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Speaker 2: Do you know what I'm thinking about the connection in
Speaker 2: different countries? Seeing that young kid, Oh Archie Willside Will, didn't.
Speaker 1: Everybody's heart go out to him? What is he? Eighteen?
Speaker 1: A long way from home?
Speaker 2: Over in Nebraska pre season before it starts his career
Speaker 2: as as a Punja.
Speaker 1: Isn't he he is? Yeah? Nebraska? Yeah, and the whole
Speaker 1: state have got their arms around him. There's a press conference.
Speaker 2: He's eighteen, He's from here, He's a long way from home.
Speaker 1: I haven't listened to this Archie Wilson. Is this hero's name?
Speaker 5: Being first time you're away from them? Yeah, that part's hard.
Speaker 5: I mean, I'm sorry. Yeah, I love it a lot. Yeah,
Speaker 5: I got two little brothers in a moment, adn't I Yeah,
Speaker 5: that's the tough part of it being here. I love
Speaker 5: them a lot and I miss them, but it's I mean,
Speaker 5: they know this is what's best for me, and let's
Speaker 5: I can still talk to them plenty of the phone
Speaker 5: and they're coming here to say the first first few games.
Speaker 2: So I'm not an emotionally articulate eighteen year old in
Speaker 2: his emotions, you know, be present from them and then
Speaker 2: talk about what it is and what an amazing family
Speaker 2: they must all have. And I think it's a lovely,
Speaker 2: lovely heartwarmer moment. That is such a what brave thing
Speaker 2: for him and his family to be separate at that
Speaker 2: It is a long way from here in Australia. But
Speaker 2: then get this right, Alex as our sports go, you'll
Speaker 2: get this. I overheard one of the team Tina go.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: My worry now is that some of those Americans are
Speaker 2: going to pick on him. I'm like, hopefully we're not
Speaker 2: in that world now. He's in too many eighties American movies,
Speaker 2: you know, in the locker room, the lad and where's
Speaker 2: our wee prch and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: We're more than that.
Speaker 2: Well, now what I've seen on the internet is the
Speaker 2: Internet's got his arms around him.
Speaker 1: He's also from Frankston.
Speaker 6: They're tough and in Frankston.
Speaker 2: Now and now we're seeing now we know why he's
Speaker 2: left Australia. Did he seek it at a refugee.
Speaker 1: Anyway?
Speaker 2: I hope he has a glorious career. What a brave
Speaker 2: thing to do. Good on him.
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Speaker 2: I can't stop thinking as a dad about Archie. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Archie Wilson. You know the clip has gone all over
Speaker 2: the world. He's from right here in Melbourne. He's homesick
Speaker 2: in Nebraska. You know, it's pre season there. He's hoping
Speaker 2: to have a big life out in America as a punter,
Speaker 2: and he broke down at press conferences and he's homesick.
Speaker 1: I think we should send some letters to him. I
Speaker 1: love that he would love.
Speaker 2: To get people from Melbourn going, Hey, we're really in
Speaker 2: awe of your brave view and your character. It takes
Speaker 2: a lot to do that. Your mum and dad are okay,
Speaker 2: and they really want you to be happy there. But
Speaker 2: we're thinking of you and all of Australia and everyone
Speaker 2: back home in Melbourne's going to be cheering you on.
Speaker 2: I'm now going to be Alex. Yes, can we have
Speaker 2: a sport update to see how Melbourne's very own Archie
Speaker 2: does over the next couple of months.
Speaker 1: Definitely, every step of the way.
Speaker 6: I'd like to send him a care package too, with
Speaker 6: some like beg you might and Tim and some like
Speaker 6: Australian movie DVDs like a lippoly Perabs and you know
Speaker 6: Sunday too far away that the old the.
Speaker 2: Old one of those old ones are why is this
Speaker 2: old pensioner?
Speaker 1: Is he in a care home?
Speaker 2: You're not going to send some of your word is
Speaker 2: originally you're seeing some of your hankies.
Speaker 1: And socks, mad Max, something like that. I'm a bit
Speaker 1: more up to date.
Speaker 6: Just get that Ozzy juice is flowing again for young Archie.
Speaker 3: You know, I really feel for him all right Now
Speaker 3: the inevitool is yeah, now that has to speak to
Speaker 3: producer Caitlin here, because you know, ownership is everything.
Speaker 2: Caitlin, what have we got here? Are we calling it now?
Speaker 2: It's seven fifty seven time of death for caton Dog Week.
Speaker 3: Sounds got a good story, and then maybe we call
Speaker 3: it after That's.
Speaker 2: Right, Okay, let's go to where it's Sam. Hey, Sam,
Speaker 2: welcome to the show.
Speaker 4: Thank you. My cat story is about my mum's cat.
Speaker 4: She saved my mum's life.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, this already sounds like a great story.
Speaker 2: So now, as a cat owner, they don't show a
Speaker 2: lot of altruism, so what happened, Well.
Speaker 4: My mom had fallen over and she wasn't able to
Speaker 4: get up, so the cat stayed with her for quite
Speaker 4: some time until eventually a neighbor, a friend of my mum's,
Speaker 4: came around to drop something off. Would normally just drop
Speaker 4: it off and go, but the cat left my mum
Speaker 4: at this point to come and fetch the neighbor. She
Speaker 4: came up the hallway and would kept nailing at her
Speaker 4: and mowing at her, and then turning around and looking
Speaker 4: back and say, come on, follow me, follow me, until
Speaker 4: the neighbor went, well, this is really weird. I'll follow
Speaker 4: the cat and found my mum and was able to
Speaker 4: help her.
Speaker 1: Oh that is amazing. That is amazing for a cat
Speaker 1: to actually show.
Speaker 6: That something nice.
Speaker 4: She is an amazing cat.
Speaker 1: All right, Samantha, thank you very much.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 2: That's harry enough to give us.
Speaker 1: We asked you to call it our beautiful story. What
Speaker 1: are you the bounce of throwing someone out to the fire, excit.
Speaker 6: I wasn't sure if she was going to reply back
Speaker 6: with a thank you.
Speaker 1: I went prematurely, Wow, that's harsh.
Speaker 6: I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: Read don't turn on them because you haven't got enough Gold.
Speaker 1: That's a great story.
Speaker 2: No, that is that is Caitlin. We're calling it now, okay, absolutely,
Speaker 2: time of Death.
Speaker 4: What is it fifty eight?
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