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Chapter 1: What unique approach does Tom Rosenthal take in this podcast?
hello sorry to bother you um can i ask you a slightly odd question um i'm making a podcast um called strangers on a bench where essentially i talk to people i don't know on benches for 10 or 15 minutes um are you up for that do you want to give it a go Do you have a favourite day of the week?
Can't say I do really. They're all pretty much the same. Sometimes I wonder which day it is, you know.
Do you know what day it is today?
I was going to say Sunday, but it's Monday.
There we go. Can you remember the best Monday of your life?
No.
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Chapter 2: How does the conversation about favorite days of the week unfold?
Can you remember a time in your life when you enjoyed Mondays the most?
I've had a few jobs where I couldn't wait to get back on a Monday, yeah.
What were those jobs? If you could think of one particular job where you were most excited to get back?
The one that comes to mind straight away is I worked in an ice cream factory. Wahey! And it was all bright and sunny in there and everyone was sort of happy. It was ridiculous.
Why was it ridiculous?
Well, it's like a scene from a carry-on film, you know. All enjoying yourself and, yeah.
So what was your role in the ice cream factory?
Just chucking all the ingredients together in a big vat and... Hope for the best. Turn the switch and stir it all up. Clean up afterwards.
Did it change your relationship with ice cream?
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Chapter 3: What memorable experiences does the guest share about working in an ice cream factory?
Yeah, yeah. Did you manage to get through these four tubs?
No, that's why we bought the freezer.
You just left with endless tubs of ice cream.
To put it all in, yeah. I got stopped by the police when I went home one lunchtime with the ice cream. I had to cross this little park and he was chasing after me. Stop, stop. Anyway, I wanted to see what I'd got in my little package, you know. And I said, well, it's ice cream. What do you expect to find? And he's going, well, it could be diamonds. It could be any.
Well, that's fucking ridiculous.
It could be diamonds in the ice cream, I suppose.
Yeah, exactly.
Maybe that's a place to hide them. Oh, bugger. Talk about police, is that the only time a policeman has stopped you?
No, no, God no.
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Chapter 4: What shocking incident does the guest recount involving a knife?
Oh, you've had a few?
Yeah, I've had a few, yeah.
Oh, exciting. I mean, any particular notable ones? The most thrilling one?
Thrilling one was when I got stabbed, I guess.
Okay, right. Okay, can you tell me about that?
I was working in a flat decorating. I'd just finished packing all my tools up and that. The flat was empty, it was dead quiet. And I heard this little rattle on the letterbox.
A rattle on the letterbox?
Like someone looking through the flat, you know? So I thought, I'll go and have a look at this. And I could see no one through the glass. I opened the door and there's a fucking geezer with a knife, a big carving knife, and lunged at me. He stabbed me in the leg and the buttock. In the buttock. In my right buttock, yeah, a couple of times.
And slashed me across the arm, like a defence wound, I guess. Anyway, I managed to kick him off, bent the knife in half. And while he was trying to straighten the blade, that's how I took my chance, I could run out. And so, getting back to the police, yeah.
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Chapter 5: How does the guest describe their feelings after a traumatic experience?
I remember sort of going down this hill there. I sort of took off. Through the lights. This is great. And the cop was holding my arm up there.
Amazing. By the sounds of it, it sounds like it would have been quite a traumatic event, but you remember also the joy and the fun bit. Yeah, that knocked it off, you know. Yeah. Do we know why this particular person attacked you?
Thought I was having it off with his old missus.
Oh, I see. That was the reason. Yeah. Okay. And were you? No. No, okay.
No.
No. But why did he think it was you?
Because...
which you'd do with another decorator.
I wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised. She wanted to get away from him anyway. That was the nuts and bolts of it all.
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Chapter 6: What insights does the guest offer about their relationships and regrets?
There's not a stick of furniture or nothing to defend myself with. And he's got this fucking great long knife slashing and stabbing at me like a maniac. Crikey.
Yeah, I thought this is it. Up until that point, was that the most in danger you felt? You know, is that a new thing to go through for you?
Well, a new thing, no. I've been in that situation a couple of times. Oh, well, okay. He was just like... He was just slashing.
Yeah. He didn't care what... Which made it a bit easier to defend yourself or not? Well, yeah, it was frantic.
Yeah. I did think I'd had it because he was not stopping.
Yeah. Was your life different after that event?
I mean, did that... Oh, yeah, it changed everything. Yeah, I had to give the job up, obviously.
Yeah. You weren't going to go in the next day after that.
No, he could track me down. For a long time after that, I was paranoid. Looking over my shoulder and any sort of noise. It was mad. Because he'd waited nine months since...
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Chapter 7: How does the guest reflect on their past and the choices they've made?
It's just situations you find yourself in, yeah. I was in a laundrette once because it was pouring with rain outside. So we took shelter in this laundrette. And... This woman was in there, obviously, doing her washing, and she had like two or three, maybe four kids with her, little kids all running around. We had this flash kit in our little gang, and thought he was the bee's knees.
He's a very smart dresser. And he objected to all these kids running around his new overcoat, whatever it was. Yeah. Anyway, the mum said say it. They said say it back and then it was . And she left, you know, really obviously. We left and we were settled in this cafe. And next thing, there's two blokes coming. And he went, was you having a go at my missus? Blah, blah, blah.
And the Murphy one, he was sat in a corner, me and a couple of blokes up at the bar. And he's saying, come outside for a fight. Come outside. And he wouldn't go. He was going, nah, nah. Because he's a big bloke. Yeah. Anyway, the next thing, a knife slips down his sleeve. Big fucking hunting knife. And he just goes, cut him right open. Oh, Christ. And we're all sat there fucking horrified.
Who can it be? Yeah.
Chapter 8: What are the guest's thoughts on life and their future aspirations?
Who's next, you know? Oh, God. And he come to me. He was right up close. And then he went, I know you. You're so-and-so's brother, ain't you? Now I'm thinking, do I say yes? Does he like my brother?
What was going through your mind at that point then? Yeah. You're thinking, do people generally like your brother?
Well, he was a villain, you know. A bank robber, actually. Of course they had enemies. There was gangs, you know. I didn't know what to do. I thought, fuck it. I went, yeah, that's right. Yeah, I know you won't say nothing. And off he trotted. And I'd be excited. Let's get out of here. Hello, doggie. Well, you're nice and soft.
So your brother was a back robber.
Yeah.
Did you ever want to join in?
No, no, I was too young. I saw that. They weren't successful. That's always getting nicked. Fuck that.
Wow, so a lot of quite dramatic events, and this is all around the same time of your life?
I know, when I think about it, it just all came, you know, seemed natural to me. Do people go through life just going to the library and back and work and home and telly?
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