Should I Bother?

Following up from our last episode, we popped into our local animal shelter over the last week to see what we could help with. 

Fully prepared to walk dogs, clean sh*t and possibly do a bit of in-house admin, what we really wanted to figure out were 4 things:

1. How much interaction do we get with the animals? (selfish, I know. But you were thinking it too. We‘re in this for the rubs!)

2. Will volunteering for an hour give us this “helper’s high” we’ve heard about? Or will we just be happy from playing with dogs?

3. Does the time commitment actually add more stress to your life because you already have so little of it?

4. And the big one, as always; is this something we should bother doing consistently?

Along with answering all of those pressing questions, we’ve also got our routine part 2 segments, “The Dumbest Among Us” and “Yoo-Hoo, What Should I Do-Hoo?” to sh*te talk through. 

So if you’re curious about what it’s like to volunteer at an animal shelter and also like a bit of irrelevant chat, listen in and let us know what you think!

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Right, we know what you’re thinking. How can you really say, “Should I Bother Volunteering?” if you’re not a heartless pr*ck. Or in this case, Cruella De Vil.

But let’s be honest, even though we know volunteering is a good thing to do, sometimes you don’t have a second to scratch your arse, never mind give time to anything else - especially something that doesn't benefit you directly.

The fact is when it comes to volunteering our time, we all struggle to be selfless without being a bit selfish. And volunteering with animals specifically, what you really want to know is, “how much of this will be playing with animals vs. cleaning up their shit”.

Let’s call a spade a fu*kin spade lads!

In this episode that sort of speculation is pretty much the focus, as well as “why would anyone bother with this”. We'll also discuss what to expect if volunteering at an animal shelter is something you’ve been actively considering. 

Next week, we’ll talk about our first hand experience of volunteering at a local shelter and if you do in fact, become a bona fide sh*t cleaner. But we’ll cross that kennel when we come to it. 

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It’s the spookiest night of the year! A night where we all love to pretend - that spirits exist, fireworks aren’t dangerous and that dressing up as a slutty nurse or nun is somewhat acceptable. 

This year we’ve decided on urban myths and legends as our Halloween theme. Basically a collection of spine-tingling stories and made-up nonsense that you can listen to, while throwing sweets at any children that come to your door.

No masks or costumes required. Just be prepared for plenty of Steph’s wheezy laugh and a really sh*te game she made up. 

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Have you ever thought to yourself, “I just can’t be fu*kin bothered this week”?

Rhetorical question. Of course you have! And, guess what? We’re no different. 

With our Halloween Special around the corner, we put our 2-episode format to the side and decided to talk a bit of rot this week. 

We’ve got games (“Get to know Steph in one single breath”), lunchtime dilemma’s (Sunny D or Capri-Sun) and hard-hitting hypothetical questions (“would you rather be a ninja or a pirate?”). 

But one thing you definitely shouldn’t expect, is the slightest hint of information that might help you in your day-to-day. 

Have a listen, if you can be bothered at all xoxo

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Right, quick recap: Steph bought a crochet pattern set on Amazon, used YouTube to learn how to crochet and then proceeded to make a frog as the pattern suggested.

Although she’s never been good at following instructions (just a defiant, "born to be wild", all-round tough bi*ch) she does have a history of being good at knitting (check out episode 38 to hear her shi*e on about that), so it was hard to know what way this would go. 

The big questions are around the comparison - is it better or worse than knitting? Easier, more relaxing? What about crafting those pre-made patterns you can buy online. Is that a load of bollo*ks?

As always, we’re answering the big questions that maybe you’ve thought of, but can’t be bothered finding out for yourself. Listen in, so you never have to.  

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The world is filled with heaps of women that love cute things. Fact! Some of those cute things also happen to be knitted together and made of wool.

From little knitted cupcakes to coffee mug cozys, more and more of these woollen wonders are being brought into the world, every single day. But who or what do we have to thank for all these cute things?

That, my friends, is crochet.

Have a look on Etsy, TikTok, YouTube - it won’t take you long to find people sharing new crochet patterns of little things that serve no other purpose than aesthetic appeal. And why the f*ck not?

But, big fan of the end products or not, wouldn’t it just be easier to buy them? Is it really worth your limited time to learn how to stitch them up yourself with some wool and a needle?

Also, isn’t this pretty much knitting and didn’t we do an episode on that earlier this year?

Listen in for the answer to all of these questions and more, as well as our True or False themed game of the week, “Yarn Tootin’ Or No Way Crochet!”

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Following up from last week’s episode, we took the last 7 days to actually try using Ancestry.com and see if it’s worth the bother at all.

Hopes are high going into something like this, thinking you might be related to a famous criminal or soldier. Maybe there’d even be some royalty sprinkled in there! 

A 2-week free trial means you don’t have to spend a cent, thankfully. Their prices are steep and there’s a lot of other ways you could use $40 a month - especially if you’re left with a half-empty family tree on some website.

So let’s see. If you’ve ever been interested in learning more about your family tree - through genealogy in general or specifically with Ancestry.com - listen in to this episode and we’ll let you know if Ancestry is worth your cold, hard cash. 

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Ever wanted to know what other di*kheads might emerge if you look high enough up your family tree? With Ancestry.com, now you can!

The fancy word for this practice is “genealogy”. It doesn’t have to include di*kheads, per se, but given you typically have over 1000 relatives across 10 generations, there’s bound to be a few in there, statistically speaking.

Unsure of whether ancestry.com can actually confirm which relatives are said di*kheads, we’re still very curious about what it does offer.

Is it just a chart where you enter names on a family tree? Assuming it can give you more insight about your lineage than the family members you never speak to? How much effort is it going to be really? And will it even be worth it in the end??

As always, there’s questions here that need to be addressed! Along with the biggest of all - is this something you should bother with??

Well, that’s something we hope to address next week.

For now, listen in to hear what we found about ancestry.com on the world wide webs along with a few dumb genealogy related stories and our game of the week, “Genealogist, come to your census!”

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Having “attempted” to learn different languages in school (French, German, Irish) for 6-14 years and being left with diddly-squat (diddly-kniebeuge for our German speakers) it’s hard to not assume you’re just generally sh*te at learning languages. 

It’s not until you’re older and have money to travel that you realise just how useful it would have been if you really did try harder when you were given the opportunity. Idiota! 

Another successful slap in the face, hindsight. Thank you again. 

But look! It’s never too late.

Lots of people share the ambition of properly communicating with a foreigner. And by now we’ve all realised that speaking progressively slower and louder in English doesn’t work. 

So, it’s about time. We're living in Spain for a couple of months and have the perfect excuse. 

What we know already - Hola Señor. ¡Andale! ¡Andale! Arriba! Arriba! - definitely won’t get us far. But let’s hope by the end of this episode we’ve got a plan to turn that around.

Listen in if you're also shamefully unilingual and might want to change that some day.  

¡Vamos! 

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Following up from last week’s episode, this week we talk about what it’s like to actually visit an elephant sanctuary and roam among these big fat mammals. 

What’s that? Stop fat-shaming the elephants? It’s because they’re big-boned? Yea, alright..  good one. 

Pretty much expecting a one-species zoo, we spent half a day at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, known for being one of the most ethical elephant sanctuaries in the world.

But would it be ethical? Would it even be fun? And would it be worth the bother at all? 

Also featured in this week’s episode are our newly formed, shite-talk packed segments (entirely unrelated to elephants), “The Dumbest Among Us” and “Yoo-Hoo, What Should I Do-Hoo?”

So that’s what to expect. Listen in if you also like to have a mediocre laugh and judge elephants from afar. 

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