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S3: Ahoy to me! Sid. Hamish. Hello? Yes, I we could
S3: be in a band, but Sid says good morning. Ahoy
S3: to me, Milly. Jack.
S4: I know what we are. I reckon one of the
S4: rare times Jack's come over the top of good Jack.
S3: Are we from a comic strip?
S4: No. Andy's going to be Olly. He's got me like
S4: I can't remember who's who. But we are.
S3: Mascots. Mascots? Yeah. The Olympic mascots.
S4: The Sydney 2000 Olympic mascots. Sid, Hamish the platypus, of course.
S4: Named after Sydney. Milly the echidna, named after millennium, I think.
S4: And Ollie named after the Olympics.
S3: That was Ollie. Just a torch. Kookaburra. Yeah.
S4: That would have been really disappointing for you guys. Have
S4: going to be a platypus and echidna. And I'm just
S4: a torch that hangs around a.
S3: Torch, man. Stranger things have happened in the world of
S3: mascots for the games.
S4: That's true. Um, ahoy! Also to Tara, who's in the
S4: Czech Republic who used the very easy to use system
S4: Hamish Net.com to tell us what she's.
S3: Been up to.
S5: Ahoy, boys. This is Tara from the Czech Republic. Just
S5: checking in. Um, so I have to admit, the summer
S5: break of 2022, I believe it was. I accidentally checked
S5: out a little bit too long for that break and
S5: have only just checked back in. Time got away from me,
S5: but I've come back now, and Hamish is playing golf,
S5: which is shocking. So I realized I have to go
S5: back to where I accidentally took my break too long.
S5: So going in the past to go forward. But I
S5: am ashamed of you.
S3: Why do you get to Jack?
S6: Yeah, yeah. You'll really be shocked.
S3: That would be.
S4: A strange flash forward, wouldn't it?
S6: But I, I totally agree with once you're out of
S6: one podcast and it takes a break or it takes
S6: a little hiatus, you just gets out of your system
S6: and you can not come back for years.
S4: We don't recommend.
S3: That. There are there are, there are podcasts sitting in my,
S3: you know, podcast app. And you go objectively, the people
S3: that host these podcasts are heroes of mine. Yes. But
S3: I can't be bothered to go back so much.
S6: And actually, the more episodes they put out that you
S6: don't hear, you're like, wow, it's so much to catch.
S3: Up on, you know, especially someone like me. I got
S3: no time to do that. I'm already trying to save
S3: as much time as I can, being fast and loose,
S3: so I just want anyone to know if they are
S3: back in or they've dipped back in. No hard feelings
S3: from us. Oh no, not at all. And if you
S3: are listening to this, we appreciate it.
S4: We hate the government mandated break, but one of its
S4: benefits is allowing people to catch up, like Repecharge in
S4: Mario Kart, where you've accidentally left the control because sticky
S4: Controller and you smash against the wall for too long.
S4: We allow people to get back in.
S3: The game will go faster if you're behind the Mario Kart. Yes,
S3: and in even in more modern iterations of the game.
S3: For those that play it on switch, um, I can
S3: see Radiomic just leaping at the window trying to get
S3: into the studio. Talking about Nintendo. Um, of course, you know,
S3: you can only get the good powers if you're lagging behind. Yes. Um.
S3: You can't you don't get diddly shit. If you're up front,
S3: you get. You get a coin or a green shell,
S3: if you're lucky. Yeah.
S4: They don't even bother going over them.
S3: Useless. Useless.
S4: I would say, um. Ehm. What a response to con con. Yes.
S4: Now I didn't I haven't gone back and listened to
S4: what we said last week, so I know we were
S4: fishing in the. Well, I was about to say fishing
S4: in the wind, which is a terrible way to fish. Um,
S4: fish in the water.
S3: You can get a bird, I suppose.
S6: Although I think fishing in the water is meant to
S6: be better on windy days. Don't the fish? Don't fishermen
S6: get excited about windy days? Brings the fish to the surface?
S6: Not that.
S3: I've heard, but it would make sense because it's the
S3: so many people's.
S4: Comments on this show that we don't.
S3: Have the amount of retractions we have to do. We
S3: don't need to be just saying stuff like this next week,
S3: all the emails will be like, what the hell do
S3: you think you're talking about? Well known that fish fear
S3: the windy surface and flee from the ripples.
S6: You're probably right.
S4: Um, but it is exciting that when two weeks ago, Ham,
S4: you had a tax accountant on and played a game
S4: with Jack and I to see if we could come
S4: up with as many deductible things as possible. The the
S4: thing that kept coming back was if it was part
S4: of a convention, a conference, a conference or a convention conference,
S4: is it a conference? Yeah, you can deduct that. So
S4: we were like, well, to give the whole of Australia
S4: a chop out, we will put on conference. conference con
S4: con which will allow a tax deductible, very informative couple
S4: of sessions or however long we would talk about these
S4: people's individual businesses with, of course, networking at the nearest
S4: golf course.
S3: Yes, there'll be networking opportunities galore, but that is part
S3: of a conference. Everyone's favorite part of a conference. But
S3: there will also be the the formal presentations. And I
S3: think where we knuckled down and I think this is
S3: the critical bit, is as part of the ticketing process.
S3: When we get around to that, it will know the
S3: profession that everyone has going into con con, and we
S3: will make sure that there's, you know, 30s on your
S3: specific profession. I mean minimum yeah. 30 plus seconds. Yes.
S3: Tax department doesn't need to know. They never going to
S3: ask like the ATO doesn't go if you go. I
S3: went to a garbage waste conference because I'm in waste management.
S3: They're not going to go. How long did they talk for?
S3: They just go yeah, great. Sweet mate. Hope you had
S3: a good time.
S4: That's exactly how it happens.
S3: But that is a recording from a recent audit.
S4: Um, but but the lawyers here keep telling us to
S4: say to everybody, check with your own accountant. Yeah.
S3: Um, the funny thing is, we had there is actually
S3: a legal team that works for listener who run the podcast.
S3: They don't even know what they're scared of. They just
S3: know this feels scary. Yeah. Yeah. But it just feels
S3: a heck of a lot like three guys giving financial advice.
S3: So they're like, we're not even. You don't even know
S3: what the event is yet. We don't even know how
S3: it works. But we just let it be known. We're scared.
S3: Say some things to cover us. That's the vibe I'm getting.
S6: Yeah. And we're not giving financial advice. No.
S3: Well done. Jack.
S4: Exactly well done, Jack. Really? Turning around from the wind
S4: ocean stuff earlier on.
S3: Good to have that crisply on the transcript. Transcript. That'll
S3: come in handy.
S4: What we are finding is there is an immense amount
S4: of interest, which there's.
S3: Is a hunger, which means.
S4: We have to turn our direction to or our interests into.
S4: How will we put together a very concise learning moment
S4: for these different businesses?
S3: You mentioned sessions before, and that's a good I think
S3: that's a good area to start. I don't think I've
S3: been to a conference. I um, sometimes we I guess
S3: we've spoken at them before, but I don't think I've
S3: ever been as an attendee. But there are sessions there often,
S3: like there's the morning session or whatever. I'm just vibing
S3: this out. But I think two half hour sessions separated
S3: by a 20 minute refreshment and networking break, that's a
S3: pretty good conference, G. That's a great conference to eat
S3: up the whole day. No no no. And cut out
S3: all the networking. Exactly. Imagine how devastated you'd be if
S3: you come back from the conference and there was no
S3: time for networking. So exactly one day conference, two sessions, um,
S3: there'll be sort of like a late afternoon and an
S3: early evening session, um, generous networking opportunities in the morning. Yes.
S3: And yeah, I think that's loosely the gist. And then
S3: we will do content wise.
S4: Yeah, we'll be doing the presentations for you.
S3: Some people I think. Yeah, some people I think thought
S3: that they would have to.
S4: Speak, speak.
S3: No no no no. You tell us what your industry
S3: is and we'll educate you. Yes. Tailor made conference. Yeah.
S3: It's not to be confused with TaylorMade, the golf brand,
S3: although I'm sure Jack will try and work that in somehow.
S4: Hey, just to reel off a few people that have
S4: shown interest because there has been I think we're in
S4: close to hundreds, aren't we?
S3: 700 or.
S4: 700? Okay. Would we be able to talk on marine
S4: science and biotechnology? Yes, I thought we would. That would
S4: please Matt Cherry. He said Khan. Boys, um, all you
S4: need to do is make sure this is near an
S4: ocean and the tax man will have zero issues.
S3: Yeah. That's good.
S6: So we've already warmed up with the fish and the
S6: wind stuff. That's right. What is that about? Marine science.
S3: That's true.
S4: We'll correct that maybe on the day. So if.
S3: You.
S4: Are.
S3: Clarify it.
S4: Marine science or biotechnology. Come along. He's in seaweed agriculture. Aquaculture.
S4: Just cover that off.
S3: Well, we'd be thrilled to, um, just in terms of people,
S3: you know, some people are more concerned about showing evidence
S3: to the old tax man than others. I've had a
S3: couple on my side of the fence going, um, I know,
S3: I certainly know if I could present or if I,
S3: you know, I'm allowed to go to conferences from my
S3: work if I'm they'll fly me there if I'm presenting. Great. Oh, um,
S3: but not as a participant. I had 2 or 3
S3: of those. But, look, we're not going to do that.
S3: But if there are people that want extra evidence for
S3: the tax man. Yes. Would we incorporate a section of
S3: the conference where you where we line sort of ten
S3: people up in the wings. Right. And you can come
S3: out very, very fast, one at a time, pose at
S3: the podium, pose at the lectern and you get a photo,
S3: a bit of photo evidence. That's good. That makes it
S3: look like you presented at the conference, and you can
S3: go back with that in your hand and walk out.
S4: And say, I've presented.
S6: Yeah. Or like, thanks for coming. Say one fact. Yeah.
S6: Because then it's not even deceitful. They did present something
S6: about the industry.
S3: Yep. Well, we could have people saying stuff like, you know,
S3: the refreshment break starts now or whatever. And and so
S3: they have presented a fact at the conference and they've
S3: got the photo tax man comes knocking. Did you really
S3: present that conference. What do you call this photo. Absolutely right.
S3: Congrats on the TD.
S4: Can we okay. Can we then set up on our
S4: website a performer. Yep. Where people can fill in their
S4: own and we say hi. Fill in your own name. Darrell.
S4: We would love you to present.
S3: At.
S4: This conference.
S3: I see it as only ten people. You know, I
S3: would say the vast majority of the crowd is there
S3: to absorb fact. Yep. But if you have to show
S3: that you're on stage. Mhm. Then we could have a
S3: few openings for people to give some facts out to present.
S4: Great. And then they can print that out and send
S4: it to themselves and show their boss that they needed their.
S3: They've been invited. Yeah, they've been invited.
S4: Just you know how you said some people are more
S4: worried about the tax department than others?
S3: Yeah. Who have you got?
S4: Josh isn't. He says he works his industry is the
S4: Australian Taxation Office.
S3: Nice. And he said.
S4: Surely, surely an ATO man such as myself can ride
S4: off a convention on tax. I'm new to the ATO,
S4: but I'm willing to test this.
S3: So definitely.
S6: Because then if they bring it, try to bring us down.
S6: They have to bring themselves down.
S3: And what was one of your boys doing there? Exactly.
S3: So this feels like an ancient France when you, like,
S3: marry the daughter of Spain. Like, just to form the alliance.
S3: Like alliances. We'll give a complimentary ticket to a tax
S3: office person just so there can be no sniffing around.
S4: Yeah, well, that'd be. That'd be. Well, we can then
S4: be accused of bribery. It'd be good if Josh just
S4: bought his own way there.
S3: I was joking. Yeah, it's got a. You don't say
S3: the B word. Yeah. No, I was joking. He buys
S3: his own way there. And it's above board. Yep. Would
S3: we do a presentation? Someone just said if you do
S3: morals and ethics, that covers a lot of industry. That's
S3: a good one. So I reckon we could just pop.
S3: We could do 30s on morals and ethics. Yep. Danielle,
S3: she's a paramedic. We do a bit of that stuff,
S3: wouldn't we?
S6: Oh, yeah. Definitely. My brother's a paramedic, so I can.
S3: There we go. That's on you.
S6: Leave that one with me.
S3: Thank you. So, just to a conference. What? A conference.
S3: So what we'll do then? We will.
S4: Divide.
S3: What a Ted talk. I want to talk to you
S3: guys about what's called the golden hour in life saving. Now,
S3: I'm not a paramedic, but my brother is. And he
S3: actually was talking about this at Christmas. It was so interesting.
S3: Here's what I remember from that conversation.
S4: So I get this straight. We will have people register
S4: and and obviously they have to get them. It's very
S4: clear you're getting yourself to the convention. It's a regular convention. Convention?
S3: We'll get there. I think we're going to balance the.
S4: We'll have some kind of pack for you because that's
S4: what happens with a convention. You'll have a lanyard.
S3: Lanyard, USB stick, all the good stuff.
S6: So they're paying they're paying airfares. And then the ticket
S6: will have some sort of ticket price for the convention.
S4: Yes, there would be, because we've got to hire the
S4: convention center. So we'll do like every other convention. We
S4: will we'll we'll set that up. But you have to
S4: get yourselves there. Um, I'm not sure. I mean, are
S4: they doing their own accommodation? We'll work that out. Yeah.
S3: Oh, is it a package, do you think?
S4: Oh, I mean, I don't know. I mean, do we?
S4: That sounds like admin.
S3: Straying into my least favorite part of this stuff. Yeah. Admin.
S3: I'll do merch, you do admin. But so I think
S3: the best thing to do is let people register. Right.
S3: You go, I would like to register for Comic-Con. Yeah. Then.
S3: But then we need to give them. Well the Hong
S3: Kong Kong Kong Kong confirmation. So you get so you're
S3: not going to you have Hong Kong Kong which is
S3: Kong Kong Kong.
S4: Kong Kong confirmation like that. And then we'll decide when
S4: when we have a little wade through admin whether we're
S4: going to do Kong Kong Kong Kong.
S3: Kong Kong which is confirmed. Or if a b Kong
S3: Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong or like if
S3: we're comping it. Comping anyone?
S4: Yes. There'll be a bit they'll we'll work out that
S4: but for clarity.
S3: I did you sorry. Were you part of the Hong
S3: Kong Kong Kong package or are you just gone gone
S3: gone gone gone gone. Did you want Kong? Kong Kong
S3: condoms in the room? Are you here? How seriously are
S3: you taking the networking? We.
S4: We will. But just to be really clear for us,
S4: once everybody has registered and we'll have a cut off
S4: amount because it will only be how many people we
S4: can fit this certain wherever we choose. Yep.
S3: Kong, Kong.
S4: We will then divvy up.
S3: All.
S4: The industries that we have to cover. Yep. Yep. And
S4: then we'll split them between the three of us.
S3: Yep. Yep. That's how it will work.
S4: And there'll be 30 plus seconds per industry.
S3: Session one. Break. Session two. Boom! Covered. Tax deduction secured.
S3: Of course. Check with your financial advisor. But from our
S3: angle it looks like. And remember things can have many angles.
S3: But from the angle I'm looking at that. That seems
S3: swedo burrito to me.
S4: And we had no idea of a rich vein of
S4: people that were going to be kind of tapping into
S4: when it comes to extreme empaths. We talked about my
S4: girlfriend being extremely empathetic when it comes to people, which
S4: is probably nice when it comes to object, which gets
S4: a little bit annoying just.
S3: Assigning human traits to objects. Yeah, I.
S4: Think the one that I brought up was that she
S4: asked me to go into the study to check whether
S4: her old laptop had finished transferring the information to a
S4: new laptop because she felt sorry for the old one
S4: having to take the new one. All the new tricks.
S3: Couldn't go and look it in the face. I'm so
S3: sorry I replaced you. Look. And there are so many
S3: extreme empaths out there, and we're the place to hear them.
S3: We'll be. I mean, are we empaths for then understanding
S3: what it's like? We're more of a repository for the.
S3: I'd love to be able to.
S4: Claim any kind of empathy from my.
S3: Side of the fence.
S4: As the Tin Man, as my sister called me. But yes,
S4: I don't think I'm quite in that category, but I
S4: do love hearing about them. They're out.
S3: There. It has been a flood. What have you got
S3: to kick it off with Sarah here?
S4: I like to water household plants with lukewarm water. I
S4: don't want them to feel too cold.
S3: Oh, God. It's probably not good for them.
S6: No, I think actually, plants like colder water. I've watched
S6: something recently that said put ice blocks in.
S3: They grew up outside where it's all cold. You know,
S3: like they're not having showers. They're drinking. This is great.
S3: This is. Yeah. This is this is, uh, from. Cassie
S3: can relate to Beck's struggles. Whenever my partner separates a
S3: bunch of bananas at the supermarket and leaves one on
S3: its own, I always go and get it to match
S3: it up so it doesn't lose its friends. Like, you'd
S3: be like, oh, we got four now. We only need three. No, no, no,
S3: you're coming with us. It's coming with us. And all
S3: she writes or I go and put it with another
S3: solo banana. So foster, foster it.
S4: Out to another banana family.
S3: This is. This is what I love about all this
S3: stuff just going. No, no, no, these things have feelings,
S3: I assume. No problems. Later, when you tear its skin
S3: off and eat it a lot, you know no one's
S3: bothering their pavlova. Oh, and did you eat it alive
S3: in front of its friends? Yes, I did, but at
S3: least it wasn't lonely. This one.
S4: From Jordan. Extreme empaths. He says my wife falls under
S4: this category. She doesn't like to use techsters because she
S4: thinks you'll hurt their little noses.
S3: Which. Now when I delete a text, I look at it.
S4: And think I am using its nose squashing.
S3: Jamming its face into the page just so we could
S3: make a.
S4: Mucus coming out and hopefully the nicest color available.
S3: I mean, there's so many. Here's another one. Okay, um,
S3: this comes in from Darren because he's an extreme empath.
S3: He says, I find when I pull commonly used dishes
S3: from the dishwasher, and then I use them immediately, like,
S3: I've got a few of those bowls where I'm like,
S3: you're perfect for, you know, yogurt. I use them immediately.
S3: There are a few that never seem to get a rest.
S3: So like your favorite dishes because and I always hear
S3: them in my mind saying, oh man, give me a break.
S3: I just got clean cut. I have a bit of downtime.
S6: But equally, you could feel sorry for the plates that
S6: never get used because if you're on the bottom of
S6: the stack, coach, give me hardly any rotation unless you
S6: have a big family dinner. So I guess it's true.
S3: It's the greyhound racing argument. Do they love to run?
S3: Do they want to rest? Are you stopping him from
S3: doing what they were born to do?
S4: One version is stop loss in a military sense where
S4: we don't have enough servicemen. So you have to stay on.
S3: We're not letting you retire. Yeah, but the.
S4: Other one is. Coach. Let me in the game. Love it.
S4: This is from Tony. I once said sorry to my
S4: car for parking it on a steep hill overnight.
S3: I. Hold. Hold. Imagine the relief when you took the
S3: parking brake off in the morning. Oh, God. Where have
S3: you been? I thought you were coming back early. There's
S3: been a bunch, too. Yeah, I mean, there's a bunch
S3: to on on Instagram, too. Um, this is this is
S3: from Miller. My husband was getting a knee replacement, and
S3: I cried because I felt sorry for the knee being
S3: taken out.
S4: Yeah, that's no good. Andy Hoskins I'll throw this one
S4: more at you from New Zealand. Ahoy to you. My
S4: mother is one of the biggest empaths. She knits teddies
S4: to donate to children's hospitals, which is lovely. Lovely. I
S4: don't think that tips into crazy yet. She makes many
S4: and sends them all as a big bunch. But when
S4: she finishes one, she feels bad for it. So she
S4: knits them a bed and a blanket to keep them
S4: warm until they're sent off.
S3: Oh, sweet. That is. I mean, that is lovely. That
S3: is lovely. I got one to juxtapose that with. This
S3: is this is like, this is right in the zone, Lisa.
S3: She goes when I'm filling up the photocopier paper drawer
S3: at work and it's not empty. So there might be
S3: like ten sheets left front. I pull the paper out.
S3: That's in there. I add in the new paper. Then
S3: I place the existing old paper on top. It's not
S3: fair that they have to wait another 500 sheets to
S3: get their go. It's like a water slide. You can't
S3: just have someone cut in 500 people. Corporate event cut
S3: in front of me.
S4: Home Olympics obviously on at the moment. Um, we are
S4: not the host broadcaster here at this particular, um, place
S4: we work at. Listener. That is a.
S3: Relief. That's a relief to hear. Because if we were,
S3: I just get the feeling I've missed a heck of
S3: a lot of shifts. I haven't been in all week
S3: and I haven't commentated a damn thing.
S4: Um, but, you know, we are part of the host network.
S4: I'm working on the Olympics. So in my capacity as
S4: for promotion for the Olympics, we can certainly talk about it.
S3: Um, of course we must. You must check.
S4: It out on channel nine. We must. Um. First up,
S4: let's go back to the opening ceremony. Um, these Eddie Ockenden,
S4: who was the, um, uh, the flag bearer? Hockey player?
S4: Flag bearer.
S3: Flag bearer with Co.
S4: Flag bearer with Jess. Jess. Fox. Um, I I'm obviously
S4: very into my hockey. He's been I think he's 37
S4: and he's still playing in the, uh, the hockey team.
S4: But I sent him a note, um, to say congrats,
S4: but also I said flagbearer. I know he listens to
S4: the show. Flagbearer lost touch with the common man. He
S4: wrote back. Yes. Good point, but flag power equals potential
S4: line to Jim Chalmers. So what? Well, I mean, obviously.
S3: His gym, his gym there. Well, there'd.
S4: Be there'd be even if he's not there, they'd be
S4: representatives of the Australian government there. And what I loved
S4: is just on the eve of the most important tournament
S4: that they have, the.
S3: Got his priority straight.
S4: He's got his priorities straight. I said, don't spend all
S4: your time trying to track down Jim. Go to the games.
S3: I'll tell you what, Jess Fox is another great avenue
S3: because now, as a gold medal winner. Yes. So not
S3: only is she co flagbearer, but she can go if
S3: there is some sort of reception when they get home.
S3: All the bigwigs from the government are there. No doubt
S3: she'll have the gold medal on. Um. And then Jim
S3: will go, gee, look at that. And she'll go tell you.
S3: Speaking of gold round things. Yeah, that that that inspire
S3: a nation. Could I float this past you? Yes.
S4: Um. That's great. I noticed that you. Because Hamish was
S4: doing kayak training for a while. For the coast to
S4: coast for New Zealand.
S3: Oh, yeah. For this. That. Jess. Jess was kind enough
S3: to coach me for one afternoon last year. Yes. Um,
S3: at the Penrith, uh, Penrith Whitewater Stadium, where I had
S3: to get certified in kayaking because there's no casual people
S3: just out at the Whitewater Stadium. No, no. Penrith from
S3: 24 years ago. So there's literally a guy who's never
S3: been in a kayak before me because there's 21 rapids
S3: or something as it goes around, goes around like a spiral.
S3: I'm at the end on the last rapid, like trying
S3: to learn how you stay afloat in fast moving water.
S3: So you've got one guy, right? Like, day one of kayaking.
S3: And then the only other people there are Olympians who
S3: were just, like, getting ready for the game. So there
S3: was a real mismatch of talent that day out on
S3: the water. But she was a legend. Well, you look
S3: like a little.
S4: League guy that's getting at half time allowed to go
S4: out there and try. Looks like she.
S3: Said it to you. How would you like a photo
S3: with the helmet on? Really? Thank you.
S4: We've got to see Australia sing the national anthem a lot,
S4: which I. That's what I love about the Olympics. You
S4: get all patriotic. We are one and three. That new
S4: line that we have, which is great. It made me
S4: think they would have been rapt when they came up
S4: with that.
S6: Because it fits. It's such a perfect swap out.
S3: Yeah, it's rather than I think the other idea was
S3: to add bloody in there. We are bloody.
S6: Free.
S3: Free do you.
S4: I just want to know what the process was and
S4: whether they did go to Rhymezone, which you and I
S4: have Rhymezone. Com when we're trying to think of a
S4: parody song at last minute, you're like, okay, Jesus.
S3: That is a website from 1998 that has never been updated.
S3: It's just like all text. Exactly. And hyperlinks.
S4: Like, it's a special skill where a guy can eat
S4: cheese crackers really quickly. So we're like rhyming, rhyming cracker.
S3: What rhymes with Camembert? Camembert? Exactly.
S4: I just wondered whether at Australia Advance, Australia Fair offices,
S4: did someone just crack his knuckles and go, okay, rhyme zone.
S4: Young one.
S3: Good. Yeah. That's. Yeah, one. We have fun.
S4: Fun and free.
S3: Was the one I.
S4: Thought they may have thought.
S3: About. For fun and free would be good. Yeah, it
S3: would be good. No country, I reckon, has fun in
S3: their national anthem, which is a shame. That's a missed opportunity.
S3: Everyone's got like, you know, patriotism. Yeah, like half of
S3: them are about wars and, like, never giving in and, like,
S3: you know, the American one. Why not be fun? I
S3: think Bhutan. Bhutan would have happy because isn't there that
S3: thing that they're like the happiest nation on Earth? They would.
S4: Have. I'm still not sure if they're putting happy in Spain.
S4: Don't have any lyrics. Just so you know, I did
S4: a bit of a deep dive because I was going
S4: to bring to the show my rankings of the top
S4: national anthems. Turns out a lot of them are really boring.
S4: But Spain no lyrics, which I.
S3: Was thinking, this is me. I go to pub trivia
S3: occasionally on a Monday night, and I was watching the
S3: medal ceremony for something synchronized ten metre diving. China had won.
S3: Chinese national anthem pipes up and I go right for
S3: country's large and as powerful with as much global influence
S3: as China. I would never have known this was their anthem. Yeah,
S3: you know what I mean? I was like, this would
S3: be a good trivia question. You pump, you start an
S3: anthem and go, right, we've all watched the Olympics. Whose
S3: is this? Can we agree.
S4: That the French is the best.
S6: French? I reckon French, US and Great Britain are the
S6: only ones I really know besides the Australian one.
S4: Then, I mean. But Great Britain's not great.
S6: No, no, no, I'm not saying it's a top ten,
S6: but I just wouldn't be able to recognize if I'm
S6: playing that trivia game, I don't think I'd get, you know,
S6: of the other 194 countries, I don't think I'm getting
S6: very many.
S3: If Mando is listening, who's the quizmaster? I'm just saying
S3: Mando is a good puppet. Like if you're thinking about
S3: next Monday night, I think that would be an interesting one. No,
S3: we normally do a music round in round three and
S3: it's got a pretty standard format, but maybe for the
S3: Olympics you could do a new music round, shake it
S3: in quickly. On the diving. You know how they dry off.
S3: There's a lot of like after you dive, you have
S3: the mini towel. Yeah. You know those like mini camping towel. Yeah.
S3: But then there's a lot of, like, you dry off,
S3: then you get in the spa, then you dry off again. Yeah.
S3: It's very confusing whether they want to be wet or
S3: dry during during the diving. And also why not like,
S3: come on, it's the Olympics. Bring a bath sheet. Like
S3: we're not allowed to use those at home because they
S3: take up too much of the washing machine. But like
S3: treat yourself, treat yourself. It's the bloody Olympics. Not a
S3: giant towel.
S4: That's true. But that's not the most confusing thing about
S4: the diving mark. Tubby Taylor commentating the diving was, I reckon,
S4: the most confusing.
S3: That was so awesome. Night one.
S4: Night one.
S3: Him just going oh geez buddy, no splash. Are you
S3: happy with that? Like he was commentating it like I don't.
S4: Know he was Australian cricket test captain. Yep. Uh, from well,
S4: a decade or so ago.
S3: Yeah. And often this is back. They just had, um,
S3: stump cam had just come in with a cricket, so
S3: you could often you just could hear what the players
S3: were saying on the field. And he was often well
S3: criticized by the team or derided by the team because
S3: he would only talk in diving and elegance. And the other,
S3: you know, and Ian Healy behind the stumps, he'd be like,
S3: we don't understand, mate. And he'd be like, guys, we
S3: need to tighten this up like a pike, right? Like
S3: a pike. Get your head to your knees like a pike.
S3: And he goes, tell me we don't understand, mate. Not
S3: everyone gets diving the way you do.
S4: So finally he.
S3: Got his calling, which is totally up to 20, 30
S3: years of pestering channel nine. Get me at the diving.
S3: I think you'll be impressed by what I can do.
S4: I thought I'd be surprised when he was selling us
S4: air conditioners. I was like, oh, wow. Like that's something
S4: I didn't expect him to be doing. Diving was the
S4: next level for that final one. Ham. Um, Ian Thorpe
S4: commentating the swimming.
S3: You said you had something for us here.
S4: I've had something for you guys here. This just reminds
S4: me of when at school, you came across a fad
S4: and someone else in your group goes, hey, I saw
S4: this fad, and you're arguing that you saw it first? Yeah.
S6: Yeah, yeah.
S3: My uncle went to Japan two years ago. I already
S3: got a Pokemon. Yeah, that kind of thing. Yes.
S4: I think Thorpey had a little bit of that as
S4: he was describing. There's a guy called peaty from Great Britain.
S4: He's a breaststroke champion. Um, this is just him, and
S4: I'm not sure the other commentator. But you'll pick up
S4: what I'm talking about.
S7: He is absolutely the greatest sprint breaststroker the world has seen.
S7: And for him to come back from adversity and line
S7: up here in lane four is a wonderful achievement. They're
S7: calling it the three Peat Thorpey. I told you that.
S7: Don't pretend I did not tell you. That's what they're saying. In.
S7: In Britain, it's a three peat. If he can win it.
S7: I've been saying that a little bit longer than that.
S3: I've been saying it a little bit longer than that. Well,
S3: then Britain's existed. I've been saying it since Roman times.
S3: You know that. I've been saying it since. He's taking
S3: a bit longer than Britain has, so that is great. Yeah,
S3: that actually just stinks. Who's the other commentator?
S4: I'm not sure I should know because he's very famous.
S3: He's been doing a good job.
S4: He was doing a great job of trying to.
S6: Just brush over it and move on to the next.
S3: Thing. I think because he's obviously like, you know, he's
S3: obviously like called many sports. And before you go on,
S3: you know, there'd be some level of performance anxiety too,
S3: especially as thorpey, you know, you're not trained as a commentator.
S3: You'd be like, I've got my list of things I'm
S3: going to say yes. And he's probably before they've gone on, gone. Oh, I'll,
S3: it's actually we've been saying the three PD like that's
S3: the thing that's been coming up with other guys just gone.
S6: And I.
S4: Would tell him.
S3: Do you reckon, do you reckon I'd still be going.
S3: Come on mate, I've said that off air. That's the
S3: one bit that.
S6: I, that's my one bit of homework I've.
S3: Done.
S6: What's on my sheet.
S3: That's the bit I was getting. I've got nothing else
S3: written and you've come in and chucked it.
S4: Then I think then I think the defense then of
S4: the league commentator would be there was a gap and
S4: you didn't feel it.
S3: And I'm with him, I'm with him and you're.
S4: Like, this is our last opportunity because it's semi final.
S4: We can't say it after the final. He's either done
S4: it or he hasn't done it.
S3: And he also he also completely in that situation on
S3: here when someone's going, hey, I told you that he's done.
S3: This is a seasoned professional going well I was saying
S3: it in Britain. Yeah. He didn't like everyone. Everyone's throwing
S3: it around. So that's why to get someone going. Well
S3: I've been saying it a lot longer than. And I
S3: invented torpedo to that.
S4: Time. I mean, we've talked about this a lot. We
S4: expected it to potentially be a Peter out. We've actually
S4: gave ourselves a license to not mention it for two
S4: years because we know it's a long process, but I
S4: thought it was almost.
S3: A law.
S4: Keeps knocking at the door and asking to come back in.
S4: So it's to do with the mint. And obviously we
S4: suggested that not us personally be put on a coin,
S4: but the show has a great ambassador for dollar coins
S4: be recognized on Australian currency as a novelty coin, particularly
S4: because of some of the junk that the mint throw
S4: out there.
S3: I think they call them. They call them commemorative coins.
S3: Commemorative coins. Not novelty. Nobody. Nobody.
S4: Not a fart machine.
S3: They don't have a kiss. The cook they don't have.
S3: Novelty coins?
S4: Yes.
S3: But Yes. Taking. The taking. Of course we know. It's.
S3: You know, we know it's a essentially it's a note
S3: from the King. The promise to pay $1. So we
S3: know it's a serious business currency, but we would like
S3: to be on a commemorative coin if that's not too
S3: much trouble.
S4: Early strategies was just targeting where Jim Chalmers, the Australian Treasurer,
S4: may have a haircut and trying to get in touch
S4: with his hairdressers.
S3: Well, because it's his call, it's Jk's call. I'm sorry.
S3: Just I know we've got a different top up here,
S3: but did get a note from alert listener and an operative. Georgie.
S3: Now I know again this this this. I don't remember
S3: us having a meeting saying our whole goal here is
S3: to just target the goods and services that Jim Chalmers,
S3: the treasurer, uses. But that just seems to be the strategy. Yeah, yeah. Um,
S3: she is his florist.
S4: Oh, good.
S3: So she says, I've got a, um. Just thought you'd
S3: be pleased to know I'm Jim Chalmers, florist, attaches a picture.
S3: He's picking up a gorgeous bunch there. Um, looks like
S3: possibly could be for his wife or something. In fact,
S3: he's got two bunches. Wow. Um, so she.
S6: Photographed him while he was just buying flowers.
S3: She's chatting to him. It's actually a photo of her
S3: chatting to him. So it was probably from another staff member.
S3: He's having a laugh. He's entertaining everyone. She goes. I
S3: had an extensive and very persuasive conversation.
S4: Does he look like he's had a.
S3: Fresh hair with him? Re the coin does actually look
S3: like he's got a short haircut. He's heaven. Jim's having
S3: a day out. He's gone from a haircut to pick
S3: up flowers for the house. So we've got him flanked.
S3: We've got him flanked unfortunately. She then says I can't
S3: say it's looking good, unfortunately, which doesn't. That's not the
S3: story the picture tells to me. That's a treasurer with
S3: two bunches of flowers at the top of his game.
S3: Who's about to grant us a coin now? I might be.
S3: Will she go into much more detail? Or she said
S3: she'd keep us updated if she's got any further sightings.
S3: So she doesn't say why it's not looking good. But
S3: you reading between the lines, I don't think it's a
S3: definite no because I can't imagine him having that smile.
S3: If it was a no.
S4: Yes, that's fair.
S3: I think it's just he probably highlighted some of the hurdles.
S3: Maybe we've got to say to Georgie like, hey mate,
S3: we love hurdles.
S4: We love em. We don't go. We don't go like
S4: going over them.
S3: We just like, love kicking them over.
S4: Or at least running around if there's a spare spot
S4: in the lane alongside. Um, well, it's been two weeks
S4: since we brought up on this show that the CEO
S4: of the mint was asked during one of his press
S4: conferences from a journalist to comment on us potentially getting
S4: commemorative coin. He then encouraged everybody that has an idea
S4: for a commemorative coin to hit up the Australian Mint's
S4: website and email in. Boy, did they get a lot
S4: of emails. Great. They've been coming in thick and fast
S4: to us. People forwarding what they forwarded to the mint.
S3: Yeah, great.
S4: The mint response.
S3: Does the mint respond or is it auto response? It
S3: looks a bit automatic.
S4: The response. Um, but so some of them have been
S4: so great the way that these emails have gone into
S4: the mint, they've been creative. It also didn't feel like
S4: a template. You know, when some people have have like
S4: bots do it and it looks like a template, everybody
S4: has taken.
S3: Their old school.
S4: Man their own tact when it comes to telling them
S4: why this is the right thing to do. And so
S4: we've just managed to grab a bunch of them, stick
S4: them all together, and get a vibe of the emails
S4: heading into the mint.
S8: The Royal Australian Mint.
S9: To whom it may concern a.
S10: Royal Australian Mint. It is with great gusto that I
S10: write to express what I believe to be the will
S10: of the people I speak.
S11: On behalf of the people of Australia.
S12: I represent 8.9 million Australians.
S13: I must insist on the Hamish and Andy coin being
S13: released into circulation at the earliest convenience.
S9: The Hamish and Andy podcast coin would be an exciting
S9: contribution to the economy, but.
S14: Too long have lesser coins been minted.
S10: I'm sure you've.
S15: Had a lot of requests for a Hamish and Andy
S15: $1 coin, but I just wanted to add another voice
S15: to that idea.
S16: They champion the $1 coin and really push the cash
S16: is king rhetoric. Without them, I think you might be
S16: out of a job.
S13: This wise choice could be the single factor that allows
S13: the Australian dollar to again compete with global currencies.
S9: And quietly, a bit more interesting than the iced Vovo
S9: coin released in 2019.
S17: A Hamish and Andy coin would be pretty dope. No.
S14: Bite the bullet and break the ice with haste. Your
S14: loyal subjects are waiting.
S12: We all want the Hamish and Andy podcast on a coin.
S12: I await your confirmation of this. Cheers.
S15: A concerned citizen, very important.
S11: Do not mention Mr. Ralph on this coin. Otherwise we
S11: would not be able to put them in circulation.
S18: So good.
S4: So there you go.
S3: My favorite. There's many good strategies in there I love.
S3: I must insist this is done. This is done at
S3: your earliest convenience. He is nothing. Nothing I like more
S3: than someone just deciding to turn the tables of power.
S3: I'm afraid I insist, I insist, And the only thing
S3: that was missing from when any of them is the
S3: angle where you go assuming that this is good, and
S3: if there's, you know, if there's I'll only hear from
S3: you if there's concerns to the contrary. I look forward
S3: to seeing it in production off the back of this.
S4: Jack, here's a bit of a bombshell. We missed a
S4: call from the mint yesterday.
S3: You can only again, who knows what a missed call means.
S3: But Carly got the call.
S4: It's from the mint number because she'd been calling the mint.
S3: One 800 mint, mint, mint? It's a long number.
S4: They didn't leave a message.
S6: So it looks like an in-house number, not one three mint. Yeah.
S6: That's brilliant. That's what the.
S3: Call was coming from inside the mint. What a thriller. So.
S6: Do we try and call them back?
S4: Well, no, I think we're now we play hard to get.
S4: We've been we've obviously been going too hard maybe.
S3: Yeah.
S4: Come across as Kino's.
S3: Give us a note as well. Yeah. We want a tenner.
S3: I reckon, and yeah, we'll go. But I honestly can't
S3: see it being anything other than them calling to say
S3: we're firing up the machine. Yeah. Can I. Um. At
S3: risk of, you know, we have to be very careful
S3: about talking about golf content. Oh, yeah. Um, but I,
S3: you know, it has to be it has to have
S3: a general appeal. And I think this does have a
S3: general appeal, but I caught up the other day with
S3: preferred magician of the show, magic Mike. People might remember
S3: magician Mike from the mishap with Jack's jumper. Mike left
S3: his jumper with Jack rather than sending it back. Jack
S3: unfortunately realized he enjoyed wearing it and contacted the makers
S3: of the jumper to say, we've run into a problem here.
S3: Mike wants the jumper back, but I love it. Could
S3: you send me one? In fact, could you send maybe
S3: you just send Mike a new one and I keep
S3: this one? Yes. And then.
S4: That's then. Then on this show went. Actually, it's a
S4: little snug. Could the company please send me one? So
S4: just started to use it at his own personal PA
S4: system and.
S3: That's and that's that's all. Fine. That's. We know and
S3: love Jack for the weaseling. And that's all good. I
S3: was playing with magic Mike. Right? We're out on the course.
S3: A guy comes out of the bushes, okay, guy comes out,
S3: there's a rustling. First I heard a rustling. I was like,
S3: something's going on in there.
S4: Just one quick one. Him yeah. Golf is a game
S4: where people cheat. Not I obviously don't, but people do.
S4: Is there? It is a shame because it's self-governed. Yep, yep.
S4: Playing with a magician. Are there, are there there ways?
S4: Do you think that his skills would allow him to
S4: cheat more?
S3: He's an honorable magician. He is. And he.
S4: Uses.
S3: He is an honorable magician and he uses his skills
S3: for good. Like usually only in the hole.
S6: Oh, another ball in the hole.
S3: How did that happen? No, there's no Kim Jong un.
S3: He'll only use his skills to wow and amaze those
S3: in the clubhouse as he finds decks of cards behind
S3: their ears. And then he.
S4: Hangs his magician skills up in the locker room before
S4: he plays as a.
S3: Mortal. He plays as a mortal. He goes as you,
S3: as you, as you, as you would want, as you
S3: would want. And I'm sure that's the problem that demigods
S3: and things have to that do have powers. Like, hey,
S3: today I'm just like you guys, Superman.
S4: You'd go, hey mate, can you pull back.
S3: Today I'm Clark Kent. I'm just I'm just a regular guy.
S3: I'd like to experience the world as you do. Yes. Boy,
S3: does he do a good job of playing as a
S3: mortal sometimes. Even though you could use magic to get
S3: a hole in one, sometimes having up to 8 or
S3: 9 shots per hole, just really just to make the
S3: rest of us feel so mortal. And it encourages me
S3: to play Extra mortal, to go look at us. Just
S3: a couple of flawed humans. Spending an hour on one hole.
S3: Go back and forth. I've been trying to get the
S3: ball in. Anyway, so in this particular hole, we hear
S3: a rustling. Guy comes out of the bushes, right, with
S3: a giant camera. Wow. Like a giant telephoto lens. And
S3: I'm like, yeah, this is. Well, I was like this.
S3: This is not un unlike what a paparazzi set up, right?
S3: But he's, like, talking to me. Usually paparazzi are just,
S3: you know, pests that are miles away. You don't you
S3: don't know where they are. So he's. So then I'm like,
S3: maybe he's maybe there's someone famous on the course because
S3: he's like, he comes and he's like, sorry, guys. One
S3: second and he's walking over to he's like a little
S3: bit out of conversational distance. Okay. So I'm like, maybe
S3: there's I don't know, like maybe Trump's playing here or something.
S3: Like there's like there's someone of note on the course
S3: and he's looking for a tip. Not that we would
S3: reveal that. Um, but he's he's coming up and he goes, hey,
S3: just a quick question, guys. Yes. Do, um, do crows
S3: ever steal the ball? Like the birds. He goes. Do
S3: they ever swoop down and steal the ball? And I went, yes. Yep.
S3: Occasionally that can happen. I've very rarely though. Pretty rare.
S3: And he goes, do they really? And I go, yeah, right.
S3: And we're on the we're on the tee box, which
S3: for Non-golfers, that's the bit where you begin from and
S3: you hit the ball from. So I go not very
S3: often here. Like like you're at the tee box. So
S3: usually there's a human standing next to the ball and
S3: about to hit the ball with a big club. More
S3: a crow would go for an unguarded ball, like towards
S3: the other end of the hole. And he goes, oh, wow.
S3: So they really do they? I was like, is this guy?
S3: Is this a wind up? Like my first thought with
S3: you two, I was like, what's going on here? Because
S3: this is like, maybe Jack and Andy have set this
S3: guy up and he goes and he goes, and they
S3: really they grab it and they fly off with it. Yeah. Well,
S3: it can happen. He goes, oh, that's what I'm trying
S3: to get a photo of. That's my. He goes. That's
S3: my dream shot. That's his dream. That's my dream shot.
S3: And I was like. And I go, is that what
S3: you're out here for? He goes, I've been trying. I've
S3: been trying. But I just didn't know if they really
S3: did it. Well, they do, but I've got to be
S3: honest with you, mate. You know, and I didn't tell
S3: him this. I didn't want to break his heart, but
S3: I had actually, that morning seen a picture, a photo
S3: on Instagram of a squirrel on an eagle flying on
S3: the back of it. I was like, mate, that's what
S3: you're up against. Just so you know, in the world
S3: of amazing photos, you are up against a squirrel on
S3: the back of an eagle. So I don't know if
S3: a regular old crow with a golf ball in its mouth,
S3: like I don't want to shit on anyone's dreams. Like
S3: dream away, dream big. But it ain't the greatest. It's
S3: not like it's not. It's not like getting, you know,
S3: like a whale jumping over a dolphin or anything like that.
S3: This is a very achievable dream. Um, anyway, we went
S3: on and that's when I did want to. That's when
S3: I asked Mike. I actually remembered about the Weaseling incident. Jack.
S3: I said, oh, by the way, where are we at
S3: with that?
S4: The jacket. Yeah.
S3: And and Mike told me that it all seems to
S3: be well in the world, like the that company has
S3: sent him, um, a new one, the new jumper. Yeah,
S3: it did work.
S6: And they sent me and they upgraded mine from a
S6: large to an extra large. Right.
S3: Right. And so then you sent Mike's large to him?
S6: No. That large that. Because Mike now has a new
S6: set of.
S4: Yeah, but that's his jumper.
S6: Yeah, but but but why would I have to then
S6: go like he's got a jumper. So the math still
S6: works out. At the end of the day he's got
S6: a jumper.
S3: But now you have two and one of them is
S3: owned by him. Yeah. Yeah.
S6: But he's got he's got the exact same I see
S6: he took a photo of it. He's got the exact
S6: same jumper. Just knew her. So why would I have
S6: to go to the post office? Put it in the
S6: post box.
S4: Because it's not yours. I suppose it's.
S6: The. No really. He's got the he's got something better.
S3: So you have an extra large jumper that those guys
S3: sent you that's yours. Yeah. And you also have a
S3: large jumper at your house. Who owns that?
S6: That is okay. Okay. That is Mike's jumper. But this
S6: is why I like this in an unusual, like, wrinkle
S6: in the system. Because you don't usually make a third
S6: jumper out of nothing. But we have. Yes. So your
S6: regular rules don't really apply.
S3: You're not being mortals. You are being magicians. You've made
S3: a third jumper where before there was two.
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