Originally broadcast on: http://radiosoapbox.com Radio Soapbox
Women's Hour broadcasts live every Sunday at 7:00p.m. uk time.
Good evening, listeners! Welcome to another lively episode of Women's Hour, streaming live from radiosoapbox.com and Rumble. I'm your host, Shelley Tasker, joined by my vibrant co-host, Jo Wood. We kicked off the show reminiscing about our recent whirlwind 24-hour trip to London for the farmers' protest rally. Despite the early start and long day, we found ourselves refreshed and full of stories, from the brand new £300,000 coach we travelled on to the delightful strangers we met along the way.
Our conversation took a humorous turn as we discussed the quirks of public transport and the unexpected camaraderie with fellow passengers. We shared laughs over my penchant for chatting with strangers and Jo's curiosity about the cost of the coach. The day was filled with memorable encounters, including a chat with an old farmer and his family, which highlighted the community spirit that rallies like these foster.
We also touched on the subdued atmosphere at the protest, noting the surprising calmness of the farmers, which was echoed by the Boulder Hat Farmer, a key figure in the movement. Despite the lack of vocal unrest, the turnout was impressive, especially compared to the rally in Truro, where we proudly noted the higher number of tractors.
In a lighter segment, we delved into the world of raunchy literature and films, discussing the allure of stories like "Fifty Shades of Grey" and the dynamics of romantic pursuits. This led to a broader conversation about human nature, societal norms, and the fascinating interplay of relationships.
We wrapped up the episode with a historical spotlight on Catherine the Great, exploring her influential yet controversial reign as Empress of Russia. Her story of power, reform, and personal escapades provided a captivating look at a strong woman in history. As always, we aim to bring you engaging discussions and insights, and we look forward to your company next week. Stay tuned for more vibrant conversations!
[00:01:01]
Unknown:
Good evening to the wonderful women out there and the occasional gentlemen listening in too. You are listening to Women's Hour running live out of radiosoapbox.com. I'm also streaming live out of Rumble, Shelley Tasker. If you'd like to join in the conversation and leave any comments or chat, it's good to have your company. Today's date is Sunday, 24th November 2024, And I'm joined by the lovely, beautiful, young co host, Jo Wood. Good evening, miss Jo Wood. How are you?
[00:01:34] Unknown:
Hello. Hello. How are you?
[00:01:36] Unknown:
I'm good. I'm bouncing, actually. Bouncing. Bouncing.
[00:01:41] Unknown:
Bouncing.
[00:01:42] Unknown:
Wow. Well, we've had a week that been? Well, we've had such a week, haven't we? I mean, I had a little 24 hour holiday in London.
[00:01:52] Unknown:
You know what? I almost forgot about our little day trip. I know.
[00:01:57] Unknown:
Crazy. What do you mean you forgot? We were making We've done We were making memories. A lot.
[00:02:03] Unknown:
I'm like, well, we've done so much and packed so much in. It's just like, oh, there's no extra room in my memory bank. No. No.
[00:02:13] Unknown:
And what a day it was. What a day. I mean, do you know what? I know it was hard going. For our dear listeners, we left, you know, I set my alarm at 2 o'clock in the morning. I left here at 3. I got to Joe's at half 3, and we were on board the coach for London's farmers protest rally thing, at 4 o'clock in the morning. And it was we both said never again. Never again until the next time. But Oh, no. We're both there on the way back saying, never doing this again. Never doing this again. And then the next day, I thought, do you know, I feel quite refreshed after that little holiday? Well,
[00:02:51] Unknown:
did you?
[00:02:52] Unknown:
I did. Because it was like, we'd been away. We'd had a holiday. We we had to endure each other's company for, like, nearly 24 hours, which we coped with. You know, I fidgeted a bit too much for you. You asked stupid questions. You know, how much how much do you think the coach cost? And, of course, then that got us in the conversation with the driver.
[00:03:16] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. I like to know these things. And I don't I don't know I don't know why because, you know, it really wouldn't make any difference. However, the coach was a very new coach. In an actual fact, it was its first with us on board. And I think it seated 57. Was it 56 or 67? 67. 57. 57. I mean, he was a big old boy, very comfortable. And I just thought, wow. This is all very you know, it was a bit like Starship Enterprise, you know. We had armrests. We have reclining seats. We had potholders. It was lovely. And I just thought, I wonder how much this cost. Then, of course, that got us talking, and it was £300,000.
[00:04:07] Unknown:
Yeah. We were on a brand new couch, weren't we? And when when people were, like, getting off, it was, like, never ending, wasn't it? It was like, where are all these people coming from?
[00:04:17] Unknown:
We thought, oh, I'll be polite because we were at the front. I'll be polite. I'll just stand up, and I'll let a few, you know, go past. And and then you sort of have, like, a little pause, don't you, when somebody else has blocked the way further down the coach because they're getting their things. But, no, they kept they were like buses. They just kept coming and coming and coming, well, like buses in the good old days when you could rely on them. But, yeah, it was pretty enjoyable. It was a very long day. We had lunch in London, didn't we? Well, exactly.
Likes to talk to every known stranger
[00:04:55] Unknown:
that comes into her periphery vision. Oh, come on. You don't do so bad at that yourself.
[00:05:03] Unknown:
I believe you've been attended in a palm for, like, literally a minute. Wow.
[00:05:09] Unknown:
To everyone. I love a chat. I love a chat. I am that person. If you're out, you know, lady up the road here a while ago in summer doing her wall, and she was chatting to me about how she wanted the wall taken down so she could park her car in a front garden, but the council wouldn't allow it. And the 3 of them next to each other had all done the same, but I was there for about 45 minutes. And then we came up the with the solution that I needed a new car. She wanted that bloody wall down, so perhaps I should just drive my car into a wall. But we giggled and haven't seen her since. But she's, like, 20 doors up. Wow.
[00:05:47] Unknown:
You know, that that is just you all over. Like I said, listeners, I go to the bar to get some drinks, to get some food, and I come back, and Shelley has got herself entrenched on a table talking to 3 random strangers that at the end of it, it was like we've known them all our lives. I know. And that's what I loved.
[00:06:08] Unknown:
You know, he was an old farmer, wasn't he? And I can't remember, his daughter's name, but she was there with her 13 year old son. And I had to laugh because when they came back with their drinks when you were still at the bar, she got out penguins from a handbag, and they all had a penguin. Did she? That reminds me of, like, Jules and Graham. That's the sort of thing Jules would do. But, Yeah. The last of Yeah. Just talking about farming in general, and then we got on to how you don't pay council tax and stuff, and he was fascinated. He was at he was like, god. She's such a rebel.
And they were all listening, and, yeah, it was really lovely.
[00:06:48] Unknown:
It was an enjoyable day. It was an enjoyable day. A very early start, a very long day. Mind you, I mean, the other coaches, they got held up longer than we did going into London, and some of them didn't get back until after 2:30. Oh. So I don't and and, again, you know, this would be the stupid question I would ask. Would that be because of their I don't know what they I think they call it a tag or a token or something like that. Would that be because that driver's tag had reached its limit and he had to pull over and stop for a certain amount of time before he could carry on driving. They were the questions I had in my head when somebody was telling me that they didn't get in until that time. And I thought, no. Don't ask Satcho because, you know, you don't know him that well, and they they think you're a bit odd. You're not. So, yeah, I did a but it it it was it was a good day. And we had Good Morning Britain on the coach filming live live streaming to the nation from Bodmin right up until Bristol.
[00:08:06] Unknown:
We did. We did. And the whole Morigmore of that because somebody had to get off the coach. So, the Good Morning Britain team could get on. And and, originally, I think it was 3 people they wanted, and Jo wanted to be on that coach. She'd paid to go on that coach. So she's messaging me. Paid to go on that coach. She's bloody paid for it. She's like, we need to pretend we're proper farmers, so we need to wear our wellies. And I'm like, god, this woman, she just so overthinks stuff. You know? But fortunately, only half of them have had my money's on. Prepared.
[00:08:40] Unknown:
You
[00:08:41] Unknown:
got me prepared. You got me prepared, but I did laugh when he said, is there anybody that wants to go on the taxi? And you just looked at me, and we both looked the other way. And then this lady said, I'll go on the taxi. So, you know, you might not have seen us on the move. Yeah. Yeah. Well, she probably thought loads more like a movie. She wasn't looking at it that, you know, this might be our moment. But it She was. No. I told everybody sick of it. Yeah. Yeah. We were. So all of those people that watched that TV show in the morning, when the interviews came in, me and Jo, we were there. We were at the front of that bus.
[00:09:13] Unknown:
Yeah. We were we were there. That was a little piece in history that we didn't really play a part in, but we were there.
[00:09:22] Unknown:
We were. And for those that have seen great, wonderful pictures and heard great things, I think both we both found it a little bit disappointing, Joe, didn't we?
[00:09:33] Unknown:
We did. And we did talk about that on the way back. And it was interesting that the farmers on the coach, a lot of them thought the same. The the farmers were very subdued. They were very diplomatic. And although they were saying, you know, they were angry, not that I'm an advocate of violence, but I thought there would be more unrest in the crowd. You know, when people are making speeches and they're going, oh, I'm down in street. They're very bad people or whatever it was they were saying. I would have thought you would have got a lot more jeering from the crowd. You know? There was nothing. Nothing.
And it's interesting because, I don't know if listeners out there have heard of a gentleman called the Boulder Hat Farmer. But I spoke to him afterwards, and he's sort of quite main player in the, farmer's campaign. And he said exactly the same. He said it was astonishing that the farmers were so quiet. But, you know, farmers farmers on the whole are generally very placid, calm, good natured people. In general, that is a sweeping statement, I know. But I think with our events yesterday, it's very evident that when the chips are down, they will come forward. Well, isn't that interesting that,
[00:11:08] Unknown:
so listeners, we had a rally in Truro yesterday. You might have seen us on the news, not me or Joe, but, all of the tractors in Truro, and we had more tractors than London. I'm pretty goddamn proud about that. Not just driving We had
[00:11:25] Unknown:
we had 100 tractors and vehicles, and it took 10 minutes for them to get out of the cattle market. And that's not because they were driving at 1 mile an hour. They were driving probably 10, 15 miles an hour coming out of the car park to reach the main road. It took over 10 minutes. I watched the video. The guy stood there the whole time filming them till the last one. And Wow. I wanna give a big shout out, a big shout out to my new friends, deputy manager of Audi, in my local town. She had made it possible for some tractors. I mean, god, not all a 100 of them, but quite a few did stay on. She made it possible for them to use their loading bay area.
And I had to pop back in there to pick up some supplies today, and she happened to be there. And she said, oh my god. She said, when I was driving to work, I saw it all on the journey in. She said, there were so many of them. I lost count. She said, I'm so pleased it went well for you. So a big up to Aldi. I must admit, I was taken back that they were willing to help. But a little history to Audi. It was formed by 2 brothers, 2 German brothers, one of which is heavily heavily involved in financing, to a degree, the German farmers movement over there. So he fully understands what farmers are up against. And it's interesting. When you go into Audi, there is an whole lot of fresh fruit and veg produce, probably not so much fruit, but definitely veg, that's from Britain.
[00:13:23] Unknown:
So, you know They have signs quite often saying support British farmers.
[00:13:28] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I know I know supermarkets do get a bad rep within the farming community, and rightly so. I do have to say, I'm extremely appreciative for Aldi supporting us in yesterday. So big up to Aldi.
[00:13:50] Unknown:
Big up to Aldi. I tell you, we'll big them up, Jo. Oggy. Oggy. Oggy.
[00:13:56] Unknown:
Oh, no. You've got that wrong. You've got that wrong. My days.
[00:14:00] Unknown:
My days. When something's instilled, if you if you're not Cornish, okay, but you're listening from over the way, we have a saying through Cornish people at rugby matches. Do the normal one a minute, Jo.
[00:14:12] Unknown:
Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey.
[00:14:17] Unknown:
Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey.
[00:14:22] Unknown:
Okey. Oi. Oi. Oi.
[00:14:27] Unknown:
Oi. Right. That'll do. There you go. There. Well, they had a great idea, you know, on the day to reinforce it. Go on. Give your version, Jo.
[00:14:38] Unknown:
Well, you have to say Ogie because you don't know the other version. Well, you say it all. Oh, Ogie Ogie Ogie. FMC. Ogie.
[00:15:04] Unknown:
That was just too much of a head crisis. I just couldn't get it. It was entertaining. Yeah. I I got that sprung on me at, like, 7:30
[00:15:13] Unknown:
in the morning whilst I was out on the streets of my town, honing off car park, put in additional parking signs up for tractors. Yes. So that was, like, quick call from our farmer, Pete. By the way, Joe, this is gonna be our new song. Okay. I'll try and remember that. I'm a little busy now. It's pouring rain. I'm tired, but yeah. Great.
[00:15:41] Unknown:
Well, it's only a few words in it, but I find that it's just like a tongue twister, personally. But to those of you out there, honest to god, if you want an event organized anything, get in touch with Jo. She's your woman. She is yeah. You did bloody wow yesterday. You really did. Credit given where credit's due. It was an awesome day. Oh,
[00:16:03] Unknown:
bless you. Bless you. It was, yeah, it was it was fraught with some difficulties, but they were overcome very quickly. Lessons have been learned from this one. We didn't anticipate that many tractors. So, you know, we'll regroup.
[00:16:32] Unknown:
And doesn't that just go to show when you said just now about farmers being quite placid and stuff like that, how I mean, you have the list the 9 the night before of, like, 10 people were like, yeah. We're gonna be there with tractors. They didn't even notify anybody. They're just like, yeah. Do you know what? It's tipping down with rain. Let's go out. Just accumulated out of nowhere.
[00:16:54] Unknown:
Yep. Yep. Definitely. And, again, that's that's just an indication of, you know, to for for them, farming isn't a job. It's a vocation. It's a way of life. And I think for them and I appreciate probably due to the weather, there was an awful lot they can do, but there's always, always work to be done on the farm. And for them to come away from that and to give their time up was, you know, a real show of strength and determination that we're not gonna allow a very corrupt to come along and and take our heritage from us. So it was great to see that many people come together, and it was great to have that many supporters there as well because the weather was awful.
[00:17:52] Unknown:
Yeah. We looked awesome. And, well, you had your waterproofs on. I was a dry rope anchor again, but I'm gonna have to complain because dry rope.
[00:18:03] Unknown:
I need to I need to ask stupid questions again. Go on. Did that dry robe actually keep me dry, or was it wet through onto your clothing underneath?
[00:18:12] Unknown:
My elbows were wet. Worked that one out. And I ripped today. Yeah. Just my elbows, and I realized that that's because there are zips there that you can take it off. Because, you know, they're supposed to be worn for when you're changing on the beach and stuff. But people wear them to football and stuff like that. And Yeah. Hence the whole Facebook page, dryrobe wankers. You know, and there's this whole, like, oh my god. I'm wearing a dryrobe. But I must be warm. Gone are the days where I'm worried about what I look like. I put my on, had a nice dress on underneath, and, yeah, all was well.
[00:18:50] Unknown:
Well, do you know? I think I'm gonna have to invest in one of them, or I'm going for the Cormac look. I'm wearing their waterproofs. Can't decide. Because do they I mean, you will know with Wesley. When he wears the waterproofs, are they fully waterproof? Does he get wet?
[00:19:08] Unknown:
Oh, I think they are. I've never really had the conversation with him.
[00:19:12] Unknown:
I'll make sure I ask him. Will do. It's just off putting the colors. You know? You've either got fluorescent yellow or fluorescent orange. But do you know look good in either.
[00:19:24] Unknown:
There is something about, dare I even say it live on the radio, a man in all of his Cormac gear in summer
[00:19:33] Unknown:
working on the road.
[00:19:34] Unknown:
It depends where I'm at. It depends where I am in that cycle of being a woman, but I can look and smile. And that was very nice driving past. Thank you. Yep. So a Cormac outfit does it.
[00:19:51] Unknown:
Well
[00:19:51] Unknown:
Oh, I'm glad. Just say that?
[00:19:54] Unknown:
Yeah. No. You said that out loud. Yeah. I'm gonna have to investigate in which one to invest in. A dryrobe or CoolMac waterproofs.
[00:20:06] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. Do it because I think we're gonna have a we're gonna have a lot of rain. It just hasn't stopped. But it's quite cozy when you're inside, is it? I love it. So, I mean, I I got up really late because somebody got me a bit sloshed in the pub yesterday afternoon, and I I couldn't even drive my car home. I wasn't that sloshed, but I was over the limit. And I had to sleep for a couple of hours because I was going out in the evening. And then I just didn't fancy wine after having, like, a glass in the day. So I went on to the old Malibu and Coke, and then I was awake all bloody night. All the caffeine in Coke didn't enter my head.
[00:20:46] Unknown:
And Exactly. Because you don't really drink. No. Coconated
[00:20:50] Unknown:
Coke or or sort of Red Bull or any of that. No. None of it. I hate those Red Bull drinks and stuff. When I get to my car this evening, I was in the queue because I got my bottle of wine. And I'm looking at what the person in front of me is holding, and it's these young lads, and they've got, like, chocolate and stuff like that. And I was being really judgy. And then the man behind me, he's got his pizza, and he's got a couple of Monster Energy drinks. Again, I'm being really dodgy. And then I'm there with my little bottle of wine, and I was like, Shelley, you think you're so innocent.
But what really annoyed me, those boys in front, I mean, they were probably about 20. That look when they have got their trousers halfway down showing their pants, I just want to grab them and pull them up.
[00:21:44] Unknown:
And pull them up hard and give them a wedgie. Yeah. I don't I don't like that look. I'm just like, that can't be comfortable. It looks awful.
[00:21:55] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. So I I could see his checkered boxer shorts. And, you know, you'd have to make sure you've got nice pants on as well, wouldn't you? I mean, we've all been known. Come on. We've all got a couple of oldie pairs that are tattered and whatever. Yeah. But they're comfy. They're like your dressing gown.
[00:22:11] Unknown:
I mean Oh, yeah. That's a whole another topic, isn't it? Like, underwear that was once white is now gray.
[00:22:19] Unknown:
Yes. I've got lots of that. Well, actually, I'd I'd just buy black now. I I tend to wear black for everything. I do like a bit of black slimming, apparently. Yeah. Yeah. But I, a complete change of subject. I mean, I did eventually rise about midday after having lots of really strange dreams, and I'm like, this house I need to get on. I've been out all weekend gallivanting. I need to crack on. And I had a photo shoot, half past 3, and this lovely lady came full of energy. She wanted some boudoir type shoots. And I love it when you meet someone. And for the first time, right, this is what she said to me as she gets out of the car. She said, hi. Hi. Sorry I'm so bleeping late. This weather is just driving me bleeping.
Oh my god. The language. But I love people like that, but just and then you're, like, you're at one with each other. It's like, you're on my level. We had such a laugh doing this photoshoot. You know, she wanted some, like, just in underwear. We did a couple of, like, topless ones and stuff. But when she was looking at me and saying, well, what next? And I was like, come on. Look into my eyes. Look at me like you want me. Oh my god. We had such a laugh. My eyes. Not around my eyes. Yeah. Yeah. Come on. Give it to me, baby. Oh, we did have fun.
So that that's been my day, really. Yeah. Yeah. Well you after catching up? You said you were aching everywhere.
[00:23:48] Unknown:
Yeah. Aching everywhere. I eventually got out of the house, but I had no no concept of time because in that torrential weather we had yesterday, and literally every item of clothing I was wearing underneath my waterproofs was soaking wet, even to my underwear. So I had my phone in my pocket, and my phone got waterlogged. So my phone didn't work. It still doesn't work. Mhmm. I have no clocks in this place. I do have watches, but the batteries on those have stopped, so I couldn't tell the time. So the only way I could tell the site was on my laptop. And by the time I got round over there, it was, like, about half past 2, and I'm like, I thought it was only about half past the living, maybe 12.
So then I had to hop for it down into the town to try and sort my phone out. Long story short, for whatever re well, the fault was mine. They couldn't. So I've gotta go back in there tomorrow with it. Fingers crossed, they can, do something with it because, you know, I feel like my left arm has been sort of without my phone. Yeah. I bet you do. The amount of times I pick up my phone.
[00:25:16] Unknown:
And it can't it tells you, doesn't it? I don't look anymore, but you can look at the end of the day, and it'll say how many pickups you've had. Yes.
[00:25:25] Unknown:
Yes. I don't look. I don't look. I don't look. So, yeah, that's that's kind of what I've done. I had to go and take back the speaker stand. I didn't realize they were so heavy. I'm sure they're made of lead. So I had to take them back. What else? Went into Aldi, like I said. Picked up a few bits. Did some washing. All pretty much mundane things that women do.
[00:25:57] Unknown:
Exactly. On a Sunday. And I even managed to cook a roast. You did not. I did. A very small quick roast. Really? My mum always goes on about how long a roast take. And one day, like, when I was cooking for, like, 6 people, I just filmed myself, and then I put it on the time loop thing, so it was, like, really fast. And I said, there you are. It took me, like, 2 minutes.
[00:26:20] Unknown:
But Really? Wow.
[00:26:22] Unknown:
I didn't use a chicken. I just used chicken breast that I defrosted, and, yeah, just easy peasy. I didn't think it was very nice, though, but hey ho. I did it. I got my vegetables inside me.
[00:26:36] Unknown:
Well, I admire you from doing that. You know? And as we know, before we came on air, Shelley and I had a very brief conversation, and I just said, oh, I'm just gonna get some yogurt. And she was going, why are you eating yogurt? And I said, oh, I've just remembered I've not eaten all day because I just forget. If it's not put in front of me, I just totally forget about food. I'm not particularly driven by it. I like to eat it. I like to eat it a lot. But if I have to actually do something that involves preparing, count me out.
[00:27:11] Unknown:
I'm I'm not doing it. I just don't say you can live like that. I mean, god, I live for food. And I won't go too much into it because I wanna bore everybody with my gut health issues, but I've now done 4 days of no PPIs, no Omeprazole or anything like that. How cool is that? It is, but I've still obviously got the symptoms. So I'm still drinking horrible drinks like slippery armbark. And I was chatting to this lovely lady last night all about this. She was quite eccentric, actually. And she was saying about all the problems that she had, and she said, literally, she lives on pancakes.
And she says all of the gluten free stuff is all very well, but it's filled with sugar. But, Yes. It is. Yeah. Because I'm gonna have one of those food allergy tolerance tests being done. I've gotta book that in this week. But, yeah, it's just like trust them. She just said, stop eating everything and slowly build things in. I was like, oh god. I I just can't do that. It's like, sometimes I've not eaten anything, and I've got it. Do you know what I mean? So perhaps it's the tea. Perhaps I should go without that first cup of tea in the morning. Anyway, at the moment, I'm just here. You know, I've got my bottle of Gaviscon and my bottle of wine, intermittent swigs from each.
[00:28:27] Unknown:
What a mix. Yeah. You are living the dream, girl. You are living the dream.
[00:28:33] Unknown:
Thank you. And with Forget. Sorry. Yeah. Go on. No. No. No. No. No. No. I was just gonna say if I would I would play Well, I had nothing else to say. Okay. There's a first.
[00:28:48] Unknown:
Cheeky.
[00:28:49] Unknown:
Cheeky.
[00:28:51] Unknown:
Okay.
[00:28:52] Unknown:
Right. We'll play a song. We'll play our Sunday hymn. This is an old version, actually. I know there's been a version in the charts. Well, there's lit there's parts of it. But because it is women's hour, every week, I've got to find an old hymn. Okay? And this is by Laurie London. He's got the whole world.
[00:30:16] Unknown:
Hands, he's got you and me, sister. In his hands, he's got you and me, brother. In his hands, she's got the whole world in her hands. She's got the whole world in her hands. She's got the whole world. In his In his hands, he's got the whole world in his hands. He's got everybody here. Woah. In his hands, he's got everybody here. Woah. In his hands, he's got the whole world. In his
[00:31:30] Unknown:
There we are. This week's hymn. To those listeners, if you've got any old time favorites from your school days, pop us a message. [email protected]. Yeah. Any requests? Religious because we gotta keep it a little bit of a bit of holiness on Sunday because I don't make church, but, I do have my beliefs. Anyway, young Jo, are you back?
[00:31:56] Unknown:
I am back. I I do like that song. It does remind me of my childhood. Yep. Not that I went to church a lot, but you were made to sing it at school from time to time.
[00:32:09] Unknown:
Yep. Yep. Which we could do with now. And I think we've said before, didn't we? Was it last week? We said about the Lord's Prayer, that people won't know all about that. Yeah. My god. I can hear the rain. It's hammering down outside
[00:32:24] Unknown:
in Campbell. Have you seen that in Campbell? Have you seen on the news or the floods in, Wales?
[00:32:31] Unknown:
No. I haven't watched the news today.
[00:32:34] Unknown:
No. Well, I've seen the news because I don't watch mainstream TV, but it was on, I don't know, social media on on on the World Wide Web. Yeah. Horrendous. Absolutely horrendous.
[00:32:49] Unknown:
Wow. Must be all part of the climax climate hoax.
[00:32:55] Unknown:
Yes. Perhaps it is. Perhaps it is. But, nearly, when sort of saying it was absolutely horrendous, I know that we've been meaning to talk about strong women in history. And, this woman was nearly horrendous as the weather, but on rather a, promiscuous scale, should we say. Oh. Have you heard of Kath Catherine the Great?
[00:33:30] Unknown:
No. Unless we're talking monarchy.
[00:33:35] Unknown:
Well, yes. Russian. Russian monarchy. Oh, okay. She was, the longest standing female leader, I. E. Empress of Russia back in, oh, sort of 17/45. So she was born in Prussia, and she was a princess. And she got invited to Russia by by Tsarina Elizabeth, I think, who was the daughter of somebody called Peter the Great. And he had got the title Peter the Great. He he got the throne basically, because there was a coup 3 years before he became king. Anyway anyway, you know, that was her uncle, basically. And somewhere along the line, she then became empress of Russia.
And well, by marriage, that was. By marriage. Anyway, she married a I think he was called he was called Peter as well, I believe. Yeah. She had married a guy called Peter, but she started several extramarital affairs.
[00:35:09] Unknown:
Oh. You know that?
[00:35:11] Unknown:
I love the rules. Oh, well, I know. But I I tell you what, why is it when you look back in history, especially sort of royal history, they were all at it. They were all at it. To marital affairs left, right, and center. It's like it was going out of fashion through whatever time in history. They're all just dirty dogs. Anyway, she she and her husband reportedly had a rocky marriage from the start, and I think it was something like 8 or 10 years passed without having a child. And that's when there was rumors that she started to have a extramarital affair with a guy called Sergei so so I think he was called Tsotaykovs Tsotaykovs. Can't pronounce it. Anyway, Sergei was in the Russian military.
And lo and behold, along come the baby boy after 8 years of being married to Peter, who didn't produce any. Well, she didn't just stop there. She just carried on having more children by other men but passing them off as Peters. I think she went on to have several affairs over over her time, over her reign in history. But one thing about her, she was fundamental in setting up, for one of a better word, law and order, really, and I guess a rudimentary parliament. So she was she was fundamental in that aspect of pushing pushing aspect of pushing pushing Russia into what's the words I'm looking for?
Not negotiations, but into into being a mover and shaker sort of on the world stage as you will for that time in history. What else yeah. I know. I mean, she wasn't she wasn't any oil painting. She wasn't a head turner, but she she, she went after things and people pretty much as she damn well pleased. And, you know, she was threatened many a time before to keep it low key, but she had wrote in her memoirs about another one of her conquest. The one of her aunts had feigned with the relationship, and that's why she was able to continue with it. And I think she was able to continue with it because, like I said, she was fundamental in setting up the system in Russia at the time.
And she was sort of quite a reformist of liberal sort of she would be, wouldn't she? She would just sag. But she was a tart. She was a tart. She was a tart. I love it. Yeah. She was a tarp. So she was sort of quite, forefigure in sort of liberal domestic reforms for the country, which was interesting that later on, she, saw the writing on the walls about her husband because he wasn't particularly a great leader at the time. So she quickly sort of conspired with the military to have him removed and arrested. And that takes a lot of guts for a woman to sort of have the king's military go against him, a strong headed woman, to actually manipulate and maneuver people to do that.
[00:39:34] Unknown:
I should say. Sorry. What era was this again?
[00:39:38] Unknown:
Back in the 1700.
[00:39:40] Unknown:
1700. Yeah. I'm surprised he didn't, like, just demand his wife's head to be chopped off. But if she had that much power Well, she I was gonna say she was a strong woman.
[00:39:53] Unknown:
She was a strong, strong woman. And I think 6 months after she had him arrested, he abdicated from the throne, and then that's when she stepped in. And then I think probably 2 weeks later, he mysteriously died. But rumor has it, the brother of one of her former lovers, he was called Gregory, killed Peter the great off off with his head. He was just no more. So she sanctioned that as well. Quite ruthless, really. She took no prisoners.
[00:40:41] Unknown:
No. No. I wouldn't well, I wouldn't wanna make an enemy of her. Oh, I love it. I do love a bit of history finding out these things.
[00:40:51] Unknown:
Yeah. But she was a she was a mover and shaker of her time. She sort of, you know, was one of the first, if not the first, to usher in relations between Russia and Poland to sort of try and get them united. But, of course, now it's all very, very different. You know, things soured. She passed on. And then sort of Poland and Russian were no more. I think they formed a commonwealth with Lithuania. But, of course, that whole region, that eastern block is, you know, in disarray at the moment. So she's probably turning in her grave, isn't she? Is there is there Catherine the Grey? Yeah. Yeah.
[00:41:46] Unknown:
Oh, well done, Jo. Well done. I'm impressed. Because dear listeners, we have been, like, trying to think, you know, rather than us just rabbit on randomly and bore you with our supplement intake. But we will update you from time to time. But that we should start forming a little bit of structure. And I know Jo can't be here for the full hour every week, but alas, Jo, this is like the 4th week on the trot you've not been working on a Sunday.
[00:42:15] Unknown:
I know. I know. It'll be all changed next weekend, I'm afraid. It will just be the half hour. But yeah.
[00:42:23] Unknown:
Yeah. It'd be 4 runs of half hours, and then we'll be back to full hours again. Oh, wow. What it is. It is what it is. That's what I mean to say. But, no, it's good. So the plan is every week, we're gonna deliver to you, a strong, powerful woman anyway. Yeah. So, yeah, well done, Jo. I'm impressed. 10 out of 10 and a merit mark. And if I had my little Oh, gold star. Gold star. Yeah.
[00:42:50] Unknown:
Star.
[00:42:51] Unknown:
And if I have my xylophone out history. Yeah. That's something. I mean, I don't even know English history, and I almost wish like Russian.
[00:42:59] Unknown:
Well, Russian history really, really interests me. You know, it's it's very, very interesting and very bloody and brutal. Don't know what that says about me, but
[00:43:13] Unknown:
it's interesting. And raunchy. But we all love a bit of raunch. I've got to say this because, it was actually my daughter that said, oh, mom, you've gotta watch this thing called rivals on, Disney plus. Don't wanna plug it here. Anyway, she says, so good. So good. She says, I could hardly sit next to Ollie and watch it. And, of course, she like, oh, oh, I like a bit of raunch on and off. On and off. On and off. Don't get me wrong. I like a true story and a drama. Anyway, could I download the app? Because I canceled it ages ago. I've got 2 usernames, this, that, and the other. Oh, it's too complicated.
Anyway, the the point I'm trying to make is I was chasing that bit of raunch. And then that lady that I was chatting to last night, the eccentric lady, Bobby, I think she's called, you know, telling me all about her gut health and stuff like that, she was saying how when she was younger, she grew up reading all of the Indian books, and they were really wrong. And then she Really? Yeah. Yeah. And then she was going on to say, about this film in particular on YouTube. I'm just seeing if I can find it because like you, I, anything I want to remember, I send it to myself on Messenger. So Yes. This is a recommendation, Outlaw with Johnny Black. Okay? A bit of an Indian film with a bit of raunch.
Oh. I mean, did you did you ever watch the 50 shades
[00:44:44] Unknown:
season series? Yes. I did. Yes. The first one was very, very good. The second one was good, but I'm just like, oh, it's not as good as the first one. And I don't know whether that's because, you know, any sequels
[00:44:59] Unknown:
never are. Any But there was a third one as well, wasn't there? Those 3 books. What's that? What was that? Oh my god, Jo. Oh my god. It was like 50 shades, 50 shades darker, and then 50 shades freed. Oh, you're missing a book.
[00:45:15] Unknown:
I am missing a book. Oh my goodness. Just watch the movie. Just watch the movie.
[00:45:21] Unknown:
But I read the books first, and I must admit, oh my god. I couldn't put it down. So what is it that drives us women to these raunchy movies and books? Because I read once about a woman that her whole dopamine system, what she craved to get her fix was reading these sexually arousing books, and she would literally be reading them for the whole point of that peak in it when they finally get down to action. And then she would start the next book, but it was an addiction. But, I mean, I like a bit of raunch. Don't get me wrong. But, is it that we wanna be in their shoes? I mean, that whole I can't remember her name now. Anastasia in 50 Shades Darker. Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah. Is is that, like, the dream of every woman, you know, being seduced by a millionaire?
Is it?
[00:46:20] Unknown:
Well, I you know, I I'd have to say, yes. Being seduced by a millionaire, even if you look like Quasimodo, would be very welcomed in the financial times we live in now. But I think it's more it's you know, I mean, I don't wanna be crass. Clearly, it is about the the more physical side of things, but I think it's more the spoken or written words that gets you to that point of the physical. You know? It it's it's all well and good having that physical action, but you need to have sort of a little bit of seducement, you know, sweet nothings in your ear type thing before you even reach that. So I understand what you've just said. You know, that woman would read these books, read these sort of novels until the point of impact, if you will, and then she'd just pick up another book and start again. Yeah. Like, the whole build up, the whole chase. Yeah. Yes. That's what it is. It's the build up, isn't it? It is the build up. But then I know men. I know men like that that are are just out looking for the chase. Let me say for the listeners, I have not been involved in any of that. I'm not one of those sitting here being bitter. But I know friends as men that have just been all about the chase. They wanna go after, and they wanna chase. So maybe that's some sort of, you know, hardwired thing in them that it's it's spread into them that, you know, they're hunter gatherers. They've got to chase.
[00:48:04] Unknown:
Well, it is interesting. Sorry.
[00:48:06] Unknown:
Yeah. Once they get the women, then it just tapers off. They're not interested in anymore.
[00:48:13] Unknown:
Well, I always found it interesting, long, long times ago in tribal times. You know, lots of women when they're supposed to, like, live in the same household and stuff, their their cycles all become the same. Yeah. And people say it was because, obviously, a woman is not supposed to have intercourse. I hate that word. Sex, whatever you wanna call it. They're not supposed to have it when they have their period. But to stop their partner, husband, male, whatever, going elsewhere, that brings on the whole effect that they all menstruate at the same time to stop their men going elsewhere.
Have you heard that theory before?
[00:48:52] Unknown:
I have, but I don't think it's at the same time. I think it's like, say, you I'm making this up, but this is this is how it goes. You, 1 week. Me, the next week. You know, Maddie, the following week after me. And then, you know, bloody Karen the week after Maddie. And then that cycle of force starts again. Mhmm. Mhmm. It's not you know? And and I do and and that is that is actually I'm sure there's a particular word for it. I don't know. That is actually true because when I lived in a household with 3 other women back in my twenties, that's exactly how it went.
It would be 1 week, Melissa, then me, then Sharon, and then god, I can't remember the other girl's name. Rachel. You know? So that was 4. Not all at the same time No. Every every, you know, in turn in turns, if you like. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:50:05] Unknown:
It's interesting, though.
[00:50:07] Unknown:
Yeah. It it was it was I don't think it was driven by naturally, it wasn't driven by men, but I think I think evolution had made it like that because evolution was trying to reproduce itself at a very quick rate. So let's just say you would you would all be happily living in a cave, but there would be more women in that cave than there would be men. And it was it was evolution driving the men to reproduce so we weren't dying species.
[00:50:49] Unknown:
Right. And and I think now the amount of women to men is a lot more, isn't it?
[00:50:57] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. The ratio is extremely high. I think you go to a woman or something. Yeah. Unless you go to Iceland or I think it's somewhere like that, where the ratio of men to women is very high. There's more men than women. And I'm like, oh, that's interesting. I wonder why that is.
[00:51:19] Unknown:
I I find it a whole fascinating thing, you know, like the moon calendar, the moon cycle cycle. It all ties in the sea and the moon and everything like that. It's, yeah, something to explore at the time, really. But I would look like to look more into that, the whole synchronization of stuff. And it is little things like, what do you call it? The the tree of life. Okay? But your placenta, after you've had your baby, it's got the formation of the tree of life. So certain veins and structures in your body have got this tree of life. It's all got the same, in your body have got this tree of life. It's all got the same visual sort of thing. So we well, I presume we all stem from one source anyway, really. But, yeah, I just find it interesting.
[00:52:05] Unknown:
It is it is interesting that, you know, mother nature works in perfect harmony, and here we are living in the present day. And probably over the last, you know, 40 plus decades, if not slightly more, we have continuously just messed around with mother nature on every level. You know? And it looks as if mother nature is getting a little bit angry with her offspring and and is now fighting back. So
[00:52:44] Unknown:
Following that note, at the right time, actually, mother nature and, you know, all the things that's wrong with the world due to those in power creating what's going on. And I mentioned to you briefly, Joe, and I know you've looked at it as well. I found this petition that somebody had put up on Facebook today, and it's gone viral. This is on the UK government and parliament's petitions. So the petition is titled call a general election, and subtitle is, I would like there to be another general election. I believe that the current Labour government has gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.
Well, I saw this earlier, and when it started at 2:22 PM yesterday, symbology of the twos, it had 4,449 signatures. Okay? And I only came across it this evening at exactly 6:40 PM. And it's at 6:40 PM, it was 1,317,663. Okay? So we're now 13 minutes past an hour. So an hour and 13 minutes later, it is now 1,000 1,000,000,447,317. And I just keep watching it go up. So 17 27, 37. It's gone up 30,000 votes in the last hour and 13 minutes. I've never seen anything like it. Crazy. Yeah. Crazy. And they had to do something as well because any petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures has to be debated in government. Yeah. Yeah. It's it's gonna be interesting because they're well over the
[00:54:27] Unknown:
threshold. So Yeah. There's no talking about having egg on your face as a government that your people want you out.
[00:54:40] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. This is somewhere nearly 1 and a half 1000000, and I did a quick Google search before we started the show. There's approximately 68 and a half 1000000 in the UK. I know this is just going up by the second. So guys, go on to your local government. Well, go to UK government and parliament site on the petitions and watch it going up before your eyes. It's really quite fascinating. There's a part of me that thinks it's a scam because it's like watching shares go up or something ridiculous. You know?
[00:55:12] Unknown:
Yeah. I mean, like I said, certainly, a lot of red faces round the cabinet table will be had. I mean, if you've got your nation in their droves saying, get out, how on earth are you going to address that? How on earth are you gonna come back from that? How on earth are you going to say, oh, yeah. I'm so sorry. I may have made a little mistake taken away x, y, zed or implement in, you know, a, b, and c, but give me another chance. There is there is no comeback from it. Absolutely no comeback from it. So it's gonna be a real eye opener to see how I like to call him chairman Starmer to see how he deals with it.
[00:56:10] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. Well, if this carries on like this, I mean, since I've been talking to you, it's it's approximately going up by 350 every 10 seconds.
[00:56:21] Unknown:
Wow. Wow.
[00:56:23] Unknown:
I'm gonna be watching this all night.
[00:56:25] Unknown:
I know. Okay. I mean, it's crazy. Crazy. Yeah. How many did you say the population of Britain is? 68 and a half 1000000.
[00:56:37] Unknown:
So That's a lot of people, isn't it? It is a lot of people. Yeah. That was a quick Google search. Might not be accurate. Well, it's an average. But so, yeah, we're now nearly at 1 and a half 1000000 signatures, and it's only a 100 no. Government responds to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures. And if they get over a 100,000 signatures, it has to be debated in parliament. So, it will be debated in parliament. And I'm actually thinking the way this is going on, this could be in the millions by the end of the week. Oh, gosh. Yeah. Absolutely.
I've never seen anything like that. No. No. No. I I haven't, I haven't even signed it yet, so I'm gonna sign it in a minute.
[00:57:22] Unknown:
Oh, have you not? I've signed it. I've signed it. Do you know if I could sit there all night and keep signing it, I really would. But it I'm I'm half inclined to even watch, you know, what do they call it? Prime Minister's question time. Oh, yeah. Because they show that on TV. Again, I don't watch TV, so I'd be watching it on my laptop. I'm even tempted just to to watch it, you know, because it's gonna be entertaining. It will say. Gonna be entertaining.
[00:57:56] Unknown:
Well, on that note, I suppose we better close-up close-up. So I suppose everybody go into that website, sign the petition, and just just keep checking on the numbers because it's just literally amazing. So after women's hour this evening, we've got Eric Von Essex with Fuckin' Hall Radios. He's also streaming on Rumble. Great show. He's, got a great sense of humor, young mister Eric has. Yeah. So stay on if you're listening on Radio Soapbox. And other than that, me and dear little Joe will be back next week, but we only get half an hour next week. So I'm gonna have to work hard and Oh, thanks.
I'm gonna have to try and find a guest. I'll try and find a guest. We'll do it. Right, miss Jay Wood. Thank you for your company, and, thank you, dear, miss. Please feel free to give a like and a subscribe to the page. There's been a few listening tonight, which is nice to see. Be nice to get some comments. And at some point, we'll get to perhaps I'll work on it this week, trying to get other guests up on Rumble. I've yet to work these things out. Right? I better play the intro music. So have a great week, listeners, and we'll be back the same time next week. Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Good evening to the wonderful women out there and the occasional gentlemen listening in too. You are listening to Women's Hour running live out of radiosoapbox.com. I'm also streaming live out of Rumble, Shelley Tasker. If you'd like to join in the conversation and leave any comments or chat, it's good to have your company. Today's date is Sunday, 24th November 2024, And I'm joined by the lovely, beautiful, young co host, Jo Wood. Good evening, miss Jo Wood. How are you?
[00:01:34] Unknown:
Hello. Hello. How are you?
[00:01:36] Unknown:
I'm good. I'm bouncing, actually. Bouncing. Bouncing.
[00:01:41] Unknown:
Bouncing.
[00:01:42] Unknown:
Wow. Well, we've had a week that been? Well, we've had such a week, haven't we? I mean, I had a little 24 hour holiday in London.
[00:01:52] Unknown:
You know what? I almost forgot about our little day trip. I know.
[00:01:57] Unknown:
Crazy. What do you mean you forgot? We were making We've done We were making memories. A lot.
[00:02:03] Unknown:
I'm like, well, we've done so much and packed so much in. It's just like, oh, there's no extra room in my memory bank. No. No.
[00:02:13] Unknown:
And what a day it was. What a day. I mean, do you know what? I know it was hard going. For our dear listeners, we left, you know, I set my alarm at 2 o'clock in the morning. I left here at 3. I got to Joe's at half 3, and we were on board the coach for London's farmers protest rally thing, at 4 o'clock in the morning. And it was we both said never again. Never again until the next time. But Oh, no. We're both there on the way back saying, never doing this again. Never doing this again. And then the next day, I thought, do you know, I feel quite refreshed after that little holiday? Well,
[00:02:51] Unknown:
did you?
[00:02:52] Unknown:
I did. Because it was like, we'd been away. We'd had a holiday. We we had to endure each other's company for, like, nearly 24 hours, which we coped with. You know, I fidgeted a bit too much for you. You asked stupid questions. You know, how much how much do you think the coach cost? And, of course, then that got us in the conversation with the driver.
[00:03:16] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. I like to know these things. And I don't I don't know I don't know why because, you know, it really wouldn't make any difference. However, the coach was a very new coach. In an actual fact, it was its first with us on board. And I think it seated 57. Was it 56 or 67? 67. 57. 57. I mean, he was a big old boy, very comfortable. And I just thought, wow. This is all very you know, it was a bit like Starship Enterprise, you know. We had armrests. We have reclining seats. We had potholders. It was lovely. And I just thought, I wonder how much this cost. Then, of course, that got us talking, and it was £300,000.
[00:04:07] Unknown:
Yeah. We were on a brand new couch, weren't we? And when when people were, like, getting off, it was, like, never ending, wasn't it? It was like, where are all these people coming from?
[00:04:17] Unknown:
We thought, oh, I'll be polite because we were at the front. I'll be polite. I'll just stand up, and I'll let a few, you know, go past. And and then you sort of have, like, a little pause, don't you, when somebody else has blocked the way further down the coach because they're getting their things. But, no, they kept they were like buses. They just kept coming and coming and coming, well, like buses in the good old days when you could rely on them. But, yeah, it was pretty enjoyable. It was a very long day. We had lunch in London, didn't we? Well, exactly.
Likes to talk to every known stranger
[00:04:55] Unknown:
that comes into her periphery vision. Oh, come on. You don't do so bad at that yourself.
[00:05:03] Unknown:
I believe you've been attended in a palm for, like, literally a minute. Wow.
[00:05:09] Unknown:
To everyone. I love a chat. I love a chat. I am that person. If you're out, you know, lady up the road here a while ago in summer doing her wall, and she was chatting to me about how she wanted the wall taken down so she could park her car in a front garden, but the council wouldn't allow it. And the 3 of them next to each other had all done the same, but I was there for about 45 minutes. And then we came up the with the solution that I needed a new car. She wanted that bloody wall down, so perhaps I should just drive my car into a wall. But we giggled and haven't seen her since. But she's, like, 20 doors up. Wow.
[00:05:47] Unknown:
You know, that that is just you all over. Like I said, listeners, I go to the bar to get some drinks, to get some food, and I come back, and Shelley has got herself entrenched on a table talking to 3 random strangers that at the end of it, it was like we've known them all our lives. I know. And that's what I loved.
[00:06:08] Unknown:
You know, he was an old farmer, wasn't he? And I can't remember, his daughter's name, but she was there with her 13 year old son. And I had to laugh because when they came back with their drinks when you were still at the bar, she got out penguins from a handbag, and they all had a penguin. Did she? That reminds me of, like, Jules and Graham. That's the sort of thing Jules would do. But, Yeah. The last of Yeah. Just talking about farming in general, and then we got on to how you don't pay council tax and stuff, and he was fascinated. He was at he was like, god. She's such a rebel.
And they were all listening, and, yeah, it was really lovely.
[00:06:48] Unknown:
It was an enjoyable day. It was an enjoyable day. A very early start, a very long day. Mind you, I mean, the other coaches, they got held up longer than we did going into London, and some of them didn't get back until after 2:30. Oh. So I don't and and, again, you know, this would be the stupid question I would ask. Would that be because of their I don't know what they I think they call it a tag or a token or something like that. Would that be because that driver's tag had reached its limit and he had to pull over and stop for a certain amount of time before he could carry on driving. They were the questions I had in my head when somebody was telling me that they didn't get in until that time. And I thought, no. Don't ask Satcho because, you know, you don't know him that well, and they they think you're a bit odd. You're not. So, yeah, I did a but it it it was it was a good day. And we had Good Morning Britain on the coach filming live live streaming to the nation from Bodmin right up until Bristol.
[00:08:06] Unknown:
We did. We did. And the whole Morigmore of that because somebody had to get off the coach. So, the Good Morning Britain team could get on. And and, originally, I think it was 3 people they wanted, and Jo wanted to be on that coach. She'd paid to go on that coach. So she's messaging me. Paid to go on that coach. She's bloody paid for it. She's like, we need to pretend we're proper farmers, so we need to wear our wellies. And I'm like, god, this woman, she just so overthinks stuff. You know? But fortunately, only half of them have had my money's on. Prepared.
[00:08:40] Unknown:
You
[00:08:41] Unknown:
got me prepared. You got me prepared, but I did laugh when he said, is there anybody that wants to go on the taxi? And you just looked at me, and we both looked the other way. And then this lady said, I'll go on the taxi. So, you know, you might not have seen us on the move. Yeah. Yeah. Well, she probably thought loads more like a movie. She wasn't looking at it that, you know, this might be our moment. But it She was. No. I told everybody sick of it. Yeah. Yeah. We were. So all of those people that watched that TV show in the morning, when the interviews came in, me and Jo, we were there. We were at the front of that bus.
[00:09:13] Unknown:
Yeah. We were we were there. That was a little piece in history that we didn't really play a part in, but we were there.
[00:09:22] Unknown:
We were. And for those that have seen great, wonderful pictures and heard great things, I think both we both found it a little bit disappointing, Joe, didn't we?
[00:09:33] Unknown:
We did. And we did talk about that on the way back. And it was interesting that the farmers on the coach, a lot of them thought the same. The the farmers were very subdued. They were very diplomatic. And although they were saying, you know, they were angry, not that I'm an advocate of violence, but I thought there would be more unrest in the crowd. You know, when people are making speeches and they're going, oh, I'm down in street. They're very bad people or whatever it was they were saying. I would have thought you would have got a lot more jeering from the crowd. You know? There was nothing. Nothing.
And it's interesting because, I don't know if listeners out there have heard of a gentleman called the Boulder Hat Farmer. But I spoke to him afterwards, and he's sort of quite main player in the, farmer's campaign. And he said exactly the same. He said it was astonishing that the farmers were so quiet. But, you know, farmers farmers on the whole are generally very placid, calm, good natured people. In general, that is a sweeping statement, I know. But I think with our events yesterday, it's very evident that when the chips are down, they will come forward. Well, isn't that interesting that,
[00:11:08] Unknown:
so listeners, we had a rally in Truro yesterday. You might have seen us on the news, not me or Joe, but, all of the tractors in Truro, and we had more tractors than London. I'm pretty goddamn proud about that. Not just driving We had
[00:11:25] Unknown:
we had 100 tractors and vehicles, and it took 10 minutes for them to get out of the cattle market. And that's not because they were driving at 1 mile an hour. They were driving probably 10, 15 miles an hour coming out of the car park to reach the main road. It took over 10 minutes. I watched the video. The guy stood there the whole time filming them till the last one. And Wow. I wanna give a big shout out, a big shout out to my new friends, deputy manager of Audi, in my local town. She had made it possible for some tractors. I mean, god, not all a 100 of them, but quite a few did stay on. She made it possible for them to use their loading bay area.
And I had to pop back in there to pick up some supplies today, and she happened to be there. And she said, oh my god. She said, when I was driving to work, I saw it all on the journey in. She said, there were so many of them. I lost count. She said, I'm so pleased it went well for you. So a big up to Aldi. I must admit, I was taken back that they were willing to help. But a little history to Audi. It was formed by 2 brothers, 2 German brothers, one of which is heavily heavily involved in financing, to a degree, the German farmers movement over there. So he fully understands what farmers are up against. And it's interesting. When you go into Audi, there is an whole lot of fresh fruit and veg produce, probably not so much fruit, but definitely veg, that's from Britain.
[00:13:23] Unknown:
So, you know They have signs quite often saying support British farmers.
[00:13:28] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I know I know supermarkets do get a bad rep within the farming community, and rightly so. I do have to say, I'm extremely appreciative for Aldi supporting us in yesterday. So big up to Aldi.
[00:13:50] Unknown:
Big up to Aldi. I tell you, we'll big them up, Jo. Oggy. Oggy. Oggy.
[00:13:56] Unknown:
Oh, no. You've got that wrong. You've got that wrong. My days.
[00:14:00] Unknown:
My days. When something's instilled, if you if you're not Cornish, okay, but you're listening from over the way, we have a saying through Cornish people at rugby matches. Do the normal one a minute, Jo.
[00:14:12] Unknown:
Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey.
[00:14:17] Unknown:
Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey. Okey.
[00:14:22] Unknown:
Okey. Oi. Oi. Oi.
[00:14:27] Unknown:
Oi. Right. That'll do. There you go. There. Well, they had a great idea, you know, on the day to reinforce it. Go on. Give your version, Jo.
[00:14:38] Unknown:
Well, you have to say Ogie because you don't know the other version. Well, you say it all. Oh, Ogie Ogie Ogie. FMC. Ogie.
[00:15:04] Unknown:
That was just too much of a head crisis. I just couldn't get it. It was entertaining. Yeah. I I got that sprung on me at, like, 7:30
[00:15:13] Unknown:
in the morning whilst I was out on the streets of my town, honing off car park, put in additional parking signs up for tractors. Yes. So that was, like, quick call from our farmer, Pete. By the way, Joe, this is gonna be our new song. Okay. I'll try and remember that. I'm a little busy now. It's pouring rain. I'm tired, but yeah. Great.
[00:15:41] Unknown:
Well, it's only a few words in it, but I find that it's just like a tongue twister, personally. But to those of you out there, honest to god, if you want an event organized anything, get in touch with Jo. She's your woman. She is yeah. You did bloody wow yesterday. You really did. Credit given where credit's due. It was an awesome day. Oh,
[00:16:03] Unknown:
bless you. Bless you. It was, yeah, it was it was fraught with some difficulties, but they were overcome very quickly. Lessons have been learned from this one. We didn't anticipate that many tractors. So, you know, we'll regroup.
[00:16:32] Unknown:
And doesn't that just go to show when you said just now about farmers being quite placid and stuff like that, how I mean, you have the list the 9 the night before of, like, 10 people were like, yeah. We're gonna be there with tractors. They didn't even notify anybody. They're just like, yeah. Do you know what? It's tipping down with rain. Let's go out. Just accumulated out of nowhere.
[00:16:54] Unknown:
Yep. Yep. Definitely. And, again, that's that's just an indication of, you know, to for for them, farming isn't a job. It's a vocation. It's a way of life. And I think for them and I appreciate probably due to the weather, there was an awful lot they can do, but there's always, always work to be done on the farm. And for them to come away from that and to give their time up was, you know, a real show of strength and determination that we're not gonna allow a very corrupt to come along and and take our heritage from us. So it was great to see that many people come together, and it was great to have that many supporters there as well because the weather was awful.
[00:17:52] Unknown:
Yeah. We looked awesome. And, well, you had your waterproofs on. I was a dry rope anchor again, but I'm gonna have to complain because dry rope.
[00:18:03] Unknown:
I need to I need to ask stupid questions again. Go on. Did that dry robe actually keep me dry, or was it wet through onto your clothing underneath?
[00:18:12] Unknown:
My elbows were wet. Worked that one out. And I ripped today. Yeah. Just my elbows, and I realized that that's because there are zips there that you can take it off. Because, you know, they're supposed to be worn for when you're changing on the beach and stuff. But people wear them to football and stuff like that. And Yeah. Hence the whole Facebook page, dryrobe wankers. You know, and there's this whole, like, oh my god. I'm wearing a dryrobe. But I must be warm. Gone are the days where I'm worried about what I look like. I put my on, had a nice dress on underneath, and, yeah, all was well.
[00:18:50] Unknown:
Well, do you know? I think I'm gonna have to invest in one of them, or I'm going for the Cormac look. I'm wearing their waterproofs. Can't decide. Because do they I mean, you will know with Wesley. When he wears the waterproofs, are they fully waterproof? Does he get wet?
[00:19:08] Unknown:
Oh, I think they are. I've never really had the conversation with him.
[00:19:12] Unknown:
I'll make sure I ask him. Will do. It's just off putting the colors. You know? You've either got fluorescent yellow or fluorescent orange. But do you know look good in either.
[00:19:24] Unknown:
There is something about, dare I even say it live on the radio, a man in all of his Cormac gear in summer
[00:19:33] Unknown:
working on the road.
[00:19:34] Unknown:
It depends where I'm at. It depends where I am in that cycle of being a woman, but I can look and smile. And that was very nice driving past. Thank you. Yep. So a Cormac outfit does it.
[00:19:51] Unknown:
Well
[00:19:51] Unknown:
Oh, I'm glad. Just say that?
[00:19:54] Unknown:
Yeah. No. You said that out loud. Yeah. I'm gonna have to investigate in which one to invest in. A dryrobe or CoolMac waterproofs.
[00:20:06] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. Do it because I think we're gonna have a we're gonna have a lot of rain. It just hasn't stopped. But it's quite cozy when you're inside, is it? I love it. So, I mean, I I got up really late because somebody got me a bit sloshed in the pub yesterday afternoon, and I I couldn't even drive my car home. I wasn't that sloshed, but I was over the limit. And I had to sleep for a couple of hours because I was going out in the evening. And then I just didn't fancy wine after having, like, a glass in the day. So I went on to the old Malibu and Coke, and then I was awake all bloody night. All the caffeine in Coke didn't enter my head.
[00:20:46] Unknown:
And Exactly. Because you don't really drink. No. Coconated
[00:20:50] Unknown:
Coke or or sort of Red Bull or any of that. No. None of it. I hate those Red Bull drinks and stuff. When I get to my car this evening, I was in the queue because I got my bottle of wine. And I'm looking at what the person in front of me is holding, and it's these young lads, and they've got, like, chocolate and stuff like that. And I was being really judgy. And then the man behind me, he's got his pizza, and he's got a couple of Monster Energy drinks. Again, I'm being really dodgy. And then I'm there with my little bottle of wine, and I was like, Shelley, you think you're so innocent.
But what really annoyed me, those boys in front, I mean, they were probably about 20. That look when they have got their trousers halfway down showing their pants, I just want to grab them and pull them up.
[00:21:44] Unknown:
And pull them up hard and give them a wedgie. Yeah. I don't I don't like that look. I'm just like, that can't be comfortable. It looks awful.
[00:21:55] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. So I I could see his checkered boxer shorts. And, you know, you'd have to make sure you've got nice pants on as well, wouldn't you? I mean, we've all been known. Come on. We've all got a couple of oldie pairs that are tattered and whatever. Yeah. But they're comfy. They're like your dressing gown.
[00:22:11] Unknown:
I mean Oh, yeah. That's a whole another topic, isn't it? Like, underwear that was once white is now gray.
[00:22:19] Unknown:
Yes. I've got lots of that. Well, actually, I'd I'd just buy black now. I I tend to wear black for everything. I do like a bit of black slimming, apparently. Yeah. Yeah. But I, a complete change of subject. I mean, I did eventually rise about midday after having lots of really strange dreams, and I'm like, this house I need to get on. I've been out all weekend gallivanting. I need to crack on. And I had a photo shoot, half past 3, and this lovely lady came full of energy. She wanted some boudoir type shoots. And I love it when you meet someone. And for the first time, right, this is what she said to me as she gets out of the car. She said, hi. Hi. Sorry I'm so bleeping late. This weather is just driving me bleeping.
Oh my god. The language. But I love people like that, but just and then you're, like, you're at one with each other. It's like, you're on my level. We had such a laugh doing this photoshoot. You know, she wanted some, like, just in underwear. We did a couple of, like, topless ones and stuff. But when she was looking at me and saying, well, what next? And I was like, come on. Look into my eyes. Look at me like you want me. Oh my god. We had such a laugh. My eyes. Not around my eyes. Yeah. Yeah. Come on. Give it to me, baby. Oh, we did have fun.
So that that's been my day, really. Yeah. Yeah. Well you after catching up? You said you were aching everywhere.
[00:23:48] Unknown:
Yeah. Aching everywhere. I eventually got out of the house, but I had no no concept of time because in that torrential weather we had yesterday, and literally every item of clothing I was wearing underneath my waterproofs was soaking wet, even to my underwear. So I had my phone in my pocket, and my phone got waterlogged. So my phone didn't work. It still doesn't work. Mhmm. I have no clocks in this place. I do have watches, but the batteries on those have stopped, so I couldn't tell the time. So the only way I could tell the site was on my laptop. And by the time I got round over there, it was, like, about half past 2, and I'm like, I thought it was only about half past the living, maybe 12.
So then I had to hop for it down into the town to try and sort my phone out. Long story short, for whatever re well, the fault was mine. They couldn't. So I've gotta go back in there tomorrow with it. Fingers crossed, they can, do something with it because, you know, I feel like my left arm has been sort of without my phone. Yeah. I bet you do. The amount of times I pick up my phone.
[00:25:16] Unknown:
And it can't it tells you, doesn't it? I don't look anymore, but you can look at the end of the day, and it'll say how many pickups you've had. Yes.
[00:25:25] Unknown:
Yes. I don't look. I don't look. I don't look. So, yeah, that's that's kind of what I've done. I had to go and take back the speaker stand. I didn't realize they were so heavy. I'm sure they're made of lead. So I had to take them back. What else? Went into Aldi, like I said. Picked up a few bits. Did some washing. All pretty much mundane things that women do.
[00:25:57] Unknown:
Exactly. On a Sunday. And I even managed to cook a roast. You did not. I did. A very small quick roast. Really? My mum always goes on about how long a roast take. And one day, like, when I was cooking for, like, 6 people, I just filmed myself, and then I put it on the time loop thing, so it was, like, really fast. And I said, there you are. It took me, like, 2 minutes.
[00:26:20] Unknown:
But Really? Wow.
[00:26:22] Unknown:
I didn't use a chicken. I just used chicken breast that I defrosted, and, yeah, just easy peasy. I didn't think it was very nice, though, but hey ho. I did it. I got my vegetables inside me.
[00:26:36] Unknown:
Well, I admire you from doing that. You know? And as we know, before we came on air, Shelley and I had a very brief conversation, and I just said, oh, I'm just gonna get some yogurt. And she was going, why are you eating yogurt? And I said, oh, I've just remembered I've not eaten all day because I just forget. If it's not put in front of me, I just totally forget about food. I'm not particularly driven by it. I like to eat it. I like to eat it a lot. But if I have to actually do something that involves preparing, count me out.
[00:27:11] Unknown:
I'm I'm not doing it. I just don't say you can live like that. I mean, god, I live for food. And I won't go too much into it because I wanna bore everybody with my gut health issues, but I've now done 4 days of no PPIs, no Omeprazole or anything like that. How cool is that? It is, but I've still obviously got the symptoms. So I'm still drinking horrible drinks like slippery armbark. And I was chatting to this lovely lady last night all about this. She was quite eccentric, actually. And she was saying about all the problems that she had, and she said, literally, she lives on pancakes.
And she says all of the gluten free stuff is all very well, but it's filled with sugar. But, Yes. It is. Yeah. Because I'm gonna have one of those food allergy tolerance tests being done. I've gotta book that in this week. But, yeah, it's just like trust them. She just said, stop eating everything and slowly build things in. I was like, oh god. I I just can't do that. It's like, sometimes I've not eaten anything, and I've got it. Do you know what I mean? So perhaps it's the tea. Perhaps I should go without that first cup of tea in the morning. Anyway, at the moment, I'm just here. You know, I've got my bottle of Gaviscon and my bottle of wine, intermittent swigs from each.
[00:28:27] Unknown:
What a mix. Yeah. You are living the dream, girl. You are living the dream.
[00:28:33] Unknown:
Thank you. And with Forget. Sorry. Yeah. Go on. No. No. No. No. No. No. I was just gonna say if I would I would play Well, I had nothing else to say. Okay. There's a first.
[00:28:48] Unknown:
Cheeky.
[00:28:49] Unknown:
Cheeky.
[00:28:51] Unknown:
Okay.
[00:28:52] Unknown:
Right. We'll play a song. We'll play our Sunday hymn. This is an old version, actually. I know there's been a version in the charts. Well, there's lit there's parts of it. But because it is women's hour, every week, I've got to find an old hymn. Okay? And this is by Laurie London. He's got the whole world.
[00:30:16] Unknown:
Hands, he's got you and me, sister. In his hands, he's got you and me, brother. In his hands, she's got the whole world in her hands. She's got the whole world in her hands. She's got the whole world. In his In his hands, he's got the whole world in his hands. He's got everybody here. Woah. In his hands, he's got everybody here. Woah. In his hands, he's got the whole world. In his
[00:31:30] Unknown:
There we are. This week's hymn. To those listeners, if you've got any old time favorites from your school days, pop us a message. [email protected]. Yeah. Any requests? Religious because we gotta keep it a little bit of a bit of holiness on Sunday because I don't make church, but, I do have my beliefs. Anyway, young Jo, are you back?
[00:31:56] Unknown:
I am back. I I do like that song. It does remind me of my childhood. Yep. Not that I went to church a lot, but you were made to sing it at school from time to time.
[00:32:09] Unknown:
Yep. Yep. Which we could do with now. And I think we've said before, didn't we? Was it last week? We said about the Lord's Prayer, that people won't know all about that. Yeah. My god. I can hear the rain. It's hammering down outside
[00:32:24] Unknown:
in Campbell. Have you seen that in Campbell? Have you seen on the news or the floods in, Wales?
[00:32:31] Unknown:
No. I haven't watched the news today.
[00:32:34] Unknown:
No. Well, I've seen the news because I don't watch mainstream TV, but it was on, I don't know, social media on on on the World Wide Web. Yeah. Horrendous. Absolutely horrendous.
[00:32:49] Unknown:
Wow. Must be all part of the climax climate hoax.
[00:32:55] Unknown:
Yes. Perhaps it is. Perhaps it is. But, nearly, when sort of saying it was absolutely horrendous, I know that we've been meaning to talk about strong women in history. And, this woman was nearly horrendous as the weather, but on rather a, promiscuous scale, should we say. Oh. Have you heard of Kath Catherine the Great?
[00:33:30] Unknown:
No. Unless we're talking monarchy.
[00:33:35] Unknown:
Well, yes. Russian. Russian monarchy. Oh, okay. She was, the longest standing female leader, I. E. Empress of Russia back in, oh, sort of 17/45. So she was born in Prussia, and she was a princess. And she got invited to Russia by by Tsarina Elizabeth, I think, who was the daughter of somebody called Peter the Great. And he had got the title Peter the Great. He he got the throne basically, because there was a coup 3 years before he became king. Anyway anyway, you know, that was her uncle, basically. And somewhere along the line, she then became empress of Russia.
And well, by marriage, that was. By marriage. Anyway, she married a I think he was called he was called Peter as well, I believe. Yeah. She had married a guy called Peter, but she started several extramarital affairs.
[00:35:09] Unknown:
Oh. You know that?
[00:35:11] Unknown:
I love the rules. Oh, well, I know. But I I tell you what, why is it when you look back in history, especially sort of royal history, they were all at it. They were all at it. To marital affairs left, right, and center. It's like it was going out of fashion through whatever time in history. They're all just dirty dogs. Anyway, she she and her husband reportedly had a rocky marriage from the start, and I think it was something like 8 or 10 years passed without having a child. And that's when there was rumors that she started to have a extramarital affair with a guy called Sergei so so I think he was called Tsotaykovs Tsotaykovs. Can't pronounce it. Anyway, Sergei was in the Russian military.
And lo and behold, along come the baby boy after 8 years of being married to Peter, who didn't produce any. Well, she didn't just stop there. She just carried on having more children by other men but passing them off as Peters. I think she went on to have several affairs over over her time, over her reign in history. But one thing about her, she was fundamental in setting up, for one of a better word, law and order, really, and I guess a rudimentary parliament. So she was she was fundamental in that aspect of pushing pushing aspect of pushing pushing Russia into what's the words I'm looking for?
Not negotiations, but into into being a mover and shaker sort of on the world stage as you will for that time in history. What else yeah. I know. I mean, she wasn't she wasn't any oil painting. She wasn't a head turner, but she she, she went after things and people pretty much as she damn well pleased. And, you know, she was threatened many a time before to keep it low key, but she had wrote in her memoirs about another one of her conquest. The one of her aunts had feigned with the relationship, and that's why she was able to continue with it. And I think she was able to continue with it because, like I said, she was fundamental in setting up the system in Russia at the time.
And she was sort of quite a reformist of liberal sort of she would be, wouldn't she? She would just sag. But she was a tart. She was a tart. She was a tart. I love it. Yeah. She was a tarp. So she was sort of quite, forefigure in sort of liberal domestic reforms for the country, which was interesting that later on, she, saw the writing on the walls about her husband because he wasn't particularly a great leader at the time. So she quickly sort of conspired with the military to have him removed and arrested. And that takes a lot of guts for a woman to sort of have the king's military go against him, a strong headed woman, to actually manipulate and maneuver people to do that.
[00:39:34] Unknown:
I should say. Sorry. What era was this again?
[00:39:38] Unknown:
Back in the 1700.
[00:39:40] Unknown:
1700. Yeah. I'm surprised he didn't, like, just demand his wife's head to be chopped off. But if she had that much power Well, she I was gonna say she was a strong woman.
[00:39:53] Unknown:
She was a strong, strong woman. And I think 6 months after she had him arrested, he abdicated from the throne, and then that's when she stepped in. And then I think probably 2 weeks later, he mysteriously died. But rumor has it, the brother of one of her former lovers, he was called Gregory, killed Peter the great off off with his head. He was just no more. So she sanctioned that as well. Quite ruthless, really. She took no prisoners.
[00:40:41] Unknown:
No. No. I wouldn't well, I wouldn't wanna make an enemy of her. Oh, I love it. I do love a bit of history finding out these things.
[00:40:51] Unknown:
Yeah. But she was a she was a mover and shaker of her time. She sort of, you know, was one of the first, if not the first, to usher in relations between Russia and Poland to sort of try and get them united. But, of course, now it's all very, very different. You know, things soured. She passed on. And then sort of Poland and Russian were no more. I think they formed a commonwealth with Lithuania. But, of course, that whole region, that eastern block is, you know, in disarray at the moment. So she's probably turning in her grave, isn't she? Is there is there Catherine the Grey? Yeah. Yeah.
[00:41:46] Unknown:
Oh, well done, Jo. Well done. I'm impressed. Because dear listeners, we have been, like, trying to think, you know, rather than us just rabbit on randomly and bore you with our supplement intake. But we will update you from time to time. But that we should start forming a little bit of structure. And I know Jo can't be here for the full hour every week, but alas, Jo, this is like the 4th week on the trot you've not been working on a Sunday.
[00:42:15] Unknown:
I know. I know. It'll be all changed next weekend, I'm afraid. It will just be the half hour. But yeah.
[00:42:23] Unknown:
Yeah. It'd be 4 runs of half hours, and then we'll be back to full hours again. Oh, wow. What it is. It is what it is. That's what I mean to say. But, no, it's good. So the plan is every week, we're gonna deliver to you, a strong, powerful woman anyway. Yeah. So, yeah, well done, Jo. I'm impressed. 10 out of 10 and a merit mark. And if I had my little Oh, gold star. Gold star. Yeah.
[00:42:50] Unknown:
Star.
[00:42:51] Unknown:
And if I have my xylophone out history. Yeah. That's something. I mean, I don't even know English history, and I almost wish like Russian.
[00:42:59] Unknown:
Well, Russian history really, really interests me. You know, it's it's very, very interesting and very bloody and brutal. Don't know what that says about me, but
[00:43:13] Unknown:
it's interesting. And raunchy. But we all love a bit of raunch. I've got to say this because, it was actually my daughter that said, oh, mom, you've gotta watch this thing called rivals on, Disney plus. Don't wanna plug it here. Anyway, she says, so good. So good. She says, I could hardly sit next to Ollie and watch it. And, of course, she like, oh, oh, I like a bit of raunch on and off. On and off. On and off. Don't get me wrong. I like a true story and a drama. Anyway, could I download the app? Because I canceled it ages ago. I've got 2 usernames, this, that, and the other. Oh, it's too complicated.
Anyway, the the point I'm trying to make is I was chasing that bit of raunch. And then that lady that I was chatting to last night, the eccentric lady, Bobby, I think she's called, you know, telling me all about her gut health and stuff like that, she was saying how when she was younger, she grew up reading all of the Indian books, and they were really wrong. And then she Really? Yeah. Yeah. And then she was going on to say, about this film in particular on YouTube. I'm just seeing if I can find it because like you, I, anything I want to remember, I send it to myself on Messenger. So Yes. This is a recommendation, Outlaw with Johnny Black. Okay? A bit of an Indian film with a bit of raunch.
Oh. I mean, did you did you ever watch the 50 shades
[00:44:44] Unknown:
season series? Yes. I did. Yes. The first one was very, very good. The second one was good, but I'm just like, oh, it's not as good as the first one. And I don't know whether that's because, you know, any sequels
[00:44:59] Unknown:
never are. Any But there was a third one as well, wasn't there? Those 3 books. What's that? What was that? Oh my god, Jo. Oh my god. It was like 50 shades, 50 shades darker, and then 50 shades freed. Oh, you're missing a book.
[00:45:15] Unknown:
I am missing a book. Oh my goodness. Just watch the movie. Just watch the movie.
[00:45:21] Unknown:
But I read the books first, and I must admit, oh my god. I couldn't put it down. So what is it that drives us women to these raunchy movies and books? Because I read once about a woman that her whole dopamine system, what she craved to get her fix was reading these sexually arousing books, and she would literally be reading them for the whole point of that peak in it when they finally get down to action. And then she would start the next book, but it was an addiction. But, I mean, I like a bit of raunch. Don't get me wrong. But, is it that we wanna be in their shoes? I mean, that whole I can't remember her name now. Anastasia in 50 Shades Darker. Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah. Is is that, like, the dream of every woman, you know, being seduced by a millionaire?
Is it?
[00:46:20] Unknown:
Well, I you know, I I'd have to say, yes. Being seduced by a millionaire, even if you look like Quasimodo, would be very welcomed in the financial times we live in now. But I think it's more it's you know, I mean, I don't wanna be crass. Clearly, it is about the the more physical side of things, but I think it's more the spoken or written words that gets you to that point of the physical. You know? It it's it's all well and good having that physical action, but you need to have sort of a little bit of seducement, you know, sweet nothings in your ear type thing before you even reach that. So I understand what you've just said. You know, that woman would read these books, read these sort of novels until the point of impact, if you will, and then she'd just pick up another book and start again. Yeah. Like, the whole build up, the whole chase. Yeah. Yes. That's what it is. It's the build up, isn't it? It is the build up. But then I know men. I know men like that that are are just out looking for the chase. Let me say for the listeners, I have not been involved in any of that. I'm not one of those sitting here being bitter. But I know friends as men that have just been all about the chase. They wanna go after, and they wanna chase. So maybe that's some sort of, you know, hardwired thing in them that it's it's spread into them that, you know, they're hunter gatherers. They've got to chase.
[00:48:04] Unknown:
Well, it is interesting. Sorry.
[00:48:06] Unknown:
Yeah. Once they get the women, then it just tapers off. They're not interested in anymore.
[00:48:13] Unknown:
Well, I always found it interesting, long, long times ago in tribal times. You know, lots of women when they're supposed to, like, live in the same household and stuff, their their cycles all become the same. Yeah. And people say it was because, obviously, a woman is not supposed to have intercourse. I hate that word. Sex, whatever you wanna call it. They're not supposed to have it when they have their period. But to stop their partner, husband, male, whatever, going elsewhere, that brings on the whole effect that they all menstruate at the same time to stop their men going elsewhere.
Have you heard that theory before?
[00:48:52] Unknown:
I have, but I don't think it's at the same time. I think it's like, say, you I'm making this up, but this is this is how it goes. You, 1 week. Me, the next week. You know, Maddie, the following week after me. And then, you know, bloody Karen the week after Maddie. And then that cycle of force starts again. Mhmm. Mhmm. It's not you know? And and I do and and that is that is actually I'm sure there's a particular word for it. I don't know. That is actually true because when I lived in a household with 3 other women back in my twenties, that's exactly how it went.
It would be 1 week, Melissa, then me, then Sharon, and then god, I can't remember the other girl's name. Rachel. You know? So that was 4. Not all at the same time No. Every every, you know, in turn in turns, if you like. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:50:05] Unknown:
It's interesting, though.
[00:50:07] Unknown:
Yeah. It it was it was I don't think it was driven by naturally, it wasn't driven by men, but I think I think evolution had made it like that because evolution was trying to reproduce itself at a very quick rate. So let's just say you would you would all be happily living in a cave, but there would be more women in that cave than there would be men. And it was it was evolution driving the men to reproduce so we weren't dying species.
[00:50:49] Unknown:
Right. And and I think now the amount of women to men is a lot more, isn't it?
[00:50:57] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. The ratio is extremely high. I think you go to a woman or something. Yeah. Unless you go to Iceland or I think it's somewhere like that, where the ratio of men to women is very high. There's more men than women. And I'm like, oh, that's interesting. I wonder why that is.
[00:51:19] Unknown:
I I find it a whole fascinating thing, you know, like the moon calendar, the moon cycle cycle. It all ties in the sea and the moon and everything like that. It's, yeah, something to explore at the time, really. But I would look like to look more into that, the whole synchronization of stuff. And it is little things like, what do you call it? The the tree of life. Okay? But your placenta, after you've had your baby, it's got the formation of the tree of life. So certain veins and structures in your body have got this tree of life. It's all got the same, in your body have got this tree of life. It's all got the same visual sort of thing. So we well, I presume we all stem from one source anyway, really. But, yeah, I just find it interesting.
[00:52:05] Unknown:
It is it is interesting that, you know, mother nature works in perfect harmony, and here we are living in the present day. And probably over the last, you know, 40 plus decades, if not slightly more, we have continuously just messed around with mother nature on every level. You know? And it looks as if mother nature is getting a little bit angry with her offspring and and is now fighting back. So
[00:52:44] Unknown:
Following that note, at the right time, actually, mother nature and, you know, all the things that's wrong with the world due to those in power creating what's going on. And I mentioned to you briefly, Joe, and I know you've looked at it as well. I found this petition that somebody had put up on Facebook today, and it's gone viral. This is on the UK government and parliament's petitions. So the petition is titled call a general election, and subtitle is, I would like there to be another general election. I believe that the current Labour government has gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.
Well, I saw this earlier, and when it started at 2:22 PM yesterday, symbology of the twos, it had 4,449 signatures. Okay? And I only came across it this evening at exactly 6:40 PM. And it's at 6:40 PM, it was 1,317,663. Okay? So we're now 13 minutes past an hour. So an hour and 13 minutes later, it is now 1,000 1,000,000,447,317. And I just keep watching it go up. So 17 27, 37. It's gone up 30,000 votes in the last hour and 13 minutes. I've never seen anything like it. Crazy. Yeah. Crazy. And they had to do something as well because any petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures has to be debated in government. Yeah. Yeah. It's it's gonna be interesting because they're well over the
[00:54:27] Unknown:
threshold. So Yeah. There's no talking about having egg on your face as a government that your people want you out.
[00:54:40] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. This is somewhere nearly 1 and a half 1000000, and I did a quick Google search before we started the show. There's approximately 68 and a half 1000000 in the UK. I know this is just going up by the second. So guys, go on to your local government. Well, go to UK government and parliament site on the petitions and watch it going up before your eyes. It's really quite fascinating. There's a part of me that thinks it's a scam because it's like watching shares go up or something ridiculous. You know?
[00:55:12] Unknown:
Yeah. I mean, like I said, certainly, a lot of red faces round the cabinet table will be had. I mean, if you've got your nation in their droves saying, get out, how on earth are you going to address that? How on earth are you gonna come back from that? How on earth are you going to say, oh, yeah. I'm so sorry. I may have made a little mistake taken away x, y, zed or implement in, you know, a, b, and c, but give me another chance. There is there is no comeback from it. Absolutely no comeback from it. So it's gonna be a real eye opener to see how I like to call him chairman Starmer to see how he deals with it.
[00:56:10] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. Well, if this carries on like this, I mean, since I've been talking to you, it's it's approximately going up by 350 every 10 seconds.
[00:56:21] Unknown:
Wow. Wow.
[00:56:23] Unknown:
I'm gonna be watching this all night.
[00:56:25] Unknown:
I know. Okay. I mean, it's crazy. Crazy. Yeah. How many did you say the population of Britain is? 68 and a half 1000000.
[00:56:37] Unknown:
So That's a lot of people, isn't it? It is a lot of people. Yeah. That was a quick Google search. Might not be accurate. Well, it's an average. But so, yeah, we're now nearly at 1 and a half 1000000 signatures, and it's only a 100 no. Government responds to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures. And if they get over a 100,000 signatures, it has to be debated in parliament. So, it will be debated in parliament. And I'm actually thinking the way this is going on, this could be in the millions by the end of the week. Oh, gosh. Yeah. Absolutely.
I've never seen anything like that. No. No. No. I I haven't, I haven't even signed it yet, so I'm gonna sign it in a minute.
[00:57:22] Unknown:
Oh, have you not? I've signed it. I've signed it. Do you know if I could sit there all night and keep signing it, I really would. But it I'm I'm half inclined to even watch, you know, what do they call it? Prime Minister's question time. Oh, yeah. Because they show that on TV. Again, I don't watch TV, so I'd be watching it on my laptop. I'm even tempted just to to watch it, you know, because it's gonna be entertaining. It will say. Gonna be entertaining.
[00:57:56] Unknown:
Well, on that note, I suppose we better close-up close-up. So I suppose everybody go into that website, sign the petition, and just just keep checking on the numbers because it's just literally amazing. So after women's hour this evening, we've got Eric Von Essex with Fuckin' Hall Radios. He's also streaming on Rumble. Great show. He's, got a great sense of humor, young mister Eric has. Yeah. So stay on if you're listening on Radio Soapbox. And other than that, me and dear little Joe will be back next week, but we only get half an hour next week. So I'm gonna have to work hard and Oh, thanks.
I'm gonna have to try and find a guest. I'll try and find a guest. We'll do it. Right, miss Jay Wood. Thank you for your company, and, thank you, dear, miss. Please feel free to give a like and a subscribe to the page. There's been a few listening tonight, which is nice to see. Be nice to get some comments. And at some point, we'll get to perhaps I'll work on it this week, trying to get other guests up on Rumble. I've yet to work these things out. Right? I better play the intro music. So have a great week, listeners, and we'll be back the same time next week. Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Introduction and Hosts' Greetings
A Day Trip to London
Unexpected Encounters and Conversations
Farmers' Rally Reflections
Tractors in Truro
Strong Women in History: Catherine the Great
Raunchy Reads and Women's Fantasies
Mother Nature and Human Impact
Petition for a General Election
