Life with Nat - EP166: Scraping the Birthday Barrel #31

Episode Date: October 30, 2025

It's the evening after Marc's big birthday party and him and Nat are both feeling a like it's the end of a very long (it had an extra hour!) day. Marc's our number one merch marketeer, with classics sales lines like "can we get that without the logo on it?" Enjoy!! xx Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nat's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natcass1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Neice's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natsnieces⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tony's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tonycass68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linny's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@auntielinny.lwn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ THE BIG CHRISTMAS LIVE SHOW 7th December ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- claphamgrand.com/event/live-with-nat-at-christmas/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The tiny warm-up shows 22nd Oct - The Bill Murray, Islington -⁠⁠⁠ https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/live-with-nat-work-in-progress-wed-22nd-oct-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202510221830/⁠⁠⁠ 4th Nov - Dixon Studio, Palace Theatre, Southend - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trafalgartickets.com/palace-theatre-southend/en-GB/event/other/live-with-nat-work-in-progress-tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 6th Nov - Hat Factory, Luton - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.culturetrust.com/whats-on/live-nat-work-progress⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 16th Nov - Hawth Studio, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/the-hawth/whats-on/live-with-nat-work-in-progress⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book Club: October's Book is Happy Days by Natalie Cassidy (obvs we have to get behind our gal!!) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/happy-days-natalie-cassidy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get reading, all reviews welcome. We're also accepting suggestions for a Christmassy thriller fiction for November Nat’s solo chats - any rants always welcome!  Scraping the Barrel - SCAN AND SHOP VIRGIN NO LONGER! Bonce vs list! - Are you a list maker? Always collecting for Nostalgia Fest! What’s brewing with the Nieces - are we all skipping the end of summer, all of autumn and going straight to Christmas - Nat’s door is! Group chat ettiquette & pranks. Nice Lorraines… get in touch! Advent calendars & gift recommendations v. welcome! Things we’re nagging with Linny about - More lateness stories and some cleaning questions, please! The Tony talks chatter - Keep your DIY questions coming, also open to some saucy two paragraph stories for Tony to read out at the Southend show - think cheeky postcards (both in tone and length)! Can we make Tony an influencer and get him any freebies?  TBC Cultural differences ep - inspired by Linny’s Mediterranean heritage and her & Ellia's Italian trip, we'd love to hear about the cultural differences you've noticed between the UK and basically ANYWHERE else!  A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[e-mail]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Well, what a wonderful week we've had. Welcome to Scraping the barrel on this fine Thursday. You have now been 30, sorry 40, for... 30 is possibly more accurate actually. Well, you don't look a day over 30 years, Ro Ro. Why does she keep saying that? She said that to me a million times. I know why she's saying that.

Why? Because I know how old she is next year. Possibly. Or she's just being kind. Baby. Yeah. A bit weirdly kind. So a little bit makes me suspicious.

No, I think she's just having a nice phase. Don't know. Something's going on there. Anyway, you have been 40 for six days. How'd you feel? I've not been 40 for six days. I was, it's the 26th of October, thank you. I know, but when this comes out, it would have been six days.

Just bear with me with the, you know, dates and stuff. What are you kicking? Fiddling around of stuff. I've got a wire here, which is underneath the chair. Okay. I mean, it's brilliant. Brilliant what you've done. Fantastic, by the way.

Right. But you've just moved the chair. No, I haven't. Nice jumper. Show me we can't read the logo. Very good, yeah. How's that? Yeah, nice.

How much are they? 30 quid. 30 quid? Yeah. Blimey. What do you mean? It's a sweatshirt, darling. That's a lot of money for a sweatshirt.

I've never spent 30 quid on a sweatshirt. You might not have, but that is a normal price. Right. Have you got about T-shirts? It's merchandise. Yeah. You know, it takes quite a lot of planning. It's like when you wander about wearing Fendi, or whatever it is.

Is it you're advertising the brand? You should be paying people to wear that. Brilliant. You should be. Oh, that's great. What about the mugs? Likewise. They should be giving out.

So everything, I should be buying it on, giving it out for free. But it's advertising your podcast. Oh, it lovely. I'd be absolutely skinned. But it's a bit cheeky. You look nice in yours. Can I order a plane one? What do you mean?

I'd spend 30 quid on a plane one without the branding. I don't walk around as an advert. You look nice. That burgundy really suits you. Show us the thing. This is the same colour as Barnard's Miniature Railway. It is actually.

It's in West Hornden, Essex, Miniature Railway. Oh, for crying out loud. My end to ends. No, I haven't got the open days coming up now. It's all gone. But we open again in Easter, every other Sunday. And Thursday's in half terms and school holidays. It is a great place to go.

I'm not going to lie to you. Not for profit, charitable trust, run. Just fight to say that. Sorry, wait, wait, wait, V branding. Yeah, it's quite, um, yeah, it's nice. It's lovely. It's nice. And be honest.

You've disappeared into the background, though. I'm just looking at your, your ongoing. It is what it is. The green and the green emerges. It is what it is. However, that plant is huge. It is, yeah. It's getting monstrous.

I'm not sure about that plant in the background. Oh. It grows out your head. Does it? Yeah. Ah. But, yeah, I don't know. We could put something else there maybe.

It's a bit of a classic thing that putting a plant in the background. I know, but I think she needs to go in the lounge because she's big enough now. Maybe. Do you know something? I was talking to some television professionals recently. Yes. About setting up the videos in here. Yeah.

And one of them said, let me guess, I haven't seen it. There'll be neon signs in the background, bit of colour and a plant. No way. Yeah, that is exactly what we've got. That's all right. Amusingly, the neon signs have always been in here. Always. Even about the cameras.

Absolutely. I love a neon sign. Yeah, I mean, it does scream podcast. Will you have one of those on your live show? I'm just going to bring that. Okay. It's a bit small. That would be right.

All right, okay. For some of them. You're not going to get a big one, mate? No. I'll splash out. No. Will you be giving away any merchandise? I will be.

Good. To certain people. What else we got here? Have a little look. Oh, hang on a minute. That is the Live with Nat. That is the Clapham, classic. Live with Nat.

I see what you've done. A? Very good. That's the live show t-shirt. Oh, it's got a little, like, oh, right. You see? The live show. That's 15 pounds.

No, how much is that? Please tell me you're not paying, you're not charging for this as well. Hang on. Good quality, though, isn't it? They are good quality. Very good quality. Thank you.

And the jumper you're in, can I just say? Yeah. It's a lovely, it's not too thick, is it? No, it's a nice jumper, actually. We tried a lot of jumpers, me and Ro Roe. Right. And we wanted it to be something that we would wear. Very good.

Oh, hang on a minute. What's this? Just a small, a little tote bag. Right. Okay. You're not selling it very well. It looks like a bag of shit. Oh, hang on.

That's the classic hoodie. Classic hoodie. Yeah, because this is the classic range. Just the white, the green and the pink. So we've got... The classic range. The classic range. Okay.

Water bottle. Brilliant. Just what... just what everyone needs. You're getting right on my nerves. Very boring for anyone not watching it. You mean... Well...

Not a good podcast content is. No. We'll have to make this a clip, won't we? Well, maybe. Or maybe Emma could just cut it out, because it's quite boring. What is that little thing? We've got a little trolley token.

Brilliant. A pound? Fiver. You know, you... It's a key ring. Yeah. Okay. It's a key ring.

I could swap that then for five trolley tokens. But it's not a life with that key ring, is it? No, that's a trolley token. No. But it's a key ring. It goes on the keys. Well, that's so you can pull it out again? Correct.

Right. And you like pulling things out and in and... I'm not rising to it. Okay. Right. You have had, what a lovely week you've had. I have, yeah. Oh, this is a nice one.

What's this? Just a nice, oversized tea. What people think of you is none of your business. That's the neon sign in the background and one of my favourite quotes. So that's on the back of that one. Thank you. I do really want to get on to talking about your birthday.

Okay, crack on. It was lovely. Who would have thought turning 30 could be so much fun. you're going on and off mic and you're making a lot of noise now okay sorry about that I think you should stop I'm trying to tidy up I feel bad now leave it for now yes what did you want to say about mine I wanted to say didn't we have a lovely time last week it was lovely it's very confusing talking about it in past tense but okay 45 part lane was good wasn't it that was unbelievable

I have I have honestly never experienced anything like that before that is crazy It was amazing We didn't pay for it Just so you know I would never We bought some stuff No I bought some stuff Yes I bought some stuff

But what I'm saying is we would never stay there It was a lot Exceptionally And Elliot And well very much And Elliot So maybe you should explain The dinner side of it

I mean obviously the hotel Well the hotel side was amazing Unbelievable Amazing room Kids loved it. They were very nice. A little birthday cake. And it was because of your friend Lee, you've spoken to.

Well, it was lovely Elliot, who I did Cooking with the Stars with Elliot Grover. Yeah. Who is the head chef at Cut at 45 Park Lane. One of the best date restaurants in the UK, basically. And we really got on well, hit it off on Cooking with the Stars. And he said, you've got to come for dinner. Then I met Lee, lovely Lee Kelly, who manages the host. tell at Cooking with the Stars and he was lovely and they just said oh if it's mark's birthday we'll

do you a room we'll just treat you treat you for the day and i said i'm not a ponce i was very very i said please i'm i'm really pay for stuff i don't like it you did say i've got a nice sweatshirt and a t-shirt i could give you in return and a mug and a mug yeah but he wasn't that fussed about no not overly but they really treated us and they sport you rotten and it was amazing what an amazing thing to do. It was brilliant. Brilliant experience. And it was so good going in a restaurant.

Yeah. It was so nice. And then we got to go to the kitchen. That was so... Let Joni have a go. It's brilliant. Just being involved. Very friendly, seeing everyone, going in the professional kitchen.

You know, great. I'd love to work in a professional kitchen. I know it's hard work, but what a buzz down there shouting, doing everything. Brilliant. It's hard. work you don't get any daylight no now i've done cooking with the stars yeah i reckon i should do master chef next just do some cooking at home start small not the same though is it not the same buzz i can shout at you while you're in the kitchen if you like and just you know nastily make dinner

now or something like that that would do it just just something other i mean obviously the pizza tonight was fantastic in the other hand on a second Be honest, that was the perfect dinner for tonight. It was, with the chicken guijon's. Chicken guzons, onion rings. How many attempts did a chicken gujon to take to get out of the air fry? No, you know what it was? Yeah.

Your fingers slipped on the button. No, that box from M&S is quite large. Right. And it says eight minutes per half serving. Okay. But I put in probably three quarters of the box. So I did ten minutes, but they just needed a couple more. Hang on a minute.

Because I had to shake them up a bit. Well, it's like, I felt like I'm on countdown. Yeah. I'm going to write this down. Go on. How many minutes? Eight minutes. Eight minutes.

Eight minutes at 180 in the air fryer for half a packet. Yeah? Yes. But I put in three quarters. Three quarters. And I put them on for ten minutes, but actually they needed 14. Ah. Which makes sense.

Well, if I'm doing my maths correctly, it's 12. No, it was about 14 Because a lot of them are on top of each other Within the air fry So you have to shake them up a bit and move them about But you can't beat a chicken goose I could live on chicken guzons That maths is confusing me now

How does that work then? Well it's 16 minutes Divide by 4 Which is 4 minutes So you're right, it should be 12 But because they're on top of each other Because there's a lot of them in there And they haven't accounted for that

In the cooking instructions have I No, because they've said a half packet So they can lay them out Within the air friar Like a normal person A normal portion A normal portion Thanks for that little interlude

I enjoyed it But chicken guisons I'm being serious Breadded chicken and mayonnaise That's I could live on that It's lovely And I love posh food

But if someone said You can only eat one thing It would be breaded chicken No it wouldn't No it would No. It would. Really?

Yep. One thing? If I had one thing to eat. Okay. It's probably not, probably, would you die? Why? Has it got everything you need in it? Breaded chicken?

Me? It's meat, isn't it? Has it got any, it's got any thing, so vegetables in it, is it? I don't know. I'm not an expert. Maybe a nutritionist. One of those words, isn't it?

Nutritionist. You could let you know. I'm sure you know. for sure someone listens. I'm not saying I'm doing it. I'm just saying that that would be the thing. I always said it would be crisps. Yes.

But that's ridiculous. But chicken guzons and mayonnaise. That's not ridiculous at all. Not at all. Then you had a party. I did have a party. It was really fun, wasn't it, your party? I've just got that video, Vince, doing the dance.

What's the dance called? Oops, upside your head. I said, oops, upside your head. I said, oops. How did I not... Where was I then? You were chatting. Was I?

Yeah. But you did really well. When it's someone's party... It's hard. It's really hard. It's really hard. You also didn't know everybody who was coming,

so there were some curveballs thrown in. Well, I didn't know the people who were... I didn't know the people, but I didn't know they were coming. Yes. You know what I mean? But you wanted to spend some time with those people. I really did, and I really felt like I didn't.

I felt like I was drawn, it spread quite thinly. It's always the way. And it was over in a lightning bolt. That's why when we get married, even again, I'm not doing anything big. I'm not inviting anyone. Apart from our families, families only, and you get married. Because you spend thousands and thousands of pounds

and it's over within five minutes. It's very depressing. Not doing it. Yeah, fair enough. Yeah, and actually, I can sort of guess what you mean now. I've never really had a party like that ever. Have you not? No, I'm just thinking about that.

Have I ever had? Not really. No, because for your 30th... We did absolutely nothing. We were at Brendan's wedding. Oh, yeah. Well, the day before. And then, but we had a lovely meal. Do you remember it was a surprise meal in Ferraris?

And my dad was there. Oh, yeah. And all the family. I do remember that, yeah. That was really nice. But we didn't have a party then. No. But it's nice to have a boogie.

Yes. DJ Natty C was excellent. Indeed. And a fantastic name. Well. Because he's basically got my name, which is strange. Yes. But shout out to Cedric and Heather.

Brilliant. And I didn't get a gift or anything. I paid them, so they were very good. What's that you got there? That is a beautiful tumbler which was bought for me for my 37th birthday and it's got a splash of whiskey in it. Lovely.

It's occurred to me that I've got so many whiskeys now. Yes. And believe me, I'm grateful. Of course. They're lovely. All of them. Yeah. I better start drinking them because otherwise at the rate they're being consumed at the moment,

they'll outlive me. Yes. So, yeah, I sort of need to start consuming them. Just a little tipple. Just a little sip of that. It's lovely. Very good. Absolutely lovely.

We are filming this at 9. Oh, excuse me. 1004. Clocks went back today. No, they didn't. They went back six days ago. Oh, ha, ha. Get with it.

No, I'm just saying it is Sunday night, right, people. I love, you know I love the winter. Hang on a minute. How can you move for gold posts? You know I love the winter. You're now talking about today. Because it's important. It's relevant.

I love the winter but that first day of those that clock that clock going back forward or back spring forward fall back the clock's going back

you do get to 5 o'clock and I felt like it was 11 o'clock at night no do you know what I woke up this morning about 9 and it felt like 10 o'clock in the morning on it really it was mad and do you know what as we sit here now at 5 minutes past 10, it could be 5 minutes past 11.

I don't, I feel like it's been a very long day. Well, funny that, because the clocks went back. But I'm just saying it's been a perfect day to have a party the night before. Yes. Because you get a, it's a brilliant day. Sadly, the clocks didn't go back last night. No. Which would have been lovely to have gained an hour.

Maybe we should have done it. We should have just done it early. Pop the clocks back. Or started at an hour early. Yeah. Well, it was 5 o'clock. It was early enough. Oh, it's so good.

Good. I'm really pleased you enjoyed it. So nice. Thank you everyone who came along. Oh, yeah. It was brilliant. Anyone listening who was there. It was brilliant. Well, all of the fellow podders had a good time, didn't they?

Tony had a great time. Ro Ro Roanelle's had a great time. A staff party. Staff party. Yeah, brilliant. We didn't even get a photo of us all together. Yeah. Could have had a photo for the pod.

I've got a message here and I must read it. Hi Natalie, hope you enjoyed the traitors. I came along to the show in Ware tonight as my wife Kathy is a huge fan and she is seeing your live show. I wanted to admit I haven't listened to your podcast until tonight but now I'll be a regular. As a mental health nurse of 23 years

who loves mindfulness walks, it was lovely to hear of your kindness towards others, your values and principles, not only with family and friends, but importantly with strangers. I loved your kindfulness, mix of mindfulness, being in the present and being kind with it. Thank you for a lovely evening, Phil. It's Kathy and Phil Jackson. Have a great rest of the week and weekend. And he wants me to give a shout out to his beautiful wife, Kathy, who he

appreciates and loves so much. So Phil, this is a little bit late in the day. I promise you, I'd do it. And thank you so much for coming to wear. And Kathy, Phil loves you very much. you sound like you've got a really amazing husband. So there you go. And I hope you're enjoying the pod, Phil. I hope you've continued to listen. He also said that he thinks I'd be great in Tom Bazden's. Here we go.

Playing what? Well, I don't know, but I love it. I really love it, Phil. I must have spoken about it at the Ware book thing, because I just think it's genius. They've got another series, and I think they're doing a Christmas special as well. It's the best sitcom.

I would go as far to say, since Gavin and Stacey, very, very good, extremely good. I'd say it was a sitcom. I said it was a comedy drama. Well, you say that. I would call that more of a sitcom than Motherland, just because it's situated a lot in the home. I know why, because it's not a studio and live and all that, like your side of it. But would you agree?

Yeah, kind of, yeah. There are locations. It's very funny. It's very good. It's really good. It's excellent. Very clever. What is more excellent about it is that Alison Stedman is so good that you don't ever think, oh, why is Alison Steadman doing another sitcom after Gavin and Stacey?

She's completely different. I know she's an actress, but she's that good because obviously she's liver-puddling in this and all that. But it's brilliant. So anyway, Phil, thank you. Well done, Alison. Well done, Alison. Natalie thinks... She's incredible.

You can play more than one character. Congratulations. You're in a really funny mood tonight again. Thank you. In a good way or a bad way? No, good. Do you remember the Charlotte Church chat? Vaily.

What was that about again? Remind me. Her digging for a shield. Digging for a shield. What episode was that in? Number one. don't it doesn't bring to mind hasn't popped up in the brain

no I just had to message you as I found this so funny my hubby hasn't really watched much of celebrity traitors right I told him about Charlotte Churches digging the next day I put eye player on what came up on last watched Epp won about 10 minutes in

The Traitors Love the Pod There you go I don't get it Well he's gone to have a look see When she's not there Because she's told him about it Yeah

She said I've told him about it No I know but it's funny Because he hasn't told her he's seen it She's gone on to eye player Right And it's exactly at that point But he hasn't mentioned Well, he's lost interest after he's watched a bit that she was talking about.

Possibly. Possibly. Possibly. I'd forgotten about that conversation. Yeah. Here's a message. Hello, babes. Just catching up on the street with the biscuit barrel.

Not only am I bloody starving driving him from work. But I'm also now you want to be head off. Now, am I tired or am I, is your sort of talk contagious, or is it infectious? Honestly, you two crack me up. But yeah, I'm really starving and absolutely not good. That is from Samantha, my beautiful Alice. And it was her 40th birthday party celebrations the same weekend as yours. What are the chances?

So I want to say, I hope you had a fantastic birthday, Samantha. and I can't wait to see you really, really, really can't wait to give you a hug I believe you're coming to Clapham Am I doing that one? You are doing that one And what am I doing in it?

What you're doing now really? Being really annoying Right Is it worth me being there? Very much so People are really looking forward to seeing you I better not have a squeaky chair Because this chair is doing my head in

Do you like the cap? You've done it? this one before. You've had it on. I'm just saying. You've done it. I know, but we haven't spoken about it. We did. That's how we started. The last time we did a podcast. Oh, did we? Yeah, you had the hat on. I can't remember. Now, you know I love a beanie, don't you? Strong look, that. Like it? Yes. Can you get a plain one? Very, very comfy.

Can you fold it in so you don't see the logo? Claire from Swanley. Yeah. There's ordered one of those. Very good. For our walks. And how do we find the shop? Where do you get the shop details?

W.W.W. Yeah. Life with Nat. Dot. Dot. Uh, clever. Life with Nat. Dot. Shop. Correct. Okay.

Go on now. Have a look at the shop. I'll have a look at the shop, yeah. Thank you to everybody who's message me, saying, I've got this and I've ordered this and I can't wait. It's bloody brilliant. But what I'm hoping we'll do is when you're wearing something or using the tote,

you know, using the shopping bag. You've got the shopping bag there, darling. Just pop it up for the video. I don't know, I mean. Because it is my favourite item. Not before me monkey. Hang on a second. Oh, it did it?

Life with Nat's shop. Good, eh? Shopping bag. Be careful, darling. Can you just... It's like a shopping bag, didn't it? It's got I'm not stealing on it, which I think's really funny. Well, hopefully one would be using a Scallon shop

when they're using that now. Unbelievable. Like me. Nice, who did the photos? Myself and Ro Roe. Okay. Shot craving. Hang on, size guide.

Oh, look at that. Is this a 40-inch chest? This is a really boring pod now. Well, that's what it's coming to. No, come on, baby. You can't look at... I'm looking at the... I would urge anyone listening now

to look at the life with nat. Dot shop website. It looks very good. Well done. Very good. Nice pink. Nice, lovely. Really good. Good. Please you like it.

A lot of row-roes working there, if I'm honest. But no, we've done it together. And it's gone down a treat. Can you buy a voucher? That's a good idea. I shall pop that on tomorrow. Get a voucher. Gift voucher.

Give vouchers. I mean, who's going to want a gift voucher? I think that's very... I'm sure if there's any listeners out there looking at them thinking, can I justify a 30 quid on one of those sweatshirts? Christmas is coming. Just gently mention, oh, I'd love one of those life with that sweatshirts to my partner. Fair enough.

And a partner goes on. If anything like me, do she want that one or does she want that one? Oh, I know what I do. I'm going to treat her. I'm going to get her, you know, 70 quids worth of vouchers. Just saying. Good idea. There you go.

That's a really good idea. I shall do that tomorrow. In fact, I'll probably message Mark later. You're welcome. Thank you, darling. That's right. Never a dull moment, is there? All part of a service.

Eliza wants to dye her hair. Love how you bring that that's brought up now. She just message me. Right. What colour? Pink? No. Green.

She just wants to go a bit lighter. Okay. And I've really struggled with it because I think she's got beautiful hair. Mm. But she just said, Mommy, I just want a little bit lighter stuff. Lighter at the bottom.

It's quite dark and dull. And she just said, ma'am, I know you don't want me to do it, but it'll make me really happy. And I thought... Hang on a minute. Fair enough. Yeah.

And I'll get something. I'm really good to do it. Okay. You know, it's not going to be out of a bottle where it goes green. No. Fortunately, I'll get Linda to do it, LJP. He's a brilliant colourist, and she can have a few strands. But it's just growing up, growing up's crazy.

It's happening all very quickly. She also wants a third piercing, and I won't allow that until she's 16. Where? In her, yeah. Right. But she's got two, she wants the third one. and I'm not allowing that until she's 16 because otherwise where'd you go?

Do you know what I mean? I don't want her to... I mean, she'll have as many fucking earrings as she wants soon. Right. But I do think you can't say yes to everything. But when she said, can I have a few semi-permanence

that doesn't damage her hair, a few highlights, and I think, well, she's asking me. She's not going out and doing it in a box around her mate's house, which she could be doing. She's very good, isn't she? She is good.

Cut to Eliza coming home tomorrow with like blonde hair, where she's bleached it today. If she were to do it, she's done it tonight. Listen to me. She's just sort of spite out what's going to happen when she gets home. I'm telling you now, if she were to do that. I'm not waiting to hear about this. I am telling you now.

If she were to do that out of a bottle, I would be furious. Oh, dear. Furious. It needs to be done properly. And I'm not saying the bottle ones aren't proper. but you need to know how to use them. And she would have not a clue. I mean, look, I mean, Stacey Dooley and Claudia, is it?

They're unclear. Why don't you have this conversation with Maria and Edel? They've got the hair dye, haven't they? Yeah. They do it out of a bottle. They dye their hair. It looks amazing. This is sort of morphed into a different podcast, this.

I just thought I talk to you about it. Well, we can do that. I don't really have an opinion. No, fair enough. It doesn't offend me if she dies a lot. her hair. No, well, that's... Good luck to her.

That's really lovely that you feel that way. Bring me at all. She can do whatever she wants. There are fathers that would say... No, that's ridiculous. You cannot turn around

and say you can't dye your hair. It's crazy. I mean, obviously, if she said, I want to dye my hair orange, I might have something to say about it while she's at school, while she's the age she's at. Yeah.

I just think if you don't allow them to do certain things, they'll just rebell and do it anyway. Absolutely. So... Absolutely. No, good luck, well. Yeah, no, it's good.

So since we chatted, we did the live show in Islington. Well, I didn't. You did it with Tony and Ro Ro Ro. It was, no, I just wanted to thank anyone who came. It was very funny, though, because we put our hands up. And there's going to be some video clips, hopefully, of that, that will pop up online. People have been asking me, can we see the whole thing in its entirety? I'm just, again, you know, I'm honest, I'm not sure.

I don't know yet. It's a really odd one for me. Part of me's like, oh, there's lots of people that can't make live shows, so they want to see it. But you are making sure that you're doing loads, hopefully, in the future you're doing loads all around the country. Well, I'm very much hoping so. So it should include other people.

But I do want it to feel special because you've bought a ticket and you've spent money on it so it's exclusive. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. Some people put them online and you have to pay for it. So it's sort of a fibre-to-view or whatever you. Yeah, maybe that's a way forward.

I don't know. I don't know what you mean. Again, I'm sounding it out. I'm not sure, but I will put up a couple of clips of the first live show. I was hoping you might play me one now. I was looking forward to it. I've not heard a thing about it. You don't have told me anything.

Oh, it was really good. There's got to be some clips. Um, I've got the full... Emma tonight has sent me a cut of the show. Brilliant. Well, I can watch that later. How did it start? Do you do that come on and go, hello?

Oh, hang on. Bit of our races. So you were just sat on the stage there? Yeah. Sorry, your first ever, first ever live show, that's not worked, has it? So unfortunately, I was waiting for our lovely music, Life of Nat Music to come on.

Very good. And it never worked. But it was a great icebreaker because I just sat there and went, oh, it's a shame. Brilliant. Now that is a nice bit of trivia for another podcast, maybe when you've done two years, and you can say, what was the first thing that said?

That's not worked, is it? There you go. Brilliant. No, I mean I love that written down. Yeah. In a little book. That was good. That's the highlight, is it?

That was, I said to you, you've got the whole show. It was really, really good. Maria was brilliant. If that doesn't sell more tickets, I don't know what will. I'm telling you now, Maria and Tony have never been on stage. You've got to remember that. They were freaking out in a lovely way. But it is crazy.

Tony went, I've been feeling. in plug sockets all day and now I'm standing here he said this is mad he was sitting down we did start sat on the stage and I was told afterwards

you should walk on you shouldn't be there when the audience is coming in but I thought because it was very intimate it's only sort of 25, 30 people I've got to say that is that was my choice that is an interesting choice

again because I like to see everyone hello I know it's wrong It's a bit weird. Yeah. I mean, actually, I've had a little shiver then. Yeah, I will introduce everybody. Yeah.

We'll all come on together. Brilliant. Or one by one. What are you going to do when I introduce you at the Luton show, for instance? I'm not out of the Luton show. Yes, you are? No, no. You are?

You are? Okay. I don't think I am, actually. Yes, you are. You can't do South End because you've got work. Right. Luton is the sixth and you can do it

You have to do Luton You've got to do Crawley And you have to do Clapham There's no No one wants to see me there I'm not saying it for any of the reason You are, you are We all want to see you Mark

No, no you don't But no I don't know what I'm going to do What are you going to do? I don't know You have to come along to the show to find out I don't know I've never done it before Oh it's brilliant

I can't wait now I'm probably just going to go, hi. Now I've got one under me belt, and me and Tony were saying, and Ro Roe in the cab home. Oh, I'm not going to hear the last of it, am I? No, but you've got... It's going to be, like, sitting there amongst the seasoned professionals. No, but once you've got one under your belt...

Yeah. It's sort of... You know that it doesn't matter, really. People are there to see you. No, it doesn't matter. No, it doesn't matter. But I don't really know what I'm going to say when I'm sat there. Well, you're going to be keeping on the time.

Right, okay. Who is doing it? doing that last week? We were. There was a clock and we were like, oh my God, it's only been 15 minutes. In my brain, I was thinking, how are we going to get through this?

We've only done 15 minutes. And then it just flew. And it was really weird because we all felt the same. Right. Shout out to Brian, if you're listening. He was brilliant, Brian. Brian who?

He was in the front row and he goes to this comedy club, Bill Murray, all the time. He lives in Cricklewood. And he thought he was going to say a stand-up. Oh, no, he'd just come along, and he said he was going to listen to the pod. And then he's followed me on Instagram, and he said, I had a great show. He was amazing.

Nearly made me cry. He was great. Lives on his own. He likes to get out. Amazing. Inspirational. Nice guy. If you're still listening now, I'm impressed.

Unbelievable you are tonight. I'm just saying. Just telling how it is. Do you think more sarcasm is going to come within the 40s? Quite likely. Yeah. You wait till I'm 80. Because it all exaggerates, isn't it?

It's going to be horrendous. I'm not being sarcastic. Well, your dad was very sarcastic, but in a really lovely, funny way. So if that's anything to go by, I've got a lifetime of fun. I don't think I'm being sarcastic. I think I'm just being realistic.

No, you're quite facetious at times. I wouldn't go that far. You are? Spell it. I can't say. I couldn't spell it. It's the only word in the English dictionary with all the vowels in order.

I'm sure I've said that before. Yes, you have. But it is a favourite fact of mine. And what does the word mean? Facetious. It's sort of a nasty sarcasm. All right. I'll let you text in if that's correct

because I think it's a load of nonsense. A nasty sarcasm. But you're not nasty. I don't mean that in a nasty way. Well, I think I was being facetious. Even then, actually, possibly. Yeah. Right, so, yeah.

Who knows what I'm going to do at this live show? What are you looking at me funny for? I'm not looking at me funny. Because I love you. No, I'll feel on edge, but you're just smiling at me. Because I was thinking about us being 80. Right, okay. And just I hope that we're always together.

Right, okay. Who knows? Pardon? Who knows? What is it, I mean, you can't predict the future, can you? Do you know what I'm doing tomorrow? I can get run over by a bus tomorrow.

Do you know what I'm doing tomorrow? I do, yeah. I hope you don't get a, I hope you don't get run over because these live shows are important and I need you there. Shut up. I am doing something

I'm a bit nervous about but I'm throwing it out there. Again, wrong podcast. This is a conversation to have earlier and... Ro Ro. Yeah. All right. I've not got an opinion

on your beauty treatment you're having tomorrow. I'm having a beauty treatment. No, the listeners will like it though. You know I don't have any Botox or any... needles or I'm funny with all of that. But my mate Asta has got a new fancy machine and it's called Softwave and it's like an ultrasound thing. It sounds very, very posh. But I want to help her because she's starting her business and I've done a post for her but I said, right, what is this

treatment? She said, but you can come along. Nothing. You carry on your day. Doesn't bruise you or peel you or there's no injections and I said, I'll do it for you. But now I'm I'm a bit nervous about it because I don't really touch my face or anything. But she said it regenerates collagen and it'll make you look lovely and shiny and younger. And I thought, do you know something? I'll give it a go.

There's no injections. And it'll help her. If I put that on Instagram for her, hopefully it will help her a little bit. So I'm always honest. I'm always honest. Nice. That's what I'm doing.

You look very nice from where I'm sitting Thank you That's because of your lovely light though A bit of soft light Very nice Yeah It's very good Yeah

It's very good by the way That lovely little life With that drawing Oh it's fabulous It's absolutely It really looks like me I mean as I'm sitting here now It's pretty much the same view as I've got

Hang on a minute I'm going to try something Last time I stood up by the way You put up a video of me standing up With my polo shorts on You look lovely No People are like

Is that your underwear No No they're long shorts I know But I'm not very Oh, stop being vain. No, really? This pod is what it is because of how normal we are.

So get over it. Now, see that now, if you looked at a clip now, genuinely, that what you see there is the same. That genuinely is. I mean, actually, I don't know, maybe. we could, what do you think, Emma? We could maybe keep that as the video. It needs a bit of light on it, but, yeah.

I mean, that is amazing. I could do this all night. It's brilliant. Yeah. It's interesting, isn't it, with the video? Not more visual things going on. What about our beautiful listeners are on or walker at the gym?

Just, okay, I'll do an audio description for you. So I just held up the canvas that's got a picture of, Natalie on it, and I held it up in front of Natalie's camera to replace the image of Natalie you're seeing for real on the camera. No, they're listening in the gym, or are they on a walk or they're driving? Yeah, they're listening. I'm describing what I just did. And I repeatedly put the picture into the shop and out of the shot

as a bit of visual comedy. Be very, very careful. My audio listeners are more important. Also, you can't watch the podcast. So it relies on Emma, kindly clipping it up for you. No, that's true. No, we'll get a load of clips out That was quite a funny moment So we'll definitely clip it out

Out of the 30, 39 minutes One would hope there'd be at least 10 seconds of that Fingers crossed, eh? This squeaky chair is still annoying me Really annoying Yeah Do you want to come in and do it then? Pardon?

Do you want to come in and sort that out one day? I've got a lot of things I've got a load of cables over there that need to be re-laid out, so there's no cables on the floor. Yeah, that would be lovely, actually, the wires. Yeah, that's not going to happen until maybe... No, you've done amazing.

I don't expect you to do any more than you've done. It's been absolutely brilliant. No, it needs to be tidied up, though. I've just not had any time, but I was working all last week, and then it was my birthday. I know. Sorry about that.

Don't apologise. If I was at home, I would have gone with it. Don't apologise. Right, what other messages have we got? Because we haven't had a lot of voice notes or anything tonight. very important. Hi Nat, just wanted to say congrats on your first live show. You can see in the photos that you're beaming with pride.

Yeah, just really please sit it all that well for you and can't wait to see you in the bottom. Take care of. Tell you what, Jade, it was windy, isn't it that morning when you sent me that? But I do have to say thank you. I find it so lovely that you just all message me. It's like, hi Nat, well done on your live show. just like friends, and it is so, so lovely.

So thank you for that. Going back to last week's pod, you've got a message here from Hannah in Scotland, and she said, nostalgic cartoons in bold, which I liked, actually. She's taken a lot of time over this. She's thought about it.

Hi, Nat. Hope you're well. This is one for Mark. Just finish listening to your book today So I know it's spelt right Well done you Do you remember Alfred J. Quack? It was on very early at the weekend

No idea what channel No idea what year But I'm guessing around 1987 1988 Also I can't remember that was too Alfred Quack He was a pilot I believe

Now she hasn't mentioned a plane there Was he a duck? He was some sort of duck and I'm sure he had a plane. I've got a Google him. You have a Google. But that's all I can think of. Also, do you, either of you remember a program?

I think it was Australian on New Zealand base, but it could have been American. It had a little girl who was deaf, and I'm sure her name was Kelsey, and a clown called Ludo in it. I always think of that one when I'm thinking of old TV shows, but I can't remember what it's called.

I don't remember that, darling. Sorry, Hannah. Do you remember that? I've been looking up Alfred J. Quack. Have you changed the subject now? I have, yeah. What's the next one, sorry? Is there a plane in Alfred J. Quack?

I don't know. Dutch comedy, drama, television series. Right. Animated. Yeah. Is there any images? Is there any images? In 89.

Oh, no, it's not what I was thinking of. Okay. And, yeah, it's very interesting. It doesn't say that it was broadcast in the UK, but obviously it was. What was the other one, sorry? The other one had a little girl called Kelsey, and she was deaf, and a clown that was called Ludo. And I can't remember that at all.

And do we know the title? No, we don't. But that's what she would love to know, the title of it. It was a very elaborate way of... And I know, because I do that as well, Hannah, I always think about the program with the massive bowl of cereal and people used to jump in it. And we've spoken about it on the pod before

when Maria and Ely and I spoke about nostalgia. But I believe that was nightmare. Yeah. It was fabulous. Nightmare was brilliant. Hi, you Nat, just listening to Scraping the Barrel and I've never eaten a penguin like I did and I'm never eating a penguin the same way again.

Absolutely sensational. Lucy from Devon. Hi Nat. Katie here from Kent. Just listen to Scraper the Barrel 30, I think. A few things. Dip. Who is dipping biscuits?

Agreed. We dunk. Dunk them. Dunk. Yep. Not dip, dip. Surely. I don't understand the difference.

Huge difference. Oh, it just, it feels like home when you've done the picture, you've read the back of it out, and then within, what was it, 30 minutes, Mark was like, rereading it, and you were like, I've read that. Oh, did you? That's a picture I was just hugging up.

Oh, wow, that is just my life at home, I feel like. And they, like, respond at the time. And then you repeat it. Okay, it might be like an hour later, the day later. No, you haven't told me that. What? Makes you think you're going mad. And my final thing was for Mark what to do at the show.

Surely, I mean, is there an interval? Because surely he's doing the ice creams at the interval. Because... I'll be eating one. I mean, that just feels natural. That would be natural. Anyway, loving the show, as always. Can't wait for a live one.

I'll be the one working. Thank you, darling. That was quite a topical message, really, despite the slight dig at me. Well, it's like, other men. Because I did, I've read it all out, I did it. And then you got it, and it was like the first time you'd seen it. If I wasn't listening to what you were saying.

There we go. But you should treat me as, I'm like the audience member. No, but in general life as well, it happens quite a lot. No. It does. I mean, all right, I can ask you a selection of things. You will say to me. There are so many things you don't remember what I've told you.

So many. But you will say to me. I'll say something and you'll be like you haven't told me that and I think, I know I have. No, quite often it's just because you've not told me. No. No, it is. There are many times.

No, it is. Believe me, it is. It's because you tell so many other people about it. Oh, here we go. You think you've told me about it. It is. Why do you get annoyed when I talk to other people? Where am I working tomorrow?

EastEnders. Where? You're on location tomorrow. Where? I don't know. No idea. You weren't listening. I told you earlier.

You haven't spoke to me about what today? 100% I have. No, you haven't. 100%. And we had a conversation about yesterday as well with my family in the kitchen. No idea. And you were part of it. And you actually even commented on it.

No way. You did? Busy day, weren't it? Do you remember? I'd lot going on. Do you remember? No. Okay.

I had a lot of my mind yesterday. I was organising your party. Well, yesterday. That was a bit last minute. Making sure everything was there. DJs were coming. Cake was being, you know. Any highlights of things that went wrong?

Any dramas? You kept running off into the living room yesterday on the phone, so I couldn't hear what you're saying. It was purely, no, I wanted to talk to a couple of people who were coming to let them know they'll be fine coming. There were other people there that they knew, but I didn't want to say that in front of you. Fine.

Sort of guests that you didn't know were coming. Okay. No, no dramas. It was really easy and smooth. but then it wasn't a huge big you know what I mean showy event I didn't do loads of balloons or a photo booth or

No It was just a lovely Which is a shame because the one thing The one thing we haven't got Photos I have to say a photo booth is worth it at a party For that Yes I've got a couple

But not many Thank God for Abby Who sent me a load And Roro Yeah she's got a few So And also yeah I mean She waxed up a photo

served me earlier on Instagram. Yeah. I mean, what a great choice. I mean, I know the other ones that are available because she sent them all to me and she's done for the one where I'm pulling like a stupid face. So thanks for that. I'll bet that in mind.

Is it the best one of her? Wait till next year. You wait till next year. So I'm going to say. Oh, dear. Yeah. And actually, am I right in thinking, I'll still be faulty.

You will be 44. or she's July the 20th. So you're 40 for a good few months. It's been like, you know, when sometimes you're like four or five years old with me and at other times you're three. I am 42. There are now two years between us. Yeah.

But between May and October, you say I'm three years older than you. Yeah. Which is not true. It's two and a half years. Well, no, if you were... Let's not split hairs. No, but if someone said to you next year, say, I don't know, on maybe 18th, Leslie, how old are you?

I'm 43. Mark, how old are you? I'm 40. Oh, you're three years apart. No, because I'd say I've just turned 40 actually five days ago. And Mark's turning 41 in a few months. So yes, we're two and a half years apart is what I'd say. It's all touched a little nerve there, haven't we?

40's a great age I have to say It just goes wrong as you get older No I just Yeah you kind of now 42 and you go I'm 43 in May That is that's a little bit funny

Because you're halfway through Isn't you definitely 100% Especially in my history 100% Halfway through I mean fingers crossed Fingers crossed halfway through No halfway through is

Is on a sort of six monthly basis now Oh, it's quite a thing. Oh, I just start to talk about this. I hate stuff like this. It's really bad. Enjoy every day. Don't worry about it. Don't think about it.

Yeah. I mean, this is, what, 60 minutes. I'm never going to get back. 54 minutes and 12 seconds. And on that note, I bloody love you. I hope you enjoyed all your birthday celebrations. I really do. I hope everybody has enjoyed

this pod I mean it hasn't been great it hasn't been great please send me in your

comments on it 077 2008 2019 1919 what's not been great this pod feels just a bit

you've not played you've played like two voice notes in I know we've been busy though all the people

that go to all that trouble you haven't bothered playing the voice notes I have done a lot of work on my phone

today right in organising and grouping them not for us you haven't well there's a lot

for Nats nieces a few for Tony Oh, right, okay. See the priorities coming in now? No, Auntie Lenny and I haven't done one. We've got, must do one suit. Okay.

No, no, it's fine. If you want to prioritise doing the, you know, as long as the listeners, though. I'll tell you what I've priorit. Basically, just text in to Maria or Elia or Tony, and your voice note might get played because Natalie will sort it out. That's not true. That's not true. It's because I wanted to talk about the merch,

your birthday, we've just had a lot to do. Right. I'll play in a couple of, voice notes. No, no, no, no. No. I'm just thinking of the listeners. I'm pleased you're doing that.

Are you going to give out any of your merchandise on the podcast? Are we going to do a competition? Um, yeah, possibly. You sound really enthusiastic about that. It's just because it's another job, isn't it, babe? Oh, okay. I've got to think about it. Well, you've got to put a stamp on an envelope.

So what do you want to do? Terrible. What's the competition? Do it now? No, no, it's got to be a. meaningful thing but what would you give away I don't know I think

for the live shows and things what I'm thinking is a shopping bag yeah and then a water bottle a mug and a trolley token so it's like a little package because clothing I can't get everybody's size to give away they're made to order that is a very good point so it's got to be bits

do you know what I mean yeah what are we going to end up we're going to end up with like 500 sweatshirts of medium and 500 sweatshirts of small in the garage who are under the stairs? No, they're all made to order, there's no waste. Okay. Someone orders, then it gets sent off,

and then it gets made. So I don't bulk buy clothes. That could have been a little job for Joanie, couldn't it? She could have run that as a little side hustle. She could have done. Like a little shop. Why is that funny? I can just see her now.

You know, I don't like shopping in any of those places. where they have children working. It's not at all funny. I'm talking about packing. Yeah? She's a child. She shouldn't be going to work. She'd be at home earning some pocket money.

So you want our daughter? You paid her the other day. You paid her to do. What did you pay her to do? So mental. Be quiet. Have you seen her purse? She's got more money than I have.

Well. She gets it from somewhere. She's not packing clothes. She could do that, though. She'd be good at it. She'd actually be better at designing them and giving me ideas for them. Well, looking at the logo, she could have done.

Hello, hello. This is Bridget from New Jersey, USA. Driving to my grandsons to babysat. I babysat him twice a week. and your podcast gets me through the small commute that I have. It's not a small commute for about an hour. I literally had a jaw-dropping moment listening to your wonderful sweet Eliza. Oh.

Explain dry shampoo. I used it for the first time last night. Wow. And this morning I woke up and my hair is perfect. Perfect. So I can just throw it in a ponytail or a clip. And off I go. Thank you so much. It was just a great little moment and I appreciate it. And your daughters are, they sound so lovely. They really, really do. Wonderful. And it took me a while to understand what you meant by her backs being out from the late. I get it. BAPS. It's a lot for you. The Traders. I do watch the Traders, but I'm a little behind.

I think I'm only on season two for the UK. Really, really appreciate it. But I mean, I like that show. But the BAPS being out was very confusing. I was like, is that her earlobes? Is that her butt cheeks? Like, what is that? And then when your daughter said crack and knockers,

I lost it. People look at me in the car. I'm like, like, you know, dying, laughing. So thank you both, all three, actually. And love your podcast, hoping to get out to the UK in February. I was supposed to be there for December, but just a tough time with the holiday and everything. So planning a visit for February, and I will be bringing my book. Hopefully, it will be arriving soon.

I had a little tough time obtaining it, being over here. But anyway, have a great one. Take care. Bye-bye. Thank you so much. Can I just say something about Americans? They talk about popping over to the UK like you go to Costco. Yeah.

My listeners go, I'm popping over to, I'm in London for a week. It's incredible. to me. Yeah. I find it amazing. I find it amazing that lady listens. It's just incredible.

That is mad, that. And she appreciates it. Don't take the Mickey. No, but I mean it. That sounded terrible. Did it? Yeah, don't do that. I appreciate it,

and everything's calm, and I'm just listening. I think it's brilliant. Can you do like an evening where you talk like that? Pardon? It's quite a nice accent, that. It was good.

That was good, that. You're asking me to do an American accent for the evening. Yeah, just, you know, just make a change. I'm not sure that we should talk about role play on the pod. No, no.

I'm just saying it, it's just different. It's really, not something we can talk about on the pod. I know Mark So I've got a bit of a confession I haven't watched the traitors before but I wanted to see what I was missing I've just watched episode one on Catch Up on Eye Player

and didn't see them grave digging however heard them talking about the fact that they had to dig their own graves I've just gone on to episode two and they're doing the recap of episode one and you very briefly see the clip of Charlotte Churches fantastic besumers.

So, yeah, they've definitely pulled that clip from the first episode. A bit cheeky. I mean, it's probably online somewhere, isn't it? Let's be honest, but on actual catch-up, it's gone. I thought that was quite interesting. This is Carla, by the way, from Royston, but grew up around Hodgston stuff. Local. Okay.

Love you guys. Bye. Absolutely right. Yep. But it's quite local, Hoddiston. It's the Hoddiston-voiddon, yes. Yeah. Yeah.

No, but she's right. She's right. They pulled it up. I'm telling you. Nothing wrong with it. They're what, sorry? They pulled it up. Hmm?

Hello? Have you stopped, been able to hear me? Hi, Nat. Just Kelly from Hull again. Just had some messaging. One thing that's bothered me from the beginning of listening is Mark and is back in the supermarket. I mean, the first. time you discussed it. I was like, that's like literally, it's just like thieving. Anyway, I've just

found myself in the supermarket, in a bit of a rush, no pockets, no bag with me. I had a bag, had my phone and my keys. So I found myself popping my phone and my keys in the shopping bag and wandering around the supermarket, placing my items in the bag, and then obviously emptying them out on the conveyor, paying for every... and yeah, to be fair, I think I could be converted. Really didn't think I ever would be. Other thing that I've had a bit of an ick with, and if I've converted to the shopping bag,

then yourself and Els and Roa need to get on board with a mashed potato on your roast dinners. I mean, I'm clearly a northern girl, loads of mashed potatoes and roasties. And Yorkshire puddings. It's all about carb loading. Oh, you're lovely. That's a lovely accent. I'm fascinated with people's voices.

So am I. Thank you for that message. It was lovely. I do love mashed potato. I love a bit of creamy mashed potato. Bodger and badger. Theirs was lumpy though, isn't it? I used to throw at each other.

It wasn't nice mash. Did you used to watch Bodger and Badger? Yeah. I didn't like it. Do you know what? An engineer at work the other day was talking to me about Bodger and Badger.

Never interested me. Yeah, it's good that. Didn't like it. That was done at Elstreet. It was all very Borgia and Baja. It was all sort of loud and... Yeah, it's like...

Yeah, but I don't like all that. I think it, I'm sure it was done at Elstree. That's why we were talking about it. I'm sure it was. I'm sure it was. Is that enough voice notes for you? Yes, well done. We're over an hour.

Well. Please do you like the merchandise? Please do you like the merch and please you like the logo and the products. Yeah. Please you had a nice birthday. Yeah, I think we've covered it. I need to go to bed now. Do you know that currently it's...

Oh, here we go. Here we go. Five to 11. It's not. It's nearly midnight. It isn't. The clock has gone back. Yeah.

My Nanny Liz used to do this and drive me mad for about a week. Who I lived with, Nanny Liz. Yeah. Oh, it is seven, but it's eight really. No, it isn't. It's just changed. That's stupid. I mean, why do we do that?

It's so stupid. Road safety, farming. Hang on. Road safety. Apparently so. Talk me through, logic. I don't know. Someone said it to me the other day.

Now you're more likely to be driving in the dark. I don't know. You are. I hate driving in the dark. It's British summertime that exists for farming. Farming. Not what we're in now, which is Greenwich Mean Time. Okay.

So there is an argument... When it's colder... To just stick with BST. No, no. When it's colder... Yeah. And it's getting... Dark early.

I know what we'll do. let's make it get dark an hour earlier that will really cheer up everybody you're not going to win this one I'm telling you it's mental we should stick with BST and be done with it it's mental what you're talking about

you cannot persuade me otherwise even you today when it got to five a crisis just the first day you were like isn't it dark yeah yeah it is because you know why that thing on the wall that tells the time for a laugh

We've just turned it back an hour. I could simulate what it was like yesterday, do you like, by turning it back forward an hour. It's just that first day is a bit discombobulating. Yes, it is, yeah. Which is why all day you've said, it's just been such a long day. I mean, we've been doing these pods.

I mean, we need to turn the clock back every day. It feels like midnight. Well, that's because, Natalie, yesterday it was. Darling, no, I'm going to say the opposite. It's the longest day in the world. Hey? It's the long... It's only 11 o'clock.

We've been up here for four hours. No, we've not. No, but we've done something before. We've recorded something. We've done it. It would usually be midnight, and it isn't. So I'm happy. That's because we started an hour earlier.

Because our body clocks thought it was late. That's why I'd better go and do this now. And you were saying, oh, it's only 8 o'clock. Well, that's because yesterday, it was 9. Yeah, you've got to stop living in the past. We are where we are. I'm not living in the past. I'm just explaining the body clock.

It's madness. Perfect. Sorry? Amazing. What's perfect? The scientific explanation of our body clock. I didn't say there was a scientific one. I said it's mental.

I don't understand why we revert to this depressing, horrendous GMT. It's terrible. Get your candles on. It's terrible. Get your candles on. Although will it be lighter in the morning now? That's annoying. What is annoying?

You tapping that terrible from our sensory. Please don't do that. Doesn't it? The cogs are turning, I can see them. Because, isn't it a little... Isn't it still dark but gets lighter? Let's do the maths here. So I got up a couple of days ago at 6.30.

Yeah. It was dark. When I get up tomorrow at 6.30... It'll be 7.30. So it might be lighter. It reverts back quickly, though, to be in dark. It catches back up again, doesn't it? Yeah.

As the days drawing, the night's become older. The days become shorter. That's a poem, isn't it? Is it? Yes. Right. I couldn't tell you which one, but it almost had it there. I was just going to look for you now, actually.

It's on the Met Office app. It says you the sunrise time and the suns, Six o'clock. Sunrise? No, seven. And what was it yesterday? Can't look. Oh, right.

Yeah, so it has... About five o'clock is the moon. Pardon? There's a little moon on five o'clock for tomorrow. That's nice, isn't it? Why do you take pleasure in it being miserable? It's not miserable. It is.

It's dark. And we start celebrating the light, you put your lamps on, candles on. Start celebrating the light? Yes. You appreciate candlelight. You appreciate trinkly lights. I think. You celebrate the lights.

I've got to say. Like DiVali was last week. It was. I've got to say. So we start then celebrating light and I love that. You know your listeners very well. I do, yeah. I think your listeners.

Yeah. On the whole. Probably love summer more. Well, not like. the darker, cold or winter months. Listen. They'll be listening to you now thinking you are a lunatic. I haven't said, listen, no, I get it.

I do understand. You know, you're unable to get out for a walk. Those sorts of things. It changes things. But there is a coziness and a higger. The Swedish word, higger, which comes into play. You've made that up.

Higur. H-Y-G-G-D. Oh, hang on a minute, it's H-Y now. H-Y-G-G-E. H-Y. G-G-E. Tell me what it means. H-Y-G-G-E.

E. It's a Danish and Norwegian word for the feeling of cozy contentment and well-being. It's a cultural concept that emphasizes creating a warm, comfortable atmosphere and enjoying simple things. often with loved ones. Examples include lighting candles, drinking hot cocoa, and spending quality time with friends and family.

Higger. Well, there you go. You've learnt something new. When we do the live shows, yeah. What's excellent? It's like I can get a little show of hands for these sorts of things.

Yeah, no, well, you won't, because clap them. I was thinking about this. We've got to get everyone standing up or sitting down. Okay. Just so it's more visual so you can see. People don't want to be standing up. Well, they've got to put their hands right out there?

Yeah. You don't want people standing up. People don't want to do that. Fair it. No, you're right, actually. They don't ever want to get comfy. Flip your chairs and all that. Yeah.

Coats in the way. Yeah, dangerous. Drinks. Oh, I've got to get up. Yep. Dangerous. Very difficult that, isn't it? Navigating a theatre with your drinks and stuff.

Having to get you sort of bundling in, especially in the winter. You've bundling, you've got a coat. You've got a flippy chair, a coat on and a drink. Packet of crisp. You're going to have two drinks because you're going to buy two drinks because the show's on. Which then means you need a wee midway through.

But you've got to navigate, pass, no doubt you've got a push-part people who have been there early. They've got in early. They've got in early, sat down in their seat. This is going to be great. But they're up and down like a fiddler's elbow. They are. Sorry. That's not the right thing.

In and out, like a fiddler's elbow, is the expression. Up and down, like a nun's drawers, is what I was supposed to say. Sorry. Anyway, but you're right. I don't think that's the correct one, actually. It is. I don't think it's a nun. Up and down like a nun's drawers.

You're correct, apart from the word nun. No, you can have horse drawers. Yeah. Up and down at a horse drawers. Yeah, because that would make sense. The nun's one doesn't make sense. Yeah, but it's a cockney thing. Up and down like a nun's drawers.

It's all meant to be a little bit. You sure it's not apple and pears? It's a cockney thing. No, but you say Nansdraars because that doesn't happen. So it's even funnier. Hors draws is literal. I'm full of it this evening.

Yes. You can catch me here every Monday and Thursday. I know. Spouting some facts. Fact, replace word fact with crap. You can... that's really horrid it's true though

what a load of rubbish and I was going to do a New Jersey accent for you when I go to bed New Jersey that lady's accent you liked it yeah I did like that accent

I can't believe it's amazing isn't it that she's why have you got your finger over the red button because I'm ready to stop the pod fine you've got to let it run for a bit You can't just...

Are you telling me how to operate the desk now? Yes, I am. I don't know what's happened here. I spent a lot of time on that desk in the last couple of weeks. Sorry, we've worked out how to do the buttons on the desk. So I was just playing with it. Do you know what a pain that is for poor Emma? Sorry.

Because now Emma's editing the ISOs. I'm not giving her that. She's going to be thinking, oh, I know what she has done now. I've got a little insight into the... Oh, no. She'll now have to go... What did Natalie just play?

And she'll have to go back to the main recording to listen to it. But she hasn't got an ISO of that channel and she can't just whack it in. Poor Emma. For the record, Emma, Natalie just bled in a little bit of a music bed just to save you having to go to a lot of trouble

to listen across. Poor Emma. Just cut that bit out, Emma. Yeah, you can do if you want. Right, it's an hour and 15 minutes. We haven't stopped jabbering on. No. We better go.

I think so, yeah. It's equivalent of five minutes past midnight. Oh, here we go again. Right, I love you all. Thank you for listening. I hope you had a brilliant birthday. I really mean that. It was right, yeah.

I do love you. I do. Who do I let know that actually? As much as you're a silly sod. I've got, I've got something, I do need to just touch on now. Baby's quarter pot. Why did you think I was faulty?

I've got some news for you mind blowing I know but genuinely where did you think I was 40 from