Podiots - Podiots: Episode 151 – Dino Man

Episode Date: July 27, 2024

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Discover the new fragrance, mutine, now available in Canada Guys, very exciting news I was cycling home the other day Got hit by a car Whoa! Whoa! You jealous? You kept this quite

As you were literally flying through the air towards the tarmac you thought Save this for potty, it's not our top here Austin this when I get to work tomorrow You should have seen me I dabbed all the way to the fly law. Wow.

It was, it was incredible. I'm going to keep this anecdote under my best now. I'm going to tell them about it on podiers. They'll eat this up. They'll love it. A little bit of pain. It was actually fine.

Right. But I did get hit by a car going very slowly coming out of a junction without looking, and they just drove directly into the side of my bike, or the back corner of my bike. Fortunately, no legs were pinned between bike and car. They just sort of hit my bike. bike and I sort of bunny hopped and like tried to steady myself by holding on the brakes and like hopping on my right foot to stop myself from falling over and then I did I turn around and did a sort of hey what you're doing mate come on I'm cycling here uh the guy was very

apologetic and it it I tell you what shook me up a bit the adrenaline went oh so I was like that was a bit that was a you never realized how fragile you are on a bike until you until a car hit you at a very slow speed and it still sends you a bit um and i was like it's okay i'm fine because immediately in that moment do you remember when you guys were in my car and that lady used the wrong lane and crashed into the side of yeah yeah i think about like quite often when i'm on roundabouts do you yeah i got cross right i got mad and i felt bad about it because i should have stayed very calm because i knew i was in the right and the i remember clearly the passenger of that car

completely de-escalated the situation really well and was like, are you okay? You know, your car's all right, our car's all right, everything's okay. And I was like, God, she handled that really well. And in that moment where I was like, hey, come on, I'm cycling here.

I thought, this guy, if he's a reasonable person, is probably mortified that he just hits someone with his car. And so I was just like, I'm okay. The bike's okay. I didn't care about his car. I didn't look at his if his car was okay. But I'm all right, I'm all right. Everything's okay.

And then I sort of cycled very slowly the rest of the way home. And that was my fun little brush, literal brush with a car. Okay. Oh, I'm glad you made it out. Don't let the car scare you. You're better than then, Ben. Yeah. Well, just like how when you guys ate a chili and a Kit Kat on the video's YouTube account,

and then people were asking, when is Peter going to eat something? Oh, yeah. Now both me and Ben have been hit by a car. So, Mikey, it is now your turn to be run down. If you do that, I'll eat something on YouTube. Give me a week. I'll report back. Okay.

Wish me luck. I admit, I had a cycling encounter the other week where I didn't hold my composure, to be fair. And the assailant was a child, but they deserved it. Wait, so it sounds like I beat them up. What did you do to the child, Michael? Right, let me explain it. I was going up the cycle path, a child coming the other way down. He kind of locked eyes with me.

I was like, this is weird. And he just started, like, steering towards me to play, like, chicken with me. And so, like, I was going up. You just kept coming and coming towards me. And, like, at the very last minute, he dodged away. I dodged. Like, I lose my bounce on the bike. I scream in his face.

Like, what the, are you doing? Like, with the most gush or scream I've ever done, I look around. I see him cycling away, head turned back at me, smiling and giggling. He, he. And, like, in a moment of weakness, I just. just gave chase. Oh, no, my girl. Did you get him?

I didn't. I didn't. Like, it was 20 seconds of pursuit and 20 seconds of thinking about, right, what my, what really is going to happen here when I get to the child? I'm not going to prison for this. It's not worth it. And they sped over a busy road and over over onto another street. I said, that's fine.

You win tonight. What a little asshole there. Do you think you are? Who raised you? I nearly got in trouble today on the drive home. I was driving along and I saw a guy walking like a member of Oasis, like, you know, had the most twat swagger about him. And he was neck in a bottle of orange juice.

And as soon as he finished it, he screwed the lid on and really sort of like quite happily, jollily, threw it into the trees. And I stopped the traffic lights. And I got as far as winding my window down. and I was about to yell at him like what the fuck are you doing like but then I thought well all I can do I'm in a moving well not moving car

but the lights are about to turn green I can't get out also he might beat the shit out of me and so all I can do from my car is yell pick that up please and I somehow doubt he's going to pick up his orange juice bottle so but I was livid then all the way home just thinking like fucking people

you know like God God the state of this the state of this country I know it used to be a great country we used to be so much better this never happened before no no they've never been bad people

until now and we're the you know it's lucky we're so perfect isn't it all three of us yeah yeah good job I chased the child I didn't hit the child I'm perfect exactly

oh we'll all remember that so Mikey chased a child when you saw red how long did it take you to like was it as he was cycling directly towards you did you think i'm going to chase this child or was it was after when you saw the smirk it was out well i suppose i've got to i have no choice yeah it was like you know i could let it off if it was an accident but it was that confirmation of him looking and laughing at me just just my filter disappeared i was like you know what i'm

going to i'm going to do a murder tonight yeah someone does need to punch these children that's what i'm saying there's a lot of them in newcastle and we we encountered them quite regularly just like through work when we're out shooting stuff. Just these obnoxious, horrible little creatures who are just like, they just spew vulgar, sexist, horrible stuff. Yeah, we met like some... And you're just like, someone just needs to just deck this child because they're clearly not being parented at home.

Yeah, we were out shooting something on a working week when, a working day, during the day when school holidays were not on, school was open and some like actual 12 year olds they were like not even teenagers I would say were in the park making like really misogynistic remarks against a member of our staff

you can probably guess who and it was yeah we're like what the hell is going on here and you can't go and slap them in the face unfortunately bring back the cane yeah these kids like just just round them up Just put them somewhere else, you know, just somewhere else, like a farm, you know?

You know what, national service, but for six-year-olds? Yeah, just for annoying six-year-olds, yeah. It all sounds very reasonable to me anyway. I think that's, that would be a good thing. Well, has anybody got anything else to say before we blow the horn that summons Kevin, the music man? No, I think we've put the world to rights there. I think, you know, everything is now as it should be. Good.

Mikey, would you like to blow the horn? It's good. Sounds like it's in tune, as well. It's a little bit dusty. Oh, here he comes. Nope. Hello, everybody, and welcome to Pottiet. It's the official video.

Podcast. It's a conversational podcast where we take, hang on, where we take some questions from you at home and obey the law of the three us, where everybody brings a thing along to talk about. I'm Ben. I'm Peter. And I'm Michael.

I got so close, right? And then I second guessed myself halfway through. You may have been able to tell where. I was like, I'm going to say this directly into the camera. I actually did it a couple of episodes ago. And then I was like, oh, no, what is it? Is it questions or things? I don't know what we're doing here.

It's fine. I recovered well, and we haven't dwelt on it. So that's absolutely fine. How are you guys doing? Are you well? Yeah. Pretty well, thank you. Pretty bloody good.

How are you? Good. I'm all right, thank you. Listeners and viewers will obviously notice that this is episode 151 and not episode 150. Well, those of you have been with us for a while will remember that we did a similar thing with episode 100, where we wanted to do episode 100 together in the same room. And so in order to do that, we needed to continue producing episodes while the date approach that we could actually record in the same room.

And that is what we've done here, although you won't be waiting as long because two weeks from this episode releasing Mikey Johnson will be in Newcastle and the three of us will be recording episode 150 together. Brilliant. I'm coming home, Newcastle. You excited to come home?

I'm very excited, yeah. I'm excited to see what's changed, what's new, see your little faces again, see the dog, see Paco. He's wearing napes now, bless him, he's getting laid. Yeah, he started doing piddles on beds and whatnot, so he's got a really lovely cheetah-print nappy at the minute, so he's still stylish in his incontinence. Oh, bless him.

Yeah, that's really good. Did have a good old taste of Newcastle brown ale the second I stepped off the plane. I'm home. Hell yeah, man. Greg, did you hear about the Greg's ATM, Mikey? Oh, I did. I did. Was that, did you partake? No, Ashton from Triple Jump saw it.

I don't think she got in the queue. You saw a big queue on Northumberland Street. Context, for those listening who don't know about this, the Greggs on the high street in Newcastle, the home of Greggs, and was it like Monzo Bank or something? Did a deal together where they erected a fake, essentially, or a temporary ATM that dispensed sausage rolls instead of cash next to a Greg's.

People queue up for hours. Yeah, and they were free. That was the thing. There were free tossage rolls. But if they weren't free, they'd cost you, what, like 90p? Yeah. But it was worth it, worth queuing up for hours for your free sausage roll. Yeah, just to get a 90p sausage roll, yeah.

But Ashton saw a big queue, and she didn't know what it was for. And then by the time she was coming back the other way, like some hours later, she said the queue was massive, whereas to begin with, it wasn't that big. The word was out. Yeah. So cash machines usually don't have humans inside of them doing. the work but I feel like they all do there's a little there's a little man and a little cash goblin yeah yeah yeah he's feverishly counting 20s as he tries to dispense them so yeah I think there's a little

a little sausage goblin in there who maybe helps himself to one or two as he's dispensed them do you think um at the feld hoy the potty presents feld hoyer's meat facery they might have a little ATM on the side of that building with dispenses billy bear ham it's a round one way to find out it should be yeah road trip I'll have to go you're going to be going to be going not to that neck of the woods, but closer than we are soon, Mikey. Would you be able to just nip, just pop by? Yeah, I'm sure, I could make a Deter.

A couple of hundred miles away. I can make it work. I mean, if there's a promise of a meat dispensing machine there, then I'm there. You don't need to tell me twice. Famed vegan Michael Johnson. He loves some of your finest billy bear ham. It's free meat, it's fine.

Do Philthoyers do vegan ham? Oh, that's a great question. I'm not getting any immediate results no no I don't think they do they are old-fashioned true conservative meat dispensers boycott boycott the bear ham yeah it wouldn't be a meat facery if it was vegan would it it would be you know replacement meat faces but all sorts for you to check out when you're here Mikey And that, of course, means that if you would like to immortalize yourself or a loved one in episode 150, you can do so by now submitting a wonderful and very kind donation to poddietz.com.

If you go there and donate three pounds or more, your name and potentially message, depending on your level of giveability, which is a word, will be featured in episode 150. and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you to everyone who donates you. It means the world to us. So thank you so much. We should also say before we get into this week's Pod Squad that episode 150 will not be releasing the same day it's recorded. It will be released the week after.

And at which point we will make an announcement regarding the next episode of Podiotz, that sounds ominous, I promise it's not. It's just that we've got some holidays coming up, so we're trying to decide when we can fit in the next episode. There may be a little delayable. we'll let you know. We'll let you know next time. Because it's being recorded on the day that it would ordinarily be due out, i.e. two weeks after this episode.

So, yeah, it may come out just later that week or simply the following Saturday. Whatever we can do. Precisely. Wonderful. Well, Michael Johnson, can you please kick us off with this week's pod squad? I'd be delighted to. We begin with Donak, 07, The stupendously generous, one vowel from Shira.

Thank you. Thank you, thank you. And they say an overdue donation. Sorry, keys, keys. Don't be sorry. Thank you for that. Thank you for that. Stephen Scores, Frogly.

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but I don't think it is. What's Gashicht? Face. Oh, it's just face. Ah. Fleisch Gesight. Meet face in German. There you go.

Thank you. Caroline, the vicar called, oh no. Freddy adores de Acklewhite and a lush gunt. We also have Canyero with many O's at the end

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It's actually Guybon It is actually known racist Mel Guybon But You know We all know what that really means. Caroline, are you coming home too? Foothiates is changing. Caroline, are you coming home?

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Fuck, smoke, watch podiots. Apparently that's what, um, what they think astronauts do. You remember last time? Yeah. From AI. Yeah? Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, okay, good. Spaggy Thatcher. Like a spaggy bowl? I guess so, yeah. Spaggy Thatcher. Trying to decipher. It's short for Spargrit.

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Your flipping daughter. Yeah. The most deep cut fact there is actually true. It is. Well, thank you very much. Who smelled my peepie? And thank you very much to everybody who supported us at pottyets.com, where they paid three pounds on more to get a shout out at the beginning and the end of the podcast. A reminder that episode 150 is next. So if you want to be included, get your donations in now if you're in a position to do so. Thank you so much. Do you guys have a favourite of those? I like Canyonero We've all kind of charmed in with the extra sound effects

on the end of that one That was a group of us Good Spaggy Thatcher sort of got me Somehow It's just very silly I like a lush gunt A lush gunt

Yeah I do appreciate a lush gunt That's lovely Wonderful Well there's one more thing That I actually forgot to mention A minute ago And that is that if you are

Listening to this podcast as soon as it comes out tonight at 7pm on Twitch Twitch.com slash video it's official I will be streaming alongside my friend Ben will be streaming until late raising money for Rainbow I think it's the Rainbow Dog Rescue

which is a no-kill dog shelter in the UK and we'll be playing all sorts of games so come along if you can the Vod should be up at some point lovely. That's what I've got to say who is Thingboy

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I would love to. This comes from hashtag send Desi at Desi Love on Twitter. And it's bird news. This is from Black. Blockclubchicago.org is the website. Right. This bird has been stuck inside a vacant Bucktown restaurant for days. Oh God, it keeps happening.

Are there any birds left outside or are they all indoors now? Let me send you an image of the bird indoors. You sort of have to squint, but it is that it's got a red circle around it, which obviously helps you see where it is. It looks like it's waiting for someone. Oh, he's able to keep flying around indoors. He's quite a small bird, so really, this empty shop's like a jungle for him, right? Yeah.

There'll be a DreamWorks movie about this at some point, I'd have thought. The subtitle says, Neighbors have been trying to rescue the house sparrow trapped in the former Yoke Test Kitchen since last week. The restaurant closed in June. So it must have found its way in somehow. A bird has been stuck inside the former Yoke Test Kitchen space in Bucktown since at least late last week, leaving some neighbours. concerned about its welfare, but unsure how to get it out.

Neighbours Stephanie Weidner first spotted the bird last Thursday or Friday, it says, inside the now vacant yolk restaurant at Address. She believes it is a house sparrow, she said. Weidner has since been in touch with building management. Yoke owner, Taki Castanis, and even Old dot Scott, what is it, Alderman, what is that? Yeah, maybe that's Alderman. Scott, good last names, office, but the bird remains stuck inside a block club. Alderman is like a local, it's a bit like a counsellor, isn't it, an alderman?

Not entirely sure, because they have councillors too, so I don't really... Anyway, a block club reporter saw the bird flying around erratically between the restaurant's kitchen area and the rafters Thursday afternoon. An employee for 606 Blue, the mixed-use building home to the Yoke test kitchen space, as well as an Aldi grocery store, said Thursday Yoke still is in possession of the ground floor retail space, so building management cannot legally enter the unit. Reached by email, Kastanis said the restaurant chain had notified the building to deal with the bird. In the previous email to Videna on Monday, Kastanis also said he would notify the landlord of the situation. Hopefully they can get it out, he wrote.

It continues about lots of people sort of passing the buck about how to get this bird out. I don't know if anyone's now got the bird out. Well, it normally happens while we're recording potty it. That's true. Where is it trapped? It's trapped in the Yoke Test Kitchen, YOLK, and it's a house sparrow. Right. Bird trapped enclosed Bucktown restaurant freed by volunteers.

Yay! So no one official actually. helped it out. No. A house sparrow that's been stuck inside the former yoke test kitchen has been after an unsuccessful rescue attempt on Friday, volunteers used a trap to free the bird on Monday and here is a close-up of it in our cage. Okay. There you go. Oh. So yes, he is now free, which is great news. Except we do know that every time one bird is freed from a building, two more are trapped in its place. So next week there'll be a, you know, a pelican in a church or something, I suspect.

Classic. It's never ending. No, it's not. Can't believe after all that. He was freed from his capture and then immediately put into an even smaller cage. Leave you in the test kitchen. I think they then took him to a park and let him loose. But who knows?

Maybe not. It's hard to say. God. I feel like, is it just that we're looking at. out for these news stories now or is this a growing phenomenon? Is this like, is this a warning sign from Mother Nature that things are going wrong? Yeah, I mean, obviously, we're definitely looking out for them and clearly the podiates are looking out for them. I think every time we ask for things, people go into Google and search on the news tab bird trapped for the latest story. But I suspect, like maybe

there was a particularly big story about, you know, one of the earlier ones, Seagull in as the Bedminster, and perhaps if that did, you know, gained quite a lot of traction, I think now maybe all the local news outlets are realizing, hey, that's some light easy, if that ever happens again, we'll do a story on it. So it's probably always been happening, but only now some of the journalists thinking that's an easy bit of clickbait. People like these bird stories. The podiots will probably cover it for us. Yeah. Bring it to the masses. I just worry if we're on the journalists start purposefully putting birds and buildings. It's against the court of ethics for journalism but they'll do anything for clicks well uh thank you for that ben is

that that's all the detail we need is it that's it they i mean the rest of the article is just well i emailed this person and they said that they'd talk to this person that you know legally we can't do anything but i hope the bird gets out that's sort of it and now we know it's free so brilliant news maybe it's mabelane is such an iconic piece of music hit the check everyone in the studio that I worked on this jingle with all had like childhood stories or memories. Yeah, we're around either watching these commercials on TV or sitting with our moms while they were doing their makeup and it became really personal for us. Maybe it's Maple Lane. Um, Mikey, would you like to go next with your own thing?

I would be delighted to. I come with you with a travel destination should you ever want to stay in a nice hotel with a twist. Let me find this and also get some pictures up for you when relevant because it needs to be seen to be believed. It's almost 11 a.m. At the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. And a crowd has gathered in the elegant,

Oak paneled lobby, suddenly. Greg's sausage roll dispenser. Yeah, they're all queuing up. It's better than that, it's better than that. It's two sausage roll dispensers in one lobby. Oh, my God. The sound of a marching band echoes in. Boom, boom, boom, boom across the hotel speakers.

And all eyes turn towards the main elevator of the building. When it's gleaming brass doors open, out steps a man in a splendid red and gold uniform, And behind him, he's followed by five waddling ducks. Birds in buildings again. Oh, my God. I didn't even think of that angle. Oh, God.

I can't get away from it. But these are, actually, no, these are, I guess, captive ducks, but well-treat ducks at least. The dapper man flourishes his duck-headed cane and the foul fall in line, strutting supermodel-like, towards the lobby's central fountain where they hop in for a swim. this isn't a new story in the making this isn't a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this is just every day at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis where every day they have a duck parade

Brilliant, brilliant, wow The feathered celebrities are the Peabody Marching Ducks, VIP guests of the luxury hotel since 2019 Oh wait, sorry, sorry, there's a full stop there, VIP guests of the luxury hotel, full stop. Since 2019, actor and his historian Keenan Walker has been the duck's caretaker holding one of the world's most unique

jobs the Peabody Duckmaster yes yeah hell yeah um there's a few excerpts here from an interview he did about his job and i think it's delightful i'll send through pictures when it's opportune i want to i don't want to leave too much i don't want to spoil too much yet but it's glorious um he says dus duck master wasn't on the list of things i thought i'd grow up to be i'm an actor and a historian and I was working at the Peabody as a concierge when their previous Duckmaster was about to retire I think for context the previous

duck master had had the job for 50 years so this is a this is a long standing position it's a full-time wage to be the Duckmaster Apparently so yeah yeah well we'll get into how he came to be but he didn't expect it but when someone

hands you the Duck Kane you can't resist you take that thing you hold a the mantle of a superhero. Exactly. You have to take up the cane. The previous duckmaster told Keenan that you've got what it takes to be a duckmaster. And when asked if he'd like to give it a try and take on the mantle, Keenan originally said no.

But the old duckmaster persisted, not once, not twice, not three times, but seven times he kept pressing and saying, hey, you're perfect for the job. Get in there and do it. And so one day he thought, screw it, why not? Why should I resist my destiny? He went to bed. He prayed and he woke up the next morning with a complete sense of peace about the situation and his newfound job. As a performer, a public speaker, historian, he kind of was the full package.

All he needed to do was to learn to handle the ducks. And let me find a nice picture of the duckmaster and his ducks. Because this is... I want to see his uniform. it's very good oh wow that's far more uh sort of theatrical and showbiz than i expected i thought it would be a bit more um i don't know i thought he'd look like an old sort of bellboy or something you know he does look like butlin slash bellboy in one yeah yeah it's yeah like so it's not just you know the ducks coming out the elevator there's a red carpet laid out for them and

everything a little velvet staircase that leads them up to the pond where they can hang out um oh look at his cane yeah i didn't actually i didn't look at the yeah look at the duck head on it oh is the thing of brilliant it's yeah what a man uh um and then yeah so he got into the job he started doing it start enjoying it and one day he was up in the duck palace i'll get i'll get back to that later he said it hit him it's like man your life led into you becoming a duck master at the Peabody. You owe it to yourself to go all in. Lose yourself to this. Don't worry if you look silly talking to the ducks. You are the duck master. He's taking it very seriously. One of those ducks, by the way, is an absolute player because it's one male and four

females. Yeah, that's the tradition. So they have four female ducks there and one boy duck. I don't know what the reason for that is, but let's get the mix in there. Right. So he mentioned the Duck Palace would you like to see the Duck Palace Yes yes I really would So I feel like I've missed out No no no no no sorry I've moved this article about From what I last read so there's this structure to this

But here's the Duck Palace Wow That's cool So this room is a purpose built penthouse suite At the top of the hotel That cost $200,000 to build How on earth did it cost that much? Because Peter, you see that pond, that's all marble, baby.

Wow. Well, they don't know that. The products don't know it's marble. It could be hideous. I'm sure they appreciate it, though. But if they ever get, yeah. Is that $200,000 worth of, or dollars worth of marble? I mean, I guess maybe the cage along the water, like the, you know, the security grid is expensive

and the mural cost, you know, a bit to get commissioned, I suppose. All we're saying that they're definitely not fudging the number. This is totally legit. This isn't a tax right off in any way. This is this is a whole of board. What does it say on top of the fake little hotel building in there? I think that must say the Peabody, yeah, because that's a little minute. It's a miniature replica of the hotel that they live in,

and then they also have a smaller version of that hotel in their room that they can go hang out in, if they're so pleased. Is there a $200,000 duck penthouse in that as well? A little tiny duck. Just smaller and smaller and smaller. We're all, this whole planet is just, it's just, in a duck's penthouse it's their world we're living here so this is a tradition dating back to the 1930s so this is this isn't a new new thing this isn't something done for clicks although

now they do kind of milk it for tick to talk but why not what's not to love about it um so in the olden days the the hotel the manager and his friend returned from a hunting trip and after a little bit too much whiskey they decided to let their live duck decoys just swim about in the fountain in the foyer the hotel and seeing the enthusiasm of the ducks it changed something in the man and he thought you know what every day from now on the ducks are going to come to get to hang out in the pond at the reception oh and so every morning uh the duck master goes in cleans out the ducks make sure they're doing all good gives them a little pep talk make sure they're ready for today's show because there's big crowds and lots of adoring fans who want to see the ducks

you want to make sure they're good to go 11 a m the doors to the lift open the ducks waddle out and they're free to just have an explore and a wander around the hotel until half four so this isn't like a little excursion this is like right come out your room enjoy the pool and at the end of the day they get picked up and taken back home which is very sweet

so yeah the royal duck palace 200,000 dollar structure made of marble and glass and features its very own fountain with a bronze duck spitting water out of it as a little feature. Yeah, I thought I could see that in a culture, yeah. It's no expense spared. And, yeah, a replica of the hotel where the ducks can rest with a soft grassy front yard,

which is just artificial grass, which definitely didn't cost 200 grand. No. Yeah, every day's little ducks come out, its first edition, it's going on strong. I can't believe, like, it's the kind of thing, like, when the duck master retired, surely there was discussions in the hotel, like, is it time? to hang up the, hang up the curtain on this, but no, they've kept it going, they kept going there's a new blood in town. I think he's doing a great job. Well, I guess it probably attracts certain guests who like come specifically for the duck parade. Yeah, I check the

website and there's like a duck package you can get, which I don't think even includes a room at the hotel. It's just, it's just like you get some merch, you get like front row seats. Maybe you get to help like sometimes a duck master brings in a duck, duck acquaintance to help them along and all these things. It's nice. It's good. And one thing the one thing I found out is I'll just read it. They're rotated every three months so they don't become too accustomed to a lavish lifestyle. I don't know what even by rotate ducks. Rotated as in they get served in the restaurant and then they bring in some more. Yeah. Oh, a hell of a three months they've got. But no, no, they're definitely not served as a meal. Apparently when they retire, they retire to a Tennessee

farm. Oh, right. I'm sure it's lovely. That's where my dog went when I was six. Oh, God. And it ends here on. So I've ended this right up on a little bit of a sad note, I guess. It's all lovely. It's all nice.

But he says, the biggest part of my job is not to become too attached to the ducks. Don't fall in love with the duck. It's dangerous. I don't want to mix a romance and work. It's not going to work. We don't name the duck. We don't treat them as pets, but as the wild animals they are. I'd like to point at the 200,000 pound penthouse suite.

Yeah, just like in nature. Just like they had, with little duck statues to come for their pools. Yeah, it's cute. I recommend going to see little videos of it. I like that this is a job. I like that someone needs to be able to take up the mantle, and I want more of this. More ducks stuck in buildings, but, you know,

trep well, not against their own free will. I've seen videos of like goose kind of parades where it's like a marching band and there's there's geese in the middle it's like two two one man bands or two one men bands at the front and back and then in between them they have like five geese and the whole lot of them just march down the street but uh never seen it with ducks in a hotel I just love I just yeah like I thought it was all quite sweet until I read about their own hotel rooms like all right cool this is this is good this is good oh and I found a photo of them in the lift

sorry I'm just spamming you with duck pictures now oh yeah please oh it's it's gorgeous and there's your ducks in a lift go on Michael share it oh oh yeah that's such a bad photo that's like it's been taken by someone who did not expect to find ducks in the lift

oh god yeah that's if you ever find yourself in Memphis, head over to the Peabody's, see some ducks for yourself. Mm-hmm. I like that. I've been to hotels

where they've had like birds and averys and stuff in the reception but I like free roaming ducks. Let's do it. That's brilliant. It's a bit sort of,

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well it's my turn thank you Mikey and my thing this week this episode is of course the listener submitted questions that are requested on Instagram so that happens

every two episodes we're asking for questions so keep an eye out and that's vidiates dot official on Instagram and you can also follow us on TikTok as well so I've got some

quickfire questions for you we'll do as many as we can in a reasonable amount of time boys what is asks Mashby 1001 what is your favourite Top Trump set oh

I've Top Trump's is not appealing to me as an adult at all it's been so long but I enjoyed it as a kid in school I can't remember

who had it but we had a supercars set and we used to play that a lot at lunchtime so i think by default the supercars top trump right set for me i had a dinosaur set and uh that's good the thing i liked the most about it well there were two things i like the most about it one was that the pictures uh on each card were just sort of a random assortment of um media um so sometimes it'd be a photo of like a statue from a museum and then it would be an illustration and then it'd be like a CG thing from walking with dinosaurs

so all the pictures were like in completely different styles which was pretty weird and there was also one card that was a speculative thing that was like what would have happened if the dinosaurs had survived

and turned into a human-like creature and there's this like upright weird reptilian man and was just one of the dinosaur top trump cards. So all of the others were educational, fact-based. And then there was just this, like, you know, intelligence, 10 out of 10.

Whoa. I'll try and find a picture of it because it's really creepy. I posted it on Twitter like two years ago, and people were like, oh, my God, memory unlocked. Yeah. Yeah, like that was, like, I think that dinosaur set was going to be my answer because of that. Like, I can so vividly see him, like the lack of nose where it's just holes in the head. Yeah. Yeah, weird.

Horrible thing to put in front of the children. He's like an alien. Hang on, let me send this to you. So weird looking. Who decided, oh yeah, in our semi-educational deck of carts, Jesus. We're also going to put stenonikosaurus. This image shows how the stenonikosaurus may have evolved into a dino man.

Has the dinosaurs not become extinct? Wow, really weird. That's so strange. Did you also have to just sort of make up which stats won, by which I mean is the bigger, the number, the better or the lower than it? Because all top trumps come with like a couple of cards that probably explain the rules, but you always just get rid of those. You never look at those. You just play. So it's like, is the dinosaur that's the tallest the winner in that given stat or actually is a smaller dinosaur?

Like there's no clear cut. yeah like with cars for example surely it should be the in theory the lightest car should be the best because it's going to go faster but you know the smallest number isn't it as exciting as the biggest how much does it cost we always went by biggest like if it's a if it's a million dollar car it's going to beat a 200,000 dollar car but actually surely it should be the other way around you know I've got the cheaper car so I win yeah I don't know my favorite thing about the dino man card is like they've got all the stats for like age intelligence his killer rating length any we do we just could we we could never possibly guess we don't know how long he is

how long is a man he's 1.8 meters tall we don't know how big of a tum-tum he had he's 0.3 meters wide yeah very very very short boy no what's the opposite of long not long not short well short but not in that sense yeah no yeah condensed boy yeah i think my i was always partial to our we had i think we had sets of like horrible histories top trumps in the classroom when i was a kid oh yeah it's quite good but yeah i think i was fat yeah top trumps was always a bit it's crap it's crap it's not a good game as you say it's just what number wins we'll never know it's it don't let the kids make up their own rules damn it um so that wasn't very quick fire but it was interesting to talk about uh it's the olympic soon

says David Tovey 94, what would each of you win a gold medal in? I think we can invent non-sports, you know? Oh, yeah. What could we represent Team G.B. in and be great at? Spending more money on takeaway than I could possibly eat in one sitting. I think that would be, I'd be a gold medalist in that, yeah. So it's not about the amount you eat, it's just the amount you spend and then you look at the... It's the ambitiousness, really.

Yeah, it's sort of like this is a meal for several people, perhaps, over two nights. And because I've had three drinks, I think, yeah, I want all of that. And then I take a mouthful of each, and then I'm full. That's my gold medal winning performance. Hmm. I, I, this is a talent of mine that I've never tried. I've never put to the test. But I've always known I feel like I'm quite good at this.

And that's standing on one leg. I reckon. I reckon, if I put my mind to it, I could be a world record holder for standing on one leg. The right leg, that's my stronger one, that's my good leg. Like a flamingo, I reckon like a perche up. It's my good leg. It's my good leg. What record for standing on one leg?

I can hold my breath for longer than the average person, I think. I'm smarter than the average bear. Because I used to, when my sister used to have her swimming lessons, I would also just be taken along and I would just swim around in the deep end of the pool. And I used to really like swimming underwater. So basically every Friday, there would be a one-hour session where I would mostly be holding my breath for an hour and occasionally coming up for air.

So, yeah, I kind of developed a large lung capacity, I think, in that time. Cool. Well, if you had to shag a Pokemon, which one would it be? Oh, God. What is the sexist Pokemon? Dr. Vern 6. Now, I only really know the original 151, so I'm limited to about four humanoid Pokemon's, Pokemon.

Yeah. They're made some pretty fuckable ones now, Peter. I know, that's the thing. I'm aware that there are a few sort of memes, aren't there, about like, oh, yeah, the sexy one. But, you know, without knowing what the modern fuckable ones are, my choices are basically Mr. Mime or possibly Jinks. Probably Jinks.

It feels like the responsible choice is to go for the humanoid ones, but also it seems worse. It does. I guess so. It seems pretty non-consenty. It does. Yeah. Yeah.

I guess we're talking in a consensual world. Because they're at least able to communicate. It's like, okay, say pika if you consent. Oh, God. No. And if it says two, then we're not going to go there because we always wait for consent. There's only one. one correct answer

and it's onyx um so that's what i'm going to go with yeah you could definitely bottom with onyx i think that would be only once though yeah yeah that's right and never and then you'd die i reckon i'd go for what's the what's the one that's like a floating rock

that lets out fart golem oh that lets out farts coughing let's out wheezing yeah you're saying these words these could be the names of Pokemon's they could just be words yeah Team Rockets Pokemon

yeah you're sorry yeah was it one of Team Rockets yeah yeah I think so yeah yeah yeah I don't why

I like the idea of being like hold it like hold it under my arm and oh God I feel like the more you talk about the reasons

for it you're about to describe what you were going to do to it weren't you Michael we didn't necessarily need a diagram but yeah

all right that was preimposed do like carry around be friends be nice yeah just friends that's not I don't want to fuck

Pokemon. No, we've got to do the cuddling. You have to, Mike. That's the game. It's fun. All right, so I chose a gassy rock. That's my dream one. Yeah.

Good. Got a bang them all, I guess. You can force one... Actually, no, well, yeah, I've started reading it now, so it'll be a bit mean if I stopped. Cubs and Colts, the only reason I hesitate is because I think we've answered something similar before. But you can force one celebrity to show up at the totally

real vidcon who do you pick um but you know i think the the choices are clear aren't they really um between us we could get get all the all the hits i wouldn't mind the person i feel like a lot of our background music was by the same artist i'd really like to invite him along bring a piano out and get him to crack out some tunes that'd be a happy lovely that would be very cool that would be good um i mean i feel like we wouldn't have to waste a slot on d b b because we could probably just pay him to come. Yeah, he would. He would come for some juggling balls.

Yeah, so maybe Neil, Neil Bucannon? Neil, yeah. Partly because I'd just like to meet him, you know? Yeah, he's so elusive. Blobby, I'll say blobby. Blobby, okay, good. How about Fingers, ranked worse to best, says Max Hudson, 04. It's a good question.

That's a really good question. Pinky finger is fairly useless, I would say Yeah, I'd actually go What's the one that's next to the little finger? Ring finger? Yeah, I mean, I think the ring finger's pretty useless Apart from having a ring on it Wow, I was going to say out of my favourite one

Really? I think it's the most aesthetically pleasing for some reason At least on my hand, maybe that's because I've got bendy fingers on every other one That's the one that's nice and straight So I've always cherished it I don't like how your ring finger and pinky finger are kind of like linked to each other like you can't you know you can't sort of yeah you can't

move your little finger without moving your ring yeah that's it's something like that's i don't want to upset you but i'm doing i'm moving my pinky finger independently on camera you're a witch oh it's gross oh i mean if i move mine it definitely makes my ring finger move a bit yeah oh wait oh yeah yeah no i lied wait it's just one hand i can do it on sorry i'm doing all my this is Last minute, I've just got to test out your fingers. I've got the opposite of webbed fingers. Are you evolving, my kid? My God.

Well, I've got webbed toes, so it stands to reason I get something else on their hands. The next step in human evolution. Yeah, between them, I would only want one of the two, I think. And then, I mean, index finger is so useful for all sorts of things. I know that the middle finger, middle finger is like the alpha finger in terms of its stature. But, yeah. The pointy finger's good too Yeah

And but you know If we didn't have thumbs We wouldn't really be able to operate On on, you know Any kind of level The best one So no Maybe I regret getting rid of the ring finger

But I've committed to it now And we'll figure out We'll make it work Yeah Yeah Okay I can do this Sorry I'm going to stop playing with my hands now This is very rare to become very aware of your own hands

It's quite nice to just actually Look at them and make them dance these Sorry. Hello. Fingers. A couple of questions more. Sean Z. Wright, or Sean's Wright, says, favorite recently released films or recently watched films.

So I think we've talked about, you know, our favorite films historically, but have you watched anything recently that you've really enjoyed? I saw Godzilla minus one on Netflix last week, and, you know, because I'd heard about all the hype. And I think it was maybe, I think it was in expecting a lot based on how well

it was received and I think I was a bit surprised at like that it wasn't quite as mind-blowing as I thought it would be but I still thought it was really good especially for the kind of the budget that it was I think challenges as like is the film I've seen this year that most surprised me and kept me entertained

like I'm not like sports films always that thing where I don't I don't want to watch a sports film but the second you start watching a good one. It's like, hell. Yeah, it's a bloody good. Bangin soundtrack from Trent Resnor. It's a tour de force of sweaty men doing tennis. It's great.

Nice. I haven't watched anything recently, really. I'm going to go see Deadpool and Wolverine. What's your hopes for that? Tomorrow at the time of release. Is it going to be good? Is it going to be bad? I don't know.

What's the public opinion on Deadpool now? I think it would be fun. Yeah. It could be fun. Fun to be fun. but apart from that watch beekeeper starring everyone's favour

shaved-headed man Jason Statham Godzilla minus one is the most recent film I've seen but actually I think the best film I've seen this year is Furiosa The Mad Max sequel prequel I really enjoyed it I went in the trailer compared to the film

was rubbish it was an okay trailer I thought okay I'll watch this but compared to the actual quality of the film it's like you have really done yourselves there that is awful yeah i wanted to watch it but the trailer really put me off i'm just not going to bother that's a shame oh i missed out on big screen yeah it looks like a kind of a nothing you know nothing new sort of sequel or prequel i keep keep saying sequel but it's a prequel but uh yeah like it's an actually like very compelling

story about like revenge and you know people biding their time to finally get retribution many, many years later, that kind of thing. Hell, yeah. How about, oh, and thank you also to Adam S. 1701, who asked what was the best or worst movie you've seen this year. So hopefully that sort of answers half your question there. We'll have one more from Sauden Art, or so, yeah, Sauden Art, I think, who says, do you have any guilty displeasures,

i.e. things you don't like or enjoy that you feel you should. what's something that you don't enjoy but you think you should do cooking cooking man cooking yeah i just can't be asked yeah i hadn't thought of that but people who say you know they write it on like their their dating bios and stuff like oh enjoy traveling cooking uh walks i'm like who enjoys cooking i hate it i like if i had no job i'd probably enjoy cooking there like if i had no job i'd probably enjoy cooking then there's no joy like there's no joy for me to be had in a kitchen for three hours and all the ingredients to never use it's just too much faff so just yeah hook up sloppy porridge

straight into me that's all the nutrition I need I ain't cooking what did you have for tea Mikey sloppy porridge sloppy porridge that's the last thing I it was huell which is just sloppy porridge oh it is we still we still do cook and I think my significant other enjoys it a lot more than I do. So we have our nice interesting food, but I just don't enjoy the process of producing it. No. Whenever I cook, I make five days worth of food out of that one session, so I don't have to worry about it for as long as I can. Yeah, why not? Oh, God. Do you enjoy cooking out of interest, Ben? I like cooking. I find it satisfying. There's not a lot that I can cook. There's a few, I have a few, like, set meals that I make, but I find it, I find it fulfilling.

Yeah. And I do normally bulk cook for several meals, so I find it satisfying as well to see all the meals laid out if I've, you know, made a few things. Yeah. But, yeah, so it's not my favorite thing, but it's also far from, far from my least favorite. I don't mind. I don't mind cooking. I'm probably going to choose, there's got to be something more significant than this, but I think, Dungeons and Dragons is a big one. Oh, yeah.

I've really tried to give it a try, but I find it a bit cringe and a bit embarrassing to be involved in. This is no judgment on people who do like D&D, but I just, I cannot, I cannot enjoy it. Yeah. The joy I get out of Dungeons and Dragons is from drinking alcohol with people that I like. And there are so many other settings that I would rather do that in.

than pretending to be a wizard. Yeah. Me and you had this conversation recently, didn't we? We did, yeah, that's the way it came to mind. I don't think it was on video or on camera. Maybe it was after dark. After dark, the Patreon podcast we do at Triple Jump. Yeah, I agree with you.

We had a great time doing it recently with our team and stuff. And especially, you know, we had a great dungeon master in our writer, cat, who not only is good in general at just sort of telling the story and coming up with stories in the first place, but then creates like super fun props and things that she brings along and, you know, really gets arty and crafty about it. So there's nothing left wanting there. But yeah, just generally, I agree with you. It's kind of a, it's a lot, isn't it, at times? It is. It is. But that's no judgment on anyone else. I really, as per the stipulation of the question,

I would really like to like it, but I just, I don't enjoy it, which is sad, sad. Well, there we go. That wasn't, that was, there was more to that than I expected, but we, yeah, sometimes you get talking on these quote-unquote quick-fire questions and get carried away. Lovely, thanks. Well, it's time for another thing, so it's your turn now, Ben, with your own thing.

It is. Yes, I have a thing. thing here that I have gathered from a couple of different sources and this is the story of Lieutenant Marcus McDilder McDildo

McDildo McDilda comma unsung hero of World War II Oh well I take it all back he's not he's no dildo You god damn right so

Lieutenant Marcus E. McDilder was a P-51 Mustang pilot pilot pilot Fighter Pilot assigned to the 46th Fighter Squadron of the 21st Fighter Group. And this is the story of how he actually contributed significantly, potentially. Obviously, it's up for debate, to ending World War II. And also proof that confession under torture means absolutely fuck all. Right.

So here we go. On August 8, 1945, just two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Lieutenant Marcus MacDilda, an American P-51 fighter pilot, was shot down over Osaka and subsequently captured by the Japanese, full stop. Following his capture, McDilder endured mistreatment, including being blindfolded and beaten by civilians in Osaka. He was then handed over to the Kempaitai, I think, the Japanese military police who subjected him to interrogation and torture. The captors sought information about the atomic bombs, wanting to ascertain the number of bombs, possession of the Allies and their intended targets. Initially, MacDilda maintained that he had no knowledge of the atomic bombs or the Manhattan

Project, which was true. However, under torture and faced with the threat of death, he eventually provided a false confession, providing a fictitious description of the science behind the atomic bomb. Remembering his high school chemistry, he launched into the following explanation of the US Army Air Force's new weapons. So he was being tortured, but like, tell us how it works. And he was like, fine, okay, here's how it works. So here we go.

Here is a complete bollocks description of how an atomic bomb works. Can you spell dilder for me and I'll find a picture of him. I have actually got a photo. Oh, okay. I will send you. He's got a cheeky little smile on. Here we are. That's your boy.

Look at it. It's very cheeky chappy. That's a man who's about to make up how the atomic bomb works. It looks like he's actually posing with a bit. It looks like a prison photo almost. But he's grinning. there. It looks like he's holding up a board maybe with his name on. I don't know. Anyway, so here's his description. As you know, when atoms are split, there are a lot of pluses

and minuses released. Well, we've taken these and put them in a huge container and separated them from each other with a lead shield. When the box is dropped out of a plane, we melt the lead shield and the pluses and minuses come together. When that happens, it causes a tremendous bolt of lightning and all the atmosphere over a city is pushed back. Then, when the atmosphere rolls back, it brings about a tremendous thunder clap which knocks down everything beneath it. There you go. It's all about the pluses and minuses. I mean, Sam, that makes sense to me. That's how an atomic bomb works.

Well, that's interesting because I'd have, that's surprising, I guess, because my, my assumption was that, like, up to that point, various countries, developed countries may have already understood the principle but just weren't able to make it work and it took like top scientists in America to sort it out. So you would think that like I don't know saying pluses and minuses and it creates a thunder clap

and you know that kind of thing that they would say no no no we know that that's bollocks we just want to know how you have managed to create the nuclear reaction like on a technical level but you know he's not even talking about nuclear explosions there which is interesting No, he's not. And when researching this, something that's apparently often left out in movies is that Germany successfully created the atomic bomb before the US did. And the USSR and Japan had failed. They were trying, but had failed to make one that worked, which I thought was interesting, if true, of course. However, reportedly the interrogators were delighted about this potential scientific breakthrough. But they wanted to know one more thing. The next time.

target. McDilder told them that the United States possessed 100 atomic bombs that would be deployed on Tokyo and Kyoto, the only Japanese cities he knew the name. And he said this would happen within a matter of days. In reality, the United States would not have had a third bomb ready for use until around the 19th of August and a fourth in September. McDilder's false confession may have contributed to Japan deciding to surrender rather than prolonging the war. A few hours after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the full Japanese cabinet met and debated surrender. War Minister General Kora Chika Anami told the cabinet, sorry, that a captured US pilot had admitted under torture that the US possesses a stockpile of 100 atomic bombs

and that Tokyo and Kyoto would be destroyed in the next few days. As a result of his false confession, McDilder was considered a VIP by the Japanese authorities and transported to Tokyo for further questioning. There, a civilian scientist quickly realized that McDilder had no understanding of nuclear fission or the Manhattan Project. McDilder was eventually taken to a prison cell, but fortunately he was rescued from the Omari POW camp 19 days later by the 4th Marine Regiment. The decision to move McDilder to Tokyo likely saved him from the fate suffered by 50 U.S. soldiers imprisoned in Osaka who were executed by the Japanese. Wow. God. Lieutenant McDilders' impromptu actions saved his life

and likely influenced senior leader decisions that ultimately saved the lives of many more. The United States, sorry, in Osaka, Japan, the United States and across Asia. He passed away in August the 16th, this is weirdly worded. He passed away on August the 16th, 1998 at the age of 76. So he sort of saved his own skin by spilling a yarn. about how the atomic bomb works but really the headline is that seemingly

by saying that the US had a stockpile of over 100 and then they'd just dropped a second one that made it of the chain of command to the extent that they thought oh my God they've just dropped to they've got a hundred more and they're going to go after Tokyo and Kyoto we should just surrender now and it must be true because we made him say it under torture

and he wouldn't have he wouldn't have volunteered that information otherwise God. Exactly. So I was really hoping that the on the spot thing he thought of how to make a nuclear bomb turned out to actually be an alternative way of making a nuclear bomb. He just made it over time. My God, it works.

Oh my God. You need chewing gum and Coca-Cola. And it works every time. And it works every time. It's all about the pluses and minuses. And when we drop it out of the plane, it mounts the lead shield. The pluses and minuses. There's a thunder clap.

It's amazing. So, yeah, there's the story of Lieutenant McDilder, which was a tale I had not heard and it's certain there's a lot of evidence for this having taken place, but obviously what's up for debate is how quite how influential his lies were

but certainly it seems that he may well have played a part in the Japanese government's surrender in World War II. Wow. What a hero. Hero dilder. Yeah. There we are. That's my thing. Wonderful. Well, Michael Johnson, it's your turn again

with your listener Wait, hang on, what? What's going on here? I did the, did I do the wrong thing? Oh no. Because I've not done my listener submitted thing and neither of you. But they shouldn't be back to back.

How's that happened? Oh no. Oh no, we've done it back to back. It's a disaster. It's happened again. Oh, God, it's so much to keep track of. There's things and then there's other things. I think it's the fact of it all called things.

We've done it right for so many episodes. I should have done my listeners. submitted thing when I did the questions, which incidentally are also listeners submitted so it's all kind of the same thing. But yeah, anyway, Mikey, we've got two listeners submitted things back to back now and we're going with yours first.

Oy, oi, let's go. This one was sent in by Michael Buzek at Mikey Buzek on Twitter. We've had this name before and I rattled my brain's track. I remember how to pronounce it. I'm just going to Buzek. Busee. Buse.

Anyway, Michael sends in this story from News24.com. This is a story from Abram Meshigo. Good last name, Meshigo. And the headline reads, Cops investigated after claiming criminals turned into cats and escaped from cells. Oh boy. Wow. Okay.

Good right. Police are investigating a strange case involving two subjects who allegedly shape-shifted and became cats in order to escape. from the Meritan police station holding cells on Tuesday morning. Great. Amazing. The suspects, brothers Umari and Ali Mustafa were among 11 suspects who were arrested for possession of hijacked goods. Umari has since been re-arrested while his brother remains on the run.

In the summary of events given to Gorteng Provincial Commissioner Tommy Mothombini, police say the two men allegedly disappeared while being promoted. processed in the holding cells, the statement reads, the cell commander, no, I'm not going to do American accent, the cell commander, warrant officer Pathaki and constable Maloko were also seen, were also in cells, sorry, let me try again, that was a lot of letters in one goal. The cell commander, warrant officer path, pat, pat, uh, pack, pathy and constable. You could just say their titles if I could. Yeah. Yeah, warrant officer and constable were also in cells, locked, themselves in while the suspects were charged. What? What were they doing there? Let me just make sure.

The cell commander warrant, officer and constable, were also in cells, locked themselves in. I think it's badly worded. Yes, but I think while the suspects were being charged, they also managed to lock themselves in the cells, maybe. Yeah, sounds like it. Maybe. When it was a turn to, when it was a turn to, when it was. When it was a turn to charge this other two suspects, known as Mustafa Ali and Amari Mustafa, their names were called, but they couldn't be found. Among those suspects, there is a suspect known as Eric Tambulu, who informed the police that he saw when these two suspects made a strange like owl bird noise and then turned into cats and they escaped while the gate was still locked.

he was also prepared to even give a statement of god the officer who wrote the statement said on his arrival he personally together with the warrant officer went to the cells to take a head count the process entails physically counting the ill mates one by one to ensure that the numbers are all there the officer wrote voluntarily the suspects explained what he saw when those suspects turned into cats and escaped a docket of a docket of escape in lawful custody was opened district duty officer and acting station commander lieutenant colonel mckenny was informed uh a senior a senior police officer on condition of anonymity said it was very suspicious that the suspects waited to arrive at the station a police stationed holding cells before they could turn into cats

that's the most suspicious part about all of this why did they wait if they could turn into cats why not do that earlier weird something doesn't add up here um there's a quote from the officer That's if they even became cats. Because I suspect someone was paid for their unlawful release. Maybe. Who knows? Ipid has to start by ensuring that those on that shift are suspended and investigated for aiding criminals to escape. Or maybe they are just able to shape shift into cats.

Who knows? We'll never know. That article read like it was written by a cat, to be honest. That was very strangely worded. a lot of it. For reference, there's a nice stock picture of a cat behind a jail cell at the top there. A picture of what might have happened.

Yeah. So I mean, I'm a big fan of these officers not only thinking this, but then turning to a journalist and saying, yeah, maybe they could have been cats. Well, we can't say for sure. Yeah. Well, hopefully, I like to think they're turning to cats. And if they have, well, then God help us all.

They cannot be stopped. They can slide or anything. They can eat our dreamies. they can smoke eat our catnip they're free beings good I'll keep your eyes peeled

next time you lock up some humans make sure you don't turn into pussy cats yeah I'm always looking out for that well fantastic thank you Mikey

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and tourism editor and Andrew says the giant inflatable of a squatting man that is raising eyebrows in a North Wales town the figure has been dividing opinion in the town I'm going to immediately send you the image that's at the top of the article it's a good one

oh wow he's red yeah he needs to put a bit of 50 on I think a giant pink inflatable has been raising eyebrows in a North Wales town, depicting a laughing man squatting on all fours perched over a ball, the 43

foot tall figure, that's 13 metres, has been dividing opinion in Ruthin, Denbyshire, Denbyshire, I guess. Labelled ugly and

hideous, it's been startling drivers passing Ruthin's school. I feel like I'm probably saying Ruth in wrong and people get very cross but never mind. A private institution that is one of the UK's oldest apparently in the school. Some residents

complain the inflatable with its sickly pink colour is scaring children and blighting the area. We live halfway up the hill in Chlandbadir said one woman and we can see his bum from there. Variously described

as Trump's baby or a man in pain like he's passing a kidney stone, the installation is a central component of the inaugural Ruthin International Arts Festival, R-I-A-F-24, which runs until July the 28th. The event, blending contemporary art with community life, aims to creatively enliven the historic North Wales town of Ruthen as a dynamic living arts scene.

The inflatable was created for the festival by a leading Chinese artist, Yu Wei Minjun, best known for creating depictions of himself with a frozen grin on his face. One piece, Execution, became the most expensive work ever by a Chinese contemporary artist when selling for £2.9 million in 2007. Was it inflatable as well? If you want to search for... I'll do it, in fact, because we've got U.A. Munjin, which is difficult to spell. Execution.

it was a painting oh my god it's a bit grim is it horrifying yeah I'm trying to find a large enough image of it but here's a small one and if you want to there you go

that's what execution looks like oh yeah but you can search for that and find a bigger one if you want for the thread 2.7 million nearly 3 million pounds that went for in 2007, so just for inflation, and it's a lot more than that. He's done all right.

He traveled to Ruthen to promote RIAF 2024, which is directed and curated by Chinese poets and artists. This summer, Yueh Minjin also collaborated with Ruthin School to launch an international visual arts competition for young creators. That's basically the end of the article, but here's another photo taken from a bit further away of the big scary man um i really i really want to see the rear end please it's not the rear end sadly but we might be able to find that if we search for it but uh yeah

there you go um oh christ he's big yeah he's really big i quite like it it looks like like a 3d movie maker that old bit of software like the characters that was in that Weird polygonal, yeah, yeah, it does. I don't hear it, but also I guess I don't have to look at it every day. No, it's true. Yeah, oh, actually, further down in the article, there are a few responses from locals. You call that art, fumed one woman. Oh, please, he looks constipated.

If this is how he feels about himself, maybe keep it to himself. Monstrosity. Other residents complain. He's not smiling, is he? No. Grimicest. Definitely looks like a grimace. Yeah, yeah.

Other residents complained it was a bit childish looking or it was giving them nightmares, never mind the kids. A former teacher observed, I thought it might be a bouncy castle that you climb into through the back passage. Yeah, but that is, that's it. That's the end of the article. So if you are listening to this podcast in audio form,

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I hope he just has a big garden where he puts it out. Yeah. Let it run free. Yeah. Great. Well, thank you, Peter. Thank you. You're very welcome.

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