{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/637aa2a8e0b4900010bd530c/69f9a9283371a53209fc0be6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"173 - Bidets to Barbers","description":"<p>Adam returns from the continent with stories that absolutely did not need telling... but tells them anyway. What starts as an innocent curiosity about hotel bidets quickly derails into robot toilets, heated seats, accidental self‑irrigation, and the very real fear of walking around with a soggy arse and no instructions. From Japanese high‑tech toilets to British bidet confusion, the lads ask the big questions no one wants to Google: how <em>are</em> you actually meant to use one?</p><p><br></p><p>Somehow, the conversation escalates into haemorrhoids. How they appear, why everyone panics it’s cancer, and the quiet shame of buying cream at the chemist while pretending it’s “for your gran.” It’s crude, honest, and uncomfortably relatable.</p><p><br></p><p>From there, Adam shifts gears into travel tales from Spain: Google Translate diplomacy, Barcelona taxi drivers driving like it’s Mario Kart, pigeon near‑misses, and Catalonia’s week‑long Valentine’s tradition involving roses and books. Then, naturally, the episode swerves again, this time into the strange universe of barbers.</p><p><br></p><p>Turkish barbers, Kurdish barbers, flaming ear hair, nostril waxing, hot towels that last forever, beard perfection, and the shocking moment Kyle accidentally got a <strong>spray‑on hairline</strong> and briefly became Action Man. Relaxing for some, psychological torture for others.</p><p><br></p><p>It’s peak Continuum: filthy, funny, culturally confused, and packed with stories you can’t unhear, ending with a promise to go even deeper into barbers next time.</p>","author_name":"Adam Long & Kyle Stacey"}