S1: Listener.
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S3: Welcome to the Kick Pod, a.
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S4: One. Two. Three.
UU: One. Two. Three.
S3: Hello, hello. Oh, Steffi, you poor thing with your voice. Yeah.
S3: It's like it's it's slowly hanging on in there.
S2: Guys, I have had a throat.
S3: Infection and it's inflamed my entire throat. I'm actually on
S3: Laura's puffer. We're on matching asthma medication, so I take
S3: a preventer four times a day. Have basically my entire life.
S3: And Steph is now on the exact same preventer, even
S3: the same dosage. Yeah, it's really weird. Like.
S2: My doctor asked me, like two times because I, I
S2: don't have, like a doctor that I see every time
S2: I'm trying to work through that, because I really miss
S2: that feeling. When I was growing up, I had one
S2: doctor and I saw her every time there was anything
S2: wrong with me for like 18 years.
S3: Do you know what I love about this, Stephanie? We
S3: have been talking about you getting a family doctor for
S3: five years. I know, I know, I.
S2: Have lived in the.
S3: Area now for like five out of Balwyn, uh, 12
S3: years ago. I know it's so.
S2: Insane, but I, like I go to the same place now.
S2: I've at least, like, picked my place, funnily enough, not
S2: in my suburb. Like stupid. It's still like 20 minutes away.
S2: But anyway, that's where I've been going. It's where, like,
S2: Josh and Harvey, they have all the info because, you know,
S2: you have to, like, go through the first appointment again.
S2: It's always more expensive and like more info and blah
S2: blah blah. So we've just kept going back to the
S2: same place. But I haven't necessarily had the same doctor
S2: every time. But the one I had, she asked me
S2: like 2 or 3 times in the appointment if I
S2: have my asthma, if I'm sure I don't have asthma
S2: because of how inflamed my throat was. And I was like, no,
S2: like I, I very highly doubt I've gone through my
S2: whole life and everything. And she was like, okay, well,
S2: it might just be, you know, because you've got a
S2: really infected throat. But she said, there's nothing I can
S2: give you for the infection because it's passing, but like,
S2: you need to be able to breathe. So here's a puffer. Um,
S2: and I have to take it every single morning and
S2: night and preferably in the middle of the day. And
S2: then any time, like if I've done exercise or I've
S2: got at the top of the stairs and I'm struggling
S2: to breathe, like basically any time throughout the day that
S2: I need it as well. Um, which was great timing,
S2: and I'm glad I went to the doctors because we've
S2: just finished a week filming new kick workouts, which luckily
S2: for me, and I'm not going to go into what
S2: they were, but luckily for me, a lot of mine
S2: were quite gentle because if it was like hit or something, which, okay,
S2: I've given you a clue, it's not hit. I probably
S2: wouldn't have been able to do it. Like any time
S2: my heart rate went up this week, I was really
S2: struggling to breathe. So that's why my voice sounds the
S2: way it does. Um, apologies. It's not even like a sexy.
S3: You know, it sounds sexy. You sound unwell.
S2: Yeah, but I feel fine. Like I feel totally fine.
S3: It's just been a grim week for you. Yeah. Anyway,
S3: it has. But I'm really grateful to be an asthma
S3: twin with you. Shout out to any clad lungs that
S3: also have asthma. Thank you. That's what it's called. Well.
S3: Oh my goodness me. Okay. Well on that note. Yeah
S3: on that, on that note about asthma. We have got.
S2: Quite the gear.
S3: Change. Quite the gear change. Because our sax collection, as
S3: you would know, is live. And the feedback has just
S3: been surreal. It's just been incredible to see how many
S3: of you are loving the collection. And we are just
S3: so grateful for all of your support. And seriously, every
S3: time we launch something into the world, there's always this
S3: feeling like I have the night before of like, is
S3: this gonna like. Will people like it? Like, I don't know,
S3: I feel like you would think that because we, you know,
S3: the first collection sold out in 30 minutes. You think
S3: we'd go into this one? Obviously we have confidence, but
S3: it's just like it's always something in the back of
S3: your head of like, oh my goodness, will people like it? Like,
S3: you never know. And you guys have and we're just
S3: we're so grateful.
S2: When we wanted to do it again, we wanted to
S2: make sure that we took everything that we know you
S2: loved about the first collection, and then just find more
S2: things that we thought you would love. Um, and so
S2: in this collection, there is some of the favorite pieces
S2: from the last one. Um, but we've also got some
S2: brand new pieces, and these are pieces that stacks have
S2: never designed before. So it was really fun to go
S2: through the whole process with Dawn, um, and actually be
S2: a part of that design and get the samples and
S2: everything and get it perfect. Um, and so we're really excited.
S2: It's also in their iconic premium seamless fabric, which is
S2: so comfortable and so functional. I personally love training in it.
S2: It's probably if you watch any of my like, workout
S2: content 80% of the time I'm in the premium seamless gear,
S2: so we wanted to mix it up because the last
S2: collection was in their Nan Dex material. And what we
S2: love about stacks is their dedication to inclusivity. So every
S2: piece that we've got is available from Size Extra, Extra
S2: Small to four XL. And we are so excited for
S2: your deliveries to arrive because we just want to see
S2: you guys in it. So please, if you feel comfortable,
S2: we'd love to see your post-workout selfies. Or maybe when
S2: you just get the delivery, pop it on, make sure
S2: you tag us so we see it. Share them in
S2: our Facebook community if you want. We're just yeah, so
S2: keen to have them in your hands.
S3: And if you want to get your hands on the collection,
S3: you can shop it now on the stacks website. We
S3: will put the link in the show notes. So the
S3: other week I was at the airport on a Sunday
S3: and the Good Weekend magazine was there and I was like, well,
S3: I will have a read of this. So I flicked
S3: through and one article in particular got my attention and
S3: I read it and I loved it, and it was
S3: very well written was by Nikki Gemmell and it was
S3: called a fitting climax. Gen Z are cottoning on to
S3: this unequal dynamic. Now it got me thinking about the
S3: orgasm gap, because that was essentially what it was about.
S3: And what I loved about this article was it spoke
S3: about how Gen Z are actually reportedly like from all
S3: the surveys that have been done and research having less
S3: sex and a reason for that. One of the reasons
S3: is because the orgasm gap is still very much exists.
S3: Like when I say the orgasm gap for everyone listening
S3: that maybe hasn't heard of it before. When women and
S3: men have sex, men have way more orgasms than women.
S2: So on average, on average.
S3: Exactly right. So it was there was a study from
S3: in the US journal Sexual Medicine called The Lifelong Orgasm
S3: Gap exploring age's impact on orgasm rates was an eight
S3: year study. So it's actually quite a long study with
S3: 25,000 Americans. Now, it wasn't American Studies only article. They
S3: were like our Australians the same. Likely they are between
S3: 18 to 100 years old. Go off to those over
S3: honestly 80 still going at it. Amazing. The study found
S3: that men orgasm 75 to 80% during heterosexual intercourse, and
S3: women orgasmed 46 to 58% during heterosexual intercourse, and women
S3: would orgasm much more, or they do in same sex relationships.
S3: So the gap there is rather large. That's like almost 30%,
S3: a little bit more. So depending. That's crazy right? And
S3: what this article was talking about was how Gen Z.
S3: Maybe they've cottoned onto it and they would prefer to
S3: just not have it, not to have sex and to
S3: self-pleasure instead. And I'm like, fucking sorry to swear. Sorry.
S3: I should have warned before, but go off like. Seriously.
S3: I just feel like we don't need to live in
S3: a world anymore. Where as women we have shit sex
S3: like we don't. And for a one night stand, like,
S3: it's just. We just don't need to because we're so
S3: much more empowered. There's so many more options for us
S3: than before.
S2: I agree, I think there's just a lot more information
S2: about it too. Like I think even like in movies
S2: and TV shows and stuff like that, things like consent
S2: or talking about what you like during sex, like all
S2: of that is so much more apparent in movies now.
S2: Whereas like the movies we grew up watching, they would
S2: just like bang together. They'd both climax at the same time.
S2: It's so true. How fucking often does that happen? Exactly?
S2: So like, it's just we had this unrealistic expectation of sex.
S2: And I remember with past relationships I would fake an
S2: orgasm because I was like, well, it hasn't happened yet,
S2: but I know it probably should have, so blah. Well, I.
S3: Know it's not going to and my clitoris is numb
S3: and I am done here.
S2: So like it's really I do remember what that like
S2: felt like to just either like, not be interested in
S2: it or just like, feel like I faked it because
S2: there was something wrong with me, because I didn't know
S2: how like it should feel or whatever. Um, very, very,
S2: very grateful that I'm now in a loving relationship where
S2: he makes it a top priority that I have that
S2: at the very least, like, it's like he puts my
S2: my needs or wants before his, which is amazing. Um,
S2: but that's how it should be, right? If you're not,
S2: if you're not enjoying it, you should feel comfortable with
S2: the person that you're having sex with to speak about
S2: it and to like, direct them or whatever. And I
S2: feel like Gen Zs, and it's not even just in sex.
S2: It's in so many different corners of life now. They
S2: are empowered to do things like that because they know
S2: they know more than we did.
S3: They do. And I'm.
S2: So happy.
S3: I agree. I'm like, go off seriously. And the other
S3: thing as well was in this article is and we
S3: already know this, we know it's much harder for but again,
S3: you just said in movies people have an orgasm in sex, right? Women.
S2: That's so hard.
S3: Only so 80% of women cannot orgasm with just penetration
S3: in a heterosexual relationship or sexual experience. So I think
S3: that's super important to remember as well, because again, people
S3: think I do think women can often think like you
S3: just said, Steffi, there's something wrong with us. If we
S3: can't orgasm during penetration, it doesn't mean that we don't
S3: enjoy sex, but it is actually really difficult to do so.
S3: Now the other thing, there's a lot of sexy news.
S3: The other thing that came out on the weekend is
S3: the Body and Soul 2024 Sex Census, which is amazing.
S3: They have done Body and Soul Team. They've done so
S3: much work on this. It was a nationwide survey of
S3: 2000 people aged 18 to 75. So nationwide in Australia,
S3: all sexualities, metro and regional areas. And okay, so how
S3: long do you think on average does sex last?
S2: What is it like you've started having intercourse and like how? Yeah.
S2: On average, yeah seven minutes.
S3: Oh, I actually would have said that too, but at 16.5. Wait, what?
S3: I know people. What the fuck? Did people tell the truth? Jesus.
S2: I mean, maybe. Well, you know, that's not always a
S2: good thing. Maybe it's just. Maybe they're having sex with
S2: someone for the first time, and it's just not working out.
S2: It's taken a long time to get there. Or they're
S2: really enjoying it. And they're going for multiple orgasms, which again,
S2: go off. Off. Exactly.
S3: Love. Okay. 16% of women have an orgasm. Oh, here
S3: you go. This is around having sex in Australia. 16%
S3: of women have an orgasm every time they have sex,
S3: compared to 44% of men. Again, a gap. 93% of
S3: people most regularly have sex in bed. Thank you. Oh, fuck.
S3: Thank you. I love this too, because I feel like
S3: sometimes you feel pressure to again from the movies. Movies
S3: have just ruined our idea of what sex is. But
S3: on the I would honestly, having sex on the kitchen
S3: bench is not of interest to me. A hard Surface.
S3: That's cold. Yeah. No. And has pointy edges. Just not
S3: when you have a comfortable bed.
S2: Yeah. Also, just like the height never works out. True. Like,
S2: who the fuck is that tall? Who? What male is
S2: that tall? That they can penetrate someone on top of
S2: a kitchen bench? I feel like that's, like, quite so true.
S3: But what? Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And what about what's the movie?
S3: There's a movie with Channing Tatum. Mhm.
S2: Magic Mike.
S3: Magic. Magic. The last magic Mike. Yes it is. And
S3: he is someone that in movies. But that's magic Mike.
S3: I know. Gives the perception that sex can be had
S3: in every single location.
S2: And I think with the magic Mike person.
S3: It probably is because it's just different.
S2: But that's not that's not your average sex.
S3: The reality. Okay. True true true. Okay. Uh, 1 in
S3: 4 people have had sex with someone within six hours
S3: of meeting them.
S2: Oh, yeah, that makes sense. Like a one night stand?
S3: Yeah. Majority of women say. Or what do you think
S3: majority of women say is their favorite position versus men?
S2: I reckon most women say mhm. Actually I was going
S2: to say missionary, but I reckon maybe being on top missionary.
S3: Really.
S2: Okay.
S3: Is that say missionary when you're on the bottom. Oh
S3: my favorite. Yeah. Because you do less low effort but
S3: see like my.
S2: Favorite is actually being on top.
S3: Because.
S2: That way I actually can. That's the only position where
S2: I know how I can climax.
S3: Oh, there you go. Yeah.
S2: No other position works for me.
S3: Okay.
S2: So that's why I like being on the top. Because
S2: I'm in control. Um. And then men, I think.
S3: Doggy. Yeah, 100%. Why do you think that?
S2: I don't know, because they're like, feel like they're powerful.
S2: I don't know what it is.
S3: Mhm.
S2: Why, what is it.
S3: I think that no I don't know. I thought I
S3: would have like a. Why is that.
S2: Why is that option.
S3: More than 30. Oh my God! Steffi! This is such
S3: a slave for you and also me. 39% of people
S3: schedule it in. I love that, I feel like. Exactly.
S3: And it is okay. And it doesn't make it unsexy.
S3: And if you are scheduling in your sex, so is
S3: almost half of the population of people having sex. 10%
S3: of people aged 18 to 27 have never had sex.
S3: I love that too, because obviously if you haven't found
S3: someone you want to have sex with, it's fine. Yeah, exactly. 77.
S3: Oh my goodness. Okay. How many people? Percentage of people.
S3: I've already said it. Seven. Yeah. Okay. Admitted to cheating
S3: with their boss.
S2: 7% of people?
S3: Quite a lot. Wow. That is actually quite a lot.
S3: That is a lot more than I thought. Okay. Okay.
S3: Moving right on. 3% fantasize about their barista. Oh, that's.
S2: They are always very charming, though, I feel. No, as in, like, my.
S3: Baristas a lady. And. Yeah, it's not for me.
S2: That character is, like, very like charming. Like how many?
S2: I've not my local ones, but I've.
S3: Gone to cafes, just to be.
S2: Clear. But I've gone to cafes before, like, oh, I'm
S2: driving by and I need to get a coffee before
S2: something or whatever, and I'll pull in and they're very
S2: chatty and very charismatic.
S3: I've actually never felt anything. I mean, I love baristas,
S3: I think they're gorgeous and I love I feel joy
S3: from them, but I've never felt sexual attraction.
S2: No, I'm not saying that. I'm not saying that I have.
S2: What I'm.
S3: Saying is. But fantasy. Have you fantasized about them? No, no.
S3: But you know why people have.
S2: I know why people have. Because they can be very
S2: charismatic people. Because they're like talking to people all day
S2: and they're like, what are you doing? Or, like, try this.
S3: Okay, whatever. No, I love it.
S2: I haven't and I wouldn't, but I can see why.
S3: Well, maybe you would. You never know. Like, it's.
S2: Different to like, a postman. Actually, our postman is really friendly.
S2: I would not actually fantasize about.
S3: Him, but. Okay.
S2: What I was getting at. Is there a.
S3: Profession? Only 3%. So I feel like it's not. Actually,
S3: it's more 4% more people have admitted to cheating with
S3: their boss. So we're not talking about 30% here, just three.
S3: So I think I just want to crawl in, I
S3: think is the sexiest profession. Oh, that's a lot of saliva.
S3: Went right up. Um.
S2: That's a really good question. I actually think tradies are okay.
S3: There's something.
S2: About tradies for.
S3: Me, not for me.
S2: I mean, almost all of my exes have been tradies.
S3: So I mean, not that handyman. I find it so attractive.
S3: It is. Yeah. To be able to fix a doorknob
S3: or something. I don't know why I thought of a doorknob,
S3: but thank you. Yeah, and I don't know.
S2: There's something about dirty tradie shorts and hard steel boots.
S3: So do you know why I don't I don't find
S3: and obviously tradies like if any tradies listening. Love you.
S3: Thank you for listening. You are a cloud ling. But
S3: the reason I don't. That wouldn't be the one for
S3: me is because I have been woof whistled so many
S3: times and it makes me so angry. Yeah. Fair enough.
S3: A lot of them. And when you're like when, if
S3: you're if I'm running and then they're all like, say, turn.
S3: And then I look at them and I put my
S3: finger up and I run and I cover my butt
S3: with my hands. I know, I get so angry. It
S3: just makes me so. I just feel like objectified, I
S3: hate it. So anyway. But there you go. There you go, guys.
S3: Let us know. I really want to know. What are
S3: you surprised by these stats? Are any of these stats like.
S3: Did anything bring up a story for you? So if
S3: you thought if do you fantasize about your barista? Have
S3: you cheated with your boss? Is do you schedule it in?
S3: Is it what here surprised you or didn't surprise you?
S3: And what stories do you have? I want to know. Okay,
S3: we want to know. We want to know. So please
S3: send them in to our Instagram at Kick Pod. DM us.
S3: You can send a voice note or write it out.
S3: And yeah, I cannot wait to hear.
S4: One. Two three.
S2: Last week we spoke about some plumbing disasters, particularly Laura's
S2: one where shit was literally appearing in her bath and shower.
S3: Yuck. In the drain in the drain.
S2: And I shared that I almost shattered my father in
S2: law's head through plumbing. And so we just knew that
S2: we weren't alone in these plumbing stories. And you guys
S2: have come with the goods.
S3: You've come with the goods. Okay, so the first one here.
S3: So I had just started a new job fresh out
S3: of uni, and I wasn't a fan of being able
S3: to see who goes into the toilet and when they
S3: come out. Can I just say I agree? I agree.
S3: I don't want to know. Nobody I don't want to know.
S3: I do not want to know. Normally I would just
S3: hold my urine at work. I always find it so
S3: impressive for people. There's some people that actually don't go
S3: to the toilet. I'm pretty good at it. I can
S3: hold quite well. No, I go, but I'm also not super,
S3: super regular. So, like, I feel like it's easier for
S3: me to hold. Um, but yeah, I do, I feel you. Okay,
S3: so usually I just wait until I get home. But
S3: one day I went. One day I thought I would
S3: just get over my fear and go because I really
S3: needed to go. So off I went. I know this
S3: is not going to be good. And I began stressing
S3: that people will know I have been gone for so long.
S3: So I finish up and it's time to flush. The
S3: poo does not disappear. Oh my God, this is my
S3: worst nightmare at work. So I flush again and again.
S3: Nothing I now know full well I have been gone
S3: for half an hour so I start panicking. Then I
S3: realize also just a warning here. This might be TMI.
S3: The poo is stuck because it's bigger than the hole
S3: in the toilet. What the heck? Is it because you've
S3: been holding on all week? Because you haven't? Oh my God.
S3: And I think to myself, fuck, I'm going to either
S3: have to grab grab this thing out, like, like wash
S3: it out of the pool. Where the fuck was I
S3: going to put it? So true, because it goes in
S3: the toilet or push or. Oh my God, I'll push
S3: it down.
S2: Oh my God. Oh my God.
S3: So I decided on the less disgusting and hands on
S3: approach and rap. I don't know if there's anything less
S3: disgusting here. Rap my hand in a million layers of
S3: toilet paper. Pray to the toilet gods. Press the flesh
S3: and nudge the poo at the same time. And it worked.
S3: Holy fucking shit. Talk about poo trauma. No pun intended.
S3: Let's say I didn't put work again. And when I
S3: started at my next job and realized the toilets were
S3: more private and away from the office desk desks, I
S3: was a happy gal. Oh my God, my actual God. Yeah,
S3: that is my worst nightmare. And also also if you
S3: have to call a plumber at work if the toilet.
S3: It also, do you know how much it costs to
S3: call a plumber to unblock a poo in a toilet?
S3: I don't want to know. It's like close to $1,000.
S2: No, I would not. I would put toilet paper over
S2: and run and I'd be like, that wasn't me. Who
S2: the fuck did that? No fucking way. Not at work. No.
S3: Imagine. And because it wouldn't, you wouldn't. You'd probably go
S3: to em.
S2: Yeah, exactly. Our head of.
S3: Ops and say. Not that Em's job is to, like,
S3: fix the toilet, obviously, but it's just em is like
S3: the mother of our office and would know what to do,
S3: and I feel like I. Oh my God. Oh my God.
S2: You know what I, I I've spoken before about my
S2: bowel issues on this podcast before. And if you, if
S2: you weren't here from that like really long story short,
S2: I like my stomach. Like if I don't go to
S2: the toilet, I then feel incredibly, really uncomfortable. And I
S2: also feel like I'm going to fart and it's going
S2: to smell. So like I just go to the toilet, right?
S2: And I'm quite comfortable going to the toilet at work
S2: now because I know that if I don't, that's my
S2: that's my nightmare. Yeah. Um, and but what I used
S2: to do when I wasn't so comfortable, there was like
S2: a few things I did it that, like, made me feel.
S2: And I know other people do it. Give us a
S2: tool that other people do it. If you know you're
S2: going to go do a poo. Yep. You sit down,
S2: you put a little bit of toilet paper in the bowl.
S2: It doesn't plop, so it doesn't plop.
S3: That's smart. I actually never thought of that. Aha.
S2: And also, like, it also means it doesn't, like skid
S2: down the toilet thing. So you don't have to use, like,
S2: the toilet brush afterwards. Cause that's true.
S3: At work. Yeah. Have you ever lifted, like, a super
S3: clean office? It's so good. They get cleaned every hour,
S3: but in no toilet block is the communal toilet brush.
S2: Oh, no. No, no. It's never a vibe, right? Um, but.
S2: And then it's also like, in case you think that, like,
S2: you're maybe going to fart or there's going to be
S2: a noise as you poo. Sometimes there is, sometimes it's not. Um,
S2: I know everyone else does this as soon as someone
S2: else is using the hand dryer or the or the
S2: tap or they're flushed, that's when you go, okay. That's
S2: when you do it. And I know that happens because
S2: I've sat next to someone else in a cubicle before
S2: where as soon as the hairdryer went, I heard them
S2: go for it because I was sitting right next to them.
S2: But like doesn't work.
S3: As well as we.
S2: Think. Common tactics though. If they make you feel better,
S2: do them because it is totally normal to have to
S2: go to the toilet.
S3: Um, have you ever walked out of going to the toilet?
S3: You know what? My least favorite member has walked into
S3: that cubicle and you've had eye contact.
S2: No, I mean, probably probably, but I'm not. Honestly, I
S2: don't give a shit anymore. I'm like, I need to
S2: go to the toilet. The thing that I don't like
S2: is there's cubicles. As in, sorry, they were talking about
S2: toilet cubicles. I mean, phone booths where, like, people work. Yes,
S2: solely just outside of the toilet. And my least favorite
S2: thing is when I know I need a poo, someone's
S2: watched me go in. So the whole time I'm doing
S2: a poo, I'm like, they're going to see me come out.
S2: And it's been like ten minutes. I don't.
S3: Think any because can I say, if you did that,
S3: I would just assume you've you've got stuck on your.
S2: Phone. You're just playing.
S3: On my phone, I feel like. Yeah, I would think,
S3: oh Steph's taking her phone into the toilet.
S2: Yeah. And to be honest, sometimes when I'm doing poo,
S2: I will do that and I'll play on my phone
S2: and I'll be like, fuck, I've.
S3: Been getting texts and way too long on the toilet.
S2: I need to get off the toilet now.
S3: Oh my goodness. Okay, okay. Thank you. Steffi. Can I
S3: just say thank you for that? That was very helpful.
S3: Very helpful. Okay. This next story is from Stephie.
S5: Hi, Steph and Laura. I'm such a massive fan of
S5: the kick pod. I also love that this is how
S5: I'm first interacting with you guys. So I didn't have
S5: a plumbing disaster, but I almost did when I was
S5: studying abroad in Paris. My friend and I were living
S5: in a tiny little flat and the toilet was just
S5: off the living room. So when you pooped, everyone was
S5: really pooping with you. And I have notoriously big poops,
S5: so I went to go take one and it wouldn't flush.
S5: I panicked for a second and was like, okay, look around.
S5: What can you use to basically chop this up? And
S5: I found some chopsticks and took the two sticks and
S5: went in there and chopped it up and it flushed.
S5: And that is my poop success story. And if I'm
S5: ever in a bind, or if you're ever in a bind,
S5: look for chopsticks, I promise you. They're the best utensils
S5: out there. Um, I hope that this doesn't ruin your
S5: sushi experience. Um, but, yeah, that's my poop story. I
S5: hope it makes you laugh a little.
S2: Oh, I really hope they went in their bins.
S3: I fucking love you. I love I.
S2: Really hope they went in.
S3: There. I don't know where you were going to go,
S3: but then when she said, I chopped it up. Oh
S3: my God. Okay. Thank you, thank you. This next one
S3: is from Amelia.
S6: So a few years ago, I was working in America
S6: at a summer camp. Um, and one of the staff
S6: there invited me home to her family home, um, in
S6: Kansas for the weekend. It was the first time meeting
S6: her family, and it was my first time eating, um,
S6: a big, like, American grill up. It did not agree
S6: with my tummy. I went to the bathroom, did a
S6: giant poo, but the plumbing there was subpar at best. Um,
S6: so it got stuck. I tried flushing and flushing and
S6: the water was was rising. Um, so I got the
S6: plunger out, and that made everything overflow. So the contents
S6: of my giant poo and the toilet paper and all
S6: of the water went all over their bathroom floor. I
S6: had no idea what to do. Um, but I went
S6: and got my friend, and then she got her dad.
S6: Mind you, you know, I'd met him a few hours earlier,
S6: and he fixed it, but safe to say, the rest
S6: of the weekend was just cringey as I haven't stayed
S6: friends with her. Not sure if it's because of the
S6: poo or not. Um, but it's probably for the best
S6: so that this story doesn't get brought up time and
S6: time again.
S2: Oh my God, that is that is my.
S3: I'm so sorry. That is my worst nightmare. Like being
S3: stuck in a toilet with a poo that won't flush
S3: is the worst. But then trying to fix it and
S3: it going on the floor and having to call in
S3: your friend and your friend's dad.
S2: You know what you have to do, would.
S3: You? I would have climbed out the window and run away.
S2: No, this is the tip. Even if it happens at home.
S2: Oh my God, you've got so many tips. I know
S2: it's happened to me before. Um, when you flush and
S2: the water rises, like, you know, it's clogged, like, okay, fuck.
S2: If I keep flushing, it's just going to keep rising
S2: and rising. Those kind of clogs. You get boiling water
S2: and you pour boiling water into the toilet bowl and it, like,
S2: breaks up whatever's in there, obviously your shit or whatever,
S2: but it, like, genuinely loosens things up. And then you wait, like,
S2: I don't know, five minutes or so don't go straight away,
S2: and then you flush and it'll go down.
S3: I feel like I've just had a toilet masterclass. Thank
S3: you so much. Okay. And this last one is from Kristen.
S7: So I've had a few plumbing disaster stories, but the
S7: worst one was when I was a grad student living
S7: in campus housing. It was pretty late at night, maybe
S7: 10 or 1030, and I just clogged the toilet. It overflowed.
S7: The mess in the bathroom was horrifying, and I had
S7: to call the emergency maintenance number because it was after
S7: hours and these two guys had to come to my
S7: apartment late at night to fix the toilet. And then
S7: I had to clean up this absolutely disgusting mess in
S7: my bathroom. I've never quite recovered from that one mentally,
S7: and it's been probably eight years by now. It was bad.
S2: Oh my God.
S3: I would not have recovered either. I know that's something
S3: that like. Honestly. Touch wood. Thank you for guys. I
S3: feel like too if anyone was fearful of this happening,
S3: I don't know if this helped. It does happen though.
S3: But honestly, I would never recover.
S2: No, you know what you would have done in that moment. What?
S2: I just had a one night stand. Can you believe that?
S2: This is what they left me with. You would have
S2: totally lied.
S3: Percent. 100%. Oh my God, guys, we love you. Thank
S3: you Stephanie. Thank you for the masterclass. It was really
S3: quite a.
S2: Surprise and.
S3: I didn't know you had this information in you, but
S3: I'm really glad you shared it guys, those stories were
S3: just incredible. Thank you very much. And we hope that
S3: in future it will flush down for you. But.
S8: But is it time for a special share?
S3: Share I am going to recommend and my special share
S3: of the week is Michelle Andrew's new podcast called glass. Well,
S3: it's really it kind of feels like it's an audio essay.
S3: I think they're calling it, but it sounds it feels
S3: like you're listening to an audiobook. Exactly. Now, mish, who
S3: is the founder of Shameless Media, obviously, as you guys,
S3: we know most of you also love.
S2: We have done our surveys.
S3: You love Michelle and Zara. You love shameless. So I'm
S3: sure a lot of you have already listened to it,
S3: but if you haven't, it is just a beautiful gift
S3: to the world. So Misha's been going through her own
S3: journey with infertility for 18 months now and I um,
S3: I spend quite, quite a bit of time with Misha,
S3: and I've kind of known what she's been going through
S3: behind the scenes, and it has been just so heartbreaking
S3: to see her go through it. And, um, in this
S3: and she said to me that I really when it's time,
S3: I'll share this, I'll share this story publicly. And, you know,
S3: it'll hopefully to to be able to help people because
S3: it just feels so fucking isolating and unfair. Exactly right.
S3: And so Misha, very, very, very generously, generously wrote this
S3: beautiful Useful essay. It goes through about 70 minutes. It's
S3: three parts. Yeah, they're all about 20 minutes. And it
S3: is just it is just one of the most like
S3: she's an incredible, incredible writer. Oh she's so she's so
S3: bloody talented. So the way that you feel like you're
S3: there when she's telling the story, but the way that
S3: she details it, I think when people have this amazing
S3: ability to put exactly how you feel into words. Not
S3: all of us can do that, obviously. And Mitch has
S3: this incredible talent and she's she's done it in this
S3: way that I just feel like it'll make so many
S3: people feel so seen and just not not alone. It's beautiful.
S3: I cried through a lot of episode two and three
S3: just in like, pride of like, wow, you're incredible for
S3: telling this, but also like, fuck the pain. It is.
S3: So like, infertility is just such a shit thing. Like
S3: there's nothing else you can kind of say about it.
S3: It's really hard. And she also speaks as well about
S3: her family's journey because it's not just her story. And
S3: I thought it was. It was a really interesting perspective
S3: to hear not only her story, which I feel like
S3: I've never heard that before from her, kind of when
S3: I've heard infertility stories. Also the story of her grandmother
S3: and her mother.
S2: Yeah. And I think it was like, because what that
S2: really added to it was, I'm sure the feeling that
S2: a lot of people go through when a loved one
S2: has gone through something heavy is you kind of think like, well,
S2: it's happened to them. It's not going to happen to me.
S2: Or it's like you've already out of the statistics of
S2: how many people go through these kind of things. Like,
S2: I already know enough people close to me that it's
S2: happened to. So like, surely it wouldn't happen to me. Um,
S2: and then just like kind of sitting with that or
S2: like going through some of the stuff herself and then
S2: realizing like someone's so close to her could relate so
S2: closely with what she's going through. It's just I did
S2: agree the honesty in the episodes was so refreshing as well.
S2: Like even in episode two, she goes into more so
S2: kind of like aesthetic insecurities that she's gone through. And
S2: like With, you know, with infertility that like making her
S2: feel like she's aging more than her body is. And
S2: then so it makes her more conscious of different things,
S2: like fine lines or like appearance wise or whatever. And
S2: I just felt like all of that was so honest
S2: and like, just stuff that people are scared to be
S2: open about, particularly people with a platform. So I totally agree.
S2: I thought it was such an incredible thing that she's done.
S2: And yeah, I knew it was going to be a
S2: special show because it is truly special. One of the
S2: most special shows we could possibly share. Um, and I
S2: listened to it to this week, and I just just
S2: loved listening to it. And she is phenomenal.
S3: Yeah I agree. Mhm.
S2: Um, cause I knew you were going to share that.
S2: I was like, I got to think of something else. Um,
S2: I listened to and she doesn't need any introduction but
S2: Grace tame on the Imperfects and I. That episode is
S2: so powerful.
S3: I have to listen. It's so.
S2: Powerful. And yeah, like I don't really need to say
S2: much more because it's really just like one you should
S2: go and listen to. I highly recommend everyone goes and
S2: listen to it, but she also is a phenomenal woman. Mhm. Um,
S2: and yeah I really really enjoy like I couldn't, could
S2: not stop listening to this podcast. Um it was really
S2: really powerful. And like I obviously know a lot of
S2: Grace James story and stuff. So I don't think it's like, oh,
S2: if you know enough about her history, like you're not
S2: going to get anything new out of it. It was
S2: really powerful. Amazing. Yeah.
S3: Thank you. Yeah. Love it. What a double amazing special.
S3: I feel like, you know, we always try very hard
S3: with our special shares. Guys, we never recommend stuff. Obviously,
S3: that's not good, but I feel like this week was
S3: a two incredible ones. Especially because they're both awesome women. So. Yay!
S3: Have an amazing rest of your week day whenever you're
S3: listening to this weekend. We love you guys so much!
S3: Our cloud links keep floating. We love you. Love you.
S3: Bye bye.