Toni and Ryan - CROSS YA FLAPS FOR THE TILLIES!

Episode Date: August 15, 2023

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Welcome to the Tony and Ryan podcast. My name is Ryan. This is Dr. Arthur Tony Lodge, and we are calling Tony DeLuca, who is in the USA. Born in the USA, or at least there now. Talking to Tony in the USA. Hello. Hello, Tony. Hi, guys.

Tony, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. I feel like it's been a long time coming. Yeah, absolutely it has. What are you up to, Tony? What have we interrupted tonight? Well, I was anxiously cleaning my apartment waiting for you guys, but now I've got a clean apartment.

Yeah. That's good. So you're like Tony when you get anxious or nervous or angry about something, the default is just to start wiping the bench down? Yeah. Cleanest house in Melbourne, mine is though. Why, a bit of an argumentative weekend, was it? But Tony, will you approve today's episode? Absolutely.

Yes, awesome. This is Tony from Rapid City, South Dakota, and I approve this podcast. All right, coming up today on one of the most significant days in Australian sporting history. Maybe the most. Australia is taking on England in the semifinal for a spot in the World Cup finals. Come on, those fucking tillies. There's some frequently asked questions from people around the world

asking about the tillies. We will get to those. And Bandwagon Lodge has got something to say. So clear the floor. And doesn't she fucking always? Doesn't she fucking always? Imagine if there was a World Cup and just talking shit. I'd win. Wouldn't need to be women's or men's. I'd just win it. It doesn't she fucking always? Imagine if there was a World Cup and just talking shit. I'd win.

Wouldn't need to be women's or men's. I'd just win it. It doesn't matter. No, gender is irrelevant when it comes to talking shit, and Tony is up there with the best of them. But clear yourself out 25 minutes for this episode. Clear yourself out. Like your calendar, your schedule.

Eat me out. Clear your schedule. Eat me out of the chili supply. Clear your schedule. That's coming up soon. Well, it wouldn't be me getting shit on later if I wasn't going to shit on you first. Okay, it only seems fair.

Yeah. So I just want to rewind a little bit. A couple of weeks ago, it was a beautiful Friday afternoon, lovely, windy, balmy day here in Melbourne. And the three of us, Tony, Ryan, producer Cam, our producer who's offside, he... Soccer term. Offside.

The strikers weren't in line with the defence. Don't push your luck, man. Okay. Anyway, soccer chat. We can't use this for a best off now. We were out filming something and, Ryan, you said to us, oh, and make sure that you don't book anything after that because I'm going to steal you guys for a couple of hours.

And it had been in our calendar for a little while. I didn't know what it was. Producer Cam didn't know what it was. We didn't ask because we knew that you were, like, cooking something up. We thought, oh, you've got this big surprise. You said, yep, like, leave it to me, guys. All good.

Comes around, turns out that you had organized us to go bowling have you noticed cam she left out a bit when she fucking cracked it i did crack it because i i don't like surprises and i was like and it was friday arvo and i was like if this is shit i'm gonna be really pissed off that i'm not at home already yeah um to the point you're like you did ask to be really pissed off that I'm not at home already. Yeah. To the point you're like, you did ask to be dropped home. I did. On the way to the bowling alley. I did. I said, can I go home?

Then you told us it was bowling. Then I went, I guess I could come. Yeah. So I cracked it because I was like, I'd rather be at home. But then you were like, we're going bowling. Isn't this fun? And I was like, you've organised us to go bowling. And then you go, well, we're going bowling isn't this fun and i was like you've organized us to go bowling yeah and

then you go well like we're going bowling and i was like yeah so you've organized a lot where you go and you go well i haven't like made a booking or anything and it hit like are you like so you didn't even make a book well i didn't know what time we were going to be finished in them from the morning's work and i knew it was a weekday and not school holidays. So I'm like, surely a bowling alley is pretty easy just to rock up. Well, so this is kind of the discussion in the car. Ryan goes, well, there's no, like, kids there because it's not school holidays.

And I was like, yeah, and, like, you know, it's too early for people to have, like, finished work and going bowling, like, after work or whatever. And producer Cam is in the back seat and he goes, yeah, it's probably just like fucking like lame companies doing like corporate bonding and shit. And we all kind of went, and then Ryan went, yeah, like us. Just some lame little business taking all of its stuff

from the bowling alley. Hey, my whole company is coming to the bowling alley. How many lanes do you need? Half? Yeah, half of one. Do you want to split with another couple of freelancers? I was about to say, we could share a ball. Like, we don't even all need bowling balls and shoes.

Just the one pair of shoes. Yeah, we'll just swap them around or we'll just hop down the lane. If they're a lo-fi, we'll just slide in between bowls. And then we started talking about, like, organised fun from corporate events and we've all been there. I think, like, everybody has worked or does work currently at a place where they go, oh, like, yeah, we're going to all go and do this thing. I was telling you about when I worked somewhere

when that game Pokemon Go was really big. Oh, yeah. And they were like, we're going to go for a walk on a Friday afternoon and play Pokemon Go together. And it's like someone from content, someone from production, someone from sales and someone from like a traffic or something team, like a logistics team. So you're mixing with people.

You're not always working with them. And they made us play Pokemon Go. And I was like, I have work to do. Like am I allowed to not play Pokemon Go if I do my job instead? I hate organised fun. To be fair, or actually more of a question, instead of organising like this tricky thing, was it better just to go, hey, let's just go to the alley,

we'll have some drinks and some food and just hang out for a bit? Yeah. So it ended up actually being really good. So Producer Cam, it was really good. And you know what? Even though i did crack it because pretty hard um because i didn't know what it was what we were doing and i was like not in control and i was like oh can i just go fucking should i just tell you next time because

it wasn't like i had this huge surprise i just thought it would be a nice to rock up and because it's a nice and go it's like a bit of a funky well designed yeah so you kind of walk in and you go oh this is pretty random and cool. I just kind of wanted to keep that. And I think it was like your punchline and I like took it away from you and I was a bit of a dick. So I'm really actually really sorry because like afterwards. From one Tilly fan to another weekend.

I realised like you'd actually done something really lovely and like coming up with that idea was lovely. And I actually even was like, oh, so do we have to, like, record videos or something for this place? And you said, no, we're actually just going. We weren't there for work. No. We weren't filming something for them.

No content requirements. Even though if the Keys were interested in collaborating with us, we would love that because it was really, really fun. It was fun, wasn't it? It was actually fucking great. Anyway, so we get down there. We, like, order a couple of drinks each. And we're sitting up there and, like, we've got our names on the thing.

You both fucking schooled me. I sucked major cock both games, honestly. How'd you go bowling? Ah, yeah. That corporate stuff, eh? I hope you're not on the HR team. Yeah, work outing. More like cock outing.

Sorry. Anyway, and, like. More like cock outing. Sorry. Anyway, and, like, you guys fucking schooled me. And afterwards you said, like, oh, should we stay and have a feed? They've got, you know, like normal fucking fodder of a bowling alley. It's like the Americana, your mac and cheese, your hot wings, fried, you know, what you'd expect at a bowling alley. Like a big burger and stuff like that. So you just said what you would expect at a bowling alley. Like a big burger and stuff like that. So you just said what you would expect at a bowling alley.

Yeah. And I want to run through a few scenarios with you of like if you're out and about, what you could maybe expect at a place that you were out and about at. Great, great. So say you're at a footy game or a soccer game. Woo! Go Twos!

Say the menu is like meat pie. Hot dog. Hot dog. Hot chips. And then sushi. No. What are you going to pick? No.

No sushi. You're not going to pick sushi. It doesn't really fit. Like one of these is not like the other. The MCG is trying to fancy it up and they now have a sushi place. And I was like, I love... We ate sushi like four minutes ago before we started recording. Yeah, I've still got some rice in my drink.

I can feel, and thanks for pointing out, I had a bit of seaweed. All good, mate. Hey, that's what best friends are for. Yeah, that's what the friends are for. Thought I was going to get you there. All good. Sushi, football, no. No. It's not the place. And you know what? Of all the places in the world I've eaten sushi,

the MCG is just like not a place I would purchase it from. Have you been to MCG? No. Okay. Bad example. No, you're right. Do you know what I mean? Like if you're going to watch sport, that would be like going

to like a monster truck rally and buying like a pearl necklace out the front. I went. Maybe. So I went to like a beach shack, seems overly Hawaiian, Corona, and they were serving soup. No. No.

Oh, yeah, I've just been out swimming and I'm going to have a nice hot bowl of soup. No. I'm like, what would you have? A, fish and chips, 100%. You're by the ocean. I would also just accept. A fruity drink. I was going to say ice cream and a smoothie. Yep.

Perfect. Smoothie is interesting but makes more sense than a soup. Again, I associate beach with the hot day. Yeah. And then hot day. Nice cold something. Or something healthy in the morning after a swim, your little green juice or whatever.

Oh, yeah. That's, yeah, good point. Do you want some soup? No. If you're at the Royal Show. Scones and jam and cream. Yeah. Hot chips.

Yep. Like something. Oh, hang on. Are we sitting in the old ladies pavilion? Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, sorry. We're in Sideshow Alley. That'll be.

Dagwood Dog. Yeah. Sausage and. How many different words, names does that thing have? Anything deep fried. I will accept anything deep fried. I'll tell you what name it has. Delicious.

Yep. Thank you. I'll tell you what name it has. Delicious. Yep. Thank you. I'll tell you what name it has. I'll also accept fairy floss. Fairy floss, good one. A slushy. A big slushy. Yep, correct.

But then if they had salad, you'd probably go. No, today's not the day. Not for today. If you're at the beach, maybe on the menu, like you said about Hawaii, can of lemonade, fish and chips, and an emu egg, what would you go for? Probably would you go for probably not the emu egg no no because it doesn't fit it doesn't fit and almost you would look at that on the menu and think is that a typo look i'm trying to support you but i know where this is going so on the menu at the bowling alley there's like chicken nuggets hot dogs i had a fried chicken burger what did you have producer cam plain old cheesy it was

delicious nice it did look good yeah It did look fucking good, yeah. And we also had like a little mac and cheese ball beforehand, a little mac and cheese croquette, which I can't fucking go past. And those of us without Invisalign had some hot wings. Yeah. No, it wasn't the Invisalign. It's the hands. I hate getting like saucy fingers.

Yeah. That's the part that does it for me. Yeah. That was my nickname in high school. Saucy fingers. Yeah. That's the part that does it for me. Yeah. That was my nickname in high school. Saucy fingers. And we're going through the menu. There's all this like classic American stuff. And then right at the bottom, like tucked away on the back,

there was a steak on the menu. A steak at a bowling alley. Hot orange juice. And Ryan ordered. No, tell the people what you did and let us hear the shame in your words i ordered a steak at a bowling alley that sounds like the beginning of a fallout boy song what do you no offense fallout but like But, like, there's, like, all this not, like, I'm not going to say normal, but things that you would expect at a bowling alley. A hot dog, a burger, and then you got a steak.

What, did it even have any sides? I can't remember. It may have came with a few crinkle cut chips. Did it? So here's the thing. It was, like, late on a Friday, Arvo, and we didn't have lunch. And I was, like, ravenous. And I just had this.

And because with Bridget, this is like the blameless excuse. When Bridget was pregnant, we didn't have like red meat for ages. Yeah, yeah. And I don't know what, it was just, and I had like a cocktail, like a whiskey-based one. And it's something just about like an old whiskey. I was hungry. And I see a steak and I go, oh, maybe I will.

Maybe I will take my good friends and colleagues out for the afternoon so we can drink whatever we like, eat whatever we like, and according to Tony Boll, any fucking direction she likes. And I'm just going to sit down and have a steak. Is that a crime? Yes. Okay. In a bowling alley, yes.

Because imagine if you were at a market and you'd had the same cocktail and you were having the same great fun day and you felt like a steak and someone said, oh, yeah, do you want a steak? Would you still say yes? No, obviously not. That's the same. Okay, so here's where I'm at. The steak troll at the bowling alley, steak.

It was just so weird. It didn't fit with anything else on the menu. No, it stuck out. It was so so weird. It didn't fit with anything else on the menu. No, it stuck out. It was so far out. It was as if one had fucking fallen off the back of a truck and they just wrote it on the menu so that they could get rid of it. All right, so here's the thing. Cam's burger looked good.

It looked fucking mean, actually. Your chicken burger looked great. It had this amazing dill mayo in it. You know that American cheese that they have at Macca's that you can't buy anywhere else? You cannot get anywhere else. Yours looked great. It had this amazing dill mayo in it. You know that American cheese that they have at Macca's that you can't buy anywhere else? You cannot get anywhere else. Yours looked great. We had some hot wings that were on point. The mac and cheese croquettes?

Mac and cheese croquettes. They could get me fucking pregnant. That was so good. The steak? So it wasn't even good. Who could have seen that coming? Who could have thought that a place that does a great smash burger and a great fried chicken burger wouldn't do a great steak?

Oh, I've got a question. When you ordered the steak, did she even say how you wanted it cooked? Like, you know, when you're at a restaurant and you go, yeah, can I get a steak? And they go, oh, and how would you like that cooked? And you say, you know, rare, medium, rare, well done. What do you say when they say that? Medium rare on the rarer side.

I should start saying that. I just say medium rare and I feel like that's like the default. No, I like it quite blue. So I think I said these words to you when it came out. I had one bite. I think I blocked it out because it was so traumatic. And you looked at me in disgust and disdain and said, so how is your steak in a bowling alley?

And I said, good for a bowling alley, terrible for anywhere else. So maybe your standards are different. It's like when you're on holiday. Yeah. You know? What about standards about what's too much at a breakfast buffet? Way down. Look, I felt the hankering for a steak and I misread this.

And I'm not backing it in. You could have gotten red meat out of the burger that Cam got, which looked so good. I'm not defending it. I'm not. It was. And I was like, imagine if this just turned up and just fucking blew my socks off. Wouldn't that shut these idiots up?

And guess what? Imagine if it was a real thick bit of steak. up and just fucking blew my socks off. Wouldn't that shut these idiots up? And guess what? Imagine if it was a real thick bit of soap. It didn't. Consider my socks well on. They're on. They're still on. And your bowling shoes are taped on. So I will take the loss on that one.

Not like the Chili's. Like the French. I'll take the loss like the French. This is Tony from Rapid City, South Dakota And you're listening to Tony and Ryan A massive shout out to a few of our champions Caitlin McPherson Fucking fucking love to see it. Thank you, Caitlin.

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Oh, don't tell camera. Because he's gay. Devin Sayle, love to see that. Oh, don't tell Cam. Because he's gay. Devin Sayle, love to see that. Thanks, Devin. Amanda. What does that mean? Like if you had a beard. Oh, it's like.

Like a fake. Yeah. Oh, I'm straight. I'm straight. I've got a girlfriend. Yeah. And then handbag is the lesbian one. Is it?

Yeah. I've never heard that. Really? I thought it was beard for everyone. Is there a difference between being someone's handbag and being called an old bag? Yeah, because an old bag is like... Yeah.

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Or if you're a Patreon you didn't remember, also a good call. Yep, absolutely. Sorry if I – So you're winding up. I'm loosening my arms up. Today is a big day in history, the biggest day in Australian sporting history. The Matildas, the Australian women's football team, is playing against England, the old archenemy,

for a spot in the World Cup final. So the semis. The semifinal tonight. Quickly, frequently asked questions about the Tillys. Oh, okay. Because people from all around the world are like feeling the hype, but they've got questions. And I think even people in Australia who previously didn't know anything

about the Tillys. And wear some of them, yes. Who would do that? Yeah, please don't throw them. Oh, actually, Tony, what are we wearing? I've got my Australia Tilly scarf on and my Tilly's hat. You've got your Tilly's scarf on and a green shirt, which is on brand.

It is on brand. It is on brand. The famous green and gold. Yes. Yes. Yes. Why are the Australian women's soccer team called the Tillys? What are Tillys?

Lots of people have asked us this. So Waltzing Matilda is an iconic Australian poem and song. Yep. And that's why the nickname of the Australian women's soccer team is the Matildas. Well, that's not the nickname. That's what they're actually called. Well, that's what you call like the Hawks nickname.

Like Hawthorne's nickname is like the Hawks. So what is the Matildas actual name then if it's not the Matildas? Australia. Oh. Oh, I thought that was the name of their team. It's like mascot slash nickname slash the team. Like you can call it many things. Right, right.

But I mean Hawthorne, Los Angeles, Lakers, Australia, Tillies. Oh, okay. Got you, got you, got you, got you. Yeah, Richmond, Tigers. Yeah. Yeah. So why the Tillies. Oh, okay. Got you, got you, got you, got you. Yeah, Richmond, Tigers. Yeah. Yeah. So why the Tillies? Because in Australia, our nicknames need their own nicknames.

Yeah. Basically. And Matilda's is three syllables, which... It fucking takes a while. Who's got the time? Matilda's. And hence you get... Tillies.

And if there was a girl called Matilda's. And hence you get? Tilly's. And if there was a girl called Matilda, like any girl called Matilda that I went to school with and stuff, you always call them Tilly. Absolutely. So Tilly's, one and a half syllables depending on how you say it. Tilly's. Half a syllable apparently. And nothing feels more right in Australia right now

than the word Tilly's. Oh, have you seen the really sick logo they had made up? And it's like, till I die, like Matilda I die. So sick. So hang on, we've gone from Matildas to Tillies. To Till. Till. And by Till.

Till. No one gets on the bandwagon harder than Tony Lodge, though. You jumped on Taylor Swift just so you could win the tickets because it seemed like the fun thing to do. And now I'm obsessed. Yeah, and now you're on the Tillys. Also obsessed. With the semifinal against England.

They're going to fucking win tonight. And apparently you've got something to say. Oh, well, that now? You want me to say it now? Well, they're going to win the semifinal. No questions asked. And if they win the semifinal, then they're going to win the grand final. Sure.

Like, obviously. Yeah. Because it's just like one step away. Yeah. Spain, Sweden, whatever. Straight through. Get past England, get the cup. They're going to be the winners of the World Cup.

A hundred percent. I'm just like so, so certain. Is it Bandwagon Lodge? No, I just like, sorry for believing in my team. My team that I've loved for so long. And you know what? I'm down for not only wearing their merch, but having a permanent part of this landmark victory,

that's going to happen on my body. I will get, if they win the semifinal, Tilly's tattoo on my body that says Champions fucking 2023. I love the passion. Because they're going to win. Sorry, do you not think they're going to win? No, no, I do, I do, I do. So do you hate the Matildas?

No, I love the Matildas. Apparently not. win. Sorry, do you not think they're going to win? No, no, I do, I do, I do. So do you hate the Matildas? No, I love the Matildas. Apparently not. You know there's a semi-final, right? Mm, yeah. So if they win tonight, they still have to win again on Sunday. They will. They've won all the times so far.

Is the tattoo going to say World Cup champions, like winners? Yeah. Yep. Yeah. Yep. Yeah, pack it in, pack it in, pack it in. Sam Kerr, give me a call because I'll help you out if you need a water girl or something. If you need them to win, I reckon just leave her at B. Leave her at B. Yeah.

She's busy. She's busy trying to win the World Cup. Which they will. Yep. No questions asked. How big is the tattoo going to be? I haven't actually conferred with any artists as yet. Are you open to submissions?

Fuck. I know. I will receive some crook shit. That's what I mean. I mean, I love nothing more than sitting here and reading messages from people we don't know, but I feel like tattoos of, yeah, I mean, do you want to pick your own artist? Maybe.

Yeah. Well, I've never gotten a tattoo done in Melbourne. Really? I don't know anyone here. Okay, I'll do some research. I'll do some research. I'll do some research. But just to, like, etch this into stone,

to really lock it in, the deal if the tillies win the semi-final against england i'm so certain that they are going to win this gf yep that i'm going to claim that they're the premiers already are you the premiers of the world cup is that how probably not no the winners so if australia beat eng England in the semi, you're going to get tattooed on your body, Tilly's World Cup champions 2023. 2023. Backing it in. Lock it in.

Because you've got to have that pride and passion for our Tillys. And I've always said that. For the last two weeks, you've always said that. Yep. And I'll say it again. Always said that. Yep. And I'll say it again.

I'm excited. Me too. So do you want them to win now? Yes. Well, I just know that it's no choice about what I want. They will. Yeah, okay. They till.

Till I die. I know we actually haven't locked this in. We're still in two months. We might not decide until like an hour or two before the game. Are we going to watch at your house with pizza and drinks or are we going to watch in a pub or are we going to watch at like one of the live sites? I can't decide because I think they all have a great different energy and like excitement about them.

Yep. It's almost as if – see, so when I watched the Tillys beat France last week, I watched at home with my boyfriend Torbs and it was fucking exhilarating because you catch every detail. Yeah. And I feel like in the pub, like the energy is awesome, but you might not actually get to like. That's what makes me nervous.

Yeah. I don't want to, or you get there and it's packed, which you kind of want it to be you want it to be totally you kind of like you can kind of say half the screen and there's a guy walking past during the good bit holding the beer and or you're at the bar or or like we also famously like don't leave the house i don't like leaving there on a wednesday night i've got a three-year-old three-year-old three-month-old sorry three-month-old three-month-old i have a three-year-old, mate. Imagine the traffic. Three-year-old, three-month-old. Sorry, three-month-old, three-month-old. I have a three-month-old. Imagine the traffic. Like imagine if we go to like Fed Square or something, the traffic.

You're not going to drive there. Yeah, no. Because of the traffic. But imagine the tram on the way back. Packed. You know? Yeah. And you hate being those pikey guys that like leave.

You know when you're like watching the footy or you're at a concert or whatever and people start leaving before the final so they don't get stuck in? I hate that. Well, imagine the last game they went to a penalty shootout. Oh, it's three penalties each. Oh, we should beat the traffic. Yeah, like what are you going to do?

What's the point of going? Oh, my God. Stay at home. So she'll be sad. Stay at home. Yeah. All right. All right.

You'll either see the game when it's on tonight or you'll hear tomorrow's episode with the result. With the result. It's probably not logistically possible, but I was just about to say tomorrow on the show you'll hear, but we'll have to organise it. Yeah, that'll be an organised situation. And also because imagine if we organise it and then, like, they don't win.

Which they will. Oh, Tony, you're my 9 o'clock booking. Yeah, nothing for me today. Thank you. Yeah, I'm actually fine. Thank you so much. Thank you. Are you going to pay for it? Yep.

Cool. My love to you is that. I'm getting a free fucking tattoo. From Chrysia Fadden who posts this in our Facebook group. It's very sweet. My daughter, who's seven, has been at her dad's house in Texas and I live in Maine. So a bit of distance.

I guess you'd be swapping kids backwards and forwards, maybe like for a term of school kind of thing. So my daughter's been at her dad's house since July 2nd and she finally comes home in August. It might be for the summer or something like that as well, yeah. Oh, yeah, good call. The holidays. I'm so fucking happy that she'll be back home

and I can actually hug her again. Isn't that so sweet? And so at the time of reading this on this episode, she would have gotten home yesterday. So you'll love to see that. I hope that you guys are having, like, lovely mother-daughter time. What was her name again? Chrystia. Chrysia.

Chrysia. The Tillys when your daughter was away were on a hot streak. Yeah. Oh no. Oh no. She's now come home.

You know it's like we're on a roll no one touch anything. Don't touch anything. What if the tattoo's the problem? Or like if you jinx it before the final. If they win tonight and I get the tattoo, which jinxes it?

Sam Kerr will never speak to you again. Or for a first time. That person we've never met who lives on the other side of the country half the time and the other half on the other side of the world. Do you want to do a coincidence chat very quickly? So Sam Kerr, her birthday is like in September, but she was born in 1993. We're like basically the same age. We're both from Perth.

Isn't that weird? When do you reckon between the two of you practical sisters, they decided like the world which would be the athlete? Oh, I think it was tough for them. That's why they've made me quite talented at sport. I don't know if you saw that soccer kick. I've done my bronze medallion at swimming. Bronze medallion, backwards, fly kick.

You have to jump in the pool with your clothes on. It's very hard. And logistically annoying. You have to take the clothes home in a bag. Yeah, and then I'm all wet. Yeah. And been in the water. Anyway, so, yeah'm all wet. Yeah. And been in the water. Anyway, so yeah, I think it was difficult because we're both athletes.

Do you have your love? I do. Do you think that the tattoo's going to jinx the tillies? Because I can't be fucking with the magic right now. No, you'll get it done. It'll lock it in. It'll give Amanda Palmer even more motivation. Oh, fuck.

Mary Fowler's my favourite player. Oh, you can't say favourite. Why not? They're all my favourites. They're all my favourites. But Fowler is my favourite. Oh, Mackenzie Arnold is really doing it for me. Good old maca.

Is there a better feeling? You might not know this because you're rich and have multiple people in your finance team and drive an Audi. But when you use a card, you pay for something on card and you're like not quite sure if you've got enough money. Every fucking day. What do you mean?

I don't know. Everyone knows that. Yeah. And then I think one of the best feelings in the world is the relief. As it says approved and you kind of go, oh. So I think we've all experienced that. But my love to see it is I like saw a guy in front of me go through that and I saw, like I witnessed the-

The shoulders drop. Yeah, just like the relief wash over him. And I was like, that's actually made my day. I can feel the relief from back of here, mate. And it could be that you've got $80 billion in your account and you're still not sure. Or it could be that you buy something for $5 and you had $5.06 in there and you go, fuck, thank God.

I reckon he knew he was low and he wasn't buying much. It was at a checkout and I think he was getting like an iced coffee. Yeah, and a pack of gum or something. Yeah, something like that. And he could be like, I don't know if I've got $5. The money's coming through today. I don't know if this is going to go through. I'm just, it's a Tuesday morning and I just really need

this iced coffee, you know? And he's like, fucking yes. Have you ever, have you ever like seen someone go and they go, oh fuck, hang on. Haven't gotten paid yet or used the wrong card or whatever.

Have you ever stepped in and had a little? Yeah, I tried to. And then like, it must've just been on the other account. They go, nah, it's just another card.

Yeah. As if to be like, how embarrassing. You're back up, it's just another card. Yeah. Yeah. As if to be like. How embarrassing. I'm married. Yeah, kind of. Like, righto, Romeo. Pop the brakes. Not today, Bill Gates.

Yeah, thanks, though. Thanks, people. Imagine if you said we were to do it in your card, did you? Oh, it's my payday. I'd literally throw up and pass away. And the guy behind me offers to... And his card declined. And the person working at the Coles was going,

can you just all go? Like, don't worry about it. I'll do it. All right. Good luck to Carpenter, who's my second favourite tonight as well. You can't be doing that. Why not? No, they're all our favourites.

Yeah, but Carpenter second, Fowler first. Oh, I like Hayley Rasso as well. Same. Yeah. And Ford. Do you know how Hayley Rasso wears a bow in her hair? Why was this not a value up to see? This should have been a value up to see.

So Hayley Rasso, she's a fucking phenomenal player and she always wears a yellow ribbon in her hair. And I read online that the reason she wears the yellow ribbon in her hair is so that her granny, while her granny's watching, she can spot her on the field. Isn't that the sweetest fucking thing you've ever heard? Yeah. Women's sport is just the most special fucking thing in the world.

I almost cried on Sunday morning. I got emotional. I like just the way that it makes you feel when you're watching it. You just like the buzz that you get. It's had like the most fucking viewers since Cathy Freeman won the gold fucking medal or something on TV. It was the most viewed sporting event in the last 10 years in Australia. Like, isn't that just the most amazing thing?

And then there's all these little girls on the telly that have every, I saw this, did you see this? Every junior soccer club in Melbourne right now has a fucking waiting list. There's your love to see it. Isn't that amazing? Huge. Can you imagine seeing that when you're like, oh, fucking just amazing. Honestly.

I think maybe because I played volleyball, which is also like not a big sport, and I know for a lot of women's soccer players, it's like you have to fight for every cent of funding. You rock up to a local game and there's seven people there. And you just know the parents drive all around the state for hours and hours just to take their kids to the game because there's not games on everywhere because it's a bit spread out and a bit sparse.

And then to think like those parents who are doing all that driving they rock up and there's 70 000 people to watch their daughter play oh honestly like the goosebumps but like win or lose tonight fucking phenomenal effort and phenomenal watching as well like has just been really exciting it has really exciting to get behind something, eh? Yeah. As a Queen bandwagoner, it's been honestly just such a fucking joy. Put that on a fucking t-shirt. Put that on a fucking t-shirt.

Put that on a tattoo. All right, good luck, Tillies, tonight. We will put it on a tattoo. That whole speech, it cost down your back. All right, tomorrow. We'll see. Yeah, tonight we'll find out what happens and tomorrow you'll hear. Cross your fucking. All right. Tomorrow. We'll see. We'll hear. Yeah. Tonight we'll find out what happens and tomorrow you'll hear.

Cross your fucking flaps, everyone. Fuck me. It's today to an emotional and uplifting episode. Cross your fucking flaps. It's a call to episode cross your fucking flaps. Let's see if we get. Yeah. If Spotify. Censored.

Censored. Censored. I just censored myself. Yeah. Stop fucking talking! Alright, see you tomorrow. Go Tillies. Love you, bye.