The Little Dum Dum Club with Tommy & Karl - Bonus Christmas Day Treat!

Episode Date: December 24, 2016

A sweet little bonus podcast treat for all you good little boys and girls! Enjoy, thanks for your support in 2016 and have a lovely Christmas! - Tommy & Karl.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey mates, welcome to a special bonus Christmas Day edition of the Little Dumb Dumb Club. My name is Tommy Dasolo and sitting opposite me the other half of the show, Carl Chandler. Merry Christmas dickheads. How much coal did you get in your stocking this morning? Oh man, I didn't know there was another option. My stocking is morning. Oh man, I didn't know there was another option. My stocking is made of coal. You are coal in many ways, according to

Sean McCullough. Yes. My parents got given coal 40 years ago. Nice. It's just nice to hear the word 40 come out of your mouth without it being forced upon you. So we thought we'd just do a little bonus thing here for all the little

good boys and girls waking up this morning and just finding this under their digital Christmas tree. Yeah, under their little iTunes tree. Something for you to do. There's never anything to do on Christmas Day, so here's a tiny, tiny little bit of content for you. Just us saying Merry Christmas and thanks for listening and all that stuff. Okay, that's done.

Bye, everyone. I hope it was a short drive round to your fellow's house. This should have filled the gap. Hopefully your mum and dad live around the corner. Everybody loves Raymond style. This would have tidied you over. This has filled in the gap between you starting to open one present and finishing opening one present.

So we're going to put this up Christmas morning. We're recording it a couple of days before. What do you think you'll be doing at this point in time when the podcast goes out? Oh, man, I really don't know. Right. You don't know what you're doing on Christmas Day? I think I'm going to the other half's family.

No Maryborough trip? No. Oh, wow. There's no Maryborough this year. It's gone. Yeah. Everyone's behaved very well this year So no one

So they're wiping Mirabar Great As a good deed Great A bad time Yeah We should have happened about 35 years ago

It's going to be 38 degrees What do you think of that? Not positively No I don't like that I'm doing a four hour round trip Drive Yeah

Where to? Driving out to Fish Creek What a to Fish Creek. What a name. Fish Creek. Yeah. Yeah, we get it. There's fish in most creeks.

Fish Creek, Sandy Point is nearby. Some good naming going on out there, I would say. Wilson's Promontree. Yeah. Some person named Fish Creek. They must have thought they were so clever. Oh, we've got him first. Before anyone else named a creek after fish. Oh, what are we going to call it? It's Water Creek. They must have thought that was so clever. Oh, we've got him first. Before anyone else named a creek after fish.

Oh, what are we going to call it? It's Water Creek. Cool. Well, you know what? We've got a listener who lives out that way. Really? Because I've talked to... My aunt and uncle live down there.

I've talked about going down there before and then someone hit me up and said, hey, man, I live in the area. And it's a very, very small town. And so I'll be honest. I've been there. I've walked around the town. I've walked down the main street going, I'm going to get spotted. Someone's going to come up.

Playing a podcast very loudly. Blaring it out of my car. It's me! Out of your boom box. But yeah, hey, that guy, if you, if you're that guy that lives, I can't remember his name, but if you listen, if you're listening to this today. Are you inviting him to Christmas dinner with you? Okay, sure.

Yes. Great. Come down to my aunt and uncle's house for lunch. I'll give the address out on the podcast. Please. No, let me, get in touch with, if you're down there that day, get in touch with me and I'll come find you. Alright. We'll meet up at the pub. I'll fuck off my family and come, hey, we'll both piss off on

our families and I'll come meet up with you. Fuck. How's that sound? Will you actually do it? If he gets in touch in time, yeah. Alright. So I'm going to put this up early in the morning. I think we're going to leave at like 9am, so I'll be there from around 11 and then I'm'm going to put this up early in the morning. I think we're going to leave at like 9 a.m. So I'll be there from around 11 and then I'm probably going to come back about 4 or 5 or so. So you've got a good window for him to get on this.

Yeah. And yeah. So anyone in the region. And he's got a good couple of hours to decide whether he wants to do it as well, which is handy. Anyone in the region, Leon Gaffer. Is that his name? What was his name?

Leon Gaffer's nickname? As I said, is that his name? Leon Gathis. I also said, is that his name? Leon Gathis. It sounded like you were doing that. I'm trying to bring this back. You know when someone would go, I went on a date last night. And fuckheads would go, oh yeah, what's his name? But I've started doing it like someone will go, I got the train here.

And then you go, oh yeah, what was his name? I want to start doing that when girls say I went on a date last night. Oh yeah, what was his name? Good one. Yeah, what do I drive through? Leon Gatha. If you're in Leon Gatha, I'll come to your house. Send me your address.

I'll turn up. Wow. What else do you go through? No, not Cremorne. Richmond. Fuck, what's it called? Anyway, whatever. Put up online just a map of everything.

Yes. Your exact route on where you're going, where you're leaving and where you're going to. Yes. And everyone on the way, you'll stop off and give presents to. Is that what you're saying. Yes. Your exact route on where you're going, where you're leaving and where you're going to. Yes. And everyone on the way you'll stop off and give presents to. Is that what you're saying? Yes. I'm going to stop off at the Red Rooster on the way probably. I've done that every...

That's where you're going to load up your sack to give out presents of hot chicken rolls all the way there. I love a Red Rooster. I've talked about this on the show before. I fucking love a Red Rooster. They're very rare. You don't see many of them. There's one on the drive to my aunt and uncle's house and every Christmas lunch I've ever gone to,

they've been infuriated by me because I can't help myself. Oh, you dickhead. I stop up at Red Rooster on the way. Yeah. Because there's like another hour of the drive after that. I'm like, I'll get hungry again. I'll be fine. No, I understand both viewpoints there.

But yeah, if there's something good on the way, you can't help it. Oh, man. I'm looking forward to New Year's. I've let my diet get out of control a little bit. And I just keep – I'm clinging on to the idea that as soon as it's Gen 1, I can get it back under control. I'm a bit the same.

It's been a brutal – well, I've got – I think I talked about this on the podcast the other week. I've got Christmas Day. Then I've got a wedding on the 30th of December. And before that, the Bucks event on the 27th of December. Yeah, right. So I've got that week Meant to be a chill

Quiet week Yeah I'm fucking overloaded Yeah I'm scared It's too much I'm worried What do you

What do you Yeah that's a lot of That's a lot of work It's a lot You know It's already It's a year It's a time of year

That has a lot of drinking And a lot of unhealthy behaviour At a base level And then I've got these two events Piled on top of that. I don't tend to drink with family or anything like that though. I don't do that. Yeah, well I've got a drive this year so I won't be.

Right. Yeah, which I make the mistake because I get too drunk at family. I have no self-control and I just… Really? I'm the opposite. No, I'm bad. That's how I cope and then I end up noticeably drunk and I get in trouble and I start calling people out and it ends badly.

I've got in-laws that think I don't drink. Really? Yeah. Nice. I never ever drink in front of them. What do they get you? What kind of gifts do they give you? I don't know.

Do you get good stuff off them? Not really. Well, how's this? We never normally do gifts. I mean, I think it's got beyond that thing of going like, I don't really worry about presents or people getting me anything or anything like that. It's just sort of like, oh, yeah, it's this? We never normally do gifs. I mean, I think it's got beyond that thing of going, like, I don't really worry about presents or people getting me anything or anything like that. It's just sort of like, oh, yeah, it's a cool time,

but, you know, presents for kids sort of thing. Yeah. By the way, Harley Breen is at my house at the moment and has been in my bedroom for the whole seven minutes we've been doing this. Yeah, he's trying to smoke your bed. I'm hating it. Other people being in my room unsupervised is fucking torture.

What have you got in there? I don't know. What are you worried about? I'm trying to do a mental inventory of what could he find. What's he doing? Okay, what have you got? Get that one. Pick that one up.

No, I've just got... No way. My phone's on charge, mate. Okay. Your bedroom is disgusting. It's messy at the moment. It's fine, but, buddy, I've got a child. I mean, he's a lot younger than you But his room is better

Than yours Because he has you to clean it up for him Yeah Do a bit of cleaning in there Pick some stuff up Alright well don't interrupt me With your fucking paranoia How's this

So we normally Like when we've spent Christmas At my aunt and uncle's place in the past, we just don't do gifts. We just don't do gifts amongst that side of the family. This year, mum all of a sudden goes, oh, we're getting them this and this. We can put your name on them if you want or you can get your own thing. And I go, oh, so are we doing gifts?

And mum goes, I don't know. We haven't talked about it. Mum's just gone rogue and just decided to get stuff. Right. It's going to be a fucking disaster because she's going to turn up with stuff. No one else thinks we're getting stuff. So then they're going to feel like shit because they didn't know we were meant to be giving gifts.

Well, that's a good problem to have. Well, for us because we're the ones bringing the gifts. They're cool. What are you worried about? Yeah, they're good. Fuck them. I like getting gifts for people but this tokenistic thing of just spending $10 and just exchanging a shit bottle of wine with someone, it's no good.

I got in trouble a couple of years ago. I had a birthday dinner with my folks and my mum gave me like a, say like 50 bucks worth of Tatsalotta tickets or something. And I actually got mad. I was like, fucking don't bother. What are you giving me this for? It's like I'm not going to – all you. What are you giving me this for? Yeah. It's like I'm not going to – all you've done is give Tattersall $50 in my name.

I've always thought that's weird because it's sort of like – it's this sort of like – what would you call it? Kind of theoretical gift. Yeah. Don't gamble on my behalf. Imagine if he wins, then essentially I'm getting credit for giving him a million dollars as a Christmas present. Oh, it's bizarre. You'd rather just have the 50 bucks.

Yeah, totally. And then that one in a million chance of that happening, there's only going to be a fight anyway. Yes. I gave you 50 bucks for this and you won a million dollars. Well, fuck, I want some of it now. Yes. Or the alternative, the much, much, much, much more likely alternative is you've just given someone a little bit of rubbish. You know what I love this time of year?

Like this is ground zero for opening a card someone a little bit of rubbish. You know what I love this time of year? Like this is ground zero for opening a card and a sweet pineapple falling out. Fuck, it's good. I wish everything was paid like that. Like I wish when you did a job instead of invoicing, they just send you a card saying thanks for doing this job. You open it up and your money is just in there in cash. There was once a guy who would organise a few footy club gigs and stuff like that that I did a couple of gigs for.

And to keep it sneaky and to not pay in any official channels – Here we go. He would send a birthday card in the mail. I've had people do that to me. Yeah. I've had people give me the – what is it? The deposit it into my bank and then you know when you can put a comment of what it is

they put happy birthday right right yeah yeah this is which makes more sense than literally going and paying like birthday cards or whatever like six seven bucks now yeah and then you gotta pay stamps for a dollar yeah you're paying a fucking well but this money this was like for a 50

buck gig as well yeah it's like the ATO can have their cut yeah I'm not fussed about it yeah yeah yeah, yeah. Totally. Yeah. Yeah. And then paying an $8 invoice for all the card, the postage and whatever, it was like 100 bucks, 200 bucks, something like that.

Now you with your partner, you have a, I've always thought you have a very weird relationship in general, but specifically what I'm talking about now is in relation to gift giving. Yes. Now do you think you're going to get anything from her this year? I don't think so. So she just doesn't get you things. She's got a belief for some reason that presents are a one-way street. Why don't we start getting each other Christmas presents?

I just can't be bothered getting anyone. I'm very fine with a new old drawer with Christmas. No one get me anything. I don't want anything. I feel very good about what I've gotten for people this year one get me anything. I don't want anything. I did it. I feel very good about what I've gotten for people this year. I feel like I've nailed it. Oh, really?

Yeah. I got a lot of online stuff. I had a lot of things just come up on Instagram from like artists I follow and stuff. And I'm like, I'm going to get that. Oh, that's a good idea. It's a great print. And it was like this. I'll give her a shout out.

Her name's Dawn Tan. She's a Melbourne watercolor illustrator. Her pieces are great. She had a thing on her Instagram just saying, you can get these pieces. I'll frame them for you. It's Dawn Tan. She's a Melbourne watercolour illustrator. Her pieces are great. She had a thing on her Instagram just saying, you can get these pieces, I'll frame them for you. It's all one flat fee. Bought it, went round to her house to pick it up. She was very cool about it.

I bought another thing from her. She'd gone overseas by this point. She arranged for her mother-in-law to be at her house to give it to me because I'd missed the cut-off point. Super cool. But it was great. Like it was get on there. It's done. Feels good.

It's the future, man. Fuck going into the shops. You're right. I should have done that. I should have done all of that. I didn't think for a second I should have done that. But then again, I don't care either. I should have – in my head, what I'm doing is going,

yeah, there's heaps of cool things online that I could buy for myself. Yes. That's what I should do. Getting yourself – like how's it – you know when people go, I got this – I got This is a little Christmas gift For myself I mean what a fucking You can't get any more

First world country Yeah Really living it up In the western world Than that can you Do you need permission To buy something for yourself Getting yourself

A Christmas present Oh did you go and buy Lunch for yourself today Pet yourself on the back Fuckhead Well done You earned it Yeah the birthday

Gift to the self as well. You're just buying something. You're allowed to just buy things. If you can afford it, you can just buy yourself a gift. Who are you answering to? Who cares? You know, fucking, oh, anyway. But, hey, everyone have a very Merry Christmas and a great day.

Just Christmas, you don't want to sign off on any of the other denominations that people, you know, we might have Jewish listeners. No. We might have Jewish listeners. No. We might have whatever it is that celebrates Ramadan. No. You've got to be respectful, Carl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I've got no opinion on what they can do with their day.

It's not their day, to be honest. That's true. Well, yeah, that's true. So you just, December the 25th, if you're into that, Carl Chandler wishes you well. Yes. Any other day, don't bother us. Yeah.

I'm going to say, people, if you're into Christmas, have a good Christmas. So we're never going to upload a little mini bonus episode on any other day. No. We're not going to do one of these on Greek Easter. We should. Oh, that sounds good, actually. I think we should. Let's do one on September 11th.

Whose religious day is that again? That's just us helping people to never forget Yeah Yeah, some people might They might be like out there That's for the Alzheimer's Foundation Wow Yeah, thanks for all your support this year guys This has been

It's been a real banner year for the Little Dumb Dumb Club Yeah, it's been a five star year And you know All the live shows have been great And you know It's been a real banner year for the Little Dumb Dumb Club, hasn't it? Yeah, it's been a five-star year. All the live shows have been great and all of them in most cities, we've had to upgrade our venue size. We've put on double shows in a lot of cities. Every time we do a live show in a state or even in Melbourne, we have better numbers again.

Yeah, and the Melbourne one we did this year, the 300th episode where we had like 500 people in a big band room. That will go down as an absolute life highlight for me. That was an amazing night. That was very cool. Unless we can do 1,000 set of next time. That'd be good. Imagine getting 1,000 people.

That would have been great. Big live episode for episode 301. Just trying to back it up with a week's notice. No, to get 1,000 people to come watch us do this Christmas bonus episode right now. Yeah. You know what's something we should do next year that I think would be fun? Just announce a live episode with like 24 hours to go. Maybe make it free and just see how many people turn up.

Oh, yeah. Do a very last minute show and just see if we just go hard on it for like, or we announce it in the morning. Tonight. It's free. Come down. That's a good idea. See how many. Come down. That's a good idea. See how many people we get. That's a good idea.

That would be cool. Yeah. And do it in some weird location. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Let's aim for that. All right.

Harley Breen just walked through my living room and said, no one gives a shit. Yeah. By the way, we should mention we just did an episode that had Harley Breen in it, which won't have come out by the time. He's not just at my house randomly hanging out. Well, in the shape he's in, he probably thinks he's in his house, to be honest. So, yeah, thanks so much for listening, guys. Thanks for all your support.

Those of you that chip in on Patreon or have come to a live show, just send us a message to say that you enjoyed the show. You know what we get? We don't talk about this much, but we get a lot of messages from people saying that they've had a rough time of it lately and that our show has helped them out a lot which is great to hear.

Which also you go, fuck, how bad are you doing it? Where are the positive in your life? No, but that's what it is. At least I'm not doing

as bad as these two. Yeah. Yeah. So. Yeah, but no, thanks. There is,

in the middle of all the abusive, horrible messages that we and I get in particular, we do have some lovely messages. Well, I hope those people that abuse us,

I hope they have a bit of a rough time, then they'll be able to start to appreciate the show a little bit more. Yeah. So Merry Christmas, guys. Have a safe time out there, and Happy New Year. And yeah, we're taking a break for a couple of weeks, but we've banked some episodes, so you'll be a little uninterrupted feed over your summer break.

Yeah, I mean, we do have new summer hosts. It's not us, obviously. We've hired Hamish and Andy to come in and take over. We fucking should do that sometime. We should go dark for a month and get other people to fill in for us. Fuck, that'd be interesting. That'd be fucking great. Playing us.

Yeah. That would be very good. Let's get on to it. Well, we've got some goals for 2017 now. Secret show, hiring someone else to take over for us. Mm-hmm. All right. Cool.

So, yeah, thanks, guys. Yeah, have a safe and happy Christmas, and we'll see you in 2017.