The James Donald Forbes McCann Catamaran Plan - non-visual questions

Episode Date: September 12, 2024

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Starting point is 00:00:50 This situation has changed very quickly. Helping make sense of the world when it matters most. Stay in the know. CBC News. Hey! Welcome to this episode of the James Donald Forbes of Camp Catamaran Plan. And this is a very special audio-only podcast. This one's not going up on the YouTube. This is just for you and me, with the magic of intense, beautiful audio editing for my beautiful audio listeners.
Starting point is 00:01:26 And the reason for the audio-only podcast is because I'm working on something for the YouTube. The YouTube's going very well. Something is functioning in the algorithm for the first time. We're up to almost 12,000 subscribers. If you get to 100,000 subscribers, I believe they give you a little plaque. And so I'm working on some videos that I think will work well to grow the YouTube and thus the podcast and thus the money and thus the ownership of a boat. So to get myself to do the work of the editing on those videos, I'm doing an audio only one here so I don't have to edit something else visually. We can just pour the efforts into those visuals. But today on the podcast, today on the audio podcast, we will be responding to questions. I put up a thing on the Instagram for people to ask questions and I will now answer the questions.
Starting point is 00:02:12 Here we go. Andy asks, when will the crowd pleasure special be coming out? Andy, I don't know. Whenever Sam, my sweet visual element worker, component, compadre, friend, can finish it, and he can't really finish it until I send him all the footage, and I've got one last piece of footage left to send him. So I'll send that today, and then crowd pleasure is on the way. Serenity asks, what's the best worst thing about Philly? Best thing about Philly is the people of Philadelphia. Boy, there's a Philadelphia attitude. I mean, when I came to America, I thought, wow, that's a whole country full of Americans. Wild. And when I went to Philly, it was the same thing. But my goodness,
Starting point is 00:02:55 everyone here is Philadelphian. And they have that glorious Philadelphia edge. And I love it. And the worst thing about Philadelphia is all the pain and hardship clearly being suffered by the people of Philadelphia. A lot of injuries, a lot of billboards asking you to sue people, a lot of homeless, a lot of crumbling. There's a lot of crumbling going on in Philadelphia. But I tell you, there's nothing wrong with Philadelphia that can't be fixed by what's right with Philadelphia. I love Philadelphia. I believe in it. Someone asks, gay son or lesbian daughter?
Starting point is 00:03:31 Definitely lesbian daughter. I won't be going into detail. I'm going lesbian daughter. Another person asks, can a white man travel to C, C is in capitals, without looking like a sex tourist? I hope so. I hope not to be a sex tourist. I mean, there's no riff for so long it doesn't have a couple of pins in it, but I think. I'm sorry.
Starting point is 00:03:52 I'm so amped up. I've got to calm down. I'm not going to be a sex tourist. Excuse me. Would you rather watch a tree grow or a knee grow? I'd rather watch a knee grow or a knee grow i'd rather watch a knee grow oh no i'm sorry i didn't i didn't get that i didn't get that while it was happening i was just i was really just thinking about knees and children and my sweet children as their knees you know
Starting point is 00:04:20 all the other parts of their body get bigger that's terrible that's i want everyone to know that that was an accident but i can edit it out and all the other parts of their body get bigger. That's terrible. I want everyone to know that that was an accident. And I can edit it out. But you got me. And it's only fair that I include that in the podcast. That must be a sort of thing that they say all the time in America. I didn't go to school here, so I don't know the tricks. We don't do that sort of nonsense back in my country.
Starting point is 00:04:47 Excuse me. Next question. In early July, you got me. In early July, you mentioned a book about being less judgmental on James Earl Forbes' McCain-Catamaran plan. What was the title? It was, oh, I wonder if I can find it. It was one of the documents of the Second Vatican Council, and it wasn't about being less judgmental.
Starting point is 00:05:07 It was about being judgmental, being reserved for God, and that we've got to cleave to love while also not judging and how difficult and painful that is. They don't go into a huge amount of detail, but it resonated with a lot of other things that I'd read in the catechism. Yeah, in the Bible and people I've met. Does the Lord mind, is the next question, does the Lord mind in, I think that's meant to be if, in I have a couple of strong cocktails while I read my Bible?
Starting point is 00:05:38 I think he does. But I'll tell you what I think he doesn't mind. I think he doesn't mind you reading the bible while you have a couple of strong cocktails i think to have the cocktails for the reading of the bible that's a problem but to have the cocktails and be reading the bible it's always a good time to read the bible even at your cocktail time it's an old joke someone once told me which is monks go to the priest, stop dinging me. Excuse me. I'm in a mood. Oh, I'm in a mood. Do you know what's going to make the mood better is
Starting point is 00:06:17 I'm going to go bowling shortly. I'm going to take a break in doing this podcast and I'm going to go bowling. I've started recording this podcast too late. Took too long to do the editing for the left and right echoey pan at the start. I was trying to get all the pops out. I don't think I managed to do that. I'm going to tell you this and then I'm going to go bowling. It's the old, there's like a monk and he goes to the head monk and he says, Father, is it all right if I smoke while I do my rosary? Or your brother. And the priest says, Absolutely not. You can't smoke while you do your rosary. And then the brother comes out,
Starting point is 00:06:56 and he sees another priest smoking and doing the rosary. He says, Hey, we're not allowed to do that. I just asked if I was allowed to smoke while I did the rosary. And the guy's like, ah, no, but I asked if I was allowed to do the rosary while I smoked. Do you see? Do you see? Do you see? Do you see?
Starting point is 00:07:19 We're back from the bowling. A beautiful time was had. Next question. Are you planning on becoming a voice actor? No. I would love to be a voice actor. Seems like the easiest money in the world. Even though AI threatens to take that away from us all.
Starting point is 00:07:34 But no one has ever asked. And if anyone ever did ask. Well, actually, sometimes I've volunteered it. Sometimes I've laid out a little, what do we call that, pro bono voice work. But no one has ever offered to pay me for it. Sometimes I've laid out a little, what would we call that, pro bono voice work, but no one has ever offered to pay me for it. Can you take me under your wing is the next question, and no, sorry, I can't. Why Australian is the next question? That's where I'm from, and here's the next question. Did you like Spokane? Oh, yes. I loved Spokane. Spokane.
Starting point is 00:08:07 Spokane. Excuse me. Spokane. I loved Spokane. I look forward to going back to Spokane. Downtown Spokane. Man, one side of that river is so beautiful. One side of that river is so scary.
Starting point is 00:08:18 I love Spokane. Can't wait to go back. Let's power through. Would you bring your top donators on a scenic trip once you obtain the catamaran no which is not to say you're barred from ever coming on it for giving money to the catamaran but i would never ever ever ever sell time on the catamaran that's my boat my choice my rules my body do you hate the english no but I'm confused by the English, is the next question. Oh, you know, I got in a big conversation with some Americans at a bar this week
Starting point is 00:08:50 when I was pretty loose, pretty drunk. I was drunk. And, yeah, I was talking about the differences between American and British comedy and just that American comedy seems like it always has to be, it's not abstract, it's very seldom abstract, and it really has to be based in reality somewhere, even alt comedy is just being based in a stranger part of reality, but you, you know, I went back and I watched Ken Dodd, the great English comedian Ken Dodd, I think that's how I say it, and it's, it, my goodness, he's tickling people. He's treating, here's what I think it is.
Starting point is 00:09:27 The British, alty, strange, weird comedians, not only is that much closer to the mainstream in England, but basically what they're doing is treating the audience like a small child. And Americans refuse to be, you know, they say you don't understand irony, but actually they just don't like being treated like a child because they've got to run the world's empire. And I don't think that sort of comedy uh that infantilized beautiful comedy that i enjoy very much i don't think that would have passed master back when the english ran things any plans on coming to colorado in the future i can't wait to come to denver
Starting point is 00:10:00 it's my top city i'm trying to book a show in Denver. ASAP. Is it true that Haitians, Haitians, Haitians are eating our dogs and cats? Well, that was, of course, in the debate. Did you watch the debate? Dear sweet listener, I watched the debate. I couldn't make, I couldn't make sense of who won and who lost because i you know now everyone's telling you that their guy won and their guy their gal won and whatever but i did find it funny i that was one of the better moments when trump said they're eating the dogs and then they go that is not true haitians are not eating the dogs where did you see that he goes it was on the television and boy i mean the election now might come down
Starting point is 00:10:47 to whether or not the Republicans can find a Haitian eating dogs in Springfield, Ohio. Gee, it'd be a bad time to be a Haitian who likes eating dogs in Springfield, Ohio, because all as eyes have never before been on you. Eyes will be on you now. Oh, mercy, mercy me. Applebee's or Chili's? Someone wants to know. I've never been to Chili's. Welcome to Chili's. I'd love to go to Chili's, but I really have enjoyed my time at Applebee's, beautiful family restaurant, very cheap, big drinks. Can't wait to have Applebee's, a beautiful family restaurant, very cheap big drinks. Can't wait to have Applebee's. Oh, if I hadn't just eaten a taco, I'd look to getting Applebee's. But it's time to eat Chili's.
Starting point is 00:11:33 Everyone tells me Chili's is great. Can't wait to go to Chili's. What books would you recommend to someone that is trying to read more? It's a great question. I could use that question myself. But, you know, the easy books, I'd say the easy modernist books, because they impress people and they're short. So I would say, straight off the bat, Notes from Underground. To say that's a modernist book is perhaps a stretch, but it's short and it lays much of the work for the modernism to come.
Starting point is 00:12:09 I would say, I mean, I've read To the Lighthouse once and I've never made it through Mrs. Dalloway, but I really enjoyed my time with To the Lighthouse. And it's not especially long. Ballad of the Sad Cafe, it's more gothic, but I'd say that one, that's a breezy read. I mean, if you want to read more, read something breezy, just crack on through it. But if you want to read more, I assume there's a pretension there to some sort of literary excellence and the feeling of being a reader rather than just reading. Oh, but I'll tell you, a long one that doesn't get you a lot of respect but that is great is Gone With the Wind. Sorry if that's controversial, especially after some of my regrettable comments earlier in this podcast. But, boy, it's a good read. Quick, fast, easy, fancy books.
Starting point is 00:12:51 The Stranger, Albert Camus. Sometimes you feel like you need to shoot an Arab on the beach. Stranger, Albert Camus. I would struggle to say much else that I found gripping. Certainly, recently, everything feels like a slog at the moment. Oh, let's get to the next question. How was Atlanta? The asses were huge.
Starting point is 00:13:18 Where do you get your flannels? Goodwill. What's your opinion on the catamaran from Waterworld? Haven't seen Waterworld. Would love to. Would absolutely love to. Was the cranker worth saving? Oh, that's a deep cut.
Starting point is 00:13:32 That's a deep cut from back home. Back home in Adelaide, South Australia, one of the most beloved pubs by grungy types and tattooed binge drinkers of all ages is the Crown and Anchor, where they've had a great open mic running for over 10 years, I think. And was it worth saving? I mean, they've got to remodel those toilets, that's for sure. Gee, the restrooms there, not a very restful scent. Some of the worst toilets in Adelaide is it worth saving yeah i think so i mean largely because uh i mean i stopped going to the cranker i would go there
Starting point is 00:14:14 for shows but i would never say oh it's time to go to the cranker just because it's it's there's a strong progressive type vibe the crown and anchor and it's it's not the exeter where there's also a progressive type vibe but that's more of a sweater talk about camus and do a little joke about shooting an arab on the beach that's what happens in camus the stranger i wasn't just singing that song for absolutely no reason i'm an exeter boy i'm an exeter guy a dark ale at the exeter a half graph man if they wanted to shut down the Exeter, I'd spring into action. And the crowd on Anchor, it's good to save it. I mean, it keeps a lot of people I don't like from going to the Exeter. And for that alone, I think it's a beautiful,
Starting point is 00:14:56 beautiful establishment. And I loved performing there. And I did enjoy my time there when I was younger. Who wins in a fight? Sam Hyde, Gillis and you versus 11 white, yes, white guys for Harris, I mean, I think, I mean, 11 is too many, five, three on five would be fine, three on, I mean, do we have to win or do they have to run away, I wouldn't be much help in that fight, I think Sam Hyde and Shane Gillis would be doing a lot of the heavy lifting, literally heavy lifting. Nah, they'd be skinny little white guys for Harris, wouldn't they? How big's your hog? One person asks. It's fine. It's not a problem. Sometimes I tried it. It's difficult to buy trousers that fit in that area. People ask if I'm coming to the motherland.
Starting point is 00:15:45 I am trying. I shouldn't have said those things about England before, but I would love, I would love to come to England. This person's asking me if I'm coming to the United Kingdom, and I would come to the United Kingdom and Dublin. I wouldn't miss Dublin. I wouldn't miss Dublin.
Starting point is 00:16:01 Well, I would miss Dublin if it wasn't there. Dublin's worth saving. I'd go to Dublin, and I'd go to the United Kingdom. And I'm trying to see if I can line up a good podcast there. And I think the first thing I would do would be to make a recce, have a recce, a reconnaissance. I'd just go over for a week or two and do as many of the big podcasts as I could to try and build up some of the audience, try and get next to their audiences, and with clout, take them into my audience, and then I would consider doing a run of shows after that,
Starting point is 00:16:32 but that would be definitely the first stop, would be a podcast tour, try and build up an audience, and if you would, if you, the person who asked that question, if I'd come back to, will you be coming back to the Motherland soon, Jim? United Kingdom flag emoji. I missed that out, but there was a United, that's how I knew that what they meant by Motherland. Yes, if you can get more listeners, I'll come. Next, what's your next best idea for visual component that's never been done before? You better believe it's just a video of me bowling. How's the heat treating you? I hate it. Doing anything special for today? I'm recording this on 9-11. No, I'm in bowling. I do bowl. Do you have plans for doing a show in Indianapolis? Not yet. Please make more fans in Indianapolis. How do you keep yourself centered
Starting point is 00:17:17 in the right-wing bubble of Austin comedy? I mean, it's not especially right wing, maybe that would pass for right wing now, but I find that most comedians here are in favor of abortion and homo sex, and is that right wing now, maybe it is, I mean, what we're dealing with here is Gen X 90s leftism, in my opinion, that would be, if there was a bubble, i'd say that was where it was but um i i don't really see a bubble here i mean it's such a liberal town in a very conservative state it's a conservative scene in a liberal town in a conservative state in a liberal country in a conservative world so you know within, you just try and be who you are. Have I thought of a name for my catamaran?
Starting point is 00:18:09 No. Do I have a favorite Lana Del Rey song? I absolutely do. It's probably Summertime Sadness. Sorry, that's not a deeper cut. There are many other Lana Del Rey songs that I really like. I really like that one that goes... Hello, hello. Can you hear me? songs that I really like. I really like that one that goes, I love Lana Del Rey.
Starting point is 00:18:45 I love Lana Del Rey. She seems really groovy. I'm a fan. I'm looking through her songs now. She's got so many, so many great songs. Lana Del Rey. Video games. That's an older one, but that's a good one. Man.
Starting point is 00:19:06 Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful? But Summertime Sadness is apparently the critical reception to Summersime. Summersime? Summersime? Summersime? Summertime Sadness when it first came out. Well, the critics didn't like it. They thought it was silly and over the top. And really, that's all good things probably seem silly and over-topped when they first come out. Who's my favorite saint right now?
Starting point is 00:19:29 Right now? Right this second? Oh, it feels like a bit of Saint Jude. No, I'm just being silly. My confirmation saint is Saint John the Evangelist because I was very moved by his gospel. Oh, and someone else asks, favorite saint? That came in a wave. They're back to back.
Starting point is 00:19:48 Can I have a ride in your boat? We've addressed that earlier. Probably not, but maybe if we become close personal friends. Where will the crumb? Ah, finally a question about my sweet football team, the Adelaide Crows. Where will we finish next year
Starting point is 00:19:59 with or without Nix's coach? I don't know. I don't know. I thought we would obviously play finals this year. Depends a huge amount in who we pick up in the offseason. If we can get ourselves an explosive midfielder and something to add a little depth to our back. And if Tex can get his back right. And if, my goodness, if Isaac Rankin can stop having his hamstrings pop in the last 30 seconds of games,
Starting point is 00:20:27 who knows what we'll be able to achieve. Someone asks, will I be okay? No, but that's all right. How do I balance comedy and faith? You don't balance it. You walk with them together. Your writing in The Spectator was excellent. Any upcoming articles? Thank you. No, I'm hard at work on Wimbledog. All my literary efforts are
Starting point is 00:20:50 going towards Wimbledog at the moment. I've written 14 pages of Wimbledog. I'm trying to write 10 pages of Wimbledog a day. I'm 16 pages behind at the moment, but we're going to get there. the moment, but we're going to get there. When you're doing a States, you're besides Chicago. I assume that's about my other shows, but I've got some coming up. They're on jdfmccann.com right now. I'm going to be doing a show in Houston, and I'm going to be doing a show in Tulsa. I think the Tulsa one's in a church basement. And boy, there'll be some poems at that one. Any UK plans? Man, I'm excited about all these questions about the United Kingdom.
Starting point is 00:21:32 Yes, yes, I'll be coming to the United Kingdom. I need to line up a couple of podcasts that I can go on when I'm over there. If I can get some big... It looks like I'm lining up the big podcasts. And if I can do that, I think that's the secret to getting an audience. It's going on podcasts and being charming. I'm trying to do that at the moment, I'm trying to charm, man, so many people asking for my favorite saint, thank you, please do another pod with Nick Mullen, I'd love to, I'd love to do a podcast with Nick and Adam. I'll try and get back to New York.
Starting point is 00:22:05 Man, that's really my strategy at the moment, I think, for growing the podcast while I become, you know, this attempt to become a big American superstar in the comedy scene is just relentless going on other people's podcasts and then eventually having a special come out. These are the two strings to the bow. I don't know that you want two strings to the bow, but I can't think of another way to do it. And so that's what I'm doing. And we'll see how we go. Where was I on 9-11? I was in my family home. Who smells better, Matt or Shane?
Starting point is 00:22:37 They are both distinctly non-odorous men. I don't ever remember having smelt either of them. And I am very smelly. So I definitely smell worse. But I would say, Matt and Shane, I'm not to say that these are Patrick Suskind-like literary characters who don't have a smell. It's just that I think their hygiene is so excellent. I wouldn't be able to tell you. Can I name my firstborn after you? Sure.
Starting point is 00:23:05 Sure. Sure. It's been a good name for me. UK on the horizon? Yes! Feeling this, UK. Yes! I love the UK. I love the British people.
Starting point is 00:23:17 You're not an empire in decline. You're an empire on the rise. I can't wait to come over there. How big will the crew be on the boat? It'll be big enough so that I won't actually have to do anything. How many owls would it take for you to see in one day before you feel like something's wrong? Two, man. Even one would be a line ball.
Starting point is 00:23:38 When are you putting out a special? As soon as I can. I'm trying to work towards the hour. I've got 20 minutes. I'm working on the second 20. We do five minutes of connective tissue and five minutes of poems and we cut out five minutes of slack and that's a special. Why are you becoming my favorite source of journey to boat ownership content is the next question. I suspect that's because there's very, very little competition.
Starting point is 00:23:59 Sailing or motorized catamarans? Sailing. But with motorized possibilitiesamarans sailing but with motorized possibilities favorite bill callahan song again we're going to go shallow and say too many birds in one tree the sky is full i love bill callahan he lives in austin apparently i would so love to meet him i don't need to have him on the podcast obviously that would be great i just want to be his friend. He's given me so much to be excited about the world in which we live. I love Bill Callaghan. Can I pick smog songs as well? Sick of my gut to grow down, to grow up. I know that's also a Bill Callaghan one, but I got smog ones in the back pocket as well, ready to come out. I drove up a tree. That's also a Bill Callaghan one. Oh, there's so many. I'm afraid.
Starting point is 00:24:42 That's also a Bill Callaghan one. Oh, there's so many. My friend. That's also a Bill Callaghan one. But, you know, let's not forget. I mean, the first one I got into was a smog song, which was, Oh, do I feel like the mother of the world? Man, I'd like to do an album of Bill Callaghan songs.
Starting point is 00:25:03 Oh, do I feel? That's a great one. Dress sexy at my funeral. My dear wife. That's a good one as well. And maybe my favorite ever Bill Callaghan line. I'm such a Bill Callaghan fan, I bought his book, Letters to Emma Bolcott. Can you say the same? My favorite line is, I think it's, he goes,
Starting point is 00:25:24 My favorite line is, I think it's, he goes, How can I stand and laugh with the man who redefined your body? Which I assume is about being at a party with the guy who took your lover's virginity. And, oh, man, I think about that all the time. I don't think that's ever actually happened to me. But I think I may have been that guy a couple of times. But I love that line. How can I stand and laugh with the man who redefined your body? I love you, Bill Callaghan.
Starting point is 00:25:59 I love you. This is all off the top of the dome. Freestyling. Bill Callaghan lyrics. My friend. Love him. A man needs a woman or a man to be a man. Could you recommend a novella?
Starting point is 00:26:18 It's been a while since I read The Stranger, but I already did that one, so we'll say The Stranger. Would you ever be in an Auntie Donna sketch, somebody asks, and the answer is yes, if they ever invited me. I don't know the Auntie Donna people very well, I must say. I met them backstage once or twice, and they were all extremely polite. I think they're very funny men, and yeah, I would love to do it i don't see them inviting me to do it because we don't know each other and that would be a really important first step would be uh them knowing me to invite me but i love the underdona content and i suspect i'd love the underdona boys if we knew each other um on september 11 2001 4 000 jews were sent a mysterious message
Starting point is 00:27:05 telling them to stay home. And you know, I think it's that sort of thing that might prevent the Aunty Donna boys from reaching out. Boxers or briefs? Boxer briefs, no question. Love them. What was your favorite comedy show as a teenager?
Starting point is 00:27:17 Frasier. Love Frasier. Great idea for the American people, James Donovan, Catamaran Plan. Election. I have been thinking about running as a senator in my home state of South Australia. I think we could do some great things for the people of South Australia.
Starting point is 00:27:32 We could build a high-speed rail that connects up with Sydney and Melbourne. We could build an underground subway. I have ideas that have nothing to do with trains, but those ones do involve trains. Love the JDF MCP. Thank you, is this next one. What are the odds you will end up doing stand-up in Michigan in the near future?
Starting point is 00:27:53 High. Do you like Warhammer 40K? I didn't enjoy playing it because I could never afford enough pieces, but the lore seems interesting. God Emperor type stuff. Can I read your Marlon Brando 9-11? I have in my hands right now on the day of 9-11. You may.
Starting point is 00:28:11 I allow that. Favorite movie? Too tricky. Too tricky a question. But, oh, it's a good question too. You know what I like is 90s comedies that run for 90 minutes that don't have an inch of fat on them. Wayne's World, Men in Black, Space Jams, a bit shorter.
Starting point is 00:28:36 These really perfectly constructed comedies that are quite short. Happy Gilmore. Adam Sandler made so many of them. Just not one piece of fat as a technical achievement if i was to i mean if i was to choose to see something i mean i watch interstellar over and over and over again every time i'm on a flight and interstellar is one of the films you're allowed to watch on the flight i gravitate if you will towards interstellar but favorite movie i mean there are ones that really moved me that i i never feel like i have the strength to watch again uh stalker persona
Starting point is 00:29:12 you know that sort of thing uh favorite favorite it's too big it too difficult. It's the one I'm working on. It's Wimbledog. Wimbledog, Wimbledog, Wimbledog, Wimbledog. Favorite poet? It's probably Walt Whitman. And or author? Definitely not Walt Whitman. I don't know, man. I don't read that many books. No, it's not true. I read a lot of books. Well, I have read a lot of books. Well, I read a lot of books for a person my age in my social situation who wasn't much of a book reader. I don't know, man. What's a lot of books? Favorite? I mean, who do I enjoy reading? I tell you who I'm not. I find myself, like C.S. Lewis is objectively great, but whenever I'm reading C.S. Lewis, I don't really like being in his company.
Starting point is 00:30:09 And I know that will scandalize the C.S. Louisans out there, but I never find myself really wanting to spend time. That's just me personally. I never really want to spend time with C.S. Lewis. G.K. Chesterton is, on the flip side of that, just a real joy to hang out with. I mean, what a good time. But I definitely wouldn't say he was my favourite author either. David Foster Wallace, but I never want to read David Foster Wallace.
Starting point is 00:30:33 But, you know, it was very impactful. I don't, man, I don't know. I wouldn't be able to. It would be something that I'd read recently. I feel like if it was not in the English language, I wouldn't really be able to tell if they were great, like, I don't know what a Dostoevsky sentence looks like, I don't know what a Tolstoy sentence looks like, I've just read them in translation and enjoyed them very much, but, you know, in terms of what the words in a resonant Russian sense mean, that will potentially forever
Starting point is 00:31:02 be obscured to me, but what a joy that would be. Man, I genuinely don't know. I'm trying to think of the last thing that I read that I just went, yes, finally, and that has happened a number of times, but nothing comes to me right. I could go over to the bookshelf. Why don't you go over to the bookshelf and have a little squeeze, Jimmy, because I don't want to, because I'm afraid that there'll be nothing there. Because my books are mostly in Adelaide. Oh, I mean, Barry Humphreys. I really, when I read, I think it was More Please.
Starting point is 00:31:37 It might not have been More Please. It might have been More Please. The fact that I don't know is a problem with answering it. How did you move to the US as an Australian? I got a visa. Would you try your own flesh if a five-star chef cooked it? I mean, I wouldn't sign up for that deal, but if there had been an accident and they had the flesh
Starting point is 00:31:57 and they said, this is good to go, maybe. Maybe. Why do we subscribe to Christian sect when it's clear, on the best case, it has been spoiled? On the best case, it has been soiled. I don't really understand the question. And if I do understand it, I think I disagree. I mean, it's a soiled world.
Starting point is 00:32:28 And Peter is rebuked immediately after. He's declared to be the rock upon which the church is built. So it being a troubling church should not trouble us. Well, it should trouble us in terms of wanting to make it better, but it doesn't mean it's not the church. Why is it called the Dunny? No one knows. It's one of the trouble in terms of wanting to make it better, but it doesn't mean it's not the church. Why is it called the Dunny? No one knows. It's one of the great mysteries of our country.
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