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16 Jul 2026 · 38m · 20 chapters

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Our Favourite Moments From Summer 2026 So Far - Portugal Edition!

In short

A Portugal-themed “favourite moments” episode mixing travel holiday chaos, relationship advice, conspiracy/mental-health chat, and a Portugal quiz.

Guests/backgrounds

No named guests appear; it’s mainly the hosts Danny Pellegrino and “the boys”/co-hosts (including Pete and Abbey) plus listener callers/writers (e.g., “Liam from Scarborough,” an anonymous mortgage/street-neighbourhood letter, and “Big Steve”).

Key claims

Holiday lesson—Brits drink too much on day one; women bond via football more than fashion/makeup; Abby’s GCSE results are debated (nine/eight A-stars, triple science); flat-earth discussion ends with “round” as the conclusion; strip-club stag do behavior can damage trust; exercise/sport helps mental health and “switch off.”

Notable examples

Peri Peri sauce origin; Nando’s first UK location (Ealing Common); Portugal tile name (azulejo); Portugal quiz includes pastel de nata, paddle invention (Spanish vs Portuguese), and capital cities (Lisbon, plus later capitals like Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Ankara, etc.).

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Chapters

0:03

Holiday Hangover Tales

The hosts discuss the aftermath of their first day on holiday and drinking habits.

“Have you been putting off that annual doctor's appointment because you don't want to make the call?”
1:40

Food Cravings Post-Drinking

A humorous exchange about food cravings and hangry moments.

“So the boys came in, you know, ready to go and had a few beverages.”
3:08

Differences in Male and Female Bonding

Exploration of how men bond over football compared to women.

“I've always wondered that with service stations, every time you go, there's never a nice option as far as I say.”
5:16

The Absence of Universal Female Interests

Discussion about the lack of a single unifying interest among women, contrasting with men and football.

“Yeah so two different like the Welsh national then a Cardiff chant I think specific to Cardiff.”
6:40

Debate on GCSE Results

The hosts argue playfully about one host's GCSE results, leading to humorous exchanges.

“There is fandom Do you know what I mean?”
8:06

The Legitimacy of Exam Results

Further discussion on the authenticity of the GCSE results presented.

“just need to call out potential foul play occurring in regards to Abby's GCSE results.”
10:08

Flat Earth Theory Exploration

Hosts discuss the flat earth theory and its resurgence, questioning popular beliefs.

“That is the only thing, like that little bit of...”
12:23

Space Exploration and Beliefs

The hosts debate the reality of space exploration and the moon landing.

“of an archaic conspiracy theory claiming the Earth is flat.”
14:00

The Earth: Flat or Round?

Discussing the debate over whether the Earth is flat or round and related conspiracy theories.

“So what they mean by that is where does the edge of the world stop?”
16:44

Golf: A Chasing Analogy

Exploring the personal significance of golf in their lives and humorous takes on sports.

“it's dynamic it's you know the skills involved golf is just too slow so when people say to me listen now you're an older lady an older lady?”
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19:32

Mental Health and Sports

How playing sports provides an escape and helps with mental health issues.

“You might have me, babe, but probably not the hobby.”
22:34

Struggles with Trust and Relationships

A listener shares a dilemma about trust issues with a partner after a stag do.

“saying, oh, he's open and honest about it.”
24:18

The Importance of Home Environment

Discussing the emotional impact of living in a toxic neighborhood and the prospect of divorce.

“but clever enough the police can't catch.”
27:38

Would You Rather: A Quirky Scenario

Engaging in a light-hearted 'Would You Rather' question that reveals personal insights.

28:00

Would You Rather: Glitter or Dave?

The hosts engage in a light-hearted 'would you rather' scenario involving a grumpy character named Dave.

“to want to divorce over it that must be awful over there I wonder Anon if you can write in, just let us know where you are.”
30:00

Quiz Introduction: Testing Knowledge on Portugal

One of the hosts introduces a quiz about Portugal, teasing the participants and setting the rules.

30:28

Quiz Round 1: Sauces and Nando's

The hosts start the quiz with questions about famous Portuguese sauces and Nando's origins.

“I'm just thinking of the source I saw on the Dragon's Den.”
31:41

Quiz Round 2: Football and Culture

Continuing the quiz, they ask questions about footballers and cultural references related to Portugal.

“I know this, Pete, because I am currently tiling our gateposts in these tiles.”
34:21

Quiz Round 3: Geography and History

The quiz progresses with questions about Portugal's geography and history, revealing fun facts.

“I'll tell you who's right you're both close Abs takes it with 10.7 million so 10 million 11 million I can't lose what's the score now is it 2?”
35:41

Final Quiz Challenge: Capital Cities

The hosts engage in a rapid-fire challenge about capital cities, showcasing their knowledge.

“Right, so we're going to shout them out now.”
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1:39Obligado. How are you feeling, guys? I felt fresher, but I'm okay. I'm surviving. So the boys came in, you know, ready to go and had a few beverages.

1:49Abbey Clancy: Chris looks lime green. Put the glass up to Chris. Oh, poor cameraman. He has vomited five times. What, fam? I think Italian's now seven. We're up to seven now. He's up to seven. Can't take it, can they? Just don't breed them like they used to, do they? I know. It was quite a sesh. Thoroughly enjoyable, though. But it's classic Brits, isn't it? Oh, yeah. First day on holiday, you always have too much to drink. My God, yeah. And I literally said it here. I was like, you know, we've got two big days. Let's take it sensible. Didn't I say in the airport? I did it when I went to Liverpool Legends the night before our cameraman there was like let's go out and pie I was like no no it's a big day tomorrow let's take it and before you know it 10 pints later oh Jesus Christ so yeah drink responsibly I think is the is the it's the lesson here it's the tagline yeah how are you sweetheart I'm just hungry are you hangry hangry I'm hangry if you could eat anything right now what would you have sausage egg McMuffin no I want I want a real sausage a mac muffin?

2:52Yeah.

2:52Abbey Clancy: A homemade one. Oh, okay. Yeah. Like a bougie one. I don't really like eating kind of mass produced stuff. Shit food with a hangover. Yeah. And it needs to be, I need to put some goodness in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's psychological. Must be. Yeah. I've always wondered that with service stations, every time you go, there's never a nice option as far as I say. I've said this before. Have you? This is kind of a problem for me. Yeah. I don't understand why it has to be like fast food, like junk. Why can't you have a nice, why couldn't you have a nice, like healthy restaurant? Like a poke bowl thing.

3:32Don't ever say that word again.

3:34Abbey Clancy: I hate poke bowls. Just don't even say that word to me. I can't do them. I don't think there's a universal thing that bonds women, other than motherhood, like football does with men. and I know that my you know our listeners might think that's sexist but realistically wherever you go every man as you say could go to a bar and strike a conversation you know who's your favourite player what team do you support what games have you been to like my dad can document his whole life based on where he's been for football matches he'll be going 1986 I was in Madrid watching Liverpool play in the World Cup blah blah blah do you know what I mean they did well in the World Cup that you know what i mean yes you know what i mean but i agree and listen there are women that love football as well but i just think i totally agree with you there are everywhere you go from children to normal aged men to pensioners they can all sit and talk and talk and talk and bond about football so i was discussing this with pete and people be like fashion but no not fashion like my best friend Lucinda, we would never in a million years talk about clothes.

4:46Abbey Clancy: We would never go, oh my God, that's a nice dress. Where'd you get it? What's it? We'd never talk about makeup. You know, for females or for the females I know, there'd be different things you talk about. Some you talk about fashion. Some you talk about fitness. Some you talk about animals. I don't know, but there's not one, one single thing that unites us other than motherhood. motherhood. We can all talk about being mums but there's nothing like football for women. I know exactly what you're saying because I came in here today on the flight and was queuing at border control and just out of nowhere, it's about a million stag dudes and hen dudes and out of nowhere the Welsh national anthem started getting sung and then a Cardiff City anthem started getting sung and then from the back I think the English fans were singing.

5:32Abbey Clancy: Cardiff is Wales you know. Yeah so two different like the Welsh national then a Cardiff chant I think specific to Cardiff. And then sheep shag a chant came in from the UK crowd. All this, you know who you are. All this going on. But you wouldn't get that, you wouldn't have girls, like girl groups shouting like, Versace. Do you know what I mean? You wouldn't have like, you wouldn't have like fashion offs. You wouldn't have makeup offs. You wouldn't have screaming. Mac, Mac, Mac. Charlotteville. Imagine that. Charlotteville. Is that because women aren't fucking imbeciles? Is that maybe what? Does Charlotte know you're here?

6:12That actually works? That's fucking great.

6:15Abbey Clancy: Oh my God. I've just thought of Charlotte Tilbury's campaign for the World Cup. Does Charlotte know you're here? So true, though we don't. Yeah. That's what it's lacking, isn't it? There isn't that one universal thing that women can just sort of rally behind, scream out loud and proud. There isn't. And I am a female. I'm a mother of four. I love fashion. I love animals I do like sports Music Music There is fandom Do you know what I mean? Fandom, yes You know like when you You know groups of girls Would be like Certainly back in the day It'd be like take that You know where you'd be like You'd camp outside And you'd go yes You wouldn't go Take that Take that Take that But you'd go like Yeah, exactly Yeah Big Steve says I'm listening to the podcast And honestly pissing myself about Abby's GCSEs.

7:07Pete, you're so wound up, you just won't let this blow over. Yeah, exactly.

7:10Abbey Clancy: This is what I have to deal with. You don't want me to succeed. I don't want you to succeed. You don't want me to... Why do you find it so difficult to believe that I got... Because I know you're lying about it. I'm not going to lie about fucking GCSE. They've got... It's changed right from the start. Like, you had a couple of A's to now, every year it's gone up, now it's 10 A stars. No, it's nine A stars. Nine A stars, sorry. Okay. Abby is clearly a very clever girl but Pete I need answers here mate what exactly do you know about Abby's GCSEs nothing there's definitely nothing not adding up about the A-star results stories but come on you seem very confident the people deserve the truth absolutely love the podcast keep them coming okay so that's Big Steve I got the certificate Claire got it yeah she's very dubious she did send it in it was very dubious but then Stevie G has an opinion Steve's opinion is just need to call out potential foul play occurring in regards to Abby's GCSE results.

8:11Abbey Clancy: Oh yeah, well I went to an all girls because still Stevie. So you can piss the fuck off. First off, for GCSEs you have three optional courses. Yeah. Pete read out four optional. No. French, Geography, History and Science. No, I did triple science. Yeah, additional science you called it. Additional, yeah. So he said you got four which only you had three. I think Abby was so clever she took an extra one. Is that right? Would that be right? No, because you could do dual or triple science. Secondly, science double award would not be listed twice. Which one? As in it would not be written. Hmm? He said science double award would not be listed twice.

8:50As in it would not be written science double award A star, science double award A star. It was only written singular. Science double award A star, A star.

8:59Abbey Clancy: Because I did triple science. So the single award, so they class as three GCSEs. So dual, it would say the mark, but you only get two GCSEs at the end of it. Right. So there's answers to that question, smartass. No doubt, you're very reactive to this. I'm not reactive. Go on. No doubting our Abby is a very intelligent woman, as I admit myself. But I don't believe the fabricated certificate. P.S. Abby, I look forward to the abuse. I'm due for this. But I do need backup from P here. P.S. Avi saying you're not used to seeing Pete lose he did play for Tottenham and he often lost actually we were fucking Stevie I am used to seeing him lose now to be honest it seems it's all you do lately when playing a game

9:52tell us how much of a winner you are these GCSE results

9:56Abbey Clancy: I just explained it's 90 stars do you know okay you're sticking white with it okay if the digital version or whatever Claire got is not sufficient I will get a physical copy oh yeah yeah okay there you go Stevie G leave it with me TBC TBC we asked Abby to get her GCSE examination results oh yeah do you remember because she said she got entirely A stars yeah she's produced a document here and I don't know what to make of it I mean it says GCSE examination results summer examination June there must be flaws in this because this has been doctored it hasn't this has been edited because English language A star English literature A star mathematics A star science double award A star science double award A star French A star history A star geography A star and additional science A star yeah so you're an A star in your science yeah three sciences from the looks of it I did triple science Look, I don't need to lie about this.

11:02Nine eight stars. Yes. Someone signed it at the bottom. That's all I can see there. 2002. When were you born?

11:13Abbey Clancy: 1986. Is that checkout? Quick maths.

11:19Let's check out, yeah. 16. That is the only thing, like that little bit of...

11:25Abbey Clancy: Blurb. are you gonna be honest now i asked claire rpa to write to the school and get the documents and she has so there you go fair play i mean you can't argue when this came through the other night you were like what in the chat gpt is this but looking at it i mean it looks legit i can't lie it's 100 i'm not gonna lie about gcse is that right you're literally doing it to my face now Anna? This. Let me just say, listeners, this is complete bollocks. But, you know, listen, you're a very bright young lady. Why do you find it so hard to believe that I've got nine eight stars? Well, can you give us some French now?

12:10Abbey Clancy: Yeah. Le samedi matin, je jouais au tennis avec mes amis. Well, listen, I love you so much, I'm going to move on. Okay, let's get into the flat earth theory. Flat Earth is a 21st century resurgence of an archaic conspiracy theory claiming the Earth is flat. A stationary disk rather than a sphere. Other followers of the theory often believe in a dome-covered world, a central North Pole, and an outer ice wall, often rejecting established science regarding gravity and global navigation. Obviously, with your three A stars in science, you'd be able to tell us... I'm not Christopher Columbus. I've got an A star.

12:52Abbey Clancy: on GCSE level. I can tell you everything you need to know about photosynthesis or a cell mutation. But I don't know if the Earth's flat or round. What's your theory being a top scientist though? I'd say it was round. I'd say round. I think there's... You're with round. I'm going to go, what do you think? Well, you know, listen, the flat earthers frequently allege that images of a round Earth from space are fake, frequently citing conspiracy theories including NASA and New World Order. or secret societies. They argue the sun and moon are small, close to the Earth, and move above the surface. Whilst scientifically wrong, social media has fuelled its growth with a notable percentage of younger people, 18 to 24, expressing scepticism about around Earth.

13:42The horizon argument. Proponents believe the horizon looks flat and water appears level, which it does, to be fair. Yeah, to be fair. When you look out on the horizon, it is flat. It's not round, is it? It kind of goes off flatly into infinity. The ice wall. Supporters often claim Antarctica is not a continent, but an ice wall surrounding the flat plain. So what they mean by that is where does the edge of the world stop? It's a giant ice wall is what they're saying. But I think this has been, again, very debunked by NASA. They've ran experiments and tests to show that you can in fact go, you know, it's a globe.

14:18You ever know? I think it's pretty round

14:22Abbey Clancy: I just think there's been far too much I don't know anything about the world being round or flat really I would say they would know that by now I don't think they landed on the moon all those years ago you don't think they did no I don't well that is coming up later so you can give us your I saw that like that documentary and it was like where the shadows are is all kind of artificially lit because the shadows are at different positionings for each different shot. We had an astronaut at my golf club once and been into space. That was interesting. I think it was great. I like how most things gravitate back to golf.

15:00I kind of love it. There's six degrees of golf. I love it. It's interesting you said gravitate as well. We discussed that.

15:08Abbey Clancy: Gravity? Gravity, yeah. What did you talk about? Why did you say it was obviously floaty? but I think it's it's very much I think it's very much round if I'm being totally honest I mean I just think we've got so much evidence you know when I'm watching Attenborough I believe everything Attenborough says imagine if it come out that Attenborough was just making everything out yeah well on his show he has a circular but because of AI now the whole world could be a lie that's deep that's a new conspiracy there you go we've created one the whole world is a lie but you don't you don't need anything do you because you don't need movie stars because ai can do it you don't need models because i can do it you know everything can be ai'd now i i think about sometimes that when you talk about me playing golf looking it through abby's eyes you know she thinks now through the dragon's eye i'm chasing this little ball when I play golf I'm chasing this ball around a field and I'm like well that's kind of what my life's been all my life like I've I've hit balls at tennis most of my life and I've just chased a ball around a field trying to score goals Pete you're boring me to death with this conversation but that's what that's how she sees it you know that's exactly it there's so much more that goes into it it's so dull I just like I can't bear with the I can't bear listening to the analogy it's just ridiculous it's absolutely ridiculous I get football because it's quick pace it's fast it's dynamic it's you know the skills involved golf is just too slow so when people say to me listen now you're an older lady an older lady?

16:56Abbey Clancy: 40 you're not an older lady you know your husband's retired never worked more since he's been retired by the way but you should get into golf but I'm like it's too long It's like four hours. When they're playing golf, I'll be thinking, oh, I've got this to do, I've got that to do, I've got to get the fucking packed lunch in, I've got to do wash and I've got to pick the dry clean up, I've got to go ride my horse. That's the whole point of golf. I could not switch off. I could not. The thing is, men have problems as well, right? And they internalise a lot of their problems. No, no problems would be too well.

17:29They internalise those problems. So when you go and play golf or you play football, you lose yourself in that sport. that's the whole reason behind it. Going to golf is, as soon as I drive through those gates at the golf club, I am free. You're like mute,

17:45Abbey Clancy: Abbey, block. Phone in the bag. Just the only thing I'm thinking about is when's my first beverage? Is it after nine? Is it pre-12? And I'm playing, and I'm playing and I'm losing myself in the sport. The past few times, you haven't drunk at golf. No, but I still lost myself in the sport of trying to compete. See, that's funny. you should say that because when we were going through our house sale and our house move and it was all up in the air you know we've sold our house we haven't found anywhere are we doing the right thing and i go horse riding and do my lesson with anthony i'd have to get off the horse because i'd be like i can't i can't get in the zone i can't think of what am i doing to my family this is the house we've loved we've been in it i've had all my kids there we've sold it we've got nowhere to go better than our house I could not just switch off and go I'm at one with my horse, I'm going to learn, I'm going to enjoy I was just like I can't do this I was like a dithering wreck Yeah you see that to me that is the real, I think genuinely like when I played football I'd have problems and I might have some quite bad problems in my life the minute I went through the training ground I was gone, I was football mode and I just and I came out and I did exercise obviously you know played football felt great had a shower and it was 10 times better when I left the training ground than it was when I when I came in yeah and all that was was just there is a lot to be said about exercise and mental health to be honest but I but for me because of how my mind works I'm sure I've got ADHD you can't forget it you can't forget I can't forget it so when I when I I've had problems and I'm doing yoga and it's breath work and it's all very slow and I'm like getting to the zone I'm thinking I've got this so I've got to do this I've got to do it or if I'm doing like a hit bang bang bang bang bang jumps birthies this this this I'm in the zone okay but I can't you know that all all those techniques to wind down and think and meditate if I've got a problem I can't do it if I'm chill I can do it hey guys I was hoping you can help me get my head around my dickhead fella's recent behaviour at his mate stagged in so I can continue to royally bollock him but now with the backup of the Clance and Cardi P.

20:09Abbey Clancy: Oh, you might have my... You might have me, babe, but probably not the hobby. I'll try my best to be as brief as possible but basically he's going to wait to Barca for the weekend with his mates who are normally a pretty relaxed and chill group as far as boys go anyway and he'd given me a rough idea of the plans they'd be getting up to. Go-kart and jet ski and bar crawls. I'm not naive. I have my suspicions that there was every chance that some of the singletons out of the group would probably try and get the lads down to a strip club as it's just typical sad men behaviour. I trust my boyfriend and just tried to put this to the back of my mind.

20:45Abbey Clancy: So picture this. Three days later, I walked in, Dickhead one and Dickhead two and three, who had kindly said they could stay at ours due to the late flight. He hadn't even bothered to give me the heads up on this by the way they look like three bags of boiled shite and they were still very clearly pissed all of which is sickness inducing but not unforgivable what i'm struggling to forgive is how three of them then start going into explicit detail on the strip club that they ended up in on night one how they had such a great time and they went back for more on night two then detailing all the sort of detail of what goes on in these places i went to bed fuming and expected a grovelling apology the next day dick had won since doubled down on his story saying one i should be happy that you didn't try and hide anything from me and he was actually the best behaved one as he didn't even get a private dance i just can't what is he doing i was actually really well behaved so yeah i just didn't even get a dance i just can't fathom how he thinks this would that this would ever have gone down well and now i feel like he's trying to gaslight me into thinking he's actually really open and honest and trustworthy.

21:55Abbey Clancy: Anyway, rant over and I must go as I'm off to the book Magic Mike for me and the girls. Thanks. That's Liam from Scarborough. Wow, okay. Well, you know, what is he doing?

22:10He's a weird vibe. It's a weird vibe. The strip club vibe. Yeah, it's never going to go that well, does it? No. I don't think anyone really is into it. Really? Apart from maybe the dancers themselves.

22:24Abbey Clancy: I think they're... Yeah. Why have you got that smirk on your face? What do you mean? What? I think that is complete gaslighting, saying, oh, he's open and honest about it. And all his friends are going, he was the best to behave, which means he was the worst. Do you reckon? Yeah. Do you reckon? And I just think, treat people how you would like to be treated. Yeah. And there's no excuse for anything in between. if you know that would hurt someone's feelings just don't do it for what it's not worth it and then if you want to start chip chip chip chip chipping away at trust and chips chips i was thinking that then you go ahead because that one decision which is a decision by the way it's a decision you're not getting a gun held to your head yeah could change things forever so that's a little bit of food for thought to anyone out there who's tempted to make the wrong decision fair play, sage advice sage advice I think we need to change the strip club as like the lads stag do thing of choice to something else because if it gets the lads in trouble I don't even think lads really enjoy it all that much it's got to be like an equivalent crazy activity that just isn't so stressful to all parties yeah yeah write in if you have any yeah let's recreate the stag dude from the ground up I think woke nonsense

23:57Abbey Clancy: hi Abby Peter and the wider mega team please help with your honest neutral viewpoint I've been married for 20 years we have a great family home and just four years left on the mortgage over the last year I have come to hate as in really hate the street we live in I put my dog in the car and drive out of the area to walk him. We live opposite a known drug dealer who is just vile, but clever enough the police can't catch. While my husband appreciates why I hate the road, he doesn't appreciate quite my level, and while he can turn a blind eye and thinks I should grin and bear the walk past the local oxygen thieves who are ruining our nice home, while I don't want to split from my husband, as he isn't the issue, I'm willing to divorce and move elsewhere alone.

24:40Abbey Clancy: Blimey. I don't think he believes my intentions, but honestly, I'm done. He is super stubborn and thinks, A, I'm not being serious. B, I'm being unreasonable. And C, I just won't go through with it. D, moving will add 20 years to the mortgage. I would downsize in order to keep the mortgage down. What should I do? Is my desire to enjoy life worth more than a few extra mortgage years? I'm already resenting my hubby for not agreeing. I love him, but despise my home environment for factors outside of our control. Wow. Please keep me anonymous. Wow. Wow. Well, that is a serious problem. It is. The fact that she is willing to divorce the husband that she loves because she hates it there so much.

25:21Surely, I don't know if it's almost your duty as a husband and father.

25:26Abbey Clancy: I think happy wife, happy life. No, I don't. I do think that. And I think if I was so unhappy in our home, you would change it for me. I think, you know, I can only speak for you because I'll only be married to you. But I just think, you know, women, i.e. you, you're so very particular about where you live and your home. I think men are kind of, you know, it's not, I could be happy. You've already said you can pretty travel on your own and do that. I'm not getting that point across properly, but I just think the home is very sacred for a woman. It's the kind of nesting thing is a real thing, I think.

26:09It is for you. and I think if you weren't happy in your home I would do everything in my power to move you

26:15Abbey Clancy: when we got our new house I viewed it without Peter and I said I'll take it and the guy was like do you not need to ask your husband first and I was like no because he'll be happy if I'm happy which is just incredible isn't it what a great husband you've got you're the best that sounds really brattish but I knew Pete and I loved the same thing. So I just knew he would die when he saw it and love it. No, I know that the house is going to be nice, right? And like, you know, I'll have my opinion, but ultimately I want you to be happy in the home. Yeah. Mainly. I think, of course, I'm going to be happy in it and I love it as well.

27:03But I think if your wife and kids are happy, that is kind of like what we're doing it all for, isn't it? That's what we're striving for, isn't it? You know what I mean? So when she's not like that, I do think he has to maybe, you know, at least look at some options.

27:18Abbey Clancy: Yeah, I think there needs to be a discussion here. He needs to take her feelings seriously because obviously it is a financial headache, you know, swapping your mortgage over and maybe adding on to your mortgage. So there is a conversation to be had there. but if she's really that unhappy he should listen because I think there's an element like she'll resent him in the future I've had people who've gone like she wants to move again I'm like you know and they're like fuming about it and I can understand you're digging the ears again I'm not moving again that's it but when you're that unhappy I think that's a different story yeah yeah agreed must be some bad neighbourhood to want to divorce over it that must be awful over there I wonder Anon if you can write in, just let us know where you are.

28:06That'd be great to know. Cool. I've got, you know, these would you rather scenarios, like would you rather sneeze glitter or poo glue? Would you, okay, this is one about, I don't think you'll have heard it about a guy called Dave, right? If you reset now and you were back to square one, you didn't know each other, you had no money, no assets, right? And you could either have£3 ,000 in your bank account every month, or whenever you want to buy anything, you have to conjure up this man called Dave. he comes out of thin air and he's got a horrible attitude problem he's really horrible to be around he moans at you for calling him he's like I was tired I was in bed why have you brought me here and he'll fight with you too for nail but eventually he'll buy you the thing you need so if you're at a shop he'll get it for you eventually and it'll happen every time so you can have anything you want or would you rather 3 ,000 a month

28:54Abbey Clancy: I'd rather have Dave because it sounds exactly like Pete so I'm used to that I'm not expecting that I'm used to begging him to buy me things so that's why this is the grumpy old dave well yeah you're classing me as the grumpy old man that comes out and goes i don't want to buy this for you but ends up doing it anyway yes well you're not grumpy you're not old but i do like you know well yeah i put the brakes on sometimes um i i would just take the three goings would you um i don't want the energy in my life i don't want that energy in my life no i surround myself with people who aren't like that would you I was thinking would you not like call Dave out a few times to buy you a big house a car all the big things oh yeah if you can you do all that and then you just ask your partner to get the milk and the groceries for the big things you know you've got to haven't you you can't have both well that's what I mean Dave will do anything for you he'll get you anything yeah but I think you've got to choose one or the other Dave all day Dave all day at least he gets shit done he's a grumpy bastard yeah exactly okay guys I don't know if you know about me I love a quiz I'm a big quizzer right and I thought as soon as we're in Portugal huge fan of the quiz I love you know I'd like to do a big fat quiz for you one day maybe Christmas time end of the year the year that was we'll do a big wrap-up quiz um but yes I wanted to test your knowledge on Portugal 10 fairly simple questions but some some more difficult than others and I want to see if you really know the place all right so I need a buzzer sound from each of you so I want to be like lawless so can I get a buzzer sound when you buzz in if you think you know the answer you go fantastic all right you stick into that and watch

30:34ding dong okay right i've called the quiz 10 questions ronal do you know or ronal don't you

30:41Abbey Clancy: know madeira well i'm not gonna know this am i well here we go this is not fair question number one finger is on the buzzer which famous tangy fiery sauce was created by the portuguese settlers in Mozambique.

30:57Famous source. Ding dong. Reggae reggae? Reggae reggae. I saw an actual joke.

31:06Abbey Clancy: I'm just thinking of the source I saw on the Dragon's Den. It's a Rastafarian. Yeah, what's wrong with that? Have you seen a Rasta in Portugal recently? It's a valiant temple and you're on the right lines. It's a repeated word. it is

31:28this is stupid it's Peri Peri well done that's it correct

31:33Abbey Clancy: frig off can you make a no 1-0 I knew it was Peri Peri but I just didn't want to say it too quick sticking on Peri Peri okay synonymous with Nando's we can all agree can anyone tell me where the first ever Nando's was in the UK it's relevant Shepherd's Bush I'm going to give you that it's Ealing I'm going to give you that Ealing Common it's got a plaque it's got like a blue plaque on the outside I've been there you've been there yeah opposite Jono's you told me that when we went there that's fine that's why I knew that that's why I knew when you took me on one of our first dates you said this is one of the first Nando's around really I knew that how iconic is that romantic huh I've been there many a time just on Ealing Common there yeah right near where I used to train for QPR really yes we used to nip in there sometimes oh nice it's a great spot to be fair number three which famous footballer sorry was born and raised in Maya Portugal Maya yeah it's a tricky one why are these all football related they're not all you'll get I think you'll get next Flotinho great shout he's Brazilian well he's Portuguese I thought you said Ronaldo yeah I was like I know Ronaldo Somedero right Bing Dong Bernardo Silva along the right lines Bruno Fernandes yes correct question four what is the name of the decorative typically blue and white ceramic tiles found in Portugal.

32:52I didn't know this.

32:54Abbey Clancy: I've got them all over my house. You've got some in the house, yeah. Bing bong? Am I allowed to say mosaic? No. I know this, Pete, because I am currently tiling our gateposts in these tiles. And it's like alogeju. Yeah. Alogeju tiles. It's, you know, it's a famous... Unbelievable. You know, everywhere. We've got original tiles here from... I got here today and I was like, okay, yeah, she's got some of them. Oh, yeah. Fair play. That is a rogue one. Never knew that. One foot but one tile question. Okay. This is going to be fastest finger first. This might be the easiest one. Are you ready? Fingers on the buzzer.

33:32What's the famous custard tart pastry found in Portugal?

33:35Abbey Clancy: I don't know the Portugal name because I call them custard tarts. Oh, do you? Oh. I don't know this. Okay. Should do, shouldn't I? I love them though. It's pastel de nata for anyone who's... I wouldn't know that. You would not know that? they don't do them at tapas you probably never count them no no okay this one is sorry another football how many times did Peter Crouch play against Portugal during his England career I'm going to get you first dibs on this because he probably knows I am going to say six do you have any idea I'm going to say three it's actually it's lower from what I can tell once Saturday the 1st of July 2006 World Cup quarterfinal finish nil nil is that the only time I play in you've played against Ronaldo so many times under 21s under 18s did you play against Ronaldo when he played for Man U yeah Man U someone correct me if I'm wrong there but yeah according to englandstats.com okay alright shout them out to the nearest million what's the population of Portugal are you enjoying this 15 million I'm going to say 12 million because it's not that big is it Portugal?

34:53I'll tell you who's right you're both close Abs takes it with 10.7 million so 10 million 11 million I can't lose what's the score now is it 2? what's the score 3-1

35:03Abbey Clancy: 3-2 3-1 to me to Abs ooh okay three questions to go true or false the popular sport paddle was invented in 1969 by a Portuguese businessman true or false ding dong ding dong true false which one is it she said true I'm going to say false I'm going to take your first answer I'm afraid true, false false I know it was false I was joking no no it's Spanish did the word true come out of your mouth I was joking I know it's false it's Spanish Mexican businessman in Acapulco he didn't have room for tennis court well he speaks Spanish in Mexico there we go that's it okay question number nine what is the capital of Portugal uh Ding Dong Ding dong Lisbon Lisbon You can't copy what I'm saying While I'm saying it I know the capital I know you do But you weren't quick enough Portugal You said ding dong Watch me say And then went Lisbon So you think I don't know The capital of Portugal No I think you know it You just didn't know it quick enough Pete I'm not some dumbass My whole life I grew up with my dad In the car What's the capital of Spain What's the capital of France Don't start You know I'm good at this game If you want to go there I can beat you on capitals Do you want to go No Do you want to do capital C's?

36:18Abbey Clancy: Do you want to do capital C's? Let's go. Right, here we go. Let's go. Come on. Right, so we're going to shout them out now. Come on. All right. Okay, what are we doing? Capital C. Give us a capital C. What, of any country? Any country. Okay. France. Paris. One all. Spain. Madrid. Correct. She's literally, one second after me, I'm saying Matt, and she's going, Dredd. No. No, come on. Give me another one. Give me another one. Give me a difficult one. Okay. A difficult one? Yes. Okay. let's go for okay really yeah because she won't get that the capital of Denmark is is Copenhagen Copenhagen correct you are she's going I'm saying I'm not listening to you I'm not listening to you I'm doing my own thing you're such go on another one another one I think we're good I think that was a tie at the end of all that no no no keep going keep going keep going keep going harder okay hang on I'm going to type in capitals of the world.

37:17You can't look at me and then say it.

37:20Abbey Clancy: I'm not doing that, Pete. I'm absolutely not. I know my capitals. Write them down then, big shot. Okay, you go first. Give Ab one. Yeah, give me one, then give him one. Okay. The Netherlands. Amsterdam. Correct. Turkey. Istanbul. Not true, apparently. It's Ankara. I think it's a common misconception. Thailand Phuket Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok sorry Bangkok this is so cute don't give him fucking Australia South Africa Joburg I'm going to remove that because there's three and none of that how can you have three it has Cape Town Cape Town Johannesburg and Pretoria apparently I was a new of that so did I okay this is what I've been to who I know is definitely Colombia Colombia Bogota correct well done very good I'm good at this game I know I'm good at this game okay we'll have to wrap up soon no we won't keep going we won't we're not wrapping up we're carrying on come on guys Iceland Reykjavik Reykjavik is correct well done well played this is my favourite thing we've ever done this is so cute seeing you both and you compare the worst thing is I don't know if it's he wants to capital of Australia what's the capital of Australia Canberra yeah well played everyone says Sydney good motherfuckers who don't know okay we need to wrap this up I know there are winners in this one do you know what I think the listeners are the winners because they get to listen to that they do they do that was a real I like that I like that that was real it's a great game we probably won't do it again we will I love Capital Cities I grew up with it Boy girl Name me a fruit Beginner with G I'll tell you What do you mean?

39:21Abbey Clancy: Gherkin

39:25Gherkin On that note I think we'll just switch I think we'll just turn all this off now And carry on with this game And have a few more Thanks for watching

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You Had Fun: Now You’re In Trouble… Relationship Truths Get REAL

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Abbey Calls Out Peter’s Non-Stop Holiday Behaviour In Portugal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfxR78w6QoU


World’s Worst Job_ ‘I couldn’t got the toilet for THREE DAYS!!’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pENZHKXhnMk


Conspiracy Theories Get WEIRD! Flat Earths, AI Takeovers and Robot Birds!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7PxDjJeD9g


Peter Gets DESTROYED By Pensioners! Abbey Exposes His Portugal Tennis Disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEhTgxrWgDM


“You Can Shove Your Puppies…” Portugal AMA Gets Wild!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUBGRR48YzY


Stag Do Confessions, Relationship Boundaries and Abbey’s House Obsession!

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