💰 SHE MADE £47… GENIUS OR SCAM?!

What would you do if your 11-year-old casually announced they’d made £47… only to discover they’d been charging their younger sibling for things they already had in the house?

£1 to use the good charger.

50p for the best seat on the sofa.

£1.50 for priority bathroom access.

And, our personal favourite, £3 a week for “Wi-Fi Plus”… which was exactly the same Wi-Fi. 😂

Do you punish the scam, make them give all the money back, or quietly admire the entrepreneurial spirit?

That’s just one of the debates in this week’s Winging It.

We’re recording slightly differently this week, with Chris away in London with Rock Choir while Lisa holds down the fort at home. Somehow, despite being in completely different places, the usual chaos remains remarkably intact.

Also this week:

✈️ Chris nearly misses his flight after getting stuck at Glasgow Airport

👨‍👩‍👦 An AITA involving an absent father, his son and a family business being handed to the son-in-law

💰 The great £47 sibling business empire

🛜 The frankly inspired invention of “Wi-Fi Plus”

😬 Chris clears something up after being called a terrible parent online

🧠 We attempt a game that turns out to be considerably harder than expected

😂 And the usual stories, tangents, disagreements and terrible dad jokes

So, we need your verdict:

👇 If your child made £47 charging their sibling for things around the house, would you let them keep it?

And more importantly…

Genius or scam?

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We’re not in the studio this week. Partly because we’re tired, and partly because last week’s Fringe shenanigans have completely wiped us out. We chat about AI, people vandalising flyers around the Fringe, and the slightly concerning moment when someone accused Chris of actually being AI. We also try to work out why anyone would think that, whether AI is becoming a bit too convincing, and generally have a catch-up about what’s been going on. A slightly more chaotic episode than usual, but that feels appropriate after the week we’ve had. #Podcast #AI #EdinburghFringe #EdFringe #Comedy #PodcastLife #ArtificialIntelligence #Fringe #BehindTheScenes

Does saying “just tell me what to do” actually help—or does it leave one person responsible for managing everything?

This week, a listener asks why she’s always the one who notices when the toothpaste is empty, the PE kit is still in the washing machine, the dog needs wormed or somebody needs new shoes. She doesn’t want another pair of hands—she wants another brain carrying some of the mental load.

That sparks a very honest debate between Chris and Lisa about invisible labour, financial pressure, resentment and why household responsibilities are never as simple as 50/50. Do men and women carry different kinds of pressure? Are we too focused on what our partners haven’t done? And is “just tell me what needs doing” part of the problem?

Also in this episode:

• What happens after Chris’s Fringe run

• Whether Man Up: The Musical could go on tour

• The household jobs that quietly cause resentment

• Why an empty toilet-roll holder can start an argument

• Letting a 12-year-old attend a sleepover when you’ve never met the parents

• The family code word that means “come and get me—no questions asked”

• Scottish adverts we can still remember nearly 30 years later

Whose side are you on? Is “just tell me what to do” a reasonable answer—or does that create even more work? Tell us in the comments.

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