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Short & Curly

Why is your room so messy?

Short & Curly

abcpodcasts@abc.net.au

Philosophy, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We visit the bedroom of one of the messiest kids we know, Harriet. She hates cleaning her room more than anything in life and it always looks like someone opened every drawer and threw all the contents into the air. But is it her fault that her room is a pigsty? And if other kids can manage to keep their rooms tidy, why can’t Harriet?   

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an ABC podcast.

0:05.0

Okay, so today we're going to begin with one of our signature short and curly thinking questions,

0:11.0

and we'll explain why in just a moment.

0:14.0

This is where we give you the power to pause the show, to chat or think.

0:18.0

Unpause when you're ready to rejoin this ethical roller coaster.

0:22.0

And our question is about bedrooms. join this ethical roller coaster.

0:22.6

And our question is about bedrooms.

0:25.4

Is yours a pigsty full of junk and filth?

0:29.6

Or do you think

0:35.0

think people can help it if they're just always disastrously untidy?

0:42.0

Hit cars now.

0:58.0

And why would we be asking you about messy untidy people? Because we have found the most messy untidy youngling in the world.

1:05.0

Hey!

1:08.0

This is Harriet.

1:10.0

Hello!

1:11.0

And we're currently in her bedroom.

1:13.0

I'm not even that messy.

1:15.0

I just, I don't know, I can't be bother cleaning up sometimes.

1:19.0

It's not my fault. I was born that way.

1:23.0

Harriet's here because today we're bringing a judge and a jury and all the glitz and glamour and wigs of the court to Harriet's bedroom.

1:34.4

I don't even know how you're going to fit in here.

1:37.9

Couldn't we just have used a real court?

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