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1:52Welcome to Staying Relevant, the bonus episode hosted by me, Sam Thompson, and our very own Peter James Jonathan Joseph Wicks. 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 Sunday at 5pm and then Monday's main episode, which you will have heard audibly. You can now watch on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel as of 5pm last night, which is Wednesday, which means that you can catch us on a... Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday. Lovely. This episode will contain swearing. If you don't like it, go f*** yourself. This is the bonus episode, which means it's all about you.

2:28So if you do want to be involved, then email us at hello at srproductions.co.uk. I still hate it. I've been doing it for over a year now and it's still vile. Oh, I got something in the post recently. Excellent. Was it shit? No, I haven't opened it, but it was to me and you. I've got something for you. Something arrived for you from Dubai. Was it shit? I don't know. That did scare me. And I was like, well, first of all, it's yours. I'm not going to open it. It was actually just to you. But I think they must have got the postcode from staying relevant or something. but it's like two Pete Wicks and it's like in a sealed thing.

3:03I was like, I don't know what this is, but like, it's panicked me. I should have brought it in actually. We could have all opened it together. Also, as if you haven't opened that. Not all my life. I'm not that guy. Only because it scared me. Just in case it's arson or fucking like, but there's also a really, it looks like a really nice letter that's been sent. The is to me and you. And it's, I was going to bring that in. I get posted to Basildon Dogs Trust whenever I go in there and there's always letters. And they're always from, like, older people who send me pictures of their dogs and that.

3:37It's quite cute. And then fucking letters. Do we get stuff here? Do you remember we did that segment? No, do you remember when we had the PO box? Yeah, that went well. We had to stop. I think we stopped at the drawing we got, which, funny enough, I still have in my basement. Well, it was the number of drawings. And I'll be honest with you, we love you as listeners, but by fuck you're not artistic. Should we crack on with some emails, shall we? Go on then, we've got one from Steve. He goes, hello Sam and Pete, please can I get your thoughts on Nigella Lawson replacing Prue Leith as a judge on Bake Off.

4:11Obviously she's known for a somewhat erotic approach to cooking. Please can you two also role play how you would erotically host a cooking show? I know how much us relevanters love a role play from Steve. Go on, bud. It's amazing everyone loves the role plays except me. Well, look, I think we'll get mine out of the way first because no one really cares about my one. Well, no, we're role-playing as if we're hosting. Yeah, but I... We'll do it together. No, no, no, I think we do one each, mate. Because we all know... Well, you can't role-play on your own. Well, Nigella Lawson does. No, she'll be hosting it with fucking Paul Hollywood.

4:40Yeah, but on her own. No, but her sultry shit is like her... All right, so we're not going to do a role-play. What we're going to do is a speech. So go for it. I'll be like, right. So I'm about to whip up my buttery biscuit base. I'm going to slather that. All over the cookie that I've just made. Oh, I seem to have dropped my banana. Just go and pick that up. What do you want to do with a banana? You want to peel it real gently. Elegantly, some might say. Undress it. There we go. You want to give it a little bit of froth if you can. I like mine with a lot of froth. Some people call me a frothy man.

5:23And there you have it. My buttery biscuit base. so that would be that would be my nigella lawson um which you know is i imagine pretty average but uh pizza did you understand that's what she does have you listened to i know i i mean i know but but like but that was sort of like my my sort of like nigella lawson she does a lot of looks to the camera as well if you notice like she'll look at the camera like wink and just be like oh um Very sexy, Nigella Lawson. No, come on. I mean, I don't know how old she is now. But even though she's a very attractive lady, even at the age she is now. But she was fucking sexy.

6:03I presume so. She's the microwavey. Microwavey, that's it, yeah. All right, fine. Today we're going to make a sticky toffee pudding. And you know what they say, life's always better when it's sticky. First of all I'm going to put the dates in a bowl We're going to mix them up Chop them into tiny pieces It's not always the size that matters It's the way you do it

6:34Before we put these in for a deep bake

6:42I'm going to caramelise the sugar It needs a real thick consistency And then you just want to dribble it slowly Across the sticky toffee pudding And when something is as hot as this You need something to cool it down Nothing like a freshly whipped cream Mmm

7:14I've just had to put my finger in that God it tastes good When you serve it Make sure it's aesthetically pleasing Something you look at and you just want to put straight in your mouth And here it is Pete's sticky toffee pudding I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it This is just for you

7:38he then proceeds to ram a dildo up his ass yeah that was uh do you know what the first half i was like oh this is pretty good second half i was like god i don't want to look i honestly pippa had a laptop over her face i went anything that was amazing no no not at all because actually do you know what's wild is that is actually pretty much verbatim what she does. That's not even too far. And do you know what's sad? I'm fucking single. I talk to myself like that when I'm wanking. Do you know what's sad? I'm horny. I'm listening to Pete. Role player sticky toffee pudding. Do you know what though?

8:18I would love to know how many of our listeners have listened to that and actually been like, oh my God. Do you want to know something really terrible? It's funny, but it's weird. When I did the audio book for Never Enough, bear in mind Never Enough was about grief and lots of serious topics. I shouldn't laugh, but there were lots of serious topics in it. The amount of messages I got from people who had been touching themselves to me talking on the audio book about losing my nan. lose energy. Like, honestly, you know, when you're like, I feel like the, but I'm serious. And they were like, it's the, and I'm like, but the topic is not something.

9:06It's in all honesty, you know, when you're like, but I genuinely, no, it's honestly like, you know, when you're like, what the fuck? Yeah, but you do have a very sultry voice. Like it's not, but listen, it's not the way, it's not necessarily what you say. It's the way you say it. I'll have that after surgery. I've asked for a Pete Wicks. So what they're going to do is they're just going to fucking make me gravel for two weeks. That's why. I can't wait. I'm going to go in and just be like, I'll have it. Imagine if I came out and she went, hello, Peter. That's terrible. But just came out with a completely different voice.

9:40So it's not the content. You think it's the voice? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, do you think people are fucking touching themselves because of your nan died? No, we'd left that conversation. let's not let's not concentrate on the death let's move on from that sorry

10:02sorry so intense all right well let's let's try again why that's not funny why no it depends um why don't why don't you try it doing your sexy voice and do your your buttery biscuit base. Sorry. Because we'll see if it's the content or if it's the voice. It's the voice because I don't have... Just if you are going to do it again, take out the rabies. Hello. Hello. So get yourself closer to the mic. I just sound like me. No, no, no. No, you can do this. Right, ready? Should we have a conversation sexually? Yeah, go on. All right. But try and make it semi-sexy because otherwise I can't talk about like sweaters?

10:46No, no, no. I was going to talk about your beard. Okay, cool. I've known you for a really long time. I can't look you in the eyes. And I must say today is the best you've ever looked. Thank you so much, Peter. When you wear those glasses, something comes over me and it's not your penis. But I have a wave of emotion that I can't quite explain. And how does that wave make you feel?

11:21Scared. There's no need to be scared, I'm here. I know what I want to do, but I don't think I can do it. Tell me what you want to do to me. I want to put you in an inflatable cow outfit and make you dance to a TikTok noise. So it's party content.

11:47Do you know what? It's the soda voice because I sound like a whiny boy when I speak into a mic, right? Whereas like I can't even try and sound sexy. I can't even, if I did that to my girlfriend and was like, and tried to say, I would get laughed out of the room, like genuinely laughed out of the room. Whereas you could realistically talk someone into bed. Imagine being able to talk someone into bed. Well, yeah, I mean, it's not, not because of the fucking way I look, is it? I look like a fucking melted wedding boot. Imagine just being able to be like, hey darling, they're like, great, I'm in. I used to have to tell a joke, this is no word of a lie.

12:25I used to have to tell a joke just to get someone to look at me at the bar. I remember being in embargoes on the King's Road and actually, this is a true story. Did you have pre-planned jokes then? Yeah. Stop it. I can't remember them now, but I used to literally go in and be like, say whatever. Mate, I used to literally have to go and say something funny and the girl would like turn around and look at me and most of the time be like, what? And I'd be like, I've got your eye contact. Yes. But do you know what? In all seriousness, and girls, I think you'll probably agree, the majority of women say humour is the most attractive thing.

13:00So actually, it's not having a fucking stupid voice or any of that crap. Humour is probably the best bet. Or money. Money does work. Money does work. I noticed since I had none for having some. It does have an impact. I'll be honest with you. It's mainly in the levels of women. Anyway, right, next email. Here we go. Go on, mate. Hey, boys and team. We all know the big day is creeping up, so it's only right to hear both your opinions on Valentine's cards. Are they acceptable or too soppy? And how long a message are you writing in one? I like to go for a short essay each year. whereas my husband just signs his name under the pre-printed message inside the card.

13:45Thanks, Claire. Well, this is a question for you. I mean, so, you know, we've spoken about what you're going to do for Peep and you don't want to tell us what you're going to write in there because you're going to tell her how much she means to you. So you're more of a short essay. But previously, I presume you've done Valentine's cards. Have you always done short essays or have you just sort of decided that that's what you're going to do this year? Sorry, I don't know why I struggled to get that sentence out. It's like a malfunction for a minute. I don't know. Do you know what? I just know how I felt.

14:21I don't know if I'm disclosing too much. I hope she doesn't mind. But my girlfriend, she gave me a card. Not Christmas, no reason, rhyme, reason, normal birthday or anything like that. She gave me a card and she was just like. Sure, it wasn't an invoice. She was like, I just want to give you this. And I was like, oh, okay, fuck. I've never really received that before. It was like out of nowhere. and um and it was like a small card and it but it was long like the writing there's a lot writing in it and it was just like really lovely things and saying how happy she was and all these amazing things and like it really I don't know it just made me feel really really good so normally if you would ask me this question sort of like however longer I would have said cards aren't really that big a deal but I felt really great and so I was like I'd like to reciprocate that so yeah that's gonna be my so that's why i think i'm gonna write like a long a long sort of list these are the things i love about you number one but yeah i think because i i it i really loved it and i didn't think i was a card receipt i didn't think i really cared about receiving cards so yeah that is really lovely yeah she was really really sweet so i do like them but i do find it quite funny okay for my this is pretty bad but for my mum that i have been known to like buy like a funny card that like on the front says something funny and then like i will it's about two months from sam for valentine's no just for like just as a card i know it's not a valentine's card but um all right so so so now your opinion i think that's part of maturing and whatnot actually the words of affirmation which is peeps love language uh potentially is one of yours now I think so.

16:00I think we know it's yours, actually, words of affirmation. He told me I had a nice beard today and I've literally grinned from ear to ear all day. Based on the eight years I've known you, fluffing has always been apparent in that. So words of affirmation has always been something for you. So it's nice that you found someone that's the same. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tell me, I'm great. Please, God, tell me. All right, well, that's nice. Riffling anxiety. Short essay. The cards, they don't mean anything to me. Cards, I don't think. I think, but I do understand that they do for other people. I've never really had to write one.

16:36But I think it's nice. It depends. I think it depends. I think it depends on whether you actually, I think we write too many cards, actually. I think you should only write a card. It's a controversial topic, actually. But I think we should only write things. SR today. Yeah. I think we should only write, what a, So next up, quite a controversial topic. do we write too many cards sam what are your what's your take on this what's your take on the too many cards are you in the too many cards camp i think i am actually yeah yeah i think i think that i think that the words you say when it's not all that often are so much more impactful when it's written down okay i mean yeah i see i i'm the opposite but i'm very good at talking and saying things i think so i wouldn't necessarily write it down but then you now journal this is not even taking the piss you now journal or do whatever else so actually because of the way you are it's probably easy for you to structure it in writing so you can get exactly what you feel out i think there's power in the written work well that sounds a little lame but i think there's power in the written word.

17:49It really is. I do. I genuinely do. I think when you read someone's handwriting and they're saying how they feel, I think there's something really beautiful about it. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being a loser. But yeah, I don't know. I like it. I don't mind it. Going back to Claire, I think it's all right. All right. I'm here for it. I do think it's, I think just writing your name at the bottom of a sort of a thing. I mean, it's jokes, but it's lazy as fuck, isn't it? Really? How long has she been with him for though as well? That shouldn't matter. No, I know it shouldn't. You said it earlier on, and I don't want to dig it out.

18:18It doesn't matter if you've been with someone fucking two months or 20 years. You can't lose the fucking, the romance and all the other shit. No, absolutely not. Pippa, get into the fucking sailors outfit. Fucking Jack, if you're listening, mate. Firefighter. Oh, Christ. He picks you over and does a fireman's lift. Yeah, smashes her head on the wall. She'd be hating that so much. Hey, you want to fucking wait to see what comes out of me hose, that sort of thing. Oh, hello. No. You're going to have my pork scratching. That's not even the fireman. I don't know where that came from. What the fuck is a pork scratching?

18:51I don't know. It's because I had a pork scratching on Sunday and it was really nice. It's Wednesday. Why are we remembering Sunday's pork scratching off the back of a fireman anecdote? I have no idea. I've also found a new, I've got a new Twitch at the moment, which is really bumming me out. Oh, fucking hell. Yeah, I've got a new Twitch. What's the new one? I keep going like that with my head. Oh, it's the pigeon? Yeah, I keep pigeoning my neck. It's really fucking freaking me out. Well, next up is question time. Keep going like that. I can't stop. Is it a twitch or you've got a bad neck? No, it's, I think it's because I'm, so this is really why I think it's because I'm looking down at my phone too much.

19:29I need to raise and pull back my arms a little bit. Or just lift the phone up. Do you know what, Pete, the worst thing is, I started doing that. Instead of just putting my phone away, I started going and walking around like that. So yeah, so listen, I think it's each to their own. Sam is all for short essays. What we would love is for you to send us Valentine's emails. Sam loves short essays and words of affirmation. Send Sam some Valentine's messages. And buy the dishy cloth, if you could. You know, if we're doing a plug. Well, but there's actually an update on that. I don't want to know. I don't want to hear anymore.

20:09My confidence through the floor, mate. No, no, mate. You put them at 50 % off. There's no win. There is, because you sold out.

20:23Actually. Nope. Still at 50 % off. See, that's just rude. We sold an extra three. It's unkind. Was it actually three? I think it was three. Was it three? Well, yours went on sale for a couple of days, but overall Pete's still quite in the lead. We know that. I'm just asking whether I've sold any. You sold a few, yeah. What, if you say three? Three is a few in layman's terms. A little more than three. Four. So, guys, do you know what? Fuck it. I'm going to give up. I'm not even going to bother. I'll just... All I'm going to say, to any fellas, boyfriends listening, a Sam Dishycloth, which is on sale currently, is a great Valentine's present.

21:06Because at least it's going to keep your missus with you, I guess. They're not going to be like, Or, you know, if you get them a Pete Wick, they're literally going to always be wondering what if. You know, if you get them a Sam Thompson, at least you know they're not wondering shit. They're just drying off the pants.

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23:06but on a serious note though um glad we set up the shop sam's taken the merch um drive really well um it's been great we are getting a bit good good chance to plug though merch is still available

23:21right question time question time so we do question time every week uh it goes up on the socials at staling with podcast if you're not already following but i presume you are but if you are new here. Hello. How are you? How are you? Follow us on the socials and all the other sort of shit. We're fucking everywhere. This week, the questions, we've gone for a theme. Can you guess what the theme is, Sam? Valentine Vita. Fuck it. I don't know how you come up with it, but yes, that is correct. We've gone for Valentine's. It's a good one for you, Pete. Fuck me. So, is it? Thoughts on King K rumoured to be dating Lewis Hamilton?

23:57No, that is good because I've been dying to talk about this. I don't care. God, but Kim K? Kimmy? Kimmy? I swear that's what people say. They don't, do they? No.

24:16He was in England recently. Yes. Seeing him? Apparently in the Cotswolds. Estelle Manor, a really beautiful place. Great place to take your missus, Estelle Manor. Apparently it's beautiful. Yeah, so apparently they're secretly dating. Are they a new it couple is the question. Yeah. We are actually dissecting like celebrity gossip on this podcast right now to a point where actually it's serious. It's like, well, Pete, what do you think of Pete's up? Well, I don't know. His arms are in the air. We're actually doing. It's one of my least favourite things in the world is fucking gossip. But, you know, it's part and parcel of this.

24:56But I don't know. Would they be a good couple? yeah you have to watch this on YouTube the face features me and he was trying to figure it out yeah like they're you know they're both sort of rich and attractive yeah why not why the hell not you know what I mean Lewis has sat there and gone you never know we'll have a go we'll have a go we'll have a bloody go you know what I mean Kim's gone yeah and they've gone shall we she's absolutely beautiful and they've both gone big oh you really are a big she's stunning didn't have you down as a Kim K fan I'm like a mega fan but like it's the most animated I've seen you over one of the celebrity woman that we've and it's news to me because I don't see that as your turn, that's a lot of woman for you to be able to handle I kind of see you like the girl next door, like that's just a surprise for me that one I think that's more interesting than this question let's pick this apart where did the fascination with Kim K come from?

26:12it's not a fascination I've just whether it's been living with my sister years ago or having various girlfriends who've watched Keeping Up With The Kardashians and you've thought that's my I've just been roped in to having to watch it with them and no but you're digressing from the fact that you fancy Kim K it's not that I fancier I mean, I just think she's a really, she's beautiful. She's a decent. It's literally fine if you're obsessed with Kim Kardashian. None of us care, mate. If like, I know it's, you've obviously been holding it inside for some time. You've been holding it inside for some time.

26:43Listen, if you are. Not obsessed with Kim Kardashian. No, listen, you don't have to justify yourself. I mean, that leads nicely on to the next question, which is key to a healthy sex life. Sam, what do you think would keep the, the sex going between you and Kim?

27:01If you were dating your dream woman, how would you keep that? My dream woman is my girlfriend. My dream woman is my girlfriend. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Realistically. But obviously, dream woman, Kim, how would you keep sex going between the two of you? Just keep asking, you know? Keep asking for it. So, okay. So just flat up, just in case you're asking. So Sam's answer to the key to a healthy sex life is persistence. persistence, borderline begging, key to a healthy sex life. Just, look, if it's not, you know, I think you do have to be communicative. You do have to ask. So do you understand the question?

27:47The key to a healthy sex life is just always ask. I don't fucking know. It's just a normal question. What's the key to a good sex life? Well, listen, you have to always fancy the person. All right. I think it's always...

28:05I think they're asking like, what do you do to spice it up? And what's like the... So if you'd like me to expand... Fuck me. It gets painful sometimes in here. The key to a healthy sex life is always fancying that person. So that is always having someone that you are... that you try and impress. You should never lose that side of wanting to be sexy with someone. and I think people get comfortable in relationships where they just start looking like a fucking slob. Like they stop caring, they stop giving a shit. If you don't care how your partner views you and you don't always look at your partner and think, fuck, you know, that's when you're going out, like making an effort to still feel something for that person, I think is the key to any part of a relationship, not just the sex life, but that obviously comes with it.

28:52When people get comfortable and just give up and just assume, well, they're just going to be there, then of course that's the same with sex, isn't it? Sex is a huge part of a relationship. So a healthy relationship would generally automatically equate to a healthy sex life because you are still obsessed and enamoured with that person. And when you lose that, it just becomes sitting around with just someone. That's a roommate. That's a friend. And that's fine, but you don't want to fuck your friends. So you're not dressing up? But if that's what you both find attractive, yeah, of course. Trying different things?

29:26Yeah, absolutely. Give it a go. Knowing what the other person likes. Communication. Talking. Communication. All of them sort of things. Yeah, I think that's probably the key. Paul Brunson, everybody over there. Very nice and succinct. But more than anything, just ask. Just ask. How, Peter, you are the man, the wisest man I know. And yet the loneliest and saddest. and we go on to the next question which is a full rundown of Valentine's Alone I'll take this one have a wank, light a candle and fucking forget it's happening it's my first Valentine's Alone and I'm scared I should laugh that's awful to laugh it's my first Valentine's Alone and I'm scared can you help with the best way to spend it a full rundown that's don't be scared Well that's fucking Solved that problem Don't be scared You can't be scared I mean What's scary about This is the problem Is that we put so much Pressure on Valentine Listen Being single's a great thing Yeah it's fucking amazing Also people who put Do you miss it No But it's great For when you are I mean if you Right But let's put yourself In their shoes Obviously You know you had a Valentine's alone last year.

30:50Yeah, no, true. Were you scared? True, true. Were you scared? No, absolutely not. I was scared. I believe, Pippa will back me up here, you are lying. No. Because at the time, what you were saying to us is, I'll never love again. I will always be on my own. I'll never celebrate a Valentine's again. And look how the tables have turned. You're in love and, you know, year after you're there and it's amazing. But I wasn't scared. I was, I was. you were scared of never being in love again do you know what no i the reason that i feel like what they're trying to say here is instagram's a shitty place when valentine's around the corner and every and and people are in couples and you're alone that fucking sucks i that's why i really didn't like it because i was like i have to look on instagram and like i don't have to i choose to obviously go on but you know what it's like you have a fucking scroll and everyone's in the fucking thing and they're literally like my boyfriend or my god was the best person since sliced bread and you know i'm gonna say a leaf out of pete's book here no one is fucking the best since sliced bread everyone's a bit in their own way and so realistically that's the way you got to view it but social media when you're single and valentine's come around is fucking shit and that's what i was bummed out about because i was newly single and i was like fuck i'm about to be surrounded newly single pretty much bang on valentine's day as well and i was literally looking around being like fuck me i'm about to see like the day of love is going to hit me like a train that sucks and i feel like that i think i just spelled my ipad i think that's what that person said about being scared if you're generally just scared i i don't i don't i don't think she sees a heart balloon and screams i don't think it's sort of like a an irrational fear i i imagine you're right it's the fear of being alone and we'll ever find the valentines and all the other sort of stuff but you are a prime example of the turnaround that can happen in a year but what i will say is i do agree as well like fucking social media is a dark place for all sorts of things but when you are viewing everyone's hand are wonderful their girlfriend is and boyfriend is and you're seeing all the roses and just know that there's a high likelihood that they are in a miserable couple there is a high likelihood that a lot of what you see is bollocks and actually you have no worries in the world because you're on your own yeah and it's a great place to be because you don't need anyone and the only one who can disappoint you is you and quite often you will you will um do you know what as well do you know actually this is this is also when people are taking these valentine's photos you know that the argument has just happened about lighting and where you're going to place them and no put the camera up a little bit more that the least romantic thing in the world has just taken place before that romantic photo has been taken yeah We've all been there.

33:38So in terms of can you help with the best way to spend it, if you are single and ready to mingle, Valentine's, lots of dating nights. Do you know what? Valentine's is actually, it's a Saturday night this year. It's the 14th. Go out. Because the people that are going to be out and in bars on Valentine's are the people without boyfriends and girlfriends. It's basically a great big singles night rundown. So actually very good place or time to go out. So find your single friends, go out, have a lovely time. A boogie. Do some boogieing. And, yeah, you never know, this time next year, you could be with a love of your life like Samuel Robert Corsi-Thompson.

34:22Disappointing them all about it. No, because she's going to get a sailor. Right, that's it for a bonus episode. Thanks for listening to Staying Relevant. If you want to feature in the podcast, email hello. srproductions.co.uk. Make sure you rate, review, do all of that stuff. Subscribe on YouTube. It's very important to Josh and Kira who are currently texting each other. I imagine it's because the cards are running out. Yeah, I can see Kira's face, honestly, like the fear you had just there. So I imagine we'll stop talking before it cuts out. See you later. But whilst we're still here... Or we carry on.

34:55Yeah, you enjoy yourself. Don't cry. Didn't mention crying. Don't be scared of... Don't be scared and crying. So I feel like that's just a throwback to last year was it yeah gotta leave now have a wonderful day and enjoy valentine's hope you all get laid this has been a staying relevant production who says halloween only lasts one day with wayfair one night of halloween becomes a whole season at home from larger than life yard decor and moody lighting to festive accents for every room in the house wayfair has what you need to make Halloween feel like magic all in one place. Because the best Halloween memories aren't made in just one night.

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