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89: Smoke signals

Planet Porky

Planet Porky

Personal Journals, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

3.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones are back for another lockdown round. Today they cover a wealth of topics including: smoking, nuns, Victoria Beckham, rock stars and their pointless opinions, Jeff Bezos and his unimaginable wealth, the possibility of pubs closing until Christmas, Agatha Christie's personal life, Porky's poem (now set to music), eating during the coronavirus pandemic and whether the UK should hold China responsible for it. The boosters are set to turbo and the next trip to Planet Porky is ready to depart - so jump on board now!  

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, folks, you are listening to a new edition of Life on the Planet Porky.

0:27.0

Thank you very much indeed for joining us today.

0:29.6

As with everything these days, it's not quite as simple as it seems.

0:33.5

So Leslie Ann Jones, who's on the other end of this line to me,

0:37.2

has been battling the technology not man manfully, but womanly, with members of her family.

0:44.4

And got to stop and running now on a new podcast we're about to do.

0:47.8

Leslie Ann, a huge welcome to you, back to Planet Porky.

0:51.1

And many thanks to your team of technology experts at your end.

0:54.8

Oh, no problem, Mike. It's wonderful to be back. Yes, absolutely. I tell you.

1:00.0

Now, you're going to shout at me now, aren't you? Because, you know, lockdown, of course,

1:04.0

plays tricks on people's minds, funny games and that kind of stuff. And you've been upset with me

1:09.0

over the weekend. Well, I really have.

1:11.3

You know, I saw a picture of you with a cigarette hanging from your bottom lip on Twitter.

1:17.6

What kind of media are you, Mike?

1:20.4

In the middle of a pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus, this is a lung disease.

1:26.8

This is transmitted. Yes, your breathing apparatus,

1:30.3

you are taking a massive risk with your life.

1:33.3

Not only that, but you're an incredible influence on all your followers.

1:38.3

So I want you to stop that nonsense now.

1:40.3

Well, I will stop it right away.

1:41.3

And first of all, I've got to apologise to all the people who watch me.

1:45.5

But I have to say, it's my first cigarette in about two years. I mean, I've always been, in the past, a bit of a social smoker, you know, a couple of cigarettes after dinner or something like in the roof guard, it was a lovely evening and all that, and I don't know, I suddenly had the urge.

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