Is It Just Me? - #21: Pranking Cherylyn Barnes

Episode Date: March 29, 2020

In this episode: We chat to students who are stuck studying online due to school & university closures amid the COVD-19 pandemic (04:10)  The 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Sherry Pie saga & why it's an editor's worst nightmare (14:14)  Cherylyn Barnes becomes the latest 'Coughing Fit Chicken' victim (26:20) Our "secret segment" ADDebrief (42:13)   Follow us @coupleofmitchesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah. Well, goodo. This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of Mitches. Should one of us be Mitch and the other be Mitchell just to make things easier? You're Mitch. I only call you Mitchell when you're being annoying. You always call me Mitchell.

Oh. Now, here's Mitch Choo Julie and Mitchell Coombs. Well, we're still here, guys. Hello, team. Yes, we're still here. Jenna returns. Hi, Jenna. Hi.

Even though she's registering a 39 fever, she's still in. I'm still here. Don't even joke about any of us having symptoms. I don't have any. I just have a perpetual cough. You know me. I'm always coughing, even before COVID. Yes, as I glance down at my log what's coming up today

coughing fit chicken it's back seems somewhat inappropriate but god i could do with some cheering up right now it'll make me laugh hey whoever's on the receiving end of this and we won't reveal who no no we'll leave that to later on but it's someone who is very near and dear to me it's back and let me tell you i'm feeling real phlegmy like i feel like well that's good as long as it's not a dry cough as it's not a dry cough. No, it's not a dry cough. There's a lot of moisture in there. There is.

I don't want to think about your moist cough. It's like the Janolan caves in here. So I've got that ready to go. Okay, coughing fit chicken. That'll be fun. Isn't the world crazy at the moment? Like, what is going on? I know.

It's not a fun time. I want to do a little challenge quickly. Everyone open your phones. I just got one as we speak. Emails from ridiculous companies that I haven't had anything to do a little challenge quickly. Everyone open your phones. I just got one as we speak. Emails from ridiculous companies that I haven't had anything to do with for years sending me their COVID-19 updates. Go to your inbox. Ready? I've got one from BT

Super, who I don't even bank with. I've got one from a podiatrist I went to five years ago. Oh, good to know. COVID-19 update. I've got car sales. COVID-19 update. And they all seem to be the same thing, really. Just so you know, we use hand sanitiser. Yeah, there's a pandemic.

Please give us your money. I've got one from comparethemarket.com.au. It's that little fucking meerkat. Oh, yeah. People dying. Careful. Sanitise your hands. Oh, don't.

Symptoms include fever. Don't. You cough, you'll die. Oh, simple. Simple. Meerkat. Sorry, that's not funny. I'm glad you're in good spirits.

I'm in that point where I'm like, oh, are we allowed to make jokes anymore? Well, I'm going to be honest. It's a bit dark. The whole world's a bit creepy at the moment. So if we can just come on here and have a bit of fun, we're not laughing at it. We're just trying to take your brain away for like,

well, what's meant to be 30 minutes, but an hour of entertainment each week. Well, I'm hoping that that's the case, because, yeah, it's been a weird week, hasn't it? It really has. Cheer me up, for God's sake, Mitchell. I got a Hydro Flask. That cheered my week up. What's that?

It's like the, it's this, it's the, it's what everyone's talking about. It's one of those water bottles that keep things cool for 12 hours. Okay, is that the highlight of your week? Yeah, oh my God, yeah. Grim times, everyone. Grim times. Well, the coughing fit. Simple. The coughing fit chicken will cheer you up.

What else is on? I don't know. Is it just me, H, that we kick off with? That's how we do it every week, I suppose. That's exactly right. It's something that we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate. Mine this week is, if you like RuPaul's Drag Race, and I am baffled that you don't watch this show.

I just don't. This doesn't really interest me. Well, it's kind of nice. I mean, good on them. They're clearly living their best lives, and they're very good at what they do. I've always been impressed by drag. Yeah. And drag queens in general, but that reality show, not my thing.

It just ticks a lot of boxes for you. Like, it's sassy. There's a lot of drama. I know you love your drama. No, I don't love my drama. Yes, you do. What do you mean? Oh, you told me today that Jenna's hair looked too brown.

I've never... She's trying to stir shit. And Jenna, it doesn't. Don't you worry. me today that Jenna's hair looked too brown. She's trying to stir shit. And Jenna, it doesn't, don't you worry. Do they say to you when you get a job as a radio presenter,

hey, you need to make shit up on the spot. And just fabricate absolute lies out of nowhere just so you have a story to tell. Guess what? You don't have to tell a story for everything. Anyway, it is just me. I'm going to go second now because I've been so disheartened. You can start us off. What's your one for the week? Give us a tease. Well, you're about me. I'm going to go second now because I've been so disheartened.

You can start us off. What's your one for the week? Give us a tease. Well, you're about to find out, Dallin. Hit it. Is it just me or? Are you endlessly impressed by people who are able to study online? Oh, God.

Study at all, really? Well, I find face-to-face learning sometimes effective if it's of interest to me. But studying online, no hope. I've always thought like people who can do that and maintain their focus and learn without a physical human showing them how to do it. I've always thought that's impressive. But now more than ever, with old mate coronavirus forcing everything online, I'm like, how do they not get distracted yeah i teach a bloody social media class at the radio school in sydney i now have to do that online oh no i have to be that teacher on the bloody zoom being like now everyone keep up with the powerpoint all that stuff and they record it so in case anyone needs to catch up and i'm like oh god never show me that

recording ever oh no i actually got a message the other day from one of our listeners. Her name's Kath. Yeah. She's doing online study and she said that our podcast, oh, she loves it and it helps her with her study. I was like, how can you do two things at once? I can barely focus on study when I'm trying to do it online. Especially this show.

We sound like a bloody Boost Juice blender going 24-7. Like I can't listen to our, I listen to our show every week, but I can't do it when I drive. No, I can do it when I drive. Are you really that bad at multitasking? This show, I can't. Because I'm like, I should have said this, I should have made fun of Jenna here. You know, in retrospect, I can't listen to this show.

Sounds like you've got your own issues there. Self-doubt and critiquing yourself, but anyway. Yeah, it's a deeper, deeper-seated issue. But then it made me think, yeah, like, that's tricky, and yeah, there's stuff happening online. But imagine trying to do year 12, arguably the most stressful time in a young adult's life during this whole pandemic situation. And so I actually put it in our Facebook group you might have seen. Our group is called Endurant Idiots.

It's for our most loyal listeners only, guys. And I wanted to hear from people trying to study online during all this coronavirus stuff. So we've got a couple of people on the line to tell us what they're up to. So let's go to Tom first. He's a year 12 student. Hey, Tom. Hi. Hey.

Now, year 12, final year of high school, it comes with plenty of stress and anxiety as it is. Yeah. How does it make you feel trying to juggle year 12 right now and amongst all this madness? The hardest thing is that most of our assessments, we just can't do them. You can't do your assessments? Yeah, we can't do...

So let's say this keeps going on. My final exams are in November. What if we can't go to school to fit them? And then I've had to cancel next week's three assessments because all of them, you either have to do lab, do lab work or you have to, like, present something to your teacher. Yeah, also, like, you could just cheat. Yeah, like, the exam conditions are so strict. Like, they don't even let you bring in the little cardboard bit that goes around an eraser in case you cheat.

If you're doing them from home, like, it just, they just, it wouldn't, it wouldn't work. I'd have a clear pencil case. Yeah, you have to have everything in a clear case thing. See, part of me thinks, oh, Chiron, you don't have to do your assessments, but then are they going to make you do assessments later? Have you been told? We don't know yet. Paul doesn't know, and I don't think the Board of Studies even knows what they're doing. So what's going to happen with the Year 10 formal?

Are you just going to all be on? He's Year 12. What's going to happen to the Year 12 formal? Also the Year 10 students. I'm worried about everyone here. But are you going to have 10 formal? Like, are you just going to all be on? You'll be year 12. What's going to happen to the year 12 formal? Also the year 10 students. I'm worried about everyone here. But are you going to have a formal? Are you all going to just get on house party or we'll be via TikTok?

How's it going to work? Well, we just booked the venue for 16th of November. So we're like, we're hoping. We're hoping we're like done by then. Yeah. What worries me is that like, say like students in like rural areas, like they're not well resourced. Yeah. How are they is that, like, say, like, students in, like, rural areas, like, they're not well-resourced.

Yeah. How are they going to be able to cope with an online environment when, like, say, they don't all have, like, stable access to, like, good internet at home? Or students with learning difficulties. Like, some people actually need AIDS. Like, I've got an autistic cousin who goes to a special autistic school, which is shut down.

So now his mum, my cousin, looks after him. But it's like, I mean, how does that work. So now his mum, my cousin, looks after him. But it's like, I mean, how does that work if they need special education? But it's very early days. We don't even know what's going on with the actual virus, let alone schools. So I know one of your subjects is music. Isn't that a performance? What do you perform?

So we're able to perform to our family and submit recordings of that. You're working? In the HSC, you would have to do it like a board of examiners but we just submit recordings should i just be searching stupid love and being like here it is performing in the desert with my family they're all very weird uh enjoy but also imagine like someone's technologically challenged mum trying to send it in off her blackberry or something like oh it's just riddled with things that could go wrong. Yeah, that's horrendous. Hopefully, like, whatever I miss out on, I'll get like a default mark that was better than what my mark would have been anyway.

Yeah, I'm thinking that that might be the case, in which case, what a weight off your shoulders. That's what they did for me when I was in year 10 and I was really sick and had lots of time off school. And when they, instead of making me having to do the assessment and catch up and juggle, they just said, we're going to give you an estimation based off how you've performed in the past in these subjects.

Oh, it was such a relief. I really hope that ends up being the case for people. What did you get, like a high 80 or something? I can't remember. God, this is going years back. I'm here with you, so clearly I'm not excelling academic wise. Well, anyway, I hope you're not feeling too stressed. Stay

safe, huh? Alright, thanks, Mitch. Thanks so much. Alright, he mentioned people who don't have resources in rural areas. Well, up next, we've got Mel on the line. She's a uni student in South Australia, and she's doing a four-year degree, but that four-year degree is probably going to be even longer now

thanks to bloody coronavirus. So she's on the line now. Hey, Mel. Hi. Hello. What do you study again, Mel? I study health science at the moment. So it was meant to be a four-year degree, but, yeah, with coronavirus,

a lot of what I do is in the community, so obviously I can't go out into the community. A lot of what I do is in the community. So obviously I can't go out into the community. Also, just the general study that we do is always with a partner. So obviously social distancing, I can't work with anyone else. So yeah, it's a little bit different. It's not the degree to have when there's a pandemic, put it that way.

No, not really. So what sort of stuff have they got you doing online? If you can't do group work, you can't do any prac-based stuff. What have they got you doing? So it you can't do group work, you can't do any prac-based stuff. Like what have they got you doing? So it's a lot of theory-based stuff now. Oh, God, no. It's quite ironic, actually, because one of the things we're learning is how, like, viruses and things like social isolation can affect old people.

Oh. So it's topical, if nothing else, but it increases depression, anxiety, things like that. But unfortunately, being in the country, we don't have as many resources. So I have to be home with pretty crappy internet. Oh, God. You're speaking my language.

Yeah, exactly. And then a few of the online classes, lectures, not classes, sorry, they've actually just cut out completely. Yeah, that's so shit. Oh, no. What if you're learning about open heart surgery? So then what you want to do is simply cut the heart in half. It's like, what, cut the heart in half?

And how do you go with online stuff? Do you find it harder to focus? I am pretty self-motivated. Oh, well, that makes sense. They're going to have to rejig the education system. You're going to have to get credits for this. You can't just do a six-year course. Like, that's not how the world works.

It could come to that. Who knows? Well, yeah, unfortunately, we just don't know. And we have been recommended that we consider deferring. Would you do that? Possibly, but, I mean, it depends how long I have to defer for. Yeah. If I just defer for one semester, it's not quite so bad.

But, I mean, if I'm deferring a whole year, that adds a whole year onto my course. Yeah. So it means that I can't be employed at the same time. Yeah, of course. So that's like an extra year that I can't be employed at the same time so that's like an extra year that I can't be employed as well. You're better off just binging Grey's Anatomy from season one to finish and you'll learn what you were going to learn in that course. I've been doing that.

Have you really? Yeah, I actually have. Well, look, thanks for coming on, Mel. Happy theory. Enjoy all that fun stuff. Yeah, thanks, guys. Bye. Bye.

Oh, the poor thing. I know. It's rough. God, it's just making everything that little bit harder, isn't it? I know. Did she have a kid? Am I thinking she had a kid?

Did she ever say that? You could have just asked her when she was on. Why are you asking me? I'm not her. I don't know. You set this up. Maybe you asked her about her kid.

She was just on. You could have asked. I thought maybe it's harder. I actually should have asked that question. Should you asked her about her kid. She was just on. You could have asked. I thought maybe is harder. I actually should have asked that question. Should we call her back? I mean, if you want. She sounded like she had a kid. Who wants to bet she has a kid?

Go on. I'm saying that she doesn't. I reckon she's got one and one on the way. I feel like if she was rattling off of reasons of why it's difficult to juggle study at the moment, that would have been one of them anyway. All right. Jenna, what's your answer? I don't think she has any.

I think she's got one and is expecting. That's a bold claim. Hello? Hi, Mel. Sorry, it's Mitch, Mitch and Jenna again. I forgot to ask, I wanted to know, do you have kids? No, I don't. I thought so.

I thought so. All right, thanks, Mel. Let you go. Enjoy the lecture. See you. Okay, bye. Bye. What a waste of time. I told you. I thought so. All right. Thanks, Mel. Let you go. Enjoy the lecture. See you. Okay, bye. Bye. What a waste of time.

Oh, dear. I can't imagine trying to do that at all. Neither can I. Nor can I. That sounds like hell on earth. Did you ever have to do any online courses when you were at uni or take? No. I mean, I've tried them, like I said, but it's just way too hard.

I can't focus. So I don't envy anyone at the moment in that scenario. I auditioned for acting school via Skype and got in. Really? It just shows how good I am if I was good over the medium of Skype. What did you have to do? I had to perform Tchaikovsky, Three Sisters. I was Antov. Oh, really?

Yeah. That's a good play. It's a brilliant genre. Have you read it? Yeah, of course. Of course, you have your brothers with Tchaikovsky before you died in the fall of the Black Plague in 1833. Anyway, have you got something a bit brighter for us?

Yeah, I do, actually. Mine is, well, it starts off dark, but then it gets nice. It better get fucking nice. You better not be giving false promises. Let's jump into my agent. Is it just me, or does editing seem really hard? Oh, I'm glad you brought this up. And I actually didn't bring this to the table

knowing that it would win me brownie points with you two because you are supreme editors. I am an editor by trade. You are? So a little bit of acknowledgement wouldn't go astray. You edit this show every week. And I'll be honest, when we first started, you were like, you do the panel stuff, which I barely do,

and then you'll edit the show. The irony is that the only editing I do to this show is when you stuff up the panelling. And often I don't even edit or correct you. I just want it out there that you're rubbish. Or defame someone. Yeah, I thought it was really easy. And I was wrong.

Jenna, you're also an editor of sorts. Yes. And I have been watching, I watch this show religiously, and I know a lot of listeners do, RuPaul's Drag Race. I'm shocked that you don't watch it, Mitch. Yes, so you've said. That's a story for another time. Jenna, have you I watch this show religiously, and I know a lot of listeners do, RuPaul's Drag Race. I'm shocked that you don't watch it, Mitch. Yeah, so you've said. That's a story for another time. Jenna, have you ever seen this show? No, but everybody suggested it.

It's very funny. It's so gay, and it's just nice to have a show that has in-jokes about being gay and being in that world, and they take the piss out of it, which is so much fun. They take the piss out of themselves. They're just guys dressing up as women. Yeah, yeah, I know what you mean. Yeah, it's really nice to

watch, rather than some fucking straight couple finger-bashing each other. Big brother. It's nice to have some queer entertainment. Anyway, here's where it gets a tad dark. On the latest season, season 12, there's a contestant called Sherry Pye. Great name. She and he,

the man behind Sherry Pye, has recently been exposed as a sexual predator. And they've been catfishing someone for years on Gmail. They've been pretending to be someone called Alison Mossie. Alison Mossie is a casting director from New York City who works with HBO and massive theatre companies on the Broadway and West End. So he, it's almost like me doing it to you. He would do it to his best friends. He'd go, hey, this is someone's email that I know.

Why don't you try and link up with her? Oh, right. Yeah, I think this was recent. I saw some controversy about this all over Twitter. Yeah, very. Oh, it's blowing up. It's huge. Anyway, so big, in fact, that they have edited this person out of season 12 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Problem is, the way it works is it's all pre-filmed in 2019. so big in fact that they have edited this person out of season 12 of ripples drag race problem is the way it works is it's all pre-filmed in 2019 and she's in the top four allegedly that's what everyone's saying so you're not up to that point yet no we're only up to episode two of like 19 episodes oh my god i'm trying to think logistically how that would work to just edit a whole person out so they were there at the start like they introduced them to everyone. This is one of the contestants. Yep, and you can tell because the show is infamous for shady edits or someone who does well that they edit out because they don't want them to win

or someone who is going to win, they put in heaps. And this character was in so much of episode one, so much of episode two. Episode three just dropped. Barely a mention of their name. Really? They've just vanished? They've vanished and at the start they do a little precursor like in light of sherry pie's announcement and the allegations vh1 ripoll's

drag race have decided to disqualify her from the competition which insinuates she doesn't go home because otherwise she just if she went out in week four they wouldn't have to you know disqualify her yeah i remember they did the same for kyle sanderlands when he said something controversial back on the radio and was fired from australian idol but they'd pre-recorded the auditions a few months earlier so it was this thing on screen that says fyi kyle's been fired but he's still in all this pre-recorded stuff he won't be in the live shows yeah because the finale of ripples drag but they've actually gone to the trouble of editing the person out yes but they do so well that she's in so many storylines,

which is how the show works, because people lean on each other and they get help. The problem is with this show that it has such scrutiny on it already. And obviously gay people are very like, once someone's cancelled, they're done. Like this Sherry Pie, we can't even watch her. The drama is right. They accidentally released an unedited version to Australia and New Zealand

and sent the edited version everywhere else in the world. So me and Hayden were watching on Sunday and we're like, geez, it's uncomfortable. She's featuring quite a lot in the episode. Then she won the challenge. Really? We were like, what's going on? And they were giving her praise.

And then we went on Reddit and they were like, yeah, we accidentally sent the unedited, the original episode. Oh, what a nightmare. To Australia and New Zealand. That's what I mean. I have so much admiration for what you guys do. I can't imagine how they would have, if they won the competition, how would they have changed that episode, the ending?

Would they have to reshot it? God, that's just. Well, the finale's live, so there'll be a top three, and she just won't be there, so there'll be a top two. It's just a mess. It does sound like a mess. Did you watch that episode, the American version? No, I watched.

There's a side-by-side comparison where they just cut her out. And all you see is like an arm or a hand. Oh, you're right. There's like a laugh. Because she's like, the way drag queens work is like, you know, out there, fun personality. So she's doing a lot. It's almost like you editing me out of a whole episode. Like, I talk half as much as you.

I mean, it wouldn't make any sense, but I could do it. Because these mics, they all record clean feeds. So obviously this is like the mixed recordings. All three mics mix into one file. God, that's just... It's a lot easier to manipulate audio, let me tell you. Because a TV show would be so tricky. Are there, like, editing tools?

Like, is there... What do you have at your disposal? I don't know. Like I said, I don't do much to this show. But, like, there's some things that I do. Have I shown you my reactions? My reactions folder? No.

Okay. So this is something that I learned from one of the Kyle and Jack Yo audio producers, because that's what I do for my actual job is I do Kyle and Jack's videos for online. And I don't do a lot of this type of editing for our show, like the main show. You don't want to actually manipulate what someone's saying but let's just say for a cut down so like you know how you might hear a 30 second promo or like the videos that i post online might be two minutes long yeah that segment could have gone for 10 minutes so if i'm trying to cut down 10 minutes into two minutes i need a lot of what I like to call bridges to sometimes blend two sentences that weren't

actually said one after the other and so sometimes in our sometimes in our videos like let's just say you said a really long sentence I don't know say a 10 second sentence right now. I bought a Hydro Flask and it's a great investment for my future

my mum has one, My dad has one. Mine's the smaller one, but I got it because proportionate to my body, it looks teeny tiny. So let's just say I wanted that sentence to start at proportionate to my body. So I would insert a breath that I have isolated from your clean feed. So it

goes proportionate to my body. So it sounds like the start of a sentence. That's black magic. Even though I'm making you start in the middle. I'll show you, actually. I've got all your breaths. My wheezes? Okay, this is going to sound really weird to you, but for editors, it's like a completely normal thing.

Okay. Hold on. I'm going to put this microphone. Can you turn this one on? Yeah, it's on. Yeah, right. So this is, I just put that down to my Mac speaker. So this one, I've got two breaths for you.

There's one at the start of a sentence. And then this one is you mid-sentence. And then I've also got laughs for all of us in case. I wouldn't put these in the actual show because it just makes it sound unnatural. But for like a video or something where I'm trying to make it shorter. Let's just say I wanted to end on a high. I might insert a laugh of yours. And I've got plenty to choose from.

I've got... What are the options? Cheery two-hars. Cheery five-hars. Cheery nine-hars. Yeah. Do you know what's really weird? What?

I'm going to give you a challenge. Every time I'm trying to find the appropriate laugh to use... Try you a challenge. Every time I'm trying to find the appropriate laugh to use. Try and do it. Every time I'm trying to find the appropriate one and I'm listening to them all in my headphones, you can't not listen to them without getting like a grin on your face. Like you just automatically smile. So ready? Everyone get their bitch face on.

Okay. I'm going to start playing through all our laughs. Okay, ready? And just see if you can do it without smiling. Okay, go. So we've got Coombs. Huh? Coombs fed up. Coombs, fed up.

Why'd I call it that? That's why I called it that. Coombs, big laugh. Medium laugh. Coombs, off mic. Look at you. You're grinning like a little idiot over there. This is the peak of my sense of humor.

This is hilarious. Coombs, wheeze. I've got a bunch of wheezes. Cheery. This is hilarious. Coombs, wheeze. I've got a bunch of wheezes. Cheery, yeah. Gentle. Yeah. Okay, well, you've already failed the challenge. Gentle.

And so these are things that, because we've done, what is this, 21? 21 shows, yeah. Yeah, sometimes, like, as I go along, I'll i'll think oh that was a great laugh yeah that put it aside in case i need it oh it's something that i've worked on gradually but it you you would be so surprised like you never know one day i might just need myself to agree with you oh okay because at the time i wasn't listening to what you were saying and i'm like oh i better slip that into the video or whatever do you have anything do anything for I've got Jenna Wimper. Because that's really all she does anyway.

Here's a question for you. Is this podcast better than listening to fingernails on a chalkboard? If you answered yes, you should leave a five-star rating on the Apple Podcast app. You're listening to Is It Just Me? Oh, that did things to me. I can't do that. Is that the first time you've heard that? I haven't heard that before. Yeah, that's a new one.

Very well done. It was quite visceral. Had a little recording session with our mate Bradley. He's got a whole bunch of those coming up. I'm such a sick fuck. I googled the top ten most unpleasant sounds. And that was one of them? Yeah.

And I've got a bunch of sweepers with those in them. That's awful, isn't it? I'm so cruel. I just thought about it. I felt my heart stutter for a bit there. You know what else does the exact same thing to me? Getting a paddle pop... Getting a paddle pop stick and putting it between your teeth and then

dragging it. Oh, God. Who can fit a paddle pop between your teeth? No, when you have a paddle pop stick and you've finished it and you bite down on the wood. Oh. It makes the nerves in my teeth absolutely cringe. Oh, I thought you meant putting it in, like, the tooth gap. I was like, oh, God, that's not right.

That'll draw blood. You know what I do, though? Once I eat something, I'll get the corner of a bag of chips and I'll use that to pick my teeth. Yeah, and same with, like, the corner of Zoopa Doopas. They're good for that. Yeah, business cards too. Nice to meet you, Nancy.

I'll give you a buzz. Oh, yuck. I'm going to end the team. Speaking of reviews, we've got a lovely one. She says, brilliant. Coming from Redacted. Not my cup of tea. Oh, my old podcast.

She used to listen to that. Oh, it's dead. It's not being relaunched. Well, probably it will. We've had a reunion party. We're starting again. We've rebranded. It's called Schnitty Committee, everyone. It's dead. It's not being relaunched. It probably will. We'll have a reunion party. We're starting again. We've rebranded. It's called Shnitty Committee, everyone.

Check it out. What is it? Shitty Committee. Shnitty Committee. Tell me if I'm saying it right. I'm not really sure what the whole shutdown of pubs is going to mean for Shnitty Committee. Oh, that's such a shame. But we'll carry on.

We'll probably Uber Eats or something. So you heard it. Shitty Committee. Shnitty. So at first, I wasn't sure because my heart was broken, pushed through and binged every episode. I now love Mondays in between episodes. I re-listen to old episodes.

Oh, that's sweet. I feel like I have besties in all of you. I like the Saddle Club. Isn't that nice? And she says, Mitchell Coombs, content idea. Please do a tutorial on how to make your coffee scrub. Also, I always wash my legs to me. Love you guys.

Love Andy. I totally fangirl if you talked about this review on the podcast. my legs, to me. Love you guys. Love, Andy. I totally fangirl if you talked about this review on the podcast. Andy, we love you. Thanks for listening. Thanks, Andy. Beautiful. I forgot that I mentioned that I make my own coffee scrub. Hopefully no one's panic bought the ingredients you need.

I can do that on the show. That'll be fun. Do you know what's weird about that? My boyfriend Hayden said the exact same thing last week. What? He said, you know what? I really want Mitch Coombs' recipe for coffee scrub. Really?

Because I just mentioned that in passing. Yeah. Isn't it funny the things people pick up on? It's one of those weird things. Like if someone walked past us and said, oh, I'll give you my recipe for making, you know, Coca-Cola. You make Coca-Cola? No one else makes coffee scrub.

Well, I actually ran out of store-bought coffee scrub that someone gave me as a gift. And so I put on Instagram being like, hey, does anyone know any good coffee scrub brands? And everyone just replied, make your own dickhead. It's easy as. So I Googled it and it's like embarrassingly easy. I'll do it. Do you want to do it next week?

Yeah, let's do it next week. All right. Anyway, I'm feeling a bit phlegmy. So do you think it's time to jump into one of our most infamous segments? My word, I do. And now it's time for another round of Coughing Fit Chicken. Coughing Fit Chicken. And the game is you call someone, break out into a coughing fit, and it's a game of who hangs up first.

So far, they've hung up twice. So Ben Fordham, the first one, and Bunnings, they hung up. And then you chickened out on the one that we did to Busselton Library. Because you actually, even though I bully you into these things, you don't really like doing prank calls where you make other people confused and uncomfortable. My incessant need to be liked by everyone just does not mix with this segment because people instantly hate me. I don't like it.

I really don't like it. But I just have a smoker's cough. I've never smoked. So far people have had a good sense of humour about it because we usually call them back and explain what the hell that was about. Yeah, I think we even included the permission we got from the Bunnings lady. She thought it was hilarious. This is so funny!

Yeah, it was good. Made my week. I'm very excited about this because the person that I'm daring you to call is Sherilyn Barnes. Are you familiar with her? I actually am. I'm a big fan of Sherilyn. She is.

Oh, just, I adore her. I cherish her. She's the funniest person ever. She's a YouTuber. Yeah. She's all across Facebook and stuff. Chances are you've seen a viral video of hers, even if you don't recognize her by name. How old is she?

She's. 64, I believe. Woman in Western Sydney. If you've never heard of Sherrilyn Barnes, one of her most popular things on YouTube is her moles at the mall story time. Oh, so good. I've got a little taste of what they sound like. Here's one of those.

I was meant to be meeting up with one of my girlfriends, Kay. I get a phone call from Kay. I picked her up and I said, Kay, where are you? And she goes, oh, Cheryl, I'm so sorry. I hate to do this. I can't come. And I thought, you fucking

mole. I said, why? I'm here waiting for you. And she said, Louie, do this, I can't come. And I thought, you fucking mole. I said, why? I'm here waiting for you. And she said, Louis, Louis, he's not moving. And I said, who's fucking Louis? She goes, the dog, the dog's got in the pantry. He's not moving. And I said, what do you mean he's not moving? And she goes, he's eating chocolate.

And she goes, I'm not going to be able to come down. So next time she wants something sorry that's it because that's bullshit but um i was at the mall i went outside into the um the the alfresco's in the middle there's like this fountain and there's a little girl she's jumping around in it splashing around having fun. Having fun. So I looked around. And there's this mother. Taking her clothes off two of her other kids. And then they run in the fountain as well.

And they're playing and splashing and carrying on. Making a racket. And I said it as well. I was like charming. And then she goes. And I just thought yeah. Hysterical darling. Jumping around the fucking fountain.

Take the kids to the pools, you scabby bitch. What if every bastard in the whole mall went and let their kids jump in the fountain? They'd be broken bones. You know, there's not enough room. You can't have one set of rules for everyone else and then your kids can go and play in the fucking fountain. No. That's bullshit. So those malls at the mall rants can often go for 20 to 30 minutes.

They go on and they are my favourite thing in the world. And if you're wondering what the break is that she's doing, she's smoking on an e-cigarette. Yes, she smokes the whole time. It's brilliant. But I've told her that we're just going to be doing an interview on the podcast. And so she doesn't realise what it's going to be.

I don't believe she's listened to this show. Okay. So I'm hoping that she doesn't flip out at you because, like you just heard, she is prone to playing the victim a little bit, as much as I love her. That's kind of all she does. So she might not see the humour in it. She might make a video about this. Two faggots hopped down the phone line.

Almost blew my NBN. Hopefully it doesn't come to that i might who knows so we're gonna ring her as if you're you're gonna start with me and then you're gonna just um yeah okay let's do it that way i'll we'll like start the interview and then you ask like the first question oh i'm nervous again and then you just start coughing and then I will just stay completely silent. Let's start it up now, shall we? Okay, let's go. Here we go. Okay. Make sure you start with me. Yeah, I will. Hello.

There she is, Cheryl and Barnes. Hello. Welcome to Is It Just Me? Hello, how are you? I'm so good, darling. It's been a while since I've heard your voice. Yeah, I had anxiety last time. Yeah, that's right.

Where were you? We spoke to her. Oh, sorry. This is my new co-host, Mitch. We do a podcast together. Hi, Sherilyn. He acts the other show. Oh, how are you?

I'm good. I'm a big fan of yours. I really am. I used to live in your area, but now I'm in the south. I'm in the Shire. But I'm a big fan of your work. Okay. That's how I feel about the Shire too.

Yeah, we spoke to Cheryl in on Not My Cup of Tea a while back and it was because she hadn't done videos for a while and I was like, where have you been, mate? So we got her on the air and she was going through a bit of a rough patch. Oh no. Well, I put one up last week. Yeah, I loved it. It was bushfires and bog rolls. It was a great one.

Nice. Well, I have to say, Cheryl, and I'm a big fan of your video series. My favourite one is it's when you – pardon me. Sorry, Cheryl. It's when you got the death in and I think it was the mashed potato that you – I'm sorry. You all right, mate? Yeah, you still there, Cheryl? Yeah, I'm okay. You all right? Yeah, I'm good. You all right, mate? Yeah, you still there, Sherilyn?

Yeah, I'm okay. You all right? Yeah, I'm good, sorry. You know what? It's not COVID-related at all. Mitchell, you're not sitting on top of him, are you? No, no, no, no. I'm just, you know what?

My auntie's had a sniffle and I think I was with her for dinner last night. I think I got a bit of it. Anyway, you were saying, you were asking. Yeah, sorry, asking Sherilyn about the mashed potato. Sorry, I'm here. Sorry, Mitch, you mind. How do you make the Devon and the mashed potato rolls? Why don't you give us a little on-air demo?

Why don't you give us a little on-air demo? You just go to Wool-East and you go to the deli and you get your Debonov. Sorry, Sherilyn. I'm not meaning... I'm going to have some water. I'm going to have some water. I'm going to have some water. You're short.

You need to get bloody tested. I've had some water. Sorry, it's just come through me I um Are you Hello Sorry Shez You know what I need some Benadryl Why don't we

Are you an asthmatic Am I I am an asthmatic I am actually Get him his puffer. Mate, you're getting me his puffer. I've got a red one and I've got a blue one. When I was a baby, I was in one of the incubators and I was on Ventolin at least K to 12.

Right. Anyway. Where are you? I'm in the studio. I'm in the studio. It's the aircon. It's probably the aircon. How's the YouTube going, darling? I was trying to do a YouTube just before, but I was getting a bit nervous because I haven't done it for a while, so I thought I'll continue doing it tomorrow. Oh, that's good. What was it?

What are you trying to film? Sorry, Shez. What's the title? What's the vibe? I never know what the titles are. I just, you know... out what the titles are, I just, you know, make it.

I just... I... I... I... I... Call me back. Just go get a drink and call me back. We'll call you back, Ches. We'll call you back.

It's a pleasure. You never do this. See you, Ches. Sorry, this is really out of character for me. Oh, you're going to hang up on her, are you? I hung up. She's gone. Oh, you've already... Oh. See, that was kind of of character for me. Oh, you're going to hang up on her, are you? I hung up. She's gone. Oh, you've already...

See, that was kind of win, but kind of not, because three minutes and two seconds is how long you went for. Oh, my God. But now you're even, so you've hung up just as many times as you've been hung up on. Yeah, we have. Your second chicken out. Sorry, it's all a bit much. The coughing king's gone weak.

Sorry, I'm a bit lightheaded. I'm not even joking. I'm going to have to go. We're going to have to end. We probably should call Cheryl in back, shouldn't we? We should. Should we call her in, maybe? No, let's do it now.

Turn that off. Turn that off. No worries. Good night. Hold on. I think I coughed something loose in my brain. If you roll back the footage, everything you two just said was mush. We shouldn't do this segment anymore if it's causing you issues.

No, it just... Because you told me last time that you had back pain after coughing pit chicken, and now you're telling me that you're lightheaded and it's causing memory loss. Maybe you're not fit for it. It really... No, the problem is it hurts my brain in the back.

Okay, no, we shouldn't do it anymore. She was such a jam. Call her back. Okay. Oh, it's a landline. You can tell. Hello? Hi, Sherilyn.

It's Mitch and Mitch. I'm so sorry. He put me up to it. I didn't want to do that. Sherilyn? So it's a segment we do, Sherilyn. It's called Copping Fit Chicken. Mitch, you can explain it.

Basically, Sherilyn, I don't smoke. I've never had a smoke in my life. I've had one, actually. It gave me a severe nosebleed but I have this awful emphysema cough so what we do is we prank call

friends of the show celebrity guests and I just you're pranking me yeah we were I just cough down the line until either you hang up or I'm too embarrassed

and I hang up what do that for? it's funny on the internet you know you're a YouTuber yeah but I don't think people I know. You know people are dropping dead from corona, don't you? Yes, I do. And I actually said to Mitch before

this, I said, maybe it's not the appropriate time to do it. I think I said that, actually. There's someone in Campbelltown that I know. They've got, well, I don't know them, but there's someone in Campbelltown that's got it. Really? Oh, dear. No, that's not funny. I'm a chronic asthmatic. Do you know that I'm at a high risk of getting it? Are you actually?

Well, I'm an asthmatic too, Sherilyn, so I can relate. I actually am. So I'm not getting an interview. Is that what you're saying? No, we still can. My God. Well, if it makes you feel any better, Sherilyn, you won. He chickened out, so he's the one that hung up on you, which means that technically you won, if that

that's any consolation I say I'm the winner of it yeah you won that round of Coffin Fit Chicken okay that's good sorry I really do want to know though what the latest

YouTube you're working on is you mentioned that no we do I actually really want to know no we do John's got full fucking time he's just

off and over well can you at least tell me when to expect it because I need new I actually really want to know. No, we do. Try and say it four fucking times. You need to stop and open it. Well, can you at least tell me when to expect it? Because I need new Sherrilyn in my life with all the downtime I've got. Well, I was trying to do it before, but I wasn't feeling it. So it's all goes well. Maybe Friday, maybe Monday. Who knows?

Great. Okay. So by the time this podcast drops, it could be out. Well, who knows? Okay. Well, there's plenty of this podcast drops, it could be out. Well, who knows? Okay. Well, there's plenty of videos for people, even if they're not going to look for the new one. There's plenty of old stuff to binge.

How do people find your YouTube? You can go, you know, on the net. Yeah. You can go www.youtube. com slash, and then for each different YouTube, there's like a different page what you put after that, but I don't know. I'm off by half,

but you can put Sheryl and Barnes after that and they'll all be there. Great. It's not Sheryl and Barnes AU? Is that Facebook? No, it's just my Facebook site. But I've got a TikTok site. Do you? What's it called?

TikTok. TikTok's the new thing. Hey, I'm on there as well and I'm having a lot of fun with it. What is your TikTok? I already follow you, Sherilyn. I'm not sure if you follow me back, though. Yeah, I'm not sure if I follow you back. Sherilyn, you followed me on Twitter and let me tell you,

that was a very exciting day for me. And you've even retweeted some of my stuff. I think it's very nice that you support us. I genuinely appreciate having you. That's why I felt so bad. I don't mind throwing you a bang. Yeah. As long as, you know, it's not always just tippy-tipping to do the peep.

So one day you're going to have to do it to me as well. Very true. Yeah, I do follow you on TikTok, Cheryl, and everyone should get on board too. What is it, Mitch? Yeah, follow my TikTok site. This is Cheryl and Barnes. And book me on Cameo to say things to you as well.

I've got every single site where you can get pretty much. What's for dinner? Are you cooking anything or no? You're a bit disheartened. Did you get any toilet paper? Have you been around at the shops? Still none. Still none. Still none.

Really? Dead, dead. How's your cat? What's your cat's name again? Neil. Neil. The others are dead. Oh, are they?

Oh, no. Sorry to... Angel and Faggy. Angel and Faggy. Faggy? Yeah. There's a whole YouTube about that too, Mitch. You've got some catching up to do.

Hey, I've just got a fan question, Ches, to ask. Those little masks in the background of your, I think it's living room that you film your videos. Did you make those? I've always wanted to know. Or did you buy them? No, I bought them from, do you remember Clint? Oh, Clint's crazy Clint's. It's like Golo. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I got it from Clint's.

Do they still have Clint's where you live? No, they don't. It's gone. It was Clint's Crazy Bargains, and then it became Clint's Warehouse or something, and now it's gone. What a shame. I'd have fond memories of Clint's anyway.

Well, look, you got your interview, and I'm very sorry again. No, we'll have to do it another time. Do a real one. I don't want you to just do it out of pity at the end because you made me look like an idiot. I want a real cock-a-wan and we can talk about every single thing what I do.

I can't wait. When this bloody corona madness is over, Cheryl, and we'll have to get you in the studio, are you far from North Ryde in Sydney? I'm not sure. We'll have to figure it out. Yeah, we'll get you a cab charge, though. We'll pay for it.

Yeah, all right. We'll do that then. All right, Ches, it was a pleasure having you on. Thanks for saying that. All right, we'll talk to you soon. Bye, Cheryl. Love you. Love you.

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Yeah, go back and listen to some of the best bits. You know what? We're still in studio now. We're social distancing. We're 1.5 metres allegedly apart. Next week, who knows? We might get shut down. Yeah, we're taking each week as it comes.

We do have, I don't know if we told you this, Jenna. What? But we have a backup show planned if we aren't allowed to come into the studio anymore. We do. We have a whole plan for if we have to go into isolation. Yep. We've got it mapped out where we'll all be doing it from home, but also a safe distance apart. You guys will come over to my place.

It'll be great. It's like a little doomsday prep, Jenna. I almost hope it happens. Me too. I actually think it'll be fun. No, I don't like it. Well, you feature heavily in it, Jenna. Yeah, you've got your own segment that week. If you pull the pin, we're fucked. Yep. Okay, I don't like it. Well, you feature heavily in it, Jenna. Yeah, you've got your own segment that week.

If you pull the pin, we're fucked. Yep. Okay, I'll do it. You've been very quiet this week. Is that fever bringing you down?

Oh, God, we love you. All right, well, we'll be pumping out episodes every week until we're... Don't forget, every Monday, new is it just me.

That's right. We'll see you next Monday. Stay safe. Thanks for listening, guys. Bye-bye. See ya. Bye. new is it just me that's right we'll see you next Monday stay safe thanks for listening guys bye bye bye welcome to AD Debrief

this is our secret segment we pretend that the show's over hoping most people tune out and stop listening because this is where we go rogue we're not really proud of this section of the show. Ideally, people aren't listening.

If you're listening right now, fuck off. What are you doing here? I told you to go away. Piss off. The idea is that I don't want family members hearing because I sometimes overshare in this section. But as it turns out, it doesn't work. My sister messaged me and said, oh, I heard everything you had to say about gay porn last

week. So that was that was good. Oh, shit. That was good. Yeah. We did speak to say about gay porn last week in ADD brief. So that was good. Oh, shit. That was good. Yeah. We did speak a lot about gay porn, didn't we? Can I tell you another thing that we spoke about last week? You might not remember this.

I've put a little recap over there. See how it says last week? Grab on your screen. Hold on. That one. So you said something during ADD brief last week that I would like to address. Yeah. And I'm trying to find it.

Wait there. I've moved everything around. I should have to find it. I've moved everything around. I should have color coded it. I'm so sorry. It actually does stress me out that you don't color code that screen because I, that's how my brain works. Like when I used to panel Not My Cover Tea, I knew that openers were all red, grabs were all yellow and I would like color code each segment and I'd know exactly what to look

for. No, I'm like a Labrador. Everything's gray. You sit there and you read every single little thing going, Idjim, Reese, Idjim, Sherilyn, open a note. Which one is it? Can we move on? Because I haven't opened the lines yet. Okay, here's what happened last week.

Was your sister, congratulations, pregnant or something? What? Didn't something happen? She put an announcement on Facebook and I congratulated her. Her baby got its christening or something? No. I swear, did she name the baby?

When it was born? Something happened with your sister. She's got a three-year-old and a one-year-old. They're both named. Did it say its first words? No. Shit. I don't know what you're talking about.

I don't know why. I literally messaged her saying congratulations to Carl. So she also heard that as well as the gay porn chat and she messaged me to offer some clarification. What you commented on saying congratulations was something that I don't know about you, Jenna. I don't think it's appropriate to congratulate someone on. I don't think that's something that you need

to tell someone congratulations. She posted a video of her daughter, my little niece Anna. I've met her. We're friends. She posted a video of her walking for the first time. Beautiful milestone moment. And you commented, congrats, Nicole. Is that something that you congratulate the parent on?

No. It's like, oh, your child's, I thought your child wouldn't walk. Now they are. Congratulations. No. Do you know what? I'll read you the conversation, actually. I'll find the messages. Congratulations. No. Do you know what? I'll read you the conversation, actually. I'll find the messages from my sister.

Oh, you know what? Like a lot of you, I was being nothing but nice to your sister, of whom I've met once, and we had a great relationship. Yeah, but she says to me, I'm not sure what he thought was going on that he needed to congratulate me. And then she said, I've never had someone congratulate me because my child did something almost every human does at some point. And then I wrote back, he's such an arse licker and wants everyone to think he's super nice.

I bet he didn't even look at what the post was. He just saw it as a reflex. Oh, here's an opportunity for someone to think I'm really nice. Just commented on it because he thought it was the right thing to do. She goes, haha, yeah, I couldn't work it out if he was taking the piss out of me or if he didn't read the post. Shit, you know what? I tried to do something nice and that was a genuine comment that I wrote.

But congrats, Nicole, because your child walks. Because, yeah, of course. No one does that. I don't reckon that's something you congratulate the parent on. You might say, how cute. Oh, this is great. Good on her. Or congrats, Anna.

How clever. Something like that. Not congratulations, mum. I'll be honest. I remember seeing it and I couldn't remember the name of the kid. So I just, I wanted to congratulate her. You wanted to acknowledge it somewhat. It's a very cute video.

It was a very cute video and I wanted to go, because I haven't seen her since we stayed at her house. It was very nice of her to have me over. We did buy red rooster, but that's beside the point. And we shared a pineapple fritter, which is a very rare moment. Not everyone likes pineapple fritters. So I thought we had something, Nicole. Anyway, I commented purely to be nice,

and I couldn't remember the little thing's name. So I just wrote, congrats, Nicole, assuming she wouldn't pull me to pieces. No, she didn't pull you to pieces. She was just thoroughly confused by it, because like me, that's not something you say in that scenario. Why didn't you just say, oh, so cute? Because there's no point commenting that, because she'll see you just say, oh, so cute? Because there's no point

commenting that because she'll see it and go, yeah, fucking no, I posted it. You could have said, oh my God, she's grown up so much since I last saw her. Oh, look at her go. Something like that. No name enrolled. You would have thought it was fake anyway. You all think I'm so fake. No, but that would have made some sense. I was just like, why didn't you

congratulate her? Congratulations. It's not just me. It's just me. I'm glad that I'm not the only one that thinks that, Jenna, because I was just like, I don't you congratulate her? Okay, I'm glad. It's not just me. Is it just me? I'm glad that I'm not the only one that thinks that, Jenna. Because I was just like, I don't think that's what you say in that scenario. But Jenna, you told me that you also agree. You think it's right. I agree with you there.

Thank you. No, I didn't. Well, officially. Oh, here we go. I'm embarrassed. If you're new to ADD Brief, Mitch also goes feral on the panel, playing all these absurd sound effects that don't need to happen. That is what you think, but officially.

There's no evidence to prove that no one is live tweeting. Oh, there you go. Sorry. I didn't even turn them on. That's so odd. Activating live tweets. They're now on. You can live tweet us at any point.

It's not a live broadcast. No one can hear us. Well, isn't that funny? Because they can. Because I've activated it. I control the desk. We're airing out to Pimble and the western region of Sydney. Pimble isn't in the west.

Why exclusively Pimble in the west? Really? I don't know. Anyway, Sophie's got a question you're on with. Jenna, Sophie. Hey, Rita. It's Sophie. Or you may know me as RitaAura'sGirl on Instagram.

My question to you is how did you get into music and what made you want to go down that path? I've loved music since I was little. Always wanted to be a singer. Jenna, whose side are you on? Sorry, I couldn't hear you. You may as well play along with it because I'll get over it.

How do you feel about Chromatica being cancelled? Oh, Lady Gaga's album being delayed. Yeah, delayed from the virus, from the Rona. I knew it was going to happen. I saw it coming because she went really quiet and wasn't really hyping it anymore.

But I also don't understand the logic because if anything, people have got more time to listen. And most music consumption happens online now. So even though everyone's isolating and no one's going to go to fucking JB Hi-Fi lest they be infected, I still think it would perform well. Haim also delayed their album, which I pre-ordered and got a jumper with. Wow.

Really? So it's obviously not arriving anytime soon. Do you not still get the jumper? Well, not yet. Oh, they were going to send it with. Yes. Well, I ordered an iPad and it's saying it's going to take a month to get here And I was like, that's what I said from Apple

I might fucking send my iPad Oh, sorry, it's the other girl She was on hold the whole time She just hung up Shit So people do call you Rita outside of the podcast, Jenna Yes, that's right There you go

You know what? Just don't be so mad, you two Just relax I'm not mad I'm just, yeah It's been a weird week You know what it's don't be so mad, you two. Just relax. I'm not mad. I'm just, yeah. It's been a weird week. You know what it's like. No, I understand.

It's been odd, hasn't it? It actually has been really odd. And it's almost been, it's weird because I'm still at work and I get so mad at my mum and dad because they go out. I wake up, obviously I finish work at midnight, and then I wake up by like 10, 10.30, and I make a coffee and I'm like, where is my mum? And I call i call her she's like i'm just at the beach with the girls i've walked the dogs so if you think he's gone out i'm like mom you can't be at the beach

and she's like no we're standing apart aren't we cheryl cheryl how far away are we cheryl one meter see you at home dad you want bacon egg roll well yeah man yeah i'll get two um but it's and my dad he's like i, I'm at work, mate. It's fine. I've got to run the company. I'm like, you've got to run the company. But if Bill Gates can do it from his fucking desktop, then you can. Yeah.

I mean, they do say everyone who can work from home should work from home. Yeah. I have still been coming to work, as have both of you. I'm kind of grateful that we are still coming in because it's like the only normal that I have at the moment. That routine is the only thing keeping me. I've got a very loose grip on my sanity at the moment, but I think still coming to work and trying to remain normal there is what's keeping it on track.

Well, I mean, let's be real. I feel like even a week ago, like, you know, not everyone was feeling the full force of it. But right now, so many people, I didn't realise, and it's probably my ignorance and my privilege, are out of jobs. Yeah, like one in ten, I think it is. That's so rough. And it's only the start.

One of my friends is in the cast of A Chorus Line, the musical. Oh, I love that musical. It was meant to be playing in Sydney right now. They cancelled it on opening night. He was so gutted. And so, it's not even about how it affects me. That's the least of my concerns. It's just like, all these

horror stories you're hearing. It's just, yeah, it can't help but, and also, the whole anxiety and depression factor is just like the uncertainty of what the future is. Like that, it's a natural Why are you laughing? That was not an appropriate situation to put a wheeze in. Sorry, I was thinking about something. I'm not laughing about you.

Yeah. It's just I feel guilty for feeling affected by it because really it hasn't affected me that much. But, yeah, it's just, I don't know, it's mood-wise, it hasn't been a good week. No, but, I mean, even seeing all those people lining up for Centrelink and stuff. Yeah. Who've never had to line up before, just after losing their jobs.

I saw this tweet that literally made me cry. I'm going to find it. Oh my God, get it. Apparently this is the mood we're in, guys. Sorry if this is your escapism and we're trying to... That's why I was laughing, because I have a funny thing to play that'll cheer you all up. This one's actually funny. Breaking news.

Due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak, the Piston Cup has been cancelled. And then someone just replied, that's fucking bullshit. Let me find it. That's very funny. Here it is. The tweet is,

had a little cry when I got back from the shops because I overheard an old man ask where the eggs were and was told there weren't any eggs left. And he looked at his list that just had eggs written on it. See, it's shit like that. I'm like, poor guy just wanted an omelette. And then it's like, I can't even, I feel like, am I supposed to offer to help my grandmother

with her shopping and stuff? Or is that then exposing her potentially because she's old? It's a very weird time. Yeah, I agree. It's very random. And I just don't think it's getting any better. Yeah, I don't know. It's just weird.

Because whenever I'm feeling like super rubbish, I tend to – I don't know if I've told you about this. Do you know how – have I ever told you about the binge eating thing? Oh, it rings a bell well you eat heaps to make yourself feel better i don't even know if it's to make myself feel better i can't really apply logic to the situation but yeah that's like a thing i do when i'm feeling anxious or depressed is i binge eat really yeah me too and my therapist has given me this like log to write down every time it happens right and i hadn't binge eaten

since february 8th and then last week it happened like three times really i did yeah i had to write it down and i was like why at the time i wasn't i wasn't really thinking about it i was like why am i doing this why am i feeling the need to comfort myself and then yeah it's just been a really shit week ever since. And I'm like, Jesus. See, what would you do? We have like a meal or like a whole sleeve of Oreos or. Oh, no, it's like it's it's full on.

Really? What is it? Oh, I don't even like it's it's to the point where I throw up. Like I eat so much. Oh, my God. Yeah. Goodness me. Well, at least your therapist. So all the fucking weight I lost so much. Oh my God. Yeah. Goodness me. Well,

at least your therapist. So all the fucking weight I lost at the start of the year. I don't see it saying off girls. If this keeps happening. Yeah. And that's not something I can develop. I've already got it. I just eat.

I can't stop. I can't anymore. But yeah, that's, that was when I knew I was like, Oh, I think this might actually be taking a toll on not just my mood, but everyone's mood.

Cause I was like, Oh shit, I'm starting to binge again. Sorry, Jenna, you said that you binge eat as well yeah but i mean i uh past week has been hard with my chocolate intake i've been having a lot of chocolate yeah um i've tried to restrict myself this week but i failed at that yesterday had Had a block last week. What was it, Payne? No, it was Cadbury S'mores.

Oh, I haven't had that. No, it's really good. I'll tell you something. Don't go near the caramel geese eggs. They're dangerous. They didn't last long in my house. No, they foil me because I can't get around the wrapping. I'm too fucking lazy and fat to open up the wrapper.

So I just eat the whole thing and spit the wrapper out. Oh, yeah. Yep. You know what else I do? Foiling your teeth is not a nice feeling. No, no, I do it with a Starburst too. I'm that fat and lazy. I will chuck two in, just chew it, and then the wrapper will just dissolve

and I'll just spit it into a wad. Yep. Yep. Tried it with a Guzman-Gomez burrito. Doesn't work. Yuck. Just simply doesn't work. But yeah, I've been alternating between Cadbury S'mores and Crunch.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yes. Yes. But like what? One a day? Yes. Oh, that's not that bad. At least that's something that resembles moderation if it's only one a day.

No, but it's like a whole block. Yeah, right. Well, I don't even know what's going on. I feel for the nurses we had a nurse message did you read that no it was so lovely and we'll give her a shout out i actually only came through last night at midnight because i was on air so i would have seen it she said um wait what was this was this on endurant idiot no on um is it just me instagram and she said it was so sweet um she said her name is O underscore no underscore someone.

She said, so I listen every Monday, like religiously, and not to dwell about all this corona mess. But from a nurse's perspective, it was so awesome to see you talk about it and provide even the most little bit of education. You should have asked her to come on to talk about it. That would have been great. We could try and get her on. Should we try and tee that up?

Go for it. You follow her, apparently. It's followed by Mitch Coombs. Hold on. That's up? Go for it. Well, you follow her, apparently. It's just followed by Mitch Coombs. Hold on. That's a guy, for starters. Is it? Oh, shit. Sorry about that.

Look at his Instagram. It's on private. I do follow it. And I can't believe the amount of effort that goes into this. I don't know why I'm talking about this, because everyone's not even going to be able to see it. But look at the layout. Oh, my God.

It's stunning. Look at how much effort and thought goes into this Instagram feed. It looks like a bed, bath and table catalogue. Do you ever dwell on what your Instagram feed looks like just when you're browsing the whole profile? I have never once done it because Hayden does it all the time. Yeah. A lot of people are like, oh, but I don't want it to ruin my theme or my feed or whatever. Like, oh, I've got a brown theme at the moment or whatever.

You know what? You'd be the only person who thinks you have a theme on your Instagram. No one else would ever give a shit. Well, sorry to trash your work. Oh, no, someone. No, no, no, no, no. No, but no. When it's like that, that's like a work of art on its own.

Do you know what I mean? And you look at it, you go, oh, that type of person. I respect that. Let's take a call to lighten things up. Very quickly. Let's go to. You've got a model on the phone. Hi.

Hi. You there? Hi. This is a supermodel from Brazil. Hello. Hi. Hi. Hi.

Hi. Hi. Oh, he's gone. Do we have anyone else? Yeah, we have Brazine. Brazine, listen to last week's episode. What did you feel? Because Mitchell Goombs didn't like it, but how did you think it was?

Yeah, it was so amazing. It was incredible. You listened to Shitty Committee, is that right? What happened? How was it? Just sang songs, played a bit of piano. That sounds fucking awful. She hung up.

You sing songs and play piano on Shitty Committee. You're astral projecting. You're just disassociated on shitty committee. You've just, you've just, you're astral projecting. You've just disassociated for a moment. I did. That's fine. It was a great moment. I bet it was. I admit you told me before the show started that you had an announcement.

So, go for it. Sorry. I'm not, other weeks I might play along, but I just, I don't, I can't. No, I understand. Like, I just, I'm not. Other weeks I might play along, but I can't. No, I understand. Like, I just, I'm not. I just can't. I thought that you had the ability to read the room. I've read the room.

I'm trying to lighten the room. Anyway, someone tell me something good that happened this week. What happened? Get your hands off the panel. I'm not touching anything. I can hear your mouse clicking. Yeah, but I'm not playing anything I can hear your mouse clicking Yeah but I'm not playing sound effects Relax

Anyway Obviously Anything I say I'll be torn apart It's not you No it's alright It's not in a good mood No I know

But you know Yeah We can We can juggle And be circus clowns And pretend that we're all fine That's not what we do Actually We can juggle and be circus clowns and pretend that we're all fine. That's not what we do. When actually I'm deeply depressed.

Yeah, we're all a bit sad, guys. It's a bit rough. Why don't we quickly check the traffic? Don't. Edge traffic. You had an opportunity there to try and boost the mood because we both openly said that we're in a bad mood. Every time I go to boost the mood, I do the wrong boosting.

You guys want actual boost juice. Just have a conversation with me. Everyone wants human connection. This is going well. Yeah. No, no. We have had actual conversation, guys. I don't want the whole thing to be bloody, you know. It's just hard to have a Yeah. No, no. We have had actual conversation, guys. I don't want the whole thing to be bloody, you know.

It's just hard to have a conversation with you when I can see your eyes furiously darting around the screen looking for the next gag that isn't funny. Jenna, you've got control of the mouse. There you go. Take it. Great. So you've promised no more sound effects.

Yep. Well, that's all we've got time for today, guys. Thanks so much for listening. I can't end the show. I can't play the closing. So we're both fucked. Isn't it touchscreen? Huh?

Oh, yeah, it is. Oh, there you go. Oh, sorry. Wrong one. Yeah. Do you reckon there'll be a boom of baby names in nine months? Or like, you know, a year? There'll be all Corona.

A boom in baby names? Yeah, that are Corona related. So They'll be all Corona. A boom in baby names. Yeah, that are Corona related. So we'll have. I hope not. We'll have Glenn. Happy 20th, Glenn. This is Glenn's 20th. San, short for sanitiser.

Yeah. Rona. Hope not. Cariona. Or at least middle names because it'll, to acknowledge the period they were born in. Yeah. This is Rebecca COVID Smith. Jenna Purell Benson.

God. Debbie Detol Smith. What could you name your kid based on this time? I don't think there's much else. Sorry, I'm not switched on today. Well, Kate, good news is I heard that China have actually gone backwards in terms of diagnosed cases. They have self-isolated so well that there's no new transmissions of COVID,

which is brilliant. Also, their divorce rates have skyrocketed because of all these couples spending time together in quarantine. Holy shit. Which I think is hysterical. Sorry about that. It's a shame we have people calling through for the prize wheel. Hope you get the list of prizes out, Mitch,

because you're the one who's revealing them to Kathy Lett, calling from Cronulla. She wrote and starred in Puberty Blues in 1986. Kathy Lett is on with us. Kathy, spin the wheel. There we go. All right, Mitch, get ready to tell us what she's won. It's on number 16, what she won.

I don't know. Sorry, I'm not on today. No, that's fine. I did think that I made that clear to you long ago, that I wasn't in the mood for the sound effects, but I appreciate you trying. Yeah, it's fine. I think probably the best bet is going home,

having a nice hot bath, scrubbing your face with that DIY coffee scrub, and then putting the recipe up on the Instagram. Oh, have you axed my segment for next week? No, I've been thinking about it. I don't think it'll float. Oh. I think it will. Someone requested it. Has anyone ever requested your nonsense? Spin that wheel,

Cathy! Fucking spare me. Spin that wheel, Cathy. You make me sound like... Isatine. Google where Isatine is. You make me sound like one of the witches from The Witches. Spin the wheel, Kathy.

That is stupid. You know, one of my favourite movies of all time is... Actually, why don't we all end on something to watch for people who are isolating? Because I've got some recommendations. Rune. By Brie Larson. The one with Brie Larson in it.

And they're isolated. Yeah. Very true. Good point. Okay. I was just going to say, watch Hocus Pocus. Have you seen it? No.

It's the best witch movie you'll ever see in your life. Other than the witches. Roald Dahl. That's very good. But Hocus Pocus is fun. It's got Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker before she's famous. Yeah, and her character's name is Sarah. It's all very weird.

I've just been watching stuff that's familiar to me. I'm not in the mood for new things. Yeah. So, like, I've been watching Jenny, You'd Love This, a lot of McLeod's Daughters. Oh, yeah. A lot of Kath and Kim. Yep. That's actually one of the things we. A lot of Kath and Kim. Yep.

That's actually one of the things we've got planned for our isolation social distancing edition. Yeah. If we end up not being allowed in studio, Mitch is going to watch his first episode of Kath and Kim. I've never seen it, but I just know that I'll like it. I'm so embarrassed that you've never seen an episode. I can't believe you've never seen it.

I just haven't done it. I've seen episodes through my mum. She's been watching and I've watched little bits and pieces. But I wouldn't know the arcs or the characters or anything. I made one of my friends watch it for the first time recently and she said to me afterwards, you now make sense to me as a person. Really?

As I do. I reckon you're going to pick up on some things that I say in this show that are Kath and Kim references. Really? There's a lot. That's so interesting. Okay, well, I'm down next week. Oh, no, that's in the backup show. We Kath and Kim references. Really? There's a lot. That's so interesting. Okay, well, I'm down next week. Oh, no, that's in the back of the show.

We don't know if it's next week. It's when we get locked out of the building. In the imminent future. Anyway, sorry I've not been on this show. Have you been fine? Don't be so hard on yourself. No, I've not been, but it's all right. We all do what we've got to do.

I agree. It's a rough time for everyone. So stay safe, sanitise, look after yourselves, and have a hot bath. I know that always cheers you up. Yeah. Stewing in my own filth is my favourite thing to do. Jenna, what do you have planned for the rest of the week?

Nothing. Wow, riveting life. What have you got planned? Actually, jack shit. We can't have stained ores. Exactly. All right, guys. we should get out of here Mitch we all love you

thanks that's fine I think you're just anxious that you've got COVID from me because I've done all the coffee no I'm not I'm not worried about that

I don't have it even though my usual last week was I think I have it I don't have it and zero symptoms it's not a fever I'm just hot from the fat

I don't know how much not talking back i have to do for you to take the hint just fucking wrap the show all right guys we're done i'm sorry i've not been the best co-host today just wrap it up see you guys bye bye next week will be better is it just me don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on your podcast app