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blink. Why is it blinking? All right, well, I'll
have to look into... I'll tear it apart and see
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solder something onto it. We got some black duct
tape around here. I'll just put some duct tape
on. There we go. That would work. I got a Sharpie.
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thanksgiving i'm jeff i'm paul i'm sean all right
never done it backwards before this is a special
podcast for special people it is yeah so so paul
and i have discussed our thanksgiving uh excitement
yes sean hasn't gotten into his mine is very
uh very tame very it it's it's it's super traditional
did you have meat pie uh there wasn't tootsie
air uh meat pie which is fantastic by the way
i mean i wish someone would make that but um
I thought that was a staple that your in -laws
made. I think it's more French, but it was my
wife's grandmother used to make it. She's no
longer with us. And then her daughter would make
it. I'm sorry, her daughter -in -law would make
it. And then she passed away, too. Or something
like that. So no one has that recipe anywhere?
I'd like to see it re -emerge because it's a
love it. I think it's called Tutsier. I think
that's what it's called. It's basically, it's
a meat pie. Can you spell that? No. Correctly?
No. Hasn't Tara made it before or tried to make
it before? No, I don't think so. Okay, so what
am I thinking of? Because I've been to Irish
bars. It's not a shepherd's pie. It's like a
shepherd's pie. That's what I'm talking about.
It's not a shepherd's pie. Maybe this is like
a French pie. French pie. With a very creative.
Yes. Pie de France. Okay. So it's called a tourtiere.
Tourtiere. It is T -O -U -R -T -I -E -R -E. It's
pronounced Toutier. Toutier. It's a traditional
French -Canadian double -crusted meat pie. It's
a staple of an American's Christmas Eve. Oh,
it looks good. What is the meat seasoned with?
It's like spiced. Like tarragon? Well, I mean,
actually, just read it up there, but it was kind
of like cloves and minced meat. Beef. I'm writing
that down. Two -tier pie. Look, it was terrific.
I enjoyed it every single year. It was a staple
that it was for every single. Look at that. Look
at that. Go back up there. Look at that. But
you're saying you did not have it this year.
We didn't have it. We haven't had it for quite
some time. Looks like a hamburger. It basically
is, but it's seasoned perfect. They're showing
exactly how to do it right here. It's on Grow
a Good Life website. Oh, poultry, seasoning,
cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and.
Potato water. You know what? I'm inspired. I
know. I am too, actually. I'm going to make this
for the next... I'm going to make this for God
bless and Christmas. Grow? Slap my ass and call
me Slap Happy Seasonal. I'm going to make it.
Are you going to make the crust by hand? I'm
going to have probably some help making that,
but this one... They didn't have that this year,
so we went over to my in -law's house. We go
back and forth. Sometimes Thanksgiving's at my
house. Sometimes it's over at my in -law's house.
It was over at my in -laws' house, and we will,
over at my in -laws' house, we used to have a
large gathering. It's more like a jamboree of
family. Nice. And we had some people over there,
some cousins and their kids. There's a Brittany
from Arkansas came down. Spears. She's nice.
She's cute, man. She's young, about 35 years
old. She's got three kids. Nice. Nice. Nice.
She's one of those nurses that does the bellies
for the pregnant ladies. One of the little sonograms.
A doula? Is that what they're called? That might
be, actually. Is that what it's called? The sonograms?
No, the doulas are the ones like the midwives
type things, right? I don't think that's it.
Who are like if you want to give birth in your
bathtub. Supervised. No, they're called midwives.
All right. Anyways, so she was there. Did anybody
give birth in your Thanksgiving feast? Nobody
gave birth. Okay. Somebody gave birth. Oh, my
God. This is a video of Britney Spears dancing
with knives. No, that is real. That's her Instagram.
What is going on with her? She's psycho. I said
your Britney was dancing with knives. There is
something. You know what? Every single time she
posts a video, her followers are concerned because
she's becoming more and more. Yes, there's a
reason she had to get emancipated from her governorship
or whatever that was. Conservatorship. Conservatorship.
She's a whack. She's still hot. I think she is,
but I think she's coming unhinged. I don't think
she is. And I'm going to agree with Jeff on this
one. I used to think she was hotter than all
get out. She used to be. Now she is not. There's
something strange happening. Oh, somebody put
a turkey dinner underneath her knife dancing.
Okay. Wow. We can move along from that. Anyway,
that did not happen at your Thanksgiving. We
did not. Maybe you're going to put that on the
video post so people can actually see what the
hell we're talking about. I hope not, but I probably
will. So we've got traditional Thanksgiving food.
There was some ham out there, you know, lots
of different pies and sides, turkey, you know,
and there was ham, turkey. There was some brisket,
and there was lots of meats, lots of vegetables,
definitely the gravy and the buns. God bless.
It was good. Did you have some arugula? Arugula.
There wasn't any arugula. But usually what we
do is we play games. It's a vegetable. My Blue
Heaven with Steve Martin. I love it. What's up
with the ulas? Why are we ula? Is it the contest
to see how many ula words we can say? He's going
through this. Steve Martin, he's this gangster
in My Blue Heaven, the movie. Oh, yeah. He was
so over the top. Oh, he was. And he's sent out
to this little Midwest. And he's like, he's all
freaking New York style. And he's like, hey,
sir. Because he picks up one of these price machines
where it's got the little stickers, the price
tag machines. And he dials it back to like 99
cents. And he starts labeling his own meat. He's
got like steaks just nonstop. He's like, stick,
stick, stick, stick, stick. And the guy's ringing
it up. He's like, wow, that's a good deal. That'll
be $5. And he's got like all these bags and the
manager's kind of like, hey, how was your shopping?
And he's thinking, oh, I'm busted. And the guy's,
how was your shopping experience? And he's like,
eh, you didn't have any arugula. It's a vegetable.
And he's always like, you know, doing this face,
you know, arugula. Anyways, Steve Martin, he's
quite the character, man. So after that, we used
to play games like Pictionary or Trivia. We've
done that a lot, and it's become quite popular,
but we didn't do it this past year because we
had some stuff going on. I think we had to get
the hell out for some reason. Who hosted? Over
at Oscar's and Rosemary's house. I assume. Yeah,
my in -laws. Nice. Yeah, but all in all, it was
a normal, no... No drama? Drama. It was just
clean cut. Hey, that's always a bonus. Did the
children that were in town, did all your kids
come in town? Preston and Austin? Yeah, they
were all here. All right, nice. Yeah, they were
all here, which is great. Super thankful about
that. Austin's kind of, he's got some depression
going on. He hasn't quite embraced being alone.
Not in the house anymore. He's out there, and
he's kind of like, I don't have any money. I
don't have this. And I'm like, dude, focus on
school. And he's depressed because he's not with
his girlfriend anymore, even though he broke
up with her, and he realized, oh, man, I fucked
up. Oh, is he really thinking that? Oh, 100%.
He's kind of like, yeah, he regrets it. He has
100 % regret on that. But you know what? It's
done. So I was like, look. Has she moved on?
I don't know. Maybe they can rekindle. That's
what I told him. I was like, look, son, the only
thing you can do in your life right now is take
care of your life. Be somebody desirable for
her to want when you finish up your school. And
stop fucking around with school because she's
not going to be there if it's going to take you
eight years. Lots of people take eight years
to graduate. Yeah, they're called doctors. Tommy
boy, right? For the movie Tommy Boy with Chris.
But I was like, look. Plus, it's expensive the
longer it takes. Yes. Well, I mean, we're chipping
away with one class at a time, two classes. What's
the lodging? Yeah, well, that. Here you go. There
you go. I'm giving him. time to get his shit
together. Because I even said, dude, you didn't
have to go up there this soon. You could have
stayed here. I want you to be successful no matter
what you're doing. I don't want to hinder you.
I want you to be successful. But you can't do
it with the lifestyle that you currently have.
You can't go out and party all the time and think
that this shit's all honky -dory because it's
not. It's not. And if you're depressed and you
need help, I recommend you go to church. And
go to a Bible study. Go to something that you
can go out there and you can put your emotions
In pause, put your emotions in somebody else's
hands, even if it's for an hour or two. Just
get out there and put it out there. And then
meet people there, congregate with them, and
get to know them, hang out with them, and be
part of that community. Because this other community
that you're hanging out with currently, they're
Debbie Downers. They may be good people, but
they're not taking you in the direction that
you need to go to be successful. Surround yourself
with people that are going to make you successful.
And that's what I told him. And then my other
son, Preston, he called me while the podcast
started. That's why I got up and walked out for
the first half. And he said he had a good conversation
with Austin. And he said that Austin had mentioned
about going to church. And I was like, well,
you guys should go to church on Sundays. There's
no reason why you can't. I was like, look, I
highly recommend it. You guys are out there by
yourself. I'm not a big – I used to go to church
all the time. portion of my life where i used
to i don't do it anymore because i don't subscribe
to some of the bullshit that you that they teach
there and you know because you got to practice
what you preach and some of these ministers and
officiants or whatever the hell they're called
nowadays they're corrupt they don't walk the
path that they should They're not an example.
On the front, they're all shiny and they're speaking
the right words. But behind the scenes, they're
banging the congregation. There's a lot of weird
shit going on. I don't know if it's at any specific
church, but it happens at every church. It does.
It's just like there's always some weird shit
going on, some people stealing money. Yeah, people
aren't perfect. That's for sure. You know, whatever.
So that's why I don't personally go. But I do
enjoy going to the Bible studies. I would like
to get one of those started back up. Yeah. Can't
hurt. No. I don't think I will. Whatever. So
anyways, that's how it went. And they all had
a good time. Good. And now we're in operation,
you know, get Christmas shit hung up. And even
though Tara does her things, Tara is such a fantastic
decorator, you know. So she's already done the
house. Now I'm going to try to. Put away all
these freaking Christmas totes because, like
I said in the first half, I'm trying to organize
it. I got most of them out, and I have like a
ton of totes left over because I'm consolidating.
Plus, I share with you I ordered 16. You're over
-toted now. You are over -toted. You're an over
-toter. Amen. So what are you going to do with
all those totes? Why did you buy the extra ones?
What are you planning on putting in there? Well,
we're going to transfer Halloween stuff. and
Thanksgiving stuff, and we're going to label
them and put them out in the garage in our new...
So you're taking them out of old cardboard boxes
and putting them into these? They're in totes,
but they're like solid color totes. Oh, so the
big thing was transparency. Yeah, you can't see
what's going on in there, and Tara's like, I
just can't see what's going on. So I was like,
all right, I'll just get some clear ones. Okay,
well, that works. Yeah, we're in the process.
What Julie's been doing, as you can see downstairs,
she has the table set up. I think she's about
done, but work came in, right? So she didn't
finish on Sunday that work. So we'll probably
finish it this weekend. All the Christmas stuff,
you mean? Yeah. Yeah, nice. Yeah, we're about
done. Yeah, I think Shelly did all the inside
stuff. I haven't done the outside stuff. I want
to because I do the gate. You know what I mean?
Put the lights around the gate with the wreath.
And you do it so that it can open and close.
Oh, yeah. And the wreath closes. You know, it's
kind of cool looking. They have that and the
big wreath in the front. So, I mean, I'm getting
older, so that stuff isn't fun as much anymore.
You can't climb the roots of trees and shit.
I know, I know. I hired... um steve your son
and logan uh last year to put the lights up on
the house and uh they ran a side business where
they were making some extra money yeah and they
can make good money doing that too they custom
made the little uh lengths and so they go very
specific places yeah and uh man i'll tell you
what i took those things down myself last year
and i put them in totes And I labeled the totes
exactly what they were and where they went, east
side, up, et cetera. And man, it was fantastic.
Logan showed up and put them up this year. Oh,
okay. And they're up and done. Okay. I was waiting
for the what went wrong side of the story. Well,
I mean, there's two things that did go wrong.
Number one, evidently when we broke down the
lights last year, there was an extension cord
that was still there. And unbeknownst to me,
they took the extension cord that was still there,
and they plugged it in. When they plugged it
in, something fried in my line. So there's a
receptacle on the east side of my little stone
circle that no longer works. Oh, no. But there's
only one power line that runs from the house
to that circuit, to those set of plugs. So all
of them work except for that one. That's weird.
It is weird. So I got to figure out what's going
on. You just replaced the plug, right? The plug
is fine. It popped somewhere else because he
says, oh, I heard the pop coming from over here.
And there's some steps. You remember the little
light I have and there's steps going up there?
There's a light right there. Well, that's a junction
also. He said he heard the pop there. So I don't
know. We'll have to figure it out. I'm still
kind of curious. I heard the pop over here. I
forgot Logan's dad was there. Oh, you think he
sounds like that, huh? No, he absolutely does
not sound like that, but it sounds better when
I make him sound like that. It's better for the
story. He's called Philip, right? Yeah, he's
Philip. Yeah, I let him come in, and I was showing
him the whiskey. He goes, oh, this is great.
And I was like, do you like sweet stuff? Have
you tried the Zamperano stuff? I was like, check
out the stave I put in this Weller's bottle over
here. I said, would you like to sample it? I'm
fucking over the top. He's a maniac, man. Back
in the day when they all played basketball together
and they had parties, he is an absolute maniac.
It's crazy. Go on. What do you mean? Like, just
having fun drinking? When he had, you know, at
the end of the night type of thing, I mean, he
did it out of control. Wrestling and throwing
people around in the pool. Just, he's a maniac,
man. You know what? I went to, I can't remember
where I went. Went to a happy hour with my wife
and Andrea and Tim. It was about a month ago.
The snobbery of bourbon, you know, how we're
not trying to be the snobs. I ordered, it was
50 % off Happy Hour, off all their drinks. So
they had two tiers of old -fashioned. One with
a, I think it was a Knob Creek 18 or something
like that. Single barrel, specifically picked
for the restaurant. It was like 126 proof. So
I was like, well, if it's half off, that makes
it like seven bucks or something like that. Yeah,
nothing wrong with that. You know, I'll take
that one. And then the regular one was like old
granddad. And they brought it to me, but they
looked identical because Tim got the other one.
And I sipped it. I was like, that's not 126 proof.
So I questioned it. Ooh. I was like, did you
use the, I can't remember what it was, the Knob
Creek or whatever it was. Yeah. 126 proof. And
he goes, yeah. He goes, yeah, you ordered the
whatever, whatever. And he ran over to the bar.
He goes, did you use the, he was like, yeah,
I use it. He's like, all right. You're like,
bullshit. I was like, this doesn't taste like
126 proof bourbon to me. You said that? Yes.
And then what happened? They're like, well, I'm
sorry. Let me make you another one. No, they're
just like, I could have said that amongst us.
And, you know, it's just like, I'm just being
a stupid ass snob, bourbon dipshit. So I'm just
going to drink my thing and it'll seven bucks
or whatever. Right, right, right. You should
order another one and just say, hey, I want the
Knob Creek, whatever it is. And I want to watch
it for it. But don't add anything else. Just
the bourbon only. That was a good old -fashioned.
Yeah, then you would have known. All that sugar.
Yeah, it wasn't super sweet. Damn, I could...
That's the problem. I would enjoy it. What? And
then I would enjoy another one. Oh, yeah, well...
And then I would enjoy another one. They're super
sweet. And another one. And another one. So we,
on Aggie Night, we did that. Well, you did...
I don't think you had any, did you? Yeah, I don't
like the smoky... Yeah, so Shelly bought me that
kit, right, where you put the little, you know.
Oh, and you smoke it? You smoke it, and the smoke
goes down into the glass, and then you add the
rest of it. And do you remember, where were we
when we bought that maple and bacon? Oh, yeah,
the syrup stuff. Simple syrup. Did you use it?
I used it. Oh, great. Did it taste good? I used
the whole thing. And because I was making old
fashions for everybody, for Danny and his father
and Dylan and myself and Dawson. You made one
for Kim. May one for Kim. And then she didn't
drink half of it. She goes, you want the rest?
I said, sure. Oh, I didn't know that. And what'd
you think? It was good. Yeah. I mean, the ice
had melted all through it. It's kind of like
the end of its life. How's the maple bacon taste,
though? It was good. It was really good. But
here's the thing. I used Buffalo Trace. Oh, yeah.
And it was fine. And I used just about the whole
bottle. And then, you know, I was like, you know,
two drinks. No, I'm like. Seven or eight. Yeah,
nine of them. And used a whole bottle of nine
drinks? Just about. I mean, while I was pouring
it. I mean, I used a shot glass. And I think
they were two ounce pours, right? Sure, yeah.
I don't remember. But anyway, so then I was like,
you know what? I'm going to pause on that because
I'm not sure you're supposed to use sippers for,
I don't know if Buffalo Trace. Buffalo Trace
is a good old -fashioned bourbon. Right. And
so I switched to, I was going to try other bourbons,
right? See if it makes a big difference. And
you know what the best tasting one was? Henry
McKenna. Yeah. And here I was using, you know,
nicer bourbon and I tried. Well, at this point
right now, it's probably, Henry McKenna may be
just as much. Yeah. I mean. Oh, then Buffalo
Trace? Buffalo Trace is like 22 bucks a bottle.
Yeah, but not for a half gallon. Buffalo Trace,
can you? Oh, well, it's probably true. I don't
know. The price point is definitely not the same.
I think the half gallon is $40 for the handle.
Henry McKenna was great in an old -fashioned.
I guess what I'm trying to say is use mixers,
not sippers for old -fashions. Is that a true
statement? I think some bourbons lend itself
better. I wouldn't use Jack Daniels in an old
-fashioned, I don't think. I don't know. I use
early times. That's what I use downstairs when
I make myself one. Yeah. And I use Woodford Reserve,
and it was okay. It was not as good as Henry
McKenna, and that's a good bourbon. I guess it
really depends on what you're mixing into it.
I mean, there are some old -fashioned lights,
meaning you can lightly season it with some old
-fashioned mix, or you can heavily season it
with some old -fashioned. I prefer the latter.
I mean, I want mine a little bit stronger. I
would really like that strong 126 proof one.
I would. That was good. And it's not a snob.
I mean, if you want your steak cooked medium
rare, and it comes to your table medium well,
I mean, would you send it back? Well, I did get
the standard old -fashioned next, and there was
a difference after that. So I was like, I just
think my palate is, I was expecting more heat.
And you're not going to get that mixed with sugar.
Well, that, and I was just like. And it was probably
watered down. And I was just like. I can handle
126 proof that easily? Yeah. That's what I was
thinking to myself at some point. So I was like,
all right, I'm just going to keep my mouth shut
because I can drink this shit that easy. Yeah,
you can drink it straight without any issue at
all. And then you add the orange and the sugar
and all that shit to it. I mean, the thing is,
we're real men now. That's right. Our balls dropped.
Yeah, we're real men, finally. Why am I hanging
down my leg here? Oh, God. I mean, really, that's
part of the thing that older guys have to get
through, man. It's just like, geez. What, saggy
nuts? Yeah, it's horrific. Saggy scrute? Seriously,
I have to purposely be cautious when I sit down.
It's kind of like, I don't know what's going
to happen. Might get pinched? Yes. Like it's
under your thigh? Well, I don't know exactly
where it's at, but it's in a place where it could
be pinched. You ever take a marble and pinch
it with your fingers and it shoots out? That's
what happens when I sit on it. God. Speaking
of disgusting things like that, have you heard
the latest on what Greta Thunberg did? No. Was
she naked? Penthouse? She was in Venice. She
was in Venice. And she's part of some... group
that's protesting something. I don't even know
what they put. She moves from thing to thing.
I know. So they dumped non, she swears it was
non -toxic. Where was she at? In Venice. And
they dumped green stuff in the water. For what
was the reasoning? There. There's the picture
right there. She's been banned from Venice. Look
at the picture, Sean. Is it St. Patrick's Day?
No. Like the Chicago River? Nope. What is the
point they were trying to make? It was, let's
see here. The group aimed to highlight the world's
slow transition away from fossil fuels and hung
a banner on the Rialto Bridge that read, Stop
Ecocide. Yep. And she pours that shit into the
water. Yes. And she's like, well, no, it's non
-toxic and this and that. And they're saying
it cost, scroll back up, what was the damage
it cost? It caused, I can't read that. It caused
lasting damage to the UNESCO site. Lasting damage.
Nice. Nice. And that wasn't the only city. Apparently,
they bombed, like, with the dump this stuff in
the water and did it. How much did they dump
in the water? I know. Look at that. It's incredibly
green. It's bad. Yeah, it's bad. And they're
not happy about it at all. And it happened in
multiple cities throughout Europe, I think, in
a coordinated protest. I don't understand what
she's trying to prove here. What did you read
again? What's the group? The group that's protesting?
Anus. That's what I call them. What's that stand
for, Jeff? Fucktards. The association of... The
group aimed to highlight the world's slow transition
away from fossil fuels and hung a banner on the
Rialto Bridge that read Stop Eco Side. While
she destroys water and everything that lives
in it? It says the group used a non -toxic for
a stop ecosystem. It doesn't say what the group
was, though. Similar Die releases targeted waterways
in at least 10 Italian cities, including blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah. Massive effects of climate
collapse is what they're protesting to symbolize
that. The whole climate. change thing has been...
It's falling apart. Yes. They're arguing. She's
a nut. And you know what? Look, she... She may
have just destroyed whatever cause she was going
for. She did. This is fucking idiotic. She's
constantly... She's like... They give it to her.
And they're kind of like... And she'll take it.
And... They're trying to recruit her because
she's a great spokesman, right? She's not. Is
she? Well, I mean, she's well -known is what
I'm saying. They're kind of like, well, people...
Yeah, that's the only thing is she's well -known,
but she's really well -known for her... Her...
It was idiocy, you know? It's just... I mean,
it was a noble effort when she went on there
when she was 15 years old and she was kind of
like, you know. How dare you? How dare you? Shame.
And, you know, it almost seemed like fair. You
know, from her perspective, it almost seemed
fair. All right, look, this is the way she feels.
And she's sincerely upset about this. Genuinely
upset. Oh, God. See, does that help their cause?
No. To have people wander around in. When Handmaid's
Tale. That's what it looked like. What the hell?
So the oceans and river of Venice turned green.
I mean, that is a bright green. Yes. I wonder
how long that's going to last. 3 ,000 a year,
half life. Yeah. I mean, look, it's amazing on
the. Insane. What's the little flag? I don't
know. Looks like a sickle in this guy. Those
are traditional climate czars. They're just idiots.
What the hell? Okay, well, at least that last
picture showed where they dumped it. And I guess
over time, yeah, it's going to go everywhere.
How can it not harm the fish, right? Or anything
growing in there? It's just awful. It's not toxic.
Yeah. How do they know? Did you test this out?
Yeah. So, Greta Thunberg, you know, it's funny
because you see these memes all the time where
she actually looks quasi. Good looking. No. But
no. I'm going to disagree on that. They've doctored
those. Yeah. The doctored ones look fantastic.
The doctored ones? Yeah. The ones that accentuate
certain body parts? But she does have an air
of Down syndrome -esque look, you know? Oh, okay.
That's harsh. Hold on. Look at her. She does.
She's got the kind of look. Yeah. I don't know.
I think she's... Thinking she's doing the noble
thing and she's very misguided because she probably
doesn't know the facts, right? She's ignorant
probably of a lot of things. But she's very idealistic.
And I think at that age, a lot of people are,
right? They want to change the world and then
they grow up and realize. Well, I think she's
opportunistic because she changes because her
whole climate thing kind of started falling apart.
Then she hopped on the Gaza -Palestine thing.
Oh, that was a nut. Kind of resolved itself,
so now she's moving on to killing ecosystems,
which she apparently contributed to. Yeah. While
dressing up like, I don't even know what the
fuck that is, vampires. Yeah, I don't know. What
is up with that red outfit? They got some interesting
symbols there. That's very Handmaid's Tale -ish.
I don't care. I really don't care. And you know
what? There was like 35 other protesters that
were also fined for the disrespectful act and
banned. Good. Good to go. I wonder how they stop
you when you're banned from a city. Do they have
face recognition to when you're at the border?
They're like, stop. Is she banned from Venice
or from Italy? I think Venice. Yeah, Venice.
So they were fined. Thunberg and other protesters
received a 48 -hour ban from Venice. Really?
Get out. Don't come back until Monday. Yeah,
get out before we kill you. Go to your room and
don't come back until later. And they do that
at ball games too, right? Stand in the corner.
Like football games, people will get banned from
a football game or from a Mavericks game or something.
You're never allowed back. Or a high school game.
How do they... That sounds personal. I don't
think they do high school games. Oh, we weren't
kicked out? I don't know. How would they know
that if you... I've been kicked out of a game,
but I was never banned for life. I'm talking
about like as a... As a spectator. That's not
me. Oh. You've been kicked out of a game. I was
kicked out of a game. Well, we went to a game
with you, Jeff. We met you there. Oh, that's
right. And Paul was acting up. Oh, stop. Cobb
was kind of like, you guys got to go. He's like,
but we didn't do anything wrong. We didn't do
anything wrong. Oh, you're talking about the,
yes, you're talking about that. That's where
you got into it with other spectators. Now, I
just said something. Yes, something offensive.
Well, was it really, though? I don't remember
what you said, but they found it offensive. Yeah,
well, it was. And they were very country bumpkin
-ish. Yeah, it was like a banjo. Ding, ding,
ding, ding, ding, ding. And I remember this guy
stood up. He was in overalls. He was like, hey,
Paul. Yeah. What did you say? I wasn't going
to let you say that. Yeah, that was nuts. Whatever,
man. We were kind of asked to leave. That was
at the playoff game. That was the day that the
guy was going to shoot up the place. They did.
They found a dude in a car with a whole bunch
of weapons and a whole bunch of bullets, and
they asked him, like, hey, what are you doing?
At that game. At that game. Yeah, that was the.
That's crazy. That's the one we left early. That
was the playoff game that Brandon played in,
McKinney North and Centennial Titans. Terrifying.
Yeah. That literally was a guy that was contemplating
doing something. Well, they just caught the guy.
In Fort Worth, he was planning to bomb Fort Worth.
Yeah, doing some TikToks, doing some threats.
And you know what he's classified as, how they
arrested him? As a white man. A white man? Yes.
He's not white at all. He wasn't white? That's
how he was arrested. Oh, he identified. Well,
no, that's what the police identified him as.
They didn't call him a Fort Worth father or something?
No. Just a white man. White man. You know what
I'm thinking, though? But he's from Afghanistan.
Yeah. And so was the other guy that shot the
two National Guards. Well, if you look how that's,
because I went deep into Grok once on that whole
thing on what's considered white, what's considered
African -American, what's considered this, what's
considered that. Interesting. And it says, well,
I was like, but, you know, why isn't a South
African white person considered African -American?
And it went into the whole black thing. I was
like, well, what about people from Barbados?
Can they classify as? I was asking all these
questions. Like, well, no. I was like, well,
then how do you distinguish? You know, everyone
calls themselves African -Americans. And they're
like, well, you found them. You know, started
going down the hypocrisy of all of this and the
social craziness of all of this and the culturalness
of all this. And I was like, well, what about
Egyptians? Well, they're classified as white.
He's like, yes, you're correct. But they're from
Africa, right? Yes. And I was like, yes. That's
another problem in this whole discussion is Egyptians
are considered white. Was it acknowledging that
there was inconsistency in how it was confusing?
Oh, okay. It wasn't fighting you the whole time?
No, but it didn't. At first, it spelled out.
Then I started asking the questions. They're
like, oh, yes, you're correct. You're pointing
out some of the hypocrisy and the discrepancies
in all of these classifications. Yeah, that's
all bullshit. I'll see if I can find it because
it saves some of the chats. By the way, this
whiskey that I'm not going to talk about is fantastic.
It is really good. Yes, I agree. I agree. All
right, so speaking of it, do we want to talk
about the crazy guy that climbed into the lion
pit? Did you hear about that? I haven't heard
a whole lot. I heard you talk about it, but was
the kid autistic or something? No, so it was
a dude that had mental illness, and his mom apparently
said he was. had schizophrenia, and his whole
life wanted to be a lion tamer. As a matter of
fact, he even crawled into the wheel well of
an aircraft because he wanted the airplane to
take him to Africa so that he could be a lion
tamer. So I forget what country this was in.
Does it say what country? Brazil. Oh, it's in
Brazil. So he, yeah, with visitors there, like
zoo visitors. People watching, he climbed into
the... Hold on, let's put this in perspective.
He scaled a 20 -foot wall enclosure. Yes. Yes.
He had to really work at getting into... Yeah,
there's a video of it. Chuck's showing it right
now. And so the lioness is watching him, yeah,
runs over there and is watching him come down,
scaling this tree after coming down from off
the wall. Oh, my gosh. And immediately. This
is not going to end well. That pulls him down,
I think. And immediately attacks him. Yeah, right
there. Pulls him down. Yeah, immediately attacks
him. And then people are horrified. And then
you see him try to run from the lioness. And
he runs behind the bushes or the hedges and gets
mauled to death where they can't see him, luckily.
Oh, thank God. And it's all on video right here.
You can't see him getting mauled, but people
are, like, freaking out. Yeah, he's being killed,
right? He's being eaten right there. Probably
because his lion's killed by grabbing the neck.
Oh, and choking you out. Choking him out, yeah.
That's probably what he did. And like I said,
he was mentally ill. Do you think the mom did
that on purpose, knowing that he was going to
do that? Oh, no. The guy's an adult. Yeah, but
he's obviously not a normal adult, but is he
one of these folks that need life assistance?
I don't know, but I don't think the mom was with
him. I see. You know what I mean? I don't know.
Maybe he ran away from her and jumped into the
pit or crawled down this thing. I don't really
know. Anyway, sad story, but luckily they didn't
punish the lioness. Usually when this kind of
stuff happens, they have to put the animal down
or whatever, and under no circumstances were
they going to put her down because she did nothing
wrong. She basically was doing her... Being a
lion. Yes, she was doing her instinctual thing.
And who knows if she—oh, God, look at the lioness.
Got blood all over her. So the Arruda Camaro
Park is in solidarity with the family of the
boy who was passed away, deeply regrets the loss,
and wishes strength at this difficult time. The
news thing lasts. The zoo's security team allegedly
attempted to stop the guy as he climbed into
the lion's enclosures, but he moved too quickly.
And, of course, it didn't end well. I tell you
what, it didn't take long. The lioness ran over
there immediately and, you know, put an end to
this craziness. So, anyway, I feel bad for the
mentally ill kid. That'd be a horrible experience
to go through the last minute of your life or
however long it took, right? Being eaten to death,
yeah. You know, the brain is amazing, though.
You know, it's just like it probably just shut
off. I hope so. I don't think it did. He was
probably in excruciating pain. I'd like to think
that. In his final seconds. Crazy. So I'm very
thankful that they don't have video of that.
Yeah, of him actually being attacked. Yeah, because
that would just have been horrific to see. I
wouldn't want to have that in my memory. And
you know damn well someone would have videoed
all of it and posted it. Oh yeah, for sure. Yeah,
we were fortunate that it happened behind the
hedge. Anyway, that's one crazy story. I mean,
look, there are people that do that shit all
the time. And it may not necessarily be a lion's
den, but it could be anything. Elephant or fucking
deer. People do crazy, stupid shit. Kangaroos.
Come on, man. Teach your kids more. No, it's
always mental illness, dude. It's always mental
illness. I remember there was this one guy who...
You know how in the Bible... You know, there's
a story of somebody being in a lion's den. Was
it, shit, was it David? I don't know. Anyway,
he's in a lion's den and they basically, you
know, he survives. And they, yeah. And so he
was a big Bible guy and he wanted to jump into
the same type of thing. He was inspired by the
biblical story and he got mauled to death. Didn't
quite work out for him. No, it didn't. Like David.
Yeah. Like David. I'm not sure if it was David.
I don't know who it was. I don't know my, apparently
I don't know my Bible. You know, there's a guy,
I'm trying to get him on the podcast, Sam Tuma.
It's not a tumor. It's not a tumor at all. Yeah.
You know, he, I was talking to him the other
day and he was, and I was making fun of him because
I know he and his wife play pickleball. Right.
And he had sent something kind of a little. hey,
I'm going here to play pickleball, and I sent
some gay -ass meme back to him to fuck with him
a little bit. But they're actually, they play
in tournaments. It's extremely popular. Yeah,
I mean, I'm not against it. It's taking over
the tennis courts, and the tennis people are
getting pissed. They're competing for space,
for courts. Apparently it's loud. Is it? Well,
there's some towns that are trying to get it
banned. Yeah. Or HOAs are getting it banned.
Or somebody, some areas are trying to get it
banned. The Ritchie neighborhood. I think it
was in DFW area. In our area. Yeah. And it was,
yeah, they. They're like, it's too loud. They
had a noise ordinance complaint. Is it because
of the women grunting when they serve? Yeah,
they're all Monica Sellers. You know what? But
what's worse? I mean, you have. Look, first of
all. That sound ordinance is not going to do
anything because it's not based on types of noises.
It's based on decibels. And they don't have decibels.
Yeah, I don't think this was a decibel issue.
I think it just was annoying. So I'm going to
make an analogy here. So you have a dog. Dogs
bark, okay? Is it illegal? No. If your dog barks
at night, yeah, you need to take care of that.
Put the dog in the house. But there's particular
neighbors that are like, well... They filed a
lawsuit with their neighbor because they had
Bassett House, and the Bassett House has a very
peculiar bar. Oh, yeah. They pay. Yeah, it's
ridiculous. Well, it failed. It never went through
because it wasn't breaking any laws because it
didn't break a sound ordinance. This is going
to fall in the same category. I think this was
a situation where they had the power to say you
can't play on the - It was in an HOA. Yeah, if
it's an HOA, then they have to vote on it, and
it has to be 83%. Is it 83%, Chuck? Can you look
that up for me? What was the ritzy city that
banned pickleball? Little Elm. Oh, that's a ritzy
city, huh? I don't know. Wow. You have an interesting
litmus test or criteria for a ritzy city. No,
it would be like Starwood. You know what I mean?
It was like some fancy neighborhood. Let's see.
Pickleball noise ordinances vary by municipality.
55 DBA. Okay, so there is a decibel issue being...
Setting decibel limits. 55 during the day and
50 at night. That's not very loud. All right,
but what was the city that banned it? Look up
something about somebody banning it. It was a
really... It was a high -profile news article
and put in ban. You have to put in the word ban,
I think. Mesquite, Texas, new noise ordinance.
So, to put this in perspective, a vacuum cleaner
is... 70 decibels. There it is. Carmel, California.
A normal conversation is 60 decibels. 6 -0. So
if they're blasting 50, 55 decibels, they are
now saying... You can't even talk? Yeah. I mean,
so it's kind of like, that's bullshit. Normal
conversation is 60 decibels. Hair dryer, power
tools, 90. You know, alarms for your house or
business, whatever, alarms are 110 decibels.
So super loud. Right. You know, jet taken off
120, gunshots 130, 140. You know, then you lose
your hearing after that. I think more of what
it was is the specific sound that you hear. Popping.
Yeah, but that, whatever, man. I mean, you're.
It wouldn't bother me unless it was right next
to my house and they were playing late at night.
So this is in Carmel, California. There you go.
Those crazy Californians. They want to permanently
ban pickleball due to years of noise complaints
surrounding the only public courts in the city
due to the popping noises caused by pickleballs
connecting with rackets and the court. All they
got to do is set up some sound dampening panels.
Yeah. Pick your battles. Yeah, why not? Put up
some sound dampening panels. Just enclose it
into like a nice dome. Yes. Yes. They could afford
it. Take some of that money that they didn't
use for the real. Oh, yeah, the billion -dollar
high -speed rail? $100 billion. Oh, my God. And
then Trump ended up canceling it, didn't he?
He got like three miles out of it. Oh, my God.
$100 billion. That's so crazy. Anyway. What's
this like Tim Walz is now in this whole thing
where the whole fraud? Go walk me through what's
going on there because I saw that and I didn't
have time to listen to what they're really talking
about. What is this all about? It's COVID fraud,
right? COVID funding? Well, it's for Somalian.
There were some Somalian groups who set up these
charities to say, we're going to raise money
for whatever cause, right? I thought they were
taking COVID grants. It was money from Minnesota.
So the Minnesota taxes were covering this, a
billion dollars. And it didn't go to anything
except buying cars and property and boats and
mansions. Yeah, the Somalian people. And there
were a ton of whistleblowers. There were a ton
of whistleblowers, and the governor and the administration
basically shamed them. Yeah. Totally covered
for the Somalians. Correct. And the New York
Times is all over this. I mean, you know how
this works, right? First off, there's a ton of
Somalians. Enough Somalians to affect the vote.
Correct. To affect being elected. So they probably
were like, yeah, so you guys want to keep doing
this? illegal embezzling or whatever you call
it. And I, he knew about it because they told
him, they told him they whistleblowers were saying,
you've got to stop this fraud. Yeah. There's
like, there's emails and texts saying this is
going on. Yes. And he shamed them and he did
it because he wanted their vote. Right. And if
you get the, they, they vote together, by the
way. I mean, when you have a block of voters
that have the exact same interests and they're
told to vote a certain way, it made a difference.
So they, Basically let them do this fraudulent
stuff? Talk about corruption. That is the epitome
of corruption. I enjoy watching Trump's stance
on Ilhan Omar and just the ugliness that's coming
from him. He's just like, we don't want people
like them that are doing these illegal things.
We don't want them here. Don't come from a broken
country and try to tell us how to run ours. Get
the fuck out of here. I hear you. You know, especially
her. You know, they need to send her out. I mean,
did or did she not marry her brother? I don't
know. Obviously, it's not a... There are people
that claim she absolutely did. It's not a conjugal,
sincere marriage. No, you could get a green card.
Yeah, but yes, 100 % illegal. Right. So why don't
they hold her accountable if it's true? And if
it's not true, then stop saying that. True. I
agree. Because you have people of stature like
the President of the United States saying that.
So if it's not true, stop saying that. Because
I hate it when they say it about us, and I sure
don't want to be saying it about them. And that's
what kind of makes the difference between this
Greta Thunberg stuff and the right side, Republican
side. The left get away with this shit because
the right doesn't give a fuck. They don't hold
them accountable. We're just kind of like, fuck
off, you're stupid. But the right, when we start
doing shit, we get the left all radical, they
shoot us and try taking us out. Yep. That's why
she's still doing this shit. Because she's getting
away with it. There's no consequences. She hasn't
been held accountable. I mean, slightly. She
got banned for 48 hours and got fined, what,
$170? I cannot believe that. 48 hours. Get the
fuck out. Even when she was on her gauze and
flotilla. Israel. She said she was attacked by
Israeli drones. Yes. Whatever, man. It's like,
whatever. So stupid. Yeah, Israel gave him a
sandwich and says, go home. Yeah, she did. She
totally did. And, you know. She's like, oh, I've
been imprisoned. Yes. No, you haven't. I was
attacked by Israeli drones. They had excellent
mustard sandwiches. How was that, Paul? I'm not
doing it again. Oh, awful. I swear. But you're
right. You're right, Sean. I mean, they're. But
that is the difference. There's unequal... Because
the mindset's different. Yeah. Now, mind you,
we're all thinking it, but the difference is
we don't act on it. Most of us don't act on it.
Look, there are some people that are nutty that
would act on that, and it's going to happen.
But the majority don't. If you acted on it, you'd
go to prison. Right. I would, yeah. Look at George
Santos, for example, right? He got caught. Doing
some shady stuff. They kicked him. The gold bar
boy. No, no, no. That's Bob Mendez. He lied about
everything, didn't he? George Santos. Yeah, but
there was some shady campaign finance stuff,
right? I'm not exactly sure what. It was borderline.
That's why Trump pardoned him later. But he went
to prison for seven months and kicked out of
Congress like immediately. Republicans, Democrats,
they both said out. Right. He had a new election.
And he obviously was a Republican. Yes, he was.
Right. In other words, they were. treating somebody
of their own the way they should have been treated.
Call out your own and get them out if they're
committing fraud. Not on the left. Doesn't happen.
It's crazy. Sick of it. Because then they call
it political warfare. And they're like, Trump's
targeting these poor Somali. What? No. They committed
fraud. He's targeting fraud. If they happen to
be Somali, whatever. And then you have all these
stories about these judges that are overturning
jury decisions on somebody, some career criminal.
There were like eight judges that got terminated?
Oh, that's a recent story. I saw that real quick.
So how can you overturn a jury conviction? It
happened in Minnesota. Look it up. A judge overturns
Minnesota jury decision. And it was bad. Then
why have a jury at that point? And why do they
have the authority to do that? Yeah. I mean,
I just don't understand. Minnesota judge under
fire for tossing a $7 .2 million taxpayer fraud
conviction tied to an alleged lavish lifestyle.
And look at the picture of the judge. She looks
like she's, I don't know if they have a picture
of, yeah, look at her. She looks like she's 21
years old. Yes. That's the judge. Judge Sarah
West. She threw it out. Probably graduated from
Harvard and got corrupted there. So Trump administration
firings had fired eight immigration judges in
New York City. Is that part of this thing? No.
That's completely unrelated. But it's, I mean,
it sounds like it's a... That's a big deal. That's
happened today. That happened just recently.
Eight immigration judges for fraud. For fraud?
Yeah. Because they're not being real. Unbelievable.
They're probably getting paid money to... Look
the other way. Dude, these activist judges out
of control. It's unbelievable. I just, I don't
get it. We've got to get past this. Well, hold
on. I'm sorry. There's also this. I heard this
on the news. It was on the five. And what is
Jessica Tarloff? Right. You know, so. Trump accounts
for kids. So Michael and Susan Dell announced
they will donate $6 .25 billion to fund Invest
America accounts for 25 million children. Yes.
Part of a Trump administrative initiative. Yeah,
they're called Trump accounts, and it's part
of the big, beautiful bill. Yeah. So, I mean,
Jessica Tarlow, not just her, but the general
mindset is kind of like, well, I wonder what
kind of kickback Trump's getting for that. Shut
the fuck up. Is that what she said? That's exactly
what she said. What a fucking whore. And I'm
just like, are you kidding me? Why would you
say that? Because it's TDS. But you know what
these accounts are for. So basically, any kid
that is born during Trump's presidency, right,
is given $1 ,000 to put into a tax advantage
account, you know, through, let's see. Yes. Any
kid, it expires on the final day of his presidency,
right, in 2028. And yeah, you can contribute
to it. They're trying to get parents to start
changing their mindset. About saving money and
investments. And saving money, yes. Changing
that whole mindset of saving money, investing
in your future, investing in your kid's future.
And so this Michael Dell and his wife, they're
going to add their money, private money, into
these accounts. $250 per kid. Up to that many.
Like six point something billion. Big deal. And
Trump is trying to get 6 point something billion
dollars. 6 .25 billion. His own damn money. His
own money. And basically Trump, because they're
big believers in their philanthropy and their
organizations that they do and trying to teach
people fiscal responsibility and saving for the
future. Maybe invest in our podcast and we'd
be able to push the narrative. There we go. We
wouldn't need $6 .2 billion, maybe $3 billion.
Michael and Susan Dell, shout out to you guys.
A big, that's huge. We support you. They just
live a couple hours south of here. We can go
visit. And they're hoping that other billionaires
and entrepreneurs and philanthropists follow
their lead. And more private investors are willing
to give to these people. And that's great that
they're doing that. It'd be also great that if...
The schools that, and this has been an ongoing
topic, what your wife teaches, Jeff, is to teach
economics from a financial standpoint of how
you grow up in life. Where does your money go?
Personal finance. Where do you put your money?
But that's not required, right? It used to be
home ec. Well, it is required. That's for a checkbook.
And Frisco is required to take a personal finance
class to graduate now. Yeah, that's good. I mean,
really, honestly, that should be taught by parents,
in my opinion. And reinforced by the school.
Julie was asked to write the curriculum for it,
but it's in the social studies arm of the classes.
So it'll be part of the social studies class.
But not required, or it is required? It is required.
Oh, excellent. It'll be new curriculum next year,
I think, next year. In order to graduate, you
have to pass the tests and exams. So, you know,
George Carlin, had brought up this topic before,
trying to keep the kids dumb, trying to keep
American citizens dumb. You know, the longer
we're kept in the dark on how money really works,
you know, the longer we're not going to be able
to participate on who's making the money. You
know, we're going to spend, we're going to be
one of those matrix batteries just producing
for the United States. Well, think about it.
what incentive do lawmakers have to make people
not reliant on government? Think about it. It
is a proven, if you want people to vote for you,
you're going to give them, you're going to make
them reliant, dependent on government with government
welfare programs, right? So they have absolutely
no incentive to make sure that people are fiscally
independent. It's bizarre. Does that make sense?
A hundred percent, you know, and that's where
you get some mindset though, because, I don't
believe that. Right, but they teach that mindset.
They teach that, but I think it's right down
the middle. Democrats, Republicans, the Democrats
believe that. The social programs are needed
to take care of people. So half the country is
very happy to take a handout, where the other
half, it's just your brain thinks differently.
Yeah. That's what it is. You just think differently
about money and self -worth. And self -sufficiency.
Yeah. Independence. Yes. I mean, I talk with
the lady that rides with me on the bus. You know,
she has these goals and aspirations. And I tell
her, I was like, you know, and she's talking
about these programs or these jobs. I was like,
go do that. Don't talk about it because you've
got these goals and aspirations. Working here
is not going to get you there. This is not a
career for someone your age who's in her early
30s. I was like, this is something that may be
transitional. Go find something else. That's
going to get you to where you want to be. Right.
And she would say, well, I don't want to do that.
I was like, you're going to have to have sacrifices
as well. They're not going to give you this money.
To get to where you want to be, you have to go
work for it. Right. But the sad thing is when
you, like, for instance, today, today, I was
having a conversation with my coworker about
one of her family members, and she was figuring
out that for her to stay on disability, she was
making more money than she would have if she
had been, you know, keep working at her job.
That's backwards. There's a problem there. And
so she's like, okay, well, I'm just going to
keep getting the doctors to, you know, make sure
that I stay on disability. And so they stay on
disability. For the majority of their life, making
more money than they would if they stayed at
their jobs. There's a lot of people that do that.
And guess how they vote? Dems. Dems. Forever.
And the Democrats know that. So they're trying
to make these programs as encompassing, widely
encompassing, and easy to get into as possible,
because they know they're going to have those
people's votes, and they're going to be able
to keep themselves in power forever. The problem
is, though, what's the great lie? Socialism works
until you run out of other people's money. Right?
There you go. And then there's an uproar. Why
isn't the government taking care of me? I voted
for you for years and years, and now you're not
taking care of me. If you remember over in Greece,
five, six, seven, eight years ago, they had the
big uproar because they couldn't pay the social
programs anymore because there were so many people
on social programs. Correct. The tax money wasn't
funding it, so they were like, well, we have
to stop. Well, everyone threw a hissy fit. Lost
their shit. Yeah, lost their shit and rioting
and everything. Like, I want my money. I want
my money. And that was because there were decades
of politicians that milked it. for their own
personal gain to stay in power and then knowing
that at some point it's going to fail, just like
Social Security is going to fail, and it's not
on them. They were able to, like Joe Biden was
able to stay in office for 45 years. 50. Right,
50 years. And so it's going to be somebody else's
problem. They don't care. That is insane. They
don't care. They don't care. It's somebody else's
problem. Did we talk about the auto pad with
Joe Biden? We have not. We have to talk about
this too. Let's knock that out. We'll tell you
what. Our whiskey of the event. We got the Hirsch.
Double barrel straight bourbon whiskey. Hirsch.
H -I -R -S -C -H. This is the yellow label. It's
a single barrel. It's a single barrel double
oak. Single barrel double oak. Kentucky straight
bourbon. I don't know how many years. Well, it's
got a very nice hue. It's 10. 10. A decade. It's
been aging in a barrel for 10 years. Wow. The
Balcones was. Two years. Yeah. Yeah, that's crazy.
That may have contributed to some of the harshness
we were picking up. Yeah. How many years? Two.
Oh, yeah. A little harsh. No smoothness at all.
You could taste the proof on this, but once that
goes away, it goes down smooth for me. Oh, yeah.
113 .4 proof. It's super light. You know, I'm
thinking... This is excellent. It's like tea.
Like you said, tea leaves, leather. There is
a lot of tobacco in this taste, but it's not
overpowering. No, it's not sweetness and caramel.
It's got like some sun daisy kind of thing going
on. Every now and then, not on every pool, but
I pick up a hint of ketchup. Well, that's interesting.
That is a new one. Yeah, it's weird. Now that
you say it, in the nose or in the finish? In
the taste, the palate. And the double oak really
brings that charred oak taste to it. Oh, it does.
By the way, this bottle. Outstanding. This bottle,
when it first came out, we were just told by
Stan. Shout out to Stan. That used to be at Sif's
and used to be at Total Wine. Yeah. Uncommon,
right? Get your black ass a job, Stan. What the
hell? What are you doing? He was saying it was
hard to find, right? Well, at the time, it was
just like, you know, we need to get this. You
guys need to make sure you get this. But now,
you can't find it. Oh, now you can't find it?
Well, dude, it's a double oak. You get the regular
Hirsch. Scott was saying something about, yeah,
I was told this is super rare, and now I find
it everywhere. So maybe he's talking about a
different version of Hirsch. You misunderstood.
That's not it. He said it is super rare right
now, and he's got two bottles. He was joking.
He's being sarcastic. He's like, what are you
guys talking about? I got two bottles right here.
He's being condescending because he's got two
bottles. Interesting. Are you putting that on
OnlyDreams to see how it? I am if it works for
me. So single barrel Kentucky straight bourbon
whiskey. This is the double oak. I keep saying
it's double oak, double oak, double oak, because
double oak is so, I really, really enjoy those
double oaks. So I wonder how many years it was
in one barrel and how many years it was in the
second barrel. I don't know. Ten years. I think
it was 10 years in one barrel and then maybe
20 years in the next one. Maybe six months in
another. So it's been in a barrel for 65 years?
I'm not good with math, but is that right? I
think it says on there. Ratio is 100%. I don't
know what that means. What does that mean? I
saw that too. What does 100 % ratio mean? I don't
know. The mash bill is 72 corn, 13 rye, and 15
is your malted barley. But it doesn't say of
the 10 years. How many? I guess, you know, probably
eight and two, if I were to guess. Eight years
in the first barrel, two years in the second
barrel. Who knows? Anyway, it's excellent. Oh,
here we go. It says right there on the screen.
Sorry, is this what we're talking about? 19 of
the barrels will finish for two years in a new
oak barrel, char one, and the remaining two barrels
will age for slightly less, one year and eight
months. But that can't be right. It's real convoluted.
It's like these were eight years in this barrel
and two years in that barrel, but they had two
barrels, and some of them went eight and nine
in this and nine in that and one in that, and
then they mix them all together to make the small
batch. But basically, it's a little convoluted,
but I guess they're just trying to work on a
formula that produced this taste. Well, they're
doing the whole blending, right? The blending
magic that some of these guys can do. Right.
It's all a crapshoot sometimes. So I wonder if
Hirsch distills their own stuff because they're
at Bardstown or do they go get their stuff from
Bardstown Bourbon Company? Does it say distilled?
It's on the side. Does it say distilled or just
like produced? Well, they're sourced from an
undisclosed Kentucky distillery. Oh, so it is
sourced. Okay. Right. They're in Bardstown. At
least that's what it says on the bottle. So most
likely, I mean, it could be Heaven Hill. They're
in Bardstown. It says it's distilled and bottled
by Hirsch. Distillers, Bardstown, Kentucky. Distilled
and bottled by Hirsch. Nice. Okay. I get a lot
of cinnamon and brown sugar on that nose. Cinnamon
and brown sugar. That's really good. Cinnamon.
Mabel, sure. So, hold on. I'm really digging
this. Yeah, it's really good. All right, let's
rate it. So. I give it a four. That's right in
line with what I'm thinking, yeah. I'm thinking
this is probably, what's the proof on this? 113.
113. I mean, for that category. And it's very
rich. Keep in mind, guys, it's very rich. It
could easily be 120 plus proof, in my opinion.
In terms of richness. I'm giving it a 7 .2. I
was going to be in the 7 .2, 7 .3 range, so I'll
go 7 .2 as well. Excellent. I'm giving it a 7
.6. Ooh. Yeah, I'm enjoying it. You're likey.
Hey, man, the double oak, it wheels me in every
time. It kind of smooths things out, I think.
It's very easy. Yeah. Very easy, 113. And look,
we just opened it, so it is a little bit hotter
than normal. I could drink the shit out of this.
But this, this is good. I give it a 7 .6. I contemplated
7 .8, but I could be convinced to go higher,
yeah. It's excellent. All right. That was a win.
That's a win for sure. Yeah. Very tasty. And
I forget how much it cost, but I want to say
it was 85 -ish. It wasn't cheap. That's for sure.
They are proud of this one. And you know what?
I get it. They should be. Well, you know, 00
costs a little bit more to make. True. And 10
years is a lot of time for them to sit and wait.
Yes. It says the MSRP is $135. Wow. Did you pay
that much for it? Hold on. I don't think so.
That's a lot. I don't remember, actually. That's
tough. I had the receipt, so whatever's on that
thing. I don't remember how much it was. Yikes.
I thought it was $85 -ish. I got an Irish whiskey
out there. That was about that much, but the
Nutter Jack? Oh, yeah, Nutter Jack. Only Drams
is having issues with their bottle scanning feature
right now, so I cannot do it. You're probably
doing it wrong. Let me do it. If you're logged
in, you can do it, but it's not loading on mine.
The camera, the barcode scanner. Are you guys
able to load into your Total Wine app? Yeah.
When's the last time you did it? Yesterday. I
tried doing it today, and it wanted me to reload
my credentials. I have to do that every now and
then. Well, it's the first time I've ever had
to do it, so I'm like, God bless. That didn't
take me long. Multiple bottles found. We found
multiple bottles using the same SKU number and
have different batch names or proof, alcohol
content. Which one did you scan? The Hirsch single
barrel double oak or the double oak single barrel
bourbon? Yes. The first one. Well, hold on. It
was Hirsch double barrel. Is there a proof on
these? Okay, one says single barrel, double oak,
and one says double oak, single barrel. Well,
this is the single barrel Kentucky straight bourbon
whiskey double oak. Is that in there? Okay, this
one says it's a unicorn. Let me see. I've never
seen the purple unicorn before. Yeah, that's
it. Do we have a unicorn? Yeah, we've got one
or two of them, yeah. What? Wow. I'm going to
see if I can zoom in on the picture to make sure
it's the picture we have here, but there we go.
So we're using DRAM only. It's only DRAMs. Is
it? Only DRAMs. It's a unicorn. It's an app,
and we use it to track our whiskeys with our
collection. So if you guys are interested in
ever finding out what we have on the shelves
here at the podcast studio, just DM us. I'm kind
of taken aback right now. I don't think we've
had a unicorn before. Yes, we have unicorns.
Oh. I feel so foolish. My bad. Yes, we do. He's
so dismissive, isn't he? Yes, we've got unicorns.
We've got unicorns, you fucking idiot. Alright,
well, hold on. Are you guys finding the unicorns
that we have or not? We have .8 % unicorns. Yeah,
but what are they? I don't know. I'm not asking
because I feel so dumb right now and intimidated
that I'm afraid to look stupid again. So I'm
just going to stay quiet while you guys look
for unicorns. Well, I do know that we're over
$15 ,000. I want to hear that. I got 1 .2%. He
just added this. That's why. Yeah, I just added
it. Don't we want to? Yes. How many do we have
that we haven't added to? Our OnlyDrams. Did
we add all your... We added all... All your Advent
ones? Yes, we added those. I bet you there's
more out there we haven't added. There could
be a couple out there that we haven't added.
Damn, we haven't been diligent about this. Sean.
Yeah, Sean. I blame you. What are you talking
about? You're the OnlyDrams scanner. And we have
bottles that we have tried that are not in our
OnlyDrams account. My bad. That's unacceptable.
I'll work on that. So, my bad. We'll start over
and just scan them all from scratch. We just
need to go in there and just take a look at them.
Yeah, well, you know what? We do have a great
collection. We do. And you know what? The fact
that this is saying this is Unicorn only makes
me think that, wow, this tastes even better now.
Because it is good. I mean, we gave it a high,
you know, sevens. Those are high scores. It matches
what I've been hearing the buzz from, saying
that this is hard to find. You can't find it
right now. Well, just because it's a Unicorn
doesn't mean it's great, right? Yeah. Hold on.
It just means it's really hard to find. It just
means it's hard to find. I'm not sure it always
equates to being the best of the best. Just saying.
Now, there is... Maybe. I don't know either.
There is one more level above unicorn. Really?
It's called impossible. Impossible. We have 0
% of those. Oh, is that possible? Yeah. Impossible.
We have no impossibles? No impossibles, no. So
this week, we got the final week of the Fantasy
Football League before we start the quarterfinals.
Well. And we hear at the podcast. When I start
the quarterfinals, you will not. Well, if I win
this week, there's a chance that I may be in
the quarterfinals. Interesting. Now, maybe. We'll
see what happens. It'll be fun. Our podcast.
Both Paul and Jeff are ranked number one and
two. Yeah, we're really good. Jeff has been riding
the number one seat all season long. All season
until this week. I just dethroned you just this
week. He just dethroned. But you know what? Everything
can swap again. We're all really close. How many
people? It's so frustrating. Actually, there's
not many that have 10 and 3 records like we do.
There's only two of us. Are there really only
two that have 10 and 3 records? I think you're
the only one with 10 and 3. I think I'm 9 -4
now. You know, I don't want to toot my horn about
how good I am with drafting and manage my team.
It's just that I have a very, very deep breadth
of knowledge. I think what it is is I've been
in first place so long that when I go to look
at the players, everyone at the bottom. of the
league have already consumed all of the players
that are out there. So when I go out there, there's
nobody. Well, if you look at the transitions.
I go weeks without drafting anybody. Yeah, because
I'm like, everyone at the bottom has already
been. You know what's killing me? My defense
sucks. They average four to six points a game.
Wow. And I'm still in third place in points and
at the top of the league. Yeah, but that's mismanagement
there. No, I draft people. That's not true. I
draft people who look good. You're doing a poor
job drafting them. No. I just picked up LBs all
the time that are racking up 10 points. Look,
if you look at the – is it called waivers when
you do a transaction? Waiver wires, yes. If you
look at the waiver wires, I mean, check out how
many transactions have occurred through every
person in the league. There's a lot. Yeah. Not
me. There's a lot. Well, I mean, look, Barry,
for example, has 10. So that's half his roster
he's swapped out. Smart. I mean, but my point
is, is that none of this – Your initial draft
that you do, none of that matters because he
swapped out 10, I swapped out 12. Yeah, but my
draft has been large. My starters, I think one
starter I picked up, Dart, the quarterback. That's
probably the one starter I picked up during the
regular season. I picked up Cooper Dijon as my
quarterback because my other one got hurt. So
I was like, well, I need somebody. So you've
only picked up one this whole season? No, I picked
up another kicker for the bye week, and then
he gets fucking hurt and was out. So I was like,
fuck. I had a rash of... IRs. People get hurt
all week. I mean, I lost like three or four people
the first week. It was ridiculous. Fantasy football,
jumbo. Hey, man, we got to do a classic. Look,
I want you very much to lose this week. No disrespect.
I know you do. But it's my only way to get in
there. And that doesn't even guarantee that I'm
going to make the playoffs if I beat you. There
has to be a couple other things that are going
to happen, too. But I hope it works. Look, folks.
I'm sorry. You got anything else? No, I think
we're good. Thanks, Chuck, for staying on top
of shit. December 2nd, 2025. Happy Christmas
coming up really soon. We are neck deep in the
holiday season. I love it. Balls deep. Love it.
Dudes Like Us. I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff.