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Planet Porky

172: The tie that binds

Planet Porky

Planet Porky

Personal Journals, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

3.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It's time for an energised episode of Planet Porky the podcast as Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones return - and they're in good spirits!

Today they discuss: The mighty Everton, cheese, telly ad girls, an indecent proposal (or two), wearing a tie, Mary Wilson, the Supremes, Bridgerton, the Foo Fighters, Porky's invitation to get the COVID jab, postal trouble, the death of Leon Spinks, Westlife, the success of Robbie Williams, obesity killing more than smoking, keeping positive at the end of your life, harsh student fines, and the hampered university experience. Of course, they also bring you the latest round of shocking Fleet Street revelations! It's a marriage made in heaven - it's Life on Planet Porky. 

Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter.

Or you can email us questions or comments to: [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you! 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, folks, welcome to the latest edition, the latest episode, the latest exciting adventure

0:28.4

from Life on Planet Porky and, of course, the rock chick writer extraordinaire.

0:36.3

This Leslie Ann Jones is with me. Leslie Ann, how are you?

0:39.5

Yeah, very good, Mike. How are you doing?

0:41.4

Well, I'm doing pretty well, because just a few hours ago, my team Everton beat your team spurs.

0:46.9

When I say your team, the team, of course, that your uncle played for, Cliff Jones, and the

0:51.1

double winning team of the 60s. And it was a fantastic and dramatic

0:55.1

match at Goodison Park in which Everton eventually prevailed in extra time, winning 5'4.

1:01.5

Brilliant result. You must have been very pleased. I always look forward to talking to you

1:05.9

the day after a big winning match because you're always on top form. Well, absolutely. And what I did was, right,

1:13.1

because of course, rolling lockdown, I try to replicate the circumstances that I would be

1:17.9

enjoying at a ground. So what I do is I've got a, you know, a tallback chair which replicates

1:24.3

a sort of comfortable chair inside a comfortable box in a football

1:27.8

ground, if you know what I mean. And what I did was, particularly because it was such a good

1:31.8

game, because Everton were three one up at half time, so we thought we were cruising. I went and

1:35.9

got myself a glass of white wine and some French fancies, which are little cakes, okay?

1:42.6

I'm glad you qualified that.

1:44.3

Yes, exactly, yes, family show and all that, Ms. Jones.

1:47.9

Because that's what you normally get at half time in the boardroom.

1:51.2

You sort of mean.

1:51.8

You walk back into the boardroom, the glass of wine is waiting for your seat there at the table,

1:55.8

some little cakes or sandwiches or something like that.

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