Life with Nat - EP52: Scraping the barrel #8

Episode Date: October 16, 2024

Nat and Marc have had a gorgeous week with Els baby arriving. Marc wants to know if anyone has a banana holder along with other items which annoys Nat and they also catch up on their voicenotes. Hope you enjoy it. Happy Thursday! X Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view INSTA: @natcass1 We're also on Facebook now too: https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [e-mail] SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it’s me! Natalie Cassidy and I’ll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that’s where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get groceries delivered across the GTA from Real Canadian Superstore with PC Express. Shop online for super prices and super savings. Try it today and get up to $75 in PC Optimum Points. Visit Superstore.ca to get started. Hi Nat, it's Amy from Cambridgeshire, originally from Hertfordshire but whatever. I've got so much I want to say to you but I'll keep it short. The thing that made me message this morning was just I was listening to scraping the barrel six and under no circumstances is Mark to think that he should be cutting back to two scraping the barrels a year to a year I don't think so scraping the barrels Nat nieces Auntie Linny Tony they are just my favourites. I love listening to them.

They flow so well. They're so organic. It's just so nice to listen to when you're doing, you know, the housework, the school run, taking the baby for a walk, all that sort of thing. So don't even think about it, Mark. What a lovely message. Thanks, Amy.

You've had quite a lot of those. I haven't. You always do this. No, you've had a lot. That too. It's been a bit of a week, isn't it, Amy. You've had quite a lot of those. I haven't. You always do this. No, you've had a lot. About two. It's been a bit of a week, isn't it, really? You all right? Yeah.

You look a bit tired. I'm a little bit tired. Do I look tired? I've got my new light on, my ring light. It's meant to perk me up a bit, no? I think it would benefit me if I was sat looking through the ring light. Because from this angle, you're just sort of being lit from over there. Maybe I should just have a hat or something with one over my face all the time.

Or what Joan Collins used to have. Like a little stick that came out. No, didn't Joan Collins used to have something? Someone used to hold a pink light under her at all times. I don't know about that. Yeah, I'm sure well i might be wrong i think you're thinking of a honey light which was a lamp that would be on the floor lighting from below it wasn't pink oh just be white yeah they did have that i thought it had

a pink hue i don't know about that but they yeah, honey lights, they used to be called. And they were from below? Yeah. Because now we all go up, don't we? No, camera up in the air. Yeah. Light from below. Oh, I didn't know that. Fills the shadows in.

Like that? That's a bit Halloween-y. I look like something from The Shining. I know, but it's not under your chin. What, like this? Yeah, in amongst other lights. Oh, that doesn't work. It wasn't just for honey light, was it? not under your chin. What, like this? Yeah, in amongst other lights. Oh, that doesn't work. It wasn't just for honey light, was it?

That would look like Halloween. It's like a torch. Yes. Halloween's soon, actually. Oh, yeah. What are you going as? I hate Halloween. Joni's got an aversion to it this year.

Have you done that? No. She is coming round to it. She wants to get the decorations out tomorrow. Does she? Yeah. Really? Yes.

I haven't said a word. Right, okay. No, honestly, I'm really... You haven't bribed her? No. Sure? Yep. Hmm.

I'm not a fan. We've got two boxes of Halloween decorations in the garage. Halloween trees. Sorry. You're laughing at. Any normal person listening to this. Have you got a Halloween tree? Oh,

double seven, double eight, 2019, 19. Now, when I say tree, it's not like a Christmas tree where I hang decorations on it. It sits on top of our kitchen island. It's about this high. What's that? It works well, doesn't it, on a podcast?

I'm asking you. What's that? That's about a foot. It's about a foot high. It's not a foot high. Yes, it is. No, it no, I'm asking you. What's that? That's about a foot. It's about a foot high. It's not a foot high. Yes, it is. No, it's not. It's huge.

It's tiny. It's a little black one with the twigs on it. It's bigger than a foot. A foot and a half. Karen describing it for the listener because at the moment... It has black twigs on it.

I'll get it out tomorrow. I'm going to have to do that now. But what is it? Is it a tree? Yes, because you can hang things on it and it's got a tree like bark at the bottom it's not a tree though is it come on imagine you can hang baubles off of it okay but now describe but describe what it is what is it it's a black thing with loads of twigs and the twigs have lights on how big is the black thing what What is it? I don't know what you mean. Because I actually don't know

if I know what you're talking about now. Well, we've got two of them. One I usually put in the corner of the kitchen. Which makes an impact. Do you put presents under it? No. It's Halloween, babe. It's just a few,

the ball balls and everything. How many people do you think have got one of those? You'd be surprised surprised I'm not saying there's loads but you'd be surprised because they're in the shops each year

darling it's just a little crafting thing for the kids I've got little decorations that they've made over the years for Halloween

little ghoulies do you know what it's American it's an American oh it's just everything about it is terrible. What's wrong with Americans? Nothing's wrong with Americans.

We have Americans listening to us, so you want to be careful. Absolutely. But we also, we don't do Thanksgiving, do we? No. No. We leave it to them because it's their thing. As was Halloween. I know, but it's nice.

The kids go out. Oh, Hallow's Eve. Well, anyway, I don't know where I was going with this story. What about the Easter tree? Yeah. What about it? Do the phone number again. Who's got an Easter tree?

Go on. 077. Why can't you do the number? It only could be me texted in going, yeah. 07788 2019 19. And the third thing I've got to ask. What? Who has got a banana holder?

Because we have. What's wrong with a banana holder? We have got a hook on a stand. Which is a banana holder. Apparently. It's a banana holder. I bought that in John Lewis. It's a banana holder.

It's not something you repurposed? Nope. Okay. Bananas are known to ripen other fruits, as we found out today. We'll go into that in a minute. But bananas ripen other fruits as we found out today we'll go into that in a minute but bananas ripen other fruits therefore if they're hung up on their own they don't make all the other fruit ripen quickly so you keep them separate yes you could put them in a separate bowl but it's nice to have the fruit bowl and the banana holder next to it it looks nice but what happens you've got your bunch maybe

there's five. Yeah. Then there's four. Go on. Then there's three. Don't start counting again. I'm not doing this. What happens when there's one left? That is an issue.

Design flaw. Agreed. Right. I just lay it on top of the banana holder, the base. What do we think the odds are that somebody listening to this now has got a Halloween tree an Easter tree and a banana holder

you've got to have those three items no cheating I don't want any alright we need a picture then we need a photo to prove it but they're not going to get

the Easter stuff out are they at this time no it's needed actually maybe a picture they'll have a picture. They'll have a picture of it, won't they? If you can provide those three things.

What are they going to get? I'm going to come up with something. I'll send you something. I don't know how I feel about that. Eh? What are you going to send them? I don't know. Get you to sign something. Interestingly, a lovely friend of mine, Naomi, from the pod.

I'm going to show you this, actually. Hang on. She has popped online and designed a bag for life for us. Now, that's good. So this is a green bag with I'm not stealing bag for life brackets with Nat. That's clever. Good, isn't it? It's very good.

Same colours like that on brand. But maybe we could make something for them if they've got a banana holder, an Easter tree and a Halloween tree. I think the odds are slim. I disagree disagree i think there's going to be a couple okay i mean i'll be very pleased if i mean it would just be funny wouldn't it if someone did but i doubt it somehow i'll be i'll be surprised if someone's got two of those items can we just have a chat please about our week? Yeah, go for it. It's been what a brilliant week. Fantastic week.

For who? For us. That's it? We have become great auntie and uncle again. Oh, yeah. I'm not going to go into it. It's Elliot's story to tell the next time she's on here. Keeps on nudging her.

When do you fancy? She just looks at me. I mean, I am giving her a rest, the poor thing, but it's Elia's story to tell. Thank you for all your messages of congratulations today for Elia. Her, Jack and baby James are doing super well, but it's just been a lovely, there's nothing better than a new baby being born into the family. Well, you've got a lot to say, haven't you? I'm listening to you. I'm just saying there's nothing better. The joy a newborn brings, in my eyes, is amazing.

You think I've been over the top this week, be honest. No, I don't. Be honest. Have I said that one? You haven't said it. No. But have I spoken about it a lot? A little bit.

Yeah, I mean, obviously you have, but it's big news. It is big news. Very pleased for them both. Got lovely pictures, didn't we? We did, yeah.

Yeah. But yeah, that's been in the highlight of the week that's for sure what else has happened this week not a lot really

I mean to be fair nothing really can top that can it but um no it's been a busy week quite exhausting week for me

yeah me too oh you've been filming Christmas I have yeah at EastEnders haven't you yeah yeah

big news that's all we can say but there you go been filming Christmas. I have, yeah. At EastEnders, haven't you? Yeah. Yeah. Big news. That's all we can say, but there you go. What's the big news? Well, it's just Christmas, isn't it? It's good. Yeah.

It's always good. It's not, it's close, isn't it, Christmas? Not far away now, sweetheart. It's surprisingly close. I know.

Which is odd. Well, firstly, we've got your birthday. Yeah. Haven't we? Yeah, that big celebration that we have every year. Why do you say it like that? You're a very, very understated man.

You don't want for anything and then you're disappointed. I don't get it. I am not disappointed. You do get disappointed. You talk all the time. You talk about the year where I gave you some chicken that wasn't cooked.

Correct. After I'd been at work. But I wasn't feeling well. No. But you never let me live it down. No. Can you imagine if it was the only other way?

What if I had a half cooked chicken Kiev yeah if I had made for you for your birthday you'd go you would not stop talking about it please that's true and I didn't bring it up by the way

you did quick to remember though weren't you scarred by that hi Nat it's Laura here I've not even finished this ep and I feel I need to unpack some stuff. Firstly, Mark, how do you not know how old you are? I think it's just because he's avoiding

becoming 40. That's the only reason I can think of. You're not 95, so how do you not know a roll draw secondly my husband he would know who's deep to solder it but he hasn't got a spare soldering iron hanging around in his shed because i'd be too scared thirdly what was third thirdly the washing machine how have you got to that age without knowing that if you undo the flap at the front, there is something that will unload the whole of the drums worth of water over the floor. Good question, Laura. You're lucky that you've got a hose on it. Mine hasn't, so mine literally would unload the whole machine or does unload the whole machine over the floor.

Is it definitely the brushes or is it just that the filter is clogged? Because next to the little hose thing you have a little turny thing that comes out and um usually it's full of crap basically kirby grips a really good one ring pulls and teenagers another really good one hair bands socks you get the occasional sock that likes to loiter in there and if you was not you particularly but if i was any kind of grown up, I would do it frequently to avoid these things. But yeah, love listening to you guys.

You two together are hilarious. Love the scraping the barrel pods. Keep going. Good advice, Laura. Regular, regular cleaning of the filter. Unfortunately, it wasn't as simple as that. It was the filter. Unfortunately, it wasn't as simple as that though. It was the brushes. So the

washing machines Long. A couple of things I need to do about this message. Go for it. Firstly, don't deflect on what Laura said. You do know how old you are. He does know how old he is. He pretends

to be a year or two younger for comedic effect. Can I be honest? Yes. I don't often have to think of how old I am. Don't often get asked. And we did have a joke,

didn't we, a few years back where I was pretending to have missed a year. No. Well, not missed a year. No. It's been missed a year. No. It's been a long week.

What do I mean? That you were born in 86. Yeah. So I was 28, say, and then like the next year I said I was 28 or whatever it was. Again, why are you 28?

I just made that up. No, I know. But the point I'm making is Just say 38, babe. The thing is, obviously, as you can 28? I just made that up. No, I know. But the point I'm making is... Just say 38, babe. The thing is, obviously, as you can hear, I'm confused. But she is right. You're not 95. It's not for comedic effect. No, I know I'm not 95, but it's not for comedic effect.

I just don't... I've confused myself. Sort of double bluffed myself. So I have to really think about it. But you were born in 1985 and you're 39. Yes. This month. Am I?

Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, but genuinely, can I just say, it's not put on. I've actually confused myself. So no wonder Joni gets confused because I'm confused. It is for nothing else. What was the next point that Laura said?

The washing machine. I'm afraid, Laura. You are right. I am a grown up. Actually, if you want to be technical, in fact,

it was about the soldering. Her husband could do the soldering. Yes. Very good. So the soldering, we had a lot of comments, darling, from number six, where you'd done loads of stuff that evening the

washing machine the soldering blah blah blah blah thank you for all your messages there were a lot of people once again you were right there were a lot of people that do this stuff in the home absolutely loads and loads of people fix stuff and i'm pleased to hear it there were also quite a lot of ladies lots of females who said I don't know why you keep going on about blokes I live on my own

or me and my wife we just stick YouTube on and get on with it too right so what this has made me realise is I'm a lazy bastard you're not lazy you're just not the most

practical. I don't want to do it. But it's funny because actually you are very good at stuff like that. You actually can, you are.

Give me an example. But you don't do it, but you choose not to do it. Give me an example. Just when you've tried to do stuff, you actually are quite practical. I really mean that sincerely as well.

I know, but it's really good, but what's the example? I can't think of one. No, I don't think there is one. But you do. I've been quite practical with this sort of stuff. Very much so. The technical side of the podcast room. Yeah.

I bought my new machine, which I clipped all up. These cameras and stuff, I mean, don't get me wrong, it looks like Spaghetti Junction in here. Yeah. It needs a sorting out. But it isn't too bad. But also, it's through necessity, isn't it?

So you've needed to do that. That's true. Same with your computer and Dropbox and sending stuff to Emma. Yeah, it's true. Because you need to know how to do it, you do it. Yeah.

I have no interest in doing things with appliances or but you could apply yourself we wanted to we don't need to do no so it's fine it's like you really today i've cleaned all the bathrooms run around and done sort of the hoovering and stuff whereas you don't do those things darling you don't clean the bathrooms no but I do you do a bit of

hoovering you do a bit of hoovering but no in general you don't clean what what's funny

it's like you're about to burst that laugh in when you're talking about me. No, I'm just saying. No, I don't clean. You don't clean stuff, really. You don't get a duster out. You wouldn't dust.

No, if only I had the time. No, you choose not to. No, because I've got other stuff to do. No, but you choose the stuff you want to. That's not a bad thing because it works really well because you're doing stuff that I don't want to do. Okay. I think we should job swap one week. I would love to. Oh, that's a great idea. a bad thing because it works really well because you're doing stuff that I don't want to do okay I think we should job swap one week

I would love to oh that's a great idea I will do it honestly no not a week in a full month a month I'm going to write you a list

of what he's doing in the next month and I will do I will happily be in the warm do all the cleaning I'll do the hoovering lovely

okay that'd be really good we should do that that's. I'll do the hoovering. Lovely. Okay. That'd be really good. We should do that. That's a good idea. Can we not do it yet? Can we do it when it's a bit warmer? Because I don't like being outside in the cold.

No. No. When you say things that need doing, I can't put track down on your railway. That's not a job. I'll do a list. There's a few things. And you could do it on Instagram.

Brilliant. You could do it like each week. So this week I've done these jobs. All right. Okay. Can we do it in the spring? No. We're you could do it on Instagram it's brilliant you could do it like each week so this week I've done these jobs brilliant okay can we do it in the spring no we're going to do it

no no I haven't got time now it's too close to Christmas and stuff I haven't got time you can't do that no I can't

right you've bottled it now no it's just too cold but it is a really good idea and we should do it I think we should do it job swap next week we've got a couple of weeks coming up we're both off brilliant It's just too cold. But it is a really good idea and we should do it. I think we should do it. Job swap. Next week.

We've got a couple of weeks coming up. We're both off. Brilliant. That's what we're doing. A little project. What was the other thing that Laura said? Oh, it's like a memory game now. Oh, the washing machine.

Oh, the washing machine. Yeah. Well, we're going back to it. Yeah. I didn't know there was a... I've seen the flap. I know the flap's there. I just have had no interest in opening it.

I mean, there is a filter in there usually. It's quite a dull subject, isn't it? I don't think it's dull. I think the message was really lovely. I think it's quite a dull subject isn't it I don't think it's dull I think the message was really lovely I think it's really great to know no Laura's message was good

oh okay that's just the fact we're dwelling on talking about washing machines well anyway thank you Laura and she likes our pods

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Don't miss out. Your chance to save in points ends February 23rd. Book at aircanada.com. Conditions apply. Talking about ages of birthdays and things. I did pop it on our Scraping the Barrel message group. Oh, yeah. But Eliza was obviously 14. And when I looked at her candles,

I'm going to show you. This is brilliant. Why is this brilliant? Okay. Because you've like, you're what? I am blown away by this. I'm blown away.

So I obviously bought a one and a four and her candles in gold, 14. But obviously then when I looked, I thought, I'm 41. And I just think that's a mate. What are you laughing at? Well, you know, little things get you sometimes. And I thought, I don't think that's ever, it's never going to happen again in our lifetime.

No, because she's only going to be 14 once but i'm only ever going to be 41 months i know but she could be for instance i could have a 24 year old next year which would mean then i would be 42 i'm just saying how much does that happen how much well she's not going to be 18 and you're not going to be 81 but that's why it's special correct but you don't think so because every time i mention it you ever go at me it's nice it's special. Correct. But you don't think so, because every time I mention it, you ever go at me? It's nice. It's nice. It's unusual.

But you are quite mesmerised by it. Yeah, I like little bits like that. It's been mentioned several times. And when I was at work and that photo just popped up on my phone, and I thought, what's this? And it was just a photo of a set of candles. I thought, wow, she really is was just a photo of a set of candles I thought wow she really is impressed by this

it's just impressive numbers dates things like that they were amazing to me well there you go I'd forgotten I'd forgotten about that

riveting stuff I mean it's does it top the washing machines I don't know you put something in our group from Laura's message in adverted commas

and you put unload over the floor. And you say, I'm rude. No, no, no, no. Yeah? There's no. You did. You bark up the wrong tree there.

Okay. It just made me laugh that she said that it was funny and I was thinking about the palaver we had when we were mucking about and the water went all over the floor okay why did it have to be like that because you're a terrible Muriel hey

Muriel oh it's from Muriel's Wedding you're a terrible Muriel I think they're Australian I can't do accents is that a film yes never seen it it's quite funny

I don't think I've seen it should I have seen it no not really I'd quite like to watch some more films darling we never ever watch a film do we

no no really it's the last thing we watched went to the cinema didn't we when we watched

something we watched oh Wonka yes Timothee Chalamet yeah it's good Tom Davis

Olivia Colman top dollar we've seen something after that though we haven't been to the cinema yeah we did oh that's annoying after that day we haven't been to the cinema yeah we did

oh that's annoying what was that we didn't babe we did no we saw mary poppins was it mary poppins no we've been since we have i couldn't tell you what it was. It was obviously great, but Paddington? No? No, Paddington 3's out soon. 8th of November. Very excited about that. Very excited about that. Did you know that was written by a BBC cameraman?

You've only told me, I don't know, 75 times. Okay. Michael Bond. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. But it is, it's brilliant. It's quite interesting. It is times. Okay. Michael Bond. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. But it is, it's brilliant.

It's quite interesting. It is interesting. I agree with you. Because he created the whole world of Paddington standing behind a camera. What are you going to do? Well, I don't know. There lies a question.

I reckon you'd be really good at writing stories I think you'd be really good I'd really like to do that you know would you? yeah I would like to I've often thought that have you? yeah and I quite like the idea of writing something definitely got a thing about wanting to write something

I've read a lot of writing something. Definitely got a thing about wanting to write something. I've read a lot of books on writing comedy. Haven't learned much from it, but yeah, it's something I'd like to do. We've often said, haven't we, in the past about a sitcom, writing a sitcom. Well, that's only because none are being made and I love working on sitcoms. So we're sort of going to have to start writing them. So I've got one to make. What would we do it about?

Well, technically there's only seven possibilities, but I don't know. You have to think about the location and then the core characters and that's it really. I always thought... I know what you're going to say. Go on then. You've said this to me before you've always thought that a good location would be i can't remember now was it a garage petrol station um no what was it although actually yeah alan partridge has kind of done it though.

When I worked at a shopping channel, I always thought that would be quite a good situation, location, just for very, very, loads of reasons. Yeah. It was quite, yeah, I just always thought it'd be a good one to do. But there's a lot of potential in that environment. But again, that kind of behind the scenes TV thing has been done. Done to death. Done to death, really.

There's a show called Alma's Not Normal, which I'm very embarrassed to say I've not seen yet. But it's BAFTA award winning. And it's meant to be superb. And I's BAFTA award winning. All right. And it's meant to be superb. And I think we should start watching it. Sitcom. Right. It's really well,

I mean, everyone's raving about it, but it's series two now. So comedy drama type thing. Yes. Sorry. Not sitcom. Mark gets very upset when I call comedy sitcoms when they're not,

because they need to be in a studio. No, no. Live with an audience. Not live they're not because they need to be in a studio no one no live with an audience not live sorry but it needs to be to be fair in a studio with an audience doesn't it really yeah but that's a studio sitcom you can of course but comedy drama is more of a sort of depends there are sitcoms that are sort of single camera yeah because that's just situation comedy isn't it yeah really it is what would you call motherland i'd say that was a comedy drama okay because it's

quite realistic in as much as yeah i mean it's realistic it's a real environment isn't it they're actually out of school they're actually in their homes. Yeah. There is drama in it. I'm really sad that that's not ever going to be made again. Is it? Why's that? It just isn't. Yeah, for sure. From what I've heard.

Oh, that is a shame. It was good. Really good. Really good. I'd like to go back and watch it all again. Christmas specials are good. Do you remember that one with the school trip? Apart from that dodgy

There was some really Dodgy Like Person that came in And played a teacher In one episode And she sort of Wasn't great was it

But it was Yeah Generally speaking Piss off That was a good character that It was good I like the glasses Thank you

It was good Yeah It was good It was really good that What was that good character that it was good i like the glasses thank you it's good yeah it was good it was really good that what was that like doing that i loved it so much i was very starstruck but not for long but you know i because i watch it yeah i watched it and i loved it so to be in it was quite surreal surely that must have been really odd being in something you watch yes that must be odd and really watch really enjoy yeah i know yes it was strange it's brilliant though everyone was so lovely very good experience spent a lot of time on the motorway well you were on a coach trip yeah we were on a coach trip so it was it wasn't overly glamorous but it was fun no it was good

yeah it's good amazing immortalized forever in motherland i know it's pretty cool that it's one of the better things i've done got any other comedy coming up that you've not told me about yet um oh the documentary's full of it that's just me making a twat of myself it's a lot of comic moments especially being lowered into an ice bath lowered what were you on i haven't really spoke to you about that, have I? No. Explain that to me. Lowered? Yes. It was a chair, like a hoist. So you're in a chair. Like a ducking chair. What's a ducking chair? You don't know what a

ducking chair is? No. Oh dear. So you never did a school trip to Canterbury when you were... No. I'm from Islington. How am I going to get to Canterbury in a school day we were lucky to walk up to St Peter's Street Church, so if you look at the stained glass

windows a ducking chair was a woman's punishment these were instruments of public humiliation why women's? well well the one in Canterbury, I'm just skimming this article I'm looking at.

I'm going to avoid some of the subject, but I do know... Why are you avoiding the subjects? Because it gets a bit murky. So they had this really good idea about it. It's still there in Canterbury. If you go to Canterbury and look at this little bridge where you've got like a river and the chair's still there in canterbury if you go to canterbury and look at this little bridge where you got like there's like a river and the chair's still there and basically if you were

suspected of being a witch this is where the woman thing comes from oh the witch thing so if you were suspected of being a witch and you got on the chair and they dunked you under the water and when they pulled you out and you're still alive, you were a witch. And then you'd go and get burned at the stake. Right. If they put you on a chair, dunked you under the water, and you inadvertently drowned, then that proved you weren't a witch. Right. But if you were a witch, they'd burn you to the stake anyway, wouldn't they?

Correct. So you had no chance. Not really, no. I mean, the logic wasn't great, really? Correct. So you had no chance? Not really, no. I mean, the logic wasn't great, really, was it,

on the whole system? It wasn't the most, sort of, fair trial. No. But, yeah, that's a, anyway,

sorry, we've digressed, so you weren't on one of those. It wasn't a ducking chair, so, firstly, we went to South Sea in Portsmouth,

beautiful little beach, and met some sea swimmers i've spoken about this on off the telly so i won't go on about it in case people listen to both oh it don't matter does it no anyway met some sea swimmers the water the sea was about 14, 16 degrees. That's quite warm. I paddled, spoke to the sea swimmers. It was sunny. I said, I should really go in. This is lovely.

And you know what I'm like. I get excited. There's a group of people really happy. I thought I could actually go in here. This would be good. Anyway, the story was that I don't go in. Anyway, get to the University of Portsmouth. 12 degree water.

I get strapped into just a chair, which water and slowly submerge me into the water. Are you sure they didn't think you were some sort of witch? Well, with my nose, who knows? But the feeling, Mark, it was the weirdest thing that's ever happened to me. Was it a bit wet? It was so cold, but it starts at the bottom, but you've got no control because you've got a belt on, so you can't...

You know you jump in a pool? Yeah. Or you get your head wet, don't you? I can't do that. Well, I always say to you, if you get your head wet, it's better. This, I had no control over the speed, so your body... And I couldn't breathe.

And at one point they said we were really worried before something was going to happen to you so that's going to make good telly why did i think that because everything stopped i couldn't i couldn't breathe and then after about 20 seconds 25 25 seconds, I began to, my body began to regulate. It's cold body shock syndrome thing. I see. But because we're looking at the science behind things, it's very, very interesting. But I did look a bit of a pillock.

Well, don't spoil the outcome of this. But it sounds very odd. It's good fun. But it's quite amusing. Yeah. very odd it's good fun but it's quite amusing yeah it was quite nice actually on saturday having had a long day at work after a long week yeah coming home to a film crew in my kitchen that was that was interesting yeah that was you, oh, I'm done now with this whole filming malarkey. Walking the house, lights up everywhere.

Lovely people, by the way. Nice, a bunch of people. Not met them before, had I? No. That was nice. But you only think, oh, dear, I need to get away from this. Nice, though. Nice doing stuff at home.

Oh, yeah. Makes things realistic. Yeah. It's good good that was funny didn't make me laugh I got home and well that's nearly all done now so that's nice another job jobbed

anything else exciting coming up you haven't told me about uh no not really don't know what's next really in the pipeline I'm not surprised didn't just pop up on Strictly.

Well, I did that darling 14 years ago. I know. If they do a Strictly kind of, I don't know, Strictly. Classic. Classics. Maybe I could do that. I'd love to do it again. I'm sad I did it when I did it.

Why is that? Just because I was a lot heavier back then and I just feel like I could maybe dance a bit better now. I don't think that's got

any bearing on it. I think you could dance. It's a bit harsh on yourself. No, I just think I'm just a little bit fitter all round. I don't think it matters at all what bit fitter all round. Hmm.

I don't think it matters at all what size you are to dance. Of course it doesn't. But when you're picking up the bloke. Well, I mean, that was interesting, wasn't it? That choice. I don't think these days that would happen. No, I don't think it would happen. Well, actually, why not?

I don't mind. I didn't mind it. I didn't see it as a bad thing. No. But yeah, I would love to do that job again Jamie's doing well aren't he Very well He smashed it didn't he

This week It was good Yeah Sam brin all over the place Very good He had a slight A slight resemblance To Rodney Trotter

When he was on his roller skates On holiday He'd like that Yeah But don't you think With the shirt and the shorts? Oh, you mean in terms of a costume, not his dance? Not the dance.

No. I was going to say. No, the costume reminded me a little bit of the Groovy Gang. Mm. Mm. I wonder if he did that on purpose. I don't know. Because he is a number one fan of Only Fools and Horses, isn't he?

He is. That's coming out, you know. It's coming back to the theaters you know i don't know where it is i think it's touring it does we need to go i think south end's doing it a slightly different cast i think it is yeah i saw someone who was it that I saw on the one show yeah Vinnie Jones isn't it Vinnie Jones is it Vinnie Jones yes I've been surprised myself

well done my own knowledge no it was but I think that we should go and I'd love to go and see it and Joanie's desperate to see it yeah she'd like it but she knows every single song

from that soundtrack I think it says 12 plus but I think we could get her in can't we by the time she's got her sheepskin coat on and the flat cap and her little briefcase,

no one's going to tell any different, are they? Red polo neck. She's got a red polo neck. I mean, she has got the outfit, hasn't she? She is, dear boy. Yeah, she'll be fine. She'll be going with that. No one will question her. I don't think so. No. Bless her. She could just look like a very small

old man but she but maybe I feel like yeah possibly if you were squinting and it was dark yeah

and you were a mile away yeah yeah then that could be the case yeah Yeah. Yeah. Then that could be the case. Yeah. Dinner was nice tonight, wasn't it? It was. We treated ourselves.

We went out. We didn't cook. Exactly. Went to the Miller and Carter, didn't we? We did. You like it, don't you? I think it's really good, yeah. I always have done.

I'm not overly keen. No, I know that. I think it's really good yeah I always have done I'm not overly keen no I know that I think it's okay because you have not stopped talking about how you didn't like it no I didn't say that but it was convenient

it was convenient it was quick it's up the road and the steak you get for the money I thought mine was lovely yeah mine was too big

couldn't eat it all yeah you finished mine off didn't you I did yeah but it was nice it was nice to pop out

nice to not cook where are you going with this not going anywhere you were going somewhere with it I'm really not honestly just saying it was nice it was nice to go out what are you going to do like phone the Not going anywhere. You were going somewhere with it. I'm really not, honestly. Just saying, it was nice to go out. What are you going to do, like phone the, I don't know, the CEO now of Miller & Carter?

You've got him on the line waiting to talk. I haven't at all. Which is really odd. Why are you like... Because I'm just going through the day. I'm just saying that we had a meal out with the kids. Yeah, it was great. It was really nice not to eat at home and have to cook and wash up.

Yeah, it is good. And we got home and... We're ready wash up. Yeah, it is good. We're ready to watch Strictly, weren't we? Really nice. Nice treat. Especially as I've had meal breaks all over the place in the last week. Yeah, you've not eaten properly, have you? Not eaten properly, no. And if you're not at home, I never eat properly.

No. You need to sort that out. It's not good. No, no. it's very bad mark the drinking thing you've just reminded me you've got to stop drinking on the pod okay listen to this first time i've done that listen to this hi there sorry i was just having a quick drink coming out of the gym um oh guys you two make me chuckle love scraping the barrel um

I like all of your podcasts now I think you're doing a great job it's the only one I listen to when I'm in the gym now I have to say when you do scraping the barrel number six is just the one I've been listening to chuckling away um I love the dry humor I love your little sly digs about my comment about the um drinking oh you've got to agree though does it not sound annoying look no or is it just me i think it might be me anyway um keep up the good work um you have such a great relationship you guys um i love the dribble sounds awful when i say that but no it's great fun to listen to um don't change anything um it makes me happy and i love seeing that little red dot appear when there's a new one

to listen to anyway take care bye is that the same lady who lodged a complaint a couple of months ago about my drinking correct

on this right I hope it's been noted that I don't do it very often you do it enough to annoy people that's a shame

anyone else comment on it or no just one person but it is annoying though isn't it when she did it people. That's a shame. Anyone else comment on it? No. Just one person. But it is annoying though, isn't it? When she did it. Didn't really notice it. What do you mean when she did it?

Did she drink then? She did, yeah. I didn't hear it. No, I wasn't listening. Funny that. Have you got anything else you'd like to say today? No. Not really. I'll tell you what, though.

Quite a few people who listen to this have actually spoken to me and said about the whole imposter syndrome thing, which is something I'd never heard of. Saying, oh, you know, don't be worried about it. You shouldn't be. So no, I'm not like, I'm not really worried about it. It's not like something I'm losing sleep over. I just made the comment. I'm surprised anyone would want to listen to me and you talking.

But it wasn't like, you know, I don't know. Didn't you send me some voice notes saying that? Yeah, I know I did, yeah. Yeah. I'm going to save it if you don't mind. Yeah, we're going to wait for a good opportunity. I was going to end with one because it was so nice. Oh.

Yeah, I had it all teed up. Oh, right. There you go. Hi now. I'm just Roger here from chessington and just wanted to say um just listen to your episode of jumping barrel six with mark and the imposter syndrome he really does have it but he doesn't need to it's amazing um it's actually one of the ones i look forward to actually hearing their day-to-day life makes it seem so more real if that makes sense but yeah i just want to say i'm doing

amazingly and um thank you very much for your for your pod it's it's this morning help me do my walk um and do my 10 000 sets before I even go back have a show and go to work thank you so much Roger isn't that lovely Roger's my my little fan

isn't he I thought you were going to say God what did you think I was going to say I thought you were going to say Roger was my dad's name

and you went Roger's my little fan no I remember Roger's message about my no I remember Roger's message about my voice yes yeah that's quite nice

I think he's your number one fan I'm sure after me I'm sure that's not the case nice message though but

as I say I never heard of the phrase imposter syndrome until you brought it up you want to get yourself on instagram get on my reels no i'm all right thank you it's all that comes up what do you mean do you have imposter syndrome no yeah see this is the thing it's interesting you've said that, because I did think, where's that come from? I've never heard that phrase before. Do you want me to get you a drink? Sorry, you just looked at the glass then, as if not expectantly.

No, no, no, it's fine. We're nearly finished, so we'll go and have a nice drink now. We could go and sit downstairs and have a gin and tonic together. Okay. You just mean you just looked at the glass, twisted it. I know, no, I really, I just. Plonked it back down on the side. I was just, I was interested.

Disgusted. Well, I gave it to you to have a sip out of and you seem to have. Oh, hang on. Done the whole thing. I think you might have given a sip. Hang on a minute. You set me up. Did you set me up?

All right. There we go. It's all coming out now. I was set up to make a slurp excellent talking of babies yes adam oh right yeah ruby little ruby ruby nora another little ruby ruby's a naughty but they're very very cute and they've got a lot of personality but congratulations to adam and georgina for baby ruby yes absolutely gorgeous can't wait to give her a squeeze i'd like to pardon yes Ruby not Georgie I'll give them all a squeeze they're all so small

I can fit them all in my arms I can see Adam's eye roll like that though I know like the eyebrows sorry Bedford but that's the way it is I'd also like to congratulate

talking of babies wonderful Becky hairdresser oh yeah and I've done that I think I did that in the pub with Maria the other day but I'm doing it again just because I did that in the pub with Maria the other day,

but I'm doing it again just because I feel rude because you're actually sort of announcing baby births. So I thought I'd do it again. Maybe you could do a slot. Also, my hair is now desperate. I'm desperate. Really? So bring the baby round.

I'll hold Mila. You can do my hair. Come to my barbers pardon go to the barbers up the road what am I going to do in the barbers

have a haircut they're going to cut my hair why would they not cut your hair because they're not hairdressers they're barbers babe what's the

well I know traditionally what's the difference are you about to say oh oh my god same kind of thing isn't it do you know who i can think

of at this point and i know that i'm right your sister right your jenny will be screaming at you regarding that comment you mind my words i'm telling you jen please am i right you'll be going oh my god what is my brother talking about barbers and hairdressers? I can hear her saying it. It's just you said you were desperate, you know, desperate time. No, I'm desperate because my hairdressers had a baby. I'm not desperate enough to go and get a short back and sides. Do you know what I mean?

Sorry, I meant to laugh at that. You were quite proud of that. I do get quite proud when I think of laugh at that. You were quite proud of that. I do get quite proud when I think of a little joke. I think Emma should put a bit of canned laughter on that. Continue that sitcom theme. Not that I have canned laughter

in the UK, but... Oh, for crying out loud. He's going to edit it now, Emma. He has to put all the stuff in it now he's telling you what to do I'm not he's getting very big for his boots and this is the trouble you see

I come on because you said to me I'm desperate to do a podcast I've got no one else to do one with me which is true and then I come on and I try not to get in the way Auntie Lily was going to pop round but she's been so manic she's become a nonna again

nonna for everyone who doesn't know is Italian for nanny so obviously she's super busy at the moment with all the grandchildren and the new addition so it's all wonderful but she might slip round tomorrow for an hour before heading round to Ellesbeth

so we can do a little one for the following week which would be nice I hope everyone's still really enjoying the pod, we love it we love doing it don't we darling it's always nice to have a chat with you that's all I'd say surprised anyone wants to listen to it

oh my Christ as Pam would say cue Roger to it. Oh my Christ. As Pam would say. Cue Roger sending a message next week. Who's Roger? Oh. Oh dear. Sorry. All the messages mean the world to Natalie.

Keep them coming. She really appreciates it. I do appreciate all the messages. Any others? I don't know. I think we've played them all. I think there should be some other messages.

Surely. Yeah, we've got one more message and then we're going to have to go. So let's have a listen to this. Hi Nat, it's Mary here from Scotland. I'm just catching up with Scraping the Barrel number six and I just had to message you because it's towards the end of the episode and you're telling Mark not to have imposter syndrome. And I just knew before you said it, you were going to say, I love you.

And I feel like we know your relationship with Mark now and it's so endearing. And I just think you're both so cute. And like the whole time Mark's thinking, you know, we shouldn't have recorded this episode, but we just love it, Mark. We love it. We love just hearing you guys chatting it just has to be normal and I'm just obsessed with you both so keep it up love yous and uh just love the pod cheers oh thank you so much isn't that lovely really nice thank you very much Marie Isn't that lovely? Really nice. Thank you very much, Marie. I think we should end it there. Okay. Bye.

Bye, darling. I was going to mention about the shopping bag. You know when you were saying about the shopping bags of the life of Nat on? Yeah. Because tonight you actually, you did what I did. Yeah. that on yeah because tonight you actually you did what I did despite the fact for ages I have not heard anything about all you've ever

said is oh you shouldn't have done that and it's terrible and now you do it if I need five six items yeah I go in with my bag without a basket but can we just talk about

that next time I think we need to talk about the next time because you've changed your mind on it next time yeah thanks for listening bye hi this is chris mccausland and this is diane boswell and we've got a new podcast haven't we die we do what's it called winning isn't everything every week me and diane we're gonna be having having a little catch up on the back of Strictly, aren't we, Di?

We are. I've missed you, Chris. I've missed you, too. We're going to talk some nonsense, so why not tune in? Available everywhere you get your podcasts.