 So why are there so many intersex toilets in Sydney? I'm curious about it. There's a men's toilet, there's a ladies toilet and there's an intersex toilet. Is there like a huge hidden trans community in Sydney that I don't know about it? Watch with all the intersex loo's. I mean I understand if you just want to provide one so that anyone can use it. But why do you have a bloke's loo, a ladies loo and then an intersex loo? Anyway I just tried to read Alan Rusbridge's new book News and how to use it. Alan Rusbridge is a highly respected, long time editor of The Guardian newspaper out of the United Kingdom. And this book is a deadly doll. I mean I spent 20 minutes with it, I couldn't find one thing in it I didn't already know. It was deadly doll and what killed me, it had such amazing plaudits on the back cover. Like all these people that said oh this is a fantastic book, this is an amazing book. Blessings to you Elliot Blatt. So all these like really prestigious, now high quality people are saying oh this new book by Alan Rusbridge are just amazing books, news and how to use it. What could be more important in this age of misinformation and disinformation? It was deadly doll. I didn't learn anything. It was just like an alphabetical list to topics on things like accuracy and climate change. And who can we trust? Can we trust the politicians? Well maybe if you live in Germany or New Zealand says Alan Rusbridge. So can you trust the scientists or which scientists? Anyway deadly doll, this new book by Alan Rusbridge. But it had all these highly esteemed reviews on the cover. I don't understand. Right so I gave up on news and how to use it by Alan Rusbridge. And I picked up, I was just going through the stacks. And I picked up a book by Joe Queenen, one for the box. And it was hilarious. It was just like a book long description of all the books that he's read or not read or read partly. And it was hilarious. He talks about Daniel Deronda. He thinks that reading Daniel Deronda by George Elliot would be like visiting Buenos Aires. There would be some interesting bits. It would be edifying. But not that important. And then he talks about the books he refuses to read. So he refuses to read any books about private school. He refuses to read any books about melancholy wasps. He's got like a whole list of categories of books that he won't read. I mean I'm just finding myself like bursting out laughing. I've been juicing for eight days, losing weight and feeling great. Wow. Juicing for eight days. What kind of juice, E.B.? And I will be the judge on whether or not you're looking great. So you'll have to send me a picture. But he talks about how bad books make you think that when you read a great book, all your thinking is being done for you by the author. But when you read a bad book, you're always wondering like, what horrific thing are you going to read next? So I like that. Bad books make you think more than good books. Oh, so many riches. And then he refuses to read any book that mentions the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys of the Los Angeles Lakers. And he says these are horrible sporting franchises. And like any author who lords them, carrots, beet, celery, cilantro, lemon. Wow, that sounds really healthy, mate. So he says that editors have discouraged authors from mentioning these iconic sporting franchises because it will turn off most of the population who might otherwise read the book. And so he provides examples of books. I think sections from famous books in this 18th, 19th century where the author started off by saying some famous phrase, but at least there are Lakers tickets still available. Oh, I was just killing myself. Portie Ho, he was at a shill event. Carrots, beet, celery, pomegranates, pears, lemons. Yeah, so being going on the Jewish circuit. Oh, tops, mate, really tops. Lots of security. So about as much security as you would an American shawl. So security is considerably up in Australia since 2001, 9-11. How much time do you spend wondering whether or not the Dallas defense can get the job done? Well, to be honest, Elliot, just between you and me, I am far more concerned about the Dallas Cowboy offense. What has happened to our running game, bro? Our running games just disappeared the last four games. We've had no running game. I think we're averaging less than four yards per carry on the ground the past four years, man, four games. So the defense is getting the job done with the exception of that game against the Los Angeles Raiders on Thanksgiving when the defensive coordinator, Dan Quinn, kept them in man coverage, which makes you particularly susceptible to pass interference calls. And so we were killed way over 100 yards in pass interference calls for Thanksgiving's game against the Raiders. What a killer losing that in overtime. All right, when you're in man coverage, you have to stick to the receiver your much more vulnerable to pass interference calls. Sound like that caller to talk radio insisted that to run Zekemore. Well, Zeke's got a banged up knee. Zeke can't get it done. I think there's a Tony Pollock. There's clearly the better running back right now. Far more elusive. He busted one for 58 yards against the New Orleans Saints those day night. Oh, man. So the defense just don't lead them in man coverage so much, Dan Quinn. Bloody hell. They just got murdered man coverage against those speedy Las Vegas Raiders. Oh boy. So, okay. So Jewish life is different here. So almost all synagogues in Australia are orthodox and almost everyone who attends them is not orthodox or is not Shemesh Abad. So blaming the rest for your team losing is a sign of lack of connection to other people. I wasn't blaming the rest. I was blaming the defensive coordinator who kept them in man coverage. All right. Like it was 3rd and 18. How many players in the Cowboys had named after Roman politicians? It was 3rd and 18 for the Las Vegas. Dan Quinn kept them in man coverage. Bloody hell. Anthony Brown, the cornerback, got caught for his fourth major pass interference flag of the day. And that was enough to put the Raiders in field goal position. They won the game in overtime. But don't stick in man coverage when the receivers are so fast and you're getting murdered by pass interference calls. It's a shanda. But anyway, the Cowboys are 8-4 and they could very well get the number 2 seed in the NSC, so life is good. All right. So Jewish life here. So 90% of Jews in Sydney are not Shemesh Abad. So you go to an orthodox shawl in Los Angeles and, hey, Luke Corden, Patrick Scho, tell him they need to run the damn ball. No, we can't get anything going. We don't need to run the damn ball. But what's happened to Dak Prescott? One pass good, one pass bad. He's off his game the last four games. Man, I mean, Dak was throwing the ball. What happened to Dak's deep ball? Dak was really throwing the ball. What's with all the overcast skies? It's only been overcast since I've been here. I missed the light in Southern California, okay? I missed the light in Southern California. It's been nothing but overcast skies since I've been here, except when I was in Aladala. In Aladala, thank God the sun came out and we had some clear skies. We've had like two hours of blue skies and sunshine in Sydney since I've been here, like in two and a half weeks. So that's a little discouraging. This is bloody summer. This is December, right? Sydney in December is not supposed to look like this, right? It is supposed to be sunny and blue skies and it's overcast, it's rained every day, drizzled every day since I've been here. That's not what I signed up for. I came here to have a holiday in the middle of the summer and go to the beach. Okay, so yeah, so you go to Orthodox Shul in Los Angeles and depending on the Shul, between 70% and 100% of the Shul are at least outwardly Shomair Shabbat. All right? All right. So probably the average for an Orthodox Shul is probably 70%, 75% of the congregation is outwardly Shomair Shabbat. And in Sydney, it's about 10%. So it's more challenging to be a Froom Jew here. Maybe you can something do it. And the burning heart of Froom Jewry in Sydney is in Bondi. So we're walking around here in Randwick and Kudji. This is more of the Altskos, the albac of Sydney's Orthodox Jewish community. So I think there are only a handful of non-Orthodox Shul in Sydney. The Temple of Manuel or a Froom Temple is the biggest non-Orthodox Shul, but almost all the Shuls are Orthodox and almost all the congregants are not Orthodox. So people come to Shul here much more to see their mates and to talk to God. So Jewish observance is more relaxed here. And yeah, there's a great feeling of mateship when you get a short look. We're walking through with the Shabbat guy in the van into the remote parts of the albac looking for Jews. Yes, albac Jews. Terrific movie on Amazons. So I saw a young Nubai woman walking towards me today. I could see the contour of her camel toe four block away and my eyesight isn't that good. I'm sorry that you had to endure that, Elliot. I mean, that was like sexual harassment that you endured. You might have a claim. I was seeing all the Muslims in Fort Rogalia and gave me confidence that hey, I can be a Jew here wearing my yarmulkeh outside. The first few days I did not wear a yarmulkeh out and about, but now the yarmulkeh is back on my head every day. Thanks to the Muzis, they inspired me to my full Jewish observance. So I haven't received any negative feedback here. They don't make Aussies racist and bigoted and prejudiced like they did when I was growing up here. This is the new multicultural Australia with lots of trans bathrooms or intersex bathrooms. That's huge here. I no longer give out fines. Why aren't you in Perth protesting lockdowns? I don't protest lockdowns. I don't have any major problem with Australia's lockdowns and other parts of its COVID policy. You have to check in every time you go enter a store. There's a new South Wales safe app where you check in and check out and you have to show proof of vaccination. Are there special cottaging stalls? No. I haven't noticed any cottaging going on. So I've done some pretty rigorous research. No cottaging going on here in Sydney. That may be something they do more in Melbourne. So I'm going 10-pin bowling tonight. There's some blokes for sure. Not sure there will be a lot of Torah study. I don't think I've been 10-pin bowling since about 20 years. I think I've only done it once in my life. So maybe I'll go into YouTube. I'll look up some tips for 10-pin bowling. Do you call it 10-pin bowling? We've got a lot of lawn bowls here in Sydney. I notice everyone's got their lawn bowls, lawn bowl clubs. There are about three lawn bowl clubs near here. But they don't call... So bowling is 10-pin bowling. So what do you call bowling in the States? It recently is hotter than it seems, yeah. But it seems like a good way for blokes to get together. And they have some laws. So it's a nice blokey society if you're quite comfortable here. A good place for an average bloke such as 40. What are the other differences? Oh, they've cut down synagogue services. Oh, it's just called bowling in the States. Yeah, that's what I thought. So lawn bowls are not much of a thing in the States. I remember lawn bowls in the States. Am I missing something? But there are like three lawn bowl clubs within a kilometer of here, or two kilometers from here. So they've cut down on the service. So it basically starts with the Torah reading and then moves off. So I think that's a nod to dealing with COVID. That's the road less taken. Are shorts regulation uniform for placement? Yeah, like everyone wears shorts. Like they're dress shorts. So bank managers wear shorts. But they're dress shorts. They're very classy shorts. So what are the other differences? So a huge South African Jewish community here. Probably half the Jews I met have been South African. It's fun to play Jewish geography. We know a lot of the same people in Los Angeles. South African origins. We do a prayer every week on Shaba's morning for the State of Australia. And we pray that the State of Australia manages to keep its racism under control. So we now have a prayer against racism. I need to walk around University of Sydney to scope out the shillers. I did walk around the University of Sydney and didn't see many. I also walked around Avondale University. I didn't see any students. So I think maybe schools out. Schools out at the moment. I've got to get ready for my tempin balls.