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This is Steve Allen's A Little Bit Extra, leading Britain's conversation.

You're listening to our podcast of Steve Allen.

Morning, everybody. Welcome along to your free podcast for today, Tuesday, May the 17th. Or as I

prefer to call it, it's Blood Day. Yes, I have to go back to the doctors to have the armful of blood

taken away from me. I was watching a really interesting, I've told you about this one before.

It was a very interesting

YouTube and it's a woman on a plane in America, she's quite clearly got, let's just call them

health issues and next to her is sitting a woman, she's obviously in the American army and she's got

a baby and so there's a seat separating them. The woman sitting by the window

literally kicks off the like of which you never say, sorry, excuse me, Stuart, Stuart, and she keeps

taking the mask down. Can you get this woman removed? She's got a baby. And the woman goes,

shh, she's asleep. She's trying to sleep.

You know, and you'll... Listen, I know the moment it takes off, she's going to be screaming,

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