#357 - Daddy’s Back
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How does Jack introduce himself and the podcast after returning?
It is Wednesday, my dudes.
Hello, Bedwetters, and welcome back to the We Mean Well podcast, hosted by Louise Adal-Din and Jack Archdale. Strap yourselves in for what will be a truly insightful and life-changing experience.
Welcome back to another episode with a guest.
Has anybody got any bloody Werther's Originals? No, I've got, um... Any hard lollies?
I've got some fisherman's friends.
That'll do. My nickname's Lolly.
Hard lolly. I've got a hard lolly. Can you run me through your kit? Well, welcome back to Jack Archdale.
Thank you. Daddy. Input, clapping, cheering sound.
Yeah, yeah.
How are you?
So let's run through. So you've got some New Balance shoes.
Not quite sure. What do you mean?
New Balance shoes.
High socks. They're comfortable. They're good, literally good for balance and for walking. And then you've got quite high socks. That's just snake protection.
Three-quarter denim shorts.
You get the warmth of a jean, but the movement of a short.
A jort.
It's a jort. I find them to be extremely practical.
And you've got a bum bag. What's in there?
Many things.
You probably have Werther's in there, somewhere at the bottom.
I thought I did have Werther's in my fanny pack, actually. We don't use bum bag, us dads. Fanny pack.
And a polo.
You get the class with the collar, but the convenience and breathability of a T-shirt. To move and groove. So, listen, before, you know, as a father, this is the new 75 hard and it doesn't, the worst thing is it lasts for way fucking longer.
It doesn't end.
It doesn't end. Look, as a father. You know, I've just looked back at my life before and I realised I was this, you know, young, cool, groovy guy, you know, going about being this little fashionista around the bloody eastern suburbs of Sydney and bloody, you know, wearing all the cool things.
What dad wardrobe and practical gear does Jack describe first?
Linen.
You know, linen and looking, you know, flasher than Gordon. And I just thought, as a father now, I realise how vapid that is. I realise the vapid nature of that.
I think you need a bucket hat.
No, well, this is actually I went to the state of origin.
Holy shit, without the hair you actually look like a loser dad. Sorry? Because your hair is like slicked back.
What do you mean?
Like you.
I look like a loser dad. So I just thought, you know, from now on it's practicality and this is what this is. It's not a fashion statement. It's pure practicality.
I like the stance you've got as well. Thank you. I won't spread my legs too far.
No, I wouldn't. We fucking.
Oh. I want to stick the place out. He's back. Don't clap at that, Violet. Can I bring something up with you when I come over to your house? Please. You're with your father now. You know how I always do the half up, half down?
Yep.
And you always go, that's my favourite hairstyle for a chick. You've been rocking it.
Louisa, I have been rocking it.
I wanted to like cry with laughter. Why didn't you? I don't know.
I think I almost specifically did that knowing you were coming so you could tease me. But I'll tell you why I do it. I'll tell you why I do it. I do it at home. No, I don't do it out.
Yeah.
Because my hair is so long now, it's fucking annoying and I'm sick of doing this.
You had to fall half up, half down. I tie it.
I just tie it. It's like a top knot. I just tie it. See what I mean?
He could use a claw clip. You know a claw clip, right? That's like girls do the claw clip. You could do that. Daddy could do the claw clip.
Sounds like a dancer in the 60s. Come over here and do the claw clip. Come over here and do the claw clip. Get around and do – yeah, Chuck is one of them. Can you do a pony? Yep. I'd love to see a greased up pony on you. Well, as I was saying – No, he does like the middle part. Oh, no, that's right.
It was all slick.
You're dead right. You know, before I was a father.
Yeah.
I'd go around hair willy-nilly, you know, looking like bloody Brendan Fraser from the Mummy series, you know, hair everywhere. I looked like a bloody surfer or a skateboard. You do look older. Well, and I just thought, no, practically, if we could just.
No, it was a bit lower. No.
How does Jack describe the emotional reality of becoming a father?
No, it was not like that.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How does Jack introduce himself and the podcast after returning?
0:00–2:16
2
What dad wardrobe and practical gear does Jack describe first?
2:16–4:49
3
How does Jack describe the emotional reality of becoming a father?
4:49–23:50
4
How is life at home with a newborn — sleep, nappies and teamwork?
23:50–27:18
5
What happened during Steph and Jack’s birth story and delivery complications?
27:18–58:50