Is It Just Me? - BEST OF: Surprise!!

Episode Date: December 24, 2022

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Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Oh, hello. Surprise, guess who's back? Bet you thought you'd heard the last of us for the year. Yep, fooled you. Here we are, in your feeds, as a little Chrissy gif. You thought you'd unwrap the last of your presents, but no. This little notification was the last little Kris Kringle you didn't know was coming.

Yeah, this episode's coming to you on Christmas morning, so Merry Christmas. And I get that Christmas can be a lonely time for some people. So if you're choosing to spend your time with us, we are on it to be part of your day. But also maybe you've popped this on while you're driving around, doing all the Christmas running around to different relatives, barbecues and lunch and dinner plans and all that shit. Yeah, so much driving Christmas day. I've got to do a lot of driving Christmas day. Me with my one demerit point, I'm going to be driving like a saint, like Mrs. Claus. I'm going to be very, very calm and considered. And also, your boyfriend doesn't drive, so you're always stuck going deso.

Don't remind me. It really is horrific. And also, it's not even deso. It's like eating food. You know when you eat a giant meal and you need an hour or two to veg out? I don't want to drive. I don't want to eat and drive. Nothing worse.

That's so true. It's almost a food hangover after Christmas lunch. Yeah, truly. I mean, we recorded this before Christmas, but listen, I love Christmas. That's my favourite time of year and I'm so excited for it. And listen, we're going to be doing five Best Bits episodes over the next few weeks just to fill in the gaps while we're on summer break. And each week is going to have a different theme. So today, just because it's Christmas, the season of giving, we're going to be looking back on some of the iconic times

that we have surprised each other. You know we like to spring shit on each other? Oh, yeah. Just to get the reaction. And these little best bits are great because if you're new to the show, you might have missed them or skimmed over them if you were doing a binge or if you're an OG, you would have forgotten about them. Even Mitch, when we were trying to plan this, I'm like, when the fuck did that happen?

Did we do that on this show? Oh my God. Yeah, so we're not just doing the best bits of season four. We're going right into the archives. So if you're a new listener, perfect. We're just going to bring you up to speed. So why don't we kick things off with a Christmas episode that we did back in season one. This was episode 13 and your Christmas present for our third wheel, Pricekeeper Jenna, gave her quite a shock, didn't it?

Oh God, this is one of my favourite podcast moments of all time. Enjoy. It is Christmas time. So I thought I might do something that'll set the festive theme for the year. Right. I am a lovely co-host, and I haven't told you this was happening. We could have done a secret Santa, but I love you too. Oh, no.

And what I've done is I've bought you both a present. And I haven't told you about this. Jenna. Oh, my God. I was worried about Jenna, to be honest. Jenna, you didn't get him anything, did you? No. Oh, thank God.

Of course not. Did you get him anything? Well, I didn't know we were doing this. That's fine. See, you know I kind of like the attention, so I just didn't want to tell you because now you look like the fuckheads. I see what you've done. I see what you've done.

I'm the nice one on the show. Okay, so I'm going to start with you, Mitchell Coombs. I know you're a brand boy and you've always wanted one of those Frank Green drink bottles. Oh, did you get me one of those? I did. Here you go. Oh, thank you. Merry Christmas, darling.

Oh, there you go. Oh, that's cute. This is like the same brand that all those wanky keep cups come in. Yeah did. Here you go. Oh, thank you. Merry Christmas, darling. Oh, there you go. Oh, that's cute. This is like the same brand that all those wanky keep cups come in. Yeah, they're very nice. You can put hot and cold. You can put iced. I'm actually not a brand boy, which is why I haven't bought one myself because I'm like, I can't justify spending that much money on a frigging drink bottle when I could just

be reusing an old Mount Franklin, you know? Well, no, you don't have to. No, I don't. Thank you very much. Now you are a brand boy. That's fine. I'm very nice. And Jenna, I got you something too. Oh, my God. Oh, Jenna, I got't have to. No, I don't. Thank you very much. Now you are a brand boy. That's fine. I'm very nice. And Jenna, I got you something too.

Oh, my God. Jenna, I got you a fish. What? Merry Christmas. Oh, my God. Merry Christmas, Jenna. How cute. All right, let's go on with the show.

Lucky you, Jenna. Merry Christmas. What's wrong? What's up? Jenna, why are you crying? Jenna, these can't be authentic cries. Jenna. Are you freaking out of the fish?

So obviously people can't see us right now. She's got a plastic bag with a fish in it. Yeah, I've just put it in the bag. It's very Finding Nemo-esque. You actually look a lot like that girl who's got the braces who we worked in the dentist. Dala. You look like Dala. Is it dead? No, Jenna, it's a Siamese

fighting fish. Yeah, it's alive. I went to the pet shop. Also, it shows some respect. Give it a name. This is your pet. Yep, it's a Siamese fighting fish and I walked into Pet Barn and I thought, what animal perfectly describes Jenna? And I saw this lethargic fish swimming in a bowl, barely alive. As I approached it and tapped on the glass, it barely moved.

Oh, my God. So you got a fish on its deathbed? No, it wasn't on its deathbed. I asked the guy, and I was like, oh, is this fish okay? He's like, that's their temperament, mate. All they do is sit and watch. That is very you, Jenna. Very Jenna.

Oh, it's moving. Oh, it's cute. We were talking about it. We thought Jenna lives alone. She could do with the pet. There you go. You've got a fish now very you, Jenna. Very Jenna. Oh, it's moving. Oh, it's cute. It's alive. We were talking about it and we thought Jenna leaves alone. She could do with the pet. There you go. You've got a fish now. Enjoy, Jenna.

Do I have a tank? No. Aren't you meant to put them in a tank within like half an hour? Yes. Oh, you can do that at your own cost. We'll finish the show. Everything's closed.

You'll be right. Just put it in a glass of water until you get home. Put it in my Frank Green water bottle. Yeah, good idea. Well, my team have Secret Santa tomorrow. You're not going to re-gift the fish, are you? Yeah, they're not going to give you a tank.

Don't hope that Jonesy and Amanda will bring in a filtered tank. I need a tank. Okay. We're just kidding. Can I just say, I got you a tank. It's filtered. It's heated. Are you joking?

No, Jenna, because I love you. And you live alone. And I want you to have someone in your house with you. This is the exact reaction we wanted by getting her a fish. She went through the initial absolute freak out of what the fuck am I going to do with a fish? And now she's just attached to it. Look at her. Oh, it's so cute.

It's bright blue. Describe it, Jenna. It's very cute. You haven't given it a name yet. Yeah. I'm going to call. This is so hard. Well, we have until the end of the show to come up with a name.

So let us do the show. All right. And by the end of the show, we want a name out of you, Jenna. I'm going to name it Sylvia. We got there quick, didn't we? Oh, named after who? Well, there's our TSL technique gone. We're going to hook people throughout the whole show.

Oh, what the fuck are they going to call it? Imagine a breakfast show. We'll announce the $10,000 winner after six. No, wait, it's Julie. She's here. You've won. After Sylvia Jeffries, I'm assuming, the TV presenter? Yeah.

Nice. We've got to get that thing in a tank. It's starting to – there's a lot of fish excrement in that bag. Jenna, what I've got is if you go to the corporate kitchen right next to the CEO's office, he walked in when I was filling it up and he's Irish. He was like, what is this? I said, oh, it's a fish. He went, follow the office.

I didn't approve that. But anyway, that's your fish. Happy Christmas. Thank you. Merry Christmas. The end of the day, Sylvia. I originally just wanted to give you the bag and just leave you. Just watch you walk home with a fish in a plastic bag.

I would have done that. Okey-doke. The next surprise that we're going to be looking back on, this was back in episode 19, so still early on in season one, and this was when COVID was just starting to become a thing. It was sort of on the cusp of thinking, oh, this COVID thing, it'll blow over, it's nothing, and starting to think, oh, this shit is getting real.

Do you remember this, Turing? Oh, my God, I do. And it was like we kind of all were in denial. We didn't want it to happen. Yeah, and you had a big weekend away planned going to Melbourne to see Miley Cyrus live and then I had to break this news to you.

You only just got here. You only just walked in the building. I'm not sure if you missed the breaking news that happened about five minutes before you rocked up. It does affect you. What is it? Well, I've got it here in front of me. I've printed it out for you. Is everything alright?

It's a post from Miley Cyrus. Yeah. Australia, to reduce potential health risks in response to the current global health crisis, we are no longer travelling to Australia for the show. No. I'm so disappointed not to be there. No, don't do this. But I have to protect the band

and crew. We'll still be donating to the bushfires. I'm sorry, Australia. I'll check back soon. Pass me that. Here. Where'd you put this? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, everywhere. You've doctored it.

I have not. You've faked it. There's stories about it. Get it up on your phone, Jenna, now. Okay. So you and I... It's on Dungy West as well. We've had to move the day that we record our podcast,

usually because you were going to Melbourne with your partner as a surprise of his birthday to go see Miley Cyrus. And I thought, oh, no. I have heart palpitations bigger than usual too. You actually didn't know? You hadn't heard? No, I swear to you I haven't heard. I'm so sorry to be the one to break it to you.

I have spent weeks organising this goddamn present. This stupid boy. Are you still going to go to Melbourne, do you think? I've booked the Crown. I paid so much money for a Kingview City room. Oh, that's good. I paid for parking today because I got a Hertz hire car. And I'm under 25, so I had to pay an extra $20.

Well, that's all right, then. If it's all organised, you can still have a nice weekend. Due to the recommendations of local states... Shut up, Miley! To reduce potential health... She fucking twerks on every man she can. But God forbid she gets a sniffle. The global health crisis...

Fuck it, Miley. But I have to do what is right to protect the health and safety of my band and crew. It's very dramatic, isn't it? But I will be back soon. Holy shit, this is absolutely devastating to me. I also don't believe her it? But I will be back soon. Holy shit, this is absolutely devastating to me. I also don't believe her when she says she'll be back soon. Last time she was in Australia was for the Gypsy Heart

Tour in like 2000 and God knows what when she still had pure long brown hair. Also, she hasn't been back in ages. This was big. I think so. I could be wrong. Hold on. Oh my God. Well, happy birthday to Hayden, no less. Happy birthday, babe. The weekend will have been by the time this podcast is out. I hope you guys had a great time.

What else are we going to do in Melbourne on a Friday night? Oh, I'm sure there's an AFL game on. Yeah. They've got good ramen. What's that? Noodle. Noodle. Oh, right.

It's my favourite ramen. Have fun. I'm sure it is. Hold on a second. Jenna, you lived in Melbourne for ages. I forgot about that. Yes. I'm sure you've got Hold on a second. Jenna, you lived in Melbourne for ages. I forgot about that. Yes. I'm sure you've got some recommendations.

There's a tram. What did you like doing, Jenna? Was there a painting class? No, I loved the leisure centre near me. I did Zumba and everything there. When she lived in Melbourne, her Instagram story, every time I checked it, Jenna was always at the most bizarre event. It was like, oh, here I am at the

Mickey Mouse 40th Anniversary Parade. It's like, I had no idea that existed. Oh, there was this awesome place called Sovereign Hill, and it was all gold rush stuff. So it was like people from the 1800s all dressed up and acting out these things. It was amazing. You really are a spirit

that died in the 20s, aren't you? You've reincarnated in 2020. Oh, my God. I think that moment right there was the origin of this stupid running joke we have about Jenna having multiple lives. Don't you reckon? I know. Anyway, right now, let's take a listen back to the first ever time that we ran a segment idea of yours called Instant Interview. We haven't done one of these in ages, actually.

No, it's been a long time. I think we've actually just been getting actual interviews and we've been preparing for them. They haven't been instant. They've been prepped. But this is ridiculous. This is a silly game where we book an interview and we give you zero notice on who it is with zero prep and you are thrown in blind. This one was back in episode 26. And you know me, I like to be prepared.

I don't like to wing it like you do. Although I think I've gotten a little bit better at winging it. Definitely have. Just by osmosis, being around you. Yes. But at the time, I was very, very nervous at this instant interview. I had no idea who the guest was that you booked. Here's how I coped. It's the segment you've been dreading. And the segment that I've been just so excited to do.

The first ever IJM instant interview. Now you need to get out because I need to tell the people who you're about to interview. Oh no, that's not fair. That's the point of it. You can't know and the people have to know. Oh, but... Get out. Yeah, out. Tables and tents. Get out. Come on. I was already anxious. Now that I know that everyone else is going to know,

so you're going to tell everyone who it is. Get out. Stop your Doc Martens out of here. Go on. Go do a wee. Wave. So slow. He's out of here.

You don't even know who he's talking to. No. So, ladies and gentlemen, if you have Netflix, I mean, who doesn't? You're probably familiar with the new, Jenna, it's like the second trending show in the world. It's too hot to handle. It's like that Love Island show, but

they can't have sex. You're not allowed to. Everyone's talking about it. Everyone's talking about it, literally. And it's like writing its tits off, and one of the big Look at him at the window, looking in. It's like a Cavoodle at the pet shop. Pathetic. Buy me, buy me. No, no. Hot tip, when you say look at him, people can't

see me. Out, out. Get out. Anyway, Harry Jousey is the star. He has 3 million, over 3 million Instagram followers and he was hard to get. I had to go through my contacts. I've secured him on the line and he is here now on hold.

He's been on hold for the last couple of minutes. We're going to bring Mitch in. And then we're going to turn our mics off. And it's going to be me and you and you guys listening. And Mitch has five minutes to fill. Oh, my God. Come back in. Take your seat.

Why are you laughing? Headphones on. And on three, you have five minutes to film it. All right, so can you at least tell me what they do? No. Jenna's mic's off. I'm tearing up. This is cruel.

And I'm merging. Oh, that's your mic. Are they on hold right now? Yeah. Can they hear this? No, they're listening to music right now. Oh, right. So they don't know that I don't know who they are.

Correct. They think this is a standard interview. They think this is being broadcast. They think this is the big Australian press. That's worse. Yep. Merging the call in three, two, one. Hello?

Hello. Oh, hi. We've got an interview now, right? do how are you going oh i'm so good look um i'm sure for many people you need no introduction but um i'll give you that opportunity anyway uh introduce yourself how i am harry how are you harry what's going on oh not a lot harry what about you you You've been busy, right? What's your latest accolade? I've done a couple of things on Netflix. Have you watched that one? Have you got Netflix? Yes, I'll have Netflix. Yeah, big show, right? Really popular. For those who haven't heard of it, what is it? Big show, right?

Really popular. For those who haven't heard of it, what is it? Well, I don't know. I guess you would know it because you're the one interviewing me. It's the number one show in the entire world right now. I don't know if you've... I don't know. I can't actually recall the show. Could you just let me know what it is again?

It's called Too Hot to Handle. Oh, Too Hot to... Oh, right. Okay. That. No, the thing is I've actually got really good pop culture knowledge. So that's the one that's a little bit like Love Island, but you're not allowed to pork, right?

Hey, there you go. Now we're cooking with gas, Harry. That's... Yep. Okay. Too Hot to handle. Wow, okay. Good thing you've got that in the can before the whole coronavirus thing.

How long ago was filming? It was in April last year, so we absolutely smashed it, yeah. Wow, okay. Thank Christ. Won't be holding my breath for a season, too. So, not allowed to pour up on the show, but I'm assuming before you went into the show, you thought you were allowed to bang the contestants like a normal dating show. Well, yeah, but I still absolutely clap cheeks, but there's no holding me back in that situation.

Oh, wait, isn't there a punishment if you do bang people on the show or if you do even kiss or something like that? Isn't there some sort of penalty or punishment if you actually... I lost 32K of everyone's money. You lost 32K? Yeah, it was very expensive shag, but it was worth it. Hold on one second. I know what K is, dickhead.

All right. Wow, so you lost 32,000. And is that from the one communal prize money pool? Yeah, yeah, but we made it back. We're very fortunate. Wow, do you know what32,000. And is that from the one communal prize money pool? Yeah, yeah. But we made it back. We were very awesome. Wow, Joe. And we changed men.

I'm actually loving this. This is interesting. I'm learning all about the show from one of the people on the show. Okay. Wow, people would have been spewing with you, Harry. What a dog act. Yeah, well, look, I'm Australian. Of course.

There we go. So you would have been finger bashing people. That would have cost you one lump sum at once, right? Yeah, I was copping blowies and everything. Oh, my God. Was it different punishments or different fines for different acts? Yeah, it was $6,000 per head. It was $20,000 for a shower.

That's a lot of head. I'm no good at maths, Harry, but, God, that really adds up after a while. $6,000 per gobby. You're fucking out. Yeah, no, it was a quick 30 seconds as well, so I was very happy with that. Money well spent. Well, let's not spoil the ending for anyone. So,

obviously someone won the prize money in the end. What was the original amount that you obviously deducted from for all your vigorous action? Oh, sorry guys. I'm just, sorry Harry. He's done it. He's made five minutes. He's hit it. Harry knew made five minutes. Oh, so he did know. He's hit it. Harry knew the whole time.

Oh, Harry, you fucking, oh. I felt so rude for not having seen the show, but now I'm intrigued. Oh, you were great, Haz. Well done. $6,000 per goby. That's intense, isn't it? Isn't it? Obviously, the prize money, every goby you copped, it was deducted from.

So how much was left in the end? Well, I made all my money back. Every gobby you copped, it was deducted from. So how much was left in the end? Well, I made all my money back. But there was like $75,000 that we got up. I hate to think what you have to do to earn the money back. Well, it is literally hell. That was intense, but we smashed it. So you'll see it.

It's in the final episode. Bloody hell. Do you know what? I'm actually intrigued. Too hot to handle, was it? actually intrigued too hot to handle was it yeah too hot to handle Netflix

in the entire world yeah I've seen it the number one show in the world right now Harry Jowsey go give him a follow everyone Harry you're a good sport

alright Harry you gotta go you're a busy man and Mitch that was some hard hitting stuff that was like Tracy Grimshaw

on a current affair yeah that's me. Alright, Haz, you go, you superstar. Chat to you next time. See you, buddy. Bye. See ya.

Okay, so I thought that he had no idea that I was clueless and that I was having to cover it up. If I'd known that, I just would have owned up from the get-go and been like, mate. No, because you can't, then there's no fun. Now I know you can't ever do this game again And I was having to cover it up. If I'd known that, I just would have owned up from the get-go. I'd be like, mate. No, because you can't. Then there's no fun. Now I know you can't ever do this game again. I'm on to you.

Oh, well, now I'm going to change it. He's the only A-lister I know in my phone books. You're going to get... I have to Google this guy, even though I just spoke to him. Harry who? Harry Jousey. I don't know. Before he was famous.

He has 2.4 million Instagram followers. I told you. You said you wanted big names on this show, and I got them. Next week, Katrina Rountree. Can you actually? I actually, like, Katrina Rountree's Instagram is a guilty pleasure of mine. Her chook shed, dope. He is a beautiful looking boy.

Wow, $32,000 worth of head. I know, right? Anyway, should we go now? Is it just me? The rude shocks of young adulthood. Now, as you heard at the start of this episode, we like to fuck with Jenna, our third wheel a little bit, don't we? We did more.

You know what? It really goes in peaks and valleys. We do it for a while, then we really lay off. Then we hit her hard, then we lay off, then we come back. And we have this, quite frankly, toxic segment of ours called Gaslighting Jenna where we just like to make her question her own sanity just a little bit. Yeah.

And for context, before we play you this one, over the course of our podcast, I have referred to and alluded to her slutty behaviour during the Contiki trip that her and I went on to Europe back in the day. It's like, it's an is-it-just-me mystery. No one really knows the truth other than you and the walls of that hotel in Prague. Yes, it's kind of like what happens on Contiki stays on Contiki, but that doesn't mean I can't allude to what a huge whore she was

during that trip. For some reason, she just never lets me elaborate on exactly how many European men she ploughed through. No, correct. And we're not shaming Jenna. We think this is fantastic. We love that she did this, to be honest. I know.

The fact that she doesn't want to talk about it makes us want to ask more questions. I know. The fact that she doesn't let me elaborate makes people want the information more, right? Yeah, she should just tell us. If anything, she'd be smarter to just say the whole story and never bring it up again. And so back in episode 52, we decided to pretend that we were reuniting Jenna with one of her Contiki lovers. But unbeknownst to her, it wasn't actually one of her Contiki lovers. It was comedian Blake Pavey who we had in on it. He was doing an impression and I gave him all the information he needed to play the part and make her think, oh shit, this is real.

He knows things that only he and I would know. You played it perfectly. This is it. Have a listen. It's the best. Today, we have got someone from your past. We'll leave you to it. Good luck, Jenna. This is your instant interview. Have fun. Your guest is ready when you are. Take it away.

Our marks are off, Mitch. Just so you know. Hi. Hey, Jenna. Oh, hi. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. How are you? Yeah, I'm pretty good. What have you been up to? Look, not a whole heap recently, but do you recognize my voice at all? I know who you are. What have you been up to over the past two years?

Oh, Jesus. Not a lot. I've just been doing a lot of thinking recently. But, you know, would you like to take a guess at where we met? I think I know who you are. Really? Yeah, yeah. I think so.

Do you need me to give you like a clue or something like that? Did we work together? Is this Lawrence? It is not. I'll give you a clue. Okay. It was in 2017. Yes.

And it was not in Australia. And Mitch was there as well. Oh, yes. Okay. Any ideas? No. Well, I tell you what. Um No Well I tell you what I

You know This is a little bit embarrassing to say I have certainly not forgotten about you Okay Cool Um So where Where are you living at the moment?

I'm currently living in Seattle. Oh, okay. Yes, yes. Yep. Any ideas yet? Yeah, I think I know who you are. Shit, I did not expect it this early. Who do you think I am? Um, sorry, just fixing my microphone. Sorry, just fixing my microphone. I'm just going to say that at first I thought, oh, this is another little clue.

At first I thought the tour guide Brit was the most beautiful girl on tour. But then you got on the bus. Yep, okay. Yeah, I know who you are. Who am I? You're from Contiki. Well, well, well. Jenna.

I, uh... It was a pretty wild night at the, uh, the I Heart Roma party. Ha ha ha! Oh, yes, yes. We had to wear singlets and stuff. I heart Roma, whatever. Look, I drank so much, so most of it's a bit of a blur to me,

but the end of the night was pretty memorable, I have to say that much. Oh, God. Cool. Any ideas? Do you think you know what my name is? No! No! It's not really your former Contiki lover, Jenna.

It's a paid actor! We know how much you don't want to actually talk about your Contiki roots, so it's not actually them. We would never track down the Contiki root because he's out the front of your window at your house right now. It's actually, you know that guy off TikTok, Blake Pavey? Yeah. I thought, okay, I need someone

who's good with accents. Blake, you're on. Here he is. Hi, Blake. Welcome to the show. G'day, Jeddah. How are you? I'm so sorry. Oh my god. It couldn't be more Aussie. That's so cool. Hello. I'm so sorry. That's okay. Jeddah's just relieved

that it's not him. I love your TikTok. Oh, thank you that it's not him. I love your TikTok. Oh, thank you very much. Thank God. I feel bad. I feel so bad. Oh, you're sweet. That was the worst moment of my life. I had to script all the sleazy things to say because I knew that Blake just didn't have it in him.

It's too nice. Very sweet. I'm shaking. At what point did it click for you, Jenna? At the Roma party thing. Yeah, the I Heart Roma party. We don't talk about the I Heart Roma party, do we, anyway? No.

We would never actually do it to you. We would never. Yes, you would. No, we wouldn't. I mean, we would. We did try to track him down, but he might have passed away. We couldn't find him. You did nail the American accent, though, Blake.

I know a lot of your videos, people can check them out, at Blake Pavey on TikTok. I know that you've done a lot of skits that involve accents and stuff. That's how I knew you were the man for the job. Look at you go on TikTok. Nearly 600K, a blue tick. Well done. Yeah, it's crazy.

I don't really know why, but, you know, I'll take it as it comes. Your TikTok about coronavirus, all the countries sort of working out. Yeah. Very funny. That was the first time I saw you. You know that the chick that plays Sue on Glee, Jane Lynch, retweeted that. You're kidding! Oh, my God!

Wow. I don't know why you're attracting a gay and lesbian audience. That's how you're on this podcast. You've got Jane Lynch. That's so funny. And the weird thing is that he only just, like, finished school this year, Blake. What? Oh, I hate that.

How did you go with it? Was it stressful and was Corona making it shit? I cruised through all of high school just being a bit of a good boy, but I sort of went off the rails in year 12, so it was kind of just a bit of a cruisy year for me. So, you know, the ATAR comes out like next week, so I'll probably see how shit I did. I wish we got him a next week. I want to know the ATAR comes out like next week, so I'll probably see how shit I did. I wish we could have a next week.

I want to know the ATAR now. We need to find out. Is that something that you will reveal publicly or you'll keep that to yourself? Oh, yeah. I'm going live when I reveal it, when I get the text. All the fans will know at the same time as I do. On TikTok or Instagram? I'm doing it on Instagram. I'm trying to draw a bit of attraction to the same time as I do. On TikTok or Instagram? I'm doing it on Instagram, trying to draw a bit

of attraction to the old grandpads. I remember when I first saw his videos and I didn't realise how young he was and then he posted something on Instagram in his school uniform and I was like, Jesus! He's so young! He's like, today at book week, you're like, shit!

So what's the plan for next year? I'm hoping to move to Melbourne next year. I'm a country boy and I absolutely hate it. So I'm looking to get out of the country as soon as I can. Where are you from again? I'm from a place called Corowa in New South Wales. It's a little bit of a shithole, but, you know,

Melbourne seems like the spot to be next year. You're preaching to the king of country shitholes. Yeah, I'm telling you, Blake, I was in the exact same headspace when I was 18 and I had just finished school. I was like, get me out of this shithole. And then give it around two years of city living, you'll start to get over it and you'll crave that quietness of the country. There's just too many cars on the road.

It's too hard to park. You'll end up missing it. You always want one you can't have, I feel. That's true. Yeah, I'll too hard to park. You'll end up missing it. You always want one you can't have, I feel. That's true. Yeah, I'll see how I go. I'll go for the two-year period and just, you know, do every single drug I can. Yeah, and you know what?

I think that's a great idea. And also, if you haven't looked into Contiki's, I think you should really look into it because, I mean, Jenna has some great stories she can tell you off the cloud about her Contiki experience. Well, I'll give it a go then. Yeah, give it a whirl. All right, our next best bit.

This is a more recent one, back in episode 103. And, God, I got you to blindly react to the most cooked TV ads I've ever seen. Yeah. Oh, my God. This was one of my favourite podcast moments ever. We think Australian TV is fucked. We often listen to Australian radio, but this was an insight into New Zealand commercials and New Zealand television. And I don't think I've laughed this hard in years. Truly.

You got quite a shock. I don't think these ads would fly these days. Take a listen. So what they do in these ads is they trick you into thinking that it's a normal ad. Right. So it might be someone saying, oh, and that's why I buy Weet-Bix. But then halfway through the ad, the person just has a dreadful accident. And it turns out that it's actually an ad for accident compensation. That's very smart. Yeah, they're ACC ThinkSafe ads.

And it's just so wrong. They're catfish ads. They are. They clickbait you into thinking it's one thing and then it's actually, they have a fucking horrific accident. Genius. So I'll show you the first one. This guy, he's doing an ad for paint or so we think.

He's painting his house and then falls off his ladder. Oh, okay. Here is the first one. The job's worth doing. It's worth doing right. That's why I use new solar shield blows on like a dream protects against preventing falls around your home

securing your letter it It's so graphic. You see him fall and basically break his back. And then he, hold on, then he moans and groans. And then there's a tight shot of the paint pulling out like blood. See what I mean? Like, that is so dark. But I didn't even hear the voiceover. What the fuck was it for?

Go back. Hold on. Rewind it. Yeah, okay. Here we go. This is the end of it. But the voiceover just sounds like it's guilt tripping this guy for having an accident. Yeah.

Idiots don't put their letters in unsafe spots. Preventing falls around your home can be as easy as securing your letter. I guess it is. I mean, I guess. And then it gets worse. Yeah. So this next one I'm going to show you, there's a mum walking around her lounge room. No, I'm not a mum.

She's doing an ad for Fruity Bars. Okay, but don't tell me. I want to be surprised. I just want to know that it's Fruity Bars. Okay, we'll reveal the horrific accident afterwards. I'm sure you'll be able to hear it. Yes. Okay, ad number two.

Kids, they're bundles of energy, but they need the right snacks to keep them going. That's why I give my kids pretty bars. A fool. Preventing trips around your home can be as easy as tidying up toys. She fell into a glass coffee table out of nowhere. Sorry. She tripped into a king furniture solid glass coffee table. And then you can hear her whimpering afterwards.

She's like, it's so wrong. While holding a music bar while her kids play in the backyard. And my friend who grew up in New Zealand says, it just gave all of us anxiety because every ad we'd be wondering, fuck, is something awful going to happen halfway through? And then there's a drone shot from above the ceiling with this woman groaning while she's got glass in her abdomen. What was the voiceover you were giving her for this time?

Let's go back. That's why I give my kids pretty bars. I'm full. Ah! Ah! Ah! ever give keeping it for this time let's go back that's why i give my kids pretty burns preventing trips around your home can be as easy as tidying up toys oh she just tripped on a little tonka truck her poor bitch gets shamed for not cleaning her house. Oh, it's a man's world. Clearly think safe. If Nancy really loved her children, she would have cleaned her house. Think safe. I also want to say, guys, the way she wails before she falls. She goes, ah!

Ready? It's gold. Pretty bad. The fool. And the close-up on the Tonka truck wheel spinning. It's as easy as tidying up toys. It's a work of art. That's awful.

Is there a third one? Yeah, the last one. So this guy, he's doing an ad for home loans because he's moving house. Okay, of course he is. Do you want me not to spoil it again? No, it's better when you don't spoil it. It's better because I did not see that woman headbutting a fantastic furniture coffee table. Her whole body fell through the glass coffee table.

I just feel like that shit doesn't happen. Okay, sorry. Ad number three. Let's go. Go wrong. There's one home loan that's pre-approved. So you can move into your new home faster. There's no fence.

And it's totally flexible. So if your lifestyle changes. Fell down the stairs. He fell down a flight of stairs. Look at his leg. Oh! Preventing trips around your home can be as easy as taking care on stairs. It's bent backwards.

Yeah, they showed his broken leg. Oh, and I knew it was coming too because he was walking near the stairwell. See what I mean? That's so messed up. Imagine if we did that bullshit in Australia. You couldn't get away with that. Imagine how much worse my anxiety would be as a human if that's the shit we grew up watching. Oh my God, 100%. Just constantly worried something's going to go wrong.

Imagine if we did it on the radio. Like, imagine if, God forbid, what we spoke about before. Flora, Flora. It's me from Sunflowers. Flora, Flora. He's me from Sunflowers. Flora, Flora. He's been shot and killed. Oh God.

What about if there is, you know those Amy ads with Ronda Rigg and Couture, they're just on the beach and

there's a fucking tsunami just halfway through. I love you like a Couture. Well imagine

if, have you seen that Not Happy Jan ad? Yeah Iconic Yeah Can you find that On YouTube?

Yeah Imagine it's halfway through that Do you have a A car crashing sound effect? Oh I can get one Of course you do She's just yelling at Jan

Out the window Not happy Jan And then Jan just gets hit by a car And she'll forever live with guilt Yeah she would Those were her last words Before Jan was killed Here's the ad ready

Hold on here we go Jan Jan Famous Aussie ad Where's our ad forever live with guilt. Yeah, she would. Those were her last words before Jan was killed. Hold on, here we go. Jan? Jan? Famous Aussie ad. Where's our ad in the Yellow Pages directory? Jan is like, oh fuck, she's going to be spewing. I'm going to run away. The boss is going to yell at me.

Jan's running out of the office. Just to go home. Running through the street. Not happy, Jen! Oh, another one! Oh! Oh, she goes! Crossing the road can be as easy as looking twice.

Oh my god, look what's just played next on YouTube. You know this ad? This is famous. Oh, it's muted. Unmute it. Oh, sorry, sorry. There you go. Here. Oh god.

The Telstra ad. Yeah, the Telstra ad. Dad, why did they make the Great Wall of China? Oh! Oh! Oh, the kids! The kids being massacred! I was not expecting that.

You really have to catch them off guard. Jim's mowing. Never be left untrimmed. What about... It keeps playing big Aussie ads. You know those infomercial kind of ads that happen? Like, brand power, helping you buy better. It's that chick in the supermarket.

Imagine if the shelf or the roof collapsed above her. The whole ceiling caved in. Let me see if we've got an earthquake sound effect. An earthquake? Yeah, I sure have one. Nothing surprises me with your sound effects, Ford. I've got them all. Oh, my God.

How long have they been doing these Brand Power ads? Oh, mate, forever. I used to, my mum used to. You've just searched it on YouTube. It looks so old. Look at that. There's one from the 90s. Where are the new ones?

Here we go. Belvita brand power. I actually buy Belvita. So let's see what they're flogging on Belvita. She's in the shopping centre. Breakfast gives us energy to kickstart the day. But fitting it into our morning routine can be the hard part. So try Belvita breakfast biscuits.

Belvita breakfast biscuits. She's in the aisle. A tasty way to start your day. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. The ceiling's coming down under her. You'd need her going in the background too to make it really like these New Zealand ads.

What about, um... God, no, this is fucked. What? Um, you know how you've got the traffic reporters up in the helicopters? What if one of the helicopters- Vic Russo? He's usually on, like, Channel 10, like, in the chopper. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Doesn't he do the ones here as well?

The eyes in the sky. I can get one up right now. Of course. Yeah. Oh, easy. We've got, of course, you've got a traffic reporter up your sleeve. I've got a perfect sound effect. Hold on.

Let's go. Oh, God. Sydney. Terrific. Flooding has closed. The Northwich Bridge- Oh, that's not Vic. Still works.

Still works. She's in the helicopter. The Windsor Bridge is still open, though there's a section of Windsor Road just down the bridge that is closed due to flooding. Oh, the helicopter! Oh, my God! Flight safety training can be as easy...

Oh, my God! Microsoft Flight Simulator. Flight safety training Can be as easy Oh my god Microsoft Flight Simulator It could save your life Oh no I've got one ready What about I loved this ad growing up It's actually one of my favourites My dad loved it too

What is it? The Good Guys Oh yes I remember these This is the original They're in the store getting ready To sell to the people This is the original. They're in the store getting ready to sell to the people.

Come in and see. It's a snow blizzard. It's in the middle of a blizzard. They're like, oh, our air cons are that good. Oh. A blizzard. Why do you have a blizzard sound effect? Why would you ever need that?

I've got plenty. For days like today, that's why. Yeah, that's exactly right. You see what I mean when I said this is dark enough that it kind of works for our humour? I think we're done with this. No, no. We've gone too far. I found one more sound effect, please. And I know just the show would have worked perfect for it.

Oh my God. Okay? Yeah. This is... I'm just on YouTube. Everyone's tuning in, Channel 9, to watch their favourite show. It's the block. It's Scotty Cam Hello

There's Scotty Cam on the roof What's going to happen to Scotty? They're on the work site Beautiful In the middle of all the Renaults There he is Howdy howdy It's going to be a good episode

Ladies and gentlemen Welcome to the block. Oh, hold on. Oh, no. Oh, Scotty's fallen into the wood chipper. He's still talking. Take it off. That's his head.

He's down. Scotty's gone. Yeah, no. See, I told you. It's messed up. Yeah, that's fucked. We'd all be traumatised if we grew up in New Zealand. Yeah, that's awful. What can we do withised if we grew up in New Zealand. Yeah, that's awful.

What can we do with an ad for Huggies Nappies? No, no, no, no. That's where I draw the line. Is it just me? All right, now, Cheery, I've got to give you a trigger warning because the next little surprise that we're throwing back to, this was around episode 45, and this is when you revealed a childhood trauma of yours.

Apparently, you were rushed to hospital after a little DIY incident. You had a little microwave meal that you invented yourself. Do you remember this? Is this ringing a bell? Many a bells. Yeah, my doctor's calling as we speak. This was something that I used to do as a kid all the time. I used to get cheese stringers, which is like a cheese stick, right?

And I would not get one, maybe not not even two i think it was three and what i'd do is i'd take them out of their wrapper and i'd intertwine them into like a little wrap and then roll them into a bowl place them on a on a plate microwave it for 30 seconds and it will become a cheesy globule that i would then eat in one foul swoop i'd swallow the whole whole thing. And long story short, it got lodged in my short intestine and they thought I had appendicitis and were about to scalpel my appendix out of me when no, in fact, it was revealed that I had 300 grams of pure mozzarella cheese in my intestines as a child. And so you're revealing this childhood trauma.

And because I'm a bitch, I was like, I'm going to surprise him. I'm going to bring the cheesy stringers in studio and get him to replicate this deadly recipe. Here's how that went. Oh, my God. I haven't had these since the day this happened. I'm not joking. How old are you now?

Just turned 25. Is that nine years? No. No. Oh, sorry. Yeah. 19 years, right? 19 years since I've even touched a stringer. Look at the branding. It's all No. No. Oh, sorry. Yeah. 19 years, right? Yeah, 19 years since I've even touched a string.

Look at the branding. It's all changed. Yeah. We don't have to. No. No, do it. Do it. Do it, please.

I mean, I'm open to it. I can't eat it. I can't eat it. I wouldn't make you eat them. You're going to have to call an ambulance. My body will reject it. I just want to know what you did, and we'll post this video online too, what exactly you did and then what it looked like after being microwaved.

So you're going to have to step out. Okay, pass me the stringers. I want to have a look. Oh, my God. Look at Mr. Stringer. Eight pack. Since 1899. There you go.

Quick game's a good game. This studio's going to implode soon. All right, so you stay there. What sort of cheese is it? Is it mozzarella? Oh, it's just pure mozzarella. Have you never. Quick game's a good game. This studio's going to implode soon. All right, so you stay there. What sort of cheese is it? Is it mozzarella? Oh, it's just pure mozzarella. Have you never had a stringer in your life? I used to have cheese sticks, but not strings.

Look at them. I think we got the home brand because, you know, drought. Yeah, of course. Have a look. Have a look. And you can see the oil in them. The little oil mozzarella thing. Oh, yeah.

They look slimy ass. Yeah, look at them. Look at them. Look at them. Ready? They just come right out. Here's what I did. It's all coming back to me.

You pull it into pieces like this and you sort of stack it like little pieces of firewood like you're on a camp retreat. It actually looks like you're building a bonfire out of cheese strings. Yeah, and that's the point. Can you see this now? It kind of looks like a ball, right? Or like an object that would sort of block your entire lower intestine. So I'm going to run to the...

It still doesn't look that bad. I pictured a plait. It's not a plait. No, no, no, like a cheesy braid of sorts. No, no, it doesn't look bad. It just doesn't taste bad. It's brilliant. Like, it tastes phenomenal.

Stay there. Okay. All right, man. Talk amongst yourselves. All right. Wait, can you get me a beer from the fridge while you're out there? Yeah, I think he heard me. I'm very curious about this.

I mean, for all we know, this could actually taste dope and it could take off. It could. They'll name it after him. It'll be the cheesy stringer a la Mitchell. Wouldn't it be great to have a food named after you? I want a food named after me. But I don't know what. Yeah.

It's like Keish Lorraine. Who the fuck's Lorraine? Could you Google that? Who's Lorraine in Keish Lorraine? No, I genuinely want to know. And while you're at it, open a new tab. Actually, maybe I can help out. You Google who the fuck's Lorraine.

I will Google who's Diane. State Diane. State Diane. State Diane. Who is Diane? Okay, it comes up as one of the most recommended searches. So clearly I'm not the only person that's wondered who the fuck Diane is. Yeah, same with Keish Lorraine. Wait, let me see.

It is often attributed to... Oh, the whole music's run out. Now we have to fill the silence. So apparently Steg Diane is supposedly named after the Roman goddess Diana or Diane. Why? Why do they credit her? Because it was very popular in the 50s and 60s. I feel like that's after her time. I knew her personally and that was ages before then.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure yours and the Roman goddess Diana's parents used to take turns carpooling. Of course they did. Of course. They were very close, very close. Quiche Lorraine. Who's Lorraine? Lorraine isn't a person.

Where did it come from? It was named after the Lorraine? Lorraine isn't a person. Where did it come from? It was named after the Lorraine region of France. Wow. So there's a region of France called Lorraine. It's spelled the same name as Lorraine. Yeah, gotcha. Well, I was going to say how exciting it would be to have a food named after you. Yes.

It's a secret recipe. I've got the cheese ball. Do you have my beer? Yeah. Thank you. I forgot a bottle opener there. Oh, it's all right. I'll do it on the desk. Okay. Do you need me. Do you have my beer? Yeah. Thank you. I forgot a bottle opener there. Oh, it's all right. I'll do it on the desk.

Do you need me to read you the music? Yeah, it ran out, but I was fine with it. It was stressful. Are you ready for the rugby? Oh! Oh, my! That's a trick I've got. Open it on a table bed.

This is fucking gross! Sorry. God. Carry on. Do you have a name for this? Cheesy Ball. Cheesy Ball. Here's my Cheesy Ball.

This actually looks delicious. You're going to try it. You have to. You've been finger bashing it. No way. Sterilise it. Are we ready for Cheesy Ball reveal? Three, two, one.

Oh, yuck. No, that's gross. It's actually reduced in size. It looks like there's less cheese on the plate. Yeah, well, it's 90% preservative, so I think the microwave burns that out. It actually kind of looks like a liver. Yeah, it does. It's got a real organ look to it.

It does. There's an oily sheen. It just looks like slime. I kind of want to squish it. It sticks to it. Oh, my God, I'm tilting. I'm tilting the chopping board sideways sideways and it's not moving at all. That's horrid. It almost looks like a bull's testicle.

It looks like a camel's snot rocket. It really does. Oh, he's eating it. He's eating it. It's picked up a little bit. Go, go, go, go, go. Oh. Oh, God. He's tasting it. Oh. yeah. Oh, God.

He's tasting it. Oh. No. I mean... It's just cheese. No, the taste is fine, but the texture... I'm chewing it, but it just doesn't seem to be disintegrating, which is the issue you had with your organs.

Yeah. Like, it feels like... Do you remember when you were, like, young and you might have chewed on a bouncy ball or something, something that ought not be chewed on? Yes. I feel like I'm not supposed to swallow this. Oh, you're definitely not.

It feels dangerous. No, you're definitely not to be swallowing this. It literally feels like a choking hazard. I honestly thought I made that very clear with the previous story, Mitchell. Try it, Jenna. Not what I pictured at all, just so you know. Try it, JJ. Wait, wait, wait.

It's very plasticky. Do you want me to get my mother on to corroborate? To prove that this actually happened? Oh, I never doubted you for a moment. Oh, so you believe the story? Yes. Oh, great. No, I can't. Yeah, that is not good. I'm calling my mother because I want to prove to you one thing. Ready?

This is not prepared. I have not planned this with you. She might not answer because private number. Oh, she probably will because she'll go to the nursing home for mom hello hi it's me mitch and jenna are here too we're doing the podcast hi hi hi mitch has brought something in studio for me and think this is like one of those you know articulate you're playing at the end when you both have to get the same answer and you win yeah okay sorry what's the question mitch the the question is Mitch has brought one food item into the studio

that I'm banned from eating, that you banned me from eating from my childhood after one severe incident. Okay, I know exactly what they are, but I can't think what they're called. They're like cheese wraps, cheese rollies. Stringers. Stringers. Close enough. Stringers.

Stringers. Well done. Stringers. Stringers. Close enough. Stringers. Stringers. Stringers. Stringers. Well done. Stringers. Cheese Stringers. He's banned from Stringers because he ached so many of them that they got clogged in his bowel and he nearly had to have, they thought it was his appendix. He had to have emergency surgery. Well, I've just asked him to recreate the dangerous recipe that sent him to hospital

in the first place. Four cheesy Stringers microwaved together and it really looks unsafe to be consumed. It looks like Play-Doh. They've got it in front of me, Mum. They want me to eat it again. They're pressuring me to eat it, Mum. Or it looks like someone left a hot glue gun on and the stick melted and you pick it up off the table.

Don't eat that. That's it. You've got to try and extract that out. You've got to pass that and it's very hard to pass. Oh, do you remember the passing of it? Oh, that was the hard bit. Really? Oh, I mentally blocked that out. You've got to pass that and it's very hard to pass. Do you remember the passing of it? That was the hard bit. I mentally blocked that out. That didn't happen for me. Yeah, that was bad.

Was he like a woman in labour? Like... Push! It had to come out. A lot of muvacol. Goodness me. And castor oil. To get it out? To get it out. A lot of Mover coal. Yep. Goodness me. And castor oil. Oh.

To, like, get it out? To get it out. Oh, God, there's more and more layers to this story emerging. You said it was just one laxative and out you get, but, nah, it sounds like it was quite a process. Canola oil and two long fingers. Yes, God. You know this is like an onion.

There's many layers. Oh, goodness. All right, thanks, Mum. Love you. Have fun. See you guys. Bye. Bye. Bless her. Mum, goodness. All right, thanks, Mum. Love you. Have fun. See you guys. Bye. Bye.

Bless her. Mumma cheery there. I really thought you were dobbing me in there. I was like, oh, she's going to blast me because I've given you food that you're banned from. Look at you eating them in their normal state. It's delicious. Are you triggered? I can't take this. I don't want you to take the cheese ball.

I'm moved on. I'm a new man, Jen. I don't need it. What made you think to microwave them together in that awful blob like that? I was a curious kid. You know, don't stop curiosity. It's what keeps kids going. Do you know what I used to do?

Yeah. This is not food related, but I don't recommend this. Yeah. But you know those iPod shuffles? Yeah, the little ones. The one that didn't have the screen. It was with the buttons. Like you clip it on your bra strap.

Yes. You just kind of skip and hope for the best. I had one of those and I accidentally left it in my pocket. It went through the washing machine, so it was water damaged. Every morning before I went to school, I would microwave the iPod because the heat would actually make the moisture inside evaporate. Yeah. And it would give me around three to four hours of use

and then it would just die again. So I would just microwave it every morning before school like it was a bloody cup of Jarrah. It was in my routine to microwave my iPod. And at first, Mum and Dad were like, what are you bloody doing? But then they were like, don't forget to microwave your iPod. You'll be bored on the bus.

You're listening to Is It Just Me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. Okey-doke, idiots. We're going to love you and leave you. I just thought we'd pop in and give you a little Chrissy Day surprise. But don't worry, we're back next week on New Year's Day with a brand new Best Bits episode. We've got a few of these to go, four more left.

And next week, they're all themed, right? Yeah. So next week's theme is the best of impressions that we've done on the podcast oh i don't know if we even have enough to fill that our impressions aren't go your ida buttrow's impression is good but we're not good at it we're not known for impressions we just do them a lot they're not good you'd be surprised look i've got to give credit where it's due i did enlist one of our podcast favourites, Callum Cantrell, to produce this Best Of series because he's just got a far better memory than you and I.

He remembers everything we've done and so he came up with these and I was quite surprised at how many impressions we've done over time. So that's what we've got in store for you next week, Best Of Impressions. How fun. And very quickly, we may as well give them a little taste of what we're doing. What are you doing, Christy Day? What are you doing right now when this episode comes out?

Are you with the family? I'll be with Sean's family, as we've discussed. The first time ever not being at home with my own family. Yes, of course, of course. But we'll be heading back to Bogengate, like I've told you. Should we record two options? I feel like we've done this in our last episode. I know.

I'm just, you know, give people a little excuse to listen. Should we record two options, you saying it was terrible and it was great, and then we can edit one in, depending on how it was. Oh, right, like a choose-your-own-adventure? Yes. Okay, option A, it was so beautiful to spend Christmas with Sean's family. They're just such wonderful people.

I felt so welcome and embraced, and it was just lovely. Option B, oh, my fucking God, I can't believe this is my life now. I can't do family shit. They're just so lovey-dovey. I'm not family-oriented like them. I don't believe this is my life now. I can't do family shit. They're just so lovey-dovey. I'm not family-oriented like them. I don't belong. Too far. I have a feeling we'll get to option B, to be honest.

I have a feeling you'll say option A, but you'll want to say option B. Welcome to my life. Welcome to family life. You'll be converted soon enough. You'll love it. It's good fun. I feel like option B would be more likely if I was dating you. Yes.

Like, your family seem absolutely lovely, and I think that's great, and I admire that, but I feel like I'd be. Yes. Like your family seem absolutely lovely and I think that's great and I admire that. But I feel like I'd be smothered by your family. That would embrace me a bit too much. Oh, they would. It would get way too much. The gifts though. The gifts are amazing from the Turi family. Anyway, listen, have a great Christmas.

I'm just with the family. I'm eating a lot of ham at this time. I'm going to be full of honey roasted ham. I'm going to be having my afternoon nap. And thank you for listening to the little check in Christy Day episode. Sorry, can I just, before we go, you mentioned ham. I'm going to be having my afternoon nap. And thank you for listening to the little check-in Christy Day episode. Sorry, can I just, before we go, you mentioned ham. I've got to ask, what the fuck is with your family tradition doing ham and chip night? I've spoken about this on the show, haven't I?

I'm sure you have, but it's never ever made sense to me. Well, everyone's asked about this. I put it on Instagram and there's so many messages. Ham and chip night is a Turery Macbeth Kilpatrick family tradition. They're our big three families. And it's 35, it's in its 35th year. It's annual. We do Ham and Chip Night every year on the 30th of November. It's my Gonzo, my grandfather's birthday. But when he was young, he and my nan used to have a business next to a deli and the deli at Christmas would give my grandfather a ham every year. Anyway, they'd take the ham, they'd eat it, whatever, make sandwiches.

But as they had kids, my mum and my auntie and uncle, they would start to eat it at the same time every year. Then they started adding chips because, you know, they weren't a rich family growing up, and it was just hot chippies and ham. Does that combination work, ham and chips? Oh, my God, it's absolutely divine. It's salty ham with really yummy, crispy, also salty chips.

You put a bit of mustard, maybe some cranberry sauce or some mint jelly. It's all about the condiments. We did add coleslaw last year, and that was controversial. Yeah. And we did also add sweet potato fries one year, but that was someone's partner, and that was their idea, and we didn't like the chips, and then they're no longer with the family. And they've been shunned from the family ever since.

Yeah, they're no longer in the family, and we no longer do sweet potato fries. So we take it really seriously. They're now estranged. They're now estranged, and we no longer do chips, but Ham and Chip Night is in its 35th year. All the family get around, and that's all we eat. It's the best night of the year. We love it.

It's like our Thanksgiving. Hey, Jenna. Oh, wait, she's not here. Can you make a note a note cheery next year when we're back in season five i think i'm gonna have to do a ham and chip taste testing because on paper it doesn't sound like they go well together yeah well then i'm gonna have to bring them in because it's got to be leg ham off the bone carved it's got to be really hot chips with chicken salt and i'll bring the condiments i'll bring a little charcuterie chicken salt gorgeous yeah yeah my mum gave me a charcuterie board it's like a housewarming present and i don't know when i'm ever going to use it because i don't i'm not the sort of person that does cheese platters i don't know how to do them yeah i just go right

everyone's come over i'll order pizza yeah no maybe you should get into your cheese platter area people love cheese platters they go off people love People love them. Maybe it's time. I agree. I'll contribute. I'll show you. I make a lovely charcuterie board. I also eat a lovely charcuterie board. All right. New episode coming.

Another Best Bits on 2023. Next episode, 2023. How exciting. On Jan 1st. Yeah, we'll see you next year, idiots. See you in a year, idiots. Love ya. Merry Christmas.

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