The Circus
6/17/20261 hr 3 min
People often say it’s not the size of a clown’s trousers that matters but the state of the custard pie in the clown’s pocket. Perhaps that’s something we should all reflect on more deeply with peak circus season fast approaching. No doubt that’s what Charlotte was thinking when she luzzed “The Circus” into the Bean Machine for use as this week’s topic.
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First 90 secondsHenry Paker· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Okay. So, um- Mm. Every so often it's in the nature of the medium- Yes ... of the podcast. Every so often recording a podcast intersects with one of the sort of great formative moments in the, um, molding of human being.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:29
Mm-hmm.
Henry Paker· Host0:29
Of a human soul, some might say.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:31
Hmm, okay.
Henry Paker· Host0:32
Now, today isn't one of those days.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:34
No, no.
Henry Paker· Host0:35
No.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:35
It's unusual. Yeah.
Henry Paker· Host0:36
It's really unusual. That's why- [laughs] It rarely happens, if ever.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:38
Yeah.
Henry Paker· Host0:39
[laughs] But, but what is, what is happening today is the podcast is we're recording on a day which is quite a special day in the life of a human, and that is- You're getting baptized. [laughs] [laughs] I'm having my midlife baptism. [laughs] [laughs] So up until now I've been Henry, and from, [laughs] from now on I am- St.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:00
Henry.
Henry Paker· Host1:01
[laughs] [laughs] It's the midlife baptism is a very heavy- Yeah ... dunking though as well, isn't it?
Mike Wozniak· Host1:06
[laughs] Is, is- 'Cause- Is it really?
Henry Paker· Host1:07
You're not like a baby. You're not starting from scratch.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:09
No.
Henry Paker· Host1:10
This is, there's a lot to wash off. There's a lot to wash off.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:13
Yeah. You, you wanna go into some heavy brandy.
Henry Paker· Host1:15
Mm-hmm.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:16
Yeah. [laughs] Yeah. Just upstream of a, of a brandy processing plant as well, so they can, they can process what comes off.
Henry Paker· Host1:24
That's right. Yeah. So it's a, it's a thick, heavy brandy and then of course I'm set fire to at the end of the, at the end of the ritual.
Unknown speaker1:29
[laughs]