A very dreamy episode in which we meet a toilet paper obsessed superhero, Ben deals with a drink bottle faux pas and Vicki’s fear of ‘elephants’ comes to a head. - Vicki devises an elaborate nanoparticle based hazmat suit to protect her from corona. - Ben continues to struggle with sleeping in the middle of the bed and finding a good clock. - We discuss the ‘knoon’ and hire a fleet of staff to peel our kiwi fruit. - We theorise how bathroom attendants get hired and devise a new superhero ‘TP’ who knows how many squares of toilet paper you’ll need. - Ben asks who thought waterbeds were a good idea? - We discuss rainforests, trains, dragons and other very normal sleeping techniques. - Vicki’s boyfriend has a run in with an unhappy late night McDonald’s customer. - Someone re-enacts the Christian Bale rant, right outside of Ben’s apartment. - The last minute New Year’s Eve coronavirus restrictions, quickly let’s everyone know how cool and popular they are. - Kirsty gives away Ben’s Christmas chocolates, giving him the greatest gift of all – a massive guilt trip. - We check in with the Gävle goat for the final time this year. - Ben deals with the trauma of his friend drinking out of his water bottle. - Vicki’s ‘elephant’-phobia reaches new depths and Ben fears Twitters teeth obsessed monster.

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Episode 226 - The Elephant In The Room

A very magical episode in which we bust the undercover alien working at 7-Eleven, Vicki writes a lukewarm fan letter to Frankie Muniz and Ben kisses a witch. - Ben picks a side in the battle of plastic versus paper straws. - Vicki is forced to make small talk with a bartender to use the ATM and we bust the alien working at the petrol station. - We check whether the Gäval goat is burning. - Vicki writes a lukewarm fan letter to Frankie Muniz. - Vicki finally receives her Lit-Mas gift. - Ben is forced to go on an impromptu Fijian vacation and reads books about the holocaust. - Vicki intersperses Roald Dahl’s The Witches with some cartoon seals. - Ben kisses a witch.

Episode 225 - Sex Magic

A very edible episode in which we deliberate over which celebrity to eat, Ben gets roasted at his grandpa’s 90th birthday and Vicki learns all about the very common Grinch fetish. - Vicki contemplates cannibalism. - We place bets on the Gävle goat’s potential demise. - Ben weighs up the risks of attending Miley Cyrus’s birthday during a pandemic. - Vicki’s boyfriend is forced to sit through Ladies in Lavender. - Ben attends his grandpa’s 90th birthday, gets roasted and dodges dancers. - Ben discovers that easing the mask mandate comes with increased anxiety. - We dispense some advice for the magic erase challenged and look at The Grinch in a new light.

Episode 224 - Gee, I’m Pretty Edible

A very mechanical episode in which we invent the sport of ‘dresscarge’, Vicki takes issue with Ben’s bathroom and Ben returns to the dentist. - Ben asks why triple jump is an Olympic event? - Vicki pitches dressage but for cars, aka. ‘dresscarge’. - Ben provides an update on the saga of his car problems. - Vicki gets a good deal on a car because it smells like a wet dog. - Ben’s parents struggle with the grocery and Christmas lists. - Vicki weighs up her options between the two types of women’s deodorant. - Ben gets a call from the Xbox body wash hotline. - Vicki makes a plea for Ben to do something about the soapy ridge in his bathroom. - We discuss how quickly we’d be shunned if we became the first new coronavirus case in the state. - Ben encounters his friends ‘top of head twin.’ - Ben returns to the dentist only to discover he’s still dead. - We provide some advice for those eating 10,000 calories a day and a Guitar Hero obsessed newlywed. - We bring up ex partners at every opportunity and somehow it backfires.

Episode 223 - The Soapy Ridge

A very refreshed episode in which we emerge from lockdown, Vicki reminisces about her childhood chimney sweep days and Ben encounters some car trouble. - Ben asks the question ‘Who drinks Agrum?’ - We sober up during lockdown. - We remind parents that despite the lockdown being over, you still need to look after your kids. - Rodney leaves Vicki on a cliffhanger after recounting the plot of a book he read. - Ben joins the 21st century by using his phone to pay for stuff. - Cyberpunk gets delayed and Ben wonders if he’s partly responsible. - Delali shares her falling out of a bunk bed story. - Ben experiences some car troubles. - We provide some advice to the wife of a Napoleon obsessed husband.

Episode 222 - Cause Of Death: Idiot

A very parental episode in which Ben gets the worst news of 2020, Vicki uncovers a vacuum conspiracy and we contemplate life in 1900. - Ben has a few words for people who call milk ‘moo juice’. - We rank the Mount Franklin Lightly Sparkling Water range. - People who use their phone to pay for things make Ben feel old. - Ben wonders how Butter-Menthol sales have been affected by the pandemic. - Quarantine restrictions are lifting soon. - Ben’s new Xbox gets delayed and his son ‘Crinkly Ben’ shows up on his doorstep. - Vicki new Dyson vacuum inspires a dusty conspiracy theory. - Ben’s explores his love/hate relationship with IKEA as he awaits his ‘in transit’ cube. - We discuss assembling IKEA furniture in Brazil and Switzerland’s love of exposed wires. - Vicki imagines being born in 1900 and comes to the conclusion that death would be preferable. - We advise a redditor, struggling to trust their partner after playing Among Us.

Episode 221 - Parochial Dumb Dumb

A very miraculous episode in which Ben wants to lower the bar for sainthood, Vicki overhauls crosswalk regulations and we devise a new covid based workout plan. - Ben thinks the bar to become a saint is too high. - We try to determine to moral of Jack and the Beanstalk. - Pretty Little Liars is helping Vicki succumbing to her darkest desires. - We revisit the topic of placebo buttons and Vicki lays down some new traffic light rules. - Ben has a run in with his arch nemesis on the train. - Run chat: The coronavirus provides some good workout motivation and Vicki pitches an augmented reality running app. - Vicki’s friend informs her that her house is on fire. - Ben falls out of his bunk bed and wakes up mid-air. - We dispense some advice for anyone pretending to have retrograde amnesia. - We celebrate the age old Moldovan custom of buying five Peloton bikes for your wife’s family.

Episode 220 – The Protestations Of A Kicker

A very bloody episode in which we revisit the Mantzoukas conundrum, Ben accidentally orders a 1kg burrito and Vicki verges on tears after a TV show leaves Netflix. - Ben wonders what happened to all the people in the movie Cars. - Vicki discovers the worst place on your body to get a small cut. - We revisit the Jason Mantzoukas catfishing scenario. - The Rock tears the front gate off his property. - Ben accidentally orders a 1kg burrito and Vicki’s ‘cold chocolate’ goes national. - Vicki almost breaks down after Pretty Little Liars leaves Netflix. - Vicki insists she doesn’t regret her 10km run, despite her inability to move since. - Vicki is paranoid about a packet of mystery seeds arriving on her doorstep.

Episode 219 - Chomping On Ambrosia

A very windy episode in which Ben demands a new term for ‘intimate partners’, Vicki can’t find someone to bubble with her and we pose as Jason Mantzoukas to do some catfishing. - Vicki scores a free fridge and Ben asks why there is no freezer light. - We discuss Rodney’s fear of sharks and flying. - Ben demands a better term for ‘shark phobia’. - Quarantine update: We brainstorm new terms for ‘intimate partners’ and pop the big question ‘Will you bubble with me?’ - Run chat: Vicki runs 10 kilometres to avoid disappointing a 96 year old. - Run chat: Ben runs through protests with palms dripping in hand sanitizer. - Jason Mantzoukas catfishes his own wife.

Episode 218 - Intimate Partners

A very audacious episode in which Ben struggles to buy a single banana, Vicki doesn’t want to stretch and we analyse Mark Wahlberg’s manhood. - We ignore Jon Hamm’s stupid name because he is so attractive and successful. - Ben struggles with the prospect of buying a single banana. - Vicki hates stretching. - We reminisce about the school house music concert and Vicki represses any memory of Ben being there. - We watch Walking Tall as The Rock doubles in size. - Ben recalls the two times audiences have gasped at nudity in the cinema. - We ban our partners from watching Boogie Nights to avoid comparisons to Mark Wahlberg. - We discuss dating in Elizabethan times as we anxiously await a response to our letter of courtship.

Episode 217 - Jon Hamm And Cheese

A very secretive episode in which we beg for money, Ben makes dumplings and Vicki picks a side in the UberEats vs bike guy fight. - We investigate Vicki’s (allegedly) haunted kitchen table. - We beg our family for money and order some Amazon mystery boxes. - The new coronavirus update restrictions have Ben on the brink of insanity. - Ben makes dumplings, while Vicki warms up bread. - The All New Monty teases a mysterious new participant. - Vicki has a grudge against Jamaica, Queens for holding her delivery hostage. - Whose side are you on anyway?: UberEats vs bike guy edition. - We dispense some advice to a Taco Bell loving husband.

Episode 216 - Shut Up, Bike Guy!

A very militant episode in which we demand an Elon Musk and Mariah Carey collaboration, Ben charts the many stage of mask smugness and Vicki relates to the Ikea loving girlfriend. - Elon Musk and Mariah Carey collaborate on a duet’s album. - We binge watch seven seasons of our new favourite show in an afternoon. - We play Resident Evil and ponder why Chris Redfield is a such dick. - Quarantine update: We discuss mask smugness, heroin parties, running away from the military and COVID-free t-shirts. - We dispense some advice to the vacuum obsessed and sexually uneducated.

Episode 215 - Send Nose

A very statuesque episode in which we go back into lockdown, Ben pays his respects to the creator of the car door and Vicki demands a soup tube. - We brace ourselves for the impending alien invasion. - We return to stage 3 of lockdown. - Vicki is so scared of The Strangers that she watches is three times. - Ben marathons six seasons of 60 Days In and concludes quarantine is better than jail. - Ben pays his respects at the monument of the inventor of the car door. - We prank call Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan. - We provide some sage advice on farting and invest in the soup tube. - We don our chef’s outfits to avoid looking suspicious when buying cream chargers.

Episode 214 - Soup Tubes

A very hungry episode in which Vicki learns all about devilled eggs, Ben is tormented by a bad smell in his apartment and we Febreze our way through quarantine. - Our UberEats delivery driver takes the long way. - Ben laments the preparation to eating ratio of devilled eggs. - Vicki investigates microwave cooking and the woman who invented the bra. - Vicki levels up her cooking skills like she’s a Sim. - Victoria returns to lockdown as Ben is trapped inside with a weird smell. - Vicki gets a replacement shower head. Or did she..? - We revisit left-handed handshakes, Ben’s hospital stay and his idea for a TMZ style web series. - We provide some advice to non-drivers being haunted Hawaiian spirits, guys Febrezing their way through quarantine and jealous girlfriends looking for a gaming buddy.

Episode 213 - Divorce Chicken

A very sleep deprived episode in which Vicki sings the spooky eleven times tables song, Ben spends the night in the hospital, and we make our annual PSA to activate your read receipts. - We wave goodbye (with our left hands) to handshakes and the European cheek kiss greeting. - Ben needs a girlfriend with a sense of direction, while Vicki sings the spooky eleven times tables song. - Ben spends the night in Vicki’s favourite place – the hospital. - Ben makes his annual PSA to the listeners, to activate their read receipts.

Episode 212 - Pass Me Some More Ribs

Insane Ramblings is a fortnightly Australian comedy podcast by the hilarious, attractive and humble Ben Moore and Vicki Smith.

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