335 - Core Blake Family Moment Unlocked
6/10/202643 min
An early morning incident involving Hamish leaves the entire household wide awake! Andy's brother Cam discovers that a catastrophe at his new house was also caused by Hamish! 'Salacious Headlines' makes a return after a comment Andy made to a passing journalist got him into trouble with Bec. Plus, some 'Power Moves' to elevate your status in the workplace, and Hamish sparks an investigation into the disappearance of the game Bat Tennis after reminiscing about playing it in primary school.
1. Hamish Woke the House Up
2. Salacious Headlines
3. The Liquid Sandwich
4. Power Moves
5. NSW vs. VIC - An Ongoing Investigation
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Speaker 20:04
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Hamish Blake· Host0:21
[upbeat music] Ahoy to me, foil.
Andy Lee· Host0:25
Hamish.
Hamish Blake· Host0:26
Hmm, okay. Are we parts of a yacht?
Andy Lee· Host0:29
No.
Hamish Blake· Host0:30
Damn.
Andy Lee· Host0:30
Ahoy to me, epee.
Hamish Blake· Host0:32
Jack.
Andy Lee· Host0:33
I know it.
Hamish Blake· Host0:34
Oh, we're swords.
Andy Lee· Host0:35
Are they swords?
Hamish Blake· Host0:36
Yes.
Andy Lee· Host0:36
Fencing swords.
Hamish Blake· Host0:37
Fencing swords.
Andy Lee· Host0:37
We are fencing swords.
Hamish Blake· Host0:39
[laughs] The, the reason, Jack, you're probably the same, the reason you know an epee is it's always in crosswords.
Andy Lee· Host0:43
Huge crossword word.
Hamish Blake· Host0:44
Huge crossword word.
Andy Lee· Host0:45
Yeah.
Hamish Blake· Host0:45
[laughs] Yeah, it's, it's obviously one of those 'cause it's, like, three vowels.
Andy Lee· Host0:48
Yeah.
Hamish Blake· Host0:48
It- it's just, it's like, you know, always- Probably, probably a bit, like, helpful to wedge into the- And, and- A small word that wedges in- Yep ...
Andy Lee· Host0:55
well.
Hamish Blake· Host0:55
And also another word that pops up a lot is the plural of lots of, like, you know, eggs, as in, like, mammals' eggs, is ova.
Andy Lee· Host1:03
Oh.
Hamish Blake· Host1:03
Like with a V-A instead of, like, ovum.
Andy Lee· Host1:05
Mm.
Hamish Blake· Host1:05
That's, like, that's a- That's a useful one, yep ... that's a huge one. But I wouldn't have known epee if it wasn't for the New York Times crossword. [laughs] Which is always a good word to have up your sleeve.
Andy Lee· Host1:13
I am a sabre- A sabre, yeah ... in this one. Uh, the foil, obviously the light, flexible weapon. Torso only if we're in battle for that during a fencing competition. Epee, a heavier, stiffer weapon.
Hamish Blake· Host1:23
Mm.
Andy Lee· Host1:24
Target our entire body.
Hamish Blake· Host1:25
Yep.
Andy Lee· Host1:25
Hit where you will.
Hamish Blake· Host1:26
Yep.
Andy Lee· Host1:27
And then the sabre is a lighter- Cutting heads off ... d- uh, designed