WEBVTT - MINI: Man Shame

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<v Speaker 1>It is strange being a man. Let me tell you

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<v Speaker 1>what happened to me yesterday. My wife sent me to going.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're downside of a moving house at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the year and we need some new wooden

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<v Speaker 1>flooring apparently, so my wife sent me to go and

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<v Speaker 1>pick up some wooden floor samples, right, and so I

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<v Speaker 1>just thought these would be you know, about the size

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<v Speaker 1>of you could fit them in your hand. I go

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<v Speaker 1>to this place where the guy who greets me is

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<v Speaker 1>is an intimidating man's man like massive man hands like

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<v Speaker 1>both of his hands were like baseball catcher Mitch.

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<v Speaker 2>And they were.

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<v Speaker 1>Tough, calloused, the hands of a man who doesn't honest

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<v Speaker 1>day's work.

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<v Speaker 2>Where's mine? Are not the hand to moment it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>know the stays what they are.

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<v Speaker 1>They're soft, just looks like they're almost on baby's hands.

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<v Speaker 1>These are not the hands of a manual labor of

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<v Speaker 1>a trade. And so these these samples I need to

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<v Speaker 1>take through them away. They were five foot by two foot,

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<v Speaker 1>so five foot high by two foot and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>my god, I got to get these in the car,

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<v Speaker 1>gonna put the seats down. All while this guy is

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<v Speaker 1>watching me and one born judging me.

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<v Speaker 3>Ah.

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<v Speaker 1>So he eyes me up and down. He goes, you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna need some help with these, and I go, na,

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<v Speaker 1>na right, but now yeah now yeah no no nah

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<v Speaker 1>so good? Yeah now should be right? Should be right?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeh rip And mate, I said now yeah nah

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<v Speaker 1>yeah nah no no, no, I've got this.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got this. So I wobble out there and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got it. You really have got a big bod.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to And it's so much every to get

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<v Speaker 1>these three wooden panels and they're so heavy, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>struggling out like mister Bean, wobbling around with these.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a sort of core level workout.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm trying to I'm trying to clench my core,

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<v Speaker 1>even find my core, and then get to the car

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<v Speaker 1>put them up, I think his car. And this guy's

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<v Speaker 1>watching me the whole time. He's like looking out like

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<v Speaker 1>you need some hand, princess. No, no, no, no, no, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>this I've got this, and then that's the fumbling around.

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<v Speaker 1>You ever try to put your seats down in a

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<v Speaker 1>car under pressure. It's terrifying, right, it's a it's a

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<v Speaker 1>test for any man. I get the seats down, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I'm actually get these huge timber bits into

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<v Speaker 1>the car. I go into the driver's seat right, and

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<v Speaker 1>I suddenly look at my left hand and there's a

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<v Speaker 1>there's a splinter.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh no, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Mumy look the other way, Mummy, don't you pull it up?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, oh, I'm trying to get out.

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<v Speaker 1>And then suddenly I look up and I can just

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<v Speaker 1>see him still staring at me, knows judging me, judging

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<v Speaker 1>me about weeping about a tiny little splinter.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to almost go back in, going Greg, can

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<v Speaker 2>you get this? Can? Do you wear gloves?

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<v Speaker 4>Do this work?

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<v Speaker 2>It must be so painful.

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<v Speaker 1>Rio have you experienced man shame recently? It's strange being

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<v Speaker 1>a man.

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<v Speaker 3>I know where do these expectations come from? I don't understand.

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<v Speaker 3>But we bought a fancy Japanese knife a couple of

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<v Speaker 3>months ago. We've used it and now it's gotten pretty dull.

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<v Speaker 2>And what do you mean dull? What you're bored of it. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>it blunt. Do you mean it's got blunt? It's got dull. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just not.

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<v Speaker 1>The same anymore so boring. I know who moves Japanese blade.

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<v Speaker 4>It no longer thrills me.

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<v Speaker 1>Any relationship gets out. You've got the seven blade ditch.

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<v Speaker 1>They rust it really easily to crown.

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<v Speaker 4>They do.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to take such meticulous care of them, so

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<v Speaker 3>much so you can't use a normal knife sharp, and

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<v Speaker 3>you can't use that long cylindrical thing, nor can you

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<v Speaker 3>use the.

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<v Speaker 2>Cheating those things you even do anything. I've got one

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<v Speaker 2>of those. I'm not confused it does anything. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like a butcher when I'm doing it, though, it's reassuring.

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<v Speaker 1>We feel like you're continuing some ancient tradition when you

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<v Speaker 1>pull that thing back and forth in there, grinding it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, this one you have to use the wetstone, which

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<v Speaker 3>is a whole other level. And we tried, we tried,

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<v Speaker 3>We try to tried. I can't figure it out. I

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<v Speaker 3>can't get the exact angle correct. We've tried everything, so

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<v Speaker 3>I have had to sort of put my tail between

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<v Speaker 3>my legs.

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<v Speaker 4>And there's a guy. Man, find a man, real man.

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<v Speaker 4>There's a guy on Bridge Road who'll sharpen your knives.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you mean a guy? Is he working out

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<v Speaker 1>of a shop or is he just out on the streets.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of crazy people on Bridge Road with knives.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably shouldn't call the police. Don't give him a Japanese

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<v Speaker 1>one for crying out, lad give in Patsy's news at

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<v Speaker 1>seven of Samurai John's got some new tools.

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<v Speaker 2>So do you mean what that's his business?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, there's a there's a knife smith.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not across the nomenclatcher, but normal clatcher.

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<v Speaker 2>Get you in your double decree, normal clatcher.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know it's a knife shop. I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>called Chef's Armory on Bridge Road.

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<v Speaker 1>A great name for a business. It's the name armory

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<v Speaker 1>has me Chef's Armory.

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<v Speaker 4>There was a.

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<v Speaker 1>Mobile one in Sydney and he to go around on

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<v Speaker 1>a motorbike and he had one of those filing things

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<v Speaker 1>on the back of his motorbike. And now I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>that there's a mobile guy goes on in a neighborhood

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<v Speaker 1>yet sharpening people's knives.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes I see him with a.

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<v Speaker 1>Load of kitchen knives all laid out on the front

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<v Speaker 1>of someone's lawn. He's on his knees sharpening it. Like

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<v Speaker 1>you couldn't even let the dude in the house. You go, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you just do it out in the front.

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<v Speaker 2>It looks terrifying. It's like John Wicks out there on

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<v Speaker 2>some new mission. Good job.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a very humbling experience going to another man and

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<v Speaker 3>saying like, I can't sharpen my knives.

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<v Speaker 2>No, actually, I think it's no.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's like there are these ancient jobs, aren't

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<v Speaker 1>they that have been around for a very very long time.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad that I still exist. That's his that's his craft.

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<v Speaker 1>You're keeping that ritual alive. Can ask how much is

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<v Speaker 1>it to sharpener? So do you just take one knife?

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<v Speaker 4>I just took one Japanese knife. It was about fifteen bucks,

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<v Speaker 4>I think, to get a sharp.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you wait while he does it at the back?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 5>I just I left it with him and then I

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<v Speaker 5>came back a day later, a day. He doesn't need

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<v Speaker 5>a day to do that. He's having a laugh out

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<v Speaker 5>the battle. Fifteen bucks? Wait is this going to hand

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<v Speaker 5>it to you? And here go, oh it's so sharp now,

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<v Speaker 5>but nothing's been done.

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<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't know the difference to be honest.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get the new supporters. Coming up next

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<v Speaker 2>on Gold The Christian O'Connell Show podcast