Shouldn't Laugh But...Laura Smyth & Carmen Butcher

NO ONE WILL TAKE OUR DRINKS AWAY! Laura and Carmen are fuming about Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary's proposal to limit passengers before their holidays! It's not what this great nation is built on. We LOVE sipping the nectar of our early-morning Wetherspoon's pint and the God-given right to get slightly too pissed before boarding.
Not only has that wound them up, but the pair also tackle the story of a German tourist who won £900 in compensation after repeatedly losing the 6AM sun lounger race on a family holiday - something they'd fight tooth an nail for.
Also Carmen has had the worst day imaginable - from exploding makeup, to tripping over a man's golf bag tripod on the tube and the shame of eating a yogurt in public. Laura on the other hand confesses to the time she opened a packet of prawns on the Northern Line and saw her own soul die in the eyes of two young women.
Plus, they dissect the study that says women need a night out every 22 days, and the important question: why does a McDonald's always let you know you've had a McDonald's?
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Laura and Carmen are absolutely beside themselves as they unpack a story about jet lag, sleeping tablets and a quick trip to the office toilet that turns into a full-blown nightmare.
They also get stuck into a university tale involving a heavy night, a disciplinary meeting and one truly haunting piece of CCTV footage that refuses to stay buried.
Plus, an innocent attempt to help an injured pheasant leads to a car journey that goes very, very differently to plan.
From sleep-deprived disasters to bird-related chaos, it’s another gloriously unfiltered episode packed with moments you really shouldn’t laugh at… but absolutely will.
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Laura and Carmen are obsessed with Maura Higgins declaring she doesn’t need a man - sparking a conversation about single life, social pressure and why being on your own is infinitely better than being in the wrong relationship.
Also, the pair dive into the strange horror of getting older but somehow feeling 11 again, from mysterious BO and sweaty school-chair shame to the emotional rollercoaster of realising Claire’s Accessories might actually be disappearing from the high street.
Meanwhile, Laura opens up about her daughter Bonnie growing up too fast after a traumatising shopping trip into the world of Bershka, Stradivarius and suspiciously grown-up tween fashion.
Plus, there’s bank holiday chat, a passionate defence of caravan holidays, and the important question of why Rachel Reeves seems to love a caravan break while everyone else panics she’s about to make them more expensive.
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Laura and Carmen are absolutely losing it over the kind of chaotic real-life moments that sound made up but somehow aren’t- starting with a man who risked it all (and his licence) for a hot Chinese take-away!
Plus they dive into a jaw-dropping birth story involving flooded roads, a speeding car and a baby who simply could not wait. Laura shares her own surreal labour moment featuring an unexpected celebrity cameo that has to be heard to be believed.
If that wasn’t enough, listener Tanya transports the pair to a Japanese spa experience gone spectacularly wrong, involving full nudity, a panic-stricken button press… and an entire room of strangers watching it unfold in horror.
From takeaway desperation to naked humiliation, it’s another gloriously unfiltered episode packed with moments you really shouldn’t laugh at… but absolutely will.
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Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh
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Laura and Carmen dive straight into rumours of behind-the-scenes fallouts, from the alleged One Direction feud between Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik to the explosive TV drama on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, All Stars.
They also get into some unexpected celebrity pairings taking centre stage. Some make perfect sense (hello Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner!?), while others feel like they were generated by AI. Naturally, the Kardashian universe makes an appearance, because when don’t they?
Plus, Laura and Carmen react to shocking headlines coming out of the White House dinner, with an unhinged take on the attempted Trump assassination they genuinely can’t stop thinking about.
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Laura - @thatlaurasmyth
Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh
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