Daniel is worried about lisping. Sarah suggests it might be siblant s. Sarah calls 101 to speak to the police. Police stop Daniel and Sarah and Daniel causes chaos at Lewisham Police Station. Royal Mail vans and the postie’s fear of dogs. Planning to escape dangerous animals. Sarah has Duke of Edinburgh award rampaging cow story. Daniel and Sarah give an irreverent review of the advice to customers from the Royal Mail. Attacks on hands protruding through the letterbox. Is the red fleece a problem? The idea of different ring tones at the door: one for the postie, one for food delivery, one for Johovah’s witnesses etc. A dog bark sound when you are out. Infectious coughing fit noise to deter unwelcome visitors. Advice to wait 10 minutes after your post has arrived. Difference between telling and explaining. The sad case of postie Kimberley Link who was savaged by a dog. One case is a tragedy. 1900 are a statistic. Dedicating the show in praise of our valiant posties. Keep your dogs under control.

Finding beauty in unlikely places. Raiding the Flexiplus terminal at Eurotunnel. Impersonating a commercial driver to get a big breakfast on P&O ferries. Beauty in economy of movement. Unloading the dishwasher in a spiritually pleasing manner. The grace of tea ceremonies and the gliding movement of Thai women. Mindfulness debunked. Excess of grated Parmesan cheese. late years pregnancy. Good head of hair and follicle envy. Letting yourself go in stable relationships and so much more.

Freebies, freeloading, stacking your plate, skipping queues, cheating the system, a mountain of breakfast on P&O ferries and FlexiPlus on Eurotunnel. Daniel finds beauty everywhere including an iced window on le Shuttle (see cover art). Turning your photos into cards with Bonusprint. Does Daniel have a kindly face. Women smile at him but is it pained sympathy or reacting to his kindly and unthreatening “Dolmio” face. Daniel takes three days to photograph a hairdresser shop in Shimla. The idea of finding beauty in unlikely places. Starkness of tree structure in winter. Negative space explained. Jayne collects bags for Ocado. Tea ceremonies. Elegance of movement. Spiritual enjoyment out of order and technique. Daniel gets a spiritual pleasure out of unloading the dishwasher. Daniel debunks mindfulness and encourages women to keep on multi tasking. Daniel correcting poise. Admires the floating gliding movement of Thai women. Sarah gets in a tangle over scrambled eggs, ham and spinach. Strawberries with cream or and cream. Mother and child or with child. Daniel uses excess grated Parmesan in melanzane. Daniel makes pre mix Negroni cocktail, artificial insemination, Sarah’s flirting cycle and so much more.

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Daniel suffers podcast sibling rivalry. The difference between a Satsuma and a Tangerine. Basic sexual provocations for men. Shopping at camera-operated Aldi. Weather does affect your mood. Daniel tests Sarah’s spelling for a bottle of Baileys. Sarah discovers the joys of laziness. Daniel wins a planning case. The council have the last laugh. Apostrophe in St. James’s. Sally called to help. Getting slapped for a wrong move. Not being able to face the day. Daniel quotes Elvis Costello from “This House is Empty Now” about filling your life to deaden difficult memories. Where do you go to my lovely when you’re alone in your bed. Predictable weather vs variable. Keeping warm in freezing conditions. Amount of daylight and feeling gloomy. SAD condition and need for light. Finland discussed but Daniel never finished with his girlfriend. Sarah talks about Togo and we imagined a meeting between a Togan and a Finn. Solar space panels and climate. Sarah finds that Finns are the happiest nation which ruins Daniel’s day. No Country for Old Men reviewed for terrifying hair styles. Daniel wants a slap to end the show and actually nothing more this time,

Daniel gets picked on at a stand up show. Thing 1 and Thing 2 disgusting joke. Daniel chats up a bar maid. Unique quality of faces with just differences in eyes, nose and mouth. Doppelgängers and 7 identical versions of you in the world. Chinese facial recognition. Seeing the dentist for the first time. Putting a name to a face and a face to a body. The identity parade and the photo fit. Presumptive close. The face is common currency these days. Sarah can’t admit to fancying the new Dr Who. Political correctness at police line up. Casting for films using search engine. When people don’t like your face. Nina Gold casting director. Daniel confuses Agent Provocateur with Ann Summers. Rounding up the usual suspects. Future for human models is being taken over by AI creations. My Funny Valentine as sung by Sarah. Sarah describes Daniel to a police officer in a role play. Sarah can recognise people from the arse and so much more.

Online instructions. Not even a quick start guide to set up a Canon printer with ink tanks. Customer services saying “look online” to every question. Daniel discusses Bernard Tapie the French business doctor and owner of Adidas. He had a crazy nostalgic idea to help kids on housing projects. Sarah got into trouble saying the wrong thing. Daniel gives precious advice on tackling sensitive subjects especially about love life. Daniel gets his wisdom from studying movies and how people deal with situations. Smashing things to break the spell of a mood. Daniel explains open and closed question like how or why or what. Daniel suggests to Sarah how to obtain permission to ask difficult questions. Daniel offers help by sending Elvis Costello’s incredible depressing “Painted from Memory”. The founding of Hollywood by Jews banned from Broadway. The importance of context. Apologies and second chances and so much more.

More bad behaviour from the terrible trio.

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Sarah, Daniel and Jayne behaving badly.

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Daniel goes on a historical survey of chivalry and control of male physical strength. Sarah admires the good crop of hair on a lad at the bar. He turns a bit nasty. Vulnerable females and the need to intervene to defuse situations. Men should learn to box and have confidence in stepping into conflict. Feminism has not helped by denying men the protector role and not objecting to invasion of female spaces and sports. The fair sex in trouble. Asking a man to use his strength. Women and children treated more favourably. First to lifeboats on the Titanic. Women preserve the species. Why are people heroic? The selfish gene by Richard Dawkins. Laying down your life for another. Bystanders and putting yourself in harm’s way. Women protecting their men from other women. Passengers in a car behaving responsibly. Men seeing women as the enemy, competing in every arena of life. Andrew Tate fills a dangerous vacuum then offers an explanation and a solution. Sarah goes to an Argentinian tango class. Women are naturally softer and more caring. Men not sharing or talking. Real men don’t cry. Slapping in the face. Men and women’s roles…natural or just convention? Philippinos as caring types both male and female. Role models. Playing the gender roles to massage ego. The great experiment of the correct roles for men and women has gone too far and we should look at strengthening the bonds between people.

Sarah explains the world of securing acting jobs. Taking time from your busy schedule. Making yourself less available. Scarcity value. Rejecting food at restaurants…even if free. Jayne has trouble with a Shingles jab. Sarah rejects a delicious sounding smoothie. Dealing with “that’s how it is”. Calling the manager. Complainers improve the world. Daniel sucks “fizzy” petrol in Zimbabwe. Sarah remembers drinking fuel from her fire stick days. Complaining as a performance. Nagging is more wearing and less effective. Dealing with “you’re the only one who has ever complained”. Dangers of all dealings being remote or app-based as opposed to personal. Feeling powerful in the world and believing you will win. Using the words “like you’re going to”. Pointing a Colt 45 to get your way. Western town roles for Sarah and Daniel. How to deal with a gun pointed at you. ANPR in car parks and speeding. The madness of 20mph speed limit across London and so much more.