Is It Just Me? - BONUS: Churi cat-sits Isabella! 😻

Episode Date: December 13, 2020

How did Churi go looking after Coombs' cat Isabella?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's new for the cat? is it's the first time I'm going to have to cart my fucking rescue cat back to Bougainvillea. Oh! Oh, it's her first Christmas with you. Yeah. Marry Jam, the cat. Isabella. Isabella. I'm not exactly sure how a cat is going to go with a seven-hour car trip. You can't take the cat.

Leave her with your housemate. No. Well, he's going home as well. Oh, no, so you need a cat sitter. Well, I just can't because she was rehomed so many times before I adopted her and I just couldn't bear the thought of her thinking that she's been abandoned again. So it's either she comes with me or I leave her at home and I get someone in Sydney to go and feed her,

but I just don't trust any of my friends in Sydney enough to keep her alive. Oh, I'll go and feed her. I'll say it again. I don't trust any of my friends in Sydney enough to keep her alive. I'll go and feed her. I'll say it again. I don't trust any of my friends in Sydney enough to keep her alive. Oh, if it's one, what if you have one fancy feast a day, I can pop that in. I could probably do it if you really want me to.

Would there be a fee involved? Absolutely not. Oh. Do you really not want me to do it? Because I'm telling you now. There's no fucking way I'm leaving my cat in your care. I would rather have her sitting in the little bloody carrier, shitting everywhere all through my Astra, bloody projectile diarrhea from the stress of the car trip.

I'd rather that than you just conveniently forget to feed her and she gets electrocuted or some shit. Why don't I do an audition and I come to your house and you audition me to be the pussy patter and we see how I go. You want to play that with my cat to see if you're worthy of looking after her? I'll be Mitchell Coombs for a day. Okay. Well, what are you doing Sunday the 13th?

Maybe we'll do our Instagram live from my place and then I'll leave just you and the cat and we'll see how it copes. Yeah. Okay. I'll do it. I'm in. Great. So this coming Sunday, Instagram live at couple of Mitch's, you're going to do a play date and we'll see if my I'll do it. I'm in. Great. So this coming Sunday Instagram Live at Couple of Mitches

you're going to do a play date and we'll see if my cat gets along with you. Alright, done. Locked in. I'm booked. Call me Bondi Vet. So we said we'd do a trial shift and now here you are in my home. It's beautiful. It smells like cat food. I can see the kitty little tray from here. Isabella is running

around my feet because we have a resolution. Is she running around trying to avoid me or is she running around frolicking because she loves me so much? You're about to find out. It's a big deal for me to hand over responsibility. I love my little girl so much. I don't trust her with just anyone. Oh, but I'm not just anyone. You know I'm calm. I'm cool. I'm collected. Well, you really had to prove your worth. We did the whole thing on Instagram Live. If you head to our Instagram, at couple of midges, you can rewatch it. But we're going to bring you some of the best bits right now. So how did you go?

I feel fine. I'm very sweaty. Can you see the glistening layer of sweat? I can. Yeah, I'm very hot. I also came in quite literally hot. I did. I bought a cheeseburger, a double cheeseburger for Isabella.

I had a hat. I had gloves, an apron, oven mitts. I was scared she was going to attack me. Well, here's how you went preparing her meal. Isabella. I had a hat, I had gloves, an apron, oven mitts. I was scared she was going to attack me. Well, here's how you went preparing her meal. Isabella! Dinner's coming! He didn't say how much dry food, but when I held her for the

.3 seconds before she jumped to her freedom, she felt very bony. So, I'm going to give her a cheery handful. Like a good, solid bit more. So I'm gonna give her a cheery handful. Like a good solid. Bit more. All right, that's the dry food. Tonight, I'll be having dine saucy morsels with salmon. Irresistible taste.

It's like blood. How much? Whole tin, I'll do a whole tin. She deserves it, actually. I'll sprinkle some cheeseburg on it. When the moon meets your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a cat food. So what I'm doing here is I'm sprinkling morsels of the beef patty into the cat food for added flavor, fat, and a simple cheeky texture.

Isabella! Hi Belle! Come here. Our dinner's ready! Come on! Isabella! Cheeseburger! Yum!

It's so yum! Isabella. Cheeseburger, yum. It's so yum. Isabella. I'll go pick her up. She wants me to pick her up. I'll pick her up.

Stand by. Come on. Come on. That's where I got food. Come on. Food, oh God, go food. She's scared, she's freaking out. Oh shit, didn't Mitchell say medication?

I don't feel comfortable giving her medication. Let's have a look in the drawers. Huh, what does this say? This says, take one per night Mitchell Coombs Viagra. All right, let's give it one. Viagra, that's odd, maybe it's for the cat. I'm sure it's for the cat. Do you have Viagra?

Does this help your tail grow? Let's add it in. There we go. Viagra's in. Sorry, I don't mean to helicopter parent, but that was not her medication that you just put in her bowl. Where did you get that? Yeah, so that was the point that I interrupted

because you were meant to give her medication. Yes. And I was watching the Instagram live and I was like, that's a white tablet. Her tablets aren't white. Is he trying to dope my cat? But it turned out to be what? It was a Tic Tac.

I had them in my pocket. I pretended it was a Viagra, but it was Tic Tac. I freaked out. I was like, he's doping my cat. He ran out of the room. What did you give the fucking cat? It's a tic-tac, it's a mint, it's a joke. Anyway, there was another task that you didn't realise you signed up for

and that was cleaning out the kitty litter. Yeah, screw that. You're going to have to do that every day you come over here. I actually remember committing to that. I didn't think that was part of it. I thought I was just feeding her, making sure she wasn't dead. I didn't mention that was part of the I thought I was just feeding her Making sure she wasn't dead I didn't mention that was part of the gig Because I thought it would put you off But once you were here it was too late

So here's how you went cleaning out the cat shit Oh God Jesus That's like a small child shit Isabella Where's that come from? Don't look at me like that I know that's your dookie Jesus Shit. Isabella! Where's that come from?

Don't look at me like that, I know that's your dookie. Jesus! Here I go. She shits like a small infant. Jesus, it stinks. It does. Oh, I forgot to tell you, whenever I do this, I usually put a peg on my nose, I'm not kidding. This is disgusting! I actually put a peg on my nose. Really?

Yeah. Do you want a peg? Yeah. Jesus, I need a break. Ugh. Yeah, thanks. I can't explain this smell. Where's the rest of the litter? Oh shit

Is there a bag in there? Got it I'm never getting a cat Dogs are so much easier Yeah I'm wearing designer $500 shoes I should have pre-thought Alright

That's done Never going back in that room again Hi Isabella I just cleaned your feces Beautiful That was actually the easiest, to be perfectly honest. It's quite an easy, simple job. Oh, but, like, it's a pretty easy way to kill someone's ego.

Here you are one minute interviewing Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus, the world's biggest stars, and here you are cleaning my cat's shit. Perspiring from every pore in my body. All in the day of a broadcaster. So I did well there. I was happy. And then the day of a broadcaster. So I did well there. I was happy. And then things started to change. Yeah.

Much to my surprise, she did start to warm to you eventually, which doesn't usually happen. It takes her a while to start trusting the guests we bring in the house. She's very timid. But this is the moment that she finally decided to trust her new babysitter. Good girl, Isabella. She's pur. Good girl, Isabella. She's perfect. Oh, Isabella, I'm so proud of you, baby girl.

Love the shoulder rub. Do the shoulder. There we go. There you go. Yeah, he's here to look after you, baby. Isn't she little? Oh, she loves it. Oh, big friend, you're so clever.

Yeah, are you being nice to Mitchie? You're such a good girl, Isabella. I'm less worried now about leaving you with that fucking monster. Who else are you auditioning? No one. No one's offered. Oh, dear. You're the only one that's offered.

Well, this is just such a relief, I must tell you, because I was very worried about taking her on a seven-hour car ride back to Bogangay. I was willing to do it, but I was just waiting for the right person to offer, and I think I found the right person. Can't believe I passed the test. I'm thrilled. She likes me. It's not just, oh, fun and games, showbiz.

She is in love with me. How cute. Yeah, we're best friends now. Look at you go. She's sitting on my shoulder like a parrot. I wish you guys could see it. We're just best pals. She's, oh, oh, oh, Isabella, stop.

You must love the validation. Oh, I do. I get it from humans. Now I get it from animals. I'm the animal whisperer. Although she is actually on the balcony looking off. So maybe I've pushed her to the brink's edge. Isabella, don't do it.

Well, you passed the test. So you are fully qualified to look after the cat while I'm away. Dear God. As it turns out, Jordan will be working. so he's going to be here the whole time. You don't need to look after her. Oh. Yeah, my housemate's going to be home. Oh, so this was all just a bit.

Oh, my God, thank fuck, because I was actually thinking, I can't even commit to doing our own podcast, let alone the cat. I was going to put it on AirTasker and hire someone to look after it. I'm not even joking. I would have killed you if you did that. Wow, okay, so I don't have to do it. No. Well, that was fun.

Well, good to know. Next time I need to babysit, I'll call you up, but you're off the hook this time. Thank you. I'll bring Tic Tacs. Is it just me? Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on your podcast app. Or follow on Spotify.