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Speaker 1:
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Speaker 2:
[01:18] I was wearing my Shady Rays all weekend, went to the Cubs game.

Speaker 1:
[01:21] Oh, there you go.

Speaker 2:
[01:22] I was feeling great.

Speaker 1:
[01:23] We like that. Go get your Shady Rays. It's a nice discount. Use that promo code. Also, guys, listen, summer's coming. I can't wait to golf.

Speaker 3:
[01:32] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[01:32] Hopefully, I get my yips out of the way.

Speaker 1:
[01:34] Yeah, nothing goes. Yeah, you got to get that out of the way.

Speaker 2:
[01:36] I do.

Speaker 3:
[01:36] You got bad yips?

Speaker 1:
[01:37] You know what you need? You need some Mountain Dew.

Speaker 2:
[01:39] Yeah, I do.

Speaker 1:
[01:40] Mountain Dew is what you need. Yes. Nothing goes better with some golf and hanging out with your friends than some Mountain Dew. The refreshing citrus kick of Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew is proudly born in the foothills of Tennessee, enjoying the refreshing citrus kick of Mountain Dew, an American original. They got Mountain Dew in New Hampshire? Doitche?

Speaker 4:
[01:59] They sure do. I love Mountain Dew. It's my favorite soda.

Speaker 1:
[02:03] It's good. It's great, I would add, actually. So can't wait for that. Get out to the lake, golf. You're a big water ski guy?

Speaker 3:
[02:13] I actually am a water ski guy.

Speaker 1:
[02:14] There you go.

Speaker 3:
[02:15] Did you just guess that?

Speaker 1:
[02:17] I think I did.

Speaker 3:
[02:18] Well, I mean, I haven't done it since I was probably 23, but someone just threw up a do.

Speaker 1:
[02:24] You just drink it and keep skiing.

Speaker 3:
[02:26] Yeah. Back of the boat. Catch it while you're going.

Speaker 1:
[02:28] That's it, dude. That's beautiful. Grab a do. Tasting great since 48. All right. Welcome to the Free Swim. As you heard when we were talking about Mountain Dew, Ronny Doitche is in for Danny Conrad because Danny is in Las Vegas. Doitche, you were in Las Vegas. Now you are home. This is recording before the Yak. I'm sure they're going to have you on. They're going to talk about it. I don't know if there's anything you have to say. I don't really have to talk about it either, but how was your experience?

Speaker 3:
[02:50] Or to just stab him as soon as he comes on the show.

Speaker 1:
[02:53] I mean, I think he knows. He was prepared to talk about this today, I'm sure, right?

Speaker 4:
[02:56] Oh, for sure.

Speaker 1:
[02:57] Yeah, so, I mean...

Speaker 4:
[03:00] Yeah, I mean...

Speaker 2:
[03:02] Good question, Ed.

Speaker 4:
[03:03] I think that...

Speaker 1:
[03:04] That's how he's feeling.

Speaker 4:
[03:05] I probably didn't go in there with the right mindset. I was thinking, I guess I'd be entertaining enough just like drinking, having fun, and I didn't really think about different wrinkles that were going to be thrown in and even the possibility of getting removed, which, looking back on it, I totally get, like, you want it to be exciting, like Dave rolled out the red carpet for us. He wants people that are young, fun, exciting. It's not just a vacation. And I think that that's where I had some issues.

Speaker 3:
[03:45] What do you think the right mindset would have been? Like, if you could have played it differently? Are you getting in drama? Are you chasing girls more? Like, what's the... what's something that you wish you did?

Speaker 4:
[03:54] Um, I guess if I could do it again, probably chasing more... chasing girls more. The drama definitely isn't my thing. I don't think it would have been worth it for me to... I mean, I would have felt bad if I was just starting things just for the sake of starting.

Speaker 1:
[04:12] Unless you went after Danny, that would have been good.

Speaker 4:
[04:14] Danny would have been good.

Speaker 1:
[04:15] He could always use some going after.

Speaker 4:
[04:16] But yeah, I think me and him have a pretty good back and forth where we can at least joke about it and then people don't know if it's real or not.

Speaker 1:
[04:24] Yeah. No, I get you. I don't... Listen, I asked it because it's a point of conversation. So what'd you do two days there? And then they're like, hey, you're coming home because Dave was not happy with some of the cast.

Speaker 4:
[04:34] Yeah. So Big Cat, like, always had my back. And I think Dave wanted me gone. Obviously, I laid an egg the first day, like taking a nap midday. I think that really killed me. So for sure, after that, I deserve to go. Big Cat fought for me to get another day. And then the next day, like the day party, everything I was doing was just forced. Like my head was on a chopping block. It was not a good feeling. I'm not that kind of person. I'm not like a club person. I'm not like out there dancing. It was forced for sure. And then, I mean, looking back, like Big Cat saved me, getting me out of there. It hurt for sure at the time, but fuck, I wouldn't want to be out there right now. Like I'm nervous for the cast who's gonna be doing the recap show today.

Speaker 1:
[05:32] Was it like walking on eggshells the whole time that second day for everybody?

Speaker 4:
[05:38] I don't know if it was for everybody. I think it's progressively gotten worse. Like it was for me, cause I was like borderline gonna get cut. Everyone else, I feel like it wasn't like that for them. Pretty chill.

Speaker 2:
[05:52] It's also tough when the show is supposed to be about drama and you and Kadek are obviously vibes guys and you're drama free guys. It's tough to have two of those dudes when Dave wants drama. So it's kind of a tough position to be in. And obviously I think if we were to make a show that was like six of us going to dive bars, Doitche would be the star.

Speaker 1:
[06:19] He'd be great.

Speaker 2:
[06:21] It's also tough when they're making you chug pictures and it's like, what are you gonna do, not take a nap when you're 40 beers deep?

Speaker 4:
[06:28] Yeah, I mean, Big Cat saved me. I'm happy to be back. But it's also eye opening. This is the first time I've really had anything somewhat negative. And it really makes me respect, I guess, someone like Nicky Smokes, who constantly has hate and people giving him shit. I wasn't prepared for anything negative. It was like, I was like, wow, I am very lucky that, especially like I get so much like love from Big Cat and the Yak that I feel like I'm in a very good spot. And it was actually like kind of a decent feeling today that I'm like, normally I'm so happy. Like obviously this sucks, but it makes you appreciate, I guess how I normally feel at this company.

Speaker 3:
[07:24] So when you say the negativity or the hate, is that just people in your mentions? You talking about Portnoy? What are you talking about?

Speaker 4:
[07:33] It's not even hate. I got so many people reach out and say like, love you, love your content, keep your head up. I guess it's more of rejection or failure that I'm not used to. It wasn't even, so that's the thing. It's not even hate. It's just, I'm used to everything going so well and smoothly. It was just, it was just hard.

Speaker 1:
[07:58] Oh, it's jarring. Dude, twofold, I guess I will say on this. It's jarring for sure when you go from that and then everything just crashes for a second. So I totally understand where you're coming from. It's fucking like, whoa. It comes at you quick and you don't see it coming. It's like that for a reason, I think. But two, I'm not even saying this to make you feel better. I don't think the public perception is at all that you failed.

Speaker 3:
[08:20] No, I wouldn't say that.

Speaker 1:
[08:21] No, not at all.

Speaker 2:
[08:22] Did you talk to Dave directly at all?

Speaker 4:
[08:24] No, it was all through Big Cat. Big Cat's like, he's my guy. It'd be better if he hears it from me. Yeah, for sure.

Speaker 2:
[08:32] Yeah, I was watched from afar, but I didn't think you did anything bad.

Speaker 1:
[08:37] No, it's a tough situation.

Speaker 2:
[08:39] It is, especially, I couldn't imagine having cameras stuck in my face all day when I'm just trying to, like, I know it's a show, but certain people are made for that, certain people aren't.

Speaker 1:
[08:49] Yeah, and you're in a Petri dish, and you're expecting to have, to be reactive. And sometimes, like, shit just doesn't happen, you know? And then if you force it, you're doing too much. If you don't force it, you're doing too little. It's a very, very delicate situation.

Speaker 4:
[09:04] Yeah, I'm just happy to be here.

Speaker 1:
[09:08] Well, welcome back.

Speaker 4:
[09:09] Yeah, thanks for having me. I'm thinking I'm going to have PTSD from Vegas. Like, I'm nervous to even watch any of their stuff because I know what it feels like to be in that position on the chopping block.

Speaker 1:
[09:23] And it's happened. It happened after you, too. Like, it wasn't just you. So that's kind of...

Speaker 4:
[09:26] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[09:27] You know, Mubi got sent home. Obviously Rico.

Speaker 3:
[09:30] Too normal. Too nice and normal was the comment about Mubi.

Speaker 2:
[09:34] That is...

Speaker 3:
[09:36] That's death sentence.

Speaker 2:
[09:37] Doitche got sent home. You're a normal guy. You gotta be a little bit nuts sticking around.

Speaker 1:
[09:44] Yeah. No, you do, for sure. So, yeah, listen, like, that's what Dave wants. And that's obviously, like, hey, his reacting towards Annika made the best moment of the whole show right now. Like I said, we're recording Tuesday morning, so I don't know what happens today, but regardless.

Speaker 3:
[09:57] They're still in bed. Together.

Speaker 1:
[09:59] Are they?

Speaker 3:
[10:00] They were together last night.

Speaker 1:
[10:02] Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure. But yeah, regardless. Welcome. Welcome back. Was it was it enjoyable, at least the first night?

Speaker 4:
[10:12] Yeah, the first night was fun. But I'm also like, so Catech has like the it factor, like Catech is loud and like so fun and funny that he doesn't get into drama, but he's definitely more outgoing than me. So that's why it like works for him. Like he's big, like funny, like everybody loves Catech. For me, like when I do drink, I guess I don't realize that I do get quiet.

Speaker 1:
[10:36] A little mute, yeah.

Speaker 4:
[10:37] Yeah, which is like, I guess it's fun for like my buddies if we're just going out, me and three of my idiot friends drinking pitchers. For sure. If I make like one funny comment every hour, if I like rip a fart, like that's funny, but when you roll out the red carpet and put people in a situation where they're staying, and God knows how expensive that hotel is a night.

Speaker 1:
[11:07] Now, were you not allowed to do side quests?

Speaker 4:
[11:10] I think I was. I just don't know what I would have. I guess in the back of my head, I'm like, I can still figure this out.

Speaker 1:
[11:17] Yeah. Because my thing was, because I know WrestleMania was there that weekend, I was like, I'd love to just see Doitche on a slot with some guy dressed as Macho Man. I don't know what that would be.

Speaker 2:
[11:26] So obviously, you can't film at the casinos, right?

Speaker 4:
[11:29] I think we could have only...

Speaker 3:
[11:32] It's like not at tables, I think.

Speaker 4:
[11:34] I think there was only one casino. It might have been the Palm. There was one casino that we could... And I don't know the exact details, but I think that might have been the only one.

Speaker 2:
[11:42] Because I could see Doitche ripping up a blackjack table, that being in your element there, just ripping little funny jokes and farts and stuff. With a table of six dudes.

Speaker 4:
[11:52] Yeah. Yeah, I mean, if we ever want to do the dive bar thing, I think that would, bro...

Speaker 3:
[11:59] This guy's built from Milwaukee, not...

Speaker 2:
[12:00] We might have to assemble a dive bar, like, not only what you call it, but beach house, like, six days. Big fat dude.

Speaker 1:
[12:10] Sitting there.

Speaker 3:
[12:11] What's the Green Bay Strip Club? Or is it the Dells?

Speaker 1:
[12:15] The Dells, yeah. Cruisin Chubbies is the name.

Speaker 2:
[12:18] Cruisin Chubbies, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[12:19] It's our strip club in Wisconsin, Dells.

Speaker 2:
[12:21] Cruisin Chubbies?

Speaker 1:
[12:22] Cruisin Chubbies, it's fuckin great.

Speaker 4:
[12:24] There's also...

Speaker 2:
[12:25] What's the strip club is?

Speaker 1:
[12:26] Yeah, there's two. Both of their names of their strip clubs are awesome. It's Cruisin Chubbies and the Wisconsin Dolls.

Speaker 4:
[12:32] There's one in Milwaukee that's pretty aw... I forgot the name of it, but you order a beer and they give you two beers. Which is insane. They give you like two 9-ounce beers when you order one beer.

Speaker 2:
[12:46] That's awesome.

Speaker 4:
[12:46] It's pretty awesome.

Speaker 2:
[12:47] You just get to double fit.

Speaker 4:
[12:48] Because you get two, and also they're only 9 ounces. They're in a thicker glass, so you can put them down pretty quick.

Speaker 2:
[12:55] Did you like Milwaukee?

Speaker 4:
[12:57] I liked Milwaukee.

Speaker 2:
[12:58] I loved it when I went.

Speaker 4:
[13:00] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[13:00] Milwaukee's solid.

Speaker 3:
[13:01] Yeah, Milwaukee's a good town.

Speaker 2:
[13:02] I went for the Bakhtiari stuff, and it was like they rolled out the red carpet. They thought I was fucking gone.

Speaker 4:
[13:11] I remember that. I remember that. That was cool.

Speaker 2:
[13:14] It was great. It was great times in Milwaukee. They're all just like solid people.

Speaker 3:
[13:18] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[13:19] They just love getting fucking drunk.

Speaker 1:
[13:21] Yeah, it's a very...

Speaker 2:
[13:24] I think we have to plant our flag being like, if we make this dive bar idea, we got to be at the forefront. I want in.

Speaker 1:
[13:36] The problem is, is you really got to think it through, because if you're just me sitting there, that just becomes Friday Night Pints.

Speaker 2:
[13:42] Dude, I'm telling you, we could do something funny.

Speaker 1:
[13:44] No, I know, but you got to think... We got to think it through.

Speaker 2:
[13:47] But it would be way more relaxed. It wouldn't be eight people on your face.

Speaker 1:
[13:50] Yeah, and then you need a dive...

Speaker 4:
[13:52] What would the drama...

Speaker 2:
[13:53] We could just use Tate.

Speaker 4:
[13:55] What would the drama be like one of us not owning up to a fart?

Speaker 1:
[14:00] Any type of movement. Yeah, he just got up to go to the bathroom. First movement in an hour and a half. Yeah. Yeah, Shake of the Day, Strip Cards. There's a lot of stuff.

Speaker 3:
[14:12] You know Shake of the Day?

Speaker 4:
[14:14] I don't know.

Speaker 2:
[14:15] You would like Shake of the Day.

Speaker 1:
[14:16] You know Shake of the Day?

Speaker 3:
[14:17] I don't think so.

Speaker 1:
[14:18] Some Wisconsin bars do it. You have the dice, and you got to basically roll a potty. All five of one number, and you only get one shot. And it's like five bucks or whatever. And then the pot just gets huge, because obviously one shot to roll five of a kind is tough. And they're strict, like you can't buy back in in a lot of places and everything. It's fun. It's a good time.

Speaker 4:
[14:42] And if you lose, you have to take a warm shot of gin. Is that correct?

Speaker 1:
[14:46] We didn't have that. We didn't have that.

Speaker 4:
[14:48] So I was hammered in three, it's especially bad if you let the dice go off the table, and three times I let the dice go off the table. So I had to take three warm shots of gin. That's tough.

Speaker 1:
[15:01] Maybe that's why, because the dice went off the table, you had to do the gin.

Speaker 4:
[15:03] And we also played it, whoever came in last had to take a warm shot of gin.

Speaker 1:
[15:10] That's tough.

Speaker 2:
[15:11] It was tough.

Speaker 1:
[15:12] You're a big gin guy?

Speaker 4:
[15:13] No, I can't stand. I mean, I like a nice cold gin and tonic, but not warm, like lower level gin shots when you've already been drinking all day.

Speaker 2:
[15:24] That used to be my, if I wasn't drinking beer, I would drink gin and tonics in college. Really? Yeah. Isn't that weird?

Speaker 1:
[15:31] That is the strangest thing I maybe ever heard about you.

Speaker 2:
[15:34] Yeah. I love gin and tonics, dude.

Speaker 1:
[15:37] Is that what you drink at a wedding?

Speaker 2:
[15:38] They kind of taste like old people.

Speaker 3:
[15:41] I associated that with my grandma.

Speaker 2:
[15:43] Yeah, it tastes like an old person's house.

Speaker 3:
[15:46] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[15:48] That makes sense. But it's nice. Weirdly enough.

Speaker 1:
[15:51] Do you have a go-to cocktail that's not an old-fashioned?

Speaker 3:
[15:56] I mean, I just do vodka sodas if I'm not doing an old-fashioned. I don't really know a lot of... You know what's... You stick with what you like, and then if you see something on the menu...

Speaker 1:
[16:04] It's pretty, yeah, it's pretty gangster, though.

Speaker 2:
[16:06] It wasn't really good, but you can only have like three is... Or maybe even two is dirty Shirley's.

Speaker 3:
[16:12] Oh, those are great.

Speaker 1:
[16:12] A little sweet, yeah.

Speaker 2:
[16:13] Sometimes I go... In the summer, I go through dirty Shirley phases.

Speaker 1:
[16:17] Those are nice. The transfusion on the golf course is great.

Speaker 3:
[16:19] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[16:20] I like a Cape Cotter.

Speaker 1:
[16:21] What's that?

Speaker 2:
[16:23] It's... I think it's like a Vodka Soda or Vodka Soda with cranberry.

Speaker 4:
[16:27] Yes.

Speaker 2:
[16:28] Or it might just be Vodka Cranberry. It's nice.

Speaker 1:
[16:32] Cape Cotter.

Speaker 3:
[16:33] I never heard of that.

Speaker 1:
[16:34] That's interesting.

Speaker 3:
[16:35] You've got to come up with like a Mountain Dew golf course mixer.

Speaker 1:
[16:37] Yeah, that'd be nice. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[16:38] A little screwdriver in the morning.

Speaker 1:
[16:40] That'd be great.

Speaker 2:
[16:41] There was this place in Hingham that... Or they still do it. They call it a Hingham Sunrise. It's like a screwdriver with energy drink in it. Oh, Jesus. Gets you going.

Speaker 1:
[16:54] I love custom cocktails. And like all places have them, but I'm saying places that are like known that you have it, you know? Like that's awesome. Have you ever done a Three Wiseman shot?

Speaker 3:
[17:08] What is that? Jack, John?

Speaker 1:
[17:10] What the fuck? Jack, Johnny and Jim, yeah. What happened?

Speaker 2:
[17:14] I just looked up Cape Cotter, which is like a...

Speaker 4:
[17:17] Is it ginger ale?

Speaker 2:
[17:19] No, it's a vodka and cranberry juice, but this is where I used to go as a kid at the fucking swimming pool, and they're turning it into a Margaritaville.

Speaker 4:
[17:27] Damn.

Speaker 1:
[17:28] Ah, shit.

Speaker 2:
[17:29] Come on, man.

Speaker 1:
[17:30] Hate to see that. Speaking of the word...

Speaker 2:
[17:32] I don't hate Margaritaville, but...

Speaker 1:
[17:34] I mean, we're going to Key West tomorrow. I hope to go to Margaritaville.

Speaker 2:
[17:37] I would love to.

Speaker 3:
[17:38] What are you guys doing down there?

Speaker 1:
[17:39] Filming a video. We went three or four years ago.

Speaker 2:
[17:43] It was two years ago. You keep saying four years ago. It was two years ago.

Speaker 3:
[17:47] Is this where Fasoli almost killed a guy?

Speaker 2:
[17:50] Don't say that. He's going to cancel his trip because he's our camera guy. Don't say that. He's going to hear that and cancel his flight.

Speaker 1:
[17:58] Fasoli almost killed a guy, Doitche.

Speaker 2:
[17:59] Stop. Stop it.

Speaker 4:
[18:01] Was he driving?

Speaker 2:
[18:01] No, we're going to have a weird... A whole trip is going to be off now because you guys are saying...

Speaker 3:
[18:05] Blame it on me.

Speaker 4:
[18:07] Was he a distracted driver?

Speaker 1:
[18:10] No, it was...

Speaker 3:
[18:11] Dana does not want to talk about it.

Speaker 4:
[18:14] It was...

Speaker 2:
[18:15] It's so funny.

Speaker 1:
[18:17] So funny.

Speaker 2:
[18:17] But he gets very mad at it.

Speaker 3:
[18:21] Defensive about it.

Speaker 1:
[18:21] He wanted to talk to me for a long time because of it.

Speaker 2:
[18:24] Then he brought it up on the Yak. That was fucked up.

Speaker 1:
[18:26] It ended the trip almost.

Speaker 2:
[18:27] The biggest show we got. You're just going on there.

Speaker 4:
[18:29] I'd love to hear it.

Speaker 1:
[18:32] Here's the funny part. It wasn't his fault, but when I was giving him shit about it, he was getting so upset that I had to keep going because it was just too funny, his reaction. So essentially, we're just driving.

Speaker 2:
[18:46] I never put the pieces together with the... Tell the story. The fact that he hit the fence.

Speaker 1:
[18:50] Yes, exactly.

Speaker 2:
[18:51] I never put those...

Speaker 1:
[18:52] That's why the story came to light on the Yak. I was like, I can't just watch this guy crash.

Speaker 2:
[18:57] He's bad at golf carts.

Speaker 1:
[19:00] And listen, like I said, truly not his fault. He's driving, and he's driving a golf cart because Key West has a lot of golf carts. Have you ever been, Doitche?

Speaker 4:
[19:08] Never been, no.

Speaker 2:
[19:09] You would love it. We should get you there.

Speaker 1:
[19:11] Yeah, that would be fun.

Speaker 2:
[19:12] Should we just try and get him in? Why not?

Speaker 4:
[19:14] I know there's a dive bar in Key West that does like a Guinness Chug challenge. Just one Guinness. And they have like the time up on the board. I've always wanted to go to Key West.

Speaker 1:
[19:25] Write it down. You know, I need to write it down to get a bigger Airbnb and get Doitche in. They're so fucking hard to find on there. So we're driving and we had a driveway and Fasoli could have just been turned right, right into the driveway. But instead, he big dicked it and pulled up a little bit because he wanted to back in. OK, so he big dicks that he pulls up, like goes like overshoots a little because he gave himself room to back into it. And there's cars behind us, so he stops traffic a little bit while he's backing in. A guy on a moped, he curtails it into the oncoming traffic lane to pass the traffic because he just thinks someone stopped. And Fasoli is backing in. This moped goes and like swerves into the sidewalk, doesn't eat it, thankfully, but like he like put his feet on the ground. Could have been bad, could have been bad. Like he definitely, and it was the moped guy's fault. But we're like, Jesus, Fasoli, if you don't big dick it and back in, if you just turn right into the driveway, that doesn't happen. You almost killed that guy.

Speaker 2:
[20:35] For the next 24 hours, he was so mad. We had to film a video, he was, he didn't speak for the whole video.

Speaker 1:
[20:42] We're like watching, we're like watching Sunday NFL and it's like, y'all look at that, that quarterback, Jake Browning almost got killed, like Vasoli almost killed that guy outside. He was so mad.

Speaker 2:
[20:54] I guarantee you, he's going to hear this and still be, he's going to be mad tomorrow now.

Speaker 1:
[20:58] He will.

Speaker 2:
[20:59] We love you, Vasoli.

Speaker 1:
[21:00] Thankfully, by the time-

Speaker 2:
[21:01] It's just a joke.

Speaker 1:
[21:01] Yes, thankfully-

Speaker 2:
[21:02] It's funny to laugh at.

Speaker 1:
[21:03] By the time this airs, he'll already be in the air and there will be no going back.

Speaker 3:
[21:06] Yeah. Eddie's got a way of pissing off the nicest people at this company.

Speaker 1:
[21:11] Who else?

Speaker 3:
[21:12] I mean, you called Henkel, Brian Cardinal.

Speaker 2:
[21:15] You did call him Brian Cardinal. You know Brian Cardinal?

Speaker 4:
[21:18] Yeah. That's the scenario. He doesn't look anything like him.

Speaker 1:
[21:21] All I asked him is if he enjoyed Brian Cardinal's basketball act.

Speaker 3:
[21:24] You said he looked like him.

Speaker 1:
[21:26] I did not. That's a good question.

Speaker 4:
[21:28] That is a very funny question. But the thing about Fasoli is, and that's so innocent because anyone else would be like, that guy's an idiot, that guy's a jackass.

Speaker 1:
[21:38] Yes, it was that guy's fault, right?

Speaker 2:
[21:39] We were just busting his balls.

Speaker 4:
[21:40] But he's so nice and cares so much that that's obviously why he got upset and that's probably why it's hard not to keep it going.

Speaker 1:
[21:49] Now, you could make the argument, though, that if he just didn't big dick it and try to back in, he could have just.

Speaker 3:
[21:54] Are you making that argument?

Speaker 1:
[21:56] No, I'm saying one might. Dana, would you like to make that argument?

Speaker 2:
[22:01] Fasoli. And I'd never put the pieces together that he also hit the fucking fence.

Speaker 1:
[22:08] No, he hit the fence.

Speaker 3:
[22:09] Hit the fence. Did he pull the golf ball out of there, too? Is that someone else?

Speaker 1:
[22:12] Yeah, that's how it started.

Speaker 2:
[22:13] He's the best.

Speaker 4:
[22:14] That was like two back-to-back holes. He fished it out of the water and then he was rattled.

Speaker 2:
[22:19] He's a very emotional man.

Speaker 1:
[22:21] He is.

Speaker 2:
[22:21] And that's what makes him the best. But he can go a little silent mode if he's not happy with you.

Speaker 1:
[22:30] I'm excited to see him because we're like, yeah, we need a camera guy.

Speaker 2:
[22:33] Yeah, that's my fucking guy.

Speaker 1:
[22:34] Got to bring him back for Stu.

Speaker 2:
[22:35] He's done like 12 of my videos and he's the best.

Speaker 1:
[22:39] It's been a long time. If anyone has any QS recommendations, DM us.

Speaker 2:
[22:43] I can't wait.

Speaker 1:
[22:45] Have you been?

Speaker 3:
[22:46] QS? No.

Speaker 2:
[22:47] It's like my... I would move there tomorrow.

Speaker 1:
[22:50] Yeah?

Speaker 3:
[22:51] What was that show? The murder show on Netflix?

Speaker 1:
[22:56] Making a murder?

Speaker 3:
[22:57] No, no. But it was just like they owned a resort and I'm like, this place is...

Speaker 1:
[23:00] Oh, Bloodline.

Speaker 3:
[23:01] Bloodline.

Speaker 1:
[23:02] That place, that movie, that show for a season was awesome.

Speaker 3:
[23:05] Awesome until like the last 20 seconds where we're like, oh, this kid exists. Anyways, but like that resort, I'm like, I can't believe that this is America.

Speaker 1:
[23:13] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[23:14] Like it just looks so perfect.

Speaker 1:
[23:16] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[23:17] It's great. There's no cars, just mopeds and golf carts. It's always nice weather.

Speaker 1:
[23:25] Great vibe.

Speaker 2:
[23:26] Everyone's just wearing Hawaiian shirts, walking around.

Speaker 1:
[23:30] It's really nice.

Speaker 2:
[23:31] You can't kind of run out of stuff to do though. It's just like you just go to the bar and drink.

Speaker 4:
[23:37] You can let Fasoli drive. Will he be driving the car?

Speaker 2:
[23:42] Of course he will.

Speaker 1:
[23:43] Yeah, I think we kind of have to make it.

Speaker 2:
[23:46] Oh, I didn't even think of that. Where are we going to put our rental car?

Speaker 3:
[23:49] Park it at Dave's house.

Speaker 2:
[23:51] We got a spot.

Speaker 1:
[23:51] We got one spot.

Speaker 3:
[23:53] That's where Portnoy lives now, right?

Speaker 2:
[23:55] He's in one of the keys.

Speaker 1:
[23:56] Yeah, one of them.

Speaker 2:
[23:57] I don't know which one.

Speaker 1:
[23:58] Maybe we'll stop by.

Speaker 2:
[24:00] I'm sure he'd love to see us all.

Speaker 1:
[24:03] Exactly.

Speaker 3:
[24:04] It's a mailbox on the way in.

Speaker 2:
[24:06] If there's any Key West, what's the word? Fucking hot spots?

Speaker 1:
[24:12] No.

Speaker 2:
[24:13] People that know everything about a certain subject.

Speaker 1:
[24:16] Connoisseurs, please let us know.

Speaker 2:
[24:18] Please give us the itinerary, because right now we're just kind of winging it, but that usually makes for our best videos, when we just go out and find the fucking freaks.

Speaker 1:
[24:27] We're making the drive, which I'm kind of excited for. We're landing in Miami and we're doing the three-hour drive down.

Speaker 3:
[24:31] Over the bridge?

Speaker 1:
[24:32] Yeah. Which is a little nerve-wracking for me. It's just a bridge.

Speaker 2:
[24:37] I'm not going to break.

Speaker 1:
[24:38] Yeah, but I've heard it's a little-

Speaker 2:
[24:40] Close to the water.

Speaker 1:
[24:41] One in, one out.

Speaker 2:
[24:42] Maybe facility shouldn't drive.

Speaker 1:
[24:47] You had something we were talking about before we started, that you wanted to bring up?

Speaker 2:
[24:51] Oh, all right. United Center. I've never been. What is their DJ music situation when they're in the game?

Speaker 3:
[25:00] I only know it for hockey. They got DJ Oreo between periods.

Speaker 2:
[25:04] Okay. But is it like you're at a fucking concert? Is it like they're playing EDM and whatever? I don't know why I was thinking about this. My favorite arenas are TD Garden and MSG. And I think a big part of that is because they just use the organs. And they're not playing music during the games. It feels like an actual experience.

Speaker 3:
[25:27] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[25:28] And I've never been to United Center. I was interested to see what their experience is like.

Speaker 3:
[25:32] That guy Frank Pelico, but he passed.

Speaker 1:
[25:35] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[25:35] Did you do bowls games too?

Speaker 1:
[25:37] I'm not totally sure. I went to the Derek Rose night this year, and there definitely is some music, unfortunately. I think that's a big problem across. Why don't more courts do that? I don't know.

Speaker 2:
[25:49] Isn't it like a better experience?

Speaker 1:
[25:51] Oh, totally. I went to, and it's...

Speaker 2:
[25:53] You've been to Phoenix? I would play a full-on concert in Phoenix.

Speaker 1:
[25:56] I went to Orlando, and it was cra... Like, you can't think because it's just... Exactly, it's a concert.

Speaker 3:
[26:02] Like, you can't talk, you can't do anything. Like, who told them that this was a good idea? I've never heard anyone being like, we need more EDM during this game.

Speaker 2:
[26:09] Like, what was it like during the 90s with Jordan? Like, what was it?

Speaker 3:
[26:13] It was nothing.

Speaker 2:
[26:14] It was just a dude on the speaker?

Speaker 1:
[26:16] Yeah, I mean, that was before my time, but obviously they have a great intro, but no, I'm reading right here. Yeah, we do not have a live organist right now. We could have had more organists. Yeah, Al Mellegard, Chicago Stadium. It's a valid concern.

Speaker 2:
[26:35] Like, have you ever been to MSG or even just watching on TV?

Speaker 1:
[26:38] Yeah, yeah, I've been to them.

Speaker 2:
[26:39] It's a great experience.

Speaker 1:
[26:40] It's awesome, yeah. I hate hearing fucking Happy by Pharrell during...

Speaker 2:
[26:47] When fucking...

Speaker 1:
[26:47] Time out.

Speaker 2:
[26:49] Kobe White is dribbling up the court.

Speaker 1:
[26:51] Exactly. It's the worst. I don't know, basketballs. Your game is in a weird spot.

Speaker 2:
[27:00] I don't know what to do.

Speaker 3:
[27:01] I think it's beyond your control.

Speaker 1:
[27:05] But he can get it back.

Speaker 2:
[27:06] I gotta get Adam Silver's ear, man.

Speaker 1:
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Speaker 1:
[29:39] All right. On Or Off The Leash time?

Speaker 2:
[29:41] Let's do it.

Speaker 1:
[29:42] All right. Here we go. I've been listening to the show since 2020 and I have an On Or Off The Leash situation. I am from Rockford, moved to Milwaukee, went to a sports bar that is usually for big soccer games. Just to check it out this summer. It was the afternoon, no big games on. Me and my wife are sitting there having a drink when a lady walks in and asks if they can turn the Stars game on. Now in my head I'm confused because it was July and my first thought was Dallas, the NHL Dallas Stars. Bartender asked her who the Stars were and the lady said the women's MLS team from Chicago. The bartender looked through all the channels to see if she could find it. She couldn't find the game. The lady gets off her phone and yells over to the bartender, can my husband bring the fire stick to the bar so we can turn the game on? I feel like this was a crazy ask and it was definitely off the leash.

Speaker 2:
[30:31] Fire stick?

Speaker 1:
[30:32] Yes, can you bring in your BYO fire stick?

Speaker 3:
[30:36] This is insane.

Speaker 2:
[30:41] Did they let him do it?

Speaker 1:
[30:42] He doesn't say that, but he wants to. There's the question of bringing your own.

Speaker 2:
[30:47] I guess it, like, is there a lot of TVs? Is there not a lot of people in the bar? It's like, sure, if no one's using the TV in the top left.

Speaker 1:
[31:03] It's a lie, and there's only baseball on.

Speaker 2:
[31:05] Yeah. Right? I'm okay with it. It's ridiculous. I would never do it. I would make fun of anyone that did, but sure.

Speaker 1:
[31:13] And he said it's a sports bar, so we have to be under the assumption that there's at least, what, eight TVs? Any good sports bar has a minimum of eight?

Speaker 3:
[31:21] I mean, that's one. If you want to watch it that badly, you just got to stay home. We're talking women's MLS, Chicago Red Stars.

Speaker 1:
[31:30] Listen.

Speaker 3:
[31:31] Shout out Dantsby Swanson's wife.

Speaker 1:
[31:33] Yeah, but listen.

Speaker 3:
[31:34] Mallory Swanson.

Speaker 1:
[31:35] If that's what you want to watch, fine.

Speaker 3:
[31:37] Yeah, to each their own.

Speaker 1:
[31:39] But obviously you have an idea that they're not going to have it on when you go, right?

Speaker 3:
[31:43] Did you know that league was on TV?

Speaker 1:
[31:46] No, but I also don't know a lot of leagues outside of what I watch.

Speaker 2:
[31:50] Right, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[31:51] You know, I couldn't tell you if.

Speaker 2:
[31:53] I'm OK with the fire stick.

Speaker 1:
[31:54] You're OK with it.

Speaker 3:
[31:55] See, I get like, there could be like a game, like a college football game on, that's like a big game. If it's not on at the bar I'm at, I'm like, I guess I'm not watching it.

Speaker 1:
[32:09] You don't even like them to change the channel.

Speaker 3:
[32:10] I don't like to ask because it's like they're doing so much already that it's like, oh yeah, like bring it over the remote and change this TV for me. And you don't know who else is already watching that game and has something on it. I get like, I don't want to rock the boat ever.

Speaker 1:
[32:28] Doitche?

Speaker 4:
[32:29] I think it would be one of those things where you just ask, would anybody mind if I put this on one TV, get a response from everyone, and then it would be kind of up to the bartender. But I don't think it's too ridiculous. I mean, as long as...

Speaker 3:
[32:47] Who travels with a fire stick?

Speaker 1:
[32:49] She called someone to bring it, so she didn't have it on her.

Speaker 3:
[32:52] Lady, go home. Go home and watch the game.

Speaker 1:
[32:56] And I mean, TVs are typically not placed at a low level.

Speaker 3:
[33:01] Exactly.

Speaker 1:
[33:02] So someone would stand on a barstool to stick that thing in.

Speaker 2:
[33:04] Oh, if you're at the bar, you're like a worker there, you're pissed, if they ask.

Speaker 1:
[33:10] Yeah, but counterpoint, we're in the era where, like, to watch the NFL this year, I think it's like 10 different streaming services or something.

Speaker 3:
[33:20] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[33:20] Right?

Speaker 2:
[33:21] I'm okay with the fire stick. I'm okay with it. I would make fun of them and think they're stupid, but...

Speaker 1:
[33:27] Salt that becomes a thing, though.

Speaker 2:
[33:30] It shouldn't be a thing.

Speaker 1:
[33:30] But it starts with a fire stick. That's how it starts.

Speaker 2:
[33:33] You think people are gonna start having people sign into their sling?

Speaker 1:
[33:37] Yes, I do. That happens for sure. I'm sure a lot of bartenders are listening that are probably like, Yeah, this happens more than you think.

Speaker 3:
[33:44] But it's like, if you're watching, again, nothing against the women's soccer, but if you're watching something so obscure, if it's a sports bar, specifically a soccer bar, that means they've got Paramount, Peacock, all the different streaming services, and if they don't have that one, I think you just gotta watch it at home. That's a watch at home situation.

Speaker 1:
[34:11] She's offering you a solution. I can be a patron at your bar, pay you money, and I could watch my game.

Speaker 2:
[34:21] If there's a couple extra TVs, why not? Sure. Bring the fucking fire stick.

Speaker 1:
[34:27] But it's also not, like, you need an outlet for a fire stick, you need...

Speaker 2:
[34:32] I'm not in tune with a fire stick game.

Speaker 1:
[34:35] Okay, so you say it's not Off The Leash.

Speaker 2:
[34:38] I thought you just stick it in the USB.

Speaker 1:
[34:40] Oh, no, you need a power source for it, too. Right?

Speaker 4:
[34:43] Yes.

Speaker 1:
[34:43] Yes.

Speaker 2:
[34:45] I say it's okay.

Speaker 1:
[34:46] Okay. Doitche, you're okay with it?

Speaker 4:
[34:48] Yeah, I think it's fine. But you also have to be willing to respect the bartender's answer no matter what.

Speaker 2:
[34:54] Yeah, if they say no.

Speaker 3:
[34:54] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[34:55] I like that answer. I think that's the best way to go about it. If you want to do it, I think it's... I would never...

Speaker 3:
[35:01] Yeah, you would never do this.

Speaker 1:
[35:02] Never do it. No. Legitimately, if they're busy, and busyness matters.

Speaker 2:
[35:08] I would never do this either.

Speaker 1:
[35:09] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[35:10] Hold on, though. What if they're super passionate fans, they start cheering? Like, a goal goes in, and they're losing their mind at their table.

Speaker 1:
[35:21] If it's empty, or kind of empty, I think there's no problem.

Speaker 3:
[35:26] Okay.

Speaker 1:
[35:27] But...

Speaker 3:
[35:27] I also think that makes it more awkward.

Speaker 1:
[35:28] Really?

Speaker 3:
[35:29] Yeah. If you have one table that's just like living and dying with every red star's fucking corner kick, I think that makes it a little bit more awkward.

Speaker 1:
[35:39] I don't know. I think it's an interesting era, and I think we would be surprised at how many people are doing shit like this.

Speaker 2:
[35:47] Yeah, there's a lot of fucking douchebags out there.

Speaker 1:
[35:50] All right. So that's your answer. This lady who was watching this in Milwaukee. So yeah, it sounds like it's a split decision right now.

Speaker 3:
[36:00] I just can't envision myself ever doing it. That's kind of how I looked at it.

Speaker 1:
[36:04] Because sometimes when they're busy and you see it, it really is like daunting to ask them to change the channel. But I think if you're a sports bar and you don't know the schedule, you have to take the sports out of your name. You know, like I went to a casino for the weekend of Ohio State, Michigan. And I sat at the sports book. They had Ball State playing on like three of the TVs and only Ohio State, Michigan and one of them.

Speaker 3:
[36:33] I mean, well, that's absurd.

Speaker 1:
[36:34] I know.

Speaker 3:
[36:35] That's not...

Speaker 1:
[36:35] How does that hap... But I think if you're a sports bar, sport, like sports book, like if you don't know, like, all right, here's the big games tonight.

Speaker 3:
[36:43] Especially a sports book.

Speaker 1:
[36:44] Yeah, yeah, sports book's like no excuses.

Speaker 3:
[36:46] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[36:47] But if you don't know the schedule, like you...

Speaker 3:
[36:50] That's gotta be...

Speaker 1:
[36:51] It's illegal.

Speaker 3:
[36:51] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[36:52] It should be illegal.

Speaker 3:
[36:54] Yeah, that's gotta be one of those things where there's a better game on the time slot. Although that would have been at 11 a.m., right?

Speaker 1:
[37:01] The SARS game?

Speaker 3:
[37:01] No, the Ohio State Michigan.

Speaker 1:
[37:03] It was at 11 a.m., yes.

Speaker 3:
[37:04] So there's nothing on before that? I'm telling you, we probably had Game Day on or something before that.

Speaker 1:
[37:08] Yeah, three of the TVs had Ball State on.

Speaker 3:
[37:09] That's... Can't have that.

Speaker 1:
[37:12] I know, we're like, what are we doing?

Speaker 3:
[37:14] Did you say something then?

Speaker 1:
[37:16] Yeah, I was like, hey, can we get the game?

Speaker 3:
[37:19] Because I don't think that's an ask.

Speaker 1:
[37:21] No, I don't think so either, but it makes me think less of them.

Speaker 3:
[37:24] Yeah, for sure.

Speaker 1:
[37:26] Next one here from Brian. On or off the leash, my cousin has a seven-day cruise wedding in August. I'd have to fly to the departure port, and this is actually a good hypothetical.

Speaker 3:
[37:36] I've never heard of a cruise wedding before either.

Speaker 1:
[37:39] Here we go. I'd have to fly to the departure port. Most of, if not all the other guests are within driving distance. I have to buy my cruise room packages and fly it. Is it On Or Off The Leash to not have a gift? If Off The Leash, what is the appropriate amount to spend on a gift? Note the cruise itself will cost $1,500. Flight will be around $800. This is like, you could also move this goalpost too if it's a destination wedding.

Speaker 2:
[38:06] Just give them a fucking check. Yeah. Who cares? You know, you're already spending $2,300. Add another fucking two. Who cares?

Speaker 3:
[38:18] But I, so we're having like a little bit of a destination wedding down in Marco Island. We're doing no gifts because of that. Because it's like, you know?

Speaker 2:
[38:29] That makes sense if you're telling people.

Speaker 3:
[38:31] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[38:31] Like you're making a trip, don't worry about a gift.

Speaker 3:
[38:34] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[38:34] You're probably still going to have people that are going to give you a check. I think that, I don't know.

Speaker 3:
[38:40] Yeah. I'm not, because I was telling my sister that. She goes, oh, no, you can definitely still ask for a gift. I'm like, no, I don't really feel comfortable with that. Yeah. So, I don't know. I think it's like to each their own, but it has to come from the couple if you're going to not do a gift.

Speaker 1:
[38:59] I never heard of that, no gift wedding.

Speaker 3:
[39:01] No gift wedding?

Speaker 1:
[39:03] Have you ever been to one?

Speaker 3:
[39:06] No, I don't think so.

Speaker 1:
[39:07] No?

Speaker 2:
[39:07] I've never been to like.

Speaker 3:
[39:08] But I don't like getting gifts in general. Like it was just my birth date. It makes me very uncomfortable.

Speaker 1:
[39:12] Yeah. Speaking of, you fucking scooted out of that one. But we'll continue the discussion before you did that.

Speaker 3:
[39:18] I mean, I didn't scoot out of anything.

Speaker 1:
[39:20] Yeah, you did.

Speaker 3:
[39:20] Or you want me to come in here with confetti and balloons for myself?

Speaker 1:
[39:24] I've done it before.

Speaker 3:
[39:24] No. That's. Don't do that. You start off by slandering Fasoli, now you're slandering me.

Speaker 1:
[39:31] What do you think, Doitche?

Speaker 4:
[39:33] I think if you go, you have to bring a gift. I think that it's totally fine if you can't afford it or you don't want to spend that much money. I would hope that the bride and groom would understand that they are kind of asking a lot and not be upset. If you chose not to go or you couldn't afford to go, but if you do go, I feel like you do need to bring a gift or a check for the bride and groom.

Speaker 1:
[39:58] What about a lower gift? Do you believe in that?

Speaker 3:
[40:00] What's a lower gift?

Speaker 1:
[40:01] Like I've heard people been like, since it's a destination, you don't have to give as much. Do you agree with that train of thought?

Speaker 3:
[40:08] Well, yeah, because I'm making mine zero. So, sure.

Speaker 1:
[40:11] But I have, have you heard that, Dana?

Speaker 2:
[40:13] What?

Speaker 1:
[40:14] If it's a destination, you give a less of a gift.

Speaker 2:
[40:18] Yeah, I've heard that. I think it depends how far you travel or.

Speaker 1:
[40:24] At the end of the day, it's like, I don't know, it depends on what spot you're in financially, how close you are with the people.

Speaker 3:
[40:30] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[40:31] And I don't really weigh in the travel and everything.

Speaker 2:
[40:35] I think some people also just make their own rules. Like, my wedding was somewhat of a destination, like Cape Cod, I mean, to me, it's not because that's where I grew up, but some people are traveling from New York or whatever. And there was a few people that didn't get a gift. So I'm like, that's fine if that's there, if they think that they spent a lot of money on travel.

Speaker 1:
[40:59] Now, do they forget a gift? Did you even follow?

Speaker 2:
[41:01] I don't know. I don't even remember who it was at this point, but there was like...

Speaker 1:
[41:04] Is that awkward?

Speaker 2:
[41:06] No.

Speaker 1:
[41:07] So you think it was like, oh, it's just...

Speaker 2:
[41:09] I didn't like, I don't even remember who it was. So it's not like I took note of who it was, you know?

Speaker 3:
[41:14] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[41:14] Just like, I just chalked it up to, you know, they made the effort to travel along the way.

Speaker 3:
[41:22] That to me is enough.

Speaker 2:
[41:23] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[41:24] Okay. Because I know, like, that'll be a thing, like, oh, they didn't give it to...

Speaker 3:
[41:28] No, it definitely is a thing.

Speaker 2:
[41:29] Some people do just forget.

Speaker 1:
[41:31] For sure.

Speaker 2:
[41:31] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[41:32] Especially because...

Speaker 3:
[41:32] Oh, you text them if they don't?

Speaker 1:
[41:34] Ah, I've heard of people texting.

Speaker 3:
[41:36] Oh, that's...

Speaker 2:
[41:36] I wouldn't.

Speaker 3:
[41:37] No.

Speaker 1:
[41:38] I've heard of people texting, for sure.

Speaker 3:
[41:40] You're like, how do you do that? That's like, send me a Venmo.

Speaker 2:
[41:43] I went to... I went to Marty's brother's wedding, and I just gave him a card. I didn't realize I'd left the checkout, and then it took me, like, a month to be like, oh, fuck, because I found, like, the check. You must think I'm such a dick.

Speaker 3:
[42:00] I think the rule is, and I heard this from my mom one time, like, 20 years ago, that you have a year to send your gift.

Speaker 2:
[42:09] That's nice.

Speaker 1:
[42:10] Yeah, I've heard that, too. Yeah. But, um...

Speaker 2:
[42:13] Doitche, you, uh, through wedding season, you passed?

Speaker 4:
[42:17] Pretty much through it, yeah. I feel like I had a wave of college friends that got married between, like, 24 and 26. Then my friends from New Hampshire were all early 30s. Anybody that's not married already is somewhat troubled, so I think, um...

Speaker 3:
[42:36] What the fuck, man?

Speaker 4:
[42:37] No, I'm...

Speaker 1:
[42:38] What the hell?

Speaker 4:
[42:39] I'm talking about my personal group. I'm talking about myself and my personal group, so...

Speaker 3:
[42:45] Doitche has read me like a book.

Speaker 4:
[42:47] No shot at anybody else.

Speaker 1:
[42:50] Yeah, I don't know. That's a big question when it comes to weddings. I've heard that before, and I've never heard of not... just not giving anything at all.

Speaker 3:
[42:58] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[42:59] So I would say it's off the leash to give nothing to the listener who sent that in.

Speaker 3:
[43:06] Have you ever heard of a cruise wedding before?

Speaker 1:
[43:09] No, but I know there's, like, a chapel on cruise ships.

Speaker 3:
[43:12] Oh, really?

Speaker 1:
[43:13] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[43:14] Just toss a couple hundreds in there.

Speaker 1:
[43:16] And that's, yeah, just go on. I know I've heard of this one situation where this guy didn't even give a gift, so I was like, kind of like, hey, everything good? Or did you forget? Because you're right, you can't forget. Like, I was the best man of my buddies, and you're out all day. You know, like, let me just walk around with a card to the church and shit. So I didn't give it to him. I completely sold my mind. I didn't have it for the basket or whatever because I didn't have time. And the guy who has just guessed who to give a gift with had got a hotel room. And like, yeah, like what I was like, oh, sorry, like I'm a little short right now. But you can't get the hotel room if you're short, right?

Speaker 2:
[43:59] No.

Speaker 1:
[44:00] That's a little off the leash.

Speaker 2:
[44:03] People are weird. People are fucking weird. They all have their reasons for everything.

Speaker 1:
[44:09] Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 2:
[44:11] But I always, I always, I... This is why I'm probably in such poor financial standing in my life. I always go overboard no matter what, whether it's a tip, a gift or anything. I'm always just like, I'd rather not be an asshole. I'd rather just, you know, fucking lose my money.

Speaker 3:
[44:33] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[44:33] Than be the dickhead, you know?

Speaker 3:
[44:36] Yeah. And I'm just bad at math too. So I'd never want to be like, I'm close on the percentage. So I'm like, let's pump it up a little bit more.

Speaker 5:
[44:44] Yeah. Another 10 bucks.

Speaker 3:
[44:46] I actually fucked myself over the weekend. I went to this place, you know, they check you out and they always have like the options. This one said like five, seven or nine percent. I'm like, that's weird. And so I'm like just custom and I tried to get to 20. And then it occurred to me that I'm like, it was already baked in. Tip was already baked in. So they got a nice one for that.

Speaker 1:
[45:09] Got to look out for that.

Speaker 3:
[45:10] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[45:12] Yeah. But happy belated birthday.

Speaker 3:
[45:14] Yeah. Thanks.

Speaker 1:
[45:15] Big four.

Speaker 2:
[45:16] Oh, happy belated.

Speaker 3:
[45:17] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[45:17] Was it how to feel?

Speaker 3:
[45:19] Same. I used to have like freak outs about turning a certain age, but it was always like I had one at twenty seven or twenty eight and thirty seven or thirty eight. The round numbers never really bothered you. It was like approaching them that bothered me more than the actual number turning because don't they say that 40 is like your last great birthday?

Speaker 2:
[45:41] I heard 50, maybe you think so. I think 50 is big.

Speaker 3:
[45:46] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[45:47] But 40 years 50 is big. Don't get me wrong, but 40 like you're still young enough to like do something cool.

Speaker 3:
[45:53] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[45:53] And like all your friends are like still be like kind of in the game a little bit. Yeah. He's like you're, you know.

Speaker 3:
[45:59] So I had I had my buddy, his birthday was April 11th. He lives in Ohio. So he and a bunch of people came in. So we all did like a big dinner. It was like six or seven couples on like the Friday before. And then my fiance's birthday is the 17th. So then all her family was in. So, you know, like I've I've never I I have like a vivid memory. I've probably said it before. Like everybody leave in my seventh birthday party, like all your little buddies and like go to my mom. Like we're never doing that again. Like I just like I don't don't like it. So forty one to forty nine are probably pretty sad, you think? Yeah, well, I'll let you know.

Speaker 1:
[46:39] I'll let you know.

Speaker 3:
[46:42] I feel like the only one that matters is twenty one. Isn't like you're you can legally drink.

Speaker 2:
[46:47] Yeah, thirty was fun.

Speaker 1:
[46:51] At what age is it lame to make a big deal about your birthday? Who's our big birthday guys here?

Speaker 2:
[47:00] Who do you think? Nicky Smokes.

Speaker 3:
[47:03] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[47:04] Tommy Smokes. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[47:06] Nicky has a big birthday.

Speaker 2:
[47:07] I can't talk. I love the attention. Like if anybody posts a picture of me, I'll repost the shit out of it.

Speaker 1:
[47:15] Yeah, I was going to let you know they're making plans. Oh yeah.

Speaker 2:
[47:18] Nicky Smokes, didn't he?

Speaker 1:
[47:20] We went to Happy Camper for his birthday.

Speaker 3:
[47:21] Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[47:27] But didn't he plan a big party or something?

Speaker 3:
[47:29] It was like when he first started. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[47:31] He invited Big Cat.

Speaker 3:
[47:33] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[47:35] I think he made fun of him, too.

Speaker 3:
[47:36] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[47:37] Whatever.

Speaker 1:
[47:38] Yeah, if you're a big birthday guy. Danny Conrad was a big birthday guy at one point, which shocked me.

Speaker 3:
[47:42] Really?

Speaker 1:
[47:43] Yeah, we did best drinking holidays. This was on our old podcast.

Speaker 3:
[47:46] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[47:47] And he was like, birthday. I was like, that's not good. That's not a...

Speaker 2:
[47:52] I like getting fucked up on my birthday.

Speaker 1:
[47:54] Sure. But birthday or 4th of July?

Speaker 2:
[47:58] 4th of July.

Speaker 1:
[47:59] Yeah. Birthday or St. Patrick's Day?

Speaker 3:
[48:01] St. Patrick's Day.

Speaker 1:
[48:03] Um, all right. We could wrap this up. Any, um, for the people, I've been asked a bunch. There's the mac and cheese stories and no go.

Speaker 4:
[48:16] For now. We'll see how the rest of the week goes.

Speaker 2:
[48:19] OK. OK.

Speaker 4:
[48:21] All right.

Speaker 1:
[48:22] What does that mean? You could grease them up in a week.

Speaker 4:
[48:25] I don't know. Just see how I'm feeling.

Speaker 3:
[48:27] I'm having a tough week. Can I please tell this mac and cheese story?

Speaker 1:
[48:30] Come on, please. All right, then. That's the show. Tomorrow joined by Steve Sharippa from The Sopranos.

Speaker 2:
[48:38] Oh, yeah. Yeah. He's gonna be here.

Speaker 1:
[48:40] No, I already talked to him.

Speaker 2:
[48:42] Fuck, yeah. I love that guy.

Speaker 1:
[48:44] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[48:44] He's got to he's a dachshund guy.

Speaker 1:
[48:46] Oh, yeah. It's a toxin.

Speaker 2:
[48:47] Oh, yeah. You never seen?

Speaker 1:
[48:49] No.

Speaker 2:
[48:49] Dude's everywhere.

Speaker 1:
[48:50] He said it's getting tough.

Speaker 2:
[48:52] I didn't say that.

Speaker 1:
[48:53] I'm asking.

Speaker 2:
[48:54] I said he's shit on the carpet.

Speaker 4:
[48:55] Is it they solid poops or they wet?

Speaker 2:
[48:57] Yeah, mostly solid. He's been great.

Speaker 1:
[49:00] What are you? This guy tough does not mean that tough.

Speaker 4:
[49:05] I said challenging.

Speaker 2:
[49:06] It's been good, but he's had a couple couple bad fuck ups.

Speaker 3:
[49:10] Puppy faces. Everyone knows that tough.

Speaker 2:
[49:13] I didn't say the word tough.

Speaker 1:
[49:14] Tough challenging. There's nothing wrong with tough and challenging.

Speaker 2:
[49:16] I said it's been, you know, it's been I might have said tough.

Speaker 1:
[49:20] I think you did.

Speaker 3:
[49:22] Try to have your back.

Speaker 4:
[49:23] Have you blamed him on anything that you've done?

Speaker 3:
[49:26] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[49:26] Farts.

Speaker 2:
[49:27] But it's tough.

Speaker 3:
[49:28] Farts smell so different.

Speaker 2:
[49:29] Because dog farts are very distinct.

Speaker 3:
[49:31] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[49:32] And my farts are pretty distinct, too. She was literally like, I know that you did that.

Speaker 1:
[49:38] I think that was Ralph.

Speaker 3:
[49:39] Yeah. Ralphie.

Speaker 2:
[49:41] I got away with it like twice. And then she's like, all right, I know what you're doing.

Speaker 1:
[49:44] Yeah, that's great.

Speaker 3:
[49:46] This is just you're just playing never farting again, just blaming all of them on the dog forever.

Speaker 2:
[49:52] I just I'm not a big fart guy in front of people.

Speaker 1:
[49:56] It's kind of crazy that little Ralph can he packs a punch pack that punch, you know, acts a punch. Yeah. Shout out to Ralph. All right. That's the show.

Speaker 3:
[50:06] Until his anal glands start leaking.

Speaker 1:
[50:08] That's a thing.

Speaker 3:
[50:09] I didn't know that was the thing. I had dogs all growing up. And then one day like George, it is fish, right? Like the foulest smell like rot fish ever. I took them to the vet the first time because I'm like, this is this can't be right. They're like, no, you just got to express his anal glands.

Speaker 4:
[50:28] You had to release it, right?

Speaker 3:
[50:29] Yeah, they're like, we could show you how to do it or you could take it to the groomer. I'm like taking them right to the groomer.

Speaker 1:
[50:35] Like, I don't want to deflate it like a tire.

Speaker 3:
[50:38] I still don't know. They just they all pick them up from the groomer. Like, oh, yeah, his glands are really full today. I'm like, didn't even need to know that. Woof.

Speaker 1:
[50:47] All right. Good way to end the show.

Speaker 3:
[50:48] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[50:48] See you guys tomorrow.