Is It Just Me? - #174: Sniffing Rugs

Episode Date: November 21, 2023

In this episode: How to “correctly” eat a meat pie (13:46) Roving-reporter Oscar goes on a rug-sniffing mission (17:57) Our team meeting to address the mug crisis (31:18) Our long-awaited pottery reveal (43:18) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (49:37)   BUY OUR POTS ON EBAY! The winning bid will be donated to a charity of your choice. Churi's pot: www.ebay.com.au/itm/134818921373 Coombs' pot: www.ebay.com.au/itm/134818918985?   MUG-VEMBER: Order your 'Teal Era' mug here: coupleofmitches.myshopify.com   Join our Facebook group 'Endurant Idiots' facebook.com/groups/477062186470271 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. Go! Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. Oh, please, you're in bed with a cup of bloody Horlicks by 8. Horlicks?

It puts you to sleep. It's like a malt drink. Sounds like a slur. Oh, I've heard that Horlicks. Ha-ha-ha! Now, here's Mitch Chudie and Mitchell Coombs. Hello, you. Hello, you. I don't want to go upward.

I normally go, hello, you. It's down. I go, hello, you. What if you just sounded really disappointed one way? Can you be like, hello, you. Hello, you. That's still a bit upward. Hello, you.

That's lower, but still going upwards. You're going, hello, you. You have to go down. Hello, you. Hello, you. Hello, you. That's still a bit upward. Hello you. That's lower, but still going upwards. You're going, hello you. You have to go down. Hello you. Hello you. Oh, that sounds so scathing. I'm not good at that. Hello you. I think maybe I'm cooked in the head from my years of commercial radio announcing. Everything has to be excited or I've got to talk into something. What do you mean? Like it's not possible for you to sound low pitched and relaxed? No, I'm always just presenting. That's just your voice though, I think. You reckon? Yeah. Can I just say, I have noticed in recent months, you have a new laugh. What? Yeah. Oh my, is this an intervention? No, it's not an intervention. Because we do have an all-staff meeting today,

don't we? We do. Prizekeeper Jenna, you'll be here for the all-staff meeting. Yes, I'm here. It's rare that you get to come to the board meetings, but this is an all-staff matter. Yeah. I'll get to that later. Get your Kiki K notepad out. You're taking the minutes. Yeah. It's serious. But no, I've noticed that your hysterical,

like genuine crack up laugh used to be like a, which it still is. But then recently I've noticed a bit of a, and one time when I was editing, I heard that laugh and I thought it was me, but then I was still talking. I was like, is that Mitch's laugh now? What do you mean?

I don't know. It was, I don't know where to find an example, but you've just got more of a high-pitched, airy laugh. You never laugh, so I can't find an example. Well, it was when we were watching our own YouTube videos. I was laughing at myself. No, we were laughing at the fact that when it cut to Jenna's angle on the camera, it was pig-weak, so she had all this food on the table.

Oh, that's real. That's when I got your high-pitched, genuine laugh. That was real, because I found it so funny that we were insinuating Jenna was just eating food during the show. I'd know where to find an example. I can edit it in. Okay, if you want to. Oh, yeah, I did notice that Jenna just had all this food on the desk in front of her in this video, and we never addressed it. Go to Jenna's angle.

What a pig. That's the funniest thing I've ever seen. But my question is, is that a fake laugh or is the original barotinous laugh is that the fake laugh? No, the barotinous laugh is my real genuine laugh. When I go that's real. I have many laughs. It depends on where it's coming from. If it's like a vicious laugh or if it's just a caught me off guard laugh.

If I hear the new laugh today, I'll point it out to you. Okay, please do. Please do. Because I've not heard it until recently. I'm like, oh, this is a new thing from him. I don't know. Maybe I've lost 40 kilos. Maybe there's just less pressure on my diaphragm.

That could be it. So it's lighter now. Yeah. Whereas before I was gasping for breath. Like I was having an apnea moment. I was choking. I don't know. Who knows?

By the way, can I just say, you are going to be so proud of me. Why? So if this episode comes out Wednesday, that would mean that it was Sean's birthday yesterday. Oh, Sean. Tuesday 21st. And I can say this now because he will have already received the present, but guess what I got him for his birthday. Oh, my God, this is his 31st?

Yes. Yes, okay. Yep, correct. Tell me. Well, you know how you've got this new running joke that he likes to fuck my Squishmallow because he enjoyed it so much? Well, it's not a running joke. He hugs the thing every night.

Yeah. It's kind of true. He chooses to snuggle with that instead of me. Yes. So what's his name again? Colette. Mine is called Camillo with Donut. Camillo with Donut.

Yeah. And it's a bachelor of, it's got a bachelor of arts. Yes. Yeah. So for Sean's birthday, I got him his own Squishmallow. Oh, good. What did you get him? Do you have a photo?

Yeah, I do. I got him, and you'll know why I picked this. It's very Sean coded. It's called Danny Green Dino with bow tie. Oh, that is so Sean. That's Sean. Oh, that is so cute. Because he's always trying to dress that little bit more crisp than me.

Yeah, he kind of dresses like an adult Young Sheldon. So just Sheldon. But not adult Sheldon. No, the Young Sheldon dressed better than adult Sheldon. Yeah, the young Sheldon dressed better than adult Sheldon. Yeah, you're right. You're right, yeah. Yeah. But, like, if we're going to something super casual

and I'm just wearing a T-shirt and shorts, you can bet your ass he'll still rock up in long dress pants, fucking leather shoes, looking all lovely. So I saw this one with the green bow tie. I was like, oh, that's very Sheldon. It's so appropriate. What's its backstory? Does it say?

I need to know its story. Yeah, they're always so oddly specific, the Squishmallow backstories. So Danny's is you'll always want Danny on your team. He's the king of games. Danny loves strategizing for board games, puzzles, outdoor sports, and scavenger hunts. That's Sean. That's him to a T.

I was really torn, though, because I found another Squishmallow when I was shopping for him. And this Squishmallow's back. Sorry. It's literally a bar teacher. Wow. Wait. Like Pilates?

Yes. Oh, my God. Erica the Chinchilla. Can I see? And now I kind of want Erica because it's a bar instructor. Fuck, if I was any good, if I was a good friend, I'd get you Erica. Oh, Erica. That's what my chip used to look like.

Except the male version. Yeah. That's similar to my Selenia. I actually, you guys have Oh, Erica, that's what my chip used to look like, except the male version, yeah. That's similar to my Selenia. I actually, you guys have, well, Mitch doesn't, but you, Jenna, Selenia's very you. Guys, we can't keep talking about this. Fuck, sorry. I know. I was just about to talk about Squishmallows for the night time.

We can't. We're not making any money. People keep posting Squishmallows in our Facebook group. It's become a thing. They're all so cute. Imagine if we could get our own Squish Mellow, mate. Like a Mitch Mitch and a Jenna. Yeah.

Idjim Mellow. Idjim Mellow. But what would they be? Would they be our faces or would they be animals? No, they'd be like an animal, a yellow one with our logo on the tummy or something. I don't know. What would your animal be? I don't know.

I thought we could just do one. Oh, for the three of us. Yeah. That could be our special half a decade merch for our five-year anniversary next year. Fucker. Could be wearing a rash shirt. Potentially. Aren't we cool?

Let's get our own Squishmallow. We're adults. I was so like, grow up, Mitchell, when you were sad about losing your Squishmallows in the divorce. But now I've fallen for a hook, line, or sinker because I'm like, I've got one and now I need Eric at the bar teacher. I need another one. Totally. Fucking hell.

Do you think, and I actually believe this could happen, they're trying to build up a SCU, a Squishmallow Cinematic Universe. They're going to have all these characters be voiced. It's going to be a children's show. If they do that, that's when I lose interest. I don't want them to take it too far. I don't want Squishmallows to be the next Minions. Movies and shit.

No, no. Shut up. No. It's got to be sacred to us. Oh, my God. I didn't tell you. I had a fight with Emma Wiggle at the Arias. What?

Emma Wiggle. What happened? Emma the Wiggle. Is she a former Wiggle? That's why we fought. Because she glanced over in an orange dress and I went, you know me, like when I'm in radio mode, it's all natural. I'm like, oh, Emma Wiggles, hello.

Emma, take this microphone, honey. And she went, Emma, Emma. And I went, ha, ha. Like I didn't get it. I went, ha. I thought she was making a dumb kid's joke. Is that her new stage name? Well, yes, but I went, ha, ha.

All right, well, you're nominated tonight. Emma Wiggle, nominated for an ARIA. She went, honey, Emma, Emma. And I went, ha, ha. Like I thought she was just doing like a, you know, when they sing those dumb kids song, they go, Emma, Emma, chicken, chicken. Oh, I see. She's gone out solo and now her new character is Emma, Emma.

Correct. But I thought. That's weird. I thought she was just like, it's like a rattle that she has with the kids. Emma, Emma. It's hard to say. Emma, Emma. Emma, Emma.

Anyway. And I, then about three minutes Into the interview I went And also Mr. Emma Wiggles nominated And she said to me Honey, I'm going to stop you right now

Give you some advice on the fly No I told you my new name A couple of times I'm Emma, Emma I'm no longer a wiggle And it clocked that she was mad Finally it registered

It clocked And I went Oh God And we were pre-recorded So we had to drop The whole interview Because like She dropped the full facade

Do you reckon you still have that somewhere? I want to hear it desperately now. I could find it. Yeah. I want to hear it. Could you? I'd have to. I don't know.

I'd have to ask. When was it? Is this a couple of years ago or just the last week? Last week. Oh my God. Surely they've got the off cuts. They have to. Maybe the thing is it went to a feed, then it was produced up.

I'd have to find out. I'd have to find out. Can you find out? Yeah, I will find out. Send a message. Yeah. I really want to hear that one of these days. Try and get it today, but if not that's fine. Also, I should say on the way

another roving report from our fourth wheel roving reporter, Oscar. Yay! I haven't even told you guys what this one is. We don't know about it. We have no idea what is about to happen on the show, plus there's going to be an intervention. No, there's not. Well, a team meeting. That's not an intervention.

I have negative connotation on everything. You clearly do, because you mustn't assume that you're in trouble. Actually, I'm in trouble. I need your help. I can't be left to make all the decisions in this fucking business. We're not in trouble? No. When did I ever say that?

I said there's a dilemma with the mugs that we're currently selling, and there's a couple of other things on the agenda. That's all. Jenna and I just have a group chat without you in it. We were very scared. So you have a direct message? A group chat without me would just be messaging each other. I'm not jealous of that.

He's got a good point. He's got a really good point. That's maths. We're actually called a group chat. I go, message me on the group chat. Yeah. That's the dumbest thing I've ever said. All right.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to Is It Just Me? Every show we start with an Is It Just Me? And on a Wednesday, we get an Is It Just You? Something you've noticed you hate or appreciate. The idiot's turn. We've got on the line. Oh, fuck, she's there already.

Hello. Well, she's very busy in Mathura. It is Katie. Hi. Hi, Katie. Hey, how's it going, guys? Hi, Katie. Mathura. I've never heard of that. I suspect it's a tiny-ass town like

where I'm from. Yes, it is very tiny. Not much to do around here. There's one bowling club and a lot of sheep, cows and that's about it. Mathura? I barely know her. One bowling club. You're doing pretty well, actually, compared to Bogengate. That's true. Can I say, who the fuck chooses what goes into small towns?

Because my auntie Monda lives in a town called Urala. It's got a population of like 30. It's in between Tamworth and Armadale, in the middle of nowhere. And I went once and she goes, oh, we'll have to take you to the new boutique brewery. And I'm like, there's 30 people. And you go and it looks like something in the middle of Newtown. Like it's so artsy and cool. I'm like, where's 30 people. And you go and it looks like something in the middle of Newtown. Like it's so artsy and cool.

I'm like, where's the money being made here? We need to put a lot more thought into what goes in a small country town because sometimes I get so bored. And my poor Aunty Monda's got polio. Maybe build a hospital instead of a boutique brewery. So without, you know, sounding attacking, Katie, what are you doing there? Yeah.

Not much. I do two jobs. I work in West Hour and then I work in one of the other main towns, Echuca. Yeah. Echuca, of course. That's a big one. Bless you. Yes.

You have dealt with me before. I'm actually the girl who lost her house a year ago and all that was saved was the idjim jumper. Oh, that's right. And we were telling people to donate to the GoFundMe and stuff. We donated too, yeah. I was blown away with the support, especially from the idiots and you guys. And all I can say is thank you so much.

You helped my partner and I get back on our feet. Oh, Katie, that's so sweet. I can't believe that our merch was the only thing to survive a house fire. That is weird. It was actually kind of lucky, though, because my jumper was hanging up in a room I dry clothes in, and that was the room that the fire started. So in the hospital in Bastille,

my partner was trying to close out the window just so we had something. Oh, I see. My priorities were straight that day. Fuck, I guess they were. Wait, so Katie, so did you remind me, you lost the whole house? Everything but our bedroom, which the lovely rural fire service of Mathura managed to save. Wow. And my partner and I actually volunteer firefighters ourselves.

So we loved the fact that they were able to manage to save one room. So do you have an update for us? How are things going now? Did insurance cover it? Things are great. We're back on our feet. I've started going back to work at the early of this year. So I had to have some time off.

But we're in a more permanent house. My dogs are doing great. There's days where I have to remind myself that we both got out unharmed. And I feel like I've had people say to me that maybe it was the universe's way of giving us a reset button in a way. That's a very positive outlook. You're a better woman than me. I'd be pissed off to this day. I'd be like, why does this happen to me?

It's so unfair. I went through a lot of grief and a lot of tears. But I'm finally at that point where I've accepted it and I'm just happy to move on. Didn't you also get two birds? I remember in Injury and Idiots, you got two birds. Did you come up with a name? Well, I'm very original.

I've called the blue one Bluey and I still haven't named the other one. Should we name it now? Yeah. Why don't we name it? Yes, let's do it. What about like Meredith or something stupid like that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Daphne.

Lindsay. Joanne. None of these are tickling your fancy, Katie. What do you like, Katie? I'm loving Meredith, actually. Okay. Meredith. Choose my name.

Go for it. Bluey and Meredith. Do you want Meredith? Let's go with Meredith. Locked in. Sorry, wrong sound effect. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Sorry, Meredith dodged that.

Louie and Meredith, how gorgeous. Oh, I love it. All right, well, do you have any suggestions? You or are we going to move on? I would assume. I'd hope so. You have got one? Yes, I do have one.

All right, there's something you've noticed you hate or appreciate. Bradley will count you in. Go for it, Katie. Is it just me or... Do you get insanely judged on how you eat a meat pie? No, because I eat it correctly.

Oh, here we go. No, no. Get ready to be judged because I eat it in a very unconventional way. I ate a pie yesterday and I got ripped to pieces. How do you eat it? How do you eat it first, Katie? Let's see. We'll see if it's worth judging. I've almost broken up with my partner over this. So I eat it. You cut, you got to cut the top off.

Yep. I do that too. And then you put your, you put your sauce and whatever in the meat. You give it a bit of a stir. You put your sauce on the top. Yep. You got to eat the top separately and then you get a fork. Yep.

Eat the meat by the fork and then you just scrape it all out. Then eat the base. Eat the base with sauce. That is how I do it to a T. I eat it like a bowl of Special K. I eat it like it's cereal. We were so close, so fucking close to having the exact same method, Katie. But what I do is I stab the sauce nozzle through the top of the pie,

squeeze it until it goes and overflows. It's called a volcano, if you wanted to know. So I make the volcano with the tomato sauce. Then I cut the top off, give it a stir, et cetera, et cetera. It's just more fun. But then you have a dirty sauce nozzle. It's just... Well, give it a wipe with paper towel.

It's never bothered me. Jenna, how do you eat yours? It'll be right. How do you eat yours? Well, I don't like sauce, so I don't have sauce. Oh, like a pilgrim. Any sauce. Some sort of convict.

Unless, of course, I'm driving, I get one of the travel-sized ones that looks like a sausage roll. Yeah, sausage roll. And then it's the bite and dab method. You know the sauce that you bend it in half. It's like one bite, one bit of sauce, another bite, another bit of sauce. I agree. So, wait, you said that your partner, you nearly broke up with him

about this topic, how to correctly eat a pie. What does he do? So he just eats a pie like he just has it in his hand and he just eats it. No one will put the sauce on top. That's it. He doesn't go the extra mile cutting the top off. It can just go so wrong so easily when you do it that way. I agree.

It's such a man's way to eat a pie. I know, right? Us women and gays, we know how to do it. Men don't care. They're like, yeah, I'll get me fingers messy. Not a problem. He's probably learnt that method by always grabbing a pie from the canteen at a footy game or something. You don't have cutlery there, do you?

Probably. He was born and raised in the country where I grew up in the city and then I moved to the country about eight years ago. So we've come across many differences in our relationship. Another one is the whole potato scallop or potato cake debate. It's a scallop. What do you think, Katie? It's a scallop. I know. Truth to my heart, it will always

be a scallop. But if you walk in a furbo here and say potato scallop, you get the death scares, unfortunately. But Mathura is not a different country. How do they have different lingo? It makes no sense. Well, it's near Victoria. Victoria's different. Victoria says potato cake.

We're pretty close to Victoria, so that will explain a little bit. That does, actually. It tells me everything I need to bloody know. I would love to have you guys if you're ever driving through. Oh, of course. I'd love to do it. That would be amazing. You guys are near the border.

Yeah, so the main town where we're close to is Uchukum or Amma. So that's more the hustle and bustle. Got it. It's still barely hustle and bustle. Other side of Masau we have Daniloquin, which people know for the Denny Ute Muster. Yeah. For the what?

The Denny Ute Muster. Not really on our radar, but I know what you're talking about. It's exactly what it sounds like. Yeah. There'd be some meat pies being consumed without cutlery at the Ute Muster, I can assure you. The Denny Ute M like. Yeah. There'd be some meat pies being consumed without cutlery at the Ute Muster, I can assure you. The Denny Ute Muster. Yeah.

So just a massive festival with Ute, people with mullets, drinking, a massive party and country music. Sorry, are you trying to sell it

or not our scene? Not for us. Not for the idiots. All right, Katie, DM Prizekeeper Jenna and we will get your prize, okay? Thank you so much, guys. It was lovely chatting to you.

No worries. We love you. Don't forget, if you want to get on the show, you can send us a DM at couple of Mitch's or you can use the IJM hotline. Yeah, send us a text on this number. 042-294-8202 042-294-8202 I'll phone you tonight for 8202

Send us a text, please. Yeah. Okay, you can get in touch if you've got something on your mind at any point listening. Speaking of our darling Oscar, who sang that jingle for us. Beautifully. Oscar and I have been back on our bullshit. Yeah.

So he's our roving reporter, as you know. He is. Newly appointed fourth wheel. And we went on another mission over the weekend. Oh. And I think you're going to be so bloody proud of us, what we did. I don't know. Honestly, I could not think what this is.

I don't know what you've done. You don't have any guesses. No, is it a benefit? Does it benefit the show? No, I just think you're going to be happy with what we did. You're going to be proud of it. I want to know what it is. Okay, well, it relates to last week's episode. Jenna, you've figured it out?

Oh my god, I know what it is. Do you want to guess? I had COVID. Oh my god. Oh, you've got COVID. Did you visit rug stores? We did. Oh my god. So last week, Jenna said as her Is It Just Me during her audition that, is it just me or do rug stores smell lovely?

Yeah, she did. And you said, Mitch, more as a joke, oh, we should get roving reporter Oscar to go to different rug stores and rank the smells as an Idgum top five. Yeah. As we all wanted to do, Oscar and I, we took the joke too far because we actually went out and did it. Oh, my fucking God. That's amazing.

So I sent you a link. Can you bring it up on the screen? Yeah. This is amazing. And you can check our Instagram as well, at couple of Mitch's. I'll pop a video there later. Yeah, okay.

And so we were joking that we would do this live, but can I just say it would not have been possible because this took us like five or six hours. What? Yeah, I can imagine. I swear to you, I've now got a new theory that rug stores, a lot of them are drug fronts because- Money laundering. Yes, because we now got a new theory that rug stores, a lot of them are drug fronts. Money laundering.

Yes, because we went and looked up all these rug stores and half of them just weren't there. Like the address was there, but then it was some scabby warehouse with the windows all covered up. And all the reviews were saying, I ordered from this store and they just never sent me the rug. Oh my God. And so a lot of them, it was actually hard to find legit rug stores. But we did in the end. We went to five in total. Oh, wow.

That's impressive. Wait, why did you, to compare the different smells? Yeah. Yeah, to rank them. It was your idea, mate. Guys, COVID was mating. I'm glad I didn't suggest anything worse because fuck, this wasn't my brightest idea. Okay, so Roving Reporter, Oscar, and you went to these stores.

Correct. This is the first store we went to. Have a listen. Yes. Hello, Mitch and Jenna. Your wish is my command. I'm out sniffing rugs, and I think I'm going to start at Freedom Furniture.

Come and have a sniff. Cross now. Right, well, we're here at Freedom Furniture, so let's give this a whiff. Wow. No, I don't like that. Let's go a bit further in. Oh, this is fucking putrid.

He's in between the rugs. I'm going to give Freedom Furniture a 2 out of 10. That was disgusting. As someone who has never been rug sniffing before, as my first try here at Freedom, I've got to say, I think you're full of shit, Jenna. I'm not. They don't smell good at all.

Let's keep looking. Wow. So, say, I think you're full of shit, Jenna. I'm not. It's not good at all. Let's keep looking. Wow. So, three out of ten? Two out of ten. Might I add, Freedom Furniture, I would agree. Two out of ten. But you said, when we were talking about it last week, there's dedicated rug stores or there's furniture stores with a rug section. Yes, but I meant Ikea.

Well, that's on the way. We did go to Ikea. What? That's one of them. Can I say my criticism of Oscar Sniffing, he was in the rugs, the like Hessian rugs. They're like, they've got fibres in them. I think you need to be in like the carpet, carpet rugs.

Yeah, that's pretty much all Freedom Furniture had. Yeah, okay. And so I didn't, I wasn't blown away by that either. Remember I said last week, Jenna, I've never noticed, I've never really been to many rug stores or rug sections and taken note. So for my first sniff, my debut sniff. Oh, my God. I was like, really?

Is this what she's overhyping? And you were so. I was on it. I agree. So did you get it with Mitch? Did you agree two out of ten? Yeah, he did the rankings, but I wasn't impressed with Freedom Furniture. So next we headed over the road to Harvey Norman.

Oh, okay. I love Harvey Norman. No, I hate Harvey Norman, actually. Harvey's a terrible person. You don't like that. I was going to say, I'm pretty sure Harvey Norman as a person is quite homophobic. And racist. That's what Sean told me after we went there.

I was like, oh. You can't support Harvey Norman. I like the good guys. Yeah, they're good. I like their jingle. They're good guys. All right. Well, we're here at Harvey Norman and already I like what I'm sniffing.

Shall I give it a whiff? Yeah, go on. Get up in there. All right. Get in between the rugs. Get right in there. Oh, hello. Oh, that's fucking gorgeous.

Here we go again. It looks gorgeous, too. Oh, look at the pretty pattern. I'm liking this place because we're in the flooring section, so you can smell all the little shags, all the timber flooring. It's fucking gorgeous here at Harvey Norman. Nah, Jenna's onto something. Yes.

This smells fucking delightful. I'm loving this. Should I go again? I better go again. What do you give it out of 10, Harvey Norman? I'm going to give them a seven. A seven out of 10? Seven out of 10.

That's not bad. It's just above average, but God, I'm going again. Right. What's next? That's a good review right there. Seven out of ten. Not bad. That's impressive.

What I love is how deep he gets his nose into that shag pile. He's sniffed a rug before. Have you seen those rug cleaning videos on TikTok? Oh, have I? Oh, the really dirty ones. They get those foul, wretched rugs, and it takes them hours to pressure clean it, but they're so satisfying. Oh, my God.

And I always think, they're never going to get this one clean. No way. And then they do. They do. Yeah. Every single time. Seven out of ten is a very high score. That's where I wanted him to be.

So, if you guys can't see it, we'll put this on our socials, surely. But if you look at the, if you're picturing it, it is, they like hang them like you're in a deli. Yeah, it's on the rack. Yeah. And you like kind of like open them like they're posters. You like sift through them. Yeah.

So Oscar's wedging it. Between and sniffing. Oh, okay. Seven out of 10 for Harvey Norman. Oh yeah. We went to two big furniture chains, Freedom Furniture, Harvey Norman. And then we thought, okay, the next one we should go like a small business, an independent, purely rug shop.

No furniture, just rugs. Oh, that's a good idea. Here's how that went. So they wouldn't let us record in there, but it smelled foul anyway, so zero out of ten, didn't like it. What? They didn't let you record in there? That was one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my fucking life.

What happened? What went wrong? Oh, my God. We walked into this rug shop and there was five people in there. And I assume there were other customers, but it became pretty clear after a while that actually it was a family business and they were all relatives. They were all working there. And they were just looking at us like we were carrying weapons. And they were literally pacing and us like we were carrying weapons. Yeah.

And they were literally pacing and watching us the whole time. At one point, this old guy who I assume is, you know, the dad, and he had his sons there helping run the family business, he was taking photos of us. What? And he just had this look on his face like, what are these two up to? He was so sus on us. And so I said to Oscar, okay, we're going to have to tell them why we're here. They weren't fucking impressed.

What'd they say? They were like, nah, nah, you can't do that. We don't want anything to do with that. And I was like, well, it actually smells not that bad in here. You could have gotten a very good review, but now we're giving you a zero. Well, that's how, it's a dead giveaway that they're money laundering. Yes. Yeah, right?

Like this is, I'm going to do an impression of what I was dealing with. Okay. You pretend you're Mitchell Coombs. Okay. And I'm going to be the old guy just watching us like a hawk. Ready? Yeah. Oh, that's scary. Oh, yeah. Ready? Yeah. Oh, that's scary.

Oh, yeah. That's off. Oh, that's really. No, that's concerning. Oh, the eye contact. Oh, he's filming. No, I couldn't deal with that. No, thanks.

I'd run out. Just unbroken eye contact would not leave us alone. And so were all the other family members there. So we fucked off out of there pretty quick. That's a zero out of ten. All right. So Harvey Norman's in the lead reluctantly. Yes.

And so we've got two more to go. We went to another independent shop. Oh, good. This one was called Bazaar G Rugs and Gifts. They're in Top Ride. Oh. And that shop made our day. Oh, really?

Oh, my God, really? All right, well, I'm glad. But, yeah, take a listen first. Oh, this is so good. All right, here we go. I have to say, I think we found a fucking winner. Haven't we just. I have to say, I think we've found a fucking winner. Haven't we just? We have just.

We are here at Bazaar G Rugs and Gifts. It's stunning. And can I just say, this is my favourite thus far. Not only are the rugs stunning, but get a whiff. Gorgeous. So it's a rug and gift shop. They've got all sorts of things in here. I actually can't smell the rugs because they've got beautiful incest burning throughout the store.

That's right. We're going to have to swap. I need to give them a whiff. Yeah, all right. Ow! Isn't that delightful? You're joking. I'm not.

Yeah, no, this is beautiful. This is my favourite. Might have a little lie down. I think you should, yeah. The best part was they gave me a cuppa upon entry. I know. The last joint didn't even let us fucking film. These people are whining and dining us.

I feel expensive and rich. Bizarre G. Look at you go, you good thing. That's, oh, Bizarre G rugs and gifts is my favourite thus far, honestly. All right, most importantly, what do you rate them? Chug. I'm going to give them a 10 out of 10. Wow.

It smells fucking gorgeous. That's incredible. Oscar had a cup of what looked to be some sort of Turkish tea with lemon in it. Yeah, it was. And he gave us Turkish coffee, which kept us both up all fucking night. Wow, yeah, of course. The guy that works there, we walked in and we realised that it was probably better to disclose what we're doing there after the disaster that was the shop we went to prior. And so this guy, his name was Barack.

He did joke to us, like Obama, but not as important. Funny. He just got it. I said, mate, we're here because we're going to different rug stores and sniffing them. And he goes, say no more. Cool. Yep. Oh, I love that.

And he wasn't giving us the cups of tea after he found out he might get publicity out of it. That was before. But he just got it. And he was so lovely. And it was just the best. But he just got it and he was so lovely. And it was just the best. We both left with a big smile on our face. So it's not Bazaar as in how you normally spell it. It's B-A-Z-A-A-R.

Yeah, yeah, of course. Bazaar G Rugs and Gifts. It was just a phenomenal time. Oh, that's really sweet. And those rugs looked fantastic. I was just thinking that. They look gorgeous. Good quality.

Yeah, we loved them. Okay, so we've already got a winner, essentially. Unless we can top it. Unless Ikea, which I'm assuming is last. Well, yeah, that's what we went to last. And that's Swedish. You guys were really hyping Ikea as an elite rug smell. Jenna, you did say that.

No, the rug stores come first. In terms of bigger stores with other stuff, Ikea is up there. Okay. But not as high as rug stores. Well, this is mine and Oscar's experience at Ikea. Okay, last one. Well, we finally made it to Ikea and to be quite honest

it hasn't been a good Morgan because it smells like eye crepper. Yeah, I'm not loving it here. I'm not loving it. It just smells like very new and clinical, doesn't it? It smells like a hospital floor. Also, it took us what felt like four years to finally follow the fucking arrows to show room 15

where the rugs are. And it wasn't worth it to follow those arrows. And this is the result. Woof. Hang on, I'm going to have a whiff as well. Oh, it's just, it's hessian. It's not, it's not good. So if you had to give it a rating out of 10, what does Ikea get?

Look, Ikea, I'll give it a 3 out of 10 just for nostalgia, but fuck me, this place, it just smells four-flag. And that's Swedish for awful. Back to you guys in the studio. Thanks for coming. Thanks, Roving Reporter Oscar. So well done. The irony is the rug behind him is my rug from my living room. Is it?

Yeah, it's my rug. I recognised one too. I was like, I think my housemate had that. Yeah, yeah, I have that fucking rug in my backyard. Awful. Wow, what a good job. That was incredible. Mitchell, great reporting.

That was amazing. About halfway through that mission when we'd gone to at least four stores that just weren't there, even though they were advertised online, I was like, fuck, what have we gotten ourselves into? But we've come this far. That's incredible. And so for those playing along at home, Bizarre G, rugs and gifts in Top Ride Shopping Centre,

that's number one. Number two, Harvey Norman. Ikea three, Freedom Furniture two, and the undisclosed random one that kicked us out, zero. Zero out of ten. But didn't Ikea get three and Freedom got two? Correct. So Ikea beat Freedom.

Yeah. Correct, yeah. And because we were mucked around so long, a lot of the rug stores closed by like 2pm. Oh, yeah. And so we were going to go to fucking long, a lot of the rug stores closed by like 2pm. And so we were going to go to fucking Fantastic Furniture Choices Flooring, but they all closed. And we were like, are we going to be able to find five that are open? Mitchell, I don't think it was that urgent.

I think the four you've hit are very perfect. I don't think we needed a full comprehensive review of every carpet store in the country. No, you just said a top five, so I wanted to get five. Oh, yeah, right, true. That's true. I did say top five. It has to be five.

As fleeting as the comment was, I was abiding by your instructions. I was delirious. I don't even remember that happening, to be perfectly honest with you. Well done, Oscar. Mitch, that was great. That was very good. Incredible. I'm just mad because I want to bottle the smell and sniff it.

Oh, me too. Imagine if you could do that. Just like our car fragrance that we've been talking about as merch for ages, the Idjim car scent. Imagine if we could capture the smell of rugs. Oh, that would be delightful. That would be great. I think it just would be a shit ton of hessian.

Yeah. I hate that smell. It reminds me of- A potato sack? Yes, when you used to go to a carnival as a kid and you'd have to sit, put your legs in it, and then you'd slide down that big slippery slide. Oh, I thought you were going to be like the sack racing. Remember how you'd jump in the potato sack?

Oh, yes. Yeah, I remember that. That was torture. That was so bad. Not a fan. Do you know what really surprised me during this mission? Carpet court. No rugs.

What? Where's the logic in that? Carpet court? We went out of our way to a carpet court and they just had the squares of carpet to pick from. Oh no. No actual rugs. They should at least have a few rugs. I had bath mats and that's it. Fuck. Wait, was this rugs galore, isn't there? Isn't that a big one?

I don't know. We couldn't find that. Carpet court is the big one. No, it wasn't. No rugs. It had no rugs. That's ridiculous. That's ridiculous.

It's like Subway being like, we don't do sandwiches. No, not anymore. Not a big store. No, no, no. That's true. Is it just me? Make sure you leave a review on your podcast app. If you don't, you're a little bitch.

All right, everyone, let's get started. Thank you for coming to this meeting. Oh, my God. And I don't know if it says about you or if it says more about me that I get anxious when we have these things. It says more about you because I never once mentioned that you were in trouble. I would have called it an intervention if it was one. Yeah, good point.

That is true. What are we calling this? All-staff meeting. It's an all-staff meeting. All right, this is like in the Morning Wars when they had that board meeting and they voted out the old bat. Oh, yes, of course. Because we all have a vote.

Well, Jenna doesn't. It's not quite that serious. It's more of a whip. A whip, Gemma. Okay, a whip. Yeah. We actually do need someone else on the board because we'd never get anything done. If we are against each other on a vote, it's just you and I.

We need one more person. That's true. Jenna decides. Oh, that's actually true. Yeah, fair. Okay, we have it all worked out. Well, I need both of your input. There's a couple of things on the agenda for the staff meeting.

But firstly, there's been a bit of a catastrophe with our mugs that we're selling at the moment for Mugvember. It's Mugvember. We've got mugs on the market, limited edition, only for this month of November. Yep, you can order right now. Link in the show notes. We've got them in front of us. They're gorgeous.

Yellow inside. This is the mug, right? Yeah. And there's a photo on the front, photo on the back. And there was a bit of like barren wasteland in the middle of the mug. So I thought, you know, it would be smart. I'll pop a QR code. Yeah.

And I did that on last year's mugs. It's the same QR code on this year's mugs. And I did test it before we printed these mugs. I tested the QR code and it worked. However, here's the problem. The website I used to generate that QR code, I had to make an account, and they emailed me last week to tell me that their business is now becoming a subscription service and so you have to pay for your QR codes to work.

What? And so. Can I scan it? Yeah, give it a crack. I haven't paid it yet, but basically this is what we're up against. We either just have these mugs with a fucking stupid QR code that does nothing. Or. Oh, God.

Oh, we paid the subscription. Which is $13 a month. That's more than I pay for fucking Disney Plus. That's pushing it. Isn't it? Wait, so I click it. Oh, but it is working now. Yes.

It is? Yeah. What did it bring up at first? It gave me an ad. Oh, okay. And then does it still have skip ad? Yeah. Yeah, so apparently that's their current business

model, but they're moving into being a subscription service. So you pay for it to be active. Otherwise, it's just not a thing. Far out. And so if we don't pay for the QR code, they're going to deactivate them all. That's what it said. That's ridiculous. I think we should give them a call.

Jenna, with all due respect, I don't think we're going to sway their business model. And the question is, even if we did pay for it, how many people are fucking scanning the QR codes? Totally. Because my thinking when I put the QR code on the mugs was, you know, maybe someone will bring it to the office as their work mug. And you know how you've got the communal kitchen at this radio station and the mugs just sort of, they all go in there. Like I've seen fucking photos of amanda keller drinking from

my coffee that's totally you know what you're isabella yes you make a great point because mugs often in for the year that you've got them the intended purpose isn't used it'll be in someone's office it'll be in someone's desk but in about three years when that mug is in someone's cabinet in a random dishwasher that's when it'll get scanned. Exactly, because I thought the idiots who bought the mug, they don't need the QR code. They already listen. But I thought maybe something will happen upon this mug

when it's in the office and they'll go, oh, I might check this out. I wish I could track how many people scan the QR code. Actually, I can if I pay for the subscription. Oh, God. How much? Is it $13? A month. A month. That month that's really so let's do that for a year 156 but i don't want to pay for it for just a year because i also i kind of like the idea of one of these mugs being handed down to an idiot's great great grandchild as a precious family heirloom and the QR code still working for eternity. Or maybe in fucking a thousand years' time,

someone finds one of our mugs as an old ruin and they're like, what's this about? And it brings up our catalogue. We're long dead, but the podcast is still available. Our voice will be used to be studied by aliens when they land on this earth. But also, is QR code going to be a defunct technology in 10 years? Like, is that like us, my granddad, giving me a floppy disk and going, this was my favourite podcast back in the day?

I reckon QR codes, you know, they're still going to work. People are still going to be using them. It's hard to get anything easier than that. I vote we don't pay for it. I vote we don't. I it. I vote we don't. I think we leave it. These people are already listening to the podcast. In order to buy a mug, you've got to know we have mugs, which means you listen to the

show, which means you don't need the QR code. I know. It's just my stupid theory that maybe it'll help other people discover the podcast, but it's a very big maybe. I have never scanned anyone's QR code on a mug. Well, that's because it's a genius idea. It is a genius. It's never been done before. I've never seen a QR code on a mug. Well, that's because it's a genius idea. It is a genius. It's never been done before.

I've never seen a QR code on a mug. That's why they've decided to change their business model. They're like, these are going on mugs now. Yeah. What do you vote, Mitchell? What do you think? I don't know because it might not be a worthwhile investment. It just feels like a waste of money.

But then I just like the idea of these QR codes living on. What's the point of putting them on the mug if they don't fucking work? So scan this, you dog. What if? What could we turn it into instead? It's too late. They've been printed. Could we draw around it?

On every single mug? Yeah, do a little drawing. We could do a unique piece of art on all of them. We could just hire a tattoo artist to do a cover-up. You know how people sort of disguise tattoos as something else? Yeah. Fuck, that's tough. It's tricky, right?

Because imagine if I went rogue and just started paying 13 a month on our kiddio without consulting you. And you were like, where the fuck is all that money? I'd go live it. It'd be furious. I'd be furious. That would be horrific. You know what? These mugs are already new because it's got the brand new photo shoot where we're all snatched.

I think we leave it on and it can become kind of like a fun thing, like an Easter egg. Like I got one of the mugs with a QR code that does nothing. Oh my God. How is that fun? That is so not fun to me. That is embarrassing. No, Mitchell. It's like when things get misprinted or there's like coins in circulation from the mint where

Queen Elizabeth's nostrils are too big. And then they go, this $1 coin is actually worth $10,000. It becomes rare. It becomes rare. A collector's item. Correct. It increases its value because it's unique and it's not its intended purpose. So for that point.

I don't know if it's unique though because it's the same QR code as last year's mugs. So all the mugs with the QR code have one that is now just redundant. And that stresses me out. But I'm too much of a tired ass to spend $13 a month to rectify it. $13 is a lot. $13 is a lot. Who the fuck is running this QR code website that goes, you know what, I'm going to make it a subscription service.

You're not fucking Spotify. No. Who do you think you are? Yeah. To be fair, it might not be worth paying for it because I do recall a couple of weeks ago on my Bougainvillea comedy show, I knew there was going to be a lot of oldies from the district coming who probably don't even know what a podcast is.

They probably don't listen. They just see my Facebook videos. And so I got Sean to make these posters. It's like, check out my podcast with a QR code. And this was a brand new one. And I used a different website where I could track how many people scanned it. Do you want to know how many new listeners we got at that show that had 250 people at it?

How many? Three. Three scans of the QR code. We put fucking posters all over the hall. And that doesn't necessarily mean they listened. That's true. They just scanned it and it went to our link tree. And what show was that?

Ours. Oh, wait. Do you mean which comedy show? Yeah. Oh, that was at my Bogan Gate show. Because I was like, there'll be all these people that have never tried listening to a podcast. It's a bit abstract. And that demographic probably thought it was a COVID check-in.

They probably thought they had to. That's true. They probably didn't even know what it meant. Like, oh, I better check in for COVID. This guy's from the big city. He might give it to me. Yeah. I say we don't pay it.

But like I said, what about in 3,000 years' time when someone discovers this relic? I agree. I don't think we have to worry that far in advance. How cool would that be? It would be cool. I don't think we're going to be uncovered. What, you think someone's mug could be found?

Yeah, as like a fossil, you know? Could we bargain with them? Jenna, we're not calling them. What do you reckon actually happens when we die? What happens to the podcast? Oh, God. Will IHART just heartlessly delete it? No, they'll keep it.

No, because I'm sure other podcast hosts have died and their shows are still up. Yeah, it just stays up. Who's the famous person that's died? Cal Wilson's podcast is still up. Is it really? Yeah, but that was only recent. Yeah. Yeah, true.

They're not going to delete it as soon as she dies. I'm talking in like 30 years. Will it still be there? Well, we have nothing to compare it to because podcasts haven't been around for- That's so true, Jenna. They've been around long enough for someone to die. Yeah, but 30 years. Do you think, you know, in the way that like we listen to old music and go, God, what a

reflection of the time. Are we going to like listen to old podcasts in a hundred years and go, wow, what a reflection of the time. Are we going to listen to old podcasts in 100 years and go, wow, listen to how different we all sound? I'm going to have to leave our RSS feed to someone in my will. Yeah. That's true. So they can make sure it stays up. I can do it.

If we're worried about getting- Yeah, you'll come back. We're worried about getting cancelled the things we said for four years ago. Imagine in 200 years. Exactly. They'll be offended that we said hello. But we'll be dead. They'll be like, the slur. We'll be dead. We'll be long dead. We'll be long that we said hello. But we'll be dead. They'll be like, the slur.

We'll be dead. We'll be long dead. We'll be long dead. And how are they going to find our podcast? If we're dead and it's been 200 years, there's no advertising for it. The only way they'll find it is the mug sale. No. All right.

Well, if your vote's yes. I don't know. It just seems really illogical. It's tough. I don't know what we do. I don't know what we do. Either we A, draw on it, B, burn all the mugs and quit our jobs and move to Pride Deluge, or C, we call them.

Actually, while we're on that topic of burning mugs, can I just say, I just remembered. Burning? So last year, do you remember? There was that issue that just, it breaks my heart to think about it to this day. So there must have been one particular rough postman. Oh, God. Because we sent out maybe a batch of five mugs. This is upsetting.

And then we got three messages saying, mine's broken, mine's broken, mine's broken. And I was like, okay, we're going to have to send out an email to everyone that's ever bought a mug and say, listen, if yours is broken, please tell us and we'll replace it for free. And we got a reply from this girl that was like, oh, mine's broken. I tried to glue it together, but I just couldn't get it to work. And I was like, oh, God, that breaks my heart. I felt so bad that she was trying to glue it together.

If anyone gets a mug that somehow is mishandled and it breaks, please let us know. Don't just accept that. We're providing a stellar service. The QR code is defunct. I vote we leave it and we do not pay. I will not pay the ransom. I will not be bullied.

Actually, what if people hear this and then just start messaging going, my mug's broken, to get a freebie. Yeah, I think they have to show proof. A photo. Yeah. A photo proof and we need tears. We will not believe you. Okay, so you're voting that we don't pay for the QR code to carry on.

I vote no. Wow. I vote no. Okay, well, that's that sorted then. Yeah. You know, you're welcome, everyone, who has already ordered a mug. You'll be getting one with a waste of space QR code on it. Yeah, but if you're listening to this, for God's sake, you know it doesn't matter.

You already know what it is. It just feels stupid. I know. Mitchell, that's you. Yeah, we have moved on. Feel free to call the place. Yeah, yeah. If anyone wants to call, you can call them. I love how we've just said the place.

We've given them no info at all. Imagine if that happened when you broke something. You went to Kmart, something broke. Hey, this broke. You've got to call the place. I wouldn't even know how to contact them. It's literally like, oh, from memory, it was like qr-generator.com. Like, how the fuck do you contact that?

There's no contact us section. It's just you pop the link in and it makes a QR code. They sound like scammers. It's been run by AI. They're the same people that run that carpet shop. I was about to say. Stared you and Oscar down, yeah. All right.

Next thing on the agenda for our meeting. Yes. So, Yagana from Silky Shapes Pottery Studio in Crows Nest. Correct. About two months ago she told me, your pots are ready to pick up. Remember we did the pottery class? Yeah, of course. Yeah, for our hobby hunt.

Yeah. So we made them. She did whatever you do to make them not clay and actually into dishes. In the kiln. They were fired. Yeah, there you go. She did that shit. That was like two months ago.

She goes, you can come pick them up. I forgot. She nudged me about a month ago and said, they're still here. And I said, oh shit, sorry, you're gone. I forgot about that. And then today she sent me a message and said, please, please, please come pick them up. I was like, oh fuck, I forgot about that. And so Cheery very generously went and picked them up on his way to the studio because I

didn't have time. And so I've not seen them yet. We've got the pots. Oh my God. The pot reveal. It is time for a pot reveal. I'll start with Mitch's. Close your eyes. Yep. We've got the pots. Oh my god. The pot reveal. It is time for a pot reveal. I'll start with Mitch's. Close your eyes. Yep. I've got yours.

They sound very delicate. They've been glazed by Yeganeh. Yeganeh. I've just slid Mitch's over to him. Move your hand to the right. Yep, there you go. Ooh, okay. Pick it up. Oh my god. It's gorgeous. That's not it, right? It's gorgeous. Pick it up. Oh, my God.

It's gorgeous. That's not it, right? It's gorgeous. That's so much better than I remember. Mitchell, it's beautiful. That is holy fuck. It looks like some sort of Vera Wang fine bone china. Oh, my God.

I'm amazing. Yeah. What the fuck? Because I remember the way we left it, they were all wet. It was disgusting. And they were just that brown clay. It's a normal white bowl now. It looks legit.

No, but a really nice white bowl. She's glazed it too. It's like ivory coloured. Surely your gun might have interfered with them and made them better than they were when you left. You know what she told me when she picked it up? What? When I picked it up?

She said, microwave safe, dishwasher safe. Oh my God. I'm so impressed with myself. Show me yours. Oh, here's mine. So mine is a, it's a drinking glass. Because remember mine, have a look Jenna. Mine crumbled because I got too hands impressed with myself. Show me yours. Oh, here's mine. So mine is a drinking glass because remember mine, have a look, Jenna. Mine crumbled because I got too handsy with it.

I was too powerful. So yours is like, I remember saying at the time it would make a good toothbrush holder, but no, the toothbrushes would fall out. No, they would. It would be a beautiful latte cup. Oh, yeah, that's true. It would be great for a shot of espresso and then some milk. Oh, this is beautiful.

It's nice, isn't it? And it's an ivory colour and there's barely any imperfections. It does look handmade, but made by, yeah, me. Then Mitch was made by him. I'm really impressed with that. They turned out great. Me too. I'd love to go and do another one.

Yeah, it's great, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Did you keep up that hobby? Quick update. I booked in, but then I went on tour and then I got COVID, so I haven't gone back. Okay. But you intend to?

Yeah, I do intend to get this one in my local area. You're not getting your own pottery thing, right? No, it's too expensive. Okay, good. There's no bang for buck. So, yeah, what's the team meeting? You want to just gloat about how good we are? No, no, no.

The reason I brought this up at the team meeting is because I'm like, what do we do with these now? Do you want to keep it and be selfish, or do we do that thing that we've done a couple of times? Yeah. Where we pop them up on eBay or something, and then the idiots listening can bid on them, and whatever they spend goes to the charity of their choice.

We've done that a few times now. Remember the ukulele went for $666? Yeah, it did. Oh my God, we donated that charity to Mitchell Won It, our listener Mitchell. We donated it to someone in his life. Yeah, with Emma's Warriors. Yeah, Emma's Warriors. An amazing charity.

Yeah, yeah. Do we do that again or are you going to be selfish and keep the bowl? I reckon we put it up. And what, the listener gets to choose what charity it goes to. Yes, correct. I like that. We'll donate it. Yeah.

I'm just searching online how much these kind of handmade pots go for on Etsy. But it's a bidding homage, so whatever happens. Yeah, that's true. It happens. And also, do you know what would be fun? Because we're putting both up separately, we'll see who earns more money. Oh, that's true. Happens. And also, do you know what would be fun? Because we're putting both up separately, we'll see who earns more money. Oh, that's true. Oh, but yours is more universal.

Well, that's true. No, but everyone drinks. Not everyone has spaghetti or cereal or use a bowl. No, mugs are more universal. Yeah, but everyone needs a mug and a bowl. Yeah, you could bid on both. All right, how about we say wool? Yeah. You're keen on that? I reckon we put it up. Yep. Fabulous. Let's do it a bowl, so. Yeah, you could bid on both. All right, how about we say, well, yeah. You're keen on that?

I reckon we put it up, yep. Fabulous. Let's do it. Okay, so that's unanimous. One, two, three votes on the board. Well, I'll pop that link in today's episode description. I'll put it in the idiots group as well. Yeah, okay, great.

So that you can bid on these things. And also just to lay eyes on them, You've got to see it to believe it. Fuck, we're gifted. Should we take a photo now? Should we hold it? Because, Jenny, why don't you do the photo shoot? Take a photo of Mitch holding his bowl. Can you?

Yeah. We don't have to do this now. Oh, I got excited. Should we sign them like we do the mug? Yes. Oh, my God. I'll get some signing music. Yeah.

And then Mitch invested in gorgeous paint pans that will not rub off in the dishwasher or the microwave. Oh, that's smart. Yeah. I tried and tested in my own dishwasher. Oh, wow. What are you going to write? Just a signature.

Okay. This is really interesting audio. No, it's great. Jenny, you can document what we're doing. Yeah. I'm up to the C. I'm up to the C. I'm up to the H. They're both signing their names on the bottom of their creations.

Oh, I like that. Oh. Very well done. Okay. The signing has almost been completed. I'm done. Has been completed by Mitchell Coombs. We really don't need to include this.

Have you finished? Please keep it in. Are you still signing? How long does your signature take? I've got more letters than you. I wrote Mitch Chury original 2023. Oh, that's nice. What did you write?

Oh, you signed yours like you're Elvis Presley. Well, I think we signed it. No, I know, but I wrote mine in script like I'm at birth, death and marriages. Oh, that smells so good. I'll write 2023. That's a good idea. Yeah.

Actually went to my head that way. Oh, I feel like I'm at Oxford. All right, 2023. That's a good idea. Yeah. Actually went to my head. Oh, I feel like I'm at Oxford Street. Yeah, 2023. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Yay.

All right. These are going to go up for grabs. By the time this episode is out, you'll be able to bid on our ceramics. And then I'll make sure it's a week. I'll put it on my eBay. And then the following week, we'll have an update. Fabulous. So exciting. Alright well let's get out of here. Thank you for listening everyone. Thank you to Roving Reporter Oscar for his beautiful investigative skills. Incredible. And we'll see you guys in a couple days.

Catch you soon idiots. Love ya. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to A to D Brief. This is our secret segment on the end. We pretend the show's done, but it's not. Hey. I'm blown away.

Why? By this fucking bowl. I almost want to keep it. Can I the show's done, but it's not. I'm blown away by this fucking bowl. I almost want to keep it. Can I see yours? I'm not convinced that Uganda didn't fix it after I left. Because there's ribbing in it. It's got ribs. I did that.

He did do that. You did, I remember. That's impressive. My mug's good. I'd actually use my mug. I'd use that every morning for coffee. It's not really a mug. Like it's currently sitting right next to our mug. You can see by comparison, it's more of like a Piccolo cup. It is. You could put, I'd say, no, you could put a sauce in this if you're doing like.

Yeah, you could. Oh, it's a ramekin. It's a ramekin. A ramekin. Oh my God. It's actually the size of a ramekin, but it fits perfectly in a hand. God, I want to throw it at something. Sorry.

I don't know why. I want to shatter it. I don't know why. Sorry. I just want to shatter it. I don't know why. Sorry. I just want to shatter it. Remember that time you shattered a mug? Because we were giving away our mugs to anyone that left a five-star review. Did I do that?

Stuff on the podcast and someone only left a four-star review. So you smashed the mug and sent it to them. Yes. Did we actually send it to them? Yeah, I had to send it. Yeah, because that way if the police got involved, you were at fault. I do remember that. We made I had to send it. Yeah, because that way if the police got involved, you were at fault. I do remember that. We made a video out of that.

I was immediately apologetic because I snapped. It's never happened before and never happened since. You just went feral. I did snap. Can we find that? Yeah, what would I have to search? Go a couple of Mitch's on Facebook. If you type in couple of Mitch's cracks it, it should come up. Because I was very

witty. I said, cheery cracks it, literally. Oh, that's good. As you know, I'm in a fucked mood today. Well, look, hopefully these reviews cheer you up today, darling. They fucking better, let me tell you that. Because you win a free mug if your review is read out on the show. You've got a week to get in contact with

Pricekeeper Jenna. Nah, this is fucked. Who the fuck is Talia O.C.? Oh, Talia. Oh, listen to Talia's title, right? You tell it. Why don't we play a little game of spot the fuck up? So Talia has said, oh, the best podcast ever, all caps, exclamation points. Lovely.

Quite beautiful. Thanks, Talia. If it's the best fucking podcast ever, why have you left us two stars? Two? What? Oh, Talia, you dim-witted little git. Two! We're not going to give you a mug if you leave us two stars. Hands down the best podcast I've ever listened to.

Oh, well, here's two stars, the saving grace that pulled me out of the depths of depression. I mean, she may have accidentally put two stars, but maybe we'll just accidentally send her a completely fucking smashed mug. Oh, yeah. No, no, no, Mitchell. No. Jenna, do you have the mugs in your desk? Yeah. You go get one, please.

No, please. She'll get exactly what's coming to her. I ordered you a round. Thank you. I want to have a look at this beautiful full mug that could be used. What are you going to do? I don't know. You could give it to a family member. Oh, gee, it's packed well because you don't want these to smash.

They're so brittle. These things are so sensitive and so delicate because we made sure we got the best fine bone china. Oh, it's a pink one. Lovely. They're the favourite. It's a beautiful pink one. Oh, it's cute. And if she wants to give us two stars. Oh, my God. Then she'll only get 2% of beautiful pink one. Oh, it's cute. And if she wants to give us two stars.

Oh, my God. Then she'll only get 2% of this fucking mug. No, no, no. Where is it? Didn't even smash. Oh, my God. No, because. There's pieces over.

They're over here. I'm unhinged. Look at my hair. Got it. So, Jenna. What about all the other pieces? I've got two pieces of a mug and I'll put them in the box. And you can shit that off.

Two pieces of the mug for two stars. All right, well, enjoy your shards, Talia. Thank you, everyone. I'm happy again. Jenna, I do expect you to send this out. I will. I'm going to sign it. I'm going to sign it. What was her name again? Talia. Thank you, everyone. I'm happy again. Jenna, I do expect you to send this out. I will. I'm going to sign it. I'm going to sign it.

What was her name again? Talia. Talia. How do you spell dirty hoe? Jesus. Here we go. Love. Mitch.

But I've only spelled Mitch with an M and an I because I don't know where the other three letters went. Oh. Wow. It's like a short film. I can't wait for your next mental snap. Can you go ballistic like that sometimes? We had one.

Did we not have one? I think I had one. Not to that extent. No. I was very close during the breakup. Yeah, no, it wasn't to that extent at all. During the breakup, that's how awful I was to my ex, and I remember telling Mitch about it, and you were like, maybe you need to just stop.

Yeah. I go full scorched earth when I've been done wrong. For someone who is apparently afraid of confrontation, it's zero to 100 real quick. Yeah, I don't know how that happens. Confrontation to small things, terrifying. Confrontation to big things, easy. Yeah, like people pleaser becomes people destroyer. Yeah.

It's not. Is it a bad trait? I don't know. That's up to you and your therapist to decide. It's up to you. I find it entertaining if nothing else. Oh, for a part. I'm hamming it up, of course.

It's hilarious. I am a big boy in that video. If you want to search it, Cheery Cracks It. Yeah. On Facebook, if you type in a search, couple of Mitch's cracks it. That's how I found it. Episode 82. That was, we've done double those amount of episodes since.

Fucking hell. Yeah, we're nearly up to 180-something, aren't we? Yeah, we are. We're getting there. God. 174. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the kennel is what you captioned it.

God, I'm funny. That's good. That is very good. On the side of the kennel. Hold on. Did she ever comment back? She was fine with it. I remember she was fine. Did we ever hear from her? Yeah, she thought it was funny. She thought it was funny. Oh, thank God. And she ever comment back? She was fine with it. I remember she was fine.

Did we ever hear from her? Yeah, she thought it was funny. She thought it was funny. Oh, thank God. And she rectified. I remember what happened. She just got it wrong. It was meant to be because the words were glowing,

but she only hit two stars. And I think I had to send her a new one. Yeah, we wouldn't have. Oh, when she amended the stars. I see. She's a sweetheart. She's a sweetheart indeed. Oh, God. That the stars. Yeah. I see. Yeah, no, she's a sweetheart. Yeah. She's a sweetheart indeed. Oh, God.

That was during COVID as well. Yeah. So chances are you had a little bit of pent-up rage. Totally. You know, we can all talk about it now. The Pfizer was not good for us. So, you know, it was in my blood. The Pfizer.

I just had the Pfizer. I thought that was pretty early on. You probably weren't even jabbed. Yeah, I reckon. I don't know. We've all given up on that, haven't we? Yeah. Remember when everyone was competitive about what one you had?

Yeah. I was like, I had Moderna. I had AstraZeneca. Totally. Do you have the mRNA? No. I got Pfizer and then someone pointed out that that's the same brand that makes Viagra. I was like, no, classic.

Shit. You've had both their products. I know. I'm their biggest fan. Don't use Viagra anymore, just for the record. Isn't that funny? Yeah. It's hilarious.

What a time. I would have liked to have tried one, just to see if it's any different to my usual all-natural boner. If you've got an all-natural boner, then it will probably just enhance it a bit. Make it extra hard. Isn't that interesting? Maybe last a bit longer. Really?

I can bring them in. I'm sure I've still got some in the medicine cabinet somewhere. No, lasting's not a problem. Actually, they probably would be out of date. Do they go out of date? Maybe that's good. I want a less potent. It's like a weak cappuccino.

Oh, they've got the grooves that you can cut them in half if you only want a little bit. Is it a diamond shape? It's a blue diamond, isn't it? Oh, yeah. The Pfizer branded ones are. Oh, have you got generic? I think so. My mum growing up was like, never get the generic.

You don't know what's in it. And then being an adult, it's like, all I can fucking afford is the generic. Yeah, I only get generic. From memory, this is going back a couple of years during my Viagra era. From memory, the generic worked better for me than the actual Pfizer brand. Well, it's the exact same medication. Yeah. But it was like, for some reason, this one just worked better.

Well, it comes up when the patent's over, right? Or the patent or the copyright or the something. Well, because when a new medicine's released, someone owns the, it's not patent, it's called, like they own it. They own the rights to it. You can't replicate it. But this generic one must have been doing something slightly different

because I think it worked better than the actual name brand Viagra. Well, that's like, generics are amazing because it's like a Zempic, right? Which is a diabetic medication. Everyone's using it for weight loss. But now actual diabetics can't get their hands on it. But the reason why it's in such short demand is because Zempic is owned by that company. Yeah.

So that the generics can't be made. But in like 10 years when the patent runs out, then there'll be a whole bunch and it won't be a problem. But this is the only company that can make it. It's crazy. I'm all for generic. I got generic Botox the other day. Same. It wasn't actually Botox.

What do you mean? It was some alternative. It's the same shit but cheaper. That's what they told me. So I was like, fucking stick it in. Did they offer it to you? They said that? Yeah.

I can't remember what it's called. Oh, my God. I basically said to them, because I went into the same place I've gotten Botox before, and I said to them, nah, don't do the forward one, because last time I got forward Botox, I didn't like it, and it gave me horrific tension headaches. And they said, really? So it kicked in as soon as you got the Botox. I said, no, it was a couple of months in, I noticed I got these awful tension headaches. And they said, right, right, right, right.

I noticed I got these awful tension headaches. And they said, right, right, right, right. Well, it's possible that the tension headaches were actually caused by lack of Botox because last time you were here, according to our records, was February. And Botox lasts three months, so March, April, May. And I said, oh, you're right. It was around June that I started getting the headaches. So now I'm trapped.

I can't stop using Botox in the forehead lest I get awful headaches. That was a real checkmate from them, wasn't it? It fucking was. I'm like, shit, now I'm trapped. I can't stop using Botox in the forehead lest I get awful headaches. That was a real checkmate from them, wasn't it? It fucking was. I'm like, shit, now I'm dependent on it. Unless I'm going to have to go to some rehab for a month to just get over the tension headaches if I ever want to wean off the Botox because I didn't like it in the forehead. No, the first time I got my Botox, I didn't pay attention and I cleansed my face that night.

And when I cleanse, I cleanse. So I rubbed the Botox all around and I had a headache for about a month right there. Really? Yeah. It wasn't a headache. I could just feel pain. My muscles were not in the right position. And I called them.

I'm like, I think I've done something. They're like, did you touch the Botox? Because they just drop it in and then it seeps in. But I must have moved it around. Yeah, you must have. So when you get it, can you sleep on your side or whatever? Yeah. It'll move.

No, it's not that bad. Just for like 12 hours after you don't touch it. Yeah. Because it sits. You can see it. It's like white. It sits in your forehead. It's like a deposit.

I've never noticed that. You've brought that up before. I've never even noticed that. Should I show you? I filmed it. Look at this. Yeah. I remember you showing me this and I was like, I've never ever had that happen.

Well, she said that I have a very thick, thick muscle in all my face. So that's why, A, I need it more, and B, she sees it because it sits in the muscle. It doesn't dissolve quickly. Yeah, I fully went in there having a go at them saying, nah, I'm not getting that. That'll cause tension headaches. They said, actually, it was the lack thereof that caused

the tension headaches. Touché. I'm very blown away by that. I'm so impressed. Touche. But I never had them before the borrowed Botox. So where did they come from? Yeah, Mitchell, that's a real worry from you.

They said, yeah, no, it's actually a treatment for tension headaches is Botox. I was like, oh, fuck. So how it works? Apparently. I can't find it, Jenna. I'll have to text you. Yeah, whatever. It's not that interesting.

It's also a very audio medium. Yeah, people are going to be sitting on. It's also a very audio medium. Yeah, people are going to be sitting on the edge of their seats in their car right now. I mean, like, when's he going to show them the video of the one thing that he's wearing? No, no. When's he going to show Jenna a video that none of us can see? But I never asked to see the video. Well, fuck off, Jenna. Perfect opportunity for when?

Oh, yeah. Listen, I know you've got something to do for work, man. Should we get out of here? We should go. Yes, I do. Sorry. I'm interviewing a work, Mitch. Should we get out of here? We should go. Yes, I do. Sorry, I'm interviewing a hit pop star, Dermot Kennedy. Who? UK hit pop star, Dermot Kennedy.

Oh, that Dermot Kennedy. Yeah, yeah. You were thinking of... Dermot Kennedy. Yeah, of course. My mistake. Mugs are available. Go buy one.

If you hear us talk, you know when you hear other shows like, I've got merch and you never check. Just go check. They're really beautiful. Have a look. They really are. Ignore the QR code. Yeah, don't. No, we've already voted, never check. Just go check. They're really beautiful. Have a look. They really are. Ignore the QR code. Yeah, don't.

No, we've already voted, Mitch. Don't go back. Don't go back. Well, I can't amend the mugs now. They've been produced. Totally. So they're there, the QR code. And as you listen to this, our eBay listing will be live.

It will be posted on our socials and in Enduring Idiots on Facebook. If you listen to the show every week and you're not in Enduring Idiots, it is like the continuation conversation of the show every week. Yeah, there were people having a crack last week about the fact that I dared suggest that Pepsi and Coke taste the same to me. Oh, yeah, I saw a few of those. Yeah. They do, though.

Like, genuinely, you watched me. Yeah, it's true. I could not tell the difference. I can confirm. All right, we'll see you guys in a week. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today. That's all. So we do.

I didn't get to say just 2%, but that's fine. Cut me off. You said it again, so you did. So we do. So we fucking bloody will do, dog. Cheers, guys. We love you. We'll see you in a couple of days.

Yeah, we'll catch you soon, idiots. Bye. Bye, bub. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. you soon, idiots. Bye. Bye, bub.