DAS FESTIN' LIVE, JA? - Dinner Plus Drinks #135

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Hey guys.

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Hey, here we are.

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Uh, this is gonna be a little different episode today.

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Because do you know where we are?

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Just fast!

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We are at JASFAS USA! Gotta do that, guys. We're at JazzFast USA and it is hot.

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It is balls sticking hot. I don't know how else to put it. Ladies, I know you've had a lot of things happen. We call it boob sweat. You know, but like this is like, you know, balls sticking to the inside of your thighs.

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That was a weird comparison.

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Well, there's just, you know, this is a man exclusive experience. You know, you always throw the like.

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Hey, we're running into friends as we walk out.

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Oh, Justin from Topsy Turvies over here.

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Um, uh, we are just getting started. The event kicked off about 45 minutes ago. Hey, Justin. Justin, you're live on our podcast. Who are you?

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I'm great. This is Just You know, I'm a little jealous you're in your leader hosens already. Um, wait until tomorrow.

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I mean, we're here all weekend, so these are gonna be sweaty and gross by Sunday, man.

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You do have the signature Hawaiian shirt though, which is appropriate for the weather.

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And this is perfect. We actually have some brats in your beer right now. Oh, yes, that's where I'm headed.

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We have to do it.

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What are we explaining it? Explain it.

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We have bacon grease that we've saved from cooking bacon. And we uh mixed it up with some beach blonde from Topsy Turfe, fried the brats on that, gives it a nice, smoky, rich, malty, crispy outside. Soak it back in that, gives it a lot of flavor. It's so good.

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Plus, we're finding that people are loving the smell of it. They are coming over talking about it.

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Brats, beer smelling together.

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Uh I know, and the bacon grease, let me tell you. I know, man.

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Oh man, I'm sold.

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I know, right? Me too. I'm hungry I'm getting hungry.

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So we actually do want to know, you're here like pouring beer, right? Of course, of course.

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We're right over here uh pouring some of our topsy turvy beer. But uh, yeah, we got the hue, we got the hazy's, but uh there's of course some marsins on, and you know, you can find a good logger around here.

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Well, you're really close to us, so I'd say come get a brat from us and a beer from Justin.

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Where are you guys at?

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Right over there. The blue tents over there. We have the blue tents on the back side of the Wiswell Center if you're local.

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Well, this is like one of my favorite fests of the year. I I I love the bands, I love the food, I love the environment, but there's so much great beer and uh there is.

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And it's hot, so you gotta do it. You know, I'm chugging my water before I get a big one.

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I'm really hoping this year I get to see the dog races again.

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They're over there.

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Last year I got to see the dog races, and then afterwards I got to walk around with all the dogs, and we did a little tour, and it was like the greatest day of my life. I don't know.

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Oh John, you guys smiling ear to ear.

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Alright, well, good to see you. We'll see you soon. We'll see you soon.

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Good to see you.

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There's uh Friends everywhere here. Friends everywhere. Uh what I love about this is there's like this live Glockenspiel thing over here that's not happening. Wait, not right now. Look at the line at Maters. There's a huge line at Maters. Nick, Nick! Uh not locally made bratwurst.

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Do you sense the bitterness, everybody? There's uh there's some nice shaded seating, which is a dream.

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Let's see, what else? What else we got? Also, like it's a German festival. There's a lote over there.

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I mean, I want a lote. I gotta be honest.

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I'm not saying I don't want a lote.

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We're here for three days. I need a mixture of my cuisine because otherwise I'm eating 10 soft pretzels.

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Maybe they're just here for the vendors.

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Well, let's see here. You know what?

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If Chicken Cordon Blue, Super Bowl. It's my Tyler.

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Oh, there is Ruben Rolls. It's Tyler's favorite thing in the world. Maybe we should have cooked Ruben Rolls.

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Maybe we should have cooked Ruben Rolls.

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But we do have uh kettle corn friends here. Always doing it.

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Delicious. Oh, delicious, delicious.

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And the newly painted buildings here at the fairgrounds. Um, I don't know what else to say. They are bright.

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They're very bright. The yellow hurts my eyes just a little bit, but I understand why they did. Yeah, our friend Tessa, who is helping us out this weekend, really appreciate that. Thanks, Tessa. She had the good point that now it's very easy to go to the yellow one.

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You guys, I just got really excited because there are beautiful floral headdress situations for think I'm gonna. No, five. Look, there's five dollar ones. Oh, there are? Can't you imagine Lucy and Simona in those purple ones?

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They will look great.

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They will look you guys, this is so funny. Oh my gosh. I actually want to get some gear. Okay, everybody. Whoa, okay, so the buildings, I don't know if this is new this year, but the buildings all have a ton of things.

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Hi there.

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Um, we are just, what are we talking about here? Oh, what is this?

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Um wax art. Oh, that's beautiful. I'm scared it's gonna melt. I'm sure they have a way for it not to.

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We're doing our podcast as we're walking around. Hi to Tammy, who organized this whole thing. We're running past the booth right now.

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She roast Ooh, drink specials.

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Oh, and inspired coffee is here. Good. That's good to know. I'm on a need to be a little bit.

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Cold brew, three dollars.

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I was like, is there cold coffee? Wait, wait, wait, wait.

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Do you want cold coffee?

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Oh, I already had a cold coffee today, and I feel like I could use ten more. What? I thought that was Oh, look how cool this is. Oh, now if you oh, we have this. Ooh, sorry about that loud noise. That was my water bottle.

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Uh Bridget is chugging water because I know I'm really trying to say hi to it. 7,000. We got this from Disney World for my uh parents as a thank you gift.

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This is really cool. Yeah. So this is what we're referring to because we're doing a bad job explaining it to you. There is a surname history and coat of arms. You can put it on a mug, stein, or print um while you wait.

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Family name history is covered over one million names England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Russia. I think this is great. If you have a walking, well, we can also get a mug, so I want to know is there leech? Because this seems like Tyler would love this.

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This would be a great wedding gift if you have someone coming up. Oh my gosh, I have coming up. It's a lot of names here, guys. Lentz, Lelly, the douch. Oh no, here, leech! Everybody, you can come to this booth and buy me a mug with my last name on it.

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Soon, Virgin's gonna have a million mugs. Uh I love the guy with the German soccer jersey on. This is the kickoff the English Premier League day. Uh Arsenal at the time of recording is up 2-0 in the 86th minute over Crystal Palace, managed by one of our legendary ex-players. Uh thrilling stuff. And I love people that nobody asks. So much that I gave up watching Arsenal. First match of the season, uh, to be here.

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Yes, is that what? That that is, I love my job so much. We are just coming upon the very first best photo app, I would say. The giant word. It has some beautiful floral arrangement around it this year. How nice. And right next to a hammer, Hammerschlagen.

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It reminds me, mmm, smell those donuts.

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Ooh, where ooh, and pierogies? Pierogies. You guys look at all the different food here.

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I really do think it's just pierogi. I do think it's um, you know, plural.

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I'll let them know what you think, Nick.

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Uh I'm sure they care deeply.

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Okay, well, there's donuts and coffee, deep fried cheese curds, pierogi, and fudge.

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Can I buy you a German beer?

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Yeah, sure, a German beer. No, we have to get tokens, remember?

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Well, I have cash, so we can stay in line and get some tokens. Um because this brings me to my next subject. Oh, okay. How much of bullshit is it that it's 2022 and it's still cash-only stuff?

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Oh, you know, I get it from a festival standpoint, okay?

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So we have a square.

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I'm still underprepared always. And how did you know where you're going? Because I don't know where I'm headed here, man.

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I just, I feel like take take the credit card.

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Oh, they moved the ticket book from last year.

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So last year we had a guy uh cook our broads, and he was in a we thought a good location, but he was the bar was to his back. Well, they moved the way the bar is so that it's all open and you can see it. It's a lot smarter side.

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Nick, we don't have our I don't have my ID or anything on me. Uh-oh, guys. Oh, yeah. Do I look under 21? We might have to finish our tour and come back and have a beer.

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Yeah, that's too bad, too bad. They have uh not a lot of German beer. This is one of my problems with beer.

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This is one it says dance! Dance, dance, dance.

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There should be more German beer. Also, it's two tickets per beer.

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Okay, Nick, okay. That's because soda and water's one ticket. And if you have a Stein, it's three. Okay, I'm here for this organization.

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32 ounce beer for four tickets. This seems like very complicated if you're running the register.

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I will say from someone, me, who's had to run an Oktoberfest and who was forced to do the ticketing thing because you know it makes more sense, it is annoying. It's frustrating and annoying to try and figure out.

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Here's another mater's booth.

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I am seeing people has no line. Well, if it was a Lakeshame of Country Meats booth, it would. I am seeing people walk around with a giant um Milwaukee Pretzel Company hot pretzels.

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So good. Remember, you can get any shape number from Milwaukee Pretzel Company to celebrate your next special occasion.

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For a totally reasonable price. Yes. Yes. And I don't know where they are though. I can't see them, but they're not.

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I think they they are supplying maters.

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Oh, yes, they are.

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There's a uh truck here that says Usinger's America's finest sausage, to which I say Nick!

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The bitterness. And then now we're happening upon the whole carnival area, which honestly should go away.

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I agree.

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There is not, in my opinion, I mean, coming from a parent who does not want their kids together.

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It's not, yep.

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Go away. I do love the photo apps. There's another one here of um dancing people, and you can just put your head on there.

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There's loud uh German style music, but it's in English.

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Funnel cakes, lemonade, uh deep fried Oreos. Oh, deep-fried Oreos, though.

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Fresh fried Polish sausage, beer broth slash curry worst. What is this?

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Oh, you're a Mexican food truck.

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More Mexican corn, two places with a lote.

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And babushka's Polish food. They were here last year.

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Babushka's, they were. Also, they have a carbajal furniture truck for it. Oh, also, babushka's has uh pizza.

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Um, well, you know, someone's gotta have it. Okay, we do need to shout out our friends at Knocker Ball. If you have not done it, this is a fun, super affordable um activity for your kids or adults. You get to basically go in a giant blow-up inflatable ball and knock into each other. And the owners are lovely, super kind people.

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That they are. Uh also we are happening upon the little leg races.

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Yes.

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Which is uh not wiener dog races, which you would think wiener dog races, right?

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Maybe that's not politically correct. Do you think we should go stand on the uh podiums?

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I think we would probably crash through.

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I would not. Mr. Mike Mason from 96.1 is over there and he could have. Maybe we should race and have him come.

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Oh, and check out the mister. So our friends have been there. It's way too hot. We're gonna set this up. So once you get out of your inflatable ball, you can run through a mister. Which seems great.

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I think the real reason you ducked the beer is because you have low blood right now.

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Okay, you've been waiting this whole time to call me out, haven't you? No, I just want to acknowledge you because you're a hero, Bridget. Listen, blood donation is a thing that Tyler and I do as regularly as we can.

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Because you're heroes.

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It's important to us. And this most recent time, Tyler gets a little mad because they don't always want his double power red blood because he's not a unique blood type, and I am an A negative. I don't know if that's something you're supposed to tell people. I'm an A negative, and people want my blood red.

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I was like, I don't know, that feels like something how it works.

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So they really want my double power red.

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I'm an O positive.

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Yeah, so is my mother-in-law. I always thought O was really rare, but come to think of it, I don't know anybody with a B blood type.

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I think we're fairly I think we're like fairly not common but prevalent, but our blood also like can go a lot of different ways.

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Yeah, apparently that's what my blood can do.

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Also, we're supposedly like COVID immune.

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Oh yeah, seriously, you must be. Um so yeah, I they talked me into doing the power red this time because it helps.

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Double power red.

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Double whatever the hell it is, where it's a very different experience and um it helps more trauma patients. So I thought, you know what, okay, sure. Somehow as if I'm not sure. I don't know.

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We know Bridget loves Milwaukee and she really wanted to help Milwaukee with her blood donation.

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Yeah, you jerk. Listen, they got me with that. My blood, like, my my iron count was not as historically low as well. I know, I'm gonna do it today if you're gonna be able to do it. So yeah, I made the mark. I thought, okay, well, it's meant to be, but let me tell you what, I'm not doing it again. It fucked me up.

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You look like a ghost.

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Like you looked at it. But holy crap, I wanted to die.

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Oh wait, I can't say this. I'm not supposed to tell you you look tired.

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Yeah, you're not supposed to.

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You look like a hero. That's what you look like.

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And I was like, yeah, I should do this before I'm outside for four days in the 95 degrees. So anyway, I'm just, you know, taking care of my water intake here. I was replenished with a brat soon.

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We're next to a water spaghetti. I was interested in trying that water. I was informed I couldn't. I yelled at him immediately. Get uh some sort of the runs. Yeah.

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I was like, you cannot do this!

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Because water is very expensive here.

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Uh yeah. We smuggled some in, don't tell. I think honestly, this is it's so hot and there's so many vendors, maybe they should just be handing out some water.

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I agree.

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We don't want anyone passing out here, okay?

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Um I did you see the RNC is officially coming to Milwaukee? Just got confirmed.

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Yes. Although, yes, that's exciting news for Milwaukee.

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Great economic impact. I do think the Democratic National Convention screwed up by not coming back as like a make good and like a hey, you guys put a lot of.

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Yeah, that was a mistake.

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Like you put a lot of money and work into this, and it's not your fault that the shutdown happened, and like the RNC kind of still happened in person, and it like still was at a point where they could have done some in-person stuff, and they just did a giant FU into it from all across the country. Yeah. So it's like, okay, so Milwaukee spent $50 million on this, and then you also highlighted Honolulu and Boise Montana, and like they should have come back. That was pretty dumb.

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I am excited for Milwaukee that they get to recoup a little of it. Ooh, and our first sheriff is here. We can't wait for our two outstanding sheriff candidates to walk around toting all of their wonderful insanity.

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This one also is a canine unit, so there might be a dog.

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Maybe they're here for the dog, the little leg races.

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Dude, could you imagine that?

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Like Hey, Visit Lake Geneva is sponsoring this. Uh I think that's just like a festival sponsor.

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Yeah, and uh also Usinger's and uh Dasfest and uh Maters.

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Well, I would say these giant four sponsors is who I was reading.

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Grand Geneva.

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Tribe and Maters, Lake Geneva, Visit Lake Geneva, and Q Ness. Where's our logo? We're not sponsors. I don't know, man. Okay, everybody! We need to finish our circle here back to our.

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Should we go talk to our good friend Mike Mason?

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Oh yeah, let's do it. He's he's live on air, so we might not uh you know.

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He's not on his phone right now. I mean he's on his phone, he's not like talking on his phone, so he's obviously not. When he sees us talking into our phones, he will know we are he's a pro.

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We're gonna have to check out look at those rad color koozies. Mike Mason! He's ignoring us right now, he's very busy. Mike Mason! Oh, there are no dog races today. Hi, Mike! What is this?

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We're recording our podcast live. What is Dotsfest? We are just gonna ask if we want to go on air. Oh, Nick is gonna go on air. Once more, Mike, you are on air with Bridget and Nick. Alright, what are we talking about? We're talking about Doddsfest?

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When we don't have time to record a full one, like today, because we've been living in the year.

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In your fake German gear.

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In our in our polyester German gear.

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Amazon, where'd you get anything?

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Bezos.

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You at least we're not wearing long-sleeve black jackets in 90 degree weather.

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Not no one knows your name. Now we don't know your name.

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I know.

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Um, yeah, we just like to walk around the festival and space.

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Yeah, I wonder what if you guys were on a conference call or something, you gotta live podcast.

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I did ask Nick if he wanted to do a race, uh, like as if we were puppies, but he didn't. Oh, you should.

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I'm no puppy. So anyway, we're just yeah, what is what are you doing here? Uh we are giving away uh prizes. Are they fabulous prizes?

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Maybe doing a little breaking. I'm chugging my way up here.

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They are fabulous.

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Come on, it's your favorite radio station. Of course they are, of course they're fabulous prizes.

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I thought you were always supposed to say we're giving away fabulous prizes because you know there's prizes and there's fabulous prizes.

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Would you like to do a few podcasts?

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Uh do a break when we go on. You should. Yeah, we could do that.

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We're gonna wrap our podcast up here soon because we're just telling the people we don't have as much time as normal this week, so we're gonna wrap up soon so Nick can go on air. There you go. Yeah.

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It's gonna be gonna be great. I know. Gonna be great. Also from Bezos. Shady Rays. Highly recommended. That's my product rack.

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I don't have a product rack. Just bottled water, everybody. Watching your little tent.

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Mike and Tessa.

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We left it! Free rats for everyone.

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Well, y'all, uh, thanks for listening to us. Happy Dasfest.

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Um, stop out at Dasfest if you get a chance. We're gonna put this out a little early. Early, yeah, we're gonna try to get this out early. Um, so step on out. We're here until Sunday evening.

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At 6 30.

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Okay, great. Talk to you later. Bye. Prost. I hope so, and I hope they danced their butts off.

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In your car seat, as you're listening. Thanks, guys. We uh just needed to make the episode a little bit longer, so you know, thanks. Thanks.