Ep51: Marko's Dodgy Social Media Activity, Ox's Disastrous Holiday, & Whipper-Snipper Issues

We're back for 2024, and the pod gets off to a rough start with a (ahem) technical issue.
Once we get through that, Marko is impressed with how healthy Ox is looking. He was in the Whitsundays across New Years, he's tanned, looking good, and feeling great. But while the Whitsundays might be paradise, Ox had some weather issues which had an impact on the trip. May have been impacted by Ox drinking 100 beers on a boat. First world problem really.
Ox and Marko are feeling old - their bodies are starting to cause some issues. Ox has discovered that he can't get out of bed sometimes, Marko feels sore everywhere, and Third Man has a sore shoulder, or is it a trap? We discuss the challenges of whipper-snipping and how it can be tough on your back. Marko wants feedback, do other people get this? We decide to explore first world problems, and ask Producer Daz to whip up an opener during the podcast...is Daz up to it ?
Marko is quite active on the Couple of Blokes social accounts, Ox less so, but Ox has discovered that Marko has been careless and has been clicking follow, inadvertently, on some dodgy accounts. Marko is not convinced that the accounts he is following are dodgy, and believes they are genuine listeners to the pod. Ox disagrees.
Producer Daz has come through with the goods with a big opener for First World Problems! Which we then explore. Ox has an issue with supermarkets, specifically the wording of some of their ads. Marko has a new car, and he's unhappy with the maps function and how it works. Cue small violin.
Mid first world problems we get a call from family member Tracey, and Ox embarrasses the show by asking Tracey a hugely inappropriate question. However Tracey shrugs it off to pick up Ox and Marko on an error they made to do with Ox's mates dog. And Tracey has a question for Ox and Marko from the old SEN days about a regular caller. Marko and Third Man then have an intervention on Ox over his inappropriate question to Tracey.
Back to third world problems. Marko's GPS in the new car. He's not happy with how it looks. On cars, Ox has a third world problem with servos.
First show of the year, and we have some feedback from the family. Including one who uses the word arsehat. Great word. Ox believes cops should have the right to use the baton on sovereign citizens when they come across one. Hard to argue, they are genuine arsehats. In feedback we talk about a small Aussie crispy chilli oil company called DC Cartel, their stuff is great. Check it here.
Ox tells a great story about Marko mispronouncing colonoscopy in public consistently, very funny. We have a question from family member Adrian with a 'Can We Still Be Friends' scenario.
And in an own goal, we forgot to remove the Christmas joke category from the wheel, and so have a Christmas joke in late January. Embarrassing all round.
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