I know what you're thinking you are thinking mr. Duncan you are here at the
wrong time what has happened? there is nothing wrong
with my clock in fact the reason why the time is different is because early this
morning we put the clocks forward by one hour and that's the reason why the time
is different coming up today we'll be talking about old wives tales what is an
old wives tale I hear you ask also mr. Steve will be here at 3 o'clock with
lots of chat yes he is back from his travels and of course it wouldn't be
live English without you on the live chat after all it's a Sunday afternoon
here in the UK it's just after 2 o'clock and this is live English
a doobie doobie doo doo doo bee doo doo doo oh my goodness what a beautiful day
we are having today I hope you are here I hope you have joined me at the right
time as I just mentioned everything has changed as far as the time is concerned
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you okay
I hope so are you happy I really really hope so so here we go again it's Sunday
Sunday again these weeks are really flying by they are flying by they are
going by so fast so here we are coming towards the end of March and April is
just around the corner in fact a week from now it will be April the first and
next Sunday is a special day for another reason do you know why next Sunday is a
special day do you know maybe you can tell me later lots of things going on
today all first of all well of course we must take a look at the view because
today is a glorious day it is so beautiful I hope that we're the way you
are is nice but early this morning we put the clocks forward by one hour
because officially it is the start of British summer time now I know this is
going to get very confusing because we are still in spring so it is still
spring time but now the clocks have changed in preparation for summer
arriving I know it's very confusing it's very confusing but it still spring so
let's have a look at the view this morning I woke up this morning to this
Oh
so there it is the actual view this morning that greeted me as I woke up
there it was of course some people might say it's very strange to sleep in your
garden but there you go I'm a bit of a strange guy I sometimes so there is the
view that greeted me as I woke up and there we are looking across to a place
called little Wenlock so in the distance the place you can see there is called
little Wenlock it's true apparently little Wenlock is supposed to be the
highest village the highest village in england it is supposed to be the village
that has the the highest point or the highest altitude and there we are
looking out towards Shrewsbury ah this morning the view was quite amazing look
at that almost complete blue sky so there it is today's view and to be
honest with you there is pretty much the same view at the moment outside I'm
hoping that we will have a chance to go outside later if we have time because we
have a lot of things to do today of course we have you on the live chat
let's have a quick look at the live chat because I don't want to forget you and
there we go we have flung here hello Wong hello JC Jordi hello Martha Martha
is here hello Jamelia hello - Alan Alamgir Hossein it's amazing
yes we had a lovely lovely morning here and to be honest the afternoon is
looking quite good as well analytic brain mr. Duncan have you been going
hope you feel fit and healthy yes I'm ok thank you very much a very busy week of
course I was here on Wednesday night as well with my late and
even though we had a few technical problems the other night so I'm keeping
my fingers crossed today that we don't have any problems
today with the technical things you know what technology is like quite often
technology will go wrong normally when you need it most so the other night on
Wednesday we did have some technical problems I'm hoping that I've sorted
them out so I went for a lovely walk yesterday and yes you can tell that
spring is on the way and summer is not far away following spring because look
look what I saw yesterday poking out of the ground you can see already that the
the wild garlic is coming up if ever there was a sign that spring is on the
way and summer is not far off either it must be the sight of wild garlic
beginning to come out of the ground there it is some lovely wild garlic that
I spotted yesterday on my walk do you like garlic do you like eating garlic
some people like it some people don't like it personally
I love the taste of garlic the more garlic the better last week I had a
pizza with mr. Steve and I put so much garlic on top of the pizza it was
absolutely delicious do you like garlic I know a lot of people don't they find
the taste rather disgusting but I absolutely love it so spring is here
would you like to see some new lambs would you like to see some baby lambs
okay let's have a look right now oh look at that
isn't that beautiful a beautiful scene with the the use and many of the use at
the moment are giving birth to their baby lambs and their oh look there's one
of them now running away I think lambs are very shy so there you
can see the view beautiful view not far away from my house and you can see there
are lots of newborn lambs because spring has definitely arrived there are lots of
little lambs and in the evening you can hear them all you can hear all of the
lambs bleating bleats a great word so the sound that the lamb makes is bleat
bleat I'm not sure if the use are very happy with me filming them they look a
bit nervous so there are some more little lambs can you see them aren't
they absolutely lovely they're so cute so in the early hours of this morning
British summer time arrived but of course it is still spring at the moment
here in England so yes it is quite confusing at this time of the year
because some people say that summer has started because we've put the clocks
forward for British summer time and other people say that it sells still
spring so as far as I'm concerned it's still spring so springtime is definitely
here now and as if you needed reminding look at that some beautiful little
newborn lambs oh my goodness I don't know about you but I always get
very very happy I always become very happy I have a big smile on my face
whenever I see lambs the only problem with lambs is they also
taste very delicious as well that's the only problem and there they are posing
for me posing for a photograph lots of lovely newborn lambs I hope you enjoyed
those images so spring is definitely here now would you like to hear some of
the spring sounds I have a microphone at the moment in my garden so listen
carefully you will be able to hear some of the spring sounds can you hear them
can hear the spring sounds birds singing in the distance it's a beautiful spring
day even though it feels a lot like summer I must be honest
so I hoping later I'm hoping that we can go outside for about 20 minutes towards
the end of today's live stream we have mr. Steve here yes mr. Steve will be
here after 3 o'clock
Dibby Dibby Dibby Dibby Dibby doop yes it is Sunday afternoon and this is live
English live from the UK or more specifically from England or even more
specifically from my little studio on the side of Wenlock edge hello to you
and I hope you've had a really good week next Sunday is a special day do you know
why why is next Sunday special can you tell me why it is so I have a feeling
that there are some people who haven't joined me yet because they are getting
confused with the time change now normally we follow this which is GMT
Greenwich Mean Time but now we are following b st b st which is British
summer time so there you can see on the screen BST is now the time zone that we
are in because we have put the clocks forward by one hour so that means my
live stream for some people will be actually appearing at a different time
even though here in the UK the time is exactly the same because we've put the
clocks forward by one hour so BST means British summer time and for the rest of
the year we follow G M T which means Greenwich Mean Time which is the area in
London where the time zone begins around the whole world mmm it's true so next
Sunday is a special day but why I will be revealing the answer a little bit
later on lots of people on the live chat I don't want to ignore the live chatters
or else I will get into trouble I hope the spring will come to Russia in
three or four weeks me too yes I hope you have some lovely spring weather in
Russia very soon Anna Maria says very entertaining oh
thank you very much do you mean my live stream oh thank you Tobiah
says oh hello it's a good idea in Egypt it should also be done in Germany oh I
see yes because some people put their clocks forward and some people don't
they don't do it Pedro is here hi Pedro I also - Garcia
we still have snow here says Garcia oh my goodness well we had snow a few days
ago in fact this time last week we had snow but today the weather is absolutely
gorgeous it is a beautiful day would you like to hear the sound from outside here
it is again can you hear the birds singing it's springtime Spring has
arrived yes it feels very very good I must admit I always feel very excited
when spring comes ts says Mr Duncan how is the feeling when you spend your life
in one second but the clock said that it is one hour I'm not sure about that I'm
not sure what that actually means I'm not sure what you mean by that ts guy
agender says hello from India oh hello to India I like saying hello to
India because I don't normally get the chance to do it so a big hello to
everyone watching in India at the moment so spring has arrived would you like to
see some more spring views okay just for you here are some more lovely
picturesque scenes of the spring weather
hmm yes the view in my garden it's a beautiful spring-like day even
though the clocks did change this morning for those who are getting a bit
confused I will mention this a few times because I think it's very important to
mention that the clocks did go forward by one hour and that is the reason why
my appearance seems to be at a different time even though here in the UK it is
the same time mica owed hello Miko watching at the moment in Japan hi yes
you are right there is some cherry blossom in the garden it is starting to
come out among amenorrhea says hi from Hungary Hungary hello to Hungary talking
of Hungary I'm feeling very hungry at the moment because I haven't had any
breakfast I was rushing around this morning doing all sorts of things and I
forgot I actually forgot to eat my breakfast so I've had no breakfast I've
had nothing to eat today Pedro says do you drink alcoholic drinks do you mean
me do I drink alcoholic drinks very very occasionally normally for special
occasions maybe if I go to a party or perhaps if I go to a wedding yes
weddings do you like weddings do you like going to weddings because I am
going to a wedding very soon myself and also mr. Steve we are going to someone's
wedding a lovely friend of ours called Emma is getting married would you like
to see a video lesson that I made 11 years ago I'm not joking we are about to
have a look at one of my first ever video lessons that I made after
returning to the UK and Here I am visiting some of my friends and also
attending a wedding with mr. Steve and see if you can spot just how young we
look just how young we looked 11 years ago
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England today I'm at a friend's wedding
whose wedding is it today this is the raising of relations your cousin yes
what's her name Emma Emma oh I see yeah and James and James Emma and James very
nice
a traditional English wedding normally consists of three parts you have the
church service when the bride and groom are blessed then you have a special
reception where all the friends and relations meet together and have a meal
and quite often also in the evening you'll have a large evening dinner and
maybe a disco with people dancing and needless to say drinking lots of beer
we've now arrived at the wedding reception so let's go inside
so here we are at the reception and as a starter we have voila look at last
salmon mousse one of the main differences between having a meal here
in England and having one in China is they bring the courses separately
whereas in China they bring all of courses at the same time compile them in
the middle of the table but here each course is served one by one okay I'm
getting very excited now because the main course is coming mmm
that's a nice wave Cheers okay the main course has arrived and
look we have gravy as well look at that lovely mixed vegetables lamb
potatoes and a lovely beautiful silver gravy boat this kind of dessert is
called profiterole it's a soft pastry with fresh cream inside believe you me
it tastes delicious
lovely first Lisa Frank thank you for the very kind words it meant a lot
I'm surprised McClain meant a lot I would like to thank you for the great
start you'd given Emma in life since I feel it's met Emma's family I have been
made to feel very welcome sharing many of the family values I was taught
growing up and today of course I haven't just gained a wife but also a second
family I want you to know how much the support and guidance that you have
offered to Emma me over the years has meant especially in last 18 months
because without your health we would not be here today
they are the happy couple well the party has come to an end it's time to say
goodbye from me mr. Duncan here in England
it's a Sunday afternoon I don't know what time it is where you are because
the clocks have changed in the early hours of this morning we put the clocks
forward by one hour so just in case you are wondering why I am on at a different
time I'm not it is this the right time here but maybe not where you are so you
might have to adjust your time for joining me next week okay okay and of
course you can catch the livestream later on as well when it is repeated on
YouTube hopefully with some subtitles as well lots of people are saying hello the
live chat is bursting at the edges you and mr. Steve looked very young in the
video thank you very much for that we we certainly felt young some people are
saying mr. Duncan you look younger now than you did 11 years ago how is that
possible I don't know maybe I'm getting younger maybe I'm like Benjamin Button
maybe I'm getting younger and I will end up as a baby again I don't know
Garcia is here I am one hour ahead of you oh okay then go see oh well done
resolver is here did they have children yes Emma and James now have I think they
have two children I think they have a boy and a girl so yes they have two kids
now after 11 years of marriage and they are still together and still very happy
in fact when I first posted the video on to my youtube channel they said oh my
goodness all of my friends have been watching the video that you made at our
wedding so thank you to Emma and James for giving me permission to show the
video on my youtube channel and yes they have I think they have two children now
and they are still happily married after 11 years Wow so a very
good example of how a marriage can last I love this lesson says Jamelia really
thank you very much Jamelia that's very kind of you sniper DZ or sniper DZ says
how is the lifestyle in England could you tell me the lifestyle if you wanted
me to give you a very brief summary of lifestyle in England or in the UK I
would say that we are probably reasonably comfortable with our lives
there are some people who do struggle to survive they have to struggle they have
to have maybe two or three jobs to make ends meet if you make ends meet it means
you have to find enough money to survive you just about manage to make ends meet
so there is poverty in this country but not much not much poverty and of course
there are social problems just like any other country so and of course we do
have a class system here as well we have working class of which I I would place
myself in that group I am working class I have to work to survive just like many
people do but I would say that life in England is quite comfortable quite
comfortable not too bad we we still have complaints to make we still moan in fact
that is one thing that English people do very well and that is moan we do like to
have a little bit of a moan sometimes even though life in this country is
quite good so there I hope that answers your question live chat is very busy
fionna hello Fionna congratulations on your lovely spring day thank you very
much that's very kind of you why don't you get married says Fung
Thank You Fung why don't I get married well what what
makes you think that I'm not going to get married why do you think that I'm
not planning to get married I might be for all you know I might be getting
married this year or maybe next year who knows how is the weather in England
Jakub the weather is gorgeous today oh my goodness would you like to have
another look at the view this morning the view this morning was quite amazing
so yes the weather at the moment is gorgeous and there it is again a brief
view from the window and that is an actual view taken this morning
so there it is the view at the back of the house as well the Sun was just
coming over the top of the trees it was a beautiful morning and there you can
see some more views and this is looking towards a place called little Wenlock I
live in much Wenlock and in the distance you can see little Wenlock so there it
is there is the view this morning for those who are interested the weather
today feels very much like spring and of course as I mentioned already I'm going
to mention this a few times today the time has changed here in the UK we have
gone forward one hour so for some people it might appear that I am here at the
wrong time but I am here at the right time because as you can see the time is
coming up to 25 minutes to 3:00 here in the UK and mr. Steve will be here at 3
o'clock lots of things to catch up with from mr. Steve because he wasn't here on
Wednesday I don't know where he was he disappeared he vanished so we'll find
out all about that later on on Friday I went to the dentist
as some of you might know I don't like going to the dentist not one bit
I don't like going to the dentist and there are various reasons for that I
will let you know why I don't like the dentist in the moment but something very
strange happened on Friday whilst at the dentist now the lady who was doing my
teeth she was checking my teeth to make sure that they are okay and first of all
she was very pleased with my teeth she said Duncan your teeth are really
really good you have kept them in very good condition but one of the strange
things that happened on Friday at the dentist she actually got me to help her
while she was treating me so I I had to hold the thing that sucks the water out
of your mouth you know the thing it's like a suction tube it in your mouth so
she asked me to hold it because her assistant wasn't there so because her
assistant wasn't there that day I had to help her with the procedure so I was
holding that the little tube that goes into your mouth while she was working on
my teeth it was a very strange moment I was actually hoping that she would
reduce the bill a little bit so I wouldn't have to pay so much because I
gave her I gave her some help but no no the bill was exactly the same as it
always was dear ma yes it sucks all of the water out of your mouth it's it's a
horrible sound so I don't like the dentist but why why don't I like the
dentist well here is the reason why
growing up is not the most pleasant of events it is often filled with scary
moments and unpleasant experiences of all the upsetting and traumatic moments
from my childhood one in particular still lingers strongly with me I would
have been about eight years old at the time and I had to go to the dentist for
a multiple extraction this procedure involves the removal of many teeth at
the same time in my case it was ten yes I had 10 teeth taken out whom one go
this is normally done whilst the patient is under anaesthetic in those days they
often used nitrous oxide to put you to sleep many of you will know this
particular substance as laughing gas so try to imagine the scene an
eight-year-old boy under anaesthetic having ten of his teeth removed if that
wasn't bad enough after the procedure ended I was not
fully revived I had not come round from the anesthetic which meant that my
parents had to carry me unconscious through the dentist's waiting room and
out to a waiting car my only real memories of this event include the
moments just before the laughing gas was giving to me via a large rubber mask
which was placed over my face in the dentist's chair and much later as I came
round from the anaesthetic itself at home even to this day I can still recall
the foul taste of stale blood in my mouth not to mention the strange
sensation of having 10 of my teeth suddenly vanish
this horrific experience put me off going to the dentist for many years
needless to say these days a trip to the dentist is not as traumatic as it was in
my childhood modern dental surgeries are more welcoming and the procedures are
over much quicker of course even now going to the dentist
still has its unpleasant moments the worst part of it for me
must be the scrape or scale this is where the dentist removes the hard
plaque that is built up at the base of the teeth with a sharp tool this
particular scaling procedure can be very painful indeed it all depends on how
badly affected the teeth are so the more you look after your teeth the shorter
the scaling procedure will be these days people are becoming more used to taking
care of their teeth on a daily basis so much in fact that nowadays doing your
own dentistry is becoming commonplace there are lots of wonderful gizmos and
tools available now for cleaning your teeth thoroughly at home things that
poke things that scrape things that squirt and things that buzz and Hum Do
It Yourself dentistry is becoming the norm with home dentistry kits now
available for purchase on the Internet although I wouldn't do it myself without
having had some form of guidance or training first
surely one of the worst dental procedures of all must be an extraction
an extraction is where a tooth is literally pulled out of the jawbone just
like I had when I was 8 some people even pull their own teeth
out I can't imagine anyone wanting to pull their own teeth out
can you these days most dental work is carried out with the patient awake and
conscious this includes the drilling into and extraction of teeth normally a
local anaesthetic is used in the form of an injection into the area of the gum
where the procedure is to be carried out the injected part of the mouth will
become numb thus ensuring that the procedure will be a painless one how
often do you go to the dentist do you like going to the dentist when was the
last time you went to the dentist neglecting your teeth is not a good
thing to do as when you get older they will become unhealthy and fall out
bad mouth hygiene has also been linked to other physical ailments such as heart
disease and certain types of cancer fortunately for me I learned my lesson
before my teeth became too bad which is definitely something to smile about
it is true no one likes going to the dentist the dentist is not a very good
place to go I don't know what it is whenever you go to the dentist when you
first walk in to the waiting room something happens everything around you
seems to change suddenly your mood alters you feel very nervous a little
apprehensive maybe because you are about to go into the dentist's chair so yes I
had a terrible experience when I was young they took ten of my teeth out at
the same time ten a very bad experience is going to the dentist expensive
I think someone asked that question earlier yes it is certainly in this
country it is very very expensive Rossa so yes going to the dentist in England
or should I say the UK as well is quite expensive very expensive that is one of
the reasons why many people don't go and of course they end up losing their teeth
because of poor hygiene so of course you can have free dental treatment as well
on the National Health Service but quite often there is a long waiting list for
that there is a long waiting list or should I say a long queue
so yes you going to the dentist in England is a very expensive thing and
that as I always say you never see a poor dentist dentists are always very
wealthy having said that my dentist Jonathan he is absolutely brilliant he
is probably the nicest dentist I've ever had so I think if your dentist is a nice
person then it puts you at rest it puts you at ease you don't feel so nervous
when you have to have your teeth done still having said that I don't like the
dentist very much at all Khalid is here hello Kali eat hello there from Freiburg
in Germany I am originally from Morocco I am a big fan of yours I really want to
visit you someday as you are most welcome to visit where I am Thank You
Khalid for that that's very kind of you 10 teeth in one go is too many yes I
agree I agree it was a horrible experience a very traumatic experience
Thank You Mika for for sharing your your sympathy there thank you very much for
that you where says I don't like the dentist I don't think anyone likes the
dentist really who likes the dentist unless of course you like pain there are
some people who like receiving pain and maybe they enjoy going to the dentist
maybe they get a thrill out of it but I certainly don't
what is your brushing technique oh I see let's have a look
brushing technique from the live chat I've just met my dentist twice to check
my teeth thank you very much one for that and it cost me a large
amount of cash yes me too it's very expensive
going to the dentist Suresh asks are you now
brushing do you know your brushing technique
well I always brush my teeth three times a day in the morning sometimes after
lunch and always before I go to bed I spend a very long time these days
brushing my teeth some might say that I've become obsessed with brushing my
teeth I think I have I think sometimes I'm very obsessed with my teeth because
I think that maybe they will start to fall out and if I had a choice if I had
a choice between loo using my hair and losing my teeth I
would rather lose my hair I don't want to lose my teeth definitely not I want
to keep my teeth forever at least I'm trying to anyway would you like to have
a look at today's mystery idioms here they are now
mystery idioms here is the first one mystery idiom number one it is something
that is used a lot in the English language it is a well-known expression
in English but what is it it is a well-known expression in the English
language and here is mystery idiom number two this is something that you do
so there is a clue for this one this is something that you do and just to give
you another clue everyone does it so here it is there's the second mystery
idiom and there is the first one but what are they the answers are coming
towards the end of today's live stream we have mr. Steve coming in ten minutes
lots of things to talk about today I thought it would be interesting to have
a look quickly it's some clock idioms now in the English language there are
quite a few idioms related to clocks tick tock tick tock
so clock idioms well first of all we have clock off if you clock off
it means you finish work you officially finish work so the time that you end
your working day you often say you clock off that is when you finish your work
for the day you clock off there is of course clock on which means to start
your day at work so as you arrive at work you clock on some people will
the arrival of their time at work by punching a card in a machine so they
clock on but also in English we can just mean I've arrived for work I'm at work
I've just arrived at work I have clocked on so nine o'clock in the morning is my
clock on time Oh another one here this is a good one I like this one against
the clock against the clock to do something against the clock means you do
it with a limited amount of time so maybe you only have a minute or maybe
ten minutes or maybe twenty minutes to do something that means you are working
against the clock you are doing it in a limited amount of time you are doing it
against the clock but do you know any clock idioms anyone out there know any
clock idioms at all let's have a look shall we mr. Duncan I'm going to leave I
will watch the second part at night see you on Wednesday
oh okay Pedro Pedro is going he has something very important to do
I think Pedro is going to watch his favorite TV show that's what I think
ELISA or al sir is here hello al sir have we have we spoken before have we
said hello to each other before I'm not sure
Ghosh er says I am against the clock for doing my dinner oh I see
so go xie has a limited amount of time in which to make dinner so you are
working against the clock Silvana is here hi Silvana glad to see you again
I'm learning a lot with you thank you very much for that from Brazil but now
I'm living in France Oh a big bonjour to you Tomic says a
round-the-clock yes that's a good one Thank You Tomic for that if you work a
round of a clock if you work around the clock it means you work for many many
hours sometimes you might find yourself working late into the night we can say
that you are working around the clock you are spending a lot of time at work
you work around the clock Bella is here hello Bella nice to see
you also Oleg is here Oh punch the clock yes you
can punch the clock that means that you arrived for work officially or of course
it can mean that you finish your work officially you punch the clock you clock
on and you clock off we can also use the word clock as a verb
yes TGen also believe it or not clock can also mean to hit someone so if you
if you punch someone in the face you clock them you cook them you give them a
good hard clock also if you clock something it means you spot something
you see something for example I have clocked mr. Steve in the studio he's
preparing for his live moment at 3 o'clock so if you clock something it
means you see something you notice something you clock something or of
course you hit someone you give them a good clock I am against the clock for
doing my homework says Gigi or Gigi oh really so yes you so instead of doing
your homework you are actually watching me live on YouTube I see okay
well I hope you get your homework done in time and a big hello to China Sal
where is here saying hello to everyone oh that's very kind of you thank you
very much sniper says I want to visit the UK mr.
Duncan I'm so fascinated by the way they live you are fascinated by the way we
live that's very kind of you where is mr. Steve asks Ricardo mr.
Steve will be here in three minutes time mr. Steve is just three minutes away are
you happy are you excited about that I think so and the big question today is
where has mr. Steve bean where has he been because he wasn't here on Wednesday
and to be honest with you I really needed mr. Steve on Wednesday to help me
because I had some technical problems on Wednesday night did you see it
it was a disaster so today I am keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes
okay today I am hoping that we have no technical problems today we will find
out anyway because mr. Steve will be here did you see him earlier in the in
the wedding video he looks so serious a lot of people have said why did mr.
Steve look so serious in your wedding video I don't know why by the way it
wasn't my wedding it was actually some relatives of Steve's it was one of his
cousins Emma and also James and by the way as I mentioned they are both still
happily married after 11 years isn't that lovely I would love to hear you
talk about Henry the 8th Henry the 8th did not have a good marriage
in fact he his marriages were so bad he kept divorcing and then marrying and
then divorcing and sometimes he would chop the
heads office wives he would chop their heads off so Henry the eighth really
could have done with some marriage counseling I think I think he could have
done done with a lot of marriage counseling don't you I don't know where
mr. Steve is does he know it's one minute to three he's not even here yet
where is mr. Steve mr. Steve where are you I spotted him just but he's
disappeared again come on mr. Steve we are now working against the clock
I think mr. Steve is still very busy preparing so mr. Steve you are now
working against the clock time is running out tick-tock tick-tock oh there
he is I can see mr. Steve suddenly there he is
Oh mr. Steve is in the studio everyone are you excited are you thrilled I
really really hope so so mr. Steve will be here in a moment back to the live
chat very quickly Tomic says mr. Steve attended a
conference for his work didn't he ah Tomic how did you know that how did you
know that did have you been watching me again over the bushes I think so jewel
reira says mr. Duncan can you help me how to learn English yes I can that's
the reason why I'm here I'm here to help you with your English another person who
is here to help you he's always very willing its mr. Steve at 3 o'clock as
live his life can be
Debbie Debbie dip-dip dip-dip do doop doop doop doop doop mr. steve is here
hello mr. Steve come in this is mr. Duncan
calling mr. Steve over hello mr. Duncan hello to everybody out there in the
world of English how am i I'm SuperDuper although to be honest Steve I could have
actually done with you on Wednesday night yes I was away on Wednesday I
couldn't appear live with you in the teaching English unfortunately because
occasionally I have to go away with work and attend these conferences and things
like that we were away for three days team-building as we do I was in the
middle of a forest cutter at a theme park about so exactly where I was but it
was like a theme park and we were doing all these these themed team-building
exercises so don't say center parks I won't don't whatever you do Steve don't
say Center parks I wish you hadn't said that mr. Duncan never mind that's where
we were no I said I said we won't stay Center Park
exactly we won't so we haven't and I wasn't there at all but we were team
building we're in the middle of this forest there was no phone signal it's
quite stressful really we had to to do all sorts of things that lays a quest I
mean it's a cycle for miles I wear to cycle to all these different things and
so two miles cycle summer do this laser Quest and sort of shoot each other with
lasers and and then we had to go onto archery we had to cycle another two
miles and do some archery there a minute Steve you know they actually gave you a
bow and arrow they did yes I had a bow and arrow is all very safe and of course
you're in a team so we were in teams of sort of five or six and of course the
idea was that there were like five teams of six and we were all set off at
different times to do these activities and you had
to collect these points along the way and then find out who was the winning
team who went back into the room after two hours found out who was the winning
team it wasn't us I'm never on the winning team why do you think why do you
think that so is is it you do you let everyone down no it's all the others
they useless oh I see and then we had all these so you have the physical
skills like the archery and then running around laser Quest and then we had to go
on a lake and row across a lake as fast as we couldn't try and beat the other
teams and then they put within your packs and mental skills as well or
puzzles so as you're going along you have to sort those out in your team so
how well did you do at the mental tests well we did quite well with the ones we
could google so what you are saying sheet what you are saying you actually
cheated people were cheating yes but one was you had to they they dressed they
written out all the a particular song of I can't figure it is now the famous
group had sewn and then we had to fill in the missing gaps where they left out
words but of course it was ridiculous really because all you had to do was
look it up on the Internet it was the Queen that was very easy it
was a queen song it wasn't Bohemian Rhapsody it was
actually it was Bohemian Rhapsody here's this the real life is this just fantasy
that's it so we had to they might have said is this just and then there was a
gap and we had to put in the gap cause I'm trying to do my queen here well
caught in a landslide no escape from reality that was one of the missing ones
reality reality okay
a lot of people earlier by the way guess what I showed earlier I actually showed
the video that I filmed 11 years ago at the wedding of your cousin 11 years ago
and everyone was saying it seems very strange to see mr. Steve looking so
serious because you did very serious in the
video you look very serious yes I can be very serious I'm a bit silly sometimes
when I'm live with mr. Duncan on a Sunday or a Wednesday but I can but of
course I expect my family were with us so I have to be very serious then yes he
has to be on his best behavior I'm the best behaved or he gets he gets a
smacked bottom no I don't not anymore apparently I have a sweet voice a sweet
voice the people were enjoying my my rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
very good got people very excited apparently so so you had a good time
then and of course I'm guessing that you were very good at the cycling the other
day because I because you told me that you were beating everyone yes there were
people I don't cycle at all I've been on a bike for years in yet for some reason
I was able to to to go faster and longer than people who half my age
that's incredible so people in their sort of you know late teens that sort of
thing and so yes it was all good fun and then in the evening of course the idea
is then that everybody goes for a meal and it's about a hundred of us - most of
them of course drink far too much mmm alcohol I don't I'm very good when it
comes to alcohol only because I just don't want to feel horrible the next day
so I'm watching them all suffering the next day because they've all got severe
hangovers and they all think I'm being very good but I'm probably older than a
lot of them so I've done all that when I was younger and I don't I just don't
want to wake up the next day feeling awful and then having to drive back
because it's quite dangerous really so I'm probably a bit too sensible these
days we did some bowling as well ten pin bowling it was all very exciting it
sounds like it yes I I'm not very good at bowling you know what happens
whenever I try to bowled the ball I always end up injuring my fingers do you
forget to let go well I I let go but but I think it's the strain of
of holding the ball and pushing it forward so so it really does kill my
fingers I end up with really bad fingers for days afterwards so I'm not a big fan
of bowling probably a strain on your joints yes I think circle joints I think
so you've got a strong fingers yeah I've got quite strong fingers and hands and
you know I chuck the ball down there knock all the pins down yes I can
imagine with your big banana fingers they would do that we would end up on
water as well for some reason whenever we have these team-building conferences
we always end up on water somewhere so you were very good you stayed sober I
did that's good good I thought to myself I've got to be sharp for mr. Duncan's
liveing this show on Sunday peso I need to stay sober Applegate normally I like
to get drunk before your shows oh I see I need joking well unless you have a
drink down here I can assure you it's pure water okay not not vodka no pure
water because we do have some some Russian viewers on at the moment so the
clocks went forward this morning Steve I know it's caused a bit of confusion for
some people because then it appears to some that we are on at a different time
but here it's the same time but in some places we are appearing at a different
time and that's because the clocks went forward summer is on the way but we are
now in the midst of spring time and I'll tell you something it really for the
first time it really feels like spring outside it's quite warm the sun's out I
felt like going out and doing some gardening for the first time you know
since the new year I've really felt like going out there and and and preparing
the lawnmower sharpening the blades changing the oil I love doing all that
we actually watched a program last night didn't we mr. Duncan whether it's
selling this new lawnmower that it's just empowered by batteries so that
that's the new type of lawnmowers battery-powered you charge them up but
they're no fun they're no fun for a bloke who wants to he wants to clean his
spark plugs and change the oil and put the petrol in and sharpen his blade you
know these new electric ones are a bit boring I think you seem to be mentioning
your blade a lot oh yes it needs sharpening you so you've got have a
sharp blade and a lawnmower that's it otherwise it you'll get left with weird
tuff there's nothing up properly there's nothing worse than a blunt tool there
isn't no you need to keep it sharp and a breeze reading because I normally take
it to be sharpened take it to a specialist who's sharpens lawn mower
blades because I'm always a bit afraid with with that that if I take it off it
won't go back on properly and it might spin off somewhere when I'm mowing the
lawn but I was watching some videos on YouTube last night okay telling me how I
can remove the blade and sharpen it myself that'll save me about 12 pounds
but don't forget to be careful you don't want you to cut your fingers or your
hand off no I won't but it's the last time I took it to be sharp and they
didn't sharpen it very well I was a bit annoyed so I spent 12 pounds and I
didn't sharpen it very well so I'm gonna do it myself I might use a grinder along
the edge remember when I use the grinder in the studio yes that was a very we've
still got sort of burn marks everywhere where mr. Steve was was sending sparks
around the studio and he was using it on my head at the time I need a vise that's
what I need I need a bench and a vise and I can put the blade in the vise and
then file it down so it's really nice and sharp haven't you got enough vices
already go into those it's a Sunday afternoon and we are going to explain
that we're coming towards the end of March oh my god it's April next week
Steve it's April in an April which means what's coming up have you mentioned
what's coming up next week not yet we're excited about that I'm very excited I'm
in fact a little bit of we we came out earlier I was so excited and what a lot
the smell was because next sunday is Easter
it's Easter Sunday and of course Easter Sunday is an exciting day for those who
like eating chocolate and that includes myself and also mr. Steve as well he
also likes to eat chocolate also next Sunday interestingly enough it's also
April Fool's Day is it next Sunday Sunday so it's
actually the 1st of April next Sunday yes so it's also April
Fool's now I was a bit worried I wasn't sure if you go you were going to play
any tricks on me for April Fool's Day I wasn't sure that the trick would be I'm
not buying you any chocolate no I say well I can always buy my own that's
unusual for April Fool's Day to come on Easter Sunday strange is April Fool's
Day is always on the 1st of April but of course the the Easter holidays is a
movable is movable it can be week before or week after mmm as that moves around a
bit so to fall on the same day as Easter Sunday which is traditionally if you're
Christian and believe in it into the Christian teachings that so when Christ
was resurrected okay to have that on the same day as April Fool's Day seems a bit
strange to me and today today of course is Palm Sunday
yes Palm Sunday which is a with this of course starts the the Holy Week which is
in the Christian celebration of the Christian religion this today is the
start of what's called Holy Week ending in in the Easter Sunday next Sunday so
we're talking about we like the chocolate but of course a lot of
religious people watching mice may say to us that that really isn't the main
point of it is a Sunday we should be thinking about maybe more religious
aspect Easter is all about the chocolate it is to do a lot of people because some
to me it is yes it's chocolate that's all I think about I remember when I was
a kid I was always excited at Easter time I parents would hide the Easter
eggs around and we could never find them even though
we tried to find them but for some reason they always had a very good
hiding place and to this day we never ever found out where our parents hid the
Easter eggs weeds so this day we did we still don't know where they put them
oh I see but there they put them somewhere and then obviously you were
searching the house so they maybe bought them a few days before hmm
and hid them but you weren't quite naughty children you know your sisters
used to hunt the house to try and look for them I see the same thing happens at
Christmas sending hams I would say but you never
found out where we never found out where I would like to know where they hid them
so if my mom was watching could you please tell me where you used to hide
the Easter eggs when we were kids because it up in the loft we still don't
know look up in the loft we looked in the loft we looked in the
Attic nothing there so I don't know where they put them so there we go so
it's Easter Sunday next Sunday we will be here of course with lots and lots of
Easter eggs I think I mean I'm expecting a really big Easter egg from mr. Steve I
was trying to think why do we eat Easter eggs on Easter day and I don't on Easter
Sunday it is remember why it is symbolic symbolic yes it has
symbolism right this is starting to sound like a religious podcast was it to
do with the end of Lent it is yes it's a well it's it's symbolic the egg is
symbolic of I think because it resembles a rock oh right okay the rock that was
in front of the tomb where Christ was was laid after he was after he was
crucified on Good Friday which is next Friday have you had some sort of
Epiphany today no no I'm just relaying what Christians celebrate at this time
of the year you know lots of Christians out there and lots of people of other
religions who might be interested you know you know no you know that let
endorsing it I trust that okay we get it Steve these things are going on so we're
talking about them I thought maybe because I've got to tell you now that
the the Abbey in much Wenlock is now closed that there aren't monks there
anymore I wasn't sure if you were going to to join the monastery or something
although having said that you've got enough bad habits already that's a joke
isn't it mr. Duncan hmm about a habit is something that you do regularly which
could be good or bad for you but a monk's habit is that is what is the
clothing that he wears with the hood and the brown cloth hmm so yeah there's the
joke that's it and thank you very much for explaining it so well oh I hope I
did I'm not sure that I did so it's live English mr. Steve is here
it's lovely to see you everyone's commenting on how well you look oh and I
thought I'd look a bit summery because it's it's hot out there it's lovely
weather and I thought I'll just wear something instead of being covered up
and it's very hot in your studio it is with all the lights with all the lights
and I'll tell you something else there are lady Birds we mentioned the lady
Birds last autumn yes and I went to that mention them on Wednesday night is well
tonight they're everywhere there's one in crawling over your light there yes
they're everywhere I don't know how many there are in the house but I've never
seen so many but what happens is well Steve is some of the lady birds they
hibernate but they hibernate in very strange places they do indeed around the
house and then when they wake up they think where am I what's going on it's a
bit like when you go to sleep sometimes and you wake up suddenly you don't know
where you are I think that must be the same feeling that the Lady Bird has when
it wakes up from hibernation I think it must be very similar although sadly we
have killed quite a few lady birds by accident accidentally stepping on them
because they keep landing on the carpet and of course you can't see them because
they're so small so there are lots of dead lady Birds around their house in
fact at the top of the stairs there is a big pile of dead lady birds that I've
gathered to throw out later I know they need it
they need to get outside they've got a bit of energy left from their
hibernation and they need to get outside quickly and and eat something or drink
something I guess I don't think whether I mean that lady birds eat aphids don't
they that feed on other plants but I don't know what they they can't be many
a feeds around at this time of the year so I wonder what they feed on maybe they
go into a flower and have some of the nectar yes I yes I know that they feed
on other insects but maybe they feed on something else at the start of the
season yes I'd like to know that if anybody knows what lady birds feed on
before the aphids come along we'd like to know that's very nice
so what have we got today Steve uh well we have some interesting things we're
talking about old wives tale ah so what is an old wives tale here it is I'll
just show you on the screen for those who aren't sure what I said look mr.
Duncan surely you know that I will have prepared a much better lira
I must addition yours looks much better I can't wait why let me just get rid of
this ha ha what a waste of time that was yes you didn't think that well you see
that dojos we need to prepare more before we come on old wives tale what is
it it's a widely held belief that is now thought to be unscientific or incorrect
based really on sort of superstition passed down through the generations
usually by women but when we say old wives tale we're not talking necessarily
about married women were just really talking about women it's a slightly
derogatory term really so it's a bit unfavorable comment to make but it comes
from sort of hundreds of years ago when people didn't really understand how the
world worked and they sort of look at something and observe something and and
and I'm sort of think that that was true and sort of it got passed down over the
years as a sort of a folklore tale but it was also used to scare children
- and into not adopting certain behaviors hmm
so it's quite commonly used to do that don't do that or this will happen to you
that sort of that sort of thing but often it wasn't true it's like when your
mum tells you not to play with yourself well says if you play with yourself you
will go blind that is if you keep if you keep playing down there with yourself
you'll go blind do you know I saw that one I was looking up old wide tails and
I thought that's an old wide I'm not gonna mention that one though because
that's a little rude well it is the Duncan ways in straight away with what
if there is no subtlety where I am concerned so yeah yes so you might say
that a good example of an old wives tale is is if is if you you play you play
down there you have a little bit of an adventure down there you know when you
are young your mother might say don't do that you will go blind my mother ever
said that no I think your mother encouraged you to do it just to get you
out the way the Bible even refers to old wives tales apparently there is a
mention of it in there telling people to avoid listening to them or believing
them well I think that's where it comes from I think that's rather that the
actual expression comes from I think it is again once again we are straying into
religion it is a I think it is a biblical expression or something it is
quoted from the Bible when they talk about that so you try to put off people
you shouldn't really be listening to these old tales and fables you should be
you know listening to the truth you might you might also say it's a bit like
fake news yes but I'll wised her there are some that are very old but there are
some that are a more modern and it's usually yeah so it's usually you to
scare children or a lot of things to sort of talk about pregnancy or
childbirth a lot of a lot of old tales come in there and I think but we've just
explained it but maybe we need to show an example so that people get an idea of
what well you've mentioned one which was wasn't going to mention myself but
you've already mentioned it here's another one don't swallow gum or it will
stay in your stomach for seven years we had this one at school as well except
the showing gum we're talking about yeah chewing gum
so you chew the gum and and normally you spit it out or you've disposed of it
safely somewhere but when I was little and this is the same thing this happened
to me at school at school we always used to say that if you swallowed chewing gum
it would stick to your heart and kill you yes and I think that's adults or
your your mother telling you not to swallow it because they think it's gonna
be bad for you so they make up a story that will scare you so that you don't
swallow it in fact if you do swallow chewing gum it isn't dangerous and
apparently bitter is you your body can't digest and it pretty much comes out the
same way went in apparently but probably not a good idea to swallow chewing gum
and so your mother comes up with a story to scare you that's it so you might say
that swallowing chewing gum is something that they don't want you to do just in
case you choke on it so to stop you from doing it yeah you choke on it they give
you a horror story yes because you could breathe in and and and it could go into
your lungs rattlesnakes cure rheumatism - yeah so anyone from this country
because you don't have rattlesnakes in the UK surely no one believes that well
apparently if you it's an old wives tale that you you get a rattlesnake poisonous
snake kill it boil it up and then eat it or drink the juice and that's supposed
to you're supposed to keep the venom in as well you don't want a rattlesnake
that's that where the venom has come out because the venom in it is supposed to
help you with rheumatism rheumatism of course is that condition which elderly
people often get where their joints swell up and they're very painful joy
and that's quite debilitating for for four people as they get older sometimes
you hear about your grandmother with rheumatism in our joints could be your
fingers could be your ankles normally your fingers isn't it they will get very
swollen hmm it's horrible rheumatism it affects all the joints normally in your
hands and sometimes in your wrist as well very horrible normally affects
elderly people it does but I tell you who it doesn't do any good for the snake
the snake doesn't come out of it very well oh definitely not it's not good for
the snake it's not good for the snake here's another one don't crush your eyes
all they'll stay that way that's another one old wise tale that that's almost we
could almost say old mothers tale as well because my mum used to say that to
me it's also sometimes when I was in a bad mood my mum would say your face will
stick like that exactly your face will stay like that forever if you keep
sulking something your mother used just didn't want you to do something so say
something that will scare you and then you won't do it hmm and it'd be
interesting actually to look at the live chat we call it old wives tales but
there must be in every country I would think something similar used to describe
these old tales that are passed down that really aren't true will based on
any scientific fact but the people still use today yeah almost like myths so yes
like a myth really so we call them old wives tales but what are they called
in your country we'd like to know and if you've got any examples that you use in
and you just laugh somebody says something who's oh that's an old wise
tale and you laugh so it'd be interesting to see what you have in your
countries out there right here's another one
shaving your hair causes it to grow back thicker a lot of men will be thinking of
this one especially men men nowadays you know I was watching TV the other night
Steve and there was a come for a special kind of soap that you put
on your chest but for men who want to shave their chests me I'm not joking
it's actually a product now there is a product you just you just smooth it over
your chest and then shave the hair off your chest you just used shaving cream
would you like to have a look at my chest
it's articularly what's your chest like Steve oh I there's a bit of maintenance
goes on there do you shave your chest I do sometimes yes because it gets very
itchy and irritating and I think for some men it looks nice but if you've got
sort of just straggly little bits hmm it's neither one thing nor the other so
I think sometimes just get rid of it yes some women like hairy men
yes exactly some women like hairy chests on the land it makes them feel as though
they read it with a real man a masculine person with lots of testosterone
what you're gonna say them so yes I think some typing you tend to if you
depending on what your partner wants or what you want maybe you will either
maintain that area or not I mean there's lots of other areas of your body you can
maintain in that way but yes there is an old wise tale that if you shave your
hair wherever it is on your body it'll grow back thicker most it's totally
untrue because it just would have got fit it probably appears to get thicker
but it probably would have done anyway yeah I mean if it was true then any man
that's shaved it would just get thicker and thicker but it doesn't mean and of
course the irony is these days what's interesting Steve is that beards have
become very popular with men but at the same time they're shaving their chests
very odd they're getting they're getting hair on their face and then they they're
getting rid of the hair it's on their body isn't that strange yes of course
beard suits some men better than others and you can see some pretty disastrous
examples I mean every other presenter on television now in this country has a
beard and it works for some men and looks awful on others mmm but there you
go drinking is it but some of these are wise tales they're not all some of them
are based in our Luke are actually quite true and you can actually say that there
are wide tales but science has proved that in fact there is some fact behind
it but there's probably sometimes by accident people discovered if you did
something it probably did work and so it like for example chicken soup drinking
chicken soup is good when you've got a cold apparently that's an old what you
think of that as an old wives tale but in fact it is based in in scientific
fact now because they've shown that drinking chicken soup it won't cure cure
you of the cold but it will relieve the symptoms because there's something in
chicken that apparently reduces the inflammation in your lungs and your
throat so it appears that it's getting better because it's relieving the
symptoms so it's not making it better but it appears that it is so there is
some basis in fact with that so it's almost like something you might compare
it to like a like a horrible remedy yes so chicken soup apparently is quite good
for you when you've got a cold here's a here's a sort of an old wives
tale relating to colds again eating or having vitamin C supplements will
prevent a cold that has been proved scientifically not to be true at all but
it's still something that people will say you need vitamin C obviously you
need some to be healthy but taking lots of it
won't prevent a cold and it won't actually stop you getting one it won't
really help the symptoms either we had in this country many years ago we
had a research centre which was based solely on their sole purpose was to try
and cure the common cold it was get went for the decades in the end they they
abandoned it because they couldn't find anything that actually worked
let's vitamin C was one of them I think some studies show that if you have a
high dose of vitamin C might slightly reduce the in how long a cold lasts but
generally it doesn't really do anything so you might or just have an orange a
day and be done with it so do you know some this is another old wives tale can
you believe this one smoking prevents colds oh my goodness
now that is actually true held belief in some countries that's smoking because
the idea is that you've got all this poisonous smoke going down well put in
some way kill off the bugs that if you flew but of course it doesn't do that
no it just killed a person off yes eventually killer I've literally had
conversations with people who come from won't say which country and they said oh
no smoking is good for you it actually strengthens you and it'll
stops you getting colds that's actually a belief that is held well as a way of
encouraging people to smoke in China they actually say that it will make you
stronger Yeah right there we go yes in China it was part of the marketing so
that they have a very very very high number of people who smoke in China it
is absolutely incredible how many people smoke in China and even this day to this
day it still encouraged a lot because the cigarette manufacturers want people
to smoke basically imagine imagine the size of China and if even just half of
China smoked how many cigarettes you are selling
every year but you could sort of believe why people would think that because you
know smoking all that poisonous you know you could you would imagine that it
might actually kill off the germs mmm but of course what it's doing is
reducing your immune systems ability to fight the cold in the first
in theory it seems as if it would work in theory it seems though it might do
something a little of what's bad for you does you good but in the case of Smokey
Joe the rule doesn't apply there that's like saying if you jump under a bus
if you jump under a bus then you can you you'll you will live forever yeah buses
will never harm you he's another old wise tower reading in
dim light is bad for your eyes yes reading in dim light is bad for your
eyes so do you think that's an old wives tale well apparently it is an old wives
tale and reading in dim light does not harm your eyes at all using your eyes
doesn't harm your eyes but the only thing that really harms them is looking
in indirectly at the Sun and that will harm your eyes but actually just using
your eyes I mean it might be difficult you might get a bit of strain but it
won't harm them because the eyes are recover so apparently that's rubbish
feed a cold starve a fever is my mother always used to say that so if you've got
a cold if you've got a temperature the fever you should not eat anything
and if you've just got like the common cold sniffles a sore throat you should
eat more and freaking and to feed it to fight it off apparently that's been
proved to be rubbish as well you should if you feel you should eat on both okay
when you're ill you should always eat apparently because it's strengthening
you the last thing you should do when you're real is starve yourself because
that is not going to help your recovery apparently but of course if if you're
not gonna feel like eating probably if you've got a bad fever probably if
you've got a cold it's not gonna your cold doesn't put you off eating but if
you've got a high temperature of fever like the flu and then you probably don't
feel like eating particularly if you've got gastric upset as well but you should
try and eat something even if it's just chicken soup because that will be good
for you apparently yeah an apple a day keeps the doctor away is
true okay that's not open that so an apple a day keeps the doctor away is not
an old wives tale it well is it is a sort of an old wives tale but in fact it
is based on truth because apples are full of antioxidants vitamin C nutrition
so it's actually part of a healthy diet so if you do eat not necessarily just
apples but fruit then that will be good for you because everyone knows that
fruit is good for you so if you have an apple every day it's going to be good
for you because it's full of vitamins and minerals and nutrients too to help
you be well so in fact it is a good idea not necessarily an apple but fruit it's
good for you yes so you might say some fruit a day or well here of course we
have this obsession now with having five things every day that are healthy for
you so it kind of seems to be based on that yeah at original idea opening an
umbrella indoors that's a more modern one of course so the umbrella hasn't
been around for centuries but opening an umbrella indoors is bad luck hmm
now I've this is something I always if I ever have an umbrella I don't like that
must have been instilled on me from a young age maybe by my mother I don't
know but I always feel very uncomfortable opening an umbrella
indoors because that's something that has been drummed into me for me a young
a young age where it comes from I don't know maybe because they're quite big and
if you leave them lying around you might trip over them that's probably where it
comes from but I would imagine it's probably
because you would only really use an umbrella outside but when it's raining
so if you to use inside it's like a superstition or like an umbrella inside
because you never see it it's very unusual so maybe it comes from a bit of
superstition as well but I never feel comfortable
opening an umbrella indoors which you sometimes do if it's all wet and you
want to dry it out hmm so yes that's an old wives tale but
maybe it's you know baby it's just but maybe it's superstition maybe it's
because you might trip over it and cause an injury so what if there's a leak in
your house what if there's a leak in your room and you want to stay dry you
might want to put your umbrella up to stay dry so you can't do that so instead
you just get soaking wet and get pneumonia and then die maybe put the
umbrella on the roof that might be that might be better yes yes yeah to be
honest I don't believe in any of that so I have I have many times opened an
umbrella indoors what's happened to you nothing that's what's happened nothing
if you break a mirror you'll have seven years of bad luck
yeah I think these are sort of verging into superstition now though yes but
they're sort of it comes under old wives tale okay apparently have I got any more
as anybody what have we got on the live chat I want to see what fever always
another one wait an hour after eating before you go for a swim before you'll
get cramps and drowned is that is that a load of rubbish sort of apparently you
can eat you can go for a swim straight out of eating but you probably shouldn't
if it's a big heavy meal you feel uncomfortable hmm you can sort of get
cramps if you go into cold water after having a heavy meal and there are cases
where people have said to have died as a result of that so but I think you know
if you just have a light snack and then go for a swim it's probably perfectly
all right yes you might eat you might eat some food that's very bulky and very
heavy yes you might eat a bowling ball and then jump in the water and then of
course you sink straight to the bottom apparently there's no evidence to
suggest that it is bad for you but you probably would struggle if you were a
weak swimmer because if you've had a heavy meal you'll be a bit tired and
your body won't want to exercise because all the oxygen is going into your
stomach digest the food so you may struggle if
say got very choppy the waves and you really had to exert a lot of energy you
may struggle a bit on the heavy meal you'd certainly find it more difficult
to swim just in the same ways you couldn't go for a run after a swim
because it would be very uncomfortable what a term one that I remember from my
childhood was was pointing towards a rainbow if you pointed at a rainbow I
was told that you would get bad luck oh right but that's an old wives tale
y'all writer apparently another one is pointing at a at a funeral car a funeral
course says you know when Oh and everyone's going past or being in the
back of the funeral car that's very bad look that not an old wives tale that's
an actual fact if you're in the back of a funeral car you are having a very bad
day pointing at a funeral possession is parented and walking on a grave that is
an old wives tale if you walk in a grave you will you will suck up the spirit of
the dead person and then something bad will happen to you that's a an old wives
tale as well of course you don't really want to step onto graves you might fall
in you never know if it's an open one it's the same thing why you wouldn't
step on a drain cover but this is always a slight risk you might fall into the
drain that's it or maybe also avoiding cracks in the pavement or cracks in the
pavement you might fall over so I think most of these old wives tales seem to be
preventative yeah a lot of them are to do with yes stopping things bad
happening to you or maybe they're related because of course hundreds of
years ago people don't really understand how things happen they apparently
another one if if a woman when she's pregnant it's an old wives tale it turns
out it's true if a pregnant woman and I've never heard
of this one it's just so bizarre you won't believe it if a pregnant woman
gets bad acid reflux when she's pregnant it means the baby will have a full head
of hair when it's born and can you believe it
apparently they've done a study and it shows that it's in fact true
because the hormones involved in that will make a woman have bad acid reflux
and a lot of women do get problems with acid reflux severe indigestion
survey indigestion apparently the hormone involved in regulating that will
also be the same hormone that ensures that your baby has a lot of hair on its
head when it's born Australia apparently there is a connection so it would not an
old wives tale there are lots of old wives tales surrounding pregnancy with
mainly concerned with whether you have a boy or a girl hmm
if certain conditions are in place all that means you can have a girl or all
that means you're gonna have a boy that most of those are completely untrue
conceiving on a Wednesday that sort of thing yes conceiving whilst both both
people involved are standing on their heads yeah there are lots like that
surrounding pregnancy but there we go have we got anything on the live chat
well most of its most of its been in gone so let's have a look at the live
chat and look about old wives tales let other can you see the screen in front of
you I can indeed Shelby do you think eating dog meat will push away all the
bad luck I'm not sure oh that's that's obviously coming from somewhere well I
can't read but who where that's from I think that's coming from Vietnam but it
isn't lucky for the dog no it's it's definitely not
lucky for the dog maybe it's not not actual meat made from dogs maybe it's
just dog meat that you would oh here's a good one Valentin says one more example
if you encounter a woman with an empty bucket you will have a bad day oh that's
definitely an old wives tale yes never heard of that one I've not actually
heard of that one maybe that means that you know hundreds of years ago a woman
was sent out or was got went out to get water from the well and if she didn't
get in it she had an empty bucket which means you'll have an unlucky day because
you won't be able to find the water either yeah so she's having a bad day so
maybe you'll have as day as well walking under the rain will
cause you to lose your hair there's Olga well it's true maybe I
didn't have an umbrella when I was younger that's it walking under the
ladder yes don't walk under a ladder well that that well
take your pick there probably if you walk under a ladder and there's somebody
above you carrying something then it might fall in your head so yeah that's
definitely I think is a good idea avoid walking under a ladder yes so some of
these are kind of superstitions really yes but the old the old wives tales that
there is also another expression you can use Steve and that is urban myth
urban myth an urban myth and that's very similar but they are often modern yeah
modern myths so things that people believe did happen but actually didn't
for example in the film three men in a baby with Tom Selleck Ted Danson and the
other guy that no one can remember ever there is supposed to be a ghost that
appears in the movie during one scene there is a scene where they are actually
at a window and apparently the the the thought or the belief is that there is a
ghost in that scene behind one of the characters in the movie but a lot of
people have agreed that it is just an urban myth it is an urban myth it is
something that people believe but isn't actually real it's just an urban myth
yeah another one he's another one is that this is one of my favorite ones
because I am into music there was a song in the charts many years ago called
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty and I loved this one and there was a an urban
myth that in that song there is a there is a saxophone being played
do-do-do-do-do-do parody it was supposed to have been played by a well-known TV
presenter called Bob Holness right and that was the the crazy crazy myth that
this TV presenter was the was the saxophone player on Baker Street by
Gerry Rafferty which was a big hit in the late 1970s so that could have come
about because maybe somewhere at someone somewhere saw saw this presenter playing
a saxophone and somehow this story started yes yeah that's more yes that's
that's more of a sort of a story about something that isn't true an urban myth
has to be a slight difference whereas the the old wise tales are supposed to
be based on fact because they're not yes another urban myth not normally in local
areas as well you might have urban myths for example where we live there is
supposed to be someone that walks around at night the Beast the Beast
yes where we live so yes so that's a bit of a urban myth so there are lots of
urban myths around the UK so if you go from one place to another you will find
all of these little stories these little urban myths about what happens in that
area or maybe something that a lot of people believe happen but actually in
reality it didn't nowadays of course we call it Wikipedia people get a lot of
their information from Wikipedia yeah there's also a lot of false information
on Wikipedia as well so yes let's let's not dwell too much on that anymore
urban myths mr. Steve I've just about run out now I don't have any more or old
wives tales oh count sheep to fall asleep hmm that's so that's what your
mother would tell you but it is sort of part apparently that's true if you count
sheep then it distracts you from the worries
of the day and the visual element of seeing the sheep jumping out of an over
a fence or something distracts you from that the worries of the day because
don't you find mr. Duncan I know I do whenever I I might be very sleepy when
I'm watching the television downstairs before going to bed I might even start
to nod off and then I get get ready for bed getting to bed and then suddenly my
mind's very active hmm all the worries and the problems of the day come back
and all the worries of the next day and it's very difficult to shut that off
sometimes but something like counting sheep
and it does actually work because it parently totally distracts your mind
away from this thing that your things you're worrying about just enough for
you to just go off into the land of knowledge I think it's very similar to
sort of meditation though yes that's right it's rain down because your brain
is staying in one place it's it's focusing on one particular thing so I
think it must be very similar to meditation so I can understand how that
might work talking of Dreams mr. Steve Dreams yes I
had a very strange dream last night and a parrot that you did as well yes I did
actually we both we both this morning we were
talking this morning about our dreams and Steve had a weird dream and I had a
weird dream my my dream was was sort of I think it was something like the
x-files where I discovered this secret lab where things were going on that were
very unusual and there was this very strange it was a human being but it was
very very deformed and it was highly intelligent very intelligent but it
didn't look like a person look like something out of alien in in one of
those flasks yes it looks like one of those things it didn't quite work out so
so like they tried to develop something but it didn't turn out very well
but this this particular misshapen weird-looking human was very small
it didn't have hands or arms it just had these strange little little pointed
spikes that came out of its body but the strange thing is it could do these
amazing things it could play the piano it actually played the piano in my dream
and also it was very intelligent what did you eat before you went to bed
mister but it couldn't speak but it could it could communicate by typing and
it was very intelligent and then eventually in the dream I discover that
this poor little creature is being held against its will it doesn't want to be
there so I rescue it and take it outside and that's it so I let it go but when
it's outside something very strange happens to it it starts to dissolve and
break apart and inside there is another animal that then just runs away and then
the dream slowly fades away so that's that's my strange dream I'm sure a
psychologist would be able to understand what you were thinking of or if you've
got any problems that needs sorting out in your life did you have any because of
course that's a bit of an old wives tale again isn't it that if you eat cheese
before you go to bed yes then that will make you dream parently there's a bit of
truth in that yes as well and I certainly know if I have cheese I dream
quite vividly but apparently if you eat anything before you go to bed it it will
sort of get your digestive system going which at the same time makes your mind
more active so eating before you go to bed anything is a bad idea because it's
it's activating your mind at this because you you you've work your body's
working a way to digest the food and apparently it makes you your mind active
as well yes so it's may not but there is something in cheese tryptophan I think
it's called tryptophan an amino acid that apparently it's sort of excite your
brain a bit so you might have more vivid dreams I have a feeling that your brain
Steve might have a lot tryptophan in it I think it's an amino
acid I think tryptophan R we corrected there by somebody very interesting so
what about your dream mr. Steve you had a very weird dream as well
in class it involved that involved a very important person in this yes I was
it was something to do with the prime minister of this country and I was I was
some kind of spy yeah or some kind of working for mi5 or some not a spy I
think I was working for mi5 or some intelligence agency no strain - isn't it
pardon that's the same thing a secret agent yes that sort of but I wasn't a
secret agent I was sort of I was trying to protect I don't know there was some
information about the prime minister that shouldn't go get out and I was
helping to protect this information away from that from the press and from the
public but I knew what this critical bad bit of information was it might damage
the Prime Minister and I prevented it from getting out but because because I
knew about it I had to be killed by these by the Secret Service so there was
this chap trying to kill me and trying to slit my throat at all it was horrible
Oh run away and I was and and I it got quite mad I had to get a a new phone and
sort of faked my identity out I went to a joke shop and bought a wig shop what
was it a clown wig I don't know but I I sort of you know what can happen when
late at night when you're dreaming sometimes when you wake up you actually
wake up but you want the dream to continue so you just sort of it you sort
of carry on in this sort of you're sort of not quite conscious not quite awake
state but the dream is still going on sometimes you leave wake up and you want
the dream to continue because it doesn't end and you want to see how it ends it's
quite frustrating sometimes isn't it dreams yes I had before I went to bed
probably a bar of chocolate well I eat a lot of chocolate last night so that's
probably the reason why it oh we had some cheese and onion crisps
er cheese that's what it was it could that although I have a feeling that
there isn't much cheese in those particular crisps I think most of it is
just chemicals and colors might have been just enough to get our fevered
imaginations going it's very strange though that you had a
weird dream and I had a weird dream as well very strange we are going soon the
mystery the mystery idioms let's have a quick look at the mystery idioms here
they are before we go and there is the second one that is something we all do
something we all do and there is the other mystery idiom if you think you
know what they are let us know just for fun
that's all it's just for fun you've got a busy day ahead of you Steve
today the rest of today yes because I'm going to a wedding in a few weeks time
and I was asked because they want they want to have a choir at the wedding and
because they know that I'm in a choir there they want to there they're going
to form a small the choir and sing about five songs while the wedding is going on
normally during the signing of the register and when they went when the the
wedding couple first comes in and then when they go out so we're doing that so
I'm going for a rehearsal this afternoon as soon as we finish I'm going to get in
the car and shoot up off the road and go for a quick rehearsal and then back
again but yes that's what I'm doing today's a busy day really because I
won't be back too late that's the reason why we are wrapping up quite quickly as
well to allow Steve to make his way and then tomorrow we're in a concert for
Easter a local church so I've got to get all the music ready for that as well so
we're going to be seeing some some sort of Easter related hymns and songs and
next Sunday it is Easter Sunday and that means just one thing just one thing only
today's Sunday next Sunday just one thing nothing else
lots and lots of lovely delicious chocolates but will you because you're
coming on at two o'clock and you will be on next Sunday weren't you live yes
Easter day of course so the thing is will there be any chocolate left before
you come on live or will you have eaten it all there would be plenty to go round
you better take a picture if you assuming you get any Easter eggs of
course then you better take a picture of them because you like scoff them down
before two o'clock scoffs to eat something very quickly you scoff scoff
well thank you very much to you that went very quickly I don't know how I
can't believe it because we were going to talk about uses of the word sex well
we are back next week we can do that next week we are here once on Wednesday
night as well don't forget we are so I'm back on Wednesday night for those who
are wondering let me just show you quickly the times for those who aren't
sure Sunday 2 p.m. Wednesday 10:00 p.m. and of course both of those are UK times
a very strange-looking kay is it you can of course write it that way but it looks
it looks it looks like a Chinese symbol yes okay don't worry about it Steve and
you're saying yes okay good I'm just gonna wrap the show ovation we're just
wrapping the show up here Steve Sunday 2 p.m. and Wednesday 10 p.m. and that's
when you can find me don't forget they are both UK time UK I wasn't gonna be
here this winter but I am now yeah so mr. Steve will be here on Wednesday
night as well I hope you can join me just before we go let's have a look at
the mystery idioms mystery idiom I can't guess that one mr. Duncan you can't
guess that one the answer is get caught in red tape how you get caught in red
tape the meaning to be prevented from doing something due to complex rules
and regulations you get caught in red tape and all Hatton Lee and the umbrella
was confusing me there okay and the second one this is something we all do
everyone does it we did have some correct answers to this
one spend a penny spend a penny the meaning to urinate or go to the toilet
for a pee pee or a wee-wee is to spend a penny if you spend a penny you go to the
toilet because of course many years ago in order to go to a public toilet in
order to get in you had to you had to put a penny in it in a slot that's it so
that's where it comes from so that's why we say you spend a penny it was always a
penny to go to the toilet in a public toilet it always cost you a penny I
think nowadays I think nowadays it's a pound yes well you used to have to pay
then it was free but now you have to pay again now yes I'll tell you something if
I was paying a pound to use a public toilet
I would I would make sure I had everything saved up it would be coming
out of every single hole I've been on holiday to countries where you where
there isn't a slot machine there's a man in a kiosk and you have to give a coin
on your way in to go to the toilet there because it's paying for the upkeep of
the toilet and somebody to clean it in Malaysia yes that's right in Malaysia
and also in China in some places as well you have to give a few were a few Sen to
someone or if you were maybe maybe one jao in the UK it was a coin called a
penny so there we go I think we've cleared that one up the
the reason why we say spend a penny see you next week Steve of course next week
Easter Sunday and of course Steve we'll be back Wednesday as well after 10 p.m.
on Wednesday night don't forget it's UK time see you later Steve bye bye bye bye
to everyone nice to have your company it's SuperDuper to have you here as well
mr. Steve and that's it mr. Steve is now preparing
to go and do his singing because he has a busy night ahead of him all I'm
wondering now is am I going to have my salmon later so does that mean I'm going
to have no salmon am i having my salmon Steve yes you are
good ok then no it's ok it's alright ok Steve was stopped now we've got to go I
asked him a simple question he gives me a lecture so are you going so he's gone
now you see he's gone it's definitely gone no because we can't hear you Steve
that's a lovely way to end the the very slick live broadcast I'm going now I
will see you next Wednesday don't forget late and live we will be here and next
Sunday as well a quick look at the live chat before we go Bhairo sir by amra
wardi by michelle by also to martha as well thanks a lot for following us today
it's lovely to have you here see you on Wednesday
don't forget 10:00 p.m. UK time and next Sunday of course next Sunday will be the
first of April April Fool's Day it will also be Easter Sunday as well oh I can't
wait this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English saying thanks for
watching me for the past two hours and I will see you later on I'm going outside
now to spend a little bit of time in the sunshine and of course you know what's
coming next yes you do until the next time we meet...
ta tar for now 8-)
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