of the Melbourne Housewives. And so she rubbed Gina the wrong way from the get-go. But the whole feud started when Sally dared call Gina a bully and Gina did not like being called a bully. Oh, stop being such a bully. You try to shut her down every single time she tries to talk. Just let her talk. Stop being a bully.

Who are you? Who am I? I mean, who is this woman? Coming at me with her pointy finger and her fucking camel teeth, calling me a frigging bully. Fuck off. I think that Sally having a new hashtag, new sheriff in town, on her social media is actually hilarious.

A new sheriff in town. Be social media is actually hilarious. A new sheriff in town. Be the sheriff, darling. If you want to come in with guns blazing your flat shoes and your legs spread like a bloke, go for it. I'm not going to hang out with Sally. She can go fuck herself, but I do feel sorry for her because I know she's grieving at the moment. That is the first moment of Ginny I ever heard.

You showed me that last grab. I do feel sorry for her because she's grieving at the moment. She's grieving. After being a total cunt. I know. Because Sally's husband had died not long before filming and Jeannie's just going her. And that's what I love her most for.

She's got these brutal one-liners. We talk about a couple of them in our interview with her. One of them, of course, the most iconic, I would say. So one of the other housewives, Petty Fleur, was being a real punish. All the housewives were on holiday in Dubai together. And one by one, Petty Fleur was just pissing all the other housewives off. And Gina just decided to put her back in her place. All people are trying to do is explain to her how it is that she's rubbed them up the wrong way

and all Petty Fleur can think about is how she feels. You're a grown woman. So are you. And you need to snap the fuck out of it. I've heard enough of your indulged bull fucking shit. Every time you're going to cry and fucking suck and carry on. Jesus, fuck me. I just love her.

God, she's good. We didn't actually get much of that energy in the podcast, which will play the interview with Gina. Which I was kind of hoping we would. Yeah, me too. But, no, if you listen to her podcast with us in it, we definitely get more of that Gina. She's playing her role in her show.

But in this interview, it was actually really earnest and quite, she was very warm. It was nice to hear this side of Gina. So yeah, I hope you guys enjoy the chat because we loved it. Yeah. Basically what I learned was that Gina is actually very lovely, but fuck, you don't want to get on her bad side. That's what I figured out. Amen. Amen. So go over and listen to Judge Gina. Give it a search. Mitch and I are on the episode. By the time you're listening to this, it'll be out. Otherwise, enjoy our chat with Gina Liano. These are the fabulous Real Housewives of Melbourne. I'll give you my opinion, but you'd better be ready to hear it.

Oh, my God, Mitchell. I'm so excited for this. How are you feeling? Because I know you're excited for our guest. I mean, I thought the day would never come that we'd get Gina Liano on the podcast, but she's bloody here. She's here, Gina. Welcome to the show. Hello, guys. How are you? We are so good. You know, Gina from The Real Housewives, of course. I mean, everywhere in Australia or

her fragrance at Chemist's Warehouse. My God. I'm feeling a lot more relaxed now because we've actually just wrapped up recording on Gina's podcast, Judge Gina. So you're going to have to go listen to that because Mitch ripped me off and I've brought it to Judge Gina to help me out here. I'm not going to spoil the ending, but you're going to have to go hear the podcast. I'm feeling a lot more relaxed now. Yeah, well, you are, but I'll tell you what, my heart rate's already high as it is, Gina. My blood pressure is through.

I've got my GP on the line. I need to get some new medication because that was tense, Gina. You do a great job. Did you think so? Yeah. Just sharing a bit of the love for my day-to-day job, I suppose, with everybody. It was funny because when we were trying to tee this recording up,

your producer would say, oh, you know, we can't do this time, we can't do that day because Gina is actually a barrister. The word actually was thrown around a lot as if that's something that people couldn't possibly believe. Do people think that that was just for TV or something? Not sure what people think. I can't really say, but I have been accused of being other things other than a barrister, I must say. Is that not accurate? You are actually a barrister, right? I am. I'm a practicing barrister and I'm in court every day. It showed.

It showed. Oh, did it? Oh my God. You were fantastic. I mean, I get it's a podcast, it's entertainment, but I thought I was in a real court of law. I mean, Mitch said to me after, he went, why are you dripping? And I was, I'm sweating. I feel like I'm being grilled. I'm going to have to go wear a Holter monitor now for a month after that. Do you get recognised in court? Do people say to you, holy shit, that's Gina Liano?

Even if, you know, they're there because they've done something wrong. Yes, people recognise me in court quite often. And I am often asked for photographs. But I don't do them. I say, no, no photos in court quite often and I am often asked for photographs but I don't do them. I say no, no photos in court and the main reason being is because people tend to put things on social media and if they do see me in court and I practice predominantly in the children's court or the family court and so a lot of the requests come from children or teenagers and if they post it on social media and they say And so a lot of the requests come from children or teenagers.

And if they post it on social media and they say, saw Gina in court, people will ask them, what are you doing in court? And that sort of gives the game away that maybe there's issues there in their life. So I don't want to burden them with the responsibility of that, but I'm always flattered. And if they can catch me outside, then I'm always willing and able to get a photo with them. So it's outside the court, fair game, but not inside.

Outside the court. Yeah. Not inside. Yeah. Good. I got to say that podcast we just did with you, part of me was kind of hoping that you'd insult me at some stage because that was my favourite thing about Real Housewives of Melbourne was your comebacks, your disses.

Calling you an insignificant arse hair or something. Yes. Exactly. Or something like that or snap the fuck out of it. your comebacks, your disses. Calling you an insignificant arse hair or something. Yes, exactly. Or something like that or snap the fuck out of it. Yeah, that's another great one. I reckon my favourite diss from Housewives of Melbourne was one of the other ladies said that you had a vulgar mouth. Well, saying hashtag vulgar mouth.

That you have a vulgar mouth. Well, I don't agree and I think that you've got a vulgar heart. Oh, you liked the vulgar heart. There you go. That was my favourite. There was just something so classy and elegant about the insult. And so, hey, we've still got a little bit of time left. Feel free to insult me before we wrap this podcast.

It would make my fucking day. She's brewing on one. Yeah, you don't know what you're asking for here. Oh, I do and I would love it I can see the cogs turning in her head going, what can I say? What can I tell him? But wait, Gina, where did the idea for the podcast come from? Was it yours? Did IHART come to you?

Where was the idea brought? Well, it was an interesting thing because, you know, I've noticed very much on social media that there's still a lot going on with housewives, a lot of images of me, voice recordings of things out of the housewives, my one-liners. And so I can see that there's still a big following there. It's trending on Twitter. I get Google notifications and one of them was that I'd had 38.7 million views on, or it might have even been 48.7 million views on TikTok or something.

I follow an account that has just constant Housewives quotes. Yeah, constant. They live on. Yes. And so, and everyone I work with says, oh, you know, my friends and I, we send each other messages and we're quoting you all the time. So I thought, okay, well, I've stepped back from Housewives,

which I loved and I met gorgeous people and I adored it. But I thought, well, maybe there's some other things that I can do. And I happened to be having my, I was getting my nails done. I was at a nail salon and there's this gorgeous girl sitting next to me. And she said to me, Gina, we love you at work. Are you going to do anything else? And I said, well, she said, oh, I shouldn't ask you. I said, don't know, you can ask. And I said to her, well, I'm not going back to Housewives at this stage. It was a big decision to step away. I know it is a bit sad, but I said, I wouldn't mind maybe doing radio or something like that. She said, well, that's interesting because I work at ARN. Really? What are the odds of that? And that's how the introduction happened. And we talked about a podcast

and I said, well, I've always wanted to do a Judge Gina, like an agony auntie where, you know, if people, not really court situations, but, you know, situations where... Petty shit like the situation we were in? Well, just, you know, if you've got a beef with one of your friends or you need to settle a score of some sort, you know, who's right, who's wrong, you know, the beef could be you had a party and you bought all the beer or all the alcohol and your friends drank it all so maybe the friend should contribute to the alcohol, you know,

or something like that. And we try and quantify things. So, I mean, I haven't had a case like that, by the way, but, you know, or something like that. And we try and quantify things. So, I mean, I haven't had a case like that, by the way, but, you know, that sort of thing where it's usually two friends who have got just this little tiff going on and they need it settled and most of the people will walk away and accept the decision that I've made. Most?

Yeah, I'd say most. No, no, no, we won't spoil our verdict. No, I know. People are going to have to go listen. No, I won't. And I think most people are happy or they can see the rationale behind it and accept that that is the final decision and that the argument is now over. So there's some satisfaction in that.

It's a lot of fun. But what I do find is that while I am going through the motions of cross-examining the parties, because obviously they're self-represented, so I need to quiz them, they tend to fall apart pretty quickly. And I think they feel quite intimidated. It was as soon as you asked me to recall dates that I was like, fuck me, I don't even know what date is today.

Like, what have I got? They feel quite intimidated very quickly and if not, I pull them into line and make sure they do. You called us by our surnames, which made it feel even more real. I was Mr. Churi, you were Mr. Coombs. You would have had to have studied for a very long time at uni or whatever to become a barrister, right? I did.

I did three degrees. I did a Bachelor of Business in Marketing and I did a Bachelor of Arts where I majored actually in visual Arts. Really? I'm a qualified art curator. Wow. And I did a law degree as well but I'm also a celebrant and I did a course to become a celebrant. How many gay weddings do you get asked to do, Gina? I've done many. I've done many same-sex weddings. I think it was the 7th of December of 2017, the legislation changed.

Oh, yeah. And it was no longer the union of a man and woman. It was the union of two people. And generally, a couple needs to give 30 days notice in order to marry, and that's 30 days before the ceremony. And so I actually conducted my very first same sex ceremony about 35 days after the legislation was ratified. So I got the notice of intended marriage in that week and we had the wedding pretty much a month later. So I was straight in. They would have had that notice and that email draft ready to go.

They had the idea years ago to get Gina to marry them. Yeah, it was fantastic. So I was straight in. They would have had that notice and that email draft ready to go. They had the idea years ago to get Gina to marry them. Yeah, it was fantastic. So I've done about 80 so far. I do same-sex mainly, and it's mainly boys, actually. I do get a lot of girls, but I think the girls aren't getting married as much as – Those gay boys. No, we love it. The gay boys love a wedding.

The matching suits and the bow ties and the dogs walking down the aisle. But, you know, it's a lot of fun. I love it so much and it's so different to what I do in my day-to-day job because generally in my day-to-day job there's not a lot of love. I can imagine. And so this is really refreshing. Do you travel to do weddings? Yeah, I travel as well interstate.

Yeah, do them all around Australia. Does it make you happy watching the seasons after you on Housewives not be as successful knowing you're gone? Well, there's only been one season after I left and the feedback is that it wasn't quite as successful to the point really that there wasn't a reunion, whether or not that was success-based or not. I'll give you the feedback from my own mouth.

It was fucking dog shit without you. You really ruined the series for me, Gina, honestly. It made a difference. Oh, yeah. I'll have you the feedback from my own mouth. It was fucking dog shit without you. You really ruined the series for me, Gina, honestly. It made a difference. Oh, yeah. I'll have to accept that. Did you watch much of it? I watched a little bit of it and I didn't find it quite as entertaining and not because I watch myself and I'm entertained.

I think it was just the dynamic of all the girls in the seasons prior to that. I think the girls tried and they, you know, they put in a good effort. But I think it was just a tough act to follow. We were just a great cast. You were. You know, Sydney struggled, New Zealand struggled. We were just a great cast. It was a good dynamic, you know, and everyone could,

there was no competition, really. We all had different things to offer. So, you know, I think just all round it was great. So that's disappointing, I suppose. I did maybe let a few people down, so I'm sorry about that. No, no, Gina. Hopefully on my podcast I can reconnect with the audience. Oh, you will.

Here's what you can do to make it up to me. Yeah, what's that? I've heard rumours that because the latest Melbourne season without you was a little bit rubbish, they're like, we might give Sydney another crack. So what you need to do is move to Sydney in time for production so that you can be on the revamped Housewives of Sydney deal. Well, I've got a feeling that if I said that I would come back

to the show that they would do it in Melbourne. Wow. And I wouldn't need to move to Sydney. Okay, so could you grab your phone right now and send the text because I need a new season. Call Andy Cohen. Get him on the phone and say you'll do it. The power that you have, Gina, to reboot a franchise by saying yes,

I mean, come on, make you sleep all night. Well, I've got some ideas about what I could do in relation to Housewives, but it's not as a cast member. So we'll keep that in. I'll keep that in the can and maybe we'll have something else to talk about down the track. Oh, I like that. Maybe should we do in the reunion episode? Oh my God, host.

Yeah, host it. Well, that'd be fun. I would actually love to do that. You'd be perfect for that too. You'd call them out on their shit. I would host the reunions. Yes, I would do that for sure. Yeah. I would do, I would host the reunions, yes. I would do that for sure, yeah.

So talk to us, what have we missed? You haven't been on Housewives in the most recent season. It's been a few years since then, apart from, you know, going to work, doing the law thing as per usual. What have we missed? What's been happening in Gina's world? So I suppose, well, being a marriage celebrant and doing, you know, practising in law has been my main gig.

And then we were in lockdown for a little while, you know, as you know, we all were. And in Melbourne in particular, I think we were in lockdown a lot longer than you guys were in Sydney. And I think we just lost connection with everybody really for about three years, it feels like. about three years it feels like. So out of the last, since I did Housewives in 2018, I suppose the last two years have been, well, the year before lockdown and the last year has really just been in practice and now doing this podcast and being a celibate.

Did they suspend all of the court stuff during lockdown? Or were you doing Zoom trials? All Zoom. Oh, God, that would be painful. Webex, actually. Webex. So Zoom, there was a breach of security with Zoom. Oh, my God.

So it became Webex meetings, yeah. So I would be sitting with my robe and wig on in my kitchen with a virtual background doing county court. Did you find it easier to hand down a verdict digitally than it was in real life? Well, I wasn't handing down decisions because my practice is as a barrister. I'm not on the bench. Got it. And so I don't hand down the decisions. I cross-examine or lead evidence. I make opening and closing submissions and I run cases from woe to go. And predominantly I prosecute in the children's court.

So it was interesting. My dogs loved it. Yeah, I apologize for getting your job wrong. This is a true story. Once I applied for a job as a barrister thinking it was barista because I needed work. It's a true story. You wanted to make coffee.

I wanted to make coffee and then I almost ended up doing your line of work. Not that I ever could do it. Right. Well, that's interesting because they don't advertise jobs for barristers because you're a sole practitioner, so you go into your own business and a practice. So if anyone ever sees a job for a barrister, know that it is not. It's not legit.

It's not. So you have to be admitted to practice. You have to pass the bar exam and sign the bar roll and get your practicing certificate. No, that's not us. That's a bit of a process. Not really. Well, listen, if you want to get the podcast,

you can go and listen to our episode now. It is available, Judge Gina, on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. Great to have you on, Gina. This was so much fun. Before we let you go, we've got to ask one important question. We ask all of our guests this same question. Yeah, we do.

We do. Yes. We just want to know a little thing in life that you appreciate, a little self-care thing, something like that. We get all our guests to contribute to this list. It's called the list of things better than drugs and dick. Yes. Oh, okay.

Because we don't want any of our younger listeners becoming obsessed with either of the two. There's more to life. Way more. So things like fresh bed linen. So better than what? Drugs. Drugs and dick.

Drugs and dick, yeah. But essentially it's just a little thing in life you appreciate. I'm probably not really in the running for either of those at the moment, so I would say chocolate. Chocolate, yes. And dogs. Oh, I love that. No one's said that before.

Chocolate and dogs. Oh, I love that. No one's said that before. Chocolate and dogs. I tell you what, if I've got chocolate and my three dogs on the bed and they all lie on their back snoring and they're so content and happy and I say, God bless you, darling, and I kiss them and I hug them and they're the happiest little souls. And then have a bit of chocolate. But when they hear me say, you need to snap the fuck out of it, I'm sick of your indulge bull fucking shit. They run and they hide.

I would say. They recognise my voice from the show. Oh God. Alright, add it to the list. And now last chance to insult me before we go, please. Okay, well no, I'm not going to insult you. What I will say is you're better than an insignificant arsehead, both of you. So thank you for being on my show, and it's been a pleasure to be joining you. Oh, bless you, Gina. That's lovely. Wow, I want that on my bloody gravestone. Better than an insignificant arsehair. A significant arsehair. Thank you, Gina. I appreciate you coming on. Pleasure. Thanks.

Is it just me? You can follow the show online. Just search Couple of Mitches. If you don't, you're a dickhead. All right, we've been edging you for weeks, teasing you on socials after the announcement that Mitch and I are both on the hunt for a new hobby for whatever reason. I'm looking for a new hobby because I've got a lot of time on my hands now that I'm a single boy. new hobby for whatever reason. I'm looking for a new hobby because I got a lot of time on my hands

now that I'm a single boy. Mitch is looking for another hobby. What was your hobby hunt reason, Mitch? Well, it was kind of a weird coincidence because you told me that you wanted to look for more hobbies. And a couple of weeks prior, my therapist had said to me, listen, you've turned your hobby of making videos, podcasting, blah, blah, blah, you've turned that into your actual job, which means you need new hobbies because they're not your hobbies anymore.

That's your work. And so I was going to do this anyway by myself, like a thing on Instagram where I try different hobbies and then by coincidence it turned out you were in the mood to do the same thing. So we're like, fuck it, let's make it a thing on the podcast, Hobby Hunt. Correct. And that is where, ladies and gentlemen, this was born. Hobby, Hobby, Hobby Hunt.

Hobby, Hobby, Hobby Hunt. Hobby, Hobby, Hobby Hunt. Hobby Hunt. Yes, welcome to Hobby Hunt, everybody, the inaugural Hobby Hunt. That is the first time I've heard that and it sounds like a gay children's choir. I did add a little echoey choir effect to that opener just to make it sound a bit more beautiful. God, you can really hear your voice, Mitch, above everyone else's. You sound lovely.

I know. Well, I'm classically trained in opera. Angelic. So you can hear it come out there. Yeah, Hobby Hunt. Oh my God. This is the first of our few hobbies that we're trying out. And Mitch took the lead this time around and you led the first Hobby Hunt. Yeah. So this actually wasn't something new for me, which was the whole idea behind Hobby Hunt, but I am going to be doing things in the next few weeks during Hobby Hunt where it's going to be out of my comfort zone. Because this was smack bang in my comfort zone.

I dragged you and Jenna along to Scout Polities and Yoga. That's the studio I go to for bar classes. Yeah. And I wanted you to see what all the fuss is about because I do bang on about it a bit, being like, oh, I love bar class. You know I can't get enough. And it was actually kind of nice having you guys there. It felt like you were stepping into my world. Yeah, I completely agree.

And the instructor that we had was your normal instructor that teaches you in your weekly classes that you go to. Her name's Elle, and she's absolutely gorgeous. So you guys got to meet her. Yeah, we love her. So if you want to head along to our Instagram, at couple of Mitches, we've got the video, which I feel is highly necessary to really understand

what we were doing. I'll do my best to describe it here on the podcast, but the video drops Monday afternoon on Instagram. Make sure you keep an eye out. I feel like I should explain before we get too carried away what bar actually is. It's spelt B-A-R-R-E. It's not like a barre as in a pub.

That's true. It's kind of like yoga and Pilates, but it incorporates elements of ballet as well, hence the ballet barre that you often lean on. And it says online that barre is a toning workout which engages muscles deep inside your body that your standard exercise is like squats and lunges and sit-ups. Do not reach.

I agree with that. A lot of bouncing, to be honest with you. A lot of bouncing up and down. It felt like I was a toddler at some sort of child's class looking at myself in the mirror. But no, I'm not going to knock it. I'll give you my verdict at the end. Yeah, okay.

Well, as you're about to hear, there were muscles that Mitch Cherry didn't know he had that he discovered in the class. It was quite funny to witness, to be honest. But in this audio, just imagine there being really fun music playing because obviously we've had to remove the background music and edit it out so that there's no licensing shit. But we started with a dance to a Taylor Swift song. We were doing fucking grapevines, jumping jacks,

and even burpees, which are fucked. Like who doesn't hate burpees? Yet there's something about doing a burpee to a Taylor Swift song that makes me think, actually, I don't mind it. It's just a you thing. No, no, no, I agree. It's just a you thing. Let's roll it.

So this is the warm-up, is it, at the bar class? Beautiful Elle is here, our instructor today. Got any words of warning for Cherry here? What can he expect? They're heavier than they look. Oh, Mitch and Jenna. Well, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Completely.

Um, it's gonna hurt. OK. You're gonna sweat. Yep. And you're definitely gonna dance like a pro. Oh, I can do that? Yeah. That's like a normal Saturday night. Now, do you want to dance warm-up? Oh, we better. Oh, yeah. Yes? You want to dance warm-up? Yeah, let's do it.

My heart rate's already at 120. Is that a problem? And I haven't begun. Well, it's about to lift up Yeah, let's do it. My heart rate's already at 120, is that a problem? And I haven't begun. Well, it's about to lift up. We're gonna do my favorite warm up dance. It's maybe Taylor Swift. Oh great. And we may be about to shake it off, okay? Okay, fantastic.

All right, we're gonna go for a little grapevine. Do we know how to do that one? We go to the side. We give a little clap. Can you kick yourself in the butt so I don't have to? Yeah. Jenny, you're very quiet. Have you done this before?

I'm Zumba enthusiast. Oh, Zumba. Is it anything like Zumba bar class? No. Oh. Except for the dance part. There's music. Let's kick it out again.

I lied to you, Jenna. I thought you'd hear me saying it's just like Zumba. Now from here, we're going to do a Pilates burpee. Are we ready? A Pilates burpee? We're going to go down. Plant your hands. Step it out. Oh, hands. Step it out. Oh, my.

Step it in. Now, you can go a bit harder. We can make it a little jump if you'd like. Yeah, there we go. Do you guys have a defib on site just in case? I hope I may never have to use one. Okay, good. Isn't this more fun than your hot girl walk bullshit?

It's not about that. Is this just a warm-up? This is a warm-up. Right. We haven't even gotten the bar involved, mate. Fucking hell. That was pre-bar involvement. Oh, yeah, and so we eventually did get the bar involved.

We had, like, one hand holding onto the bar for support while we were doing some plies, which is where the ballet influence comes into it. So, obviously, you'll see it in the video, but for now, just picture us doing slut drops on our tippy toes. That's pretty much what we were doing. And it was also at this point, what you're about to hear, while we were doing the plies that you, Mitch, decided to do like a parent-teacher interview with Elle, who's my regular instructor, and get some feedback on how I do in class,

which made me very nervous. All right, here it is. Let's do some plies. That's what we came for, right? Is that like a baked good? Yes, it is. Fantastic. It's this beautiful little cinnamon scroll thing.

Yum, I'm down. Tail shoots to the floor. Oh! Squeeze, up, squeeze. Fuck! Where'd that come from? That's in the quads. Oh, a little squeezes up.

Doesn't hurt at all. No. It's a smile, not a grimace, I'm sure. There's like a fire in there. Four, three, two, one. We're going to lift all the way up. Stand super tall. Keep your heels lifted.

Elle. Yes. Because you treat Mitch, and I say treat because I feel this is a mental condition, on a daily basis, on a weekly basis. If this was like a parent-teacher interview, and I'm his parent, and I ask how is my gorgeous child doing, what is your review and take on Mitchell's ability to pee-pay? Look, Mitch is nailing the plie.

He's really nailing it. I'm going to give him an A-plus for that. Okay, and what about general classes, like normal classes? plie he's really nailing it i'm gonna give him an a plus for that okay what about general classes like normal classes oh he's getting so strong i'm actually very impressed oh well he gets to take a bow right now did you hear that me good at sport oh does that mitch make you feel good because i know you were anxious about doing it in front of her and bringing us to to the studio that you go to sacred space yeah remember i told you guys before we agreed to do this and before we organized the bar class that i was like i just think l is so cool and if we were in high school together i

would think oh she's too cool for me i can't talk to her she's one of the cool kids so when you asked her to give feedback i was like this could crush me. She has that favourite teacher energy where if they ever said anything bad about you, it would just destroy you. And I thought, oh my god, if she says I'm bad at bar, I might cry. There's not many people on planet Earth that have that sort of fucking power over me.

She's very cool. I was very intimidated by her. The way you fucking positioned it was Jenna at the back, you're in the middle, then I'm at the front, in front of the instructor, then I'm at the front in front of the instructor and I've never done it before. It's like putting a 90-year-old woman in exit row on a virgin flight. I needed you up the front so you could pay attention because I've done it a million times before, mate.

True, true. And I think you just wanted to check out my ass, to be perfectly honest with you. I was checking out my own in the mirror just quietly. I was checking out yours too. What did we do next? Because I've mentally blocked it all out. So this is when we did like, fuck, it's hard to describe.

It was when we like did those flamingo kneels. So like, you know, when you go to church and they make you genuflect at the altar, like get on one knee. Actually, the way I described it was it's like you're getting down on one knee to propose, but then before your knee hits the ground, you're getting down on one knee to propose, but then before your knee hits the ground, you change your mind and go, whoop, actually, I'm not proposing. So it's like you get down on one knee, but your knee never touches the ground.

You just go up and down and it fucking burns. Yeah. This was really hard. This was like the middle of a class, would you say? Yeah. And this is also the part where I was a bit embarrassed because you kept asking Elle questions and some of them were so inappropriate as you're about to hear. All right, let's stand and face the bar.

Let's bring the shoulders relaxed by our sides. Our feet are in parallel on train tracks. Lift your right leg for me. You're a little flamingo. Okay. You didn't know I was going to say that today. I did. But it's true.

All right, here we go. Can we sit all the way back so that our shin hovers above the mat? Exhale, lift it up. Here we go. Let's go a little bit quicker here. You did it. There are muscles being activated that have never been used since I came out of the womb.

I think I'm regrowing an umbilical cord. Oh, you need to jump a little bit closer to that bar. I'm actually doing it. You are. Now, would you say my quads are gorgeous, Elle? I would say that, yes. I know a good quad when I see one. Yeah. Now, Elle, my penis has gone fully inverted. Is that normal? I can't comment. Okay. Don't speak to my teacher like that. I'm asking serious questions. You get some overshare sometimes. That was definitely next level. That's all the endolphins.

Endolphins. Don't laugh. I can't focus. Endolphins. The fact that you told her your penis was inverted, I was like, Mitchell. She's sweet. She didn't appreciate it, I'm sure, but she was fine. She handled that like a pro.

She's fine. She's fun. She's a good sport. You asked a lot of questions of Elle. Some some were inappropriate some of them were actually quite interesting um this is when you asked about the history of Pilates and I didn't even know this oh yeah um Elle can you quit what's the go with Pilates is it like a new thing what's the do you have like a story of Pilates Pilates is a very old really yes so Joseph Pilates invented it in the 20s let's pulse here little pulse so it started out originally the exercises he was inspired by gymnastics and boxing that's the two that he got inspired by but when he was a prisoner of war wow decided to find exercises

he could do in a cell in four three two so by two. So by the time he moved to America in the 40s, he started Joe's Gym. It was not called Pilates, it was called Contrology. And his whole thing was actually about finding control. Was it a cult? It was totally a cult. It sounds cult-y, doesn't it? It does sound cult-y.

Anything that starts in a prison cell and ends at a gym never ends well. Okay, so he had to be gay. I mean, this is so gay. No, he was straight. Oh, really? Closeted? No.

Really? He had multiple wives and very pretty ballerina lovers. Oh, wow. Let's go. Surely that's ten reps. So disrespectful. I just yelled back at her. Yeah, surely.

So rude, Mitchell. I don't even listen. You were trying to distract her, weren't you? I just yelled back at her. So rude, Mitchell. I don't even listen. You were trying to distract her, weren't you? But the whole time she's giving you the history lesson, but still, and pulse, and up. Like she was not going to be thrown. So impressive.

And he spent time in a prison, malnourished daily. Three, two, one. Like if that doesn't convince you to sign up for Pilates, what will? True. You can do it in prison. True. I know. True. I know. True.

Very impressive. I love that history. I can't believe that a man in prison, he's so gay, by the way, started Pilates. Good history. Yeah. Anyway, so I'll play one more for you. So this is when we were doing a balancing exercise, and I'm really shit at those because even after all these months of classes,

I cannot balance to save my life. And so we were sort of lunging one foot forward, one foot behind us on the mat, but then we lifted the back foot. And so we're balancing on one. And the whole time we also had hand weights in our hands to make it even harder. But this was the point, Mitch, remember how you didn't realise, you thought we were being offered something else other than hand weights. Oh, I remember this. I thought I misheard. I misheard and I was clearly very hungry. Yeah. This was a very awkward moment.

All right. We're going to do some ham weights. Oh, yum. Yeah. Now, I'm going to warn you, this is high rep, even though it's low load. So don't be deceived. Two 1.5 kilo weights.

Yes. Why are they called ham weights? How are you holding them, Matt? Let's think about it. Oh, no. I thought she5 kilo weights. Yes. Why are they called ham weights? How are you holding them, mate? Let's think about it. Oh, no, I thought she said ham weights. Ham weights? Yes. I seriously thought you said ham weights.

Is that why you said, oh, yum? Yes. I'm not even making a dumb joke. She's just going to bring out a Christmas ham and go, lick this. That's what I thought. That's what we train for. Donnie's good. I thought you were going to give me some wine, ham.

Let's all face outwards. We're going to step our right foot forwards. Okay. We're going to find our lunge position here. So your front knee stacks over your front ankle. Take those ham weights back behind you. Now from here, we're going to lift that back foot. We're going to squeeze the weights in little bicep curl and stretch it back. Find your balance. Exhale, lift it up, stretch it back. So we do a lot of balance work in barre. What's the reason again? So that when you're 80, you don't have to lean on a piece of furniture to put your underpants on.

That's why. 80, yeah, that happens at 80, not 27. The balance is the stuff I'm the worst at. But balance, just like any other aspect of fitness, can be trained. Just like endurance, just like strength, just like your aerobic health. Balance is trainable. Is it normal to not be able to balance on one side more than the other? Yes, that is really normal.

Oh, God. Unfortunately, we're all a little uneven. Oh, shit. Elle, did you have a Wii Fit board when you were a child? No, I didn't. Interesting. That shocks me. You've got to admit, though, Mitchell, for someone like me with ADHD, it doesn't get boring because

they move on so quick and keep it interesting. It's just been so quick. The idea of going for a 50 minute walk makes me sick. Oh God, I was so rude to poor Elle. It was very shocking that she didn't, to be honest. Oh, I think she frothed it, to be honest. Okay, so that is our uh hobby hunt hobby number one at a bar class at the pilates studio yeah to be honest that's pretty much as much audio as we can play on the podcast because it was at this point in the class that like we all got so puff we couldn't freaking talk so you're gonna have to check out the video like i said at couple of

mitches on instagram if you want to see the part where we really start to struggle. It was really hard. So I will say let's make a decision now. Are we going to continue with this hobby? Will we power through? Mitch, I mean, you go first. I think I know your answer.

Of course. The one thing I hate about being back home in Bogengate at the moment is that I'm missing my bar classes. Okay, so, yeah, it's a no-brainer. Mitch is continuing bar. I might even up it to three a week. Fuck it. Jesus, that's a lot. Yeah. Jenna, will you

continue bar? Well, I was lied to and told that bar was similar to Zumba. But you know what? I enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun and I will be back. You'll be back? Yes.

Wow. Fabulous. All right, well. My verdict. Will I attend a bar class? And will I continue on? The answer will shock nobody. No, I will not.

I'm not going to bar. I didn't enjoy it. I don't like it. I'm in hot girl walks. That's all I need. Maybe down the track. I'm not going to bar. I didn't enjoy it. I don't like it. I'm in hot girl walks. That's all I need. Maybe down the track. I'm not ruling it out for eternity. You need some variety.

No, I don't. I don't like it. I didn't enjoy it and I felt very uncomfortable looking at myself in the mirror the whole time. That doesn't get me off. Oh. I mean, no one's telling you to do it instead of hot girl walks. I do both. Yeah, but I enjoyed it. i just can't see it fitting

into my life at the moment and that's the truth okay well i tried like i said it's perfect for people like me with adhd who find exercise really fucking boring like it just flies by the class i'm like oh my god it's been an hour already does fly by the first time i found exercise fun which i feel like that is a good thing right i completely agree and that yes and that's what it's been an hour already. It does fly by. It's the first time I've found exercise fun, which I feel like that is a good thing, right? I completely agree. And that, yes, and that's what it's all about, to be honest, Mitchell. Oh, my God, what are you doing? Sorry, I'm just Googling Joseph Pilates.

Oh, my God, that is a poof if ever I've seen one. Yeah, he's gay. Oh, my God, Mitchell, you've got to Google this. Look at him with the email. He looks so uncomfortable. Mitchell, the first shot is him arching his back for the camera. I mean, I've seen a couple of those photos on my Snapchat last week. Look at him with the women.

I mean, look at the body on him, though. He's very fit. Absolutely. You want to know a crazy fact that I had a bio scan done at my gym this week? I've gone from 39% body fat to 24. When? Last week. No, when did I ask you?

I know. Oh, God, we've got to go. We need to get out of here. The next hobby will be announced soon. We're not going to tell you, but let's just say it's a sensual, sexy activity. Oh, yeah, we'll bring that to you in a couple of weeks. And, again, thank you to Scout

Polities and Yoga for having us. They're in St. Peter's and Marrickville in the inner west of Sydney. They're just gorgeous. I love them. I really enjoyed it. The studio is beautiful. Like it's really, really nice. Did you see the bathrooms? Yeah, I did. I got changed into my athletic wear in the bathrooms, which you can watch by the way.

The video will be out very soon. Mitch, should we give a little code word to the listeners that have listened on Sunday night? Oh, yeah. Like something to comment on the videos to prove that they're one of our MVPs. Yeah, well, the video's not out at the time that this podcast has first been launched.

So if you're listening to this on a Sunday, you're an early bird. Yeah, it'll be Monday afternoon. We'll drop the video on Instagram. You need to comment something and then we know that you're an OG early bird. Why don't we get you to comment, shit, Coombs looks barred up. Don't do that. Spelled B-A-R-R-E-D.

Oh, no. Well, Zuturi looks barred up. I was half there anyway. Jenna looks barred up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, just say this has got me barred up, but it's B-A-R-R-E-D. Yeah, yeah. This looks so hard.

She'll all be behind bars, but spell B-A-R-R-E-D. Yeah, this looks so hard. You should all be behind bars, but spell B-A-R-R-E-D. This video is so inspiring. Can't wait to get barred up myself. You boys have really raised the bar. Just any sort of bar pun, comment that. Yeah, okay. Any bar pun, comment it. We'll know you're an OG.

All right, well, we'll continue the hobby hunt in the following weeks. Leave us a five-star review if you haven't before on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and we will see you all next week. And also, by the way, keep the suggestions coming about what hobbies you think we should try, because we're open to anything. I dragged Mitch Cherry to an exercise class, for God's sake. Yeah, I know, and I did it.

You did it. And I was committed, and I enjoyed it. Keep the suggestions coming. All Yeah, I know. And I did it. You did it. And I was committed. And I enjoyed it. Keep the suggestions coming. All right, we'll see you in a week. See you guys. Enjoy the pub, Mitchell. Thanks, darling.

I'll catch you soon, idiot. See ya. Bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcaster. Welcome to ADD Brief. This is our secret segment on the end. We pretend the show's over, but it is not.

We keep talking shit. We just carry on. I am flying out to Melbourne at 8 in the morning, everyone. Oh, how exciting. Oh, my four. I just flying out to Melbourne at 8 in the morning, everyone. Oh, how exciting. Oh, my phone. I just wanted a little getaway. Like, you know, it's been the last couple of months and I needed to – I was going to go to Fiji as we know.

We knew. We knew. We knew. And my friend is house-sitting this gorgeous apartment. My cousin, actually, he and his wife. And they're like, we've got five bedrooms in this apartment in collingwood do you want to come and i don't work fridays so i'm flying up friday morning um and i'll have a friday saturday sunday and it will be yeah it'll be nice i'm looking forward to it yeah yeah that's pretty much the same reason that i

came to visit bogengate because mom and dad are overseas and i just wanted a bit of shush time not that they ever impose when I visit them. But I was like, yeah, I'll just rack off to the farm for a bit. And, you know, just a bit of alone time, a bit of shush time in the car as well. Oh, my God. It was actually I heard the most random fucking thing on the radio when I was driving out here. I was listening to your mate's WSFM, Jenna.

Good station, good choice. Good music. Yep. Well, questionable. Anyway. No. No, I heard the news, WSFM, Jenna. Good station, good choice. Good music. Yep. Well, questionable. Anyway. No. No, I heard the news on WSFM and the newsreader goes, oh, the voiceover artist behind Mario has retired.

He'd previously said that he will do it till he dies, but he's now retired. And I thought to myself, how busy are you as the voiceover for mario how often do they need you in the fucking studio voicing fresh mario takes like doesn't he just say it's me mario and they can use that same grab over and over again yeah that's true also um mario's vocabulary he's got awfully broken english so he doesn't say many words other than, aha, pitch, buzzer. It's a me, I'm Mario. And then, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Yeah, I've never heard Mario have a conversation. No. Well, in the Mario movie, there was a big debacle because they cast Chris Pratt as Mario. This actor, he's only the voice of Mario in all the games. He's not the voice of Mario in any of the films. Right. So that actually emphasises my point.

How fucking busy was he if he only does the games? How often do they release new Marios on the Switch or whatever? And they could just use the old audio, surely. True. He'd be fucking rich. Also, guys, AI works wonders and Mario doesn't say much. So AI could easily create a Mario voice that sounds like the one that we know and love. Yeah.

Actually, apparently this guy, Jenna, can you Google what his name was? I can't remember that part. But apparently this voiceover guy that's retired from Mario, he was also Luigi. Oh, shit. He also did Luigi? Again, hand on heart, never fucking heard Luigi talk ever. Oh, Mitchell, you're not a Mario fan. I love Luigi.

Luigi's mansion was so good. Luigi's shy and very scared of things. So Luigi's more, Mitchell, you're not a Mario fan. I love Luigi. Luigi's mansion was so good. Luigi's shy and very scared of things. So Luigi's more Luigi. Is that all they do? They just say their names? Okay, his name is Charles Martinet. Oh, yeah. 67 years old.

Oh, fuck. He's called it early, hasn't he? And yes, he portrayed both Mario and Luigi in the Super Mario video game series so that's it interesting i'm gonna google oh my god that's what we should get people to comment on the video it's me barrio barrio funny i just found the whole thing very confusing it was major news that the the voice of mario retired but was like, how fucking busy was he exactly? What was he doing?

I wonder if he's absolutely loaded. Jenna, can you Google Kenny Ortega or whatever the fuck his name was? Net worth? Kenny Ortega. Because you'd think Mario is just a global brand. You'd think that he'd be rich from royalties. According to Sportskeeda, he has a net worth of $10 million. What the fuck is Sportskeeda?

Is that like Al-Qaeda but they play soccer? I don't know. We're a terrorist organisation. We're going to terrorise you with Quidditch. Okay, maybe I underestimated the commitment required because I've just Googled most recent Mario game release. There was Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Mario Strikers Battle League, Mario Party Superstars, Mario Golf Super Rush, Super Mario 3D World, and this is all 2020 onwards.

There's been quite a few in the last year. He also portrayed a prostitute in Police Quest Open Season. Interesting. That's very interesting. I knew I recognised him from somewhere. House, Boat and Gate. Interesting. Yeah. That's very interesting. I knew I recognised him from somewhere. How's Bogan Gate? Are your parents enjoying their trip? They seem to be, yeah.

Every day, because of the time zone thing, we wake up to the family group chat being spammed with a lot of things and only sometimes will Dad caption the photos. Other times it's just out of context, random photos of a bush or a hedge or something and i'm like babes the whole point of going to europe is to make people jealous on social media don't just pop these in the group chat post them publicly totally forgot that you've saved up for this trip flaunted i don't even know if it was a problem of saving up i just think that

they were always too nervous to deal with the logistics and admin of going overseas, which I fucking inherited that trait myself. But when Aunty Trish was like, right, I'm going, I'll organise everything, and you just come with me, they were like, sweet, that's a good deal. God, that's ideal. My parents are exactly the same. They'll only go if we organise it or if it's organised 12 months in advance, like the most recent Hawaii trip to get all my family over there.

Oh, God, it was a pain in the arse to organise. I can't imagine you dealing with that. No, I didn't organise a thing. I just sat on the flight and got up to go to the business class and fell asleep after one mimosa and a Xanax. It was great. Yeah, right. See, that's the thing.

I keep bitching about the fact that I haven't had a proper holiday in ages. Like I've done weekends away and things like that, but I'm talking a proper holiday, going to a resort. Yeah. And the reason is I'm just fucking waiting for someone else to organise it and do all the admin and then be like, oh, do you want to come with? Because then I'm there with bells on, but I don't want to be the organiser. I used to be the organiser in my friend group and I quit years ago.

It was too hard. Yeah, it's a big role to be the group organiser. You know what, all that stress and drama. Let someone else do it. I know, because when I'm dealing with something, like, hey guys, are you free on this date? I'll book it. I like to hyper-focus and just get it done. All it takes is one motherfucker in the group chat not replying, and I'm like, come on, I'm just waiting on your answer. Furious, yeah. No, I'm with you on that. I haven't been the group organizer for fucking years. You are on this show, though. Yeah, true.

Yeah, that's true. That can be a handful. Don't quit that job. I can run it, though. I've got things organised and ready up my sleeve. Really? Wow, you're the glue. You're the fucking glue of this podcast.

Just crack it up in a can. Oh, Jenna's shaking it up. Don't be stupid, Jenna. Now she's sipping the froth. Stop making eye contact, you creep. Jenna's phone. Your phone's ringing. It's a good song.

It's on loud, Jenna. She's answered. Who is it? It's your nan calling you yeah interesting they used to go to school together yeah of course yeah no of course good friends i'm mad can you hear the kerfuffle happening in the kitchen on the other side of the wall can you put the mic like just open the door and put the mic out of the crack really quickly i just want to get some ambience. I don't know how much they'll be.

Not a lot going on. I thought you said there was a commercial kitchen behind you. Yeah, it's down there. It's on the other side of this wall. This is a hallway. Oh, down the hall. Yeah. So what?

You're going to have to get up now and go, thanks, Jill. The office was lovely. Recorded my gay podcast. Have a great night tonight with meal service. I might even stick around for a feed. Who knows? Yeah, do it. So what is your plan tonight?

You're going to have a pub feed and then what, FaceTime Sean and then go home and watch some telly? Don't know. Don't really have a plan. It's just so interesting. What a lovely little life. You're doing the groceries. You're going shopping. Do you have an IGA in town?

No, there's no supermarket here, but it's like a half hour drive to get to forbes or parks but i kind of forgot to factor that in that one of the most relaxing things about coming home is being doted on like mum does all the cooking she'll offer to do washing and i kind of forgot to factor in that i have to look after myself it's bullshit yeah i get you i get you but one of our family friends is staying as well oh that's good's good. Oh, at the house? So I'm not totally fending for myself. No, it's like you've got a housemate for the time being. Yeah, pretty much.

And is Mark in town? No, he doesn't live here. Oh, your brother's not there. I called him the other day because I was kind of fucking around with this in-joke that I'm in charge of the farm now. I've taken over. While Mum and Dad are away, I'm in charge. And I was kind of trolling Mum and Dad in the family group chat and saying, I'm making all

these changes. I'm going to knock a wall out. I'm doing renos. And as a joke, I called my brother to be like, hey, seeing as you're a tradie, can you make the call? Is it fine if I just knock this wall out? It should be fine, right? And he goes, yeah, it might be load bearing. You'll have to climb up the manhole and check if it's not load-bearing. Do you know what a manhole is? And I said, mate, do I? Just remember who you're talking to. And then like 10 seconds later he goes, oh, I just got that.

You're like, you're going to have to send me some photos of a manhole, mate. I can't quite put my mind to it. You're going to have to send me some pics. And thenhole, mate. I can't quite put my mind to it. You're going to have to send me some pics. And then I wrote in the group chat, hi, mum and dad, Mark's done an initial whisk assessment and he said that it should be right to knock this wall down. Where's the hammer? Where do I find that?

I'm just fucking with them, acting like I'm making all these changes. Do they freak out or they think it's funny? No, they just went along with it, but little do they know. The destruction. Little do they know. Little do they know. Yeah, they now have a tent for a house. Should I just go to Mitre 10 or something and buy some caution tape

like under construction? I'll just leave that in the kitchen. Yes. Why don't you just put their house up for sale and put a for sale sign out the front? Yeah. I did also say when I was trolling mum and dad, I was like, by the way, the neighbours have made an offer that I'd be stupid to refuse.

You might not have a home to come home to. You should just set tea up at auction. I know. All right, guys. Well, hit us up in the DMs if you want to chat anything about the show. And, of course, that video, the Pilates, the bar video will be up tomorrow. But go comment so we know that you heard the show early.

We've given everyone a lot of homework this episode. Go listen to Judge Gina, which drops on Monday morning, and then go to our Instagram and watch the video of us at Bar Class as part of Hobby Hunt on Monday afternoon. That's all we ask of you and also leave a five-star rating. That is quite a bit. You pace yourself. You've got plenty of time.

But, yeah, you essentially have two episodes of us this week. You've got this and you've got us on Judge Gina. So enjoy that. And comment that you barred up on the video. That's all your homework and we will be checking. It's not hard. It've got us on Judge Gina. So enjoy that. And comment that you barred up on the video. That's all your homework. And we will be checking. It's not hard. It's not hard. And send Mitch manhole pics. It's not hard. Just get it done and do

it. Alright, we'll see you guys in a week. Enjoy both. Thank you, Mitch. Hang on. Hang the fuck on. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 3% better today. That's all. Just 3%. So we do. So we do. So we do so we do so we do all right you're all dismissed class but don't forget your homework get your homework done don't be tardy

see you next week everybody bye bub love ya see ya bye is it just me a podcast by a couple of mitches make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app