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The Modern Mann

☃️ Christmas 🍷Spectacular 🦌 2024!

The Modern Mann

Matt Hill

Society & Culture, Relationships, Personal Journals

4.8744 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Join Olly Mann and the gang for our bumper festive extravaganza… Featuring: 🎶 Live music from Sons of Town Hall – the Victorian-inspired duo from the Madmen Cross The Water podcast join us to serenade the season with their folksy harmonies - and test their Anglophiliac credentials with a Mannfan-made ‘citizenship test’…  💸 To Tip or Not to Tip? – Wondering how much to tip your postie, milkman, or the plumber who saved your pipes? Ollie Peart dives into the age-old debate on festive gratuities - and launches his new JUST THE TIP service! 🤪 The XXX-Mas Foxhole Quiz – Things take a turn for the risqué with Alix Fox’s annual laugh-out-loud Q&A… this time involving scented underwear, rubber chickens, and some out-of-context audio erotica…  So, pour yourself a wine (courtesy of our sponsors, Wine52, of course), sit back, and enjoy our modern, mad, magical Christmas celebration! 🎄 We’ll be back with a brand new series on 10th January, 2025.  In the meantime… why not buy us a beer, and help us keep our independent show running into its TENTH anniversary year? https://modernmann.co.uk/beer Join us on the Modern Mann Discord ➡️https://discord.gg/SKHnY6ZB72 Presenter: Olly Mann. Contributors: Alix Fox, Ollie Peart, Sons of Town Hall, Charlie Hedges, Lucy Fennell, Sue Beere, Sarah McCammon, Sam Shepherd. Producer: Matt Hill. Theme Music: ‘Skies Over Cairo’ by Django Django. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Copyright: Olly Mann / Rethink Audio 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

So retrospectors, what historical events are we ticking off on this week's run of today in history?

0:05.0

On Monday, the anniversary of the day, Ozzy Osbourne and a bat came face to face on stage.

0:10.0

On Tuesday, we go back to the future with a potted history of the DeLorean.

0:14.0

On Wednesday, why is the Pope guarded by those guys in floofy hats?

0:19.0

On Thursday, how the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ended up in Cleveland.

0:23.0

And on Friday, was Henry VIII really an asshole, or was it just the result of a jasting

0:27.5

accident?

0:28.3

We discussed this and more on today and history with the retrospectors.

0:31.9

Ten minutes each weekday, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:37.0

It all started with a free-range egg,

0:39.9

cooked in our breakfasts for over 20 years,

0:42.8

which means a lot of free-range eggs

0:45.0

and a lot of chickens getting their steps in.

0:47.8

That's a little thing that's changed a lot.

0:50.8

Until 11am, subject to availability.

0:54.6

Hey, Harry. Hello to availability. Hey Harry.

0:55.6

Hello mate.

0:56.4

Got any tips for the football?

0:57.6

Your best bet is to head over to bet Victor.

0:59.8

They'll give a new customer

1:00.9

a terrific welcome offer.

1:02.6

If you bet a minimum of £10,

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