It's very, very cool. So is this thing just called
Starship? Correct. It'll have like a cool name
like the Vulcan or... No. Well, I guess it's
the Klingon or... I guess it's the SpaceX Starship.
The booster is the Falcon Heavy. Falcon Heavy.
That's cool, right? That's cool. So we're watching
the... Just minutes ago, I guess less than an
hour ago, it launched. It's 10th flight. Yeah.
And it looks very successful compared to previous
ones where it like blew up. Crazy shit happened.
I mean, not long ago, it blew up on the pad.
Right. Yeah. Inside that. They've had some setbacks.
That chamber is pristine. I know. It's clean
in there. Those little flying things, is that
like frozen stuff? They're bugs. They're space
fireflies. That's super cool, man. I love space
stuff. Yeah, but I wonder what that is. What
is that? I don't know. Is that space dust? Is
there such a thing? I have no idea what those
are. In the vacuum of space? Oh, is it open to
space right now? Yes, it is. Okay. Yeah, it is.
Oh, yeah, there's all kinds of shit flying around
there. Yeah, they opened up the bay doors and
they're showing us the inside. You would think
that it's not going to hang around. I mean...
They're like moths or something. Yeah, I think
they're bugs. Yeah. They're attracted to the
light. Yeah, exactly. Like the street lamp. What,
you don't think there's moths in space? What
are you, stupid? Space moths. Come on, man. All
right, well, here we are. We're on a good streak
lately. No one's been on vacation and everyone's
healthy. Summer's winding down. Is it though?
Somebody told me that there's two days left of
summer. That's not true, right? First day was
June 21st -ish, right around there. So it should
be in September. I would have thought so. Yeah,
I don't know who told me that, but I was like,
man, that seems early. Well, let's see in August.
August 26th, the first half of the Dudes Like
Us podcast. We have everyone here. Producer,
Mr. Chuck. I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff.
And we are Dudes Like Us. We're ready to rock
this thing. We got a jam -packed, action -filled,
all kinds of wonderful, cool things. Fantastic
whiskey. Pulled it right out of Jeff's advent
calendar. Oh, yeah, that is good, isn't it? Oh,
this is a new one right here? Yeah. Oh, okay.
This is a special. Distillery only. Even though
it's in a very familiar bottle. Very familiar.
It's a distillery only. Wow. I can't wait to...
That's what they say at the time it was. Yeah,
we're going to share this later in the podcast,
but it's... Well, you said the same thing about
the Smoke Eye Hill. And then it was, I spent
$500 on the bottle, and then it was everywhere
for a nickel. I didn't say that was distillery.
I said that was very... You couldn't find it
down here. It doesn't matter. And then all of
a sudden, it was at Specs. Yeah. I was like,
damn it. Dude, you're not going to believe this.
This is like a unicorn. But you know what's crazy
regarding that Smoke Eye Hill? It tasted a couple
notches better, the one that you brought in.
So I don't know if it was the - Are those single
barrels? It should be the same. Yeah, I know
every barrel's different. If it's a single barrel,
yes, it was. But I mean, should it be that big
of a variance? Well, you got the clearance. I
guess so. Yeah, the stuff that people like. They
were rushing out the door. Yeah. We're pulling
up there. Is that our bill? That's our bill.
So we've had the other larrikin. God damn. And
there's the wild turkey. Add another. Uh -oh.
Did you just spill it? What? You spilled the
beans on what we're drinking. No, I said we drank
the larrikin. Damn you, Jeff. I'll edit that
out. All right, let's move on. All right, so
what is it about this that makes this so significant,
this latest launch by SpaceX? They were testing
out what, the engines? Well, the whole flight,
right? I mean, with every launch, they're getting
a little bit further with the largest rocket
in human history, right? They're trying to go
to what, ultimately Mars? The moon, I believe,
is first. The moon first. The moon first and
Mars, yeah. Yeah, we're returning to the moon.
This one, they actually dispatched some payload
along the way, right? What kind of payload? I
think they were starving. Oreo cookies? Yeah.
Some NECA wafers. Nutter butter peanut butter
cookies. Some landfill. Some Starlink panels,
I believe. Oh, yeah. All right. So some Starlink
panels. Is that for some future endeavor of doing
some repairs up there? Are they just going to
float around up there for a while? Yeah, they're
going to float around. I don't know. They're
just going to, like, orbit? Like a satellite,
you know? You've seen the Starlink chains that
are up there, right? That go, they're, like,
everywhere. Yes. Yeah. A thousand of them. They're
like those drone umbilicals, fiber optic cables
from Ukraine, just everywhere over there. All
over the border, yeah. Well, that is a mess.
What kind of chains are you referring to? I just
meant chain of satellites. Satellites. Oh, okay.
There's thousands of them. I remember when they
first released all of those, there was an uproar
from all the, from the, you know, like the amateur
and professional, you know, not planetariums,
what do you call the? You know, stargazers, whatever
they're called, because it totally messes up
their view of things. Yes, because there's so
many low, low satellite or low altitude satellites
that it causes distortion and blah, blah, blah.
Well, you get this thing that passes over their
lens. They're thinking, oh, my God, that's a
UFO. And they're like, God dang it. It's another
satellite. Have you ever been out where it's
so dark, there's no lights, no cities or anything,
and you can look up and you can actually see
the satellite? Oh, yeah. With your eyes. Yeah.
Just a little dot quickly going across the sky.
Yeah. You can definitely spot them. Yeah, it's
kind of cute. It is kind of cool. Anyway, so
this is a big step to go back to the moon. Do
you know they want to put a nuclear reactor on
the moon? Yes. Yes. So then there's that. And
then, yeah, and then on to Mars from there. So
we'll see how that goes. It doesn't make any
sense. You know, I'm thinking, and I've said
this before, Be doing stuff like that up there.
Well, I mean, if you're going to make that trip,
you need energy. If you're going to build a base
up there, you need energy. Yeah, I know. Start
terraforming. That'd be kind of cool. Again,
I think that the reason why Earth is the way
we are is because of the moon. It's that oscillating,
reciprocating, the power, the magnetic pull that
occurs every single day. that creates that magnetism
that makes life happen. You know, the waves.
You're worried that we're going to kind of mess
with the moon and mess up that balance? I don't
think there's anything we can do. I mean, it's
not like we're detonating atom bombs up there.
The thing is that we don't know. I don't know.
Well, we continue to dig and tear up the earth.
That's changing the mass. I think that's a little
bit different. I mean, if you look at it, it's
minuscule from what we're doing here on earth.
Yeah, but the moon is still extremely large.
It's true. And it may be. Absolutely off the
target by me even saying that, but that is a
concern that I have, especially if you put a
nuclear reactor up there and something goes bad.
Well, they've also had the humongous asteroids
hit it continually for millions of years. That's
true. They had these huge craters, which is probably
bigger than any nuclear explosion that could
happen up there. That's a good point, though.
If it were to get hit by a significant asteroid,
I don't know how it wouldn't impact. Well, it's
got huge craters up there. Oh, no, it has happened.
Yeah, it's happened. No question. But you have
nothing in iron. I guess if something big enough
hit it, it could be problematic. Well, we have
to have those lasers that will shoot them down
as they're coming up. Yeah, or Bruce Willis.
Oh, yeah. Bruce Willis can go up there. Armageddon.
Yeah, yeah. Because, you know, they have totally
that plan put together. What are they, Iron Dome
right over the moon? Just so you know. In like.
Six months from now, they find something hurtling
towards Earth. We're fucked. There's no Armageddon.
There's no Deep Space or Deep Nine or what is
it? Deep Strike? Ooh. That's your chair, right?
No, that's the Deep Strike machine. See? No,
what is it? What is it called? It's called Deep
Strike, right? Deep Impact? Deep Impact. Deep
Impact. Or is that your chair? It's not my chair.
Is that the one that takes the big old batteries?
No, no. Anyway, I don't think we have the technology,
know -how, or anything to really make a difference.
No. Anything hurtling at us. I think they're
thinking about it. We don't have anything big
enough. The biggest thing we could do is shoot
a scud at it or some sort of nuclear weapon at
it. And even if that, we may hit it, but it may
do nothing. Well, that's what the problem they
had. Well, granted, it's Armageddon and what
it is. But they actually had to land on it, drill,
put the... But the bomb deep down, of course,
Bruce Willis was the last one up there who had
actually manually exploded. But, you know, I
would have thought it's absolutely just a ludicrous
idea to even land on it. But we have landed something
on an asteroid. Yeah. Didn't we land a probe
on an asteroid? I don't know. I believe that
was Uranus. No, it was not my anus. Why are you
afraid of Uranus? It was great. Probe on my anus.
Thanks a lot. In Uranus. Oh, perfect. Yeah. I
actually think we have landed a probe on either
a comet or an asteroid. Unmanned, of course.
Unmanned probe. Look that up, Mr. Producer. I
think NASA's done that. 2001. There you go. The
first spacecraft landing on an asteroid occurred
on February 12, 2001, when NASA near Shoemaker,
Shoemaker, Shoemaker, Shoemaker, Shoemaker, spacecraft
made a soft touchdown on the near Earth. Near
-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. Interesting. I'm curious
if it was a landing or if it was a soft impact.
Or just hit it. Bam! That's successful. Fucking
good enough. And then there was another mission
where they were coming up on something, like
an asteroid or a comet, and then this thing,
you blasted off the probe to take pictures, and
they deliberately smashed into it. Remember that?
It was a deliberate impact so that they could
measure what came out of it. Yes. And this thing
came out to take pictures of it and shit. Dude,
NASA's pulled off some amazing shit. So maybe
I'm not giving them enough credit. Maybe they
do have a secret plan for the planet killer.
Yeah, to make a massive net around the Earth.
Yes. And just make something bounce off. Or a
force field. A force field. I like it. Oh, you
know what? I know what's going to happen. Ooh.
Uh -oh. I think the pyramids will start. I knew
it. I knew it had something to do with it. That
generator below the pyramids is going to start.
It's going to be a big beam. It's going to come
out and form. Just like the Luxor in Las Vegas?
Yes. It's like the fifth element. You guys seen
the fifth element of Bruce Willis? Another Bruce
Willis movie. Lilo Dallas Multipass. Yes. And
then what? The Easter Island thing become Crystal
Skulls? Yeah, those are big crystal skulls, man.
I think Bruce Willis was on or something, so
the government took his memories. So he knows,
so now he can't do anything about it. They're
like, it's too uncanny. It's sad what's happened
to Bruce. It is. It is sad. It is. You know,
you've seen some pictures lately, and he's kind
of like, you know, five -second memory kind of
thing. He can't remember anything. Yeah, I was
reading an article about that just today. His
wife was talking about the very first signs that
she was noticing about his deteriorating condition.
you know led them to go to the doctor right and
he's apparently a very super social guy super
engaged very boisterous you know always what
does he have messing with everybody aphasia aphasia
yeah and form of uh dementia and said he just
started becoming quiet and withdrawn and just
not just kind of there right you know what i
mean it wasn't so much you know fuck where are
my keys or you know blah blah blah he just kind
of started disengaging And she was like, what's
up with you, you know? Right. And, yeah, pretty
sad, sad. I mean, what was he, 60? Oh, he's older
than that. I know, but when he first got diagnosed.
Yeah, probably. That was three years ago. Oh,
it was more than that, wasn't it? Oh, he was
initially diagnosed with aphasia in 2022. Yeah,
how. Well, diagnosed, but. Yeah, but how long
did he have it, right? I mean, and that's something
that's difficult for doctors. Okay, so he's 70
now. So in his mid -60s, yeah. It started happening
in his mid -60s. We don't have much time left,
guys. We don't. Yeah, we better reach more listeners.
70, that's 14 years. We only got 14 years to
get to Mars. And share our Dudes Like Us story
because we're running out of time here. Yes.
Well, I'm having a good time doing it. Me too.
So you know what? It doesn't matter. I mean,
very much as much as I'd like for us to make
this a huge success. You guys are my world. You're
my world, you're every breath I take. You're
my world, you're every move I make. No homo.
You can't quit us. Stop it. I can't quit you.
You can't quit us. This podcast is great. It's
a great Tuesday night excursion. Yeah. You know,
we get to sample great whiskeys. It's a little
different from when we first started because
it was an opportunity to get a little shitty.
Yeah. Well, now we're more mature. No. More responsible.
Maybe a little bit more responsible. We're definitely
not more mature. No. The maturity did not come.
No. It didn't. It didn't. We're men and we stay
children forever. And I hope I do. I really do.
Speaking of men and the things that men like,
did you see Taylor Swift got engaged? Oh, yes.
I know you two are fangirling all over the place.
Oh, man. I have been waiting with bated breath.
Dude, I broke out in a line dance. You would
never. Paul was fully erect earlier talking about
it. Were you really? Why were you erect? I thought
you were sobbing. No. Kelsey, no. I've been following
this, and I was like, Travis, say yes. Travis,
say yes. I wonder who asked. Well, that's my
point. He got on his knee. Oh, did he? And he
gave her a ring that was larger than his Super
Bowl ring. Wow. Did he measure one of his nuts?
It needs to be at least the size of a nut. There
you go. Actually, that's not that big. Not that
big. Come on, Travis. I mean, you're dating a
billion -dollar girl. That was probably $100
,000 right there. Oh, easy. Easy. Easy. You know
what? I don't even care. You know what? I don't
give a shit about them. I mean, I'm happy for
them. But they're no better than anybody else.
I mean, it's just good for them. I'm just sad
because he's marrying her for her money. That's
it. It's kind of like Jennifer Aniston and Brad
Pitt. I'm over it. I'm over celebrity stuff.
You know, just show me your tits and move on.
I don't care. Oh, yeah. Wow. Well, you know,
I never understood the fascination that some
people have with the celebrities. I don't mean
necessarily take your shirt off. It's just like
stay in your lane. Do your acting. Do your shows.
Do your dancing. Play your football. Do your
song and dance. And move on. I don't want to
hear about your politics. I don't want to hear
about any of that stuff. Just have fun with life.
I'm happy they're getting married. I'm happy
they're happy. Just shut up. So were you about
to say, Jeff, you watched the entire thing live?
I did. I was nude. And nude. You were on the
bus. Well, you know. Hold on. Hold on a second.
Okay, we're good. No, what I was going to say
is I don't understand the fascination that People
have, mainly women, not all women, but have with
the celebrity. And the royals are another thing
I don't quite understand. It's because they're
loaded. Anybody that has just wealth like that,
everyone envies that. Is that what it is? You
think it's envy? It's got to be. I don't know
if it's envy. I think it's an infatuation. Here's
my take. Look at the obsession that this country
has with reality TV. Right. It's all an escape.
It's just an escape. They like to talk about
the royals. They like to talk about the drama
with the celebrities and the exciting marriages
of the celebrities and all the reality bullshit
shows. It's an escape. It's all an escape. Everybody's
got drab jobs and, you know, they're, you know,
they're just kind of droning through life. Not
everybody, but, but you know what I'm saying?
I'm just saying in general. I'm just saying in
general. People are just droning through life,
and this stuff is kind of fun. No, I get it.
It's kind of fun to talk about. No, it's not.
Not for us. Yes. Because we're dudes like us.
That's right. If it was two dudes, we'd be into
it. Oh, yeah. Because we're dudes. Oh, yeah.
Brokeback. Like Siskel and Ebert? Yes. Yes. Seeing
two burly men staring at each other's eyes during
their engagement. Who are the circus guys? The
clown guys. Not the clown guys. The lying guys.
The guys that had the Las Vegas show forever.
One of them got attacked by a lion. Yeah, one
of them got eaten, right? Did he die? Ultimately.
No, he just got bald. Siegfried and Roy. Yeah,
Siegfried and Roy. There you go. Well, you know,
Siskel and Ebert, that was a TV show that, as
a family, we would sit down and watch every Sunday.
Sneak preview. Yeah. You could see the new movies
coming up. Reviews of the new movies. And they
showed three movies, and that's how you would
see something, because you didn't have the internet
back then. So you're like, oh, they're going
to review this movie, this movie, and this movie.
Oh, I've got to watch that. And you get all excited.
Oh, it's the new Superman. It's the middle of
a horror. And that was the whole thumbs up, two
thumbs up, one thumbs up, one thumb down. Exactly.
Yep. Okay. And then I think it, and then one
of them got like throat cancer. I think Roger
Ebert did. And he had like his lower jaw removed
and all kinds of crazy shit and ultimately passed
away. But he had his. I think he worked in Chicago.
I think maybe both of them did. Oh, yeah. Different
Chicago newspaper. Yeah, they're one. I think
Roger Ebert is a, I don't want to say a company,
but an entity that is still being used today
for movie reviews. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. The surviving
one is still, yeah, he's still referenced for
sure. Siskel? Yeah. It's a little different now,
though. You know, the whole industry is just
different. Oh, there we go. Yeah, he had his
jaw removed. He doesn't look good. Poor guy.
Yeah. Yeah. Well, he passed away a few years
ago. So, 2013. Yeah, 12 years ago. Yeah, that's
sad. Thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer. Wow, that's
tough, because thyroid cancer is one of those,
if you catch it early enough, they can... Yeah,
you can recover. I don't want to say cure, but
yeah, recover, because they remove your thyroid.
Yeah. Right? They are both no longer with us.
Oh, geez, that's got a brain tumor. In 99. Geez.
That was a long time ago. They're both gone.
Maybe it was all that popcorn and that fake butter.
Aged 53 years old. Wow. Is that accurate? Hold
on. He died from complications from surgery to
remove brain tumor in Illinois, aged 53. So at
53 years old. So you're older than him. We. Oh,
yeah, we all are. And you're saying that's the
guy that had the fibroid cancer and then he died
of a brain tumor? No, the bald guy had the brain
cancer. He died first. Correct. Ah, I saw that
movie Popcorn. So that picture right there is
the other surviving guy? No, he's not surviving.
He's dead, too. Right, but I mean... He lived
another 14 years? Yeah, another 14 years. God,
they both look horrible. That's awful. Well,
when you remove a jaw... I know, I know. What
do you look like? I'm not making fun. I feel
bad for them. Just need to be thankful, and I
know I am. I'm pretty thankful. You know, there's
a, Tara just had a, my wife just had a procedure.
Is she home yet? She's on her way home now, I
believe. The kids, Emily went to go pick her
up with Madeline. They're going to head home.
They're going to go by Luby's. Look, there's
just a compilation of just. bad decisions. What's
wrong with lubies? Look, there's nothing wrong
with lubies. Get the Luann platter. It's not
lubies. Come on. It's all you can eat. Look,
Tara, my wife, my beautiful, lovely, sweet wife,
had surgery on her foot to remove this thing.
It's a fibroid, right? Yeah, whatever it is.
It's a planter's fibromyrose or something like
that. Correct. Really close. I don't know what
the heck it is, but it was removed in November
and She, it was right before Thanksgiving. She
didn't respect the doctor's orders. She was up,
she was making Thanksgiving dinner. She was,
you know, walking on it and it would hurt. And
she wasn't following the doctor's orders. And
it's just like, you know, she has time. The surgery
occurred on Friday. And, you know, she spent
two days, you know, she's already walking upstairs.
I'm like, you're supposed to be in bed. I'm bored.
Okay, I get it, but - Right. Let me pull my video
game up there. You can play my video game. Just
heal. Right. Just heal. Yeah, stay off your foot.
Just stay off it. And then when she said that
she's going to Luby's, I was like, you're just
inviting more issues. Right. You could fall from
the car there. There's just so many things that
can happen. Does she have one of those knee wheel
things? Yeah, we bought one of those little scooters.
You put your knee on it. They're actually pretty
cool. Have you been scooting around the house
on it? You know, the first one, yes. The first
one. Get some races going. So the first one in
November that when we got it, man, it was tight,
man. The wheels were super knobby, very sporty
look. The pad where your knee goes was good.
It's got a little handbrake on there. It's doing
donuts, just flying out. This was before you
got on it. Now what does it look like? No, we
got a brand new one. You know, we just picked
a brand new one up. Set it up already, and I
was on it. I wanted to take it to spin around
the block real quick. Take it down the street?
I was live horsepower motor on it. No. I should
have a battery on there. Yeah, but it is helpful.
It is a fantastic design, whoever came up with
that. Is she using it? Is she using it? I don't
know. I've been around her. She's been remote.
She's over at her parents' house staying in the
apartment, so to speak. Why does she stay there
and not at home? Because it's easier there. Because
we have stairs. Oh, gotcha. And it's just easier.
You know, her mom is there all day to help her.
Right. And, you know, constant support. Yeah.
And that was important for the first week. So,
yeah, she's coming home tonight. Good. And, you
know. Well, after Luby, she's going to Urban
Air, right? Yeah. Lord. Whatever, man. I just
want her better. I want her healthy and happy.
You know, it's all about being happy, right?
It is. Right. I mean, yeah. I mean, dude, knee
pain, foot pain. Shoulder pain, I mean, you've
got to address those things. Otherwise, you just
live in misery for the rest of your life or you
stay hopped up on pain meds, right? Opioids.
Yeah, seriously. Yeah. So, yeah, I'm glad she
took care of it. I mean, there are some people
who just, you know, limp along forever. I have
to go and get my feet looked at. My right foot,
I believe I have tendonitis in the top of my
foot. There's a tendon up there. Well, you have
weird feet anyway, right? Yeah, I've got weird.
You've got these weird flat. whatever you said.
Yeah, I've got weird bone -old structure inside
anyway, but now I think I've got tendonitis in
my right foot. It hurts like a fucking bitch,
too. God. You think in your past life there were
paddles? Like a penguin? Could be webbed. Do
you think they were webbed? I don't know. You
might have been... Like a platypus? A platypus,
yes. No, you evolved from a platypus. No, but
the way you're... Man, they're... It looks painful,
the x -ray that you showed. They are. Not all
the time. My right one is now because of tendonitis,
but when we climbed that mountain, I was in bad
pain coming down. That was the best part for
me because I was kind of like, thank God. No,
it was almost easier going up than down. I thought
of you guys. Somebody got the plague. In Lake
Tahoe. And you guys literally - They were feeding
the chipmunks. Well, you guys literally said
there's a sign that said, caution, there are
chipmunks with plague or something like that.
Thanks, Nancy Pelosi. Yes. Yeah, there are signs
out there that says, stay away from the squirrels,
don't feed them, and if you see poop, don't touch
it, because that's how it gets passed around.
Don't eat the poop. See, that's what you've got
to tell hikers, man. Don't eat the chipmunk poop.
Yeah, yeah. They like to dig in the poop and
pull the berries out. Yeah. Yeah. Well, they
said this person was bitten by an infected flea.
There's not much you can do about that. Yeah,
because they're covered. Yeah, that's exactly
right. It's the hantavirus, I believe, which
is a version of the plague, isn't it? Isn't that
what Gene Hackman, yeah. Yeah, exactly. Gene
Hackman's wife died of that. Did you see Jeff's
head bobble? Did you bobble your head? I guess
I did. This is affecting your work. Actually,
your work is affecting us. He knew the answer.
He said it. And as he said it, his head bobbled
a little bit. I wish we had a camera on that.
You do that well. You do. You really do. We're
doing that on camera. All right. For absolutely.
Yes. Okay. Wow. Yeah, the hantavirus, I believe,
is what's out there. Yes. That's scary, man.
But you know what? It's not like the plague from
like, you know, my son said that. Like the bubonic?
Well, yeah. My son was like, plague. I go, yeah,
like the plague from the Middle Ages. The hantavirus
will kill you. Yes. If you don't, I guess, catch
it early. It makes you bleed through orifices,
I believe. Nice. Beautiful. The bubonic plague
was also through fleas that were going through
the rats, right? Yes. The rats were carrying
them. Yep. That was a crazy thing. There's a
song. Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies.
Yeah, that one too. There is a song out there
that my boys learned. when they were at Gunstream.
It was based off of a... Who's the blonde that
was in No Doubt? What's her name? She's married
to... Gwen Stefani. Gwen Stefani. And to that
song, it's the Bubonic Plague song, Fleas on
Rats or something like that. Black Death. It's
called Black Death. Yeah, see if you can find
it, Mr. Producer. Yeah, Hollaback Girl, but it's
about the Bubonic Plague. And the boys, they
played it when they were in third, fourth grade
or something like that. See if you can play that.
Wait, hold on. You're saying Hollaback Girl is
the song you're talking about? That's... I ain't
no Hollaback Girl. I ain't no... That's the one
you're talking about? Yes. So see if you can
play that Black Death, Hollaback Girl by... I
had no idea it had Black Death. No, this is a...
No, that's not the Hollaback one. Oh. They used
that song. They've rewritten everything and some
other. I see what you're saying. All right. Well,
now it's way different. It's the plague going
to kill you in a few days. A pandemic so severe.
Black death caused such horror and fear. And
there ain't no cure for that girl. You'll be
dead in no time, fat girl. Okay. Dude, I like
it. It's got a catchy tune. Then it's like fleas
on rats. What is that? Fleas on rats. Fleas on
rats. Fleas on rats. I think my wife will still
break into this with the boys every now and then.
If they hear this song come on, they'll start
singing it. I've never heard that. Fleas on rats.
You heard it. Nice. I've never heard this song.
Yeah. That's the first time. Preston probably
knows it. I'm going to put it in my playlist.
Well, we can go that far. You know what it does
have? It's a good tool. Songs are kind of cool
for kids to learn as a teaching tool. Absolutely.
Yes. Oh, we're looking at the lyrics. What the
hell? That's kind of morbid. You'll get acral
necrosis. From the ursina pestis. Wow. Makes
your tongue all black, girl. It makes your tongue
all black. Going to bury you out in back, girl.
Wow. Who started in China? No, everything starts
in China, doesn't it? Oh, my God. But the Mongols
and biological warfare. You know, that's crazy.
Obviously, it's a joke, or was this meant to
be an educational? I think it's an educational
song. Okay. Whatever. Yeah. It's a parody of
the Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani. We'd like
to play more of the song, but YouTube will totally
shun us. So, you know, we already have 15 strikes.
Made by the YouTube channel History Teachers
about the black death that ravaged Europe during
the 90s. Are we allowed to play something from
the YouTube channel? Probably not. Teachers,
if it's on YouTube? No, we'll get canceled. We'll
play something from YouTube on YouTube. Do they
have other parodies? On the History Teachers?
Hey, we're giving them a shout out. The History
Teachers YouTube channel. I don't know. This
was a big one in our house. I know we played
a few times. Preston, I guarantee Preston's been
aware of it. That is awesome. You guys are doing
the breakdance to it. Maybe the robot. We will.
Yeah, they got other songs. They got Lady Gaga.
Catherine the Great based off Poker Face. Marie
Antoinette, Paparazzi. I haven't heard these.
Play one of them. Let's see what we got here.
This is great. So this is Catherine the Great
from Poker Face. It's very interesting. Russia?
This is funny. It's interesting. Russia. Very
clever. Oh, how cute. Very clever. Yeah, I think
it's kind of cool. You can see how the kids would.
I'm hooked. Totally learn history this way. I
am downloading all these to my playlist. Very
nice. Very nice. Yes. Yeah, I haven't heard these.
I just heard the Bubonic Plague one. You got
to check us out on Dudes Like a Stash podcast
or on Instagram or Facebook or YouTube and listen
to the podcast as a download on these. That's
a good point. Look at that one. Of course, we're
the podcast of incorrect information, so we're
not historically accurate. Arminius at the Battle
of Tudorburg Forest. Okay. Good Lord. How clever.
This is a great hobby for these people. You know
what I mean? Or maybe they're getting paid. I
don't know. But very cool. How many views? 91
,000? 11 ,000? 20 ,000? Not bad. Not bad at all.
Very cool. Martin Luther done to Manic Monday
by the Bengals. Oh, my God. That's hilarious.
Yeah, I have to listen to those. It's got to
be funny. All right. Walk us through this comedy
thing that you were referring to. Yeah. Is that
the picture you showed on the... Someone took
a picture. I did. And I was like, where is that?
Yeah, it was the Mic Drop Comedy Club right there
in Legacy East in Plano. When was this? This
was on Saturday. Oh. And Shelly and I took Dawson
and Brody to it. And, yeah, it was fun. And they've
revamped. We've been there before, and they have
revamped it under new management. Much better
run. They seat you. They have much more attentive
waitresses and wait staff. Good food and some
drinks. You know what I mean? Before, you just
kind of congregated at the bar outside until
they let you in. And then if you wanted drinks,
you had to flag down somebody or go outside and
get a drink. Or bring your own. No. I think that's
always an option. You bring a bladder until the
cop comedian sees you. Yep. Yep. Yep. I guess.
Spewing everywhere. They call you out. So it
was this time, instead of the first time we went,
it was like five lead -up comics, five or six
lead -up comics, and then the headliner, right?
Right. This time it was only three, and then
the headliner went for a long time. Who's the
headliner? I knew you were going to ask that.
Rita Rudner? I forgot his name. But I will tell
you this. So you remember when we went through
this wokeness where comics were afraid to say
anything? That is apparently gone. Completely
gone. Because this guy ravaged everyone. Good.
Anybody getting upset or anything? You know,
I don't think so. Everybody was kind of like,
oh, damn. Even a couple times I was like, wow.
Like this guy is. And the way he would deliver
it was like with this like just never smile,
you know, just kind of, you know, whatever, you
know. And then every once in a while he would
say something and the crowd would react and he'd
kind of turn his head and be like smirking, you
know. He's like, yeah, that was harsh. Anyway,
but he was funny and it was a great time. We
enjoyed it. I mean, he ravaged Indians. Especially
where there are a lot of Indians in the crowd.
You know, and I did look around, you know, before
we were sitting down, I was just kind of, you
know. sizing up the crowd and i did see like
a couple with their parents like an awesome older
indian folks right and and i thought about them
i was like oh damn because even though they were
talking about like you know you know personal
grooming and smelling and stuff like that i was
like god dang man that this anyway it was really
it was what are they going well yeah that's true
right and you know they probably laughed because
they probably have some friends that Well, when
they make fun of white folks, I laugh at it.
Yes, of course. Oh, that's true. I do like macaroni
and cheese. He's savage. Totally was savage against
everybody. So it was funny. It was a good time.
We'd go back. We would definitely go back. Where
was this again? Legacy East? Legacy East, yeah.
Was it there by Trulux or the Microcina? No.
It is over by... Mic drop. It's right there.
Yeah. It's north of Legacy. Shoot, man. I wasn't
doing anything Saturday. The Capitol Grill. Yes,
next to the Capitol Grill. I know where that's
at. Yeah. It's great. It's pretty funny. What
were you saying, Sean? Nothing. Well, I said
I wasn't doing anything Saturday. I think I dropped
Tara off. She was at her mom's house. Oh, yeah,
to do her. She had had her surgery. I think I
was working a little bit. It was Friday, yeah.
Yeah, Julie and I went to the Fine Tequila Tasting.
Was that a total wine? That was a total wine.
Very nice. And Kevin hosted, and he had some
really good stuff. There's a bottle, and I think
we need to get into some tequilas. We've talked
about it. There is a bottle that I sent you a
picture. I was like, we need to get this. It
was about $100. $10, though. Okay. That's all
right. It was extremely good. Very, very good.
I went to a version of those fine tequilas like
you, and they were all terrific. Oh, yeah. There's
something about tequilas. Yeah. It's not like
traditional. I mean, when you hear tequila nowadays,
you're thinking of the shit stuff you get at,
you know, it's Jose Cuervo, which is half tequila
and half vodka. It's not even real tequila, you
know? And it's harsh. This stuff is smooth. Now,
are you talking about aged? Was it primarily
aged? Well, he had one, because now there's sipping
Blanco, which basically Blanco is the shit you
mix with, right? The clear stuff, right? Well,
now they're coming out with premium Blanco, premium
silver, and this was good. It was 69 bucks for
the bottle. So you were trying all the Blanco
chips? He had one Blanco, which was good. It
was, man. There was a lot of tequilas. And then
they got into some reposados and then some anejo
and then some extra anejo. And it's all aging
and has to do with how long it's been in the
barrel. Yeah, sure. Yeah, that's cool. I mean,
that's an untapped thing for us. I mean, I know
we've all tried some samples here and there,
but, you know, I don't think we've ever really
gotten into it. Well, we have the one from Waikulu
out there. Did your friend ever respond that
he could get that? Tequila bottle? The one in
Hawaii? Oh, you know, I need to follow up with
him. Yeah. Mr. Francisco Lujan. Yeah, it's only
available in Maui. He may be able to find it
in Oahu, but I know they don't ship anywhere.
You got to be there. I need to send him a picture
of it. I got a picture on my phone. I'll send
it to you. Our buddy Brian from the fantasy football
is in Hawaii right now. Well, why don't we send
him a picture? Hey, go check this out. I don't
know what islands he's going to. He's doing the
cruise thing where you go to multiple islands,
so maybe he'll go into that. Well, then he has
to drive up to the distillery. Oh, yeah. I don't
know what he's doing. They may be in some stores.
I don't know. Very cool. Well, it is terrific.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. We enjoyed that. Oh, yeah. It
was very, very good. Oh, it was lightning. I
think we got a little toasty that night. We probably
did. It was pretty strong. Well, tequila affects
me differently than whiskey. Right. It does.
It makes a lot of people angry. Yeah. You know
what was it? Kevin said something at the beginning
of the class. They said, people our age, because
everyone that was in there was about our age
for the most part. Sure. And he's like, we don't
associate tequila with good drinking because
we grew up with Jose Cuervo and gut -rot tequila
in college or high school. It's got a stigma
to it. And back then, that's all there was. The
Montezuma. Yeah. Now, they have all these craft
tequila distilleries, right? And they're making
some outstanding stuff. Yeah. And it's expensive
because it's a very manual process. They haven't
figured out how to automate this process yet.
Interesting. So it's very manual, like hands
-on kind of a shit. And they're like craft. Yeah.
Mom and pop craft type stuff. Right. And the
big ones, because you have to cook these things.
These agave plants. They said, well, the big
ones have learned how to cook it in a pressure
cooker and smash it more efficiently. So they
have a massive ninja. Yeah, big ninja. Yeah.
It's a massive lid. Big toaster oven. With this
big thing that goes. No, it's just small. It's
just one at a time. Oh, wow. That would be time
consuming. Speaking of ninja and mashing, you
know that bacon you gave us last week? Yes. Tremendous.
I have not tried mine yet. Did you set a picture?
You put it on meatloaf or something? No, it was
just in the oven. You know what's interesting?
I never knew this about bacon, but I took the
strips, I laid them out, and baked it. That's
how I cook bacon now. I do not. I don't like
it. Once it's in there, and if you stare at it
while it's cooking, it's like something happens.
It inflates. It's like something inflates. That
fat. Probably the steam. It steams. No, it's
like it rips down the slice. Like the fat in
the bacon, like all of a sudden, like a balloon
just inflates. Poof. Did you like pull up a chair
and sit down and stare into the oven? It was
fascinating because I saw it happen and I thought
my eyes were playing tricks on me. And then I
was kind of like, that was weird. Because if
you see a piece of bacon, you've got the meat
and then you have the little lines of fat and
a meat line of fat. The fat would just... all
of a sudden expand, but it would happen lightning
quick. And you're like, kids, kids, you've got
to come see this. I was home alone. Oh, God.
You had nobody to share it with. No, that's why
I took a picture, and I was like, it just doesn't
know justice. It needed to be a slow motion video.
You liked it, though? It tasted good? It tasted
great, man. I ate it over two days. You know,
I had eggs and bacon on Saturday and Sunday.
Mine is frozen and ready for the moment. You
should put your Blackstone together. I know,
it's still sitting in the box. Do eggs and bacon.
You should do your brisket on your Blackstone
this weekend. Really? Yeah, see how that goes.
Is that this weekend? That'll be an interesting
deal. Yes, just burn one side. No, I'll just
flip it and flip it and flip it and flip it.
We can make up our own song. We can upload it
to that. History teachers. History teachers.
How to make a brisket. Paul's making brisket
on Memorial Weekend. That wouldn't go well at
all. Nobody's RSVP'd yet. I need to know how
many people are coming because I got to figure
out how much food I got to make. I'm always thinking
about doing a smoked, I mean, a pork butt as
well. That's a lot of meat. How big is your brisket?
Well, I've invited 30 people. Oh. Okay. Well,
then you may have all those people come. Well,
yeah. I mean, it's maybe too much. Look, none
of my business, but I mean, if it were me, I
would just do a bunch of brats on top of the
brisket. You think so? Hell yeah. Brats are easy.
It's no drama. Pork butt, there's... You know,
you already had the brisket to manage. I mean,
just limit yourself to the brisket. I smoke a
brisket at the same temp as the pork butt. Oh,
you're a meatologist. You can do that. What if
you do the pork butt and I do the brisket? Oh,
stop it. And together we can have a good party.
Do you have a pork butt? You can mix your meats.
No, I'm hoping there's going to be specials this
week. The new ads come out tomorrow. Do they?
Yes. Okay. I was going to ask you to keep an
eye out if I don't remember. Because I need both.
You can do chicken thighs as well. Those are
nice and easy. Yeah. I'm going to do brats. I'm
just saying, if you guys want to participate
in the bringing of the meat, and I can pay for
the meat. You don't have to pay for it. I'll
do some brats. That one's easy for me. Okay.
You know what? I love brats. I enjoy bratwurst.
I love knackwurst. I mean, you know, I was craving
that. Well, my wife got me a book of 1 ,001 sausage
recipes. That's right. And you've been making
sausage. And I've got... You're on four? I haven't
made any of them yet because some of them are
fairly extensive. I thought you did. No. There's
one that I found that I want to make, and I've
got Julie. At school, there's a culinary class.
So at the end of the year, any leftover food,
she goes in there, and it's like a store that
she gets it for pennies on the dollar. Oh, nice.
So we have these huge 10 -pound things of ground
pork that's already ground up. Okay. So I'm going
to make some, whatever the, I can't remember
the name of the sausage. I just need to get the
casings. The intestines. I could have sworn you
had all that, and you talked about how you did.
You made a round of one. You did something. I
made them all. We ate them all. Yeah. I ate mine.
Okay, okay. I'm not losing my mind. No, yeah,
I did all that. I made a bunch of German bratwurst.
There you go. 1001 Greatest Sausage Repairies,
paperback, August 27, 2022. That's it. That's
it right there. Got a 401. Good reads. Yeah,
and it goes into a lot of information that you
need to know on how to make some of this stuff.
So you don't kill your guests. Correct. I don't
have that bandwidth. I think I'm just going to
buy mine. No. Well, we've talked about this.
I get it. Dude, it's – I'm into this where I
don't want to buy stuff because I don't know
what's in it mode. Right. I agree with that.
I just don't – I don't have the time for that.
Now, my next step is – now, granted, I get it
because it does take time. It does, yeah. But
I have time. So what I need to do for the next
step is, you know, granted, I'm buying the pork
butt. That's 99 cents. It's not the best pork
butt out there, right? Right. It's mass -made
and shit like that. To get the farm -raised one,
you're spending quite a bit more money on those
things. Yeah, but dude, when we buy the 99 cents
per pound that you're talking about, I mean,
mine have turned out fantastic. Oh, yeah. No,
the meat's good. It's fine. But, you know, are
they shot up with antibiotics and hormones and
shit like that is what I'm talking about. Yeah,
that's a good point. Is it the healthiest? Yeah.
Yeah, I got you. Right. So that's kind of the
next step. I'm way off on that. It's probably
retirement when that happens. Yeah. But, you
know, the briskets and stuff, I'll grind up.
I need to make some beef sausages as well. Got
it. That all sounds great. I'm trying to think.
I think I froze your sausage, too. Oh, wording.
Yeah. Phrasing. Yeah. We're not doing phrasing
anymore. Damn it, Archer. Yeah, I think I have
that, too. You know what? The danger of having
one of those deep. They get lost. Deep chest
freezers. Yes. You forget what you have in there.
Yeah. And then eventually it gets to the bottom.
And then when it gets to the bottom, you may
never see it again. I've been waiting for elk
meat for eight years. Yeah. There's still elk
meat in there. You're like, Sean, I got you some
elk meat. And I was like, cool. I can't wait.
I'm so excited. And then it's been eight years,
man. It's still in there. Does it ever go bad?
I mean, I know it can be frostbite or whatever
you call it. It'll eventually burn. It'll eventually
burn. But if it's sealed, like nicely sealed
in... It'll last a few years, but it'll eventually
start. Yeah, I need to start. It'll eventually
start what? Just get the freezer burnt. All right,
I'll start pulling that shit out, and I got to
either cook it or throw it away, right? I date
all my stuff so I know, because every now and
then I'll find, like, ooh, that's two years ago.
I need to eat that one now. Really? So two years
is the limit, huh? No. No, it isn't. No, you'll
be fine if it's vacuum -packed and frozen. Because
I have shit that's in there for like five years,
and I'm like, I don't know. That won't go bad.
It may not taste the best. I sous -vided and
spiced it up. Yeah, the elk stuff's been in there
forever. So, yeah. I'm never getting that. How
long does it take? How long does it say it lasts?
What happens to meat in the freezer? How long
does it last? Yes, that's a better question.
There we go. Freezer burnt. It'll lose quality,
become discolored. All right. Tough or dry. But
it's not bad for you. No, it's just it won't
be as good. Okay. Well, I'm, you know, a lot
of times I'm just like, whatever. It tastes fine
to me. Yeah. But I tell you what, my son, I don't
know where he got this from, but he pulls everything
out of the freezer. It's kind of like that commercial,
expired, expired. You know what I mean? Right.
He looks at everything, and if it's expired at
all. Even if it's frozen. Well, I mean, I'm thinking
more of the refrigerator. Oh. Right? You know,
like anything, though. Like ketchup or whatever.
He's looking. He's looking at all the expiration
dates. I'm like, did something happen while you
were in college where you got, like, the plague
because somebody, you know, left out the mayonnaise
or something? I have a problem with food being
left out. Okay. I get that. I do that. Yeah,
but the expiration dates on packaged stuff? Is
it? If it's mayonnaise and shit, like, I don't
eat mayonnaise anyway, but... What if it's a...
This is gross. What if it's barbecue? What if
it's barbecue sauce? Depends how old it is. Like,
maybe a year past the... I'd toss. You'd toss?
Yeah. Shit, I'm going to have an empty refrigerator
then. Yeah. If I toss everything? You know, I
don't personally do it, but Madeline is really
good on purging stuff. Yeah, but then you're
like, where's the fucking ketchup? Oh, we threw
it all out. I don't... It was expired three years.
I don't eat any of that stuff. I try my best
not to use condiments, period. Because condiments
are basically sugar. Mustard's not. Yeah. But
mustard gives me aphasia. What? Makes your memory
go? No. What is it called on your face? Aphasia.
That's what Bruce Willis has. Rosacea? Rosacea.
That's what it is, yeah. Poor Bruce Willis and
his mustard. Yeah. If he had just, his wife,
that's on his wife. Yes. I wonder if it was stone
ground mustard. Don't let him have that much.
No, but I mean, I love mustards, you know, but
I won't eat like the regular golden mustards.
So you have a reaction to, is it the actual mustard
or the vinegar or what is it? I don't know. That's
all I said, mustard and vinegar. But I love like
grape upon Dijon, but I don't typically, like
I'll never use ketchup. It's just because it's
just sugar. And to me, it's kind of gross. You
get the sugar -free. Yeah, whatever. I mean,
I just kind of winged myself off of even using
it. I don't use a lot of ketchup. I use it to
make my barbecue sauce. I think there's some
times I do. Well, what do you guys put on your
burgers? Mustard. Mustard? Yes. Nothing? Do you
have it dry? Usually, I mean, you've seen me,
man. I mean, sometimes I'll have mustard. That's
about it. And look, I'm not saying I won't use
ketchup. There are some times I'm like, fuck
it, I'm having ketchup. You should try A1. Oh,
I love A1 too, man. Yeah, on a burger. I like
A1. A1 turns a hamburger to a steak burger. I
like horseradish. Ooh, I love horseradish. Not
the creamy shit, but the real, like the shaved
stuff, the raw. Oh, the raw. I don't even know
what you would call that. They call it hot. I
don't really necessarily call it spicy because
it doesn't necessarily burn your tongue. It goes
through your sinuses. Kind of like wasabi almost.
Well, that's horseradish. Wasabi is horseradish.
So the fumes burn your sinus cavity. Oh, that
sounds wonderful. Bring that on. Oh, it is. Me
and my boys somehow. It's addicting. Somehow
enjoy that? Yes. You turn into some sort of horseradish
masochist. You're kind of like, oh, I hate it,
but I want more. Whenever my boys come over,
we go out somewhere that has horseradish or steaks
or something like that, we get horseradish on
the side. They're like, who can eat the biggest
chunk of it? Oh, God. You and the boys would.
That's what you guys would do. That is definitely
your favorite. But I enjoy it. When I go to Benihana
or Jim Bay or something like that, I always get
extra wasabi. I love mixing up, put wasabi on
everything. Yeah, wasabi is just a form of horseradish.
Yeah, maybe I haven't experienced this. It's
addicting. This thing. I got some downstairs.
What little I've tried of it, I was like, no,
thank you. I got some downstairs. I noticed that
in your house, you guys have a very limited,
you stay in a small circle. We do. And there's
nothing wrong with that. I'll admit that. We
do. You just don't venture too far. You're like,
yeah, no, I'm good. We have a pretty simple palette.
Yep. Today we're doing. Tater tots again. We're
good. Rice. Whatever. White rice. Oh, we might
put pepper on it. Tara's like, hey, I'm going
to bring some salmon over. You're like, yeah,
no, no, no. Just keep that over at your house.
We've got hot dogs over here. We're good. We
have hot dogs left over from last night. That's
usually what we've heard that one. Although you
do try the food if it comes over. Like the one
time we had the oxtail soup, right? You guys
ate that, didn't you? Yeah. Yeah, I've been better.
In the last couple years, I've done better at
just trying shit. Well, because we've been giving
you shit. Well, I mean, we're like, hey, Mikey,
he likes it. Well, I mean, you know, it wasn't
peer pressure. It was just me going, you know
what? Why do I say I don't like it? I've never
really tried it. Well, my thing with the boys
when they were younger, I put something new on
the table in front of them, and they're like,
I don't want that. I don't like it. I was like,
you haven't even tried it yet. Right. You don't
get to say you don't like it until you try it.
Right. If you try it and you don't like it, okay,
then we'll talk. Okay, by all means. Yeah. But
at least with Brandon, he and I had some knockdown
drag outs. He would work himself so much, he'd
take one bite and gag. I was like, really? And
not even know why. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I guess.
You know, he'd get it all worked up, or he'd
take one little bite, he was like, I like it.
I was like, Brandon. And we'd go around and around.
You didn't let him off the hook, huh? No, I did
not. Oh, wow. You were pretty. Oh, what is that?
Mommy Dearest, but it's Daddy Dearest? Oh, yeah.
We had some nice. Were you Daddy Dearest? When
it came to food, I was. Yeah, wow. Yeah. You
guys ever see the movie Mommy Dearest? Long time
ago. No wire hangers. She's freaking out about
the hangers, yeah. No wire hangers. So foods
disliked or hated by the largest share of American
adult citizens are three things they listed.
Liver. Liver is on the list at 54%. Wow. Sardines.
Sardines is on the list at... Very nice. Actually,
this says 52%, so that doesn't make sense, but
it doesn't matter. Sardines, so you have... And
what's the third one? Some people put on pizza
and they're... Anchovies. Yeah, there you go.
I ate all of that. Yeah, I did too. Those are
the three that people... Anchovies. The majority
of people say they don't want. Yeah, they don't
like. Now, I haven't had liver and onions since
my mom cooked it when I was a kid. I can't say
I've ever actually had it. Oh, it's squid. I've
had that too. George Bush doesn't like Brussels
sprouts. I'm not a fan. I can eat Brussels sprouts.
You know what? If I had to, I would eat them,
but I didn't think they were enjoyable. There's
one vegetable I remember growing up that I could
not eat. It was lima beans. And I remember. Was
it the texture? It was the texture and the flavor.
So whenever my mom would make these, I would
try to eat them and they would make me gag. I
thought those were relatively like bland, weren't
they? Whenever the flavor got me. And once I
got out of the house, I was like, I will never
have lima beans in my house. And we never have.
That is funny. I don't dig on watercress. You
know how you get in that in Chinese food? I like
those. I like watercress. Water chestnuts? No,
watercress. It's kind of like a nut. Silver dollar
sized little white little chips in there. Yeah,
I thought they were what you just said. Water
chestnuts? Yeah. Yeah, that's what I thought
they were called too. So what are they called?
Water crust. I don't know. Yeah. I don't know
what he's talking about. I don't mind them. Those
kind of have no taste either. Maybe it is chestnut.
Yeah, that's right. I like those. I enjoy those.
Salads or? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what
I thought. Okay. Yeah, I'll eat those. But yeah,
lima beans, they have never been in my house
from the time I left my house. I couldn't even
tell you when the last time I was. Maybe I like
them now, but I'm never going to find out. We
don't eat enough beans. Yeah, you don't have
to eat them. I mean, we don't have lima beans
in our pantry, but lima beans were part of our
diet growing up, and I never had your experience.
I can eat beans. Either way. There was something
about lima beans that I couldn't handle. What
about black -eyed peas? They taste the same to
me as a lima bean. I've never had black -eyed
peas. No? No. I think I had lima beans. They're
little green things. I think my mom would make
those. No, no, pass. Just looking at them makes
you nauseous, huh? No. Interesting. And she wouldn't
do it. It was just like that bowl. They weren't
seasoned. Well, there you go. Or anything. It
was just. But they were steamed or something,
right? It was a pile. It was probably. It's probably
out of a can, you know. Yeah, I don't remember
how she cooked them, but it was just. I couldn't
eat them. It's so funny. I recommend you give
it another shot. No. No, I've lived this long
without him. Clearly not going to happen. You
know, it's funny how we have these misconceptions
about like what the plant that it comes from.
Like if you told me spinach, right? Spinach to
me was the nasty stuff from a can. Right? Spinach,
like the Popeyes from the can, right? Right.
And so later in life, when I saw spinach leaves,
like fresh ones in a bag, like for salads, I'm
like. That must be a different kind of spinach.
It's not cooked. I know. But it's funny how you
disassociate when you're a little kid and you
become like a young adult and you start to cook
for yourself and shop for yourself for the first
time. You didn't make a connection between what
things actually are. Well, canned spinach is
nasty looking anyway. But again, we ate the shit
out of that groan. I could have eaten that over.
Lima beans. Popeye was just a can. Oh, yeah.
That's all we had back then. Popeye was just
an op to get kids to eat spinach. It was. Yeah,
it was effective. It was a psyop. Yeah, it was
totally effective. Don't you want to be like
Popeye? You know what's weird is I can eat edamame.
I love edamame. I can eat edamame. Which window
is that? It's the top. No, that's lima beans.
But it's about the same. Well, again, I don't
think they taste good. Those are soybeans. Edamame
is soybeans. Those are lima beans. Well, you
know, if you don't like it, you don't like it.
I mean, I don't necessarily like them, but I
don't not like them. I mean, I'm not going to
go to the store, hey, I want some almond beans.
So that's what edamame is? I remember my mom
used to serve, I thought they used string beans.
Green beans or whatever you call them. And then
you split them open and you get the little things
in there and you pinch them and shoot. Yeah,
exactly. Pinch and shoot in your mouth. I thought
those were green beans. Like string green beans.
No, they're soybeans, aren't they? All right,
so lima beans versus edamame. So they look almost
the same. At a glance, lima beans and edamame
look quite similar, but there are differences
because they're if you ever want ingredients
to elevate your salad in addition to nuts or
dried fruits. Both, how do you pronounce that?
Legumes. Legumes. Legumes provide distinct flavor
texture and nutrients, so they're best. All right,
so they're about the same. Well, hold on. Maybe
I'm getting confused. What about string peas?
Well, those are peas. Yeah, exactly. You break
them open. Oh, those are different. Yeah, those
are different. But my point is it's the same
exercise as breaking it open and you pull out
the little peas. Okay, I am getting my childhood
memories confused. Those were string peas. I'm
not a pea fan either. I love peas, especially
canned peas. I could eat peas. I've had peas.
I will not have almond beans. What's wrong with
you? Did you ever have mushy peas? Well, those
are canned. Canned peas are super mushy. British
food basically will have a side of mushy peas.
That's because they cook them. No, they smash
them. A paste. Yes, like a smashed potato. That's
mushy peas. Yeah, you'll see that in British
food. What I don't like is sweet potatoes. I'm
not a fan either. Never been a fan. And I have
tried it many, many times. I'm not a fan. Every
single one of these things we're talking about.
Really? Just a lot of them? Dude, I mean, I don't
care. The sweet potatoes I like, the lime and
beans. I'm not a fan. Pinto beans. Especially
the sweet potato fries. I'm just like, ugh. Those
aren't any healthier for you, even though they
say they are. They're not. They're tasty. They're
not, and they're nasty. I think they're not.
I can't stand them. I think there's a misconception
that they're healthier. Probably. But they're
not healthier because they're deep brimmed, just
like everything else. Yeah, it's the oil that's
unhealthy. I think they may have less carbs,
but not much more. All right, well, we can jump
on the advent calendar thing. We have, this year,
we have the wild turkey. Wild Turkey Private
Select Single Barrel. It's 101 proof. This one
was only available at the distillery. Jeff's
trip out there brought this back. It's a single
barrel. They only have it there, and it's part
of the advent calendar. What is the advent calendar?
Your listeners are like, what the fuck is he
talking about? So Jeff went out there and brought
back 17, 18 different whiskeys. So we didn't
want to know what they were. So every week he
releases a new one for us to taste. And this
is one of the ones on the list. I don't want
proof. I've got to tell you guys, it tastes good,
but it's a quitter. Oh, you don't think it finishes?
I get a finish on this. I don't think there's
a lot up front for me. It's kind of. It's kind
of soft and bland. It is. It's very, very soft.
Nothing stands out about it. It's got a little
peppery, a little grape. It's got a nice flavor.
I mean, 401 proof drinks, not flavor -wise, but
feel -wise, like a 90 proof. Is that a good thing?
Actually, I just took a big pull right now. That
may not be a bad thing. I just changed my attitude
about it. This was good. I was sipping on it,
very little subtle sips so I could save it to
the end, and I took a big one. That was good.
I actually like this. It's very flavorful. It's
soft. I think that's a good word for it. It's
soft. It's very easy to drink. If you want to
get into a Hunter Proofer, this would be a good
one to get into. Nice little white pepper tail
end on that. Of course, it's hard to get. You've
got to be there. Baking spices. There's nothing
wrong with it. It's a very nice, tasty, you know.
I'm saying white pepper. Is baking spice considered
white pepper? No, those are your cloves, your
nutmegs, cinnamon. Cinnamon? Cinnamon, yes. But,
you know, compare this. To Wild Turkey 101. This
is drastically smoother. Oh, yeah. It's way,
way better. This one is a home run. So 101 proof,
how are we going to rate this? I'll tell you
right now, I'm going to do a 7. I'm going 6 -3.
I'm going to go a 7 -2 on this. I think it's
easy to drink, and I think it's very, very tasty.
There's a little sweetness on it. Yeah. Like
you said, the baking spices are all there. I
got a strong pull of grape. Similar to the 1792
that Chuck gets, that foolproof. Is it the foolproof
or single barrel that you get? Foolproof. Foolproof.
It's got a very grape. At least that's, I remember
that because we were downing it in the parking
lot. Copious amounts. At the Brailyard. Yep.
Anyway, I like this one a lot. I'm glad I picked
it up because I looked at it, I was like. Because
it comes in the bottle that Rare Breed comes
in. So I was like, is this just Rare Breed single
barrel maybe? Yeah, you're always weary. I'm
always weary about that. Yeah, it does make you
wonder what's different about it that makes them
say. It was on the third floor. Only at the distillery.
Are we doing a little extra of it or no? Probably
not because it's hard to find this one. Hard
to get this one. You can do a little time. No,
let's not do that. Let's just wait until the
next half. All right, cool. Maybe you guys were
pretty high compared to mine. I could do a little
one. Maybe I should do a little higher. Well,
no, you do what you think, what you like it.
I did not like it at all. I mean, it was good.
You said, what, 6 .8, 6 .9, you said? I said
6 .3. Look, if that's the way you feel, then
that's the way you feel. I mean, honestly, that's
exactly what I would have rated it until I took
that big poll. And I had the big poll. I was
like, all right, well, that's different. Now
I got a great taste in it. I got to be honest,
when I loaded these glasses, they were a little
shy of my normal pour because I didn't want to
get blown up tonight. I didn't want to overdo
it. So that's on me. Good for you. I got shit
to do tonight. You're adulting. Well, let's not
get crazy. My bad. So this person writing the
review gave it a 7 .9 out of 10. So basically
an eight almost. So they were very, very impressed.
Yeah, they liked it. Yeah. Oh, this is Reddit.
This is what, a Reddit? Reddit, yes. Actually,
Reddit. So it's some liberal fuck. Well, some
of them are not like that. It's the same guy
as this. Like the bourbon. Turkey private selection,
single barrel. Yeah, I joined Reddit to read
these kind of things. The bourbon, the Sonos,
some woodworking stuff, some barbecuing stuff.
But you get sucked into some of the others. And
I just laugh because it's a liberal cesspool
is Reddit. Circular think tank. It is. And every
now and then, even in the bourbon one, the libs
will come out because they'll bitch about tariffs.
And that just sets somebody off. And they'll
go down the TDS toilet. And they can't help themselves.
Well, I mean, Canada just matched all of our
tariffs. I thought they caved. Yeah, they did
cave. They did. That's what I'm saying. They're
reciprocating all. They're matching all our tariffs.
Yeah, that's the way it should be. They're backing
down. That's the way it should be. Yeah. Yeah.
So that's great. They're like, fine, fuck it.
We're done. It's okay. Great. Well, they start
probably getting hurt economically, right? Well,
there's only so much you can do. I mean, come
on. I mean, it's going to happen. With Putin,
you know, I mean, I don't know what the heck's
going to happen. I'm so crazy to hear, you know,
Putin comes into town, talks to Trump. You think,
and then dipshit comes in, and then from Ukraine,
and I was thinking they're on the cusp of some
sort of peace stream. Not even close. Shit, the
day Zelensky leaves that night, fucking Putin
just fires off another hundred. Putin's just
playing games. I don't know what he's doing.
You know, I'm just thinking, you know, he probably
wants a specific area, and that's what he's pounding.
Is there a reason why he's pounding a specific
area? Because he wants it? Well, there's a certain
area that he wants, and he has, I think I heard
on the radio, he has about 75 % of the area that
he wants. He needs a sustainable land corridor
down to Crimea. So he's going to keep that land
corridor. Right. And he's probably like, I need
another 25%. He goes, the Ukrainians only have
30 million people there. They're going to have
a manpower problem before any kind of weapon
problem. So they want, was it Kherson? Luhansk,
Donetsk. I can't say that one in Kherson. Luhansk,
Donetsk. No, Zaporizhzhia. So there's four countries
basically running from the north to southwest.
Regions. So he wants a buffer. He understands
that Ukraine is being courted by the west. He
wants a buffer between Ukraine and Russia, and
he needs that land quarter, that nice, thick...
Kind of like a demilitarized zone? Defendable
land quarter, or it won't be a demilitarized
zone. This will be a warm port, is what he wants,
a warm water port. Yes, that's why he immediately
took Crimea, back when Obama was in power. So,
yeah, he's not going to give any of that up.
He just won't. So, I don't know. There is no
solution to this, unless it's more war. I don't
know. It's pretty painful. I don't think he cares.
Putin doesn't give a shit. He does not care.
I think he can outweigh, or he thinks he can
outweigh, because I think, again, I think Ukraine
has a manpower problem before they're going to
have a weapons problem. Right. Whereas Russia,
I think, as I heard, Ukraine has 30 million people.
Russia has 140 million people to pull from. And
Putin's willing to kill them all. Yeah, basically.
It's a numbers game. Yeah, it's a numbers game.
Putin's like, I can outlast you. Yeah. Basically.
And I'll get it eventually. And your country
will be destroyed. The only thing that could
turn the tide is if we give superior weaponry
to Ukraine and that's going to escalate things
because that's going to draw Russia into. Well,
they already gave them the superior weaponry.
I know. Well, more. It's manpower. Well, more
and giving them the authority to launch that
stuff into Russia. Well, they've done that too.
Right. But I'm just saying. That's the line that
they're teetering on right now. Trump's not in
a good position. I mean, I don't know. Is he
in a good position? No. Because all he's going
to be doing is just cutting them off from trade.
You know, start telling folks, look, you trade
with Russia and we're done with you. Yeah, basically
India's going to get screwed quite a bit. And
all those countries who buy their fuel from Russia.
Yeah. That's really the only card to play right
now. So if that happens. Ken, could Trump play
the H -1B card and say, all right, H -1Bs are
cut off? He could. Oh, that'd be awesome. Why,
do we have a lot of Russian H -1Bs? No, Indian.
Indian. Oh, you don't want Indian. Yeah. Yeah,
Costco is going to suffer. Right. No, it wouldn't.
Just more white people would go to it. Probably.
Could he hold that over India? Would India care?
I'm thinking H -1B needs to go, period. I mean,
it's ridiculous. We don't need them here. We
don't need... I'm sorry. I don't want to say
we don't need them here. We don't need the program
H -1B. We don't need the volume that we have.
The program is abused. There's no question about
it. I think it's seen as a money saver. But it's
not. It is for companies. Yeah, but it's not
a money saver for the United States. No. It's
solely for companies. We're funding it. Right.
And they don't... They want to pay cheaper labor.
Cheaper labor. So they say that there's no one
else that can do this job. So India says, well,
we've got people that can do the job. But they
don't. Well, they do. They're just not, you know,
in a lot of situations, they're not as good.
Well, they get someone like you. They're like,
this guy is Adobe professional. DocuSign. DocuSign.
So he knows exactly everything about it. Yeah,
I know. He's really good at WinZip. He's the
authority on this whole. I think I had a hand
in developing DocuSign. That's why I'm here.
It's kind of a hit at you, but it's not really.
What I'm saying is that they paint a picture,
but I don't believe it. They get them here, and
they've got to train them. Yes, and they're learning
on the fly. Now, I'm not saying there aren't
incredibly brilliant, smart people. I mean, people
like Elon Musk. Remember when he was like, he's
a big believer in the H -1B program because he
cannot find the really talented engineers to
do the shit like SpaceX is doing. I believe there
is an application for a lot of those people,
right? The vast majority of them are doing jobs
that Americans can absolutely do. It's kind of
like Bill Gates. Absolutely. Bill Gates decided
he was going to slash 8 ,000, 9 ,000 jobs at
the end of the year. And then he filed for 8
,000, 9 ,000 applications for H -1B. He's just
trying to save money. That's all there is to
it. It's criminal. It is. It was denied, by the
way. It was? Yeah. Good. Vance brought that up.
That's good. Way to go, Vance. So are they scrambling
now going, shit, now we've got to hire those
people back? Right. I don't know what they're
doing. Yeah. I mean, is Windows in a weird spot
right now? I mean, how are they making their
money? Windows operating system? Every computer
comes with it. And it's subscription now. Yeah.
So now you're paying monthly. And you know the
thing that sucks, though? There's a ton of hardworking,
good Indian people that are simply taking advantage
of a program that's available to them. They're
not illegal. They're not anything. They're just...
There's a program available to them, and they're
taking it, and, you know, they get caught in
the middle of the scorn, you know, the scorn
from American workers and, you know, the bullshit
that's happening. Yeah, I agree with that. I
don't blame them. Yeah, I agree with that. They're
leaving their situation to be in the United States
and get to go to Costco? What the hell, man?
I'd do it, too. Well, they need to adjust to
the American ways, though. Yeah, probably. That's
the problem. Well, there you go. Assimilate.
And that goes for all immigrants. Yeah, it is.
Yeah. Well, there you go. We're ending the first
half. That's a dude's like us thought. Here we
go. All right, well, guys, if you guys want to
see this video, it won't be available. But we
are going to be having a video soon. Yeah, we
are. Super excited. We are. We are. Be patient.
Be patient. You'll get to see us. It's the end
of August 26, 2025. Thank you, Chuck, for staying
on top of stuff. We have a second half that's
going to be popping up. You won't know, but it's
going to be instantaneous because it's going
to be next. Instantaneous. Instantaneous. And
we have another whiskey that we're going to bring
up. I won't tell you what it is, should I? And
this is the last podcast of it at Bargain. Next
week? Yeah, next week is September. No, you cannot
tell. You cannot say what the next bourbon is.
It's going to be sweet, whatever it is. It's
going to be good. For Dudes Like Us, I'm Sean.
I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff.