Life with Nat - EP239: Nat's Nieces #54 - Is there pressure to know everything and anything???

Episode Date: June 21, 2026

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Pack choy 10 stem broccoli and baby corn munch tea Oh I like munch too Comes in the pack with a baby corn

If there's one thing I can't stand It's a stir fry Not for me Yeah I never used to like them But I'm really into them But for me Pat Choy is the number one

I like a bit of pack choy with rice And maybe a bit of salmon But noodles with veg all in it All together It can't be mushy Yeah I don't.

It's not for me. That's why I like to do it because Jack normally does it, but I like to be in control a bit. Fair enough. I had beef stew last night. What? I did find it a really strange choice. It was absolutely torrential, awful outside.

I was cold. And I thought I've got beef that I need to use up. I've got... What sort of beef? Like diced beef. Why would you have that? I had it in the freezer because last time I had I'd bought two. I had celery, I had carrot, I'd all bits to use and I thought, I'm just going to go for it.

And then the sun came out the minute I put it on, sweating it was. What did you have of it? A little roast potatoes and some peas. It's really nice. It's fucking June. I know, but I knew then it would just go in the bin because it's been in the freezer for a little while. And by the time winter comes round. You would have thrown it.

No, it's good. I mean, I made the Bolognaise. Yeah, that's all right. Which is fine. But still a hearty winter meal, isn't it? It is, but the kids, it's just easy. One pot, I can prep it early. Yeah, and James had it too.

Well, it didn't really like it. So I've noticed I do something when I'm cooking. What do you do? Especially when I'm making bolognese or sauces pasta. You taste it and put the spoon back in. Oh, yeah, always. Not if you're cooking for people. Yeah, always.

Always. Gross. So if I'm using Smarta Puray... You suck it. Always. I can't help it. I get it out the fridge. I open it.

I suck some out. I'll put it in. I'll do it the other way. So I'll get it out. I'll put it in and then have a little... And then have a little suck. I do it both ways. Out the fridge, undo, suck.

Put it in. Sometimes not. Isn't that mad? Yeah. My uncle's, you... used to have the tins, you know? And they used to open it and I used to get a spoon and just eat it. Well, no, do you not remember the tin story with me?

Oh. I was. Yeah, mum. I had a friend's birthday party. It was a hot day. I had a little summer dress on. Dad was making a sauce and there was the, he'd always get out the little tin of puree. It would be on the side.

But obviously what we then do, don't we, once we've used it is we swish it with some boiling hot water and put it. it in, I picked it up, not realizing he'd already use the puree and it was now full of boiling hot water. And obviously it's tin, so I've then thrown it and it's all gone down me. Oh, no. So, yeah, I had quite bad burns, which wasn't very nice. You're lucky though. Yeah, no, I wasn't scar, but it was really, and because I had a dress on, so everything

was exposed. It taught you a lesson, didn't it? Yeah, greedy bastard. Exactly. It's like when I burn my mouth when I'm eating all the stuff out of the roasting tin and you burn your mouth and get an old stuff. Or when you make a roast chicken, and you like pick off the,

the gubbins. And then it burns. How good is all the shit? The best. Of the, all that orangey brown bit. The best bit. Is it the fact?

In Michelin. Mitchell. In Michelin's story of our house, I sound like Jen from New Jersey. I've had before. You don't. Thank you. I've had that gubbins where they roll it out

and they dry it, so it's in wafers, the best. Oh, and it's the skin as well. Yeah, but all of the gubbins. So you all do the puree thing? Yeah. I don't do it every time, but I've certainly done it many a times. I wouldn't say every time, but yeah, it's been done. Anybody else?

I like to talk to myself as if I'm doing a cooking program. Oh, no, we have spoken about this before, but we? So that's a bit odd, and I do that now as an adult. Do you really? Yeah. I used to do it when I was younger. And I, when I taste now, I, I, I know, I do chuck my spoons in the sink,

something I learnt from cooking with the stars. I never put it back in. If I'm doing it, if it's for us, then I will. Jack comes in, he has a ghost. It's alright, isn't it? Yeah, if he likes to try the salt on me, I'm not, yeah. You could just rinse it, that's quite lazy.

Do you ever, like, if you drop pasta in the sink, do you ever get it out? Always. Loads of times. Anything. What about when Natalie spent four days making a broth and then threw it all down the sink? That must have, put the soup in there.

It was four days, all the bones, all the fat, beautiful from Christmas, do you remember? I mean, I've done that, and I've got the bottle in the freezer. I think it's been in there for four years. Like the Christmas puddings I made, and none of you could find them, and you threw them all in the bin. Yeah. Don't waste it on us. Yeah, no, it's funny stuff like that, isn't it?

The food thing. I was thinking of more like cheese is whenever you're doing cheese stuff. I'll take a bite. Oh, yeah. Out of it. Don't ever take a bite, I'll take a slice off. I'll never bite it. It's funny, isn't he?

gets funny about. Yeah, no, I'll take a slice of hands in the grated cheese. Yeah, you don't like that. Does not like that at all. Take it in the grated cheese. Oh, with a spoon. Or pouring it into a bowl. Everyone's germs are in the grated cheese packet and then you're putting it back in the fridge.

It is true. It is true. See, like, Ruby will get the lump of Parmesan grate it and she's just gnawing on it. But that's all right. Yeah, but that's what it's funny. Those little habits. Anyway, welcome to life from that today. Hi, everyone.

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No, no time for that. Sorry about that. Oh, that's fun, though. So I just think it's lovely for people who can't come. Yeah. Lots of people around the UK always say, oh, can you do it here? Yeah. Ireland, America, Australia even.

And now people can join the club. Come and join the fun. I wonder who will be the first member of Patreon. There's already some. There's already some. Because they can join and then they'll get a notification and it will start. Nice. Do you get to see that of?

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I bought something up last week and realised we never discussed it. Well, it's because we have so much to say. We started talking about stealing funder, and you asked where it was from, and then it was Max, and we went on to that subject. Yes. Yeah, what do you reckon about it? getting engaged at someone's wedding. Hideous.

I don't like that at all. What about when I got engaged in Wistible, the day after Brendan's wedding? How'd you feel about that? It was just you two, wasn't it? Was you then seeing them? We went back to the hotel to say we were engaged. But obviously it wasn't the day. So what, people get engaged at the wedding?

Yeah, that's not acceptable. I think if you had, there could be some certain instances where if you sort of, like, let's say it was me and Maria, and Jack had said to Maria, I think it would be really lovely, like at the end, if you try and throw your bouquet at the end, and then we'll set it up that Elia catches it. That is fucking disgusting. No, Maria would be like absolutely nights my day. Even as a bride, I would be like, it's actually my year. But even as me, like, being engaged, I'd be like, oh.

What, anti-climax? It's not about you. Yeah. No. No, I agree. But not just at weddings. What about, like, other things? You know, I don't know, be, you're having a big party and then someone announces they're pregnant and you're like.

No, it was bad. No, I don't, that can't be helped in cases. No, not announced in preck, no. But people would see that a stealing funder. Well, let's hear about it. That is a really good. Who's stolen your funder? Oh, 7,000.

You're always stealing out thunder. Sorry. She's talking over the thing. I think she'd learn by now. 077-88-20191919. Send us a little WhatsApp message please or a voice note. I reckon there'll be some crackers. Yeah, there's going to be lows.

No, I do think also, it's not just, obviously it's about the person whose event it is. Also, it's about you. You want your own moment. Why would you want to do it? But not just engagement. I'm talking about anything. No, no, no, yeah, absolutely. So, I don't know.

So, for example, we're all coming to your house. It's your birthday, not your 40th, like 32nd birthday. And all the family are there, and then I announce I'm pregnant. Oh, no, that would be nice. No, I think that's nice. But some people, I think, would be like, oh, okay, because then it isn't, because then you're over it, but people are then talking about it. If it was like a mate that's there, I'd be.

like do it in your own time. I don't know how I would feel about any of that. I think I'd just be a bit like, oh, okay, I don't think it would phase me at all. I think wedding. Yeah, yeah, yeah. As the listeners will know, if you've caught up, you know, me and Auntie Linney did a wedding,

especially on Thursday. But, yeah, I think a wedding is a very special day and people should not overshadow that. Yes. Yeah. I have to say. Because also, it's like I've paid all this money to do this. And you're fucking reaping the benefit.

You're getting an engagement party. You're going to stand in front of the flower. Yeah. Do you both of those. Yeah, no. It's not cool. Cracking idea, really. It saves a lot of money.

But even like the day after and then you went back. We just went back. But yeah, no, everyone was having breakfast. Again, very chilled. Wedding. What did you go back? I'm engaged. Um, I think so.

I bet they went off fucking cool. She would do that. It's like chill. Quite nice. When it marks 30th birthday? Then it was Marks 30th. So you really stole a lot of thunder. No, but that's another thing.

So on momentous, Mement, is that right? Cracking. Days. So like Christmas Eve. Yeah. Birthdays. But that was Mark's birthday.

It wasn't Natalie's birthday. No, I know, but I'm still saying it's, now his birthday is the day they got engaged. We don't ever celebrate that. No, I know, but I'm saying if you were to split up, that's a bit shit, isn't it? I know, because they wouldn't be engaged, and they wouldn't be celebrating any birthday.

So, I'm sorry. Oh, I know, but I'm saying when you do it on like a... Do you feel like it's tarnished a little? Just think about it, guys. Just think about dates. Very, very interesting. No, I'm interested to see what people think of the... There's going to be loads, isn't it?

It was even like a film that I watched. Yeah. Where the sister has a baby, and then he proposes, they go to visit the baby and he proposes. I'm like, fuck you, it. do that? And even, yeah, I don't know. But, and also I think it just depends, isn't it?

Who it is? Why is it so warm in it? And this morning I went out in jumper and leggings. And when I got home, I had to get changed into shorts and T-shirt. Sorry, we've got a fantastic, I'm going to go through to this. Remember we were talking last week about people, you know, things in your teeth, bits like that. Have a listen to this about leggings.

I've just listened to you and the nieces on the way to work and a couple of points on the point of telling people if they've got a label hanging out or whatever what about see-through leggings how many times have you seen people wearing see-through leggings and thought have they not done a check in front of the mirror before they've left the house because i always do what was the other thing names when um elia got confused with who she was talking to have you ever had anyone call you the wrong name because i have and i've got two reactions to it one i don't answer them because they're not talking to me, they're calling me by the wrong name. And two, I'll just answer.

And they might think I'm called Michelle when it's Marie. And then the social media ban, my 14-year-old came home from school today, a bit wound up about that he's going to be kicked off of social media. And he was saying to the 10-year-old, oh, you're never going to get to use this. You're never going to get to use that. And the 10-year-old came out with a perfect response and said, Oh, well. So I was happy with that because at the moment he doesn't have a phone.

He has asked a couple of times why haven't I got a phone when other people in my class have. But they just say to him, you don't need one at the moment. Why do you need one? You get picked up, taken everywhere. So I'm going with that for the time being as long as we can. Good work. Yeah, I loved the episode today. Had me in fits a laughter on the way to work. Well, thank you, Marie. Three points to unpick there. See through leggings. No, I would never tell.

What are you going to say? Excuse me, your leggings are seafru? Because you can't change it. It's not like there's a label that you can change it. They've chosen. They know they're see-through. I'm sorry. No, they don't.

Sometimes they stretch. You don't realize. Sorry. On that, in the documentary, your leggings had a hole in the back. Was that a hole? What was that? A hole in the back.

Sort of wear a position. I know exactly where it was. Is that a hole? No, that's a designer brand. Was that aloe? No. I did see it and then I saw it again. At first I thought, oh my gosh,

she got a hole in her tight leggings and then I saw it again. What was the R? Lulu Lemon. Yeah, Lulu Lemon. Perfect. Yeah, no, I don't think you can tell. No.

It's tricky, isn't it? Anyway, second point. Are you taking a piss, Marie? Have I been called another name? Every day of my life I get called Sonia. Every single day. There's a reason for that. Well, there is, but it's not my name.

I got called Marta. You did today? Marta. Martha. Hello, Marta. From someone, from an Italian person, so you'd think Maria would be quite, you know. Easy.

From what I know, I think Maria is actually on the booking as someone, no? Yes. Yes. And I say, thank you. Grazie, Maria. What about the other day? rang me she said, nah, what a dickhead.

Go on. She went, Hi, Elle, you're right. Yeah, yeah, you're right, yeah. I'm just getting a bit stressed out. I've not heard back from Roberto. I said, sorry. What?

You fucking knob. Roberto. I wish I could roll my tongue. Mel's going to love that. I was like, good. And I literally was like, are you okay? She was crying. I said, no, you can't do that.

I know, but Roberta, I get that. I know, but just say, Roberta, mum said today, what's his name? I think, Roberto. I know, but he's in Tuscan it. I kind of get it. No, I'm going to stick up to the change. No, I don't talk to me like that. Just say Roberto.

No, I do talk to you like that. Robert, we don't say Roberto. If I were to say to you, oh, I'd probably say Roberto. Roberto. Even just Roberto. She went, Roberto. That was mad.

No, you don't. You don't? Oh, dear. Not you, Roberto. Yeah, but you don't, you can't. Anyway, sorry, that was mad. I get all the stomach different all the time in my life. So, yeah.

Cheers to that. That's a cracker. And what was the last one? The social media, yeah. So the ban is in. Obviously, it's going to be spring. Not till next year. Her family mentioned.

it or does she not know? No, she does know. She's not fast whatsoever. But how mad that our children... I mean, Joni might... No. No, no, no. I'm just saying...

She might feel all the effect and there'll be people that have it. Correct. Whereas I think Alfie, I mean, James, definitely. I think it will just not be... I heard a very, very interesting thing the other day on the radio and I thought it was perfect. So in the 19...

I was passionate. I'm very passionate about this subject. Very, very passionate. But it made a lot of sense. So what we're trying to do is we're creating a whole social change. It's not just about a ban in a phone, that people are used to do that. In the 1960s, they introduced seatbelt wearing. Yeah?

And maybe 20% of people wore a seatbelt, then 30%. Yeah. And it wasn't really... It's like the smoking ban. Exactly. People gave up, some people didn't. Naturally, that's now... Exactly.

But it's about a complete social change. Yeah, but we were talking about... started yesterday with some old like our generation. And we were saying about Facebook when it started. We did what it was about. Now we don't do that. We don't post our lives on Facebook. That's what we used all the time, post everything.

It's for albums up. Yeah. And we don't do that. Things change. Yeah, it will change. But what you find is the younger people that are on their Snapchat, that's like their Facebook, they're posting everything, what they're doing.

getting the car on the way to school, they're taking selfies of each other to put on there. Also, I find mad with Snapchat, is your friends, and that could be quite a wide group, we're not talking best friends, people your friends with can see where you are at all times. Yes. I'm sorry, but I don't want anyone, I don't want you to, you know, that's why I don't like a number plates. No, but it's true. I'm saying it's true. No, that's a bit different. It's not.

It's not. Well, no, it's irrelevant because I know your number plates. If I drive past you, it's a number of years. That's you, but I'm saying other people, you do. You're talking to the wrong person She knows everyone's number plate Without it being personalised I know my next or neighbour

The old detective I know but it's people you see all the time I get that But I'm saying there's people that know of And you can just tell who that is Because they're personal number plate Fuck do I want that for no No yeah

I mean but for me I just find it mental That you can be anywhere And all your friends can see Exactly where you are at any given time I'm going to cancel the NACCAS 13 number plate That I've just ordered I know You did have one

I did have one. Yeah, I had one. You got it for me. I did. It's fucked, I don't know it, it's gone. Shame, isn't it? I've got it in the garage, but I think it's gone. Yeah, you have to register it.

Stick it on the wall or something. Yeah, that's true. You pop it in the garage. It isn't next to the dark board. It was good. I heard someone from I was talking to Nick Ferrari the other morning, he said it hasn't worked. Yeah, that's not good.

Not good. But it's not... You have to start somewhere. You have to start somewhere, and it's not about your 14 and 15-year-olds. It's about the journey. It's about the 90-10-year-olds. It's about that age that aren't going to be bringing themselves up within that world.

Yeah, agreed. Because it just won't be a thing. The other ones are lost calls, unfortunately. They're in it. They're in it. It's hard. You're not going to wean them off. It's going to be really hard to do that. And hopefully maybe some parents will be like,

you can't do it anymore. It's illegal. But they will find a way around. I also had a bit of a thought. You know, like the generation has gone from sort of us, like where we'd be out, you'd be partying, you'd maybe be drinking, so now everyone just wants to go to the gym. Is that a look thing to have the latest gym wear to post it on Snapchat?

Yes, it's all. Which is crazy. Which is actually sad because they're, you know, I'm not saying, I'm not condoning underage drinking or, but just go and have fun with your friends. But it's all now about image. Image and what you're doing, where you are. They go into the right coffee shop. Yeah, getting their match.

Forget the underage drinking, but just about having fun. Just walking around the streets and having a laugh. We had phones, but I remember being at my friends, we would play. We still played. Yes. We've made games up. We got the tents up in the garden and had sleepovers in the tent. We were with the family making dinner.

I was, yeah, I mean, I played with dolls and Barbies. I was older because of you and at friends when you were the sister. We'd play. And we played with the oldest. We'd all get, you know, we'd do stupid games in the bedroom. Do you remember we'd put the light out on someone? We'd be blindfolded and you'd check, like, but we played. What time?

What time was that? What sort of age were you then? I would say I was 14. I was in secondary school. Well, I was only friends with her from secondary. I would say, how old are you when you start a secondary? 11. I'd have been about 14, 15.

Yeah, you would have been about 12, 13. Yeah. 12, 13? Yeah. Well, and longer. No, I'm much older than you. Yeah, you weren't. I wasn't that young.

I was even older then. Yeah. I was up 22. Would you do? I would have been between 11 and 15. Barbies. 11 and 14. Yeah, but you laugh.

I was playing Barbies at 12. People would be like what, but we loved it. Yeah, but that's lovely. We used to wrap the presents up in tissue. We'd make Christmas that. It was unbelievable. Yeah. And we'd be like, like,

Like making dances to spice girls and steps and yeah. Now they're fucking at Joe in the juice. I know. Also, can I just say, how are they at Joe and the juice? And afford it? Yeah. I went there the other day, 11 pound on a fucking smoothie that I then tasted and I think it had maturing and I wanted to lob it so far across the road.

I was devastated. I thought I've got to drink it. 11 pounds. That is a disgrace. So how are they affording this lifestyle as well? It's crazy stuff. Holding about in aloe and it's wild. And wearing Charlotte Tilbury makeup and the skincare, as we know, wild.

We've got a couple of messages, actually. My lips are well dry. Oh, stop. We had a message from John. Hello, John. Love it when there's a little geezer on the board. Oh, bird last week. Bird of the geyser.

Pissing myself at dry flaky lips, how fucking flaky do your lips need to be to look like puff pastry? John. Like this, John. Talking of lips, Bobby Norris from Towie. From Tauwit, the guy we know from where we live. I'm talking about for the listeners, if they don't know who I'm referring to. He put up a thing that he was using this lip balm and it's quite a big, like quite large and he was like I'm obsessed with it.

I love it. I've had two this year. They last quite a long time but, you know, it's so nice. And then he's recently learned that it's not for those lips. That's for the vaginal lips. What do you mean? He's not for his lips. He went, so I'm on the train whipping it out and there's probably people looking at it.

Oh, foolbar. What do you mean, what's it called? What do you want, Sam? Does it work? I don't know. I don't think he knows. Well, he likes it on his lip, so yeah. Well, I'm sure it must be quite a lubricating product.

Well, it's like, what's it called the purple tube? Nannisone. Nipple cream. Lovely for the old lips. Fantastic for the lips. And I mean, these lips. I put that on every morning it's downstairs in the kitchen cupboard. On it goes still.

Nana sounds expensive though, isn't it? Works so? Works a tree. Yeah, it made me laugh. Talking of skincare. I was listening to that sleep is that. Now, straight away, the whole cosmetic thing, just I've got a 13-year-old who became very obsessed, very early. Yes, probably my fault, does she had?

T-T-T-Tock. Yes, I know. I'm one of them bad moms that's allowed a daughter to have to be too young. Biggest regret of my life, if I'm honest. But with regard to the cosmetics, I feel like they all use pathogens that draws in young children. And I took my daughter into boots. sorry, it's going to be a long one, Matt. I took my daughter into boots

and I made her speak to the lady on the drunk elephant concession because she was not listening to me. I was saying, you don't need this on your skin. And I spoke to the lady and she had a little chat with my daughter and said that, this is not

the children. And I said to her, you're a packaging, like an elephant on it. It looks childish. She looks childlike. The colours, the bright colours. She was like, she sort of explained the branding to me. And I said, but you can, surely you can see. And she said, I know, I understand, but there is a reason, there's a whole reason behind the whole drunk elephant thing, which I can't remember all about. But she basically was agreeing with me to a point.

And she said, obviously, social media and stuff like that is not helping them. because they're not they're not supposed to be aimed at kids and yeah so it is a that bubble bubble whatever that is and there's loads of like cosmetic stuff it's just

clearly trying to get the attention of younger people who don't need it I mean it was cracking to hear you but it sounds like you got a lot on it's getting on in the background it sounds like there's a lot on but you're right and don't feel I know how you feel feel because you sighed when you said TikTok and we all make mistakes. And it's really hard.

When there are friendship groups and people have got things, it's really, really difficult. So please don't beat yourself up. Peer pressure is. And I think the branding side of things, there are so many, you know, you could say that at some points Gucci's branding, you know, they change the colours. It looks beautiful. But unfortunately, it's social media that's pushing those sorts of products because they're probably not seeing Gucci. No.

You know, they're seeing these brands that then are pushing them towards them. No, they are, but she's right. It is the branding. It is the packaging. It lures you into. I don't know the branding. I'm telling you now. I know what you're saying.

No, it is 100%. I know what you're saying. There could be average products. If it's package and branded, they have a certain way. But what I'm saying is it's the teenage influencers on YouTube, TikTok, that are 12 and 13. I know, babe. But what they're all doing is the unbublished. Boxing and the packaging.

But that's not saying. Tilbury isn't childlike. No, but that's why I'm saying. No, but the brands know what they're doing. They change. Of course they do. It's all about any brand. When you go to Selfridges and Buy Saint Design,

it comes in the box and you open it. It's all of that. It's a whole experience. No, I know, but children wouldn't know about that. It's because of TikTok. It's because of social media. Absolutely. And the brands are leaning into that even more.

Of course. But even before, you say that, even before social media. I remember ordering something off of a designer thing and the way it came and I was like hooked. I couldn't believe it. I was like, my God, a box. I opened the box. It was in a dust bag. I was like, this is beautiful.

Yeah, I don't really get what you're trying. I don't really get the point. And what she's saying, like the branding, it laws people in as well. Of course it does. It looks like anything. Yeah. Yeah. But young or not, it's what they're seeing.

Like I'm saying about Charlotte Tilbury, that does not appeal to a young, in my opinion. They might not. They might not. But there's a lot of brands. No, I know. know what to do and how to the brand. There is a tween audience. Yeah.

Huge. Yeah. But I think it's more about, for instance, the brand's giving freebies to under 16-year-olds. To promote it. So it's very interesting about that. Because I was thinking, what are they going to do with the band then? Well, interestingly, the guy from Oz that I told you about who was on the radio, he said there has been a case of a young girl, 12, or the band.

13, whose mum and dad have gone absolutely mad, said she's got brand deals, she's got this, she's earning a living. She's earning, she's earning for all of us, it's major. And they've moved to New Zealand. Wow. But that's, again, that's. But I'm just saying. Yeah, but that's not, to me, that's madness.

Oh, yeah. And you're relying on a 13-year-old. Exactly. Nah, sorry. Not right. No. But these companies are going to have, they're going to have issues on their hands as well. Because all these influences.

They won't be able to gift them to under 16-year-olds. Well, they shouldn't be anyway. No. Again, that's another law that should be in place, in my opinion. No cleansers, no skin beauty products until you're over 16. No, nothing, no influence. But you don't need skin products. You don't need cleansers, toners.

We didn't do that. No, no, no. No, I find it. Yeah, that for me blows my mind. And me and Elia are up for any beauty. I will have a good. couple of boxes. We'll unboxing bits. Well, I don't mind.

Just anything like... Anti-aging? Oh, dear. Changing the subject just quickly, when it's in my head, I was looking at some comments on Spotify and someone said, oh, LBC stands for, did you not know what that was? Leading Britain's conversation?

You didn't know that? No, but I didn't know that for a while. Me and Mark had this conversation. Well, that's what I heard. I mean, it tells you, it says it on there four times in an hour. It never clicked with me. That's crazy. Yeah.

Sorry, I just had to bring that up because I can't believe how much you listen to it. There's loads of things like that, though, isn't there that you wouldn't know. No, but she listens to it every day. Yeah. So you'd think by now. I thought it was something like London broadcast. I don't know. I just thought leading.

Yeah, leading's Britain's conversation. And I was like, oh. But it literally says it. in Britain's conversation. Sort of a tagline rather than the title of it. Bleu my mind, actually. Remember last week we were having a little chat about the Max Brannin and we were talking about Kitty.

Yes. And it's about Jack Brunning and Penny. We've got the story sorted, guys. Morning, Nat. Morning, Nat's nieces, Emma from Nebworth. Just listening to your episode from today. and listening to the bit about Penny and Kitty. Yeah, Kitty Penny was run over by someone,

some drug dealer that Jack Brannan had dealt with, I think. I can't remember exactly. But yeah, she did get run over. So it might be funny, but it was true. I'll let you know. All right, chow. Thanks, love. And moving on from that, I've got an absolute crack.

Sorry, I've got a cracker. Because again, you know, you think it's brilliant. The listeners just make up the pod. It's fantastic. So I got that and then I got this. Hi, it's Rebecca from Nottingham, just listening to the pod with Natsneeses. And it makes me giggle.

Every time I listen to the Nats Nisces ones, I always think that Maria sounds like Penny out of East Stagher. And when I visualise you all sitting there, I visualise the actress that plays Penny sitting with you and her being one of your nieces. I don't know why, but I just can't get it out of my head. That is brilliant. Maybe I need to watch a few pods to be able to visualize you all a bit better.

Keep doing what you're doing. Love listening to you all. Thanks guys. I love that. But I got that and then I got that. That's brilliant. That's really funny. Kitty, I wish she was my sister, to be fair.

Yeah, no. That's a massive call. Sorry. Wow. She didn't say replace. She said another one. Number one. I love you.

I'd be very happy to have Kitty as a niece as well. So there you go. Okay, well, I'll just leave the room. No, I love Kitty. I'll take that as a massive compliment, thank you. But yeah, I feel like I'm going to watch your standards now and really have to listen. Yeah, because I can't, I can't think. I just talk to Kitty, you know, but now I'm going to have to watch and hone in.

Oh, no, Kitty's got much nicer voice than me. Just get a voice note from her. That's true. I thought that was going to be her actually, Kitty. Could you voice note him, please? Yeah. It's true. Very good.

Yeah, I loved it. The other thing that we need to address, unfortunately, I've had a few messages. I do get things wrong. I got it wrong that David Attenborough's wife was sat next to him. It was his daughter. And I've also got wrong that you can vote when you're 16. It's actually 18. You mugged it.

I genuinely thought it was 18 down to 16. Sorry. You can buy a lottery ticket at 16. Yes. You can register to vote at 16. You can have sex at 16. All right. Keep saying it.

All the best. What else? Uh, smoke. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You can buy, or is it changed now, isn't it? I don't know.

You have a fag at 16, but not a drink. That's weird. Yeah, you can. I don't know. I just threw that out there. No, I'm sure you can buy cigarettes at 16. Oh, that's... And scratch cards.

Yeah, that's mad. Oh, yeah, because lottery. So you can gamble then at 16. So you can gamble, but you can't vote. Nah. Mad, isn't it? I don't, I don't think you should... Oh, sorry, 18.

I do, yeah. You're, I don't. doing it now. See? It's confusing this world. You know they've got a new thing in now that anyone born after... Go on. Oh, you didn't know that?

What is it? So I think it's... Anyone born after the 1st of January 2009... Yeah. ...will not be able to buy cigarettes. At all? Ever. Oh, that's fantastic.

So if your mate was born on the 28th of December, when you're like 70... Oh, it's awful. You're going to get me some time. Because she was born like three days before you. Just if anyone's going to listen to that when you're in Sainos. Well, you can't. Sainos. Saneos.

Well, no, they're just trying to make smoke-free. Cigarettes are making a comeback. Well, they're not. They're trying to make smoke-free generation. No, but I do think they are making a comeback with the older generation. Because the older generation are getting off the vapes because they're awful for you. Well, interestingly, Olivia Atwood put a photo up of her with a cigarette in her hand. She looked very cool, nice outfit.

And she got annihilated for it. Oh, yeah, because it's not great. None of it's good. That was me and Parma, mate. You're not saying that when you're putting a photo up of yourself with a glass of wine. Yeah. I was absolutely picking down. No, it's not.

Is it? Oh, quick, get the stew on. What are you having now? Lamb stew! Noodles in the bin! Noodles in the bin. It's stew and dumplings. It's raining.

At some, what's it called? Raman. Oh, what? With salmon. I've got some in the freezer if you want it. But it saves the old plant water in tonight. Fantastic news. Garden looks fantastic, isn't it?

I can't. I still feel quite overwhelmed. I feel quite emotional about it. Look at my fucking garden. Yeah, but you haven't seen it. I think when you walk in, you'll be like, well, you haven't either. It is... I can't, mate.

It's insane. Yeah, that's good. And, guys, we're talking about a raised bed that has just been filled. with plants. But what a specky job? I think you're going to have to put a picky. What's wrong with me? What's right with you?

I think you're going to have to put a little picky on. Yeah. The gardener was cheap, weren't he? No. What, what are you trying to say? Bad, isn't it? No. What, Dad didn't do the plants?

No. What, all of that bed? In the middle of that bed? She's thought, oh, bless her. Her little brain this week must have been fuming. Massive bed. He's been there last week now. He's been there again.

No, I thought he's done all that. He can't even come around mine. Just pull a few weeks out. No. It's my gardener. Local gardener who, he's, yeah, honestly, he's absolutely surpassed himself. Well, can have his number, please. So when you said, oh, you better get around here.

You were talking about Dad, not my gardener. Oh, Dave. He always gets the front end of the stick. Just not the front end. I thought that you don't assume. Well, you said, I picked that up. We went and bought all the plants. Yeah, that was the pot.

That was about four pots. Not fucking garden as well that she's had done. Monty Don's been over. She thinks it. Oh, we just planted and put a few plants in. There's about 120 plants in that bed. Oh, that's brilliant. I bet she's been fuming in the bed.

And that's why she's sent in a topic. Can we discuss not knowing when people are doing things and how that makes you feel? Oh, yeah, what was that about, actually? Yeah. What was that about? Fucking hell. Oh, I just went myself.

No, that's not the topic. That wasn't, that's not right. That's not right. Of course it isn't. She's joking. It's so hot at here. Yeah, it's so hot. And it's not even hot outside.

No. Tony's here Friday night and it's 30 degrees. He's going to annihilate me their best. No, I was saying, are you ever in a situation where people are talking about stuff and it's like you feel like you should. should know it and it puts you under pressure a little bit. I don't know for me it's more back in the day at work when you're in like fashion

and people talk about this designer and that one and this has happened and you just sometimes I feel like, oh my God, I should know that, I should know that's happening. I should know that shop's just launched off. Yeah. It's a lot, isn't it? I think going back to EastEnders days because I'm not a television watcher or really a film watcher, I'm just not. I found it when you're sat having a coffee in the green room and they'll be like, oh, I don't

know names of actors and what they've been in and they're going to be at the theatre and I'd be like I shouldn't, I would do it. Yeah. So did you ever feel like, oh, yeah, because I'd think I'm in this industry but I don't really know what's going on. Yeah. But actually it don't matter. As long as you could do your job well, fuck them. Yeah, I couldn't give a shit to be honest. No, I don't care now, but I just, yeah, I've, sometimes I do think, oh wow, should I know that? No, you shouldn't. It depends. Well, it depends. But again, it is. It depends if it's going to further your job. But it's not even that. It's even, I think, the whole social week, going back to social media, apologies, but it's even that. There's so much going on there.

Sorry, me, we're actually rubbing big toes, get your dirty big toe off me. Even that, when it's like, oh, did you see that? Or have you seen that happened or so-and-so on social media? Yeah, see, like, people sell, you follow. Well, you didn't see that, you didn't see that happen, you didn't see this? And it's like, well, should I know that? Should I? I mean, so many people say, or do you follow that, you know, that girl? Yeah, the influences.

She's a massive. And I think I could not give a shit that I don't follow her. I don't know who it is. I have no. I have no time for that. As you get older, I think, again, that, for me, I'm like, I'm knowledgeable. I'm not, I'm smart. I can do my job very well.

None of that phases me anymore. I'm older now. If I don't know something, I'll say, no, what is it? Look it up. But I think when you're younger, that pressure of feeling like you've got to know everything about everything. Oh, I've done it many a time where someone said like, Oh, did you know? And I'm like, yeah, I haven't got a clue.

I think, I'll just go with it. No, see, I would always at work. A handful of times. But say someone at work, a director or someone would use a word I didn't know. And everyone would be like, yeah, yeah. And I'd say, I'm really sorry, I don't know what that word means. And people would be like, and I say, no, it's a great word. I would like to learn what that means.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not that I can remember any of them. But I did used to ask. But I say that now to, like, my assistants and stuff, I always say to them, ask questions. Never be afraid or feel silly or stupid.

If you don't know something it... Well, you're not going to learn otherwise. Exactly, yeah. It's important. Knowledge is power and it's nice to be able to feel brave enough to say, I don't know what that is.

But that's also being interested Yes. Because if you're interested in what you do and your job and you will ask questions because you want to know, and people are going, yeah, yeah, yeah, they don't care, they're just thinking just get the fucking job done.

So true. Whereas you're interested, you're passionate, You care. That's the difference. Very, very different. When I did the care stuff, I noticed that. Have you, have you just done a care documentary? Have you just studied?

Let me guess. Did you get a distinction? Bitch. No, but when I was at hospital. When I was in the green room, when I was doing the court, do the law. That's it for you used to, oh. Wow.

The heat. It's really hot guys. The heat. It's terrible. When you did the care documentary. I was just going to say that I remember someone might, whatever it would be in a home. But that's not your field, is it? I have always asked questions. You could tick a box and go, I'm just doing this because it's a job.

No, I appreciate that. But I'm saying when it is in your field. No, I've always been interested. I've always asked questions. Even in conversation, in a pub, if someone mentions something that I don't understand, I will say I don't get it. Tell me again. Yeah. Yeah.

That's what I used to work all the time. I don't get it. I don't get it. That's what I used to take it. That's what I used to take it. I don't get it. But it wasn't even like I didn't get it. It was just I don't get fucking stupid people as well.

Who was saying something the other day? And I said, that sounds really lovely, but I don't have a clue what the fuck you're talking about. Sounds like half the time when Kat's talking to me basically. So I'm like, could you just tell me what that word means and then we can carry on. It's a great story, but you've lost me. It's fantastic. Absolutely brilliant But what got me on that subject was

I did have a meeting today Yes And this lady is very articulate Talks a lot of stuff All-and-a-half of what she's talking about And I'm like yeah yeah So now after I'm like I've messaged someone else

Be like can you explain that to me tomorrow Because I've got to what she's talking about Yeah it's hard It's good if you've got someone else there To help you Oh yeah But this is it I will always ask

And I'll look there Sometimes in the moment I'm like I can't be bothered to Yeah Fair enough I think we should finish on the bin story Oh What?

To bin or not to bin That is the question Got your new bin didn't you So when I saw it You don't know You got your new bin? Yeah The thing is I saw it at the corner of my eye

On the doorstep But I thought Someone's only gonna fucking return the bin Wouldn't that have been a better story Would have been nice No, did you return the other person's bin No, because it got nicked Oh yeah

What the scraped one I'm so confused What do you mean? No you went over to someone And said I'm taking that bin Yeah And now someone's nicked No that was not in the story

No we didn't know that No No she got Well I'm so glad you listened to me No no No your new bin When you stole Someone else's bin

Oh and that went as well Sorry Okay Now I'm with you So you've got a bin thief Yes, but so I thought someone's returned the bin, how jokes would that be? And I looked and it was brand spanking you. So it didn't take three weeks.

It took two, one, one week. Fair play. So I've got me been back. It's been a hard time, hasn't it? It's been a while. Morning now, just catching up with a bit more of Natanzania's episode from this week, talking about bins and the loss of a bin. Last year, we went away a couple of days in the week

and came back and our bin wasn't there. So we put it out within our drive on Monday morning. Just bin men are really good and they'll just take it from within the drive for us. They kind of know you're away if you've done that. And so we thought, it'll just be by our lamp post like all the rest of the bins are when they've done. Well, we got back, we're like, oh, where's our black bin?

There's no black bin anywhere. So I'll come back down and then I can see that like down our drive, and I can see, oh, someone's put the black bin back. Anyway, wasn't our bin. And I'm like, fuming. I'm like, where's our bin? Where's our bin? So when I walk around, you know, having a look down the drive, like from the top of them,

seeing where our bin is, then I see how it was clear as day because it's got the numbers on. And so I go and swap the bins. Then I'm fuming because I open up our bin. The other one was obviously empty because we had not put anything. And I open up this bin when I've got it on my drive, full of rubbish. I smelled like cannabis. I was so annoyed at myself. So annoyed that I hadn't like just gone and knocked and said,

oh, I think you've got our bin, just took it and like, you know when you're just annoyed? You're like, why have you got my bin? I was just like, this is ridiculous. I think I was tired because we've been out of the kids. So yeah, that's my story about bins. And needless say, actually, we've just had a new bin this year because they're changing the food waste thing,

so we can't put it in our big brown bin anymore with the garden waste. We've now got a small brand bin for the food waste. I've always done food waste, but this year I have put numbers all over every single side on the top so you cannot mistake which house that belongs to because I know that will be taken at some point. Well, I have to say that was a great bin story. And what I would like to do, maybe every kind of, I don't know,

on a penultimate basis every couple of weeks, could everyone send in their bin stories? I thoroughly enjoy them. I'm ironic really, isn't it? A penultimate... What do you mean by that? Oh, no. Oh, God.

Penultimate means second to last. Yeah. I mean every second week. Honestly, I brought you up. Thank you. My brain is frazzled. Pick you up on that. By monthly.

Or maybe every fortnight. Well, it's just whenever the fuck you want. Do you know what? I might do a whole fucking Patreon episode on bins. What about that? Just doing this now. Regarding just a quick one, because I was driving, Why do women take sunglasses so seriously but men don't?

I don't know what that means. Okay, I've never seen Mark wear a pair of sunglasses on a normal day if he's just pop into the garden centre on a Saturday and sunshine in. Never. I've never seen my dad wear a pair of sunglasses in my life. They don't suit him the poor bloke. No, it's not about that. It's about shading your eyes from the sun.

Jack will only wear sun. No, it's not. Jack won't wear sunglasses. All week, but if we pop out on a Saturday for lunch and it's sunny, he'll put them on. Image. Okay, but I put them on. No matter what I look like, if the sun is shining, if I leave the house and I don't have my sunglasses, I'm filled with rage. Yeah, I'll put mine on, I'll pop mine on.

But why is that? Because we're all in the same situation with the sun. Maybe it's more of a who we know close proximity thing, rather than. all of the men. No, no. I'm not saying it's all of the men, but I guarantee you, if you go out, you will see more women wearing sunglasses than men.

Because it's something they like to buy, again. It's a designer thing, isn't it? Not necessarily. Well, it is. It's a fashion thing. But they like handbags. Yeah, but even, no, but this is a necessity when the sun is shot.

How are you driving? How are you driving with some beeping in your eyes? You put your thing down. Yeah, I'm not sure. I still think you need it. It hurts your eyes. eyes. Even when it's bright,

sometimes I'm like, I just need my sunglasses on. The venue would tell you not to put sunglasses on and that you should have sun in your eyes. It's good for you. The vitamin D. We'll cover them up. No,

I appreciate that. Yes, very good for you. Good for the brain. I think it's a bit of a fashion statement, the wrinkles. I can tell you now, I do not put them on. Maybe when I'm going out or if I'm a wedding.

I put them on to cover my fucking face on the school run. Thank you. It's raining. It's December. They're on, mate. Right. Well, I don't know. I don't do that. I do that. I do that because I don't take my makeup off. Oh, because of who you are and you just want to cover yourself up. No, because I have my eyes all pandering. I've jumped out of bed. I'm not all got to do the school run.

I have to put them on. But if it's not a summer's day, I'm not putting them on. Maybe if it's bright. But I'm talking, they are essential to me. Even in the winter. If it's sunny, they're on. Yes. Oh, the winter sun is the worst. Yeah, because the sun is low.

It's so low. Go, low, go, go, all, go, all, all, everybody go along. I'm just saying it is, I've never seen Dad. That blows my mind, but I have seen my dad before. Yes.

I've never seen Dad in the glasses. Sunglasses. Why not? I've seen Tony in a pair of glasses, sunglasses. Have you? Yes, and Mark will wear them. Again, like maybe more of an,

if you were going to a wedding and it was hot. Maybe, but also I feel like he wears his sunglasses, perhaps Wimbledon week, because it's Scorcio. I wonder if he's got him on this week for us, Scott? I'm not sure. I don't know.

I've never seen. Yeah, Dom wears the... Dom does, Dom does. He's the only... I don't know anyone else. I think people do. They do. No.

Okay, tell me, does your partner, does your dad, does your granddad wear sunglasses? 077-28-20, 1919. We want bin chat, we want glasses chat, we want your stories on cosmetics, we want to talk about also, which we haven't brought up, and I'm going to leave it. We're not going to discuss it. This is going to be impossible for these two, because they have to carry on. not carrying on. Brooklyn Beckham has put a post out

regarding not going to the World Cup and how awkward it is. What's going on there? It's not a post, it's an advert. What do you mean? What's going on? We all fucking know what's going on. Oh, 7, 28, 20, 19, 19.

You can have your family little bits and pieces going on. You can't talk about it. You can't. I'm just, you can have your family of this. We haven't spoken about the World Cup. I was so proud of Japan. Well, we are talking about the World Cup. Go on, Japan.

What's your team done? I haven't seen Germany. Oh, my God. I haven't seen a game. No, it's a joke. Tell me. No. No, do you know what?

Fuck you. Yeah, we're going to have Germany because I was a piss take. No, actually my name. What did Germany do, please? Like 1001. What was it in the end? Sunday, wouldn't it? Yeah, what was it in the end?

7-7-1. 6-7? No, 6-7. That's disgusting. That's really, that's really poor. I watched. Did you see something? I saw something on social media

in America, in America, and it was six past seven or something, and there was all these people. You're doing it. But Alfie's birthday, it was in. Anyway, forget that. You're a disgrace. It was on on Sunday.

You could have had it on. They won 7-1. 7-1? Yeah. Fantastic. Sorry, is that bad? Alfie's going 6 to 7. It's terrible.

It's disgusting. Oh, that's on the invite's all the best. He loves it. That's his party. Alfie's going six to seven. No, it's not his party. It's not a six, seven party, but he likes it. No, he likes it.

And this is where... Well, he is six to turn in seven. So I understand it a little. What do you mean? No, I mean it's the perfect age for the perfect me. It's like a gaming bus. I assume I'm not invited and you're just shabbing me. I know what?

I am judging myself in every aspect. You're doing what he wants to do. He wants to do it. Like other moms have said tonight, TikTok. No, but... I've had a message earlier. I can't find it. A lady said she's wrapping up her daughter's birthday present.

She's 13 because she wants a sheen haul to do so she can haul it. Because it makes them happy. Just saying... I know, but it's not harmful. What they do, the gaming bus isn't harmful. No. No, it's not harmful. But neither is a hole.

I'm just saying that. Where's the hall going? What do you mean? I don't know if she'll put it on a TikTok or something. No, yeah. Anywho. Japan. Yes.

How, did you watch it? Yeah. Wasn't it brilliant? Can I ask what time it was on? I thought all the games were very late. They were on at six, nine, eleven. Oh, there's some sixes. And then there's two and three.

Jacks got up really early the other day and got the tail end of Australia, Turkey maybe. Scotland did well, didn't they? Yeah, they did well. Scotland did. Oh, fuck it. But Japan against the Dutch. Keep going on about it. Oh, because I was got really, I got really a really good team.

And I got really. into it. I don't know what you expect. They're good, they're a good team. Okay. Well, you follow Japan. You know, do you? No, I've been, I've heard. They're a good team. It was very exciting. Excellent. Excellent. Like Cape Verdi and Spain. Did you watch yesterday? Neil, Neil, that Cape Verde couldn't believe it. Who was yesterday? And the guy come on and... Cape Verde and Spain. Oh, that was one of them. No, that was yesterday. Yeah, anyway, you need to watch it and get involved.

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