Just feeding the Axolotl
Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Giles and Esther are back in Kitty's bedroom surrounded by this week's papers; from I'm a Celebrity and the cannon of Charles Dickens to ancient hair products and exotic animals. Giles is excited by the prospect of a trip to the theatre and Esther has been floored by Sam's pet based dossier.
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| 0:00.0 | Nickcomb, right? |
| 0:01.6 | The Canaanite Nickcomb, so, to archaeologists, Havana. |
| 0:04.8 | So what, sorry, who's doing the story? |
| 0:06.2 | You want me to pick it up? |
| 0:07.0 | Well, I didn't you pick it up. |
| 0:08.0 | You just wanted to... |
| 0:09.0 | Well, what's the story then? |
| 0:10.0 | It's being cussed. |
| 0:11.0 | No, I'm just saving the listeners a bit of time |
| 0:13.3 | by explaining what the story is. |
| 0:14.5 | Well, there you go. |
| 0:15.5 | There you go. |
| 0:16.4 | Reading it aloud in a shouty voice |
| 0:17.9 | and then getting confused halfway through. |
| 0:19.2 | No, you do. |
| 0:20.0 | No, you do it. |
| 0:20.9 | You do it. |
| 0:21.7 | You do it. |
| 0:22.6 | You have it. |
| 0:23.4 | I don't care. |
| 0:24.4 | All right. |
| 0:25.4 | I think you're music. |
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