27. Sammy Wrapped

What if you found out you had an extra rib and a third kidney? In this lighthearted wrap-up episode, Joel and I reflect on a year of growth, strange medical surprises, and personal wins, including landing a job I genuinely enjoy.

We celebrate 16 episodes of real conversations, share our new obsession with red wine, and laugh about future living dreams that blend independence with a bit of chaos.

There’s chat about holidays, festive parties, and what’s ahead, including possible family guests and more personal insights in the new year.

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Reflecting on the Year With Sam

Speaker 1 0:00

Before we begin, we would like to acknowledge the traditional customs of country throughout Australia and the connection to land, sea and community.

Speaker 2 0:11

We pay our respect to their elders, past and present, and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today and in the future.

Speaker 1 0:23

I'm your host, sam Cole, and this is a really good chat where we divulge areas of my life yes, even not so PG ones, if you're a first-time listener. Thank you so much for joining a bit of a backstory on myself. I have a neuromuscular condition called dystonia and I started this podcast with my friend Joel to break stigma and normalise conversations around disability within society, so we really hope that you stick around for future episodes. In this episode today, we are going to summarise my year the good, the bad, and you know the in-between. So we do hope that you enjoy this episode and, as always, hello and welcome to my co-host, joel.

Speaker 2 1:17

Great to be here, Sam. Lovely to finish the year with you. Is this our last one for the year?

Speaker 1 1:23

Yeah, I reckon it was only two weeks until the year's done, which is crazy crazy that snuck up this year went so fast.

Speaker 2 1:30

I'm interested to hear your ups and downs. What went well, what didn't go well. The recap of sam it feels like a final episode actually yes, yeah, it's so dramatic we are coming back next year. Right, we're going to do more, absolutely.

Speaker 1 1:45

Okay, good.

Speaker 2 1:46

This isn't your way of being like. Actually, this is the end, joel.

Speaker 1 1:49

Ooh, and I would just like to say that Joel and I have done this will be our 16th episode together, which is really cool. Yeah, and hopefully lots more episodes coming.

Speaker 2 2:08

In just over a year, 16 episodes, so I'm really proud of that. Considering this isn't our full-time job, sam and I both have lives outside of this. This is just something we do every now and then. But you know what? It's been 16 or 15, I should say, but this will be, I'm sure, the same 15 easy episodes with you, sam. It's always easy to sit down, have a bit of a chat, yeah it.

Speaker 1 2:23

It was a joy, thank you.

Speaker 2 2:25

But I want to hear about your year, so let's start with the good stuff. What's your highlights from this year? Some stuff that went well.

Speaker 1 2:31

I think this year has been really good in, you know, the classic self-development area. I know that sounds so cliche and a bit of a cringe one, but it's true. I one, but it's true. I feel that this year I've really put a lot more effort well, not, I don't want to say effort, but I guess time into myself and energy into what I want to do right, it's a bit more of you as a person and your identity yeah, and I feel like this year I've also kind of been a lot more vocal about what's acceptable and what's not for myself and for other people, and I'm standing up for the rights.

Speaker 2 3:13

That's it, yeah, and I mean the standard you walk by is the standard you accept. So the fact that you are getting a little bit more vocal about needs is helping other people absolutely. What's been the things that that? What have you been doing to sort of further yourself, or has there been any key turning points that you're really proud of?

Speaker 1 3:31

yeah, so something that I'm really proud of, how far I've kind of come this year is my physical, I guess, endurance and just my and my ability to achieve something that I never thought I could achieve, so that's really exciting. Obviously, I'm keeping it close to my chest for the moment, but I'm definitely going to do a special episode on that one, maybe early in the year.

Speaker 2 4:01

Yeah, you've hit some incredible goals, I think, with your own mobility and physical progress, and so we're going to do an episode on that in the new year. Keep that hush-hush for now, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but you've been kicking some massive goals there. What else has been going? What else are you sort of really proud of in your year in terms of your own advancement?

Speaker 1 4:21

Yeah, I guess.

Speaker 2 4:22

Progress.

Speaker 1 4:23

I guess just that that I have a job. You know it's hell, yeah, yeah, you know. I guess on this podcast we've spoken about how difficult it's been and how challenging that side of things can be for someone with some differences that being physical or that just being you know, whatever difference that may be, that's been really great massive achievement.

Speaker 2 4:49

That was a long journey. Those anyone who's listened to the show before it was something that came up a lot, so you should be really proud of that. That's fantastic. So are you still loving the job, or are you sort of wishing that maybe you could just go back to hanging out Like what's this what I've got to?

Speaker 1 5:07

go to work now. No, it's really great. The work that I do is very rewarding and I've definitely got a lot out of it. I've gained a lot of confidence in just you know, that realm of work.

Speaker 2 5:20

Great, great, yeah, and doing some powerful work too, some really good work. Yeah, thank you. Anything else that's really standing out as a highlight this year.

Speaker 1 5:29

I guess just the connections that I do have my support slash friends like they've been an amazing constant in my year. I've definitely confided in them a lot and you know I think I've spoken about it in previous episodes that they're more than just support, they're definitely friends, these wonderful people that I've got. Yeah, so just having those people in my life as well as, like you know yourself, and I've made some new, a few new friends this year, I mean a few new. That sounds so dramatic.

Speaker 2 6:01

Mum, I made a new friend.

Speaker 1 6:03

I think, because I am a social person, that I love meeting new people, and it's yeah, I think that's one thing I do like about myself is the fact that I am very forthcoming when it comes to meeting new people. Like, I'm not showing away, you know, if there's a bunch of people that I don't know, gathering or party, whatever you call it these days, I am not one to um show they're still called a party, sam, I think it's.

Speaker 2 6:35

I don't think that. Are you sure, though? No, absolutely not, actually. But what else would they call it? Why would they change that? Surely it's still called a party.

Speaker 1 6:46

Yeah, well, hopefully but yeah, so just the fact that I genuinely love meeting new people like it doesn't scare me. It's not like, oh my god, going to a party, I only know one person there. It yeah, it kind of excites me meeting new people. And you know, I'm not saying I'm going to be best friends with everyone that I meet, but like I just love hearing people's different stories, that's lovely, yeah.

Speaker 2 7:09

Well, I'm glad you found your tribe, sam, which sounds like you've sort of built a little community around yourself, and I'm very proud to be part of it myself.

Speaker 1 7:17

Yes, absolutely.

Speaker 2 7:19

What about something you regret this year? What's something that maybe didn't go your way?

Speaker 1 7:23

I suppose we did talk about it previously, the discrimination that I faced through just going for a job.

Speaker 2 7:29

So it's pretty yeah yeah, yeah, that definitely would be a low light. I guess this was this year your first time really hunting for a job to the degree that you were, or had you sort of put that much effort into job searching previously yeah, I think this might be like my second year doing it as much as I have been.

Speaker 1 7:50

I would say like last year I was probably doing it.

Speaker 2 7:54

Was it sort of this treatment that you got, this discrimination? Was that something that was really shocking? Did you find that to be surprising or was it somewhat expected, because it's not the first time you've experienced that? No, to be surprising, or was it somewhat expected, because it's not the first time you've experienced that.

Speaker 1 8:04

No, I think, in the field that I'm going for job interviews and applying for work, I would hope that it would be less likely to be a place of discrimination. Yeah, but unfortunately, it doesn't matter what area it is or who you are, it's still very apparent. Yeah, is baffling, like I just can't find the words to express the bloody frustration, the confusion and the the absolute disgust in being discriminated for someone's physical limitations. And I think, yeah, I forgot that. Right, you gotta take into account the fact that you're a social worker applying for social worker, physical limitations and I think, yeah, I forgot that.

Speaker 2 8:44

Right, you've got to take into account the fact that you're a social worker applying for social worker roles where they help people. You think if anyone would get it, they would. And now I'm remembering that we did an episode on this and in that episode you told a story where someone from a completely different field was actually really inclusive during the interview, and just the juxtaposition between that and the space where you think they would nail it, so that's really disappointing, isn't it?

Speaker 1 9:11

Absolutely.

Speaker 2 9:12

I can't remember the episode, do you?

Speaker 1 9:13

remember the episode First impressions go both ways. That's it.

Speaker 2 9:16

Yeah. So if anyone wants to listen to that one, episode 22,. First impressions go both ways. And then we did a little bonus episode afterwards as well, because Sam needed to let out a bit more steam.

Speaker 1 9:30

Sam was like I need more time on the soapbox baby put me back up there, put me back in the ring.

Speaker 2 9:33

Yeah, that's it.

Speaker 1 9:33

I got a few more punches in me, here we go.

Speaker 2 9:34

Enough was not said clearly and I think um, without obviously not mentioning names or any specific roles that you're applying for, but you did end up following up with that, didn't you?

Speaker 1 9:45

yes, I did yeah so I followed up to people who I guess I was interviewed with. Nothing happened there, but I followed, I filled out a form online and that was when it kind of. I guess they took it seriously.

Speaker 2 10:05

Yeah.

Speaker 1 10:05

Yeah, and then they said that the individual who made the comments and, I guess, discriminated me will go through some training.

Speaker 2 10:17

Yeah, and look, it's not a huge solution, a big outcome, but these are the little steps that we need to be taking before we start to see a real change.

Speaker 1 10:24

And it goes back to you saying how you feel like you're advocating more strongly this year and I think that's a really good example there, where you know you're not going to go work for that company there's not, you're not going to get that positive outcome, but maybe the next person that goes an interview might have a better experience absolutely yeah, and and that's what I've always, I guess, said that you know I've got reasonably thick skin, reasonably resilient, and that but I always just think of someone who's applying for a job and they've just found out that they are going to be in a wheelchair, something like that, and they get that kind of treatment is just I can't even yeah, it's beyond acceptable. Yeah, so that's what I always kind of think of when I'm voicing. If it's on this podcast or if it's making a complaint online, I do it in a way that speaking out for the little people, I guess, or the people who don't have the support or the voice around them.

Speaker 2 11:24

Yeah, yes, absolutely Doing God's work, Sam. Any other lowlights, Anything? What about something that you wish you did differently? Is there anything that you think on reflection? You look back on and you know what I could have handled that better.

Speaker 1 11:35

I guess just the classic at times with mum.

Speaker 2 11:40

Yeah, okay.

Speaker 1 11:41

I'm trying to find my words. Through the year there were times where mum and I had some clashing.

Speaker 2 11:48

Yep a bit of tension, yeah.

Speaker 1 11:52

So, reflecting back, I think I guess that kind of is difficult for me to think about. I guess how I treat her, or how I sometimes treat my mum, and how you know I just push my frustration onto her. But you know I can't keep saying that it's just because you know you're the closest to me. I guess it's just my reaction to particular situations that I'm, you know, still kind of figuring out how to work through, if that makes any sense at all.

Speaker 2 12:27

Yeah.

Speaker 1 12:29

So that's probably like something that I'm still kind of working on how to, I guess, manage my and mum's relationship the best way.

Speaker 2 12:40

And all family relationships are complex, aren't they?

Speaker 1 12:43

Mm, they're true.

Speaker 2 12:45

But I think being aware of it is a really lovely sort of sign there to show that you know, you're aware of this and you're looking to change, and I'm sure your mum understands.

Speaker 1 12:53

I hope so.

Speaker 2 12:56

I'll give her some credit. She's pretty incredible.

Speaker 1 12:59

Yeah Well, to put out with me. I think she's pretty incredible. Yeah well, to put out with me.

Exploring Red Wine and Fun Experiences

Speaker 2 13:02

I think she's pretty, pretty incredible what's a new experience that you had this year, sam? What's something you did that you've never done before?

Speaker 1 13:08

I started drinking red wine all right.

Speaker 2 13:12

Yeah, what made you want to start drinking red wine? What do you mean?

Speaker 1 13:15

you know, sometimes you, it's just a little bit more affordable. On the wine list, okay, well, not the wine list, the alcohol list, because I do love my cocktails but like some of them are just so expensive, it's like $20 minimum. Literally. Sometimes you just need a red, you know, with pasta, say, for example, I'm kind of getting myself ready for when I go to Italy.

Speaker 2 13:42

Okay, when are you off to Italy?

Speaker 1 13:45

In the coming years.

Speaker 2 13:46

Okay, you know it's not booked. It's just like one day I'll go to Italy.

Speaker 1 13:52

Exactly.

Speaker 2 13:54

Great, oh, come on, we'll do an episode over there.

Speaker 1 13:56

Yeah, yeah, please, please.

Speaker 2 13:58

We can talk about the differences.

Speaker 1 13:59

Yeah, oh my God, that would be actually quite interesting. It would be, it would be.

Speaker 2 14:03

Oh, I see we're drinking red wine. I like a bit of red wine, yeah, yeah, Are you going to get really into it and like have a little cellar?

Speaker 1 14:11

and collect wine and age them.

Speaker 2 14:12

Potentially yeah, you should. You live in Perth, which has some amazing vineyards and wineries yeah, so we do you're in the spot for it, aren't you?

Speaker 1 14:23

I think like it just makes you feel like a lot more mature okay, you feel like just having yeah I've got my life together.

Speaker 2 14:31

Yes, exactly why wine feels a bit trashy.

Speaker 1 14:33

You're right, yeah yeah, yeah, it really does wine red wine.

Speaker 2 14:37

Yeah, they're different vibes, that's for sure they are.

Speaker 1 14:40

Yeah, absolutely. I just have this image of you sipping red wine and different yeah they're different vibes, that's for sure they are.

Speaker 2 14:42

Yeah, absolutely. I just have this image of you sipping red wine and being like I'm a lady, but you just sloshed red wine spilled all over your front.

Speaker 1 14:51

Yeah, that sounds about right yeah.

Speaker 2 14:55

You've got to be careful with red wine too, because it's not like a cocktail. You know there's a shot in there when you're drinking red wine. I mean glass after glass. All of a sudden you're just hammered.

Speaker 1 15:03

Well, that's also the other thing with me. I refuse. Well, let's be dramatic. I much prefer to drink it just like someone tipped it into my mouth rather than through a straw, because drinking it through a straw and red wine is like no, you're right.

Speaker 2 15:22

Because they're tannins. Yeah, that's the way you describe that. I would just prefer good fortune style. Tilt me back. Pour it in, baby, Just a funnel. Yeah, I hear what you're saying now no, you like the aerated, you like the.

Speaker 1 15:35

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm with you Because, like when I first started drinking I was like, oh yeah, straw is fine, just a bit easier. But then I was like, oh it just plus, it goes straight through you. No it's not straight through you, it's straight through your head On a straw. Yeah, drinking anything through a straw, sorry, any alcohol beverage through a straw. It hits you 10 times harder.

Speaker 2 16:01

Really.

Speaker 1 16:02

Yeah, because I was gonna make I'm not a scientist.

Speaker 2 16:10

Yeah, it really does no, uh, oh, wow, okay, I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try it with your beer, with my beer. I'm gonna drink beer through a straw and see if it works.

Speaker 1 16:20

I don't know if it will. No, some things just see like that, like some things you just can't drink through a straw Red wine beer.

Speaker 2 16:30

Yeah, red wine through a straw seems off. That doesn't seem right.

Speaker 1 16:37

Are you going to have a big New Year's red wine?

Speaker 2 16:40

night. Then yes, I'll have one at 8pm and then cover into bed, yeah, cover into bed. I've got my red wine scheduled in for 8pm on the 31st.

Speaker 1 16:49

Yeah, no later please, Otherwise she'll be up past midnight, Kind of that.

Speaker 2 16:55

But that's the night. You're supposed to stay up past midnight.

Speaker 1 16:58

It's New Year's? Yeah, apparently you are, but I don't follow the rules no, I hate new years.

Speaker 2 17:03

I'll be in bed, yeah, yeah, do you have like a big christmas christmas do, or well, basically wherever my niece and nephew are, I will be. Oh yeah, hopefully without the red wine, then, or are they the pourers, your niece and nephew? I reckon they'd be good little pourers, wouldn't they?

Speaker 1 17:21

Oh gosh? No, Absolutely not. Kids love to be helpful. Let them get involved. Yeah, they are so helpful, but I don't want them to be spilling my red wine.

Speaker 2 17:33

Oh, that's it. Yeah, that's the issue. Every drop is precious, absolutely. I look forward to you know trying new red wines with you.

Speaker 1 17:41

That's awesome.

Speaker 2 17:41

Yeah, definitely and now you're an easy christmas gift easy, that's it yeah that's it. That's it. What was? Some really fun experiences from this year. You know we talked about that's a bit different to good something you're proud of just what was just really fun for you yeah, well, mum was away for, I think, nearly four weeks or just under, and I had a bunch of parties. Yeah, that's it.

Speaker 1 18:10

I had my support. Slash friends, stay with me for the time that she was away had a little schedule going. So that was so fun. Yeah, just doing what I I want, like without having to. I guess, because they were here, we didn't have to. Oh, come, at this time we could have just been a lot more chill about heading out and that kind of thing yeah, it's almost like a bit of a taste of you living alone.

Speaker 2 18:35

So now that you've sort of had that, is that something maybe that's on the horizon for you. Is that a goal? Would you like to live alone and have full-time support? Because you're right, like it makes life a bit easier when you don't have to have these scheduled. Community access is what we would call it professionally.

Speaker 1 18:51

You know it's a bit of a headache yeah, that is true, I guess for me I don't think I would get the same rapport or like the same relationship with ones that I have, if that makes sense.

Speaker 2 19:07

Like.

Speaker 1 19:07

I guess because it was just a few weeks rather than like a duration of an ongoing period yeah, yeah I'm definitely not saying no, I'm not, definitely not saying yes, but I guess I would have to have a bunch of people who I really I guess, like you know, the girls that I've got who are not boring, who aren't fuddy-duddy, I understand what you're saying.

Speaker 2 19:38

It would change the dynamic of your relationship with your team at the moment, because it's more time together, no breaks, and then there would be also extra shifts to fill, which would mean pulling in new people and it is hard to find. It is hard to find staff members.

Speaker 1 19:55

Yeah, oh exactly. Been pulling in new people and it is hard to find. It is hard to find staff. Yeah, oh exactly. And I'm like forever grateful for my girls that they're all so flexible going on holidays, I guess, would fill your cup still.

Speaker 2 20:03

You still get that time away. You went on a few holidays this year, didn't you? Oh, yeah, yeah, the hay scape yeah, that looks awesome and that was with eileen yeah, eileen yeah eileen, who we've had on the show, talking about festival good times. You've had some festivals and some gigs you've gone to, oh yeah, that's true.

Speaker 1 20:20

I went to Taylor Swift, which was that's right.

Speaker 2 20:23

yeah, you've had a bit of an active back to year actually, actually.

Speaker 1 20:26

I forgot about Taylor Swift. Yeah, you barely sat still, yeah, god, still yeah god, that's um, it feels so long ago. Well, I guess it is almost a year ago, which is crazy.

Speaker 2 20:41

Yeah, it was like february the 18th I think, yeah, god, wow, it's been a pretty full-on year for you then, yeah, amazing amazing and obviously this podcast has been amazing.

Speaker 1 20:50

I think we said at the start but I'll just say it again that I have loved doing this podcast with you, joel, and you know, maybe it's not reaching the people that we want it to yet.

Speaker 2 21:03

Oh, we're going to blow up. We're going to blow up, don't worry. We're going to blow up. Don't worry, baby, we're going to hit the moon any minute. Now, I believe.

Speaker 1 21:11

Yeah that's it, but no, I the moon any minute now I believe. Yeah, that's it, but no, I've just like really enjoyed, just like getting comfortable with the past. You know, 15 episodes.

Speaker 2 21:18

I think we always had a good relationship, but even more of a solid relationship absolutely yeah yeah, it's been really good, yeah, exploring the fact that we both we set aside time in our lives to do this on a regular basis as well. You know there's there's no outside pressure to do that. We don't sell ads on this. We don't make money off this podcast. It's not a job. Either of us and sometimes we do go, you know what, not today Don't want to. But the fact that we keep coming back.

Speaker 2 21:42

I think sort of speaks to our relationship and I personally feel like this is a valuable podcast that I think has good conversations that does add value to the world. So thanks for letting me be part of it, sam. It's been amazing. I've really enjoyed it.

Speaker 1 21:57

No, no, thank you for being in the question guy, because that that I would just, like we said before, just sam in her crazy little world, just talking to the boy yourself.

Speaker 2 22:08

Yeah, do you reckon you'd still be doing a podcast if it was just you? Do you reckon if you were still going solo, you'd you'd be going strong still?

Speaker 1 22:14

I think I would be still doing it, but wouldn't be as in depth, maybe just very superficial okay, because you did 11 episodes before I came on board yeah, right thanks, yeah, no 10, because our first one was number 11.

Speaker 2 22:36

What are we up to now? 20-something episodes. Well, this will be the 27th episode 27 episodes, so this will be 17 episodes. 17 episodes, so the last one was our 16th. We counted wrong. Oh, we are useless together, sam. Oh, my God, we can't spell, we can't pronounce words, we can't do maths.

Speaker 1 22:55

But we're great people.

Speaker 2 22:57

Oh my God Good thing, you have good personalities, yeah, great. What's something you're looking forward to next year, sam? What's the expectation, what's the goal? Where are we headed?

Speaker 1 23:06

Yeah, Well, I really do hope that I just continue being myself and just keep on committing to things that I love and the people that I love and continue striving for equality where I can and voicing, you know, things that should be should change.

Discovering Sam's Unique Anatomy

Speaker 2 23:29

Yeah. Anything next year you're really looking forward to.

Speaker 1 23:31

Oh, I'm booked in for some tattoos.

Speaker 2 23:34

Ah, get some tough stickers on you. You've already got a few, don't?

Speaker 1 23:39

you yeah, I do yeah.

Speaker 2 23:41

Yeah, you're not clean skin. Nah, you've got a couple of tats. What are you doing? A big back tattoo, what's?

Speaker 1 23:46

up, maybe, maybe.

Speaker 2 23:48

I'm just joking. I want to see with a neck tattoo, big neck tattoo and a full sleeve.

Speaker 1 23:55

Okay, okay, noted. No, it's just going to be a rib and a hip.

Speaker 2 24:00

A rib and a hip.

Speaker 1 24:01

Yeah.

Speaker 2 24:02

Like we said, a rib specifically, just one rib.

Speaker 1 24:05

Yeah, exactly yeah.

Speaker 2 24:09

Just this one rib, not all of them, not my ribs, just one rib. Yeah, so your favorite rib, you got of them, not my ribs, just one rib yeah. Your favourite rib. You've got to get tattooed. It's good that you have a favourite rib.

Speaker 1 24:21

Yeah, I've got. It's actually my extra one because I've got an extra rib.

Speaker 2 24:25

Wait what.

Speaker 1 24:27

Yeah.

Speaker 2 24:27

For real.

Speaker 1 24:28

Yeah.

Speaker 2 24:28

This has never come up before, so you have an extra rib. What do you want to read?

Speaker 1 24:33

Yeah.

Speaker 2 24:36

Since when? For so you have an extra rib. What do you want to read? Yeah, since when? Um, since I was born. So is this a family thing as well? Like your bad knee? I don't know if you have any I don't know. Is this a real thing or are?

Speaker 1 24:42

you? Oh, you know, I've got an extra rib, an extra vertebrae and an extra kidney, kidney.

Speaker 2 24:50

You have three kidneys. Yeah, you're like a superhuman. What the fuck? Yeah, yeah, we've never talked about this before. This is a whole episode. Wait a minute. Why? Why do you have these things? What's happened?

Speaker 1 25:04

I guess when I was a kid and I first got sick, as I say, yeah they obviously had so many x-rays or tests and so forth that, yeah, yeah, that's how we found it out. But with the kidney thank God it's just called a third kidney, but it's not like a full size.

Speaker 2 25:20

A little baby kidney.

Speaker 1 25:21

Yeah, but still I'll have to call it my third and get everyone's reaction. But thankfully it's joined to like the bits where it's meant to be joined to.

Speaker 2 25:29

So it's functional, so you just have an extra kidney.

Speaker 1 25:33

Yeah, I'm pretty sure.

Speaker 2 25:35

it is Amazing. That's incredible. You could donate a kidney to someone and still have the correct amount of kidneys. Does anyone else in your family have any of this, or is it just you?

Speaker 1 25:45

Yeah, not as far as I'm aware, they probably haven't had the in-depth testing that I have.

Speaker 2 25:50

Right, so they might. They might have an extra rib. Is seam that I have Right so they might have an extra rib? Is it one on each side Like a full extra layer of ribs or just like one random rib on one side?

Speaker 1 25:59

I think it Okay. If I remember correctly, I'll ask Mum and.

Speaker 2 26:02

Yeah, do an update.

Speaker 1 26:04

I'm pretty sure it's just like one on one side what?

Speaker 2 26:08

Yeah, did Frankenstein make you or something? What the hell happened? You were just like slapped together with spare parts yeah, yeah, oh, we got some leftover. I feel like we would all have extra bits that we didn't realize I mean it's a really good point, because I don't, I don't know, we've probably all got like an extra bone in our hand or our foot or something, or something minor. I don't know how many of us have an extra rib or an extra vertebrae yeah that's pretty full.

Speaker 2 26:35

An extra kidney is next level. That's like we can just start farming kidneys from your body yeah, great, she's available, she's ready for if anyone's looking for a kidney, it's going to cost you a lot of money. We're going to charge big for this one because you know, there there are limited supplies. But limited edition Sam kidney. Yeah, $100,000, is that fair? $100,000? Wow, is that what you'd sell the kidney for?

Speaker 1 26:59

It's okay because I've got my organs donation card.

Speaker 2 27:03

Great, they're going to have a field day.

Speaker 1 27:05

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 27:06

Like six hearts in this thing.

Speaker 1 27:09

No, I barely have one heart.

Speaker 2 27:10

You've probably got twice the length of intestine. You know, you probably just got extra stuff banging around in there, I don't know yeah.

Speaker 1 27:15

What the hell? I wonder what else I can find.

Speaker 2 27:18

Yeah, let's go digging. That should be an episode. We should just book you in for an x-ray and just see what's happening in there, man.

Speaker 1 27:25

True.

Speaker 2 27:26

Let's just get an idea. Let's map this.

Speaker 1 27:29

Yeah.

Speaker 2 27:35

That's really blown me. I can't. I didn't know any of that that's amazing. Well, congratulations on uh on being better than everyone else. So thank you, that's good we all knew it.

Speaker 1 27:41

I think deep down, yeah, yeah, now there's evidence.

Speaker 2 27:42

Yeah, that's it, that's it I mean, what a great place to end on too. Look, something I'm looking forward to next year is we've got some big episodes coming. I think we've got some big topics that we've really been sitting on for quite a while, and I think in the new year we are starting to get a little bit deeper into your life, sam, and some of the things that we've kind of waited and put on hold. So stay tuned, everyone, because we've got, I think, our best episodes are coming. I still want to get your mum on an episode at some point. I think that's going to be really cool and interesting.

Speaker 2 28:12

We're going to start talking a bit more, I think, about your love life. That's going to be a fun one. I can see your excitement. Yeah, you're really keen on that one. I'm keen on that one. You did do an episode on your dating life solo, but I have many unanswered questions, so stay tuned, everyone for that one. And then I think we're also just going to keep up with the regular episodes of exploring things that happen in your life and stories and watching your life unfold before our very eyes, sam.

Speaker 1 28:41

Hopefully they're going to be as good as Jaws, making them out to be Top shelf yeah.

Speaker 2 28:48

Oh, it's going to be the thing that blows us up.

Sending Holiday Wishes and Gratitude

Speaker 1 28:50

I told you we're blowing up, true yeah, this is it, that's it, but no, we really hope that you enjoyed listening to my year a bit of a summary and yeah, we really hope that you stick around for future episodes. And, as always, thank you so much to my co-host, joel, for being the question guy. And yeah, just thank you for sticking with me for these 15 odd episodes 16, now we know. But someone else will correct our math.

Speaker 2 29:20

I'm sure always a pleasure.

Speaker 1 29:21

Sam, looking forward to many, many, many more and before we go, we would just like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for listening to this episode. We really hope you enjoyed it. If you want to stay up to date, please follow a really good chat on Instagram, where I post the latest, and make sure you're following the podcast on your streaming platform. That's all for this episode. Stay safe, everyone.