Ghostrunners - 297 - Starting a new podcast?!

Episode Date: January 17, 2024

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Hey everybody, happy Wednesday! How the heck are ya? Hey. Oh, I'm good. Good. Sorry. Wednesday, and so what season is it? Winter. It's winter outside, it's cold in Kansas City. What's your winter of the week? Winter of the week is this right here. I saw this online. I was gonna say, Jake and I, well, no. Jake, sorry. Hey, how are you?

It's Wednesday. I give Missouri a hard time. We live in Kansas City. It's right on the state line. We live on the Kansas side. But you know what? It's time to make fun of somebody. It's time to make fun of Kansas as a whole, the demographic of Kansas. Um, and so, yeah, we live in a very wealthy County. Sometimes there's

ridiculous people that are wealthy and we just got to make fun of wealthy people sometimes. So, um, yeah, nasty storm, winter storm, cold around here. Um, people's powers every once in a while are going out because trees are falling on power lines, et cetera, et cetera. Saw this post on social media the other day that said, my dog house, my dog's house lost electricity and I'm upset about it. Thoughts and prayers. No one in Missouri saying that. That's one of those things saying that, like that, that's one of those things. It's like, Hey, that's why people don't like people from Kansas sometimes is because you're, you're, you're complaining about something. So just first world, like, come on, like that's

beyond first world problems. That's, that's upper middle class problems. Why in the world does your dog even have electricity in a, a dog house i'm closing my eyes trying to imagine it and how big is it hey like does he have like how big is the living space to me i'm imagining it being like hey if bow and hattie really wanted to have a sleepover in the summer they could go sleep over in the dog house that's how big this thing is so when we first moved to strafford my dad dad actually built our dog a dog house uh-huh and because we had extra siding and extra shingles so he like okay made with himself like a very very very tiny dog house okay the dog never used it it was truly just like a project for him uh-huh

if i would have asked if that house could have electricity my my dad would have shot me and the dog he would have shocked you with the electricity that you do have in your house. I mean, I would have never fly. Like, why? In Missouri. Yeah, that's so crazy. I mean, just the things people find to complain about.

Unbelievable. Like, what's this dog have? Like, besides the light, is it heated? Is it? I'm wondering, does this dog have full heating? Yeah. In his doghouse? Like, does his water, like, just get dispensed and it's, like, the right temperature water?

Maybe he's, like, a gerbil and it's, like, running water comes out of that thing. Also, why do you have a dog if you don't even want him in your house? Yeah, if you were like, well, I want to pamper my dog. Well, sure. In his own quarters. You have a nice house, probably. I bet your house has electricity. There's no way this guy's living in a dump and got his dog house.

The nerve to, like, publicly complain about it, too. It's one thing to be like, this is embarrassing, but, like, I feel bad house has electricity. There's no way this guy's living in a dump and got his dog house. The nerve to publicly complain about it, too. It's one thing to be like, this is embarrassing, but I feel bad for Sparky. His house doesn't have electricity. But then, anyone else's dog house lose power? This sucks. Gosh, my dog's going to be freezing cold.

If only there was another solution to warm him up. No, don't say his fur, because I just took him to the... What's that called? The groomer. Oh, groomer. Well, and don't say his fur, because I just took him to the... What's that called? The groomer. Oh, groomer. Well, and don't say our house. Don't say our fireplace.

Don't say... He likes it at 78. We keep our house way cooler than that. 78's ridiculous. Is anybody else's power bill going way up because of their electric doghouse? So anyway, we looked it yeah i just just looked uh can't find much about electric dog house online but i did find a lot of other first world problems maybe these are you know johnson county problems yep gene shorts upcoming video here this guy is

complaining that uh this christmas pringles decided that their tagline would be pringle bells no sorry sorry pringles instead of just using pringle bells they keep using merry pringles decided that their tagline would be Pringle Bells. No, sorry, sorry. Pringles, instead of just using Pringle Bells, they keep using Merry Pringles. He's very upset by that. They've done it for years in a row. He's like, I just- Just do Pringle Bells. Yeah, I don't, it's not a big deal,

but man, do I hate it. This person uploaded a picture, and it's very tropical. They live like, they have an amazing view, and it says the water in my infinity pool evaporated by a couple inches. So now it just looks like a regular pool. Which it does. It's sad now.

Yeah. So you're telling me that the water doesn't just stay there and not fall over because of... It doesn't... What's that fancy word? It doesn't... Cascade down. It doesn't cascade. It doesn't... What's that fancy word? It doesn't... Submerge. When it... Cascade down. Doesn't cascade down.

Doesn't cascade. This person said, I gave $15 to Wikipedia to make the banner go away, but they are still asking me for $3. Oh, that's rough. That's a bummer. Yeah. This looks like this guy is staying in the Bellagio Hotel

and says, the fountain outside my window is so loud. I'm really annoyed by that. This is a good one. They uploaded a picture too. I have so much leg room on this flight that I can't reach the pocket on the chair in front of me.

That's pretty good. I want to adjust the temperature, but my thermostat is busy downloading an update. Rough. Yeah, your smart thermostat that works on your phone. Alright, this is the best one. My Hooters waitress is pregnant,

so now I am seeing her as a person and a mother instead of a sex object. I actually don't know if that's a first-world problem. That might be a degenerate problem Go ahead, get on your feet, because it's the Ghost Brothers Podcast. Ghost Brothers Podcast. Everybody morning, we're taking ground. Ghost Brothers Podcast. Ghost Brothers Podcast.

All right, Tymon, do you have a number for this episode? 297. All right. Ooh. Hey, welcome back. Getting close to 298. Yeah, Ghost Brothers Podcast, episode 297, presented by Good Ranchers. Presented by Good Ranchers. I had no idea we. Getting close to 298. Yeah, Ghost Rush Podcast, episode 297, presented by Good Ranchers. Presented by Good Ranchers. I had no idea we were so close to 298. Yeah, we're like knocking on the door.

Hey, who is it? You got electricity in there, Sparky? 298's next week. 298's next week. That's right. I think I want to start this off. I have, you know, we had a little meeting yesterday, talk about the year. I feel like one of the things you tasked me with, you're like, I definitely, I want your help. I want to encourage you to be like our chief of innovation. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You didn't use those words. COI.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. COI. I was like, you're kind of being COI right now, which is exactly what I want. So I was like, all right, I could do that. I want to start, let's figure out ways to, whatever it takes, marketing, distribution, let's innovate. Got an idea already.

Once a year, we will, for a brief period of time, stop doing Wednesday episodes. Okay. And we're going to supplement them with a short-term new podcast. And this new podcast, so it's like the same amount of work for us. Okay.

Kind of. But the new podcast will always have a theme and will always be us adventuring through something we've never experienced. Okay. So it could be, hey, this is going to be a 10-week season. Yeah. Jake and Brad watch every Avengers movie. Okay. And like, come back and talk about it. It's like

something we've never done before. Like we've never, like I've never seen Lord of the Rings. We could read those books. We could watch those movies. I like Star Wars. We could even do like, yeah, 10 weeks. We're going to take a boxing class. We tried that. Or we talked about this, uh, Joel Harney, Jake and Brad try. Remember that? That's right. Yeah. Yeah, he did. Ooh, I like this idea. And so it's like, so yeah, I thought of that first. Like, that's just a fun thing. I think that's like, it's just a fun thing.

Like, we get to go experience something and tell people about it. You know, for 10 weeks, we're going to watch every episode of The Bachelor. And we're just going to be on a Bachelor podcast. Okay, we'll put that on the bottom of the list. Like, while the episodes are airing. It could be fun. But I think it could also be fun from like maybe a marketing standpoint growth of the podcast standpoint is like yeah maybe diehard ghosties are like wow well i'm missing my wednesday episodes i'm gonna even if i'm not a big harry potter fan i still want more jacob i want to go listen to them

right so hopefully we still retain a lot of our normal listeners but at the same time what a great opportunity to gain new listeners because we're doing such an original fun thing yeah yeah that has a big following already well i like this i like this a lot so i don't know if it's what's a summer yeah we do it twice a year i don't know but it's like for a brief period of time we do episodic like seasonal type podcast and we start a new one like every time like people yeah yeah people, yeah, yeah, yeah. And people know it's come, like, or like, yeah,

this is fun. Okay. Yeah. This is cool. You like it, Tymon? Tymon signs off on it. Tymon,

would you like to be the editor of that podcast too? Sure. Okay. I was the only one I was nervous about. Yeah. Ooh,

I like that. So, yeah. Yeah, I thought that yesterday while I was leaving McLean. So I was like, I'm going to text Brad right now.

I was like, no, hey, give us some time. He's sledding with his kids. He's sledding with his kids. He's sledding with his kids. I don't need a bottom right now. I don't need to be coy all the time.

So I've been sitting on him and thinking about it the last 24 hours. And yeah, it could be a fun little thing. No, I think this, yeah, I think that's really fun. I like the idea of episodic kind of style of something. Yeah. It's like there is a, there's a defined start and finish to this. Yes. Which is like so anti-Ghost Riders.

It's the opposite of what we've done, but could be cool. Which is, yeah. We're going to watch these 12 Marvel movies. You know exactly what they are at the beginning. You know when the episodes are coming out. And they can follow along. They can, you know, this, hey, it's Captain America week. Hey.

It's Captain America week, guys. Hey, get your red, white, and blue out. Yeah, you can participate that way. So that's fun. So that's my first idea. First? It might be. Oh, sorry.

Yeah, that's all I have right now. Okay, yeah. But great first idea. So I don't know what we call it, but I think it'd be fun. So let us know, Ghosties. Give us some comments. Maybe post to the Facebook group themes and topics of things we could explore.

Because yeah, it could be something consumable, like a show or a movie or whatever. Or it could be... Intermittent fasting or something. Or yeah. 75 hard. Right. Or we drove until, I don't know.

I don't know what. Like road trip to XYZ and whatever. I don't know what. Road trip to XYZ and whatever. I don't know. We're going to end up becoming Mr. Beast YouTubers by the end of it. It's like we're just pushing ourselves to do crazy. We're testing 10 myths every week. Yeah. How can your car get to the end of the speedometer?

Yeah. Something like that. We could do house swap. Where you become reality TV stars. Yeah. House swap is fun. House swap. Get time involved.

We could. Swap with him. Holy cow. What are things you've never seen, read, experienced? What are some other ideas we could do? Great question, Jake. Or something I've never seen uh a dog with one leg and no ears i've never seen that uh no yeah i've never let's think here i don't know um

one thing that i wrote down that i was like there's no way that this is interesting to anybody i as far as like i don't get this i don't know why people do this bird watching dude bird watching i don't know people get like so into it bird bird watching are they is this just like literally just watching birds or like taking pictures? Cause I can get like bird photography. That's kind of cool. That's photography. The bird photography, early Pokemon game that one of my friends had was like kind of like bird watching,

but there was like a Pokemon somewhere and you had to take a picture of it. Pokemon snap. I loved it. It was called Pokemon snap. Wow. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. It was in 64. I think Pokemon snap, Pokemon stadium. Yeah. That would be like birdography. Um, yeah, I don't, I, I, I can. Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Stadium. Yeah, that would be like birdography. Yeah, I can't imagine.

Maybe if I'm like going somewhere, like if I'm on Hawaii on a hike, that's the fun part. And then you see birds. Cool. Cool. But like people that look out their window and they're like,

that right there is a yellow-bellied grackle. And I am excited about it. I think fish spotting would be way more fun fish watching just snorkel and try to find these 10 fish fish bingo so I don't know I'm not going to put bird watching on the list fish bingo though

fish bingo though fish bingo scuba diving, you're scuba. I've scubed. How was, did you have to go train? Uh,

no, because I've done it in someone's backyard and the Bahamas. So pretty chill. Did you do it on your honeymoon? No. Oh, okay. Different,

different time, different Bahamas. Somebody's back. What are you talking about? This is on the limo trip. We were supposed to go snorkeling out. I forgot what happened. They didn't have enough suits or something happened with the boat.

And so we just did it in a guy's in-ground pool in his backyard. We got fully decked out in scuba gear. Really? It was for the content, basically. We just made a video in the backyard. But yeah, I scooped. Scooped. I think it'd be fun.

It'd be fun to get down there. I just started writing down things I've never seen around. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Marvel movies. Scooped. I think it'd be fun. It'd be fun to get down there. I just started writing down things I've never seen around. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Marvel movies. Anything else you'd add to that? I haven't seen any of those things. Well, no, I've seen some Marvel movies and Harry Potter. Let's see.

It's hard to think off the top of my head about it, but... Timing anything you... There's a lot of things I haven't seen yeah that's a good point you know what i think i've seen one or two marvel movies maybe okay i don't think i've really like experienced california i mean like i've i've been to la when i was like eighth grade i've been to san diego recently but like i don't know much about california california cities i'll even type in Midwest cities or really just the Western part of the United States. I've not, I've not had much experience. Hey, national parks, write that down. I love national parks. Yeah. That'd be fun.

National parks would be really fun. What if it's right down to hobbies? Like each week, it's like a new, you have to like, yeah, just dip your toe into a hobby. Yeah. I got an ant farm this week. It sucks. I don't know if that's as fun because I think you need to bring in an audience that already exist. Like Harry Potter is massive. Right. You know?

So I think it's a way of like, oh, this is hilarious. I love this thing. I get to hear these two funny guys talk about this thing I already love. Yeah. All right. We can keep thinking. That's fun. There's my deal. You mentioned

that I went sledding with my kids and I did. What else did you do? It was really fun. I don't know. I picked them up and they were so pumped. First of all, I went to Walmart to get them. I was like... The sleds look good.

Oh, yeah, dude. They were sleds look good. Oh yeah, dude. They were the worst though. Oh really? They did not function one iota. Really? Um, yeah.

So I went to Walmart like thinking, is that the best place to go for a sled? Yeah. Yeah. Like sleds are us when I have business. That's true. And, uh,

tough sledders. I don't know. You ever done a tough sledder not worth it an ultra or ultra sled in my neighborhood one time um no but like yeah just i could find three sleds three options like those saucer ones and then this one that was 45 dollars that was like almost like a boogie board that they put handles on like Like it was like that kind of like foam, like light foam material, but a little bit more slick. Yeah.

Like I, at first I saw them and they were on a pallet, like in the middle. And I was like, cool. And then I saw the price tag. I was like, no way.

Cause I thought like, Oh, I'll just, I'll get two of these. Like I bet they're like maybe 20 bucks each. That's a little expensive, but whatever. Who cares?

Sounds like we need to get in the sled industry. Sell a couple of those in the Acai shop. Yeah. I, maybe I'm at the wrong spot. Like maybe, maybe McDonald, maybe Walmart was,

maybe I should have gone to Home Depot or something, but I don't think that's better for that. So anyway, luckily found what I was really pumped about. Uh, a frozen like Elsa and Olaf sled, and a Spider-Man sled. And the kids were Hattie and Bo were so excited about them.

And I also had to scout out a hill because... You had to go hill scouting. Yeah, like, because when you grow up around somewhere, you're like, oh, that's the sledding hill. That's a great hill for sledding. But like around here, I've never sled. You know, I don't know what the good spot is. I'll name that one.

It's like, you could see it from the highway. It's like a, what's it called? Like university park or college park. It's a huge hill. Which highway? 435. Really? Like the South side.

I don't know. Big building. Can't tell what they do there, but got a big old hill in the front of it. Interesting. I'll point out to you next time. 435. Is it like Shawnee Mission Parkway, you think?

No. Like bynee Mission Parkway, you think? No. Like by Brookridge almost, like south 435. Oh, you're way down there. Way down there. Oh, Jake. Oh, yeah. Sorry. There's plenty of hills in Kansas City. All right.

I was trying to find one in our area. It's a really good hill. So I went to, I found one in a park and I was like, that's a good hill. I think it's good enough. We get there and literally,

I bet 30 seconds, maybe 20 seconds in, Bo already has said the words, I want to go home. Dang it. Like the saucers, I tried to push them down once with the saucers.

Terrible. Like they fell off. They kind of tipped over on them. They went like three feet down. They didn't go very far at all. Tipped over. I'm like, this might just be a huge fail. When you got to the hill, were there tracks of other people?

Had there been sledders before you? There looked like one other party before us. Yes. I think that's a good sign. Like, all right, we came to the right place. Yeah. No, it was a perfect size for those kids. Cause like you can obviously find the biggest hill ever, but with big hills, they have to walk back up them and little kids struggle.

The video of Bo walking up was pretty funny. Yeah. Yeah. Cause he was just like, like Hattie did pretty well, like running up, but Bo, man, I mean, sometimes it looked like he took a step and he didn't move, you know, like he didn't go anywhere up that hill. Walking in place. Because we had a great hill in Olathe, but it was so hard to walk back up. You need a ski lift. Yeah, you got to find the balance there. I felt like this was a great one, and it ended up being awesome. But yeah, at first, Bo was just not about it.

He got snow in his face. Hattie's mitten fell off, and so her hand was all cold. Luckily, she had a great attitude about it, but I'm like, got to get that mitten back off. And so her hand was all cold. Luckily she had a great attitude about it, but I'm like, got to get that mitten back on before she freaks out. But then I threw it or it didn't throw. I pushed Hattie down once in the red, like classic sled, pushed her down and she flew down there, dude. And Bo saw that and he just started laughing and getting so excited. I was like, Bo, you want to do that? He goes, yeah, I want to do that. So, went together a bunch of times with Hattie and Bo, pushed them down.

They were having a blast. And then one time, like, Hattie wanted to go by herself. And so then I was like, Bo, you want to go by yourself? He did great because I told him to sit on his bottom. Next time, he's going by himself. I just pushed him without realizing he was on his knees. Okay. He started going down. And like,

this hill, like, I mean, it has like a pretty good, like little curve when you get done with it. It doesn't, it didn't, they didn't like jump by any means, but like, I mean, it was a pretty good little,

you know, thing there. And he's going down on his knees and he hits that bump and just like flies forward off of the sled. And just like, you know, it was like classic, like,

you know, camp thing. Like if you know that a kid is a little bit know, it was like classic, like, you know, camp thing. Like if you know that a kid is a little bit nervous, a little bit scared, you just hype the heck out of them. So that was awesome. That was awesome. That was awesome. You're not hurt. You're not hurt. Like Bo's just got an entire face of snow and he's just screaming dad, dad. I'm like, Bo, that was incredible. That was the greatest thing. You did it, man. That's awesome. And of course, he's just screaming and crying. He's like, I want to go home.

I don't want to do this anymore. Why? Why, dude? Because of how awesome you are? What in the world? And he was done for the day. Hattie probably went another 10 times, but Bo, that spooked him too much. So it was a great first experience sledding with them

and I'm excited to do more, but Hattie's already like, Dad, can we go again today? Oh, sweet. Yeah, so she's all about it. So if we wrap up this freaking episode in time, maybe I'll go.

Dude, that's probably, so I saw that you guys went sledding in all the videos and then probably two hours later, I saw something on my Instagram and maybe you've seen it because I was like, I should have told,

I wish I would have seen this beforehand. A guy rigged up this thing where he brought his drill with him you've seen this video no but i love it so far and then brought you know what looked like a spool of like string with him maybe rope he like and then like installed like drilled in like a pretty decent like bolt into the spool okay and then got the right you know drill bit to go along with it so his daughter would go down sledding and holding onto the rope or maybe be you know attached to the sled or whatever and then when she gets done sledding then he plugs the drill into it and then just cranks her back up the the hill and it worked yeah really i don't know if it's crazy high power drill or she just didn't weigh very much but it worked for him that's cool i mean i could i could imagine it would be working

with just the sled, but to pull up kids, that's amazing. Yeah, it's awesome. I do have, not trying to brag, but I have the best drill money can buy. So if anybody's drill is going to do it, it's my drill. What is, it's so interesting,

like other industries, like the best, like with that camera gear, it's like the best is it's so interesting like other industries like the best like with that camera gear it's like the best money can buy is like it could be so expensive right but when it comes to woodworking the very best drill in the world yeah how much it costs 650 bucks that's so interesting yeah but like most drills are anywhere from 40 to uh maybe 150200. So this one is like three times more than any normal, like it's just like a very, like can do all sorts of different things and has different attachments and stuff like that.

Yeah. I think that's so interesting. So interesting. These industries can have such different price points. Just like you can make just as much money building something as you can photographing something. But why is this industry? Why is the barrier so much more yeah people complain about pickleball like it just gets so expensive it's like the most expensive thing you can buy is a piece of

essentially plastic like 300 and then it's free to play everything is free like go play golf you think pickleball is expensive right but then other sports like golf it's like how expensive the nicest gear i mean you could spend 10 grand's like how expensive, the nicest gear. I mean, you could spend 10 grand filling up a bag of the nicest gear. People are complaining about pickleball being too expensive.

Oh yeah. I mean, people are always going to find a way to complain about anything, but they're like, I just feel like the balls are cracking

and it's starting to add up. That's funny. I was about to say like the balls, you could use a ball 30 times. Oh yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. For months. Versus like tennis, it's a very comparable thing to pickleball. Rackets are more expensive. Oh yeah. The Oh, yeah. Yeah, for months. Versus like tennis, it's a very comparable thing to pinball. Rackets are more expensive. Oh, yeah. The ball,

yeah, you don't use a tennis ball very long. I don't know. Yeah. Anyway, I was just curious. I would not have even known what to guess. The most expensive drill you can buy. I think it's the most expensive one. It's a Festool drill.

And yeah, it's like very high powered, very nice. It was one of those things. I bought it used from a guy, but yeah, $650. Ty, if you had unlimited money, what camera setup would you get? Good question. Brad, write down what he says for his Christmas bonus next year. You bet, buddy. Ah, man.

It's tough, because I know what I'd get in like 10 years when I feel like I have more experience and stuff. Because I feel like if I got a crazy camera, I wouldn't match that right now. But I don't know, probably like a... Camera's imposter syndrome.

Yeah, yeah. She's suffering from it. Some Sony Cinema camera, probably. Sony cinema camera. Sony cinema. Yeah, that's real specific. Spell Sony. What about FX 30 time?

That's got to be better than FX 6. Not full frame, though. Oh, that's right. Crop sensor. Come on, man. But 30, to me, seems like it would be five times better than the FX6. Makes sense. Makes sense that the FX6...

It's not full frame. Oh. Quarter frame, eighth frame. 24 frame. Four thirds. 24th frame. 24 bit. 24 bit per second.

Maybe FX3. Hey. FX3. FX3. That's more per second. Maybe FX3. Hey. FX3. FX3. That's more feasible, right? FX3. And what lenses would you have? A whole lot.

Okay. A whole lot. See if B&H Photo sells whole lots. Probably the... Whole lot bundles. Whole lot. The 12 to 200 f1.2. 12 to 200. Whole. 12 to 200.

12 to 200. Impossible lens. I was going to say, does that exist? That would be amazing. In 10 years. Got it. Point as like a period or like its own word? Like PowerPoint. Point and shoot. Point and shoot. Okay, the Olympus 12 to 200 review.

It's a 12 to 200 mm review. That's the model. One lens to rule the mall. Cool. Alright, now we know. How much is the FX3? Let's see. FX3 is just a cool 3.3

thousand. 3.3k? Yeah. Or 3.8. Lower end and cinema lines but it's crazy expensive though okay what do you mean by cinema lines like what is what makes something go from like a good camera to like cinematic like what what technologically makes that happen that is a good question because i feel like if you get like a a7 IV, which is like not considered a cinema camera. Pretty close to what I use, what we have. Yeah, and then like an FX3, which is like the lowest of the cinema line. I don't know.

It's got to be something like some. Because you can still, they both shoot like in log and like can be color graded to probably look the exact same. Look up log, please. I would guess it's just like it's a little stuff that no one would notice. Like the dynamic range is much better. Yeah. They're like, you know, 10 bit versus

8 bit 4k 120 frames per second instead of just 60. Yeah. I don't know. Log a chunk of wood. That's what time and things both cameras have. Yeah, both of them them are log both of them are chunks of wood i could build you one of these probably time remember when a bunch of money started weasel its way into math like all of a sudden logs were a part of what you had to do did not

like that stage of math yeah it started to get harder i really struggled with like inverse sign like cosine what's that yeah what's the ln? What's that one? Because there's log and then there's a linear... Is that linear log? ln, remember that? I'm not sure if I know about this or remember it. It killed me. I don't know. I don't know.

ln math meaning... Natural logarithm. Natural log. Yes, because Bo Burnham has a line talking about Dura Flame, the unnatural log. Yes, because Bo Burnham has a line talking about Dura Flame, the unnatural log. I still remember that. Oh, Bo. Okay, start fires if you want.

Yeah, because when we threw the I's in there, imaginary numbers, didn't throw me off too much. It was a little, I didn't know why we were doing it. You know, like, all right, this is imaginary. This is not, you know, this is a weird phase. But I can still get the right answer. Right. Once we were logging and signing, I got a little tricky, dude. Yeah. If you, if you could go back and do school again, would you ask a lot more questions? Oh, that's fun to think about. I don't often think about the past very well. So let's see. I would be quite the businessman.

I know. I would definitely find like a problem that's going on with our school and like find a way to like solve it, I think. As far as in the classroom, I bet how I conducted myself is about how I would do it now. Like crack a joke from time to time, but definitely try to still be respectful to the teacher. And yeah, get my work done.

If you want a copy of me, go for it. I just wish I like, yeah, like there were so many times where I was like, I'm so confused. Like, but I'll just figure this out later or I'll ask Scott, like, like, uh, especially with math. Like I was just like, man, I'm, I don't quite get it, but I don't like, and maybe like, maybe I would muster up the courage to say, can you explain that a little more? I see what you're saying. And then they explain it and I'm still confused. I'm not going to ask again.

Exactly. Whereas now I think I'd be a little more just like, hey, humbly, I'm sorry, I still don't get this. Can I talk to you afterwards? Yes. You're not as ashamed to do that stuff now. No, I was such like a, school was so transactional for me.

It was like, go, leave. Like get out of there as quick as you can. Like get to the parking lot so you avoid traffic. Like I did not want to be there any longer than I had to be. And I wish I could have like embraced it more, I think. I definitely, by the time college was over, I mean, I feel like my sister and I are so similar. I couldn't believe that she wanted to continue going to school or the fact that Rachel is still

in school. Like you guys aren't sick of this. I know. Oh my gosh. Because it just feels like, it just feels like a task to be completed so that you can do X, Y, Z. I was so ready to do right. X, Y, and Z. Yeah, me too. But yeah, it would be interesting if you could go back knowing, you know, what, you know, now, like how much But yeah, it would be interesting. If you could go back knowing what you know now, how much more inquisitive would you be? How much more conversational would you be? Yeah. How much would I probably not let teachers get by

not doing a good job? At the time, I probably didn't even recognize it. I think you're just being lazy and not grading our papers. And that's why this is participation only or you know whatever yeah i don't know i also was just on my phone all the time texting people that probably didn't help the confusion and calculus that was like the one class i'm like don't get on your phone and text like get off your phone uh so you went sledding what What did you do after you sledded? Are you talking about the truck?

Yeah. Yeah. Truck guy. Yeah. I worked on a deal because I'm buying a new truck. Dealing. Dealing. Wheeling and dealing.

Yep, with wheels. That's why they call it that. Yeah, it's truck buying. Yeah, you're wheeling. Auto sales. And wheelchairs. Yeah. Wheeling and dealing. Yeah, yeah, it was,

dude, I don't know. I think I, I, I was going to say, I like the buying process and the negotiating, but I don't know if that's true. Like, uh, I think in my head, it like sounds like a really fun opportunity, but then when I'm actually in the trenches of kind of being difficult with this person, I'm like, man, I'm sorry. I'll just – I'll give in. You know what I mean? Right. Like not truly, but like you and I had talked and we were talking about numbers

and all this stuff. And I was like, I just – I mean this thing has been on the lot a little bit, so maybe I can leverage that, blah, blah, blah. And so I tried to like, and I, I purposely went like way lower than I thought I was going to get the car for like me in the middle. They had a price. I went 3000 under that and thinking like, okay, they're not going to take that. But if I only go 1500 under that, then they're going to come back with something 700, you

know, whatever. It makes sense. And so I just felt like I just hurt this guy's feelings. Like we had a rapport and then all of a sudden he's just like. Like you lost him a little bit. Oh, wow. This guy's an actor. This guy played you.

Honestly, maybe. This guy deals with this every day. That's the other aspect of it is like, I think because of 90s TV shows, I have such a preconceived notion of who used car salesmen are. And so I'm just like, I bet that guy, like they went out to look at my truck to like, see how much they'd value at a trade in. And I have all these like scripture memory cards, you know, like. Dude, I saw those in your truck. I didn't know what was on the front of them, but it looked like someone was pranking you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm trying to, you know, memorize things. So they're right there and whatever. So I just see him more. And so this

guy comes back and he's like, I love your scriptures and your truck. Ooh, that's gonna make it tough. And then later I was like, is he lying about that? You know, like that's how, that's how in deep I am with like, I don't trust anything. This guy's saying, yeah, like, well,

this is how the price, you know, whatever. And so, um, I had called my friend Ian two days ago and was just like, tell me how, cause he used to work at a used car dealership.

Maybe he would know the best scriptures for you to put in your truck before going into there. Yeah. That'd be good to like, yeah. Have a better new Testament or old passive aggressive, like things in there. That'd be good to like, do you think you respond better to New Testament or old passive aggressive, like things in there? I was like,

just tell me how car dealerships work. Like when they say they don't have wiggle room, is that a load of who we, you know? And he basically was like, it just depends on the dealership. Some of them are just priced to sell right away. Some of them have margin,

but I think with internet, the internet like has kind of messed with all that because now you can't just be like, well, I'm going to sell it for this much. Cause if somebody 20 miles down the road is going to sell the exact same car for way less, you're going to be like, well, that, that, what you can just show them that you don't have to, you don't have to go back and forth and talk to people, you know? And so, so anyway, all I have to say, I got them down, but not nearly as much as I was hoping to get them down. So then I'm like...

Sounds like you still won. I still won, but that's what it is for me, is it's a competition. Rather than just be grateful. Everything online says this is a great price, but of course I want like $500. So I was talking to Catherine. I was like, okay, like best case scenario.

What's going on over there, Tyler? No, best case scenario, I knock off $500 off this, which $500 is still $500. When you see it in cash, it's a lot of money. Wow, we're just going to toss this aside like it's nothing? Yeah, but it's like, worst case scenario they like they sell to somebody else and i have to do this whole process again i really like this you know so whatever and how we do this is katherine does katherine care that you're negotiating does

she want updates or are you just kind of telling her updates she she's been very um very interested when i tell her but, she's not like, like I almost bought it without even like confirming that it was okay with her. I mean, that's what I do with my student loans last week. I was like, I think I'm just,

we can afford it. Rachel, you have the login to our bank. I was going to say, I think Catherine just trusts me a lot. She's, she's knowledgeable of our finances, knowledgeable of what I do for the finances.

And so therefore I think she knows how I research things and she knows like, okay, if Brad's doing this, you've proven it to her that you're, you make sound decisions. I think she's, she's also kind of seen like the last like week and a half, I've just been scouring the internet for trucks, like almost to the point where I think it's effectively negatively to the point where I'm like, ah, you know, stressed about like, or in a bad mood about something. Cause I'm like too much scouring. Yeah. Seriously. My first like nicer truck that I bought, I literally didn't have any knowledge of anything. Like I didn't even look at a Carfax report for this thing. Like no car. And then I went and did all the minivan process with that guy. And I learned so much about what to look

for in cars and how to do it. And so now I'm almost like too good or too knowledgeable. Dude, there, you know what I mean? I don't know. There's gotta be a psychological principle for like, once you learn about an industry, you'll never be able to turn your brain off from it again. You know, there's examples of this, I feel like in our own lives all the time. Like once I started making videos, now I look at movies, video, anything. Every time I'm on Instagram, I look at it differently than how I would have if I never would have made these. Well, and I think also just like when you see prices of things,

it just kills you. Because it's like, like look at pickleball paddles. You know how much it costs for a pickleball paddle to be made. Yeah. And you're like, that's insane. I know that's the exact same paddle

that Friday Pickleball makes. Like that's the exact same one. It just says something different or it's labeled as something different. Yeah. And it's twice as much money, three times as much. It's like something different or it's, it's labeled as something different and it's twice as much money, three times as much. It's like, that is so annoying. That's how I feel with like furniture. I'll see. I'm like, that is not even real wood. Like that, that cost them

$5 to make this table that they're charging, whatever. And it's just so hard. And so I'm like, I know they're taking advantage of me, but man, I want this truck. You can't do anything about it. You just want to be like, I want to learn how to build my own. Ever since I started looking for Bondi Bulls locations in Kansas City, I've just thrown myself

into this world of commercial real estate, a world I knew nothing about, but all of a sudden, now I just, I drive past strip malls and I see them differently and I can't turn it off. Yeah.

You know, but like you'll just drive past somewhere and it's like, like Overland Park photo supply. Like, I know how much it costs uh-huh to lease that out how in the world are they affording that yeah who's buying a lens in person these days like what are they these people doing like any kind of like shop it's just like in a nice area it's like how are they doing i know how much this costs now yeah yeah or any kind of like vacancy you just notice anything like oh i did okay that's a nice spot yeah Open up. Yeah, exactly.

Your world, yeah, changes the way you see things. I remember talking to somebody at Grande Boo. I think it was Paul Bryant Holyfield. Great guy. Great name. Yeah. I think it's you, Paul, who does like, he does like maintenance on apartment complexes.

I believe that's what he does. Anyway, handyman kind of guy. I could be totally wrong. This could be somebody else. It's a fun made-up story that you've created. I'm like, okay, so now every time you go in any building, are you always thinking about the HVAC systems? Oh, it'd be impossible. Oh, yeah. Everyone. We were talking about it at Chick-fil-A and I remember just thinking, I bet he's thinking,

well, okay, interesting event right there. I would have put that somewhere else. I bet that's, yeah, that's right about code. I don't know. You know, like I wonder, yeah, we could just talk about this for another hour, but like, even like, Oh, it takes someone like Rachel who is now being professionally trained on how to like essentially listen to people. Yeah. Every conversation is she feeling what they would feel with an HVAC system where she's like, wow, that's not a great way to like ask them the right question or like, oh, that's not how I would have responded to that. Or I don't know. Yeah, that is interesting. Because hers is much more casual in a sense, but it's everywhere.

Is there some things that are just naturally like you can't completely do that because you're a human and you're talking, you can't just always like be thinking that way. From a counseling perspective. Yeah. Sometimes you're just like, if Jake says something crazy, I'm going to react crazily. You know what I mean? Like I would love to see Rachel react crazily or me react crazily. We've never, we haven't had that talk yet. What? Yeah. I feel like Rachel's not like a super high emotions girl. No, not unless she's like really cozy. Yeah. And then she just wants to tell everybody. Oh yeah. I mean, Rachel could be, she's taken really cozy. Yeah. And then she just wants to tell everybody. Oh, yeah.

I mean, Rachel could be, she's taken four different naps on the couch trying to get through this one Ted Lasso episode. She's so tired. Like, let's just go to bed. Let's just go. It's 830. You're exhausted.

And then the second we get in bed, like it's so cozy in here. I mean, she's bouncing on the walls. Like, what is this? She's like, I'm just so excited because how cozy it is. Dude, I don't know what happened last night. Catherine like was just like working on her computer and like doing stuff. And then all of a sudden it was like a light, like flip light switch flipped. And she was just like

dramatically tired. Like, just like, like, just like almost like she was like dying or something. She's like, Oh my gosh, I'm so tired. Oh my gosh, I'm so tired. I mean, it'd be like, if we were like in the middle of a conversation for the podcast and all of a sudden. Did you tranquilize me? I have to. I have to. Oh my gosh.

I'm just like, well, go to bed. I can't yet. I can't yet. I have to debone the chicken. I have to fold this laundry. I have to do a little bit more prep work for this thing. And I'm like, I think I was like, put the chicken in the fridge and do it later.

Like, yeah, she was just acting like it was just amazing. Like the mood just completely shifted on a dime. I don't know what happened. That is pretty funny. Just it's like when sometimes like going to bathroom hits you, but for her it was like tiredness that normally you can kind of see coming. That's the

perfect analogy. That's the perfect thing. Oh my gosh. Oh my I have I need to be in bed in the next three. I have to go to bed. I need to be laying down in the next five minutes if, if you catch my drift. Yeah. But that's the thing. Like she didn't want to like go. I'm like, just, just go give in. Listen to your body. Yeah. You're tired. And then you might, you might go to bed and then be like, well, I'm not tired anymore because I waited too long. I'm so excited about sleeping. I don't know. Anyway,

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Pretty good. I just thought of one thing I meant to mention when we were tying our truck. The Bible verses thing. I do think it'd be great to put very specific verses in there the next time this exact scenario comes up. Like put in the verse that says, thou shalt not murder. Okay.

And he's like, oh. Yeah, I just... Been trying to remember that one. If I don't have the reminder, you never know what could happen. Yeah, by road rage, it's clinically diagnosed. Yeah, it's a real problem. Yeah.

So we're going to be able to cut it down to the price I offered, right? I think you segue that right into there. That's good. That's good. While I was cleaning the house last night, I put The Office on. Actually, I'll tell you what I did.

First, I was like, you know what? Chiefs play on Peacock. I'm going to have to get Peacock. Let's bite the bullet. So get Peacock. I'm like, The Office would be great to put on while I'm cleaning because I don't really need to watch it. It's like when you do woodworking.

You get on Peacock homepage. It says, now playing Shrek. I was like, you know what? Yeah. Now playing? Yeah, so I watched all of Shrek while I cleaned left side. Yeah, just by myself, vacuuming, cleaning. I just watched Shrek.

That would be a great thing for me to walk up on. Oh, I needed to go deliver this thing. We need to borrow something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going to go get some of this. I'm a believer. He's just like, yeah, you're like vacuuming all around. Then I saw her face.

I'm like, hey, man. Oh, that's not what it looks like. You missing Rachel? What's going on here? That wasn't even what I was going to bring up but yeah Shrek is great it's a good movie I really enjoy it there's a couple jokes I didn't get when I watched it as a kid it was

good music just all star to start it I'm a believer closing credits that's a good one that whole montage they do at the closing credits closing credits that's a good one that whole like montage they do at the closing credits is fun that's a great one

I love the fight scene when he first sees Lord Farquaad they're like first one to kill the ogre you know wins and it's a I don't give a damn

about your reputation yeah yeah yeah that's a great one that's a great great song the Rufus Wainwright version of Hallelujah is in there

that song came on as I was unloading the dishwasher and I had the thought last night I was like I think this was in there. That song came on as I was unloading the dishwasher. And I had the thought last night. I was like, I think this was my introduction to the song. Yeah. I think it was the first time I heard it. I thought, yes, same.

I didn't know that there was a version of it before that. Yeah. And I like Rufus Wainwright's version, like the Shrek version more. Really? I don't think I do. Really? It didn't do it for me last night. Maybe it's because I was doing the dishes.

Like, I don't know, cleaner. Speak as man. Jeff Buckley there. I don't know, yeah. I don't mind that. You like the rasp. Yeah. What else was he going

to say about Shrek? What were some jokes that you remember? The one I can remember is it's just like an establishing shot when they first like, they finally get to

do lock or whatever. It's Shrek and Donkey's first kind of, it's you know an establishing shot when they first like they finally get to do lock or whatever it's Shrek and Donkey's first kind of it's you know that's a act one of the movie they they're coming out of a cornfield and they're like taking in the whole like a state and the camera starts up like and it shows that there it says you are you parked in Lance lot because it is a parking lot so it's just gonna play on words with medieval Lance lot I never got that as a kid I never thought about it being like the name is a parking lot. So it's just got play on words with medieval Lance lot. I never got that as a kid. I never thought about it being like the name of a parking lot or whatever. Yeah.

That was one thing I noticed like, Oh yeah. Didn't understand that back in the day. I got other references to rewatch. Good for you. Yeah. It was fun to put on. So that'll be,

that'll be a fun one someday for the kids. Yeah. Once we introduced them to sarcasm. Yeah. Whole reason I ever brought that up is because I did get to the office. Cleaning took a little while. And I ended up watching the episode of John Grotty or whatever his name is. And that would be you with the Bible verse, if you like.

I could make things very difficult for you. I could be very persuasive. Yeah, very persistent. And he knocks over the coat rack. Wow, look at that, folks. An unpredictable, whatever he says. Yeah. Thing in our lives.

That's perfect. Yeah. Like some kind of passive aggressive way of doing it. Dude, one of my, this is just so Brad and you're, this is not Jake, but I just know you're going to just laugh at this because I filled up my current truck two days ago with gas and it kills me that I'm giving it to them with like three quarters of a tank. It kills me.

It kills you. Siphon it, baby. Siphon it, put it in some jugs. It doesn't kill me that much because I feel like if I tried to do that, I would get it all over myself. You would drink a lot of gas. That's a crazy science thing.

Not talked about enough the fact that siphoning works i don't even know how it works you start like by sucking and getting like like the gas liquid whatever going that way and then once it like starts going it keeps going oh really yeah like it'll like without any kind of like like that's enough pressure to get out once it, like liquid will continue to flow through that like tube. So there's no way of stopping it or is there like a, can you valve it off or something? Maybe, you know,

you raise it up. Okay, yeah. Gravity still works. Gravity's a little stronger than siphoning. Yeah. No, I mean like, yeah, whatever. It was $65 to fill up my truck the other day. He's getting three-fourths of it. I drove around for fun this morning. I was like, this is my cast.

I had like 20 minutes before I needed to be here. I was like, I'm just going to drive around. It's like West Shawnee. I was just driving. I'd rather give it to the atmosphere than to this guy. I'd rather they deal with it. Oh, man. I'm like, do you guys need me

to do any errands for you? I'll go to Olathe and back. Need me to scout anything? Hey, need a little... I'll look. I'll look. Yeah, I'll go check it out real quick.

Need me to go to Town Center? I'll go to Town Center. I was just like... Anyway, and I told that to Catherine and Catherine totally resonated with me. She's like, oh, God, it stinks.

Dang. Oh, that does hurt. I's like, oh, good stinks. Dang. Oh, that does hurt. I'm like, yes, it does. I, uh, I guess this isn't the exact same thing, but I feel like they get when I am returning a rental car, they get a really good deal when I fill up right before I return it. Cause the nice thing about cars is when you're fully full, it takes a while. I mean, you drive for 30 minutes. We've already been moves. I when you're fully full, it takes a while. I mean, you drive for 30 minutes. You've already been moves. I've been watching it today, trying to

make it move. I've been like revving it up as I'm driving. Yeah, dude, I know. Sometimes it's not, it's like, it like goes like in intervals when it moves. I've like the first 50% goes way slower than the last 50%. And especially the first 10%, there's no movement. And so like, sometimes I will return a rental car and I filled up like, actually I filled up like 20 like miles actually before I dropped it off, but they wouldn't know. It still looks pretty full. Yeah. And that's where I feel like I got them.

Yeah. But sometimes it's like, I forgot I'm in a hurry. There's a gas station right by the rental car place. I'm going to give it to them. Yeah. Like fully, fully full.

Yeah. Well done. You beat me. You got me on that one. These days you can also see the digital however many miles to empty. You know what I mean? That's a good point. So be careful. Think about that. Be careful with what kind of rental car you got.

Okay. Anyway, it was just like whatever. It's fine. Also, I mean just another I guess that's like, I don't know if it's cheapskate move, but like a weird, like doesn't really logically make sense financially move is I was clearing out my truck last night cause I'm trading it in. And there was just things that I was like, just throw it away, man. Just throw it away. I bet I had a hundred golf tees in my center console and I have another 300 golf tees like in my

garage and I haven't golfed in months. And it's like, well, I mean, it's like, well, but I paid like $3 for these at Walmart one time. I mean, I'll use them eventually. Right. That's exactly the course of my life. Exactly. Yeah.

It's like, oh, surely I, so I threw those away, but there were so many things. I was like, this is silly. You're spending this much on a truck and you don't even like, you, surely. So I threw those away. But there were so many things. I was like, this is silly. You're spending this much on a truck, and you don't even – like you're worried about this. Like I had sunglasses that were like the thing on the side had broken off. But I had been like super gluing them back together, and they keep breaking off. And I was like, well, but I know those sunglasses were like $40.

And I know that like, if I throw them away, they win. Like, you know, it's just like always like me versus like the man. I don't know what it is, but I just, I just struggled with so many little decisions like that. Rachel and I, I feel like just conversationally, sometimes we'll talk about like our ongoing list of things that we promise to each other that no matter like how our lifestyle might change, get better, get worse, we will never spend money on that thing. Okay. And one of them is nice sunglasses. Yeah. Cause I think you're just, Oh, you're eventually going to lose them or sit on

them. You're just too stressed. And right now when I buy $10 sunglasses, I have no attachment to them. There's no desire to like keep them nice. Like I lost them. Oh, well I got a pair of my car. Right. It's a nice thing to never splurge on. The other thing is, Rachel has promised me she will never get into nice jewelry or design or anything. And I was like, that's a great one to promise me you're never going to care about. Yeah, just have her promise you a lot more things. Yeah. She's like, I do not understand why you would pay like three grand for a purse. That'll never, ever make sense to me.

I was like, keep going. That's great. Love hearing that. That's an'll never, ever make sense to me. I was like, keep going. Yeah, that's great. Love hearing that. Iowa in her. I appreciate it. Well, I was,

I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I test drove two trucks and one of them was a previous owner for,

it was from Iowa. And I bet they took good care of it because of the family. I was like, I'm kind of partial to that truck. I mean, yeah, the previous owners from Iowa, Iowa people are nice.

You know, like I think this, yeah, they probably did a great job with this thing. I had such a similar thought. We were recruiting people to try and join. We're joining an indoor volleyball league soon. Okay. Me, Isaac, Luke.

Yep. We got Rachel, a friend of hers who played college volleyball, and we were looking for one last girl. And so I hit up somebody at church, like, hey, I know a lot of volleyballs play here. And he texted me this girl. I ended up looking her up, like, let's see. And I saw she played volleyball in Iowa. Like, hey, I know a lot of volleyballs play here. And he texted me this girl. I end up looking her up. Like, let's see.

And I saw she played volleyball in Iowa. I was like, I bet she's great. Yeah. I bet she's really nice. She might be the girl for Isaac. Hey. You don't know. Farm girl.

Yeah, there you go. Yeah. It was fun. I was actually texting her yesterday. Like, thanks for signing up. We're so pumped. She was like, what's the team like? And I was like, oh, I'll give you a full scouting report.

So I like person by person told her what she'd expect out of him. You know, Rachel, I was like, division one conference, Missouri Valley Conference center of the year, the most talented one on the court, but the least competitive. Also my wife, you know, Luke Hoagland. I'm like extremely smooth, very coordinated, about to have a kid soon that might give us some more strength. I don't know.

Maybe he's distracted. Yeah. I don't know. And I was wild card uh will definitely be the most athletic one out of either team an absolute liability in the back row you really have to cover him up you never know what's gonna happen if he's on he's on that's fun uh okay real quick and then we're gonna get our schmores i have a real quick sheltered kid moment a real quick people pleaser moment okay i have one thing to tell you as well. Ooh, do it in between?

Sure. Sheltered kid, this happened when I was like 10 years old, but it has to do with Shrek. I just thought of it. I remember some of my friends went and saw Shrek in theaters and they came back to their house and we're playing games in their house

and they were both coming back and they were singing the song. They were kind of singing the songs. I'm a believer. And sheltered kid me was like good for them they got saved that is awesome yes that is how they finally came around well why do you say her face then i saw her face is this like a catholic like a mother mary yeah okay her face okay what church was it yeah but yeah i fully thought it was like good for them i don't know where they've been, VBS or something, but they were singing this song, and they are believers.

That is so cool. Went and shook their parents' hands, like, good job, congrats. Hey, welcome. That's amazing. Welcome to the gates. And you remember that. Yeah, I remember that. That's so fun.

Yeah, I remember exactly. It was Lauren and Joey Fetty. Oh. Both of them. I was like, hey, brother, sister, salvage. Yeah. So, yeah, it's Yeah. Uh, so yeah, it's my shelter kid moment of,

uh, 22 years ago. Um, okay. Hopefully this is something that Hattie will remember someday. Like you remember their 10 year old thing. Uh, yesterday when I was cleaning out my truck,

I took all the change, every single penny. I'm not leaving any of that behind. They don't get that. That's my, those are my pennies. And I gathered them all up and I'm doing this game with Hattie where every single night she gets to go and count all the change. And if she gets it right, she gets the change. And if she gets it wrong, she has to

wait until the next night. Oh, it's fun game. Yeah. It's a, it's educational. It's motivational. I called it a scholarship. I taught her about scholarships last night. I was like, Hattie, I got something called scholarships when I was little. And it's because I was smart enough. And so people gave me money because I was smart. I was like, if you're smart enough to figure out how much money is here, I will give you that money. And she's all about it. A daily challenge is so fun. I feel like humans, it's just, it's clearly psychologically like motivate, like look at Wordle and stuff. It's like, oh, hey, it's midnight. New Wordle just dropped or whatever. Like, yeah, you give her a daily game, you know, wake up, you know, raring tole and stuff. It's like, oh, hey, it's midnight. New Wordle just dropped. Or whatever. You give her a daily game.

Wake up raring to go. That's cool. It's just a little thing. A little scholarship. She's also getting a little bit unhealthy about her love for money. Maybe not unhealthy. She's more motivated. She's pretty entrepreneurial these days. Our friends were over watching the

Chiefs game last Sunday. We have friends with little babies, and then days. So our friends were over watching the chiefs game last Sunday. And, uh, you know, it's, we have, we have like friends with little babies and then we have Scott who's got Palmer who's five years old. So I basically had his age and so they play well, well together. All of a sudden I look over and Palmer's like crying to Scott's wife, Sam, like, I was like, what's going on over there? And apparently Hattie had started this business where she had this great idea. Like when all your friends come over, I have all these Tootsie Rolls that she earned by like going to a WANA and memorizing all the verses and stuff. She got a huge thing of Tootsie Rolls. I'm going to sell them to people. And so Palmer said, can I please have a Tootsie Roll?

And Hattie goes, yeah, for $1. Yeah, for $1. And Palmer was crying because she's like, because I don't have any money and my mom won't give me dollar for a dollar and palmer was crying because she's like because i don't have any money and my mom won't give me any money for a tootsie roll and i had to be like haddy when we have guests at our house we don't charge them for the food that yeah you're like kids don't have money you can ask adults yeah right i was like i was like you can like go talk to mr jake or whoever but and i was like but they can say no cause maybe they don't think that's the right price for that, you know? And you can either decide. So anyway, I told her last night about what negotiable meant, like what that means. And so she's right now, she's got her eye on a new dresser for her American girl dolls on Facebook marketplace. And so she's like, so like I asked your mom, you know, Catherine reach out.

Mom said we would pay $15 for that, even though they wanted to make us pay 20. And I was like, yeah, that's called negotiating, you know? And so that's a fun stage. Yeah. We did like a, like a whole like practice of like, okay, let's say this person wants to buy it for $15. This person wants to buy it for 20. Who would you sell it to?

She's like, well, the person for 20. I was like, exactly. Cause you make more money. But I was like, but let's say this person doesn't want to buy. This person doesn't want to buy. This person wants to buy for 15. Who would you sell it to? You know, whatever.

Yeah. Just teach her all about that. Oh, that's fun. It's so fun, dude. It's so fun. I love it. Yeah, just like get her thinking about those things. It's like, you could sell it, or you could just wait and think,

I think somebody will buy it for $20, you know? Dude, I'm so ready to have like an eight-year-old. Like zero to six, don't get real fired up about it. But oh, dude, I'm so ready to have like an eight year old, like zero to six. Don't get real fired up about, but oh, I can't wait for seven or eight. You'll, you'll be fired up about all of them. It's awesome. We'll see. Yeah, no, I'm sure I will be, but that's, I mean, every time I think about children, I always think of like, oh, it's so this stage never. So Hattie last night got the, got the monetary value, right? And so she was putting all these coins in her little wallet purse thing. And she's like, dad, I don't have like,

there's just too many coins for this thing. So there's a bunch of pennies and stuff. And she's like, I was like, how do you, tomorrow I'm going to teach you about consolidating. Yeah. And then she's like, you teach me a night. And Catherine comes in. She's like, when you go to bed, how do you, he's like, but dad was going you teach me a night and katherine comes in she's like when you go to bed caddy's like but dad was gonna teach me about consolidating dad was gonna go over the time value of money and the break-even point yeah yeah yeah or what were we talking about the other day and how to just goes that would be pandemonium. I was like, look at you. Dad was going to teach me about SWOT analysis. Dad was going to help me with my balance sheet.

We haven't even got to credit. Come on. Yeah. Yeah, I really wanted to support Hattie because I think that's so fun, but I truly just didn't have any money. So I was like, I don't have anything on me. I'll go to my car later. And of course, Hattie never forgets a thing like. So I was like, I don't have anything on me. Let me, I'll go to my car later. And of course,

how do you never forget the thing like that? You know, she was like, she has like an hour later, Jake, Mr. Jake, are you going to go to your car?

Oh my gosh, I forgot. Yes, I'll go right now. She also reminded me of Prince of Egypt too, which I didn't think she would remember that

because it was on the podcast. Maybe she wouldn't, but yeah, first thing she said to me, Mr. Jake, when are we going to watch Prince of Egypt? I was like,

oh, soon. Yeah. We'll watch it real soon. So I think next week. She's very excited about it. But, so I go out to my car and i guess my wallet was at home so it wasn't even there so all i had in my glove compartment all i had was just foreign money and so i had like probably 10 different countries and i you know i would show her what country it's from and

kind of how it looked and uh she ended up choosing guatemala yeah and she's like i'm gonna choose guatemala because my grandpa's been there it I was like, oh, that's awesome. I heard you say like, this one's from Ethiopia. I've never even been there. I don't know how I got that. I don't know. Somebody snuck in. I must have traded him with somebody back in the day.

It's fun, man. It's all good. So, all right, next, your last thing. People pleaser, my one of the, yeah, I guess people pleaser. We're just psycho move of the week. I was doing laundry in a house of my, Rachel's in florida doing laundry by myself i'm in my basement something happened where i pulled something out of the dryer and was like oh that's still wet okay i'm

gonna toss it back in and i'll do it another load with that in there yeah i'm pulling other stuff out of laundry i'm folding it i pull that same item out again and realize like you're, you just pulled that out and out loud to myself. I said, sorry, I like had to set it down and be like, wow, like that habit runs deep. I said,

sorry to myself. Like I said, sorry to my inner consciousness. Or were you saying sorry to the clothes? I think it was to myself. I was sorry. Yeah. Obviously like we already know that one's still wet.

Dude. People are so weird by themselves. Yeah. Like we already know that one's still wet. Dude, people are so weird by themselves. Yeah. Like I view myself as a pretty normal guy. I'm pretty weird sometimes. We all are. What was I thinking the other day as I was like walking up steps and I said something to myself? I was like, that's weird.

If people knew I said that, they'd think I'm a weirdo. And I'm like, I bet everyone's doing weird stuff. You know what? I think I might be discovering something about myself right now in this moment. Cause you're right. Everyone is weird. You know, like my whole life I've been driven nuts by on originality by bait. You know, what's called basicness.

Now these basic phrases, these basic movie cliches, they've always driven me nuts. And maybe at the core of it, it is like, everyone's weird. So why would you be like anyone else? Like, why are you scared of like yeah saying something unique yeah why do you want a t-shirt that everyone else has with the same phrase on it everyone's already seen because all of a sudden it's like wait like you're being original i actually kind of resonate with that like yeah i resonate like you just admitted something like that he thought was weird and actually i'm i'm into that thing too, you know, whatever. So it's a good word. Yeah, I don't know.

The math ain't mathin'. I just don't know. The math ain't mathin'. But yeah, I just, I wrote that down. I was like, oh my gosh, I said sorry to myself. That is wild. That's interesting. Sorry. What does that mean?

Yeah. What kind of tone was, yeah, was it just like a, what was I thinking? Like, sorry. Yeah, it was like, oh, obviously. It wasn't like, oh, sorry. No, that's not like that. It wasn't like, oh, sorry. No, that's not like that. It wasn't like ashamed.

I'm sorry. It would be like if five minutes ago you told me you were hungry and then right away I was like, you hungry? Yeah, I just told you that.

Oh, sorry. Yeah. Like, oh, duh. Of course. It's like, instead of you saying oops, like most people would say oops

and they're like, oh, whoops. Like, whoopsies. Oh, sorry. Whoopsies. Whoopsie daisy. That's good. Anyway, I got something wrong with me. you saying oops like most people would say oops or that right oh like whoopsies oh sorry whoopsies whoopsie daisy that's good anyway i got something wrong with me let's do some schmores okay when's last time we did this who won you hey dim check's here all right gotta go let's uh let's get him a mic let's get him a mic okay cool all right we got to set up dim checks out a mic now he's gonna join us for. Okay, cool. All right, we got it set up. Dave checks out a mic now.

He's going to join us for s'mores. This is perfect timing. Let's let you go last, Alex. So time it. We'll just go down the line here. Cool. This is the s'mores of fast food items. All right.

Let's go. First up, I'm going to go with... I have three things from Chick-fil-A. I'm going to go Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich. Okay. I got about halfway down my list and I was like, let's not try to overcomplicate this. Just choose the best thing.

Which is what made the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich so great. They didn't overcomplicate. It's like chicken on a bun. It's just really good versions of both those things. We didn't invent the chicken. We invented the chicken sandwich. Exactly. Do you get it with pickle, of both those things. We didn't invent the chicken. We invented the chicken sandwich. Exactly. Do you get it with pickle, Tim? Yeah, I don't take it off.

Let me put it this way. I don't remove it. I never even thought to get it without the pickle. Do you guys still do your shows in Chick-fil-A ever? Or is that just only special occasions? We've only done one. Has there only been one? I think so. Yeah, I guess we've shot some videos in there.

Events and stuff there. Yeah, the one-year anniversary. Our first episode on YouTube ever was in Chick-fil-A. And now we've changed. We don't ever go on a fast food list to record podcasts anymore. Tymon, that was my first thing that I wrote down as well. So that's a good answer. Yeah, it's just solid.

All right, my first pick. I'm going to go with Taco Bell Cinnamon Twist. Oh, wow. First pick going to Cities. First pick going to Cities. I don't know. I'm sure it probably would have been there in round three, but I just want to make sure I nail the Cinnamon Twist.

It's your passion project. Yeah. It's just like, let's just get this on paper. Yeah. I mean, it's about the only thing I can eat from Taco Bell. I was going to say, do you just get Cinnamon Twist when you Yeah, I mean, it's about the only thing I can eat from Taco Bell. I was going to say, do you just get Cinnamon Twist when you go there? I'll be honest.

I don't find myself at a lot of fast food places other than Chick-fil-A these days. But yeah, I think the last time I had Taco Bell would have been Cinnamon Twist. Wow. In fact, there's some nostalgia with it. Stratford, it was one of the only things Stratford had was Taco Bell. If you can get the dime on the little game they have, you get a new cinnamon twist. I grew up on them. And they're consistent.

They haven't changed. That's true. They have not changed, dude. Sometimes I think about that. If I owned Coke, Kit Kat, Taco Bell, it would be so hard for me not to change the recipe. How do they just stick with something? Even if it's working,

how do you not change it in 20 years cream pie they just taste exactly how i've always tasted they never change them that's absurd to me you're just too innovative too innovative it would just be i love change it would be very hard for me to just stick with like yeah this is what cinnamon twists are going to taste like forever have you heard about new coke oh and like the 80s yeah they like tried to change it and people just were like, that's a bad idea. Yeah. So I guess they do change stuff all the time. They just call it something different.

Coke Zero or whatever. Great answer. Not a first rounder in my opinion. Could have been a late, late value add. Dang it. Wasn't on my list. But yeah, man, I think that might,

Cinnamon Twisted might be like the last great value in food. Like, I think you get those for a dollar right now. It's the only thing it's still probably affordable. Yeah. They're inflation proof because it's just like fluffy. Nothing. It's nothing.

Oh, it's so good. Cinnamon and sugar. Okay. Um, I'm also going to go, uh, Taco Bell for my first pick.

I'm going to go cheesy gordita crunch. Wow. My, anyone expect Taco Bell to be two of the first three picks? I didn't expect Cinnamon Twisted. But yeah, cheesy gordita crunch, man. It's just everything you need. It's got soft.

It's got crunchy. I mean, it's Taco Bell. It's got gordita. Mm-hmm. All right, Alex, you get two now. We do a snake draft, and then we'll come back around. Two. Okay, wow.

That was a curveball. Only because you weren't listening earlier. Yeah, I wasn't listening. Yeah, so so question here does it have to be on the dollar menu or no no no no no okay anything at a fast food like okay i'm gonna go mickey d's not the whole you can't do the whole not just mickey d's as a whole but there is a certain item that i think would be a great one to say right now, which is the yogurt parfait. It's making the cinnamon twist pick look a little better. This guy needs to start his own acai bowl shop right here. Talk about innovation as an eighth grader. I mean, think about it. Everyone else is getting the other items, but the parfait is so underrated. I mean, it's, what do you think?

Dude, no, that was like the laugh of luxury. Last episode, we talked about like- Things that made other people seem rich when you were a kid. Dude, I remember a kid in Sunday school one time, like showed up with a parfait and I was like, oh my gosh, I could- Do you live in a mansion? Oh, yeah. Dude, I don't know if they make those anymore.

I mean, they should. They should go back to- Get them at the Bondi menu. Yeah. That is like at the Bondi menu. Yeah. That is like the original Bondi bowl. Just yogurt instead of... Have you guys heard about

the new McDonald's in Illinois? Yeah. It's like 20 minutes from my parents' house. Is it really? Yeah. What, the one that's just drinks?

Yeah, Dutch Bros, but for McDonald's, basically. Yeah, do you remember what it's called? It has like a planet name. Cosmix. Cos... Yes. So yeah,? It has like a McLanet name. Cosmix. Yes.

So yeah, you'll have to try it out. Okay. Parfait. Wow. Parfait. Big curveball. Wasn't on my list.

Parfait is an event twist for like Darko Milicic and Michael Olicondi first round pigs. I forgot Parfaits were everything at McDonald's.

They're good though. I did not think about that. Gotta bring them back. Number two, I would say thing at McDonald's. They're good, though. Yeah, I did not think about that. Gotta bring them back. Number two, I would say, is Wendy's. Surely you guys have all dipped your fries in a chocolate frosty. Ooh. Yeah. Okay, but

what are you choosing there? The chocolate frosty. Yeah, dang it. Dang it. That's a good one. Wendy's frosty's good. On my pick, yeah. Or on my list. That's a great second round pick. Yep. Yeah. Fries,ries is a great combo. Well, because lately Aaron's been like, hey, can you grab me ice cream? But like there's a Wendy's like two minutes from our house.

I'm like, well, hey, what about Wendy's? And she's like, oh yeah. Oh yeah. So easy go-to. So you're hitting up Wendy's Frosty's pretty often. You don't have any acai bowl options in Columbia. So not yet. Not yet.

Not yet. You're a future thinker. Innovative, you know? Yeah. Yeah Yeah. Frosties are nice too. Dang. I taught Bo the French fries and frost or like ice cream cone, I think is what we're using. And he thought it was the coolest thing ever. Okay. Cheese Gordilla Crunch. Next one's going to be one that's near and dear to my heart. We had them at our wedding reception. No! I didn't think that would go now! Dang it! I thought I could get it later. Does it make you feel better that

I would have probably picked Cinnamon Twist? Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit from Whataburger. I know who I'm drafting with. I knew that Dimchak wasn't going to pick it. I've never had it. Oh, timing. Do you know about it at all? You should have gone to Brad's wedding when you were seven.

Where were you, man? It's another pretty simple biscuit chicken and this honey butter concoction that they make. They technically only sell it for breakfast, but their breakfast starts at 11 p.m. 11 to 11. Yeah, try them out.

Waterburgers, honey butter chicken, HBCBs as we call them. This Friday night, Timon, here's yourB as we call them okay this Friday night time and here's your plans what are you doing this Friday don't know who cares cancel whatever you're doing anyway illegally download

School of Rock invite some friends over watch that and then oh wow School of Rock's over I'm not too tired yet oh it's 1115

let's go up to 135th and 135th screen 169th hey 159th has one now close to my house yeah 159th okay 159th's been blowing up I told you 159th has one now close to my house 159th

159th's been blowing up I told you 159th I'll be the location scouting for you guys you got your eyes looking out Alex is ready to give up

equity and give it to Brad right now 100% yeah and then go there after 11 they're so good get two of them

as for extra honey butter Brad I have a question though do any of the Texans that always talk about Whataburger do they question, though. Do any of the Texans that always talk about Whataburger, do they ever annoy you? Do any of the Texans ever annoy me? Texans annoy me. I mean, I don't know.

Not necessarily, because now we have them. But I don't think that Whataburger is the be-all, end-all, and I think that any Texan that believes that is a little bit biased because I think in and out is really good. I think whatever we've talked about, all of them, Shake Shack, Culver's, like there's a lot of good ones out there. Good word. But I don't know if that specific thing annoys me too much, except one of my buddies, we know him, Adam Kosh, shout out Adam.

He claims that Whataburger is a really fast, um, like customer service establishment. And I think that is way too blanket of a statement. There's no rhyme or reason to that. Sometimes I can be in a Whataburger drive-thru line for 30 minutes. Him saying that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Whataburger is the longest wait time of any fast food place I've ever been in my entire life. Really? Consistently? Everywhere? Anywhere you go any state any location Okay, it is the longest wait. Okay. I've been there by myself and it takes ten minutes. Yeah, it's unbelievable I don't think Adam knows he's talking in there. Maybe two or three times ever and it's been noticeably slower Yeah, we have to go once again city are terrible. Yeah, it's like I did everyone quit Let's go make sure people are like still working here. Oh, they are. I don't know what they're doing back there

All right, my next pick I can't leave it's like, did everyone quit? Let's go make sure people are still working here. Oh, they are. I don't know what they're doing back there. All right, my next pick, I can't believe it's still on the board, McDonald's fries. So good. Oh. Yeah. I mean, dip them in something. Don't dip them in something. It's a great, just like, I need just something salty.

Oh, get them, and they're hot, and you just eat them, and they're gone by the time you get home. Yeah. It's great. Oh, they're unbelievable. And with the app these days, you can get them cheap. Oh, they're free half the time. Yeah, free most of the time.

It's awesome. I don't understand people that don't like McDonald's fries. What's not to like? It's salt. What's not to like? Yeah, I don't know. Yeah. It's salt and cholesterol.

All right. I'm going to go Arby's curly fries. Oh. My next one. I had a different company's curly fries. I had a different thing from Arby's. I'll see you in the third round, brother. And then I'm conflicted.

I'm just going to go for it. Panda Express orange chicken. Oh. Good pick. I forgot about Panda. I love Panda. I didn't think of that as fast food, but I think it is. It's faster than Whataburger.

Yeah, fair. I mean, fast. Yeah. Yeah. That is a It's faster than Whataburger. Yeah, fair. Fast, yeah. That is a good pick. I forgot about Panda completely. Orange chicken. Is that what you said? Orange chicken?

Yeah. You and Jake, same life stage. Oh, yeah. Wow. That's good. Next, I'm going to go with... Brad's hiding his screen. Don't be hiding that screen.

Why am I peace? We're going to go with... Back're gonna go with back to back McDonald's McDonald's ice cream cone also one of the few things that's somewhat inflation proof it's getting wild these days not too wild dude I get them

they're fluctuating sometimes they're a dollar sometimes you go places they're two dollars that's twice as much that ain't right that's double man I just think it's great They're fluctuating. Sometimes they're a dollar. Sometimes you go places, they're $2. That's twice as much. That ain't right. That's double, man.

I just think it's great. I'm sure other places will sell you an ice cream cone. But for some reason, it didn't even cross my mind that Burger King would sell me just a cone of vanilla ice cream. I don't know. Maybe they do. Yeah. But like Wendy's, I just like Wendy's, you get frosty. You don't get cones.

It's just like McDonald's has mastered the cone. That's where you get your cone from. McDonald's. Do you guys miss twist cones? Oh, yeah. They did away with those? Yeah, man. It's all vanilla these days.

Why do away with it? Just buy them. I'm sure the machines already come with a middle knob. Just serve it. Twist cones were the best. They don't offer that? No.

That's weird. They don't do parfait. Man, the parfaits, that's the real show. Have the parfait be the middle knob. Also, back in the day, do you remember you could get a free cone? For doing what? Being a kid. It was like a kiddie

cone. It was like a tiny little cone. Oh, I never took advantage of that. Wow. I did. Missed out. I lived in Illinois growing up, so. Yeah, there's no McDonald's there. Okay, let's see. I'm going to go with my third pick. I'm going to go to Chick-fil-A. I'm going to go Chick-fil-A fries.

Their waffle fries are nice. When the salt hits it right, when there's the right ratio, it's special. Yeah, it's pretty good. Specific sauce? Oh, yeah, honey roasted barbecue. Hey, hey, hey.

That needs to be a separate pick. Yes, yes. What do you get with it? Oh, by themselves is great. But I do like honey roasted barbecue sauce. It's always Chick-fil-A sauce for me. Have you tried honey roasted barbecue? I don't know.

Today's the day. Brad's buying. Yeah, because it's like Chick-fil-A, but just better, dude. Like, you're going to love it. Really? It's the rich man's. It's just slightly better. It's got a little more flavor. It feels like impossible for something better than Chick-fil-A sauce.

Just slightly. Okay. I know. I understand. Do they sell it like they do Chick-fil-A sauce at the store where you get it? No. A little more exclusive. Maybe there's something there.

Exclusivity. That sells. It's not even on the menu. It's not even on the menu of sauces. Interesting. Good word. All right. Alex,'s something there. Exclusivity. That sells. It's not even on the menu. It's not even on the menu of sauces. Interesting. Good word. All right, Alex, your final two. Final two.

Am I allowed to say a sauce? Yes. For a lot of your listeners, they will resonate with this one. Chipotle. Oh. It is the, you go to the counter, and you say, can I have some dressing?

Guys, I'm about to blow your mind. Thanks for coming, man. I believe you. Some of your listeners, they'll, they'll let you know in the comments,

but if you go to Chick-fil-A and say the dressing, can I have some dressing? Can I have some dressing? Chipotle or Chick-fil-A? Chipotle. Chipotle. Okay. Is that what I said?

Right? You said Chick-fil-A the second time. Oh, my bad. Chipotle. Chipotle. It'll change your life I said, right? You said Chick-fil-A the second time. Oh, my bad. Chipotle. Chipotle, it'll change your life. And I was a doubter as well. My wife tried to tell me, and I'm like, no, there's no dress.

Come on, that's stupid. And I'm telling you, every time now I put it on there, it makes it. Are you putting it on your bowl, or do you get a salad? Well, I get a bowl, but you could probably do it a burrito, too. What color is the dressing? It's like orange. Orange-ish. I've had it.

I've had it. You've had Chipotle dressing in every probably dressing and i'm gonna sell it you picked a dressing hey you said that was fair game i'm telling you to all my haters out there you'll experience it interesting i've never tried it on something that's not like the chipotle salad because it's probably salad they give you a lot more lettuce obviously so yeah it's true try it with a burrito shake it up get it to go shake it up do the jake triplet thing where you say hey a little bit more a little bit more put it on and yeah okay and the second one auntie ann's oh shout out to the malls i guess that is still in existence i'll say this i heard the uh the lady who started Annie,

I guess her name is Ann, on a podcast. She actually has an amazing story, and so I got to give a shout out to her. But I guess just like the cinnamon pretzel at Annie Ann's. Okay. When you're going through the mall next time. Yeah.

It's funny you choose mall instead of airport. You find yourself in malls more than airports? I guess that's true. No, but it does feel like a mall thing. Like this specifically is the Auntie Anne's in the mall. Cinnabons are for airports. Yeah, Auntie Anne's are. The cinnamon pretzel though?

Going back to things just like rich people did like when I was a kid, like that's an Auntie Anne's. Like, oh, that's a luxury. That's what I was about to say. I've never gotten one. I've never had an Auntie Anne's in my life. Never?

No. I don't think I have either. Or maybe Cinnabon once. Well, here's what's great about the story is Annie Ann grew up poor. Well, she's making the rest of us poor. I don't know. That's cool. Yeah.

Annie Ann. Okay. This is where the rubber meets the road. It's tough to choose just one, but can I do a salad dressing from Chipotle? Or is that going to take it already? Sorry. That one's going to win. Actually, people are going to come to your defense. I bet for that.

Maybe they will. Um, okay. I'm going to go with a dairy queen blizzard. Oh, the coops are going to love that pick. I it's on my list. I think, I think some people these days, at least in Kansas city, there's been a lot of new frozen custard, a little bit of like this eliteness to like the ice cream game of Culver's. If you go back to Dairy Queen and get yourself a good old chocolate blizzard

with M&M's, nothing like it, brother. It is magical. And they'll even go upside down with it. I was going to ask you if they turn it upside down. Yeah. Oh, it's so good. I'm not sure if I ever get anything besides an Oreo blizzard. Well, I'm sure that's amazing, too.

That's just a classic for me. Yeah. But the Dairy Queen food, though. I've never had it. Oof. Never? Don't. Maybe once.

Maybe once. Jake might be a fan. It's an ice cream spot. If I'm getting Dairy Queen food, nothing else was open. Exactly. And I'll still eat it. I'll get the chicken tenders. It'll be fine.

But it's because. The gravy or whatever they have there. Don't'll still eat it. I'll get the chicken tenders and it'll be fine, but it's because... The gravy or whatever they have there? Don't know about the gravy. That's like the only fast food place I see that they give you like a little side of gravy. I think Dairy Queen food is good.

Hey. Really? I think they tricked you into thinking like that it's normal to get like the same meal that would cost like the same price

as somewhere else and get ice cream as well. I think they're just making more money. Wow. Okay. I didn't even know about the gravy. I'm sure Alex, if he had a fifth pick, he would love to choose the Dairy Queen gravy. I think they're just making more money. Wow. Okay. I didn't even know about the gravy.

I'm sure Alex, if he had a fifth pick, he would love to choose the Dairy Queen gravy. I would love to. Honorable mentions, we'll do it. All right,

my final pick is going to be Cherry Limeade from Sonic. Ooh, fun. Wow. It was my introduction to this magical drink

called Cherry Limeade. Never heard of it. Didn't know it existed until Sonic opened my eyes and yeah, it's the only place I think to ever get that drink. It's great. It's a mainstay there. It does feel like they put

Cherry Limeade's on the map, at least for the Midwest. Yeah, it was good for the Cherry Limeade industry. For Big Limeade. Big Limeade, yeah. Loves it. Big Limes. Okay. I'm just going to go for it. Taco Bell Nacho Fries. Ooh. Dude, better than you think yeah you had them are

those seasonal are they like yeah they're in season now though and i think they make them large now they're in season yeah do you need a tag the crops are ripe oh good harvest this year i think they recently like came up with like you can get them in large now because they always were like a tiny just one. It's just one. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Growing up in our middle school, our middle school, like it was right before they did all those health initiatives with food that they're sitting. Michelle Obama. Yeah. Oh my gosh, dude.

Our middle school, we ate like king. Like fat king. And one of them, like the French fries were like those nacho fry, like crispy, whatever that is. So that was nice. I think in that initiative with Obama, they a pizza a vegetable oh really so they're like pushing they're like you know the food you know or chart of what you should have at the top is vegetables get pizza there's a fun fact all full circle

there really there you go that's fun all right I did not write them down so time you remind us what you have? Mine are Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, Arby's curly fries, Panda Express orange chicken, and Taco Bell nacho fries. With the first pick, I chose Cinnamon Twist, and then McDonald's fries, and then McDonald's ice cream, cone, and then Sonic Cherry Lemon.

Alright, I got Cheesy Gordita Crunch, Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit, crap, what was my, oh, Chick-fil-A fries, DQ Blizzardizzard i can't wait to i'm clearly the winner here so i went with parfait mcdonald's chipotle dressing and good old annie ann you gotta support her annie and cinnamon cinnamon pretzel like the pathos vote like she was poor guys guys. Vote for her. Come on, vote for her. She has a great story.

And, oh, Wendy's Frosty. Okay. You can't beat that one. That's good. Yeah, I had one good pick. Love it. Yeah, Honorable Mitchins. I almost want to talk about Mild Sauce.

Oh, yeah. From what I remember, that was just the bell of the ball. I get hot there. I'm a Diablo guy. It's probably all similar flavors. Yeah. Yeah. Did someone say McRib earlier? We were talking about it yeah would you put that on honorable

mention i mean i feel like it really it's only a select time i mean pretty good never had uh before your time yeah chalupas chalupas just nice cane's chicken fingers yeah it's on my list jamocha shake from arby's you guys ever gotten down on Jamocha Shake that's a good one yeah a Double Double Animal Style

from In-N-Out oh that's good I put Honey Roasted Barbecue Sauce from Chick-fil-A that's a good thing yeah that's a good thing

that's a good one Sausage McMuffin and then McDonald's Coke or Dr. Pepper that's right yeah I put McDonald's drinks McDonald's soft drinks

there's something in there. What else was I going to say? Oh, cane sauce. I think that's also top notch. Also so good. Would you say Chick-fil-A sauce versus cane sauce? Chick-fil-A. I agree.

Barely. Both good though. Interesting. Interesting. I don't know. Not as good as the Chipotle sauce. I mean, so dressing. Yeah.

Dressing sauce. Oh, yeah. He's going to do one of those classic ones. I love this, dude. Cool. Well, that was Shmores Vodon, our Facebook group this week. Alex, I'm sure your wife will let you know. Annie Ann is a great lady. She's a great woman.

Oh, my. Big things. Alex is in town. We've got some business to attend to, some Bondi stuff. We're also speaking together at SBU. Lick them bear cats, baby. Yeah, my alma mater,

Alex's freshman alma, didn't finish up there. It's going to be fun to do a... Try to think of a great keynote that didn't have two speakers. That's how they're all done. All the best ones. Where would Catholicism be without the Pope? Without the Pope. Yeah, that that didn't have two speakers. You know, I mean, that's how they're all done. All the best ones, you know. Where would Catholicism be without the Pope?

Without the Pope, yeah. That TED Talk that had two people. Yeah, no, it will be fun. Alex got the gig and it was nice enough to throw me a bone. Hopefully it'll go just as good as when Brad and I spoke to a group of farmers. Oh, yeah. Literally, farmers. It's hilarious that you guys have done a gig together before Alex and I did.

Dude, that was such a wild night. Yeah. How was it? Well, first off, have you ever told your ghosties about this before? Yeah. Ghosty nation. Yeah. So you can look back at the old episode, but I mean, literally Brad and I are meeting for the first time.

That's true. Pretty much. I mean, I think, you know, you're out of town one time. I spent the night. Yeah. K-Life house. But we met like literally for the first time in this random town. Do you remember the name of it?

No, I don't. It's a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. We start walking towards each other like normal people would do to dapping it up. The second our hands touched, do you remember what happened? Yeah, it was this. I kid you not. Not only did the Casey's

that we were at, a gas station power go out, the entire town. Town? The entire town? The state of Missouri. I was like, you hit hands? I promise. And for your ghosties out there,

I am not exaggerating. No, it was like, boom, like this crazy lightning whatever. As we touched hands. And I mean, and then we were just like, what happened? We're trying to, you know, recover. So we show up to this event and it's literally a group of farmers yeah there's like this ag seed company

their 10-year anniversary Christmas Christmas party yeah yeah yeah and that's when you know like when they ask a you know speaker it's you get these requests as a speaker like hey come speak at this Christmas party and you you're like, really? Why? Professional development during the party? Yeah. And so it's a write-off. Yeah. So Brad and I show up to this thing. And first off, the weather was so bad. There was like, what, tornadoes in the area? Dude. Yeah. It was, it looked like we might die. And I'm not that exaggerative of a person. I was like, this looks nasty out here. We walk into this place. It's literally like a nice barn. Yeah. And I mean, all these farmers, they're drinking bush light.

And the guy who set up the event, nice guy, farmer. Yep. Yep. And he sets it all up. And all right, guys, well, got a motivational speaker. You know, so just imagine these. It's just like, that's the worst, the hardest, whatever. Oh, yeah.

They're like still eating dinner at this point. I mean, they're eating dinner. They're drinking all these things. It's this Christmas party, their 10 year anniversary or whatever. Oh, yeah. They're like still eating dinner at this point. I mean, they're eating dinner. They're drinking. All these things. It's this Christmas party, their 10-year anniversary or whatever. Oh, yeah. And so I go, and there's a – tell them about the guy in the front row. I mean, probably the last thing they want to do is stop talking to their friends. Like, you're interrupting their party.

You are absolutely right, Jake. So guess what they didn't do? Exactly. Stop talking? Like, they – this guy talked as loud as I would – like, he talked as loud as I would. Like he, he talked as loud as I would be talking to time and right now in the front row while like just continuing on the conversation.

And don't think of this place as like, Oh, there's probably like 300 people there or a stage or anything. No. Or like the microphones that you have are 10 times better than what they had. The microphone didn't amplify it. It didn't amplify.

Brett, this is the funniest. I can hear that guy's conversation better than I can hear Alec. The microphone didn't amplify it. It didn't amplify. This is the funniest. I can hear that guy's conversation better than I can hear Alec's. So I had to go first, right? So he introduces me, you know, like, all right, here's Alec. And there's like two people clapping, right? And I go and I get like, I didn't really know fully that like Brad in the back row could barely hear me.

Yeah. Right. So he's trying so hard to actively listen to you and like, hey man, you're doing great. Yeah, totally. Let me write down my goals for you. Yeah, good idea. We're at a Christmas party, telling them about their goals. I'm like, what do I say at this thing? They're drinking their bush light, like, all right, speaker, whatever. And then, so I hype Brad up. I'm like, all right, we got to get something going. So I'm like, and now the comedian all the way from Kansas City, give it up for Brad Ellis. And they're clapping.

And then I realize I'm in the back row. I'm like, I can barely hear Brad on the mic. And I was talking so loud because I knew that I couldn't hear you very well. How about you do a loud stand-up comedy? Not ideal. So anyway, I just got married recently. Let me know if your wife does this too. Her purse, can you guys hear me? if your wife does this too. Yeah. Her purse.

Can you guys hear me? I'll act it out then. Yeah. Oh my gosh, dude. It was wild. That was a riot. And yeah, it was a good memory though. I made like one offhand comment about Democrats and they liked that.

And so I was like, I guess I'll lean into that more. And so I just went off on a tangent for a while. I will say when you had the Democrat joke, because I was was back there with the owner, the guy that brought us in, I was just laughing as hard as I could, getting him going. Like, come on. But he was loving it, though. He was like, more of these jokes. That was a good memory.

They did like that. My interpretation of farmers, and this is a little bit stereotypical one way or the other, whatever, but Kansas farmers, in my experience, all the ones I know are good, Christian, humble men. These guys were like the opposite of that. Like these guys were like ready to get down, ready to party, ready to like, and so all my jokes were like, oh, this would go well. Like I'm thinking of, you know, Trey Kennedy, like, you know, audience of like Christians and like whatever. And then I was like, oh man, I don't think I

told you these guys want somebody raunchy and like after the event, like, so they had all had a bunch of drinks, right. They were all, and this is just this company. Right. And we didn't know what we were stepping into. And the, the owner, you know, he definitely had a lot of drinks. I remember, you know, he, he'd paid us to show up and come, which was really nice for him to do. And so he's like writing this check, it took them all. And I remember it was the windiest day in America's history that night. And I remember walking out with that check and like, I like it almost like slip. I was like,

I was like thinking, I cannot imagine going to Brad after that of what we just went through and being like, we literally just didn't get paid. You go home to Catherine. You're like, babe, it was for free.

Catherine would call you and be like, you pay that man anyway. That's so funny, dude. So, yeah. Oh, that was. You're like, what's the best way to secure a check? Do I put it between my hands? That was truly work.

Like, it was. Truly work. I mean, on paper, it's like, yeah, you get this great dinner. You get drinks. You get whatever. Like, you don't have to drive very far. Easy. Like.

And the weather was so bad. Like, half the farmers farmers they're like calling in the main farmer like hey dale we can't make it the sheeps need to be in so it's like yeah the guy was mad already because of that he's in a bad mood because no one like yeah very few people i think it was like 50 people versus like 150 was supposed to be there and stuff but your jokes got him going yeah yeah i don't know man man. Anyway, it was something. So hopefully SBU goes better than that. Hopefully SBU will get them going, Jake.

Jake, do you have any jokes you've been thinking about that you're primed and ready for? For SBU? I don't know. I think I'll probably just do what I normally do. I'm trying to think. I remember when I did that gig at CFO, which, yeah, you were there for. I was I did that gig at CFO, which yeah, you were there for,

I was there. One of my first jokes, you know, uh, you know, I was talking about how I grew up in a small town. Anybody know Stratford? Great. Yeah. One of those towns, they had like one stoplight and one Democrat that usually gets a little bit of laugh. And then I followed up and I say, we do have two now. And then right when they start to snicker, I say black people, which is like kind of a fun misdirection. Normally that gets a pretty good laugh. At C of O, this is the point where they're like, they're like looking to the side, like black, he said their race, you know? So might not do that one.

I don't know why that didn't fly at a Christian school. You're beating yourself up because I was in the audience and the coolest thing about that was all your jokes at the end, there was students who would be like, our student body needed those jokes. We needed to not be so serious. You're a social justice warrior, man.

So Jake, it worked. I was a fan that night. It worked and they needed a little, because my sister works there. And so she's like, oh, they were loving Jake. By the end of the night, I was Hillary Swank. I was Freedom Rider.

Like, do you want to come teach her African American studies class? You clearly have a grasp on it. So no, I don't know how much I'll... I mean, obviously we'll just have... I don't know about jokes, but we'll have so many SPU stories to tell. Yeah.

Yeah, can't wait to talk about that. In 2020, I spoke in Kansas City at Bridgestone and you came on stage with me and we juggled together. The thing is I've said yes to in my life. I mean, just like, oh, just. Well, that's your future book title is just say yes. Just say juggle together.

Just say juggle together. Yeah, that was fun. All right. Well, let's get out of here because it's 1.15 p.m. We haven't eaten lunch yet, and we should have s'mores about fast foods. I know. I'm pretty hungry. Every time somebody had an answer except't eaten lunch yet, and we should have s'mores about fast food. I know. I'm pretty hungry. Every time somebody had an answer

except for Chipotle dressing, I was like, oh, yeah. Hey, Chipotle on me right after this. Oh! I'm talking about, that's two free lunches. Wow. Brad has already offered. I owe you guys Chick-fil-A,

but we'll do Chipotle now. Chipotle sounds awesome. After Brad's been talking smack on it, he'll accept the free lunch. Yeah. Yeah, of course. All right. Cool.

Let's do it. All right. We love you guys. We'll see you next week. See you Monday. See you, GoC's. Bye, Aaron. See you.

Bye, Aaron. Hey, see you, Aaron. Hey, peace out. Thanks for having me. Oh, yeah. Hey, what do you need to plug, Alex? Aaron, you're the best. If you're breastfeeding at home right now,

thank you for supporting. You're the best. You're the best. I thought you were going to say streamlined books. Breastfeeding. WriteMyBooks.com Bondi Bowls. I know this. You two have a book

in your future. I know Ghostie Nation Look, he's about to dap it up. Power of my go out. Yeah, the power of my go out, but Ghosties need a book, and I know they'd get it going. They'd support you guys. We'll get it going. This guy never quits. I gotta write a book.

That's why he's taking us out to lunch. Jake, our company writes the book for you. You don't have to write a book. Here he goes again. Wait, do you believe Stephen A. Smith wrote his own book? Have you heard about this? No comment. No comment. There's all this drama right now.

Really? Because he has a memoir out people are claiming that he lied about it chat GPT no comment alright and if you're breastfeeding out there keep it up Ghost Brothers Podcast Ghost Brothers Podcast Ghost Brothers Podcast

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