Narcissists Anonymous
Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Giles and Esther read the papers for the final time this series to find another column idea; from lockdown exercise and BBQ’s to narcissism and 'shop out to help out'. Giles is enjoying his new high-tech rowing machine and Esther outs his infamous family BBQ disaster.
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| 0:00.0 | Is the world all going to be okay? |
| 0:01.3 | Is I was wondering about the column. |
| 0:02.3 | Look, look, look, we've gone out to the park with the sick... |
| 0:04.9 | Oh, this is a column! Great! |
| 0:06.2 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:06.7 | Sorry, I thought you were just shooting the breeze. |
| 0:08.7 | I don't... There isn't time to shoot the breeze. |
| 0:10.1 | There isn't time to shoot the breeze. |
| 0:11.1 | Tap, tap, tap, tap, you'll start going and looking at the clock. |
| 0:12.5 | Ben, Ben's cat... The car thing is going to run out and Sam is upstairs |
| 0:15.7 | having his brain melted by his iPad because it's the school holidays again. |
| 0:19.5 | So, I thought you would do it anyway. |
| 0:20.7 | My point was feeling, feeling waking up, feeling ivory. |
| 0:24.6 | The, you know, the lockdown is like, I could in theory go to the pub. |
| 0:28.3 | I could go to the, I could go to the park and have a beer with a friend in the park. |
| 0:32.0 | You know... |
| 0:33.0 | You're just shooting at me, I'm not going with you. |
| 0:34.8 | I'm not, I'm just shooting at you to keep you away. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm saying the things I could do. |
| 0:38.5 | And so, I'm just saying, you know, lockdown is on its way out. |
| 0:41.4 | We probably won't go on holiday, maybe. |
| 0:43.0 | But, you know, we'll be going to the pub. |
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