Hamish & Andy - 2024 Ep 242 - Can We Mint A Commemorative Coin?

Episode Date: March 6, 2024

Andy has a huge idea for an adventure the show could go on involving the Royal Australian Mint and Jim Chalmers, but it could take over 2 years to come to fruition. Gustomer service checks are officially back, with Brisbane's Gusto da Gianni delivering an overwhelming level of gusto after a shaky start. Hamish has two new furry friends in his life and a special skill that seems beyond impossible.  1. H&A $1 coin 2. Gustomer Service Checks: Gusto da Gianni 3. Hamish’s Kittens 4. Impossibly quick clothes removal 

A listener production. Activate your internet. Because the Hamish and Andy podcast starts in three, two. Sorry, still buffering. One. Ahoy to me, Kevin Hamish. Hello. Ahoy One. One. One. One. One.

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One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. Heads of state at some point in the 21st century. Ah, no, Joe, Jonas Brothers world, aren't you? Of course, makes me the Nick. Kevin, the oldest brother that's you, Ham,

married with two children. Joe, middle brother, has been previously married to Sophie Turner. Yeah. Commiserations, Jack, on... What happened? Yeah, but you're not together anymore. I'm not sure that's what you just said here. Maybe that was your disinterest in that,

is what caused the split, because... And I'm the youngest brother. Also, Mary, don't know why Mike's right decided to write down their marital status, but it seemed important to him on... What? Maybe just showing us that even when he's doing the hardest bit of his job,

but can just take sometimes up to days of the week, he's not afraid to go deep. I would have thought Leedsiger guitarist drummer or something would have been. Yeah, we're up, we're up. He has a size 11 foot, he has a 10.5. Yeah, and also 11. Nick the runt of the family.

Yeah. That's a five. With a nine. Ahoy also to Taylor from Canberra. Ahoy boys and number six this is Taylor coming to you from Canberra. I'm just sitting in the car finishing up episode 240 before I head into Woolies for my food shop and not only did I spot a Tiguan I got hit by a Tiguan. They've lost so much touch with the common man, they had no issue hitting my very, very common

and very in touch Master CX3. So the beef continues. No, there's not a beef. There's not a beef between CX3s and Tiguan. And we don't have a beef between Tiguan at all. No, we just- Historically, I mean, obviously, Taylor did the right thing.

She's gone in order and she's up to 240. Historically, your dad showed us a flex that he drives with Volkswagen Tiguan because they were hard to get. I challenged that, thinking that it wasn't so much for flex. Turns out they are quite difficult to get. Mate, listen to this.

I'm just gonna find an email. This came in, I looked at it last week and we didn't get to it. Listen to this. Speaking of Tiguan, sorry, I wasn't expecting there to be this Tiguan chat, but you get a load of this. Here it is. Jake, this comes in from a list of Jake. He writes, I'm currently doing a marketing class to demonstrate how people attach themselves to things they purchase. The lecturer asked us to bring in our favorite possession or a picture of it. they purchased, the lecturer asked us to bring in our favorite possession or a picture of it.

We were all very surprised when three out of the 38 students bought a picture of the same thing, a Volkswagen Tiguan. Jake writes, from this, it is reasonable to conclude that roughly 8% of the population considers the Volkswagen Tiguan the most sought after possession on earth. No wonder they're so hard to get. Unsurprisingly, no one bought in a picture of a T-Rock, which is the smaller version

in the four by four crossover category. So that's evidence coming from a university. Which Tiguan's a sought after. Which we haven't really delved into, but it does beg you to ask the question, can they make more? What's the problem? Would you close down a few of the T Rock machine and just reprogram them? Stretch them out a little bit more.

Stretch them out a little bit more. To make a T-Gone. To me, the anecdote makes it sound like the T-Gone is a lot of T-Gones because almost 10% of the class had a T-Gone. No, they didn't. If you're lucky enough to have one. If you're lucky enough to have one at T-E-R-Rose. And remember, Jack,, at least one or two

of those three people that bought the photo in, they're probably not even their Tiguan. Pfft. Pfft. Pfft. Pfft. It's probably one of those I saw. It's very well those are in this so thrilled to have seen one.

One up the street and they walk up to it every morning. Knowing that they saw one is their most prized position. That's true, actually, Am. So it's doubtful any of them at them under that. It's sort of like going, oh, this is my favorite. This is one of my most cherished things. Oh, it's a picture of a cheetah from when we went on Safari. Now, you don't own the cheetah.

You just loved that you got a glimpse of it in the wild. That's true. Guys, I asked for the top of the show because there's an opportunity for us to potentially start a new adventure. Geez, what a... What a second show in. What are we known for on this show?

Peter Outs. Weak arms. Yeah, well, recently arms. Yes. Yeah, well recently, mistakes. Yeah, but there's something that our podcast does that no other podcast does. Gusto. Yeah. We do like to give away a dollar or a bow.

A dollar. Reverse subscriptions. Give away a dollar. Obviously, whenever we're out and about, you see us in the flesh, we give you a dollar. Yeah. And I would say that we're championing dollar coins in cash as a solution more than really anyone at the moment.

Yeah, we're probably keeping the dollars flowing. We're probably pretty responsible for keeping the dollars flowing. That's why over the break when I saw a funny looking 50 cent piece that wasn't the usual coat of arms. I think I know where this is going. I like it. I like where this is going, Jack. Hang on.

Not every dollar coin has to look the same. Sometimes they bring out a fun one. Sometimes you feel like there's years where you get many funny ones. Yes. And they're, you know, I think they're known as commemorative coins. And it seems to be when the mood strikes the mint, they will just do one. Because sometimes they might, I remember seeing one. I'm pretty sure it was Antarctic Explorer Douglas Mawson.

Well, this is interesting. Now, it's now it wasn't there in mind. It wasn't minted in like 1920 or whenever he was exploring the Antarctic. This was just someone going, well, Jim M Lawson hasn't been recognized in coin form. And so it doesn't seem like it has to line up with a current event, although that would be what we're asking for hours. Jack, drop the drone. You're right. I've got some backstory on that as well.

It forced me at risk of being caught by the government as doing work during the government mandated break. I don't think this counts as work. I think this is more of a passion interest project. I reached out with a query to the Australian Mint just to see how does it go? The Royal Australian Mint. Good morning for finding the time because it's actually not that long the mandated break. I barely had time to catch my breath. So I talked to a lady called Trudy. She can help.

What'd she say? It's not a no. Hang on. So what did you ask? Can we have a Hamish and Andy gold dollar actual dollar coin? Can we have a Hamish and Andy commemorative coin? Yep. And it's not a no.

It's not a no. What's the process? Two years. What does that mean? It's a two-year process. Do you think they're public nominated or does it come from the government? I, great question. It seemed like anyone could ring up,

but obviously I think they... It sounds like at the moment that you just rang the front desk and asked a lady named Trudy if you could make it record. And if that is the loophole, have we accidentally opened a flood? And being like, hey, Sally and Damien, like, view wedding, I've got the mint. You guys are now on the $5 note. No, there is a lot more rigor that goes in.

They'd be bored. They'd be a public app. People put out applications. I feel like getting a stamp, I would have thought. Yep. Here's the thing. The current government authorized policy says that you can't have people that are still alive on their coins other than the king slash queen depending on who's alive

and hit them. Oh, so if we want to- Maybe it might be nice for Jack to be on the coin and then in the ultimate show of dedication show. I become king? One way of looking at it. So I become king. One way of looking at it. We did. You did.

You did say it would be a big adventure. Can we make Jack the king? It would really be up there, though, wouldn't it? Like, remember the time he did the gravy chip? Oh, yeah, that was fun. Yeah, I'm still getting emails about being the king for a year. That was a heck of a story. I guess. We managed to sneak in.

Remember when we found a little print with the identity? Yeah. No, I think it's going to be easy for him to take his own life, but we don't want that to happen. No, no, no. No. Or get them to change the rules. I was just saying, Jake, to himself, I was saying, we could have made it more of a fun,

like, list like a Hunger Games thing and listen. Yeah. Yeah. Jack on an island with 100 listeners. I do have a big ass. I do have a big ass. That is sick. I decided the big ass, would you go to an island

and be prepared to be hunted? Victory Royale style. The only way, so I'm like, is this a heart? That isn't. I'd love to be alive in two years. Well, we could have a symbol. It's just we couldn't have our faces on. Happy with that. Yeah, just the HNA.

Could just be an HNA. I said though, just to test the waters. Hey, what if we were adamant that it needs to be Jack's face? And he didn't get to be king. They said it has to go to the treasurer, the current treasurer of the country, Jim Chalmers is his name, and we'd have to arrange for him and he would have to agree to change the policy as a one-off. It would have to go through two to three different levels before it hits the minister, but he would have the final say.

That does sound like administration and red tape, which is what we hate. We hate that. I was going to say one of the things we stand for is gusto and coins. One of the things we stand against is red tape and bureaucracy. Yeah. So, faff. That just sounds like so much faff. Yeah, so that's what I'm worried about this for us.

It's like, there's a lot of, it seems to be a bit of faff, but... I'm already lagging. I'm, I'm, I'm like, I can feel it drag me on a bit. The wind is going in my sails. But if it's, if it was a, like, when, when you first said Jim would have to sign off on it, immediately I got excited. They're going, we time it, right? Like we don't follow politics that closely.

But if we, you know, you get a, we go, hey, Charlie Pickering, like when's the treasure, when's the treasure of busiest or whatever? And you go, oh, the budget's handed down at this particular day. We go, great, let's, let's catch him in the car park on that afternoon. Because he can have way bigger pictures of fries. Yeah, that's a good idea. Jim, just quick yes on that. Can't we be on a dollar coin?

Yes. It's got to be faces. We're going to be alive. That'll cool. And you could maybe get it that way. But if it's got to be him sitting in his desk, like applying bandwidth to it, in a job that's probably got a lot of things going on,

that is hard. What if it's got a lot of things going on. That is hard. What if it's just a silhouette of two men bowing and a weasel? I mean, it won't mean a lot to everybody who picks up a coin. Mate, none of them do. Yeah, yeah, it's true. Andrew, Andrew, or someone who said, I hadn't heard of him before you mentioned it. I do. Yeah, that's true. Andrew, also, nor who have you said I hadn't heard of him before you mentioned him.

But I suppose the point is like they've all done amazing things. We are looking for more of the light relief from the serious achievements because they've all done incredible things. And there's 50 years of scouting or something like that, which is, you know, there's something you sense of just got through because of persistence. Yeah, they got him in the car park. They got him in the car park. It's not us going, we, you know, no one's saying name a highway after the show.

No. Like, you know, like the normal honours for these pioneering Australians. Yep. What we're after, like, would it be, would it be so bad if you had a little light relief on the coin? That's exactly right. Could we just bring a bit of humour to the coin? That's exactly what I think. Now, Vigimar was on.

Now, Vigimar, it's great. Were they really? Give me a few that have been on. 100 years of Disney. Are you kidding me? That's what Australia is. That has nothing to do with Australia. Exactly.

100 years of Disney got on the coin. That's what that again. What's the difference between Australia and Australia? It has nothing to do with Australia. Exactly. So that's... Hundred years of Disney got on the coin. That's for that again. So brands have been on them, you know? You know what? I know. I found out the Wiggles were...

They're not dead. Hang on. The Wiggles got on a coin? But they argued that they were characters on a coin, not live humans on a coin. Mate, great. If we can wear a mustache and a Wiggles on a coin... Even better. So what about just in loving future memory of Hamish and Andy?

Because at some point we'll be gone. It's an early tribute. We don't have to decide now. In fact, people write in if you've got other suggestions, but don't have to decide now on what we had to want to put on it. Sorry, can I say was it faces or just because I like the idea of the two bowing silhouettes? That'd be fine.

That's fine. Yeah, it just doesn't can't be that like, yeah, it can't be portrait. Yeah, portrait. Yeah. I'm fine with that. Doesn't have to have a face on it. No, I don't think we, I actually said, I didn't think we won our faces on it anyway. I think that's a little bit arrogant to be honest, which I like being a bit arrogant,

but that's still a bit arrogant. Yeah. So, I like being a bit arrogant but that's just too far. Yeah, it's still a bit arrogant. So, a bit arrogant is found. Yeah, we are trying to get our face on currency. It's usually reserved for the greats. So, here's the question. The only question for you two today is, this will not be a weekly update thing. No. This will be in six month time.

How have we gone? How are we going? Are you happy to run lead on the paperwork? I will, as a guy that can do some administration. That appeals to me, Jack. That appeals greatly to me. This will cost you no time or effort. Well, every once, it sounds like once every six months,

we'll sit down. But in the interim design, what exactly are we asking? Let's take a week or two, ponder that. There'd be someone out there that collects every time their commemorative one comes out, they try and get it. There'd be people out there with the full collection. If you're a coin enthusiast, let us know. Let's get a coin nerd on to tell us.

Enthusiast I wear beanie. Sorry, a coiniac. Just come on and tell us what it feels. Yeah, to say space and just they would know. I mean, because you're only going to get the official response from the Treasury. They would probably have stories of the loopholes, the special circumstances, the one-offs. And I'd also also love limited runs. And I'd also love to know from them what appeals do you reckon? Where have people gone wrong?

If they're going, hey, I don't really love this one because of this. Did you get a vibe from the Treasury when you're talking to Trudy on the fact that they're not in the position of power they were in, let's say, 1988 when they did the Bicentennial coin? Like back then, if you wanted a dollar, you needed a dollar coin. These days, they must know. Like back then, if you wanted a dollar, you needed a dollar coin. These days, they must know. Like, do they want more coins out there as the mint? Do they want us to keep liking coins? Certainly, I think the interesting coins has waned a little bit.

So I think we've had a chance. So this works for them? Yeah, I think it would work for them. Similarly, the Olympics, you know, people aren't as into it because of World Cups and Super Bowls and stuff. I think they're being a bit more loosey-goosey with the usage of their rings and so on. Yeah, right. So they sense a bit of like, okay, we're probably being a bit protective. We need people to be chatting about us.

I think that's what's going down. Yeah, and that's what we can bring. We can keep the chat up about coins if they can scratch our back. And we can get Jim at 459 on Friday. Hey, we pride ourselves on gusto being high after it was challenged by someone internally back in the day. Some four years ago. Four years ago that our show lacked a little gusto at one point. We do this at the start of the year, the start of show number one for this year.

We said, hey, the gusto check. The thing where we call businesses and use a scientifically proven method using a three-man panel, judging panel, does this business have gusto? Do they have good gusto? And because when a business has good gusto, that spills over into customer satisfaction.

Exactly. That spills over into word of mouth, and that sends profits through the roof. So if you're running a business, I don't care who you are, you want gusto. Yeah. Who's going to check it, we'll do it. We'll do it, and we do it free of charge.

Which is the only thing is we don't do it if you reach out and request it. We just do it on unsuspecting cappets or business. What have you gone with today? We get a lot of requests for gusto checks because gusto is a brand of coffee and I think they roast their own coffee and they have their own stores. Now, not so interested in, you know, people have, many people have noticed and I must admit I was one of the, in the early days I'd looked at my coffee cup and went, oh, gusto coffee, okay.

I'm not so interested in checking them specifically, but there is, someone's written in, there is a cafe in Brisbane called Gusto da Gianni, which roughly translates to Gianni's gusto. Okay, so the question is if Gianni have gusto. Now I doubt we're going to get Gianni on the phone. We might get lucky. Does Gianni have gusto? You would hope so. Cause he's named his cafe after his gusto. You would think that it's one of the major elements of the induction for exactly any new employees. Day one, that would be the absolute first company principle

they would run you through. Listen, we named the store after my gusto. I'm known for it. You are representing me if I'm not manning the counter. You are representing me and therefore my gusto. You must have gusto. It be slides one through to 12, I think. Yeah, and then right at the end, other things we do. You operate the till this way. Coffee cleaning up, chairs and tables wiping down and food. So, the one. The one. I think I can hear that.

You get a 13 slide induction when you join the coffee shop. So what I remember, we haven't done a customer check for a while, but what I remember is we three categories. I think it's the greeting. One store specific question. And then one bit where one bit where I am on the fence about coming in. And then they, I encourage them to sell me this. Tell me why should I come in? Why should I make the trip in? Okay, great, great, great. Jack, are you got the number there?

All right, you want the opener? Yeah, of course. Yeah, thanks. Gusto, Gusto check. We're gonna do a Gusto check. All right, hey, good luck out of ten and we all individually score and then we will chat about it straight after the call. after the call. Here we go. Good morning, Gustav Gianni Giuseppe speaking. Hi, is that Gianni?

Giuseppe. Ah, Giuseppe. Giuseppe, how are you going? Very good. That's good to hear. Giuseppe, I was thinking of coming in for a snack tomorrow. What sort of snacks do you have? What do you mean? We got some... you can choose from the full menu. We got some montre, they're very good. Okay, well...

We got some beautiful entrees. You can choose some calamari, zucchini, fléo, arancini, bressaola, chagri, loctopus, that's all the entrees. Okay, well I've really enjoyed that conversation. I'm thinking of coming, I'm very keen on coming in tomorrow. I'm very keen on coming in tomorrow. Why should I come in to Gusto DeGiani as opposed to several of the other establishments in the area? Because we're the best Italian wrestler. I agree with you man. We're going to come in tomorrow.

Great service, great food, great wine list. Alright, and now I'm really looking forward to it I'll see you tomorrow. Nope. I'll be here. Thanks. Your name is? Jensen Jensen no problem. I will remember you. Oh Joe Wow, wow, I mean after a shaky, after a shaky start. It was a shaky start.

It built to an absolute explosion of gusto. You would have, I don't want to lead the witness, but let's see what you guys scored him. For greeting Jack out of 10. Only a five out of 10. Didn't sound interested, sounded like he had other stuff he'd rather be doing. I would agree with that.

It is a hard... I had him in a similar van. I actually had him at a four scaled up to a five because as you realize, like obviously Giuseppe sounds like an Italian gentleman of a certain age. You're not going to get a huge... You're not going to get like a showbiz hello from guys that age. But you know in their heart, they're very interested. That's true.

I also went from a five, two, a six for the same reason. As soon as I realized that we're talking to a traditional Italian general, it's like, okay, it gets a bit... Okay, so let's average that as a five. You asked him how he was and he said, very good, even though he didn't sound very good. Yeah, you're right. It's language of someone who's using gusto just in sound. And sometimes the gusto follows the language, so I appreciate his effort. You're right. It's language of someone who's using gusto just in sound. And sometimes the gusto follows the language, so I appreciate his effort. You're right. I think actually he probably deserves almost six slow sixes.

Okay. Um, what snacks do you have? Now this comes from possibly, it sounds like it's a restaurant. I think I miss under, I think we thought it was a cafe. Yeah. Yeah. Look, that's fine. And that's on me for the research.

It's a little bit on you Jack, cause you do Google it. Um, I think he did a wonderful job of listing the entree. Cause he, he's actually dealing there with a mis, misunderstanding of a customer. I thought he was going to say we've got like, you know, counter food and stuff. Yeah. He's then telling us about the specials. Then when you got the giggles, because you realized it was a restaurant Not a cafe. He I just I just was in trouble there

Actually gave it. I thought that was good because it gave him a chance. He was short with you at the start He said we got good on trades then you get through it. What do you mean? Yeah? Yeah? What do you mean? Yeah? What do you mean? Oh gosh? He's a restaurant. I thought it was bit rude But then as you gave him space and he he started going, well, we got the calamari. We got this and that. So he actually grew in Gus. I gave him a seven and a half. Yeah. Eight for what's next.

Do you have then why should I come in? Elephant in the room. Probably the best gusty we've ever had from someone selling their business. I agree. 11. Best restaurant ever. Like everything he said after that was agree. 11. Best time in restaurant. Every, like everything he said after that was brilliant. 10 from me, 11 from Hame. What are you, Jack?

Yeah, 9 from me. Okay, that average is at 10. You're a hard marketer. 9 out of 10 is very good. Yeah, that's very good. 24 divided by 3 across all things. It's a very good gusto. 8 out of 10. Well very good gusto, huge gusto. Out of ten.

Well done. Yeah, well done. Well done. Do we remember them? Do we remember them? No, I mean, what they win is now people know you're from the Brisbane area. Yeah, yeah.

Gusto Gisiani. Giani's Gusto, they ain't mucking around. He's obviously told Giuseppe, this is what I stand for. Giuseppe's sat through the slides. With his iPad, one to 12. And he's absolutely nailed the course. He's, whatever is on those 12 slides, he has committed to heart

and he's now spouting gusto. Well done. Um, boys, I feel like I should mention a few other boys that are in my life at the moment. Really? The new boys in the house. The new boys? Baby Kins, yeah, full body beards. Wow. Makes you look like an absolute skink.

Makes your beard very embarrassing, mate, if you're just beading on your face, you're gonna get a couple of full body beard boys at our house. Really? And glorious beards was something so young. I mean, they're tiny. We got them, I mean, just to bring everyone up speed, the Blake household now has two kittens,

which will grow into cats. Yeah. So just, I mean, I keep saying at the moment, but like they're ours now, they're our pets. When does it be kitten to come a cat cat great question. I think it about six months That's quick quick they go for yet fast Jack I mean, that's what I think the song cats in the cradles about my cat Stevens If anyone knew what that means no, no, it's about his son

I thought the analogy was like, I've got a cat in the crater, like your son grows up so fast. Faster kids. Faster kids. I think Amy's made up the six month rule. Well, I don't think that's it. I'm learning so much today. I think that was his initial draft of the song.

Kids grow up as fast as kids. Even a little bit faster. Kids are so quick to grow up. A rare miss from Blake. They're not singing Cat Stevens properly because he is right in my register. Yes, that's normally your go to a career. That's normally my go to because I apologize to Yusuf now. Cats in the Crota wasn't Cat Stevens. No, I think you're just thinking of a cat. No, are you thinking the version that Boyzone did, the Irish bear?

I love it. Look at that. You think you're ugly kid, Joe? You're thinking about the kid, Joe. No, I'm not. Cat Stevens. Mate, Cat Stevens is the like, of course it's Cat Stevens. That's why it was so famous. It's one of the...

No, he's father and son. Harry Chappan. He's father and son. Geez, maybe you the. No, he's father and son. Harry Chappan. He's father and son. Geez, maybe you were. We were thinking of father and son. It's now time to make a change. Is that. Yeah, you're right.

Sorry. Yeah, sorry. You both about sons growing up too fast. You're right. You're right. I sang like that's very well. I was doing the voice wrong. It's not Kat Stevens.

No, you're right. In hindsight, Jack, you are right. Harry Chappan is his name. Because if you're Cat Stevens, you're not going to... You can call a song anything. But you're not calling it? You wouldn't call it. You would go, I think I'm being a bit cat heavy.

And people might think I'm saying I'm in the cradle. You're right. You're right. Then you're spot on, Jack, because exactly why he didn't write that song. He just sat down to do it and he went, nope, I'm not. It's too cat heavy. They do, they broke up very quickly, but the kittens are, I mean, they're adorable.

They, Potato and Jimmethy. Both boys. Both boys, yeah, of course. Potato, a classic boys name. Yeah, Jimmethy. Jimmethy, also a classic boys name. Tatey and the J-Man. I mean, they sound like a breakfast show.

I'll be honest with you, they sound like a commercial radio regional breakfast show. Any nickname you give Potato and Jimmethy, like even Jimmethy and the Spud just sounds like a radio show. A brekkie show. So, not a bad, no, no, no. It's definitely not a bad thing for their future if they want to branch off. Here's the thing though, Ando. They are, we had a cat, we had a, we had a cat for a long time.

Meowbit. Meowbit. Originally he was Zo's cat. He was about two or three years old when we first got together. And then when he sadly passed, he was, gosh, he was about, you know, 14 or 15. So really getting up there and cat time.

When we were getting the kittens, I was like, Hey, this is a big day for us. I was like, yeah, no, it's very exciting to meet the boys. She was like, no, this is our first pet together. Oh, I was like, yeah, but we have two kids and we're married. And you add 12 years with another pet that you would take it care of. Yeah, then she was like, no, but I came with Meowbert to the relationship. Like, these are our cats. Like, yeah.

But, and again, I'm not dissing, I'm not, I'm not diluting the seriousness of the kittens. But we do, we've been, you know, you had, you had two of, do you have two of the things we share in your body come out? Like it was quite a big deal at the time. If you remember, like I just feel like kids have kind of trumped that. I mean, again, I'm not taking anything away from getting the kittens, but I hadn't, I hadn't, I didn't see it as that kind of like relationship milestone.

They are meant to be the same breed as me. Yeah. But um, and that, that breed is meant to be. Okay. Here's what I wanted to talk to you about, Edo. Because I assume, because of your dog debacle, how you were talking up this huge game about how you're gonna have the world's tallest dog. And it's just refused to grow.

Give it time. And has let down fans, let frighten Santa. Well, how long from when a puppy's a dog? Henry's a dog now, isn't she? Ah, yep. I think if she was gonna be tall, she'd be tall by now. I had my gross bear. I had my gross bear.

I actually have one late too. In year 11. Yeah, but in dog years, that's old. Yeah. Like if you having your gross bear in year 11, that's what's said in dog years. That's like 100. Yeah.

Is there a? I think it's 1 to 7. 1 to 7. What's for cats? I think it's about the same. That's it. Yeah, no. It's not really scientific. I mean, it's one to seven. One to seven. What's for cats? I think it's about the same. Yeah, no. It's not really scientific. I mean, it's not like if you zoom in on their cells in a microscope, you're like, bloody hell, everything's moving seven times the speed in you.

I think it's just a thing we say to kind of put them on par with us. So I don't know a lot about cat genealogy. I mean, I know the basics. It's for all mammals about how babies are made. But both their parents, the boy's parents, because they're brothers, right? But they do not look alike and that's OK. That can happen to brothers. Yes.

But they're meant to be what's called a short-haired, exotic, Persian type of cat. Bit of a stuff, no. Bit of a Garfield, if you want. They're a pop culture reference.. And that's a bit of a Garfield if you want culture reference. Yes, that's not animated, but the Bill Murray, more the Bill Murray kind of one. And they are that they're very cute. Like, you know, we love them no matter what. However, the reason you don't get a long head Persian, which you might know from the Dine commercials.

I think that's a Persian cat on those notes, but they're very long-haired cats. You know, they're, and in cartoons, they're often portrayed, I think, unfairly, probably as a bit snooty, long-haired Persian cats, a bit snooty. The reason you don't want them is you have to grin them every single day. Like it's a big commitment. Like some dogs are like a big grooming commitment. So you wouldn't get. No. Like what are the very fuzzy dogs?

Chouch house, the big like those really. I don't know. They look like bears. Yeah, right. You know those. It's just like great for some people. But if you don't want to be grooming something every day, like do yourself a favor and do not commit to 15 years of grooming.

Yep. As we've had the man, the young boys in our house, potato and Jimity, it does seem like Jimity has significantly longer hair than potato. And well, we can take them back. You can't take them back. We love them. They're part of the family.

Yeah, but it does seem like one is... How long have you had them for? Mate, we're attached. We're not talking about... I was just going to say, this is your ways of calling off period for these type of things. If they advertise something and you get something different... Yeah.

I think... I think the word we got back from the breed was like, oh, because remember, the breed is short-haired person. And they were like, I know he's just got a bit of... No, no, don't worry, he's not a long hair. His hair is just longer. Like, she's like...

That's the quality we're talking about here. Exactly. That's the only determining quality between the long-haired and the short-haired person. The length of hair. Yeah, I mean, that's like saying, it's not a stretch limo. It's just a very, very long car. Exactly.

Well, it seems to a very, very long car. It can seat eight people. And it's popular high before formals, but it's still a sedan. It's the longest sedan. Tell me then, when you had this discussion with them, yeah, because of the breed being short ahead, does that mean less maintenance? That's the idea. You don't have to like it out. But if you have a longer-haired, short-haired person, is that less maintenance? Is it a different type of hair?

Or it's just purely down the length? It's like that. Yeah. I mean, there's got to be a cutoff somewhere. I think they're trying to say to us. And bearing about, like, he's staying, so it's fine. We're just in. But you do look on, I looked on a cat website and it has all these qualities out of 10, like whatever, you know, playfulness, meow at level, whatever. And grooming was a 10 out of 10. Like do not get this cat unless you love grooming. So I think what's being sold to us is the longest short head you could ever get. Like a world record length

for long short head. But at the same time the shortest long head you could ever get. Yes. Has the kids gravitated to 1H? Yes, sonny's a Jimothy man. He's in for the grooming. That's the long head one. He could be in for the grooming. No, that suits him well actually because my daughter, Rudy, she is a long-haired human. She doesn't like grooming that hairy. She doesn't have form for grooming her. It could work out. Anyway, if it all works out, you know, if it somehow grows into his fur and it shrinks, we've got some happy days on the hand. But if not, then I just like the fact

that both you and Iando have pets that, I live enough. They just talked a big game. Yeah. And they're physically a liars. Yeah. And they're physically a liars. And they're physically a liars.

And they're physically a liars. And they're physically a liars. And they're physically a liars. Hey, a lot of special skills have come in. Hamishnanny.com. Thank you for all your correspondence. 50% gets to the Hamish, 50% gets to me, so we don special skills have come in. Hamishnanny.com. Thank you for all your correspondence. 50% gets to the Hamish, 50% gets to me, so we don't really see each other.

So it's unlucky if an upset Annie lands on my side of the fence. Delete, delete. Send it a few times. Look, I'm excited to get back into special skills for you. Yeah, we are the show. If you're just joining the show for the first time, welcome. But we encourage everyone to go from the start. But we are the show where we'll acknowledge if you're really good at something, that there's no formal body or championship that defines who the best in the world is.

We will have a look at it. We sure will. We'll set the boundaries and parameters. And if you exceed that, you'll be awarded a coin and celebrated on the show. Anya or Anya maybe, she writes and she nominates her partner. We love that because when people nominate themselves as a natural arrogance that goes in, you go, did you just do it once and then you think it's all the time.

There is a tendency to remember romantically the time that you guessed three bingo numbers coming up in a row. It doesn't mean you're going to do it every time. The reason why I bring this one up is like, I think we should organize to fly Liam, her partner in, if we think it's impressive. Mate, you know, we're very happy to open the checkbook and buy the cheapest available flight. It's a time-based thing.

So I can't quite quantify what 2.5 seconds is. This to this. Yes. Yes. What 2.5 seconds is this to this. Is that about right, Jack? Yeah, probably. I actually thought it was a bit quick. Someone will measure it and get back to us in future episodes. My actual guess for what I said was 1.9. She writes, I'm nominating my partner Liam.

He can get undressed in under 2.5 seconds. Shoes, socks, shirt, jeans, underpants, everything in the capitals. It blows my mind every time. Now I know we've got- Is she saying it as a figure of speech? No, it's very specific. Go, all right, let's just before we completely shut it

down. Remember the bananas? Yeah. Remember the peel? How many did he do in? Was it like two seconds? Six bananas? Was it one banana? I can't remember. Was it one banana? No, it was one banana. Skin completely off in under a second. Why'd it been under a second? Jess, was it under a second? Yeah, Jess filmed it. That was on it under a second? Yeah. Jazz filmed it. That was on our at the emergency slide party. Because I remember being on the plane and whilst deploying the emergency

slide was amazing fun. Yes. The banana was still incredible. Incredible. Then didn't we have someone that works at a monkey sanctuary? Then they came to the studio and they were saying I could do six bananas. They could unpeel six bananas in one time. I don't think he could pull it off.

He couldn't do it. It was a long trip for him. Yeah, I think he might have been stalk position or ripeness. He had an issue with it again. Yeah. A banana peel though, so different to socks, shoes, shorts. No, I know, Jack. I'm just saying if you could peel a banana in one second, can you peel a human in two and a half?

And are you right, Jack? I would say it's way more than two and a half times the complexity to peel a human out of layers before the skin off. Let's assume he's not wearing some kind of stripper outfit where they develop the whole thing off. That's like, yeah, there can be none of those. So I'll check on that. But are you willing for us to work out?

You know what I'm doing. OK, I'm actually time in two and a half seconds. Are you ready? Yeah. So jeans, shoes, pants, everything off to here. Wow. No way. Now say why you should be saying wow.

Because you're... No, it was a short time that say the other reason why you should be saying wow. Because he stopped it exactly at 2.5 seconds. Did I check? Oh, oh, oh, oh. Yes. That's more like it. That's more like it.

But so you didn't really count as a down into that. That was my problem with it. When you said you... I thought you were still describing like what he's going to do. So it was so did I. So do you want to give us another example with a countdown and see if you can do it again? Well, I'm not doing it again.

I won't stop it exactly. But what I will give you is another rough one. I don't think you can count down from decimals. So I'm going to have to do stopwatch ready. So 2.5 seconds is now remember yet all the layers. I won't do it. I won't do it. This thing now. Yeah. So 2.5 seconds is, now remember yet, all the layers, I won't do, I won't verbalize all the layers.

Is now, now, that's about 2.5. We would be impressed. We would be very impressed. I think we'd be impressed still. Let's get in. Oh, you think that's too long? No, no, no, I think it felt longer than the other one,

but I still think that's super impressive. Do you wanna do three for? You want to hear what three sounds like? No. I would be happy with three seconds. I think we can do it under two points. I mean, honestly, it won't, it'll only take three seconds. Just visualize three.

Okay. Yeah. Now. Now. That's still really far. It's very clear. It's very clear. It. Now. That's still really far. It's very clear. It's impossible. Choose socks, shirt, and these pants.

Socks? I didn't know. That's what they're saying. That's what they're saying. Andies, I mean, we're gonna see a nude man. It's gonna be like the end scene in Salt Bush at the end of it. Saltburn, sorry. Yeah. Now dance for two minutes.

Yeah. We're gonna, I mean, yeah, it's gonna be like, we're gonna have a, we're gonna have a naked man standing in the studio like panting looking at us and we're gonna be like, sorry, no, seven and a half seconds. Or just lying on the floor nude going like squirming because he couldn't get his last shot off his face. Oh, well, hang on, hang on, hang on. Like check.

There's gotta be a check. There's gotta be a catch. It just seems like one of the most outrageous claims we've ever had someone say. Remember, someone's been on this show throwing an orange very close to the roof. Imagine he gets, we fly him over and she said, oh, there was a typo. It was 25 seconds and I put a decimal. Okay, I'll double check on the time. I want you to talk to them.

Okay. And if you can screw it and you're happy with that. I'll back that. Okay.