Just a warning before we begin, some of the terms you'll hear in this episode were in common

usage at the time the story takes place. We've used them because they're in keeping with how

our main character self-described, but we acknowledge that they could be considered outdated today.

Sorry to be a broken record,

but I have been emailing you quite a lot

about joining your podcast networking club.

Oh yes, yes.

Well, it's a great club,

and the benefits are, they're plentiful.

Yeah, what do I actually get?

Well, we have sites all over the globe.

You can use any of our houses, as we call them. You get major discounts at luxury retailers, and it opens doors. You would get to network with high-value individuals from across entertainment law, even the monarchy. This is incredible. And I presume it's a kind of elite membership where only the best of the best get to join.

Yep. And Alice, I'd be delighted to have you as a member. You just obviously need to fill in the forms, pay the fee. And there is just one small thing that as the owner, as the proprietor of the establishment, I do insist on being addressed in a particular way.

Oh, yeah. I mean, of course.

Okay. So it's just a normal sort of title, really. I wish to be addressed as the global grand high boss man of Christendom.

Begapun? Yeah, no abbreviations, no acronyms, that is the full title. Right, let's get you

signed up. Do you know what? Just looking at my diary, it's going to be tricky to sort of take on another membership because I want to do it

wholeheartedly and be in. So, so, so, so yeah, it's a no, but a thanks.

No, you're keen a second ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just, it's just a schedules thing.

Not yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Alice, it's yeah, yeah, yeah, global Grand High Bossman of Christendom.

I can't.

I can't, and I won't.

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