Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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But there was a period where I would turn the lights out because I didn't want any further information about my body. And the information wasn't getting any better, so why risk it? And I was interviewed in New York by New York Magazine. And the guy was talking about embarrassing things about stuff that I couldn't quite.
And he was a perfectly nice person, but he was referring to me in a way that I wasn't familiar with. In other words, he was saying nice things about me, which I found obviously unforgivable. And then I, so I told him, I said, listen, you're talking to somebody who showers in the dark. And the headline was, he showers in the dark. So, you know, be careful what you say to journalists.
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Hi Bill, my name is Robin and I live in Malmö, the south of Sweden, but I'm originally from Essex. I'm an Essex boy. I suffer from earworms, bits of songs, usually horrible ones that wriggle around in your head relentlessly. You know, and they're there when you go to sleep at night and waking up in the morning and you hope that they're gone, but no, still there.
So my question is actually four-pronged. first do you suffer from these at all secondly how do you deal with them if you do thirdly what is the song that you would most like to have as an earworm and lastly what is the song that you would find most irritating to have as an earworm thank you
Robin, I don't suffer from earworms. I'm not quite relaxed about the expression earworms. It's unsettling. So I might try and find something else. But I don't suffer so much, but I have the same experience. And the trouble is that it turns out I know the first two lines of lots and lots of songs. And then I don't know the third or the fourth or the fifth.
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Chapter 2: What are earworms and how can they affect us?
Is it ill-advised to reconnect? My experience with Phil and his wife, Kathy, has been lovely. However, the prospect of local school reunions are somewhat daunting. Thank you. Deirdre Reardon, Melbourne.
Deirdre, yeah, avoid them. I mean, why risk it, really? It's like the connection was then. I don't know the answer to this any better than you do, Deirdre. I have friends from school. I have one friend that's known me since I was five. And we text probably every day. We live in different countries, but we've managed to stay in touch and stay substantially in each other's lives.
And what's great about it is that he has... The context. He knows everything. And he can also remember everything, which I can't. I have a terrible memory. Like, for instance, he said to me once on the telephone, do you remember that time we were pulled by the police on Battersea Bridge and we were wearing kilts and tamashantas? And I said, Brendan, don't make shit up.
And he said, you must remember we spent the night in the police station. I tried to outrun the police. Like Brendan was always trying. We were always trying to outrun the police. And it wasn't hard to get pulled in those days because you looked funny. And you looked funny in a kind of frontline way.
Now, everybody looks kind of funny or lots of people look funny and people are used to people looking funny. But in those days, it was kind of radical and you could be mistaken for everything. We used to be called... In the popular papers, we would be called a threat to the very fabric of society.
And I sometimes say to Brendan, do you remember, Brendan, when we were a threat to the very fabric of society? And Brendan says, yes. And we look into the middle distance like old threats do. And we meditate on our youth. But I don't remember anything about wearing a kilt. And I don't remember. I remember wearing a kilt, but not in a car trying to outrun the police on Battersea Street.
And I don't remember going to the police station. You'd think you'd remember going to the police station, wouldn't you? But it's gone. I've forgotten some of the biggest events in my life. And Brendan is my memory because he remembers absolutely everything. And I don't understand why he does and I don't. My dad used to say...
When we were sitting around at night, my dad would say, I wish I had a memory. And I think, how can you not have a memory? Well, I know now, it's not hard. You just have to be your father's son.
Hi, Bill. What I would like to respectfully ask is whether it is, in your opinion, still appropriate to offer a firm but not squeezing handshake to men and ladies, and in some cases a polite kiss on the cheek of ladies that are known to us. This was taught to us upon greeting and saying goodbye. Should this still be encouraged or now deemed as inappropriate? Kind regards, Martin Hood. Thank you.
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