07 June 2003/Transcript

This is a transcription of the 07 June 2003 episode, from Xfm Series 2

Sleight of Hand Linguistically

Steve: I didn't really appreciated The Stones when I was younger, I was always a Beatles fan, but now I can't really listen to the Beatles..

Ricky: No..

Steve: ..it's like I've used them up.

Ricky: It's about five tracks I like.

Steve: Yea, but The Stones just get better and better

Ricky: And now it's brilliant. The video's so good

Steve: Ah, amazing.1981.That was 'Waiting on a friend. With the Rolling Stones.

Ricky: (softly) Alright

Steve: What we got?We got more fun coming up, I imagine

Ricky: Yeah. Cheeky Freak of the Week: An amusing story about inflatable testicles

Steve: We've already given you half an hour talking about gay people.Who knows what else will be coming up.

Ricky: Yeah, big market

XFM-jingle

Ricky: Out of time by Blur. On XFM 104.9. Alright, Karl? What are you thinking?

Karl: Thinking..about stuff

Steve howls

Ricky: You're an enigma, aren't you?

Karl: (very weakly) Yep

Steve: I would just say hello..We've got an American listener, apparently. Karen...anyway.

Steve and Ricky laughing

Steve: Think that'll might fill up four seconds

Ricky: We're not struggling, are we? I mean..

Steve: No,no!Well, just consult the list of Dr. Fox-esque amusing (unclear word))

Ricky: Wife, wet ones, screwball, shop train, cheeky freak, Ronan..What's that?

Steve: What's Ronan?

Karl: Ronan. I just was,uhm, telling you the other day about,you know, that song that he does. Uhmm(singing)Loving every day as if it's your last one

Steve: Right

Ricky: Yeah

Karl: I was just thinking was he saying that as if like; oh, have a good day? But I reckon if he knew it was your last day I don't think you'd been in the mood to do anything

Ricky laughing

Steve howling

Ricky: Yeah...

Steve: But why

Ricky: ...that's true. I think the point is live everyday like it's your last.Imagine if every day was your last: Let's go mental. And the good thing is:We got tomorrow.So he's got the best of both worlds. That's what Ronan's saying. He's saying: Cram it in.It might be your last. It's more like...It's the not knowing. Live every day...See.I'd been ob..happy..if,if I never knew..(Karl interrupts)) when I was gonna die.

Karl: Yea

Ricky: ..and I was definantly die in my sleep. What a brilliant life you'd have. D'ya know what I mean?

Karl: What, so you don't get any illness, but one night you go to bed..?

Ricky: I know that if you know you were gonna die in your sleep, and never knew when you were gonna die. Didn't matter if it's tomorrow or thirty years time. It wouldn't matter, would it?

Karl: (absentminded)Yeah..

Ricky: I've lost you, haven't I? I've lost you somewhere. I can't, I can't work out..see..I thought it was pretty easy all that.I said:Die in your sleep, and not know when you died. There were no high concepts there. No sleight of hand linguistically. Where did I lose you?

Steve: I think you lost him on sleight of hand linguistically

Ricky bursts into laughter

Steve: You've lost him again

Karl: I think that's the way I wanna go.I don't wanna know about it. That's why I don't go the doctor's or anything

Steve howls

Steve: That's a good approach

Ricky: Brilliant.Any, eh, do you remember him saying: He's gonna die of cancer, cause he doesn't check his balls, he doesn't like the feel.

Steve: Of course

Ricky: What do they feel like, your balls?

Karl: Like a wet shammy leather

Ricky bursts

Ricky: With two marbles..two kumquats in a shammy leather

Karl: No, but...I just

Ricky: Why are they wet?Sweaty?

Karl: No, they're not. I'm saying just smooth

Ricky: Are they smooth?

Karl: Yeah, cause shammy leather's smooth.

Ricky: Do you shave'em?

Karl: No, I don't

Uninteligible

Ricky: In case a fireman pops round when you're undressed, it looks like your head. Fireman pops around, there you are, and he goes: Oh, nice smooth..

Steve: So you never go to the doctor's?

Karl: I don't like it

Steve: Even if you found some bubos under your arm or something

Karl: I'd wait for a bit and I'd say to Suzanne: What do you think?

Steve: To see if it develops into plague

Ricky chuckles

Steve laughs

Karl: Well, yeah. Cause you know, don't you

Ricky: Old bandages around your head, and a bell.Suzanne, can you get me a bell?

Steve: Exactly

Ricky: Brilliant

Karl: I don't..

{{Ricky there was this kid at our school, we took the piss out of for the, basically, rest of the time there. It was when we were about eleven, someone say: How would you wanna die?Right...drowning, fire all that. He said I wanna of old age in my mother's arms.}}

Steve laughs loudly

Ricky laughs

Steve: How old was he?

Ricky: About eleven

Steve: Loser!

Ricky continues laughter

Steve: In my mother's arms?What, and get off with her?

Ricky: No, die of old age, how old was she? Brilliant, the age of my nan

Steve: Yeah, all in the same bed

Ricky: Oh. Oh,dear.

Steve: So, if you..if it was the last day, you've got one day to life. What would you do with your day?Now, let's assume that, uhm, you're not in a state of ill health

Karl: There's not that much you can do, though

Steve: It's just the end of the world, and you've..

Ricky interrupts

Ricky: What do you mean it's not much you could do? It's what we're asking you

Steve: It's the last day in your life

Ricky: It depends, doesn't it. If we're all in the same boat, if someone says:Oh, unlucky,uhm,without bitterness. We've accidentaly exposed you to some radiation poisoning and you've got a day. Or, if there's like, meteor coming this way, we're all in the same boat, I think it would be different. It depends whether it's you or the rest of the world. No?

Steve: I'd do the same thing. I'd steal a car and go joy-riding. I'd go mental smashing stuff, I'd be knocking people over for a laugh. I'd be crazy, it'd be like Grand Theft Auto.

Ricky: Right, ok. Brilliant

Steve: Driving through parks

Ricky: Driving the get-away

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