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This is Top of Light Time machine, Iron Mandy Hot Body Dawson. Papa, Papa.

I'm Sam Nitti Delaney, so well. Welcome along. Once again we're delving into the history box

and this is a one that's been inspired by something we talked about recently which was the very

first ever telephone call between Alexander Graham Bell and his mate Tom Thomas Watson

in which Alexander Graham Bell used the words, Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you.

Now I've got something to say about this right from beginning. Good, right? Is that

we quoted this on an earlier podcast earlier this week as come here I want you.

I want you. So there are different versions of this, right? But either way I've been thinking

about this all week, right? And I'm thinking, you are far as Watson, I'll be like, why don't you

fucking make your mind up, you mad cunt, right? You spent all this time and energy going on and on

about and then in a fucking device whereby you can communicate with someone without physically

being in the same room as them. That's been your obsession for years Alexander Bell, right?

Now you finally fucking cracked it and what's the first thing you say when you get on the

fucking blower to me, come here, I want to see you. Yeah. Well, what's the point of inventing

a fucking telephone then? It flows in the face of the thing you've just

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