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We hope you enjoy the show! everybody what's
up welcome to season 1 episode 9 of the mark
mo show podcast my name is mark meloni i'm your
host and along with me co -host and host of his
very own show AK219 Aidan Maloney; Aidan how
you doing man doing pretty fantastic excited
for this weekend starting got a tattoo yesterday
well i got a tattoo started yesterday oh yeah
which is very exciting so i'll have that finished
next month i'll have a new tattoo on top of that
one. So I'm continuing the tat journey. I love
that. I love that. And I'm doing that as well.
A little bit slower in the process. But as time
goes on, I'll keep adding. I kind of went reverse
on mine. I started with my hands and kind of
worked my way up. Right. So I've got three hand
tattoos and one wrist tattoo. Tattoo we got together
on my birthday. True. And I'm just going to kind
of keep. Moving up the old arm. Yeah, nothing
wrong with that. I just wish they weren't so
expensive But I completely understand why they
are, you know, the amount of experience and the
tools and renting out little offices So I get
it. But at the same time it's like I just wish
I had More money for them. Yeah. Oh for sure.
Yeah, which is which is why it takes time to
add them, right? But for now, I'm doing smaller
ones so they're not as pricey. But I realize
as I move up my arm and they get bigger, you're
getting into $200 and $300 and $400 tats. Yeah.
And that's something to save up for. That's something
to save up for. Agreed. That takes a little bit.
But anyway, awesome cool on tats and So talk
to me about ak -219. So you have a host or co
-host his name is Kevin Boland and Yeah, so MIA
have we found him? I'm not sure yeah as as many
of you listener out there know ak -219 has been
a little quiet recently and Yeah, I don't know
where Kevin's at I'm not entirely sure, but I've
been uploading to my personal channel, AidanSpudTheRightWay,
so if you're itching for that type of content,
you can always check out my channel. But yeah,
AK219 will come back at some point once we get
Kevin out of whatever hole he's stuck in. Yeah,
there's always risks with his spelunking. That
is true. He's in a cave somewhere, I'm sure.
That's the one thing they say about Kev. And
he's always in a hole. Always in a hole. Always
in a hole. I mean, we may fill it someday, but,
you know, he's in there. He's in there for sure.
My man. But so, there's so much content on AK219,
even though there's nothing new recently. Huge
catalog, so. Big backlog, yeah. Big backlog,
so definitely check that out for sure. And other
than that, hey, check out my radio show, After
Hours. That is on at 9 p .m. Central Standard
Time. on Tuesday nights and then Friday afternoons
at 4 p .m. Central Standard Time. It is on 103
.1 FM locally here in the Valparaiso, Indiana
area. You can also catch it on your handheld
device on the TuneIn app. You can also catch
it at wvlp .org. That is a website and there's
a stream there, so you can catch it there as
well. And yeah, we do Celtic punk. We do alt
rock. Mostly so a little bit different when it
came to the the high holiday seasons of st. Patty's
day We we did all sorts of different Irish music
For a week or two there, but yeah, it's been
really great. It's been a good show people like
it So if you like alt rock music, which I think
the past three years and change has been some
of the best stuff I think they've done in that
genre in a very, very long time. Some great bands,
some great albums. So check it out. Yeah, it's
fantastic. For all you foreign listeners out
there, shout out Philippines. If you're not super
familiar with Celtic punk or alternative rock,
it's the perfect place to get a... Check it out.
a large amount of it. Absolutely. Check out the
music. It's a good time. Not as much chitchat.
We save most of our chitchat for AK -219 and
the Mark Mo Show. Just a little bit of chat in
between the music, but mostly just music and
having a really good time. So I know some of
the bands have been getting into Glass Animals
quite a bit. They're on tour this summer. I would
love to see them. I really like them. Dexter
and the Moon Rocks, I've been listening to them
lately, I really like them, and just a lot of
good bands out there right now. A lot of good
music, yeah. Yep, there definitely is. So, alright,
well, you know, we're gonna get going here, and
here's the thing, have you ever wake up with,
like, feelings of impending doom, and I know
that's extreme, probably, maybe not, but, like,
your gut's just telling you, that like there's
some disturbance in the force. And even though
you have no idea why these feelings are like
kind of taking you over, it's just like it's
the universe or something like telling you, oh
yeah, it's gonna be that day. This one's gonna
be a ride. You might as well prep yourself, because
this is gonna be a shit show. Very true, yeah.
Usually it's a little more existential for me,
where it's like... my brain is too focused on
big picture things like national and international
news that's just like oh yeah things could fall
apart any day now sure and nothing can mean anything
if you know we're all caught in a nuclear winter
where we all die off and then i realize like
maybe it's not that big a deal so i kind of feel
where you're getting from but kind of in a more
existential big picture way for sure yeah definitely
big picture well i know last two weeks for me
uh They've kind of been that way. Work, shit,
personal life, shit. And this happens to me more
than I'd like. I mean, I'm sure it happens to
everybody, but lately it's just, it's enough.
It's like, when can I get off the ride? It's
just enough. And I know for many of you, like
I said, it's a lot less. But. It seems like it's
now like a monthly occurrence. Maybe even more
frequently than that. And I'm completely convinced
there's somebody on this planet that has a Mark
Mo voodoo doll somewhere. Or somebody's put a
hex on me and we need to find that witch and
we need to turn that shit around. I can't explain
it. It causes things that... make my happy go
away, and that's not good. And work, holy shit.
It's almost its own shit show. But I swear, I
can't have more than three consecutive happy
productive days in a row. It's just, I swear
to God, and I don't know why. And normally I'm
a happy dude. People who know me are just like,
he's happy -go -lucky guy. He's always thinking
of others before himself, and this and that.
But holy shit. I mean, it's just like, It causes
exhaustion, frustration, anxiety, depression,
all that shit. And there's just some nights over
the past couple of weeks, I'm literally falling
asleep. I'm out with friends and I'm falling
asleep, because I'm just so over all the bullshit.
I am just exhausted. Yeah. And it's like, I can
caffeine up. It helps a little bit. But ultimately,
my body is ready to shut down. And it's crazy.
So I guess the main question is like, What do
you do? You know, I suppose that's the right
question, right? Like, what do you do? If shit's
going sideways in your life, change the people,
change the job, perhaps leave town, change everything
at once. I mean, all those options seem to be
on the table. Right. I wish there was a simple
answer to a complex problem. There's not, of
course. I wish the person with the Mark Mo Voodoo
doll... We get hit by a bus, fall down a ravine,
get mauled by a bear. I really do. Like all of
those things, I need that to happen. And yes,
all in that order. So what have you done, Aiden?
So when shit goes sideways in your life, whether
it's minimally or like a bunch of things at once,
what do you do? Do you have a plan? Is it like
you sit there and be like, okay, this, this and
this, we need to do that. Or do you kind of have
the attitude like, ah fuck, I'm just gonna ride
this out. and things naturally change course
on their own. How do you view it and what do
you do? I think it depends on what type of situation
I'm in mentally because you mentioned both depressive
and anxious stresses and I feel like I experience
those two very differently than each other. So
if I'm in a real anxious stress then You know
I can't relax right, so I'll I'll just busy myself
right I'll Clean the floors. I'll do I'll do
some kind of busy work right yeah until Like
my brain and body calm down, and then I can like
relax eat food whatever else Whereas if it's
a more depressive stress. I find myself. Just
like chilling on the couch watching anything
mind -numbing right just sure Avoid the occurrence
of a thought happening. You know always to screening
it. You know big TV on small phone in my hand
So it's granted. That's not necessarily a healthy
answer to the question It's just what I find
myself manage right. It's it's the coping mechanisms.
I've fallen into and as far as like Plan versus
writing it out. I I rarely have a plan for most
things because I I just find myself in in situations
where improvising tends to work out. Sure. So
making a plan has never necessarily been a necessity.
But yeah, I think recognizing what type of stress
is affecting me is key because if it's an anxious
stress, I know, okay, I'm going to be up today.
You know, I'm going to be up doing stuff until
this passes. Whereas if it's a depressive stress,
you know, coping by doom scrolling or Watching
TV for eight hours not healthy, so I try and
break myself from that by you know sitting down
recording YouTube videos or Editing things anything
like that to where I'm still idle But I'm not
Doing nothing right yeah, so it's it's about
finding the balance between habitual coping mechanisms
and turning them into productive ones. Yeah,
that makes sense. That I find works best for
me. That's really interesting. Yeah, I've yet
to find the perfect solution. Sometimes, and
this is just, you know, we're here in Northwest
Indiana, I know we got listeners all over the
world, but you know, maybe some of you guys do
the same thing, where you just find a corner
of your world to just go exist. Like for me,
it's this really big park. north of town is big
lakes and big trees and the whole thing and walking
paths and all that. And especially that it's
like it's not summertime. Summertime it tends
to get a little busier there but like it's not
busy now so you can walk around there's not too
many people. And you can kind of just breathe
the fresh air and just try to kind of work things
out. But I kind of find this too and it used
to help quite a bit when I was in a situation
in Florida. I was told to do a wide variety of
things to help out. One of those was you are
10 minutes away from the Gulf of Mexico. Why
are you not there every day? Excellent point.
And I would go there and just hang out and meet
people. But more importantly, just sit there
and just let the breeze hit your face and listen
to the waves and the birds and the whole thing.
And it just, it was helpful. And even a little
bit here in the Midwest, we have Lake Michigan.
It's a big lake. kind of the same deal, but I
find lately that it hasn't been helping as much
because now I'm just alone in my own thoughts.
If those thoughts aren't good, there's no environment
that I feel is going to help with that. That's
been the challenging part. So to your point,
maybe just being busy, maybe just doing something.
Focusing on something else kind of gets your
head out of whatever space you're in right doing
something else so I think you have some really
good points there because You know what maybe
worked one time in another situation isn't always
gonna work sure. Yeah, you know people change
so Their coping mechanisms what does and doesn't
work will also change But what I mentioned also
isn't a cure -all right because people react
to stresses differently. Sure. So that's just
what works for me. I would recommend it because
A, it's worked for me, but I'm only one person.
But the B in that whole scenario is that it works,
but it also has a positive result of your stuff
getting done. You know where especially if it's
like that anxious stress, which I feel tends
to happen in my life more than depressive stresses
Where I'm just anxious for no reason sometimes
it just comes in a wave and I'm like, yeah I'm
almost like shot up out of my seat. I'm like,
oh whoa like whatever happened in my brain created
a Physiological reaction I cannot sit down right
now. Yeah. Oh, yeah and just doing stuff helps,
you know So it works for me. It's worth a shot,
you know Yeah, no doubt and and it doesn't cost
any money and you don't need pharmaceuticals
for it, right? Exactly. And that's that's one
thing in my life that I've avoided Are the the
pills of various kinds to help? Oh, it's a chemical
imbalance. It's this it's that and I'm kind of
like Well number one, we're all human. Sure.
The chemicals are all the same. It's not like
Humans have different chemicals. We're all made
up the same way so that being said Why why would
I need some pharmaceutical to balance me out
unless the receptors are Receiving or sending
different quantities unless there's really like
right like a physical problem You know that that
requires pills or surgery or whatever the case
is but for me. It's like you're giving me a pill
to kind of, it's not gonna resolve it. I mean,
pills mask. That's what they do, that's their
job. They mask whatever the problem is. Rarely
does it here take this pill, it's going to fix
everything. Well no, it's just gonna mask it.
Right, and then you need to take it. for the
rest of your life. You take it for the rest of
your life. And then at what point does that dose
not do it anymore? And then you're taking other
doses or then you're taking different. But it's
just it's I don't want to get into that. I remember
before my parents passed and we were cleaning
out the house, they had more pill bottles in
their house between the two of them. I can't
even begin to describe it. I really can't. They're
probably threw away 30 pill bottles. Damn. and
they're taking pills for this and then pills
for that and then those pills create this, so
you gotta take pills for that. It's stupid. And
even when it comes to something psychological
like this or mental health, whatever, I'm hesitant
to do that. I would almost rather figure it out
on my own, talk to someone licensed who can help
get your thoughts in order. Sure. I don't know.
That's just kind of the way that I look at it.
And it's frustrating because a lot of things,
a lot of times, at least for me, you end up blaming
yourself for a lot of things, because it's your
life. So how you're reacting to something, you
just kind of blame yourself for that. But then
even just because of whatever event has taken
place that has caused it, then you end up blaming
yourself for the event, which... you know, eight,
nine times out of ten is not the case, but you
end up doing it anyway. Sure. Yeah. Some form
of self -sabotage, I suppose. I don't know. But
it's frustrating because if it's just an occurrence
or an event, those happen. And to me, it's like
you get over those. But when it involves like
another human being, whatever that is, whether
it's a relationship or a friendship or a work
colleague or whatever the case is, it's like
another human being. And when you get to be adults,
it's tougher to change people. It's tougher to
change people's behavior. It can be done, but
it's much more challenging. And if the problem
exists with that other human being, there's really
not too many other choices but to either A, confront
it, see if you can fix it, or B, end that situation
altogether because it's just not good for you.
And I've run into a few situations like that.
you know, over the course of the last six months
or whatever, and it really, it's exhausting.
It's exhausting. And I know some people probably
don't get it, or people that aren't currently
experiencing that, they're, oh man, just get
over it. Well, really? Okay. You know, and it's,
everybody reacts differently to different situations.
Right. And when it comes to people, especially
if you care for them deeply, it's... It's tougher
than you'd think. Sure. Because then it makes
you question everything. It makes you question
your judgment and your ability to make or want
friends. And it's messed up. It's really messed
up. And I don't think people look at it as deeply
as I've been looking at it. But it all kind of
works together in this whole disturbance that
I've been talking about. And it makes it really
hard. In many ways, you say, you know, I'm single,
my kids are grown. I have a job, but it's not
like, I love it, it's the end, I'll be all job.
It's just a job. And why not just go? Why not
just, I don't own a home, I wouldn't have to
sell it. It's very easy to just be like, take
a weekend, throw 90 % of your shit away and just
go. And I think we had talked about that. off
podcast like the appeal to that oh sure yeah
now does that necessarily means gonna fix everything
may it may not it's that's always the gamble
with a move like that but in the same sense if
you just find like this is on repeat it's like
a record with a scratch it's skip skip skip skip
and if you just find like you're in that mode
you have to try something different an analogy
i like to use too is like the steak in the fridge
analogy where it's like, man, I want a steak.
You open the fridge. There's no steak. Ah, damn.
You shut it. But 20 minutes later, you're like,
I want a steak. And you go back to the fridge.
Same situation. Right. That's almost the very
definition of insanity. It's like, look, steak's
not there, man. You got to do something different.
And I'm kind of at the steak's not there point.
Yeah. About tired of looking in that refrigerator.
Dude, I am. I am. And it's one of those things,
like you said, it gets to a lot of self -sabotage
where you're just kind of like blaming yourself
for a lot of stuff. But at the same sense, it's
like, you know, everybody has a role in how things
are playing along in your life. And it doesn't
necessarily mean you're doing anything wrong.
It can be a lot of other instances and people
and stuff that are going on that are affecting
that. And the only way you can do that is just
dust yourself off and hit the fucking trail.
I'm not saying I'm close to that, but I'm thinking
about it. And to our audience, we always kind
of point out, by the way, like and subscribe,
thank you. We always point out, hit up our socials,
DM us whatever you want to do. And let us know.
I would love to know what you guys do in situations
where your life is going sideways for various
reasons. Like, how do you do it? How do you fix
it? Do you just up and change everything? Do
you just pick each battle? I would love to know
from the listeners what they do. Because having
a few bad days turn into a few bad months, turning
into a bad year, that sucks. Right. That sucks.
And at what point do you just say, okay, I'm
getting off the ride? That's true. And you only
get so many of those aforementioned years anyway.
So why continue to put yourself through it? True.
That's the whole point. If you get people that
you care deeply for, that you assume cared for
you, and then all of a sudden it's like, well,
maybe not as much. Why? Yeah. Why? Or you have
a job you don't love. I was criticized by some
people because I up and quit an incredibly toxic
situation. But for my mental health, I had to
do it. And some people are like, oh, how could
you do that without having another job? I'm like,
well, it's not fucking magic. I can't just like
wave a wand and be like, oh, there's a new job.
There we go. It could take weeks, months, a year,
more than that to find something, especially
here in America. It might be different around
the world. But jobs don't fucking grow on trees
here. Yeah. But once again, I always tell people,
if you have something and it is toxic and you're
trying, whether it's the people or the company
or whatever the case is, and you've given it
a try, fuck them. Get out. You said it. You only
get so many years at this. Right. Why put yourself
through it? There's no reason to. It's true.
It's very true. But at any rate, like I said,
hit us up if you want to. DMs smoke signals,
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we appreciate each and every one of you guys
for checking in week in a week out to the old
podcast and It's about the time where we we take
a break because we didn't really come up with
a lot of answers there But that's okay It's kind
of cathartic to talk about it. Sometimes the
best scientific conventions are the ones that
ask more questions. This is why I have this guy
over here. Right here, right here. Alright, quick
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Aidan. Oh, wonderful. The first one I have is
Mr. Dunn Dating. So his name is Mr. Dunn, Mr.
Dunn, Dunn dating. Mr. Dunn is Dunn dating. Mr.
Dunn is Dunn dating. That's what I'm getting
at. Dunn and Dunn. Dunn and Dunn. Ah, it's a
Parks and Rec reference. Exactly. Beautiful.
Well played. What's up, bros? The dating scene
is whack, but I gotta know, if you're in a club
and there are two girls flirting with you, one
has a beautiful face, but a very mid -body. And
honestly, we could question this as being a guy
or a girl, so let's just throw that out there
as this. Sorry, Mr. Dunn, we're gonna do it that
way. We're being fair. We're gonna be fair. So
if the two people, one has a very attractive
face, but a very mid -body, and the other one...
has a very mid -face and an amazing body, who
you hitting on? I... Well, first of all, trick
question. I don't hit on people. There you go.
Yeah. So every relationship I've been in, I haven't
made the first move. Just I just don't you just
let the bevy of women come to you exactly. Yes
I later play out in front of me like a circus.
No, that's ha ha. That's very mean I don't I
don't mean that but yeah, no, I I Don't play
my hand like that. I don't play my cards like
that. So I wouldn't do anything Necessarily.
No, but to be completely fair. I would say If
I did have that personality type, that more outgoing,
extroverted personality type, probably the one
with the beautiful face, you know? Because you
spend more time looking at another person's face
than you do their body. That's true. That is
definitely true. Yeah, I might kind of be the
same way, but for me, it's kind of a vibe. You
know, if they happen to be super attractive,
great. As one perceives it, everybody can perceive
what attractiveness is. Subjective. Subjective.
So it's the vibe. It's the vibe for me and how
I'm feeling it. And I've talked about this before
on my radio show and probably a little bit on
podcast. I trust my gut instincts all the time.
Like they're just never wrong. And I don't know
if it's an ability that I've acquired because
my grandfather I'm sorry, my father was a hypnotist
and kind of psychic and into the dark arts and
all that kind of stuff, which is kind of cool.
But he kind of had that ability and his mother
had that ability. She used to read tea leaves
for girls or for women in the neighborhood back
in the day. So I don't know if this super gut
instinct thing that I have is kind of part of
that, that ability. But like, it's never wrong.
It's just never wrong. And so like if I sit there
and I'm not sure about a situation or if I'm
not sure about a person, I better damn well listen.
Because it is, like I said, 99 % of the time.
It works every time. No, it's dead on. It's dead
on all the time. So yeah, it's got to be a vibe
for me. Not necessarily a look or a body or whatever.
Like I said, if someone If I get a good feeling
about someone and they fit the type that I like,
great. Super awesome. It's a win -win. But if
not, then that's probably just a person that
becomes a friend. And that's great. That's super.
That's a win either way. Right. Yeah, because
that's the whole thing about relationships in
general, right? Is you have to be, you know...
attracted to them romantically, but then you
also have to be interested in them as an individual.
If you like one of those things, some shit's
not gonna pan out. It's not gonna pan out. So,
yeah, you gotta have both. I would agree. Definitely
agree with that. What do I do? Oh no. Blood is
lost. Guys, I'm in big trouble. I got really
drunk last week and ended up having sex with
my brother's girlfriend. Oh shit. That isn't
the worst part. I had sex with her again the
next night while I was sober, and we both hooked
up with my brother's ex. What do I do? Oh, you're
cooked. You're cooked. I would fold cash out
of that table, change your name, move across
the world. You're cooked. That's bad news, dude.
Yeah, because now you're on your brother's shit
list. Yeah. Big time, because you did the girlfriend
and then an ex. And then the ex, right. Yeah.
That brother's going to kill you. Yeah, your
family life is cooked. Yeah, oh yeah. Yeah, I
would say fake your death. Change your name,
move across the country. No doubt. Yeah, change
your name, witness protection program. Yeah.
Something like that. Change your name to Harvey
Danger. I don't know, just like, you gotta change
it up though. You definitely have to change that
up. Man, that is something. I don't know if I'd
even have the energy to pull that off. No. I
don't know why you would. Why would you risk
that? Why would you do it? Why would you do it?
Because ultimately, things with the girlfriend
probably aren't going to work out. And you just
destroyed your relationship with your brother
twice over because then you did the X. And when
you're talking about family or best friends,
like exes typically are kind of hands off. Yeah.
Unless you despised your brother, in which case...
That's different. In which case you're probably
fine. Nothing changes. You're just kind of an
asshole yourself. Right. But yeah, if you guys
were tight, you're not now. Nope. You are not
now. That's it. Thanksgiving dinner will never
be the same again. Yeah, it's one of those Thanksgiving
dinners where you're hoping you're hoping they
start talking about politics So that doesn't
get brought up right and that is boy is that
something right? Please start talking about Trump
Really? Well, you have no idea what's coming
next. Yeah At baseball babe 23 time for ball
boys. Who are some of your favorite teams and
players? Well, I like the Cubs. I like the Red
Sox. I like the Orioles. I like the Mariners
Yeah, I like the Marlins It's probably my top,
my top teams right there. I can fuck with the
Twins. Sure, yeah. Twins and Tigers, I'm kind
of fine with. Yeah, Tigers, true. I like me some
Detroit teams. Favorite players, I like Kyle
Schwarber. Schwarbs. Saw him get a couple home
runs recently. Yeah, oh for sure. Which was fantastic,
just sucks he's not in Chicago anymore. Yeah,
I always root for the Chicagoans, current or
former. Yeah, I agree with that. Yeah, no doubt.
Yeah, I'm pretty much the same way. The Red Sox
and the Cubs, they're 1 and 1A for me. And then
a lot of the same teams that you mentioned, Orioles
and Mariners. I like the Padres, too. Padres,
I do like the Padres. I agree. I do like the
Padres quite a bit. And when it comes to players,
Shohei Otani is a stud. He's a G. It's always
fun watching him. And then Freddie Freeman that
dude is pretty crazy Freddie Freeman He looks
like the most basic white dude, and then he like
hits 12 home runs in a world series It's like
oh my god. Yes. He does yes. He does that guy
that guy is something else and Yeah, I don't
know they mean there's a lot of other good players
Juan Soto's a stud true, but he plays for the
Mets So that works against him, but yeah still
great. Oh well. I mean get that check man Yeah,
for sure. Get that paper. Cubs went and got Kyle
Tucker, so I know Tuck and Danesby Swanson and,
you know, all those guys. They're really great.
Hopefully they click this year. Hope. Yeah. Hope
they click. The Red Sox and Cubs both have an
opportunity to make the postseason this year.
So I suppose when the season is young and you
can realistically say, hey, I think we've got
a shot. Then it makes it makes a spring and summer
fun. Very true. I would agree. It really does.
But yeah, so baseball, babe, thank you for that
question. Great question. Yeah, it's good. And
then last and not least, Stoner Stanley 420.
Hey, my man. Hey, Alan and Momo. Happy days.
And the winter is almost over. Now it is not
so cold in my van. Oh. I bought a rug from a
homeless guy. He smells. Oh, God. Well, that
begs the question, does the rug also? I was just
about to ask that. If he smells, his rug has
probably got to be gross, too. I'm sure it is.
I mean, good on the homeless guy for making that
sale. Perhaps he's got a future in sales marketing.
Possibly. Could be getting some paper for him.
I would just say first of all, thanks for checking
in. Secondly, I agree. Big, big ups that winter
is almost over. Thank God. Yeah. But yeah, I
would before you interact with that rug any further,
I would get it cleaned. And if you've touched
it at all, I would get yourself tested for kind
of anything. Anything. Yeah. And one begs the
question, if he lives in a van, what's he doing
with a rug? Yeah, is it like one of those vans
where there's only the two front seats and the
entire back is just open Yeah, and maybe he's
got like a sesh room back there for his stoner
Stanley tasks tasks yeah, possibly that could
be or We haven't seen Kevin a while Oh, if he
gets wrapped up in the rug. That's what I'm thinking.
Oh, man, it's going to make the rug smell worse.
100%. No, think about the rug. Think about the
rug. Now we've changed it up completely. Now
we're concerned about the rug, for sure. Well,
Stanley, yeah, we're happy. Spring is here, and
you've got a rug that's great. Keep up the good
work, man. Keep up that good work, for sure.
All right, that's it for me. What do you got,
Aiden? I got some DMs here as well. Our homeboy,
CrippyGru, checking in, asking, what are some
apps that you absolutely love? Oh, my. Some apps.
I have a love -hate relationship with social
media, mostly on the hate side, because I don't
use social media anymore, right? The only thing
I use it for is posting AK219 updates. Your show
promos. Yeah. That's 80 % of what I do. So I
would say some of the apps I love recently is
the Brave browser, which doesn't really sound
like a lot. It's just a browser. But on most
phones, you can't get browsers that have ad blockers
and everything like that. So you can't watch
YouTube ad free. Because you know you can get
ad blockers on PC and everything like that you
can't on your phone, but Brave browser has that
oh So it's the only thing I use to like watch
YouTube without seeing 500 ads So go through
brave browser. Yes, I highly recommend that none
of these are sponsored, but I do recommend that
that is That's been a fucking wonder to find
another cool one. I think I think this one is
US only but it's the Merlin Bird ID app. It's
from Cornell Labs, so it's made by a university,
right? Completely free, but you log in, you set
your geographical location as like, I think I've
got mine set as like the Great Lakes region,
and like you were mentioning earlier, you like
walking around the park, you can just have the
app open. And it'll like track different birds
that it hears, like whether they're singing,
whether they're chirping, what type of bird it
is, how far away it is. Whoa. Completely free
app, no ads. Wow, that's trippy. Yeah. And I
was like, this is fucking righteous. Yeah. So
that one was really cool. I like that a lot.
You got any big apps you're a fan of? Yeah. Mine
are probably going to be pretty standard. The
Untapped app I would recommend too. Untapped,
yep. I second that. That's a fun one for sure
if you are a purveyor of the golden alcoholic
suds known as beer. It's pretty fantastic. Well,
since most of you, well, all of the listeners
really know I'm a movie guy, because I have a
movie segment of the show. Fandango. Oh, sure.
Helps me review films, look at them. They've
got Rotten Tomatoes scores on there. Although
I don't always pay attention to them, especially
when, because they give you two ratings, the
ratings for the fans and then the ratings for
the reviewers. And when there's a huge disparity.
That's when I kind of throw that out the window.
Oh, sure. Because, like, for example, Marvel
movies, you always get that. Like, their viewers
will have it down to, like, 50 % and the fans
are, like, 88. Yeah. You're like, OK, they're
probably right. But you just never know. But
that comes in more handy where you flip on there
and it's like a 44 and a 50. You're like, OK,
that movie's probably trash. Yeah, probably whack.
Versus, like, where they're both in the 90s.
You're like, which I did with a movie called
Black Bag recently. And that was a fantastic
movie. That's wonderful. So that was really good.
Foreshadowing. Yeah, I know, right? But other
than that, you know, I'm on the socials. But
once again, a lot of show promo stuff, a lot
of... you know wish people happy birthday just
like stuff like that that's largely what I do
and then I have a very small group of people
that I might interact with like if I go out and
I'm having a good time at the bar I'll throw
it up there you know if I'm at a specific location
because then I figure like if I say I'm in Crown
Point Indiana or if I'm in Valpo or if I'm in
Michigan City or if I'm somewhere I'm gonna post
it in the case that maybe somebody I know is
like oh my god I'm in Michigan City and then
they they know and I know snapchat's good for
that because they have the map yeah you know
but but But I like doing it just to be like,
hey, I'm here. Because I always welcome anybody
I know just like, hey, come and hang out. Sure.
It's always an open invitation. I would probably
say, well, YouTube for sure. Oh, for sure. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. For sure. That's kind of my main
source of entertainment these days. Reddit. Reddit
is a gold mine. I like going down the rabbit
hole quite a bit. There is this one app called
Layout. And if you have a lot of photos and you're
doing some sort of collage from say a vacation
or you had a great night out with friends or
something like that, it's a very useful tool
to... Instead of just like photo photo photo
photo photo and just like throwing them all up
on Facebook You can just do it in one image and
just have them laid out in an artistic way Yeah,
just throw up the one image which I kind of like
doing it's what I do for this show when I do
my promos So it's it's it's that's pretty handy.
It's free. Yeah, you know, so that's like freeze
for me freeze for me as well and The Casto it's
C A S T T O screen mirror So that's on your phone.
So if I'm on my phone and I'm There's some content.
I'm watching on my phone. I can project it onto
my TV. Oh That's pretty clutch. I can project
it on my TV. So that's that's kind of nice. Mm
-hmm. Yep Yeah, so I I kind of like that one
and I man I think that's Probably there's there's
a cool one. I like as well. It's called night
sky So it just takes your GPS location, and then
it uses your phones like gyroscope like how it
is angled Yep, and where you are on earth and
what time of evening it is okay? You can look
up at the night sky and of course we get some
kind of harsh light pollution light pollution
in Northwest, Indiana from Chicago and the steel
mills and everything like that But you can see
some stars and it'll like you can point it up
at the star It'll tell you what it is how far
away it is whether or not It's a planet like
what part of what constellation it's in you can
point it down at your feet And it'll show you
through the earth what people on the other side
of the night are seeing in their night sky Oh,
no way, so that's kind of cool, and I think the
last one that I like using is a is an app called
plant net Where you can take a picture of a plant?
It'll tell you like what kind of plant it is,
what it's good for, like medicinal or aesthetics,
whether or not it's like more of a weedy invasive
plant or if it's like healthy and good for pollinators.
So I like that a lot too. That's helpful because,
you know, as you say, you get a garden and especially
earlier in the spring and things all start sprouting
up and you sit there and you're like, okay, should
I keep this or not? Because No one likes a yard
full of weeds. But in the same sense, if there's
a specific kind, like, was it goldenrod or whatever
that was growing in my garden? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I had noticed in the fall, I got these really,
they were very small flowers, and they just kind
of these plumes, but kind of this golden color.
And I found out, like, the big flying pandas,
also known as bumblebees, tend to like them.
They're always around them. And I thought, well,
shit. I almost pulled those. If they like them,
why am I going to pull it? Yeah, right. And I
read, yeah, that's a big pollinator plant. Yeah.
And I didn't know that. So that was kind of a
cool thing to figure out. It is very cool. Yeah.
So. I like those a lot. Good question there,
Crip. We got a question here from Gumbo Wumbo,
another one of the Gumbo Clan. Cats or dogs?
One of the age -old questions. Cats or dogs?
Now, I'm going. I'm going to preface my answer
by saying I don't dislike cats. Sure. I don't.
But I'm a dog guy all the way. I grew up in a
dog household. We had numerous dogs. When your
mother and I got together, dog household, had
a lot of dogs. We had one cat. And the dogs plotted
against that thing every day. Like it was a military
operation. And they're just like, we're going
to get this cat. And the cat's like, argh. And
to be fair, the cat was kind of cool. Like if
there were no dogs around, the cat was pretty
cool. His name was BMO. BMO, my man. And so to
be fair to him, it wasn't really BMO's fault.
But the dogs just did not have the patience or
time for that damn cat. but always been a dog
family but as I said I don't hate cats but I
tend to find them oh and not all of them because
it's it's broad there's a broad statement but
I do tend to find some cats are kind of like
hey F you it's like okay and you're cleaning
their letterbox and you're getting their food
together and then up on your table and they're
eating your food and you're what the hell's right
Chance are you tell a dog no once that dog's
like, okay, that's a no -go. So I am NOT gonna
do that again Whereas cats you you can't control
them. You can't at the same. You cannot be like
cat Put them down on the ground. Don't do that.
That cats like fuck you Yeah, that's gonna be
up there doing it again or up on a counter or
whatever the case is they wreak havoc and So
that's just kind of my I guess why I might prefer
one over the other sure and then some are just
assholes That is true. Yeah. Can a dog be an
asshole? Not so much. I think dogs can be more
violent. Right. And they typically take after
their owners and how they were trained. So they
can be trained to be assholes. They can be mistrained
to be violent. Yeah. Most dogs just want to sit
by you and get pet and fetch a ball in the yard
and just eat massive amounts of food and then
take massive amounts of crap. Yeah. That's the
dog. That's what the dog does very simple beings.
Yeah, so I would I'd give the edge to dogs sure
I can I Used to be like that 100 % of the way
Because like you said we grew up with dogs in
the family house forever, you know Sometimes
having up to three dogs in the house at a time
which was chaotic, but it was fun It's fun and
it was it's good for each other because when
you're out of the house the dogs kind of have
Dave They have companionship, right? But over
the last five years, I've spent my life, of course
with my girlfriend, and she's always had cats,
so we went from two cats to now we have three
cats. And I don't know, I think I just maybe
like cats more simply in the fact that they just
do their own thing. You know, they don't need
my attention to let them outside, they don't
need my guidance in training, they don't need...
You know my attention to play they just do their
own shit and then when they tire themselves out
They come in, you know lay down and cuddle In
between my legs for a while and you'll roll up
in a blanket next to me something like that And
I think I think that's just better suited for
me recently Yeah, i'm not saying i'm i'm not
saying i'm stuck in this opinion. I'm just saying
this is how This is how I feel recently. Yeah
that I would lean towards cats just because Life
is so busy, you know working that it is working
a full -time job running two podcasts for YouTube
channels On top of that trying to try to maintain
friendships and hanging out with family Yeah,
I think cats are just better suited for me right
now because they just do their own shit And then
when they want pets, they'll come around for
a half an hour and then fuck right back off to
the windowsill or something. That's what they
do. That's true. Yeah, I think I would lean cats
as of recently. All right. Yeah. Final question
I received. Banana Bread asks, finally a question
from food itself. Yes. What do you secretly judge
people for? It's kind of a heavy question. Unless
banana bread is secretly judging us for eating
it. Could be. The first thing that comes to mind
for me, something I secretly judge people for
is gossiping. Yeah. If you gossip to me about
somebody, I will assume any information I divulge
to you, you will gossip behind my back as well.
Now, I'm not going to call you out for gossiping.
Nope. Because you might gossip to someone else
that I called you out for gossiping. I will keep
that shit to myself and internalize the fact
that I do not trust you. Yeah, oh for sure. I
would say gossiping is a big one. Secretly judge
people for. I outwardly judge people for being
fascists. Oh for sure. That one's not secret
judgment. I'll just say that out loud. Yep, I
agree. But yeah, I think gossiping is a big one
for me because it's just immature. Oh yeah. You
know, I really don't like that. Yeah, it's incredibly
immature yeah, I I judge people largely by the
company that they keep and Oh sure. Yeah, you
know cuz you you may have a friend or an acquaintance,
whatever the case is and You see the two or three
or four people they hang out with the most and
you're like, man, I don't like them. Well Do
the math then right? Yeah, if you don't like
A B and C but you kind of Talk to D. Maybe D
is kind of someone you should probably not write
it with right So I really do judge people by
the company that they keep that's fair to do
I'd say yeah, and I you know, I judge I Judge
people by their decisions I'm not saying everybody's
perfect. We're not and we say dumb things we
do dumb things and we make bad decisions That's
that's part of being human sure but when people
make decisions Like time and time again, you're
just like, hmm. Not learning from their mistakes.
Yeah. Because I judge them based on that. I really
do. And it stems from our earlier conversation
about people just being grown up and taking responsibility
and doing stuff like that. And some people don't.
Some people just make bad decisions. And you
can't control that. That's true. I will judge
you based on those decisions or non -decisions,
I suppose. That is a good point. Yeah. And that
is the last DM I received. Awesome. Well, hey,
guys, DMs were great today. Good job. Keep them
coming. We have socials, Facebook. Instagram,
Twitter, Onlyfeet, all that stuff. So make sure
you hit us up, drop us a DM. If you want to throw
some crazy stuff out there, crazy story, we will
welcome it. If you just want to ask a question,
we had good questions today, throw a question
out there. We will answer it within reason if
you send us your social security card in the
mail. Yes, you have to do that. We'll send you
back a photocopy for your sake. Credit card numbers,
three digits on the back. Yeah. Expiration day.
Full name on card. You have to have that. Yeah.
The D -deer house. If you've got one. If you've
got one. Yeah. If not, we'll take your dog or
cat, depending on, you know, I'll take the dog,
he'll take the cat. Yeah. Ship us your car. Ship
us your car, we'll take the car. If you pay for
the shipping, we will take that car completely
off your hands, no problem. And we will take
very good care of said automobile. Absolutely.
You're welcome. Because you earned that. You
have earned that. By being a great listener.
No doubt. Well, we are going to do one more thing
before we take our next break. And that's a little
thing that Aiden came up with a while back. So
we had a lot of foodie conversation. We are foodies
here for sure. And Aiden does the other foods.
You might ask, wow, cool. What's that? Well,
the other foods are, well, foods that might make
a billy goat puke. Foods that aren't your typical
food by chance. Sure. For example, We used to
go to this thing called Springfest. It's down
in West Lafayette, Indiana. Good old West La.
Where Purdue was located. And they used to have
this spring day or whatever the hell they called
it. And they had all these little educational
things all over campus. Designed for kids, really
kids of all ages. Sure. From middle schoolers,
even up to high school. It was just really a
great opportunity for kids to learn stuff and
have fun doing it. Very fun, yeah. Well, we did
this one thing and they had fried crickets. Fried
crickets, they had mealworm smoothie. Yeah, they
had a handful of like alternative protein type
foods. Yes. Yeah. I would not try any of that.
You would have to have a flamethrower aimed at
my penis to have me eat any of these types of
items. That's gonna really be a bad time. Hey
-o! This guy, I believe, tried some. His mother,
I know, tried some. I had the mealworm smoothie.
It was a strawberry smoothie, and it just tasted
like strawberry smoothie. Hmm, interesting. Yeah.
Couldn't taste mealworms. Couldn't taste mealworms.
Why at them? Protein? I don't know. Well, there
you go. That might be it. Yeah. That might be
it. Otherwise, it's like, I have tried... They
make these cricket... Tortilla chips these cricket
Doritos. Oh, so they're Doritos with cricket
protein added to them. Okay, and they just taste
like Doritos Hmm, but they're like high protein
Doritos because they have cricket protein in
them The biggest hurdle to get over is the fact
you're eating crickets. The easy hurdle is the
fact that they taste fantastic It tastes like
a Dorito. Yeah, so it's it's really a give -and
-take if you can mentally Push yourself to be
like it doesn't matter. There's crickets in here
if it's tasty Got it. Yeah. Point taken. That
being said. That being said, we're just going
to move right past the bugs and watch him talk
about bugs. Right. What do you got for us today?
I have, I wanted, I did some research. I always
do my research ahead of time. And I wanted to
do something kind of outside of the Nordic countries.
Because I focus a lot on like, Bad American food.
Bad, nasty Nordic food. Sure. Or Scandinavian
food. Uh, nasty, uh, Japanese or Chinese food.
But I found this one out of Greenland. Oh. Which,
I mean, I, I've not... Is that, is that the one
we're trying to make the 51st date or 52nd date?
It's the 53rd, I don't know. By the way, Greenland,
we love you for listening to this show. We don't
want your country. Yes. The orange asshole wants
your country. We don't. No. Keep your country.
Yeah, keep it defend it. Don't let don't let
the US fascists take our Lord Unbelievable shoutouts
to Canada to Canada Greenland, Mexico. I swear
to God we actually care for you We most of us
do but this comes out of Greenland a little something
called Kiviok Oh, I hope I'm pronouncing that
right what what's your spelling on that? Kiv
I a K Oh, okay. Kiviak, I imagine. Okay. And
this article comes from the disgustingfoodmuseum
.com. Oh, no. I found this website. I found this
article. It had many of the things we've covered,
like it had surstromming and balut eggs. Yeah.
And what was the one thing we covered? It was
the one Indian health drink that's just like
cow's piss. Oh, yeah. Ah, yeah. I remember that
one. They had a couple of those. And then I saw
this. I'm like... Oh, this isn't familiar. So
this is Kiviak, and this is their article from
disgustingfoodmuseum .com. A freshly disemboweled
seal is stuffed with up to 500 small arctic birds
called little awk. It is then sewn shut and sealed
with seal fat to prevent flies from getting in.
The birds are buried and left to ferment in the
seal carcass. for three to 18 months. Ah, whoa.
Let me know if you need a recap so far. This
is only the first part. This is only the first
part? Holy hell. So to recap, disemboweled seal,
500 birds stuffed inside, it's sealed and then
put in the ground for 18 months. I'm hungry already.
Kiviok is eaten by biting off the bird's head
first and then sucking out the juices inside.
Oh, no, no, no, no. The birds can be eaten whole.
Bones and all. It is especially popular during
the Arctic winter celebrations. The taste of
Kiviak has been described as similar to Gorgonzola
cheese. This unusual preservation method has
helped Greenlanders survive harsh winters and
food shortages. Yeah, ooh, okay. Yeah, I mean,
you go to great lengths to survive harsh winters.
Sure. If necessary, but this is just fucking
nuts. In my opinion. Yeah. In my opinion. Good
God. It continues. Only ox, the birds, 500 of
which go in the seal. Only ox can be used for
kiviak as other birds do not ferment as well
as evidenced by the use of eider birds in 2013.
The eiders didn't ferment as well as the ox giving
an elderly man botulism later killing him. At
the time it was not known that the Eiders were
the cause of his death, so that same kiviok was
served at his funeral. No. It was eaten by many
of the grieving visitors who also became sick.
This is where it gets disturbing. The dead man's
daughter, present at the funeral, also died from
the kiviok she ate. Oh no. That killed her father.
Many others got that same botulism. That's just...
Guys, can we not eat dangerous food? Let's not
do it. Maybe? Let's say no. Maybe? I mean, I
know dying from starvation is scary, but dying
from botulism is scary as shit, too. Yeah, no
to Kiviak and yes to life. Right. Little ox are
migratory within the Arctic region, moving between
Canada, Svalbard, Greenland, a bunch of different
places up there. For a few weeks in the spring,
millions of these tiny birds are found in the
cliffs. of southwestern Greenland, and the locals
catch and eat as many as they can, and preserve
the birds during consumption for the rest of
the year, sometimes with the kiviok method. Oh
no. Good lord. Yeah, so that's... that's kiviok
for ya. I mean, shout out Greenland, but I...
Please, if I ever visit, don't serve me that.
Don't, please, yeah. I'll just take whatever...
regular people food you have. Oh my lord. So
dude. God bless you Greenland. Woo buddy. Man,
that is, that's rough. The thing that still gets
me today, it still kind of makes me giggle ever
since I first found that article, is the fact
that they need to disembowel a seal first. Right.
Just to put 500 little birds inside of it. Just
to do that. 500 little birds. Can't you just
eat the little birds? Or the seal. Or the seal.
Just fucking bury the seal for three years. Oh
god. No, not like a year and a half actually.
A year and a half, yeah. But still. Good god.
Oh yeah. So. Just eat the seal, throw it on a
fire, or the birds, pluck them, cook them. I
mean your entire land is cold, right? Sure. cold,
ice freezing temperatures. Why do you need a
seal to preserve the birds over winter when the
winter would prevent the birds from going bad?
True. Because you live in an ice box, right?
Yeah, because Iceland is actually green. And
Greenland is actually full of ice. Got it. OK,
just checking on that. Check. Check. We get it.
Well, that was interesting. So I guess what we
would say at this particular point, is we're
gonna take a break. So go get your Kiviok. Let
us know if it tastes like Gorgonzola cheese.
If you survive. Yeah, get back to us. And if
you do, yay. And you'll be back for you just
made the list. If you don't. Coming up. I'm so
sorry. I don't know. All right, we are back everybody.
If you have survived your Kiviak, congratulations.
Good on you. To those that didn't. Well, you
can't hear me. It doesn't matter. Anyway, we
are now on to our feature segment. You just made
the list. That is our top 10 list of, well, God,
just about everything and anything. We've been
doing these lists on and off on radio and podcasts
for a better part of probably three or four years
now. And so we have quite the catalog, as it
were. And this week, we are going to do something
related to a certain international game that
has started back up, which is Major League Baseball.
And this, you just made the list, top 10 best
baseball parks in Major League Baseball. So we
had to classify that specifically to MLB, because
I'm sure internationally there's probably some.
I'm sure that. Japanese baseball parts are beautiful.
I'm sure they're awesome. So these are just specifically
Major League Baseball. And I don't know if you
wanted to go first, or I can go first either
way. Well, first we have to break down the rules.
Oh, of course. It's a top ten list. Top ten list.
The rules list is long. We got one. I don't remember
what it was. I think it's the only... The only
rule is that there's no rules. There's no rules.
There's no rules. We do a top 10 list, 10 to
2, in our big number one reveal at the end. Fantastic.
I guess I'll run 10 to 2. Run 10 to 2. Let's
do it. Number 10 on my list is Oriole Park. The
Orioles, of course, play there. Makes sense.
Would make sense. Beautiful. Beautiful Baltimore.
It is beautiful. I like the big old warehouse
in the background. It's very atmospheric, isn't
it? This is Baltimore, isn't it? Yes, it is.
Number nine, Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies.
Phillies, yeah. I mean, it's a nice... We typically
don't root for said city's team. Sure, I was
during the Super Bowl. Which is so weird. Which
is crazy to say, but... The NFL made us cheer
for Philadelphia, which is odd. Actually, I cheered
more for Kendrick Lamar, but that's true. Yeah
that being said we were cheering for that other
team Yeah, oh well. I think that's all right
which which works. They got the dub. We're happy
I'm sure they were happy and they got the number
nine ballpark very true They do have the number
nine number eight target field, Minnesota Twins.
Oh, yeah Beautiful, Minnesota is beautiful. Anyway,
yeah, they've got a beautiful field number seven
Dodger Stadium LA Dodgers play there Classic
outfield like this old scoreboard and then that
that weird -looking Roofing line. Yeah out there.
Yep, which is pretty neat and it's something
where they try to keep it modern but still Keep
the integrity of the old ballpark. Yes. So I
always appreciate that. Yeah, I completely agree
number six PNC Park Pittsburgh Pirates gotta
make that road Oh, yeah, nothing with good things
about that place. Yes, and the Pittsburgh Pirates,
you know small market team cheap, whack -ass
owner, but yet they're still beloved. They are.
And they've got a nice field, so. They do. Good
on ya. Number five, Petco Park. The ol' Padres.
The ol' Padres. And that also very similar to
Baltimore in kind of a city background. So you
see all the buildings and stuff like that, you
know, pretty much right on top of the ballpark.
So it's kind of an interesting design, interesting
views. Yeah. Very neat. Number four, I got Oracle
Park, the old Giants. Nothing is cooler than
watching a ball get launched out into right field,
into the bay. Into the bay, right. And people
are out there with their kayaks, paddling their
ass off, like, I'm getting this ball, man. It's
such a Northern California vibe. Yes, it is very,
very cool. Number three on my list, T -Mobile
Park, the Mariners. Mariners, yeah. Seattle.
Right next to the football stadium. Oh, yeah.
Beautiful city. Beautiful people. Good for them.
Number two on my list, Fenway Park. The old Red
Sox. Big fucking wall out there. The green monster.
Gotta love the green monster. Yes. Very beautiful.
And that was number two, correct? That was my
number two. All right. I'll run through mine
as well. I have a tie at number 10 because, well,
I can. It's no rules, hey? Number 10 is Oracle
Park with the Giants and Camerica Park where
the Tigers play. Oh, Detroit, nice. And the coolest
part is you're at street level, right? You walk
up to the ballpark, you're at street level. And
you actually walk down into the park. The field
is below street level. So you actually walk down.
So the main stadium is down below the street.
And the upper deck is actually like right there.
Like at street level. That's cool. That's neat.
It's kind of neat the way they set it up right
next to Ford Field, downtown Detroit, which they've
been putting a lot of money into. And it's kind
of a revitalization here. Yeah, sure. I think
Greek town casino and hockey town and all sorts
of stuff. So it's kind of a neat area. Number
nine, Citizens Bank, the Phillies. Nice ballpark,
new ballpark, they did that well. Number eight,
Corus Field for the Rockies. Oh, that's a nice
pick. Right there in Denver. You got the light
air, but it's kind of a nice design. Good place
to see a ballgame. Number seven, Petco Park with
the Padres. Nice. That one. Oriole Park at Camden
Yards. That's one of my friends went to. I was
unable to go at the time. Kind of regret that.
They said they had an amazing time and that they
like all the little bars and restaurants around
there. Like a lot of old Oriole players just
go and hang out. Yeah, like it's not like a planned
autograph session or anything. They just go and
hang out. It's like, oh my God, is that boo pal?
Yes, it is. Hey man, how are you? Good. Can I
buy a beer? Yes. Can I have your autograph? Sure.
This is like, that's awesome. I love that. My
man. Yeah, no doubt. Number five, Kauffman Stadium,
the Royals. What a cool looking stadium. Just
these massive grandstand behind a home plate
that just goes up and up. Oh, right. The design
is so freaking cool. And that's right next to
Arrowhead. So they put both stadiums right next
to each other. The parking lot is massive. So
you have a fantastic tailgate situation there
as well. So just good stuff all around. Number
four, Dodger Stadium. Number three, PNC Park
with the Pirates. That is definitely one I want
to check out for sure. Right. And number two,
Wrigley Field in Chicago. Nice. You got the Ivy.
You got the old scoreboard. It's an old park.
The food's not fantastic, but once again, they've
managed to kind of keep the old historic parts
of the park, like the big red marquee out in
front. Still kind of have gone through the modernization
phase right in various phases, so Definitely
appreciate that but definitely number two for
me. Yes. Well, it's very good Well, you're your
number two is my number one. I put Wrigley Field
at the very top there I just think it's so classic
and like you were saying they you know revitalize
and modernize everything while not Destroying
the history of the park, which I think is super
super important for especially a with baseball
baseball stadium So rich in history. Yep. So
yeah, I put Wrigley at number one Yeah, it has
to be number and the one thing I failed to mention
when I talked about it, too Is that it's uniquely
a neighborhood ballpark? Yes a lot of ballparks
are either far out into the suburbs off of a
highway or They're like in the city Like right
downtown. And this is a neighborhood ballpark.
Yeah. And it's so cool where it's located. I
used to live like three blocks away from Wrigley
when I was a younger pup. And many good times
were had. Yes, absolutely. For sure. My number
one's Fenway. Good. Very good. I was in awe when
I went there on a business trip. And I just like,
not that I. You know squirt the man tear out
of the one eye, but I may have and I just looked
at it and I was like man This is this is like
you got the feels. Oh sure So they had a tour
but the tour was already going like hey, you
got any more tours today? He's like now I'm like
god damn it and he's like well if you want you
go around the backside and the outfield There's
this bar and grill that is actually part of the
stadium. Like it's not you can't get I don't
think you can get into the stadium from that
bar and grill, but the bar and grill is built
into it. Oh. And so you can go in, and it's very
kind of a cool, dark, swank little, almost dive
bar -y -ish, but it kind of had like a little
restaurant part, too. And you could go in, and
there was this big area where there was a huge
screen. The screen looks directly out. Oh, that's
cool. Into the ballpark. And so that was amazing.
So I was like, oh my god, I got to get there.
He's like, oh, you have to wait to get a seat
over there. I'm like, I will wait the day. I
will wait to sit over there. And I'm like, what
do you have that's good? He's like, well, everything
is good. Great Bostonian accent, but everything
is good. This is like, all right, what do people
get here the most? Wings. You could have just
said that. OK, let's do the wings. So I got wings,
I had a couple of beers, and just looked out
in a fun way. It was amazing. That sounds like
an experience like looking out onto a cathedral.
Yeah, it just looked absolutely fantastic So
bucket list to actually see a real game there
So hopefully that will that will take place that
in PNC Parker like one and two for me You know,
right to be able to that'd be really cool. Yeah,
no doubt But that's it. Yeah. It's good lists.
That was good lists. Definitely good lists. We
shared most, but had a few different ones in
there. Yes. Yeah. Which I think was kind of neat.
And anyway, as we always say, DM us. Send us
your, you know, if you're like, hey, you guys
missed that, or this is a great park, this and
that. Feel free. You know, if you want to convince
us that the White Sox park is in the top 10,
we may laugh at you a lot. Yeah, because it's
not about. Top 10, top 10 parks that have a campfire
shake. It's about top 10 parks. Exactly. If you
want to say top 10 food served at parks, sure.
They probably would be in there somewhere. I'll
give it to you. That would be in there. I mean,
let's face it. I think Philly's Park would be
near the top because they serve cheese steaks
in the park. In the park, they do. And if you're
a seafood fan in Oriole Park Camden Yards, there's
a section out in the outfield. where they boil
big pots of crab. And you can just go sit on
these big park benches and just crack open crabs.
Just have crab boil, yeah. Big crab boil out
in the outfield. So yeah, so that might have
to be a future one, but definitely the food for.
For the golden rate fee of Kaminsky. Whatever
the hell it is. The old Kaminsky Park. The old
Kaminsky Park over by there. Over there at 30
-15 Shields, my friend. Yeah, that... Walk out
of the stadium and get shot. Yay, great! Well,
he took the L. Not harder than the Sox did. Whoa!
Hey now, they won their first game, so... You
can dream. One out of 160 some odd, yeah. 162.
Granted, I'll give them. I'll give them that.
They probably have 15 to 20 more wins this year.
Yeah. So, good on you, Southside. Good on you.
Enjoy it. Enjoy it. Stop watching now if you
have memories. Exactly. Just tune out. Find some
Netflix to binge. You'll be sitting there in
August, be like, God, that 8 -1 opener. Be like,
what? He's like, oh, that's fine. Stop watching,
man. They're undefeated, 8 -1. They're going
all the way. But at any rate, maybe we'll talk
food. Oh, by the way, this Rico Bene's is this
restaurant down by Kaminsky. Kaminsky. Kaminsky
rate cellular. They've got the big down arrow.
So you know that they're not going anywhere.
That's just like bad imaging, right? Yeah. It's
a bad image. So you pull up and there's a big
red arrow pointing down. It's like, yep. Yeah.
Like, what other companies out there could you
have been sponsored by, right? Is Ferraro still
a company out there? I think so. Get sponsored
by Ferraro. Have a big Nutella, Nutella park.
Toronto bakery. Yeah. What about the bread? We
got the fresh bread. Our bread's always rising.
Exactly. The bread's always rising just like
this wind streak. And then you serve Italian
beefs in the park on the Toronto bread. On the
Toronto bread. So, dude, we have to do everything
for these guys. Jesus Christ. The amount of free
advice. Really? Unbelievable. Top notch. When
you think about it. S tier. S tier. Yeah. Definitely
S tier. Speaking of S tier, we're on to review
preview. Whoa. How about this? Segway. Paul Blart
style. Most definitely. Review preview. I review
a movie and preview a movie. And so here, this
is a review of a movie that I mentioned a little
bit earlier in the show called Black Bag. And
it's not about luggage. It's actually a spy thriller.
So the main character walks into the airport.
He forgot the luggage. Then you get that picture
of that squirrel. Oh, man, I'd see that movie.
So Black Bag, the main character's wife, Catherine,
is suspected of having betrayed the nation. Intelligence
agent George Woodhouse faces the ultimate test.
Loyalty to his marriage or his country. Movie
stars Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Marissa
Bella. Pierce Brosnan and we Harris Reggie Jean
-Page There isn't a ton of action like a like
a James Bond or a Jason Bourne movie. It's all
mystery and intrigue It's a bit touch -and -go
there for George for a while things don't look
particularly good for his wife But it's all part
of this setup Which is pretty brilliant yet this
this George dude is smart enough to kind of flush
it out and how they do the reveal of who the
actual mole is, is brilliant. And so it's just,
it was really great. Now, I'm gonna say this,
because I'm sure there are movie theaters all
across the country, probably all over the world,
that have those reclining seats. Oh yeah. And
comfy, and people bring in their plushies and
their blankets. Right. Look, I will fall asleep.
Yeah, that's the I nodded off twice during this
movie and it was filled with intrigue. Oh, no
not off twice The one time was like five seconds
and I did the head bob and I was like, whoa.
Well, here we are. Okay, I know what's going
on The second time I did it. Oh, no solid five
minutes Solid five minutes. I was out and I woke
up and I'm like, where are we what's going on?
And I was like god damn it because there are
movies like something Comedy an action movie.
He does offer a little bit. No harm. No fault,
right? You figured out But like a movie like
this, five minutes is a lifetime. And then you're
like, god damn it, what is going on? You missed
something important. Yep. And I didn't kind of
circle back to what I missed until the very end.
Then I'm like, oh, OK. You missed the key piece.
I did. I did. I really did. They need to start
serving like Red Bull vodkas in movie theaters.
Like, keep your folks awake, man. Have to. I
feel like I have to take B12 pills in the morning
or something. I just got to stay awake because
it's so, it's just dark and comfy. And if it's
already later in the evening, I'm done. Yeah.
I'm done. Other than that, like I said, it was
brilliant. It was fun. I give it a 7 .7 out of
10. Very entertaining. I recommend you see it.
Absolutely. That sounds righteous. No doubt.
Now my preview is a movie. There's an actor,
and I like him. I like him a lot, actually. He
was, I think... Oh, God, what TV show is he in?
Mr. Robot? Does that sound... Oh, yeah. Does
that sound right? We watched that first season
of Mr. Robot, and I think we loved it. And then
they killed it. They killed it. Yeah. They definitely
did, and that was kind of weird because I...
Just one of network television's downfalls that...
Which we kind of knew was coming with the advent
of all the streaming services, but yeah, I mean
Every single time with those kind of slow burn
intro. Yep kind of network TV shows. It's like
The story is gonna develop you can't kill something
before it gets going right, right? Yeah, I definitely
agree with that and so This particular movie
is called the amateur now. I I really like I
really like the idea of this movie. So he is
a CIA decoder, right? He's a nerd, sits behind
a computer, does his stuff, gives the information
to people who are out in the shit, right? Like
the dudes, like men and women facing potential
death trying to keep all of us safe. But his
world comes crashing down when there's a terrorist
attack, things go sideways. and his wife's in
the line of fire and she dies. So when his supervisors
there in the CIA refuse to take action, like,
hey, I want the guys that did this, blah, blah,
blah, his intelligence becomes the ultimate weapon.
He embarks on this trek across the globe to track
down all those responsible for his wife's death.
And he's not trained to do this, but he gets
trained to do this. Oh, I see. And his high IQ,
along with these new skills, Dude Becomes a Beast.
Yeah. So the movie stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnan,
John Baranthal. So that right there. I mean,
that's the Punisher, man. Right. So that's got
to be awesome. And Laurence Fishburne. Great
cast. Looks to be highly entertaining. Film hits
theaters April 11th. Beautiful. So definitely
check that one out, The Amateur. Looks like it's
going to be good. Absolutely. All right. Now,
I wasn't sleeping on these. Most people weren't.
Smart. But, sometimes, people sleep. It's either
the honk shoo or the honk me me me me. Could
be. Depending how you snore. People be sleeping.
They be sleeping. They be sleeping on this. And
it could be shows, movies, games. Could be anything.
But Aiden knows. So while we were sleeping, this
week Aiden, what did we miss? You missed this
movie. that I recently watched and I loved, and
I found out it came out in 2019. Okay. So you're
talking over six years ago, and I didn't hear
about it. I was sleeping on it. You slept on
it. I slept on it, but I awoken. I become woke,
and now I share the woke with you all. Thank
you for doing that. A movie titled The Dead Don't
Die. Oh, that's hilarious already. Yes. So this
came out in 2019. The is Bill Murray in that?
Yeah. Ah, yeah. I remember now. Yeah. Have you
seen it or you saw trailer? Nope. I saw the trail.
Oh, it is fucking awesome. So here's the overview
In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something
is not quite right. The moon hangs large and
low in the sky. The hours of daylight are becoming
unpredictable. Animals are beginning to exhibit
unusual behaviors. News reports are scary. The
scientists are concerned. But no one foresees
the strangest and most dangerous repercussion
that will start plaguing Centerville. The dead
rise from their graves and feast on the living.
The citizens must battle to survive. Oh no. Now
this movie got panned. IMDB gave it a 5 -4, Rotten
Tomatoes 54, Prime Video 5 .4, but the audience
reviews 89%. So it's exactly what you were mentioning
earlier in the show. You can tell, okay, it's
just gonna be good. And it was fucking awesome.
It was cheesy, it was campy, it was self -aware,
the fourth wall breaks, the calls to like, producers
and writers. It is. That's good. Awesome. It's
funny, it's charming, and the cast is nuts. Yeah,
I, well I just, I pulled that up real quick.
Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinston, Danny
Glover, Sarah Driver, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi,
Tom Waltz, Iggy Pop, RZA, you got huge names
in there. That is. Huge names in there and it
just people slept on it. Oh, they sure did it
didn't deserve that did not Didn't deserve that
one bit. So the dead don't die. I highly recommend
the dead don't die. It's amazing. It's just funny
and Charming and if you're if you've got an hour
and a half free this evening watch it That is
a good call, Aiden. That is definitely a good
call. So while we were sleeping, we missed that
gem. Cult classic, I think. Future cult classic.
We could put it in there for sure. Absolutely.
It's right up there with Renfield in my eyes,
as far as cult classics. Yeah, okay. I'll give
you that one for sure. It's like modern day cult
classics. Yeah, no doubt. Well, Nicolas Cage
is in it. That's all you can say. Nicolas Cage
is a fucking G. I love that name. He's great.
Oh yeah. He's amazing. Anyway, that is what occurred
when we slept. Now we know. Will... Be right
back with the world of weird news and we're gonna
drink some beer. So crack one open with us. All
right, we are back, everybody. We're in the home
stretch. And today we have a beer review. The
official beer review. Trademark. Trademark. I
have to say, the people that know me know I'm
a PBR guy. Big PBR man. I have a handful of bars
where I'm either regular or a semi -regular.
And I walk in and they put a PBR on the counter.
Like, I don't have to say a word. Beautiful.
And I love that. For me. Yeah, yeah. I love that.
It's a sign of respect. It's a sign of respect.
And so, that being the case, Aidan, all his wisdom,
thought, hey, I have an idea for this week's
review, and lo and behold, it's PBR. But it's
not just any PBR, is it? It's PBR Extra. So it's
the PBR in a black can, and it... It looks pretty
slick. Let me tell you it's cool. I like the
packaging so PBR of course established in the
mid 1800s Petbridge farm remembers in Milwaukee,
but I believe the brewery is out of Texas these
days So PBR extra is just an American lager with
a higher ABV so I believe that means they just
add more malt and grains to it ferment it for
longer that higher ABV that would make sense
so Being the PBR man yourself. Yes, sir. You
are going to have to give More most of the reaction
because I believe we tried a lager on a recent
show. We did the play hard Purdue Boilermakers
lager. Yeah, that was good. That was super smooth
So we're doing another lager, but this one's
got the history of you being mr. Peeber I am
in fact, mr. Peeber there. There's no there's
no doubt. There's no doubt about that And so
we are going to see the smell test. On the nose?
It's anything different? No, smells like PBR.
Smells like PBR. For sure. As a matter of fact,
here's something fun before I take a sip. Submit
a bar that I used to frequent. And so somebody
had said, oh, you know, this and this, they all
taste the same. And I think they put, it was
either two or three beers in front of me. I can't
remember which, but I think it was like PBR in
Coors Banquet. and something else. And they're
like, these all taste the same. And I was like,
bloop, bloop, bloop, taking them. And they're
just like, and I think somebody else tried the
challenge, too. And they're like, man, I don't
know. And I was just like, this, this, and this.
And that's just like right on the money. It's
just like, man, what a skill. You know? It's
like, I drink PBR and I know things. That's just
the way it is. And people's palates are more
or less sensitive, right? So being able to taste
the difference. Between different loggers, you
know people taste the difference between IPAs
and everything. Yes, same diff, you know, it's
just what you have more More taste buds in or
more experience trying. So yeah, I would agree
So here we go PBR extra slantcha everybody. Hmm
slantcha. Oh That is much more multi than a PBR.
Yep, isn't it? Yeah Yeah, that's malt forward
sweeter Definitely sweeter than a PBR. Hmm, that
is good. Smooth. Smooth and sweet. You know?
For sure. Yeah, I like it. It's bready. Kinda
tastes like pumpernickel. Ha! It's funny you
mention that. Kinda sorta. Yeah, in a way. Kinda
sorta. Wow. That is really good, actually. That
is quite tasty. And I believe regular PBR is
4 -5 % or something. This is six and a half.
This is six and a half. So that's where the word
extra comes from. But... Now, I see these are
in the smaller, what, the 12 12 -ers? Yep. Typically,
if you go out into restaurants and bars, they
have the 16. Yeah, the pints. So I don't know
if these come in that 16. I don't believe so.
I think. These are kind of rare to find, though.
I mean. My background for anyone that doesn't
know is I work for the distribution company that
moves a lot of beer and energy drinks in different
waters and stuff in northwestern, Indiana, Chicagoland
and This is one of the products. We carry it
does not move as much as regular PBR does so
Well, that makes sense. Yeah But I like it, you
know Smooth it's sweet. It's a logger Lagers
aren't necessarily my forte, but I do enjoy this.
This is a nice easy drinking beer This would
be perfect for a summer day. Yeah, it's it's
definitely it's definitely a little different
on the tongue than your standard PBR So I think
it's that a little bit of extra malt. I think
yes kind of what you're getting In that but it's
not overwhelming. Let me be clear It's not overwhelming
at all. It's still very smooth. And I know Aiden
had these stored very cold. So I'm not sure if
it were more room temperature, if I would enjoy
it. Oh, yeah. And multi -beverage is warm, kind
of eh. But this ice cold, like you have it, excellent.
Beautiful. Yes, I would agree. And I'm not a
huge lager guy. Typically, I enjoy my... Hazy
or juicy IPAs. I love stouts and porters anything
anything with some bitterness and sweetness to
it. I'm a big fan of but This is really tasty.
I mean I could go Anywhere but out of five I
could go anywhere between two five to three on
this sure which is I mean that's good for a lager
Yeah in my eyes And I'm more of a PBR guy so
my readings a little bit higher. I go solid three
and a half I think PBR in general will be about
a 3 .5 to 3 .75 for me, so this is very good.
If someone had it at a party or was at a restaurant,
I would order it. I definitely would. It's very
good and refreshing. To me, especially since
we're approaching summer, I like those beers
that you can yank out of the fridge. You've been
doing yard work for two hours and you're hot
and you're pouring sweat and you come inside
and you grab that ice cold beer and like this.
this would be in that collection. Yes. For me,
of like, big bags I would grab. It's really good.
Yeah. I enjoyed it. I agree. Like, it's got the
heart of a PBR, but the malt of a steel reserve,
but it doesn't punch you in the dick like a steel
reserve does. Yes. You know? Agreed. It is, it
is very smooth. So, yeah, I like it. Yeah, no
doubt. Very good. So, highly recommend it. Once
again, Paps with a Ribbon Extra. Six and a half
percent. Check it out. It's good stuff. Yeah.
Comes in that black can. Looks pretty slick.
The can is neat looking. Not sponsored. Per you.
Well, and you know, PBR Let's Talk. You should.
I've consumed a lot of your beverage and mention
it often on various podcasts, radio shows, you
name it. And I think I think there should be
some love. Yeah, I think there should be some
lies should be the mark mo show as Presented
by yes, perhaps we're urban. We got to work on
that. Yeah, we should and honestly It might be
one of those things like they do in the movies
where they put like tape over the Apple logo
on MacBooks because Apple didn't give them any
money for it, correct So maybe we have to stop
mentioning PBR for them to notice like oh shit
They're not talking about us anymore. Give them
money And like a jilted lover. Exactly. They'll
come right back into the camp. I get it. I get
it. I like the way you think. I like the way
you think. Cast that line. Cast line. I love
it. Well, go on and get some. Yeah. Or if there's
a beer you want us to charge. Yes. Charge. Try.
And then we'll, I'll charge it. That's how I'll
buy it. Yeah. We will put it on the charge card.
And then we'll drink it. And then we'll drink
it. Right. Yeah. So if there's something you
want us to try. Hit us up. And also let us know
what you're trying, at home. No doubt. For certainly.
Now is the final segment of the day. What would
that be? You know, the world of weird news. Let's
go. The world is indeed filled with weird ass
news. Damn right. You know, we could just do
this segment based out of Florida. That is true.
And there were some shows we've done that. Yeah.
But this one, this out of New Zealand, this is
the second one I've had out of New Zealand. New
Zealand is a fun place. It is. It's got character.
It does. It does. A plucky spirit. It definitely
does. I give it two thumbs up. The Blobfish,
world's ugliest animal, wins New Zealand's Fish
of the Year award. Didn't know they had that.
How did it win? This had to have been like a
crowd vote. Yeah. Yeah. That dude looks like
a booger. It's bad. Yeah. It's really... So,
okay. The blobfish, once dubbed the world's ugliest
animal, has been named Fish of the Year by a
New Zealand environmental group. Honestly, you
have a picture of the blobfish right in front
of us. Yes. It kind of looks like one of my coworkers.
Oh, no. I'm gonna be honest. I'm not gonna say
which one. It looks like one of my coworkers,
though. He looks like a sad... bald 60 -year
-old Polish guy. He's just grumpy. Yeah, it looks
like you dipped Squidward tentacles in bleach.
Pretty much. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good comment
there. He's got a big ass nose. Why does fish
need a nose? You don't need gills, bro. No, Lee
and like as big and disgusting and slimy as he's
he's got these little fins I'm like, how does
that move you anywhere? Right and stupid fucking
mouth that almost looks like he's got a five
o 'clock shadow Yeah, no, no, that's that's no
that's no good If I caught one of those I would
shriek and then I would yeah back I'd be like
my friend you get to live. It looks like an inbred
whale Yeah like a whale bread with a 60 year
old grumpy Polish man. Exactly. Yeah. Looks like
some politicians out of Georgia. Yes. Yeah. Oh,
no doubt. That's terrifying. You know who we're
talking about. Hey, oh, I do. The blobfish, previously
known for its unusual and somewhat unattractive
appearance, has experienced a surprising turn
of events. Last week, the blobfish was crowned
fish of the year by a New Zealand environmental
organization. According to Sky News, the Mountain
to Sea Conservation Trust This is a mouthful.
Holds the annual competition to raise awareness
about the country's diverse marine and freshwater
life. This year, the blobfish won the title with
nearly 1 ,300 votes out of over 5 ,500 cast,
proving. That beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
That's exactly what I was thinking. I love the
way they write their articles in New Zealand,
man. This kills me. And highlighting the importance
of even the most unusual creatures in the ecosystem.
You're damn right. The creature, which grows
to about 12 inches. It's a good size. Is known
affectionately as Mr. Blobby. And is the. Mr.
Blobby. Mr. Blobby. It is the official mascot
of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. That's
a society? Ugly animal. Can I add myself to their
list? I'm planning on it. I'm planning on adding
myself. It has a bulbous head. Yes. And loose,
flabby skin and lives in the deep sea, mainly
off the southeastern coast of mainland Australia,
the Australian island of Tasmania. And New Zealand,
well, that checks out. Known for their devils.
Oh, they are. The species is believed to be able
to live to 130 years old and is slow growing
and slow moving. I could have told you that.
Based on those fins. Absolutely. Konrad Kurta,
a spokesman from the Mountains to Sea Conversation
Trust that runs the annual competition, told
The Guardian, it sort of sits there and waits
for prey to come very close. and practically
walk into its mouth before it eats them. Wow.
He says it is also a dedicated parent. with females
laying up to 100 ,000 eggs in a single nest,
which they protect until they hatch. Wow. The
fish found fame over a decade ago after a crew
member on a New Zealand research vessel snapped
a photograph of the rarely seen animal. Its distinctive
appearance was quickly adopted into meme culture.
My god. So I highly recommend, ladies and gentlemen,
Google. Blobfish, or Mr. Blobby. That's nuts.
Yes. I love that method, too. If you have a lifespan
of 100 some odd years, and you're lazy, and ugly,
that's all you have to do to win awards. That's
it. That's really... It's like, my god, if my
life expectancy was only bigger, I might be able
to win an award for something. You might be able
to pull something. Mr. Blobby, he's got it figured
out. I love the fact that they just like wait
until prey gets near and then just like open
their mouths And the fact they are able to live
that long means like other fish probably swim
up to it like oh, I'm gonna ah Yeah, well Boy,
look at the time. I gotta feed the hog, wash
the car, wash the car, laundry Yeah, the other
fish check out there knowing hell I'm eating
that thing They're the perfect fish. 100 ,000
eggs in a nest. It's a lot of eggs. It's crazy.
It's a lot of blobs. Wow. Impressive. Impressive
numbers. All right. Who's joining Mr. Blobby
this week? Mr. Blobby this week? I've got a story.
OK. ABC News 12. KSAT. Hey. Florida Man. Of course.
dressed as Fred Flintstone, pulled over for driving
footmobile. No freaking way. The story is out
of ABC 12 by Jeff Tavis, out of Wesley Chapel,
Florida. Town I'm not familiar with. A Florida
man, of course Florida man, was pulled over by
law enforcement and given a citation. All sounds
normal until you learn that he was dressed as
Fred Flintstone and the vehicle he was driving
was the footmobile made famous by the popular
cartoon show. Oh no. They add, but before you
go all T -Rex on the cops, understand it was
all fun. Apparently the 5 -0 was in on the bit.
Uh -huh. Yeah, Don Swartz, aka The Fred Flintstone,
was driving around Pasco County area in his smart
car disguised as the foot mobile. Pasco County
deputy pulled him over for allegedly speeding
in the neighborhood and issued him a notice to
appear. their social media page So it was all
a bit like he was doing a bit Five -o found out
and then they got in on the bed they got in on
so it was all in good fun, but it's still one
of those things where it's like Honestly, it's
the news organization pulling some strings like
Florida man dressed it pulled over for driving
footmobile like now five I was in on it, but
what got me was the images. And I know this is
an audio podcast, so you can't necessarily see
the images right now as a listener, but we'll
put them up on socials. Yes. We will put them
up on socials. You will see these images. They
are as beautiful and perfect as you could ever
expect. Amazing. I mean, it's something special.
He went full in on the costume. He went full
in on the costume. He dressed up his smart car.
to fit it perfectly. So we will put those on
the socials, you'll be able to see the smart
car, but just, I don't know how Florida man always
does it. Always does it. And the thing that got
me about that whole story is the fact, right,
the Fred Flintstone mobile, powered by your feet,
arrested for speeding. How fast is he running,
man? It's like Usain Bolt doing this shit. I
mean, holy cow. Oh, man. Yeah, I feel like that
may have been part of the bit of like, A, you're
in a smart car, and B, you're on foot in the
smart car. But yeah, it was... If you're the
cop, don't you kind of go up and be like, hey...
Yabba dabba don't speed anymore. Yeah, right.
I mean you got if you're if you're into the bit
You have to full lean you have to fully you have
to fully I agree with that. There's no doubt
God bless, Florida men. Oh, they they keep they
keep this segment. How do they keep getting away
with it? I know yeah, totally Well, that's it
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