Answer Us Back: Naughty Elves and Same-names

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Helen & Olly

Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Comedy

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Hello! Here is this month's edition of Answer Us Back, full of your feedback on AMTs old and new - mostly pretty new. On today's menu: Olly Mann himself has a change of heart about Elf On The Shelf since AMT392. Laura found a variety pack of stock, as yearned for by Olly in AMT407 - although is two flavours enough to count as 'variety'? Several people wrote in to chip in on AMT412's discussion of people with your same name using your email address; here we hear from Margaret and Daniel. After hearing AMT411's question from Charlie from Canberra - whose mother had lately found out she was the biological child of a prolific sperm donor and thus has 600+ siblings - we heard from many of you reflecting upon your similar experiences of finding you were the child of a sperm donor, or your parent learning that they were. David, Breanne and Jo share some remarkable responses. If you’ve been storing thoughts about AMTs 1-412, send them to us for future episodes of Answer Us Back. And as always, send in your questions, in voicenote or written form to [email protected], for all new AMT413 which will be in your podfeed 24 December 2025. And keep AMT going by signing up at patreon.com/answermethis, where highest tier gets access to our ENTIRE back catalogue, including the paywalled episodes, the special albums, the Bonus Bits of Crapp on the AMT App (RIP) and all the Retro AMT episodes. Thanks to Naked Wines for sponsoring AMT, and for providing bottles straight from world-class winemakers, cutting out the middleman, delivered to your door. Head to nakedwines.co.uk/answer to get a £30 voucher on your first 6 pack, including free delivery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:23.8	Welcome to this month's episode of Answer Us Back, where we feature your opinions, listener,
1:30.5	about the questions recent and long past in Answer Me This.
1:34.9	But before we get to your emails, actually, something I have feedback on, Helen.
1:39.9	And that is, you may recall in episode 392, the last festive edition of season one, 2007 to 2021. You say I may recall, but I don't. Oh, well, wait, you don't know what I'm going to say. When I say it, you'll be like, oh, yeah, I do remember that. I talked about my dislike of elf on the shelf. Elf cop. Right. actually, I hadn't even heard of Elf on the shelf when we
2:03.1	recorded it, but then I found out what it was in the course of making the show and voice my
2:06.4	obvious displeasure for this consumerist monstrosity. And now you have children of Elf in age.
2:12.0	Yes. And I have changed my ways. Really? Because you want an elf cop in the house.
2:17.2	What happened is my nine-year-old Harvey accompanied me And I have changed my ways. Really? Because you want an elf cop in the house.
2:22.9	What happened is my nine-year-old Harvey accompanied me to the supermarket the other day.
2:27.8	And basically to stop him being a massive bell-end because it's not his favorite place, Morrison's.
2:32.9	I said, if you're good, at the end of this trip, you can choose something to buy, right?
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