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2:05Welcome to Staying Relevant, the bonus episode, hosted by me, Sam Thompson, and our very own Peter, James, Jonathan, Joseph, Wicks. by the way my voice still does hurt a little bit so I sound down but I'm not down cool fuck's that this episode will contain swearing if you don't like it go fuck yourself as always this is the bonus episode which means it's Thursday you'll be able to watch this on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel from 5pm on Sunday and then Monday's main episode which came out audibly on the Monday you can now watch on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel as of 5pm yesterday which was Wednesday which means you can catch us on a...

2:46Monday. Wednesday. Thursday, Sunday. Well, if I hadn't started that, you weren't going to do anything just then. I was gulping water. None of you decided to get involved. Make sure you rate, review, do all of that crap. If you want to get involved in the bonus episode, because this is mainly about you guys, then email the worst email address in the world, which is hello at srproductions.co.uk. Shall we get straight into it? Let's get into an email from Steve. He's gone, hey boys. Okay, I don't think Steve said it like that, but we're going with it anyway. Hey Steve. Hey boys. Keen to get your take.

3:22My wife is insisting that we host a barbecue and has got the garden furniture out because it hit 17 degrees once last week. Has British summertime started? Thoughts on Brits all basking topless in public parks after one flicker of sunlight. Tell me I'm not going to be crazy by thinking this is a bit far. Well, Steve, you are not crazy, my friend.

3:46I have a real dislike. Shock. For people wandering around with their tits hanging out the minute there was a bit of sunshine in the UK. It's just so unnecessary when you tuck the T-shirt in the back of your fucking jeans and just wander around. You know what I mean? Like you'd be there in Vicky Park, Hyde Park, doing whatever else. and it is a Sam thing because I don't know if you've noticed if you've seen his Instagram Sam has been back in the gym we can all see when he's got his arms as tightly pressed to his body as possible and he looks like he's jacked I mean you are jacked I must say you do look big yeah go on just show the guns again they like it when you do it go on we need yeah no no no just do a bicep one because no because I look like there you go yeah no I don't want to I don't want to do it fucking come on um um dishy cloths are available still don't even bother but yeah no it does my idea and look is summertime coming well obviously it sort of happens the same time of year brother but um it is getting warmer it's getting lighter and I am happy about that but the barbecue stuff it does because it becomes an event doesn't it if I have a barbecue oh I love a barbie but do it quietly no we don't all need to see your fucking burnt sausages do we no we don't oh look at me I'm getting the egg out or whatever it is the old fucking green I'm getting an egg yeah there he is I'm getting a green egg do you know what I mean and then it's on barbecue season and they've got their fucking aprons on and all the rest of it nothing better just have your dinner mate no nothing better just have your dinner I'm putting fairy lights in there literally as we speak in winter what you don't do is you don't go look at me having a stew but suddenly summer comes and it's like I've got the corn on the cob on I've been down to butchers I've done this I don't care I don't care now what you eat I don't care what season it is I don't care what you're having for dinner Oh, but I fucking love a Barbie, mate.

5:42Yeah, well, good. So enjoy your Barbie quietly in private. And you're invited to every single one. Busy. Got a lot going on. Busy summer. I've even bought a meat thermometer. Oh, fuck, man. Go my barbecue in, yeah. I'm taking it really seriously. I mean, you can imagine the cut of steaks going on that Barbie, can't you? Mate, 100%. Well, especially now that you're a chef. Although, I will be honest with you, was here for a He Said She Said recording. Didn't realise that. and actually I think now's the time to bring it up whilst we're talking about talking, that Louise cooked most of your Valentine's meal.

6:12No. I mean, that's exactly what she said. I'm going to be honest with you. He said, she said. So, yeah, so all this. Look at me with the muscles and all that. And I did wonder who's taking the picture. It was the cook who was there, otherwise known as Louise. That's why they were all pointing up. She did help me. She did help me with my Valentine's meal. Well, she cooked it all. You made by the way. Oh, yeah, yeah. I just want to let you know, but just you are you're going to hate this but I'm I'm invited to the barbecues no you're invited to movie night round mine what I'm doing I'm starting I'm buying a projector oh fuck no because Louise has one in her garden yes yes because she has one and I really fucking like the idea but she lives she lives next to just pop round hers yeah I know but she's like having a good time she's got one I've got to get one I don't want to you're not going to do a movie night and the only movies you watch are fucking Harry Potter and fucking Lord of the Fucking Flyers Rings.

7:04No, I watched Annabelle last night and Nuremberg. You watched who? I watched Gladiator. Great film, to be fair. Okay, question. No. No, no, no, please, please, please. Just hear me out. I don't want to come and watch Gladiator with you and your bird. No. I said this. In the garden. No, I genuinely mean this, okay? So do I? Any millennium guy, millennium, any millennial guy, right, that's worth his soul. Am I one of them? If you don't know this phrase, then I'm afraid you're not one of us. You're not one of the guys, right? If I were to say the words, my name is Maximus Desmus Viridius, father to a murdered wife, what would you say?

7:44Husband. No, sorry, husband to a murdered wife, what would you say? Father to a murdered son. And I will take my vengeance in this life, yeah. See, if you are any guy who's a millennial. I don't know why I did it in his. Also, you just got it wrong. No, but I know. If you're any guy, I'm Maximus and I've got a daughter and she's dead. And then my uncle's dead, but I'll get revenge. What were you saying? If you're any guy, what? My name is Maximus Desmus and Rudius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I'll have my vengeance in this life or the next. That is such an iconic phrase for any millennial guy.

8:22I think if you haven't watched that and you're our age, then you had a really bad upbringing. Oh, Christ. Fucking hell. But anyway, yeah, no, listen. Projector and movie night. No. In the garden. No. Me, Tally, you. Come on. No. Come on. No. Come on. No, no. I've got fairy lights coming. Oh, fuck me. Yeah, I'll be there. Yeah. What fucking difference is a fairy light going to make whether I want to sit there and watch fucking a film in the garden with you and your fucking bird fucking sucking each other's necks? Like, I don't want to be doing all that. Sucking each other's necks? Well, you are.

8:55It's all the fucking PDA. Like, fucking just have your own seat. Are you not happy that I'm sort of like touchy-feely? Yeah. No, not when you do that. Okay, fine. That was weird. To be honest, I don't think she is when you do that. I don't think I've ever done that before. No. Come here then. You're a little balding man. Oh, he's my little tiny. No, I don't want to be fucking, I don't need to see that. It's distracting. When I want to see, do you know what I mean? Just no. And also, I'd watch it in mind, mate. Oh, fine. If you ever want to get a snuggly wuggly woo in a duvet in the bag. A snuggly wuggly woo?

9:29A snuggly wuggly woo. Oh, wouldn't that be cute, the three of us? Yeah. No. I'd love it. No, I don't want to get in bed with Tiny and Bean. Thank you very much. But yeah, Steve, yeah, listen. Oh yeah, Steve. Is it a bit early? Oh yeah, Steve. The whole point of this. Yeah, it's too early for a barbecue. I'm going to be honest, because it's still not that fucking warm. We've had, what, two nice days? Two nice days. I'm looking forward to summer. Don't get me wrong. I've got the air con on already. Yeah, have you? Yeah. I have it on all year round. I love being cold. That, do you know, so, so there's, in most relationships, Steve didn't ask.

10:03Oh, yeah, fair. No, go on, tell him. Well, I was just saying, in most relationships, there's always one. A knot and a cold. One, yeah, but there's never two hops or two colds. How weird is that? Yeah. There's normally always a two hot or two cold. star signs and start going, are you a knot or a cold? Yeah, are you a radiator? And I know what your missus is, because she sat there on Monday night with a fucking walk ball. The minute I start seeing people wandering around with a top off, it does make me think, no bed. It's like the, what do you call it? The fucking Hilux fucking people. Hirox. Hirox people.

10:37I can't. And they're all fucking topless doing that. But then what we're going to have, as soon as it hits summer, they're all going to be running around the parks. Put a top on. Okay, that is me. That is me. What, are you going for a little jog topless? I do, yeah. Why? Just because I feel free. Because it's not, and people go, well, get off. You're wearing a vest, mate. No, but I feel free. You're not, you feel what? I feel free. Yeah, I feel free when I'm with me cock out, but I don't walk down the street like it, do I? I really like it. You're in public. It's just unnecessary. It's unnecessary.

11:06Oh, I quite like that. I don't like a high rocks, though. I'm going to put it out there right now. You wanted to do one. Yeah, I know, but now I'm not, I'm just not keen now. All right. Well, so yeah, Steve, you know, you're not going crazy, mate. I think you're there. Next one. Sam and Pete, I've just turned 21, and I keep getting told it's the best age of my life. Is this true? If you could be one age in your life forever, what age would you be? Oh, my God. When did you peak? When did we peak? What, as you're saying, we haven't peaked. Thanks and love you, Molly. We might have not peaked yet, Molly.

11:36Oh, no, you have. Oh, just me then, yeah? Oh, I don't think I'll ever hit a peak. Are you always on the rise? No, no, no, I just don't think there is a... I don't know what my peak would be. I don't think 21 was my peak because I was one horrible ****. Yeah, my 21, I looked like a 15 year old at 21, so that was not my peak. I know where my peak was, I think. Go on. 28. 28 was your peak? Yeah, I think 28 was my peak. Why was 28 your peak? I was in good shape. I... Mate, I think your peak was sort of the back end of last year. Yeah, actually, do you know what? Yeah, maybe last year was my peak. You're on the slow decline again now.

12:14I know. We need to bring that back. Nothing you can do. No, do you know what? I do sometimes think about it because I was I do I sometimes think about it and I'm like or did I just look so horrific prior to last year? What do you think people have now just got used to you? I think people have got used to it because I looked at myself recently and I went if I looked at anything different mate Pete and I don't want to you know put myself down because I'm I'm happy with myself but I if you look at old podcast clips of us there's a GK Barry one right or the Joe Marla one where we literally just start, right?

12:49And my hair is like straw all over my face. I'm wearing a Harry Potter Hufflepuff jumper. Yeah. And I've just sneezed on Joe Marla and a gob's come out and hit him in the face. I look, I actually honestly look, it's frightening how I look. Do you know what your saving grace was? What? I was drunk. So true. So true. I mean, I'd be sat there, like fucking huddled over in a corner. I mean, I don't know. I don't know if I've reached a peak. I think you're at your peak now. I'm certainly not now, mate. I think you are. I look like I've been dug up these days. No, I think you're at your peak. And I don't know if it gets, I think it just gets worse now.

13:33So maybe I've passed the peak and I didn't realise it was my peak, so I didn't take advantage of it being my peak. In terms of life, when was your peak? Like when you're having the most fun and like you're just like laissez-faire. Still waiting for the day for having fun. Did you say fab and fun? Yeah. Just way of the day of fab and fun. You know, I'm just thinking to myself, surely I'm living for something. Mine was again, 26 years old was my fun peak. I would say probably 24 was my most fun time because I was doing well. It was pre all of this stuff. So I still had like a sort of a private life and all of that sort of stuff.

14:10and I think I, that was the year that I did a lot of shit that I will remember for years to come, a lot of which I can't talk about. But it was just a real fun fucking time. So yeah, but I would hope that my peak hasn't happened yet. I would hope that maybe the best is yet to come. You know, that's the positive kind of thing that I'm thinking. I mean, it's bollocks. I'm just sort of waiting for death now, but I do, I hope that the peak is yet to come. And also I think you can have many, peaks. So do I. Life's a roller coaster. It's full of ups and downs. Yeah. You know? But looks-wise, I think I've had my peak.

14:47Oh, no. No, no, no. Looks-wise, you are definitely now at that point. Because I do think you actually look better now. Last year, you took the girl up too far and we started with a hair dye and the box dyes and spray tans and you went... There was a period when you were like, fucking hell, he looks good. And then it was like, oh, he's taking it too far. Yeah. Now we're back to looks good. Just normal. Looks good. Yeah, looks good. Career-wise and Life-wise, I don't know. You're right. Everywhere there's peaks and troughs. It goes up and down. But 21s are... The best thing about being 21 is...

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17:57travel you can go work behind a bar and save up and go to thailand you can do anything you want in your life at 21 years old and know that you have so much fucking time in in the the antithesis to that is that i do think as you get older if i knew now what yeah yeah do you know what i mean like it's one of them like when you're 21 yeah like but there's lots of worries how am i gonna end up what am i gonna do like do you know what i mean there is all of that yes you can go and kind of do what you want because you don't have responsibilities as you get older your responsibilities increase and when your responsibilities increase there becomes more pressure but you know more do you know what i mean i made so many bad decisions and things years ago but they're all part of what has made me the the knobhead i am now so as you get older i would like to 21 i think is a great age for health and fucking everything else and you should go and do all the things that you want to do get it all out now you've got some energy one thing one one thing i will say in this sense like you know we're not massively massively old but like i'm gearing up towards 40 and and and when what you start realizing is time fucking goes like that like that so i blink you're 21 now molly you know you're gonna get old soon yeah enjoy being young now 21 is the age where you can kind of do anything you can go anywhere you're kind of young adult is a great time to be alive but we waste it and i think i wasted a lot of mine because I didn't make memories then that I should have done because I was too busy working and doing this and fucking concentrating on this and doing that.

19:29And actually, as you get older, you start thinking, fuck, I wish I'd done, I'd wish. And there's nothing worse in life than a what if. And I've got loads of what ifs, not necessarily regrets, but what ifs. What if I'd done this or travelled a little bit more, like whatever the fuck it is, makes memories. So do I. I wish I'd travelled a little bit more than I had. Did you not have a guppy? I did, but I literally, I did Australia and a bit of Thailand, but like I would have loved to like properly travelled. like he lives somewhere for a little bit. Yeah, because, you know, at 21, you know, in terms of, and again, it's different for everyone, but your relationships and all the rest of it, fucking be single, be young, be free, go and do what you fucking want to do.

20:03The best is yet to come. If you're 21, I think, you ain't ending up the person you're with anyway. Realistically, I don't think you're doing that. Not unless you settle like Jack did with Pippa. Well, exactly. But like, I think you maintain, and that's what I maintain, that what normally happens, and Pete, correct me if I'm wrong here, but I think most of the time, if you're with a partner at that age, what happens is you get to about 26, 27 and you panic and you go, shit, I haven't dated. Like I haven't like, like fucked around like other people might have. I haven't got any lived experience of any other person.

20:39I haven't traveled on my own. I haven't like done anything. We've done everything together. I've done nothing for myself. And then they have a wobble and then they're like, I don't know if I want this. But then what they've done is you've wasted all of that one to six and seven of the twenties and on being with someone when you could have just gone out and fucking dated an Alejandro from Brazil and just had a really fucking good time. So do you regret not dating Alejandro? Um, but you know what I mean? Yeah, a hundred percent. And I think one of the things, not that, you know, again, you know, if you're, if we're going to take life advice, it certainly won't be from, from fucking me.

21:16But I think one of the things that I've learned especially more recently is how quickly time goes and um you know you never know what's going to happen and I think one of the things that we all do so much everyone is you worry about what's happened before you worry about what's going to happen but you never live for the present and if you're 21 that is the perfect time especially when you're younger to live for the present and every moment and every opportunity fucking take it yeah because at some point it will be gone and those opportunities won't come back and and also it's the perfect time to make mistakes.

21:48Yeah. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. So many. You know what I mean? You're never going to get anything right. And as you get older, the less opportunity you have to make mistakes. Go and live in a hostel. Because of the responsibilities and everything else. Don't do that. Go and live in a hostel. Don't live in a hostel. Go and live in a hostel. No. With loads of other people in like somewhere. Well, I didn't necessarily mean sort of just on a, sort of go live in a hostel wasn't sort of the, I think that's quite. Get out there. Yeah. Yeah. Pete, Pete, I remember like that, right? we had my 30th in Marlborough.

22:17That was nearly four years ago. To me, it was yesterday. And that's what I mean, because what we should have done for your 30th, rather than go to Nicky Beach and Marlborough, we should have gone to a hostel. Fucking hell. Question time. Yeah, question time. The first question, what are you both having dinner tonight? Yeah, we're here for the big hitting questions. You know, we like to be topical and there's so much happening around the world and that and what are our takes on it. So, question time, big one. Da-da-da, question time. What are you having for dinner? I actually know what I'm having for dinner tonight.

22:52What, a cutlet steak? No, a couple of lamb cutlets. Oh, a lamb cutlet. Well, I saw them. They're the ones covered in moss in the fridge from Monday night. I popped in and saw them. That was nice, along with sort of everything else that's unwrapped in your fridge, just slowly collecting salmonella, can you speak? No, I had one block of cheese that Pete had to look through my fridge. No, and every sort of packet of vegetable that is sort of like just open because you haven't been bothered to re-wrap it. Yeah, no, no. But yeah, nice, a couple of lamb cutlets. What are you having for dinner? You actually bought those cutlets, I think, if I remember rightly, whilst bumping into a listener of the pod.

23:27Oh my God, yeah. So if you are listening, Sam's going to cook that bit of meat you saw him with. Me and Pippa met a podcast fan when we were out together buying lamb. Did you arrange to meet them or were you just? No, no, no. Yeah, we basically, me and Pippa, when we were actually at the shops recently, we bumped into a listener who was actually listening to this very podcast as she was shopping. How weird is that? She literally showed it to us. I mean, that was so cool. Well, listen, if you are listening again, Sam's going to cook that lamb tonight. He is. What are you going to have? I don't know.

24:02Like, what day is it? Wednesday? Block of cheese and an ice cream. Lovely. Very nice. What kind of ice cream? I don't know. I've just, I've got a new Magnum in that is sort of like a double millionaire caramel kind of, yeah, it's nice. You know Caramacs? Yes. The outside is a Caramac and then it's got sort of a really lovely sort of caramel bit to it and then obviously the vanilla in the middle. So it's a real party for the taste buds. Oh, lovely. And like, but pre that, do you know what I fancy tonight? I fancy a slab of cheese on a Rive Eater with some Branston. Pippa, these can't be the best questions we've got.

24:41Give an adjective that describes you for each letter in your name. Okay, can I just ask the question? I know how I'd sound here. How do you spell your name? What's an adjective? Describing word, mate. A describing word. Okay, adjective.

24:59Why do you have anger in that? Well, because I share a business with you you're thick that's so nasty what is it what's an adjective I mean fucking hell give it a go give it a go fine S a describing word something like small what nice alright I guess small small is I'd say for S A ambitious yeah and M matter of fact this okay so you're a small ambitious matter of factness small ambitious I'm gonna go a small ambitious male small ambitious and male okay good good nice I like it I I'm gonna go with um uh petulant egotistical titular sorry titular titular titular is like I don't really know how to explain it.

26:05Petulant, egotistical, tyrannical, evil.

26:14Evil. And then R. I forget. I always forget there's an R.

26:23Randy. Randy's R. Randy. There you go. I like that one. Why don't we go for surnames as well? Go on, Wix. I thought you didn't like the question. No, he's really got into it. Now he's learned what the objective is. He can't keep away from them. Thompson's going to go on the A. Fucking hell. All right, Wicks.

26:44Wild, idiotic, crazy. Crazy? Chaotic. What, for K? No, because you always described yourself as chaos. Oh, crazy. Killer, killer. Killjoy. Savant. Sleazeball. There you go. Right, strapping, guys. Thompson. I won't do the whole thing. I'll just do Tom. Tom. T. Sam Tom. So we've got small. Now, we've done this. Ambition. Male. It doesn't have to be a sentence. Oh, right. Oh, okay. No, no, we're not creating sentences. It's just any describing word for Thompson. All right. Technical. technical one thing when I look at you I always think god he is fucking technical technical happy um ostentatious or yeah depending on what time we count you could be orange yes and uh magical max power oh I give max power to things I do oh god fucking hell we've all got We've all gone to one place in our heads then, and everyone feels slightly awkward.

28:03Oh, dear. P? You might as well finish it now. Okay, fine. P, I give myself petite. Back to S. T. Silly. Son. Son. Son. So the adjective you'd use to describe yourself with an S is son. Son of? Mum. Nigel. What do you mean? Son of the Nile. So you're acting, okay, all right. Good adjectives to finish. No, I think, yeah. I told you we should have left it at Tom. No, but you wanted to carry on. I know. But your name is also not Sam Tom. Otherwise we could have just gone, give adjectives to Mark. Anyway. What's a vowel? Oh, fuck me. So, a vowel, name for us. A-E-I-O-U. So there's five of them. We can't put this in.

29:04So the other 21 letters of the alphabet are what? I want to be an MP one day. Sorry? Where does that come from? I don't think I've ever explained that. No, I don't want to hear it. That will cut with what's a vowel. So they're the five vowels. And what are the other 21 letters of the alphabet called? Consonants. Right, okay, good. I got that from Countdown. Okay, good. Wonderful. The next question, oh, big one, big one. The next part of the podcast is being brought to you by Tui. Now, before we recorded this episode, we were introduced to some very special guests. Well, indeed. Now, you know that me and Pete have been struggling for quite a long time to decide where we go on a holiday.

29:53We just thought to ourselves, do you know what? We need to give someone else the opportunity, another couple, if you will, an opportunity. Because we're a couple, really, aren't we? I don't like it when you say that, if I'm honest with you. No, we are. No, but it sounds weird. Duo is better. I still don't like that. But couple is probably a little bit too far. But you are right. We are going to give another couple or a duo an opportunity to do the same thing. And if all goes wrong, we're just going to let Tui pick up the pieces. Mate, Pete, have some faith. We've got this. Now, look, thanks to everyone who applied on the socials.

30:25We did love hearing your holiday dilemmas, by the way. Some of them were wild. There was one, though, that really stood out to myself and Pete. And the reason for that is that they disagree on a lot of things. So it felt like something quite close to our hearts. So, guys, we are going to be teaming up with Tui to find the perfect holiday for a couple who just can't agree on where to go on holiday. One of them's called Sam and the other one's called Becky. so have you been on holiday together before yeah okay you look happy about that you do not so yeah not not great then no you like different things it's lovely to go away ever obviously i love it very much try and tell your face that it's just the everything about it has to be 100 % organized it has to be i can't just go today i just want to sit and drink and do nothing it has to be no we're doing this at 12 o 'clock and then at quarter past 12 we're doing this and oh then someone's going to the pool oh we've got to watch that and I'm done but you can't just sit there all day doing nothing yes you can you absolutely can you're on holiday Becky you always need a Sam always you do otherwise you'd be bored what this is starting to sound like is you two should go on holiday and we should go on holiday I mean please so how confident are you about finding somewhere that you're both going to love not very okay alright fine well I think the best way for us to do this is like a little quiz oh my god I love a quiz yeah Have you got like an example holiday where you both wanted to do different things and it hasn't kind of worked out?

31:52I wanted to go somewhere hot and do nothing. Nice. And where did we end up? Poland. Hot and Poland are like such different. It was warm. It was warm. The sun was out. If you want hot, tepid Poland probably isn't the one, is it? Yeah, it wasn't. What about a holiday that you have done together or been on together that you enjoyed? I remember we went to Tenerife. That was fun. Oh, there you go. Yeah. Have you ever disagreed mid-trip? Yes. That was a quick answer, that. You were walking around for about two hours, hangry, and everything I suggested, you said no. This is starting to sound like a struggle, but I think we can potentially do something.

32:27Oh, absolutely. If we can manage to find someone to go that we both like, by the way, you're fine. I've got an idea then, right? Why don't you give us a pitch of where you should go and why? Probably look at somewhere like Italy, because there is food. You like eating, I like eating. I just want to point out there's food in lots of places. Yeah, but not as nice as Italy. Italy is amazing Becky what about you give us your pitch of where you'd want to go and why probably more Greece because I think when I looked at it the weather was hotter yeah you like Hercules as well do very much like Hercules I love Hercules do you watch the Disney show oh it's brilliant Sam what's your favourite day look like when you're away well get up have breakfast go out and about see what's in town find out if there's any days out or day trips or waterfalls to go and see let's say we're going to Italy you know there's a lot of temples there obviously ancient Rome was there you go Rome you've got the Colosseum and stuff like that it's just incredible I haven't been to Rome so I would like to see all that okay that's a bit of me nice you can go see like the Trevi Fanner like Rome all these I like that Becky what's your ideal day on holiday now that we've just heard Sam's itinerary lay down nothing and then as soon as buffet's out or drinks are out I'm there and I'll stay there all day so I love that I wouldn't move yeah so you're Get up, see what happens, chill out, you're on holiday, do you know what I mean?

33:47Work is busy back here, relax, bit of sun, few drinks. Do nothing. See, I'm here for that. If we count down, three, two, one, I want you both to shout out a destination you'd love to go. Three, two, one. Great. I think there's only one thing for it, to be honest with you. Rock, paper, scissors. I just, no. No. No, it wasn't that. No. I just don't know if we're qualified enough to do this, but I do know who is. That's right. Okay, so we've been helped by Tui and they have so many destinations to choose from. Okay, we've got Lanzarote, Tenerife. We know you like Tenerife. Gran Canaria, Turkey, Greece.

34:26Amongst all of those and the others on offer, I reckon we can find a perfect spot for you both. Yeah, it's going to be a hard job, all right, because you are very, you know, different. But we managed it and I think we could potentially do this for you. If they can help us and they can help anyone. Yeah, so what we're going to do then, we're going to hand over to Tui, and they're going to pick the perfect place for you both to go. They're going to find somewhere that ticks every box for you. How does that sound? That sounds good to me. Yeah? Are you sure you're ready to go back on holiday together?

34:54I think we can manage it. Hopefully. With the help of Tui, I think it's going to be perfect. Okay, guys, stay tuned, because we're going to be hearing from my favourite people, Becky and Sam, in just a few weeks. Thanks to Tui for sorting it out. You pick it and they sort it. Booking T's and C's apply. It's adult and apt to protect it. Deal breakers in a relationship. Oh my God. Dirty knickers. Mate. Mate. Okay. Sorry. No, no, no, no. Wait, I'm just going to stop you there because the examples we've got are marriage, wanting kids, life goals. Oh, right. And what you've gone with is dirty knickers.

35:28Fair. Okay. Do you often date people that shit themselves? Because I'm not sure Tally's going to enjoy listening to this one. Eh? Eh, old Tally? That's his other nickname. Tiny Skidderoo. fucking poor girl no as in like just when people don't clean up other than so they leave their dirty pants on the floor and you're like what you do that no I I pick mine up and basketball firm into the yeah and miss and then leave your fucking shitty fucking knickers all over the fucking bedroom yeah I have followed through a couple of times you know that well I know yeah yeah I do awkwardly um what's yours then well it depends because we've all gone it's gone to pot it's gone to pot everything we're all getting overtired again alright it's getting that late it's going to be lights out so what are my deal breakers in a relationship it's tough because I don't know what my I don't know what mine are.

36:44I don't really know what I exactly want from her. It's tough because I don't have a lot of relationship experience, really, do I? So marriage, I don't know. It depends on the person. Same with kids. Whether I do or don't have kids, I think depends on the person. I'm not adverse to not having kids. I'm not adverse to having kids. I'm not adverse to getting married. I'm not adverse to not getting married. It depends on the person. It depends on the type of relationship. in terms of life goals I again it's really difficult for me because like you're in a relationship so for you and Tally you must kind of want the same things otherwise do you know what I mean I know what my deal works are relationship wise or life goal wise I know we shouted out dirty knickers but is there more to that or is there more to that because I find that it's a difficult question for me to answer because I've not been in a relationship for a long time yeah I know I think yours would be semi-similar.

37:39Mine are like ambition. You have to, if I'm going to be with somebody, you have to be ambitious. I don't care what job role that is or like life goal that is. If even if it's just you have a hobby that you want to get really fucking good at, you need to be passionate about something in your life. So for me then, because I wouldn't necessarily that's a deal breaker. That's a quality that you want in someone. The deal breaker of that for me is that I have to have someone that has their own life. Yeah. So, yeah, like someone that has got their own stuff going on, because sometimes when you live in people's pockets, I think you become one, and I don't always agree with that.

38:18I think I need someone that has got her own shit going on so that I have my life, you've got life, and we have this sort of magical little life together, which I think is really lovely. So that's really important to me. So marriage for you, you want to get married. Yes. So there you go. So these kind of big ones, you want to have kids. So for you in a relationship, yes. So there are two things that if you met someone - Marriage actually - And we're not going to necessarily talk about your current relationship, but for you, a desire to want kids is really important to you because you really want kids.

38:50So if you met someone that went, I just really don't want kids, that's an instant deal breaker for you. I'm at a stage of my life where I can do that. Do you see what I mean? The other bits are kind of things that you want as someone ambition. Marriage, I'm not. Okay, good. If she was like, I don't want to get married, that actually wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. As long as she wanted kids, I'd be like, that's like in the future, I'm not like pressurizing now, but like at some point in her life, she wanted kids. That's a deal breaker for me. Marriage isn't. Okay. And what about like a desire?

39:15Like, you know, I've never thought about this before actually. Yeah. That's what I mean. Because that's the difference. What you're describing is like the ambition, all that is their qualities that you want. Yeah. But like a deal breaker. Hit me with another. So you really want, so for example, I don't know because this is personal to you. I can't tell you what your deal breakers are, But let's say you have this fucking dream and you've always had this dream to move to America. If someone goes, well, I really don't want to do that, but it's your fucking, in your plan, in your head, that could potentially be a deal breaker.

39:44Like, do you know what I mean? So what in your head have you got that you've always, that has to be someone has to - I couldn't live in another country with somebody. Okay, fine. I couldn't follow somebody's job to another country. Okay. And that might be a little bit selfish, but like I've got my family here, my best friends, my career. I couldn't do that also these kind of deal breakers they're not selfish they're just things that you cannot compromise on couldn't move country okay so you're always going to want to you want kids so for me again like another deal breaker genuinely as little as it sounds I will always have dogs so someone that doesn't like dogs it would literally be a deal breaker like I can't if you can't compromise there is nothing I can do about that because I will always have dogs around me and I will always, do you know what I mean?

40:32Like it's little things like that. Marriage isn't really one for me because I don't know. Kids isn't really one for me. And in terms of everything else, I think it completely depends on the person for me. Like as sad as that sounds, the main one for me would genuinely be dogs. If someone really didn't want fucking, I can't do anything about this. I will always have, I will never give up having dogs. No. Do you know what I mean? I can give up my cats. Yeah, well, it's the same. if you know, if I date someone allergic, because loads of people are allergic to cats, right? Like I, I would have to break up with the person rather than not have the cats.

41:10Oh, you get their little ball bag cats. Oh yeah. No, but I wouldn't even do that because these, they're my kids. So I wouldn't be able to do it. I literally like, if, if, if like anybody, anybody I dated, luckily my girlfriend adores my cats, but like if I met anyone who I really, really liked, but they were like mad allergic to the point they couldn't be in the house. and I really liked them, I physically couldn't be with them. Do you think we should sack her? No, because Pip has looked after the cats quite a few times, to be fair, so I don't know what your face looks like after that. But also another one for me is, you know, I am incredibly loyal and protective over the people in my life.

41:52So another deal breaker would be someone who didn't like my mum or didn't. yeah in all seriousness yeah or what i do anything like that that you know they're my fucking people and i would never in a million years turn my back on anyone because that's part of my life so i'm with you on that that comes with me if you are not you know if they didn't like everyone in this fucking room where they didn't i will never give up anyone for someone yeah ever if there was a point where they were like i just don't like that like your sister i'd be like what the fuck i mean that's mad but either way you have to compromise if anyone gives me an ultimatum, you ain't going to win it.

42:27Yeah. Do you know what I mean? I think there's compromise and I would never do that to someone. And, but I think, you know, again, it's really difficult for me to answer because I'm not really in a relationship and I've never been in a relationship where I've had to think about these sorts of stuff. I've never really lived with anyone. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Like, but there's other things like, you know, when it comes to, to, um, uh, like living with people and, and all that sort of stuff, are there anything that, that, like you said, dirty knickers, as funny as it is, that is one of them things.

42:54Like for, I hate, I really just don't like clothes lying around. I think a lot of deal breakers are things that if people are willing to can compromise. Yeah. There are certain, I think it's very rare to find real, if you've got the same ethics, morals and everything else, you can build and compromise and everything else. But people not having the same ethics, you know, being rude is a deal breaker. And if you can't see that and you can't understand that, it's a deal breaker for me. But things like, you know, being tidy and all the rest of it, it would fuck me off. but you can learn to be better.

43:26But it would be, this is the thing, it actually probably would be a deal breaker for me if you couldn't just do it. If you cannot learn to just be tidy at the age of 30 plus. When do you think you'll learn? I'm really tidy. Yeah, Josie's good. Fuck you. Okay. I started this with dirty knickers. Well, yeah, I know. I just didn't even let us have a chance to get into it. Like we actually got quite into that and we start with dirty knickers. So yeah, so for me, as sad as it sounds, the only one that I can think of now because I'm not in that position is someone that was unable to accept. Can I ask you a question?

44:07It's kind of what the podcast is. Why do girls enjoy wearing thongs?

44:15I've wondered this for so long. I'm not going to ask the girls in the room because I don't think that's necessarily right. No, you're not. You're right. But, because it doesn't seem like it should be that comfortable. Do you know what I mean? I do. It's a struggle because I... I think it's more a convenience thing. For what? Like if you're wearing something and you don't want a VPL. I don't want a VPL. A visible panty line. Through the trousers. Yeah, or whatever you're wearing. But also... I didn't know that happened. well if you're wearing leggings and you're wearing like briefs oh of course that's like you can see the pants through the briefs but that's not the only reason some people like just prefer it but is it comfortable to you you don't really feel it sorry Hannah is vehemently shaking her head do you think does it ever really ride up your cheeks like I just sorry no more than different pants I would say can I ask one more question it's not a problem it depends if it's because the last two questions I'm going to be honest you just still breaks in relation dirty knickers and then off the back of that what's a thong like I just is this another underwear related question no it's just like if you're in an avalanche if you're in an avalanche right how would you know which way to escape well because an avalanche comes down yeah but you're in the avalanche right so you're now stuck in the snow well then you're dead but you're not let's say you're not dead how do you get your way how do you find your way out like that because you might be digging down.

45:50You don't know because you don't know where you are. You're discombobulated. Well, I'll tell you how if you want to know. I found out this morning. Well, tune in next week. You drool because gravity will take it the way that's the ground. So you go the opposite way. How wild is that? Yeah. So wherever you're going. They're the kind of big questions we're looking for. Rather than what you're having for dinner, how do you know where you are in an avalanche? Yeah, that's a really good... Do you know what? Josh is shaking his head on his head. Do you know what? Right now, I've got nothing more I'd want than to be stuck in an avalanche.

46:26With me? No. Imagine. Just you spitting on me, trying to work out where you are. Mate, what the... Is this not bad enough? I'm covering your fucking saliva now. You've had pepper army again. Thanks for listening to Sound Relevant, podcast hosted by Avalanche Sam, Petit Sam and me Pete if you want to feature in the podcast then email hello at srproductions.co.uk leave a review do all of that sort of stuff follow us on socials at Staying Written Podcast ta-da goodbye fuck me we love you we love you we love you yeah enjoy this wherever you are on the tube yay this has been a Staying Relevant production Thumbtack presents uncertainty strikes i was surrounded the aisle and the options were closing in there were paint rollers satin and matte finish angle brushes and natural bristles there were too many choices what if i never got my living room painted what if i couldn't figure out what type of paint to use what if i just used thumbtack i can hire a top-rated pro that knows everything about interior paint easily compare prices and read reviews thumbtack knows homes download the app today.

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