Life with Nat - EP110: One Year of LWN!

Episode Date: April 23, 2025

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525,000, you really went for the high note! Why did you go so high? Okay let's do it again. I'm not going to join in on this. No, we don't Mark. Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure a year in the life with Nat? I'll tell you how you measure it. I'll tell you how you measure it. Like this.

Once upon a time when we started this thing, some catchy music played and Nat said, we are recording Emma was there to keep things on track and once the listeners tuned in they kept coming back We hit number one in the very first week and into Nat's life We got more of a peak momentum grew and we started feeling like friends Nat got taken up the pier in Leoncy not South End. We fell in love with Auntie Lenny as she taught us how to clean The nieces came on giggling and saying, what do you mean? Mark didn't like the noise when recording

in the bar. It just wasn't the same sound quality as Tony's ASMR. Joni melted our hearts with her Mother's Day cards. Eliza impressed with her opinions and her seagull cock-a-cars. Nat's always busy and has to keep things all shush. Little did we know she'd been singing inside a bush, scraping the barrel and giant unicorn floats, Halloween, Christmas, lots of voice notes, slurping and sew alongs, shopping bags and board games, the price of Vianetta's and the arrival of baby James, impressions and innuendos and Oasis ticket woes,

rants about parking and the Isle of Sains-O's. Nat did her solo pod and we all said, this rocks. She's still keeping us waiting though on that damn PO box. I've broken the rule. This voice note's longer than a minute, but there's been 12 months of pods that I've tried to fit in it. Any road. A year's gone by. Happy anniversary to you all. I can't wait for the live shows. We're going to have a ball. Wow. That's amazing. That was very good. So good.

I feel a little bit emotional. Why did I not think of that? That was very good. Thank you. I feel a little bit emotional. Why did I not think of that? Thank you Naomi. She's an avid listener and fantastic. Isn't that great? It's amazing. Mr. Trigley. Brilliant. I'll do it for the 10 year anniversary.

So it's a very, very special episode on this Thursday. Tomorrow is a year since Life With Nat started and I am joined by everyone you listen to on a regular basis. I've got Tony, Auntie Linnie, Mark, Elia and Roro and I can't thank you all enough for joining me today. Oh it's a pleasure. Pleasure. We're only coming for the free meal. Hon pleasure. We're only coming for the free meal. We're only here for the free meal. The champagne and the free meal afterwards.

Don't think you're dragging me into central London for anything less do you? No chance. We're going for a nice meal later so that'll be good. And where are we going? Surprise. We're going to the Arlington. I checked the menu so I thought. How did you know? I'm just joking. It's a subject we might get into later but first I think we should start by just going around the table as we're all together and just asking what you've thought about being a part of the pods and if you've enjoyed it I thought you were gonna say introduce yourselves like those meetings

yeah any work meeting yeah everyone knows each other why am I introducing myself so again icebreaker. But no, sorry, I didn't actually listen. I was put into fear then. I was fearful of having to say who I was. No, you haven't got to say you are. I think people know you are. Yeah, you're swaying the barrel. Yes, clearly.

Start with Uncle Tony. Okey dokey. So what do you want? I just I just want to So what do you want? Sorry. I just want to know, are you enjoying it? I want to say thank you so much for doing it. Okay, it's an absolute pleasure. Have you got any highlights

and just how you feel doing it now from when you started to right up to this moment? Well, first of all, I absolutely love doing it. I get to see you. I get to talk about silly things and important things and serious things, which is great. So I love it. It's been a bit of a savior for me.

I've had a bit of a problem last year and I've had a back problem and I can't do what I wanna do. So doing this every two or three weeks, just I step out of my normal life, come and sit and talk and it's brilliant. I think for me the best best bits are when we make people laugh. Yeah. By that that's laughter as in we had

one message from I did a thing about the double deckers it's an old program or whatever and people went on YouTube and found the tune and whatever and we had read a message from a girl and she said she had to pull the coach, she had to stop the car, she was laughing so much she was going to crash the car. Which was for me, I think to be able to make people laugh is quite incredible, even though we don't mean to, we just do it don't we, we just sort of have a chat and whatever. And then there's a serious stuff where a lady messaged in and said that she's been really unwell, she's just had a hysterectomy, she's in hospital, she hadn't smiled for six months and she'd listened to us and she was sitting

in her hospital bed giggling and that again for me that was just, I can't put words to it, it's incredible to be able to do that and feel like you're making a little bit of an impact on someone's life. Superb. So absolutely loved doing it. Really hope I'm involved, you know, going forward and we do some more and yeah, just adore it. It's brilliant. Absolutely. Did you not tell Uncle Tony? No, well, I thought we could break it after this. You only had a minute. I'll see you later.

No, it's absolutely brilliant. How about you Mark? How did you join in? Because you were desperate for someone to be on it. It is actually, how it involved with you and what it was, I had nothing. I didn't have an episode. No, I didn't have anything and I said,

please can you do one with me? And I said, from the moment you started it, I'm having absolutely nothing. A bit like the rabbits actually. I said, I'm having nothing to do with it. Yeah. Don't want to be on it. But you did it. But now you love it.

Is that your phone on, Natalie? Oh, you're shocking. It's not very, not very. Oh, you're not on airplane mode. Sorry. It's a 10 pound fine. I am now. Go on.

Well, yes. Yeah. Do you love it now, Mark? Um. Do you love it? It's an opportunity for us to have a conversation. Generally at home, there's never a conversation. So do Mommy Dave then?

In all seriousness, quite often, that's the first time I've spoken to you. Yeah. No life's busy and then we get that time. Don't we? Which is nice. Yeah. No kids and all that. Yeah.

But you do enjoy it. I do enjoy it. You play it down, but you do enjoy it. I do enjoy it. And do enjoy it. You play it down but you do enjoy it. I do enjoy it. And he's very very good. He will sit with his iPad and do his homework for it. Yeah he does. He does his research. So he's very good at that. He's like you Maria. Good on you Mark. Yeah. Loves a bit of organisation. What do you actually do homework for it dear? I do some prep. Yeah you got got to do prep. Mark Preps.

Unbelievable. Maria today. I don't know what we're prepping for. I'll just turn up and wing it. No one says a word. You just get told what time to be there and you're there. Maria today was like, what are we doing though? And I said, you've got to meet me at six.

She went, no, I know that, but what's the structure? I was like, we're just going to sit in a room and have a chat. Six of us. She gets so stressed. I don't know how you can be. That's brilliant. There's loads of you can do. Ultimate Ultimate professional I call that. I need a job did I? What do you think? How have you found it? How have I found it? No for me it's amazing I get to spend time with you and Elle's quality time we have such a giggle a bit like what uncle's saying it's amazing. I get to spend time with you and elves quality time.

We have such a giggle, a bit like what uncle saying. It's just when you hear from people, when they're like, you brightened up my day. We have been pissing ourselves because we do. We have a proper laugh, don't we? Yeah. And it's that laughter. You can't control it. And you know that people are feeling it as well. And it's just lovely to get a response. And, yeah, it's been a bit of a tricky year for me as well so it's been a bit of a release yeah just a bit of a yeah like you say like

change of scene something to do with people that you love and can have a good giggle with a bit of therapy, do you know what I mean? It is though, it's that sort of that es yeah escapism. But yeah, just the, I don't know, we just had such a nice reaction haven't we? We really have yeah. Nats nieces has taken on its own little thing I believe. It's a little bubble, I think it's very different to other people because it's a very unusual relationship having an auntie and nieces that are practically sort of the same generations. Yeah. And I think our relationship is. And this is it. I think there's women out there and they're like, you know, it could be your friends or your sisters or so it's that dynamic, isn't it? And obviously me and Nils like to take the pee out of that sometimes. So it's a lot of the time, a lot of the time. I don't mind it. But yeah, it's just very, very, very lucky. Aren't we to be a part of something like that? Else? Yeah, I mean, same for me. I think initially I hated it.

You were very good. Oh, when I was the first time I heard earlier and you was on the first two pods. Yeah, very natural. Yeah, I just I don't know. I'm not a very, I'm not very good at, I'm good in just in my own space and then put me in front of a microphone. I melt. Um, but I've got to love it and I do, I really enjoy it. And without, you know, repeating what everyone said, but the messages, I think for us obviously having the Instagram, I think we were on like nearly 7,000 followers Messages that we get through or you know posting some content, you know, any Instagram. Yeah And that's lovely because they're coming through firsthand to us and it's our funny little jokes or you know videos We post photos we put up and people love it

And I think like you said or like you've both said just being able to make people smile, laugh is you can't beat that. No. And do you know what it is as well? It's like sometimes the conversations we're having, like we say we're so it's relatable, it's everyday, sometimes very mundane stuff but then we can do like the follow ups on Instagram and people they love that because they get to see like what you're doing Yeah, the theme going which is so lovely. What would you say your fave message has been from that snesies? We're gonna say the same one one mine's my three

Oh me The northern girl the north nah mean that's mean mine as well Sorry! Are you? Mint, the Northern girl? The Northerner, Mint. That's Mint. Mine as well. The best message. I remember putting it on our group and saying possibly my favourite message ever. Let's have a listen. Hey up, Nat. It's Gem from up in Yorkshire.

I just want to say, loving the pod. I think it's fucking mint, to be fair. Listen to it. Most days going to work and coming home and stuff. We've got a nice 45 minute drive to work so it takes up time nicely and it's so relevant. It's, you know what I mean? It's so relevant to real life and stuff,

which is so cool. Like you don't really see it in podcasts and stuff, so it's mint. Loving it. One thing I have to say, I fucking love the live episode. I have never seen a baby grow up so much from being born to being a year old in ten minutes is fucking TV genius and TV gold so the directors at EastEnders have got it on point there but it would mean

all the cast did great. To be fair at one point I thought that might have been your last episode I thought you were a goner in it, to be honest. But no, yeah, it will mean one of the best live episodes that has been in so for a lot of years. So yeah, class, we'll keep up with good work. We'll win the pod. It's been keep listening a little bit. That is absolutely brilliant.

It is a northern colloquium. Yeah, brilliant. I feel like that could be like an ad for a famous mint yeah yes the language might not work between the you know Lee Mack's that comes on its fucking been I'm not sure it'll work brilliant brilliant but we've had loads of crackers we have Lynn how do you feel since starting a year ago I can't believe the year has gone by it's crazy in itself I'm gonna kind of

concur and reiterate what everyone else has said I feel like I've inherited a huge family even though we've got a big enough family as it is. I love the fact that we can touch on some serious points like our grief episode which was so popular. It's a highlight for me. Me too to be honest. I love the voice notes that you send me and the text messages I receive from you but with regards to the feedback especially on that subject I thought it's yeah quite overwhelming and as you guys have said you feel like you're helping for me it's the fact that I am spending an hour speaking with you which is amazing because we get some

quality time together and that we're just kind of giving others a bit of company a bit of advice a bit support, breaking up their day and that is the biggest part for me that just makes me feel like every minute of it is I'd do it every day for that reason alone. The cleaning tips are hilarious and funny and recently the interior design subject that we spoke about. Did you see that you've got one there? I love that. She's redecorated a hallway on the back of the most recent pod because I said about torps and stay neutral colors. Don't be too current because it you know it goes out of date. Don't paint everything black. Gray! For Christ's sake. No, black now, it's black. Oh right. Everyone's painting all their woodwork black. You want to wait until they want to try and paint it white again. Don't you think it's mad though that people want to listen to us? Yeah, that in itself... I guess...

Guys, I'm going to have to voice this. Elliot and Mark are playing Noughts and Crosse. So I think they're implying that I'm being boring. No, no, no, no. I'm really sorry if I'm boring you all. They just border the pods. This is what they do. Elliot was asking earlier about the covering on the iPad. No, it's rude.

Just trying to pencil out. No, he started drawing the picture and I was like laughing. What? Lillian, everything you said was valid. Don't you worry about it. My apologies. Anyway. You're really stupid.

I have a relevant message for me and Lillian that I'd like to play. Hello, Nat. A year. Can you believe a year has passed already? I just wanted to say thanks so much for reaching out to me last year, which resulted in that lovely podcast on grief. I'll be forever grateful to you

and your lovely sister-in-law, Lynnie. I can honestly say that I really do feel part of your pod family. Huge congratulations Natalie to you and your friends and your wonderful family for helping make those pods so warm and relatable and so successful. Top marks to you and I'm so excited to hear what's coming in the next 12 months. Take care sweetheart. Love to all of you and your family.

Debz. I love you. I love Debz. And that's me volume. She's just answered Maria's question, which is the reason why people listen to us is because it's not famous people just talking about their stuff. Like that's unread, like people can't. Yeah, it's completely unread. I mean, there's so much of that that goes on everywhere you look.

Even on social media. Everywhere you look on the telly. It's all about people talking about themselves and we don't talk about ourselves really. We talk about real life and we try and engage. I think we engage with people, don't we? Yeah. But if it is talking about ourselves, it's sort of the real, it's the real world, the real world. It's not going out and pretending that you know all you ever do is go to Louis Vuitton which I think is again I think that's just, I think that's why people relate.

Yeah I think it's refreshing for people. Absolutely and we're relatable hopefully. Deb's is a special soul, she genuinely is. She often messages me how amazing that she sent us gifts that she'd made herself. I mean Deb's knitted or crocheted. Yeah crocheted. James a blanket, a hat for Chris, you know really sweet stuff. Amazing. So thank you, Debs, for the beautiful message. You're a sweetheart. Right, I think on to some stats. Oh, who's going to come in with the boring stuff? Would that be Mark? I wonder. I've came to hear them.

Come on, you. You've got them all. I haven't got them all. You've written them all down. You must have done a bit of prep. On your iPad. No stats from me. I knew you got them all. You've written them all down. You must have done a bit of prep. On your iPad. She's done zero. No stats from me, I knew you would. Let's have a few nice facts.

What sort of things would you like to know? I would like to know. Well people are always interested in which countries people are listening in. Yeah, good one. So let's do some sort of... Well I know you've got one in Italy because my cousin is... How many in Italy at the moment? We had a cracker from a lady in America asking me to find her husband.

Oh I heard that! It was a call-cut! Did you? No. Too much information missing, Lin. Sorry. I didn't know if she was 16 or 66. Does have a bearing on the relevance of the story though.

Sure it does anymore. Well maybe not, maybe not. Maybe not. Well how many listeners do you think you have in Madagascar? Oh sorry, I should say how many downloads have there been in Madagascar? Downloads? 27. 48.

48. She's looking at the answers. I can't see anything. Don't be cheating. I've not looked. Oh you're not cheating. I promise you. Madagasc looked. I promise you. Six. Oh okay that's lovely. Could you tell us Italy? Italy? Hang on a minute. Downloads. Well it's the same

thing. Listeners downloads. Is it though? Yeah. Italy 3583. I want to know can the one listener in Cameroon text in? I reckon the one in Cameroon has downloaded it and then all these mates have listened to it. So I reckon you've really got we've really got 5,000 listeners sharing the phone. I see what you mean. That's true. I reckon that's what they've done there. There's lot of sharing going on a little moody there and said one in camera someone's got a holiday now there's one in Bhutan where's that Tibet why is it Bhutan wherever it is Bhutan Yeah, stop, I'm dying on the peak. What do you think your top 10 countries are? Or top 5 countries?

Top 5? UK? Yeah. Ireland? Australia? You're cheating. I promise you I'm not looking. Spain, Spain.

No, UK? Spain. UK? Ireland? Luxembourg. Australia? Yeah, how many is that? Top 5, top 5. Spain is just out of top five.

Is Australia in it? No, sorry, Spain is top. Do you want me to take over? Yeah, I can't. Reese. Stick to your notes and cross. I know exactly. So top country, United Kingdom. Correct. Second country. Ireland. Correct. Third country. Australia. Correct. Fourth country. Not Spain. Kingdom correct second country island correct third country fourth country not Spain Spain's five I think America USA yes yes and fifth country is Spain so I think if Australia's third and Australia is 32,000 I think there's a definite little theatre tour in Oz. Oh 100% are you paying? Oh yeah we'll sort it all out. East Coast we've got to tour the East Coast. It should be nice wouldn't it and Ireland is second so we're having a great time. Oh don't we cannot possibly go to Ireland on the theatre tour I'll never come home. Oh come on that is so funny. Let's

go to Ireland yeah let's do's do it. Good fun. Good luck. And that we were to do it in Broxbourne, we were like, absolutely not. Are you crazy? It's really good, because I thought it would be nice and local. We were like, no.

No. It is true, actually. We'd go as far away as possible. Yeah, it's like, yeah. Yeah, Australia, then. I was just thinking of how quickly can I go do it and be at home. Yeah.

Don't you all right? It would be nice to get away. What else you got there, Mark? Well have a guess. How if you added all the episodes up? Yeah. How much time would you have? How much could you listen to?

Have there been genuinely 100 episodes? We've gone past that. No, I've seen it. I've done that. I've seen weeks ago. I don't listen. No, no, because I've done a few bonuses and stuff. So it is difficult. How many we got? Seven thousand hours. Seven thousand hours. I'm kind of no. Well, no, no, no, no. It's

not. How many? Well, actually, the average length of an episode, I don't know how many episodes you've done. It's your podcast. 45 minutes the average episode. This is a shit show. Is it 45 minutes? 57.4 minutes. So I'm gonna say 124. Very close. I don't know am I saying that? 120 hours. 124 hours. It's 104. four point three hours it's four point three days so you could put the podcast on yeah from where we live and you could walk to land's end you're saying that but Lynn we have a cracker I love a wall. That would be horrible.

You love a wall. There you go. See you later. Where's Land's End? Right down the very bottom of Cornwall. The edge of the well. The edge of the well, yeah. That's where I am.

Land's End. It's a long walk. That's very good though. 4.3 days, yeah. Very good. It's such a gate. Shut up. At least someone's done a bit of prep.

Hi, lovely. It's me. Hope you're having a lovely day. Just sending you a congratulations, really, on a whole year of podding and what a year it's been from literally from day one. It's just been fabulous. And I don't know about you but I cherish the relationship that we now have it's amazing you should be really proud though you've done amazing and look what you know look what you've achieved in that year and look what's changed in your life here's to the next year oh that was from Bex lovely thank you Bex she's a regular true though isn't it what's a year is you think it goes very quickly, but a lot has changed for me in a year. A lot go on. What gone in highlights? Oh, leaving EastEnders. What, that's a highlight? Shopping.

Yeah, no, it is, you know, making changes, eh? Just doing a lot of other jobs, projects. I feel like it was a very just formative year, you know, changing things, you know. Yeah, I mean, you have them, don't you? I think the age you're at is you tend to have them, that's more sort of your sort of age, if that makes sense. As you get older, you just sort of dig in. Just plod along. Just plod and hope that you drag yourself through the week. And you survive and nothing. Yeah, and hope that you're here to celebrate. But your fault is, is that age where you just feel like, is it a middle, midlife crisis where you just think, right now I've got to, things have got to change. I've got to maybe take the risks that I wasn't prepared to take before. Maybe you're more mature. I think you're more confident in yourself.

You know yourself. Yeah. I think it's a, it's the time when you can change and you still, if you get it it wrong you've got time to get it right yes oh yeah so good on you you can give it a go soon yeah well done yes the big four oh for you is it a couple of years? no it's this year it's this year mate you can give it a go soon sorry I was thinking it's next year no it's not this year she's next year alright chill out same school year though what's your highlight of the year this year. She's next year. All right. Chill out. Same school year though. What's your highlight of the year Mark?

Are they same school year? Highlight of my year? Yeah. Mark's older. So my brother-in-law is in the same school year as my daughter. Yeah correct. That is a strange dynamic isn't it? It's very much so.

I mean we are a family full of strange things so I think we're alright. What's your highlight Mark? Of the year? One recent thing? That we can speak about I don't really nothing really springs to mind. What was the highlight? They're alluding to the events last week. What? Don't worry. Resulted in us having a barbecue. Our barbecue day. Ah yes, yes. No, genuinely that was true. That was a genuine question. Um, I've enjoyed watching Natalie set the podcast up because that was kind of the beginning

of stuff, although she'd made sort of progress the year before and I've enjoyed watching you and trying to help you with your leaving EastEnders and your setting up being out on your own. No you've been very helpful and very supportive. Very exciting time. It's all good isn't it? That's been a while after, haven't you? Nice. That's cute.

It's a lie but I love it. I just can't talk about the other thing. Mark if you carry on this is going to be like a fishing trip on Gavin's day. If you keep talking about this thing you can't talk about, it's going to become, people are going to get obsessed with it. What is it? It's good, that's excellent. It's very good. It was good news.

I think we should knock on the head the thing that you can't possibly talk about, but we all want to talk about. Uncle Tony's like, what time is this over so I can find it? No he knows, he knows. I'm going to frame some of that paperwork and put it in the downstairs Lou. Oh dear. I think you could do something else with it in the downstairs. I'd rather frame it if I'm honest. Now we are going for a nice meal tonight.

We're going to the Arlington which used to be like a priest restaurant which I remember back in the night because I'm old do you remember that? I'm surprised that you're not knowing Princess Lady Di's favourite Shocking well You can go and see at the bar Mum you have to get a photo I will 100% be getting a photo

Anyway the Caprice is closed out but it's the building. Oh lovely. And Jeremy King bought it. Now Jeremy King used to own the I.V. Oh okay. And the Walsley. Oh right. And he made all those restaurants what they are. He had a partner. So I'm not missing the partner I'm just talking about Jeremy. But he had a partner in those but they did the I.V. IV in the Warsley and made them what they were I remember going into the IV. It just had that opulent. It just had that sense of not flash Remember when we win and Joanna Lumley yes in there

Yeah, so I had good one on the IV so just very So when dad when dad was was 60, 60, we took him to the London Eye and we took him to Madame Tussauds. And so we've done this day out and then we booked a table at the Ivy. And so we're at Madame Tussauds and we're walking around and we get to Star Trek and there's Patrick Stewart as Captain Luke, whatever he is in Star Trek.

And dad goes, who's he? I've never heard of him. Anyway, we go to run around the yard and who's sitting in the corner? That's brilliant. Did granddad say the same thing to him? I went dad look it's that bloke you didn't know. He don't know. I still don't know. I've got a story that Dave would tell if he was here so Natalie invites him or I don't can't recall if you invite Dave or Dave invites you, they went to the IV and they got packed outside, I mean I'm going back many years. This was back in the day when as a bank manager per se you had your own office. So he said he went to work on the Monday, he goes I've walked into my office, he goes and there are photocopies of photographs of me and Natalie who had made one of the papers

probably the son sorry Nat saying try it Natalie out for father's day with when she did Strictly I'd been in the bar drinking with Joe Calzaghe's dad and the head of boxing from Sky, Adam Smith I think he's that lovely bloke, we just latched onto him drinking while they were doing the dancing thing and they dragged me up so in the green room you know they come out at the end of it don't they? And Natalie said to me you've got to do an interview I said you joking I've drunk about 15 pints of lard so they've dragged me to some dark corner of television

centre and done this interview and I thought and I tried to make myself as sober as I could and be like as elegant as I could. I was like oh yes yes it's very good isn't it. And it was on the following Tuesday I didn't watch it because I couldn't possibly watch it but the best bit was they introduced me as her uncle. Oh her uncle. Guttied. We must have watched that I feel like now you say that I feel like I remember that. I was down as the uncle and so I know how he feels. I feel like dad gets it a lot

though don't he? Yeah. Your dad. I feel like there's some way little bit. Your dad. No that is your dad. But dad theoretically could be. How old was dad? 18 years apart. 18. How old was he? 15. He does look like him. So when this comes out it will be four years since we lost dad. So we will raise a glass of champagne this evening and possibly a whiskey after dinner oh I'll be up for that I wonder no but that do you remember yeah I said grandad used to always give me a whiskey every time just have a little drop because he knew I liked to drink and I'd be like all right then and I'd have it and I

think this is disgusting you were only 12 lbs no but I remember doing that when we were little no, but as I got older, but I just even smelling it It used to make me right. Oh, yeah And then when he passed away We had we opened a bottle didn't way. It's true of Shiva's Yeah, I don't really like it over and I'm drinking it. I'm thinking I could drink this started drinking it Mark has one another know but what I'm saying is is I it was the weirdest fit it was like he left and said right you're gonna drink whiskey never drunk whiskey until the day daddy died every day no can I just say it's because of the advent calendar I bought

you at Christmas it's got all the whiskies in it. Yeah. But you do drink a whiskey quite often now. Yeah. Once a fortnight. I think it's fair. Let's not get into this. It's one. Yeah. Isn't that weird? And now I could like the thought of having dinner and then having a little whiskey. Beautiful. Yeah. Nice. So yeah. I know that's the only thing it's terrible i got drunk on it once never again really drunk on scotch when i was about 17 i was down randall's in oxden market god i ended up landing in the middle of essix road when you're getting run over it was so ill when i just smell it so you won't be having one tonight i fell over in the toilet like outside the toilet there's all all these blokes stepping over me.

I couldn't get up, that was terrible. I was stood in a park where we grew up last week with the baby and a couple of friends. And I turned to my two friends and was like, I think genuinely, cause I never go to this place, the last time I came here, I nicked a bottle of Uzo from mum and dad's and drunk it. And it resulted in Maria coming to pick me up with a rather large Chinese

Aldac as I was in a very bad way. Uzo. And then I was stood there with Jake pushing James on the swing. That's the other interesting thing about this pod for me. So I'm learning so much about my daughter. The thing about this pod for me is I'm learning so much about my daughters. Yeah, I bet. I'm not a bit good sadly. Oh, it's a shame.

Mark and I are talking of drinks which you can't drink anymore. We have the same one. We share the same experience of being about 14 or 15 and drinking a litre of Malibu. Oh yeah, that was always a... That was a poor one. That was always a young when it goes to Malibu. Sweets. Yeah, Malibu and Coke. I think that's

always the possibility of getting really really badly drunk on that first. Or Arches. Arches and lemon. No not for me. You used to love an Arches mum. I did vodka and orange once and my mate was doing it and it was concentrated orange juice. Oh no. That's supposed to be watering. Oh. Oh. Oh yeah, not juice, yeah squash. He was doing me vodka with that. Oh my god. So vodka was your water? That was diluting it. You don't even want to know what happened in the next 10 hours. But let's just say I've never drunk vodka and orange juice. I love a vodka and orange. Oh I really sometimes fancy that on a sundago in the pub and I say what do I fancy? I think I'll have a little screwdriver please. Yeah, but it's because you think it's okay because it's orange juice. So you're like

oh yeah, I'll just put some vodka in it. Sorry and also. Not really. Do you mean? Just a little vodka and orange. Yeah, but you do it Christmas morning like it's normal because you're like oh it's orange. No, you don't know that's Bucks feet. Me and Dad had that this Christmas. I bet you did. Last Christmas. I've never heard of that as a thing. No that is. Bucks Fizz yeah. No but I'm saying because it's orange

juice. Yeah. It's acceptable to have a drink at 10. No it's Christmas you can drink wine at 9am it doesn't matter it's Christmas. My only other Vko and Orange story is when I was 15, some friends of mine are all 10 years older. I had older friends because I just liked to be with older people rather than people my own age and they were going out for a drink down in Highbury one Wednesday night said, do you want to come? I said, yeah, okay, I'll come. They got me blotto drunk on Vodko and Orange, proper Vodko orange. And I missed one of my O levels because of it. I missed my R O level. I got it. I was so ill the next morning. I got up and I dragged myself into school at 11 o'clock and it was already two hours in. No. Yeah. I bet you stank as well. I was rank. That

was horrible. It was horrible. Sorry yeah so I've got a few drinkings. Well I mean that's the Cassidy family that's our big thing in common isn't it? Well I'd say we're specialists at it really. Experts, experts even. Hundreds in our field. Lynne you're not a boozer are you? Absolutely not. No. You've actually got worse in your older age. Worse? No you drink more than you've ever drunk. Well because I'm trying to keep up with the cast. No hang on. She borrows my designer handbags and goes out and then throws up in them on the way home.

Literally throw up in a Chanel handbag. No. Gucci. Gucci. One of them. Yeah no I'm a lightweight. Yeah but I like a drink but I know I know when to stop whereas I don't know you do you know when to stop don't you Mark? Sorry? No does he not? Mark just goes and falls asleep he just goes asleep he doesn't care who's there what you're doing what's going on he just puts himself to bed yeah I can't I don't know how you like it and then wakes up about four hours later and wants to have a party he's done it the other night! He fell asleep And then he got the whiskey out and we was up to three in the morning watching the Beatles drinking whiskey And then mums texts me, oh by the way I've arranged for the carpet man to come around at eight o'clock

Cheers, so I'll get up and get home on Fumim This was also a Tuesday evening Just saying What about aunt, do you remember our night out at the Abitaburn? Oh who doesn't remember that? No, I remember a famous hostel room. I mean, it's shocking. And we were all doing shots and I'm trying to keep up with everyone.

Do you remember? I'm trying to get, because shots are easy to do. Yeah, easy to drink. And we're going back again, a long time. I had these leather trousers on and I'm trying to keep up with everybody. And then I just thought, now I'm going to go. So I've gone to the toilet. And that's it. He's very kindly come with me.

And I've gone and I'm sick when I've had a drink. I'll check my body just rejects it. I can't do it. And I always remember I was all down the floor. I've been sick everywhere. It's not funny. It that's the other one. Now they're going, Lynn, Lynn, please, please. Obviously she's really frantic and she's gone to me after she went to me. I knew it was bad. It was when you were being sick on your nice new leather trousers.

I thought if Lynn doesn't care about that, then she's definitely done. Yeah, finished the cab. Oh, that's carried me to the cab, cab didn't they the way it is. You were ill the next day. No it's not for me I don't know how you guys do it. I can't do any shots now. I never do ago we put that on the pod was it a 40 year? no or last birthday but just when the pods no have a look you'll be very surprised at how long ago do you remember when you topped up your Baileys with some you wanted to make your Baileys a bit stronger some whiskey no that would have been sort of. Brandy. You got the wrong spirit. Just casually adding brandy to your already. Yeah. Shall we change the subject?

So the next year we're going to lay off the booze a little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll try. Give it a go. You say that, I don't feel like we are. We're saying all the stories. No, we're just talking about stories aren't we? Everyone's got, I mean, if you haven't got them, fair enough, I mean, but everyone's got drunken stories. A few stories. A few stories. We've got a lovely message here from a listener called Georgina, who'sid as well and I'm just very taken aback

by the time people have spent. Here we go. Hi Nat. So it takes one year for Earth to circumnavigate the sun and in that one year we've all enjoyed listening to your pod. Auntie Lini with her tips for cleaning and life, brother Tony giving us building advice and what to order for our Chinese takeaway. Nat's nieces with their funny tales, Roro, El's bells, makes us laugh with their banter or shall we call it shanta. Mark with his dry sense of humour and is packing shopping directly into a bag before paying, why would you? The occasional visit from Eliza and Joni with their funny characters that both you and Mark

should be really proud of and you Nat. We've loved hearing you grow with confidence and seeing your amazing relationship with your family. But when you think about it, the most important thing we've all learned is where to buy a cheap viennetta. Anyway, happy one year anniversary. Cheers mate. Oh, thanks Georgina. Absolutely brilliant. But she is right, I mean the biggest thing to come out of the pod is where to buy cheap vianetta. And it's not a deal. I can't believe they've not been in touch yet.

What, vianetta have not sponsored? No. They give it more. Well they don't need to. They don't need to as it can. They are rubbing their hands. And you're promoting it enough. Yes.

Well I'm stopping. I'm not eating. What's Shanta? I'm boycot'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping I'm stopping And did you say they sent you a free one? No, not even a free one. Why did you ever speak about Vianetta?

Because Mark is obsessed with ice cream. Natalie said. I said one day I said. Incorrect fact. I said, oh, you know, you can get Vianetta for a pound. Right. And that just. Oh, I just said that.

Wasn't a pound. Anyway, it's just one of those things at start. We need to be sponsored by Viennetta and Le Pack and we'll be laughing. True that. Maybe a whiskey brand. That'd be nice. Prosecco. Mr Muscle. Mould Remover. Prosecco and gin. It's been very nice this year though to actually get some ads on the pod and build the pod and you know it's really quite good. Do you know that we're in the definitely in the top 1% of podcasts to even be featured in any sort of chart or to have the amount of listeners we have you can't compare it to the top of the 1% but to be in it is pretty spectacular. Yeah it's an achievement.

I mean that means nothing to me but I'm very happy for you. What's your favourite episode? Favourite ep? Oh that's a question. I have to say the grief episode for me was the first one that really touched people and got a huge response and I do think we should do one soon. A billion percent. Another one because people really enjoy talking about it. Not enjoy, but it's a subject that affects everybody. So I did really truly find that special one. I'm with you on that. I think it's really different.

I really do enjoy all of them now. No, but if you had to choose one for each little thing. It's hard to remember. Oh yeah, it's hard to remember, isn't it? I loved our Christmas tasting one. It was really fun. Do you know what the longest episode was? Oh hello, Mark. Yours and Natalie's probably. In the pub scraping. No, the Christmas one. Yeah, the one you just mentioned, which is why I interjected so swiftly. How many minutes was that, please was 88 minutes longest episode of all time people are surprised you didn't go into extra time what is the shortest episode we've recorded I would say it's got to be when I interviewed

Father Christmas on Christmas Eve no we have done in that sneezy I hope that you're not going to go into it was the first one which was an introduction, you're not going to do some sort of question. No, what about the flower thing you did? They were quite long. It was the ninth episode, which was just called Scraping the barrel. And it was thirty four minutes. That was definitely done at midnight.

Quick bash it out. That's 100 percent. I agree. No fault nothing. Just get it out job done you know don't give them any value for money whatsoever. If it was a trade description that then Nick yeah. Yeah 100%. I like the fact that I always worried about the shape of it and what it was going to be. Yeah you said to me didn't you. Oh we always need a subject and you don't.

Not really. Because people that listen give you your subjects. They do. And you go off on a tone and they set the tone and you go for it, we go for it sorry. As I get nervous I feel like I want structure and I want a subject to discuss. You're absolutely right because then when we get there I mean me and Natty sometimes forget we're actually on the board and we just have a chin wave. But it does right itself when you've got a few messages from people.

Absolutely. I feel that some of our best ones have been when we haven't had any struggles. We might have said, oh we want to bring this up and we've been in hysterics and we've gone off on the most random things. I think that's probably another reason why people like it. It's not structured. We're not sitting down saying, well today I'm going to talk about plastering, you know, decorating. Oh you should do that, that sounds really interesting. All right, well you lot all go out and me and that do it. Today I'm going to talk about,

you lot all go out and me and that do it. Today I'm going to talk about Ray Malter downpipes. If you do your voice like that people will be really upset. They love your voice. There is a massive thing about your voice. You've got a good, you have got an easy nice listening voice. I've got a few friends that honestly I think we're gonna have to keep at arm's length. One in particular I won't mention any names. Oh please do. She's obsessed. She's obviously never met me before. Well no she's hoped she's desperate too. She is absolutely desperate. No that's um that's a bit yeah that's a bit I can't really understand that but anyway um but it's nice it's nice but yeah yeah let's not go

down that rabbit hole I don't think that's a good idea. Do you like listening to your Mark do you like listening to your pods? Not really. Do you feel like you sound like you? Well everyone who hears their own voice recorded when you hear it played back it always sounds different. Yeah I just can't stand my own voice. No When you hear it played back, it always sounds different. Yeah, I just can't stand it. No, but it's different because that is one reason I didn't want to do the pod because I hate my voice if I hear myself on home videos, but it does sound a bit different on the pod.

We've spent quite a bit on the editing and- Thank God for that. Thank you. That is one of the costs. Thank God for AI. Yeah. But you know, we've got mine. It's not actually me.

I've got a question for you, Natalie. And that is, have you got a favorite guest you've had on? Not your regulars? No, that's not Big Brother. Oh, that's really difficult. Favorite guest. Oh, come on. Oh, it's really hard. I think it's got to be Morgana. I was going to say Morgana. I think it's got to be Morgana. I was going to say Morgana. I think it's got to be Morgana. You've had a lot of comedians on. Because I am a want

to be comedian. I've done quite well. Go on have you got the guests there? Oh yeah I've got some guests. Go on tell us. You've had Kerry Godleman. Amazing. You've had Father And Father Christmas of course. Well massive. Joe Lyset, Joe Wilkinson, Tom Allen, Chatterbix guys have been on haven't they? They have, they have. You've obviously had Josh Whittakam. I can't say that can I? Josh Whittakam. Josh Whittakam. Whittakam.

No that's the politician. Whittakam. Josh. Josh Whittakam. Whittakam. Whittakam. Thank you. She's so Whittakam.

Yeah strange. Yeah it's been loads. Youiddicam. Whiddicam. Whiddicam. Thank you. She's so Whiddicam. I'm not very good at pronouncing. Yeah, strange. It's been loads. You've had some experts on, haven't you? Yeah, I love the vina.

She's at 100 miles an hour, but I really like her as a person. GK Barrie. GK Barrie was great. Eliza was quite impressed. Yeah, she liked that one. Donna, I've formed a really nice relationship with, which has been really lovely. Donna Ashworth, the poet. She's done really really well It's been really great Poppy. She just released a new potato potatoes are bang

They're fantastic and she's just done so well for a tick tock and all of that Yeah, I mean it's it's been a very Yeah, a fruitful year. I hope to get some more guests on, but I do love it when it's just the family. I think it's really nice that I haven't got to rely on people because you get a lot of pods where the celebs, no disrespect, they're on a round because they've got something to promote and you hear them doing their rounds. And I don't know, I just find it really- It's no different to a chat show then.

Exactly. Exactly the same thing. Promotion. Yeah, they're promoting. No, we're not doing the chat show. We're not promoting anything. we're doing it because we want to do it and having a good chat which i think is the important thing really it's really quite warm in here isn't it it is quite as warm as natal is in the summer yeah that's gonna be hardcore in it like that edcon unit needs to go i've already i've already spoken to someone about it. He does studios and stuff and it's got to be ducted. You can't have a special way so that you can't have the unit in the

room. It's too much noise and that but Tommy Frostbite. I spoke to him about it last year and he said he can sort it. Did you say his name is Tommy Frostbite? That'd be brilliant if he was an air con man. His name's Tommy and his company's Frostbite. Oh, yeah. Little plug there, Tommy, if you're listening. Little plug, so a little discount on Tommy. Yeah, I think if we have a warm summer, there's definitely a space for a bit of AC, because it was brutal.

We'll be out. We'll be walking. It was brutal, wasn't it? I mean, I was in my pants and everything last year. It was disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. We must do some more walking pods. Things for the future now. Let's move on. Yeah. People loved us having a walk. It's mad isn't it? And it rained that day didn't it? Yeah and you turn up outside. I mean they walked down my road, come outside, I've opened the window and these two stood there with their mics, so I'm like what is going on? My neighbours must think what is going on?

So I did a few dog walkers, they were like okay. I was surprised that phone was very good because it was pissing me out, wasn't it? Well, you got photos of us squeezing out the microphone. Amazing, it still works. No, we'll definitely do in the summer when the weather's nice. More walking, definitely. Because that did go down well. Definitely. But it's lovely to all get together, isn't it? Yeah, we should do it more actually. Please 0778 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 So let us know your thoughts on the app and hope you've really enjoyed it. Live shows.

You're going to try and do that? Yeah, I've got to sort this PO box out for Naomi. She's right. Yeah, she is right. You mentioned it about nine months ago. Nine times since then. So we've There's some big things PO Box, merch, live show. Merch is coming along nicely isn't it babe? Yep. Helping me with that. So soon we'll have some nice t-shirts, jumpers, water bottles. Yeah I was thinking about doing a little maybe a little start DIY kit. That's you know Tony Talks little DIY kit. That would be an excellent.-liddy cleaning kit. Exactly. Basics that you need. Moving into your first flat, what do you need? Hammer, screw driver, tape measure.

Cute, I like it. You could do a little basic kit. That would be a really good idea. Some estate agents do that. Yeah, I was going to say, mum can stick it in there. There you go. Yeah, but rather than them giving it away we can knock it out. We've only got to turn the aircon on. Oh yeah. They can hear us. This is what we need when we're at yours Nat. We speak and it turns on. And it happens immediately. Hey it's really thirsty.

Got another really nice voice note here from our friend Timbo. Hello Natalie and Mr. Sexy Voice himself. Yeah, you caught me by surprise this afternoon. I was out on the dog walk. So I think this is attempt number 10 for the first time ever to try and get half decent voice note out to you. Just to say many congratulations on a year. We're in the 100th episode a few weeks ago and now we are at one year. It's brilliant, very diverse podcast. I think that's why I like it. It covers so many different topics. You're asking the people what they want to

talk about. We haven't spoken in depth about customer service and dickheads that I have to deal with daily. But yeah, it's just really good and um i'm not doing another recording fuck it this is number 12 actually shit sit number 12 i'm not doing another recording but the most important thing is you're doing very well it's great fun and your nieces oh they're just brilliant and tony oh it's all great it really is anyway have a great evening. I'm gonna go and pick up Otis's poo because he's stood down in front of me that's absolutely marvelous. What a way to bloody end it. Oh catch you soon guys bye bye. We need to get to him on the wheel arses. We should go get to him as a guest on a Scrope in the Bail for sure. It's good fun. Pretty good. Very good fun. I've got all the I was gonna say about the names all the genres Tony talks oh well we've sort of created those

yeah over time what's Auntie Lynnie's? Chats with Auntie Lynnie, Tony talks scraping the barrel and that's Nieces. That's very clean. And that's tracks. And that's tracks. And that's tracks. That is what's actually so amazing and you know I hope the listeners know this, none of that has been thought out or planned. I would never guess that. So polished. They just feel it's genius. No I know. I think they're aware.

So amateur. No but it is weird how it's just happened. There's been no, oh, should we call it Tony Talks? It's just happened. No, I didn't know actually. Just after about whatever it was, two or three, I was Tony Talks, which I was well pleased with, you know. But it just goes to show you were trying to get a name for the listeners and it never

really kicked off, did it? And I think that's because we were thinking about it. You're trying to falsify. Yeah. It's like nicknames, they never work if you're forcing it. So true. The best nicknames, someone will just say something off the cuff and it'll stick. Yeah. And then like little quotes. Yeah. So we've got some little sayings of a way. So the... What do you mean? What do you mean? How much? How much? Lovely. Lovely. I just say lovely too much. Just make it up. No, if you listen? How much? How much? Lovely. Lovely.

I just say lovely too much. Just make it up. No, if you listen to Nats nieces you'd know. Oh no, well she does say lovely all the time. Oh yeah. Yeah, lovely. Yeah, we all do. I bought this lovely thing the other day, it was lovely.

Well you wouldn't have bought it if it weren't lovely. Yours is the shopping bags. I think you're most famous for putting your food into the shopping bag Taking it. I don't even do that anymore. Ironically. I've gotten like completely flipped on it. I'm absolutely here with you on that But I use a basket now. No, I Don't do scanning shop No, no, if I'm in a place that doesn't have scanning shop, then I would put it in my bag I do go into a shop and put your food into a bag that you've got in the car without planning

for it? What you mean shoplifting? Shoplifting? No, explain it. So you go into a sort of the Richard Madeley forgot to pay for the wine. Your little co-op. Yeah, there's no scanning shop. You just need to get five items. You've got your bag for life. Yes. Yes. So you're instead of getting a basket

to put the five items in a basket. Yeah. You just put them in your bag for life and then you go to the till you take them out. No, no, no, no, no. Sorry. Sorry. No, no, I'm not saying it's mad. I just would never do it. It would feel like you're... It's got to be basket or trolley and then you put it in your bag because it feels to me like you're stealing it. Yeah. Why aren't you doing it? Just that you're doing something to undo it, to do it again. Exactly.

You've got to undo it. Yeah, it's different. Yeah, yeah. So you haven't not, you're not not doing it because of the card. I'd say rather than, I'd say rather than being a, you know, sort of a permanent thing, that's just an aberration that probably happened once or twice and you've learned from your mistakes. No, we used to do it all the time.

No, I'll tell you why I did it. It all started. It was so boring. I used to go shopping, run and get a couple of bits. And every time I got to the checkout, I didn't have a bag. And it was in the boot. And I had millions and millions of bags for life in the boot. So I remembered, and because I got used to doing it,

I always remembered the bag for life. If I bought the bag in remembered and because I got used to doing it, I always remembered the bag for life. If I bought the bag in and then I've got a massive bag and I don't want to pick up a basket as well as the bag. I'm with you. Grabbing a few bits. So I love it in the bag and you know it fits in the bag. I only got one bag. I'm not going to have a problem. If food goes in the bag without being scanned, it's stealing it. No, it's not. Unless you've not left the shop.'s not. You haven't left the shop. I get it. It's a strange one. Just a crazy stuff. But I get why you do it. What's interesting though, we're having this conversation and I've actually done that now. Yep. I've put the things in the bag

but it makes me feel weird but I have had a go. Also a basket is not comfortable to hold. They hurt your hands. A bag is nicer. I don't know what you're talking about because I never go food shopping. Oh, Jesus. You just don't do it. No, he just don't do it. I just don't do it. Yeah, no. Or you do it online and it just doesn't turn up. It doesn't turn up.

What about that one? Yeah, that was a cold cut. That was good. I can't believe it when Evie told me that. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, explain the story. I don't really want to go into it fully.

We can't name names, but... No, but you can just quickly touch on it. Ordered some shopping. When I say some, a very, very large fridge full of food from a cardo. Not that she wants to go into detail. No, no. Who told you to do that food shop? Did you get an apology from?

Elliot told me to do the food shop. Who told you it would never happen and it would never arrive? You said that from the outset. Not no child. Just no chance. But why are you allowed to order it then? Because it's just guaranteed to be cancelled. Why?

Because this stuff happens. How many things have you cancelled? That's ridiculous. It's a Sunday. No, that's not why they cancelled. I had someone on my Instagram DM say I'm so sorry I've seen four Ocado vans this morning go past my business so they are delivering. Ah interesting. I think it's that classic case of they're overwhelmed because it's the Easter bank holiday.

Well it happened, Dave had the same thing, he ordered a box of wine for Easter because all the kids were over it arrived today. I'm not sure I'm not sure about that I think. Don't be horrid. It's the same thing but they were on East. Bring some wine guys my delivery didn't come. What nice wines you got at home. Don't be mean but they were on East and said we're terribly sorry, we're completely overwhelmed. That's fine, send me off in our Ica. But then they shouldn't do... No, I know Natalie, but you know the food scenario is a different ball game. You took it very well, you were very fortunate that you know Mark was out in the car... Rubbing my hands together after quite a lot of cooking.

Swerved cooking dinner, but can you imagine... No, it was a shame because I do like a roast at Easter, it was a pain. But we had a lovely barbecue with your family didn't we? We had a really nice time. It was really good. Thank God it wasn't Pistachio and Rhine. That's what I said. So true. So true. Oh mum, you're on the pod with us. Do you like it? Yeah, it's brilliant. Hi, I can't really see you. Hi. Do you remember when mum came in when we were doing the live, it was a shocker wasn't it? Why did I do it? Why? What did I do?

I think you just got very excited. We were trying to go live in our shambles. We were trying to palm off the old frix and a onto you. Yeah. You like a frix and a don't you sweetheart? Sometimes. Why was it a shocker anyway? It was just chaotic. I thought it was quite good.

That was cute. Was this the podcast? Laura got really excited because she was literally, she goes oh my god they're live. We were dancing. Yeah we need to do that again but it was... Maybe in an organised fashion. Yeah, yeah. Couldn't even get into the room could I? I don't know, there's crackers, there's champagne everywhere

There's a whole curtain The curtain, I think that was the point Tonight Matthew, I'm going to It wasn't me though I have a curtain covering my door The entrance you see of the pod room Sometimes people get a little bit stuck within the door The girls don't know The girls are quite used to it.

They're alright. They get their, they poke their head in. Binoculars and all sorts. Yeah. Joni was had binoculars last week. Did she? What girls prefer beauty? She never does that. She was spying wasn't she? She is good. Yeah, so good. The kids are good about it because it is a change at home as well. They have been quite good about it. Of course. And it is nice for us. I was thinking, you know, when we first had the kids on it, it's so nice to have a recording listening to the kids speaking and how it's going to change as they get older.

And it's a nice thing to have actually. Well, before you know it, it'll be these two. Yeah. Be like this. Yeah. All the best to you. Yeah good luck. So I really want to say 0.788. 2019-19. Do you know it Tone? No. Do you? No. Do don't even know the name of the pot. I always feel it might be a bit presumptuous you know. I'm sitting next to the Governor and I ain't gonna start spouting off the numbers. No.

I'm gonna start taking over. It's brilliant that you know it. What is the number? O double A. O double A 27647576. That was one of the highlights at the beginning of course. Oh yeah you got the wrong number. Oh that was fantastic. I put up the wrong number I put up 0778. Don't say it. Don't do it again. Okay well anyway I've got a couple of digits wrong. Yeah and some bloke in Abu Isfahan got 75,000 messages. No no but a couple. I phoned the number to try and apologise it had a whatsapp picture of a couple never got back to me oh that is such a shame maybe because they were getting harassed they broke up over it yeah i

heard yeah yeah she was thinking why is he getting so many phone calls yeah that's right yeah and he was listening and you know some of the pictures and stuff you get through sometimes yeah some of the old movie you imagine what this poor that is true. Yeah So what is the number I'm gonna write it down for future reference Yeah, double eight twenty Nineteen-nineteen. It's quite easy, isn't it? We should know that we should know that That's good. It is a well-picked number. number. Emma stood in Argos going through the SIM cards and I like that one. Shout out to Emma who's produced the pod and that is a big job to do. Yep. So that is very, very good also. And I think it is time for dinner for us to

go and have a slap up meal. Excellent. So we go to a pub. We could go to a pub, we've got 20 minutes we can squeeze it in. One thing before we go, let's start a new little subject which I think people are going to like. When you're going to a restaurant and I want answers from all of you, do you look on the website and look at the menu to see what you're going to have when you go to the restaurant. Have you ever done that? Yes always. I have done it because I'm so useless at choosing what I want.

Right. So I'm in the restaurant and I feel like I'm going to hold everybody up and I never know and I can't make a decision then I'll stay if you can choose for me. So I have not all the time, I don't think to do all the time, but on occasions I've had a quick look to see what's on the menu. Just to give you a brain. Just to give me a little bit of a heads up. I like to look at the menu and see what it's about.

I never would choose my meal, but I like to just sass it out. And that also determines if you want to go there, I find. For me, I can't think of anything. It's for me that is like. Well, you would never. That's crazy. Is it taking the excitement? I love it. It's for me that is like. Well you would never. That's crazy. Is it taking the excitement? I love it.

It takes the excitement. It's like peeking into a present the day before you unwrap it. I understand. I don't want to look at a menu before I go. Tone? My lot all do it. Oh.

So Sharon and the kids. Why do they do it Tone? I think what it is, they like the idea of preparing themselves for what they're going for to give themselves an idea because it can take them about two hours to choose. I'm too indecisive, it stresses me out. And don't get me wrong, sometimes you might then change because you think the next day.

But they also, I think they also just like to see what the food is. And so like, it's a big thing. Look, let's be honest, if we go some of the places that we're talking about going to, they're not cheap. It's not McDonald's. Yeah. Yeah. And, and Although McDonald's is fabulous. I'm not saying it's not, but I'm sorry. Sponsorship and all that.

I prefer KFC, but anyway. No, no, but they're not cheap places that we go to. And so it tends to be special occasions. It's not every week. It might be twice a year that we go. And so there's a bit of excitement as well. You know, we've been to Scots in Richmond, we like Smith's down in Wapping, we've been to, you know, the Italian around the corner in Wapping. We went there the other week or whatever.

So there's a bit of excitement, a bit of, oh, you know, what you fancy? You know, so it's quite nice, but I wouldn't choose what I'm going to have before I go. I would just, it's just nice to think, oh, well, they've got a nice bit of fish. I'll do a nice bit of this or they might do calves liver which I love you know which is something and then you get there and

it's not on there. You've had your heart set on something and it's not on there. Yeah that is heartbreaking. So you look at the menu as well? All the time. Oh do you? I love it. Maria probably more than me every time. Do you Maria? Yeah. That's interesting. I like I get I like to see, get an idea while I fancy, but then it is heartbreaking when you fancy something and you get there and it's menu's changing. I think the only thing that it's really good for is if you're going for a late supper, you know what you to eat during the day. Oh okay so you don't. So you know like a meat or a fish and you're not gonna okay so I think that is a reason for it but it's not something that I'd really do. It's just

actually funny, interesting I like looking at menus. I can't I don't feel like you do it. No I will decide as the orders have been and I normally I normally decide like the last person I'll just choose. All right but they've come to you first you've literally picked the menu up and you'll just pick something because I'd be like no no come to me last and I'm so indecisive and then you might order something I'm going oh, maybe I'll have that and then Mark you'll order something. I got all that Yeah, I'll be sitting there for an hour. Well tonight will be funny. We'll do some vids for you all Sometimes I say I just get to have a waitress to order Have they got bedroom there?

We could just share Midnight walk in, I don't know, it looks good. And that's why I love sharing players. Oh, for me. No, no, tasting menu you mean or sharing? No, just like tasting menu, all bits and bobs. Like a task person because you get to taste a bit of everything and you feel like you're not missing out on anything. I do get a few starters or share with a few kids. There is another podcast here, sorry, about disappointing culinary experiences.

Oh yeah, we'll do that. And I had probably the worst one. I almost needed therapy for it. I know exactly what that is. Honestly, that's not, that's not too, I'm not overdoing it when I'm saying it. No, don't. It was this. That sounds like a good episode.

We're going to save it. The thing is, if I mention it, I'll probably get sued. Yeah. Just don't say where you were. No, maybe a little clue. Yes, some little clues. But we could the tasting menu we had in Cornwall was very good. It looks amazing. Just a little bit.

Personally, I just think a lover of it personally. I just think. I don't eat seafood so I was slightly alarmed when I discovered the restaurant we were going to. It was a pasty menu and was a seafood restaurant. What was it called sir? It was called Nathan Outlaw's Fish Kitchen. Absolutely fantastic. But what did you eat the seafood then? I absolutely ate it. Oh excellent. I said I've got to try it. I just got to do it. In the order of it. It's brilliant.

But even that, sorry Mark, Natalie sent me the menu. Yeah. Oh yeah. There you go. I know but we always do it. That's why I love a tasting menu. But that's why I love a tasting menu because you're trying to eat it. What about our one at Reed's, is that right?

Reed's Store. Restaurant Story. Oh that is lovely. That was fantastic. What about our one at Reads, is that right? Reads Store? Restaurant Story. Oh that is lovely. That was fantastic. One of the best. These four were going and me and Dave said, oh we'll come. Well, I mean it was very pricey. Yeah.

But it was incredible. Down to the music. It was incredible. That's brilliant. That's brilliant. But on the on the flip side i've had tasting menus where and because it's a tasting menu you've got to eat it yeah right so these seven courses come up and you can't go don't fancy that you've got to read it it's

cost whatever it's cost you think i've got to read it so we went to this very posh french place in barches i can't remember what it was now anyway and it was all these bits and pieces and this third one come up and it was a Quow's egg poached on this beautiful spinach that they'd picked from their own Japanese garden and it was perfect and then she poured mushroom juice on it. Mushroom tea it's called right it's mushroom juice they basically boil some mushrooms get the juice off it and pour and ruin ruin your quail's egg and that's the problem with them that those posh tasting menus is what they do is they just go a step too far I look at something so that's perfect I go no no no sir oh no I've got the dew from a

monkey's anal gland and I'm gonna drip it on top of it. So unnecessary. You so totally went going to do it. What are we doing tonight? So unnecessary. Right thank you all. Can I just say without you the pod would not be what it is. I appreciate all your time. I love talking to you. I love spending time with you all because in this busy life it's very hard to spend an hour every now and again. So that's a highlight for me being with you all. And I'm just so grateful that you do it with me. Well, it's a pleasure.

And I hope it continues and we grow. And Mark, thanks for everything, all your support and the room at home. And well, I'm pleased I scraped the barrel. And I think for us, Nat, thank you for letting us be a part of it. It's amazing. It's something we never would have been doing. So to be able to do it, thank you. Brilliant, thank you. We love you very much. Very proud of you.

Absolutely. Fantastic. Thank you everyone for listening. I hope you've enjoyed this mega mix tonight of all of us. Keep on listening, subscribe, follow, leave your comments and you know the number. I'll be back on Monday. Have a great weekend. See you everybody. Bye.