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Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on the World Cup Halftime Entertainment?
Bring on the World Cup. I know we're not in it, but we need a bit of diversion. We need a bit of distraction. We need something to occupy our evenings so we don't doom scroll. We don't have to watch the six and the nine o'clock news. We do, we do. And great news, brilliant news, on the 19th of July, when the World Cup final happens, there will be halftime entertainment.
Because it's in America and because they do that stuff so well, the Super Bowl and all that, They're bringing that to football, soccer as well. And Chris Martin is curating the event. Him, the lead singer of Coldplay. And he's not doing it on his own. He's co-opted the help of the Muppets. You see, this is the sort of distraction we need. When people are secretly videoing Bertie Ahern.
When Trump is in China. All of that. We need distraction.
Chapter 2: How does Chris Martin's involvement impact the event?
Anyway, yes, Chris Martin is curating the Halftime Entertainment at the World Cup Final in America this year. And he's got the help of some furry friends. So they've already got Madonna. And now they need some more stars for the lineup. And Cookie Monster suggests BTS. But how are they going to get BTS?
That's a brilliant idea. The only thing is, how do we get hold of BTS? Wait, who's on the phone, Elmo?
BTS! Elmo has him on speed dial!
Hey, Elmo!
Hey, Chris! Hey, Cookie! V, RM, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, Jungkook and Jin. Elmo and I were wondering if you guys might want to join us on July 19th. Thank you, thank you so much. Okay, okay, okay, okay. We just need one more. Big star. Did someone say big star? I'd be happy to help. Gee, who are you thinking of, Piggy? Moi, obviously. This whole show is going to be about me.
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Chapter 3: What role do the Muppets play in the World Cup entertainment?
Good grief. But this show is more about we than me. I mean, it's about togetherness, really.
Well, I love togetherness. Yeah.
As long as I don't have to share a dressing room. Oh, Chris. Will the show have any surprises? Absolutely.
Surprise! Surprise!
Animal.
Animal what?
Shakira. I mean, we can dream Shakira.
Shakira. I mean, I'm sure she's just way too busy. Shakira's in and she's bringing cookies. Wow.
Cookies.
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Chapter 4: How is BTS being considered for the halftime show?
Madonna! Shakira! BTS! Ah!
Ah! Ah! Ah! That's the official World Cup anthem. Dai Dai from Shakira. There's going to be fireworks as well. The Muppets would make you smile. They're all there. Statler and Waldorf and Kermit and Miss Piggy. And my favourite animal. Animal. Animal. Distraction. The old bicycle cyclist versus the driver debate, that's a bit of a distraction as well. It's serious enough.
It is serious enough, but it's a bit of a distraction. And it is National Bike Week this week. So you might be involved in cycling events all over the country and that's great to highlight the importance of cycling for our health and for the environment. And I think a lot of people argue with the health part of it because it's become increasingly dangerous to cycle in this country.
I see Ivana Bacik, TD, is writing to the Irish Times this morning. Sir, it's great to see so many events across the country to celebrate National Bike Week. It would also be great to see more robust commitments from the government on better provision for cyclists, for pedestrians and for road safety. Among other things, there is one small way in which car drivers could help too.
Please use indicators to signal an intention to turn. Those of us on two wheels are not mind readers. Ivana Bacik. When you cycle, you have to... I think you're bottom of the food chain when it comes to road users. Particularly in Dublin City. Because there are cycle lanes, yes, and the name suggests they're for you, for cycling. But... Cars don't seem to pay attention to them.
They come into them if they have to. Pedestrians step out onto them to get across the road. Buses, trucks, vans. And you have to second guess every other road user as a cyclist. You have to look into their eyes and try and read their minds. You do, Evander. That's what you have to do. And she's probably been there. She cycles into work every day.
And when you come and you see a car coming out from a feeder road, you have to look into their eyes and go, are you going to go or are you going to let me go? And the indicator thing, and even if somebody does indicate, who's to know if they're going to go and if they don't, you just have to second guess and assume that everybody in a car is a bad driver when you're a cyclist.
And that's coming from a person who cycles and drives. So there. And it's like the cowboys versus the sheep people back in the day on the frontiers of America. Isn't it a great song from Oklahoma or something? And David Loughlin's on as well.
He said, to mark National Bike Day, could Dublin City Council please inspect and repair the cycling infrastructure that it has installed throughout the city? Every time that the council opens a new stretch of segregated bike lane, it does so to great fanfare. But within weeks, the bollards are broken or crushed by road traffic colliding with them.
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Chapter 5: What are the challenges of cycling in urban areas?
Anyway, the big talking point today is Bertie. There's a headline I spotted, just to lighten the mood again. Tipper Chuck, repair lorry gets stuck in hole it was sent to fix. That's embarrassing. A lorry became stuck in a sinkhole on a rural road in Somerset after it was sent to fix it.
Contractors from a company named Stabilised Pavements were attempting to mend holes on Butley Drove near Walton when the ground gave way. The Times has reported, this is the London Times, the vehicle was left stuck at a 45 degree angle after the workers had to abandon it. It's a great picture. And they're given out because the roads are in bad shape after the rain and the frost.
And those weather conditions wreak havoc on our roads.
Chapter 6: How is National Bike Week being celebrated?
Yeah. Repair lorry gets stuck in hole. It was sent to fix. That poor man will never recover from that. That picture will be put up in the office alongside one of those calendars. Anyway, Bernard O'Shea is on the way if we can make contact with Limerick. I can see you there, Limerick, you're there. Hello, Bernard O'Shea. Yes, here are the votes of the... Oh, there is no votes of the Irish.
Oh, there is no votes, yeah. But will they be having... I know this is your job, but I'm going to pre-empt you. Will they be having a slice of flan in wherever you're... Well, it's interesting because I did a bit of research on flans and yours is the first video that comes up when you Google it. So I've marketed flags. Yes. It's niche enough, Bernard. It's really niche.
I'm telling you, I've hit on something. Because I remember years ago when I wasn't really, I was only pissing about with Instagram years ago. I kind of would delete it off the phone, put it back on. Little did I know it would become my lifeboat. But, and I put something up about nectarines, right?
And anyway, somebody stopped me and I was living in Laurel Lodge, a little place between Castlenock and Blanchardstown. And I was walking from the Super Value and a girl stopped me and she went, Do you know what? You are the only Nectarine influencer in the world. And I went, why? He says, because I saw your video on Nectarines. And I went and went, do you know what? I'd love a Nectarine.
And I was like, and I went, do you know what? I better Google who are the Nectarine Association of the world to give me a bit of a payback on that. But with the flans, I was sitting out in the nice weather we had there for 30 seconds. And I don't know what... I actually could taste it on my... The kind of... The base and the cream, even though I'm lactose intolerant, still ate it anyway.
And the chopped grapes and the little bits of... I went, do you know what? Where have the flans gone? Like, maybe... And they seemed to be a massive part of my summer childhood. And now there's no flans. No flans. It... They were easy to make because you could buy the pre-prepared flan base in the supermarket. Then you got the whipped cream.
You could buy that pre-prepared as well or you could whip it yourself. And then it was just a matter of summer fruits. And you could put anything you wanted on top of it. You could put strawberries. You could put grapes, as you said. Anything, anything, anything. And you know what, Ray? I bet you people have criticised us for our conversation on prime numbers.
And they'll probably have the same... They'll probably have the same criticism for hers. But I'm telling you, I put that thing up about flans. It's done about a quarter of a million views. There's over 100 comments. So flans are important to a certain generation in this country. Now, it's a bit controversial, but flan means different things to different people. Yes, yes.
So in Spanish speaking countries, it's a creme caramel flan. And the creme caramel and the flan are interchangeable. So if you went into an American restaurant or a Spanish restaurant and you asked for a flan, you would get some, you would be disappointed. That's what I'm going to say. Yeah, I would. I'd get creme caramel. Yes, yes.
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Chapter 7: What are the nostalgic elements of flan discussed in the episode?
Oh, we love them. Yeah, so they still have a few donkeys there. I think they have llamas there. Oh, stop. That's my dream. Yeah. I don't know about llamas, but to have donkeys. Do you think if you rang them and said, this is my dream, that they might give us... And I'll keep the... I tell you what, if you can knock a couple of mil off there, like four, I'll take it. Four and a half. No, four.
We have to give them something. Jesus Christ. We'll take the donkeys. Yes. And the whole thing. And we continue your legacy, if you like. And we will sign a contract, not that we'll get it, but that we will never build on the seven acres. You wouldn't be allowed to build on it. That's what I'm saying to them. And also we will pass it on to somebody else the same way when we're done. Yeah, yeah.
Is that fair? Yeah. Bring them up there. You love ringing people up on the podcast. Have you got a number there? There's no number, no. Bring them up and just so you never know. You just never know. What about flans? Are you going to cook me a flan? Oh, yes, yes. Yeah, yeah. I woke up in the middle of the night with an itchy leg and I was thinking about my chat with Bernard. Yeah.
Because we recorded that yesterday. And I was thinking, I wonder, do they still sell flan bases? Oh, I think so. In supermarkets, do they? I haven't seen a flan base in a long time. I'd be pretty certain you'd get a flan in Dunn's. Would you? Yeah. A flan base. I haven't seen a flan base in Super Valley now. Yeah.
In our Super Valley, but that's a very, you know, individual Super Valley that we have. We love it. But a flan, definitely get one in Dunn's. What would you put in the flan? Well, first of all, I'm going to do my raspberry coulis infused cream. Okay. Maybe with some vanilla essence. All right, Ray Dorsey Senior. Okay. So that'll be the cream. Yes. And then, well...
I don't know, summer berries, there will be raspberries there. Strawberries, obviously. Yeah, love a strawberry. We love a strawberry in this house. Yeah, now what they used to do, I remember in the latter days of the flan's popularity, they were getting posher and posher. I think I remember a lot of kiwi, just to give it a bit of green. Yes. There was a lot of kiwi there. Not a big fan of kiwi.
I got off kiwi. Because sometimes if you eat kiwi, you can get that feel in your tongue. Yeah. Do you know what I'm saying? It's almost like a tin foily feeling. So we won't go there, but it'd be good to have a different colour in it. Anyway, we'll see. Okay, I'm very excited. I look forward to decorating it. It has to be symmetrical and all that. It's a work of art.
I can't wait to see it and take a photograph and put it up online. I cannot wait. That is going to bring... Flan time. While I'm perusing houses on Daft, you can serve your flan up and that'll be my day made. I'll be like, it can't get any better than this. Thank you very much. You can keep your emails coming to ray at darcydaily.com. We love getting them, so keep sending them in.
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