Toni and Ryan - Is This Australian Tradition Actually Rude?

Episode Date: February 3, 2026

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The term Most other countries around the world think it is weird and low-key rude. Really? She's so shocked. I'm blown away. And appalled. She's popped a gasket. Hi, I'm Kaelin from RSM, California.

Hi, I'm Michelle from Hobby Bay, Queensland. I'm Reese from New Zealand. And I approve this podcast. Dice slots. Welcome to the Tony and Ryan podcast. I'm Ryan. This is Dr. author, bestselling Dr.

author, Tony Lodge. Um, is Hump Day an Australian saying? Have we been through this before? We'll say this every single time one of us says hump day. And? No, it's everywhere. Well, today we're playing a game called Aussie or Global. Oh.

Because apparently, since we talked about Sprite a few weeks ago, and you think he was only Australian. It feels, it's got Aussie vibes. Apparently it's an Aussie thing to just think things are only in Australia. Yeah. In fairness, that sounds pretty American as well. Yeah. Not they only have coke in America.

Did I tell you when I said to my US friends, why don't you come to Australia, then you'll know what it's like to be a foreigner? And they said, we're not foreigners. We're Americans. Yes. And I was like, I don't think you know. What an incredible outlook to have. So we're going to play Aussie or global. And basically, I'm going to tell you the thing.

And then Tony, you're going to guess, is it just like a local Australian thing? Oh my God. I'm going to smash this. Sausage droves, only Australian. No, I've had one in London. The first one, chicken salt. Ooh, chicken salt. So like to pop on your chippies, dare I say, pop on your wedges.

Given we're in the allowed window, we're in the wedge window currently. I think you could, but I don't think it would be a normal default. where's on chips at some like fish and chip shops you'd be like you'd almost have to ask for regular salt because chicken salt's just like the obvious one. Yeah. Um, is it Aussie or global? I reckon Aussie. Chicken salt was invented by some guy in Adelaide. Oh, God, Adelaide's fucking good.

And Brie, our mate knows him. He's just like a guy that like came up. He's like, you know what? Mix a bit of that and me that. And just like invented it on the spot one day. and then it became the thing. They must be pretty old, though. Peter Bricknell.

But they must be pretty old, right? Oh, yep, he's a hundred. There is? Good for him. So does he own Matani? Or maybe Matani bought the rights or, but yeah, Peter Brinkworth is the inventor of chicken salt. What a,

he lives in Adelaide. Gotcha. Good on him. What a legend. Imagine that being like your legacy, but like your family. It's like, oh, God, they've got a bit of cash. What they do?

Oh, well, their granddad invented chicken salt. His granddad invented chicken salt. That's like a crazy thing to hear. It's a bit like on mean girls. Like, my father, the inventor of Telstra Shrudeau, would not like to hear about theirs. Strangely, out of all the people I know, if you found out their grandpa invented chicken salt,

it would be you. Like, you've just got the energy. and the character of someone who has a grandfather that invented chicken salt. That is so sweet. You think I'm from chicken royalty. Salt royalty. They don't. Chicken salt royalty.

It's like Tony Lodge. Oh, yeah. She's another podcast. Yeah. Did you have a cat? That is, I'm taking that as such a compliment. And if you said that to someone, that would go. Yeah.

You're so right. Yeah. Like someone, if I said that, they wouldn't question it. They'd be like, that makes sense. If you see Tony in the wild, come up to her and say, excuse me, are you the granddaughter of the inventor of chicken salt? Even better, recommend our podcast to someone and go, do you know, yeah, have you ever heard of Tony Ryan?

You've probably seen the soap video online, crazy. Did you, do you want to get the craziest thing? Her granddad invented chicken salt. Yeah, and just back it in hard. How soon do you think we could get that on? the internet like not us posting it I don't want to post it but how soon let's make our own Wikipedia page think that that could be on Wikipedia pretty soon Charles you want a challenge for the week I could no no I don't want I don't want to put it up but I'm like word of mouth okay we

won't do it no no no like a genuine social experiment yeah I wonder how long was that you know I don't you think that's interesting it is how quickly could we spread this fake news I think we're we're ready for a Wikipedia page. Do we have one? We don't have? Do we make it or do someone make it for us? It's a free-for-all. No, but should we make it for ourselves?

Like, you can, yeah. But it then has to get approved and stuff. There's maybe a process, but we'll start the process. She doesn't have its own Wikipedia, though. See this where we can move in. Because his granddaughter hasn't started it. Yeah, sometimes you go on Wikipedia and it goes, oh, you've been referred to you because dot, dot, dot.

If you search for chicken sold on Wikipedia and then it just diverts the Tony Lodge. Chicken salt mogul. Known for podcast, sometimes referred to as the granddaughter of the inventor of chicken salt. The heir to the chicken salt fortune. What I am thinking, though, is that if Torbs is the heir to the Toblerone fortune and I'm the heir to the chicken salt fortune,

salty chocolate. Salty chocolate is in. We've got a whole meal there. Chicken salt and Toblerone. would probably fuck. What it? Because it's like, how'd you describe chicken salt to people overseas? It's savory.

Like, I know that sounds really stupid, but it's not salty. It's like more savory. Like, what is it, umami or whatever? That's like got more depth than just salt. But how would that go with the toblower and? I don't know if that would clash. Do you know what? Someone messaged me the other day that they're making chocolate with Jats in it.

Oh, yeah, that's, yeah. I didn't know that. That sounds numby. I think Cabri themselves did a co-lact. But yeah, it's like an official thing. Pia people make them at home because we do the Christmas crack. Yeah, we've talked about that before, yeah. Eucalyptus trees.

Australian. Easy, because that's what the koalas eat. Eucalyptus trees are also in Greece, India, California, South America, southern Europe and northern Africa. Isn't that fucking crazy? You think you know a guy? Do you think they also have eucalyptus lollies? No.

Because that's a big thing here. Australia. Although you can live to smell when you're in a sauna. Oh. Oh, actually, no, that does sound hella Greek. Hallagreek sounds hella Greek. It does like. No, that sounds, that sounds European and fancy.

Goon bags. Have you? Oh, Australian. But, sorry, go back to an eucalyptus. Have you seen that thing that, um, you support like a branch of eucalyptus and put that in your shower? No, but that would be so good. It's like a thing.

I saw it on, I think I saw it on TikTok. That like, that's a thing now that people are doing like, because the oils kind of get released in the steam and it's supposed to be really good for your breathing and stuff. I know it's not the same, but this morning I used the Vicks shower tablet. Aren't they? Don't they fucking hit. Wow. They are so good.

What a treat. Oh yeah. See, and doesn't that look so aesthetic? It does look great. We're seeing a photo of the eucalyptus hanging in the shower. I just think it looks so beautiful. Let's try that. You know what I'm really into at the moment?

It's not Australian, but like I am, we've got smart lights in like our lounge room and everything. I got Torbs to replace our lights in the bathroom with smart lights as well. And I've been showering with really low, warm light. Nice. And so in the shower, it's like not, because our fucking, our shower is all white, like, subway tile. And then you have a bright white light. And it's quite like overwhelming. So I've been showering and like really.

really low light. And it is so relaxing. Can I give you one of the great flexes of our house? Yeah. Is that both the bathrooms and the bedrooms have like the main light with one switch. And then it's a second switch for just the sconce. Oh, that's nice. So if I'm having a shower, main light, no, no, no, no.

Just the sconce. That's very good. And it is light and warm and you go, ooh. Yeah. We also have that in our room too. There's the big light. Then we've got like a little, yeah. That's living folks.

The showering, I mean, if you didn't have smart lights or whatever, just turn the lights off. Like you don't need anything fancy, but it's really relaxing. I feel like you really like feel your body in a different way. You actually do. And I don't mean that in a sexual way. I just mean like, oh, you really like, you feel quite connected to yourself. It's like a really nice like grounding thing like at nighttime. Gemma Watts did a post about.

if you're out of whack. Dark lights, warm lights, shower, treat yourself. Oh my God, I've been on to this, I didn't realize. Well, you two are both icons in my mind. Oh, yeah, trial blazers. Okay, goon bags and lemon lime and bitters. One is global, one is Australian. Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Lemon lime and biters, Australian, goon bags, global. And I would like a bonus point because I'm guessing that like a bladder of wine is also a thing in like Spain or Italy. They're popular goon bags in Norway, Sweden, France and North America. Fuck. So literally every country except what I said. Yeah. But I can see it. Maybe wine in Spain and at least too nice to put in a bag.

And you know what? That's fair. In a bag. No. So LLB. invented in Australia or only a thing here? Well, a lot of the comments over the last few weeks are just like, I have no fucking idea

what you guys are talking about. This sounds awesome. Maybe we could meet the people that like, take it global. Wikipedia page. Does lemon, lime and bitters, the drink, have a Wikipedia page, Charles? Maybe we'll get that one on the cards as well.

Oh, this next one will fuck out. It does, yeah. It does? Yeah. That's good. What is it? When was it invented? By Dr. Lemon Lime and Bitters.

It was actually by my granddad while he was making the chicken salt, he needed a drink. You know, I'll take the edge off this? Yeah. 1920 is it says? 19. Prohibition time. Gatsby. Oh, sorry, no, it was invented and popularized in 1880. They're different.

Yeah. Yeah. There's just a, there's not, you know how Wikipedia are. There's just a lot of information you don't know what's real or what's not. I'm alive. So true. And, I mean, we're talking about sharing fake news on. there, so fair game.

Pachiona. Oh, Australian. Now, Pashiona is a passion fruit-flavored soda here in Australia. It's so good. You can't even get Pachiona anymore. They don't make it anymore. You can get Pascito, but I don't think you can get Pachiona anymore. Pachiona is an Australian passion fruit-flavored soft drink currently manufactured by Asahi

beverages, formerly swept Australia, but Asahi bought them. And it was originally Coddies. that made it. But you're saying no dance. I don't think you can get Paschione any. I can get it at all it is. What? You have a...

Look at it. Oh my God. Add to cart. Add to cart. Right the fuck now, bitch. Oh my God. The last few times I've... Ten cans for $11.

You can't get that value. Oh, my God. Oh my God. If we order that now, we're going to get to the office. I have to look on my phone. Okay. Okay. Charles, please come to work more.

Now this is... I can't believe you can get a Paschiona. For so long you haven't been able to get it. It's so sweet. Yeah. It's such a... Sickly sweet. But you want it ice cold in the can.

Like it's just... Oh, it's so good. You know what won't last very long at all? Yeah. Is cold Paschiona. Because I dare you to have a sip and then just put the can on the table. Put it back down. not like the can doesn't even get a chance to get condensation on that it's gone it's a bit like

solo low on fist you can slam it down fast you're gonna fucking hate this next one great the term bring a plate oh i'm a fan of bring a plate i'm a fan of the community energy of bringing a plate or like a potluck or something. How do you, this is a question that I think I know exactly what you're going to say, but like, how do you become a person that like... Well, when a man loves it. But like, how do you become a person that like is, oh, yeah, we'll do that thing at Tony's and, of course, we'll bring a plate?

Like, how do you become that house? Pass me your phone. Pass me your phone. Did you get to unlock it? Yep. You should know the pass code, but that's okay. I don't. It's my mum's favorite time of year.

All of them, because she's dead. How many fucking chats are you got going on here? What chats? We don't fuck with each other's stuff, so I'm trusting you. But before you hit send on anything, could you show me the phone? No. Not. Everyone come round after recording, bring a plate.

Oh, to tap our top tower chat. Yeah. Oh my God. Can't wait to see you. Love you guys. I've just looked at my phone and gone, I've got a text. Who texts me? Oh.

All right. Everyone's saying, oh, it's so warm and gooey in the group chat. Love you guys. Looking forward to it, says Tommy. Can't wait, says Charles. Danny says, love you too. Lily says looking forward to it. And she's bringing wedges.

No, girls, sweet boy, savoury like a class party in front of school. Did you ever have that at school? Class party, girls bring sweet boys bring savory. But genuinely, so I would absolutely have everyone around. We can do a potluck dinner. and everyone brings a play. I absolutely love that idea. I think it's just about putting it out there.

Is it just, how do I become that person? You just have to do it. Invite people around. Do you know what I'm really obsessed with on the internet right now? Is that people are really starting to spread the notion of like to be in a village. You have to be a villager. Like it means turning up when you go,

oh, you know what? I could really do without this event tonight. But you go, no, going to the event is then what means that people come to my event. Or are there for me when I? need them. That's very, I really like that people are kind of sharing that community energy at the moment. Yep. Because it's very important to me. The term bring a plate. Oh, sorry I didn't answer. I think that must be global. Is Australian. Really? She's so shocked. I'm blown away. And appalled. She's popped a gasket. Is that really Australian? Most other countries around the world think it is weird and

low-key rude that Ozzy's ask everyone to bring their own food we've just planned one for a barbecue and dinner pot and that's what the other group chat said. Did you say barbecue? Oh we're all going to wear a bra but normally a bring a plate does this make it better? Normally a bring a plate is like

the host often will go we'll do meat the big stuff yeah like we'll do the meat and the fucking or the pasta or whatever can you bring some stuff for a or a couple of rolls or a salad or, you know. It's always a crowd pleaser. Yeah, oh, I'll make a pav.

Do you know what I mean? I'd fuck a pavs today too. Okay, all right. Plan our afternoon. Plan our afternoon. So we finish here. The Pachiona has arrived and somehow it has arrived cold. In the Woolworth's order, we have also gotten a pavlover case.

We have also gotten a bunch of sausages and Rissoles. and bread and barbecue sauce and cream cheese. And we have a barbecue, the Paschona. What? For the gluten. Oh, and the tequila for the gluten. Thank you. Yeah, which we learned yesterday.

And then we, while the barbecue is cooking, I'm covering the path with like a beautiful shantilly cream. And I've cut up all this beautiful fruit. You'll put hayway fruit on that, would you? Bit zingy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, bit zing Squeeze a little lime on top

Well, I don't do a squeeze lime You know what I do A little tin of passion fruit Yes Just use the passionia Pour the pasciona on top of the fat Actually though that would No, it'd be too wet

Fucking awesome Oh you don't know Like with restraint No, I think that would be awful But you know what you could do You could put some passion fruit pulp In your passionia I know this doesn't make sense at all

But during Friday's live stream let's finish it off with a Pav and Pasciona to wash down our dueling lobby rolls Yeah okay I want a West Coast lobster Yep I want an East Coast lobster Yeah

I want two butted rolls Yep I want a can of Pasciona And a Pavlova Fucking say that's three times time Done baby we get that for you No worries And if you want to see

Amant's intestines explode in a live stream Do you know what would be crazy I've just devised this in my mind Please imagine if you froze passion fruit pulp in ice cube trays and then you popped that like into a PIMS or something. Even just a soda. Yeah. Just like a soda strip.

You got one of those. Yeah, I do. That's sick. That's sick. That's good. We don't have any spare ice cube trays at the moment because they've all got basil in them. Oh yeah. Because the garden's going crazy for basil.

But then she'll just like lob one of those into the mix of whatever later. on and it'll just do its thing. Like into, like if you're making a pasta or something. Yeah, yeah. Or a pesto, like a frozen cube pasta. Yeah. Do you know what I'm really into as well at the moment? I'm super cubes.

Have you seen those like things where you freeze like the portions of food and they call it like Lego lunch? I think yeah. So you do the portion of rice, the portion of beans and the portion of meat or whatever and you've got a little Mexican bowl like ready to go. I'm very into those. That's people's smart. I can't wait until someone I know has a baby because I think.

I could like stash their freezer. You can stash them. I don't, do we need another baby? You can just do that. Do you know what? So true. I don't need my friends to have babies to stash up their freezer.

Yeah. That's so true. That is true. That's so true. Now, how far will a cubed meal travel? What do you mean? Like,

how far? Like how close to the good side of reservoir does a taffinet to be to get a cubed meal from Tony Lodge? I see what you're saying. No. I could travel. Yeah. I've got fuel.

I need to get fuel. I need to get fuel. How long would they last though? Because if someone goes, yeah, come drop it off at Phillip Island. You go, by the time we get their dog, like. No, I've got a fucking eco bag. Oh, like, throw a little brick in there. Yeah.

Or, you know what? Maybe if they're ready to eat, it'll be soft enough. No, you need to heat them up. Yeah, heat it up, but it won't take as long in the freezer because it's already started to decay. I don't think that's good. I don't think that's good. Okay. All right.

Hi, I'm Kaelin from RSM California. I'm Michelle from Hobby Bay Queensland. Kilda. I'm Reeves from Ewan, New Zealand. And you're listening to Tony and Ryan. In the dark. Well, that's staying in, obviously. Ryan's, what did you?

Oh, we're on still. Oh, yeah, that's happening. A massive shout at. And if I hear the word eucalyptus, there's this video where this, like, influencers like, hey guys and like, you use this. and her boyfriends in the background just goes, eucalyptus dick. That's really funny.

Like, I really like that. That's comedy. Yeah. I must shout out to a few of our champion type of episode. I read a Patreon. We just mentioned what we're doing for the live stream on Friday. Charles frantically trying to figure that out. That's fun.

Yeah, good on you. Good luck with that one, Chi-Chi. Stephanie Gore, good on you, Steph. Charlotte Abadi. More like Charlotte's a baddie. Samantha. Samantha. Do you want a Shakurik board?

Bring a plate Yeah, I'll bring a chuteu-eric Stacy Louise Nah, okay Rachel Kirk Oh yeah, bring a Rachel Kirk's Posito Not quite Pasciona

But I'll still fuck her Yeah, that's still pretty good Ashley Kons Ashley Kox Yeah I'll bring one of those Yeah I know someone to drink everything

That's just been mentioned Me Ree, good on your re Cole Richens Alicia Ward and Devin Butler Oh well need to get a Devon butler for all food reading. Well, the Devon butler's the

butler that brings the Devon. The Devon Dalchase. Isn't Devon like that weird meat? Poloni. Oh yeah, yeah. Or Strass or wherever you're from. A tradesman has said something that you will not believe in my own house and you will be shocked.

Oh, this isn't like a story from Reddit or saying. You'll be shocked and offended, but this is a bit of a choose your own adventure. Would you like, what, sorry, would you like, would you like to hear first what this tradie had the gall to say to me or the reason the trade he was there in the first place you're going to get both for what would you like first i feel like maybe i want the story in order so maybe why they were there first okay so is that what the chef recommends chef's chef's open business baby you're just telling what you want you know how we've discovered in this office that like indoor plants and pots and stuff like the pots some pots have

closed bum and others have like an open bottom. So like if you water it straight through it'll just come out the bottom. Yeah. Did you know there's a difference? I've learnt the hard way, yeah. Yeah.

What happened when you learned that? The floor swelled up. Hmm. Yeah. What? And then what was the consequences? What did you have to do? It was in a rental.

Oh, okay. And we moved. And it was like, yeah, the floor had kind of swole. on up a bit and it was during COVID lockdowns that we moved like we had to move out of the apartment um and it was during COVID lockdown so they could have that plate that first place you're in when we first met yeah yeah and um because it was during COVID lockdowns inspections were a bit

we sent photos to them yeah and so the photos I sent just happened to not get that corner have that little bit in it. I didn't Photoshop it. It wasn't good. Yeah. It was like the floor was like swollen up and stuff and I was like, we can't like re-floor on a pot. Like what are you talking about?

Yeah. Yeah. I'm so sorry. So there is a plant and a pot in Mabel's room that either Bridget and I have watered twice a week for three years. Twice a week for three years. Okay. Assuming.

So quite a lot. A closed bottom. Is it on carpet? Yeah. Did the carpet ever get wet around it? No? Yeah, but we didn't know because it was just like as a big pot or whatever. And then we moved.

We had some friends stay over. And so we moved the pot so we could put like a bigger bed in there. And we moved it. And over three years, it's like the carpet is black and it's then disintegrated, gone through, hit the board underneath and like, like you can step into like just over three years just gone straight through. So I would like... No, what?

I would like everyone to know that some pots have bottoms and some don't. And for three years. Oh, yeah, top that one up. So, who discovered it? Who moved the pot and who saw it first? My wife. And what did she say? O drat.

Because I've been at your house once when you overwatered a plant and the water went everywhere and it wasn't very good. Remember that maple one that you had in the lounge room? Yeah. But the thing about that is that we learned that that wasn't good the first time. Yeah. That one though was because you put like a liter of water into it and it like overflowed. Yeah.

But yeah. Okay. So hang on. So the carpet's fucked. Facked. And like it's gone through like the underlay and down into the. The what like the the plight? What's that the sheet for the wood?

Then, like, started rotting at that and it's all fucked up. What? So you have to rip everything out? Yeah. What room's in the spare room or in the... Mables. Oh. So that's why of some of the people, a carpet guy has come around.

And... That's going to cost a fortune. Yeah, it's fucked up. And it turns out being a dumb... Isn't something you can claim insurance for? That's crazy. So the other morning, bridge goes the carpet guy's coming at 8.30

and I was like, great. He turns up at 7.30 which is fine because he's going to get crack in whatever. No, but it's annoying though when like it's at that hour, you're kind of like, fuck, we thought we had a bit more time to like move the stuff out of the room or whatever. He parks in the driveway and my car's still in the garage so I can't get my car out.

Yeah. But I'm doing some other things. around the house, whatever. And then I'm like, oh, I've got to go out. And so later, yeah, so later on. And because I think, yeah, we'll move our cars, whatever. And so I said, man, he's still working away. And I was like, I'm really sorry because it's my fault for not moving the car out earlier.

No. I got to head off into work. Is it all right if you move your car and then I'll get going? And he goes, oh, mate, you know what? I'm actually almost finished anyway. What are you thinking? Well, if someone says that, what does that mean?

He goes, oh, I'm almost done. Can you wait five minutes? What's the cut off? I think five minutes. Because five minutes is kind of like a just casual, like, oh, I'll be five. Do you mind waiting? But it's not five.

You might have five minutes of work left, but then you're going to tell me about what you've done and you're going to give me the invoice. And like five minutes isn't five minutes in that situation. Isn't it? What did he say? He goes, mate, I'm actually almost done. So, and I went, oh, great.

And he goes, yes, wait, give me 30 minutes and I'll be out of here. You're like, bitch, I'm not just like going to the shops. I'm like going to work. And so he had to move. So he had to move like just out of the drive. I'd sneak around and come back in. And again, I should have moved earlier. No, I don't think that's on you.

But 30, when he said, oh, I'm almost done, I was like, oh, great, I'll go get in the car. Well, yeah, because you go, oh, you can be two minutes or. I'm almost done. Oh, great, sounds good. Yeah, so, yeah, 30 minutes I'll be out of here. No, that's not okay. Is that fucking crazy? Also, I just think that parking in someone's driveway is crazy.

Oh, but they've got stuff they're bringing in and out. But you have a spot on your front thing. Yeah. Like I think, there's room for other cars. Yeah, like I, my thing would probably be like, I wouldn't park in the way or I'd be like not drive down. But that, because I kind of heard that and went, am I being fucking crazy?

No. That's insane. Nah, that's it. Because that's not two minutes. But it's also like, yeah, it is slightly annoying, but I'll do it. I'm not saying you have to say it's an honor and a privilege. Yeah. No.

Because it's not. It's a pain in the ass. It's a pain in the ass. But. I was like, like, like, I'm glad I didn't say it out. But I almost just went, I just fucking joking. What did you actually did you go like oh I need to leave now? No, I'm not that brave.

What did you do you just go okay, can I get you anything? Yeah. Do you want me to get your coffee or you know? Do you know what I actually thought you were going to say at first? That you were going to be like, oh, could I, could you move your car and he goes, mate, nah. And you go, can I just take yours for some, like that's what I thought you were going to. Like, do you might, I've just got a whip to the shops, mate. I'll get your coffee while I'm down.

Can I just take you or you? It's just so much. detail or something. The reason I wouldn't do that for this specific instance is that it looked like a pretty manly car and if it was a manual who fucking knows what would have happened. Who's a manual? Yeah, I know.

But like, because the driveway sloped a little bit, I could imagine me putting it in first, I'm just rolling straight back and going through. Straight into your garage. Yeah. So it's a no for me, but I like the energy.

I just thought that you'd be like, oh, bro, I just need to go to Woolies. Like, can I just, you know? Here's a small tip for bosses. Okay. my uncle worked for this guy The carpeting guy

No For like a guy Oh I'm like My uncle worked for this guy And he worked in a factory or whatever Yeah it's not the same guy No Many guys in this down

He hates He worked in a factory or warehouse or something And he had to like Go get some stuff And the boss goes Oh yeah Take my work van And like tossed him the keys

Yeah And he was just like So chuffed That the boss was like You can drive my work work like my car and like trusted me with his keys yeah like he was telling me that story for five years he's like oh the work how's work oh it's so good oh and my boss is such a good guy yeah let me drive his car once like it's like it's great and he's just like the smallest thing and it just like

stuck with him for ages yeah and there was something real about like the camaraderie of just like tossing someone your keys and be like oh my take the key it's all good I feel like there is something in that absolutely it makes you feel like you all trust each other and it's like hell safe because we do that here a lot. Can I drive your outy today? You can't. But anyone else is fine. What did you call me?

The reason is, and you know why, is because I've seen, I know that you don't lock it and you don't, like, it's all those, it's not the actual driving car. Then one other thing. You don't lock it. Yeah. You park in crazy places. I find parts creatively. That's an asset, baby. I don't know why I said baby on the end of that,

but I'm staying, I'm staying with it. But like, you're just explaining the strengths of mine. Am I? Flexible security. Creative parking. Get there hell fast.

I've taken Charles's car before. Yeah. Like, it's chill. Did you ever drive the chimney? RIP? No. No, I didn't.

I don't know why. No, but I actually don't. I don't know. Oh, okay. No, like, yeah, you'll be right. Yeah, okay. Yeah.

Nah. Unless you're off road. I'm looking forward to driving my GWM tank 300. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Any calls? Nah, no calls yet.

Okay. All good. Would I be able to drive that one? Yeah. Because you could lock it from that from wherever you were. Yeah. Can't do that with my current car. Speaking of Australia versus the rest of the world,

when our minds were blown last week about, holy shit, there's an app we can turn the car on and stuff. Yeah. People overseas were like, you guys don't have that yet? It's so insane. I think. I think you can do it with like newer cars, but my car doesn't have it. Yeah, it's just for me, I was like, that's a crazy new world.

And everyone, the rest of the world's like, keep up. I can't, I can't believe it either. But is it, do you think a little bit like warming a car? Remember when we did that thing about warming a car up and you're like, oh, you don't have to do it in your fancy car. I was like, no, we just don't really have to do it in Australia. Because it's not that cold. Because it doesn't get that cold. But I wonder if in America, say, where it gets like really, really cold.

Yeah. Getting your car, like the engine to heat up for five minutes before you get in it is probably important. So the Sweden's and Norway's and Canada. Yeah. That feels like it makes more sense. Whereas here, we need it for the aircon. We live in a fucking desert. We need the aircon to cool the car down though.

You've been branded by a fucking seatbelt buckle? Write a passage here, but... I don't think people in Scandinavia or Canada know. The danger that a seat buckle will do to a person. Yeah. in Australian summer. You sit on a leather seat with shorts on. See your thighs.

Did you want that skin to take away? Well, you can't. It's dine in only. Well, no. Hang on, okay. That's too much. Dine in thighs. Yeah.

You can eat out though. I was going to say you can get a takeaway because you can peel that skin right off. Yeah. But it's not attached anymore. You fucking lose your DNA on a fucking steering wheel. So you're just getting like the strong grip been talking about thighs.

And like you grabbed me over there, my butt before, remember? I did grab the butt before. That was aggressive. Yeah. Like it wasn't a fun way. It was like a, oh. No, it is strong. Yeah.

All good. Okay. How's everyone feeling today? Yeah, we all doing good. I've got a message here from Katie, um, with two eyes. K-A-I-T-I-E. Yep. Oh, not together.

I was like, K-A-T-I-I-E. Katie messages throw on Patreon. And it's like such a great feel-good story. It does start, but we get there and much. Okay. Okay. Katie says, I have a rare medical condition. And over the past 19 years, I've had more than 45 surgeries. Fucking her.

Ranging from minor procedures like dental work to major ones, including spine surgery. So like very intense. Katie says when I was two years old, I underwent a bone marrow transplant, which was the only way to slow the progression of the disease that she has. One thing that the transplant couldn't stop, though,

was the cloudiness in my eyes. Growing up, I was told I would never be able to do normal things like drive because of my eyesight. And because of, I guess, like, a lot of time in hospitals, a lot of time being operated on, a lot of medical appointments, Katie says, I have a severe phobia of anything coming to my eyes, including, like, eye drops and things like that. That's a big fucking time.

Right? Yeah, that would suck. The only way to correct my vision was through a cornea transplant. What the fucking fuck. How are they fucking, yeah. I know. Cornia transplant. I hardly know a transplant.

Knowing the recovery included constant eye drops, I went through therapy to overcome my phobia and eventually made the decision to have the surgery. So Katie's like, I've got to just get through this. I can do it. I know that I can do it. And I think I'm ready to now take on this challenge. I did this all because I wanted the chance to drive. Fast forward, 1,243 days later, I now have my P's and can officially drive solo.

That's crazy. After everything, this feels like such a huge win and I absolutely love to see it. And she kind of went, we were chatting about it back and forth. And Katie said like, oh, I just having a doctor tell you this is so, unlikely can often make you just go, well, if a doctor said it, then that must be it. Yep. And she was like, but the way that I was able to persevere and kind of go through different avenues to try and figure out how to make this work for me.

Yeah. She's like, just if I heard someone else that had persevered with something after a doctor had told me that it probably wasn't possible, I would have, that would have given you a real G. Fuck. As a doctor myself. Yeah, what was your recommendation? I think you can do it.

anyone can do anything because it's 20 to 26 the year of the hot slut. So true. Well done though. Yeah. Just a big kick for the hot sluts. Oh, will you like? Oh, yeah. Oh, it's over.

My love to see it, Katie, thank you. Is Jane Flanagan popping up in Tarp of Jane Flanagan? Hi, Jane. Popping up in a comment section. Yeah. Now, this could be taken one of two ways. And I think having Jane on your side, Tony, is something you should be happy. Okay.

So there's like some meme page floating around and the meme says, aren't they all? Ah, they all. But you know, just one of those things. And it says, I used to be cool, but now I like to research menus and the parking situation before I go somewhere new. I think that is cool.

And maybe I'm not someone you want on your site. And that's okay. Jane Flanagan goes, whoa. If you're picking a fight with Tony Lodge, you're picking a fight with Tony Lodge, you're picking a fight with all of us. We ride at dawn. And I was like, oh, isn't that nice? God, to be seen is to be loved.

Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Oh, my God. The type is just really warm my puss up. Yeah. I love it. And you think researching, like, you're not offended by the original. Oh, my God.

No, I think it is cool. Because when I saw that, I personally went, oh, someone's like, oh, someone's like, oh, I'm like, oh, someone's like, oh, fuck, I love. Now, do you know what is crazy is that, like, it's actually for me, those kinds of I mean, the menu is normally just because I'm excited. Yep. And I'm like, oh my God, do they have blah? What am I thinking I want?

Yeah. I also know that when I get excited at a menu, it takes me a long time to narrow down. So it's also a bit of a like public service to the people I'm eating with because then I won't be like agonising over the menu for ages. Or stressing at the menu or. The thing about the parking though is for me, it's self care. Because I'm not then going to worry about it because I'll get there and go, oh, I know where there's a spot.

or I know that that street parking is there. So while people are like, oh, it's so neurotic, I'm like, it's actually just because I'm like, I don't want to stress later. I'll just figure that out now and I know I'm all good. I'll just stress and worry in advance and get it done. But that's not stressing. That's just like I've done like an actionable thing. Yeah, you've done it.

Like stress is scared of action. That's true. Put that as the motivational thing on the no context notebook. Stress is scared of action. So then when I go, no, I've looked it up. It's fine. Then it's out of my brain. Whereas before I did that, I would like agonise over whether I'd be able to park.

And then I'd go, I'll just get an Uber because I'm too stressed about it. So action defeats stress. Yeah. Action defeats anxiety, is that we're saying? Yeah. Stress fears action. I think I like that better. That's a big year for us.

That's huge. We are the hottest slots. I'm excited. Would you like a quick update as well? Yes. We're about 10 minutes out from Pasjona arriving. Did you actually all that tall? And it's with the, it's heading our way right now.

All right. Let's wrap this up. See you. See you guys later. Cracks some ice into a fresh cup. Do we have ice? Yes. No, it's been a whole fucking thing in the office this morning.

It'll be frozen. It'll be frozen by now. Glad I don't. Love you. Bye. Bye.