one Christmas on hearing I wasn't going to get the present I wanted I tried to drown myself
protest
tell us the story well I wasn't going to get the present I wanted which was what did you want
this Spice Girls debut album spice
that's so weird because I did get it and I did try and drown myself
the great album
how old are you then I was like 10 or 11. right so you wanted the album no he really really wanted it
stop right now
so you wanted the album yes I really really wanted okay
is
I wanted the Spice Girls album spice and so did my sister we've both been pestering our parents
a lot for the album my father decided he had to tell us before Christmas who
was going to get the album or not because it didn't want an upset on Christmas Day
and so he waited until we were in a safe space with the local swimming pool
Emily swim yeah a lovely Christmasy thing to do a lot of people do a lot of swimming
in a run-up to Christmas because it was another of the seven swans of swimming yeah
we were swimming and then my dad called a family meeting
shallow end shallow end yeah oh you're not treading water during a family meeting [Applause]
said right it's a week until Christmas and I'm just gonna let you know the roof is
getting the Spice Girls album ridiculous [Music] exactly well where were you then
the timer looks like I overreacted
but take us through this reaction paint a picture
of how our young James reacted it was like a storm came over me
it's very angry and then I turned and I walked to the other end of The Shadow end I did a width yeah
underway but it's very hard
Wade through the water you have to say every now and again I'm really close
went to the other end and I turned around so they could see my face and I just sat down slowly
oh it's under the water I went well I was thinking this
I guess I'll even stay here until one of two things happens
either I get the Spice Girls debut album spice I'm gonna die which happened well what happened
what happened was I came back up again and I saw that not only were
they not they were just carried on swimming
but it's under the water now and my dad he went problem solved but they carried on to me
you think you're naughty I just don't think his dad would do that I think
he'd buy two albums I'm unaware that you knew my father Noddy
what do you think about the two albums buying issue well
apparent I just would have thought that just quietly like going off
to HMV to buy an album is it easier than taking the whole family for a group swim
Ming I'll say lie you think that you both think it's a lie I'm gonna say lie
okay James were you telling us the truth or was it a lie I was telling the truth
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