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Offcuts: There's a Mouse in My Car, Drag Queen Trademark Wars & Are You Scared of Failing or Being Seen Failing?

6/12/202643 min

Hey Lifers! Welcome to your little weekend snack!

We kick things off with a very pressing issue: Laura thinks there's a mouse living in the roof of her car. Keeshia shares her own rodent origin story where she spent her honours year in a biomedical research lab dosing rats with very high quality drugs. Laura's mouse had a rougher life. We also revisit the great childhood mouse escape where approximately 15 pet mice gnawed through their cage and moved into the family home, which did not end well for them.

Then we get into it:

  • Uber has dropped its Lost and Found Index for 2026, and the list does not disappoint.
  • Patagonia the brand vs Pattie Gonia the drag queen & the trademark war that's taken over everyone's algorithm.
  • Ballmaxxing. Men are injecting saline into their scrotums at home to make their testicles firmer, rounder, and more even. Is this actually so different from what women have been doing for years?
  • Is it the fear of failure, or is it the fear of people watching you fail?

 

TIMESTAMPS

  • 0:00 — Britt's on holidays, Laura & Keeshia are running the show (nom noms still on ice)
  • 0:50 — Laura has a mouse in her car. Two days in.
  • 6:37 — Uber's Lost & Found Index 2026
  • 11:28 — Patagonia the brand vs Pattie Gonia the drag queen
  • 24:30 — Ballmaxxing (sorry)
  • 32:08 — "Is it the fear of failure, or the fear of people watching you fail?"

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Hosted by Laura Byrne & Keeshia Pettit 

Produced by Keeshia Pettit

Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley

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Clips

Trademark Showdown Explained
Introducing “Ball Maxing”
Fear Of Public Failure
Mouse In The Car Roof
Forgotten Pram Fiasco

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Laura Byrne· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] Hi everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Life Uncut. I'm Laura.

  2. Keeshia Pettit· Host0:12

    I'm Keesha.

  3. Laura Byrne· Host0:13

    Hi, Keesha.

  4. Keeshia Pettit· Host0:14

    Do you like permission to- Nom, nom, nom, nom. [laughs] [laughs] Welcome to Off Cut.

  5. Laura Byrne· Host0:19

    Once again, Brit is away on holidays now, and it's just you and me, baby.

  6. Keeshia Pettit· Host0:23

    Ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the- Oh, God.

  7. Laura Byrne· Host0:28

    Sorry, guys. I won't do noms and I won't sing. I've been banned from everything.

  8. Keeshia Pettit· Host0:31

    Oh, I'm the one who bans you from singing, but I do not have an opinion on the noms. I don't care about the noms. If you want a nom... I was about to say, "If the boss is away, the mice will play," but you are also a boss, so.

  9. Laura Byrne· Host0:41

    I also think we've done it enough just by saying we're not gonna do it, so here we are. Anyway, if you don't know what this episode is and you're just joining us, it is our weekend snack for you, and we are unpacking all of the fun things that we were talking about in the group chat that didn't quite make it onto any other episode this week.

  10. Keeshia Pettit· Host0:56

    Yeah, we're gonna be talking Patagonia v Pattygonia.

  11. Laura Byrne· Host1:00

    We're also talking about all the shit you left in Ubers- [laughs] ... which is great, and then we've got some other things. But anyway, something I need to talk about first that's unrelated to anyone else's life dramas, I think I have a mouse in the roof of my car, and is that a possibility?

  12. Keeshia Pettit· Host1:14

    I thought you were gonna say in the roof of your house.

  13. Laura Byrne· Host1:15

    Alive.

  14. Keeshia Pettit· Host1:16

    I was, I was gonna say.

  15. Laura Byrne· Host1:17

    I think it's alive.

  16. Keeshia Pettit· Host1:18

    Would you prefer it be alive or dead?

  17. Laura Byrne· Host1:20

    Well, I'm worried, 'cause I don't think it's gonna be alive for long- [laughs] ... if it's in the roof of my car.

  18. Keeshia Pettit· Host1:23

    I don't know. I've seen your car. You haven't vacuumed that for a while. [laughs] There's quite a few snacks on offer.

  19. Laura Byrne· Host1:27

    It's got six months of life in it.

  20. Keeshia Pettit· Host1:29

    How...

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