Episode 179
John Sit, The 'Rossier' & 100 Dead Foxes
Show broadcast on 22 July 2017
After Beta-Bet's retirement last week, it fell to our resident stats guy, Ross, to come up with the number goods and my word - he knows his way around a pie chart. A cracking show with some of the most horrendous Humblebrags in history, a run out for another made up game and a review from a vibe symposium held by none other than John Robins & Prod V. All this plus a Shame Well that makes for one of the most difficult listens to date...
Podcast intro
Tales of PCDs coming together.
Elis issues a request: do any PCDs know of any exercises to make your hands bigger?
John's introduction of Elis
"To my left: A man whose career on stage and screen goes from strength to strength. Recently, he's been slated to play the role of the Ferryman in a duke-box musical of the music of Chris de Burgh. High on Emotion features over 20 of de Burgh's classic hits, including 'Lady in Red', 'Spaceman Came Travelling' and 'Man on the Line'. "
Conversations and riffs
John reveals he gets the same endorphin rush from sitting down and staring at a wall as someone on ecstasy.
He was asked to complete a survey from the National Office of Statistics, which is what news articles and government policy are partly based on. He talks us through three policies that he would bring in if he was in the position to do so.
This week John gave a marketing presentation. He talks us through it.
Elis James' Light-Hearted Paper Review
Elis' selection of humorous stories from this week's newspapers.
What certain small words in business emails tell you about the writer. Giles Coren in The Times: Game of Thrones is Tolkien with chlamydia. Dick Van Dyke admits his cockney accent in Mary Poppins was bobbins. A guy has been a student at Leeds Beckett university since 1968.
This leads Elis to mention his 'quitting fantasy' of going back to academia. John's quitting fantasy is to open an off-licence near a field.
John's Shame Well
John frees another listener of their shame.
The cool young hip music teacher tries to blag her way through her first class but is caught out by her pupils when she pretends to know an artist they've made up.
Betabet
Elis and John compete to name as many things as possible on a theme in alphabetical order in 30 seconds.
Stats guy Ross Middleton has prepared a dossier (a 'Rossier') reviewing Betabet stats (as he did when Winner Plays On ended).
Made-Up Games
Listeners suggest made-up games that Elis and John can play.
Irrelevant Mallet's Mallet: Each of you has to say a word that is NOT related to the previous word the other person said.
The 'Keep It Session' Sessions
A special section at the end of the podcast for music recommendations.
Cass McCombs (John)