Is It Just Me? - #226: The IIJM Alphabet

Episode Date: August 13, 2024

In this episode: Gaming chat (02:13) Intrusive shrubbery (15:57) What happened to red back spiders? (17:02) Our own phonetic alphabet (21:19) Warming up for singing lessons (36:54) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (51:22)   Check out our 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. Go! Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. I'd rather be dead than be called Gunkle. Oh, that nickname for gay uncle.

Just because I'm gay doesn't mean you need to change the word. Imagine if they were like, God, he's put on weight. Funkle's here, you fat uncle. Now, here's Mitch Chudy and Mitchell Coombs. Hi, you. Oh, shit, shaking things up on me. Oh, sorry. Hello, you.

Hello, you. Hello, you. I mean, it just means the same thing. Greetings, you. Bienvenue, you. Salutations, you. We, you. No, that's yes, you.

Shit. Bonjour, you. Bonjour, you. Bonjour, you. Bonjour, you. Bonjour, you. Heads, you. We, you. No, that's yes, you. Shit. Bonjour, you. Bonjour, you. That's what you were looking for. Bonjour, you. Bula, you. Bula, you. Hedge, you. I've run out.

Fuck. Salamat pagi, you. Ni hao. Pricekeeper Jenna. Thank you for chiming in. Ni hao, correct. Sorry. How do cats say hi?

You speak cat, Pricekeeper Jenna? Meow. Oh, my. Her cat is so aggro. Your cat is so vocal. Yeah, she's really loud. But it doesn't meow. Your cat, like, does chittering. So it's like... No, no, no. Her cat meows aggro. Your cat is so vocal. Yeah, she's really loud. But it doesn't meow. Your cat, like, does chittering.

It's like... No, no, no. Her cat meows. Does it? You're thinking of my Isabella, who doesn't commit to, like, a meow. She'll just go like a... Yeah, she does. She doesn't meow.

She beeps. All this cat content. Connie is very, like, meow. Oh, she's got an active meow. Yeah, and such a handful, that cat. I popped into Jenna's after we did that thing down at the train station just to do a pierce, and I was only there for less than five minutes, and that cat, I was like, oh, I've got a headache. She was so annoying and demanding.

She wasn't happy. She's got a lot of thoughts. She wasn't happy. She was just standing there, meow, at Mitchell. See, I can't stand cats. Dogs, you know what they want. You said you were going to get a cat. I'm off it now.

Just after this conversation. Yeah, to be honest, I hadn't thought about it since that moment, and I've just thought about it again, and I want them dead. You know what I'm thinking of getting? A lot of salamander or something silly. No. Axolotl. No.

What, a sense of humor? What do you mean? No, that was good. That was high five. That was comedic timing right good. They just high-fived. That was comedic timing right there. That was pretty good for me. Well, I have a sense of humour and that wasn't amusing. What are you looking for?

It's not a pet. I'm thinking of getting an Xbox. Oh. Should I do it? I'm the gamer in the group. Why wouldn't you come to me and ask? Well, what should I get? I don't know where to start.

I'm sorry, but I don't see you as an Xbox boy. I think you're a PlayStation boy. That's not what I asked. Well, you're coming to me. I'm not even joking, by the way. Last night, I pulled out my PlayStation 2 to try and play it, and then I realised my new TV doesn't have the three cords, you know, the red, the white, and the yellow. Audio, sound, and visuals. Yeah, so I've ordered an adapter.

Oh my God. So I can plug it into the HDMI so I can use the old PlayStation 2, but I'm thinking of getting an Xbox. An old Xbox or like a 360? Nah, a new one. An Xbox One, like one of the new ones. Why? What do you want to play?

It's actually doctor's advice. Oh. You know what our therapist is like. Yeah. She's like, it's important for the creative mind to play. Enjoy playtime. And I'm like, well, what's a socially acceptable way as an adult to play? I can't just go to the fucking swing set.

That's creepy, isn't it? No, I wouldn't. You made me not do that. She was literally, as I've said before, telling me to be more of a silly goose. And I'm like, it just sounds like she wants me to buy an Xbox. That's what I'm doing. I think you're more of a Switch boy. I think you're a Nintendo Switch.

You don't know me. I do know you. Aren't they little? No, that's why it's a Switch. You can switch it up and carry it in your lap. But you can also put it in the TV. No, it is Nintendo, so you can play the Mario games, which, mind you, are the best.

I did find my DS last night as well. Oh, my God. I've still got it. I was playing Mario. Really? Yep. I played DS this week too. Really?

Should we PictoChat? Oh, my God. I PictoChat. Can I tell you the cutest story? Not to hijack your Xbox story, but it was plateauing. I had the cutest date with Stephen. So we have this whole theory that we're from the same area, right? But we never knew each other growing up.

We didn't have anything to do with each other. We didn't grow up at the same time. We did grow up at the same time. No, you grew up and he didn't. Well, we were both concurrently growing. That's how growth works. Yes. You're aging at the same pace. Correct. He just happens to be a lot younger. He's six years younger.. That's how growth works. You're ageing at the same pace.

Correct. He just happens to be a lot younger. He's six years younger. And there's no catching up. Five and a half at some points. He's an adult. As am I. No one said he was an adult.

Of course he's an adult. Well, Jen's written it down on a napkin. No one can see it. She's written child. That was you. She's a child bride. He did the cutest thing. Let me tell you.

It's very sweet. So we've always had this theory that, well, we've both said that there's a local netball court in the area, the Bellengara Netball Courts. And we've both said we grew up, like that was our childhood at the Bellengara Netball Courts because we both have sisters. Were you goalkeeper or were you defensive? No, I just ate the finger buns at the canteen because I didn't play. Neither did he.

But we were, you know, little gay boys. So, of course, we went to the netball with our mums while they played, while our sisters played. Oh, right, while your sisters played. Because I was thinking, is that just where gays go? Is that a beat or something? No, no, no, no. Is that where they're cruising at the netty bathrooms?

That's not a normal thing for gay kids to do, just to go to netball. Yeah, well, I was definitely a girl shooter. It makes sense that you've got fucking sisters playing. Okay, I'm with you. And I always said, you know, I just used to sit there and play my Nintendo DS. My head was down.

Like, I wouldn't have seen you even if you were there. He's like, that's so funny. I just played Nintendo DS. Is it just me on the fly? Yeah. They weren't bright enough for the outdoors, the DS screens. Stephen said the same. You had to huddle under a jacket.

I had the new edition because. I had DSi XL. Thank you very much. So did I. And he would put his hoodie over him so he could see it. Anyway. Do you remember the ads for the DSi XL? It was always grown ass adults in their business suits on the train doing like crosswords. And I'm like, no one's ever going to use it

for that purpose. It was a Japanese real estate agent doing brain training before he sold a $4 million house. I'm like, no, he's stressed and he's cheating on his wife. That's the truth there. Anyway, so we've had both just said like, wow, crazy sliding doors moment. We would have been at the same netball courts the same day. His sister's 25. So is my sister. Oh moment. We would have been at the same netball courts at the same day. His sister's 25. So is my sister. Oh, so they could have been in the same team.

They were in the same grade and they played in opposite teams that fought each other every single semi-final. So you would have been there. Wow. On the same court, same game, same day. He would have been in the crèche. Sorry, I had to. He would have been playing his DS. Yeah.

And I would have been playing mine. You could have been picto chatting that whole time. Yeah. So guess what he did? What? He said, I want to. He would have been playing his DS. Yeah. And I would have been playing mine. You could have been picto chatting that whole time. Yeah. So guess what he did? What? He said, I want to organise date night. And I said, okay, you can organise date night. Did you keep your old DS?

Yeah, I collect old Nintendos. I've got a whole box of them. Wow. Yeah. But it's not charged. I don't play it and haven't played it in years. He said, I'm going to pick you up. I've got everything planned.

I'm like, all right. Do I wear dinner clothes? He's like, you wear something warm. It's going to be cold. This was last Friday. I'm like, all right, do I wear dinner clothes? He's like, you wear something warm. It's going to be cold. This was last Friday. I'm like, okay. He picks me up and in the back, he's got like a wine in a cooler and a bag and a blanket. I'm like, where are we going?

He pulls up to the Belangara netball courts and he gets out. I need to get a visual of this. How do I spell that? B-E-L-L-A-N. Yeah. G-A-R-A. Again, it sounds like one of the suburbs you've made up. Belangara.

That's real. Belangara. Netball courts. Have you got them? Get the visual. It's a big arena. Mine came up with Belanglo State Forest. No.

He's not Stephen Mallat. Oh, they actually look quite fancy. They're nice. They're like tiered. There's probably 30 to 40 courts. God, the netball courts in Forbes had potholes. Yeah. That's where they shoot the ball into.

We walk in. He sits on silver seats and he said, even though we didn't get to do it as kids, we would have been playing at the same time. Let's play now. He pulls out two Nintendo DSs that he sourced. Oh, that's cute. We connect. We picto chat each other.

And then we sit there in the courts drinking wine, playing Nintendo. That's so stupid. I love it. That's actually so cute. Is is that not the cutest date ever there's him in the middle of the courts oh did you take a photo on the horrible camera quality but isn't it actually kind of cute that yeah we'll have to put it in the enduring idiots facebook but in that moment i was like this kid so when you say beautiful when you say sourced nintendo ds's did he have to rummage through your existing collection or did he buy them? He had one, right? His DS as a kid.

It was in a pink crystal gel case. Oh, I love it. With De Monti's on it, no doubt. Yeah, of course. And then he got his best friend Soph's DS, which hers was pink and had the camera. So then we connected. That's the DSi. Yes, DSi.

And then we played for a couple hours, had some wine and then drove home and made love. So it was a great, lovely day. That is very cute. That's beautiful. See, this could be me with the Xbox. Yeah. It could be you, Sean, getting a power cord from the car all the way up to the reports. Parliament House, where you two met.

You make a good point, though. Maybe I should get something portable-ish. Mitchell, get a Nintendo Switch. It will change your life. I can't play The Sims on that. Yes, you can. Can I? Let me Google.

You don't say it with confidence. Can you connect it to the TV? Yeah, it's on the TV. I've never played it. I just feel like a fucking giant with those tiny little Switch controllers. I'm used to, like, big. Yeah, she's used to big. Okay, Sims is not on it.

Oh, well, forget it. Fucking forget it. I love The Sims. I was so determined to fire up that PS2 last night because I'm pretty sure I may have made the McLeod's daughter's house on The Sims back in the day. Oh, my God. No, it was Kath and Kim. I made Kath and Kim.

I made McLeod's daughter's. But where would it be? On what? On a PC somewhere? No, I've got it on my PS2. I just can't plug it into the fucking TV. Really? Until the adapter arrives. Oh, no. And I had Tek got it on my PS2. I just can't plug it into the fucking TV. Really? Until the adapter arrives.

Oh, no. And I had Tekken. Oh, my God. I was so good at beating bitches up. What's Tekken? It's just fighting. It's so good. Nina was my go-to.

I saw a meme recently that said, like, if you played Tekken as a kid and Nina was your go-to character, how was coming out for you? All the gays love Nina. The purple jumpsuit that she wore for her away jersey. Oh, slut. Oh, my God. I think that also played. I think I've spoken about this on the podcast.

In Mario Kart, if you chose Bowser, you're a dom-top. If you chose Peach, we all know. Yeah. Guilty. Yeah, right? But they've got a new little slut now. It's not Peach. Who have they got now?

Yeah, they've got Peach. They've got Peachette. They've got Daisy. And then they've got some woman named Patricia. Patricia? Yeah, I think I chose Trish last time I played. She's just a brunette woman with a blazer on. See?

We had all this in common. We never knew. I know. The Xbox to be is bringing us together. Yeah. I'm trying to say Xbox. Triggers me. Do you not like Xboxes?

No. Xboxes just certain kind of people. You need to understand the connection. Nintendo Switch is very gay. Gays love Nintendo Switch. It's in the gay culture. PlayStation leans more gay. Xbox is definitely straight boy, straight bro in the

gaming world. But I've played my friend Andrew's Xbox a million times and we're both gay for starters. I know, that's true. It's just fun. The flight simulator, the sims, all this random shit. It's great. I think buy one. I've got a PlayStation 5 and I'm a PlayStation boy. So you could add me and we could play together. We could play

Fortnite together. Can you do that? Like PlayStations and Xboxes playing together? It depends on the game, yes. So what's better? PlayStation or Xbox? They're both essentially the exact same. What it comes down to is exclusive games. So you can only get some games on Xbox and only some games on PlayStation. What about there's this game and it's called like Stray.

I have the Stray. I finished it twice. What? Do you want to come over and play? PlayStation. You can also get it on Xbox. Mitchell, Stray is a game where you play as a cat in a dystopian new world city. Really?

What do you do? Oh, it looks amazing. You're just a stray cat. You got a backpack on. I played a game recently. It's called Untitled Goose Game. Oh, I've played Untitled Goose Game. It's fun, isn't it?

It's an Australian game. Yeah. It's very cute. You just honk. Have you done the unpacking one? Yeah, I play that with Stephen all the time. It's very good to work out. All the time?

Yeah. I thought that you just played it once and then you finish it. Unpacking? The one where you two-player and you move things around the house? Yeah, but you have to get them in the right spot. And then it moves on to her uni dorm and then her first place with her boyfriend. And then she's back at home with mum and dad. And you're like, oh, my God, they broke up.

Oh, maybe I'm playing a different game. Yeah, I think you're playing a different one. I'm playing Unpacked 2. Oh, maybe there's a sequel. Oh, my God, maybe she's back with the man. No, she was a lesbian by the end. Spoiler alert. Oh, my God.

What was that game called? Wait. I knew I was carrying a box of dildos in one of those games. Yeah, get a PlayStation 5. Yeah, it was just called Unpacking. This is exactly the one I'm thinking of. Really? You have to unpack her room as a baby and dildos in one of those games. Yeah, get a PlayStation 5. Yeah, it was just called Unpacking. This is exactly the one I'm thinking of. Really?

You have to unpack her room as a baby and then uni and so on and so forth. And you learn her story as you play it. And the worst part of it all is that when she moved in with that rat boyfriend of hers, there was no room, no fucking room in the whole place to display her uni degree. And so it went under the bed. And so as you finish that level, you're like, oh, this won't last. And then sure enough, she's back at mum and dad's. They must have broke up. Mitchell, listen to the joy this is bringing you in your life.

And so you told me not to get an Xbox. Why would you rob me of this? Also, PlayStation 5s are $679. See, fuck yourself in the face. Who would want to pay that? How much is an Xbox One? Google it. What's Xbox One?

Xbox is the new Xbox One. Isn't it Xbox S or X or something? I don't know. I'm just going to write in Xbox. You can get an Xbox for $479. Deal. So it's $200 cheaper. Any idiots listening that are gamers, I'm getting an Xbox.

What games should I get? I don't think you need to get the physical games anymore. You can just download them. Yes, I agree with you. I'm going to have to buy a hard drive to have more storage. Oh, it's so exciting. When you buy them, you can buy ones with bigger storage. My advice is get one with the bigger storage. How would you react

if I became the sort of influencer that just streams himself gaming all day? On Twitch. Mitch, I'd be down for it. Fuck it. You'd want to collab. 100%. I would. We'd do a campaign together. Actually, I want to get one. I should show you my Nintendo collection. I've got every DS and every Game Boy and every Nintendo console that ever came out.

But Game Boy's Nintendo. Yeah, it's all Nintendo. Did you have the GameCube? Yes, the GameCube is the best console. Oh, I loved the GameCube. Of all time. What do you mean you've got every DS? All the DSs.

Why? The original DS, the DS Lite, the DSi. Then I had the DS XL. And then I had the 2DS and then I had the 3DS. Oh, that's when I lost interest. Yeah, but I had all of them, and then I had the 2DS, and then I had the 3DS. Oh, that's when I lost interest. Yeah, but I had all of them, so I wanted to keep the collection up. But I didn't buy them brand new. I bought them on Facebook Marketplace.

Really? You just wanted to have the collection? Yeah. Oh, wow. I've got a special limited edition clear Pikachu 2DS that's worth like three grand now. Oh, wow. Holy fuck.

Yeah, it's pretty fun. Did you ever play Bloody Raw on GameCube? No, but that's such a Jenna game. That was my childhood. Did you ever play Slaughtering Kids on the GameCube? That was another good one. Yeah, I'm sure. I miss Crash Bandicoot.

Oh my God, Crash Bandicoot. Ooga booga. Ooga booga. Well, welcome to Is It Just Me? This is not how we start every episode. We're all in an ADD mood. We start the show with an, is it just me? Something we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate.

Mitch doesn't know mine. I don't know. Mitch is coming up today. We have an idiot who has suggested something off the back of a topic we were discussing a few weeks ago. I love it when the idiots do our producing for us. I know. It's so easy, isn't it?

Thank God. Ka-ching. We'll steal that. We'll give you credit, though, if we can remember your name. It is a new invention. It's Justin, by the way. Justin. A new invention that I think will really catch on and will save a lot of the idiots time,

especially if you're gay or Gen Z. This will be good for you. We're also going to be following up on our singing lessons, which we have decided to embark on as a duo. Yes. We're going to a couple singing lessons, but we've got to sort something out first. Yes. My agent today, you know how you kind of write shit in your notes as you think of it?

Yes. I was really impassioned about this idjim when I wrote it. Yep. I don't have the same passion now, but I'm going to back it in anyway. I do that. I really, really meant it at the time. I do that. I do that all the time.

Mine's just a thought that I had and a sad story connected to it. Oh, wow. I don't know if I'm actually ready to talk about it. I'll need time. Mine's just a thought that I had and a sad story connected to it. Oh, well. I don't know if I'm actually ready to talk about it. I'll need time. Should I kill time by going first? No, I'm ready. I just have to process it, but you can go first. Sure, okay. To give you context, I wrote this when I was

at executive producer contraceptive diaphragm Sam's birthday, which neither of you turned up to. No, I was going to, but I got drunk for the first time in a long time. I felt so bad. I RSVP'd and I texted him saying, coming, I'll be there going to, but I got drunk for the first time in a long time. I felt so bad. I RSVP'd and I texted him saying, coming, I'll be there at 10. And I didn't turn up. I couldn't go because I was at the theatre.

Lies. It's not a lie. What were you saying? She was at the theatre, but we were still at the party after the show finished. Don't forget, we've got you on fine mode now, Jenna. Yeah. I didn't lie. You know, old Mitchell would have been like, oh, my grandma. No, it's true.

I just said, Sam, I'm tipsy and I can't drive to the city. I'm in the shire. It was Stephen's mum's birthday. Were you meant to be Dezo? Yeah. Yeah, that'll do it. I don't drink. I'm like, Stephen, you drink.

He's on his P's, so he can't have any alcohol. All right, go with your each of them. Oh, sorry. Yeah, let's get into it. Is it just me or? Is intrusive shrubbery destroying Sydney's nightlife? You're on something that night quite clearly. Yeah, the trees in the alfresco bit at Sam's birthday were being quite disruptive.

What upset you? Was it a palm? Was it a shrub? Bush? It was a cactus. Oh, a cactus. Oh, that'd piss me off. But, like, they'd shaved the spikes off it.

And I'm like, who the fuck's job is it to de-spike the cactus when you can just get any other plant? That's just cruel. They put laser hair removal on that poor cactus. They nared it up. These giant fucking cacti are just like encroaching on all the tables. Oh, I bet. It's annoying as fuck.

Yeah. I actually think for the first time in this show's history, that is quite specific to just you. Yeah. Well, if you'd turned up to Sam's birthday, you would have agreed with me. I could have been there. You too, Jenna.

That's about all I have to say about that. Yeah. Moving on quickly. What's the origin? Is it just me or? Have we all collectively forgotten and stopped worrying about redback spiders? That's true.

We, as a nation, were crippled by those little bastards when I was a kid in the 90s and the 90s. That's true. Oh my God, I couldn't go near a tap without my mum going, check for redbacks. Jenna, can you please Google what the fuck happened to all the redbacks? Correct. I feel like the reason I haven't seen one in a while is because I used to see them a lot in my parents' garage. Totally.

It was dusty, full of shit. That's where they liked to make their fucking webs. But now, in apartments, I don't have a filthy garage, so maybe I don't see them as often. Well, I live back at home, and we live by the water and the beach, and there's heaps of gardens, so I'd think there would be them, but I'm not seeing them. Fuck. And I remember, this is the sad story. Sorry, is it just me on the fly? When people talk about spiders, you are adamant that there's something crawling on you. I'm feeling it. Oh, I've not seen them. And I remember. Oh, sorry. Is it just me on the fly?

When people talk about spiders, you are adamant that there's something crawling on you. I'm feeling it. Oh, I don't get that. I do. I'll say. There's nothing on you. Actually, oh my God. Shut up.

Jenna, any answers? Okay, so. I'm about to bleed my heart out. Sorry, go on. No, it's all right. Sad story. It was a white cat that. Oh, no, not a cat.

A white cat that took a sip from the tap. But there was actually a redback there and it bit its own mouth. In the tap? Yeah. The redback was hiding underneath in the tap. But there was actually a redback there and it bit its own mouth. In the tap? Yeah. The redback was hiding underneath in the tap and the cat went under. And it bit the cat's tongue, we can only assume, and it killed the cat. Don't. That's horrible.

And they were in the street holding this white cat. Oh, no, that's really devastating. Sabrina. And it died. And as a kid, I thought, oh, my God, those spiders are not to be messed with. I've never heard of one just hanging in the tap. That's fucked. I know.

So whenever I went to a tap, mum went check for redbacks. But then what are you meant to do when you're face to face with it? You kill them. But if you're checking in the tap, it could just leap into your eye. Yeah, I know. But they don't do that. That's not real. Okay, so they're still around, but they're commonly found in disturbed and urban areas.

So it may have been more urban back in the day. Got it. What do you mean? And also no deaths have been reported. What does that mean, more urban? You know, like more bushy and all that. Your house is still pretty fucking bushy. Pretty urban.

What was the next point? No deaths have been reported since 1955. No! A year before the introduction of redback spider antivenom. Oh, I see. Isn't that crazy that antivenom really does just, is that bitch? Yeah. Well, not for the cat, huh?

No, they didn't know it. No, it died in 1954. I forgot to mention that. Can we compare cat war stories? I've got a horrible one. You want to compare my Sabrina story? Yeah. Yeah, this happened only two weeks ago.

Oh, shit. Isabella's father, as in my old housemate Jordan, the only father she knows. Sean's taken on the role of stepfather, but Jordan's the real father. Jordan didn't die, did he? No, but he lives on a ground floor apartment. No, he doesn't have a cat. He lives on a ground floor apartment and they've got like a picket fence around the little courtyard bit. And then there's balconies above.

Apparently a cat was like, wouldn't it be fun if i just jump off this balcony through the fence oh no imagine stepping outside like jordan did just being like oh my god can i tell you what do i do about that i can beat that story i don't want it no i can you're like i see your impaled cat and i raise you i raise you a squashed greyhound. What? Oh, that's not cat. Okay, now this is a story, trigger warning, truly. No, I don't like the story of animal cruelty again.

I didn't do it. And also, as a known of a greyhound than a cat. That's true. This was a winter. It was an Italian greyhound, tiny. Get this. Dana, take your headphones off and block your ears. I was in Melbourne at the time.

This was actually right before COVID started. Miley Cyrus was performing in Melbourne. Remember, then she cancelled because of the pandemic ears. I was in Melbourne at the time. This was actually right before COVID started. Miley Cyrus was performing in Melbourne. Remember, then she cancelled because of the pandemic. So I was in Melbourne, had time to kill, walking down the main street at the time. And I hear what sounds like... I remember you telling this. Yeah. A stake hitting the floor.

What happened was... Jumped off the balcony. A greyhound was at the top floor of like a six-story building, was looking out the window and it fell onto the ground and hit the pavement on the ground. But the owner wasn't there. Someone was house-sitting the dog and they just left the window open. Fuck. Anyway,

it landed maybe ten metres behind the track we'd just walked on. Yeah, I remember. It just fell and hit you. Have you finished? Yeah, I've finished. Yeah, done. I don't know how we got here. Should we move on? That's probably a good call. Yeah. Let's take a break.

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, now, we were talking not too long ago about the phonetic alphabet. You know how they use it often on the phone so that you don't misunderstand letters with the muffled phone line. They'll say T for tango, M for whatever. Yeah.

And our point was we don't know the correct. I didn't know that there were prescribed words for every letter. I know they made it up as they went along. Well, no. These bitches love a tango, don't they? They do. They do. No, but my point was no one can ever get past Charlie.

Like Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot. See, Foxtrot, EFG, Google Drive. See, I don't know. So do people actually memorise it? Everyone memorises it. My sister Becky, who's a cop, obviously she's got her first start in police radio. And if you're doing a street or someone's registration, you need to know it to be like F for Foxtrot, E for Echo, whatever.

But my point was, we just need one. That's outdated. What the fuck is a Foxtrot? And is there anyone policing what word you use for the letter? Like, do you have to get the phonetic fucking alphabet correct? Correct. You can just do your own. So we would like to create our own new phonetic alphabet that caters to, I'd say, our audience, which is, you know, younger, queer-leaning, progressive, handsome, attractive, young,

impressionable millennials. And credit where it's due, Justin Warne posted this in our Facebook group, Enduring Idiots. He said, seeing as you fellas don't know the phonetic alphabet, let's make a new one. I'll start A for anal. Oh, God. I don't approve of that. Why not? Although, do you remember I was saying when we were talking about it at the time that

my problem is that if I'm trying to think on my feet and I'm trying to do the phonetic fucking thing, the only thing that springs to mind is dirty words. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's my problem. So, anal, probably, I wouldn't do that. What about B?

Bitch. C? C. C. Dick. E? Eggplant. F? Fuck. G? Gay. H? Heroin. I? Igloo.

J? Igloo was nice, wasn't it? That was quite nice. Yeah, that was actually quite nice, but I think people were murdered in the 80s. But mostly so far the dirty words. Sorry, where were we? I? Anything else for I? Incest. That'd be great. Incest. Yep, keep going. But mostly so far. Mostly so far. The dirty words. Sorry. Where were we? I. Anything else for I? Incest. That'd be great. Incest.

Yep. Keep going. J. Jerk. K. Why is it c***ed again? It still works. L.

Lick. M. Mutt. N. You don't want to know what's springing to mind when you say N. My sister's name Nicole, obviously. Oh, yeah. Of course. Nicole.

Moving on. Obese. Don't look at Jenna when you say that. My sister's name Nicole, obviously. Oh, yeah, of course, Nicole. Oh, moving on. Obese. Don't look at Jenna when you say that. Eyes are closed. P. Putrid. Q. Queer.

Oh, I would have gone queef. R. Rectum. F. F. F. Q-R-F. S, S, S, S, S.

Fuck it. It's what's bringing to mind right now. S. S. S. S. Slut. T. Tit. U. Umbilical cord. I don't know where that my mind right now. S. S. S. Slut. T. Tit.

U. Umbilical cord. I don't know where that came from. Kind of rude. V. Vag. W. Wank.

X. S. Is it S? What is it? What is S? W. X. Nothing comes to mind.

Xylophone. Y. I don't know. Yaguna. Just the suburb. Yeast. Yeast. Z. Zebra. That was a nice, wholesome ending, wasn't it. Yaguna. Just the suburb. Yeast. Yeast. Zed.

Zebra. That was a nice, wholesome ending, wasn't it? Yeah, nice. So, at a guess, my mind is 90% dirty. Yeah, I don't think... I'd say more than 95%. We want something that people can remember. I don't think they'll catch on.

You can't use that in public. You also can't use it if you're calling Centrelink to say, hey, here's my registration. Yeah, see, that was my problem. I was like, B for... Had to really gag myself not to say it. Gee, should have been gagged. K for... Like, no, I don't think you're going to get a rental

increase when you're calling Centrelink. So, we may as well keep Justin's idea, A for anal, B. But we can't, because if people are using it in public, we can't do naughty words. We want this to catch on and be a social wave like Kony 2012. K for Kony. Oh, perfect.

Oh, there we go. We've got K. At least we're talking about him again. What about A for Alphabet? That's not how you spell Alphabet from the beginning. Well, I got E done. What would A be? Are you trying to make it like current and topical?

Well, yeah. Amelia Earhart. ABBA. ABBA. A for ABBA. Well done. B, Macy Isabel Gray suggests boys. I like that.

We all like boys. Well, not everyone. What about all the lezzies listening? That's true. L for lezzy. Yeah. We should make this like idiot specific. Okay.

This is just for the podcast. The Is It Just Me official idiot phonetic alphabet. Idiot alphabet. Okay. In that case, A could be anal if you really want. No, we've already got ABBA. Okay. ABBA.

What about like in jokes from the podcast, P? Brenda Baraldine. Perfect. That's good. One of your fucking suburbs. Correct. Yep. Very good.

Uh-huh. See, it can quite simply be cat. Yes. I feel like we talk about those dumb things a lot. Or Connie, if we really want to. Can we do Connie? I could have sworn Connie was with a K. No, Connie's with a C.

Connie's with a C. Okay, well, we'll just do cat. No, Connie. He's already written it. No, put Connie. It's in the law. D. Did you put Connie?

Diaphragm Sam. Nice. Just diaphragm. Yeah. E. Sarah Elizabeth put Connie? Diaphragm Sam. Nice. Just diaphragm. Yeah. E. Sarah Elizabeth has suggested episode. What about Elphaba? Yeah, that's funny.

It's very much part of the law. Elphaba could just start with L. Imagine if that's how you spelled it. Elphaba. Well, it's wrong, so it could. No, I'll do Elphaba. That's good. Yeah, that's a good one.

F. Farlap. That's a P. agree. Yeah, that's a good one. F. Farlap. That's a P. What's something idgim adjacent with it? Yeah, I'm trying to think. Follow. No. Finger.

Sure. Because that's not dirty. That's just a body part. Yeah. What does that have to do with this show? Oh, that Christmas party. Yeah. G.

Gash. Oh, come on. You said nothing dirty. Can we just do Jenna? With a G. Just because that's dumb. Jenna. Oh, God.

Do it. It has to be dumb. I suppose that's the rule. Yeah, do it. Jenna. H. What can that be? Who?

Oh, that's a W. Sorry. Sorry. I'm really not on today. I'm going to start writing things you think of. Who is W, right? H can be. What's a podcast reference with H?

Headphones. Oh, headphones. Yeah, I suppose. We could have done dot for D. Or W is Wiggins for sure. Oh, yeah. Wait, you've already put who? Oh, yeah.

We can still do Wiggins. I mean, we've got a long alphabet to go. W is the same letter. It's true. And the alphabet only goes once. Didn't I say H with H for a joke? Okay, who? Because you paired it with H.

That's actually good. Imagine calling Sunderlink. I can be idiot. H for who? I is idiots. Okay. Is the rule that we have to laugh because it's dumb to make it on our phonetic alphabet? H, I, J.

Just me. Or Jenna. Again. Jenna with a J. Jenna with a J. Great. Hilarious. K.

So confusing. What are we on? K. Oh. I. Hilarious. K. So confusing. What are we on? K. Oh, I do want to say ketamine. I've never tried it. Don't rush off. K could be. What about kill?

K for kill. Get it? Yeah. The intro. Jung Wars. K for kill. Oh, yeah. Funny.

Short circle. Get it? L. L for burn. Yeah. Brilliant. Yes. This Laws. K for kill. Oh, yeah. Okay, sure. Funny, short circle. Get it? L for alphabet. Yeah, brilliant. Yes, this is good. Oh, God. Does that mean we lose E? No, we can just have the same one twice.

We've got Jenna twice. Alphabet and alphabet. L for alphabet. So dumb. M, Mitch's. Yeah, great. N. N. N for endometriosis. M. Mitch's. Yeah, great. N. N.

N for endometriosis. No! Jenna's been cured naturally, remember? I'm sure it's Olivia Newton-John's retreat and cured herself. It also doesn't start with N. You're making the joke. No, I know that. I went to Olivia Newton-John's retreat.

What about N for entertained? Barely. Not this episode. Yeah, sure. Why not? No. N for entertained? Barely. Not this episode. Yeah, sure. Why not? No. N for no. Yeah, that's very you.

O. Oscar. Yeah. Yeah, I want Oscar. Include him in. P. Pigweek. Pigweek.

Good, good. What comes after P? PQ. Oh. Pigweek. Good, good. What comes after P? PQ. PQ. Oh, queef. Because we have to edit Jenna's out weekly. Often. Yeah.

Often. I'm sorry, I can't help it. R. Can be. Let me see what some idiots have suggested. Oh, P for pigweek, said Melanie Smith. Oh, I didn't know that there were suggestions coming through too. Yeah, Calum Cantrell says E for Olympics.

Oh, that would have been a good one. Well, we can get rid of one of the alphabets for God's sake. Oh, but the alphabet's funny. We've got two genets. The gag's been done. E should be Olympics. All right. Olympics.

What are we up to? Q. Quiet, says Joshua. R we're up to. We already put queef. Yeah. Riesling. We donef Yeah Riesling No Don't drink Riesling

Red rooster Oh Good Sorry I didn't mean to raise my voice Megan Emily McCammish suggested that as well S She says shut up No that's just hurtful

That's really mean Yeah I agree We would never speak to our idiots like that Blyans for B Someone suggested Oh that's better than Brenda Baraldane Yeah get rid of it Blyans Your mispron that. Blyans for B, someone suggested. Oh, that's better than Brenda Baraldane. Yeah, get rid of it. Blyans, your mispronunciation of Blyans, nice.

S, what can that be? What have we got for W? Who? Yeah, brilliant. And we've also got who for H. That's very funny. What's S? S.

Sam? Sam? Did we get rid of contraceptive? No, that's Connie. It was diaphragm. It's still there. What's S? S Sam Sam Did we get rid of contraceptive? No that's Connie It was diaphragm It's still there Oh alright We can't double it up

Sean Oh But that doesn't have this sound And Stephen What if we make it Sean and Stephen Just do it But that would get confusing

On the phone Like S for Sean So is Elphaba But L L is in there Clear as day No but S for Sean and Stephen S for Sean and So is Elphaba for Elle. Elle is in there, clear as day. S for Sean and Stephen. S for Sean and Stephen is so stupid.

And Sean comes first because he did come first. S for estimate. S for essay. Fuck. I like Sean and Stephen. It's so stupid because it's two words. S for Sean and Stephen. We never put that together, both our partners are S.

I did. I just didn't think it was that interesting. T, that could be 2% better. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, we could. Yeah. Which is something we've never said on this podcast. 2%.

I don't know where that's coming from. That's because it's the milk. Oh, T could be tunnel. Oh, that's good. That's good. What are we up to? You. You.

That's tough. No one suggested you. You. What about just you? You for you. You for why are you. You for you you Why for you No there's got to be something

Has anyone suggested anything for you in our stupid group No I can't think of anything for you Megan has explicitly said you Holly says unique No What if I just go into our episodes And type the word you in and see what comes up Oh is that possible

One of our recent episodes 219 was called almond with a U Because that's how you say almond into our episodes and type the word you in and see what comes up. Oh, is that possible? Oh, one of our recent episodes, 219, was called Almond with a U, because that's how you say almond. Oh, almond. Yeah, brilliant. That was good. He's very smart. Fuck.

It autocorrected to almond. Funny, that. B. U for almond. V. What can that be? V. Something medieval that be? V. Something medieval, Jenna-themed.

Yeah. Viking. I typed into the search of our episodes V and it just says no results. Have we never used the letter V in our episodes? We're just not smart enough. That can't be right. What are the suggestions for V? None. There's not one.

Really? There's not one. I'm just tapped out at this point in the alphabet. Yeah, they're all- I'm tempted to do the same, but we've come this far. To you, V. Violent. Violin. Oh, violin. Which I still haven't played on this podcast.

Violin, I guess. We've got nothing else. Here's how it's going to work. W for who? Yep. Great. X for Hayden. That's a good one. I mean, I think that's quite funny. You can't say that on the phone.

That is funny. I'll do it. It's a rare letter, so I'll never have to fucking say it. True. X for Hayden. Are you really sure you want to use that? I couldn't care less. Okay.

I haven't spoken to him in years. Y for you gotta hustle. Yeah. Yeah, great. One word. You gotta hustle. No spaces. Z.

What can that be? Zest. Zoo. Zoo. Zzz. Z. Z. Did no one suggest anything for Z either? Hello?

Z. I'm going to the page. Okay. You need to say these things so I'm not left hanging. You're right. No, that's my fault. A, B, L, M, H, T, B, J, I, E. J, I, E.

No, no one has done it. T was for trolley, someone did suggest. We've already got tunnel, that's fine. Did literally no one suggest anything for Z? They just all stopped guessing at that point. Fuck you all. Why don't we make the Z the final unfinished character, and then we have until next week to lock it in?

God, do we really have to stretch this out? Yeah. Oh, God. You love being stretched out. Zombies. Jenna, one of your worst ideas ever. Ever since you got confidence, it's been terrible. Yeah, I'm not enjoying this confident era.

Zed is, say it all. Oh, my God, it's Zaddy. Oh, Zaddy, because we're both Zaddies. Jenna and I. Yeah. Zed's a Zaddy. Lock it in. And look, you because we're both zaddies. Jenna and I. Yeah. All right. Lock it in. And look, you've got a Z-I-D-D-M-S on Enduring Idiots.

Yeah. I'm going to put it in the group. I should make it a Google Doc so people can edit it or something. No, we need to keep the original. Yeah. You can dispute anything in the comments. But so far, what we've got is. Wait, wait.

Play some kindergarten music. Okay. Sure. Like a. Fuck. You could have noticed it would some kindergarten music. Okay, sure. Like a... Fuck. Here we go. You could have noticed it would have been good. I'm sorry.

I thought you could have done it in post. Nah, we're raw dogging it here. Like kids bop. How's this? Oh, perfect. That was good for me. Yeah, that's good. Very quick.

Well done. A for ABBA. B for Blyans. C for Connie. D for Dilyans. C for Connie. D for Diaphragm. E for Olympics. F for Finger. G for Jenna.

H for Who. I for Idiots. J for Jenna. K for Kill. L for Elphaba. M for Mitches. N for No. O for Oscar.

P for Pig Week. Q for Queef. R for Red Rooster. S for Stephen and Sean, T for Tunnel, U for Almond, V for Violin, W for Who, X for Hayden, Y for You Gotta Hustle and Z for Zaddy. Oh, that's beautiful. Is it just me? Complete phonetic alphabet.

I love it so much. TBC, though. we're open to suggestions. Yeah. You can follow the show online. Just search Couple of Mitches. If you don't, you're a dickhead. Okay, before we go, this is another one of the episodes where I feel the wheels have fallen off,

but there's one more thing we want to do. So, as you might have heard recently, we have decided that it's time to revisit a segment of ours. Remember this? Yep. We're going to do the Hobby Hunt again. I forget about this orchestral moment. Jesus.

No matter what you can say. It ties into this perfectly though, doesn't it, that intro? It does, actually. The need for singing lessons. Yeah. So the hobby hunt was when it was just after your breakup, actually, and you were like, I need to get my mind off things. And I was kind of in a spot where I was like, I want to go do activities,

just spice up life. And so we tried bar class. You came along to one of mine. Yep. And we did pottery. Yep. And then we kind of just stopped doing it. We did a third one, didn't we?

No. Pottery, Pilates. Oh, then I got happy again. And I think we were like, oh, my new hobby is being happy. Yeah, then you got busy. And I was like, well, we can't hobby hunt unless it's both of us. But we've decided recently that we want to give singing lessons a crack. Yeah.

But I'm kind of worried about raw-dogging singing lessons. I can't go in there and just sing for the first time while it's being recorded in front of a singing teacher. No. It's like I want to be a little bit good at it before I go. Right. So what's your suggestion here? Well, I just don't want to go in there with nothing prepared.

I think we need to decide on a song for starters. I agree. We're doing this together. I don't know duets. I'm going to have to Google famous duets, right? I guess so. Defying gravity. No, that's way out of our ranges.

What is my range? What about shallow? I've accidentally Googled famous diets. Sorry, it's come up the app. So shallow, you reckon? Oh, that's good. Can you go that high? No, I'm Bradley.

You're Gaga. Yeah. I'm not doing that. No, you're Gaga. We've actually chosen the worst day to make this decision because I've got a bit of a scratchy throat. So there's no way I'm going to be able to be like. What about Just Give Me a Reason? Pink.

Yeah, that's a good one. Just Give... That's too high. I will do the other guy. What's his name? Yeah, the fun guy. I'm sorry, I don't understand. I think we've done that on the show before. What about Leather and Lace? What's his name? Yeah, the fun guy. I'm sorry, I don't understand. I think we've done that on the show before.

What about Leather and Lace? What's that? I don't know. Shawn Mendes, Camilo Cabello. Huh? Camilo, Camarimo, Koala. Yeah. Senorita.

Oh, that might not be out of our range. Somebody that I used to know. Got you. Easy. That's hard. I know somebody that I used to know. But you shouldn't have to do it. Have your friends collect your records and then change your number.

See, I'm already straining. But I think I'm actually high. I don't think I'm a low boy. Oh, well, you're going to take all the high bits then. I could take that. What about I got you, babe? Under pressure. Under pressure.

Is that what you wear? It is. It's Queen and David Bowie. Yes. I've actually got one in mind, but I doubt it's going to be on your list. Oh, what's your idea, Mitchell? This might also be out of our range. Yeah.

Do you remember this? I'll wait. No. Oh, yes. What is this? Yes. Delta? Oh, and Brian McFadden.

Yes. Can you go this high? Oh, this bit makes me nervous. Me for me? Both. Oh, that's a lot. You're nervous. Me for me? Both. Shadows leading through my chest. Oh, that's a lot. And I'm leaning in my right.

Can't help you, baby. Okay. I've got this wild idea. Google the lyrics. Good idea. My... Almost here. Delta Goodrum, Brian McFadden. Okay, I'm ready.

I've got the lyrics. Okay. Go for this. Don't let go of us tonight. Goodrum Brian McFadden. Okay, I'm ready. I've got the lyrics. Okay. Go for it. It's spoken word for you. It's actually really hard to sing in a whisper. If I was spelt in that, but when I need you, I could do that easily. But it's, when I need you.

All right, carry on. I don't think I can. Keep going. You can do it. Carry on. I know that's not enough. And when I'm with you, I'm close to tears Cos you're only almost here Yeah, this is you.

I would change the world If I ever had a chance Oh, won't you let me Oh, I've got a harmony here. Please be my love champion. What? Throw your arms around me. Oh, please protect me.

Bruised and battered by your words. Dazed and shattered how it hurts Oh, and I haven't always loved you But when I need you I feel like reading lyrics makes it worse because you don't know where it goes with the timing. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I always just add a country twang.

Hurt you What's with my vibrato? You know what I reckon? but I always just add a country twang. Hurt you. What's with my vibrato? You know what I reckon? I'm good at being a backing singer. Yeah. But I can't be the lead. Because when I was harmonising then with you, I thought, fuck yeah,

I nailed that. But when I'm doing a solo, it's like, you can really hear the cracks. Totally. Maybe that's what we need, each other. Exactly. But they very rarely sing together. We need something where they, what's a good duet with a harmony? Yeah.

Because we need Jenna to come in the harmonies too. Yeah. I do really like Everything Has Changed by Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Oh, yeah, that's a good one. No, please, no. Can I boycott that? Boycott what? Taylor and Ed.

Is veto the word you're looking for? Veto. Boycott. Boycott what? Taylor and Ed. Is veto the word you're looking for? Veto. Boycott. Boycott works. It does. Oh, what about Grease? Oh, yeah. It's I'm loving.

Have me. I'm doing the low bit. No, you're Sandy. No, you've said that you can go higher than me. So I'm Sandy? You could be Sandy. All right. Google the lyrics.

Yeah. I'm skipping straight to the end bit. That's going to be a beautiful du Sandy. All right. Google the lyrics. Yeah. I'm skipping straight to the end bit. That's going to be a beautiful duet. Ready? Ready? Not yet. It turned colder. That's where it ends. So I told her.

Fuck off. We'd still be friends. Then we made our true love vow. Wonder what she's doing now. Oh, Danny. Summer dreams ripped at the seams. But oh Though summer

Now Tell me now Tell me now That's got legs. I'm sold on that. See, I think I sound best when you can't only hear me. It can't just be me. It's easier for you. What do you mean?

What are the odds that you've got the deep voice and I've got the high voice? Years of vaping has ruined my gift. All right, lock it in. That's our song. I'm sold. You reckon? Yeah, I'm sold. I think that's great.

I'm sold. I'm not. What? It's a bit lame, don't you think? Oh, that is not lame. Says the man who suggested Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Oh, I wouldn't go that far. Hey, you were allowed one veto.

I'm not going to veto that. No, not yet. I just want to see options. Okay. What other duets are there? I just want to see options. Okay. What other duets are there? I just need one with a good harmony. But actually, you get confused with the harmonies because you try to follow along with me. Yeah, because I just don't know what to do, so I follow the monkey in front.

Should we do something from a musical, like Hamilton or something? No, that's rapping. I can't rap. Can you rap? I don't want to rap. That'll get us cancelled. No, I can do all of Black Eyed Peas. Shut up the rap.

Oh, yeah, I can do shut up. What about I'm a bee? I'm going to be rocking like this. What? I'm a bee rocking like that. I'm allergic to bees, so don't bring it up. Shit. All right.

Best duets with harmonies. Hakuna Matata. That's good. Timon and Pumbaa. We can't go to a singing teacher in all seriousness and say, can we learn this song? Yes, we could. Hakuna Matata is their duet.

Yeah. Do they harmonise in that? Yeah. Hakuna Matata. It means no one is. I don't think you guys know what a harmony is. Yeah, I think they sing both of them when they sing that. They would sing, but it's the same note. They just go, Hakuna Matata, without harmonising.

What am I going to say? You know what we'd be better off doing? If we're going down the Lion King route. Can you feel the love tonight? I think that's very boring. You know what would be great, actually, just in general? Yeah. Lion King 2, when they're like deception!

Disgrace! Evil as plain as the scar on his face. Deception and outrage! Disgrace! What's it called? I don't know. Sister Act 2. Here we go, ready?

Remember this? Did you see the Lion King 2 ever? Yeah, I would have. It's when they banish Kovu from the Pride Lands. Yeah. Reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet. Oh. Jenna, you could pan flute. Yeah.

I've got that drum you got me from Bali. Yeah. Jenna just squeals this bit. What's this called? One of Us. Deception. Disgrace. Evil as plain as the scar on his face.

Deception. An outrage. Disgrace. For shame. He asked for trouble the moment he came. Deception. It's a bit repetitive, isn't it? I don't like it.

I'm using Janice Vito to veto that. Is this a suggestion? Sounds like Hamilton. It sounds nothing like Hamilton. Not for me. I feel like we've actually taken a few steps backward. We're no closer to deciding on this. I thought you would have come to this with one you wanted us to do.

I thought you were going to as well. Oh, shit. I suggested the Delta Goodrum and Brian McFadden one. Oh, that's true. But it's really hard to do the Delta bit when it's whispering. This is why we need help from a teacher because I hear shit on TikTok about like, oh, using your head voice. Yes, of course. And like, this sounds ridiculous, but I don't know if I have a diaphragm.

Of course you've got a diaphragm. Do I? Yeah, we all have a diaphragm. Where is it? Near your belly, near your gut. Because they're like singing from your diaphragm and I'm like, is that the right spot? Yeah. Go like, you feel that muscle in your tummy tense?

No. You do. Do it. I can see your chest moving. You've Do it. I can see your chest moving. You've got one. I can see your diaphragm. Do it again. Whereabouts?

Yeah, I can see it. It's like above your pelvis. No, it's way further down. It's under your stomach. It's like this thing. Under your stomach, like down where my gunt is? Yeah. Is it all the way down there?

Yeah. I always thought it was in the middle. So when you breathe, you can make it go out. I've got less answers than I did before. Where the fuck's my diaphragm? It sits under your lungs and separates your chest cavity from your abdomen. Oh, like belly button? A bit lower.

Lower than the belly button? Yeah. It's at the very bottom of your rib cage. Yeah. Oh, bottom of the rib cage is not under the belly button. You're both fucking idiots. I never claim to be smart. Well, should we consult a singing teacher and see what they recommend we sing?

Because clearly we're not getting anywhere. Well, before we go to a proper singing teacher, what if we get Oscar in here? Because it turns out he used to be a singing teacher. He's very talented. So I just want to know the basics. Like, where the fuck's my diaphragm? Yeah. What's a head voice? What's a belt? Did he actually used to teach singing singing teacher. He's very talented. So I just want to know the basics. Like, where the fuck's my diaphragm? Yeah. What's a head voice?

What's a belt? Did he actually used to teach singing? Yeah. I didn't know that until recently. He messaged me and goes, what the fuck? You guys are looking for a singing teacher? So he can be our singing teacher. He's an amazing teacher.

We should go from there to an actual current singing teacher. Yes. But maybe he can be like our kindergarten. Yes, that could work. I'm down. Would he help us with song selection? Yeah, but he's got shocking taste. Oh no, he has fantastic taste,

I say. Okay, well, idiots, you can help us with the suggestions. We'll start another thread. We've done the alphabet, now we're doing a fucking duet. Alright, I'm down. I'm sold. Can Oscar come? To what? Here. Yeah, that's literally what we just said.

So he's definitely coming? I think he'll be coming, yeah. Alright, well, literally what we just said. So it's definitely coming? Yeah. I think it'll be coming, yeah. Good. I'm happy. All right. Well, hit us with your suggestions. You know our range.

You know our skills. You know our taste. Idiots, send us some duets. You know our potential. Correct. And our range. If you just heard that run through, there's room for improvement. Sorry about that. All right.

Well, let's go on that note. Hobby Hunt continues. Yes, it will. Thank you for listening. I don't feel any better after that. I was trying to be more prepared. I still don't know what we're going to do. I feel good. I still don't know what my diaphragm is. My God.

Google it. You'll have to watch the YouTube video. I don't know. Alright, well, we'll be back on Monday. Yes, we will. Leave us a review if you haven't yet. Five stars would be lovely on Spotify, on Apple, wherever you listen. Give us a rating. It means a lot to us. Thank you. Don't forget to go do some merch shopping, coupleofmitches.com.au. It's available.

The battle continues. It supports the podcast. It pays for my parking. It does. Yeah. It does. That's about it. Oh, fuck.

I actually need to renew that again. Oh, my God. Not again. All right. Well, we're going to go. Mitch is going to do his parking. We'll see you very soon, idiots. Catch you soon.

Bye-bye. See ya. Bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. Make sure you hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to ADD Brief, our secret segment on the end. Hi.

I don't know why we bother with this segment anymore. Yeah, I know. It used to be like, oh, let's go unhinge for a bit. But especially on a Wednesday, we've been getting real fucking loosey-goosey. You know, you keep saying, oh, it's a loose episode. I'm like, well, I think every episode is just that. I don't think we have to call it that. Not really.

Oh, it's when I'm ever in a good mood. It's actually not loose. It's just me being what's called happy. I've just Googled. But we don't prepare we have to call it that. Not really. Oh, it's when I'm ever in a good mood. It's actually not loose. It's just me being what's called happy. I've just Googled. But we don't prepare really. No. I feel like we normally do. Yeah, sometimes.

Like a talk back to something, for example. Yeah, we prepare. Or a hobby hunt. That was unprepared. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, it's fine. We can't be prepared every time.

I thrive with no preparation. You do. You thrive with preparation. We're very different people. No, I can do both. I've got some concerns. I'm bi-thriving. What about that?

I can wing it and I can prepare shit. Do you disagree? You're better with preparation. You like to know what's going on. Yeah, but like 20% of this show is prepared. Yes. No, I know.

The second half of a Wednesday, everything else is winging it. Yeah. I don't know what the caller's going to say. I don't know what you're going to say. I can wing it. No, true. And now you're trying to clip my wings. I'm not trying to clip them.

I'm not trying to clip them. But if you could choose, you definitely love preparation. Nah. Get yourself a co-host that can do both. Really? Oh, my goodness. If you're on the hunt for a co-host that can do both. Really? Oh my goodness. If you're on the hunt for a co-host, are you looking for another one?

I wasn't attacking you, I was just saying. We both do a lot of different things. No, what I mean is it's not like I'm flailing when it's not prepared. I can still fucking, I'm still comfortable. No, I'm not saying that. I didn't say that. Don't clip his wings. No, I wasn't going to. I had many budgies. Put the scissors down. I thought you could clip their own wings yourself.

Turns out you really shouldn't. Yeah, fuck. I think that story might have been one of the things that incited us saying, stop bringing up animal cruelty. That was very early days. Yeah, when I had all the budgerigars. Yeah, let's not go. I had three budgerigars all called lucky.

Oh, no. They just kept dying. What were they? Budgerigars. What's wrong? One more time. Budgerigars. What's wrong? One more time. Budgerigar. There's no D, is there? Budgerigar.

Google it. It's Budgerigar. No, it's not. It's Budgerigar. Google it. I am. It's here. There's no... Well, you learn something new every time. Bet that wasn't on your radar. We're not doing this.

Five to eight years. Why not? Really? See, you're not good being unprepared. I throw you a challenge, let's do this, and you're like, no, we're not. I just find them a bit boring and repetitive. And sometimes we go on and on and they're not good. Well, it's up to you whether it's good or not. Well, they often are when I'm involved.

The Jack the Ripper stuff was good. They were. That was my idea. You said budgerigard. Yeah. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. Fuck. Did you travel?

How far did you travel, JJ? Not that far. I was trying to throw it to you. Not that far. Yeah. I was waiting for you to do it. To do one, yeah. That's probably my fault.

Did you know that not only did I used to play violin, but very briefly I learnt the guitar. Yeah, I do remember that. Did you drive your car today? My car? Oh, God. There's all that red work. We're in a bizarre mood. Yeah.

Have you seen that movie with Cate Blanchett? You recommended it to me, actually. Oh, what was it? Tard. God, wow. Careful. what was it? Tard. God, wow. Careful. I'll talk about that again. Have you ever smoked a cigar?

I have, yeah. What were you going to say about your budgerigars, anyway? I had three of them. They all kept dying, but we just kept naming them Lucky. One got struck by lightning. That's a cursed name. Did I tell you guys that I've been working on my memoir? Have you? I have. Very got struck by lightning. That's a cursed name. Did I tell you guys that I've been working on my memoir? Have you?

I have. Very young to do that. Yeah. Yed. That's how it works for sure. I mean it does. Y-E-R. What else rhymes with budgerigar? Gar. Car. Oh, speaking of liking, that famed protagonist. Scarred. Oh, speaking of liking, that famed protagonist.

Scarred. Oh, Simba and Scarred. There's not heaps, is there? There's not many. Natalie Bard. Oh, my God. Let's leave it on that note. Let's go.

That was a good one. What have you done? My drink bottle. What's that doing down there? Jenna's tank of a drink bottle I just kicked. That is the biggest thing in the world. I think I dented it. Oh, don't dent it.

How many litres, Ridge? Two litres. Leated. Oh, that was good. That was actually very good. Thank you. But it's not good, but it sounds like another word. I'm not criticising you.

I'm criticising you, Jenna. Stop drinking on the show. Is it that hard? Is it that hard? Is it that hard? Let's not fucking start that. We do it in reverse. You removed the D. Been there.

Well, let's go. Thanks for listening, everyone. We do love you. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today. That's all. So we do. Back next week. Thanks for listening. If you've got a duet for us, let us know. Just 2%. So we do. Back next week. Thanks for listening.

If you've got a duet for us, let us know. We'd love to hear it. Yeah, we would. We've actually got a guest coming on next week. Yeah. Should I say it or are they going to cancel and then I'm going to sound like a fuckwit? Not Chapel Rowan, is it?

No. It'll be next Wednesday, Art Simone. Oh, Art Simone. Oh, Art Simone. Yeah. Drag Race. Oh, she's got a podcast. Yeah, she does. Part of the iHeart family. Correct. Concealed with Art Simone. Yeah. Drag Race. Oh, she's got a podcast. Yeah, she does.

Part of the iHeart family. Correct. Concealed with Art Simone. Yeah. It's actually quite good. All right, Art joins us next week. That's exciting. Catch you then, innit kids?

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