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Hello, my lovely betwixters.

It's me, Kate Lister.

You are here, I am here, and we're listening to Betwixt the Sheets, apart from me who is presenting

or hosting.

What am I doing on Betwixt the Sheets?

Anyway, I'm here and you're here and the guest

is here and that's a really important thing. But before we can continue, I do have to tell you,

this is an adult podcast spoken by adults to other adults about adulty things in an adulty way,

covering a range of adult subjects. And you should be an adult too. And if you're not,

if any juniors have snuck in here, be off with you.

I don't need your mum's writing me angry letters in the morning.

Right, for everyone else, on with the show.

Good morning, but twixters. You want to snooze the alarm? No chance. We need to bathe, shave and clean our teeth.

Then we need the time to select an outfit, clean lines, sharp shoes, a snazzy elaborate knotted cravat, of course.

No detail can be ignored. Colors must be very carefully thought

out and then we have to select and polish our shoes. This is a whole regimen. There will be no

throwing on your sweats and going about your day here. All of this actually normally takes about

...