Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 370: Reviews of Hangover Cures

Episode Date: December 31, 2025

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I, uh, this feels like what I see on TikTok, people casually sitting on a couch and recording a podcast. Yeah, like how we did it for like two years. I know, but I'm not used to it anymore. more. Even Gia, when we did the clap at the beginning to sync audio with the video, he really looked at us like, what was that? That was startling. So anyway, welcome to my house. Thank you. Sorry about the whole house and everything else. Oh, it's okay. And all the contents within. It only took us 20 minutes to find everything to set up.

I was like, I'll be ready at 10 a.m. And then Leona was like screaming. And anyway, we're here now, though, and we're thrilled to be here, right, Zadby? I'm so thrilled. Yeah. I'm actually glad to be here right now. Wow. And what compared to usual? Well, compared to the last two episodes, yeah.

I was not happy to be there. Why not? Oh, I don't know. Just depression. Oh, so that's all better now? I'm cured. I'm all cured, everybody. No, I'm excited because this episode is coming out on.

New Year's Eve. Gio heard this is a love seat. He just jumped up between us. He's like, a love seat. Don't mind if I do. He's like, oh, depression, I can cure that. Yeah, he's like, I got that too. We got the blues.

We got the blues. No, yeah, so happy Wonderwall, almost Wonderwall, everybody. Oh, my God. Send my regards to BAP. Bap. If you're not familiar, I have a famous New Year's Eve. It's not famous. Text that I sent to Zandi

and my mother in a group text with another person entity named BAP B, lowercase B, capital A, lowercase P. And I wrote Happy Wonderwall because I was very intoxicated many years ago in Chicago, and they were playing Wonderwall at midnight. And I got indescribably angry. I was going to say, she hates that. Oh, my God, I can't see it. So I texted my brother, and I guess I threw mom in there, and then I just added BAP for good measure and said, happy Wonderwall. They were, I think, at least my mother was worried about my well-being, but here I am to, I live to tell the tale. I think I'm going with you potentially to a game night on news.

Oh, you're going? I might. Oh, good. I hope so. I'll be there. It's just like puking up next to us. What is happening today? I don't know.

I don't know. Oh, boy, buddy. Okay. I know. It's a tough start today, huh? Are they struggling? Okay, I'm so sorry. If you're a video patron, I'm sorry also, because I really, you just saw you retching.

I haven't showered in four days. It's fine. We're going to get through this. So, Zandi, today's topic for New Year's Eve? It's very relevant. Yeah. You needed it for Chicago especially. I did, and I didn't have it.

Today's theme is hangover cures. Do you have any that work for you specifically? Um, I don't really get hangovers. I neither. Oh, really? I mean, maybe now I do like, and I have. I probably would if I drank as much as I used to. Yeah, I think like I did when I would like drink so much.

But then, but then usually like if I just drank a normal amount, like I don't get hangovers. And I think it's just because I drink too much on a regular basis that my body's just used to it, which is probably disturbing to many, including myself and my doctor. But, uh, yeah. past it's when you end up throwing up and all that and then you feel like nauseous the next day man that's no fun um so i don't really have i mean i just i'm always a fan of like um junky food but i do love eating a greasy meal mm-hmm i think it helps uh but yeah also just drink a lot of water i don't know i don't ever do that i'm now i know that that works i know it's it's important drink water as i pick up my ice coffee yes hydrate okay hydrate while drinking that's the main thing that works

Don't take aspirin before bed. Don't take Tylenol. Don't take Tylenol before bed. I mean, I don't know. I'm not a doctor. Look, according to people on the internet that claim to be medical professionals, you're not supposed to do that because it's not good for your tummy or your liver. However.

Or your kidneys. Whatever. I don't know. It's not good for you, supposedly. But guess what? Neither is taking shots. Neither is tequila, but I love tequila. And I love tequila.

I love Advil. Don't listen to me when it comes to advice. You do love the way you were popping at Advil. I actually can't even. You took shots back in the day. I can't even take Advil because of the Crohn's. Oh, really? It makes my stomach ulcers bleed.

Good thing. You love it so much. I'm a Tylenol Queen. Let's get on it. I'm a diphenhydramine. A diphenhydramine diehard. Yeah, only from the dollar store, though. That's for sure.

All right. we have some hangover cures would you like to start sure um this is a review of a restaurant in cincinnati called hangover easy oh i think i've been there um and yeah it's like breakfasty food for when you have a hangover one star hangover easy as a first time customer highly disappointed by the childish staff members who laugh when a customer explains to them the error that they have made at hand. However, Lisa, their manager was wonderful and accommodated to our needs to the fullest extent. Sorry, they wrote Lisa, L-E-E-E-A-L-I-S-A-A-L-I-S-A, Lisa.

Oh, I'm just guessing. Whoa, those are two wild guesses. That's hardcore to put the wildest spelling first. Like, this is my option number one. Yeah, when I read Lisa at first, and then it's the next line is where the normal, usual spelling of Lisa is. is, so I was like, Lisa. Oh, Lisa. I think it's Lisa.

It was my mind. I digress. That's in the review, not just me saying it. On the topic of the food, though, we ordered French toast, breakfast cassidia, sloppy seconds, and the mimosa. Our mimosa was phenomenal. French toast was hard and chewy. Breakfast cassidia tasted delight. However, a common thing between these two meals, both had chicken bones.

discovered amidst eating cutting my mouth my friend's sloppy seconds tasted that in fact of sloppy seconds simply disappointed to say the least we do appreciate Lisa they did not write they only wrote Lisa this time

we do appreciate Lisa dearly she is the heart of this staff end of review I love Lisa I hope it's Lisa I do have a question that's a cool name yeah for the reviewer actually uh you don't think about your hangover though are you they weren't exactly you got

your chicken bones in your mouth you're complete i just chicken bones crunching that's actually a really good cure for hangovers i'm sure it is somewhere in some in some culture don't take Tylenol take chicken bones yeah but surprise only surprise chicken bones it only works if it's a surprise and in your french toast oh no way no way hold on hold on which two me yeah it was that's fucking gnarly and by the way I'm sure it was not a chicken bone let's be so for real that like all your meals had chicken bones in them like that's just fucking crazy that's not true how does that happen that's not true and it doesn't happen it doesn't that's the end of the story oh no the chicken grinder it started spewing chicken bones everywhere the chicken we accidentally sprinkled chicken bones from the other dish into the french toast batter what no come on don't be ridiculous chicken bones but I ask you again hang over who you know easy peasy okay here's what i have next uh so this is from donica rhymes with honica she her uh this is a review of drink aid in delicious lime aid flavor with a big like it looks like a campbell soup can it looks like camel soup can and it also has like the the

red the white cross that looks sort of like um emergency services as long as it's not red it's allowed. That's true. It's not a war crime or whatever. Yeah, it's a war crime. I think it's still a war crime. Okay, so this is Drink Aid Ultimate Hangover Recovery Six-Pack. And it's a one-star review by William.

Hopefully, I will have better luck with snake oil. First off, I will acknowledge the flavor is more of the Great Depression, the Lime Aid. There isn't a strong enough chemical compound to erase a taste from my palate. In regards to hydration and hangover prevention, it doesn't work. failed me and you disrespected all disciplines of science if i ever want to highlight the anguish of a hangover i will try this again end of review well it highlights the anguish that's crazy i know but imagine like how startling this would be on your nightstand and you would be you would be you would be brought right back to that hangover you see a cross yeah you're like the red cross is here yeah

to save me yeah and here i was thinking i was eating some chicken noodle soup with chicken bones And then next thing I know, I'm highlighting my hangover. You're highlighting the anguish. Yeah, I do like also that it says they have a slogan, even though the container looks so serious. Like, it really does look like something you'd find in like a hospital cabinet. It does look medical. It says celebrate and feel great. Oh, okay. Sure.

Celebrate and feel great. That's such a lame thing. And it's in all-capital letters, like very serious font. But it says that 29 people say minimal side effects, to which I say, how many? What could there be? Yeah, wait, what side effects are expected with these kinds of things? I wouldn't think many, if any. Maybe highlighting the English.

Yeah, English. Yeah, true, true. I have a review of Z biotics pre-alcohol, probiotic drink. I avoided these because they were a sponsor of mine. Oh. I was about to say, ever since looking up this for this theme, I can't escape them with ads. Oh, oh, yeah. They're advertising.

Here's a four-star review of these Zbiotics things. I think it works. I do feel that if I remember to take this, it does seem to make the next morning less uncomfortable. This is me doing an ad. That's me doing an ad. I think in some theory, if I were to take it while I was drinking. I did have expected to say, like, this review was sponsored. Incentivized review.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But it does not. I think if I remember. Well, okay, it's confusing because there were some brands I looked at that were like, oh, if I do take it, then I feel worse the next day. But if my husband takes it, he feels better. But if he takes it to or after drinking, he feels worse. And I'm like, this is way too complicated. Like I would not be able to figure out the formula.

Yeah, that's a lot of. who takes it when and I think everyone's reacting differently to these things. I don't know. Yeah, no. It seems your mileage may vary. It seems to be the theme with these. But I will say if you're having side effects from something like this or if it's something like, I'd feel like that's not worth it.

Might as well just drink a ton of water. The side effects are alarming because it's like you already have side effects of like being miserable of your anguish. Yeah. So the next thing I have is a TripAdvisor thread. Oh, I have one of those, too. Uh-oh. Is it by Crap's Shooter?

No. We got different ones? Amazing. Okay, mine is by Shadow Girl. Oh. But I think I may have looked at another one. That's fine. Okay, but so this one...

I picked the one that apparently wasn't good enough for you or something. Probably. This is from Shadow Girl. It says Best Hangover Remedies. After reading the drinks I want to try in Vegas, I realized a good hangover cure will probably come in handy while I'm there. I always eat vanilla ice cream Strange I know

And that seems to make me feel better What's your favorite hangover cure? So the first thing I saw when I clicked this Was this post was determined to be inappropriate By the TripAdvisor community And has been removed And I thought, how dare you? And then I realized, oh, that was just in response

To someone's rude comment Oh, it was a specific point. Okay. So don't worry, we still have plenty of available responses In fact, we have 11 pages of I just picked some of my favorite ones. Yeah, that's what I did too, because some of them are so specific that you're like, what is this type of advice? And some of them I thought like they're weird, but like, are they weird enough to bring?

I don't know, we'll find out. Here's the first comment. Actually, this is the first comment ever on this thread. Try drinking coconut water before going to bed. Works every time for my son. Okay. Like that just weird to me out. I was like, why not just say try coconut water?

Yeah. is your son a drunk like why are you telling maybe she like a lot of these people were also saying things like do you try not drinking and stuff so like maybe they're people who like she didn't want to say that she drank my friend drinks like oh a friend of mine she just throws her son her drunk son under the bus okay why do you think he drinks pamela i'm just kidding um this is the next comment i could absolutely see mom saying that about you oh my daughter does this like not even because she takes she takes zbiotics use code drink oh okay so yeah here we go I never drink to excess so no cure required it's so annoying

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there are five people sharing this one account no it's a family of five but there's only one person who appears to be uh jauntily communicating with the rest of the trip advisor thread this one says i haven't had drink like that in three and a half years my heavy drinking days are over okay cool um this is by mazo lots of water before bed so much that you pee twice during sleep hopefully you pee in the toilet and not in the sheets, but if it happens, it'll dry. So true. Morning, more water, B vitamin complex, a must along with cranberry extract pills for the kidneys, keep drinking and peeing until it is crystal clear, then get rid of that water and substitute

alcohol again. Okay, this is so far, maybe the best advice. Not from a medical standpoint, just. From, like, being just a normal person's standpoint. I mean, it seems a little extra. I wouldn't go through all this effort, but, like, I appreciate, like, that's, that is advice I appreciate receiving. Yeah, yeah.

It was like, oh, you thought through this answer. This one's by F. Grant Whittle. Oh, Grant Wittle. You know it's going to be good, right? Oh, it's going to be good. I know this guy. By the way, these are, so the post is 12 years old. This was written 10 years ago, this comment.

Okay, okay, I'll jump in. Twist my arm, trip advisor community. Two years late. It's so good Okay, okay, I'll jump in despite the post being so old One, I drink a lot of water while drinking My bartenders always know this And keep me well supplied with water

I also give myself an hour at least to sober up before turning in Usually late night craps take care of that And I really thought he might crapping Oh, I was going to say a crapshooter I've got crapshooter over here That's the person that posted over here late night craps with craps shooter who also needed a hangover remedy Crant Whittle

I mean I think this is actually There can't be more than two craps shooters on TripAdvisor right I don't think so I think it's impossible Okay so late night craps doesn't mean potty break Which I really did think it means the craps If this weren't in what I assume is the Las Vegas forum of TripAdvirus section of TripAdvisor Yes That's a very good point.

Yet more water before bed in the morning. If I'm not fresh, then the best remedy is Alka-Seltzer. I also find that rescue water is very good. Never take Tylenol or anything with acetaminophen because it is very bad for your liver. If you drink very much at all, you should never use acetaminophen. And I went, okay, I got to Google that. Oops. Okay.

So I'm going to take a break there because I have a bunch more. Okay, good. But I have, as we discussed, a topic thread in the Vegas TripAdvisor forums titled Surefire Hangover Cure. I like that we thought there was one thread on TripAdvisor Vegas forums about hangovers. About hangovers? Yeah. This one is from 18 years ago.

Oh, wow. And Crabshooter has this to say to start. After reading many posts on what you must do and bring and wear and not wear, fanny pack, I didn't see any hangover cures. My last trip, I made a little error in judgment and way overdid the first night. So I was so hungover. I couldn't open my eyes the next day. Was there a surefire hangover cure?

Cheers. C.S. Hang on. Crapes shooter. Crap shooter. Oh, is that what it stands for my initials? You didn't know that? But for you, it's not.

Okay, I know. It's a bathroom break. Ha, ha, ha. Here is what first-timer one, two, three has to say. And first-timer one-two-three is from Dublin, Ireland. So not to generalize too much, but I'd like to think this person knows about drinking. If they're commenting on something like this. They come from a lineage of alcoholics.

Yeah, I'm not going to say that for sure. Hey, we're Germans. We're allowed to say that. Exactly. I can. They say this. Stay drunk. No hangover.

till you get home, of course. Drink plenty of water, eat as much as can the following morning. Do not mix the grape and the grain. And if all these fail, suffer in silence. When I am drinking, and once the seal is broken, I then drink water with every drink or try to. End of pose. Whoa. First they're like, just stay drunk while you're in Vegas the whole time until you're home, which I'm sure a lot of people do.

And then, yeah. Especially from Ireland. But suffer in silence if you must. Wow. I, okay, I did see a lot of comments that were like, just shut up and deal with it. And I was like, what is wrong with you? Like, they're not even complaining about a hangover. They're just asking for what can help them.

They're not. It's like, they're six years late and they're like, fine, fine. It's time that I step in. Just stop being such a baby. And it's like, who are you? Okay. You were probably 15 when this thread came out. Go away.

Here's what Catherine has to say Chocolate milk to coat you stomach And then hot French fries And then what? Hot French fries? Okay For some reason, greasy foods seem to work Or if you can stomach a beer

That usually works as well I agree with the previous post That you get in most trouble When you mix drinks, have fun End of post, okay Do you have a hangover cure? Me? No, water.

Okay. Yeah, I just, I like water. I like electrolytes like, like, uh, I like coffee. No, I'd probably like, if I got anything, it would be one of those, like, salt water drinks. The electrolyte drinks, the ones that taste like salt water. Like the gator light. I like those.

Sometimes I get those just for fun because I like them. I don't know. That sounds terrible. Anyway, here's one more. Patty. Patty says this. I have used this cure or strategy for years. Before going to bed.

She's like, it's not just a cure. It's actually a whole strategy. It's a whole strategy, right? Buckle up. Before going to bed, take three aspirin and drink lots of water. Keep the water on your nightstand. The next day, have a Big Mac and Fountain Coke. Relax in a pool for about half an hour.

This always makes me feel better. Hell yeah, that's my new cure. I mean, the aspirin. Maybe skip the aspirin. We'll see about the aspirin. But like, damn, get a burger and a Coke and lay in the pool. Right? I mean, that sounds like what I actually would do.

That's what I would do. Order fast food. Totally. If that were an option to be. me and I had an afternoon or an hour to lay in a pool somewhere yeah hell yeah hell yeah and down to the Y although then in reality I'd probably be down to the Y with my burger and I just like lay in the corner while the kids go down the water so I'm like I have a hangover you guys get it we've all been here yep it's Susan's strategy or Patty's strategy good old Patty okay should I read some of mine

yeah okay I shouldn't say some of mine I don't claim I don't claim I don't claim I don't claim any of this energy. Have you seen people post that on TikTok comments? I just said some weird algos. There are these comments that are like, I claim this energy. I've seen people say, I don't claim this energy.

I'm like, I'm going to say I don't claim it. All right. So this is a comment by K. Custler 10 years ago. So what happened is that F. Grant Whittle. kind of reignited the conversation and somebody actually did comment like do you guys realize this is like 10 years old which I'm like well now you're also commenting whatever as if much has changed in those years for hangover cures I know but like it's still relevant it's still going to be out of podcast in 2025 exactly doesn't they know that the new year yeah okay so this is a comment by Kate Custler don't say celebrate without saying the full slogan Celebrate good times, come on. No, that first thing you had, and there was a slogan for your stupid, weird, intense. Hold on.

Celebrate and feel great. Yeah, there it is. By order of the National. Drink aid. The Institute of Health Organization. Have you tried sitting at the blackjack table ordering a white Russian and then drinking again? After five of those, you'll be back to normal. Five white Russians while you're hung over?

You might as well say, like, go chug a glass. As of milk five times. Is it heavy cream? Is it milk or is it whole milk? Cream, right? It's cream, right? It's cream, I think. There's some sort of dairy. It's very, definitely dairy.

I tried making one with oat milk. You can't say that. You say that like you tried it like you found a recipe and he literally just like poured oat milk into vodka, I think. And then called it come in a cup. Stop. Because that's what it looked like. It was so gross.

It didn't taste good either. And then he goes, I tried to make a, A vegan white. I'm like, you can't say you tried to make. There was no, like, planning or... No. Anyway. No.

Don't drink five white Russians. I know I said don't take aspirin. I'd rather you take aspirin than five white Russians after being come over. It just sounds terrible. Yeah. This is a comment by, hmm, the five road trippers. By the way, this comment is from three years ago. No.

So they came back after... A long road trip. They came back. It's now only four road tripers. Nine years later, they came back. That's insane. Do you remember what they said the first time? No, Christina.

Okay, they said... It was something... Oh, it was very generic, right? My heavy drinking days are over. Yeah. Oh, by the way, they were... I haven't drank like that in three and a half years. Oh.

Now they're back. Nine years later. Oh, my God. It's over a decade since they last drink. Or about a decade since they last drink. So this is what it says. I'm so over drinking. Oh, no.

I'm so over drinking. This weekend, I'm making Sazirac's sours and maybe a shot of southern comfort with my brother-in-law. What? Saying that, but like, make it stop. My brother-in-law's making me make Sassarax with him. Why make it stop? Oh, God, just throwing it crap. a crapshoot and a pool and a burger and it's going to be a perfect weekend.

Oh my gosh. Yeah, wait. Honestly, if anything, they should, this, this road tripper should be more about drinking. They've had this fucking forum for years to look at. I know. There's a lot of good research. Yeah. And then the last thing, well, I have a few more.

I'll just read the last of mine. Is that okay? Yeah. Okay. So then this guy, I don't want to be rude, but the picture is so scary. Okay. it says Mary his picture says I think it's an album like a Christmas like a solo produced Christmas album and it's called Merry Christmas from Santa Alan Oh oh my gosh

What is that? I think we could all agree it's threatening it is threatening and Alan even know what to say about it Yeah it looks like a photo someone not even Photoshop like basically put a filter of a Santa face on to a man. That's it. And it says Merry Christmas from Santa Alan. And he wrote this in response to Hangover Cure. My wife bought me a bottle of alcoholic eggnog, then ended up

drinking it all. Bitch. How did you know that was the next line? What a five roadtrippers came back and said, what a bitch. Actually, you know what five roadtroopers did come back and they said, what brand alcoholic eggnog? I'm like, you put

down the booze. I'm so over drinking road trippers seriously like alcoholic uh those azurac sours didn't do you in now you're gonna drink some alcoholic eggnog of all things okay so what brand and then he responds to okay he responds a full year later oh my gosh yeah maybe he only comes out at christmas time uh he says it was a pennsylvania dutch brand but i never got to taste it remember his bitch we know we know we heard at the end here's what it says This post has been removed at the author's request. Oh. So that's the end of that hangover cure.

That was fun. But I feel we learned a lot. I felt I learned some things, mostly what not to do. Which ones would you argue are not to-dos? Most of them. Oh, okay. Most of them. Remember that trend?

Well, I don't really know. I only knew about it through you where people would like rank things. Mm-hmm. I feel like we could rank these hang-o-tires. Yeah. I feel like we could rank these, tier these. Yeah, it wouldn't go well. Five white Russians.

Five white Russians is fucking crazy. Pool plus burger. I also like even the chocolate milk and hot fries does not sound good for me. Chocolate milk, I don't like that. I don't even do that. I could see why it would work for some people. It would not work for me. Also, I read somebody comment like, don't drink dairy.

It like actively does the opposite of what you want. I'd be very surprised if it actually helped. I don't think intuitively we all know that milk is not what you should be drinking. I mean, whatever. Whatever. Whatever. Do what you want people. Anyway.

Anyway, here's a three-star review of soft landings. One of those things. It's called soft landings. What's one of those things? Finally, party without paying the price the next day. One of those hangover things. I like that they change. A post-party recovery drink.

I love it. Finally. Finally. Lots of vitamins. Oh, it looks like it comes with an eye mask. It actually does. Okay. Oh, helps after MDMA, cocaine, and more.

Whoa. That's official. Cool. Oh, it's Australian. Not that's relevant. Is that relevant to that? That explains it. Wow, lots of ingredients.

I don't know anything about this thing, but here's the three-star review. It's not bad, but it's not the silver bullet I thought it would be. Valium does a better job. I like knowing that. that at least this is like a good multivitamin to help restore lost vitamins and minerals. You need to say that. That's the most Australian thing I ever heard. Hey,

I'm so glad this has all the vitamins and minerals I need. Now I'm going to pop a valium. I love that. I was like, that is a hangover cure right there. Just pop a valium? Okay. If that were available to me,

I think that I would also incorporate that into my pool time. You know what I'm saying? If someone said that in my TripAdvisor forum post, I'd be like, fuck off. Like, that does not help me one bit. Like, really? Find, mail me one, please. Jeez. Okay, and then one last one.

You're done, right? Yes. Okay, this is my last one of the same product, a three-star review. I only rated three stars as I am yet to properly put it through its paces. To be honest, I don't know if it made my alcohol hangover better the one time I tried the product, or the riddlin I had made the difference. I suspect the riddle in. Anyway, probably a good product, but keep getting these stupid requests for reviews,

so figure I'd make a cursory contribution so I don't get any more of these requests for a bit. End of review. I think you still might. And that's one of the problems with the fact that people were like, one person's like, it's no valium. The other person is like, it's no riddlin. It could be the big pharma that I've been, you know, it could be the pharmaceuticals that are prescription only that could be doing something.

Yeah. To be fair, though, I think if I took my Adderall after a night of drinking, it would definitely improve things, but to be, yeah, but like, yeah, again, that's irrelevant to everybody who doesn't have that. Mm-hmm. So anyway, it must be the riddolin. must be um okay wow good job i i swear i had another one but i can't find it so instead i'm going to go to my challenge and i'll save that uh screenshot for next time um i'm just going to start saying that i'll save it for next time next time we do hangover cures wonder wall 2027 wonder wall happy wonder wall bap this is my challenge today it was to find reviews mentioning a round of applause oh this was a challenge i came up with myself because i was reading a review somewhere and it said

like it said round of applause and I went that would be really funny if people I don't know why it seemed like it would be funny to me because I mean when I think of it I think of those people who tell all of these like fantastical stories yeah yes and then like someone in response like oh and did everyone clap afterwards yeah yeah and everyone gave a okay so really some of these reviews are that way where it's like that didn't happen but then of course which I hadn't even thought of some people were like wait some our listeners were like wait what about and by our listeners I mean the one person who emailed was like what about airplanes like when you land on an airplane I went oh now that's good that's a good that happened to me recently it did it was like only a couple people but I was surprised because it was

not I've had rough landings or like really bad weather where people clapped and I was like you know what honestly did you take a bell I probably deserved it oh me yeah it sounded like you were saying you got a round of applause when you landed no that was for When I stood up, stood up to a different passenger for being mean. Wow. We're clapping. You were like, shut the fuck up. And then I was like, yay. And then everyone clapped louder.

You bet took a bow. But for me, yeah. Okay. So Sarah had the great idea. Sarah, she heard, to look up clapping on planes. Of course, TripAdvisor. This is like the episode of TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor came through.

What are your thoughts on it? I just like don't, it's just very cringy to me. Like, it's just cringy. And I'm like, okay, it, like, makes me roll my eyes and kind of laugh when people do it. It doesn't make me, like, mad. But it's kind of like, okay, guys, come on. Yeah. Yeah.

What do you think the pilots think? Can they even fucking hear it? I don't know. That's a good question. I bet you the flight attendants are like, you got to, you got to. Honestly, probably happens a lot more than I think it does. I guess I'm more curious what the flight attendants would think because they're in the next. Yeah, true, true.

And is it always? Like, I've had flights where I landed, granted, it was in Florida. And everyone clapped in. I was like, there was not any turbulent. Like, there was no reason. It's not like, oh, hooray, we made it. I feel like that often happens. That has happened to me.

And now when I'm more. We're all stressed out and we're just relieved. Like, oh, few. I can understand why people's on medical reaction is like, yeah, a collective, like, yay, we made it. But the, just like, landing and just like clapping is so weird. I'm like, yay, we made it to Orlando. Yeah. What about clapping at the end of a movie?

I've done that, and I did it one time, and it was at the end of... Super Size Me, right? Honestly, Mom probably did clap. We saw that at the Esquire. We saw that with a bunch of, like, nerdy UC professors. I feel like we probably all clapped. I think about that movie all the time. Like, what a wild thing to go take your children to see.

It's not like we went to the movies often, you know? Like, it was like one of the, like, two times we went to the movies with mom. Or maybe the only time. It was Jordan Peel, get out. Oh, yeah. Because it was like at the end, I know spoilers here, but something like really dramatic and like very satisfying happens to, you know. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I know you're talking about.

And everyone. And we were in L.A. We were at the, that like vintage theater in Los Fueless or whatever that like, The Los Peles, isn't it? Not that one. It was like the Vista. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that was the last movie I saw before COVID.

Oh. I've only been in the movies twice since to see Moana, too. And Gabby's all the movie. At least you're seeing some bangers. Yeah, I know, right? We clapped at the end of those, too, just to clarify, yeah. Of course. But at the end of, it was like, at the end of Get Out with the, but that was like

everyone was just like, hell yeah, but it was more, but what about you? Have you ever clapped at a movie? Probably. But I think if anything, if it were like a special showing or something, like there might have been something, but normally. Heartbreak. I wouldn't. I feel like people clap at that now.

At what? Heartbreak. What is it? Heartbreak feels good in a place like this. Huh? The, the, come on. The meme with what's her name, Nicole Kidman. Oh, that's what she.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like people probably started clapping at that because it's just iconic. But again, I wouldn't know. I saw the, like, Lilo and Stitch or whatever, Moana. Anyway, so here is a review of Southwest Airlines, of course, on TripAdvisor. I fly Southwest frequently for business, and despite their reputation as a budget airline, they do a really great job of making sure they have a friendly crew.

It never ceases to amaze me how they go above and beyond to make their passengers feel special for special occasions. I have been on several flights with soon-to-be brides who have gotten special recognition over the PA with accompanying round of applause. First of all, no thanks. Is this like at a restaurant where you have to like make a reservation and say it's for a special occasion? I mean, how do they find out? I guess if you're wearing like your bride will count. No, I'm picturing like I'm going to like fucking.

I feel like honeymooners maybe. Scottsdale or something wearing like a Bride to be a bachelorette thing yeah okay I could see that I could see like on a honeymoon like you know people wear like honeymoon clothes I don't know oh my wife she didn't wear any clothes on our honeymoon that's for sure is that why you were escorted the whole time I had to post bail for you at the the hebron Kentucky county jail okay now I want to add that we yeah we went to go through the roundabouts in Hebron Kentucky for our honeymoon

Before we're driving by the lovely Amazon Subordination Center. You idiot. I meant because you were trying to get on the airplane and she went. Oh, I see. I see. Oh, at CBG. Although there is an iced detention center down there. I'm not saying that's relevant. I'm just saying it's a scary part of.

I wasn't aware of that. The world. Yeah. That is a scary part of the world. So. Hebron, Kentucky, for sure. It's not laughing about it. It's not just roundabouts.

It's not just beheaded monks. Sorry, that's something that makes you laugh. Remember that? He said, don't laugh at that. I'm like, oh, yeah, not beheaded monks like that one time. See, she's still laughing at it. Okay, so also, fun fact, when you type in round of applause on trip. I think it's when you type it in, because it happens so often.

It puts these creepy little TripAdvisor logos. What? Look at it every time. That's so weird. And it's not just this review. Oh, really? about to ask. Wow.

So it goes between before and after round and applause. It'll put these like, you know the... Was that because Sarah was searching for that phrase? Could it be? Oh. I've never seen that, though, still. Maybe. And I've searched for phrases on TripAdvisor, but I haven't seen that before.

Interesting. Maybe. It's really strange because it does... It happens over and over. Round of applause. And it has the little TripAdvisor owl-y eyes as like... Between every single word. As like emojis all my.

So, just picture that whenever I say it, okay? I will. I've been on several flights with soon-to-be brides who have gotten special recognition over the PA with accompanying round of applause. Passengers with birthdays announced over the PA with accompanying round of applause. Couples with anniversary milestones announced over the PA with company round of applause. Delta doesn't do this for me. They just come back to like row 45 where I am and say, thank you for being a platinum. remember i'm like why am i back here why are they all the why are you all the way back

here that it only happens to me when i'm sorry all the honeymooners picked out the first class and i'm like yeah i'm like is that's what's making me feel better that i'm applauding for all these other people back here for their birthdays yeah couples with anniversary milestones a military veteran recognized with an a cappella rendition no no over the PA system or Just silence in the cabin, and the pilot's like, I'm proud to be, and they didn't know his mic was on. I was just saying, turn off the mic, yeah.

Oh, that was for a veteran. There's one of you on the plane, right? That veteran is seated in the coach somewhere. No, he's just a platinum, skyline member. He's a veteran of our airline. He's a veteran of our airline. And why is he in 45A? Okay.

A military veteran recognized with an a cappella rendition of proud to be an American followed by a round of applause, although I would argue that round of applause is probably for the Acapella group singing, but whatever. Which, that seems like the most relevant round of applause yet. Of all these things, that's one I guess I would clap for him. Like, you did perform. I think this one I'd have a similar reaction of rolling my eyes if this were happening on my Southwest plate.

I think I would just start filming immediately, you know. Imagine being hungover, getting on a plane the morning. I know, that's what I'm saying. And like, this has got to be, this is, I'm glad this person's, like, pleased by this turn of events, because this sounds really annoying. It sounds like a negative review. If every flight I got on everyone's like, and also, you know what, really sucks, which this is just my own, like, shy childhood brain thinking. But like, what if it's my birthday and, like, somebody gets a birthday song? Or what if it's like someone, my brother's birthday and he's in 45A?

And up there, they're singing songs and proud to be an American. I'm like, he didn't need a kid. And you're like, I'm American. Where's my song? What the fuck? These are small tokens of appreciation, but they cost the airlines nothing. Well, okay. Wait.

First of all, anyway. These are small tokens of appreciation, but they cost the airlines nothing to offer these small perks. And I'm sure they go a long way towards making these occasions memorable for these folks. Also, the no-baggage fee policy has saved me on several occasions. End of review. I love that at the end of the end. I don't think that I, because I'm like, man, that's a perk for you? Yeah, that's not a perk.

And I'm sure it is for many. I don't even think if I, it were my birthday, it would be a perk that everyone starts clapping. Uh-oh. I don't want, I don't like people singing to me at a restaurant. Birthdays happen all the time. It's like, don't clap at me on the airplane. Yeah. Focus on the road. Eyes on the road, bud. I feel like odds are there's one person celebrating a birthday on every flight ever. I would agree that that's probably statistically plausible.

I don't know about plausible. Well, it is statistical. statistically plausible that two of the people share the same birthday, right? Is that how that works? The birthday paradox? I got a better review than you. I got a better grade than you in stats, so. Not in English somehow.

Just kidding. Also not true. Also not true. Okay. Now the next thing I have for you is also from Sarah. And this one is also, wouldn't you know it? Oh, wait. I clicked the wrong one first.

We're in the same stats class two years apart. You're two years older than me, and you got a better grade. Cool. Sorry that I'm better at, like, patting my resume. Sorry, I'm better at every other subject in math. I am, too. Than me? Yeah, it's gotten you far in life.

No, I mean, I'm happy for you, too. Oh, good. Yeah, I'm glad you have that. I mean, honestly, that AP calculus class, thank you. Oh, my gosh. I bowed a little. I'm proud to be an American. American.

Is that how Akapala works? At least I know I'm free. He's free. He's free. This is a review of Southwest Airlines, also sent in by Sarah. Let me, how about you read the review and then I guess? Okay, how about the last one? Because I do have that one.

I already thought Scottsdale, Arizona. Oh my God. Phoenix, San Jose. Mm-hmm. Okay. Amazing, Alexander. Yeah. Amazing.

Okay, this one I'll read to you. One attendant in particular earns points from me. I was flying solo and our flight was delayed over one and a half hours due to threatening weather. He made the usual pre-flight speech comical. Turned the lights off in the cabin to encourage. encourage us all to nap. Sounds like a kindergarten. I mean, I get it.

It's probably calming. Turn the lights off in the cabin to encourage us to nap. And when we were headed to our destination gate, he started singing a Southwest version of Friends in High Places. What does that? I don't want to know the lyrics, but what does that mean? He got a round of applause from the entire plane. Whoa.

Now let's, okay, but here's the. rude as part. You know, at the end of a trip advisor review where you can rate different categories. Yeah. So they did five stars for value, cleanliness, check-in customer service, four stars for inflay entertainment. That is a dig

at that pilot for sure. Now what's that supposed to me? Nothing nice. He got a round of applause from everyone on the plane. Astrosk, except me. I've got high standards. I once heard an, I once heard an a cappella version of Proud to be an American. Can't get me with a Southwest.

Box off, yeah. Friends in high places. I don't even want to, like you said, I don't even want to know. No, this sounds like... Do you have a guess for the route? Yeah, I'm going to guess that Dallas is involved. Oh, interesting. But I'm thinking like Dallas to San Diego.

We got a Philly to Orlando. And I will tell you, like, the one flight I was on that where they clapped, it was to Orlando. And I was like, why are we doing this? Because they're just so excited to get to Disney. Maybe that's what it is. Honestly, traveling to Orlando is a very different experience than anywhere else. Having to, having had to travel there for tour and for family stuff, yeah, you get the Disney people. It's, it's a whole thing.

Imagine, though, if you say it's like happy birthday to Daniel, but then like, Jess is in the back and it's her birth. And that, I wouldn't roll my eyes on a Disney flight and they're doing shit like that. I'd be like, absolutely. These kids are like, this whole trip is meant to be a very fun and exciting thing. Like, what if your kids don't get the birthday prize shout out? Then it's because you didn't do enough for your kids. You're too shy. I know. And that's what scares me. Yeah, Christina, you should be scared because you're not going to, you're too shy for Leona.

Leona is just going to ask the pilot herself. She has to say, thank God. He's going to be like, it's my birthday. Sing for me. Pilot. And then they start singing. She's like, ah, a cappella only. Acapella. Oh, Junie's random time. That is his favorite song, proud to be an American.

That is his favorite song He always tells me that And I'm like, pick a better song Good boy Okay Where am I? I'm lost Okay, this is the last one I have

From Sarah Don't worry This is called Fly Me to the Moon Let me play among the Southwest stars I like it already You can also guess If you'd like what the airline is

Well they're going to the moon All right I have always loved Southwest Airlines having flown on them over the year since I was about six or seven years old. That's about 48 years. I didn't know they were that old. I looked it up. Wow, me neither. And Southwest has always been true to their motto, the Love Airlines.

What? That's their motto? I guess. Maybe in 1968. Their logo is a heart, isn't it? That's true. So I guess it makes sense. I just didn't know that.

Can you imagine the 60s are like, We're the love airline. I'd be like kids look away. That's like an adult's only flight. Feels like in the 70s like, oh man. For example, on my flight from San Jose to Austin just this last week with stopover in Denver, after the plane had landed and finished taxiing to the gate and we were waiting for the door to open, the captain got on the speaker and sang the entire song of Fly Me to the Moon.

Let me play among the stars. Is this the same pilot? It might be. Who? It might be. Do they have an odd? To be a pilot? That's what that's what Sarah said in the email.

Like, is there like a singing portion of the application? Like, this is wild. Right? I'd be like, eyes on the road, buddy. You know? Like, what are you karaokeing up there? And he had a beautiful voice. Imagine if he did that.

But over the PA system, like, there's no way. Like, it's just so weird. Then you can blame the PA if they're like, that sucks. That's true. Yeah, it's a faulty PA. That's, whenever my voice doesn't sound great on. here. It's just, it's the microphone. Faulty mixer. Faulty mixing by me probably. Faulty editing by one of us. After the plane had landed land and finished taxing to the gate. Okay, that's wild too

because it's like while we're waiting for the door to open. So you're trapped in there. It's like the last few minutes of the flight. You're like everyone's itching to get off. Half of everybody's standing up like hunched over underneath the things, getting antsy. And all of a sudden you hear fly me. Crackle, crackle, fly me. Oh my God. And he had a beautiful voice and got a Sound of applause with those little trip advisors. Then on my connecting flight to Austin, the stewardess had a hilarious sense of humor. Injecting bits of humor throughout the announcement, such as... Oh, no.

Pulled down on the mask and start inhaling the alcohol. I mean oxygen. What? You can't say that. Inhaling the alcohol. Like what? started hailing the alcohol. I mean, oxygen.

It's hard to describe. You just had to be there. I thought these people are having fun on these flights. It doesn't sound too fun. I guess so. I'd be like, hey, Aunt Tracy, I wanted to hear about your trip, not like the plane ride. But okay, I guess it's exciting. I don't know.

Tim always wants to hear about our plane rides. You know what? And if something like this happened, I think it would really spark quite a dinner conversation. Like, we'd have a lot to say. the stewardess had a hilarious sense of humor injecting bits of humor throughout the announcements that just pulled down on the mask and start inhaling the alcohol i mean oxygen it's hard to describe you had to be there you'll just have to fly southwest and hope you get that pilot and that stewardess they both made my flight i love southwest airlines i love how it's like a once in a lifetime thing like you'll never get this unless you get these exact same people too bad you weren't sucks for you um wow Alexander that was that was uh I was waiting for a round of applause I thought you were going to no I wasn't that was um that was good I think it's you know what I see now the

people who like this kind of thing clapping I guess like it they're they're about it and it's a positive thing oh wait do you want to guess the route yeah I think it was San Jose to Austin through Denver wait it was yeah that's my guess oh i was like you're up to something you said it in the middle of it and i was like do not forget this i was like i know you're up to something i was like you got to remember you little that was good that was really good because i was like that can't be that can't be and then i was like the through dallas is crazy okay it was through denver i didn't say to Dallas. I said they're Denver. Oh, okay.

I tried to get you again. No, you can't. Okay, I've one last thing that I found all by my lonesome. And this is a review of Planet Hollywood Cancun. Oh, no. Because I didn't want just plain rides. Did a glass break or something. So this says disappointing. We stayed in this hotel from October 7, 22 for two weeks. Walking into the reception, we were given a big round of applause, which was a nice touch. What? That would terrify me. No. I'd look behind me. Like, who just walked in?

Stop clapping at me. It can't be for me. I would probably be like, okay, I'll leave. I don't know. I think I would take it the wrong way. We were directed to the star class check-in and found we had to give credit. Like, I don't want this experience. Like, if a VIP experience is like, now all the staff stares at you and claps. Attention, you get attention. Yeah. No, not, no. Okay. Well, I do sometimes, but not in this case.

We were taken to room 2, 2,311, the VIP room, I guess. And we had read that they had a damp issue, but didn't realize how damp it could be. We asked for a dehumidifier and was supplied with a freestanding one. The machine was a high sense and held 23 liters of water. We were emptying this machine five to six per day for the whole two weeks. We had friends in the next room, and they were doing the same. We were told it's a common problem in Mexico, but we had people we know staying in the other hotel, three kilometers away, and they had no damp problems.

But did they get a round of applause? I don't know. It doesn't sound like it. As a result to the damp, none of the wardrobe stayed shut, so the lights in the room were on all night. No. You know when the lights turn on? Yeah. I've had to put suitcases in front of it when they don't close all the way.

Oh, really? Oh, man. D drawers would not shut, as wood was warped to the fact I would open a drawer, and it was not even attacked to the runners and only just missed my foot by an inch. bathroom and toilet door would not shut as doors were warped we both started to suffer from really bad chests and it's taken a week to recover the friends who came with us and were staying in 22312 found little ant type insects

all in the cupboards where their clothes were and we ended up having to get the room fumigated three times to get rid of them the buffet food and service we found was the best option total waste of money star class pool we found anybody could use it Oh, oh. That sucks. VIPs get applause and the pool that's open to everyone.

Doesn't sound great so far. And a bunch of ants. Oh, yeah, don't forget the ants. The exclusive entrance for the buffet was only open one time. And every time we tried to use it, we were directed back to the main entrance to stand in the queue, which we were told when we upgraded, there would be no queuing. So the upgrade really is just a round of applause. That's really annoying.

Robert, oh, this two staff assigned to our room, Robert and Fannie, you were absolutely brilliant for a so-called five-star hotel we were disappointed we will be back to Mexico but will not use this hotel again end of review so the applause was in the beginning it wasn't even worth it I know the applause that's so sad that's why they throw it in there they're like what other perk can we get yeah it's a small token but it's free to the company right that's what they say rounds of applause or something you don't think they have to pay staff extra to clap you know I if if I were a staff member you'd have to pay me extra that's for sure to clap at random people would you do this like fake clap like fake singing but what about the singing would you

go yeah probably would do something like that yeah i don't think i'd actually sing sing they would just hear the crackling yeah in your mouth yeah my mouth would crackle all over wow that was fun good round of applause challenge good hangover cures oh i hear it everyone's clapping for me thank you thank you if you're listening to this the day that comes out that it out. I hope you have so much fun tonight on New Year's Eve to celebrate a new Wonderwall 26. Well, happy Wonderwall to you, to yours, to BAP, most importantly. We'll probably be playing Wingspan. Oh, I've never played, so it would be nice. I did. Okay, we'll see. He's still going to beat me and I'm going to be mad about it. Well, yeah, of course. All right, we love you

guys. Bye. You know,