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Wolf & Owl with Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis
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Forest Etiquette and Dog Waste
From Pet Problems, Bad Neighbours & Forest Etiquette — Jul 2, 2026
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Yeah ye ye what'd you want? Beakle jaws, feathers or fur, sharp teeth or feet with flaws, Whateers prefer ust kidding every word in his songs about two grown men dressed up as a bird and a dog. Welcome to the Wolf for now. Eail correspondence specialon. It's a beautiful acting Our first emails at your readiation', right. Do you want to do some pleasantrees? Hey I'm Tom Davis Rbish Rangan. Welcome to the bonus. Rombish Rangan Norther actually,'s great pronunciation That's the corre proncince. When you like I'm so lucky get into these ones, right Its wrong goodarthan? Rong andarn. Rong goodorthan, Rong and Northn Runarthan. Runenarthan. Runganarthan. Runanarthan. Runanaran. There you go. Runanarthan. Yeah. What do you think? Do you think I'd have had a different career if I'd have called Ramish Rangenarthan? I do just think Ramish Rangathan is just about the coolest name I've ever heard. Do you think so? Fuck yes.re right. It's definitely better than Jonathan Ronganaththan. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. I'm more of a Jonathan person though,'t it? You are the ye And this is nothing because I've got Jonathan' in my family or I enjoy it but you've got real Jonathan Tndences. Thank you. Romish, by the way, you're in a elite fucking company because most people just call you Romish, right? Yeah. That's like Ronald though. or Pelle or a fucking great Brazilian footballer. Yeah, that you have one name that you're known by. Yeah. I mean people do just call you Tom though, don't they? No Well we Tom. Oh I don't think many people just call me, I can't remember last how many You can't remember last? What does cat call you? Dungus. she call me to babe or whatever Yeahah. Babe. Yeah. Oh do you have nicknames for each other? Yeah. ye. What are your nicknames for each other? She call me She calls me Poo Bear That's very cute What'd you call her? I used to call her Goober. Goober. Yeah. No I'd call her a Bub, Bubby I call Lisa Bubby ye Yeah at L Yeahah. Bubby's nice. What's Lisa call you Um, I love them No she calls him Jonathan Jum Johny Let's get to the first email, shall we? This is from the laid backack doog. Wow Afternoon Wolfouse sw and cat People don't need to address one and cut any mud do they? I think it's quite nice to they do. I think they le them to listen to don contribute or listen. Can you settle a dispute with my wife and I? Listen to your live show episode. My wife is convinced that you'd have multiple women flashing their boobs to you at the shows I don't think this would be the case Could you help us out and let us know, Do you ever get flashed or receive unsolicited tit picks? What? I don't know where this has come from, and it's come from the lay backack. the lay back toers I don't know Why would you guys think that Also like it's L' like it's two. Very naky men king about what losers they are. Yeah. But what point do you think I think it would be like really a strange thing for Yeah. I mean, look, let's get out there. We'd love it. happened? I don't I think I've been. I'm jking No, it doesn't happen. No, no, no. no. It' been insane thing. I can't think of the last pair of boos I saw that weren't l. myes Yeah ye, I guessere moves. Do you ever get propositioned? I did actually get quite a lot of dick picks. I think it happens you know grossly quite you know, I think actes I have had like had more I think men are more men seem more inclined to send that sort of Yes. Yeah. I mean, Katherine Myan get sent some pretty grimstate. Really Um Have you ever seen a dick pook? No If I don't got that much confidence in my now, I don't understand. I just don't understand it. I dot understand it. It's just the thought of sending it. Like Look, I get anxiety sending you a text. Yeah. It's a very light yo. But you always sign off with it. that's why. If I send you a text just go in Oh you're okay, bro What you up to today, right? I then go I was a bit thirsty. I worry about that text. The thought of sending someone a picture of your fucking phallace if you're dick and then just go in And then sending it and that must be agonising weight, like Yeahah, the weight. Three dots for ages T read, no reply. T much you to think about. Have you said one? Lightater times, yeah T the teachers at the bys school Okay, thank you so much. Question two. Do you want to read this one? Greetings, you sweet, sweet souls for the Red squirrel I'm after exiles They're the ones that we need to protect. Yeah, because of the immigrant grreay squirrels that's a fact, by? Is it? really? Well, you know, grey squirrels have taken over. A they? Yeah. I mean London's not London anymore, is it? You look around. What's happened to our culture? What's happened to our red squirrel culture? I just think squirrels are such little noobads. Why? They's got so much but. What are they? know they're just What are they? What's the point? What's the point of anything? Th thingsings don't have to have a force? our arses, but they've got an edge to them. Scre L have you ever seen screws running man tes? can't Do You know why I think this is, by the way? I just get so annoyed by the chipmunks Well they're squirrels either but they're like cousins, right? Squirres and chipm. I I imagine they're the same Yeah Those little chuckmunkks Watch out 'cause here we come having them in theor. as soon as I came even as a kid, I was like, I can't have this. I thought the film was quite good. No. you't know what I watched? It was incredible Sponbx squareps to the movie. The new one? Yeahah, was it again. Oh my gosh Shout a sppongeBob. Yeah it biganger. Yeah amazing film Yeah and definitely has a point as well. But much Yeah, so beautiful. I'm after your advice on a january bizarre incident involving our cat and her neighbour. A few nights ago we got a call from a local vet saying our eleven year old cat had been brought in and we needed to come down urgently. When my wife arrived, she found one of our neighbours in reception, clearly distressed waiting for news about our injured cat. In S some conteacts, our cat is extremely friendly and has a habit, much to my annoyance of wandering into other people's houses As he's got older, he's also become less diligent with his grooming, leading to someic clumps of fur We've discussed this with a vet who advised us not to cut them ourselves Despite this, our neighbour decided without asking us to take the clippers to his fur. In the process, she caused a three inch gas in his side that needed stapling He's now stuck in a comb for ten days She's offered to cover the vet bills and feels awful. What While I know this came from a place of good intentions, I'm struggling to understand how anyone thought this was a sensible idea She's repeatedly said how much she loves having a cat in her house But now we're considering getting him a proper collar that stopsed him from entering her property On one hand this feels harsh, almost punitive. when she was trying to help. On the other hand, it feels more like a preventative. a boundary to protect the cat and avoid any future helpful Inventions. I'm also unsure how women to handle things going forward. Do he explicitly ask her never do anything grooming or health related again, or quietly put measures in place and avoid an awkward conversation altogether I don't want to make her feel guilty but I also can't deal with any more completely avoidable drama. All the best, the Red squirrel Wow Wow That is genuinely insane. Why are you thinking to start shaving someone else's cat? Well, you know, I'm sort of inclined to play Devil's addvocate on this. Okay, I'd love to see Well, it's not your cat. No. look, I'm not saying it's right. she shouldn't have done that. I mean that much is clear. But you know if you've got no idea what you're doing with a pair of clippers, stand away Like they can be brutal clip, if you get them wrong. I've had loads of nicks and bumps and grazes. Yeah, I mean, they're dangerous, ye. Yeah. until the cat got a three gash in the side. What's that that? three inches. You think that's three inches? How three inch is that? That's like an inch there. That's two inches. That's three inches there. What there yeah. Yeah So what are you? double that. Well I'll se you a pick. But so she shouldn't have done it. No, It's a big mistake. Yeah. But she thought she was doing the right thing. I mean that she's not done it in a horrible way. The only thing I'd say in this ro. The cats g r to her house She would have thought, I imagine, what a nice surprise would be for them. P' cut out. Yeah, but also there's a part of me, we don't have much context on the age and stuff of the neighbour. No. So if it's someone who thinks they're doing a good deed and they're a little bit older. But I do think I think number one it's like the Red Squirrels const L've obviously been quite concerned about the fact that the cat's off Gallavanting and realizes that that's not cool. But now it's taken some like this for him to put preventative measures in place. So now you're in a situation. For anyone this is a signed to go, look, go with your gut. Don't wait for your cat to get shaved before you put those R He wasn't happy about Eggoless door to door. But then he can't do it now, can he Well by bying, by the way, this neighbour has got very attached to his cat. so much so. there's an argument Yeah has become dependent. Did I tell you about my friend Wayne and the staff? No So my friend Wayne Jones, he had he looked after a friend's staff. Full no And he basically like When these people went on holiday for two weeks, I think I went sideite press person p to the story. When they got back, the staff was all like a bit strange and sort of a bit like it wasn't quite himself. And Wayne was like, oh, you know we I've loved it. It's been sleep in my bed. like come into the shower with me. I've been making sureort like so the staff had sort of like they've become very attached in two weeks really attached. And then my friend was like and Wayneward and I really missed the staff Con her staff's name. And as long as you got Wayne Jones f. No stauff was constant like Wayne would be like, as you out for a pop round and see the staff Butever they'd come around, the staff was so obsessed with Wayne. So they sort of had to say, look, you know, is our dog? like he's pining for Wayne. So it's like very once you've got a pet, you've got to be very careful with other people, you know with that c vibe But I mean you Everything with this story is just sort of you dancing around the fact that you think Wayne fucked the stuff How think you fuck the staff? I'm just you werere sort of doing things with your eyebrows and going you know It's the way you're telling it. I'm not taking it It's a se No No, it's not a sexual thing Wayne was really, really obsessed with the staff. Right. It was like his best that. Dt tell the story like that then. I wasn't trying to tell her. My point was Wayne and the staff got really well, they eat dinner together, they're get in a shower together, they get own bed togetheright lake and sleep and whver and go out for long walks and they do nice things together, right is that the staff loved that life because Wayne was on his own at the time that they got so accustomed to him to each other that Wayne fell in love with the staff and the staff fell in love with Wayne So when like when the staff had all of Wayne's attention, he got back and it was a family were there they didn't give the sta the staff wasn't getting that love and commitment, but also Wayne missed the staff. And what I'm saying about the elderly neighbor because they've been fucking because they've been I don't know., who knows My point is this, right? is that the neighbor has clearly built up enough affection to this cat that there was a time that they felt they could shave it for them because they felt that was the right thing. Yeah. So what I'm saying is you can't just sever a bond like that like, you know, or maybe you should, I don't know, but I'm just saying that you've got to really go to I think going to the neighbor and having a conversation and go, look, this is our cat. We feel a little bit thrown matter of fact, you decide to shave it. It's slightly, you know maybe like you should have a break from each other for a while. seeee how you both get on. and then like afterfter a while, it's just like what's, you know the cats fully healed, maybe start like, you know, little integrating you back into each other's lives slowly, but with boundies. It just sounds insane. It's like the most high maintenance the most convolutute difficult way of doing this. What would you do? I think they should have a chat, but So look, don't you know, the problem is it' going shave the cat. What else is you going to do to the cat? Well, you don't B the way, that's the shave, that's the stuff you can see L Wayne was giving him McDonald's now she's fucking the car. I' saying Wayne was giving this staff McDonald's. He was having like like lovely food and whatever. his diets changed. Soen he's getting a two by bits What I'm saying is, right? You've got to be careful because you don't know. the cat's going around there. he's having like a big old gut full of sardines You don't know. Yeah, sure. Look, the truth is it's your cat. So if you want to put your color on it and stop it going around there ass well. by the way, that I think it's quite that means you've had to got to put thing on the door that they the cat so you'd have to go to neighboring and put this thing so it's an electric vault that hits the cat as it comes through your door That's how those work. I don't know. I mean might have the bread squirrel might have some other version of this. Yeah, okay, I'll just say. But the compromise position is to sort of agree a set of rules, really. I mean, it sounds like the woman really likes the cut. She made a mistake I mean I feel a bit sorry for in away. She's not doing it to be vindictive. No, but I'm saying that she thinks, don't get me wrong By the way, saying it's a shit could have been a god, I don't know? Yeah. It's a mad fucking thing. Yeah. But I'm just saying that if there's a world where the bond between this woman and the cat is so enrich now that it's like they weren't calm down Yeah. But then you don't want like some sort of like, you know, you it's kind of like a stalker thing. like they stop meeting up and like Yeahah, Dana backack thek Alli. Okay, we're actually trying to give real advice. I'm just saying. what are you talking about? They're gonna have an affair? I'm just saying if she's so this person Ill keep saying this this person is so obsessed with the cat, we have to be careful that You know, that everyone knows what they they're L's little lou Oh she kidnaps that. Yeah. that's the thing I was gonna to get out, I didn't want to Oh, okay. Anyway, good luck. I hope that helps. This episode is brought to you by Accenture. When your advertising operations fall out of sync, everything else follows. Spotify and Accenture are working together to reinvent the rhythm of ad sales, using automation, analytics, and smarter workflows to simplify campaign delivery and access better data across the business. The result Less time spent on operations, more time connecting brands with the moments and fandoms that matter most Learn more at acccenture d. com slash Spotify The new LinkedIn Hiring proro can't undo your last hire. The human postponer. They were the master of one phrase. I'll circle back on that. 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A bit confused, I said, thans and we walked out on only two his shouts of pick it up now. I politely replied that the forest is full of feces, including cow pats, horse manure, deer poo, rabbit poo, and many more We we're off path and the pot eventually dissolves into the ecosystem But they were so angry and demanding, asked them to report it and see how they'd got on I'm sure it's not a fence mid forest, please discuss. I've got to say if a dog poos And what I can't look at is definitely their dog's poo Beuse I think if your dog person would be one of the there was seven dogs. B Yeah, so I mean, I'm like I'm in the opinion if your dog pooose, you pick it up it doesn't matter. Listen, I think it's fair to say that cow shit, horse shit. Yeah seems to be given a different ranking I don't know why, right Weve talked but I'm sure we' talked about this. But you know be no way.. Well, because it's what the cows and horses? Oh, theye grass. Yeah Whereas dogs eat meat? Yeah they eat meat and precious food. So their shits are more disgusting. Yeah, toxic. So does that mean I could shit in the? No, because youat you could eat more precious food than it? Well I know. That's trally. Yeah. And anyone you know? No, because you're a vegan. So loads of vegan stuff' ultra processed. Well you don't know my diet Well actually to be found, being a bit presumptuous there. I do apologise, but I do know Do you like your fakeaking and stuff like it? I have it occasionally, it's not my staple diet. loveove it when you get annoyed by the small m things. The last episode Iion you as a father so vigorously and you just went, o of course, I could take this. This is literally the hill you're gonna die on. You don't know my diet You don't know my fucking diet mate I' sorry, Literally flush cheeks. Fucking eff it mate. Anyway, I'm gonna be look, thank you for listening to the podcast I'm saying this as a preemptor you've got to pick up dogs shit man. Yeah has to. And I will say this as well just on the base and it is like kids playing in the forest. ye. My kids are always playing in the forest. Do your kids run for a week? Always. Really? Yeah. Nine times out of ten if they're not in the house or in the forest. No they're gone. do you go for a familying w. They're like little fucking fairies. constantly in the forest. Butould you go for a nice walk on a Sunday with a family? You go through some woods? That's what I'm saying to you. you asking me to They're always in the woods. Gone. And if there's poo out there you got to be careful. you don't really. Becauseuse I can blind a kid. Yeah, it can do. Blind an adult wayab. Yeah. One episode of That's life Yeah Yeah. Is that what it is? Is that what it's called? That's laugh with Esther Ransom. What is that what she talks about? I'm sure she talked about Dg Poo. Sure, E R ransom. We should have special on her, by the way. inccredible humour name. Yeah, I mean we couldn't remember what the programe was or what she said. We want to do an entire episode. Ch S the ranson and all the crew. Yeah it the ranson. Anyway, the point is You should pick up your dog shit. Yeah, you should. Andy catoo And also sometimes it doesn't matter if something's in a fence or not mid forest. Yeah. donon't do it. Yeah. I think you should pick up, Yeah. I think you have to pick up do. Yeah. Similarly I think if people's horses shit, they should pick it up. Yeah And cows. You can you're chasing cows. And rabits.b I'oking I'moking do. know rabbit poos disgusting you get out of the a. little pellet On your anils. Yeah But if you've got it in the shoe and you scratch the shoe All right, okay, Jesus Christ. I think you're smearing it on someone's back Okay, there you go, thanks so much Thank you so much for listening and watching to another email episode of the Wolf For Now, The Wolf for Now. We the Wolf for Now. Enjoy the bonish Wolf It sounded like you said enjoy the biners. D did thatself folks Wolf out put itgam on. com. For all of your inquiries. Not inquiries. inquiries Inquiries. Any questions. Anything you want us to do, like city tasks or forfeits. Let us know. Oh my God, you know what, I've it' justccurred to. We can do the muk bang. Oh my God We have been talking about Mk Bang For three years. For three years. It's back in fashion based. hit us with Muckbang. M Bang suggestions buried in on one of us is plant based. Yeah. And another one lot that processed stuff but anyway. Yeah ye. So just I guess I'll be eating some tofu and he'll eat an elk B bang, baby. B
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