Toni and Ryan - Tears On A Plane

Episode Date: August 25, 2024

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Welcome to the Tony and Ryan podcast. My name is Ryan. This is Dr. Author Tony Lodge. G'day. We are calling Leah. Love that name, Leah. Like Ada Nicodemo on Home and Away. You say that with such confidence and like, it just sounds so great when you say it. I'll say more stuff to you later, big boy. Hello? Leah!

Hello. Now, Leah, can you tell Tony where you live? Um, probably the bad side of Reservoir. The bad side of Reservoir. I see Leah at the shops all the time. Do you? Yeah. Do you know what shop Leah works at?

I'll give you a clue. I fucking love this place. KFC? No, but good areas. Good areas. Where do you work, Leah? Denver. Okay, yeah, that you work, Leah? Denver. Okay, yeah, that is a bit of Ryan energy.

Yes, nice. Now, what do you think of people from the good side of Resi, Leah? There's no good and bad side. That's what someone on the good side would say when they're trying to be humble. Do you, like, sort of turn your nose up at these fancy toffs from the other side of the train tracks? I still love them. Thank you, Leah. sort of turn your nose up at these fancy toffs from the other side of the train tracks? Oh, I still love them.

Thank you, Leah. Yeah, we're good. We're old friends, Leah and I. Do you still love them? Yes. I don't think so. I love Sophie. I asked you to walk to the other side of the train tracks the other week

and you said I wouldn't dare with my car. Well, am I walking or am I in the car? It sounds like you've got your story. Yeah, I'm on my wires across. Are you like, I'll have to walk because I don't want my car to get badged? Oh, fuck off. Leah, what sort of car do you have? But what badge is on it?

Hyundai. I've got a Hyundai Getz with an Audi badge on it. And I found that on eBay. Yeah. Leah, will you approve today's podcast? I will. Yay! It's Leah from the bad side of Reservoir and I approve this podcast.

Welcome to a brand new show. Welcome to Melbourne, Australia. Local time, once again, is actual local time. I don't want to get into customs chat, but Tony and I are the only ones here today. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I don't want to say who and who isn't allowed in countries. No, no, no. All I'm saying is, is that Tony and I, like the old days.

Yeah, like the old days, which is actually quite nice. Not because it's not nice, but, you know, like it feels, you know, back to our roots. Now. Customs chat. Yeah, border security chat. Not all of us have made it. No, that's not true.

Who would have known we were employing Coke Shoes Cassie or whatever the fuck in her name. Karen. Karen, Coke Shoes Karen. Yeah, she was our digital producer. Cocaine Cassie was an actual person, remember, the headphones? So was Coke Shoes Karen. Yeah, that was our digital producer. Cocaine Cassie was an actual person, remember? The headphones? So was Coke Shoes Karen.

Yeah, that wasn't an actual name though, but. What? Show me a certificate immediately. But all I have written down here is coming up is post-flight Tony. Yeah. So is everything okay, mate? I'll let you be the judge. Okay.

Yeah. And you actually might have seen this happen and just ignored it. Yeah. Which, like, I would actually be fine with. Do you know what I would respect? There's been a few things in my life where I've said, this has just happened, and I think we can just leave that there. I've just got to leave it.

Exactly. And I think, yeah. Well, I've decided to not leave it. No, but we can decide together. Later. In half an hour. Yeah. How we're feeling.

We are back in Melbourne. We are back at work. And I want to talk about, can you just give me a little drum roll? Gen Z's in the workplace. There's a list of things Gen Z employees won't tolerate in the workplace. They're not tolerating it. Okay.

These youngsters. So I think we're going to decide, you and I, Tony, and you listening, if this is like fair or if that's like a bit like you're taking the piss a little bit. So, you know, we'll just play it bit by bit and we can just, how would you feel personally about each of these things? Initially, right now, I feel like you sound like a boomer, which I absolutely love.

So all the bloody Gen Zs in the workplace. There was a time where I felt empathy for those who didn't make it through customs and now maybe I wish I was one of them. Maybe the cold glove of a customs officer would have been warmer than the response I'm receiving from Tony Lodge. So with the time zone chat, did you gain 50 years? Is that what's happened? Now tell me about your list.

Tell me about your list. Well, because we've been in England, the old country, and I'm just embracing. The old country. The cobblestones. I've brought this out of you. Is that what they're called? Cobblestones?

Yep. That's where Joel's house was on the cobblestone lane, which you didn't hate at the time, but apparently now you're given some. My uncles didn't love it, but that's okay. I wear a lot of platform shoes. Hello, London. Yeah, it's Ryan. Cobblestone, good aesthetic.

Didn't suit Tony's hired platform fucking night. If you just thought that out before we're back, London. Yeah, it's Ryan. Cobblestone, good aesthetic, didn't suit Tony's hired platform fucking night. If you just thought that out before we're back, great. Thank you. Over. I don't think I'll be welcome back, but we'll have to go pick up Sophie at some point. See how she goes. Being asked to feature in the company TikTok. Oh.

The marketing team assumes because I'm a Gen Z that I want to be in every video the company ever makes and really I just want to do my job and go home. I actually rate that, to be honest, and I reckon most people would go. Have you seen those reels that are like when the social media person like comes around to your desk and like the four like people in suits all stand up and they're like yeah like they get ready to like do a dance or whatever but i that would

drive me crazy because it's like if you want hire a fucking social media person yeah who wants to do it and let them do it just because i'm young doesn't mean i want to do a fucking stupid dance to talk about how great the oh and the trend was three weeks ago. Oh, we're going to do this dance for the TikTok. Yeah, and you go, oh, that's over. That's done. I don't know if I've ever told you this. When I worked at Kiss, they asked me to start a Kiss TikTok.

Oh, they asked me as well. Did they? Obviously, you'd said no and then they go, who's the second funniest person here? And I said, I'll only do it if we can do it well and do it properly. Yeah. And they went, yeah, that's what we thought. We're thinking of this. And I went, no, thank you. No, see, they said to me, do you'll only do it if we can do it well and do it properly. Yeah. And they went, yeah, that's what we thought. We're thinking of this. And I went, no, thank you.

No, see, they said to me, do you want to do it? And I said, will you pay me? And they said, no. It's exposure. And I was like, oh, okay. Yeah. No, that doesn't pay my rent, sweetheart. Thank you, though.

See you later. No, I actually, I rate that. You shouldn't have to just be in the TikTok because you fucking work there. Oh, you're a Gen Z. You love this shit. Yeah, no. Overtime expectations. A common complaint by Gen Z employees is they're being labeled part-timers

for arriving on time and leaving on time. I work from 9 to 5. Great. I'll start working at 9 and I'll finish working at 5. Yep. There's none of this, oh, yeah, 9 to 5. You know know we get in at 20 past eight to do a fucking thing and blah blah yeah five o'clock oh could you just finish this off before you know yeah i work you pay me from nine to five i actually really respect that as well like i remember this is not the same as

working nine to five but when I was like working at Coles It would be like oh you start at four But oh you've got to be there at quarter to four So that you can go up and like sign in And like put your hat on and fuck I don't know And you kind of go well actually like Who's working for who here? Well yeah like what's the expectations that I'm in the deli by four

But I get paid from four not from before that Yeah so you push back on that or you just went okay Oh is that I'm in the deli by four, but I get paid from four, not from before that. Yeah. Did you push back on that or you just went, okay. Oh, no, but I'm always early anyway. Yeah. But then there's the times where you're like, oh. But working a nine to five, I feel like is it ever really nine to five, which is probably my poor boundaries.

Yeah. But I don't know, as a team, if we kind of go, oh, could we come in a bit early because we've got to do this thing but like fuck off a bit early? Yeah. I feel like we're all right with that. Working while sick. Gen Z and millennial workers are less likely to turn up to work

when they are unwell, according to a HR expert. Older generations are shown to be less mindful of spreading germs around the office and are happy to show up and share their cold with the team. Well, hasn't that expert just sprinkled a little fucking editorial on there? Yeah, added a little bit of non-facts. Which I don't disagree with. The thing is, though, neither of us can comment on this

because we've both done podcasts that sound like this. Welcome to the show. Yeah, but we used to live in a world where, regardless, there needed to be five episodes a week. So we actually couldn't not come to work. But we, you know, that was. Are you blaming the workplace culture of Tony and Ryan? No, definitely not.

But, you know, so it was kind of, and then you also don't want to let like the tapas down. No. So you go, oh, we'll do an episode when actually probably like, probably shouldn't have. Yeah. And I love to be a fucking hero. Go, no, like, oh, come in. Which is just pointless. You don't love to be a hero.

You are a hero. Well, I feel like I have to be. Do you? No, as in like I. Muscles Lodge has to carry the burden of life. No, I don't mean like that. I mean, like, I just feel guilty needing rest, which is so silly. Heroes, like, don't decide to be heroes.

They're born heroes. Fuck you. Isn't that what, who was the original Greek god of, it was played by Jennifer someone in the Stanley Tucky movie. Catnip. No. What's her name? Catwoman?

No. Cat. Thrunzita Jones. Fuck. It's not The Lord of the Rings, but it's another shit trilogy. Stanley Tucky. Hunger Games. Catnip.

Catniss. What did I say? Catnip. Catniss. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jennifer Hudson. Hawkins. No, that's-

Jennifer- Lawrence. Lawrence. Oh my God. She decided. Hawkins. No, that's- Jennifer- Lawrence. Lawrence. Oh, my God. She decided. She didn't decide to be a hero. It was thrust upon her. Yeah.

Just like you. Yep. So I'm like Katnip. Yeah. Yep. People are actually always saying that to me. This one actually fucked me off and Gen Z can go fuck themselves. Oh, no.

No, just kidding. Having to turn the camera on during a Zoom meeting. No, just kidding. Having to turn the camera on during a Zoom meeting. 35% of Gen Z women favour loungewear over other clothing, so it's no surprise the reoccurring ick about being asked to turn their camera on during a Zoom meeting. A bit more editorial there. 30-year-old women get the ick.

Okay. I'm just reading the stats. Nah, okay, 70-year-old journalist that fucking wrote this. It's actually from the Dailyick. Okay. I'm just reading the stats. No. Okay, 70-year-old journalist that fucking wrote this. It's actually from the Daily Mail. Oh. So it's probably a 14-year-old. Yeah. Yeah, but they just copied and pasted it from somewhere else.

Yeah. I'm a fan of camera on. Imagine everyone else has got their camera on. I think that's fucking rude. I feel really awkward having my camera off. Like, so when I worked at Mindset Health Health, the startup app that I worked at, which was my favourite job ever, and lots of people, except for this one, and lots of people,

if we were doing a big presentation and they were recording it, they were like, oh, you can turn your camera off if you want because this recording is going to live in perpetuity. Yeah, I can cop that. But even then I was like, nah, because someone's presenting and giving it their all. Their all. And, like, it's just black fucking squares on their thing.

It just, like, really broke my heart. Yeah. And I was like, if I was presenting to just, like, a bunch of people there, and you know that when you've got your camera off and your microphone off, they're just sitting there eating Subway. Yeah. You're very pro-Subway at the moment. I love Subway.

I'm pro-Subway at all times. But like, do you know what I mean? Yeah. That just made me feel so, I felt guilty doing it. I try to be on Zoom a good audience and I'll like really try and nod along. Yes, me too. It's like during the safety thing on a plane.

I'm like, oh, both ways. I'm already asleep. Oh, there's doors. Yeah. No, but I'm the same. I'm like active listening. You know how they do that line on the plane where it's like. Do they?

Oh, not a problem with customs. They say like, oh, every plane's different. So make sure we pay attention. No, they're not. They're all the fucking same. Oh, that is not true. Where's the door? There.

Great. If I need to leave. They're all the fucking same. Whoa, that is not true. Where's the door? There, great. If I need to leave, I'll go through that door. Are there any questions? Every aeroplane is different. I don't think so. Pilot at the front, toilets on the back, seats in between. Tell me a plane you've been on that doesn't have that structure. I've never flown private like you, so I wouldn't know. Well, first of all, I haven't flown private except

one time. Except one time when you figured a girl on a plane. Ayo. Didn't figure a girl on a plane was that person, though. She had a rich family. It's still the same structure. Actually, no. And you know why that was my worst nightmare? There was no toilet because it was like a little six seater. What if you need two wheelways could you imagine me sweating before that flight oh my god okay well anyway zoom meeting yes toilets on plane also yes yeah okay yeah but i think it's like you're trying to have a conversation say it's a bit of a brainstorm or a planning meeting and they're just like, hey, we've done you a favour by letting you work from home.

The least you can do is nod along and give some eye contact when we're having a conversation. Also, if you're wearing casual clothes, I don't think that's a bit, like I've never gone like, oh, you're wearing a fucking active wear jumper, you're going to do worse work. Like that's just, I mean, that is true for me. If I'm like in my jammies all day, I don't do good work. Have you seen?

I don't feel switched on. There's this video that's done the rounds of, they're like, oh, you know, there's four ladies doing a meeting and they're like, oh, Cindy, what was your thoughts? And she's like, oh, and then they're like, Cindy, where are you? And she moves her like camera around and she's like getting her hair done oh no i haven't seen that yeah it's a not office day and they're like yeah but like that means like working from somewhere else it doesn't mean so yeah still on the call yeah so i think with the fourth quarter we should go with the

fucking do the blonde um sorry about that yes and. And they're just like, nah, mate. Yeah, I don't know about that. Playing loud music in the office. There are around 10 to 15 people in our open plan office and some people put music on with their headphones. Yeah. But this one Gen Z guy plays music aloud from his laptop. No. He says music helps him work,

but after a while, the headphones get a bit annoying to wear, so he plays it out aloud. When someone mentioned it, he suggested that others wear headphones if they didn't like it. Nah, fuck you. Yeah. Time difference, boomer Tony. Hate that. Hi, this is Leah from Reservoir, and you're listening to Tony and Ryan.

Yeah. from Reservoir and you're listening to Tony and Ryan. A massive shout out to a few of our champion tapas over at our Patreon. Our Patreon, we do a lot of like exclusive content over there, some videos and stuff. If you want to check it out, you're more than welcome. A few of the people that are over there on our champion tier, Greta Meyer. Thank you so much, Greta. Thanks, Greta Meyer.

Carolyn, Charlotte Webstar, Lyndall Hesketh and Caleb. Thank you very much for being part of our Patreon. Absolutely love to see it. Was it yesterday we were talking about how everyone's nicknames is the first, the start of their name and not many's is the second part? You and i personally were talking about that like not on the podcast yeah because we met someone named danielle yeah and i said oh do you go by danny or do you go by danielle and she's like oh it doesn't really bother me and

depends who i'm talking to and i was like do you ever go by ella or we both looked at you strange and we're like obviously not yeah but then you saying the word caleb we have this guy called lob and we like i've traveled around with Lob and he was a Caleb that we just met with Lob. Yeah, right. Hey, Lob. Oh. Yeah, I don't know if he liked it, but we did.

But, like, you know, like someone like William, like named William, he'll go by, like, Will or Bill, but never Liam. Never Iliam. But, you know. Iliam. Yeah. But, like, Liam is a name. Yeah.

So if you went, oh, yeah, I'm Liam. Oh, but short for William, you'd go, what? What the fuck are you talking about? You would never. Like Prince Liam. Who's Prince Liam? Of Denmark? Don't.

Anyway. Prince William. Prince. Oh, I see. You know that thing you were just talking about? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that sounded so disconnected in my mind that I was like, who is Prince Liam?

He's not a Wilbur either. Nah. Or even a Bill. Because I like a Billy. He's not a Billy, but with a bald head, he could be a Bill. Just a bit of royal chat because we're back from the homeland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've been amongst the monarchy over there.

I don't know what that was. That just feels like a regal tune. It sounded a bit more like the USA, like... It did sound like that. What's the British version? I think that's more like Shrek. What? What's coming up?

Okay. What is, I want Ryan, you to answer this and everybody that's listening have a little bit of a think. What is the movie that you cry no matter what? It's actually a little bit embarrassing. No, there's nothing embarrassing about crying to a film because it gets the wah-wahs out. What's the one with, he wasn't cancelled at the time, Will Smith when he's like the stockbroker?

The Pursuit of Happiness. Pursuit of Happiness. I haven't seen that. Just the journey of it all. Because it's him and his son, isn't it? Yeah. The Pursuit of Happiness. Pursuit of Happiness. I haven't seen that. Oh, just the journey of it all. Because it's him and his son, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. And they're sort of homeless.

Yeah. And it's like a good cry. You're just so revved up. Yeah. Okay. But that gets me. And I'm pretty sure I was unconsolable. Inconsolable.

When I was corrected once. That one time. By a woman. By a woman. Was it My Girl? Oh, I haven't seen that either. The Bees? Yeah, I haven't seen that.

But I have seen, that is, you know how you've got a few movies and TV shows that you're like, I swear I've seen the whole thing like through shorts? Yeah. My Girl is one like that. Like I've seen the scene where she's like, he doesn't have his glasses on. He can't see without his glasses, which is apparently the saddest part of the movie.

But I've seen that as like an Instagram reel or a TikTok. I haven't even thought of that movie for decades. I haven't seen it on TikTok. She's like, why is he wearing his glasses? Yeah. So that's the only, oh, sorry. I've opened a wound here. Don't say wounds.

Yeah, fuck me. What a horribly sad film. Don't correct my horribly. No, I won't because it's too emotional. We're having a moment. We're having a moment. What about you, Tony? Well, I've got a few.

If you say, dude, where's my car, I fucking swear. But, like, I've got a few. Like, obviously a classic one is the film about the RMS Titanic. Titanic. Which bit are you crying? The whole thing. Like, and especially. We've got a little man in car.

Yeah. Because, like, obviously, the part where they're on the door and all of that. But I feel like because that movie is building tension the whole time. You're just on the edge. It's the big epic film. Yeah, it is. And, like. It's just the Celine Dion music, actually, doesn the edge. It's the big epic film. Yeah, it is. And like. It's just the Celine Dion music actually, doesn't it?

It does really get me. And like right from the beginning you kind of start feeling emotional because you think about what happens at the end. Anyway. What happens at the end? But no spoilers. But so last week we were. Yeah, so they get on a boat and go for a cruise and get there

and all good. And all good. And they love it. And they are together forever. Yeah, and then Celine Dion performs in Paris and everyone wins. Yeah, it they get on a boat and go for a cruise and get there and all good. And all good. And they love it and they are together forever. Yeah, and then Celine Dion performs in Paris and everyone wins. Yeah, it's great. Last week we were away in London for our third birthday. Yep.

We did a little birthday party. It was a bit of a surprise. No one knew where we were. People had to like find us around the world. And we did like a lot of stuff while we were away, like filmed a lot of stuff, kind of, you know, we're hoofing around the time difference, the jet lag, and I'm like a bit tired and like a little bit worse for wear

and we're hopping on the plane to come home and I'm sitting on the plane, like we're in the air, like we've taken off, we're like literally on our way home and I'm sitting on the plane and I put Harry Potter on for comfort. Comfort, yeah. And because it's a long fucking way, I was like, I reckon I could watch one to eight twice. Yeah, I was going to say, do you knock out the whole fucking thing?

You can just watch all of them and like you could take on a few trilogies on that flight. It's a fucking long way. Yeah, fuck me. And so I'm sitting on the plane but I can't really concentrate on what's on because i'm like i'm half in i'm half out i'm tired i just want to get home fucking uncomfortable you sit on the plane anyway you know when you're on the plane and how the screens have the like privacy film on

them so you can't see what the person right next to you is watching or like the people in your row because it's like dark, like tinted or whatever. The angles hit. Sometimes they hit and sometimes they don't. Yeah. And it's like for privacy. I didn't realise that. Yeah. So it's so that you can't just like look over at what like someone

else is watching or whatever. But then what about when you're having a cute moment and you like want to watch a movie together? Oh, well, I guess you still could. Just put it on your own screen. Yeah. Or like hit play at the same time or have your ipad sitting on a little thing but you can't see the people right next to you but you can like see the people in front because it's the right you're right like the right thing and i'm like sitting there i'm kind of like a bit

fidgety and i'm just whatever and I look across the aisle and there's somebody, like a parent, holding the kid on their lap. Yeah. And the parent has headphones on and is watching their screen and I could see that there was movement and they were actually watching something. And the kid on the lap is like watching the iPad propped up on the thing. Great.

So obviously the- You got that shit down, Pat. Yeah, the iPad propped up on the thing. Great. So obviously the. You got that shit down, Pat. Yeah, the parents got headphones on, is watching something. The kid is like sitting there quietly, like all good. It's probably like four or five. Yeah. And this kid is watching Toy Story 3. Oh, my God.

Oh, and they're going down the thing. The toys are in a furnace. Oh, my fucking God. Are you fucked? It's a harrowing film. And so I'm like pretty tired. It's a harrowing film. And so I'm, like, pretty tired. I'm a bit worse for wear. It's not the film that I would have picked to put on because I'm, like,

sitting there and I'm going, I would never put that on if I was feeling a bit soft. That scene when they're going, oh, my God, one of the great scenes. But also the whole film is, like, emotional because it's like, oh, the toy's getting left behind because he's going off to college. So how did you go? So you looked away and it was fine, I'm guessing. Yep, all good.

So I'm sitting in my seat. Harry Potter's on. Harry Potter's on in my headphones, but I'm bawling watching the end of Toy Story 3 on some four year old's iPad across the aisle from me. I was watching the end of Woody if it wasn't there.

And I'm like sitting there and I'm like welling up and my nose is tingling and like I actually can't start like I start not being able to breathe. And I'm sitting there like I can't start, like, I start not being able to breathe. Yeah. And I'm sitting there like, I can't hear it, but I just know it, so I know exactly what's going on. And this little kid's just like, you know, chilling.

I was like, are you made of fucking stone? Yeah. Do you not have a heart, you little fucking arsehole? Do you not care about the toys in the furnace? Sorry. Was the person on the other side of you being like, she's really into Harry Potter? The first one's not that sad.

Imagine if you were like Freaky Friday with Lindsay Lohan. Just such an emotional journey. An episode of Will and Grace is on. Shazam with Shaquille O'Neal. His acting is that bad The safety videos Nice one Nice one

Nice one Fuck me Yeah But I just fucking I had it And then I like Had to snap myself Out of it

Yeah shit Yeah And that's why kids Shouldn't travel Yeah Ban kids on planes. Yeah, nah, it's Toy Story 3. And if you know the scene we're talking about especially, fuck.

I remember sitting in the cinema. Me too. And I was with Tom Locke and I grabbed his arm and I was like, is this it? And he looked at me and he was like. It's like, it's a really sad fucking movie. Even the very first scene of the film where it's like, oh, he's going off to college and they're like throwing out all the stuff

or whatever and it plays like the montage of him growing up. And I was like, I've grown up with him. I'm like, I'm Andy. I'm the same age as Andy. I'm going to uni next year. I'm the same age as Andy. I'm going to uni next year. I'm leaving my toys behind. Like I could not deal with it. And I remember being in the cinema, same as you,

but I was like with my mum. Yeah. And I was just like. And then on the plane, exactly the same. My mum wasn't there obviously. No. And did you turn to your mum and say, I couldn't imagine losing something you love?

I go, God, losing my toys is going to be the hardest thing I go through in the next two years, I reckon. She goes, probably. She goes, yeah, I reckon. You fucking sad little kid. Bitch. Yeah. Anyway, so I just like keep your eyes locked on your own screen.

And actually that's on you. Yeah. You crying little. I was, yeah. I was being nosy um but yeah let us know what movie in that situation like would get you no matter what like no audio you're not even really watching it but what could you kind of catch and you go oh that's fucking sent me don't i actually now i think the first time i watched pursuit of happiness

was on a plane oh and i was a mess see See, I think, is that a plane movie? You know, we talked about the thing of like a- No, I wouldn't say it is. A five on the ground is a ten in the air. Yeah. Yeah. I think I was also like, I don't know where I was traveling. I met on a plane, obviously.

I'm just a five. I'm a five on the ground. Ten in the air. Yeah, he goes, oh, jeez. 69 in a hotel. Five on the ground, ten in the air, though. And he goes, oh, jeez. 69 in a hotel. Five on the ground, ten in the air, 69 in a hotel. That's funny. Put that on a T-shirt.

That is very good. I'm, like, holding a – I was about to sip my tea as well, so I'm, like – Yeah, you're looking very distinguished, as you say, that very, you know, formal quote, which I'm sure will be quoted by scholars and academics in the future. Et al. Tony Lodge. You love to say it. Stephen. Hi, Stephen. a formal quote, which I'm sure will be quoted by scholars and academics in the future. Et al. Tony Lodge.

You love to say it. Stephen. Hi, Stephen. Tapa Stephen, my wife. Ma. Sorry. My wife or something. Tapa Steve.

Hi, Stephen. Is it Stephen or Steve? Is it Stephen with a P-H? Yeah. It's Stephen. It's Stephen. It's Stephen. My wife and I. Some would say I knew what was going to happen.

His wife. The person he's married to. Steve and his partner have a son named Max and they call him little Maxie. Hi, Max. That was a year or so ago. And on, and they call him little Maxie. Hi, Max. That was a year or so ago, and on Saturday, they had a daughter called Bonnie. Oh, hi, Bonnie. Yeah, and they call her Bon.

Maxie Bon. Oh. You wouldn't bloody believe it, says Steve. We put it together, and we got ourselves the best fucking ice cream ever, living the Maxie Bon dream. You bloody love to see it. I love that. Congratulations.

That's absolutely huge. I love a Maxi Bond. Do they have them everywhere? I think. Surely. Because they're so delicious. Because if they don't, people are missing out. Which is your favourite end? The end with the chocolate on it.

Yeah, same. The biscuit's a bit too soft for me. Yeah, same. And it makes your mouth like. And I hate that you have to eat that end first because you can't hold it from the chocolate end. Because it'll get sticky. Yeah, well, it's just going to melt into your hands. I was kind of hoping you'd say you like the biscuit end.

So I'm like, we can go share one and have our favorite end each. What if we just had two each? It's like four. Yeah. Yeah. And then we both have the chocolate end twice. But hold the biscuit end. Oh, okay.

Yeah, she uses the holder and then fucks it up. Yeah, yeah. Okay, cool, cool, cool, cool. Yeah. But you love to see that, Steve. And I love the long game. That's so cute. The long game is I love a funny nickname for kids.

That doesn't actually damage them, but it's just a little bit funny. Yeah, because you can really fuck a kid up. Totally. With a shit name that you think is funny. Yeah. So I wanted to have Larry and Gary, the Bash Brothers. The Bash Brothers, yeah, I know. But unfortunately, we didn't have twins or boys.

You didn't have two boys, you had one girl. Girls, the opposite of what I wanted. But we did discuss, Mabel was part of the conversation yesterday because we call Mabel Mabes. Yeah. Or like Maybellina or like. Or if we're cooking Italian food, she's Mipiella. Mipiella.

But also I was like, imagine if you called her Belle or Elle or Ella. Yeah. So weird. It's not her. No. Maybe one day she'll like, maybe she'll make friends and someone will be like, oh, have you ever gone by Belle? And then she'll do that for a bit.

Go through a Belle phase. Yeah. I've got a love to see here from Lexi. And I think that this is just one of the great trade-offs of having to do a job. Okay. Lexi says, My love to see it is when you're the one that has to go

and pick up the takeaway for dinner. In my case, hot chook and chips. Bachelor's handbag. Yum. I love, I don't think this is bachelor's handbag energy. I think this is like chicken shop energy. Oh, fuck yeah. And you get to enjoy the fresh chippies on the drive home

before everyone else gets some. It is one of the great trade-offs. Isn't it? Because you go, fuck, I've got to go pick it up. And then you go, oh, no. I've already eaten the small chips that I ordered without anybody knowing about it. I've already had that on the way home.

In some personal news, as the closet introvert that I am, going to pick stuff. You're also the food getter and you're the getter of the house. I'm the getter of the house. And I'm not as much anymore because it's not like a cafe downstairs. But for me, going to get the stuff is like a quiet five minutes. Yeah, because you get to just go and like chill out. Yeah.

And so not only do i get five minutes quiet time a couple of little chippies or the the hedgehog that you buy at the cafe and you eat on the way back yes a couple of coffees and a hedgehog yeah just a little bit of caramel slice or something yeah and then the coffees come back and they go why is that little crumbs here and you go what no oh they're reusing the trays which is good for the environment just saving the planet dog um and lexi said, you love to see it. My local chicken shop has diet cloak in a can. I love to see that.

That is huge. Put that as tomorrow. You love to see it. And where do you live? Because I'd love to come to your chicken shop. Did you say anything about eating the skin of 52 chickens? No, that oddly didn't come up. And I think like everybody else, Lexi maybe has tried to put that out of her memory.

Yeah, no, I'm for it though. Because I was trying to. Yeah, I know, but I don't mind it. Okay. All right. Tomorrow we've got confessions. These are tough confessions. We've got a...

What? We've gotten a confession from the executive assistant to a CEO and that CEO might be in a bit of trouble. And the EA has a confession because she knows some shit. Are we about to bring someone down? I think they've already. Gone down. And I don't mean gone down.

I don't have names, but it's been in the papers and stuff. And we've got a tarpa on the inside. I've already said too much. Who's tarpa? On the inside. Love you. Love you. Bye.

Sorry, we're just warming back up. We've been away. All good. Love you. Love you. Love you. Bye.