Childhood – the memories that left you salty

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When you think of your childhood it’s often full of happy memories playing with your friends and siblings. But there are also moments that you hold onto with some disdain. Some of those moments might be insignificant in the greater scheme of things, but they can still stay with you.

A self-tan incident and a childhood nemesis

Lindy has always felt a bit self conscious about something. It goes back to her childhood when she attempted to use self-tan lotion. The problem is that she only used it on her legs. This was the start point of Lindy’s feud with her childhood nemesis Lee.

“The next morning I woke up looking like the love child of Donald Trump and that wooden lady from the Plascon varnish ads”

Childhood hangups from your youth

It seems Lindy isn’t the only one with a childhood nemesis because of an incident. Smile Breakfast listeners called in to tell us about their experiences that gave them a few hangups.

The trauma of a whistle

Bobby had a very particular incident in his that left him without the ability to whistle. And for some reason he’s held onto it for years.

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Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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