Karl warns us not to eat steak in Argentina and tries to sell his furniture on air. Steve joins in and tries to sell his orthopaedic chair with a special Merchantesque discount to charities.

The guys chat about “Celebrity Fat Club”, Karl believes obese people should avoid exercise as it makes them hungry. Richard Anderson sends in his first of many complimentary e-mails.

Steve talks about families and the homeless coming to take a look at the junk he dumped outside his house. Karl explains the derivation of the phrase “Frog in the Throat” and avoid police in the street if you have a glass eye.

Richard Anderson

Steve: But Rick listen, we often get a lot of email correspondence during the show Rick which I don't pass on to you coz you're busy, you're planning the show and stuff, you've got a lot of ideas, you've got music and stuff to worry about, so I check the emails and we get a lot of response, a lot of people obviously wanna give us feedback, just a sample one from Richard Anderson, he's just emailed us in here Rick coz he's been listening to the show, he says "Ricky, your show is appalling, are you actually aware you're on the radio or has someone just secretely just stuck a microphone on you". That's from Richard Anderson so that's typical of the kind of feedback Rick we're getting today. Ricky: (laughs) It's that good is it? Steve: But that's the kind of high positive praise that we're getting. Ricky: I'm glad Anderson is listening coz I was gunning for him as a fan early on in our career, I think he's hooked now though. Steve: But thanks Anders for getting in touch, good work.

Frog in your throat

Ricky: Right, ok, "Educating Ricky" part two. Karl: Right, "I'm kermitted to this treatment" is one of them. Ricky: Right I've gotta go for that one. Karl: Yeah? Ricky: Yeah. Karl: Or the other one is "The police are causing a bit of a stare". Steve: (laughs) He still says it like it's the best the thing he's ever come up with. Ricky: It could be, right go on then, "I'm kermitted to this treatment". Karl: Right, d'you know the saying... Steve: Is it just sayings now? Are they all sayings this week? Karl: No, no, they're not, the other one isn't, uhh "frog in your throat". Steve: The saying "there's a frog in your throat". Karl: Yep. Ricky: I assume it's when you croak a little bit, you sound like a frog. Karl: No, no, right might seem a bit weird this one, right, but years ago... Steve: Oh yeah Ricky: Sorry, what is that clue, "kermitted to this treatment"? Karl: It's about frogs, kermit-ted Ricky: (laughs out loud) Kermit! Probably works better with an k and an er written down. Steve: Well also if you pronounced it kermitted, not committed. Ricky: (laughs out loud) I'm kermitted to this treatment! Right go on then. Steve: (laughs) That's genius. Karl: So yeah... Ricky: Well what! Karl: You go to the doctors and you go "me throat's hurtin a bit". Ricky: Right. Karl: And what they did ages ago... Ricky: Ages ago? What year was this approximately? Karl: We are going back quite a bit with this one. Ricky: Oh okay, go on. Karl: And the doctor would say... Ricky: (laughs) History, imagine years ago. Karl: And the doctor would say "right, keep your mouth open, I need to look at your tonsils", and the jaw would ache a bit coz they weren't as quick back then coz they didn't have the technology n' stuff. Ricky: Sure. Karl: And they'd have to like stare at it and study it n' stuff, and like they get an achy jaw right... Steve: Keeping their mouth open. Karl: Yeah, like you get when you eat a mars bar or whatever, so they sat there and they used to always close their mouth and it used to annoy the doctor, right so what they did they used to get a toad and put it in their mouth. Ricky: Rubbish! Steve: Okay, keep talking. Ricky: Rubbish! Steve: Keep talking. Karl: And that way they couldn't close their mouth because either they'd squash it or apparently you're not allowed to lick a toad's back. Ricky: (laughs out loud) So the doctor would have them for breaking the law? Karl: No, no, no, but it's poisonous, right a toad's back, you should never lick a toad's back. Ricky: Or put it in your mouth really. Steve: Just stop for a second, can I ask just one question? Ricky: Yeah go on, I've got a few but go on. Steve: Sure, my initial thought is it sounds likes a brilliant bit of medical knowledge that, it's a great idea, my only thought is how does the doctor see past the toad at your tonsils. Ricky: Yeah, what's he actually looking at with a mouth open, surely the toad is in the way. Steve: Isn't that hopping around in the way? Karl: It didn't say. Ricky: Sorry my question, my first question is, was this on the internet? Karl: Yeah. Ricky: Okay, Karl that is bollocks, that is, I mean... Karl: Alright then, let's turn this round, where does the saying "you've got a frog in your throat" come from? Ricky: Probably coz you sound a bit croaky, probably that, probably coz you've sound a little bit like a frog when you've got a sore throat. Steve: (laughs) Karl did you not question it just for a moment when you read it? Just for a second didn't you think that seems like an odd approach, firstly why a frog of all the different species? Karl: Because it's poisonous, it's poisonous. Ricky: So it's toad, it's a toad as well. Karl: Yeah well, I'm kermitted worked, I was gonna change it to "have you heard the news toaday?". Ricky: (laughs out loud) Oh Karl! Oh god!