S13 EP17: Your dog is skinny, but you is fat...
Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
September 15, 2026
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh... If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more....
Speakers Josh Widdicombe, Rob Beckett
TopicsComedyKids & FamilyParenting
SPEAKER_1 (0:00)
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SPEAKER_2 (1:01)
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SPEAKER_3 (1:08)
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Josh Widdicombe (1:30)
This episode is presented by TUI.
Rob Beckett (1:32)
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Josh Widdicombe (1:34)
Oh, you've got to love it. Who wouldn't love it, Rob?
Rob Beckett (1:36)
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Josh Widdicombe (1:38)
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Rob Beckett (1:40)
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Josh Widdicombe (1:44)
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Rob Beckett (1:56)
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Josh Widdicombe (2:01)
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Rob Beckett (2:10)
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SPEAKER_6 (2:24)
Can you say Rob Beckett?
SPEAKER_1 (2:26)
Rob Beckett.
SPEAKER_7 (2:28)
Can you say Josh Widdicombe?
SPEAKER_1 (2:34)
Thank you.
Rob Beckett (2:36)
Thank you. Thank you.
SPEAKER_7 (2:39)
Thank you.
Josh Widdicombe (2:40)
Well, this is Conny, age 3 and 11 months. Just started school with her big brother, Freddie, age 7 Been listening since lockdown and love the podcast. Yes, every time I go on holiday, I do get asked if I'm English or if I'm Johnny English when hotel reception see the passport. Robert English.
What?
Rob Beckett (2:59)
His name's Robert English.
Josh Widdicombe (3:01)
Yeah. Fair enough.
Rob Beckett (3:03)
You all right there, mate?
Josh Widdicombe (3:05)
Yeah, I didn't understand the Johnny English bit, but I suppose, fair enough. It's just the word.
Rob Beckett (3:10)
Mr. Bean, the Mr. Bean film.
Josh Widdicombe (3:12)
Yes, I know that was based on a debit card advert or a credit card advert.
Rob Beckett (3:17)
Was it?
Josh Widdicombe (3:18)
Yeah.
Rob Beckett (3:19)
The kids watched the Bumblebee one.
Josh Widdicombe (3:21)
Oh, yeah. Good?
Rob Beckett (3:22)
Yeah, not too bad. How are you, Josh? You good? You're the same color as the hotel room.
Josh Widdicombe (3:26)
I'm not very well.
Rob Beckett (3:28)
Oh, what's wrong?
Josh Widdicombe (3:29)
I think I've got, well, Rob, I don't want to go too graphic.
Rob Beckett (3:32)
Okay, go on.
Josh Widdicombe (3:33)
I've got stomach problems.
Rob Beckett (3:35)
Oh.
Josh Widdicombe (3:36)
I just keep needing a piss.
Rob Beckett (3:38)
Okay.
Josh Widdicombe (3:39)
And I'm constipated, and I've got stomach pains.
Rob Beckett (3:42)
So you can't shit, but you can't stop pissing?
Josh Widdicombe (3:45)
Yeah.
Rob Beckett (3:46)
So full beans one way, no beans the other.
Josh Widdicombe (3:48)
Exactly, Rob. And I feel like I need a piss, and then it takes ages to have it. I've got a UTI, I think, or something.
Rob Beckett (3:56)
And it's painful. So what would help you now?
Josh Widdicombe (4:00)
I'm just fucked. What would help me now?
Rob Beckett (4:02)
Yeah.
Josh Widdicombe (4:03)
Well, there's nothing you can do from that distance.
Rob Beckett (4:05)
I'm just trying to lend a supportive ear.
Josh Widdicombe (4:08)
Well, I've bought some, when I came into town, I've bought some, I won't say the brand because they're not paying us, some clinically proven medicine for short-term occasional constipation.
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