#563 - Choking Is Embarassing

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Uh, whatever you think, but it's the dot at the end is because there's dot org dot gov dot com dot co, which whatever. The Wi-Fi is down. I forgot till right now. We can't look anything up by the way. The Wi-Fi is down. Something's going on. I guess back to our roots of being able to just make an assumption about something and be confident that it's the truth. And it is the truth because no one can say it's not because there's no one in the room shorting your cat. Right. You know, it's both the truth and fake at the exact same time. Exactly. So who cares? We're back. This is the OG basement yard now. Yeah. Let's start. Let's go back to your roots. Start speaking like you're Hispanic. Don't say that. So like sluts is like there'd be a wall with them titties. Okay, we're moving on now. Bro, I will tell you this. Something embarrassing. More embarrassing than that recently. This was yesterday. I got in the elevator and I had a water bottle and there was like a couple of people in the elevator with me. And I went to go drink it and I like aspirated and you know when you do that. So like you're like basically coughing in your mouth and you have something in your mouth. You're like choking on it. Like goes down the wrong pipes. I would think. Yeah. You kind of have that moment where you're like, am I just going to spit this out or am I going to try and hold it together? Yeah. I'm around a bunch of people. I should have been like gonna just hold it together. I did you spit. I spit. But I spit. I spit organized. I spit like in the corn because I was standing in the corner and I was just like. And then those are the worst. Yeah, it was because it's like also my eyes are going because I'm tearing and my face is turning red. Who were you in the elevator with strange humans? Yeah, but like age like that does make a difference if you're in there with like an old broad. There wasn't old bags with me. But there were people that I don't I mean there was like for the most part everyone in my building is around the age of like 30 to 55. That's tough honestly because those are the people that are going to make fun of you. They're going to be like I saw that guy from the basement yard in there and he was choking and he couldn't swallow. I spit it all over the ground and I took a picture of it too. Let me see. Do you want to see that? I kind of do. I mean, it's just a it's a puddle in my shoes. But you're but you're with the people next to you and they're like not all these guys. I didn't take a picture of them. I know, but I'm saying like not always this guy choking and just organizationally spitting on his own shoes. But they always take a picture of it. They all were like, are you okay? And I was like, yeah. Runk pie. Yeah. I hate when that happens when like you drink like something super like with the very specific powering. Yeah, dude, that it looks like it's the water that it's not like a small amount of water. That's like good amount because I was in the middle of drinking. So it was like the third gulp and then the third gulp was just kind of like, can I keep me in the back of the throat? I hate when it does that with like a super flavorful liquid and then you taste that liquid like a hyper concentrated form of it that ever happened to you. I don't know. Like that's happened to me when I've had like orange juice. Like I'll like it'll go down the wrong pipe and then my throat just tastes of orange juice. Oh, it's like, oh, yo, this is orange juice though. Yeah, exactly. Like it's like, it's orange juice, the orange juice. Yeah, it's like it's in your bloodstream now or something. That's that's tough. But what you were okay. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, uh, physically, yes, emotionally damaged and embarrassed. Is it people that you had seen before or since? Honestly, like don't know. I kind of like in elevators, I'm not like a take a look at everyone. I can very well get in the elevator with someone that I know and I wouldn't say anything. Yeah, because I wouldn't know that they're there. I'm kind of just all you're just in your own zone. Yeah, I, I imagine that at that point, everyone around is just like, what a fucking piece of shit this guy is. I think they were thinking that. And a part of me was debating on like, do I like kick this around like a dog? You know what I mean? Like when a dog, when a dog like dumps, moves the dirt, like I'm like, do I like move this out of the way? You fucking, you know, yeah, I didn't know what to do. Choking is one of those things that like, I have the approach of like, people are kind of victimized by mental, not mental, but like health issues, like something will happen to them. Like they, they get, they get the cold or something like that. Choking is one of those that it's just like, I'm the problem if I'm choking. It's so embarrassing. That's why the, I think you should leave a sketch that they did was so funny where he's choking in front of the, the like celebrity. Yeah. But like it's one of those where like, if someone like falls or bangs their head or scrapes their knee or, or, or, or gets sick or something like that, I'm like, oh, I feel bad for a person. When I see them choke, I'm like, figure it out quickly or I'm hoping, I'm rooting for the choke. Unless, unless it's like a real choke, like it's like a, then that's terrifying. I don't want to be around. I don't want to be around because I part of me on somewhere away. I'll be honest. I don't think I've ever seen someone choking like that, but like, I would like to think that I would be heroic, but I just don't know if I have it. I'd be too afraid of doing the wrong thing because apparently the Heimlich's not a thing anymore. Oh, no, dude. I'd be fucking beaten this person's backup. Really? Yeah. I mean, if, if, if someone else is there, then I'm like, oh my god, I want to get away from this. If they're like, if I, they need me to help, I'm going over there, obviously. I will. And I'm trying everything, dude. I'm like, I'm licking. I'm slamming their head. I'm fucking, yeah, I'm giving them like crazy shit. Just put them in like a fucking abdominal stretch and just punch their stomach. Put them in a full nose and just start kneeing a spine and shit. Like, I'd be terrified, man. I just, I don't know because I would be fighting my nature where like, I want to help and I want to make sure this person's okay, but like, ill, you freak, you're choking. I'd be only choking that I don't like is, what's that? Like, when people are like, they, they, like clear throat and it's like, and it's just that and it's like, you can't get rid of it, which I'm, I sympathize with the fact that you may have that. I, I think I told you on the show that someone at dinner, I'm not frank, not in an exaggeration, not be, not me being whatever Nicole was there. 45 minutes. And I want to be like, step out. Yeah. Step outside and figure this out on the street. Choking is one of those experiences that it's not, you're not the only person experiencing that medical situation. It's everyone around. Oh, also restaurant. Like, there's food people are eating. You're coughing. Step out. Oh, go to bed. I mean, if you're in like a, like a booth or like something, like, I don't think it's that bad. But if you're in like a crowded restaurant where the tables are like, the people that are sitting like, right here, I'll say this, if someone coughs and they're sitting that right there to me, I'm asking for a new dish. They've coughed on my food. Tiny, it's a, it's a small restaurant, but also we were all sitting at the bar. So he was sitting at the bar. He was, he was two people down. Oh, that's that's that's too close. Yeah. Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, I drink something. But even that sometimes like I've had it where it's like it's not working. So I'll just shut my finger down my throat and like try to break up whatever it is just in case I can do that. Let me ask you a question. Do you think that I'm five years old and I'll just believe everything you say? I don't believe that for a second. You need not believe it for it be the truth. Who is this? It's true. You've never had I've had popcorn recently. You shove your fingers down your throat and you mix it up like you're snake in a toilet. Yeah, I mean there have been times you know um like the like shell that is on the kernel of popcorn sometimes. The kernel? No, no, but it's like it's like the outer layer. It's like a it's like a film that goes around it. I have gotten a piece of that stuck in my throat and I'll go down and I'll just break it off and pull it out sometimes. Like you're first of all can I say something without you getting offended? No, you're a whore. What? No gag reflex whatsoever goes down there just fiddles around and gets things down. I mean honestly I don't know what it has been lately. I've been gagging lately. Uh I should in the gay way or no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I mean uh in the brushing my teeth way. So you're not gagging. You're like gagging. Well, no, isn't that like you're gagging? Well, here's the what's the gag? No, no, no. Isn't that like a Wendy Williams Kiki Palmer thing? Wasn't that the clip? She was like the gag is right. You weren't there. I've seen those. So it wasn't gagging. It was not. It was like which is different than sexual gagging. Duh, dude. Yeah. Duh. Which one were you doing? I was brushing my tongue. Oh, tongue like lately. I have like 10 seconds and then if I go even a second over that it's a yeah. So, but lately it has been a little bad. But seriously, if there's something like on like the like in there, oh, if I could break it up, I'll try to break it up because sometimes you could like feel it right there and you do that thing where like. Yeah. Does it like try to like inch it up the back of your tongue and stuff like that? It was a kid I used to know he would stick his pinky in his ear and then like his tongue would be like it looked like on this side of his mouth and then would make a weird sound and I'd be like what is that? I think the fucking in the mask Jim Kerry does that when he like can hear and he's like oh yeah, you know, I don't I don't understand people's like horniness with itching their ears or something. I do get that sometimes because sometimes it feels like a piece of ear wax kind of like falls into my canal a little bit and then my ears get kind of itchy because I'm like is my voice vibrating and it's like itching my ears so I start smacking right here. I do that because I'm like I gotta get this thing out of there. This hurts dude. Yeah. No, no, no, it's back here. Oh, it's like right behind my ear because that's what it feels like. Bro, the AC is broken here. I'm going to be a fucking puddle by the end of this. Yeah, we'll be good. We'll be good. But I literally just start smacking my, smack your gills just like kind of loosen it up. Yeah, I smack my jowls. It's getting hot. It's getting a little toasty in here. Alright, I didn't know. I'll have to try that next time because I've gotten like itches in my ear where it feels like it's like my brain that needs a scratch. Yeah, but like I normally I do some stuff like I do like I'm on fucking PCP, you know what I mean? Yeah, I got an ear itch. Well, I started doing that too but then I started convincing myself that it's a bug and I get real scared. That has happened. I know. Speaking of bug, you hear about this fucking explosive butt bug that's going around? Yeah, there's another way to say it for sure. But yes, I do know what you're talking about. There's a parasite going around that gives you diarrhea and I just want to say to this parasite, I don't need you to show me how to shit like that, right? I can do that all my own. I don't need this parasite. It's a chivalrous parasite. Yeah, let me help you out here. Yeah, like it's nice to have an excuse as to why there's diarrhea, but like, I don't need you. Dangle, dangle, cha-cha-cha, as your family says. Well, there was a day that we recorded and we got lunch and the next day I was like, I must have gotten food poisoning. I think I texted you like that day or a couple days after. I was like, yo, I think I got food poisoning because like, I've been in shambles all morning and like for the whole day, like I just, I felt like shit. Like I felt sick and like you were in ruin. I was in ruin. I was, I was basically a rubble of a man, like Athens. Frankie Rubble. Yeah, like Athens. Parts of it. Yeah, the Parthenon. And then a couple days later, you had, you said like, I must have been the bratwurst I had at this bar I went to, which was in hindsight a mistake. I mean, did it taste good? It was room temperature. So it wasn't even hot. Well, the thing is like, I went to this place that's like a pop-up. It's for the World Cup. They show like the games there. So it's not typically a place where they have food. Yeah, it's like where they have food or like drinks even. Like they set up bars and stuff. So I went there, the line for the drink, I literally got there for the USA game. I forgot where they're playing, but they, uh, I got on the line with like seven minutes into the game. I didn't get my drinks until half time. So I ordered food when I did that. And then when the food came eventually, it was already like, it was kind of room temperature. So I was like, I'm gonna, but I mean, it's already. It's a cooked hot dog. Like you're, it's brought worse. Like you're, you're fine. But it turned me up. You thought it was the broad. It wasn't. It's this fucking ass bug. Well, we don't know. I think there is a, we can now say with comfort and security that it might have been that we say with comfort and security that it may have, that it meant we could say with the utmost confidence that it might have been that. Yeah. I mean, is that not science being able to say like, I am confident that it might be this answer. Maybe. Yeah. I don't know, but it's like going around like and it started at like the beginning of May and people are like just reporting it now. It's called like chlorosis, spropidus or something like that. Oh, I knew a, a kid in high school and then named Greek guy. Oh, yeah. What was it? Chronus. It's like stand poppalous, something like that. Chlorosis stoppilus or something. Yeah. That dude said, don't say a diner. Oh, owns a diner. He also owns three burberry shirts that he wears on a rotation. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And he calls himself a Greek god. And he has an Omega symbol tattoo. I can keep going. But you can. I should I? No. All right. But you were gone. You were in Portugais. I was in Portugal. I will say when you do that, I know you're kind of joking, but you are saying words, I think. I stood the pie is like, I remember our old friend used to say that. I think to his dad. Are we sure we know what it means? Hey, dad. Oh, maybe. I don't know. I mean, well, did they have a good relationship? Cause maybe they had a good relationship with your dad. Okay. Remember, Manny. Yeah. Yeah. He was Portuguese. And he would be like, oh, he should do you buy you. He's Balanza. Yeah. You know, he's still Portuguese. He is. Yeah. I spoke to him like a couple of months ago. Really? Yeah. He's got like kids and shit. He's doing all right. Wow. Yeah. Look at that. We went to, there was this kid that we knew in high school named Manny who was Portuguese. And he was the only person that we knew that was Portuguese. So naturally, we know everyone that is Portuguese. Right. You know. But yeah. So you were crushing it over there. Yeah. Had a couple of wines, had a couple of Bastelinada. Bastelinada. Yes. We went to a class where you make them. Oh, what was that? That's what they say. Oh, that's it. Wait. So you were making food and shit like that? Well, I just went to a class and we made those. Bastelidadas. Yeah. And we, uh, we've like made the custard and shit, which by the way, the process of making custard is kind of gross. Isn't it just like cold cream that's like beaten and I was beaten cream for sure. Yeah. And like, you do it over like ice, right? Well, you do it over heat and then you take it off the heat eventually and then you're like, you know, it's a custard with a vanilla. Uh, whatever the yellow one is. It was like kind of lemon. There was. We put lemon. We put a cinnamon in it. Are you starting to go back and you're like in like lemon pastries now? Um, no, like they're not my favorite. I don't like, I don't like, um, like Keyline pie. I'm I leave. I had legit Keyline pie when we were in Key West and it was like good. It's not like what you expect. Like where it's just like, that's lime, but it's cold. Like it's it tastes. It's more there's more depth to it than that. What's the shit called? The thing that used to look like my old hair. What's that called? A meringue. Yeah, that meringue. Why do they do so much of that? Let's get more cake in this dude. The French are, I know you weren't in France and I know we're not talking about the French. I'm going to bring them up though, because they came up with meringues, I think. Did they? They're so up their own butt about food, dude, about meringue. Dude, they love meringues out there. I'm good. And they're like, we're going to touch the moon, Ryan. I don't know who that was. That was literally not an accent that exists in the world. Well, we are going to test this meringue. That's better. That's better. Yeah. It's a little bit better. Yeah, but I don't know. Do you ever see the like paste? They're like desserts, but they're like hard meringue. And you like, isn't that called some? Yeah. Isn't that a, it was the shit that you spit all over the table? Fuck, what was that called? Pavlova. Pavlova. Yeah. No, that's like a cake. That's like a cream and fruit cake. Is it? Because I thought that was like, it feels like a fucking, what's that called? Silicone? Silicone? Yeah, like Pavlova. Pavlova, I think it's like a dessert dish. It's not like the thing. Well, whatever is part of that, that's the thing that you spit all over the table. I don't like how you're saying that. I know what, I know. You did it with your actions because I was sitting across from you getting - Getting hit with depressed. - All right, can I fucking talk now, please? - Oh yeah, now we gotta get off it. This is from Sally's Baking Addiction. (laughing) - What is that, the website? - The website. - Is there a fuse to use like Gemini AI answers? Is a dessert popular in New Zealand in Australia? - Give me an accent. - Is it what? A dessert popular in New Zealand in Australia? - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. - It's not as common here as in the states made from egg whites that are slowly baked into a relatively cool oven. Egg whites, just a lot of egg whites. - It's mainly fresh whipped cream and piles of fresh fruit in like a cake like. - That's a pavlova? - Yeah. - Oh, so I don't even know what I'm talking about that. - I mean, I think meringue is in there somewhere. That's what the egg whites are. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Have you ever made one in like a really fast mixer? - Yeah, they're cool and they're like, they're good when they're peaking. - I don't know what that means. - Like if it comes to a peak, like kind of like shaving cream. - Oh. - You think they're edging like meringues to be like, they're good when they're right there. - We don't go too far. - What are the, when you're cooking then, they got the white fold? - When they folding. - Yeah, but the the tool I'm talking about, the utensil, like the white rubber, where you're like a rubber spatula. - Is it? - I mean, they're, I've seen it with that rubber spatula. - So that thing, right? It looks like kind of like a dolphin's face. - Not a beluga whale's face, kind of. - Kind of. - You know what I mean? - Kind of. - For some reason, when I see those, I'm like those are delicious. 'Cause I always, like I'm talking about the utensil, I find delicious. I chewed on one. But I find those amazing because when I was, not amazing, but like when I was younger and my mom would make cake, she would always just like, hand it to me and I would eat it. - And lick it. - Yeah, because it would have like, which in hindsight, I'm not supposed to be eating raw egg mom. But now whenever I see one, I'm like, whatever's on that, I wanna lick it. - There's a guy on TikTok that makes like pastries, but he'll make him out of like, he'll make like his own like, jellies and fruit syrups and stuff like that. And he has that thing where he just fucking scrapes and folds and he just fucking shits on itself and stuff like that. - I know what I'm talking about. - Yeah. - That's his knife. Or the guy that makes his chocolate, he basically he'll be like, I'm gonna make a chocolate baseball bat but he'll make it look like a butthole. - Yeah. - Yeah, that guy's incredible. - What he does. - Mad good, but also. - He's a chocolate tear. - He definitely is, but also very horny, dude. - Yeah, yeah. - Well, he's not, he like, yeah, he started throwing that horny thing in like later on. - Really? - Like at first, he was like, yo, I'm just about to chocolate, but now it's like, we're gonna make it look like a dong before we get it to look like a Super Mario or something. - You know what I'm saying? That's the exact one because I was scrolling one day and like Ruby saw like the guy like melting chocolate and this caption said like for the Super Mario Galaxy movie and I was like, all right, let's watch this. And he's making like a full asshole and like fingering, and I'm trying to show Ruby a chocolate Super Mario. - Yeah. - I'm like, yo, dude, take a gnarly, take it easy. - I will say, I think that it does add to the retention of the video because a part of it, it's like two videos in one because at the end you're gonna get something like, you know, it's like a train set. But in the beginning, you're like, is this a squid getting sucked off or something and then he starts painting and you're like, oh, okay. - Oh, I didn't get that at all. I thought I was different. - I think he's trying to like lean into like, I can make some cool stuff with chocolate but I'm gonna make you, I'm gonna peak you. - Yeah. - You know, while I'm doing it. - It's like I'm gonna clickbait you a little bit with like some potentially vagina looking stuff. - Definitely. - Would you ever like get like a chocolate like mold of your face or something? - There's also a couple. - You could do like chocolate molds of your asshole and your penis. - I saw that. I mean, you could definitely mold your ding dong for sure. - Yeah. - I've seen those. - I've never done that though. - I've never had either but like how? - I would, I'm just afraid that when it's done and I just like put it down, I'm gonna go, now let me ask you the age old question. - Here's the age old question. - I don't know that I wanna see it detach from me. - That's fair. - That is super fair. Like I've gotten to know my penis as a part of me. - Seeing it like over there, I'll be like. - Yeah, you know what, yeah, exactly, huh? - Exactly, like I can look down at it but the second where I level, I'm gonna be like, well why are you getting down to it's eye, you mean like it's on your plate on your table? - Like here, it's like closer to my eye level but I'm looking like, I'm looking down. - Yeah. - Yeah, I guess, but here's the age old question and this is a serious question. - Have you ever looked up at your penis? - Have you ever looked up at it? - Oh, how would I do that? Like I'm hanging upside down like a, well why would I be in that position? - I'm just saying have you. - I don't think so. Should we do that? - Not together. - I mean go into the other room, I'll close my eyes and just give me an idea of what it is. - I have a room that he's pointing to, isn't a room? This is one room. (laughing) No, there's a wall there, a wall here. There's curtains over there where you guys film OPL. You can go behind the curtain, I guess I'll see it. I'm not gonna do that. - Why not? Because I don't know that I want to. I was just asking if you have. - I don't think I have. - I think for dexterity purposes, by the way, this is a weekly episode. - We're fine. - We're all right. - And it can't stop us. - It's fine. - Make 'em blow me again. (laughing) - I think you should, I think you should go behind this wall, lay on the concrete ground, just look up. - And just look up at your wing. - My wing. - I think you should. - I mean, you're not gonna. - I'm not gonna know. - Okay, the question I was going to ask, the age old question, yeah. - If you were to get a chocolate mold of your penis. - Yeah. - And you eat it. - Right. - Are you gay? - Hell no. - Okay. - So I ate my flesh, real penis in my dream. - Yeah, but that was a dream. That wasn't actually happening. - Gay, 'cause I'm eating my own chocolate dick. - No. - I agree, I mean, I don't think I think if it's chocolate and you can try. Remember, Spencer's would have gummy penises or like, you know, bachelorette parties. I would eat those, I don't care. They'll be like, woo, we got pasta and it's shaped like a cock. - Yeah, I would eat that, I don't care. - You don't care? I mean, I just wouldn't, you know, I don't think it's gay unless I take this chocolate thing and I like, you know, make love to it all the time and I marry it and I'm in a relationship with it now. Then I'd be gay. - Okay. - This is not where I thought it was gonna go. - What did you think I was gonna say? - I thought you were just gonna stop at the eating it, but then you went on with the full-on relationship. - I mean, yeah, that's what it is. - Yeah, I mean, I probably love, maybe. - It absolutely is. Love is gay, gay is love. We all be love and gay. How about that? - I think gay is my love. - It absolutely is. - It's evaporated to it. - I got called out by a gay guy. Just stop there. (laughing) - No, I don't wanna, Eric Sedanio, he does, I did the Wild Wild Web podcast and he posted a clip of us talking on the show and he's like, you did the thing where it was like word association years ago and you said gay and I said me and I was like, yeah, all right, you know? But he called you out on that? - He was, it was a joke. We were like, it's like got to journalism. But the internet kind of ships us as like gay icons. - Gikens? - Gikens. - I don't think we're gay icons. I think that we're galis. - A big galis, dude. - Yeah, yeah. - I mean, just take the G out of it. I'm an ally all the way because if you just say there's the G, you're forgetting the lesbians, the B, the T, the Q, the I's, the A's. - Or lesbians, not gay, they're gay. I think they are by act gay, but they wouldn't by act. Yeah, what makes you gay is going through with it. - I don't know, I was thinking by act, I was thinking of a play. - No, I'm not. - Which act. - Act two, let's be gay. (laughing) - Yeah, I was like, what's your act is this? - I can ask, I have a lesbian friend. I can ask her if she considered-- - Get that lesbian on the horn. We're gonna figure this thing out. We're gonna miss bust this thing. - Miss bust it. - Is that what I said? - Yeah. - I think that like all lesbians are gay, but not all gay's are lesbians, just like frogs and totes. - I'm really gonna stop you before that starts again, honestly. - We do have some sponsors for today. This one right here, how you doing? - What a lovely sound. - I'll try it. - I'm getting creamed here. Don't say anything. We have a new sponsor on the podcast, which is OliPop, OliPop is amazing, okay? This stuff, I have a fridge separate from my actual fridge in my apartment. 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Every single time that I go to Europe and I come back home, I'm like, I hate the fact that I can't speak another language. It drives me insane. I mean, you could, you can use like apps to, I've done that. Kind of learned. I fall off. And I don't. It's a lot to keep up with. Like it does help for sure, but like, and I know like a decent amount of Spanish. So I'm like, I just want to, like, a part of me is like, maybe I'll just like hire a tutor. And I mean, once a week talk for like an hour, I think that like, it can only benefit you one, because you travel to like learning a different language, it kind of boosts your brain activity and keeps you fresh and stuff like that. It could be pretty cool. Like. You, I mean, oh my God, if I was fluent before you, that would be insane. I mean, I don't think there's a reality where I'm fluent in anything. I'm barely speaking English properly at this point. I can see, if I were you though, I would do Spanish and Italian because those seem like more. Two. They're very closely related. Sure. I mean, like, well, the reason I even brought this up is because while it was in Portugal, my driver, for one of the days, we like hired a driver to take us to wineries, responsible. Good job. Also hills. Good job. Um, he didn't really speak a lot of English, which everyone there spoke a lot. Like a follow port to case. Yeah. Yeah. Which is what I, isn't that doesn't mean that I don't speak Portuguese. That means speak Portuguese. Oh. Oh, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, follow port to case. Yeah. That means I don't speak. But he, uh, he was trying, but it was tough. And he was like, speaking Portuguese and I was just like, fuck, because usually like, if someone's doing that and they're speaking Spanish, I can understand them for the most part. And I was like, damn. Good. I got nothing here. Do you ever feel like a filthy American crank all the time, all of the time? I'm embarrassed to talk out loud. I just want you to know, this is a byproduct of the, the world cup being here. The rest of the world is seeing that yes, our country is insane, but the people are mostly good and kind. Dude, I have been crying so hard at these videos. Did you see the one, the, the guy from Belgium crying or Germany? I don't remember. Confused them. Well, I'm not confusing the places. I don't remember if the individual was from Germany or Belgium, but the flags look similar. I, please don't, please, I'm not, if anyone get, I don't want to offend anyone over there. Oh, I'd like to offend Belgium. First of all, fuck Belgium. We play them. I know we do. So now I'm over it. So they beat, they knocked us. Yeah. The last time that we got last time, I believe it was with Tim Howard. I saw the picture, like the graphic the other day. I think it was 2000 and, well, that was not the last world. No, because they didn't make the last. Right, right, right. It was the one before that, which was there. I was at Rocky's when that happened. And there was a, there was a, this is going to be good, this is going to be really good. The last time we played Belgium, I think I remember what the story was. There was a little person dressed as Uncle Sam, standing on the bar, pouring shots into my mouth. And that was one thing that happened a lot. And then the other thing was there was a girl there. And she said, if the U, if the US wins, I'll show everyone in here in my test. Did he? Yeah. And we lost. She did it anyway. That was it. That was good. She let it rip anyway, which I think that the bar appreciated because it was like, it was a somber moment. Let the record show, I hated that bar, Rockies, so I was not there. But it was a great vibe for the US game. But like what has been happening is like, for those that don't live in America, let me explain something to you. We are insane, but we are mostly good people, but a lot of us are also really stupid. And people confuse this stupidity with being bad. I guess at certain points, you can blame stupidity for being bad. But you're seeing these people at the World Cup traveling here in North America. And it's like they're just, they're having good times because like for the most part, people are nice. But there's also a lot of stupid people. Well, we just got a bad PR. We do. I mean, the PR. I mean, but the PR is also been put in the position because of some of the stupid people. And I'm not saying all people that vote a certain way are stupid. I just think that they refuse to acknowledge that maybe they're wrong. I'm disconnected from the point. I see what you're saying. I'm saying like, because I've seen people saying that too, where they're like, you know, I think that I had expectations of whether the US is going to be like, and it's like completely everyone's super nice. It's awesome. And blah, blah, blah. People say that about New Yorkers, too, where they're like, you think that they're so mean and in this and that, but everyone's been pretty accommodating and whatnot. So yeah, I think the point that I was trying to make is that like, yes, as a country, we are sometimes often what the characters depict us as giant hamburgers, a trash can of nine. nachos, beer that is measured by feet, not by volume or 10-foot beer. Let me get a 9-foot beer case, but we are also when you get to see some of the people pretty nice, but the point that I was trying to make originally is I think that you could and probably should just pick up a language. I don't want to spend your time for you because I know you're very busy and you work a lot. But in your spare time, if you could just scroll and try to learn something. I do. I do. So what is the three languages you would want to learn, like legit? Three is outrageous. I just want to learn Spanish, because that's the one that I have experience with. So I'm like, I want to just get better at that to the point where I can be very confident. So when you yell at Hispanic people in New York, you know what you're yelling at them. Well, when I yell at Spanish people in New York, no more than anything, I feel like with the way I look, if you go into a place, and this actually happened at the where I got the bratwurst, but the food was taking forever. And some of the workers there were Spanish, and Danielle was there, Martha's wife, and she's clumbian, and I was like, yeah, you should start it. She's like, yeah, because she, she's like, as she went over, she's like, I'm going to ask them where the food is at. And then she came back. I'm like, did you speak to him in Spanish? She's like, yeah. Well, yeah, because like, then we got it immediately. If the whitey comes up to the Hispanic workers in a kitchen, and they're like, excuse me, Ola, don't ask, stop me, comita, like, there's going to be like, bro, fuck this person. Yeah, yeah. And you're like in, you're in the club, and they'll just be like, all right, you know, because there's a shared experience. Yeah, yeah, you know, that's why when she walked over and talked to him, I was like, you speak to him in Spanish. She was like, yeah, yeah. And then he came right back with the food. I was like, if I walked over and said that in English, there's no way. I, I tried to, like, it depends, I don't get that opportunity a lot, but actually mild it's called me out for it the other day, we're like, you're going to kill me. Oh my God. Is this Karen Frank? No, it's not Karen Frank. It's the opposite. It's New York Frank, where we went to the Yankee game, and it was like a Hispanic dude that, like, at the gate of the parking lot. And I pulled up and he's like, you got to pass. I was like, yeah, no problem. Big dog. And Miles was like, who is that big dog? No problem. Big dog. Like, well, why did you do that? I was like, you don't get it. It's a New York thing, dude. You're from Jersey. You don't get it. So it's like, he's like, you got to pass. Big dog. Big dog. And then him and Becca were making fun of me, and they were just like, uh oh, here's New York Frank. Yeah. But like, it is. Like, if you, if you're picked up, if you're from the place and you can be in the, in the club, be in the club, you might get treated like a little bit better because there's to be like, uh, here's another guy with Jersey plates coming. But it's like, no, I'm from, we're, we're one in the same dude. You know what I did twice in a row? I, I don't know why I did this, honestly. I think that is whatever we're not moving. But we went and looked at an apartment recently. And just because we were like, I like it for fun, whatever. And we, we went and saw this place and I called the guy when I was outside and he picked up and he said, hello, and I said, how's it up? Like that. And he said, and I was like, oh, yeah, we're outside, right? Yeah. Then we're waiting outside. Then he opens the door. I did it again. How's that? I don't remember. There was like two different versions of it. But it was basically that. I was trying to combine like three different greetings at the same time. I did that the other day and I accidentally, I was going to say, um, like, oh, what do you do? You know, like, I was meeting people through like the work opportunity thing. And like, it was like, oh, what do you do? You know, like, for work here, like, what's your role and how's it going? So I asked, how do you do? Well, that works. I know. And I stopped. And the guy was just like, uh, I'm good. Yeah. But like, how do you do as hilarious because it's like, yo, it's mad British. You know, mad British. And like, it's people that knew, like know us. Yeah. So like, they don't expect to hear, how do you do at a point? How do you do? You know, at that point, I had to fully, like, fly into, get aware of top hat. All right. You should learn Spanish. Yeah. Um, you're going further, which it doesn't need to. But like, if you're with Spanish, you kind of can pull off Italian and like, probably adjacent Portuguese dude, I'll tell you this, that language doesn't feel very similar to Spanish at all. Really? At least to me. Like, I, I have a basic understanding of Spanish. So like, there are certain words that I guess look similar, but there's a lot that's different. Yeah. Who are the Portuguese, like, conquered by, because that's what, that's, you could trace the lineage of like, the language that way, like, because like, the Spanish in South America, they were like, conquered by Spain, you know, yeah. So like, what is Portugal? Who, are you asking me? Who is Portugal conquered? Yeah. I do not know. That you'd be able to figure, I imagine it was like the Italians or the Spanish. And it just kind of moved into its own dialect. I do know a little bit of Italian and sometimes that messes up the Spanish, because like, they are similar. Yeah. So like, sometimes the words feel the same, but. Yeah. From what I remember learning Spanish, there, some of the words are like, the exact same words just pronounced differently. You know what I got to start doing? Just like watching shit in Spanish and like, listening to Spanish, like, you got to just like, immerse yourself. You can't. No, I'm not going to understand what you're going to watch. No, but yeah. Not that. But like, I think that would just help to be hearing it all the time. Hmm. I don't know. Isn't that what people do? Isn't that how babies learn? They're just around it. They are. That is weird, isn't it? Some babies could just be around Spanish, but you know what I was thinking about walking around Portugal? I'm like, dog knows Portuguese. Yeah. The animals, it screws me up too, because I'm like, it's not a, it's the same dog that we have over here, but it just hears Portuguese. Yeah. But it knows a language. Yeah, I mean. Yeah. It's kind of weird. That's kind of weird. Did you see cool dogs over there? Didn't see a lot of dogs, to be honest. Really? No. Birds. Birds, brother. Hello, birds. They're flying around and singing. Yeah. One night went to, because it was, um, it was like a festival over there that weekend. But I went to dinner and we were sitting at this table that was kind of like half outside a type of thing, and there was a river right behind us. And there's, uh, it's just like an area with a lot of people kind of like, hang on just like shops and shit, like near the water. Yeah. And in the middle of the dinner, all these fucking drones showed up, and it was like a drone show. Oh. And like, they start spitting out purple smoke. And I was like, what the fuck? That's kind of cool. Bro, I was scared. Drones are scary. Because they're too lined up. Like they're lined up perfectly, and I'm like, it gun on this is, we're all dead. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. I mean, you're, you are at that point. You're at the mercy of those drones and, and like, they're so small. And they're just like all, they're just, it's very uniform. Like they all move together. And I'm like, I don't like that. Yeah. Like the government's here. Like stepford vibes. Remember that, that, that movie? Yes. We're like, they're all like, it's like, oh no, no, I'm here. Yeah, I just was like, oh god, these drones are fucking like, you know, I would like, I wouldn't like, I've seen like, people do like, they do like drone shows at like Disney and stuff. Now, where it'll be like, oh look, there's, you know, a moana in the sky. And it's like, it's cool, it's cool, but like, well, they can just sync up the drones. And I'm sure right of code. So this one goes there. This one goes there. I know. That's freaky. But then it's like, yo, I don't know. Like this is like, if they had a lot more of those, what would we do? I mean, they have a lot. They do. They have a lot. I mean, I'm sure I mean, do use them in a, in a war like that in war in war fashion. Yeah. So, but I'm just like, it kind of freaked me out. Like, I'm sitting there and I'm like, I'm just, yeah, I'm not a sad, the mercy of the drone. You absolutely are. And at least you know that. Where do you, where do you even hide? I just got all my drones just behind a locked door. Yeah, yeah. In the forest, you know, they can't go through those trees. I would just walk around with nets. That's a great idea. Or like that gun that shoots a net. Oh, like the big one that, like, it shoots out like that. Is that real? Yeah, I can't imagine it. If you're like a dumbass deer or something, it's real. You know what I don't believe in that if I'm being chased by a cowboy, they might get to make him laugh, oh, me, get the fuck out of me. Yo, if anything, there's no way that you're probably easier to laugh so than a fucking bowl or any other animal because you're running, you're a fucking pencil. You're running like this. And they just get it around you and then pull it. I would just can't believe, I don't believe in that. I'm kind of on board with you, but the minute I take a second to think about it, I would be laughing very quickly. So do you think that I can't juke a lasso, like if we were a Well, he's a thing, you're not juking a lasso is you would have to juk the horse that the lasso were is on. What you ain't doing that brother, like a jukah horse. You could jukah horse. I think. I mean, they're definitely, Joey, you're not fucking ladenian Tomlinson. You're not juking a horse. Is it hard to jukah horse? I'm not trying to pull you here, but I like how hard is it to jukah horse? I mean, I imagine because like if you ever see, they're not like going side to side. But if you ever see horses when they like kick up their back legs, they can kind of like whip them around a little bit like they're there and they don't run like that. Brother, I think you I don't think you're you're you're juking a horse. And I think if there's a cowboy on it with a long ass rope, they'll they'll for sure lasso. I'd be I honestly would be like astounded. If I'm being chased by a guy on a fucking horse and he was able to put this lasso around me and then hop off the horse and hog time me. What the fuck? Here's the thing. I am both on your side and off of your side. I am I believe that like I'm not getting fucking lassoed, but also like I said, you're you're a five foot 10 individual running like you're running straight up. If anything, they just got to make a rope wider than your shoulders. I guess it is about the big circle. It's about the circle and it like falls like, but but here's the thing down on you and then they wrap it. I know, but they have to get that timing right because with a bull, all you do got to do is get it around its head and it stays there. But that's, I imagine harder to do than a human because a bull is running like this and here's the head. You're running like this brother, so they just need to get it down like that. I know, but once it starts going down, I don't know. Would we know any fucking cowboys? I don't know any cowboys or cowpersons. I want to make sure I'm being incredibly inclusive there. Yeah. They could be whatever they want to be. I really want to step in one of those traps where it's like rope on the ground and you step on it and it just fucking, I do have a question. Yeah. I want to be trapped. I love booby traps. I do. Like, I'm not going to lie. When I was younger, I was obsessed with two things, booby traps and lava. Yeah. If you got me around a volcano, I was picking it up and playing with it in my hand. Yeah. That idea. Trap doors. I want to be trapped in some capacity in a cage, but just for the sake of me, just call it a booby trap. Yeah. Like, don't call it like, oh, this is an old timey prison trap. I don't know. Like, give me a booby. Call it the booby. If I'm walking through the forest and something catches my leg and hangs me upside down, scared, but love it. I love when they-- Love the creativity. When they like walk over a pile of leaves and it's just a giant net that closes in and brings them up, I would pay money to go on that. I kind of would too. We should come up with a business idea for like an amusement park or a section of an amusement park where you're just getting trapped in things. Like, kind of like legends of the hidden temple, but of its traps. Oh, I'm not-- no. You know? Why not? It's called traps. Yeah, I don't know that you can enjoy anything without trying to turn it into a business. Listen, man. Every time you have something that you like, you're like, why don't you just make money off? Capitalism. Am I not-- You're right about the Americans. Capitalism. Capitalism is a disease. I have been forced fed, the thinking that I have to turn anything and every hobby I have into a money-making opportunity. Even getting trapped. Dude, crap doors. You're going to tell me if there was an experience where they're like, yo, 60 bucks, you walk through a 20-minute walk through, like kind of like Halloween horror nights or something like that. Those like scary mazes. But you'll get fucking trapped. But then it's over. The first traps guy. No, no, no. You get trapped. For like 10 seconds, you're like, whoa, and then you go on to the next trap. Right. Come on. Hey. I don't know. I don't hate it. It'd be a trap door into a slide. They'll bring you to the next room. Ooh, would you go on one of those water rides where you're kind of like in the thing and they shut it and it's like the floor falls out and you slide it out. One million percent I would get. That looks so sick. At Splish Blash, we went on like that really, really tall one. Yeah. That should have been great. Oh, I've not been on that. Were you not with? They had a smaller one that I did, but the one that's 150 feet in the air, I'm like, good. Really? Yeah, it's good. I loved it. I could only do something like that if I like, if there was no line. So I didn't have to think about it and I could just go up and just go, but if I have the way, if I'm standing in line waiting and then you're going up slowly and like, yeah, we're getting higher. We're getting higher. Like, I'm freak. What doesn't help those rides is the buzzer to like, you can send the next person just sounds like, you know what I mean? Like they didn't make it. Yeah. Like make it like, woohoo, next up. 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I stopped by wanting to get deep fried Oreos hell yeah, this, bro, I face fucked a funnel cake. Fuck yeah. Dude. And got oysters, which was a crazy thing to get it mixed, which was fair and got oysters. I went to a fair. I got a hot dog, Mr. Softy and oysters and I ate them in that order. Hey, what's going on with your body? How are you even alive today? Does your stomach not look at you and go, what are you doing? Here's the thing. You can't hurt if it always hurts, is that a baseline of hurting. That's called torture. Damn, right? It is, baby. You, Mr. Softy, hot dog and oysters. So we went. a couple days which honestly I one day I had two hot dogs six oysters a shrimp cocktail nachos empanadas mr. softy and a funnel cake you whoa that is so like it doesn't count if you're at a fair because you're walking the whole time it's an interesting theory that I think is not true I yeah but like it's like when you're on vacation calories don't count on vacation right if you're at a fair same exact thing exactly you know what I'm saying you're on the point the point that I'm trying to make is they had those like carnival games you know like the boardwalk games whatever they are like spray the water or pop the balloon yet a diata bro you don't win anything anymore they have signs on it says this is a store and you pay for whatever prize you want and then you can just play the game isn't that insane I got damn lips have ruined boardwalking no that's crazy I like what's the point of playing just to just to get the thing you don't even need to play you can just say I want that I don't mean to be this is the most boomer thing that I've probably said in a very long time nobody correct me but isn't that like bad I think for like a child I mean I think you could just get it just get it I get the biggest thing I think it is and like yes I I agree like I was fighting my nature because there's a part of me that's just like all right I'm sure this has something to do with gambling and like that's not good for kids at that age to experience what's gambling if you're paying to play a game that you might lose like to get a stuffed fucking dog or something no that's like gambling you're competing I think that the justification is that they are probably saying that it's something with gambling like same thing happened with like oh now we don't love gambling this country I mean apparently not Jersey apparently not but I saw it had a sign on it said this is a store and each of the things that had like a price so like if you want that stuff to animal it's a $20 instead of 10 so you pay $20 to play you play the game and you get the stuffed animal that's outrageous I kind of agree that's outrageous are we being boomers if we're just like you kind of need some competition back into it of course that's a whole point I was I could not believe it I felt like oh maybe I'm just old and washed up I feel like like it's fun to be competitive and to like earn it I I agree but you're raising like that's like a you know people complain about like rich kids or like silver spoon type of thing it's like how was that different than that when it's just like well we could just buy the thing and this doesn't matter yeah what's like you don't have to earn it we'll just buy it it's like what's the fun in that completely agree I I could not believe it because it made it cooler like no one's gonna care about this fucking like was that was it um so if you won though you didn't get it for free no that is weird I can see the the middle ground of being like they're not like advertising it and they're being like you know if the kid wants like he could buy the thing I just like kids like cry you're like oh get you the fucking I could see it being cool for like certain games like we had the girls play a game where it's like you have to pick up rubber duckies or something and like you win something based off of getting three special rubber duckies I understand that at that age yeah but like if I'm a 15-year-old kid I don't want to buy a stuff that kind of sucks right the fucking I get to do with a stuffed animal is this not becoming like I'm not one of those people it's just like now everyone gets your partition patient trophy but this is an example of like your vilifying competition yeah I don't think that's cool a little competition you know it could get intense I'm wondering how you feel about the participation trophy thing me yeah um I think that I think you can honor someone like you can reward someone for seeing something through yeah doing something I don't think there's anything wrong with that especially when we're talking like little league sports and stuff like that but you also then within that need to establish a hierarchy of like what the competitive aspect is getting you so like if everyone gets the exact same trophy even the winners of the league or something like that I don't know if I agree with that yeah but like if it's just like hey little Joey congratulations you did it you saw it through you played in all the games I'm proud of you here's a trophy to show that you completed a task I think that's fine I think it's fine as long as it's not you won exactly that well that's why I think it should be like the winners the league get the big fucking trophies yeah like if you like get something I guess like you need to reward the I guess that is a participation trophy I think I think we're saying the same thing like I don't well I don't know if we're saying the same thing I don't think that I guess this is because how I grew up I don't think there's anything wrong with like someone winning and someone losing I also don't think there's anything wrong with like second place and third place like that being rewarded similar to the Olympics like people win bronze medals and they're fucking super excited I agree I totally agree and depending on how many teams are in the league but like that's still like a good thing I think it's okay because if we're talking kids like if we're talking for like little league sports I think it's okay for them to commit to something and to be rewarded for that commitment i.e. participation trophy which has become like a hot topic fucking word to say nowadays well I think in the way that maybe it gets conflated with everyone gets the same thing but that's where I disagree yeah me too and that's where I think that like there should be a reward for winning doing better than somebody else well I guess also the question that I have now is like let's say first place gets a trophy which when we are growing up I think that was it first place we get the trophies and that was all I think I think so I vaguely remember sometimes where they would give out like remember those little like in plastic cases like they look like little medals on a ribbon oh yeah it give them out if you were like good in English yeah you know like great job in language arts class here's a little fucking metal but like the kids who like what is why do they need something physical to be like you know like as if we're an agreement that like if we're all playing in a baseball league and we're all eight years old you know or 10 whatever and the people who win get the trophy because they won they beat everybody they should get that why would everyone else need one like what is the what is the the positive that we're getting from doing that I think it's the idea of your rewarding like you're kind of encouraging the participation and like for kids to step out and do something like that so like but isn't there isn't if they got through it already like they've already gone through yeah but you're it's kids like you can't just be like a pat on the back is the same as a trophy like that's that's kind of just the world that we live in it's it's a it's a physical good that is going to like make them feel better about doing it I don't I really don't disagree with that I think that the reason that this idea of participation trophy has become such a hot topic conversation in the world of sports specifically like Little League is because people believe they're conflating it with like if if everyone does it they're all on the same like equal playing ground which is not the case and I don't think I've ever seen that as the case and if it has happened again I don't agree with it but I think it's okay to like have a physical thing to just be like good for you you did this mm-hmm yeah yeah you know I was hyped with the t-shirts first of all a jersey loved that dude if I I mean I was good with the chair that's why I'm pumped about those jerseys because it's like this is ours you know there was a yeah these jerseys I I I you like that I feel like back in the day I mean I think I did like when you're really young playing sports at least in my experience and I consider myself a pretty competitive person I don't think I really cared about winning as much as I cared about like just hanging out I cared about winning but like super young not super young super young honestly I don't even remember caring about doing it I just remember doing that's what I'm saying like I liked being on a team because it's like I get to see my friends and we're like playing yeah so like that's kind of what I cared about so like I don't I didn't I don't think the the intense competition came about until we were like 12 yeah like before that it was just like oh sports then I cared yeah I can I mean maybe a little younger than that honestly that I did care about winning but also I mean I was also the type of kid like I don't want this fucking second place shit I mean I don't remember caring that much but like once we became like like I said we would play with like football and we had our own jerseys and stuff like that yeah but that's what I care no one's giving out participation of 15 year olds right I don't know maybe maybe that's outrageous today I mean I I really don't know but you know what pissed me off though when they'd be like oh your team you're the Yankees this year and we're like cool we're the Yankees they give us our shirt and it just says Elm Jack and on the bot the back it just says Rocco's pizzeria and it's just a blue jersey yeah and it's not even a jersey it's just a shirt it's a navy shirt and like you're like dammit god damn it - Damn it, give me one with the hat though, right? - You could, you could get a hat, but sometimes they were just like standard blue hats, or like-- - I sponsor a team at IceWapius. - I know. - I know, I didn't know that my nephew was playing again this year 'cause my sister was like, maybe we'll play in a different league, so he's not on the Santa Claus Studios team. - Really? - Oh shit. - So he's going up against Uncle Joey? - Yeah, he's on a different team now, so. - By us I've seen that like they have more like swag for the kids, they'll have the team actual team shirt, and then on their back it'll say their name and their number. - Oh wow. - Which was so fucking cool when we were kids. We didn't have that, like I said it was like, whoever sponsored it, it would say, Senegado Studios, Rocco's Pizzeria, or Astor Pharmacy. - Also, I don't think you were allowed to pick a number. - Yeah, it was just like-- - I think they printed like one to 10 and you got one. - They basically, we have a medium kids medium, and it's number four, your number four. - Right, yeah, exactly. - What size are you and it's just here? Don't even know a number, you all. - Yeah, bring the shirt back, and if you don't just wear a blue shirt. - Yeah. - I remember one year I had gotten for Christmas, my mom got me a personalized white socks jersey of all teams. - For why? - I liked Joe Creedy. - You like Joe Creedy? - Dude, he was sick, it was when they won. They had a sick team. - It's so fun. - It was like Joe Creedy, and I liked them, and those, the all black with the, you know, the socks on it. - Yeah. - It's such a sick jersey, and she got me one. And then like a year and a half later, my, my fall ball league was, I think they called it snowflake, was we were the white socks. So like I was showing up to my little league white socks game wearing a custom white socks jersey that said Alvaraz 80 on the back. (laughing) - You're playing fucking second base with number 80. - Yeah, I mean, I was not playing second base, I was not that good. I was a catcher or an outfielder, which means-- - Okay, you did play catcher. - I played catcher, and then I played it until I stopped playing in like high school. - I was jealous, dude, I wanted to play catcher. - Dude, catcher is so sick, and I actually got good at it, and then I, I haven't played. - I just thought it was cool to like, be wearing like armor. Dude, it was cool. - I felt special, 'cause they'd be like two outs, I'd get walk to first base, and then I'd steal second, and they'd be like, there's two outs, I'm the catcher, then you pull me off the field, so I can get my gear on, and then I'd fucking waddle out there and shit like that. Or you'd be, someone be in the on deck circle, and you'd be, what's that called, by the way? When you're not in the on deck circle, but you're-- - In the hole. - In the hole. But you're in the hole, so you're still wearing the knee guards, and kind of like-- - You just like-- - I can't say you guys cool. - And they're like, all right, you're up, and it's like, I gotta take the knee guards off here. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, she was cool, dude. - I did, yeah, I thought it was cool. - We had growing up our baseball league. Did you play ice with me? - As a little, little kid, and then from like, older years, it was Elmjack. So the umpire at the league that I played in, it was allergic to grass. - Who? - This dude Frank. - Oh, I remember Frank. He had the eczema. I remember Frank, Frank. - Oh, he pulled his mask off? Like, he'd be like, bro, that was outside. And he'd be like, and he pulls his mask off, and his eyes. - Yeah, dude, I was so red, like, someone puts lemons in it. - He was in rough shape. - And it was hard to argue with a guy who's clearly going through it. - Dude, they were at Elmjack. I remember Frank, that's so funny that you brought that up. There was two umpires at Elmjack that I remember. One was named Jean. He was like an old white dude, and like-- - Jean's a great name to yell at someone. - God, Jean! - Dude, a really good yellable name. - Yeah. - And then there was like, like, 16 or 17-year-old kid named Kenny. - Okay. - And I would catch, and he would call, you know, he was the ump, and I would fucking let this guy have it. I mean, like, Kenny, you're an idiot. - You're so stupid. - Come on, Jean. - Yeah. - And you're like, put it together, Jean. - You're like, no, no, no. Can I ever tell you I umped one game at Elmjack? - At Elmjack. I umped one game in the, like, I think it was a bantam. - Oh, did you hate it? I never told you this story. - No. - I umped one game, and I got like $20, hell, you know, because hell yeah. And it was like the nine and 10-year-old kids. So I believe that was like the, what we called bantam. And the rule was, like, call the game how it is, but if someone could throw his four straight balls, like the count is three, you know, and they throw a fourth ball, you expand the strike zone, and they have to throw two more, just to like, make it a little more competitive, you know? That's a lot of balls, I know. And one of our friends, younger brother, I could say, I don't give a fuck, Coco was on the team. - Yeah. - And I called him out on a strike. Like, I, he got rung up, and I was having the time when I like, steeee, you know, like, oh man, I was having some, and he turned around, and he was like, suck my fucking balls, suck fuck you, yeah dude, and like, by the way, this is a med's brother. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, a med's brother, Coco, and he's like, bro, Frankie, fuck you, it's a nine-year-old. - Yeah. - Fuck you, suck my nuts. So I'm like, yo dude, you got a chill, and he's, he going off. - Tell me. - Suck my balls, fuck you, you dick licker, you know, like, he's going off on me. So I'm like, oh, I gotta, I gotta throw this kid out of the game. So I threw him out of the game. Yeah, you're out. And then like, remember, it was the feel that was all the way on the other side, yeah. So me walking back to like, after the game, to like, tell the fucking people that work there, like, this kid got to, he's gonna get, he got the round of the game because of this, and you have to suspend him one game. And a med's mom is following me. Like, please don't tell them he's so sorry, and Coco's on the other side, suck my nuts, fuck you, like, because that's how serious we took it. It's like, yo, that shit was legit. So like, I, I got his mom being like, I'm so sorry, you're a family, like, please don't, and I'm like walking, and then I got a nine-year-old, telling me to suck their nuts on the left. That's hilarious. I'm like 14 or 15 years old. I'm not much older. - Yeah, so here in suck my nuts at that age is, it's like war. - Yeah, it was, it was crazy. But I, I, I, that was such a good time. - I wanna play baseball with our friends soon. (laughing) - That's really funny. - Dude, you don't wanna just play baseball? - Dude, yeah, I wanna just wanna play catch. - Dude, I played catch in my backyard a couple weeks ago, my brother, and it was so fucking fun. - Catch was great. - It was so fun, 'cause like, it's just catch, dude. - I love, I love the smell of a mitt. (clapping) - It's coming in, I'll find myself randomly walking through the house, taking grounders. Like, I'll, like, come into the kitchen and I'll just be like. - In fact, it's like war. - Get your hand on top. She's like, what are you doing? And I'm just like, I'm popping up. - Yeah. - No, it's amazing. Well, listen, it's a billion degrees in here and we are going to pass out and have a heat stroke. But thank you guys so much for sticking around for this episode and appreciate all the blowing. - And where can they find you? - Am Brisco. - Don't fucking actually give him. He decided that he wanted, oh, he, by the way, he's not here 'cause Joey fired him. - I didn't fire him yet. - But this, this actually feels really good. - I heard this makes you hotter though, 'cause you're burning energy doing this and then when you stop, your heart's like, going up. - How much energy could I possibly be burning doing? I don't know. But thank you guys so much. 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