The Basement Yard - #548 - Are We There Yet?

Episode Date: March 30, 2026

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Welcome back to the basement. Welcome back to the basement yard. I'm here with Frank. And I'm also here with aunt who bought that fucking hat in the airport yesterday. I watched them. Really? That's what you bought. He bought that and a sweater.

Of all the things you could buy, you just bought that. Bought a hat. What do you want me to do? That just seems like a really like, buy anything else. Like what? we had 30 minutes it was a layover i wanted to i never been to st louis got a hat it doesn't count by the no i was gonna ask that wasn't gonna be my question is that count as having been to st louis no no why no way why you gotta be outside you gotta like go to a place

he's gatekeeping being places i love to do this because because him zach and gregg on tour the last two years would do all like who's been to the most places so like they've come up with these rules because it's like, oh, well, I've done layovers and these. And they're just like, it doesn't count because I haven't. You could say that you've been there and you purchased something. No shot. I bought something. I fully support it.

An airport is not part of the land. It's not part of the sky. No, it's a, that's a, that's a, it doesn't count. It does go outside and you got to beat up at a place. Like, that's not St. Louis. You're in an airport. So if you drive through. Drive through, this is crazy.

Why? Drive through doesn't count. No. And if you stop it. What the hell? Because it's different. Drive-through is, it counts way more than flying, but I consider flying to be okay too. No, if you're going to say that you went to a place, you have to step on the floor outside there.

Yes. You got to go to a place. So we drove from Chicago to home. Yes. And we drove through Ohio. We drove through. So like, let's use Ohio as an example. I step out and I use the bathroom at a rest stop in Ohio.

I've been to Ohio. I'm not saying. I don't count that. I personally wouldn't count that. But that meant all your criteria. This is exactly. He got out. He touched the ground.

He went to a place. You see what I mean about getting-keeping places? But gas stations aren't part of the place. Yes, they are. No. If you went to like a coffee shop that was like local. This guy, why do you do this? It's true.

No, it's not. First of all, why are you there? And they'll be all of places going. Because I'm the one who's making up the thing. Right. No, it's a well-known thing. You don't have to go by my rules.

These are my rules. Not only will I not go by your rules. I will do my best. to tell you that your rules are stupid. I don't count when I've done that. I've driven through West Virginia. I don't tell people I've been to West Virginia. But you've been through West Virginia.

I've driven through it. I don't know what it's like at all. Did you do this? Did you have these when you drove through? Yeah. Or did you go through like this? No, I just don't think. I think you need to experience the culture in a place.

The culture. Yeah. And that requires you going to a place. Tell me about the culture you experienced when you went to Las Vegas? The culture of Las Vegas. Absolutely. That's an easy one. He's trying to gatekeep places and going places.

What's the difference of driving through and I flew to California? So all the states below me count? No, because you're not on the ground. So you have some criteria here. You have to be on the ground. Yeah, but like, yeah. Okay, sure. Yeah, sure.

Got them. Sure. My, my criteria, though, allows for, to say that he has been to St. Louis. I hate to be this guy, but I think my staying in the airport in St. Louis counts more than your gas station. That's ridiculous. I was just supporting you.

Now, I am recanting it. You are a fake human being. I think that's insane because you haven't even, you don't even know what it looks like. All you know what the airport looks like. There's glass. The driving through is way more of an experience than the landing in an airport

and getting up and flying out of it. I experienced St. Louis skies. You haven't. Yes, I have, because I looked around and I did it. You can see. this guy from a car. I looked around. I saw the ground. There's glass in airports. No, you guys are insane. I bought something. If anything, if anything, if anything, mine makes more sense than his. Sure. What? But his, yeah, I mean, but you were in a, mine makes more sense than his.

No. Damn. What did you think I was going to do? I thought it was just the last person who said it, maybe. I was with you, and now you made, you forced me into a corner where I needed to recant it. I was just trying to see how loyal you were to your statement about me. I guess you weren't. But like, once you came from it. For mine, I'm going to, yeah, I'm going to recant. Don't you think that if you tell someone like, oh, I've been to Ohio and they're like, how was it? What are you going to say?

Or if they like, where'd you go? Or like, do you have any recommendations? Like, I just drove through. You don't think they'd be like, oh. Well, I think it also, it goes with the presentation of the information that you're giving. Like, I wouldn't say like, yeah, if I was an answer case, I wouldn't be like, oh, yeah, I've been to St. Louis because then they're going to be like, oh, there's more to this.

You could just say, like, I connected in St. Louis. Technically, you've been there. So you could just say, I drove through St. Louis. I didn't go to St. Louis. I mean, we went to St. Louis. I know that. I'm saying, we're giving an example. No, but like you could say, yeah, you could say like, oh, I drove through St. Louis.

From what I saw, it was really cool. But, like, you can't give, like, specific recommendations. Even the places you have been to, you can't give specific recommendation. I can tell people with the places that I went? Yeah, but I'm saying, like, you've been to Columbus, Ohio. Can you recommend anything over there? No. So the criteria of being able to say you went somewhere has nothing to do with

being able to recommend something from that place. But, like, you were there. I think that is part of it. I mean, it's one of the, one of the, it's not the end all be all, but it is a part of it. To be like, I've been to a place. I went to, to these places. Maybe if you're measuring the depth of the experience, but like, you've been to Kansas City. You've been to Kansas.

Are you counting those? Have I been to Kansas? The Airbnb that we say that for Kansas City was in Kansas. It was in Kansas? Yeah, it was on the other side of the border. I mean, yeah, I guess. I mean, yeah, I stayed at an Airbnb there. I think staying overnight in a state counts.

All these criteria he has. All these criteria he has. I feel like I'm like you are trying to get away with more than me. Like you're just trying to be like, I drove through. So it counts. And I'm saying like, no, you got to like stay there, be there. But I also said I drove through and I got out and walked around the fucking gas station or the gas station or something.

but like I stopped and I walked around the rest stop you said something before where you were like you stop and you buy something there like yeah I did something I bought something in those areas but I also drove through rural Ohio so like I've been there I've seen it better than someone that flies oh I don't know you got to you got to go you got to actually go you got to go so the only so the only time that you could say you've went to places if you go and you actually experience it yeah you got to like you got to like plant your So if he drove straight through St. Louis. Yeah.

But I stopped at the airport and was there and bought something. Who's more than? The airport is like not real around. I am more there. I am physically more there. But you drove straight through it. I landed. He was able to see more than you, though.

I was able to see more than you. And by definition, my presence has been around more than yours has. You're staring at runways. Yeah, what are you seeing? I was on your side. Over, over, over, while we were landing. I saw a bunch of, I saw the whole same. So you've been to the whole fucking Atlantic then, too.

Like, bro, I went, before I went to France, I connected in France. I would never tell someone I've been to France. But you had been. No, but, but, but you're talking about like a technicality. I'm talking about it's not a technicality. It is, it is the reality. Frank, no one is asking, have you connected in France? If someone's having the conversation with you and being like, have you been to France?

You'd be like, well, technically I have. They'd be like, what's the point of even saying you've connected there? Because you haven't been to France. Because that's what happened. It's factual. But no one is going to ask that. I would say, if they would say, you've been to France, be like, you know, I connected there, but I never got to see it. Technically, I've been there.

But what are you getting out of saying that is my point? This is why I don't count it. It is a factual. You cannot count it. That's fine. But factually, I was there. So factually, I was there. But no one.

Yeah. And I was with you. But then you decided to fucking attack my argument. So now I take your argument behind the shed and I shoot in the back. So if someone in conversation asks you guys. Me? Yeah, let's just say you guys had the same experience there, right, at St. Louis. All right.

Are we acting this out? No. I'm just saying, like, if someone were to ask you, have you been to St. Louis, you would just say, yeah? Do I like the person? See. Why would that hold any? Because then I'll say, yeah, probably. If you like them?

No, if I don't. If you don't like them, you'll say yes. Yeah, I'll say yeah. What do you get out of that? They think I went to St. Louis? But they're going to have a follow-up question. I won't answer it. This is impossible.

I got two of them now. Like, fuck. No, look, ask me if I've been to, I guess I, have we been to Ohio? Did we have? We did? Where did we do? Columbus? Oh, yeah, that's right.

So insert random state. Okay, go. A state I've never been to. Yeah, exactly. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, okay. Idaho. Okay.

Okay. But you drove through there. Okay. Ask me a question. Have you been to Idaho? I drove through and what I saw it was beautiful. Yeah, that's not a yes or no. But this is my point. Like, that's an appropriate response to the question, have you been?

I'm asking you if you've been. You're like, I've been there. Yeah. I have been there. But the part I'm not arguing is not this conversational thing. But my question is like, is someone's asking you if you've been to Idaho, what do you think they're asking? I don't know.

You know. No, I'm not asking you if you've technically. I cannot, I cannot assume I know where the conversation is going. Frank, you can assume that they're not saying, did you drive through? They're asking about an experience in Idaho. No, an experience in Idaho, which none exists, by the way. It could be any city. It could be just sitting there and plucking potatoes, you Idahoans.

I don't know. Hose? Yeah, Idaho's. Do you think they call himself hos? I'm from Idaho. I'm hoes. We're hoes. We're just a bunch of hoes in Idaho.

I'm just saying, have any, have there been any, like, well-known rappers that have come out of Idaho? I have no idea. Because the branding opportunities are there. I'm going to Idaho. I've been. You drove through it.

No, I do think that's a driving through it, although it is not, like, stopping and eating at a fucking cafe, you Brooklyn geek. It's, like, still an experience. And, like, you could say you drove through it. you've been to it. So these people that do cross-country trips that drive through Louisiana but never get out of their car. They can never say they went and they can never count it on the cross-country

trip that they did? I would personally not say that. I would say that I- Why do you limit the amount of enjoyment you can have? Why do you need to put strict guidelines? You take these little fucking handcuffs of society and you put them on the wrists of your life. Why don't you just allow yourself to live for 30 seconds. It doesn't need to be all you need to get out and go to a cafe and get a fucking oat milk latte. Fuck you. Fuck your coffee drinks and fuck Brooklyn while I'm at. How about that?

I'm counting those. I don't know. I felt targeted. I don't know what would elicit that sort of response. I don't know what would elicit that sort of response, especially when I'm saying that I just wouldn't count it. I wouldn't tell someone who asked me, have you been here?

And I connected in the airport and been like, yeah, I've been there. Because then they're going to go, oh, cool, where'd you stay? It'd be like, oh, I just connected. and they're going to go, what? Well, I am recanting my support of his argument because he decided I was his enemy when I was your friend. The same applies for driving through.

That's crazy. It's not. That is crazy. If someone asks me... Forget about the technicality of the fact that you are physically within the borders of that state. Yeah. You are getting an experience driving through that state

while you are physically there. So like, let me ask you another question. If I drive by Mount Rushmore... Did I visit Mount Rushmore? You can't drive by it. He got you. Got him. If it was a drive-a-by-of-a-bole...

You know what I mean? Like, if it was something you could drive... What's something you could drive by? Like a monument or something. The Empire State Building? Sure. Yeah, but those are visual things. Like, that's so different.

Like, I've seen it. I've seen it. But have you been to the Empire State Building? If I flew over the Grand Canyon and saw it from a plane... I'm not saying flying. I'm not saying flying. I'm not saying... I wouldn't say I saw... I went to the Grand Canyon.

I never said... I'm not asking, have you seen it? Okay. I'm asking, if you drive by... Pretend you're not from New York. You've never been to the Empire State Building. Yeah. You drive by the Empire State Building.

Have you been there? That's a good question. I don't know. That's my whole argument! No, no, my... No, that's totally different. First of all, because you were making it seem like you could just see an entire state. Like this is why I'm saying like the culture.

You didn't experience whatever you were doing. I'm not saying I saw the entire state. But you're saying like I've been there. I saw it. I've been there and I've seen parts of it. I'm not going to see like I've seen every square inch of Idaho. But like things that are monuments are like visual things. It's not a city of people and places and whatever.

Like that's what a city is. A monument is a single thing that I can be like, yeah, I saw a big Ben. I don't have to go and like touch the clock. Like I saw it. It's a monument. Yeah, but in theory, if Big Ben, which we know is in London, yes. If you go to see Big Ben, you have also been to London because of where it is.

I'm not arguing that point. I'm arguing you trying to make the... That's what I'm arguing. No, you're arguing that, like, that's the same. That if you've seen, if you drove by the Empire State Building, then you've seen the Empire State Building. Yes, you've seen it. But I'm saying, like, have I been to the Empire State Building?

But it's not the same. same as a whole city. I'm not saying the whole city counts. You're saying that you need to see like multiple places in a city to count having been there. I'm saying there's a difference between driving through a state and being in a state and experiencing the state. So where you live in Jersey and you come here, if you've never been in Manhattan,

but you drove through every day like that, but you've never been there, it's always driving through. Has he been to Manhattan? Yes. Yes. No. No. I'm going to bash my head against this desk.

Yes, I have. Driving through places is not being in them. Like, I just, I disagree. I disagree. This lighting rig will support me. I mean, I mean, I don't know. Like, that's, to me, that's wild to assume that, like, and you were on his side with the connecting. Like, you guys thinking that counts as being a place is wild.

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But do you agree with the idea that if you've connected in a place, that you've been there? Now I'm going to say no just to spite Ant. But do you believe that? I don't know what I believe. Let's say I wasn't here. I can't hear you. Now do you believe it? Do I like him?

That's what I asked. I know. So you don't think if he's never been to Manhattan, even though driving through as many times he comes, never been there. No. Wow. I mean, I personally would never say, like, yeah, I've been to Manhattan. I'm like, I drive through it all the time. I've never been to there.

I'm going to get him. I'm going to get him so fucking good. All right now. So then that logic also applies to if you go to like the safari. What? What is the safari? The like the safari in Africa. What?

There's not one. One of them. If I go. So, because they do like car trips. A safari tour? Yes. Because they do car trips and you can drive through and be like, there's animals all about. So in that, with, with that, with your own logic use against you.

Yeah. You'll never go to this safari. Wrong. That's not the same. Howm? Howm? Because if I'm, if you're doing a safari tour, right? You're in the car.

You're not leaving the car. Of course. Yep. So if I'm in the car and the animals that I'm looking at just happened to be. be buildings in the middle of midtown Manhattan. But that's- That doesn't count. But that's what a safari is.

So now we gotta get into the, the fucking nitty-gritty of what this, what this is. So the people, the people that do bus tours in Manhattan. Uh-huh. Can say they've never been to Manhattan. How'd you get on the bus? Like, what are you talking about? What's, because that's what it is, the bus tours.

They get on a bus in Jersey City and they drive into Manhattan. But what you're, what you're doing is, you're searching for like this very like niche thing and they're not even the same. If someone's doing a bus tour in Manhattan, it means they're in New York. You're acting like the book. You know, and please, Frank, hold on. Frank, if they're, had they get on the bus. They were in Manhattan.

No, no. I said they got on in Jersey City. They got on a tour bus of Manhattan in Jersey City. Yeah. Okay. Or Queens or Brooklyn or Staten Island. Yeah. I think never the, never the.

Also, I think that tours are different. Because the whole point of a tour is to immerse yourself in the culture and learn about the city. So if I'm driving, so if I'm driving with my family in the car in town Manhattan, it doesn't count as having visited. But if, but that's not what I'm like, I mean, this is like a very like, but if I get into a tour bus where someone's speaking on a microphone, then it counts. I think those things are different, yes. factually they are different.

The point that I'm trying to make, though, is that in essence, they're the exact same thing. No, because the example that you're giving is very different than that. No, it is not. Yes, it is. No, it is not. If I decide, kids, you guys have never seen Manhattan, let's drive through to go see it. They're going to go, you know what, dad? It doesn't count, though, because you're not a certified fucking person with a microphone.

No, I think that, like, when, in the context of someone asking you, if you've been, to a place, they're asking about your experience in that place. It's different if you're like, let's go see Manhattan or let's go see something. Like, that is a visual thing that you're going to do. Like, we're going to go see Times Square or whatever or whatever. Like, I'm not saying it doesn't count like that, but you acting like driving through a state because you're on your way to a different destination and then telling people that you've been to that state is way different. It is not. It is exactly the same. It's, I mean, all right. I mean, I, because the experience of driving through it, looking around, being in the state.

It's not the same. It is. As being a person who's like staying overnight there. The experiences can be different, but also be. Are. Okay. But I'm saying they could be different experiences, but they all satisfy the same goal, which is having been there.

So whether you're staying. So let me ask you this then. Let me ask you this. He connects in St. Louis. Yeah. They can't, it's back to you now. It's back to me, okay. They cancel his flight and they put him up in a hotel for the night.

Yeah. Does that satisfy your rules, sir? That he's been to St. Louis? If he's like, yeah, I mean, I guess. I mean, like, if you, if I were to say that to him, if he were to tell me, like, I've been to St. Louis and I'd be like, oh, where'd you go? And he's like, well, my flight was canceled and they just, like, put me up at a hotel, but I didn't, like, really get to go anywhere.

I'm like, oh, okay. Like, if you want to count that and, like, be like, oh, I've been to St. Louis and I've 've experienced St. Louis. like okay but like I'm you know to me it's like well you have nothing to really offer me about St. Louis so like why even say you've been there like what are you getting out of saying you've he only cares if you have something to offer him to his esteemed life no to present to me your information to better my life now you're and move it in the right direction no what do you have to offer aunt that's not what I'm saying if I'm asking a question about your experience in St. Louis

and you're like I just I just was put up at a hotel I'd be like oh okay like I'm like but what do You get out of saying that you've been there. Like you so badly want to say that you've been there and you're trying to find all the loopholes as to why you've been there. No one is fucking trying to, like, show off that I've been there. I'm saying I only tell people if I've been to places. If I've like been there and went to places or whatever, you're like, why do you need all that? Like, that's obviously that you've been there. You're the one looking for loopholes.

I'm not. I'm not looking for a loophole. You're saying I drove through. It counts. If anything, you're the one that's putting the guardrails on the express. of defining when you have or have not been there. Well, there were many times where from New York, I would drive down to Florida to go to Disney.

Yeah, and you've been to all those states. Are you saying, are you saying I've been to all those? That's what he's saying. And I disagree with that, like, because I wouldn't be able to have a conversation or speak to what those places are like. Even if I drove through a part, you're not driving through the entire state. So I drove through a part of it and be like, well, I drove through. No one's going to be like, oh, okay, like,

Like you can't tell anyone anything about a city. What if your Colombian construction working father makes you stop at every cracker barrel in every state on the way down to Florida? Then you sure know a lot about that franchise. Yes, I do. That's something to offer. It is awful. Oh, some offer. I can't tell you anything about the states, but I can tell you is where to stop.

And I can tell you that they let you take as many as the maple syrups. What would he steal? Yeah, those places are. My dad thought he was running the maple syrup heist of all time. Were you sleeping in a bed, like a bed or something? Or you were sitting in a chair, like a car. Oh, my dad, like, took out the back seats in his truck and, like, put down blankets and stuff. So we would just, like, sleep and hang out back there for the day it took to travel.

And it, I'm not even kidding. It added 10 hours to our day because we stopped at seven or eight cracker barrels. There is no part of that that is even... the smallest bit of an exaggeration. How long does it take to get there? If you just ripped it. It's like 20 hours. Where? Where are you going?

Florida. Oh, yeah. My uncle lived in Jacksonville, but we also drove down to South Beach. Wait, you did this too? Many times. Wow, is this like a New York thing? I don't know.

I think it's just so you have a car and you can drive around and you save on flights and tickets for like young kids and everything. Whoa. But pooped in a car. Excuse me? Now that was not information.

We requested or want to. When we were kids, like, they just had a bucket in the car. I don't know why we did that. Wait, there was a bag in the... It was a bag. And then what would you do with the poop? They could just throw it out. At the window?

No, no, like throw it out the next rest stop. I guess if we couldn't make it. So there was a good chance. And I'm assuming it's 95, so there's not like rest stops every five miles. No. So you'd go 10 miles or something or 15 miles would a bag of shit in the car? I don't, I'll be honest, I don't remember every detail. I was young, but I do distinctly remember pooping in a...

in a bucket? I have a bucket. You have a poop in a bucket? I don't think so. We could change it. You don't have to. We could change that. You don't have to poop in a bucket.

I don't think, yeah, I don't think I have. 46,000 patrons. I will. No. Get them a bucket. They can poop in the bucket. And then throw sawdust on it. Is, is pooping in a bucket and then throwing it on the side of the road?

Is that littering? Yeah, dude. I mean, I also think that's like very illegal. Because of the poop. It's like a top. toxic waste or like, it's dangerous. I don't think it's toxic waste, dude. I think it's fertilizer.

No, no, no. I mean, if you get human shit, if like humans use their shit as a weapon, it's like illegal. Correct. I am not saying that this is going to be used in any way that is going to be harmful toward another human.

But if there's shit around in society and you put it there and a cop sees you do that, like that's illegal. If I go driving down 95 and we're passing through North Carolina. If I stop side of the road

walk into the woods, dig a hole and dump a human shit in that hole. Dig a hole. And then cover it up. Yeah. Is that illegal? Cover it up?

I mean, no, it's very like I mean, yeah, it's strange. I mean, yeah, it's strange. I'm not getting away from that. Dig it and cover it up. That is illegal, yeah. Is that your question? Why?

Because you can't have people shitting outside. I understand why in like, too close to a home or like too close to a city or in a city or in like a neighborhood. I think it's just one of those. But if a human shits in the woods, is it illegal? I actually don't know if it's illegal because I think that like that's assumed on like hiking trips. Like people will have to shit. The answer is essentially it depends.

Like is the area you're doing it in legal for it to happen or not? How do you get rid of it? It's all just, it depends. Yeah, I don't think you could throw it out your fucking window. Can't do that. I mean, yes, correct. You guys did that. Probably.

Not out the window, but at a rest in the next rest, stop, just thrown into the garbage or something. Yeah, I mean, that's where it's supposed to go. That's probably what we did. Yeah. That's gross. Sorry. We also had a little TV in there.

We played Crash Van. You know what's crazy? When I stayed in a van for six days, nobody shit in the van. Like, there was like a small thing to shit in. and we didn't have to use it. It was like for emergencies. Never happened.

Van? Well, why would you have to use when you're in the middle of the wilderness, just get out of the car? Yeah. I didn't do that either, I don't think. What'd you do? There was like, we stayed on people's property and they had like a little tent or something

or they had like an outhouse or like on trails. Like at the trailhead, there would be one. At the end there would be one. But not during the hike. but in between and also you're driving on the road obviously so like if you hit a rest stop or something

but I was surprised it never happened I thought I was going to have to shit in a car didn't want to do that yeah I could imagine that would not be fun that would be awful just a shitting on a highway anyway we should get to the ads

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Dude, I got to tell you about this too. This morning, Nicole wakes up and she's like, you weren't really nice to me in my dream last night. Right? One of those? I'm assuming we've all been there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I'm like, okay. And she was like, you told me that you didn't want to be with me anymore.

And I'm like, okay, what I say? And she's like, well, we were texting. And I forget what the text message was, but it was something that, like, you know, whatever. And she said that she was in a car and she was texting me, but she wasn't using a phone. it was you know borson cheese do you know what that is type in borson b-o-u-r-s-I-N you've definitely seen it on chakur-re boards i mean i've seen a lot of things on shakuritry boards so oh yeah so you see this cheese oh yeah i've seen this cheese so you see how like you see the wrapping click on that comes in like a muffin tin yeah it comes up it comes like that nope the one you were hovered over when i said that you bastard

Okay. She said it was Borson cheese, which I'm all about, by the way. It's good. And then it would unwrap and have my text message and then it would rewrap. And I was like, so this is a magic borson cheese. I'll be honest with you. If Becca were to present information to me that she didn't want to be with me, it would probably be the most digestible in cheese. A cheese breakup is probably a great one.

I would love... I don't know. You would love... I don't want to ever be broken up with by Becca. But I would be a little more appreciative of the information if it came via cheese. Yeah. That would be... By a magic borson cheese?

I'd be like... Yeah. It's a good cheese. That was a good cheese. I like that because you got to undress it. What's the other flavors you got in there? I see that little what the box is right there. So what do we got?

Zoom it on that little bitch. He wants to make himself hungry. here. Caramelized onion and herbs. Basil and chive? Yeah. Shallot and chive, throw that out. Cracked.

Figg and balsamic. Make me a woman. Make a woman out of me. Yeah, make him a woman. Shallot and chive? I don't mind that. Rosemary and black garlic. Yeah, rosemary black garlic might be a problem.

You want to know what's, first of all? I love rosemary. What's that? I also kind of like the name. I feel like that's like a cool older woman. like a rosemary. Rosemary is an herb. And I know.

And it grows pretty, like, you can grow it on like, in like your kitchen. Like you don't, it doesn't need like a ton of light. Frank, I know what rosemary is. I'm asking you if you like it. What are you explaining to me? I'm like, you like, you like rosemary. He goes, you can grow it. It's very easy.

Bro, I know what rosemary is. See how he was yelling at me? Do you think I deserve this? First of all, you were very disrespectful in the earlier conversation. Well, Joey, what does that? Rose, what is knowing Rosemary do to me? What does that do for me? No more about Rosemary or it does nothing. That's another thing that you took out of context. I was not saying, oh, I don't really know what you're doing anymore. Um, you like what people trying to talk to me, but they don't offer me

anything. That's you. No, if I have a question and you're answering it, but you don't have any answers, then why am I asking you the question? Oh, I'm sorry. Your ear space is so fucking, so expensive, right? Literally not what I'm saying at all. Your ear space is so, expensive this is your this you can't be bothered with other people you're deflect unless they have information that's not worthy of my time I can see that you're upset that you're wrong yeah I could tell that you have information bet it must be worthy of my time and attention this is it's not funny it's very confusing you're laughing too come

hmm and oh keep going and some information you bet it must be worth my attention why are you saying that that sentence doesn't even make sense that and if it shall not be worth my attention you're in trouble I don't think you like that obviously not obviously that's not obviously it's not you want to do the voice again the voice made it a little better are you crying I was crying you What were you just talking about? Oh, you were talking about the dream that Nicole.

I was trying to talk about Rosemary. Oh, yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. And the information I had was not worth the incredible amount of intellectual time you have on your hand. I said, do you like Rosemary? And you're like, you can grow it. Like, I don't know what Rosemary is. Like, you're telling me what it is for the first time.

You ever grown Rosemary? No. Exactly. So I'm giving you information you might not have had before, idiot. By saying you can grow it? You think, what did you think? Where did you think I thought? I'm presenting you with confidence.

to maybe fucking go home and do something with your life. Instead of building this media empire. I'm counting on. And employing all of your friends and giving our lives meaning and purpose. Don't try to save it now, Frank. You're in the Gogh.

The Goghouse? The Goghouse. Becca has had dreams like that too. We're like, she'll wake up. We'll wake up. And she'll go, you were a real piece of work last night. Like what happened?

And she's like, you went to a party. And you sent me a text message saying, partying and I don't ever want to see you again. I was like yeah that sounds like me. I don't ever want to see you again. Look I think Nicole told me one time that she had a dream that I I called her disgusting and I'm like that is such an insane word. Yeah like you're disgusting. You disgust me. And I'm like what are you thinking about? Also the last dream I'm like thinking like you know they say like your dreams are kind of like a mixture of your last thoughts for a bit? I don't know how true that is, but like, how do you get to, like, I get how you get to the breakup thing, I guess,

but the boresa cheese. Be in the cell phone. Just hungry. I'm like, what? I'll be honest with you. I wouldn't be upset if cheese was in any of my dreams, in any capacity. Would you be into, you've seen Claudia with a chance of meatballs? Have I?

That's a great film. I'm calling it a film. It is a film. Yeah. It's a well-made film. I haven't seen the second one. but the first one, I'm like, this would be fire. Well, also like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Like, if a place existed where the whole thing was food, I would like that. Yeah, Charlie's a chocolate factory I'm not as on board with because it's a little like... A giant candy factory? Yeah, but like I don't want to sit in this fucking chair and then turn around and eat it. Yeah. Did they... Did the factory kill the kids? They didn't kill them.

It's a great question. Pretty damn close, though. That Augustus Gloop. That kid's dead. Like, I mean... He went out doing what he loved. What about fucking... Violet, you're turning Violet.

Didn't she explode? Yeah, she... Well, they had the juicer. They had a juicer before she exploded. You assume they juiced her. Well, and also that doesn't sound like it's very, you know... Doesn't sound good either. ...friendly.

Like, it's like, that sounds like it would hurt. Yeah. I mean, of the ones in that movie that I can remember, the one that is probably closest to death is Augustus Gloop. And let's be honest, whatever happened to the girl who was like, mean, and Mike TV?

Mike TV got turned into a little, into like a little TV thing, remember? Right, yeah, it got trapped in a TV. You got trapped in a TV, yeah. But what the hell happened to the girl? What would the girl, the one that was like, I want mommy and daddy to get it for me now? Yeah, a golden goose egg or something.

Oh, she like, Oh, she's taken away by like the, she pulls the thing and she falls. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes. Yes. Oh, so she was, she's in the vents. I mean, but she probably fell into a cool slide. That's fair.

If anything, she's having the time of her life. Do you know one time my cousin, like we were all at my cousin's house, like a bunch of my extended family and this one of my cousins, she tried to go down their laundry shoe because they had a laundry shoe from like their second floor to their bed. first of all, not far. Like, it's like right near the stairway. I don't know what.

Just walked down the stairs. But she tried to go down and she got stuck. Yeah. And it was like this whole thing. Well, duh. Yeah, it's a whole thing. She was also a little older. So I feel like she was at that age where it was like,

she was like stealing drinks or something. So I was like, oh. So you think that like she just got a little drunk and she's like, I'm like going to fucking slide down this thing. And then she got stuck because it's like, it like bends. Yeah. Well, apparently it's a thing that like, they like adults that try to go down.

like slides at like playgrounds and stuff like that like it could be really dangerous because they could break their legs because like the twirley slides you know those so like you don't realize like it's made for a child because like their legs are short enough that like they can just kind of go with it.

And also you weigh so much that it's like whipping you. Dude I've gone down and like your foot catches it and it'll fucking like it'll pull your foot back and like there are I've heard take it with a grain of salt that there have been instances of people going down those things and like their legs breaking because they get caught.

You fucking imagine. I went down a slide maybe like three years ago and it hurt my ass so much. There was a slide. We took the girls to like one of those like indoor playgrounds and Mave went down and I'm not kidding. It was so fast that at the end she like slid on the floor like an extra like six feet. Jesus. So then I went into like because they were like, please come on, come on, come on.

So I went up and I went and sat with him and went down it. Yo, I was flying down that thing. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I was worried that there was going to be like kids like trying to run in front because I would have took a kid out of the ankles. Yeah. I would have been bad. Would have flipped them over. Did you see the family, I think a family complaint about a slide being too fast, so a cop went down it?

Did you see that? Yes, I saw it. This is a famous video that a lot of people have seen. You've never seen that? Dude, dude, he's flying. Look at this. He comes out upside out, dude. Dude, you hear him shake.

Never seen that video? No, what? The video went mega viral a couple of years ago. You hear him rattling at the top. It's like a dead body coming down. Alright, last one. Yo, where is that? It's in Boston.

No. Yeah, it's in Boston. Dude, we have to go to this. I saw that there are other videos of people. Would you go down that? 100%. Yeah, yeah, I gotta like wear like, there are videos.

Look it up, people like the viral Boston Slops there have been videos of people like going down and greasing it. Yo. I'm telling you, pull those videos up. They go down. Oh my God. And like they fucking fly down this son of a bitch. That's awesome, dude.

Oh man, I love that. The one of the cop is really... The one of the cop was the one that went mega viral at first. It's taking a lot of the juice. You know, coming out of the slide upside down, face down. What? That's incredible. They're flying down.

right? No, I can't. I can't find it. It's only the cop, but I found another one of the cop. Wait, hold on, I just want to show this. This one is just, it says, it says, uh, local Boston cop gets sucked sucked into slide. Oh, is it? Yeah, that looks even crazier. Oh, my God. No, I mean, come on. It's just, you know, that doesn't even look like it would be that wild when you're like stare. Look up. I'm telling you, dude, you have to find it. People greasing that Boston slide. All right. I'll try. I, hear me. out. What if we just start making adult playgrounds again? They're called gyms.

No, no, no, but gyms are like you're going for health purposes. Like adult playgrounds where you can go down to bigger slides. And like, there's like adult swings, dude. What? Aren't swings? Just adult swings? No, a lot of swing sets are made for kids. So like they're like, like someone with long legs like me can't swing back and forth that well because I clip my feet on the ground. Pick your feet up. Hey man.

On the way back, my feet, it's so low, I clipped the ground. That feels like a... You know what you got to do? You got to swing over the thing one time, make it shorter. Oh, that's actually, that's not a bad idea. I completely forgot about that. But I don't want to be that guy. Have you been on a swing recently and been like...

Have you ever done like the backflip off of like the dismount? Do you not remember the time, the jumping off of the swings that we used to do? But you've done the backflip? Yeah. So have you tried to do that as an adult? No. I tried to do that. This was probably like five years ago. Oh my God, dude. My life flashed before my eyes. I wouldn't do it. Like, I remember I have pictures of when we were teenagers jumping off and like, I remember from that height falling and rolling my ankle. And if I did that now, it's not rolling. It's over. Polverized. Yeah, yeah. Poverized. I did it because I remember being young and doing it so effort.

It was the easiest thing in the world for me to do. Yeah. And then when I did it, I like came around and I was like, what have I done? And then as I was, like, I landed mad weird and like landed on my ass. I was like, I'm never doing that again. You're a brave person for having done that five years ago. I honestly didn't think that it was going to be hard. I thought it was going to be easy.

But I guess I just hadn't done in a while. I mean, life, one of the things that people don't tell you about getting older is that like your body just can't do what it used to do. not if you don't do it I mean it was what are you looking up there buddy oh is that like an ad

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you're the only one who uses that computer I thought about that you're right did you find any of those nothing was better than that cop Nothing. Nothing was better on that guy. Oh man, that's a good one though. Dude, speaking of videos, though, can you pull the video of the animatronics? Oh, man.

This is such a freak show thing that is going on. Okay. So the context, to my understanding, this girl likes animatronics? I believe she builds animatronics or she likes this one and the premises she brought her animatronic to a show of animatronics. Yeah. And I hate that. This is such a. freaky thing I saw on TikTok and I was like, dude, please.

To see his favorite band. Who's his favorite band? Like, kiss? Oh, it's other animatronics. What are you doing? I don't like that one. What's wrong? That one. That big one with the guitar. I don't like it. Why? I don't know. It looks like it's going to come at me. I mean, it's not. You played too much five-ninete-nine-to-you-you-like that? Get the fuck out of here, this old bag.

Wait, oh no, I don't really don't fuck with birds with eyes with humans. Human eyes? Is this like the country bears? I don't know. I don't like that these guys are moving around, so... Oh, no, they killed them. Oh, anything with legs? I don't mind animatron.

You've played too much five nights at Freddy's, Anne. That's what it is. I don't like it. Oh, that's Chucky. That is Chucky. Okay, that feels like culture appropriation. I mean, definitely the Italian and with the accordion. First of all, I'm decaditating this thing

If I ever saw this thing in person, I'm shooting it with a real-life gun. For real. Yeah. It's just, it's just... Wait, why does she have an animatronic? And why does she bring it? Also, is she a fucking... I don't like the piano player at all.

I don't like his mouth. It's that one. All right. Why can't you watch it without... I don't know. Look at that. Look how tall he is. Give me a favor.

Yeah, it's a big fucking guy. Play it from the beginning and watch the video without blocking your eyes. I could. Stop what you're doing. Why are you acting like you're going to throw it? Yeah. I don't like it. I don't really like it either. Dude, look at that. It's just too tall.

It's a big, it's a big horse. I just, I have so many like operational questions here. Also, how did, how can this place possibly be in business? Also, why in God's name does she have a 9900 year old man with a cigar animatronic? Yeah, that makes no sense to me. And how is she moving this thing? I don't know, but it's terrifying. I imagine it's heavy.

Is she a bodybuilder? I don't know. Imagine someone bringing you to this. Like, oh, hey, you want to see something? And then it just starts playing all of it. If it was close, we should go. I, it says Sandy Hook. Oh.

Where do you see that? The bottom. It says Smithies, Smitty's Sugar Service. Super service. Super service. Oh, I don't know. I mean, if that's Sandy Hook in Jersey, that's not that far. Connecticut's, it would be a drive, but.

I don't want to go. I don't like this. I don't like animatronics. But I also don't like anything that's like a doll with human eyes. I just like. Sandy Hook Mississippi. Oh, okay. This is in Mississippi?

Yeah, it's something. That's a Mississippi animatronic if I've ever seen one. So it seems like what they do is they restore 1980s animatronics. So that was Chuck E. Cheese. Ah And they play I don't know And they play a band?

I guess so I would I'd go to see this Fully operational Do we should do mushrooms And go to this I would Do you know

Sanagos studios video No I'm okay We took mushrooms And we went to an animatronic show 50,000 patrons How about this Actually no That's a horrible idea

Oh I love I love those Do they sing the song Like from Five Nights of Freddy's Or it's like It's nice to meet you I know you know what that is You gotta do like that stuff What's that? I don't know

I was gonna say just get mad drunk And go to fucking medieval times That we've talked about openly And sounds like a good idea Why was that a bad idea? Because it's like a children thing Is it? Yeah, who cares about them?

Why don't again? We're the basement yard Now we can reach out to like Be like, yo listen We want to come, like, include us in a show. Let us joust. Oh, I definitely don't want to joust. Are you insane?

Brother, if you had the opportunity to joust with a chicken, a turkey leg in your hand and a bowl of grog in the other, you're not doing it? I mean, jousting seems a little dangerous. Give me a blunt sword. I'll fight you. Bro, you're getting poked in the chest while sitting on top of a horse. Okay, put me on the ground,

and you and I with blunt metal swords fight. I hope a knight gives me a rose Oh no shot You're not a child It's a children's thing no I think that you have a chance Thank you I would like to go

And I would be full in I would get a get up I would get a fucking like a crown Oh please get me some chain mail Oh that's a good idea King Knight and executioner I feel like that sounds right You want to be the executioner

I'll be the executioner And I'm the knight Because I'm brave And I'm doing actual The like Going out getting after it while the king just sits there and has people try his food so it doesn't get poisoned

sure I'll take it sure whatever you whatever you need sure I'll do it yeah and you're the pick number three my lord I'll do it oh that was thylonious pick number three my lord I would love to go to medieval times I just want to eat chicken with my hands and like peas I've never been we went

it was like the big fifth grade trip that our our school did. Yeah. That was the last time I went. Yeah, me too. I bought a battle axe and a shield. I bought two battle axes and I was like Gimley. When I was in Toronto, I was driving around and I saw.

So you weren't there. And I saw a giant medieval times. It was huge. In Toronto? Yeah. Did they even have the medieval times back then? It was just like French people decapitating each other. That's what I thought.

Like I thought like, why is this here? But they have a giant medieval time. Oh, the medieval times. They weren't having turkey leg. We were having wine and goose. Aren't they, like, ruled by the British? Canada? Yeah.

I thought it was the French. I mean, there are French people. Feels like something you should know probably. I'm pretty sure. If anyone's going to know that here, it's definitely not me. I could do it. No, no, I'm doing the ads anyway. Oh.

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All right. What were we saying right before we cut the... Long story short, Canada is not under British rule. Hmm. I think they were founded by... It's not like under rule. Since 1982.

But like not under rule. Well, they're independent. Yo, Mikey's watching this. He's just shaking. They do share the same monarch, but that's it. That's more of a symbolic head of state thing. Yes, yes. That's what I meant.

The monarch, yes. Once we start getting into monarchies and those types of things, like, that's a little tough. So I don't really know what that means. Yeah. I knew they weren't ruled by the British, but they were like, there was something with the British. It wasn't the French as my point. But I thought the French were the ones that, like, founded it. above my pay grade.

I know there's a lot of French. Isn't that why like French is like the most spoken language in Canada? I don't know. We also don't know much about Canada. I think Toronto also, you know how they say Queens is like super diverse. Yeah. Toronto's like one of the most diverse countries, if not the, I think it's the most cities. Cities, I mean, is like the most diverse city in the world.

Isn't that insane? Yeah. I mean, Queens is up there. It's like every language in the world is spoken somewhere in Queens. That's so cool. Which is pretty crazy. And then it's even crazy to think about, I mean, this is like, here we go. Now we're getting here.

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though. Like, like, I mean, obviously now I'm older. That's not what I mean. But when I was younger, I was like thinking about how strange it must have been to grow up in a place where there wasn't like other people, like other, uh, ethnicities and like cultures. Like, gotcha. That is like, yeah. Like, and you could just be like, I don't know. Like, that's, I'm like dumbfounded by that. I agree. I, I mean, I think that, you know, these are people that have grown up. in an isolated world to them. So like the idea of somebody else existing and having a similar lifestyle to them

like they don't like. Yeah, I just... Are we going to sit here and parse through the trying to understand racists? No, that's not my intent. I know, I know that's not your intent, but like, why do we have to explain, like, not that you're asking me to explain,

but like, that's just... It's a weird thing to have to, like... It is so stupid being racist. That's not where I was like leading the conversation. There you go, folks. I just, that's the political discourse you're getting here. Being racist is so what?

It's so stupid. No, but I thought it was, what I was getting at was like, we're just so used to being around a bunch of like, yes, and other people. And then there's people who like, don't, that's not their experience.

And I never understood that everywhere it wasn't like where we lived. I, yes. And then I, and then I, I really don't understand the people that have grown up. And those people. And those people are like, I don't like them. Yeah, you're like, huh?

Yeah, you're like, do what? We all grew up in the same. Literally school system and shit. Yes, you shared a class with someone named Pablo, someone named Azeem. Azeem, someone named Marcus, someone named Joseph. Like, you should be able to like understand. Yeah, these things can coexist. Yeah, it is, it is, it is, it is baffling.

Queens is really like, outside of the diverse, like, I guess this goes hand in hand with the diverse people, but like, the food? Like, yo, I'm not even fucking around. Like, people say, like, oh, go to New York for the food. When you go to Manhattan, like, you'll find spots here and there. Bro, you want, like, and I can't speak about the other boroughs because I've not lived in them and spent as much time. But, like, you can go to Queens and get the best version of those countries' foods

outside of those countries. You know what? Does that make sense? I would loop in the rest of the five boroughs in that. I agree. With what part? Racism is bad? That especially, I'm saying loop in the other boroughs,

but also that outside of the country, yeah, for sure, the best food of that country. Like, as an example, Colombian food. Obviously, my father's side of the family is Colombian. Go to Jackson Heights. It's basically little Columbia. I've had Colombian food outside of Queens. And it pales in comparison. And I know people could say like, oh, it's just like, that's the first you had.

So you think that's the standard. And blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But I'm just talking from a quality standpoint, like the quality of the food that you're having. It's just better. Living in a place where it's like just one cuisine would suck ass. Dude, you want to know something crazy that my mom taught me, told me. And it, like, it didn't, like, at first register because it didn't make sense. But now thinking back on it, it's like, what?

My mom said that her first time having Mexican food was when she went out to Oregon in the 80s because she said that Mexican food really wasn't a thing in New York. Really? Could you imagine? That's my favorite food, I think. Really? I think Mexican is, yeah.

Okay. I would say, oh, man, I mean, if we're going to categorize, like, food by, like, nation, that's really tough. I mean, I love, like, traditional American food, like, steaks and hot dogs and barbecue. But, like, boy, oh, boy, the minute I see, like, Greek food is on the menu, whoa. What do you, what's like Greek, like, uh, like, uh, like, uh, like, gyros, sure, gyros, as we say them appropriately. Uh, but then like, like, the way that, like, the Greeks prepare their fish, uh, pastitio, you know, the desserts, galacta burico, baclav, which I know people say it's not.

technically a Greek thing. Bakflaw is good. Very sticky. Oh, I love it. That syrup on it. I like anything that's like flaky as fuck. Flaky and just fucking moist. Like layered shit is good.

Dude, that's why that one... You've never been to Stamathis. Oh my God. No, I haven't. Well, I don't know if they still do this because we live in a different world than we did 10 years ago. But like they would give complimentary dessert. It was called Galactabudico.

And it's like the flaky filo dough on top and inside it's like a cussi sturdy cakey. Yeah. With like that like honey vanilla syrup drizzle on it. Yeah. And I'm telling you. Open it up.

I'm coming in. That's right. Yeah. That is right. What's your favorite food? It's a tie between traditional American and Italian, for sure.

I actually don't like Mexican food that much. Believe it or not. Oh, I also love Asian food. Yeah. Absolutely. Like. Like, I mean. I don't like Chinese food.

I don't like Thai. I love Chinese food. I love Thai. I love... Ooh, I eat a lot of Thai food. I love... My Uber Eats, the top was Thai. Really?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Because I only really used that app for the Thai food because it's only available on there, so it's kind of cheating. Yeah, whatever. Yeah, you know, I don't think I've had, like, I don't think I've been introduced

to food and not enjoyed it. Hmm. What? I don't know that this happened to me either. Like, no one has ever been like, you've never had this, let's go have some. And been like,

that's not good. Oh. Like, of course, I've had food of my life that, like, oh, someone's like those people would be a Filipino food. Yes. And you're like, oh, I don't like this. Like, one of my, one of my earliest memories of, like, trying foods from different places,

because as, like, a young teenager, I was, like, not really into trying that shit, but, like, we knew someone whose father had a Moroccan cafe. Mm-hmm. Food blew me away. Your Moroccan food's good. Well, I do believe that, unless there's a crazy dietary restriction,

but people, you could find something, you like at every restaurant, even if you don't like the food. Like, I don't traditionally like Mexican food, but if I go to a Mexican restaurant, I could very much eat there because, like, there's something I'll like. What do you not like about Mexican food? I don't know, but, like, I guess it's just, like, the traditional flavoring, because I like the fajitas, I like certain tacos, because, like, when it tastes more plain, I guess. I'm not trying to, like.

You like plain food? Yeah, I was going to say, I'm not trying to, like, be super white. You're whitening. You said American and Italian, brother. Well, absolutely, but I think, I don't know how to explain. Whatever, like, the flavor profile is that is used traditionally in Mexican food is not your favorite. Yeah, that's true. So, like, probably, like, cumin, you know, like, a lot of their foods use cumin a lot.

Mm-hmm. So, like, I could see that because that is a pretty, like, you know cumin when you taste cumin. You know, I was younger. I thought that was pronounced common. Of course it is. I'm not. It's spelled common. I'm also, I'm not sure it's not still.

Yeah, I think that, like, maybe we, like, I don't see a cue. I see cup. They also use stuffing a lot, and it's not, like, if you don't like it, it's not, you're not going to like it. I don't know how else I say that. It's so, like, intensely flavored. I mean, at this point, like, you're trying to disrespect me. It's got to get better than that.

It's got to get better. This guy. I almost had him. No, you didn't. I almost. He also used, um, gurglies. I almost, almost really quickly. It's Frank.

It's Frank, the, the doctor, the science. with your degree in criminal. Oh, I apologize. Is my contribution to the show not enough for you? World traveler. I'm not a world traveler. Ben everywhere. I'm not a world traveler.

I very openly say that and I'm okay with that. Your Bachelor of Science in Criminal, whatever. Yeah. Yep. Got me with some factual information that proves my point. What actually was it? Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice. Justice Dick in your mouth.

Oh, oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. You got to hit him with a got him, please. Get to the mic. Get to the mic. Oh, my God. Got him.

Oh, my God. Also, you owe him a hundred bucks. Why? Do you remember that? Oh, for all those? No, we bet if we ever got somebody. Oh, my God. Dude, you just ate that, and you have to.

Give him $100. That's crazy. Oh, my God. That was crazy. That's what it feels like? Yeah, yeah. I feel dirty. I know.

I feel filthy. You feel so dirty. Why don't you go home and jump in your bed? I will. Was my contribution not enough for you, sir? This better be good enough for my attention. That is a deflection from the point. He's pointing.

Look at the points. Yeah, yeah. Whatever. It's all right. You just got a hundred bucks. I'm jealous. I mean, minus three. He just pointed at me thrice.

I think it was twice. I think it was twice. This is ridiculous. I think it's not ridiculous. Oh my God. You tried to get and then he set a different trap and then you got got. You know, I mean, honestly, the game of life sometimes is surprising. And I respect you all the more for it.

The game of life is sometimes surprising. I respect you all the more for it. Good for you. Thank you. There's nothing I can do. I can't even try to come back with one now. I'm too, like. That was so good.

I'm analyzing every word you say. No, no, no, no, I'm done. No, you can tell when he's doing it because it's a weird different light that comes from his eyes. I don't know how he does it. I honestly don't understand how you are so, like, in tune always on it. Did you know that's what I was doing? His job is to be in tune. Yeah, I got to listen very intently.

Did I know you were doing it? No, that was good. That got me. Well, well, because it was very targeted. When it's targeted, it's different. Frankies is like, wait, can you repeat one more time what it was, just, this dick in your mouth. That's good.

Yeah. But for a second, what I thought he was doing was, I was like, here goes Frank, just saying something that seems, that is like a niche, like spice or something. But like, so that was like originally that, what I was thinking. And then I was like, oh. And then. Well, I look over at, like, you had like, I looked over at and aunt and already knew because he went.

And I was like, fuck. If you had not done that, he may, might have. might have given in and been like stuffing. Maybe. I don't know. Balls in your mouth. That's what it would have been. Got it.

Stuffing these balls in your mouth is hysterical. It's really something with your eyes. They light differently. Thank you. When you're excited. It might be like where he's like, like Keith, when he's doing something like that, it's always like, it's just this. It's just a little corner one side of the mouth.

I'm going to get you again. Because I've already gotten you twice. If anything, it's two to one. Yeah, but he got you after. We said we're going to do money. Yukon and suck on these. Yeah, the suck on. That one got me too, because I was like,

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my, my, my bachelor's degree. Oh, was what food we like as well. Oh, yeah. I have it, I have it in my note and your food. Yeah, you do hate Mexicans. That's what you said. I mean, that is an interesting one because that's such a, like, I feel like that's such a, like, like, well integrated part of our world now. Tacos and burritos. Yeah. Like, it's not like it's like, you know, oh, I don't like Indian food. Like, okay, like Indian food is, very popular, but like you could go your life without having it. I feel like tacos and burritos is everywhere on every menu and every place you go to. Indian food. Unbelievable. Holy mollies, dude. Very good. The first time I dipped garlic non in that butter chicken sauce.

Yeah, I still don't understand how non is possible. Like the way that they make it, where they just stick it on the side and it doesn't fall. Isn't that cool? Even when it's cooked, Like how? I don't know. It's really cool, though. It's interesting. You ever seen it? Like a...

In the stone? Like the stone thing. Yeah. I think it... I actually think it's called... No, no, no. Don't do them. They just paid us.

Damn it. Okay. Um, I think it's called a tindori oven. Hmm. Hmm. But I love the, like, seeing the video of them just fucking bang. Yeah. Smacking it up there.

And it just stays. I'm like, what? It's crazy. Dude, I had a chilly one. Like a spicy non? Oh, dude. I've only had garlic. Have you ever had, because you said you like Thai?

Have you ever had Tom Yum soup? No. Too much? What's it? I don't know, but whatever it is. It's out of this world, dude. I get like Pet Thai. It's like a spicy Thai soup.

Yeah. Next time you order Thai, Tom Yum Soup. I'll see if they have it. It's just, when you put lime on stuff, It's like a taco. I'm good on the lime. Like, I don't need it. But like, there's so much more going on except live.

I agree. I agree. Like, we had, I also said it the other day. I think that the breakfast burrito is, like, the best breakfast item that exists. And I like that. It's got everything. Are we including, like, any breakfast food? Any pancakes, lovels, French toast.

I think those things are all good. But I think that, like, all things considered. The breakfast burrito. So versatile. I'm not going to argue that. It's good. I can see the argument and I will support it and appreciate it. I like when food is just jammed in and you can hold it all in one hand and just eat it.

And not like I got to go digging for it on my plate. I'm fine. I'm fine. Yeah. I like more when it's chopped up though and then built, then stacked and built. To where like the bacon is sometimes on this side and the egg is only overheated. Wait, what? I agree with that. Do you know what I mean?

I like when they mix it all up and then put it in the burrito because that is. It's like you're getting a little bit of everything in the same bite. Yeah. It's weird that I have to, like, to get everything. You know? I mean, I hear what you're saying. What you're doing is not a real thing to do. Trying to bite the whole thing, kind of.

Like when I go to, like, the times I've been to Chipotle, like, I'll like get all the chicken and rice at the top. And then the bottom is just lettuce and avocado. Yeah. Which I don't hate, but like, I'm not there for that. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Let's make this thing a little crazy.

Oh, God. I was such a gutter slut for Chipotle. in like 2010, 2011. You could not have convinced me that was not the greatest food on the planet. You know the first time I had Chipotle? I was probably like 26, 7. That's old, brother.

I know. I refused. I was like, oh, my Frankie shit. Do you remember when I visited you at college and we went and I was like, I'm not eating this? Yeah, because you said you wouldn't make it back in time without crapping your pants. Which is like not, like, I don't know why Chipotle has that reputation.

I've never heard that reputation for Chipotle. I know that like Mexican food has the reputation for like it can kind of go through you, but I've never heard it specifically about Chipotle. Oh, I've heard that about Chipotle. But like, Chipotle is just like, you know, they're spicy chickens. Kind of spicy. I can't speak to the overall quality of Chipotle. I don't want to offend them as a company. But the first 10 times I had Chipotle in my life were near, you.

euphoric. Was it just hammered? No, they were all sober. Okay. I don't think I've ever had a drunk Chipotle. That might fucking kill me. Bowl? No, I've never gotten anything other than a burrito.

And I never will. Okay. It was before the shrinkflation thing. Which, is that even real with Chipotle? I've never eaten Chipotle in the store. My brother, like, usually caters it when we, like, go over for stuff. And you just make your own. Oh, so you, I've never eaten Chipotle in a Chipotle.

Have you ever gotten Chipotle prepared by, by a Chipotle? No. I've only done my own. So you haven't really, you haven't really had Chipotle. And I'll accept that. Yeah, I'll accept that. That's a circle. That's a circle, baby.

Full callback. But I'm in agreement. If you guys were like, you haven't had it unless someone at the place makes it for you, I'd be like, yeah, fair. Unless you walk up and you need to have every bit of information ready the minute they ask you. To be clear, your point has been more right. entire time. To be clear.

Also, to watch them just go like this. And it's like, there's no way that's going to fit. That's going to fit. Oh. What the hell was that? I was just making conversation. His point has always been more right on what? We know.

We know. Have you guys seen? I don't know if you guys are on the same algorithm as me, but there's a place that does like these giant Caesar salad wraps. And they put. and a ridiculous amount on this rap and you're like, you have no fucking way. But they get it close.

And it's like this thick. No, but you know who's given Chipotle a run for their money? You ever had Dos Toros? To Manhattan? No. They're good, they're good, dude. I actually, I think I have had it once, but I don't remember at all.

Dude, really, really good. It's like, what? It's basically the same thing as Chipotle, but just different enough to legally be... Different name. Yeah. Um You're in the doghouse

Looks like Take it both ways here Alright What does that mean That was probably too much Yeah it was It happens But

Yeah I would say Italians up there Greeks up there Italians not that high for me I think it's all kind of the same Like it's like good Obviously

But like Pasta And like Like chicken Parms I've seen a lot of I've seen a lot of Discord

online with people just saying like Italian food is more than pastas. It's like, yeah, we know that, but like, it is, but like, you know, that's your, that's your, that's your, that's your, that's your, that's your, that's your, I would say that tomato sauce is the flavor. What do you put pizza under? Do we get that? Sure. That's a really good question. All right. So, I mean, you're starting to get, yeah, that's a, yeah, you get, I saw something once that it was like the Chinese invented pizza or something like that. They invented, literally everything, probably. Literally everything. Literally everything. They're one of the oldest, like, still running civilizations. Yeah, probably.

I mean, yeah, you got pizza, you got pasta, you got Mike Trout and Otani, the rest of the team sucks. Well, they're no longer on the same team. No, I know. I'm saying, like, they're the angels of whatever year that was. I mean, no, I've never had, like, a bad Italian dish, like. Well, not that it sucks. It's like, it's just all the, it really feels like. Yeah, the heavy hitters, the heavy hitters are the pasta.

That makes sense. then the way that they, the way they do fish, good bronze. Bronzino? Really like Mediterranean food too, which might be, is like, I guess technically Italian is, it borders the Mediterranean, right? Southern Italy. I think Italian is its own thing. A Mediterranean food is like a different thing.

I mean, I think of Greek food. I think of, like a Greek salad. Yeah, like, fish. Isn't like Spain also bordering the Mediterranean? What? No. Okay. It's not even close.

It's pretty far. Sorry, I'm wrong. Sorry, I'm wrong. I've wronged. What country's bored of the Mediterranean? Can you look that up for me, please? It's a good one. Also, you're leaving out of desserts, Tarramisu, canoes.

Yeah, I'm not a huge canoli guy, although the one that you brought in was fantastic. That was stupidly good. What was it? It was like, I actually want you to get some more from them, but I'll pay this time, because I want to bring some home to beck in the kids, because when she saw that, episode she was like holy shit oh oh oh go to the map what is that the Mediterranean seems pretty big here all right let's fucking run through that again watch this doesn't Spain border the Mediterranean no it's out there

Fucking both of you I didn't God God, not me There's a lot of So Mediterranean is everything Pretty much Yeah, you're also using

You're also using Gemini I would cross references with another It is, I'm talking about the maps More reputable The Mediterranean goes all the way through here Well, okay, see this is more what I thought like That the Caspian? I honestly thought the Mediterranean

was just like surrounding Italy, Sicily and like up where like Montenegro and Albania is. No, that's what it's saying. It's saying this the whole thing here. I had no idea

the Mediterranean was that big. I apologize, Frank. Oh my God, I want to jump across this table and strangle you both until your eyes pop out of your sockets. I had no idea the Mediterranean went all that way. You know what? I'm not giving it.

I would say it's because... You know what? I would say it cuts off like right there. Yeah, but it doesn't. It doesn't, yeah. No, it really doesn't. I like Mediterranean food. You like all of the food.

I mean, bordering the Mediterranean. I think that like Mediterranean food is, I think it excludes like Spain, France, and Italy. Because those are like their own cuisines. What is considered Mediterranean food? It's a lot of fish. Yeah, it's like fish and like salmone. Yeah.

I would say, yes, all of Spain is not, like, the eastern, like, coast of Spain, you could say is Mediterranean fare. Because a lot of countries used to have, like, different specializations in their foods, depending on where they were. Like, northern Italy's food is different from the southern part of Italy and stuff like that. Also, like, Greece and Italy, it's, the Mediterranean surrounds pretty much all of it. Spain, you know, Spain's huge. You get this whole other side. Yeah, that's... Did I not say human words there?

I'm just having some fun. No, I mean, no, he's right. I mean, I had no idea that it bordered it. Counting France seems even more crazy, actually. I mean, that's a good part of France. I guess Southern France, yeah. It's a good part of France, buddy. It is.

All right, congrats, Frankie. You got another one. I've been right for like 10 episodes in a row now. And it's fucking crazy the amount of... Did you miss the first hour of this conversation? We were in a disagreement, but who sat here and planted the flag in your ass of being right? I don't even know how to answer that. Exactly. Yeah, but also the 15 minutes ago happened.

What was that? Justice. That's what it was. That was good. That doesn't make me wrong. That just makes me a victim. All right. Well, I think we can end there right there in the Mediterranean Sea.

for those who don't know border Spain and Algeria apparently I'd love to go to Algeria I've heard good things about Algeria yeah I've never been to Algeria

I've never oh I knew one Algerian person you know who I'm talking about she was a girl narrows it down to several girls She took her boobs out at a bar Oh

I should narrow it Oddly enough It doesn't No this was like during like a World Cup and they were playing. We'll talk. We'll talk.

Belgium. I was like, who they were playing doesn't make sense. We'll talk later. No, and I just like, remember. Well, you'll tell me later. All right. I don't know who you're.

I have no other information. I don't even know her name. Oh, so then how the hell would I know? I just knew she was Algerian. It was the only Algerian person I've ever known. So you know her heritage. You don't know her name, but you have seen her tits. None of that was on me.

I'm not saying. That's how the information was presented to me. I'm not saying that you're held responsible here, but like, I would imagine that you're, you would at least know that any more identifiable factors of that person. I actually don't. I mean, she wasn't like our friend. Like she came around a couple times.

I think one of our friends was like hooking up with her. And we were at a bar and she was like, if the U.S. wins, I'll show everyone on the bar my boobs, like yelled that. So everyone was super hype. And then the U.S. lost and then she did it anyway. That's a hero. Is that the word we're using for that? That's the nicest I'll be.

the FDNY and NYPD yeah yeah that girl Superman yeah that girl all right well that's all we have folks

Frank where can they find you you know where to find me and after this I'm going to be upset with aunt because he's completely threw me under the bus and said he thought your argument was better than mine and I'm going to be pissed about it for an hour there you go aunt where can they find you find me at Aunt Prisca

no don't don't know on Instagram and that's how I got that one. What? I don't know. Why did you say that? Because I agreed with you. That's how I got that one.

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