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Hello my lovely betwixters. It's me, Kate Lister. Welcome back to Betwicks the Sheets, the podcast where we root around in the pants of history for your entertainment. But before we can go any further, dear listener, I do have to tell you once again, this is an adult podcast, spoken by adults, other adults, about adult things, an adult you're going on your short subjects, and you should be an adult too, and we call out the fair do's warning, because if you keep listening and your feelings get hurt, fair do's. We did tell you it might get a bit spicy. Right on with the show. The voyage today has not started well. The Betwixt team is feeling, oh, not their best. Freddy is vomiting over the bow,

Stu is on the verge of starting a mutiny

and Sophie has been clinging on to the mast

for dear life since before we even left.

Tom, Hannah and Tim are doing their best

to keep the boat afloat and I've given up hope altogether.

But what's that over there?

Let me get out my telescope.

Oh my, it is a beautiful woman with long red hair, smooth despite the salt water and this crazy breeze. She must be cold in

that tiny shell top. I think that we should go over to her. Maybe she's got some tips on how to

weather the storm. But what's that? Scales where there should be skin, a tail where you'd expect legs and feet.

I've heard of women like this,

or to be more accurate,

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