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Neal discusses how to eat a spring roll, cuckoo clock apartments, how many cats an ark needs, how the Mona Lisa ended up like that, lubricated uphostery, Mr Crow from Wandarly Wagon, where America should house your national TV archive, an unfortunate first impression of Philadelphia, Mountain Dew versus stout, pelicans, puffins and penguins, saying no to Star Wars, Skellig Michael island in Star Wars, a Lego airport, why Star Trek is acceptable, miming in a prison yard, life on a submarine ark, air free tyres and footballs, a reason not to give kids their ball back, how useful is a swimming dog, the traditional ship’s cat, a failed attempt to own bespoke furniture, the truth about LIdl's renovation cycle, dog owners who claim to feed them chocolate, matcho female cats, drinking candi, washing up liquid versus recycled urine versus hot sauce and more. that, lubricated uphostery, Mr Crow from Wandarly Wagon, where America should house your national TV archive, an  unfortunate first impression of Philadelphia, Mountain Dew versus stout, pelicans, puffins and penguins, saying no to Star Wars, Skellig Michael island in Star Wars, a Lego airport, why Star Trek is acceptable, miming in a prison yard, life on a submarine ark, air free tyres and footballs, a reaspm not to give kids their ball back, how useful is a swimming dog, the traditional ship’s cat, a failed attempt to own bespoke furniture, the truth about LIdl's renovation cycle, dog owners who claim to feed them chocolate, macho female cats, drinking candy, washing up liquid versus recycled urine versus hot sauce and more.

Neal discusses Smurfs versus Avatar, explaining ball point pens to a cat, the argument against Meccano, early childhood memories: were those nurses or aliens, hand-me-down Lego management, raising children in a void, Lego Batman,  listening in July,  the man who made North Korea boring, watching with your ears, the future of home decor, the nation's luckiest KFC, where gravy belongs, true crime fans, a crematorium crime documentary, handling a sick puppy, a criminal's vomit proxy, vomit as a calling card, Rubiks Cube ethics,  crosswords with multiple correct answers, anatomy of a Rubiks Cube, buying half a Titanic in bulk, Yacht Rock, hospitality vocabulary, bar tab legalities for cats, saliva-based hygiene and more.

Neal makes the case for government assigned signatures for new borns, considers how sitcom kids have become so sophisticated, explains his virtual toast rack invention and how it relates to Mary Poppins and discusses making a raw chicken asthetically pleasing, turning a parking space into a home, ordering fruit juices with an extra shot, a decade of avocado misinformation, compulsory u-turns and Margaret Thatcher,  The Nine O'Clock News, Not the Nine O'Clock News, reaching Nirvana, The world of The Truman Show (1998) versus the South Pole, waking up in a Pink Floyd album cover, childhood abatoir memories and more.

Neal grudgingly gives a dog some credit, issues a stark warning about video game points, considers the reported last words of Mother Teresa, prescribes a mental workout involving your bathroom window, recalls a true childhood tale of lucky bags and death at the sweet shop and discusses predictable circus routes, a 1974 Twin Towers tightrope walk, winning the lottery at birth, poker faces on Star Trek, unwarranted pokers in the home, Peter Gabriel's Don't Give Up with Kate Bush, Metallica's post rehab documentary, the relative melodies of Guns 'n' Roses, first time parents at school gates, sports helmets, your post Covid return to the office, clock-in technique, blinkers for office workers, Queen's Was It All Worth It, why magicians use saws, biblical leprosy and more.

Neal ponders the practicalities of being Greek god of thunder, reveals why air crash survivor guilt is a good thing, worries about your supermarket trolley deposit, explains what palaleopnthologists and NASA could learn from Winston Churchill and discusses the true meaning of last meals on death row, screaming on roller coasters, hedge trimming beside live power lines from a helicoptor, tuning forks, harmonica progress, Dame Vera Lynne, oldtime anarchic BBC radio comedy, dog evolution, a childhood memory of impressive police notetaking, milk rounds in the 2020s, elite special forces bin lorries, biblical pillars of salt, your first day as a billionaire, life in a bookcase, why small confectionery items should not be called bites, hydration versus lubrication, reinventing quarries, living in a shed and more.

In a feature length episode Neal defends his pronunciation of typer writer, talks you through waking up on an operating table, shows how an only child leads an only dog astray, scrutinises the practicalities of turning the other cheek, explains how your miniaturised cat experiments are driving friends away, advises on cat dialogue for screenwriters, reinvents the Apple 1 and discusses making mistakes on typewriters, living in a giant replica of your own home, Downsized (2017), Britpop songs about solvent abuse, Falling Down (1993), JRR Tolkien, JR Tolkien, world war one nomenclature, why the dentist is more fun than you remember, car halves welded together, where Ireland houses endangered species and heads of state, how three dragons ran for Ireland's presidency, toy radios, ice cream van theories, rabies on the dog spectrum, phobia treatments, internal iron lungs, the third coming of Iceland, car manuals versus ark instructions, nursing homes for podcasters, what fire hydrants are for, memories of not being taught Civics, what happens to people to make them appreciate Shakespeare, Heathcliffs and Pips in popular culture and quite a bit more.

Neal reminisces on how a terrifying boiler house was once serene, traces the suprising number of life stages that come after old age, considers leaving your mind to science without donating your brain, makes the argument for cryogencially freezing kitchen waste and discusses hacking overnight toilet breaks for better caffeination, how Einstein's maths addiction might have escalated, how one simple chair could transform your home life, how one sophisticated chair could transform Kill Bill Volume II (2004), some Cat Inter Estate Super Highway Wall news from the old neighbourhood, explaining toilets to future historians, being an OCD surgeon before hygiene was discovered, equipping Roal Dahl;s garden shed and more.

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Neal looks at life lessons from the egg and spoon race, making sense of ninjas, lunatics illicitely climbing cranes, true mouth to mouth broadcasting, fostering a culture of elevator hitchhiking, built-in guitars, dishwashing at mass, harmonica terminology, Now That's What I Call Music 16, the trouble with cartoon eyes, why an accidental dog hero is not a hero, what you're missing about pockets, podcasts that talk literal shit, Trading Places (1983), Russia's Space Ark, reinventing Sunday school, coptic sunroofs, pasta in the morning and more.

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In a movie length episode Neal considers decomissioning panic rooms, why hotwiring might be a myth, how Mother Nature downgrades caterpillars, spaceship exteriors, why modern ensuites are more secure, rethinking grout, The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Philip K Dick, life in a black hole, a new bottle tops regime, landfills and airspace, silage around the world, phasing out the M word, how to walk partially around a block, personal height news, a crane's eye view of your feet, communal beer pitchers, hotpress home brew, why beer is wasted on children, panic room design terminology, road maps with air traffic overlays, your podcast nutrition regime, handbaskets, hangbaskets, flash freezing furniture mysteries and more.

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Neal reluctantly calls for a boycott of mezzanine levels, reveals what microchip factories can teach us about mouths, vigorously defends those who call human children kids, recalls a disturbing scene from Family Guy, outlines how death row equipment could be better used in headphone design, previews your Meals on Wheels years and discusses an Inception theory of music radio, disposable one-a-day wireless earphones, Toyota's cat litter warning light, standing desks and the people who use them, the mysterious process of flossing, milk from a Milton bottle, pockets for dogs, Family Guy versus Air Crash Investigation, Sully's formative years, crop dusters, peanuts as wages, posing with a Connemara pony, when car interiors were sacred, black and white cat photography, instant camera mysteries, the case for black printer paper, managing permanent hat hair, why marketeers are looking into your mouth, Sonny Bono and / or Ike Turner, Groundhog Day, squirrels on the national curriculum, a school tour to nowhere, Winter Solstice at Newgrange, a school visit to a brewery, regulating dopamine use by content creators, Boston Legal and Fringe on the Boston skyline, hoping Boston hasn't changed, the reverse mortgage of podcast segments and more.

LICENSE - Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.