The Neighborhood Listen - No Wonder w/ Lily Du

Episode Date: May 21, 2024

Burnt reveals the section of Dignity Falls he grew up in, Joan talks about the Sprune Dune, and Doug finds a new storage solution. Later on the show, Zlotz (Lily Du) is looking to find a mime.Go to cbbworld.com and sign up for the Maximus plan to unlock access to the entire ad-free archive as well as brand new exclusive BONUS ROOM episodes adventuring deeper into Dignity Falls!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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And now, please enjoy this episode of The Neighborhood Listen. Knock, knock. Who's there? Your neighbor. Good. And now, please enjoy this in to The Neighborhood Listen. Welcome once again to The Neighborhood Listen. This is the podcast that explores the neighborhood of Dignity Falls. And we are your tour guides. Oh, that's fun. I like that. Okay.

Tour guides. Tour guides, yes. And we're wearing little vests and we have little. Oh, that's fun. I like that. Tour guides. Tour guides, yes. And we're wearing little vests and we have little. Oh, fun. Like, are we in the back of the tram? We're in the front of the tram. Oh. We have to know. Sometimes tour guides sit in the back of the tram.

Oh, I think that's, I don't like that. I know. Well, there's a couple of things that, you know, I've been to where that's the person with all the bits and all the jokes. You know, it was like, when you get out, watch your head. And if you don't watch your head, watch your language. You know, that's a classic. Ooh.

All right, Bernd doesn't like it. That's a classic. I love that joke. That's a good one. That's like what they do on the Jungle Boat Cruise in Disneyland. I know you haven't been. The only place where irony is allowed. The Jungle Cruise.

Yes, and so anyways, go on. It's like we're the tour guides. I like this, but I'm picturing the physical like tram where we're like people are driving around. Or, you know, they have these crazy buses in New York City now where there are only seats that face one way. It's almost like theater stadium seating in a bus. It's very wild. So picture. But these are tour buses.

They're tour buses. But there's just huge windows on only one side and everyone's just facing one way. I know. It's wild. The window part is strange. It's crazy. But you're saying. They're like floor to ceiling windows. They side and everyone's just facing one way. I know. It's wild. The window part is strange. It's crazy. But you're saying they're- They're like floor-to-ceiling windows.

They're facing the windows. Just one way. They're facing the windows, yes. Just one. It's the way that they're facing, not that it's one way. You only get to see what's on one side of one street ever because they're all one way.

Unless you want to spend- I don't know how they do it. There's also a Sex and the City tour bus. You don't know how they do it. There's also a Sex and the City tour bus. You don't know how they do what? How they get it all in, how they plan whatever they're going to tour people through. Do you know what I'm saying? There's so much to see in New York.

There's so much to see. There is. I was just there, folks. The M&M's store. That's why I'm thinking about it. The M&M's store. What a lazy thing to go do. Unbelievable.

It makes me mad when I see people at Applebee's in New York City. Why is there a store for M&Ms? Because people are there. Because tourists think, oh, I need to... You think there are people standing around, they built the M&M store? I need more of the same thing that I could get at home, but because it's from New York. But I mean, to fill a store. I know.

So I guess you have your plushy M&Ms that kids love. I will tell you, it's kids. Honestly, it's mostly kids. Because kids, you know, just make something that's large and flashy for kids. They're going to go. It's so true. They're going to do it. It's so true.

I remember the M&M store was around. We took one family trip when the kids were little. July P, my daughter, and the twins, Matt and... Chuchu. And Chuchu. And they love the M&M store. Oh, my God. Why?

They got lost in the M&M store for... Is it that big? Is it vapid? Wait, is it what? Is it that big? Oh, is it that big? I know it's vapid. It is vapid.

The New York elites. It is that big. It's like three stories long. No. High. And it's like 50 knots high. stories long. High. And it's like 50 knots high. Yes, it is.

Yes, it is. And they have these pits, these M&M pits where it's like a ball pit, but it's just M&Ms. So you could just swim through. We're just at the bottom of green for an hour. Wow. They have several pits. What they wanted to try to do is eat. swim through. You just imagine you were just at the bottom of green for an hour. There are several bits. What they wanted to try to do

is eat. Yes, they have one for each color. And it's back when green M&M was able to be sexy. I guess it's a whole thing now. People get mad that something's up and I could care less about it. The gender of an M&M, I don't know why people get so upset. Either way, I don't know why it's an issue.

But at the time, she was the big deal. And so they jumped in there. And they were going to try to eat all their, they were going to try to eat their way out of the green M&M pit. And did they? No. Oh. No.

We just heard muffled screams. Because I could imagine the weight of the M&Ms. And you know what was so dark about it? We couldn't tell. I'm sorry. I was in the middle of the M&Ms. And you know what was so dark about it? We couldn't tell. I'm sorry. I was in the middle of a thought. What did you say? I've never quite seen you like this. Oh, really?

Yeah, I feel like you're fired up today. You know what it is? It's because I'm on a lot of allergy meds because if you remember the last episode, we're still in sprung, which is our allergy season that is only a fifth season specific to Dandiefal.

Sort of spring and June. I got sprung fever. And so I think this allergy medicine makes me get a little crazy. Right. Yeah. What is it that you said that I didn't respond to correctly? I don't remember. Okay.

I was just going to say that it got so dark, they started draining the other M&M pits, you know, to see which one. Oh, the noise must be. It was awful. Deafening.

Also, why would they have a drain for those? But they did. Well, for just such an occasion, I would imagine. So anyways, the point is they got... What's that? I don't think anyone pees in the M&M pits.

That's Doug, our engineer. Yeah. You don't think that... That's my husband. Joan. Now, you're a parent. You don't think... It's not a pool.

They're in clothes. It doesn't matter. Even if they peed, it would be in their pants or in a diaper. I'm just saying. They're children. I understand it, but they have clothes on. I know, but they don't care. There's something about them.

They get into some kind of pit of any sort, and then it opens the urethra. Okay. I'm not sure that's exactly how it works. I think that's also why they discontinued the purple M&M, isn't it? Why? Because it opens the urethra. Oh, my God. That's right.

It was causing problems. Yeah. For adults and children alike. It was basically like what Tang is for you, babe. Yeah. That's right. Oh, that's true. Which everyone knows.

It's a diuretic for Doug. I'm imagining somebody listening to this podcast for the first time. Well, if we want to fill them in, Doug went to adult space camp once and it was a problem. We haven't even said who we are yet. Okay, then let's go back. Let's go back. You are? I am Bert Mia Payday.

I am a pharmacist here in Dignity Falls. I am the pharmacist-in-chief at the Dignity Falls Massey. Spelled P-H-A-L-L-S-M-A-C-Y in case people are wondering. Yes. And my name is Joan Pedestrian

and I'm the local top realtor here at Dignity Falls and my husband is Doug and he's recording and he records in a different room every day. Now, as you might be able to hear some birds behind us. I mean, again, that's why I really... They're just behind us.

We were told they weren't going to come any closer and they would stay behind us. And then we turn around and the birds also turn around as if they weren't looking at us. And we just hope the birds don't turn on us. You know what I mean? Like in the movie. Well, I'm just thinking of a tour guide joke. I'm imagining we're still on that turn on us. You know what I mean? Like in the movie. Well, I'm just thinking of a tour guide joke. I'm imagining we're still on that tour guide bus.

You have a real affinity for these tour guides. Why is that something you ever did? Well, it's something I think I aspire to do. I just loved how quick on their feet they were. Now, were they quick on their feet or were they just saying the same things over and over again? I went back a second time and realized it was. Oh, no. Well, crushing.

Apparently there was a script. But but we are outside because and realized it was the same. Oh, no. Well, crushing. Apparently, there was a script. But we are outside because Doug thought it'd be lovely, but then I had to really jack up the allergy meds in order to be out here. So I think maybe that's why I'm a little bit keyed up. But what room are you recording from today, babe? I'm in the Velcro. Oh, boy. This is a fun one. You actually went and did it.

I did it. He did it. Doug's been talking about this for such a long time. Instead of just a Velcro wall, I mean, like it's a whole room. Oh, the ceiling. Yeah, boy. This is a fun one. You actually went and did it. I did it. He did it. Doug's been talking about this for such a long time. Instead of just a Velcro wall, I mean, like, it's a whole room. Oh, the ceiling. Yeah, obviously. Sure. All four.

All four surfaces. More than four. Are there more than four? How many surfaces in a cube? Let's see. You have one, two, three, four sides. Then you have over the top and under the feet. So that's six.

Actually, yeah. Okay. That feels right. It does, doesn't it? Or size that you have over the top and under the feet. So that's six. Yeah, okay. That feels right. It does, doesn't it? Are you in the seat right now? Are you stuck or are you just freely moving around? Yeah, I'm on the ceiling. You're on the ceiling? Yeah, this Velcro is really good.

Okay. And so you're in some sort of... I didn't realize it was going to take so much trial and error, Velcro room. It seemed pretty straightforward. Put in Velcro, put on a suit, you stick. So it's entirely Velcro clothing that you're wearing? I'm, yes, I'm

draped in Velcro and... Draped in it? Yeah, I had to... He wanted more like a Velcro robe. He wanted a Velcro robe. Kind of like your falsies. A Velcro robe. Yes, very good. A Velcro robe. A Velcro robe. But I originally your fall. A velcro robe. Yes. Very good. A velcro robe. A velcro robe. But I originally came up with this idea as a storage facility. So the idea was wrapping all of our items in velcro and then you could just throw them

against the wall. And then you get, I mean, you can, but is that, is that good for storage? I mean, I suggested putting them in tubs first and then putting Velcro on the tubs because no, no, you just wrap each individual thing with Velcro, which I thought was wild. And the tubs, you can wrap a tub in Velcro. Yes, and he just wants to just chuck it up there and it sticks on the ceiling. This sounds labor-intensive.

It does sound like that to me, too. It is, but you get more space when you think about it because usually you just... And you have to think about it, Vern. You have to think about it long and hard. Are you thinking about it? I am thinking about it and I feel like about it long and hard are you thinking about it I am thinking about it and I feel like you're getting less space because you're not

putting things in in a sort of Tetris-y sort of way you're just hurling them around just willy nilly if you turn Tetris upside down it goes up

all those pieces go up right but they still fit together in a in a geometrical fashion as opposed to just you throw them all up there. You know what I know. Hear me out.

Oh, hear my plea is how that almost began. Rolling thunder, hear me out. Normally all the items go on the floor because you're forced to do. Yeah, or a shelf. Forced by gravity. You could buy shelves like we bought for the garage but I know that you like this idea better. But then the shelves

only attach to the walls, you know? Sure. Sure. Shelves generally do. If you have Velcro, everything attaches to everything. You get to use the entire space, including the airspace. But now- No, wait a minute.

What do you mean including the airspace? Because if I throw a tub up on the ceiling, I can throw another thing up on the tub. I can walk up there and place things gingerly if I want to. I am really having a hard time. At a certain point, it just sounds like a regular room. Because if all the boxes are going to get stacked and then full, then what's the difference? Also, I feel like the noise would drive me insane. Oh, yes.

Anytime you needed anything, you have to struggle to wrench it off the wall. You have to... Silent? Pretty silent. That is terrible. That wasn't silent. Oh, God. Yeah, that's loud.

I really don't care for that. And what are you removing and then putting back? That was just me ripping my feet, each feet. Each feet? Each feet. Each feet off. Right. Yeah. Each feet? Each feet. Each feet off. Right. Yeah.

Each feet off. Okay. It is something to get used to, trying to walk. For sure. Yeah, with strong Velcro. What a Zen attitude. It's something to get used to. Yeah, there's a real acceptance in that.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's great, babe. What's going on with you, Well, that's great, babe. What, what's going on with you, Burns? That's great, babe. I, you know, I have to, I have to issue an apology. Oh, no. We do not have the answer for our cliffhanger.

Oh, that is right. We did call it a cliffhanger. This is very embarrassing. Oh, dear. I remember, you know what? You know what's weird? I don't remember the movie. I remember saying the word cliffhanger, though. Now oh dear i remember you know what you know what's weird i don't remember the movie i remember saying the word cliffhanger though now how does that work out we i wish the movie were cliffhanger because then we'd be set now wait a minute that is one to talk

about we started never seen it but i do want to talk about it but i do want to say to the listener uh we do apologize we we started this um this fun segment where we... Can we decide that it's fun yet? Well, I think we thought it was fun. Yeah, sure. It started with the secret life of dentists. That's correct. We instituted a fun new segment

where we would wonder about a movie that one of us had seen. Then we would look up the information and then the following episode, we would reveal the information we were wondering about. Yeah, like the plot and who was in it and whatnot. Yes, yes, yes. And we did it successfully, I think twice.

I think you know what would be really fun is if one of us remembers within this episode. And if you do remember it, you just shout it out. Absolutely. What do you think the chances are of that happening? I don't know. Right now it feels 50-50. I'm going to be positive. That's very positive. Because my brain's over, you know, my brain's overactive right now. Maybe I can get into it. Maybe I can get it out of me. Get into it and get it out of me. I'm sorry. It's this sprung fever. And, you know, the other crazy thing is that,

because, you know, other places have different things for spring, like, you know, a June, like a spring fling or like a Maypole, like, you know, Mayflower, like a pole, Maypole. And we have the Spoon Dune. Yeah. Which is just down in the center of town. Yeah. And it's just, everyone just brings their, just deposit their piles of Kleenex. They bring all their discarded Kleenexes from home. Yeah, that's right.

Because of all the allergies they have. They make a huge dune of these balled up mucus-filled tissues. And at first, I remember at first thinking, this is a disgusting idea. And now it couldn't be more charming to me. It's so charming.

Yeah. Because when you see it all there, it's like a beautiful snow covered hill. We should have been sort of a snow drift sort of imagery would have made more sense than Dune. But it doesn't rhyme. Oh, that's right. The rhyme is half of it, you know. And then people come and they take their pictures in front of the Spoon Dune. Kids dive into it.

You do have to put on protective gear. Yes, you do. You have to put on a full hazmat suit to jump into it. That's right. So just before everybody freaks out. You can't raw dog it into the Dune. You may not. And then at the end of Spoon, they shellack it. Yes, they do.

They do. And they try to send it like on a Goodwill tour around the country. Yes, they do. And nobody wants it. Absolutely no takers. Well, because it runs about one story long, you know, and it's not easy to transport. Yeah, it's four leagues high. And so, you know, it's just one of those silly little things that we do here.

But I... So the apology. Oh, yeah. So the apology. We do not remember what movie we have talked about. I thought that was clear. Yeah. I don't think we actually said it, but we did forget.

We failed. And I really, I feel so terrible because I know there have to be some people that were invested in this. A couple. And we're really looking forward to finding out. And are screaming it at us right now from the comfort of their homes. And now here's the thing. We say the title of the movie and then we promise the details of it the following week. So they may have already done their own research.

It's true. And if so, then good for you. Well, they certainly will from now on because they know we're not a worthy, dependable unit. I feel like we let the list go. They might be getting even more excited at this point. Doug, I think that's a really optimistic take. There's just going to be an onslaught of information

in the coming weeks. So you're saying the penalty for forgetting is that we have to provide even more information than we normally would have. if we wonder about another movie, then we're just putting

Adam Moore in our... I don't want to do that. I don't want to bring up another movie. I think we have to make a promise to not wonder about any other movies. Even though I want to talk about,

of course, I don't have to wonder about Cliffhanger because I saw it. Yes. But I don't want to wonder about any more movies today. No,

that's definitely true. Well, tell me about Cliffhanger. Well, Cliff. Yes. But I don't want to wonder about any more movies today. No, that's definitely true. Well, tell me about Cliffhanger. Well, Cliffhanger, as you know, stars Sylvester Stallone. What, did we all start talking at the same time? No, no, no. I just wanted to provide you the information I already knew. Oh, you did. Okay.

So that you could fill in anything. Oh, got it. Okay, go. So you don't have to waste your time. Okay, got it. Oh, it's not a waste of my time, but go ahead. Do you remember Cliffhanger? No.

I know that it's about rock climbers. Okay. I know that sylvester stallone is in it i know that uh the former northern exposure star janine turner was oh yes that's right uh the only movie she was ever in that might not be true let's not wonder about it i think she was also in dr t and the women well we're not even gonna look i'm doing it i'm wondering stop it Stop it, Bernd. Stop wondering. I apologize. I apologize. I will cease wondering about Dr. T and the women. And somehow it's a thriller. Yes.

And maybe there's crime involved? I think so. No, and we're not going to wonder about it. Well, no, she remembers. So it's okay. She was starting to wonder. I was not. I was starting to remember, Doug.

Okay. You have seen the whole thing because I do have a question about it, but I'm taking a huge risk asking that. Oh, yes. Definitely don't. Because it might provoke a wonder? Yes. I didn't mean to misrepresent a deep knowledge of cliffhanger.

I simply saw it once a very long time ago and remember finding it very ridiculous. And yes, it's just nothing but what it sounds like. Nonstop cliffhangers in terms of actual people hanging off cliffs. That was my question. And then I do remember Stallone has a daughter and I remember the daughter character being very annoying and unhelpful. And there was also either a Dolph Lundgren

or a like tweens early, like maybe 19. Well, how helpful could she be? Listen, I'm not going after the daughter, okay? I just, I'm going after the writing. It sounded like you were. I'm going after the writing. You said she was annoying and unhelpful. The character, how it was written, okay?

So I'm going after that writer. And then there is your generic, tall, Scandinavian slash Russian, someone blonde, someone big. Maybe was also in Die Hard. Maybe it's Dolph Lundgren. I can't remember. That part I can't remember.

We don't need to wonder about it. We know what we're talking about. Alexander Gudanov. Ooh, now who, what was he in? I think he was in Die Hard. He was the former Russian ballet dancer. Oh, yes, that's right. Turned actor.

Amazing. Not Mikhail Baryshnikov. No, not Mikhail Baryshnikov, who also was a dancer turned actor. Yes, but Alexander Gudanov had long blonde hair. Oh, I remember. Yes. Oh, do I ever. Silken.

Hall pass? Silken blonde hair. That's right. Just listen to him talk about his hair. Okay, see, we made it through that without wondering. We did pretty good. That was a minefield, though. Oof.

Touch and go. Tempted to Google a lot of things right now. Which we will do during the break, and then next week we'll provide you more information about the movie Cliffhanger. Cliffhanger, Cliffhanger? Oh, no. What are we doing? It had to be done. What are we doing?

Obviously, this was always going to happen, so we might as well get it out of the way. This is our cliffhanger cliffhanger. All right. How are we doing on time, Jen? You know what I'm doing right now? I'm writing the word cliffhanger in my phone. Smart. It's like a memento type thing.

Smart. You know? So I'm like, why do I have cliffhanger written across my face? Write it backwards so you can see it in the mirror. All right. 18. 18. I think that... No, you think we need to talk about some. Write it backwards so you can see it in the mirror. All right. 18. 18. I think that, no, you think we need to talk about some more things?

What do you think? Well, I think we still have a little bit of time to catch up. We probably do. And so you asked what's going on with me. Everything is good. Yes. I want to thank you for inviting myself and Gabby over to dinner at the Sizzler. Oh, yes.

We, again, just to sort of review for everybody, we have an operational what Doug likes to call Sizzler by memory in our house. You franchised? Oh, we did. Did you tell us that before? No, I mentioned he wanted to franchise. I had said no. I lost that fight. How could you lose that fight?

It was one of those situations where he built it and then asked for, you know, not asking for permission, but asking for forgiveness later. Yeah, I didn't realize. No, what it is, though, just so that you know, it's not a full one. It's the little like one like the airport. It's like sizzler on the go. Right.

It's like a sizzler on the go. So it's just two dishes of two bowls of. Dishes of two bowls of buff apron. All it is, you could just go up. It's for people who just want to run in and grab, you know, the salad and the plastic. I just need a handful of croutons. Quick flan. Yeah. Quick flan?

The quick flan. Quick flan? You mean like the dessert? What other use of flan is there? Because I say flan. Can I wonder about that? I'm just saying. I pronounce it differently. Oh, flan. I didn't about that? I'm just saying. I pronounce it differently.

Oh, flan. I didn't know flan was something else, and I'm not trying to be a snob about it, okay? I was just looking for clarity. Oh, it sounds nice. See, it sounds right. It sounds more right. Do you also say... Felt wrong.

Tiramisu. Tiramisu. Is that Italian or French? It's not French. It's Italian. Yes. Tiramisu. Perfect.

Tiramisu. Wow. It's Italian. Yes. D-E-R-M-A-S-U-L. Perfect. D-E-R-M-A-S-U-L. Wow. D-E-R-M-A-S-U-L. That's the Sicilian. That's how, in Italy, the pronunciation gradually as you go down the boot. Oh, my goodness. It gets, they shorten things. How do you know this, Bernt?

Oh, because I grew up around Italians. Okay. I really thought you were going to say you grew up in Sicily? Oh, because I grew up around Italians. Okay. I really thought you were going to say you grew up in Sicily and that was going to throw me for a real loop. We'd have to start this podcast over, honestly. Okay. So, I'm sorry. What is it you said?

You grew up around Italians? Yes. But that's still interesting. I grew up in medium Italy. Oh, in medium Italy. Oh, my gosh. I didn't know that. Yes. But that's still interesting. I grew up in medium Italy. Oh, in medium Italy. Oh my gosh. I didn't know that. Yeah.

How did I not know that? It just never came up. Clearly. Well, tell me about a little bit about that. Well, it was fun because we were the only non-Italian family and they really embraced us. How do you think that even happened? Because usually you're not even supposed to be there

unless, you know, you're sort of, it's like a, you can't even be there. Those places are handed down, you know, within Italian families. Absolutely. How did you end up there? There was a family that had reached the end of their bloodline.

And so the house was open. My goodness. And they saw, and because, you know, Mia Pede is a Corsican name. Yes, it is. They said, that's close. Okay. All right. And so I guess I can see that. We lived in this little house

and it was really, it was really, you know, because it was just the three of us as I am an only child with only children. Yes. And it was, of course, the food and the culture and the movies. The music. The dancing.

Oh, the list keeps going. Yes. The Italians are known for many things. It was a wonderful place to grow up. Yes. They do have a little medium. They do have a little medium. They have mid-sized replicas of the Italian ruins in Rome.

Yes. So there's a coliseum that you can walk around and you can peer over the top of it. And it's cute. If you want to feel like a kaiju. They have a trevi fountain, but it's so small. It's just a drinking fountain. It's really sweet. Yes. And people still put change in it.

They do. It gets full so fast fountain. It's really sweet. Yes. But you still watch. And people still put change in it. They do. Gets full so fast. Yeah. You can't even get, sometimes you can't, your mouth. You can't get water because the nozzle is covered. Yeah, you just taste in copper. That's what they say. That's what they say.

So you must have had, so you know how to, the correct pronunciation of tiramisu. Yes. By the time you get down to Sicily, they're chopping words off at the end with reckless abandon. Well, sure, because it's its whole own island, you know the correct pronunciation of tiramisu. Yes. By the time you get down to Sicily, they're chopping words off at the end with reckless abandon. Well, sure, because it's its whole own island, you know? It's like you're actually just to the left of the boot, I think, is where Sicily is. Yeah, and they're like, what? So that's how they're getting the words. It feels like some liberties are being taken, but you know what?

I'm not the one who's from medium Italy, so what do I know? It's like Capicola, you know, the lunch meat. Gabagool. I feel like this was all to be able to say it like that, Bernd. I feel like you really wanted to do that. Well, I mean, that was my nickname when I was growing up in medium Italy. Gabagool? Gabagool.

Is this a good memory or a bad memory? It's a good memory. I loved it. Okay, just making sure. They would say, look who's here. Gobble-oo. The children would say this. The children, the adults.

Okay. A man selling ice cream. They'd all say it. Were you just singing Saturday in the Park, Bernd? What is that? Okay. I should say he was telling Gelato, of course. Of course he was, yes.

But I mean, how would you say it in the south of the boot? Horse meat. Horse meat too, right? Oh, tons of horse meat. All right. Oh, delicious. Okay. All right.

Have you ever had horse meat? I have not. No, I haven't burnt it. It's delicious. Really? Yes. Okay. Again, this all just feels, this feels like we're, I don't know.

This makes me nervous. Problematic? Mm-hmm. Yes, it does. The horses will be really mad about it. It does. It's not. Okay.

Hey, how much time have we been talking, Doug? 24. We'll be right back with more of the Neighborhood Listen. Hi, everyone. It's Angela. How are you? I am selling a box of Docolac stool softener, liquid gels, gentle relief, 100 count for $10.

Um, I, uh, I, I, I thought that I needed these. Um, and I, I got, I got home and I, I remembered that I took this once and, um, and you know, the relief isn't gentle. There's nothing gentle about this medication. And while I do need, I don't want to be TMI, but while I do need some relief, I don't need to see the face of hell again. I don't need Satan, the goat man, himself, the cloven lord, just looking me dead in the eye in the bathroom at three in the morning on a Tuesday, sweating. I don't need that.

I don't need that in my life. I don't want it in my life. So if I have to wait this out, I don't want it in my life. So if I have to wait this out, by God, I'm going to. So, but I'd like, but you know, this stuff ain't cheap. So I would like to sell it. So if anyone else would like a ride on the devil's train, then all aboard. Welcome back to the Neighborhood Listen. And as always, we have a guest with us.

Here's what we do, folks. If you're new to the show, we scour the NeighborHap. That is the social networking application for neighborhoods. And we look at our neighborhood here in Dignity Falls. We search for interesting posts. And we invite people on to discuss their posts in depth. If you'd like to send us a post, maybe there's one we missed, you can look at the NeighborHap yourself, screenshot it, and send it to us

via email at burntandjone at gmail.com and we will read it on the air. And did this one come to us? I think this one maybe came to us from a listener. Let me just double check. No attribution. So we're going to say that we found this one.

It's hard to remember sometimes. It is. We have a big folder. As we made it clear, it's hard for us to remember, well, anything. So it sure is. But we do have,

this is an interesting one, Joan. Oh, okay. I mean, they all are, but we have not had one like this before. This comes to us from our neighbor, Zlotz. Okay. Z-L-O-T-Z. Great.

This is in the In Search Of section. And Zlotz writes in the headline, Where to find a mime in Dignity Falls area? Zlotz goes on to say, Looking for a mime, capital M by the way, to follow my brother in a gym for one hour. Do mind stuff, pretend to lift the weights. Next Monday, one hour, $200 plus travel expenses,

6.30 to 7.30 p.m. There we go. That's it. That's it. So we now welcome Zlotz to the show. Zlotz, hello. Hi. Welcome, Zlotz.

Hi. This is so interesting. I, of course, want to know, obviously, I think we all do, why did you want a mime to follow your, was it brother? Brother, yes. My brother. And have you heard back from any mimes yet? Although I don't know how you would.

Get it? I don't understand. Sorry, burnt. It was just me trying some more tour guide humor. Zlotz, why would you want a mime to follow your brother around at the gym? My brother, Dean, God love him. He has just been working out so much. He's gotten too big.

I'm really trying to shame him at the gym. Oh, you know, I was hoping it wasn't this, but it's shaming. Okay, okay. Because he is too yoked and swole? It's just there's no end in sight. Of like his muscle? Like how big are we talking about? How tall a person is your brother?

He's 5'4". Wow. Oh, so okay, not huge. And he's getting as strong as he is tall. Wow. he's getting as strong as he is tall. Wow. He's getting as strong as he is tall. So he's getting 5'4 strong. Yeah.

And why does that bother you? I just, he doesn't need to be that strong. It feels like there's no end in sight. At first, when he started working out, he was a very weak man his whole life. I said, this is nice, you know? I'm sorry, but is this a younger brother or an older brother? This is younger. Yeah, okay.

When he was weak, you thought, this is nice. This is nice. You liked that status, your dynamic where you were sort of, I'm guessing that maybe, were you perhaps kind of beat up on him a little bit when you were kids? Yeah. What older sister doesn't, you know, kind of punch, kick, ride their little brother

around like a horse? Oh, well, okay. That's very common. It's a little, I mean, it is. It can get extreme, but is it just the two of you? Yeah. Okay. So, and what do you do for a living?

I'm a personal trainer. Okay. Right. Okay. So, and what do you do for a living? I'm a personal trainer. Okay. All right. Okay. So, and I guess the next question is, does your brother Dean ever avail you of your services as a personal trainer? You know, he did start working out with me at first. Okay. And, you know, he said that what I was doing

was not helping him. Okay. Mostly I was riding him around like a horse. Right. See, I wondered if that was, it seemed like such a recent thing the way she said,

I don't know why, but it turns out I was right. That is happening still. Well, it's a full body workout. For him, I guess it is. I suppose so, yeah. So wait, so he works out at the gym you work

at, I'm imagining. Yeah. Okay. And so we tried for a while for you to train him, which is basically just riding him like a horse. And then was this when the problem started? Because he worked with a different trainer than yourself? Yeah, started out working out with Dean. Okay.

Started working out with Dean. Yeah. Meaning he's just working out on his own or there's another trainer named dean there's another oh boy that's confusing that is confusing okay so and and do you have issue was this do you have an issue with dean the trainer it's too good oh too good too good you know i always wonder about stuff like that in a different industry than my own you know know, like the fitness world. And it doesn't get competitive because it's nothing but competitive. The gym itself is competitive, right?

So what is it like? The secret lives of trainers, if you will. What is it like? I mean, is there a hierarchy? Is it sort of a real... Before we get into that, can I ask, do you have other clients? Oh, good question. Yeah.

Thank you, John. And does your workout regimen for them also consist of you riding around like a horse? Very good question. No. Okay. All right. All right. That's what I was, I had a feeling. It's very personally tailored to each person's needs. Right, right, right. Okay. So it's sort of bespoke service for clients. Well, to their needs or I suppose just to the way you're used to treating them if we're talking about your brother. Yes. Yeah. I mean, were you really invested in his fitness when you took him on?

Absolutely. Oh. You did pause. You took a long pause. A really long pause. You know, his needs and my needs didn't really align. And so I found something in between, you know. He wanted to get stronger.

I wanted to keep him weak. Oh, okay. Now, did you make it known to him when he engaged you for your services that you wanted to keep him weak? No, should I have told him that? Well, I think so. Here's what, I mean, I'm just surprised that he's still, you know, what doesn't make him choose a different gym? Because we have a couple of gyms in Dignity Falls, you know.

There are two. Which gym do you, which gym are you working at? The Crunch. Oh, the Crunch. Oh, you work at Crunch. Okay. That is so, it's exclusive. Yes.

I'll tell you what. They have such fancy things. You have to like, are they still doing the eye scan and the fingerprint scan to get in? Yes. Yeah. It just seems like a lot. And they both have to work. If your fingerprint scan doesn't work.

Right. But your eyes do. Yes. You can't. Yeah. It's like, yeah, it looks like a compound almost. Yes. Whereas anybody is welcome at the YMSA, the Young

Men's Scientology Association. And It's open to all. It's open to all. It's open to all. You don't have to be a Scientologist to join. They have one treadmill and they only have only one, they somehow lost all their sets of

weights. Like they only have one of each. Yes. That's right. It's very frustrating for a lot of people. Yes, so if you see seven cars in that parking lot, you know, oh, I can't go today. That's correct. You have to take a personality test. Yes. That's the only fear.

Instead of getting an ID card, that's how you get into the building is you grab the e-meters and you have a personality test. Okay, so you work at the crunch. That's a very big deal. So I suppose he can't go to another gym because that's also, isn't it, the crunch that you have to wait like seven years

to be let go if you want to leave the gym? You have to wait for seven years. There's like a whole list of things you have to do to be able to get out of it, right? At the YMSA, you have to wait a billion years. But I know that there's another bunch of crazy things you have to do whenever you want to leave the crunch. They make it almost impossible, right? At the YMSA, you have to wait a billion years. But I know that there's another bunch of crazy, there's crazy things

you have to do whenever you want to leave the cronch. They make it almost impossible, right? Yes. You need notices from all your doctors. That's right.

Yes. I had heard that. Yes. Including dentist. Dentist, yeah. Which I don't understand that at all. Psychiatrist, right?

Yes. To say that you're no longer mentally equipped to work out at the cronch. You have to get a noterist, right? Yes. To say that you're no longer mentally equipped to work out at the prom. You have to get a note from a PhD. Yes. A published one. Yeah.

Yes. Yes. Can be in liberal arts. Anything. Yeah. Can't be an honorary. It has to be an actual earned. Yeah.

So I guess it makes sense that Dean couldn't just leave. So now I want to get on to the next bit, which is, what does he do for a living, please? He is a computer programmer. Okay. All right. And does he have anyone in his life? Is he just a single dude? Yeah.

I think he wanted to get fit because he wanted to get out there. I see. Makes sense. So now when you say I want to mime to follow him around of all the things, how can I ask how you landed on this? Because I'm sure you maybe sat down and said, huh, I got it. Nothing's working. Riding him around like a horse.

He's not deterred. He's now going to train with this other guy, Dean, who I don't like. I mean, I know I'm putting words in your mouth. This is just sort of the scenario I'm getting. So now you sit down to figure out and maybe make a list. I don't know if you made a list, but how did you make a list? Did you make a list? Yeah, I made a list. You did did of all the other ways to shame him and i've been going down oh you've been trying if you could you go down a couple of oh so you've tried a few things already

yes okay what didn't work what didn't work i've tried filming him and um shaming him online oh dear okay yeah so you'll post like on a tiktok or something oh and it's like look at my brother he And shaming him online. Oh, dear. Okay. Yeah. So you'll post like on a TikTok or something. Oh, and it's like, look at my brother. He is such an idiot at the gym. This guy thinks he's doing good, but it's bad. Yeah. Yeah.

Very few views. Okay. Okay. Well, so that didn't work. I tried greasing up his equipment. Oh, dear. Oh, sure. Yeah.

And what happened? He just wiped them down. Oh, he knew. He knew. It's possible. But also, that's something you do before workouts. I suppose that's true. You're supposed to.

They get very mad if you don't. You should. What else? To shame him, I've tried just classic pointing and laughing. Oh, yeah, that is classic. That's usually pretty effective. What made you think of the mime? You know, I think he needs to take a look at himself.

Right. But I've tried putting mirrors around him, and he won't look in them. Oh, so that's rare for someone who is so dedicated to working. I know. And he has no idea how big he's gotten. So, OK, a mime. First of all, have you heard from anyone about who a mime? I've gotten some emails. I've gotten some real more than one. Some real. Some reals. Yeah. Oh, yeah, because Mime Talk. It's a whole thing. It's a whole thing. What does it mean?

Mime Talk? You know, and usually if anyone's into anything on TikTok, they just say blank talk. A Mime Talk. So people are into theater talk. But if you're a mime, it's Mime Talk. I thought you meant T-A-L-K, and I thought, well, I have to know what this is. No, but that was, at least that wasn't something that I said that was as quite as upsetting as before. So, yeah, so what I'm talking about is mime talk. And it's just, you

know, it's what you would think. It's a lot of people sort of amateur mimes, just trying to show maybe what it looks like brushing their teeth, miming or, you know, fixing a car or driving a car. And so I assume you're getting sort of reels like that. Is that right? Yes, not theatrical acting reels. No, TikTok reels. Yes, TikTok reels. Right, right.

Any good mimes out there? You know, they're all very amateurish, but I think that could be to my benefit for Dean to see kind of how cartoonishly bad he looks at the gym working out. So the less skilled the mime, the better. Is what I'm realizing. Right.

Okay, so then you want someone to just badly mime. Did you say lowercase mime? Yes. Well, in the ad, it's capitalized, I believe. Oh, thank you, Doug. I really thought, I don capitalized, I believe. Oh, thank you, Doug. I really thought, I don't know what I thought. I came in suddenly.

Yeah, you did capitalize the word mime. You want to sort of have him poorly mime working out, is what you're saying. Yes, to mock my brother. Right, so to follow what he is doing, as if to say this is you yes and the capital m on the mime is just out of respect to the profession absolutely okay well here's the thing is that i mean i i don't know mimes are usually just like entertainment and i suppose they i've never thought of a mime being used to mock someone. But I guess especially if they're bad, then you're hoping if he won't look in a real mirror,

will he see this human mirror that is apparently mirroring how dumb it is that he's doing? And is that sort of the idea? Well, just imagine what's something that you do self-consciously and an activity that you're self-conscious about? Oh, gosh. Sometimes just hearing my own voice talk on this podcast, honestly. That would be hard for a mime to copy, but... I mean, that's true. I didn't realize. How about I get very self-conscious sometimes if it's a big client, it's an open house. Okay. So I'm putting out cookies, I'm putting out candles, I'm making stacks of paper, that kind of thing. And I'm worried about what my outfit looks like.

candles. I'm making stacks of paper, that kind of thing, and I'm worried about what my outfit looks like. Imagine a mime comes dressed exactly the same as you and starts going through the motions of what you're doing, and you have to take a good hard look at what I'm, but a bad

version of what I'm doing. Yeah, a bad version, but you go, is that me? Oh, gosh. Is that how I've been doing it? I feel like that's my every day. I worry. I feel like every woman has a mime that's already doing that in their head. But now, so Dean, the brother, since he never looks at himself in the mirror, will he recognize the mime's behavior as what he is doing? That's what I guess the big question is. Well, I want this mime to get close.

Okay. What is that? What are we talking? Just up in a space. Just, you know, doing the exact same thing that he's doing, maybe half a foot away. Okay. So essentially functioning as the mirror. Yes.

Right. That's what I was saying is that, you know, he won't look at a mirror. This is a human mirror mirroring what he's doing. Yes, yes, yes. And he can't look away. Well, I, yes. And he can't look away. Well, I find myself, I often can't look away from a mime. There was a mime school. We had a mime school.

It really was just, it was strange because it was building, building, building, then nothing. Because, of course, the whole entire school was supposed to be mime. So you would just see about six people. There was just a woman sitting on a chair waiting for people to show up. Right, and then six people in what was the room, I guess. Her name was Madam Silence. And you'd just see six people just, you know, eating corn on the cob and writing on a typewriter. But you could just see them because there was no building, you know.

They would have to mime a door. And Madam Silence wouldn't even acknowledge you if you didn't mime the door correctly. Yes. I did get an email from her. You did? Yeah. I didn't even know she was still around. Just a link to a reel.

A link to a reel. And was it her or was it just a bunch of people from the mime school? It was her. Wow. Wow. That's kind of...

Wow. I don't really hear about many female mimes, honestly. No. What was she like? It was, you know, she was miming a building. So it was her standing completely still.

It was incredible. I suppose that's all you'd have to do if you're standing in a building. You aren't moving. So maybe, I'm wondering if there's, this is a racket, you know? I guess anyone could be a mime. And you know, it's a fine line between miming standing out in a field and miming standing in a building. Right. Yeah.

It really is. It looks the same. But you know it when you see it. I know. It was evocative. If the mime is good enough. It was evocative. I could tell.

It could be a mime meme. Yeah. Okay. So you're not going to use her or are you considering using her? You know, she is 96 years old. Oh, wow. So I don't know if this. I didn't know she was that old.

I don't know if this is the job for her. I wouldn't want this to be her last job. It seems like mostly she mimes structures now. Okay, sure. Right, right. Because that would be easy. So miming lifting weights might not... Probably not good for her. Yeah. Does he have friends? Does he have...

What's his sort of vibe? Does he talk to anyone at the gym? Not if I can get in the way. Oh, wow. It really sounds like you've got it in for this kid. Yeah, you really have a problem with Dean. And tell me, are you unhappy in your own life? Yeah, good question.

Is that what's leading you to be so obsessed with shaming your brother? Yeah. You know, it's hard to be a personal trainer at the crunch. Yeah, I'm sure. Say more about that. Why? It's very competitive. Sure.

And, you know, as a personal trainer, your job is to always just walk the floor and to sell your services. And at any time, your clients can get stolen. And that's also what Dean did to my Dean, Dean the trainer. So what, how does that work? He's just walking around. So it sounds like there's a lot of walking around going on. How many clients do you have at any given time? Three to four.

Okay. I would have expected more. I don't know about you, Bernd, but I would have thought maybe the roster would be a little bigger. I guess I don't. I mean, I've never been inside the crotch. Sure. I mean, many people haven't.

Are you interested? No, I'm fine. I'm fine. Thank you. Uh-oh. I can get your fingerprint and eye scan. That's okay. That's all right.

Okay. Yeah. I'm on the waiting list at the YMSA to use the rowing machine. So three to four sounds like a lot of people that you have to, that actually sounds like a lot of people to me. Oh, okay. You have to be. Well, do you think if you work at a gym from 10 to 5, a training session is usually about 45 minutes to an hour. You'd think you'd have a lot of room for more than three to four people.

Well, I advise my clients come see me every day. Oh, wow. That's intense. And Lisa, you did mention earlier that Dean the trainer you thought was, you don't like him because he's too good so what does that mean do you see him as as he's a better trainer than you are I wouldn't say oh oh I think you hit a nerve morally I just would say he's better at getting my clients okay is it do you is it more than one client that he has stolen, to use your term, from you? He has stolen 30 to 60 of my clients.

Oh, my gosh. Okay, so see, she did used to have a larger roster of clients. Now she's down to three or four. Okay, Joan. Out of 60. I'm just angry about it on her behalf. Now, well, that was over time. Oh, over time. What? Why would you be angry on her behalf? I, well, that was over time.

Why would you be angry on her behalf? I'm sorry, what? Well, I mean, you know, I guess it's just the number was surprising to me, but now that she's explained that it's over a period of time, how long have you worked at the Crunch? She wrote her brother around like a horse. It's problematic to be sure, but let me just

get to the bottom of it. Okay, Joan, you're so good at client math. That's Doug, our engineer. Where are you today, Doug? Oh, he's in the Velcro room. He's in the Velcro room. Yes. Okay, so hang on a second. How long have you worked at the cross?

That would be good for a gym. Velcro? It would be, I guess. I mean, fitness-wise, I'm not sure what the fitness part of that is, babe. Zlotz, is that something you could work with an all Velcro room? Well, Doug, are you having a hard time getting off of the walls and ceiling when you're Velcroed to it? A little bit, but that's resistance, right?

Yeah, but how long are you flailing? Then you could also, you could do sort of a pull-ups. Calories. What are those? Crunches from the ceiling. You could do crunches from the ceiling. I'd say it'd be more difficult on your back when you'd have to peel your back off and do a crunch each time. That would be hard.

Yeah, I could work with that. Are you looking for a personal trainer? Maybe. Do you think you are? I think it sounds like a good idea. Can we talk about this later? I don't want to get into a membership there. It really, to be honest, it terrifies me, honestly. The crunch scares me a little bit.

Do you have any of those bands that go around your hips and jiggle you around? Oh, you mean like in the 1950s that housewives would do? Yeah, those look great. Do you have any of those boxes that just your head sticks out of the top of and has the dial that goes up to danger? I think they're being silly now.

We've got all the equipment that's ever been in gyms at the crunch. How long have you worked? Indian clubs? Okay, how long have you worked at the crunch? 15 years. Okay, so over a period of time. What happened?

Was that you, babe? I put my keys on. What's going on? Oh, the keys fell on the wicker. Well, that's what that sound makes, everybody. Just so that you know. Keys fell on the wicker. Honestly, I could not have been more surprised.

Keys, keys, keys. Keys on the wicker. Okay, it's one of the few songs Burton can sing. Okay, so I want to know what it looks like when Dean is walking around and he takes a client from you. What happens? Does it happen like in the moment like that? Or does he like take him out to dinner and wine and dine him?

We'll be in the middle of a training session. And he goes, is this really working out for you? Oh, that is so rude. Yeah. In the middle. Yeah. And so I have to. In the middle. Yeah. And so I have to get off the back of my client. So you do ride other people around like a horse.

Not like a horse. Oh. Like a pony. Like a dog. Like a bison. This is still a bison. I mean, I kind of want to know what the differences are, but in the end, there is no difference. You're riding another human, probably against their will, I'm guessing.

And they can't be happy about it. Against their will? They pay me to work out seven days a week. When do you reveal to them that this is going to be the training? Is that it? Is there anything else you do with them? Crunches. Okay.

What do the crunches look like? Standard run of the mill. Okay. But for you, what does that mean? Are they lying on their back and you're holding, you're sort of like holding their feet and they just sit up and touch like their elbows to their knees. Is that how you do a crunch? Yes.

Okay. Great. Well, then at least I put a little harness on them. I knew it. For when they get up and I ride them around on all fours. So now she's got bridles on these people. Yeah, I didn't see the harness coming. This is, whew.

So you'll be riding your client and then Dean will sidle up and say, is this really working out for you? And is the answer always no? Well, except for my four clients right now that have stuck by me. They're very loyal. They go, this is really working out for me. I mean, listen, if it is working out for them, for these four people, more power to you. I mean, if that's how you like to get, you know,

your workout. I mean, clearly they're fetishists. Sure, which is also fine. Great. You're allowed to be, but it's not, you know, I would say that's not what the gym is for. Are you seeing results? Let me ask this. Do you see results in these clients from the horseback riding? Absolutely. I mean, think about it.

You get a 150-pound woman on your back. You're on your hands and knees. You need to tighten up your core. Okay. And you need to trot around the room. Does that not feel like a full-body workout to you? I mean, it does, but I just wanted to know what people have said. Like if someone were going to give a testimony,

would they say I lost 10 pounds or I find I have some, what I'm worried they would say is, you know, I can't walk anymore. My knees are bad. Yes, my knees, my palms. Do you give them knee pads for this? If they want. Okay. Well, I sure hope that, I would think it would just be a given because it

doesn't seem safe. And do you offer the knee pads up top or do you have to make them, do they have to ask for it? They have to ask. Okay. But then I let them. And then, you know, some people do it without their knees touching the ground, kind of like a bear crawl.

Oh, dear. It's very strengthening. I would imagine. I guess. I will say that Slots does have a way of saying things in a sort of persuasive manner when, you know, I think something is extreme and then they'll

come back and say, well, it works. And I kind of think, okay, I'm almost sold. I'm a little worried about you. Are you interested? I'm not. New client package. First seven sessions free. What I'm saying little sold. I'm a little worried about you. Are you interested? I'm not. New client package. First seven sessions free. What I'm saying is. What? Seven?

Wow, seven. Oh my goodness. How much time, how much time? So the breakdown of time for an hour. Yeah. How much time is devoted to crunches? How much time is devoted to riding the person around? Because it sounds like that's all there is, is those two things.

We start with the crunches. Okay. That's the warmup. That's the warmup. Because it sounds like that's all there is, is those two things. We start with the crunches. Okay. That's the warm-up. That's the warm-up. Wow. Okay. Five minutes. Five minutes of crunches.

Rest of the time I ride you around the gym. Oh my! 55 minutes of riding around. 55 minutes of being ridden around. That's extreme. When you're riding them around, do you say things?

Do you, is this like an immersive experience? Do you tell them which animal they are? Yes, I say giddy up and I tell them what parts of the body were working. I count down the minutes. I go, 54 minutes left. 53 minutes. To be honest, now I'm amazed any

human can actually keep that up for 54 minutes. Yeah, that's wild. And you're saying that they can do that, that all four clients do that. For 55 minutes, they're able to do that. An actual horse race is much shorter. They take water breaks and I get off. Oh, you do? Yeah.

I don't want my clients collapsing on me. No, you don't. Okay. This may be a foolish question, but the water breaks. I didn't want to go there because I just wanted to feel happy. I have to know. Okay. How are they, what is the receptacle for water that you use?

A trough. Okay. I thought it would be a trough. Oh, boy, oh, boy. I can't believe you had to ask. See, this is what I mean. Her tone is just so like, I feel stupid for asking that.

I'm not saying that I'm actually, it's actually working on me, but it might be working on these four people. You know, there's sort of a real... I'm very concerned that you're even entertaining the idea.

I'm not falling for it. I am a, I'm a, I'm a studier of the human condition. Well, of course, because I'm going to add being an actor. So the way that people say things and how they're persuasive, right? She's very persuasive.

I don't think so. So, Zlatan, let me ask you, what is the history behind this animosity that you have with Dean? Because clearly it goes back to when you were kids. Did he just get everything better more than you did? You feel like he was favored and spoiled and whatnot, that kind of thing? Yeah, you know,

it's a small town and Dignity Falls, so obviously we matriculated through the same schools and I just feel like he's always been taking from me. Oh, how so? Can you give an example?

Yeah. Great. In middle school, I was riding around one of my friends like a horse. Like a horse. As you do. And Dean came over and he said,

is this working out for you, Barbara? Oh, Dean was... Wait, no, Dean this working out for you, Barbara? See, your brother. Oh, Dean was. Wait. No, Dean the trainer. Oh, Dean the trainer. Dean the trainer. Let's clarify. It's a small town.

Remember. Dean Slots is my brother. And then Dean Richardson is the trainer. I thought your first. I did not realize that. I didn't either. Can we ask your first name? Lisa.

Lisa Slots. Oh, goodness. We've been calling her Slots. Sorry about that. That's okay. I go by Slots. Oh, okay. I posted as Slots. That Lisa. Lisa Slots. Oh, goodness. We've been calling her Slots. Sorry about that. That's okay. I go by Slots. Oh, okay. I posted as Slots.

That's true. Slots. Yeah. Yo, Slots. I got a hole, but Slots. Yeah, boo. Yeah, is there a Sicilian way to say that? Slots.

Okay. So even back then, Dean was coming and taking away friends of yours, basically. Yeah. But this is Trainer Dean, away friends of yours, basically. Yeah. But this is trainer Dean, not your brother Dean, right? Yes, this is trainer Dean. Okay. Sorry. Were you asking about Dean, my brother?

I was asking about Dean, your brother, yes. Again, it is confusing. It is confusing. Because was there some childhood animosity? I mean, obviously, if you're the firstborn, a lot of times there can be resentment when the baby comes along. Yes. Because now the baby is the new shiny thing. That's right.

No, I feel like Dean was always so sweet. I actually, Dean, my brother, Dean, the trainer I've always had beef with. Sure. Dean, my brother, was always so sweet. He would do whatever I asked him to. And he was just so small and weak. I could just throw him over my back. So that was it.

That's right. Because she got, he got, she liked that he was small and weak for so long. That just has been working for her, her whole life. Then all of a sudden it's changing and you can't, and you can't, would you say throw him over your shoulder? Throw him over my shoulder like a knapsack. Like a knapsack. Okay.

And so when did he start becoming a little stronger and less weak? In the last six months. Wow. So up to that point, would you say you had a good relationship with your brother?

And were you still throwing him over your shoulder? And riding him around like a horse? Absolutely. Sometimes you just want to take your little brother when he's being annoying

and just grab him by the shoulders and throw him over your back like a little knapsack. It sounds like that's the extent of their relationship. I'm not even sure they ever spoke to each other. I think this is all it was. Was her just tossing him over her shoulder. Yeah. When was he being annoying?

What would he be doing that annoyed you so much you had to throw him over your shoulder like a knapsack? Eating loudly. Eating loudly. Okay. This kid can't catch a break. And's it or where's there more drinking loudly oh were there times when you got along oh that's a good question thank you yeah our whole life it was my little knapsack right i mean but i mean listen i don't i don't understand that dynamic,

but I know that every sibling relationship is different. So maybe that was their love language. I don't know. I really don't know. Well, it does sound to me like Dean did not enjoy any of this. It does sound like that. He wasn't complaining. Right.

But that doesn't mean that he's okay with it. As I think that we've learned, a lot of kids were just silent and just sort of took these. They were living in fear. Yeah. Right. Huh. This is the first time you're thinking of this.

It looks like we've really stumped her. This is a brand new thought to you. This is a moment. This is an epiphany. You think he didn't like being my little knapsack for four hours at a time? When you say. Four hours. I think it's.

Yeah. That's a long time. That's a free ride. To be over someone's shoulder. When you say being your little knapsack, I hate to ask this. Was there more to it than just him being over your shoulder? Yeah, and I'd put stuff in his mouth and he'd have to hold on to it for me. Good heavens.

Oh, right, because he's a knapsack. He's a human knapsack. This sounds like torture. Is that fair to say? This does really sound... It sounds rough. I thought he liked it. But how could he even say,

he didn't say anything because his mouth was full of things. But you did this when he was being annoying. Which just sounds like existing. You know, just eating, just drinking.

Drinking loudly. Is breathing loudly on that list? Absolutely. Sure. Why does it have to be so loud? So, so you sort of did not like him. You would bully him physically in various ways. And he never complained.

No. His mouth is full of textbooks. Well, I can't even picture that. But I do think that this is something to think about. I do think that, I'm assuming you've never asked this question before, but I would almost go to your brother and say, hey, Dean, did it bother you when I would throw you up over my shoulder for four hours at a time and shove textbooks in your mouth?

Have you ever asked him that question? Just worded like that? No, I've never. Should I stop doing that? Yes. I'm going to say yes. I'll go with burnt and say yes. And I would also, I mean, gosh, you could go so far as to apologize for doing it for so long, his whole life.

I think that would be nice. Yeah. Yeah. I think that might be good. And then I think you might find that he might appreciate that. It might even improve your relationship a little bit. It might help you see him in a different way. See him as a flesh and blood human who's your family instead of an object who's just a receptacle for things.

That came and took all the attention from mom and dad. Oh, see? You were right about that, Bernt. You were right. I had a feeling. But you know what? That wasn't his fault, right? You know, he was just a baby.

He didn't know that. I mean, I have three children, you know, and my daughter came first. And when the twins came, there were two babies. I mean, just imagine how she felt about them. What did she do to them? I mean, she definitely pretended as if they didn't exist for a very long time.

Just absolutely wouldn't acknowledge them. But you know, I put an end to that because I said, listen, they're not going anywhere. And also, I'm leaving right now to go to work. You have to watch them. And then I paid her a great sum of money. And that helped.

Well, she's looking for a personal trainer. She's in her early 20s. She's not really looking for that, I don't think. But I do think that this is a conversation you have to have with your brother. As far as trainer Dean goes, I don't know what to tell you. It sounds like he's kind of been a dick to you for a while.

Yeah, but I mean... You know what? I would almost think about how Dean makes you feel, the trainer. That's probably how Dean, your brother, might feel about getting treated by you. Maybe that's the way to think about it. Oh, Joan, that's great. Yeah, maybe you could sort of put yourself in those shoes for a minute. Yeah.

So when I've threateningly asked him, you like that, don't you? And he nods. Right. With my mail in his mouth. Yeah, see, your mail. It's like JoJo, the mail carrier. So straight. Yes, an old guest that we had. You think that's not him telling

the truth? I do. Do you know what? I do. I think he's not telling the truth and I think it bothers him. You know, like if Dean, the trainer, came up to you and said, hey, did it bother you when I took away those friends in the middle of your horsey ride in school when you were matriculating when I stepped in

and rescued them I know but I'm just trying to I'm trying to shift her thinking although I think it is working interesting should I apologize to my four clients who love being ridden around like a horse I don't think so I think you should apologize to the other people in the gym for this to my four clients who love being ridden around like a horse? I don't think so. No, it sounds like they're good.

I think you should apologize to the other people in the gym for this live sex joke That's got to be a lot to do. All right. No, it sounds like they're fairly happy. But yeah,

I would check in with some of the people around you and I'd start with your brother. Yeah. Okay. So I wouldn't, you know what, I'd say my suggestion if we could sort of, you know, come to a conclusion, which we always

like to feel like we helped in some way, I would hold off on the mime, you know. Is it too late? It's a little late, but you know, I can change my instructions in the mime. Well, I've gotten some inquiries and I've, you know, started the process with them to give them the time and date. But I haven't paid anyone yet. $200. Oh. Because you did also offer to pay travel expenses. Yes, which was interesting.

So you didn't mind where this mime came from. You were doing a global search or? Yes, I wanted it to be a good mime. A global. I would have paid travel from Paris, from Australia. Well, that'd be the first place I'd go for a mime. But then they get here and it's just

$200. Yes. Well, I thought maybe they'd like to see Dignity Falls and The Crunch. Sure. Sure. But then I realized local was the way to go. Shop local. Okay. You gotta show them the Sproondoon. The Sproondoon is out right now and it's growing.

Mixing up the shellac as we speak. Well, I hope that if this mime does come, that you can find a better use for them when they get here, even if it's just perhaps just honestly to break the ice honestly with your brother and make him laugh or make you both laugh and maybe sort of help you have a conversation

about how perhaps you'd like to apologize for what you've done to him over the last year maybe I'll have him do some more reconciliatory miming instead of shaming yes I think that kind of miming instead of shaming. Yes. I think that kind of miming is much better. We could use a mime.

How so, babe? You could use some help around the house. Around the house? Some help around the house? With what? With what? A little buddy. He loves the idea of a mime.

This is all he's been thinking about. Well, how does it work with the help around the house? Well, they can lift things, right? That's not restricted. Not really. They can lift nothing. They pretend as if they're lifting something. He could give me instructions on how to lift something.

No, because again, I could give you instructions. They could watch TV. That is probably true, but I'm not sure it means the same thing he's thinking of. Because I don't think he wants to lift someone or to ride someone like a horse, which is what I'm guessing you were going to say, unless I'm wrong. Well, that's just the second step of the process. Don't forget about the crunches. The crunches. Oh, the crunches.

I'm sorry. I never forget the crunches. Of course not. They're very important. They're essential. Okay. Well, boy, this was a new one on me. I'm thinking about, I'm hoping that you and your brother can sort of move into a new chapter of your relationship.

I would love to see this Lotz family reunited. So would I. Yeah. I'd like to see you two just sitting not on each other and him not slung over your back and maybe just having a lovely cup of coffee or lunch. And he's just in his own space and you're talking. That's what I think has been happening. It's talking. What we don't need is less talking. We need more talking.

Yeah, that's right. I guess I'll need to buy chairs for my apartment then. Boy, I mean, what are we supposed to do? We don't have any more time and now I have a thousand more questions. You have no chair. Talk about a cliffhanger. I know. What are we supposed to do? We don't have any more time and now I have a thousand more questions. That seems like a separate issue. You have no chance. Talk about a cliffhanger. I know. What are we going to do?

Let's just say that's a good idea. Yes. I think you should do that. Definitely get furniture. For sure. I don't even want to know. I don't even want to know. At that point, I just don't even want to know.

Yeah. But that would be nice. It would be nice. It would be nice before you decide to invite someone over for a sit down and a chat. Thank you. Hey, this has been really helpful, guys. Oh, good. I'm so glad.

I'm glad to hear that. I'm so glad. So any mimes out there? I don't know. What do you want to tell them? Is it too late to call it off? If you're more of a kind of, yeah, reconciliatory mime, then I am interested in hearing. Calling all reconciliatory mime than I am interested in hearing. Calling all reconciliatory mimes.

If you can mime a sister wanting to connect with her brother. If you can mime a peace offering. Yeah. Then you know how to find slots. So, and as we always say, we wish you the best of luck. Best of luck slots. In this. Thank you.

And really hope that it works out with both deans. Thank you. And if any of you ever get sick of being on the wait list at the YMSA, I can get you expedited membership. Wow. Tempting. Babe, no, it's fine. We're not going to do it. But when it's faster to join, it takes longer to leave.

It stands to reason. It really does. All right, Zalaz, thank you so much. We will be back with more of The Neighborhood Listen when The Neighborhood Listen returns. This is Neon. Free. Two mugs, no defects. And then there's a picture of the two mugs.

And then it just wrote, mug. Now why didn't you write two mugs? Why didn't you write just mugs? Well, because I said two mugs at the top and there's a picture and they make you put something in there. And I feel like I had to write a novel about these mugs. What more do you want? No defects. There's a hole in the top where you can put the liquid in and a handle where you can hold it and tip it, get the liquid in you.

I don't know what more I'm supposed to say. I'm supposed to write a Charles Dickens novel in the giveaway of two mugs? It's free. They're free. Because I wrote mugs singular now, I'm using the wrong pronoun. Look, I'm not going to throw these mugs in the trash. I'm going to re-home them. They're going to get a good home. They have no defects.

They deserve to be somewhere where they can be appreciated. So, you know, rather than ask me for my life story in the description of the mugs, why don't you look inward and say, do I deserve to have these no defect mugs? What if I put mug as the subject and then two mugs no defects in the description? You know what? I'm realizing this is my fault. All right. This is Neon saying, Neon, you did it again. And welcome back to The Neighborhood Listen. Joan, I was really scared for a moment that you were falling for Z You kept doing that. All I was doing was observing and commenting on how she probably

does get people to do what she wants by using a persuasive voice. It was not working on me. But it seemed like you were being more sympathetic to her than she deserved. All right, I see that. And I guess I'm sorry. What, do you want an apology?

No, Jo. Jeez, what is, these allergies are really I'm telling you. wreaking havoc on, an apology? No, Jo. Jeez, what is, these allergies are really. I'm telling you. They're wreaking havoc on me. It's sprung fever. It's making me crazy. I'm so sorry.

But yeah, I'm sorry if I led you to believe that. I wasn't thinking that she was, I wasn't trying to give her a, oh, the birds almost sound in front of us just now. They do sound like they're getting closer. They're creeping up, I think. They are. I think they are. Yeah. Here, I'm going to turn around real quick.

Huh? They turn around too. Yeah, I think that she is just a straight up bully and a bad person. I hope that, well, okay. We try not to judge our guests. Let's give her the benefit of the doubt that she's going to find a reconciliatory mind. I did not buy that for a second. Because that's definitely a thing.

I thought when she was having her moment of realization, she was being sarcastic. Oh. And I think she wants a bully, always a bully. It's so tricky to tell these days. I like to reserve hope that- These days? So, babe, are you- Yeah.

Oh, what's the matter? Big sigh. That was a really big sigh. One thing I didn't see coming was escrows in here. Oh, no. Escrows on the wall. No, babe. How did he get up?

How did he get on the wall? Well, his fur these days is very coarse. It is more Velcro-like than anything else. But I mean, he's at, I mean, but he, so he's just like. So he was doing, you know. At floor level, he's at the wall. He's stuck to the wall. No. But he, so he's just like, at floor level, he's at the wall. He's stuck to the wall. No, he was doing, you know, when dogs roll around on their backs and like scratch their

backs. Yes. They sort of, that's, so then he was doing that on the ceiling? Wait, what? He goes on the wall. He goes really wild when he does that. And he was just scooching up, you know, more and more just rolling up the wall. Well, I mean, how wonderful for him to have a little adventure in his twilight years.

I guess, but you need to get him down. I don't want him to hurt himself. That's the issue, yeah. Well, what do you mean the issue? You can't get him off the wall? I'm not sure how I'm going to do it. It feels like a delicate procedure because a lot of escrow could remain on the wall. This is where I could use the mime.

How? To show you what to do. To just be a helping hand. No, but again. They don't normally grab onto real things. They never touch things. That's right. If there's anything a mime does, they don't touch things.

No, it's their whole thing. Well, it would feel reassuring even if he was just at the ground level as if he was going to catch escrow as I'm getting him down. Okay. I really think that you need to stop imagining a mime is going to be your solution. Okay. Do I need to come up there? Maybe after this recording. Okay.

All right. Well, now I'm worried. He's asleep right now. We have to finish the recording. All right. We have time for one more post. All right, we have time for one more post, and this is in the crime, and this was posted in the crime and safety area. We thank Caroline Phillips, one of our listeners, for sending this in.

This was a post from the Dignity Falls PD, and they posted the headline, Bat in a House. There's just two updates here. Number one, Dignity Falls Police just responded to a residence to assist a citizen with what was referred to as a bat in the residence. And in the update, the officer responded and found that it wasn't a bat in the window. It was a mouse and the mouse was eating a chicken bone. and found that it wasn't a bat in the window. It was a mouse, and the mouse was eating a chicken bone. Now, I don't know if the chicken bone contributed to the bat-like appearance of the mouse,

or if that's just a fun fact that they discovered upon arrival at the scene. Or is this just someone freaking out and assuming, you know, you remember me and my lizard tricks, right? Yes. Your famous tips. And, of course, we begin with look at the lizard and then look at it again. Snake take. The snake take is to make sure it's not a snake.

And I think this might have been a bat take, but that someone didn't take the bat take. Yes, you have to take the bat take. So you look at a mouse and you think, oh, God, it's a bat. Because a lot of these tips apply to bats and mice as well. They do. They can. You can kind of map them on top of each other. And I just think people panic when they see something furry and you assume the worst, which I think

for a lot of people is, oh my God, a bat. Because bats work, I don't know why, but we're scared of bats probably because they could cause disease. Yeah, they carry rabies and if you get bitten by a bat, you will die. Well, I mean, I'm not sure about the certainty of that. I think you have 20 minutes to act. I'm not sure.

I think you're thinking of a brown window or something. A what? A brown window. A brown window. Now, I do realize that it sounded like I said window that time. It did sort of sound like that. Yeah, not a brown window. I think you did say window.

No, I did. I mean, it's like it came out of my mouth wrong. It sounded so much like it that that's actually what happened. It sounded so much like it that I did, yes. I think that's why it sounded like that. It is why it sounded like that. I think that that's what's happening here is that they possibly because I don't know, because the chicken bone

thing is sort of adorable. It's like that kind of thing when you finally look at it, it's like, aw. You think it's the wishbone? Maybe it was a backbone. How do they know it was a chicken bone? What if a mouse was eating a bat? Oh, I thought you said a backbone. How come no one can understand me today? Yeah, it must be everybody else.

How dare you? Hi, Joan, I'm teasing you, of course. I know. But yeah, but the thing that's funny to me is if you saw a mouse, immediately you would think it's a mouse. Do you know what I mean?

Maybe. What if you just peeked around the corner and just saw a little nose? That's kind of similar. What's more likely, though, to be in a house? Oh, I don't know. I think bats can be in a house. They can be in a house.

I think we jump to the worst scenario. You know what? I agree with that, yes. Where was this mouse again? I think we jump to the worst scenario. You know what? I agree with that. Yes. Where was it? Where was this mouse again? I don't know if it mentions it. Oh, it was in the brown window.

In the brown window. In the brown window. Maybe he was hanging upside down. A mouse? It could have been. Doesn't say. I don't think so. When the officer report, by the way, why are the police investigating a bat and a mouse?

Well, you know, we talked about this before. The police ticker, the crawl. A lot of times it's just announcements about things going on in the actual policeman's homes. True. That's true. It can be very boring. Oh, so maybe it's the policeman's wife or husband. It could be. It could be. I think there's a bat in here. Yes. And it could be that the policeman was already there on the scene

in the next room. Right. So a lot of times when you say policeman responded, it just means a husband responded. He happens to be a policeman. He's in his own home. Where do you think the chicken bone came from? I mean...

Where does a mouse get a chicken bone? Chicken bone or the egg? Out of the trash? Oh, boy. That's the way he went with it. So the mouse retrieves a chicken bone from the trash

and says, you know what? I'm going to eat this in the window. I mean, everything you just said is adorable and charming. I know. I'm 100%. I want to eat my lunch with a view. How about this?

What if by bat they meant like a little baseball bat? And the mouse is holding the chicken bone like a bat. So they were terrified of a small baseball bat and called the police. Well, first they saw the little baseball bat. Those things hurt. please get here. And then the police get there and say, oh, it's not a bad chicken bone. Also, a mouse is eating it. They didn't care about the mouse part,

apparently. And also, is a mouse really getting much off of that bone? I mean, I know a dog loves a bone, but really a mouse? I guess for the same reasons. If you're a tiny little mouse, and a chicken bone is large to you. Just a teeny tiny bit of protein. And you just, you smell the food on there.

Yes. You know? And you eat what you can. You know what you can. I just never, you know, we have sort of the lore of mice in so many children's books and, you know, American Tales. I don't ever remember a mouse eating a bone. Maybe it was just a bone by the time the cops got there.

Fair enough. Maybe the mouse had a full-on chicken wing. Maybe the mouse really had a full-on chicken wing. Had a hot wing. Yep. Enjoying it. Likes a little spice. Likes to eat.

Like hot ones. Yes. Maybe there's a mouse version of hot ones. Doug loves hot ones so much. And the mouse has got something to plug. Hot ones is something

that only exists to me as clips on Instagram. Sure. And I'm assuming it is an online show. It is. Where the guest eats increasingly hot levels of chicken wings. Correct.

While having to answer in-depth questions about their life. Right. Very well-researched questions. Right. It's kind of one of their things. Right, right, right. Yes. And so it's the idea that the guests always are,

their eyes are watering, their nose is running from the spice by the end of it. Is that the idea? Yeah, the idea is sometimes they come in cocky and then of course, you know, you're just, you can't wait for karma to catch up with them and they hit this one sauce and it's always hard.

Oh, karma. Did I speak in karma? No, no, no. I didn't know. I thought for a second, Carmen was maybe the host because here's why I thought that. Because I was thinking,

I wanted to ask, does the host also eat the chicken wings? The host also eats them. And I don't understand how he's alive still. Although spices are supposed to be very, very healthy for you. This is clearly his idea. It is. That I can eat these like falling off a log.

Yeah, I have no problem eating them. Yes. And sometimes his, I do water. I want to watch my favorite celebrities struggle. And you know what? I mean, years later, hundreds of episodes later. I mean, it's such a success. Yeah.

And you know what a lot of people do is they come on and they say, my kids wanted me to do this show. It's one of those shows. It's becoming one of those shows because, of course, they want to watch their dad or their mom, you know, suffer. Yeah. Yeah. Which is what kids love. So, yes, maybe it was Mouse Hot Ones. Hot Ones Mouse Edition.

But what happened to that interviewer? Oh, is that the bone? So the bone has stopped being one of the wings. The mouse is now a cannibal. Mice we all know have one big bone in their body. No evidence of it being hot ones. Well, I didn't say it was a mouse. Oh, that's true.

It was a chicken interviewer. Yes. That is grim. That the chicken hosts a show where the guest sees spicy chicken wings. Now, I will say, Hot Ones does offer a vegan option. So there's always that. Oh, that's nice. Yeah, it is nice.

Why don't they just drink it out of the bottle? Why are they bothering with the chicken? Why isn't it just, can you stand this? Yeah, I mean, I think the whole point is some people actually think that, you know, obviously it's supposed to add to the flavor of the chicken wing, a chicken wing with the sauce. I think drinking it straight would be absolutely insanity. But if the point is just to see how much these people can stand. Yes.

Just do that. You got notes on this show that's doing really well? Don't make them eat on camera. Just eyedropper. Just an eyedropper. That would work for the mouse person. Yeah.

Strap them into a chair. Yeah. Drop it into each eye. The host is behind them. Controls the chair lever. Backs the puppets. So I understand in fourth grade

you put on your own production of Hamlet. Well, I was going to suggest you watch it, but now I think it might just annoy you. So I guess I wouldn't worry about it. I'm good. I feel like I'm good with the amount of hot ones I'm getting. Okay.

Yeah. Yeah. Just stick to that then. I don't want to watch the first few minutes where they're just eating a plain chicken wing. Like, oh, this is pretty good. That is kind of what it's like. Well, all right. Listen, what we're going to do, because clearly it didn't happen,

we did not figure out the cliffhanger from last year, last week. Feels like last year for sure. What I did realize is for the real actual movie cliffhanger, I had the daughter character wrong. Oh. Yes. It was a son. No, it was a girlfriend but

again we're talking we're talking the 90s and stallone so to be honest in my memory i'm sure it was someone who was old enough to be his daughter yes um and john lithgow was the main villain oh remember that when he could be the villain every once in a while yes yeah he was doing that for a while and then then he did Third Rock from the Sun and then he was the nice guy and everything. Yes, yes. He did comedy all the time. And then he did Dexter

and he got to be a bad guy again. That's right. That's right. And so that's all I have from that and that the tagline was, hang on. Oh, boy. And you are correct.

It was like a U.S. Treasury, it was like a heist of a U.S. Treasury plane that was carrying money. Did it crash on the top of a mountain? And then the only way was to climb up there. Is there a cliffhanger in the movie? They were called up there to rescue people, but it was a ruse to get them up there to, I don't know, then do something with it. Right, right, right.

I don't know. It's a world where helicopters do not exist. They did, actually. Only planes. They did because it factors into the final big, huge, ridiculous stunt that involves a helicopter. Somebody does a forehead slap. I know.

Why don't we get a helicopter? Halfway up the mountain. What are we doing? They all get a good laugh. They all get a good laugh. That should be the tagline. Everyone gets a good laugh. Everyone gets a good laugh.

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