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Hello, welcome to the Abroad Japan podcast.

Probably the best way of learning about life in Japan without actually being in Japan.

I'm your host, Chris Broader.

We're joined, as always, by England's top Japan enthusiast.

Mr. Pete Donaldson himself, Pete. How are you doing? What's going on? I'm good, Chris. First show recording after New Year. Did you have a good new year? Yeah, it was right, but I saw a friend. I saw a friend. I saw a friend. I had a friend come over there who was at the wedding. A friend called Jay. And I was like, do you enjoy the wedding? He was like I was star who was at the wedding. A friend called Jay.

And I was like, do you enjoy the wedding?

He was like, I was starstruck at the wedding.

I was like, starstruck? There's nobody good at my wedding. And I was like, who could it be Connor? Yeah. Could it be Natky? Yeah. And he was like, no. Riotto Rowe. Pete Donaldson. I've listened to the Football Rambled podcast for 400 years.

See?

He's my favourite thing.

I was like, did you speak to Pete?

And he was like, no, I was too scared.

He was too scared. He was swinging a bottle of gin around too aggressively. Imagine being nervous to meet Pete Donaldson. I'm a big deal in a very small pond. I'll have you know. Yeah, but you're nice. You're not like, Oh, hello, Pete. How are you? Fuck off. Yeah.

Get out my way.

I'm no James Corder.

I'm going to watch Chelsea Football Club or something.

Whatever you, that's the thought I could say in it. That's what you'd say in it. I'd love you to listen to the football round. Let's see what it was on about. David Beckham scoring this season.

Oh, he's not going to beckham's looking strange and stranger.

He's traveling down the's looking strange and strange.

He's,

he's traveling down the Simon Cowell Highway, I fear, and he's going to start looking very, very, very soon, one would suggest. Do you have a message for my, my friend, Jay? Oh, right, yeah, Joe, do not inject your face with stuff.

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