The Neighborhood Listen - The Unforgettable Song with Ego Nwodim

Episode Date: February 14, 2022

This week, Burnt explains his unique plan to prevent crimes in Dignity Falls and Joan + Doug share more renovation stories. Plus, special guest Lena (Ego Nwodim) desperately tries to figure out which song her daughter sang the other day.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hi, I'm Paul F. Tompkins. And I'm Nicole Parker. On this podcast, we improvise in character using real posts from a popular neighborhood networking website. Occasionally, we change the names of some streets. And that's all you need to know. And now, please enjoy this episode of The Neighborhood Listen. Knock, knock.

Who's there? Your neighbor. Good. In Dignity Falls, you're never alone. You've got the neighbor halfalf app and us, Bert and Joan, from coyotes to mail theft to weird things to sell. We'll cover it all and meet new neighbors as well. We'll chat about any posts you're missing, so just tune in to The Neighborhood Listen. Welcome once again to The Neighborhood List and I'm Bert Mia Payday and with me as always is Joan Pedestrian. That's right. I tried going up on my name, the first name. I usually say Joan Pedestrian. It's just new. I just thought I'd try something new. What would the reverse sound like, I wonder? Joan Pedestrian.

What would the reverse sound like, I wonder? Joan Pedestrian. That is boring. I think that the way you did it, I think that your instinct was correct and you jazzed it up, and I think in a great way. The way I say it, don't you have more questions about me

when I do it that way? Yes, I do. Don't you say, I want to know more about her? Joan, here's what's simultaneously happening is I think I want to know more about her, but she's also saying her name in a way that makes me think I know her already and I'm in trouble now.

Bernt, you couldn't have said anything better to me right now. This is your dream. This is my literal dream. Now, I want to get to something right away, okay? Because I feel like you might try to- I do too, but go ahead. Oh, okay. You go first. No, you go first. Okay. Well, you're not going to be going to like it.

I'm going to talk about my visit to your apartment. Okay. Well, that's fine. Because as you know, if you were listening to the last episode, I came over, I was going to go over to Brent's apartment to hang some motivational posters. I have a time. I tried to tell Joan that I know how to hang things. That is something that I learned to do.

And I did not help doing that. Well, you hired a handyman to put a nail in a wall. Yes, and then I saw how it was done. I didn't need him anymore and he was very upset. And as a result, of course, I had been blackballed by the handyman guild. Union? I don't know. The handyman circles. It's probably a guild.

Joan, before you go, I want to preface this. Where am I going? Before you go further, I should say. I know. I was just making a joke., I want to preface this. Where am I going? Before you go further, I should say. I know. I was just making a joke. I would like to preface this for the listener. My Murphy bed is almost touching the floor again. I know that you're going to have a lot of things that you noticed,

but I do want to point that out because that is progress. I am glad. And did you take the police tape down? I went over there and he had that yellow police tape crisscross over the Murphy bed. And I just thought, who are you doing that for? Is it just for you to remind you not to sleep in there because it's so dangerous right now? I mean, it was mostly for visitors, but I got to tell you, a couple of times it came in handy with me. Because you went, whoa, I was a close one.

Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. And then I started taking pictures. Like you were a forensics team? That's right. That's right. It was fun. I see why those guys do it.

For the fun of it. Sure. For the fun of it. No doubt. And that's certainly why lots of people watch those shows. Boy, there's a lot of those shows there's there's tons there's tons people love to see people carved up they really do what's the optimal amount of how much to see to see like a csi and ncis and ncis what's the

cap what's the cap i mean i would say i would say one and done. One! Joan! Yes! But don't you, you know, you're depriving people of different degrees of grizzliness. It's like you have a Quincy, old school, very mild. Whoa, you went, you took us very far back. Well, I'm saying, I mean, one of the original. We might have lost listeners. Someone might have just turned this off. One of the original, I mean, definitely a forefather to the CSI shows. And I hope people wouldn't turn this off just because I mentioned an old TV show.

Well, they just might not feel like it's relatable anymore. I don't know. The reason I think I'm reacting to that is because, you know, I'm on TikTok now, which has just been an adventure. That's right. And I wanted to ask you about that. But please continue with your assessment of my apartment. All I'm saying is I did see that. We hung up the posters. That's right. And I wanted to ask you about that. But please, continue with your assessment of my apartment. All I'm saying is I did see that. We hung up the posters. That's great.

But it was a little darker, just in an energy than I wanted it to be. You had Connie in silk pajamas. That's a whole side thing. I want to know where you even got those. Connie, my ventriloquist dummy with a broken jaw. Yes. And in one room, everybody, I just got to say, and I didn't say anything about it.

But in one room, you have like a map. You have a map. And I couldn't get a quite good look at it. But you had the red strings going from place to place to place. Like you were trying to solve a murder. And I can't stop thinking about it, Berndt. Well, it's not as dramatic as you may think. I'm not trying to solve a murder.

I'm trying to predict one. And I'm assessing likely places in Dignity Falls where murders could happen. Well, tell me some of the places. We'll tell everyone to avoid them and based on what criteria well uh there there's many criteria there uh there is a darkness there is uh ease of escape uh there is a loud noises in a nearby area uh so these are these are all places that if you were a murderer you would say oh this is great I can get out of this alley very quickly. There's the noise of a factory next door.

So no one's going to hear the screams. And it's very dark. So they probably won't find the body for a long time. It is true. Most murders statistically take place in the darkness. The darkness. Yes. The darkness.

So could you tell us what an actual building or an actual location that fits all of that that we need to avoid? There's the slaughterhouse at Gerald Ford and Poplar. Which I think is a great place to kill someone because the screams from the animals are indistinguishable from the screams from the humans. You know, pigs are very smart. But where would someone kill? In and amongst the pigs? No, no. Of course you wouldn't do it in the slaughterhouse.

You would do it nearby. There's plenty of nearby dark little crevices where you could drag someone and kill them. Bert, are you going out into town and walking around alleyways just surveying them to see if they're murder scenes, potentially? Not always walking, but sometimes riding my bike and taking notes, of course, a lot of voice memos and things like that.

And that's tricky because riding the bike one-handed is not advisable. Why are you riding the bike one-handed? Well, because I'm doing the voice memo with the other hand. Okay. So you're biking around. Yes. You have

a phone in your one hand and you're saying what exactly? I'm saying things like slaughterhouse at Gerald Ford and Poplar, likely murder spot. And then I remember later why. And then you go home and you listen to your voice memo and you put up another red string. That's right.

You need to get out and not to look for another murder area. I don't know. I don't know, Joan. So that now that explains the yellow police tape. Yes. Because I think you're just getting

into the whole theme a little bit too much. Maybe. I mean, it's I'm having fun. I mean, there's nothing wrong with that. Right. Well, usually,, I'm having fun. I mean, there's nothing wrong with that, right? Well, usually. Usually that statement is true.

If a murderer said that, of course you'd say, no, it's not alright because what you're having fun with is murder. Let's get Doug to weigh in on this. We haven't said, you know, do you remember last year? I don't know why we need that to happen, but... Don't you love to hear what he has to say about things? Yeah, Bert. Let me get back to you on that question.

Doug is in... Remember how last year we had the bean room? It was all jelly beans. Every kind of bean. Every kind of bean. Jelly, coffee. Bean bags. A poster of Mr. Yes. Correct. So, I'm, you know,

as you know, I'm cutting sugar and so you know I needed to get rid of that room so it's now the nut room every kind of nut and you know we also did that fun thing where it's like crushed peanut shells on the floor you just crunch around like you're a honky tonk yes exactly correct

but that's where Doug is Doug babe what do you think of a burnt looking for murder scenes in our town? What do I think of it? I think it's off-putting. I agree. Yeah. Well, let me ask you this.

Let me ask you this, Doug, judge of all. Would you think it was off-putting if I prevented a murder from happening? I think in context, you waiting for the murder to happen. Not waiting for it to happen. I'm trying to prevent it from happening um i think in context you waiting for the murder to happen not waiting for it to happen i'm trying to prevent it from happening right but how will we know that you prevented it if you say something's going to happen and then it never happens i mean well of course i will have to i didn't want to say this part but of course i'll have to take to the streets

and and and patrol and uh make sure that none of these murder spots are being used for murder. Is this not vigilante, vigilantism? Well, good word, Doug. Thank you. Good word, Doug. I mean, I'm not I'm not wearing a mask or anything. I'm not, you know, I am really just my here's what I'm going to all I'm going to do is I'm not going to I'm not going to apprehend these people. I'm not going to mix it up with them in any way.

I am just going to go to the spots. If I see someone is about to commit a murder, I'm just going to go is I'm not going to apprehend these people. I'm not going to mix it up with them in any way. I am just going to go to these spots. If I see someone who's about to commit a murder, I'm just going to go, hey! And I bet that'll scare them away. Here's my concern, Bernd. If you are trying to just be around the most creepy looking places, you could end up looking like an accomplice to several murders

because they will be able to see you on closed caption television. You'll be at the scene of the crime. Well, if to see you on closed caption television. You'll be at the scene of the crime. Literally. If they see me on closed caption television, what they will see is a concerned citizen hiding in the dark. I don't think they'll see it that way. Hold on a second. Hold on a second.

A concerned citizen hiding in the dark. You're right. As soon as the murderer shows up, they may be thinking, oh, I see he's waiting for his buddy, the murderer, to show up. His buddy? They may be thinking, oh, I see he's waiting for his buddy, the murderer, to show up. And then as soon as the knife goes up in the air and I go, hey, they will understand that I am not an accomplice. I am actually thwarting the murder. How did you land on just, hey? Well, you know, it's a common word. Everyone knows what it means.

And it's a classic interruption. It sure is. It's a classic interruption. But boy, I would almost argue that it could mean many different things depending on how it's said. Like, Joan, Joan. Hmm. Okay. So what are you concerned the context would be, the mistaken context would be?

Okay. So say that the murderer is about to commit a murder. Yes. As murderers are wont to do. Yes. And they hear, hey, and instead it startles them, it gets you killed. Well, I'm not going to be close enough. That's the thing.

Where are you going to be? I'll be cloaked in darkness. I'll be cloaked in darkness, of course. Thank you, Doug. Thank you, Doug. Sometimes you guys do agree. I'm not going to be hiding in a trash can. I will be at a discreet distance, close enough to see what is going on and to disturb them by saying, hey.

Listen, I wish I could see you put your energy towards something else, but everyone needs a hobby and you seem to be very passionate about it. I just worry you're going to get hurt. Or accused of several murders. Well, I don't think I'm going to get hurt. I don't think get hurt or accused of several murders. Well, I don't think I'm going to get hurt. I don't think I'll get accused of several murders. With zero alibi because they'll say, where were you?

You'll say, I was right there. Well, I'm going to say this podcast serves as my alibi. I hope that I will just turn this over to law enforcement officials and say, you can see what I was going for. Of course, I factored in there will be several murders for which I will be blamed. But I don't think people will. I think for which I will be blamed, but I, I don't think people will. I think once they hear my story, they will,

they will understand. Sure. And of course no one got murdered. Of course. I mean, but that's like, uh, a billion murders. Sorry.

It's a bit rain on my parade. You said that's like, and I said, uh, rain on your wedding day, but I, I was, I,

the Alanis Morissette song. Oh, that's who that is. Yes. I should not have tried to predict what you were going to say. It's a fool's errand. Okay. Now, Joan, I wanted to ask about you. I know that you were working on some Mare of Easttown songs. It was before I saw

the whole series again. Oh, no. And now what do you think? I don't know. It was so, so dark. And I know musicals can be dark sometimes, but Jesus Christ. Phantom of the Opera. Chandelier accident. Again, again, that actually happens in every performance, Bert. I know you thought it happened just in yours.

It seems like an outrageous thing to recreate several times. They do it eight times a week on Broadway. That seems impractical to me. It's what got butts in the seats. It pissed off the whole Broadway community when it came. I was very controversial. Why were people angry? Because they said, you don't need all the bells and whistles.

You just need, you know, the lyrics and the notes and the acting. You don't need a chandelier or a helicopter. Like in Miss, you know, that was how it started getting very technical. Do you remember there was an escalator in the revival of Gypsy? No. Which revival, because, Byrne, there have been several.

It was a recent one, I think, with Avril Lavigne. Uh-uh. I'm going to say no. Did I dream that? Pretty sure. Maybe I dreamed that. Avril Lavigne. Uh-uh. I don't, I'm going to say. Did I dream that? Pretty sure. Maybe I dreamt that. Avril Lavigne?

Who was she playing? She was playing Gypsy Rose Lee and there was an escalator and there was like this whole, they made a song about the escalator and I guess it was to probably try to justify the cost. Listen, did you dream this entire thing? I think I did.

An escalator? Yeah, I dreamed an intermission. I'm going to go out on a limb, and I don't think that the time Gypsy is set in, unless this was one of those like Gypsy set in the future or the 80s. That's what it was. Which would be a really weird take on the revival. Do you know what it was? It was the 1950s version of an 80s future.

That's what it was. That's toos version of an 80s future that's that's too many hats i can't absolutely so yes i am i am i'm working on it but i just have to i just have to sit with it for a minute that finale really we'll not talk about it because maybe you know when some people have not seen it yet right uh but uh i i just have to sit with it for a minute that was well but i'll tell you what i just i still i'm a real fan of just i was, whew. But I'll tell you what, I just, I still, I'm a real fan of just, I was in a bad mood the other day. Doug and I had a fight. Sorry, we're fine now.

But you remember, we had a fight. I stormed out of the house. And I just, I felt like Mare. I was like, I just want to like, I just want to get in the car and slam, slam. She's so annoyed at everything all the time. She's just like, oh, and she's vaping. She's drinking a rolling rock

and she looks like shit and she doesn't care and she's so sturdy and she just gets it. She figures her shit out and there's something about it that I find attractive. She's just done.

She's just done. She doesn't have time to feel, which is a problem, but oh boy, the other night, I just- You know who else found it attractive was that guy Pierce who dropped by. Why was he in that show? He dropped by the set. Wasn't that nice? He literally dropped by and he looked like the old version of him in that

awful movie, Prometheus. That's right. I think he was on his way somewhere else and he stopped by to say hi. And they said, do you want to do some scenes? And he's like, sure. That's quite literally what happens. Like when someone sits in on a podcast because they're nearby or they happen to be in town. Exactly. or they happen to be in town. Exactly. He just happened to be in town. Exactly. If he was not.

Oh, well, we can't talk about it. No, we can't. What? Well, then we already have explained that basically he's not significant in the show. No, he really isn't. We can talk about whatever. I mean, the show aired months ago. So we can say whatever we want.

If he's not going to be the murderer, why the hell was he in that show? He was there for Mare to say no to. Right. Then she finally says yes and he's like, I'm out of here. And for her to dress up a couple times.

I bet listeners are happy to finally hear our Mare of Easttown from people. Yeah, because this probably won't come out for weeks. Yeah,

here we are in July and people are saying, I am ready to hear their thoughts. Those hot takes on Mare of Easttown. Now, so when you slam the door, the car door, after the fight, did you happen to come up with any musical numbers? Well, there's one that I keep on having in my head that's sort of like a, it's a a drive, you know, I wanted to have the one through to be a lot of driving songs, right? Because she's always driving.

There's like a, there's like a, um, there's a beat that's steady, you know? Yes. Uh, and,

uh, but what I thought would be kind of fun is that, you know how so many times she thinks she sees that prowler. And so she's driving in that just, and then she slams on the brakes and she runs out. I'm sorry. Was that too loud? It startled me.

I'm sorry. That blew out the speakers. and she runs out. I'm sorry, was that too loud? It startled me. Sorry. That blew out the speakers. It legitimately startled me. I'm sorry, Doug. That's quite all right. Oh, I can't help this. I can't help this

classically trained resonance. Okay, I can't. So, I thought it'd be funny to have a song where she's like going and going. Oh,

just to be like going and going and going and going and then stop and then be like going and going and going and go and then stop and then she gets out she runs i'm sorry if i did it again i was ready for it this time i'll be on guard for the rest of the song keeps on getting interrupted right so she's thinking about who who did it who did it who did maybe that's the lyric who did it who did it who did it wait you know so that it's like it's a stop and a start kind of song that I thought might be kind of fun.

Right. And it mirrors all the the meaningless red herrings and twists and turns in the show. Correct. Yes. Right. So that's all I've got for now. Listen, I got it. I took a right turn and went on a big, deep dive into all of the stuff that that's happening fashion wise with TikTok.

There's all sorts of crazy like fashion accounts. I mean, these are from, you know, all the kids who like middle part their hair and they have just long hair. And there's. Yes. Have you heard of these things? Have you heard of cottage core burnt? I have heard of it.

Yes. It's people pretend they're in a cottage. It's just a little house on the prairie. But but it's young people just they're trying to find these. They're sharing where you can find these dresses. And I'm like, oh, my God, I dressed like that. I was a theater. I was 13.

I dressed like that. Sure. You know, the Target, they put out these dresses. They did. And then there was a whole meme of people making fun of them. Oh, was there? I missed that part. There was people were sharing pictures of themselves in the dresses, just laughing and laughing.

I'm going to tell you, it was one of the first times it was really like, oh boy, I'm just getting older. And I don't like it when I can't understand something. I always want to be able to participate. But you know what? It's not for me. Cottagecore is not meant for me. And it's not for me. And not everything has to be.

Why don't you, you want to start real estate core. Don't even joke about that. That's going to be on there tomorrow. It's going to be red blazers and like big fat name tags and a chunky clip on earring. Right. I played a fresh big cookies. I played a fresh big cookies. This actually, I think you just created something, Bert.

I wouldn't mind it. I wouldn't mind it if young people started taking out ads on bus stop benches. It's just their picture and their TikTok handles. And also part of it is you have to have the right phrase. We want to get you in a home.

You know, my favorite, this puts me in mind of a real estate uh couple uh they were a team uh and uh their tagline it was a man and a woman their tagline was married to their work not to each other it's a true thing that i saw and they were sleeping together for sure absolutely what a scandal that would be in your town all right i have no idea how long we've been And they were sleeping together for sure. Absolutely. What a scandal that would be in your town. All right. I have no idea how long we've been talking, Joan.

Probably a while. Probably too long. Doug, what do you think? I've been slipping on nuts this entire time. Slipping. So you've not really been looking at the clock. I haven't. There's no clock in here.

Why didn't she sit? Because time doesn't matter in the nut room. No, you don't want the stress of time. That's kind of scary. That's like Vegas. Time doesn't matter in the nut room. Is there some sort of mystical aspect to this nut room? You don't want to have parameters put on your nut eating.

Now, hold on. Let me get a handle on the nut room. Now, hold on. Let me just get a handle on the nut room. So it's stocked with nuts. Is that correct? Any kind of nut you might want? Any kind of nut you might want. Even, and for fun, like, you know, before you ask, yes, nuts like the bolt and the nuts. I have a whole

bunch of, yeah, nuts. No bolts, just the nuts. Circus peanuts? No bolts. What am I? What am I, an idiot? Packing peanuts. Dee's nuts? I was getting there. I know you were, Doug, and I subverted you. The twins made that joke every day

that we were building it. They also thought the nut room meant something else. I told them, no, it doesn't. The twins, of course, Matt and Cranch. So in addition to the nuts that are stocked, there's also just crushed up nuts on the floor. Just peanut shells. Oh, just peanut shells.

Okay. Yeah, the peanut shells. Like when you go to some of those, yeah, those bars where they do that. And Doug, that's what you're slipping on? I'm slipping on those. There's many kinds of shells though. Oh, I didn't know that.

That's news to me. Sea. Sea shells. Snail. Uh-huh. Why is that? Well, the shells is kind of its own thing. There's the nut room, but then the shell floor.

Okay. So it only overlaps with the peanuts because of the shells. Right. But then it takes on a life of its own. No walnut shells. Bullet casing shells. Sure. Absolutely.

Shotgun shell. Yes. Those walnut shells. Bullet casing shells. Sure. Absolutely. Shotgun shell. Yes. Those ones will really trip you up. I don't know why we didn't put a single seat in that room. What is the end game with your home, do you think? I don't know. With all these rooms. We lost the thread this past year.

Of course, because there was nothing to do but make more rooms. We took down all the decorations of all the ones that we previously recorded. And they're all new. I don't know what the end game is. What's what's your current favorite room in the house? Oh, the potato chip room. Oh, it is such a blast. I know that sounds like no, but that's not what you think.

This house has had you can't believe how many potato chips that look like famous people. So many. And I thought, well, we got to put them someplace. And you know, I save everything. You know, my children's teeth, all that stuff. Doug thinks that's creepy, but I do. I'm sorry. I'm not going to be sorry.

I remember Doug thought the children's teeth would be valuable in a post-apocalyptic society. That's right. I forgot about that. Oh, it's burned into my brain so we have you know now we have them on display it's kind of like a little museum and and what i get to do is go back and it reminds me of all the times that my kids found them and that's what i don't like the teeth as a necklace and you make decorations out of them no no okay yes yes i do. I'm talking about the potato chip room though, babe. You know, the one where like you can

see where Cranch is. Cranch found a Marlon Brando. He found a Ronald Reagan. He found a Don Knotts. There's five Don Knotts. Wow. These kids' pop culture reference knowledge is amazing.

Old souls. Old souls. Old souls. Marlon Brando, Ronald Reagan, Don Knotts. All their faves. Yeah. It's a good time. It's a good time. You got to come over. You got to come up and check it out.

It's really good. Okay. I will. I will. I do like, I love museums um do you remember joan and this is so long ago but you did that you did that jingle for uh banjo style potato chips banjo style yes that was a local that was a that was a local potato chip uh company here in dignity falls and they never went national but they did buy airtime on local TV and

you did the jingle for Banjo Style Potato Chips. Do you remember that jingle, Howl Woman? I remember it. Okay. What key are we in, babe? C. The people's key. I'll make it work. Oh, would you like a different key,

babe? It's fine. It's fine, babe. When you want a chip that goes crunch, crunch, crunch, but you don't want to get full of bunch, bunch, bunch, do banjo chips. They are the best. If you want a chip that goes crisp, crisp, crisp, and you don't want to have your go beep, beep, beep, and your stomach doesn't have a clue

then get those banjo chips banjo chips banjo chips banjo chips for a crunch crunch crunch and a bunch bunch bunch bunch bunch bunch bunch bunch crunch the end i remember it was unique in jingles because it did include the lyric the end all right well i think we have to take a break and when we return we will of course we have scoured the neighbor hap uh social media application and we will be talking to a neighbor from dignity falls when the neighbor listen returns insurance. out of kids, take it out, all the room. I need to get rid of it. So as I said before, like new, need more space, no smoking, no stains, no rips, no kids. I don't need to explain to you what that means. I don't have time. And we are back with the Neighborhood Listen. And of course,

we do have a guest as we do in this segment. And Joan, could you could you read this post before we introduce our guest? Yes, I'd be happy to. Okay, so this post came from Lena and the title is, Song Name Needs Some Quick Help. She needs it quick. Not just regular help.

People don't think to put a time limit on these things. They don't. It's really, it's important. In some ways, I appreciate it. If you're not going to be quick, don't think to put a time limit on these things. They don't. It's really, it's important. In some ways, I appreciate it. If you're not going to be quick, don't even bother. My seven-year-old is obsessed with a song she hears on the radio. Usually by the time she lets me know it's playing, it's way too late for me to shazam it. The song sounds very 70s, 80s, almost reminds me of Give It To Me Baby by Rick James,

but sounds like Earth, Wind & Fire, maybe? It goes, and she writes, quote, something, something, baby, and then all caps, oh. I ask here, because you guys were pretty good at finding the name of the song in someone else's post, so I'm hoping someone can help my daughter add this song to her playlist. And so we just thought we could just crowdsource this

and we could have her on. Please welcome Lina. Hi. Hello. Hi. Hello. I got a first question, of course. Any luck in determining what the song is? No. And at this point, you know, inviting me on to this podcast kind of null and void because I said I needed quick help. I know. You know what? I just realized that. Yeah, you're right. Oh boy. You know what? That's on us. I'm so sorry. That is on us.

We just wanted to help though because it seemed like there weren't a lot of responses to your post and we wanted to maybe reach a wider audience if we could if people are listening to this. Yeah, it's bullshit. Okay, well, I do.

That was bullshit. Again, we are very sorry. Do you want to continue and we can try to see if we could get to the bottom of it or is not? You do because you certainly don't have to stay. No, I'd like to. Okay. I'd like to just because I haven't slept since I put this up. I haven't been able to sleep and that's been one month.

I said I needed quick help right so I thought I would be getting help um maybe a day a day at worst three I mean three if people were really struggling but it's been a month so I haven't slept and my daughter is about to be eight years old now so again post is null and void at this point does she no longer does she no longer like the song well she's eight it's different you remember uh transitioning from seven to eight right you remember very very clearly yes absolutely yeah so it's not that she doesn't like the song she doesn't even and she doesn't remember this song this isn't this isn't a hot topic for her now but we're here let's talk the song what's up okay so well do

here's one question i had please okay so um when you said it almost reminded you of give it to me baby now that is it's a that's a pretty recognizable chorus could you actually do that chorus for me because i understand it's recognizable for most, but for the people who don't recognize the song. Well, it's sort of just that quick. Give it to me. You know, I feel silly singing it because I can't touch Rick James. As soon as you did it, I got it for the people, not for me. Obviously, I wrote the post.

I know the song. Yeah. OK, so I said, give it to me, baby, by Rick James. Give it to me, baby. Right. Yes. So but then later you say it to me, baby, by Rick James. Give it to me, baby. Yeah. Right. Yes. So but then later you say it says something, something, baby. So what I was trying to help you do is deduce is to eliminate someone.

So maybe it wasn't that one. And we can get that off the table. Yes. Because I think you would have remembered, you know, oh, it was he was saying, give it to me, baby. So maybe we can just take that one off the table. So it's definitely not Rick James. Give it to me, baby. So maybe we can just take that one off the table. So it's definitely not Rick James, give it to me, baby. But what I felt very curious, Lena,

is that you said it was like, Rick James, give it to me, baby, but by Earth, Wind & Fire. I had that same question. Like a cover by them? Well, no, it just sounds like something like Earth, Wind & Fire, maybe, because it sounded like multiple people.

It sounded like multiple people. So then I think also another way to eliminate at least Rick James, the artist, it was multiple people like doing nice harmonies, yeah? I think it was some layering on the track, yes. Yes, some layering on the track. Well, that would, you know. I don't know that that narrows down too.

Well, it was something like, okay, so we've got Give It To Me Baby is out, but not necessarily out. It could have been that. It could be, is Rick James as the artist out it could be a cover of give it to me baby by earth wind and fire maybe but it was again multiple people so if it were rick it could have been it could have been a cover it could have been rick james featuring somebody else does that make sense you follow um but also it could have been like um um love to love you baby uh yeah it was sure oh yeah so right the oh part and the oh all caps because i needed people

to know that at that part oh i feel if i remember all the voices came in together and delivered the oh okay but again this is all happening fast for me you have to remember of course of course if you needed fast help yes paint the picture for us you Of course, of course. And you needed fast help. Yes, paint the picture for us. You're driving in the car. Was this just the radio, the regular radio? No, I, no. So if I'm being honest, we weren't driving in the car.

Oh. I'm being, if I'm being honest. Oh, you know what? You didn't say you were in the car. I put you in the car and I'm sorry for that. That's okay. I have been mischaracterized in worse ways um really yeah do you really want to know do you want to go there i'm a little curious i wouldn't mind well it might be might be good for

my pre-investigation she might not want to talk about it oh no don't bring your investigation my ex-husband calls me controlling yeah so oh yeah my ex-husband calls me controlling. I actually think I'm pretty chill and easygoing. But anyway, do you want more mischaracterizations? I can keep going. I mean, as many as you're willing to offer. Bert, what are you doing? Okay, Bert. I've also been called pushy by my sister.

My sister's called me pushy. My pee popped there, so let me just, and my pee in Pushy, not- What did your pee pop call you? My pussy pop, what? I'm sorry, my brain's breaking. My pussy popping, my pee popping. Oh my.

No, okay, this is getting, we're getting off track here about the song. About the song. Okay. We weren't in the car, okay? We were not in the car, just for the record. Understood. My daughter was in the front yard listening to her boombox.

And she's listening to her boombox. It's usually tuned into 97.1 KISS FM. And I was in the house cooking. If you must know fajitas, if you must know, you guys are an inquisitive bunch. We do ask a lot of questions and you got us there. You got us there.

I hadn't thought of the question. Occupational hazard, I guess. Yeah, fajitas. Okay, so my daughter's listening to her boombox in the front yard and she calls me, mommy, mommy, mommy. And I come running out. Yeah, fajitas. Okay, so my daughter's listening to her boombox in the front yard. And she calls me, mommy, mommy, mommy. And I come running out.

I have on my apron, of course, because no chef can cook without a apron. Fajitas, short. Yeah, you don't cook without an apron. Only a fool does. So I run outside. I am with you there. Thinking maybe she's being kidnapped. And this has happened three separate times.

Three separate times? Because we don't have a white picket fence, Bert. You have a white picket fence? I live in an apartment. He's in an apartment building. Oh, okay. An apartment building. Okay, great. Well, we don't have a fence. And besides Jesus, besides Jesus, Jesus be a fence.

Jesus is a fence. Sometimes he takes the wheel. Anyway. Double duty. He can do it all. What can't Jesus do? So, I run outside. This, again, three occasions. She says, Mommy, Mommy, the song is on. The song. And the first time she's in, I'm like, what song? She actually described to me

the something something baby. She didn't add the O. The O. I threw that in in all caps because third time this happened i did catch the o at the end tail end by the time she called me out this is making sense everybody follows yes yes okay great um i'm sorry am i being controlling right now no not at all you're being neither controlling nor pushing no you're being a perfect guest absolutely nothing is popping popping in a bad way. Only good pops.

That's correct. So she's out front. I run out. Again, last time this happens, I hear the O. I put it in all caps because at this point, I am pissed at the little girl because she never once told me there was an O at the end. So my all caps O was more of a passive aggressive dig at my daughter. Oh, I see. So it could have, again, could have been

give it to me, baby. Could have been love to love you, baby. Could have been you're the only one for me, baby. I mean. But there's also a lot more to this post now that I understand the relationship. There's a lot between the lines going on. Yes. So now here's a question. If it was if it was 97.1 you said?

It's probably playing current music. And if it's been playing over and over again, it could be like a Billboard Top 100. It could be like something current, which means it probably wouldn't be Rick James or Earth, Wind & Fire unless, like you said, it's someone featuring or sampling

one of those songs. But that's what we should look up. Again, I know it's someone featuring or or sampling one of those songs but that's what we should look up again i know it's late it's late help but wouldn't it help you sleep would it help you sleep to just at least figure it out i you know it would help me sleep and i would love to figure it out if it's current but again again i said it sounds very 70s or 80s and I'll be the first to admit I'm not too much of I'm not too adept at guessing decades but 70s or 80s I would say and I kind of say that with my full chest

let's play a round of decade guess and I'll throw out some I'll throw out some things and you tell me what decade you think this belongs to World War II okay war okay what decade you think this belongs to. Okay. This will be fun. Great. World War II. Hmm. Okay.

War. Okay. I'm going to go. I'm going to go final answer. The, the, the forties. Correct. Oh,

well that was great. Look at you. Got in what you're better than you think you are. It was a, it was a lucky guess. Keep going. All right. Can I do one? Yes, please. Okay. A Y2K. got in what you're better than you think you are it was a it was a lucky guess keep going all right can i do one yes please okay uh y2k not to be mistaken for b2k the boy band um um y2k Hmm, I'm gonna go 2K. That is 2K is 2000, but why 2000? Perhaps by the time we're in the 2010s,

we're wondering why are we in this deep? 2010s. I'm afraid that's incorrect. Why 2K would have been the early 2000s. So my question is, why is that 2K? Because if it's- She's asking you, Bernt, why 2K? Why 2K would have been the early 2000s. So my question is, why is that 2K? Because if it's- She's asking you, Bernt, why 2K? Why, why 2K?

I understand. Because if it's just 2K, why couldn't we call it 2Ks? If it's just 2K, why couldn't we call it 2Ks? Are you asking why the Y? Oh, yes, I see. I'm too smart for my own good. It does make it hard for me to connect with people. Now, who characterized you that way?

Oh, that was my mother. She characterized me like that. Ex calls me controlling. Sister calls me pushy. And my mom says I'm too smart for my own good. How would you characterize your ex-husband if he's so big on characterizing you? Coward.

Coward. Coward. Wet blanket. Soggy log. Flat rug. Flat rug. This paints a picture. This paints a picture. It truly does.

It truly does. But the difference between my characterizations and his characterizations are minor accurate. Of course. His or not. Sure. I've never heard the derogatory term flat rug before, but now that I've heard it, I would never want someone to call me that. Oh, goodness. Trampled on with, I mean, with no regard.

Dirty shoes, dirty feet, trampled on. Just a bad adjective followed with a boring noun. Yes. Exactly. That's my ex for you. But anyway, too smart for my own good, I've been told. Just answer my question for me, Bert. Shoe, Y2K.

If it's 2K, why the Y? Why the Y? Yes, I do have an answer for that. The Y stands for year. So it was year 2000 and people abbreviated it. Why the Y? Yes, I do have an answer for that. The Y stands for year. So it was year 2000, and then people abbreviated it. But couldn't we just all deduce that we were talking about a year

if it was all common knowledge for the public? Look, Lena, I agree with you, and I think people were just having fun. I'm getting pissed off. Oh, well, we don't need to add to your list of things that piss you off. I think we maybe just need to stay on track here. On track.

Okay. Yes. I don't want to be called a lukewarm washcloth or whatever. Imagine getting on the plane, flying first class, and they give you a lukewarm washcloth. You'd be pissed. Oh, no. Thank you. You'd be pissed.

I sure would. Or lukewarm nuts. And guess what? We don't have those in the nut room only warm nuts warm nuts well let me tell you something that lukewarm nuts my ex um anyway um anyway back on track you say he's gonna hear this episode and he's gonna be oh he is of oh yeah he's a big fan he's a big fan of our podcast he is huge fan well that's that's not i mean he doesn't sound like a very nice person i i i i but i'm still glad to i i fans i like that you assume he's not nice despite all the nasty remarks i've made about him i i feel like, I don't know, Lena,

I feel like you're a straight shooter. I feel like you're trying to find out what this song is for yourself and for your daughter. I'm sorry to take us off track, yep. Let me ask you this. No, that's fine. All right. Let me ask you this.

Your daughter, has she ever sung any more of the song for you? Well, there's something tricky going on in our home here. She's not singing so much these days because i told her her voice does give me a headache but she's really talented in other areas fantastic painter fantastic painter so no she hasn't sang more of the song um she doesn't you know burnt burnt is it burnt burnt burnt okay um yeah like like burnt garbage to a crisp to a right oh i was just trying to play the game oh talking about your ex-husband burnt garbage oh i love that i love that this is my friend um you can use it

you can use it you're my friend burnt garbage okay i sometimes forget that. This is my friend. You can use it. You can use it. You're my friend. Burnt garbage. Okay. I sometimes forget that my name is also an adjective. Yes, burnt. It's tough when that comes up. I'm so sorry, burnt. It's not a positive adjective. You don't want things burnt. Sometimes charred.

People like a charred dish. But nobody ever says, good news, it's burnt. No, they don't. That sucks. You're right. At a restaurant, they don't say, could you take this back and please come back with it burnt. No, they don't. That sucks. You're right. At a restaurant they don't say, could you take this back and please come back with it burnt. Burnt. Oh no. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that

to be a burnt burn. I really didn't. No, I know. And look, that's my, I go by burnt but my full name is Burntrum and I could have gone by my full name at any time. Burntrum. I like Burntrum. I'm just going to say. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay, I've taken us off track.

I've been told I do that from time to time. And who characterized you that way? My physical education teacher in high school. Yeah. And was this about a literal track? Literally. In a baton race, yes.

Baton was passed to me. I ran towards the grass, across the track diagonally, into the bleachers, onto the campus, whatever. I don't want to rehash this. Oh, gosh, I just want to know. No, please ask. Please ask. It's fine.

Well, did something catch your eye? Did you no longer want to be in track? Were you trying to? Well, I've been told I'm. Well, did something catch your eye? Did you no longer want to be in track? Were you trying to- Well, I've been told I'm a bit of a rebel. Burnt? I know you're going to ask. Yes. Who has characterized you as that?

My father. Oh. Bit of a rebel. Interesting. Without a cause, if you must know. Maybe you're just like your father. Too bold. Maybe I'm just like my father.

That's a song. And that's a song I do know. I'll take your word for it. Yes. What decade? What decade? Oh, sexy question. Maybe I'm just like my father.

I'm going to go with the 80s. 80s for sure. Final answer? Two for two. Two for two. Two for two. Congratulations. Anyway. I want to get back to what you said about your daughter singing and that she doesn't have a good voice

and you're telling her to stop singing? Well, okay. I'm sorry. If I mischaracterize that, I apologize. It might have sounded harsh coming back to you in the way that I put it. When you say it like that, it does sound quite harsh. But if a child has skills and lacks others,

wouldn't you encourage said child to lean in to the skills at which they are talented? It's such a tough call. Perhaps to shy from the the others? Maybe, unless it just makes them happy, you know? Okay, that's interesting. Okay. Well, just listen. We did a lot of different things with our kids that I probably would have gone back and changed and wouldn't have shown the boys

how fire works quite so early. You're an arsonist. And I do regret that. Well, for a little while, they had a spell. There was a summer. There was a summer. Many're an arsonist. And I do regret that. Well, for a little while, they had a spell. There was a summer. There was a summer. Okay.

Many fire-themed gifts. My, uh... You know, I've been accused of arson before. Mischaracterized with arsonists. Who has characterized... Who characterized you as an arsonist? Was it the police?

A judge. A judge in the police department. A judge in the police department, actually. And this was not involving, that didn't happen during a case involving arson. Are you saying that? No, it did. It actually did.

Yeah, it was a case involving arson. Okay, so then, did you commit arson? Well, if you light one fire, are you an arsonist or did you light a fire? Excellent question. That is a philosophical quandary. Yes, and if a fire happens in a forest and no one's around to stop it. A Jewish space laser started it. Okay.

Just kidding. I don't believe that. I don't believe anything that weirdo says. That's a fun throwback. Forgot about that. I don't believe anything that weirdo said. That's a fun throwback. Forgot about that. Speaking of throwbacks, am I being controlling like my husband, ex-husband says?

Okay, well, speaking of throwbacks, this song, Something Something Baby Oh, help. I'm telling you, I think it's, what if it's a song by okay so you said

it has that vibe of the 70s it's in that genre but a lot of artists currently use that genre I'm thinking of The Weeknd a lot of his songs

sound kind of Bruno Mars Bruno Mars was the next one I was gonna say he likes to do those pastiches that's right it might have

what do I sorry please what's your question I'm sorry it was just what do you think Lena that's all what do you it might have what do i sorry go please what's your question i'm sorry it was just what it was just what do you think lena that's all it was that was i get so stressed lena what do you think okay no one ever asked me what i think and i just have to get in there um okay well um it could have all i think sure it could be anything but that's why i

came to you guys the community and everyone's left me hanging it could have even been something like you'll always be my baby oh like i i literally don't know all right here i'm gonna really get down to it are you sure it was a male voice male presenting male sounding was it that did it pretty much sound like that? That's an awesome question. I'm going to say. Thank you. Awesome. This again was a month ago. Keep in mind I haven't slept so we're going based off of memory.

I know. All I actually caught was the O myself. The rest is word of mouth from my daughter. So the O sounded like a cacophony of voices. That's my final answer. Could you replicate the O for us? Sure, sure. Something, something.

Okay, but I need to get in the... Of course. Something, something, baby. Oh, okay, okay. Something, something, baby. Oh, it was like a, there was like a harmony. So it was more of an ooh than an oh? Oh, don't come at me, girl.

Please don't come at me. I don't mean to come at you. I mean to come near you and help you figure this out. Okay, you've got an open hand as opposed to a pointing finger? Correct. Okay. Okay, I like that. But an open hand as opposed to a pointing finger? Correct. Okay. Okay. I like that.

But an open hand that's underneath, like it's holding something, not up above. Like it's aggressive. An underhanded pitch. Okay. Got it. Thank you. I can visualize it. I understand.

Okay, good. I'm with you. Okay. Oh, it was. What's. Listen, you guys are. Don't be to stress you out. I have not.

Trying to help. And boy, did we really. I think you are lovely neighbors. I. I think you're awesome neighbors. I. OK. Go with me here.

OK. We are with you. 70s to 80s. I, okay. Go with me here. Okay. Okay? We are with you. 70s to 80s. Reminds me of Give It To Me Baby by Rick James. Right. We're all on the same page. Covered. Covered territory.

We're there. We have retained knowledge. We're all on the same page. But sounds like Earth, Wind & Fire. Right. Oh, so you're just saying you're just reviewing your post sounds like earth wind and fire maybe right maybe something something something something baby oh and the o is harmonized by cacophony of voices male female non-binary perhaps i can't say yeah we're there lena we have got't say. Yeah, we're there.

Lena, we have got all of that. We are, we're there. Well, here's the thing. Do you remember the rest of my post? I ask here because you guys were pretty good at finding the name of the song in someone else's post.

But as soon as Lena Gomez comes along, nobody knows songs anymore. Nobody knows music. And my daughter is about to turn eight years old. I haven't slept in a month. I don't mean to pop off at you, Bert and Joan. No.

Bert, excuse me, Bert and Joan. Bertram, hang on a second. Now, let me clear something up, Lena. It was not out. If I'm understanding, this was on the NeighborHap, which is the app that we get the posts from. It is that app where people figured out app that we get the posts from, it is that app where people figured out what the

song was for someone else, not this podcast. I just want to make that clear. We just want to make sure we're all on the same page. You said that we were the ones that helped last time. It was not us. And now I'm thinking maybe that's why you keep mine because you thought that

we were the ones who helped and I'm so sorry that there's been a misunderstanding. I haven't slept. I went and bought a microphone, headphones, a laptop. I got a laptop. You had none of these things before. You did not have a laptop.

Thinking you guys were going to help me figure this out i guess i did is your daughter there right now could she maybe come she's in the front yard sing the whole again she's in the front the one with no fence with no fence but she gets it she gets it i like she may be safe i'm sorry what do you mean she gets it? She knows not to go with strangers. Okay. All right. Yeah, she gets it. She gets this whole, should I get her to sing it?

I can. I'll get it. Okay. I think that might help. Right, Burns? Okay. It's worth a try. Okay.

Anything is at this point. Okay. I'll get her. Give me a second. Sure. Of course. Alina. Yes, I did name her. I put an A on the front of my name i think i think that's nice i've been called cocky before now who characterized you as cocky

fitting room attendant at target yeah okay alina alina honey yeah. I've got a nice man and a nice woman. No, they're not strangers. They're my friends. Just go with me, guys. Of course. They're my friends. They would like to help you find that song before you turn eight years old.

Okay? Okay? Okay? She's going to come on. She's going to come on. Oh, fantastic. This is wonderful. Great, great.

Hi. Hi, Alina. Hi, sweetie. This is wonderful. Great, great. Hi. Hi, Alina. Hi, sweetie. How are you? I'm good. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Honey, we were wondering if you could sing us a bit of that song that you listen to on your boom box out by the unfenced field. Mm-hmm. Yep. Okay. Okay. Don't forget the oh Alina so Alina

Alina I have to ask you you've heard this song several times and you do enjoy the song yeah it's really good but you you don't seem to recall how it goes um no because um yeah well okay okay so something something baby alina don't forget oh damn it oh okay something something baby oh that that would be how it goes that's how it goes

yeah okay yeah great let me ask you this let me ask you this are those the literal words good question you mean is he actually singing something something Let me ask you this. Are those the literal words? Good question. Is he actually singing something? Maybe yes. Oh, oh. No, no. Oh, I thought we had something there. I really did too.

Oh, darn it. Alina, back to the front yard. She is a delight. She's a sweetheart delight she's a sweetheart she's a sweetheart excellent painter as i showed you not a great singer does not sing from her diaphragm doesn't get it when i'm trying to just literally doesn't get it but she's a good girl what if i this is crazy what What if I just put something, something baby. Oh, into,

in, into the internet and see what comes up. Joan, you think I haven't done that? Oh, I've been doing that this whole time. Doug's been doing it the whole time. Something,

something baby. Oh, 70. The whole time. You just, you've just been putting it over and over again. Yes. Over and over.

Google keeps giving me the same damn results. Yeah, I don't think they really, I don't think they update that quickly, Google results. I don't think that within a half hour. We need it quickly. No, that's true. Something, something. I do have an idea.

Okay. Where it could be. Oh. Let's see if you hear this. This is it. This is it. Oh my goodness. So the something something was baby.

This is it. This is it. Thank you. Oh my goodness. This is so emotional. I never thought that song could make me cry. I can sleep tonight. I can put it on.

What is that? Is that Justin Bieber? Who is that? That's Justin Bieber? Who is that? It's Justin Bieber. Oh my gosh. Doug, can I ask you how did you finally arrive at that song after punching something something baby oh into the

computer? Like he was stuck in the Overlook Hotel slipping on peanut shells. The baby key. The baby key. The baby key. Sorry. Sorry. None of the letters for something were working. So it was just baby.

They got stuck. Sorry, I've lost you, honey. None of the letters were working? What do you mean? On the keyboard that spells something. The S. Why are the letters were working? What do you mean? None of the keys on the keyboard that spell something. The S, the O, the N, the E. Let's move on. Okay.

Well, Lena, I could not be happier that we have solved this mystery. I'm so glad. And I'm so sorry that it was slow help. But you know what? I hope that it is still help and you can sleep. Better late than never. Tonight I will be sleeping. I'm throwing this on my baby girl's playlist.

Oh, I'm so glad. Oh, and a happy birthday to Alina as well. Yes, when does she turn eight? In eight months from now. In eight months? I thought it was a real cliffhanger moment where we were racing towards a deadline. I almost thought the birthday was today. I really thought it was coming up very soon.

That was the vibe I gave off. It was the vibe you gave off. Because I thought I could get the best workout of you guys. And you know what? You did. Yeah. And to find out that the two somethings were actually two additional babies um is really just my mind blowing right now i didn't know you were manipulating us and i would characterize you

as sneaky well you would be not the first to do that who beat me to it a detective. Well, Lena, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. A local detective. Thank you. Thank you so much for, for appearing on the show. And I'm glad I think this probably sets a lot of minds at rest right now.

Thank you so much for having me. It has been a blessing and an honor. And if your ex-husband is listening. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. No, please send a message him because i was

gonna say i'd like to spite him but go ahead what would you say to him if your ex-husband is listening we would like him to rate and review and subscribe to the podcast wonderful wonderful wonderful all right well we have to take a break so much absolutely thank you lena we will take a break and we'll be right back with the end of the Neighborhood Listen. My name is Denise. The headline is Dia de los Muertos Mask. Hey, neighbors, isE-T-O-S type of face mask or know of a place close by that is? My husband asked me to get one last minute for him, and I don't have time to go gallivanting around to look for one. T-I-A, jack-o'-lantern emoji. And welcome back to The Neighborhood List, And we just have time for another post from The NeighborHap. And I found this one, Joan.

First of all, before we get into that, what a satisfying moment that we were able to solve that song mystery. Yeah, I was like, we're not going to talk about that. I mean, that was, Doug, babe, really great job. Thank you. I have to say, Doug, you did great work there eventually. Thank you. I was very happy for Lena and that she could finally get some sleep. Oh, absolutely.

And yeah, sometimes you just don't know if Doug's even paying attention and all of a sudden you realize he's been listening the whole time. I know. I just assume he's not. But, you know, I was proven wrong. Why do you assume that? Huh? What? We don't have time for that. Do I give that impression?

Oh, babe, it's just so many times, you know, I'll be like, we're doing this tomorrow. And then you act like I never said it. And then it's just like, well, you probably were listening. It's, you know, it's just basic marriage stuff. It's not me. So, okay. All right. We have this post. This is very, very curious to me, this post. And the image has closed and let me get the image back. Here we go. So this is in the. Thank you. See, he's listening. Yeah, that's the proof. And this is a post.

This is in the for sale and free section. And the post reads, girls first bike, $ $25 and this is Peggy who has posted this. Great for everyone to get some exercise. Tires need air but otherwise in good condition and the picture is a package of organic chunky

guacamole. There is not a bike in sight and certainly the post, the text of the post does not mention guac at all. So I don't know what could have happened here. I mean, not only that, but it's Kirkland's signature, which you know it came from Costco. Absolutely, yes. Yeah.

Where you can buy guacamole and a bike. That's true. Maybe that's what happened. And a casket. That's, yes. Is that true? I mean, do you see them in the aisles? I mean, I think it could be an online thing, but I think there might be some places where

you see them in the aisles. I mean, you can literally get anything there. Headstones? You got me there. I'm not sure. From Elda. Turn policy is amazing. Doug loves Costco.

How else could we supply our nut room if we didn't go get them at Costco? Absolutely. Absolutely. Are you worried about animals getting in? That ship has sailed. What does that mean? We had a break in a couple nights ago. Oh, no. What happened?

Well, did you look up the Nest Cam footage yet, babe? I haven't looked at it, but I can tell a huge pack, multiple species have ransacked. Multiple species. Wow. There were feathers. There was fur. So we know that it was an interspecies. Scales. Wow, that sounds like you got a Noah's Ark situation going on in the nut room.

So now we lock it. We padlock it at night, which is fine. Here's the thing. Is it that she meant to post guacamole and got the text wrong or she wanted to post about a bike and put up the wrong picture? I mean, she must have taken it. Obviously, she must have taken

a picture of the bike at some point and she meant to post that. But she also, for some reason, took a picture of this guacamole. Right. Why would she do that? Yes, exactly. That is a good question. That's curious to me. Why would someone take it? Because sometimes if you find a thing that you

like, you might take a picture of it. So you have to remember, oh, I want to get this brand again, you know, but I mean, again, speaking from a sorry, Doug, I don't mean to back any day, but you know, you send a band that your husband to the store sometimes to just you say guacamole and then they inevitably are like, there wasn't a guacamole. And then they inevitably are like, there wasn't a guacamole. And you're like, well, yes,

there was this whole aisle full of guacamole. Or they want to know exactly the kind. And it does help Doug. If I sent him a picture of exactly that product, then he just, then he just holds the phone out in front of him a couple of feet. And then he just scans like this. And he's just waiting until something matches.

Well, like he's got a Geiger counter. Yeah. It helps. he's just waiting until something matches up. Well, like he's got a Geiger counter. Yeah. And that's, that's the best way we've found for him to actually go get something at the store for me. So maybe this person was fresh from, uh,

shopping, uh, or maybe they just love this guacamole and they saved that picture to their camera roll forever. Yeah. And, and also if it's a girl's, it's a girl's first bike,

first bike, first bike, which would indicate that perhaps it's for a little girl. So as a smaller bike, but it's great for everyone to get some exercise. Is she expecting everyone to use it as a family bike? That's not logical. Maybe she's saying,

uh, if you're the size of a small girl, uh, you could use this bike. It's, uh, that's, that's what logical maybe she's saying uh if you're the size of a small girl uh you could use this bike it's uh that's that's what it's known as that gives you an idea of how big it is and uh maybe even the color scheme perhaps you'd have an idea uh but i guess more it's about the bar the bar is no there's no bar there oh right sure right so it could be any color but there's no bar i thought you meant bar isn't it really lowers the bar. There is no bar for a girl's bike. Meaning like a figurative bar, like you really lower the bar when it comes to girls' bikes. Girls' bikes could either be fantastic or they could be absolute garbage.

It could be a broom handle with a couple of wheels taped to it. Bernd, I have so many questions about your childhood i'm just well i'm just i'm just going along with your theory about the the bar for girls bikes yeah but that sounded so specific like that did someone make that for you and call it a bike i had a homemade i had a homemade bike that i called a bike and and i i could not convince the other kids to refer to it as a bike but uh to me it definitely was a bike and it served the same purpose even though i had to i had to carry the basket myself but that does not mean that it was not a bike and you made it because your parents wouldn't buy you a bike i i wouldn't let them i

refused their offer of a bike i said why i'm going to make a better bike. Oh, and what did the bike look like? Let's see. It was part of an old banister. And I think I had shopping cart tires. It was just everything I could scavenge from the woods. Please say they didn't steer like shopping cart tires. Oh, they did for sure. But it's only two of them.

So it felt more manageable. The handlebars were just sort of sleeves that I would put my arms into. Sleeves? Yeah, they were metallic fabric. What? Look, I don't think we have time to get into this. Well, thank you once again, everyone, for listening to The Neighborhood Listen. We are we're here every week. And if you have you can follow us on on Instagram at The Neighborhood Listen. us at burntandjone at gmail.com. If you have a post from NeighborHapper or from the, you know,

the doorbell community or whatever, wherever people post about suspicious or fun activities, and you can send those on to us again. No comment threads. We will not read those. And I think that's it. I think that's it. Anything to add, Joan? I think we did it today. And I just want you to just challenge yourself one of these nights that you want to go out trolling for murder scenes. Just stay inside. I'll take that

under advisement. I can't promise anything. In fact, I'm going to tell you that I'm not going to take your advice, but I do, but I do appreciate it. I do appreciate it. Well, and I appreciate your honesty.

If you'd like a pack of mixed nuts, you know, on your back of them, or if you'd like a copy of the cracks, or if you'd like a copy of the comedy mixed nuts, we also have that in the nut room. Oh, but which mixed nuts?

I mean, there, there are so many. No, that in the nut room. Oh, but which Mixed Nuts? I mean, there are so many. No, the movie with Rita Wilson. Oh, I forgot that that was a movie. Yes, with Rita Wilson.

Who else was in that movie? I don't know. But let's go ahead and say it's probably Rita Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Daryl Hannah, and Elliot Gould.

Fair enough. That sounds like mixed-ups to me. All right. Well, thank you for listening to The Neighborhood Listen once more. And until then, until next time, goodbye. And bye.

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