00:00
If you're old enough to remember when phones had cords and the only thing that went viral was a cold,  then you're in the right place. Welcome to the Big Six-O with Kaylee Harris and Guy Rowlison. Because who better to discuss life's second act than two people who still think mature is a type of cheese?

00:36
Well hello again and welcome to The Big 6A. The podcast that proves age  is just a number but preferably a little bit lower on the blood pressure scale.  I'm Guy Rawlison  and once again we're coming from our shiny new recording studios  with a bit of a pop culture sort of vibe  and  the lady who tried to swipe left on the microphone

01:00
when it comes to the tech. You see always wonderful Kayleigh Harris. How are you? We've got to do a, we're going to do a podcast on tech. Don't, don't snicker at me. Don't laugh at how bad I am at technology cause well I am, but we're going to make a whole podcast of that down the track about tech stuff that we just don't understand. Yeah, look, I'm, I'm still that guy. If you hop into like a, a European car, the blinkers are on the opposite side and you put the wiper on every time you go.

01:27
There's so many questions that need to be addressed about the differences,  which is what we're talking about today. know, it's pretty much a, you know, I always wanted to know. Yeah, stuff you always wanted to know. That's what today's episode is about. That's I always wanted to know.  Remember the song MacArthur Park? Yep. Yeah, I think Donna Summer did it. cake out in the rain or something. What was with that? I know. I think there must have been drugs going on or something there with...

01:54
You left your cake out in rain. But as a radio announcer, I can remember that was really good if you needed to go out to the toilet and do number twos because the song went for 17 minutes. So you had plenty of time. You just put MacArthur Park on and then you'd be gone for ages. Have a cigarette outside. Any wonder the cake went off. Gosh, but there are so many things that I don't have the answers to. You probably don't have the answers to. No. But I've always wondered, like

02:22
Yeah, the blinkers up and down on European cars and so you hop into a rental car or if you get a European for the first, you're turning left and the wipers come on and then you're suddenly, oh, why am I, why isn't there a universal? Well, because everything is on the other side of the car, obviously. So it makes sense that your indicators and your wipers are on the opposite side to where they are here. But why do we even drive on, why doesn't the whole world drive on the same side of the road? I know, has it got something to do with swords and horses and

02:51
back in the day  or because the water goes down the sink the opposite way? to say that. The water goes down the toilet in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere. Is it a southern hemisphere thing? What  side of the road do they drive on in South America and South Africa and stuff? Are they on our side? I think they drive on whatever side of the road they want in South America sometimes. Right, yes I think so too.  Although sometimes that happens here as well. But yeah, I don't know the answer.  We just followed the British I suppose. Yeah, well...

03:19
Yeah, is there a right and a wrong? Are we wrong? And the Americans have got it right. Well, who knows? Yeah. Yeah, that's a big question. Everyone's looked at it the moment. what you'd say. Yeah, well, I mean, just put a tariff on it. Am I getting too political now? Yeah. Perhaps a little. But I've got no answer. I don't know why we drive on the left, why we don't drive on the right. Indicators, you buy a European car here, the indicator is still on one side of the car, but it's the opposite. I don't know. It's one of those multitude of questions. It's like,

03:48
that sensation and I get it, maybe I'm a little bit weird. You go to a shopping center and you know the travel aid, not the escalator but the travel aid. Even when that has stopped, it's broken, some kids press the button and the travel aid stops. When you walk on that, do you get that sensation of, oh, I just need to walk a whole lot quicker because it's not working. You step on it and you expect it to be rolling and you walk on it and you think, oh, it's... And your brain's going, I should be going faster. Yeah. But I'm not. So I'll just walk faster.

04:17
It's not me, is it? No, it's not you. I've got one. Why is it, why do,  why do,  you know, when you go to cross the road and you get to the traffic lights, to the walk thing, and there's the big silver button that you push to make the lights to  indicate to go across the road. Why is it that that only works when you built the crap out of it? Cause there's a little man in there and you hit him on the head. Right. Okay. Yeah. That's what, when we were kids. if you just go once and push it once. You've got to like,

04:43
bang the crap out of it. We got told there was a little man in there and you need to knock him on the head. Yep. Couldn't tell that to today. Numerous times. Yeah. And just remind him that you're waiting at the lights and that's what happens. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And while we're on that, the shortest time in the world, I always want to know this, why is this? Why is the shortest time in the world the time between when the light goes green and the guy behind you beeps?

05:06
Good question, good question. I've got no answer. We've got no answers for any of those. It's like, why do we hiccup? I'm sure there's a scientific, you probably know that. No, I don't. Why do we hiccup? it seems to be, I don't know about you, but related to if I'm really hungry and I eat bread, without fail, I'll start hiccupping. I heard something about like air coming into your esophagus or something like that. But it doesn't seem to have a lot of rhyme to reason, does it? I don't know. And what's its purpose?

05:34
And what was the whole idea of you either hold your breath or you drink water backwards out of a cup? I've actually found that works, drinking water backwards actually works for me with hiccups, but I don't know why it works. I just don't know the purpose of them. Why? mean, burps, I understand, because you're getting expelling air, but you know, like fart, I understand, same thing. But what's the point of a hiccup? What's it meant to be doing? Is it a, yeah, I don't know. Is it, you know?

06:00
evolutionary thing that's supposed to be a warning to other animals or something? know, attracting a partner. Because nothing says I love you like, a fart really. Oh God, that's right. Nothing really says something. Maybe it does. But drinking out of water, I used to think that maybe it was because you were concentrating so much on drinking water out of a glass backwards that you were slowing down your breathing. So that stopped the hiccups. Yeah, well that makes sense. See?

06:28
Yeah, no scientific basis to that though. that makes sense. Yeah.  But I know we're doing a podcast, but  how many people do you know that say, I really don't like the sound of my voice? Because your voice sounds different to people than it sounds to you. Yeah. Is there a part of your brain that says, mmm,  yeah. Because you're hearing it inside your ears, inside your head, as well as what's coming out your mouth.

06:52
Yeah. You're right. Nobody likes the sound of their own voice. It's like no one likes their own photograph. Oh no, I don't like a photograph of myself. Yeah. Slightly different, but I've always wondered because you think, oh, I don't have a voice for this or whatever. But everyone else says, no, no, no, you sound fantastic. I've got one. Yep. Does anyone actually like going to the dentist? Because all you ever hear is, I hate going to the dentist. I hate going to funerals. Does anyone actually like those things? mean, I guess.

07:22
You get used to it, I suppose, but I mean, the dentist is a nice guy in most cases or girl. Yeah, I'm sure the dentist likes going there.  I've got another Audi.  I don't know. I guess, yeah, look, I understand.  There's things,  whether there's a bit of trauma involved, but no one likes going. Well, both. could put, you know, the dentist and funerals in the same trauma basket. Do dentists  like going to the dentist? That's right.  Do dentists like going to funerals?

07:52
to funeral directors like going to the dentist.  We really haven't thought this one through, we?  I really need to be somewhere else today. I really do.  I've got one for you that anyone that's an animal lover or  an owner of a hound, why dogs actually spin around in a circle umpteen times before they decide to lay down and to run them. Well, it's funny you should say that because it's not unique to dogs. A lot of animals, four-legged animals will do that.

08:21
And I'm thinking just I've got some history with horses and horses will do the same thing before they sit down They will go around in circles and I wonder whether it's to do with You know flattening the ground to make it more comfortable for them or stomping out You know any bugs that might be there just so they don't get bitten when they go down. I don't know horses do that Yeah horses do it. Yeah, definitely. I don't think I've seen a cat's do it Yeah, they'll turn in a circle a little bit or they'll look down and then they'll turn

08:48
Maybe not as much as a dog does, but they'll definitely turn. Wow, I thought it was just peculiar to dogs. No, there you go. Horses? Yeah. Wow, it must, once again, it must be something that  is evolutionary and has some basis to Yeah, it must do. Like yawning. Why, if I'm yawning, do you  immediately sort of, I think I'll yawn as well. I know,  you do see someone yawn and you have to yawn. Yeah. Don't you do it.  I know you want to.

09:18
I was practicing this on my grandson about a week ago  and just start yawning to see him and it's true. He's four  and he just yawns  and I assume that it  must be genetically coded for some reason. Yeah wonder why.  Is it evolutionary? it when know when  Gronkh

09:42
first yawned back in the caveman days, that was the indication to the rest of the family that that was bedtime and we all had a yawn. Yeah, or is it, yeah, I don't know.  Once again, we don't know the answers to this. If you do,  drop us a line or come to the Facebook page and let us know because  we're drawing blanks. We've got question marks all over these. And why can't you sneeze with your eyes open? Well, I your eyes will blow out, but...

10:08
Apparently.  Is that true? Will you pop your eyes out if you sneeze with your eyes? Can anyone sneeze with their eyes open?  That's a good question.  That's a good question. Because I think the whole bless you thing with the sneeze, that all came from consumption or something, didn't it? Because  it was at Pope Gregory or someone like that.  When you sneezed, it was because it was the bubonic plague or something like that. I heard it was  more of a superstitious thing that when you sneezed, you were vulnerable to...

10:37
and  a  negative devil getting into your body or something through your nose. So people said, bless you. So that didn't happen. That was my understanding. Yep. Well that makes more sense. Well, yeah, let's go with that. Makes a lot more sense. walking into a room and forgetting why you were there.  Is that an age thing or just  me?  That's an age thing  all the time. And do you ever have that happen to you where you're looking for something?

11:05
and you can't find it anywhere and then like five minutes later it's right in front of you. Glasses on top of your head? Yeah.  And retrace your steps and think,  ah, and think, ah, of course.  But you wouldn't have done it unless you were actually. Yeah, that's right.  Or do a man look in the pantry and you just cannot find it  and then the woman or man in your life goes there and... And it's right in front of you. Good chance that if you've got another man in your life he's not going to find it.  But it's a woman thing being able to find things.

11:34
But it's like  alarms. This  thing I've got about alarms. I can set my alarm  if it's five o'clock in the morning.  I will wake up a couple of minutes before that alarm goes  off. is your body clock set? How does it know that? I know. My mother used to say, you used to lick your finger and write the time on your forehead.

11:55
Really? And you would wake up at that time. I have never heard that. That's amazing. You need to try that tonight. I will. So lick your finger and then write, you know, like 6am or something on Just make sure you don't write it backwards because it could work out as something completely different. Right, 9 o'clock. 9 o'clock, whatever. But yeah, she said, oh, if you want to wake up at 6 o'clock, lick your finger and write it on your forehead. That's genius. Yeah. But now if you set your alarm, same, I do, I always wake up just before that alarm. Something, that's just cruel because now I can only lay there for like

12:24
two minutes before I have to get up. Yep. And if it's half an hour, you're like, oh great, I don't have to get up for half an hour. But  is it  really realistic that you can fall back into a heavy sleep in half an hour? Not happening.  Not happening. So that whole emotion thing leads me into goosebumps. What's the goosebumps thing? You probably know the answer to this. Why do have goosebumps? I love how you have this faith in me that I know the answer to this.  I've got a lot of faith in me. I've always had a lot of faith in you. You know that. But goosebumps. I don't know. What's the purpose of goosebumps?

12:52
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I don't know why they happen. Like if you're cold or if you get a bad feeling about something or whatever. Yeah. But it's got something to keep me warm. I guess I'm guessing it's like muscle contractions or something to get your blood flow going or something like that. see. Look at that. Listen to you. If I say it with conviction, yes, we'll all believe it. You can. Yeah. Take it or take it or leave it. Take it or leave it. I'm not. I'm not. Dr. Google. What makes your hair stand on end?

13:23
Is it the same thing that's making you have goosebumps? know when you get... Are we allowed to say that? What makes my hair stand on end? Yeah, the back of your neck. Oh, that! I haven't got enough hair anyway for it to stand on end anyway now. I don't know. I don't know. You get that feeling. Yeah, but it's like when dogs' hair bristles as well. I mean, that must be something that's harked back to We call it a sixth sense, but is it really? Yeah, dogs bristle and... But maybe ours... Maybe it's a throwback? It could be.

13:53
songs and music and I know it's going to be probably another podcast  but that feeling that you hear a song and you just go back 20 years 30 years doesn't matter all of a sudden it takes you back to that moment yeah where  it's this it's this DeLorean flux capacitor moment yeah where you just say wow  I remember being 17 and where I was that moment and that that moment wouldn't have popped into your mind except for that song yeah well that's

14:22
I guess that's the same with, you know,  sensory issues when you can,  I've only got to smell freshly cut grass and it takes me straight back to my childhood when dad would mow the lawn, you know, because smell, sense of smell is such a strong memory  connection, isn't it? Yeah. You smell things and it just takes you straight back to somewhere. Yeah, so much. don't think, I  mean, those sensor is like the touch thing, that's it maybe tastes like if...

14:46
there's an ice cream or Ferris Floss or something. But music, the auditory and that's, and, and smells. Like I, I, you know, this will be awful. Um, but if I smell a pub, I always think of my grandfather because maybe it's a stale beer. I don't know. Or, or, or aviation fuels always because you think, Oh, I'm going on holiday. That's fantastic. Yeah. I totally agree with you. I smell aviation fuel when you get within five minutes or 10 minutes of the airport and you, and you get a little

15:15
kick of excitement because you know there's a plane nearby and it's  hopefully taking somewhere exciting.  that sort of puts happiness in your heart which leads me to say why do people cry when they're happy?  I don't know, that's a good question actually when it's the same reaction to two totally different emotions  isn't it? Yeah, is there  a tinge of sadness in some happy moment that makes you actually want to cry as well because  you see people, is it a

15:44
A relief thing like so often, you see them on game shows too. They win a gazillion dollars and they almost cry. But when people are happy, they cry. Yeah. And I don't understand  why it can really good. I don't know. Yeah. don't know. We need to get Dr. Karl Kruse and Nicky on.  Oh gosh. could answer all these, couldn't he? Yeah, he could.  Why is it when you're always in a hurry, you get every red light on the way home?  It's like they know. It's like there's a little man in there going,

16:13
That little man that we press the button to hit on the head to change the lights. Yeah, it's him again. It's It's karma.  That's all I'm saying. It's karma. Yeah. And the other thing that, you you're trying to get home, you might be busting to go to the loo. And of course every red light, but your phone's ringing and you want to pick it up  and you can't because you're a responsible driver.  And of course you get every green light and think, Oh my

16:36
gosh I'm another half an hour away from home, I can't touch that phone, I haven't got hands free, it's in the bag in the back seat. Yep,  and you're busing to go to the toilet on the way home in the car and there's some idiot  in the right lane going slow.  That's me, sorry. And there's times like that I wish I had like a sign board, a digital sign board on top of the car where I could go, need to go to the toilet so that I don't look like one of those aggressive tailgaters. so I've actually got a reason why I'm trying to.

17:02
There's a time that you your car under lights as far as you know, your emergency services people. said, listen, sorry, toilet, toilet. Toilet. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Everyone could relate to that. Everyone can relate to it.  It doesn't, crosses all boundaries.  Socks.  How many socks do you lose in the wash  or, and there's always- Half of them? Where do they go? Is there a place for homeless socks? I think there is. I think there's a place where they go, they sneak out through the bottom of the washing machine and they go to, you know, like sock heaven.

17:31
because they're all odd and they, okay, I'm just making this up now.  I don't know.  They just go. Not every family has a house that the dog decides to swallow one, but usually it comes out the other end anyway.  I've got  like three pairs of at the moment that just do not have partners and I've got no idea where they've gone. Absolutely no idea. So if someone knows or if someone's got three pairs of

17:58
Socks that they don't know. Yeah, look. Maybe yours left home or something. Reach out. down the street. Reach out, reach out. So  a couple more that I just want to bring up. Yep.  Is why do cats always land on their feet?  I think I know this one. Is it the same reason that buttered toast always falls down on the butter side? Yes. Yeah, because it must, if it's got the butter on one side, it's heavier. So therefore it would turn down. Does that make sense? That makes sense. Yeah. But the cat one?  Because cats are so,

18:28
flexible, if the distance between where they fall off and where they land is great enough, they can turn their bodies around to make sure they land on their feet. Does that make sense? It makes sense. What's the distance? Like, is it very from cat to cat? I guess, no, I think it's, I mean, obviously if the cat falls off the lounge onto the floor, there's not enough distance for it to right itself. But if it falls off a second story of a building,

18:58
on the way down, they're smart enough to be able to wriggle their bodies around so their feet are on the bottom most of the time. And people don't try and throw your cat off the second story of a building as Kayleigh may have just mentioned. No, yes, I'm thinking, I don't think that's a good idea. I'm sure I saw a documentary on this beyond 2000 years ago. Does it extend to big cats like lions and cheetahs and things like Not that I've ever picked up one to find out. I don't know. No. I don't know. I'm guessing it probably does. Yeah. Yeah.

19:25
The last one I want to bring up, because we're running out of time. We are. Is why does time seem to go faster the older we get? Because  when you're a kid, Christmas is like, my birthday is so far away. And then the end of school is so far away. I think because when you get older, you've got less of your life ahead of you and more of it behind you. Whereas when you're a kid, you've got most of your life ahead of you and less behind you.

19:51
So it feels like as you get older, you're speeding up towards your demise. Does that make sense? Makes sense.  Very depressing, but not quite the high point I wanted to go out with,  but  I think we'll go out on that one.  Talk to you soon. See you later. Bye.  The views and opinions expressed on the Big Six are personal and reflect those of the hosts and guests.  They do not represent the views or positions of any affiliated organisations  or companies.

20:21
This podcast is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice. Please consult with a qualified professional for guidance on any personal matters.

20:34
Ah,  and before we go,  let's give credit where credit is due.  Kaylee Harris and I came up with all the genius content for this week's episode.  Our producer,  Nick Abood,  well he keeps the lights on and makes sure we don't accidentally upload a cat video instead of a podcast. thanks for keeping us on track, Nick.  Nick?  Nick?