Hey there everybody and welcome to the Mark Mo
Show Season 3 Episode 3 The Sounds of Silence.
You can find us on all podcast platforms on YouTube.
I would like to introduce to you my co -host,
producer, does everything really, Aidan Maloney.
Aidan, how are you? Pretty beautiful. Doing fantastic.
A little bit of a rollercoaster of a week. Some
neat highs, some weird lows, but out here recording
the Mark Mo Show couldn't be happier, you know?
Oh, absolutely. And a beautiful Saturday morning.
And yeah, it was an interesting week, to say
the least. Both of our weeks, yeah. Yeah. Things
just took a turn for the better for me, which
is weird. Fantastic news, though. But hey, as
we say in the biz, you take a dub, right? Exactly.
You take the dub when you can. And the week was
just filled with going out and. Seeing a lot
of people I don't get to see often, but I genuinely
enjoy their company like Nick Albano I got to
hang out with him and we talked food and restaurant
stuff and that was fun And then my friend Adriana,
I haven't seen her in almost a year But that
was a lot of fun catching up with her and then
of course us taking a photo and sending it to
Kevin because that was just absolutely necessary
There's some deep lore there lovely listeners.
There really is there there really is And maybe
someday we'll tell you. Yes, exactly. We'll just
have a big exposé show. All of the lore. All
of the lore. All the crazy shit we get into.
But at any rate, that was a lot of fun. And then
at Fluid. This guy John he used to work there
and And now I think he works for Washington Township
Fire Department so he went through all that and
then he was there on the one night I popped in
to get some work done and We shot the shit like
after the place closed We sat out in front for
like a half an hour and just shot the shit and
it's cool It was good. Like I said people that
I genuinely enjoy but I haven't like really kind
of caught up or Been able to chat with them for
a while. So Being able to talk to him was super
cool And then last night, I haven't hung out
with my buddy Carlos in a while, and I reached
out to him Thursday, and it's like Friday night
we ride. It's like, hell yeah. My man. Old boy
Carlos. It involved going to Duffy's and then
seeing my friends, East and Shelby, who I haven't
seen in a long time. And so we hung out with
them, and then we went and did a little shuffleboard
and got our ass kicked by Hannah and Heidi. That's
another story. What can you expect? Playing against
the greats. Playing against the greats, yeah.
Sometimes we didn't take the dub on that one.
But it was still fun nonetheless. Finished up
at our local spot, the Franklin House, which
was mobbed. I forget how bad it gets on the weekend.
Oh yeah. It's a little crazy, eh? You got to
almost get there early and get your spot at the
bar. Then it just doesn't matter what the rest
of the bar is like. But if you don't, and you're
kind of standing amongst the hundreds, the horde
of people, then it's amusing for about a half
an hour, 45 minutes, which is about as long as
we stay there. And so I'm my friend Billy. And
Billy's a bass player. And so I love my friends
that are... Musically inclined because I'm like
these are my people and I get to talk music with
them and it's amazing So yeah, so it was really
great and just a good week at catching up with
a lot of people and just you know Positive things
at work. So it's Reunion week. Yeah reunion week.
It really was yeah for sure and it felt good
It felt good to kind of mix it up a little bit.
And of course one night at the Zombie Club, of
course, you got to that's that's the spot and
Melissa's my homie so it was cool always cool
catching up with her and Actually sat at the
bar and helped this one dude out who's kind of
going through something going through it Yeah,
and then you know Just being able to kind of
talk talk him down because he was so frustrated
with life He just wanted to get in a fight, and
it was like well. Maybe let's think about better
ideas Well, that was it. I'm trying to tune him
down. I'm like look whatever guy you tune up
here Number one, he's not the reason you're feeling
the way you're feeling. And so you're going to
tune this guy up, whether he deserves it or not.
I said, that's not the point. It's bad. You're
going to sit in a jail cell over something that
has nothing to do with why you're frustrated.
A bit of silliness. Yeah. Yeah. So I think I
talked him down a little bit, but he was kind
of going through it. And I'm like, dude, trust
me, you are sitting next to the right guy right
now. Yeah. So let's talk about going through
it. So hopefully he's doing OK. Right. He seems
to be a nice kid. And I root for him, because
he's got some shit. He's got some shit going
on. And then it kind of has to do with our little
opener here. Right, for sure. Before we get to
that, I should mention Aiden has his own YouTube
gaming channel called Aiden Spelled the Right
Way. A new piece of gaming content like GeoGuessr
and PolyBridge and Observation Duty and much,
much more each and every week. So, what can people
expect this week, Aiden? This week, I've started
playing a new game, one of the horror games I
mentioned last week, not by name, but I will
be talking about it during the While You Were
Sleeping segment, a game called Spectator. Not
to break the surprise too early, but that is
what I'll be talking about because it is a lot
of fun. Very much fun, yes. Spectator, I hardly
know her. plot Well, we'll be talking about that
a bit later in the show But I've been playing
a lot of that of course Polly bridge will continue
so will Geo guesser Geo guesser on a k209 as
well with the mark mo show crew That's right.
We'll keep an eye out for the next one. Absolutely.
So that'll be bueno It's been it's been a fantastic
time. I've I think I mentioned it like the last
two weeks, but I'm I'm playing a lot of chess
still. You old man. I know, I know. I really
want to make content about it. Not because I'm
good at it, but because maybe people can relate
to being bad at it or not understanding it fully.
Correct. So I can share my beginner's knowledge
while also sharing, hey, it's okay to lose, which
I tend to do quite frequently. Well, hey, you
know, you got to play. You know, you got to play
through the pain play through the pain play to
get better. Yeah chess is definitely one of those
games. You got to do that. Yeah That's that's
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Now, a week ago I attended a Possibility Festival.
in Valparaiso. My friend Hannah Trueblood was
a host of this festival. The focus of the festival
was mental health. So this is a national festival
that's taken place in places like New York and
Chicago and LA, other big cities. And I found
it to be very interesting. There was certainly
a thought out process to the whole weekend event.
And more importantly, it brought a lot of people
together with similar traumas. I went to lunch
with a group of women, as I do. Man. That's not
just being a dick. Anyway, I went to group with
this lovely group of women. And as we told our
stories, we almost had that Spider -Man moment
where the multiple Spider -Men all start pointing
at each other. Right. It was amazing the five
people who didn't even know each other 24 hours
ago now had this common connection. And we were
able to open up and talk about it casually. And
that might have been the best part of the weekend.
So Sunday morning comes and I almost missed it.
So just kind of in a Pulp Fiction backtrack here,
I had worked 12 to 13 hour days all week. because
I was doing my job, but then I was also doing
the Porter County Fair. So I was like ushering
security for all the different events, saw Ludacris,
that was amazing. But they had a bunch of bands
and then, you know, the whole crash up derby,
big monster trucks, all that kind of stuff that,
you know, I had to do the same thing for. So
anyway, I was smoked. Absolutely smoked so not
only was I physically drained, but then we opened
up my head on Saturday, and I was just done I
was absolutely done and I slept almost 13 hours.
I literally like that Saturday night I Kind of
posted. I'm like three bees Burger beer bed like
I was just like that is what I'm doing So I go
to Franklin house because Franklin house for
for a quote -unquote dive bar bomb food, man,
just so good, and their burgers are excellent.
So I'm like, I am gonna get myself a Franklin
burger and a beer, and then it's two blocks,
I'm going home. And I'm going to bed, and I did.
I was in bed before 10, which, as my friends
know me, that's an early night for Maloney, and
13 hours later, my eyes crack open, Hannah's
hitting my phone. Hey, where you at? I'm like,
oh shit, I'm missing day two of the Possibility
Festival. Is it possible I slept through it?
So I communicated to Hannah and so I was like,
oh, you know, just please show up, you know,
it'd be great. Everybody loves having you here,
this and that and the other. And I said, OK,
going to miss the first one. What's the first
one? Well, you're going to miss the meditation
session. Awesome cool if if there's anything
I'm going to miss like oh no No, okay. All right,
that's fine. So I Don't know about you, but I
hate Being alone for too long. The way I look
at it is like I have eight hours of alone time
every day and it's called sleep That's that's
enough for me I've tried meditation. I'm not
a fan. I often refer to my brain as a bad neighborhood
If I'm alone... You can survive on these streets!
It is, man. It is, man. Whoa, whoa, calm down.
If I close my eyes and I start with this whole
meditation thing, it's like, blocka blocka! I'm
like, you know, I don't want to be in there,
man. Excuse me, homes? No, I don't want to...
You don't want directions from me. I'm from the
west side of Chicago. Yeah, no, I want no part
of that. If I'm alone, I think too much and those
thoughts aren't always great. And the last thing
I want to do is sit with my legs crossed after
a day of talking about this stuff with others
and think about it. And I think it is why I like
to keep busy. If my mind is elsewhere, if I'm
focused on work, the ball game, the podcast,
the radio show, my writing, I'm not thinking
about the shit that makes me sad. I'm not thinking
about losing friends to cancer. I'm not thinking
about losing friends because I was an idiot.
I'm not thinking about how much I miss my parents
or my kids. I'm not thinking about other challenges
of my life. Just living at the moment at that
time. And so I keep busy. I work. I go out three
or four days per week. I hang with friends, listen
to music, watch movies, create content. That's
how I keep going. That's how I keep living. So.
The sounds of silence are not always kind to
me. I don't know how you feel about that or you
meditate No, I'm not much of a meditator myself
Meditator I hardly know her I think I Think that's
a pretty common coping mechanism too is just
I don't know if it's called avoidance or what
I'm not a doctor I'm not sure but I kind of do
the same thing but in a different way I'm definitely
less of a of a social butterfly. I would say
Sure. So like I'll fill my time with of course,
like you were saying like content creation and
things like that I upload two to three times
a week on Aidan's spelled the right way. We upload
weekly here on the most show Getting back to
weekly on ak -219. So that takes up a lot of
time playing video games takes up a lot of time
watching YouTube so yeah that type of just like
Mental avoidance of like well if I don't it focus
on my stresses, then you know they're not going
to negatively affect me and Like I said a second
ago. I'm not a doctor. I don't know if that's
necessarily the healthiest thing to do but It's
something we both do clearly so yeah. Oh, yeah,
you know whether or not that's the Best coping
mechanism or if it's just like one of those things
like those memes You see if like to be Irish
is to bottle everything up and then have a heart
attack at 65 That's about right. It's like well
Not really what I want to do, but let's have
some fun until I get that actually yeah, so I
don't know. I don't really I think we had a show
like this in season one. I want to say mm -hmm
with with similar There are different context
but similar messaging of like, you know finding
coping mechanisms that are both healthy and work
for you Yeah, I find that that healthy middle
and it's easier said than done But I think it's
one of the most common things everybody does
You know, why why am I gonna sit here in my own
thoughts and stress about it when I can? Watch
a funny YouTube video or play a game, you know
My old ass sits down and plays chess. And hey,
Pepperidge Farm remembers. Yeah, exactly. Yeah,
no, and then that's the thing, Aiden. I've done
therapy. I've had good ones and bad ones, whatever.
And it does help. to have someone there to talk
about stuff is different than sitting there by
yourself stewing in your own thoughts. Sure.
Because maybe they'll give you some different
perspectives and ideas and things like that.
And that's that can be helpful. But if you're
just sitting there and you're stewing in your
thoughts and you're you're sad and you're frustrated
and whatever. To me, if I sit by myself for 30
minutes with my legs crossed, first of all, somebody's
going to have to help me out. Secondly, secondly.
I mean, if I'm sitting there in my own thoughts,
I'm not magically going to solve something. Like,
I'm not going to sit there and have this epiphany
come down to me from on high, and then be like,
oh, that's why I'm sad. I'm good now. And that
shit doesn't happen. Right. So why do it? That's
kind of my approach on it. Like, if I'm going
to sit there with my eyes closed, I'm going to
take a nap. Yeah. Have a snooze. Have a snooze,
30 minutes, wake up, feel refreshed. That would
be a better use of that time, to have a snooze,
rather than sit there and be like, home, and
hold your hands in a weird way. No hate to anyone
that does. No, and if it works for you, great.
That's awesome. If it works for you, great. But
I'm not going to sit there like Buddha and expect
some shit to pop in my head, and it's all like,
the birds are talking to me and flapping around.
It's like a Disney short film. Right. Everything
is sunshine and rainbows and midgets on tricycles.
That shit just doesn't happen. So... Is that
what happens at the end of a rainbow? Well, that
was Happy Gilmore. That was a Happy Gilmore reference,
right? That was his happy place. Right? Grandma
had all the gold coins, and then he had his significant
other in lingerie with the beer, and then there
was a little guy with a tricycle. Aren't they
making a Happy Gilmore too? Yes, and I watched
it. Oh, interesante. Maybe I should review it.
I didn't have that plan, but we can always chit
chat about it. I think we have a segment for
that. I think we do. We've got a segment for
everything. It's almost like this show was made
for it. Yo. Actually, maybe it was. In a way.
In a way, yeah. That's for sure. The segments
accent this show in such a way. Oh, god. Well,
if you listen to the show long enough, you'll
get these references. Well, first of all, if
you haven't seen the other guys, we have a homework
assignment for you. Before you listen to any
more of our shows, watch the movie. Take 90 minutes
out of your day and have a laugh. We will drop
quotes from that movie almost every show. Yeah.
Almost every show, for sure. Fresh start. Diss
pop. They were so convincing in their argument.
Yes, we will do that, so make sure you watch
that. Other than that, I think we're ready to
roll, yeah? I would agree. We're ready to roll.
We've got a great show for you. Next up is going
to be Carpe Diem in just a few. We are back and
it is time for Carpe Diem. You beautiful people
send us DMs and we read them on the air. Well,
I mean, we might. We might read them. We might
respond to them. Right. And if you ask a question,
well, you know, maybe we could answer it. We
could. And like your local politicians, we could
be bribed to respond favorably. Yeah, we could
do that. Send us sweat pills. Gas station sweat
pills. Gas station sweat pills will definitely
move the needle. Exactly. For sure. If you want
to give us your social security number. Just
give us the physical card. Just give us a card.
Just send it to us in the mail or by carrier
pigeon. Whatever works best for you. If you happen
to have a pigeon. Yeah, if you happen to have
a carrier bitch. If you happen to have one Andy.
Guy opens a drawer as desk as a matter of fact
I do. Yeah, quite. Come here Reginald. Reginald,
mmm splendid. Splendid indeed. Dupitably. Oh
my boy Reginald. Now get moving. Skedaddle. And
chances are Reginald will be quicker and more
efficient than the United States Postal Service.
I'm just saying, I haven't received mail in two
weeks. Bazinga. Yeah, they suck. They're the
worst. Anyway. Yeah, not to say we support private
sector parcel services, but... Carrier pigeon
service works. Carrier pigeons. You know, it's
actually kind of fascinating you bring that up,
because I read an article recently that the reason
like Pigeons especially in cities are like so
chill around people it's because pigeons were
domesticated right to be carrier pigeons, and
then we just Let him go just let him go. It's
like okay. Well. We have like horse and carriage
now We have no need for you right and then they
just stuck around like no my people give me something
to do, bro Yep, I actually funny bird story that
night. I was talking with Talking with John outside
fluid this little bird, looked like maybe a chickadee,
was like bouncing around, like hanging out at
the table next to us. He bounced up on the chair,
and he bounced up on the table, and he's like
checking us out and whatever. And John's like,
huh, that's funny. I'm like, what? He's like,
oh, I've fed that little dude before. And he
remembers. So John and I were sitting out there,
and that bird came up, like, oh, my guy's here.
And he was like hanging out. He's like, oh, I
don't have anything for you today. And then the
bird bounced. Crazy shit. Crazy. Oh, man. Oh,
yeah. That's funny. Yep. Birds, man. Pattern
recognition. Yeah. Smart little dudes. Smart
little dudes. Speaking of smart little dudes,
well, you're not little. We are smart. Smart
dude. Smart dude. We won't say little. I used
to be a wee lad. You used to be a wee lad. There
is an amazing - We're not doing revisionist history
here. I used to be an infant, believe it or not.
Believe it or not. Yeah. I don't remember, but
some people say - I was once born. At least that's
what they tell me. I used to shit in diapers.
Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Luckily I cleaned that up a
couple weeks ago. Thank God. Yeah. Finally got
out of that one. It took 26 long years, but here
we are. Yeah. Finally it's like, I've had enough.
Yeah. We're going to change things up. How does
this toilet work? Yeah. Right. Modern plumbing.
Modern plumbing. It's like magic. Every home
should have modern plumbing in a carrier pigeon.
Reginald, Reginald. Am I right? Quite, quite.
All right, DMs, you got them? I sure do. Let's
go. My man here, Mr. Internet himself, Mr. Internet
offering, I give you the power to destroy two
social media sites of your choosing, never to
come back. Which do you take, if any? That is
quite the power, I would say, Mr. Internet. for
the for the offer we thank you to destroy two
social media sites if I want never to come back
okay I would start who off oh boy I would probably
I would probably start off with Twitter I mean
I understand as a communication service it allows
news and breaking events, things like that, to
hit mainstream quicker. But that's not necessarily
the case anymore. Yeah. I think it's more of
just a Nazi loudspeaker these days. Oh, for sure.
So I would destroy Twitter. No, thank you. No
more of that. And then, I don't know, for my
second choice, I'm kind of torn between Facebook
and TikTok, you know? OK. Because, I mean, Facebook
is just one huge advertisement. You can't even
sort chronologically anymore. No, the feed sucks
now. The feed is terrible. It's awful. I'm like,
I just want to see my people. Why can't I just
see in my feed my people? It's all suggested
posts and advertisements. It's awful. It's awful.
Facebook is pretty dog shit. As a way to track
birthdays, it's nice, but you could also just
plug those into your phone calendar. Yeah. And
then TikTok is just one big advertisement anyway,
because... Two out of three posts you scroll
to as a creator trying to shill something off
to you so I I think I'll get rid of Twitter,
and I think I think I'll get rid of Facebook
I think I'll do those two okay. You know and
I think especially I'm not sure if you've been
following, but recently the issues with anonymity
on the internet and you have personal privacies
and everything like that beginning to crumble
in pretty much every Western country Yeah, I
think I think Facebook and Twitter have to go
Okay Hmm interesting. Yeah Now normally I would
say Twitter for the exact same reasons you did
but I will say this at least for me and I put
work into it and Like in my feed for Twitter.
I only see what I want to see. It's my people.
It's the things I'm interested in I Rarely now
I'm left of center So that's the shit. I want
to see I Don't get much and when I say right
-wing I don't mean just like regular normal conservative
shit because like I don't think number one I
don't think that really exists anymore the normal
conservatives are the neoliberals today what
they are they really are there's been such a
shift but I like the far right wing shit the
crazy MAGA red hat stuff I I don't see it. It
just does not come up And you've spent like months,
but I spent a lot of time working at it and I
would tell people I'm like, look Twitter can
be something decent if you just take the time
to be like, nope, nope, nope. Yes. Nope. Nope.
Yes. And it just takes time to kind of go through
it. But I rarely get anything that I look at
them like, oh, that sucks. And I just get rid
of it. Yeah. So I'll spare that one for now.
Tick tock, I think. How generational is it? Just
like, and I mean, it started with Twitter and
the 144 character generation, and I get how that
was, but this is kind of that for video. And
it started with Vine too. Yeah, and it's just
these, right, exactly. Yeah, because Vine was
literally six seconds. You get six seconds to
tell a joke, convey a message, something like
that. And Abe and I were actually talking last
week, like, hey, I think the Mark Moe Show needs
a TikTok. because I understand that's where so
many people are and that if you get the right
thing that's just funny or quirky or whatever
and all of a sudden 10 ,000 or 50 ,000 or 100
,000 people see it, now all of a sudden you take
your content to the next level. So it's kind
of a necessary evil in my opinion, but I would
get rid of it. I think it's... It's it's pointless
like most of stuff on there are girls doing these
little Tribal dances and shit, and I'm just like
why? Why are we why are we doing this not to
not to interrupt or flip the script or anything?
But I have had success doing exactly what you
did with Twitter on my tik -tok back back when
I used it I deleted tik -tok once the whole Trump
thing happened and tik -tok kind of sucked him
off which was weird yeah, but Before that all
happened. I had a lot of success with my tick
-tock feed where every post was just a Comedian
or some crazy long bit that goes on stuff you
wanted to see so it is possible But it's it's
not easy. You know yeah, yeah, I agree with that
I think I would still burn it. I would put it
in the woodpile After tick -tock I would probably
say man. That's a good one I'm gonna throw this
one out there because I think it's a dying anyway
is Pinterest. Oh sure Pinterest is is is It's
pointless. It's like it's like Instagram with
without the engagement. Yeah, it's it's almost
like it's almost like that's what Google Plus
was trying to copy they were trying to copy Pinterest
with like Hints of Twitter and then of course
Google Plus failed Yeah, I too don't understand
the appeal of Pinterest. No, and I have a Pinterest
account, and I have an icon on my phone, and
I haven't clicked it in maybe a year. Yeah, but
like I have things like I have a sports category
and I have a travel category and I have all the
shit on there movies Rock posters like all the
shit, but then like after doing it for so long
like why am I doing this? Yeah, I'm like for
what point it's almost an interesting idea if
you want to use it as like a vision board or
Like see right inspiration inspirational stuff
for later if you want to use like a piece of
art like hey I like this maybe I'll design my
own tattoo or something based off of it but then
it's like how is that different than a google
search and saving the image correct you know
it's it's no different it's no different yeah
so I would say Pinterest and TikTok for me I
would almost I like that by the way I can't argue
with that at all I I was tempted to when I got
this question to say something like truth social
or some shit like that. But then all the crazy
cunts would move somewhere else anyway. Let's
keep them... Keep them isolated, you know? It's
kind of like the argument of like, well, we're
just gonna, we're gonna leave and start our own
country. If truth social is their own country,
let them be. Yeah, God bless your soul. You go
right ahead. Let them be. Let them jerk each
other off on truth social and they just, they
can stay and play in their own sandbox. I'm fine
with that. Yeah. Next DM I received from CrippyGru.
Crip. Haven't heard his name in a while. Or their
name. I actually don't know who CrippyGru is.
What is your favorite type of weather they ask?
That's an easy one for me. Almost today. Although
you know what like so many people like oh nice
sunshiney day and the sun's fine. I almost prefer
a little bit overcast. Yeah. Like 60, maybe up
to low 70s, but 60s would be awesome. Little
overcast and a light breeze. That is my shit
right there. Took the words right out of my mouth.
Same? I was exactly, I was gonna say mostly cloudy.
You know, sun peeking through every once in a
while is super fun. The thing is, the sun doesn't
like me. I burn easy. Yeah. So, mostly cloudy,
65 degrees, a breeze, you know, something where
in the morning and evening, A nice hoodie makes
sense. I love hoodie and sweater weather. I do
too, man. Sit by the fire in the backyard with
a beer and a hoodie and jeans. That's the shit.
That's the life right there. Yeah. So yeah, essentially
fall weather. Fall weather in the Midwest, correct.
Yeah. That is correct. That is what we like.
Or Seattle half the year. Yeah. Which, God, I
wish. I wish it was like that out here. Yeah,
I do too. Maybe we just need to go. We just need
to bounce. We got to bounce. The most show needs
a ski -daddle. I think so. The last DM I received,
which I was surprised I got in, Jeb Bush. Oh,
Jeb. What's your low effort, high reward life
hack? Also, why don't people like me? Well, Jeb,
I think people don't like you because you're
a far -righty weirdo, and Bush is your last name,
and people don't like the Bushes. People with
brain cells don't like the Bushes. Your brother
kind of fucked that up. I should say. Also, no
one's thought about you in years. This is also
true. And Jeb is a stupid name, so fuck you.
Yeah, I don't know how you were like, I'm gonna
be president. What's your name, Jeb? No, no you're
not. No, Jeb is not gonna be president. No, president
Jeb? No. So first and foremost, fuck you, Jeb.
Secondly, the low effort, high reward life hack,
I would say, what I have found success in doing
is, A, proper quantities of water. Make sure
you're hydrated. You will physically feel better.
You your mental acuity will be at its prime Just
make sure you're drinking about a gallon a day
or try your damnedest, too And I know that's
a tall task for some people but it doesn't mean
drink a gallon of water a day It's meaning a
gallon of liquids, right? So sure, you know whether
that's soda not that I advocate for that but
whether that's soda coffee tea Energy drinks
not that most people advocate for that But all
that counts towards that gallon you should drink.
Correct. But make sure you get the H2O. And then
the second thing that has helped me, and especially
in my line of work, I find it interesting how
some of my coworkers can have such issues with
certain accounts. Because we're vendors, right?
We're delivery people. So we interact with a
lot of these businesses, managers, everything
like that when delivering our product. And it
blows my mind how many of my coworkers have issues
or beef with some of the accounts we have. And
I have found none of that, by doing this one
little trick, doctors hate this one little trick,
is just generally being kind. You know? How about
that? Generally being kind, you know, saying
hello, good morning, everything like that. You
know, just being kind. Having an understanding
of you know their side as well as you know standing
up for your own if they really are trying to
Turn you into a pushover you still have to stand
your ground, but kindness is such a strong tool
Mm -hmm because it doesn't cost you anything
except a handful of nice polite words out of
your mouth And you just avoid so much potential
confrontation and stress Yeah, it's kind of unbelievable
how easy it is yeah So that's my advice not to
you Jeb Bush fuck you, but to everyone else out
there stay hydrated and be kind That's a that's
a good one and I would share that second one.
I I've always I've always threatened like I'm
done being nice. I'm gonna be a prick Yeah, you
know because I was just sometimes I get in that
mood like, you know being nice really hasn't
gotten me anywhere But then I think about things
just like you mentioned It's like you hold a
door for someone. Like I did at Peddler's the
other day and it was a mom and she had a pizza
and she had her kid. And so like I held both
doors for her. She's like, that was so nice.
And in my head, I'm like, catch your hands full,
man. I just, you know, I'm here helping out.
But that made a difference for her. Sure. So
that's the kind of shit I do on the daily where
I'll do nice stuff for people. It's it's fricking
free, man. Right. It's free. It costs you nothing
but. 10 seconds of your time. Yeah, if that.
You know, and and as I've said before, that like
I, I became who I am for my dad because I saw
the way he carried himself. I saw the way he
treated other people, always tried to cheer up
people that he thought were just not having the
best day, whatever. And as I want to be that
dude. And that's just that was always like a
focus for me. And And even though it carries
a toll over time, especially if you're, you give,
you give, you give, you give, you give, even
if it's just small things like this, then that
scale gets unbalanced. And we talked about that
before. Yeah, that's true. But even so, it's,
to me, I would, I guess I would rather do that
than be the douchebag. Sure. Cause that's just
easy. Being an asshole is easy. You know, you
just, just be a jerk. Yeah. And there's a lot
of them out there. But that's not me. And, you
know, if I can brighten someone's day, then that
makes me happy too, I suppose. Yeah, I would
agree. But I would almost argue being an asshole
isn't free. Because it can cost you friendships,
future relationships. You know, it can cost you
networking. And that's just why would you do
that to yourself? Right. No one's born an asshole.
You become an asshole. You become an asshole.
You know, the whole nature versus nurture argument.
No, you become an asshole. Right. No one's born
an asshole. Yep. So, I don't know, something
to keep in mind there, Jeb. I would say so. I
would say so. That was the last DM I received,
though. Alright, I've got a few here. It starts
out with a little alliteration. Oh, my man. My
man. Hello from the UK, gents. Hello from the
UK, gents. Shut up, Gary. Sorry, go ahead. This'll
be funny. I've heard you bag on England. And
the Crown. But are there things you like about
us that we like you? Oh, man. Well, Gary. Hey,
my bad, Gary. I don't take it back, but my bad
still. Yeah, are there things you like about
us? I mean, you guys make good porters. Sure.
I guess Big Ben's kind of cool. Sure. It's kind
of a neat thing. I guess. You know, you gave
us the Beatles and the Stones and the Who. Maiden.
Maiden. Yeah. Priest. Thank you. Yeah. Thank
you for James Bond. Bond is a good one. Bond's
a good one. Yeah, for sure. For sure. So there's
definitely some Monty Python. Yeah. There's definitely
things to thank you for, without a doubt. You
know, really our disdain comes in many levels.
Yeah. Starts in, I don't know, 1776. Just about.
Just about. You know, 1916, that was that was
kind of a not so great moment. Yeah. 1960s in
Northern Ireland. Definitely some not good moments
there. Black Sunday. Yeah. So, yeah, I guess
that doesn't necessarily point to you, Gary.
You're probably a fine dude. And I'd love to
have a lukewarm pint with you. Exactly. You got
to chill that shit, guys. Yeah. Look, at least
try it out the fridge. At least try it out the
fridge, you know? A nice chilled beer. Yeah.
Might, might change your disposition a little
bit. Yeah, it might change your mind. Yeah. I
like tea. Yeah, tea's pretty good. Well, cup
of tea? Yeah. Cup of tea, something crumpet?
Cup of tea, innit? It's Tuesday. So... Nah, we
don't hate you, Gary. Yeah, the same way that
Gary doesn't speak for the crown, we don't speak
for our pedophilic dictator. Correct. That's
fair. Yeah, I don't mean to clown on you, Gary,
even though that is what I did before Mark Moe
even finished answering the... or saying the
question. Right. But... You gotta understand
where we're coming from. Exactly. The same way
I would expect someone to understand, like, I
don't associate myself with that. Right. That
guy? Yeah. No. At Velcro Comet. Whoa. Okay. Would
you super glue yourself to another person for
$5 million? You have to stay attached as long
as the glue holds you together. Oh, man. And
who would that person be? Yowza. Yet, five mil
is a life -changing amount of money. That's like
I'm gonna retire today amount of money. Yeah,
you just draw from five million the rest of your
life, you're fine. I wonder, the sentence, you
have to stay together as long as the glue holds,
does that imply that using a super glue separator
is off limits? I don't know. Or if I have that
handy, I can just take the five mil. And then
I'm like, scot -free. Right. Because if that's
the case, sure. Yeah. I'm just like, even if
they're super glued to me, I can still run to
the hardware store and get like a super glue
release. Well, assuming the person you're glued
with runs with you. Oh, right. Yeah, I guess
driving a car would be difficult with someone
super glued to me. Yeah. Oh, curious. Quite.
But for five mil, if I'm gonna look silly for
a half hour walking with someone to the hardware
store. But what if it holds for a few days? What
if you gotta take a dump? Yeah, what if they
have to shit? That would just be uncomfortable.
Showering? I mean, I couldn't go to work with
someone super glued to me. You could not do your
job. No, not at all. I think I would take it
regardless. I think that five million dollars,
that's an amount of money that no working American
is ever gonna see. Because... We're a country
run by billionaires and pedophiles, so the working
class doesn't necessarily get money or rights.
So I think I would take it. I think if I had
to choose who that would be, I would probably
choose my girlfriend, my partner, Jordan. I think
that would probably be the least awkward way
to go about it. Yeah, I think I would do it.
I think I would take the five mil. First order
of action would be walking awkwardly to the hardware
store for super glue release and see if that
pans out. And if not, it'll just be a weird couple
days. Yeah, right. Yeah. So I'm in. Count me
in, Velcro Comet. All right. Count them in, Velcro
Comet. I have no answer. I don't know what I
would do. You know what's also interesting is
how you would be super glued to each other. I
mean, is it front to front? Is it back to back?
Is it back to front? Is it the arms? Is it the
arms? Is it the arms? Is it the arms? Is it the
arms? Is it the arms? Is it the arms Is it scalp
to scalp? Because then it's like, I think we
need a hospital. Right. Which also, there's another
easy out. You call an ambulance. Right. Oops,
we super glued ourselves together. Boom. I mean,
granted, ambulance would cost 50 grand because
this is America. Right. But if I'm getting five
mil, I think I'm okay. You'd be all right. Yeah.
Yep. No doubt. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.
I mean, I might do it, but I have no idea who
I'd glue myself to. No clue. Maybe a rando. Just
find a rando. Hey man, I'll give you a little
bit of money if you let me glue myself to you.
Sounds like a good pitch to me. I mean, I don't
know who would say no to that. Who would you
say yes if someone offered that to you? If someone
came up to you and was like, hey listen, I have
$10 ,000 with your name on it. I'm gonna super
glue me to you. Would you take that offer though?
For 10 grand? I don't know. Yeah. Well, how much
would you offer that person? Because I'm just
flipping the script. I'm the devil on your shoulder.
Like, would you take the offer you'd offer someone?
If it were me, I would, I would... Assuming it's
just gonna hold for the day or less, 50 grand.
50 grand? 50 grand, yeah. If he wants to give
me more, great. Yeah. That's fair. That's fair.
50 grand, for sure. No longer, at no longer read...
Mike from Texas, hi guys. You make me laugh and
think. I voted for Trump twice. WTF was I thinking?
Is it too late? Is this guy gonna permanently
fuck this country? Uh, well, Mike... He already
has. Yeah. I think maybe too little too late.
But I am something of a Debbie Downer when it
comes to politics. I, uh... I tend to see the...
try to see the best in people, but I tend to
see the worst in politics because it always tends
to be the worst. Yeah. Especially in this country.
So permanently fuck the country. I would already
check that one off the list. Yeah. Is it too
late? Potentially. Potentially. Potentially.
I mean, these these cunts are already trying
to to rig the 2026 midterms. They sure are. So
there's reports out that, you know, insiders
have said Kamala likely won right when there's
a report and an ex CIA insider yeah, so Is it
too little too late? I think so I think so and
what to answer what you were thinking I've no
idea right I have no idea how you can vote for
this this pedophilic Racist once let alone twice,
and it makes me wonder why you did is it because
you are racist is it because you were brainwashed
I don't know. I do not find an easy answer for
how you could have voted for him. Right. I know.
I don't know. I don't know, man. I don't have
to tell you, Mike. My last one, of course, at
Stoner Stanley 420. Oh, my man. I'm going to
try not to do a Jimmy Fallon break here. Right,
right, right. Where did I go, Momo and Alan?
You make me laugh where I was, but where was
that? Kevam said I took his snail, but I don't
even know how to drive Oh Stan How do you have
a van then? Did he acquire the van as it was
on the river? He probably did. He probably bought
the van not knowing it was by a river And also
for kidding he doesn't know how to drive. And
he doesn't know how to drive. So he was in the
trees on the run last week. And by this week
he stole Kevam's snail. Snail. I didn't know
he had one. No. I know he messed with earthworms.
That is true. Did do that. That is true. But
now we know Kevam no longer has his snail. No.
You make me laugh, but where was that? I have
no idea. No. We don't even know where you are.
We have no idea. That is not we have no idea
where the van on the river is There's so many
rivers in this country. Oh Yeah, and snails.
I mean, I'm assuming he's in Indiana, but I could
well I'm pretty sure he is because He tries to
do his business on the down low. That's true.
That's true I'm assuming he's here. It'd have
to be one of the states where his business is
not you know Yeah, within the letter of the law,
correct Yeah. Interesante. Very interesting.
Well, Stoner, I don't know what to tell you other
than I'm not sure where you're at. Maybe take
a tolerance break and just take her easy for
a bit. Yeah. And maybe leave Kevin Malone for
a little while. I think it might be a good idea.
He might need a break. He might need that snail
back too. I think so. Yeah. I definitely think
he's going to need that. That takes us to our
next segment, which is the other foods Aiden
examines foods from around the world that are
a bit unusual and quite unsavory Quite frankly
would probably make a billy goat puke What do
you have for us this weekend the other foods
this week? I found this quaint little article
on this fun -looking I probably homemade webpage.
The Charmed Kitchen. Oh. Judy Cooks Here is its
subtitle. So this apparently is Judy's cooking
blog. So this is on the charmedkitchen .com.
Don't go out and pester Judy. She's probably
a fine person. Probably. I just thought it was
important to bring up one of her recipes. This
is Jellied Pig's Feet. Oh. Jellied Pig's Feet
from Judy's cooking blog on the Charmed Kitchen.
Jelly pig's feet, this is a dish that, I'm quoting
her by the way, them, I don't know if it's a
her. This is a dish you either love or hate.
It is a dish I grew up with and love it. Not
my words. There's my Polish grandmother made
it and so did my mom. I can remember my father
always adding a splash of vinegar to his. Because
why not, right? Because why not? The dish is
pretty simple really. Pig's feet, sometimes called
trotters, cooked in water with salt and aromatic
veggies until very tender. The stock is strained
and then the pig's feet are returned to the stock
and it is chilled until it sets up. The stock
is very gelatinous and it can be sliced to serve.
Similar to head cheese, which we have talked
about. Which we have talked about, yes we have.
The difference from one cook to the other is
whether the pig's feet are returned to the stock
whole Or if the meat and skin is removed before
the bones from the bones before they are added
They say I've had it both ways. It's much easier
to eat when the bones are removed Also, how would
you cut it and slice it up like a jello mold
if there's bones in the pig's feet, right? I'm
just asking I'm just asking questions. Yeah,
if you want jellied pig's feet, that's the spot
you go for your recipe, is Judy's Cooking Blog.
Judy's Cooking Blog. Judy, I don't know you.
You may be a wonderful woman. And obviously you're
a content creator. You're amongst us many. folks
you find on social media and writers and bloggers
and all those fine, beautiful folks. A wonderful
person with a Polish background. Indeed, indeed.
And originally from Chicago, the Polish community
holds a special place in my heart, especially
when they make puchkies. God bless their soul.
But I do have to say this. Stop. Like, it's one
of those things where I'm grossed out by it,
in theory. I've never had it in practice, and
it's probably going to stay that way. But it's
one of those things where it's like, I kind of
get it. You know? Like, you read these articles
about, like, Native American practices and not
letting parts of the animal you've slaughtered
go to waste. Sure. But, ah. Gosh, it's such a
privileged take to have, too. It's like, mm,
I don't think I want it. But if I was hungry
enough, I would absolutely have it. Yeah. You
know? If that's what was available, yeah, I'm
gonna have that. So it's like, it is a very privileged
thing for me to say, mm, yuck. But also, like,
yuck, right? It's yuck. It's yuck. It's the whole
point of the segment. Yeah. And I do have to
say that... I would rather graze than eat this
shit. Just throw me in the sty with the pigs,
right? I'm not doing it. You take this, and you're
Sir Strumming, and you're, god, one of those
Filipino egg things. Head jeans on the balut.
Yeah. Take all that, and just stick it up your
Rudy Poo candy ass, because I don't want any
of it. As I said, I will go out into a pasture.
I will nudge Bessie. I'll be like, hey, babe,
move over. And I will graze on that shit before
I eat any of that. 100%. Yuck. That is a yuck.
Good life to you, Judy. Be well. Good life. I
wish you the best. Talk about sausage, kielbasa.
Talk about that stuff. Talk about pierogies.
Stop that. Just don't keep your damn pig's feet
out my jello mold. Yeah, no, no shit. Just kind
of, you know, God, I hope she sat there after
that and was like, I shouldn't have done that.
Yeah, I really hope that entered her brain space
at some point. I really do, because that is.
Wow. Yeah. I wonder if the Polish grandma had
a hand in like, Darling, have you uploaded my
specialty pig's feet recipe to your blog yet?
And then Judy's like, Oh, God. Yeah, Grandma.
I'll do it right now. I'll get you the link here
soon. Yeah. Fuck. Since she does that. And then,
oh, she served divorce papers. I wonder why.
Well, you know, that. Damn it, Judy's grandma.
Damn it, Judy's grandma. You messed up the whole
thing for everyone. Before we get to our next
break, it is time for the Fry Guy Fry review,
and this has been the hot one, well, other than
McDonald's, which is superior thus far. Wendy's,
Wendy's Fries, that have seen a couple of different
iterations of them. The current fry is a pretty
good fry, but heavily dependent. on the temperature
per location and fry cook yeah yeah it really
is and so i took a shot and i mean you're talking
about this score could have been in the sixes
it could have been pushing i mean you that wide
of a range yeah depending unpredictable wendys
so i went to the wendys here in valperezo off
of route 30 got my fries and was pleasantly surprised
hot Well, and here's, I should say this before
I give my score. Like, I've been to Wendy's before,
after they came out the marketing campaign, our
fries are always hot. And then I always found,
like, after that campaign came out, that they
weren't always hot. I'm like, oh, you guys just,
you should not say that if you're not gonna hold
yourself to it. The fries are always hot. Asterisk.
Yeah. I'll be like, homie, I'll wait five minutes.
Are you gonna give me some hot fries? But...
Just don't promise it and then throw a bag at
me And then you take them out and you're like
how lukewarm these things been sitting under
the lamp for five minutes Or longer. Yeah, probably
longer But these were perfect. They I don't know
if they're right out of the fryer, but they were
very very hot The texture was perfect salted
perfectly as I said, that's a skill because You
can under salt. That's fine. I'll put the salt
on I know how much I like But if you oversalt,
that's no bueno because you can't take that shit
off. Right. Right. It's oversalted. It is really
salty. These were perfect. And they stayed hot
for a while, like almost until I was finished
with them. So that was also a plus. They were
really good. And it got to the point where, all
right, is this close to McDonald's? Is it is
it in the neighborhood? Right. And so I have
to say no. Close, but no cigar. I can't remember
what I gave McDonnell. I'll have to go back.
I'll have to make a list. It might have been
like a 9 -3 or a 9 -5. I think it was a 9 -3
or something like that. I give Wendy's a very,
very, very solid 8 .8. 8 .8? It's either my second
or third highest so far. It was a really good
fry. That's fantastic news. It was a really good
fry. I was very happy with it. Because as I said,
it's a gamble. It's hit or miss. Wendy's is a
gamble fry. That's the that's the caveat of the
fry guy fry review. Yeah rank them as you receive
them. Oh sure Yeah, so there could be a Wendy's
part two at some point there could be just to
see if they remain in the high eight I think
that's fair. Yeah, I definitely think that's
fair try different location. Yep. Yeah, no doubt
Yeah, so that's the fry guy review. I've tried
a few others, but obviously you're gonna wait
cuz we do one a week I'm just gonna say One of
them I tried is a controversial place, but a
place that has really good fries. So I think
we'll save that one for next week. Interesting.
Yes. Gotta stay tuned. Gotta stay tuned. Let's
take a quick break and then we're on to our feature
segment, You Just Made the List. All right, we're
back everybody and it is time for you just made
the list here on the mark most show I am your
host mark morning along with Aiden Maloney, please
like subscribe Share, shout at the top of your
lungs. Send your friend a carrier pigeon, however
you want to tell them. Yeah, put the MarkMos
show on a flash drive. That's right. And send
it via carrier pigeon to your friend. I think
that would be amazing. That would be all right.
So you just made the list, and it's a top 10
list, 10 to 2, number 1, Big Reveal. And the
only rule, as far as I know, hold on, let me
look. Double checking? Page eight, subsection
B. Yeah, there's one rule. Page eight? Yeah.
Oh, no. Yeah. One rule, no rules. Thank God.
I know you were concerned. I can't believe they
had to put that on a subsection of page eight.
I know, right? Yeah. The first seven pages are
blank. Don't worry. Fff lawyers. What are you
going to do? All this red tape we have to deal
with. Oh, yeah. Oh, for sure. Well, this, you
just made the list. is about American football.
And I say it that way because I know we have
an international audience. And if I say football,
you'll probably be like, oh, AC Milan, DC Franklin.
I don't know all your teams. DC Franklinvelts.
DC Franklinvelts. We're the tip toppers. Yeah,
I don't know all of your groups. Bayern Munich,
I know that one. Right. Liverpool. Livers. Liver
in a pool. I don't know. You got teams. It's
fine. This is American football, though. And
it's our top 10. And so the caveat to this one,
word of the day, is that it could be college
or pro. And that's rather interesting because
we're both college and professional football
fans, but if we kind of put that together, then
it's like, oh, okay. Quite honestly, I couldn't
put 10 professional football teams together that
I like. No, right. That would be an ask. That
would be an ask, yeah. Because then 10 through
8 would be teams that, oh, these are just teams
I don't dislike. I don't dislike them. Yeah,
if they're on the TV and it's not going to impact
my favorite teams, then whatever. If they're
playing a team I hate, I'll root for them. Exactly.
Exactly. That is very true. So I'll give you
mine first. Here we go. Number 10, the Purdue
Boilermakers. Nice, okay. Big 10 team. Number
9, the Illinois Fighting Illini. Fighting Illini.
I -L -L. I -N -I. There you go. Number 8, the
Seattle Seahawks. Got to root for them. Oh yeah,
oh yeah. Dig their logo, dig their unis, dig
the stadium, 12th man. Back when Russ actually
was cooking. Back when he was cooking. Broke
his country. Oh wait, where is he now? Jets?
No. No. He went to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh country.
Let's steal. Let's steal. He went there, and
now he's not there anymore. Oh, he's a New York
giant. Giant. That's right. He's a giant. What
is it with New York teams and being really shit
recently? I don't know. It's just like, God,
what can we do to suck? Oh, yeah. Call CEO Russ
Wilson. Yeah. Good Lord. Number seven, the Florida
Gators. Hey, there you go. Great experience in
that stadium. So much fun. Number six, the Arizona
State Sun Devils. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Love
that place. Number five. Oh, Rocky Top, you'll
always be in this home to me. Home sweet home.
Whatever. Trust me, you'll know it, because every
time they get a first down or an interception
or a fumble recovery or a touchdown, somebody
farts. I don't know. They play Rocky Top. Yeah.
And it's Tennessee Volunteers, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Love that place. The old orange and white. The
old orange and white. By the way, if you ever
go to a game. Number one, it's a great experience.
Number two, if you sit up top with your back
to the river side of the stadium. Oh, sure. Oh,
Leroy Jenkins is on the Leroy Jenkins is on the
other side of that river. And whenever they score,
he fires off a Civil War cannon. Oh, yeah. Boom.
Look, my friend Steve and I are from Chicago.
We ducked. We're like, okay, there's a thing.
The blood's out here shootin'. Every way, blakka
blakka, everybody else is like, what the hell
are you doing? I'm like, you didn't hear that
shit? Bang, behind us, 95. That's Leroy Jenkins.
Yeah, I'm looking for books, school book depositories
back behind me, right? I'm not sure what the
shit is going on, but great atmosphere, great
team, it's fun. Tennessee Volunteers, number
five. Washington State Cougars. Go Cougs. Go
Cougs. Number four. Number three, the Denver
Broncos. There we go. Go Broncos. Number two.
Makes me reminisce on the old Peyton Manning
days. I wasn't alive for the John Elway days.
Oh, those were great days. Peyton Manning's the
best I got. Hey, not shabby. Not too shabby.
And number two, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
played the national title game last year. Huge.
And hopefully again this year. Our boy Freeman.
What a stud. Our main man. Yep. He's a guy. Great
coach. And I'll hold off my number one, which
I have a feeling we share, but maybe not. Sounds
likely. My number 10 the Colorado Buffalo. Oh,
that's a good one Yeah, the girl NCAA teams kicking
off number 10 there cool stadium. We went it
was a little bit too chilly I didn't have a jacket
you were freezing so I was pretty cold, but still
a good game number nine I threw the Indianapolis
Colts on here okay, because now we can actually
root for them because You know yeah, it's been
long enough since 2006 it has and I think before
that we were actually in the same division at
one point The Colts. Back when there were five
teams per division, right? No. No? No, no. No,
the Colts. Oh, they came from Baltimore. They're
Baltimore. That's right. Oh, that was a funny
story, too. They just bounced from Baltimore
overnight. They did. Fuck you guys. It's like,
it's like one thing to kind of just be like,
oh, well, if you guys don't give us a stadium
and blah, blah, blah, and we want this land,
you know, and then cities and states and teams,
they always fight over shit. And Ersay just one
night was like, you know, we're going to move.
Yeah. And his people are like. Okay, that's a
like went up Looks his watch. Yeah now. Yeah,
we could get moving like now We could just throw
this shit in a couple of big Mayflower trucks
Yeah, we'll just get out of here and literally
left the city overnight. That's awesome and people
woke up in the morning and their team was gone
Such a gangster move. Fuck you Baltimore. Thank
you Baltimore. We'll see you. Where you going,
Indianapolis? Well worked yeah, it worked it
worked. Yeah Colton here Number eight, Seattle
Seahawks, of course. Oh, we both had them in
eight, nice. Yes, yeah. Number seven, I had Purdue
Boiler Makers. Boiler up. Number six, I had the
Pittsburgh Steelers on there. Oh, okay. It's
a nice, another Midwestern team to root for whenever,
you know, our favorite teams blow shit. Number
five, the Illinois Fightin' Illini, of course.
Let's go. Number four, I had the Denver Broncos.
Love it. I would have had them in the top three,
but then they've got, I think they still have
Sean Payton, and I don't like Sean Payton because
of the shitty ad in New Orleans. Yeah, now that's
fair. They dropped a spot to number three, Washington
State Cougars. I love it. And number two, Notre
Dame Fighting Irish. I love it. I love it. All
right. Well, we got our number one. Anyone out
there if you want to place bets on what you think
our number ones are yeah, this is this is you're
not gonna get good odds Yeah, it's not good odds
not in there like $20 ,000 to get like one right,
but It's the Chicago Bears Chicago Bears that
bears that bears I believe the Bears are gonna
go 26 and oh this year Somebody said they only
play 17. I say hey, they're gonna play more and
they'll play more just to prove a point more
there They're gonna play an international team
on on the moon They're going to win my friend
112 to 2 Because you know that the weightlessness
the ball kind of bounces, but we'll give him
a safety They get a safety on that one, but they
got a safety oopsie But the Bears should win
for sure Oh man, unfortunately in my lifetime,
I haven't seen a Super Bowl winning Bears team.
Nope. Nor have I really seen an All -Star quarterback.
I think the closest we got was Cutler. Well the
closest we got to winning the Super Bowl, we
had Rex Grossman, which was gross. That guy was
a chode anyway. Yeah, Jay Cutler was hot and
cold, fantastic when he was hot, and then like
threw three interceptions a game when he was
cold. So that was unfortunate. Yeah. But that
was also during the Forte era, which was just
exciting anyway. Forte was a stud. Stahaster
was a stud. Yeah. Tillman. Peanut Punch. Yeah.
Gotta love it. Erlacher Briggs. Yeah, man. Mike
Brown. Those were the days. Yeah, man. That was
a team. Yeah. We're looking forward to hoping
this new quarterback is our guy. Yeah. You're
unsure. I'm unsure. I'm unsure. I really am half
of Chicago is unsure when you draft a young quarterback
You you don't you don't know you do not know
so true. I you know there were your Peyton Manning
your Andrew Locke your Philip Rivers Drew Brees
like you you go and you list these guys, but
think about the fact that you could list ten
guys But that's like over 20 25 years, right?
So, at some point, you know, drafting, like,
oh, everybody's gonna be Joe B, Joe Burr. Well,
no. No. No, that's... No, they're not. No, they're
not. And you're not even sure about if you get
a quarterback in the top 10 picks. Patrick Mahomes
was, what, pick number 16 or 17 in his draft.
So, it's really tough to know if you have the
right guy. A lot of teams passed him up. Yep.
Because you do not know. Yeah. It's a crap shoot.
The guy takes that next step and you just don't
know if he's going to figure it out. Yeah. Like
Justin Fields, I still have hope that the light
will go on for him and he'll figure this shit
out. I just don't think he's been on a good enough
team. No. That is like, oh, here are his strong
suits. Let's build the offense around what he
does well. And then we'll see where we go. Right.
His athleticism is remarkable. Right. It really,
it really is. And as a matter of fact, the Steelers
had a winning record when he was starting. And
he took them out and they fucked it. So I was
like, okay. Oh, we're going to let Russ cook
now. Okay, Tom. Okay. All right. See how that
pans out for you. But they played to his strengths
and he did well. And now he's on the Jets and
that's just where people go to die. That's true.
That's true. So I unfortunately have no hope
for him. I don't know if he's had an O -line.
in his career that's given him more than two
seconds in the pocket. It's true. Yeah, because
Pittsburgh's line was ass last year. Yeah. So
that's very true. And I feel bad because everybody
has a go. He sucks. I'm like, who's he played
with and played for? I just, I don't get it.
I'm like, put him on a decent team with a good
offensive line, build an offense around what
he does well, and then judge him. Right. He's
got a cannon and he's quick as shit. Right. That
should be enough. Right. That should be enough
to win more than you lose. Yeah. If everybody
else is doing what they're supposed to freaking
do. Alas, we went off the highway. Yeah, we went
off the highway on that one, Justin. We still
love you. We almost traversed back into the coach's
corner days. Wow. You know what it was? We hit
our habits. We talk about the Chicago Bears for
five seconds and then we get heated. We do. There's
something down. Down in the cockles, right? It
just starts bubbling up. In the deep down, deep
dark down. And away we go. Oh, yeah. And away
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All of our foreign listeners are like, I don't
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very passionate. They're very passionate. They
are very passionate about this Justin Fields.
I don't even know what accent that was. That
was fucked up. Let's claim that's Curacao. Curaçao,
we love you. Yes, that's what Curaçaoians sound
like I've heard just today right now and I'm
gonna keep holding that belief until someone
from Curaçao sends me a bottle of that blue Curaçao.
That's right, and then says we do not talk like
that. Yeah, we don't talk like this. Whatever
I do. Euro -trashiness I just threw out there.
I don't know if I speak like Germans either.
No, probably not. I am from the Curaçao. We don't
talk like this at all. Now, they were, what,
they were originally Dutch, right? Dutch colonies,
so. How the fuck do you - Herb and Gerben, or
whatever the fuck the Dutch say. Herb and Gerben
got like the Swedish chef. There was, yeah, there
was one. There was a location on one of my GeoGuessr
drops on Aidan's Pode the Right Way, and it was
a Dutch drop. It was in the Netherlands. I think
okay, and I was in a town It was called like
hooper goober some shit like that. I was like
this can't be real This this is this was it was
it that town that was on the water. It was like
a By the marinas it was like I remember that
what it was it was like whooping looping or something
looping I loved it, and I was like oh my god.
This is like funnier than the bits I do about
the Dutch How could you not want to live in a
town called hoop and loop it sounds like satire?
Exactly. I am from the Netherlands. I'm from
the Netherlands. We live in Hoopen Loopen. Hoopen
Loopen. Yeah. It's fucking hilarious. Right.
Oh my god. It was in a province called like Friesland.
I was like oh I love fries but Hoopen Loopen
is dumb as shit. Right. There's a place called
Friesland I'm probably gonna go. Yeah. Like man
I love potatoes too. Yeah. No shit. Hi guys.
Oh man. That's funny. I don't know how we got
to Hoopin' Loopin' from the Bears, but we end
up in the Badlands. We really do. We really do.
You're welcome. That moves us to the next segment.
Oh man, it's already off the rails. We're not
even all the way down here, guys, but come. Come
along with us. Yes, join the ride. Up in the
car. Yeah. So anyway, review, preview, review,
movie, preview, movie. I've got something for
you this week. So I went and saw Fantastic Four,
First Steps in a vibrant retro futuristic Earth
828. Fantastic Four, Reed Richards, Sue Storm,
Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm. They've seamlessly integrated
as Earth's protectors. As Sue's pregnancy unfolds
amid interstellar turmoil, a dire threat looms.
Galactus, the planet -devouring entity, has set
his sights on Earth. His herald, Shalabal, also
known as the Silver Surfer, arrives with a warning
that time is running out. The team must navigate
cosmic battles, harnessing their unique powers
while grappling with personal stakes and the
impending birth of Sue's child. In a visually
stunning blend of 1960s aesthetics and modern
storytelling, they unite against Galactus, proving
that family and courage are the ultimate forces
against cosmic darkness. Their journey redefines
heroism in a universe where stakes are cosmic.
You like that? Hey, I love it! Inky transcends
all. It was highly entertaining. I enjoyed how
much they sourced directly from the comic books.
I give the Fantastic Four a very solid 8 .1 out
of 10. That's pretty fantastic. Four! Pretty
fantastic for them. For them. But anyway. They'll
be here all week. That's gotta be the highest
rated Fantastic Four they've ever made, I would
imagine. Oh yeah. As a matter of fact, the opening
weekend of this Fantastic Four... beat the last
attempt. In its whole run. In its whole run.
Oh yeah. In its entire run. Yeah. Just storytelling
is key. You know, Kevin Feige, he's gonna succeed
more than he fails. Oh, he's a G. You gotta trust
him. He's a G. And what they did with this I
think was good. The one thing I would have liked
a little bit more is a little bit more of a clue
on where the hell, like, okay, the whole Thanos
thing. That was an underlying storyline over
the course of like 23 movies. That shit has never
been done before. So now that all of us from
a young age into old comic fans, we get to the
next iteration of what Marvel is. And we're like...
trying to draw the connect the dot thing and
we're like looks more like a seismic graph we're
like right right where where we go and geez some
of these movies been good yeah like i want a
connection like where's this all going because
we get everybody together for something my question
is going to be why right yeah because the the
original first three phases the through plots
Between each movie and how everything came together
was Fascinating to see yeah, and then now I don't
know if we're still in phase four if it's phase
five now or whatever seven now whatever it is
Yeah, it's like Well, what's what's really happened
first of all? 2020 and the coronavirus happened
and that yeah that was kind of hell on the production
and writing industry and then you had the the
SAG Union strikes, you had the Writers Guild
strikes, and that, I mean, great for them, make
sure you get paid for what you do, but that didn't
help Marvel's success, and it's like, what's
the next thing, you know? And then you've got
shit tied up in Disney Plus, because Disney's
always trying to make a fucking dollar, and it's
like... I don't know if that's really helped
them. I would almost argue the Disney Plus stuff
has hindered more than helped. I think it's hindered
because they've tied their quote -unquote TV
shows to the movies. Right. Like if they just
did their own independent shit, it would it would
be fine. But because they're tying it in together,
now you're asking your fans, well, number one,
get another service. You got to get Disney, which
if you're a Marvel fan, you're probably going
to do it anyway. But. You're you're asking them
to commit time to these series so you can keep
up. So when you go to the movies, you're not
like, oh I'm not sure I get what's going on.
Who's that character? Who's that dude? What is
the TVA? Right, you know, so when you get somebody,
you know, you get Owen Wilson. Wow, you get Owen
Wilson that pops up in a movie and you've never
seen Loki and you're just like, oh, it's Owen
Wilson doing these movies. What is he doing?
What's wrong with his nose? Wow wow wow that's
so rude Sorry Owen, we love you But any and and
if you haven't seen Loki see it. It's a great
series great series excellent. I love it But
at any rate, I think that you make a good point.
I think there's just like you're having people
invest extra time into these series. And they
may say, oh, it's just for more enjoyment. And
while that may be true, you're sitting there
like this series has nothing to do with anything.
And then this one is like, oh, shit, if I don't
watch this one, then I can't watch that one.
And then I got to go to the movies. But now they're
telling me I got to see that it's too much jumping
around. And you're developing characters. Off
essentially off -site because the site for Marvel
is the theater, right? Yes the movies and you're
developing them off -site So you're essentially
changing a character. Yes and Giving them different
back stories or altering how they will behave
in the future In a place where people aren't
used to watching Marvel content. Uh -huh. So
Right. It's just a thought as to you know, a
thought experiment as to why Marvel seems different
After yeah after yeah endgame. I agree. It is
definitely different not that it's bad There
there have been some good like I think I thought
the first couple see I thought one division one
division was excellent Loki was great Loki I
enjoyed Captain America and Falcon. Yeah, well
Falcon that that and now it's yeah. Yeah Yeah,
I enjoyed those all of those are really good.
And but then there's some where it was just kind
of like meh Yeah, it's just like is okay. Mm
-hmm. It's not great but Once again, it's you
almost you must have to watch it, right? Because
even if there's just a few Easter eggs It's gonna
be the difference between you sitting in that
theater and half the theater going. Oh And you
going what? Yeah, what just happened. I don't
Oh, I missed one episode on Disney Plus. It was
kind of like, I'll give you a perfect example,
and you'll know this because we saw this one
together in the theater. We went to see the Spider
-Man movie, No Way Home. Yeah, that was great.
With, spoiler, with Tobey Maguire and Andrew
Garfield. Yeah. And so, literally, it was the
three Spider -Men point. It was kind of funny.
Anyway, so being able to see that, and then early
in the movie, like shit goes crazy because Mysterio
before he dies is like Peter Parker, Spider -Man
and everything goes crazy. And so he's in his
aunt's place with him and Happy and I think there's
a few other people and his attorney is there
and his attorney is Matt Murdock. So if you don't
watch Daredevil and know who that actor is and
he sits there and somebody throws a brick through
the window and Matt Murdock just catches it like
it's nothing. And you're just like, oh, who is
like Half the people in theater were like, oh,
and then there were people like, who's this man?
Who's that guy? Why was that? OK, yeah, he caught
the wreck. It's like you missed the point. Yeah.
Like you haven't seen Daredevil. That was you,
like them, letting us know, hey, these whole
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Defenders group, Punisher.
They're they're gonna fuck with spider. Yeah,
they're in that and quite frankly. I'll drop
this hot bit of information John Baranthals the
Punisher is going to be in the next spider -man
movie curious Let's go. Whoo. I'll be good. That's
hot. Oh, yeah, that's hot I'm looking forward
to that. Somebody also said Ruffalo and Hulk's
gonna be on it too. So That sounds like it's
going to be a jolly old time. And they actually
said there's gonna be a battle between Spider
-Man and Hulk. How that happens or why, I don't
know. Probably because, for those of you paying
attention, everybody forgets Peter Parker. So
maybe Hulk's like, F this little Spider -Man.
And they just start fighting. That could be fun.
But at any rate, like I said, if you're not kept
up on stuff, there's gonna be holes for you.
It's tough. Yeah, my preview quickly here is
a movie called Weapons. In the eerie town of
Hollow Creek, the clock strikes 2 17 a .m. and
the lives of 17 families are shattered as their
children inexplicably vanish from their beds.
The only survivor is a young Alex who holds the
key to the mystery, but his silence is deafening.
As the days unfold, the intertwined lives of
teacher Justine grieving father Archer and determined
cop Paul unravel dark secrets and unearth childhood
terrors. Each character's perspective reveals
the town's hidden past, where supernatural forces
intertwine with human sorrow. As tensions rise
and paranoia grips Hollow Creek, the question
looms. What truly happened that fateful night?
With echoes of Stephen King's dread and a nod
to horror classics, Weapons explores the haunting
nature of loss and the shadows that linger. Weapons
premieres nationwide August 8th. That sounds
fantastic. How does that not sound like something
you want to run out and see? Oh yeah, that sounds
fantastic. Because, look, there are horror movies
like Saw, where it's just like, brrr, on my arm!
You know, just like blood and guts and everything,
and some people love that. If there's a little
bit of that in my movie, I'm fine. I want to
be scared of the shit I don't see. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. I want the build -up, I want the goosebumps.
Tension, suspense. I want a couple of jump scares.
Like, that's the shit to me, where I leave and
go... That was good. They got me good a couple
times. That was good. That's the point of it
to me. Of a good horror or a good scary movie.
This sounds amazing. Yes, I agree. You wake up
and your kids are all gone. It's like, holy shit.
Yeah. And kids are freaky anyway. Kids are weird.
See children in the corn, man. That's... Or Cujo.
That has a kid and a dog. Yeah. That was crazy.
Dogs see shit, man. They do. They do, and they
can be very scary. Yeah, well that too. Cats,
man. Cats see another dimension. I am 100 % convinced.
Those little dudes can like stare at a wall with
the most utmost wonder for like five minutes
straight. And then like you throw a cat toy their
way, you break the trance, and they're just disinterested
again in everything. Yeah. It's like, what was...
How dare you? Yeah. It's like, I was having my
wall moment. Right. At some point, you're like,
all right. What, you know, like my friend Tom
had a cat and we go to his place and usually
we come back from the bar late and you know how
that goes. But like we're sitting there, I think
we're eating pizza. It's like two in the morning
and his cat's in the hallway. It's dark. His
cat is staring into the darkness for a solid
five minutes. Oh, hell no. And the whole time
we're like, what the fuck does that cat see?
Holy shit. And out of the blue, It's like, takes
off. Shit. I literally finished my pizza pizza.
I said, Tom, I don't know what the fuck that
cat saw. But he didn't like it. I don't like
that he didn't like it. Yeah. It's time for me
to go. Yeah. I will see you next time. I was
out. Ski -daddled. Pay attention to your animals,
man. Yeah, man. That's all I got to say. All
right, before we take a quick break, while you
were sleeping is a segment where Aidan goes down
the rabbit hole. Goes down the rabbit hole. And
that's it. He just goes down a rabbit hole. Yeah.
I've been stuck down here for months. Please
help. He's been stuck down here. I turn a corner.
Oh my god, Kevin. We're actually feeding my microphone
down through the rabbit hole. Through the rabbit
hole. Yes. And so Aidan often finds YouTube videos
and shows and movies and other multimedia pop
culture things that we may have just missed.
Yes. And so what did we miss this week? I've
got the video game. Yeah. Going video game once
again. I hinted at it at the beginning of the
show. Spectator is a neat little indie horror
game. Came out in 2023. I've only started recently
playing it now, which Couple years late is better
than never sure spectator as it is described
on the Steam page You're an observer tasked with
monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious
activity this innocuous job soon takes a turn
for the creepy as Anomalies begin to appear from
moving furniture to the anomalies themselves
experience real -time horror straight from horror
filled creepypastas Okay, so it is in the observation
duty line or style rather of games But there's
a story mode to it. Okay, which is something
that I felt observation duty kind of lacked where
it You know was the innovator in its genre, but
this one has a story mode, which I'm maybe a
third of the way through. But it is fantastic.
It takes the observation duty style, where you're
observing this security camera footage. You have
to see if something's going to arrive, point
it out. And it interjects different creepypastas,
which are essentially like. Internet horror stories.
Oh, okay. So I'm sure you've heard of like the
back rooms and Slenderman and yeah, so yes Elements
from those stories and plugs them into the observation
duty style of gameplay Yep, which I think is
fantastic and it's it's a little pricier for
an indie horror game Usually they're under ten
ten or fewer dollars. This one's like 13 which
still isn't that bad but it's fantastic, I really
love it I I think it might be on consoles, but
it's definitely a PC game. So if anyone out there,
it doesn't take a lot of power to run, so you
don't need like crazy graphics cards to run it.
But if you have a PC and you like horror games,
I would definitely recommend it. It is very fun.
Spectator sounds like fun. Spectator, yes. Spectator,
I dig it. Well, make sure you guys try that out.
This dude here with his gaming, he is never wrong.
So definitely check that out. We're going to
take a quick break and we come back. We're on
the home stretch. We've got a beer review for
you. And then, of course, the world. full of
weird news coming at you. All right, we are back
for the home stretch here, guys. We have got
our beer review, and then we're gonna finish
things up with the world of weird news. Got a
couple of good stories for you as we close things
out. But we got some beer to drink first, Aiden.
The official beer review. Woo woo, let's go.
Officially. Officially. We are enjoying today.
Yes. The Voodoo Ranger Fruit Force IPA. Indeed,
indeed we are, and we're gonna... We're going
to stick to the script and we are going to talk
about this beer. We're not going to talk about
what we talked about off air for the last five
minutes. No, not at all. Although we were cracking
each other up pretty good. You should have been
there, lovely listener. Should have been there.
This will be in the DVD release. Yeah, exactly.
Also coming out in VHS and Betamax. Director's
commentary. Director's commentary, all the behind
the scenes. Oh, God. Oh, man. Let's just talk
beer. It is from the New Belgium Brewing Company.
which is a brewery out of Fort Collins, Colorado.
This is, of course, a fruited IPA, coming in
at a pretty damning 9 .5 % ABV. All right. Gets
a 20 on the International Bitters Unit. So as
far as IPAs go, that is not very high. But typically,
and this is an Imperial IPA, as designated on
the can itself, Imperial India Pale Ale with
Natural Flavors. how the legal designation on
the can and Usually Imperial IPAs can go one
of two ways They're either a bit sweeter or they
are way more bitter and this one as It says on
the IBU should be on the sweeter side. Okay,
but fruit force and I believe On the can, it
calls itself a fruit punch IPA, so... Okay. Perhaps
those are the flavor notes we should be looking
out for. Outstanding. But we will be sampling
this here for you today, letting you know our
opinions. We're not sponsored, but we will let
you know if we recommend it. Indeed. And we'll
find this in most liquor stores, grocery stores,
some bars have it. Yeah, I believe it is nationally
distributed. Yeah. I'm not sure about internationally,
but hey, if you send us a bottle, it'll be...
blue curacao, we might send you a can. Yeah,
or those sweat pills in your social security
card, so don't forget that. Exactly, exactly.
When I take that off the table. Yeah. All right.
Sláinte. Sláinte. Let us know what you're enjoying
at home. Oh, that's quaint. Ooh. I really like
that. And of course, I'm biased. I'm a big IPA
guy anyway. This is fantastic. It's a bit lighter
on the nose. Yeah, oh, for sure. But there's
like hints of cherry, maybe a touch of pineapple.
Very fruity. The hop flavor comes through. Like
there's that piney, citrusy hop flavor for sure.
It's hoppy, but it's not bitter. It's not bitter.
Yeah. That is, and you know what? It doesn't
taste like a nine and a half percent ABV either.
No, it does not. That's a dangerous one. That's
dangerous. That's a dangerous one right there.
We really, I think, have done... Ourselves and
the listeners of service by trying a lot of beers
this summer that I think would be considered
refreshing for the summer Yeah coming in after
mowing the lawn exactly. This is right in that
same wheelhouse It's in that same wheelhouse,
but it's one of the dangerous ones where if you
don't catch yourself You come in after mowing
the lawn, you're going to be trashed by 4 p .m.
That is true. That is true. But hey, better trashed
at home than trashed away from home. Yes, exactly.
You can just pass out watching the Cubs win or
the White Sox lose. Yeah, exactly. There are
two options. There are two options that you have
there. But yeah, I really enjoy this. That is
really nice. That is very nice and of course
we're using the untapped app on our phones to
To rank it on a scale from zero to five give
it some flavor notes as well as we see them Yeah,
not sponsored by the app, but it is recommended.
It's free I'm gonna give that a oh, that's tough.
Do I bump it up? You're debating you're doing
bump it the extra quarter or not I Think I I
think not Oh, I think not. I think if it had
a little bit more like you call yourself a fruit
punch IPA I want to get punched with fruit, you
know, I want you were expecting a little bit
Yeah, I was I want to be slapped in the face
with like that pineapple limey Cherry fruit punch
flavor. Sure. It lacks that it is fantastic So
I'm gonna give it a three point five out of five
I think you're gonna be shocked because I went
up to a four. Oh I went up to a four. Is that
your highest IPA yet? For IPAs, yes. Usually
my IPAs are anywhere from three to three and
a half in that ballpark, because I'm just not
as much of a fan of the bitter and hoppy stuff.
But I think it's just refreshing enough. It's
not very bitter. You do get the notes. I understand
where you're like, I expect to be a little bit
sweeter because of what you call yourself and
advertise yourself. But this is good. It is very
refreshing. If I have a regular IPA, Halfway
through that IPA. I'm kind of like done with
it already. Yeah, and a warm IPA I throw that
in the garbage. Yeah, that's not good a warm
IPA. That's sink food That is definitely sink
food But this this is good. I have no problem
finishing this no and notably it doesn't leave
any It doesn't leave anything on the tongue or
back of the palate. It does not at all, and that's
awesome. I love that. That's kind of a notable
thing for IPAs is it'll sometimes leave that
piney hoppiness on your tongue for a while. This
is clean. Yeah, this is completely clean. My
palate's clean. My palate's clean. It's great.
Literally, I don't like stuff to linger on my
palate too much. I will let Malort do that, and
that's about it. That's because we're from Chicago,
and fuck you. And fuck you. That's right. Come
to Chicago. Chicago, and we'll greet you at a
bar with no name. Yes. And it's got that cheesy
fake stone siding on it. Huge neon old style
sign. Neon old. That's the only way you know
it's a bar. Yeah. It has no other name other
than that. It's on a street corner in the middle
of a neighborhood. We'll bounce in there. We'll
get the Chicago handshake. Yeah. You get a Mallorton
in old style. That's exactly what it is. Yeah.
Yep. No doubt. But other than that, that's the
only thing that I will let linger. Yes. I would
agree. For sure. But no, this is I look at my
flavor profiles. I'll give it fruity, although
it's not overly fruity. Right. I will say hazy.
I didn't get that. Clean. Definitely clean. Yeah.
There's one called boozy. Boozy. I think that
just means like heavier, like type five. I didn't
get that either. Fruity and clean, that's what
I'm giving it. Fruity and clean. I think I added
tropical because of the hint of pineapple cherry.
That's fair. Reminds me of tropical style beers.
But yeah, this is a strong showing. I like this
a lot. Oh, agreed. Yeah, I like this a lot. I
got some badges. Oh, what'd you get? For the
can level 61. International Beer Day. Oh my gosh.
It's International Beer Day. Well, we have work
to do. Yes, we have work to do. We have work
to do. My path is clear. Yeah, we've only just
begun. I didn't realize it was International
Beer Day. If you're listening when this episode
drops, Happy International Beer Day. Or as untapped
says, Hoppy International Beer Day. I love it.
Okay, that's pretty good. It's also National
Disc Golf Day, which who cares? That's fair.
That's fair. It's called... Let's be honest,
call Frisbee. Frisbee with a target. Yeah. Yeah.
Frisbee with a target. It's Frisbee, but instead
of launching it into the woods, you actually
have something to aim for. You have something
to aim for other than your drunk friend on the
beach. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. That's it. I have
a shit ton of badges. Oh, here we go. Which I
was kind of... What you got? This one's called
For the Can Level 6. Pretty good. You got to
get on my level, though. Where are you at, like
20? Yeah, I got to level 61 or whatever it was.
Shut up. Such a noob. Oh, no. The International
Bear Day badge. Nice. Yeah, we earned that one.
Disco, whatever. Disco. I'll unlock the Journeyman
badge. Oh, do tell. You're getting the hang of
it, but there's much more to try. That's over
50 unique brews. Nice. Okay. That's pretty good.
I'll take that. Hopped down, level two. Hopped
down? Yeah, that's what it says. What? One cannot
live on dank hops alone. That is fair. Tone down
the bitterness and enjoy some smooth flavor.
That's 10 different beers with an IBU of 20 or
below. Oh, there you go. Yeah, we were just talking
about that. Yeah. So I'm not much of the IPA
guy, so obviously mine's going to be a little
bit lower on that end. Right. That's interesting.
I've also unlocked, I believe, an IPA level two.
I would assume most of those IPA tries have been
on this show. Yes. Oh, I think so. On the show
where you get those mystery cans from the bar
sometimes. Sometimes. So, you know, it's like,
yeah, I miss that. We have this bar. It's a dive
bar, but it's like a cool dive bar called Franklin
House, especially when it's not super overly
crazy busy. There's a night during the week,
I think it used to be Wednesdays, where they
had mystery beer, and it's like two bucks, and
you get a mystery can of beer. I love that. It's
like an adventure. Here's my money, what do you
got? And sometimes they'll have a couple of different
ones, which is great. And I'm sure it's just
because of overstock, something that hasn't sold,
whatever. Close to code or something. Yeah, which
is fine. Just give it to me. I love it. And yeah,
as some of those have been IPAs for sure. Yeah.
Yep. Interesting. Well, this has been a fantastic
official beer review. Indeed. Indeed it has.
And that brings us to our final segment for this
episode, which is the world of weird news here
on the Mark Mo Show. And what do you got for
us this week, Aidan? This week, I went back in
time a little bit. OK. To a different time in
our lives. February 2022. Oh, okay. Yeah. The
way back machine. The way back machine brought
me to a little story here. You'll never guess
where from. From 2022. So it's winter in Florida.
Not that Florida gets a winter. But a Florida
man. Florida man. Accused of stealing crossbow
by stuffing it down his pants. Hey, it's my hips.
What do you want? I got the wide berthing. I
got a hip replacement. The subtitle is you just
can't make this stuff up, which is a quote from
the sheriff. Oh, wow. Well, that says a lot.
Oh, yeah. So this was published February 2022
from Brandon Hogan, who is the digital editor
from Mims, Florida. Okay, so the Bravard County
Sheriff, Wayne Ivey, on Tuesday posted surveillance
video to Facebook showing a man who attempted
to steal a crossbow earlier this month by shoving
it into his pants and walking away on a crutch.
So he's on a crutch and he's like in this store.
He's like, I'm gonna just jack this crossbow.
That's hilarious. So on February 6th of that
year at the True Value on local on Highway 1
and MIMS. Darren Durant, 46 at the time, was
allegedly seen on unshared portions of the video
stealing a pair of cutting tools earlier from
a shelf and using them to snip the zip ties holding
this Raven Rio crossbow in place. So he jacks
the cutting tools, cuts the crossbow free, Entering
the video after turning the corner with the compound
bow and then proceeding to conceal it within
his clothing. His pantaloons of course. Durant
then walked out of the store undetected. He fucking
got away with it at first. What? How do you walk
away with a compound bow in your pants? I do
not know. This man might be a master thief. Although
the thing with master thieves is usually you
don't hear stories about them on podcasts. That
is true. Employees later noticed that two crossbows
had been stolen. What? Yeah. Two. They only caught
the one on video. Two crossbows were stolen though.
Deputies were able to obtain an arrest warrant
for Durant following an investigation citing
two prior felony theft conditions already on
his record. Yeah. Durant was located in the parking
lot of a nearby restaurant where he allegedly
tried to run from a deputy after being arrested
and booked. With a crossbow in his pants. With
a crossbow in his pants and still on a crutch.
So running away was maybe not the best plan there.
No. Durant currently jailed in Seminole County
on unrelated, so they got him on something else.
He's booked in on unrelated burglary charges.
Once those charges are dealt with, Durant will
eventually face felony petty theft charges for
the crossbow thing. Oh, you've got to be kidding
me. So they got him on something else and then
they got him on this. It's like, oh no, dude.
A quote from the sheriff. Just when you think
you've seen it all, this guy takes carrying a
concealed weapon to a whole new level. because
of a crossbow in his pants. Oh, Jesus. As he
proves it to us all that you actually can stuff
a crossbow down the front of your pants. End
quote. That is unbelievable. Oh, man. Well, shout
out to Mr. Durant. I'm not sure if you're still
with us. Probably still in jail. Probably. I
mean, if it's a felony charge, I think. Three
four however many years have passed. It's uh
yeah, it's unlikely our boy is out yet, but that
that technology the ingenuity To want a crossbow
so bad you just stuff it down your pants And
he would have gotten away with it to work for
those weathering kids wasn't for those meddling
kids Yeah, always the damn meddling kids man.
I tell you also if he wasn't in a nearby parking
lot still yes He could have just bounced. Oh
easily left. You know but oh well Well, I'll
tell you what. Yeah. I have a little story here.
Do tell. And it is also in the United States.
Actually, recently, a lot of New Zealand stuff,
man. I love you New Zealanders, but, man, you
guys are weird. They're the Florida of Oceania.
Of Oceania. I think that's fair. But we managed
to stay in the States this week. Trust me, we've
got our share of wackadoo people. Cray -hey -hazy.
This one, this new story is titled, California
woman fills her hair with 711 golf tees. Oh God.
To be fair, that quantity of golf tees probably
only cost six dollars. To be fair. California
woman who loves golfing broke an unusual Guinness
world record by putting 711 tees into her hair.
I didn't realize Guinness was tracking this.
Apparently they were. Anya Banesh, 45, earned
the title for most golf tees in her hair when
her friends spent 47 minutes helping her fill
her locks with the small wooden pegs. That's
awesome. I've always dreamed of being in the
Guinness World Records book. That's totally been
a dream of mine. I wanted to create something
around the golf world and thought this would
be a great idea. You know what? That's kind of
awesome. I love that mindset. It's kind of awesome.
She said her record was inspired by Joel Strasser,
a serial record breaker with multiple titles.
for putting objects into his beard. Oh, sure.
Okay. Joel is definitely the goat of beard records.
Of course he is. Of course he is. Who else is
trying for them? Let me see, I have stubbled,
not me. I followed his journal, and I'm just
honestly inspired by how unique, creative, and
funny he is. Banash said his creativity gave
me the push to be like, okay, let's do something
crazy too. I can be the golf girl version of
Joel Strasser. So thank you, Joel, for inspiring
me to do something goofy with my hair. That's
awesome. Yes. That's awesome. Well, Anya, you're
a legend amongst human beings. Legend. I mean,
this is what humanity is supposed to be like.
Yes. You know, creative people inspiring creative
people. Right. You know, we sit here and we take
a John Stewart, Trevor Noah -esque approach,
John Oliver, if you will, to political things
that happen around us. We swore we'd never be
a political show, and then almost every show
we're opening the show with some crazy shit that's
going on, because... How can you not talk about
it? We're living it. Right. How can you not?
But this is the shit that makes me happy. I mean,
it really does. Yeah, like all the people out
there that say they hate the news because it's
all negative, myself included. For sure. There
are fun, funny, positive news stories out there.
I agree. And not all of them are Florida man
just doing crazy shit. You get stories of Anya.
Anya putting seven and a hundred and eleven golf
tees into her head. Being inspired by Mr. Beard
himself. By Beard Guy. By Beard Guy, Joel. Joel.
Think we're gonna have to take a deep dive into
Joel. Maybe for the next time you see what he's
up to Yeah, what is Joel done? What is Joel done?
Why is he the goat exactly? He's already said
he's the goat. I didn't know he declares him
the goat I I have reason to believe I trust her.
Yeah, I have reason to believe that 100 % But
hey guys, I hope you've enjoyed this show. We've
tried to have some fun with it. We opened up
with some mental health kind of stuff, but you
know that was fun and funny and kind of went
off the rails from there. Oh yeah. As we do.
As we do, but hope you guys enjoyed it. I want
to thank this guy to my left, or right if you're
watching it, which you can't watch it, so it's
to my left. This is Aiden Maloney, and he's my
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Carrier pigeon, we've gone over this. Yes. We
have gone over this. Just give us your social
security card. And sweat pills and we're good.
Yeah, exactly. There's like 16 cool digits on
the front of this little plastic card. Some of
you might have. Just share those with us. Just
give it to us, really. The three secret numbers
might unlock a little thing for you if you give
it to us. I think so. Go ahead. It'd be nice
if you could do it. And then just don't check
your statements for a couple months. There's
no need to, really. When you think about it.
quick, easy, and it's free. Yeah, exactly. For
us, that is the best point. No, seriously though,
thank you so much for listening in. We're well
into our third season. We hope to do 10 or 20
or 30. We're doing this because we love it. Exactly.
Pretty much. We're just having a great time with
it. We know there's bigger and badder and guys
with huge marketing budgets that you guys listen
to. And by badder, we mean worse than us. For
sure. Yeah. Oh yeah. I mean, we're bad, but.
We're bad in the cool way. We're bad. It's like,
yo, those dudes are bad. Those dudes are bad.
I know the people on Curacao definitely think
that. Oh, for sure. There's no doubt about that.
Our homies at Curacao. Let's go. Thanks, though,
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