Watch What Crappens - Dwell Hello #511: Quirky in Queensland

Episode Date: May 22, 2025

This week on Dwell Hello, an intensely obnoxious couple moves to Queensland and tries to get ocean views for five dollars a month. We pray for them both to get thrown into said ocean. With love, of co...urse. This is a recap of House Hunters S147E17 Quirky in Queensland, and we watched it on Max.Find bonus episodes at patreon.com/watchwhatcrappens and follow us on Instagram @watchwhatcrappens @ronniekaram @benmandelker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:01 I'm Ronnie and that's Ben over there. Hello, Ben. Hi, Ronnie. How's it going? Good, good. Just getting ready to do a little dwell. Hello today, everybody. Today's episode is Season 174, Episode 7, Quirky in Queensland. It was submitted by Brenda. Thank you, Brenda. So good episode. Let me tell you, one of the most obnoxious ones we've watched. The couple on here. Yeah. I was very triggered by this couple. Wow. This was a lot. I was like, okay, okay, okay. Oh, God, they're still going.
Starting point is 00:01:12 These are, these are some tough people to watch. Yeah. So here we go. It's called Quirky in Queensland. And we begin with some zany intro music and the buyer, Chris, who is in a little beachy area. And he's like, we're quirky. Yeah, you are. You're fucking obnoxious, okay?
Starting point is 00:01:35 You know where they call you quirky? They call you quirky at the host stand of the claim jumper, okay? You know what they mean? You're fucking obnoxious. Who's taking this table? We're picking straws. Yeah. He's like, we're weird too.
Starting point is 00:01:48 And then we cut to Chris and his wife, Ash, who's like, you know those safety cards you get on a plane? He collects them. I was like, Like, okay, that is weird. That is a weird collection to have. That's trying too hard to be weird. And you know what? How many people have died after being on planes that this jackass has been on when someone,
Starting point is 00:02:12 the air pressure goes down and they didn't know to put the thing on themselves before their child? Or when someone started choking and no one knew how to unchoke the person because you stole the goddamn safety card. And how often are those, like, like how much variety is between? the safety cards. Like, how often do they update those? I don't know if I get that collection. Like, it was one thing if you collected the cocktail napkins and, like, you could see the logos change over the years. But the safety cards, I don't know. I do feel like there is a responsibility to leave them for people on the next flight because they do technically need them.
Starting point is 00:02:45 But they're one of those couples that tries to be, like, unique and fun and quirky by like collecting plain safety cards. And then she collects mugs. It's crazy, you guys. Like, I need mugs. And she's wearing, a sunflower. She's wearing a sunflower dress this whole episode. And I'm like, girl, sunflowers would face away from you. You know what I mean? Why would you pick a flower that would turn their head from you when you walk in? And guess what? I'm on the sunflower side. Yeah. I think that the mugs thing actually annoys me more than the safety card thing, because at least the safety card thing is unique. But like a lot of people collect mugs. I mean,
Starting point is 00:03:20 Bronwyn's husband collects muds on Salt Lake City. But like, I think where the mugs thing really annoyed me is like, you can collect your mugs. But if you're moving to, a new nation and you don't have a lot of room. If you're going to prioritize this fricking mug collection, which is like not such a wholly unique idea, I'm going to be upset with you. And guess what? If I was a realtor and someone said,
Starting point is 00:03:43 I'm looking for a kitchen that will fit my mug collection, I would quit my fucking job right then and there. I don't care what my weight is. I will go on the only fans. And that's it. I'm not doing the shit anymore. I've taken enough. That would be the line.
Starting point is 00:03:57 The last episode we did, we watched a lady want to simultaneously move into a tiny home while also carve out space for a jadeite collection. And that was kind of pushing me to the edge. But this one, a mug collection, I don't know. But at least it was like unique, Jadite. Yeah, you know? There's something legit unique
Starting point is 00:04:16 that she had to make an effort for. This lady's like, but like sometimes like I'm in like the marshals and there's like a mug that shaped like a quirky and I'm like, gotta have it. So where I'm going to put that? You don't have to have it because when you buy that corgi mug, that tells the manufacturer, there's a demand for the corgi mug. I'm going to make more of them and it's going to clutter up more marshals.
Starting point is 00:04:39 Don't do that. Do not contribute to this problem here. And look, I mean, I sort of like, I guess you could say I don't collect mugs, but they, they collect in my kitchen, like over the years. People give you mugs, you find mugs. And so like my, you know, and I like them all. They're all fun. They're cute.
Starting point is 00:04:56 And they're in my shelves. It's too. But like the moment that I have to move and it's like I have to make some sacrifices, those mugs are going to get pared down and I will have no problem with it. Those mugs are fucking out of there. They're out of there. I got one mug that shaped like Sophia from the Golden Girls. It's like Sophia's face.
Starting point is 00:05:11 And it's so cute. I love that. I got it for, my niece gave it to me actually. I got it for like Christmas or something. And it's so cute and I have her prominently sitting there. And then people are like, oh my God,
Starting point is 00:05:20 you like Sophia, I'm going to get you all of the Golden Girls mugs. No. No. It doesn't mean I need. all of them. Like I don't need five queens sitting in my house drinking from golden girls heads. You know what I mean? It's Sophia. It's not the mug. It's that it's Sophia. You know what I mean? Yeah. And what the funny part is, I have all these mugs, but I really only reach for like two or three.
Starting point is 00:05:41 It's always the same two or three because you find your favorites. And I'm like, well, this is my mug. I've got my, I've got a certain big mug for big occasions. I've got little mugs for cute little beverage, like hot beverage moments. Then I got the standard mug that's kind of like the everyday mug. Not that I even use a mug every day. But like you get, you acquire all these mugs, but the truth is you're not really, you're not in a rotation with them because the thing is they all sit on a shelf and then they're stacked. And so if you really want to, if you really want to rotate your mug through, you have to sort of move things around to get to the mugs in the back that you haven't touched in a while. And who wants to do that? You just grow for the one that's closest to you. Yeah, I don't believe people you. I mean, look, I believe you. I'm not calling you a liar, but I think in general people just use a mug. They don't have 20 mugs. They have their mug that they use. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Either way. This person sucks. There's our mug stance. This girl,
Starting point is 00:06:28 look what this girl did to this show. You know what I mean? Look what Ash did to our show. She brought, yeah, she brought us to this discussion. She hoped for us. We see a screen,
Starting point is 00:06:38 on screen photos of them. And they're like in their hometown in New Jersey. And then they're in different parts of the world and Paris and Asia. And I'm just, I feel like as Americans, we're doing a lot of apologizing
Starting point is 00:06:51 these days to people in other countries. And I just want to extend that again. It's been since I think this morning since I've done it. So Asia. Yeah. Paris. I'm sorry. We're not all Ashley.
Starting point is 00:07:04 We're not all ash. Okay. Yeah. We're not. So Linda chimes in and says, Chris and Ashley have been traversing the globe while Chris perceives his medical degree. And Ash pursues novelty mugs. So, wow.
Starting point is 00:07:16 Two interesting trajectories. Their travels have led these two New Jersey natives to Australia and have led Australians to go anywhere else. else. Coincidentally, or not coincidentally, who knows? Australians have started just walking into the ocean and never coming back out. So they sit down with their real estate agent, Olivia, who's wearing, is that a princess dress? Is that what you would call that? Is that a princess dress?
Starting point is 00:07:44 Okay. Olivia's getting on my nerves too. Bless this girl. She's dressed like she's going to go to an Easter egg hunt. I don't know what the fuck she's wearing. wearing okay and she has a white of talking like this and it's not the accent it's the she she's emphasizing the middle word of every sentence and it's killing me she's like what brings you boys to mckeye it's boys to mackay mckee i believe it's
Starting point is 00:08:12 mackay mackay mcky mcai mcai mcai mcai you cooking it's macaille mackay mccoy from here on out as we're Americans and we get to decide how things go it's going to be called Mackay We already apologize to other countries but we are still Americans so we will tell you how your things are pronounced. Yes, that's right.
Starting point is 00:08:34 Mackay. Macai Fifea. So Chris is like, well, I just got a job at the hospital here and like I absolutely want to be close to the hospital and then we see Olivia, Chris and Ash pulling up to a listing and looking at the beach across the street
Starting point is 00:08:48 and there's also like this listing is in the beach, et cetera. And we just read them because I think we're actually still opening credits. So opening credits happen. And now we're in Mackay. And they're, Chris and Ash are holding the hands while they walk down the sidewalk terrorizing the good people of this, this cute little city with their American sights. And Ash is like, wait, oh my God. Okay. We have to like park. We have to park on an angle. I am not going to park on an angle. I'm not going to reverse and park on an angle. No way. I'm weird, but not that weird. That's crazy. Like driving here is so crazy because like you have to go backwards into
Starting point is 00:09:28 space. It's like a crazy and I'm not going to do it. She has up talk and then the other girl has like the middle of the sentence emphasis. Together they're rage inducing. Also she's clearly never been to Congress Street in Austin where everyone parks like this like backwards and at an angle, which is admittedly weird. It is it is not. It is not. easy to get used to but you know what i tell myself if you can pull out you if you can back out you can back in what's the difference yeah it's like well as you know i once tried to do it and i said you know what just pretend you're in macaa australia and it worked no so um chris tells us their love story they met 12 years ago in a college in small town new jersey and we spent on marriage
Starting point is 00:10:15 exploring the world and i have to say they were much hotter when they met each other both of them Yeah, that usually happens, though. You think? Yeah, because once you, because, you know, that's the thing with relationships. Once you actually get into a relationship, you can be like, okay, don't have to go to the gym as much. People nest. So, Chris, he's like, yeah, I met her in a small town in New Jersey, and we spent her marriage exploring the world. And we see them.
Starting point is 00:10:44 And she's like, it's been fun, but we really want to settle down and finally get a dog. Poor dog. No, I love dogs. I feel so bad for the dog. So they stand outside the hospital and she's like, oh my God, what a hospital. Am I right, Chris? What a gorgeous hospital. This is crazy. I wonder how many people hurt themselves backing in the spaces at the hospital. Do you think they've got a mug in the gift shop? So then they're talking to us and Chris is like, well, my first time in Queensland was about 10 years ago and there was just something about the weather and the vibe.
Starting point is 00:11:22 that enthralled me. I just knew that next time I came here, I had to bring ash. And as soon as she hit the ground, she was hooked because there was a kitchen supply store with several mugs right out the outside the airport. And she's like, I love the sunshine. I love the beaches.
Starting point is 00:11:38 It was pure bliss and happiness because I'm quirky. I like sun. Yeah, all of her interests are actually relatively normal. I love being by the ocean. I'm so quirky. know. And he's like, yeah, and that's what I knew. Queensland is for us. And I got a wonderful offer from the hospital here. It said, please, as long as you keep your wife quiet, you can have a job. So they were in New Orleans when Chris got the offer from the McKay Hospital. And Ash is like,
Starting point is 00:12:09 you know, I didn't want to leave New Orleans, but people kept accusing me of robbing them of musicality. So then Olivia is like, McCauley is about non-lawful. So, McCoy is about non- I now is north of Brisbane, and with a population of 120,000, we unnamed the sugar capital of the world, which is funny because I would not think that McCoy, Australia, was the sugar cat. We just call ourselves that, even though we don't manufacture sugar. We just like to use sugar in a lot of dishes. Is it the sugar capital of the world? Is that the sugar capital of the world?
Starting point is 00:12:43 I'm going to type in. And do you automatically get to start referring to Mackay as the diabetes capital of the world since you're the sugar capital of the world? I assume there was like a taste list. Yeah, I just figured it was like in the in the in like Brazil or in the Caribbean or something like that. And in fact, I typed in sugar capital of the world. The sugar capital world has historically been associated with Cuba. But this title now more accurately is given to Brazil and India. Wow.
Starting point is 00:13:10 Not even third place. Not even third place. Who is telling the lie to the people of Mackay that they're the sugar capital of the world? Olivia. Olivia. Yeah. Keeping peanut M&Ms in your fucking glove compartment doesn't make you the sugar capital of the world, okay? It makes you a food addict.
Starting point is 00:13:27 Hi. It's me too. I'm with you. I'm riding with you next time, by the way. Olivia's always got some fucking candy in her purse, okay? I'm with Olivia. Based on her, like, princess dress, which I'm not even sure if that's what it's called, but based on that princess dress and her declaration is the sugar capital of the world,
Starting point is 00:13:43 why do I feel like she walks down the street with an oversized lollipop and like, well, give the sugar capital in the world, like, yeah. She does look like a little girl. And do you know who she is? And I mean, it helps that her name is this too. But Olivia from Real Housewives and New Jersey, the kid. She looks just like, I'm an eagle. Mother, I'm going to move to the sugar capital of the world, Mackay, Australia.
Starting point is 00:14:09 So she's like, oh, my God, Mackay's amazing. Sugar Capital. I mean, it's quiet. There's lots of bitches, local and national parks. You walk to a pub with all your mates on a Friday And then you walk home and everyone's at your house Till 3 in the morning That's just normal
Starting point is 00:14:26 That's how we do it here Everyone's everyone's out till 3 in the morning Because it's the sugar capital of the world And we have a lot of energy to work through It's an ordering sugar Bougar sugar So Ash is like I did leave my job in New Orleans
Starting point is 00:14:41 Working at a Hallmark store So ideally I'm now looking to work remotely from home And yeah I know Oh look at this one Chris just saw a dog and got distracted. This is my life. He sees dogs all the time. Am I right?
Starting point is 00:14:54 Yeah. He's like, I love dogs. Oh my God. You're so quirky. And he goes, look at that dog. It's off the leash. So then. I can't tell if he's mad about that or if he's excited to have a dog off the leash in Queensland.
Starting point is 00:15:09 No, I don't, I think he's mad. Chris. I think he's mad a little bit. I think he's like, that's not right. You can't have a dog off a leash in the sugar capital of the world. I'm calling the sugar police. So Linda is like, the thing that really showed Ashley on McKay is that it's on the coast. She's like, I just have this weird fear of living really far from the water.
Starting point is 00:15:30 I need to be by the water. I have a fear that I won't be killed by a tsunami. So I really need to be on the ocean. So they go, now we're sitting down with Olivia at a cafe to, go over the wish list. And Ash is like, I really want to be near a beach. And I know I'd have to, like, drive to some places. But I prefer not, because I don't know how to drive.
Starting point is 00:15:57 And for the sake of our marriage, two bathrooms. And all, because, you know, he takes a lot of dumps. And also, I love to cook. So I really love a big kitchen. I also want, like, a lot of comfort space. So, because, you know, I have a lot of, like, mugs. So, yeah. Yeah, mugs, huge personality.
Starting point is 00:16:14 And by personality, I mean, mugs. He's like so many mungs. So we see her wish list near the beach, walkable to shops, two bathrooms, big kitchen, water, water everywhere. He's like, and I'd love to be close to the hospital because I'll work odd hours sometimes and I have to save people's lives. So if I could get there without being sleep deprived, that'd be great.
Starting point is 00:16:36 And I'd love, you know, two to three bedrooms, set up a home office, you know, a fence and yard because we want to get a dog soon. So really his only thing is he just wants to be close to the hospital, which I think that's fair. And yeah. And their budget is $1,700 a month. So she's like, right, Chris, that's all we're spending.
Starting point is 00:16:58 Right. And he's like, oh, yeah, sure. And then Olivia tells us, oh, wow, esh with the pants. Big time, big time. Scary woman. Very scary woman. They're not really pants. They're just like mugs that I drilled holes into and stick my legs through.
Starting point is 00:17:14 So, anyway. Unfortunately, they're different sizes, so I tend to walk on the T-leg more. T-leg. So now we... Olivia hones in on Ash's foremost demands, which are plenty and annoying. So we now go to... They're doing that thing where they're driving in separate cars, and Ash is yelling into the phone. She goes like, okay, now you're talking, Olivia.
Starting point is 00:17:46 I see Ocean. love this. So there's this first house number one is 15 minutes from the hospital, um, but it's in a suburb that's a bit remote from downtown Mackay. Yeah. So we see the roadside and the beach is on a road and you see the beach across. And, um, so Olivia goes,
Starting point is 00:18:07 look, it's on the beach. And Ash's like, you weren't kidding. Olivia, this is by the beach. I can see the beach. We know Ash,
Starting point is 00:18:14 fucking A. Ash is that person who moves like, to California and wants to be right next to a Disneyland. Like that's not actually a good place to live. You know what? She's like a Disney at times. I just mean like right across the street from a Disneyland, you know? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:30 And Chris is like, and she's like, this is amazing. She's like, that's right. I got your house on the beach. And he's like, well, which one is it? It's that hot over there. She literally says it's a hot. It's usually on this show they try to make things sound good. Like brown shutters and big dreams.
Starting point is 00:18:47 That's what we'll call house number one. This one's like The Hot. It's a hot. We just can't Chris on TV. Originally we were going to call it the shit hole. But who went with the hot? It comes with one toilet and three goats. Please enjoy.
Starting point is 00:19:05 So they're not into it so far. Chris Ash is like, oh, are there any shops walkable? Because you guys drive funnier and I can't drive funny. So like, I want like walkable shops. So, well, there's a convenience door about five minutes away, but your main supermarkets are about a five-minute draw. Basically, nothing's nearby. And she's like, okay, well, I would have to drive, and that's scary. So they go in and they look at this hut, which is small and not walkable.
Starting point is 00:19:36 But it is, it's, okay, it's at $1,700. So it's on budget. But then, of course, Ash does that thing where she's like, $1,700, that's expensive. Well, then why is it in your budget? I hate when people do that when they put like, here's my budget, and then there's a price at the top end of the budget. And then they're like, that's really too expensive. Well, then you didn't do your budget, right? I'm sorry.
Starting point is 00:19:58 Yeah, that's like at the top end of my budget. So, and so they go into the kitchen. She's like, I don't know if this kitchen is big enough to store my mugs. I love mugs. I've got so many mugs. I've got different beverages that require different slice mugs. I'm like, maybe I want a big cup of coffee. or a big cup of coffee or a big cup of tea or maybe you know like a little mug for my green tea
Starting point is 00:20:23 or if I'm in a shop and I see a mug in the shape of a corgi. I'm like I have to have the corgi mug. That corgi wants to go home with you as much as a real one does. They're going to beg to be staying in the shelter. The corgi mug is going to be like, please just put me fucking down. I can't. So Ash is like, um, so this home isn't furnished. No. So it's going to be at your cost, unfortunately. Have you ever thought about maybe selling your mugs? Of course not. They'll only bring you in about 10 quid. So there's no fridge.
Starting point is 00:20:53 There's no microwave. So now they're worried that this is going to add up to be a lot because they're already at the high end of their budget. That is kind of annoying in a rental. Like, give me a fridge. I know. It's a very L.A. thing. People don't know this, but in L.A., almost all the rentals do not come with a fridge. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:13 You have to go call your own company to get a fridge. So annoying. So now they check out the primary, but this is not a cute house. Can I just say? Not cute. It's ugly. It looks like prison. It's like prison carpeting.
Starting point is 00:21:26 It's tiny, blocky rooms. Horrible, horrible place. Hate it. Terrible. So then Olivia's like, well, I think that Chris is just trying to keep Ash happy. And then they're like, they're just looking around. And there's like this weird room that's. like a little lower. So there's a staircase. But the staircase is, it looks like it was kind of
Starting point is 00:21:49 cobble, cobbled together and like they kind of like put cement over it or whatever. It's like this roundish like mounds. Rounded cement stairs. I don't think that they were cement. It looks like that plastic. Plastic. Yeah, it looks like plastic steps. It's not cute. Doesn't look like it's and she's like, I can't come down steps. I'm a little what we call clumsy. I'm just quirky. I'm like quirky. I'm like corkily clumsy. Like I fall in quirky ways. Yeah. And they have like, like some secret, like past episode with stairs that she fell down. Because they keep on saying like, well, it's like the last time, we know what happened. Last time I fell down a staircase.
Starting point is 00:22:26 He's like, yeah, I remember that. I'm like, I'm concerned with the stairs considering how graceful you are. It's like, well, okay, well, I may have tripped two days ago walking on flat ground. So it wasn't the stairs. Why are you blaming stairs? I know. Exactly. That means all these houses are ineligible for you.
Starting point is 00:22:45 Yeah. So now they look at the patio and there's more steps. So Olivia's like, water, your step, watching. She's like, oh my God, thank you. That was like such a quirk warning. Thank you so much. So she loves that this is close to the water within their price range, but the additional cost of appliances and furniture, that's a problem. And he's like, yeah, and it's also like 30 minutes for my job. So don't love that. So now we go to a car and now Ash is behind the wheel and she's going to try driving like a real Aussie, which means driving on the opposite end of the road and on the opposite end of the car too. And so she's like very, very nervous.
Starting point is 00:23:24 And she just keeps me going, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, so annoying. It's like the quirky ash driving scene. She's like, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, I can't do it. Oh, my God. Are we doing it? Are we doing it? Am I pressing the gas?
Starting point is 00:23:37 Am I on the right side of the ball? Oh my God, oh my God, you drive now. You drive. I went down the wrong road. That is great. I went down like a non-quarky road. I was so quirky of me. You drive, honey.
Starting point is 00:23:48 He's like, well, since Ash will be the one almost the day, it's important for her to learn to get around in the car if need be. And then we see her basically like drive through an intersection. And she just drives off to a different road because she's like too afraid to actually turn the car. Yeah. And so she's like having her fakey freak out thing. I've never prayed more for a drunken semi-driver, which is totally rude. I take it back.
Starting point is 00:24:13 So then he's like, you know, Ash doesn't leave the house. So, you know, when she does, she got to walk somewhere. So then he's like, yeah, you know, she has been the breadwinner these past few years while I've still been a student. So, you know, that's been something. So now I guess I have to work. Yeah. And I think that like one of our big differences is that I like, I like to talk. And he's like, and I don't.
Starting point is 00:24:38 Well, it's more like I don't really get a chance to. Yeah, which is another reason why I want a dog. so I could just like talk to the dog and tell them about my day. Wouldn't that be so funny? I'll just like talk to all these dogs. Some poor dog. Some poor dog being brought into this situation. I feel bad for it already.
Starting point is 00:24:52 Yeah. So then, okay, we do more wacky driving stuff. It's crazy. So now we're going to a different suburb. And this is South McKay, Mackay, South Mackay. And it's very popular. A lot of people in the medical field want to live here
Starting point is 00:25:09 because it's minutes from the hospital. She's like, but we came to Mackay for the ocean and like, we could have lived in the suburbs anywhere. I'm like, he has a job at a hospital with long hours. Let him live close. Like, I know you want to go to the beach. You can get to the beach. Take an Uber. It's easy. It's like, oh my God, Olivia, we can't see the beach. We can't see it. Olivia. He's like, no. Well, you can't see the beach, but it's about a 15 minute walk. And we're still very close to the airport as well. And he's like, oh, my God, I could sit out here and watch planes. land. Of course this guy
Starting point is 00:25:44 thinks that that's a positive. Having planes fly right over your guy being house. Of course, Chris loves it. Because he's thinking of all the little safety cards he could steal from all those planes. I know. He just sits there and staring at planes. By the way, it's a 15-minute walk to the beach. That is a luxury.
Starting point is 00:26:03 To have a 15-minute walk to the beach, that's like nothing, especially if you don't even have a job yet. Like, this is great. I'm sorry you can't see it outside your window. But being able to walk 15 minutes, means the beach is like. Well, 15 minutes is short for most people, but 15 minutes could turn into 40. The amount that ash trips. Tripping hazard.
Starting point is 00:26:23 Oh, God. In Australia, you have to trip on the wrong side of the road. You have to be careful. So he's like, oh, I'm obsessed with aviation. And look, there's a helicopter over there. It's flying over. Oh, let me look there. Not a medical.
Starting point is 00:26:37 Not a medical. Okay, probably just a harbor pilot. I'm going to go with harbor pilot. So you don't know. You don't fucking know, Chris. Why are you pretending you? It's a bur. You don't know.
Starting point is 00:26:46 You don't know fucking Queensland copters. So they get the house number two, which is an inner city house. It's closed the hospital. It's also close to shops. And it's 15 minutes of the beach. Only one bedroom. And it's also $1,400. I already knew they were going to take this because based on watching her drive,
Starting point is 00:27:05 there's no way she's going to take any house that will voluntarily, like voluntarily take a house that will force her to have to drive on these streets. So this is the one that's walkable to downtown. And so she's basically saying like the house is furnished. It's very close by. But again, she can't see the ocean. So that's a big con for her. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:27:24 And it's a big white interior. It's got these big huge like tile floors, like funcally shaped tile floors. And it's ugly. Like ugly couches, ugly kitchen. Very ugly. The whole thing is ugly. And so Ash is like, oh, I mean, this is giving me massive. 90 vibes. You are giving me massive 90.
Starting point is 00:27:44 Like, well, since, listen, I think this place is hideous too. But who are you to say that, Ash? I don't feel like Ash is an arbiter of taste. I'm not listening to her. She's talking about how this house has massive 90s nostalgia. I mean, look at your, look at your hobby, like collecting mug like you're in the central perk. Okay. Collecting mugs is very 90s, if you ask me.
Starting point is 00:28:05 He's giving very 90s quirk, her whole thing. Like sunflower dress. Also, she, is the one who claims that she wants a big kitchen because she likes to cook. And this is the one that actually has a big kitchen. And it's like, yes, it looks like it's from the 90s, but it's definitely a big functional kitchen that's like if it's a starter home, like totally, totally worthwhile space for doing all those kind of things.
Starting point is 00:28:30 And then Olivia's like, lots of spice for your mugs. And it comes with a microwave and a fridge. So here's the it. And so they're both saying it's not their style. Yeah, they don't like it. But there's another bedroom that she can use as an office. And this has a bright yellow couch, which is perfectly nice. It's like one of those half-sectional things.
Starting point is 00:28:48 And she's like, I like it, but I think I'll cover it. It's actually a decent couch. I like that yellow couch. So suddenly your quirk does not extend to a yellow couch. Okay. Real quirky over there. Hello. Like, yellow couches are four quirky people.
Starting point is 00:29:02 They're designed for you. Yeah. Yeah, sunflower wear. It's like the color of your sunflower. You don't like it now? Get the fuck out of here. Yeah. So she's like, yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:11 you know what, it's kind of taggy, so I might throw a sheet on it. Oh, that's way less tacky covering your fucking couch in a sheet. Yeah. Seriously. So they go outside. The yard's nice. It's big. It's good for a dog and everything.
Starting point is 00:29:24 And, you know, it's close to the hospital. So Chris likes that. But she's like, I don't know. It's just too much 90s flavor. Okay. New Century. Let's do it. Uh-uh.
Starting point is 00:29:33 You can't say you're quirky without having a space that reminds you of like, I don't know, Cheryl or something like that. Like, lean into it. Come on. You first. You know what I mean? New Century. Let's do it. You first, ma'am. So she's like, but, you know, I do like that it's walkable to shops because I'm nervous about driving because that's what quirky people are. But I really want an ocean view. I need the ocean. I need that. Do me the ocean. By the way, if you're someone who trips very easily, maybe walking along the ocean, the coast is not the best thing to do. So now it's 3.45 in the morning and Ash and Chris walk out to the beach. beach with flashlights because there's a whole bunch of cute kangaroos hopping around out there, which I'm like, punch him. Punch. Like yelling at the kangaroos. Come on. We've got something for you to punch over here.
Starting point is 00:30:24 She's like, Chris and I met in college. And like to me, it was love at for sight because he's like a good listener, which is good because I like to talk and he stares at airplanes while I talk. And he's like, yeah, I just was so happy to have a woman who was sort of interested in me once I express that. I love stealing safety cards and staring at airplanes in the sky. It's harder to keep them around than you'd think. So he's like, yeah, we went to a small restaurant on our first day, and she proceeded to leave her bag there. So then guess what? The next day I had to go pick it up. And so I wanted to just keep going after her bag for the rest of my life. So we stayed together, like she did last night, left a bag in a place.
Starting point is 00:31:04 Jesus. So quirky. Oh, being forgetful. Having to make new keys, cancel the credit card. God, the quirk, it's off the charts. But quirkiness is off the charge. So he's like, well, you know, our kids are going to have an Aussie accent.
Starting point is 00:31:19 She says, oh my God, but they better say coffee with a Jersey accent. They can be Aussie if they want, but they have to say coffee. He's like, coffee, water. Ha, ha, ha. Linda's like, these people are terrible. But they eventually married and decided to stop traveling, which proves that every pot has a lid and every mug has some coffee to go in it. That was for you, Ash.
Starting point is 00:31:42 We've been coming out with new flavors of house hunters to keep people entertained. So this is the couple. We're going to start a new version of house hunters called Househunters. You're too annoying to rent to. We put them in a house and we murder them. So they go to house number three and it's far away and there's cows. Like, where are we going? There's cows.
Starting point is 00:32:06 Lots of cows. She's like, I'm concerned by how far we're going. because we would need a second car and I'd be all the way I'd be away from Chris longer during the day. It's like, oh my God, there's cows here. Why are there cows? Why?
Starting point is 00:32:21 Why are there cows? Because you're in the country. You're no ass. I feel like if you're quirky, you should be happy to see cows. A lady collecting coffee mugs that doesn't want to be by cows. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:32:36 You got it. Don't you have like, you have to at least one. one cow-shaped mug, right? Yeah, go out there and squeeze it into your coffee. They literally make part of your coffee drink. She's like, I mean, this is a bit of like country living here. I don't see any shops coming in here.
Starting point is 00:32:51 I'm like, they all ran away. The shops all uprooted, saw you coming and moved to a different part of Australia. They saw you tripping down the street and closed. And by the way, Olivia, you know what else I don't see out here? Sugar cane, okay? Yeah, Olivia fucking liar. Olivia, by the way, taking like a little Snickers mini out of her purse. She's like, all right, it's about 30 minute drive from the hospital. She's like,
Starting point is 00:33:13 oh my God, there's like a little country living. So she says, yeah, the beach is about a five minute drive. Drive. Oh my God. What are you trying to kill me? Yeah, this one actually has an ocean view and it is close to shops, but it is very far from the hospital. And there's no fence yard. This one's gorgeous, actually. This one's amazing. This was like a modern farmhouse. It's huge hardwood floors, huge sliding glass doors that look out. out onto the ocean. I mean, this one is nice considering everything else we're seeing. This was the one. This is the one to take. Okay. They go in one room after the next is nice. There's a man cave. There's shiplap around. If I remember correctly, maybe not. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:33:54 Bond door opening things, but you know, it's not everybody's taste. But the fact is it's like tastefully newly done. And you can see the cows from the window. Like, I love that. I would love to look at cows from my window. Yeah. Me too. But I mean, I've done it. They're great. I've had that view, so. We just have to caveat. But, um, and she, you know, Amorous. Asher's saying that she could really see herself in a house with her puppy.
Starting point is 00:34:21 And they'll, you know, but the whole time though, he would have to be on a, you know, he'd be commuting and would it be worth it? Who would, like, who wouldn't do that for this house? So they are just going around from the next room. And Chris is like, I think, I think Ash has moved in. And in her head, we're walking through the house. It's the style she wants. It's the space she wants.
Starting point is 00:34:41 But I want a quick commute. I don't get planes flying right over the house here. It's going to be a problem, you know? And so then Ashley is, they love the outside table that comes with it. You know, it's a great house. It's great house. So now they have to decide what they're going to get. The beach hut, the inner city house, or the modern new home.
Starting point is 00:35:04 First, they let the cows vote. And they said, X. They're like, don't let them move in here. The cast said, we're joining with the kangaroos. We've formed a committee and we're banning you from the sugar capital of the world. So she wanted to be close to the water. I don't know if you guys have heard. So she's like, if you can't see the water, it's not a good house.
Starting point is 00:35:25 I will not live an house where you get right, Chris, right? Literally, if she talks about the water, because you know she doesn't even swim, right? Look how pale she is. You cannot tell me this is someone who spends a lot of time by the water. and yet she's insisting on it so much. She's one of those people that's like, I love the beach. Does the beach love you? Can we take a poll?
Starting point is 00:35:49 So she's like, I'm just envisioning my future and I'm like really hoping our dog will wake me up at the crack of dawn and say, good morning, mommy, it's time for a day. Chris is like, we're getting divorced. He's like, well, she supported me from med school, so the least I could do was move her out here before I dumped her. Yeah, I don't think I want my dog.
Starting point is 00:36:08 to wake me up at the crack of dawn. Although I know that's what dogs do, but I don't want that. So basically, they're looking at all these things. I think the first one they eliminate was the hut because they're like, yeah, it's just too small, it's too crappy, and it's also too far from everything. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:36:25 And the farm is too far. So they're going to choose the middle one, the one she called the 90s ugly one. So we see them move into this this other one. It's like three months later. And we see them moving into the kind of shitty one. And they do have a dog now.
Starting point is 00:36:42 And she has put a sheet on the couch. And it looks tacky as hell. It's the ugliest sheet. And it's like a fitted sheet that she only put on the top pillows. So it looks. Yeah. Oh, my God. These people are so tacky.
Starting point is 00:36:53 Why are you putting these people on the show? I know. I want a classier one. And then they do have a cute dog named Rolo now. And then like two hospital friends come over and who are like, wow. We thought we were going to Starbucks. Why are we here in this terrible little 90s house? Like, quirky, welcome to our quirky palace.
Starting point is 00:37:15 Those are the planes, aren't they great? Like, damn, that shook the house. I love it. Love every second of it. By the way, here's what to do in case you start choking on a plane. Take a card. Yeah. So it all works out.
Starting point is 00:37:28 Of course, they went for the middle house because there just was no way she was going to be driving anywhere. She's going to walk as much as she possibly can. And, you know, it was a fairly decent option. I mean, the one that was farther away was much nicer, but they were not going to be able to afford a second car. Yeah, I get not wanting to drive half an hour. That is kind of a pain in the ass. But, yeah, I mean, you know, horrible, horrible, annoying people. So. They really took it out of us, huh?
Starting point is 00:37:54 I feel like we just went to war. I'm exhausted. Just even, like, just accessing our memories of them were like, oh, man, really took away our joad. I really hated those people. I hated them. I usually don't hate the people on house hunters. Like even if they're weird or quirky, I'm like, oh, this is fun. It's still a house hunters.
Starting point is 00:38:12 But this one I was like, oh, no, you guys need to stop. You need to kill Ash. Kill Ash. Yeah, and I normally secretly like our nerdy people on the show. I'll make fun of them, but I'll be like, but they're nerds and I'm happy that they found each other. But in this case, I'm just like, no, I just can't. But they're not trying so hard to be nerds. It's weird when you see people who are like, oh my God, aren't we quirky?
Starting point is 00:38:32 That's when it gets a little cloying. You know, they're trying to be. But for what? Like, who are you trying to be quirky for? It's just weird. I don't get their target audience, you know? Yeah. Yeah, I don't either.
Starting point is 00:38:44 But anyway, all right. Well, that was fun. Anyway, hating on two people that we will never talk about again or me. But that was fun times. Thanks, everybody, for being here, part of Wondry Plus, fulsome. Well, hello. We'll be back in a couple of weeks, as usual. And we love you guys.
Starting point is 00:39:00 We'll talk to you soon. Bye. Bye.

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