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19 Jun 2025 · 30m · 16 chapters

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Ramble Uncut: Fabio Capello's Y-Fronts

In short

Ramble Uncut bonus episode (Football Ramble Patreon) mixing music chat, football banter, and Discord Q&A.

Key claims

Robbie Williams’ “Old Before I Die” is discussed; Bryan Adams is defended as having under-credited hits, especially “Run to You.” Paul McCartney’s “Meet Free Mondays” is named as a favourite. Fabio Capello is joked about for looking best in “wire fronts” (tight underwear) on his birthday. Premier League fixtures are criticised as being released too early; shirt sponsors are mocked as often questionable/possibly fake. Club World Cup predictions are treated as absurd “mystic” scenarios.

Notable examples

Discord predicts “ICE” will arrest a player; Luis Suarez bites an ICE agent while wearing a MAGA hat; “Speed will present the trophy”; a 10-0 win prediction already happened.

Guests

No guests appear; it’s hosted by Marcus (and the other hosts, including Pete and Jack/Nick mentioned).

Written by AI. May contain mistakes.

Chapters

0:30

Musical Memories and Discussion

A humorous reflection on Robbie Williams and musical history.

“Losing weight can feel like a roller coaster, full of ups, downs, and being thrown for loops, like when someone brings donuts into the office, or your kids' dino nuggets start giving you that look again.”
2:40

Musical Memories and Discussion

A humorous reflection on Robbie Williams and musical history.

“Now describe it to CarGurus the same way using Guru.”
4:10

Musical Memories and Discussion

A humorous reflection on Robbie Williams and musical history.

“It's got a weird request, isn't it, from Robbie?”
4:43

Brian Adams and His Impact

A lively debate about Bryan Adams' songs and legacy.

“First offered, I think, to Lisa Stansfield.”
6:40

The State of Glastonbury

Discussion about headliners and music legends at Glastonbury.

“we're putting this Patreon episode out on the main feed tomorrow to advertise so people could sign up the Patreon because of the kind of stuff they could get behind the paintball.”
9:14

Fabio Capello's Birthday and Legacy

The hosts discuss Fabio Capello's birthday and his legacy.

“I mean, he's written some of the greatest songs in history.”
11:41

Premier League Fixtures and Reactions

Discussion around the announcement of Premier League fixtures and reactions.

“Oh, was it his 79th birthday today or his 80th?”
14:01

The Evolution of Football Kits

Explore how football kits have evolved over the years and the impact of templated designs.

“Oh, who's sponsoring Chelsea this season?”
18:21

The State of Sponsorships in Football

Discuss the questionable nature of some football sponsorships and their history.

24:12

Club World Cup Predictions from the Discord

Engage with fan predictions about the upcoming Club World Cup, including humorous and bizarre ideas.

“How well done do you like the bacon, though?”
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28:00

Chris Wilder's Sandwich Debate

The hosts discuss what sandwich they'd send to Chris Wilder amidst his managerial troubles.

“Now, Peter, Marie has asked us a question.”
28:58

Food Preferences and Sweet Tooth

The conversation shifts to the hosts' food preferences, including sweets and pastries.

“Toffee TJ said, if Marcus's entrepreneur skills peaked in his early years as a bacon boy and Pete is the pepperami man.”
30:24

Wrestling Tales and Food

A humorous segment about a wrestler's unexpected conversations about desserts.

“I remember reading about this one notable wrestler who it's wrestling time with Pete can you name this wrestler or is it best not?”
31:38

Wrestlers and Food Culture

The hosts recount stories about wrestlers and their surprising discussions about food.

“This wrestler came into the dressing room after a match and he was really surprised that everyone called Big Daddy Daddy.”
32:52

Reflecting on Roundabouts and Childhood

The hosts reminisce about childhood experiences with roundabouts and playgrounds.

“He's picking his way like being really French and really kind of...”
35:30

Reflecting on Roundabouts and Childhood

The hosts reminisce about childhood experiences with roundabouts and playgrounds.

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3:23Hello Ramblers, Marcus here. You're about to hear the full edition of yesterday's Ramble Uncut, the bonus content our Football Ramble patron subscribers get every single Wednesday. It features emails, questions from patron members on the Discord and all the latest updates on what Pete gets up to in his garden shed. Quite simply, it's everything you love about the Ramble, plus a little extra. So for just$5 a month, you get Ramble Uncut every single week, access to the Discord and every episode of the Football Ramble on the continent and up front, completely ad-free. So if you like what you hear today, and of course you will, just head to patreon.com forward slash football ramble.

4:01That's patreon.com forward slash football ramble and sign up today. Right on with the show. I hope I live to see the day the Pope gets high. That's Robbie Williams again. Old Before I Die. Old Before I Die. It's got a weird request, isn't it, from Robbie? I want to live to see the day the Pope gets high. Why has that never been on the cards? I mean, it was an early single of Robbie's. Yeah. You know. By the way, lads, talking of songs and singles, Today's a big day in history, musical history. Back in 1991, on this day in history, Bryan Adams released Everything I Do. I do it for you. Okay. Come on.

4:47First offered, I think, to Lisa Stansfield. Get on board. Will someone give Marcus a job on Leicester Sound, please? Yeah. Because this is Leicester Sound. Sucre from heaven. It really is. What is the opening line to that? I'm struggling to think. Search your heart. Is that the opening line? Keep me in your mind. Look into my eyes. That's it. That's a person, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. That's it, yeah. Not your favourite Brian song, though, is it? I think retrospective. It's got to be up there. So I've got a few things to say about Brian, Adam. Please. So I would say, first and foremost... He's Canadian.

5:19He's a well-respected visual artist as well now. Chelsea fan. Took a picture of Princess Diana, I shouldn't recall. Yes, he did. Secondly, I would say that whenever I see him interviewed, he seems like a bloody good lad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He seems like a really nice fella. I flirted with my partner recently. Further proof. More power to his elbow. More power to his elbow. Because I tell you what, that is a trade-up massively. Were you offended by that or was it affirmation for you? That song Savage Garland. Sorry? That song Savage Garland. Affirmation. People never spoke about affirmations back then.

5:56Good on them. For being an early adopter. And the third thing I want to say. Here we go. is that I think, looking back at his career, I think he's had quite a few good tunes. He didn't get the credit. He didn't get the credit. It was on call, wasn't it? Run to You? Song about cheating. Run to You, it is, sadly. But the song itself, Peter. Summer of 69? Yeah, I mean, that's very student-y sort of thing. Can't Stop This Thing We Started. Brilliant tune. Run to You is the one. Can't Stop This Thing Sounds like a helicopter takeoff. That is a hill where I'd stand my ground on. Can I say, right? If I was in front of the most kind of snobby indie crowd, run to you, I would defend that.

6:35Yeah, I think you should. I'd fight them all off. Well, I'd also like to add that I got an email yesterday from the producer of this show saying, we're putting this Patreon episode out on the main feed tomorrow to advertise so people could sign up the Patreon because of the kind of stuff they could get behind the paintball. And we are rewarding that email with two and a half minutes so far of Brian Adams. What have these young Turks got to say about the game? defending Brian Adams I'll tell you what I'll tell you what I'll reply to the email later do you know what I'm saying in the email if it's awful it's awful love from the Three Musketeers soundtrack Sting Stuart Adams go on then Pete you've got a first choice who are you oh Stuart definitely yeah he's definitely Rod Stewart when Brian Wilson died last week I thought he was already dead no no no mad that isn't it I got served up a load of Instagram videos about it obviously first one I saw Sting plays tribute to Brian Wilson last thing we need he's a legend the man's a legend he's from the north east as his accent testifies to correct yeah terrible actor sticking with legends we're not moving on until we reference 18 till I die okay sorry what does that one go like 18 till I die gonna be 18 till I die gonna live forever that's wishful thinking and Mel C got involved that's a great song that's a fucking good song that When You're Gone is a great song the two part vocal throughout the whole song is fucking great if it was Alice in Chains doing that everyone would be losing their mind if it was Alice in Chains there we go yeah yeah by the way when I sent you on Instagram I think he's an Aussie bloke who does those mashups you can request them and it just fell into my lap what was it?

8:21I didn't see it he said if Oasis did Mr. Brownstone by Guns N' Roses. That sounds good. It's a bloody good version. Get in your inbox. I'll listen to it later. In your inbox. It's really relevant to my interest. Staying with the big hitters in music today is also Sir Paul McCartney's birthday. Oh, yeah, yeah. Come on. Favourite song. Meet Free Mondays, you can do it. Can't name one. Meet Free Mondays, you can do it. That's my favourite song. Yeah. What about, maybe I'm amazed it's not. Pardon? Right Now Please. That's how he ends it. Oh, right. When he does a Meet Free Mondays video and he ends it with, Right Now Please.

8:52Oh, I thought you were doing the bloke who collaborated with Peter Ondra on Mysterious Girl. Yeah. Bubble of Ranks. Similar. What does ranks mean? I don't know. Because there's a lot of ranks, isn't there? Yeah, Cutty Ranks, Bubble of Ranks, yeah, you know. Trouble Ranks. Paul Cartney getting the treatment he deserves. What, do you remember that album? Kisses on the Bottom. Yeah. I mean, he's written some of the greatest songs in history. Yeah. Name them. I don't need them. The Luca Piccio recently, because Neil Young is headlining Sunday at Glastonbury, I've got the opinion that he... Saturday, I think, yeah.

9:27Jesus. I've got an opinion that he's not going to be reviewed very well. No, he won't be. Because the modern generation aren't really familiar with Ouvra or his sister. He's already headlined it before. He's already headlined it 15 years ago. You know when you're getting old, when there was one of the headliners, I was like, I have to Google him. That's a headliner. I'm having to Google a headliner for Glastonbury. Bloody hell. See, when I went to Glastonbury, headliners, Arctic monkeys, Rolling Stones. Thanks very much. The weather was perfect. I'd even go as far to say it wasn't too hot. You didn't bother with it?

10:00It was the third day. It was the third day. Oh, Mumford and Son, sorry. Right, okay. I don't mind them. Not good. I don't mind them. Okay, yeah. I'm not having them as a headliner, but I don't mind them. That was probably before the mad conspiracy theory guy left as well. Probably. Yes. So probably the only conspiracy theorist to headline Glastonbury. I don't know about that. I don't know about that. They all get there eventually, don't they? Yeah, true. Williams, is he not headline Glastonbury? I don't know. He's headline. Wouldn't have thought so. Maybe. Why don't you have a little Google there, Peter?

10:31No. All right, fine. Let's just go with it. You could have a bucket of shit headline in Glastonbury now and it would sell out. True enough. Also, Fabio Capello's birthday today. Bringing it back to football. Fabio Capello. And I'll tell you something. of all the people we've said today, which has basically been a couple of, Fabio Capella looks the best in wire fronts. Speedo. Have a Speedo. Speedo. He's not got his wire fronts on the beach, a little piss stain on them. Has he? Come on. Was he? I seem to recall that for him. You got a dip? Yeah. There's no way he's wearing wire fronts. Capella would wear like tight breeches.

11:01You never walk past a body of water with your clothes and you thought, I've got to get involved, right? Strip down to the old kex. I get naked. Yeah. No, you can't. That's against some laws in some place. Yeah, he looks decent. That's decent. He looks great. it's the body I'd want to be fair that's about 15 years ago yeah but still he's still probably he probably had 10 years on me what did you think of the pose what did you think of the pose it's a little bit like he's about to pull him down yeah I love that it's the body I'd want it's the body I'd want yeah because you could if I didn't have this Adonis I like that you said he's probably got 10 years on me and he's 80 he's almost 80 wow he would have been like in his 60s he was in his 60s when that photo was taken.

11:41Fantastic. Yeah, he looked man. Yeah, totally, yeah. Oh, was it his 79th birthday today or his 80th? I don't know which one it was. Something like that. He's getting up there. I haven't said it's his birthday. That's all I've got. That's all I've bloody got. Yeah, Jamie Carragher came out of retirement to play on the Fabio Capello. International retirement. Hated it. Yeah. In his 60s, his hair's that black. Come on. Show us some respect. Yeah, he's dyed it. Yeah. I don't know how you get to that position to start dying, to sort of go, that's my hair, deal with it. it's quite liberating I think to make that decision true we're enjoying your look today Peter you've got like a Daniel Farker Daniel Farker yeah I was thinking of that yeah I'm tucking my hair behind my glasses did you have a little topic on the way in another underrated chocolate bar is a topic so you're not doing the Shoreditch Samurai anymore no my hair was starting to sort of break because I was just sort of coming out the shower wet and putting them right into a ponytail and it's starting to break now so I'm just giving it a few days off was it like spaghetti if you bend it too much yeah you've got to spin it out like Jemmy does.

12:40Showering in concrete. What about today the Premier League fixtures were announced? They were. It seems a bit like a good day to bury bad news. The Club World Cup's happening. There's loads of stuff going on. Why did they release these fixtures so early? Yeah, true. Why don't they release some kind of... I mean, is it like... Is it for logistical reasons? To plan and stuff like that? Maybe Arna Slott can start planning for Bournemouth at home on the Friday night. I guess from the from the club's point of view you want as much notice as possible to plan your season out and know where you're going to be and how you're going to get there and that kind of thing maybe yeah Pete you were saying before the show that they should announce it on the day to all the players all the teams like meet up in the Premier League headquarters they have to meet yeah they have to meet at St George's Park the Trocadero what in London yeah you can't be in London you've got to be somewhere more central it's like race across the world you know who you're going to be the bullring you've got to be in the bullring oh no we're

13:38they're hosting West Ham they are that's their they are sorry you're looking on my list we're not going to go through all the fixtures by the way Leeds Everton Monday 8th of August he is by the risk of being a buzz kill I've always found it difficult to get excited about the Premier League fixture list and I've always found it difficult to get excited about kits as well I don't know kits are a bit more viscerally exciting aren't they I think the kits you see them and then I think over the course of the first month of the season you're going to go I kind of like that one well I just feel like it went to shit when they started getting templated didn't it no they've always been templated what do you mean it's a myth obviously templated obviously templated no there's a myth if you look at so say like 1990 World Cup everyone always says the West Germany kit or like the Columbia one and one or two you look at it's all templates templates as in like it's an Adidas template or a Nike template right okay as not a template yeah I know but like you make it sound like it's an established the word template in that sphere I think it is and I don't think it is is it I think we're all on board with what it is.

14:41And it's very template-y. But I just think there's a lot... Do you get intrigued by the sponsors? Oh, who's sponsoring Chelsea this season? No, because it's always a really questionably fronted Chinese casino that doesn't exist. A website that's just absolutely four off, I don't know what this is. Did Teddy Sheringham go to the place once? It was a thing, and it was like, was Sheringham involved? Maybe he was fronting it. And I think maybe he wouldn't have gone to the place and a journalist went there. And it was like some dusty road in goodness knows where. And it was like, I mean, that, is that a bit, does anything operate from this building?

15:16He went to a mailboxes, et cetera, demanding his invoice being paid. Totally, yeah. Yeah, there's nothing going on there. I liked it. The golden age of sponsors, in my view, is when it was like a really, really local but done well business. Right. Yeah, I mean, yeah. Like a tip or something, like a steel. Just like, I mean, Portsmouth was sponsored by like KJC mobile phones and stuff. Right. Okay. And I suppose Goodman's was more of a national brand, but like it was more of a kind of, a lot of the time it used to, I mean, Portsmouth was sponsored by University of Portsmouth now, which I guess is obviously...

15:52Leicester City being sponsored by Walkers. Yeah. Yes. Exactly. Synergistic. Yeah, exactly. You have to be Castle Brown. Castle Brown. Exactly. Another good one. Longest time. McEwen's Lager. Who did they support? McEwen's Lager is the one you got back for. That's right. Yeah. But they'd often have to sponsor Rangers and Celtic. That's what they'd have to do. Have you listed down the sponsors, the front of shirt sponsors? That's not always the case in Scotland, but often sponsors have done that. I think NTL might have done that. For a while, I think. NTL was a big player in... Newcastle. Newcastle.

16:25We had... I think it was NTL. Cellnet became NTL, I think. So technically, I think they had the stadium naming rights for Borough as well. I think. If you listen, if you look at the teams who were in the Premier League last season and their front of shirt sponsors, you obviously got famous ones like Emirates. It was obviously a complete, there's a kind of geopolitical reason for that, I guess. And you've got the occasional one like, you know, obviously Ipswich were sponsored by Sheeran, weren't they? Eddie Baby. Yeah. And then Liverpool Standard Chartered and Etihad Airways. But then you've got other ones like, you know, I mean, D-Bet, D-E-Bet, never heard of it.

17:02Yeah. Stake.com, Net88, BJ88, Betano, Hollywood Bets. Oh, yeah. We have had people looking into these things, like I say, and it's a little bit questionable.

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20:13I'd like to turn to the Discord and get some Club World Cup predictions. from our people. Oh, nice. The guys have done them, have they? The guys have done them, good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the categories we had were the team that's going to win it, of course, the predictions at Dark Hall. We're not spoiling people, are we? No, no, no. Well, unless any of these are Mystic Meg, yeah, I don't think we are. Okay. Because the tournament hasn't finished. Yeah, but one of them has predicted the team to win 10-0. Well. And that's happened. That was Jamhans. Good on him, Jammyhans. Good on you, mate. So Jamhans is a prediction there.

20:44Lick that jam off your fingers and celebrate. Yes, exactly, yeah. But I think these predictions are in the kind of notable mad shit kind of vibe. So again, open to interpretation, unless it's kind of binary like a team will win 10-0, because that either happened or it didn't. And it already has to jam hands as quids in there. Damo says ICE, which is the immigration... I forget what ICE stands for, but ICE, definitely immigration. Immigration Customs Enforcement. There you go. They will arrest a player. Yeah, but they'll arrest anyone they can get their hands on, so as Pete said the other day. so it's unlikely but possible Johnny Eggs has said a mascot will get assaulted possibly by ice I've not seen it I think it's too hot for mascots I don't know there are any mascots are they oh blimey well Peter does the club World Cup have a did they release a oh they will have done but we won't know about it it'll be crap you have a look Alex says JD Vance to be booed Luis Suarez bites an ice agent while wearing a MAGA hat that's quite specific so he's got two there as Alex yeah So I would sort of say, I'd be tempted to say null and void.

21:47I think the hat makes it three. No, because it's all in one thing. So Luis Suarez bites an ICE agent, but if he's not wearing a hat, then he's out of luck. Exactly. That's fair enough, yeah. If he's just wearing a hat, but it's not a MAGA one, then old Alex has done himself there. Tim, Trump tries to deport a South American team on his own down the docks. Get on that boat. Moon says, Speed will present the trophy. I mean, that's depressing. I can't contemplate that. I don't think that's outside the realms of possibility, personally. That's why I can't contemplate it, because I think it's got a reasonable chance of happening.

22:21Jamhands, obviously, a team will win 10-0. Well, they are well-played, Jamhands. Remark has said, a ref gets disappeared. Yeah, as in. Yeah, and Baron Trump, top goal scorer. He's got the height. So, Baron Trump is obviously Donald Trump's youngest son, has shown an interest in soccer. That's right. There's footage of him playing football. He's not very good. He looks much bigger than all the other players because he's really tall. But he looks very uncoordinated and ungainly. But I don't think there's much chance he's going to get amongst the scorers, trouble the scorers. You sometimes see these kind of nepple baby men getting slid into the subs bench in certain parts of the world, don't you?

23:05When they buy clubs. I could see a noted Bitcoin enthusiast, Baron Trump, getting in there. Well, what about this one? Got a new phone now, haven't they, the old Trumpers? Oh, yeah. All things to all people. What about this one from Chaos Drage? It says, Trump will take a penalty and do the Simone Zaza stutter run-up. That's nice. We did that weird chicken number. He missed the penalty. He blazed it over the bar, didn't he? It was a great gif where he just never starts the penalty. In that mammoth penalty shootout in Euro 2016, I think it was. Sounds about right, yeah. That was a big deal for a while, wasn't it?

23:37It was. It still should be. And then he joined the ranks of failed West Hamstruckers for a bit, didn't he? Oh, did he? Was one of them? One of those 55. I have to say West Hamstruckers. Blimey, I totally forgot that. Elsewhere on the Discord, Nick Gee said, Marcus, how do you make the best bacon sandwich? Oh. Over to me. Crucially, you have to cook the bacon. There's a crisp it up on me. Yeah, that is utterly crucial. Legally, you must cook the bacon. I mean, I prefer my bacon medium rare. I wouldn't recommend that to you. I've got worms in my lungs. They're my little friends. You were talking about putting things in your lungs.

24:12It's fine, apparently. Yes, liquid. Drown the worms with the liquid. If you want a tapeworm, then maybe... I don't know if that would do it. No, don't do that. Do cook the bacon with it. You could fry it or have every once. How well done do you like the bacon, though? I like it crispy. Yeah. Not too crispy, but crispy. Yeah, so what I would do is I'd get the bacon... What kind of bacon? Is it back? Is it middle? Is it streaky? Yeah, all of the above. I'm doing streaky. I'm doing streaky. But you guys... I've seen you guys cut the fat off your meat. No, no, no. Hang on, hang on, hang on. Right.

24:40I did that once. Yeah. In an airport, Wetherspoons. Right. I think I can be forgiven. Nobody's coming out of this really, Krennic. You turned up. You was doing shots at the bar. You turned up. The filet mignon, please, sir. You turned up and ate the fat. Yeah. And you watched. Yeah, I did, yeah. Right. I'm just watching. I was in the cup chair. I was in the cup chair. Oh, come on. In the meat-eating cup chair. I was in the cup chair. That's enough of that word. I like to watch other men. eat meat eat other men's meat I learned what that word meant on this show I know and you're welcome it's an education tell them about sounding Marcus the mascot there's no mascot there's no mascot that's a whole other thing I don't even know what that is I don't want to there's no mascot for the FIFA Club World Cup there was one back in 2003 Saudi Arabia San Katnid Haddaf the only reference to any sort of little creature is Butterfogers mascot being a black and white dog called Bariba back in the 50s the club president used to carry the animal into the stadium and throw him onto the pitch when the team were looking to kill time which I think should be down on the notable weird stuff that could happen Beriba Justin Beriba get him in there then I saw his face I'm into that go get the Beriba I hadn't quite finished there's three minutes left go get the Beriba referees blown all for time no it doesn't work stop You've ruined it then.

26:04I did a good one then. You can edit that out. Cut the fat off this short. And let me eat it. All right, leave it in and Pete will eat it. I hadn't finished the bacon sandwich. Yeah, carry on. Sorry, yeah. So how did you make the best bacon sandwich? But crucially, when the bacon is done to your liking, whack it straight into the bread. Because what it'll do is the moisture and all the rest of it soaks into the bread. Are you buttering the bread? Yeah, you butter the bread. You melt the butter there. Yeah, but it all just soaks in. What sauce are you doing? well if I had a little bit of cheese in there I might not use any sauce cheese I used to be an HP guy till I die and I've started to move on to ketchup recently for the own bacon I don't care if it's ketchup or brown sauce barbecue sauce but barbecue sauce with bacon I'm a complete bacon dodger I'm just a sausage guy all the way well that's fine that's perfect if I was in the same way that OJ Simpson said if I was to commit a crime this is how I'd do it I would be slice of fresh lettuce buttered little bit of mustard just a tiny little bit of mustard to excite I don't think you put a lettuce in there your bacon on top like you say straight out of the pan beautiful it's got to soak into the bread doesn't it yeah bit of mayonnaise on top of that and then red sauce beautiful how many sauces did you say there three little bit of mustard little bit of mayonnaise little bit of tomato sauce beautiful actually a lot of tomato sauce so I'm going for streaky bacon cooked well but not overcooked just on the cusp of crispiness.

27:32I'm going for Hovis Seed Sensations bread. We're a Seed Sensations house as well. Yeah, I'm buttering the bread, but not too... Actually, no, I'm not buttering the bread because what I'm going to do is I'm going to spread on one side of the bread, I'm going to spread garlic mayo. On the other side of the bread, I'm going to spread ketchup and I'm going to slap it all together. Would you have a buttery bacon base? No, I'd have a mayo bacon base. I'm writing the word margarine mayo. Okay. Would you not be interested in the garlic mayo rather than the plain mayo? Ooh. It goes well. Now, Peter, Marie has asked us a question.

28:06Marie, the mother of the Discord, of course. What sandwich would you send to Chris Wilder? Oh. Where is he? I'd send him one full of human shit. Where is Chris Wilder? He's been strong, isn't he? He's been given the bullet, hasn't he? Yeah, he's due to be sacked at the time of recording. He's not been sacked. What a position to be in. Surely you would send him something to give him a bit of a cheer him up. I'm sure whatever sandwich you sent him, the people of Sheffield would have an opinion about what the BAP was called. Yeah, true. Also, can I just say to Chris Wilder, although I was telling him I'd send him a sandwich full of human shit.

28:39Human. I regret that already. Human. I would like to say... My dad would get involved. I would like to say that... Yeah. I mean, it's quite harsh being sacked after getting 92 points. It is a bit. Yeah. Two-point deductions, they end up with 90. Yeah. But 92 points and you get the bullet... Not good enough. I'd send him one of Pete's bacon sandwiches. For his first senior club. Yeah. How about that? Toffee TJ said, if Marcus's entrepreneur skills peaked in his early years as a bacon boy and Pete is the pepperami man. Did you eat a lot of pepperami? But that's not to do with entrepreneurism, is it?

29:13I eat a lot of this product. I'm consumer. I would have Pete more as a, he's more of a poke bowl Chinese takeaway guy these days. Yeah. Anyway, what food stuff would Luke be a purveyor of? I'm more of a sweet tooth, I think. I've got more of a sweet tooth. pastry man yeah pastry man I'd say Pete and I have got sweet too Pete I mean you like to buy the sort of candy he buys the Haribos and stuff doesn't he it's the sort of stuff that normal like sweet tooth people go oh that's a it's the reason you vote for Brexit is because the EU wouldn't allow that stuff into the country that's a good point actually I want my pure halver you must have been a hoover up some pretty disgusting sweets when you're in the US right do you remember Pete some of the sweets Pete has produced before I've never seen that colour before I like the ones when you go to America and certainly like in like Los Angeles or California or Texas where you get those lovely sort of spicy Mexican sharp sort of tamarind flavoured stuff oh my god I'm salivating at the thought of it I much prefer the chocolate of all that I do too I'm not a sweets guy I'm a cake guy I'm a chocolate guy I do like a cake Christmas cake is one of the finest things we've produced as a race and marzipan of course I do like a Christmas cake I remember reading about this one notable wrestler who it's wrestling time with Pete can you name this wrestler or is it best not?

30:35no you can't I've momentarily forgotten his name but he he's not Mr Iguana Mr Iguana is the world's most famous wrestler at the moment it was a wrestler that I saw me and Mark from Wrestling Me, the great Stacks show podcast thing and we saw him about three years ago in Texas doing his thing and he's basically a man with a green with green face paint Mexican well he certainly applies his trade in Mexico completely green like green body suit not much of a body like he's just a thin man who has a plush iguana and he incorporates he incorporates it with his show he throws his you know iguana pet at people they do body moves on him body slams on the iguana which is good because you know in the 90s that would be a real iguana wouldn't it Yeah, definitely Mexico.

31:25Good God. But yeah, so they do that. And he has inexplicably become the world's biggest wrestler because WWE did a show with a Mexican troupe. Where was I? Yes, Big Daddy and Giant Heirstacks. This wrestler came into the dressing room after a match and he was really surprised that everyone called Big Daddy Daddy. And all Big Daddy and Giant Heirstacks would talk about is the dinners and the desserts that their wives had made. So they'd be going, oh, you know what? My wife, my wife, Daddy, he made me, she made me a beautiful tart and I just covered it in custard. Oh, Daddy, it was delicious. And Big Daddy's going, I don't think they call him here, but he's going, oh, yeah, I tell you what, I had this lovely meringue last week.

32:14And they just spent hours talking about desserts. That's quite nice. This is what this podcast has become. big daddy Pete's got a working theory where he said back in the 80s the strongest men in the world were just fat guys right yeah because they ate a lot of food they would have had a specific bacon sandwich that they're very interesting and many of them probably did you hear what the head of the Italian police or wherever the local Italian police were during the 1990 World Cup when England fans were kicking off and he said he said something like it was incredible they all had these great big beer bellies and they were running around fighting he went it was actually almost impressive.

32:52I remember I used to work with a French guy who had just moved to London and we went for lunch on one of the first days he worked with me and he said to, and he was like, it was the most French thing and he was picking his way through this like canteen meal and it was at Sky TV, it was like a decent canteen. He's picking his way like being really French and really kind of... Dismissive? Yeah, dismissive of it. And he's looked at me and he went, look, how can everyone here be so fat when the food is so terrible. That was a good canteen. They had little sort of guest spots where they'd have interesting stuff that you wouldn't normally see.

33:26Subsidise as well. Subsidise as well. I love that canteen. I'd like to end on this from Yuki on Discord. What's the most number of times you have been round a roundabout before exiting? I'll tell you something. I used to love a roundabout. You'd go on them as a kid until you felt physically sick. Oh, I thought you meant like the complicated one in Hem and Hemsters. No, I'm thinking in a playground. Well, in the car, there's a big one in Fairham Town Centre. If anyone's been that part of the world, they'll know what I mean. There's a massive roundabout there. And when I was younger and I had not long passed my test and I couldn't quite get my bearings, and obviously back then there was no GPS, I did used to drive around that roundabout quite a bit until I got my bearings.

34:01Because no one can make you get off it. No. No, it's a good point, actually. As long as you use the inside lane, you're absolutely fine. I'd say three, maybe. Yeah, probably. More than three. If you're talking about kids roundabout, I mean, you can't go on them when you're an adult. It's horrible. No. But as a child. Have you found as an adult if you put your kid on one you try and go on with it it's horrible. Yeah you're all over the place. But as a kid you're fine. They do go very fast. Maybe just the kind of helicopter parents that we have all become we're kind of like that seems there seems to be a lot of like quite there'll be like a climbing frame and then there'll just be like a pipe sort of like a Feynman's Feynman's pipe?

34:35Pole. Feynman's pole. Feynman's pipe. Feynman's pipe. Check out my Feynman's pipe. Up your Feynman's pipe. You're going to cut here again. Come on. That was unnecessary. And the child will just be able to fall off at any... Like, a child can fall off at a really high... But it's not just concrete, though. No, it's spongy, isn't it? You're still going to get CTE, aren't you? It is. I know what you mean. A lot of them are very dangerous. A lot of the ladders up to the top are really treacherous. All right. Well, you can leave the university at a life any time you want, mate. Yeah, exactly. Pete's a bit woke, isn't he?

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