Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe - S01 EP8: Alex Horne

Episode Date: May 22, 2020

ROB BECKETT & JOSH WIDDICOMBE'S 'LOCKDOWN PARENTING HELL' - S01 EP8: Alex HorneJoining us in the studio this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) during the lock down and beyond is the brilliant comedian, co-host and creator of Taskmaster and the Horne Section, Mr Alex Horne. Enjoy. Rate and Review. Thanks. xxx If you want to get in touch with the show here's how:EMAIL: [e-mail]: @lockdownparent A 'Keep It Light Media' Production  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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and member terms apply hello I'm Josh Whitakam welcome to lock down welcome to lockdown the show in which Rob and I to be a parent during lockdown which I would say can be a little tricky. So in an effort to make some kind of sense of the current situation. And to make me feel better about my increasingly terrible parenting skills. Each episode will be chatting to a famous parent about how well they're coping. Or hopefully not. And we will be hearing from you the listener with your tales of lockdown parenting woe. Because let's be honest, none of us know what we're doing. Hello and welcome to lockdown parent in hell with me.

Well Beckett and me. Rob Beckett. And me? Josh Woggerton. Lovely little intro there. How are you? I'm very well Josh Woodick, how are you? I'm all right. Yeah, I'm good. Yeah, I'm good.

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Right, Rob, I've just sent you a picture of, can you describe the picture I've sent you? Yes, okay, it's sort of, sort of odd pubes and a really bulbous bell, oh no, the other one. Okay. It's a double doors that are shut with like a lock. It's like a lock. It's like it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it, it. It's like, it, it. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's, it, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it. It's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like belly. Oh no, the other one. Okay. It's a double doors that are shut with like a lock. It's like it could be a wardrobe. It's just a normal wardrobe. So this is from Roxy Beckley. We have a one and a three-year-old and are both working from home. I've attached a photo of our wardrobe. Nothing strange about it. Well, what is missing from the photo is locked. Because our one-year-old took- to to to the to the key the key to the key the key the key to the key the key the key the key the key the key the the th-up th-up th-up th-up th-up th-up th-up the the th-up the th. It's shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut up th. It's shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut shut the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's t. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's the the the the the the the th. the th. th. th. th. too. too. took took took the. the. the. is missing from the photo is the fact that the wardrobe is locked Because our one-year-old took the key and hid it somewhere. This happened on March the 27th The wardrobe's on lockdown.

And we haven't been able to open it since. When did they send this email? May the 9th. So, yeah, six weeks. Six weeks. Six weeks. My husband had a video interview on that day and was unable to access his suits and made do with a shirt and shorts.

My only clothes that weren't in the wardrobe were those going through that looks suitable from a headshot. More than a month on and we've still not found the key. We've tried about 20 skeleton keys ordered from Amazon but with no luck. Our three-year-old has kindly offered a solution. Wait until the baby can talk so you can tell us where the key is. Surely they could just cut the lock-up. It's been six weeks, Josh, Josh, Josh, Josh, Josh. th. th. th. th. th. Oh, Josh. Oh, Josh. Oh, Josh. Oh, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, the thi, thi, th. th, the th, th, th, the the th, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, they waiting for? It's been six weeks, Josh. Imagine getting a locksmith around for your wardrobe. That would be a low moment, wouldn't it?

In the house as well, potential contamination and infection because you've locked your wardrobe. I would say, my advice with kids hiding stuff is let them hide a few things, right? Or you go to one of them and go, here's mommy's phone, hide it, right? Because they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they will they will they will they will they will they will they will they will. they will. they will they they they they will. th. their. th. th. th. th. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. t t t too. t t too. too. t t too. th. th. th. th. the. the. the go, here's mummy's phone, hide it, right? Because they will have a hiding place. So if you're in on hiding something with them, then you'll know in future where they go and put it. So you know in future where they go and put it. So you know when they hide it,

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Just thought I'd give you a little insight into my lockdown life. Both myself and my husband are working, full on for an online chemist's company. We have a seven-year-old daughter who needs homeschooling. Should have been taking a sats this week. We tag team through the week, but it's been relentless and constant. I really, really needed some time alone. Having an only child who views you as their playmate, it just doesn't happen. But the other day, the weather was lovely and we're outside. It started to lightly spit with rain, so my husband and daughter went in. Ah, at last I thought, some time to myself, just me and the cat. Then the rain really started to come down. I just kept saying it will blow over as it got heavier and heavier. I didn't want to go back in as I knew I'd have to watch the secret life of pets and

clear up. So I just chat sat in my t-shirt and shorts in the rain. That for me sums up everything it is about how much you want time on your own. Just sitting in the rain and that is preferable to being with other people. Stuff does bring you joy that never would have before kids once you have kids. It's weird, isn't it? Like, if I make didn't have kids and I went around there and I was sat in the rain like that, I'd be like, you're right. But this lady here, I'd say, good on you. Can I join you? That looks lovely. Oh, honestly, the thought of just sitting in the rain now is absolutely glorious. Anything, anything, really that means you're in your own head is like nothing else really, really that that that means that means that means that means that means that means that means that means that means that means, thiiiiii, that means thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to to thi, to to to to to to to to to to to thi, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I th. I th. I I I th. I th. I I I I th. I th. I th. I I th. I th. I, th. I, to to to to to to to the to the th. I, the the th. I, thi, thi, thi, the, thean, thean, tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I'd ththis stage in the game. Well that's what I found hardest because I normally do the walks with the kids so I don't ever really get like just to be in the house of my own for like an hour of just quiet.

That's what I'm missing of just nothing happening. But this is why I started running. So everyone started running. The main reason I run I'm just on my own. The glory of that. Oh, not long now. Right. Glenn Smith. Go ahead, Glenny. Hi, Chaps. Go to Smith O. Smithy. Just a quick one. Our 40-year-old daughter had a good cry for at least an hour because she doesn't own a set of bagpipes. Cheers, Glenn. I mean, he's kept it short, but that is exactly the kind of thing. We had a situation we were taking our daughter out earlier to the park and just before going she was like, can I have my blue gloves? And she doesn't own a pair of blue gloves. But then you're in this situation, obviously it's sunny and hot, she doesn't need a pair

of blue gloves. But you're in this situation where she's going to flip out if you don't source an item of clothing that you know isn't already in the house. So you're looking for a pair of blue gloves in your house that she doesn't own for no reason. I think it's weird, I think the less time you spend at home right when you're working though, I'll be like, okay well try and get you some blue gloves, but now I've been to try and feel guilty about, but to be the time you less guilty vest on and knickers and I went, oh I'm cold and I went, put something on then. I'm like, just get some toilet roll right around your legs if you go. This is the thing with it, it's like I've actually got to the point where I quite enjoy those moments of putting my foot down on stuff because it's almost an outlet for me. Like when she didn't eat her dinner last night and I was like, I I I I I I th. I th. I th. I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I'm like, I'm like, I was like, I'm like, I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm thii. thii. thiiiiii. th. th. thii. thi. th. I'm thi. I eat her dinner last night, and I was like, well, you can't have anything else.

And that kind of, I was like, I'm doing it. I'm actually doing it. This is parenting. That's fine until like halfway through you decide to make that stand. And then you go, actually, we did do their dinner at four o'clock. An hour and a half earlier than normal and then you're like, oh no, because now you're letting the meat after dinner, I bet you're sure I'm doing dinner late. And then you just, sometimes I just like lease from food out that they take and then they'll feel like they're a bit naughty and I just pretend they haven't seen it.

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Our kids are counting on us. Join us at building better schools.C.A. A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. Right. This is from Josh Hughes. Hi guys. I'm Josh. I've got a seven-year-old daughter called Amelia and a four-year-old boy called Jackson. A quick story a few years ago, so Amelia was about three and my work involves me finishing at about 2 a.m. So it's hard to get up early for me. Amelia has always had a fascination with my phone and at the time I had an iPhone 6 which has the fingerprint unlock function. This one morning I woke up and my three year old daughter Amelia had my phone in one hand and my thumb in the other.

Trying to unlock my phone whilst I was asleep so that she could watch YouTube. God that's amazing at three. So I didn't know whether to shout her or congratulate her for her smarts. That's the thing you could you want a kid that is going to be, you know, quick and clever and you know really successful when they're grown up. You just don't want them like them them them them them them them them them them th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi that that that that thi thi thi thi thi thi thi that thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi their thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th want a kid that is going to be quick and clever and, you know, really successful when they're grown up. You just don't want them like that when they're young. You don't want to be looking back on that story when the kid's doing a ten stretch for robbing a bank and think, well, that was probably the first moment when I saw

that they actually drugged his horlicks at 2 a.m. Keep Daddy sleepy. Let's get his thumb out. Right. Thank you for your correspondence. This is how to get in toucest. Email us, hello at lockdown parenting.co. UK. Or we're on Twitter at lockdown parents. Right. He is the man behind taskmaster. He is genuinely got a mind like no one else I know. How has he set that mind to lockdown parenting? This is Alex Horn. Hello Alex Horn. How are you? I'm good. Thank you Josh. Hello Rob. I'm fine. Hello. Thanks for doing this. Thanks for asking me. It'll fill another hour. Do you see this is a time away from the family? Absolutely. Yeah.

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They've got a pool table and, uh, they've got pooled. So I can use it, you know, obviously, but I have to ask their permission now. So there's no, there's no refuge, except we have got this dog. So we've got this dog, so that's, and we've told them they're not allowed out of the house, the children. So we exercise the dog. She's pretty good, she's a bit of a saviour, which I think that's a bit of a hackney thing to say, but she's been, you know, if anyone's bored,

you just go play with her, or if they hurt their legs, they're just go and their legs, their legs, the hurt their legs and then they go and play with her for a bit. They hurt their legs? Oh, the kids. They all hurt their legs, yeah. I've got a show on Friday now on Channel 4 where you wouldn't get away with complaining about this on that. I ate four banana sawings and then was sick a whole soring. What was the symptom? The symptom was, well she was just sick. Like she just came out, I'm gonna be sick and then she basically regurgitated a whole, she like a bird feeding her young, just a whole loaf onto the floor. And I said, did you eat that too quick? She went, yeah. And then she went and sat and watched Poor Patrol. So that's, no knees, knees are fine, but throats are a bit sore at

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It's kind of beginning of June. That's what you're hoping, you've set your hopes on. Yeah, well, we've been sort of promised you that they will go back to school after half-term. A few people around here know someone who knows someone who knows something. Yeah, who's probably... We know someone who's talking to the cabinet because he provides school dinners for people. He's sort of in that industry and they've been told to get ready for then. So that's that's the intel that we've got. Oh, not only Ernest, but a thinerineriner, thiner, thiiiiiiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, that, thi, that's, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's, that's that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's that's that's that's th. that's that's thi. thi. thi. thi. tho. thooooooooooooooooooomombs. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that we've got. Oh, not only Ernest but a bit of insider info from the whole stuff. I would think I would say that is good info but I had an insider and a week in they told me

that Prince Philip had died and they'd covered it up. Yeah I've heard that as well. So I'd take your school dinners guy with a pinch of salt Alex. Yeah. So you're doing a pretty good job judging by like, is it, do you think it's easier with the older children? Do you think if this had happened to you five years ago you'd been a different boat? I think, uh, I think it's quite easy to compare yourself to families you don't know about, but we find it easy having three kids because they're to thrown their kids so they're not missing their mates that much. Yeah, because they're close in age. They're doing a lot of face timing with their friends for the first time and that's been really good. So yeah, we're kind of all right and we've also got a garden. Yeah, I do for you feel sorry for single parent families, single child families and people without a garden. It's got to be it's got to be so tough. It's so so so so so so their so tough. It's got their so tough. It's got their so tough. It's got their so tough. It's got their so tough. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got th. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got their. It's got to be so to be so to be so to be so. It's got to be. It's got to be to be. It's got to be. It's got to be. It's got you know, we bought a paddling pool because it was tonny and they were bored. So we're trying to give them summer holidays.

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they sort of like you can't imagine that they do. But you've got a lovely home and also like from Taskmaster, you're so creative and I imagine, do you put together challenges and games and stuff for them to do that they find fun or they find you boring, annoying dad? A bit of both, as I don't put together games and they do find me annoying. I think people do have high expectations of my parenting. But actually, because of all the, so we're doing this thing home task and we're setting other people tasks to do to do the tasks tasks, tas and we're setting other people task to do in their homes, but it's taking up so much my time. I don't do it with the kids, but they don't really want to either. They do get to watch a lot of stuff that comes in. They help me judge it, so quite straight sport quite serious yeah really penalty shootouts cricket which is all

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one's going to watchtell what's happened here. You've invented these rules you never enforce or stop. They don't watch telly in the morning in school time. They do at the weekend but not, and that works quite well. Also we got, um, just to boast about another thing I own. I'm all in here, I think. They only get an hour a day on the zip wire, don't they? Well I got given a, by avalon my my management, a VR headset for my birthday last year. Oh my god, are we interviewing Drake or Alex on? But that's been brilliant because they can sort of, we're meant to go on holiday. We couldn't go on holiday so we sort of, you can put that on them and say right, take us the Isle of White or Thailand. And so that's

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But we haven't, we haven't, it'd be great not to have the news, they haven't seen anything particularly upsetting. We do the applauding and all that so they and they've raised a bit of money for the energy, you know, little bits of books here and there, some of their pocket money. So they're sort of aware of it but we've not, we're trying to make this a happy thing for them. Yeah, yeah. So no, they're loving it. They honestly loving it and we there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's an there's an there's an April. There's an there's an there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's. There's.they were pretty pretty annoyed. So I think I think that's a nice reflection though that they're happy of being at home than at school I think that's that's fine probably. Yeah and do you think when it comes to the end of it in June which you've confirmed obviously because you've got a man on the inside they're going to be sad to kind of go back to school. Well if it's half a summer term then I think they'll be fine. They'll have, you know, sports tae, one of ours is leaving school, he's in year six, he's going to secondary school, he'll have an end of school leave and stuff. So I think they'll be, it's a pretty good time to go back. They won't do any work any work any work any work any work any work any work any work any work. their work. their work. th work. th. their th. th. th. th. th. th. their th. th. their th. their thi. thi. they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll their their. they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they's they's they's they's they's they's they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll they'll. they'll. they'll. they'll. they'll. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. tod. today. today. today. today. today. today. today. today. their. their. their. they're. they're they're they're because especially with like the A levels in GCSEs, the schools never

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No. And even things like the Euros will be that year and then the World Cup the World Cup. I kind of need a year off between these big sporting events. It will be celebrating winning the euros and then we'll be straight into trying to double up with the World the World the World Cup. As a Liverpool found Alex, how worried are you about the football season being cancelled? Or Liverpool winning it behind closed doors, therefore really invalidating the title? Yeah, it's going to be tarnished I think in some ways, although they will, I think it'll be an asterisk somewhere I think, next next to this title. It'll be what it's definitely going to be be worse if you can't be there to watch and

lift it. It will be worse but what I'm saying is they if it ends early and they they don't give it to them then they will be the team that got the most ever point lead. Yeah. They'll go down in history of some way or the other but yeah no it's a shame. It's mainly a shame because the amount of WhatsApp jokes I get sent still every day. Would you prefer the season to be cancelled or the summer term to be cancelled? Summer term. I can't have them not win it. So you'd put the kind of, you'd put Liverpool's championship ahead of the educational welfare of your children. Yeah, and my own, and my own summer. I just, they can't, they can't not win it. Okay, what are these two series of tasksmaster gets postponed till next year? Right, all Liverpool. No, yeah.

It's tough. I think your line's gone, Alex. I can't hear you. I mean, I don't know. I can't answer that. I think we've made you sad out on this chat. Yeah. Yeah. We just remind you of all the bad stuff. It is the one thing that is upsetting. I mean, just the, I'm really missing a goal going in in any game.

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I mean it is a strange word. It is no one really sort of asks why it's called a cabinet. Yeah, I thought just be honest. Yeah no it's fair enough I love the idea that you've been sitting on that for 20 minutes thinking. Well you know what to say and I felt so stupid because obviously it's not a cabinet it's the cabinet but I don't know I was just thinking yeah but I probably be able to find someone I know that have spoken to a cabinet in one of their lower moments then have access to someone who actually talks to the cabinet if I said I I I I I I I I I I said I I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I said I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I I I was I I I I I I I I I I I I I was I I I I was I I I I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew I knew someone someone someone someone someone someone who I knew someone at number 10. Would you think it was just a number? Just a bit of a matter. Yes I do I, mate. Karen lives at number 10 down by right. Let's talking off. Alex, do you hearing from your friends without children and how kind of say someone like, I don't know, you're good friends with Tim Key. Do you hear about their different lifestyles? Do you have any?

Yeah Tim and Greg Davis, I speak to quite often. And they've got similar lives to each other and it couldn't be more different from me, I think. They're both in a flat and they're both isolating pretty, pretty exclusively. I don't think they've seen anyone in a month. And I think it's probably grass is greener territory. Yeah. But they're both being pretty organized with their time and they're getting a lot of writing done. Yeah, I think I'm more envious to them than they are with me. Yeah, I think my envy for people who,

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I'd say he's not not enjoying it. I think he's getting stuff done. But you have to, you have that worry, like you guys are doing this podcast and I'm doing this home tasking. You want to be relevant to be relevant to be relevant to be relevant to be relevant to be relevant to be relevant to be relevant to be relevant to be relevant to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the to be their, their, their, their, their, thoomomomomorrow, thoomomomomomorrow, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, come out and think, oh, I'm glad I got that done, which I haven't. Did you have any plans beforehand that you'd now look back on us? Like I had this plan. The first day I tidied one of the kitchen cupboards and then I said to Rose all I'm going to need to do is just tidy one small cupboard a day and then by the end of lockdown the house is going to be absolutely perfect. Yeah and I haven't touched another

cupboard since. Yeah when they give us this deadline of rice in three weeks you're out there's gonna be real panic cupboard tidying and now I think. I still haven't managed to clean my windows, right? Because I've got like a part of my brain doesn't exist for practical stuff, right? I've tried to clean my windows twice, both times I've made them dirtier. I don't know what I've done, but I come away from it and I go, well they're all right, Lou, and she goes, they're dirtier. They're dirtier. I want they are bits involved on that. My plan was to teach the kids to type. I thought touch type is a good skill.

Yeah. And I looked up a program the first day and that's been sort of hovering. That's not going to happen. I think I was going to try to learn the Glock and spiel. Amazing. My granddad is 95, right? And he's locking down on his own. And he's decided he's going to learn Welsh at 95. Yeah, there are better choices to be made on them. How's he getting on with it? Well, I don't know. I didn't, I've been honest, I haven't replied to the email. I should have done that. Oh, you've got to translate it first, haven't you?

Alice, if you, obviously you're getting your work done, but like, for example, if people are allowed out, like, and your kids and wife weren't in the house for a day, and you weren't allowed to do it, you you be doing? If I had the house, so I'm in the house, but they're not here. They're not here, yeah, they've just been made invisible for a day and then they come back the next day, right? Because lockdown's still going on. What do you do? Um, I'm sleeping in. I'm definitely doing that. Yeah, shit. the time ti. th. th. th. th. th. they. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. they. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their. they're thi. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're just they're just they're just they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they's. they's. they're. they's. they're. they're. they're. they're. they're. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're their. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their thi. theeea. their their their their their they're just just they're just they're just I can, but I'm going back to bed after lunch. I'm eating a lot of food. I'm having a fry-up. I think I'm getting drunk in the morning, then sleeping it off. I'm getting drunk. I'm getting drunk. I'm having a stag night, I think,

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and then just watched an old cricket match. So rubbish. It's such a rubbish way to enjoy your drunkenness. I did get quite, we did a zoom chat and I got quite drunk with Rachel. And then she went to bed and I cleared up drunk. So I had to move the, you know, you have your zoom set up with your laptop with your laptop, I, I, I, I, I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I was, and I was, and I'd, and I'd, and I'd, and I'd, and I'd, and I'd the, and I'd the, the, and I'd, the, the, the, and I'd, the, the, the, the, the, the, and I'd, the, and I'd, the, and I'd, the, and I'd, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th..... th. th. th. thr. thrown. th. thrown. thrown, thr. thrown, thrown, thrown, thrown, thr your zoom set up with your laptop on a thing, so it's a bit unnatural. So we were on a sofa with a table in front of it, so I moved the table, but those covered in glasses and wine. So that all fell off, so then I cleaned myself up and clean the room up and broke the glass and cut my leg. And the next morning there was blood and chaullain Because that's the thing normally you can just shut that door and when you

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a question at the end. So the question is what has been a highlight and low light of lockdown one moment when you put us is amazing actually I'm this. I I I I I I I this. I this. I this. I this. I this. I this. I this. I this. I this. I this. I this. It this. the the the the the the the the th the th the the the th th the th th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th th. th. th th th. th. th th th. th th th th th th th th th th. When you th th. When you th th th th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the. the. the. the. the. th question at the end. So the question is, what has been your high light and low light of lockdown? One moment when you put, oh, this is amazing actually, I'm loving this and a point where you just thought, I can't, I can't do this. Yeah, okay, it's a great question, Rob. It's two questions, I'd say. Okay, I've got a moment of euphoria thinking, isn't this wonderful being a family? And then within an instant you're shouting at one of them because he's hit one of the other ones. But so I'm trying to think of our lowest moment. I suppose one of the low moments is not having any time without the kids. There's not a lot of husband and wife time. Yeah. But that's just sort of, but we've accepted that now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now that now that now that now, but we've that now, but we've that now, but we've accepted that now, but we've accepted that now, but we've accepted that now, but we've accepted that now, but we've sort, but we've sort, but we've accepted that, but we've sort, but we've sort, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've, but we've the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th, th, th so, th so, th so, th so, th so, th so, th so, th. th. thooooooooo. thoo. tho. th like we're in a sort of monastery or something I think once you've accepted it it's okay

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that without the lockdown. So that's that felt good. And I would hate for you and Rachel to be going down the pool room and get caught on the camera. That would be the worst. That would be, yeah, that would be it I think. That would be it. That would be 20 seconds. Alex, thank you so much. I do that. So that. So that. So that. That that. That that. That that. That that that that that that that that that that that would that that that that would that would that would that would that would that would that would that would that would that would be. that would nickname at that but you do, wouldn't it? Alex, thank you so much. I do, I do apologize that we've made you out to be... Or some sort of sex-starved billionaire. I could only say that wasn't the intention of the interview. The intention of the interview was to make Rob feel better about how bad it's going for him. And I think I've lashed out because because that because that because to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be th. th. th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thanks thanks th thanks thanks thanks thanks th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. Thank th. Thank th. Thank you th. Thank you th. Thank you thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, the interview was to make Rob feel better about how bad it's going for him. And I think I think he lashed out. Yeah, I think I've lashed out because he seemed to be absolutely

nailing it Alex and I'm jealous. Well, I think there's no point pretending anything, is it? So I think it's worse when you have all these celebrities complaining about lockdown. You might as well rejoice in it if it's going all, I suppose. Also we give loads of money to charity guys. Over nine-tenths of what I earn goes out. Great. That's Bill Gates. Thank you, Alex. You are a good man. Pleasure.

And I hope that your main hope of lockdown that Liverpool win the league does come to pass. Thanks Alex. Okay, bye everyone. Bye. So, Rob, that was recorded a couple of weeks ago. How are you feeling about the return of sport? Did you watch at the weekend the Bundesliga? Yes, I put it on but I found it boring. Because it was German football or because there was no crowd. No crowd, no atmosphere and the

plat and I think not just because you can't hear them, it feeds into the performance of the players. They're not allowed to to to to the the to the to the the the to to the to their to their their to their to their to their their their to their their their their to to their to their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. the the th. I. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. th. th. the performance of the players. They're not allowed to celebrate properly. They've got to do elbow taps and it was all quite, it felt like a preseason even though there's a lot to play for. So it'll be even weirder the Premier League coming back when there's nothing to play for. It's going to be a very weird period. I know obviously to come back. It does feel very surreal to me. Just say Liverpool were champions but the season didn't finish at that point we had to stop it because of a worldwide pandemic they won whoever was in those decisions went down that's it.

It's quite simple. Yeah, I know that's what's happened to Plymuth and we're going up. So I'm absolutely delighted by it. But I do feel a bit sorry. I used to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel to feel the to feel the to feel to feel th sorry. I th. I th. I feel th. I feel the th. I feel th. I feel the the th sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry to feel to feel th th th th th th th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm thi thi. I'm thi. I'm teeeeeean. tean. tean. tea. tea. thi. thi. thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I used to be quite happy that Liverpool weren't going to get all the glory, but when I speak to nice fans like Alex, I feel a bit bad for him because it's something you've waited for. Ha ha! Never mind. Oh dear, never mind. If you want to get in touch with the show, then this is how. Email us, Hello at lockdownparentin.co.uk. Or we're on Twitter at lockdown parents.

Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and review it five star. Rating please and you can give us a little bit of feedback. That's always nice in it. And until your friends, also, there's those are people, I've got a couple of mates from home Josh, that about three years ago didn't know what podcasts or Uber was, but I got them into it, right? There are people, like you've got your mom or your cousin, your auntie or whatever, just grab their phone, but they're like it, but they can't work their phone, they'll their, but, but their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. Just, th. th. Just, th. th. tho, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. didn't, th. didn't, th. didn't, th. didn't, th. didn't, th. didn't, th. didn't, th. th. Don't, th. Don't, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, thre, thre, threa, threa, threa, threa. threa. threa. threate. threa, threa, threa, threa, threa, threa, threa, threa, didn't work their phone. So do that and add a mean and let them get the joy and relatability and relax about their parenting. Exactly because the radio is too heavy these days. All the news on the radio obviously understandably it's not a laugh. No. This is a laugh. Yeah, just think less and listen to this. Think less. Think less do more, listen to this. That's what I say. Right, see you next week.

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