Stupidly Small

Yes, it’s the end of the little perky ones in the morning.   Thanks heaps everybody for your enthusiastic if occasionally heated involvement over a lovely, long, lazy summer which (even though it nearly got cancelled) proved to be great start to 2015 for us at the towering media empire of Stupidly Big. We’re recording the real life proper Stupidly Small show from tomorrow. See you bright and early. Maybe.   The final stupidly bins (you’re on your own after this):   Put your bins out in St Andrews, Bayside City Council between Bay Street and City Road, and East St Kilda. 

50: Rough Play With A Fluff Ball A personal apology.    Hey! It’s our fiftieth show! Happy birthday everybody!   Now, down to business: we are so sorry we are attacking you in parks. This one goes out to Ellie and Mookie.   Also, here’s a genius way of contacting your school books without getting bubbles.   The origins of 101.   Stupidly Bins: Bins out tonight in Reservoir (of course).   Sunday: Northcote, Panton Hill, Barwon Heads, Weston Creek in Canberra (sorry we’ve been spelling it incorrectly and thanks for letting us know!) and Patterson Lakes.     Happy Friday, heroes and legends!  

49: Ferals v Crusties   Is window-washing a gender issue?  Hey! People who are women! Do windscreen washers not take no for answer?   We also discuss crusties and ferals.   Have a good Thursday and…   Please put your bins out this evening if you live in:   Nth Fitzroy, Carlton, Heathmont, Greensborough, Brunswick, Reservoir, Lyneham and Dixon in Canberra, Toronto in Canada, and East of the Huon River in the Huon Valley in Tasmania.  

This one's for Andrew. We're pretty sure he's part of the one percent. Stupidly Bins: It's bin night in Reservoir, West Melbourne, Montmorency, Glenlyon and Trentham. All information Andrew wants you to struggle on without.

47: Stupidly Big Pharma   We don’t really know what happened in this one.   Stupidly Bins   Put your bins out in Castlemaine, Reservoir, Viewbank, Parts of Northcote.  

46: Je suis un stereotype   French people are jus like everybody else.   Stupidly Bins: it’s bin night in St Andrews, Bayside City Council between Beay Street and City Road, East St Kilda, Dorchester in Boston, Parts of York in WA, and some parts of Inverleigh.  

Ladies and gentlemen… the results are in.   In which we reveal the results of our summer poll.   Freddy Got Fingered gets one star on Rotten Tomatoes.    Stupidly Bins: Put your bins out in (parts of) Reservoir. You know who you are.     Sunday: Put em out in Northcote, Panton Hill, Barwon Heads, Western Creek in Canberra, Patterson Lakes.

Oi! Welcome to Thursday! Stupidly Bins: it's bin night tonight in North Fitzroy, Carlton, Heathmont, Greensborough, Brunswick, Reservoir in Victoria, Lyneham and Dixon in Canberra, Toronto in Canada, East of the Huon River in the Huon Valley in Tasmania. 

43: Did people used to be uglier? We ask the big questions   Mad Men hasn’t actually finished.   Here’s Janet Malcolm on Gossip Girl.   Sissy Spook (Sarah Snook) is in Predestination.      Stupidly Bins: West Melbourne, Reservoir, Montmorency, Glenlyon, and Trentham.   

42: Rant Far From Over In Which Stew Farrell Reveals He Used To Wear Camel Linen Pants and Boat Shoes   A bit of a confession: in this episode we forgot to turn the air con off until a few minutes in, so please do not be alarmed by the fact that is seems we are being descended upon by helicopters for a bit at the start.     Stupidly Bins: Put your bins out Castlemainians, Reservoirians, Viewbankers, and Northcotes.

Guess what! Lorin studied in Boston! Did she mention? Boston! Studied there! Good times.    Also, drop bears.     Stupidly Bins: St Andrews, Bayside City Council between Bay Street South Road, East St Kilda, City of Whitehorse/Mitcham: put out your bins!

The knife-popping trick.   Sydney vs France.   Amy Poehler’s book: yes please!   Stupidly Bins: Reservoir.      Sunday: Northcote, Panton Hill, St Andrews, Barwon Heads, Western Creek in Canberra.

Do we need more scare ads? Are people no longer slip slop slapping? Should we be terrified out of the obesity crisis? Can we not be scared anymore? CAN WE NOT BE SCARED?!     Stupidly Big Stupidly Bins today: North Fitzroy, Carlton, Greensborough, Brunswick West, East St Kilda, Toronto, East of the Huon in Tasmania.

Taylor Swift v Todd Sampson   In which we learn that Shakespeare coined some great sayings.   Here’s Taylor Swift talking to Graham Norton. Here’s what she did for Christmas. Many other people have learned to love her too. Also Stew hearts Todd Sampson.   Also let’s see how Stew’s reading programme goes. And the crosswords and the rollerblading.   Stupidly Bins: West Melbourne, Reservoir.     Happy everything!  

  Hello! How to improve your self-improvement. How to declutter your life. Number 12 involves putting a sock on some cords. Woah. The first step certainly should NOT be getting a colonic irrigation. Stew recommends The Day The Earth Stood Still. He basically describes the entire plot here. No discretion allowed. Also Soylent Green trailer here. Lorin's driving the car. STUPIDLY BINS: Please put your bins out tonight if you live in: Castlemaine Reservoir Viewbank Parts of Northcote

We've been getting lots of mail. Here's some of it.       And welcome back Stupidly Bins:   Monday: * St. Andrews * Bayside City Council between Bat Street and South Road. Recylcing, not green waste.  * East St. Kilda, reminder to other people in and around Queen Streetremember to bring them in tomorrow - that one's from Natalie.        

We have an annoying argument about parenting in this one.    Also how good is the word togs. Pretty good.      Can’t find the Louis CK quote but here are some of his best bits of parenting advice: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alannaokun/excellent-parenting-tips-from-louis-ck#.dkkaPLDqL  

Stew hasn’t been to bed. But it’s okay because he’s opting for quality over quantity.

In which we nominate Stupidly Small Podcast’s word of the year, man of the year and each other of the year. Also: was passive/aggressive always a thing?

In which we have an awkward conversation about Lorin getting Stew an expensive gift in a sale and Stew not getting Lorin anything.