Simon Mayo's Confessions

In through the out door & other tales

Simon Mayo's Confessions

Show Notes

Step into the confessional with Simon Mayo and the Collective for exam cheating in a lucky jumper, a welding lesson that goes catastrophically… south, and a nursing “snapshot” you may not want to hear while eating.

First, Homer admits to a very 70s kind of malpractice: smuggling fully-loaded notes into a final exam on official paper and somehow ending up a headteacher.

Then apprentice welder Steve hands a gas torch to a hoity-toity naval officer who won’t do her jacket up — cue molten metal, bedlam, and a breakdancing stripper moment.

Plus: Emma’s 80s Saturday job prank with “party poppers”, and Susan’s slippery suppository nightmare…

Got a confession? [email protected]

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