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This programme contains some strong language.

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MUSIC: Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host for tonight -

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Romesh Ranganathan!

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CHEERING

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MUSIC PLAYS

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Good evening, Hammersmith Apollo.

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CHEERING

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How are we doing? We good?

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CHEERING

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I'm hosting this bitch.

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CHEERING

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Nice to be here, man. Nice to be here. I'm very excited.

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I'm really excited, man. I'll be honest, I'm a bit tired.

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I am tired, man. I'll tell you why - a few months ago,

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my wife gave birth to our third child.

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CHEERING

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Well, thank you very much,

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but I don't know if I want a third child or not.

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It's just too many, innit?

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I know it's late in the day to be having doubts, but...

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Jesus Christ, there's too many people in the world.

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But I've had another one.

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Has anyone here got more than two kids?

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UNENTHUSIASTIC CHEERING

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See what I mean? It's a mistake.

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What a massive error, man, but what can you do?

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You can't kill them.

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Just got to sit there and wait to die.

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just, "Ugh...happiness is gone, man,

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"I'm just going to wait for this to end, I think."

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First kid's lovely.

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The second one's a prick - that-that's the honest truth of it.

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What an unacceptable human being this little arsehole is. I mean...

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..we're doing these behaviour charts, man.

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You know, when they get stickers for if they're good.

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The first one, he's so lovely.

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SWEETLY: "Hello, Daddy. How can I help you, Daddy?

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"Love you, Daddy."

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So we got targets for him to get stickers like,

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"Be good today," "Be helpful to your friends."

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The second one, you can't have those targets, man.

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You got to ratchet the targets down for this arsehole.

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You've got to have things like, "Don't burn anything."

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"No knife crime." These are the...

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These are the targets you've got to have for this shithead.

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Anyway, he got to a point...where he managed to get five stickers.

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Not that impressive - it's over a six-month period, right?

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But he got five stickers and I said to him,

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"We can get you a couple of things, buy you a couple of presents."

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Went down to the shop, he chose two things.

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He chose a Spider-Man costume

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and he chose a little pushchair with a little doll in it.

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I said to him, "You can have both those things."

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The problem was that he wanted to use those things at the same time.

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So the next time I went out with him, we're down the park

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with this kid with a Spider-Man costume pushing a pushchair,

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looking like a Father For Justice.

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Just a horrendous little tribute act.

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But it does make you worry, you know.

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It makes me worry, "Am I a good enough person to have kids?"

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I don't know.

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I'm trying to get more intellectual, starting to read articles and stuff,

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trying to be more newsy, get more newsy,

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get more clued-up about stuff.

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I read this article recently about rap music.

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I'm a massive rap fan. Are there rap fans in?

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CHEERING

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Big up yourselves, yeah?

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I'm a massive rap fan. I was reading this article,

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it said that rap music can perpetuate negative stereotypes

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about black people.

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Because if you don't know any black people,

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then you watch a Snoop Dogg video,

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apparently you think all black people are like that.

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It's a very interesting article.

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Also made me realise that I have 100% contributed to racism

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throughout my life.

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And I'll tell you why - I'm such a grumpy prick when I'm out and about

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that if you bumped into me and you were on the fence about Asians...

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..I reckon I'd push you over.

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I think I'm part of the problem.

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Because white people - you don't realise how lucky you are.

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If one of you is a prick to me, I just think you're a prick.

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I don't think all white people are pricks.

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I'm a bloody representative.

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Your interactions with me determine how you feel about brown people.

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It's all right if I'm in London -

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there's enough browns to balance it out, right?

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But if I'm in bloody Devon...

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..I've got to behave like I'm C-3PO.

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AS C-3PO: "No, sir, I'm not a local." You know? And...

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And, the truth is, I don't get that much racism. I get funny shit.

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I'll get like an older guy come up to me and go,

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"Do you know what? You're one of the good ones."

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And I think that's funny. I've got no issue with that.

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I think if you've got an issue with that,

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you need to get the chip off your shoulder, do you know what I mean?

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If you're older and you grew up in a time

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when it's all right to say stuff like that,

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and then times move on and you're not politically correct any more,

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that's not your bloody fault.

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I think if you're older, you should just be given a card...

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..that says, "I can call you what I want."

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Cos older people have got enough shit to worry about

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without worrying about being politically correct, haven't they?

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"Got a false hip, I pissed myself this morning...

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"..now you're telling me I can't say 'darkie'?!" You know?

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I'm quite happy, if I bump into an older person, just to give them

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the old wobble-head to make them feel comfortable. Know what I mean?

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EXAGGERATED SOUTH ASIAN ACCENT: "Thank you very much, sir.

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"No problem at all. You're very kind."

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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"Bud-bud-ding-ding, two-ninety-nine."

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It's just a sign of respect.

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I started to... I did start to get worried, though,

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because I was sort of thinking, in the run-up to the last election,

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Ukip were starting to get popular

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and I was thinking, "Oh, God. What does that mean for my family?"

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And then I realised I don't actually know anything about Ukip.

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So I thought, you know,

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"I'll go and check it out, see what they're all about."

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I went to the website.

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Do you know what? It's a nice website.

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Easy-to-navigate menus.

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Just thought, "It's all right, I'm on board with this."

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Started looking at the policies, start thinking, "Do you know what?

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"I don't know if I disagree with a lot of this.

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"Want to take tax off the minimum wage, I'm in total agreement."

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Got to the end of it and I thought, "Holy shit...

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"I think I might be Ukip."

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I got on the phone to my mum, I said to her,

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"Mum, what have you REALLY contributed?"

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And do you know what? I wasn't that happy with her answers.

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That's the honest truth of it.

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She might have to go.

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My mum, she actually, um...

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She doesn't think I'm a proper Asian.

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That's the sad thing about it. My mum calls me a coconut.

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Don't know if you've heard this term -

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brown on the outside, white on the inside.

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That's what my mum calls me. "You're a coconut."

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The reason my mum calls me a coconut

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is because I'm originally Sri Lankan,

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my mother tongue is Tamil, I can't speak it.

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And the reason I can't speak it is because my mum and dad

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never spoke it to me when I was growing up,

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and now I don't know it...

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..and my mum blames me.

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So she'd go to me... HE IMITATES TAMIL

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"I don't know what you're on about." "Why don't you know?!"

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And then we'll go out and my mum will slag me off

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to her Sri Lankan friends in front of me.

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Like I don't know what's going on. Do you know what I mean?

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HE IMITATES TAMIL "..coconut..."

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"Er, I know what you're saying, Mum.

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"I know what you're saying. I get the gist."

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Then she'd try to code that shit up so I don't understand.

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HE IMITATES TAMIL "..Bounty..."

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"I know what a Bounty is!"

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HE IMITATES TAMIL "..Kinder Surprise..."

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"All right, Mum!"

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I worry about... I worry about lots of things.

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You know, getting older, I started to worry about the end of the world.

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I don't know if that's something anybody else worries about,

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but I started to get really nervous about Ebola.

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Really scared the shit out of me.

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And I tell you why it scared the shit out of me -

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because they've got screenings at the airports in this country,

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and they're voluntary.

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They're voluntary screenings, man!

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Who is going to spend more time at the airport

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to find out if they might have Ebola?

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"I've got a massive Toblerone to tuck into, mate -

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"I haven't got time to find out if I'm going to die today."

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It's difficult enough to fly out of this country as it is,

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the security measures are disgraceful.

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I'm going through a midlife crisis.

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I wore a camouflage jacket to Heathrow a few weeks ago.

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I might as well have said, "Could I please have a rectal exam?"

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I said to my friends, "I'm done with this airport security.

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"I'm so done with it. I'm fed up with it."

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Do you know what she said to me? "Don't be so bloody selfish.

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"Do you know why we've got those security measures?

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"Because we don't want the terrorists to win.

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"So why don't you suck it up, Romesh?

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"We don't want the terrorists to win, OK?"

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I understand that argument

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but how do we know what the terrorists' initial goal was?

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What if their initial goal was just to make air travel fucking annoying?

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Because if that was their initial goal, mate,

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they've smashed it out the park.

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"We don't want the terrorists to win."

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"Yeah, just put your belt in that bucket, nobhead.

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"Congratulations on your victory."

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"The infidels will have to take their shoes off even if it's an internal flight!"

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HE LAUGHS EVILLY

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There's lots of signs of the end of the world, aren't there?

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These diseases are one of them. Another one is Gogglebox.

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It's definitely the end of the world, innit?

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People are watching people watch television.

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Does that not feel like the end of the world to you?

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Does anyone here watch Gogglebox?

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CHEERING

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Yeah, you should be executed.

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I can't believe this TV programme exists, man.

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I can't believe it.

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What a damning indictment of every other piece of TV that's being made.

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Can you imagine, you poured your heart and soul into some drama

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and you say, "How's the drama doing in the ratings?"

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"Not that well, mate." "What's it being beaten by?"

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"It's being beaten by some people that are WATCHING the drama."

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What a kick in the dick.

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Listen, I don't deny it's entertaining.

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I don't deny it's entertaining watching Gogglebox

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but the problem is it puts you under pressure in your own house.

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Puts you under pressure, man.

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I don't want to have performance anxiety before I watch TV.

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Cos I'll sit down to watch TV, we'll flick it on, Gogglebox is on,

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they're all like banter, banter, banter.

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And then my wife will go, "Why is not like this when we watch TV?"

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"I'll tell you why it's not like this,

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"cos we switch this on so I don't have to talk to you."

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That's the whole point of TV. "This has died, let's switch this on.

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"I've got my phone here,

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"you're literally third in line in terms of my attention."

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I know I don't sound like a good husband, I'm aware of that.

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I sort of realised I should be a better husband but I can't be arsed.

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My wife deserves better,

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she needs a better man but I've got no inclination to be that person.

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I'm sort of thinking what should I do? I decided the best solution -

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let her have a boyfriend.

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I really think that's the best solution.

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Once you get over the initial stigma,

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what a wonderful solution to the situation that is.

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Don't have to worry about childcare -

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we've got an extra baby-sitter in Andy.

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You got a mate!

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You don't have to worry about your sexual performance

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cos Andy's smashing it on the regular.

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It's a win-win situation, and you can try and psyche each other out,

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you can say, "Andy, let's go out for a drink."

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You know when you complain about your other half?

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Now you're complaining about the same person.

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Complaining about the same person, bruv.

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You can try and psyche him out by saying things like,

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"Isn't it weird when she does her multiple orgasm face?

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"Oh, you haven't seen it?"

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I'm addicted to my phone, man, I'm addicted to my phone.

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Are there any iPhone users in?

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CHEERING

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Any Android phone users in?

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CHEERING

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Yeah, I got a problem with you.

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What a self-satisfied, smug bunch of pricks you are.

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Oh, my God. Aren't they proud of themselves

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that they've got an Android...

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"Have you got an iPhone?" "Er, no!

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"I'm not a sheep.

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"I can make up my own mind about what phone I buy,

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"thank you very much."

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You haven't unplugged from The Matrix, all right?

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You're not off the grid because you bought a Samsung, all right?

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It's a massive corporation, it's not a little family owned business,

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two brothers Sam and Sung who set up a little market stall

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and knock out phones.

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You're not better than me, all right?

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And they love talking about the battery life, oh, my God.

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"I imagine you're looking for a plug point?"

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Shut up, mate!

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The shit battery life on smartphones is the best thing about them

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cos when the battery runs out, then I'll interact with my kids.

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Cos I've got no willpower.

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I'll be down the park, I'll be like, "That's run out.

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"Better find out where they're going with those old men."

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The phone companies have got to admit that they've made

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the phones too good.

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They're too good for humans.

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They are. Because I'll be out with my wife and she'll say to me,

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"Why are you constantly - you're constantly, you're constantly

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"on the phone. You're constantly..."

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"Why not, madam?

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"I've got a little box here that can access any website,

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"I can play games, I can watch films,

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"why the fuck would I want to hear about your rash?"

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"There is nothing you can say to me that can compete with this.

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"I'm watching Game Of Thrones. Say something better than that."

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much.

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You ready for our first act this evening?

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Ladies and gentlemen, go wild, go crazy for the fantastic Jason Byrne!

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CHEERING

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Hello!

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OK, so I was Australia, right? What a place. Any Australians here?

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CHEERING

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See? They sound like nice people, don't they?

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They're not. They're horrible.

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You don't know this.

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You see them on the telly on Bondi Rescue going,

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-AUSTRALIAN ACCENT:

-"Look, we just rescued that guy. Aren't we nice?

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"Yes, we are nice.

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"We're always nice. Look at this, it's nice here.

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"Do you want a smoothie? That'd be nice. We're nice."

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They're not!

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They say terrible things, right?

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And the reason why they can say terrible things is that they

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live miles away.

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And you can't get to them on time. They'll say something terrible,

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it'll take you four days to get there, right?

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Then by the time you get there you forget why you went there, right?

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So, while I was there...

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I left the place, I was leaving, cos my friend Tom,

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he's from Perth, and he said, "Where are you going?"

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I says, "I'm going back to Britain and Ireland.

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"I'll be there for the summer." And he went,

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-AUSTRALIAN ACCENT:

-"That'll be nice, the summer there, that'll be nice."

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I went, "Well, not really. Be pretty shit, actually."

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He's never left Australia.

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He went, "Well, it's not going to be as hot as here but it'll still be nice."

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"No, it'll be kind of rainy and then sunny and then rainy again

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"and then sunny and then cold, then really hot, then freezing,

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then shit, then cloudy, rainy, snow. Don't know."

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I said, "Britain and Ireland, they're quite cold,

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"quite draughty places."

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And I couldn't believe this! He went, "What's a draught?"

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What's a draught?!

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I went, "What do you mean you don't know what a draught is?"

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He goes, "What is it?"

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"Well, it's, er, it's in your house."

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"That's where it exists, it goes into the bottom of the house

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"and goes upstairs and, er...

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"It's a draught, surely you know what a draught is."

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He goes, "There's a breeze in your house?!"

0:18:060:18:09

He goes, "Is the front door open?"

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"No. No, that's closed.

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"And there's a draught excluder along the bottom here,

0:18:150:18:18

"in the shape of a snake, to stop any type of wind getting in."

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And your dad has gotten some tissue and stuffed it in the bottom lock

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to stop any more breeze.

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In Britain and Ireland...

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We're the only people in the world that will go asleep to this

0:18:330:18:37

noise, we don't mind.

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We will go and sleep in our freezing cold rooms beside a window

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and we will go asleep to this... We're the only people in the world

0:18:410:18:44

who do this. We lie down and go to sleep to...

0:18:440:18:46

HE MIMICS HARSH WIND CHANGING PITCH

0:18:460:18:51

We just like misery. That's what we're like.

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I've been doing stand-up 20 years now.

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I've been with my wife 18 years, which is great,

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cos I love her, it's brilliant.

0:19:250:19:29

Well done, all the ladies clapping. Well done.

0:19:290:19:32

And this happened - the gastric flu came to our house, right?

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Not at the door!

0:19:380:19:40

In a hood...

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HE GROANS

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"I'm the gastric flu."

0:19:430:19:45

I got it first, OK? I don't know if there's any doctors here

0:19:470:19:50

but what happens is you puke quite a lot on the gastric flu.

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And me being a man, I'm not a good patient, OK?

0:19:530:19:56

And I was getting sick and, as I was getting sick,

0:19:560:19:59

I thought my heart was stopping,

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as I was getting sick.

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So I was in the toilet...

0:20:030:20:05

I called to my wife, "Brenda?"

0:20:050:20:09

She was in the kitchen, and 20 minutes later she came.

0:20:090:20:13

She got in the doorway and went, "What? What?"

0:20:170:20:20

I said, "Every time I get sick, my heart stops beating.

0:20:200:20:26

"We might need to call an ambulance."

0:20:260:20:29

And she, erm, she walked away.

0:20:290:20:32

I could have died there, girls, I could have died.

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Right? And then about a week later I got better and then she got it, OK?

0:20:380:20:43

I was delighted, right?

0:20:430:20:45

In a lovely way, in a loving way, delighted.

0:20:470:20:50

OK? And she was really bad.

0:20:560:20:58

She was getting sick every hour as well except she's a lady.

0:20:580:21:02

Oh, my God, she played the sickness to her advantage.

0:21:020:21:04

Cos she was in the toilet - this is no lie - and she was getting sick

0:21:040:21:08

and at the same time she was trying on jeans. That is not a lie!

0:21:080:21:13

That is how mental women are. She was going...

0:21:130:21:16

And going, "Oh, my God, I'll be into these by 11 o'clock."

0:21:160:21:19

What?!

0:21:230:21:25

So she was shuffling around the house all day.

0:21:250:21:28

She didn't do her hair or her make-up, she was in her

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dressing gown, she was really ill, and I didn't even notice, right?

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Cos I was better, so it didn't matter any more.

0:21:340:21:37

So she sat down on the couch,

0:21:380:21:40

it was about a quarter to six in the evening, OK?

0:21:400:21:43

And I looked at her and said something you should never

0:21:430:21:45

say to a lady at that hour, never, no matter where you are.

0:21:450:21:48

I looked at her and I said,

0:21:480:21:50

"Erm... Any chance of a dinner?"

0:21:500:21:54

She looked at me and she went, "What did you just say?"

0:21:590:22:02

In my innocence I went, "Erm... It's just that it's a quarter to six

0:22:090:22:14

"and, erm, normally there's some sort of preparation in that area.

0:22:140:22:19

"Like pots and pans. Is that...

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"is that not happening tonight, no?"

0:22:240:22:27

She stood up and went, "Have you not seen how sick I am?

0:22:270:22:31

"Puking everywhere, I've got a fever,

0:22:310:22:35

"I just want someone to hold me!"

0:22:350:22:37

She then just drifted off through the house, right?

0:22:370:22:40

I could hear her like a ghost, just banging into shit and puking

0:22:410:22:45

and pissing and moaning, right?

0:22:450:22:49

Oh, and nobody got a dinner, by the way. Nobody.

0:22:490:22:53

Me and the lads had to have Cheerios, which is disgraceful!

0:22:530:22:57

So this went on all day,

0:22:580:23:00

the moaning and no matter what I did it didn't matter.

0:23:000:23:03

So about half ten at night I said, "Feck this, I'm going to bed,

0:23:030:23:06

"I can't listen to this shit any more, right?"

0:23:060:23:09

So I went up to bed and I was reading a book

0:23:090:23:11

and about 11 o'clock when the kids are asleep,

0:23:110:23:14

my wife appeared in the doorway, right?

0:23:140:23:17

It was amazing. She had her bare leg and she was rubbing it up

0:23:170:23:19

and down the doorframe.

0:23:190:23:22

She looked at me and she went, "Do you fancy a bit of whoop-de-do?"

0:23:220:23:27

I'm a married man - a lot of married people know what I'm talking about -

0:23:270:23:30

that stuff doesn't just happen.

0:23:300:23:33

I put the book down and went, "Er, yes, please."

0:23:330:23:37

"I'd very much like some whoop-de-do, if that's OK."

0:23:420:23:45

So she went, "Wait there," and she left.

0:23:450:23:49

I took my socks off. I don't know why you do that.

0:23:490:23:52

Got some baby wipes, had a shower in the bed.

0:23:520:23:56

Watch out for the baby fresh smell, girls,

0:24:050:24:08

when you return to the bedroom.

0:24:080:24:10

And she appeared back in the doorway, right?

0:24:110:24:14

And she was wearing a negligee, she looked amazing,

0:24:140:24:16

I couldn't believe it!

0:24:160:24:18

She just looked gorgeous, and she had flowers covering this bit

0:24:180:24:23

and this bit and there was a deer jumping over here.

0:24:230:24:27

Men are so unusual, girls, we love to nearly see things.

0:24:290:24:33

That's what we like to see - nearly.

0:24:330:24:35

I've seen that a thousand times but still I was in the bed going,

0:24:350:24:38

"Oh, my God, what's behind the flowers?

0:24:380:24:42

"Oh, my God, she's hiding something. That deer's a dirty deer.

0:24:420:24:46

"What's the deer doing? It's a dirty deer, it's jumping over something

0:24:460:24:50

"and it's dirty. I'm going to find out what it is!

0:24:500:24:53

"Dirty! Dirty, dirty deer. A dirty deer."

0:24:530:24:56

She then got...

0:24:590:25:01

she then got into the bed in her negligee.

0:25:010:25:04

It was still on, I was so excited.

0:25:040:25:06

She started kissing me very gently on the face, right?

0:25:060:25:08

It was very nice, very beautiful.

0:25:080:25:10

I was going, "Oh, my God, I'm loving this."

0:25:100:25:13

Then it was my go and be careful, lads,

0:25:130:25:15

if you haven't kissed your wife that gentle for a while,

0:25:150:25:17

don't mess it up cos you can mess it up just like that.

0:25:170:25:20

If you stick your nose in her eye, it's all over.

0:25:200:25:23

That's how quick it can happen. Just kiss, kiss, eye.

0:25:230:25:27

"Me feckin' eye!

0:25:270:25:29

"I'm not in humour any more, that's over, this is over,

0:25:290:25:32

"it's finished.

0:25:320:25:34

"I'm going downstairs to watch Bake Off, you can sort yourself out."

0:25:340:25:37

That wouldn't happen to a bloke.

0:25:400:25:42

Even if your eye fell out in the middle of it...

0:25:420:25:46

Your wife would be going, "What's wrong with you?"

0:25:590:26:01

"Me eye fell out!"

0:26:010:26:03

"Your what?" "Me eye! It's in me hand."

0:26:040:26:09

"Do you want to stop?" "No!

0:26:100:26:14

"Here, I'll put me eye on your arse, it'll be all right."

0:26:140:26:17

"Oh, my God, I can see meself banging you - that's weird!"

0:26:200:26:23

So...

0:26:250:26:26

So...

0:26:300:26:32

You have to be careful...

0:26:320:26:34

I am not sitting beside my wife when this goes on telly.

0:26:390:26:42

So...

0:26:440:26:46

I kiss her very gently, avoiding the eye, right?

0:26:460:26:49

And she was really liking it, she was going,

0:26:490:26:51

"Oh, my God, you're such a beautiful husband, I love you so much.

0:26:510:26:54

"Keep kissing me. Oh, I love it there, that's lovely as well.

0:26:540:26:57

"Oh, my God, you're so brilliant, I love you."

0:26:570:26:59

She's American for this bit, I don't know why.

0:26:590:27:02

"I love you, keep kissing me, keep kissing me."

0:27:020:27:06

And then she must have been really liking it cos she turned around

0:27:060:27:08

and put her back to me and she went, "Do you want to try it this way?"

0:27:080:27:12

I just went, "Oh, yeah."

0:27:120:27:14

She put her back to me and she edged up to me and went...

0:27:150:27:19

HE MAKES FART NOISE

0:27:190:27:22

She then turned around, faced me, and went, "Ha!

0:27:220:27:26

"Ya feckin' idiot!

0:27:260:27:28

"I told you I was sick!"

0:27:300:27:32

She goes, "I've been holding that in for an hour!

0:27:390:27:43

"You want to see your face,

0:27:440:27:46

"you actually thought you were going to get it, didn't you?!"

0:27:460:27:50

She got out of the bed, took off the negligee,

0:27:500:27:53

put her pyjamas back on - with the rabbits and the cats on it, right? -

0:27:530:27:57

got back in, put a hot water bottle on her chest

0:27:570:28:00

and laughed herself to sleep.

0:28:000:28:03

Thanks a million, ladies and gentlemen, you've been brilliant!

0:28:030:28:06

Jason Byrne, ladies and gentlemen.

0:28:150:28:17

Ladies and gentlemen, ready for our next act?

0:28:200:28:23

Oh, yes, we are.

0:28:230:28:25

Please go wild and crazy for the fantastic Stewart Francis!

0:28:250:28:28

CHEERING

0:28:280:28:32

Thank you, thank you very much.

0:28:450:28:47

Let me just start by saying that it is an absolute pleasure...

0:28:470:28:51

No, it is an absolute privilege

0:28:510:28:53

to watch me perform.

0:28:530:28:56

I don't have any parents.

0:28:560:28:59

That I know of.

0:28:590:29:01

I don't think that's how it goes.

0:29:050:29:08

Of course I have parents.

0:29:080:29:10

People say I sound very immature

0:29:100:29:11

whenever I talk about my mommy and daddy.

0:29:110:29:15

Those people are poo-poo heads.

0:29:150:29:17

With stinky bums.

0:29:190:29:21

Are my neighbours pleased I bought a didgeridoo?

0:29:230:29:26

-No waaa-aah...

-HE IMITATES DIDGERIDOO

0:29:260:29:29

The seven of diamonds.

0:29:390:29:41

Sorry, my mind's playing tricks with me.

0:29:410:29:44

I recently did a very tasteless joke at an alopecia convention.

0:29:480:29:52

Fortunately, it didn't raise any eyebrows.

0:29:520:29:55

Today, my yoga instructor was really drunk,

0:30:010:30:04

which put me in an awkward position.

0:30:040:30:06

It's important in life that we overcome our fears.

0:30:110:30:13

I once had a fear of climbing chestnut trees

0:30:130:30:15

but I conquered it.

0:30:150:30:17

There's some sick people in the world.

0:30:210:30:23

Someone recently broke into my 97-year-old grandmother's flat

0:30:230:30:26

and stole her limbo dancing trophy.

0:30:260:30:28

How low can you get? Seriously.

0:30:280:30:30

Some people wear too much mascara!

0:30:320:30:35

Sorry, I hate when I lash out.

0:30:350:30:37

Try not to rate women on a scale of one to ten

0:30:400:30:43

but today at my poetry class I metaphor.

0:30:430:30:46

I love games, although I hate Scrabble.

0:30:490:30:51

I hate Scrabble so much I can't put it into words, I just...

0:30:510:30:55

Hate's a strong word. Hated is stronger.

0:30:580:31:01

Worth more points.

0:31:010:31:03

I love Twister.

0:31:050:31:06

And although I recently met a beautiful woman playing Twister,

0:31:060:31:09

I don't know where I stand with her.

0:31:090:31:12

She was the best Twister player I've ever seen, hands down.

0:31:120:31:16

For me it's always hard talking to a pretty woman.

0:31:180:31:21

And then she'll notice it and it'll go soft again.

0:31:210:31:24

Is my French wife into golden showers?

0:31:300:31:33

Oui.

0:31:330:31:34

Oui, oui, oui.

0:31:340:31:37

Toilet roll company Velvet

0:31:380:31:40

say they replace three trees for every one tree they use.

0:31:400:31:43

I don't know, it sounds like a lot of shit to me.

0:31:430:31:46

I'm obsessed with toilet humour, according to my therapist,

0:31:480:31:51

who is built like a brick shithouse.

0:31:510:31:53

He accused me of being an in-denial stalker.

0:31:550:31:57

I said, "I don't follow."

0:31:570:31:59

He said, "I think you like to stalk people,

0:32:010:32:03

"you just refuse to acknowledge it."

0:32:030:32:04

I said, "I'm not with you."

0:32:040:32:06

All of these jokes are in my autobiography.

0:32:080:32:10

I've not been able to sell one copy of my autobiography.

0:32:100:32:13

Story of my life.

0:32:150:32:17

And yet, on the best seller list, the book I wrote about poo puns

0:32:190:32:22

has just gone number two.

0:32:220:32:24

Poo puns, I do do them.

0:32:260:32:28

I do do other puns.

0:32:300:32:32

I will be doing puns about Canadian wildlife.

0:32:320:32:35

Bear with me.

0:32:350:32:37

I don't do puns about lions.

0:32:370:32:39

I pride myself on that.

0:32:390:32:40

If you're hoping I don't do puns about people with crooked teeth,

0:32:420:32:45

brace yourself.

0:32:450:32:46

If you're waiting for me to do a pun about Peter Crouch wearing armour,

0:32:480:32:51

you're in for a long night.

0:32:510:32:53

I've been doing puns about Motown music ever since I was three,

0:32:580:33:02

four tops.

0:33:020:33:03

I now live in a caravan. I don't like living in a caravan.

0:33:050:33:08

It's only when I moved my caravan beside a driving range

0:33:080:33:11

that it really hit home.

0:33:110:33:13

How many golf puns do I have?

0:33:140:33:16

AUDIENCE: Fore!

0:33:160:33:18

No, just the one.

0:33:180:33:19

Fore - that's hilarious.

0:33:190:33:21

Well done, you. How did I miss that?

0:33:210:33:24

I feel I let you down.

0:33:240:33:26

I'll never do that to you again.

0:33:260:33:29

The first transgender person I ever met was my aunt,

0:33:290:33:32

who was like a father to me.

0:33:320:33:34

Even though it was 21 years ago that my father choked to death on sushi,

0:33:380:33:42

it's still pretty raw.

0:33:420:33:44

A lot of people think that my dad was a weirdo.

0:33:470:33:49

But he wasn't, he was a lovely man - and a great kisser.

0:33:490:33:52

My brother who's terrified of revolving doors

0:33:560:33:59

is always in and out of hospital.

0:33:590:34:02

My other brother who's impotent

0:34:020:34:04

is a graffiti artist that you may have heard of - Blanksy?

0:34:040:34:08

Don't worry, he's not here.

0:34:080:34:10

He couldn't come.

0:34:100:34:12

My other brother, we're very proud of him,

0:34:150:34:17

he's Canada's first openly straight choreographer.

0:34:170:34:20

He's got four kids, their ages are five, six, seven, eight.

0:34:200:34:24

You guys have been amazing.

0:34:270:34:29

There's old saying - time really flies when you're having fun and...

0:34:290:34:32

Oh, for fuck's sake.

0:34:320:34:34

I do have to leave.

0:34:360:34:38

They say if you love what you do then it's not a job

0:34:380:34:41

and I can, hand on heart, say this is the best job I've ever had.

0:34:410:34:45

I've had a lot of jobs.

0:34:450:34:47

I've had 12, 24, 36 - literally dozens of jobs.

0:34:470:34:51

I've had so many jobs it's difficult to remember them all.

0:34:530:34:56

I think I used to repair microwave ovens.

0:34:560:34:58

That rings a bell.

0:34:580:35:01

Working in a dark warehouse full of dildos always gave me the willies.

0:35:010:35:05

Arriving at the stencil factory, I knew I had my work cut out for me.

0:35:080:35:12

That was just the shape of things to come.

0:35:120:35:15

I was recently fired as a, uh, Boy Scout leader.

0:35:170:35:19

I wasn't prepared for that.

0:35:190:35:22

I had a fantastic career making wedding bouquets

0:35:220:35:24

but I threw it away.

0:35:240:35:27

I used to work in search and rescue

0:35:270:35:28

which I always had a flair for.

0:35:280:35:32

Why was I fired as a gynaecologist?

0:35:320:35:34

I'd rather not go into it.

0:35:340:35:35

Was I a fantastic telephone receptionist?

0:35:390:35:42

Uh, hello?

0:35:420:35:44

I used to be a professional table tennis player in Southeast Asia.

0:35:450:35:49

-HE CLICKS HIS TONGUE

-That was my coach's name.

0:35:490:35:52

Lovely man. Great kisser.

0:35:530:35:55

I watch doomsday films like there's no tomorrow.

0:35:570:36:00

I now live here in the UK. I go back to Canada on holiday.

0:36:020:36:05

Highly recommend it, fantastic country.

0:36:050:36:07

I do notice when I go back there that they have the same shows

0:36:070:36:10

as we have over here, just with different names.

0:36:100:36:13

In Canada they have a show called Cheaters

0:36:130:36:15

where married people and people in relationships cheat with

0:36:150:36:18

other married people and people in relationships.

0:36:180:36:20

Over here it's called Strictly Come Dancing.

0:36:200:36:23

How many Len Goodman puns do I have?

0:36:260:36:28

AUDIENCE: Seven!

0:36:280:36:30

No, just the one.

0:36:300:36:31

Seven - that's hilarious. Well done, you.

0:36:310:36:34

I feel I let you down.

0:36:340:36:37

I'll never do that again.

0:36:370:36:39

In Canada, they have a programme called Pointless.

0:36:410:36:43

Over here, it's called The One Show.

0:36:430:36:45

Goodnight, Apollo. Thank you so much.

0:36:500:36:53

Stewart Francis, ladies and gentlemen!

0:37:000:37:03

Ladies and gentlemen, have you enjoyed yourselves tonight?

0:37:070:37:10

CHEERING

0:37:100:37:12

Give it up for our guests tonight - Mr Jason Byrne!

0:37:120:37:16

And Mr Stewart Francis!

0:37:170:37:19

I've been Romesh Ranganathan, thank you very much, goodnight!

0:37:210:37:24

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