#374 - Sirens & Bollards
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What’s the opening banter and how do the hosts set the tone for this episode?
It is Wednesday, my dudes.
Hello bedwetters and welcome back to the We Mean Well podcast, hosted by Louisa Dal Din and Jack Archdale. Strap yourselves in for what will be a truly insightful and life-changing experience.
Told you cheese that'd be worse.
Fucking jack kissed about radio. I go, I go, today's gotta be the worst of it and he goes, Tomorrow's gonna be worse, Lulu.
Tuesday notoriously after a full punch on the weekend. Tuesday's the worst day. Because Monday You're sorta still gliding on the fact that it was fun and you're like, Oh, that was mad.
Like I was pretty giggly and fun yesterday, right? Yeah, you're a bit
hungover, a bit fun. Tuesday it's like All that fun's gone. You're into the week. It's just the it's just the palpable depression.
Thanks, Jack. What a way to put a pep in my chair, fuck it.
I literally saw you this morning as we'll wait for the lifts and I just heard this creature behind me. Cause I was walk I walked down the stairs to the lifts. Crícia Mambohoma é mãe. I wonder if that's low. I turn around you're just standing at the stairs looking down at me like there's something. I think you look worse than yesterday. And then
he goes, You've got a he goes, Yeah, yeah, you're worse. He goes, You've got a real sad look in your eyes. Yeah,
I've got you've got a real sadness in your eyes. There's a there's a real sadness in those eyes today.
But hey, we've all got through it before. And I had a fabulous fun weekend.
Can I tell you what really helps? Weather. Now it's a beautiful day out there right now.
I'm gonna say the opposite with me right now.
No, no, no. If it was overcast and shitty, you'd feel way worse. At least you can go outside and go, Okay, this is beautiful. Sun's I
wanna go home after radio and close the blinds and just like not see anyone and just be in pure darkness.
Yeah, once once again, that sadness in the eyes, it's palpable.
Like I don't want it to be sunny outside and be like, oh, I've got to go for a walk. No, no, but that's the beautiful
that's the beautiful thing about Tuesday. You don't have to. But what helps you is Sun, you know, sunlight, it's brighter, people are happier. It's about the people around you as well. People are generally happier when the sun's out, you know what I mean? So it's like if it was fucking raining and shit, can't you be coming in here pissed off 'cause people forget how to drive when it's raining. True. Fuck and everyone's else is pissed off. You're wet, you're fucking r wringing out your socks, going, What the fuck's going on? So
the vibe around me is better.
The vibe around you is better, which just look, it helps slightly.
Yeah. It um So I w obviously went to the Melbourne for the NFL. It was just a big fucking weekend.
Nice fucking lift.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like it was Thursday first night fever. Friday also. Imagine like a big Thursday night. You wake up. You gotta start drinking at fucking seven thirty in the morning. You gotta.
Like it's fucking legally you're legally bound to. Like
it's work. I you texted me you
texted me in the morning and you were like I was like, How'd you go, kid? You like. Probably at 330. I'm like, not bad. You're up at eight. Send me a five of yourself on my And then about forty minutes later you're like Just drilled my first drink. I'm like, Oh yeah, Mummy's Mummy's definitely on one. 'Cause
like it's like you're there the whole fucking day. The NFL stuff you gotta be there. We we literally were in the grounds by eight thirty in the morning. Jesus. Like so we were out the door. We were up six thirty probably out the door by Eight o'clock. The line to get in was so fucking long. Was it? Yeah, sun is punching on everyone's face. And you've had a couple of drinks before you go and then you're kind of in that like Uh like just get me to the bar. And the line for the bar's that fucking long.
Listen, I've heard I've heard from reputable sources. That waterboarding is a really effective way to torture someone. Apparently it fucking sucks. You know, when they put a bag over your head, they pour water on it, f you feel like you're drowning, right?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What’s the opening banter and how do the hosts set the tone for this episode?
0:00–8:10
2
How did Louisa’s NFL weekend in Melbourne unfold and what were the highlights?
8:10–15:04
3
What crazy security measures (bollards, metal detectors, flasks) did the hosts encounter at the event?
15:04–22:39
4
Why did the crew end up pressure‑washing the new house and what was the outcome?
22:39–30:17
5
How did the “Races” pitch to Lu develop and what jokes came out of it?
30:17–37:33
6
What’s the story behind the “Pharaoh’s thongs” shoe‑naming game and its punchlines?
37:33–44:23
7
How did the hosts wrap up the episode with Patreon plugs and final thoughts?
44:23–51:37
8
What final takeaways and funny sign‑offs did the hosts leave listeners with?
51:37–1:00:42