Laura and Carmen are back and absolutely flying, fuelled by cold weather holidays, points chaos and the kind of tech anxiety that makes your palms sweat before you have even opened the laptop.

There is festive drama too, as matching Christmas pyjamas spiral out of hand, and the girls debate whether parenting twenty somethings is basically inviting them to things they have no intention of turning up to.

Carmen unveils a brand new reason to visit Amsterdam which sends them into a full meltdown about bikes, brain freeze and imaginary medicated ice cream. Naturally.

Plus, the buttheads deliver a belter consisting of a toddler, two separate trips to A and E and one very determined piece of fuzzy felt. Parenting at its finest.

The girls also dive into the wild world of live streamed births, discuss what should probably remain private and accidentally create a new moral category: Should not do.

It is unhinged, warm and absolutely ridiculous. Exactly what you are here for.

Get involved in the show, BUT HEAD! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at lauraandcarmen@global.com. You can also DM them on Instagram: @shouldntlaughpod.

Shouldn’t Laugh But… with Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher is a Global Player Original Podcast. You can listen, watch and subscribe to the podcast now on Global Player, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod

Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday on Global Player and YouTube.

Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

In this episode of “Shouldn’t Laugh But…”, Laura is convinced her husband Ali might secretly be a psychopath-because who chooses to wear jeans indoors? And if that wasn’t enough, she's lost all respect for herself after forgetting her keys.

Carmen, meanwhile, brings an embarrassing potluck confession to the table and reveals the moment she dated a man whose dad boldly declared, “IF A PLANE IS FALLING, YOU BETTER HOPE THE PILOT IS A MAN.” Ahh mate.

Plus! A woman buys herself a full-blown dating billboard to announce she’s single, and another proudly watches Ratatouille every night-totally normal behaviour and definitely not concerning at all.

Expect chaos, oversharing, and the kind of stories that make you say, “We really shouldn’t laugh… but we will.”

Get involved in the show, BUT HEAD! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at lauraandcarmen@global.com. You can also DM them on Instagram: @shouldntlaughpod.

Shouldn’t Laugh But… with Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher is a Global Player Original Podcast. You can listen, watch and subscribe to the podcast now on Global Player, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod

Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday on Global Player and YouTube.

Bonus Episodes are available every Friday

Laura’s turned up to the record looking full Ferris Bueller - sunglasses, cool attitude, the lot - except there are no days off when it comes to this podcast.

She and Carmen are currently knee-deep in DIY, attempting to plaster walls and it's pretty funny.

Plus, a listener writes in after finding herself laughing uncontrollably at willies, which somehow sends the girls into a deep dive on the most Essex compliment ever: “You’ve got a fit womb.” Now that’s poetry.

And in classic Shouldn’t Laugh style, Laura and Carmen confidently confuse Duo Lingo with Dua Lipa. Same thing, right?

It’s all happening this week!

Get involved in the show, BUT HEAD! Email Laura and Carmen your Shouldn’t Laugh But... moments at lauraandcarmen@global.com. You can also DM them on Instagram: @shouldntlaughpod.

Shouldn’t Laugh But… with Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher is a Global Player Original Podcast. You can listen, watch and subscribe to the podcast now on Global Player, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow Shouldn’t Laugh But on all social platforms: @shouldntlaughpod

Laura - @thatlaurasmyth Carmen - @carmenshouldntlaugh

Listen to Main Episodes every Wednesday, and Watch Main Episodes every Thursday on Global Player and YouTube.

Bonus Episodes are available every Friday