The Harland Highway - 501 - It's the Highway MAIL BAG! Today I read letters from you, our listeners!!

Episode Date: July 18, 2013

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Get your motor running. Head out on the highway. Yeah, the Harland Highway, that is. Hello, get your mental motor running. Hey, we got a fun show today. In case you're wondering who I am, just talking in your ear, suddenly there's a voice with no introduction. It's me, Harlan Williams.
Starting point is 00:00:24 And you are on the Harlan Highway podcast. It's as simple as that. But you won't be hearing from me as much today as we'll be hearing from you because today is one of those special podcast days where we dip into the Harland Highway pavement pounders, which is you, mailbag. Over the course of the podcast, I invite you guys to write me letters with your thoughts, your stories, your ideas, your criticisms, your praise, your antelope horns, whatever that means.
Starting point is 00:01:02 And write you have, right, you did. And so today we are going to be pulling letters out. Me and my producer Roger will be pulling letters out of the Harland Highway mailbag and reading them and answering them and responding to them and being sick over them and crying over them and vomiting over them and you name it. Okay, but thank you for writing in. Let's do this.
Starting point is 00:01:26 Let's get to your letters. and the Harland Highway mailbag on the Harland Highway Welcome to the Harlan Highway I will look for you Does your mother know what you're doing for a living? The Harland Highway Hey-yo
Starting point is 00:01:41 And it's classic I will find you My mom always said You can't handle the truth You need many years of therapy Many, many many fucking years of therapy I will kill you
Starting point is 00:01:57 Well I Listen, lame brain Let an expert Show you how to do this The Harland Highway You never know what you're going to get It's the Holland Highway Oh yes it is
Starting point is 00:02:10 The Harland Highway Hello Lurtle Flurdens And Fisnardled Dardens Welcome to the Harland Highway What a show we have today As mentioned We are going to Read your letters
Starting point is 00:02:24 You guys mail me here at the Harland Highway. Just go to Harlan Williams.com, and you can email me to, if you so desire. And we get all kinds of letters, interesting stories, questions, requests. I won't delay. It's just you, the listeners, the Harland Highway pavement pounders, letting loose.
Starting point is 00:02:51 Let's get right into it. Let's go to the mailbag. hear what you guys want to talk about. Letters, oh, we get letters, we get your letters every day. Mail, man, mail, today. Reach right in and pull one out. Those letters, I love those letters. Let's find out what you've got to say.
Starting point is 00:03:21 Oh, boy. Mailman, mail today. Oh, yeah. Here we go. Let's get the first letter out of the mailbag here. What do we got? What do we got from you nuts today? Okay, let's see.
Starting point is 00:03:39 We have a letter from Kathy. Kathy has sent me a letter, and the subject is regarding one of the flashback shows where we're talking about, it was a podcast number nine. I asked you to tell me about your most embarrassing moment. so Kathy wrote me and she said you recently posted your flashback podcast number nine and you wanted the listeners at the time to tell you the most embarrassing moment in life and I feel like that should also apply now since this is the first time most of us have heard this podcast anyways here's mine some guy was really pissing me off one day so I went up to him and kicked him in the nuts
Starting point is 00:04:24 I quickly realized that there were no nuts to kick. She turned out to be a short-haired, low-voice, hairy-faced woman. Everybody around us laughed hysterically at my expense. I was so embarrassed for like a minute. Then I proceeded to beat her up. So I still kicked her ass, but it took a lot more effort than I wanted. What the... Hang out at the circus?
Starting point is 00:04:54 much what the hell i kicked the crack she out of a woman turned out to be a short hair low-voiced hairy-faced woman that's wolf that's wolf boy at the circus what in the hell is going on i kind of like the gang mentality though uh yeah that guy's pissing me off i'm just going to go up and kick him in the nuts boom Did you not realize when he howled like a werewolf that you kicked wolf boy in the nuts? And I like the people around you. That's a good collection of friends.
Starting point is 00:05:48 Boy, oh boy, I went up and kicked him in the nuts. She turned out to be a she. everyone around us laughed hysterically at my expense you walked up kicked someone in the nuts and they were laughing what hell's what I got to know what neighborhood you live in
Starting point is 00:06:09 this is like circus freaks and sadistic people but at least it's good to know you still kicked her ass but it took a lot more time than you wanted Listen, man, I got to get down to the DMV. Can I just kick your ass, wolf lady, wolf boy, whatever you are? You know what, everyone's laughing.
Starting point is 00:06:32 Let's just, I got to go shopping. I've got to go get my hair done. I want to have fun. I want to enjoy myself kicking your ass. Just let... Okay, do it. Ah! Okay, pretty wild.
Starting point is 00:06:52 stuff, Kathy. Keep at it, man. Go buy some steel-toe boots. Then, Helsing. Let's move on. Okay. This is from, oh, here we go. Veronica Rossi. This is the girl. I love this girl. She always corrects my grammar, my spelling, my, my mispronunciations. That's even a word. But she caught me again. man here's her letter this is from veronica hey h i love these pods you're so creative a real treat to listen to your imagination however i was listening to you podcast about butt dialing and you said quote i'm going to ease drop man i think you combine eaves dropped and eaves trough you're killing me harland you're killing me harland so i i i i i I said eavesdroff, which you're right.
Starting point is 00:07:55 It combines eavesdropped, which means listening in on people and eaves trough, which means the thing on your roof that catches your leaves. So put it together, Veronica. I was eaves troughing. I was listening in on someone's conversation from a very good, stealthy vantage point, up on a roof. I was hanging on someone's eaves trough, eavesdropping, on their conversation.
Starting point is 00:08:29 Because most people don't look up to see if someone's spying on them. That's where I was. Checkmate, evesdraff. New word, I win this round. Let's move on. Okay, who do we got? This is from Kyle Wright. Okay, the subject is stand up.
Starting point is 00:08:51 on podcast. Hey man, yes, just giving you the same kind of feedback about playing your stand-up on the podcast. Love it. Appreciate it. Fun to have it on there once in a while. Thanks, dude. Take it easy. Kyle in Vancouver.
Starting point is 00:09:07 Well, thank you, Kyle. Yeah. Every now and then, I record one of my stand-up shows. And I throw it on the podcast. You know, usually it's shows where I'm experimenting. I'm working stuff out. I'm goofing around, and it's fun to do. I'm glad you guys are digging it.
Starting point is 00:09:26 And coming up very shortly, Kyle, I will have a fresh little live stand-up show that I did where you can catch me working on new material and goofing around with the audience and all that stuff. So I'm glad you like it. I'm going to keep it coming and keep it cool in Vancouver, man. Watch out for Bigfoot. Because if he stands up on your ass, your ribs will be crushed. Let's keep going. Thank you, Kyle.
Starting point is 00:10:00 Oh, well, look who's back already. Veronica Rossi, correcting me again. Wow. I wonder if she knows I do it on purpose just to rub her the wrong way. Yeah, that's right, Harlan. Turn it around. Make it sound like all your mistakes are planned. She's got me again.
Starting point is 00:10:22 Her subject here is horse apples. No relation to the content here. It says, Dear Arlen, Sigh is pronounced Sye. You'd think I can get that one. I did a whole bit about Pesai, Poseid an adventure. Whoever that Korean guy is that does the Gangum style bit. You know, I just kind of go off what I kind of think is in my head.
Starting point is 00:10:48 So I was just like saying Pesai. And Veronica, my strict grammar teacher, who wears the high heels and the fishnet stockings, she wrote in and said, it's pronounced SI, S-I. I had it as P-S-Y, S-Y, S-S-Y, silent P, silent-S-S-S-Y, if that's possible. P-S-I, is pronounced S-I, S-I, S-I. Um, what about CSI, Korean CSI? It's a new cop show. All right, thank you once again.
Starting point is 00:11:31 And I am going to DeVry to take my speaking classes, my talking and learning stuff. Um, anyways, let's keep going here. Great letters. Thank you. We shall keep going. What else we got? Here we go. Okay. What else do we have here? Here's a headline. Okay. Why Dan, this is from Brian. Why Danielle Brianna Walter deserves to be serenated by Harlan Williams singing when you wish upon a star.
Starting point is 00:12:08 Aha. Okay. As you might remember, a little while back, I ran a contest on the Harland Highway. I said, hey, look, if you can give me a compelling story, why I should serenade you or someone you know, singing when you wish upon a star, I would do it. And Brian has sent me a very long, detailed letter about this young girl that Danielle, who I won't read the whole letter because it's quite long and it's very involved
Starting point is 00:12:43 and it kind of details some of the hardships and the triumphs that this girl went through inner life. But needless to say, it sounds like she's been through a lot. This is a young girl at the age of five who got put through a lot of emotional stuff to deal with and parental stuff and, you know, stuff that might turn people in a bad way in life. But this girl seems like she overcame a lot of these challenges and applied herself to many positive things, ballet and gymnastics and ice skating and equestrian training and piano and
Starting point is 00:13:26 learning different languages. So it's a young girl who overcame a lot of adversity. And as I said, the letter's quite long. But at the end of the day, it sounds like this girl has pulled herself up by her bootstraps. And people like that always need kudos and encouragement. It sounds like she's a fan of the show, of Rocket Man, a movie that I did. And yes, Brian, after reading the long letter, I agree. Danielle is worthy of a when-you-wish-upon-a-starreland Highway contest serenade. So without further ado, Danielle, here's hoping that you keep on being strong, you keep on rocking it
Starting point is 00:14:19 keep on kicking ass don't let anyone ever keep you down this is your life you're in charge you do it your way baby Brian thanks for the letter Danielle here you go you've earned it when you wish upon a star
Starting point is 00:14:34 from me to you when Daniel wishes upon a star she's had a lot life that's been very hard, but when you overcome like Daniel did your dreams come true. So there you go, Danielle. Here's hoping everything's looking up. things, uh, rosy. Keep a positive attitude. Keep your chin up. Keep on fighting. Don't let
Starting point is 00:15:23 anyone knock you down, man. And the world is your oyster with a little bit of lemon sprinkled on top. Uh, so that's from me to you. Thank you, Brian, for sending that in. And, uh, don't forget, you can be, uh, part of this contest too. If you feel there's a compelling argument, reason, or whatever, to have me serenade you in my Disneyland voice. You just have to write or call in. Go to harloweems.com. You'll see the phone number there if you want to leave a message or if you just want to write like Brian did.
Starting point is 00:16:09 Maybe your dream will come true. Let's keep going here. and the Harland Highway Mailbag. What do we have now? Okay, here we go. Let's see. This is from Bob Martin. Okay, show 492 comments.
Starting point is 00:16:27 Harlan, per FBI stats, the annual U.S. violent crime rate has been steadily declining in contrast to your comments. I'm surprised and disappointed you would support police forcing their way into people's home to remove firearms. Benjamin Franklin said, said, those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Wow, this is the same guy that flew kites in electrical storms.
Starting point is 00:17:00 Okay, valid. Thank you for your comment, Bob. I think I did a podcast talking about guns and the insanity of guns and how children are being killed and innocent people are dying in movie theaters. And, you know, I think it's a very touchy topic here in America. When you start talking about guns, people are very passionate on either side of the argument. And I think what people might have missed when I did that podcast and listen to it again, I could be wrong, but I think the gist of what I was saying is I'm not so much against guns, but what I'm against is people dying. And people are dying from guns.
Starting point is 00:17:42 And so I think what I was trying to say is if you were aliens and you came from another planet that didn't know of guns and murder and killing and all the horrible things that we see happen in society, if you came from another planet and you saw the source of a lot of this stuff, forget about all the liberty and the Second Amendment and our rights and all that stuff, if you just saw something that was kind of causing the root of the problem, I think if you were an alien species, you'd just say, oh, well, obviously, we just get rid of these weapons. That's how you stop it.
Starting point is 00:18:20 And I wasn't factoring in all the government stuff and the Second Amendment and all that stuff. I was just looking for a simple practical solution, like a layman solution, just a simple, forget about the right to bear arms. But it was all more about like, hey, if the cops just come in, It's a legal to have a gun. You take guns out of society. There's always going to be bad guys that find them, but the majority of society won't have them, and it'll lower the gun death rate.
Starting point is 00:18:55 And you can argue that. You can not argue that. You can be disappointed in that. But it was just a concept. It was a theory. It was a way to look at it from a distant, perspective. I think some people interpreted that podcast as Harlan saying,
Starting point is 00:19:17 oh, I hate guns, I want to take away all your rights. You're not allowed to bear arms. I was kind of doing a hypothetical kind of conversation on what are the options? What are the hypothetical ways in which we can look at this kind of dilemma where in many innocent Americans are being killed and people are being shot up at malls and schools and children are laying dead in the street. But I wasn't necessarily saying, you know,
Starting point is 00:19:55 you can't have guns. I wasn't pointing the finger at the average American and saying, you can't have them. You're a fool if you have a gun. Hey, everybody. Who wants to have better sex? No? Yeah.
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Starting point is 00:21:04 That's Harland, H-A-R-L-A-N-D at Adam and Eve.com. This is an exclusive offer specific to this podcast. So be sure to use this code Harland so you get your discount and 100% free shipping code Harland. Have fun. Don't throw your back out. So I hope you got that it was more of like an open-ended kind of hypothetical conversation about what a possible solution was. But it didn't necessarily mean that that's where I was. And I don't want that to sound contradictory, but, you know, I'm not against guns, but I am for trying to figure out a way to stop the carnage that is the result of everyone having guns. I hope that makes it clear.
Starting point is 00:21:57 So there you go. And if you don't understand my point of view, I guess what can I say? What can I do? I'm trying to explain it as well as I can. And I'll leave it there But thank you for your letter Hey, that's the beauty of dialogue You see, Bob, you and some other people
Starting point is 00:22:19 wrote in and called in and got all up in arms About me making comments about guns And I'm like, hey, hey, hey, chill out, man I respect your opinion Whatever your opinion is about guns, hey, I respect your voice I'm not going to get disappointed in you For having that opinion I'm going to go, you're a human being, and that's where you stand on that topic.
Starting point is 00:22:41 I don't have to agree with it, or I can agree with it. But, you know, I certainly hope you don't lose faith in the idea of people having different opinions and expressing them, but still respecting the other person because they do have a different opinion. I think if we went through life and everyone just agreed with everyone, I think it would get pretty boring, pretty fast. So anyways, thank you for your letter, Bob, and I hope I helped clear it up a little. And if not, I hope you're still not too disappointed
Starting point is 00:23:16 and abandon the show because, you know, I'm not always going to say what everyone wants to hear. The show is about having some laughs, hearing some opinions. And you know what, at the end of the day, it's probably more interesting if you don't agree with everything I say. This obviously got your hairs up And you got a little impassioned And it probably made it interesting for you
Starting point is 00:23:40 But, you know, we'll leave it there And let's move on to the next letter Here we go All right, what is this? This is from Richard Kempter And this subject is Fish Lang T-shirts Okay, this sounds good.
Starting point is 00:23:59 Harlan, love the fish slang videos. Now, for those of you they don't know what the slang is. It's the crazy new stunt show I do. It's on Harlow Williams.com. You can go there and check it out. And these, I do stunts that Evil Knievel won't even do. I mean, these stunts are out of control.
Starting point is 00:24:19 They're life-threatening. You can't do them at home yourself. They put me on the very edge, the very cusp of the best stunt guy in the world. Check out for slang. if you want to see some nail biting on the edge of your seat, stunts. But Richard came up with an email here where he says, Love the videos, you have to come up with a quality for slang T-shirt
Starting point is 00:24:47 and a 2XL so I can buy one. And is that your backyard with the cement retaining wall you did for Schlang 3 and 4? I'd be scared of falling off the edge. No, that is a place where I got to shoot, Friends House, and yes, it is a little scary. And finally, great idea to record your five-minute stand-up set and play it for us. Gives us who can't get to a show a tasty treat of Harlan in Action.
Starting point is 00:25:23 Hey, there you go. So there's a gentleman who also likes the little stand-up segments I insert into the show. and then he closes by thanks for your humor and serious discussions, Richard. Now, see, that's what I was talking about earlier, just in the last letter. Here's a guy who gets the humor, but also knows that sometimes I have serious talks about things like guns. And he's not disappointed. He might not have agreed with what I said, but he appreciates the diversity of the show.
Starting point is 00:25:58 and I hope you all can get to that place and I try not to get too heavy on the seriousness but sometimes like I said I think it's nice to mix it up kind of like what the guys at the lab did with my DNA when I was born that's why I am the way I am But don't forget Check out fish slang I think it'll make you laugh This is a live action video stunt show
Starting point is 00:26:25 We post every Monday at Carla Williams.com, please go and have some laughs at how mental it is. All right, so thank you, Richard. Let's move on just a couple more letters here, ladies and snargarful flargens. And by the way, thank you for writing in. It's great to hear what's on your mind, what you're thinking about. Good or bad, I can take it. If you're pissed at me or you're disappointed, I can handle it.
Starting point is 00:26:53 If you're happy, if you're giggling, I can handle it. That's what this forum is for. so don't be afraid, write in. And let's get to the next couple of letters before we close up the mailbag. All right, here we go. This is from E.J., subject podcast, comments. I really enjoyed the comedy bit you did at the live club as a podcast. Thanks for putting it out there.
Starting point is 00:27:20 Wow, that's the third letter in a row where people are excited about me putting the live stand-up comedy. See, this is why I like your feedback. Now I'm definitely going to do it more. I mean, that's great to hear that you guys are digging on that, man. That is very, very cool. All right, here we go. Last couple of letters here before we shut the mailbag down. Here's one from Erica.
Starting point is 00:27:48 The subject is wafting. Comments, I loved your wafting story. Uh-oh. Here's where I got to be honest. so many podcasts. I do so many topics. I don't know that I remember the wafting story. Yikes. I usually
Starting point is 00:28:05 remember everything. But I'm not sure. She says, I loved your wafting story. It was very touching. And I'm drawing a blank. I don't like that. But anyway, she says, I just started listening to your podcast after hearing, seeing you
Starting point is 00:28:21 on the Adam Carolla and Jimmy Pardo podcast. I also remember you from Half Bay. I really like your attitude and positivity. Well, thank you. I also particularly like the podcast recently when you answered that guy's voicemail request for a plan to get healthy. Aha, yes. And I got to tell you, folks, there's a show coming up, or we are going to talk about that podcast.
Starting point is 00:28:50 I don't know how many of you pavement pounders followed the ideas that I put out there, but there was one couple that actually got on board with the health plan I was talking about. And wait, you hear the results. We're going to get into that very shortly in a couple of podcasts from now. And she concludes, anyways, you rock, keep up the great work, Erica, and then she did a little smiley face. The little, like the semicolon, like one eye is winking and the other eye is open and then a bracket for a mouth.
Starting point is 00:29:28 Are you winking at me, Erica? Is that what that is? Are you coming on to me? I mean, I can only hope so. Wink, smile, wink, bracket. I'm going to say that to a girl. I'm not going to type it. I'm going to walk up to a girl at a singles bar
Starting point is 00:29:49 because that's where I hang out. And I'm not going to walk up and wink and smile at her. I'm just going to walk up door and say, hey, hey, baby, semicolon, bracket. I'm sorry? You heard me, semicolon bracket. What the hell does that mean? You know what it means. Psh, ow!
Starting point is 00:30:12 You son of a bitch. Um, it means wink and smile. Psh, ow! You double son of a bitch, pervert. There you go. All right, come on. losing it here let's go to the next letter thank you erika for that great letter i appreciate it i like a law all right let's do two more two more that's all we got time for today um and uh and then
Starting point is 00:30:40 uh we're gonna have to close her up um so let's go to a guy named robert robert votic his subject is the harland highway here's his comments i have many comedian podcasts in my iPod, but none make me laugh so much as the Harland Highway. Ah, thanks for being in my iPod when I need a good laugh. Hey, you know what, dude, that makes my day. I love hearing that. It's a very flattering. It's a great compliment.
Starting point is 00:31:14 And more than anything, it makes me feel good to know that I, a complete stranger to you, make you laugh. And that's why I do it, man. Sometimes I get into the serious gun stuff, too. Sorry. Sounded like I kicked werewolf boy in the nuts. Well, thank you, buddy. Keep laughing, and I'm going to keep it coming. And I hope, you know,
Starting point is 00:31:46 I hope more and more people get on board to the highway here and also have a laugh. So let's go to our final letter. And see, I don't want to end it, man, but it's just, you know, we can only read so many letters here. You know, so let's see what we got. Here we go. Last letter.
Starting point is 00:32:15 Big important stuff. This is from Patrick. Patrick says, selling hand-drawn shirts. Do you sell other hand-drawn shirts? like the one you're wearing in Force of Nature or the one in Rocket Man where you use the food to paint with. If you drew those,
Starting point is 00:32:34 I was wondering if you had shirts like those. If so, let me know. Well, that's very observant, Patrick. Yes, if you have my new stand-up comedy special of Force of Nature, or you want to get it at harloweems.com or download it at iTunes, you will see that I actually drew my own shirt.
Starting point is 00:32:54 shirt. I took a white t-shirt and I drew all over it with colored sharpies. And if you look at the shirt carefully, you'll see that it kind of tells a story. It's a very detailed shirt. And my Force of Nature podcast is about life, kind of from cradle to grave. It talks about humanity, our existence, all that stuff. And included in the shirt, I tried to put in a lot of symbolic stuff, a lot of, you know, kind of deep, kind of crazy life, death, being born, dying, going through the portals, nature, death, weaponry.
Starting point is 00:33:40 I mean, it's all over that shirt. You almost have to freeze frame the Force of Nature video and look at different aspects of the shirt. but I hand drew that thing. And then where I found you to be very observant, Patrick, is yes, I also drew my own shirt in a movie I did called Rocket Man. If you look at Rocket Man, you will see a scene where I'm wearing this shirt with all these scribbles on it. I also drew that.
Starting point is 00:34:10 And if you also look at the movie Half Baked, you'll see a couple of scenes where you see underneath the shirt I'm wearing. You'll see a t-shirt where I drew all over that. And then if you watch a movie that I don't really love, but I did called Surf School, you'll see me wearing kind of a wife beater where I drew on that. So the answer is, unfortunately, I do not sell the shirts that I do in movies and on my comedy specials because they are just too personal, too close, to one-of-a-kind.
Starting point is 00:34:46 but I do draw on shirts and sell them in my web store. There are one-of-a-kind hand-drawn shirts that I do that you can buy. They're at harlorewilms.com. I think there are three or four in there right now that are for sale. There will be some new ones soon. And I draw them myself, and they're a little bit pricey. They're about 65 bucks, but that's because, you know, they're hand-drawn. They're works of art.
Starting point is 00:35:17 No one else has them. They're not prints. They're not reproductions. I do one version of the shirt. I draw it right on the shirt with a Sharpie, and then you own it. Nobody else can lay claim to that design. So you're paying kind of for a shirt slash piece of artwork, and that's why they're about $65.
Starting point is 00:35:40 And if you want to own one, Patrick, just go in and scoop one up. They go pretty fast. once I put them up there they seem to fly off the shelf so go in there and grab one if you see one you like and like I said there will be new ones on the way so there you go
Starting point is 00:35:56 we covered a lot of stuff here today thank what one more one more okay we're going to do one more I'm getting a signal
Starting point is 00:36:09 through the window from my producer Roger And so let's go to one more letter here. Bring it up for me, Raj. All right, here it is. Big closer. Better be a good one, Raj.
Starting point is 00:36:28 Here we go. This is from Miss Holly. Okay. Subject, the Pope. The new Pope has one lung. How long is he going to last? Just asking. Well, I did not know he had one lung.
Starting point is 00:36:45 and how long is he going to last? Well, I don't know. Why don't you ask the girl from our first letter who walks up to people and kicks them in the nuts? Because I have a feeling she's going to go up to the new pope and kick him in the nuts. And with one long, I don't think
Starting point is 00:37:06 that play are going to last too long. Lean back. I'm in Miami, bitch. Okay, there you go, man. Let's hope the Pope lives a long time. And just a note to the Pope, because I know he listens. Dude, you might want to cut down to at least one pack a day. Yeah, might be a smart thing to do. From me to you, Popey, if I can call you that.
Starting point is 00:37:33 So that's it. We're wrapping it up. That was the last. And why are you holding that up, Roger? No, we've done the last letter. No, we're not doing one more. from who rossi
Starting point is 00:37:48 Veronica we did two letters from her already she's probably going to correct me or put me in my place she's the one that always alright one final letter this another one from Veronica Rossi
Starting point is 00:38:05 what's she going to tell me this time that I've done wrong Veronica subject Harland, character, and nobility. Okay. Dear Harland, I was listening to the pod, and my heart skipped a beat when you mentioned my name. Oh, she must be talking about some of her earlier letters that I read.
Starting point is 00:38:29 She continues, I felt guilty for a moment for sending you critical emails, but then I remembered how much I enjoy sending them, and the guilt disappeared. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Two dots and a smile bracket. Hoo-hoo, wow. Well, I got to be honest, too, since you're being honest. I kind of like getting them. They make me laugh my ass off.
Starting point is 00:38:54 And I think somebody should be watching my illiteracies, if that's even a word. But then she continues, and she says, I love the fact that you give back. I'm learning about all the great. philosophers of the world and Aristotle would say that you're living excellently and doing for the right reason it's like you're not contemplating if it's the right thing you do you just react it must feel good to have that enormous sense of purpose and do so much good in the world loving the
Starting point is 00:39:33 pods well oh my gosh that is very very very kind of you to say and you know I guess in a way it's giving back it's just what I do it's what I feel like I want to do and if I can make you guys laugh and chuckle and feel good
Starting point is 00:39:57 and put a smile on your face then yep that is living excellently and that is doing it for the right reason so there you go you know what Roger thank you that was a good way to end uh let's close it up thank you so much veronica rossie and uh keep them coming keep them coming veronica keep them coming everybody else and uh wow uh thank you guys let's close up the mailbag uh don't
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Starting point is 00:41:06 And that's it, man. Keep on rocking it. And until next time, chicken chalmayne, baby. Another letter from our Lester Day. Thank you.

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