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This is Tok by Time Machine, I am Andy Hot Body Dawson. I'm Sam Nifty Delaney, so well.

Welcome along to the Melchester Odyssey. It's two grown men, analysing children's comics

for 40 years ago. We've now gone beyond grown men. I mean, grown men is something that you

would say about, you know, once you've passed your sort of mid-20s, once you've passed your mid-20s,

people go, listen, you're a grown man now, right? That's what people say as a sort of a wake-up call

when you reach about 26. It's like, look mate, you're a grown man. Pull yourself together,

take some responsibility, get serious, get real, right? And people might say, but now we're like,

we're in our late, well, mid to late 40s, yeah. Oh, we, and, and men, no, we are beyond grown men.

We've come out the other side, in fact, to be honest, we're probably going to both start shrinking soon.

I'm just going to say that are we no shrinking? I think we might be, I think we're on the border

of shrinking, the borderline is shrinking, so make the most of your fucking height while you've

got it, mate. Oh, man, I never even reached a satisfactory height. In the first place,

to be at the front of the hill, and you're about to go down the other side. Well, this is it,

I'm 50 next year, so I think that's a big plan for you. 50th, mate. Sorry, what?

Got any big plans for you? Lots of plans, lots of events, I'm going to go out and

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