The Frank Skinner Show - Water-Palaver

Episode Date: February 26, 2022

Frank Skinner's on Absolute Radio every Saturday morning and you can enjoy the show's podcast right here. Radio Academy Award winning Frank, Emily and Alun bring you a show which is like joining your mates for a coffee... So, put the kettle on, sit down and enjoy UK commercial radio's most popular podcast. Frank is away this week, so Emily and Alun were joined by Pierre Novellie. The team discuss the UK’s first water shop, an odd request from a neighbour and Scotch eggs.

This is Frank Skinner. This is Absolute Radio. I know, I can't deny it any longer. I'm not Frank Skinner. We are bereft again this week because everyone's favourite, I'm going to go borderline national treasure, Rear of the Year winner, 1998, footnote, shared with Carol Smiley, but we'll gloss over that. Pierre's looking a bit concerned about that. But anyway, he's not with us this morning. He can't be with us.

I promise normal service will be resumed as soon as possible with our esteemed, most glorious leader, as he insists on us calling him. He doesn't. But in the meantime, we are going to do our absolute best to keep you very entertained. I'm not alone on this mission. I have two charming young men. Is that all right?

Not inappropriate. Borderline young, but I'll take it. Borderline charming. Oh, OK. Well, I have two of them. Good shout. I have the very them good shout I have the very wonderful

with me in the studio I have the very wonderful Pierre Novelli there we go my morning music oh I love it my French exchange is back again

it's lovely to have you here Pierre pleasure to be here oh c'est un plaisir Our French exchange is back again. It's lovely to have you here, Pierre. Pleasure to be here. Oh. C'est un plaisir d'être ici. I'm trying to... Desperately scanning my GCSE archives. It's going well.

Yeah. And then we also, of course, have our much-loved Manchester correspondent and leading martial arts expert, Alan Cockrell. Cochran. In the midst of Cockrell. I see what you think.

It's so clever, that jingle. It's got all the elements of Alan, which is why I love it. Yeah. I have to say... I'm afraid I winced when you said martial arts correspondent because I haven't had any chance to train this week. So I was a bit like, oh God, I miss the grappling. Anyway, I'm glad that Pierre is back because we started spinning a few plates last week

that I would like to bring to your attention. Well, we did, but can I just do, oh, let me just do a brief, I'm that I'd like to bring to your attention. Well, we did, but can I just do... Ow, let me just do a brief... I'm just going to do a brief bit of housekeeping. Oh, yeah, sure, sure, yeah. You can text the show. This is what Frank does.

I think this is what he does. You can text the show on 81215. You can follow the show on Twitter and Instagram, at Frank on the Radio. You can email the show via frank at absoluteradio.co.uk. I want to say, Frank, we love you and miss you. I should pass on as well that I had a lovely driver this morning. Lady.

I know. It's great. Lady cab driver. And she said to me, I think she was a fan of Frank's. She knew she was driving me into the show. She said, oh, the Frank Skinner show, she said, she was from your neck

of the woods, Elle. She said, oh, do you know, I love that Frank Skinner. I really do. I really love, and she said, do you know what I love

about him? He's really calmed down. I believe that's true. I love the idea. Do you know what? I thought, I won't even ask what she thought of him before.

In what way he's calmed down. In what way has Frank Skinner calmed down? 8, 12, 15. Al, you were saying? Oh, yeah. For two things. First of all, when you said, can you just wait a moment, did you notice that I said, sure, sure, sure,

which is absolutely infiltrated from Emily Dean. I never said sure before working with you. And secondly, we have a few conversational plates that we started to spin last week that I think would have been left as loose ends if Pierre hadn't ended up on today's show.

Do you remember we discussed YouTube algorithms just a mere week ago when we were watching planes landing in storms. Big Jet TV? And I think I said, this is going to mess with my YouTube algorithm.

Yeah. And now I've spent one week, every time I open YouTube, it's suggesting planes landing in bad weather. Oh, ow. Different ones. I'm becoming an expert on what flaps they should be using. Or maybe I'm not, because I'm still calling them flaps.

Well, I mean, I know quite a lot now. I don't want to boast, but I'm very au fait with an elevator paddle now. Ooh. Well, at Danny Tolhurst has tweeted us saying, his YouTube algorithm, John Major's last PMQs and the Titanic sinking real-time remastered. Cannot argue with that. Do you know, I absolutely love that. I think we're going to go to have a musical interlude soon.

I'm feeling a bit nervous around the keyboard. I call it the keyboard. It's not even called that, Pierre. But the producer said to me this morning, i made a mistake i pressed something it was there was it's always better to admit to your mistakes i find and she looked at me and she's such a calm kind woman but she had a steeliness in her eyes and she said please don't touch that again so okay so okay noted I was talking to Pierre Novelli in the studio

during that song who might I remind you we established last week is not only slick but also slightly off beat because that is how Chortle the comedy website referred to him yes are you which are you today pierre a little more slick or a little bit more offbeat your

choice i think i i woke up offbeat and i'm i'm getting slicker as the day progresses well what do you think of this um pierre and i, I don't want to make you jealous, we were having a little chat, and Pierre said to me he'd been described by someone and he wasn't sure about the word. Over to you, Pierre. I was saying that I was described the other day by someone as amenable. Oh, right. Crushing.

Yeah. Well, it's interesting, isn't it? Because there's a lot going on, I think, in the word amenable. Yeah. Break it down for me. I've got all day. I don't know how I would want to take that amenable.

Yes, initially, well, you prove them right by saying, oh, thank you. I mean, is it a bit, you're very pleasant? Yeah. No one wants to be pleasant. I think you, can you be pleasant without being amenable so he's a pleasant man but he's not amenable i think the one thing i struggled with once was there was a boy i really fancied when i was younger and it got word got back to me that he'd said of me emily oh she's very kind Oh no

Oh I didn't like your reaction Do you know all these years I've secretly thought Oh maybe that's a good thing And Pierre went oh no It sort of depends on what age you were at the time Like if you were five then that's great If you were 17 he's sort of saying that you're a simple soul And he's not interested

I was 17 Oh. I was 17. Oh, OK. I was 17. Absolute radio. Thank you, Alan. Were you kind? Sorry. Well, do you know what?

I think I was making such an effort in front of him. I was presenting a very Photoshopped version of myself. I worry that kind in that instance, it's a good thing, but in that instance, I think you're absolutely right. If you're romantically interested in someone, you don't really want kind to be the first thing they think of. No, and it would only not be a sort of crushing thing to hear if you'd been trying to flirt with him via various soup kitchens and donation programs. Then at least it's just a good description of your activity. Okay, so I think we can establish he wasn't interested in me are you telling me he just

wasn't that into me this is terrible news this is awful please do text us by the way on 8 12 15 and use all the other various other methods of getting in touch with us i have to say i was relieved al i'm going to talk to you about Pierre while he's with us I felt enormous relief after the last week because I think I was a little bit jealous

there's no easy way of saying this because you're a good friend of Frank's but Pierre is and when my friends have friends, new friends I suffer from chronic jealousy ah

do you have that thing where they're saying they get a bit mentionitis and they say oh that was so funny when I was with Pierre oh yeah

Pierre said that and there's a part of me thinking oh this is a bit greedy you've got me why do you need another one yes do you get friend jealousy ever You've got me. Why do you need another one?

Do you get friend jealousy ever, a little bit? Totally, yes. Oh, do you? Of course, yeah. We say, but you have all the friends you need here. I feel a bit creepy. I do think. So if someone says, oh, you must meet Kevin.

You must meet. I don't know why I've picked Kevin. He's a bit 1970s footballer. You need to talk about Kevin. But if someone says, oh, they're so funny, you must meet them, you'll really like them, I just feel a bit ill and betrayed. Is that not normal? Let's play a song and we'll tell you. We'll find out soon if my behaviour's normal.

Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio. I was saying earlier on Absolute Radio that I was chronically jealous of Pierre Navali because of his bond with my dear friend Frank Skinner. I'm a little bit possessive, you know. Who you see every week for over a decade. OK, when you put it like that, I do sound a little unreasonable. But I felt my ugly envy evaporate a bit last week

because I finally got to meet the friend and now I see what Frank sees in you. Yeah, he's slick and offbeat, isn't he? Just slightly. Only slightly offbeat. No need to panic. Full offbeat. No, you don't it? Just slightly. Only slightly offbeat. No need to panic. Give you a full offbeat. No, you don't want to do that. So what I'd like to ask you,

I mean, this is a little embarrassing and it could go either way because we're in a live radio situation here. Yeah. So I'm going high risk here. But I'd like to ask you, would you please be my friend, Pierre? I would.

Oh. Oh, it's gone really well. Well, we've talked about this. I like asking people for friendship. I often do it. It's nice your life is taking this trajectory. Mine is doing the reverse. I'm hemorrhaging friends and family that speak to me,

even as we speak right now, probably. But is that through direct request and the sort of inverse of what just happened? Yeah, yeah. Can you stop getting in touch, please, Alan? I no longer want anything to do with you. Sit them down and say it. That's pretty much...

Do you find it liberating? It has to cease. Are there some occasions when you fall out with people and you find it slightly liberating? Oh, yeah. That question to Pianovelli first. Oh, yeah, definitely, where you sort of think the intonation

of the phrase, what a shame, changes a little, and you think sweet relief no need to fight this particular bear over and over again. I have a paranoid worry that I'm going to become

a headline that I saw. You know the onion that is occasionally very funny? Oh yes. You know the onion? The sort of parody news headlines thing that they do? Yes. Yeah, they had a headline that said, man with no friends tells it like it is.

And I looked at that and thought, uh-oh, I'm on that trajectory. Well, I want to talk to you boys about something, actually. I want to get your views on this. Something that happened to me this week. I had a call from a neighbour, lovely young girl. Sorry, I can say that, I'm a lady. She's very friendly, she's very charming. And she called me and she said, look, I'm really sorry to bother you, I've got a massive favour to ask. I hope you don't mind. And I observed the social contract of the people pleaser.

I rushed in and I said, of course, whatever. Don't do that. Dangerous. Playing a dangerous game, aren't I? Al wouldn't have done that. No. Al wouldn't have made that rookie error. No.

She then said, oh, that's so kind of you. My boiler's broken. I need to come around and use your shower. Oh. Did you say it's the local municipal pool closed? Man with no friends Back in a bit I was talking before that

About my neighbour giving me a call And asking if she could use my shower I was okay with that But I sensed In an emergency, not just recreation about my neighbour giving me a call and asking if she could use my shower. I was OK with that, but I sensed... In an emergency, not just recreational. Well, I sensed from both Pierre and Alan, I don't know, I sensed perhaps you wouldn't have been quite so happy about that. No. Really?

It's the start of either a certain type of film or me going to prison, I think, in some sort of elaborate set-up, and I'd say absolutely not. Well, what do you think, Al? I sense you weren't overly keen on that thought. I wasn't being very tongue-in-cheek when I said, was the municipal pool closed?

Like, if my shower wasn't working, the first thing I think I would consider is, where can I go for a shower? And then I would think of the swimming baths, because they've got loads of water there. Yeah, just so you know, Alan likes to save money. Yeah, that's true. But actually, I would pay in that instance

rather than inconvenience a neighbour, I suspect. Do you know, I would watch that show. I would pay in that instance without a conker. That is definitely a show I I suspect. Do you know, I would watch that show. I would pay in that instance without a conch roll. That is definitely a show I would watch. This week, Alan decides to pay in that instance. So anyway, I'd said yes.

You know, it was too late. Yes. And then you realised you just had any Baruca socks handy just to give them. Al, it was too late to back out. As I my Baruca socks handy just to give them. Al, it was too late to back out. As I believe one of Princess Diana's relatives said to her before the wedding, it's too late now, your face is on the tea towel.

It was too late for me. My face was on the tea towel. I'd committed. Yeah. So I thought, I'll just go upstairs and check everything's in order. Now, when I say in order, it was fine for my purposes. Sure. But I hadn't given it a thorough clean.

You don't strike me as the sort of person that might have left in your bathroom, like, tracky bottoms and underwear that you've just stepped out of and gone into the shower and then just left for, like, three days there. You seem more like you're a tidy salt well i'm here to tell you yes that is the case i'm a reasonably tidy salt however it's been four days if i've cleaned my en suite on the sunday we're now thursday

you know there's been there's a certain amount of wear and tear there's the old shampoo splodge a pink g Gillette razor. I'm not being paid by Gillette, I just happened to choose a brand in that instance. Might be discarded. Yes, Al, there might be a rogue pyjama pant. Sure. From that morning.

Sure. It's not guest ready. You've got it. As I believe Adele herself once said, my show ain't ready. My show wasn't ready. My show wasn't ready. It wasn't client-facing, my en suite. That could have been your out.

You could have sent her a sort of weeping video full of apologies and regrets that she couldn't use your shower. And I could have said, because show and shout, my shower ain't ready. I could have said. Anyway, that's what I felt. my shower ain't ready I could have said um anyway that's what I felt my show wasn't ready the shower wasn't fit for for anyone other than me to be in quite frankly

so do you know what I did I got an egg no I thought I'm going to lie. That's often an option for me, Pierre. And I told a lie. I said, oh, I'm on a Zoom right now, which was a silly lie. Because if I was on a Zoom, why was I talking to her? True. She let it part. Oh, thanks, Pierre, for reassuring me. And I said, I'm on a Zoom

it'll be over, I picked a time I said in about 42 minutes and then you can come over because I thought, I was thinking that's how long it'll take me to clean it wow that's a big shower

so the lie was purely to aid you further in aiding this person that's very good of you, that's a big shower. So the lie was purely to aid you further in aiding this person. That's very good of you. That's a well-intentioned lie. Oh, do you think so? Do you know what, Pierre? I'm really glad you're going to be my friend. Frank Skinner.

Absolute radio. No, Frank. He will be back very soon, I promise. And we miss you and we love you so much, Frank. Watch a bit of Big Jet TV. I highly recommend it. I was telling you about my neighbour who'd asked who's a charming girl.

She is my neighbour, so I do have to keep reminding you that she is a charming girl. She asked if she could borrow my shower. Fine. However, as we've established, I have to make it a little bit more sort of Instagram friendly before I'll allow someone else in there.

So I had a delaying tactic, 42 minutes for some strange reason. I got on my hands and knees and I began to get to work. I got out the wet wipes. I got out the bleach. I got out the lime scale remover. I got out the wet wipes. I got out the bleach. I got out the lime scale remover. I got out the wire wool. I went forensic. Goodness me.

I wanted it to be perfect for her. Grout? Did you do any grouting? On a deadline, you can't really grout, can you? Oh, I was using the wire wool to scrub in between each tile. Gosh. Is that quite full on? is the end of this story you realize you should have visitors more often because your bathroom looks amazing well i have to say what happened is i had it looking stunning absolutely stunning

and then i suddenly had a last minute panic i thought what if she opens my cupboards and they don't look tidy so I set to work in there I got realigning I got cleaning, it looked lovely just as I was about to say it was ok she can swing by, I was using language like swing by because she's younger than me and I think that's quite anti-aging

yes, cool, cool, cool oh you're doing it now Al do you say cool yeah cool yeah swing by swing by for a shower whenever you like I think it knocks about a decade off you

don't you think no one said anything okay I noticed my she would have to walk through my bedroom in order to access my en suite yeah and

I noticed my shih tzu had shedded on my covers. That's my dog. That's my dog. Yeah. There was shih tzu fur all over my covers, and I just thought, I better cover that up. And once you stop... There's an element of Frank Spencer,

there's shih tzu fur all over my covers. Mm, Betty. I've got an element of Frank Spencer, those chits and fur all over my covers. Need to be in trouble. But Alvin, the trouble is, once you uncover one problem, it's like therapy in that respect, cleaning the house. All sorts of others come tumbling out. So I thought, oh, all the pillowcases, they could do with a freshen up. So I start plumping those up. I think the floor's not looking great. So I'll, oh, all the pillowcases, they could do with a freshen up. So I start plumping those up. I think the floor's not looking great.

So I'll cover the floor with rose petals. That'll cover that up. Yeah, yeah. Then I noticed a self-help book on the bedside table, and I thought, that's not very much, that's not the message I want to be sending out about myself. I'll swap that for a chic fashion book. Ah.

Basically, it was a big old job. Pretending that I was not a bit odd in the way I lived my life. It took me about, I'd say, two hours and fourteen minutes. Is that a lot?

Yeah, it's your neighbour the Queen. I mean, people always say that. Was she standing there for a minute forty when you said... Hands on hips. Yeah. Come on. Well, do you know what?

It was, I thought it would all be worth it. It took a long time. I just got very involved in it and I couldn't stop. And I went to text her and say, it's ready, come over. and I went to text her and say, it's ready, come over. And she'd already texted me to say, panic over, boiler's working again.

Oh, no. See you soon. You know what? I'm just going to stay on my own filth next time. This is Frank Skinner. This is Absolute Radio. You're listening to The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute Radio. Frank is not with us this morning, but I am joined... Oh, should we give it a few jingles?

I think it's time for some jingles. Yes. I am joined by slick and slightly offbeat Piano Belli. There it is. Slick and slightly offbeat accordion. I love it. Do you own a Brett on top? A Brett on top?

Not yet. Okay. Is it getting a borderline offensive, this French thing? Well, I'm so removed from my actual nationality that it's a sort of abstract exercise. I saw a photograph of Papa Novelli last week, though. Yes. He's a sort of abstract exercise. I saw a photograph of Papa Novelli last week though. Yes. He's a nice man.

Yes. I mean I don't mean that in an intrusive or unpleasant or indeed inappropriate way. I'm just saying he's a lovely man he seems. We'll be the judge of that. You will. I'm also joined of course by the very marvellous Alan Cochran.

Not this week. No Kung Fu Fighting, Al. Schedule clash, innit? Half term, hand been busy. I know what it's like. Brutal. I don't know what it's like at all. Neither of those things affect me. Text the show on 81215

follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at frankontheradio or you can email the show I did it again I went car fan warehouse via frank at absoluteradio.co.uk what's been happening out there in the world I know I keep talking on about this

but I would like to continue with this discussion of what's on your YouTube algorithm just because I think it says a bit about the person and a bit about youtube's expectations of that person i think last week i pointed out that my youtube is largely violence and um comedy and home cooking i think it might have been i mean that's so much to unpack in one person. Yeah. Occasionally it starts showing me, like, how to make lasagnas or whatever. In an angry way. Violent lasagnas.

It's anger. So it's technical, isn't it? Like, how to finish the... Anyway. The person standing in front of you. I realised that the actual example that I was about to say was the rear naked joke, and then I thought,

oh, that's just going to lead to too many conversations. We can't have that, Al. Go on, so we've got someone else's algorithms. Yeah, YouTube algorithms. You can text us, by the way, with yours, because I'm fascinated. At Brunchler Hero says, serial killers, Neil Diamond, animals with pots stuck on their heads. Now, see, I think that tells us a bit about them

and a bit about the YouTube algorithm. I like that. Yeah, they're fun. They're fun to be around. Oh, yes. Hero, Brunchler Hero. Yes. I've definitely got, I mean, I would say the amount of dog

content I have, it's sort of borderline worrying. Well, you would get on well with Martin Waring, who messaged us saying, Ted Lasser dogs film trailers. Me, I don't want to spend time with Martin. I want to spend time with

serial killers, Neil Diamond animals with pots stuck on their heads. Absolutely, yeah. I mean, I like how specific and niche it is that the animals have to have pots stuck on their heads. But that is how it works, isn't it? You know, I once watched some lorry drivers driving and then YouTube started

suggesting lorry drivers doing tours of their cabin and then I ended up watching about a hundred of them. I feel like I know about the interiors of heavy goods vehicles. If I may though, I'd like to unpick your origin story here with the lorry driving. I mean, why were you watching lorry drivers driving? I think it might have been back when I was um learning motorcycling and i was i was looking

at motorcycle videos and then it suggested hgv drivers and then i was like well i'm still driving let's have a look at this before you know it youtube's sent you on a downward spiral this is why it's a problem if you like watch a martial arts technique before you know it you're watching football hooliganism it starts to you know turns the volume up on whatever you've done doesn't it um i mean it's not a problem that's affected me i'm gonna say i'm gonna be completely honest with you there all right we'll be back in a minute frank skinner on absolute radio i don't know i'm still reeling a bit from this morning

when the producer said to me, don't press any of those buttons, please. I think she might have used please, and please, we all know what that means. Yeah. Fury. Well, did I tell you? Do you know what it reminded me of, the incident?

I hope you don't mind, but I just need to get it off my chest. And if I'm going to do that, I may as well do it on a live radio show. There was an incident once, which I've never forgotten, and the footballer Tony Adams, are you familiar with him, Pierre? I'm not, I'm afraid. It's all right, we can still be friends. Alan, you will be. Yeah, I'm aware. He was given the job

of drawing the balls on the FA Cup draw. Oh, yes. And he made a joke because they, Graham Kelly, who was the head of the FA then,

I think, he's still with us, Pierre? Yes, yes. He, Tony Adams made a joke. It was a silly joke and he felt a bit awkward and it was number one and. And it was number one.

And the next ball was number two. So everyone sort of laughed. And then the next ball he pulled out, I think it happened to be, it was like number six. So he thought he'd make a little back ref to that. And he said, plays number seven. And Graham Kelly said, don't do that, please. And I'm just saying I felt a bit Tony Adams in that moment. But it's OK.

What else has been going on this week? Well, there's some good news because the UK is finally among, you know, the most civilised places on Earth. The most well catered to because we have our first ever dedicated water shop we can finally pay for water yes i've read i've heard about this it's a new i like a new retail concept yeah yeah well it's the first ever uh shop dedicated entirely to bottles of uh special water um up £120, some of it, if you can believe that. And this is, I mean,

I read about this because it's in Fulham. Of course. I mean, of course it's in Fulham. Yes. They love a water shop in Fulham. And the Navy Gilets. They'll be rushing down there. They've called it the water,

is he a water sommelier, this guy? He is, Milind Patel, a water sommelier this guy he is milan patel the water sommelier himself um he insists when you say himself you're sort of acting like he's ronaldo or something but you know he will be soon we all grew up with water yes we all grew up with posters of milan patel on our wall in our childhood bedrooms. He's the goat of water. He's the goat of water, yeah. He's called the shop Fine Liquids.

Okay. I'm with two professional comedians this morning. Yeah. One of whom is even slick and slightly offbeat. That's true. Can we workshop this? Fine Liquids. What do you both think of that because i've got thoughts i think it's feels like the sort of thing that you would um you would sort

of hiss at someone from a tavern door as they walked by in a kind of uh sinister film like a in a victorian back alley fine liquid sir he loves his strip yeah he loves it he can't help but go historical yeah i think you're you're dangerously on the cusp of saying what's up do you swallowed a dictionary this no no i know what you mean it's fine liquid sounds it also sounds a bit euphemistic i just think think, I don't want to be critical, you know, because we're all God's children, but I think if you've got water, there are so many easy puns there.

Yeah. Water palaver. Now we're talking. Very good. What are we doing? Opening a water shop? That sort of thing. I don't know.

What are we doing? a water shop? That sort of thing. I don't know. What are we doing? Springtime. You see, this is who they should have got, these guys on the case. I'm a bit left out on this story because I'm not someone who's struggling to say how much in retail experiences. But that seems specifically what this shop is set up for.

We must send you in. Oh, do you know, I'd watch that. Do you know that is also a new show coming out? Alan Cochran, How Much? I can't wait. Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio. Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio. We're talking about this water sommelier.

Yes. Apparently that's a thing now. And he owns a shop. He's opened a shop called Fine Liquids. And I was just, I felt that perhaps the two professional comedians with me this morning might be able to come up with some better options. Both of them have. Even I've got one. Yeah professional comedians with me this morning might be able to come up with some better options. Both of them have. Even I've got one. Yeah.

Even little old me. What about? I don't know. I mean, mine's quite wordy. It's overly wordy. Come on in, comma, the water's fine. Oh, that's good. That's good in italics on the sign.

I didn't say anything about italics, Pierre. Don't get ahead of yourself. That's got good in italics on the sign. I didn't say anything about italics, Pierre. Don't get ahead of yourself. That's got to be handwritten on the sign. What I liked about Come On In The Water's Fine is it's respecting the original brand concept of fine liquids. Yeah. But it's welcoming, it's warm, it's chatty.

Come on in, comma. You've got to have the comma. Yeah. The water's fine. Isn't the thing that people say on holiday, the water's nice, it's chatty. Come on in, comma. You've got to have the comma. Yeah. The water's fine. Isn't the thing that people say on holiday, the water's nice, though? Or would they say fine? Not in my family.

Okay. Did we? Because you know I have a problem with the phrase fine dining. No, I didn't, Al. Talk us through your problem with it. I think I've mentioned this to you before, because that's supposed to be the pinnacle of cuisine is fine dining but if you cook for someone and say oh how was your dinner and

they go fine you think oh god did i put too much or something in it you're rubbish yes you're right the changing meaning of fine every time i see the phrase fine dining, I think, aim higher. Do really nice dining. I mean, the dining's okay. Could do better. It only still works as a sort of luxurious word if you put far too much of a sort of spin on it. Fine dining. Yeah, exactly. I don't want to

have to do all that work when I'm reading a sign or something. I think we've come up with infinitely better names for this shop. By the way, if any of our readers, they're very smart, our readers, so if you have any ideas, I mean, this man hasn't asked us

for advice, but we're offering it. We're giving unsolicited... He's probably already paid a sign writer to refer to him. We're offering unsolicited advice on Absolute Radio this morning. Fine liquids, what would you rename that to? It doesn't have to be a water pun, although I would strongly suggest that's a very tempting area. Yeah.

So, you know, dive on in. My friend's dad, when I was at school, he used to call water council pop. Do you get that? No. Do you understand? Oh! In other words, pop means like soft drinks in the north of England. Yes.

So you'd have a glass of pop and it would mean like Coca-Cola or Pepsi or, you know, lemonade or whatever. Yes. And he called water council pop. And at first I got misled by it when he said, do you want a glass of council pop? I was like, oh, yes, please. That sounds exciting. Yeah, exactly. by it when he said do you want a glass of council pot i was like oh yes please and it's one of those repeated dad phrases that you can see probably was quite a lot of fun at first in the family and then you go yeah he's losing it a bit and i i do a lot of those myself what about i don't suppose no, I'm worried about saying this.

I think it's one of those things I'll say and you'll both try and cover up the fact that it's not worked. And then it'll just be there in the room, the unfortunate remark I made. Yes. But I'm going to do it. Okay, I'll brace myself. On air. I'm just saying, oh no, I can't, it's too awful. Oh, go on, do it.

I don't think it's quite right. saying oh no i can't it's too awful i don't think it's quite right i'm just wondering if um perhaps roger waters the pink floyd guitarist oh yeah if if he decided to get involved in the shop yeah i mean if it was just called waters that work? Because then it's the owner. Yeah, Waters, Waters. I like the simplicity of that. Waters, Waters, I like a lot. Do you like it? Not Rogers Fine Liquids.

Thanks for that. By the way, brief interlude. Do you remember last week we were talking about Big Jet TV? Yeah. Which, because of the weather conditions, you know, they'd had this huge jump in numbers and everyone was watching Big Jet TV. I did something terrible because I was chatting to Buzz,

Frank's son, I think I mentioned this. I said, oh, you must turn on the TV, Buzz, I said. I mean, it was, you know, it was a bit over the top. But anyway, he turned it, he enjoyed it. Now, Kathy's mother, Sandy Mason, I've created a monster. Kathy was sending me updates.

She was sitting in that chair, watching it for eight hour stretches. It's taken over her life, Big Jet TV. That's all she does now. She's having a new career in air traffic control. I think she was wearing headphones. She's absolutely obsessed. Oh, wow.

What have you done? I don't know. It was two days straight. I called her up. I said, Sandy, I'm so glad you're enjoying Big Jet TV. She said, oh, and I could tell she was trying to get me off the phone. And then I realized it's because Big Jet TV was starting live streaming again at 1pm yeah well that's a good thing during storms people buy supplies isn't it because she used them she even what I liked is Kathy sent me

a picture and she'd cracked out the artisan crisps special occasion Big Jet TV we're talking about this water sommelier who's opened a store called Fine Liquids. We've had some suggestions for alternative names. Yes. Oh, have we? From our loyal readers. Go on, Al. 074 has said, what about Still Waters Run Deep? 479 has suggested, name of water shop in Fulham Delurred of Rubbish That's good

Oh dear I think that could just be catering to Pierre's French side Yes Tribune Okay, did you hear that noise? Yeah, what was that? I was going to pretend it hadn't happened but there's really no point

I've been exposed I've been a silly old Have you got one of those things that when you turn it upside down it makes the sound of a cow? been exposed I've been a silly one of those things that when you turn upside down it makes the sound of a cow no I've been a silly old fool as I believe Stephen Fry once said when he made a public apology I've been a silly old fool I forgot to turn my phone off apologies to everyone that was my text alert which is the noise of Chewbacca. Oh, all right. That's what that was. And it's the text from your neighbour that you recently discussed. I'm round at yours now.

Your bathroom is in absolute state. Yes, hairs everywhere. Yeah. We were talking about the water smelly, eh? Mm-hmm. Oh, no, you were reading out some texts. I'm sorry, Al. You've shared a couple with us. Mm-hmm. He, oh, no, you were reading out some texts. I'm sorry, Al. Were you shared on with it?

You've shared a couple with us. I like those. Yeah, oh, so fine was another one. There's a few watery-based puns, which is what we're after, isn't it? What do you think of oh, so fine? Oh, so fine's all, but low derubbish is, I mean, satirical as well.

Oh. You know. You're a bit dark. I would say you're slightly off beat oh only slightly uh h2o as an oh h2o you're being suggested on twitter oh i thought that was from 820 that would have been good oh yeah because you know we only did you know about the three number thing i'm i from context i've been i've been picking it up i I think. H2O. I don't... I think anything to do with H2O,

I just think it's trying to glamorise water. I mean, they have called it fine liquids. Well, this is... Milan Patel, just quickly. The sommelier. The water sommelier says in this article, I call myself the Willy Wonka of natural water. Oh.

So if you want glamour. I mean, Willy Wonka's factory had a chocolate river, so I suppose his just has a river. Yes. What do you think about the phrase, I call myself? We'll be discussing that in a moment on Absolute Radio. Frank Skinner. Frank Skinner.

Absolute Radio. Absolute Radio. radio just before we go back to uh our sommelier chap 319 has texted water shop name quote marks sommelier a rat end end quote mark and then in brackets helpfully they've said smell a rat I think the sign should also have that in brackets just FYI any stores that are thinking of having a pun based name, brackets afterwards would help yes yes

just for the people of from different countries or second language that can go, oh, I see, it's a witty shop. Exactly. And I think sommelier, sommelier a rat, it sounds like it could be an angry ex who's saying sommelier is a love rat, perhaps.

There's all sorts of things that could go wrong with that name. And it could still just be wine. It could be. Very good point of yours, my new friend. If you walked in. Yeah, just before that musical interlude was pointing out that the sommelier calls himself the Willy Wonka of natural water.

Oh, yeah. I like that. God forbid he should be the Willy Wonka of all water. That's too high. What do we think? So that's a self-styled nickname. Yeah. God forbid he should be the Willy Wonka of all water. That's too high. What do we think? So that's a self-styled nickname. Yeah. Yeah.

And we've referred to these people before on this show. I know one that Frank Skinner and I like to cite in terms of we think he sits in the self-styled nickname chair is the footballer Paul Ince. Yeah. Who named himself,er Paul Ince. Yeah. Who named himself, Al? The Governor. Yeah. No one else called him the Governor, to my knowledge. Perhaps they did.

But it was only ever him. You can't do that. Yeah. He did. And it turns out he couldn't. Not without us constantly bringing it up. And I say that as the Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall of Saturday radio. Have you ever tried to... Have you ever had a self-styled nickname that sort of failed?

A failed self-styled nickname. I appreciate this is quite a niche topic, but I would like to know, 8, 12, 15, what was your failed self-created nickname? Me? Are you asking me? No, I'm asking the world at large. Me, the Sven-Joran Eriksson of DIY? I've tried a few, I think.

I sort of flirted with a few. What were you the Willy Wonka of? Well, it wasn't so much a nickname, but I did something rather embarrassing. I got myself into a little bit of trouble. Okay. When I was a child actor, I decided,

when you're on a film set, and someone asked me for my autograph, and I was so excited. I thought this would continue for years, just the one time. And I thought, I better do a sort of special autograph that feels suitably showbiz.

And you know what I wrote? Pound Millie. Oh. I thought it was a little flourish, a bit different. OK. They look very disappointed. Yes. Mainly because they had no idea who I was.

What can you do? Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio. Good morning, by? Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio. Good morning, by the way, this is Absolute Radio. You're listening to the Frank Skinner Show. We don't have

lovely Frank with us this morning. I want to start calling him the Venerable Skinner. Ooh. What do you think of that? He'd like that. Oh, would he?

I think so. Because it would be named after? The Venerable Bead. If you don't know who that is, what are you doing listening to this show? You can text the show on 81215. You can follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at frankontheradio.

Or you can email the show via frank at absoluteradio.co.uk. And I promise Frank will be back very soon. In the meantime, you've got us. Have we heard from... You've also got our loyal, consistent readers. Yes. I'm saying consistent. In that way, I'm hoping I'm putting pressure on them

to communicate with us. Have we heard from them this morning? Definitely, yes. We've got a lot of options coming in for the Water Sommelier's fancy water shop, the potential new names for it. One Born Evian Minute. Oh, I like that.

It's pretty good. I like that. But that suggests, I mean, you see where I'm going with this. It suggests that these are suckers, these people going into the store. Well, I think they are, so I'm fine with that.

But that, we work in Fulham, that's an East London, hipsters would sort of go, ha ha, yeah, I am a sucker, ha ha, sort of ironic. Oh, yes. No, the Fulham. That's an East London... Hipsters would sort of go, ha-ha, yeah. I am a sucker. Sort of ironic. Oh, yes.

No, the Fulhamites, the Fenton owners, as we call them, is a different breed. They're more sincere. Yes. So one born Evian minute. Oh, yeah.

One born Evian minute is all right. 424 has taken a slightly more serious tone and has said, elixir of life or waterworks, let's face it, without any, we wouldn't be here. Oh. A bit deep, mate, a bit deep. Saturday morning. Okay. However, I like Elixir of Life, you know, because without it, we wouldn't be here.

I also like Waterworks because that suggests the prices may make you cry. Yes, we'll be discussing that. The prices do range from £2.50 to I believe £120 a bottle for something that is, let me just make absolutely clear, free from the tax. Next week on

How Much with Alan Cochran, Alan talks about the cost of parking in his local Argos. I'd tune in for the printer ink episode. Oh, we'll have something to say on that. That's going to be bigger than Big Jet TV, Alan Cochran on printer ink prices. And I've got a neighbour that comes round to borrow our printer.

Susan comes for printing. This sounds like a 70s borderline erotic film. You don't like me saying. Starring Robin Asquith, of course. Very much not that. Who would be on a window ledge. If a neighbour called you and asked to borrow the shower, and I want you to be very honest with me, you're an honest fellow,

would the price slightly, would you be worried about the cost of the water? No, no. Totally honest. I would just be wondering why they weren't going swimming. In the municipal pool. Can you not use municipal? Like, just don't make it sound very glamorous. If you were in LA, you wouldn't say that.

It just makes it sound... It implies a degree of being hosed down. I don't like municipal pool. It doesn't sound very glamorous. It doesn't just... I don't like it. If you have to specify, it makes you think, well, why do you specify? Why do you feel the need to specify?

Is there a much more fabulous pool? Yeah, exactly. We were also discussing self-appointed nicknames. Oh, yes. Paul Insta-Governor. I say that as the Jean-Paul Sartre of comedy.

You've got quite a few, obviously. Yeah, I've got loads. 645 has suggested, we had a guy at work who wanted to be known as The Dude, even going so far as having his own name badges made up. Oh, no. We nicknamed him The Dud instead. Steve from Cardiff.

Fine work. Oh, do you know what, Al? I bet he had Homer Simpson socks. The Dude. you know what, Al? I bet he had Homer Simpson socks. The dude. Oh, God, yeah. I bet he did. Devastating. Oh, no, sorry, Al.

Oh, do you know what? I can really picture the dude now. Yeah, he doesn't look like a dude. No. In that sense, a capital D. I worry for the dude, though, because, you know, he can't be entirely friendless. I mean, there must be...

The good thing about the dude is there are other dudes out there, and you just need to make sure you spend time with them. Yeah. OK? Yeah, get in touch. I'm one. I'm available. Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio. Pierre, what's been happening in the world of... The novellis. Garçon.

Garçon. Garçon. That was a very impressive display of French. I said garçon, you said oui. I said oui. Yeah, I'm convinced now by the French thing. I'm glad because I think it lends me a great deal more cultural weight. I don't think anyone ever sort of waxes lyrical about South African cuisine or literature.

Maybe sometimes literature. We've got a couple of sneaky Nobel Prize winners, but not... No, nice one. I like nice ones. You appear to be a befriended Liam Gallagher this morning. Liam Gallagher responding to the fact that J.M. Coatsy, is it? Coatsier. Coatsier.

Oh, lovely pronunciation. Very good. Coatsier? Coatsier, yeah. Okay, lovely. Trips people up. Nice one. Nice one.

It would be a very funny thing to say to a Nobel Prize winner if they're wearing their gong around their neck. I'll tell you what it would be. Quick thumbs up. Oh, nice one it'd be a very funny thing to say to a nobel prize winner if they're wearing their gong around their neck i tell you what it would be quick thumbs up oh nice one a great thing to say if you yeah if you won the nobel prize you get to the stage you get up there cheers yeah doris lessing the late doris lessing nice one although she did have you ever uh watched that'll be on my youtube algorithm al footage of doris lessing receiving being told that she just won the nobel prize for literature outside her house told me about this it's great isn't she getting into a taxi she's getting out of a black cab her son adult son is with, and he's carrying three artichokes.

Brilliant. And these reporters say, Miss Lessing, Miss Lessing, you know, have you heard the news? What news? I haven't got time. How much is that? And she's paying the cab driver. You've just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. And she went, oh, well, I haven't got time. I've got to get in. We've got cooking to do. There's a lot of fuss. I don't know.

And I love her for that. That's great. Can I say? So, Pierre, I was asking you, what's been happening in the Nivelli country? I had an interesting experience the other day. I attended a first birthday party. Oh. Not my first.

I'm moderately more popular than that. You see, there are some people who say, and Al, you can tell us what you think of this, but there are some parents I know who sort of think, oh, it's only their first, they won't remember. Yeah, there's no point. Is that what you say? Yeah, I think it's an unnecessary outlay compared to the return that's available.

That's all from How Much with Alan Cochran this week. Save it up and when they're two they can have like a rollover birthday. That's true. So how was the first birthday and whose was it? It was my friend and excellent comedian Garrett Millerick, his daughter's first birthday. I think I've met him. I think you have. Oh, he is?

Yes. Yes, you have, yes. I mean, that sounds a bit dodgy. We were with other people, and it was all above board. Is it fair to say that Pierre Novelli and Garrett Millerick are two of the biggest names in comedy? I love it. Syllabic titans.

That's good. I like that Al there was an Elmo cake as well which was a highlight is he still big with that demographic? he is Elmo is staying with it staying current

and I enjoyed there was a sort of wicker man aspect to cutting his face into bits and eating it oh yeah nice but I would have thought you see Elmo his sort of thing,

his shtick, his tickling, which I believe is rather out of favour now. Less tickling now. Oh, what does he do? What's he called? What's he called?

Oh, nutrition me, Elmo. Nourish me, Elmo. Do you know, I've said that to a few people in my time. Do you know, I've said that to a few people in my time. Frank Skimmer. Absolute Radio.

We're over at the child's first birthday party. With you, Pierre. Yes, and it was a classic. I'm going to say a classic British child's birthday party in the sense that there was the usual spread of sausage rolls, cocktail sausage-style party food. And I must say, until I moved to the UK as a young boy... Pierre used to previously live on the Isle of Man.

And in South Africa. And in South Africa. And in South Africa. The Isle of Man is not part of the UK, but I guess culturally it's northern. Okay. It's Lancastrian, vaguely, Cumbrian. Party food, to my mind, was sweet only. And I found it quite strange to see a crowd of kids getting very excited over tiny pies.

Oh, really? Yes, and little sausages. Oh, yes. Savory children. Yes, savoury children are odd ones, aren't they? Yeah. You were an unsavoury child. I was, yeah.

I was a very unsavoury child, but you know that, Alan. Yes, isn't it? The savoury child, discuss. Yeah, because why is it a treat? Yeah. To my mind, the fact that dessert is the treat for kids Isn't it the savoury child discuss? Yeah, because why is it a treat? Yeah. To my mind, the fact that dessert is the treat for kids and therefore at a party, that's the most sort of exciting thing. But everything else you ever eat is savoury.

I mean, I've changed my tune now as an adult. I'm savoury only. I like the savoury child, though, because they're walking their own path. And I think that's something i can for example you may know pierre that we have an affectionate nickname for frank which is uh it's not self-styled because we gave it to him a bit of a git i think one of the readers out of one of the readers call him that that's right he was um frank was doubting himself because he'd been mean to somebody

and somebody emailed or texted in and said, don't worry, it's not a change, you've always been a bit of a git. And he embraced it. And this is why we love the man, because he embraced it. He thought, yeah, you know what, I'm going to take that. I can be a bit of a git. And I like that about him because, you know what, he can be a bit of a git. And that's all right.

We still love him. But I like that in the child. I think that illustrates a bit of a git mentality, which is I'm not going to go with the herd. I'm going to stick with the savoury. But see, I think in the UK the herd is savoury. I think that's what I found surprising All these kids thronging tables Groaning under the weight of Salt and fat based treats

It was very Victorian The sausage roll I've never understood the Oh I like them Do you? Oh I really do yeah They're good Yeah you look like that

Doesn't surprise you when Alan says that No Why's that? I wouldn't have better house on it, but I... Oh, really? That's the one-year-old's party. I've got a couple of questions. Yes, yeah.

Here they are. Do they play music, and if so, what sort? There was music, but I think it was just sort of general background music. The kids were... The kids that were old enough to run around were running around fairly freely. I mean, when you say they were running around,

that's kind of their gig, really, isn't it? Yes. They just run around, really. Yeah. So they don't play actual music, no? Proper music. Because if they did, I would suggest this. Yeah. Oh, there'm a gummy bear.

Yeah. Oh, there you go. Is it that sort of thing? Well, I mean, I think it would be if they were a bit older. Old enough to go ape to the gummy bear song. Okay. But as it was, it was in a sort of function room of a pub. It was in a pub?

Yes. A first birthday party in a pub. South of Yonge. Oh, what do you think of that, Al? You know what I think? Nice one, I say. Nice one. Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio. Have we heard from the outside world?

Yes. We've had various titles for the water shop that we were discussing before. Oh, yes, this is Fine Liquids. That was the name they decided upon. Yes, 597, who's a regular, Simon of Sudbury. I love Simon of Sudbury. Can we explain to Pierre? Is he an antiques dealer, Al?

I think he might be an art dealer. Oh, is he an art dealer? Simon of Sudbury. He's one of our medieval friends. Yes. He's suggested Ur-MG. Oh, I like Ur-MG. And then self-criticises immediately.

A bit too visual for radio, I guess. But I thought it worked, personally. I think it works. And you can open a branch in Hull. I know that. You're being so hard on think it works, and you can open a branch in Hull. I know that. You're being so hard on yourself, Simon, and you always are. There's no need. It's quite a good comic instinct, though,

because it helps with the quality control. Yeah. Yes, yeah, that's true. I find. I mean, there's a few comics on the circuit that should be more critical of their output. I could learn a lot from Simon. Which comics on the circuit should be more critical of their output. I could learn a lot from Simon. Which comics on the circuit should be more critical of their output?

I'll tell you on air if you encourage me. No, you won't. All right, fair enough. Listen, I've run a nice radio show. I have a comedian on the road question, actually. Go on. Pierre has just reminded me when he was discussing sausage rolls. Yes.

I recently was driving back from a gig. I'm on the comedy circuit, enjoying it. Shout out to all the promoters taking that risk and then sending us money when we've done our 20 minutes jokes. Love them. Fair play. Respect them under. I was driving back after one such performance

and I stopped at a service station and it was one of those ones with more choice than you would expect. Oh, I hate those ones. It had Greggs, and it had Marks and Spencers. And I went in, and I didn't really think about it. Didn't really think about it, but I bought a packet with two Scotch eggs from the Marks and Spencers shelves,

and then I was at the counter buying a cup of tea and I said actually I'll have this packet of jam donuts as well so I bought two scotch eggs and four jam donuts didn't eat all of them in the car I think I had two but then I got up the next day and I was mentioning it to my wife

and children and they went you basically bought food that was round with stuff in it and that was like i'm on a round with stuff in it diet it was insertion food i'm gonna start eating foods based on shape like i'll i'll stop at the services and just get like Toblerone and pizza slices or... Doritos. A shake diet. Exactly. Can I just say, I do like as well that all those items, the scotch egg, the donut, even the cup of tea,

it's very 1970s green room at Parkinson. Do you know what I mean? To have all those things together... Yes. I'm a man of the wrong era you really are this peak 1974 those three items

scotch eggs, do you eat a scotch egg? I learned to over time why would you learn? there's other things you can learn that's the idea we're so mad a bunch of children absolutely losing it over a boiled egg covered in meat.

And you go, you know there's ice cream. But I find exactly the disappointing insertion. Who wants to bite into an egg? I don't like them exposed. I certainly don't like them hidden. You don't like exposed or hidden eggs? I don't like exposed or hidden eggs. No, that's fair.

You want them to exist in the liminal. That's what I say. Ow. It's a shop idea is what that is. Frank Skinner. Frank Skinner. Absolute radio. Absolute radio. Alan Cochran is a fan of scotch eggs, it turns out.

Yeah. And doughnuts. I like them as a road snack for driving home because they come in their own little box and even though they're bread crummy and it gets all down your jacket, you can just brush it off when you get to your destination. And they're quite protein-y.

Well, thanks so much for that tip, Al. Do you know, I'd never have thought that. The amount of times I've walked into venues and important functions... For student with scotch eggs. With scotch egg dust all over me. And it's not a good look. I like to think of my role on the show

as the Linfold's Wood of Saturday radio. That's me. Do you know, I don't... I'm actually thinking about this seriously now. I don't think I've ever eaten a scotch egg. In your life? How's about that? Even during the pandemic when they were

a meal. That was the last one I had. I mean, I'm afraid the period when they were hashtag trending was somewhat lost on me. 660 Nasher of Bedford has said poor Emily not

liking hidden eggs. Her Easter hunt must be traumatic. Let's not Poor Emily, poor Emily not liking hidden eggs. Her Easter hunt must be traumatic. Good point. I mean, let's not even discuss Kinder. You should have got a Kinder owl while you were there. You could have had doughnuts, scotch eggs. What am I, made of money? Yeah, but you get a freebie and you would have liked the freebie.

I think you might have even gone as far as Nice One if you'd seen that freebie. I think I've already said it was just a circuit gig, not a corporate. Okay, okay. A cup of tea's an interesting choice on the road. You stick to the tea, don't you? It's like, well, then the Beatles get back. I felt a lot of nostalgia for the concept of the tea because the sort of food they eat was so retro. They were ordering a cup of tea, orange squash, toast. Yeah.

Oh, great. Tea and toast all the way. It was quite a Cochrane diet. A Cochrane on the road diet, Cochrane service. Do you know when I stop, when I'm travelling on the motorway, I don't stop at service stations with those internal roundabouts. I'm slightly phobic about them. Oh, in case you accidentally go where all the trucks go.

I just, yeah, I've done that before. I've ended up in the truck area. It's so embarrassing. Yeah, we've all ended up in the truck area. It's fun. What do you do in the truck area? Flee. Do you?

Yeah, exactly. Well, I sometimes pull over and I think, I'm going to pretend. I mean, I might try and assimilate. Yeah. Or maybe I'll just pretend I meant to do this. Yeah, say, well, I'm an artisanal trucker. I truck less, but I do it with a sort of panache and flair. I just find the roundabout system very confusing in those.

I don't like it. I avoid them. I like to know what I'm doing. Yeah. I like to drive in and drive out. I know where I am, whereas sometimes I've ended up... I mean, I won't even tell you what's happened when I've ended up in those places. Well, keep it broadcasted.

In the Trucksnord area. I always find that I'm filled with resentment when I'm in a service station late at night and in need of something caffeinated and there's absolutely no way of getting anything caffeinated in the service station, but it's still open in case anyone wants to pick up a stuffed toy with a claw machine. Oh, you see.

You think, for goodness sake. Yeah, but I like, do you know what? I find it oddly reassuring, the presence of the claw machine. Oh, yes. They'll always be, do you know what? They will survive us. They will outlive us all, the claw machine.

Okay? Slightly sombre note to end on. I would go so far as to say it was an extraordinary note to end the show on. I would go so far as to say it was an extraordinary note to end the show on. I feel it's what Frank would have wanted. It's been such a joy

to have you with us this morning. Thank you so much. We miss Frank so much, but I promise he will be back with us very soon. Thank you, Pierre. Thank you, Al. Love you.

Mean it. Be seeing you. This is Frank Skinner. Love you. Mean it. Be seeing you.