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Podcast Episode Summary: Wolf & Owl with Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis
Episode Title
Viagra, Phone Voices, Farting Furniture - and other listener dilemmas
Episode Overview In this episode, comedians Romesh Ranganathan (The Owl) and Tom Davis (The Wolf) engage in a humorous discussion on various listener dilemmas, inspired by emails sent in from their audience. The topics range from embarrassing moments related to Viagra, to the dynamics of imaginary rivalries and the peculiarities of phone voices. The episode is characterized by light-hearted banter, personal anecdotes, and a comedic exploration of mundane yet relatable situations.
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Key Topics Discussed
- Viagra Incident
- Initial Discussion: Romesh shares a humorous story about a colleague who gave him Viagra, leading to a comical recounting of how he accidentally ended up explaining its presence to his wife.
- Anecdote Highlights:
- The awkwardness of explaining the situation.
- The comparative humor of their current states of masculinity and libido.
- Imaginary Friends and Rivalries
- Listener Email: A fan expresses having imaginary rivalries with people who are unaware of their existence, such as gym-goers and parents at school drop-offs.
- Discussion Points:
- Romesh and Tom relate to the idea of self-imposed competition and the psychological benefits it may bring.
- They debate whether this internal drive is healthy, ultimately concluding that as long as it doesn't harm others, it's a form of self-motivation.
- Phone Voice Role-Play
- Listener Email: A fan notes a change in their voice when answering the phone, suggesting a second, more upbeat persona emerges.
- Role-Play Demonstration: The duo engages in a humorous portrayal of exaggerated phone scenarios, highlighting the concept of code-switching in communication.
- Tom's Perspective: He reflects on how his own voice shifts based on who he’s speaking with, sometimes adopting a more “working-class” tone around friends.
- Would You Rather...?
- Listener Dilemma: A listener asks whether they would prefer to have chairs that make loud fart noises when sitting down or to announce their actions like a town crier every time they stand up.
- Conclusion: They find comedic value in both scenarios but lean towards the town crier option due to the potential for eccentricity and humor in social situations.
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Key Takeaways
- Relatable Humor: The discussions resonate with many listeners, as they address common experiences with relationships, social interactions, and personal insecurities.
- Light-Hearted Banter: The episode thrives on the comedic chemistry between Romesh and Tom, making even mundane topics entertaining.
- Engagement with Audience: The duo encourages listeners to continue submitting questions and dilemmas, fostering a sense of community and interaction.
Closing Remarks Romesh and Tom wrap up the episode with a reminder for listeners to engage with the podcast through emails, social media, and to share their own experiences. They emphasize the fun in everyday dilemmas and the joy of shared laughter.
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Note This episode contains strong language as part of its comedic style, adding to its honest and unfiltered nature.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOPhysical Comedy and Lip Care
2:09 to 3:56
Romesh and Tom discuss physical comedy, dry mouth, and lip balm addiction.
“And then your lips dry when you don't use it?”
Viagra Tales and Morning Erections
3:59 to 6:10
The hosts share humorous stories about Viagra and their experiences with aging.
“The motor isn't running quite as it used to.”
Imaginary Rivalries and Competitive Spirits
6:11 to 7:20
Romesh and Tom explore the concept of imaginary rivalries and healthy competition.
“There's a man in my gym who I've decided is my nemesis.”
The Story of Mr. Happy
7:21 to 10:56
A bizarre tale involving an imaginary friend and a police confession captivates the hosts.
“I do this sometimes, this sort of thing.”
Phone Voice Personalities
10:57 to 14:00
The duo discuss their alterations in voice when answering phone calls and code-switching.
“So, but competing against somebody that's got a completely different physical...”
Confusion Over Phone Calls
14:00 to 14:50
The hosts discuss a caller's confusion over contacting a wife while addressing a self-assessment issue.
“Listen, I'm just calling vis-a-vis your self-assessment.”
Code Switching and Phone Voices
14:50 to 19:00
The conversation explores code switching and how voices change in different social contexts.
“Yeah, because Andy Perkins has been bloody calling Catherine.”
Hypothetical Dilemmas
19:00 to 22:22
The hosts entertain a listener's hypothetical question about embarrassing public situations.
“you don't have to worry too much what I'd say mate is just stay out of that room as much as you can Well, it's my bedroom.”
Transcript
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1:42Romesh Ranganathan:Welcome to the Wolf and Owl bonus episode, where we focus purely on emails and answer your queries and maybe reflect on some thoughts. What do you think? I just thought I was going to have water. That's a funny start. That was a good funny start. I'd do a bit of physical comedy to kick it off. It wouldn't have been funny on the old days. Wouldn't have been able to do that on the old eps. No. No, but we're in studio now. You can see it. A little pip of water. You can see a little bit of physical comms. Do you ever get out dry mouth? Like the white, claggy lips? Coat bridges? Mm. Yeah, sometimes.
2:13Romesh Ranganathan:Mm. What are you doing now? I've just got a bit of clag on my lip. I started getting into lip balm. Yeah, that's a really dangerous thing. That's what I've heard. Yeah. So it's addictive, right? Yeah. And then your lips dry when you don't use it? Yeah. And then eventually...
2:27Tom Davis:What do you mean? Once you start replacing it with TRT, you can never grow up on your own again.
2:33Romesh Ranganathan:Is that true? Yeah. Oh, my God. But I was thinking about doing TRT. I want to wake up with a raging hard-on. Yeah, that's not going to happen. Those days are gone. My one's sort of like a bit of wind could take it away. That's where I'm at now. It's like an old windstorm. Do you know what my erections are like in the morning? You know those inflatable guys have outside tyre shops?
2:57Tom Davis:That's what I'm repping. You know when you go on a ferry and you've got someone who sort of stands up for a bar store and they just can't quite get me.
3:03Romesh Ranganathan:I think I'm at the stage now I probably need a splint. You should get Viagra and try that. I have got Viagra. Have you? It's so weird that you're saying this. I don't know if I'm allowed to tell this story, actually. Anyway, I won't name the person. Somebody that works on the play has taken Viagra, right? Yeah. So one day we were talking about it. We just came up in conversation Viagra, right? now full disclosure
3:28Tom Davis:I don't actually I can straight away there's only two other people this could be in the play
3:32Romesh Ranganathan:cast or crew oh okay okay cool so we're talking yeah and I don't know why this is a hell of a thing
3:39Tom Davis:to start having with the crew
3:40Romesh Ranganathan:well I don't know why I don't know how it came it felt like it came out quite organically anyway we started talking about Viagra and he was saying I've used it right and he said for him it wasn't really the miracle he's not got erectile he just thought it would be fun to do it like a little bit of fun
3:54Tom Davis:yeah I mean it's a thing for most guys of our age Yeah, yeah. Have a little go on some Viagra. Yeah, but also, yeah. So anyway. The motor isn't running quite as it used to. It's that. It's that. Yeah. Yeah. Like, you know, like when you try not to fall asleep on a train. Yeah, that's what.
4:12Romesh Ranganathan:Mine's like, it's 1am, you're driving back from a gig in Exeter. It's that. That's what my erection's like.
4:22Tom Davis:Mine's sometimes like I'm walking back from a gig in Sydney. I just turned off and had a sleep on a life raft.
4:31Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, it's not ferocious. You know like when you see guys that just fucking hang a towel off of it? I could probably do that with a flammer. But you're watching a lot of porn. Or a kitchen towel. I've told you I'm off the porn. Yeah, but that's what porn will do for you. Anyway, so we chatted about Viagra. Yeah. And then one day he just said to me, I've brought you in a couple of Viagras, right? Wow. And he said, see what you think.
4:54Tom Davis:That's a nice guy.
4:55Romesh Ranganathan:A really nice guy. So I put them on my pocket, went home. On your pocket? In my pocket. I was going to say, you'd have slaughtered me for that. Did I say on my pocket? On my pocket?
5:03Tom Davis:Yeah, on my pocket, like that. It's like little things. It's not a train like that.
5:06Romesh Ranganathan:No, but it's just like, so that everyone in the theatre knew what I was about. It's a little signal of intent.
5:12Tom Davis:Why don't you put those burgers in your pocket? I always like to put things on my pocket.
5:15Romesh Ranganathan:I think you know why I've got them here.
5:18Tom Davis:Anyway, I went home. Actor and comedian, Rommash Ranganathan.
5:20Romesh Ranganathan:I went home, took my trousers off. Right. sort of put them to one side and forgot I had the Viagra in my pocket
5:28Tom Davis:oh okay oh wow anyway
5:31Romesh Ranganathan:long story short that ship has sailed yeah I then had to explain to Lisa why I had Viagra
5:37Tom Davis:jeez Christ
5:38Romesh Ranganathan:and that story that I'm telling you sounds plausible if you hear it like that if you hear it like that it doesn't sound plausible after you found Viagra yeah so yeah that's where we're at oh god come back baby oh wow
5:54Tom Davis:anyway and also the Viagra is almost for her as much as it is for you yeah
5:58Romesh Ranganathan:potentially yeah but I I was planning on using it while she was away
6:05Tom Davis:on your own
6:06Romesh Ranganathan:yeah oh Jesus Christ
6:08Tom Davis:okay
6:09Romesh Ranganathan:well Alex is Alex is out of French Charlie's doing his play don't can you do me a favour if I start talking about Viagra and being on my own leave it 20 minutes before you say any of my children's names yeah
6:22Tom Davis:well I hope the thing that you wouldn't do is have to Viagra on your own and call me just drop to Viagra why don't you talk about are you up can you do one of your
6:33Romesh Ranganathan:closers ok should we do it we haven't done a fucking email yet
6:41Tom Davis:hello wolf now this might reveal something about me I have imaginary rivalries with people who have who have absolutely no idea I exist. There's a man in my gym who I've decided is my nemesis. We've never spoken. I just clock what weight he's lifting and quietly adjust mine. There's a dad at school drop-off who gives off organized energy. And now I feel compelled to look marginally more together than him. I speed up walking on a pavement because if someone overtook me, I couldn't live with it. None of these people know we're competing, but in my head, it's a league table. Is this a healthy internal drive?
7:14Tom Davis:or am I turning my daily life into a silent sports documentary, The Relentless Red Panda? I absolutely love this energy. Do you? Yeah. Why? I do this sometimes, this sort of thing. Sometimes. Like what? Like the thing, walking down the street, not letting someone beat me, trying to walk quicker than someone, putting yourself in a race situation. You can't really ever lose a race, but it's still a race. Yeah. You can't lose it.
7:39Romesh Ranganathan:The other person doesn't know they're in a race.
7:41Tom Davis:But like, yeah, deciding someone's a nemesis or like the gym thing when I was going to the gym a lot yeah with the weights or whatever having a goal of someone better than you is quite you know I feel is quite it elevates yourself it's actually weird as well I went talking about imaginary stuff yeah it's got an old article I found that you know like an Instagram thing well you're not on there now but things pop up like there's an Instagram story about a guy who turned up at a police station and admitted that he'd killed his imaginary friend and wanted to be arrested for it There's a lot to unpack there.
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8:14Tom Davis:Yeah, it's an insane story. So what did the police do? Let me read. This is the article. A man turned himself into police and demanded they'd give him the death penalty after admitted to murdering his imaginary friend, Mr. Happy. Seen here in tears, Jeff Gaylord, 37, from Florida.
8:30Romesh Ranganathan:Really? By the way, pathetic by you. Can I? I know that that's his name. I'm talking about your little snigger as you read it. I don't know. Anyway. I'll just say Mr.
8:41Tom Davis:Happy and Jeff Gaylord. But it's one of the things that a teacher would go,
8:43Romesh Ranganathan:that was a maturity test? You failed? Yeah, but Mr. Happy and Jeff Gaylord. By the way, massive surprise it happened in Florida, by the way.
8:51Tom Davis:Yeah, from Florida. Told officers he stabbed Mr. Happy to death with a knife, carved his body with a hatchet, and buried the victim in the backyard. Jacksonville officers took a drunk Gaylord into custody and obtained a search warrant for his house. Gaylord said one of the reasons he killed Mr. Happy was because he was so messy. He told officers his room was a mess all the time with his toys and dolls. Sounds like he had the wrong name. He left his empty vodka bottles all over the kitchen, never picked up his empty cocaine baggies and left the toilet seat down when he peed. He messed with my apartment to the point where I couldn't get it clean.
9:27Tom Davis:Before Hap, that's obviously Mr. Happy, started doing drugs and acting weird, he was my BFF. We'd go dancing, play on children's park equipment, both huge fans of Doom Metal. We listened to it for hours with the lights off. police found drug paraphernalia and a machine gun at Gaylord's home. He was charged with multiple offences. I don't know if he was charged with the killer. I suspect he wasn't. Yeah, but he was charged with...
9:52Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, we had a machine gun at his house. I don't know what the gun laws are in America at the moment. In Florida, that's probably fucking issued at primary school.
9:59Tom Davis:Just looking at this, you can get two in your head where you're making these imaginary scenarios. That's probably the most extreme version of that.
10:09Romesh Ranganathan:we're being slightly unfair to the relentless red panda to say, oh, by the way, this reminds me of a story of a guy that hatcheted his imaginary friend.
10:19Tom Davis:Yeah, but I'm just saying you have to like, because I get the competitive edge here and actually don't think there's a problem with that. I think as long as you're not hurting anyone.
10:30Romesh Ranganathan:No, I think as long as the other people don't know that you're doing this, I think it's fine. Actually, what you're doing is you're trying to beat yourself by giving yourself little targets. Yeah. And you're sort of going, I want to lift more weights than that person. The weightlifting thing I'm not entirely sure about because everybody's different. And actually, with weightlifting, you should just be competing against yourself. Yeah, just bettering your own score day by day. Yeah, it's not... Well, not day by day. I mean, that's quite a steep learning curve. But, you know, at least week on week.
10:57Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah. You should be trying to, like, up it. Lifting it, yeah. So, but competing against somebody that's got a completely different physical... Like, for example, you and I, you lift much heavier weights than I do. At the moment, I don't lift. If we went to the gym and I tried to compete with you, I'd die.
11:12Tom Davis:Yeah. So, you know. What isn't cool is if you compete with someone and then you walk up to the fair play, mate, you smashed me today on the weights.
11:20Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah.
11:21Tom Davis:That's weird. Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't do that. So I don't actually think you're doing anything wrong with a relentless red panda. And also, by the way, a silent sports documentary, like a Netflix thing of like you thinking and you're on a Netflix, you know, like The Last Dance and it's just a walk to Kings Cross Station.
11:38Romesh Ranganathan:I do do that. I do do the internal monologues of like... It's the coolest thing in the world. That's right. I love it. It's so good. Well, you know when you put on a bit of music and it's like, you're imagining that's on your montage for doing it. Oh my God, that's one of the sexiest
11:50Tom Davis:thoughts ever. Yeah, really good. China in your hand
11:52Romesh Ranganathan:and you're just going for it. Yeah.
11:54Tom Davis:Yeah.
11:57Romesh Ranganathan:Is that what you call it? It took so long to do that. Okay, should we do the next one? You read, baby. thank you so much relentless red panda for your email that was a lovely email you've done nothing wrong
12:06Tom Davis:and also can we just say that yeah we hope that Mr. Happy is R.I.P. yeah someone who had an imaginary friend Tony Walsh I know that yeah treat them kind
12:19Romesh Ranganathan:to my friends the wolf and al I realise I have a completely different voice when I answer the phone it's brighter more energetic slightly American I don't know where it comes from the worst part is I can't seem to stop doing it if someone calls unexpectedly I go from normal human to radio presenter in half a second is this just politeness or have I invented a second personality for telecommunications that's from the vocal vol
12:40Tom Davis:I can't even remember aside you I don't really ever talk to anyone on the phone like who's having that many phone calls now how often do you do you speak to people on the phone I could go days without yeah I could go weeks without oh I mean apart from Lisa I speak to you hopefully once a week on the phone. I speak to Catherine a couple of times a day on the phone. My mum and dad once a week. But I don't... Do you know what? I actually dread phone calls if it's not someone like the people I've selected. I can't...
13:16Romesh Ranganathan:I don't think I'd... Unless it was somebody I knew. And in fact, a lot of people I do know. There's no disrespect to them. I probably... The number of times I've seen somebody call who I like and consider a good friend and I've still not answered their call. I've sat in your voice
13:34Tom Davis:quite a few times. No, I would never do that to you. That's the honest truth. But then I also do get the phone voice thing in a sense of having that thing where you elevate your... I'm just going to call Tom. Hello.
13:53Romesh Ranganathan:Hello there. This is Andy Perkins and I'm called... Oh, hello, Andy. Hello there. Is that Tom Davis? Yep. Lovely to speak to you. Listen, I'm just calling vis-a-vis your self-assessment. Oh, okay.
14:10Tom Davis:Thank you so much for calling, Andy. Can you explain what's happening with it, please, mate? I'm quite out of stress. I've made myself quite ill with it.
14:18Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, well, yes, we spoke to your wife about that, actually.
14:21Tom Davis:Why the fuck are you calling my wife, Andy?
14:24Romesh Ranganathan:It's just there was a couple of receipt things that we... Yeah, but how did you get my wife's number? And why were you calling her? She gave me the number because she said sometimes I'm able to get hold of you. Sorry, Andy, I'm completely confused. From what Catherine says, that's not that difficult.
14:43Tom Davis:You remind me of a prick that I know.
14:49Tom Davis:See, I don't change. But it felt like you changed there. Yeah, because Andy Perkins has been bloody calling Catherine.
14:54Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, I don't... I think this is interesting about code switching. Well, I think that sometimes if somebody is like a bit more middle class, I feel like my voice slightly changes. I go the opposite. You go super working?
15:10Tom Davis:Yeah, I sort of. Because what? Why? I think the chip on my shoulder sometimes. Certainly, if I'm around my mates, we'll go more and more and more working. Oh, yeah.
15:21Romesh Ranganathan:If I'm around my crawly friends, it's the base. the bass it's the bass I say things like the bass it's debauched is what I was trying to say it's bass
15:31Tom Davis:there you go I don't think there's ever a time where I try to sort of like sound more eloquent than I actually am because the only time I probably do it is on here and then I come unstuck quite frequently so that's where I draw a line I think okay no let people know what you are I go hello my name's Tom. So I'm just being, yeah. Okay. Well, I don't think there's anything wrong with having a phone voice. What would be your, give me your poshest phone voice.
16:05Romesh Ranganathan:I'll call you. All right. Hello, Ramesh Ranganathan speaking. Wow. What do you think? That's really nice. I mean, I probably wouldn't do that.
16:12Tom Davis:That was quite camp as well. Was it? Yeah. Hello, Ramesh Ranganathan speaking. Oh, hello. You're the Ramesh Ranganathan from TV? Yes.
16:23Romesh Ranganathan:Oh, you sound a bit different. Oh, do I? The phone can do that sometimes. Oh, right.
16:27Tom Davis:No, no, no. You sound quiet.
16:29Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah. Who is this I'm speaking to, by the way?
16:32Tom Davis:Lee Gribbins. Lee Gribbins. How can I help you? Oh, we did some plastering at your house. No, you didn't. Well, yeah, my brother-in-law did. Right. Right. Steve. Yeah, Steve. Yeah, I remember Steve. He did a great job. Yeah. Well, yeah, that's why we're calling. Okay. He used some toxic plaster by accident. and he used some stuff that can be quite contagious. Okay, is he okay? Because the fact that you're calling
16:59Romesh Ranganathan:sort of suggests that he might be dead.
17:00Tom Davis:Oh, no, he's in Marrakesh. He got married two weeks ago. Oh, do pass on my congratulations. Yeah, no, no. Oh, no, he said you sent him a lovely gift.
17:07Romesh Ranganathan:Yes, I did, but also, you know, just, you know, please do tell him. I hope it all went well. Yeah, no, no, it's all great. He's really over the moon, mate. Great, great, great.
17:13Tom Davis:Love him, Marrakesh. So, yeah, no, he just said you probably had to take all the plastering down that they did and put some other stuff up again.
17:21Romesh Ranganathan:I'm not really in a position to do that is that something he's or you are willing to do
17:26Tom Davis:or my other cousin Mickey can come round well are you guys qualified to do it I can take it down I won't be able to put it up again mate I'm afraid to say
17:34Romesh Ranganathan:yeah I'm sort of not that inclined to take it down without having someone in place to put it back up
17:39Tom Davis:yeah but when he gets back from his my other cousin I can't remember his name now Steve when he comes round he can do it for you mate okay when is he back from Marrakech he's there for three weeks well I mean what's the sort of
17:55Romesh Ranganathan:is it possible just leave it up for three weeks and then wait for him to come back yeah it's up to
17:58Tom Davis:me old mate I just thought he told me he actually told me two weeks ago but I've had loads of things
18:02Romesh Ranganathan:on and I said oh yeah found an old two weeks ago was he in Marrakech no no no no but I do he wasn't
18:07Tom Davis:so how come all these calls for him and stuff but you said you're calling me because he was in Marrakech yeah no no but he's in Marrakech now originally he was just getting married as you know yeah I do know yeah I sent him a gift so yeah and he sent me the gift of what death no no it's not death it was just sort of probably cause some headaches um uh yeah some erectile dysfunction I
18:26Romesh Ranganathan:don't know if you struggle with that um yeah well actually it's a bit like um you know the um
18:33Tom Davis:inflatable guys that's other time oh yeah Steve mentioned yeah um Steve mentioned yeah he was chatting to Lisa one afternoon Lisa? him and Lisa were having some biscuits and tea is that a euphemism? Steve's a bit of a cad as you're aware this is his third marriage second honeymoon to Marrakesh he went there for his first one as well anyhow how toxic is this Lee?
19:03Tom Davis:you don't have to worry too much what I'd say mate is just stay out of that room as much as you can Well, it's my bedroom. He said you've got five bedrooms in that house. So just think... Well, I've also got three children and two dogs. You'll maybe sleep in with the dogs or one of the boys. Well, sleeping in with the dogs. Right. The truth is, mate, I just swerved that until Big Steve's back. All right? Which is in three weeks. Yeah, yeah.
19:28Romesh Ranganathan:So stay out of my bedroom for three weeks.
19:30Tom Davis:Or I can come round with...
19:31Romesh Ranganathan:No, I don't want you to come round, Lee. Okay. Thank you for your time. Cheers. Thank you, mate. Cheers.
19:37Tom Davis:Happy New Year. C***.
19:43Tom Davis:I've got time for one more. Would you like one more? Okay. Do you want to read? All right, well, for now, here's one for you. Would you rather every time you sit down in public, a chair makes a loud theatrical fart noise, or every time you stand up, you have to announce what you're about to do like a town crier? There's no opting out. This is permanent. I've been arguing with my friends about this for two days, and I need adult input. The bewildered badger. Oh, wow. Do you know what? I actually think the town cry thing would be pretty sick.
20:14Romesh Ranganathan:When it says you have to announce what you do, does that mean what you're getting up to go and do? Yeah. So what do you say? Hear ye, hear ye, I'm having a piss. Yeah.
20:22Tom Davis:Hear ye, hear ye, I'm going to make a sandwich. Okay. Do you know what? I think that would get more annoying for other people than it would you. I wouldn't want to have to say it. Yeah.
20:35Romesh Ranganathan:Every time you've got a shout.
20:35Tom Davis:Also, I've got to say, by the way, you find yourself sitting down less. 100%, which is good for you. Yeah. So I think you'd actually probably get to it. But that's true of either of them.
20:44Romesh Ranganathan:Yeah, but also I'd say that probably, what, 70 % of chairs make a farting noise. Do they? 70 % of chairs make a farting noise when you sit in them. Loads do, yeah. Okay, loads, you've already backtracked now. 70 % of all chairs in the world make a farting noise when you sit in them. These chairs are lovely. Right, they do not make a farting noise. Get up and sit down.
21:05Tom Davis:No, these don't.
21:06Romesh Ranganathan:Okay.
21:06Tom Davis:That's two out of your thing. Every leather chair ever made makes a fart sound. Not true. Mate, the air in them, they can't fucking, leather chairs can't fart. A loud theatrical fart noise. Not a loud theatrical fart noise. That's big.
21:21Romesh Ranganathan:You get like a little squeak or whatever. A little squeak, a little. It's not like that. It doesn't sound like that. It doesn't sound like that either. Oh, maybe. You're getting closer now. Yeah? Yeah. That. Yeah.
21:35Tom Davis:Right. That is, so... But that's not what we're talking about. Okay, so you're saying every time you sit down it goes... Yeah. There's no competition. You've got to go to Town Crier.
21:52Romesh Ranganathan:You've got to go to Town Crier. I don't know. I think I might do the fart thing. Really? Yeah.
21:58Tom Davis:No, I think the Town Crier...
21:59Romesh Ranganathan:Because I don't want to have to shout every time I'm getting up to do something. And also, I'm probably not going to sit down either if it's making a big fart noise.
22:04Tom Davis:Yeah, but everyone turns around and goes, God, Rom's a bit of an eccentric. Watch, Rom, get over here, mate. Hear ye, hear ye, I'm going over to see what they want. Exactly.
22:18Romesh Ranganathan:That's great. Yeah. You'd be great at every party. I don't mind either of them. Do you know what? I'm going to go for both.
22:26Tom Davis:Wait till he goes and sits back down.
22:28Romesh Ranganathan:That was funny. Right, we are done.
22:33Tom Davis:Thank you so much for sending your emails in. As always, subscribe, like, share. And when I say share, that's not just emails, that's pictures, funny drawings, songs that you've made.
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From the publisher
How do you explain Viagra falling out of your pocket? Is it true that 70% of chairs make a fart noise when you sit on them? How posh is your phone voice (and can we role play)? Today we tackle subjects inspired by emails from the animal pack we've been sent this week.
Send in your questions to wolfowlpod@gmail.com for the chance to have them answered in an upcoming episode.
A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform Media.
00:00 Intro
00:50 Viagra
05:13 Imaginary friends and rivalries
10:53 Phone voice role-play
18:16 Would you rather...?
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