Is It Just Me? - #217: Daddies Are Home!

Episode Date: July 14, 2024

Hi idiots, we're baaack 👋   In this episode: The yuck parts of Bali (01:20) Churi interrogated by the US military (06:18) Souvenirs! (08:41) Coombs' anniversary at the McLeod's Daughters property (12:37) Churi's new addiction (17:30) It's hard being a Katy Perry fan rn (25:57) No one is too old to be an idiot! (35:45) Our "Secret Segment" ADDebrief (43:18)   Check out our new merch shop! coupleofmitches.com.au 🛍️   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! Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. I don't want to bore everyone and show you my Europe trip videos. It's a bit late for that. Oh, fuck off! Now here's Mitch Curie and Mitchell Coombs.

Hello you! Welcome back you! Daddy's a ho! Here's Mitch Curie and Mitchell Coombs. Hello, you. Welcome back, you. Daddy's a ho. Hi, idiots. How have you been? What have we missed? Hello, guys. Welcome to Is It Just Me?

Mitchell, hi. Hi, salamat pagi. Salamat pagi. Bug bug, Saja. He's ma'am, sir. Ma'am, sir. That's all they do in America. Oh, right.

Ma'am, sir, ma'am. Miss? Miss. Yeah, you'd get, unfortunately, miss. I get sir. Not ma'am. Ma'am or miss. What age do I become a ma'am instead of a miss? I think you'd get unfortunately miss. I get sir. Not ma'am. Ma'am or miss? What age do I become a ma'am instead of a miss?

I think ma'am is married. For me, a ma'am is just busty. A miss isn't busty. So you're definitely. That's true. Ma'am has a rack and a half on it. Oh, 100%. Ma'am?

Ma'am's sir? Sir. I got sir'd the whole trip. I've just come back from America. You've come back from Bali. This is the first time we've seen each other. I did a whole round trip and it was so good being able to go Bali, Darwin, Adelaide, Sydney. Is it in a circle?

But I didn't have to do one super long flight. Is it a circle? It's more an L shape. Oh, right. Yeah. Works for you? It did work for me. Oh, you looked like you had such a good time.

Yeah. Our third wheel, Misfit Jenna, is here, of course. Oh, that's not going to catch on. I'm here. Welcome back, ma'am. So, Jenna, is here, of course. Oh, that's not going to catch on. I'm here. Welcome back, ma'am. So, Jenna, can you believe this? What? Mitch waited until I was in Bali and then texted me saying,

I didn't want to say anything before you left, but I thought you'd hate Bali. And I was like, you're kind of right. Oh, really? I knew it. I knew he'd hate it. Really? I didn't want to throw him off his trip.

I've been to Bali and it's not for me. I didn't enjoy it. It's dirty. It stinks. Beautiful country, but the tourist element of it and the Seminyak and the Canggu is disgusting. See, I've been given no heads up whatsoever about the grotty elements of Bali. I thought that I was just going to like Coffs Harbour or something. No, Mitchell.

Is it not like that? No. Oh, really? No. My cry from Coffs Harbour. Oh, really? I don't want to be No. Oh, really? Mark Rye from Coffs Harbour. Oh, really? I don't want to be a negative bitch, right? There's plenty of good memories I'm taking away from it.

It wasn't all bad, but fuck, I just wish I was giving a heads up about the putridness of it all. I should have told you because I definitely knew. I just didn't want to upset you. I just wanted to stay in the villa because everything made me so uncomfortable. It was so busy. All these people zipping around on fucking scooters giving me the shits, power lines dangling everywhere.

And then I was like, I'm just going to stay in the villa because this is all too intimidating for me. Yeah. And then I dared venture out of the villa to do a coffee run and these mangy fucking rabbit dogs come running towards me. The dogs, the dogs. So many dogs. And we Googled later, just don't show any fear, just keep walking.

Which is what I did, but my heart's never raced so hard. I thought I was going to get attacked. Oh, Mitchell. So I didn't leave the villa alone after that. It's scary. It's frightening. It's Athena. But then there's weird pockets of beauty.

Yeah. Like, let's just say you're walking down the main street or whatever of Canggu, and there's a distinct pattern as you look to the shop front. It's like five-star restaurant, five-star restaurant, ruins. Yes. whatever, of Canggu. And there's a distinct pattern as you look to the shop front. It's like five-star restaurant, five-star restaurant, ruins, garbage, five-star, five-star, bonfire, five-star. Yeah, stray dog. Terrific.

Also, does the gutters stink? Yeah, it's like that. It was so busy. It took us an hour and a half to go eight kilometres from the airport. How did you? Yeah, the traffic in Bali is horrific. Yeah. Did you get on a tuk-tuk or a scooter on your own? At no point did I have any interest in doing that.

Really? Did you ride one? No, never. Oh, that's kind of challenging. Because there was someone that we saw there with like scrape marks all up their arms and legs because this fucking Aussie guy thought, I'll give it a crack. He stacked it, just covered in a big rash and grey. Oh, not good. It's bad.

Yeah. That's what happened to me when I was in Bali. It was awful. So I text Mitch. Did you actually ride one of those moped things? Yeah, I remember I stacked it. It completely fell off. I rode for three hours around Canggu, pulled back into the hotel and a stray dog ran in

front of me and I didn't want to hit it. So I fell off and it kept going. I got on all my legs. It was awful. Fuck. But I messaged Mitch. I'm like, how is it? And I just went, I don't know if I'm going to be rushing back anytime soon.

Yeah. Well, you know what? America is much the same. That country is in complete disarray. I'm also not rushing back there. Although, is it just me on the fly? Do you kind of want to visit Texas? Oh, not at the moment.

There's a giant hurricane in Texas. Yeah. Oh, my God. Oh, Beryl. Hurricane Beryl. She sounds like a hoot. Because I've been watching that bloody Dallas Cowboys cheerleader show on Netflix. Oh, yeah, that's good.

That's very good. And all of a sudden I'm just like, I want to go to Texas, baby. I've been to Texas. Amazing. I went to that stadium. I went on a tour. Really? Were you a cheerleader?

Yeah. She was the cowboy. Texas is beautiful. It really is. Yeah. I didn't go to Texas this trip. I had so much fun. New York City was, like, incredible. Like, it stinks. It really is. Yeah. I didn't go to Texas this trip. I had so much fun. New York City was like incredible.

Like it stinks. It stinks like butter. Yeah. I wouldn't describe it as incredible. Oh, no. It's like a vortex of magic that New York City has. Like you either love it or you hate it, but you kind of get caught up in the magic of the city.

I love New York City. I think I put it on too much of a pedestal because when I went to New York, I was very much like, oh, this is going to be amazing. But I was like, fucking hell, man. It's a bit underwhelming. Is this it? Here's what hit me. When I lived there, it was nine years ago, I lived in the fucking ghetto.

I lived in Bushwick. Wasn't cool. Couldn't get a coffee. Coffee. Coffee and a bagel and a hot coffee and a hot dog. I'm walking here. I'm walking here. And I said, oh, I'm going to go back and visit my apartment.

Oh, my God. Coffee shops. Gay smoking, hand in hand, fucking anal on the street. I'm like, it's a gay mecca. When I was there. How long have we been recording? He said the word anal already. No, I've made a mental note.

I'm trying to be cleaner this season. And it truly was nice to go back. But we did Colorado, right? Which is like the lesbian capital of the world. Is it? Oh my God. Officially? No, in my eyes, no.

Right. A lot of mountains and four-wheel drives, right? So the lesbians flock to it. I see. And the high altitude, you know. Cottage court lesbian. Yeah. Oh my God.

We stayed in like a log cabin in the middle of Colorado. You were talking about that last time. Yeah. So you obviously didn't die. You were worried about dying there. I wasn't murdered. Wow. Congratulations. I wasn't murdered. Wow. Congratulations.

I wasn't murdered. I lived to see another day. Not even a close call. No, there was no close calls. None at all. Wasn't killed. Although we did drive in Kristen, who I was with, who's a lesbian, said, let's go. I want to go to a military base.

I'd love to see an American, all American military base. That's a random thing I want to see. Once again, very lesbian. Yeah. So we drive into this military base. She Googles it and she's like, this is it. Colorado military base. That's a random thing I don't want to say. Once again, very lesbian. Yeah. So we drive into this military base. She Googles it and she's like, this is it, Colorado Military Base. We're like, cool, it's around the corner.

So we drive in and it's like you're driving through an old-fashioned toll booth. It's just like a hut in the middle of this freeway. And there are three armed security guards in full army berets, full AK-47 machine guns on their chest. And we pull up and we go hi like you know me driving like hello we're here to see the visitor center and he was like sir back window down boot boot open doors locked oh they gave you the third degree and i was like oh oh no we just want to see the visitor center he's like sir passenger window down boot open doors locked i was like oh my god so i do it he's like ignition off can i have the key sir and i was like oh my, my God. So I do it all. He's like, ignition off. Can I have the key, sir? And I was like, oh, my God, what have we done? And he's like, there's no visitor center.

This is the entrance for acting serving military. God, it's just like Coke land all over again. Oh, yeah. You can't just visit random workplaces. And I tried to gaslight him. I'm like, no, this is the visitor center. Oh, my God. So what we had to do was get fully background checked.

So we gave him our driver's license. They wanted insurance on the car. He's like, we need papers on the car. And I'm like, oh, it's a. But why would he need all that if you're not going in anyway? Well, because we were on the ground. So because we touched ground on it. Shit.

He needed to make sure we weren't terrorists. So they did a full background check, checked that we were in the country illegally. And then he came up. He's like, I need the registration on the car. I'm like, it's a hire car. I don't have the papers. And he was like, sir, registration on the car i'm like it's a higher car i don't have the papers and he was like sir excuse me what higher lower i'm like it's a higher car it's not ours he's like a higher car you've you've raised the car and i'm like do americans call a hire car a rental rental i didn't know what he was talking he didn't know what i was

talking about he's like you've raised the you've raised the suspension on this on this car on the chevrolet what a fucking fuckhead. No, an idiot. I'm like, no, it's a rental. It's from Avis, mate. Anyway, eventually after 45 minutes, we got to go and we left. 45 minutes of making sure you weren't a threat. And he had the keys, so we could not move. We couldn't go in and out.

Terrifying. Actually, a moment of like, oh, God, we could be in big trouble. Did your friend enjoy it? Terrified. Absolutely terrified. Rachel, my little baby sister Rachel, was like shaking. Oh no. We made it out alive and I did buy gifts. I got gifts. Oh hello.

Yes, I got souvenirs as well. Oh did you? Did you get us anything Jenna? No, I just gave you some listening pleasure. Oh yes, of course. I didn't get any of that so I must have missed my inbox. Hold on, I'm just getting them out of my bag. Alright, well I'll go first. Yes please. So mine are in my purse. They on. I'm just getting them out of my bag. All right. Well, I'll go first. Yes, please.

So mine are in my purse. They're very practical. They're not silly or anything. So, Mitchell, what I got you, because I know that you've seen mine before and you've admired it, and you can only get them in America. They are so handy and you will love it. It's a purse addition that you need to carry around with you. I got you a Tide pen.

A what? Oh, a Tide pen. A what? A Tide pen. What is a Tide pen? It's an instant stain remover pen. Oh, wow. It's heaven. It's heaven. I do remember this.

It gets rid of every stain. I think you've spilled coffee or something on your shirt and you've gone, Mitchell, I need that magic pen. No, it just looks like a whiteboard marker and you started colouring it and I was like, what the fuck are you doing? Yeah. But it's actually a stain remover. That's going to be handy.

You scrub it on your stain and it gets rid of anything. Coffee, red wine, cum. Oh. Cum. The big three. Yeah. Have you ever actually used it for that purpose? You don't want to know.

I do. That's why I asked. The answer's yes. Oh, there's no stains in my eyesight at the moment. I'd love to be able to test it out. Oh, Jenna, why don't you cough on Mitchell? We could stain you. I've got this can of tuna.

You want to put the oil on your shirt? Don't stain me. I've got this shirt in Bali. It's gorge. It is gorge. Part of a set, no doubt. We could stain you. I've got this can of tuna. You want to put the oil on your shirt? No, don't stain me. I've got this shirt in Bali. It's gorgeous. It is gorgeous. Part of a set, no doubt. It is, yes. Well, there's your Tide pen.

Very practical. Thank you. And Jenna, close your eyes. That is very me. I'm so glad you thought of me. All the influencers in LA have these, hands out. And I thought, you are an influencer in your own right. They're called Touchland hand sanitizers.

Have a look. Open your eyes. Every influencer has them. How do you do it? You just spray your hand sanitizers. Have a look. Open your eyes. Every influencer has them. How do you do it? Very you. You just spray your hand with them. Oh. If you know, you know.

It's like very. Well, I don't know. Could you explain? Well, they're called Touch Land, and they're just a hand sanitizer in this cute little oval container. Yeah, it looks like a Tamagotchi. Yeah, have a look, Mitchell. I really like these.

They're very hard to find, and I thought Jenna will like them because she's the queen of sanitisation. Touchland Power Mist Hydrating Hand Sanitiser. All the influencers use that. Oh, it smells like mozzie repellent. Yeah, but it does its job and it's also really good. Compacted, it kind of sits in your bag. I really love this. A lot of these aren't like lame souvenirs,

like an iHeart NY magnet or some shit. It's just practical things, a stain remover and a hand sanitizer. I actually really love this. We're getting old, guys. We need practical gifts. Thank you. Gifts. Gifts.

Fucking hell, gifts. I love this. All right, the first one, I'll give you yours first, Cherry. Close your eyes. Okay, close. So I did think of you as soon as I saw this souvenir because I thought, wow, that looks loud and obnoxious. So you sprung straight to mind.

Here you go. Thanks. Charming. Oh. I love those. We're going to have to unwrap it. It's still in the plastic. Look at the price on this, $55,000.

What a generous friend. You bet your ass that I kept making the same lame dad jokes in Indonesia about the bloody Indonesian repair exchange, I'd be like, oh, my God, 700 grand for one bottle of wine. That's a rip-off. It's a little drum. Oh, I love those drums. Parampapampam.

Amen, yeah. This will come in handy around Christmas time. I don't know what you call them. Can you Google, Jenna? There must be a word for that. I think it's a hand drum. It's like a maraca, but there's a little ball on a string either side. Here we go.

Ready? Three, two, one. Hey. That's cute. I like that. I found it. It's a Dendendeko. A what?

Sorry? Shut that thing. Dendendeko. Dendendeko? Yes, it originates from Japan. And what do you do with it? Oh, it's from Japan. I thought it was Indonesian.

No. I got one of them from Vanuatu, the earthquake. Oh, you caused it. My parents got it to make me feel better. What, some sort of disaster alarm if you're stranded on an island? Hell. Yeah. Over here.

That's actually got some stress to it. Mine's a lot slower. Yes. And Janet, I actually didn't get you anything in Bali. Oh. Instead. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I held out for another stop on the trip. Oh. Instead. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

I held out for another stop on the trip. Ta-da. Oh, my God. What is it? This is so cool. It's a McLeod's Daughters mug. Oh, from the McLeod's Daughters Airbnb House Hotel. Oh, my God.

I bought that from the Gun Girl and Pub, which is the town where they filmed. They didn't have any merch at the McLeod's Daughters property where we stayed. Fucking blurry. My only feedback from that whole anniversary night. Yeah, so Sean, your boyfriend, got you a stay at the McLeod's Daughters property where we stayed. Fucking blurry. In fact, my only feedback from that whole anniversary night. Yeah, so Sean, your boyfriend, got you a stay at the McLeod's Daughters house. Because you know that's on my bucket list. It's my bloody favourite show as a kid, McLeod's Daughters. Yeah.

And by the way, out of the whole three or so weeks we were on holidays, we've both agreed that that one night at Drover's Rum was the highlight. Oh. Fuck Darwin. Fuck Adelaide. Fuck Handorf. Fuck Bali. That one night was the best bit.

My only criticism was that not one member of staff has even seen the show. No, that's unacceptable. And I was like, guys, hire me. I'll help you make some bank. I'll do like McLeod's orders tours. Content. And over here is the gorge where Claire perished. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

If you look over to your right. Like we were asking questions and they'd be like, I'm not sure. Haven't really seen the show. Oh, my God. I don't like that. None of them. I mean, that would be me, to be honest. It doesn't excite me.

But I saw the fan response in the comments. People seem to love the content. Oh, my God. I was surprised, actually. So was I. I thought it was the shit of a show. It's the best show. Yeah.

I didn't realise how many people still loved it, even though it's old as fuck. That show has not been on air for over 10 years. Wow. And I was posting this content, all these videos, thinking, oh, that's old as fuck. That show has not been on air for over 10 years. Wow. And I was posting this content, all these videos, thinking, oh, that's pretty niche. But they blew up. It's weird. Yeah.

It was cute. It was also the romance of you and Sean and the two years. And people are invested. They did upgrade us to the bridal suite, speaking of romance. Sorry, bridal is in marriage or bridal is in what goes in a horse's mouth? Because it's a fucking horse farm. No, they have a lot of weddings there. And I guess the bridal suite, which was like 10 times more expensive than the one Sean booked, was going to waste.

And they were like, that's your anniversary. So nice. I saw how beautiful that suite was. So I looked it up and I saw the price. I was like, oh, Sean's money back. How much is it normally? No, he booked one of the cheaper ones. Did you have sex in the McLeod store?

Of course we did. Yeah, I was. Did you role play? No. And of course have sex in the McLeod store? Of course we did. Yeah, I was watching. Did you role play? No. And of course, we've watched McLeod's daughter since and Sean's the one being like, oh, we fucked there. Yeah. It's so fun being able to say that.

See, I'd have that same experience with All Saints. If I got a night at the All Saints Hospital, I'd love to sleep in the emergency room. That can be arranged. Yes, really? I'll just knock you out and you'll have to go to the ER. No, emergency. I don't want to get bogged down in holiday chat.

There's plenty of time for that, isn't there? Of course, we'll get to it all. I love my gifts. If it is your first time listening, welcome to Is It Just Me? It's a little reunion episode, but every show starts the same with an Is It Just Me? An idjim, we call them. Something we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate.

Mitch doesn't know mine, I don't know Mitch's. We haven't even spoken in weeks. Pretty much. We did have a nice hug and reunion. Yeah, we did. Is it just me on the fly, by the way? Yeah. This isn't my Ijem, but is it just me on the fly?

Do you reckon COVID has kind of fucked your sense of time? Because I feel like that holiday flew by. I blinked and it was done. But also, I feel like it's been about 10 years since we last recorded an episode together. I'm like, how do I do this? I feel the same. When I was in LA, I'm like, God, it feels like yesterday I was here. I was there almost five years ago.

So six years ago. Like 2019, the start of COVID really, just feels forever ago. He sent an old photo of me and I yearned for the youth in his eyes. I thought he was so young and happy. And like you have no idea what's coming up. No idea what's going to happen. No idea, mate. We dodged COVID though, thank God.

Good thing you weren't in New York for COVID, my fucking God. Oh my God, that was grim. That was horrific. I was there for Pride though. I got to New York, Pride was the week after I left. Got to LA, Pride was the week before I got there. Really? I just missed both the biggest Prides in the world.

I was in Darwin for Darwin Pride. Did you know they had one of those? No, I got there. Really? I just missed both the biggest prides in the world. I was in Darwin for Darwin Pride. Did you know they had one of those? No, I didn't. I was so fucked off because Ricky Lee was performing for Darwin Pride the exact same night and time that I was doing my show. Oh, no. Oh, no. But then, oh, my God, sorry.

I'm getting sidetracked again. Do you remember I told that story on the podcast about going to the Australian Idol taping? Yes. And Ricky Lee was waving from the stage right up the back where I was sitting, waving at me or so I thought. You had that bitch of a kid behind you. Yes, exactly.

And then when I waved back, Sean goes, oh, she's not waving at you. She's waving at someone behind you. And I was so embarrassed, right? So she was in town, same weekend as me. Couldn't go watch her perform live. But when I went down in the hotel lobby, Ricky Lee's there and goes, Mitchell, how are you?

And I just elbowed Sean and went, I fucking told you she knows me. I fucking told you she was waving at me. Full circle moment. Oh, that's so cute. I love that. Take that, Sean. She has Mitch Thierry energy in a way, Ricky Lee. She does.

She said to me, I went out there on stage and said, Darwin, it's so great to be here performing for the first time. And then someone told me that apparently I've fucking been here with Young David in 2006, but I don't fucking remember being here at all. I love her so much. I forgot she'd performed there with the Young Divas already. That's so funny. God, she's good. She's a legend.

Anyway, what's your e-jib about? Mine is about a new addiction that I've had. I found it while travelling and I'm so into it. Oh, heroin. I want to get you all into it. Well, there's another souvenir coming for you. I'm so surprised it made it through customs. That's not hand sanitiser in that hand. It's Oxycontin.

Shall I go first? Sure, you can kick things off. Okay, here we go. Is it just me or...? Are you also completely obsessed with the daily New York Times crossword? No. Oh, my God. I haven't done it today because I wanted to do it with you guys. There's a daily crossword? No. Oh, my God. I haven't done it today because I wanted to do it with you guys.

There's a daily crossword? Yes. Oh, God. Crosswords are like board games. I don't know if I have the attention span for this. You've got to think. It's really hard. We're going to do it together.

Oh, is it really hard? No, no, no. So New York Times, one of the biggest newspapers in the world, they do a crossword that is physically in the back of the paper. And obviously in a modern time, they've made an app for it. So it's the same crosswords you'll get in the paper that you get on your phone. Didn't they also buy Wordle? Yes.

So it's an app, right? And I think it's called NYT Games. So you get Wordle in there as well. You get the full crossword, which is like, look at the size of this thing. Oh, fuck. We are not spending. I'll itch him on that. That's so hard.

That's got 60 options. There is also the daily. Spelling Bee. Spelling Bee. There is Sudoku. There's Connections. I'd be good at the that. That's so hard. That's got 60 options. There is also the daily spelling bee. There is Sudoku. There's Connections. I'd be good at the spelling bee, I reckon. You would. But the mini crossword, you can add all your friends. Me and Stephen have a daily challenge.

Who can do it quicker? He's a little genius. He gets something like under a minute. Producer Grace, who works on my night show, gets it in like a minute 30. And now we all share it and text it to each other every morning with our coffee and we compete and it's so much fun. How many is mini? Okay, well, we're going to do it together.

Okay, show us. There's only six options. Are we ready? Yeah. Okay, here we go. One across. Part of a cherry you should need. Four words. Stem. No, stem, are you sure? It's four letters, not four words. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stem, okay.

Or is it pit? No, no. Pit. No, pit's two Ts?? It's four letters, not four words. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stem, okay. Or is it pit? No, no. No, pit's two Ts? Yes. P-I-T-T. Five across. Detour. Sign.

Feature. Huh? We'll skip it. It's fine. Depart. Another word for depart. Leave. Leave.

Five words or five letters? L-E-A-V-E. Five letters, sorry. Nail polish brand that sounds like two letters of the alphabet. I don't know. Part of a pomegranate you should eat. Seed. Seed? S-E-E-D. Okay,

great. Four down. Common date night activity. Starts with a T. Fuck. No, Mitchell. Starts with a T. It could be. Three down. Wipe as a memory card. One, two, three, four, five down. Five. What's it start with?

T, but if it's pit, if it's not pit. Next one. Oh, no, erase. E, R, A, S, E. So the pit's not right. It must be stem. Stem. S, T, E, M.

As you said originally. I'm so good at this. Here we go. No, we're doing, this is so exciting. You're sweating. Shut up. I was before we started the crossword. Look how worked up you are.

Okay, four down. Starting with M. Common date night activity. Movie. M-O-V-E. Yes, I-E. Because so good. Fast growing plant.

This ends in D. Seed. I don't know. Fast growing plant. And there's an E. Weed. Weed. Weed.

W-E-E. God, you're good. Yes. What would I know about growing weed? Nail polish brand that sounds like two letters of the alphabet. N's in S-I-E. What's that? Nail polish brand.

I don't know. That's right. We've got to get this. What's his D2 assigned feature? Arrow. Arrow. A-R. Oh, my God.

Okay. What's this? Hold on. Headlock. T-R-E. Trees. No. Headlock.

What's a headlock? I don't know. T-R-E something S. I don't know. What's the other one across? The other one across is nail polish brand that sounds like two letters. Oh, what is that? Google nail polish brands ends in S-I-E.

That's all we need, guys. Oh, see, it's so stressful. Is it S-E? E-S-S-I-E. Oh, we did it! Yay! Yes! So, wait, the challenge is not to get the crossword done before Stephen.

No. It's just who can get it done in the quickest time altogether. He's already done it today. Did you beat him? I'm going to check. Did we fucking flog the dog? I'm going to share the score. It already comes up, Stephen.

I solved the New York Times mini crossword in 45 seconds. What? No, he's very smart. He's intelligent. That's incredible. And we did it in 2.36. Just so you know, when I Googled nail polish brand, I just put the B in brand and the first suggestion was

brands New York Times crossword. So people are Googling the answers. People are Googling it. I'm not accusing your boyfriend of being a cheater. Heaven forbid. But I'm just noticing some tendencies here. I reckon he's Googling the answers. 45 seconds is fucked.

Yes, it is. That's true. And Tress was headlocked. T-R-E-S-S. I don't's googling the answers. 45 seconds is fucked. Yes, it is. That's true. And Tress was headlocked. T-R-E-S-S. I don't even know what that means. Well, listen, I'm obsessed with it. I do it every day and I think it's keeping my brain elastic. Maybe I do need that.

I'm not being paid, but it's so much fun. The New York Times, and I feel like I'm in New York. I feel like I'm part of the culture, you know? I was going to say, is that how you discovered it? Flicking through the New York Times at the bloody new coffee shop in your hood and you were like, I don't have a pen. That'd be silly. I don't know how to read.

My apologies. Is it just me? You can follow the show online. Just search couple of Mitches. If you don't, you're a little bitch. Okay, coming up in episode 218, which is out on Wednesday, the Misfits will be reuniting. Yay!

I'm excited. Because we're doing what's called an air check, which is where Mitch and I give our notes on their performance. Correct. It's an industry thing, a broadcast term, right? You sit down, you listen back to some of the audio, and the bosses talk to you about what you did wrong and what you could improve in. They seem to have it in their minds that because we weren't here

that they could play by their rules. But no, we were still supervising. They did a great job. But I do have thoughts, as do you, Mitchell, as do the listeners, the idiots. Yes, of course. I didn't really understand the need for people to compare us. Yes. A lot of our critics were saying,

watch out, Mitchers, they might be coming for your job. And I'm like, it's not a competition, my love. I don't think so. And also, did you notice that their show opener said, fuck the Mitches? I was like, hey. I did notice that. We've been nothing but supportive. Oh, so they fucking made me look like a fat cat.

Did you see that dumb AI video? That's me as a cat, apparently. Yeah, don't. I didn't pick up on that. Don't blame me. And also, Mitchell Coombs, you as a cat is beautiful. You're gorgeous. I couldn't tell which one was me.

You're the one with the barley tunic on. And why am I in a Republican? This is on our Instagram, at Couple of Mitches, if anyone wants to check out this hellish fucking cat video. Jenna made an AI cat video, and I'm a very overweight grey cat. It was just very in. I just felt I wasn't, and I mean, this is my podcast, and I felt like I was on the outer. I know what you mean, Mitch, because I hadn't heard that episode

where they were talking about the AI cats, so this video popped up and I was like, what the fuck? I was so confused and everyone in the comments like, oh, Mitch, cheery, ha-ha, fat cat, fat cat. I'm on holidays trying to enjoy myself and I'm being branded a fat cat by my loyal audience. Anyway, we'll save all this for Wednesday's episode. It's the blame AI.

We will, and I think we will be hearing from the Misfits. I think we're doing a full team. Sarah and Oscar will be back for the feedback. We're not just going to fucking hammer Jenna with it. No, no, no. Although a lot of it does relate to you, Jenna. Oh, no. The buck does stop with you, Jenna.

That's true. She was like the team leader in a way, wasn't she? Yeah, she really was. And I'm proud of her. Like in that fucking Dallas Cowboys cheerleader one. They were the rookies. You were one of the, is't she? Yes, she really was. And I'm proud of her. Like in that fucking Dallas Cowboys cheerleader one, they were the rookies. You were one of the, is it veterans? Yeah, the veteran, the five-year one who's the captain.

They have to re-audition the cheerleaders every year. There's no guarantee you make the squad again. That's brutal. Yeah. One of them was up to the fourth year going to the fifth and didn't get in. Did you not understand that I don't care? You never heed my recommendations.

It's a great Netflix show, actually. I'm not interested in cheerleading, does nothing to me. I never thought I would be, but I've discovered my new favourite genre, which is just like a glimpse into worlds that I've never fucking thought about. Oh, okay. I can get into that. I watched this whole bloody documentary on SBS about carnies, like the Australian equivalent, like the people that go around

with the show rides. Yeah, that's good. A friend recommended it and I was like, yeah, I'll check that out. And when I started watching, I was like, I fucking went to school with all of them. Oh my God. They were bored. It's because their parents were driving around with show rides. I was like, I forgot that Elbel owned the Cha-Cha.

It's very fascinating watching that show. The Carnival on SBS for those wanting to watch. It's a nice plug. I need more random shows like that. Just a glimpse into worlds that I just know nothing about. You need to go into YouTube. I watch this YouTube channel called The B1M and it's a construction page and they

just document how things are built. I watched a 12 minute video on how the Sydney Harbour Tunnel was built. It was incredible. Oh, but it's only 12 minutes. I could commit to that. I don't want to watch a whole series about a tunnel. Oh, totally. And it's very impressive. Do you realise I don't care? No, it's my show, so you have to. See, it hurts, doesn't it?

It does, actually. I'm sorry. You shouldn't fight, Jenna. Yeah, I know. All right, do you want me to get into my itch-em for now? Yeah, please, go for it. Let's go. Is it just me?

Has there never been a harder time to be a Katy Perry fan? Oh, I thought of you this morning when I watched that shocking video for that shocking song. I haven't watched it yet. That's not good. Oh, no, don't tell me that. I was going to watch it for the first time here on the podcast. I haven't watched it either.

Woman, power, clitoris. That's what, they're the lyrics. Yes, and look, she's made a comeback. She's got a new song out, Woman's what, they're the lyrics. Yeah, so look, she's made a comeback. She's got a new song out, Woman's World. And we all know that she was on top of her game in 2010 when Teenage Dream came out. That was the first album by a female artist to have five number one singles from the same album.

Amazing. At the time, the only artist that had achieved that was Michael fucking Jackson. So like big deal, five number one songs off one album. And you're a big Katie Cat. You're a fan. I actually wasn't a fan at this point. Oh, okay. And then after that she did Prism, which had Bloody Roar and whatnot.

Still very successful. Huge songs. Then she just did fucking nothing for a few years. I think it was like five years of no new music. And then she came out with Witness in 2017. I loved Witness. So did I. That's actually when I became a fan.

Change of the Rhythm is her best song. Yeah. I liked Witness. I like Swish Swish. I loved Witness. So did I. That's actually when I became a fan. Showing to the rhythm is her best song. Yeah. I liked Witness. I like Swish Swish. Yeah, great. And I'm a sucker for an underdog. So that's when I started backing her, when the general public had turned their backs.

I think it was the short blonde pixie cut. Oh, she looked amazing. People went a bit off her. She looked good. No, not a lot of people would agree with you on that. I liked it, though. I think it was cool. I liked it.

But the Witness era did not do well. I went to one of the shows. It was half fucking empty. Oh, Katie. She announced it was cool. I liked it. But the witness era did not do well. I went to one of the shows. It was half fucking empty. Oh, Katie. She announced the two dates before the album came out without gauging public interest. So she had all these shows booked and they were all fucking empty. Oh, no. Poor bitch.

And so, you know, everyone kind of turned their back on her, which is why in 2020 when Smile came out, objectively, good fucking songs on it, but everyone just kind of didn't give her a chance. Harley's in Hawaii. Amazing. Yes. This one. So this song, 2019 it came out.

Yeah. It wasn't until last year that it went viral on TikTok. Yeah, I remember that. It was so random. People loved it. And that's when I think the perception in the general public was like, oh, fuck, we didn't give her an actual chance, did we? We slept on Katie.

Yeah. They did. They were like, fuck, that's actually some good shit right there. We're going to give her a crack. And so for the first time in years as a fan, I was witnessing everyone be like, you know what? We're going to give her a go. Yeah.

We want her to make a comeback. Katie Perry, we need you to come back and save pop music, please. Yep. And there was genuine excitement. People had her back. wave pop music, please. And there was genuine excitement. People had her back.

And then she released a short snippet of her new song, Woman's World. Do you have the snippet? I do. She released this when I was in Bali. I woke up to this and I was just like, that can't be it. It didn't go down well. This is her quote unquote big comeback song. For once, she had excitement and people wanting her to do well. And she comes out with this.

Sexy, confident. Oh, God. So intelligent. Yeah. She is heaven sent. So soft. So strong. Soft. So I saw someone say that it sounds like the kind of fake song that you sing to your cat.

That's the song. She is so strong. You are cute. Big stretch. Yeah, yeah. I love you so much, my Connie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you can imagine me as a fan hearing that being like,

oh, Katie, Katie, what are So you can imagine me as a fan hearing that being like, oh, Katie. Katie, what are you doing? I know. Catherine Elizabeth Hudson, what the fuck are you doing, babes? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. People were behind you. They wanted you to do well and you come out with this song that sounds like it's from a tampon app. New boys panty liners.

Slay the day. And there were all these comments saying, this sounds like it's AI generated. Yeah. Like they typed into AI, give us an empowering female anthem by Katy Perry and that's what it came out with. Oh, that's so bad. And there were actual theories floating around the internet

being like, maybe that's what she's done. It's an AI and that fucking little snipper is not actually real. And then she's going to come out with, just kidding, that's not the song. That was a joke. And now here's the song and it's really good. But no, that was from the actual song. I haven't heard it in full yet. Correct.

I have heard the song. You've heard it in full? Yes. Did you get like an advance? I did. I did get an advance. Radio perks. You know what? It is so much better in full and it's also. Yes. Did you get like an advance? I did. I did get an advance. Radio perks. You know what?

It is so much better in full and it's also very catchy. Like genuinely, like we make fun. But it's very hooky. I think it will catch on. I think it's going to get a lot of airplay on the radio stations. Really? She's such a core artist and that comes into play that people already know her. I mean, our voiceover guy, Bradley, who also happens to be the music director at Kiss FM,

he always gave her shit a spin, even in the floppy areas, all through Smile, like Harley's in Hawaii and shit, all that made it to air on Kiss. So I'm hoping that this nonsense gets run on air, and there's more to it than this 15-second snippet. Oh, it's awful. Intelligent. She is heaven sent. That's like a, ready?

So soft. It could be for fucking toilet paper. To a... Ready? So soft. It could be for fucking... Toilet paper. Toilet paper. So soft, so strong. And people are also giving a shit because it's meant to be like a female empowering anthem. Yeah.

But it's been produced by Dr Luke. We all know the history with Kesha there. Yeah. Even Kesha at the time just tweeted, lol, that's it. Just lol. I also think, here we go, this isn't my fresh take i've heard

other people talk about it but i do agree i think in the time of artists like chapel roan who is very good who's incredible what are you laughing at i actually saw someone on tiktok say because you know the sentiment was katie we need you to come back and save pop music yeah after this came out get it yes i just saw a TikTok that said, Katie, never mind. We've got Chapel Row now. We've got Sabrina Carpenter. We've got Charlie XCX. We don't need you to save pop music anymore.

Forget about it. We're good. We're safe. Yeah. We'll take the message back. Jenna, can you play that one more time? Jenna, close your eyes. And I want you to picture young little Jessica.

Jenna changed her name legally. And I want you to think of your future. You know, a future where maybe you host a podcast with two out gay men, where you make well below minimum wage and they make above it. Yeah. Picture yourself as an adult and tell me, does this song help you achieve that vision? Hit it, Mitch.

You've got a good busty tit. I'm picturing her writing sticky notes with these lyrics all around the mirror. And she's got big thick black rimmed glasses. She's standing on her bed in bed socks. So soft. So strong. So should I watch this video in full for the first time? Oh yeah, of course.

But wait, it's not out yet. No, it is. Oh, so you can hear it. Yeah, I can. I haven't listened to it yet. Oh, let's do it. So obviously I can't play the full song on the podcast, but let's have a quick look. Okay.

And I'll come back with my thoughts. All right. I'm keeping my expectations so low. Okay. Yeah, it's definitely an improvement on that shitty snippet, isn't it? Okay, thanks, Farnie. Yeah. Oh, she's very buff.

She's very fit at the moment, isn't she? Fuck me, is Farnie. Oh, she's very buff. She's very fit at the moment, isn't she? Fuck me, is that Katy Perry or Michelle Bridges? I can't tell. Who knows? She looks very good. She definitely has found the a-Zen pic, hasn't she? I'm just saying. Okay, Mitchell, that was the first watch.

What are your thoughts? God, it's grown on me a bit, hasn't it? Has it? Yeah. I quite like it. No, it's a masterpiece me a bit, hasn't it? Is it? Yeah. I quite like it. No, it's a masterpiece, actually. She can do no wrong in my eyes. God, she saved pop music.

She fucking, I feel rescued. Yes. Chapel, we don't need you anymore. Chapel Rowan, don't know her. I'm all out of Chapel Mar. Hit the Chapel Road, bitch. Is it just me? That's enough of these two. Now let's hear, and is it just me? That's enough of these two.

Now let's hear an Is It Just You? Yeah, Mitch and I have had our turn. So you can hit us up as well if you'd like to come on the show with an Is It Just You of your own and Is It Just Me? Yes, and if you want to do so, you can let us know at couple of Mitches. Yeah. That's where you can hit us with your fucking thoughts or you can send us a text. We've got the text line as well.

The number is... 042-9948202. Oh, 422948202. Send us a text, please. Oh, I miss that voice. Oh, I miss Chukun. Miss that number. You know that Jenna let me into the lift today and she goes,

I wish you were Oscar. Just said it to my face. Yeah, I did. Jenna. I did. Why? Because he's just such a beautiful person. Of course he is, but so is Mitchell.

Hello. Yeah. What does Oscar have that Mitchell doesn't? I must say that Mitchell Coombs does look amazing as a cat, as an AI cat. Got it. The mention of the AI cat, which is not only, is it just me socials, by the way? Now, listen, let's go to Kat today. She's in Cairns. Oh, as an AI cat. Got it. The mention of the AI cat, which is not, is it just me socials, by the way?

Now, listen, let's go to Kat today. She's in Cairns. Oh, funny that, Kat. Is she AI? No, she's not. She's a real cat. Thank God. I'm over this AI bullshit.

Hello, Katrina speaking. Katrina. Oh, hi, Katrina. What's up? Meow. Hello, pussy girl. How are you? Hello.

I'm good. How are you? Good. You're good, darling. How did you enjoy the misfits while we were gone? Oh, look, I'm good. How are you? Good. How did you enjoy the Misfits while we were gone? Oh, look, I did love them. I haven't had a chance to listen to the last podcast yet. The last one, the Yappin' and Jappin'.

Oh, yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you. Oh, God, I loved it. I did miss the Mitches, though. Thank you. That's what I was waiting for. I've been listening to Reruns.

Uh-huh. Oh, good girl. But the Misfits were great, though, yeah. They were awesome. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Yeah's what I was waiting for. I've been listening to reruns. Uh-huh. Oh, good girl. But the misfits were great, though. Yeah. They were awesome, Jenna. Thank you. Yeah, that's nice. I love the tone you had there, almost when a child needs to be put to bed.

You're awesome, Jenna. Hey, listen, something you've noticed you hate or appreciate, Bradley will count you in and then you're ready to hit us with your idjim? Yes. Yes, I am. All right. Let's go, Bradley. Fire it up.

Go, Bradley. Is it just me or... Am I too old to be listening to your podcast? No. What do you mean? What do you mean? Unless you're 106. How old are you?

Not quite. I'm 49. I'm turning 50 in a few months. That's not too old to be listening. You're not too old. Let me let you in on a little secret. This show is not aimed towards the 18-year-olds of the world. Oh, my God, no.

That's not our key demographic. If I get noticed on the street for this podcast, it is middle-aged women. Yes. Oh, really? Yeah, there's a lot of mumsy tides, be it new mums or they've been mums for years. But doesn't it say aimed at helping young adults? Oh, right. Yeah.

So here's the issue with that. The branding of the show does, I think, need to be looked at because we started the show when we were 23. Yeah, something like that. 22, 23. And now you're 26, 27. 28. Oh, so is this about the tagline,

the rude shocks of young adulthood? Yes. Yeah. I mean, even the beauty. Oh, so is this about the tagline, the rude shocks of young adulthood? Yes. Yes. I mean, even the beauty of that, Katrina, is that fellow young adults, people our age, can listen and go, oh, okay, I'm going through the same sort of struggles. But then people who have lived it and been through that shit can just laugh at our misfortunes.

People who are like, oh, God, I remember being in my 20s. Yeah. Well, I do, but I also learn from you as well which is really um interesting oh my god what have you learned what's something you've taken away from the show just i just um like i really enjoy a lot of what you're talking about the mental health that's not just young adults that's been really interesting um i'm listening to a lot of the old episodes so just hearing you talk about covid i was was like, wow, these guys are really across it. Like you really, I just got a lot of admiration for how mature you all are.

But I enjoy your silliness as well. Thank you. But I can sit in there somewhere. I can write to you all and I just really enjoy listening. You make me laugh a lot. Katrina, thank you for that, by the way. We adore you. Yeah, that's nice.

Why would we turn someone away because of their age, Katrina? We welcome all types. It's so fine. We're not turning you away. We love all our idiots. I'm that annoying old aunt sometimes. They're someone away because of their age, Katrina. We welcome all types. It's so fine. We're not turning you away. We love all our idiots. I'm that annoying old aunt sometimes. They're my favourite kind of people. I was going to say, they're our main demographic.

And also, you're not old. Like, I'm 313. Oh, that's what I forgot. Sorry. That's alright. No, so yeah, if anyone can speak on this, it's you, Jenna. But I think Katrina does bring up a good point, and it's been brought up in our Facebook group, Injury Idiots, that we are no longer young. And I think, does bring up a good point, and it's been brought up in our Facebook group, that we are no longer young.

And I think, go fuck yourself. I saw someone post in the Facebook group saying that the definition of young adulthood, we're not in that range anymore. Hold on, let me bring it up. But we are. We're young adults. That's so interesting. Can you look up what demographic I'm in?

Because when I went through IVF, I was classified as a geriatric. No way. How old were you when you did IVF? And I was only 30. Wow. Here we go. Found it. Apparently, young adult means people in their teens or early 20s.

No. We're officially like late 20s, wouldn't you say, Mitch? Mid to late. Yeah, I'm late. You're mid. Very soon to be late. You guys are almost 30. How are you feeling about that? Oh, no, we're not, Katrina. I'm not almost 30. mid. Very soon to be late. You guys are almost 30. How are you feeling about that?

Oh, no, we're not, Katrina. I'm not almost 30. I've got two more years. I think we can keep powering through. Or unless anyone else has any better ideas instead of rude shocks of young adulthood because we're not young adults, apparently. Oh, but there's nothing worse than millennials moping. I just don't want to be that.

I feel young as well. I feel younger than 30. I do. Well, that's the weird thing. I still feel very young and I'm want to be that. I feel young as well. I feel younger than 30. I do. Well, that's the weird thing. I still feel very young and I'm about to turn 50. Should I change my way of thinking? Should I grow up? Should I?

I find rude stuff funny. I listen to you guys. There's no age limit on senses of humor, darling. You can find that in an appropriate shift. You stay listening to us for as long as you want. I had a 60-year-old woman stop me on a flight to New York and say, I love the podcast. There you go.

Hello. I wanted to come up to you, but hi. And I said, first of all, go fuck yourself. I'm on a holiday. And I opened the emergency exit and kicked her out. But the point is she was sweet and she was older than you. She comes to mind. One of our idiots.

No, Kat. One of our idiots, Josie, has been listening to this show for a long time. She made a scarves. She made a scarves. Jos comes to mind. One of our idiots. Josie has been listening to this show for a long time. She made a scarves. She made a scarves. Josie's great. She's early 60s. We love Josie as well. That is really good. That's lovely to they're open minded with their sense

of humour. Is it time to find people like that? Totally. I don't think we have a single idiot that isn't open minded with their sense of humour. You'd have to pay to listen to this show. Jesus Christ. I'm so glad to be an country. Totally, totally. I don't think we have a single idiot that isn't open-minded with their sense of humour. You'd have to pay to listen to this show. Jesus Christ. I'm so glad to be an idiot. No, that's all.

Thank you. Thanks for being part of the clapton. Thank you so much, guys. Pleasure. Don't forget to hit up Jenna on our Instagram to claim your prize. Yes. Sorry, tunnel. She just sorry-tunnelled us.

She's gone. I love her. I love her. Funny. Yeah, so if you want to get in touch, you can hit us up in the DMs on a couple of pitches. And I think for the time being, we stay the same, the rude shocks of young adulthood.

I can't think of anything off the top of my head, what we could do differently. We could just do, is it just me, the things you've noticed you hate or appreciate? That's true. That's true. I mean, we really could. Yeah, we could.

It's just a bit wordy. I'm picturing the show opener, right? It says, brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. How do you fucking word that? Brace yourself for the things that these fucking idiots have noticed, hate, appreciate. Bit wordy, isn't it? Yeah, it doesn't really roll off a tongue.

We don't have to solve it in one day. Yeah, maybe someone else will have a better idea. Idiots! Yeah. You've got homework again today. If you can think of a better strapline for the show, now that we're fucking geriatrics, let us know. Hit us up in the DMs. We'd love to have your thoughts. Should we get out of here?

Yeah, let's go! First episode back! Yay! It just flew by, didn't it? It actually did. It went very quick. Well, guys, we'll see you in a couple of days. You can follow us online. You can follow the Facebook group too, Enduring Idiots online. Join the conversation. Link in the show notes.

Yes. If you'd like to join. Yeah. And leave us five stars. If you're new here or if you haven't, share the podcast with a friend. If you love it as much as you do, think of one friend in your life that will like it and go, you have to listen to this podcast. Because presumably if you're friends with this person, you've got the same sense of

humour, so they should get amongst it. Totally. And they can be any age. Like any age at all. And it's also not just gays. A lot of people think that because we're gay, the amount of fucking straight men that I've met at my comedy shows, and it was their idea to bring their wife to the show, and they listen to the podcast as well.

Yeah. It's wild to me. I also, in Adelaide in particular, because it's fucking freezing there at the moment, I saw so many of our gorgeous idiots rocking up in our merch. The jumpers and stars are beautiful. I love it. They're actually very lovely. I don't even have any of my own yet.

It's on the way. But yes, coupleofmitches.com.au if you'd like to order some merch. They're very cute. Yeah, go get some merch and send us photos in the merch. If you haven't done it yet, go and buy some. It's a bit of a competition who can sell the most. It is. And there's a new player in the ring because it's my five-year anniversary

ERA's Tour-inspired design. There's your I'm With Idiots range. Correct. And now there's the fucking Misfit range in the mix. Yeah, which I will say I think needs to be removed. No, I don't. I think it's great. I'm going to be cheated because they've got more than one design

within the one range. Yeah, I think it needs to go. No, it's just very well done. But it needs to be pulled down. It's not on anymore. No, it's still. It lives on forever. It's a billion now. It's like on anymore. No, it's still. It lives on forever. It's memorabilia now.

That's like Channel 7 offering shirts for Sunrise with Melissa Doyle on them. I'd buy that. No, you probably would. Me too, actually. I probably would too. Thanks for listening, idiots. We'll see you very soon. Catch you on Wednesday.

See ya. Bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to AD Debrief, our secret segment on the end. We pretend the show is done but then we keep talking shit for a while

and then we waffle on for a bit. Yeah. Yeah. It is actually great to be back, guys. Yeah, I agree. Honestly, I did miss it. I had a couple of weeks after I got back before we started recording again and I was just like, I don't recognise myself without a podcast

to edit. Yeah. Like having a weekend free. I was like, what do I do? Yeah. I'm just so used to I'm in such a routine. I had things happen to me that I'm like, oh, I would have told this on the podcast. And of course, you're the queen of forgetting to write shit down, so you've forgotten it all. Famously, yeah. You're going to get stories of this trip for the next fucking year.

Yeah, I feel like that's going to be how it works. Honest to God. That reminds me of when I was in Bali. I know. I'm going to be that annoying person. The trip was good, though, guys. I had so much fun. Like, it was actually a very nice trip. So you know how sometimes they're stressful, like an international trip? But, like, customs was fine.

The flying was fine. No turbulence. That was great. It looked fun. Yeah, it was like an upgrade. Got to lie down in a business class bed. Lucky. Come on. I don't think I could do a flight to America again.

I've just realized I'm off flying in general. Why? You don't like it? Yeah, because it was only six hours to Bali on the most uncomfortable plane ever. Yeah. And that killed me. Yeah. And then even on the way back, because I was doing a round trip, like I said, from Bali

to Darwin, I was just sitting there. It was only two hours and I'm like, I'm fucking bored. I'm antsy. I was kicking, like, you know, the chair in front of me. I was like, oh my God, I just get claustrophobic. I don't like them. Hurry up and land sort of thing. Yes.

Yes, pretty much. Well, you know what happened? I, while I was away, I missed Stephen's birthday. Oh no. I know. I know he had his birthday and that's his first birthday while we know each other. Literally his first birthday. Jenna. That's very good. And he wasn't even born on a leap year. He's 22. And I missed his birthday. Can you believe it?

Did you make up for it? Did you shower him with shit? I did. I sent him, had him a beautiful big bunch of flowers sent to his house. I got some custom wine glasses with his initials in them. It was very sweet. But tonight, well, this week, we're going to a hotel in Sydney. So I'm making it up for him.

A little staycation. Yeah, a little staycation. And a winter staycation. Here's a little staycation. And a winter staycation. Here's a little hack. This is just me on the fly, but did you also not know that hotels do winter deals? No. Because no one stays in hotels in winter, right? Especially in fucking Sydney. So I booked this one in Paddington.

It's called the Oxford House. It's very fancy. And they're like, winter warmer deal. Late early check-in, late check-out, free pool access, $75 a day. Why would you want a pool access? Bar voucher. I think there's a spa. Right.

But free breakfast. Everything's included. Wow. That's good. That's a little hack for you. Get a hotel stay in winter. Are you being paid for this? No.

I feel like it because you dropped the hotel name. No, I promise. You can check my bank account. Now you're telling everyone to race in now. While stocks are. No, I promise. I'm paying for this. I had a real hard time trying to get

Sean a nice anniversary gift. What did you end up getting him? Well, I can't actually say because it hasn't arrived yet, which is part of the problem. But obviously he got me the McLeod Zorders overnight stay, which was amazing. And I'm like, how the fuck? And you've seen the website, Jenna. It's not cheap.

I'm like, how do I top that, really? I've said that before, yeah. And so I thought, here's what I'll do. I'll work in cahoots with the hotel and make sure that there is flowers on arrival and champagne on arrival already waiting in the room. Cute. And we got there and he didn't even clock that there was champagne and flowers on arrival. Oh, you're mad? Because the place is quite fancy in general. Right.

And so we thought it was just complimentary. Decor. Yeah. You thought it blends in. Oh, no. So did you have to go look at the fucking flower shop? Yeah, I did. And then he goes, oh, you did this?

And I'm like, yes, I've been emailing them for the last fucking week. They had to go to the nearest florist, which is 20 k's away. Oh, no. And then probably charge me double for delivery. So what are you getting him? Can you bleep it out? I guess. Or I could just getting him? Can you bleep it out? I guess. Or I could just tell him not to listen.

No. Sean, if you're listening, don't fucking listen to this bit. He listens to it every week. Yeah, he does. So his favourite show is Doctor Who. Yes. Right? Yes, yes.

And he also loves chess. Yes. So someone on Etsy hand makes these Doctor Who themed chess balls. Amazing. That's so thoughtful. Right? It's not the same as an overnight stay, but I still thought, oh, it's something he likes. Someone on Etsy hand makes these Doctor Who themed chess balls. Amazing. That's so thoughtful. Right. It's not the same as an overnight stay, but I still thought, oh, it's something he likes. It's like handmade, you know, it's cute.

But they're taking forever to hand fucking make it. Whoever runs this Etsy store. I ordered it ages ago and it's still not here. Oh no. I know. Doctor who? Doctor when? He's going to love that.

Oh, I love that so much. Sean, you can listen now. I also like paid for dinner at the McLeod's Daughters place, but it still doesn't match what he did, you know. Yeah, I get that, yeah. But that's nice. Like let him have the win. You don't have to top it.

You really don't. I know, but I just accepted that I wasn't going to. No. I wasn't going to be able to beat that gift, but I just wanted to come close. Totally. Also, the fucking chef was flirting with him. What do you mean flirting?

Because I just have a feeling that the staff out there, because it's like regional. Yeah. And between big weddings where the place is booked out, there's only a couple of people staying there at a time. Right. So there must be so fucking bored and or lonely that fuck, I had to just lock myself in the room because every time we bumped into a staff member, they'd chew our off and of course Sean's so polite to shoot them and I'm like get into a conversation ruining our anniversary dinner the chef was there for like half an hour just

talking and I'm sitting there clearly not interested yeah Sean's just like egging him on asking questions and I'm kicking him under the table going shut the fuck up by the sounds of it Sean was flirting with the chef but then when when we checked out, the chef literally said, thank you for listening to me and letting me tell you all those things. Oh, that's cute. Because there must be no one to chat to out there. No, there wouldn't be. We had an experience in LA.

This just shows how bad the culture is in America. We were there for the debate, and I was listening to conservative radio. So bad. We were there, and this waitress comes up to us. Well, she's serving us, right? And in America, if you've never been, you have one waiter, a server for your table and they have to serve you. You can't get your bill with someone else.

You have to tip them. Like it's all individual service. Is there one of those places that I hate where you can't even pop up to the bar and just order a drink? Yep. You have to- No, no, no. The waiter has to do it.

And I'm like, well, where the fuck are they? Your server will walk up to you. And they like hover over you. They hover. This is at Cantor's Deli. Oh, we don't get that in Sydney. Oh, I love Cantor's Deli. Jenna and I had lunch at Cantor's.

I'm here in LA. She made me pay for her lunch. I had nothing. And I was there. And the server at the end said, it was the day before the 4th of July, so the 3rd of July. And she's like, here's your check. And as you think about your tip, I want you to also pray for me.

I need you to pray for me because my country right now is divided. Wow. And my name's Mariana. And I need you to pray for me because my country right now is divided. Wow. And my name's Mariana, and I need you to pray for me. Think of me. Close your eyes and think of me because I've never been more lost. And I'm like, babe, I just want to pay for my matzo ball soup, please, and my pickles. Wow, that poor bitch. That's full on.

I know. She was crying, holding her hands, sweating. Wow. And America is like, really, it's in a bad place. Yeah. The vibe in the air is like, even LA, which is one of my favorite cities in the world, the streets are broken. I just love the magic of it.

I think it's beautiful. I get it. I love LA too. LA was very Bali adjacent when I was there. I'm like, oh, this place is a bit fucking grotty, isn't it? It's gotten worse. I was walking down the street. Oh, no, really?

Yeah, and I had to spit and rub my shoe on the stars to see what the name was. Because the walk of fame is so dirty. Really? Rachel, my sister, saw a homeless man's arsehole. She bent over and she went, I just saw a hole. I went, for you, whereabouts? And she saw it just on the street of LA. Oh, no.

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