Snapshot · Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
Josh Widdicombe's young son became so obsessed with DHL delivery vans that he watches YouTube videos about them and is saving pocket money to buy another toy DHL van.
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The conversation turns to children's bizarre and hyper-specific obsessions. Josh's youngest, who has always been transport-mad, bought a toy DHL van and within 48 hours had become fully brand-loyal to DHL: requesting YouTube videos of new DHL van walkthroughs, asking Josh to wave one down in the street, and saving pocket money for a DHL plane toy [1] — Josh Widdicombe "Within 48 hours of buying a toy DHL van, Josh Widdicombe's son became completely brand-loyal to DHL, requesting to watch YouTube walkthroug…" 35:00 . Rob does a quick small business shoutout for Hunky Dory in the Glades shopping centre in Bromley — a quirky gift shop that has struck gold stocking Nido squishies and dumpling squishies, which have swept local schools. The football sticker debate kicks in: Rob objects to Panini charging £1.25 per packet for only 7 stickers with hundreds needed to fill the album, blaming FIFA's tournament expansion rather than Panini's greed — Josh raises the possibility that the next World Cup will have 64 teams. Rob praises Marks & Spencer's simpler England-only sticker book as a more sensible option, then the pair go down a brief rabbit hole about whether commentators should use the local pronunciations of country names.
Within 48 hours of buying a toy DHL van, Josh Widdicombe's son became completely brand-loyal to DHL, requesting to watch YouTube walkthroughs of new DHL vans on Josh's phone and saving pocket money for a different DHL toy. Josh noted with bemusement that of all the things a child could be obsessed with, it was a German logistics company.
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