Life with Nat - EP85: Scraping the Barrel #14

Episode Date: February 3, 2025

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Visit BetterHelp.com today to get 10% off your first month. That's BetterHelp, H-E-L-P.com. Morning. Lisa here from Shefford. I've got a bit of a cold sorry just a quick one i am clinging on to the last minute of scraping the barrel with your mark i love all the episodes i don't care who's on it i listen to it all so yeah keep up the good work and keep doing what you're doing. Bye. See? Easily pleased. I had loads of messages about lots of people listening to us right to the end. Well, that's nice.

So you've got nothing to worry about. I'm not worried. I was genuinely asking. I was curious as to who does listen until the end. A lot of people. One voice note. Well, I can't have a whole episode, Mark, of just people saying they listen to the end of our episodes.

What a boring episode that would be. How many times can I say episode? Yeah. I'm bored already, actually. Brilliant. How are you? I'm good, thank you, yeah. Really good.

Good. Tired. I am, you. Yeah, really good. Good. Tired. I am, yeah. No, I am. You are? Yeah. Okay. Got a little glass of wine, haven't we?

Yes, we have, yeah. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. I don't want to spill wine over the... I was going to clink them. Yeah, but it's over the mixing desk. Your glass of wine is over it.

Oh, I'm going to do it here then. No. There's a sound effect. There's a carpet. Emma can put one on. I'm not going to throw it all over the carpet.. Your glass of wine is over it. Oh, we'll do it here then. No. There's a sound effect. There's a carpet. Emma can put one on. I'm not going to throw it all over the carpet. No, Emma will do a sound effect. Clink.

That wasn't Emma's sound effect for the listener. That was Natalie saying clink. She'll do better than that. We're celebrating tonight, aren't we? Yeah. And what are we celebrating i'm not sure right okay what are we celebrating we're celebrating that the news is out you're pregnant that would be a worry if you didn't know about that and I was going to announce it on the pod. Yeah. I don't know.

What could it be? Don't just look at me. Darling, come on. What have we been speaking about tonight? What's been quite a big thing that's happened today? Um. You are joking. I genuinely am not sure what you're suggesting We should be talking about

I'm leaving EastEnders That's been going on for ages But no one's known Oh I see what you mean Yeah There's quite a weight lifted off my shoulders To be able to talk about it. Oh, good.

And how do you feel about it? I feel like there's been a weight lifted off my shoulders. In terms of the job or in terms of talking about it? In terms of talking about it. Good. It's nice to be able to say that I'm leaving. And I just think it's really nice for people to know that I am going yes

I know what you mean it'd be interesting to see what other work offers come in none at all probably I don't know maybe if M&S

are listening the Brockbourne branch they might offer you I wonder if they've got a couple of Sundays for me that would be handy

the discount would do us a favour when you're buying that joint of beef it'd be perfect I've always said I'd work in there you know and I did yeah but genuinely for me. That would be handy. The discount would do us a favour when you're buying that joint of beef. Be perfect. I've always said I'd work in there, you know.

And I did. Yeah, but genuinely, people think I'm joking. No. I would go in there. No. All you've got to do

to prove it is show somebody your Sparks card bill, you know, not a statement, at the end of the year. Yeah. Knock off for 10%.

It's more than that. What is it? I think it's 20. Right, okay, 20% of your Sparks card statement. Yeah. Knock off for 10%. It's more than that. What is it? I think it's 20. Right, okay. 20% of your Sparks card statement. Yeah. That is definitely worth a few Sundays working.

Tell me about it. Don't complain though, do you? Eat the beef up, don't you? I do. Gobble it right down. I had two helpings of salted caramel

viennetta this evening and I bought them in our local this is unbelievable it is Joanie pointed it out we went shopping to buy the stuff

for the rabbits yeah and she said when you say stuff for the rabbits. Yeah. And she said... When you say stuff for the rabbits... Yeah. Let's just go a bit deeper there. Right. Hay.

Sawdust, hay, food. Yeah. The rabbits. I'm sure everyone knows what we're talking about. Well, you said you bought some stuff for them. Yeah. You could have bought them some clothes. A telly.

Yeah. So we were outside the pet shop and Joni said, Daddy, what's, what's the farm foods? And I thought,

hang on a minute. That's farm foods. I can't believe it. Local. I think it was more heron foods. Heron foods. It was up north.

Correct. And it was me that made the mistake when farm foods was more Heron Foods. Heron Foods. It was up north. Correct. And it was me that made the mistake when farm foods was mentioned recently. Yeah. Yeah. So there's a local farm foods and I went in and sure enough, 99p various options on the Viennetta front. You even got a plain one, didn't you? I got two plain ones and one sort of caramel.

Eliza had a big chunk tonight. I saw that. Yeah. She's nicked it out of the freezer in the garage. And then I sent you a... She hasn't nicked it, has she? It's hers. Okay.

And then I didn't buy it for her. She never talks about Viennetta. Wow. Well, it's quite obviously something for me because all I've gone about is Viennetta. Anyway... You can't eat four Viennettas though, can you, on your own? No, it's free.

You said you bought two salted caramel and two plain. No, I didn't. You did? No, two plain and one salted caramel. You didn't bought two salted caramel and two plain. No, I didn't. You did? No, two plain and one salted caramel. You didn't say that. Okay. Well,

I'll be kicking myself when I listen to this back. So, what's that look for? It isn't. That's a really weird look. Isn't the lighting in here nice tonight? I can't see you. The lighting's lovely.

Perfect. Yeah. So, we can now get Viennetta. It's really good, that. What was farm food to like as a shop? Hard to explain, really. It had items for sale on some

shelves and some freezers. Does it look like a supermarket, though, or more of a warehouse? Looks like the sort of place you get a bargain. Mmm. Well done. Yeah, pleased about that. That was really well put.

Anyway, you're leaving EastEnders. Yeah. That is an end of an era. 11 years. I mean, at least... I mean, it's 32 years on and off. But I mean it's 32 years on and off but I can't say 32 years

because I had a big break in between you did no it's going to be good it's going to be fun and do you know what I've had loads of messages actually on

Instagram and Twitter in fact this is quite funny I'm going to just read this out Elliot put when did this come out and sent me kind of a screenshot of the news online and I said yeah it was tonight oh blimey really and then she put you're getting abuse from the Daily Mail as per And some woman called Ellen is backing you up on all the comments, bless her. So thank you, Ellen, whoever you are.

It's very kind. Might not listen to the pod. Hang on. Are you telling me Elia is reading the comments? Yeah. Oh, please. Oh, yeah. I'm not interested.

No, massive. There is only, I mean, that has blown my mind. Well, she cares, doesn't she? No, no, no, no, massive. There is only, I mean, that has blown my mind. Well, she cares, doesn't she? No, no, no, no, no. But seriously, Elia, it is only a certain type of person. No, don't talk to Elia. Elia doesn't listen to the pod. No, it's a certain type of person that will comment on the Daily Mail online.

You have to have an account to do that. So if you want to make an annoying comment, you know, on the Daily Mail Online, you've got to have an actual account. You've got to go to the trouble of signing up, giving all your details. I know, but Ellen has. And Ellen's lovely.

You get some good people. I put Wyboth for reading it. Oh, she's having a look. She's put, ah ah so many lovely people on Twitter sad you're leaving you don't realise how big it is

what's she talking about me leaving oh what else could she be talking about no I thought it was it was going to be like a photo of her pointing at your nose or something.

I don't know. Right. Certainly wouldn't be a photo of her pointing at you, would it? I haven't got a big nose. You haven't. You've got a big mouth, though. Ah. Well, she could be saying, I can't believe how big it is, and pointing at my mouth.

Yeah. Or forehead forehead more likely your forehead isn't that big shut up no it isn't I mean look at my head it's ridiculous yeah but

when I look at your head your eyes look above the middle if your head was like an egg yeah and I drew a line through the middle your eyes are above that line if you if you drew the outline of my head

like in scale and drew a line straight across the middle, my eyes would be sat on it. Neolithic. It's like Scott Baslin says that my forehead has been designed to keep the sun at my eyes when I'm hunting.

Yeah. It is. Deep inset eyes as a lecturer at. Yeah. It is. Deep inset eyes as a lecturer at my college once called them. Oh. Can't speak tonight. I'm so tired. I have worked hard lately. Oh yeah, you've been really

Shut up. No, you've been flat out, haven't you darling? Are you joking? Yes. I have. No, you have. it's just that it's been different types of work i was up until like two in the morning on my laptop working yesterday it wasn't midnight all right maybe okay sorry mid midnight i was up until i started at 7 PM no I didn't I'm joking I'm only joking

alright ok hilarious so the last time we were on yeah I called a bit of an issue when

it was a surprise we were trying to find the the stats out yes should we explain what happened because it was quite funny so whilst we were talking to you we wanted to get the stats up to tell you where people were listening what sort of places numbers that sort of thing because it's interesting

and we tried to log on a couple of times well mark did and unfortunately he logged us out of our account but not just us lovely emma as well our producer which meant that it was really difficult to upload episodes and all sorts of things but it's all been resolved now thank goodness all right we're doing that again sorry emma however we are logged in now, aren't we, darling? We are. So can we have some stats? Because I do love this bit. What sort of stats do you want?

Well, someone asked where people are listening, didn't they? Unusual places. Did they? I think so. Whilst you're having a look for that, there were quite a few people, Mark, on the last pod who agreed with me and said you were in a look for that there were quite a few people Mark on the last pod who agreed with me

and said you were in a funny mood I don't even know what melancholy means melancholy is a bit kind of nostalgic a slight sadness oh yeah right I've got it all in front of me now okie dokie sadness. Oh. Yeah.

Right, I've got it all in front of me now. Okie dokie. Go right down to the bottom, obviously. 93% I know this isn't the bottom, but 93% of your listeners are from the United Kingdom. Wow, I'm blown away by it.

Yeah. Shall I... Which way round are we doing this? What are we doing? Well, I don't think it's overly interesting to talk about the top bit. No, I agreed. How many listeners have you got in Iraq?

Um, eight, four. Interesting. How many listeners have you got in Romania? Oh, three, 10. Really? Oh. Three. Ten.

Really? Yep. Thank you, whoever's listening there. Oh, Egypt. How many listeners in Egypt? 23. Oh, 22.

Oh, really? Not a guess. Well, I was thinking of holidaymakers. Yes. Fair enough, yes. Oh, really? Not a guess. Well, I was thinking of holidaymakers. Yes. Fair enough, yes. You know, lots of people talking about your money tubes, by the way. Were they?

Yeah. Money tubes. Thank you, Mark. Full on nostalgia for me this morning on my cold morning walk. Had one for my holiday in Mallorca in the 90s. Have a super day and keep warm. Nice, isn't it? Peru.

How many listeners? Eight. One. Ah. Might be Paddington Bear. There is. It can't be all the... How many countries are there in the world?

Great question. See, if we were with Emma now, she'd immediately tell you. What, how many countries there are? Yeah. Why? She's not an encyclopedia. She comes out with some excellent research, immediate research. Too much time on her hands.

195 countries. I was going to say around 200, and I wish I had now. So, it's not every country, but there is a country here which has got zero. countries? I was going to say around 200 and I wish I had now. So it's not every country but there is a country here which has got zero which is a bit strange. Oh yeah. You've got one listener in Somalia one listener in Slovakia

Yeah. One in Latvia one in Kazakhstan. If you're that listener in Kazakhstan please we asked this like about a year ago, please messaging. Be lovely to hear from you. Two in Serbia.

So you never had a money tube? Never in my life. But a lot of people, a lot of people did. Okay. Do you remember the lovely listener that we had who spoke about maxi bonds and you could get them in Alicante? No. Well, anyway, we had a listener say that you could get them on the beach in Alicante.

You've also had someone. We've got so many messages i'm scrolling through it's unbelievable thank you so much everybody but there are maxi bomb pops have a look at that photo little snack sized oh yeah maxi bonds in the evening just a quick did you know moment been talking to a friend who works with ice cream and he said in italy where maxibon comes from there are 21 different varieties of maxibon you need a holiday to italy yes we do tim yes we do tim gets a lot of mentions on this pod i've got to say that's because he does his research and he sends in great messages he does I don't

care about repeating people by the way I never think of that just so you all know never feel like you are messaging in too much because if the message is relevant to the pod it will be played so thank you so

hi Nat you did an excellent job starting off the pods for 2025 why thank you Bev from Milton Keynes Mark were you having an off day on scraping the barrel you seem very melancholy bless you oh goodness me so desserts banana elizabethan this is for you babe ingredients bananas that are ripe or overripe and nicer that's only because they go sweeter bev i know your game whipping cream or double demerara sugar oh no excuse me whipping cream or double and demerara sugar. Slice the bananas thin but not too thin and layer them into a Pyrex or suitable dish. Whisk the cream until it's very thick. Layer over the bananas. You can pop it into the freezer for 10 minutes to set. Sprinkle the demerara sugar over the top get a blowtorch you naughty thing bev and caramelize the sugar it's very rich so you don't need large amounts when you serve it

but it is moorish i'm loving the pod so keep up the great work now i know there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes to be able to broadcast each pod. Alright. Do you know what, Bev? Oh, the production is ridiculous for hours and hours that you spend

with messages like yours. You make it easy, Bev. You make it easy. What do you reckon to that dessert? I thought I was quite seduced by the way you were describing it.

You were trying to be a bit Nigella-esque. Well, she wrote it like Nigella. Yeah, but she didn't say it. She didn't? No, you attempted to do some sort of... So bananas, a little bit of whipped cream, a bit of sugar over the top.

What do you reckon? So basically we're describing a recipe which is banana cream with sugar sprinkled on the top. We are. That might have been a shorter read. I like the read. Tim sent me a nice message regarding the... We're not talking about Tim again?

No. I wanted to talk about Tim. He sent a nice message about doing Yorkshire puddings with ice cream in. Which I reckon would be really nice. Yes, because the flour and the eggs and the flour and the eggs

and the milk and it's all the same as a pudding it's not though is it it's a Yorkshire pudding it's the same mix as a

yes I know same ingredients as a pancake I know it's the same as Nutella pasta eh people have

Nutella in their pasta shut up well you don same as Nutella pasta. Eh? People have Nutella in their pasta. Shut up. Well. You don't have Nutella with pasta. No, but the pasta's made with eggs and flour and water. What's wrong with pasta? Who said anything was wrong with pasta? Well, why do you want Nutella in it?

Why do you want... What did you say? You're putting a Yorkshire pudding ice cream? What's the difference? Yeah, but that's putting ice cream in a Yorkshire pudding ice cream? What's the difference? That's putting ice cream in the Yorkshire pudding. And Nutella is putting it

in the bowl with the pasta. Oh, so it's not like pasta that's got Nutella in it. You're talking about putting Nutella

on the pasta. Yes, boiling up a bowl of pasta and putting Nutella in it. Fair enough, yeah,

that sounds right. You'd think so. No, I wouldn't have thought that. It's disgusting. There's no need to be so rude someone eats that morning Nat

I've just been listening to Scraping the Barrel number 11 with you and Mark just while in the gym so that's why I'm out of puff I was thinking um you made you made a comment about your vocabulary that the range of it I don't think it's that to be fair I think it's age um so I'm 43 next month so am I a year older than you something like that um I can't string a sentence together anymore I know what words I want to say I just can't get them out I sound like I'm constantly

I'm pissed basically um yeah even this I'm having to think and process what I'm saying I'm sure it's perimenopausal the start of love that word don't we um but yeah anyway no I think you are quite intelligent you sound it and you do have a good use of um words just sometimes we can't get them out properly. Anyway, have a good weekend or the rest of it and I'll catch you later. Bye. What do you think to that?

Because I feel like I can't speak a lot and it's quite quite a scary thing when you're doing a podcast and you're speaking all the time but I feel like

sometimes my vocabulary isn't what it should be. For a Scrabble player it's surprising what does that mean? you love playing Scrabble I do Scrabble's based

about building words sorry? Scrabble's based about building words it's a fantastic sentence I'm so tired Natalie don't pick on me amazing i'm not very good at scrabble which is sort of illustrating my point quite well

so you know what i'm saying scrabble words big words points My vocabulary isn't bad. And I thank you for that message. However, I agree. As women, we get to a certain age and things do slowly disappear out of our brains when we don't want them to. Like their other halves. Oh, God.

Has anyone got a violin they can post to me? It's funny because quite often when I'm listening to you talking on your pod. I like it that you listen, darling. It's really kind. It's only when I know what's going on in my life so when I'm listening to you you do sometimes get the odd word mixed up I think it's quite an endearing thing

to be honest thank god for that it's quite cute but I was wondering about doing like a little I don't know I can't remember what the time

a mega mix a mega mix clipping it all up lovely there's quite a few that slip in. I mean, don't get me wrong, I mean, the rubbish I come out with,

not for one second, saying that's not the case. No. However. Well, I think it depends what you're talking about, at what speed you're talking about, whom to,

and how many podcasts you are doing a week sometimes i get to this pod and i've done three off the tellies all right show off no but i'm just saying i've been talking all day long you should be saving yourself for this one well you know it all sometimes falls on the same day if I'm busy and that is what I'm really looking forward to I know I've spoken about it a little bit and teased it if you like but you know leaving EastEnders is going to leave me with a lot more time to concentrate on this which I'm really really excited about well according to Meg you don't need to concentrate on it because of a pre-production that goes into it all.

I have to say that I am looking at business WhatsApp group all day. Yeah. Trying to find messages and go through them all and respond to people. Has that violin arrived yet? Or is it still on its way over? I'm not moaning. Right. I'm not saying poor me.

No. I'm saying bring them on Yeah The more the better now Yeah It'd be nice to do some Fun Out and about podcast Yes

We should do another pub one Oh don't start that one again Mixed it Do you know what though If you look at the figures on that one It's fine Popular episode don't you No

Loads of people loved it. Some people didn't because it was loud in there, but we know how to solve that now. We do. We don't go in there when there's a party on. And we speak up a bit. No, there was a party in there, though. Yeah.

We would usually only expect... I mean, usually the pub sounds like this. Yes. we would usually only expect I mean usually the pub sounds like this yes with just the distant bit of EastEnders playing in the background when Nancy's got it on what's she going to say I don't think she's going to well she's

certainly dying to talk to you about it I would have said after today might have to pop in there tomorrow why would you interact is it you're just going to get it sort of

no because you'll say what are you doing you're inviting how are you going are you going on the 40 if I'm going to say Nancy you know I can't talk about it

I'm leaving and that's all you're getting have you got any other telly coming up on the horizon Borders oh yeah that's all I like the outfit by the way you getting? Have you got any other telly coming up on the horizon? Boulders. Oh yeah that's all right. I like the outfit by the way. Very sophisticated. Thank you very much. Yeah. Isn't it good when you're sort of spruced up? Spruced up? I'm not a Christmas tree. No.

Did you like that? Spruce. Norwegian spruce. Get it? On the subject of breaking down jokes. Yes. Didn't you have like a voice though which was... Yes I did actually.

Hello Nat. Good evening. I just thought I would share with you so I've sent you a couple of messages previously, told you that I'd only recently found you and was, you know, working through it quite a speed to try and catch up. So I'm on episode 33, which is you and Elia and Mark sitting having a chat. So I start listening to this episode this morning as I'm driving into work and I only have about a 20 minute commute to work so didn't get very far with it I'm looking pretty fine today if I say so myself haha but I have washed my hair and I've got a nice ivory scarf on for work looking all smart and just as I'm about to get out of the car I'm literally sat there listening to I thought I'll listen to about two more minutes before i get out the car and you share that you have uh coarse hair on your undercarriage i need to bring that up again i'd literally just taken a mouthful of coffee so you

can imagine where that has gone all over the ivory scarf roaring with laughter that was um you talking about stealing mark's razor and he asked where you'd used it and you told him you had coarse hair there. So that absolutely cracked me up. Where is your razor? Because I can't find it. It's blonde. I've had to throw it away.

I've gone into work, had an absolute shit show of a day. Thought, you know what? I'm going to be really lazy. Can't be bothered to cook. Just want to go home and chill. Text the kids, do you want McDonald's tonight?

Of course they do. So I'm listening to a bit more after work, driving through to McDonald's. I've paused you to give me order into the machiney thingy bob duda and i'm barbara words give the order in put it back on while i'm queuing to go around to the window to pay you're now talking about um gyms and people walking about naked oh yeah this has moved on swiftly and just as i wind down my window to pay for the mcdonald's you ask mark when you're at the gym would you come out of the shower or the sauna and rub your balls in front of everybody oh my goodness my mom listens to this so late now just as the mcdonald's worker is taking payment for my

meal um so it's been a shocker of a day and you've brought some joy to it but I just wanted to say that if he has sneezed in my burger because he thinks I'm a right weirdo um I'm holding you accountable but yeah absolutely loving it speeding through to catch up and I know you won't play this because it's now 2 minutes 13 so I'm going to end there but keep going because you are bringing so much joy loving it loving it loving it loving you all, actually. And it's just really great. So thank you so much for bringing some joy to this dreary Thursday. See you later.

What I love is that she is listening and they're old. And I like it. It brings back memories. Firstly, I can't find your razor. Okay, but hang on. It's like a bush to tuck a trowel down there. Please. It's like a bush to tuck a trowel down there Please It's embarrassing So

On the subject Firstly, you can't say she's old You can't say that I said she's old I said the episode she's listening to her old Oh I thought you said she And what was her name?

The lady that just left the message Laura Let me just check Hello Nat, good evening Oh, I thought you said she... And what was her name? The lady that just left the message. Laura, right. Let me just check. Hello, Nat. Good evening. I just thought I would share with you. I think I've made that up.

Yeah, I think you have. Laura's sort of a default name that we use for people. Sorry, I don't know who it is. Oh, that's a shame. It is a shame, but she'll know. She'll let me know. Let me know. Sorry, why are you talking...

You do not touch my razor. That's let me know. Let me know. Sorry, why are you talking... You do not touch my razor. That's absolutely vile. It's disgusting. I don't know if it's disgusting. I have to put it out on my face. You use your electric one? Yes, and a natural razor. Yeah, I haven't used a razor for ages.

I do need to use one. Look at my beard i can't see there's no light on behind you so i can't see it oh fine anyway i'm really sorry about your scarf i'm pleased you spat your drink out and as for mcdonald's window and who'd spat in her burger i didn't really know she said she hoped someone didn't spit in her burger I didn't really understand that no she said she hoped someone didn't spit in her burger because they could hear the pod material oh right

could you please keep with the messages oh to be fair it was 2 minute 30 why have I got a message here from Maria about a pillbox

from you two that was brilliant why Maria having a pillbox Maria sent you a picture of her pillbox from you two. That was brilliant. Why? Maria. Having a pillbox. Maria sent you a picture of her pillbox filled with tablets, yes? Yes. She's obviously proud of herself for doing so.

Oh, well, but who sent... So she sent me a... It's a photo of, like, a box, which you'd have, you know, if you were slightly... Like Dad had here. Yeah, a little bit older, perhaps. The older person wants to be organised with their pills that they've got to take every day

because they're on a lot of medication. So it's a box with, like, 1 to 31 on it. She just sent me a photo of that. Nothing else, no explanation. Photo of a box of pills. But it was because you kept going on at her about vitamin D. Well, how can you put two and two together? I don't know there's vitamins in there.

You use that for medication, not vitamins. Well, she's using it for vitamins. Well, she didn't explain it. She just sent a photo. So I sort of looked at this photo and thought, what? So I said,

aren't you a bit early in life to have one of those? And she just said, apparently not. Two words. So a photo of a pillbox and apparently not. Bit later on,

about an hour later, I'm so confused, said me. And then she said, about. Well, quite obviously, Maria, I'm talking about the pillbox photo you sent me.

What and why, sorry, what and why, what and why have you, I can't even read my own writing, this is terrible. Jesus Christ. Oh yeah, you're not perimenopausal. All read my own writing, this is terrible. Jesus Christ. Oh yeah, then it's.

You're not perimenopausal. Alright, then it said, my vitamins, you dope. And then I said, why have you got one of them, why have you got them in, I can't. What the hell. Good job I'm not having to read this. Anyway, I got to the bottom of it and then she explained she had her vitamins in it. But, is that not a bit excessive on the vitamin front? No, I really get it.

Really? Yeah, I really get it. Why? Isn't it more effort? So this is a good question. I get picked on for the shopping bag stuff. You got a box. You open the box.

First action. You got a few vitamins. Let's say there's three different vitamins you're taking i don't know it looks like there's three in that in that thing would you say in each compartment there's quite a few possibly three under the first bottle count out 31 of them oh boring lid back on back on the side next bottle open the lid pour out 31 of them again. This is good, is it? This is efficient. If you are wanting to take a lot of vitamins, just, you know, a lot of supplements, maybe not your ones, but some say take with food.

Right. So, you might want to take them to work because you don't eat when you get up and travel, for instance. Yeah, but I don't want to take 31 times three of them to work. Yeah, but it's in one little box

rather than taking four. What, you're going to carry around your month's worth of vitamins instead of just taking a few vitamins? No, but they're in there all the time. You haven't got to take them out the bottle.

You keep it with you at all times. In your bag. Oh at all times in your bag get it in your bag oh yeah i mean you can imagine wondering about that anyway i love my vitamins take my basic vitamins yeah but you haven't got a box of them in hey you haven't got 31 i don't but i take different vitamins for different things and i am thinking that's a good idea. I might do it. Honestly. I'm going to put the picture up of Joni with the salted caramel and viennetta. I have to say, there is proof, actually,

that you bought one salted caramel and two plain because Joni is holding them all. Oh, do you know what? The hair on the back of my neck stood up then. It was like watching Poirot. because Joanie is holding them all. Oh, do you know what? The hair on the back of my neck stood up then. It was like watching Poirot. And when he does the reveal at the end of... Columbo, just one more thing. Yes.

I wonder if I'll get, like, a nice drama or a detective series. I'd love to be in a whodunit. Who could I play in a whodunit? I'd be like the neighbour, wouldn't I? The nosy neighbour who sort of spotted something, who's in a couple of scenes. Well, I don't know.

Maybe. I saw her once, four o'clock, coming down the lane. But I keep my nose out. That's quite, that's a bit Alice from Vicar of Dibney. Ah, love Alice. Is that what one would call a West Country accent?

Yeah. Trying to think of something to say in a West Country accent. What's like a classic thing you say in there? I just wanted to do it, but I couldn't think of a phrase to say.

I don't really know. You don't really know. For a moment enough, it was like being on The Archers. Alice? Yeah, it's not my bag, really, is it? You keep to the other side of the camera, yeah? Yes, absolutely. I've got another unusual dessert for you, Mark.

Oh, yeah. A lot of people still spell your name, though, with a K. A lot of people do. There's nothing wrong with that. That's how you spell Mark. But you're not Mark. No. You're Mark with a C.

I know, but, you know, one would expect it to be spelled with a K. I get it. I know, I know. It's something I'm reasonably used to, funnily enough, over my 39 years of is it 39 you're 40 in october got my age right though you did well done i'm learning it it's really good hi natalie unusual desserts for mark with a k are you talking sharing or single she's specific this girl ikea do a couple of lovely frozen desserts the dome bar one and another almond type one they are family ones but you do need a big slice so could serve one of you

if you want to treat yourself sorry was that ikea yeah oh i can't be doing that what so you've got to walk around the entire where's the freezer it'll be at the that. So you've got to walk around the entire... Where's the freezer? It'll be at the end, babe. So you've got to walk through like 10 different bedrooms. Yeah, you can get tea lights. You can pick up some photo frames. You can get some hangers and then get your desserts at the end. I'd like a trip to Ikea soon. Okay.

That excites me. Oh, yeah? Yeah, just having a bit of time to go to places like that. Good job something does. B&M for the day, HomeSense, Ikea. I'm ignoring your comment, by the way. Ikea. Just going.

I'm going out for a few hours. Where are you going? I'm just going to go out to a couple of shops. What for? Because I want to. Do you need anything? Who knows? Let me get there and see.

Have you ever been into an Audi? Yes. Did you come out into an Aldi? Yes. Did you come out with like five litres of engine oil and a cabbage? No, that's what you did. It wasn't. No, I just wondered. It's just funny, isn't it? That middle aisle of random stuff.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to going back hmm good veg in there actually really high turnover of veg so it's quite fresh

yeah generally and normally they're not very big you know the actual Aldi won't be as big as say like a big Tesco

so they seem to get through it a lot quicker does that mean it's fresher though yeah I think so because when you buy when you go in a Tesco well when I go in a Tesco so they seem to get through it a lot quicker does that mean it's fresher though yeah I think so because when you buy when you go in a

Tesco well when I go in a Tesco yeah they squirrel they squirrel I'm never gonna ever be able to say

this I don't know why I'm trying to say it again they squirrel away thank you the other veg in the crates underneath

correct so I just pick them up yeah but no because the ones I go in they've like cleverly positioned the crates so you can't get under. No, you know why you can't pick them up? Why's that?

You've got a shopping bag in your hand. What, instead of my basket? Just saying. Okay. Talking of shopping bags, Tony from Bicester has got a good point here. Tony with an I, by the way. Hi Nat, Tony from Bicester. He's got a good point here. Tony with an I, by the way.

Hi, Nat. Tony from Bicester here. I've been listening to your pod on and off for a while now. On and off, Tony. It's a shame. Hope you've subscribed. Subscribed. Subscribed.

Subscribed. Subscribed. Subscribed. That was correct. It sounded funny. I know what you mean. It's funny, isn't it? Yes.

Have you ever written a word a few times? I think that's wrong. All the time. Especially in capitals. If you say words for a long time, that happens. Hmm. I get that a lot, actually. Do you?

Yeah. Do you get it with Mark? No. Because you say that a lot. When I'm in trouble when you need something when you blah blah blah blah blah

does it ever feel like the wrong word no okay I've noticed you're getting more confident as the weeks go on it's because I'm tired

being tired and being rude yeah not being rude don't correlate sorry stick that in your vocab and smoke it i'm not being rude am i i've been listening to your pod on and off for a while now love the pod and find myself forever laughing especially at the fact that you speed up people's voice notes. I send one of my friends 20 minute long ones regularly. Anyway I was in Lidl today and the guy in front of me at the checkout was taking items out of his bag to put them onto his belt. Couldn't believe my eyes. Despite hearing Mark say he does it and not really have an opinion on others doing it I found myself mortified that someone was doing this I'd like to know from Mark if he thinks he's saving time

what's the difference between putting items into a basket or a bag keep up the great work I love it thanks Tony well Tony it's not speeding anything up but it just means well it's two things it all started put on some like Hovis advert music

in there for this to back it like a sort of flashback well it depends how long it's going to go on well this is the thing I'm sort of self editing it

no it all started because I forever would go into a supermarket. I'd go to pay. Sure enough, I didn't have my reusable bag, despite the fact I've got about 30 in the boot. So I started walking in and making a point of having to walk in with a bag because I wouldn't pick up a basket.

And then I'd put stuff in the bag because it wouldn't be loads of stuff. And then I'd go and pay and I had my bag on me. Plus, I wasn't walking around with both a basket and a bag. You just put the bag in the basket. They're big bags.

They take up like half the basket. It's crazy. You just put stuff on top of it. They're soft. No, I'm talking about those freezer ones I've got. The blue ones. Oh,

that one is quite sturdy actually. Thank you. I know what you mean. Yeah, so it's not a time-saving thing but these days I'm buying more those freezer ones I've got, the blue ones. Oh, that one is quite sturdy, actually. Thank you. I know what you mean. Yeah, so it's not a time-saving thing, but these days, I'm buying more and more stuff, you know, on these little nipping in and outs of supermarkets. And yeah, actually, it is quite a time-consuming emptying the bag and then reloading it. Fair enough. Lisa said, oh my God, I bloody love your new fresh door for 25.

It's giving Bridgerton feels. I know what you mean, Lisa. I've only seen a couple of eps. That's only because I review stuff all the time and I never get to finish anything. But I do know what you mean. It's all wisteria. I thought it was lovely and fresh and we can keep that up right up till autumn if we want to. The poor girls that come and do the door all the time up right up till autumn if we want to. The poor girls

that come and do the door all the time. I want to give them a little rest. And I thought that wisteria is lovely. And then we can leave it up for a bit.

Sorry. Yeah. That is at Door Display Company by the way. My lovely friends. What are you talking about? The door.

Our front door. It's like a 1980s Christmas thing. How is that like Bridgerton? Are you joking? No. What are you talking about? Is that a joke? No, it's not a joke.

What are you talking about? The girls came on Tuesday. Shut up. And changed all the door and now we've got wisteria outside. You've been walking in and out of our home. Where are you going? Hang on a minute.

You're winding me up. No, I'm not. You're winding me up. Mark is going down now. Seriously. This is not a set up or anything. He's going down to look at the door. Why do men not acknowledge or realise something's changed? I mean, it's

bad enough when you have a haircut, isn't it? But to walk in and out of your own front door and not notice a fuck-off display being changed is a worry. I think so, anyway. But yeah, it's purple, purple wisteria, kind of that purpley blue. And it's draping the whole of the front door. He has a go at me sometimes. So does Roro. She says, why don't you give it a rest? I'll tell you why I don't. There's some holes been drilled into the actual cladding of the house,

which means there'd be holes if I didn't have something up. But that's because I wanted that to happen. It wasn't a mistake, by the way. So the framework is there. So I always have to have something up now. Here he comes. That looks really good. And you've not noticed that since Tuesday?

I swear, I swear to you. I genuinely have not noticed that Please you've got a refill You alright there? I was a bit thirsty I swear to you How funny is that? I had not noticed that

It's hilarious Well it just shows you how early I'm leaving in the morning It's dark And how late I'm getting back in the evening You left the house today at half past 11am I thought I was walking out doesn't count I'm not gonna

I'm not gonna walk out the front door and turn around and look at it am I but when I've been coming back in again turn around

Marky don't try and sing you could never sing I can't believe you're talking about shaving your bush oh god here we go

don't you start how many people have said it to you no one has said you're on the mask singer to me because no one i know watches it i would imagine all right it's a very popular program however you know I know that we're... Sometimes it's on, isn't it? We're not avid viewers of it. How would I not have known that you were there? When was it done? When would I do that?

No idea. But we'd know, wouldn't we? Be like, where's Natalie today? Well, that's what I said to the girls. Everyone knows my every move, because that's the sort of family we are so it's impossible yeah anyway i'll tell you what i do want to talk about very quickly and i only want to give it a mention but i am really really happy that scott mills is now on my radio when i drive to work in the morning it's hard leaving the house at half six every day. I know loads of people do it.

I'm not saying poor me. I'm just saying in these months when you get in the car, you think, oh, here we go again. But to listen to Scott and the music he plays cheers me right up. I reckon he'd be quite good on a podcast.

Who? Scott. I've done his podcast. Oh, he's got one, has he? Him and Ryland did one. Oh, I was suggesting he came and spoke on your one. Oh, yeah, maybe.

I'd like that. I'd like that. This has been really good. I've enjoyed it. Have you got anything else you'd like to say before we head off? Not really.

I've got about eight scenes to learn. Oh, right. Three stenders tomorrow. So, I need to really take my makeup off moisturize put my eye cream on my skincare routine by the way is getting longer that's age isn't it that is down to you and your beautiful gift at christmas the liberty advent calendar because i've got lots of little tiny things to try. Yes.

So there's serums and all different bits and pieces that I'm trying. Do you feel they're working? One of them is obscenely good. Oh, yeah. I'm going to send it over. Yeah. Yeah. It's going to replace the moisturiser you usually buy me.

Really? Yeah. It's beautiful. Oh, that's nice to hear. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's really, really good, the calendar, because you get little tidbits of products that you would never usually find.

I see. So I like that. It's good. I'm very lucky. The samples you get when you do an order from somewhere expensive. Yeah, but these are bigger than samples. Some of them are impressive. Right, okay.

Perfumes, little candles, eye creams, exfoliators, serums. It's lovely. You do look very radiant this evening. Do I? My eyelids are swollen, I'm so tired. Yeah, trust me. Like, it's a bit tough, isn't it, when you're busy? And you've been outside all day today.

I haven't. It was so cold. Yeah. It was so cold. Anyway, there we go. Thank you, everybody, for listening. I hope we did enough correspondence. Thank you for all your messages.

I think we got a lot in, didn't we? Maxi bonds, shopping bags, places. I've got a few things on my list, so I think we'll have to do another one. Not now,

but. Well, hopefully we'll do another one, yeah. At some point. If you, you know. What you got to talk about?

Those stuff. Not the coin holders again please there's nothing wrong with talking about a coin holder but we've done it now no i've got some other things i don't want to give any spoilers away it's really just generally little hint just because i've been very fortunate where i've been doing a bit of work at home i've been able to factor in doing a bit of school run business oh yeah and it's just some observation and you know part of that aspect of life you have you've been a bit like kev lately i felt a little bit like kev yeah but a few funny things during the dinners yeah a few bits and bobs have happened i just thought you know i was gonna talk to you about

them but i'll talk to you about them another time let's save it I like it I like that you've done a bit of house husbandy stuff being at home I like that role

for you I love the power walks that we do with the mums you know when we I go in with my lycra on I do lycra and a little bum bag

drop the kids say goodbye and we do a quick power walk and then we go we might Micron and a little bum bag. Drop the kids. Say goodbye. We do a quick power walk and then we might go and grab a little coffee. A little mocha. There'd be nothing wrong with you doing that and I bet you'd really enjoy that morning. So carry on taking the piss

because I reckon you'd really like that. It wouldn't have me along, would it? It'd actually be like a weird day. Rachel will have you out on her bike though. You could go for a bike ride. Well, there's a few mums that talk to me at the school. I haven't been up there. No.

No. You'll be getting lost next time you go there. Joan, you have to show which way to go. Well, it'll be nice. Wouldn't it be nice for me to do a bit more of that? A little bit more mum life. Another reason why it'll be nice to say goodbye to the square. I reckon at some point you might be back there.

Possibly. No? On that note, I'm off. Have a fantastic week, everybody. And I will... Well, you'll hear from me on Thursday. With Aunty Lindy. Cleaning questions, please.

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