Jess & Ducko - Hit Breakfast - You didn't tell me that?

Episode Date: February 8, 2026

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The Al Macco is back at Maccas. Try the new range today. Here we go. Welcome to the Jess and Rowan podcast. Hot off the presses. Welcome to the podcast. Hot off the presses. Nothing makes me happier, Rowan.

Than a little shy guy chuckle to himself. We sit next to each other here in the studio. You're on the other side of the desk with your huge computer screens and all those buttons. And every so often I just hear under his breath. But shy guy very kindly is going to share. What made him chuckle? Yeah. What's going on?

I got got by the IT team testing me and they got me. What they're testing you? Oh no. I didn't know. Oh no. What are they sending you? So they've, so they've obviously for training and stuff like that, don't click suspicious links, blah, blah, blah. They've emailed me and it looks legit.

Oh. Okay. So of course. And you know what the title is? What is it? It's a file that says my name and then remuneration. Obviously, I'm going to be curious. Totally.

I would have too. Hang on, hang on. Who is it from? Who does it say it's from? Payroll? It says it's from, yeah, like payroll. It says payroll. It's been marked as privileged information.

Here is the document to review. So you've clicked to the link. So I got this email at 745 this morning. Does it say external or anything? No. It's all like normal. No, because payroll would say internal. What she's got got?

So for the last hour, I was like, oh, click this. Is this SARS? I feel like our boss would just tell us if something was up. So you knew it was tough. If you had an inkling? I did. And then I was like, fuck, I'll just push it. And I clicked it.

And then I've got a warning that says, you've clicked on a simulated fishing email. Stay calm. This is part of Southern Crosses of a series. Uplift program to avoid falling prey to real scams. So do you have to now do training because of this? Yeah. I'm not doing it.

Oh. Sounds like you better. Rowan, last year, we did a weekly segment, tech guy. You could message or DM the show. Do you have a tech issue? Shy guy will help you. I'm a tech guy. Lucy calls me a tech boy.

But pardon me, we position shy guy as tech guy because he was our tech dude. Well, he's falling for the little fishing. He actually helped a lot of people with a mass delete situation. What was that? What was that again? Shy guy, remember? No, no. The tab closure.

If you had 27 tabs open, we thought you had to individually. No one could work out close all. Tech guy told us. Is it a little right-click situation? What is it? No, it's a whole day. situation. But anyway, you've just lost that title.

Well, you know what's funny. I've also put a... Remember when I got a downloaded a YouTube thing? Yeah. For the show, some audio we needed. It was a dodgy as website. NSFW. And I took down the network for a couple hours. Did you really? Yeah, that was pretty dodgy. You're the modern day

moth. They had to take my laptop, Rowan. And... Wait, wait, the whole net... Like, everyone's network? I got a phone core and said, your computer has been infected. and it's attacking, quote on quote, attacking the network. Like the whole company? So then IT, like, Nick, our engineer.

You know in Monsters Inc where the squad comes in if there's been an infestation from the human world and they come in in a hazmat suits? That was what happened to Shy Guy. Nick got off the phone with one of the other head engineers and was like, you need to take Shy Guy's laptop. And then I said, what do with it? He said, we incinerate it. Does Rowan...

We disconnected from the network and we incinerate it. And then I had to get a brand new laptop. Shy Guy does. Rowan know the moth story, the one you're not meant to keep talking about. Can I hear it? I don't know. I want to preface this as shy guys, the modern moth. Go.

Okay, so it's a very long time ago. There is this room in the Gosford building that controls all of the playout, the ads, the songs. It's all the hardware. All that stuff. It's moved now, but it used to live in Gosford. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was a moth. Name Luke.

in this, you know, rack room. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And there's a panel on the screen, okay? And what do most do in a dark room? They're attracted to light. Totally, that makes sense. So there is a cover over this screen, but someone left the cover open. Oh, so you left cover over it?

I don't have access to this room for obvious reasons. Right, right, right, right. Someone left the cover open. Oh, the moth's going crazy. Everyone's gone home. Lights have gone off. Moth tapping around. It's putting hip Bumbri on Triple M Gold Coast. It's putting Triple M Gold Coast over in town, too.

No way. It couldn't hit Newcastle over on Chipple M. The line was remixing the whole network. The moth was just darting around and going, do, do, do, do, do, do. Look, trying to chase the lights. Because this control panel controlled where everything route. So it goes, okay, we'll put the Newcastle studio over to Gosford today. We'll do this.

That's because one of the big, big dogs lives in Gosford, right? That's correct. So everyone's getting alerts at 1 a.m. They rush in going, what's going on? It was a freaking moth. They couldn't work it out. No, no, no. For hours.

How would you know? Until they looked at the CCTV. saw the moth. Never would I think that Sinclair'd get beaten by a moth. Unbelievable. That man's also been beaten by a blue-tong lizard. He's also broken into the same room. What do you mean?

So I think that's why we've moved on the equipment. So what I say to you is, the moth and the lizard, yes. That was of yesteryear. The current moth lizard who's ruining the network. He's now shy guy. I don't feel bullied. Like, is he's bullying? Yeah, he's bullying.

No, you know what it is? Shy guy. You're going to click it, aren't you? It's entrapment. Farch, did you know what it is. Did you get the email? Let me have a look. I didn't get it.

But my issue is wrong. I delete everything. So I'll never fall for it. But I also then miss important things. No, no, he's my thing. Shai guy got the email because they were like, this guy can't be trusted anyways. We needed to see how he is.

He's got form. I have got form. He's put his water bottle in a plug hole. Literally took the studio out of whack. And the amount of times I get another note that says, you're looking at pornography at work. I'm not. It's just Angela White.

I just had to get information about Bonnie Blubley. Blue, how hard is it? I have had... The bang bath? Yes, that's all I've got flag for. I've got no test. I'm not being tested. Amazing.

Because they know I don't check my emails. Shy guy, that's so funny. I feel silly, but also like, I feel targeted. You were targeted, but you're the weak link. You are the weakest link. Goodbye. I hope you don't get, you won't get fired. You might get fired.

Talk about Bab's getting retrenched. She might be feeling your... Oh my God. This second time round, it was because I clicked on a fishery bro, maybe you could just say that... You got to hang out with the blue tongue with it. Maybe you could just say that Babs opened it and you didn't want to. On my laptop.

So you could retrench her yourself rather than you getting retrenched. I don't want to retrench anyone. You wouldn't mind retrenching someone, wouldn't you? Oh, no, I've been retrenched. Who were retrenching? It's not nice. It's not nice. No one.

Anyway. Anyway. What are we talking about retrenching? Yeah, no, why'd you bring it up? I know. That's a bad word. Great show. Big show today.

Enjoy it. Something new for breakfast. Do you know, Jess? I'm all about wee-woo methods to help yourself. You'll get to know Rowan. Hot, tawny, happy. Yay! This is 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. I guess I need to enter the mind of a man. Please enter me. This is Jess and Rowan. This is going to be good. Yes, another week on the Jess and Rowan show.

Good morning, Jess. Good morning, Rowan. How are you. you're sounding just from those four or five words much better. I'm sounding a lot better, feeling it a lot better. What do you credit that to? Well, I mean, a couple of things, mostly in particular. A bucket of soup?

A bucket of soup. A bucket of soup. If you would like to see said bucket of soup that Rowan is crediting for his miraculous recovery, Justin Rowan on Instagram, my mother flew in just to prepare. Wow. A big bucket of soup bringing her own bacon bones, Rosoni, pot and food processor. Yeah, it was delicious.

Because she did not trust the stuff I had. As soon as I opened the pot lid, I went, oh. Yeah, 100%. Just the, I was going to say stench. Stench sounds negative. Just the aroma. It was a deep smell, too. Did a lot for you.

Oh, did a lot for me. And Lucy was like, ooh. And I was like, I'm going to get any of this. Between the IV drip you had late last week. Heaven. Yeah, I'm doing luxury. And the big bucket of soup. The big bucket of soup was this day.

You man's head. Your eyes look clearer. Thank you. And I'm on this new elimination diet from the naturopath. Makes you feel like I can't have normal food. That's right. Actually, how many banned things were in the soup? Many?

Or was it okay? I think it was okay. Are you allowed to have beans? Yep. Heaps of beans. Great. There was Cannellini beans in there. You know we're a big fan of the canolini on the show.

Big fan. What else is in there? Oh, name of veg. It's in there. Carrot, celery, broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower. Those white bits weren't like soft pasta or anything. Was it like Pasoanis in there? Oh, Rosoni's in there.

Yeah, she's a Maltese woman with the heart of an Italian. I'm to have no pasta, but in this case, with all the veg and the fibre, could you taste the love? That's mainly what I think has done it. It's unbelievable. But we will have a big bucket of soup update because the rigmarole, just to get that into you, Rowan. There was a bit going on behind the scenes at my house over the weekend.

Oh, was there really a little bit too much, maybe? Beyond the Abbot Tribute. show. It was all about... It wasn't actually my bucket of soup, guys. It was the Abbot Tribute show. That's right. My mum had a big crush on the drummer. You should have heard her banging on about the drummer for this Abbot Tribute show

we watched on Saturday night. Yeah, I saw her on Sunday, yesterday, and she was like, she tried to tell me that I was lying about the stories I was telling about her. Oh, what about being slacked? Well, at least, this happened. She said, no, yeah, yeah, yeah. We put it on the record. I was like, it happened.

She had multiple rosé. Her memory can't be trusted. Totally. I'd trust yours any day, Louie. I remember exactly where she was sitting, how she was, look, I remember the look on her face. I remember the feel of my... I remember the conversation preceding the slap.

Yeah. Remember we're all going, what happened there? Nothing. Don't worry about it. But they've left now so we can talk freely behind their backs. Well, they listen to the show, don't they? They do, and they will be tuning in early. I imagine I'm in the shower right now with us on her Google Nest.

I will not comment. You better not. Good morning, shy guy. Morning. Morning. How you feel? feeling without your little buddy today. Yeah.

I feel busy. Oh, you feel busy? I've got a lot. I got to do the sheets. I can go everything else. Babs is a lame way last night and she was like, I'm not coming in. And it's so funny because we gave you so much stick mid last week. I mean, you were trying to say, my throat's not feeling great.

I'm not sounding fantastic. Yeah, why don't I think of this? Should I take a day? We gave you so much hell. Babs just quietly logged a day off so she could go to late. I don't even know if she logged anything. I just did you. She was like, I'm not going in.

Oh, yeah. She's like, I'm not going in. I'm not putting an annual leave day in. I'm not silly. I remember back to the day you would, like when I was in Sydney, you would come down for gigs that I was at and you'd come right back and be on the show the next day. It's because I'm committed to my craft, Rowland.

Remember we saw, was it five sauce? We saw five sauce on a Wednesday, Rowland. I said I went back to Emmore, I went to bed and you had to go all the way back to Newcast. That's right. A two and a half hour journey, to be fair, would travel a lot further for Youngblood. I love Youngblood.

Oh, young blood. Like the British girl. No, the song. Oh, the song. That was still on Five Sauce, babe. Well, I thought you'd moved on to Youngblood. No, sorry. I haven't boarded the Young Blood train.

He's the best. I am a very late adopter of anything. Okay, so we're checking you in three years. I'm only just discovering Taylor Swift music. Like, I am very late to the parties. Maybe you'll never, maybe we'll never discover. No, I'm still talking about Youngblood Five Sauce. They're back, by the way.

Okay. Yeah, they're back. They're back. Well, I don't know if they're back back, but they're like making music back, you know? I love that. Kind of back. Have you heard any? any of it?

No. Oh, I did hit... Maybe I knew music Friday quickly, but... On a scale of one to Youngblood, how good is it? Oh, I've got three. Is Youngblood their peak? But, but... But, yeah, mate,

out of ten. She thinks... She doesn't refer to Five Sauce as Fireshawes. She says to Five Sauce as Youngblood. Which is very confusing when there is an artist called Youngblood. So, Jess is 10 is very high. Yes. So a three would be still good for, like, to be signed and, like, to do well.

I'd like to listen to it and make my own judgment. When do you think we'll play... the new young blood. We won't. We won't. Yeah, flat out. Nick Kelly's playing it and that's it. You're lucky we might get the new Noah Kahn song.

Oh, what do you talk? I love stick season. I know you do. Why did you say that? Well, we just played it in five o'clock, so I'm not playing it now. Sorry. No, we played half of it. Damn.

Half of it. That's all you need. New Music Monday, am I right? New Music Monday. Anyway, yeah, big show today. Yes, because it's Valentine's Day this weekend. We're doing Alpha Bucks couples. I thought you said it's today.

I don't know. No, you just. Did have a panic, but I thought I'd finish my sentence before I addressed the shock. Thank you. Now, it's this weekend. Are you going to get the thing we talked about? Yeah. Yeah, that's a nice gift.

Probably. But we are doing something very fun for Alpha Bucks. We are putting couples head to head. So I apologise to the singles out there. You're going to have to either find a partner for a week. Another rejection. Or you just wait till next week to play. Another rejection. Oh, I want to win some money.

No, not this week. Partner A plays at 7. Partner B plays at 8. You're both playing for the 10 grand. But more than that, you play for the glory. And bragging rights. And the bragging rights. Live the dream.

You might have been hearing it through the weekend. We've got another code word for you around 8 o'clock. That's right. That's a Subaru Forrester, a $20,000 trip and $50,000 cash. Just so you know, it's massive. Unbelievable. But up next, oh my God, you're a Harry Potter fan? No, not really.

Shaga, you're Harry Potter fan? Well, I've got Harry Potter news for people other than Rowan and Shaggot. I watch past the second one. I watch more than two. Okay, thank God. You'll know who I'm talking about me. This is Jess and Rowan. The redemption arc of one,

Draco Malfoy continues. Oh. Draco Malfoy, of course, one of the antagonists in the very popular Harry Potter series. Well, like the antagonist, really. I'd argue Voldemort is the, oh, sorry, he who must not be named,

is the antagonist. You don't have to say his name. And Draco, to be fair, has a bit of a redemption in the later books and movies. Oh, I didn't know that. He's not the bad. What did you get up to?

I think the statute of limitations is up. Next, you're going to have a goal with me for telling you Bruce Willis is dead. What? What's that movie? Six cents. He died. Dreyco, of course.

This is for my Harry Potter fans. Have you got a little bit of Draco? Bit me here? Yeah, to play me. Wait to my father here's about this. I freaking love Draco. He's a little paroxy blonde kid, played by Tom Felton. I sat next to him at breakfast once.

Tom Felton? I just remember that then. That's fun. Is that the closest you've ever been to a celebrity? No, no, no, no, no. I hug Selena Gomez once. She said, get off me. I don't care about this story.

I'm so glad I printed that when Bads is in here. I know, and I feel bad. Bro, I've seen heaps of celebrities. Sorry to be a diva. Can you smooth that out, please, shall I go? We'll touch on it. Rowan, what was the circumstance? Firstly, where were you for breakfast next to Tom Felton?

Because he seems like a legend. He's fought some demons. Have you read his work? Wait, to my father hairs about this. No, he looked like he had some demons in his eyes. Did he still have peroxide hair or did he go on back to his natural brown hair? I was in London in a very hoity-toity hotel. Yes.

Staying there on the record labels dime. Thank you. Love that for you. And I was sitting down and I was like, everyone kept looking over and I was like, they're obviously not looking at me. And then I couldn't quite figure it out. Have some more self-esteem, would you? Couldn't quite figure it out. And I was like, oh, that boy does look familiar.

Couldn't see because he had his head down. It was very much like I'm, he had a bit of a, he was either like used to eating in jail. Yep. Very hunched. Or he was holding his head down, had his hood on. And then you realised or did someone reveal it to you? He like, shook his head and like, was fine. But I was like, oh, how do I know that guy?

Oh, God, how do I know that? He's a very, he's a British actor I can tell. Oh, it's Dr. Malfoy. It's Tom Felton. He was just having a normal breakfast like the rest of us. Granted, probably double the amount and in pounds. Thank God I wasn't paying for it.

But he could afford it. It's expensive up there. Yeah, he would have earned a pretty penny. Surely. From the Harry Potter movies. I hope he was looked after. He's recently done a cameo in Broadway because they do Harry Potter on the Curse Child. Oh, I did see that.

Which is like the kids then grown up. He popped up. They literally had to stop the show for about 12 minutes because the audience was going so crazy. That's a good video. It's a great video. Quickly, why did you hug Selena Gomez? Oh, just had a meet and greet. Oh, so you paid.

She put her arms out. I didn't pay. Oh, was this on the record labels? The record label. Then come along. Me and my buddy, Javan went. Jayne went, can be a good looking? He was like flirting with her heart.

Of course. Was this when she was with Bieber? Ah, no. No. Oh, maybe. Because they were to get it for a little while. No, no. No, no.

No, she was playing in Melbourne when I was down there. When we were working together, it was dead. Oh my God, that's exciting. Yeah. Draco Malfoy is the unexpected face of Chinese New Year. I don't get that. I really don't understand because he feels like to me that he would be bad luck. Well, no, the opposite.

It is the year. You know how Chinese New Year? There's always a year of an animal. It's the year of the fire horse. Really? And the name Malfoy loosely translates in Mandarin, Ma'E Fu, which contains the word for horse and fortune. Where's fire?

They just made that up. It's some nerdy, nerdy potter fan is like, how can we bring very important to this? But they've got like an 11-year-old Tom Felton with his little peroxide blonde. His smirk and his slither and robes across doorways, across decor. Apparently, like, the Chinese Etsy is selling all this Draco merch. Chetzy. Chetzy.

What's Jetsi? Chetzy. Chetzy. Sorry, can we get a fact check on that, Truggar? Have you locked up? It's the same Etsy. What's the same Etsy? What sort of stuff can I buy with Draco's face?

A lot of T-shirts. Love that. And, like, cut out head things that people are sticking. on their front doors. Yes. Oh, right. Mugs with dragons on one side and... Draco on the other.

There's a Lego kit. Oh, Lego kit. Not with Drakeo's face on it, but just a Lego kit and people putting... Yeah, we know there's Harry Potter Lego. Yeah. So people are buying Harry Potter stuff. All right, you've gone too deep now. That's why just ended the Draco stuff.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much. This is Jess and Rowan. Now, have you been watching the winter games? Not on the telly, but I follow Wild World to sports. I follow a bunch of the athletes on Instagram, so I'm seeing the clips. Obviously, highly competitive. You do whatever

to get the extra inch, don't you? Valentino, Giuselli. Didn't he go well? He didn't need nothing. Snaps to Valentino. The Aussies are doing very well. You will do whatever you can to win. Sometimes you try and bend the rules a bit. Sometimes you try and, like, blow the lines.

We don't want anyone getting disqualified, but I do love a loophole. It's not uncommon to hear people cheating or attempting to cheat or accusing people of cheating. That's right. Particularly at the highest of levels. We aren't accusing anyone of cheating, but I will say there is a headline that caught my attention,

and probably yours as well. Talk to me. Hylaric acid is being injected. Hyaluronic. Does that what I said? Hylaronic? I heard something. I think you just heard what you wanted to hear to be mean to me.

They're injecting that acid that shall not be named, the Voldemort acid. into their penises to help the Olympic jumpers. Now, now. Help the Olympic jumpers. So the Olympic jumpers are... So the dudes, obviously. I don't know if that needed to be clarified.

Well, maybe. But you've said athletes. And I'd like to clarify, not all of them have, wangs. The Olympic jumpers are injecting said acid into their penises to help them jump faster. Now, I don't have it in front of me. Is it hyaluronic? Because that's something that I put on my face because a couple of... of organisations have it as a serum.

It helps with skin. What does it, and it's not... Apparently, what it does is you inject it in, and it will temporarily give you an extra one to two inches of girth. And how does that help you fly through the sky? This is just some filthy,

filthy skiers who want to just do some more humpin at the games. But no. No, it's for their performance. And I was like, again, performance on the half. What event, sorry? On the ramp and in the Olympic jumpers. So this is what I thought.

I thought this is nonsense. It doesn't make sense. What happens is they inject themselves. Yeah, tell me the physics, because I don't understand. They inject it. It gets thicker. And then they have to have like proper measured to the like minutest detail, 3D suits.

They must be compliant with the sport. Now, if it's a thicker girth, sorry I'm saying girth, guys, this is important of the story. A thicker penis, it means... Say Johnson. When it goes down, when the wang goes down, there will be more fabric left over, which will create a bit of a parachute.

In between the... This is true. So they're essentially inflating themselves. To deflate when it comes time to jump. To deflate later. Just deflate gate all over again. So is it like the reverse, you know, boxes or MMA, they do the way in.

They want to be the lightest they can. Then they pick it up. And then they think this is the reverse. You couldn't be more correct, Patrick. And pardon me, again, what event? What's Olympic jumping? Do you mean the ones where they do? Yes, yes.

We go right down. They go as far as they can. What's that cool? That's not called Olympic jumping. No, I just don't find of him. What's the actual event? Don't say that, mate. Excuse me.

You know that it's, you know, it says jumpers could gain five to six extra meters on a hundred and thirty meter jump. This is physics. By slowing their drop and keeping forward. And by having the little parachute flap. The parachute groin. Yeah. Because when they're getting it done, the 3D suit made,

they got that. Their skin tight. And then when it goes down, it deflates. But they've already made the suit. This is, mate, humans. I'm not condoning it. Well, well, listen. But the ingenuity of the human race.

This is why we're top dogs. Warder's president, we're told Bunker, is his name, he's Polish, said, ski jumping is very popular in Poland in my home country. So I assure you, I'll investigate the matter. Of course, the Poles. This is Jess and Rowan. The Friends meal has landed at Maccas choose from a Big Mac or a 10-piece chicken nuggets with the new Monika's marineris.

Hello? There's one of six to collect of your favourite friends from Joey Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe. get it at Maccas today for a limited time. Only the marineras sauce. They're always innovating, aren't they? Can I ask you, is it marinarara or is it maninala? Well, I'd love you to put a little bit of spice on it, marinerda.

Oh, but I mean, Monica Geller is an American lady, so I'm happy for you to put an American twangelo. It sounds like a marinerer. Mariner. Yeah. I'm not great at the American accent. They'll know what you're talking about if you say the Monica. sauce.

You could say the Monica sauce. Give me the Monica sauce. Are you going to tell me a new one every day? Am I? Yeah. I wonder what the others will have. I'll tell you another one. If it doesn't come out next week, I'll definitely tell you about it.

Okay, sure. You know, why don't I go in and just find out for myself? Well, hang on. Monica's got the marinerara. What could Joey do? Jay. Oh, so are you telling me it's alliteration? Yeah, it could be like a literate.

Is there not a maranara? reference in the series. Is Monica famous for her sauce? Because isn't she a chef? Maybe she's famous for the sauce. You know what I'm saying? Like is it going to be something with the, what did Rachel make? No, so there's one of six to collect of all your favourite friends. So they've all got some. They've all got something. So like, you know, would Rachel have ranch? Ross might have but what I'm saying is have they linked it to the show? Matt, I don't know. Play a lot. No, no. I'm picking up what I'm putting down. I don't know. But I'm now asking you, oh, you weren't a friend's kid. No.

We need a friends expert. I can understand. I don't know it well enough. The sauce reference to her being a chef, I understand it. That's what I'm saying. Maybe in the series, she's famous for the marinarra sauce. You know what we need. We need a friend's expert.

04-8-8-18-106-9. People know their friends. People go to trivia just for friends. Oh, of course. Yeah, send a text. So is there a Maranara reference in the, is it, nine seasons, 10 seasons? And what other sources do you think? Could they do?

Yes. What other sources? Or what other reference could they twist into a sauce? Like Chandler's cheese sauce or something? What are you laughing at Shogar? I think only Monica has the sauce. Well, what the other one's got there?

What are the other ones? They're little collectible things. Oh, right. So it's not the sauce per se. Oh, you can't actually eat the sauce? Oh, my bad. No, you get the sauce in every meal, but the toy is a friend's character. Oh, okay.

You know what, Ron? We're going ourselves. Yeah, well, yes. And we're going to work it out. Funny you say that because they're, They do do, the Friends meal has a Big Mac that you must eat. Guys, can you believe Jess has never had a Big Mac? Never had a Big Mac.

My parents were discussing this with me because they heard that reference last week when we were talking about it. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. And they were saying, how have you never had a Big Mac? I said, Ma, have you had a Big Mac? She goes, nah, I like a quarter pounder. I said you could have given me 50 guesses. I would never have pegged you for a quarter pounder. Quarter pound is great.

Still learning things about my own mother. Quarter powder is so good. So you like a cheeseburger? Like a junior burger. No, Junior burger. You'd love a quarter pounder. No cheese. You would love...

Oh, yeah, passion what I'm getting? I'm fired up. You would love one. Wait, so should I have a quarter pound or should have a big Mac? No, you should have a Big Mac. You should have a Big Mac. You should have a... Okay.

But then, but... Do I get the Monica Mariner? Yeah, you have... Well, not on it. Oh, that would be sacrales. It'd be sacrilege. You're a purist. Right.

Then I'll have a quarter pound. This is the TLS we're going. I'm Big Mac with you. Sure. Then I potentially would go quarter pounder, no cheese. I think you say... You need the cheese, but no cheese, or they call it in France, the Royale with cheese. You would go the quarter pounder, no cheese, because it would be similar to the Junior Burger, except bigger.

Then we, then... Well, then I go a classic with cheese. Yeah, just try the cheese. It's better with the cheese, man. Why don't even want the cheese? I don't know what's wrong. I don't know. Okay, well...

After 10.30 a.m. We've got to go. We got to go. I've got to go. I have nothing on because we're big mac and snack. That's all right. She can have one. She can have one.

She loves a burger. We are talking next, Jen Zia's in the bedroom, doing something a bit old. Very odd. Jess and Rowan. This is Jess and Rowan. On 131060, you can give us a call if you are able. Or 04-8-8-18-1069 if you'd like to text. Answer the question.

They did what? During the deed. How dare they? How could they? Why would they? One in three American Gen Zias, the young ones, say they have picked up their phone to scroll social media during a bit of horizontal tango.

Really? 35% of those surveyed admit to whipping out their device to either send a quick text or watch a TikTok video. You can't watch a TikTok. You can't be watching tick. You can't be texting. Well, I quick, depending on position, maybe you could throw out a quick text.

Do you mean without your partner knowing? They never know. Now, how are you not noticing? How selfish can you be during the deed? You're not noticing your partner and pick up their phone. What I'm saying is the way that maybe you position yourself, you might lend yourself to be able to be a bit more sneaky. I mean, obviously, if you're going, if you're going,

hey, Siri, it's not going to get a word. You're trying to do it on your watch under the guise of, I'm just going to start the workout so I can close my rings. But really, can you send texts from the watch? I don't actually have an Apple watch. That actually would be crazy. Who would you accept sending a text to? All right, you and Lucy, put yourselves in this position. Which position?

Excuse me. You happen to finally get out of your own. What do you mean happen to finally get out of? You actually. Use the words very carefully here. attention to her. Oh, yeah. And you notice she's on her phone.

She's texting. Who is the only person you would accept? All right, I'll allow it. Oh, I forgot. It's my mum's birthday. I've got to text. No, not that. That can wait.

No. Oh, hang on. I've got to get back. Maybe she's messaging her sister, Hannah, about the baby. Did Hannah just have a baby? No, babies like one. Okay.

You know. But in... I could imagine Lucy go, Oh my God, mid tango. Oh, Hannah just messaged me. I better check it. Yeah. Oh, no, never mind.

It's just a photo of a funny turtle. Like, you know. Well, while I'm here, do you want to watch the funny turtle? And then we would stop and I'd watch the turtle. Nothing bonds Angus and I, like midnight giggles. Oh, I think that's a mid tango videos. You know, when you just get on a really good scroll and your algorithm bats up funny after funny. Oh, my God.

And you're having to stifle the laughter to not wake up the kid in the next room. So I get it. Mid-Deed. A legendary reels pull. Oh, nothing better. Nothing better. Well, I think of a couple. Well, clearly not because you're too busy watching reels.

This is Jess and Rowan. 33% of Gen Z, who were surveyed in a recent study, they have admitted to whipping out their phone to either watch a TikTok video or send a text. So we wanted to know they did what? What? During the deed. And I always like to drill down. 33% have admitted to it.

How many others just straight up didn't admit to it? Brooke has texted us. 04-8-8-1069. Now, don't forget, we don't do call the fame anymore. We do cooker of the week, which means texts count. Yeah. Text could win you an incredible prize. This week, $500 to spend at Health Lab.

And I've got to tell you, for our first text of the week, Brooke could win with this. What is the day? I was in the middle of the vote. vertical tango. And I was like, this is getting sloppy. Oh, sorry? When I looked at my ex, she puts in brackets, not the reason we broke up, but probably should have been.

He was asleep. I wanted to slap him at that point, just saying, oh, I finished without him and it was better. Loll! Okay. Thank you, Brooke. Cheers, Brooke. I'm light-headed now.

Rowan hasn't had a coffee because our coffee machines, Brooke, you've woken us all up. Well done, Brooke. Thank you for that contribution. It's one thing to send a cheeky text. How does she go from sloppy to a sleep? Anyway, I've fallen asleep months. Anyway, Alphabet bucks, yes.

This is Jess and Rowan. Jess and Rowan's 10K alpha bucks on hit. Yes, still play for $10,000, but we are doing it a little bit different. Obviously, because Valentine's day is coming up. Jess, we are giving couples to go at each other. One at seven, one at eight. Because, yes, whilst $10,000 is still on the line, what's a greater gift than glory? Oh, nothing.

And bragging rights. This idea actually came from a rice cooker who played late last year, Rowan, who said, yeah, yeah, I want the money, but more than that, I want to put a better score in the history books. That's a relationship where you go, yeah, money, but I just want to tell him that he sucks. Yeah, he goes, she played a couple of months ago, got seven, so all I want is to get eight. I think he got six. So she ended up with bragging rights and we thought there might be something in this for competitive couples. And today, for the first time playing Alpha Bucks couples, partner A.

Partner A. Jen, good morning. Hey, Jen. Good morning. How long have you been with your husband, Zach? Oh, about 16 years. Okay. And would you say you guys are a little competitive?

Absolutely. Okay. So really, whilst $10,000 is on the line, is it the glory in the bragging rights, you're really after? It's also $10,000. But each couple will get $200 to spend that Minks Adult Boutique Re-deflying at our shopping. You get a cheeky little present. Visit the store online to get your elegant gifts just in time Valentine's Day.

So you do get some-some. You do get some-some, but really, Jen, you're in it for the glory. Bragging, right? Absolutely. How do you often go at the game? Are you good? He's probably better, but he's stitched me up because I'm going first. Okay.

Well, you've got to log in a good score and then Zach will obviously play at 8. Jen, the letter you're going to work with is the letter C. C for couch. All right. And we'll put it out there now. Zach will also play with C, but just different questions. Different questions. Okay.

Jen, you're ready to rock. Okay, let's do this. Your time will start after the first question, starting with the letter C. We need you to name. A chip flavor. Cs. A DJ. Pass.

A pantry item? Pass. A flower. Presentinum. A vegetable. Carrot. Something in the bathroom. A clock?

A sitcom. Cheez. A superhero. A capon America. A fabric. A clock. A car brand. Chevrolet, Chevy.

Oh, I will give you Chevrolet. You came home so hard. You pass on a couple And then, my God, she found the Knox. You really found that, babe. It's so hard. I don't know if I would give you chip flavor.

You gave us a chip brand. Okay, yeah. So that's probably a no. Yep. You could have chicken, you know, cheese and onions. DJ could have had Calvin Harris, Pantryite and canned beans. Kind of not.

Like, you could have the, you know. Canolini. Canolini. Canalini. What I say? Canaloni. Which is a. Battocki.

You have the butthafi. Um, we won't have Botocchi. Look, I mean, that's what, that's seven. Maid, that is going to be tough for him to be, babe. That's one of the best scores we've had all year. Seven is really good. All righty. Thank you, Jen.

Thanks, guys. And enjoy your minks pack. Thank you. Thanks so much. You're very welcome. Happy Valentine's Day. Zach will play at 8 o'clock and he needs eight to beat his lovely partner, Jen. That's right.

Lovely one. Happy life. Happy life. Now. Something we just need to unpack a little. Oh, yeah. What's that? Consumed my weekend, shy guy.

My parents came to visit, well, I thought me. Well, I thought their grandbaby. No, my whole weekend with my parents was about Rowan. A bucket of soup? And making his big bucket of soup. We need to dissect a few things. We'll do it next. Jess and Rowan.

This is Jess and Rowan. For Christmas, I thought I would treat my parents. to an Abba tribute show. Lovely. That happened to be on the weekend just gone. So we organised the trip. We organise, you know, a couple nights accommodation. And of course, the big Saturday night with Anyetta, Frida, Benny and Bjorn.

Ah, yes. That's the members of Abba. Anyeta. Agneeta is the blonde one. I love it. I thought that was Lucia's baby. That's Goya. No, it's Goya.

That's Goya, mate. It's Goya. However, whilst the weekend was meant to be about the Abba tribute show, spending quality time with my parents, them connect. with their only grandbaby. The weekend was usurped. After late last week, my... What did you say?

The weekend was usurped? What's that word? I think I'm using it correctly. I hope I'm using it correctly. I've never heard that word. It's almost like... U-S-U-R-P-E-D. It's like you usurped Lucia.

To take a position of power or importance unlawfully or by force. By force indeed. Well done. Thank you so much. Read a couple books in my time. You have. Jewelingo. Clearly.

It's English, not Italian. It's a big bucket of soup. I don't know how Juulingo works. Late last week, my mum was tuning in. Heard Rowan's voice. Very croaky, very horse, very husky. You liked it, though. I thought it was quite sexy.

You liked it. I thought it might get us some new listeners, wanting to know, one, what all the fuss was about, but two, keep them hooked. And then now they go, oh, he's squawking back on air. Yeah, but he's so funny and razor sharp, so I'll stick around. Stick around for his funny. But my mum was.

concerned. Fair enough. She said, look, I am the queen of soup. Why don't I spend some time when I come up on the weekend, making Rowan something to soothe his throat. What a wonderful idea, Lisa. Jam packed with vegetables and immune boosting canolini beans. Yes. She whipped up her famous minestrone.

Good honour. We did discuss on Friday that she didn't trust any bacon hock that I had available here in local supermarkets. So she carried two in her suitcase. Just so everyone's aware, as we were discussing this off the air, we realized she texted us both going, you won't have bataki. Like, as we were joking about the she probably was like, we started joking. We're joking. And then she texted us mid-conversation that she wasn't involved in about how there won't be enough stuff in Newcastle.

There won't be enough but-toki. She was doing the bit by herself. My issue is, I never looked for the batoki. I should have spent some time looking for bataki, so I could have rubbed it in her face. Oh, yeah. But she brought her own batokie, two of them. So now I've got one extra in the freezer. Nice.

She also brought her own rezoni, and she brought her own food processor, and she was this close to bringing her own pot. But Rowan, what I was in charge of is providing the veg. I said, we've got vegetables. I'll go shopping. Yeah, of course. While she started prepping the veg, our first issue. What's your problem with the carrot?

Should have bought your own carrot from Melbourne? I think I should have. What's wrong with that carrot? This one. Two lead. Should be rock hard. I'm too liam. Guys, carrots and carrots.

Guys, they all were, you know? If it's limp, it's hard or whatever, it doesn't have been to. You should have seen her wiggling it. Why was it? My dad has forbid me for putting the vision on Instagram because she's wiggling this. He yelled at me when he realized I was recording. He's like, don't.

Lease, watch what you say. Everything's content. She's wiggling this carrot to show me how limp it is. Wasn't happy with a carrot. So I apologize. Like not cooked and limp? Not was raw. She's peeling it.

Limp, raw, limp carrot. It wasn't limp. I don't know what carrots she works with. She wasn't happy with this carrot. Okay, all right. But then we had another hurdle, which by the time you'd arrive, my husband now was getting at his wits end. Oh, he was off it.

You could tell. So that soup's been on now for five hours, all right? She's dimmed it for five hours for you. Wicked. So I had to sit in the house because I got a gas stove. Can't leave that unintended. No way. So I had to sit there and watch your freaking soup for five hours.

Thanks, Dad. Welcome. Appreciate that. But she has a taste test. She's not happy. She sent Angus to the shops to get an ingredient that I thought I had. She wasn't, there wasn't enough of it. He had to go buy more stock cubes.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And this, you're now at the house. I was recording. This is my mum's issue with the stock. I didn't swear in this. Should I go ahead and checked it? I think so. Let's find out together.

Can you tell me the brand of this, these stock cubes? What's the brand? The brand? The brand? Macelle? me thought. No, you wanted chicken stop. No, I wanted this packaging.

Well, what's that one? I don't know. This is Newcastle. No, just so everyone's clear, the one Angus said, beef cubes. Macelle, beef cubes. She wanted Macelle chicken cubes. No, she wanted beef. She was showing you the different packaging.

She wanted beef in that package. Can I be honest, now that you've said that, I can understand why Angus may have got confused. It is very confusing. Mate, it's Macelle beef stock cubes. And you know what I got it? Macelle beef stock cubes. Apparently it's the wrong packaging. I went, Ma. Well, did you buy the chicken? No, I already had the chicken. Oh, you

had the chicken. She just wanted the beef, but she saw the packaging. She goes, that's the packaging. I said, what does it matter? It's the brand and the flavor. She wasn't happy with it. So I don't know how much tension, angst, and yelling you can taste in the minestroni, but I hope you enjoyed it. It tasted tight. Like it tasted like...

This is Jess and There is a guy in the UK spending over $116,000 annually on cheese, Jess. Mad respect. A man who is addicted to spend over 60,000 quid on cheese. You know cheese has addictive properties. Well, clearly. There is something shy guy, can you look it up? Something equivalent to morphoon.

There is some sort of chemical components. that triggers something in human beings. That's why we have no off switch when it comes to cheese. I also speak for the collective human population. What am I Googling? Addictive property of cheese. Okay. A, D, I C.

C, H, E, S, E. Yeah, so I get it. These guys now, I assume, going bankrupt. You can't be spending. Well, he eats two blocks a day, but would happily eat four blocks a day. If his wife, 49-year-old Tracy, would let him. What's his name? Mark King.

Mark King, what a King. Now, the doctors insist. Mark, a wood yard worker from Maidstone Kent. Now, he's obviously very fit and strong because he's a woodstock. That's right, Mr. King. He's clearly running around doing lots of healthy stuff. He even boasts a six-pack because he thinks he's now climatizing to the dairy product. Yeah, see, they always say dairy, it's in flaming.

You've got to take it in moderation. It's like the people who like live to be like 105 and all they've done is drink wine, smoke cigarettes the whole life. Yes, yes. Because their body just goes, ah, this is me now. This is me now. So he's been doing this for long enough. His body goes, well, and now I need it to survive.

His wife, Tracy does actually think he eats the most amount of cheese as humanly possible. Two packs a day. He would eat a lot more, but I've calmed down. He literally sounds like a cigarette smoker. Is he having a variety of cheese? It just sounds like he's just having cheese. No, no, a variety. Just cheese, my goodness.

From feta to Gorgonzola. That's what I want to do. Two cheddar. You know, he won't eat. He won't eat macaroni and cheese or cauliflower cheese. Collieflower cheese is one of the greatest joys. Because it's not cheesy enough. We'll just put more cheese.

Mr. King. Wouldn't you just get more cheese? Exactly. You know why? God forbid he has a vegetable. I'm not having cauliflower cheese. His GEP is like he's been eating it for so long. He really has acclimatized to it.

Imagine his arteries. He used to do these sandwiches apparently, which used to be like a block of cheese. cheese in between two pieces of bread, then cut it up, have with marmite, mayonnaise and white pepper. You know what he does? Instead of having bread cheese bread, he has cheese bread cheese. Yeah, the bread is just a little nice.

That's right. Do we have an answer on the addictive properties of cheese? Cheese has casomorphins in it, which is a dairy protein. Once it's digested, it breaks down, and it turns into like an opioid like compound. Opioid. And when you eat the cheese, those conchlorid. compounds trigger a dopamine release. It's making him happy.

On TikTok, they call him the Cheese King. The Cheese King. The Cheese King. We should connect. I've crowned myself the Cheese Queen. You can follow him in your own time, I think. This is Jess and Rowan. We're going to play a fun little game. We call it a wordioki inside the next 10 minutes.

We have a little guest appearance from who do you call him? Short. Short, guest quiz master. Babs has taken the day off because she taught. it up seeing Chapel Rhone at Langway. She just didn't want to come in. She didn't want to come in. She just didn't want to come in.

So, man. So shortsy, not only comes bearing wordy-okey words, he also brought us coffees because our coffee machine's on the fritz. Just that sort of guy. You are a legend and a half and we are grateful for you. Smell good too. What are you wearing? This is Diorce sauvage today.

Oh, hello, Johnny Depp. So I went to the bathroom before, walked into the studio and I said, wear shorts, I can smell him. And Rowan goes, well, that's weird. I said, nah, nah. Shorts. Shorts lingers. I would have my...

Because he always has a beautiful aroma. In a good way. Yeah, of course, in a good way. I don't know. I don't know. I'm welcome. No, but your scent. I can follow you around the building.

It's all good much now if you don't mind. So rude. Watch what. What? But yes, shorts is going to be in. Guest Quizmaster in Babs as absence. Oh, yes. Give us a word and we'll try and sing a song.

You guys going to be watching the Super Bowl a bit later? No. No. I will have it on and I think I feel like a nap. It feels like a nap day for me today. Okay. I'm going to have some soup. Ah, you've still got some Minestroney left over.

Yeah, I had a couple of cups last night because I was like, let me do a couple of them. Do you like to consume your soup in a cup, cup of soup? No, no, no, I used it. I ladled it in with a cup. Do you not own a ladle? Yeah, but I just didn't trust myself with it. Not deep enough. It's really cheap one or something came out.

See, hang on, hang on. So you scooped it with a cup and then put that in a bowl? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it feels weird to me. That's okay. Well, I eat my food the way I ate my food, okay? So you just do how you do it. Now this is the question.

Oh my God. Did you put it in the microwave? No, no, no, no. Heat it up on the stove. Thank gosh. I don't have a microwave. Oh, I'm all for that. No, I want to get one bad.

I only got a microwave when I had the baby. No, Lucy's anti-microwave. And I moved in. I said, how am I meant to eat up my pre-made meals? Like, hello. Anyway, stop having it. Hello, my muscle chef. So I'm going to get one.

But I just... So are you doing your pre-done meals on the stove? You can't do those on the stove? We can't do those. I haven't had pre-down meal in years. No, it's better for you. And it feels so much more ethnic and pure cooking it on the stove. I love it.

Yeah, I had some fun music going on. Oh, Italian music. Yeah, that's something like that. Or Maltese. My mum is Maltese. This is Wesson. So in lieu of Babs being here in our quiz master for wordioki, young shorts, hello.

Hello. Thank you for coming in. Not just bringing us confies, but bringing us a list of words, everyday words that Rowan, shy guy and myself will attempt to sing a song that contains one of those words.

I wore pants today. Sorry. I noticed. You like them? I like the camo shirt. Get out of it! Jess is looking at me under the desk. You love a corduroy, don't know?

I do love a corduroy. A lot of corduroy in your wardrobe. A lot of corduroy. Shorts, you've themed today's wordier, haven't you? I've come with a theme. Valentine's Day this weekend. Ah, so it's Valentine's Day.

The Valentine's Day edition. Yay, I like that. The first word love? Oh, my God. Love me, love me. Oh, we're on. We're on. We're on.

Eat it, lady. I'm going to win this one. Be start easy, get progressively. I love it, shorts. Don't throw that in just because I got one good. Word to? Baby. Baby, baby.

Okay, that's a tie. Tye. Everyone gets a point. Everyone gets a point. Two, one, one. Shorts, I'm just going to reassess something for you because someone's forgotten. You're in charge. Dal?

Am I? Don't know. No, no. Don't let her do that to you. Rowan? She does her little manipulating thing. Thank you, shy guy. She does her little manipulating thing.

He gets what point where. Rowan coming in, go, we all get a point. No, Jess will do her manipulative little Italian eyes at you. Don't let her do it. Shorts, you're in charge. See, that's the eye. I feel it. Word three.

Husband. Baby, what's my husband? Well, what the hell is my husband? I think shy guy. Oh, Shire. Okay, okay. Can we see a score check? Hey, Rowan, we don't need you to say if shy guy got the point.

Shorts. No, no, no. Back it up, lady. I was in support of Shai guy doing well then. No, I understand. Oh, shy guy. But we don't need that from you. No, no, I get it.

We don't need your attitude either, okay? No, this doesn't have one bad's his Christmas. Score check. Shorts, I'm going to need you to rain it all in. Rowan, two points. Great. Shy guy, two points. Jess, one point.

Thank you. Word four. Ring. If you like it, then you should have put a ring on it. If you like it, then you'd like it, then you'd. should have put a ring on it. See. Next point wins.

Two points at piece. Everyone's two points. So next point wins? Is this the winning one? So you pick at your discretion because it's your game. The gasp. Oh, wow. She's got so many words.

Guys, if only you could see the eyes she's giving him. Get your hand off his butt, by the way. Oh, hello. I'll go with my original word five. Okay. Well, why? What do you need the original word five? What would?

Oh, it's the chess's word. Oh, I see. Because she cheats. Are you ready? Yeah. Marry. I think I want to marry you. Oh, no.

The one single guy in the room has just won the Valentine's Day. I started singing as well. I started singing as well. But he did get me. He did get me. No one needs to hear your critique. Oh, wow. Someone's a sore loser.

That's right. It's short. Well done. Thank you. Yes. And nice words, short. Well done. Do you want to hear the rest of them?

No. No. No. No. This is Jess and Row. It's Valentine's Day coming up at the end of the week, and we are doing alpha-buck's couples. One half the couple plays at seven, the other at eight. We just had Jen on.

Jen got seven out of ten. Pretty good. And she was rolling at the end. She really was. So we're going to get her husband on Zach together for 16 years. Incredibly competitive, Jen told us. And seven's a hard number to be. Exactly.

So beyond the $10,000 being up for grabs, bragging rights. You really, you really will have all the bragging rights. If you get the $10,000. And Jen did say he stitched me up because I have to go first. So, Zach, extra pressure. I actually think if you get the $10,000, it is not for the family in this case. It is for yourself. You want to buy a doped up gaming PC?

Do it. You want to put it on some nice cut. Do it. So you're saying. You want to take the girls away. Do it. In light of Valentine's Day being around the corner and the whole reason we're doing this, don't spend it as a couple.

No, you win. you get the money. Okay. I think you win. Don't you think, shy guy? Yeah. What's funny about this couple, though, is one if they win, well, Jen didn't win, so Jen was going to take the kids away. But Zach doesn't want to take the kids away.

So, if you win. So Zach is, this is what I'm saying. Reading from the Rowan songbook. Yeah, reading from the Rowan songbook. We'll find out how it goes, next. This is Jess and Rowan's 10K alpha bucks on here. Yes, we are doing a special Valentine's Day edition all week this week. really good price to $200 to go to Minks Adult Boutique.

We love Minks. Good morning, George. He always looks after us, but especially around Valentine's Day. Yeah, readifying adult shopping, visit in store or online to get your elegant gifts just in time for Valentine's Day. So the winner in the couple gets the $200. Well, I guess the couple gets $200. Well, yes. You know what I'm saying.

Because you've tried to clarify now, if one of you does win the 10 grand. Sorry, yeah. This is just personal. This is what I think. If you were versing your partner, do whatever you want. If I was versing Lucy and I won, I would be like, babe, that $10,000 is going to whatever I want.

Oh, I want like 20 PlayStation 5s. Sure. It's my money now. I won it. You have the glory. Yeah. You earned the cash. I want a fully six-stop bullfly in the back of my car.

I'm getting it. Why don't you have one already? Zach, good morning. What about, Zach? Hi, how you going? Zach, we are fantastic. At 7 o'clock, we met your beautiful wife, Jen. She locked in a 7 out of 10, a valiant effort.

How are you feeling? I'm a bit nervous about that, actually. Say that again? I said I'm a bit nervous about that. Yeah, because she said she thought she had the raw end of the stick, having gone first. So the expectation is on you, not just to beat the score, but to lock in 10 out of 10?

You quick and nimble at this, Zach, what do you reckon? Yeah, we have been practicing, and yeah, hopefully I'll do all right. All right. Well, what do you want to spend the money on? Are you going to do what Rowan's saying and just spend it on yourself? Yes. The thought did cross my mind, but no, we'll probably go on a family holiday. I might go on a holiday just Jen and I without the kids.

Oh, so she gets to have her some as well. Boring. No, I love that. Fair enough, mate. What do they say, Rowan? Happy wife, happy life. Amen. Zach, the letter you're going to work with is C.

Yep. C for cash. Are you ready to rock? Cha-ching. Sure. Your time will start after the first question. Let's do it. Starting with the letter C, we need you to name a cereal.

Cornflakes. An adverb. Carefully. A musical. Pass. A school subject. Chemistry. A clothing brand?

Pass. A stationary item. Pass. Something in the bedroom. A band. A tool. A tool. A chisel.

An animated film. Coco. A musical. Chicago. A clothing brand. Oh! What's his screw rolling? I think the big dog's got eight.

He got eight. There you go, baby. You beat Jen by one just on the buzzer. And by the way, everyone listening at home, that is how you pass a question. That's how you pass a question. No point deliberating. No, no, you don't know. Get it moving.

Mate, well done. I'm very impressed. By the way, age. It's lucky one to 10 grand. I feel, I'm out of my question. chair. I've got goosebumps on my right side. Am I have a stroke?

What is this, dude? That's awesome. Well done. And you, by the way, you have bragging rights forever, baby. A couple of firsts here. We had, I think we've had anyone rolled back around to the top because they've gone so well this year.

So that's good for you. And also, have we had more than eight? I don't think we have. You're our best this year so far. I mean, eight shows. Surely that's worth five grand then. You're going to have to ask shy guys. Shy guys is worth five.

No. Okay, sorry. Not happening, brother. Sorry. Hey, hey. You could have had, look, you could have had Calvin Klein, Chanel for clothing ready. You could have had crayons, chalk, clipboard. Oh, Zach.

I'm so excited for you. You go rub it in Jen's face, baby. Well, no. I'll let it out. Good on you, brother. And we are back again tomorrow playing AlphaBucks couples. If you want to register, hit.com.com.com. Is that where you get happening?

Absolutely. Hit.com.com. You want to play tomorrow all through the week. Oh, I'm joking. I was so. exciting. Well, I thought it was coming back around. I was like, I'm really impressed with the, I was really impressed with the passes.

And then you get it moving. No one gets adverb. No. He's got adverb. I thought it was good there. Yeah, me too. Wow. You're not telling your partner, everything.

We're going to talk about that next. Jess and Rowan morning. This is Jess and Rowan. We were having a conversation off the air about something. And I was like, oh my God, Lucy does that. And I think we should discuss it now. Okay, let's dissect. My sweet angel, darling Lucy.

And I get it, wants to know all about my day. And that's fine. I love to tell her about my day. But she started to do something that really gets on my nerves. And when I say started, she's been doing it for last three and a half years. I just want to just give the rice cookers a bit more context. This is a woman who finds homes and food for homeless people. So just some context you need for how good.

That's not necessary context. That's just her job, right? That's how she helps pay the rent. But sure, tell me what's getting under your skin, that your saint of a misso. And I just thought I'd bring up because your. husband also went, I described this, he went, oh, tell me about it. So you clearly do it too, right? Sit back on your chair.

No, I'm up. So, let's just say, Lucy says to me, oh, how was your day? I'll go, great, did this, this, this, this, right? Good, done. Maybe later in the day, I'll go, oh, did you know such and such was happening with X and why? And she'll go, what? No?

And I'll go, oh, yeah, I caught up with Carson for a coffee the other day. And she went, oh, you didn't tell me that. I go, yeah, I just, I just had a coffee in the middle of, yeah. Well, if she's asked how was your day, why don't you tell her what you did during the day? Or to be like, or the other day I went to, I decided that I might want maybe a nice cake. Don't do that anymore because I'm trying. Why are you laughing like that? That was a fat laugh.

Because you want cake, you fatty. That's basically what she said. Like, did I say that? I was not looking. You did not see her eyes. I was emailing. Don't do that. And I go.

And I was. Oh, crap. And how was that? I'm like, oh, I went past, um, yeah, too better, mate. You need to actually do a lot better, to be honest. You're being really rude lately. Well, why would you bring the, why would you say the cake example? No, let's, look, I go to go cake boy or something.

I go past Cake Boy. It's just a nice little cake place where I live. And I'll go through and I'll be like, oh my God, I saw the other day down that, that, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. This went, at least be like, why were you there? I got, oh, I got a cake and cake boy. I didn't tell me that. Do I need to tell you everything about my day?

everything. It's just a little bit cake. Or it's an exciting part of your day though, wouldn't you say? Just a Montblonk. Or it's just... What's a Montblon? Oh, it's like coal brew with a cold foam on top. It's beautiful.

I want to know, that's exciting. But it's just, I just did it. Oh, you guys are all the same. Oh, I caught up with my boy Carson. Oh, what for? I don't know. I didn't tell me that. So, sorry.

So what I'm hearing is you've got... I'm telling you now. You've got an issue with your partner. caring about you. Don't what I'm hearing? No, no, no problem. I just, couldn't you just go, okay, cool?

Couldn't you just go? It's basically lying by omission. Lying by omission. What else are you keeping from me? If I've asked how was your day, what did you get up to? Share. Having a little bit of a...

Yeah, but you didn't tell me that. That's the point. But he didn't tell her that at the time. You didn't have to. What do you mean? How was your day? That was part of his day. You are speaking.

Oh, mate. Maybe it's a guy thing. What are you men shy guy? I've asked how was your day? What did you get up to? You've left out a bunch of stuff. But then I describe this to your lovely husband, Angus. And I go, she just doesn't, man.

And he goes, oh, mate, tell me about it. So you're clearly on his ass about other things too. What I'm hearing is, you don't like. Oh, do you just look at the notes there. You've got notes? Taking notes. I'm taking notes. I'm taking notes.

Just chalking up all the things you're doing wrong in your relationship. She's doodling. Hold up your drawing. I've got points to make. Five points in fact. I don't want to forget. Looks like a minimalist tattoo. Yeah, I like those.

Pardon us for actually caring and wanting to connect with you. It's like trying to have a conversation with a teenager. We've cared and connected. But if something happened three days ago that I threw off the hand, you go, oh, cool. Why has to go, oh, he didn't tell me that? I hear the, you didn't tell me that as an accusation. But it's so cliche.

I hear that as, oh my God, he's kept something from me. Dahl, it was just a bit of tiramisu. Oh, my God. If you're keeping Tiram-a-sou from me, what else are you keeping from me? That's what I'm saying. Nothing. I'm just doing my lifestyle. You can't say nothing and then have 14 things that you didn't share.

No, no, no, no. First it was Tiribazoo, now it's cold foam. Now it's the chat with Carson. And then when you say, oh, you know, Carson and his girlfriend broke up and I go, why? And you go, I didn't. If she's listening, they didn't. No, but what I'm saying is no information. Maybe I did.

I don't know. Did they? Can you find that? No, actually, maybe I need to catch it. Oh, no information. What do you talk about? I think this is a female thing where, It's like they got to get all the info or we've done wrong.

Or don't ask about the day. Are you asked? Don't ask. Don't ask. Don't ask. What are you're a dirt bag. You're a dirt bag. Me.

What have I done? What's this? What's this? Don't ask. See, careful who you align with you'll turn on you. What are you yelling at? I don't align with either of you. Okay.

Well, that's also. He's the great Switzerland. I really am. Rowan, I don't understand. Why should I go doing the don't ask, don't tell? situation. You are sneaky. How is curiosity from a partner a bad thing?

Curiosity killed the cat, mate. Did you meow or was that sure? No, I'm Miao. Sorry, I'm Miam. Anyway, I just think, what do you mean? We are connected. No, because you're not telling her anything. Tell him, out.

Tell him everything. He's not banging the desk. That used to be my schick. He's been banging the desk. Way more than me. Anyway, if you're a bit more open. Oh, I can't have it going to bang it. If you're a bit more open,

yeah, I think you'd have a stronger relationship. Say we don't have a strong relationship. Stop keeping the tiramisu and the Carson dates to yourself. Carson broke with Mrs. Lying. Jess and Rowan, morning. This is Jess and Rowan. Two months ago, Rowan, Australia made international headlines for being the first country in the world to boot under 16s off of social media platforms.

Oh, that's right. We're the nanny country. I think it's... You're in the under 16s should be. be on there? You like them getting bullies, do you? No, but I think they will be on there regardless. Well, you're absolutely right. They're not stupid. Two months

since the social media ban, and young teens have said it's not really working. It's not working. Now, I do believe there was a rollout system. Yeah, yeah. But the onus was on the platforms. Of course, if you are unaware of what we're talking about,

the Australian government backed the 36-month campaign, led by radio alumni. Michael Whippo Whiffley. Really? Yeah. He started that. He started it with a cohort of people.

Whippers to blame. Took it to Albo and Albo backed it on a national scale. But yes, obviously for cyber bullying and mental health concerns, put the onus on the platforms to ban 16-year-old, or under 16s, I should say off platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and a bunch of others. But now they've interviewed a couple of young people. And some of them saying, my life hasn't changed at all.

I wasn't booted off. I never had to do an ID check. I never had to scan in. Nothing's changed for me on any of my apps. But more than that, someone else has admitted a 14-year-old, there's a bit of a black market going on amongst me and some of my friends. People under the age of 16 giving money to older friends or people they know to do the ID scan for them. So some of the apps where you've had to prove age, you could just put someone else's identification in me.

You were meant to drink before you were 18. you'd get your mate's brother to go get your six-pack. It's the same thing. You still could do it. So unfortunately, now we've got division amongst the young people because some have been booted off and others haven't. Well, natural selection. So one young chick, Annabelle, she goes, I got kicked off but none of my friends did.

Oh, well, sucked in Annabelle. All right. So now I'm on me out. She thinks 10% of people probably got banned, but most of people my age didn't really get banned. And we've got birthdays coming up anyway. Annabelle needs to pay that older person to get back on it, right? Don't be so cheap. Yeah, yeah.

Canabel will be 16 in Feb, it says. So she might have got... No, she's probably already on it. Days away. Like, it's... They'll figure it out. And also, when it happened, Um, Albo's TikTok was getting thumped with comments going,

still here, bro. Oh, from the youngies. Oh, taunting him. Brah, nothing's happened. But this is the issue. Albo wasn't the one with the bloody tech. It was put on metas and it was put on your snaptrats. Ah, so she'd be going to Zuck.

And if they haven't done it, yes. So, yeah, they're taunting the PM. He doesn't care. Well, Zach, I said, Zach. Zuckerberg, of course. Well, that's the thing. You know that famous saying? It's like, when the thing is free, you are the product.

And that's what social media is. The more customers they get, particularly the younger ones, and you got them hooked for life. Yeah. More stuff to sell to them. They'll figure it out. It's such a silly man. But two months in, apparently all the young ones, you're absolutely right.

They've grown up with devices in their hand. They're all tech savvy. Wasn't there a nine-year-old in your life shy guy? Yeah. I, over the Christmas holidays, It was with my cousins and they were all over it. It was like the band didn't exist. This what I'm saying.

See, I thought like at 9 you wouldn't have it. All this time for like, got to look after. I agree, I agree you've got to look after mental health. But they're just going to do it anyway. There's always ways around it. Kids will do whatever they want. We need to be better. Just like this e-box.

How do we get them off the road? Oh, God. He's back to e-bikes. This is Jess and Rowan. On an act I witnessed my husband commit, I'm going to label it a crime. Okay. against our fur baby Gianni.

Oh, poor dog. Now, I didn't fly off the handle because I'm a rational, level-headed partner. I just addressed it calmly. No, you didn't? Oh, did you really? I don't know. Okay. But I thought I would bring it to you, Rowan, so we can get a definitive answer.

Red card? I'm a definitive answer. You're the definitive because whilst I believe my husband respects me, coming from you, I reckon he'll either stop or continue. I see where you going is. You know what I'm saying? I need some support or not. I'll be the guy.

I know you don't have a dog currently, but you're a big dog guy. You grow up with dogs, all right? God, I want one. You respect the fur babies of our families. Most of the time. I grew up with like basically working dog, sheep dogs. So sometimes they got to respect you. Okay.

You got to show who's alpha. You've got to yell and you've got to sometimes. Maybe that's what my husband was trying to do, alpha our dog, but I didn't like it. Okay. Gianni is up against it, all right? He is a 52-kilo, Rhodesian Ridgeback. He's taller than me, basically. His ears are softy. Like, he's beautiful.

Yes. But sadly, because we are renovating our house, we've been put in an apartment. Put in an apartment. Oh, sorry. With water views. Like, let's not, let's just back that up. We have been relegated to a prison cell. On the top floor, 64 seconds from the beach.

Look, it's all right for the kid. Oh, sorry. For the dog, I feel so bad. Yeah, yeah, I get to see that, yeah. We went to our friend's house for a play date. They have a little kid and they've got a dog. So we were there for a big stint of the day. And I literally felt like he was on day release.

So when we went back to the apartment, I'm like, apologising to Gianni. On a supervised visit. Oh, my God, back to the prison cell for you. So he's up against it. So I'm uber conscious of his bladder and his entertainment. Oh, that's good of you. Mate, the dog sleeps for 16 hours, but I just have such guilt. Yeah, okay.

So I'm trying to make his life as pleasant as possible. Okay. But the other night, where his dog bed is situated, it's just sort of tucked up against the island bench. You know, in the sort of living area. It looks comfortable, though. To be honest, he does that bed. It's a good bed.

It was an expensive bed. It makes sense. But I notice, and again, just reiterating, the apartment's not huge. It's not. I caught my husband reaching over the island bench to grab something off it. shoes on standing on Gianni's bed. Okay. And I

lost it. I said, I said, with shoes on. The dog has such little joy in his life being trapped in the... You're not reacting like this is a big deal. It's not a big deal. Oh my God. You are treating the dog's bed like it's your bed.

It's not your bed, man. I have, to be honest, I treat my bed worse. I'll get on to. the bed with sand dirt like but Gianni you know it's Angus that's another issue

the dog has so little joy Angus has so little time mate Like you can listen You could have easily Shoes off for the dog's bed no way He stood on and I've come out of the bedroom spot it when get off the dog's bed What you do you're doing? What shoes are we talking here

We're talking like sneakers or something Oh just like these tone lab shoes or something These gym ones So not like the work boots Not a booths it was I'm pretty sure it was a runner. That's clean enough, I would say. If it was a steel toe, I'd go...

I'd have been outside. Did he stomping in the mud with the chia before? Thank you, shy guy. Did you check the bed? I didn't check. To be fair, the bed is covered in. So you didn't even think to check, you went, get off and then went, it'll be fine. Beyond him putting dirt on the bed, I rest my case.

It's disrespectful to the dog. And his argument was, this dog pees on his own foot because he can't angle the wee, we, we correctly. Let's be honest. So... You want to talk disrespect to the dog? He used to have a backyard. That's what I'm saying.

So now, you're mad at shoes on bed. He used to be able to be tummy on dirt. Yes, Rowan. Now there's nothing. You're making my point, brother. I can see you in his eyes. Get me out of this hellhole with these people. Do you hear yourself?

You're making my point. So little joy now in his life. He used to love rolling around the dirt. I used to, he in your backyard, he used to make a track of the dirt. Hello, you're proving my point. No, it's different points. All he has in this apartment is his bed, his sanctuary. Yeah, and just share it with some.

I reckon Angus felt so guilty. So that was maybe a couple days ago. Yesterday we were having a cheeseboard on the coffee table. He feels guilty. No, what I'm saying is I reckon subconsciously, we were having a cheeseboard on the coffee table. Angus left it unattended. Gianni cleaned it up.

I reckon he did it. Deliberately. Subconscious guilt left the cheese out for the dog. Do you think so? Well, he's not silly. You can't leave cheese around the dog. He's moved it up. It's just the runners, man.

No. Bit of respect for the fur dog, fur baby, who is up against the living in an apartment. With water views. Well, he's scared of the balcony. He can't see the view. This is Jess and Rowan. Do you want to live the dream?

We are living the dream. Code word. Oh, are we done, shy guy. We reckon for our last co-word. Still some time left? Nah. It's over by now. The gate closed.

The gate's locked. Shy guy locked the gate. Locked in. Well, you only get 15 minutes. Yeah. Another code word coming up. Another code word through the day and then we'll pop back up through the end of, all around drive. That's right.

Carrie and Tommy will interrupt their show. Yeah. Get your name in the pool as many times as you can. Hit.com.com.com.com.com, you new Subaru, $50,000 cash and a $20,000 overseas holiday. Hell yeah. Unreal. Game tomorrow.

What are we playing tomorrow? Is there a game? Tuesday game? What's our Tuesday game? Well, his Bab's going to rock up because it's blog day. Oh, my God. Actually, blog day tomorrow. She can tell us all about Laneway. That's right. She took the morning off because she partied too hard with Chapel Rhone at Laneway Festival. Yes. 24-year-old thought, I couldn't possibly come to work on the Monday. I'm going to need to recover.

We should call her. Do you think we should call her? She won't answer. No, she won't answer. We'll just leave her alone. I can't get her to re-share a story that I tag her in. You're going to pick up a call. What do you mean? She doesn't do that? I tagged her in our 10th birthday celebration.

Friday, we got you a cake and a box of donuts to celebrate 10 shows. Tagged us all. We reshed. Shy guy reshared. I resheds. Babs. No reshirt. And I reshared the real from that day too.

God love you. Oh, wow. I saw someone in the DM saying, good to see Stephen Bradby's at the front. And I was like, what does that mean? I saw that too. I was like, is that meant to be an insult? Is that you? Well, obviously, because you're at the front.

I guess so. Stephen Bradbury is one of our great Olympic heroes I was like, that's a, he won the gold medal guys. 100%. And I understand it's because five of the blokes fell down and he scooched to the front. That's what he's trying to say? I was like, yeah. Who fell down?

What? I didn't really get it. Sometimes, hey, listen, we love, I love the hate and the DMs. But make them good, guys. Make them good. I know, if we have to say, what do you mean? That's like shitty insult. All right, back tomorrow.

Maybe it wasn't an insult. Maybe he was just been a nice guy. You're the one we were celebrating. That's true. All right. I've been here eight years. Oh, sorry, you're done. See you.

See you. Are you talking? Is there any more you want to talk about? I'm just having such a nice time. Well, we're back tomorrow. We are back tomorrow. Another couple. Oh, yeah, another Al-Buck's couple.

I thought the 10,000 dollars is going to go off today. So did I. Zach, who's been married to Jen for 12 years, together for 16. He was cranking it. He beat her by one. Failed to get the 10 grand, but he now gets the glory of saying, well, I'm better at AlphaBucks. And eight, that's the highest we've had so far this year.

If you would like to go up against your party. But notar, hit.com.com.au. You register your details. Shiger, give you a buzz and we'll lock you in for tomorrow. Absolutely. You do that, shy guy? Do the buzzin? Yep.

Well, because Babs isn't here. He'll have to do it. Oh, no. Need to lock in Tuesday's couple. Yeah. You just said her the number and she can do it on the drive. So true. Okay, now I'm out of things if you would like to say.

Bye, guys. Bye-bye. That was the Jess and Rowan podcast. The Al Macco is back at Maccas. Try the new range today.