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Simon and Lee are back in the saddle together (finally) and they talk about funerals and one of Simon's experiences in Rome.

Things they discuss: Lee is sick, they discuss Bridgerton Series 3 and Lee's eye for detail, Lee working too hard, a funeral in Portugal, drinking wine at a funeral, the size of one's funeral, Jefrey not technically being a person, dying before or after one's partner (and a rationale old age suicide), Lee's parents at the funeral, becoming inured to death, members of Lee's family, ex-council house buy-off under Thatcher, Simon being given a joke gift by his grandfather, Simon's grandparents called Darn and Boompa, Mackintosh's Toffee in NZ, mean-ness towards children, infantalising people (say at University), a child crying "Vaffanculo", acting (or not) when hearing neighbours under duress, Lee's minisodes efforts.

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A minisode: Lee covers for Simon and talks about having too many water bottles.

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A minisode: Lee shaves off his beard and Simon doesn't make it.

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Lee and Simon talk about perfume and where to put it.

Some other details from the episode: being overwelcomed, being taken out for dinner, saying thank you and please so much, Lee's shock collar to stop him saying bad words, language being amazing, Lee's Cult Beauty notifications, Lee wearing perfume (in layers), Simon not wearing perfume, half-chubs, more and more about perfumes and where to put them, Simon's summer scent: DEET; Ffern, the rigour of Lee's perfume profile, aluminium under your arms, Lee being a ledger member of Ffern, Men's Health, ketosis, Simon not having a very strong bodily smell, not going near underpants, brands of underpants, Brown Stitch (clothing repairs in Coventry), little holes in merino clothing, being comfortable, WATC studio and their blank t-shirts, Simon's t-shirt size and no one is listening anymore because this podcast is just us chatting, Susan (Ellis) the content queen, Lee's new chest of drawers, not having a sense of smell, Lee's colleagues telling him he smells good, touching on consent, and consent before touching.

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Lee and Simon had a real meeting for work before Simon had to sneak off for tooth hurty where he discovers he may not be happy with his smile. A conversation about intimacy and being turned on.

Some other details from the episode: Simon is impressed by Lee during a real meeting they had together for work, feeling fraudulent at work, expressing not knowing, professorial training, Logan's Run, teeth issues for Simon and the difference between not paying and paying for dentistry, having one's smile fixed, an attractive dentist who showed a lot of interest in Simon, Florence Nightinghale, Lee not yet having graduated to TikTok, living with a dog, humans are such simple animals, flirting with men, being turned on by women more than men, male dentists, Lee being dead from the neck down, having more testosterone, Corbetron sweating testosterone, Simon assuming women were/are not interested in him, the stories men are told (e.g. Say Anything, The Breakfast Club), John Hughes, Molly Ringwold, complementing colleagues, teeth grinding as a teenager, a tooth that has decided to die.

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Lee and Simon try and get up from the floor without using their hands and they discuss quite expensive beds and twilight years.


Some other details from the episode: Lee's shoulder, getting sorer as you get older, getting up off the floor, putting your hand on your knee when you bend over, where Lee puts his bakeware, not adapting as you get older, Trikonasana (yoga posture), Bob and Lee buying beds for each other in the future, memory foam mail order mattresses who don't sponsor us, twilight year plans, living in your parents place when it's no longer theirs, memory of driving up the drive wearing a Dinner Suit, power drills, renovating in the garage, someone who owns a power drill, "fai da te" (DIY in Italian), rawl plugs, hanging bikes, how Simon feels about 60 years and where he might land, on a hill in Sardegna, the weather in the UK this winter and spring, medical systems in another country, The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society and overwhelmingly male narratives, Simon going to an all-boys state school, Lee being so embodied.

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Simon and Lee discuss many things including pizza, the D-Day landings and going dry. No one reads these show-notes so we will just leave it at that.

Some other details from the episode: getting things stuck in your teeth, Lee's naked ambition, remote dinner dates, kamaikaze blue tits, stressing syllables in language, how to say Alghero, Cagliari, Dittisham, Broughan, zero-alcohol beer, sleeping better without alcohol, Lee slacking off at work, whether or not the Falmouth VC listens to Midlifing, breakfast dessert, a piece of theoretical cake, the US Army and the D-Day landings (educated and inexperienced), PTS and CPTS, two slices of pizza, Simon being woken up by his neighbours having sex, Jefrey and Lee trying to figure out what the noise is (and looking like perverts), new pop-up pizza in Totnes, pizza is great, how deep pockets can be, types of handbags and just how much Lee knows about them.

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Lee and Simon talk about the books that changed them and what it would take to join a revolution.

Some other details from the episode: Non-dual awareness, Lee reading during his Masters, Portugal's The Carnation Revolution (military coup), Eurovision song contest, Chega political party (Portugal), igniting a revolution to over-throw a Government, uprisings in the UK, what would it take for Lee to join a revolution, wealth and shifting the goalposts, putting our phones down, Civil War (the film), Annie B. Parson (The Choreography of Everyday Life) and a triangle between the reader, the writer and the world.

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