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Giles Coren Has No Idea

Should I Get a Foden?

Giles Coren Has No Idea

The Times

News & Politics, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Giles and Esther look for another column idea from this week's papers; from school trips and Euro 2020, to statement haircuts and restaraunts post lockdown. Giles recalls a traumatic (hilariousl) moment from his childhood while Esther recovers from her second jab.


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0:00.0

Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head, taking in the views,

0:09.6

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0:15.5

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0:23.0

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0:30.1

You've got your sort of face on an armfall that it's fine. I know you've, I'm not feeling very well

0:43.0

and you're keeping me waiting and I'm annoyed. That's a good start.

0:49.9

Why aren't you feeling well, darling? Because I had my second job yesterday and I'm not feeling very well

0:54.8

and it's all fine but you've been arrived some minutes ago. What is the problem with me having

1:01.2

an extra layer on because I'm cold? Would you rather than is it annoying that I'm wrapped in a blanket

1:07.2

because I'm cold? It's annoying, is it? No, it's fine. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine.

1:12.5

No, I just sat down. You just said, I just sat down and you were, I held, I held, I had a lot of

1:16.6

a blanket, resting my eyes, which are perfect. Rest in your eyes with your arms folded and I had to

1:21.0

sit down and, you know, there's fine. Okay. But from here, let's, let's, let's make a podcast.

1:26.1

Let's do it.

1:51.3

Should I get a Foden? Oh, what? Should I get a Foden? What's a Foden? Everyone's getting a Foden.

1:56.8

What's a Foden? Well, I give you a clue. It is not the haircut of the famous novelist

2:02.8

Giles Foden or through the last king of Scotland. Yeah. I'll be totally honest with you. I have

2:09.1

not taken that much interest in the football to try and remember who the, what Foden's first name

2:13.2

actually is. He's a man city player, a young kid. Is he Ben Foden? No, wait. Ben Foden is a

2:21.4

Robbie player. Foden is not Giles Foden because there aren't many footballers called Giles. There

2:25.4

are actually two or three footballers called Giles, but Phil Foden. He's Phil Foden. There we go. I've

2:30.0

done it in three. So that shows what a massive footballer. And now I can go and hang my 40-foot

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