(no music) #1082 I need Burping - Let Me Bore You To Sleep - (17th March 2024)

Hello, welcome to Let Me Bore You To Sleep with Vinnie and myself. Got a bit of gas today, got a bit of trapped wind. You might not want to know that, but hey, I'm telling you anyway.

Oh, he's listening, he's just getting ready to bark because he's listening like, what can I hear that I can react to? Hey, hyper reactive. It's kind of like, you know, those people who are always looking for an argument. You know, the ones where they listen to every word you say, and just so they can try and find a way to misunderstand it.

Or, you know, he's a little bit like that with, in a way, but trying to find something to bark at. Um, yeah, it just reminds me of, I'm going to talk about friends in this recording. And please only listen when you can safely close your eyes.

I'm going to talk about friends. And I don't know. And I'll turn this, put a laptop down, don't need that while I'm doing this.

In fact, I should keep it up because I'm uploading something. Okay, I'll just put it down so it's there. I'm still uploading recordings to the Deep Sleep Whisper Hypnosis podcast.

Now on to the music ones. So, to start with, I'll just say thank you to somebody. Thank you to Cara, who sent me a lovely message the other day.

I'm not going to read the message out, but just say thank you to you. And it's just regarding a podcast that I made, I don't know, a few days ago, talking about friendship or something like that. And I think I might have come across a little bit needy, but like, I don't know if I was feeling sorry for myself.

So I do apologize if I was coming across like that. But it's one of my favorite things to do, to be honest, sometimes I try not to do it so much. But there has been times in the past that I have reveled, almost rolled around in my own self pity.

But not so much, not so much these days. But I used to, blimey, blimey I did. I was the perpetual victim on and off for years and years and years.

Oh, the world's against me. It's only happening to me. Like, shut up, Jason, stop it.

It reminds me, I had a friend who I worked with, and one of his cousins had passed away and he came into work and then he lost, completely lost it. And he started like yelling, like screaming, why, why does it always happen? Why does it keep happening to me? And it didn't happen to him, did it? It happened to his cousin. But it's like, he really, like the world is against him.

And his cousin died to hurt him. Like, what? And I understand grief is a weird thing. And he shouldn't have come to work if he was that upset.

And yeah, he ended up having to leave and getting escorted out of the building because he was absolutely, I mean, they should have called the police, to be honest. But they didn't. He should have, I think he spent some time in hospital afterwards.

And, but yeah, he was like, I like the bloke, but he was a perpetual victim. I like that word perpetual. I'm probably the wrong word.

But everything was like, oh, that's, you know, something happened the other side of the world. That was almost like, why did that have to happen to me? It didn't have to. It's a hurricane.

It's in India. It didn't. It's horrible, but it's not, you know, it's not you.

It's weird, though, isn't it? Because when he had that mentality, but he didn't celebrate when someone won the Olympics. When like a Chinese acrobat won the Olympics for acrobatics, trying to think of a word. He didn't say, yeah, didn't I do well? No, he didn't take that on as a win.

But when someone did bad, like, yeah, oh, it's bad on me. I've not really been that bad for myself, but I've been, I've milked it over the years for myself. I really, oh, I used to love feeling sorry for myself.

Didn't realize it. But I really did. And I think that's part of depression anyway.

But it just, it was weird. I don't know why I stuck at it for so long. Until I realized that I think it was mirrored to me.

I think having it mirrored back by someone else that was doing it. And I was seeing it so often for years and years and years. And it kind of not forced me out of it, but it did force me to face, to face myself.

Because the behavior was annoying me, the other person's behavior. And I realized, and that's what I used to do. I still do it sometimes, but, and I realized I didn't want to be like that for myself.

Because it's just painful to be around. It's painful to be around someone else's doing it. And it's very, it's not a nice place to be for yourself.

So yeah. Oh, is this one of those serious recordings? It wasn't supposed to be, but hey, I'm talking about friends anyway. So I don't know.

I just, I'm just, you know what? I've been downloading my podcasts. Let's just quickly go through this video just so you can see what it says. I've been downloading, transcribing rather, sorry.

I've transcribed 500 of my Let Me Boil You To Sleeps. And it's, because I've got 500 done. Okay, so it's not saving.

Fair enough. So what I can do is once I've got the, it's transcribed, and I save it as a PDF file, which like a document, you can turn them into books and stuff. But the idea, the idea really was to, I had this idea.

How many times do I have to say the word idea in the next minute? Idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, you know, you think I was actually going to do it for a whole minute, did you?

But idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea, idea. Yeah, I've got this technique, actually. It's a relaxation technique.

Right? What you do is kind of what I just did then. So you count. Ideally, you do it when there's no one else around.

So if you're a little bit, a little bit, a little bit, you know, it can be for calming down your anger, for your frustration, for you, just to calm down your breathing or whatever. But without focusing on your breathing or your anger or your frustration, without trying to calm down, you're just focusing on this one thing. And it's counting from 10 down to one.

And when you start, you're going to be counting fast. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. There's only two rules to it. You have to say the numbers clearly.

Okay, so there's no, anything like that. So it has to be clear. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Now, some, there are some people that could do that immensely fast.

I'm not one of those people, but you know, it's, you start off at the speed that you're at, which will be probably dependent on what mood you're in, what level of, should we say relaxation you're at, whatever level that is at that moment. And all you do is, that's the first rule. And the second rule is you just keep at it.

So really, it's only one rule. You only do it as long as you need to. But focus on saying 10 and all the way down to one, clearly.

That's it. As long as you say the numbers clearly, you can say it out in your mouth, verbally, if there's no one around, or if you just want to annoy the person sitting on the bus next to you, or if you want to do it inside your head. Probably not a good idea to do it when you're busy doing something else like driving or anything, you know, don't want anything, you don't want to be distracting yourself from important things like that.

So, you know, again, only do it when you can safely close your eyes would be my suggestion. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Now, if you mumble naturally, or if you normally would sort of say eat, and that's how you speak, it's fine. You don't have to say it the way I say it.

Do it in your own accent, your own whatever, your own language even doesn't matter. It doesn't have to be in English, but just pronounce it as UNO, and whatever the numbers are, QUATRO, QUATRO, yeah, whatever, just whatever, just numbers. But all numbers are written the same aren't they, I think.

Aren't all numbers written wherever you live in the world? One is a one, two, three, four, five, six, all that. I think it is, I don't, I don't think there's a different, part of hieroglyphics I suppose would be different. It's hieroglyph, I can't even say it.

I wonder what, what the word hieroglyphics is in hieroglyphics. So, you just count from 10 down to 1, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6. So basically what happens, no matter how fast you say it, and I would say do it out loud, because it's probably perhaps more effective maybe, eventually you start to slow down.

I mean maybe there might be the, a tiny percentage that could keep you fast the whole time, forever and ever, I don't know.

But you know, the normal thing, it would slow down, because, partly because you're bored, partly because it is very tedious just doing the same thing over and over again. Like saying the same thing, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And also as you focus on the numbers, you're not focused on anything else. And then as the numbers slow down, which they will naturally, your breathing slows down.

And when your breathing slows down, any levels of non-ease, non-calmness, whatever you want to call it, whether it's whatever the feelings you were having before, start also to slow down and reduce. And then you find yourself getting so bored with saying it. But you also notice that your breathing maybe becomes deeper, the numbers are slower, maybe it takes longer to say each number, maybe not as long as I would do it, maybe not like 10, maybe not quite as silly as that, but it might be, it might be.

And just see how it feels and just do that for however long it takes, until you notice that it's slowing down. And just keep doing it, because you'll notice how you're feeling. Even though you're focusing on the numbers, you'll notice, because it's hard not to.

Because the way that you're saying the numbers, reflects kind of how you're internally feeling. Because you might start off with very uptight, angry, you know, like, 10, 9, like a bit weird, perhaps, but you know, it might be like that. That might make you laugh.

You might start to notice how silly you sound when you're counting. You might just start to notice how silly it sounds to be counting out loud. You know, counting from 10 down to 1. I'm an adult, what am I doing that for? This weird man on a podcast says to count down 10 to 1. Is he just having a joke? Is he a practical joke? Is he secretly filming me to put on YouTube?

Why am I counting down? Why am I doing this on my own, talking out loud? And that itself can cause you to think, well, this is just silly, which changes how you feel.

So yeah, anyway, this isn't a hypnosis recording. I just thought I'd just share that little technique, because I was reminded of it when I was doing the continuously saying the word idea was the idea, idea, idea, idea. So yeah, I had this idea.

And if I transcribe all of my Let Me Boyd Asleep recordings, then I can listen to just go through them, maybe not listen to them, but just maybe pick through them, find out various stories and stuff like that. And then, you know, for example, the chip shop, maybe I've talked about a chip shop, probably loads of times over the years over six. I don't know how many years it's been now.

What since? Since 1972. So what was it? 2018, March 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. So six years, I've been doing this pretty much to the day.

And I'm not sure when the first recording was. I can tell you, I can tell you because I've got it in front of me. Number one.

Number one. Okay, nearly it's the 27th of March 2018 was the very first Let Me Boyd Asleep. And basically, it was just a hypnosis recording.

It was a relaxation recording. The first thing I say is hello. Hello.

And yeah, this is a sleep hypnosis session. Only watch or listen to when you can safely close your eyes. Oh, that's weird.

Oh, that's even stranger. It's just it says, I'm lying on my bed. So I did this first one when I was on my bed.

Blimey. I can actually I'm lying on my I'm laying down on my bed. Pretty comfortable.

I can actually feel my voice vibrate into the actual into the actual bed, which is a bit strange. So this is what this is what I've said. This is in, you know, transcribed it.

There's rain outside my window. So it's a bit of a spring morning-ish. And I'm just going to focus on my body and on how I feel.

And ideally, really, for you to gain the most benefit from listening to me talk is to give yourself some time and space. Ideally, that's that word again, where you won't be interrupted. Maybe you're listening to my voice at night, and everything that you needed to do has been completed.

Which gives you why does it keep doing that keeps going to a small, keeps going to a small screen that I can't read, which gives you the space to turn off your brain to just turn off your brain, turn down the volume so that any thoughts that may arise, you can just let them be there. In the same way as when you are watching a movie or a television program that you enjoy, you may lose contact with how your feet feel, or your hands.

You may be less aware of time passing by.

Because there are some things that just aren't that important in this moment. And what you need is yourself to just become part to become part and join with the energy that we have between us. So to become part of and to enjoy to join with the energy.

Okay, let's do it again. Why do you keep going small? Stop it. I'm talking about the screen.

It's, it's on it. When I press it, and it keeps going into like small screen. And did I just ruin that you you might be going along with that then.

Yeah, carry on. This is better than the normal ramblings you do. Let's just just be calm, focus on my body.

This would be nice and relaxing. Now he's talking about the screen going small. I hope it's a screen he's talking about.

What does he do when he talks on the screen? Oh, an idea which gives you support. It's done it again. I'll tell you what, sometimes I get so angry.

So angry. How do I set it to stay? Because I've had to put the size up to start telling me what, what size it is. What often they tell you don't like it's two times or 10 times.

I mean, the actual original size was tiny. Anyway, so that was the first recording. And I'm pretty sure I could read it out.

Even slowly, I could read it out much quicker than I said it. When I first did it, but yeah, I was lying down on my bed. The very first recorded.

And the idea, I don't think I even really knew what the idea was at the time. It's kind of an idea to, you know, be boring and that. But what does that mean? You know, what did that entail? What was that? Did that involve another words that mean the same thing? And I guess, you know, it just changed with time.

And so what I did, I found a recording later on for 468 sleep hypnosis. Okay, right. So right, so that I've gone through a few different ones to get, you know, a summary, summaries.

Okay, bore, bore you to sleep to 2018. So that's, that's not much good, because that's just telling you. Okay, right.

So go back to number 468. I asked it just to summarize. And this is what it says.

This is chat GPT summarizing that podcast episode. It says, this document is a lengthy stream of consciousness and narrative that captures the mundane and quirky aspects of daily life, aiming to lull the listener into a state of relaxation or sleep. The narrator, Jason Mulandis, I don't know how they managed to, where do you manage, they spelt my surname, M U L A M B T H I S.

I don't know how they managed to do that, shares a series of disjointed, meandering thoughts and experiences, touching on topics ranging from his interactions with his pet ferret, Andre, to various household tasks, personal anecdotes, and random musings about life.

The text flows without a clear structure, jumping from one subject to another, including stories about moving into a new flat, dealing with appliances, and reflecting on ageing and personal appearance. Jason's storytelling is interspersed with humour, self-defecation, and observations on the absurdities of life. He mentions making recordings for sleep hypnosis and whispering sessions, indicating the purpose of the narrative is to provide a soothing background for listeners trying to fall asleep.

The repetitive and mundane details, coupled with a casual and conversational tone, are intended to be boring and thus aid in sleep induction. Throughout, there's a sense of companionship and comfort, as if Jason is speaking directly to the listener in a personal, informal manner. The narrative embodies a kind of verbal wandering, designed to distract and relax the mind, making it easier for the listener to drift off to sleep.

Is that a good description of what I do? I don't know. It sounds okay. I'm not sure.

You know what? I did a podcast the other day, and I called it Mord. I was talking about an app that I've been using. It's not Mord, it's Claude.

I spelt it wrong. I spelt it wrong. Can you believe it? Unbelievable.

So it's called Claude, C-L-A-U-D-E. Have I got any previous chats? Okay. Right.

So I tried to, yeah, I tried to look into it and sort of see what did, what, you know, I don't know. I kind of know, but I don't know. I just, I just don't, I don't know what he's doing.

What are you actually doing? Oh, he's, he's eating a packet of food. I'm running out of dog food. I don't know what I'm going to have to do.

I'm going to have to give him some, just give him my food, I think. And I, I was hoping to be able to get all the files together, put them into one big place. Okay.

And then search, search for everything in one place and literally have all, um, 1,080, whatever PDF files all together and then just search. But it's not allowing me to do that because they're too big. And I've merged one into 50.

And let's have a look. One to one to 100. No, one to 50.

I've downloaded one to 100. But I've managed to stick them all together to, to yeah, into 50 and 50 PDFs all in one place. That is, this is even boring for me.

Blimey. So I'm not sure if it'll allow me to open it up. Um, Claude won't do it.

They'll read the PDF file and stuff, but merge one to 50. Will it allow me to open it up? I have to upload it first. It's quite a large file considering it's just a PDF file.

It's actually a fair size. It's 2.92 KB. So it's quite small actually, but that's besides the point.

Please write a summary of Jason Newland's style of talking. So this is looking through 50 PDFs rather than just one. They're using that word monotonous again.

Jason Newland's style of talking in his Let Me Boys Sleep series can be summarized as deliberately monotonous, gentle and rambling, aiming to induce relaxation and sleepiness in the listener. He frequently employs a soft, slow and soothing tone interspersed in his dialogue with pauses and stretches of silence. Of um, how do you stretch a silence? To enhance the calming effect.

He's called me Newland again. Stop it. Newland's narrative is often meandering, touching on mundane, everyday topics, personal anecdotes and observations.

It's kind of similar to what I said before, often with a humorous or self-defecating undertone. This approach is informal and conversational, creating a sense of intimacy, intimacy and familiarity, which encourages that encourages listeners to get their, let their, wow, this is weird. It encourages listeners to let their guard down and drift off, drift off to sleep.

Throughout the series, he emphasizes the importance of allowing oneself to relax, let go of the day's stresses and enter a state of calmness and tranquility. His unique style effectively utilizes the power of boredom and the soothing quality of his voice to help listeners achieve deep relaxation and sleep. Yeah, maybe.

I don't know. That's their summary of over 50 hours of me talking. I thought there'd be a bit more.

He's making a lot of noise under the table. He's a bit hungry, to be honest. Oh, well.

Request PDF request summary. I don't know what this will be. That's just the old.

Yeah, I don't seem to be able to find anything. Oh, blimey. Here's one.

So I did the one to 50. I asked him questions. This is from a couple of days ago.

Tell me about Jason working in a chip shop. This is what I put in the excerpts, excerpts, excerpts, e x c e r p t s. Is that excerpts is an excerpt from the document you provided did not directly mention Jason working in a chip shop. OK, so I must have taught that later on.

Tell me about his mom. The provided text excerpts do not contain specific information about Jason's mother. OK, so then I thought, well, this isn't good.

Tell me about his childhood. The excerpts from the document do not provide specific. So I thought, well, this is weird.

What the hell? What did I talk about for the first 50 recordings? I must have talked about something I must have done, surely. So my last attempt was tell me about Andre. And it did.

So it's given me it's just not a huge but it says Andre is a ferret mentioned in Jason Newland's sleep hypnosis sessions. Throughout the text, Jason shares various anecdotes and moments involving Andre painting a picture of a lively and cherished pet with a distinct personality. Here are some highlights about Andre.

Andre has a playful and curious nature, often engaging with Jason during the sessions. His activities such as climbing onto Jason's bed for cuddles or engaging in playful behavior are interspersed throughout the narratives, adding a light hearted element to the sessions. He still thinks I'm doing hypnosis, I think.

But Jason talks about Andre's sleeping habits, mentioning that he likes to sleep in various places around the home. This behavior suggests that Andre is a well-loved and integral part of Jason's life, with the freedom to explore and rest comfortably in different spots. Andre's interactions with Jason suggests a strong bond between them.

Jason describes moments of affection, such as Andre giving him kisses or enjoying being stroked, which highlight the companionship and comfort Andre provides. Jason humorously shares anecdotes about Andre's behavior, including his fixation with feet, his foot fetish, where Andre enjoys sniffing, licking and sometimes gently biting Jason's feet. These moments offer a glimpse into the playful and quirky side of Andre's personality.

Jason mentions Andre's dislike for closed doors, showcasing his curious nature and desire to explore. He reflects on Andre's insistence on opening doors and his reaction to being confined or restricted, which adds depth to Andre's character as an active and inquisitive ferret. Overall, Andre is portrayed as a beloved pet with a vibrant personality, whose antics and interactions with Jason add warmth and relatability to the deep hypnosis sessions.

Ah, first Let Me Bore You To Sleep pretty much was a kind of hypnosis relaxation. The mentions of Andre throughout this serve to humanize me. Do I need humanizing? Would I not seem human otherwise? And create a more intimate and engaging listening experience, illustrating the companionship and joy pets can bring into our lives? Actually, see what past recording what past stuff I've done.

Yesterday, tranquil sleep organizing a podcast collection. Request summary of podcast episode summary request. No.

Okay, let's see if this one's got it. Can you create a PDF file? One to 100? Okay, here we go. So I've got another summary here.

This is from one to 100. Okay, no, that's that's not really. That's not.

Nope. Oh, well, I thought there's more water. That doesn't seem to be.

Oh, well. Summary as mid journey. Ah, here we go.

So I did this is quite good. This was summary of one to 50. And general document contains transcripts.

Oh, okay. Right. summarize the whole PDF in one paragraph.

Okay. So this is list all the people and characters mentioned within this document. That's weird.

Okay, I'll move along from that one. Based on the name people in the narrative. As I was just trying to find a name people, name people mentioned characters, people I mentioned, so it's got Deadpool X-Men characters, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Dr. Strange, the lady who plays Wonder Woman now.

Previous Wonder Woman, Rocket Man, Zorro, the Green Hornet, Bruce Lee, Spider Man, Tom Holland, Dominic Holland, Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actress from Pulp Fiction, Una Furman though not named in brackets, Poison Ivy, the Penguin, Dustin Hoffman, actor incorrectly associated with the Penguin, which is actually played by Danny DeVito in brackets. Yeah. It's very, very flash, isn't it? This? This is pop a p o p a i.pro.

Correcting me.

And then it's the flash, the Phantom Bandura, incorrect name referring to Antonio Banderas. Spanish is pulling me up on stuff. Spanish actor, Antonio Bonera.

Okay. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, the Bionic Woman, Magneto, Iceman, the Hulk, Ying Zhong, Jones, John, Jim, Jim, John, Jones, John, incorrect name, unclear reference, private detective with superpowers, Jessica Jones, not named. Wow.

Bulletproof Man, Luke Cage, though not named. Andre, Jason Newland's pet ferret. Carol, listener.

Oh, stop it. And the Incredible Hulk, Bill Bixby, Boston Chicky. Please note this, as a listener, please know that some references are vague or incorrect, such as Dustin Hoffman being associated with the Penguin.

Wow. So it's basically corrected me. That's a bit rude, isn't it? The last was like a summary of the characters.

So what I did next is say, name people in the narrative. Based on the provided excerpts from the document, the narrator, presumably Jason Newland, mentioned several individuals from his life. Andre, a best friend from the early 90s, with whom he worked and shared a house.

So that's not Andre, my little boy Andre, but that was my, my best friend, but just said it from the early 90s. So I worked with and shared a house, but not romantically. Why did it add that? That's weird.

I mean, it's true, but it's weird. Why would they put not romantically? I think that this, this AI might be homophobic. That's a bit weird.

It's like, you've got an issue. Have you got an issue, mate? So what if it was romantically? We was too good looking young men. So, so what? The fact that we, we like women, who cares? Like if we wanted to, we would have done, but we didn't.

So we didn't. If we had done none of your business, just don't tell me that. Andre becomes a supervisor after the previous one lost his job due to, okay, I won't read that out.

And yeah, so that's really weird. It was a bomb scare prank. Actually, I'm ready.

I will read out. But just shows you is finding this stuff. Um, doctor, a medical professional, he consulted.

What? I don't remember that. A medical professional, he consulted about a lump in his arm around 2003, 2004. Don't remember talking about that.

Nurse Nichols. Ooh, Nurse Nichols. A nurse who remembers by name from when he was around the age of 12.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Nurse Nichols.

I the thing is, she was probably really young. Because I was 12. You know, she seemed about I loved her.

But she probably wasn't that much older than me. She might have only been like six, seven years older than me. She 1819 or 17.

Even Yeah, she might be six, 1718. But still too old for me at the time. I did ask her to wait.

I think I gave her a banana or was it an apple or an orange? I gave her a bit of fruit. Because to be fair, I didn't really have anything to give her. I wanted to give her a gift.

And there wasn't really anything there. I mean, what do you what is what do you know, I was in I was in the hospital in a bed just having appendix out. I didn't have anything with me really.

I don't remember even if I had any books to read. Probably did have a couple of books, but I can't remember. And be I loved her.

And still a little bit of love in my heart for her. It's weird, isn't it? That's over over 15 years ago. 15 years.

It was 1982. It's now 2024. Yeah, over 15 years ago.

I'm gonna I'm gonna be doing that for forever. be saying that a waitress, a waitress, someone he briefly dated, whom he classified as a human being, rather than by her job. What? A waitress, someone he briefly dated, whom he classifies as a human being, rather than by her job.

I don't know what that means. What does that even mean? These are the specific people from his personal life that the narrator narrator refers to in the given context. Wow, that's really strange.

And tell me about all pets. So I'll put that in. He said, he said, the pop a p o p AI dot pro, which is a PDF file reader.

And the document provides a narrative about the narrator's experiences and considerations regarding pet ownership. The narrator, who appears to be Jason in the new land, discusses his thoughts on various animals, and his personal interactions with them, particularly focusing on dogs and ferrets. The narrator initially considered getting a dog for therapeutic reasons, seeking companionship, and, and emotional support.

Glad I didn't. I do. I've obviously got one now.

But he's about as emotionally supportive as my left toenail. I've only got one toenail on my left foot. He deserves desire.

He desired, desired. I've never desired anything. He desired a small dog that would not disturb the neighbors with barking and could be left alone for periods without causing trouble.

Wow. So this is, this is what I was discussing with myself and verbally in 2000. And yeah, this is me talking about how I was, what I was thinking of doing.

This is 2014. So I was talking about the past. And before I got Andre, and now I've got a dog, little Vinnie, who does bark constantly.

And I can't leave him for more than a minute without him screaming. He doesn't like being left alone. Oh, well.

And he visited an animal shelter. Oh, yeah, I did. I forgot about that.

With the intention of letting a dog choose him. Which is true. That's how I always thought that, you know, I'm not going to choose an animal, let them choose me.

If a dog comes to me, let them adopt me. I just seem like the obvious. It's probably I've seen it in movies.

And it's a bit of a romantic thing, isn't it? It's kind of like, let the little doggy fall in love with me. And then they'll want to be with me. They want to, you know, rather than me pick up the one I like, and they'll be like, no, don't take me.

No, I didn't want that. Anyway, didn't quite work out. And yeah, he visited an animal shelter with the intention of letting a dog choose him.

This is back in 2014. But the encounter did not go as romantic. Oh my what? The encounter, they're using my words.

They I know they're using my words, but it sounds really weird. When it's written down. The encounter did not go as romantically as he had hoped.

With the puppy he had met showing no interest in him. He didn't this it was a beautiful little dog. All dogs are beautiful.

And then let's face it, but he really didn't want to be with me. He had his brothers and sisters and he was pulling away from me and I like, that's not what I wanted. I wanted to I wanted a dog to get all excited and like, yeah, and that's probably unrealistic.

And he's probably happy way was, you know, he was with his siblings and he was on this big farm, like place is probably quite a nice place to live, I guess. And yeah, so I just, I really had to I couldn't really decide, couldn't decide. And he also contemplate what is this? I don't know where I'm going with this one.

Look, it says here. He almost come he also contemplate other animals such as chickens and roosters, but decided against them to due to noisy concerns, noise concerns. I didn't consider chickens or roosters.

I was lying. Where would I keep a chicken, have a chicken running around the flat? Blimey. Sleep in the bath.

I mean, come on. And he mentions encountering various animals at the shelter, included horses and ponies, but specifically notes the absence of ferrets, which he would have noticed due to his interest in them. And okay, so my interest in ferrets only came because my friend downstairs had a ferret.

I'd never even met a ferret before. I knew what they were. But never met one.

Never. And I didn't want to touch it. And I was a little bit uneasy.

I think the problem is this moves so fast. And anything that moves that fast is especially if you slow as I am is like, Oh, I don't know what it's going to do. And and his his ferret was like, it was a mix ferret, polecat, mice, so was Andre.

They were related. So his his one was called L. And Andre was his very related anyway. So I think his Andre was like his grandson or something like that.

I need to I need a I need burping. Anyway. So that's why I was interested in ferrets.

Okay. Whoa. All right, then do the narrator me eventually adopts a ferret a ferret named Andre, who was offered to him by a friend along with a cage.

Andre is described described as energetic, capable of falling asleep quickly, and sometimes mischievous. A lot of times mischievous. Especially later in life.

Well, right from the start, to be honest, but he was very manipulative when he got older. The narrator recounts how Andre bit him when they first met. Yep.

And despite this, he felt an immediate bond with the ferret, which is weird because it was the opposite to what I wanted. The idea of like, this little fellow running towards me saying, Will you be my daddy? Will you be my daddy? You know, that was kind of what I was hoping for. Maybe not verbally, but you know, hand signals or, you know, maybe shadow puppets or something just as a way to tell me, just like, show me with kisses, just just let me know that you love me kind of it.

Yeah, maybe is a little bit too romantic to. Yeah, maybe. Maybe weird.

So he felt an immediate bond with a ferret, which is true. I did. I fell in love with him.

The second I saw him. And ironically, I was not really ironic, but my friend was going on saying the person who he got L from has now got two babies and they're both. One of them's got a home and the other one needs a home.

And my friend said to me, Do you want to. You can have what you can have one. I'll get it for you.

I said, No. Well, first of all, I said, I don't know. I do.

I don't. I'm not sure. Because I hadn't seen it.

I hadn't seen him yet. And then I kept thinking about L, who's my friend's one, and he kept trying to bite me all the time and. And he proper.

When he bit, he did the roll. He rolled a bit like a crocodile or a nanny cat. I'd like really is.

I don't know why I did that, because Andre never did that. And it was completely very different from that. And so I was concerned that I didn't want that.

I didn't want to, because I'd be downstairs with my friend. And, OK, in the winter, I'd have my jumper on. Or cardigan or whatever.

And and my arms would be covered. It was basically arms or feet. If your feet were uncovered or your legs, you go for your legs because that's easier or your arms, especially like the middle bit, you know, I don't know what's called the crease, the crease in the arms.

Mind you, I've got more and more creases. I get older, but, you know, the main crease where the arm bends. What's that called? The the in the inbow, not the elbow with the inbow.

I don't know. But I didn't like that in the summer. I'd forget, you know, because I'd be talking to my friend or be watching telly or a movie or just chatted and I'd forget.

The L was there. And sometimes he'd just be laying on me like he'd be asleep. And he was, you know, I got really old.

I did love him. But, you know, I had to be careful. I made sure I was wrapped up, wrapped, my arms were covered.

I don't walk around in shorts generally anyway. So because I don't think it's fair because if I go out in public, it distracts the drivers. They see these like immaculate, perfect legs.

It's just not fair. It's like, you know, just no, I just I just don't I don't know why I don't wish. Actually, my legs aren't that bad.

They're not that good either, but they're not that bad. They're not they're not awful. They're not pleasant.

There's no part of me that's pleasant anymore. There never was. I don't know.

Maybe there was. I feel I used to have quite nice knees. I used to have very small buttocks.

I'm not talking, you know, when I was a kid, I'm talking about as an adult, I was always slim, very slim, very slim and not so slim these days. But my legs, I don't have my legs are out of proportion with my body, really. So I don't know.

I know I've got strong legs because I'm carrying this weight around. So anyone that's heavy has got strong providing they're able to, you know, they have mobility and are able to walk and everything. That's someone with very, very strong legs, probably much stronger legs than someone walking around a lot lighter.

Potentially, I mean, depends if the person works out or, you know, if they're doing kickboxing or their leg strength is going to be a lot more than any average person could ever get or if their weight, you know, power lifters or something. But as an average person walking around, when I was in my 20s, my early 20s, my legs weren't getting any exercise because I was just walking around.

I was almost floating.

In fact, I had to actually carry a hot air balloon to keep me on the ground. It makes no sense, does it? Makes no sense. I love it.

So I mean, it's kind of the yeah, it's like, well, if you wear concrete boots or steel, heavy steel boots to start floating away, okay, that's a fairly good visual. But to carry a helium balloon or hot air balloon, first of all, how do you carry a hot air balloon? It's the size of a house. But anyway, but if you carry in a helium balloon, then that's gonna, that's gonna make you float away more than, it's not going to keep you down.

But that's the point because it doesn't make sense. It's so silly. And for some reason, it amused me when I said it.

I'm not sure why I'm still talking about it, to be honest with you. I don't know. So yeah, people who are heavy, that's worth remembering, you've got very strong legs.

And your back and you know, there's a lot of strength to carry away to carry extra weight. It takes a lot, a lot of strength to have to be able to do that. So I don't know, I'm looking for the positive because there's this girl, I say girl because she's very young.

She's, I think she's turning 19 or something. She's called Ali Sherlock. She's a singer in Ireland.

And very, very talented singer. And she's been, she was on Ellen DeGeneres show when she was about 10. Something like that.

You know, she was busking in Ireland and she did YouTube videos and her dad filmed her for YouTube. And now she's got millions of followers. And I've been following her for a couple of years.

Because I discovered that she did a version of Million Years by Adele. And I personally think it's a better version. Her version was better.

But that's, but I, yeah. But it wasn't what I was looking for. It came up as a, I think it was suggested.

Or I was looking for Dolores from Cranberries. And maybe I put in, I couldn't remember her name, so I put in Irish singer. And she came up, Ali Sherlock.

So like, and I heard her singing that. I was like, wow. I can't remember how it goes.

But it's, I felt that song was just, I was a little bit obsessed with the song for a little while. I was listening to various different versions. It's just such a good song.

Anyway, what she's got to her voice is a Cranberries, Dolores kind of tone. If you listen, I think you understand what I mean. It's, you know, like zombie, zombie, zombie.

It's in your head, in your head. But with her, it's million years, million years. I don't know, whatever song she's, my name's Adele.

But she's got that Irish, I'm sure it's, I don't think it's an Irish thing, but I think it might be an Irish singing style that's been passed down through generations. And it's, I really like it. I can't quite explain, and it probably is a musical term for it.

I just think it sounds lovely. I just like it. And I like, she's not the only one that does it.

Other people do it, but she's, I'm thinking of Sinead O'Connor did it a little bit. But Dolores from the Cranberries was definitely, I'll be honest with you, I don't think there's one person on the planet that sings better than Dolores did. People sing better, different.

I mean, Whitney Houston sung so different from her. Mariah Carey, all the singers that are brilliant, whatever, they sing different. But, you know, if I was to actually choose my favourite, favourite singer out of, like vocally that is, Dolores from the Cranberries.

I keep saying her name, I used to just call it the Cranberries, but the Cranberries, yeah, for her, she was for me, vocally, the most interesting sounding vocalist. And also Bob Dylan, which is weird to say that, I guess, because some would argue that, well, it's not so much singing that he's famous for, it's more of the lyrics and the musical composition and the social commentary that he was making in the 60s and 70s and all, yeah, which fair enough, but I liked his voice, I really did.

Go away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed, I'm not the one you want, babe, I'm not the one you need.

It's like, it's like a rolling stone, used to fingers with a file. I just love it, love the way he, on the albums, I've seen him sing live, even when he was at his, shall we say, vocal best, which would probably be, you know, late 60s, middle 70s, when he, but he, the songs I've seen him sing, maybe not the 60s, but in the 70s, he wasn't singing the same way that he was singing on the albums, he was just singing in a different way, and I want, I know some would argue saying, well,

don't go to a concert to see someone sing exactly the same way as the album or the singles, because then you might as well just sit at home and watch the album or listen to the, watch the album, you know, I suppose you could on YouTube or whatever, just listen to the song, what's the point of seeing them live if they're going to sound exactly the same?

I get that, however, I mean, I think that's what's said about Elton John, that he literally sounded kind of like you were listening to the album when you listened to him play, because he was so good, so like perfect vocally, but I did hear him live once, he was, I was eavesdropping, I had no choice unfortunately, because he was playing in a, in the stadium or the football ground, which was around the corner from where I lived, so it sounded like the loudspeaker was inside my bedroom, seriously, it was really loud,

and I just wanted to watch EastEnders, but reality, you know, I should have maybe just enjoyed the moment, you know, sat out in the front on the wall or something, just listened to him, anyway, so Bob Dylan, yeah, yeah, that's my impression, I don't want to work on Meggy's farm no more, oh, I don't want to work on Meggy's farm no more, so yeah, I don't know why I'm talking about, what made me think about Bob Dylan, I don't know, something about Andre that made me think about that,

at one point, now I took, okay, so here's what happened with Andre, how I managed, according to this, how I got in was, the narrator took care of two ferrets overnight, but this experience was chaotic, with the ferrets fighting and making noise, which concerned him, concerned him regarding a potential disturbance to his neighbours, he decided to give only Andre, to keep only Andre and ask his friend to take the other ferret back, well, actually, the reality of that was, the other ferret was already chosen, not chosen,

but I was walking home the night before, and my friend downstairs was outside with a friend, his friend, with this big bus, a cage, walking into his place, and my friend said, come and have a look at this, and there was these two little ferrets, they were babies, so one was Andre, and one was, I don't know what his name was, they were brothers, and El was in there as well, so I, really, the only reason is, I got to choose one, if I wanted one,

and even though I told my friend I didn't want one, I wasn't going to take one, he still got his friend to come around anyway, I think sometimes he knew me better than I did myself, sometimes, which is weird, but I think maybe he knew what I needed, maybe he realised I needed Andre, I needed, and the same way as he, he's the one that got me Vinnie, he realised, it was weird, I tell you it's strange, he said this to me shortly before he, you know, went away, he said,

well, because he, he was going to take Vinnie himself, if no one else did, because Vinnie needed a new home, and he, he decided that, like, well, because he was very into rescuing animals, he had two dogs down there, he had two snakes, at one point he had a turtle, I think as well, and he had a ferret, so he's very, very into his animals and that, and he said to me a few weeks before he left, he said, well, you're going to end up with Vinnie anyway, I said,

what do you mean, he just laughed, he said, you're going to end up with him, you're going to end up with him in the end anyway, so, and I didn't know what he meant, I'm like, what do you mean, so he basically said, even if he took him in, I'd end up with Vinnie, and as it, as it turned out, he's right, I would have done, well, I ended up with Logie as well, but Logie, managed to get Logie rehoused, so I couldn't handle both, I couldn't, couldn't do both of them,

because there's not really enough room in here for two dogs, there's enough room for one little dog, I personally don't think there's enough room for one big dog, that's just my personal thing, because Logie was constantly banging into things, and because I've got desks, I've got two desks, well, and a table as well, you know, for the equipment and for everything, so, there are some recordings I did during those eight weeks of having Logie, which was my friend's dog, and he'd just walk up to me, and he'd just look up,

and he'd bang his head against the bottom of the table, and it shook the whole building, and he didn't even notice it, he, he didn't notice, his head was so strong, so, it was a bit strange really, but anyway, he, some, yeah, my friend said, oh, you'd end up with Vinnie anyway, so, yeah, just reminded me of that, so I, I had, the reason I brought both the ferrets upstairs, Andre and his brother, is first of all, to keep them together, because I thought it'd be unfair to take them away from each other,

they had one more night together before the other one was taken to his new owner, his new daddy, and whichever one I didn't choose would be taken, had been promised to someone else, so I, I thought, well, I've only got one night left together, I wanted to spend time with Andre, because I'd just basically taken him, I didn't want to leave him downstairs, but at the same time, I didn't want him to be without his brother, I wanted to have at least one more night with his brother,

so I brought them both up here, and they were in a cage, and at the time, the idea of having them running around, why, like, all the time, I didn't even do that with Andre for the first couple of years, I did, during the day, he could do what he wanted, but at night, he was in the cage, and he had a big old cage, and with hammocks, and all kinds of stuff, then, after a couple of years, I became more and more lax, and he pretty much just did what he wanted,

he didn't even go in the cage, I ended up, because I had a water bottle thing, you know, where they, like, you know, they tap the end of the metal thing, and it lets water out, so he'd drink out of that for the first, I don't know, three years, so he'd still go in the cage to drink his water, and then I ended up just having a big bowl of water for him to drink out of, on the floor, because he didn't go into the cage anymore, just wasn't any point,

so I put the cage into the storage room, just out of the way, and he slept either in my bed, or he slept, yes, he had multiple places that he slept, really, it was amazing, he's in the kitchen a lot of the time, got to be near the radiator when it was, you know, in the winter, and yeah, so I did, I kept him overnight, so according to this, at one point, the narrator took care of the two ferrets overnight, but the experience was chaotic, with the ferrets fighting and making noise,

which is true, I woke my friend up very early in the morning, I said, take him back, you need to take, I can't handle both of them, and I kept Andre, brought him back upstairs, but the two of them together, they literally were fighting the whole time, probably playing, to be honest, but it's all the time, and it was, I didn't get no rest, and I wasn't, I didn't want to run around here, and trash the place, because I didn't, I didn't know what to expect, really, anyway,

so I decided to keep Andre, which I'd already decided the night before, anyway, and the, it says here, I decided to keep Andre, and ask his friend to take the other ferret back, so I might have said that, but that's not what happened, or it might got that from what I said, but yeah, basically, it was already decided before I even saw Andre, that one of them was already promised to another person, and I met, I met that person, because we went looking for a a cage for him,

in the charity shops, to find a, like a bigger cage, anyway, throughout the document, the narrator reflects on his life with Andre, mention how the ferret, the ferret, has trashed his minimalist living space, and how he has become attuned to Andre's behaviours and sounds, the narrator expresses a deep connection with Andre, indicating that he spends a significant amount of time with his pet ferret, which I did, and in summary, the narrator's pet is a ferret named Andre, which has, who has a significant presence in his life, providing companionship and emotional support,

the narrator's experience with pet ownership is categorised by a desire for a low maintenance, quiet animal that fits his living situation and emotional needs, and so that was, yeah, that is, it's true, it did, and now I've got Vinnie, who, in some ways, is the opposite, in some ways, just, you know, the noise and that, um, so, based on the, okay, and then I said, tell me some jokes that I tell, did I tell any jokes, did I do anything that was slightly humorous, so it says here,

and this is in the first 50 podcasts I did, based on the provided excerpts, here are the instances where the narrator attempts blimey, numbered for reference, the narrator jokes about having a rare condition where he doesn't need to be right, and finds it amusing to tell people things, and finds it amusing to tell people things they've already told him, especially if they are known to lie, or always contradict others, okay, I'm not sure what that, the narrator humorously suggests that if he had been able to produce particularly smelly farts in school,

he would have been more popular, really, and the narrator makes a joke about loud people wondering if they think loudly in their own heads, shouting instead of thinking quietly, that is a, that is a valid question, the narrator makes a joke, okay, the narrator, that's me, attempts humor, attempts humor by telling a friend about a railway, a railway track in a field, only to be reminded that the friend was the one who had originally told him that information, yeah, exactly, that's, that was funny, I'm telling my friend a story,

and he's like, I told you that, oh yeah, the narrator tries to turn a potentially awkward situation into a joke by suggestion, suggesting someone could drink tea on the toilet, which was not received well, I don't remember that, I'm not really sure what that pertains to, and they could drink tea on the toilet, okay, the narrator, that's number six, the narrator jokes about his ability to remember voices and surprises people by recalling details from previous conversations, such as someone collecting hats, the narrator makes a self-deprecating joke about lying to get his own way,

which he quickly clarifies as just a joke, that's page 14, 141, see Tony, this is it, out of 50 recordings, 474 pages, pages, this is all I came up with, there's only two more, or three more, the narrator, number eight, finds it funny that he has inadvertently suggested to his girlfriend that if a random lady jumped out of a bush, he might think twice, realizing the inappropriateness of the comment in hindsight, and yeah, so what happened there is, I had, I was screened for, um, should we say, sensual health,

just to make sure that everything was, you know, okay, as far as fungus, no, as far as STDs or whatever, you know, anyway, that is, I was just, I was tested for everything, because my new girlfriend, at the time, insisted upon it, so I just went along, ironically, which just shows what an idiot I am, she didn't get tested, and she said she's already been tested, and she's fine, and I just took her word for that, okay, and that's how bright I am, or was back then, it's not how it works,

is it, it's like, no, okay, you've been tested, show me the proof, if I'm going to have to go through this process, you've shown me the proof, but anyway, I did it anyway, and I've got, um, I was clear for most things, I think the only thing I had is a little thing that they weren't sure about, just gonorrhea or something, and, um, she, so when I got the all clear, I was quite excited, because it meant we could, uh, go for a date, let me put it that way,

go for a proper date, which we hadn't so far, we'd been dating for a little while, but hadn't, um, you know, and so I'm walking towards Argos, I don't know, there's Halfords, Halfords was around the corner, I don't know why I remember that, um, something to do with pumping tires, I don't know, so I'm walking there towards Argos, I think I was, I must have been going to buy something, or just, just something, and I don't know if she called me, or I called her, I don't remember the exact process of it,

and she's, I told her, so I'd had a phone call from the, well, I'd called up the, the clinic, and they'd given me, you know, the all clear, and everything was fine, and, uh, flags were ready, you know, and get ready, get set, go, kind of, you know, the green light, as it were, to do some humpty dumpty, and she, she was delighted, I was quite pleased, because, you know, I didn't think there'd be any issues, but I was glad, it was always nice to get good news, and, uh, she,

I said to her, I said to her, I genuinely said this, which is weird, uh, a thing to say to your partner, really, but I did say exactly what it said there, it's like, you know, even if some, some random, I did actually said that word for word, I think, if a random, this is, but bear with me, this is when I was, uh, you know, I was only young, this is nine, nine, 2016, no, 2006, sorry, you know, I was only 35, okay, okay, so, you know, don't judge me too much,

I was only young, a young boy back then, and I'd only just gone through puberty, and I, I did actually say to her, you know what, because I was kind of a little bit buzzing, thinking, well, you know, well, you know, it's like, yee, I'm gonna have some, uh, some dessert for dinner today, after me lunch, I don't know, just, you know, just loving, have some loving, maybe, so I was in a good mood, plus I was probably about to buy some new socks or something, so I was,

I was particularly happy, and I'm not sure she phoned me, or I phoned her, and I said, she said, how do you feel about it, I said, oh, yeah, I said, you know what, because I started to think, maybe from now on, I'll be a bit more careful, I'll be a bit more responsible, and, you know, it's like, something that perhaps I took it, took for granted, and realized that, oh, maybe I should just, yeah, just take it, just be a bit more careful in the future, and, um,

I did say to her, you know what, even if a random lady jumped out of the bushes, and chucked herself at me, and begged me to fall in love with her, as it were, I would, I might think twice, so I said those words to her, probably not in exactly that order, but, you know, and, I think she's a little bit shocked, and I did realize the inappropriateness of the comment, and not really in hindsight, I mean, I realized, you know, I'm not, I'm not that slow that I'd have like,

it'd be years later than I thought, oh, wait a minute, that wasn't the right thing to do, you know, just a few months, just a few months, and so, yeah, but that did actually happen, and it says, number nine, the narrator jokes about the format of his Let Me Bore You To Sleep sessions, pointing out that there are no cliffhangers, and that the listeners are not eagerly awaiting for the next installment, okay, they didn't really do much justice to that, did they, for that, if it was a joke, number 10,

the narrator makes a joke about the sound he makes when he smells delightful food, which his friends find weird, and it goes in brackets, I don't know if that's the right way of saying it, it might be, I don't know, I don't know what the sound, it just says O-O-H, I don't know, I really don't know, these instances reflect the narrator's use of humour in various connections, contexts, often involving self-depreciation, playful banter, or situational comedy, oh, so it's done it twice, why, oh, okay, please make a PDF of that, okay, that's what I asked for, based on the, this is what I've done, search entire document, find all one-liners, just come up with 14.

My first one-liner is, Let Me Bore You To Sleep, really, okay, number two, that was the longest 20 minutes of my life, number three, maybe I was staring at the light in the fridge, trying to figure out how it, does it stay on when I close the fridge, okay, I don't know what that's about, number four, I just remember hearing the printer sometimes, I'll be waiting there for the list, I, what, that doesn't make sense, number five, I wasn't going to, I wasn't going to have to go around,

I didn't have to sit in each individual chair and tap my feet three times, and then move to the next chair, again, out of context, don't understand it, number six, you may search for these treasures, but not know what you can find, I don't know what that's about, number seven, even if someone, even if a clown climbed up a ladder and started popping balloons outside the window, I wouldn't edit that out, okay, so that's, that's me talking about how I never edit, and which isn't true, I do edit, number eight,

it's quite handy to be reminded that actually these thoughts that maybe we used to have, again, I don't know, I always breathe, generally, even at night, I always breathe, I think that's me in connection with people, you know, sometimes when I do yoga or when I remember to breathe, never forgotten to breathe, number 10, you didn't pack a tin opener, what are you going to do, again, don't know, I think that was about Andre leaving home, running away from home, and number 11, but my speciality is being tedious, okay, number 12,

it will be maybe a hundred pages, how is that a one-liner, blimey, tell us your funniest joke, all right, are you ready for this, yeah, everyone, everybody ready, it will maybe be a hundred pages, like, yeah, I don't know how that's a one-liner, number 13, I'm very basic with the words that I use, which is true, but it's not particularly funny, number 14, you could probably leave the room and immigrate to another country, and come back 20 years later, and I'll still be here talking, yeah, that's probably true, and, oh,

it says here, pick out every reference to boxing, so I'm trying to sort of think, how can I find topics that I've talked about, and to, you know, turn those into a book of some kind, and this is what I did, so it tells me what page as well, so number, the document contains several references to boxing, which I will enumerate for clarity, page 276, the narrator mentions that his knowledge as a spectator is primarily about boxing, although he finds it hard to keep track of the different belts and world titles due to their abundance,

and then number two, a courtroom scenario is described where a professional hypnotist is involved in a case relating to boxing, specifically mentioning Floyd Patterson of boxing from the 1960s, I don't know what that was about, I think, yeah, I think Floyd Patterson used a hypnotist to mess with the other person, his opponent, and number three, the narrator discusses a video he watched about Floyd Patterson, and a court case involving hypnosis and boxing, although he is unsure of the exact details, oh, okay, so it's the same thing, and number four,

the narrator casually mentions boxing while discussing the straightforward name of sports like, straightforward naming of sports like dodgeball, the narrator talks about having conversations where he doesn't need to be right, usually an example relating to boxing knowledge, and yeah, I'm not really big into arguing, if I know something's truthful or factual, I won't argue, and if I'm a little bit, I'm not sure, I'll check it after the conversation, I'll recheck, crosscheck, not that I'm cross when I'm checking, although sometimes I would be, the narrator reflects on his interest in the paranormal and physical education,

mentioning dodgeball and boxing in passing, and the narrator reminisces about having a punch bag and practicing boxing, which he enjoyed immensely, and number eight, the narrator continues to discuss his history with punch bags and boxing, including setting up a gym space with his father, blimey, yeah, there was this, my dad had a, like a porty cabin, not potty cabin, a port, it's not portable to be fair, it was, um, it was, I don't know, I guess, like a conservatory, I guess, at the bottom of the garden,

and he had it as an office, and also a place to store his tools and stuff like that, because he was, he was an electrician, but also I had my weights and my two punch bags in there, this was when I was about 14, probably, 13, 14, the narrator continues to discuss his history, okay, right, the narrator describes his dedication to practicing boxing, sparring with friends, and the enjoyment he found in being part of something and feeling accepted, oh, I don't know if I ever felt accepted with boxing,

when I went to the boxing club, it was full of kids, there was a, there was a couple of adults there, but I definitely felt out of place, and the parents were all sitting around watching and probably laughing at me, and I was sweating, which isn't always a good thing to be doing, um, in that situation, but, you know, it was, it was training, I was drenched, I could really do with doing something like that again, I don't know if my body could take it, or, I don't know, because I was 38,

39 at the time, and now I'm a little bit older, the narrator's interest in martial arts and boxing is traced back to his childhood, influenced by films and tv shows like Enter Dragon and Monkey, yep, that's true, number 11, the narrator briefly mentions boxing while discussing the importance of sharing relatable experiences, although I don't know how relatable anything I say is, I don't know, I'm tired though, I know that, number 12, boxing is indirectly referenced when the narrator talks about the superhero Iron Fist, who has a powerful punch,

so the light, it sums it up saying, these references to boxing throughout the document highlights the narrator's interest in the sport, both as a spectator and on someone, as someone who has practiced it, the mentions range from personal experience and historical figures to the sports intersection with other topics like hypnosis and superheroes, by practice it is talking about me going to the boxing gym and training twice a week for a fair bit of time, I don't know, a year or so, although I had to have a couple of breaks because I had a couple of injuries,

but I was never allowed to spar because of my age, I was too old, I think in them days to be an amateur boxer I think you had to be, I think once you hit 30 it was kind of not so acceptable, I think they were short, I'm pretty sure the cut off point was like 32 or 34 but I'm not 100% at all, it seems like I've been talking for some while and I'm not sure if I've really discussed the things that I was going to be discussing, have I,

have I, I know I haven't, which is strange because I was going to talk about you know friends and friendship and stuff, although I have talked about my friend, I do need to find a way to burp myself, I've still got that, just a little bit of indigestion, just a little bit, not like a huge amount but a little bit, so I have to figure that one out, so anyway for take care I'm going to go, remember to be kind to yourself because you deserve to be happy, you do, you do deserve that and be gentle with yourself, lots of love, bye.