Tommy, Hayley and Duncan take a long, cheerful wander through the strange afterlife of the English language, from "Bob's your uncle" and "double bubble" to why everyone suddenly insists on "pivoting" and going on "journeys".

There's fury at management speak, nostalgia for lost phrases, and a lot of laughter about how words fall in and out of fashion.

Things then drift into found diaries, abandoned philosophy books, accidental love letters, strange radio bloopers and the small, oddly magical moments you only get when someone leaves part of their life behind on a train or a tube seat.

Add in pebbly beaches, childhood mischief and a few stories that probably shouldn't be Googled, and you've got a very Rambling Retro Nonsense kind of episode.

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What do glass bottles on doorsteps, Michael Caine on a milk float, and Rolls-Royces with built-in umbrellas have in common? Very little… and yet somehow they all collide in this gloriously rambling episode of Rambling Retro Nonsense.

Tommy, Duncan, and Hayley start with the simple nostalgia of early-morning deliveries and end up on a delightful detour through clinking bottles, pecked cream tops, midnight bakers, celebrity limos, and the theatre of British life. Expect stories of doorstep bottles, rolling groceries, still-warm loaves from a bakery in Arundel, and Michael Caine cruising dawn-lit London on a milk float.

Also on the menu:

Outrageous vehicles with hidden umbrellas, the quirks of Prime Ministers getting out of cars, and a heady mix of celebrity, politics, and classic retro memories. It's warm, funny, and absurdly charming—a wander through the tiny joys of everyday life, with a side of glamour and nostalgia.

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This week starts off sensibly with a chat about vitamins…

......and somehow ends with samurai, school reports, enemas and Anne Diamond tattoos.

We dive head-first into the weird and wonderful world of health fads, from Victorian women sucking rusty nails for iron (yep, really) to 90s miracle drinks, vibrating belts and flushing your insides out with a hose.

Along the way, things go wildly off-road — as they always do.

In This Episode:

Why Victorians were encouraged to suck rusty nails
Cod liver oil, vitamins and the supplement explosion
Aqua Libra – the 90s drink that made you feel healthy just by holding it
Green juices and influencer nonsense
The truly horrifying world of colonic irrigation
Duncan's behind-the-scenes camera tour of his own insides
Tommy's indestructible liver and self-administered organ massage
Cutting up kidneys in school biology class
The worst (and funniest) sex education ever
School reports and teachers who couldn't even get your name right
GCSEs, hangovers and Young Farmers gone wild
Cornflake diets, cabbage soup and grapefruit misery
Ab rollers, vibrating belts and fitness scams
Bullworkers, stuntmen and duelling survival tips
Samurai philosophy, beheadings and how to deal with enemies
And why Anne Diamond might need a tattoo that says "Wait at the Bridge"

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