Welcome To Patchwork
Welcome To Patchwork
Welcome to Patchwork is a Melbourne comedy podcast that thinks too hard about the monotony of life. Christian Pisasale, Dion Factor and Joshua Porter debate the obvious, challenge social conventions and improvise sketches, more concerned with the crumbs than the cookie. Have you ever wondered whether it's acceptable to bring food to someone's house and take it home if nobody ate it? Then you're in…Social links:
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What Do You Do When You Don't Know The Words?
Is a concert something you receive, or something you give? Dion has turned down tickets on the basis of the crowd alone, which raises the question of whether the people around you are part of the experience or an obstacle to it. Christian thinks a room singing together is the whole point. Josh thin…
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Patch #164 - Do You Confidently Sing Along To Songs?
How long can you refrain from opening a package delivered to your house? Josh managed several hours and a car trip, which Dion considers admirable restraint and Christian considers a moment that stopped being a moment about a decade ago. Is there any wonder left in a parcel arriving at your door, o…
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When Do You Become Middle-Aged?
Would you pay a single lump sum for a lifetime of something, or has the subscription model quietly ruined our ability to value anything at all? Christian has a figure in mind. Dion thinks it's too high. Somewhere in there is a question about whether a lifetime membership is a promise or a Ponzi sch…
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Patch #163 - Do People Think You Look Your Age?
Do people think you look your age? Christian's been forced to find out the hard way after a shaving mishap wipes out an entire winter's worth of beard growth in one accidental swipe - and the office small talk that followed was brutal. Does more hair genuinely buy you a few extra years of guessing …
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Would You Pay Someone to Do a Job You Could Do?
Josh spends an afternoon dismantling his girlfriend's bathroom sink after the plug refuses to pop back up - a full DIY education via YouTube video and trial and error. What's the actual limit of your patience when a job you don't understand keeps getting worse the longer you're in it? And is there …
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Patch #162 - Are You Obliged To Visit A Friend's New Home?
Would you eat a piece of gum that's been rattling loose in your pocket for a week? Dion has strong feelings on the matter, plus a backstory involving bulk-buying half a kilo of gum pellets to avoid the little plastic tubs. There's a genuine attempt to establish exactly where the hygiene line sits a…
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How Much Water Do You Need For A Cup Of Tea?
It's Bonus Patch time. Josh's mum spots Elle Macpherson at dinner in North Queensland and reports back that she was eating Vita Wheats with cheese. We piece together what this means, how tall Elle actually is, and whether the age of the supermodel is behind us. Then Dion pours Christian three-quar…
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Patch #161 - Do You Deserve Credit For Organising A Group Gift?
Josh admits he doesn't know his grandfather's name. Doesn't know when he was born, doesn't know where he lived. Is that fair enough, or is it something he should know? More clear-cut is Josh never computing that his parents had grandparents. Then Josh gets thanked for a birthday gift he had absol…
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Should A Phlebotomist Warn You Before Shaving Your Chest?
Josh went in for a routine pathology test and came out lightly shaved. Nobody warned him. The boys try to work out whether a phlebotomist should ask before taking a razor to your chest, whether this is a chance to nuke the whole thing, and whether chest hair actually grows back thicker. Then someh…
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Patch #160 - Do You Trust a Warning Sign?
Are you a rule follower, or is a warning sign more of a suggestion? Josh finds himself stuck behind a temporary fence on a coastal walk while everyone in front of him just strolls straight past it - is that healthy scepticism of authority, or something else entirely? Is a road sign a genuine safety…
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