Saints
4/1/20261 hr 5 min
This week the Bean Machine stopped weeping tears of fresh, semi-skimmed milk for the first time in four years and spat out the topic of saints as submitted by Nathan of Bristol. Which cosmic force acted through Nathan to prompt his submission we cannot know. Nor indeed is it clear if this is the only time Nathan has been used as a sacred conduit or if it occurs frequently. If the latter, is Nathan aware of what is happening? And is he using it for good or is he diverting this otherworldly force for things like avoiding traffic jams...
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First 90 secondsBenjamin Partridge· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello and welcome to Three Bean Salad. A couple of things to talk about- Mm. Before we start. Henry- Yes ... just before I pressed record said, "I've got some things to chat about."
Henry Paker· Host0:17
Yeah.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:18
Which rings alarm bells for me for some reason.
Henry Paker· Host0:20
[laughs] Okay. Okay.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:22
Feels like the beginning of a long shift, doesn't it?
Henry Paker· Host0:25
[laughing] Yeah. Sometimes when you're on that, the little tugboat that takes you out to the oil rig- [laughs] ... you know it's gonna be a- [laughs] ... a particularly cruel night. [laughs] Sort of, uh, eight months.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:38
Okay. And you look back at your wife on the, uh, on the harbor.
Henry Paker· Host0:41
Yeah.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:41
You can see she's already texting her boyfriend. She, she's waving 'cause y- you've forgotten your packed lunch.
Henry Paker· Host0:45
[laughs] Yeah.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:45
Eight months. Eight months of cheese sandwiches.
Henry Paker· Host0:48
That's eight months worth of cheese. A hyper-compacted vac- vacuum. It's a vacuum compaction system, isn't it? [laughs] You'll see infomercials about it in America, where you can get 900 cheese, cheese sandwiches cut into the size of a, um- Into the size of a credit card.
Benjamin Partridge· Host1:01
[laughs] You've got to negotiate with, with Sydney. Uh, see if you can borrow her, her corned beef sandwiches. She's not gonna give you them.
Henry Paker· Host1:07
She's not gonna give you them.
Benjamin Partridge· Host1:08
Not gonna happen.
Henry Paker· Host1:09
And also as you look away at your wife, she's already texting her boyfriend. Actually, she's snogging what looks like an octopus.
Benjamin Partridge· Host1:14
[laughs] It's the new octopus mayor of your town. [laughing] And you realize you, in your brief visit home from the last end of the rig, you've really not been paying attention to what's changed.
Henry Paker· Host1:26
[laughing] Because