Life with Nat - EP204: Nat's Nieces #44 - Deeper Dubai Debrief

Episode Date: February 26, 2026

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We bought the sun home with us. Oh, so nice. Did you hear the song I put on our post? Which one? No, but I mean, I can't believe you posted that. I knew she was going to say that. What, the nice picture of you both. Oh, that's a lovely little comment.

Hideous. No, you don't. Lovely. Hope it's fine, not you don't. It's the fringe that I've clicked back. Well, it was that one or the cap one. Would you have preferred that? I'll put that on the.

actual post that I do. That's well, cap. Is that not a thing? Yeah, something like, cap. Cap. Anyway, the song was Sun's song. Excellent.

Well done, good story. It really got me in the mood. I was walking through London. I was like, whoo. What's funny is that we're on the roseys? We're on the old Chile and Roseae. So good. How many bottles of chili and rosé do you think we got through

in the time we were there? I don't even want to know. Quite a lot. A lot. What about that when we went to the entertainment part of the hotel, the first night, obviously we've been drinking this all day at dinner. So we got there. I think it was Dom.

I was like, oh, can I get the rosane? It was the, I think it was the Spanish one, which is a red one. I said, no. He said, oh, sorry, we don't have the Chile in one here. I said, but... I've been drinking it all day. And you can get it in every... I said, we've been drinking it all day.

Anyway, I said, I'm going to have to... I said, we're going to come. here every night. I can't, we've got to sort that out. Bless him. He then every night we turned up, you'd got the bowl of Chile and for us. We did give them a little tip, didn't we? They were really lovely.

They do look after you. Well, I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed being away with you both. Did you? It's great, isn't it? Ever. Ever. Not me, we've been away before. Yeah.

We've been away before. No, we have been away together. In Italy for Dominole and Nibifa. Oh yeah, but no. As a family, yeah. It was really good. It was lovely. Just quite chaotic.

I didn't think so. No, but I'm saying it's not a holiday, like, restful. No, I mean. You have a one-year-old, what restful? No, but in general because you're... Oh, it's just if it's not one kid doing something to the other. No, it's not the kids. It's us.

Yeah, it is us. Like James Sleep, and I think I opened my book. Oh, yeah, no, not one page. I read three lines. Yeah, well, that's better than what I achieved. And I closed it and was like, anyone want to play the logo game? Right, this is it. It's a somo, isn't it?

Exactly. So I would do that. I'd lay on the sunlounge up here. I could read it. I'll see Natalie and Elia. What are they doing? Over there. And then I'm like, I can't hear you.

What are you talking about? And then I'm over there. And I'm like, oh, what's Dom doing up there with dad? What are they talking about? Oh, they're getting in the water and playing volleyball. I want to get him. Like children. Yeah, that's what we are.

I'll be like, I'm just going to go and sit with my brother for a bit and read a book. I'd sit there for like five minutes because he's engrossed. And they'd be like, oh, no, everyone's got up. I want to go over there again. Or then a few people would start gathering in the bar bit, sitting down. Yeah, I might just nip over there for a minute. And we do soon cause chaos wherever we go, and it's like ordering lunch.

Can we have 10 of these, five of these? And no one's just sat eating lunch. Someone's up, someone's there. But that's what happens when there's a lot of you. Great, though. Did a lovely review for the hotel, obviously in certain parts, but said Jerry and Camille were fantastic. Yeah.

Mention their names because Jerry... Oh, Jerry was the buggy driver. Oh, how cute. On the last day, he said, hello, princesses. Thank you, you're going. And then I gave him a tip, and he nearly cried. It's like, you tip me on the first day. I said, I'm doing it again because you've been amazing.

And he hugged me. They were lovely. Yeah, great stuff. It was funny. So I was listening to the pod, the holiday pod that we didn't end up contributing to. And it was when you said about you'd got there and we'd already found our feet with it. And I know I said it before about when me and one went last year and it happened again this year. Because obviously this was a different hotel we went to.

And the first day, I can't deal with it. Yeah, it's funny, isn't it? I'm like literally, I got there and I was like, oh, this is going to be awful. I don't know what we're going to do. Oh, yeah. You were so miserable. I wasn't miserable. I was a miserable?

Yeah, you were. No, I wasn't. You were, we're going here, but not making a decision, just wants to keep walking until someone says, stop. No, I'm like, can we walk around and figure it out? But you've got kids, it's 30 degrees. They don't want to walk around. But we went to the main pool, which is where I thought we would go.

The salt water. So the water was cold. I was like, oh my God, what we're going to do? Because last year the water was hot. Obviously, the pool we then found did have. That was a warm pool. Yeah. I think we had the best location.

Oh, we smashed it. You did it. Excellent. And then you just, we are creatures of habit, aren't we? We were there every day. Yeah,

but you're, I love it though. I love it though. I just want to get some holidays. If you're, it's different if you're on a holiday where you're exploring, you're going out.

But when you're got, you've got the kids, you want it to be easy. No, that's perfect. Absolutely perfect. I got up every day, 730 alarm, down there, got the seats for everybody.

Super. Did you? What do you mean? What's I got there? You were not there at 7.30. 7.38? I promise you, down there. I'm not sure about that.

A lot of beach towel wars. Tao wars. I was like, what if you said towel. Tawls. What? Just people. Do you mean? Yeah, but we did it.

What do you mean? We got it down there. No, I was there, though. We're terrible though, weren't we? One day morning I come down and I was like, oh, are these our beds? And then four of them wasn't. And I was like, who has done that?

No, and they're not ours. No, they're not ours at all. But she was like, really? So the poor guy, I was like, could you just get the ones off the beach? Put them there when it's squeam. What was funny was the first day, we had some of the floats. Only rubber rings, wasn't it? James' boat thing, car thing.

Ruby's rubber rings in the garage. Oh, bless. Ready for the summer. Oh. I got the refund for the other one. And we said to the guy, oh, because last year, It's a year anniversary of the unicorn, everyone. Yeah.

And this will make you laugh. I packed it and bought it. And it didn't come out of the suitcase. So now it's back home. Oh, you bought it back with you. I told you to leave it. No. It cost me 50 or quid.

I went down to. No. You couldn't put the very large inflatables in the pool we were in. Yeah. We put the watermelon in. Yeah, but that was different. This was like a massive unicorn. Yeah.

So when we was by the first day, by the salt water pool, the guy blessed him, said, I'll take all your rubber rings and go and blow them up. The other one, you had to pay for it in the shop. So that was lovely.

So then when we went, the next day, we was at the other pool that we found. Alfie had his massive shop. I bought the shot. So I said to the guy, and I felt,

I said, could you, someone blow this up for me? He said, he went, I'll take it to the main hotel and do it. And I was like, no, I said, I can do that anyway. You went and did it for me.

So kind. Then they went, No, you can't use it in this pool. You can only use it in the sea. I thought off. So that's why I didn't bother with a unicorn. So I would have got a picture of all of us on it, but I thought absolutely not.

And then the shark just deflated. Died to death. Yeah, it didn't what happened. It was a shame. It was a shame. It lived in the shower for a couple of days. I do find it strange when you've got toys, balls, bats, all around the pool and they're hours.

People just come and take the toys. Yeah, it is. And the kids are doing it, but the parents see and then they're playing with the beach ball. You think that's mine though. I know. Oh, it's different if someone says,

oh, do you mind? Like someone said, oh, do you mind if they play with us? Yes, the girls, dolls and stuff as well. And I was like, oh, they see they're going to freak. But I was like, no, that's fine. For me, though, she's right, the inflatable stuff. Because when you break it, what happens there? When you put a hole in it?

I don't know. For me, it's when someone's just fully playing with the ball. Yeah. And we were just been playing with it. and then you ask for it back and it's like they're annoyed with you. Oh yeah, that was good. What was really good, the best one for me, was on the last day when we were all playing ball and Natalie threw the ball

and it sort of skimmed a little boy. Oh, yes. But it weren't terrible, was it? It obviously wasn't on purpose either. Of course. And then later on, later on we were then playing ball and the dad was with the child and I went to catch the ball, missed it

so I swum to get it and the dad threw the child at me and then they were all like all clapping like and I was like Even if he had the ball and just bang it I think that was then after he did that but he no no he threw his whole

12 year old at my head it was quite bizarre actually and then they thought it was hilarious so I think they were trying to get back I don't really know there was a bit of beef and on the penultimate day when I saw someone play me in the ball I know I've got no tolerance

she did she's like right and I was like okay and I went over I said oh that's mine and he went is it is it? Yes it is yeah and you're living beef for beef for ballback well and then when we were in the show

James was walking and on a table and a family sat there they, on that table was a fishing net, which, so I'd bought for Frankie and James to play with, sort of like bath toys, it was a fishing net and all the fishes.

By this time, we've lost it and he's then, I didn't realise that we'd lost it that day, he's then walked over to the table to get it, and I'm like, no, no, that's not yours, and then after I thought, fucking is, it is, because it was, it had gone. That's like Ruby,

she came up to, she said, Mommy, She said, I saw a red laboooooo on a chair on its own. I said, right. She went, can I have it? I said, well, if it's lost and you want to get it, let's have a look. So she's hunting. She couldn't find it. Anyway, she's looked.

She went, there it is. I said, brooms, there's a family there. I said, you can't just come and steal the girls. But her little mime sinking. Not like she's seen it in a bush or something. No, but the lubub is on its own on a chair, so it might be on holiday on its own. So cute. Brilliant.

Yeah, funny, but that is, yeah, all of that stuff. And it is funny because as well, I'm like, why are other people not coming equipped then? Well, I didn't, yeah. We had a lot of stuff. I mean, yeah, we had a lot of kids. No, I know, but then there's people with children. Why have you not bought a doll or some cups?

Well, like me, me and Lisa both bought something for the boy. And also you can see people looking when you've got Uno or a word bit. I bring a lot of games with me, bits and pieces, and they're looking, just bring some bits. How good was the travel logo game though? Once we finally got to fucking play it. Really, really good. Agravating.

Really good. I was good. I was good. Me and Maris mashed it out of the park. Well, Mara Grans is good. No, me, Dominoleiser won one day, thank you. Baby. Not sure.

I was good at banana grams. Just a hard one to play, I think, around in that setting. It's good for here, though. We should get that out and play it at the table. That was good. Yeah, just for me, the time. What time? Exactly.

What time is it? It's my heat you're good. It's all the time. But she called it. Like I was, Mom was like, I'm fucking, Your anniversary.

My Pee, Chico as well. Mom was like, why are you setting your alarm for half seven? I'm like, because, especially when we've got three kids, we've got to get ready, we've got the kids, so we were smashing it.

We were getting up at half seven. They were still a thing. They were straight, wake till 8, so we'd get ready, pack the bags, be ready to go, get them up, but then you're still not getting to breakfast till like quarter to 9. Then you're done at breakfast, it's half night. If you didn't do that, you wouldn't be around the pool till 11. But then what's lovely is I had a nice hour, little reed, lay on the bed.

Yeah, because you weren't doing the breakfast thing, was you? And you haven't got small children. Yeah. It's hard, it's that, and then the day just goes so quick. Before you know it, it's lunchtime. Although the sun sits, sir. doesn't it? This is it. So the day is very short.

You've got to get up. And then when you've got young kids, you're thinking, like, yeah, for me and Els, we have to go back, get ready. Yes. I mean, bless Annesa, Ruby ended up going in her room with a lot, baffing and getting ready, which helped me. Joni popped in there as well to help. Yeah, but you've got that.

And then you've got, yeah, what time do you have dinner? Do you do it early? You need to eat early because the kids. One thing I'll say, this is no, I've loved our time. But on the two days that you weren't there, obviously, Joni was bereft because she didn't have anyone to play with all day. But there were a couple of nice families out there, fortunately, that she played with. Oh, good.

But the evening is quite different because we booked at half eight. Yeah. There's no rush. Yeah. And then we go up to the rooftop bar, sit up there, a couple of nice drinks, play uno. And go to bed. And have our dinner and go there. Was it nice up there?

Lovely. Was it? Yeah. Excellent. But see, that's where if I was then not with. I wanted to get a sheisha pipe. Yeah. Didn't do it.

I think with the children, it's a bit inappropriate. No, that's all right. It's not really And again, sorry, we missed out on the main bit where they're like a DJ And you can sit and get a sheisha and chill There's a lot to do, it's just hard But see if it was just me and Jack and the baby

There would be evenings where we would book later And just put James to bed in the pram So you go out with him asleep Because yeah, I think otherwise you do then Go feed him at the buffet Yeah, feed him first Or when you go up or get room service feed him and then go.

Yeah. But all in all, it was fabulous. I'm going to end this little holiday convoy with this lovely message. Hi, Anna. This is Amy. I am a long-time listener from Dubai. And I just wanted to say, listening to your podcast about your holiday has made me laugh because you are here, you were here during winter.

And everyone that lives here for the past couple of months has been like how absolutely freezing it is, especially if you were staying. up in Rack, which I assume that you were, it's even colder. So I love that if you've come to get your sunshine, whilst everyone that currently is living here is like it's too cold for pool days and beach days, it's starting to warm up now. But I'm glad you got away and hoped you enjoyed the sun. I was just wondering how many listeners you have over here because we'd love for you to come and do a live show in Dubai. Next time you come on a holiday, please think about it. Have a look and see how many listeners you have in the UAE.

I'd be really intrigued. We saw a parent in hell when they came over for their global tour the year. So yeah, please get yourselves back over to do us a show. You're a lovely piece of home for me over here.

But yeah, I hope you're not too cold back home and please come back soon and do a show for us. Thank you, Amy. Amy, you've twisted our arm. And then that means that Natalie has to pay for the travel. Business as well. Because we're working, it has to be business.

And it's working. I'm working. And we have to go for at least 10 days. I think at least. Just hold on, sorry, Amy, 31 degrees. No. It's cold. That can't be real.

People that live, they say it's cold. No. Yes. It's 52 degrees in August, guys. Like that, that's too hot. Even the last day, it was... The last couple of days it was baking. So hot.

Yeah. Oh. No, well, she was there longer. Oh, it was getting a hot. It was getting hot. It was getting hot. I thought I'm ready to go. Yeah.

Wow. And also, sorry, I know we're not talking about holiday, but the night flight can go fuck itself. And I've had jet lag coming home. No. I don't remember that. No, I don't think jet. I have been exhausted.

Well, our children have been up at half four. No, I don't know it's that. It's exhausted because you're not relaxing. Oh, you are? No, you're not. Switching. You might have. She haven't stopped.

She was all right. I had a couple of nat. I didn't have one nap. Did you not? Nope. Yeah, but you're not a napper. No, I know, but I was exhausted. I missed a whole night's sleep.

When did I nap? I had a lovely nap cuddling Ruby. That was a good nap. Yeah, that was a couple of hours. Was it? Yeah, you missed out on some good stuff. Yeah, we had so much fun. It was lovely though, isn't it?

A nap in the sun? I really enjoyed it. Shame I'm not brown. I was going to say you're brown. I love a tan. Shame, isn't it? I've got a good tan, although this light is bizarre, so. My rash on my foot is sort of,

Finally going down, which is good. The hate fever of an evening was interesting. My eyes were streaming. Lucky I came out. Old pharmacies from that over here. No, what would I have done? Got any tablets? What would I done?

It's my tablet for the day. I've gone to the shop and got some. Oh, yeah, true. What would I have done? At the airport, I smashed it out of the park. My Zyrax tablets. Oh, what you bought them? Pharmacy, airport, cold sore tablets, six packets for the summer.

Yeah. Over here, you can't, you have to go doctors, you have to do this, you have to do that. Yeah, stunning stuff. Could you get a hay fever tablets? We could get them in Sainsbury's. What's you talking about? But you could get the strong effects of Benadine. Oh, it's irrelevant.

What are you buying? What are you making? What do you mean? The effects of Enlioblias, they're fine. Couple of days a day. Two a day. Yeah, if you take two or one and a half. Spence too, though.

Spencey. I know we skipped from holiday, but one thing. I just want to say to people who are nervous about flying with potentially a child my age. Your age. Don't do it. My age. Of my son's age. Everyone was like, oh, it's going to be awful.

What? Well, it wasn't. No, not at all. He was brilliant. Hey? Oh, this is where I sit back listeners because I wasn't there. What do you mean? Are you brilliant?

Yeah. Was he running up and down the aisles? No. I mean, to be fair, it didn't affect me. No, but for a 16-month-old that wants to, won't sit still, he sat in the chair the whole time playing. On the way back? Yeah. Yeah. But on the way, well, he was.

Slipped a bit. No, but he didn't sleep, but he was happy to cuddle me. What I'm saying is he's not running, like. To be fair, if all kids were quiet. It wasn't. No, the kids were brilliant. No, not ours. I mean, in general, I don't.

On the way, on the way out, there was a baby that they'd cry the whole time. On the way. home and I'm not moaning it's half term it's a flight full of children no problem there were two children that didn't stop crying all the way home but that's what I mean it's not their fault and I'm not so sorry yeah it's awful and what I will say and I'm really going to say I'm really sorry people listening who knows but the husbands are bamboozling on the flight oh really so they'd get up it'd be sort of two hours the mum's trying to do it they'd get up, I reckon seven minutes.

Yeah. And then it's like, oh. I know, but I think moms then do, like, give the baby to me. I would. But, yeah, like, what I'm saying, in that sense, James didn't cry, like, on the way out, he had a few little moments of winging, but he weren't screaming. When I go out and Jane, and that's a hard age.

But that's what I'm saying, everyone was saying, you're going to be running up and down those eyes. Oh, really? Oh, I see. Yeah, he didn't sit still, but he was happy looking at Alfie, looking at whoever was, you know, Amelia and Ruby, played, had a bit of iPad, hey, napped for two hours. He was amazing, in my eye. Should I tell you what I put on my flight back?

I thought it was going to be hell, and I thought he was amazing. It was probably more when we got there because of losing the sleep. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. On the way out. Obviously, we're all excited. You're excited, aren't you?

You're getting on the plane. You've got a telly. Joni's never been on a plane with a television. Oh, she's so deprived. No. I know what you made that. She can't. She can't believe it.

I know. Alpi was the same last year. Of course. Yeah. It's like playing the game. So we're on. Playing Uno. Monopoly.

Yeah. Yatsi. We're playing all the games together. Bit of chess. Yeah. Yatsi was something that was unbelievable. That was the way you pronounce it. Yatsy.

When have you ever called it Yatsy? I know. What has become of me? Such a good game that was. Yeah. I didn't play that was on them. Yeah. Yeah.

I did play Pac-Man. Did you? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

So good. Yeah. So that was really good. And then the food comes up very late, if you ask me. No, this is it. Two hours. We've done this, Kachap. But what I'm saying is, two hours.

No, mad. You're eating at midnight. I don't get that. All right, 11 o'clock. 10. No, okay. But also, I don't get half ten. And we were an hour delayed on the way home, aren't we?

And so even that, to be fair. Yeah, we had that on the plane for an hour. Sat there. But I don't get that. It's a night flight. Don't worry about food. Just let everyone sleep. Even if you sink the whole journey, it's only six hours

I would say that, I'd like a little nightcap No, that's fine, but Yeah, no, it's weird A little cheese and cracker in a mallbec What can go I miss? Yeah, stunning But on the way back, Joney was chilled She was quite tired

I don't know it was the afternoon She put on high school musical Lovely, sat next to me, happy Eliza behind me asleep What did I have? All the way home Should we play chess? Mark, I said, you fucking were me?

Should we have another game I said she's asleep And she's asleep Are you a bus? Every time I thought I went Can I just relax? I actually watched two films on the way back

That is brilliant It was so good You got like We moved dad Didn't we? James, you had a space In between you and mum's That was handy

But did mum before brother go? He was buzzing He was happy Don't worry about that Oh no I shouldn't go I feel bad Alfie's good as gold Does not move

Just plays games He watches his He watched drastic Park again. You watched it on the way out there. You watched it on the way back. Brilliant. Ruby, winning, pestered Annalise. Poor Annalisa had Ruby, Amelia and Frankie. And then I had Don.

She's sat there. No, not me watching film. Don was asleep on me. And she's sitting there. I'm trying to help Annalise. I'm thinking, fucking humble. Can I have a minute? She don't catch a break, to be honest.

No, and me and Annalisa are like firefighting between these kids. It's not my problem. I said, you've got your husband and sleep on my shoulder. No, she's done that stage. I'm with that. It's like she's done that. No, but get Ruby then because then they're cold. That's in chaos.

That's true. Get your own children. No. I can't. I don't sleep on me. I said, let my brother sleep. No, he weren't asleep on you the whole time. Thank you.

No, he wasn't. It's all good fun, isn't it? It's all good banter. It's all good banter, isn't it? Good thing are right, though, didn't we? The room stuff. Yeah, well. Kids slept well, apart from one night, but apart from that.

Yeah, no, it's good. Excellent. Excellent. So. So now we're back. We're back. Back to reality. We've got a few things we need to discuss.

Sweating in here. I know it's been warm today, but this is a pistake. Someone's got a jumper on. Sorry, I know it's boring, but it's not. It was stunning today. I drove home, voice noting the girls actually about how lovely our day was and how beautiful it was the weather. And as I was driving, there was a woman mowing her lawn in a summer dress. Good luck to her.

No, I know, but it's, you know. In the sun it's warm. Your nails look lovely. Yeah, I peeled them all off on the plane, I look nice. No, summer dress. We're not there yet. We've had this convo a couple of years ago.

I think we should definitely bring it back. O-7-8-19-19. With the sun out, let us know the most ridiculous outfits you're seeing at the end of February beginning of March. And that's what I'm saying. It's February. Yes, I get it. I get a little, you know, a pair of leggings and a little vest top even.

You're still in February. How's that dress appeared? I know, but I tell you why. Guys wear shorts though, don't they? They love it. But it's, from the end of September, we've been in the dark, in the freezing cold. People get excited.

I mean, I had a borg coat on today, so all the best. I mean, it was an older lady to be fair. A borg jacket. What's a borg? What's a borg? The fabric. No wonder. Boob clay.

Bousal. Bustle. What a bit. Borg. Borg. I was like it's called. Is that really what it's called? Yes.

I thought it's called Bucle. Borg. It's a Borg. Is that what it is? What's a Borg? The fucking joke. Bucle. It's not Bucle.

It's not Bucle. It's not Bucle. What do you call it? Buclelele. Bucle. Is it like Buclele? No, it is that. We're saying it wrong.

It's called Borg. Fucking hell. No, we're not. It's Bucle. You called it Bousel. The fucking chair. You called it Bousel. It was spook leg

But it's Borg But what is Borg? The pile I don't know how to explain it It like the The pile The aloe one you got Jack got you

Fluffy bubbly Borg Borg jacket Yeah so it's not a fleece It's a bit like teddy berry Oh like my American Vintage track suit That is Borg

Is it? I'm going to show you it in a moment No the You look a bit like an alpaca Exactly Oh, I saw some lovely outpacks. Did you? Like fleece is, I would see, more smooth.

Smooth, yeah. Yeah, it's like an alpaca. Yeah, okay. I insisted. Anyway, yeah, I was sweating. Yeah, I had a rain, I had this on with a rain jacket. What was delightful? Perfect, I'll go and get in the bin.

Was she warm? That was perfect. Yeah, it's fine. I did a rain jacket on. PTSD. It's rained every day. Yeah, I didn't know if it was going to rain. He was like, well, right to it.

Right, too. Don't believe it. I got up this morning and walked to the station and it was light. Lovely. That is revolutionary. So I've left. It was dark. Come home and it's light.

Yeah, it's lovely. What I did was set my alarm this morning for seven. James does like a little lying guy, sorry. Woke up at seven. I had a lovely shower. I got ready. Did you have a coffee? No.

Oh. I didn't know because I didn't go downstairs. I just got myself ready. And then he woke up at 7.45. Love, of course. It's that. For me, I need. That's what I need to do

because it's lovely to be ready. Some days, obviously, he doesn't wake up. No. But I do like to... Whatever. No. Sorry, no, he'll wake up earlier is what I mean. I don't lay in bed till 9 o'clock.

Just doing that, it makes a difference. You might be tempted to let Taco Bell's new Lux value menu go to your head. Because 10 indulgences for $5 or less makes you feel fancy. Like you might think you need cloth napkins. Well, you don't. Just use the ones that come in the bag.

Don't let the luxe. Go to your head. Moving swiftly on. Earlier. Mm-hmm. Big news. Tesco introduces fines for drivers using parent and child bays without children. Mad.

How are they policing that? Well, this is the thing. It's been sent to me by a lot of people. I appreciate that. Thanks, everyone. I don't know. But we'll see. Let's see.

And apparently, someone was saying, the kids have to get out of the car. So just say you're with your partner and he just pulls up and the kid stays in the car and you pop out. More too? You should have been in it then if you're popping out. Yeah.

But what about if you're parking in that space to go and pick your child up from nursery? No. You haven't got a child yet. Why are you in there? What do you mean? You've got to have a child in the car. No, it's true.

It's Tesco. Sorry. No, because so. It's Tesco. No, it's Tesco. No, I mean, why are you picking you up from nurse? Why are you parking in Tesco? Pick your kid up from a car.

Well, you could do. Because they might be going into Tesco after. And also it's three hours free parking. Hold on. What do you mean? Well, children go to nursery or school. Okay. So people think, well, I might park there, walk to the school.

No. What do you mean? Do you know how many people do that? You can't do that. If you're in Hoddeskornet. Do you know how many people do? In Amsterdam where they have bays to say. You're a wanker.

No. Wanker nurse. For the schools and the nursery. Because they've got a nursery, private nursery there. Fine. And they've got the school. Okay.

That's not. That's good, isn't it. But what I'm saying is, you're being, I think you've been a stupid. No, I understand what you're saying. Do you know how many people will go to Stainsbury's in Hoddesden? I used to go and pick their child up.

I used to take Eliza to Mayhem. Exactly. It was chaos. Yeah, but you don't need, oh, you don't park in it. Yeah, but you shouldn't. That's, divy. Parking.

You wouldn't park in a parent and child's space. No. No, I'm just talking about parking in general. No, I get that. No, but people do because they're going to get their child. No. Okay. I'm sure they park in a space, not a parent and child.

I'm going to be honest. Hello, I'm going to think back. And if Eliza was three or four, really? If I parked to get her dancing, I think I parked in a parent and child space. I mean, they're never fucking available anyway. I know, but I think I feel like, well, I've parked here for my child. Just throwing it out there.

I'm being honest. For my child. I'm being honest. But then you're coming back with your child. child. But people do that. So if I, so now I'm worried to say to someone, what do you think you're doing?

Because they'll say, I'm going to get my kid. My kid's in there with my mum. Well, listen, talking of road rage and talking of being angry about drivers, we've got a message here from Vicky. This does contain quite a lot of swearing. Excellent. So have a listen. Good evening, Natalie.

I need someone to rant to. I'm just listening to your pod with your brother. and someone voice noted in about bad parking. Well, I had a crash this afternoon in my car, and I have a two-year-old. I just picked her up from nursery, and as I'm driving through temporary traffic lights, the fucking idiot, wanker, silly old hag,

fucking lunatic blind bats, clearly didn't see that I was the last car through the traffic lights, and just, as she wanted to, drove out into the fucking middle of the road and planted her, into the side of my car. I don't know what fucking planet she was living on,

how delulu she may have been. I don't give a shit how bad of a fucking day she was having. The knobbed has literally T-junctioned my car and then just reversed like, oh, oh, oh, sorry. I was like, oh! I went fucking schizzo. Bunchies could hear me, mate. I'm like, I've got a fucking babe.

I won't say the C-bomb, but I dropped that several times. I'm very lucky because my car got no damage. I don't know how I didn't have any fucking damage the way she ploughed into the side of me. But most of her paintworks sat on my car, which is quite funny because it's rubbed off. I didn't pull over before you ask. This is well over a minute, shit.

I didn't pull over, no, because I couldn't. There was literally nowhere. I was in the middle of all the roadworks. I was fucking fuming and I need to get it out of my system. I'm fine. Baby's absolutely fine. She didn't give a shit. was eating a cake that she got some nursery from nursery.

And I was thinking, why the fuck's bum shouting? I'm eating my cake. Thank the Lord. Pilling a tundering. That's my afternoon. That is, I love her. Amazing. You're brilliant, Vicky.

I'm pleased no one was hurt in the process. Yes, but what a cracker. Absolutely brilliant. It was very articulate and energy who went all a bit, Matt. That was excellent. The listeners we have are fantastic. I just love that that happened as you've thought to voice. I know, and I love that.

I'm with you. I'm with you. But that sounds exactly how we would behave. Correct. That's what. People know us. Brilliant. So good.

Really, really enjoyed it. We had a message from Sarah. Just going back on me wiping my face. She said, Natalie, wipes her for fannies and festivals. That's so true. It is true. And bum holes. Yeah.

That's what you like to do. Pends, really. people liked us talking about one finger one thumb one thumb yeah when was that what's a shame is you don't do the tune but I'm not going to go there

me yeah one finger one thumb one up the bag it's not not on the head keep moving she's sticking heads on there I know I'm confused when we were younger

we used to say that that was a finger one thumb one up No, fingers. Oh. I've had a message on Instagram. It was an advert. What was? The song.

It came from an advert, a television advert. It's a nursery rhyme. One arm, one leg, one nod on their head. Keep moving. Oh, please let me find it. What are you talking about? It's a nursery rhyme. No.

One finger, one bum, one up the bum. I'm afraid you're wrong. Found it. Jodie. Jodie Roberts. Adverts were so much better in the 80s. A finger or pod is just enough to give your kids a treat A finger of barge it just enough

Until it's time to meet That's where it comes from It's a fucking nasty rhyme It's talking about It's from a finger A fudge What's wrong with you? You're just not old enough

It's fine It's a nursery rhyme It's a nursery rhyme One finger one thumb They've changed it and made it a jingle One finger one fudge Any other advert does Yes

Like it's the most one. But what I'm saying is, I don't think of that. I think of the advert. Oh, I've never heard that in my life. No, it's a late 70s. She's just showing you it. I did. I knew that's where fingering from, the bum come from.

Not a nursery rhyme. Why? I'm not talking about this anymore. But when was this discussed previously? But where did one finger on the pod that you was on? Oh, really? I did a video on. Oh, I don't.

I mean, honestly, it's bizarre. I don't remember that. Sorry, one finger, one, one up the bum. Where did you get that from? Just heard it. Oh, okay. Not sure. What, like, um, I'm sitting on the grass with my fingers at my ass.

That's Olly, Olly, Olly, Tits on the trolley, balls in the biscuits, tin. Sitting on the grass with my fingers at my ass, playing with me with a ding-a-ling. I used to sing that one's about seven. So, do the best to me. Good. What advert? Does that come from? Not sure.

Nob. that is from N1, good old N1 and the company that you keep. We did a Valentine's pod. Thank you for all your messages. I haven't read them all. I was on holiday. I was seven maheed, I was deep.

I had a look. There were lots of messages. I thought I'm going to skip these. But thank you for them all. But this one just sums up Valentine's Day and I thought it was really, really sweet. So here we go. You're going to love this.

In 2006, I was, in hospital having a full hysterectomy, a total hysterectomy, radical hysterectomy, they call it now, tubes and all, you know. And whilst recovering in the hospital, my husband was coming up every day, every night, you know, doing the whole thing. And I said to him, you know, what I could really, really want in here? And he said, what's that? And I went, I want an ice, cold glass of sparkling water instead of those plastic jugs. Well that night he turned up.

He had his little lunch box with him. You know the one they take the pet lunch to work with? He opened it up. There was a chilled glass, a bag of ice cubes and a bottle of sparkling water and two slices of lemon.

And he made me the most fantastic, lovely, cold glass of water. That is love. That's one. That's romance ladies. Loving you, loving the pod.

It's Caroline from Wellington Garden. Oh, Caroline, we love you. That is it down to a tea. That is it. Perfection. The lemon. The lemon. Just the chilled glass.

The detail. It made me emotional and I heard it and it's made me emotional. That's all you want. That is all you want. But the chilled glass, but he's brought the lemon. It's the lemon for me. That does it for me. And that is my favourite drink, Caroline.

So I'm with you. It's like when Elliot got the bed. done with rose petals for me, didn't you? On holiday. No, I didn't. Sorry. We had rose petals on the bed. Did you?

Valentine's. Well, no, that was before Valentine's. They just do it sometimes, don't they. You said it was because my 40th. Well, I did say that, but I don't know. Yeah, I don't know if it was that. Just making it up. No, that was before we win.

We texted it in the group and then Annalisa said, oh, that's cool because I've got a monkey made out of a towel hanging from my feet. Brilliant. I don't. It's so clever, isn't it? It's so hot. That's beautiful. And we got a lovely message from, I think it was Nick.

I sent it in the group. You haven't got to read it. I messaged her back. But, yeah, it was beautiful. She just said, like, her husband, who isn't her daughter's dad. Yeah. Or buy her daughter roses every Valentine's to set the bar high and be like, this is how it's going.

That's cute. I love that. Absolutely. That's lovely. I've got a fuck. Absolutely. Fuck all. I wasn't here so.

No, no. Jack was so I won't complain. I came home to a nice tidy house. Beautiful. That's all I asked for. We spoke a little bit about OnlyFans. Did we? Yes, we did.

About feet. Oh, yes. And we've got a fantastic message here. I'm doing really well with the correspondence tonight. I just want to, you know. Well done. But this is from Jess, and it made me giggle. Girls, this is for the Nazi.

He said, I am absolutely healthy. I've got a mate who's got a family member that does the footpicks. And let me tell you now, he's a very big industry out there. Fripping cheese slices. What on earth, laddie, honestly. It's like Gavin and Stacey. I'm not being funny, darling, you want to get a life. Awful.

Absolutely awful. At least be a bit more creative than a fucking cheese slice. But there's men, maybe women as well. But I know there's a lot of men that would pay for shit like that. It's absolutely really. Who gets turned on by a cheese slats on a talk? What is that? Anyway, girls, loving the pods.

Just making a pancake because it's pancake day. Over and out. Love you. She's great as well. Send me the details, please, thank you. We miss pancake day. Fuck it, it was pancake day every day. Crette's galore.

Fucking let's celery. I mean, even that, even that, the crept guy in the end, I'd say him, could I have less cooked ones please? That's how demanding the children are. The poor guy is like, give me a break. A monotella, because you're a little bit shy in that. Are the last, were you asked for a ricardo? Oh, that was weird.

No, that was how I didn't lump someone. What happened? Oh, you weren't there because I was sat in that. I was trying to get James loves avocado, so I thought I'd get him some nice bits after the, before the flight, I go up, there's no avocado. So I said, excuse me, do you have more avocado? He said, yeah, I'll bring it out.

I'm waiting around. He brings the avocado out. These two women are like vultures. They took every piece of avocado. So then I had to ask for more. But they didn't even take a cut. And I'm talking there was, they probably, you know, they were sort of cutting little wedges.

I reckon each they had about seven pieces each. I was raging I did I sort of expressed how I felt quite loudly but I weren't really up for a fire I'd turn into a bit of a psycho though in the buffet myself

I don't like the buffet I'm just like this I'm ducking and diving Yeah but people are rude They're just stand in front of you Yeah it's crazy That's why I just get my omit The way I see it

The hash browns are banging The buffet to me Earlier went If the hash browns are good Then I know it's a good buffet And then I said But I wish they were bad. I'd rather the hash browns be soggy and shit.

They were excellent. Yeah, and then we're fucking eating them all day. They were two every morning. We had to go on a limit. They were one a day. They were very, very good. They were unbelievable. They were crispy.

They were really good. They were some crispy bastards in there. Really good. And I could have just had last done. Is that it? Like, no. Lucky I didn't come in here. I said to Elliot, you can't.

No, you have to limit one. You can't be having two. They were so good And the omelets were fantastic I thought thank God Friday eggs is well banging On the penultimate day Yeah

Oh the fried eggs on toast Oh lovely bit and a few beans I saw a few poach fuckers going around Is that? They had some Holland days looking about I thought it's not bad in it I thought this is quite nice I must say one thing for me

I turned into a dessert fiend What happens to me You're like Mark You two are very similar It's very strange actually I don't eat desserts Can I just say the dessert On the way home

Oh my God What about that? chocolate nutty tart I had. I didn't love that. Stunning. The cheesecake. Oh, that dessert on the way home was disgusting. Oh, I didn't eat it.

Did you go out? You liked it. Oh, did I? Lemon and pistachios sponge. Oh, no. It wasn't in mind. Was it not like shredded wheat? Like that, it was meant to be like Dubai chocolate.

Oh, no. Oh, it was horrid. Strawberry cheesecake going out. Banging. Not for me. No, the kids. Mark had four. He said he had all of them.

The whole lot. No, the kids had like a sponge with like a really thick chocolate ganache. Can I ask you something regarding that? No, sorry. But the dessert, sorry, the desserts in the buffet, cheesecake. What, the Black Forest Gatow? What about the children's sandwiches on the plane?

Can I just, before you carry on with that? Oh, what the fuck were that? I know, before we carry on with that, can I talk to you? Please, please let me talk to you. Go on. I love a little bit of Wednesday, don't. and cranberry, though, so I would have the sandwich. Can I just talk to you?

Joni didn't have a children's meal. You didn't order it because you're stupid. When do you do that? Honestly. I don't know why you're saying it. She didn't do it last year for Alfred and Ruby. They made Anne Lisa do it this year for them. I don't know how you do.

I know everything was coming out. I thought what's going on here? Yeah, but did you get her an adult meal? Oh, yeah. Yes. Well, that's better anyway. I wish I'd just done that for my kids. Joni smashed the curry there.

That's what I mean. I think they would have preferred it. the pasta, they're not going to eat that, they would have probably preferred the adult meal and that happened to me last year. Next time, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to say we're all gluten-free because they all come out early doors.

All the vegans, vegetarians, gluten-free. They all come out first. I'm going to say I'm vegetarian. I'm just going to get McDonald's and bring it on. No, I'm doing, I'm going to say. Is that bad to say? Fucking apricot and cheese sandwich. It's not great if you're not.

Well, no, different. I am actually gluten-free. I just eat things. I'm boring. She's the magic, though everything. Boring. Cheese and apricot. Yeah, the children's tea.

For a child. And on like a sweet or ryebride. Yeah, it's very odd. The cheese sandwich. Cheese, or jam, like anything. It's true, though. It's a lot. And even the adult sandwich on the way home, what was that?

Egg. I didn't know that. Yeah, it wasn't nice though. No salt. But the scone was banging. Joni was fuming. The afternoon tea came out. I don't like the scone.

And what is that sandwich? No, it was the scone. The scone was. That's wonderful. Can you buy any? Can you buy like crisps and stuff? I feel you're going to say can you buy Scodes? Yeah, I don't know.

You've never seen a menu? No. Didn't see a me and you. Although the little, I like the little snacks. Yeah, what about the little crispy? Yeah, Ruby smash mine though. Like those. They're lovely.

That was disgusting. Don't do that again. Talking of disgusting, I'm going to leave us. We're going to end now. Are we done? Yeah. Oh. It's enough.

I'm sweating here. I'm so hot. That's really sad. Phew. Although I sound like we've got a live show tomorrow. Oh, yesterday. We have got a live show tomorrow. No.

We've got a live show. www. Live with Nat. Dot, dot club. Get your tickets. It's still time for Saturday. Colchester. Come and see us.

Come and have a look. Who's the Saturday? Coldchester Zoo. Me. Me? Me. You. You are mummy.

Not my mum, but she's dead. Your mum. Perfect. She's still live and kicking. She has not yet expired. I showed a picture to Molly today who did my makeup for a job, and I was showing her for some pictures. She went, who is that? I said that's Elia and Maria's mum.

She was like, are you? She was like, oh, yeah. I said, no, that's my sister-in-law who's 20 years older than me. She couldn't get over it. It was the one where she had a French platinum and she looked 12. I said that when she had it done, I was like, Mom, it's freaking me out. Like Ruby?

Yes. And she's got a photo holding one of Dom, I think, when Don was born with a freaking flat. And she looks, yeah. She don't look any different. No, it's weird. We're going to end on this. Hit me. But we're not going to answer it.

Oh. No, we're not going to answer it. You know like a soap. It's like a hook. Oh, like a duff-duff. We're going to listen. I want everybody to tell me what you think about this and your answers. And we're going to come back to it first thing on the next pod.

Here we go. Morning, mate. Georgina here. I'm just having to catch up with some old pods. And I was just wondering, is there any words that make you vomit as soon as you hear them? Or you have an adverse reaction to it because you say, or you and the girls say a word that literally makes me want to vomit. And I can't even repeat the word. But it's a term for a lady's bottom half.

And it begins with M, ends with E, and it's got ING in the middle. And as soon as I hear anyone say it, I feel sick. And then I think of words that rhyme with it that will equally make me feel sick. So, yeah, I'm not saying don't ever use it. But think of me every time it's used, vomiting. Minge. Oh, good day. I love that.

Georgina, don't be a minge. I like that from George. Very good. Yeah, I've got one already. Keep it. O-7-8, 20, 19, 19, 19. what words make you want to vomit or people

or even situations maybe oh just what makes you want to be sick I mean the word vomit makes me want to vomit it's not nice as it other people vomiting anyway what a lovely end of a lovely pot love you

enjoy enjoy see you later love you bye bye