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The Blindboy Podcast

I'll Give You Barcelona

The Blindboy Podcast

Blindboyboatclub

Arts, Philosophy, Art, Fiction, Factual, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

I discuss themes of masculinity within the myth of Cú Chulainn, and I read my short story "I'll give you Barcelona"




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0:00.0

Sleep with the bleeding priest, you sheepish ethos.

0:03.7

Welcome to the Blind By podcast.

0:05.9

It's a sweaty December.

0:07.9

It's 11 degrees outside.

0:09.9

It wasn't last week, it was fucking freezing. It was minus four last week.

0:15.3

And if you remember some podcasts from last year,

0:18.5

had some precarious situations with ice. There's this new type of ice happening in Ireland. It's global warming ice. The

0:27.1

footpaths and the roads freeze during the night time. And then at about 12 o'clock in the day they thought they briefly thought and then

0:38.1

they freeze again so the ice becomes exceptionally slick and twice last year I had situations where the only way I could

0:46.4

leave my house was by crawling along on my belly I had to crawl along my driveway on my belly and I had to start wearing big giant socks on the

0:56.8

outside of my shoes which made me look like Sonic to head jog. So this year I've purchased like a pair of snow tires for my feet. I got them online.

1:08.0

They're like these metal socks that I put over my shows and I'm in parvious to ice.

1:16.0

I can walk on the slickest of ice. I can dance on ice and these metal shoe socks mean I won't slip. Even last week I was cycling in the ice, which I shouldn't have done to be honest but I did it and as I was cycling in the ice my wheel went from underneath me and then I put my feet down and my

1:37.1

metal ice socks protected me. Actually if you want to get a good gift especially for an elderly person in your life because like when I fall over in the ice I fall over but I'm not old enough yet to have a fall like falling over

1:55.3

falling over is when you injure yourself it's not pleasant I don't want to fall over

2:00.3

but then you reach a certain age and you don't fall over you have a fall.

2:05.0

So if you know anyone in your life who may be at risk of having a fall in the ice,

2:10.0

get him some get him these fucking ice grips that you put over your shoes. Now this isn't

2:16.5

sponsor or anything there's loads of them you just get them online. But that's a

2:20.5

great practical gift for anyone who might have a fall in the ice.

2:25.5

Actually, it could be quite an insulting gift. Don't like get these for someone you know who's over the

2:30.9

age of fucking 65 and say, got I got you these ice socks in case you have a fall.

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