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A conversation about being out of control starts off all middle class, veers wildly out of control and Simon and Lee end up struggling past thirst tweets.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• How to pronounce stracciatella: https://youtu.be/K9JpVi_FanE
• Groundskeeper Willie has a Sardinian accent in the Italian version of The Simpsons: https://italicsmag.com/2020/08/03/sardinian-case-for-language-diversity/
• Bonce: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bonce
• The Notebook is not a rom-com Simon: https://ew.com/movies/2019/02/06/what-is-a-rom-com/
• The Northern Rock crisis timeline: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/mar/26/northernrock
• Fannie Mae (not Fannie AND Mae): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Mae
• Robin Williams does a bit of Martha Graham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXkApy0gkjM
• Phrasal verbs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrasal_verb
• Joe Scoglio (dancer): https://www.rambert.org.uk/performance-database/people/joseph-scoglio/
• Original story about dancing in Italian piazza: https://www.midlifing.net/1480717/6400684-until-one-day-we-go-to-eat-and-our-head-just-falls-into-our-plates
• Armie Hammer and cannibalism: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/armie-hammer-instagram-dms-response_n_60005d88c5b65671988c5656
• Kink shaming: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/kink-outside-the-box/202008/kink-shaming-how-did-we-get-here
• Thirst tweets: https://www.buzzfeed.com/uk/tag/thirst-tweets
• Bussy: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bussy
• Taron Egerton (and not Daniel Radcliffe) learns about the word bussy: https://news.avclub.com/just-taron-egerton-learning-what-a-bussy-is-1835152836
• Call Me By Your Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_by_Your_Name_(film) 

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Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].

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