Hello and welcome to the luxury podcast. My name's Jonathan Vernon Smith and with me is William Hanson. This is the podcast that helps you live a more luxury life.

Hello, Jonathan and I are here to help you create the everyday moments of luxury that make

life worth living whatever your budget.

So welcome to another bonus episode of the luxury podcast where William and I will trade

tips and stories from our own luxury lifestyles as well as delving into our lovely great big

mail sacks.

So William, have you had a super duper week?

I've had a lovely week,

thank you. And actually, at time of recording, we have just had Halloween. Now, I know by the time this goes out, we'll, you know, Halloween will be just a glint in the rearview mirror. But

thank goodness. It was my first Halloween. I was very nervous. We did put a video exclusively on our luxury members club of me rehearsing the taser, taser, taser routine. I thought you did it excellently. Thank you. Did you notice I was not actually holding a taser? I did, yes. I was holding a door wedge. That's all I had to hand. I thought, you know, whatever. If you'd painted it yellow. Oh, are they yellow? Unsuspecting children. I thought they'd be black. No, they are yellow. Oh, aren't they? Yes, because a bit like speed cameras, you've got to let the opposition know what it is. See what I mean? I'm sure shouting, taser, taser, taser, taser probably gives it away. But, okay, well, ironically, I actually do have some yellow paint to hand. So I could have dunked it. Paint your door stop and he'll double up as a taser. But so we had Mike's niece and nephew, Annie and Henry, staying with us that weekend. And, of course, they love Halloween. Right. Little children. They're six and three. And first time living on a residential road where they do trick or treat. So we did carve a pumpkin and put it outside. Oh, William, what's happened to you? It was quite sweet. I didn't indulge very much.

I walked up and down and did it about three houses with Annie and Henry, and then I said, no, I've had enough. And I went back in. You're such a softy in a child deep at heart, aren't you? I mean, you love Disney. I don't surprise deep down you like Halloween as well. I don't know. I mean, I don't love it. And when the kids come knocking on your door and go,

Trickle tree,

and their voices have broken,

it's less sweet.

But if when they're, the sword off shotgun. Yeah. When they're sort of four. Yeah. And then I was teaching Annie and Henry that not only when they, when they are trick are trick or treating they have to say thank you

when they take obviously good manners but then when they were then in our house and they were

answering the door and holding the basket of sweets and when the children who by and large

mostly said thank you some of them didn't but regretted that when they then said thank you. Did they get that doorstop

smack on the back of their head? No, Annie and Henry would either go, thank you or you're

welcome. It was very sweet. What you should have taught them is what I do when people don't say

thank you, and that's to shout, you're welcome

in a sarcastic fashion.

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