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Josh: The Daily Talk Show. It's The Daily Talk Show, episode 699.

Tommy: What's happening, guys? What's going on? Happy Saturday. Uh, and how do you do— you don't say happy Anzac Day, you just say it's Anzac Day here in Australia at the moment.

Josh: Yeah, I actually, um, this morning we had our window open, could hear Uh, the trumpet in the morning doing— it was great.

Tommy: I, I wonder if this is, um, like I've seen on Instagram, I saw a heap of people, someone in Elsternwick, I saw Andy Lee playing the trumpet, um, and now you're saying it. But I wonder if it's because of the, the lockdown or the isolation that every— that there is more sort of noise being made from home rather than you go to the dawn service and things like that.

George: I mean, last year it is. Yeah, so it's like, it's like, yeah, there's no dawn services this year because of the, um, yeah, all the rules.

Tommy: Yeah, yeah.

George: I mean, everyone—

Tommy: I went last year to meet, I think, yeah, I went to meet Craig Harper on this day last year and we absolutely fucked it because the thing is I met him at 9 AM and every cafe near like the RSL, so it's like it was flooding. So it is, you know, so many people are out. It's a weird Weird time, isn't it? Where you just can't do things that are honouring people that have—

Josh: I think that's why we're sort of shifting things and finding new ways to do it. But there is something nice about the tradition. I feel like I'm someone who, I forgot all these things that you did as a kid and I wish that I sort of get back into. I feel like as an adult, I sort of moved away from— are you okay, TJ? I feel like you—

Tommy: oh yeah, Bodhi's crying. Hey, Mouse.

Josh: Okay, there's a lot happening.

Tommy: He's in the car, he's in the car sleeping.

George: Okay.

Josh: You know, I feel like when I was a kid, I would do all that sort of stuff, but it can get lost. You almost need to re-find some of these things, like these rituals, like getting involved in this stuff.

Tommy: And, and I mean, everything to like sun— I mean, I've found it interesting now being a parent thinking about that. It's like you've got the chance now to form the rituals. Yeah, Amy said the exact same thing. She says, Nick, I want to be the family that gets up at, you know, 6 before dawn and goes to a dawn service. And it's like, it is just a choice, right? But a lot of them are inherited from family, from parents that have decided it previously.

Josh: Do you have the choice now to Sunday roast? Ah, nah, we do Friday night fish and chips.

Tommy: Friday night fish and chips. I mean, yeah, what else is there? I mean, it's more like Christmas time, long drives and those kind of—

George: I mean, Anzac bickies.

Tommy: Oh yeah, Anzac bickies.

Josh: Have you made some, Josh?

George: No, I haven't made any. Mum sent down some cookies, which I'll have. But I was thinking another tradition is two-up at the pub. Have you ever played two-up, Josh?

Josh: No. Is this like an RSL? Is this like an old sort of war game type of thing? Or like, yeah, the soldiers?

George: Yeah, so they— the soldiers played it in the trenches, and it's actually illegal every day of the year apart from on Anzac Day.

Josh: Oh, really?

George: And so illegal because you're gambling?

Tommy: Like, you—

George: yeah, because it's like un— it's gambling, but it's, uh, what do you call it? Like, there's It's kind of a bit loose. Everyone's just gambling with each other, like giving each other cash and stuff. So, it's unregulated. That's why it's legal. But they do it on Anzac Day at the pubs. And so, what it is, is it's— they get 2 coins on a little plank of wood and you're standing around a circle and you're kind of going, $20 or $40 or whatever. And then you match with someone and one of you guesses heads and the other one guesses tails, and then the spinner flicks the coins up, and if they're both heads, then you win the money. If they're both tails, then the others win.

Josh: How do you know who gets to pick first? Because I guess you can't have both people picking the same side.

George: Yeah, exactly. So, I think, for example, like, if you went $20 and Tommy was like, yeah, I'll go $20, then you say, I'll go heads, he'll go, I'll go tails.

Josh: That's fun.

Tommy: But what if I want to go tails?

Josh: Well, so that's where it becomes—

George: Yeah, well, then you have to find someone else who wants to go Heads.

Tommy: Okay, okay. So you just—

Josh: It's hard for people like that are sort of really into pushback to play that game unless there's some way of picking, randomising just who goes first, who goes second.

Tommy: I just saw, I saw Tully just post a photo saying, um, things are different this year. Last year people were lining up to play two-up, now everyone's lining up for Coles. And she's post this photo. It's like people used to line up to get into pubs to get pissed and play this, but this year it's just lines for Coles.

Josh: Um, yeah, I mean, I feel like one thing about— we had the Friday night drinks last night, but we're still getting up, we're still getting up early. This is a great thing about like 9 o'clock felt like that was a really late evening. Yeah, but you could wake up at like quarter to 6 and feeling ready to go.

Tommy: Who was best on ground last night? It was, there was some absolute effort.

Josh: Yeah, how much do we want to go into it, Sevs? Can you set the rules on what we can talk about and what we can't?

George: I think not much about the—

Josh: We don't have to mention names.

George: Yeah, about the kickoff.

Tommy: We don't have to talk—

Josh: Someone got their top off.

George: Sacred space.

Mason: Someone, yeah, look, yes, someone took their top off. I think they probably deserve best on ground, But I don't know if we need to go into more detail than that.

Josh: And so yeah, someone did that.

Tommy: They were overage. They were over the age.

Josh: Yeah, yeah.

Tommy: It was, it was, yeah, no, it was great. It was no peer pressure. There wasn't peer pressure for you.

Josh: No, there was huge peer pressure in the chat, I believe. And we won't mention who, who was involved in the peer pressure.

Tommy: But someone, but someone has requested every half hour for this person at their 40th to take their top off.

Josh: Yeah, so yeah, we're taking requests now. But I mean, it is turning into— Bree mentioned with all the— she was talking to Gemma via text and she just having experienced everything because she was sort of gonna join in on kick-ons. And then after I spilt the drink, my drink everywhere, it sort of ruined the— well, didn't ruin the vibe, but she was sort of like, you know what, I sort of can't be fucked.

Tommy: You spilt $20 of liquid on your chair.

Josh: Oh, it was— Imagine if I was drinking red wine.

George: Oh, it was a good one to spill, mate.

Josh: Yeah, it was a great one to spill.

Tommy: You spilled the cocktail that Shannon Tilney bought you.

Josh: Yeah, but I still had a good, good amount. To be honest, if I had what Shannon had actually given in the entirety, I think it would have— I would have made some bad decisions. So, I think it was okay. But what Bri was pointing out was this is becoming, it feels a little bit like we're in school and there was the party and there's all the different elements of the drama of the party, who's kissing who, what's got like, who took their shirt off, you know.

Tommy: Yeah.

Josh: Are you feeling that?

Tommy: Because like there's, yeah, definitely the Zoom thing. I mean, we were on a Zoom call for 5 hours with a whole heap of people. It's fucking awesome. Thanks for the, I appreciate the dedication from the Gronks. But you strap in, you put your headphones on and like, and then having some alcohol, you really just get sucked into the vortex of just the screen. But it's a weird thing. Imagine if there was a camera watching you and then you watched it back sober, you'd be like, what's going on there?

Josh: Well, Sevs, I mean, what's your observations as someone who's new to drinking? What did you think of the experience? I feel like you really leaned in last night.

Mason: Yeah, I mean, was— so I had to— well, actually, well, the first, the first drink was, um, what Shannon sent through, and it was sort of like a fruity gin thing. And then I had another gin and tonic, and I probably had a bit too much gin. Um, yeah, I, look, I, I wanted to keep the, the, that feeling of like just, just being a bit pissed. And everyone was telling me to have food and water, which I didn't. I don't think that's a good idea because I wasn't doing it anymore. And if I just— no, if, if I just, if I just stay at what I'm at, that I'm not going to get worse, and I'm just going to ride it out. And so, I mean, that's why the heroin—

Josh: the junkies get so upset when they get their high taken. Was it a bit of— just don't take it.

Mason: Absolutely, exactly. Don't take it away from me. This is my experience.

Tommy: You can't—

Mason: since you absolutely cannot take this away from me.

Josh: It sounds a lot like the gummy experience from LA from my perspective, doesn't it? Just like, you don't— this is my moment.

Mason: You don't control me.

Tommy: Did Shannon send you a souvlaki or something? I remember just—

Mason: Yeah, she did.

Tommy: This is so good.

Mason: Yeah, yeah, I did. I did down a— I think it was a gyros, uh, that she sent to my front door.

George: So Shannon must have dropped like $100.

Tommy: Oh no, here's another thing. I realize, you know, when you go out, George— I could imagine you haven't had this, Josh— but at big nights you can end up just like spending so much cash. You don't think about it. Yeah, like especially is like the more wasted you are. You can come home and you've spent $500 on a night easily. I've spent $500 out very easily. Yeah, you're shouting people drinks, you're paying $150 for dinner, buy a bottle of wine, you know, it's, it's ridiculous. Um, it's— I don't think it's exclusive to being out at venues because I'm buying Uber Eats for you guys on the business.

Josh: It's like, it's all loose. Well, that's what Bree was saying. She's like, Josh, like Teach it. Like, I, because I was just on my personal Uber Eats just doing it, and Bree's like, like, what the fuck you did? Like, can you get that? Can you get the business card on there? Because you're fucking shit up. Uh, so we can't eat tonight.

Tommy: It's officially tax deductible because it's a part of the show.

Josh: What happened? Has George and Sev's just frozen?

George: It looks like they have.

Tommy: This is, you know, ah, it's all right, baby. Back to the old days. Remember the old days, Josh?

Josh: It was a simpler time.

Tommy: Remember the old days? Just you and I no cameras, but there was no love story, you know. It was just you and I talking about squeegees and Sheppard.

Josh: Yeah, I mean, yeah, it was pretty— it was quite boring, wasn't it?

Tommy: Um, no, it was all right, it's all right. But it's grown, it's definitely grown. It is amazing seeing all the— everyone on the Zoom call. Like, it is, it is a weird— guys, I know it might feel weird for you too, but it's a weird for us seeing everyone come together and talking and taking on a life of its own. It's fucking so cool.

Josh: Yeah, I'm loving it. Can you, can you tell us a bit of a, uh, a story? Think of a time where you spent, uh, more than you were expecting whilst I get the boys back on.

Tommy: Oh dude, it was my birthday once and I went out. We went to Francois's, uh, French restaurant in Melbourne.. And, um, and yeah, I just, that night we ended up going to this other bar and then going on a few Uber missions and going to a club. And I spent $550. I, and I was so pissed off. Just in Melbourne. I was, it was, I think it was when I was living in Shepparton. I just come down, like, I'm so, so much more strict with spending now. Like I couldn't imagine that. Happening again.

Josh: How do you know what to spend cash on? Like, what— like, is it, uh, how much is a fair amount on a bottle? Like, is there a good— you know, is there a good wasting money and then a, a bad—

Tommy: you know, I mean, it's— I was hungover the next day. I don't know if it, if it, if it's good at all.

Josh: Oh, like, especially over in Los Angeles, like, some of the nights I had over there, like, but You're also dealing, you're pissed and you're also dealing with the conversion as well, which doesn't help.

Tommy: Oh, I mean, that's if you're thinking about it. 2012, you didn't think about it, JJ.

Josh: It was parody, right?

Tommy: Just was what it was. I've asked Shannon because I imagine she's spent a bit out. She won't, oh my God, did George say last night he'd be making an announcement today? Oh, that is right. George did say he was going to be talking about something today.

Josh: I wonder if the boys got nervous.

Tommy: Hey, something I did last week. When I was a bit drunk on Friday night, after Friday night drinks, I got Bodhi an Instagram account. I was like, well, I didn't— I haven't posted anything, but I wanted to get your thoughts on it. Um, I got Bodhi Jacket, the—

Josh: like the just Bodhi Jacket. That's quite good.

Tommy: Yeah, just got the handle Bodhi Jacket.

Josh: Are you gonna get his .com?

Tommy: I mean, shit, I should. Should I? That's the thing. Do you think—

Josh: I think it's worthwhile, like, pay for the 10 years or whatever. So you don't have to think about it for a bit. You could, yeah.

Mason: Really?

Josh: And it'll be cheap if you do it that way.

Tommy: If you're— don't be a rat if you're listening and buy it.

Josh: Oh yeah, they'll spell Bodhi wrong anyway.

Tommy: What's happened to these Gronks?

Josh: Yeah, no, it's an absolute nightmare. I'm trying to work out how to get them back connected. I've given them new links and everything.

Tommy: How, um, how are we still here? Am I here?

Josh: Yeah, this is—

Tommy: it's, you know whose fault it is?

Josh: Who's?

Tommy: George's.

Josh: Yeah, it sounds about right, doesn't it?

George: Hang on.

Tommy: And so does your room smell? Because that's one thing, if you spill alcohol, there's easy sort of dry, you know, wipe it up. But it is your, your seat, does that stink?

Josh: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Well, it was, it was sniffing, uh, smelling pretty bad. Hey George, are you back here now, are you?

George: Kind of.

Josh: Yeah, you couldn't get the other camera working. That's okay.

George: I mean Chrome, because Firefox wasn't working.

Josh: Oh, that's all right. Have you had any big nights where you've spent a bunch of cash, George?

Tommy: Yeah, how much?

George: Yeah, for sure. The most I've spent is 500 in a night.

Josh: And what did you, what did you spend the money on?

George: Oh, it was just like shots and just like just shouting so many people. I remember I was waking up on my tiny—

Josh: George went— it was, uh, gone as well, so don't feel— that was weird.

George: Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah, so yeah, I was, um, I think it was 8— would have been 19. Woke up on my deck, uh, at mum's house with Tani just like looking down at me, just like, what's going on? And, um, checked my bank account and I'd somehow spent like $400 or $500 Oh, which for a 19-year-old is a lot of money.

Josh: That's a huge amount of money.

George: A lot of money now.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: So what's the single amount of money that you've— it's definitely not drinks and stuff, but when you were younger, did you ever make a ridiculous purchase?

Mason: Um, no, I don't think so. Oh, actually, oh no, no, you know what? I bought— no, I bought, I bought it, I bought a server. For about $1,200.

Josh: Yeah.

Mason: Um, and, and I, and actually, and I bought a bunch of hard drives to go with it as well. And so they, um, I did— I was, I was gonna put it into a data centre and like, um, sort of like rent it out, but I didn't end up doing that.

Josh: And so is that really how it works? So you buy a computer and then they put it into the data center?

Mason: Yeah. So they call it colocation. I think, and you pay like $100 a month and then you can just run off your own hardware. And so, I was going to do that, and so, I spent a grand on the hard drives and a grand on the server. And so, I didn't get to the point where I actually ended up putting it into the data center. So, I bought everything and then I was sort of trying to save face, and so, I sold as many hard drives as I could on Gumtree and then realised that, okay, well, these aren't going to go. And so, the next thing on the list was a warranty claim for a refund. So I decided to— I decided to put them in a bit of water. Oh, and, um, this is probably still in school. Yeah, so I mean, not that long ago, but it's not that ideal.

Josh: It's not ideal, but I got a refund on all of them. So, okay, no, it's good.

Mason: And then, and then I saw— and then I did sell the server, so It's all good.

Josh: I think the delivery thing is like, it is the new version of that. There is a thrill with sending something and then, uh, tracking it and it's not your place. It's like, is this gonna get to the person? What's going to happen? I feel like I'm fucking mission control of the fucking moon landing.

Tommy: Yeah, yeah, it's great. You see the sort of countdown and then especially when they call you, they're like, yeah, we're here. We're like Yeah, go up.

Josh: Yeah, go knock on the door. Houston, we have a problem. You know, you pick the wrong—

Mason: Oh yeah, I mean, we had a bit of a problem last night, didn't we?

Josh: Yeah, wrong address.

Mason: That was a slight nightmare.

Tommy: Did you— So how many things got sent to people last night? So we got sent cocktails the day before.

Josh: Yeah, that was from Shannon.

Tommy: And then you sent TJ something from Shannon, and then I sent you Uber Eats, Josh.

Josh: Veggie bar was great.

Mason: And so did Josh Uber Eats last night. Yeah, yeah, really?

Tommy: How did I look after DJ Precious? He's got to eat. I had to get myself Uber Eats.

Josh: You went Maccas, didn't you, George?

George: Yeah, I got Maccas.

Josh: It looked good. Um, yeah, and then we got Sharna, the, um, you're gone.

Tommy: Uh, um, George, you bought mixes. You brought like, oh, that's right, yeah, Coke and Sprite. Sprite.

George: So you can mix it.

Tommy: Now what did you do? What did you buy? You just bought Coke?

George: Uh, Big Mac meal, uh, nuggets, Quarter Pounder meal, chippies, few chips.

Tommy: But you've got all those drinks so you could mix alcohol in them, right?

George: Yeah, yeah, because we're running out of mixers. We only had gin. Yeah, yeah, that's— We got— I've actually got LaCroix here.

Josh: Oh great, which flavour is that?

George: I forgot to open it.

Tommy: Mango.

Josh: Oh, yum. Why have they chosen a green can for mango?

Mason: Green for mango. Yeah, no, absolutely.

Josh: It doesn't make any sense. Oh, yeah, that's solid.

Tommy: But then who else got sent?

Josh: Yeah, so I sent Grace chicken parma and garlic bread. And the guy, the guy Alex, said that it was— no one was answering. And so it was like this very— so it's, it's so funny, the, um, when you're half pissed or just completely pissed, there is something fun in the, um, the struggle. Does— do you guys enjoy the struggle of playing with your brain? Like me trying to search for Grace's address, it took me 10 minutes just to, to work out how to get her address and then copy and paste it. Like, the fact that it got to her, especially what she was dealing with at her end. The fact that she was able to get it from the Uber Eats guy, this was a huge win.

Mason: It's quite, it's a bit of a nightmare messaging the Uber driver. That's what my problem was. He was like going to the wrong house. And so, I was like, I was trying to figure out how to search that house on Google and like direct him. And it was just, I reckon I probably sounded a little bit impatient and a little bit like aggressive towards him.

Tommy: So it's, it's the equivalent of like, um, like Spider-Man has someone, or like Tony Stark has a system that is like answering questions. Or who else is it? Um, what's it like in Spider-Man? There's someone—

Mason: Jarvis.

Tommy: Yeah, like Jarvis. But then there's a, there's another one, his mate in Spider-Man's like, can I be your version of that? So he'll be on an earpiece directing him. Man on a chair, Amy's yelled out. That's what it is. And so it's like you're the man on the chair.

Josh: No, there's a man on the chair right now. She needs help. Um, who is that?

Tommy: Uh, where could— how far could you take it though? Like, we're talking food deliveries here. Yeah, what more? Like, where could we get this to?

Mason: What, can we get a courier just to pick up something? Big.

Josh: Yeah, there's so many things you could do. Like, and that's the thing, I have a tendency to go silly with stuff and put like just, and so that's what I feel like the food thing's good.

Tommy: Yeah.

Josh: But there's heaps of really dumb shit, but there's like websites for this. Like this is, I can see the whole like, who was asking for someone's undies? Was someone asking for George's undies the other day? Or am I making this storey up?

Mason: Really? I reckon you've made that up. I don't remember.

Josh: Who was asking for something? Socks or something? Did that not happen?

Mason: George's?

Josh: No. I feel like George was there and we had a conversation around what would it take to get— Maybe that was in the chat. I don't know. But I can just see this whole logistical thing, you know, like people get into the whole sending that sort of stuff. You can see sort of the thrill in going to the post and just the logistics of the whole thing. Not saying I want your undies, George.

Tommy: That's all right, but send them.

George: Yeah, speaking of deliveries, I've got some gifts for you guys from Kaz. Oh, Kaz. That got delivered last night.

Tommy: Oh, from your—

Josh: Yeah, from your mum.

Tommy: Was your mum on it too? Was your mum on the bandwagon too?

George: No, she— She sent down some stuff. Full disclosure, they're mainly for Josh and Tommy. Mase, there's nothing for you.

Josh: That's all good, mate. The thing is, I was worried yesterday after the— I feel like Kaz and I have quite the— is tumultuous the right word? It's this sort of—

Mason: Up and down.

Josh: Yeah, high energy sort of— love-hate relationship where I feel like sometimes we're really aligned and things are going really well, and then sometimes she's not talking to me. And I felt like during Friday night drinks— What is she not talking to you? Well, I just feel like there was the whole Instagram incident.

George: Yeah, but then she doesn't really understand Instagram.

Josh: Yeah, that's what she says.

George: You know, and then she was replying to your storey as just so you could, um, see that she's seen it. She didn't get it.

Josh: Oh, really?

George: You don't have to reply to everything.

Mason: Okay.

Josh: Well, no, but in the chat, I had apparently asked a question on Friday Night Drinks and she had answered it with, "I'm filling out the form." And then I didn't remember that I'd asked whatever question it was. And so, she then wrote back in the chat, said, "You asked." And so, I felt like in that moment I was like, uh-oh. Caz is like—

George: I think she actually wrote, "You asked," and then like for the Sex and the City character. I think she was a bit delayed.

Josh: Us Martyns, we're doing such a terrible job.

Mason: I do remember reading that.

Josh: Yeah.

George: "You asked for a character of mine." Yeah, you completely misinterpreted that, Josh. Yeah. The comments are going quick.

Josh: So, anyway.

George: Anyway.

Josh: But Caz and I are good right now. Everything's fine, George.

George: Oh, she sent you down some presents.

Josh: Okay, but when did she send them? She may have sent them on Wednesday and now she hates my guts.

George: No, she loves you. She loves you, Josh. Alright. Well, so, so this one for Josh, I actually thought it said "Fucking Good Managers." Okay. But it's "Fucking Good Manners." That's great. So, it's just a book about having, I think it's like a bit like "You're Not Listening," like, you know, we need to start getting our manners back in check.

Josh: Is this like, is this a criticism? Am I taking this as a criticism? It could be.

George: So, there's like— I feel like it's right up your alley. There's like, you know, all the different chapters, basic manners, public transport, driving, the cinema, the shops, public toilets.

Josh: Oh, this is good. So, this is etiquette type stuff?

George: Etiquette. Yeah.

Josh: Oh, this is good. Can you turn to one right now? Can you give me a choose?

George: Yeah, sure.

Josh: Can you— What could I select from?

George: What about aim? Okay.

Josh: Well, email. I mean, you've had your nightmare of an email situation in the past week.

George: Public transport, driving, cinema, shops, public toilets, queuing, neighbours.

Josh: Public toilets. I would love to know. I'd love to know the etiquette of public toilets.

George: 79.

Tommy: Turns out you can't shit in them.

Josh: It's a rule. I told you. I told you.

George: Okay, so. Let's see.

Mason: It's annoying they don't have an office toilet one in there as well.

Josh: Yeah.

George: Oh yeah. Keep your fucking distance. Gentlemen, rule. Even if you've never said it out loud, if there's an option to leave a space between you and your fellow urinator, then do so. If you have the choice of 3 empty urinals, either choose— choose either of the outside ones, allowing room for someone else. Without— yeah, I mean, that's pretty, uh, that's pretty standard. Zip it, zip your mouth. So it's like, don't talk in there, keep your eyes to the front. Okay, well, these are pretty—

Josh: no, these are good though. I appreciate it. I think Tommy could learn some things from it.

George: Yeah.

Josh: And so that's next to you taking—

Tommy: I've tried to get close to you taking a piss next to the urinal.

Josh: We've done it a couple of times. I, I think that we've done it a couple—

Tommy: having— I did it with our accountant.

Josh: Oh, that's true. How was that experience?

Tommy: Yeah, we kept the conversation going. I think we kept talking about what we're talking about. You know, he's a man that has his eye on the prize. He's just, you know, can talk business while taking a piss. It's great. That's what you look for in an accountant, to be honest.

Josh: It was actually a test. It was a test. Was it? You know, just like TJ do the piss test. Our last accountant pissed all on himself when we tried to do that. You know, he just couldn't do two things at once. Uh, so thank you.

George: That's one.

Josh: I love the yellow too. It's going to look great in the yellow section.

George: It's a nice hardback.

Josh: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, it's really nice.

George: In today's busy world, it seems we've forgotten a few of the basics in life, like treating each other with respect, dignity, and some fucking good manners.

Josh: So there you go. Yeah, I love that. I love that there's no dust cover too, because, um, dust covers can get a bit annoying. Um, yeah, I don't know what a dust cover is, but you know, you know, like the, um Oh, the hardcover. There's the, the thing around it, but then you sort of— it's very fumbly when you try it. You end up having to get rid of it, then where do you put the dust covers out?

Tommy: Yeah, Gary Vee did it on his book.

Josh: I ripped it down, bloody— yeah, yeah, yeah.

George: Um, this one you might have this one already, Josh, but I don't know.

Josh: Wait, so is this for Tommy or for me? Is this—

George: this is for you, Josh.

Josh: Oh, thank you. This is a good— I've been meaning to read this.

Mason: James Clear. Yeah.

George: Atomic Habits, Tiny Changes, Remarkable. It looks very similar to Tiny Habits. Maybe it's all about, you know, making small changes that will eventually make a big difference.

Josh: Matt D'Avella had him on the show. I'm very keen to read this. Oh, right, thank you. Thanks, Kaz.

George: That's it, right?

Tommy: So, either Kaz, Kaz, let's read into this. Kaz thinks you've got no manners and you can't change any habits and so you need help in those two areas.

Josh: But what I appreciate is Kaz, I've sort of had a moment moment this morning where I was like, you know, I don't blame Kaz for hating me based on how I've treated everyone at the book club. Like the book club, like I sort of thought about it.

Tommy: I was like, more than you.

Josh: Yeah, that's true. Get that on a t-shirt. No, but I just thought like, geez, you're a piece of shit. Today's meant to be that, as in me. I'm like, this is, today's the day that I said that I was doing the book club and here I am just fucking having my coffee at home with no intention of bringing it up. Like, what a piece of shit. What an absolute piece of shit I am. Yeah. And so I thought about it, I was like, no wonder Kaz fucking— like, it all makes sense. No wonder she's trolling me.

George: You're looking into it too much, Josh. It's all good. Yeah, yeah, she's, um, she's lovely.

Josh: No, she is lovely, but you can be lovely and hate me, right? That's what makes it harder. I think nice people, every 'Cause she doesn't seem like the type of person to hate many people. And so I feel like what I see—

George: How do you get, why do you think she would?

Josh: I don't know, but I think it's maybe because we really hit it off on the first book club and she was so complimentary. And 'cause I haven't done the book club. And so I almost like the storey that I've said is it's like, Kaz is such a nice person that she'd be the type that's like, I am, I like most people, but little did I know that Josh Chancer would walk into my life, you know, and just be a real—

Tommy: I think it says more about you. I reckon there's probably 10 people within the Gronk Squad I won't name that you've said that you think they hate you, which they do. What the fuck?

George: You just—

Tommy: I haven't once thought about anybody in the Gronk Squad hating me. I don't like it. Even if you do hate me, it's not, it's not my problem.

Josh: But the thing is, I'd prefer to talk about it. Like, maybe I shouldn't talk about it. Should I just keep it in my head?

Tommy: No, I think it's fine. But you've got to realise you talk about it because you do realise it's bullshit. Like you said something about somebody, this person doesn't like me, and then they fucking helped you.

Josh: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Tommy: They'll realise it. They'll love someone who— yeah, yeah, yeah.

Josh: But I was like, this is some sort of—

Tommy: yeah.

Josh: Exactly. No, I agree. I understand what you're saying. But it's fun to create the storey sometimes.

Tommy: You're a kicked puppy who's now a grown Doberman, just—

Josh: Yeah, just— It's just, um, but there is a—

Tommy: It's alright, mate. You weren't fed as a kid. It's all fine. It's fine.

Josh: I was definitely fed. No, I think that, um, no, there is something about, like, there is something about the big group. This is why I talk about— I don't like big friendship groups. Because if there's a big friendship— this is like, um, Seb saying he's gonna meet Grace's 20 friends. If you have 20 friends, you're gonna— like, there's potential for at least 5 to hate you at any given moment. It's just a lot to manage.

Tommy: Oh, I mean, like, I remember early days, I think stuff affects people more than others. Like, say if you had something go wrong in a friendship group when you were younger and it highly affects you moving forward. Like, I remember this once, I— this kid, and I, and I had the, I had the awareness at the moment to be like, that is, that's him, that's not me. This kid who I was best friends with for years, from like grade 1 or something up until 13, 14, he didn't invite me to his year 7 party because he was scared I was going to steal all his friends. Like, it's his— it's literally what his mum told my mum. I was like, oh my God, that's sad. It's like, that's so sad because I definitely would have, but I would have done it. No, but he— and then he— and then like one day he, um, had me and my mates from my school over at his place, and then they were all conspiring against me, obviously. And, and then they're like, yeah, okay, we're going.

Josh: And then like, people were conspiring against you and I'm the one?

Tommy: Yeah, well, to get me out of there, to get me out of there. And then I left and then and they walked around the block and went back to his house. And so it was like they were trying to get me out of there. And it was so funny because at that moment things shifted, and Conspiracy Jimmy, who is my best mate— we've been, we've known each other for over 20 years— he like, that's the reason we started becoming best mates. And then all of a sudden we had a whole new friendship group. But I can see how it could like you could have no trust in friends from that point on. But I guess it is the perspective of like, this is not— it's not like— you are you, Josh. If people don't like you, that's okay.

Josh: Well, that's what Casey's saying. Not everyone will like you, and it's just a fact of life. Don't get mad.

George: Okay, but you're also making up storeys about my mum.

Tommy: Other people may not like you, but Yeah, yeah, George is actually looking at the representation of his mother. Yeah, like, my mother doesn't hate anybody. That's what George is saying.

Josh: No, I think your mum's fit just like every other mum in the world, which is something that came up on there.

George: I thought you'd be good with mums. I thought you'd be very mum, mum.

Josh: No, I think that's a thing. Like, I'm probably the most likely to kiss a mum. Yes. No, I think I'm probably the most likely to hang out with all the mums. Like, I think that I could run some sort of event like a scones, you know, we make scones and shit and we just chill out. And I think that that's— Go on, sorry, George, what have you got for TJ?

George: Last one, sorry, TJ.

Tommy: Yes.

George: It's one for Bodie.

Tommy: It's, uh, this is what happens, mate. Your life, as soon as you become a fucking parent, it's not about you anymore. Seth Godin gives me a book that's for Bodhi.

Josh: This is beautiful. So what's the significance of this book, George?

George: Yeah, I can't— well, there's, there's no real significance. I think it's just a really good book, and, um, and you can watch the, the animations on Netflix, I think. Room on the Broom.

Tommy: Can you show me the front of it again?

George: My, um, she couldn't see it on your bookshelf in the Insta storey that you did recently, so that's why she sent it down.

Josh: Interesting. Can I just— I don't want to railroad this with the gift thing, but Crystal says— I think this is outrageous— Crystal says, what other people think of you is none of your business anyway.

Tommy: True.

George: Yeah, true.

Josh: No, I don't know. Why can't it be your business?

Tommy: No. Because people can have their own thoughts.

Josh: But then isn't there— don't they then project how they feel about you onto you, and then it does become your business if it's your housemate?

Mason: Well, I think it becomes your business when it's mentioned to you. If they can have their own thoughts, and that's none of your business, but as soon as that comes into contact with you, then absolutely it's your business, and you can just harass them.

Josh: Do you think— but the other problem is This is the situation I'm in, George. Your mum has probably liked me all along, but it's this very moment that's set it off.

George: Now it's getting worse.

Josh: And so, can we just, can we have a bit of a reset?

Tommy: Yeah, I'm happy to.

Josh: Because the thing is, I don't want it to— Because I love your mum. I think she's so much fun. I want her to be part of the book club. I want to, you know, when we go to Byron and all that sort of thing, I don't want to become a thing where Tommy's always staying at her place and then I never can see him. Like we go to Byron and it's all weird. So reset.

Tommy: Because that's what you will do. You'll get a motel down the street and I'll be staying at Kaz's joint. Yeah, wine on the deck with Kaz. We've got a great cheese board.

Josh: And the thing is that Kaz and I were meant to be friends. We were meant to be friends, but I got insecure, you know. So reset, reset.

George: You brought it upon yourself, right?

Josh: No, but wait, that's not a reset statement, George. That's not right. That's a blaming statement. Can we just reset?

George: I thought you were going to do the statement.

Josh: No, it's no one's fault. I didn't bring it upon, like, there was just like a little bit of a mixed communication thing that's happened. Yes?

George: Correct. Okay. It was, um, yeah, she didn't understand your shtick, you didn't understand hers, and you've made up all these stories, and now—

Josh: So it is your fault.

George: It's true, it's true.

Tommy: It's the truth. All signs point to your fault. Josh on this one. But no, we're moving on.

Josh: There's no forgiveness anyway. No one's bad or good, you know.

Tommy: But she did hate you, according to you.

Josh: That is— no, I projected my, my hate and then put it through the—

Tommy: anyway, how about we just say this? The truth is Kaz has loved you all along, and she respects you and loves you, and, uh, you, you help her son, you know, you know. George is now part of the Gronk Squad. It'll be great to see from that side. She probably respects you a lot, Josh. So let's move on from that. Thanks, Kaz, for the present. Looking forward to reading that one. Cat— what is it? Cat on a broom?

George: Broom on a broom?

Josh: There's no cat in my house.

George: He's called it witch on a broom. There's a cat at the front.

Josh: Okay, yeah, what to do with that?

Tommy: Is that a joke?

George: No, because I think that the, the idea is that you know, this witch is flying everywhere and people keep asking for a lift on the broom. So, shouldn't they say, is there any more room on the broom? And then it gets more and more full. Beautiful story.

Josh: I love that.

Mason: Oh, great.

George: Yeah.

Mason: I think I've read that. How old is that book?

George: I think it's, yeah, I think it's old.

Mason: I feel like I remember that.

Tommy: You can see when it was first published. What was, um, what's a book from your childhood that you remember? There's one for me, it's called Ebenezer, and it was a bit scary. Like, I remember being a bit scared of it, and it was about this train and this haunted train, and the girl— the, the woman's name was Ebenezer, and my dad used to read it to me, and he still says, you know, do you want me to read you Ebenezer?

Josh: Anyway, yeah, Ebenezer. I've never heard that name outside of—

George: yeah, I forgot to say what she sent me. Oh yeah, which you could look in, you could read into a bit.

Josh: Wait, so you're part of the problem? There we go.

George: Okay, talking with psychopaths and savages, a deeper journey into the minds of the most cold-blooded killers. So, right, so that's for me.

Mason: Geez, that's so good.

George: I love it.

Josh: No, no, I think your mum is very generous. So, thank you, Kaz. Yeah, it's lovely. Um, what are you guys doing tonight? What's, what's, what's the plans, George?

George: Um, no, no plans. We're gonna go and play some ping pong with Sabi downstairs.

Josh: Um, and your sister's got a—

George: Oh, we're gonna watch, uh, we're gonna watch 1917.

Josh: Thought it'd be nice before you talk about the 1917.

Mason: I can't wait to watch that.

George: Really?

Josh: Has it just come out, or is this—

Mason: That's, that's one that this— that's the one that Ryan Shelton was talking about, that they filmed it in a way that it looks like a one-shot film.

Josh: Oh, cool.

Mason: So you don't, you don't actually—

Tommy: You were telling me about that.

Mason: All the cuts are covered up.

Tommy: George, you were telling me about that this week, right?

George: Was that you?

Tommy: Someone else?

George: No, I don't think—

Tommy: We had a coffee the other day.

Josh: So George, your sister brought out a saxophone during kick-ons.

George: Yes, she did. Because you were playing a song. What was it?

Josh: Mystery Sax? I think it might be Cat Empire or something. I don't know. There was a song. I don't think it was Cat Empire, but they do use some. But there was a sax being played. She brought it out.

George: She was like, oh, this would be funny. So, she wanted to come on camera with the sax. And, but she can't really play. It's a very expensive saxophone.

Josh: Well, that's what you said. You said What are you doing? Like, you can't even play the $4,000 saxophone. And that blew my mind. That— is that how much saxophones cost?

George: Yeah, this was years ago she got that. She got that first.

Mason: Why does she have it?

George: I think she was going to play when she was younger. I think she might— she was probably like, I want to say like 18 or even younger, I reckon, when she got that. And it it cost so much then. They're expensive, expensive instrument. So she keeps it more now just for a, um, just because it's a nice, a nice instrument to bring out for drinks.

Tommy: Yeah, just on the instrument thing, uh, my grandmother was a musician. She was a violinist, and she had a violin that she sort of handed down, and my auntie had it, then my mum had it, and then they had this shop where It was— they sell vintage violins, and it was there for a few years before they sold it. Have a guess how much it went for, a violin, just a little instrument.

George: 5 grand?

Tommy: String instrument?

Josh: 7.5?

Tommy: No, I think it was like 18 grand.

Josh: Wow. Oh, it's a lot.

Tommy: Phenomenal. Phenomenal. I mean, handcrafted, like 100-year-old violin or something ridiculous.

Josh: Was this the announce— were the books the announcement, George? I think you said yesterday, I've got something for tomorrow.

George: Yeah, that, that was, that was the announcement.

Josh: Yeah, I love it. Can we, can we mention what we're doing next week? Because I feel like it could potentially, um, wouldn't we?

Tommy: Aren't we?

Josh: We're gonna do it. Yes, we're gonna do it tomorrow, but then I got—

Mason: no, let's do it tomorrow. We have to— you can't, you can't blow your load today. No, we have—

George: why not?

Tommy: We've got—

Mason: okay.

Tommy: This is George, save the surprise. Tomorrow we've got a surprise which we'll announce on episode 700.

Josh: Yeah, he's good.

Mason: You nearly blew your load last week about it.

Josh: Yeah, I know.

Mason: Well, yeah, remember that? We had to—

Josh: I just, I get excited. I just like— the thing is, I prefer to, um, yeah, I mean, we're all excited. It's, it's gonna be great. I prefer to share the, the I think that where that sort of blow the load thing falls flat is what I'm trying to do is share the load. I want everyone to enjoy it.

Mason: I want everyone to have the load.

Tommy: It's called tomorrow. Yeah, we're as impatient as my son. I tell him we're going to watch something tonight. He said, not tonight. And then you say tonight and it is the night and he says, not tonight. He thinks tonight's a bad thing.

Josh: Really far away.

Tommy: He wants it now.

Mason: Yeah.

Tommy: It's just like you want it now. I respect it, but we're not doing it.

Josh: But Friday night drinks, I just say it was amazing. I'm loving it so much. And also the thing is—

Tommy: Best one? Best one?

Josh: It was definitely the best one. And the thing is—

Mason: I think last night was great.

Josh: Yeah. The other thing too is even though I'm spiralling today a tiny bit, very small amount, I've gotten into a good headspace where I feel comfortable with the music. I feel comfortable with everyone. I'm not spiraling. In that regard. So, if you do join Friday Night Drinks, there is no drama. It's all fun.

Tommy: Yeah.

Mason: I mean, I'm so impressed how you handled the spilt drink yesterday. Like, that could have blown up. He didn't handle it, this is George speaking. That's very true. That is very true. But you could have had the biggest—

George: Yeah.

Mason: The biggest blow-up.

Josh: I definitely, I could have. That's what I was saying. I said to Bri, if it was red wine, I reckon the party would have been over. Oh yeah, it would have been—

Tommy: the lease would have been over too.

Josh: Yeah, yeah, geez, it would be a nightmare.

Tommy: Um, all right, let's, um, let's finish off. So lots of comments going through.

Josh: Casey asked, Josh, are you bad at keeping secrets?

Tommy: Yeah, yes is the answer to that.

Josh: Oh, I don't know.

Tommy: No, you've told me you're bad at it.

Josh: You've actually told me you're bad. I'm not good. You definitely—

Tommy: I reckon I'm real— I reckon I'm really good.

George: Every conversation that Grace and Seb's having, you come out and bring it I reckon I'm good at keeping secrets. Do you?

Josh: Yeah, but you're only as good as your weakest link. So if you tell me, then you leak your bucket. Yeah, yeah. No, I think, um, am I—

Tommy: I think it's an important trait in someone to be able to keep something to themselves.

Josh: Yeah, I think that maybe, I don't know. Is that an attack by Casey? Sort of. Why does Casey bring that up? But we don't have to speak about it now anyway. Um, but I, I'm happy. Maybe we could do it.

Tommy: She brings it up, Josh, because you wanted to— we, we had a pact. Not a pact, we just made it. I think you actually came up, came out with it that at 700 was when we'll talk about it, and everyone else is just going with it.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: And good.

Josh: I think it's the whole test and learn thing. It's like, oh, let's just bring it all in early. Like, I think that that's the whole That's it. If you think about it, I reckon with every sort of business deal we've ever done or things like that, I'm always, I always do things too early. Like we hired 97 as an employee way earlier than what we should. Like I go, mate, let's fucking do it, you know, let's make this work. And it ends up like it's always harder.

Tommy: I mean, we took a lease on a building. Yeah, probably too early.

Josh: We could have, we do those things.

Tommy: We could have taken that money.

Mason: Yeah, we were waiting for tomorrow.

Tommy: But I don't think it's the same. I don't think I don't think you can extrapolate from that to an announcement or—

Josh: Well, I just think I'm impatient. I'm just like, let's, let's do the thing now because everyone's wanting to know.

Tommy: You should have done it one week ago then, or three.

Josh: And that's why I wanted to, I wanted to mention it. I brought it up on Monday, but I brought it up on Monday.

Tommy: Tomorrow's gonna fall flat.

Mason: It's gonna fall flat tomorrow if we, like, episode 700, if we don't have, if we're not announcing what we're doing, then it's gonna be a bit of a drainer.

Tommy: Sunday, mate. Got no content. No content for Sunday. We need to save something. Save it for the show. Save it for the show, Josh. Yeah, can I just say, thanks for everyone who came. I was just wrapping up, Josh.

Josh: No, can I just find it? I just want to see how George is going.

George: I'm feeling good. Yeah, feeling great. I'm a bit pissed off.

Mason: When are you gonna have that wine in the, in the bottom of the, um, your camera?

George: Yeah, that's it. Yeah, that double— it's a double Magnum, uh, double champagne.

Josh: What does that mean?

Mason: Not sure what that means, but when are you drinking Prosecco?

George: Prosecco?

Josh: Oh, Prosecco Magnum.

George: Uh, it's the size of it, huge double Magnum. It's like 3 litres or something. 4 liters.

Josh: Oh yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, that's crazy. Jesus.

George: Okay, all right, so I don't know if we'll ever have it.

Tommy: You will be for the, um—

George: oh, can you have like a week?

Mason: Maybe we can do it tomorrow.

Tommy: No, no, no, can we have 700 on your 100th Hump Day replay day? Can we pop that?

Mason: Great idea.

George: Oh yeah, yeah, great idea. We'll do that.

Josh: 100th.

Mason: That's a lot of— that's too—

Tommy: that's just locking him in for— I'm just locking him in for 100 of those things because I love them.

Josh: It's good. Thanks, mate.

Tommy: All right, guys, uh, yeah, because Josh did ask, what are we doing tonight? I'm having lamb roast. And Seb, what are you doing? I mean, I just revolve the night around the food. And wine, so that's about it.

Mason: Well, I mean, I'm not sure what I'm doing food-wise, but, uh, we are playing board games tonight, so that'll be fun.

Tommy: Cute, very cute.

Mason: Bit of Cluedo, bit of potentially Monopoly.

George: Mm-hmm.

Josh: Monopoly's great.

George: Love Cluedo.

Josh: What do you like about Cluedo, George?

George: Detective aspect.

Tommy: Are we wrapping up the show?

Mason: TJ's just like, let's go.

Tommy: Yeah, we're just—

George: we're ready.

Josh: This is the best part. He says, I like Cluedo and I meant to leave that fucking piece of gold.

Mason: Oh, great, George. Yeah, yeah, great. I love Cluedo.

Tommy: Yeah, George, we'll see you tomorrow.

Josh: You don't say you like Cluedo without meaning something. What? I want to know why. We can talk about it tomorrow. Is there a 3-second answer to why you love Cluedo?

George: Uh, it's a great detective game that tests your brain and, um, and Yeah, and that's pretty much it. Yeah, it's a detective game. I love detective. I love being a— I reckon I'd be a pretty good detective.

Mason: I reckon you'd be a great detective.

Tommy: Yeah, and you've got the moustache.

Mason: You've got the mo.

Tommy: Look at it.

Mason: Yeah, definitely.

Tommy: Yeah, okay.

Mason: Yeah, it would be great.

Tommy: Detective George over and out.

Mason: Georgie boy.

Josh: It's a day talk show. See you tomorrow, guys. Episode 700 with a big, big announcement. See you then.

George: Bye.

Tommy: See you guys.