BTB Daily May 7

The Boffins flag all the changes to the BTB18 itinerary as a mystery injury to a top Shooter MBC prospect is revealed. 

Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Hello? Oh. Hi Bruce. Yep. Yep. This is Ron. Yes. Yes. Say helloing for me.

SPEAKER_00 0:07

You gotta land those, mate.

SPEAKER_03 0:09

Yep. No problems, Bruce. Just got a bit of static in the background. Next week, you said? Okay. Oh well we'll all be looking forward to it. Looking forward to Bruce, you're still there?

SPEAKER_01 0:30

Dude from Golp Hut said just flipping like a pancake.

SPEAKER_03 0:32

Hello, hello, hello. Welcome, be the ballers. I think we're down to 28 sleeps to go. Would that be correct, Mario? No idea, mate. Not counting. Yeah, that's spot on. Spot on. I'm pretty sure it's spot on anyway. Alright, great, great stuff. Great to have you back. And we're back here now looking at uh what's happening up on the itinerary on the Thursday night. Uh we're going to be tossing around a few other things, be the ball, uh covering some of the uh breaking news, and there's been lots of that lately, has there not?

SPEAKER_01 0:56

Hey, there has. The Wranglers uh they're on tantal hooks at the moment. Um but going back to what you were saying about the itinerary, there's lots of new stuff coming up this year. He's changed up a few things, so it's quite interesting.

SPEAKER_02 1:08

I'm excited to see how it goes. What the hell did Bruce want? Tell me that much. I don't give a shit about the rest of this dribble. What did he want, Ron?

SPEAKER_03 1:15

Oh Bruce was just saying that he's coming into town next week and he's uh he's bringing someone with him uh and there's a a major s sponsorship announcement coming up, I believe. So uh he's asked if we'll all be here, or he's pretty much demanded that we all be here. Oh we don't have to he doesn't have to demand. I like Bruce, he's a good bloke.

SPEAKER_00 1:32

You don't know Bruce, mate. You don't know half of it, believe me. And I am not happy with this. Does he have to come here?

SPEAKER_03 1:38

Well he's the boss or one of the bosses. Well what are we expected to do here, Mario?

SPEAKER_00 1:42

Well it means, mate, I'm gonna have to drive him around, which means I'm gonna have to fix the tuba. Which means I'm gonna have to get some more extension cords, mate. Mate! And they are not cheap, mate.

SPEAKER_03 1:52

Why don't you just uh hire a different car or get a new car?

SPEAKER_00 1:55

Oh yeah, mate, like money is just falling from the sky for that.

SPEAKER_01 1:58

Mario, I I've just had an idea. I I've got a mate who's got a tuk tuk that he's trying to offload at the moment, and uh I'm thinking maybe you could use that to take Bruce around.

SPEAKER_00 2:09

A tuktuk, mate?

unknown 2:10

What the fuck is a tuk tuk?

SPEAKER_03 2:11

Well a tuk tuk tuk is uh a vehicle where someone runs along in front pulling a carriage behind them.

SPEAKER_00 2:17

Like a horse, mate. Like a horse pulling a carriage.

SPEAKER_01 2:19

Yeah, but they're human. Hey and you're a fit little fella, aren't you? Look at you.

SPEAKER_00 2:23

Oh, I'm not little, Mike.

SPEAKER_01 2:24

Well you're not exactly gigantic, but you're looking fit and uh it could be a nice way to get Bruce around to all the places he needs to go, you know. Um Tuktuk's a great fan. I know a lot of the boys on tour, especially those King Browns, they they've nearly killed a couple of their tuk tuk drivers over the years, but I mean totally different scenario. It's it's not as hot here as it was in Cannes, for instance.

SPEAKER_00 2:45

Okay, how much does he want for the tuk tuk?

SPEAKER_01 2:47

I'm sure he you know, a thousand bucks a tell him he's dreaming. Okay, uh jousting sticks. What if he threw in a couple of jousting sticks to go with her?

SPEAKER_00 2:55

Well yeah, I might take it them, mate, jousting sticks, you know. They're cool. Could I take the jousting sticks to the twins night with you at the club?

SPEAKER_01 3:02

I don't think jousting sticks uh at the twins night at the club on Sundays is is really the go, if you know what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_00 3:09

Okay, I don't want it there, mate. You tell your cousin to keep it.

SPEAKER_01 3:12

He's not my cousin, he's a friend, but that's beside the point. All right, um what if I what if you took them and we got him down in place a little 750 and I take you to twins' night in a couple of weeks.

SPEAKER_00 3:24

Done there, mate! I am in. That is gonna be sensational. Bruce, we'll love it. The open air, me getting some exercise to uh keep this marvellous physique in tip top shape done.

SPEAKER_03 3:34

All right, well I'm glad we've got something sorted out this morning.

SPEAKER_02 3:37

Yeah, but where is it coming? What's he want?

SPEAKER_03 3:39

Well, he wants to talk about the book uh the bookmakers. He's gonna stop in apparently and say hello to uh Manscaper Nads and Mikka B. McKenna uh in his travels, and uh he's got a few things he wants to talk to us about. Uh and so that's just it.

SPEAKER_02 3:52

Yeah, fara. I don't want to see Bruce. He absolutely terrifies me, that man.

SPEAKER_03 3:58

Well, get over it. He's coming, and you better get that tuk-tuk sorted out quick smart, Mario.

SPEAKER_00 4:02

No worries at all, mate. I'll get onto it straight after this with Sandy.

SPEAKER_01 4:05

All right, we can take it for a test spin if you like, you can take me around.

SPEAKER_00 4:08

No, mate, I want to keep it in pristine condition for when Bruce gets here.

SPEAKER_03 4:12

Alright, so turning our attention to the tour, let's talk about Thursday night captain's run. So the Captain's Run, boys, are gonna look a little bit different this year for the first time in a long time. Uh the captains aren't putting on a barbecue and we're not doing that. We've uh as is tradition. Uh no, this year, because of the schedule of the weekend, the Thursday night Captain's Run is going to become one of the big nights of the week. So when the boys go away and most of the night. Yeah, mate, there's two nights. We all know this. So it's normally the Saturday and the Sunday where all the boys get together, and the opening night is the captain's run where people are coming in on their planes, driving, whatever planes, trains, automobiles, all that stuff. Uh, and they just catch up and get together. But uh this year, by the sounds of it, they're gonna turn it into a big one. They are indeed. Uh, and the reason for this is partially because of the golf. So on the Friday there's a 10am hit-off, uh, which is you know a great time slot, and it's easily done because it is a weekday. So the boys are gonna have a bigger night on Thursday night. Sunday morning is a 7am hit-off. Uh, you're three days deep into the tour, and you've got to be up around 6 a.m., 6 30, get on that bus. Uh you've got to be on the bus at 6, so you're gonna be up before then. And uh, you know, mum's bum cups teeing off at 7 because that was all that they could get bookings-wise, time slots-wise. Um, and so there's no point having a massive night on the Saturday, a formal night where everyone's there and then uh expecting everyone to be up bright eyed, bushy-tailed on that bus to ready to go for the Mum's Bum Cup on the Sunday.

SPEAKER_00 5:35

I don't think Mosgors will get, mate. They just they're playing embros.

SPEAKER_03 5:38

Yes, that's it, that's it.

SPEAKER_02 5:39

What happens if they miss the bus or they don't get to golf? That's the earliest tee off they've had on a Sunday in a long time.

SPEAKER_03 5:44

Well, you know the rules, the rules are the rules, and Carnival's pretty stringent with them. If you don't get to golf on both days, you don't get an invite into the tour next year.

SPEAKER_02 5:51

Ah, that'd be a terrible one to miss over the next year or two, isn't it? Twentieth anniversary coming up and all.

SPEAKER_03 5:56

Well, I can say, and don't say anything outside of these four walls. Uh I know there's some planning that's going into that, and it's looking uh like it's gonna be a great, great tour, that BTB21. Yeah, well you don't want to miss the bloody bus or golf, do you? No, so it's uh it's gonna be wonderful. They're going to uh uh pub pub that declares is d either declared or declares itself the best pub in Adelaide. Now who would know? I mean Adelaide can be a little bit sleepy at times, but uh the Union Hotel and they've they've got their own room, they'll be having their own food and music and uh drinking, of course, and uh it's gonna be a huge night. So that's gonna be a great way to kick it off, I imagine, for all the boys there.

SPEAKER_00 6:32

Yeah, I know some boys are getting in around lunchtime a little bit after, so they'll be having a few beers and then they'll just cruise on into the Union Hotel.

SPEAKER_03 6:39

Yes, and that's not the only change though. Uh voiceover guy, what else will we uh changing on that Thursday night?

SPEAKER_01 6:45

Punter of the year. Waiters vests can't punt for shit. I did not see that one coming. They're making the waiter's vests wear them straight up into it. The worst punters.

SPEAKER_03 6:58

That is indeed what is happening this year. Uh most of the pubs in the CBD in Adelaide don't open till 11 30 midday. There's a lot of boys want to get out to Morphotville for the races. So the waiters' vests, and if it goes well, it may become a tradition. I know that the captains have spoken about this, the skippers of the teams, and and they're all up for trying it. They love the idea, but uh those poor buggers that uh come last in the punting, and at the moment it looks like uh five of your fellas might be there wearing those vests, Sandy.

SPEAKER_01 7:23

Yeah, there's not looking it's not looking good for one of the stables, the teams, uh the skipper Sachel Sammy, he put together a uh, you know, a supposedly tremendous tipping uh punting team, and they they didn't do nothing. They've done Jack, let's be honest.

SPEAKER_03 7:36

Well, they do need a miracle over these closing weeks to get themselves out of the vests. So uh when the boys arrive at the Union Hotel, there will be five of their fellow compatriot be the ball men wearing their vests, buying them, getting them beers. How good's that? Oh I love that, mate.

SPEAKER_02 7:51

That's gonna be straight up service service with a smile. I don't think there'll be many smiles somehow.

SPEAKER_03 7:57

No, no, there won't be any smiling. It's not a fun job. I I filled in one year and uh you you run around like a headless choke for the first hour. You're allowed to have a beer while you do it, but geez, you barely get a sip out of it before someone's going waiter, waiter. Well, that's all part of the fun, isn't it? So the waiters vests will be on the Thursday night, which will be uh the opening night of course, uh and also the presentations for all the other awards that have been won through the year. I have a feeling that Carnival would like to turn this Thursday night into something a little bit bigger as we go along. Uh and it it makes sense, so to get that night out of the road. Oh I know some of those boys are gonna love it. You know, Saturday out the races, and you normally got to get back into town, get to the pub and and all that, and uh you're three, as you said earlier, you're you're three days into the tour, and eh, you're starting to fade a little bit some of these boys, so uh they can then judge what they want to do for the Mum's Bum Cup.

SPEAKER_02 8:45

Well it makes absolute sense, doesn't it? If you're one of the top 16 actually fatting it out for Mum's Bum Cup, you can come up with your strategy now on the Saturday night, how to handle things. You can either keep going like a bullet of gate, headstrong, straight into it, uh, and go through the door. No, no sleep if you don't want, or you can uh be have someone tuck you in. You Roomy can tuck you in at 8 30 at night, something like that. So you can set it all up to to win.

SPEAKER_03 9:09

Yep, there is a real strategy to it now, uh, winning that Monsbaum Cup if you make the cut. It's gonna be very tough just to even make the cut this year. The competition is absolutely fierce. Uh and I saw not long ago that uh last year's defending champion came out with a a statement on uh what he he thinks he's been dismissed too easily by us, basically.

SPEAKER_00 9:29

I can't see him winning, mate. He's all gone from 40 to 20, and no person has ever won their mum's bum cup twice, and no person has ever won it back to back, mate. So I can't see Manscaper doing it.

SPEAKER_03 9:42

Well that's why he's got the shits. He's just looked at it, he's he's put out a wonderful statement this morning just saying you can all get stuffed. Not only am I going back to back, the King Browns are gonna run the trifecta.

SPEAKER_02 9:51

He's got balls like cannonballs, that man. And the King Browns. Imagine that running one, two, three. Ah, testing, testing the party out of King Brown Town, and we need a good party out there, let's be honest. And we've lost all our trees because they've all had to make wooden spoons for us over the years.

SPEAKER_03 10:06

Well, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's it. So Nadzy's put that one out, and uh, I quite like it. I like the fighting spirit, and I like the fact he's taking the war out to everyone else saying come get us. Come and get it.

SPEAKER_00 10:18

Looks like he got a divorce four seconds ago.

SPEAKER_03 10:20

The tone of that clip from Happy Gilmore 2 may well sum up how the shooters are feeling at the moment when that news came out late yesterday about one of your players, Laurie, uh, potentially under an injury cloud. Is that correct? Yeah, that is right. Unfortunately, one of our gun players has suffered an injury uh just prior to their Mum's Bum Cup, but I've been reassured that uh he will be there on tour and he will be fighting through the pain to try and gain that victory for us in the Mum's Bum Cup and move us up that THC Premiership ladder. All right, uh are we ready to divulge who it is? Are you gonna let us know? Well, let's copy that condo. He's uh suffered a wrist injury. There were some photos that came through. The injury is uh uh you know, it's uh it's hurting him. He he there were a few tears, he cried for a day or two, and uh now he's he's getting over it and he's getting on with it. You know, it's a big setback for a man that plays golf seventeen times a week.

SPEAKER_01 11:08

A wrist injury, you see. Uh any idea on how he sustained it, Lottie?

SPEAKER_03 11:12

Well, the official word out of the shooter's camp is, and speaking to the skipper Benz Bear, he backs this up and verifies it, although he wouldn't look me in the eye when I asked him. And that is that uh Condo was at the Royal Easter show, uh bull riding, uh riding a bull, that's correct, and uh he's come off and his hand got stuck in the uh pummel or whatever it is you hold on to a bull with. I'd I'd be hanging on to him with bloody everything if it was me, but that's how we got it.

SPEAKER_02 11:35

A pig's ass he got it bull riding. God stop it. You guys are so full of bull you need to change your name from the shitters to the shitters.

SPEAKER_00 11:44

That's a good one actually, Ben. Nice work, mate. I like that the shitters, eh? Uh Pew Pew. How about poo poo the shitters?

SPEAKER_03 11:51

Oh, it's gonna be like that, is it? I'll take both of you. Come on. Who wants the left, who wants the right? Come on, two of you together, two on one. Can you took tuk that, Mario?

SPEAKER_02 11:58

I'm a lover, not a photo.

SPEAKER_03 12:00

Well, I'll make love to you if you're not careful. Oh, that came out wrong. That came out very wrong.

SPEAKER_00 12:04

This is getting better by the moment. I'm loving it. Look at you, boys go.

SPEAKER_03 12:08

Alright, now now. Settle down, fellas, settle down. All right, so maybe he didn't get a bull riding. Uh what other ways could it be? Do we have any other information on this? Well Lyle, my nephew, as you know, who's now a cadet reporter for us. He did a bit of work experience a couple of years ago behind the booth window. He's uh now out and about and he's chasing it up, and there are some sketchy details coming out right now.

SPEAKER_01 12:29

Yeah, I've heard some of these actually, and I've been checking my updates. I'm on a feed that Lyle's got he's got a group, and I believe there's three of us in it, me, him and his mother. But uh he's sent through now that they're they've had investigators out at Condor's house. Uh they're looking around something, something to do with the insurance for the injury. Uh, and apparently there was a lot of damage in the bathroom, in the shower cubicle in particular. Uh a soap holder was smashed all over the floor. Uh, there's a lot of shampoo and and other sort of oily products in there. Uh a toupee was mentioned at one point, but I don't believe that's Condor's. Um so there's uh the the investigators are putting it all together. Well you don't have to be Einstone to work it out.

SPEAKER_02 13:07

The soap holder's smashed and there's oily stuff everywhere. My goodness. He was in there having a damn good time, Nakondo. All gone away.

SPEAKER_03 13:15

Yeah, it's certainly not painting a pretty pretty picture for the uh big fella. He's uh one of the favourites to win the Mum's Bum Cup and his golf has improved out of sight the last couple of years, but I mean that's pretty damning. Uh could be in all sorts of trouble, the the shitter shooter, I should say, sorry. No no no. It's not what you boys are trying to insinuate here or trying to paint a gross picture for us all. He was actually in the shower. I'll give you I'll give you the lowdown. He wasn't bull riding, okay? He went out and watched the bull riders, but he wasn't riding the bulls. He was actually in the shower and practicing his golf swing and uh been washing his hair.

SPEAKER_01 13:46

This is getting more unbelievable by the moment. His his hair, he was washing his hair. He doesn't really have any hair condo his bull, as far as I remember, unless he's got a transplant in the last few months.

SPEAKER_03 13:57

No, the hair on his legs and arms that still needs washing, you know. You've got to wash thoroughly when you're in the shower. So he was he'd done all that and that was soapy. The floor was all soapy, and he he uses some special oils he's got from uh India and uh in his scalp, you know, to give it that nice, bald, shiny, smooth look. And uh so practising his swing, he's he's gone gone through the bag, he was started with it, he got to the driver level anyway, swung too hard, he's come up, hit the soap holder, it's flown up into the air, he's slipped, it's come down the soap it's madness, a little bit of the shower curtain was all it's dead set murdered, it's gone. They're gonna need a new shower curtain. Oh well that sounds like a horr horrible injury. Was he able to get up off the floor? Uh not for a little while, but uh then then obviously when uh he found out that the investigators were at the door.

SPEAKER_00 14:42

Man, they are quick, they don't muck around those guys, do they?

SPEAKER_03 14:46

Well no no, he was uh he's in the on the top level for the insurance side of things with it, and uh they had a camera in the shower apparently.

SPEAKER_00 14:52

Oh my lord, my goodness, what come to is this?

SPEAKER_03 14:54

Oh, there'll be no names mentioned. Anyway, Condo he he he got up, wrapped himself in the shower curtain, uh, and uh let them in and and the rest is, you know, what it is. It's all there in front of us, so to speak.

SPEAKER_02 15:09

Kondo was driving himself in the shower. Right. Okay, we've got it all now. The wrist injury, no more needs to be said.

SPEAKER_03 15:15

I didn't say that. He was hitting the driver in the shower. There's an imaginary driver.

SPEAKER_02 15:19

Uh uh yes, Loric, put down the shovel, please. Just let it go. So he is going to be playing or not playing.

SPEAKER_03 15:24

No, he'll be there, mate. Tough as teacow boys. Uh they could be bull riders, every one of them, these shooters. But um, yeah, he'll be there, condo, and everything's good now, so there's no need to worry about it. He's on the path to rehabilitation. Uh, he's got a new shower curtain on the way, it's coming through Amazon, she'll be there any moment, and uh everything else is, you know. Well, I guess d will he be carrying this injury into the mum's bum cup? Because this is gonna have ramifications on the market, ramifications on the shooters' opportunity to uh, you know, win stuff. And uh will he be Oh, he's got a brace on the arm, but that's okay, you know, he it it's fine. It could have been a lot worse than that, and uh the driver, he he's worked out the kinks in his swing that uh threw all this into action and uh he believes he's gonna be driving the ball better than ever once he's there.

SPEAKER_00 16:04

Well, that's good that he's going to be okay. You know, I feel better now for condos that he's got the case.

SPEAKER_01 16:10

Well, I guess he should change his name now within Beat the Ball to don't copy that condo. Ah, my lord.

SPEAKER_02 16:18

Well, I guess the moral of the story is you don't play with the big dog in the shower. I don't golf no more, brother.

SPEAKER_01 16:24

Just going back to the itinerary on the Thursday night, so the waiter's vests are are gonna be on the players there. So I imagine that the drink that is normally on the Saturday with the waiter's vests will be on the bar as well. Is that correct, Ron? Am I reading the plea?

SPEAKER_03 16:38

That you are, Sandman. Uh the thousand bucks that goes on for the drink that goes traditionally with the West uh vests, the Wests, the West Vests. Well, some of these boys are Tigers fans, funnily enough. Uh, they will the thousand bucks will be on there. So the first two, three beers, whatever it is, how much is it for a schooner these days, Mario? I don't know, mate. I drink seven ounces. Oh, I well knew I asked the wrong bloke. Oh no, yeah, you're looking at around ten bucks minimum. So yeah, that's two or three each, maybe four if we get a happy hour in there. I'm not sure that we'll be getting a happy hour, but there will be a drink on, folks. And there'll be people bringing you those drinks for the first 45 minutes or so. Uh so that will be happening on the Thursday night. So that means Saturday is a completely clear day on the itinerary for everyone. For those going out to the Morpheville races to watch the GGs, uh, you'll have a great day. And make your own way out and make your own way back. It's it's a free day essentially now, the entire Saturday. Uh, and then Sunday. Um, what happens Sunday night? VO guy. Sunday night champions table. Oh, Chinese, I love a final Chinese night. Yeah, it's been renamed, rebadged the uh Champions Table night, and that is for our victorious team over the entire 12-month period, 48 weeks of the season for Beatleball 18, and it looks like this stage uh might be the Wranglers, although we all know they ain't home and hosed yet. There's still a few things to happen.

SPEAKER_01 17:56

Hey, we're looking pretty good. Sage or Sam, the skipper, he's been under assault the last twenty-four hours by various sections of the press, all wanting to know uh how they're looking team-wise, whether everyone will be on deck to play in the Mum's Bum Cup, how it will affect things, and I believe he's gonna make a statement shortly into the future, uh which we'll probably pick up on tomorrow's podcast, I'd imagine. Uh, but yes, the champions table. It's a great night where the teams get to sit together and uh, you know, the the champions are celebrated.

SPEAKER_03 18:27

Yes, don't forget your twenty bucks each, boys, cash money, please, and no gold coins. Who were the blokes last year? Poor old Carnival's pants were nearly down round his ankles because blokes were throwing in coins, and I think there was even some silver in there.

SPEAKER_02 18:38

How did the Lone Ranger's horse get in there?

SPEAKER_03 18:42

Just thought I'd throw that in.

SPEAKER_00 18:43

That's right, mate, the lobsters. Everybody has to bring a twenty dollar note if your team is not their winning team for Be the Ball 18. It's a little bit of pain.

SPEAKER_03 18:53

You said it, Murray. A little bit of pain. That's what happens. It's the only way we could do it. It was bought in years ago now, and uh it does hurt to have to find twenty bucks in cash and take it all the way to the Chinese restaurant and then put it down to pay for the blokes who won that year. If it's not your team, it burns a little, and it should burn a little. That's the idea of it. It's meant to be fun, which it is, uh, but there is a little bit of burn attached.

SPEAKER_02 19:16

Alright, so which uh Chinese bang up are we going to this year, mate?

SPEAKER_03 19:19

We're going to House of Chow. Now, funnily enough, this was the same restaurant the boys went to in Beatleball 11 seven years ago when they were in Adelaide. Uh you thought it was hard finding a pub that opens early on a Saturday morning in the Adelaide CBD. Well, let me tell you, it's almost ten times as hard to find a Chinese restaurant open at Sunday night. My goodness. Was there a search and a half for that? But House of Chow have come to the rescue.

SPEAKER_02 19:41

I've gotta say, I sit here and criticise a lot, but that Chinese meal at the end of that weekend is just absolutely superb. My mouth's watering now thinking about it.

SPEAKER_03 19:51

I like Chinese.

SPEAKER_00 19:52

I like all the nationalities, mate. I don't think you can just pick and choose. You've got to be an open heart to them all.

SPEAKER_03 19:57

Oh Mario, please, no more. Well, uh Chinese everyone, I like Indian food too, I like all sorts of food. Um, but Chinese has been going on since the very first tour 18 years ago. How about that, boys?

SPEAKER_01 20:08

BTB 18 merch. How's your swag?

SPEAKER_00 20:14

Well, this is my favourite apart of most of the tours, mate, when the boys get their merchandise and get all their good gear and then they wear it on the weekend and they get their photos at the golf courses.

SPEAKER_03 20:23

Oh, good good that you bought that up, Mario. Boys, the uh beatable as this is, you fellas here you'll be there anyway, but uh wear your gear on the Friday morning, the first day at the 10am. We're gonna get out there and take our photos. There's gonna be all sorts of uh memorabilia, memorable labia, as uh Laurie likes to say, and uh we're gonna get photos, all that done. Uh we will hand out the merch right now. This is very important, and that will be handed out a Friday before we get onto the bus, Friday morning. So uh make sure you give yourself an extra five minutes when you come down to get on that bus to go out for day one of the Mum's Bum Cup, and your merch will be handed out then.

SPEAKER_02 20:57

Oh, what are the boys getting this year, mate? Uh more shirts. I'm sure some of them got about 18 shirts now. Well, I know two of them have at least. Gotta be something a bit warmer, surely. Adelaide certainly ain't Queensland.

SPEAKER_03 21:08

In some ways you'd be quite surprised. Well, without saying too much, fellas, I was uh in touch with Con uh Carnival through the week, contact with Carnival, and uh we did have a look at the merch. And uh our great mate and one of the all-time greats of the BTB tour, crying out loud, he is not touring this year because he is uh away with a family function on that weekend. He is looking after us again as he always does, and the gear looks absolutely tip top. And uh let me say, without uh let's just say we are going a little warmer this year. So uh if packing, uh maybe take that into consideration if you've got uh kilogram weights you have to stay under, etc. Um and I would say I don't want to give too much away, but uh it'll be nice and warm and uh it'll be sleeveless, shall we say, and there will be a T cozy.

SPEAKER_00 22:01

Oh I like playing these games, mate. Excellent. Is there a coffee plunger in there anywhere? What are you talking about, Mario? Well he said tea cozy. I say coffee plunger, and now you have to pick something else. How about tea bag?

SPEAKER_01 22:13

One of my favourite things in the world.

SPEAKER_03 22:14

Hot chocolate.

SPEAKER_00 22:16

That's it, Ben. Now we get in the game.

SPEAKER_03 22:18

I love hot chocolate. Right, stop right there. That's enough. Cranberry juice.

SPEAKER_00 22:23

Oh, that's it, mate. You're out. It's cold. We were on hot beverages. No, you weren't.

SPEAKER_03 22:28

Nobody said what the game even was, Mario. Right, I think we've just about caught everything up for far as the tour goes in itinerary. I don't know if Ron's having a stroke or not, but that's just not right. It's just a hard word to say, all right. I don't like saying it. I don't know why. It's so difficult to say. There is one thing we've forgotten though, just before we go, uh, and that is the green caps for the Mum's Bum Cup champions of the past. I'm sure they'll be getting a photo taken up there on the Friday for all the champions that are there. Oh, thank you for reminding me. Carnival asked me to remind people this, especially you saving private out there. Bring your green caps for the photo for all the champions, because Sunday is champions day, and that goes into the champions' table that night. So uh all the former Mums Bum Cup champions have their caps, and on the back of them is the year they won it, etc. And uh there will obviously be a presentation this year to Manscaper Nads, who will be getting his cap he'll be able to wear and join that exclusive elite club. So thank you very much, Laurie.

SPEAKER_01 23:23

I think we've got one more thing to do before we finish up today, and that is this weekend. We've still got the finals going on, Ron. You haven't given much talk to them.

SPEAKER_03 23:32

Well, we all know they've gone dark behind closed doors for this month. Four weeks to go in the Triple B big basket tipping, and this weekend the meetings will be on at Gosford, Caulfield, and Gold Coast. Yes, that's right. And double points will be on Gold Coast. Always a tough month, this last one, going into the Brisbane Winter Carnival. Uh it's meant to originally to everyone to get into a bit of tipping and punting form for on the tour. Uh, so that's why the double points are there for the Triple Bs.

SPEAKER_00 23:56

What about the punters of the year, mate? How do they know they're up this weekend?

SPEAKER_03 24:00

They will get a direct text message from Carnival and be telling them just that they're up this weekend, how much money they've got to punt with. Have we got it all now, boys? I believe so. Can we get out of here? Yes, we can. We'll be back on Monday, everybody. So we're doing four days a week. Mondays to Thursdays. Uh I think the anticipation was seven days a week. That ain't happening. Uh, but four days a week. So we'll be back Monday. Lots on the way. Uh, we'll have Bruce popping in. We also have us uh going on a tour, we have sponsors uh and some other characters coming into play who uh Bruce is bringing along. So make sure you stay tuned. We'll also be looking at all the teams and uh how they're preparing for the massive weekend, the biggest weekend of our year in Be the Ball. Until then, stay safe. See you on Monday, everybody.

SPEAKER_00 24:44

Bye boys, have a great weekend. Where's that tuk tuk, Sandy? Let's go get it.

SPEAKER_01 24:47

Yep, got a text message from my friend. All in the joasting sticks are waiting for you as well.

SPEAKER_00 24:52

I can't wait, mate. Sensational. Do you need a lift, Lori?

SPEAKER_02 24:55

No, no, I gotta go and pick up some hand cream for condo. Needs your help with the big dog, does he, Lori?

SPEAKER_01 25:02

Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, be the ball. Oh, eat a bag of dick.