Life with Nat - EP101: Nat's Nieces #16
Episode Date: March 27, 2025Nat and her nieces are back, this time they're airing out the sibling rivalry, getting trollied, and mega furious about selfish parking Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can fin...d us in all places here; https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view INSTA: @natcass1 We're also on Facebook too: https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it’s me! Natalie Cassidy and I’ll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that’s where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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We're all natural today.
We look buff.
I don't think we've ever looked as bad.
I don't. do I look awful?
Considering what you two usually turn up like.
Oh, is it?
I feel like I'm at home with you,
because I always look like this.
What upsets me, and I've noticed in the video.
Yeah.
I don't have, I'm a triangle.
Shoulders.
And I'd like to be more of a square.
What did you say to me?
What?
She's a triangle. Let me see. I've got no shoulders either a square. What did you say to me? What? She's a triangle.
Let me see.
I've got no shoulders either babe.
What are you?
No, don't lift them up.
We can all do that.
No, I'm nice.
Why is that?
That's such a shame.
I'm rectangular.
We have no shoulders.
Do you think we can try and,
how, you wouldn't call that a triangle.
Cause triangle, you're an oval.
When we were doing my book, excuse me. When we were doing my book... You're an oval.
Excuse me.
When we were doing my book cover...
I said you got no shoulders.
You said you got shit shoulders.
No, but yeah, it's a triangle like that.
Why are you doing an upside down...
Triangle.
I mean, you're thick.
Like that.
We're talking about the point being at the bottom.
Aren't we?
Oh, sorry!
The point being at the top and hence why your shoulders...
Yeah, because otherwise your shoulders are a bit excellent.
So we are a normal way triangle, not upside down, not sideways.
But that's such a shame. Do you think there's anything you could do to get that?
I said that and you could get, you could get as well, implants. You know like breast implants.
But up here?
On your shoulders.
Maybe harder ones though.
To create shoulder pads.
Or you could just wear shoulder pads.
That's maybe why I've always loved a little blazer with a shoulder pad.
Correct.
And have to get some new clothes with shoulder pads.
What's made you think about this darling?
When I saw the video of us posted on Instagram.
Oh I see.
And I'm sat like, like a thumb.
Well yeah, it's not ideal really, it's a shame.
Never mind.
What if I sit like that?
You look quite uncomfortable.
Yeah it's uncomfortable.
I won't be able to walk. Oh well, I am what I am.
We are what we are. Bit dodgy looking, just the way it is really. Real shame. I showed my friends
Rachel and Abby because we went to a spa for the weekend which was lovely. Cheers all the best.
It was really really nice. Went to Champneys, thank you, shout out to them. Was well looked after. But I scared my friends with my feet. They couldn't get over my toes and what they
looked like.
Did you have a pedicure before?
Yes.
Oh good.
It's just the shape and form of them.
Okay. Well I won't show you my toes. Do you want to see mine at the moment?
No, but look at them.
No, I don't like looking at them. They freak me out.
They were freaked out by it.
Yeah, it's weird. And then I thought, really, are they that bad? They're not great. Rachel couldn't get over at them, they freak me out. They were freaked out by it.
And then I thought, really, are they that bad?
Rachel couldn't get over it.
She couldn't believe it.
Get yourself on...
OnlyFans.
No, not OnlyFans, the feet one.
Same shit, innit?
Dunno.
Oh, it's a foot one.
I could make a fortune.
Oh, you would, because your friends are going to sign up to it.
My feet in that weird category.
Warped feet.
Yeah, people would pay money for that. Or like gravy and shit on them.
I'm not putting a photo of my foot, by the way,
on Instagram for anyone who asks,
but they're just very spaced out from the large toe.
I've got my big toe, and then my second toe.
It's about five centimeters away.
It's about three centimeters away and rather tall.
And it goes off on a right angle. So triangular
shoulders, square toes.
Welcome to Nats Neces. I'm no life for Nats.
Life for Nats and Nats Neces.
All the best. Seeing that.
Did you have a nice weekend and everything? All good?
Yeah, really nice.
Good. Good. Well, this is going out Thursday before Mother's Day.
How are you feeling about your first Mother's Day, darling?
Yeah, all right.
Okay.
No, it's not really about me, is it?
It's gonna be a fantastic pod, everybody.
No, because it's not really,
I'm doing stuff for mum and mother-in-law.
Yes, I see what you mean.
So it's not really my day.
It's not, but you are a mum for the first time.
If it was your day, what would you want to be doing?
Something nice.
Like what?
Just go out and have a nice day out.
Whether it's nice, go for a walk, go for lunch.
We're going to do that on Saturday instead.
Nice.
So you're not spending your day how you want to spend it?
No, no, because I could do that.
It's not that, like, I'm not under pressure to do those things,
but I'd like to see mum and we want to see Jack's mum,
so that's, I think that's only fair.
And like, he doesn't, I think as he gets older,
it's nice to do something.
It's just an excuse to make sure you're present.
Do you know what I mean? When you're not spending loads of time together as a family, I think that's a nice day to make sure you're present. Do you know what I mean?
When you're not spending loads of time together as a family, I think that's a nice day to
make sure you spend that time as a family.
Yeah.
Or just do it any other weekend.
But if it was...
Yeah, but because it's a date, you sort of...
You can say we need to be around that day.
Yeah, but if it was true, it's Mother's Day, if it's about the mum, really, you should
just palm everyone off and get a nice massage and
have a day. Absolutely. Yeah. Isn't it though? Yeah, I know what you mean. Because even me,
I'm like, oh, we've got to do, but it's got to be for the kids. Why? It's Mother's Day.
No, it doesn't have to be for the kids. Yeah, but you do because we spoke about going for
an afternoon tea, which was chunks, like mental 50 quid a head for children that are not going
to eat half sandwich.
And then you're going to sit there and they're going to be bored.
And also it's going to be awful. I don't think you could go the weekend after and probably pay half the price.
Absolutely, yeah. It's a disgrace.
Busy and awful. And yeah, so that's it. So in the end you're like, but you've got the kids so it needs to be...
Kid-friendly.
Yeah.
So it's not really about the mums, is it?
I just like a nice card made, homemade, hopefully. I like to have a little lay-in,
but I do that anyway, really, on a Sunday. So, what sort of time?
It's just the money-making exercise. No, not 12.
12? I slept last weekend.
She slept until 11. So if she was asking for a lay-in.
11. 11. 11. A lay-in. 11 o'clock. I woke up, my eyes opened at 11. So if she was asking for a lay-in. 11. 11. 11. A lay-in. 11 o'clock. I woke up, my
eyes opened at 11. It wasn't just laying in bed. You slept. I slept until 11 o'clock.
Blimey. Last weekend. Must have needed it. Every weekend is Mother's Day for you, hon.
No, it's a cute day. It is, but again, I remember Mother's Day. It is pressure, I agree. It should
be a card and a bunch of flowers. I remember Mother's Day was, it is pressure, I agree, and she spent
money.
It should be a card and a bunch of flowers.
I remember us going down, picking flowers out of the garden, putting them in a little
vase, making mum a cup of tea in bed on a tray.
That's what Mother's Day was.
That's what, mama, I love you.
That's what we used to do.
That's great.
Yep.
And that was Mother's Day.
And then we'd have just stay at home, do a bit of dinner like a normal Sunday. And I would say that's what my used to do. That's great. Yeah. And that was Mother's Day. And then we'd have to stay at home,
do a bit of dinner like a normal Sunday.
And I would say that's what my Mother's Day is.
But even that, but even that at home,
Yeah.
You're then cooking and clean, do you know what I mean?
What is Mother's Day, what is it meant to be?
I can feel some anger inside you.
What do you want to do on Sunday?
You want to have a massage and be on your own. No I don't. Yeah do you want to do on Sunday? You want to have a massage and be
on your own?
No, I don't. I don't want to do anything.
Yeah, but you could still do that. You could get up and go and have a treatment.
Oh yeah. I'll nick the money out of Alphys and Ruby's piggy bank to pay for it.
No, but...
No, but it's the whole thing. No, but even though...
Yeah, but it doesn't need to be thought like that.
No, but it does. I was out of the weekend.
If you take it like that.
I know, but it's weekend.
I'm buying the kids godmother's gifts for Mother's Day.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
My godmother's gift.
Yeah, but that's you.
That's you.
That's nobody else is doing that.
That's nice, isn't it?
But that's the point.
Why?
Because you could pick up some daffodils for a pound and it's just a nice gesture.
Absolutely.
You are creating that, so you can't get annoyed
because you're now doing all the things.
I'm not getting annoyed, I don't mind doing that,
that's fine, I'm just saying it's a lot of precious.
But it isn't.
But no one expects that.
Because again, if Alfie had made me a card
and wrote in it for me, I'd be more than happy,
I don't need presents.
No, I'll take it, I'll take the presents back.
Take it back.
Any good?
No, but do you see what I mean?
It's not, you don't have to do that.
No, but I like doing that.
I don't mind doing that.
I like doing that.
Well stop fucking moaning then.
No, I'm just saying, they're not like this, yeah.
But what?
It's just being nice day,
however you'd like to spend it.
Yeah, but it's not, is it?
Well, I'm going to take a deep dive into Mother's Day next Monday after the event.
So we can have a little deep dive into that.
Fantastic.
I did want to talk, please, about Kim's message. Kim from Morden said...
Morden Seesaw. Morden in Essex?
Is Morden sea salt from Essex?
Or is it a Kurdish thing?
Or is there a something called Morden in the cup?
I'm just throwing it out there.
Morden sea salt?
And that's an Essex thing, yeah?
It's by the sea.
It's good though, isn't it?
I'm googling.
Morden sea...
I mean, I'm confused.
I've never heard of that.
Oh, I have.
What's C-salt?
What are you doing?
What's she doing?
Oh.
Physics.
I'm so confused.
For everyone listening, I don't know what's going on today.
These two are in a right-hand mood
oh it's from...
by the seaside
is it from Essex?
near Southend
is it near Southend?
I don't know what she's doing
yeah
it's where the sea salt comes from
yes that's what I said, Malden Yeah, it's where the sea salt comes from. Yes.
Yes.
That's what I said, Malden.
Yeah.
In Essex.
In Essex.
So he's from there.
Oh, that's what she's saying.
Right.
God.
Kim from Malden wants to know our thoughts on dreams and their meanings.
Now this is a really interesting one, isn't it?
It was really weird when that came through.
It was very odd.
So do you want to explain?
Because you're a good storyteller.
Well, why not?
We're not as good.
We're not as good.
So we went for a walk last week.
We did.
And Natalie turned around and said,
I had this really weird dream last night.
I'll explain the dream.
Here we go.
You explain the dream. There we go.
You explain the dream.
I woke up and my mouth felt like it had loads of stuff in it.
And I can't explain it.
I just woke up thinking, oh, what is in my mouth?
Awful.
And I was explaining to her earlier.
I beg your pardon?
Mark was nowhere to be seen.
Sorry.
Yeah.
And in the dream I had something, sorry about this, it is a bit gross everyone, but I had
a constant thick paste appearing in my mouth and every time I went to get rid of it more
came up or it was coming from my teeth and I just could not get rid of it. So weird. And then this one turns out I'm
telling her this dream and what did you say? I've had the exact same dream maybe
even twice. I know it's recent because in my head when I woke up it wasn't this
and again this is gross but the only way that I could describe it was like the baby's poo. But that thick, that texture.
It's fucking weird.
And you're sort of wretched, it's like you're being sick but you're not, it's like coming
out.
But it's really slowly coming.
Yeah, that's great.
But how weird, we have had the same dream, that's weird.
What's it mean?
Well we had Lurt feeling overwhelmed.
Clutter.
And it's about clutter.
Which was for me quite true at the time.
I was surprised I haven't had that dream.
It was for I should have done it every day.
I can't do the wardrobe.
Have you done the wardrobe?
I did the wardrobe.
Well done.
Aunty Lynnie did the wardrobe.
Excellent.
But yeah, and then we had a message.
And then we had a message about dreams.
But what Kim's saying is, should we do one on dreams and their meanings so 07788201919 maybe us as a three could do a little dream pod, we should all
special, writing down our dreams because you dream loads.
And also if anyone has had that dream that we've had and then it has any more because
you Google it one thing says one thing one and now if another like has anyone had that dream and got any insight?
Let's go in and have a little chat about dreams and if there are any dream specialists out
there who maybe we can talk to that would be brilliant we could give you a ring so please
let us know.
There was a thing on TikTok the other day actually and there was some common theme dreams
you know they say the one where you dream your teeth are falling out and it gave you
like explanations of what they all mean. I have that, I used to have that. I've had that.
Like crumbling. But that's an anxiety dream. Is it? Yeah. Have you ever done, I have dreams
and we're going into the dream pod now but I'm gonna save it actually. I'm gonna save
it. I did have a dream last night though. You and mum, you did something and didn't
tell me and I was fuming.
Sounds about right.
I mean, that's not a dream, that's every day.
Daily occurrence.
And you had like a tattoo on your hand.
It was really weird and then we were meant to do a pod
and I was like, I'm not doing the pod.
That was my dream.
I mean, that is just a reality.
Normal Monday morning.
But again, why are you thinking that way?
I don't know, it does...
It's just, and also we were talking about dreams, which I don't think we've done...
Never, never.
Never. And then Kim comes along with a dream. It's just weird. It's just the universe, you
know?
Bizarre. How bizarre.
I know, but I think sometimes, I read as well, sometimes you can get a bit obsessive about
your dreams. And if you dream about stuff that it's stuff that
you're thinking about that you want to happen or yeah or you can dream about
someone really random yeah but then it might be that you've been on your
Instagram the night before and seen something that's why you're then
dreaming about them. Gardenscapes, any good? I'm right into it. Do you know what?
Garden scapes, is that an app?
It's a game.
I've got my own garden scapes because my seeds that I've planted, I've gone outside in the cold frame, looking great.
Half lost, half of them, they're all cinched to death.
So yesterday I've planted another load, just so you all know.
I don't know if I've overwatered them.
I don't know if they've been too hot.
But I've got probably four or five cosmos, three or four zinnias.
So I've planted another load tomorrow.
So anyone who hasn't planted yet, please plant.
You've planted another load tomorrow.
So sorry, can I just check?
I'm so confused.
What are you doing with those cosmos or whatever you've said?
What are they? Plants?
They're all plants. Hopefully they'll be flowers and they're going to be very long.
I will have enough to give you some.
Thank you. That's what I was just complaining about.
Would you like some? Good.
Gardenscapes is just like a game, but I haven't played for so long. So my new thing is not
playing for so long. So then when you go back on, you get loads of free play.
Is it like a Sims type thing?
No, it's like Candy Crush.
Oh.
Oh, it sounds like you're making a garden or something.
Well, in the process you do, but that bit's quite boring.
Oh, OK.
If Maria saw, if you saw right now how many stars, how much energy,
it's more mad.
What level you on there?
Sorry, now.
Oh, this is boring, but it's important stuff for you now.
No, I don't mind it, I just don't really have time to play games on my phone.
Oh, but it's going to give me all the free stuff!
Oh, shocker.
Oh, no!
I know what I'm doing this afternoon.
6906.
What a life.
7595.
Yeah, but bearing in mind...
You've been playing for less time than me, you're a loser.
Thank you.
There's something to be proud of.
I started playing when we went to Italy, so that was in that November and I was...
Well done guys.
Angela Nicholson said this episode was so good and she talks about with her bank account
she can have your everyday account and subsidiary accounts set up for all different things.
So technically like the money jars you can set an amount and how often you transfer it over.
But we had loads and loads of replies
about all different banks, what people do.
It's really good.
And people still do the old Christmas club
where they actually give in the cash.
And even just the jars, like we were saying we did.
So it's good.
I'm looking into a couple from some of the advice.
Yeah, and me, I need to do that.
Cause I would
like to. No definitely. And what did you mug me off about? About what I said on the last
pod? Oh yeah she said, she goes, I'll save, yeah on one I save £20 a month and then the
other one I did £5 a week. Maybe the numbers varied but I can't say anything.
Mandy Jarvis thanked us for having a little shout out for the Facebook followers because
there's loads to be fair.
Loads and having to remember to look at Instagram is just another job.
So it's really good that we sort of thought about them a little bit more.
Now Marios Solomonides, would you say it like that?
Yeah, very nice. Mouthful.
Bit like the dream. Marios Solomonides.
Greek?
Yeah.
It might be Solomonides.
No, I don't think it's Solonomides.
Okay. Anyway, Marios said clothes era or clothes horse, both correct.
Thank you.
More people come back and said clothes-era, just throwing it out there.
Thank you.
Love the idea of boiled egg in lasagna.
We had a message about putting boiled egg in a fish pie.
Yeah.
Sorry, I've not got time for that.
It's disgusting.
Yeah.
Dad did it, don't you remember?
Yeah, no, I know. I don't like fish pie that. That's disgusting. Yeah. Dad did it, don't you remember?
Yeah, no, I know.
I don't like fish pie anyway, at the best of times.
Egg, like creamy.
Someone said about putting egg in your porridge.
Oh, yeah.
Egg whites in it?
Egg whites.
Absolutely.
That was on our Instagram.
Well, that's for protein reasons.
I know, yeah, yeah.
But again, you can't, don't knock it till you've tried it.
No, listen, each to their own.
You can knock yourself out with the egg white in the porridge.
It will go out scrambled egg.
Oh, I'm not sure.
Oats scrambled egg. I just think, no. Maybe if you baked some oats with the egg white,
it would be kind of a crunchy omelette.
Gross.
Oh dear.
I don't know.
Just make a muffin.
Just eat a pancake.
On the AERA thing, I was thinking,
is that why they say don't air your dirty laundry
out in public on the airer?
Yes.
Yeah, you're airing it out.
Yeah, there we go.
What do you mean there you go?
You were the one saying clothespong.
As if she's discovered something.
No, but after I thought about it, you don't say like, oh, don't horse around.
We'd be laundry.
What?
You'd be horsing around, no Steve.
Oh, don't be horrible.
We had a meeting.
We've got a meeting?
I don't know where I am today, I don't know what I'm doing.
Maybe it's the fix of the day.
We had a message. Off of a lady who said that you crack her up.
No, I'm going to read it now.
Oh, go on, read it.
Sorry, but in the space of 30 seconds,
Elia cracked me up on your niece's number 15 multiple times.
Maria saying, doesn't want to expect gifts
and Elia piping up in the background, I'm here for it.
And then when Maria's going through her box of hugs you said you don't have old lady hands and again Elia pipes
up yeah you do literally cracking up love the sibling-ness is this a word no but I like
it what's the order of birth with their other siblings is Elia secondborn and secondborn
syndrome no offense Elia what like middle child I don't know what second-born? Middle child.
Yeah, it's middle child or is it second-born?
Joanie's second-born, isn't she?
Yeah, well, I know what it is.
I know what that means.
I thought middle child's...
But what I'm saying, what's second-born syndrome?
A, that's not me.
No, you have got that. You have got that.
Well, I'm the baby.
No, I know. Even worse. Even more so.
Yeah, you're the last-born syndrome. Right. Right. What do you mean, I know even worse even more so good. Yeah, you're the last born syndrome
Right, right. What do you mean? I've got it. What have I got?
Yeah, I'd like to know what you mean. Come on hit me up just
That's in here
But even when you was younger you were just full on right? Yeah, do you think that's what I've got cuz I'm the baby
Yeah, yeah, I'm the baby.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm the baby.
You were like an only child really, wasn't you?
Yeah, really, yeah.
So you got it all going on.
Maria's the oldest and I'm the youngest brother in the middle.
Oh yeah, brother in the middle, yeah.
But only 14 months apart.
He's the favourite.
Me and my brother.
Golden boys.
Old golden boy.
Oh, of course.
Auntie Lynnie. Yeah golden boy. Of course.
Auntie Lynnie.
Yeah I don't know. And it's also just the younger sister thing.
That's not true by the way.
I'm just going to say that because she'll be really annoyed.
You just have a go at her all the time.
No but I get it. I get the boy thing.
You haven't got one so you wouldn't know.
No but I do get it. I understand.
I know I haven't got one but...
The boy thing is... I mean not that I have a girl.
I would have loved a boy.
But yeah, boys are the best.
They are.
Girls are a hacker.
No, girls are the best.
No, girls are the best.
Ruby is my favourite girl and Alfie is my favourite boy.
Absolutely.
Perfect.
It's the sister thing as well though, isn't it?
What do you mean?
I mean you two can argue.
Yeah, it's just the...
The bickering that goes on and then you'll find 30 seconds later. Yeah. I haven't got that with anyone. I don't speak to anyone like
you speak to each other. Do you know what I mean? Not in a bad way because you love
each other but... But our age gap's weird as well because it's quite... It's only six
years isn't it? Yeah but I think actually closer would have been easier when we were
younger. Now it's not, it doesn't matter, it's lovely. Well, that's what I say to Eliza.
But I think at that age, when I was-
Annoying?
Yeah, I used to sit in Maria's room
to be with her and her friends.
She, I used to beg her and all the friends would say,
"'Let her in, don't be out of order.'
And they used to love me, they were nice.
So Maria would-
That's because they didn't live with you though.
Yeah, exactly.
Maria would let me in the room as long as I had my CD Walkman with headphones on.
So I'd sit in the room and I was quite happy.
One friend sneaked me in the wardrobe when Maria went to the toilet and I sat in the
wardrobe.
I mean, why?
Why would I want to be there?
And then in my own bedroom, her and Dom made me sleep on the floor.
I have to say when you are little you get abused.
Natalie used to abuse me. No but I did. Dom used to come into my room. You used to lock me in your room with the fucking cricket doll and say it's Chuckie and I used to shit myself.
Things you do, it's terrible.
Maria, Dom come in here, come in here Dom, let's watch something and I'd be like hi.
No you can lay down there so in the middle of two single beds I would
prepare myself a blanket and a pillow.
Well I used to sleep next to my mum and dad's bed with a blanket and a pillow till I was about 13.
That was your choice.
It was.
No, you used to take my clothes, that was annoying in itself, and then they come back
ripped, that yellow dress that I loved.
You wore it once, it was ripped.
Dirty whining, weren't I?
This is what happens.
Dirty whining.
I don't know, I was young.
I always say to Eliza, because Joni and Eliza now, I mean mean there is very very rarely a time where they'll sit and do something together.
What's their age now? Six years?
That's my hope. I say to Eliza I know she's annoying now but look at Maria and Elia one day you'll be close. Let's hope.
It's a hard age gap at that age because you feel I think more so like when Eliza's 18, Joanie will be 12.
Yeah, maybe 19 and 13.
Joanie's gonna start feeling like she's old enough.
What age group was the turning point?
Yeah, how old, when did you?
I'd say not until you were like...
Not about 17.
Yeah, I was gonna say 16, 17.
Yeah, which is, I think that...
That's okay.
Yeah.
That's acceptable. I was early 20s. I get that, you started to drive. Yeah, which is, I think that- That's okay. Yeah. That's acceptable.
I was early 20s.
I get that.
You started to drive.
You started going out together.
Yeah, yeah.
I remember then Maria was taking me out and we were going out with Frank.
You know, remember we went to our faces and you'd take us and things like that.
Yeah, that's nice.
I was a good big sister, weren't I?
Then you could start using their ID.
That was good.
Yeah.
And the least I used to use mine.
Did you use mine?
Yeah, all the time. Oh, good. And then you'd get it taken off for you and stuff like that. It's good. On the train
Yeah, use your train card get that taken away. Yeah, I'd really good luck. Good times. You brought it all onto yourself
No
Yeah, she was a bit of a pain. Yeah, he was a bit of a nightmare. No, I was not.
Elia. There's a hell of a lot where I weren't. What did I do? I didn't do anything. No, you're just a young girl. This is what happens.
She, you don't mess around. Thank you. Right. Let's not get into the history of whatever. Let's not get it awkward. I saved your life, remember?
Did you?
Yeah.
Where from?
Oh, when I choked.
Yeah, I was being sick once.
Oh, really?
Yeah, drunk.
She came running in the room.
Have you ever choked any more times?
Because I've got the most terrible memory.
Once I had a lamb curry and I had a lump of lamb and because I'm a pig and I eat quickly that I didn't chew it
and it got stuck in my throat. I thought I was going to die. I'll never forget that time.
Look at that scary.
Yeah but I couldn't, I didn't know what I was going to do. Awful.
What did you do?
I don't know. In the end I got it up but it is the worst feeling that.
Well weaning James is, I know people say you've got to just be relaxed with it, but that freaks me out.
Yeah, no, I get that.
Obviously he's just on puree, but...
He's just on puree, freaks me out.
No, I know, but then you're reading things, and it gives them a, you know, strawberry,
and they should be scared.
Yeah, but they've got to get used to doing that.
It's all the learning, isn't it?
Well, did you know that their gag reflex is way far forward when they're small, which
is why they gag so much and that's teaching them how to learn not to choke.
Because it's not back there yet.
It's amazing what they can.
I know, it's just horrible.
It's just certain things you know, you know what I mean, it's not rocket science.
You'll be fine.
No whole grapes.
No, I know.
Freaks me out.
And you've got to cut them the right way.
Yes.
Not in a horizontal.
I've never been able to do that. You've never been able to do what darling? Cut a grape. Freaks me out. And you've got to cut them the right way. Yes, I've never been able to do that.
You've never been able to do what darling?
Cut a grape.
Cut a grape up? Sorry?
My kids won't eat it.
Won't eat the grape? Won't?
They like it whole.
Oh no.
Yeah, that is stupid.
They bite it in half.
I know, but that's one of the biggest killers in children.
What about my regrowth?
What about all this lovely fringe I've got coming?
It's all your hair that has fallen out in pregnancy.
It's not that bad.
No, I lost a lot of hair.
It's all good.
It's really good.
I'm getting on really well with them.
I can't believe it. I'm getting on really well with them. I can't believe it. I'm getting on really well with them. I can't believe it. No, I lost a lot of hair. It's all good.
It's really good. I'm getting on really well with them. I can't believe it.
I can't believe it. I'm really pleased.
Happy for you. Yeah, thank you.
It's nice and I actually prefer this colour now.
The red's come out a little bit and I'm enjoying it.
No, it's come out completely.
You can keep saying a little bit, it's not red.
No, it's not red. It's sort of honey colour I'd call it. Yeah, it's not red. No, it's not red.
Sort of honey.
Honey colour I'd call it.
Yeah, it's not red.
Caramel.
I really like it.
Me too.
I'm really pleased with it.
I'm getting my eyebrows tattooed tomorrow.
Excellent.
Don't put up for that.
No, because again, look at them.
It's weird.
You're just weird.
Look at it.
What's wrong with you?
It takes me ages.
I feel them in well though, don't I, when I do it myself, be honest.
She bought this.
This just sums her up.
We went out a few weeks ago.
I went to Boots.
I needed an eyebrow pencil.
I needed it.
She'd bought a couple of bits for the baby, so it was all in one bag.
I've got home.
It's in there.
The eyebrow pencil's in there.
So I thought, right, I need to put that in my baby bag. Forgot to bring it here. Came here when we did the last pod. It was
in my bag. I'm in her room while she's getting ready. Sat there. She's like, oh, I've got
this new eyebrow pencil I'm going to try out. I said, sorry? She was like, what? I said,
you bought one with me. I've got it in my bag for you. I said, she's bought another
one. Oh, but she doesn't even remember buying it.
No, I don't remember. Thank God you did have that one.
Why is that? Because I opened the one that I bought, which was Fenty.
Is that right? Fenty Beauty?
Yeah, Rihanna.
And I opened it and it snapped, completely snapped off.
Well, no, you used it. I watched you use it.
Oh, it was the one you got.
One of them snapped off immediately.
And I didn't, it fell off.
It was broken.
Well, can you not sharpen it?
No, it's one of those that just comes a twisty thing.
Okay, what would be done with it?
Put it in the bin.
I have to say a couple of things.
You bought me from Boots Brake as well.
Weren't that good?
The thing for the baby, for the car.
Oh, what, the shades? It's like doesn't suction
on at the bottom. We should be going back to boots with that. And then also the new clip handle
thing. Why are we not? We need to do that. Why don't you just bring them and we'll take
them in there. I know we haven't got the receipt. No I have. Oh you have? Yes. Oh we need to
do that. It's boring though isn't it? It is it's what? 20 quid? Got a whole new bathroom unit coming there, haven't I?
Have you?
What's wrong with yours?
It had a...
Damage?
It was damaged, wasn't it?
Don't you remember?
Remember?
Are your uncle's gonna have it?
For real?
For real, Williams.
The boys made it all up at their house, delivered it back to yours and it was broken?
Yeah, it was all peeled, all peeled the wood.
It's terrible. It's everything you buy.
So they said, we'll give you £15 or £16 compensation.
Oh.
Said, no, you're okay. Or we can send you the part but we need the part number. I said,
I don't know. I don't know what the part number is. I don't know. I haven't put it up. Someone's don't know I haven't put it up someone's put it up for me anyway back and forth
and in the end I think they gave up they said we'll just send you a whole new one
Wow but that's what they should do well no but they we say that but if I had to pay
for someone to put that up yes that's like a ration yeah of course it is
cost you money yeah but you try and sell that but also it's time yeah and now the
boys have got to put it together again.
Oh, they're going to be freaking...
Even they're buzzing because they can have the old one.
Yeah, and also...
It's like, it looks really nice, Martin.
Yeah, but also once you've done something once, it'll be quick for them to put it up
now.
Oh, it took him a week.
Fair enough.
Half a week.
Two and a half days. It was like three and a half days.
Three and a half.
Yeah.
Got a little message here. I feel we should continue the unicorns. Everyone loved the
unicorn story about holiday.
Oh good, so do you want to rent it? I'll rent it out.
Possibly.
To any other guy.
Possibly. That's a really good idea. If anyone wants a giant sized unicorn in the Hertfordshire
area, let us know and we could rent it out. I don't know how we're
gonna get it there. Rent it just for photos? Yeah, £10 a day. Great. At Home with the
Holes said meet Joseph. Joseph cost us 26 fucking poxy euros all because when
you're on your holidays you feel like a really bad parent if you say no. So after
having the long chat about it, if you have this you won't be able to have a
pair of goggles or a pretty grunkingaria t-shirt to which she laughed and said,
Mom, I'm 10.
Or anything else in the shop, she still wanted Joseph.
Joseph came to the beach with us, spent five minutes in the sea, and then sat behind the
sunbed for the rest of the day, apart from the time he tried to get himself blown away
in the wind, and we had to have a firm chat about the fact that I genuinely wouldn't look at all attractive running down the beach like
a mad woman, mainly because I can't breathe in for that long.
On the way back up to the hotel, we treated Joseph like one of our own children, placed
him carefully in the boot of the coach.
And guess what?
Now Joseph is dead.
The rubber ring is still alive and enjoying time with the family but Joseph has died. I
shall put a picture up of the unicorn. That's all I wanted though. That's exactly what I
was after. Any more unicorn stories that you've named, let us know. Hi Joseph, random. Technicolor
dream coat maybe. Maybe, the rainbow? Could be. Good.
Good thinking there.
Thank you.
Really good.
I'll tell you what else is really, really good that I really, really enjoy.
I enjoy Maria's voice notes.
Me.
I really enjoy them.
Me?
No.
I really think they are just really clear and concise.
You know what, yeah, it's fine, thanks for that. Yeah, I think I've got a dream today.
But I really don't know what that was. It could have been a huge dream, god knows.
Wait for it, wait for it.
No, I've never had that dream, but surprisingly I haven't. However, I've been, um, the only dream I've had for those things. I've actually done, but yeah, made a good dream come true.
It's been a good dream.
She's really amazing.
She's got fucking powers of place, speed, alignment, and all that kind of stuff.
Amazing.
Is that the police?
Sorry.
Where is she?
She's in the line of duty.
What's she doing?
Happy Valley?
Sarah Lancashire.
Where is she?
She's at the police station.
She's at the police station.
She's at the police station.
She's at the police station.
She's at the police station.
She's at the police station.
She's at the police station.
She's at the police station. She's at the police station. She's at the police station. She's at the police station. She's at the police? Sorry! Where is she? She's in the line of duty.
What's she doing?
Happy Valley? Sarah Lancashire? Where is she?
She's at the scene of the crime.
Was she using AirPods?
I don't understand!
Why do they not work?
What's the fucking point of them?
Noise cancellation!
Fucking terrible!
I'm sick of it's fucking, I'm raging.
I'm sick of it.
I'm bloody.
I've got airport.
She's got the airport.
How much are they?
250?
200?
Whatever.
A lot of money.
Yeah.
Fucking can't connect to the laptop.
The guy in IT goes, oh, you just need to get some cheap ones off Amazon.
No, sorry.
I've got Apple AirPods.
Then I use them. You can't hear. Every time I have a phone conversation Amazon. No, sorry. I've got Apple AirPods.
Then I use them.
You can't hear.
Every time I have a phone conversation, I can't hear you.
I don't get it.
No, it happens to me all the time with people.
No, I don't understand.
Well, my latest thing with voice notes, anything I send,
that people will listen halfway and it says,
this audio is no longer available.
Oh, that's fucking bullshit.
So I just, I get the amp, I give up.
That's weird.
But you replied, you responded to that message.
I did and I just put, are you in the line of duty?
What is going on?
Where are you and are you okay?
What in the line of duty is going on here?
I thought, what is going on?
Yeah, no, you can't be sending things like that.
Yeah, I couldn't hear any of you.
Although some times when I get them.
After 42 seconds, she had the audacity to actually say,
I hope you can hear this by the way.
Sometimes when they're like that, I think, oh lovely,
because I'll have to listen.
So sorry, can't hear it.
No responding, no remembering.
And then that's it, that sort of end of long vote.
You know, you just said airport instead of airpods.
Listen to this.
Heathrow Airport is closed until midnight.
This is the sort of shit I'm here for.
I'm here for going on Twitter, looking at the chaos.
Just so I let you know, there's been a fire nearby
and the whole airport is closed.
Imagine you were going on holiday today.
I mean, you'd be absolutely fuming, but it's one of those things.
Nothing can land there, nothing is closed completely.
Here she goes again, she can't get so all excited.
It was weird, it was weird because I saw it and I was just about to send it to the group and be like,
Ellie, you're going to be fucking buzzing.
And you sent that. What happened?
Just a fire.
It's crazy that it was closed for that long.
And imagine if you were on holiday, coming back, going on holiday.
Oh, here we go, hang on, there's a story coming.
I saw someone on social media, she said that she had flown, couldn't land at Heathrow
and went to Ireland. Back to America.
No she didn't.
What?
Shut up. Not even to Germany, Amsterdam, Paris.
No but there was Washington DC.
That is wild.
That is ridiculous.
How about the petrol though?
The fuel.
Oh, shall we?
Shall we?
Oh, you'd be gutted.
But how does he do that?
What about the fuel?
Yeah, I don't get that.
I'd be dead.
I'd be petrified about the fuel if they went, we're just going to head back and turn back
to America.
I'd be like, where were we stopping for fuel?
But what's that?
How long?
20 hours?
Oh don't be silly. Lovely though.
No food, where's all the food? You know I love a fly.
No you don't. Food and drink.
Yeah they might have run out.
Oh and kids on there, imagine you've got kids on there.
No, that would tip me over here. I reckon I would just go and slide you in the toilet.
Well I started watching Twister recently added to Netflix.
Any good? Twister?
It was about the Twister in America in 2011 added to Netflix. Any good? Twister?
It was about the Twister in America in 2011.
Oh, okay.
Any good?
Mad.
I've only started it because it was late.
Okay.
Yeah.
What about Adolescence?
Oh.
Amazing.
I'm not over it.
I'm going to read out.
One shot.
One shot.
It's unbelievable.
It's unreal, isn't it?
I'm going to just read.
I've watched it twice. I've watched the first two episodes twice. Yeah, I might go back and watch it again. One shot. It's unbelievable. It's unreal, isn't it? I'm going to just read.
I watched it twice.
I've watched the first two episodes twice.
Yeah, I might go back and watch it again.
No, I haven't watched three and four yet.
I've done those twice because Jackie was here last night.
So we did that again.
So we're going to watch it tonight.
It's incredible.
Yeah.
Being in one shot just blows my mind.
Because I think if you are 99 percent way through
and you forgot a line, you've got to start again.
Have you seen where he's in the room with the therapist?
No, that's three.
Oh, fun.
So we're on to that next.
But yeah, for me it's just the improvising, the things that weren't scripted that they did is just unreal.
And that boy, I mean, his first, like his debut, it's incredible.
Amazing stuff.
And Stephen Graham, I love him so much.
Yeah, and Ashley Waters.
My message is to Eliza.
Being really serious today, I do not want you on your phone all day.
Please make an effort to leave it alone.
Things are kicking off, Eliza.
Things are kicking off in Parliament.
Just have a nice time with your friends and chill out.
Mummy, please stop. We're relaxing. We're watching a programme.
I'm not going to kill anyone and I'm not being bullied. Life is good.
Fair play.
Fair play.
That tells me. But I said, I'm sorry, I can't help it. But they watch, funnily enough, a
lot of that age group have watched Adolescence this weekend.
They should. I think they should.
They're all watching it, they're all talking about it. It's great. It's amazing. I think
they should show it in schools.
Do you?
Yeah, do, yeah.
Yeah, I do. And they should win awards.
What was interesting, I spoke to Eliza though, because then they started looking up incels
and all that stuff, the two of them, never heard of it before. So I said that's good.
No I'm just saying, but I said have a look at it.
All the emoji stuff.
She said we've never heard of it.
The emoji thing she did.
Oh a few of the, what they mean.
Even the hearts, all the different colours mean different things.
Yeah she always seems to be a purple heart because she's a diva.
Mine's just like...
Red or blue.
Or whatever the ambiance is.
There you go.
But yeah, no scary stuff, but it's good for us all to...
just be across it, I suppose, and learn about it because we're older.
All the new things are coming out and it's good to...
Forget it, I'm not doing it. No phones, no nothing.
Sorry?
I'm not doing it, they're not having them. No.
Not going to have them?
No.
They can have a phone where they can't do anything on it, just so I can call them.
Okay.
Remind me of this conversation.
No, I think you're going to be lucky. I said to Ellie the other day.
No, I'm hoping they just ban social media.
It will be banned by the time they get to an age where they want one, I believe that.
Yeah.
It'll have a medical health warning and it'll be banned by the time they get to an age where they want one, I believe that. It'll have a medical health warning and it'll be banned.
When you say banned though, what do you think age restriction?
Not banned.
Banned from, sorry, excuse me.
Yeah, over 16 only.
I don't know how you police that or manage that though.
Well.
Because it's just you put in your date.
Well, no, you have to put ID or something.
Provide ID.
It'll have to be something.
Or like you're driving, there should be, you know, where you get, like, yeah, your driver's
license or your national insurance or something.
Yes, absolutely.
But yeah, fantastic programme.
Absolutely amazing.
High opening, didn't it?
Incredible.
Funny.
I actually spoke about that on the, off the telepod.
Yeah, I thought you might.
We had a bit of a deep dive into it.
Also, can I just say a little something that I'd like to mention.
The Daily Mail had an article and it said the EastEnders star
Natalie Cassidy left unimpressed as she takes savage dig at Meghan Markle's new show.
Rinsing out the old princess.
But it's all clickbait rubbish. I never said anything bad about it. Listen to the pod.
I've actually had people go, you're a bully. I'm no bully. Listen to the pod before you
comment.
Yeah, but that's the point.
Let's not read the Daily Mail side of shame.
I'm not earlier looking at the comments.
I did look at the comments.
I don't look at the Daily Mail.
Oh.
Never go on the Daily Mail.
What comments did you look at that time?
Oh, that was someone sent me something then.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But I never.
I looked at the Daily Mail.
You look at the Daily Mail every day.
No, I don't.
That is such shit.
Is that a lie?
I don't.
Not every day.
I used to, not anymore. Mmm, Not convinced. No, I don't obviously.
But all I said, they put that awful headline, which does make me look really bad, so it's not very nice.
But why? I was annoyed about it. Why? All I said, she was wearing beige, cooking a spaghetti bolognese.
Who wears beige? True. Is that right or wrong? I'm just having a good time on TikTok. With the headlines they put, I know we know this, but it does annoy me and I've got my
own pod and I can say it.
So there, there, I said it.
All the best.
All the best.
She can't cook though, can she?
She can't really cook.
I'm just going to go and check on my sanfo.
It's very boring.
Oh my god.
Boring programme.
I mean, yeah, I couldn't think of anything worse, to be honest.
Just a bit boring.
But I wasn't rude about her.
Good luck to the person.
Good luck to whoever wants to make a show.
If you're getting a six-part series on Netflix, go for it.
It's random, aren't you?
Knock yourself out.
Yeah.
But I just don't like the old clickbait headlines.
They annoy me.
Yeah.
You know?
And also, not being rude, but-
Loves it here at asleep, doesn't he?
Absolutely loves sleeping at Auntie Nat Nat's. They can stay if you want.
Let's go and get your nails done. Oh I'm gonna have him now.
Oh my. Why do they look like that? That is... No, no. You are not taking a photo.
What is wrong with you? What's happened? They were absolutely fine.
I've not been able to go and get them done.
Sorry.
There was nothing wrong with them earlier.
When did you get them done? Two weeks ago? Three weeks ago?
It was not three weeks ago.
And they're all off.
I've picked them off because I can't get them in field.
And this week I can't do it. So I'm having a break. What can I do?
Leave them on. Don't leave them. No, because then
they all start, no, I'd rather have none than have Chip now. Why does Elliot get a full
set every two weeks? No, I don't. That's not true. To be fair, I was due a new set because
they were fresh. They were old. I can't get him done. If anyone wants to have him for
an hour while I go and get my nails done. Take him with you. I can't now him done. If anyone wants to have him for an hour while I go and get my nails done.
Take him with you.
I can't now. He won't sit there.
I don't find it a nice place for kids to be.
That's the point is he might not be asleep. It's a hard thing to manage.
It's different if you're out and you're walking. You think,
oh right, he's gone to sleep. It doesn't really work like that.
Oh, can I just have a've had a message come through.
Yeah.
Oh, hang on. That was really cute.
I'm going to have a look now.
Sorry, it comes up on my computer as well.
I'm getting very high tech.
This is literally just come through.
Tom, who always messages, loyal fan,
I owe you a massive thank you.
I was flying into Indonesia and the plane was in such bad turbulence
and I was listening to the hundredth episode and you and Mark helped me stay calm. Thank
you for the pod and the joy it brings us. Congratulations. Well done. Pleased to help
Tom. Pleased to help. Turbulence, heart, grim. Yeah, that would ship. I don't like that.
I can't, again, there's an element where I'm like, I'm like... There's something wrong with you in the head.
She's a minge.
No, but it's like, I don't like it, but I don't...
You just love the drama. You want the drama mixed in, yeah?
Unless they go quite bad, then I think...
Here's a thought for you. I had a thought the other day.
What do you think to this? Is this...
When I'm on the train on my own,
and you sit on the train, you're a train traveller, right?
So you know. I mean, you're asking me because you know where my head is.
And I know what I would be, I know what you're going to say.
No, I don't think you do. So I sit there and I'm on the train, there's a load of people
that I don't know, strangers, and I think this could be a situation now where these
people could become the most important people in my life.
Yeah. I size it up because I'm like, What do you mean?
I've got no water, I've got no food.
If we get stuck in here, who's gonna help me?
Yeah, yeah.
Because I'm not prepared.
Oh, I was thinking which one's gonna kill me.
Oh, okay, no.
That's where my head goes.
No, no, no, I was thinking if you get stuck in a tunnel
for a long amount of time.
Right, help each other out.
In the end, these people.
What's the thing?
The front, what's the thing? The practice of it.
Sorry?
The thing that we watched on the train.
Oh, Inside Number 9, exactly that.
There's an episode on the train where they're all on there and something happens.
I mean it's a bit...
That's why you should have water with you and a little snack.
Absolutely, but I never do.
And then there is the other side of it
where I don't ever feel safe on my own as a woman. I don't. Really? I don't. I don't
think we do. Sorry. I think it's very, very different for a man travelling. Yeah, I had
an awful thing happen to me, was it? Do you remember? Yeah, what happened? If you mind
talking about it. No, I don't mind talking about it. It was early, half eight in the morning, and
this guy come up to me and asked me about where the train tube goes, but I literally
get it's one stop so I don't know the route. People always ask me and I say, I'm so sorry,
I'm literally going one stop, no clue. He had a bottle of red wine and then he was like,
don't worry, I'll just come with you. And I was like, oh, for fuck's sake.
So when the two pulled up.
Was he inebriated?
Yeah.
He got on and I jumped into the other carriage
to which then he's jumped off and opened the door
and started shouting at me, calling me every name
under the sun, you think you can run away from me,
you this, you that.
Then started throwing the red wine in the carriage. It's not funny. It's not funny at all. It's not funny but and there was people there and
men no one did anything. A woman did a woman said something to him after and
then luckily the doors closed he didn't get on but I thought fucking hell if he jumps on
what am I gonna do? But it was the weirdest thing I thought it's always why me? But
yeah no men did not do anything.
And this one woman said, go away or something.
I can't remember. I was just in such a bit of a...
Also, don't get me wrong, it's a very weird, difficult situation to find yourself in
because you do want to help, but you also don't know how safe it is to intervene with someone.
You don't know what people are carrying in.
You alright darling, what's the matter?
I've got a little lump at the bottom of my foot.
Feel that.
Is it a corn?
No, no, no. It's like under the skin lump.
What do you make of that?
It feels like where you've been walking.
You've been swimming in stuff as well, like James.
No, it's a lovely clean swimming pool, thank you.
That doesn't mean you can't get a bazooka.
No, you know it's not, you can tell, it's under the, look.
Bazooka.
I think that's where you've just been walking and your skin's getting used to it,
your foot's been rubbing a little bit.
Oh, fair play.
You've been out walking a bit, haven't you, which is good.
Yeah, can I just, just quickly, because it was so cute.
Yeah. Oh, I've got another one on that side. Yeah, it's just quickly, because it was so cute. Yeah. Oh, I've got enough on that side.
Yeah, it's where you've been walking a bit.
So on Saturday, I met some of the girls for breakfast.
Anyway, we ended up going into this sports shop
that my friend used to work at, whatever, in Hartford.
They had a Chelsea piggy bank, not going on the side,
don't stress, but I thought, oh, it's in the sale.
He hasn't got a money back and he's got some pound coins, let me just get that so I've got somewhere to put
it. He was like, just give me a couple of quid, really lovely, so put the rest of it
in the money bank, piggy bank, whatever it's called. Went to have a coffee, sat outside,
this lovely old man, he was stood having a cigarette outside his car and then he's looking
at us, he's talking to the baby and making making him laugh he's asking questions what's his name
I hope he wasn't blowing cigarettes smoking his face
no he was very far away from him but James found it entertaining he was smiling away
yeah and then he'd come over and come closer finished his cigarette come
closer he went has he got a piggy bank?
No he didn't
I went well funnily enough I've just bought him one he got some money
changed out and he put it on the table went, put that in his piggy bank from me.
And I was like, what a lovely man.
He was like, I've got six kids, 24 grandkids.
And now he's giving him money.
How lovely.
Like a pound.
But I thought, what a lovely thing to do.
But again, weird that I'd bought the piggy bank.
The most random. Again, it's where I'd bought the piggy bear. The most random...
Again, it's where you throw in the thoughts into the universe.
I've thrown a lot of fucking thoughts.
How'd you do it?
What a random thing to do.
I'm getting fucking annihilated on the tube and she's getting all blinky.
I just feel like you can't have any negativity.
And that's the answer.
Oh well then yeah there's no hope.
I genuinely think that's what it is. You've got to absolutely believe and just be completely
positive all the time and I think things will flow in.
Cracking all the best.
No that is so lovely.
No that is so lovely. Really sweet. I love kind things.
I just really and do you know what annoyed me? I'll tell you this is typical me. So this
woman asked someone outside Tesco if they had a queen to do the trolley.
No, no, this is so weird. That is so weird!
I was just about to tell you a story about a trolley token.
You've blown my mind again.
So then he said no.
So I was like, oh, do you?
I've got a pound, but when I tell you I I'm like rushing to get the baby out the car.
She's walking off and I thought, I really want to get, I really want to do it.
Because I just wanted to. It was in my bones.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I've got him in the car.
I've got the pound ready. I'm walking.
And then she stopped and started speaking to some friends.
And I thought, I can't do it now, because now I don't want to.
I don't want you to think your friend.
No, that's weird. Yeah.
But what I really wanted to do is say, there's a pound to get you, Polly.
You're so weird, you two.
Yeah, I'm so loving it.
You're so busy.
I love it.
You're so busy.
No, it's not.
Do it all the time.
So there is, outside our local Sainsbury's, a Timpsons.
There is.
And the guy in there.
All ex-prisoners, you know that.
I do.
Oh, he's the one that gave me the free shoe, Polly. So he's a lovely man. Well that wedding. Well we don't know
Was it that one? No. No.
Fuck me. He's the one that. Well what Timsons are you talking about in Tesco's? No, Stratford.
What's she detaining that for? Exciting me. Thinking he's a great guy. No, because you said they're ex convicts.
They all are.
Well he gave me a free thing, that's kind.
What's that got to do with being an ex-prisoner?
I don't know.
For fuck's sake.
Anywho, I didn't have a pound. I didn't have my trolley token.
And I ran in there and I said, I'm really sorry.
Have you, can you lend me a pound to do my shopping?
Or have you got a thing?
And he was very complimentary.
He was like, oh my God, it's Sonia from EastEnders.
He was lovely.
Wanted to have a little chat.
Absolutely, I can't even put a pound in the trolley.
I thought you were talking about him then.
No, you!
He's probably thinking, she can't even get a pound.
I just didn't have any cash.
Who has money? I always have a pound in my car.
Well now I've got my trolley token that this young man gave me for free.
Oh no.
And there's a few there.
What they sell them in Timpsons.
They had them in the...
How do you just get them? Just ask the shop.
No, we went in the other day and the guy gave a pound to me and said, please bring it back.
And I've done that as well.
In Tesco's they just give it to me.
And a little while ago... Give you what? A trolley token. Yeah but it's that plastic thing. Right. You're talking like the chain one on your keys.
A little chain on the keys, a little silver one. Oh yeah because my blue one the other day. Snapped to pieces? No, it flicked and I couldn't find it.
Yeah that's annoying. And then one of the guys in St. Louis says do do the door key trick. I mean, no, it's on the key ring.
Apparently you can put the door key in.
It's on the key ring.
It's on the key ring.
I'm not taking it off.
So Timpson sell them.
Yes. Sell them.
They had them.
That's really good to know.
Hold on.
Hold on.
You didn't pay for it.
No, he kindly gave it to me.
You're gonna pay for it.
But people do pay for it.
Of course they do.
No, they're the metal ones.
Oh, sorry.
They're metal. What a lovely gift. Yeah. course they do. No, they're the metal ones. Oh, sorry. They're metal.
What a lovely gift.
Yeah.
Mother's Day.
Anyway, I've got one now.
Also, as though, you don't need them.
Just free, just get a trolley.
Oh no, not all of them are.
Yeah, why? It's annoying.
Because some people take the trolley home
or cause accidents and vandalise things with the trolley.
That's why they're...
That's why they're chained.
Depending on where they are.
Where they are situated.
And if you're a shopper, you should be able to just do that.
You should be able to do a lot of things. I'll tell you something, she's full of fucking wisdom today.
You shouldn't have to use your receipt to get out of the shop, but you have to.
Because people don't pay. Do you know how many times?
You should be able to just get a trolley token and get a trolley if you're shopping.
No, because the point is, is you might not care about the token, you care about a pound.
And you care about a silver one that you've paid two quid for.
Or your keys are attached to it or something like that.
But if there were tokens next to it, they may as well not have a chain on.
Thank you.
Because the vandalizers are just going to use it, aren't they?
Yeah, but They really do.
Yeah but people take them home.
For what?
To get their shopping home.
If they're walking they'll take the trolley home.
To be fair Nanny had a pram.
Yeah but people do that.
I don't use trolleys anymore because when you go with a buggy, what do you do when you've
got a pram?
You put the baby in the trolleys with the baby thing in.
Baby seat.
Well now he's bigger, he can sit.
No, they have actual car seats.
And it's up there and I'm down here.
So I can't see anything.
That is true actually.
It's ridiculous, it's too high.
I'd be smashing up everyone down every aisle.
Just go with one bag.
Could you just put the car seat in the trolley?
Yeah, it takes up a whole trolley. That's rubbish though as well, isn't it? Yeah, it's bullshit, it's ag. Just don't go shopping with one bag. Did you just put the car seat in the trolley? Yeah, it takes up about the whole trolley.
Yeah, it's bullshit, it's ag.
Just don't go shopping with the kids.
Or just, I'd do one bag for life.
What about the other day?
What was it?
Parent parking space.
When was that?
Friday in Hertford.
What happened?
Sainsbury's.
What? The guy who nearly reversed into us. Massive car,
big car, gets out with his 15 year old son. Oh yeah. And Elisa's got two children. Yeah. We're
all trying to and there's no more spaces because he's got out. The kids jumped out like a fully
grown man. There's no need for you to be there. and I had two instances in Tesco's where as well mm-hmm an older woman just got in
her car and I'll just but the problem is I have if I say something is game over
yeah yeah I just have to leave it it's so bad I know it's boring but it's so
no you could be those why don't you be one of them people? That's standing there like a marshal.
You could be a car park buster.
Not a ghost buster.
A car buster.
No, it's really bad.
And it's when you...
People are really passionate about it on the pod.
Different categories of people.
So you see a bloke do it and you think,
have you got a partner?
Have you got a kid?
Have you got a mum that had a kid? All of... What do you mean? think, have you got a partner? Have you got a kid? Have you got
a mum that had a kid? All of it.
What do you mean? Well, you judge the person.
Yeah, I'm judging you and have you been in that situation? And it is really, and it's
actually really difficult. So luckily when I went to Hartford and didn't park it, I'd
been there all day, but I parked in the multi-storey, there was no no space so I was with a friend who helped me get
him out and then when I went she stayed there my other friend helped me get him back in I would not
have been able to do that on my own or I'd have had to leave him outside the car to reverse out
to reverse out you're never going to do that I get the conundrums in some situations if I was on my
own I would have had to have done that and it it's not, and I'm not saying in some cases
they are full with people, with children.
I do get that.
But when I see like a woman, like a 50, 60 year old woman
come out of the shop and just put her stuff in the car
and just get in and drive away, I think,
how are you okay with that when I'm stood next to you?
You can see that I'm, I find that it just
blows my mind. It just means you are a selfish asshole. That's what it means. I'll tell you another thing.
I've had a couple of people with disabilities who are young send us some messages and they
find it really hard sometimes. They will go into a disabled spot in a nice car and they're young
and someone's shouting abuse at them.
Oh really?
What are you doing?
And then they get out and the person's embarrassed.
But there's quite a lot of that goes on as well.
Don't judge book by its cover.
Yeah, expect it.
Don't expect because they're young or whatever that they haven't got a disabled badge.
So that's another, I mean, there's loads of things you can talk about, but that's interesting
as well, isn't it?
It is.
I just think you park where you should park. End of story.
I had a story in the paper about me parking in a disabled bay.
Again, the story.
Well, this is ages ago, but I'm just with granddad.
Did you abuse it? I made it.
No, I was with granddad. I parked with his badge.
You never ever used it?
Never. I never had it. He had it. He don't drive. What do you mean?
And I don't drive. He had the badge. Oh he did drive didn't he? Of course he drove. But when he stopped driving he had his badge.
No I'm joking. Well did he have his badge when he stopped? Anyway whatever. Yeah he did because you had it.
I had it under my. Your car got stolen. Oh yeah, that was nice. They took that.
Or they left that, should I say.
Anyway, there we go.
I think we've covered some great topics today, girls.
It's been a great one.
I feel pumped.
I feel pumped.
Do you?
Yeah, I didn't.
I feel better now.
Yeah.
Hopefully the sunshine.
I thought it was meant to be miserable this week.
It's meant to be alright this week.
I think it's getting warmer.
I'm excited for that. For everybody, I hope you have a lovely Mother's Day.
Have a really nice weekend, whether you like it or not.
Yeah, happy Mother's Day.
Happy Mother's Day to everybody.
All those amazing Mamas.
Have a lovely Mothering Sunday.
Enjoy your first.
Thank you.
No, I will.
Be nice.
It will be nice.
Have a nice weekend.
Yeah, be lovely.
I've got no plans.
Got no plans. We've got plans. I think we're going to go to London on Saturday.
Oh lovely.
That'll be nice.
Have a little moot, have a little lunch.
I'm working in the morning on a well-known cooking show.
Lovely.
So I shall be eating some great food and drinking some nice wine by about after 10 in the morning.
Lovely.
Happy days.
Oh, good life.
Yep.
I might just do that anyway.
You'd be judged. You'd be judged.
That's alright.
That's something we'll talk about.
Was that noise?
We will talk about that.
That little minute.
No, we will talk about that on the next pod.
Let's write it down.
Yeah.
How it's acceptable.
No, no, no.
Don't even say it.
Don't even mention it.
Tell me.
Just what's acceptable, when's acceptable to drink,
when isn't.
11 o'clock.
No, we're not doing it now.
Bye.
Ciao ciao.
Love ya.