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Is it wrong that I am a tiny bit turned on seeing Buckula in full rage flow? I don't think so. I imagine I'm amongst similar sufferers here.

You wacky guys. You make me laugh. Even though you were obviously ready to scoot off somewhere for the day and someone said 'oi, you wanted to do this blog thing, stand there and flippin' do something funny for it' and the only thing you could think of was looking through your wallets, I still laughed.

WHY does this give me such a thrill?
I know the entire team are so very busy but I'd love to think we might get a little gem like this on a regular basis.

I just love you silly people. It's pure and simple adoration. Take it or leave it. Mwah.

Adam, your wallet is a disgrace. Even I a mere member of Jonny Public have a more interesting wallet contents than you, including (but not limited to) a receipt for a ticket to feed a baby tiger and my Chinese horoscope for this year. Shape up.

.......in case I didn't make myself clear, I can't decide who wins a battle. Joe has more special show-off things but that means Adam is lovelier and more approachable. I will not decide, I will not choose.

Clearly Adam is the winner. Although Joe certainly has the more impressive total of material goods, one has to wonder if he fills his wallet with such swanky-looking ephemera to mask the fact that he does not have a wife whose measurements and photograph he can carry in their stead? Adam's wallet is filled with the simplicities of a life fulfilled, whereas Joe's speaks to me only of the complexities of trying to seek happiness through a vexing and hopeless myriad of credit-card-sized clubs and memberships that will ultimately leave him feeling only hollow and incomplete.
The Blue Oyster Cult reference, however, was fantastic, and shows there could still be hope for him yet...

Right now my boss is wearing the same top as Joe Cornface.
It's so exciting that I think I am going to puke out all my lunch
on my own face.

Adam wins.

Wonderful.

The next Text the Nation subject perhaps? "What moderately impressive things have listeners got in their wallets?"

Hmm.

I know who the winner of battle of the wallets is.
US!

Sorry Joe, but Adam is clearly the winner of the battle of the wallets, as he has the wallet of a normal man, and not that of a jammy git.

Mr Buckles wins for having the better imagination so that he can turn an ordinary receipt into a personal message from Will Smith.

The winner is clearly Adam, for keeping it real.

You guys are nuts! Joe is clearly the winner. You are all just jealous of his swanky, jet-setting lifestyle.

What a guy! He is clearly the best person in the Multiverse!

(Hey Joe, now that I've mindlessly defended you, how about getting me into the 1st class lounge?)

I find this difficult. I feel like perhaps Joe was showing off a bit too much with his fancy-pants WGA card and his first-class lounge gold card. Adam's anger and sad face as he showed his Nectar made me feel a teeny bit sorry for him.

So I'm voting for Joe.

That said, you are both hilarious, and I love watching your faces when you talk. Wait. That sounded weird. Sorry.

Adam and Joe blog

@LordOBoogie not weird at all. I've been getting off on watching their faces all afternoon.
@Blogosaurus brill idea.
@CreepyFan amen to that (or any non-denominational word of concurrence)
@whokilledculture you make a very strong case which is happily blown to pieces by the silly faces Joe pulls in recognition of the hollowness. I mean, that In The Loop ticket? HOW many weeks has it been languishing in there? Nice little tidy up, Joe and be cool about your stuff. You'll win the girls back in no time. Humility is a huge pulling tool (to add to your set)

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As a lady-person i was so impressed by Joe's $1 that he wins, hands down :)

Oh, Adam definitely wins, for being more down-to-earth and, like someone else mentioned, seeming to be more approachable.

Man, that reeked of mild annoyance and afterthought, but nice all the same guys. We fans appreciate you taking the time to stand in front of cardboard and cheer us up.

Can I also say that I am thrilled by the fact that the guys look nowhere near as good as their official photos, and that in real life they look at least as rough as I do most days at work. I'm on a par age-wise with the lads, and was annoyed that they looked fresh-faced and handsome in their logo. Now we know the truth I feel magnitudes better.

@mushroomguru me too!

More of your idiotic faces please x

I vote that Dr Buckles wins. Joe, being a member of the Writers Guild of America is not so cool. They were the ones who went on strike and ruined many a U.S. TV show last year. I hope you're proud of yourself!

Dr Sexy wins hands down on 'The Battle of the Wallets'. I do give Dr Buckles points for having his wifes sizes in his wallet though. I did notice that Dr Buckles was not wearing his wedding ring...I hope his wife did not see the Blog as she is already upset about the disgusting habits mishap!!!!! Is Battle of the Wallets like battle of the Planets!!!! Is Dr Buckles the difficult Jason character...

Adam clearly wins, he has his Nectar card!

you can spend them like money in Argos - i bought a PS3 with mine :)

I enjoyed the fact that Adam is so protective of his ka-trillion Nectar points that he covered up his card number in case someone would want to rob him of his free toaster / Rod Stewart Greatest Hits CD / swingball set.

DAMMIT!

Adam wins.
Anyone who pays approximately £18.70 for salmon salad obviously doesn't need to advertise his flashiness-ness, in fact, he even tried to disguise the true nature of the receipt as some sort of invite from Will Smith.
Very impressive.

Please get Adam a chair to stand on!

Mr Joe Cornish obviously wins hands down in the battle of the wallets but surely Mr Adam Buxton comes a close second with all those nectar points and his wife's intimate measurements for the purchase of clothing etc. By the way Adam be really careful when buying your good lady wife clothing sometimes what we might like they don't always, just a word of warning,try and do some more travelling surely it can't be that difficult to get one of those frequent flier gold cards that Joe was flashing around.Get yourself off to the bureau de change and get a nice $100 bill to tuck in there that will make Joe's $1 bill look a bit pathetic anyway bye for now will write some more nonsense soon

Joe's wallet is better, but I have the best wallet ever. It contains one hundred billion dollars. Ah, the joys of hyperinflation in an oppressive dictatorship.

Was Adam standing in a hole?

Adam so wins, representing for the average mans wallet, Joe looks like he just joins things for the wallet props.

The two humans in the video should stop interfering and let the wallets sort it out by themselves!

@amazingmollusc I love you. I feel a YouTube project coming on.

@burntime with all those points Adam has, he's probably in negotiations to buy the Norwich Argos Superstore.

OT but does anyone remember the acronym thing for Norwich? Was it Nickers Off Ready When I Come Home?

Come on people it's obvious that Joe wins because his is the wallet i would most like to steal.

It doesn't matter what's inside the wallets. What brands are they? Then we'll know.

#but which one is the best?...its Joe# Joe won sorry Adam

That truly was quality and value for money. Just not our money.

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Fantastic stuff from A&J, Joe was the clear winner.

Which one is the best? It's Joe!!!! ha ha

Bring back Gaijin Invasion

I carry a dollar but I have never been to America and it was given to me by my girlfriend.

I'm not sure what that proves.

I too have american money in my wallet 3 dollar bills! Take that Cornball and some Thai money. 320 baht to be exact! Girls like the exotic money as well. A sainsbury kid voucher, a bus card, a family railcard that i've used once, a stack of milkshake cards with stamps that i was to late to cash in for a free t-shirt. Why do i still keep them?
You may have the classer contents Joe but for the sheer genius of Adam's keeping of his lady's measurements in his wallet - well i was blown away.
Adam was de vinner!

@robotwarlord It proves you have a girlfriend and a dollar bill.

I think I'm changing my vote to Adam. Adam needs a little love. Plus, maybe he'll buy me something with his Nectar points.

@LordOBoogie Indeed. I thought she may have found me more attractive as a result of the dollar but a quick survey left me disappointed.

Hmmmm.... decisions, decisions. Buckles is clearly the winner even though the contents of his wallet is a teeny bit dull. Joe is just way too smug about the gold flying club card... oooh but the dollar bill is genius though so maybe it's Joe... oooh but then Buckles has all those nectar points. Buckles. Definitely Buckles.

Great podcast this week, guys!
As I'm sure you both know, the theme tune from Button Moon was also written by Holst... Uh huh!

I loved the Points of View theme tune so much this week, I made a mix of it with accompanying A&Jness. Hear, here:

Adam wins. That's a real wallet there, Dokk-Torr Bucks. Joe's wallet is so obviously dressed for occasions such as these? It's a self conscious wallet. A wallet that hides more than it reveals. A wallet that probably plays badminton with Tara Sarah Clara Tompkinface. For lunch.

Whose idea was it for Battle of the Wallet ay? One guess... The Joe Co. Yheah.

V funny BTW! :D

Adam should show the back of his ´óÏó´«Ã½ pass to the folks over at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three. They need to sort out the crapola they broadcast.

P.s Joe should check the expiry date on his free dvd stamp card thingie... I discovered mine was out of date last week :( So I paid to rent 'He's just not that into you' AND 'bride wars'. I didn't even want to see them I just wanted to force a guy to watch them because I was mad at him.

But I only watched half of the first film, then had adult cuddles... there's £5 I'll never get back.

@TommyReckless Absolutely brilliant

I dont use a Wallet at the moment...but if I did own one I hope I'd fill it with useless bric-a-brac.

Im surprised neither of you had a donor card! :O I imagine lots of people could use your brains for something...Id extract your genius.

Dr Sexy is clearly the winner here demonstrating that a mans wallet is more than just a vehicle to carry around the things men need in day to day life. A good wallet should contain mementos of the past which can be readily brought out to show off to people around you. I personally carry a winning pictionary drawing which won my team the game in a pub over a year ago.
Does anyone else carry achievements around in their wallets?

I love the little Adam and Joe men. One issue I've got about this blog in general though is that each time the page refreshes or loads to a different page, a horrifying picture of Steve Lammacqcqeses is staring me right in the face.

It has got to the point now where I am afraid to click to another blog post or refresh the page because I will see it. Each time I do I imagine Steve sayying 'NO!' extremely loudly right into my face hole.

Try it yourself, it's quite something.

Candy.

Joe Wins. I want to see a video of you both operating the tiny teeny weeny adam and joe cardboard men featured in Joe's blog post.

I am becoming obsessed with them.

Actually I've always been obsessed with tiny things. I once bought 2 half litre cartons of orange juice simply because they were cuter than the litre version.

Sad times.

Candy.

Writer's Guild of America, eh? I went and did a bit of interneting to discover that Joe's worked on the flipping TINTIN script? Holy blimey. Is that why he has the card?

Oh I forgot... I once bought a boyfriend a replica of the wallet from pulp fiction. You know the bad mother cuddler one.

I thought it was cool, but I'm pretty sure he felt like an idiot and only used it because I bought him it.

Joe wins. I love Blue Oyster Cult.

@TommyReckless thanks so much for that. I have made three aborted attempts to describe that part of the show to friends (non-believers) but collapsed into gasping giggles before making any sense.
@Bobskoo I reckon that's one of the reasons :D
@Candaroo you've heard about Dr Buckles tiny magazine episode, haven't you? You're in good company.
Have you noticed that tiny versions of things are often not actually for sale and therefore necessitate theft?

I have mementos in my wallet. It makes up for the lack of cash. I have an Oyster card just like Joe's! How cool is that?
:P

clearly a win for torpedo commander joe- shape up buckulees! even i have at least one interesting thing in my wallet ( my glasto ticket) and while its good to be all thoughtful and considerate, does a list of your wife's sizes get you into the first class lounge? no!

Buckles anger is a little bit saucy... Makes me laugh my ruddy head off!

Oh and I've got two free chicken vouchers for Nando's in my wallet.

Adam must win due to his sexy rage.

In my wallet (purse) I have a very unconvincing fake ID that I used before I turned 18 and a voucher for free cereal that expired two months ago.

The winner is definitely Adam, on account of him being so sad and disappointed-looking as Joe pulls out all his wallet-bling. And does Joe have a Nectar card? No!

In my wallet I have (aside from too much coinage) a pair of earrings, an Oyster card that I got in 2004 on a trip to London (I live in Australia so it's no use to me now but I keep it anyway, to look cosmopolitan and that), and some supermarket petrol vouchers that have expired.

Adam, you look KNACKERED! Get some sleep! (btw your ´óÏó´«Ã½ pass seems to have a picture of a very hungover, rumpled version of you on it...)

Joe, you're making him look like a midget, take notes from Tom Cruise's other half and hunch down a teensy bit so poor little Adam isn't left feeling bad.

Yeah, Joe wins hands down. Though he loses points for smarminess.
x

Adam probably carries about £200 around with him daily in his nectar card - that's what will come in handy.

AND Adam if you're reading this I HAVE to tell you that your nectar points WILL NOT EXPIRE. The lasy who told you that is silly and probably should be fired from Sainsbury's. I asked my manager and he said no. I also met a man yesterday while working and he had been collecting points for about 5 years - and they are all still on. The only way they will 'go' or disappear is if you card remains inactive for a while (I'll confirm later how long that 'while' actually is). So basically please don't mindlessly spend your nectar points on something futile - someone bought a T.V. with them once!

In my opinion, though Joe's wallet was full of lovely suprises, I was won over by the romance of Adam having his wife's measurements written down...

Then there was the reicept stating he'd spend £20 on salmon salad. For Salmon salad! What kind of salmon was that?

Joe wins on default.

Salmon and Pepsi...Adam knows how to live!

When Joe stares at the screen in a come hither manner when mentioning America and Hollywood, he reminds me of Nigella Lawson. Scary ... Joe that is not Nigella, who is lovely.

Regards the wallet stuff this just goes to show the difference between married and single guys. Joe can still do all the stuff he did or wanted to do when he was in his early twenties, and that is reflected by his wallet contents. Adam is too busy with the realities of family life to worry about impressing the ladies with his wallet. Still I would like a gold flyers card.

Isn't it strange how Adam and Joe have swapped beard wearing rights? With Adam clean shaven Joe has turned into Shaggy.

heya
could you start a game cos "where's wallet"

where you hide your wallets in a large public area, take a picture of it and we have to find it online?

it would wile away minutes at a time

- ronanfromcork

@Got2BeDown I wish you hadn't said that. We'll NEVER have a Nectar party now!
@mjbutler because others have remarked on this, I think it was a spur of the moment linguistic short-cut Joe took. I suspect Adam tendered a £20 note to pay for the food & that was what Joe's eye's zoomed in on from that lofty height.
@apreynolds Joe has been with Annabel for a long, long time. I think it might be the parenthood thing that makes Adam more solid and practical.

Is there a point when the number of times you've watched this vid becomes TOO many?

I keep a dollar bill to use as a bookmark. This proves to ladies that I can read, and am well travelled. Works EVERY time!*

*Except when they are more impressed by things like looks, personality, clothes or athletic build.

Wow, Dr. Buckles looks more and more like his Dad every day

@geoffjein sweetheart, you're missing the big one - can you make 'em laugh?

Bucules! Any man who has a picture of his wife and her measurements in his wallet wins, no matter what. He obviously doesn't need all that other fluff to impress other women the way Joe does because he is married to a goddess. As an American women, I can assure you there is nothing very impressive about ONE one dollar bill in your wallet, anyway. That wouldn't buy you a donkey ride to a lead-to when you got here, would it now? Still love you, Cornballs!
Holley in Tampa

Hahaha, lovely! I'm a bit disappointed with Buckles wallet though, where are all the rockstar stuff?
But a must admit that nectar points are quite hardcore.

I recently found a Seaworld San Diego ticket in my wallet...if that's not cool, then i don't know what is! =D Also...my Castle pass doesn't have all those cool rules like adam. I was most disappointed! I've tried use it to get into the studios also, but it doesn't work!

I have a ritz (now Blockbuster) video rental card from the early 90's. It's about 20 years old, I can't bear to throw it away. Also an embarrassing pink Virgin credit card. I chose pink because it would stop me from using it and you know what it works, I have only used it in extreme emergencies.

The winner is Joe!
I'm very sorry Adam, but Joe was not using such offensive language such as "idiothole". Nice job. You completely ruined any chance of becoming a member of the WGA/E. You IDIOTHOLE!!!!

Adam I could pretty much speak along with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ core values, ive listened to that part of that podcast (13th sept08) so many times its my favourite bit EVER :D wooohooo