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Hello, full disclosure.

This episode is a first in that it was recorded out in the wild in a real-life restaurant. I saw that I had a gig in Chenelli, Wales, with the beautiful and hilarious comedian and presenter Stephen Bailey. Anyway, I looked up places to eat in Clenetli, and I found a Thai place called Bun May Thai with stunning trip advisor reviews.

So I asked Stephen to join me there and record this episode.

So I need to apologise now.

The sound quality is not ideal.

There is obviously some proper background noise and it's frankly fucking annoying

when other people are in the restaurant too. But what can you do? I've done my absolute best and you

can at least hear what we're saying and you do get used to it. I promise. Now as it turned out,

there's pictures in the podcast notes. The restaurant did end up being in quite an extremely run-down area.

But the restaurant, once inside, was neat, quirky and homely.

So you join us in a state of slight panic, both of us.

Stephen, about the general surrounding deprivation,

and me more about a group of noisy customers who just joined us in the restaurant oh no do you want me to take the restaurant no I've never done it oh oh

how are you I'm gonna take away I've never think it's crossed.

Yeah, they are.

Okay, great.

I'm getting a chicken patty.

I just don't know if I trust anything else.

I've never recorded one of these in a restaurant.

Are we recorded now?

Yeah.

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