Quote · Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
S12 EP48: Stop me if you've heard this one before
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Snogging: An Unexpected Philosophical Detour
At 34:47 · chapter starts 32:40
Sparked by the idea of the school gate snog, Rob and Josh fall into a genuinely curious discussion about kissing. Rob reflects that kissing might be more intimate than other sexual acts — you literally cannot be closer to someone's face. He imagines announcing to his wife Lou that they should 'have a snog for a bit, nothing more' mid-documentary on the sofa, purely for its own sake. Josh thinks back to how exciting snogging was early in a relationship and concludes the tragedy is that the novelty inevitably fades. Rob's assessment: 'you've just snogged too much, that's the problem.' When Rob asks Josh when he last 'snogged with tongues', Josh deadpans that it was around 6am that morning while his wife was asleep.
Listener Sean submitted the revelation that he eats quality vanilla ice cream — the kind with actual vanilla pod flecks — on cold, already-cooked garlic bread. Josh assumed it was a pregnant woman. Rob insisted there are some things you can pass judgment on without trying. Both then acknowledged Heston Blumenthal could probably put it on a menu.
