1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: This is the Fits In with Kate Richie podcast. 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 2: Another story from the holidays, of course, had a great 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 2: holiday with a family. Spent a lot of time with 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 2: my sister and her two young girls there six and three, and. 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 3: I have a nine year old daughter. 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 2: And we're in Queensland, so there's a bit of road 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 2: trooping stuff going on. 8 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 3: And the idea of road trips, I mean the fun, they're. 9 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 4: So fun and you just hit that open road. 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: I don't think you put John Farnamon. We did a 11 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: lot of Taylor Swift. What else did we do? 12 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 5: Any podcasts? Kate putting Cold? 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 3: We we listened to a bit of audible. 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 4: Book. 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 2: Well, actually funny you should say that, because I did. 16 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: I did listen to that. What else did we do? 17 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 2: The thing is when you've got little kids in the car, 18 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: there's a lot of hitting each other, screaming at each other. 19 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 3: Couple of the classic games we no, we didn't play 20 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 3: I Spy. 21 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: I did do the if you can spot six between 22 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 2: here and the restaurant, I will give you five dollars. 23 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 3: Fun that amazing Queensland. 24 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 5: Could we use that game? In twenty twenty four on 25 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 5: the show. 26 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 2: I was going to bring it to the meeting that 27 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: I did from the beach that day, but I thought 28 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: I'd save it for the office. 29 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 3: But when I had you all in front of my god, 30 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 3: it sounds like fun. 31 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 5: Coming up next week. If you spot six cars, you 32 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 5: can shake home five dollars. 33 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 2: You know what the most embarrassing thing is is when 34 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 2: you're super excited about a game like that and you 35 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 2: think you've hit the jackpot. These guys are going to 36 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: be into it, and everyone says, no, I don't want 37 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 2: to play. 38 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 4: I know that feeling. I've worked on the show for 39 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 4: thirteen years. I know that field. 40 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, I just want to talk about horror car 41 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 2: trips because I'm sure, regardless of what you did over 42 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 2: the holidays, you had one at some point over the 43 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: last six weeks. 44 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 3: And che I mean, get involved if you want to. 45 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: Thirteen twenty four ten, this has to be right up 46 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: there with the most terrific I've ever had. We were 47 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: in the car. My daughter has been suffering from a 48 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: bit of travel sickness of late, and we spent a 49 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: lot of time in the car, so there was always 50 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: that pre emptive conversation before we would get in, how 51 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: long is the car trip going to be? Is it 52 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 2: going to be a windy road? All of that, you know, 53 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 2: all of that stuff. Well, yeah, well we didn't take 54 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 2: the iPads on holidays. Holidays, you know what you are 55 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 2: going to pay. You are going to find six red cars. 56 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 3: It kills me. 57 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 4: There is one farm. 58 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 3: There are no iPads. 59 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: So we've got three kids along the back seat, my 60 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 2: sister and I in the front, and I'm thinking May's 61 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 2: going to have a little vomit at some point, and 62 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: we're going the windy road because we're actually going from 63 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 2: I don't know if you know, a place called Byron Bay, 64 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: And so we were traveling from Byron Bay to a 65 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 2: restaurant that was kind of out of town up in the. 66 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 3: Bit and it's a bit windy. No, the Hut, the Hut, 67 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 3: they're an old school school yard. 68 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 4: Prawns, a sensational Get on with the story you're. 69 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 2: Telling me about what you want, or just let her 70 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 2: go anyway, the little child that I had to scare 71 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: with the police siren, I told you about that story 72 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: earlier in the week. I guess she'd decided just to 73 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: feign sleep so that she didn't have to count the cars. 74 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 2: And we were so happy that she was having a 75 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: snooze on the way to the restaurant. Maybe we'll get 76 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: to enjoy lunch. And we were talking about that and 77 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, she's doing projectile oreo vomiting in 78 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: the car. 79 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 4: Nod bless her little no cotton socks here, I mean, 80 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 4: that's in the car. 81 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 3: There's a but she didn't. 82 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: The two other children, including her older sister, Eiler, who's six, 83 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 2: they were freaking out because of course it's the most 84 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 2: disgusting thing they've ever seen. My gorias because I was 85 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 2: looking at it and I said to my sister, did. 86 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 3: She have milo this morning? 87 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: Something? Because she had a brand new dress that I 88 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 2: bought it for Christmas and she was so proud of 89 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: wearing it. So she's and the first one was projectile, 90 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: and then the rest were just the like like the 91 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 2: burping down. 92 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 3: The front mind of everyone. The middle child, my other niece, 93 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 3: is screaming. 94 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 5: And then oh, you're about to have a spew? Is 95 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 5: it like a train reaction? Because everyone does in the car. 96 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 5: They get crooked themselves when they smell it and they 97 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 5: can see it, and it's yeah. 98 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 2: Well, I mean I'm fine with it, like spew and 99 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 2: poo and all like it doesn't sit clat just the 100 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 2: classic things that come out of all the generosisses. 101 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 5: That was a Channel seven Christmas party. 102 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 3: The Christmas party that was the upfronts. 103 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 2: Anyway, we have a domino effect of vomiting, no way, Yeah, 104 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 2: with domino effect of vomiting in the back seat, and 105 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: it's look, I know, my my daughter's having a little spear, 106 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 2: but it wasn't the first one of the holidays. And 107 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 2: I know it sounds awful, but sometimes I think that 108 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 2: a spew is a bit like seeing someone fall over. 109 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: It's you want to have it cleaned up. Yeah, to 110 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 2: start with, I was glad it wasn't my child vomiting. 111 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 2: But it's also a bit like it's kind of. 112 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 4: How many did you have on the back seat spilling? 113 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 4: Three in the air? 114 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 5: No? 115 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 3: Only two? 116 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 4: Only two. 117 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 3: Vomiteds and one screamer in the middle. 118 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 6: Wow. 119 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 5: My old man would keep driving, he would open he 120 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 5: would go, someone opened the door, get him out. And 121 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 5: Dad pushed me out of the car once while the 122 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 5: car was still going. When you were seeing while I 123 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 5: was vomiting, Because as a child you freak out as well. 124 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 5: You start crying and vomiting at the time in a bag, 125 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 5: which is what Tom doesn't at nine a m most mornings, 126 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 5: as they last at the spew and Poopa. 127 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 4: Only feedback we get on the show. If you've got 128 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 4: a worse car ride than that, get involved. 129 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 2: Shae from Castle Ragh And I'm thinking, apparently she has 130 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 2: a horrific car story she's going to share with us. 131 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 3: E their shape morning. 132 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 4: What happened? 133 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 2: Sha? 134 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 6: So I haven't seen I hadn't seen my sister in 135 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 6: five years. 136 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 3: And she was driving up from Victoria. 137 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 6: And stopped at some Sutton Forest Prince servo and while 138 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 6: she was in going to pay the pills, she got carjacked. 139 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 6: My nieces, Yeah, my nieces were in the back of 140 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 6: the car. They quickly jumped out and then took off 141 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 6: in her car. 142 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 5: So they so the kids did get out of shake, 143 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 5: because sometimes they'll they'll stop a couple of kilometers up 144 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 5: the roard and get the kids here. 145 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 6: No, no, not just time. My niece has jumped down 146 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 6: the car and obviously scared. 147 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 7: And then yeah, they drove off in a car. 148 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 2: Did you say this is Sutton Forest is on the 149 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 2: way up, Shae. 150 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 4: I wouldn't have thought that happens much in Australia. 151 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 3: I didn't think so. 152 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 4: Either, although you know what, I drove from Melbourne to 153 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 4: Sydney on the holidays and at one survey pulled into 154 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 4: they had It was a busy survey. They had security, 155 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 4: and I just assumed the security guarden he was overlooking 156 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 4: the petrol bowsers in the station. I just assumed he 157 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 4: was keeping an eye on people filling up and driving off. 158 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:28,119 Speaker 6: As well. 159 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 4: But Majack, maybe this is a thing show that we 160 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 4: didn't already realize was an issue. 161 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 5: I think he settles people down when they find out 162 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 5: the price of water. 163 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 4: That's what it is. Yes, it's trying to work out 164 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 4: while they were fighting. Shay, thanks for your call. That's scary. 165 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 4: Johnny in Forestville, Hello, Hello. 166 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 6: How are you going? A spew story that I think 167 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 6: is worse than all other story? 168 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 3: Take it away, John, I had. 169 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 6: Many instances with experience little but a few years later, 170 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 6: when the kids are about twelve or so, my wife 171 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 6: was sitting in the front of the car and she 172 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 6: wasn't feeling so good, and she spewed out the front window, 173 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 6: and the kids were sitting in the back and had 174 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 6: window open, and the spew came back through the back 175 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 6: windows onto the kids, and they were like, that's okay, Mom, 176 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 6: We're fared on you so many times within I mind. 177 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 5: That is a beautiful family, john That is a beautiful 178 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 5: family because if you can love each other. 179 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: And you know what that's happened with dad. 180 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 5: You know when Dad was driving before and he would 181 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 5: spit outside the car sometimes and you'd be in the. 182 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 3: Back seat, get the backscro. 183 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 4: But Johnny, your wife in the front seat there, Mum, 184 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 4: she shouldn't have had a dozen black rats. She shouldn't 185 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 4: have been on the bourbon and cola. 186 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 5: Badette's giving us a kill from the central case. What 187 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 5: happened on your road trip? Bernadette? 188 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 7: So, a couple of years ago, pre kids, a group 189 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,959 Speaker 7: of friends were traveling from Maine the area Bali to 190 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 7: one of the rural towns mountains going whitewater rafting, and 191 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 7: on the way back, one of our friends must have 192 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 7: obtained barley belly in between and had chronic diary. It 193 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 7: was the most unpleasant trip back from a great stay 194 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 7: out whitewater rafting. 195 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: Funny, that's to our hotel. 196 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: If you only got. 197 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 4: Diary and Bali got a win. 198 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,959 Speaker 5: What happened because could they couldn't pull over burnette. 199 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 3: She just had to go for it in the back. 200 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 6: Well it was a. 201 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: Male, so we did pull over eventually after it had 202 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: already started. But it was just like we had to 203 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: get back and it was like, you know, we don't 204 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: have well whites on us so children, So. 205 00:09:55,679 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 2: Can you imagine the first time happen there? Not that 206 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: I have experienced, you wouldn't have done that, but sitting 207 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 2: on the back, so he going. 208 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 3: Oh my god that first second first is that sweat? 209 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 4: No it's not, but it's not coming out there, is it. 210 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 5: I think we got a similar review on our podcast. 211 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 4: We got three squirts someone over three squirts in beauty. 212 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 4: It's in Whipper with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast 213 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 4: walk great shows like this. 214 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 3: Download the Nova Player by the app Store or Google Play. 215 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: The