The Queen is Dead, Long Live the King - Dinner Plus Drinks #140

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Hope you enjoyed that. God save the queen, everybody. Long live the king. I would like to say. Don't know when I could insist. There's a lot to talk about here. Tricky Nikki here on the podcast today.

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More on that later.

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But first, I would like to say Charles is an idiot for picking Charles III because let's go over other King Charles in English history. Charles I, deposed by the glorious revolution. Oliver Cromwell gets executed. Okay? That's not a great, not a great precedent, right there.

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Not a great start.

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Charles the two comes back from France. The glorious restoration. He basically just parties his way because he's like, Yeah, I'm king again, bitches. Dissolves Parliament. He gets so mad at them. It's the start of parties in Parliament. He was also not a good king. Charles III, we all have doubts about you. Cheating on Diana, like just kind of being a general D-bag. Uh, and you pick Charles III. You should have gone with like Reginald or something.

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I mean, you can't tough act to follow. Tough act to follow.

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We have uh some Queen Elizabeth things later.

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There's just so many kind of depressing things today.

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And here's an exciting thing about her.

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Here's an exciting thing.

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We made her favorite cocktail.

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Yeah, it uh seems a little scary if you ask me.

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It is Dubonet, which and gin.

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Yeah, that's it.

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So it's a well and a lemon wheel.

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Oh, I'm so sorry. So it's all alcoholic. Grand Apertif de France.

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And two ice cubes. I like keep reading the label. It's so funny.

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Prepared by authority of the original Dubonet, Paris, France. This whole bottle.

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It seems like 1920 France.

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I mean, it's a very inexpensive bottle. I thought, oh, it's gonna be this obscure thing. It's gonna be like $40. This was $13. And so I literally said as I was buying it, I was like, well, I'm scared to drink this.

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This is a red wine aperitif. We'd like to thank Jim at Bruno's who dug through his basement to find this rush. I sure did. Thanks, man. Uh, cheers. Uh, God bless Elizabeth. To the queen. Elizabeth Regina. Uh cheers. No wonder she lives so long.

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Holy crap. How did you not make a reaction at that, man?

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I kind of like this.

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I think I need more Dubanet in my Mrs. Gin. Um It's the middle of the day. I don't know if I can drink this. Yeah, maybe I need to spin it, spin it, and mix it. Well, um, maybe pour yourself one of these when you're watching the funeral. Holy crap. Yeah, it's strong.

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Honestly, it's a little flavorless too.

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It does yeah, it tastes like it just tastes like gin. I don't mean like I wanted to, I kind of wanted to taste this Dubonet, whatever the heck it tastes like. Well, get yourself a cup of it. Get myself a separate glass.

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Um geez, this is like potent.

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Wow.

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It's not potent bad because these are things I like. Uh well, I don't know if I like Dubana, I don't really know what it is.

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Wow. What would you compare this to? I don't know. I haven't had it by itself. Here, pour some of that in this glass that I left down here. Let me try it.

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Here, do you just want a plastic cup? Okay, gross. That's that's just there's stuff in that glass.

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Oh, then yeah. Wow. Wow. I'm so excited about this. Um, this is uh wow. I I have a hard time to describe this cocktail. So we used the gray whale gin, which is like a pretty standard type of gin.

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Um I think it needs a Hendrix.

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Yeah, maybe. I don't know. I we should have used some like traditional crappy beef eater or something.

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Um yeah, beef eater, that makes sense.

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Um so like I don't know. Let's okay, so do banana.

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I should have seen the gymnastics I was doing to not hit my microphone and also pour this. Just like watery red wine.

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Yeah, it tastes just like watery red wine. It's not like really like aromatized or anything, really. It's just like if you mixed in some warm old red wine with a little bit of like bitterness.

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Warm old red wine is a very good description. What is appealing about that?

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Well, you didn't rule Britannia for 70 years.

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So I want to drink it to live as long as her.

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Y'all, if you learned anything from this, this is not a great cocktail, but Elizabeth evidently drank it all the time. She, we have to assume she had fine taste, right? She could have whatever she wanted.

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And this is what she chose.

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So the backup for this, if we couldn't find this, was a bottle of Peul Roger. Oh. Because that was her favorite champagne. Yeah. Well. So that's what we should have done. I figure if she likes the same champagne as I do, she has an exceptional taste. Did she also supported Arsenal Football Club?

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Well, great.

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So, you know, we're very similar.

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Does it say it's a good one?

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So I'm alive and she's dead.

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Too soon? Oh. Okay, wait. The Queen's cocktail is a variant on the perfect martini. Here's another Queen's cocktail. Pineapple juice, some Okay, anyway. That's the name of a cocktail, never mind. Not Queen Elizabeth. Um, did it say anywhere what kind of gin sheet? No, it didn't.

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It did not.

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Okay, well, this is fascinating.

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Royal Warrant Gin. Because if there's a Royal Warrant out there, okay, these liquor brands are Royal Warrant holders. A milestone my Angostura Bitters, Martini Vermouth, The Frog, John Dewar and Sons, Johnny Walker, Juniper Green Organic Gin, as a world's first organic London dry, this bottling is pretty special. Everything from the grain to the botanicals are grown without the use of chemical fertilizers. The famous grouse scotch, WJ Graham's port, that is some Simuton family does that. Gordon's gin. Tangare, Taylor Flaggett port, Pim's. Damn it, we should have done Pims.

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I was gonna buy Pims because I love me some Pims.

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And Hein Kognaak.

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Okay, you guys, can I read this fun paragraph about the cocktail? Uh, this is from Food and Wine.

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Sorry.

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That's okay. I went, I don't need your permission.

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Okay, here we go. What's happening to the royal warrant holders on the death of the monarch? I'm you're still Googling this.

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Oh no. Oh no.

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You guys, this was her late mother's preferred cocktail as well.

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Only all the royal warrants. So I have like bottles of wine with royal warrants on it. They're now vow void. Ooh. Because only royal warrants issued by King Charles III, long may he do die quickly, uh, are now current.

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Oh, damn.

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Okay, I don't care about that.

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Juvenet has uh uh royal warrants as well.

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Well, that's gross. Um okay, this uh cocktail was in vogue in Britain during the 20s, and it was particularly loved by Queen Elizabeth's mother. Um, it so and it says uh mother's preference for the cocktail naturally influenced her majesty's palate. Uh the Queen Mother was not one to shy away from a spirituous delight, and on one occasion, even instructed to her favorite even instructed her favorite page to take two small bottles of Dubonet and gin on her behalf for a morning picnic in case it's needed. Dude, in the morning? I would die.

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I mean, I'm pounding this right now. I actually kind of like this.

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Her Majesty prefers a two to one ratio of Dubonet to gin for a lower alcohol. Oh, it was backwards, maybe.

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Oh, maybe I did do it backwards.

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That would make more sense.

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It would make more sense.

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Oh, yeah.

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Do you want me to remake it for you?

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Yes.

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All right, pause. I'll be right back.

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Pause. Okay.

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All right, guys.

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Mick is finishing up the edited version of the Queen's Cocktail, and here's what we learned in the meantime. The Queen prefers Gordon's London dry gin, confirmed. It's not what we're drinking today. And here are the exact directions on how the queen preferred that this drink was made. Pour one part gin and two parts of Dubonet into a small wine glass or chalice. Add the half lemon wheel to the mixture, then top with two perfectly proportionate ice cubes, sinking the lemon into the cocktail. Note, add more ice at your discretion. So my ice cubes are not perfectly proportionate. Sorry. I'm just kidding. This looks much um it doesn't look much better to me. Oh, is it worse? Oh man. I haven't tasted it, but I don't know if it could be worse. Okay, hold on. I'm gonna I'm gonna sink my lemon wedge into the cocktail first. I think if we squeeze the lemon, although that's not in the directions, I'm just gonna press.

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How dare you dishonor the queen by by sticking my finger into her drink?

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Oh, this is much better to me.

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Oh, I think it's worse.

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I mean, none of this is incredibly enjoyable, but I would take an Aperol spritz, please.

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Yeah, I mean, like, I feel like this needs carbonation and it needs to be like ice cold.

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And like one thing that's not alcohol. So, like, just let the ice melt a lot. So, anyway, give it a try while you're celebrating the queen and her wonderful reign. That's what I have to say for you. Okay, also in other depressing news. How was your week, Nick? The Queen passing. I honestly thought it was a joke when I first thought it. I just felt like she was gonna live forever.

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Um, there were two things I thought were jokes that I like uh Thomas Tuchel got fired as manager of Chelsea Football Club.

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Joe Cole's old team is Joe Cole's old team.

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That's all I know. And uh it was like it happened at like four in the morning our time. Oh and I like woke up and I saw no, I'm happy. Actually, no, I'm not happy because he was like doing a disastrous job and I wanted to continue. But I woke up and I saw like all like bleacher report, the athletic, ESP, and I got notifications from all of Thomas Dugel fired. And Kyle Koons had texted me at like 5 45 in the morning. Like, did you see that Dugal got fired?

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I'm like, That sounds like a made-up name.

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What?

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What? I don't like morning.

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Anyway, uh that's yeah, and now this bad news. I hate short weeks. Uh taking time off is never worth it. Um the work never goes away.

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Yeah, the week has been weird for sure.

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I didn't talk to you until like Tuesday at five o'clock.

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I came into the meeting or the office twice and we just missed each other.

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I was like, what is happening? I haven't seen Bridget. Like, I have it on my calendar, 10 o'clock every Monday.

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Ray of sunshine.

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Ray of sunshine, happiness in my life.

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That's me. That's what most people would call me. Yes.

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I did reflect on how much of a creature of habit I am.

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You I did reflect on that, yeah.

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And I was like, oh my God, I am pathetic.

SPEAKER_00 11:19

I mean, unsurprisingly, I similarly act that way. Um, I have a whiteboard in my office at home of Monday, I do these tasks. Tuesday, I do these. You know, these are my recurring weekly tasks. So yeah, when there is no Monday. Yeah, I'm just letting the ice melt. Um, when there is no Monday, like, when do I do those tasks? You still have I know the tasks still exist.

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Like for government employees, dear Tyler. Uh we love you. Like, who cares? It's just, you know, like meh, push the work by a day. But not us.

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This social media won't schedule itself. Okay, anyway. Um, none of that is real life problem, so much as the Queen's passing. Um, also, I feel like their release date for this, we should probably acknowledge uh September 11th. I was like, I don't know the tactful way to say this. Yeah, September 11th. I as we get older here, I am feeling older and I'm like reflecting on, oh, this is 21 years ago. Is that right? Oh yeah, 2022. Isn't that crazy? But you remember exactly where you were, right?

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When you found out Sclavos' third honor, uh third hour I honors biology class.

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Yep. And I was in our food science class and got a phone call in that class what when it was happening. We were watching it on the TV, and the phone call was the front office just letting me know my dad was okay. I'm like, yeah, okay. What do you okay, thanks? They're like, he was supposed to be at the world at uh the World Trade Center today. I was like, what? He traveled all the time for work at the time. And um, so yeah, I I just keep thinking about like that's what our kids are gonna be reading. You know, I mean, already are reading in history books, and we're the old people.

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We are our parents that are like, remember where you were when I believe the last United States soldier that was killed in Afghanistan was not born yet when 9-11 happened.

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Really? Yeah, which is like Whoa, that is mind-blowing. Yeah, that's also so sad.

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Yeah.

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Oh, I know we said we'll keep this light, but there's just been a lot of weird things. Like Mercury's in retrograde, guys.

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You want to hear some triumphant news, and then you can we can talk about the other sad thing, and then you have some other triumphant things.

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Yeah, let's do that. Sandwich it, compliment sandwich.

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There is uh, I think I spoke about the attempted pool storage site uh near my house.

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Bro, I saw him in Home Depot today.

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And he does not know me. Uh, we had a a zoning meeting in our township, and uh the zoning commission was not in favor of it.

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Yeah.

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Um, I felt I felt a little bad for him because the one zoning commissioner was very stern and paternal with him. Uh, and once he probably deserved because there was like four emails that were like, hey bro, don't do this, don't do this, don't do this. He still did it. But then he like went after him a second time was like, okay, let him be. Let him be, let him be. And he was very upset and very, you know.

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Uh but he paid a lot for this land, I imagine.

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He's already got fines stacking up.

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Oh gosh.

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But uh just a lesson of, you know, remember, the government can tell you what to do with your land.

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City governments own you, is what we're telling you.

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So uh I was very happy though. There it's still uh Monday, there is still a full town board meeting. And you know, they have final say. They could go against the zoning commission.

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Against the committee, yeah. But like Hey, I've seen it happen. Once it happened to me, I was like, this is bullshit.

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So I'm sorry. Uh I'm gonna show up and just be like, hello.

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Hi, I'm back.

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Just a reminder, I am opposed. It was funny because the first person that spoke is like, I grew up here, I now live in Kansas City, Missouri, but I drove back and it's a special place and this shouldn't happen.

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I mean, that's crazy.

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And then the second one was like, hello, I'm from the rich person neighborhood, half a mile away, half of which is not where our friends live. Well, they're rich. Half of which isn't even in the township.

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Is that right?

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Yeah, half of it's in Bloomfield, half of it's in Lions.

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I didn't know that. I mean, that makes sense. Oh my god. So um what a what how annoying for their like association. I know.

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So they're like, um, we're against this. And it was all like very like formal things. Like according to section three, I'm like, y'all, this is Lions, Wisconsin. Yeah. So I'm just like, hello. Hi. I literally live right across the street. Um, I just, you know, when I did my thing, did the process, I was told it's gonna be one house, five acres. That's not what this is happening. We wouldn't have bought the land if we knew this was gonna happen. And I think it's important to preserve this. So uh, you know, hi, thanks. And I turned again, I'm like, I'm sure you have good plans. I wish you luck, but like you might want to do a nice job. But once the zoning happens, anybody can come in and do anything.

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Yeah.

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So it's not necessarily even against you.

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It's just like, which is terrible. I'm so sorry. But uh I did find myself like kind of feeling bad for the guy because he was very clearly talking to an another person. Like he had a logoed shirt on, so I assume it was the owner. I have no idea. And then um, he was talking to another guy with another Lake Geneva water-related shirt on, a different company. And they were clearly like same-age bros, and I felt like they were just like having a discussion about that. You know, I I was like in the paint section at 7:30 in the morning at Home Depot because you know, renovation life and watching this happen. I felt, I don't know, I felt like I was spying anyway. Small town shit.

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You should have like started up, be like, Yeah, go to the town board, because it'd be hilarious.

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I like wanting to hide, I hate that stuff. I want to be anonymous.

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The one that pool boy was hiring.

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Don't involve them. They're good people. Okay, anyway.

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Yeah, a great place to work.

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Jesus. Okay, uh, sad news. Uh if you haven't heard, you should because uh this could have been me. So um, if you have not heard about Eliza Fletcher who got abducted and murdered while she was running, just Google it. It's everywhere. Um, she is a teacher from Tennessee, and she everywhere, it's like um, it's saying everywhere. I'm sorry, I got distracted. Um, she's 34 years old. So literally, she's two years younger than me. Um, and many people, many sources are saying, Well, why was she running at 4 30 in the morning? She shouldn't have been wearing it.

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Don't wear provocative clothing and you won't get a rape.

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You shouldn't run early. Well, screw you. Like what I want to say is that's the only damn time during the day that she can. Because look, she is a teacher, so she has a job um, you know, nine months out of the year. She is trying to fit everything in. So I just think that I'm annoyed, I'm frustrated. 100%. I used to run in the dark in the city of Milwaukee all the time. And while this season of life I'm not running as often as early, um, it very easily could have been me. Uh, so you know, think about the way you're phrasing things. Uh, she absolutely had all right in the world to run in a sports bra when it's 90 degrees and run at 4 30 in the morning or run in whatever the hell she wants to. So leave her alone and her poor damn family. Okay.

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I don't know if you saw this. Our friend Lauren Smith. Oh, yeah. I did, I saw her post. They're doing a we finished Eliza Fletcher's run, and she Lauren talked about it and how run it be running smart therapy helps me clear my head. Like I thought she did a really good job with this. Um, and she said, now I'm afraid to run alone in the dark. I'm sad for Eliza's family. I'm mad we live in such a broken fallen world. Um, and you know, it's just very like, man. Yeah. So I thought that was cool that they're like joining us and finishing Eliza's run.

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Yep.

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Uh run to grieve and honor her.

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There is a post or like a hashtag, right? Run to Eliza.

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Also, I think we need we're so scared to call people out on abhorrent behaviors because we don't want to offend people. And I'm looking at you, Donald Trump. Um and I'm sorry, but like not saying no, Donald Trump, it doesn't matter that you feel like you can take classified information home, that then leads into the same um privileged white male that thinks it's okay for them to rape, murder, abduct women who are running because it's a sense of entitlement, it's a sense of your whiteness and your maleness makes you more important than the other people. And we have to call this out. And it's why doing things to say, like, no, we live in society and there's rules and norms, and if you don't live by them, you're not gonna be part of this, and it's not okay. Yeah, and it's like hard because it's like we want to be tolerant, but also like we can't let those that don't want to be tolerant take advantage of our tolerances.

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Toleranceness. I just it's such a a thing I think people take for granted. Like you are told to exercise, you are told to get out and move, you are told to do all these things, you're doing those things, you're getting murdered, now you're getting blamed for it because you're a female that did it in the dark, you know. So running is running has always been a yeah, therapy, I think, for many people, myself included, and it's it's like a I don't know, it's a very like emotional sport to me. Uh, wasn't something I ever thought that I would do. So yeah, all of this makes me so sad.

SPEAKER_01 20:28

Are you aware of the um in cell culture?

SPEAKER_00 20:32

Not really.

SPEAKER_01 20:33

So this is a lot of it's tied in with like so it's a abbreviation of involuntary celibate, uh-huh, and it's a group of on of dudes living in their mom's basement that think they cannot get a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one because women are evil.

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I've heard it on like crunch.

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It's all tied in with all of this right-wing nonsense.

SPEAKER_00 20:59

Yeah, that is nonsense.

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And so it's like be against the proud boys, be against QAnon, be against like it's not okay. When we tolerate that crap and have politicians openly espousing that crap, this is what happens.

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Yeah.

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So again, I am quite willing to say, like, you want to do your QAnon stuff, you uh we're done.

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Like we're we're done.

SPEAKER_01 21:22

Because you, whether you mean to or not, you are you are responsible for things like Eliza Fletcher's death because you're normalizing it and uh promoting the acceptance of that type of culture.

SPEAKER_00 21:34

You know, uh, this is gonna be a weird transition, but it's gonna work. My mom and I were talking about um my kids went on their first like big kid carnival rides, and we'll talk about it later. Uh, but I was terrified. And I'm like, mom, how did you ever let us do this? Because we always could go do the wristband nights and like spend hours at the Dirty Carney Fest. And um, I'm like, I I couldn't handle like watching him go on one ride. She's like, back then we didn't hear about all these deaths from rides. They were probably happening. We just never heard about it. Where you are hearing about it constantly. I'm like, all right, good point, mom. So same type, like, I don't know, has this been going on and we're just hearing about it now? Like, so anyway, it's a weird transition into talking. Why do you look so concerned? Um, it's weird transition, but we need to get out of this negativeness, right? Yeah, let's hear all about it. Walworth County Fair, man. Rek did you go?

SPEAKER_01 22:30

No, we didn't. I was like, you guys didn't go at all, did you? We decided that we philosophically did not want to pay $24 to get in because we're not smart and enter exhibits like you. Yeah, bro.

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And then we're like 8 30 for a season pass.

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Because we had like real fun nights Sunday night with friends and stuff, and then we had uh we did we had a bunch of activities lined up Monday, and it was just like, nah. Nah. All right, man. We wanted to go Wednesday night, but something happened. I can't remember.

SPEAKER_00 22:58

It's too much for me on a week night, but with the kids. Uh but yes, I did go to the fair, but I exhibited this year, as I've mentioned, I believe. They're always looking for more exhibitors, and I always think it'd be fun, but I don't have time to actually make anything. So I entered two pictures because I thought my kids-I'm glad you're talking about this because that's something I want to bring up. Because I thought my kids would think it's fun to find their faces at the fair, which they did. Man, they thought it was so fun. Um, and then I entered five antiques because I inherited some things from my grandma who had some like really cool stuff from her childhood. And I ribboned guys on five of my seven fair projects, and I am so proud of that because I did literally nothing except put them in the right categories, is basically how I feel like you ribbon in the antiques department. But now I'm hooked. I made my sister take my picture in front of the antiques building. I even got a blue in the antiques. I feel like it's a really competitive field. That's all. I just have to report to you about my fair projects.

SPEAKER_01 23:56

So I saw a post on Facebook that I meant to screenshot and send to you, but I think I sent you some tattoo pictures instead because it happened at the same time.

SPEAKER_00 24:06

Weird.

SPEAKER_01 24:07

I showed you those tattoo pictures.

SPEAKER_00 24:09

What's tattoo? I don't know. I'm going back to John's?

SPEAKER_01 24:11

Oh, God, yeah. Uh so someone commented to the to the Walworth County Fair on Facebook complaining that the blue ribbons were too cheap.

SPEAKER_00 24:19

Yeah, because they thought it was a sticker. Did you read the comments?

SPEAKER_01 24:22

No, I didn't. Yeah. Okay, so is the Walworth County Fair cheapied out on ribbons? Did you get a good quality blue ribbon?

SPEAKER_00 24:28

Yes, that it was the same quality. Okay, and do you want to read the comments or do you want me to? I can't find I didn't find it. I'll recap it for you. So this person complained. It was the first thing that showed up in my feed, and I got like immediately defensive because why are we complaining about things like the freaking fair, you guys?

SPEAKER_01 24:41

Like because if you pay money to enter, you should at least get a quality blue ribbon out of it.

SPEAKER_00 24:45

You don't pay money to enter. You don't? You have to buy a season pass, but like you're going to the fair anyway, so shut up. So anyway, um, what they do, uh like for photography specifically, I can't speak to every every department, is they put a sticker, like you adhere a tag to your project that says like your name and what the project is, like you know, what category you competed in. And then they put a sticker on the tag instead of the actual ribbon because the picture would hang crookedly otherwise. So it's different for open classes, which is what I'm in for juniors, like kids. So, like what I did when I was a kid, you get your ribbon at judging. So you go to judging, they hand you your beautiful ribbon, and then at the actual fair, the ribbon is not hanging on the project. It's a sticker that says this person got first place. So I believe the person in that post thought that the kids don't get ribbons anymore, that they just got stickers, and she was really mad about it. I believe that was the like, like here, I got actual ribbons, they're the same quality ribbons.

SPEAKER_01 25:45

Oh my goodness, look at those.

SPEAKER_00 25:46

Look at all these ribbons. Like, wow. Same quality ribbons I've always gotten. I'm trying to find one of um, I don't know, whatever. Anyway, yes, you get your damn ribbon. I was so mad about that.

SPEAKER_01 25:56

Well, congratulations. I'm happy for you.

SPEAKER_00 25:58

Anyway, please stop complaining about everything, people. It's a freaking ribbon for a fair project. Are you kidding me?

SPEAKER_01 26:03

I'm happy for you.

SPEAKER_00 26:04

Okay, even that made me mad this week. Whew, well.

SPEAKER_01 26:09

I have a like kind of depressing um news story. I just thought it was interesting. So it's another one of the like cool interactive New York Times um stories that like as you scroll, stuff moves around and they have good illustrations and stuff. And um, it's about how we have more and more wildflower flower wild fires.

SPEAKER_00 26:29

Oh, fires flowers.

SPEAKER_01 26:32

People keep building more and more homes in the path of fire wildfires. And I'm just fascinated by like the dumbness? Yes. And so, like Florida, you can't get flood insurance anymore. Really? Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 26:43

That's money.

SPEAKER_01 26:45

Every insurance company's like, um No, it floods here a lot. Yeah, and like parts of Texas, like around Houston, Galveston, where we know, like you're gonna get flooded. Arizona doesn't have any water, and can't we keep building houses in these places? One of the reasons why I live in the Midwest, in all honesty, is like global warning ain't gonna kill us. We have a good water supply. Like, I don't have to worry about do I have water today? I don't have to worry about brownouts and like okay, tornadoes are terrifying, but at least, you know, like that's our natural disaster.

SPEAKER_00 27:17

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 27:18

No earthquakes, no, you know, whatever. So at some point, I do want these people living like is my insurance costing me more because we're paying all this money to these like think of the FEMA insurance. Like, when's the last time Wisconsin got a major FEMA response? That's a lot of taxpayer dollars that we don't get for these never crossed my mind. Dumb fucks that live.

SPEAKER_00 27:39

I mean, but what if you grew like I live in the Midwest because I grew up here? Yeah. Um, so what if you grew up there?

SPEAKER_01 27:45

I have more sympathy for that. But the people that like move to Arizona and are like, you know what we should do? We should dam up the Missouri River and divert it to us so that we can have our lawns. Like, there's no lawns in Arizona. No, like there's a bunch of golf courses. So I just I think this is like so fascinating. At what point, you know, this is an incredibly capitalist society. We charge for all of these things. At what point, like, hey, bruh, you can live in Arizona, but like that's not a smart choice. It's gonna cost you so much money. You're not gonna have water. You're not gonna like you can't steal our water because that's what they're doing. They're stealing everybody else's water.

SPEAKER_00 28:23

Because right now it's very cheap to live in all these places.

SPEAKER_01 28:25

Yeah, because they don't build basements.

SPEAKER_00 28:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 28:27

I mean the quality of construction sucks.

SPEAKER_00 28:29

Yeah. I I can't believe how cheap it is to live like in Texas, for example, as half of my in-laws now live in Texas.

SPEAKER_01 28:36

Well, it's partly because, you know, you can't get an abortion there. We all know that raises.

SPEAKER_00 28:43

Moving on to a lighter subject, everybody. For real, this time, a lighter subject. I hope. I don't know. Let's see what else we can bitch.

SPEAKER_01 28:51

Let's see how I can turn this dark.

SPEAKER_00 28:52

Let's see what else we can bitch about. Um, all right. This was a Forbes, is a Forbes article, and it is fascinating. Nick and I talk all the time how people don't necessarily take content creation um as like a real job. Well, freaking Forbes is now acknowledging it. And there is a Top Creators 2022 article, and we're gonna link to it. And there's 49 social media savants and one dog. So it's a list of 50 people and a dog. It's 49 people and a dog that are creators in the you know social media platforms. There's TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, people that have started their own businesses. They talk about the ranking scale. So here's a quick um brief on what they do.

SPEAKER_01 29:33

So all of their names are spelled weird.

SPEAKER_00 29:37

Yeah, man. They're like 18 years old. So this is Linja.

SPEAKER_01 29:40

Linja's like 90 years old.

SPEAKER_00 29:41

You're right. So this was especially fascinating because I actually um recently the average age is 31.

SPEAKER_01 29:46

No, it's actually 24, but Linja, the nine.

SPEAKER_00 29:50

Um, I recently saw an article for local to us here. There's Whitefish Bay, which is just north of Milwaukee. I saw this.

SPEAKER_01 29:56

I almost screenshot this one. She was like, hey, Bridget, don't you wish you bought this house?

SPEAKER_00 30:00

Yeah, no shit. So it's just north of Milwaukee. And an influencer, I think she's 25, if I remember correctly, flipped 23, flipped a house for like what was the profit? She bought it for like 350 and sold it for one point. Yeah. So, you know.

SPEAKER_01 30:15

I believe I'm not great at math, but I believe that's one million dollars. So one million dollars.

SPEAKER_00 30:21

I think she's getting ripped apart. So if you go to her Instagram, um, the other day she had stories like, oh my God, she was laughing, like, I'm getting so much hate for this, you know, whatever. So it's fascinating. So anyway, this Forbes article, how they rank it, um, basically they looked at each creator across three categories: earnings, clout, and entrepreneurship. So earnings figures are for calendar year 2021 and our Forbes estimates. Clout measures not just the sheer number of followers, but also their engagement, as indicated by likes, shares, and comments. And then for follower count, they summed followers across platforms. So however many platforms these people had. And then clout includes people who follow creators on multiple platforms. And then each creator was given an entrepreneur entrepreneurship rank of between one and three, and it rewarded people who founded their own companies. So, like Danny Austin, for example, uh, I mainly follow her on Instagram, but she has her own company called Divi, uh, which is like a kind of for postpartum hair loss, like a scalp serum. Uh, so it's fascinating. So, anyway, read the article. Maybe you'll uh think of content creation a little differently after you do.

SPEAKER_01 31:28

Although number one is Mr. Beast, who did stunts like spending 50 hours buried alive and attempting starvation for 30 years old.

SPEAKER_00 31:35

Yeah, bro, that's insane.

SPEAKER_01 31:36

Uh also Mr. Beastberger, I don't know if you've seen any of his videos of like people swarming where he does the pop-ups.

SPEAKER_00 31:42

This sounds like something I couldn't manage watching. I what I have to say.

SPEAKER_01 31:47

I think in general, if you idolize someone this much, no matter like sports star, politician, YouTube, like you're messed up.

SPEAKER_00 31:55

I agree.

SPEAKER_01 31:55

Um, I will say your parents are doing a bad job.

SPEAKER_00 31:58

What I learned mostly is I consider myself to have a pretty good handle on like um what I thought were influencers, but listen, I better up my TikTok game because I didn't know half of these people. So I learned a lot.

SPEAKER_01 32:11

Here's a question. So Alexandra Cooper, number three, with Call Her Daddy, which I think is a hilarious podcast name. Yes. It's ranked the number one female focused podcast on Spotify. Uh-huh. I thought uh what's your murder show called? Morbid. I thought morbid was the number one show, period. And it's clearly focused at women.

SPEAKER_00 32:30

Well, but it's not a female focus. It could be men. They have male followers, they have male guests, they talk about male serial killers.

SPEAKER_01 32:38

Please, women talking about sex, that's not male focused.

SPEAKER_00 32:42

I'm just saying, man. There's it's really interesting, like this one girl, um, number nine, she grew up in a trailer in Lafayette, Louisiana. So I'm just saying, makes me want to go out and like learn TikTok. Not really, because it's exhausting.

SPEAKER_01 32:55

But Jake Paul, Arsenal supporter. Oh, is he? Arsenal sponsor, actually.

SPEAKER_00 33:00

But like, look at that guy, man. What the fuck?

SPEAKER_01 33:04

No.

SPEAKER_00 33:04

Okay, guys. This is where we're at. So we're just gonna take a quick break.

SPEAKER_01 33:11

We're gonna get a different drink.

SPEAKER_00 33:12

A different drink and a quick break.

SPEAKER_01 33:29

Well, everybody, I'm gonna let Bridget scroll a little bit because she's already heard all about my product recommendations.

SPEAKER_00 33:35

I can't wait to hear more.

SPEAKER_01 33:37

Two weeks in a row, I'm reporting back about my water pick.

SPEAKER_00 33:41

I can't believe we're still talking about it.

SPEAKER_01 33:42

I went to my dental appointment and they uh they're like, you know, there any change in your dental health? I said, Well, actually, I did switch up my regimen a little bit. I went and got myself a water pick. I said, like, I'm not rich because I feel the need to tell people. Like, this isn't something like where I'm just like, you know what? I got so much money. I'm gonna stop flossing like a normal person. I'm gonna get a water flosser. No, I got a gift card because I did a survey and I used that and I bought myself something I really wanted for a number of years. And she's like, oh, okay.

SPEAKER_00 34:13

I'm sorry that it's not been on my wish list.

SPEAKER_01 34:15

We'll we'll take a look we'll take a look at this. And I'm like, okay, and I had to have the um x-rays and everything done uh this this time. And so she brings it back, she's like, you know, I think with water floss, or if it's like really caked in there, you should probably like it won't force it off. I'm like, lady, mine goes up to 10. Most only go up to three. And let me tell you, I've got she's like, you know, popcorn. So I'm like, no, I ate popcorn the first night I got it to make sure it worked, and let me tell you, it worked.

SPEAKER_00 34:43

I can just hear you fighting with your dentist about this.

SPEAKER_01 34:46

No, I actually I was like, oh, yeah, yeah. I agreed. I agree. But I'm like, because I don't want, you know, the lady with sharp objects in my mouth. I mean, I will argue with many people, not that. Like a dude with a gun in my face, I'd probably be like, what? You gonna shoot me? Great, end it.

SPEAKER_00 35:01

Shoot me about a water pick, bruh.

SPEAKER_01 35:03

Um, anyway, so you know, she showed me the x-ray, she's like, Yeah, it looks like yeah, you know, everything's really clean. Like, that's really good. She's like, that's you know, and and uh she's you know, clean, she's like, Yeah, you know, because I was talking about like they also have this like toothbrush attachment, so I like feel like there's a little less like plaque on it, you know, things, stuff.

SPEAKER_00 35:23

Yeah, I'm opening this.

SPEAKER_01 35:24

Oh, yeah, that's what it's there for. I was wondering, I just thought like it'd be appropriate.

SPEAKER_00 35:27

As he's talking about his dental, clean dental health. I'm opening a beer.

SPEAKER_01 35:31

So uh it according to dentist, it worked really great. Uh my dentist. Yes, yeah. Uh so uh I did tell my dentist, I'm like, yeah, I asked your friend Laura about it first. Yes, because they're all friends. And uh she said, Yeah, go for it. I think that was actually her exact quote was yeah, go for it.

SPEAKER_00 35:49

So Nick is texting me, I think, about the water pick as I am laying in the chair at my dentist. And so I said the dentist that recommended it, because again, small town shit, could we just have a podcast called Small Town Shit?

SPEAKER_02 36:01

I like it.

SPEAKER_00 36:01

And yes, um, anyway, whatever. The water pick seems like it's a great purchase of 2022.

SPEAKER_01 36:08

Exceptional. She did have a great tip. She said, you know, if you ever have like uh a day where you feel like your breath's a little bad, or like just maintain things once a week, you can do half uh Listerine and half water in your reservoir and put that in the gums, it'll really like clean everything and do a really good job. I was like, oh, so I Googled it and a lot of like dentist Reddit is all over that.

SPEAKER_00 36:29

Dentist Reddit. You heard it here. Laura was telling me about dental podcasts as we were talking about different podcasts. So if you're looking for riveting content, hit up your local dentist.

SPEAKER_01 36:39

I swear, one day we're gonna get Laura on because I have like a list of a hundred questions I want to ask you.

SPEAKER_00 36:44

You can tune out that week if you do.

SPEAKER_01 36:46

And I just want to be like, Laura, tell us the truth.

SPEAKER_00 36:50

I have a um list in my phone of other podcasts I want to start, and I just added one to it. Small township. Do you want to know the other one? Should I say it publicly? Maybe not. What if someone steals it?

SPEAKER_01 37:00

Don't do it. Actually, say it right now. I'll edit it out.

SPEAKER_00 37:10

Thought of that the other day. Okay, everybody.

SPEAKER_01 37:13

Product recommendation bonus. Site Bavarian. There's one four-pack left at Lake Sheneva Country Meets right now.

SPEAKER_00 37:19

And it and then is it gone?

SPEAKER_01 37:20

And then it's gone.

SPEAKER_00 37:22

I was when I was buying our Dubonet, I'm like, could I just buy a hundred different kinds of Oktoberfests instead? They have that lovely Oktoberfest display there.

SPEAKER_01 37:29

Jim does a nice job with that.

SPEAKER_00 37:31

Okay, guys. I am here to recommend saucer swings. I think I've talked about it like a year or two ago, but if you don't have one, we don't have like a big play set in our backyard or anything yet. Um, but we do have this saucer swing, which was given to us as a gift. And then I in turn purchased one for my sister's house as a gift as well.

SPEAKER_01 37:48

Um you don't have a big one because Elliot would just probably die.

SPEAKER_00 37:53

We kind of need to wait until the sizes even out a little bit more. My kids are taller than the average, so we don't want to spend a lot of money on a place that we can jump off the top of this. Yeah. So right now, um, we use the saucer swing like every day. And then we recently did kind of uh we did a little Labor Day uh barbecue at my sister's house. And I've talked about the age challenges with like my son is significantly, you know, is three years older than basically the rest of the cousins, but all four of them could ride on the saucer swing safely. They had fun, it distracted them for so long. And I don't know, I just think they're the greatest $50 you can spend. Uh, we prefer ours is from Fat Brain Toys, and you also, like, I guess maybe another bonus is just back to the city.

SPEAKER_01 38:33

I Googled saucer swing because uh link you have didn't work.

SPEAKER_00 38:36

Why why didn't it work? Uh it's like loading extra space.

SPEAKER_01 38:39

Um first thing that comes up is a $57,946 fun factory play system. So uh are you sure this is affordable? What? Uh let's talk about your uh compensation here.

SPEAKER_00 38:51

Uh why is it still loading?

SPEAKER_01 38:53

I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 38:54

That's weird.

SPEAKER_01 38:54

Anyway, we prefer on the more affordable side, there's also a $38,928. Also, like it's $38,928.

SPEAKER_00 39:02

Like, come on.

SPEAKER_01 39:03

Bruh. So $38,995.

SPEAKER_00 39:06

Fatbraintoys.com, and you can just search for a software uh saucer swing on there. And there's a ton of other toys on that website. You can search by age. It's like my go-to source for uh gifts when I remember in advance.

SPEAKER_01 39:17

Hipo Sheet, this looks awesome.

SPEAKER_00 39:19

I love fat brain toys.

SPEAKER_01 39:20

So there you go. Um, I would also like to talk about more dental things. Look at all these players. Let me tell you about how I did!

SPEAKER_00 39:43

We're back! All right. Music heavy, music heavy.

SPEAKER_01 39:47

Um I thought we should share some Queen Elizabeth facts.

SPEAKER_00 39:50

Uh, okay, why not?

SPEAKER_01 39:52

So, this is from parade.com. Queen was known for her love of corgis.

SPEAKER_00 39:57

Yeah, this is funny.

SPEAKER_01 39:58

She owned more than 30 of the breed throughout her lifetog. But did you know that she bred the first dorgy? What's a dorgy? Her sister, Princess Margaret, pet dog, a dachshund called Pibin, had some alone time with one of the queen's corgis, and history was made.

SPEAKER_00 40:16

No, uh what does a dorgy look like? Is there a picture?

SPEAKER_01 40:19

Also, I read a funny story that when uh her mom was knocked up with Margaret, they said, Oh, you're gonna have a little rose as a sister. And she said, I think she's more of a bud right now, and then called her bud.

SPEAKER_00 40:30

Did you know? Technically, my subdivision is called the Rosebud subdivision.

SPEAKER_01 40:35

Like the sled in Citizen Kane?

SPEAKER_00 40:38

No, like the people that built the first house up there, Rose and Bud. Isn't that the cute?

SPEAKER_01 40:43

This is technically Winsong subdivision.

SPEAKER_00 40:45

It is?

SPEAKER_01 40:46

Yeah, because my Uncle Eddie's an asshole. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say that?

SPEAKER_00 40:49

I love that. Winsong. Um, okay. Elizabeth's diamond tiara snapped on the morning of her wedding in 1947. No. As it was being secured to her veil, with only two hours till showtime, the headpiece, a halo of diamond-studded spikes created in 1919 for Elizabeth's grandmother, Queen Mary, was rushed to the workshop of the Royal Jewelry House under police escort, where it was hastily welded together. I'm sorry, I have so many questions. Why would it snap by just trying to put it on a veil? Like, I know. Also, somebody's probably like, Yeah, I guess maybe they're nervous.

SPEAKER_01 41:22

This makes me think of like Michael, your brother-in-law, Michael, who like can weld, I'm sure. Because he's on a farm and like that's cool. Like, I can like I have welded in my lifetime.

SPEAKER_00 41:32

But like figured out.

SPEAKER_01 41:34

You know, you're like, eh.

SPEAKER_00 41:36

So it's probably like You're not welding the Queen's crown. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 41:39

You're not like this screams like, oh fuck, I can weld it together, I guess. And it's just like some like horrible bee. Like, there's crap all over it.

SPEAKER_00 41:48

It looks beautiful, though. Just saying.

SPEAKER_01 41:51

The Queen's birthplace is now a world-famous restaurant. A London townhouse at 17 Bruton Street was the home of her maternal grandparents and saw the birth of the baby that would go on to become British longest-running monarch. It's now a Cantonese restaurant called Hakassin. Why wasn't she born in the castle? Also, I want to go to that restaurant. I do too. Um, the Queen raced pigeons. This one blows my mind. She's such a like, I mean, it makes sense that Charles is like, yes.

SPEAKER_00 42:18

This is why people love her.

SPEAKER_01 42:19

Like, Charles is so into animals. Like, is his mom's unhealthy obsession?

SPEAKER_00 42:24

Because she kept 200 of them at her country estate in how do you say that? You said. Wow, that's uh I didn't know you could race pigeons.

SPEAKER_01 42:35

Oh, yeah, it's actually fun. Uh you've raced a pigeon? No, but I've Googled this, it's really cool. It's like it's it's you should Google it. It's really interesting.

SPEAKER_00 42:43

I'll check it out after the package.

SPEAKER_01 42:44

There's a big thing in America, too. Because you know, like messenger pigeons used to be a big thing, so like we don't need them for messages anymore, but people had them. So they're like, hey, we can still train them to find places, so you train them to race. And it's like a cross-country race, but pigeons.

SPEAKER_00 42:58

I mean, at medieval times, they do have a bird that's very well trained, maybe for a pigeon. I wonder.

SPEAKER_01 43:03

Bonus kid corner, Savona is terrified of eagles, and sometimes like, I don't want to go outside because I don't want the eagles to get me.

SPEAKER_00 43:11

Did she see eagles often enough to be terrified of them?

SPEAKER_01 43:13

No, I wonder like if she saw like Lord of the Rings or something, where like massive.

SPEAKER_00 43:17

She was just watching Lord of the Rings will be. Yes, that's true.

SPEAKER_01 43:22

Uh this is one of my favorite, like, weird, like, okay, generally I wish we had a monarch, but sometimes, like, nah. You may know that all unmarked swans on Britain's waterways are technically owned by the queen. Well, now the king. But did you know that she also owned all the dolphins and whales in British waters? They're known as fishes royale.

SPEAKER_00 43:44

Okay. Why? How? How does she own a dolphin? Like what? Free willing to die? Like, I can't. I don't get it. I don't get it.

SPEAKER_01 43:53

Well, because you know, like it was, you know, premium meat. So, like you common folk can have the cod, but

SPEAKER_00 44:03

Um, all right. The Queen and Prince Philip received over 2,500 wedding gifts when they married in 1947. Because nylon stockings were in limited supply due to clothes rationing, 131 pairs were sent to Elizabeth by women across the country. That's very weird. The couple also received a box of apples, 500 tins of pineapple and an $83 million necklace. Here's some apples and an $83 million necklace. I get that apples were probably much more valuable back then, but come on. Who sent her the $83 million necklace?

SPEAKER_01 44:37

So this is one of my favorite ones that is just like, again, royals. Elizabeth met Philip, which is like when old people like this die, it's kind of like I would be bad without Sarah. I'm assuming. Actually, Tyler would be worthless without you. Oh, just you do all the, you know. But like you'd be like, oh, I just like don't. My grandma like outlived my grandpa by 15, 20 years.

SPEAKER_00 45:02

And like that's a long time.

SPEAKER_01 45:05

So like it's kind of sometimes like there's been a lot of like reunited pictures of um Philip and Elizabeth. But anyway, which is like, oh, because like they were good together, you know? Yeah. Elizabeth met Philip when she was just eight years old and he was 13 at the wedding of Prince George, Elizabeth's brother, and Princess Marina, Philip's cousin. Elizabeth and Philip are themselves third cousins. What? Remember, incest is cool if you're a royal. If you're not, no. No, you're not, no, no. When Philip was 18, he began writing to 13-year-old Elizabeth. Seven years later, they were engaged. And I just sent you this picture I saw on some random Facebook where I was like, ah, damn, Elizabeth's hot. Turns out she was 16 in this picture.

SPEAKER_00 45:46

I was like, she is beautiful.

SPEAKER_01 45:49

Uh in 1942, the Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, undertook her first solo engagement as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards. Uh, this photo recorded the event, and she's got like a blazer and a shirt and like a cockeyed hat, and like I was like, damn, Elizabeth. And she was 16, and now I feel dirty. I mean And I told the whole world.

SPEAKER_00 46:08

And now everyone knows Nick thought of the Queen. But hey, she's beautiful.

SPEAKER_01 46:11

Philip was more jail baby than I was.

SPEAKER_00 46:14

Yes, he was. Yes, he was. So now you're good. Um, this I'm gonna read two, but I just need to say the queen was fluent in French, which is probably why she loves this Dubonet. Probably gotta have some background. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 46:27

I think this one's fairly well known, but I love it nonetheless. You know, those brightly colored outfits complete with matching hats that the Queen was so fond of. Well, there's a reason that she dressed in shades of bright pink, yellow, and green. It was so that she would always stand out in a crowd. She was pretty short, so wearing neon and pastel shades helped people catch a glimpse of her during public engagement.

SPEAKER_00 46:45

How kind!

SPEAKER_01 46:46

Yes, I mean, honestly, like there's two ways you could look at it. You could look like, oh, what an egotistical asshole. Or you could be like, oh, she knows that like people are there to see her, and like if she wore drab clothing, at least now you'd be like, Oh, look, I saw some pastel colors. I saw the queen.

SPEAKER_00 47:02

I am ashamed to admit this, but you know, here we are. I'm gonna say it. I was looking through some pictures last night. Well, I I don't know, it was like just a strong Instagram post.

SPEAKER_01 47:11

Also, as you said, very kind of you to just do small, tiny pictures.

SPEAKER_00 47:15

Because Aaron, my friend Aaron, sent me a post about how like everyone's posting their uh 2005 study abroad pictures in London suddenly. And I studied abroad in London. It was spring semester, so it was 2006, and so I had to go back and like this was not the most beautiful time in my life. So I I threw up some uh pictures uh and it was hilarious. But I was looking through You're right, it was a good thing you did it. They were small. And I just um we're on a group text, me and some of the girls in the pictures, and I or no, Jody sent me the I'm sorry, credit where credit is due. Jody sent me the hilarious meme. Anyway, um, what I was gonna say is I was looking through through pictures of the queen, and this is a stupid thought, I acknowledge it, but she had this beautiful pink suit on, and all I could think was like, man, who's gonna get all her clothes? Not me is the answer, but it was this like awesome suit, and I'm like, what I wouldn't give to inherit like a rockin' queen Elizabeth suit. Anywho, uh, in case you didn't know already, the queen had a glass of champagne every night. This is where the phrase, yes, queen, originated. Because yes, queen. I mean, she also started the day off with a gin cocktail, and now you know exactly what was in that gin cocktail, and that it's disgusting. Although, given her recent health issues, not so recent, uh, maybe she cut back towards the end.

SPEAKER_01 48:30

It's probably why she's dead. Probably because she cut back on the gin.

SPEAKER_00 48:33

She live yeah, yes, that. You hear all those people that like live to 100 and whatever, and they always say, like, have a drink every day. Like, yes, ma'am.

SPEAKER_01 48:42

Proof that is genetics. Ooh. Since 1989, Queen has worn one shade of nail polish and one shade only. Ballet slippers by Essie, a shade of the palest pearly pink. And the Queen's first bottle was originally ordered for her by her hairdresser.

SPEAKER_00 48:59

You guys, this bottle of nail polish is like $8. That's like the most pure thing in the world.

SPEAKER_01 49:04

That is also probably sold the fuck out right now.

SPEAKER_00 49:07

I'm gonna go buy me some for $900 on eBay. I mean, no, you can get some. Shh, don't do it. I'm gonna go get some by the time this airs, guys. You can buy my bottles on eBay. Bonus product, right? Okay, just kidding, everybody. All right. Um, gotta find one. The Queen was the only person in the UK who was not required to have a driving license or license plate on her vehicle. She also didn't need a passport to travel, as all British passports are issued in her name. What? She can't That's insane to me. Think of the amount of trust you put in this person. You, the world, I guess.

SPEAKER_01 49:47

I like this one. I want to do it. All right, ma'am. The Queen had two birthdays. I knew it. She turned 96 on April 21st, 2022, but celebrated her official birthday in June in the midst of her Jubilee celebrations. The tradition of the monarch celebrating in a official birthday began more than 250 years ago with King George II, or as I like to call him, Jorge the Dose, who decided to publicly celebrate his birthday in the summer rather than cold and wet November. And so since 1748, every British monarch has carried on the tradition so that there'd be less chance of poor weather, impeding outdoor celebrations and military parades celebrating the birthdays. I am all for this.

SPEAKER_00 50:25

I need two birthdays and many parades.

SPEAKER_01 50:28

I mean, my birthday is June 28th, so it always is overshadowed by America's birthday.

unknown 50:33

Is it?

SPEAKER_01 50:34

Yes. Because it never works out. It never works out. No, it's like the same week. It's always you know this. It's always the same week. That's true. Your birthday, however, is like the perfect time of year.

SPEAKER_00 50:44

It's right at the beginning of the school year. Elliot's is the I've determined March to be the perfect month to have a.

SPEAKER_01 50:49

No, it's crap outside. Oh, I don't care about it.

SPEAKER_00 50:52

Oh, don't care about that.

SPEAKER_01 50:53

So I think have my official birthday like September 20th.

SPEAKER_00 51:01

One day after mine.

SPEAKER_01 51:02

Well, it's also like Stephen Country Meet's birthday.

SPEAKER_00 51:04

It is. It's in our calendar.

SPEAKER_01 51:07

But like I would have like, because it's like glorious weather. Thank you, global warming. Maybe. You can do um no, the weather's better now than it is in.

SPEAKER_00 51:16

Yeah, but think if you're a kid in school.

SPEAKER_01 51:17

I don't give a shit. Now I'm celebrating my official birthday. I'm not in school anymore.

SPEAKER_00 51:22

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_01 51:23

We could have all of our Oktoberfest beer. We could do Simtoberfest, but for me, so it could even be more alcohol focused.

SPEAKER_00 51:30

Oktoberfest. Even better, tricky, Nikki.

SPEAKER_01 51:35

More on that later.

SPEAKER_00 51:36

Did you guys learn enough about the Queen or do we need to do more?

SPEAKER_01 51:39

Uh, there are also some funny anecdotes in this other thing that I thought were worth sharing. Because those are facts, but these are now, oh, I'm sorry, actually, not that one. I want these witty one-liners from Queen Elizabeth. It's the one that's not actually linked.

SPEAKER_00 51:52

Oh, I was like, did I miss that link? Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_01 51:54

So this comes from Bose Vogue. Queen Elizabeth's 11 best witty one-liners. This one has gone around recently, but once when walking around the grounds of Balmoral with her protection officer, Queen Elizabeth ran into some American tourists. It became clear they didn't recognize her. So this I watched this clip a couple times. And it's backpackers, because like the other side of the mountain is like a public park. And so they're like, Oh, you've been, how long have you been coming up here? And she's like, Oh, about 80 years. Come on. And they're like, Oh, so you must have like met the queen at some point, right? Do you know her? And she goes, No, but she points to the protection officer, but he has, and they're like, Oh, you know the queen?

SPEAKER_00 52:37

Did he play along?

SPEAKER_01 52:38

Yeah, and he and he said, uh, yeah, I did. She's a bit, you know, persnickety, but she has a great sense of humor. And they're like, Can we get a picture with you? So they had the queen take pictures with him. And then he was like, Cool. He's like, Hey, how about we get a picture with her too? Because you know, like she and so the story. Yeah, the story is he's like, I couldn't wait until he got back to America, developed the book. Showed everybody and showed everybody like I got this picture of this guy that met the queen, and then like this lady like took the picture, and that was like dude.

SPEAKER_00 53:11

That is the best. Man, I would have loved to have meet her. She sounds cool. And also, she's a regular person. Look, she forgot her anniversary. On the occasion of her 72nd anniversary to her husband, Prince Philip, the Queen of England loudly commented during a public appearance, What's the date? Which, like, come on, man, lots of people are staring at her. It's a public public appearances are hard.

SPEAKER_01 53:33

At the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show, a gardener told her how lilies of the valley have poisonous traits. The queen replied darkly, I've been given two bunches this week. Perhaps they want me dead.

SPEAKER_00 53:47

Sense of humor. When visiting New Zealand in 1986, the Queen and Prince Philip were pelted with eggs thrown by protesters. Later at a state banquet, she remarked, New Zealand has long been renowned for its dairy produce, though I should say that I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. Man, these are all just funny.

SPEAKER_01 54:08

This is one of my favorites. In 2007, Queen Elizabeth made an official visit to the white man. During the welcome ceremony, W mistakenly said the Queen helped America celebrate their bicentennial in 1776, not 1996. Celebrate in 1776.

SPEAKER_00 54:41

How did W respond, you know? Okay, this is every grandma ever. I love this. In the summer of 2013, which I remember this like vividly, royal baby watch hit a fervor as the world waited for Prince George. When pressed for clues at an engagement, the Queen simply replied, I hope it arrives soon because I'm going on holiday. That's also not every grandma. My mom was like, I won't leave the house. Oh, my parents left. Oh, yeah, that's true. Sorry about that.

SPEAKER_01 55:15

Once while driving up to the Royal Windsor Horse Show, she was unrecognized by a guard. Sorry, love, you can't come in without a sticker.

SPEAKER_00 55:22

She doesn't even have a passport.

SPEAKER_01 55:23

The queen, unfazed reply, I think if you check, I will be allowed to come in.

SPEAKER_00 55:29

But listen, what is he checking? She has no documentation anywhere.

SPEAKER_01 55:33

Alright, alright. What's your name, love?

SPEAKER_00 55:35

And she just I can't queen.

SPEAKER_01 55:37

Elizabeth the Queen. Elizabeth, what? Windsor? Uh-oh. Like the Queen.

SPEAKER_00 55:42

No, he would just be like, oh, cool. You still need a sticker. Like, that's what I'm saying. You have no document. You just assume everyone knows who you are. Oh, how rude. Okay. How's this for a mic drop?

SPEAKER_01 55:55

This is my favorite.

SPEAKER_00 55:56

In an argument with the Queen Mother, the elder royal said to her daughter, Who do you think you are? To which Queen Elizabeth replied, The Queen, Mummy, the Queen, which is going to be Lucy for the record.

SPEAKER_01 56:07

Um, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 56:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 56:10

All right, P Queen Elizabeth, thank you for you know maybe it's outdated, maybe it's whatever, but I love that you had an idea of Britishness and what the best part of the British people was, is, and you tried to embody it. And obviously you had a lot of change in your life, you had a lot of scandals in your life with your family, but you tried to provide an example of upright behavior, stiff upper lip, and properness, which are great things about the British people.

SPEAKER_00 56:39

And I mean, from across the pond, somehow I I don't get people who complain about her, so I just think she's great. She seems so fun to me. I know nothing about her besides these articles. So thank you.

SPEAKER_01 56:49

Did you know that Queen Elizabeth sailed her boat to Chicago?

SPEAKER_00 56:52

I did not. What did she do? I learned this.

SPEAKER_01 56:55

So they did a tour with her yacht, the HMS Britannia. Uh basically a small river thing. And for the the the like uh ship canal between Chicago and New Orleans, she sailed it up there to help commemorate it, and also the St. Lawrence Sea Wave. Oh sure. And so she stopped in Chicago. Okay. And had a bunch of tours in Chicago, and so there's some really cool pictures out there that have been doing the rounds of Queen Elizabeth in Chicago. Oh she got to meet Richard Daly, and she never came back to Chicago after that.

SPEAKER_00 57:26

She was like, nah.

SPEAKER_01 57:28

Nah. There's still more dailies here. Nah.

SPEAKER_00 57:31

The weather is similar to London.

SPEAKER_01 57:34

I just think the pictures here, I'll send you one of these pictures, but it's like her. Oh, it's not a big thing.

SPEAKER_00 57:38

Have you seen Do you follow the Royal Family on Instagram?

SPEAKER_01 57:42

I do.

SPEAKER_00 57:42

They had a beautiful, I think it was on their stories of all the flowers out front. It was just a nice shot.

SPEAKER_01 57:48

All the pictures of her and Richard Daly, though, are just like she looks pissed. Why are you with this before?

SPEAKER_00 57:55

I dude. Oh. Oh, yeah. This. Look at all these.

SPEAKER_01 57:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 57:59

It's just beautiful. Anyway, guys.

SPEAKER_01 58:03

Surge pricing and flowers in England right now. Hope you're not getting married this weekend.

SPEAKER_00 58:11

Wow, yeah. Can you isn't it crazy the amount of industries that are touched? I mean, like, this nail polish is gonna sell out. Flower florist just boom. Dubai. Dubai! Premier League football. Jimmy had to get it out of the basement.

unknown 58:26

Just kidding.

SPEAKER_00 58:28

Okay, guys.

SPEAKER_01 58:29

Wow. Um, best thing I had this week.

SPEAKER_00 58:31

Yeah, this is fine.

SPEAKER_01 58:32

I gotta talk about some food. S'mores.

SPEAKER_00 58:34

All right, man. You don't ever talk about dessert. Do I have to make a joke? Yes. What's more? I don't want to. S'more what? No, bro. Come on. I was like, what are you waiting for?

SPEAKER_01 58:46

You have to. Um s'more what? We had a bonfire on Sunday night because I had a bunch of pallets I need to get rid of. I was hoping to light some mice on fire. I did not. Yeah, that's a weird hope. Well, because I just hate the mice. They're all over.

SPEAKER_00 58:57

Yeah, but I don't think you light them.

SPEAKER_01 58:59

I just want them to die. I want them all to die.

SPEAKER_00 59:02

Yeah, okay. Uh, is that okay? Uh yeah, I don't I want them to die too. Just don't really think about starting them on fire. I want them to like peacefully run away. So I never have to hear about it again.

SPEAKER_01 59:13

I'm not as naive as that. I know we're in a global struggle against the mice, and it's them or us. And if I have to light them on fire, I have to light them on fire. Anyway, so it's very fun. And we did some s'm'ores. And I haven't had a s'more in um years. Like a proper, like over-the-fire marshmallow, the graham crackers that have been outside in the like humidity, soggy.

SPEAKER_00 59:38

And then like, bro, where have you been?

SPEAKER_01 59:41

I don't know. They're not like my favorite thing in the world, but it's maybe because I haven't had one so long, it's like, man, it just smacked. As a kid said, it smacked. And it was so good. Dumb of uh and then you know, we cleaned up, everybody enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun. And I was like, there was like this much of the Hershey bar left. I'm like, oh, you know what? Some chocolate sounds good. Oh my god, Hershey's milk chocolate is the most disgustingly, sickenly sweet thing in the world.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:09

So great. You added it with a marshmallow and graham cracker.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:12

Yeah, but it's together because we'll like sugar and more sugar. Well, because yeah, you carbonalize the sugar and you have like the soggy graham cracker that you left out in the thing.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:21

Sick.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:22

Uh, but like those s'mores, man, they smack.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:24

Are you a s'mores purist or will you try different kinds of chocolates?

SPEAKER_01 1:00:28

I'm kind of a purist.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:30

Same. Shannon um Michael's family was. Oh, I know. Shannon did some crazy rules.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:35

I believe the rollers are good. But also, I am with our good friend Ron Cheese. Finally got a shout out to Ron. Can't go one week without it. Uh, that once you start adding crap to your grilled cheese, it's no longer grilled cheese, it's a melt.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:48

Oh, whoa. I don't know what to tell you guys. Uh, I don't care enough to fight over if it's a melt or a grilled cheese.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:57

Anyway, um once you stop caring about grilled cheese, soon you're gonna be getting dorgies instead of corgies. And then society will be.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:06

Uh, okay, since Nick isn't talking about tacos this week, I thought I would. And these are Bridget style tacos, which is the whitest of white tacos. We had a fight actually at work the other day about what constitutes it. I I feel like I feel like we're gonna get canceled about this. No, no, no, no. Here's what Nick thinks is an easy taco to make. Well, you just create a slurry with this and this and this. You are mischaracterizing my remarks. Me and everyone else agreed, and we're like, no, Nick, making a slurry is not an easy taco.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:39

You are mischaracterizing my remarks. The easiest taco is ground beef and like a dry seasoning. If you do the taco packet, you have to pour in water. Yes. Which is creating a slurry. You are creating a slurry. That is creating a slurry.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:55

All I'm doing is adding water and powder to a pan. It's a slurry. So it's like, well, I just pour some tomatoes in. Then I do this, and then I add these 10 things, and then I'll mix them up.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:07

I mean, I have a seasoning called Nick by Southwest.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:12

You've already lost people when you said easy tacos.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:15

So I have my own seasonings, but you can use your own seasoning. It's fine. Yeah, just some commercial off-the-rack. Yeah, that's fine. Whatever. I just, you know, have great joy in making my own seasonings. It's called NXSW. It's funny, you know, it's a South by Southwest joke. Yeah, no, I get it. Thank you. Um and uh anyway, uh, so brown the ground beef and sprinkle the taco seasoning, pour in a can of tomatoes, and then it, you know, becomes too juicy, and there's like liquid and stuff in there. Instead of pouring it off, I just add some breadcrumbs. Yeah, and soak up.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:47

That's what lost us.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:48

That's what's in that. What do you think is in your taco seasoning?

SPEAKER_00 1:02:51

What do you think is in the bread? That's not the point. Anyway, we're here to talk about my favorite food, which is nothing like what Nick is saying.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:00

I will make you these tacos.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:02

I'm not telling you it's better or worse. I'm telling you it's wrong. That having to add breadcrumbs to your taco mixture makes it not an easy night, easy taco night. Easy for you. Don't you have breadcrumbs in your house? I do have breadcrumbs. I've never once put them in my tacos.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:18

Try it.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:19

Okay. Anybody anyway, I made tacos even easier than the slurry you must create with a taco packet. Um, Lake Sheen McCountry Meats has pre-seasoned taco meat. And I bought it because I was feeling very lazy and it's delicious. Uh, I bought that, and then I bought our chicken fajita brats and took them out of the casing because, ew, casing. And so I made ground chicken with like what onions, peppers, and is that it? Onions, peppers, and fajita seasoning things. Um, and we mixed it. I forgot to report back. So I mean the kids ate mostly ate them separately, but Tyler and I mixed them and it was delicious.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:56

I I feel like the different, like, you get a little bit of different texture because like, so it's like you get a little like I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:02

I felt healthier having the chicken.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:04

Sure.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:04

Um, so chicken fajita brought out of the casing, pre-seasoned taco meat, the easiest damn dinner, literally easiest. All I did was ground up meat and brown it.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:14

And the taco seasoned ground beef was my idea. It was. And an ex-employee now told me it was the stupidest idea I've ever had and he didn't want to do it.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:21

Listen, I went I went and looked for it the other day and we didn't have to not the other day, a while ago. We didn't have any. I was so angry.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:27

Yeah, because another employee didn't want to do it.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:30

People make the preseason taco meat. Bridget wants it. Anyway, so it was basic taco night, but like I've my kids haven't eaten so well in a long time. Like they've been getting whiny about their dinner and it's annoying. And we had such a nice night. They just ate without complaining. They said dinner was so yummy, etc. etc. Big win of the week, everybody. Well, on that note, it's time for Kid Corner Corner.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:54

Uh, we have a joint one that we've hinted at, which I feel like we should just like spit it out that uh Lucy and Simona had a play date yesterday.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:01

That was adorable. Thank you, Sarah, for being like the best in the world.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:05

Ate some pizza. They ate pizza, they took a car ride across the field to Lake Shiva Country Meets.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:12

Which might have been the highlight of their night.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:13

And they came in, all three of them, holding hands.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:16

Oh, it's adorable.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:16

Looking for me. And the staff's like, oh, Simona. And I'm like, Lucy's Bridget's daughter, too.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:22

We know Elliot. We have to pause and give Sarah credit here. I literally almost cried. Sarah texts me. The kids are in soccer now, and on Tuesday nights, the little kids play. So Simona and Lucy. Elliot plays Tuesday and Thursday. Well, I was without husband Tuesday night, and it was the first night. So trying to wrangle like three year old chaos soccer and the first night of six year old chaos soccer, I was like, it was awful. It was terrible. You felt like a bad parent because you can't be in both places. Both kids needed you. So um, Sarah texted me on Wednesday and said, Hey, I know Elliot, you know, I think Elliot has soccer tomorrow, but not Lucy. Like, can I can I give you a break so you can just watch soccer with Elliot and I literally almost cried. I was like, this is the nicest thing. I just want to sit down and watch my kid play soccer and not have to fight his sibling. And anyway, it was awesome. So we have to give Sarah credit. So thank you.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:10

They had fun.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:11

Yeah, it was great. And so yeah, they came in looking for dinner. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:14

And uh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:16

But where are we headed with this? I don't know. When I came to pick Lucy up, we were just like sitting in the backyard having a beer out by the play set. And I don't know how it came up, but Nick got a new nickname. Oh, yes. That's right. Yeah, I don't know what it is. Tricky Nikki. Tricky Nikki. And these kids are like parrots at this age. And both of them were like, tricky Nikki, Tricky Nikki.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:34

And they also, so then they like ran up to the top of the play set and started, nah, na boo.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:39

You can't get me tricky Nikki. Why did we call you Tricky Nikki? I don't even remember now.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:43

I don't remember. Probably because I did something dumb.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:45

Well, we just missed the whole punchline, everybody.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:47

Anyway, but uh, yep. So Tricky Nikki. You can call me Tricky Nikki. I haven't been called Tricky Nikki in Did you used to be called Tricky Nikki? Yeah, in like first grade because kids are terrible. Well, now our kids are terrible. So one of the great things about Simona as a name is they're not going to be more Simonas. We asked Simona the other day, so you know any more? She goes, Simona Hallop.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:10

Let's have a spider. Yes, Simona. Your friend.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:15

Uh we do think if we ever get in a room, or not even a room, like a stadium with Simona, we'd be like, we could have a side that says, We named our daughter Simona and we could get a picture with her. Probably, probably.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:24

I'd agree with that.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:25

Uh anyway. Um where was I going with this? Oh, so mean nicknames. Yeah, we didn't want her, and the only one I could come up with is my grandpa is gonna sing the dumb mum my Simona. I'm like, I can live with that one. Okay. Because my grandpa does some dumb things like that.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:43

Did you think of this before you were naming her? Oh, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:46

I went through all of these. Uh I thought through like Simmo, Mona, like please not Mona, but Mona is what Lucy called Swona for the worst.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:54

That's fine. Year and a half of her life.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:55

That's fine.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:55

She stopped mostly.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:56

It's fine, it's fine.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:58

Um I like Mona actually.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:00

Uh, it's not the worst.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:01

It will be as she gets older. It'll be worse.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:03

It seems like a bitchy woman. Like, that's my problem.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:06

That's true. I get that.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:07

Like, because it's like there's Mona right there, and like yeah, the Moan part is what's probably gonna be. So uh I think like not gonna like people be like, it's a dumb name, but I'll just be like, because it's not a common name. So I'm like, okay, everybody's gonna have their name making fun of somehow. Some yep, yep. So that's fine, that's fine.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:22

And uh yeah, so that's we did it with Elliot, and I was like, oh yeah, we're all good. And then immediately my sister was like, Smelly Ellie, Smelly at Elliot.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:31

See, I always think Ellie Belly.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:32

Oh shit. And Ellie Belly, I'm like, fine, you want to call him Ellie Belly? Like, we call him that. But I was like, oh shit, some kid is gonna call him Smelly at Elliot.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:38

I almost called him Belly in front of his friends the other day.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:40

Oh, I think he thinks he thinks it's hilarious that when he was a baby we used to call him butters. Like he calls himself butters, he thinks it's so funny.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:47

Well, that's also funny because like from the South Park, like butters. He doesn't butters.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:52

Anyway, kids. Uh okay, do you want me to start? Oh, I don't know. Yeah, okay, I'm gonna start. So we um we took the kids on their first carnival ride. Except uh by we, I mean Shannon volunteered to kindly sit in for Tyler because Tyler had to go work a booth at the fair. Uh so we went on the giant Ferris wheel. Like both kids were just dying to go on this Ferris wheel. And we're like, yeah, okay. And I made Shannon and I made the mistake of joking about like, we're gonna die. And so, of course, it immediately, because Shannon and I are both were like, How the hell? Like, we're terrified. How are these kids totally fine with this? But as soon as we got on, then Elliot picked up on everything we were saying. And he goes, Mom, are we gonna die? Mom, and so then Shannon and I both, every second we could, we both looked at each other like, oh my god, are we gonna die?

SPEAKER_01 1:09:43

But the Ferris wheel there is terrifying because like it shows up on a truck.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:46

It is terrifying, okay? But I'm just here to say your kids are resilient and they are brave and they didn't give a shit. They were both just like, yeah, that's so fun. And music.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:54

You can do hard things.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:56

You can do hard anyway. So it was just my proud moment. Nothing weird and gross happened except when we got off and there was a puke, and I was like, we're going out of the carnival way, guys. Let's go. That is my I can't. I can't. We had to leave. Like literally, Shannon ushered the kids. They were like, Come on, kids, your mom can't be by this. Let's go. She was the real hero.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:14

She's such a hero.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:15

She was really very helpful.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:17

Uh, mine's just like, again, a like, I'm gonna start crying story. Oh, love those. We are redoing, so I have a uh plan for my flowers. A gardening obsession and uh dental obsession, gardening obsession.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:32

Real old man.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:33

Yep. Uh anyway, uh no. The reason I'm so obsessed about my dental health is because I don't want to get, you know, like brain problems.

SPEAKER_02 1:10:40

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:41

No, uh your mouth, fine, whatever, I can deal with it. Uh it's the like the dementia, like from dental health? Oh yeah, there's such a strong correlation.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:50

I've never heard of it.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:51

So I'm on the board for this free clinic thing, and I get all this like public health stuff across my desk because our executive director keeps trying to find funding for stuff and like send because she's doing her job. But so she sends like all these random things to the board of like, did you know this? This is why our dental program's so good. I'm like, oh my god, I don't want to get Alzheimer's. Like, I am terrified of Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's, bears, and sharks. These are the things I'm just like. That is interesting.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:14

That's funny because I'm not scared of bears and sharks.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:16

Um, I'm sure I would be. But Alzheimer's terrified?

SPEAKER_00 1:11:20

I mean, yeah, but I don't really feel like I can avoid it.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:22

So there's this huge correlation between gum disease and Alzheimer's and all sorts of like dementia stuff. So, like, this is why I've tripled down on flossine.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:33

You read one article.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:35

No, it's like multiple. I'm sure you've researched it. I don't know where it's going with this.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:39

Um, I said that I didn't realize I just I just said they weren't correlated, but you were gonna cry, and I called you an old man, and now we're talking about this. That's right, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:48

So um uh I'm looking to get clearance deals on planters for next year because I need a set of planters for a couple places.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:58

Smart time to do that.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:59

And so I'm looking for it, and they haven't gone on clearance yet, and I'm kind of like I know.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:03

Do you feel like that's going away? Well, I don't know. I feel like stores are dumping clothing, but you can't get like a plastic bin for less than $15.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:12

Yes, ridiculous. Like, come on. Ugh, anyway. Um yes, the plastic bin pricing is ridiculous.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:20

$10 for ones that used to be four. Okay, you guys, we're very old. So back to your garden helper.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:27

Uh I wanted to go to Home Depot to look. We went on Labor Day because I was like, maybe a sale will start now. And to get Simona out of the house, I had to promise to buy flowers with her. So we bought some mums because we're replanting some. Our Zinnias are like basically dead, so putting the mums in. I don't know if zinnias will work here a long time, but I love them, so we'll see. Anyway, um so we got home with the moms, and dad-da, I help you. So she did all of the things. She got the dirt, carried the big bag of dirt with her big muscles. Big muscles. It actually was impressive. Uh yes, if an adult did it, you'd get a like weight to like muscle mass. She would have had a hernia, like for sure. Could um she got her gloves out. Wow. She helped me take the flowers out. We planted the flowers, we watered the flowers, we swept everything up, we threw out the old ones, and it was just like really fun. And I remember when I was a kid, like, you know, we grew up on a lot of there's a lot of land around us, and like my dad's lot's only an acre, but he had like more extensive um like planted areas than what we have landscaping. He has like all in front of his house and like these gardens and stuff, which I'm never gonna do because I had to do them as a kid. I'm like, F this. I'm gonna do my potted flowers and my potted vegetables where it's not like weeds all over. Anyway, although the front of our house now. So, but like I just remember as a kid how much fun I just had being with my dad outside. And it was one of the things of like, yeah, we're in the weeds, yes, this sucks. Yes, this isn't the easiest work, and I'm sure it was harder on my dad. Like, as you realize as you become a parent instead of the child, you're like, oh, this thing that I thought was really hard was actually much harder on my parent than it was on me.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:12

Right.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:12

Um I know. But just like the joy I had of being outside with my dad and doing things with my dad and our relationship and how much of a relationship was like we would do things outside together. He would like pull weeds and I would mow, or I would run the wheelbarrow back and forth. And getting to do that with Simona and just like I really enjoy this. And she's two and ten months or whatever. She's basically 11 months. Yeah, so she's basically three and like needs a lot of direction and is you know an uncontrolled wheel of energy.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:46

Three, man.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:47

But it was just really fun, and I really loved having my little garden helper. And I hope it's something we can do. It's like this is something we do. We like work on our flowers and we bring all these flowers, and then we can bring mom mom some pretty flowers.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:59

Oh, Nick. But also, she's entering the three major years. Blessings too.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:05

She's been on this for a couple months already, too.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:08

It's like that's just the warm-up.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:09

I know.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:10

This is when you think all of the terrible twos. You're like, no, no.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:13

Like, what are you doing? Because we have Lucy as a guide, as you watched Lucy last night, and I'm like, yeah. I tried to get the video of them in the store, and I couldn't quite get it. Oh my gosh. Let me see if I can find it.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:26

Also, I just want to say this three-year-old soccer is made up of like six kids that I mean, there's like 15 kids, but five or six of them like see each other weekly all the time. We get there and they act like they've never met each other. Like they only need their parents' help. They won't go play. Lucy wouldn't Lucy and Max, they're cousins, and they wouldn't even talk to each other. I'm like, you guys.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:47

That was the funniest part of this whole thing. Yes. Was like you and Shannon and Max and uh Lucy were like in the middle, and you're like, and then at the end, you were on opposite sides, and they were like, Yeah, out of it.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:03

They're just like looked at each other. I'm like, you guys see each other all the time. It was annoying. Just kidding, love you children. What are you trying to find? Oh, a video. I couldn't get the video off. Lucy's eating in the store.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:16

They actually just like walked to the store, grabbed apples, and started eating them. Lucy almost ate a sticker. I was like, Girlfriend, let me take that sticker off for you. Uh, but they were like walking out of the store, skipping in a like Lucy Simona the bald one, and Lucy with her hair like mullet. Yeah. It's like, oh my god, I have to send this to prison.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:35

Oh, you guys, this has been an episode.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:38

It has. Uh, look at what monarchs who have reigned for 70 years dying does to someone.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:43

So sad.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:44

It's all the Dubonnay.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:46

Yeah, it's this fresh bottle of Dubonnay.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:49

I tried it. I'm gonna just probably put this into a sangria.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:52

Yeah, actually, that'd be fine. Yeah. I mean, just even dump those glasses. Like, this is sangria with some gin in it. I don't know. I don't think anyone would notice. It's so bad. It makes me wonder what her palette for food was like. I'm gonna research. Not on air. Our listeners do not care. We'll report back next week for those that care. Nick.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:17

Quick rundown of Queen Elizabeth's daily meals. Also, I love how much so much content has just been like Fish.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:25

She loves fish, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:26

This is from tastingtable.com that recently wrote an article about the health benefits of salmon linking to Lake Shiva Cutcher Meats. Because I got a notification on Google News. Yeah. I'm like, this is weird, but you know what? I'll take it. Uh again, it starts with a quick name for her gin and doominate cocktail.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:42

Gross, you guys. Please someone else try it and let us know if like maybe our palettes are off.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:46

Uh but you're right. She avoided heavy foods during her midday meal and offered enjoyed a Dover Soul filet and spinach or grilled chicken with a salad. She's an Earl Grey tea fan too. Oh what?

SPEAKER_00 1:17:55

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:56

Earl Grey tea. That was her afternoon tea.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:58

Yeah, I mean, that makes sense, but anyway.

SPEAKER_01 1:18:01

You guys, uh, thanks for listening.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:03

Yeah. Uh the queen and I shared fashion style. I I would say we similarly loved bright colors, and we do not similarly love cocktails. Have a wonderful week ahead, everybody. Cheers to you all. Hope your school years are going okay if you got kids in the system.

SPEAKER_01 1:18:20

The queen is dead. Long live the king, except please die and let Harry be king. I'm sorry, not Harry. William Wills.

SPEAKER_02 1:18:29

Bye bye, everybody.