Is It Just Me? - #164: Donna Hay Cookies
Episode Date: October 10, 2023Yeh that's right, we're BACK for our second weekly episode! Get used to it! In this episode: Using your phone on the toot (06:18) Our ANONYMOUS Q&A 👀 (11:02) Jenna’s Fable: Another nightma...re holiday (31:45) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (48:50) Send us an ANONYMOUS question: ngl.link/mitchellcoombs1 Hit us up: @coupleofmitches Send us a text: 0422 948 202See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This is Is It Just Me?
Hosted by a couple of Mitches.
Hello, you.
Hello, you.
Go!
Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood.
In high school, I thought compulsory meant you had a choice,
so my year advisor, Mrs Moyman, went,
oh, no, Mitch Math is compulsory.
I went, fantastic!
I'll do two courses of drama.
Now here's Mitch Turey and Mitchell Coombs.
Hello, you.
Hello, you.
Hello.
What are you doing here at this time of week?
Doesn't it feel weird?
I feel we're on school holidays and you go back and visit school and it's like everything's all shut up.
Have you ever been back to your old high school or even primary school as an adult and been like, was it always this tiny?
Yeah, I literally went back today.
I went back to my high school today.
Yes, before I went to the gym.
It's before the courts.
Yes.
No, of course.
No.
I'm doing this.
I'm speaking to the year 12 students.
So I had to go and have a chat with a year advisor.
Yeah.
Anyway, I went to the school today.
It's on my way to the gym.
I'm so jealous that I've not been given the call up to speak as a successful alumni.
Oh, they asked me in 2019 and then COVID hit and then it got postponed.
I'm like, thank fuck, I've had more successes since then.
I can finally, I've got more to talk about.
So yeah, I did go back, but they've renovated.
I got splinters in my ass every day from sitting on the wooden benches.
Now they've got silver seats.
I could talk all day about that.
Every time I leave somewhere, they just improve drastically after I was there.
Like high school, they got a brand new music and drama room as soon as I left.
Afters, the radio school I went to, as soon as I left, they completely changed the software they were teaching.
So my qualification, out of date.
Yeah, right.
Instantly. My old TAFE, they got a, out of date. Yeah, right. Instantly.
My old TAFE, they got a new facility, and it's way better than the old one.
Wow.
And then even Kiss FM, I was begging for a new laptop for about three years because the old one was shit and slow.
You bet your ass as soon as I resigned, the guy that replaced me got a new fucking laptop, didn't he?
What does that say about you?
I don't know.
What does it say about me?
Does it say that I'm not worthy of rewards?
Or does it say that
I don't put up
enough of a fight?
Yes.
Yeah, you are worthy
of everything in the world.
But yes,
you need to vocalise
what you need more, Mitchell.
I don't know.
Pricekeeper Jenny,
you were there.
I was pretty fucking vocal
about wanting a new laptop,
wasn't I?
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah.
Also, to be honest,
if you walked up
to the fucking
centre management
at Afters
and you went,
hi, time to renovate,
I'd go, fuck off. You're not exactly Shane of L you're not exactly they haven't renovated they've just completely changed their
course which means mine's already out of date oh like i'll speak radio to you yeah as soon as i
left they stopped teaching next gen started teaching zeta oh my god and now everyone has
zeta i don't know how to fucking use it that is a waste of a degree i know so i can't get a job
as a panel up well i'm learning how to to use Zeta at the moment. Is it easier
or harder? It's more intuitive.
Your brain will like it more, but it is completely
different. Okay, good to know. So I don't need to re-enroll?
No, no, God no, no. Just come to the school of
Tury. Yeah, yeah. Pay me in
crumpet. The teacher's late again.
Yeah. Well, hi
everyone. Welcome to our second weekly episode,
our Wednesday episode. Yeah, I like
this. This is very fun.
Pride's Keeper Jenna, what do you do Wednesdays?
Do you have Pilates on Wednesdays?
I do Pilates Monday.
There's no need to shout.
I do Pilates Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
What the fuck, Jenna?
Yes.
Did you just say every day?
No, except Tuesday.
Oh, right.
Did you just say every week?
I do Pilates Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, Monday. Wow, that's impressive. Oh, right. Did you just say every week? I do Pilates Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, Monday.
Wow, that's impressive.
Yes, yes.
You're very toned.
Oh, thank you so much.
You're very toned.
Thank you.
This is a bit me too.
Careful.
No, I can compliment my female.
Let's just assess the one female in the room.
Let's assess her physique.
Oh, shut up.
I know.
Who's going to be the first to fall off the fucking bandwagon?
Because the three of us are in our fitness journeys.
None of us have given up.
I'm clutching on for dear life, mate.
I could fall at any moment.
Oh, really?
No, I'm still pretty motivated, Jenna.
Yeah, I'm pretty good.
Pretty good.
Mitchell, you can't be the first.
What do you mean?
Well, you can't do whatever you want.
It's your life.
And one of us needs to be, you know, frumpy.
We can't all be gorgeous.
It's true. I was the frumpy. We can't all be gorgeous. It's true.
I was the frumpy one.
Everyone could relate to it.
So now are you saying that I actually should fall off the bandwagon because it would be
nice for your sake if I'm the frumpy Mitch?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I would have just been the frumpy Mitch for four years.
And I'll take one for the team.
You can take the baton and just order a deep dish pizza.
No one even noticed my weight loss anyway, man.
So I'll always frumpy.
They did, Mitchell.
They did.
Did you have to point it out in an hour-long special?
Yes, but they did.
They did.
Well, people have stopped complimenting me now.
They're like, no, we see his jawline now.
Fuck him.
I don't give a shit.
No one messages about anything.
No one cares.
Can I just show you what your current pose was?
What?
This is my POV.
I'm you, okay?
You were like, yeah, we can see his jawline.
Fuck him.
You were doing the most unflattering double chin pose as you said that.
And I'm like, I still can't.
No, I'm sitting down.
Maybe go for another dumb bitch walk.
I can't see it.
It's not a flattering position.
Fuck you.
It was just as you delivered the line of how good your jawline was,
I was like, it's quite frankly
never looked worse. In fact, it looks fatter than ever. And now look at him elongating
his neck to try and counteract it. Don't you laugh. Well, welcome to Is It Just Me, everyone.
See, this is what you've been missing out with only one episode a week. We're feeling
feral today. Listen, if it is your first time listening, we start the show, every show, with an Is It Just Me, something we've noticed, hate or appreciate. Today,
let's kick it off with a listener, don't you think, guys? Yes, and is it just you?
We've got Sarah joining us from Newcastle in New South Wales with an Is It Just Me of her own.
Hello, Sarah. Hi, Sarah. Hi, how are you going?
All the better for hearing your gorgeous voice, Sarah. What's happening in Newcastle?
Nothing really.
I'm a teacher, so I go back to work on Mondays.
I'm just trying to soak up the last couple of days before the kids come back. Well, it's Wednesday, Sarah.
You must remember.
Theatre of the mind.
You must listen.
Oh, sorry.
You're right.
No, you're right.
Well, I've got a few more days, thankfully.
I feel like.
It's nearly the weekend.
I'm day.
People can listen to this.
Someone in 2029 is going to be listening to this and be like,
what the fuck are they talking about?
All right, Sarah, Bradley's going to count you in.
Hit us with your Is It Just Me, okay?
Okay, cool.
Is it just me or...
Do you find it fucking disgusting that people take their phone with them
to the toilet and use it?
Oh, grow up. I would agree with you, Sarah. disgusting that people take their phone with them to the toilet and use it.
Oh, grow up.
I would agree with you, Sarah.
However, that would make me what you call a hypocrite.
Yes.
I did have the feeling that, yeah.
What do you mean you had the feeling that I looked like a fucking phone shitter?
I just know that it's like a really common thing for people to do.
Like I just know I see it all over my TikTok, like people comment saying I, like, I'm literally shitting while watching this and all the rest of it.
And I just, I can't understand why.
So, are you prepared to come on this podcast and lie
and say you've never done it in your life?
Yeah, no, I never have.
Oh, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
You've never done a little quick wee or a poo
and held your phone in your hand and scrolled TikTok.
But I don't take my phone with me.
And I can't imagine sitting there and consuming content while you're doing that.
How do you concentrate?
How does it put you off?
I'd rather that than focus on the fact that my arsehole is opening to dispose of faecal matter of obscene colours and smells.
Can I ask a simple question for you, Sarah?
Are you a germaphobe?
Oh, yeah, massively.
That's what I just said before.
Okay, so COVID must have been rough for you.
Yeah.
A little bit, I guess.
How dry were your hands with all the hand sanitiser?
Got to invest in a really good moisturiser is my tip.
Good tip.
Definitely, like an oatmeal-based kind of thing.
Love my Aveeno.
If it makes you feel any better, Sarah,
I did see a TikTok or something talking about how there's actually more germs
on your phone screen than the bottom of your shoe or a toilet seat itself.
And so ever since that, I brought phone wipes, which is probably a scam.
They're just wipes.
I just got phone screen wipes.
And so I give it a wipe when I've been in the bathroom because I, I actually time my day around it. I'm like, I've got a crap. I'll check my emails.
Yeah.
You know, I'm like, it's a good opportunity to check my phone because I'm using on my laptop.
Yeah. I understand like that whole, like, especially like parents, I guess,
it's like an escape from their children. They might want to factor in that time. So I do get
that.
The thing is though, Sarah, you know, I don't want to laugh in the face of germ I do get that. The thing is, though, Sarah, you know,
I don't want to laugh in the face of germophobia.
It's a real thing.
Germophobia?
I thought you said genophobia.
We've all got that.
I was like, oh, my God, there's a diagnosis.
No, no, no.
But, I mean, like, if you haven't been sick for –
I highly doubt I've ever been sick from having poop particles on my phone.
I'm not saying it would make you sick.
I just think it's gross.
Like, where do you put your phone when you wipe?
What are you doing?
I hate to break it to you, but between the hours of 11.30 and midnight,
I'm doing some obscene things in one hand and my phone is often covered
in other.
And sometimes you have to swap because one wrist gets tied.
Yes.
Yes.
I'm just saying.
It's probably the least of your worries, to be honest.
I was about to say, shit is the least of my problems on my device.
Don't even get me started on my fucking iPad.
Sarah, well, okay, get some wipes.
You'll be fine.
I do have wipes.
It's not an issue.
Oh, I bet you've got wipes.
If anyone's got fucking wipes, it's Sarah.
Sarah, yeah, yeah.
Sarah, make sure you DM a couple of Mitches because Jenna will hook you up with a prize.
Just as a little thanks for coming on.
Okay, definitely will.
Thanks, guys.
We love you, Sarah.
We love you.
Thank you. Thank you.
Love you.
Now, you can get in touch too.
Send us a DM or you can text us, Mitch.
Isn't that right?
Oh, it's so correct.
Do I remember the number?
Do I?
Actually, do you?
That's the better question.
Do you know what?
I think I do.
I think I do.
Yeah.
I'm going to back myself in here and then check.
Ready?
0422 948 202. Let's have check. Ready? 0422 948 202.
Let's have a look.
0428 948 202.
I know the new number off my heart.
I'm not even kidding.
Mitch is confident in his job.
How is that my job?
We all have our jobs.
You have more than I do, but let's not open up that can of worms.
Yeah, no, it's fine.
We'll open that can up when it comes to splitting the assets.
No, no, no.
We have a question about that coming up in our four-year anniversary Q&A,
by the way.
Yes, we're doing a Q&A on the show because we celebrate it on Monday,
but it's four years of IJM.
Four years is a long time.
Your longest relationship, Mitchell.
What?
It's your longest relationship.
Oh, fuck, you're right.
You and I.
You and I, and we're stronger than ever.
By the way, I will say that I've read through the questions,
and someone has asked about my relationship,
and I will address that in this Q&A.
Oh, my God.
Do we want to do the Q&A now or Jenna's fable?
Let's do the Q&A, and then because coming up,
Jenna's got a story to tell us.
Yes, a fable.
Last time we heard about her ill-fated trip to
Vanuatu in the middle of the worst earthquake they've ever had.
Yes, true. I don't know if middle of the worst earthquake they've ever had.
Yes, true.
I don't know if it's the worst earthquake they've ever had.
By all accounts, it was survivable.
I was talking about the Benson family.
131060, what's your worst earthquake, just personally?
Hi, guys.
Haiti, 2008.
Awful.
All right, let's get into this Q&A. And remember, this time the questions were able to be sent in anonymously.
We haven't done this before.
If you didn't get a question in this time, we'll put a link in the show notes where you can leave a question for next time.
But first up we have, do you both make an income from the podcast or does it just support you in your other jobs?
No, so when we allude to our kiddio, as in the podcast bank account.
That's a fake joke.
That exists.
Yes.
We have a kiddio.
Yeah.
But quite frankly, we never touch it.
No.
Because the expenses involved with this podcast, I don't know if anyone's noticed, there aren't
that many.
No.
Like Jenna, she got an Uber here.
Yeah.
That went on the kiddio.
We order food all the time.
Yeah.
Yes.
And so basically the kiddio is overflowing.
And Mitch and I both hate admin. so one day we will deal with it we're gonna have to have that argument later
what percentage we both get totally but um we do we had there is there is money in there enough to
pay a salary i'm aiming for 97 percent interesting well i'm aiming for three isn't that funny that's
somehow those things work out we We're so in sync.
Oh, my God.
Well, I make so much elsewhere, so it's fine.
I just want some food.
Yeah, that's Jenna and you're an idiot because that's on the record now and that's all you're going to get.
Although we did get another question.
It says, does Jenna get paid to be on the show?
And the answer is not a monthly salary or a yearly salary,
but every so often when I remember I'll say, fuck, send me an invoice.
You've been doing your prize keeping,
especially if we've gotten sponsored or something
and she has to send out prizes that are actually sponsored.
I'm like, well, she should get a cut of the sponsorship dollars.
The podcast is most definitely profitable,
the most profitable it's ever been, really.
Sometimes because it's under my ABN and so technically I'm both of your bosses,
sometimes I check my bank account and you know how it tells you the total at the bottom,
your total amount.
I'm like, fuck, I'm rich.
And then I remember that, oh, a lot of that's actually the kiddie.
I can't touch it.
I could.
None of you would ever notice, but I won't.
No, we wouldn't.
I don't.
We'll take you to court.
We'll take you to court.
Okay, next question.
Is Mitchell ever going to get his art pop tattoo removed?
Oh.
I don't think you should, Juke. art pop tattoo removed? Oh. Oh.
I don't think you should, Juke.
I've grown fond of it.
Oh, well, that must be nice for you.
I haven't.
It's on your forearm under your wrist.
It's big block writing.
It's a Lady Gaga reference.
And when I was age 19, I thought, you know what?
No matter how old I get, I will never regret this.
By the time I was 21, I was like, okay.
There it is. I'm not that much of a fangirl anymore.
So it's embarrassing, but it's very much just put on the, I'll deal with that later
list.
I forget it's there until other people bring it up.
Oh, Mitch, it doesn't bother me.
Like I'm your husband.
It doesn't bother me.
No, I'm going to look into it.
I'm going to look into it, getting the tattoo laser removed, but it sounds so painful.
I am.
I've been thinking about getting my first tattoo.
What?
Okay, my message to anyone in your position is please don't rush into it.
No, of course.
You have to be thinking about it for at least a year before you go, yep.
Because I was thinking about this for approximately seven seconds and I went, do it.
Oh, God, no.
And I went on a date and someone said, you've got a nice body for tattoos.
And now I'm like, maybe I should get a tattoo.
That's the only reason.
The next question says, we get it. Mitchell Cheery's having sex and going on dates.
Stop talking about it. That's not a question. Although, fuck you. It's my show. I can
talk about what I want. That's why I'm here. That's why I'm here. If you don't want to hear about it,
you're listening to the wrong show. This is a couple of Mitch's fables.
Interesting. Next question. It's weird not being able to
credit who it's from.
Anonymous is better because people are honest.
Anonymous says, what happened to beautiful Sam?
Oh, Sam.
Contraceptive diaphragm Sam.
Well, yeah.
Lost interest, quite frankly.
He was always there in the studio,
but only sometimes could be bothered actually pressing the button
and talking to us.
Yeah.
Well, it was a matter of convenience because we all worked
at the radio station.
That's how we all know each other. Yeah. Jenna and I are the convenience because we all worked at the radio station. That's how we all know each other.
Yeah.
Jenna and I are the only two that still work at the radio station.
Yeah, that's true.
But Sam moved on to another job.
Yeah, he now works at TikTok with your ex-boyfriend.
Oh, careful.
Yeah, he does.
Yeah.
Yeah, he does.
And good for him.
So we've got a spy.
Yeah, great place to work.
We do, true.
We've got a spy.
He actually told me a funny story.
I'll tell this.
I don't give a shit.
That he ran into him at work the other day and he goes, fuck, what you're wearing looks
so familiar.
And my ex goes, yeah, I took it from Mitch in the breakup.
He was wearing one of my blazers at work and he was brazen enough to-
Was he drowning in it?
Yeah.
He likes oversize.
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
Interesting, huh?
The man's got a type.
He knows what he likes and there's a lot of it.
We get it.
Yeah, well, there was a lot of it.
True.
The next question sent in anonymously.
Why don't you ever talk about Jenna's dating life?
Oh, Jenna.
That's a good question.
Primarily because it doesn't exist much.
Yeah.
So, just busy with work and stuff.
But, you know, the time will come.
Have we not sold you with all of our hinge ads?
No.
Oh, well, fuck me.
Thanks a lot.
You got a line and said yes.
You can think about it.
I'm not opening the kiddio for you.
Do you go on many dates?
Not really.
No.
I honestly don't.
But if something does come up, I'll definitely bring it up.
Yeah, of course.
Absolutely.
I feel like this question is more for Jenna.
We'll remain silent, Mitchell.
Sure, that's going to be hard.
Do Churi and Coombs get along outside the show?
Oh, that's a tough question.
By the time?
No, they absolutely do.
Yeah, of course we do.
Jeez, don't sell it too hard, Jenna.
Read the cue card written in front of you.
They do get along.
Good.
Yeah, of course we do.
We all get along so well.
Yeah.
It's a funny dynamic because I've known Jenna like ten times longer than I've
known you, Mitch.
Yeah, but I've still known you.
The bullshit I could tell you.
I know, but I've still known you, what, five years now?
Yeah.
Yeah, you're right because there was one year where we didn't podcast together.
Yeah, there was, of just friendship.
God, that would be a weird time to go back.
I know.
The phone calls were much longer.
Yeah, they were.
These days we're like, we speak enough.
We seriously do.
Oh, no, but there's some days where we chat and then we talk for an hour
and then we also go, fuck, we need to save this
or we'll have nothing to talk about.
I know.
I will say, I think we're better friends now.
We used to argue way more.
But we were younger and, like, we also, you know, our frontal lobes weren't cooked.
I'll wear that as well because I was just a more bitter person, I feel.
No, it's not you.
I was also, you know, in the throes of my first relationship when we first started all this.
And I was very distracted by that.
Oh, you were a huge cockhead.
Make no mistake.
But also, I take most of the blame because I had a short fuse.
We're adults.
If you think I had a short fuse now, babes.
How is Cheery doing post-breakup?
Oh, that's – we've heard.
Fine.
Fine.
And I'm not even fucking interested.
I've got a jawline and I'm fine.
I've got a jawline and I'm fine.
I'm fine. Move on. I couldn't care less.
The next question, will you ever do a Patreon?
Oh, we've discussed that. Speaking of a kiddie, I owe more money. We have discussed it, haven't we?
We've discussed it, but A, it's hard enough getting in both of your calendars as it is
to record a regular episode schedule, let alone bonus content that people pay for.
And B, cost of living crisis.
It just doesn't feel very – it just feels tone deaf to ask
for money at the moment.
No, I agree.
And we both had the same thought that, yes, we could.
And what?
We'd Patreon AD Debrief and make that a paid episode.
But then what?
So the audience that have fallen in love with that segment and have become used to having
it every day for free, every week for free, now have to pay for it?
I said to you, the thought of, you know, there might be someone who gets so much joy from
this podcast and then they're not in a position where they can afford to pay for a Patreon
subscription.
And then we take that away from them.
I said, I just can't do that.
I will say that.
So instead we're doing two episodes a week
and not actually getting any extra profit.
We're just that giving.
Fuck me.
Call me Mother Teresa, honestly.
I will say that.
Don't write it out.
I mean, if this becomes our sole income,
which it could and it might at one point.
Basically, if you quit your job,
because I've already quit mine.
I'll meet you in the middle, babes.
Yeah, if I quit, we might have to.
But at the moment, we don't need – we make income elsewhere,
so we're okay.
But if this does become our sole income, ask us that question then.
Yeah, exactly.
And plus, like I said, we're not struggling.
The kiddio has been dormant for four years.
There's a substantial amount of money in it.
The next question, is there and is it just me, too, in future plans?
Ooh.
I mean, Mitch, we can say most definitely, can't we?
Yeah.
Not this year.
No.
I'll be fully honest because I can't be bothered being diplomatic.
No.
My comedy boss, Andrew.
Hi, Andrew.
He said, let's do podcast shows.
And then he had a meeting with both of us.
We were going to do it in Sydney and Melbourne in November.
Yeah.
And then it all just kind of never went anywhere.
It never got off the ground because your manager never replied.
Yeah, I heard that.
Really?
Yeah, it's true.
Have you had a word with your bullshit manager?
Okay, calm down.
I have.
Well, they didn't reply though.
I don't know where it's at.
Basically, it's something that we probably will do and we're both open to.
And honestly, we might even do it early next year because I can't be bothered writing a
new show for Sydney and Melbourne Comedy Festival.
So we'll do the podcast instead.
All right.
Next question.
But if you want to see us live in a city near you, it will happen one day.
If you really want it to happen, email andrew at moretalent.com.au and tell him that you're
desperate.
Oh, shit.
Someone's here.
Who is that?
I've got to get that.
Oh, God.
Hello? Oh, shit. Someone's here. Who is that? I've got to get that. Oh, God. Hello?
Oh,
it's the cookies!
Yeah, spoiler alert. We actually recorded this episode right
after Monday's one. The fucking...
Donna Hay Cookies are here!
I didn't get them on the weekend,
but I got them today.
I hope they're fucking good.
They should be. And they make them fresh to order.
So these have just been cooked.
Really?
Yeah.
And I didn't have the kiddio details saved.
So I fucking paid $60 for these.
$60?
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thanks, mate.
Cheers, Cobber.
Open them.
Open them.
Open them.
Are they warm?
Are they warm?
Are they warm?
They're warm.
I'm going to come.
I'm going to actually come.
A cookie is my favourite fucking thing in the world with a bit of ice cream.
Me too.
Are they like –
Oh, that's dangerous.
Jenna, hold them up.
Hold them up.
Oh, my fucking God.
You know this is like on Survivor when –
Can you take a photo before we do anything?
Mitchell, there is condensation on my –
If you're in Sydney, Baked by Donna Hay will cook cookies fresh to order.
For those who didn't hear Monday's episode, we were talking about that before and we ordered them.
And now here we are.
I'm taking one.
We're in the middle of a Q&A.
Absolutely.
I'm going to sample one.
So the next question is actually for me.
So while you stuff your fucking face, I'll answer it.
It says, Takooms, what is the most positive change you've seen
in Turee since the breakup?
What's that one?
Chuck chip.
I'd have to say his focus and attention to health.
As he devours a fat fucking cookie.
I will burn it off.
No, the biggest change is just that, I don't know,
he just seems more present and available.
I agree with that.
I agree.
I'm much happier.
Oh, my God, they're so soft.
Next question.
Coombs, I know you're a married man,
but how are you resisting cheery right now?
Well, as I just watched him lick crumbs off his chest.
I'm so glad my question came through.
I was worried.
I've got poof on my fingers.
Jenna's got shit on her teeth.
Looks like she's just eaten out Mole Man.
And I'm reading out the question so I can't even have a bite.
Mitchell, this is the best cookie I've ever had.
Fuck you.
Okay, here's a question for you.
Don't answer the question.
No, here's a question for you.
You want to fuck me or not?
Oh, the question was how you were listening to Cheery.
Quite easily.
Give me one for me and I'll answer it.
You eat your cookie.
Does Chiri ever worry things he says on Is It Just Me could affect his commercial radio job?
Oh, that's really interesting.
The short answer is yes.
But the long answer is, even though it sounds like things are just set on a whim, often, yeah, very thought out.
I did call Mitchell this week.
You're a fucking kid.
No, I know.
It's the fucking best.
You're joking.
We have to send them this because we need free cookies.
Wow.
I called Mitchell this week and said, hey,
do you think I need to worry about what I'm saying?
I genuinely did because I spoke about giving a blowjob on a boardwalk,
which is the name of my upcoming novel.
But honestly, this is my answer.
I forgot you said that.
Yeah.
No, you actually said.
Who gives enough of a fuck to report that to the kids management?
No, true.
And even if they did, you'd have so many legs to stand on.
You've got three, in fact.
You could say, no, it's a podcast, different rules, mate.
So I don't think you have anything to worry about.
And we'll cross that bridge if we come to it.
So why is that directed at me? You could get
in trouble too. Bullshit.
Oh, you're our own boss. True.
Exactly. Oh, true actually.
I do have to be careful. Here we go.
Hey Mitches, I have a question.
This is the next question
if you didn't figure that out. Have Mitch
and Sean split up?
I have a feeling they have.
Well, here's the thing. I'm glad you're addressing it now. When I was in Brisbane,
I did my sold out award-winning stand-up comedy shows. And someone came up to me afterwards and
said, hi, how are you? Can I get a photo? Obviously. I got a clit. Yeah, they did actually.
And they said, by the way, there's a rumour going through the
Is It Just Me cinematic universe.
I was like, I'm not across that one, so fill me in.
They said, the rumour is that you and Sean have broken up.
And I said, that scumbag didn't even have the guts to break up with me to my face.
I'm fighting out through a fan.
Are you fucking serious?
And so I said, where has this come from?
Apparently people have been doing their own little bloody conspiracy theories in a way.
They said that because I went to New Zealand on holiday without him,
I was obviously fleeing the country due to heartbreak.
Not true.
The man has a job to go to, whereas I don't really.
So I went overseas because my friend suggested it.
And the other clue was that you didn't post on Instagram the whole weekend
after you got home from New Zealand.
You must have been so sad.
To which I say it's not uncommon for me to go a whole weekend without posting,
but also I did post that weekend with Sean.
Use your eyes, bitch.
I actually don't know where it's come from.
I don't know where it's come from because this is not the first time I've been asked
if Sean and I broke up.
In fact, if we record long enough, he's probably going to turn up.
He's on his way here.
Oh, really?
It really depends on traffic.
Do we have enough cookies for him?
Well, there's three left.
Do we want seconds?
Absolutely not.
That'll last me for the month.
No, I've had one bite and I feel sick.
I've eaten a whole cookie.
So has Jenna.
They were so good.
That was hot.
It was.
Wow.
All right.
Now, any more questions?
What else we got?
The next question.
Do you guys make money from-
Oh, God.
Yes, millions.
Give me a me one.
This one isn't a question.
You should post more TikToks of the show.
All right.
Okay, sure.
As if I haven't got enough on my plate.
Yeah, deal.
Fuck you, Anonymous.
Anyone looking for freelance video editing work?
Moving on.
Oh, this sounds like a cheery question.
What's your worst ever red carpet slash event moment?
I love the behind the scenes celeb life.
No.
Oh, God.
I don't really know.
One time I vomited on Kylie Gillies' dress.
You did not.
No, I didn't really.
I don't really have like a worst moment.
Do I have a worst event?
Some events are just rat shit and you just get there and you go,
this is fucking terrible.
Who's Bridget Jones's diary?
What's that actor?
Yeah, Renee Zellweger asked me where the bathroom was and I told her.
What event was that?
And she came back and was like, the bathroom – you know, she's real squinty.
She's like, the bathroom wasn't there.
And I was like, oh, I kind of just made that up. I don't work here, ma'am.
Yeah, I'm a guest.
It was Bridget Jones's babies on a road trip, whatever the fuck the new movie was. And you went to that premiere. No, it wasam. Yeah, I'm a guest. It was Bridget Jones' Babies on a Road Trip, whatever the fuck the new movie was.
And you went to that premiere.
No, it was Judy.
No.
Oh, yeah, when she won the Oscar for Judy Garland.
She was extra squinty in that role.
Yeah, she was rude because I remember thinking,
she just had a slice of lemon.
She was like, hi, honey, we're the bad peeps.
And I was like, down there.
I mean, no worries, walking guinea pig, but it was Renee Zellweger.
That's it.
That's all that comes to mind.
Where would I start to get a career in radio and podcasting producing?
AFTRS, baby.
No, seriously, go to AFTRS.
Or my recommendation.
Australian Film Television Radio School.
Yes, or my recommendation is join the street team at a radio station.
It still is, I think, the best in the industry.
If you feel like you're not extroverted enough to do a street team
and you're not quite ready to go in the deep end of afters,
start at Sydney TAFE like I did.
Totally.
Which is very much a gateway to afters.
Everyone that was in my class went to afters from TAFE to afters.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
Also, I'm single now, so nepotism exists.
So if you want a real quickie.
Sorry, I'll edit that out.
Where should I start to get a career in radio and podcast producing?
Suck off, Mitch Chury.
No, no.
The next question is, oh, it's not really a question.
It says, Chury, try to go one episode without dragging Hayden.
Eye roll emoji.
Oh, God.
I didn't realize he still followed us for one.
For that question to come in.
Can I just be honest there?
If I wanted to, I could have gone full scorched earth, but I haven't.
It's also my fucking podcast, our fucking podcast.
I can drag whoever I like.
What's the worst that you've said?
Absolutely nothing.
I don't think you've said anything.
I don't think I've said anything bad at all.
I would remember.
Let me tell you, the things that I could have said and have withheld from,
the restraint, you know me.
I'm already eyeing off a second macadamia hazelnut cookie.
I could have really said some – actually, I could have –
Do you want one, mate?
No, I'm good, I'm good.
Do you want to go half?
No, I'm all right.
Oh, there's a chocolate one.
Give me half of that.
I didn't realise I was on the chocolate chair.
You ordered them, dog.
I know.
I ordered just a mixed batch. Okay. Thanks, guys. Next didn't realise. I was on the chocolate chip. You ordered them, dog. I know. I ordered just a mixed batch.
Okay.
Thanks, guys.
Anyway, I don't want to talk about him.
Yep.
Are you doing any more merch anytime soon?
No.
Okay.
Merch it.
Merch it's hard.
Do I give a diplomatic answer or do I be honest?
Honest.
I'm waiting on fucking contraceptive diaphragm, Sam.
Why?
Because we didn't get a photo together, the three of us this year.
Oh, you're right.
And when we do merch together, we always have a photo of the three
of us on the mug.
We got that photo in early August.
Yeah.
I still don't have it and I've been nagging and I keep saying,
I've got a kiddio that I'm not afraid to play with.
I'll pay you double.
And he goes, no, no, happy to do it for a mate.
And I'm like, at this point, I'm not your mate.
I'll fucking pay you $30,000.
Name your price.
I need the photo of us.
He's holding them ransom.
All we'll say on that is we did a photo shoot.
It's all ready to go.
There will be new merch, a new product.
It's coming.
We're just waiting on it.
And we look gorgeous.
And I need that because I've actually made several inquiries about the rash shirts.
Yeah.
Yay.
I thought you'd be more excited.
Rash shirts are off.
No, no, please.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
I will say, though, I have merch available right now.
Hot Girl Walk merch is available.
Link in my bio on Mitch Turi Insta.
Buy some Hot Girl Walk merch.
But they're not rash shirts.
You can swim in them, though.
They're fine.
All right, one more, then let's get out.
Mitchell Turi, do you regret getting Louis Hanson to fill in?
It wasn't the same without Coombs.
Oh, absolutely not.
It was never going to be the same.
Well, no, that's the thing.
I've actually said that to a few people that have commented that.
I'm like, of course it's not the same.
It's not supposed to be.
It's a different show.
It's a different person.
It's a different show.
It's a different vibe.
Yeah, and I'm glad it was a different vibe.
That's what I wanted.
That's why we could have had a regular fill-in, a Tim Abbott,
or we could have had an All Right Hay, but we wanted a different creator
and we wanted to spotlight another queer comedian in the country.
When you say we, I wasn't consulted, but I get where you're coming from.
No, no, I mean, you know, he was gorgeous to look at.
He's like, I'm not going to turn Zoom on.
I'm like, Louis, you'll be on the show.
Put the Zoom on.
Were you not in the same room?
No, he was in Melbourne.
Oh. He was in Melbourne. How did you do that? Via the radio on. Were you not in the same room? No, he was in Melbourne. Oh.
He was in Melbourne.
How did you do that?
Via the radio station.
We had a high-speed internet line.
It took me months to prepare.
Did you have to send an email or something?
Yeah, I had to make calls to text.
Oh, my God.
You do want to fuck him, don't you?
I had to book his shit.
That is more preparation than you've ever done before.
No, don't be silly.
I love Louis, and he was great.
I'm glad we got him.
That cost the station a fortune, the ICN line.
It would have.
It would have cost them a couple thousand.
Holy fuck.
Oh, my God.
So you do that for him, you wouldn't cross the street for me.
Shut up.
I'm finishing the rest of your cookies after.
Emotional eating.
Take them.
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All right.
So only a few weeks ago we launched a new segment here on the podcast
and we coined it Jenna's Fable Time.
Because we realised that Mitch and I talk a lot,
if not too much, about our own lives.
We've never suckled the infinite giving teat of jenna's life she must have so much to offer
well jenna's lived more lives than anyone in this country well that's it yeah all the world yeah
your nostradamus in female form yes absolutely um so last time we heard like we said about your
earthquake family story yes vanuatu 2002 traumatic now um why don't you hit us with your fable this
time around okay are you guys ready i don't know if us with your fable this time around? Okay. Are you guys ready?
I don't know if I am.
The answer's no.
On a scale of one to a fucking earthquake, what are we dealing with?
It's on a different end.
Let me just go on with it.
It's not on the Richter scale?
No, it's not.
It's not on the Richter scale this time.
No.
So this happened exactly a year after the Vanuatu incident.
To the day? No, not to the day, but around the same time. Okay. Okay, so a year after the Vanuatu incident. To the day?
No, not to the day, but around the same time.
Okay.
Okay, so a year after.
Already it's less interesting.
So had the family recovered?
This was the first trip after the Vanuatu.
Oh, no.
Your family has the worst fucking luck.
And had your brother been found?
Because the last time we heard of him,
he was currently up there with a Matty McCann in Pride, Deluge.
No, he was found.
He was found.
Yeah, the taxi driver brought him back.
Anyway, it's the year after.
My dad books a trip to Club Med at Linderman Island in Queensland.
Okay.
Can we get some Googling happening, Mitchell?
What is that?
Oh, am I in charge?
Sure, sure, sure.
First of all, Club Med has since closed down
and is now an abandoned resort.
So there's different YouTube videos where you can see it.
Oh, like Big Brother style.
Club Med is an all-inclusive package.
It sounds like a university group you join at O-Week.
All the medical students join Club Med.
No, it's a French travel and tourism operating business specialising
in all-inclusive holidays.
So you'd pay a fee but everything's included, flights, accommodation,
travel, food, everything.
All right, continue.
Sounds nice and pleasant so far.
So it was lovely getting there, very, very nice.
And as usual, I joined the kids' club like I did at Fenuatu.
How old were you?
At this stage, I would have been
around 10 or 11. Still
teetering on a bit old for dinosaur
chicken nuggets. No at this stage it was
the teen club.
So I joined
the teen club. And your brother was in there?
No he
was going through something
I'll get to you later.
PTSD from being kidnapped in Haiti.
He didn't join the kids club and it's probably the best decision.
Anyway, teen club.
Was he violent?
No, he was just weird.
Your brother's name's Blake, isn't it?
Yeah.
Poor Blake.
We've really painted a picture.
For anyone who's wondering, we might post a picture of this too.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Blake Benson looks like Jenna with a shaved head.
They look exactly the same.
Better explained is Jenna Benson looks like Blake Benson with a wig on.
Yeah, that's actually so true.
They look so similar.
Carry on.
Okay, so the teen club.
As soon as I joined this club, there was something up with it.
It was very odd.
It was unlike any other kids club I'd been to,
especially after the Vanuatu one,
which was actually a good kids club despite the earthquake.
Anyway, back to teen club.
There were different activities to do,
and I was forced to join the club med circus.
Oh. Oh, my God. What do you mean forced? No, I was forced to join the club med circus oh oh my god what do you mean forced no I was forced I was desperate not to join I've done the same thing and they oh you're
both clowns I knew it no I've done I did clown lessons at a at a kids club at a no no he needed
lessons I was I was the lecturer yeah They said, you're a natural.
I feel like Club Med was a bit of a cult.
It was very strange. How so? What would they say
to you as an 11-year-old?
I'd say, I don't feel comfortable
doing the trapeze because I'm scared
of heights or whatever. And I've never done a fucking trapeze in my
life. I'm not a clown. I'm a kid.
You can't just hang me from the air.
Anyway, they
pretty much threatened me.
How?
With a gun?
No, no, it would have been a gun, but when they pulled the trigger,
it was a little flag that said bang because they're clowns.
No, they were very gaslighty.
Well, they're clowns, yeah.
Hang on, where's the sting?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.
Anyway, so I was forced to join the circus club within Club Med
and I was – so every week they would do – we were there for about two weeks.
Every week they would do a circus –
God, your family take big trips.
No, it was school holidays.
Okay.
It was – so every week they'd have like a little performance thing.
Anyway, I was.
You were there for two weeks.
So there were two performances.
No, the first week was the staff performance of Grease.
Oh.
Fuck.
That sounds dreadful.
Some gronky ass motel in Queensland doing their own production of Grease.
That's my point.
But there's no, who's invested in the cast?
You don't know who they are.
Well, we all have to sit through it.
Anyway.
Was it ticketed?
Could the public go and see great tickets?
No, just club meds.
Benefits to being in the club meds.
All right, carry on.
The second week was the circus show.
I got picked to do the bike tricks.
And then a unicycle or two wheels?
No, so there was the staff member riding the bike
and me and another guy had to go on the back wheel
wait both of you yes one on either side is this what you were talking about where it gets weird? It was your brother? No, no, no, no.
Anyway, there were about six of us.
Oh my God, there was just two.
Now there's six.
The other four were doing other tricks.
Me and this 14-year-old boy who looked like seven.
Were you sitting on the same seat?
No, we were standing up.
Where?
On the little pedal thing on the back.
Oh, the pegs, pegs, pegs.
Oh, the pegs.
I had pegs.
Did you share pegs?
We all had different pegs.
I was on one side, he was on the other.
Jesus, that's very heavy.
What if he was morbidly obese?
It would have capsized the bike.
We got picked to do this.
And it's the reason why I have anxiety.
I doubt that.
I've always wondered.
It was a horrendous experience.
What happened?
Every day from nine till five, we had to practice circus while my mum and dad went archery.
And it was the worst thing.
Were they also doing archery from nine to five?
Pretty much.
They were doing bushwalks, all the fun stuff while I was stuck
in the little auditorium doing bike tricks.
It's the benefit to Club Med.
Exercises and exclusive events like archery and circus,
Cirque du Soleil were part of the package.
And child labour.
Of course, of course.
All right, so you'd practised the bike and the pegging.
What happened?
Yep, so then the day before they had to organise costumes.
Oh, God.
It was like the Masked Singer, wasn't it?
Who is that?
Who is that?
The envelope.
It's Jenna.
Can you Google if this fucking cult place is still going?
It's not.
It's abandoned now.
Oh, that's right.
You said that.
Sorry.
It's just been ages.
Keep going.
We were given a purple leotard each, including the boys.
At what age?
I was 10, 11.
It ranged from around 10 to 16.
I feel like that's a weird age where is it cute if they're in a leotard?
Is it like a little girl at ballet or is it like, oh, that's a teenager.
It wasn't cute.
Mitchell, I'm so sorry.
What?
There is one club med circus school still in France and it's the circus school at club
med Putacanta.
No, who's talking?
Putacanta.
Putacanta.
I'm not joking.
Okay.
Anyway, I'll get back to the story.
Look, hear this.
Okay, so it was the night of the performance.
I was all ready.
I'd done our rehearsals.
We'd rehearsed for days.
This is when my brother comes into it.
So everybody at the resort had to attend the circus show.
Oh, no.
But my brother had a fear of being called up by the circus.
Oh, no.
He hates audience interaction.
I imagine.
That's stressful.
So he had to be locked in the hotel room.
He locked himself in so he couldn't get back in after.
He didn't want to experience.
Oh, he thought you were a clown.
I've made that mistake many times. Oh, thought that – He thought you were a clown. He thought that I would bring him – I've made that mistake many times.
Oh, after the show, he thought you were a clown.
He thought that I would take him onto the stage, so he locked himself in.
Anyway –
He's substantially older than you, though.
He's a year – two years younger than me.
Is he younger than you?
Yeah.
Oh, sorry, mate.
What does he do for work?
Can you remind me?
He does marketing for a wine company.
Oh, shit.
Okay, so that's very off-Broadway.
It's not – he's not in the spotlight.
No.
Not like Jenna.
No, not like me.
No, of course.
Podcaster.
So we were doing the circus tricks.
It was going really, really well.
He wasn't even there to support you.
No.
So you'd nailed the bike pegging.
I was actually really good.
In your leotard.
My mum said I was very good as well.
At pegging. And I just desperately didn't want to mom said i was very good at pegging and i just
desperately didn't want to go i didn't want to be in it but i was and i successfully that's very
jenna to this day that attitude prevails yes she doesn't want to be here but she's fucking here
and i nailed that performance but the girl on the trapeze didn't oh no what so it wasn't
is it called a trapeze, this one?
The one that Pink swings from.
No.
She's going, so what?
I'm still a rock star.
That was one of them.
But this one was like a hula hoop in the air.
Oh, yeah.
No, circus clowns love that shit.
Yeah.
What happened?
The girl fell off.
What was this girl?
She did a Carrie Ann.
Oh, no.
No.
The ambulance came.
No, you're kidding.
No, no, no, no.
No, wait.
Don't skip to the ambulance.
You always do this.
She fell off.
Yes.
And then what?
She was like, ow.
How old was this little girl?
She was a bit older than me, so I'd say about 13.
Too damn old to be.
She knew better.
Okay, so this is where I thought the story was headed.
I thought you were going to say, she fell and snapped her neck.
So please just tell me that she was like mostly fine,
just needed to be checked out.
No, they took her away on a stretcher.
It took them a while to get the ambulance there.
What happened in the meantime?
Where have you blocked that out?
No, because we're on an island so it did take
them about an hour. Of course, you're surrounded by sea.
Okay, well that hour, that's what we need to unpack.
Jenna, my question is... Anyway, we need a Friday episode.
We do, we do. Wait, was
she in a clown outfit? No, she was
in a leotard.
The purple one? Yes. Okay.
Did she have a camel toe?
Everyone did. I'll try and find she have a camel toe? Everyone did.
I'll try and find the photo.
No, please.
There's a group photo of us.
You're all children.
Do not publish that.
No, don't.
That's a good idea, actually.
Don't publish that.
We didn't blur out that part.
That would look so much worse.
So the staff had to sort her out.
Yeah.
And we had to read through.
What condition was she in?
Did she have a dislocated bone or anything? No, she was just lying down. She was unconsciously. Yeah. And we had to- What condition was she in? Did she have a dislocated bone or anything?
No, she was just lying down.
She was unconscious.
Oh.
So your brother is sitting in the room with the door locked
and all he hears is-
We had to do bike tricks again.
What?
Bike tricks.
They made them do more to keep the audience entertained.
And to distract it.
I think the audience know that there's actually something much bigger at hand.
Who was in the audience?
The guy who plays the man from Snowy River.
What's his name?
I don't know, but he sat at our table.
Oh, my gosh.
Wait, wait, wait.
Was it the man from Snowy River?
Yes, yes.
No, or the actor?
No, he's the main actor in it.
So he's the man from Snowy River.
What's his name?
I don't know.
I'm Googling.
All I know is Sigrid Thornton.
That's all I know.
Yes, yes, yes.
Tom Berlinson.
Yeah, that's him.
He was in the audience and he watched my bike tricks
and watched the girl fall from the...
And what did he say?
You've got something, kid.
You've got something.
I've got the chops acting. You've got something.
I've got the chops acting wise myself and I can recognise that you're going somewhere.
They were supposed to leave the island the next day, but he decided they wanted to stay longer.
So they stayed an extra week.
Oh, you're kidding.
Purely to see the circus.
Wow.
You're kidding me.
She never kids.
Can I just say... You quite frankly can't make this shit up.
No. That really tickled me. That was a great fable, Jenna. Yeah, well, I haven't finished. kidding me she never kids can i just say you quite frankly can't make this shit up that um
that really tickled me that was a great fable jenna yeah well i haven't finished
please please do okay so it's supposed to be doing shorter episodes for fuck's sake anyway
your brother's locked in the room this is what i need to know yeah we couldn't get in
did the woman survive actually sorry well i don't. I didn't see her again because we left, like, the next day.
You weren't curious.
I was traumatised.
Yeah, you didn't want to think of her.
That's actually the least traumatic part of the whole story,
just so you know.
Like, you actually got off quite lightly.
Yeah, you scored.
I thought I was going to die.
Anyway, I thought that I was friends with the teen club.
So, the thing is, as people get on the island they sang absolutely everybody everybody everybody vanessa amarasi yeah and
they sang the traditional tongues of the queensland people sang it when you left as well
so my family were the only ones on the boat leaving the next day
and the teen club were forced to come and farewell.
Uh-huh.
Anyway, they were singing absolutely everybody
and this is really, really sad and it made me cry at the time.
Yeah.
Then instead of waving, they just turned around
and started talking to each other.
Ah, so you just kind of floated off into the distance.
So they all sung, everybody, everybody, people in the world.
And then they kicked the canoe.
And they just walked away.
They didn't wave back.
Every other time someone had left, I was always absolutely everybody,
everybody, everybody.
How many metres did they give it?
Until they turned their backs.
I'd say about five.
Like you were spitting distance.
You were still there.
You could fucking cop away.
I could have jumped back.
Well, you know what?
They weren't gossiping.
They were mourning the loss of their sister who perished the night before.
No, I think this was a cult.
The trapeze incident.
This was a cult.
There was something up with it.
It was very weird.
All right, Jenna, very informative.
Is it possible that paranoia has been a side effect of this?
Because I don't know if it was a cult.
Sure, they may have been right moles.
No one's contesting that.
They were right moles.
They were.
And obviously their O, H and S wasn't quite up to scratch.
No, that's why they closed down.
Yeah, of course.
Anyways, your brother's still locked in the room.
Yes.
What the fuck?
Why did that part come up?
We had to go to reception and get the key
and then he started screaming because he thought i was going to take him back onto the bike trip
and you said no no you've got no sage presence i would never
wow yeah that's the club med story so informative i felt like i really was at club med if we had
more time dot wiggins should call that fucking place.
Oh, God, no.
But no.
No.
That would be breaking our sobriety against phone calls.
It really would.
We're not making phone calls.
Not phone calls.
I'm very traumatised by Club Med.
Thank you for opening up, Jenna.
No, thank you for listening.
I'm going to have to look into this bitch later because I'm not happy.
Club Med, Linderman Island.
Punta Canta is the last Club Med circus school that exists.
Give it a Google.
Yeah, so if you're thinking of going on a holiday to fuck a cunt, just don't.
It's not good.
It's not good.
Especially for the kids.
Totally.
Don't join the circus.
No, no.
Unless you want your kids to turn out like Jenna, in which case, go for it.
Do you really, though?
Let's go home.
We should go.
Let's go.
Good idea.
God, is it going to be a thing the Wednesday episodes are more chaotic? I feel. I hope so though? Let's go home. We should go. Let's go. Good idea. God, is it
going to be a thing the Wednesday episodes are more chaotic?
I feel. I hope so. We should bring it on.
Maybe we should do a Sunday
dusk episode. Oh,
Christ on a bike. This whole podcast
is going to take over my life. All consuming.
Let's do one from our morning turd.
Morning turd. With our phones.
Yeah, with our phones. Alright,
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you on monday dogs love ya bye is it just me a podcast by a couple of mitches make sure you've
hit follow on your podcast app Welcome to ADD Brief.
This is our secret segment on the end.
We pretend we're dumb, but we're not.
No.
We really risk the secret being exposed by doing it twice a week.
We do, but that's all right.
You know, we haven't been caught in four years,
so I think we can pan it through, you know.
It's true.
You outed us.
I know.
In episode 162.
I'm an idiot.
And as I did it, I freaked the fuck out.
I was like, oh, no.
No, you said to me, we were singing Winner Takes It All,
and I was like, we need to go.
You said, it doesn't matter.
It's ADD brief.
And I said, it fully isn't.
I know.
It's not.
I've had to take my headphones off because my right ear's overheating because you know i got my ear pierced what like three months ago yeah healed amazing i can change earrings great i got an
earring for my birthday that i wanted to put in and um i did and it was a bit tight i thought you
know what i'm uh i'm gonna get a thinner sleeper just so i can wear a silver sleeper that doesn't have a ball on it because i had the i had the beginner sleeper yeah yes
so i'm gonna go to go to hair house warehouse and just get a cheap fucking sleeper so now it's
getting a free sleeper no no no i paid was 10 bucks go to house warehouse and i go hi i need
to get a sleeper put in um i just want like a silver one with no ball on it she's like no he's
honey let me get you one she was so so perky. I was like, oh.
And then she's like, do you want me to put it in for you?
Because they give me a really delicate.
And I was like, oh, that's really nice.
I'd love that.
She's like, all right, come back to the room.
You shouldn't have bought it knowing that.
If it's going to be hard and you need a second pair of hands to put in,
fuck that.
Well, because we were at a Westfield.
I think she just thought like, you have to find a mirror.
Let me pop it in.
She goes, do you want to wear it now?
And I said, yeah.
She went, let me put it on your feet.
Hi.
My awesome 17-year-old girl with bright red hair and piercings in every free amount of space she's got on her forehead takes me to this back room.
And then she goes, I'm going to take this one out.
Do you want me to chuck it?
I'm like, chuck it, babe.
I don't want it.
So she chucks it out.
And then I'm kind of just talking to her. And I'm sitting there with my legs crossed looking down at my lap because I can't see my lobe.
And then she goes, all right, deep breath.
One, two, three. And and she pieces my ear what she beats my ear and i went oh wait wait wait
a different ear the same hole oh and i went your hole was too tight it was and i had a dollar
right we're out of westfield too, I'd have $3.
And I go, what did you just do?
And she went, I pierced it, hon.
Chewing gum.
Chewing gum.
And I go, I didn't want it pierced.
No.
And then she said, oh, was it already pierced?
I'm like, yes, there was an earring in it.
And she went, oh, I thought the problem was it was closing up and you wanted, because you said it was tight,
because I did mention that it was tight.
Tight hole.
And I go, I did, but I didn't want you to re-pierce it.
She goes, sorry about that, huh?
Well, the new piercing's in, no swimming for 12 to 18 weeks.
Oh, no.
And I was like, fucking excuse me.
12 to 18 is far too big of a window, by the way.
It's so big.
Like by week 15, do you go roll the dice?
Totally.
And then she takes me to the front counter and goes,
20 for the earring and 35 for the piercing.
Oh, that scumbag.
Actually, do you know what?
For once, give them a shout out.
Name, business.
I want to know every detail.
Hairhouse, warehouse, Westfield, Miranda.
And her name was?
No, I would never.
I would never.
Talia.
Oh, of course.
Well, I get to the checkout.
I pay and pay for the piercing because she offered me a service.
And then she goes, oh, hun, I'm going to give you an alcohol wipe.
Baby, you're bleeding.
It's fucking a lot.
So she gives me an alcohol wipe.
Hold that on there real tight.
Okay, no swimming.
12 to 18 weeks.
Then I have to walk around Westfield with a bleeding ear.
So now my ear's fucking been re-pierced and I'm back to square one.
And so is it infected or anything?
No, it's okay.
Thank God because it's been a week since.
But I was so worried it was going to get reinfected.
Well, you've got another 11 to 18 weeks to wait before you can swim, mate.
What if it's raining?
Does that count?
No, because I asked about sweat because now I'm exercising and it sweats.
So I was like, is it all right?
Are you exercising?
Yeah.
Really?
Yeah.
Had you not done that before?
You know me.
You know the answer to that
Oh, okay
No, my lobes were dry
Anyway, I was just so shocked
You've got a dry hole
Yeah, I do
I do
Now I'm reluctant to tell sex stories
I'm ashamed
No, don't let it get in your head
Well, it wasn't in my head
I've got no
I'm just reluctant
No, don't be
If you've got a really good one Sure reluctant. No, don't be.
If you've got a really good one, sure.
Yeah, maybe not the B sides.
Yeah, I don't need to hear about someone sending you a nude.
Like that's just standard practice.
Well, that was the start.
That was the, remember the first time, yeah.
What, us?
I thought we weren't talking about that.
By the way, do you know how many questions I got about, be honest,
have Mitch and Mitch ever kissed or fucked?
And I just didn't include them because I'm like,
I'm pretty sure we've made that clear that you desperately wanted me because you're an animal with urges and I can do better.
You're an animal with urges.
I'm an animal with standards.
Make that the new description of the show.
Well, once I hit 30.
Booster by a couple of animals.
Raw.
No, we've never done anything.
We've actually never even kissed.
No.
We've kissed the same person.
We've probably hugged about three times.
We hugged on my birthday.
We haven't...
No, we've hugged heaps, actually.
There was a question earlier.
What have you noticed about Mitch post-breakup?
And the thing I've noticed is that he's not faithful
to one man.
He obviously was saving his hands for the one man, but now he'll hug me.
What a waste.
If only my partner had the same respect.
That cookie.
It's a big cookie.
I've got Donna's email.
Should I send her a text?
Should I send her an email and just thank her?
Thank her for paying $60.
Hey, Donna.
And just go in, like back yourself in and just confidently call her Don.
Like you're on a nickname basis.
Hey, Don, it's me.
Hey, Dee.
Hey, Dee, it's Em.
I'm not joking.
She had this gay ass assistant next to her holding a clipboard and he had
bleached blonde hair.
He was in a denim set.
He looked at me like,
it was like the devil wears Prada.
He was like,
shoo,
fuck out of my office.
Okay.
All right.
We should go.
I hope people enjoyed the two week,
two episodes this week.
Yeah.
Just for something different.
Yeah.
A bit of fun.
I liked it.
A bit silly.
Yeah.
And we'll keep doing it.
Don't forget to do the five star crap.
Yeah.
Leave us a review.
Or 10 stars now that we're doing it twice. Yeah. Double, double the wh yeah leave us a review and uh or 10 stars now
that we're doing it twice yeah double double the whammy um hope you enjoy the two eps guys and we
love you thanks for listening um and we'll see you in a week yeah we'll see you then oh fuck hang on
what we hope this podcast made you feel at least 1.5 better today that's all so we do i can't
believe i nearly forgot i know i imagine imagine four years. And all that sugar in your system too.
I'm having that sugar crash.
So am I.
Let's go.
The teachers were right.
They were.
They were.
It was a lot.
They were.
Remember they always said, no, it's the day of an exam.
Don't have sugar.
Have crumpets.
Yeah, they did.
They have a point.
They did.
All right.
We love you guys.
See you in a week.
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