Podcast 59 - Trapped in an empty airport
Added 2021-05-30 18:01:01 +0000 UTCLike that Tom Hanks movie but in German, Jonny explains how he lost his passport and ended up living in Frankfurt Airport.
Also in this episode, the daftness of sheep, the even greater daftness of DJ Khaled, the problem with Aviator sunglasses, and what's going on with Freddie Flintoff's spectacles?
Plus, Robert Plant car buying news, a censored story about a mystery rock star's terrible driving, and Richard's new musical game of 'replace heart with Saab'.
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neil bowness
2021-06-04 22:58:28 +0000 UTCThere's always Burning Saab (by Survivor). Or Saab of Glass (Blondie). Probably not a very practical material with which to construct an entire car though, especially the wheels and suspension I would think. Nor indeed a Paper Saab (All-American Rejects).
Peter Heamon
2021-06-01 16:01:37 +0000 UTCWhen Feargal Sharky sang “a good Saab these days is hard to find” he wasn’t wrong.
Jasper Maters
2021-06-01 06:31:47 +0000 UTCThe 'bleep' sounds was somewhat alarming. I wonder who it was about hmm
James Collins
2021-05-31 23:51:51 +0000 UTCMentioning celebs and cars: I interviewed John Oates of Hall and Oates a few weeks back, and he was a good enough driver to have beat the Toyota factory Celicas in a Carrera 924 GTR during IMSA racing in the 1980s. He picked up a racing license at Brands Hatch following a European tour, and still has a host of interesting cars, including a very original MGA twin-cam. On that Sade of things.
Brendan McAleer
2021-05-31 22:48:14 +0000 UTCNormally listen with a smirk on my face but this time around I spent most of the hour on the verge of a full-blown anxiety attack listening to Jonny's airport story. That sounded fucking horrible.
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2021-05-31 10:10:04 +0000 UTCJonny’s Frankfurt tale is proper “Clockwise” stressful....
Mark Richards
2021-05-31 08:31:01 +0000 UTCWhat an ordeal Jonny had there, definitely will triple-check my passport the next time I fly. Last time I flew from Germany was after my V8 Discovery shed all of its coolant (from a failed water pump) at the Nürburgring track entrance and the AA funded my and its return trip home as I was due to be home the next day, can't recommend international breakdown cover enough!
Matt Tester
2021-05-30 22:20:18 +0000 UTCMy achy breaky saab, Don't go breaking my saab are all I can think of.
Finn Hendrie
2021-05-30 22:08:23 +0000 UTCHow about “Achy Breaky SAAB”
Matthew Bartlett
2021-05-30 22:05:15 +0000 UTCI've just spent half of today recovering from the guilt of spending a relatively silly amount of money yesterday on a shiny new pair of aviators, now it's all been undone with this. Thanks, lads. Don't actually have a car, but do you think can I get away with them on a Brompton? I live in Italy, which should help a bit. Might even help me blend in a bit. Which will be undone if I'm semi-loudly singing "Anyone Who Had A Saab" to myself.
Adam Francis Smith
2021-05-30 22:02:08 +0000 UTCBesides being glad that Bruce-Jonny-Willis finally made it back onto God’s clean Earth, I quite like Richard’s new game idea involving replacing ‘heart’ with ‘Saab’. An even better game is replacing one word in well known movie titles with the word ‘pie’. For example, “Live And Let Pie”. I rest my case, your Honour.
Richard Fitton-Perkins
2021-05-30 21:39:36 +0000 UTCBrilliant. Thanks for the laughs. Now Frankfurt airport... I was working in the car industry there and flying home the Saturday before Christmas. Having been living it up in the festive season I was so knackered I woke up 2 hours later than I should have for the flight and made it to the airport as fast as humanly possible, knowing that the plane was actually a bit delayed. The plane ended up being exactly 2 hours late and I made it, all be it with fewer items of clothing than I set off with!
David Barnes
2021-05-30 19:30:21 +0000 UTCGreat podcast Gents. The Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles series is all on YouTube, excellent show I probably do a session every 6 months or so. Also, how about My Saab will go on by Celine Dion, Saab Shaped Box - Nirvana (somewhere to keep the Aviators), a little more obscure is Eels with I going to stop pretending that I didn't break your Saab and of course if you need a slant 4 turbo the best guys to speak to are Tom Petty and the Saab-breakers.
Graham Dallas
2021-05-30 19:11:24 +0000 UTCGreat podcast and I am glad Jonny is back. I think for future anonymous listener emails, it should say “keep me Anonymous” in the subject box just so Jonny does not miss it.
zain ali
2021-05-30 19:03:36 +0000 UTCAlso. Toni Braxton. Unbreak my Saab.
Stuart Brinicombe
2021-05-30 18:55:14 +0000 UTCI don’t miss a single day of international business travel….especially the dank sweat of the Terminal 5 train on return. Feeling the emotion of the experience (with flashbacks). Car park man saved it 🤜
Stuart Brinicombe
2021-05-30 18:54:42 +0000 UTC
