In short
The Buckleys chat about Easter and 90s TV/DIY, then get into “Petty Revenge” stories involving petty payback and workplace/hospitality gripes. They also discuss collecting children’s teeth and even umbilical cords.
Guests
No guests appear as interviewees. The episode features hosts Claire and James Buckley, plus recurring “listener” voices in submitted stories (e.g., Simon, Jade, Bronte/Emily Brontë reference, Jack).
Guest/host backgrounds
Claire is a film performer/voiceover contributor and promotes a film; James is the co-host. They reference their kids (Jude, Harrison, etc.) and their past work in hospitality (waitressing/functions).
Key claims
Crushing plastic water bottles while drinking is pointless and loud; modern lift systems feel worse than old ones; Easter chocolate sales start immediately after Christmas due to commercial timing; “never mess with an off-duty plumber.”
Notable examples
A Portugal restaurant bill dispute leads to dismantling a toilet; a hotel waiter is pranked with a salmon skin left on his back; a daughter “seam-rips” her mother’s clothes to force repairs; Changing Rooms’ “Dracula red room” and MDF DIY; collecting boys’ lost teeth and dried umbilical cords.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOFeedback from Listeners
0:45 to 1:44
Reading humorous feedback and reviews from listeners.
“I just want to remind you that you can get in touch with your stories and questions for us by emailing thebuckleys at platformmedia.uk or you can message us at thebuckleyspod on Instagram and TikTok.”
Check-in with Claire
1:44 to 2:18
Discussion of their busy week and health updates.
“I was promoting a film that came out last week and we had a live performance at the old, where was it?”
Moaning About Annoyances
2:18 to 5:13
A light-hearted complaint about annoying behaviors with water bottles.
“I actually do have, is there a pube on my mic?”
Lift Technology Debate
5:13 to 8:23
Discussion about the pros and cons of modern lift systems.
“no see when something annoys me I go straight to comments to see if everyone else is going It was well annoying.”
Yawning and Contagion
8:23 to 9:35
Exploring the concept of yawning and its contagious nature.
“I was about to say coughs are contagious.”
Celebrating Easter
9:35 to 10:31
Discussing the joys and traditions of Easter celebrations.
“Is that not something to do with staying up, being tired, Floridix?”
Easter Bunny Beliefs
10:31 to 14:00
Debate about the belief in the Easter Bunny among children.
“Isn't there something with you and daffodils?”
Childhood Beliefs: The Easter Bunny
14:00 to 15:10
Explore the childhood beliefs surrounding the Easter Bunny and how they compare to Santa Claus.
“It's the same thing just on a little scale.”
The Tooth Fairy and Collecting Teeth
15:10 to 16:40
Delve into the practice of the Tooth Fairy and the oddities of keeping children's lost teeth.
“I thought we were all sort of on the same page with that one.”
Umbilical Cords: A Baby Keepsake
16:40 to 19:10
Discuss the unconventional idea of keeping umbilical cords as mementos and the experience of cutting them.
“I've got a couple of his little puppy teeth that we found on the floor.”
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Easter Eggs and Consumerism
19:10 to 21:40
Evaluate the commercialization of Easter eggs and the experience of buying them with children.
“No I tell you what I don't mind is then we get into cream egg season.”
Nostalgia for Childhood Easter Treats
21:40 to 24:10
Reflect on the nostalgia of childhood Easter treats and the evolution of Easter chocolates over the years.
“Or do they like, because you know this day and age, everyone has to behave themselves and stuff.”
Hot Cross Buns and Novelty Flavors
24:10 to 27:20
Discuss the traditional hot cross buns vs. the novelty flavors that have emerged in supermarkets.
“but I can and I do like it how do you eat your cream egg?”
Cartoon Nostalgia: Rhubarb and Custard
27:20 to 28:00
Explore the nostalgic memories of childhood cartoons and their impact on viewers.
“It's like me with Stressed Eric yeah we blame that for putting me into labour on our first baby.”
Cartoon Nostalgia and Hidden Gems
28:00 to 30:00
Explore the unique cartoons that shaped childhood memories and discuss their rarity.
“and we were watching it and then I was like dreaming about it and I went into labour and I'm convinced that stressed Eric pushed me over the line.”
The Quirky World of Pizza Flavors
30:00 to 32:00
Dive into a conversation about unusual pizza flavors and personal eating preferences.
“Anyway, I think we actually need to get back to Amy's point.”
DIY Trends and 90s Home Renovation Shows
33:22 to 40:34
Discuss the influence of 90s DIY shows on home renovation culture and personal experiences.
“Visit Velveeta.com slash Easter for some recipe inspiration.”
Reflections on Grand Designs and Reality TV
40:34 to 42:05
Analyze the impact of home makeover shows like Grand Designs on viewers' expectations.
“flat because I mean the house is built it is done but we've just we've not been able to move in yet you're just like this is depressing.”
Introduction to Petty Revenge
42:05 to 43:04
Listeners are introduced to the segment on petty revenge stories.
“Let's hear what the listeners are scheming.”
Simon's Petty Revenge Story
43:04 to 44:38
Simon shares a story of petty revenge that involves dismantling a toilet.
“We went to Portugal and went for a nice meal together.”
Jade's Crafty Revenge on Her Mother
44:38 to 46:44
Jade recounts her childhood revenge on her mother through clothing sabotage.
“I know it's petty and my wife didn't agree with me, but what do you guys think?”
Bronte's Hotel Experience
46:44 to 49:15
Bronte shares her experience working in a hotel and a petty revenge against a rude customer.
“she would constantly find herself in need of a seamstress for those mysterious rips.”
Discussion on Waitstaff Revenge
49:15 to 51:19
The hosts discuss the importance of respecting waitstaff and share personal anecdotes.
“I think they had just about had enough of him as I did.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Carol Smiley, Laurence Llewellyn Bowen, Handy Andy.
0:04Clair Buckley:Weewewewe, weewewewe, weewewewewe.
0:09Do that again.
0:13Clair Buckley:Mwana mwana mystique, we're coming back strong. Get out of the car. You've messed with an off-duty plumber. They were the first people to finally go, are you f***ing nuts? What have you done? Of course, I got stuck with a table that had the biggest f*** on it. When was this?
0:36Clair Buckley:Shall we go? Shall we do this? Yep. Hello and welcome to The Buckleys, the podcast where we sit down, have a chat, moan a bit and invite you into our lives. Before we do get into it, I just want to remind you that you can get in touch with your stories and questions for us by emailing thebuckleys at platformmedia.uk or you can message us at thebuckleyspod on Instagram and TikTok. And don't forget to follow and subscribe to the show on Spotify via whatever podcast app that you like to use. And if you do enjoy the show, why not go ahead and leave us a review after if you do enjoy it? We've had some more five-star reviews here, Claire.
1:08See this.
1:09Clair Buckley:Daniel's here. Says that was shit. Five stars. Sam, absolute drivel. Time wasted. Five stars. Sean says it's an assault to the ears. Five stars. That's harsh. Daniel says, I had to put my dog down this morning and listening to this podcast was still the worst part of my day. Five stars. Oh, Claire, how are you? I'm all right. Have you recovered? No, I'm really tired. I feel really tired today. My eyes are all stingy. Yeah, I'm shattered. It was a busy week. Busy week last week. Lots of stuff going on. I was promoting a film that came out last week and we had a live performance at the old, where was it?
1:54Clair Buckley:okay? Where was it? Palladium. At the Palladium. Yeah, it was good. It was a good week. But also I was sick and I'm still not 100%. You can't just say this forever. You've never been 100%. I think. I don't think you've been 100 % the past 10 years. Well, good news for you, Claire. I had some blood taken last week, so I might actually have something wrong with me. That's good news for you. And how are you going to feel? How are you going to feel then when i say i told you i wasn't well you'll be fine yeah they tell me i'm dying yeah you'd love that you would love that just saying it would just it would just prove me right well we'll find out won't we we'll find out we'll find out soon those blood test uh results coming soon coming soon um it's easter i'm sure he'll keep you updated Have you got, is there anything you want to moan about Claire?
2:52I actually do have, is there a pube on my mic?
2:55Clair Buckley:They do get everywhere. That is a very short, slightly curled hair.
3:05Clair Buckley:It's probably one of yours. It's not mine mate. Got my knee out today, that means that I'm shaved. What would you like to do? When I don't have my knees out, I'm covering for a reason. why because it comes down to your knees no what have you got to moan about I saw this twice this week which is why I made a sort of mental knot yet and I was like I think I hate that I think that really annoys me when people do that right yeah is it something that you're still not 100 % sure if you do hate it or not no I do hate it yeah I do hate it you don't see it often but people do do it and it's so pointless and really annoying.
3:52Clair Buckley:Go on, I'm in. You've sucked me in. When people are drinking water bottles and they crush it when they drink it. That annoys you? Yeah. What sort of water bottle are you talking? Plastic, obviously. Plastic water bottle. Yeah, yeah. And they crush it. They crush it when they're drinking it and it's like... It's just no need. I don't know. Twice I saw somebody doing that. You can drink with throat making that sound. It's the people who crush it. And some people just crush it while they're drinking it. And some people, like, push it in and stuff. Like, I can't. My mate does that. My mate does that.
4:30Clair Buckley:He pushes it in so that it sort of concertinas. Is that the right word? I don't know. It sort of, like, crushes in on itself. Then he puts the lid on. And the vacuum, like, keeps the bottle like that. And it makes it easier for recycling. Sure, but I just think while drinking, it's too much. I saw it twice this week and it really annoyed me. It was loud and there's just no need. Just drink it normally. If I'm drinking out of a bottle, I just tip my head back. I don't suck it and try and get... It's as if they couldn't get enough out of it. It just really annoyed me. You don't need to crush it while you're drinking it.
5:10Clair Buckley:No, that's fair enough. That can go on the list. twice it happened this week who did it? names and names somebody did it first of all one person I don't know did it it was on a video I saw I was watching somebody eat okay you know when you're just scrolling Instagram people are like oh I'm trying the new Taco Bell menu right it was like one of their videos and he was every time he took a drink he was crushing the bottle and I was like oh that's annoying me did you look at the comments? no see when something annoys me I go straight to comments to see if everyone else is going It was well annoying.
5:43Clair Buckley:I go, yeah, I was right. I don't want to be annoyed by that. But then somebody did do it. I can't remember where we were. I'd assume at the ice rink. Yeah. Somebody was sitting next to me and they did it, but they crushed the whole thing in. And I was just like, absolutely no need. How big was the bottle? It was just like a normal water bottle, like a Buxton bottle or something. But I was just like, there's just no need for that. No, there's not. How much mere water do you think you're going to get out of here? Anyway, that was it. You tip your head back, it'll all come out. That's what annoyed me.
6:14It was very loud and annoying.
6:15Clair Buckley:I've got something that I don't know. I'm not... Which, ironically, has annoyed me. I'm not 100 % sure whether I'm annoyed by it or not. There's something about it where I'm like, I should be more annoyed about that than I am. This is a new one for me. Yeah. Usually I just go straight to, that's fucking irritating. Yeah. I'm still... The jury's still out for me. Still up in the air. but I've been in a couple of these lifts this week and we've just been in one today this like when you go to like a posh new office building they've got their new lifts and stuff like that it's not the normal way that you use a lift where you call a lift the door's open you get in the lift you press a button on the floor now you prep you tell the lift what floor you're going to before you get in the lift and it will assign you a lift it tells you to go to lift a or something like that so there's a panel in the front of it and you go I'm going to floor two and you go right you need to go to lift A that's what happened just then and I was like why is that I feel like that's more see I don't know I don't know I feel like that works better because then you're not going to get possibly there's more chance of you not getting stuck having to go to another floor yeah see I don't like change I feel like there's been a system where stuff works and it's worked for my whole life.
7:41Clair Buckley:Yawning. Sorry. I tried to hold it in. Nobody would have saw that if you didn't point it out. The camera would have been on you. She's on me. Sorry. It's not you. I'm exhausted. It's been a big week. It has been a really tough week. But carry on with your list story. No, but there's stuff in my life where the system works and it works brilliantly and it's been perfected. It was perfected years before I was born. And then over the last five years, decade, things have sort of slightly changed. And I don't think they've changed for the best. The lift maybe being one of them. I don't know. I'm not sure.
8:23Clair Buckley:Like what you say. I don't know. Yeah, I'm half and half in that one. Yawns are contagious. Right. I was about to say coughs are contagious. They are contagious, aren't they? famously but yawns yawns are contagious right they I did it to the to the dog I pretended to yawn in front of him he was like sat you know on the chair in the kitchen I like sitting and I was just stroking him I had his little face and he was just sat there looking at me and I just went like that and then like two seconds later he went and he yawned as well they are contagious not a coincidence no no they are contagious speaking of yawning let's get back to this podcast yeah let's what we got easter was that section on yawning sponsored by anyone by any chance was that brought to you by
9:21Clair Buckley:what's a uh what's that stuff cyanide silent night yeah what's that pro plus that was brought to you by pro plus floridix floridix I'm obsessed with that. What a stupid name for a product. Is that not something to do with staying up, being tired, Floridix? No, I think it's to help you get a good sleep. I only know of Floridix because of all the posters on the tubes. I'm pretty sure it's a woman yawning. Yeah, their campaign is amazing. Because I do, I think about Floridix once or twice a day. I think it's just because of the name. Yeah, Floridix. It's ridiculous. Floridex. Anyway, Floridex, if you want to sponsor, you've just got a load of free advertising there.
10:12Clair Buckley:It's Easter, Claire. Yeah, so I've heard. It is Easter. Yep. We're at the time of the year. I like Easter, actually. I like Easter. Easter's great. I like Easter. It's brilliant. It's when everything's getting back to being nice again. Yeah. Daffodils are... I've got daffodils in my kitchen right now. It makes me happy, a little daffodil. Yeah. They do make you happy, don't they? Isn't there something with you and daffodils? That's the in-betweeners. Right, because every time I put a picture up on my story, people say stuff that I don't know. Really weird thing of the in-betweeners. I don't know.
10:43Clair Buckley:Sometimes we have some weird ideas and weird themes that went through each episode that did inevitably get cut because they were just like, stop yawning. I'm sorry. It did inevitably get cut because it was just like, yeah, no, that's it. It'll be something that their mate did when they were kids. So obscure, yeah. They're like, I don't really... You know, maybe you've got like a private joke with your pal. Yeah. You can't begin to explain it to someone else. Yeah. But yeah, no, I do this. Jay does this thing where he starts smacking the heads, the flowers off of daffodils with a golf club. That's it?
11:19Yeah. Right.
11:20Clair Buckley:And Jay goes, I hate them, little pricks, or something like that. Fucking little pricks. I'm all yellow and I come out first. Wow. But people love it. They do, yeah. They still talk about it. Yeah. People love it. But it is the time of year. It's the time of year where we spend a load of money on chocolate. Yeah. Well, you do that all year round. Yeah. There are 80 to 90 million Easter eggs annually sold in the UK. Wow. An average adult eats. You've just looked, didn't you? Can you guess, Claire? How many? An average adult eats. Guess how many Easter eggs an adult eats over their lifetime, Claire?
12:05Clair Buckley:Have a little guess, just off the top of your head. I reckon about 165. That's correct, yeah. How did you know that? That's really good. Yeah. You love an Easter egg. Easter eggs are fun. I know people love to complain about stuff, right? People love to complain that as soon as Christmas is over... I don't know anyone that loves to complain about stuff. As soon as Christmas is over, the Easter eggs are out, right? People are like, oh, God, Easter already? Well, we're going to get to that in a second, Claire. But I just think when things are just a bit of fun, like the kids, I mean, they're not that little anymore, but everybody loves getting an Easter egg.
12:40You pick your favourite. It's like the advent calendar.
12:43Clair Buckley:Well, the great thing about our kids are is that they're so spoilt, right, that when they do get a load of chocolate over Easter and Easter eggs and stuff, like when I got Easter eggs when I was a kid, I couldn't believe my luck. I could not eat them all quick enough. They're like, I have a rule, a week, a week and a half, there's still an egg on the side in the kitchen. If you're the lucky a week. No, I give them at least a week, and I go, well, they're obviously not fussed. What if they're saving it? They're not greedy like you? Yeah, exactly. Nerds, little nerds. But they do get a lot, aunts, uncles, friends.
13:25Everybody drops around an Easter egg.
13:27Clair Buckley:I maybe got like three. I maybe got three Easter eggs. Yeah. i remember one time do you remember um kinder bueno brought out the massive i mean it wasn't that big but it was this huge big one and i love bueno chocolate i love it and my auntie got me one and i still remember it it was like i was like this is the best day ever making a little noise yeah making a little note well done um although they don't believe in the easter bunny anymore do they? Well obviously they don't now because they're 14 and 12 but a few years ago I didn't know they did believe in the Easter bunny I didn't know any kid believed in the Easter bunny Of course they did I would get up at the crack of dawn and put eggs everywhere Yeah but I thought it was all just I thought it was all like we know we know there's no such thing as an Easter bunny like that's like Father Christmas I can get on board with sure Santa that's quite fun and magical and stuff.
14:29It's the same thing just on a little scale. What fucking idiot
14:33Clair Buckley:is believing in an Easter bunny? Children! And he literally the way I mean Harrison Harrison's always been kind of Exactly. But the way you told Jude What happened? I think Jude was talking to you about Santa and stuff this was obviously years and years ago and you were like of course Santa's real blah blah blah and then he said to you in the Easter Bunny and I think you literally went well you don't think the Easter Bunny's real do you? Yeah that's what I did yeah. And his little face he was like oh is it not? And you just started laughing. I started laughing and I said oh you'll have to ask your mum.
15:11Clair Buckley:I didn't know. I genuinely didn't know. I thought we were all sort of on the same page with that one. Like oh it's a bit of fun oh yeah the Easter Bunny wink wink. Well anyway he didn't believe after that. No he didn't. He didn't. Where do you stand on the tooth fairy? The tooth fairy? I did it when they were little. But, I don't know, we never... I don't think I did it for every single tooth. No. The problem is, as well, I've... Oh, this is going to be weird. Should I say this? Because I don't mean to do it, but this is going to make me sound really weird. Go on, and I bet I can make you sound weirder because I think I know what you're going to say.
15:55I've got all the boys teeth. Like all of them. Every single one they've lost, I've kept. So they know that their teeth are in the house as well. So the tooth fairy, we did sometimes when they were really little, but we didn't really...
16:13Clair Buckley:What else have you got? Of the boys? What, their umbilical cord? Yeah. Everybody's got that. Is that normal? You don't have that? I've got the teeth, I've not got the umbilical teeth. You've got all the teeth? Yeah. We've got some dried up. I thought that was weirder, having their teeth. No, well, no, that's weird. I do think that's weird. I don't think I need them all, but now it's become a thing where I'm like, well, I can't throw them out. Well, it's a collection, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. I've got all Cosmos teeth as well. Well, not all of them. I've got a couple of his little puppy teeth that we found on the floor.
16:49Clair Buckley:Yeah, I think he swallowed a couple of them. Yeah, yeah, a couple. But um, umbilical cords. There's a couple of umbilical cords just knocking about, dried out. They're not knocking about. Looks like that sort of... They're wrapped up and they're in the little baby box. What's that thing that I like to eat? That South African... Beef jerky. No, but yeah. Yeah. What do they call it? Biltong? Yeah, biltong, yeah. Don't get that mixed up. Exactly, yeah. Why don't you keep it in the food cupboard? I thought everybody kept the umbilical cord. You know the little bit that you get when it comes with the baby?
17:26Clair Buckley:Yeah. Yeah, Claire kept those. Is that weird? It's weird cutting the umbilical cord. Oh, yeah. It's not what you'd think. It's a bit chewier. Quite hard to get through? Yeah, yeah. Well, you would hope so. I remember the first one with Harrison. I had a bit of performance issues. I was genuinely really nervous. because I was like, because it's a weird fucking thing when you really think about it. It's a thing that's attached to this little baby that's just come out. And it's like, I didn't check, but it disappears up you somewhere, doesn't it? And it is a bit like, are you going to feel this? Are you going to, I assume you didn't.
18:09No, and if I had been a little bit more compass mendous at the time, I could have really freaked you out. I could have been like, ow! fuck James yeah that would have been good that would have been well good
18:22Clair Buckley:and also the thing about cutting the umbilical cord is that I don't feel I don't know if this is just specific to us with both the boys but I don't feel they gave me enough room for error because like I assume they like an umbilical cord is about 20 foot long I don't think it's that long like an extension cord that you wrap up but they clamp like one end and the other end, there's like a two foot margin there. Two foot's massive? Well, that's what I had in my head when I first was like... Oh, right, OK. You've got like two little clamps and then you've got to get your scissors in between them.
18:59Clair Buckley:It was a bit of pressure. What a tough job you had that day. Honestly. I don't know how you got through that. I was so relieved when I got through that. When it was all over. Well done. Well done. You did a great job. We've got an email from Jack who's echoing what you were saying just a moment ago Claire Jack says hi James and Claire I'm sorry to sound like an Easter Grinch but why is it that Easter eggs go on sale almost immediately after Christmas capitalism, commercialism that's why that happens. You don't have to buy them though. No I tell you what I don't mind is then we get into cream egg season.
19:37Well you and Jude, this is Jude's favourite time of year.
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19:40Clair Buckley:It's literally like just after Christmas and it's coming to an end the cream egg see I didn't didn't cream eggs loads of people didn't know this didn't cream eggs used to be all the time I feel like when I was growing up I could go in a shop and buy a cream egg any time I wanted it I love them but I thought it was I thought you could just get a cream egg and more recently they've been over Easter but you said it was like that all the time it's always been like that as far as I'm aware yeah when did that happen I feel I think it's always been like that wow okay fair enough but yeah Yeah, you and Jude love cream eggs, so you get very excited.
20:15Yeah. And Domino's does the cream egg cookies, which you two are obsessed with as well.
20:19Clair Buckley:Yeah, you've only got a little window for those. The thing is, though, even though they're in shops early, you don't have to buy them. No. I don't buy them until the last minute, until a couple of days before I need them. No. But Jack goes on, I think he explains. Right, okay. He explains himself. He goes on to say, the kids have just been distracted by their new Christmas presents. all is well and then bang Easter sneaks up punches me in the face and steals my wallet so that's the same that's the same with me I can't get to within a few metres of a supermarket without the kids spotting the dreadful Easter aisle at which point the weekly shop is almost unbearable unless I get a small chocolate egg at an overpriced cost why?
21:02oh come on I had a teacher
21:05Clair Buckley:that was really really down on Christmas on Easter I keep saying Christmas really down on Easter. Right. Really, like, had a massive problem with Easter. He was my DT teacher. He had... What's DT? Design technology. Oh, right. He's the teacher, I don't know if I've mentioned him before, he's the teacher that would always bang on about his toddler son, who was just a genius, who... And this is not a joke. This is what he told a bunch of kids in his class, that his son made an aircraft, a small aircraft that flew, that he could sit in and fly around. Are teachers still like that? I don't know. Or do they like, because you know this day and age, everyone has to behave themselves and stuff.
21:53Clair Buckley:When I was at school, teachers were just coming out with all kinds of fucking shit. Yeah. Just, I don't know, I don't know why, but he had a massive problem with Easter every year. He would try and like indoctrinate us. He would do a whole thing. He was like, when you're buying an Easter egg, and he said the same thing. And one year I did sort of preempt him. Yeah. He would go, Easter eggs,$4.99. $4.99 for an Easter egg. And what are you buying? What are you buying when you buy an Easter egg? Air. You're buying air. Idiots. Yeah. You're stupid idiots like for buying Easter eggs. He was so passionate about it.
22:35Clair Buckley:And then one year, after being in his class for about four years at this point, he did his speech again. And he went, and what are you buying? I went, air. And that just derailed him. He went, yes. Thank you, air. To be fair, that was a hard lesson when you were little. Like if you had like a Galaxy Caramel Easter egg, realising that it wasn't full of caramel. I don't know, man. in hindsight I mean yeah I remember being very young and then you would only get one bar of the chocolate it was but there'd usually be some buttons or something in the middle of it a little packet of buttons I think you know the eggs that you always get either the Cadbury's or whatever it is for the Galaxy the chocolate on the egg is never as good no that's not true I do think that that's not true at all I think the actual chocolate egg doesn't taste that great let me stick up for Cadbury's for a second I do think the best easter egg is the dairy milk buttons easter egg right chocolate's really great you get some bags of buttons in it as well and the chocolate does taste right fine but you wouldn't be able to eat it if it was a i know yeah you realize that later yeah yeah but like you wouldn't be able to get like you'd just be like gnawing at it just shaving it off with your teeth yeah sometimes you do get though like a bit at the bottom where the mould's sort of gone a bit wonky or whatever inside there's like a really thick bit thick yeah oh god I love it I love easter eggs Jack I'm sorry that you can't get on board with easter but I can and I do like it how do you eat your cream egg?
24:19Clair Buckley:how do you eat yours? I don't mum I did a whole I think it was last year I did the voiceover for that campaign for radio and stuff. How do you eat yours? Yeah, you did. Yeah, you did. Do you want to know how I ate mine? A bit I can guess. Go on. Bake the top. Gnaw it. Make a little hole. Yeah, yeah. Lick it up. Yeah, yeah. You know me so well, Claire. Okay. Amy is here and she's also annoyed at supermarkets during Easter. She says, why aren't people happy with normal fruit hot cross buns anymore? I love a hot cross bun. on Easter Sunday. I don't mind hot cross bun, yeah. A little bit of toast and butter.
24:59Yeah. They're well good. Yeah.
25:01Clair Buckley:All I see is various novelty combinations filling the shelves, like marbled Neapolitan, apple and cinnamon, salted caramel and Belgian chocolate, hot cross buns, is she talking about here? Yeah. I mean, they all sound delicious. The Belgian chocolate one sounds great. Triple chocolate, strawberry and clotted cream. That just reminds me of, like, an Enid Blyton. Have you ever had clotted cream, Claire? I don't like cream of any sort. Whits, pouring, I don't like cream. I don't like custard. I love custard. Although I prefer rice pudding. Rice pudding is top tier after dinner. Looks like sick. Do you like rhubarb?
25:42No.
25:43Clair Buckley:What is rhubarb? It's a vegetable, isn't it? It's a big, long, it's a fruit. Oh, is it a fruit? Yeah, I'm sure rhubarb's a fruit. It grows out the ground, doesn't it? Yeah, my papa used to grow rhubarb because they've got huge, big leaves. Yeah, yeah. But you eat the stalk sort of thing, don't you? Big pink sticks, basically. So have you ever had rhubarb and custard? No, I don't like rhubarb. I've had rhubarb and custard sweeties, the big hard-boiled ones. They were good. Did you watch that as a kid? What? The cartoon, Rhubarb and Custard. Never heard of it. You've never heard of Rhubarb and Custard?
26:13The cartoon?
26:14Clair Buckley:Yeah, when did that come out? Like the 60s or something like that? Yeah, I wasn't alive in the 60s. No, but it was still on the TV. Why were you watching all this stuff? Because it was still on the TV. Was it on my telly? They only started making new kids shows in 99. I think your mum and dad just put on old videos for you. I don't think you even had a telly connected. No, Rhubarb and Custard was still on CBBC when I was a kid. And I used to hate it. It used to make me really, really anxious. Because if you saw the drawing scale of it, they were all wiggly. They were all wiggly, like constantly and like shaking.
26:49Clair Buckley:And it used to make me go, fucking hell, you two need to calm down. You're making me want to have a panic attack. You're so dramatic, honestly, even as a little boy. Erm, no, I like, I don't know what point Amy was trying to make, but thank you. Rhubarb and custard. Never seen it. You never saw it? Never seen it. It's the second time you've done that. I've still never seen it. I've never. You don't remember any of that? No. Oh well. wouldn't choose to watch that. It's like me with Stressed Eric yeah we blame that for putting me into labour on our first baby. Have you ever seen the Stressed Eric cartoon?
27:30Clair Buckley:No no one else has. It's really good right and I really like it. It was brilliant Mark Heap. We used to watch it all the time but like it's like a kind of grown up cartoon right but it's called Stressed Eric but it really is quite stressful to be fair watching it. It's about this bloke who's got the worst fucking life ever. Yeah. And every the premise of every episode is that you get so stressed out that his head starts, a vein in his head comes out and then ends up strangling him. Yeah, that's the edge of every one. But I was really heavily, heavily pregnant one night and we were watching it and then I was like dreaming about it and I went into labour and I'm convinced that stressed Eric pushed me over the line.
28:11Clair Buckley:I actually told that story to Mark Heap. You did, yeah. Who was the voice of stressed Eric. That's right, yeah. He was like, oh, sorry about that. That was one of the first things we talked about or the weird cartoons we watched. Because me and you remember this cartoon and me and you, you're the only person that I've ever spoke to about it and I'm the only person that you've ever spoke to about it and we both loved it. We've never met anybody else that watched it. It just came out in a conversation. We were just talking. We were like, oh yeah, I used to watch this cartoon. I can't remember. It was about this bloke and he had to prove to God that humanity was worth being saved.
28:52It's called God, the Devil and Bob. Has anybody ever heard of God, the Devil and Bob? No, see?
28:59Clair Buckley:And they made like two series, or one series. They made 13 episodes of it. I was obsessed with it. Yeah, and we were both talking about it. And we were both like, I've never met anyone else. I've never met every time I asked them to do that. They've never, ever seen it. Anyway, we do love watching cartoons, don't we? Yeah, yeah. I mean, the boys have sort of outgrown it now, but when the boys watch cartoons like SpongeBob, I love watching SpongeBob. I love Ren and Stimpy. We love Ren and Stimpy. I fucking love Ren and Stimpy. It's so fucking weird. One that I still watch now, I'll put it on when I'm maybe going to sleep or something, and I really love it.
29:33It just makes me happy is Bob's Burgers.
29:36Clair Buckley:Bob's Burgers is good. I love Bob's Burgers. Anyway, how have we gone to cartoons? I don't know. Because I was talking about rhubarb and custard. Oh, yeah. But I do. I do. I have a theory, Claire. Oh, go on. They, from like the 50s to the late 70s, they made kids TV shows and then they just carried on playing them for about 20 years. That's because they were good. They were good. Anyway, I think we actually need to get back to Amy's point. Because she's saying that there's novelty combinations of stuff now, right? That's pissing her off. Yeah. Now, I did see something the other day. I've mentioned Domino's twice now on this podcast, this episode.
30:22You know, sometimes companies do it because it's all social media and it must have been a joke. Yeah. I don't think it was real. But has anybody else seen that Domino's brought out an Easter egg, a white chocolate Easter egg, but it's garlic and herb?
30:36Clair Buckley:That'll be an... Flavour. That'll be like April Fool's or something. It's not because it's for Easter. That'll be a joke. I don't know. I've seen it. And then I was a bit like, the novelty stuff does annoy me a little bit. That garlic and herb sauce is a weird sauce for me. I love that sauce. Anything other than pizza crust, I wouldn't use it for anything. I wouldn't dip my chips in it or something. Yeah, maybe. I think we're conditioned to eat it with pizza. You get your pizza crust, it just works with that. I love it. It's really good. I dip the whole pizza in it. See, I don't do that. I put the tip in.
31:13Clair Buckley:I don't like... I don't like...
31:21Clair Buckley:I don't like... I don't like mixing the tomato sauce with the garlic. Oh, no, I love it. Oh, I think we're going to have to get a Domino's tonight. I'm starving now. I had one over the weekend. Me and Jude had one. Oh, yeah, you did, yeah. That's why you're thinking about it. That's literally why you're thinking about it. Because I just traded all the boxes. You're hungry. You're hungry and me and Jude had a Domino's a couple of days ago. Yeah, I was trying to be good. Should we have a little swipe? Yeah, please, God. Because then we've got to get into some more stuff and I see some 90s things going.
31:53Clair Buckley:Right, swipe me. So good, so good, so good. New spring arrivals are at Nordstrom Rack stores now. Get ready to save big with up to 60 % off Rag & Bone, Mark Jacobs, Free People and more. How did I not know Rack has Adidas? Because there's always something new. Join the Nordiclub to unlock exclusive discounts, shop new arrivals first, and more. Plus, buy online and pick up at your favorite Rack store for free. Great brands, great prices. That's why you Rack. K-pop Demon Hunters, Saja Boys Breakfast Meal, and Huntrix Meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans.
32:34Clair Buckley:What do you say to that, Rumi? It's not a battle. So glad the Saja boys could take breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day. It is an honor to share. No, it's our honor. It is our larger honor. No, really. Stop. You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side. And participate in McDonald's while supplies last. This Easter, skip the ordinary and whip up something golden with melty, creamy Velveeta cheese. From scalloped potatoes to rich mac and cheese, Velveeta turns every bite into a crowd-pleasing celebration, bringing the extra to the ordinary, transforming simple sides into lip-smacking, satisfying moments.
33:16Clair Buckley:So go on. Make it melt. Make it craveable. Make it indulgent. Velveeta. Respect the drip. Visit Velveeta.com slash Easter for some recipe inspiration. Right. Claire, it's another day. We're back. We've just been talking about pizza this whole time. We're all starving now. It's another day of the year. Oh, yeah. What now? You know every day is national something or another day. Yeah. Today, it's national DIY day. Oh, I love a bit of DIY. I've not done DIY for ages. Yeah, it's been great. It's been good. But it got me thinking about some classic 90s.
33:59Oh, God. Oh, no. That's the wrong way. Do that again.
34:10Clair Buckley:Going to take you back to the 90s for a second, Claire. Thank you. You got me thinking about changing rooms. Changing rooms was brilliant. I loved changing rooms. Carol Smiley. Smiley, Smiley, Carol Smiley. Oh, Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen. Yeah. Handy Andy. handy handy yeah my mum and dad loved changing rooms right we watched it everyone's mum and dad love changing rooms constantly but my mum and dad you know this about them they love a bit of DIY they'll just do it themselves they love moving hoose and they love rebuilding hooses for the inside all my family called mum and dad carol and andy that was their nickname yeah that was right but yeah do you remember the episode where the red room the person didn't like it Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen painted somebody's room like dark red that was such a huge because the joke was you'd have Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen he was always a bit it was going to be dark it was going to be some sort of vampire so I don't know Sheila and Geoff they'd need their living room sort of redecorated he'd come in and suddenly it looked like fucking somewhere Dracula would eat or something like that and they would go it was like a 60 year old retired they'd do like a reveal oh it's lovely yeah no it's really nice and everyone would go oh fuck off like that's bollocks like no one would like that you don't like that and then for the first time in one episode someone like broke down and was like this is terrible this is absolutely awful and I remember like a few days leading up to it it was in the papers it was like next episode of Changing Rooms we've heard that the person doesn't like it it like swept the country the whole country was like oh my god we've got to watch this I would love to know the viewing figures for that episode oh it would be huge, huge and it was just, and they were they were the first people to finally go are you fucking nuts how am I supposed to live in this, and also the ideas were good but they'd be like what's the budget and it'd be like 280 pounds and so handy Andy who was always like a happy cheeky chappy he was the most hard working person on that he must have been like you need me to make what yeah he did he did that was always his reaction he always had a pencil behind his yeah and they loved MDF MDF everything was made out of MDF everything yeah oh my god I loved that and didn't they do it in like it was like two days or something they had wasn't it yeah it was always a big rush big rush at the end there was still like painting and stuff yeah that's where I remember my mum saw...
36:57Clair Buckley:Wasn't it always neighbours or something though as well? Yeah, it was usually on the same street. So one couple would be like, I know that she likes this and this and this. And they go, right, we'll go off of that then. Yeah. My mum saw, this was a very 90s thing, where you would get like a sponge or a carrier bag and you would crumple it up and dip it in paint and then you would just like splodge it on the walls and stuff. Like a little bit of texture on the walls. Yeah, the stuff that was done. We had stencils at one point. Every day of the stencil, yeah. Like with a sponge. Yeah, yeah. Like a border along.
37:30Yeah, yeah.
37:31Clair Buckley:Yeah, well, they like dado rails. You don't get them anymore, do you? Going along the middle of your... Haven't we got a dado rail? It's not a dado rail. It's panelling. Yeah, we got panelling on one half of the... I did that myself. That was DIY. Yeah, it was good. Along the hall. But your little bit of wood that would break up the... MDF. that would break up the wall for some reason. Yeah. Why? Yeah, why have we got that? Why did I do that? I remember every room in my house... You still got that in the hall. Every room in my house would have some wallpaper... Halfway. And then a strip... Yeah.
38:12A border?
38:13Clair Buckley:A border of wallpaper and then different wallpaper on the top of it. No, you didn't put two different wallpapers. Yeah, no, it was different and they were from the same... You painted, you put the wallpaper on the bottom with a border and then you would paint the top. Yeah, of course, yeah. That would look all right. That would look half decent. Not in my house. Two different wallpapers. But they were from the same set. You'd get like a package. You'd have your bottom wallpaper, your strip in the middle and then your top wallpaper. Right, right. And then coving. Coving, yeah. Fucking hell. Yeah.
38:42Clair Buckley:We had a fucking... The thing that went around the light as well. Yeah, like a plaster rose or something. Yeah, yeah. Just the 90s was just too full of stuff, wasn't it? Just stuff everywhere, yeah. It was a good old days. Oh, the 90s, shit. Sorry. No, I love it. In one episode... Oh, you've dropped it. In one episode, a homeowner had a£6 ,000 teapot collection. That's right, and they put it on shelves and it smashed. Yeah. Which they decided to put on a freestanding shelving unit. That was the blonde woman that did that. Until it fell down and smashed all the teapots. She was livid. £6 ,000 in the 90s, by the way.
39:24Clair Buckley:That's probably about£12 ,000 now. Was it£6 ,000 or did she just say that so the BBC would have to pay her? Other British home makeover style shows, Grand Designs. We used to watch it a little bit. It is interesting, but it's the same format. It's the same story. It's the same story. They're in a caravan. A couple are in a caravan. She gets pregnant during the build. Absolutely. Makes life a million times harder. It's not stressful enough already. They're trying to build a house. they end up being about the house is initially going to cost £500 ,000 it costs£4.8 million in the end they're up to their necks in debt and then they're like they've built this house that only they would specifically like they've built it for them which is fair enough my problem with Grand Designs is don't do it if you don't have the fucking money because then they do the catch up thing like two years later or something like that and they're like yeah well we had to put it on the market because we couldn't actually afford it turns out nobody else likes this house because it was just full of all the shit that we like and we're divorced now.
40:29I feel like it was always two years later oh we're still renting this little flat because I mean the house is built it is done but we've just we've not been able to move in yet you're just like this is depressing.
40:42Clair Buckley:Sometimes it's like we caught up with them two years later and it's just a bog in a field. Yeah. And nothing's been done. Yeah. If it was a bit more less stressful. Yeah, it's a bit stressful, Grand Designs. I know the answer to this already. Go on. Would you ever trust a TV show to come in and renovate the house? Absolutely not. Would you have Lawrence come in? No. No? Absolutely not. Just in case your teacup, teapot collection gets smashed. Oh, God, no. No, never. I don't feel comfortable letting somebody else paint a room. Yeah. I hate getting decorators in. I'm like, I'll date myself. I know what I'm doing.
41:19No, I'm too much of a control freak for that.
41:22Clair Buckley:Well, that was a nice little trip down. It's nice to talk about the 90s every once in a while, isn't it? We don't get to talk about it that often, do we? No, we don't. No, you never mention it. Let's have a swipe, Claire, because after this, oh. Oh. What? My mouth was doing that thing. Do you ever get that? Where you feel like maybe you're having a stroke or something? No. No, do you know what I'm talking about? No. I obviously wasn't having a stroke, but where, like, your lip starts to droop. You had a wee twitch? No, my lip started to droop a little bit. No, I've never had that. Like a nerve thing.
41:58Right, anyway, swipe.
41:59Clair Buckley:Let's have a swipe, because we've got a little feature after this. Claire. Yeah? It is time for Petty Revenge. Oh. Petty Revenge. Petty Revenge. Petty Revenge. Petty Revenge. Ooh, what a lovely little feeling. Let's hear what the listeners are scheming.
42:25Good. I like it. It is good. It's grown on me, that one. It is good.
42:28Clair Buckley:It's getting a bit mystique, isn't it? Yeah. At the end of it. Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mystique. About Alicia Dixon. Oh, they're coming back strong. Do you know how many times you've done that? I love that. I love that. in our relationship like in all the time I've met you I need to add that on the list what of finishes oh god Manamana Mystica oh we're coming back strong he thinks he does a really good Alicia Dixon impression I used to think she was so pretty I used to love her Dixon yeah don't get me started yeah she's great Dixon yeah okay it's time for Petty Revenge we've had some petty revenge stories come in Claire just a quick reminder keep them coming in guys our email is thebuckleys at platformmedia.uk of course you can message us at thebuckleyspod on Instagram and TikTok here is one from Simon Simon Simon says hi James and Claire what?
43:26sorry carry on no go on well you said Simon says I did I do think that was worth it Claire it just peaked my answer that was worth it
43:37Clair Buckley:hi James and Claire we have a petty I have a petty revenge story of my first holiday away with my now wife. We went to Portugal and went for a nice meal together. I asked the waiter for the bill and he came up with it on a written notepad. The bill was extremely high for what was ordered. I couldn't make out what those extra charges were as his handwriting looked worse than a kid in nursery using crowns. I questioned him about the extra charges and lo and behold he kept saying my English is not very good without actually explaining what it was. Now here's where they fucked up. Never, ever mess with a plumber.
44:14Clair Buckley:We all know that rule, don't we? Before leaving, I asked if it would be okay to use the toilets. They replied no problem, while smirking and grinning to themselves. I went inside and locked the door, and then proceeded to dismantle every component of their toilet, leaving it completely unusable. Good God. Never mess with a plumber. Well, I'm realising that now. I know it's petty and my wife didn't agree with me, but what do you guys think? Was it justified or not? Yes, that was absolutely justified. I think he jumped too quick. No, little do they know, they've just messed with a plumber. It's like me, like I do.
44:57Clair Buckley:I think that's brilliant. I think that's glorious. I do have my daydream, my ultimate fantasy of being an off-duty police officer. Yes, you do. You talk about it all the time. like cutting you up or moving lanes or getting in a box junction or whatever just fucking thinking they own the road I'd love to be able to just get out of my car knock on the window and flash my badge and go what are you doing mate? get out of the car what would you do? you've messed with an off duty plumber I would love to do that and that's the same thing that's the same thing he was he was an off duty plumber he wasn't he wasn't working that day no he wasn't Luckily enough, he always carries his spanners with him, I suppose.
45:40Yeah, how did he dismantle a whole toilet?
45:43Clair Buckley:Good for you. Wow. Good for you, Simon. That's harsh, though. That is harsh. I love it. I love it. Jade's got another one. She says, hi, Claire and James. Love the pod. I have a petty revenge story for you. For context, before I sound like a horrible daughter, I will just say that my mother isn't a very nice person. We no longer speak. All right. Fine. Let's get into it. We'll do that. But when I was younger and living at home, every time she would do or say something horrid, not only to me, but to people in general. I would go upstairs to her wardrobe and pick out a beloved garment and proceed to rip a hole in it in a way that would look like the seam had come undone.
46:23Clair Buckley:Or something, you know, or like moths had got to it or something. I'd make it just big enough to be obviously seen and then put it back. Days, weeks, if not months would go by, and then all of a sudden I'd hear a screech from another room. Oh my God, how on earth has this happened? And then I'd just listen to it with a little smile on my face. With her not being that nicest of people, she would constantly find herself in need of a seamstress for those mysterious rips. Slightly psychotic, I know. Nah. Don't worry, I hopefully won't feel the need to do this to anyone else. And not so sorry, a strange daughter.
47:00Wow, wow. I mean, what did she do? Well, that's it.
47:04Clair Buckley:I don't think we can go into too much detail, otherwise then we know what's going on. Bronte is here. Bronte? Bronte, yeah. Wow. That's a sort of, what's that woman that used to write? Emily. Emily Bronte. That's who I'm thinking of. Who's that bird that wrote them fucking books? No, did she do Wuthering Heights? Yeah, she wrote that. Hi, James and Claire. Back when I was working at a hotel, we had a function on. 15 tables that sat 8 people each with 5 waitresses including myself of course I got stuck with a table that had the biggest wanker on it when was this?
47:44Clair Buckley:and being in hospitality you just have to smile I used to work in a hotel as well as a waitress the night started off with me going to their table to explain the menu for the evening Yep. Yes, they had a simplified version in front of them, but we had to go into detail about each course. Let's call this wanker Tony for now. Okay. Tony, as I was explaining the dishes, started shushing me, saying, we can read, love. You don't need to go into detail. How rude. Right, a lot along the lines of never mess with an off-duty plumber. Oh, my God. Don't mess with your waiter and waitresses. Absolutely not.
48:24Clair Buckley:Tony said, we can read, love. we don't need you to go into detail and starts hysterically laughing the rest of the table was silent I smiled and ignored him you can see as the evening was going on he was making the most of the free wine that was on the table specifically red as he had stained teeth and lips looking like a proper knob the moment for me was when he finished his main which was a baked salmon dish and started clicking his fingers at me Oh, no. This is where I drew the line. When it was time to clear the plates, one of them had left their salmon skin. So my petty revenge was to leave that plate last.
49:06Clair Buckley:So it was top of the pile. As I walked behind Tony, I flicked it onto his back. The two people sat either side of him sore and didn't say a word. Oh, he didn't know. I think they had just about had enough of him as I did. the rest of the evening I didn't care how he treated me because he was the wanker walking around for the rest of the night with a whole salmon skin on his back no one's hold him love the pod take care yeah I'm trying to think I'm actually trying to think if um because I worked in a hotel um well you told me that story about the time when a drop the red wine drop of red wine went on a woman's bride's dress.
49:49So I worked in a hotel that did functions as well and there was always weddings and like business things were going on and it was at a football club so there was football games as well it was like a whole big thing and there was this wedding once and we were pouring glasses of red wine, it wasn't me, it was one of the other waitresses that were there and she poured and lifted the bottle up now you're supposed to wipe it and it just dropped a tiny tiny speck just on the white dress and the whole I was like she was fine to be fair she was fine she'd
50:28Clair Buckley:already had her wedding what would you how would you have been I would have been fucking furious furious yeah I wouldn't be able to be a waiter why I I just wouldn't be able to, I'm very shaky. Yeah, no, you're not good at cardio and stuff. Like, even if I go to the pub and there's four of us and I get around, I take two at a time. Yeah, you're not very good at cardio and stuff. I can't, yeah. Sometimes, like... And I wouldn't, like, if my thumb touched a bit of their food or something like that as I'm clearing it, that would really freak me out. Yeah, you don't like clearing up now. Sometimes.
51:03Yeah, you're useless is the point you're making here.
51:06Clair Buckley:Well, listen, you say I'm useless. how many people would be able to host a podcast like this do you think? Everybody this this one in particular and I just want to warn people by the way anybody could do this never miss Women Off Duty podcaster because you'll come up you'll come up from the podcast yeah I was going to say because he'll write a note down on his phone and he'll talk about you that's it for this week's episode of the Buckleys thanks for listening remember that you can get in touch with your stories and questions by emailing thebuckleys at platformmedia.uk or you can message us at thebuckleyspod on Instagram and TikTok and don't forget to follow and subscribe to the show on whatever podcast app that you like to use, especially if it's Spotify.
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Ever messed with an off-duty plumber? One listener reveals why you shouldn't in the pettiest of Petty Revenge stories. Clair admits to collecting teeth, and James has an admission of his own involving the Easter Bunny, whilst The Buckleys reminisce over the DIY classic that is 'Changing Rooms'. Plus, Clair reveals how a cartoon nearly put her into labour.
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