Noon Sun in the South - Dinner Plus Drinks #143

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Welcome everybody. I'd like to start this episode with a quote. Oh, great. I wrote this quote down earlier today. I am so tired and I need to carbload.

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Oh, geez, who said that?

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Bridget. That's me. I have things. Well, I don't have I hope you carb loaded. I not enough.

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I'll tell you that.

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But I have things to deal with the tiredness. I'm very excited for this. It is New Year's Eve at Lake Geneva Country Meets as we record. And I'm ready. Are you ready? Nope.

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Y'all ready for this? Oh, always a good tune from Nick, guys. So, alright. So when I We don't give you real music anymore, just Nick tunes. Yeah, okay. Take that away from the microphone. I make that noise anymore. I'm so nervous about this. Tall skinny cans look like freaking hard seltzer, man. That better not be hard seltzer. Is this some kind of alcoholic coffee? No.

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Listen to me, I'm so nervous. So I have been targeted at Target by these Alani energy drinks. Oh my god. Constantly. And I want to try them. Because look at them. They're targeted towards 90 kids. It looks like a freaky 1998 Taco Ball. Those are targeted towards women.

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Well, you're a woman. Look at those, Nick. Yeah, but energy drinks just make me think my heart's gonna explode.

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I know, so this is why I'm so excited to try them with you.

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Wait, do they have alcohol in them? No, there's no alcohol.

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We have alcohol later. We'll discuss the alcohol reason. So first, I have energy drinks for you because, in your words, I am so tired.

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I am really tired. I did not sleep enough.

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So this is Alani Energy. We have blue slush, which is one of my favorite cut flavors. That just feels like a weird icy. Yes. We have breeze berry. What the fuck is Breezeberry? Watermelon wave and cosmic stardust. I think we start with watermelon wave.

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I think all of these are gonna be repulsive.

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I'm so excited to do this with you, Bridget.

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I just the cans do look like a 90s taco. Don't they? Thank you. I remember when the Taco Bell in Lake Geneva opened and like it was a big deal. I remember my mom shaking us like it was freaking Christmas.

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This is watermelon. Oh, this is delicious. Oh, so it's pretty good, actually.

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Is my heart gonna explode? I literally like drinking a Red Bull makes me think I'm going to have a heart.

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As someone that drinks a significant amount of Red Bull every day, no. I know it won't.

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But I already had coffee today.

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So here's my um this is delicious.

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It's very sweet. Also, it needs to be cold, which they are, so good job.

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There's only 10 calories and six grams of carbs.

SPEAKER_00 2:56

It gives me a little is there sugar?

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There's neosin? No. So there's zero sugars. There's uh 110% of your neosin, 110% of your V B6, 110% of your B12.

SPEAKER_00 3:06

Oh. This sounds like a hangover cure, actually. It does actually. It gives me a little bit of that, like I'm not gonna make the noise in this microphone, like kind of like thickness in my mouth because it's kind of sweet. It is. This is breeze berry? Really, what is a breeze berry? I don't know. What's a schnazzberry, okay?

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Yeah, a made-up thing from a Willy Wonka movie. Um this one's cloudier. Yeah, it's oh, this has got like a lemon ice type of situation to it.

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It's also really pretty.

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Oh my gosh, these are great.

SPEAKER_00 3:40

I might be leaving Red Bull. This is oh I mean, these taste significantly better than a Red Bull.

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I love Red Bull.

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Oh, Red Bull. Well hi.

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So my my Red Bull story, the Lake Geneva bowling alley had significantly underpriced Red Bull vodkas forever. Oh like they did uh it was like $3 a drink for a Red Bull vodka. And we went there on a family thing once. I was like, I need to drink alcohol to deal with my family. I don't know if you have a similar situation.

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Never.

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Um that's it, period. And uh so I have to, I don't have a great family like you do. Uh and so I have to usually drink a lot of alcohol to deal with my family. So I maybe had three Red Bull vodkas over like a volume. No, I'm fine. I can deal all these things. I know it's an upper or a downer. It's it's not I know.

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I throw up every time I drink vodka.

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My grandma caught on to what I was doing.

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Like drinking alcohol?

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Uh no, the vodka Red Bull situation. And she started crying and gave me a big hug and said, Nicholas, I need you to promise you'll never do this again because I saw 60 minutes on this, and you can't pair it upper to down, or people die all the time.

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I'm like, I mean, she's not wrong. Yeah, vodka Red Bull. The only two times I remember drinking it in my life, I remember one of them ending up throwing up in an alley. It was somewhere around summerfest time, and I was very young. I mean, legal, but young. So no Red Bull, not my fave. Oh boy. Oh my god.

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This, you guys. This one is blue slush, and it literally looks like it is bright blue. The melted slushies.

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Slushy, blue slushie. It looks like if you're from Wisconsin, the slushies at Quick Trip. The blue slushie.

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I'm so excited for this.

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Or blue, you.

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Oh, it smells just like it. How does it have that like melted ice flavor?

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These do all have the perfect, like fake 90s kid flavors that are so good. Delicious. Oh, this tastes exactly like a blue slushie. I mean these home with me for Tyler. They're so good. They're so good. I just assume every Red Bull or every energy drink tastes like Red Bull, which tastes like poison in the cup to me.

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Monster tastes like poison.

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Well, I think it tastes like Red Bull. Blueberry Red Bull, I like with vodka.

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The regular one is like so much sugar. The sugar-free one, I think, is the better one.

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This is delicious.

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There's no sugar in this. No, there's no sugar. There's 200 milligrams of caffeine.

SPEAKER_00 6:05

Oh shit. They're all giving me like the viscous sound that's gross, but like I don't know how to describe. I feel like I could just like water it down a little.

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I use the phrase masticate. Early Ronchies mentioned. Oh, I almost spit my blue slushy all over. Ron Chi's product recommendation. Here we go. Bonus product recommendation. Ron Chies has uh a look at this one.

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Oh my god, this one's purple. Holy shit, it's like neon purple.

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This one is cosmic stardust. Uh Ron Cheese. I I only had a small Red Bull today in preparation for this. Ron Cheese a pumpkin spice lot. Oh, I didn't want to warn you because when you said the coffee, I was almost like, oh, I shouldn't be able to do it.

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Bridget, don't drink copious amounts of coffee. Your heart is gonna explode.

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You'll be fine. You'll be fine. You'll be fine. I got a doubter to foul up with this. Okay, great. Uh uh latte uh alpine cheese. I love you guys, but so I uh Carrie, intrepid uh manager down there, hooked me up with a sample.

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How was it?

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Simona said, I don't like this. This is a bad one, Daddy. And spit it out.

SPEAKER_00 7:14

Well, I mean, two-year-olds and pumpkin. That's it.

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I made sure to share that feedback with Mr. Ron.

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Did you try it?

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I did. Oh. Um, and it was not super aggressive. It was the cinnamon part of it that I think gets like abused on a lot of the pumpkin spice stuff. Yeah, was not over the top. And up front is like, I mean, I don't like I don't hate it, I don't like it. But then when I started masticating it, which is the only way I can use to like only what does that mean? Like chewed. Like when you get kind of that like what a burr a baby uh mommy bird would give to babybird. Regurgitated food? Yeah. Like when you have it masticated, like where you move it back to your molars, like you take your first bite up front, then you move it back to your molars, and then like you continue to chew so you can swallow it.

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Yeah, that's gross.

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Yeah. Anyway, it was like good because all the flavors kind of like combined nicely at that point. Because like the cheese got in a good consistency. Anyway, uh, I'm all for it, Ron. Good work. The alpines that you're doing are just like bomb.

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This one tastes like melted cotton candy.

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I'm giving this one to Elliot.

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Oh my god. Yeah. Doesn't it taste? That's all. Yes, that's exactly what it tastes like. Like, I don't know how else to say it. Wet cotton candy. Oh, wait, what flavor is this? Like, what is this called?

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Stasberry, no. Waterberry Cosmic Stardust. This one has like an evolution on like the palate, too.

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This is 100% cotton candy. This is delicious. I feel like how much is like is this a variety pack?

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$249 per can.

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Per can? Do they not come in a pack? That's I don't know.

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I gotta look at it.

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$249 per can? Yes. I guess that is cheaper.

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Red Bulls are like $2.99, yeah?

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You guys.

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I gotta figure out who sells this. I gotta buy. I don't know. I think there were more, but these are the ones that spoke to me.

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I feel like we need to get all of them.

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It's a target end cap.

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It worked. Okay, wait. I need to Google. What is the brand? I can't see it. Alani. A-L-A-N-I. That's a weird okay. Alani energy drink.

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Well, look at it though. Look at it. Look at it.

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Like Yeah, it looks pretty. Oh, there's a um something with a pink lips, like dripping pink lips. It looks like strawberry, maybe. Oh, you can buy cases of it. Wow, you guys. I'm just a berry pop, which I bet is probably delicious. Oh, I bet that is delicious. Oh, you guys, I am distracted. Whoa, they have coffee. Alani has oh my god, Nick, there's like a hundred flavors. Cherry slush. No, thank you. Um, Hawaiian shaved ice. Mimosa, there's a mimosa one. Tropsicle. Oh, that sounds delicious. Trippy hippie.

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Um I'm all here.

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I'm here for Fruit Blast and Rocket Pop. It's a bomb pop one. We have a bomb pop one? And Dream Float, which has got to be an orange or creamsicle, wow. Oh my god! Wow, okay, you guys. I am we are, I got nothing else to say. We are losing our cool over here.

SPEAKER_02 10:15

So I do feel like making fun of boomers for putting carpeting over and linoleum over beautiful hardwood floors is worth it. And like they have their, you know, buying stupid old toys for way too much money thing. This I might buy. This, like I get it. Us millennials, our 90s kids things of like, no, we want our 90s kids stuff. But we're not like spending 10 grand. We're like, hey, if you can make an energy drink that costs less than Red Bull that tastes like our childhood, we'll buy it.

SPEAKER_00 10:44

And it's only $2.50 per bottle. Okay, delish. Happy New Year. But also, is it too early to wish happy other things? Happy birthday, Sarah! Happy birthday! I just had to, you know, do that with the champs because I I know she'd appreciate it, right?

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I think so.

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So when we say New Year's Eve, to clarify everybody, it's fiscal New Year, it's the end of the fiscal year. In case you were wondering why we were wishing you happy New Year's Eve in what will be October when you're listening to this.

SPEAKER_02 11:16

Friends, people who've listened for a long time, I think you're aware New Year's Eve is a special day in my life. It's New Year's Eve. Get very soapy, very I'm soppy. I get very introspective about what did we do well, what can we do better. Uh, you know, Mike McCarthy had some ridiculous things. His back of coach was Mike McCarthy. Clean it up. Oh, yeah, not not not. That's one of the reasons I call him Michael, I think, to like separate him from yes.

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My brother-in-law is also Mike McCarthy.

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Um, much skinnier, much more handsome, and hasn't got kicked out of his kids' sporting events for yelling at referees. Not yet. There's still time. Anyway, um I get like introspective and I love it. And it's like, I feel like uh the movie Elizabeth Town, uh, there's like a great quote about like the solemn melancholy of the road, and like it's very irishing. Like soak in like the melancholy and like enjoy it, embrace it, and get better from it. Um, so yeah, I just love New Year's Eve because it's a great way to be like, hey, these are the successes from last year. Here's the things that sucked, but you know what? Cheers.

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We're all getting better.

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And we're gonna be better next year. It's gonna be a bright, beautiful tomorrow. So anyway, I take the opportunity to celebrate twice because why not? Why celebrate once when you could celebrate twice?

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I think we have lots of things to celebrate. Happy New Year! Happy New Year. Look at us. Uh, we'll still be here in the new year, don't worry. Hope so. Would you miss us if we were gone? What if I put cotton candy beverage into this?

SPEAKER_02 12:49

I better be good. So, this is some bomb ass American sparkly wine. This is not actual real champagne. It's priced similarly. Really? Yeah. Why? Well, because it's vintage 2015 Santa Lucia Highlands Brute Cuvée from Karacholi, which is probably in the top. No, it's definitely in the top five. Yeah, we sell this.

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I feel like it'd be great in a mimosa, too. No, I know, I'm sorry. It's expensive. Sparkling wine. Don't judge me. I'm hiding behind my computer. I'm sorry, you just gave me four glasses of like what tasted like pure melted sugar, and now you're having me, having me have a delicious sparkling wine. It's a good day to be you. I'm um distracted by this Alani. It's called like I just went on LinkedIn to follow them. It's called Alani Nutrition. Do you know how I know? Would you call this nutrition?

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Do you know how I know you're an adult? That I went on LinkedIn. I know you watch Instagram stories or TikTok. Oh wait, no, you're not, you're not an adult.

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So actually, the reason I went on here.

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You're now a 22-year-old, like spamming people on LinkedIn. Wanna hire me, bro? Wanna hire me, bro? Hi, bro.

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The reason I went on is my cousin, well, Tyler's cousin, so whatever that, you know, she is a marketing manager at a sparkling water company that I like can't think of the name. And I was like, oh my God, is it this? And it was it's some like trippy word, like Alani. No, she she does it at Nixie. So that's why I went on LinkedIn to look at her job. Today, that's all. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 14:23

I'm interested in all of sparkling water. Tell me more about this. I mean, I don't know. I've never had the brand she's talking about, but I'm telling you. She sponsor podcast?

SPEAKER_00 14:31

I don't think so, but you know, I could ask her. She is their digital marketing ring.

SPEAKER_02 14:36

There's no real conflict of interest.

SPEAKER_00 14:38

She is also a twin.

SPEAKER_02 14:39

Um, I know. I was listening to my book about uh the United States Army in North Africa in World War II, and one of the quotes was from a twin. Well, you know, when men turn 35, they have to choose one of two things to get into barbecue or World War II. I chose both because I'm extra. Anyway, and I've been into both for a long time. So screw you, meme. I'm screw you. Screw you. My older brother-in-law did the like when he turned 35. I was like, I'm choosing to barbecue. I'm like, don't be a meme. This is all very funny. Anyway, um we lose track of all the things. Oh, yeah. So anyway, he uh there's a quote from a guy that said, I knew when my twin died, and I was just glad I knew he was dead and didn't have to worry about him anymore. I was like, What? I almost like called you was like, Richard, do you think you'd know if Shannon was dead?

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I do think I would know, if you're curious. I am now following all the sparkling water companies on LinkedIn. Okay, I'm closing it down. I'm distracted. Anyway, um, more about 90s kid things. Yeah, more about 90s kids. We talked about the Happy Meals. Didn't we talk about that last week? We did. We did. Um apparently someone posted instead of like I'm very excited about the Halloween buckets coming back, but they are coming out with um Oh, Ron just texted me.

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He's listening to last week's podcast. And he literally said, long time to get to Henningfield mention funny podcast. Actually, no, he said podcast funny. Podcast funny.

SPEAKER_00 16:03

Um okay, so McDonald's is now releasing Happy Meals. I don't know why I'm all in on McDonald's news, but clearly I'm getting targeted. Um, you get, and these are available, guys, as you listen on Sunday release date. They are available Monday, October 3rd. And you get either a hamburgler. Oh, that's disgusting looking. What is that? What do you think it is? I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 16:29

Nick is showing me a picture of like what looks like weird packaged meat. Uh, it's alpine cheese soaked in Dow wine.

SPEAKER_00 16:37

Oh, gross.

SPEAKER_02 16:38

It looks like a brain. It looks disgusting.

SPEAKER_00 16:40

Um, okay, please listen to my McDonald's. Um, so I don't know the names of these, but the vintage, like old school um characters. Do you remember? Like hamburger.

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Hamburger, the purple goblin thing, and two others.

SPEAKER_00 16:54

So they're releasing Happy Meals with all four of those figurines in it. So that's a what?

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Hold up.

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Hoa, hold up. I want. Yeah, well, they are released on Monday, October 3rd. The first day, it it's a cactus plant flea market box? I don't know what that means. Anyway, they're targeted at adults and they're meant to get us 90 kids 90s kids back into Grimace, hamburger, birdie, and uh and the fourth is a little yellow guy sporting a McDonald's shirt called Cactus Buddy. I've not heard of it.

SPEAKER_02 17:27

Oh no, I know that guy, yeah. Uh Grimace is a good one. I would love a grimace.

SPEAKER_00 17:32

So there you go. You can go get yourself a fun little happy meal again. What else is going on? How else was your week? Uh, I have a new office. It's pretty bomb, guys.

SPEAKER_02 17:43

I'm really excited about this. Uh speaking of fiscal years, we had we had a good year. Um we had a just shit year last year. Uh I don't think this is I think I've been pretty public about this. Uh, so I don't care. Uh things, stuff, challenging year, all the things. Uh so this year, instead of giving myself a bonus, as we traditionally do, uh as owners of the company, if we have financial success, which feels like something you should talk about. I'm like, no, we're in business. We want to make money. If we make money, we pay ourselves more. Oh, I mean, I do think it's weird if I'm being honest. Like, it is weird, but like, shouldn't we just be like, no, like, if we make more money, we make more money. I don't know what to tell you, bro. I don't know. Anyway, uh, so I would traditionally get a bonus for like the fact that I did a good job and made more money. Okay. Instead, I put it into a $1,300 standing desk. I thought it was way more than that, if I'm being um honest. It was on sale. It's 72 inches by 72 inches L desk, fully motorized, up down. It's insane, you guys.

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It's insane.

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I'm five days in and it is incredible. It has changed my life for the better. I feel more energy, or maybe it's just all the lani. Uh, my back doesn't hurt so much. Ugh, I love it. I'm very excited. I've had like seven very good meetings with people, just like instead of yeah, like stand up, like, hey, what's up? We both like lean on a table and like look each other in the eye face to face and have a discussion.

SPEAKER_00 19:16

Weird. It's great.

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Instead of like sitting in a cramped, horrible closet of my old office.

SPEAKER_00 19:22

Yes. What if someone wants to sit when meeting with you?

SPEAKER_02 19:25

So I'm uh I gotta figure out the chair situation. Uh I sent you a picture. I have uh uh this was a great idea from my my beautiful wife, happy birthday, Sarah. Uh she suggested putting some like bar height tables in the one corner. So I put those in there. So there's a little like L-shaped uh table situation where people can sit there and I'll have I think probably rolling chairs is what I'm gonna have to do because it'll have the stools back there, so I'll need to have rolling chairs. Yeah. So we could sit too. Roll them out of the way. Yep. If needs to be roll, or maybe like folding chairs to be like, I don't really want you here this long. Well because it's just gonna be like vendors.

SPEAKER_00 20:02

Oh, what about me? I meet with you for a long time sometimes.

SPEAKER_02 20:06

What about me? Well, okay, so you, because you're right, you are the use case where I see a meeting with you, like we have an hour and a half, two and a half hour, three hour meetings. Yeah. We should not sit in one place for that long. No, so if I have like a lancet. Yes. So I feel like you'd be like, it's good we have a stool, a chair, and a standing situation so we can cycle through.

SPEAKER_00 20:26

But like a folding chair, no thanks.

SPEAKER_02 20:28

Yeah, it'll make us stand better. It'll make our posture better.

SPEAKER_00 20:31

Okay, noted. When I have a comment.

SPEAKER_02 20:33

We're in the 90s kids, we're getting old.

SPEAKER_00 20:35

When I gotta come and meet with Nick, I'm standing for four hours.

SPEAKER_02 20:38

No, no, no, no. There'll be a chair, a folding moderately comfortable chair. And then I have a mat on the floor I'm gonna get. I'm gonna get a yoga mat, and then we could like sit crisscross applesauce.

SPEAKER_00 20:49

Get one of the soft mats.

SPEAKER_02 20:50

I have the standing mats. I have that. Yeah, I just $30 on Amazon.

SPEAKER_00 20:56

I got one, I think, at Aldi for like $12, and I wish I would have bought 10 of them and put them everywhere. Yeah, you should have bought all of them. I know. I was like, oh my God. Um Sarah, oh gosh. Nick is choking.

SPEAKER_02 21:08

Sarah asked me if I'd get like this stuff for my office. I'm like, good idea, but no.

SPEAKER_00 21:13

No, I don't think you need that.

SPEAKER_02 21:15

No, I agree. But it was a good idea.

SPEAKER_00 21:16

It was a good idea. Don't worry. He's got a whole wall of art planned.

SPEAKER_02 21:22

Stay tuned. Stay tuned. Uh I just love so much. Um I do it. We hashtag do it for her.

SPEAKER_00 21:33

Do it for her. Uh, I would be remiss to not announce the death of Coolio. Uh R.I.P. Gangsta.

SPEAKER_02 21:40

R.I.P., I love all these. So I saw Reddit has some great Coolio content right now. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 21:46

Has anyone made a joke about like it not being a fantastic voyage? Because I've been like really trying to come up with one about like, ooh, your fantastic voyage was cut short, but none of it hits right.

SPEAKER_02 21:56

None of it hits right.

SPEAKER_00 21:57

I know. There's if Reddit had it, I thought maybe this video.

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Of evidently, like in 2002, he played at college and the kids like got there and like, hey man, why don't you come back to our dorm and chill? He's like, I so he went back to their dorm, cooked them dinner. Shut up. Yep, cooked them dinner. Evidently, Coolio could cook. And then this kid, like the stereotypical, like, I brought my guitar to school. I need some weed in my guitar. I knew a couple chords. Uh so did they not know who he was? Oh, yeah, they knew who he was. So they Coolio like said, All right, I'll do the acoustic version of Gangster Paradise. And like the kids like playing, he's like, and Coolio's like, nah, not like that, like this. And then like telling him, like, speed up, slow down, and made like everybody do the ah, and they're like, ha ha ha ha ha. He's like, no, sing. Do ah, and so he's like, uh, I'll find it. And so he's doing, you know, like the verses, and then he makes them sing the chorus, and so they're like, been most I love, live it, and he's like jamming out. You you all could see, you all can see it.

SPEAKER_00 23:00

Um, Gangster's Paradise is maybe the first song that I realized I could proudly sing every word to.

SPEAKER_02 23:08

My problem is I start singing Amish Paradise every single.

SPEAKER_00 23:11

I uh I'm out of that.

SPEAKER_02 23:12

I was in it for a long time, but as I walked through the valley where I harvest my grain, I took a look at my wife and I realized she quite played because that's okay. I remember turning butter. Oh my god. I used to love it. I gotta go see the Weirdo movie.

SPEAKER_00 23:28

There's a movie?

SPEAKER_02 23:29

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:29

Oh, and most my life living in this um in your spare. I remember some line about churning butter in that song. Oh, yeah, there's yeah. Anyway, Rob R.I.P. man. The first place I saw it was an hour after it got published, and after like the all the press releases.

SPEAKER_02 23:46

Yeah, you blew up my phone about like I want to know how he died.

SPEAKER_00 23:49

Bro, I blew up my sister's phone the night before because she's two hours earlier, and I found out at like close to midnight because Macklemore, also located in Seattle where my sister is, um, he posted about it. He said, like, you know, RIP um Coolio on his stories and he shared a video of the two of them together, which like legends. Um, and yeah, so anyway, I text Britney about it because I knew she'd appreciate it and she might not be asleep, where the rest of the world was probably the rest of my strength group.

SPEAKER_02 24:13

Wish you would have like blown up my phone. I I have the like sleep mode thing on. So but I would have been like, oh shit.

SPEAKER_00 24:19

I text people at weird hours, and then I'm like, listen, it's your fault if you don't have do not disturb on these days.

SPEAKER_02 24:24

That's true. One of my favorite like stages in life was the like I might be up at two in the morning, and maybe your friends that have kids around this age to like send you a text at two in the morning. Because at that point, you're right. Like, if you don't have donut, so if you're up, you actually are so happy to get that text from someone.

SPEAKER_00 24:41

I will never forget my friend Robin, who did that when I had a kid, when I had Elliot, and I was like breastfeeding at four in the morning, and she had a similarly aged kid, and I would just like get up groggy, crabby, and I'd have like an awesome text waiting, even if she wasn't up, or sometimes she was, and we could like text back and forth for the 20 minutes, and it was so nice. So I tried to do that for my friends that had kids underneath me. Anyway, okay, R.I.P. Coolio. I think we can talk about maybe in our food section, we'll talk about this next riveting food trend.

SPEAKER_02 25:10

All right, so I this is a little bit of a it's blowing up my phone. Mandela Barnes. Oh, shocker. Uh okay. So my news story, uh Yeah, you have could you could you read that? I have legit some bad sweary words. So I'm not gonna re I'm not gonna have a news story, I'm gonna read this thing from Reddit. And it's called I Have a Different Thing I Wanted To Do For a While for After the Break. So I'm gonna read this now. Okay. And R slash Milwaukee. People who left Milwaukee for a better life, why did you leave and how it's been?

SPEAKER_00 25:44

That's me crying.

SPEAKER_02 25:45

My favorite one, the best one right now. I mean dot dot dot. I'm in the path of a hurricane, so you could say it's going well. I mean, you're dumb for moving to Florida. I agree.

SPEAKER_00 25:58

I hate Florida.

SPEAKER_02 25:59

Lived in Milwaukee from 99 to 22 and moved to Fort Lauderdale because we wanted a bigger city with warm weather, you're round beaches and better sailing. While we got all those things, I miss a lot.

SPEAKER_00 26:08

Food, pay, health care, parks, people, cost of living. Cost of liv- Oh yeah, Florida. Well, that's some of those things surprised me actually.

SPEAKER_02 26:19

I left for a girl in 2015. We're married and had our first kid six weeks six weeks ago, so that's great. However, I live in Brooklyn. I'm happy here, but it's the person rather than place. I miss Milwaukee, and I don't think it's for anything other than the fact that Milwaukee's just a lot more fun than Brooklyn. Oh what?

unknown 26:35

I left.

SPEAKER_02 26:36

Left because I have job I had no job prospects in 2016. Kind of on you, bro. Now I'm working on moving back because I could transfer to Milwaukee with my current company, and I'm so, so, so tired of paying my out my eyeballs to rent in a soulless city with terrible food. Wait, does it say where he lives? So the top comment after that, like reply is soulless is either Dallas, Phoenix, Denver, or Charlotte, which is my point.

SPEAKER_00 27:00

Seattle people.

SPEAKER_02 27:00

Dude says it's Denver. And it's this huge thing of people shit talking Denver.

SPEAKER_00 27:05

Really?

SPEAKER_02 27:05

Where they're like, it was cool in the 90s when you could just like go ski or whatever whenever you want. Now it's everybody move here to ski whenever you want, and the line is two hours.

SPEAKER_00 27:13

Well, and I feel like Denver has no originality because everyone from Denver is a transplant. Yep. Everyone. So, like, yeah, Denver. Great, beautiful.

SPEAKER_02 27:22

I love to LA because I'm trying to get a job in Hollywood. People keep asking me to take my clothes off. I don't like that. That didn't happen in Milwaukee.

SPEAKER_00 27:29

Yeah, sure didn't, did it? This is funny.

SPEAKER_02 27:34

LA, and it's fine. I love the weather and think it's hilarious that Milwaukee complains about traffic, which is why I will I hate LA. Like I hate it. Yeah. Uh so many places. There's no green space, and I'm the only one here that's really here to work. Milwaukee needs jobs badly. Not just crappy ones, but industrial manufacturing where people can build a life even if they don't have a degree. And I disagree with that so deeply. I was like there are so many manufacturing jobs available. Shut up and work.

SPEAKER_00 27:57

I I think that perhaps that was that from years ago or something.

SPEAKER_02 28:00

No, this is from right now.

SPEAKER_00 28:01

Oh, I just I expect that.

SPEAKER_02 28:03

There are so many industrial jobs available right now. Like the only one you knew knows Capco.

SPEAKER_00 28:08

Yeah. Like, let's start at Capco. Oh, you guys. Also so nice. I had a they were a client of mine, Capco, at one point, and very nice person. Yes, every interaction. Yes. So lovely. There's so many, and they throw great employee parties. This is what I yeah.

SPEAKER_02 28:21

This is I I saw I drove past Dursey on Wednesday and almost took a picture. Because it was like at night and the sign was like beautiful with the accent over the better be beautiful.

SPEAKER_00 28:29

And I was like, Bridget, do you remember this place? I used to work there, everybody.

SPEAKER_02 28:34

Um and I was like trying to take, and Mitch was like, Durce, what's that about Durce?

SPEAKER_00 28:39

It's Dursey, everybody.

SPEAKER_02 28:41

And then I tried to, I'm like, no, I'm not even gonna explore this.

SPEAKER_00 28:43

Yeah, yeah, don't. But like I know someone that used to work there.

SPEAKER_02 28:46

The northwest side of Milwaukee is a shithole on the level of the Moss Isley space sport. But Wretched Hive and Scum and Villainy. And it's like, hey, everybody there that's doing drugs and shooting everybody else and saying that the government needs to help you. You clearly want this lifestyle. Cheap land. Like you clearly want this lifestyle. Anyway. Oh dear. You know, you know. Uh move to DC. Hate the weather and the culture. Every single conversation revolves around what do you do, slash who do you know? Meaning, can you help my career? And if you're not, you can't, I don't want to talk to you. Lived overseas for a while, enjoyed it, but difficult to find a long-term career in my field over there. Moved to Seattle, really loved it, but it's also impossible to buy a house or raise a family there.

SPEAKER_01 29:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 29:31

Also, I'm very compassionate towards people experiencing homelessness, but the city seemed to literally not care at all about open heroin training slash usage and human excrement all over, which got very tiring. Moved back to Monkey. City has tons of issues, as we all know, but I feel happy here. I like the weather. The people are authentic and mostly kind. It's unbelievably affordable. I live like a king.

SPEAKER_00 29:50

It's so funny. We do, I do have a friend that's lived in a lot of places, including New York City and Seattle. And he's like, people in Seattle are just so mean. And like he lives in Chicago now. The people in Seattle are just like not friendly. I don't, you know, and whatever. And yes, man, lots of homelessness.

SPEAKER_02 30:06

I moved out to Washington State. Miss a lot of the more middle of the road people, nice pace of life, aspects of Midwest and Milwaukee. But damn, the mountains and the beautiful nature. Dot dot dot dot. I'm living my best life out here. Smiley face emoji. Oh boy. My favorite one. It's shit! What's shit? I'm coming back soon. Moving away from Milwaukee. This one I think is funny. I left so that I could raise a family that will experience true diversity. I mean, Milwaukee's pretty diverse. The segregation in Milwaukee is tough to parent through. I get that. But also, like the way they do schools is you have a true. In addition to racial segregation, I experienced two different societies, those that went to college and work in an office and those that didn't. I now have lived in Las Vegas for more than a decade. My neighborhood is diverse and my kids get to grow up with classmates from all corners of the world. As for friends, I'm exposed to people who have taken a variety of career paths that makes for great conversations.

SPEAKER_00 31:05

This guy is just like I'm like You have this choice in Milwaukee, is the thing. My kids' daycare had every ethnicity in it, and you can choose then where you send in the school. If you're sending them to a private school in Shorewood, that's on you, man.

SPEAKER_02 31:18

Also, like, yeah, there are two different Americas. For sure. Go to college, not go to college. Like, that's not just Milwaukee. I'm gonna end with one last one for you. Because I feel like this is inspirational for you.

SPEAKER_00 31:31

It's just making me sad, Nick.

SPEAKER_02 31:33

Left MKE in 2012 for a job in Seattle. Love the area, can't stand the phony ass people.

SPEAKER_00 31:38

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 31:38

Brittany. Stop it. Sorry, just kidding, Brittany. We love you. Moved from Washington to New York for another job in 2016. Love the real ass people. Move back to MKE during lockdown. Also, I just love that it's like MKE.

SPEAKER_00 31:51

And everyone knows.

SPEAKER_02 31:52

Yep. Move back to MKE during lockdown, and I'm here working for the same NY company. It's kind of awesome.

SPEAKER_00 31:58

Oh, these people are such bros.

SPEAKER_02 32:01

Anyway.

SPEAKER_00 32:02

Um It's nice to feel that most people love Milwaukee in that article. I mean, it's a targeted article to get people to love Milwaukee, but. Oh, it's a Reddit thread. Or whatever article, Reddit thread.

SPEAKER_02 32:13

The next one's about this person's transgender and left and misses things, but it's it's Oh, that's heavy.

SPEAKER_00 32:20

It's very heavy. Reddit, man. Okay, I'm here to tell you. I don't think I've talked about this, but this has been weirdly exciting for literally no reason to me. Um, do you know there's a twins festival in a place called Twinsburg, Ohio? Wait, what? I know. I forget what it is. Does Shannon know about this? She does because we've joked about going. We've never gone, but like, wouldn't it be cool? But I'm not here to tell you about that.

SPEAKER_02 32:43

What was we did some call with someone recently that they like asked to say something about you? Like, I'm a twin. I'm a twin. I always do that. I love like three truths and a lie. Yeah, when you know Bridget. I'm a twin. You're in a situation where Bridges meet some people, like, oh, tell me. You're like, oh, I'm a twin. You're like, oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 32:59

What else are you supposed to say? Like, I like purple. I like purple purple.

SPEAKER_02 33:04

I have a twin and I like coffee.

SPEAKER_00 33:07

Yeah, it used to be like I played volleyball. I like, I don't know. I hate that shit. That's like, okay, just tell me about yourself. I'm like, okay, well, here are some things about me.

SPEAKER_02 33:15

I mean, if I was related to Shitton, I'd brag about that too.

SPEAKER_00 33:18

See. Um, okay. The twin, and she's awesome. Back to my really important news about twins. I don't know if you've been targeted with this, but Gucci did a twins fashion show. They surprised everybody, and they did, it was during Milan Fashion Week. Um, and so this was like a week, a little over a week ago. And it was, they called it Gucci Twinsburg, which is hilarious because Twinsburg, Ohio is like the kitschiest thing in the world. And then Gucci, luxury brand, is doing so. They're whole runway show with identical twins. And it is bomb, and I don't know why they didn't call me to model in it.

SPEAKER_02 33:52

Because you guys aren't identical to us.

SPEAKER_00 33:53

Also, yeah, we don't look anything alike. These people look identical. It's awesome, isn't it?

SPEAKER_02 33:58

Well, why don't we do so? There was Honky Tonk Fest in downtown Lake Geneva recently.

SPEAKER_00 34:02

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_02 34:03

Um it was huge. Huge, huge. It was as huge as a Donald Trump Make America Great Again, again rally. Uh still, still. Uh maybe we should have Twins Fest in Lake Geneva. And Bro, no. No.

SPEAKER_00 34:18

Actually, I know a lot of twins. Why don't we do it in Lions, Wisconsin? Perfect. In that park. There'll be 15 of us. 16, probably an even number. Okay, can I read you this quote? It's hilarious. Yes. It's not hilarious. It's just so like luxury fashion brand. Here's what they say about the twins fashion show. It's exactly the impossibility of the perfectly identical that nourishes the magic of twins. Twinsburg. I know, I just was dying. Twinsburg plays this game, producing a tension in the relationship between original and copy. As if by magic, clothes duplicate. They seem to lose their sense of singularity. The effect is alienating and ambiguous, almost a rift in the idea of identity. And then the revelation. And honestly, as trippy as that person sounds, um, who's who is the creative director? I should give the person it's Alessandro Michel. Um, but is a they they did this like as a nod to the town in Ohio. Like they did Twinsburg, they named it after the stupid festival. It's just so funny to me that Gucci took this like kitschy Ohio town and named a fashion show after it.

SPEAKER_02 35:38

I'm gonna go and try and find Shannon somehow before this episode releases and she listens to it. Because I just want to be like, hey Shannon. You know, I was thinking about this. And the thing with twins is you produce a tension. A tension in the world between the original and the copy. As if by magic you two duplicate, you seem to lose your sense of singularity. She'll be like it's alienating and ambiguous, almost a rift in the idea of identity and then revelation. Boom. The same people emanate different qualities on seemingly identical souls.

SPEAKER_00 36:12

It's so funny. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 36:14

Shannon would probably punch me in the face.

SPEAKER_00 36:15

She would be like face. But it's it's very true, actually. Because Shannon and I, like, we go through phases of looking alike, but at one of our most looking alike moments, she would put on this like style of dress, like a rap dress. They always look fucking terrible on me. And they like made Shannon look like a size zero. And you know, I'm like, how do I look 27 pounds heavier and you look like 10 pounds? You know, whatever.

SPEAKER_02 36:38

It's it's the singularity of revelation, reminiscing qualities.

SPEAKER_00 36:43

It's that, it's that. Anyway, it's awesome, and it made me feel the closest I'm ever gonna get to Gucci in my life. So I have you seen the movie, by the way.

SPEAKER_02 36:52

No, I want to because I'm a big uh fan of Gaga.

SPEAKER_00 36:56

Um, you know, Gaga's good. She's it's it's like trippy and weird, but it's good. So there you go. That's our breaking news for you guys. I I always thought it'd be fun to have twin daughters. Oh no, I think my parents tried so hard. I wouldn't want, I wouldn't recommend it.

SPEAKER_02 37:10

See, if I was if I was your parents, I've named you Kate and Shannon duplicate.

SPEAKER_00 37:14

Oh my gosh. Moving on. We'll be right back. Okay, we're back. Whoa. Nick has far more energy than these like um liquid sugar drinks have not kicked in yet to me. Um I would say we, well, I don't know if Nick struggled with a product. I struggled coming up with a product because literally all I'm doing is shopping for home products right now.

SPEAKER_02 37:50

I want to talk about my office and my desk, and I want to talk about my water pick.

SPEAKER_00 37:53

I was like, can you guess, Bridget? Ha ha ha. Yes, water pick. Um, I all I'm doing, I like go in my Amazon cart. Oh, all I'm looking at is freaking tile for my shower, bathroom flooring, wood flooring for upstairs, pendant lights, dining room chandelier, all fucking home products. So I have nothing to say except that I discovered a really awesome wholesale place that sells things from Target at 50%. So I found some counter height stools at a 50% deal. I'm very hesitant to announce where this place is because I do not want you to go there. The it's in Burlington.

SPEAKER_02 38:28

Wayfair thing is driving me insane.

SPEAKER_00 38:30

Wayfair is not cheap anymore.

SPEAKER_02 38:32

No, it's not, and it is so hit or miss if the stuff so I bought stools for down here actually that I finally got to like putting it together because I hate that stuff. Yeah, and they didn't ship things right, and it's like you can't get your money back, you can't like and it's just like very clear, and I took too long to do it, everything, but um it used to be a really good deal, and it's it's basically AliExpress without because it's um Wayfair, all modern, and there's one other one, and they're all the same.

SPEAKER_00 39:00

I know because I stocked the bed that we have, I stocked it forever and it was out of stock, whatever. Long story short, I learned they're all the same, so they're all just like labeled under something different and they price things differently.

SPEAKER_02 39:11

I don't like it. They do not stand behind the products at all. Their filtering on their website sucks.

SPEAKER_00 39:18

Yeah, it does.

SPEAKER_02 39:19

Uh everything sucks.

SPEAKER_00 39:20

Everything sucks. Uh that's my first not product recommendation.

SPEAKER_02 39:23

No specific product except home things. I have a not food that I liked. Oh, yeah, we're doing great this week. Um, but I would like to tell you about my standing desk that uh I enjoyed. Uh so I'm gonna give you guys a little bit of advice. So mine was uh a significant chunk of change, but that's because it's now one, and I was like, I can spend the money, I can just do this right and increase my productivity. I view it as an investment in myself.

SPEAKER_00 39:48

This is self-care.

SPEAKER_02 39:50

So, uh boundaries. Anyway, if you work from home, if you work from anywhere, if you have an employer that supports you more than like Team of the Country Meat supports its employees. Stop. Uh get yourself a standing desk. Here's what I'm gonna tell you there's a lot of companies that are about the same. Um the one that everybody knows that the New York Times wire cutter recommends all the time. I looked at it a lot, but there's I bought mine from a place called Foley. And basically, there's a lot of ones that are really good and they're basically the same. And find whoever has a sale because they all like do competing sales, so find wherever you can get it from the cheapest one. Foley, I like uh it's nice, it's great quality. I don't feel like I'm gonna die. Great, but it's so I'm five days in, so I know early days. I did not recommend my water pick this early because I wanted to wait.

SPEAKER_00 40:41

How long did you wait? I thought it was like a week.

SPEAKER_02 40:43

Three weeks. Because I want to see my dentist. So I could like report back, you know, like dentist says.

SPEAKER_00 40:49

Dentist says my teeth are doing great.

SPEAKER_02 40:51

I mean, Laura was all in on it right away, but you know, she's not my dentist. She is a dentist. Oh god, but she's not my dentist. It's like I am a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. So do not take this as advice. So please don't. Anyway, I gotta tell you, five days in, I got more energy. It's not just the Alani.

SPEAKER_00 41:09

I'm not feeling this enthusiastic about things right now because I just am drowning in overwhelm. I'm just so overwhelmed. Fucking home renovation. Be right back. Where the um, this is already scaring me.

SPEAKER_02 41:35

I'm very excited about this. I see the skills test. So I've been trying to figure out how to do this because uh it's a little timely with Florida being wiped off the face of the earth. What we have for you today is an ultimate survival skills quiz. I will die. So it's uh many questions. It's on how stuffworks.com. Okay. And we'll see how many you get right. Okay, I can't wait. So, first question what's the single most important thing you need to survive in the wild? Food, water, or warmth? Water. You're correct! Yay! The human body needs a minimum of two quarts, 1.9 liters, of water per day for good health. One day without water is cause for serious concern. And three days without water will lead to almost certain death.

SPEAKER_00 42:25

I mean, so will have hypothermia. So does that account for the fact they might live in Wisconsin? Okay, go on, sorry.

SPEAKER_02 42:33

If you're looking for insects to eat, which ones should you avoid? Big ones, bright ones, or ugly ones. Well, this feels like it's not something I would know. Bright ones. Correct. It's the most logical one. Although most insects are edible, a good rule of thumb is to steer clear of brightly colored ones as well as those that are hairy or pungent.

SPEAKER_00 42:53

Oh, you know what would teach me wrong? Lion King. They eat all the bright ones. You're right, you're right. And I take all of my best advice. A warthog. I'm also never gonna eat an insect or a lion. No, I'm not.

SPEAKER_02 43:08

It's a good idea to build your shelter near what? Cliffs, dry riverbeds, or a water source.

SPEAKER_00 43:16

A water source?

SPEAKER_02 43:17

Also correct. Staying near a source of water is a good idea when building a shelter. You should avoid natural hazards like cliffs and dry riverbeds.

SPEAKER_00 43:27

Why dry riverbeds?

SPEAKER_02 43:28

Oh, because in case the water comes back.

SPEAKER_00 43:31

I was like, in case the water comes back. But that's a lot of water.

SPEAKER_02 43:38

Insect larvae contain a lot of protein. Where are the best places to find these insect eggs? Moist areas under rocks attached to the insect animal droppings.

SPEAKER_00 43:48

I just want to throw up moist areas under rocks.

SPEAKER_02 43:52

You're correct! Look at me, I'm gonna survive great. Insect eggs can be found in a moist area under rocks and inside rotten tree logs or stuff.

SPEAKER_00 44:00

You guys this just like makes me want to throw up talking about it. I will die in the wilderness. Well, not according to this, because you're four out of four good right now. I just know the answer. It doesn't mean I'm gonna do it.

SPEAKER_02 44:12

Why should you try to avoid sleeping directly on the ground? To avoid bugs, to eliminate the risk of contracting disease, or to keep from losing body heat.

SPEAKER_00 44:22

Body heat.

unknown 44:23

Body heat.

SPEAKER_00 44:24

Although all of those things sound accurate.

SPEAKER_02 44:26

Sleeping on the ground can lead to loss of body heat. You'll retain more warmth by piling grass or pine needles on the ground to sleep on.

SPEAKER_00 44:33

Oh, great. So cozy. Pine needles? Who doesn't want to sleep on needles?

SPEAKER_02 44:39

Me. Gross. What type of food or beverages should you avoid in cases of hypothermia? Hot chocolate? Trail mix? Caffeine.

SPEAKER_00 44:52

Caffeine.

SPEAKER_02 44:54

Correct! Thought of sweet liquids such as hot chocolate will give the body energy to produce heat. Proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, such as trail mix, can stimulate the metabolism. Caffeine is not good because it actually draws body heat to the extremities and away from the core. Okay. Is that why my toes are so hot right now? Because of all the Elena energy. I don't know. My toes aren't hot.

SPEAKER_00 45:16

My toes aren't hot. I do feel energetic energized suddenly. Okay, go on.

SPEAKER_02 45:23

Why should you melt snow or ice before eating it? To avoid cutting your mouth on sharp ice. To avoid brain freeze. No. Yes. Or to avoid dehydration.

SPEAKER_00 45:39

Uh I don't know the answer to this. To avoid dehydration?

SPEAKER_02 45:46

That's correct. I don't get it. Eating frozen snow and ice will reduce your core body temperature and lead to dehydration. Whoa. But if you melt it, it's gonna be better? Evidently. You know, that's one thing they say if you're dieting, is that you should drink super cold water because it takes more calories for your body to burn. Yeah. Yeah. Because you gotta heat it back up.

SPEAKER_00 46:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 46:08

Well, that's weird. I don't know what else to say. I mean, think about, you know, like if you put cold water and how long it takes to boil versus hot water.

unknown 46:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 46:18

So it's just, you know, energy use one way or another.

SPEAKER_00 46:21

Well, that's a good tip I learned. Now I know. Eat insects, melt snow, sleep on pine needles.

SPEAKER_02 46:29

Okay, I'm gonna be good to go. Which of these wild berries are safe when ripe and cooked, but can cause nausea when eaten off of the bush? Oh. Golden currants, elderberries, raspberries. I have a fucking clue. Elderberries.

SPEAKER_00 46:45

Oh my god, you're correct! I don't get- I know it's not raspberries.

SPEAKER_02 46:49

Elderberries, sambucas caninasis, contains poisons like cyanic glyocide. Wow. Which can cause nausea and vomiting. Gross. But how would one know that? For sure you'd be dead. Me too. Me too. Man, Tyler's lucky to have you.

SPEAKER_00 47:09

Yeah, look at me. I can't even talk about insects, but you know, I know that I should.

SPEAKER_02 47:14

When walking done happens, we're going to Bridget's house. Yes. How can you determine the distance of an oncoming storm by the time between flashes of lightning and claps of thunder? Thunder. Feel the thunder. Feel the thunder. Lightning and the thunder. Uh by the length of the lightning bolt or by the loudness of the thunder.

SPEAKER_00 47:35

Wait, re-ask the question. I got distracted.

SPEAKER_02 47:38

How can you determine the distance of an oncoming storm?

SPEAKER_00 47:41

Oh, okay. Read it, read the answers again. By the time would you like lightning and thunder, right? Yep. Between the is the is that one of the answers? That's one of the answers. Yeah, that's the answer. You're correct. I know, because I love the weather. You were going to be a meteorologist. I mean, I was never going to be. I just thought I should.

SPEAKER_02 47:59

Count the number of seconds between flashes and claps and divide this number by five to estimate how many miles away an approaching storm is.

SPEAKER_00 48:06

I used to be terrified that every time it thunderstormed, I thought it was going to tornado. So my parents taught me all of these things, like at a young age, of like, this is really far away. Here's how you can tell. It's a coping mechanism. I like it. I mean, it is. It was great. I was. My anxiety, it turns out, started way back then.

SPEAKER_02 48:22

I almost shared an article about uh therapy in America's BS.

SPEAKER_00 48:27

Yeah, because everyone has anxiety.

SPEAKER_02 48:28

Yes, in response to your everyone has anxiety thing. It was actually a really interesting, nuanced article. It was too nuanced to discuss on a podcast. Like, we'll just do it some other time. It was way too nuanced. It was interesting. Because it's like an availability, quality, like everybody just wants it. We all want to say, like, I'm in therapy. It's very interesting.

SPEAKER_00 48:46

Anyway. Yeah. I mean, I have been in and out of therapy because I constantly okay, whatever. We talk about this all the time. Move on.

SPEAKER_02 48:54

An insect diet can actually save your life by providing you with which of these much needed bodily sources of energy? Protein. Carbohydrates. Fat. Uh carbs? No, come on. Protein. I should have let you get that one wrong, but it's obviously protein. I mean, I want protein was my gut, but then I thought maybe it would be weird to- It's also an insect's gut because the majority of an insect's body is pure protein. Insects actually hold more than three times the amount of protein for their size as beef.

SPEAKER_00 49:31

Oh. I just thought that maybe some weird thing I didn't know about insects is that they were good for carbs.

SPEAKER_02 49:36

Which is also a weird way of saying to eat three ounces of beef, you need to eat nine ounces of insects to get the same thing.

SPEAKER_00 49:42

Should that be our next marketing campaign?

SPEAKER_02 49:45

I mean, kind of. That would be hilarious. Maybe for Halloween. Hey, everybody. Uh also exciting news. Lake Shneva Country meets Lake Sheneva's best butcher shop. Also, Lake Shiva's only butcher shop. We win it every year. I feel like we should do an ad for that. That's like, hey, we won. Also, we're your only butcher shop. When you want good meat, come and get us.

SPEAKER_00 50:07

Well, maybe we will. It's like it kind of just victory parade. I bet that everyone would love that. I like victory parades. Okay, am I dead yet in nature? There are more. There's a lot more.

SPEAKER_02 50:24

No, we cannot handle it. How what do lush vegetation and swarming insects often indicate? Dead animals, water, or fertile soil.

SPEAKER_00 50:36

I feel like I could indicate all those things. Lush vegetation and water.

SPEAKER_02 50:43

You're correct. Ample plant life, insects, bird flight paths, and animal tracks can all point towards water sources.

SPEAKER_00 50:50

Everyone needs water.

SPEAKER_02 50:51

Everyone needs water.

SPEAKER_00 50:52

And the animals. Wow. I am a savant, Nick.

SPEAKER_02 50:58

So you got 10 out of 10. I'm gonna start just cherry-picking some funny ones. Not the carb one. That one doesn't count. Using the simple snare, how should you measure the size of the noose? Oh, what? Double the size of the animal's foot, the size of the animal's head, or one and a half times the size of an animal's head.

SPEAKER_00 51:17

Uh, double their foot.

SPEAKER_02 51:19

Nope. Damn. One and a half times the size of the animal's head. That just is a good one. When attempting to catch dinner using the simple snare, it's best to tie the noose at one and a half times the animal.

SPEAKER_00 51:29

What the hell is a simple snare?

SPEAKER_02 51:30

I don't know. Okay. I'm not a boy scout.

SPEAKER_00 51:32

I was like, well, if I it would help if I knew what a simple snare was.

SPEAKER_02 51:36

But I don't. Which symptom below does not indicate hypothermia? Stiff joints, cough, loss of bladder control.

SPEAKER_00 51:44

Bladder control?

SPEAKER_02 51:46

That's incorrect. Really? Is it a cough? Yeah, it's a cough. When an extremely cold condition, watch out for stiff joints, loss of bladder control, puffy face, mental confusion, shivering, slow pulse, loss of coordination, and slurred speech to indicate a non-serve hypothermia. But not a cough.

SPEAKER_00 52:02

I feel like you probably also have a cough. I feel like you're gonna be coughing. Here's a good one. Because your lungs are freezing.

SPEAKER_02 52:09

What feature of the snake is used to determine if the snake is venomous? Tail, eyes, or tongue? Tail? No, it's eyes. Oh, that would have been my last choice. Tend to have elliptical pupils, while non-venomous snakes have round pupils.

SPEAKER_00 52:25

Who's looking a snake in his eyes?

SPEAKER_02 52:26

Foolproof, though, as the poisonous coral snake has round pupils. Oh, thank you. Not to mention you don't want to get that close to a snake to find out.

SPEAKER_00 52:32

That's what I'm saying. Who's look who's like, let me see, little buddy? This is my biggest fear with snakes, is they can do anything because they can just slither in any which way and wrap you up and kill you. I hate snakes so much.

SPEAKER_02 52:45

What insect is the most popular edible insect in the world? Ant, grasshopper, or beetle? Grasshopper. Grasshopper. It's not. Beetle species are the most popular edible insect in the world. Placing these critters over a fire will make them a sizzling delight. What? But you don't dip them in chocolate like you do grasshoppers?

SPEAKER_00 53:03

Isn't that a thing people eat? Like chocolate-covered grasshoppers? Yep. Not me people. No, fuck.

SPEAKER_02 53:07

Why would I ever do that? I've done it because I'm like, I don't know, is this actually a threat to my beef empire? Sure not. Sure not. Alright, so this is a real practical one that, like, I hope you get this one right. Stop. If you're facing the sun at noon in the northern hemisphere, walking towards it will take you in which direction? I'm not even gonna give you the multiple choices.

SPEAKER_00 53:26

If I'm facing the sun at noon. Mm-hmm. The sun's but it's noon, north? Well, I mean, like, cause east-west, the sun is directly above me. Sun sets. Oh, south. Sorry. I was like, oh wait, south. Sorry. Sorry, that was dumb. I got angry.

SPEAKER_02 53:51

Directly towards the sun at noon takes you south. Walking with the sun at your back takes you north.

SPEAKER_00 53:55

You guys should have seen me. I was literally pointing to anything. Opposite is true in the southern hemisphere. Well, obviously, that's what I was thinking. Oh, that's funny. I'm gonna die in the woods.

SPEAKER_02 54:06

I won't eat the insects. One last one. Great. Which of the following isn't a method used to start a match without a uh fire without a match? The soda can and chocolate method. The battery method and the animal dung method. Oh, Jesus. Soda can and chocolate.

SPEAKER_00 54:24

I mean, I don't know what any of these are. The animal dung I've heard of.

SPEAKER_02 54:27

A battery, a magnifying lens, and even a soda can with chocolate can be used to produce a spark of the colour.

SPEAKER_00 54:33

Animal dung can't?

SPEAKER_02 54:34

Animal dung cannot.

SPEAKER_00 54:35

Why? I feel like definitely you could light that shit on fire. Ah, digital.

SPEAKER_02 54:40

Well, that was fun. So Bridget's mostly gonna survive in the water.

SPEAKER_00 54:44

No, no. Just because I know what I'm supposed to do, I might just rather die than eat insects that may or may not kill me from the inside. Is this one bright? I don't know. Is red considered a bright color? I don't think I should eat a red ant. So much anxiety. I'm already freaking out about it. Where's my therapist? Where's my therapist to tell me that I shouldn't go to the woods? Well, Nick, that was weird. Also, is my is this bruised?

SPEAKER_02 55:08

Yeah, it is a little bit, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 55:10

My elbow is like I just did this and was like, why is it bruised? Yeah, it's a little bit. Okay, guys, I'm dying. But let's talk about butterboards. I'm not even in nature and I'm dying. Okay. Have you guys heard about the butterboard trend? Have you been living under a rack? What do you think about them?

SPEAKER_02 55:23

Okay, so I originally thought it was just like, so Ron and I, oh man, this is a Ron heavy episode.

SPEAKER_00 55:29

Front and front end and tail end.

SPEAKER_02 55:31

Ron and I have discussed this because Ron and I are known to just like eat a wheel of butter with some bread. I mean, that sounds great. This is what Ron and I do. And we're like, I don't know. I mean, because I think Ron should make butter. Ron's investigated making butter. Ron is, in addition to being a licensed cheesemaker, a licensed buttermaker. What? Yeah. Make me some butter.

SPEAKER_00 55:56

Just kidding, Ron. I love you. Ronnie. Baker cheese. Watch out. But Lucy is gonna start requesting. Ronnie, Ronnie, where's my butter?

SPEAKER_02 56:05

Lucy's gonna be standing outside the cheese shop with a knife.

SPEAKER_00 56:08

Give me my butter, Ronnie.

SPEAKER_02 56:09

Butter knife. Anyway, um, and we're both like, we get butterboards because like we would try different, but like, I don't know, is that some so then I actually looked at the trend and no, it's like a layer of butter and stuff on top of it. That's disgusting.

SPEAKER_00 56:22

Oh my god, it looks so good. Everybody touches it.

SPEAKER_02 56:25

Everybody touches it.

SPEAKER_00 56:26

Well, everybody touches the cheese on a cheese board.

SPEAKER_02 56:28

I feel like butter has more germs on it.

SPEAKER_00 56:31

You're not touching it with your hands. Who's just like grabbing a handful of butter? You're using a butter knife or a piece of bread. Lucy. Um, me, maybe, Elliot?

SPEAKER_02 56:44

Okay, I here's how I'm like Mes, but instead of like you're just on the board with some hummus, it's butter.

SPEAKER_00 56:51

Yeah. Are you lifting that with your hands? Hummus?

SPEAKER_02 56:54

Well, you have the uh like what do they call flatbread in North Africa? Naan? Is it nan? I thought that was India. That's India.

SPEAKER_00 57:05

Okay, you have some kind of bread. This is gonna drive me crazy because it's gonna. Oh, geez, Louise. It's called flatbread. Okay, so flatbread. PETA! Oh my god. Whoa, guys. Whoa, whoa. It's PETA.

SPEAKER_02 57:24

What's that word again? What the call pita bread?

SPEAKER_00 57:28

The Mediterranean? Oh my god. Okay, shit. Here's what I have to say. It's looks like a beautiful piece of facasha, these beautiful butterboards. So I just want one placed in front of me, and I want a delicious piece of bread from Simple, and then you just dip it like this, right? I feel like you and Ron would love that. I mean, who wouldn't love this? Is what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_02 57:51

But when you're in close of physical proximity as me and Ron, we all have the same germs already.

SPEAKER_00 57:57

So who cares? You're not sharing germs. You're not like licking a butterboard. You're just putting you're just taking a spoonful or a knife full and putting it on your appetizer plate if you're at a party. I don't understand this. I love this trend. It is not any more gross than a dip.

SPEAKER_02 58:19

I know people. And people are gross. And people are gonna put their bare paws in the butter and then lick them. Who the hell is gonna use it? This is Wisconsin budget.

SPEAKER_00 58:29

I don't want to be at a party with people who are scooping butter with their hands.

SPEAKER_02 58:33

I guarantee you that's what's happening now.

SPEAKER_00 58:36

Okay, I'm not here for that, but I am here for scooping a butterboard with a piece of bread. They're beautiful. Make me a butterboard.

SPEAKER_02 58:43

We're gonna start the next trend, which is gonna be a pate board. And instead of the butter, it's gonna be liver pate on the bottom. I'm busy.

SPEAKER_00 58:49

Okay. Um it I'm gonna throw up. I have not had a butterboard, um uh, but I have started roasting fall vegetables, which is like my favorite thing in the world.

SPEAKER_02 59:01

I'm with you. We got some rutabaga in the store that I'm very excited about. Don't think I've ever had rutabaga. Uh, it's really good when you roast it. Also, you can match stick it and like fry it and use it on like salads as like a tasty. Wow. Like it so I will acknowledge this is like a little much prep because like matchstick cutting stuff, rutabag is actually easy because it's fairly cheap and like you just square it off, and then it's not that many cuts to matchstick. Because you can get in a square pretty easily.

SPEAKER_00 59:28

Okay. And then I don't even know what a rutabago looks like, if I'm being honest.

SPEAKER_02 59:34

I mean it looks kind of like it looks like a big radish. Oh yeah, okay, I know what you're talking about. And then like just dump it in some oil that you have like sizzling, and they get like just like defeats the purpose of a vegetable. No, because it's like uh it's like if you put um like uh like a tortilla strip on a salad.

SPEAKER_00 59:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 59:51

But it's healthy actually.

SPEAKER_00 59:52

Yeah, except that it's fried in oil. I'm talking like cut up all the root vegetables.

SPEAKER_02 59:59

You can pickle them as well. They're really good pickled. Like we bagging needs to be cooked, but also it can be roasted.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:04

Well, I'm excited about fault roasted veggies. Time with goat cheese.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:08

We have this really good goat cheese in the store right now. It's the most expensive cheese we've ever had in the store. Wow, delicious. Uh 35 bucks a pound. But basically it's like eight, it's like eight bucks a piece.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:19

Oh, yeah. See, that's totally I hate that we say it per pound. Because then you're like, the stupid weights it measures, people.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:25

But it's just like per piece, what is it? Yep. So um I would like to talk about what I hated this week instead of what I loved. Because your next thing, you had two things. I did because the next thing I'm all over. That's what I thought you were gonna talk about.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:37

Um, why I put a second.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:40

I went to Miller Park for a brewer's game.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:46

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:46

And um it was a sweet situation. Oh, that's why you were by Dursey. Gotcha. And um, yeah, why else would I be by Dirce?

SPEAKER_00 1:00:56

I I don't I don't know. I was like, what is he doing? Palermos?

SPEAKER_02 1:00:59

I mean, yeah yum.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:01

That's where we had lunch like every day.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:02

Uh also there was brats, hot dogs, and burgers. And the burgers, like on a buffet like that, you're like, no, like this is I mean, no. The hot dogs and the brats are fully cooked already. So you know, like safe. Safe. I was like, you know what? Johnsonville has a sponsorship there now, it's a big thing. They beat out Clements. Like, you know what? People always tell me, Nick, I don't like bratwurst. I really don't like the casings, but I like yours. So I'm like, you know what? I have because everybody's like, I have Johnsonville brats, I hate them. Like, you know what? I'm gonna try a Johnsonville brat. Yeah. Haven't had one in forever because I always get a hot dog on my baseball game because there's six dollars instead of eight dollars. And like psychologically, that's a huge difference. Johnsonville bratwursts are disgusting.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:48

Are they?

SPEAKER_02 1:01:48

They're terrible. Couldn't tell you that about seven things wrong with them. Well, like texturally gross. Why oh, the texture, texturally disgusting. One of the worst things I've had.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:59

Is it because they're like much more mass-produced or yes, they use yes, lots of things.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:03

Yes, okay. Um, and also like the seasoning is like so inoffensive to be offensive.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:10

It needs to be more offensive?

SPEAKER_02 1:02:11

Yes, like it needs to be like it's just like, oh hey, we season it a little bit, and you're like, I don't like this. I don't like this because like you using it more. You use like just enough like marjoram or something. Oh because like that's a traditional brat thing. So like you use just enough of it to be like, there's marjoram in this, and that's disgusting. Like if you would have used more, you'd be like, oh, it's kind of earthy, I like it.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:30

Oh, it's the right. You know what I mean? Yeah, gosh, I really want to. I didn't eat brats before I started working. Like, did you do it?

SPEAKER_02 1:02:37

I should have got a hot dog.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:38

Oh, that's disgusting to think that a hot dog is superior.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:42

Also, their all-inclusive sweet thing. I know, first world problems, world's smallest violin, that you're able to get like quote unquote all you can drink, included basically two and a half because of the number of people there. Your choice of 12 ounce, not 16 ounce, Miller lights or Coors Lights. Do you know whose fault that is? It's not Miller Park's fault, it's the organizer. Well, yeah, you could have like upgraded to the ridiculous.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:11

You get you choose what goes in the fridge of your the event organizer, because I've been that person. You choose what goes in the fridge at your suite. But you can always add on while you're there. You can call your person and say, hey, add on more of this. And also you can choose to unlock the liquor cabinet or not.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:26

Also, the um they had a dessert cart going by.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:30

Yes, that was not included.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:32

Literally.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:32

Oh, I love the dessert cart.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:34

All of the desserts that we buy at Lake Geneva Country Meets from Cisco.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:37

Oh, yeah, for sure it is.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:38

But I mean they're delicious. They left them on the cardboard thing with the deli paper between them, and we're literally tearing them off. I'm like, For sure. No one's all are charging me $14 a piece for this thing that costs you $14 total, and you can't even like You didn't pay for the dessert. Oh no, they were an extra. And it was everybody. It wasn't just our sweet, it was literally everybody. And then nobody included it.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:03

I think we included it. Anyway. I maybe it's changed. This was a million dollars.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:08

I just want to say I'm mad at the Brewers Games because now it's like $8 a beer. $8 for a beer, honestly, is cheaper than I would have thought.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:15

Because beers. What at oh Alpine Valley. They're drinks. There's it's like $22 for a cocktail, I think, at Alpine Valley. I would never buy a cocktail there, but I think I saw a sign that said that.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:24

I think a hot dog should cost like $4 at a ballpark.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:29

Maybe.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:30

Maybe five. Cost you like 60 cents for the hot dog, 20 cents for the bun.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:36

But think of all that temp staff.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:39

Four dollars. Like it should be $4.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:42

Yeah, because the service is also always terrible. Yep. I mean, at the sweets, it's okay, maybe, but like concession stand staff also used to work in that field, my friends.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:50

But let's talk about something that was delicious.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:52

Soup dumplings. Okay, I was wondering, did Simona like them?

SPEAKER_02 1:04:56

She did. We cut them up for her because like she, you know.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:59

Um Elliot Elliot. Uh Nick and I both experienced some delicious soup dumplings.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:04

Monday was National Dumpling Day.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:05

I know I said the same thing before. So Nick gifted me some delicious, perfectly bite-sized.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:10

They were perfectly soup dumplings. Because like they said, like, bite the top off Slurp. I was like, no, I'm just gonna Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:16

We I bit mine in half. So like the first bite was very juicy and the second one was not as juicy, but we only had time, it was a chaotic night, so we only made the chicken ones. We didn't have the pork ones yet.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:26

So Simona enjoyed them. We cut them up for her, and it was like great for her. And also Sarah had the great idea. She's like, make some broth what days. Oh. So like I actually made like some broth and noodles. Didn't you just dip it in the sauce? Not for Simona. I mean, I did.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:42

So like we gave her a little bit of broth, a couple noodles, and then we cut the dumpling up and put it in there. And she loved it. It was like she because she thought it was like soupy.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:51

Soupy, yeah. My kids don't like soup, sadly. Oh, Simona soupies her favorite. Everyone loves everyone else's kids, I know, love soup, not mine.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:58

Uh I love them. I just was like throwing them in my mouth and like But did you steam them? Sarah didn't like them. She didn't? She she actually had a valid point. So I liked them because like it was obviously like processed crap. Like delicious Asian food. Soup dumplings. Yeah. MSG's like number one ingredient. I loved them. She had the good point of like the like compressed texture of the meat. Oh yeah, for sure. Like but that's what dumplings does she not eat dumplings? She just so she said that you know, like, since being married to you, like the quality of meat matters more to me because growing up I had a lot of like crappy meat. And now like I'm used to. So she's like, I'm like, I get that. I appreciate that. Me too. I'm also here for like crappy, horrible processed meat sometimes.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:42

And when I eat dumplings, yeah, you just know that that's what it is.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:45

Yep. So like I get her point. I do too. It was a good point.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:47

But that's why I like that these were mini. Because I can't handle it in a bigger quantity. Agreed. But I like it when it's not too much because I loved it.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:54

I thought the texture was perfect for this. I thought the size was perfect. She really liked the noodle quality. Yeah. Because like the noodles, like we steamed them.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:01

Yeah, we did too. Yep. Um, it was good. I want to try them pan fried though. Because that's how we eat not soup dumplings, but like other. I don't think it would work as well for spooked. I agree with you. Like you'll get I've only ever had soup dumplings steamed.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:12

So I was, I thought they were delicious.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:14

Anyway, they were ordered on Goldbelly, and check out Goldbelly if you never have.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:17

We'll send the link to this place. Yeah. Goldbelly's the bomb. I was really happy with them. Yeah, thanks for watching.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:22

Good, like, yeah, it was like perfect for a chilly fall night. So thanks for that. You're welcome. And an easy dinner. Well, I mean, dumplings are just guys. We've made it. Been a long journey, but it's time for kid corner. I had to change mine at the last minute because it happened last night.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:39

You go do one, I'll do mine. Okay. You do your other one.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:42

Well, I just I changed it. I added. I'm gonna brag about Elliot Real. You got two kids, it's fine. Well, he knew where the Gulf of Mexico was, and I was so proud. This is not my kid corner, but we were talking about the hurricane. My kids love um like looking at radar maps.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:54

If you walk towards the sun at noon, you'll get to the Gulf of Mexico because it's in the south.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:59

Because we're in the northern hemisphere. Um, we went on a vacation on the Gulf of Mexico. So he we talked about the hurricane. We said, Oh, it's going, you know, it's gonna hit Florida. This was a few days ago. And he goes, Oh, the Gulf of is it in the Gulf of Mexico? And I was like, shit, kid, I barely know where the Gulf of Mexico is. Just kidding, everybody. And I'm a grown up. But like I definitely didn't know where the Gulf of Mexico was when I was six. Britney probably did, but I didn't. And just so yeah, I was so proud of him. But that's not my kid corner. Are you ready? I'm ready for mine. Okay, go. I'll let you do that. Yep, yep, nope, go, go for it.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:28

Simona started saying, I'm crabby. Oh, yeah. And she's like kind of crabby, but also like she's usually like, we're like, hey, why did you just decide to like pee your pants? And she's like, it's because I'm crabby. I mean, that's a statement. Like, I think her teachers are like, Why are you crabby? And she's like, Oh, I can say I'm crabby to explain bad behavior.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:49

Yeah, isn't that great?

SPEAKER_02 1:08:50

It's also like this morning, she's like, she woke up and we're like playing and having a nice time. And she's like, Okay, I'm gonna eat my breakfast because I'm crabby. It's like, oh, you don't know what it means.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:05

Yes. I know I fall in the trap of thinking my kid is way smart, of course. I'm like, oh, good, thank you for describing your feelings. You're crappy. That's good. Acknowledge that. And then you're like, oh, you actually have no idea.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:17

You have no idea what you're talking about. And so it's like funny because then she's like, hey, I'm crabby. And you're like, I don't want to laugh at this, I don't want to acknowledge it. Cause like I don't want to like normalize this. Kids are hard. That's fine. Kids are hard. What do you do? Um also should I talk about how like she decided she's just gonna like flip tables over at school? We got a message from school like Simona is flipping tables and throwing chairs, and I'm like drastic. So we responded, we're like, because we're like Sarah and I talked to each other and we're like, How does one respond to this? Literally, she's never done anything near to this, and not doing the like my kid's perfect, like nothing. But that's a big jump. Yeah, but it's like she's literally done none of this. Yeah, like never.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:58

I've never seen her shove another kid or push a chair.

SPEAKER_02 1:10:00

Yeah. And so it's like, um thank you. Thanks for letting us know. We're really sorry. That's not good. Um, also, we've never seen this. So, what happened that could have triggered it? We'd like to make sure we do what we can to prevent because it's like because you have to take this on. And then we had this open house thing, which is really cool. And like, good job, parent. Like teachers, like, they did an incredible job, like how much they care. It's so cool that these daycare teachers that get paid nothing, like take so much pride and care so much. Nothing. Yeah. Anyway. Um Do you have a director? Yes. Okay. And then um there was this kid that we're like URY Simona's dumping tables. I just want to like take a picture of it and be like, hey, next time you send me this message, I'm gonna send it to the city.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:48

Send it to that parent. We actually, um, off topic, we took video and photo. I did. Um, Lucy got sent home from school yesterday. And I was like, okay, you know, go.

SPEAKER_02 1:10:59

Not because she's misbehaving.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:01

Oh no, sorry, because she was sick. And you know, the school called some calls, hard air quotes. Hard air quotes. The school calls and it's like, oh, you know, this list of things. I'm like, okay. Does she have COVID? She's fucking with you. Does she have a fever? It does she have something contagious. You know, she doesn't have a fever. What would you like to do? Well, I don't know. I can't see her. I would like her to stay there because I have a job. Right. I was like, well, I'd like her to stay, but you will judge me. You know, so I picked her up and she was so far from even a little bit sick. Like she wasn't even a little the weirdest thing she did. I played all of you. She jumped on the trampoline, she ran. Mom, you want to race? She played soccer. So I videotaped all of it. So today when I went back to school, because I'm like, I'm not keeping her home today, she's perfectly fine. So I went in, I kept all the video in case they want to call me again. And I was like, Yeah, I had a long talk with the two teachers, like her classroom and then her like wraparound care, and was like, and they're like, Oh, I'm really sorry. I'm like, I'm not blaming you, I'm just like telling you I'm not sending my sick kid to school because she's not sick. So, but you're like, shit, it's only September. This is gonna be a long school year. Like, so anyway, it's hard. I get it. Everyone's life is hard. But want to know if I really knew Lucy wasn't sick, but it's finally happened. My kid swore. And yeah, and I was like, and it was 100% my fault. So Lucy? Lucy, of course. It was Lucy. She said shit. Because so she has this necklace. It's my necklace, but it has an L on it. And so she's like, it's Lucy, it's my name. And she always borrows it, she always steals it, you know, whatever. So she wanted to put it on her headboard. She has a twin bed and it has like a headboard, and but there's like a little bit of a gap, because I didn't like properly probably secure. I don't know, whatever. There's a gap between like the mattress and this like cabinet thing, whatever. It dropped right down there and she was freaking out. And it was easy enough to get, but like when I say easy, it wasn't like it wasn't easy to get, but it was like it was worth getting straightforward enough. Yeah, to not have the meltdown. So I was like trying to dig it out, and I'm like using this long stick, you know, hanger or something to reach it.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:00

And I said you just had Tyler pick up the bag.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:02

Well, Tyler was installing our lights in the living room with my dad.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:05

Oh, that's super easy for a tall person like him.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:07

I know, and I was like, well, I don't want to do that. Um so at one point I was like, oh shh. And I didn't say shit. I just did like SH and then I was like, oh shh, and Lucy goes, shit. And I was like, Lucy. And I immediately I stopped everything I was doing, like sat down and I said, Oh, Lucy, mommy shouldn't have said that. But I didn't say shit. I just said SH, like I was about to say it, you know, and and I was like, Lucy, that's a word for only adults. You can't say that. And she, like Elliot has sworn before. I think, I think, I don't really know. And he takes it like, oh yeah, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have said that. Lucy is just like, yeah, mom, whatever. Like when I'm like, Lucy, that's a word for only adults. I bet you money when I get her report from today, it's gonna be like Lucy said shit in the classroom. So we'll see. I'll report back on that, guys. It was a it was a great moment.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:53

Good luck, Lucy. Good luck. Good luck.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:56

That's all.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:57

I'm just impressed it wasn't like something worse.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:00

Elliot said fuck once. And then we but we told him and he felt so terrible. He just didn't know, right? Like, and so he felt very bad.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:08

I'm pretty sure Simona's heard the word wanker too many times because like we drive around, you know, like listening to a soccer podcast. Also like the C word is very normalized in England. Yep, yep. Yeah, maybe don't listen to those with her. Well, now it's at the point. I think she's too old for that. Yeah. So it's at the point I can't listen to them anymore. And like the C word is very not okay with it. So that's the other word I'm scared that she's gonna be like she's gonna that's a bad one.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:37

That's a bad one. Wanker, you're at least like, well, that's not even an American word. Good times. Uh, you know, the double wanker. Oh, you guys, I wish you could. I wish some days I wish we were still doing this on video. Not today, because I have like a weird zit, like I'm in high school again. And my sister, I saw her. You don't have a zit there.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:52

I do you do, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:53

Isn't it so weird? I haven't like gotten a zit, and my sister's like, it looks like a bruise. Well, I'm getting mysterious bruises. What's happening? Tyler. Shannon's like, oh, that zit on your forehead? And I was like, yes. It's so weird. I have not. Anyway, okay, guys, that's all. I'm 15 at heart.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:10

That's why we like these Alani.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:13

Speak of the devil, Shannon is calling me. I won't answer. We won't make it any longer, but thanks. Thanks for listening, everybody. Have a great day. Bye-bye.