Jess & Ducko - Hit Breakfast - What did you say I blacked out?

Episode Date: April 8, 2026

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Calling all K-pop demon hunter fans The Huntrix and Sartja Boys meals And now at Maccas Here we go Welcome to the Jess and Rowan podcast Ah yes, welcome to the podcast everybody I gotta go get a blood test, bye No, no no not that quick

Not that quick, not that quick Rowan said we could do a quick podcast before you have to go Oh my though real quick Yeah we're doing heaps of fun stuff in the podcast today Yeah let's just wrap it in the podcast guys Go get jammed I'm faint man

I'm hungry I'm quick I learned from you remember last time you had a black coffee because chat GPT said you can have a black coffee before a blood test. Don't. I'm so, oh. Oh, sorry, that was insensitive. That was insensitive. I just forgot. I didn't do that TV.

We haven't, we haven't mentioned you fasting once. I told you at the top. I had to go, I'm getting faint. Quick, get out of here. Get out of here. Jess and Rowing. In 2026, something new for breakfast. You know Jess.

Angus does bedtime. I do doggy. Yeah, red and I'm going to work. You'll get to know Rowan. My fingers are fingering. It's going to be good. It's going to be fine. It's going to be all right.

Anything could happen. Most of it probably will. That's squawking fatty. And Rowan. You like what I did. This is Jess and Rowan. This is going to be good. Oh, welcome to Wednesday, Jess.

Oh my goodness. That feels like it's come around fast, doesn't it? You know what? Is daylight savings mucking with you a bit? It's mucking. It's never ever. I've never had a problem with it. much going on to have noticed daylight savings, if I'm honest with you, Roro.

So I haven't quite felt the effects. Have you? What do you mean? I don't know. I've got things struck to me today. I'm an internal ultrasound book. There's a bit on the plate. There's a bit on the place.

Get around too quickly. Thump, thump. Yeah, Kat. You get going on. But what's going on with you and the sun? Is she upsetting you rising earlier? She? Oh, the sun is definitely a woman.

Yeah. Are you joking? Warm. Yeah, yeah. Warm. The giver of life. Without the sun, we wouldn't exist. We'll burn you for Sydney or too long.

Absolutely. Don't piss off the sun. No, my body's waking me up at four now. Oh, that's unacceptable. Because it was like, because that's, it would have been five. Because we went back. We went back. So it would have been five, but then my body's waking me up at four.

That's right, because it thinks it's five. Yeah. You're like the cows in Queensland. I don't want to adapt. You're like, no, this is when I wake up. Isn't that so funny. The whole state's not moving because of the cows. Because of the cows.

Is that, that's not just like old wives' tale. That is genuinely what the reasoning was. I'm 99% sure that's the reason. Classic Queensland. I'm sure you'll appreciate what I do in my spare time. A girlfriend and I were discussing this. And we looked up the history of daylight savings. Feels like a jesting.

Must have been when we're in Melbourne and Finchie. Yeah. Because we were going, how does some states, you know, this and that? And we looked into the Queensland thing. Pretty sure we were all aligned for a little bit. Yep. And then Queensland had kind of a referendum going, We don't like this.

The cows are upset. The cows are upset. And if there's one group of people, we don't want to upset. Farmers. It's the cows and the farmers. Yeah. They're doing their own call. They're doing their own call.

Oh, farmers. And then by extension, the cows. Wow. So you think the farmers should have more ripe than the others? I absolutely do. Because of the farmers, I get my nice garlic. Oh, uh-oh. It leaks.

Good one. You know what I'm saying. Without the farmers, we've got no produce. That's true. Just picking up what I'm putting down. Cows full of milk. My kid is still asking for mangoes, Rowan, and I'm trying to explain seasonal fruit. So without the farmers, I can't keep that kid happy.

That's true. Shout out to farmers. Shout out to the farmers. Shout out to the farmers, what time. That is one of the pillars of this program. Yeah. Shouting out to the farmers. Is it?

To the 12-year-old that keeps texting us saying, can I have a shout out on the bus? No. No. But the farmers, if you want one, yes. Yeah, if you're a hunter, if you're a hunter, if you're a farmer. There's a pack of them now who text. They want shoutouts on the bus, yeah? And they want song requests.

And I just, I know you always say that I reply and I do, but not to them. God, I hate song requests. I don't mind song requests. I don't mind them. But read the room, guys. Is that because you're DJ and you're used to people screaming, play dancing queen at you? It's just read the room, guys. Read the room.

Just read the room. I was DJing on Sunday and it was like a club music, house music, like kind of that thing. This girl, like comes right up to the stage and holds her phone up. That's how people request these days. I have seen that. They don't have the balls to speak. They just use the phone. And to be fair, they can't get close to you.

No. You've got guards and you're on an elevated platform. Totally. But what did she hold up? She was like, she held up and said, hit him up, Tupac. I was like, I said, are you joking? No. You turned the music off to have a conversation.

I went, what? She went, yeah. I went, no. Do you think when people request those sort of like heavy R&D? be the slower tunes, they assume you understand. Remix it. Or do they actually want you to stop down so they can bump and grind? Who knows? They're during their own world and they're their own character of their own movie.

I'm not, I'm not. I'm not sexy enough to do the bump and grind to the R&B change. I've seen you bump and grind a few times. Oh, no, but to a beat. Oh, but just offbeat bump and grinds okay. Do you know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's okay. Like those sexy, smooth, two-pack R&B sort of vibe, nah.

Yeah, but see, if you request it a song that you wanted to hear and they said, no, you go, Okay, and you'd walk off. Oh, but she hasel-cha. No, no, she just kind of went, oh, what? And then I said, like, I was like, read the room. And she went, it's like you slapped her mother. Yeah, like we just broke up with her. I took a first ball and something.

It was unbelievable. It was too fucked. Rumble stiltskin over here. Go outside from Spotify. I'll listen to that for three and a half minutes and come back in. Why has she come to a dance party? Why have you spent $100 on a ticket? Yeah, to hear some doof-dorf.

Here's music that you want. Oh, anyway. It's a good message, though. Read the room. Read the room. And beyond just dance balls. Just read the room. Good morning, shy guy.

Morning. One of the great readers of the room. Great reader. Thanks. Great reader. Very perceptive young man. Yes. Mucher.

Good morning. I don't know what that means, but yep. Good morning. You did your hair today? I did. Looks good. Thank you. I like the top too.

You look good. Wow. I'm being shouted with compliments. How nice. We'll shout out Babs and Sharge up where we need to. Shouted at you. When they're looking good. Yeah, we need to write all the wrongs in the world.

Babby have shouted out on, shout it out on the street, so we'll shout out you kindly. You look great. You look great. Thanks so much. Thank you. She flips someone up, but he. Anyway, never mind. Poor Bab, she cops it. She copped it on the phone where you don't put you through

for Alva Bucks. Cops it on the street. When she j-walks. God. I took such a funny photo of her yesterday when she wasn't looking. She saw it. She's seen it. It was like, we're in our meeting and she was like arms crossed and she was like looking at you like this. Just loving life. Oh, she's scowling at me. Scowling, dude.

At me? Just I think you, look, you were talking. I think anyone I'm talking, she would have been scowling. Were you upset with what I was saying? Did you not like my idea? No, I think it was just my face, to be honest. I think it was just her face. You got a bit of RFB, babe.

I think so, yeah, unfortunately. Big show today, guys. Big show, Alpha Bucks. Kids, doing that again at 8 o'clock. Make sure you've registered hit.com. Dot A.U. If you do want to play Alphbukes, we're doing the regular normal AlphaBucks 7 o'clock. I was sad about Kev yesterday.

Expectant father. Kid you next week. Yeah. He didn't do very well. Well, she's done better. That works. Learn your nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs, people. Yeah, maybe we should put that video up.

Yeah, we should. We've been saying it for a week now. There was a Barbie Dream Festival. Or was there? Talk about it next. This is Jess and Rowan. Right now. Rowan, we're all living in Barbie's world, wouldn't you say?

Yeah. I'd say so. I reckon since this song, I mean, I guess the Barbie has been around since like the 50s or something. But I feel like Aqua did a lot. Yeah. They really did. Anyway.

First Barba was in 1959. 59? You said 60s, I think. I think I learned that from the Barbie movie. I still haven't seen it. I still haven't seen it. It's not bad. It's not bad.

I would argue. Julie, but does a great soundtrack. Oh, she does. It is good. And she's a good Barbie. She's a mermaid Barbie? She's a mermaid Barbie? She's a mermaid Barbie.

I didn't know that. She had the long, like, green or purple hair. No, Margot Robby's Barbie. Well, they're all Barbie. She's Barbie, Barbie. That's right. Issa Ray is President Barbie. Who's Issa Ray when she's at home?

Issa Ray is a great comedic actress. I can't remember that movie she was in, but it was a good one. And was Will Ferrell in there? Yeah. Nice. He's bad. He's like Mr. Mattel. That's right.

He looks like a great Mr. Mattel. A lot of sex education actors in there. That chick who kind of looks like Margot Robbie. Anyway, it's a great film, Rowan. Find yourself a spare two and a half and enjoy that. Oh, right. Gosling, obviously, is Ken. Ken, of course.

But anyway, this. There's been a great chat around Barbie since 1959. Unfortunately, someone tried to put on like a bit of a dream fest, a little bit of an interactive event. Wow. For one day tickets, it was 69 bucks. I actually think that's relatively reasonable. It's pretty good. But they were selling VIP packages, Dream Passes, for close to 500.

And a lot of Barbie officiados, they're sort of older women who love Barbie. You know, like Disney adults. sort of thing. There's Barbie adults. A lot of people bought those. But it was in Fort Lauderdale, so a lot of people had to travel for this thing, yeah? Okay.

So you've got to add accommodation in the affair. It's an expensive thing. If you love Barbie, you'll do it. Absolutely. Unfortunately, they get there, and people are now comparing it to Fire Festival. Why, Barbie? We all remember that from 2017,

the thing that was meant to be the best Coachella. He almost got it off the line again. He almost got it going again this year. Did he? Yeah. He went to prison for a bit. Yeah, he started it again. Did Jar Rule get involved again?

No, Jar Rule, stay away from this one. Oh, smart from Jar Rule. Pivoting away from that bloke. Yeah. But people are comparing it to Fire Fest because it was meant to be this unbelievable experience, yeah? Fashion shows, workshops, celebrity speakers, an 80s-style roller disco, and then an interactive Barbie Dreamhouse. Unfortunately, it was just a big old convention centre that was mainly empty.

What do you get for your $500 in that? Well, Serena Williams allegedly rocked up because she was getting the icon award. For Barbie. For Barbie. Tennis icon Serena Williams appeared at the event. So she did rock up. They've lost money for sure. But there was meant to be a whole bunch of other speakers, Mattel designers, access to celebrities.

But it was just one blow-up arch that said Barbie Dreamfest. A roller rink that only had children's skates available. So the Barbie adults were very upset about. You got to be careful. And a cardboard display of the Dreamhouse next to a Volkswagen van. Is that if? That's it. Also, can we have a second for this bloke looking very creepy?

That's Dad. That looks like, oh my God, he's wearing the lanyard. I think he got the VIP pass. But people are very upset. People, they're doing the now. Trying to organise the class action. Give him my money back. Give me my money back.

Even though I saw Serena Williams, this is not in honour of Barbie's great name. What I think Margo was going to be there? I'm assuming they did. Remember that one? Was it two years ago? Last year, shy guys. The Wonka Fest that flopped last year. In Scotland.

Wonka Fest. Wonka Fest. They purported to do Willie Wonka's factory. You could walk through Chocolate River. Wow. And it was the same thing, just an empty warehouse with a sad looking woman on her knees in orange. Do you reckon those people dressed as an ump-a-lump-lump-up? Do you reckon those people knew that it wasn't going to be very good?

The organisers or the workers? No, the organisers. Yep. and went, we're in way over our heads here. Do you know what I reckon that? You know what I reckon's happened? What's happened? They've spent all their budget on securing Serena Williams' appearance.

It's immediately what I thought. They actually had no money left for the Barbie dream house. She was like, why, I've got my tennis racket? Yeah. This is Jess and Rowan. Age old discussion. Do you get more ice cream in a cone or a cup? Now we have the inside scoop.

Oh, nice. Was that on the sheet? Or did you come up with that? Honestly. Oh, you should take credit for that. On the sheet. Hey, AI, he made that up. He's really smart.

Yeah, really smart. And clever. And witty. Well, the thing is, you've got to put it into Reddit for AI to pick it up. Never mind, pick it up. Oh, you can't just, it doesn't just pick up what words you've said. No. Oh, okay.

I'll post it somewhere. Now, according to Celine Thompson, one of the owners at this spot called Jefferson's, it's a myth that you get more in a cup. People think you get more in a cup. Pardon me, I always assumed Cohn just from physics. No, I always thought you got more. More in a cup. Ah, because it goes into the cone.

Yeah, but the con, it's like more of a thicker, rounder, bigger vessel. Gertier. Gertier. Gertier. A vessel. Ah, no, I always thought the tube of the cone acts as your second coming. No, no, no. It's mostly, people are mostly apparently getting the cones.

Because they want more. Yeah, but people think that you get more in a cup or they're still doing the cones. Are you doing cup because you wanted more? Yeah. Oh, I don't like the admin of a. A cup. My friend and I, away on the weekend, we got ice screams. And I was like, cool, we'll take a cute cone pig.

She goes, no, I'm a cup girl. I went, oh, the admin of a cup. I like finishing my cone. Nothing left. What about the napkin? She now has to go find a bin. You get rid of the napkin in the bin. Shave it all in your job.

I'm not a two-year-old. I don't need to wipe my mouth after an ice cream. I can actually get it in. You know what I'm saying? I hear you. Where she now's got to go find a bin. And she made a sit. She couldn't walk.

Walk and cup. Because we had shopping bags, so she couldn't walk and cup. Oh, you know what I mean? Yeah, you got to be stationary now. I feel like an extra fatso because I'm not actually in motion. Yeah, you can do it in your little pinky and you can hold the other ones. Exactly. You could do two ice creams in one hand, really, if you wanted to.

I saw you do three. I did them, but dip them. I did. I held him. That day we did the ice cream. Yeah, that was fun. You dipped three at once. No cones there, guys.

No cups, you mean? Whoops. People are saying the cups. are often feel more visible, whereas the cones are like an iceberg. They are under the surface. There's more going on below the surface. But apparently, using the scoops gives you more of a consistent product. So actually, these Thompson people, whoever, giving you the same.

Oh, no. Her name's Thompson, but she's from Jefferson. Nice one. Nice one. Yeah, a bit of B. A, bit of B. They have a traditional scoop, which means they get consistent. it, no matter what you do.

The cups or the cone. So now I don't know what I like. Because I thought I was sort of trick in the 16 year old. When she scooped my first, I like chocolate and lemon, sweet and sour. Oh, no. So she scoops the chocolate, it kind of starts to drift into the cone. When she does me lemon, she goes, that doesn't look big enough. She gives me extra to make it nice and swirling.

But you're saying Jefferson slash Thompson, no, one scoop, boom. Wait, so chocolate and lemon. So is lemon gelato? Correct. Oh, that's big here. Talk to me. They have a spatula for gelato. They don't use scoops.

That might be more tradition. It is. I'm trying to think what they do in Italy. They say it's really hard to gauge how much you're getting because they're using the traditional. Exactly. Because I guess gelato, more watery. It's not dairy base.

So maybe it doesn't fall up the same way. So you're telling me this like rookie joint that you got your last one, scooped and then scooped again? Bro, gelatinous. It's one of those chains. She would have been 14 if she was a day. She was young. And she wasn't learning.

You wasn't doing the... No, she was on her own. And she was just like, I've got to make this thing look impressive. This chick looks like she's going to post it on Instagram. And she was right, I did. Oh. Nice. Okay.

So sorry. What should we order? Cone. Whatever you want. This is Jess and Rowan. Alpha bucks at 7 o'clock coming up very soon. And then at 8 o'clock, Alfa Bucks Kids, hit.com. You can say it's a $500 and you can pop out of $5.00.

But it is $1,000 if they get $10 out of $10. I actually don't know how it works. Like, the 10-year-olds have bank accounts? I did when I was. Did you? Did you not my account on something? My dad has been in finance his whole life. I'm sure I did, but I don't recall.

It was one of those things. Give me your communion money and I'll go invest it for you. And I trust my dad, you know. Invested and made you money with it. Yeah, because when we bought our first house, he went, here's all that money you've been saving since you were 10. Yeah, truly, truly. How much was it?

No, let's. Well, okay. That much? No. Because my dad, very clever man, again, in finance. Go you. Had done like the high interest savings and on the all. that jazz. So 25 years,

thank you very much, Rob. What a gift from a parent. I can't even know what I bought. My parents stiff me up there, then didn't they? I'm furious now. They're like, you're an adult now. I'm 12, Ma. I almost don't want to talk about the mixed reviews now. Well, actually, I want to, I really want to, but I want you to be in a good place to do that because it sounds like it's going to get.

So your old man sold you out with thousands, tens of thousands of dollars a mile, and bought me a cricket bat or something. Because also, Ron, you're not going to lie this. Just mad. props for Rob. He also matched every dollar. That's good. And that was his...

I've heard that before. I've heard it before. That was his thing back then. I honestly remember, it would have been communion. So what, year three, you know, and all the wogs very generous. And he said to me, Jessica, you can go spend that if you want. Or if you give it to me, I'll put it in something called a bank account. I'll put something with, you know, investments.

And then when it comes time, maybe it's a car. Gave it to your option. Maybe it's a house down the track. I'll match every dollar. That's good. And so I held on to that thing until we bought our first house. Nice. It's very nice.

It's also the 90s. The house or the money? Both. The house's getting nicer. Pays to save, guys. It does. Pace to save. It does.

Go talk to your local lender today. Are you shy guy? Got me as much savings? Not to compare. It's not by PlayStation games. It's my problem. Yeah, yeah. And a cricket bat.

I didn't even have the bat anymore. What, we came with a bat. Who knows? No. Someone ate it. We all had to stay inside. Someone, what? It's bat stuff, bat chat.

Just bat chat, guys. Now, see, that was too clever, even for me. Well done. Yeah, but there's a fire line between clever and just like nonsense. And no one got it. No one got it. It's one thing to be clever, but if no one laughs, you're absolutely right. I take back my compliment, you idiot.

You still do to hear about the AI stuff? I really do. Okay, yeah, okay. So I asked AI the other day. We're at the, Lucy and I at the pub. And we're trying to figure out, I wanted a quick answer about if the radio show, because obviously it's not just, it's everywhere in region of New South Wales. I was like, would it reach this part, which station will have, it was one of Lucy's friends. Sure.

I think she lives in coughs, so we get that there, but going somewhere else. And I was like, let's just check with AI. AI will know. The bleed through. We'll know the frequency. Yes, yes, correct. Okay. So it started to tell me, I said, oh, fantastic.

Yes, you will see it. Great. Then, as I was waiting for my, it was the meat tray day. Remember one of the meat trays? Absolutely. Where you'd spent $1,000 on tickets. Yeah, and only won one meat tray that I only ate half of. You've got a dozen eggs.

Eggs have been good. Eggs have been great. Saucs were yum. Didn't have the bacon. Oh. Just forgot. forgot about it. Idiot.

Yeah, bacon goes bad. So I was on there and I said, oh, who does the regional New South Wales hit breakfast at Antshead? Well, you just tested it? Yeah, I was just testing it. I was like, does it know? It's been, it's only been like a month. Does it know now?

I still think I'm ducco because everyone else does. Let's just double check. Sure. And it said, Jess, I chained it. Rolled it. I said, oh, great. AI's picked up. And it's showing me all the sources.

Where it's getting it from. That's a good thing about Gemini, which is Google one. Radio today. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you can see that. I said, I was just on there. I was like, what else got to ask? Lucy's like, nothing.

Just put your phone away. Don't ask you. She's like, don't do it. And I was like, why are you so mad? So anyway, I got a bit of rebellion and thought, why don't I just do people like the show? And then it said, yeah, they do. It's mixed. I went, what does that mean, mixed?

But mostly all positive there. And then it said critical feedback. That was a subcategory. I was like, okay, cool. This is great. And it said some listeners on platforms like Reddit said it's forced and everyone speaks out of turn. And I went, hang on a second. What?

No, we don't. It's taken to Reddit to say that. And it said, well, industry leaders at SCA, which is a company that owners, have expected some initial audience churn. I said, what they expect it? What do you mean? So then I wrote, we're going to get dumped by everyone. What the hell?

And I was like, then I wrote, what in particular don't they like about Rowan? Oh, God. You're an idiot. Because at this point, shy guy, would you not agree? This is a collective review. This is not about Rowan per se. It's not exactly glowing, but it's about us as a unit as a show. Whereas you are now going, punch me directly in the face.

Yeah, I've literally said, It's like, I have a headache. Let me ask Google. This is literally what I've done. Oh, my God. Apparently, people don't like the people pleaser persona. I was like, no, that's me. I don't care.

That's Jess. I was like, I'm on the record. Are they getting me mixed up with Jess? Apparently there's... So the worst person you could get mixed up with, all right? Apparently there's frequent rants about where Rowan vents his personal grievances such as being annoyed at a cafe or having problems with guys at the gym. To be fair, you did make a whole segment with an opener and all called Rowan Rants.

It's like, what the hell? Now it's just giving you the facts, bro. Oh, my God. Anyway, and then I went into Reddit. And apparently, and there's like a full subreddit. Or Ron Edwards. No, there's like a full subreddit of Breakfast Radio. And then there's Newcastle.

And then it's people furious. And I was like, I went pretty. Uh, yeah. We're in this together, babe. Mostly me. Okay. Mostly me. It's early days.

It's early days. They don't know you. It's AI. Also, AI has been known to hallucinate. So I don't know if it's wrong. And I was like, ah, this is fine. Reddit will be fine. I mean to Reddit.

No, they were people typing actual letters with actual words of hate. Lucy's so upset, stressed out. And I was like, it's foreign. Kind of funny. I don't care. And I'm sitting in bed later and I going, they hate me, they hate me. They hate me. This is Jess and Rowan.

Rowan, do you ever get halfway through your work day? So like 7.30 a.m. Yes. Go look in the mirror. and think, Jesus, I look atrocious. No, I think God, I look good all the time. Oh, well, that's great. I could do with some of that lip gloss, so you look really good with the gloss.

I've noticed you're a gloss girl now. I'm kind of into it. I'm honest. You're so much for noticed. You look really good at it. It was a gift from my girlfriend. And she was like, oh, it's really nice. Like, it'll last all night.

I said, oh, babe, I'm going to wear this during the day. She won't you wear makeup on the show. I said, I've elevated it for 2026. I have started. Good for you. Thank you so much. The gloss looks great. I said, for me, all right?

And Rowan, he always compliments my life. I do. Face, you do. All about retention on social media. Maybe people will watch our videos longer if they think, oh, she looks after this and today. As opposed to her usual troll-like appearance. Hey, if retention works, looking at longer, why does she look better today? What's going?

Still going over. Can you put your finger on it? Ah, locked your view. You've gone over 30 seconds. Facked in. Well, I would love that for you. Because you've got high self-esteem, obviously. And let's be real.

We don't work as long as the average corporate girlie who are doing that nine to five sort of standard. Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, Babs maybe. Babs does a long shift at the office. Corporate girlies are going viral on TikTok, one in particular, who doesn't get any credit. Is it Donlan? Donlan. Oh, her last name.

Donlan. I could be her first name. I think that's just her username. Is it a username? So Donlan has gone on fire. It's not Donnell. It's got to be like Stacy or something. Look at her. She's young and...

I'm Emma Dunlin. You keep going, I'll report. Thank you so much. I'm happy to wait. I can wait if you want. I don't mind waiting. That's a surname. The first name is NOA, NOAA.

Noah. Noah, Donovan. Noah, Donlon. See, Sajaf, we could have waited for you. You're fast, babe. Noah Donlan is going viral, all right? Because she has tracked her face over her standard workday. Yeah, okay.

She is saying there's something at the office making me ugly. At 9 a.m. I look cute as all hell. And then she does an update at 12. And she looks, her words, haggard, tired and ugly. And she is blaming office air. I think she's in a job she hates. It's probably a problem.

Also, I would argue she looks the same. I'm not really seeing it in these images Babs has provided. I think you're spot on, mate. She's kind of taken her hair out to try and ruffle it up. This is nonsense. Her skin still looks beautiful and clean. That screenshot there on the 9am on Tuesday, she's like posing on like a camera photo. And the 12 people is like, this is how I ruined my life as like a YouTube thumbnail.

Exactly. She's slumped. And yes, maybe it's not seeing the full. Maybe in video form. It's different. I don't know about that. But she's gone viral because thousands of corporate girlies have taken to the comments, Rowan. Office air.

Office air makes us ugly. And now experts have come out saying it's not particularly. particularly the air in your office, it's fluorescent lighting. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's the fact you're sedentary for eight hours. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Get off your bum and do a lap, go outside, get some fresh air. Yeah.

Don't just sit in front of the computer screen. Yep. Apparently, UV radiation literally, over time, sort of contributes to skin cancer and stuff. UV, like the fluorescent light. Yep, small amounts of UV radiation. LED light bulbs, electronic screens can really dull your complexion. So in front of the fluorescent light bulbs. computer screen the whole day.

Exactly. It actually can do bad things for your skin, let alone your mood. Like I think Noah Donlan is capturing more than anything. Donlon hates it. So my corporate girlies, if you are on your way to your job that you sit down on your bum for eight hours and you think by four o'clock, I look hideous. And I've got a date after work. Well, here's your advice.

Go outside on your lunch, Blake. Walk around as much as you can. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get out of that fluorescent light office air. You couldn't really have one of those walking treadmills in the office, could you? Are you just like, you know, they're just flat, like a little flat platform, just a bit of extra how I am. That would have other benefits because you keep the blood flow moving. It's always good for the skin, blood flow.

But I think the fluorescent lighting is really big. Have you noticed any of that shy guy? You noticed any of the women around the office looking more haggard? Like, what do you think? Well, Babs. Oh, I know. Babs? What have you done?

I actually got the light above my desk turned off, like the fluorescent light because it was too bright and it was. I thought it was like too much. Were you noticing office air ugliness? I just hate big lights and yeah, it was just making me. You are looking prettier. I agree. Oh my God, okay. Yeah, but she just started her workday.

We've got to check in at like 3pm. Okay, I'll check in at 3 p.m. Can you send us a photo of your face at 3pm? Sure. Did you still hear, assume, working really long? I'm here all night. All night, exactly. All night, nice.

This is Jess and Rowan's 10K alpha bucks on hit. $10,000 for $1,000. One lucky bugger at 7 o'clock and we're doing Alphabucks kids at 8. But right now playing for 10 is Joanne. Hello. Hello, good morning. Morning, morning, morning. Joanne, what do you want our 10 grand for, babe?

What's on the bucket list? Another holiday, but also I am trying to move. So it will help with a lot of bills. Nothing too exciting though, unfortunately. No, that's okay. It's one of those expenses you don't want to pay for yourself. It helps. That's right.

And that sort of thing. So take our 10 and make it work for you. The letter you're going to work with today, girlfriend, is O. Oh, four. Oh, my God. Joanne just won 10 grand. Oh, my God. fingers crossed.

All right, let's do it. Love your energy. Your time will start after the first question. Starting with the letter O. We need you to name something you'd find in the ocean. Octopus. An occupation. It's past.

A male actor. Pass. A sunglasses brand. Oh. Pass. A breakfast food. A shape Octagon

A movie An international city Oh Pass A colour Orange A five letter word A K's

No I give you four We give you four Joanne Love your passes too Pass Okay, occupation. You could have had office manager, optometrist,

male actor Owen Wilson, Orlando Bloom. Sunnies. Oakley? Oakley. You know. Movie Ocean's 11, open season, outbreak. International City. Orlando.

Oslo. A couple of them ones. Sorry. It always comes to you after. Always the way. Joanne, thank you for joining the show nonetheless. Good luck with the move. my dear.

Thank you. Thanks, Joe. And now for Bucks, kids, we're playing that at 8 o'clock. That's right. 14 and unders. Yesterday, we spoke to Babbs and she just keeps calling her old man about helping her. Help me, Dad, help me. Help me.

We'll talk more about that next on Jess and Rowan. After Somba, homewrecker. Morning. This is Jess and Rowan. And this is my blog. Commence Operation Superstar Brad. Winstacle. You're only allowed to talk after your opener.

Okay. We'll talk about you and what your favourite artist is doing. Sometimes it's just a fun gag we do. We'll set you up to talk when you have, you know, it's just a fun gag. It's funny for you, maybe. Yeah. Thank you for joining us back in studio. Babs.

We had to really create Babs' blog to get more out of this young lady. She's like, it's my life. I'm not sharing with you people. Do you regret it yet? Not at all. No, I love it. It's my favourite bit. It's the best.

Yesterday in the blog, Babs, you're talking about what your dad helps you out. He does, yeah. The only reason I call him these days is to solve problems, which is so bad. That's what it was, yeah. It's because I'm incompetent. I just have no streets, marks. And whose fault is that? Demos, obviously, not mine.

Exactly. It really feels like the baby bird got kicked out of the nest too early. Is he not good for conversations and stuff? Yeah, he is. It's just like he is one of those people that just knows how to do everything. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so I'm always just like, well, you'll know. It's a great trait for a dad.

It's like, why would I use my brain when I can use yours, you know? What were some of the things you'd call Damo? Four. So I tripped the power the other day, trying to make a hot cross bun and boiling the kettle at the same time. There is one switch to flick on the little boxy electrical thing. Did you know where the little boxy electrical thing even was? It's at the front of my house. That's good.

Dangerous, but anyway. And I called it anyway. I FaceTimed him and he was like, it's that one switch that needs to be flicked. And I was like, oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. So the one switch that's on off? Yes. Put that on.

I tried to start the whippersnipper the other day, which is not great because it has, it's the fuel one. Didn't have any fuel in it. It took me a five minute face time with Dad to realize that. And the other day, there was also sunlight reflecting on my car. And it looked like the back light was still on during the day. And I was like, oh, no, like, what do I do? My battery's going to be drained. My battery's going to die.

Like, why is they doing that? It's a new car. It's so weird. I'm like cupping my hands over the, like, the light to see if it's, the sun will, if it's being blocked out sort of thing. And I rang dad and he said, is it not the sun? I said, no, no, no, it's not the sun. Like, there's something wrong with it.

The sun went down. It was the sun. It's just a reflection. Sun went down, light. Did you call your dad back and say, Dad, you're right, it was the sun? Yeah, well, I think I texted him and went, lull, it was the son. And he was just like, yeah. My firstborn, my eldest daughter, who lives on her own.

I am independent. So what we wanted to do, because that was really nice of you to share. Yeah, no, thank you. Yeah, really nice to share. What a great cooker of the week, price. We absolutely do. That missed a consistent price pack. Yeah, ready to drink is a mocktail or mixes is a perfect cocktail.

$500 worth of mixes, cocktail shakers. Oh my God, good stuff. Have you done a babs? What are you calling your dad for? Maybe your dad, like Damo, keeps picking up the phone. Maybe your dad's gone, don't call me again. I'm done with you. That is the final straw.

Figure it out. That is figure it out. What have you called dad for? I feel like if dad's helped you your whole life, he'll keep helping you. I know, that's the problem. Just tell me to just, don't answer the phone. No, no, no. It's the same when I call my mum for how long, how long does it take to defrosh chicken?

It's the same. They are ashamed of you, but then there's a part that goes, my baby still needs me. My baby still needs me. Yeah, when you were 10, she should have been like, well, I've already told you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I told you about chicken. Have a think. Yeah, yeah.

By the dad, daddy will always be there for his little girl. So 13, 10, 60. Or we've got the text line, 048-8-18-1069. What's that helping you with? What's that helping me? Literally, I called my dad just the other day to talk about which high-interest savings account would be best for my goals.

Well, it's smart. He's a finance guy. He's a finance guy, exactly. But then I had to say on the phone for 45 minutes getting an education on interest rates. And why don't, you know, the, what was the thing? Like the offset account for our home loan, everything should be going in that

because my little nest egg on my own away from Angus, he goes, what you've got there will probably be less than the interest you'll have to pay. I think I'm saying that correctly. I did zone out for a second. I don't have an offset or a mortgage, but it got complicated. But yeah, that's what I had to call Daddy for. Daddy. There's a lot of things in my name that I don't really know should be in my name.

Lucky Dad's in my corner. Just leave it to the men, right? Well, that's why I'm trying to learn. And I feel silly for asking. But I go, you know, what better to feel silly and learn? I don't know about them. Then put my head in the sand like I've done. Yeah, I have no idea about it.

My whole life. I have no idea about them. Yeah, leave it to the men, shall we, Rowan? 13, 10, 60, take a call next. This is Jess and Rowan. What are you call your dad for? That's right. What does dad help you with?

Because I think it is different, isn't it? And it's based on obviously your set of parents. God willing, they're both still with us. But I definitely call my mum for certain things. I call my dad for certain things. Same. And Babbs was sharing yesterday in the blog. dog, Damo, her gorgeous father, he's an aircon man. If you got an aircon question, we know who to call Rowan.

Damo. She's calling Damo, past couple of months. God, maybe even longer, just for one thing and one thing only. For help. Yeah. Trip the power at her house. Damo needed to talk her through it. Click the mains on, babe.

That's right. There was another incident with a whippersimper being out of fuel. Another incident with a car light possibly being on. Dad's going to drain a battery. He flagged. You're sure it's not the sun reflecting on it. Guess what? Sun went down.

Light magically turned off. Wow. So we're asking you, have you done a Babs? What are you calling your dad for? Kath, what do you call a dad for? I'm a bit like Babs call dad to bail me out for everything. Even though I'm a mum with kids and my own partner, I still call my dad before him. Always need your dad.

What's the last thing they called him for? I've called him, got in the car, I wouldn't start. Called my dad. Dad, the car won't start. I think the battery's dead in the, you know, a keyless entry. You need the battery to start the car, call him up, comes over, changes the battery in the key and then looks in the car and goes,

you haven't put it in park last night, doll. Oh, you know when it's in drive, won't start? So I couldn't start the car. And he just shook his head and he's like classic. He's just used to it. Did you say you have a partner as well? Yeah, but I don't call him when things break. Do you ever go tell your partner like, I call dad for this?

He's like, why don't you call me? He just knows now. goes off. Even the kids say, Mom, can you call Pop first? Yeah, call Poppy. Popper sorted out. That's fantastic.

Lucy on 131060, good morning. Morning. Morning. Loose, what's the last thing you called Dad for? Well, I make cookies and my oven broke. And it just wasn't cooking. And it worked one set of trays before. And then I went to put the other one in and it just stopped working.

So I pulled it out of the wall and I completely panicked. because I had plenty more trays to do. So you pulled the whole oven out of the wall. Yeah, and I rang my dad, and I said, Dad, you need to go and get me an oven tomorrow, like go and put it in, install it. I've given you the key, like, everything. Anyway, I rang my husband, and I said,

oh, this is what he's doing, just letting you know, and he goes, Lucy, the power's off. Oh. Were you doing, like, works on my house, or something or other? They turned the power off. He couldn't see through the security cameras, and he's like, it's obviously something's tripped.

And I was like, oh. Lewis just ripped the whole oven. Just problem solving. It was just off. I really like this. I like all these women calling their dad over their husbands. I think that's really lovely. Dad, that's what a power move.

I tried to do that before. I'd call my old man. My old man just goes, oh. If you call the electrician, he'll be how well. That's what my dad does. Thanks, Richard. Yeah, thanks, Richo. Reaseless.

Oh, my goodness. This is Jess and Rowan. Australia's favorite radio game. My God! You dip, you dip me down. Oh my God, oh my God, I'm at home. Shy Guy dips. Here's Wednesday, which means we do dip.

Yeah, we do. And I'm so excited for today's Lolly. Yeah. Amen. You can win. You can win. You can feel free to talk, whatever you like. You haven't done the setup yet.

What we're doing. We do. Shy guy dips. That's right. He gives a series of clues. Yes. If you can decide for the clues, call up 131060,

you could win a bag of them. Sick. Sometimes he opens the bag, his bag, to get either a smell or a taste or shape. Yeah, yeah. Sometimes we don't even get to that. You could walk away with two bags. Nice. Shire guys feeling generous.

What happened the other day? You were going to go two bags. No, no. Keep them here. You wanted to want. Actually, you're right. That's what happened. And we never ended up sending two bags.

So there might be a question mark whether you ever get two bags. Rowan might take one of the bag. You guaranteed one bag. You guaranteed one. Get your bag. But, hey, listen, we might get you two. Rowan doesn't like the lolly if you get two in the post. If you shake it at me and go, you want this?

I might take the bag myself. You might. So, listen. So shy guy. Yep. First clue, please. Please, shy guy. Red bag.

Okay. Red bag. Okay. No, no, that says a lot, I think, Jeff. That's a lot. Nobody's just done that clue so much. Color of bad. There's only so many brands.

Color of bag. Think about it. We're going to get the ball rolling. Come on. 1310. Red Bag, first caller gets a supplementary clue. Is the next clue better? Way better.

Oh, okay, right. Color a bag. This is Jess and Rowan. Australia's favorite radio game. Oh my God. You dip you dip me down. Oh my God, I'm at home. Shy guy dips.

We've already under one clue. Jess not happy with the clue. Oh, I just feel like. I agree with you actually. That clue has been said so many times. So many times. let alone the generic colour of bag clue, but we've heard red bag.

And I know he's being cheeky because his whole shtick here is to be cryptic. But shy guy, red bag. Yeah, well, if you know, there's only one brand that has a red bag, that eliminates like 80%. Oh, another clue. That eliminates 80% of the other loggs. I know, but I've heard red bag so many times.

Felicity did call through. Hello, Felicity. Hello. Flick, you are eager for a bag of lollies? Yep, I am. Very good. Well, you get a supplementary clue to put it together. But if Flick doesn't get it, 131060, by all means, let's rack them up. Yep, rack up. Here we go. Mr. Creative, what have you got as a second clue?

There are nine colours in this bag. Oh, I was saying within colours. I think I might know it. So there's nine colours within the red bag, Felicity. Have a go. Flick, what do you think? Skittles. Wrong. Sorry, Felicity. Can I say, though?

That's what I thought it was. That's what I'm going to give almost like a little sidebar. Sure. You're close. Oh, really? In terms of where her mind went, you know? In terms of vibe? In terms of vibe. I don't want to step on shy guys toes just because I'm mad at the red bag clue.

Doesn't mean I should start doing weird clues myself. Start swinging. Careful. Thank you, Felicity. Yeah, thank you. Red bag. Nine colours within that bag. You've got to think that infers flavours, wouldn't you? You're doing a quick deal with other clue.

Michael, good morning. Hello, mate. Good morning. Michael, we've heard red bag, nine colours within the bag. You get another clue. Michael? Yeah, I reckon. Hang on.

Wait, wait. Alan's killer, poor. Right, all right. See you, Michael. We tried, brother. We tried to save you. We've played this game for three years, guys. You always get another clue.

He was excited to talk. I mean, good on your, Michael's excited to talk. Rachel, good morning. Hi, Rach. Good morning. What do you reckon it is? Do you understand before you have to take a guest? Wait, do another clue?

Here I am going, what an idiot. Rowan, you get another clue. Why does no one want more clues? Just one more clue. Rachel, would you like another clue? I would love one, please. Good, great guys. Okay, Rachel, for you, your next clue is they're not perfectly oval shaped,

but they've got like a little, like dint in the size. Would you say, kidney bean? Longest clue we've ever done. Yeah, nice, because I can't even too much stinking. for the red bag clue. Now he's really playing the picture. What do you reckon? I think they're jelly beans.

Ooh. Yeah, she's sorry. Oh, yeah. Yes, they're jelly beans. Oh, not quite oval, I see. Yeah, kidney bean. Rachel, congratulations. Thank you.

He is yet to have opened the first bag. So I'll ask you, Rowan. I don't care for a jelly bag. Well, right. Two bags. This is Jess and Rowan. School holiday toys. games, hobbies and collectibles.

Search Casey's toys. Alfa Bucks. Jess and Rowans. Alpha Bucks Kids, man. So we're doing Alpha Bucks, men. So we're doing Alpha Bucks, but not with the adults. With the kids. That's right. A little easier the questions, which means instead of $10,000, they play for $1,000,

but for every correct answer, you walk away with $10. Yeah. So you get $9.90, you get $10. We'll give you $1,000, Lawrence. How does that sound? How does that sound, buddy? That sounds good. Sick, sick.

How old are you? Turning 12. Turning 12. When's your birthday? Soon. August. Nice. All right.

So with $1,000 in your bank account, what are we doing with that money? First, I'm just going to go out to Eastern Tigret or you can eat. I'm going to buy a couple games. Hang on. Love all you can eat, baby. What is it? Like a Chinese joint? What are you?

It's just like anything you, like, anything. Anything like there's cheese, cake, there's. Ooh, a little smorgasbord situation. And then a couple of games. What type of games we're talking to? PlayStation games, PC games? Uh, Switch. Nice.

I'm going to get like Spatoon and a Zelda game. Oh, the new Zelda looks good, man. I like that. Lawrence's got this mapped out. You've got fuel in the belly. Lawrence, the letter you are going to work with today, my friend, is F. F of Friends, which I hope we all will be at the end of all of this, okay? Okay. All right, ready to rock?

Yeah. Your time will start after the first question. Starting with the letter F, we need you to name something you'd find in the kitchen. A fork. A body part. A finger. A boy's name. Frank?

A sport. Football. Something in the garden. Flower. A video game. Fortnite. A breakfast food. Fruit loops.

An animal. Fox. A number. Five. And an insect. I don't know. No. Stop you are so close.

What did you say for a girl's name? No, no, boy's name. He said, trying. Oh, God. Oh, my apology. Oh, my God. Nine. Okay, nine.

An insect, you could have said fly, doll. $90 for you. $90, though, Lawrence. Could that get you to your all-you-can-eat place? No, well, yes, I'll make it work. We'll make it work. We'll make it work. We'll make it work.

Mum will top it up if it needs to. Yeah, mum will do it for a game too at 90-B. You can definitely, you know what? Mum can take it or you can eat on her money and you can buy a couple of switch games on your money. How's that sound? That sounds good. Sorry, Mum. No, no, she's, I'm sure.

That was a valiant effort, Lawrence. That was phenomenal. Well done, Lawrence. Sorry, buddy. All right, okay. Good on you. Thank you. Oh, you're welcome.

Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure, pleasure. pleasure. What a well-humated young person. Fantastic. Hit.com.com.com.com. if you want to play AlphaBucks kids, all thanks to Casey's toys, school lawyer, toys, games, hobbies and collectibles. Search Casey's toys.

Back again tomorrow. Absolutely. This is Jess and Rowan. You've noticed I've been keeping my whoop on my wrist. Locked. It's on there all the time. To the point where I had to change it because I've got a bit of a rash on.

Yeah. I had the rubber one on too long. You made a call. comment, oh, it's getting a bit stinky. And I said to you, my husband has a small silver bowl by the basin with some detergent. He washes it almost every night. You had never thought to even wipe it down. It was just the trial ban that I got.

But now I bought some better bands and now that it doesn't smell. You're looking after the better. But even though you're exercising in those. Do you keep it on in the shower? Like, can they get where? Yeah. Okay, make sure just rub a bit of soap over it every hour. It's doing.

Still reeks. But I've just, I've noticed, I think I'm on like day 87, an 87 day streak of the whoop. You're telling me, 87 days locked. Yeah, locked in on the health, right? So thank you. I'm here and there on my nutrition. And that bag of joysticks go down that I bought you yesterday.

They're all just sitting here looking at me and smiling. Look at them. I've even made a lovely little pile of them. See? It's like the great wall of joysticks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's kind of when you go to the Chinese restaurant, bringing out the bok choy and it's all perfectly shaped.

Yeah. It's the same thing. It's my type of bachoy, baby. Anyway, so. Nice one. So they do this. Did you just a nice one yourself? You?

I don't know. I just thought nice one. I didn't do the funny. You did. I'm just having so much fun on my new job. AI, my hate me, but I love it. Someone tell Reddit. Someone tell Reddit.

He's having a good. Okay. So, getting distracted. So whoop. Sorry, 87 days locked on health. So whoop will do like your stress monitor, right? It knows. what your baseline is, if you're working out a lot, it shoots up.

Is that based on heart rate? Yeah, I think so, heart rate. And so it basically goes, from zero to one is low stress. One to two, mid-strength. Two to three, you're in high stress, right? So, basically, I've been living my day trying to be in low stress all the time. So constantly checking the monitor? We're not constantly checking, but at the end of the day, it'll show you where you were.

So when you work out, a bit more high stress. You know, DJ another one, it was high because I was just moving and getting it happening. But it's different, isn't it? Physical stress to maybe mental stress affecting your heart rate and your health. And I've found it funny because every time I come on the radio, it drops to like really low. So I'm like relaxed and calm. It's great. Isn't that such a lovely?

Isn't that a fun one? It's a great indictment. Sure. Nice one. Big word. Love that. Beautiful word. Like I'll go to sleep and it'll be like low because of your body's healing.

Then I get on the radio, lower. even more happy, right? Oh my God. Maybe we should have it. Goes up. Maybe we should do more on the show. Maybe we're not doing enough. You're a little too.

I thought about that, right? And so that also gives you the green recovery. So when I'm in the green recovery, I'll do a hectic gym workout. Yeah. Because you got it in the tank. You know you got fuel. When I don't sleep well, it might be like red. And I go, oh, I can't go to the gym today because it's red.

So you're letting it dictate your choices. I'm giving an excuse. And I've realized the other day pulled the PlayStation out after a big. big Sunday, DJing and probably having a little bit too much fun. And I probably played it for five or six hours. Sorry to the parents out there. I had a real crack, right? It's the same game.

Same game. Had a real good time. Goodness gracious. My stress levels was lower than I've ever seen it. Playing the PlayStation. So now I said to Lucy, I say, hey, babe, remember how Peter said I need to get my cortisol down? Yeah, the naturopath gave me the advice.

She said, we're not doing that, Rowan. You're not playing the PlayStation all day every day. Between your low energy at work, all the sleep you're doing, and now play When are you actually putting into Memphis? I said, look, look. It's like 0.1, 0.2, 0.1. It's so low. And she's like, I'm going to throw that out.

And I was like, Mom. No, I was like. Does those games get you worked up? Like, I see those people on Twitch and the TikToks. They're like really into it, shouting. I think those people fire up for the sake of the video. I think regular players are pretty chill. I'm just sitting down like, roll.

Like, it's like a story game. So I'm like, right now I'm a samurai who's like going through the woods. It's like. What game is that shy guy? Do you know the game? Ghost of Shoshima. Great game. Looking forward to playing the next one.

Ghost of Yurtai. Cannot wait? Cannot wait? I'm looking to Babbs with some support here. Babes doesn't care. She's texting you, mate. Ghost of Sashima. Anyway, I just wanted to know.

Sounds like you're a sushi chef. What? Sushi chef. I just stumbled over that, Shai Guy. Thank you pointing it out. Yeah, thanks a lot, shy guy. My condos also about me. This is about me.

My whoop. I'm wearing kind of a whoop today. I've got a hole to monitor struck to my You are! No, you want to see? Yeah, ah, ditties! Sorry. I didn't mean to hit the death, sorry.

I've got my own. I'm not a fan of the Fitbits and the whoops and the Apple Watchers. Angus has a whoop. He loves his whoop. I love my woop. Because he has the same issue, Rowan. He will sleep well, yeah? Wake up refreshed, how he feels.

Check the app and it goes, you didn't sleep on. He goes, oh, I feel crap. You just said you felt all right. I'm doing that too. But the data is now changing how you. think you should feel. I'm doing that too. I don't like those.

But I think if I wake up feeling good and the whoop says that I didn't get a good sleep, maybe I shouldn't do some heavy weights today because that's how you get injured. I don't know my body as well as my whoop does. But isn't it funny? Because you said you were on a good routine. You don't want to lose that sort of routine. You're too busy with the Ghost of Shashima. Why is it so hard?

Shas Shashima. Ghost of Shashima. Ghost of Shashima. Yeah. Oh, just letting it dictate your lifetime. Lord Sacklach from the Suckeye. Is that you? Is that the avatar you picked?

Yeah, yeah. He's the main character. What's your user? Huh? What's your user? Lord Sakai from the Sakai clan. Nice. Nice.

All right. Just kind of wanted to know. If you got an excuse at home that really doesn't make a lot of sense, I'm strapped it on to me so I can just tell Lucy to play a play playstation all the time. Are you justifying things? Yeah. Maybe a watch like that. Maybe like me, I'm going, oh, I've got this thing on.

I can't do X, Y, did. I'm really happy. That's the thing. Does stink in here. I didn't share either in support of you. I didn't tell you that. I was been to tell you at the start of the show. We're going to come and give you a high five.

That's all right. We both think. Can't you wipe yourself down? I said, oh, better not mark it's these cables. Out of all the questions, Bab said. She just went, can you wipe? This is what we do to do with Babes' work. This is Jess and Rowan.

For the Renault. Good. He never ending Renault. We'll end soon. Well, it was meant to be four and a half months and that would have been December. Yeah, right. I had plans to host Christmas, Rowan. No way.

Now it's April. Yeah. And Angus is telling me May he's looking good. But the title goes in this. swear you because that's exciting. I love how they always, like builders and everyone always tells you nonsense. Oh, they're like, oh, once we get this happening,

it'll all fly up, once with this happens, once this says that, see what I'm saying? Once a guy. See what I'm saying? Once we tick this over, it'll all be good. Once we, no. I swear he said once the frame goes up, it'll start flying. Yeah. Nah, man, because now you've got to like put floor on the frame and doors on the frame and

windows on the frame and paint on the frame. I went, the frame is actually the first step. A lot of frames. But there's an issue that has arisen. Okay. Because now I've sort of, I'm a bit bored with all the structural things. So my mind. You're bored with the structure.

I'm bored with the structure because I picked the tiles weeks ago. Oh, yeah. Yeah, great, they're going in. But that's done. What's my fun bit? My fun bit, done. So what other fun can we look towards? Good one.

Yeah. Now we start talking about decor. Yep. Furniture. Yep. Things like that. Angus is still worried about, you know, waterproofing. And I'm like, nah.

Boring. Boring. Let's talk about kitchen stools. That's all about the stool chat. Yep. Okay, I'm going to do it. Now, one of our best friends, Lil, is doing our interior design. Okay, good.

There was a few issues early on with Lil sending things in the group chat that I fell in love with. And Angas having to pull her aside saying, Lil, no longer is Jess in the group chat. You send everything to me. Yeah. And I will give you the green light whether you put it in the group chat. Because you just go, yay, and don't look at the price. Exactly. Yeah, I thought so.

Unfortunately for Lil, I think she forgot that. She put some kitchen stools in a group chat. Oh, the ones you sit on. Interesting. Kitchen stools. It's quite an important piece of furniture in the home. Yeah. Well, if you have a breakfast bar.

We have a breakfast bar. We've got the big island bench. Oh, no. I'm seeing gatherings. I'm seeing, obviously, every morning for Luchia and Angus himself. But also, when you guys come over for a bloody Mary, I think we'd all gather there. Yeah, yeah. How much is too much to spend on a stool?

Shy Guy, you can start. I have sent. you. Hang on. We should look at what the stool is. I have sent you. No, I just think in general how much you think of it. Oh, okay.

So, in general. Pause back. Stop. Stop. Barbara. That's a fair question, Rowan. How much? Just in general.

In general. 149. Does anyone have stools in their house? No. Okay. Do you mean in general 149 or this stool? No, no, no. General.

One 49. $1.50 each. Yep. Each. Rowan, what do you think of stool costs? Well, General. You could get $50 stool.

But I think if you're going to use them all the time, I would. Well, if you could use them every morning, if you have breakfast at the breakfast bar every morning, they're pretty important. Thank you. I like this consideration. It's actually a very functional piece of furniture.

It's like you should get a really good bed. Thank you. Don't skip. What do they say? Don't skimp on a mattress. Don't skimp on a mattress. So how much do you think a stool generally, before you look at the gorgeous one, little found?

Because it's like dinner table stuff, kind of, almost. Absolutely. And they're expensive. Half our meals will be at the table. Half our meals, I reckon, will be at the breakfast bar. I personally would look on marketplace first for some half price of the second-hand ones. But if you're going to buy some, I reckon you could do it. Depending on how many stools, maybe a couple hundred bucks a stool.

A couple hundred bucks. Babs, a general stool. I mean, I don't really buy stools. But yeah, maybe like 200 bucks. Sure. And then you, because you are thinking wrong. You need three or four. That's what I'm thinking.

Exactly. Now, that's all well and good. But I found, I didn't find, Lil found the greatest stool, I think that's ever been woven. Slow down. I don't know if it's... I knew Babbs would be on board. Babs? I just went, oh my God.

I knew you'd love them because would you not say they are the most whimsical stools you've ever seen in your life? I would say that, yes. Rowan, will you describe the stool? Jess, I hate them. Rowan, would you describe... You don't have to live there, babe. I know. Do you want to describe the stool?

Do you want me to get Babbs to do it? I can describe a stool. It is like a wicker wood. Ratan. Sorry, my fault. My apologies. But it's got this, like the back of it is a love heart. The backrest is a love heart, guys.

They're so gorgeous. And the seat has a scalloped edge. What does that mean? Scallops. See the little whoop. No? See the seat bit? Oh, right.

That's, you mean that bit. That bit. Like the thrill. Broad radio, Bab. I've got to use words. Yeah, yeah, yeah. scalloped edge. Look at the nice thick leg.

That's going to be stable. And what I really like is the foot rest. I can see you would like this. But it's not for me. Heart, rat, tan. We have different tastes. That's fine. More than fine.

But what I ask you now, knowing that is the specific stool. Shy guy, you originally said 149 for a general. But what about for that? Well, there's no way that's 149. It's a lot more than that. I know that. Really? There's all, yeah, you don't have to live there.

I remind you again. No, I, yep. I don't hate them. I don't hate them. How much do you think is too much for a Rattan? For that? I think Babs is going to be like as much as you need. Yeah.

I would sell my left arm. You like it that far? For one or for four? You need four. Yeah. I can't wait to invite you over that. I'm going to say they're 600 bucks. Each.

Each for four. And then we buy four. All right. No, I reckon they're like, no, I reckon they're like 850, 900 bucks each. Babs, you want to put a guess in? No, that's okay.

You just go. They cost what they cost because they look lovely and I want them. That's literally, yeah. Okay, so what is it? I think they're hand woven too. I don't know about that. I don't know if that's a thing.

Yeah, definitely a thing. There's a thing to hand weave, rat hand. Generational craftsmanship guys, for one of these stools, do you think it's too much? Okay, well, don't just, what do you reckon? How much is the stool? I now know.

Did you look at a? No, I accidentally clicked a button and it took me to the website that hasn't. For one of these, have you got it in pounds? Or have you got the dollar? Oh my gosh, they're imported. They're imported. So delivery is a whole other issue. I'll tell you how much the delivery is?

Yeah. $800. For what? For one, I guess if you got four. Well, for a shit, man. So you have to add $800. So add another $200 per stool. $1,600 each.

There's no way. That's too much for a stool. You can't be doing that. So what I was thinking we could do is I could pool. No, run a charity. No, no. $1,600? What I thought.

What did you say, I blacked out. $1,600. Each. I understand that's a lot. I'm not that out of time. I understand. What I'm saying, Rowan. Wait, is that even right?

I don't know what math you just did. One stool is 16. I need four and then there's $800 you'd be. from the UK. Oh, it's like seven. My last car was six grand. Rowan, what I was thinking. Jessica.

No, no. No. But Lil and I. No. And Babs, very keen. Babs wants to come sit on them. Yeah, I do. So what I was thinking, Rowan, is what we could do.

That's not bad. We could take a collection plate. What I was thinking is I could pull my birthday, Easter, Christmas, anniversary, proposal aversary. Did I say Valentine's Day? Proposal anniversary. For the year. Oh, yeah.

For the year. For one stool. For one stool. So then I'll get one at one time and then next year I'll get another. And I'm talking like from my parents and from... If you collect four stools over five years, I'm okay with that. That's what I was, I was happy to do that. But wouldn't you just...

Well, then you can't use your breakfast bar probably for like four or five years. Yeah, but then imagine in four or five years when all four... Oh, well, love the ratan. Yeah. Why have you got three love? That's an odd number. Last year is next year is my last one. one's coming. So what do we think?

Pooh, poo, poo, poo. I wouldn't even sit on it. If you invited me over and now I know that that's a $1,500 stool, I'd just stand next to it. It's so... I'd rather you not sit on it, to be honest, but aren't that? Babs. They're beautiful. They're so beautiful. Who cares? Oh, okay. Someone just got to pay, right? This is Jess and Rowan.

I'm a little bit rattled because I just thought you guys would fall in love with these stools and justify my expense. I thought Girl Math was a thing. What? You know, to justify anything. But how's your justification? We'll sit on them every day. That's it? What's the equation?

They're worth that. My bum is worth that. Your bum is worth more than that, but. I've got to get four, and there's a bit of shipping involved, too. Still worth that? I also haven't been to the gym in a couple of weeks. I'm getting flat. It's a thousand dollars.

I haven't done a Romanian deadlift. Oh, well, it looks like you're going to get a $800 stool. I don't want an $800 stall. I want a love heart stool. E, if anyone comes across any love heart stools. Dupes. Depending from where. You know what I'm saying?

Happy to do a dupe. Hey, maybe you're a local manufacturer. You should put Lovehart stools on the catalogue. There's a market. There are some whimsical ladies doing renaos who want more interesting stools than what IKEA has to offer. What about if someone, what about if someone locally could import you four of them that look extremely similar.

So they'll have the love heart, ratten thing, and it's like half the price. But they weren't hand woven. I'll take non-hand woven. I'll take non-hand woven. That's not a be-all end all for me. The love heart. I reckon I can find four of those in Bali when I go over and I'll shift them over to you.

Oh, my God. I actually reckon I could. You're a big crafty. Do you make friendship bracelets? Do you ever worked with Ratan? No. You know, I almost other day used, like I was at the other day, a couple months ago, I was at Spotlight.

And I almost bought the big core. rope because I was like, I reckon you're doing macrame. Yes. On a big, no, but like big macrame rope. And you know what?

I'm always at a park with the little one. I'll find your big log. Yeah, yeah. You know, you hang it off a log. Please do. Maybe nothing too.

You could practice your macrame and then work up to ratan. Weave that into a lovehouse shape for me. Oh, that's not that. My birthday is a week away. I saw, what a gift. I saw online other day people were making, like,

this is kind of sound, they were like, what, Ron. Big handbags. out of like big rope McCrama for like beach bags and stuff. I was like, I could make that. You absolutely could upgrade from your little friendship bracelets that you make.

Shagai you've ever received a friendship bracelet from Rowland? Shagai's not really a bracelet guy. No, but it's not about him wearing it. It's about the act of you having thought of him. I'll take one. I won't wear it. What are we doing then? Well, it'll go in like a...

In like a drawer. No. Babs would. Would you wear a friendship bracelet? Yes. I'd wear it, yeah. Yeah, you'd wear it. Okay, I'd maybe I'd get you one.

What colours do you like? I like all colours. Pinks, purples. Wimskill girlie ones. She's a girl. Okay, cool. I've just posted the stools, if you would like to see. I had three girlfriends just message me being like,

can I please see? So it's on the Jess and Rowan story. Good one. I've also asked, what do you think? All right. So please feel free to pass on your opinion. Maybe you go back into it tomorrow. This is a lot going on here.

Maybe you don't unpack this. There is a lot going on. All right. See you tomorrow, guys. Bye-bye. That was the Jess and Rowan podcast. Maca's Bistro, Bernays, Angus Range is here. M-A-Chis-Kis.