Toni and Ryan - WE'RE BACK BABY!

Episode Date: January 30, 2022

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Hello? Joe, do you want to approve the podcast? Yes, I do. This is Joe from Rugby in England, and I approve this podcast. Yeah. Welcome to the Tony and Ryan podcast, and it brings me great pleasure to welcome back the captain of the ship, the bread to my butter.

Sure. Tony Lodge is back and healthy. Hello. Thank you. You look great. Thank you. And the reason you look great is we've just worked out we're wearing the same thing. The exact same thing.

I got in the car when you picked me up and I was like, oh, God, plain T-shirt and jeans and a jacket, I see. Who saw that coming? The uniform of Tony and Ryan podcast. Thank you for looking after everybody while I was gone. It was an honour and a privilege. It made me feel so much better knowing that everyone was in good hands. Well, they were in good hands, but more importantly,

everyone was so forgiving and thankful. And I've got messages going, tell Toni I hope she's doing well. And I feel like I could only imagine the DMs you've got. It has just made me feel so important. There's just nothing like a sickness to remind you that you've got really good friends all over the world. And doesn't it make you feel good when people, you know how people are like, oh, call me if you need anything.

You and your wife actually dropped some supplies over. So we did like a Coles Online order for food and stuff, but your wife dropped over heaps of medicine and some Epsom salts and like face masks and stuff as like a little care package. And we had all these people reach out like, oh, I can drop stuff off if you need. God, it just makes you feel so important, doesn't it, being sick? I don't know why the word important makes you sound like a dick. Oh, does it?

But when you say it's just so lovely that everyone's so caring, that's like, oh, that's cute. But when you say I feel so important, you sound like an asshole. Okay. Because I think that it's... Or maybe I'm just hearing that wrong. I'm so important. Everyone wants me. Does it make it sound better if I say it's because I don't feel

that important normally? Okay, you've really done me now. Now I'm the arsehole. But it made us feel so loved that all these people. Well, you are loved. It was really nice. I love you. Oh, I love you.

Are we? Pause the podcast. Go to the adult. Coming up, we've got a lot of feedback because last week we did one episode when you were beginning to get sick. Yes. And a lot of people had some weird recommendations and some interesting food choices themselves.

We'll get to that and also a range of other feedback from a few throwback episodes I put in while you were sick. And it just reminded me of some of the weirder things that people do when they don't think other people are watching. Oh, I do some weird stuff. Yeah, so we'll get to that soon. But please, tell me about, everyone wants to know. I know.

Your week in lockdown, you and Torbs, you both had COVID, stuck in a tiny apartment together. Yeah, well, so when we recorded the episode that came out last Monday and it was like, oh, Torbs has tested positive. Tony, do you have COVID? And I didn't at that time, but I didn't feel great. So Torbs tested positive in the morning. I tested positive in the afternoon.

So I was like half a day behind Torbs. So everything that was happening to him happened to me like 12 hours later. Oh, did that stress you out? It actually made me feel better. Oh, he just farted. In 12 hours, I'm going to do that too. I'm going to do that. I me like 12 hours later. Oh, did that stress you out? It actually made me feel better. Oh, he just farted. In 12 hours, I'm going to do that too. I'm going to do that.

It's like a time machine. But because every time I was like, oh, my God, my fever's really, really high. Is that normal? And Tobs would be like, yep, I've got that as well. You know when you're sick and it's not something you've experienced before and you don't know if it's normal? Yeah, terrifying. Like you can't call the COVID hotline because you're on hold

for fucking four hours. You call the COVID. Is it really normal to when you get COVID I'm just really horny? And they're like, no. And you're like, good to know because not me either. Yeah, me either. Good. I'm the opposite.

Torbs, you feeling this? Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. I'm negative horny as well. But it was, I mean, people saying that it's a mild cold can get fucked. I mean, for some it is. But for not all. Not for all. It was really rough for us.

We were actually both very sick. And that's not me being like, we were so sick. Crazy fever, the body aches, like the sharpshooting pains, like through our hands and feet and the fever, the cough, the sore throat. When we spoke on the phone, and I think people may have heard a snippet of it last week on an episode, you sounded rough. You'd sound like you'd go, oh, I know how to fix this. I'm going to smoke 77 packs of cigarettes in 12 hours.

Yeah, it was, oh, and I was whispering most of the time we were in ISO because it actually just hurt to talk and I just didn't feel like doing anything and you know how people like oh I bet you just you know on Instagram the whole time or you're watching TV you actually just don't want to do anything when you're that crook. You texted me one day and you're like oh sorry I just woke up I slept in a bit it was quarter past six I just slept in a bit it's dinner time. Yeah, because you just like, you know, when you've got that fever and you just like drift in and out of consciousness and you're just kind of like half with it and half not.

And so that is the state I was in when I ordered the M&M ice cream cake. Well, that was my first question. Yes. You said, oh, I've ordered an M&M ice cream cake. I'm not sure. How did that go? Was that the right choice? I don't know about health choice wise. I don't care about health choice wise. But

it was nice to have something a bit naughty to look forward to on like the fourth day when we were both feeling a little bit better and like could stomach disgusting food. Is it just me or when you've got a sore throat, something sweet and gooey? Is that the kind of niceness? Or something cold on your throat? When you've got a sore throat, something sweet and gooey, is that the kind of niceness? But you know when you're- Or something cold on your throat? See, the cold. See, I think that like an icy pole or really cold lemonade

or something bubbly because it tickles your throat a little bit. But something milky and creamy, you know how it kind of- Yeah, it kind of cools you down. No, it kind of like gums up the works. Like when you're phlegmy and you have milk, it makes you like. Do you remember that day on the podcast when I drank all that milk and then I kept wheezing laughing because I'd had all that milk? Yeah, you blame the milk, but it turns out you've wheezed laughing

all the time. So, I mean, don't come in here blaming the milk, mate. Hayley Nodal. Oh. I believe that's her name, Nodal. Okay. I believe it. Only basic people get the M&M ice cream cake.

Anyone who knows their worth knows that the Freddo ice cream cake is where it's at. The Freddo ice cream cake is very good and I will give you that Hayley noodle but the thing is I had looked at the M&M ice cream cake because it's quite new. I think it's only been around for like a year or two and I don't have any reason to buy an M&M ice cream cake because I don't like my birthday and-

Do you need a reason? Well, turns out no. Because I just bought one and decided that it was fine. Well, COVID was the reason. It turns out that when you're an adult, you can buy whatever you want anytime. You don't need an excuse to buy a cake. After I did the Coles Online order, Torbs was like, hey, all good,

thank you for doing that. How much was it? And I was like, $280. What? And he was like, what did you buy, bitch? How expensive was the M&M ice cream cake? Probably like $15 or something. What'd you spend the other $265 on? Well, I mean,

a week's worth of food. Yeah. Drugs. They're expensive. Yeah. Saladas. I ate a lot of saladas. I feel like they're pretty cheap. Orange juice, green juice. I drank a lot of green juice because I thought that would make me better. It didn't. No. No, but it was nice though. I'm going to put it out there. I'm going to look into the camera for this. Green juice is one of the great scams. It probably is. You're right. I think. You went from shock to yay real quick.

Because I don't like being tricked by health food. It's the same how like organic food is way more expensive. Like I get it, like more care goes into it or whatever, but like it's a potato. It's going to be the same as other potato. It's like a potato. I chop it up and chuck it in the oven. Yeah, like I'm going to rinse it off, but like it's a potato. It's going to be the same as all the potato, isn't it? It tastes like a potato. I chop it up and chuck it in the oven. Yeah, like I'm going to rinse it off before I use it.

I'm going to chuck salt in it afterwards. Your $6 for no pesticides is fixed by a rinse in my sink. Yeah. Yeah, so true. I wash it. Yeah, we are going to get – people won't like that. They'll say the organic shit's proper. I mean, it is proper, but like the non-proper stuff

is still fairly proper. We normally buy the. Are we about to get cancelled for potatoes? Yeah, maybe. Excuse me, if the carbs is the thing bringing us down, then I've been betrayed by a loyal friend. Quick question. Jodie Lee was talking about how do you spend $280. Jodie Lee, when I had COVID, I had a crazy craving for salt and vinegar chips with Nutella. Ew. I... If we don't get cancelled for the potatoes,

I'm going to get cancelled for this. I hate Nutella. Really? Yeah, and I know that people are like, Nutella's my ride or die. I don't like Nutella. I think it's shit. I don't hate it, but I also have never bought it. Like, I've had it a few times, but I would never be like, oh, I'll get Nutella. I think it's shit. I don't hate it, but I also have never bought it. Like I've had it a few times, but I would never be like,

oh, I'll get Nutella. It just, I don't really like it. I could eat a jar of peanut butter on its own. Oh, fuck me right up. Do you ever put that on toast? No. Just spoon it into me. Yeah, fucking get a hose and pump it in.

Yeah, and I love peanut butter so much there's no need to go, oh, wouldn't it be a nice treat for a chocolatey spread with nut, no, it wouldn't. Hey, what's the difference between peanut butter and jam? What? I can't peanut butter my dick in your ass. All right, she's back. COVID over, you've survived.

Well done. See you, COVID. Well done, well done. But we did, to get through, obviously watch a lot of TV. We were on the couch for like eight full days. And normal Netflix gets old. Like you can't just keep watching TV. Yeah.

Like you kind of need different things to watch because you just get bored. And we were getting really stir crazy because we were in ISO so we couldn't leave our house. Well, we couldn't leave our apartment. And so the theme of our isolation ended up being disaster movies. Oh, God. Like Pearl Harbour?

I thought we were over a war. Well, yeah, Twister, Armageddon, Volcano, Dante's Peak. What about that one with the rock where the tidal wave comes through the city and they're in the boat going up the thing? I know what you're talking about, but I haven't seen it. I know the movie you're talking about. I feel like I've seen that scene a hundred, I've never seen the whole movie.

No, I remember watching the trailer like when it was coming out. And the whole, it must be San Francisco because it's the bridge and the wave comes in. Is that what it's called? No, but it's just got the rock and when you think disaster, yeah, it just wipes out the town. Why disaster movies? I think it was just different and because I don't like really long movies

because I get bored and I go on Instagram or whatever. Yeah. I couldn't think about more than one thing, so it was actually a great time to watch really long movies because I didn't want to look at something else at the same time. So you've got time to travel Dante's Peak. Yes. Have you seen Armageddon?

It's one of the great movies. Have you seen it? Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis. Bruce Willis. Who's the girl? Liv Tyler. Have I seen it? I cried like a fucking baby.

It is such a good movie. I've wasted 28 years not having experienced the beauty of Armageddon. This is what fucks me off about that movie. Okay. They're like, so how smart do you need- The space dementia. You know how Steve Buscemi gets the space dementia and he's like shooting everyone?

Two things that fuck me off. So the thing in the movie is they need to drill into the moon or... Yeah, into the asteroid. Asteroid or whatever. Yeah. Right. How long does it take to become an astronaut? Oh, fucking 600 years.

Yeah. I'm guessing it's like a four-year degree in physics, then you do a master's in astrology, fucking whatever. I'm a Sagittarius. No. You do your star sign. Then you go work at NASA for 15 years. Yeah.

And then suddenly you're ready to go to space. Yeah. And then Bruce Willis goes, well, you're not going to teach astronauts how to drill. Why don't you just teach drillers how to be astronauts? And the head of NASA goes, yeah, no, fucking good call, bud. He goes, Bruce Willis, thank you so much for your insight. That's a great idea. A fucking good call, bud.

He goes, Bruce Willis, thank you so much for your insight. That's a great idea. We're going to ignore these people with 16 years of aeronautical astrology experience who are engineers and the smartest people and get a bunch of bros off the construction site. Oh, just put a helmet on, mate. The air's a bit thinner. Just fucking take a deep breath before you go. You'll be fine, I reckon.

Oh, and we tried that thing underwater, so you should be fine. You went in the pool? You can swim in the pool? Oh, fuck. You did the thing in the pool? You're halfway there. You can swim., I reckon. Oh, and we tried that thing underwater, so she'll be fine. You went in the pool? You can swim in the pool? Yeah, you did the thing in the pool. You're halfway there. You can swim. You can space. They just want to sleep on Mars, bro.

Yeah. Yeah, now that movie can get fucked. Oh, it's very good. I don't know if I've told you this before. Can I just say one thing? Sure. It's the first time I've ever found Ben Affleck sexy. I didn't think he was good looking before I watched that,

but he's fucking hot in that movie. Yeah, he is great in that movie. Yeah, okay, sorry in that movie. Yeah. Okay. Sorry. Carry on. So when I was in Malaysia with a bunch of friends, we went to this. Did you live overseas?

A bunch of friends came over for my birthday and we went to this bar. Oh, you celebrated your birthday? That's not very Ryan Jon, is it? It's not. Well, I just wanted an excuse for everyone to come to Malaysia to visit. That's fair. So they came for a few weeks and we did a bit of a tour. So we went to this karaoke bar and we'd been drinking

for like six days straight. We were like depleted of brain cells, energy. You haven't had a vegetable in two months. Yeah. Oh, just so unhealthy and so drained. It was like the back end of the trip. Yeah. So we go to this karaoke bar.

Actually, it wasn't even a karaoke bar, but we just went, oh, no, we'll do a couple of numbers. Is this when you did the Elton John? No, different occasion. Oh, different karaoke night. Sorry. So this Malay, like, cover band is doing some songs. And I go, hey, mate, we'll do a couple of numbers.

Hey, boys, come up here. We'll sing a song. And we're singing I Don't Want to Close Minds. Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith, which is the song from that movie yeah and because we were so depleted of just life and we were so passionate about this song I can only imagine I was crying on stage belting out this thing like just giving it everything I don't want to call like just couldn't give it any more than I gave. And every time I see that movie come up, I'm like,

it just reminds me of that moment. I go, am I proud of that or am I embarrassed? I'd be proud of that. I am proud. I'd be proud of that for sure. Thank you. I think the weirdest thing about that is that that's Stephen Tyler from Aerosmith.

It's Liv Tyler's dad. Yeah. And that song, like soundtracks, Ben Affleck, like pounding the fuck out of his daughter so i'm listening to steven tyler like doing this beautiful song and leave tyler's just getting fucking railed in this movie don't want to plow my daughter i'm getting fucked my permission first. Oh, close. So you're back, you're feeling healthy.

Yes. So I don't have COVID anymore, basically. This is Joe from Rugby in England, and you're listening to Tony and Ryan. I've been watching good movies lately. You've got to give me that. I've watched lots of good movies lately. Hang on, include this in the pod.

Name one good movie. I watched that movie that you liked, the one with Edward Norton and Heath Ledger. No, no, no, no. The Italian Job? No. Oh, maybe is it not Edward Norton, actually. The one where fucking. I changed my mind.

Leave this out. Wolverine. Hugh Jackman. Yes. The Prestige. The Prestige. I watched that because you said that was your fave movie. It took you longer to figure out which movie you watched

than the actual fucking Think Man film. Get fucked, that movie goes for 16 hours. Did you like it though? I could have fucking run to LA faster than that fucking movie takes. No offence, but you could not fucking do that. No, I couldn't. I couldn't. That was a hyperbole.

Hey, let's thank some champion tapas. Victor Colico, thank you so much. Mike, Duncan Greenhorn and Hannah Gordon, thank you so much. New champion tapas over the last couple of weeks. Obviously, we weren't here last week, so thank you so much. So last week in your absence. Yeah. I did a throwback to the-

What did I miss? I haven't listened. Oh, haven't you? Well, I haven't been a lot. You've been busy listening to Armageddon. Yeah. So I think it was before we even did the podcast, we just made a video and it was the questions that young children

ask their parents or teachers about sex and, like, how to answer them and stuff. I remember when we recorded those and I remember thinking, that was really fun and now we get to do it every week. I know. Isn't that cool? It is cool. Yeah.

Good to see you, mate. I missed you so much over the last week. This has been the longest we haven't seen each other for ages. I also missed you. No, I did. I don't know why I'm being weird. I did. You said that you missed me before.

I know, I did. It was funnier in the car because then you were like, oh, should we kiss? And I was like, no, you're diseased. Yeah. And then I just gave you a handjob instead. Appreciate it. Yeah. COVID safe. Garrett. COVID-so.

Garrett. Hi, Garrett. When I was young, my mum gave me a reproduction book. Oh. You know, it's like the birds and the bees and how do you have that conversation with kids? And he said that I had repressed this memory until you guys were talking about it last week and it's just brought back some very dark. Oh, sorry, Garrett.

When I was a young lad, my mum gave me a reproduction book, but not only was it a book, it was a pop-up book. Oh, God. Remember pop-up books? So does the penis pop up? Not only did I learn about sex, So his birds and the bees chat was with a pop-up book full of visuals of both the outside and the inside of a vagina, says Garrett. And then when he opened the penis page, he's like,

it nearly poked him in the eye. Needless to say, the entire process was excruciating, and I was, what was he, four or five years old? Because they're trying to, like, normalise... I get the whole, like, normalise it, it's normal, everyone's got one. Yeah. But, oh, a pop-up book? Oh, and it just also, like, feels as if it's cheapening the thing.

Yeah. To be like, oh, cartoon pop-up book. Like, it just seems so... I was so terrified about the pop-up. Like it just seems so. I was so terrified about the pop-up inside of a vagina. I'm now gay. Oh, I would be too. Yeah. And they say, oh, no, you can't change what happens.

Well, you can. A pop-up vagina on your face will turn you right off real quick. Do you remember your mum telling you about the birds and bees? I don't think so. See, I don't remember either. You just learn in the schoolyard, right? Yeah. When someone's like, oh, did you know that?

Yeah, like someone's older brother tells them about something and that's kind of how you find out. My brother reckons you fucking put it in the thing. Yeah, and then like school sex ed. But I don't remember ever having a conversation with my mum about like getting pregnant or anything like that. Everything that I know I learnt through the Australian public school system. So it's probably not correct.

I'm sure you can just Google some things and figure some stuff out. I mean, I've gotten through life pretty well too now. Yeah, you've done pretty well, mate. You've done pretty well. Nice jacket you've got on. Nikki Blair, I absolutely lost it when you described Torbs wearing just a T-shirt and no pants as Winnie the Pooh. Did Torbs appreciate that being on the podcast, by the way?

I don't think that he knows. Right. Because he was passed out, and I talked about this in the podcast last week, he was passed out watching a really loud Morgan Freeman movie, and I could hear it through the wall when we were recording the podcast from home, and he wouldn't have listened yet. Great. Because he's been sick.

He won't. Oh, he might. So he was wearing just a T-shirt. People wanted to clarify, was he wearing underwear? No. No. Just a penis out with a T-shirt on to save the modesty of his shoulders, heaven forbid, being seen.

He did want to get sunburned on the top, but the bottom's fine. Nikki Blair. I accidentally flashed my boyfriend's dad doing Winnie the Pooh style myself. For some fucking ridiculous reason, direct quote from Nikki, I ran out of the shower at my boyfriend's house and put on a bra but nothing else. She had like a crop top and just that's it. I then proceeded running around the house trying to find my boyfriend to hit him with a wet towel because he was being a real dick.

I had no idea his dad was there and I ran into the room and ran straight into his dad, like literally ran into him without any pants, trying to like with a towel and like flip position. Oh my God. Bumped straight into him, got so flustered I just stood there for what felt like an entire hour and then ran back into the bedroom. We have never discussed it since. And you can't.

You're taking that to the grave. Isn't it less awkward to kind of just make a joke about it and move on? I don't know. But I feel like you have to make the joke at the time like, oh, you can see my fanny and then run off or something. But you're not going to bring it up again, are you? You're not then that night at dinner going to go, oh, did you like the patch I've got at the moment?

Like, you're not going to, like, how do you bring that up? Yeah, I guess it would be more okay if she, Nikki, brought it up. But if the dad kept bringing it up, like, oh, remember that time I saw you? That's probably a no. The dad's like, oh, whip me with the towel, Nikki, or something. Like, it's super fucked. That is super fucked. Yeah, I'm saying it's fucked.

That is fucked. Yeah, it's fucked. Tony. I said it was fucked. Don't do it. Okay, now there's been an issue amongst the tarpers and just people who listen to the

podcast. Okay. First of all. Is it something I did? Because I wasn't here. I was away. You know how that's just like the best thing? I wasn't here. When you're at work, you're, oh, I wasn't here. I wasn't here. I miss that. I wasn't here. Or at school, people are like, oh, well, that assignment from last year. I'm like, oh, I was sick three years ago. So I don't think I was here for that.

How long can you pull that for? I'm still going to do it till next year. Hey, Tony, have you done that thing that was due last week? I had COVID three years ago. I had COVID. So, no. I'm a survivor. Yeah.

And then before that, I thought I had cancer. Cancer. You've been through a lot. It's been a big year. And it's already January 31. I'm a survivor. Yeah. And then before that, I thought I had cancer. You've been through a lot. It's been a big year. And it's already January 31. It's only January. It is going to be a big year. Yeah.

I mean, I'm really excited for our future together. Are you proposing to me? Yes. What would you like to propose? I propose we keep doing this podcast. I do. Oh. What does TARP stand for?

Tony and Ryan Podcast. Oh. What does TARP stand for? Tony and Ryan Podcast. Okay. So we mentioned the TARPers who are just people that listen and fans and the patrons and whatever. Yeah. TARPers because TARP stands for? Tony and Ryan Podcast. Got a message here from Hayley Louise Mary Checkland Wright.

Don't you dare leave another name for anyone else. That's very funny from you. This is really funny from Hayley Louise Mary Checkland Wright. I feel really dense right now. I mean, you're talking to two lopes. We hear you, bro. Yeah, we hear you. I've been reading everyone's tarpa comments lately because I made a tarpa challenge as well. And one of the titles of the episodes was COVID hits tarp because tarp stands for? Tony and Ryan podcast. I've been listening through the podcast and I never really understood what TARP was what and I thought for some reason Australians must be really into covering things up, building ponds and painting rooms

and protecting their carpet. Like with a tarpaulin. Yes. Because a TARP. A TARP is like a big blue plastic mat. Yeah. So Hayley Louise Mary Checklin, Tony Louise Checkland Right Mary said. Felicia Mary Checkland.

She said, I've been listening for months and I keep hearing the word tarp and I never knew. I just thought they were talking about tarpollins the entire time. So she thought that when we said, oh, thanks to our champion tarpers, we had just a heap of tarps with cartoon faces on them. One of my favourite things about this podcast is learning about Australia and how they say things differently and they've got different ways of life and you guys talk

about how things are different in different parts of the world. Yeah. I just assumed and kept an open mind that Australians were really into using tarps, hence like saying a bunch of tarpers in Australia might just mean like a bunch of friends because we're all just using tarps all day. I can confirm. Hayley Louise, Mary Checkland, right?

No. That's not it. What it is is that tarp stands for? Tony and Ryan podcast. I'm glad we've cleared that up. And a few other people replied and were like, me too. No, guys. Have we not made that clear?

Okay, well, that is actually a failing on us as podcasters. As communicators. That we haven't set that up well enough. But sorry, I actually think that that's on you and you're stupid. Because, like, come the fuck on. Surely, Hayley Louise, Checklin Louise, Mary Louise Wright, surely you're figuring that out. But very endearing that you thought that we meant friends

was a tarp, like a tarpaulin. What a weird thing. It's like, oh, this whole country is really into drop sheets. Yeah, well, imagine that. Except just to clear up any future confusion, if we ever mean a tarp like a tarpaulin, we'll say tarpaulin. Is it tarpaulin or tarpaulin? Oh, well, fucking, who fucking, we're never going to talk about it.

People in Australia don't talk about tarps. It doesn't matter. I mean, when you say it like that. It's never going to come up. It's so true. We finish every episode with things you love to see. Oh, we're setting everything up now because some people don't know what a fucking tarp is.

Hey, just welcome to new. Welcome. People. To brand new tarps, fresh out of the packet. New tarps, fresh out of the tin. Things you'll love to see. One of the proudest moments of my life last week, which is a big statement. Yeah, it is.

But I reckon you'll agree with me. A couple of friends of mine just had a brand new baby girl. Oh, yeah, very exciting. Poppy is the name. How cute's that? What a gorgeous name. So at the baby shower a few months ago, Bridget gave them this cute little blanket that she spent weeks knitting.

She knitted it, yeah. She knitted it. And I think a few of the tarpers, that's people that listen to the... Sorry, what is tar... It's Tony and Ryan podcast, people that listen. We're chatting about knitting and how it's not just like an old lady thing, it's like a great thing to do for mental health. Yeah, great hobby, yeah. So Bridget do for like mental health. Yeah, great hobby.

So Bridget makes this handmade little blanket and wear it. Yeah. And it was beautiful as well. She showed it to me before she gave it as a gift. It was beautiful. So when Poppy was born, they did that, you know, Instagram, Facebook post. Hey, the baby's arrived. Beautiful.

The first ever photo taken of Poppy when she was 15 minutes old, she was wrapped up in the blanket that Bridget had hand knitted. Oh, knitted. Knitted. And, like, I don't know why, like, you know, we're, like, hoping to have, like, so babies anyway, like, we're hoping to have kids, so babies just really get me in the feels. Yeah.

But then I saw that and I was like, for everything it ever wears for the rest of its life. That's the first one. And you made that by hand. And I don't know why, that was like I just felt so proud of Bridge and I was all in the feels and because your friends had just had a baby

and their first one as well. And Poppy's the cutest name ever. Yeah, that did me in. You love to see that. That's beautiful. My love to see it is that I'm very lucky to have you. What? I love to see you because over the last week. No, I don to see you. What? Because over the last week. No, I don't like this.

No. Can you please turn the music down? It's too loud. Over the last week, I've been really crook. And obviously, we've just talked about it. But I've been really sick. You've been super supportive. You've checked in.

You've dropped food round, dropped medicine round. Every day, you were like, oh, do you need us to do anything? Do you have Gatorade? Do you have pizza? Do you need anything else? You can see what my go-to's are do anything? Do you have Gatorade? Do you have pizza? Do you need anything else? You can see what my go-tos are. Stop offering me Gatorade and pizza, man. They're healthier than that.

It was appreciated. Thank you. Yeah, it was better than the saladas and Vegemite I was eating. Yeah, you know I'm sick. You know what I want. Exactly. Pizza and Gatorade, get it in them. Who doesn't want that?

But I just was very thankful that you did so much for the podcast and for me, and I just felt very, very loved and super special and you love to say it. And I just wanted to say thank you. Did you feel important? I did. You are important. Apparently that makes me sound like a dick, so I'm not going to say that.

You are important to me. Thank you. You're important to me too. But, you know, you kept us afloat over the last week. I mean, I edited one thing one time. You do that every week. Yeah, but it was just but I just really appreciated it. And I hope that other people know how much effort goes into this.

And you did that all by yourself last week. And so thank you. I know that I sound like I'm being really facetious. And condescending as well. But I'm actually not. This is genuine. I'm glad that a man actually did the dishes. We're just never genuine.

He's such a good dad. He actually changes a nappy sometimes. Yeah, that dad, he's babysitting for the day. That guy that runs the podcast, he actually edited an episode on his own. I'm so proud of you. No, I meant it genuinely. Thank you for everything over the last week. You're meow-cum.

I don't know how I feel about that. Yeah, I've just recovered from COVID-meow-teen.