You get your hearing aids on Wednesday? Tomorrow?
Tomorrow. Are they big? Are they big? Yes. Yeah,
so I asked for... Are they like big horns that
stick out? Yes, I asked for extra large antique
style. So have you ever seen those... Are they
called xylophone? What's the one with the big
horn looking thing like you just described? Yeah,
the big horn. So yes, they come out about 18
inches. I think it's good look. Nice. Yeah, you
know, from Cloud City. The Empire Strikes Back.
That's right. Lando Calrissian security guard.
Oh, the dude that was walking around with Lando.
Yeah, they had the little earmuffs on. No, these
are much bigger, much more impressive. Does it
go all the way around your head? It's like a
rammed big horn, right? Yeah, they don't go all
the way around my head. It's like a helmet. No,
no, not really. It's June 28th, the second half
of our Dudes Like Us podcast. We've got a ton
of leftover items left over from our first half.
The first half of whiskey was fantastic. It was
a Michter's straight bourbon whiskey. It was
good. Rated pretty high for dudes like us. I'm
Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff. The second half,
we've got, I'll tell you what, we're going to
throw out there something kind of like a day,
this day in history. We need a jingle for that.
How about that? No, I think no jingle. Let's
go with no jingle. You know what? I'd prefer
just the neck thing he did. So if we get that
on video. If we have video, that'll be good.
Isn't there a, you kind of reminded, that's a
ticker tape type of. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see where you're going with that. Well, Jeff
did it much better. Farrah, rah, rah, rah, rah,
rah, rah. Better, better. Let's go with that.
All right, so this day in history. I'm not sure
we've done this. Have we done this? Maybe once.
Long time ago. Yeah, well, we've done some of
them sometimes. But I'll tell you what. One of
the things that kind of stuck out for January
28th in the year 19th. In the year 2000. What
show was that on? Oh, my God. Was that from Conan?
Conan. Yeah. What? Oh, the late night show, you
mean? Yeah. I never watched it. The guy with
the gigantic head. He's got some funny bits,
but I've never gotten into late night TV. Me
neither. Well, first off, they're all so damn
liberal. I liked Letterman back in the day. He
wasn't so liberal. In college, I loved Letterman.
Even back in the day, I watched Letterman for
a little bit. Never got into Leno. I watched
Carson. Skip it. Definitely not today. I'm not
watching any of that bullshit today. Oh, right.
Oh, no, you can't watch it today. What is this?
What is this? Is this a bit? Yeah, in a nutshell,
that's what it was. For those people that know,
you know. will crack down on students who carry
guns by insisting they use silencers while in
the library. See, this is going to be our...
We could do something similar to that. I don't
know, man. So in 1986, on January 28th, something
extremely crazy happened. For some of us, we
were in school. Junior high, senior, or high
school. I was a junior in high school. So we're
in high school. It's in the mid -80s. And the
Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape
Canaveral, Florida. And Krista McAuliffe is on
her way to becoming the first ordinary U .S.
civilian to travel into space. McAuliffe, a 37
-year -old high school teacher, social studies.
And that's the reason why we were all watching
on TV. I didn't think she was a high school teacher.
Because her elementary class was watching. Well,
she won a competition, earned her a place among
seven member groups. crew of the Challenger.
She underwent months of shuttle training, but
then, beginning January 23rd, was forced to wait
six long days as the Challenger's launch countdown
was repeatedly delayed because of the weather
and technical problems. Finally, on the 28th,
the shuttle left off. 73 seconds later, hundreds
on the ground, including Krista's family, stared
in disbelief as ba -boom. It went big, too. It
was awful. It was, and there were so many jokes.
I mean, one was like, what color were her eyes?
Blue. One blew this way, one blew that way. It
was horrible. It was horrible. It was tasteless.
I didn't know they were jokes. Oh, yeah, they
were. That was definitely one of those moments
where you remember where you were, though. Yeah,
I was, like I said, I was a junior in high school.
It was at lunchtime for me, and I remember eating
lunch with my pals. Piling him up and laughing
and everything. All of a sudden, the principal
comes over. By the way, stop being fun. Real
problems over here. Yeah, he did his little ticker
tip. And he announced. He did? No, he didn't
do that. Yeah, I think it's kind of weird. His
name was Mr. McWhorter. He announced. I don't
know exactly what he said. Hey, Mr. McWhorter,
how are you? Mr. McWhorter. It's me, Horseshack.
And he just announced what happened, and we all
just kind of sat there. you know, and silence
for basically the rest of the lunch and the rest
of the day kind of was almost shocked because
when we went to class, that's when the TV came
out. Yeah, they wheeled the TV in. Yep. So I
was actually, I had gone to an orthodontist appointment
and I was coming back to school, right? So I
was back from my appointment and it was on the
radio. You had your braces on and your headgear.
Basically. And the radio was on and it says,
you know, they were talking about in like real
time, right? And they were like, that was when
they were dispatching choppers to where they
think the... the the crew might have landed in
the water remember they oh yeah oh it's crazy
like they were i mean Obviously, there was no
hope. Without the metal in your mouth, did it
disrupt your reception in your ears? It did,
and so they had to get even bigger hearing aids
to counter. You were tuning in AM radio stations
from Mexico? Yes, picking up a lot of stuff.
Also from that probe they spent out that went
out. The Sputnik? No, not that one. The one that
left the solar system. Voyager? Yeah, I picked
up a lot of stuff from there as well. The gold
record? Anyway, I get to school, and I'm literally...
maybe one of the first people at the school that
know this happened, right? So I returned. Oh,
and you walked back and you were like... No,
actually, I was kind of like... I already knew
about that. Well, no, I walked into the English
class and somebody said something. The teacher
was like totally into space stuff, right? And
she said, oh, today the challenge was... And
I said, oh, yeah, it just blew up. And she looked
at me and she was like... And it made the hair
on my neck stand up. And she was like, are you
serious? I was like, yeah, I just heard it on
the radio. It blew up. And she was like... And
then they wheel in the TV, and I was kind of,
it still makes my hair stand up. Her face was
just like, oh, God. You know, I was like 16 or
whatever. She probably thought you were screwing
around. You don't say that. Right. Not again.
She kind of was. I was 16. I was like, damn,
that sucks. But, you know, I didn't think it
was like end of the world type of thing. Anyway,
it was creepy. What was the one that blew up
over us? Columbia. The Columbia, yeah. It didn't
blow up. It disintegrated. It broke into pieces.
Yeah. I watched it. Yeah, we saw it go over the
house. It went over the house, and I saw it on
the horizon break into pieces, and I didn't know
what it was. And I was like, what the hell was
that? And then my alpha pager at the time goes,
contact with Columbia lost. And I was like, oh,
my God, did I just watch the shuttle break up
in real time? We didn't see it break up, but
we saw the shrapnel and all the pieces flying
through the sky. Damn, that was insane. That
was insane. Yeah, that is tough. It's a sign
of the times, really. It doesn't happen a whole
lot in our, I mean, I don't have a whole lot
to talk about things that occurred during our
grow up, but with me, I was the same thing. I
was in Abilene and I was at the doctor's office
about to go see the psychotherapist to find out
what was wrong with me because I'm such a...
smart individual. They were like, what do they
do with somebody with an IQ that high? They just
don't know what to do. I was like, surely he's
going to be a criminal. We just know it. Turns
out they were right. But I remember I was in
the waiting room and they I don't remember. I
guess I heard it on the radio. Someone had mentioned
something. And then we went in the back room
and they had a TV. And sure enough. But, you
know, I always wondered. Very spectacular. Not
in a good way. You always saw the takeoffs. And
they assumed that what they had determined was
the O -rings were going bad. Correct, yeah. But
you would see the issue. You know, I saw even
like some. prior takeoffs, you would see flames
shoot out of that O -ring. And it was kind of
like, that's odd. Why is that happening? Is that
a good thing? Yeah, because if I was seeing it,
then how come nobody else could see that? I don't
understand what was going on with that. You should
have warned NASA, dude. Oh, I had no idea. I
thought it was normal stuff. Should have sent
an email. Did they have email back then? Well,
have you watched the Challenger documentary on
Netflix? I have not. That would be a really interesting
one. It is. It's a really good one. It's about
three, maybe four episodes. They go through all
who made the O -Rings, who made the boosters,
and all that stuff. I'm going to send a text
right now to remind me. Because you always tell
me about these ones I need to watch, and I can
never remember. Which one? The Challenger? So
they have the Challenger one on Netflix right
now? It's on Netflix. Or was, I guess. So in
88, we had the Discovery. And then in 2003, we
had the Columbia. Wait, what was Discovery? The
space shuttle flight resumed with the successful
launching of the Discovery. Since then, the space
shuttle has carried out numerous important missions,
such as the repair maintenance of the Hubble
telescope. I guess that was a successful one.
Yeah, there's only been two catastrophic failures.
Well, it stopped after the Columbia did it. It
was over. It was done, right? They grounded it
forever. Yeah. No, Columbia. After Columbia,
they grounded the fleet forever. Well, you know,
it's a good concept. Oh, it was great. Was it
reusable? I just think, well, I don't have an
opinion on it. I mean, who knows? I mean, the
fact that it just broke up and disintegrated
like that, I mean, I think with the sheer force
of the, as fast as it's going, the resistance
that's hitting. Well, it's the heat. There was
the ceramic tiles at the bottom for the Columbia
that was flawed. No ice. Remember, ice came off
the rocket and hit. I thought it was the ceramic
tiles underneath. Yeah, but the ice fell and
hit the ceramic tiles and knocked some off. Okay.
And then heat went on reentry. Heat got into
it because that's when more flights later. Oh,
you know what? Wasn't it a piece of foam? No,
I'm wrong that they grounded the flights because
they started because they had more flights and
then they started to. Yeah, because they had
Atlantis. They started to look at the bottom.
Yeah, they started to look at the bottom in space.
So the space shuttle program formally ended on
August 31st, 2011 after its final mission, the
STS -135 flown by Atlantis in July 2011. Yeah,
because remember at the space station, they developed
a way to look at the heat shield tiles to make
sure that they weren't damaged. So I'm wrong.
They did not ground it. They kept going with
it. We're never wrong. We didn't get to the truth
yet. This is a quick recovery for giving incorrect
information. It was on the road to the truth.
Yes. A piece of foam. Okay, it wasn't ice. It
was a piece of foam broke off from the external
tank and hit those heat tiles underneath the
wing. We just hit all of it wrong. No, I said
everything right except for I thought it was
ice, but it was foam. But the foam looks like
ice, so any human. It could have been frozen
foam. It was frozen foam. It was ice on the foam.
We could. Yes. Yeah, we're good. I'm just wrong
again. But for once, I want to be right about
something. So something else happened on today's
date, and this one was the special instruction
Quincy Jones put together the music stars to
gather to record We Are the World. Do you guys
remember that? Yes. January 28, 1980. We are
the world. Five. Did you watch the We Are the
World documentary on Netflix? Do I need to watch
that one too? Yes, it's very good. I remember
I used to be able to sing every person on that
one. Well, what's interesting in this... No,
give it your shot. I mean, I can't do it now.
Every voice. I used to do all of them. Perfectly
mimicked. Well, I was pretty good at it. Right
up to Bruce Springsteen. Did you know that We
Are The World had Waylon Jennings on it? He was
sitting in the back. No, he quit. He walked out.
There's video of it because... In the middle
of filming? Yes, because Stevie Wonder came in
and he tried to alter the song and he wanted
to put in some kind of tribal humming or... Just
chanting. Chanting. And Waylon Jennings. Stevie
Wonder wanted to do that? Yes. And Waylon Jennings
was like, yeah, I'm not doing that. And he walked
out. Damn. He thought it was too ethnic? I don't
know. He's just like, I'm not doing that. So
did they yank the tribal stuff or did they keep
it in there? Well, I don't know. I don't remember
any tribal stuff in it. I don't remember any
tribal stuff in it either. So he should have
come back. They didn't do it. He didn't do it.
Waylon, come back. Well, watch the documentary,
because they play some of it, what he wanted
to do. We'll take the tribal stuff out. We were
wrong, and the record can't live without you.
Yeah, and it took hours and hours to get it done.
It took hours to get it done. Well, I mean, because
you've got a lot of different personalities and
a lot of different influences on there, because
they read their words. And when you just sing
it, there's a difference between singing it and
performing it. Oh, yeah. When you're Cyndi Lauper,
you've got to perform it. When you're Stevie
Wonder, you've got to perform it. Kenny Rogers,
Huey Lewis, they all have a Paul Simon. Hell,
Dan Aykroyd was back there. Ray Charles, Bob
Dylan. He was on Blues Brothers, so he can sing,
I guess. Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson. They had
a jam -packed. talent squad that was there and
they all have their style of singing oh yeah
it was actually really cool so they did several
takes of it and then Quincy Jones would go He
would go and talk with them. Even Michael Jackson
was kind of like, because they were talking about
Michael Jackson. He was like, he wanted to change
his part. He says, hey, Quince, hey, Quince,
do you mind if I do, you know, shake, do you
mind if I go up on the snow instead of going
down? And Quince is like, you got it, man. You
can do whatever you want. You do a really good
Michael Jackson. Do I? That was a really high
voice. It made me extremely uncomfortable. Very
lispy. Yeah. Please don't do that again. Anyway,
so that's part of the reason why because even
Steve Perry was on there. Everyone had their
own. It's like you can listen to it. It's just
like, oh my God, I know exactly who that is.
And we all listen to it enough times to where,
like you said, you can mimic, you try to mimic
the voice of every person. I used to be able
to sing the whole thing from front to back and
use their voices. When it was on the radio or
whatever, if we were watching it on MTV, I don't
know, but we all like... Try to do the voices
of every single person. Bruce Springsteen was
impossible. Oh, yeah. But it was written by Michael
Jackson and Lionel Richie. Okay. And what's interesting,
if you watch the documentary, is this all happened
the night of the American Music Awards. And Lionel
Richie was the emcee that night. Who was? Lionel
Richie. Oh, Lionel Richie. So they were coordinating
all, so they're like, all the stars are going
to be in L .A. on this night. Right. So we need
to coordinate. So after the party, or after the
event, they had to shuttle without anybody knowing
all these stars to this studio. Right. I wonder
how they chose who would be in and who wouldn't
be in. I'm sure there were butthurt people that
didn't get invited. They drew straws at the Diddy
party. I think Diddy was around them. Some equivalent.
If you have a straw that has oil on it, then
you can become... If you get a rose, let's...
Well, there was a story that they really, really
wanted Prince. Oh, and he didn't. And he's like,
no, I'm not doing this. So they got Sheila E.
Because he doesn't give a shit about We The World?
And... Well, no, he's Prince. He's probably like,
yeah, I'm not getting messed up in that. Oh.
So they got Sheila E., and then she kind of started
thinking about it, and I guess they were hounding
her to call Prince and see if you can get him
down here, because those two were real close.
Oh, yeah, they were. So she kind of was like,
the only reason I'm here is because you want
Prince. And she bailed out, too? No, I don't
think she bailed out, but she was not pleased.
You know the sad thing about this whole thing?
It was live aid, right? And so it was to raise
money for food. For Africa. For Africa. And from
what I understand, and proof, you know, fact
check this. But most of the shit sat on docks
and rotted. Yeah, the cartels of Africa sat there.
Well, the warlords. Yeah, they did not want that
food to make it to the people because they were
controlling them and they were basically starving
them into submission. And none of it did anything.
It did nothing. It amazes me with the full power
of the United States, how we can't go in there
and control, or not just the United States, anybody.
I mean, why the hell can't you take out a warlord
that's doing something like that? I mean - I
think, well, look at Somalia. Look at what a
mess that was. Well, shit, we were in Afghanistan
for 20 years. We couldn't - We didn't do it there.
We didn't fix that. We committed the full force
of the United States Army, and we lost just like
Russia did. Russia lost. America lost. I think
China's about to get their ass kicked as well.
Well, they're not there militarily. They're there
economically. Well, I think they're - No, they're
there militarily in Afghanistan right now. They
have a military presence there. Yeah. They're
going to get their ass kicked. In fact, they
took over. They took over that Air Force base.
Really? Yeah, 100%. They took over that. Yeah,
they're mining right now. Did you see what Trump
said to the Taliban? He is demanding if they
want to continue the aid that they have, they
need to give back the equipment we left. Did
you guys hear that? No. Isn't that funny? That's
awesome. And they're like, no, we're not giving
it back. He's like, okay, well, maybe you're
not getting aid from us. We're still giving them
aid. They're like an arch enemy of ours. Why
would you give them aid? Yeah, they're sworn
to the destruction of the United States, and
we're giving them aid. How does that work? We're
so stupid. This shit's going to come to an end.
I strongly believe, already we know, that foreign
aid has been paused, and that's why. Well, it's
like, why did we give - Because Trump's going
to shut that shit down. Why did Biden give, what
was it, $12 billion to Iran? Right. Which funded
Hamas and Hezbollah and the Houthis. Jeff, come
on. No, that was humanitarian. Oh, sure it was.
Oh, they guaranteed that none of that money did
anything other than feed people. You talking
about Biden or Obama? It was Biden. Biden. Okay,
because Obama gave Iran a shitload of money too.
Obama's hands in this too. They were basically
bribing them to not pursue a nuclear weapon.
So Obama, I believe the story, correct me if
I'm wrong, Iran's assets were frozen. So they
had bank accounts in the United States. states
so that money technically belonged to them and
they did something nefarious of course and we
froze their accounts and we absorbed their money
and biden gave it back to him or obama gave it
back to him yeah in a pallet of cash like 400
million dollars yeah in a pallet of cash it wasn't
even digital it was a pallet of cash right unbelievable
unbelievable track that right Anyway, it's disgusting.
All right. Were there any other? Yeah, there
was a couple. I don't want to dive into these
too much, but I'll just spout them out. On January
28, 1901, a professional's baseball American
League was founded in Milwaukee, reconstituting
itself from a minor league entity to a major
league one. The league plans for a 140 -game
schedule. Yeah, 1901. Damn. 140 games. Well,
there's 162 now. I know there are, but they started
out in 1901 with 140 games. Why would they come
up with that many to begin with? Do you know
who the first baseball team was? The Indians.
No. The Astros. No. Baltimore Orioles? I'm out
of guesses. Cincinnati Reds stockings. Cincinnati
Reds. No, no, no. Not the Reds. They were the
Red Stockings at the time. So in 1901, the franchises
were the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Americans,
the Cincinnati Lingerie, Chicago White Stockings,
the Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee
Brewers, Philadelphia Athletics, and the Washington
Senators. So the Cleveland Blues. Interesting.
That is interesting. Are they known for their
bluesy? I don't know, because you got Cleveland
Browns. It's kind of like New Orleans. The football
team. Well, you have the Columbus. What are the
Browns anyway? What is that? That's a last name.
Oh, it is? Paul Brown. Oh, no shit. Yeah. Yeah,
but they have this little image of the Browns.
It's like some sort of bird. It's a dog. Yeah,
it's a dog, yeah. And they call it the Dog Pound,
right? Dog Pound. Interesting. That's pretty
dumb, though, the Browns. Named after the first
dude, the first... Paul Brown, yeah. He was one
of the founding people who started football way
back in the fucking 40s or whatever that was
when they started doing that, right? All right,
I got two more topics to hit real quick. Then
he started the Bengals. He left the Browns and
started the Bengals. No, really. So this one
I wanted to bring up just to kind of tie in the
past with the present because a lot of times
you're like, man, I didn't realize this happened
in the past. Well, in 1958, January 28th, teenage
killers murdered three people. Charles Starkweather,
a 19 -year -old high school dropout from Lincoln,
Nebraska, and his 14 -year -old girlfriend, Carlianne,
kill a Lincoln businessman, his wife, and their
maid, blah, blah, blah. Damn. Leave 11 people
dead. That's crazy. Bad shit happened forever.
Yeah. There's nothing new. That was the very
first year that happened. That was the first
thing that ever happened. No one's been murdered
before 1950. But it's kind of crazy because things
were never that bad. Yeah, they were. Things
were that bad. And like you said, there's always
been bad. The other one that was kind of weird
happened in 1917, and it's called the Bath Riots.
This one's going to be controversial for some
of those folks that think white people are racist
towards Mexicans. This one, May? It may be that
way, but I don't know. Maybe they had a reason
for it, but not to me. It seems kind of pervertish.
But, you know, the bath riots were basically
a Mexican named. Camelita Torres refuses to put
up with the indignity she has been made to suffer
every morning since she started working across
the border in the United States. Torres objected
to the noxious chemical delousing visited upon
Mexicans upon crossing the northern border sparked
what became known as the bath riots. So when
they were coming over the border, they stunk.
But here's the context. It wasn't a bath. It
was a chemical delousing. So they were sprayed
with. With kerosene and... I'd have a problem
with that. So the context is they were scared
of a recent outbreak of typhus. Typhus, yes.
Did you say that already? Sorry. No. In Mexico.
I was about to. That was the second paragraph.
Yeah, and so that's why they were freaking out.
They were disinfecting all Mexicans entering
the country. God, by spraying them with a chemical
bath? Kerosene? Yeah, so they were made. So men
and women were directed to separate facilities
where they were made to strip off their clothes.
Calm down, Jeff. Wow. Which would be steamed,
and then officials examined the nude border crossers
and frequently doused them with harmful chemicals
such as kerosene, a method which had resulted
in deaths of 27 prisoners in El Paso. Wow. It
was a weird time. So January 28th in 1917, the
bath riots, crazy stuff. That's really it. That's
a day in 2000. When was the Spanish flu outbreak?
Was that 1918? I don't know. Or 1916. That's
when that killed a shit ton of people. Millions.
Yes. Worldwide. Yeah. Well, that was right around
the same time. 1918. Two years later. Or one
year later. Isn't that right in the middle of
World War I? Yeah. Yeah, it was caused the H1N1.
Yeah. Crazy. Yeah, that was a bad one. Huh. Kind
of like COVID. I'm just kidding. So I do have,
I'm not going to really go into this, but so
we're going to try to make this a regular little
segment in our podcast. A day in the history.
I got a week in the history. Yeah, that'd be
cool. 50 years ago, U .S. Senate established
the committee to investigate illegal CIA and
FBI activity. 50 years ago, U .S. Senate established
as a committee to investigate illegal CIA and
FBI activities. 50 years ago. Shit, that's always
been happening. I really am hoping that these
new MLK, RFK, JFK files are going to highlight
more of that. That we can't allow the FBI and
the CIA to be doing shit like this. We're going
to have to be careful, though, because there's
going to be a lot of crazy shit flying out there.
Because after Trump announced that he released
it, I was on X, and it looked legit. And the
headline was new documents about MLK being. homosexual,
and all this stuff. And all fake news. Yeah,
and I was like, they didn't even release anything.
See, that's what my son said. My son's like,
oh my God, it's blowing up now that he's released
it. I was like, son, they haven't released anything
yet. Yeah, they have. No. I was like, no. But
it's real, man. It's kind of like what I said
in the first podcast. There's already memes out
there, and it's like old audio footage of stuff.
And it's not real. 75 years ago this week, the
Truman orders the development of the H -bomb.
Yeah. Which was? 1950, the U .S. President Truman
officially ordered the development of the thermonuclear
weapons, also known as the hydrobomb. It was
the only leader ever to authorize the use of
nuclear weapons in war with atomic bomb over
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 45, killing more than
a quarter of a million Japanese. Yeah. Very quickly.
Well, a lot of them died afterwards. That's true.
That's true. It was awful. Awful, awful. All
right, well, that was an interesting segment.
We do have to do that more often. It'll be cool.
All right. Let's see here. We were going to chat
about the conference playoffs. Oh, yeah. I'm
very checked out on this one for some reason.
I don't know why. I like football, but I don't
watch as much as I used to by a lot. But I didn't
watch these games. I did. I was actually really
excited. I was hoping that the Bills would finally
beat the Chiefs because they're 0 -3 now in the
conference final. Right. Against the Chiefs.
So I was thinking, how cool would it be to be
a Bills? And then Daniels for the Commanders
is such an exciting rookie quarterback. I was
like, dude, they're going to beat the Eagles,
and we're going to have a Commanders and a Bills.
Did he look like a rookie? Yeah, he struggled.
He struggled in that game. Well, I mean, first
off, they had so many turnovers. It was ridiculous.
One after another after another after another.
I was really rooting for the Commanders because
it was kind of like their Cinderella season.
You know what I mean? I just wanted some fresh
meat in there. And I'm not an Eagles fan. I want
fresh meat in there. Right. Me too. And that
would have been awesome, right? I wanted, I think
like Jeff, I wanted the Lions in the Bills. That's
what I wanted. That was a shocking win. The Commanders
beat the Lions, man. That was crazy. That was
last week. But anyway, now it's the Chiefs and
the Eagles. Well, I've seen people are fed up
with Casey at the moment. Whether it's true or
not, they think that the refs are getting all
the calls and they're slowing down things. This
was a first down. How could they call it a first
down? There were two more scandals in that game.
Two more calls that went the Chiefs way. At the
end of the day, it's all about the money. My
issue is I understand in the moment if you don't
make the right call, but when the review happens,
fucking get it right. And how are they getting
it wrong? when the review happens. That I can't
tolerate. I know. Yep. I mean, there's no justification.
Now, if there's something you can't review, like
a pass interference, oh, that shouldn't have
been a pass interference. I get it. The official's
got a weird angle, and they throw the flag, and
you can't challenge a pass interference, right?
And so you've just got to live with it. But the
review is supposed to fix it for the ones that
you can review. Well, the theory, and it makes
sense, is the NFL wants... Taylor Swift, to be
part of this because it pulls in a lot of more
eyeballs. Yeah, they said that her, since she,
quote, joined the team, it's increased their
fan base by 40%. I'm like, how the hell can you
even come up with a number like that? Jersey
sales, maybe? I don't know. Dude, Kelsey was
already super popular before he started dating.
Not with the young girls. Right. Anyway, yeah.
There's millions of them. Maybe they have Amazon
metrics or something. I don't know. It could
be. And I don't hold any of this against Taylor
Swift. I know people just like. No, I don't either.
I don't want to see Taylor Swift. She's not choosing
to be seen in the studio. It's the stupid directors.
Right. Of the program being told, make sure you
show her. So her fan base gets excited and keeps
coming back. I will tell you that every time
they show her, it's because, you know. They scored
a touchdown or Kelsey scored, made a big play
or whatever. And she's like, no. Oh, she's so
dramatic. And she's turning and like she's in
shock looking at her friend. And she turns and
looks at the other friend. Oh, I can't believe
it. I'm just stop. Just stop. You know, I kind
of like it. I just imagine shoving something
in her mouth. Could be some nachos. We had to
know something. Could be a chocolate bar. Some
sexual. Yeah. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa. I've
heard you call your junk nachos before. I have
never called my junk nachos. Hey, nachos, how
are you today? You want my nachos? The wife wants
you to come out and play. Yeah, I was going to
say, how many times have you shoved nachos into
a woman's mouth and it's not sexual there, Sean?
Yes. Yes. Did you see this time while you're
- Jesus. You got nothing, do you? You got nothing.
I was kind of - Paul's favorite new sport hero,
Caitlin Clark, was with her this last time. I
like Caitlin Clark. She's pretty. I like Caitlin
Clark. Taylor Swift is pretty too. I mean, she's
kind of awkward looking, but I think she's pretty.
I have massive respect for her. She writes her
own stuff. She's an amazing performer. She's
the world's top performing pop star. You can't
take any of that away from her. She just needs
to be less dramatic. She does it during the award
shows as well. Oh, she's like, I can't believe
I just won. I won again. Yes. Oh my God. Yes.
My butt plug fell off. I just won. The flashing
one? Butt plug? A little strobe. That's what
came to your mind? Butt plug fell out? Wow. Oh,
really? I just want to thank my fans. Oh, nacho.
Oh, no. Can you get that for me? Where are my
nachos? All right. So we got the Philadelphia
Eagles and the Kansas City going to the Super
Bowl. Yeah. I'm going to watch. I'm disappointed,
but I'm going to watch. I'll watch it just because
of the Super Bowl. So are we going to go over
to Chuck's house? I don't know. You said your
wife likes it. We can't have competing Super
Bowl parties. She does, but that's going to rip
this party apart. So she throws one. No one's
going to show up. How would that go over? I mean,
well, if we have 100 squares, I'll just fill
them all out. Hold on. You're not going to go
to your own Super Bowl party? I'll tell you how
that's going to go. That's not going to go over
very well. No. No, it won't. You guys need to
figure that out. Let us know. What time are we
starting, Sean? Oh, I'm going to Chuck's Super
Bowl party. Sorry, honey. I got to go out for
some beer. You should see what they have over
there. I'll be right back. Chuck's got ribs.
We'll be there. I love the Super Bowl. It's a
fun experience. Wherever it is. It is fun, and
I like, regardless of where I go to Chuck's now,
we'll bring, Chuck, are you doing squares over
there? Why not? Yeah. I mean, I'll go ahead and
print the squares up, and I'll kind of head up
that program. Yeah, maybe we'll party hop. Well,
no, I'm just saying, if we do go over there,
I mean, most likely we will. I'll get a term.
Got to make an appearance. That would be cool.
Just don't just go, look, you'll be able to relax
on this one. Yeah. Yeah, she loves doing this
kind of shit. Yeah, she just loves throwing parties
and stuff. It's her thing. Don't yank that away
from her. I'm not, but at the same time, maybe
I'll have her get with Kim, and you guys can
work out maybe, if you're going to be handling
the ribs, she can come up with some alternatives
and some side dishes and help decorate. Yeah.
I don't see this two -party system working. What
do you mean? Good luck. Two -party system doesn't
work in our Congress. It's not going to work
for the Super Bowl. No, I'm not talking about
two parties. I'm just saying have Tara go over
there and help. I get it. Tara -ize the party.
Tara -ize? That's a horrible idea. Oh, we got
to coin that one. Oh, you're going to Tara -ize
this? Oh, that's funny. All righty. We could
throw a Super Bowl Mardi Gras. It's in New Orleans.
It is in New Orleans. So we're trying to figure
out. We've got the Saturday. Paul, I don't know
if you said Shelly's coming down with the flu.
We're not really sure how that's going to go.
So if there's availability on Saturday, is there
a potential to go to a distillery? And if there
is, which one is it going to be? What local ones
can we go that we haven't been to? There's several.
There's TX Whiskey. That's a little farther out.
How far? No, it's in between Fort Worth and Dallas.
It's not that far. Are you sure? Yeah, I think
so. Why don't you bring that up, Mr. Producer?
TX Whiskey. That is... It should be right in
between Dallas and Fort Worth. Well, hold on.
What's right by us? There's a couple of pigs
up there. Armor Brewing. Oh, it's beer. The Whiskey
Blendery? Oh, that's the place that... Jack A
told us about it right now. Jack A. What is the
whiskey blendery? What is that? What is your
search right there? You have a weird search.
Why don't you look for distilleries or birches,
whiskey? Well, that's a Texas bourbon tour. Yeah,
you've got a weird search going on there. Yeah,
if they're not part of the tour, they're not
going to be on there. There they are. So it's
farther south, but it is. Well, it's not in between.
Yes, it is. No, that's Fort Worth. No, it's not.
That is not in between. It's totally right in
the middle. Arlington is in between. I concede.
I concede. I'm wrong, again. So it is south,
no, it's south, yes, southeast Fort Worth. That's
not that far. That's south, southeast. Oh, God.
There isn't a south, southeast. It's closer to
south than east. Oh, my God. Oh, look where Oak
and Eden is. I forgot where that's at. That's
even further. That's Bridgeport, isn't it? Yeah,
that's too far. Right by Chico. I remember going
there now. That's too far. They don't brew their
own shit. What about the one in Valley View?
What is that one called? That's Lockwood, isn't
it? Is it Lockwood? Yeah, Lockwood Distillery.
It's in Richardson, I believe. Oh, then that
would not be Lockwood. Oh, man. All right, so
there's Lockwood. That's Richardson. And then
there's one, do a distillery in Valley View.
The mall? No, the town. Oh, I don't even know
where that's at. All right, this is called Whiskey
Hollow. Texas Legacy Distillery? Yes, it is.
I don't know what they have there. It's rather
small. It's right on the other side of the lake
of Lake Louisville. Yeah, it's not bad. Gainesville,
Texas Legacy Distillery. Wow, that looks really
small. Yeah, what's the story behind that? Oh,
there we go. We've looked at this before. Okay.
It's a quaint little distillery. That looks kind
of cool. God, we'd go in there and just be loud.
Do you want to go somewhere where you can be
loud and obnoxious? Well, no. It just looks small.
It's literally small, and we'd walk in there
like a fucking bull in China cabinet. We don't
have to. We can be quiet and respectful and professional.
Pickle juice. And say, hi, we're with dudes like
us. Have you met us? Yeah, I have. Never mind.
Yeah, this one, I mean, I wouldn't mind going.
I don't think I'd want to go. I think going there
would be a consolation of being in the area.
They're not worthy. No, I'm not saying that.
But look, everything you see there is kind of
like a mixed kind of infusion. Yeah. All right,
well, pick something else. There is something
in the area. Pop back over to the... What about
Bent? That's in Grapevine or Louisville, isn't
it? Yeah, I'm not saying that. Yeah, it is in
Louisville. B -E -N -D -T. Yep. How about that
one? Look at that. That dude is right down the
street from where I work, literally. That's crazy.
Yeah, it's out there. All right, stick a pin
in it. I need to go there during lunch. Look
at that. I can walk there. It closes soon. Let's
go. I literally could walk there from my office.
That's exciting. Oh, scroll up. She was kind
of juggy. Oh, boy. Oh, she does have a jug. Yeah,
there's two of them. No, no, no. A jug of whiskey.
One over here on the left who's dipping it. Oh,
God. You guys. What the hell? All right, all
right, all right. So we're going to go straight
from the barrel, a Bent Distilling Company exclusive
experience. Tell you what, let's go ahead and
do it. This podcast won't be out, so people won't
know and can't meet us. But, you know, we may
put an event on Facebook. We could. We could.
And just say, hey, man, meet us there. I think
I could do that. Now, do they distill their stuff
or they? I don't know. It says from the. I'm
telling you what, I'm digging that freaking hazmat
there. Oh, look at those proofs. My goodness,
138 .92. Me likey. 140 .22. All right, tell you
what, let's check that out. You know, one of
our favorite pastimes is heading to these distilleries
and just sitting there and taking it in. Like,
we went out to the Iron Root Distillery, and
Jackie Mack was out there and met us. Chuck,
Jeff, and I were out there. I wasn't invited
to that one. Yeah, well, you were out of town.
You were doing something with family or something.
I think you were with your parents. No, you were
doing something. Oh, gallivanting with my parents.
Yes. Whatever. So we ended up buying a bottle
of whiskey, and we sat out there, and we drank
a few drinks, and Chuck drank the rest. And you
sat in some weird AstroTurf little - Yeah, it
was fun. That's when Sean's bladder about exploded.
Oh, on the way back? On the way back. Yeah, that
was an impressive amount of urine that came out
in that. I almost didn't make it. Yeah, you're
doing the pee -pee walk. I have never. Look,
I haven't held my urine like that in such a long
time. That was crazy. It wasn't like, hey, man,
I got to go to the bathroom. This was like, holy
shit, I'm going to pop. Yeah. It's like my, you
know, you've ever held a balloon, and my penis
was like that. It wasn't erect. It was full.
I don't think it works that way. Yeah, it's not
connected to the. interior of the penis, I don't
think. All right, go ahead, Mr. Producer. Pull
up an anatomy of the penis and bladder. Actually,
don't. Actually, don't. Don't, yeah. So that
was your second visit to Iron Root because the
first time I was there. Yes, you were. Yeah,
we did the class and it was excellent. Yeah,
and Dylan was there. Yep. And Alan. And Alan.
I don't think Dylan cared for it, did he? No.
We talked about it recently and he was like,
dude, that was great. I learned a lot. I think
he's kind of like that. Not poker face, but he's
like, doesn't want to be too excited about it.
He's too cool. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean?
But then later he'll be like, dude, that was
awesome. He's just like. Which, by the way, Alan
is officially in Mexico. He sold his house? No.
It's for sale. What happened to the son that's
living there? He is living there until the house
sells. So it's, you know, it's. Is it really
going to sell? It should. It's a beautiful home.
I don't see why it wouldn't. Wasn't it full of
stuff? No, it's been cleaned out quite a bit.
Now, there's still stuff in the garage, and I
think there's like one room that's got some of
the stuff, Alan's stuff, that needs to be shipped
to Mexico. But he is officially there. When did
that happen? Today. He landed in Mexico today.
Alone. I'm excited for him. Alone. No, he really
wants this. He's going to live a retirement that
is in a quaint little town. And he's got everything
he needs. Does he know Spanish? It's a simple
thing. He's using the app where you talk to each
other in the app and stuff. And he's learning
it, but he's going to be using that app for a
long time. So anyway, it works. People laugh
at him. You know what I mean? They have fun with
it. How far is it to drive from there to here?
You wouldn't want to drive that. No, I mean,
I don't. But how far is it? I don't know. But
it is an hour and a half outside of Mexico City.
It's a two -hour flight from Dallas to Mexico
City. What's the name of the city? Oaxaca? I
don't know. Sorry. It's an hour and a half out.
It's an hour and a half out. Right, in any direction.
Is he by the volcanoes? I don't know. So he could
just be in the middle of the fucking jungle.
He mentioned that there's mountains. Yes, well,
Mexico City is built in the... That's part of
the problem. Dude, I'm not going to be helpful
in this conversation. I don't know exactly where
he is. But it's exciting that he's there. I think
we all want that for our parents or our in -laws.
We want them to have a comfortable retirement
somewhere, and that's what he chose to do. Yeah,
but he's alone. Technically, he's not. He's met
some people there. It's his first day. So here's
what I understood. So no, he's been there several
times because he had to look for a place to rent.
So he has been down there a couple times, and
he's met some folks. Some expatriates Americans?
Well, there are. That's not where he is, though.
So they're just all local? They are 100 % local.
Are they like the indigenous Mexicans? Well,
there's a lot of fantastic areas. Down there.
I mean, if you're in the right little area, I
mean, there's not a lot of - Oh, it's beautiful.
There's not a cartel there. Yeah, he sent me
pictures, and it's really, really pretty. It's
not - Is he allowed to own a house down there?
No. No? He's renting. No? Are you kidding? That's
not in the United States. That's what I thought.
He's not allowed to own anything. Right? Yeah.
Mexico has some laws. We're not allowed to buy
land there, but they can come up here and buy
land. Dude. Yeah. We were going through what
it takes to get there, and he has a visa. That's
good for like 180 days. But if you want to stay
there longer, it's got to be switched to a card.
And the damn websites, it's all in Spanish. I'm
trying to help them with it. We had to ask our
Shelly's friends that speak Spanish. We asked
them to come over trying to navigate the website
because it was so that the convert. Say that
again. Why they had it? What's going on with
the card? So when you're a resident there, resident.
like not a tourist but a resident, you start
out with a visa, like a visitor resident visa.
Oh, I was thinking a visa credit card. Okay.
No, no, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then you convert
it. If you want to stay there longer than the
180 days, within 30 days of arriving there, you've
got to, it's called C -A -N -J -E. I don't know
what that, Conje? Conje? That's the process for
converting it from a visa stamp to a card that
lets you stay for like years. I don't know. I
don't know how many years. Maybe a year. And
then you've got to renew it. Anyway, but going
through that process, it was like, damn. So it's
kind of like getting a green card. Sort of. It's
extended visa. It's an extended visa. Isn't that
what a green card is? No. Green card is you never
renew. You have a green card for life. No, that
is incorrect. Really? You have to renew your
green card? 100%. I didn't know that. I had a
British guy work for me. I mean, you can keep
it, but it's not renewable. No, it's 100 % renewable.
You have to get it renewed. No, I mean, you can
keep it. Like, if you have a tangible card, you
can keep that. They don't require you to throw
it away. If you want to frame it and put it in
your house, they're not going to tear it down
and raid your house. It's going to dissipate.
Oh, okay, good. Yeah, a guy who was a British
citizen. Self -destruct. A British citizen. He
moved over here in 99 or late 90s and got married,
had kids, had his green card, worked for me for
years, years, years, years, and he was going
to take the citizen's test. But, you know, life
got in the way, and it has to be done a certain
time before your green card expires. Oh, no shit.
So he missed his opportunity. This was 10 years
ago, and he was kicking himself, right? Yeah.
And so he renewed his green card, and he just
recently became a U .S. citizen. Nice. Maybe
six, nine months ago. Good for him. That's great.
He sent me a text. We argued. I said we. Chuck,
we went to Holy Grail. Last Friday, everyone
was busy doing something, and we went to the
Holy Grail. Where did you go with all the wine
and stuff? Tier one. Tier one. When was this?
Last Friday. Last Friday. Yeah. I don't think
I went anywhere. Oh, you're drinking the wine
here? Yeah. Oh. Well. I think so. You made it
sound like you had an engagement somewhere. Oh,
Julie and I went out. Yeah, that was the day
that I wasn't feeling well, and I took a nap.
Remember? I didn't do anything that night. Yeah,
and you said you were out. I had a nice glass
of wine, but it was here. Whatever. So Chuck
and I went to the Holy Grail and ran across James.
Yeah, James was there, and some English chap.
The Luke? Yeah. So the bar was kind of full,
all right? So there was a chair to the left of
James and a chair to the right of James. Well,
and then to the right of that chair. was a service
well that you could probably fit three or four
chairs so i sit to the chair to the right uh
no no i fuck i don't even remember now i sit
down And there's, I guess, right next to James.
That's what it was. I sat right to the right
of James. And Chuck pulls the chair out and sits
to the right of me. And then the staff are kind
of like, eh, you know. You can't block the service
thing, right? No, but there was plenty of room
for them. And they were just like, yeah, it's
not so much you or them. It's just you're going
to be annoyed because we're in your way. And
they were like, James, can you move over? And
then James was kind of. And he was kind of like,
yeah, but since he's sitting in my chair, won't
you have him pay for my tab? And I was like,
all right, cool. He could pay for my fucking
tab because I'm going to have a shitload of bourbon.
This guy was like a douche right off the bat.
Really? Yeah. You're throwing down already. Dude,
I mean, I was like, come on. That was unnecessary.
You just sat down. What do you call it? Unprovoked
attack. Yes. Unprovoked. Well, he gave you an
unprovoked attack. He did, and I retaliated.
But after sitting there, and he moved over, everything
was kind of calm, and I called the bartender
over. I said, hey, is that guy drink whiskey
over there? Because I was going to buy him one
kind of discreetly. Hey, man. Because he looked
like he was a regular there. And the bartender's
like, I don't know. Hey, James, you want a whiskey?
This guy wants to buy you a whiskey. I was like,
what the fuck, dude? What's wrong with you? He's
like, well, I'll take this. 100%. I was like,
what the fuck is wrong with you? Where's your
discretion, bartender? I was irritated. So now
you picked a fight with him, too. I didn't pick
a fight. Fuck off, man. I don't care. And then,
look, I wasn't agitated at the world or anything.
It was just like these. These things that are
imposing on me were just kind of, I mean, who
does that? Right. I want to buy somebody a drink,
and they do that. I mean, what would you guys
have done? You guys would have never bought somebody
a drink. I would have been like, yes, scratch
it. If I was the bartender, I'd say, hey, James,
you drink whiskey? Whatever. That's what I would
have been like. I don't think he was into it
either. The whiskey? Yeah. He was probably like
a scotch man or something. Hold on, because you
ended up buying him a whiskey? I bought a nose
mill for him and a nose mill for myself. Nice.
And he didn't, do you thank him? He did. Thank
you. He did. He would thank me, but the whole
thing was that, you know, I felt bad because
he moved over and then, you know, he was rude
to me and of course, you know, I don't tolerate
that shit. British people are just rude. Whatever,
man. But, you know me, I'm going to come back
and kind of own it. Hey, look, I know you were
an asshole to me, but that doesn't give me permission
to be an asshole back to you. Okay? Because I'm
supposed to take the high road. I didn't say
that. That was all in your head. Yeah. So I just
said, hey, man, here. Here's a drink on me. Sorry
for the whatever the fuck happened that Chuck
created. Yeah, no problem. And he said, fuck
off. Fuck off, man. No, he didn't. But Chuck
began to talk to him for like fucking. seemed
like forever. You were talking about politics
and 14th Amendment. We got into anchor babies
and birthright citizenship and the rules around
that. He was all liberal and hot on the collar.
He works for Capital One and he's been in the
United States for 15 years on a green card, like
Jeff said. He just renewed it every single year.
Is it yearly? No. Well, whatever it is. I'm just
curious. How often do you have to, is it five
years, 10 years? I think it's 10 years, I think.
I really thought that that was the holy grail.
Once you get your green card, it's like you're
set. You never have to leave. Nope. That's interesting.
You become a citizen, then you don't have to
leave. I would expect for it to time out. That
would make sense for it to time out. I get it.
Otherwise, what's the difference between being
a citizen and that? Well, you can't vote. I think
the green cards shouldn't be 10 years either.
I think, frankly, they should be like two years.
10 years. Two weeks. Daily. I think two years.
You got to like your app every day. Well, I think
that there should be. Look, what is the reason
why they would ever want to get a citizenship
if they keep renewing their green card? They
don't give a fuck about it. If they don't have
to. Yeah, yeah. You still have to go through
the questions and interviews and stuff like that.
It's a pain in the ass. Long story short. I believe.
This guy was kind of a schmuck. I mean, I don't
care if he's left -wing. I don't care. I mean,
think what you want. I mean, he's thinking from
the point that he's not a citizen, so it doesn't
affect him. It's easy to have hot sports opinions.
Yeah, your narrow -minded stuff. Go home and
go hang out with your non -wife because you're...
Non -wife? Well, I mean, he was single because
he can't have a relationship. He was a little
sad. Yeah, he was so pumped up. What? So he was
dishing all this personal detail on you guys?
Well, I was poking him. I was kind of like stabbing
at him. You're like, so, man, do you have a woman
or what? Rugby's gay. Yeah. That was at another
bar. Yes. So why are you guys here? Oh, we're
totally into rugby, and we were here for this
massive tournament, and we just love it. Rugby's
gay. I think that's what you came back to. I
was semi -pro. Yeah. Now it's queer. He was a
big dude, too. I don't care. I think he said
he played for A &M. I don't know. Oh, no, it
was Oklahoma. Okay, I was going to say, don't
disrespect that guy. He was a cool dude. His
wife. We love Aggies. His wife. Don't we, Chuck?
Yes. And don't we, Jeff? Yes. His wife didn't
like me either, did she? No. She's like, what
is she seeing you? Yes. Yeah, she was rough.
Surely not your fat arms, you whore. Whoa. Okay.
No reason to be ugly. I mean, I'm not ugly. It's
a truth. It's in the past. It's all over with
now. Yeah, the rugby house was no longer. That's
right. There you go. Enjoy that. What is it now?
What is it now for the rugby house? It is...
Is it some pig? It's probably Indian mart. It's
like pig and something, or... Oh, I can't remember.
We drove by it the other day, and I know Chuck
groaned quite loud. Oh, no. About what it turned
into. Is it not poke time? Or is that around
the corner? No, permanently closed. Oh, they
don't know what it is or it hasn't opened? Well,
it's opened. I can't remember. It's probably
too new to populate. Interesting. Yeah, I don't
remember what it was, but it's open. It's another
bar, I believe. Okay. Whatever. Well, we'll have
to check it out. Maybe it's better. Maybe it's
better this time around. Man, you know, I got
to say that I enjoyed going to the rugby house.
I thought they had good food. When I had my colonoscopy,
that's where I went to go eat afterwards because
I loved the hamburgers there. Like you had your
double number two Whataburger. I did. And I went
there and I had two large beers and a massive
hamburger and a big salad. It was excellent.
Yeah. I went with my dad. You liked the owner
as well. Oh. Well, I mean, I recognize her from
a girl that I used to date. Her. Well, I mean,
whatever. I mean, she's married. I mean, I wouldn't
ever cross strings. That's ridiculous. I remember
we'd go there and try to start a conversation
with her, and she would have nothing to do with
it. Really? Oh, yeah. She was busy. I mean, she
was always running around doing something. Oh,
yeah. Dude, when you own your own bar, I'm sure,
like any business, really, you're insanely busy.
Yeah. She was a pretty lady. Is that what it's
called? Los Amigos Sports Bar? Yes. Yes. Los
Amigos Sports Bar and Bites. Why don't we check
that out? What's wrong with that? Eh. We'll see.
Yeah, we probably will. Yeah. Sounds good. It's
nestled in the heart of Plano. Oh, nestled. I
don't know if I can handle nestling. We're totally
into nestling. Nestling with a cozy atmosphere.
Welcoming staff and a menu brimming with mouth
-watering options. Okay, that's what we'll do.
We do like that Fanzo place, though. Place to
unwind and unveil. I'm a fan of the Fanzo. Yeah,
it's all right, man. It's a different atmosphere.
When can we go upstairs? Is that open? I was
imagining you'd have to ask. The boys went up
there to watch a game, one of those football
games, Capriccio. So when we go during the happy
hour, that's open up there? I don't know. I don't
think so. It may be closed. I think it's like
a nighttime thing. I don't know. I don't know
either. Money pays for anything. You want to
go up there, you just pay. That's what I'd say.
Let it rain. VIP lounge. Pull out your roll of
hundreds and just let it rain. I'm thinking you'd
have to take some sort of sobriety test to be
able to make it up down those stairs. That's
a good point. We probably shouldn't do that then.
All right, so yeah, I'd be on board with a distillery
this weekend. We can talk about that and go to
Bent. How do you say that? Bent? Bent. Just Bent.
It's a silent D. Bend it. Bend it. Bend it. Yes.
Bendita. Let's go to Bendita. That would be cool.
All right, so let's talk about that. That would
be a cool thing to do. Plus, I'm kind of interested
to see what kind of, they have some high -proof
stuffs there, the 130s, 140s. I'm definitely
getting a bottle. I'm definitely getting a bottle.
I did, let me see, did I get a bottle? Oh, yeah,
I bought that Hirsch, H -E -R -S -C -H bottle
that was at Sips, and it was more expensive at
Liquor King. What was special about it? Do you
like that? Good. Was it high proof? Oh, yeah.
Was it a hazmatter? No, no, no. It wasn't that
high proof. I don't know. I don't remember how
much it cost or anything like that. Actually,
I haven't paid for it yet. Stan picked it up.
Gotcha. How's he doing there? Yeah, we haven't
visited him in a while. He had a norovirus last
week. Just throwing up everywhere. Yeah, he said
he was taking a shower and puking and shitting
at the same time. He says it was just an absolute
mess. And he's like, I've never sharted myself
so many times in my life. It's absolutely ridiculous
me waking up at 3 o 'clock in the morning and
showering. It's like, what the hell? But look,
this is what it was. And look, it kind of brings
in a little hostility for me, kind of not real,
but kind of like, what the hell's going on? Is
this real? Is this another man -made thing? Why
is Moderna coming out with a vaccine to prevent
you from getting the norovirus? It makes you
wonder, did they create the norovirus? No, it's
been around an extremely long time. They didn't
create the norovirus. But it always, well, they
didn't create it, but they could have tweaked
it. They're saying it originated from a lab in
Frisco. Wet market downtown Frisco. You see what
I'm getting at, right? It always makes you wonder
when you've got this, why is it that it's out
there? I don't wonder on the norovirus at all.
I do. The COVID, yes. I don't trust any of those
guys because if they're trying to sell it, there's
a reason for it, and I don't trust it. I don't
trust the mRNA. Well, that's what it is. Yeah,
that's what it is. But that's what the norovirus
is. They didn't create that. No. All right, I
have the origin of norovirus. Oh, okay. Let's
see. What do we have here? It evolved from viruses
from a, did I say shellfish? The virus identified
as the Norwalk virus. Oh, okay. One of the, since
then, has detected outbreaks around the world.
Originated from a common ancestor virus that
mutated and adapted to infect humans. Yeah. Yeah,
but it's from Ohio. It's from Ohio. Oh, Ohio.
All the bad shit comes from Ohio. All right,
but what about Ohio? I mean, the first outbreak
was known in Ohio. So how did that come about?
I don't know. They have a lab in Ohio? Yes, they
do. They have a Myrna lab in Ohio. First identified
in steel assessments, blah, blah, blah. Yeah,
I don't know. I don't know. I don't know either.
So what year was it first identified at? 68.
68. Yeah. But I know norovirus is really, it
happens a lot on cruises. Oh, yeah. Wildfire.
Where it just runs through everybody and everyone's
shitting and puking. That's awful. And that happened
when that cruise liner went down. They lost power.
Oh, yes. And they were stuck out for days and
they were having to put bags of shit in them.
Hallways. Oh, that'd be terrible because the
toilets went down. Oh, that's horrible. Did they
have a fire in the engine room or something?
I can't remember. Something happened. Yeah. I
know they were out there. That was bad. And they
didn't want to bring them back because they were
so contagious apparently. They didn't give them
a kerosene scrub down? He got no shit. Good Lord.
That would have been miserable. Yeah, they were
limited in water, so they were dehydrated. Yep.
That could have been a huge medical issue. Dude,
I mean, there's thousands and thousands of passengers.
Just think what that smelled like. Yeah, but
you would think that they would have a, just
a, like helicopters would go in, pick people
up, and ship them off to this. Oh, the logistics
behind that is mind -boggling. They were out
there for several days. How far out were they,
though? Like 100 miles out? 10 miles out? I don't
know. Why don't you look up that horrible incident?
It was a cruise ship that became disabled. It
was out for Florida somewhere, wasn't it? Yeah,
and it was a couple years ago. Yeah, it wasn't
too long ago. Maybe 2022? I don't know. I don't
know. It just seems like there could have been
something. I mean, hell, you could have lined
up like... 1 ,500 little rafts and just kind
of pulled them in. Like, you know how we went
down the river rafting and at the very end there
was a jet ski and everyone hooked up to each
other. They kind of like caravaned us out. They
could have done that. Oh, dude, if they couldn't
even solve the Superdome problem during Katrina.
That was a failure on management. Well, I know,
but. They couldn't even solve that problem, and
they didn't have the logistic issue. So the norovirus
outbreaks on Prince's cruise ship leaves dozens
of passengers. No, that's not it. This is when
it actually became disabled. The cruise, like,
broke down, and they were powerless. And I think
it has something to do with an engine fire or
something. It had nothing to do with the rotavirus.
It did, but that's not the main part of the story.
Yeah, but it happens, unfortunately, quite a
bit on cruises. Yeah, it kind of does. Well,
the rotavirus, yeah. The norovirus. Norovirus,
sorry. So did I read that it's from shellfish,
seafood food? It said it affects animals and
shellfish. And some of it can mutate. I don't
know. And that's what it is. I guess there's
a really close strain that will affect. Whatever,
man. It's horrible. And Stan got it, and he was
miserable for five days. It says, I wouldn't
wish it on anybody. It was painful. Yeah, all
you're doing is shitting and throwing up. Tons
of cramps. He said he lost like 10 pounds. That's
the only positive. I want that diet. Right? That
diet. No shit. But, you know, it is a sign of
the times. Hold on. It's not the sign of the
times. It is. I mean, it happens. People get
sick out there, but it was frustrating for me
to look, and it makes me extremely skeptical.
Anytime I see anything from Pfizer, anything
those knuckleheads are putting out. You know,
it's just like, I don't believe it. I don't trust
it. I hear you. 100%. And I get that, because
we've gone through so many, you know, distrust
issues, right, for the federal government, especially
the freaking pharmaceutical industry. But anyway,
let's talk about this bourbon. All right. Because
it's a really good one. Did you find out what
the proof was? Yeah, it's 118 .3. Oh, nice. That's
a good number. All right, so this bourbon is
a Cedar Ridge Iowa straight bourbon whiskey single
barrel. So this one was sitting, I think I found
this on Liquor King. Where did you find this?
Was it Liquor King? Actually, it's a store pick.
Yeah, liquor cane. Yeah, it's a store pick. Look,
the reason why I bought this is because it was
118 proof, one. Number two, it was a single barrel,
and it was finished in a port barrel. So port
cask finished bourbon. And it's cask strength.
It says it's a dessert, please. It has such a
dark hue. It's so wonderfully dark. PT 23 .6
barrel is the barrel number. It's from Iowa.
Iowa's already known for their corn. And on the
back, if I could read this from our home. I'm
not even going to attempt that. Well, I know
this. This is good. It's not my favorite. There's
some uniqueness to it. Very. When I first smelled
it, I smelled what I thought smelled like barbecue
or a campfire. There is a hint of that on the
nose. And I'm tasting a hint of the smoke on
the finish. Yeah, that's got to be the port barrel
that it came in. I don't know. It's a secondary
exposure there. I got the vanilla, the prominent
flavor note. There's some white pepper, kind
of lingers. Yeah, it lingers. I'm feeling it
right now going down the throat. It's got that
fresh wood kind of flavor. unfiltered kind of
residual in the mouth. I think this is really,
really good. It's single barrel. Very nice proof.
Very nice cue. Tons of flavor. Vanilla toffee.
Yeah, I'm trying to think of a ranking at where
this sits proof -wise. 118. Like other things
that we were up against, right? We got some really
good things in that. You know, it's tough because
we gave Pinhook an 8 .3. At least I did. And
pinhook is way better than this. But yet, I would
give this an 8 .3. So I almost, we need to go
back and sample that pinhook so I can re -rate
it. Because that pinhook was wonderful. I think
this is really, really good, personally. It tasted
like some figs, or I think you said dates, or
somebody said dates earlier. Maybe it was Chuck.
No, it was Chuck. He said dates. Rhubar, sliced
peaches, pineapples, is what it says. Nuts and
minerals is the finished flavor. Medium to full
body, a satiny crisp. texture a golden amber
color single barrel whiskey comes from a single
oak barrel so each bottle has a unique flavor
profile and this is iowa iowa bourbon whiskey
so this is not available at total wine only in
um in i haven't seen it at total wine but this
is a this is a select barrel or a select uh single
barrel i think only fans classify this as rare
or did it really i think so That's one of the
reasons why you picked it up, I think. And I
know you said only drams. Drams. Yeah. Oh, did
I say only fans? I think you did. I think you
did, too. I think you did. I was kind of like,
huh. I was like, so you have your own channel
there. So the person you follow drinks this.
I just show my feet. Oh. Okay. You show your
feet wrapped around a bottle of bourbon? Yes.
Just pouring it over the top. Yeah, and all these
men just. Just flock to your site. Painted toenails.
Men. God. What is this? Cedar Ridge. Gross. Cedar
Ridge. View bottle details. It's a rare. Damn.
Very nice. Compared to, you know, others, I guess.
Yeah. All right, I'm going to give this a 7 .9.
So this is now opened. Also, fruitcake. Fruitcake.
Yeah. I could get that. Yeah. It has candied
fruits in there. Yeah. It's a thick fruitcake.
I could get that. I can get behind that. I think
it's all around great. I love it. I'm going to
do 7 .9 as well. I think I'm around the 7 .3
mark for me. Because of the smoke? Yeah. Chuck,
you got these? Do you want me to write them down?
It's very good, but yeah, again, it's very faint,
the smoke. But it's good. Would I buy another
bottle of it? I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. All right,
cool. I think it's good to have in the collection.
Oh, absolutely. I say we let that sit. We're
going to get some argon gas and fill this up.
Really? Because that's what we do with all 200
bottles we have. God, that takes like a whole
canister of argon. I don't even know how that
works. We have a big, like, gigantic. It's built
into the house. I got it. Very nice. Very nice.
If we know we're not going to drink this for
a long time, it would be kind of nice to preserve
it. Yeah. You just pull the cork off, go like
that. Real quick, put it on. I don't know how
that works. You said that your friend Tim has
that. What is his up? His is called, I don't
remember, The Rabbit maybe. A rabbit? Isn't that
a vibrator? I believe so. I don't know, but it
has a little argon canister and it has a needle
that goes through the cork and you can reseal
it. Interesting. Interesting. I'm not sure I'd
go through all that effort. I'd just drink the
whole bottle. Yeah, maybe. But I also think you
could pour it through that as well. You don't
really open the bottle. You put that through
there, then you pour it through the whole contraption.
So you never have to expose the wine to air.
Correct. That's going through a lot of effort.
Nobody does that. He does. Well, I know, but...
I would if I had it. Like the standard wine drinker,
do they do that? During one of my ventures, we
were bottling cold brew. And part of that process
was taking CO2 and we would hook it up through
a little pressure gauge regulator. And we hook
up a hose to it, a little snap like a pneumatic
thing. And you just ch -ch -ch. And you take
the CO2 and you spray it in the bottle, slow
to just ch -ch -ch. And then you put the liquid
in there. Because the CO2 is more dense than...
Your regular air? Right. And then once you fill
it up, the liquid forces the rest of the air
out, and all you have left is the CO2. Right.
I would assume it would kind of be the same with
the argon. It's called coravin timeless. So look
up coravin, C -O -R -A -V -I -N. That's what
he's got. Interesting. It's a big old contraption.
Oh, wow. That's fancy. Yeah. I'm guessing it
uses some kind of gas. Methane? No, argon, I
think, is the gas of choice. There you go. Argon.
Okay, not methane. You know what's funny? We're
putting that shitty smell into it. Do you guys
hear that there's... $250. Ooh, damn, that's
pricey. Do you hear there's some talk about putting
Donald Trump on the... Mount Rushmore? Yeah,
somebody introduced a bill, and apparently that's
like... I think they did it last time, too, didn't
they? Yes, I think they did. But wouldn't it
be hilarious if somehow... I mean, what does
it take to approve that? And then is it like
the Keystone Pipeline where they start building
Donald Trump's face and the next president. And
they adjust it to be somebody else's face. Now
that I don't think will ever happen. I want to
see the mugshot. Oh yeah, for sure. The mugshot.
No, no, no. They need the fight, fight, fight
with his fist in the air. So we were going to
talk about Microsoft TikTok and how they were
pushed out, pushed back in. Now they have some
alternative apps, right? No. Trump is saying
that Microsoft is in the running to buy TikTok.
So that kind of resolves the whole U .S. company
owning TikTok. So there might be a way out for
TikTok now. We'll see. It's a good moneymaker,
and lots of people want TikTok. I just think
it's kind of a cesspool for brain damage. Brain
rot. Well, so is Instagram. So is any of that
stuff. I tell you what. I mean, whenever you
guys send me something, if I do swipe, you know,
not... Oh, it's... It's like... It sucks you
in. Stephen calls it... It's ridiculous. I asked
Stephen, and I was like, so what'd you do today?
He goes... I doom scrolled all day. It's awful.
That's horrible. And then an hour later, you're
like... Yeah. Like, what did I just do with an
hour of my life? Well, that's what Chuck used
to do in the middle of the night when you'd wake
up. Yeah, when I didn't have my CPAP machine.
Man, it would be painful. Yeah, he doom -scrolled.
I just imagine, like, being on my deathbed, hopefully
when I'm, like, a perfect age, right? I don't
know what that age is, but I'm on my deathbed,
and, like, wishing you'd have more time. Jeff
hasn't said pubes in a time. I spent 2 ,000 hours.
On TikTok. Fucking scrolling. Yeah. Second half
of the Dudes Like Us podcast. And I'm wishing
I had more time left in my life. June 28th. Fantastic
day. Cedar Ridge, Iowa State. Straight bourbon
whiskey. Fantastic. Highly recommend it if you
can grab one. It's a rare bottle. Correct. It
is. Thank you, Mr. Producer, for staying on top
of stuff. We'll see you next week. Dudes Like
Us. I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff.