0:00

you know how we like to start the show with something

0:02

for my life's slice of lot sauce

0:04

of life for you know what goes on behind the

0:06

scenes of the the guy some

0:09

some arrow either i think only some back on like

0:11

i i forgot

0:13

about that or and when he made for

0:15

these little reminds me of domestic stuff of gotta do

0:18

last time i told when my

0:20

was a cinch rub her during hitting and eaten

0:22

by rats yeah and i had to build

0:25

a rat

0:26

cage thing the put cause i get up

0:28

underneath that and the and they built the cage

0:30

will year the guy goes i just get a bit of dino

0:32

chicken wire and you can do that you can build

0:35

the thing to stop the rats from common in my car

0:37

guy with we've got rats an icon ago

0:39

he whatever never these getting nine

0:41

i know that point is they doing stuff they're destroying

0:44

somebody running along the fence is i who today's

0:46

age in his day let him have

0:48

thing but know something that did happen

0:50

it was quite we don't normally do touching know

0:53

this was quite touching herbs or stop right now

0:55

you attached what it's

0:58

a rare occasion i was quite touching

1:00

i had some one of the house the worker

1:02

he always good people feel that i rang

1:05

up use it all out argument with aplomb a he

1:07

it's like aig it's like dot have light had

1:09

a lot of things like changing rooms your and fact

1:11

that we got a rude comment from the neighbors

1:14

but

1:14

now the try and of money the either

1:16

tries me out of that you might as well not the house then

1:19

and yang route the alleged goes

1:21

ah i knew i'd better get going of got covered

1:24

we think we're fucked up on audible

1:27

real rude and then you've got caribbean

1:29

really good we got a light so ah man

1:32

at the house during some outside in

1:34

iraq and the guys are my watch a big

1:36

fan can you do a video in which you're so

1:38

i did the video charged him what three

1:40

hundred every ground yeah through your and then

1:43

it was it a video and

1:44

many guys you guys

1:46

are gotta be almost thirty

1:48

five years ago i

1:50

was in the rule children's hospital and

1:53

you came to visit me oh

1:56

and i just want to say is the touching

1:58

bit of his of the such a big Oh

2:01

God. I'm nervous. I just

2:04

want to say you don't realise

2:07

the effect you had on me and the

2:09

people in the ward that I was in

2:11

and you gave me a teddy bear

2:14

and I've still got the teddy bear to this point.

2:16

Wow. And did you go in dressed up

2:19

as one of your characters or something? I don't. Do

2:21

you remember? No, I wouldn't have gotten

2:23

dressed up in character. I don't think so. So that was the height

2:25

of the comedy company probably. So that would be 1988

2:29

or nine because the other two years it was on. Yeah, 89

2:31

or what year? So it was touching

2:34

because he didn't talk about what he had

2:37

but

2:37

the opposite if he was in hospital and

2:40

he was that young. Probably like an eney or

2:42

something. Well, who knows but he

2:44

got through it and he said I'm doing it right now. It's

2:47

very gratifying to have people

2:49

come forward and remind

2:51

you because I don't think he wanted to, he kind

2:53

of didn't want to say anything but then he felt

2:55

kind of comfortable because I did the video for his wife

2:59

that he felt good. So you know, this reminds

3:01

you that when you do do good things people

3:03

remember. Well similar, I've

3:05

got painters around today

3:07

and when I walk in and go, I know you. I know you.

3:11

I'm like, yeah? I always go,

3:13

yeah, I'm a criminal. He goes, nah,

3:16

you came to our footy club. I'm like,

3:18

oh no. He goes,

3:20

and you hung shit on people. And I said, did

3:22

I hang shit on you? He goes, nah, it was hilarious.

3:25

I'm not with you. I said, what did I say?

3:27

And he said, at the footy club they got photos

3:29

of current and past players on the wall and

3:31

I pointed to one and said, look at this bike, he looks like

3:33

a serial killer. And

3:36

that was you know, Al Smith, we pitched

3:38

ourselves. I know. That's

3:40

always a worry when I meet someone and they go,

3:43

oh, what was it a gig? Can I just say you really

3:45

offended me with something I said? Because my daughter was,

3:47

and you're going, oh, sorry. Oh, really?

3:50

It was a joke and I regret

3:52

it. Anyway, I've got to go now. And they're dead now. Yeah,

3:55

I know. But sometimes

3:57

I go, if someone offended me, would

3:59

I go and tell them? I don't know. No. I

4:02

don't think I would. No. No. I

4:05

don't think we're the offending types. So really. Well

4:07

be careful. When I did Radio with Hughes he said he couldn't

4:09

be offended and Kate went alright

4:11

let's take calls 13 2014 ring

4:14

up and try to offend Hughes and he's like no

4:16

I don't and people are like mate you're not funny

4:18

you're ugly. He's like no. After

4:20

the first call he was going to be crying. Yeah I

4:22

know. But hey no one can ring us on this show.

4:25

No. And by the way we had

4:27

a call out for some reviews and people. And

4:30

people they came to the fore. Because

4:33

it does help us keep on air. It does. And

4:35

keeping on doing what we're doing. And thank

4:37

you. I think I spoke about that lady that was going

4:39

through a divorce and we'd loved her through a hard

4:42

time. Think of the name with Jane. Go on and tell

4:44

you. Anyway hello Jane if you're listening I think you might be. Anyway

4:47

so normally what happens in this segment is

4:49

the. Music starts. Well what happens

4:52

is the story has an ending and

4:54

then the music comes up or it's an embarrassing moment

4:56

or something. But all the other.

4:58

Let's bring the music up in a

5:01

heartwarming sentimental way. To sit

5:03

back and reflect on

5:05

the good things we've done for people in our

5:07

lives. All of us. All of us. I

5:10

mean people do good things all the time. And

5:12

they don't get on the airways about them. And

5:15

you know we're dipping

5:17

our lid to those people. Yeah. Oh

5:19

there we are. We are slightly better than you.

5:21

Show business. Anyway. No.

5:24

There it is. It's really beautiful. Welcome to Somehow

5:26

Related Now. Please welcome your hosts Glenn

5:32

Robbins and Dave O'Neill.

5:48

Hey I welcome to the podcast The Music Stop.

5:51

Somehow related. We've got two topics going to

5:53

work out how they're related. And hey do you

5:55

realize you're sponsored by cheese on 3AW. I

5:59

heard you the other day. I don't

6:01

like to listen. That's Amore

6:03

cheese is your sponsor.

6:05

Do you know that? No. You know

6:07

that. You're not getting free cheese. I just hear,

6:09

I don't hear it but I don't listen.

6:11

Well that's good cheese. Is it? Oh yeah

6:14

that's good cheese. Well you're,

6:15

hello Amore is it? I think it's that Amore.

6:19

I know when I used to be, they'd

6:21

had a sock company that I was doing. Yeah

6:23

I remember that you had socks. I think of what they called now.

6:26

Underworks? Was it underworks? Oh you're good. Yeah

6:28

underworks.

6:29

Did they get a pack of the socks? Yes they did. Do

6:32

I still wear them? Yes they do. They're good socks. So

6:34

maybe you get some cheese. Yeah.

6:36

Let's have a call out maybe. Some cheese.

6:39

And you're doing a topic on what things should

6:41

you be able to do like changing a

6:43

tyre. It was a great topic changing a tyre.

6:46

I've got a tap in my back yard. You got to

6:48

fix that's right. And I can't turn it off unless

6:50

I turn it off really really really hard and

6:53

then I can't get back on again. So I need the washer

6:55

and then I'm going I have no idea how to change a washer.

6:58

Well I can change washers on bathroom

6:59

taps

7:01

because. Can you? Yeah of course I can.

7:03

What do you mean? Hang on. What do you mean of course

7:05

you can? I can't. Yeah but they're

7:07

easy. It's easy. Is it? And

7:09

the, yep. You're

7:12

a real man. No but the garden tap I

7:14

would

7:14

be. No but I can't even do one in the kitchen.

7:17

Oh you could do one. I can teach you. Could you do a fuse? Yeah

7:20

absolutely. Old fuse. Oh I

7:22

remember doing the old fuses but you know. With wires

7:24

to wire them up. Yes. Yeah. But fuse boxes

7:26

don't have fuses anymore. No but you have to read

7:28

the board. Yeah which is triggered.

7:30

And then you have to go through the whole

7:33

house and turn everything off and everything back on again.

7:35

But you know I'm still not a handyman's man

7:37

man. But that wasn't just about being a handyman as one

7:40

woman ringham said men should be able to braid

7:42

their daughter's hair which I can't do but I

7:44

know Des Dowlings is a comedian.

7:46

He's got two orders. He can braid hair. Like

7:49

I couldn't braid hair. Could you braid hair?

7:51

He's probably. No you know what? I think

7:54

I could but I probably couldn't. No

7:56

maybe. Because when I look as I go. That's not that hard.

7:59

Yeah.

7:59

You have to brush it out and you've got to get in the clean.

8:02

I know I do it, it'd be a bit rough.

8:05

Yeah, right. Then the

8:07

girl involved, who would... That

8:10

would be... I'm just

8:12

going to comb it out. Anyway. So

8:16

anyway, but you know what, on this through

8:18

show, you said to me, we were

8:21

talking about cheese, you said

8:23

you can eat a bit of cheese but just don't eat too much of it.

8:25

But you can always have some. Now every time

8:28

I eat cheese, and I do most nights, I

8:30

think of you. Not really. Where's the

8:32

cheese? Yeah. Is that a good thing?

8:35

It's not like Kate Langbrook said to me once,

8:37

this is unsavoury, every time she goes to the toilet she has a look.

8:40

Oh yeah, yeah, what you've done. Yeah, I

8:42

think a lot of people do but that's a good idea for health reasons.

8:45

But now every time I go I think of Kate Langbrook.

8:48

So you don't look at your stool? No. You

8:50

should look at your stool to see if there's any blood

8:52

and

8:53

stuff. You see, we're talking about cheese,

8:55

people are getting a good vibe and

8:57

now you've spun it out to... What stool looking

8:59

for? Mind you, I brought up the topic. Yeah, look,

9:02

on occasion I will. Okay, we should just get

9:04

the topic. Because I was going to talk about that

9:06

thing we were talking about when you had to do that sample.

9:10

Oh yeah, sample. I like that conversation because we

9:12

were talking about what level does it go

9:14

on the shelf? On the fridge.

9:16

And does it go up the

9:18

back because that's dangerous? I

9:20

think we said it was the second shelf.

9:22

Yeah, I think. Still not a top shelf.

9:24

I've got another one of them. They keep sending them. I

9:26

love them. It's every two years, you've just forgotten. Oh geez.

9:29

Don't leave it. Don't put it in the bottom drawer. No,

9:31

no. Do yourself a favor. Anyway. Okay,

9:34

let's get the topics. Let's get the topics. What

9:36

are they Sam? Birds and snipers. Oh yeah.

9:39

Birds. Birds is an

9:42

old fashioned term for girls. Yeah. It'd

9:44

be very inappropriate

9:47

if you called it birds. One of my friends still says,

9:49

yeah, she was a good bird in a day. You

9:51

know, a kind of bit of a look up, a

9:53

bit of nice birds. It comes back around though. You know,

9:55

because they're really good. Yeah. Anyway, but

9:57

I dare say Sam is a good bird. I think we're going to have a good time. talking

10:00

about birds do

10:02

you like birds oh that's a good

10:05

question do I like birds

10:07

yeah I like a bit of bird song in the morning

10:10

love it hearing the birds yeah

10:13

I don't like when they wake

10:15

you up though like when you're down the beach and the coca-barra

10:17

arcs up at six in the morning like shut

10:19

up there are a lot of lot of coca-barras down your

10:22

way yeah yeah that's it but they

10:24

get on the on the belt they like they like

10:26

meat don't they they just sit and stare at you

10:28

they look great coca-barras we call

10:30

them Bob Hawk I think it looks like Bob Hawk yes

10:32

he's just staring at us yeah

10:35

I love a coca-barra I love I love it seeing

10:37

an eagle or a hawk or whatever they are yeah

10:39

because they they can do that thing

10:41

with not many birds can do they just hold

10:43

in one position yeah they can just hold not

10:46

hold up but they hold because they've seen

10:48

something down there and they're gonna sweep down and have

10:50

a crack at it penguins I love a penguin my

10:52

favorite animal problem

10:54

they're a bird is that

10:56

a bird yeah penguins are birds they're

10:58

just a flightless bird when all the birds get together

11:00

yeah as I said do

11:03

you reckon well the hawk

11:05

would be the king the big hawk would be the king but

11:07

the penguin would be the best dressed yeah

11:10

thought it was formal guy yeah a hawk would

11:13

be a hawk are they the king like

11:15

is there a king of the Hawks the bald

11:18

eagle yeah maybe do they have them here

11:20

in Australia no that's an American one you

11:22

know they'd be the Hawks the penguins

11:24

seagulls down the bottom somewhere seagulls

11:26

as a friend of mine with rats with wings yeah

11:29

sparrows yeah I like

11:31

a bell bird or

11:34

a rosella yeah

11:37

beautiful oh liar bird

11:40

oh so where I saw one the other day I was in cans

11:42

I went up to coranda which is

11:44

in the mountains she was beautiful I did a school

11:46

project on a kasoori can't remember anything I

11:49

talked about but you can eat them you know you

11:51

can eat them that was on the menu would you

11:53

eat it yeah I have a crackers like turkey

11:56

oh there's plenty of meat yeah to go walked

12:00

in here. Do you need to? Yeah you're

12:03

gonna make noise. Just

12:05

had lunch that was good. You don't need to talk

12:07

about it. No. But I got ridiculed

12:10

by Mel who was here for not having a hamburger.

12:12

She's a barmaid. I had pumpkin soup.

12:15

I think she got offended when you said you're a nice

12:17

bird because we were just talking about it. Well

12:21

was that in the price? Nice bird. Yeah you're a nice

12:23

bird. Look she

12:25

wouldn't care I think. Anyway we can't speak with

12:27

her but oh you know you know what is a real sign

12:30

of a maybe you're in someone's house they'd have a bird

12:32

in the house in a cage. What they'd be

12:34

flying about. Real working

12:36

class thing wasn't it? Do you judge a person

12:38

for that? No I just when I met a guy

12:41

once and he said I grew up in a working

12:43

class house I'm like oh yeah how working class

12:45

thing goes we had birds in the house I'm like oh

12:47

yeah. That's the real deal.

12:50

What you mean pigeons or budgeriguards?

12:53

I mean budgeriguards. So this is a

12:55

statement. Just a suburban house. Yeah

12:57

if you've got birds in the house you're probably working

12:59

class I'd say. And pigeons too that's even

13:03

more working class don't you reckon? Yeah well I think

13:05

you're right. I mean I'm just trying to think of a wealthy person

13:07

whether they would have they probably a wealthy person.

13:10

Would have birds out in the backyard or birds

13:12

in the cage. In an aviary. Yeah if you're

13:14

like Pablo Escobar. He

13:16

had birds and animals and stuff

13:19

didn't he? But what about the people who carry the birds

13:21

up and have a very exotic bird on their shoulder?

13:23

Yeah that's I reckon that's a different class of person.

13:25

That is. That's just weird. Because I got

13:28

I was very judgmental today someone got off the train

13:30

in front of me. He had a bird on his shoulder I'm going

13:33

let the bird just go do its thing.

13:36

Birds got wings for a reason. I thought he'd

13:38

get carried around by some old guy

13:40

with a crazy head. Was it an old guy or a hipster? I'm

13:43

going you showing off. Yeah

13:45

that's showing off. It's showing off. Does

13:48

the bird want to go down the shops? I don't think so.

13:50

No the bird. And the bird's been trained to believe

13:54

that it should be wandering around on his shoulder.

13:56

Yeah. And what does the bird do when it wants to go to the

13:58

toilet? Crap's down the back of his.

14:41

line

16:00

once. Yeah very cool. A tawny

16:02

frog. A tawny frog. I remember

16:05

I saw it on the power line and

16:08

it just very casually it's everything

16:10

stayed still but its head just went very

16:12

slowly watching us walk down the street. Oh

16:15

that's cool. They are cool cats.

16:17

Oh that's the wrong word but they are. I like

16:20

cats. Okay yeah

16:22

Geraldine I'd love to talk to Geraldine. Let's ring her.

16:25

Let's ring her.

16:28

Alright.

16:32

What's up machine? Hello

16:35

is it Geraldine Hickey? Yes

16:37

it is Dave. How are you? Now

16:39

we should explain this is Glen Robbins here. Oh

16:42

this is

16:44

embarrassing. We do a podcast

16:46

called Somehow Related and

16:50

so you're being recorded. Do you mind if we put

16:52

you to air? Is that okay? Oh

16:54

yeah that's right. I love attention.

16:57

Yeah we all love attention don't we?

16:59

But Dave was saying on

17:01

the podcast, can we say this? Hopefully

17:04

she doesn't mind because

17:07

she's an expert on birds and we said because

17:09

our topic this week is birds

17:12

and snipers. So we need someone

17:14

who knows about birds and

17:18

Dave said let's ring Geraldine.

17:20

Yeah why do you love birds Geraldine? I know

17:22

you love them. I

17:23

do love birds. All kinds of birds.

17:26

You know birds like the

17:28

pretty birds and the big birds and

17:31

the women birds. Oh

17:33

yeah female. Oh yeah.

17:36

But are there any birds you don't like? I don't

17:39

like those cockatoos that get in the bins.

17:42

Do you love them?

17:45

Cockatoos are fun. Cockatoos

17:48

are like a they're like rowdy

17:50

teenagers trying. Yeah.

17:53

Yeah. Squawking and leaving

17:56

rubbish and stuff and then they

17:58

just you know barrel through.

18:00

They're fun. What's your

18:02

favourite bird then? Have

18:04

you got a favourite

18:05

bird? You can't actually Twitter at their favourite bird.

18:08

This is too big. But

18:10

no, I do love parrots.

18:13

But

18:15

I love raptors are probably

18:17

my favourites.

18:19

Are they like an eagle?

18:21

Yeah, raptors, they're like birds of

18:23

prey.

18:23

They're like eagles, fathoms

18:25

and hawks and all that stuff. Subcategory,

18:27

Glenn. Raptors? He really

18:29

does know what she's talking about. So

18:31

raptors are like any bird that

18:33

has talons. That's what makes

18:35

it a raptor.

18:36

Okay. So you're already being

18:38

interesting. Learning stuff. So

18:40

you just got to think clever girl. Yes.

18:43

But me, I'm the clever

18:45

girl for knowing that. And

18:48

I know you're obsessed by bird

18:50

shows. This is like Glenn, when you go

18:52

to Hillsville sanctuary and they have the birds. Meaning

18:54

birds that will fly into your arms or

18:57

something. Yeah, they have a guy or a woman. What's

18:59

the best one you've seen and what's the worst one

19:01

maybe? There are different

19:02

levels of bird shows, absolutely. There

19:04

are different levels. Taronga Zoo,

19:06

that's a great example of an elite

19:08

level bird

19:09

show. Elite. Yeah,

19:11

that's level one. And it's level

19:13

one because all different levels are great

19:15

and I do love them all. But level one,

19:18

you've got a good amount of birds,

19:20

like good variety of birds. They're really well

19:22

trained. Everybody knows what

19:25

they're doing. Like it's a slick

19:27

show. It's really slick. So the birds fly

19:29

in and stuff and do tricks and stuff

19:31

do they? Yeah,

19:33

they'll fly right over the top

19:35

of your head. They'll give a buzzard like

19:37

a rock and it'll open up like

19:40

a big emu egg. It's a fake

19:42

one. But you know, uses tools. Tim is

19:44

so excited to use his tools. Wow. Pretty cool.

19:47

Hillsville, that's a level two bird

19:49

show. Because

19:50

it's not

19:52

a slick. Yeah, a bit more. Good

19:54

amount of birds. And one time I went, the buzzard

19:57

took off.

20:00

The trainer came and said, please welcome Bernice

20:02

the buzzard. And Bernice came

20:04

in and did a lap and then left. And

20:07

he just went, oh, oh no, she's gone,

20:09

hasn't she? And we're like, yeah. And

20:11

then she appeared again. And we're

20:13

like, oh no, she's back. Whoa. It's

20:15

like, you know, pantomime type stuff. It

20:18

was brilliant. Loved it. And then there's

20:20

like level three. That's when I

20:22

went to one in like southern Queensland

20:25

and it was just this

20:26

woman going, oh no, it's just me. So

20:29

yeah, just chat amongst yourselves while I go up to the

20:31

shed and get the next bird. And

20:33

then she'd come out with an owl. And

20:36

then she'd like have this bum

20:38

bag and she'd pull out raw rabbit

20:41

meat and toss it in the air. And

20:43

like a falcon would grab it out

20:45

of the air. And I was like, oh my God, that's so cool. And

20:47

she was like, oh, that's not even our falcon.

20:50

I love it. Next

20:54

door was popped over for a bit of lunch.

20:57

That's so funny. Wow.

21:00

And so what, were you always a

21:02

twitcher? Did you like Bird

21:04

and the Kid? Yeah, that'd be it.

21:06

No, no, no. I wasn't interested

21:08

in a kid at all. Like I'm interested

21:10

enough to like, you know, if I

21:13

big brackets and stuff, it's

21:14

just cool. Like, oh, that's cool. But

21:17

for the news, it was definitely

21:19

a lockdown thing.

21:21

It was, you know, it was something

21:23

to do during lockdown.

21:25

And the guy, Birdman,

21:28

Sean Dooley. Yeah, I know Sean Dooley. You know

21:30

Sean Dooley. Yeah, of course. He's an old comedy writer.

21:33

He's an old comedian. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For

21:35

back in the day. He would come on our radio show once

21:37

a month. And there was one day where he said, like,

21:40

when we had the 5K radius, you

21:42

couldn't go outside your 5K. And he was just like,

21:45

just tell me how many birds, different

21:47

species of birds you can see

21:48

in your 5K.

21:50

And he would spot like 25 within 10 minutes.

21:54

And I would see like three. And I was like,

21:56

oh, I've

21:57

got to challenge. You know, it's like, seriously.

21:59

Everyone's doing Pokemon Go and I

22:02

was doing...

22:03

What a great idea. What a

22:05

fun thing to do. I love it.

22:07

Yeah. It's really... It's kind of meditative.

22:10

Someone else described it as bushwalking with

22:13

a purpose.

22:13

Yeah. Well you see older people going

22:16

out with them and they go bird spotting and

22:18

it fills up a day beautifully for them. I guess

22:20

it's seen one that's quite rare as

22:22

opposed to seeing one that's quite common. If you see a

22:24

rare one, you go, it's a big tick on your page,

22:27

isn't it? Yeah.

22:28

Well they call that a lifer. When

22:30

you see a bird that you haven't seen before,

22:32

it's a lifer.

22:33

Wow. It's a lifer today. It's

22:35

a lifer because it's the first time you've ever seen that bird

22:37

in your life. A lifer. Oh. And

22:40

so are you writing down what you see now? I

22:43

wish I was keeping a tally. But

22:46

I do know I did get

22:48

a lifer the other day which

22:49

is very exciting. What? I've got

22:51

some

22:52

pinky duck. Oh. I

22:53

don't know. That's

22:54

the one I've never heard of there. Oh, is that a... Yeah,

22:57

it's rare because that's what

22:59

it was a lifer before. The lifer. It's

23:02

a lifer. Well, it's fascinating Geraldine. The world of birds,

23:04

we've learned something. Every time I look at a bird now,

23:06

I'm going to think of you which is a good

23:08

thing. Thank

23:11

you. That's my own. Yeah. Everyone

23:14

should look at birds and think of that other bird, Geraldine.

23:16

The other bird. The other bird that likes birds

23:19

of all sorts. And have you got your own

23:21

bird? You haven't got your own bird, have you? Have you? In

23:23

a cage?

23:24

No. I've got dogs.

23:26

They'll let them. But

23:28

I do have a bird calendar

23:31

that's now available for sale. And

23:33

if you get on my socials, this

23:36

is the link.

23:36

Oh, that's great. Yeah. You want

23:39

to check out Geraldine Hickey, anything she does. And you were

23:41

fantastic on that. Thank God you're here.

23:43

Always is. Thank you. And

23:46

I hope you're very paying attention. Yeah,

23:48

good on you.

23:49

Yeah. Okay. Thank

23:52

you. Thanks, Geraldine. Are you going

23:54

to talk about snipers next to... Is

23:56

that all right? Do you know the connection or...

23:59

Snipers

24:03

have the eyesight of a bird.

24:05

Oh, that might

24:07

be the connection. Because birds like hawks and stuff

24:09

can see a little rabbit from miles away,

24:12

can't they? Maybe that's it. Who

24:14

knows? Well, we'll tell Sam. We'll find out. We'll

24:16

find out. Yeah. Thanks,

24:19

Geraldine. Thanks, Geraldine. Have a good call.

24:21

Appreciate it. See you, mate. Bye.

24:24

Bye. Wow, there we go.

24:26

Fantastic. I love Geraldine Hickey. I

24:29

know where I first met her. Right

24:32

here. Right here. We

24:34

did a show called Day of the Pilot. I've

24:37

got to put that up somewhere. I've got it. If

24:39

you haven't seen it, you should put it up somewhere. It is

24:42

an excellent pilot that should have got up. And

24:44

she played very well. We'll

24:47

see her playing the chef that was a little bit too pushy.

24:49

Yeah, a little bit. Yeah.

24:52

Except we were playing guys who had taken themselves a

24:54

bit too seriously. Yes. Funny.

24:58

Yeah, thanks, that, Geraldine. Should we talk about snipers?

25:01

Yeah. I'm no expert on

25:03

sniper. So that's like an assassin,

25:06

isn't it? Have you seen American Sniper?

25:08

No. Bradley Cooper.

25:11

Bradley Cooper, yeah. Oh, great. Is

25:13

it good? Oh, yeah. See, I

25:15

just don't see good-looking guys shooting

25:18

people like that. No,

25:20

no, I don't think the real American Sniper looks like him.

25:22

But then again, he'd be very fit because Marines

25:24

or whatever. So a sniper is someone who

25:27

is a very good shot, has

25:29

been employed either by an army

25:33

or... Terrorist organization. Terrorist organization

25:37

to take someone out from

25:39

a long distance and then not be seen.

25:42

Yeah. They don't walk in and go

25:44

shoot from the hip. They've got a telescopic

25:47

lens and they've got... They're up on a tower.

25:49

And they know when someone's going to be in

25:51

a certain place and they go...

25:53

Yeah, it's a great movie because he battles against

25:55

the Iraqi sniper.

25:57

And now that he was

25:59

a famous... within the war this

26:01

sniper. Like

26:04

the Red Baron for example. What do you mean he battled

26:06

against him? Well you know they're

26:08

in some sort of battle situation

26:11

and this sniper's taking people out the Iraqi

26:13

sniper. So what did Bradley Cooper do? Bradley Cooper's

26:16

trying to see where he's shooting from. Oh he's trying

26:18

to take him out. That's

26:20

a good film. Yeah I can't remember

26:22

much about it but I remember really liking it. They

26:24

can sometimes be in like a hide or something.

26:27

Yeah. Or in the

26:29

case of JFK.

26:30

Book Depository.

26:32

Yeah. Lee Harvey Oswald. Lee

26:34

Harvey Oswald. Yeah.

26:36

He was a sniper? Well

26:38

you know he was in the Marines. So he was

26:41

used to guns. I mean I know people

26:43

say oh he didn't do it but I still believe he

26:45

actually did it. He was a patsy. You

26:47

reckon he was a full guy?

26:50

Well you put one, you set one up and then you

26:52

do the other one with the other one. Yeah. You

26:54

reckon he really did it? Oh here we go. I

26:57

reckon yeah. But then again I reckon isn't

26:59

there a theory that the bodyguards

27:02

gun went off now? Like if you're... Oh

27:04

really? Yeah the guy that was behind him's gun

27:06

went off or something apparently. I don't know. I

27:09

don't know. We should have a conspiracy about this show. Yeah.

27:12

They're not real. Oh that's good. Glen

27:15

Robbins. Glen Robbins. He

27:18

moved to Queensland years ago and it's not

27:20

him. It's just his voice. It's

27:22

like a robot. And

27:25

then one day it'll just go... I'll

27:29

be talking and it'll get into a loop. Okay

27:32

so you've got rifles, you've got long distance, you've

27:34

got... You know what is interesting?

27:37

They have to factor in because they can shoot

27:39

up to like... A mile away. Yeah.

27:41

Yeah. And they're in the cross section. I

27:43

mean that's the joke isn't it? Were you standing

27:46

there and then someone said I'll look

27:48

out there's a laser light on your side.

27:51

Yeah yeah yeah. They wouldn't have a laser light would they? They

27:53

could not these days. No. Yeah

27:55

that seems to be in movies and TV shows. Are

27:57

the films that are famous?

28:00

The Deer Hunter? Oh yeah. Yeah

28:02

I remember my dad used to talk about Day of the Jackal.

28:05

Oh that is a sniper on the poster.

28:08

Yeah that's a great movie. I remember he

28:10

said you should read this book when he was assembling

28:12

his gun I felt every moment I'm

28:14

going dad it's a bit weird. Yeah

28:17

but that made that many sniper films I don't think.

28:20

No. As I say to the grandchild

28:22

are snipers goodies or baddies? Inherently

28:25

they're baddies aren't they? Yeah they're baddies.

28:28

I'm killing someone. Remember the Washington sniper

28:31

who modified his car

28:33

to line his boot and just shoot people randomly?

28:36

That was yeah. Oh yeah he was like

28:38

a serial killer. And they could just drive

28:40

off. Yeah and he had an assistant they had a younger

28:43

guy helping him. And people were just dropping. Yeah

28:45

at petrol station. And just not everyday

28:47

people. Yeah there's no motive. That's right I

28:49

saw it on one of those. Normally snipers are politically

28:52

motivated. That was his he

28:54

was trying to make a point No

28:54

they don't know.

28:57

What he was doing. Have

28:59

you ever you know have you ever shot

29:02

a gun like that? Yeah well not a sniper I've

29:04

shot a shotgun. I've shot a shotgun. And

29:07

did you feel a little deep sense of satisfaction?

29:09

I liked it. We did clay pigeon shooting

29:12

in scouts. That's what you do all the dangerous stuff

29:14

in scouts. That's where you really learn how to be a real

29:16

person. Yes pull and the thing shoots

29:18

up in the air. Did you get any? Yeah.

29:20

Because with the shotgun you got a fair. Yeah

29:23

big spread. Big spread. Big spread.

29:25

And you had different shot

29:27

for amount of spread. Yeah. Yeah

29:29

it was fun. And did you have did it

29:32

ever make you feel like you wanted to spend more time

29:34

around guns? No. No.

29:37

Never shot a pistol. No never shot

29:39

a pistol. Apparently the magnum's got

29:41

a bit of a kick on it. Oh they all kick back a

29:43

bit. Yeah. Yeah anytime

29:45

I'm around guns I

29:48

just feel uneasy because often on set with

29:50

Russell Cointe. Russell Cointe is he ever guns?

29:53

Oh yeah. No

29:53

he never guns. He had a gun.

29:56

He had a gun thing where with some

29:58

kids and he unlocked double barrel

30:01

and then locked his finger in

30:03

as he closed it again. Another

30:05

one where he said if you're caught in the desert

30:08

you can use a gun to alert people and you

30:10

let it off and he fired it in the air just to say

30:13

a guy was going over in a small plane. I

30:15

don't remember that one, that's a good one. And

30:19

then one that's going around at the moment, not

30:22

that I watch it that much, is where

30:24

he's teaching a group of

30:27

tourists gun safety and then he

30:29

goes so a gun like this is very dangerous and

30:31

he taps the gun on

30:32

the end of the gun butt

30:35

and shoots a lady in the foot. But

30:41

you know it's really weird, even

30:43

if you know a

30:45

gun is empty and

30:47

you pointed at someone it

30:49

still scares the shit out of you. So

30:53

you'd have an armourer there wouldn't you? That was the word I

30:56

was looking for and then they make an announcement,

30:58

they go here I'm showing you the barrel,

31:00

the barrel is empty. Everyone

31:03

around, everyone has, what's

31:05

his name? The ballman.

31:08

Yeah terrible ballman. That was so bad. And

31:10

also

31:11

Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son got killed on

31:14

set. Oh did he? Yeah he got killed on set by a gun.

31:18

They shouldn't even have real bullets around

31:20

on set let alone in the gun. I

31:23

know it's terrible. It's just terrible. Well

31:26

let's have some thinking music. Birds and Snipes,

31:29

what can we have? Bird chirping. I

31:31

love

31:32

a bit of bird noise. Bird

31:34

Snipers, a bit from American Snipers.

31:38

American Snipers. Have you? Taken

31:40

the show. Who's that guy that's really popular

31:42

now in the US? Shane

31:45

Gillis. I love Shane Gillis. I've

31:47

done a gig with him once. I

31:49

mean it's a bit bleak but he

31:51

does a really good bit of stand up. Is

31:55

it about the head of ISIS? No

31:58

it's about Donald Trump. shot he'd make

32:00

a funny noise. Oh okay that's

32:02

funny. He does

32:05

a good Trump too. He does a really good Trump.

32:07

Yeah he's a very funny Trump. Is that okay? Have we

32:09

been inappropriate to play them? Let's play it.

32:11

Let's play it. Here we go. What

32:13

I said was true if you had to rank them from

32:16

least funny to funniest

32:18

assassination, easy

32:21

number one. Really?

32:25

He'd be talking shit like when it happened. He'd

32:28

be doing like a rally. My opponent's

32:31

gay. I

32:33

walked in I saw him I said wow this guy's gay.

32:38

The shooter would be coming out of you like sit down. You're

32:42

gay. Get hit? He'd

32:45

definitely make a funny noise. Like

32:47

he'd get hit.

32:52

Oh great stand

32:55

up. You put me onto him. I did a gig

32:57

with him. He was touring Australia a

33:02

few years ago and he came and did the

33:04

Basement Comedy Club as like a warm-up. I didn't

33:06

know who he was and then

33:08

I was talking to him and he was funny. He's

33:10

really funny and he's everywhere now. Not

33:12

that I would know. Every time I'd pop

33:15

on YouTube. He's great.

33:19

There's a YouTube special

33:21

that you told me about. Yeah it's free. There's

33:24

free. There's him in 50 minutes. He's kind of like his

33:26

own Netflix special. That

33:28

went viral. So now he's got his own Netflix special.

33:32

That's very funny too. He's

33:34

got a really good demeanor. Anyway, what

33:37

do we do now? I forget. Okay

33:40

what is your guess? Geraldine

33:44

gave you a quote. She

33:47

said that birds eyes are like a

33:49

sniper. Oh that's really good. Meaning

33:52

that they can see like from a couple of kilometers

33:54

away.

33:55

Yeah. I'm going to say that some snipers

34:00

No, that some people have trained birds

34:02

to find snipers.

34:03

Oh, so they

34:06

have trouble because if you're a sniper,

34:08

you go, oh, that's just a bird. And

34:11

then the bird swoops down and goes,

34:14

cheap, cheap. Here's the guy

34:16

and you go there, he's in the camouflage. What are

34:18

you going to say? I'm going to say, I'm going to

34:21

ask Geraldine,

34:23

the sniper rifle has been modelled on the bird's

34:25

eye. Okay? That thing you look

34:27

through. Oh, that's good. What is the answer,

34:29

Sam?

34:29

The name sniper comes from

34:32

the verb to snipe which originated

34:34

in the 1770s among soldiers in

34:37

British India in reference to shooting

34:39

snipes, a waiter that was considered

34:42

an extremely challenging game bird

34:44

for hunters due to its alertness,

34:46

camouflaging colour and erratic flight

34:48

behaviour.

34:49

Wow. You

34:55

have been listening to Somehow Related

34:57

with Glenn Robbins and Dave O'Neill.

35:07

So does that mean that

35:09

the bird was called a sniper?

35:12

It was called a snipe. Snipe. Yeah.

35:15

And how does that relate to a person with

35:17

a gun? Because it was very

35:19

difficult for hunters to hit. Once a

35:21

person got a snipe, they were called a sniper.

35:24

So they made a good shot. I see. They

35:26

made a good shot. Sorry, I should have listened properly. I've

35:29

got a great joke about a sniper but it's a bit rude. But

35:32

I'll just say kids turn off now. Oh

35:34

yeah, well I was just with my stretch

35:36

therapist, Margie, and she said

35:39

that she had a good laugh at the podcast. And

35:43

I'm waiting for her to say something about, you know, it's

35:45

art. But here's one of your

35:48

jokes at the end. So you've

35:50

created a little... Was it inappropriate or...? No,

35:52

she said it was really funny. Oh, okay.

35:55

So kids shouldn't... Kids under 15

35:58

shouldn't listen to this joke. We're

36:00

giving you fair warning. Yeah, it's not PJ, it's

36:02

R-rated. Anyway, so what happens

36:04

is a guy, he finds out that his wife is having

36:07

an affair with the next door neighbour. Okay.

36:10

And so he's depressed. He goes to the pub and he sits

36:12

down on the block next to him and says, you look a bit sad. He

36:15

goes, yeah, I've just found out my wife's having a fair the next door neighbour. And

36:17

the guy goes, well, this is your lucky day. I'm a sniper. I'm

36:20

a professional assassin and I will

36:22

kill both of them. And he's like, yeah,

36:24

but how much is that going to cost you? Because I'll do your deal. $500 for

36:27

each. So that's a grand. Yeah.

36:29

$500 for each bullet

36:29

I use. Yeah.

36:33

So that'll be a grand one bullet each. Yeah. Yes.

36:37

Okay. Let's go. So they

36:39

creep up to the neighbour's house and there is his wife

36:41

naked sitting on the bed and the

36:43

guy is standing in front of it

36:46

naked. The neighbour is naked.

36:49

And the sniper goes, okay, one more question. Where

36:51

do you want me to, where do you want me to shoot him? Yeah.

36:54

Shoot the neighbour. He goes, I want you to shoot him in the groin area because that's

36:56

caused all these problems. All right. All

36:59

right. Okay. Where do you want

37:01

me to shoot your wife? I know. In the head,

37:03

you know, I think, you know, it's got to be a kill shot.

37:05

All right. Okay. All

37:08

right. I'm just lining up the shots. I'm just lining

37:10

up the shots. I'm lining up the shots. The

37:12

guy goes, what's it taking so long? He goes, mate. Oh,

37:15

I'm about to save you $500.

37:16

You

37:19

get that?

37:20

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

37:23

Yeah. Yeah. Is

37:27

that inappropriate or? No. No,

37:30

that's funny. No, that's funny. No, that's not

37:32

inappropriate. I said, yeah. If there were

37:34

kids out there, you know, you'll learn something. They may not understand

37:36

it.