Christmas is done, and there are people going on road trips all over the country, make sure to drive safely - better to get there late than not at all! Ox and Marko discuss road trips when they were kids, and the games played. Marko tells us about a road trip from Melbourne to the Gold Coast when he was a kid and illustrates his complete of geographical knowledge, and Ox reveals what he thinks is the best invention ever for road trips.

Marko believes that podcasts are the best thing ever for road trips, and each of the team reveal a podcast recommendation. Marko recommends Joe Rogan, Ox recommends The Garden of Eden, and Third Man recommends One Minute Remaining. And we all recommend Talk Birdie To Me, a cracking golf podcast, in fact the most listened to Australian golf pod.

But....Marko is upset. He doesn't want to be a hero, but he raises an issue regarding councils, leading to a business idea from Ox involving Jim Penman from the Jims Mowing empire. We have a discussion about Jims and some of categories that he could move into, and a slightly surprising one that Jims have moved into.

Ox and Marko answering 3 questions about food. There is disagreement in this heated discussion about Peanut Butter, Vegemite and food on the floor. The supermarket grape issue comes up again, with Ox and Marko calling Third Man a thief. There may be defamation action taken. Marko tells a story about his Dad and his greyhounds involving Mackas, and a hilarious story about his Dads funeral service leading to Ox telling a story about a guy with a bizarre job involving funeral services. Ox and Marko reveal the song they'd like played at their funeral.

Ox had his massive Boxing Day Aussie themed barbie, and he tells us what he went dressed as - very good !! He outlines some of the drinks that were on offer at the barbie.

A few weeks ago, we discussed Hoodies Magazine, and Marko talked himself up, pretending he knew all about it. We call family member Ben who runs it the mag to get to the bottom of it. Ben is, as it turns out, is a former opera singer - we put him to the test live on the pod. This results in Marko telling a story about meeting an opera singer in Canada many years ago.

Onto the feedback. Lots of it as usual, keep it coming - with a whack for someone today, and it's not a team member, but a family member. We wrap up the pod, and the year, with a joke. And with Christmas a couple of days ago, Marko gives us a couple of Chrissy jokes. Then a debate over Frasier vs Cheers. We disagree.

The pod will be back for Season 2 in mid-January, see you then !! Follow a Couple of Blokes and get involved with the show on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, or send a voicemail to Ox and Marko here. Subscribe, rate and review the podcast - and tell a friend about the podcast and help spread the word.

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