This week the conversation starts with a classic rite of passage: the first time you try to shave. Duncan remembers teaching himself with his late father's old razor (with some painful results), while Hayley recalls a disastrous school trend involving shaving eyebrows that left half the class looking permanently surprised.
From there it drifts into the strange rituals of barbers, luxurious hot-towel shaves, Turkish barbers wielding cut-throat razors, and the oddly relaxing intimacy of being pampered in a barber's chair or spa.
Naturally the chat wanders further afield: childhood bath routines, "spit washes" in the street, paper underwear disasters, and the surprising things people will pay for on the internet.
The episode ends with a trip to one of everyone's least favourite places — the dentist — with memories of braces, fillings, childhood dental trauma, and the lingering smell of antiseptic and toothpaste in the waiting room.
Another rambling mix of awkward memories, strange experiences and the small details from growing up that never quite leave you.
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