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My name is Adam Buckston, I'm a man! I want you to enjoy this, that's the plan!

Hey, how you doing, podcasts? A merry, seasonable area to you.

Welcome to this year's Festive Podcast featuring various Adam and Joe related bits and pieces,

which I, Adam Buckston, have bundled up for you in a Christmasy pod sack. Yo, welcome!

It's Christmas Eve as I speak. I'm in a field, trudging after my dog dog, Rosie, she's up ahead,

bothering elves and fairies. And this is the first time I've been outdoors for a few days.

You may be able to hear that I have a bit of a cold situation ongoing.

I think like a lot of people, it's quite an unusual and tenacious strain.

Characterised mainly by a very persistent tickly cough, which has been driving me crazy!

And it's one of those things where you coughs, whoa, it's David Blowy!

You cough so much and then you think, oh, maybe I'll never stop coughing and then you start to get

faint, you have to hold on to something. And also, it feels as if you're getting a workout.

You know, the stomach muscles are really working. So you may have had a really bad cold for a

couple of weeks, but by the end of it, you think, well, I'm probably going to look like Peter Andre

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