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Listening to the Wolf and Owl podcast (Episode 13)

- Owl opens up with his Garage MC introduction.

- So Wolf opened up with how there are people out there who try to be “young and cool” but there is a time where you have to let it go, you can’t be that person anymore. (With me being 38, I often look back and think of my 28 year old self and even my 18 year old self and I ask myself… “Would they see me as the person 10 years from now?”

18: Leaving college and was about to go to BYU (then got unfairly expelled), a high achiever (I didn’t like being called “gifted”), Eccentric, Skater/Punk, “Cool Fun Uncle™️”

28: Living Independent in his own flat (became a domestic abuse survivor), Tidy, Hardened, Geeky,

38: Depressed, Anxious, Introspective (“over thinker”), Stoic, Artistic, Hermit,

- Looking back at those ages, I am still me no matter what age I am. I want to be an old man that rocks in a purple plaid flannel shirt and a red SnapBack cap like the poem by Jenny Joseph. I want to embrace growing old but keep my inner child alive and keep him with me. I promised that I would never change and I love who I have become even though it wasn’t according to my plans.

- Wolf is such a sweet soul, with a big heart to boot. He never seems to know that they’re people who would take advantage of that kindness (take it from a serial people pleaser.)

- Fans can be crazy. 😒 (This is why Steven King’s Misery teaches us the dangers of toxic fandom and obsessive fans.)

- Yes, Owl does come off as snobby. But the thing is…Rom and Tom are an amazing duo, Romesh keeps Tom grounded (which is great chemistry).

- Owl told us the story about how he left an anniversary present for his partner, Lisa (a Mulberry handbag) in one of his gigs and Rom worried his head off for 3 whole days.

- (😒 Oh yeah the “I’m big, I could do X” I kind of hate it when people just assume that I am big, I can lift up something heavy… I hate it.)

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Listening to the Wolf and Owl podcast (Episode 12)

- So we are in 2021, we are beginning to get out of lockdown, we began to not only wear masks 😷 but to wear jeans and chinos when we went out. (Yes, we all had our lounge wear like tracksuit bottoms, shorts and pyjamas) it did feel strange to wear my jeans. 👖🤨

- (Yes, I feel uncomfortable about my stomach hanging out (body dysmorphia). I don’t like to reach for things from the top shelf as I hate showing my belly.) I’m comfortable in 5XL clothing because of my long body.

- Yes, I agree with Wolf… Tracksuit bottoms need zippers! 💯 Owl is right… it’s anxiety inducing to lose things with your tracksuit bottoms (without zips) 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

- Let’s give Gideon Sundback a pint! 🍺 for inventing zips.

- Wolf stumbled on the word and the definition of “ancestor”

- Owl apologises to Wolf on the podcast for the word persnickety/pernickety… both meaning “nit picky”. (Sometimes it makes me wonder if idiots are more happy, and intelligent people are miserable.)

- I don’t see the appeal of Moonpig (personalised cards) it screams “last minute gifts”

- More Krispy Kreme doughnuts 🍩 for me. Wolf is enraged it’s not called “Krispy Krem”

- So Owl was a school teacher and he was unaware that he was on YouTube in this comedy competition, some kids at school caught wind of this joke he told about a Cheese and Onion pastie.

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Listening to the Wolf and Owl podcast (Episode 11)

- So we are still in that covid era which was tough on Wolf (all social distancing and wearing masks) Owl was wearing this awesome mask that matched his hoodie. (I never liked wearing those paper masks so I made my own masks from T-Shirts… if I had to go out, I had to wear a mask.)

- So Wolf (Tom) has a certain charm offensive where he would compliment you in order to get a conversation with him.

- I can’t see Wolf in a fadora, a newsboys cap, yes! (A fadora is so cringe) but apparently he could pull it off.

- “The thing about it Rom, if I could give you some advice as I can see you are quivering here a bit my baby, Is when you wear something you got to wear it with upmost confidence.” -Tom Davis

- (Yeah, I can see that, when it comes picking clothes for yourself, I used to think that I need to be presentable so I don’t look like a slob, but the truth is I need to be comfortable with what I am wearing. Since I bought some Dixxon flannels a month ago, I feel confident about myself. I pick my colours, I know the style that I am aiming for. I’m sick and tired of seeing every man wearing black, navy and Khaki green.)

- (Picturing a pig with a bow.) 🐷🎀

- (So I got hit my covid (even though I was staying indoors “shielding” when I felt like I had a cold, I didn’t want to confuse it as covid so I took the test… which came out as positive.) I loved the bedside manner. But I tend to think that the receptionists have the worst bedside manners.

- I really felt sorry for Lisa (Owl’s wife), tough love is the worst especially when she was pregnant with her first child (wasn’t moving or kicking.)

- So we shift to a new topic about making up new words “persnickety” IS a word which means fussy (not too long ago I used the word twazzock, which means idiot).

- I don’t like the word pernickety though (which also means fussy)

- A Runo! 🦏🤣

- I find Wolf’s pronunciations very endearing, he has BFG vibes.

- (I am not a handshakey person, I’m not a touchy person either. But I will hug you if I trust you enough.)

- Oh yeah, I get caught off guard when someone shakes my hand as I don’t know what they’re going to do next (no firm grips!)

- So Wolf mentioned about popularity in secondary school (I was the outcast in my primary school but it got better when I transferred to a different school) Yes schools are different back in the days as we weren’t allowed to have mobile phones or used the internet (as it was exclusively used on the PC). I was well liked but not popular which is a big difference even though I was a fat kid. My childhood was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and then it became Power Rangers.

- Man, I know I get compliments about how young I look for my age but poor Owl has old man vibes (46 but actually 42 in this recording), I tend to feel that Wolf is oldest of the two, it’s just Owl makes himself come off as old because of how highly educated he comes off as.

- If I am going to change, I am going to do it for me and not for the world, I don’t own it anything. (But I’m not touching ‘going back with my ex’ subject.)

- yeah, we don’t exactly visit other people’s houses (we just catch up when we are out in town and have a coffee.)

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Listening to the Wolf and Owl podcast (Episode 10)

- I love Wolf’s cinematic intro. (I find a bassy voice sexy).

- (I know that I’m touch repulsed but getting a massage from friends and family feels weird.)

- Wolf using the word robust (but I just wouldn’t dare say robust to a woman).

- (That “loose weight” remark hits home, I am very body conscious and I am not as flexible as I once was.)

- I don’t think there should be a “bond” between the masseuse and the client. In fact, I wouldn’t want to let out a moan (just in case it comes off the wrong way.)

- Wolf’s attempt to talk about Star Wars to Owl (OK we might be geeks but seriously? We all don’t connect to Star Wars). OK you saw the original trilogy but hasn’t anyone? and mispronouncing Leia… Wolf is trying to relate to the geeks. 😏 what a poser.

- Who likes to drool in their sleep? I don’t!

- (Everyone must have a signature dish, mine is either a lasagna or a stir fry.)

- You know sometimes Wolf (Tom) can say the cleverest things, talking about if we don’t know where we are just look for any family photos.

- Owl likes a bit of UNO.

- (I don’t know if it’s just me, if someone wants to use my bathroom (to use my loo 🚽) I think I would be “judged” if my loo isn’t up to par when guests come to visit.

- Wolf is talking about the infamous toilet incident. (YouTube)

- Potpourri (doesn’t live in the kitchen, it’s supposed to live in the bathroom!)

- The Wolf and Owlers agreed with Owl (Romesh) about the percentages.

- While Wolf and Owl talked about Married At First Sight Australia, Wolf made it a rule to not look at any of the contestants Instagrams until the season is finished so for Rom to read their stories to see how the show is completely fabricated (fake and fictitious), going in the show for the wrong reasons (feeling like a “character” in the early episodes to be out of the show). “Reality TV… my foot!”

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Listening to Wolf and Owl (Episode 9)

- I know that Owl introduces the podcast and Wolf closes the episode with his words of wisdom and a combination of a howl/hoot, it doesn’t need changing.

- Oh yeah, I gelled my hair when I was a teenager I made my hair spiky (Garnier Fructis Style Manga Putty) but as an adult I eventually use (Red One Hair Wax). I never understood the cheap blue, purple or green hair gel.

- (it makes me wonder about how anyone can notice strong smelling food like curry, but the person who cooks it never notices it?) Poor Owl getting dunked on at school, yes the comments were racist. “Let me help you help yourself self here,

- “I would suggest if you are an Asian kid going to a school that is predominantly white as this one is, try not to come in smelling like that, because you are only doing yourself a disservice.” —Romesh Ranganathan

- Wolf was talking about a broken tooth (I can remember when I had a duck wrap and I wasn’t sure if something was wrong until I was eating raw carrots so I had to get a silver filling, and years later I have a zirconia crown.)

- Owl shared that he is anxious about going to a dentist (yeah, everyone admits that, I do too).

- Classic Wolf, being too over friendly with the courier, but yes… our couriers and postal workers are the backbone of society.

- A pigeon is in the dentist on the dentist tray. 😂

- ASMR dentist 🤣

- 1000% No no no no, I don’t agree, I never liked the idea of 110%, you can give 100% and not more! I am siding with Owl with this one (Wolf 2-2 Owl) maybe it’s me being autistic but I never use numbers as a language, I can’t do “On a scale of 1 to 3” I may not put in 100% but I will put in the effort.

- So a listener made an essay on “The Little Mermaid: Stalker or Romantic?” 🧜‍♀️ the topic is about Tom getting in touch with people and his fans which got started when Tom was watching Married at First Sight (Australia), I agree Tom which is a good analogy (of taking a risk) but the reason why I agree with Romesh (who I gave the point to) is Ariel is a stalker, it serves as a cautionary tale for Tom. Don’t meet your celebrity idol or crush, because they’ll leave you for a sea witch.

- Owl is watching Married At First Sight: Australia and is asking questions about how the show works. (Both parties the husband and the wife have to agree if the marriage isn’t working for them).

- Wolf was watching Great British Bake Off as a pallet cleanser.

- Yeah, lad’s nights are the worst! One of the contestants doesn’t drink.

- I love how Wolf (Tom) loves the name Jeremiah and now Zack. (But I began to say RomTom) Anyway because Owl was a school teacher he would have names he doesn’t like because of how that person behaves. I can’t see Tom being a Zack.

- Kieran Hawks (Best name!) according to Tom.

- Toenails in the cup holders! 🤢

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Listening to Wolf & Owl (Episode 8)

- I will never understand those coffee machines, I’ll stick to my hot chocolate, thanks.

- Wolf (Tom) “Bee in your knickers”/“Bee in your panties” (Bee in your BONNET! 😏)

- No, I don’t think Owl (Romesh) is bullying Wolf (Tom), yes he will correct his words every episode but I find Tom’s words endearing… be is like The BFG in a way, whenever he says something incorrect.

- “Do you know what a barometer of time is called? A clock.” ⏰ —Romesh Ranganathan

- So Wolf had a dream about Owl (normally “vivid dreams” usually means it’s a sex dream)

- Wolf’s dream was that him and Owl went to a MTV music festival in America, it was “ramptuous” (rambunctious?) crowd. Owl got a bodyguard called Sebastian who is a massive guy with blonde dreadlocks, so Owl was on Sebastian’s shoulders while the crowd were grabbing Wolf.

- Owl didn’t call Tom out on the word faecal (calling it feecel) last episode 💩

- (Yeah I sometimes wonder what these dreams are about, I don’t sleep as much but I do miss having dreams). Rom is saying it’s a dream about being intimated by class and Tom is saying it’s a dream about losing a friend… OK, Sebastian is a white guy.

- One of Owl’s dreams is about Moesha (this sitcom) and Rom and Brandy were dating but it was so real.

- (Oh my god! Sleep paralysis scares me! I hate having those episodes where I have them… twice a year!)

- Wolf and Owl miss going to the cinema (where Rom was talking about wanting an Tango Ice Blast machine)

- (Yes, I remembered when I got a free cinema ticket, it was on The Avengers, where kids were misbehaving the whole way through the movie the parents couldn’t control their children… plus they were “travellers”.)

- (I just bring my own snacks to the cinema) I agree with Owl there is a certain science with slushies 🍧 taking small sips and stir to preserve the flavour.

- I agree, never share your cinema snacks! Cinema food is extortionate!

- Owl is considering to watch “Married at First Sight Australia”

- I can understand where Owl is coming from about Wolf’s over friendliness where he wants to have a pint 🍺 with anyone (I personally would) and I am leaning towards giving Rom the point, making it Wolf 2-1 Owl.

- Yeah, I am definitely a part of Tom’s wolf pack, Owls fabled to be wise but not intelligent and have fallen into Tom’s traps.

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Listening to Wolf and Owl (Episode 7)

- (My animal would be Labrador “Golden Lab”) 🦮

- What are people who wears wolves on their jumpers/T-Shirts like, Owl?

- (Yeah, I question myself if I am “attractive” but I can see my own charms even if I have body issues).

- (Skipped the aliens episode because it was a pilot and it didn’t have a format.) It makes me wonder why I always look for validation. (Is it my toxic trait?)

- So Wolf (Tom) was watching “Married at First Sight Australia 🇦🇺” (I can’t understand the appeal of “Reality TV”) but contacting a contestant!? 🤣

- You know, I think Wolf is too friendly and Owl is calling him out on his over friendly behaviour… I swear Wolf is a fat, bearded Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” 🧔🏻‍♂️🫃🏼🧜‍♂️

- I can’t understand stalking celebrities on the internet.

- The lockdown made me take a deep hard look at myself (I hate people, but I need people, I need to open up more.)

- (I miss having music in my house, I enjoy a bit of rock/punk). So Wolf is into show tunes and Owl is into rap.

- (I am glad that I developed having boundaries.) 😌 It makes me glad I don’t do WhatsApp.

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Listening to Wolf and Owl (Episode 6) apparently I am allowed to skip Episode 5 because Owl (Romesh) didn’t like it and wasn’t sure if he wanted to take it down as the topic was about aliens. 👽

- The “Wolf and Owlers” fanbase decided to keep score of Wolf and Owl’s debates (one about the Christmas tree and the other is Cyberpunk 2077) the score is Wolf 2 - 0 Owl.

- Wolf talking about Chicken Tikka Masala is the best curry (I’m a Korma man myself).

- (I have Golden Retriever/Labrador energy)

- Wolf’s mispronounced word is “furline” (he was trying to say feline).

- (I always find Wolf’s mispronunciations endearing. “I have one person criticise me on how I talk, I don’t need another person.” 😆)

- Yes, Cyberpunk 2077 is a disasterpiece. 75% “galliant” (Wolf was trying to say gallant).

- Yeah I agree with Wolf, you aren’t going to run out of idiots.

- (Ugh… “Covidiots” 😒)

- I love a bit of Coach Trip (on Channel 4) I can imagine Tom and Rom appearing on that show.

- World’s Strongest Man. 🏋🏼‍♂️ (looking at myself… I am socially inept.)

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Listening to Wolf and Owl (Episode 4)

- Gaming is a topic that I love talking about and Wolf (Tom) was talking about Cyberpunk 2077 (which in my honest opinion is a disasterpiece.)

- I don’t know if I want to slag off Keanu Reeves, in The Matrix he gave the people who done the special effects half of his wages.

- (Don’t slag off first person shooters)

- (Hey don’t slag off character creation!)

- I agree, there has to be so much more than 1 genre of video games. 🎮

- (I don’t know what name would’ve I picked for myself… I know a lot of Matthews)

- Wolf, how dare you badmouth RPGs! (FIFA doesn’t appeal to me!)

- I somewhat agree with Owl (Romesh) on saying “I love your work” to be polite, and not list the roles they stared in (it makes you obsessed)

- Wolf liked Owl’s “defect”… (quirk) his resting bitch face is his listening face.

- Lemon squeezer = Real geezer (cockney)

- I don’t see anything wrong with hightop Jordans (but camouflage baggy trackies? No man, shorts and for heaven’s sake don’t wear tight t-shirts).

- (Am I peacocking because I wear Dixxons? Or am I trying to be comfortable with the new me? I am such an Autumn. Purple, burgundy and denim).

- (I know my flat is a mess but I would at least put in a bit of effort to clean my house. But when I am depressed I am not in the mood to clean but the thing that helps is “body doubling”).

I love Wolf’s closing statement about Judging.

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Listening to Wolf and Owl (Episode Three)

So a heads up Owl’s (Romesh) mic sounded awful so I have to pretend that he is on the phone with Wolf (Tom).

- (I feel sorry for Owl, headshots of him either looking like a terrorist or an IT guy.)

- (I don’t know if it’s my autism talking, but I just can’t look at any camera lens 📷 they look oddly like eyes.)

- Oh no the Christmas tree debate 😆

- I would’ve stood by Owl, he would’ve won that debate but because Christmas is here and I saw fir trees on sale and I could smell the pine.

- Would be interesting to try using different brands of lemonade for the base of the Christmas tree so it doesn’t smell of piss. (Sprite, 7up and R. Whites).

- Good thing my Christmas tree lights are pre-lit.

- (I learned that Owl is vegan)

- Parsley (as a garnish) is stupid! Ban it!

- My favourite pub food is onion rings stacker.

- I sometimes try out vegan meat but those anti-vegan protests throwing beyond meat burgers is counterproductive… you paid for them.

- No, bandanas are not for me.

- No devil’s lettuce for me.

- I know I put my ideas on paper.

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Listening to Wolf and Owl (Episode Two)

So a bit of context here, I recently gotten into podcasts and listening to them on a Sunday morning is a HUGE contrast then watching YouTube videos on the tablet. (Something that The 5am Club told me… 20 minutes of movement (exercise/housework), 20 minutes of reflection (meditation/journaling) and 20 minutes of personal growth (learning/reading/podcasts) I never listened to a podcast before and I don’t know where to start.

Judged a podcast by its cover I thought Wolf and Owl was like those old timey Radio Drama shows in the 1930’s-1950’s (like The Shadow) but with super heroes... but it wasn’t 😔 (But instead it was a conversation between Tom and Romesh)

- So 2020 was a funny year for Christmas. 🎄

- I would put my tree up after Thanksgiving to try to get myself in that festive mood but sometimes something has to throw an emotional spanner in the works so I put it up on 13th December and down on the 6th January.

- (Wait, when do Christmas trees smell of piss? 😕)

- 🤔 If Wolf (Tom) house trained his dog, I would believe him, but I only know Christmas tree smells like pine.

- 🤣 Christmas trees DO smell like piss! (HahahaHA!) It makes me glad that I prefer having a plastic Christmas tree.

- (I don’t know much about having a mid-life crisis; yes, I have depression but I try to live a comfortable life even if being human is a struggle.)

- (I don’t know what I wished I could have done in my 20’s)

- In my 20s, everyone had mobile phones (but they weren’t smartphones, we didn’t have social media in our pockets)

- Man, I feel sorry for Owl (Romesh), bouncers chucking Asians out of the queue.

- (Yeah, times have changed… Even the rules of society have changed I can’t keep up. 😔)

- (looking back and at myself and looking at myself now… I will always have room to improve and reinvent myself.) 😌

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Listening to the Wolf and Owl Podcast (Episode One)

- I just can’t see Owl (Romesh) in a flat cap. (Beanies and Baseball Caps, yes)

- I think flat caps are more for older and larger people, like Wolf (Tom)

- Wolf (Tom) thought decadence is quantity not quality. (SMH)

- Wolf talks about Trump 😒 (I’m not into politics) but I could imagine Trump trashing the White House if Biden wins the US elections (thank God Biden did, I’m glad he wasn’t on the news as Trump.)

- Early starts (now I wake up about 6am and I do a 5am Club)

- Body Odour and Food smells counting as BO if you are Middle Eastern (OK, I don’t sweat as much but I think about my personal hygiene, but I love a good curry.)

- (Oh my gosh, I am too nice to complain… I’m not confrontational but I had my Uncle call Sky for me because my internet package was expensive! I got it down to £20… Thanks Uncle Ian.)

- I love how Wolf said Hirachy (mispronounced “Hierarchy”

- Can accents be weaponised? Scottish accents are calming but Northern Irish or Scouser are abrasive. (I thought it was the other way round Irish are calm and Scotts are abrasive.)

- I know venting supposed to be healthy. (But I’d rather be honest), If I done something wrong… just tell me so I could improve on it.

- Exams (look, I can’t math 😅)

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Things like this really make me think about art. I only know about Andrew Loomis

Resources mentioned: Likelihood Art, Artistik Freedom, SamDoesArts, Ethan Becker

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Mega Delphox (Fire/Psychic) Source: PokémonPets

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Alright, now hear me out… A bug-type Eeveelution based off on the Venezuelan poodle moth and we shall call it Papilleon (Pappillion (French word for butterfly) + Eon)

I think for this Eeveelution, similar to Leafeon’s old evolution method levelling up near a moss rock, this one would be standing close to the moss stone (at night) using a moonstone. (But would it be on a full moon? The requirement would be such an overkill because of Ursaluna using a Peat Block on a full moon?)… Aww what the heck… Full moon!

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Credit goes to: ??? ()

Spheal, Sealeo and Walrein (Ground)

Ability(s): Thick Fat, ???, ??? (Hidden Ability)

Now this regional variant of this Pokémon will be a sad one in my region after watching this nature documentary on YouTube about walruses falling off of cliffs (who can’t find their way home in the arctic and are living on the beaches) even though the videos were faked it did tug on my heartstrings though.

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Credited goes to d4ggerfish (not sure what social media platform though)

Galarian Golett and Golurk (Steel/Ghost)

Another Pokémon that I wanted was a Galarian Golett and Golurk, you see I was hoping that Pokémon Sword and Shield would give us Armour evolutions to be the gimmick (like Mega Evolutions) instead of Gigantamax because I associated the Galar region with the word ‘Gallant’ so I wanted Pokémon to become knights akin to the Arthurian tales Knights of the round table (I kind of feel robbed).