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Well, it's August, which means traditionally that people have a few days off and I don't know.

I mean, in most jobs, they just go, don't they?

But if you're doing a podcast, then you have to leave something behind.

You know, you can't just, it's not like being a teacher or one of them easy jobs or a scientist,

one of those simple things, or a surgeon.

So I've actually, I've been over at the Olympics, which was rather marvellous people.

I know I've said this before, but there was a moment during one Olympics when I'd watched

about 14 hours of it without moving.

And then the commentator said the words, and you have to say say that's a critical moment in the history of

Algerian judo and at that point I thought I better go really today I've been watching about

14 hours of the Olympics and it was a critical moment in the history of French judo,

and I thought, I've got to watch this.

So that suggests I've got worse.

Anyway, I've been to the Olympics over in Mary Paris for a few days,

and it's been quite brilliant.

It's been some hockey and the tennis and had some marvellous exchanges with people from all around the world and and

sort of games that probably don't matter all that much unless you're taking part of it nonetheless

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