The Luke and Pete Show - The first rule of Chinese Fight Club

Episode Date: February 10, 2022

Welcome to Thursday’s Luke and Pete Show. Today's big news is that Fight Club has a new ending in China! More predictably, Pete's still not watched Yellow Jackets and he also once “clouted” a Hollywood actress with his dodgem car.In the emails, we also have an Egyptian contender for the most scenic commute. Do you have a scenic commute? Let us know, email: [e-mail] or you can get in touch on Twitter or Instagram: @lukeandpeteshow. Feel free to give us a follow while you're there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I've just been told that £41 owed by the mortgage company. What are you going to spend it on? Probably a cheeky Chinese. Maybe my own chow mein. I won't cover it, will I? It's like on Pointless when they say what you're going to spend a prize on. Sometimes the prize is like 500 quid. At one point, because you know how Pointless works with the prizes.

It builds up until someone wins it. It can be massive. It can be 20 grand, but it can only sometimes be 500 quid depends on your timing and then but they'll always before the pointless round at the end

they'll always say and the prize is X amount and the other day no joke it was like 500 quid and the two people were like yeah probably go on

a nice holiday with all the family where are you fucking going I'll fix your family you couldn't even go to Butlins no awful awful amount of money

yeah too little you'd have to add it to the pile I suppose I would probably just say going. Fix your family. You couldn't even go to Butlins. No. Awful. Awful amount of money. Yeah. Too little. You'd have to add it to the pile I suppose. I would probably just say I just want the pointless trophy.

Yeah. It feels demeaning to win 500 notes. Oh that work. On a BBC quiz show. I'd take the deal for this. Yeah.

Yeah. Anyway. Just uh you told me to watch that TV show about the wasps. Oh yeah. We've got the rights to use the dialogue from it.

Just sounds like a big fart. It's Luke and Pete Shaw. Hello there. I'm Pete Donaldson, joined by Luke Moore, and it is a Thursday, so that means battery brands and your emails and all kinds of stuff for you. Yeah, and can I just say I actually am a fan of Pointless generally.

Okay. It's just the prize that annoys me. I don't think... You're happy to put the boot into Jolene the Jingjang Jongman on the last show. Well, I didn't put the boot into him. But Pointless is off the table

for Luke Moore's. I'm a fan. Listen, what can I say? I'm a fan of Osman. I'm a fan of Armstrong. I'm a fan of Armstrong. And I want them to maybe make a podcast. No, I am a fan of theirs. I am a fan of theirs.

But generally, that annoys me, that bit. Is Osman... Have you read any of his books? I haven't, but I've got a story about Osman. It's a very boring one. Would it be fair to say that he inhabits the world of boring, really? It's kind of his thing, isn't it? Yeah, but it doesn't in an interesting way.

What's your favourite chop toffee? I like it when he goes, at the start of Pointless, when Armstrong introduces him. It's my Pointless friend, Richard. Yes. And everyone claps. And I like monitoring how Richard says hello. Right, okay.

So occasionally he'll go, hello, hiya, like that. Yeah. And then you know it's going to be a good ep. Okay. He's up for it. So what's the ones when he's down? Sometimes he'll just go, hi, and nod.

He just fucking puts one finger up. No, he's obviously a nice man. Eat my dick. Yeah. No, he doesn't look so nice. Eat my long dick. Presumably long dick. Well, it's probably proportionate.

Probably proportionate, exactly. Anyway, but here's a story about richard osmond and you know i hope it doesn't take issue with this um but i was on a national radio station preparing my show and he was a guest on the show beforehand very nice man um sports fulham and you know he's just clever so he knows quite a lot about football instantly because he's quite quite clever and he obviously is a lot about football instantly because he's quite clever. And he obviously is very passionate about Fulham. And I told him, indirectly, admittedly,

with some other people around, about the Ramble and stuff, and that we were doing Ramble Meets episodes and everything. This is way back in the day. Yeah. And he said, oh, yeah, no, that sounds cool. I said, I'd love to get you on because it'd be really interesting to have a fan on.

And got his phone number. Yeah. Text him. No reply. Oh. on because it'd be really interesting to have a fan on and um got his phone number yeah text him no reply oh didn't even reply i can't i'm i think i can't deal with my social obligations i cannot imagine how famous people deal with them would i have replied if it was return if it was the other way around i always think about it like that if it was the other way around, I always think about it like that. If it was the other way around, would I reply? Yeah. I think I would have replied. And if I didn't want to do it, I'd have just said,

yeah, maybe I'll come back to you at some point. I'm a bit busy at the moment kind of thing. Too busy. I try and be really good with people who DM and people who, all that kind of stuff. Yeah. But unfortunately, because they get put in different folders now, so you don't always see them anywhere, and the notifications don't ever come through.

But anyway, that I thought thought, was a shame. Yeah. But I still like him. I know somebody who went out with him and Samuel Tarly from Game of Thrones. Big guys. That is a big night out. Tall guys.

Quite literally. Tall big guys. Producer Rory, who's like 6'10", he could get involved in that. Yeah. Couldn't he? The trio. Yeah. I'd say them battle to death.

Peter, didn, you also, didn't you also have a friend who was engaged to someone famous? Oh, I don't know. Yeah. Oh, you're right. I'm doing you. Doing me. An actor, no, actress. Actress. Okay. I can't remember. Probably. Scream films.

No, I didn't know that person at all. What's her name? Who was in the Scream films. Nev Campbell. Nev Campbell. I only met her a couple of times. She had a friend who was engaged to her. I don't remember the friend who was engaged to her. I remember she was around a few times.

I remember a mutual friend got told off for being too pissed at a pub. I remember that. Hang on. And I clouted her with my dodgem car. But this is the thing. This is what listeners don't get. I think they're fascinated by it. But you will say things like,

I can't remember. She was hanging around a few times. She was around a few times. A Hollywood actress. It doesn't happen to normal people. And secondly, you hit it with your dodgem car. I did, yeah. I remember that was in Leicester Square, wasn't it?

No, it wasn't. It was in Hyde Park. It was at one of the big festivals yeah okay but I absolutely bashed her up with my

how did she feel about that she was in the car as well she screamed she went and I'd run to the screen and I'd just scream mask on hello Sydney

scream if you want to go faster she went that's the it's not the darjums it's not it's not how it works are you thinking of the waltzes China

China why was she speaking like that Pete I don't know yeah interesting well she's driving at the time she's just confused anyway yeah happy Thursday

thanks very much for listening as always Peter what's been going on what's new well speaking of China you haven't washed your jacket yet have you

no I haven't washed my jacket yet ok move on. No, I've not. Sorry. I'd like to apologise to everyone, too. I'm doing a brilliant job with their marketing. It just sounds rude. Dirty old wasp noises.

Yeah, in China. Did you see this about Fight Club, Luke? You sent it to me. I did see it because I was the one who, for once, gave you some fun content. Gave me some fun content. There's a new version of Fight Club, Luke. You sent it to me. I did see it because I was the one who, for once, gave you some fun content. Gave me some fun content. There's a new version of Fight Club available to Chinese audiences.

Yeah. If they weren't around in the 90s or the noughties. 1999, I believe. 99 is correct. It certainly is. I love that film. Like every teenager. Is it responsible for a lot of men being dickheads these days, though?

Yes, very much so. That and American Psycho. They didn that film. Like every teenager. Is it responsible for a lot of men being dickheads these days, though? Yes. Yes, very much so. That and American Psycho, they didn't really take anything on board. They just thought, this is cool. This man's being cool. And especially in American Psycho,

it's even more problematic. Why are they taking on board those films and using those as influences when they could have taken on board something like, I don't know, like Batman Forever? Right. Okay, yeah. Do you know what I mean? when they could have taken on board something like I don't know like Batman Forever right okay yeah

do you know what I mean where there could have been vigilantes fighting crime that's true all these edge lords all these proud boys yeah

take influence because that's harder innit it's easy to punch down innit on immigrants and shit take our influence from you know Godzilla Ant-Man

make yourself really small and run around it's not 90s is it what later carry on was there a 90s Godzilla film probably yes of course there was

massive famously was there Matthew Broderick brilliant soundtrack terrible movie it doesn't sound good none of that sounds good

you're honestly telling me you don't remember 1998's Godzilla no I don't kind of maybe sort of I'm going deeper underground is that for that

yes it was wasn't it? He was running on the cinema seats. Every time I go in the cinema, I think about running on the seats like Jimi Ricci. Directed by the great disaster movie director, Roland Emmerich. Oh, well, there we go. Yeah.

There we go. How do you not remember that straight away? Sorry, Luke. Anyway, carry on. Anyway, Fight Club's ending for the Chinese release on Tencent Video. Tencent are a big company. They do video games, they do films, they do everything.

So remind me what happens in the actual Fight Club ending. Well, exactly. If you've never seen Fight Club, worth watching. It's a lovely, very 90s, late 90s film.

It's a lot of fun. It's, yeah, it's good. It's a good film. Cracker. That's not telling people how it ends, then give them a juxtaposition

to what... I'm saying, if you've not seen it, turn off for five minutes. Enjoy your leisure, can't you? We're outside saying, if you've not seen it, turn off for five minutes. You can enjoy your leisure, can't you? We're outside the... We're outside the...

Oh, turncourt. Spoiler man. No, you said two years. Outrageous. This is 23 years ago. Anyway. At the end... Yeah, actually,

I don't really want to do it because it seems mean. It seems mean. No, it's not mean. Ed Norton has a alter ego that does not actually exist. He's seeing him. He's a hallucination.

And he's Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt fights like he wants to. Fight likes Ed Norton, the little worm. Wants to fight. Fucks like he wants to fuck. And looks like he wants to look. Because Brad Pitt's beautiful. Ed Norton, bit of a schlob.

Bit of a schlib. But Ed Norton does still look cool. Ed Norton still looks cool. Yeah. And so they start an underground fight club for men to re... We should do this every show. You should do synopsis of Vogue by this film. To sort of re-energise the fire inside them and stuff.

Reclaim masculinity. Reclaim their masculinity effectively. So, you know, again, like we said, it's a bit problematic. Look through the lens of now. And so... So Durden and Norton, they get together and they create this massive kind of like fight club. And everything goes to shit. They start being massive anarchists.

And the ending of the film is Tyler Durden, a.k.a. Ed Norton, blowing up a big building or knocking it down, certainly. Isn't it called Project Mayhem? Project Mayhem. Just like kind of fuck everything up. Basically terrorism. Terrorism started by one man

effectively. Started by one man. And so Tencent, the Chinese version ends the film a little earlier

before all of the explosions go off by saying the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals successfully preventing the bomb from exploding.

After the trial, Tyler was sent to a lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012. And that's just an end card. And that's just an end card. And the thing that makes me laugh is like, Tyler Durden's not real.

Why did he put that at the end of the film? Like he could be sent to a... Did they mean Ed Norton? Or did they just mean Tyler Durden of the film like he could be sent to a did they mean Ed Norton or did they just mean Tyler Durden it seems like Tyler Durden they're sending

while Ed Norton remains in the world Tyler Durden gets sent to this asylum it's wonderful is that news only just recently come to light that's what they did

no I think they've only just put it out right okay because beforehand it was just they wouldn't touch it yeah they just wouldn't put it out

I wonder what like what David Fincher thinks about that, right? Because he's a massive director. Yeah. I mean, if you look at the films he's done, he did Seven, he did Zodiac, he did The Social Network, he did Gone Girl, he's done massive movies. Yeah. I wonder, does he just not get a say in that then?

I think with the Chinese Communist Party, all bets are off, to be honest. I mean, they'll be getting the money, won't they? He don't care. But if they did the Luke and Pete show and they censored all the stuff we said, actually, I'd be fine with that. It wouldn't be much.

I mean, if anybody tried to censor anything, I'm not saying we're the bad boys of podcasting, but we do just dither on about nothing. We definitely are. We definitely are. Thank you. You're the baddest of the bad boys as are. Thank you. You're the baddest of the bad boys as well.

You are. You're the main one. You're the Tyler Durden, mate. I am. I fuck like you want to fuck. Please, please. Crying. Crying forever.

Never say that to me again. Crying. You're a soy boy compared to me. Soy boy. I'm the alpha here, aren't I? You'd like to think you are, but you're as wet

as they come mate wet blanket me wet blanket yeah so that's what's been happening in China I just believe in treating people decently

it's China on a mad one aren't they that's a mad thing they're having a lovely time everyone's going a bit wild aren't they the reason it's mad to me is because

you know I know the internet's censored and all that kind of stuff perhaps I'm being naive and I don't fully understand the yoke that sadly

people in China are under but is there not a way to find the film if you want to find the film because you know even under really I'm not suggesting China isn't a

restrictive regime it obviously is but under really infamous restrictive regimes like North Korea and South Africa they still find stuff they still find a way

of getting stuff. There are two men I think put to death for distributing Squid Games recently. Oh really? Which is just, I mean,

can you imagine? Yeah, awful. I remember reading that book, I think I might have told you about it before, you might have even read it by now,

called Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick. It's a really insightful book about the North Korean regime. To be fair, it's written in 2009ick. It's a really insightful book about the North Korean regime. To be fair, it's written in 2009, so it's a while ago now.

And the resourcefulness of the North Korean people and these kind of things is actually very, very inspiring. You know, they'll have radios listening to certain radio stations. They'll have black markets.

Because ultimately, they have to have black markets because otherwise they're going to fucking starve to death. But culturally, they have a lot of exchange of cultural kind of entertainment as well. Yeah, it's really sad.

It's incredible in 2021, they're able to shroud everything in such darkness. Like nobody, you know, by and large knows actually what's going on, which is incredible for the hermit kingdom. Yeah, it is. Anyway, that is, I actually what's going on, which is incredible for the Hermit Kingdom. Yeah, it is. Anyway, that is... You said to me when you told me about that Chinese Fight Club ending,

the other thing about it is they're not making an effort, are they? No. They've not gone to any trouble. They're probably doing ten films in an hour or something. Yeah, but you told me at some point they would re-film scenes and put different Chinese actors in it. Well, no, that's part of the creation of a film's process. So they would do that in post-production.

And if you see a lot of films recently, and there'll be scenes set in Shanghai or Beijing and stuff, and you're kind of like, why are we here now? There's no need for this. There's usually a superhero film, and that'll be because half the act will be

padded out with all the Chinese stuff because it's part funded by China because they've got the cash is that why that Chinese bomb movie had loads of scenes in Macau no doubt

is there really no doubt baby I don't know no doubt alright interesting alright Peter let's go for a quick break when we come back

we're going to do battery brands got to squeeze those in there's quite a few of them this week as well and then we'll do this week as well. And then we'll do some emails as well. Is that okay with you? All right, dude.

Great. Cool. Join me, Pete Donaldson, and YouTuber Chris Broad as we offer you a taste of life in the most exciting country in the world on our podcast, Abroad in Japan. Whether it's crazy bars, unique vending machines, or tips for learning Japanese, we cover it all. Recently, we even heard a particularly unique chat-up line. While we were chatting, a local Japanese guy in his early 30s made his way over to me and started chatting in broken English.

Our chat about general stuff was going alright before he proudly announced, I like big girls. To me, with a wink. Truly flattering, flirting right there. Search abroad in Japan wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Abroad in Japan is a Stack production and part of the Acast Creator Network. We're back with the Luke and Pete show. It is a Thursday, so of course thatcast Creative Network. to search are you going to read them can you do the search that'd be lovely yeah because you don't remember the password for the email no it's very sexually aggressive the password

I don't recall hello to Louise Casson hello gents hope all is well with you in 2022 big wrestling fans me and the husband

I have access to we've named our spare room home gym the performance centre I like that I submit the Udong found in our top of the range exercise bike like that I submit the Udong

found in our top of the range exercise bike keep the nonsense thanks Lou Udong so Louise you are

one of the first people to send in a Udong Udong but the accolade for new player belongs to our friend Jamie Shaw who sent Udongs in

on April the 5th of last year well done Jamie Shaw I think it's I think it's consolation, certainly. For people who sent in batteries back in the day and they sort of thought, oh, they never got featured on the show,

what a waste of time. They will be featured. You will get that new player status if indeed you're a new player. So well done to him and Louis. Yeah, unlucky Louis, but keep trying. And for perspective, people saying, why didn't you read that?

Why didn't you read that? There's currently 2, 2340 unread emails in the inbox yeah but the problem is I guarantee all of them will be spam that people find it funny

you've still got to click through them mate nah I could not throw them on my phone I just ignore them see have you got them on your phone I did have them

I have this inbox on my phone anyway who's the next one next one comes from Patrick Oster long time listener and your Downing Street photocopier correspondent from a few months back i can confirm that i've since left that job many years ago and i did not get ambushed by any cakes due to my laziness in life admin i've failed to

send in this potential new player for many months and i've been listening in with anxious trepidation that someone with better admin skills will pick me to the post. But here it goes. On a trip around Iceland with the Irish lady I have access to. Where are we going to, my dear? Oh, we're going to your homeland. You've spelled it wrong. You went to the wrong place, you idiot. I came across a battery recycling bin full of Icelandic branded batteries. Hang on, that is an absolute windfall.

Bin dipping in the battery world of batteries. This one definitely feels like a new player. I'm two episodes behind and I will be listening in fear. There seems to be a treasure trove of potential new players in the recycling bin, but we're running late for a whale watching tour. Hope I've made it to the esteemed battery brethren and not a repeat inbox offender.

Is this better or worse than going to the penis museum in Iceland? I don't know. We've both been there, haven't we? We've both been there. Separately. Separately. So what we're trying to say is that Patrick had

an entire bin of batteries to choose from. Just going through it. And he could have chosen any of them. Yeah. And now he's wondering whether the one he chose

was a new player or not. Yeah. What's the name of it? Wilma. Wilma! W-I-L-M-E-R. Sounds Dutch. Yeah, it's not a new player.

Oh, fucking hell, Patrick. Sorry, mate. Sent in by Ben Holden on the 19th of December 2020. He's called it Finland's finest battery brand. Ah, nice. Clearly they're prevalent

across Scandinavia. But unfortunately for you, Patrick, you jeopardise your well-watching trip for no reason other than this is a great story, which we enjoy. Beholden to Ben Holden. Yeah, sadly, Ben Holden

beat you to the punch my friend Patrick does finish his email I don't know whether he wrote in later or this was genuinely appended to the end of the email three hours and a seasick girlfriend later

we saw no whales whales will not be guaranteed at least you saw the saw the batteries I went on a seafaring off the west coast of Scotland

and they they were saying you'll probably see whales and dolphins and shit and we didn probably see whales and dolphins and shit and we didn't see whales or dolphins but

but on the way back saw a pair of golden eagles nice were they holding wings which is amazing

swooping around were they holding wings yeah were they sort of swooping around together that would be quite cute

yeah they're massive as well it's great yeah have you ever seen a golden eagle no I've never seen a golden eagle

we'll get on to the next email then. Oh, go on Google. I've seen one good. I saw an NFT, if you like, of a golden eagle. Yeah, exactly. Unky Ben has got in touch here from Utah, the USA, with my second attempt. Utah!

Utah! Great! With my second attempt trying to find a new battery. There's a shop in my neighbourhood that specialises in buying the contents of damaged shipping containers, bundles of abandoned packages, items that have been returned by the original merchant for some reason or another didn't want to resell. I stopped by last week for a deal and I found a bucket full of these beauties.

Camvion AA batteries. They sound exotic, maybe from a French vineyard. Hopefully they're new players. Camvion. Camvion. I am delighted to say... Yes, that's what we're talking delighted to say that I enjoyed this email. Oh.

But they are new players. Yay! Welcome in, Unky Ben. Doing a battery. Hey, Canvion. Lovely stuff.

Canvion, Unky Ben, new player, has entered the game. Hey, well done, mate. So we got one there

in the end, didn't we? If you've got an email with a battery brand in mind, wing it to where, like we got one there in the end, didn't we? If you've got an email with a battery brand in mind, wing it to where, like a bald eagle, if you will, to helloatlumpedshow.com. Shall we get on to some proper emails before I have to shuffle off?

Yeah, let's do it. I've got one here from Mo. Do you want to hear this one? Yes, I would, please. Mo has sent an email following up on our friend Kyle's conundrum from last week about the scenic commute through the countryside on a bus in the Lake District where the guy wouldn't move. He simply would not move.

Mo says, we'll let Mo pick up the story. He says, hi guys, listening to Kyle's bus conundrum on Monday show, I thought I'd share my tried and trusted technique when faced with a similar situation. Being pretty socially awkward myself, and since I used to always sit on the top deck of buses when I lived in London, maybe this will help. The technique is fairly straightforward.

Pretend to ring the stop bell, and then move to the bus's lower deck and find a seat there. Right, yes. Of course, this is only doable on a double-decker, and carries the risk of them seeing you on their way down if their stop is before yours or if you both exit at the same stop. That would be a nightmare.

Same stop would be a nightmare. Could you not sort of sit on one of those, because sometimes on the bus you have seats that go both ways, if you know what I mean. So you can sit on the one furthest, like staring towards the back of the bus. Yeah, but he also says, who cares because you're never going to see him again anyway. Well, look, stare into the back of the bus. Yeah, but he also says, who cares?

Because you're never going to see him again anyway. Well, the point is you are because you're commuting. Yeah. So if you get in the same bus every morning, I mean, what gives? What gives? Do you know what I mean? I suppose what you could then do is learn

where they normally sit and pick your seat somewhere else. Push them in a canal, kill them. Yeah, probably don't do that. Well, I've been watching too much American Psycho. There are no canals in the Lake District. It's more lakes. Trang them in the lake. Easy. Mo finishes by saying, I'm re-seeing

at commutes, and I'll keep this very short, when I lived in Cairo, my commute to work would take me past the pyramids and the Cairo Citadel. Come on, that's Which was great for about a week and they all just blended into the background. That said, I would imagine the Lake District would be much easier on my eyes, personally. Thanks for the show and keep up the great work.

Mo, I mean, we asked for greatest commutes. I don't think we can get much better. Mo has set the bar high at the pyramids. I've got a screensaver for some fucking reason on Windows,

Windows 10. And it's just a picture of some pyramids. And it says, do you know that the pyramids are filled with little chambers and stuff and I was like yeah everyone

knows that. It's like yeah I mean I don't think there's many people who know what a pyramid is don't know what they were there for you know what I mean like.

No but I don't think people do fully know what they're there for do they? What do you mean? I mean they were designed to celebrate a Pharaoh and their

bodies in there innit so there's got to be some kind of chamber in there isn't there? Yeah what did that person think they were? I don't know.

Just a massive natural little hill or something. Yeah. Very bizarre. Have you been to the pyramids? No.

I've never even been to Egypt. It's quite a big, it's a big undertaking but every single person has come back and gone, shit, because it's

just people bothering you and camels and shit. It's just miserable. It's a miserable tourist trap. Where would you rather go?

let go back to Japan please can't get in why haven't you gone to Japan recently? can't get in it's been closed for two years the partner you have access to won't let you? no it's just been closed for two years

will she let you though? I wouldn't say okay she wants to go I'll look forward to it but can't it's never going to be open again because why do you sound like

you're not looking forward to it? it's never going to be open again never going to be open again because... Why do you sound like you're not looking forward to it? It's never going to be open again? Never going to be open again because they've closed off the country so much. Their exposure to the virus is so low that their case numbers are in the low thousands. And the vaccine take-up has been very low, hasn't it, as well? The vaccine take-up has got up there now

and it's certainly been a very quick take-up, but you just get the feeling that because their idea of crisis is 2,000 cases, they're just never going to open again. It's a folly and there are so many people who are waiting to get back in.

People who've got houses there, people who have jobs there, people who are going to school there and they're just not allowed in because they're not Japanese. There was a similar thing with Australia. Australia was very, very... But they'll let people who are going to school there, and they're just not allowed in because they're not Japanese. There was a similar thing with Australia. Australia was very, very... But they'll let people who have houses and

actually live there visas, no? You say that. The wife I have access to, one of her really good mates is Australian, but she's living here. And she couldn't go in. It took her absolutely ages to get back into the country, even though she was a citizen. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But you can still sit through the

isolation or whatever can't you you can still get in if you're she has to do that anywhere at one point I don't think

you can even do that well imagine that but for two years you just can't you cannot get back in it's crazy when do you think you will be

returning to the homeland 24 I think 2024 that's what you've got pencilled in that's what you've

got pencilled in bloody hell that is a long time to wait when was the last time you went two years ago Two years ago. Two years ago,

January. Alright, let's squeeze one more email in from our friend Gary because I mentioned it on Monday that we'd

talk about it. It's about Lego. Do you want to hear about it? Do you want me to read it? Do you want to read it?

No, you read it. Okay. Hey guys, just listening to Luke talk about the Lego Home Alone house he got for

his niece. I thought I'd chip in. In my mid-ths uh and i collect lego cars it all started for my 10th year anniversary at work when my boss got me a lego porsche since then for birthdays and christmas and treats in lockdown the collection has grown and grown so what makes lego so expensive when buying it from resellers i hear you ask typically lego retire their products usually one to two years after they bring them out. As you then can't buy these anymore from shops,

the only option is Facebook groups or eBay. Usually when something retired, the prices will double if it's brand new in a box. But even if it's looked after and complete, it's still worth something. Some people use Lego as an investment or retirement fund. So Luke, make sure your niece keeps the box safe and one day, even though she's built it,

there may be a bit of profit in there for her. Also, as an FYI, Lego have also done a couple of football stadiums, Camp Nou and Old Trafford. But I'm waiting for the Tottenham Hotspur one myself. So if you want an idea about prices for retired sets, have a look at the Bricklink website. Cheers, guys.

Gary. Now, that's really interesting and informative. And I appreciate Gary for getting in touch. Do you ever get the impression that like, I'm not saying Gary is saying this, but do you ever get the impression that everything these days has to saying Gary is saying this, but do you ever get the impression that everything these days has to be a bit of a work? Has to be like,

are you going to make some money off that? Hey, me. Well, that's the big issue with NFTs and stuff like video games. Like Ubisoft have come out and basically said that they're very interested in NFTs, being able to resell your fucking hat

that you've got on the video game or whatever. And Ubisoft getting a cut of that hat sale. And they're very into that. and fans are just sort of going this this isn't why we play video games and and i think it was square enix i think the japanese company sort of came out um in january their first statement of the year basically said yeah well look if you're into video games um for the sake of playing video games and having fun i mean like obviously that's one part of our uh one part of our one part of our fandom but I mean a lot of it

is just people who want to make money out of it it's like no you just want to play and have a bit of a giggle so it's kind of like I think the idea

that to do something you get you have to get something out of it it has to be part of your fucking portfolio your grind

yeah it's always like rise and grind culture it was never a thing when we were younger no just like I don't know what I want to, isn't it? It was never a thing when we were younger. No.

Just like, I don't know what I want to do. The only grinding I did was my teeth. Yeah. Yeah. Because of anxiety. Pete, do you want to buy

my PUBG character's codpiece? Have you got a codpiece? Nah. At the moment, I'm rocking a vest. Yeah. Police level three armour. No, you can't buy that.

No. You have to get that in the game. You've got to find that. Yeah, otherwise it's an unfair advantage. But I've got a nice little beanie hat. Police level three armour. No, you can't buy that. No. You have to get that in the game. You've got to find that, yeah. Yeah, otherwise it's an unfair advantage. But I've got a nice little beanie hat. Oh, very nice. And a gold chain. Wow, you look like a member of GLC.

Which catches the light when people are looking at me. Right. And gives my game away. I still wear it. You still wear it, mate. I don't give a fuck. I had a win the other night. Did you?

Yeah. I had a win the other night in the snow, baby. I find it's incomprehensible that you are able to win that game it's so difficult I've got a squad haven't I?

yeah oh right okay we've got three three boys as a squad as well yeah but in PUBG if you're doing four handed

if you've only got three they give you a random for fourth oh do they right so you always give a squad a four generally well you know look give us the heads up I'll try and position myself to be your fourth.

I'm not being the medic, though. Fuck that. Oh, mate, it's great when you've got a medic. Anyway, that's boring. Let's get out of here. All right. If you do want to play PUBG with me, hit me up in the DMs.

And if you've got a good username and a good level rating, I'll consider you. But yeah, hit me up if you want to play. I'm up for it. Pete, we'll be back on Monday, won't we? We hope our listeners have a lovely weekend, presumably. Don't. Just look after yourselves, all lovely weekend presumably don't just look after yourselves alright

I don't worry about you to everyone listening here what weekend number weekend that a term would you like them to have I'd like them to have a nine

knock it out the park but there's hope for more to come yeah I'll sort of give you what my mam took when I said I had covid for the second

time my mam said let's have a look here don't like the sound of that sun have you got plenty of inhalers COVID for the second time. My mam said, let's have a look here. Don't like the sound of that sun. Have you got plenty of inhalers? I can't believe you've got it again. Make sure you get a big coat.

She said, I've got to get a big coat. Yeah, you should. Look after yourself. Good mum advice there. Inhalers and a big coat. Stop eating crap. Yeah, I agree with that one.

She endorsed my purchase of an air fryer. She was really excited by that. She loves small ovens. She's obsessed with like... That's why she has to do the roast potatoes for Christmas the night before. Exactly. She's got this tiny convection oven on top of the surface and all she talks about is how good that oven is because it's so efficient

and it cooks everything so quickly. It's like fine. For those listening, Pete came into the office this morning with a sausage and gherkin sandwich that he'd made at home for his brunch. I think I ate like Shrek. It was weird to see you do that.

Shrek-y cooking. I'm only ever used to seeing you eat stuff out of packets. So it was weird to see you with a homemade sandwich. Well, I'm just trying to sort of lose a bit of timber. But it's just hard when you're out and about, isn't it? You make the wrong decisions. with a homemade sandwich. Well, I'm just trying to sort of lose a bit of timber. But I just,

but it's just hard when you're out and about, isn't it? You make the wrong decisions. Yeah, it is tough. And I didn't fucking realise that oat milk has pretty much the same fucking calories as normal milk.

Get fucked. Yeah. I thought that watery nonsense was fucking better for me, calorie-wise. I'm not one to talk. So, yeah, in summary, Pete, if you're,

those of you who are listening, the kind of weekend Pete would like you to have, plenty of inhalers, a big coat, oat milk, get yourself those of you who are listening, the kind of weekend Pete would like you to have, plenty of inhalers, a big coat, oatmeal, get yourself an air fryer and we'll see you on Monday. Bye-bye. The Luke and Pete Show is a Stack Production

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