Life with Nat - EP65: Nat and Em catch up

Episode Date: December 2, 2024

Nat has mislaid something rather important. They chat about self love, board game rules and stair lifts. Enjoy! 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

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Visit BetterHelp.com today to get 10% off your first month. That's BetterHelp, H-E-L-P.com. Hello there. Hello. Why in this day and age are technical things so difficult still? I don't know. It's overcomplicated, isn't it? Mark got a text message from the washing machine the other day. Hmm. How's it doing?

I can't hear you again and I'm not joking. Oh, no. I mean, really? Is this some sort sort of joke are you doing it on purpose no because we're talking about tech i haven't changed anything i haven't i haven't no okay well there we go so anyway yeah it's just a bit of a nightmare but anyway how have you been you look very well today you look all glam put some makeup on That'll do Your fringe is looking nice I'm not sure In this light

It always shows up as gappy But it's in person It's like a full fringe No You know what I like about it I like the length Oh Well I trimmed it the other day

Just with these scissors Because it was getting in my eyes So I just hacked at it There's a lot of people I know who cut their own hair and I just don't understand it. I did for years and years and years, but then my sister became a hairdresser,

so we tend to try and wait and she intercepts. But fringe, I do my fringe myself because it grows too quick to do that. For me, I know, but the fringe is one of the most important things i don't know how you get it straight well clearly i haven't really it's a bit lumpy but um no but because you blow dry it under and that it looks lovely i could not do that there's no way i didn't blow dry it either i've just brushed it i beg your pardon i haven't blow dried it properly you know that's not blow dry that's just dried naturally and then, yeah, left it. If you were to see my hair, if you've seen my hair,

I put it on Instagram once, the way it dries naturally. You've just brushed that? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's amazing. You don't realise how lucky you are. I tried doing the curly method thing again, but it's all gone a bit. Yeah, no, it's all right. It's all right.

It'll do. I had a woolly hat on this morning so i've got what what is known as a hat head some people can wear a hat and they take the hat off and they've got perfectly formed hairstyle which is another bamboozling moment for me yeah it just makes my all the top flat and then the hair at the bottom will flick out which is naturally what my hair tends to do anyway but it just makes all the top flat and then the hair at the bottom will flick out, which is naturally what my hair tends to do anyway. But it just makes me look like a bell, a bell head. Better than being a bell end. Exactly. I try not to be a bell end.

But, yeah. Everyone really enjoyed Thursday's Pod M, which was nice. Lovely. They enjoyed Nat's nieces getting back together. I've had some great messages from people just saying they really enjoyed it. well I get some great messages on all of them really but it'd be nice to kind of gauge you know which ones are going down well hopefully all of them but you never know do you because I have such an array because there's quite a lot going on on mine it's nice to know the demographic of people who likes what what, if you know what I mean.

I think it's all of the same general theme of family life existing, just getting on with life. Yeah. It's true. It's people like you, you know, living your life and you're sharing it all and all of its facets, all of it's going on. Not all of it, you see. Wow. Be nice for it to be all of its facets, all of its, everything that's going on? Not all of it,

you see. Wow. Be nice for it to be all of it. Yeah. Won't be long. There you go. I've got a little update

for you from Kelly. Hmm. She said there are no Viennetas left in Heron Foods. Oh. She said,

I bet walls are loving life and you should have a contract with them. Yeah, the influencer, the face of Vienneta. Do you reckon that Heron Foods have actually sold out of Viennetas because of us? I don't think so. I think it's coincidence. I was going to say, are they just stocking less for Christmas? But then you'd think you'd stock more in for parties, you know you're not having as many ice creams maybe i don't think so anyway but um but then yeah it's quite party food isn't it so

i don't know when you say party food i wouldn't putnetta down as a party food you can't get it out and place it on the table can you it's going to melt it's it's dinner party perfect

at the end when you're doing dessert you bring it out slice it up fresh I haven't done that but that's

that's my expectation of it yeah I've got a question for you oh yeah amy in sunny south end said is emma the voice in my car every time i use my voice activation in my car i think it's emma talking also i love it when emma pops up in other pods as a producer i.e like-minded friends i'm like i know her anyway i love the podcast don't tell the boys but you're my go-to before parenting hell war for now and like-minded friends now

my previous top three thanks amy that's mad but are you the voice in amy's car are we talking sat nav or we're talking just sort of connection? Voice activation. Yeah, maybe, yeah. Bluetooth connected. Oh, it is. Turn left. Turn right. Turn off the car.

Get out. I don't know. No, no, but thank you. But I understand why she thinks so. You've got a lovely voice, haven't you? Aw. Thank you. Yeah. It's all the compliments today. Thank you. I know. Well, you deserve them. You've got a lovely voice, haven't you? Aww. Thank you. Yeah.

It's all the compliments today. Thank you. I know. Well, you deserve them. You know, it's good. I think it's so important to give people compliments talking of that. Someone was giving me a lot of compliments the other day and I find myself being mute and going, not knowing what to do,

but we should all just take them and say, thank you very much. Yes, I am. It's really tricky, isn't it? Because I think particularly as people brought up as women and girls, we're told that it's not humble to take it. You've got an ego. Oh, you've got a big head.

Yeah, you've got to bat it back and not believe it and it's toxic it's really toxic i i do struggle with that because it's really easy to take negativity more to heart than you could have hundreds of people saying really nice things and then only pay attention and the one thing that And the one thing that's negative. Yeah. Yeah. It's so true. It's such a shame because, yeah, it's so nice. That's all right, though.

That's all right. We're changing it. I still think people that, you know, self-love is still in its early form and there are people that sneer at it and think, oh, what's she going on about or whatever. But we are wonderful we are brilliant we are working we are talented and I'm shattered actually this is it the trouble is that we do too much then based on how great and important and you know useful we are or whatever, then our self-worth is built on that and we do too much.

Never stop. I know. Please, a trigger warning for anyone listening with children, please stop the podcast for a moment. Don't listen with your children. Can't find the fucking elves have you tried the shelves no i can't find them that's not funny no i'm sorry i don't know where i put them last year i've wrapped them up in something and thought i've got to hide them quickly and they are coming very soon. I'm out all day tomorrow at a wreath-making course with Roro

and then I've got Mark's camera Christmas do in the evening, which will be really good. Oh, lovely. We're playing shuffleboard. Oh, yes. Shuffleboard? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's good.

That's really good. However, all very good, but I'm going to be getting home slightly inebriated no doubt very very late and sunday is the first of december and these things these bloody elves i actually think they have they're having me on maybe they are real maybe they're hiding from me yeah what you get what what's the what's the plan when when do you cut off buy new ones what i can't am i can't because i've got they're old right so they've got, they're old, right? So they've got the odd little stain on.

They're ours. Biscuit and pom-pom, they're ours. One's Eliza's, one's Joan's. It's, I mean, don't worry. Eliza's 14, so she knows it's not real. But what am I going to do? Tell them they've got to live on the farm. Or they're busy?

Yeah, I don't know. Oh, I don't know. I don't know. You know what? I just need to do some work with you and then I've got to turn the house upside down. Okay, well, yeah. Yeah, tuck them away.

But if you had to right now, you had to hide something, where would you put them? Okay, I think I may have, and I'll go and look after this, I can't stop thinking about it, but I've got a, you know, that cupboard in the kitchen, not obviously you've got the bathroom that way, but I've got a cupboard with food and jugs and storage cupboard. Right at the back of that. And I have a feeling right at the back of that,

I've chucked them in the back of that, wrapped up in a tea towel or something. Okay, then that's a good place to start. Yeah, otherwise, yeah, maybe you're somewhere in your room or something. Yeah, bed. Yeah, no. No, you think cupboard. I've also got lots of Christmas decks in the cupboard behind me.

But you've been in and out of that. You've been sorting that out. I have, but I haven't been christmas decks in the cupboard behind me but you've been in and out that you've been sorting that i have i have but i haven't been to the depths of the cupboard yet but there's a lot of you know i've got to get it all out which means moving around this room it's boring stuff but it needs to be done i can't let her down biscuit and pom-pom need to be found yeah can you tell them there's there was like delays on the line or something that they're still trapped with santa they're just they're Santa, they're just going to be a few days late, but then that relies on them definitely showing up. Yeah.

Or they're ill this year, get replacements in, just say. Sorry, they've sent their mate to cover it because busy filming in being what filming in hollywood or something i don't know well listen to this right this lady says kim who loves christmas hi nat just a little hack for when you're all putting up the christmas decks when you pack the decorations away after christmas wrap and tie a 20 pound note around a bottle of mulled wine or whatever you fancy and stick it in with the decorations. And then you have a little present for yourself when you dig the decorations out next year. The wine, Baileys, whatever, takes the edge off the decorating and you can order a pizza with the money if you can't be bothered to cook after all the hard work. Could you do the lights around the bottle?

As a way of keeping them from getting twisted as well. Yes, you could. Win. My lights will go in a little. My lights will go. I've got little boxes, you know, that they came in. And I just wrap them all up. I do keep boxes for things when it comes to Christmas.

But what a good idea to go. oh, I forgot I did that. Yeah. That's a good thing to do, to forget about. The elves are not. Do you see what I mean? That's why I thought Kim's message was apt. Are they in the alcohol cupboard? They jumped ahead one step.

Absolutely hammered. Slouched over a bottle of gin yeah if you've got a cupboard where they could be at the back of because i'm thinking of where the kids wouldn't where you'd hide stuff from the kids where they wouldn't go i know what you mean now it's amy from lincolnshire just to let you know asda have got viennetters on offer for £1.50 at the moment and they've got a new salted caramel flavor which is delicious take care bye thank you amy i'm not a fan of salted caramel I am I love it yeah Yeah That's good I quite like it

Fair enough I really like it Yeah Oh Gotta find an Asda Get down an Asda 150 I mean it's not 99p

But It's not too bad Claire H From Cheem in Surrey She said I'm really enjoying hearing All the washing your feet chat over the last few pods. I've now got the whole of my Wednesday Pilates and pub girls listening

as we like a survey of opinion discussion. Fascinating to know how different everyone is. Here is another in case you need further chat. What do you wear to bed in the winter? Is it weird that my friend Kate, who usually sleeps naked, puts on socks and a t-shirt in the winter, but still nothing else? Great discussion point. Thank you, Claire. I wear exactly the same in the winter for bed as I do in the summer. So I love pyjamas. I have an array of different pyjamas, especially at Christmas. And I wear my pyjamas, but when I go to bed, the pyjamas come off and I usually sleep in knickers and a bra. Ah, okay. The knickers and the bra are off. I'm off i'm wearing pajamas but neither of those underneath you wear pajamas for bed yeah yeah through sleeping the whole time not with the underwear

interesting i wear a bra bra you leave a bra on the bed? Well, let me explain. This is actually quite interesting and something that I've never spoken about. So people might like it. I had a breast augmentation roughly 20 years ago. So I had a boob job and regret it actually really regret it far too young to do it I was bigger back then and it was before I did my dvd and everything um so I was I wanted to even myself out okay uh but I was very very flat-chested I have to say I really was didn't have anything at all so anyway did that and at the time of doing it I think they should have been replaced probably about 10 years ago and I haven't got round to doing so because there isn't any time and you're out for two weeks.

I'm not going to do it at Christmas. I just haven't done it. Yeah. So actually, my boobs, if I take a bra off, actually really hurt if I don't have a bra on. Okay. Yeah. And sort of an extra line of defence protection a little bit as well. I know it's not right.

I keep saying it. All my friends keep saying, you've got to get it done. It's really, really bad. But that is why I wear a bra. And I know people go, oh, how can you wear a bra? It's lovely to, but it isn't lovely for me. No, well, I've definitely heard of other people wearing bras to bed. Have you heard of anyone who hasn't had an operation they're meant to have for 10, 11 years?

I mean, I definitely, yeah, put off the medical stuff for years. Yeah, I ended up in emergency surgery because it was ovarian cysts that they wanted to do something with. But then they were like, oh, maybe you should lose weight first. I'm first and like okay i'll get back to you when that mysterious magical time happens another doctor said no we should just deal with it because if it doesn't get dealt with then it'll become an emergency right and it did it became an emergency but then you know you end up spending out as much time out on the emergency one as if you pre-planned it so yeah yeah we do need to look after ourselves though we are the worst at that all all of us human beings we put everything else first you know we're all worried about everything but actually the really important

things we seem to shove to the back schedule it. Have a look at your diary now. Next year. When have you got time? I think we should try and schedule it in. You see, I'd like to go on holiday in April for a week. And I've already collared Mark and said, that week we're going somewhere. So I was just about to say beginning of April, but no. Because I'd like to go away. So, May, my birthday.

I don't really want to be laid up for my birthday. June, June, there's a lot of, it's Ruby's birthday. Linda's birthday, Evie's birthday. I just don't know. I don don't know you'll need to have yeah pick somewhere somewhere maybe the end of may after my birthday about the 15th of may my birthday's the 13th so we could do 15th 20th of may right get it done a couple of weeks into the summer that sounds quite good have a. See if you can book it in. Because otherwise it will just never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever.

Yeah. No, you're right. Ever. You're right. Ever. If something went wrong with them, yeah, you're in trouble. I think they've already gone wrong, if I'm honest. It's not great.

They're all rippled and horrible, honestly. Poor old Mark. You, poor old you as well. I know, it's not great. They're all rippled and horrible, honestly. Poor old Mark. You, poor old you as well. Painful. I know, it's quite funny. It's quite funny with Mark because I mentioned it. He says, you just need to do it. Just give us a catalogue.

Let me have a look. Circling like in the Argus catalogue for Christmas. Coming out like Lola Ferrari. Do you remember her on Euro Trash? I don't. Shut up. You don't remember Lola Ferrari? Please have a her on Euro Trash? I don't. Shut up. You don't remember Lola Ferrari. Please have a look. I didn't watch Euro Trash. No, well, you're young, aren't you? I'm probably a little bit young for it. Have a look at that. Euro Trash

was Friday night, I remember, and I had a telly in my bedroom and it was the naught, it was so bad because it was all these naked people, boobs and stuff and willies and you used to put it on in your bedroom and it was 11 o'clock or whatever. And then mum and dad would come up and you'd quickly turn the telly off. Those are big. They're probably bigger than the rest of her put together, I think. It's unbelievable, isn't it? Yeah.

I think that would cause more pain. I do think for you. Don't worry. I'm not thinking about that and mark doesn't want those from the catalog but uh but yeah it's something that definitely definitely needs to be done book it in because otherwise you'll end up putting other work there you'll end up you know i know the scheduling of life is so difficult isn't it impossible like next week right I had a look sorted out all my week and I thought brilliant brilliant I've got a few windows to do stuff I've got the carpenter

coming I've got wardrobes being put in the girls room too I can clear this do that do that bing email comes through oh you've got to do all your voiceovers for the documentary documentary you go oh that bit of time i had there's no goal but you gotta do it gotta get things done tick it off the list it's good it's all good and i just keep thinking just be very grateful it's good to be busy isn't it yeah yeah d's messaged in, right? Very, very funny. She sent me a picture of a shower foot scrubber. Have a look at this. Oh, yeah. Oh, it's like a little car wash. It is, like one of those, yeah, the brushes around your foot,

which is quite nice. And this, I have to say this here, right? Mm. I've seen designer flip-flops that look like this yeah sliders they're quite fashionable these days i feel like you could wear them out in the summer i might have to do that though because the the shower floor like the shower tray of my new place is quite slippery why don't you get one of those bath mats and put it in the bottom? Can you do that? We can get shower mats that are,

I've got that sort of scratchy, scrubby thing. It doesn't have to be individual flip-flop kind of ones. You can get a mat that's sort of grippy, whatever. Might have to. You could phone up somebody and pretend you're 85, maybe 90 and get some handrails put in i've taken

the rails out there was because it was an old lady who's living here before okay maybe you should have left them in you're gonna regret that now i'm taking them out bit by bit yeah because it was just quite imposing on the uh the shower. There was a big long rail up one and one at the end and there's a little handle to get up off the toilet and all sorts of, yeah, slowly taking it all off because it's not for me. I wonder if we should just all have that stuff anyway and we should all just put it in early

so we haven't got to worry about it as we get older or kind of children don't have to worry about their parents. We get it all in. Nice, white, clean, swish sort of stuff. Get it all in. And it's brilliant as well when you're pissed. How often are you taking piss showers? I'm not really, but I was thinking about you saying

that there was one near a toilet. That would be good. Steadying yourself when you're getting up. And also the nice handrail along the stairs would be helpful. Through the front door. Go with the whole hog. Get a stair lift. Yeah.

Yeah, go on then. I'm in a flat, so I don't need that. But you should. Go on then. All right, don't coax me into it i've got to think about it stairmaster on the way up and a slide on the way down lovely yeah that would be good joni would enjoy that yeah can you imagine the kids up and down on the stairlift the noise of it every day that would be bonkers they'd break it they'd get bored of how slow

it goes though they always looked like so much fun but impossibly slow yeah no one's revving them up

you know why is no one speeding them up because if an older person or if not you know just someone who is

not able to access the stairs as I do running up and down them or if not you know just someone who is not able to access the stairs as i do running them down them or what have you they're not slow coaches for that reason so why aren't they faster i think it's just probably the mechanism and all of that yeah i think it's less than much making them be slow there's no thought behind it. Fine. It's probably safety, isn't it? Ugh. Elf and safety gone mad. You've mentioned elves again.

Can't bear it. Oh, no. Yeah, where are they? If anyone knows, if anyone's seen Biscuit or Pom Pom, it's 07788 2019 19. We've lost our elves. Please, a trigger warning for anyone listening with children. Don't listen with your children.

Yeah, I feel like you could do, if you've got photos from last year, if they don't show up, first couple of days, do a wanted poster. Yeah, missing. And then a completely different looking one turns up is their boss is wondering where they are does the does the whole month and if they show up then yeah great you can have that as a storyline if they don't then there are you know wanted criminals we don't know where they've been all year round they've been too naughty and then you can figure out that storyline next year yep okay no i like it maybe if if if that needs to happen at

least then you've got some kind yeah i like the idea of missing posters going around the village putting them up i like that gives you some space gives you some space to like breathing space get a replacement in or find them you know because you've got no time no Yeah, no, that's a great idea. Thanks, Em. That's a great idea. You'll have photos from last year, won't you? Yeah, yeah. Doing all sorts of things.

They were very naughty. So, yeah, I'm sure I've taken a few pictures. Yeah. Oh, and it really sells the wanted, you know, the police are looking for them. They're on the run. I quite like it. I might just do it anyway.

You should do that, yeah. Just leave it. Oh, yeah, no, sorry, they're still missing. i quite like it i might just do it anyway you should do that yeah just leave it oh yeah no they're sorry they're still missing i haven't shrug maybe next year yeah yeah the worst thing about them m is when i hope people aren't listening with their children i hope they've listened to my message but the worst thing is when you have a late night and you're exhausted and you get into bed and you your something happens inside your brain and you reach up from that pillow you take a huge gasp and it's one o'clock in the morning and you have to get up and you have to go and put them somewhere it's a really hard it's a job In the toilet It's a big job

Just put them Put them What you do You do a really shit one You just shove them in the tree Oh look They've been up the tree Last night

Ah Put them In a mug Ah Put them by the kettle Ah Climbing out a toaster Ah I don't know

Yeah Oh it's Oh no Too much work I can't Can't Couldn't I don't think It is a lot I bother I don't know. Yeah. Oh, no. Too much work. I can't. I can't. Couldn't. I don't think.

It's a lot. I bother. I don't think I bother. But is it the pressure of everyone else is doing it? So you have to join in. The year I did it, I wanted to do it. Yeah. But then they don't go away.

Yeah. Well, they do. They go hiding. Well, honestly, they do. They go hiding. Well, honestly, it's going to be like the line of duty here, Sunday morning. Again, you can have a full-on crime board kind of. Yeah, maps. Yeah.

Last seen. Just keep adding to that. That's it. Instead of the elves, you just keep the random bit of material that looks like it could be from one of them, you know, same poster but with a little swirly moustache put on, something like that, harbouring wanted. I really like this idea.

I feel there's a business in this idea. And I think that it's a shame that we're talking about it on the pod. Because I think there is something in it that is we could do the posters we could sell them to give we could sell the whole kit kind of the the detective kit and it would save parents a job are you tired this year buy this kit yeah get out of get out of jail bank heist you know Monopoly I know Monopoly yeah do you know Monopoly

yeah I know Monopoly oh good I've not been there though it's a town in Italy right is it Monopoly it sounds like it's

with an I by the Isle of Seynos with an I now I'm sure it is Monopoly have a look but anyway now I was talking about the board game with the get out of jail oh yes Monopoly I'm sure it is Monopoly. Have a look. But anyway, no, I was talking about the board game.

With the get out of jail. Oh, yes, Monopoly. I'm right, aren't I? Sorry. With the get out of jail free card. Hmm. Can't use that in real life. You can't keep that if you're being pulled over by the police for something.

No, I wasn't going to ask you that. But yes, it's a good point. It is a good point. You can't. I don't think so. Do you use the card? If you are in jail, can you use it on the first go round once you've got the card? Does that make sense?

Yeah, I think as soon as you, for your next go, I think you then go into just visiting. I think that's the point of the card. Otherwise, because you roll, you're supposed to try and roll doubles or whatever, aren't you? And then, you know, the point of the card is to be able to get out of course of course i just didn't know i think some people play it where there is a rule where even if you're in jail you have to go around the board a couple of times or something before you can play it and i just i'm i'm not with that and i just wondered if you were because for me if you've got a card you get out yeah otherwise what's the

point of having the car like there's not enough cards in the i find it absolutely fascinating how people play board games differently especially scrabble and especially monopoly i've seen people play scrabble where they put a blank down and say I've made the word blank, original, and my K is a blank, for instance, if someone else gets a K, they can swap the K for the blank in the game. No. Thank you. No.

I thought you were going to say they can use it as whatever letter they want to then play it, but that would be wrong as well 07788 2019 19 weird board game rules that annoy you especially coming up to christmas other families come over oh yeah any arguments for board games i would love to know would you do the free parking with all the fines that would play around the game go under free parking and you get it. I like that. That's fun, but I don't think that's the rules. I don't think it is, but what's free parking for if you don't use it? Yeah.

Again, it's not just free parking. It's like profiteering parking. But we would also do that if, as a quick rule, which didn't really save much time if you get the first of any color set you were the only person who were allowed to buy oh yeah yeah but that i get that for the quick round but you don't want to be doing that do you but it does cause a fuss i mean if i have got mayfair and someone buys Park Lane, I'm fuming. Yeah. I'm fuming.

And you're not supposed to be able to just leave the car. If you don't want to buy it, they're supposed to go into auction. Really? Any player's supposed to be able to buy it. If you've landed on it, I think there's something that you're not supposed to leave it in the box ever, even if you don't want it. Oh, I didn't know that. I didn't know that. Yeah.

I can't wait for a lovely game of Monopoly soon. Again, schedule that in your diary, though, because that takes hours. That does take hours. Hours and hours and hours. Yeah, but over Christmas, you can leave that out. You know, you leave it out somewhere. Do you trust someone not to dip into the bank? Oh, Joanie would, I think now.

She loves a bit of money. Our Joanie's quite, shall I say, tight? Thrifty. Feefty. Very thrifty. Yeah. I mean, isn't that half of the game of Monopoly is seeing if you can get away traitor style, style, like see what you can grab.

No, I don't like cheating. I think that's the whole point of it. There is a Cheaters version if you'd like to play that. Oh, yeah. But I'd like to buy the Traitor's board game. I've got to do that because it's meant to be excellent. Hopefully there'll be some nice time for some nice board games over christmas that'll be really good yeah what's your favorite board game then have you got a favorite or no not really so did um

herd mentality is quite good for groups that's really fun have you played that one i haven't no so it's basically you have to try and answer what you think is going to be the most popular answer and you'll get points based on that. So it'll be like best crisp flavor. And you've got to all try and pick the same. Beef and onion. You're getting no points for that. No one's getting.

It ends up being like salt and vinegar and stuff. Beef and onion's not getting any. No, I'm just saying my fate. That's my fate. Yeah, but that's the tricky thing. You've got to play the game of what everyone else is going to do. I'd go readyorted all day long. See, I don't think many people are picking Ready, Sorted either.

I think it's an absolute classic. I think you'd be surprised. I only eat that when I'm putting it with other stuff. As a dip, if you use it for dip or something. It's not getting an airing just for the same. Also, I've had lots and lots and lots of people ask me, I put something up on Instagram the other day. There's an M&S turkey feast dip.

Oh. Which I just can't explain how good it is, right? Yes, I don't get paid to advertise Marks and Spencers. I should do, but I don't. But I've had a lot of messages about what you dip in it. And I do agree. It is a very hard one, but I'd go, for anyone listening who has asked me that question,

because I actually got so many questions about it, I'd go ready salted crisp, a hard crisp that will work. Or I would go... Breadsticks. You could go breadsticks or I'd go crusty roll, crusty baguette, slices, crusty baguette. Oh. Slices of crusty baguette.

Oh, because you could use it as like a sandwich spread. You could easily. You could. Yeah, it's very, very thick. But yeah, it's absolutely delicious. Oh, it does look good. Yeah. Yeah.

Have you had any Christmas sandwiches or anything yet, Em? I had a Christmas burger at Popeyes the other week and it wasn't Christmassy enough it didn't taste Christmassy What was their take on the

Christmas burger? It was still just like their chicken whatever but then they added some sage stuffing in but then it didn't

didn't really sell because then it was like still a tomato salsa kind of sauce Oh no see you later goodbye and it didn't taste Christmassy at all I just it was like still a tomato salsa kind of sauce. Oh, no, see you later. Goodbye. And it didn't taste Christmassy at all.

I just, it was a shame. Then I saw the advert for the KFC one and then I'm like, that does look good. Have you heard of a place called Sandwich Sandwich? No. So my friend Harriet. Is it in where, where? Where's where?

No, I know. It's not in where's where. But Sandwich Sandwich is a where? No, I know. It's not in where's where. But Sandwich Sandwich is a shop in town, I believe. And my friend, beautiful Harriet Thorpe, sent me the Instagram. Have a look at their Christmas sandwich. I need to go there. I don't know how I'm going to squeeze that in, but I have to go there.

Sandwich Sandwich. It is insane. Have a look, everybody. Again. Oh, those are incredible looking sandwiches just in general. Yeah, it's meant to be the best sandwich shop. So firstly, it looks great to go to and I've never been. And secondly, I need to go there for a Christmas sandwich.

I've had an M&S Christmas feast, turkey feast. One pound goes to shelter, which is great. It is what it is. I did find it a little bit dry this year. I hate to say it. It breaks my heart, but I'm going to be honest. Popped into Pret, did the same thing. It's a lovely sandwich.

You have your turkey, you have your stuffing, crispy onions, and a very, very, very generous amount of cranberry sauce highly recommend they are the best sandwich i it's such a shame that they don't run them all year round i love a yeah brie brie and cranberry brie and bacon lovely yeah brie bacon cranberry stuffing ah i've just had such a lovely message from a lady called Samantha. It's just come through. I just wanted to say how much I love your podcast and the fact you are so down to earth and a lovely person, as well as a fantastic actress. Thank you for making me laugh, especially on the hard days. Thank you. And I hope you have a wonderful, well-earned break over Christmas with your family and friends and a prosperous new year.

Thanks, Samantha. And that has just come through. No jokes. No jokes. Isn't that lovely? Oh, take the compliments as well, yeah? Yeah, we're taking the compliment. We're going to take the compliment.

We've taken it. I've got it with both hands and I'm saying thank you so much. You really, really, really don't know how important your messages are. I couldn't make this podcast without you contributing, leaving your voice notes, your funny stories, giving me some ideas. I really have always said, and I haven't said it for ages, but it is a collaborative thing and it is a podcast different to many podcasts because I involve the public so much. So thank you. And please, please keep telling your friends, keep spreading the word about the pod. There's still loads of people who haven't even found it yet. Subscribe, leave us a little review

and just keep sending in your messages, your pickies. I've had so many pickies of everyone's Christmas trees, they're going up early and it really feels like a little club and that's what I love the most. And I just can't wait for next year to really, and I know maybe I am repeating myself a lot, but I do feel almost guilty that I'm busy with so much else that I'm kind of getting these out and I'm not 100% concentrated because I've got other projects. But next year, I'm really going to give this my all and I'm really hoping to make it more collaborative and more fun and events and things going on. So just thank you. That's all I wanted to say, really.

Oh, yeah. The listeners rock, don't they? to say, really. Aww. Yeah. The listeners rock, don't they? Yeah, they do. Take the compliment. And in the voice of... Whose car was it? The person in Southend. Amy. Amy from Sunny Southend.

In the voice of Amy from Sunny Southend's car. Overnight overnight roasted turkey breast smoked bacon poured turkey pie sage and onion stuffing this is the sandwich sandwich christmas sandwich sandwich go for it sage and onion sausage stuffing crispy shallot and parma ham crumble with cranberry sauce served with rich turkey gravy. What style bread is it, please? It looks like just a thick old white... Bloomer? Seemingly, yeah.

Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Wow. Nearly 14 quid, basically. I know, but that is a meal. It's huge. It's not a... It's a meal. Yeah yeah let's order 10 of them

yeah yeah something else harriet sent me brie sliced moist turkey cranberry bacon mayonnaise cranberry sauce stuffing folded in a giant yorkshire pudding yes please get it in my belly loads of places are doing yorkshire pudding yeah yorkshire it's so good there's um it was one that does it all year round that i've had a couple of times it's a yorkshire burrito oh yeah do it as a sunday roast you know in a wrap yeah just it's good it's different it's different but it's still pretty good when that's the flavors you want carrot in there carrot carrot not parrot i wouldn't eat parrot i've never eaten a parrot to february uh i don't know i think maybe little no i'm not sure i'm not sure if there were carrot in there

there's not carrot in this sandwich sandwich sandwich Christmas Christmas sandwich sandwich guys thank you so much for listening

lovely to have a little catch up thoroughly enjoyed it thoroughly enjoyed it thank you everyone for your messages and I will speak to you very very soon keep being you

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