Toni and Ryan - We Won 1,586 Things This Year

Episode Date: December 17, 2025

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We attempted to get a thousand wins in the year 2025 for the year of winning. Amazing. 37 wins were photo shoots won. 51 meat trays. Four cars. What? Charles Drumroll. I can let you all know that we had wins this year.

That's crazy. Hi, I'm James from Devon in the UK. I'm Sarah from Adelaide, Australia. I'm Bonnie from Montania, Victoria. And I agree with this podcast. Welcome. Welcome to the Tony and Ryan podcast where we pre-plan our intros, years in advance. My name is Ryan.

This is Dr. Arthur, bestselling author, Tony Lodge. we are both wearing our Christmas sweaters for our final show of the year it's Christmas time Ryan's has a little cup holder in it and he is being very daring about it being in the well I think the cup holders for like a small can of beer

but I've got a big tumbler of iced coffee and I think I'm going to take it out because I don't want to let you the other day we were kind of trapped Yeah well heaven forbid my clothing affects my performance because I'm often so animated. Do you want the teddy bear hat, the reindeer one?

Yeah. That's fun. Yep. It is distracting because it's cute. We are going to do some Secret Santa later on, so there'll be a reveal about who got who. If people have gifts with them, we don't, hasn't been confirmed. We'll get to that later.

Let's start with Normal Oner. I love Normalana. I wish we did it every day, but we only do it on Thursday. In for 2026, Normalinar every day. I'll speak to the bosses. Hey, Tony. This is from Catherine from Cotee Cook, Canada. Hi, Catherine, Cota Cooke, Canada.

Regifting us the presents we bought their kids 10 years ago. Let me give you the background of the family. Okay. My brother and sister-in-law had children 10 years before I did. Hang on. Catherine's brother and his wife. Yeah. Yep, they had kids.

years ago before Catherine. Yep. For the last two Christmases, they've proudly gifted my baby daughter the old books and half-broken games we bought their kids a decade ago. They hand it over like it's this full circle, sentimental, beautiful moment. Like it's an heirloom. Yeah. But it's just an old broken, guess who?

But to quote Catherine, it's just sort of their old stuff. Yeah. Is regifting someone's past gifts back to them normal? Or nah. I think, like, not for Christmas. Or not the only gift. Well, I reckon, like, gifting stuff for kids, like, hand me downs, I think is absolutely fair play because kids go out of clothes and toys so quickly. So I think that giving, like, sharing that stuff back is fine.

But I don't think for Christmas you can give them a half broken. toy from 10 years ago. Yeah. But don't you reckon that feels a bit random? It just has to be a thing. As in like an heirloom like you said. And if it's an heirloom, you don't fuck that off after 10 years. You keep it.

You would want to keep it. Yeah. Or pass it down, but it's not a Christmas gift. Yes, just an old book. Yeah. No, I don't know about that. I think, Catherine, you're in the right there. I've never really thought about it.

But yeah, I reckon, though I think if you, if someone you, know is having a kid and you go we've still got like if you were like we've got so much baby stuff from maves you kind of give it in a big bundle you don't like filter it for a few years well i would i would bundle the shit off to to to be like here's all the stuff for six months but then i'll be like i hear this stuff might be handy and here's a cute little present yeah like i don't think i don't think it can be the kid uh this is a very small specific normal or nah from champion Tapa Thomas in our Patreon. Hi, champion Tapa Tappas.

He's just received the 2026 calendar. Congratulations. Normal or nah? Putting the Tarp calendar over your bedhead so Tony and Ryan can watch you getting completely railed. It's a gna from me, says. Sorry, it's a normal from me, says Thomas. I was like, well, don't bring it up if you're going to gnar it.

No, that's so he's done that. And actually, Thomas. and get the angles right, picks or it didn't happen. And that's all right. Don't show me that part. Just show me where we are. And in...

Maybe your view, your POV. Back to the calendar. It depends. Yeah. If he's doing the or getting the done it. Yeah. You know what I mean?

Doing it or getting the done it. If he's getting the done it, his POV is probably fine because it's just like us. but if Us Us Like Tony No like

U S Oh Tony not Because he's just looking at us But if he's Yeah Because if he's

It's just ass I'm like Well I don't want to see the ass But if he's the doer It probably is the ass Yeah Plus us Us and ass

If he's getting at Ryan John Dunn to him You know Yeah You get me Ryan John done Someone's putting it In his Um

Kand Kahn Compton Kahn I got some fucking staggering news that might fuck you right off. Great. And you know what I love? Coming to make this podcast

and getting fucked off. Someone posted, is anyone else not looking at the calendar? Like, the calendar arrives, not looking through the whole thing and like saving it so each month they can like get a surprise. Yeah.

Where do you stand on this? Because someone did a poll and without wanting to sound like overdramatic, like the results will shock you. Yeah, like an overwhelming one way or the other. Where would you? I think no, like I get it and I want to see it because I'm excited. Yeah.

But I do know from talking to people in Patreon, basically, which is my full-time job, is replying messages in Patreon. I know that people like to look at it one week at a time. I think. And don't enjoy spoilers. We are an anti- spoiler community

I'm pro spoiler me too I can't I can't be fucked and we just love committing to our stances I think we're all about this

I'm not neither I think I'm just going to be pro spoiler in for 2026 spoilings yeah a lot of that's controversial

that's Compton controversial a lot of stuff this is Compton controversial a lot of chat I've seen is like oh I wish I could wait

each month and like sure I probably like intent did too, but then it rocks up and you go, oh, just have a big look. Yeah. And then you look at Feb and you go, oh, just have a look at my watch. Oh, what's June between friends?

Yeah, exactly. Only. I've got an itchy old, but I'm sorry. Would you like to guess the percentages? 83% are going to keep it a surprise. And the remainder are going to look at the whole thing. 71% look through the whole thing straight away. Really?

Yeah. Yeah, that's good. Pro spoiler. Aloise Smith said, I'm unsettled to know. Are you all right, mate? Sorry, my pants got stuck. And then I've got my bad foot up now, but I'm just, I'm uncomfortable. Hey, I'm hot.

You've got about 20 minutes left of the year, man. I'm hot. I'm over it. We're wearing Christmas sweaters and it's hot. I'm over it. I'm feeling very, like, touched out by the wool. I actually get it. Yeah.

Because shock up, same. The wool? The wool, the wall, it's touching me. And you know how wool touches you more than lots of other fabrics do? And I tell you what else is really getting up my fucking clacker at this point? Yeah. This fucking hat. Do we want to lose the hats?

Because I'm also feeling. I'm feeling really pressed. Yeah. Do we want to lose the hats? My hair is fucked under here now. Same. Yeah. My fringe is going to be like in the air.

like that's not good this hat's a bit did you just feel something no oh this hat's more chill fuck that one off if that hat is still here next year I'm quitting

bye don't make me choose yeah oh no okay yep better now aloys smith said I'm unsettled to know that there are people out there who don't look through the whole calendar. I think, yeah, I want to look.

Now, I've seen it. Our final normal gnar of the year, I'm actually... Fuck, no pressure, mate. I actually think we've already done this one before. Dad's naming boats. Normal or nah? But I just love it so hard. I want to say it again.

Okay. But I don't know if we've already said it. Hey, and you know what? It's fucking Christmas. I'll play along I'll play along Yeah yeah yeah It's from

Tapa Sam Eslinger Hardly Noah His cousin's Sam Gunslinger The chocolate coffee Mouth Fondue I pop a square of chocolate in my mouth Take a sip of coffee

Boom Mouth Mocker What? Have we done it? No Damn it Do you know what I'd like to share for the first time this podcast.

If you mention a boat and a father. When you do that at Easter and you put the Easter egg in the cup, do you remember me? Replying with that. No, I like the mouth mokker. Hang on, does he put the chocolate in his mouth and then the sip of coffee or puts the coffee under where he bruised the coffee? No. Chocolate, sorry. Square of chocolate in the mouth, then sip the hot coffee.

Yeah, okay. And then let it like. Yeah, schmunk up. That sounds like, um, Malau. a lot of hard work, though. A chocolate square is thick. I don't think it would melt enough for it to then be passed. I didn't tell you this.

When I was flying Qantas the other day, I got on the flight. Yeah, thick hot chocolate. Yeah, no, the lady, the flight attendant goes, does these ones at me and I go, oh, okay. And she goes, you're the hot chocolate guy. The hot chocolate. it guy isn't that a term of indiamance yeah and i was like thank you i'm known in these parts

there send them down and i got some intel what is it and i think this might like out us a little bit what when you're in premium economy they use the milk frother to make the hot chocolates and when you're in just straight up economy they just use hot water so hot water in the powder is regular that's how I made at that time when I smashed that jug remember but in preening and then chuck the shucks because I don't care about my hot chocolate but then in premium economy they put milk in it and then froth it it needs the milk because when we made it with the hot water I was like it's just not the same and we wondered if it was an altitude problem it's a it's and she goes she goes she goes you

It's a class-based issue. She goes, you must never have had one in economy. And I went, don't say that in front of my daughter. I'm trying to teach her the value of money. She goes, Dad, you've been talking about this for a while.

Yeah. You got to like, I can't afford to fly you up the other end. Yeah. So enjoy it down the back with your watery hot chocolate. Yeah, see you there. You get a job.

You started your own podcast, Mabel. And you tell me how you like it. See you when we land. She walks down the back. Yeah. But you're at the front with. with Charles?

Hi, I'm James from Devon in the UK. I'm Bonnie from what time are in Australia? I'm Sarah from Adelaide, Australia. And you're listening to go to me. I'm a massive shout-out. For the last time this year,

to a few of our champion tappers. Probably eight. Seven. It's eight. I was getting there You thought I wasn't going to do it Just a backup singer Story of my life

That's the only going to mean Yeah so you come in second Always do Um On the 8th day of Christmas My true love gave to me Chelsea Lee

Justin Paris Justin Paris Oh where were you I was just in Paris Michelle in Mary D G touching Danny L. M. Kiro Drysdale, A, Lolling, Dower, Jake Turnbull,

and a partridge in a Patreon. Thank you very much to all of our tarpers in Patreon for all year. Yeah. Been a great year. Being wonderful to get to know you all. People are getting calendars. We did a live stream yesterday, all the crew exchange gifts, a big day. But also this weekend,

are getting a very fun Christmas light-looking vlog. Very fun. I'm very excited. We are filming it tonight, actually. I dibs not driving, I feel. Who's going to drive? Huh? You getting drunk?

No, I just like to be able to look. Oh, I think we'd park and walk. No, no, but you know when you're like on the lookout? Yeah, yep. Because sometimes if you see a rogue one on the way, you give a little beep-bib. Yeah. I thought you two in the back. Us in the back?

Yeah, that's fun. Fucking making out. Yes. Was there Christmas lights? Yeah. Oh, sorry. All I saw was the fucking inside of your pussy, y'all. Sorry.

How you doing, mate? I'm actually fucked. But... Okay, here's where we're at. Yeah. I think whoever got Tony and whoever got Ryan are going to exchange gifts. That's a good idea. And then just to, like, actually draw the curtain back,

Lily's partner is in hospital today. And she was like, should I cancel the surgery? so we can do KK, we're like, it's fine. Yeah, so that's why we did it on a different night. That's why we did it on the live stream. And so that's why we're not doing it all because like... Also, though, our team's going to be bigger. And I thought, well, like, exchanging lots of many gifts is also, there's a lot.

Yeah. Who would like to go first? I'm happy to go first and tell you who I got. For Secret Santa, I got Ryan. Yeah. I know him. Yeah. And as we know, the limit was $50.

Anything above $50 had to get set on fire. I spent $49.69 or something. So like just under the limit. So here is my gift. Oh my God. Even if there's nothing in there, the wrapping alone warms my heart. Thank you. And I'm going to open it very.

carefully because maybe we'll have a feel day with that as well yeah it feels really not because they're little pom-poms yeah um so it's it's ryan spelled out in pom-poms on the on the paper well oh should we take a picture of you holding it before you open it please oh my god you look so cute i'm literally obsessed with you okay um so merry christmas thank you it feels like a book um um what do we it is a book Oh my god This is Oh no I'm ripping the Ryan part

Hey let me slap Good on wrapping Thank you because I wanted to preserve your artistic work That is stunning Thank you Thank you Worked hard on that It is a coffee table book about ocean pools

So it's every Ocean pool in Australia All 75 five of them. Yeah. And the photos are stunning. Like, it is such a beautiful book.

I ordered this for you, hoping I got you for KK. I ordered it for you in June. I've had, like, I've had it in my house for all that time. This is so good. I might have flicked through it a little bit myself.

What'd you like? Well, Icebergs is in there. Yeah. Which is pretty iconic. Obviously, Charles and I went there recently. But I thought it was a really beautiful book.

And it makes you feel really gassed up. Amazing facts. In the back of the book, there's a bit of like an index, which is great so you can find your favourite ones. Yeah. In the index, it says where it is, the type of water, and if there's good parking available.

No, it fucking doesn't. Look here. Parking, this column. And that one says toilets nearby. I did not even know that. Are they toilets nearby? Yes. Parking amenities.

Is there good parking at icebergs? let's look it up there isn't i can tell you for for a fact i can't i can also it doesn't but let's how look here we go icer iva kiyama where's fucking icebergs oh tiama's on there that's cool are they maybe it's under b for bondi um maybe it's not in there maybe i'm made it up it's literally the picture on the front yeah it has to be but anyway what a great flick through this is going to be to have on the coffee table. I thought you'd really like it.

Stunning. I do love it. It's a beautiful book, isn't it? It is a stunning book. And you know how you know that that book's trendy. So I'd already bought this. I already had it. I'd already ordered it. I'd already pay for it.

It was already in my home. And when Charles and I were in a really fancy hotel the other day, this was the book they had as their coffee table books. They had it on display. So when I mentioned the coffee table book about the dogs, were you like, oh, this is his area, I'm on it. Well, no, I'd already bought it. Yeah, but it was like confirmation.

Oh, I already knew. I knew I was onto a winner. And last year, I bought you a great book and then I panicked that it wasn't enough and I bought the golf thing. Yeah. And then I was like, fuck, I fucked up Christmas. I was like, no, I'm onto a winner with this one. This one's perfect.

Look at that terrible rock pool. Oh, fuck me up. Central Coast finest. What I've learned, and this is a great insight to being a parent. is that you rarely get more than two minutes to look at a book. Yeah. The thought of like, oh, it's a Sunday afternoon. I'm going to curl up with a glass of red wine and read for an hour.

I mean, that sounds beautiful. I know. Yeah. But like toddlers aren't copping that shit. What if you drop maids off and you have a little read? No, no. But the point about these books is you just pick it up and flick it open to a page. And if you've only got the two minutes here and that you can just have a great two minutes.

Yeah. It's not where was I up to. Oh, no, I need to settle in on the story for an hour. No, no. You just open it up, you read it through, great, Mabes is back, cool, and then you pick it up and it just sits here on the table for next time. But it's actually a great way to consume books when you've got only little sneaky bits of time. That's a nice thing to say. Like I said, and a strange insight to being a parent.

But I thought that book was really cool and I hope that you love it. I do. Yeah. I actually do. You fucking nailed that. Thank you. And good on you for backing it in. I backed it in.

Yeah. Yeah. Now, which I think was one of my in's, wasn't it? Backing things in. Yeah. Was it? Oh, maybe not. Okay.

I think actually an inn was not taking things on. This is opposite. Yeah, that's what it was. The opposite. Who did you have? My name is Ryan and I got Tony Lowe. What? Now, hang on, let me get my, let me get my sack out.

Oh, my gift is free. Oh, look at my butt. I'm looking at it. I'm seeing it. Now, I had a bit of a hiccup. let me run you through the back story first oh it sounds a bit broken yeah I bet it was something nice though

shout out Ace Ventura fans um I decided to get you a bidet and then it was pretty funny we were saying bidet mate I was teaching you how to use on the show we all had a good time I was like that's actually really funny

I went and found one and then which is fair because you know we don't want to waste stuff and be stupid you're like have it actually like I don't want it yeah and I'm like yeah I mean if you don't want a bid a you don't have to have a yeah um so I'm not saying this is my present I'm not saying it's open to anyone but I am saying that they don't do refund so if anyone would like a $49 credit note to

assholes our ass um let us know because they don't take refunds for the bidet you told me that it fell over that the thing fell through well when I was like that was my idea so that's off. Oh, I thought you meant purchasing it fell through. No, like the, because I was kind of like, oh, I don't need to think of anything because I'm going to get the bidet. Yeah. So I didn't really have a plan B because I'd found the thing.

And then you said that and I was like, fuck, okay, I got to go to figure something out. Okay. I will say this is bidet adjacent. I can, I know what it is. Do you? Mm. I can tell. Is it that, it's because of the shape?

Yeah. Is it what I think it is? Yeah. Yeah. It's just because you have a house, but you also have a workplace. Because in the episode I said I'd bought three for my three toilets. But I'll also explain who this is from after you've opened it because I think you'll love it. Well, I hope it's from you.

Oh, fuck, that's so heavy. Yeah. I like this big bag. Do I get to keep this or is this Mabel's Santa sack? I was actually mine as a child. Well, that's a little toilet roll holder. That's beautiful. It's matching.

Okay, so that's for my, put my phone on there. No, it's actually put the toilet rolls in there like that. Oh, I thought it was a little table. I noticed. This is so cool. And then matching. And I thought for the office, it can be tarp colored. Now, can I tell you?

Oh, God, I'm like shit. This is from a... It's a squatty potty. by the way. It's a squatty potty by the way, but it is designed and made by Morgan who runs her own small business

in reservoir. What? Not your side. The shit side. Let me read from the website. Designed as both an art piece and functional furniture. This hunker stool will elevate

your basic bitch bathroom and complement your architecturally designed space or bring an element of SaaS to your sharehouse tut. Each stool is made sustainably in mind and did you know 3.5 kilos of

consumer waste is recycled to make that. Recycled plastic yeah and so none of them are the same looking because they're all a bit slightly different. I love that and so I see this online the bid A's out you've said how much you've loved it and I'm like these are so bright and colourful

and cheerful and so I go on the website onto Hunker and they're sold out they're all done and I go fuck I've got a few days to go And as you know, a few days ago, I was like, fuck, I'm going to get in a spot of bother. Yep. So I email Morgan and I go, mate, I said, any chance. I said, I love to shit and I know a girl who loves too shit.

And she goes, oh, we're going back online tomorrow night because we're getting a new batch in. Yep. But we can't get them into, like they're arriving today. They're not in stores or in the warehouse, but they're getting dropped off at my place. Do you want to come around? And I go, uh, sure. And she goes, are you okay? with dogs because my cavudel's a fucking psycho and I was like yep great so she goes cool

I'm in unit whatever come down the thing turn right open the gate the cavudal will just leak she won't bite walk through you'll see all the boxes because we've just had a hundred delivered so I get in there her friend is plastered because she's obviously morgues has gone hey can you help me unbox a thousand coming in I'll buy your bottle wine I'll buy you the drinks and the friend's like you guys have a fucking deal um and she's the friend who's like we're not going to come all this way and not get the toilet roll holder as well so she's doing the upsell and so then they're like well why you're in here can you grab those boxes out the back and bring them in through here to the lounge so you've done some fucking manual labour her husband's like oh he's gone to have dinner down

the road because there's no room at the kitchen table because we've just got the fucking seasons orders him there's boxes everywhere the dog is a delight but a enthusiastic delight and it was all fucking happening and then so like I had the wildest time ever and you couldn't tell me about it because you're like fucking Fucking hell. Yeah. And then I go, oh, these are fun. My daughter will, like, would probably love.

She goes, how many is she? So I, like. How many of these are you bought? I'll take a photo of the back of my car, but they've done well out of me. When did, when did all this go down, may I ask? It would have been Monday night. And I was at her place until about 8 o'clock. Fuck off.

Yeah. And it's actually, strangely, considering they were found online and Australia wide. Yeah. two minutes from me yeah yeah just down the road um and we got this great story out of it yeah um and i've actually decided to move in with morg's um we're best mates now that's awesome yeah um because i've pretty much paid her house off did she listen to the pod or you were just like mate i just emergency give she didn't but i i emailed she fucking better now yeah no i emailed from the work account and like for my work email and she goes oh so you had a pod and i looked it up and i've seen

your clips a few times fucking good and I said yeah this is for the yeah and they're like oh that's fucking sick yeah hope you guys love it um she's doing this as a side hustle her day jobs this and she's like packing between meetings is that the cavoodle we're seeing the cavoodle life is that not her i think so why are we looking at her oh he's showing us the dog i think i think that is the dog i sat on that yeah go back to her the instagram oh i mean they'll flip that on yeah yeah yeah yeah You thought that he'd go on to her private Instagram? That's what I thought. Like, Charles, I know you're a wizard.

This is very aesthetic. Yeah. Oh, there's the house on the left when she's holding up the red. Yeah. Yes, I was in there. Oh, my God. Do you think that she might want to be friends with me? When I met her...

Because she lives just around the corner. When I met her, I was like, you've got the kind of lodge energy. Really? Yeah. She was a good bit. I like that. I'm going to follow her on Instagram right now.

Yep. And you wouldn't believe it. What's it called? H-U-N-K-A or ER. E-R. underscore A-U-S. Yep. Small Australian business.

Follow back. There you go. She follows me. Yeah, mate, I was giving you a huge rev up the other night. Yeah. So yeah, definitely is that the toilet roll holder goes the other way up. Yeah. To be fair, that does look like a side stool.

You could kind of, you could go like that and you go, well, while I'm just pooing, pop my phone down. Oh, I've accidentally brought him a water bottle. Yep. Yeah, so it's a complimentary item that I was upsold by the red wine drinking friend. Yeah. Oh my God. I love it. Thank you.

For the record, that's not part of it. For pricing purposes. Yeah. I'll just throw that one in. And you know what we did for Christmas? What? Pools and stools. Yes.

Pools and stools. For the family jewels. Yep. Shitting and spitting. Don't know where the spitting bit is. Swimming and... Shitting. I think yours was best.

Yeah, pooping and scooping. The pull out. When it gets some leaves in it. Doggy paddle and doggy straddle. No. Wean and... Gleon. Anyway.

My love to see it. I've actually got a few love to see it. I've fucking strap in. Oh, no. You have to pick one. No, because my overarching you love to see it is, Charles, drum roll. We attempted to get a thousand wins in the year 2025 for the year of winning. Amazing.

And my love to see it is I can let you all know that we had 1,586 wins this year. So we 1,500 smashed our goal of 1,000 wins. Holy moly. I can confirm 37 wins were photo shoots won, including boudoir, shoots, family pets and engagements. 51 meat trays across the journey, almost one a week. That's good. Four cars. What?

Four cars. That's crazy. 19 tattoos and 30. Some of those were mine. Some of those are yours. No, like one. Not like received. Oh.

Like they won the tattoo. 19 people won a tattoo Yeah And 56 wins were related I'm sorry I've just realized It looks like I'm about to give birth I don't mind it You just get comfy sweeter

Yeah it's Christmas And 56 wins were related to trivia Or pub trivia That's good I've just got a few favourites here Please Tasman who lives in Kent England She's just live in Tasmania

Well the way you're sitting We can also your Kent This is a my map of Tasmania After a bad mental health episode, I quit my job, says Tasman, and join the local theatre to do props because I just thought how fun to do props to the theatre. Congratulations, that's huge.

And I won their yearly award for best props. What? Yeah, I'm hoping to turn it into a full-time job. That was my first production, and I've won an award. Award-winning props, lot. Yep. Props to her. Now, Briar, she lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Her name's Briar Hall, not to be confused with Briar Hill, That's near Eltham. I might move near you, I think. Really? I looked at a beautiful house last night. Is that because you're the best friend, Tim Collins, lives in Briahill? Briahaw? That's a real estate agent.

Hello. No. I've been Tony begging her to move near me for years and then Tim moves close and you goes, yeah, maybe I will. Nah, your money goes a bit further out there, doesn't it? Your money goes a bit further out there, doesn't it? It actually does. I'd love a pool.

Sorry, back to Briar Hall. She got her pilot's license and at her Aero Club in Wellington, New Zealand won female pilot of the year and got a $4,000 scholarship to continue her journey of being a pilot. Get fucked. Completely fucked.

So is that like, because you become a pilot and then if you further your studies, it's like you could become like a commercial pilot, right? Or whatever. Or whatever direction you want to take your piloting journey. But they're like, whatever you want to do, here's four grand. Congratulations.

$4,000 would go a long way for like extending your learning. Absolutely. That's amazing. Although I suspect learning how to fly planes is not a cheap endeavor. And you can't just practice on the weekend because who has access to a plane? Well, out of the people I know, only Tony. I don't have a plane

We did have a plane When I was a kid for a bit Yeah Like You know No I don't know at all And none of us do Yeah

Nah When I was a kid for a bit Yeah we did What the fuck do you mean Yeah Nah like nothing like crazy Are you hearing the words Coming out of your mouth

Yeah Yeah no I Um You're gonna need to give us a bit more than that Like a remote control one No like a plane Where did it live?

It was so Who drove it? See, this is where it gets a bit dicey. Briah Hall, who is allowed to fly a plane is not who was flying it. Are you implying that someone in your family wasn't? Someone in my family, thank you, at like a police auction or something,

bought a plane. Because it was a great deal. Like a little Cessna, you know, like a little two-seat Cessna. Sure. You know, nothing, not like a fucking jet or something. You know, like, anyway, bought a little Sessna, kept it at a station on a friend's house,

and flew the plane, should not have flown the plane. Because they weren't registered. Yeah. It's not the same as a car, do you know what I mean? It's not like a Yaris of the sky. Like, it's different. In spirit, it is, though. Yeah.

Yeah. So the thing about... What's that little two city of Sessna? The thing about certain members in Tony's family in West Western Australia is it's not a... Where's she-hum? They don't turn up on the day wanting a plane. They just know how to spot a bargain at a police auction.

We know a bargain. Ask lodges. But it's like, what do you need a plane for five grandfool? I don't, but they're worth 10. Yeah, so I'm losing money. Yeah, I'm losing money by not buying it. So you get home and go, quick question. What's that doing in the back?

And I think that mom was like, you didn't take her in that plane, did you? And it was, oh, no. Have you been in that plane of this guy? So someone unlicensed flew your mom's daughter in a fucking plane That is crazy It was crazy It was crazy No wonder you're walking around without sprayed shoes

You're living on the fast lane, girlfriend Yeah, I'm flying in the fast lane Yeah So we had a plane for a bit But yeah just the one time But so you know When you're a pilot you can't just practice Because who has a plane

Except for someone in my family goes halves with a mate it lives at their house you know Briar Hall moves in from Wellington New Zealand Briah Hall and I buy a house We go halves in Briar Hill

I'd go halves in Briar Hall If you know Our final shout out For the year of winning We can't pull that out No I think we sleep Oh okay I've got an idea

That's really off brand for us I need to hear it Zero sense at all But I just love it You know how there was that thing where those people built like a half curved wall for photo shoots and made it look like they're on a private jet oh yeah yeah yeah like the photo shoot thing so it's like you take an Instagram picture of you and it looks like you're on a private jet but

it's just like a curved wall in a fucking warehouse and there's 20 people lined up behind you yeah can we downstairs like get the curved wall and do like DCI from the jet and by the jet i mean we're just sitting in the fucking chairs downstairs yeah but i just how silly that is silly but also private jets slightly off brand for some of us quite not no it wasn't a private jet wasn't a public one and for legal reasons you know i'm gonna start dancing with uh you know what's crazy is that you could buy a plane and just they go here's the keys yeah just like well what like you do that with the car yeah yeah You got the pencil at Office Works.

They don't ask you for your pen license. So true. Well, you wouldn't need it if you're buying a pencil. Ah, hole in your plan. Hold on your plan. But I don't know if you had to do joins. Joins? You're going to write Kirstie, were you?

Well, do you need your joining license before you get your pen license? I never got my joining license. And it shows. Yeah, because your family's fast and loose with the law, man. Yeah, they are. They are fast and loose, yeah. Bethany, watch this space, 2020 Twix. That's her name.

Bethany Lawson. final year of winning Check your phone by the way She won Best Acrylic Painting at the Ipswich Art Awards And an even bigger win Is Tony and Ryan are about to buy two of her prints from her website

Which ones do you like? Obviously the SunLoungers Because we've just written a whole website About the rules about SunLoungers Oh can we announce that website, Charles? www.com.com.com.com.com slash Sunlanger. In fact, let's speak to Bethany and see if we can't license that to put on the website.

I love these. Oh, I like the person hugging the cow. Well, the person, it's the cow hugging the person and it's supposed to be a weighted blanket. I also like the person laying in the pool upside down. Like on their back, the outdoor pool. I can't see that one. Oh, yeah, with their legs over. It's like a little inflatable pool.

And I also like the beekeeper one. Yeah, I love all of them. So bethanylorenceart.com, she is a tarpa. She's just won Best Acrylic Painting of the Ipswich Art Awards And fucking don't you love to see that Holy shit Is she selling originals? Oh, these are prints

But there are originals? They're all sold out, all the original. Oh, the originals are sold out and rightly so. Fair enough. But I was thinking a couple of prints for the office wouldn't hurt. No, I love it. And it's your energy as well. They're colourful, they're a bit fun.

Really colourful. Yep. So that is the year of winning And can I just say, obviously you guys are the winners but thanks for submitting your wins because it's been so fun to read along and check them all there. And it allowed us to win our goal of getting a thousand wins.

Killing it. I've got E-Love to see it here to wrap us up for the year. This is from Blaze, who sent this through on Patreon. We were chatting. Blaze says, My fiancé Elise is turning 30 on December 19th. Wouldn't you know that's tomorrow? Fuck yeah.

Happy 30th birthday for tomorrow, Elise. Blaze says she is who introduced me to the podcast in the beginning and we've listened together every day since. Elise is a badass bitch who is currently in her fifth year of an eight-year MD PhD program Don't leave fucking any letters for anyone else

Will you sweat up? Fifth of the eighth year fucking oh my shit and Jesus She's trying to be as qualified as you as a doctor And girlfriend I didn't spend half that time I'm up flying, I'll do whatever And I fall more in love with her

Every single day And want her to feel super loved and celebrate it on the day. Yep. I know her taint would be absolutely tickled if she heard this while she's listening. So happy 30th birthday for tomorrow. I would love to tickle your taint. Is that what they're asking?

Yep. Because I'll do it. Because he will too. No empty office here. But happy birthday. I feel like 30 or like the milestone birthday sometimes feel a bit scaly. Isn't it? But you'll be fine.

Not when you say it like that. Not scary. Not scary. What's your biggest next milestone? birthday 40 yeah geez that feels like a it's a long way away I've only just turned 32

32 I don't know about you she's squat and then she poohs nice um I yeah but it's the same milestone as yours but mine feels really far away I'm turning 40 soon

it's not so what two years away 18 months and can I just say the 40s are going to be my decade girlfriend look at your thirties i know they've fucking slapped 40s how can it get any better than this but you'd think that wouldn't you but how can it get any better than this and i don't know how it gets better than this year

take my hand and drop me head first be less that's two tell us swift songs in one episode see you next year love you so much thank you for listening all year thank you for watching on monday a great episode the best of 2025 It's got a banger. I've watched it. It's so funny.

Don't watch it in public if you don't want to laugh like a fuck it and have people judge you. But have a very safe Christmas season if you're celebrating. Don't drink and drive and all that fucking shit. Be smart. Don't fly a plane unlicensed. Yeah, that's good advice. Don't.

So buy a plane at a police auction if one comes up. Doesn't matter that it's a good deal. Are we not going to enough police auctions? Maybe that's in for 2020. I feel like auctions could be in. Yeah. Because you hear some crazy shit. I'm going to tell you something.

What is it? We'll do a big expose next year. Scoop John's onto it. We're like the only country that does like a house auctions the way we do. What do you mean?

Well like, I explained how you buy a house in Australia to people overseas and they just like could not fucking believe they don't do auctions or they just do it different to us. Both.

The concept of it. Yeah. And when I explained like the more I went into it You go and bid. We'll do a full exposee but the more they asked the more they were just like

what the fuck is going on in your country. Crazy. Yeah. And I was like, Oh, and this thing's like pretty naughty. And they're just like, what? And I was like,

Charles, write that down for next year. Oh, off to a flying start. Didn't make the cut this year, but. Nah, well, when you want to do it well. Yeah. Yeah. I couldn't. I came down to that or the Christmas party dad tinder hook up.

Oh, nah. So I had to make a call. Nah, I'm glad you did that. I'm still team blackmail. And I'm, what team was I? Do it upstairs. No, you a team get drunk up. No, you a team get drunk.

drunk. Yeah. Charles was team fucking in the house. Merry Christmas. Love you.