Ellis James and John Robbins. Radio X.

Hello everyone. Welcome to the show, the podcast before the show. I hope we find you in fine fettle and with fetlocks flowing in the breeze.

Lots of emails and correspondence. Thank you, everyone.

Thank you to Emily from Stroud for the very striking chalk drawing.

Well, no, sort of when I say chalk, I mean like black, what's black chalk called?

Charcoal.

Charcoal.

Drawing of Ellis.

It's very accurate and may I say very moving. You look like you're in a collection of footballers from the past or sort of sports auction at a golf club. Yes, I was very touched by this because it must have taken Emily absolutely ages. It's brilliant. It's really, really great. So thank you very much. I don't really know what to say. But thank you. Yeah, say thank you.

All right, thanks. Frank from Teesside. He says, I'm writing to regale a tale I had this week

I'm a safety conscious gent

And on a recent holiday from work

I arranged for the fire brigade

To come around to do an annual safety check of my house

Great stuff

Love that sort of thing

Though I've never had one myself

And don't have any fire alarms

What?

Is that legal?

Why not?

It would be illegal if I were to rent it, I would imagine.

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