WEBVTT - MINI: Ashes on the Field

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Them, Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Sport is filled with these iconic moments and sometimes they

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<v Speaker 2>produce like iconic images. That's one of Muhammad Ali at

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<v Speaker 2>Madison Square Garden where it's an overhead shot and he

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<v Speaker 2>stood over the inert body of Sonny Liston and it

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<v Speaker 2>was an incredible moment. No one thought Ali would win

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<v Speaker 2>and take on this former gangster. And that shot of

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<v Speaker 2>Buddy at the seg is one of those iconic Super

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<v Speaker 2>Bowl moments in sport where actually something magical happens, which

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<v Speaker 2>is why you know we go every weekend. You hope

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<v Speaker 2>for something magical, You really really hope against a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of times that something magical happens. And him amongst thousands,

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of people in a sea of fans. I've never

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<v Speaker 2>seen an image like that in AFL. Actually you can't

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<v Speaker 2>even see the grass, can't see it's skerrik of green

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<v Speaker 2>from the grass.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an amazing image.

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<v Speaker 2>So out of all this amazing outpouring of love for

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<v Speaker 2>what Buddy managed to do kick a thousand goals, there

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<v Speaker 2>was also some other little it's too there's a lady's

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<v Speaker 2>head that Channel seventh thought we're broadcast this zoom in

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<v Speaker 2>on the head. To be fair, it looked like she

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<v Speaker 2>just had her hair done. It was beautifully styled anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing that I really love seeing is there

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<v Speaker 2>was a there was a lady that took her NaN's

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<v Speaker 2>ashes that's also a big Swanys fan and thought this

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<v Speaker 2>was the moment to sprinkle some of nance.

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<v Speaker 1>She would have loved this, and so she.

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<v Speaker 2>Rushed out like with the thousands of other but produced

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<v Speaker 2>a glad bag which I normally put the kids sort

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<v Speaker 2>of school lunches in, and Nan was in them, and

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<v Speaker 2>sprinkled some of a Nan on that very special turf.

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<v Speaker 2>Her name's Crystal. She was there with her brother. I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to speak to her today. What a lovely

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<v Speaker 2>thing to do. But I'm dying to know. I have

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<v Speaker 2>so many questions Crystal.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, how are you going?

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<v Speaker 1>Crystal?

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<v Speaker 2>Please tell me, by the way, what has your weekend

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<v Speaker 2>been like? Have you had this huge reaction from people?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, it's been sort of. I never thought that I

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<v Speaker 3>would go viral for anything, and I never thought that

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<v Speaker 3>doing this would would do that. We just did it,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, we just had that man. We just wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to honor NaN's wishes. And you know if we could,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, so we took the opportunity when it come

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<v Speaker 3>about and just yeah, so there's been you know good

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<v Speaker 3>and bad from this. You know, should have done it,

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<v Speaker 3>shouldn't have done it, but you know, yeah, we just

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to do it for Nan and you know, she

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<v Speaker 3>loves the AFL, loves this one and loves their scg

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<v Speaker 3>and we've had you know, grown up there with her

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<v Speaker 3>taking us to the Sydney Swan.

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<v Speaker 1>So tell us about non is it Edna Edna?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Yeah, NaN's yeah, so originally from Victoria, she come

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<v Speaker 3>up to New South Wales central coast in the seventies

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, got heavily involved in a local AFL

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<v Speaker 3>club up here. She was president, you know for a

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<v Speaker 3>good thirty years. She was active. She's a life member

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<v Speaker 3>there now it got Rufford Tigers, Yeah, the Gospel Tigers,

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<v Speaker 3>so she was you know, she's been their mascot, she's

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<v Speaker 3>you know, collected the membership, she's you know president, she's yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>very heavily involved in.

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<v Speaker 1>That character on awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Yeah, she was not your conventional Nan by any means,

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<v Speaker 3>but you know, we wouldn't have it any other way.

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<v Speaker 1>So did she sort of.

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<v Speaker 2>Leave if anything happens to me, you know, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to be cremated and I want some of those to

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<v Speaker 2>be sort of sprinkled around.

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<v Speaker 3>She said she'd love she'd you know, she said it

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<v Speaker 3>to us like she'd love to have, you know, be

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<v Speaker 3>part of the stgy. She always wanted to do the

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<v Speaker 3>coin toss in the middle as well, obviously when she

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<v Speaker 3>was here. So we thought that's why we ran to

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<v Speaker 3>the center of the field where they do the bounce,

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<v Speaker 3>and because we knew, you know, we wouldn't get close

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<v Speaker 3>to Buddy anyway, and not that we we would have

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<v Speaker 3>done it there.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway over Buddy.

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<v Speaker 3>No, definitely not. So. Yeah, we were running actually against

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<v Speaker 3>the crowd because we were on just where the interchange

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<v Speaker 3>was for the Geelong. So we ran out there and

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<v Speaker 3>everyone was running wrong to left and I was trying

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<v Speaker 3>to run through it. So I think there's there is

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<v Speaker 3>footage out there and me being taken out. If I

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<v Speaker 3>think about three guys, do you.

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<v Speaker 2>Think you're even going to make it, because obviously it

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<v Speaker 2>must have just been chaos.

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<v Speaker 3>Christ it was. It was just like I sort of

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<v Speaker 3>really actually can't remember doing it. I just remember just

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<v Speaker 3>like Joel just went go go go.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're just going and it sounds like Joel your

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<v Speaker 2>brother was running interference, you know, sort of pushing people off.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, well he was. He was behind me, so yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's why. Yeah, he was sort of he helped pick

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<v Speaker 3>me back up a bit when they got taken out.

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<v Speaker 3>We made it to the middle and well done. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>And I think I think if I knew it was

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<v Speaker 3>going to go this viral, I you know, mum had

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<v Speaker 3>the ashes with her. Mum put it in the you know,

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<v Speaker 3>it was only a few tea spoons, like it was

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<v Speaker 3>hardly anything, but I would have had it in something

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<v Speaker 3>a little nicer than clad.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've got some question about the glad bag. Normally

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<v Speaker 2>you put the kids sort of lunches and stuff like

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<v Speaker 2>that and that. So mum had the ashes, Your mum got.

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<v Speaker 3>Mum's got NaNs, Yeah, NaN's ashes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and then you siphoned a bit off, like you said,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe the team Mum.

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<v Speaker 3>Mum did all that, so mum put it in. It

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<v Speaker 3>was mum who you know, brought it down and like

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<v Speaker 3>we were all Mum was there and we were, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>all a part of it. Mum just didn't get out

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<v Speaker 3>to the you know, the rush. She we didn't want

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<v Speaker 3>her to get hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>So that image of you are basically emptying out a

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<v Speaker 2>glass back of your NaN's ashes.

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<v Speaker 3>A nice too. I just want to went through it.

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<v Speaker 1>Who and had it been in your pocket? Had not

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<v Speaker 1>been in your pocket beforehand? And you're waiting, is he

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it? Is he going to kick the

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<v Speaker 1>one thousandth You know?

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<v Speaker 3>By halftime we were like, yeah, it's not going to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we were like, okay, we had Nan with us,

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<v Speaker 3>I had a picture of her, and we had her

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<v Speaker 3>all there with us. But then third quarter come and

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<v Speaker 3>they kicked a quick two goals and we're like the

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<v Speaker 3>fourth quarter, were like, I so you said, Mom, where

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<v Speaker 3>is it? And yeah, put it in my pocket? And

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<v Speaker 3>so do we you know, Yeah, when he made that mark,

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<v Speaker 3>we were like we were three rows back. So we

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<v Speaker 3>started pushing forward because everyone just started coming down. So

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<v Speaker 3>we got there and yeah and just as soon as

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<v Speaker 3>you know, he kicked it and they opened the gate.

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<v Speaker 2>And do you know, for someone who loved her foote,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was the perfect place for some of

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<v Speaker 2>mom to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah spring, Yeah, she lived and breathed afl and you

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<v Speaker 3>know she instilled that in us and you know, we

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<v Speaker 3>love AFL and the Swans and she you know, original

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<v Speaker 3>Western Bulldogs supporter because that was where she was born.

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<v Speaker 3>But when she come up to the New South Wales

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<v Speaker 3>and the Swans come up here in eighty two, she

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<v Speaker 3>was just Swans all the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know what? I think?

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<v Speaker 2>It was amazing for that amazing moment, you know, which

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<v Speaker 2>may may never happen again in footy.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually someone kicking one thousand ago. It was actually great.

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<v Speaker 2>Your nan Edna was there, your mom was there, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you and your brother were there. There's something really

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<v Speaker 2>magical about that crystal.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And that's sort of what we want everyone to

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<v Speaker 3>take away from it. You know, it was I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I didn't want to offend anyone or anything

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<v Speaker 3>like that. It was really just and.

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<v Speaker 2>Right is who the hell is really offended by that?

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<v Speaker 2>When you when you spread someone's ashes, you're spreading them,

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<v Speaker 2>you're returning them to the universe. If you're offended by that,

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<v Speaker 2>crist will waste no time today or this week worrying

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<v Speaker 2>about people saying they're offended by It's an act of

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<v Speaker 2>love for someone who gains so much the footye it's

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<v Speaker 2>the perfect place for her to be sprinkled red. He

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a love it's a loving gesture that

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<v Speaker 2>it's a great way, and I think it's awesome that

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<v Speaker 2>you were there for that. I'm curious. One final question, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so round one? Was Nan there taken on g WS

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<v Speaker 2>or not?

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<v Speaker 3>No, Well, mam asked my brother whether because he went

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<v Speaker 3>to that game. I didn't go to that game, but

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<v Speaker 3>my brother did, and Mama asked, did you want to

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<v Speaker 3>take something? He went, no, it's SG. Buddy waited.

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<v Speaker 2>He knew buddy waited and I think Nan, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>had stuff to do with it.

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<v Speaker 3>So, but yeah, May is there.

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<v Speaker 2>I can feel your presence. Yep Ah, that's great, Crystal.

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<v Speaker 2>I love what you did. I think it's brilliant and

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<v Speaker 2>I think Edna would have loved that as well. So

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for s being to us today. But please

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<v Speaker 2>waste no time. And people just say they're offended these days,

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<v Speaker 2>they just like people that professionally offended.

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<v Speaker 1>You did. You did nothing wrong. It's a beautiful thing

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<v Speaker 1>you did.

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