Now I know you love planes and football, but what is like one hobby or one activity that you just kind of stumbled upon?
You're like, you know what? I actually really enjoyed this as a hobby and it wasn't like one of the main ones that we already know.
Uh, the main one that's been here recently has been Armored MMA. Have you heard about that where it's like dudes in night suits and actual weapons?
Like they don't have sharpened swords and things like that or sharpened pikes, but they do hit each other with that.
And it's like MMA rules. So they get each other on the ground and like beat the crap out of each other with armor on.
That's been kind of an obsession here lately. I don't know if you've ever heard of that.
I have a little bit, but what is about it that like fascinates you with it?
I don't know, man. It always takes me back to like, I don't know. It's always that weird primal thing, right?
Like what is, what is UFC or any fighting really? Like what is the appeal of any of that?
Um, I think, and I don't want to be like, quote, Dana White, because like I'm not a fan of the guy or anything like that.
But, um, I think he said something that's very true and it kind of fits into this.
You could have a football game going on in one corner, like live, right?
Like you can have a stadium with football going on. You could have a stadium with basketball going on.
And if you could see both like great, but you know, if there's a fight in the crowd, everybody's going to be focused on the fight in the crowd.
And I don't know why that's just the thing. It's just kind of interesting.
Um, I don't know. There's some weird appeal that, okay, we got two guys, really two idiots going out there,
knowing they're going to get messed up and you know, just kind of that fight to see some wheels and a lot of other sports or team sports.
So it's kind of interesting to see individuals go out there and have to compete against each other.
For sure. I think mine is like, I guess you would call it like climbing the rock walls.
Like I'd never, I've done that like maybe four times and I did it recently and I just was like, man, I actually enjoy this,
which is fascinating because I'm really scared of heights.
So maybe it's like conquering my fears thing, but I really enjoy that. Like it's fun for me.
You know, and I've never climbed like a rock wall with you.
Like I've climbed rock walls before, but I've never done one like with you, um, like at the same time.
I would imagine with, cause you know, a lot of people be looking at Chris and they'd be like, oh, he's a small dude.
I bet you can climb them things like a spider monkey. I bet you're good at climbing. I don't know why. I bet you.
Yeah, it's cause I'm nimble. Yeah. Cause I'm small and stuff. Like the last one, it took me like two minutes to get to the top.
Maybe that's what I'm saying. It's just like, I could see you being really good.
I could see you like getting up there really fast. Like I can see, I can see that for sure.
Well, I'm Chris and I'm Michael and this is the donut box podcast.
Welcome back to another week, another Monday, another manic Monday, bro.
Just the time is flying. It's the holidays coming up right around the corner and we only have this episode and next
episode left of season three and then we're on to season four, huh?
Yeah man. And we got our, we got big changes coming for season four, which will be really cool.
So there's a lot of fun stuff coming up there, but yeah, man, this, this year's moving along really, really fast.
Kind of a side note. I don't know about you, but time is moving so fast that I know that older people,
they always be like, yeah, time moves really fast. I'm a relatively young guy and if time's moving this quick,
I know that it's, it's really going to keep on moving really fast this time, you know, as we get older too.
But things just moving really, really, really fast.
Oh yeah, for sure. Well, we are welcoming you guys back. If you're brand new, we here at the Dona Box Podcast,
we kind of switch it up between our free flow episodes and our regularly scheduled programming.
And we're back to our regularly scheduled programming this week and how it works as each segment is a different donut.
The first donut is our old fashioned donut, which is a story from our past. Now we're going back and retelling
some of our favorite ones, some oldies. So, Micah, do you want to go ahead and get the first one going?
Yeah. So this story is about the first time that we went to Six Flags after we moved to Texas.
So if you remember, we lived in Augusta, Georgia in that area and my going into my senior year
and then Chris going into his freshman year of college, we moved out to Texas.
And, you know, we really wanted to do that for a long time and things like that. But to this point,
we had already been to Six Flags over Georgia. We had already been to Carowinds, which is an amusement park over in North Carolina.
And I don't know about you, man, but I was super stoked about going to Six Flags over Texas because it was,
and I'm not talking about Fiesta Texas, I'm talking about Six Flags over Texas, the main one that is there in Dallas.
And I just know that one to be, they got some bigger rides, but they also, it was kind of one of the more classic parks, I would say.
Like, I feel like it was older than Six Flags over Georgia. Like, I feel like it's been there a while.
So I was excited to go to that. But we started working at Boot Carow, if you remember those stories.
So this is right after we started working at Boot Carow together. And so we were making some money.
We were like, you know what, we want to, we were getting some time off. And so we were like, you know what, we want to go and go to Six Flags.
And we're just going to go do it for the weekend. And our first idea, or really was my idea, we were like, we could drive or we could fly.
And the big appeal about flying was, one, the tickets were cheap. And two, it was nonstop. So it's like, okay, we can get there in an hour.
So you would think. So you're, you know, 18, 19 year old brain would think. So we'll just, we'll just buy a plane ticket, go and get a hotel room.
And then we'll, you know, go to Six Flags and then we'll fly back. And that's not exactly how it went, did it, Chris?
No. And the fascinating thing that you said when you said that the park was older, I want to backtrack.
So Six Flags over Texas, well, Texas actually had six flags, six different countries flags flying over it. So it made sense, which I never knew that until like, I moved out here to Texas.
And I was like, oh, that's why they call it Six Flags. So I'm kind of like, I guess this is the OG. So, but yeah, so we decided to leave. We were excited.
We got off work and we headed to the airport. And then we were delayed.
Already. Well, we showed up to the Lubbock Airport. First thing I remember was the power was off. Like, I remember walking into Lubbock Airport and being dark.
And it was also, it wasn't the summertime. I think it was like September. No, it was not September. It was.
No, it was, it was the middle of July. Was it July? Okay. So it was July.
Yes, because I got in trouble for going because I was supposed to go to a wedding that I totally forgot about.
And that was, and so it started off all bad. Yeah. And it was hot in the terminal because of course, no power, no AC, that sort of thing.
We went up to the ticket counter and yeah, we were delayed, but like the flight was still going. They wrote us a handwritten ticket, which was kind of interesting.
Never had seen that before. So they'd given us a handwritten ticket. Like imagine going through TSA security in the dark. And that's exactly what we did.
I think they just like wanded all of us, you know, like the little wand that makes the weird noise. I think they just did that with everybody.
And we were in a dark terminal the whole entire time. And even when we got on the plane, I remember they had to count everybody to make sure that everybody was in the seat.
And they were having to do like manual paper tracking. It was really, really crazy. And we thought to ourselves, okay, you know, you always have to have a glitch or a hiccup to a trip.
And it's like, okay, so this, this is it. But at least, and I think the delay was only like an hour, if I remember correctly, wasn't too long. It was only like an hour long.
But we thought that was going to be the glitch and the delay of the trip.
That was not it at all. So we get to the, finally get to Dallas and we get our bags. And beforehand, we were like, okay, well, we got to figure out a way to get to the hotel.
And talk to Michael's parental unit, his male parental unit. And we said, okay, we should probably book a van. He's like, no, no, no, no, no, you just go up there, just show up.
And then there'll just be a van waiting for you to get to the hotel.
Now here, I'm also going to say this too, this was before the days of Uber of like just pulling out your phone and ordering an Uber. Like this was before that.
And there was a company in particular called Super Shuttle. And basically, if you were to call them and say, hey, I want a van to come pick me up.
And take me to this hotel, like they would do that. But the main bit was you had to have an appointment. But yeah, we were told, no, no, no, just show up and basically call them once you show up and say, hey, come pick me up on my terminal, whatever.
And that was not the case. I remember calling them and them being like, no, you need an appointment ahead of time.
And so they're like, we'll put you on the books, but we'll just have to get to you when we get to you.
And at this point, it had been quite a long day because, you know, we had worked, we had had this delay in flight for over an hour sitting in a hot terminal.
The flight was about an hour, but then we get to Dallas and then this happens. And how long did we end up sitting there, Chris? It was like two, three hours before.
Yeah, it had to be at least an hour and a half to two hours. We sat there for a little bit.
We got to the point where we got to the hotel, like it was probably around 9.15.
Yeah, about 9.9.15 or maybe later. But I remember when we were hungry, we got an E.
I remember we got to the hotel so late that we called Pizza Hut right before they were about to close and like ordered a pizza.
Well, thing that happened was, well, we booked the hotel at Micah's name, but I called the pizza and ordered it at my name.
And I didn't, they didn't ask for like a hotel room number or anything. So like, we're just waiting around for the pizza, like waiting in the lobby to see if anybody's going to show up.
And it's like 30 minutes past the time, like they're supposed to be there.
So by the time I call, like the Pizza Hut is already closed. And so when I call them, I'm like, hey, like, well, when they first call them, they were like, what do you want? We're closed.
And I was just like, oh, I ordered a pizza. Like, sorry. This is not. And then they were like, yeah, like your delivery pizza driver is left for the day.
Like, we're not going to give you your pizza pretty much. And they were pretty rude about it.
So we only had one option. And that was to get a pizza from the hotel lobby because we couldn't go anywhere. Because by the time we would go somewhere, almost everything was closed.
So we got these frozen pizzas from the hotel lobby. And remember, we put them in the microwave and we tried to make a microwave them, but that was just not working out.
I could didn't work out.
And man, it was soggy. It was real bad. And so it was like, we, but I mean, we still ate them because it's like, bro, we're hungry, we got to eat. So we ate that.
And I just remember being like, all right, well, at least we're going to go to bed and then we're going to, you know, go into six flights the next morning.
And I will say this, the one good part about it, we, you know, we plan to get up kind of early.
And, you know, we have our little formula that we've talked about before of you want to show up, you know, when the gates open and things like that and a little bit early.
So, you know, a lot of times they'll open the gates so you can get in line. Maybe the rides won't be going yet. They'll be testing them out.
But at least you can get in line and whatnot. And so we get up and get out there pretty early.
And I will say this for the time of year that it was, I remember it being like 80, 80 degrees or like 80, 85 and overcast.
Like it wasn't smeltering hot like it should have been for the summertime in Dallas.
Like I remember that, which maybe that was a saving grace on that because I don't remember six flags actually being of time on that deal.
Six Flags wasn't too bad of a time. No, like we, we actually went, we had a good time and we did get to ride most of the rides.
I think it was just getting there. And then like afterwards we ran into the same situation again where like the flights were delayed and we were like, bro, like, I just want to go home.
Like, and at that point, like everything had like been a bump in the road and everything. And so where you're just like, I want to go home.
But I remember like it was not a good, I just remember kind of like being like miserable. Like it was something happened.
I felt like before we got onto the plane or something, I don't know what it was, but yeah, it was just not a good time.
My memory might be slipping a little bit. I think this was a different time. But was this the time that we, that like we got on the plane, we taxied out and there was a problem.
And we sat on the tarmac for like two hours or was that a different time? I think that was a different time.
No, that was a different time. But it did get delayed again because it was DFW.
And of course, if anything happens, if you even sneeze, they're going to delay because there's moisture there, bro.
Like DFW is the worst. Yeah, it's pretty crazy. But yeah, I remember doing that. And I remember the biggest thing.
And of course, you got to think going from Georgia to Texas, it's a little different and trying to get used to a little bit of this.
I remember a lot of the people at Boot Corral were quite surprised that we flew. Like they were like, why would you fly?
They're like, why don't you just drive it? And we're like, well, it's like five, five and a half hours.
And you got to think from moving from Georgia, our big trip was like going to Atlanta, which was two, two and a half hours.
Five and a half, six hours is like two, two and a half hours for Georgia standards because it's like, nah, dude, you could drive it.
And a lot of the thing was it's like, you know, for the time that you took to show up to the airport early and with delays and you know, how long it took to get to the hotel.
It's like you probably could have drove it and done it, which is probably true. In fact, that's why we did some of those videos on, you know, is it quicker to fly or drive across Texas?
Because Texas is so big to where sometimes that is a straight up argument. And we did that this year when I went up to Lubbock and for Easter time.
So you can check those videos out on the TrashCade Network if you want to see those and also on the Aviator Society. So plug that mid episode.
But yeah, no, it's just kind of interesting. But I remember that being the big thing is like, well, why'd you fly? That's kind of the dumbest thing.
Like people did not understand why we flew at all.
And even probably some of our listeners like five hours, that's like a long trip. But now like in Texas, it's like, yeah, five hours, that's a day trip.
Like there have been times where I've driven to Dallas for the day and then like come back later. It's like five hours. Yeah. But like, it's nothing. It's nothing at all.
So it's it's it's just different. Like and thinking back on it now, I would probably drive rather than fly to Dallas.
Yeah, I would have driven that way. That way we would also had our own car too. You know, we wouldn't have to worry about other transportation and stuff like that.
And yeah, knowing what I know now, especially with how big Dallas is, just because you're flying into a Dallas airport doesn't mean that you're close by where you're staying either.
Like Dallas is huge. So lessons learned over time. But yeah, because I think you were 19 at the time and I was 18. That's that's what you get for trying to plan out something.
You think you know everything. You don't know anything at all. But anyways, we're going to move into our next segment, which is the jelly donut.
And do we have actually a jail report? Yes, we do. We have a jail report. So yeah, this segment is the jelly donut.
We've got a jail report with actual fun stories. So yeah, you ready for those? I've got a few of them on deck here.
So this one is a little different. We kind of talked about Squirrel Man a few weeks ago, and not knowing why we called him a squirrel man.
Well, this guy was the Squirrel Robber. It was from the good old state of Florida. Gotta love Florida.
So there's a man in Florida who was arrested for allegedly stealing a squirrel from a pet shop.
So the police were tipped off about the suspect when he was attempted to evade capture when the squirrel ran into a nearby tree and he was
caught trying to climb the tree to get the squirrel in his hands again. So he was charged with theft.
And when the officers arrest him, they told him, or I'm sorry, the perp, the guy who was stealing the squirrel, told him that he just
really wanted a pet squirrel. And that's why he stole the squirrel. Well, if he wanted a pet squirrel, why didn't he just try to trap one from the part instead of stealing it?
That's what I'm saying. Yeah, there's plenty of squirrels. You can go trap. They're like rodents. Just get food out there and you can trap.
Anyways, so next one. So yeah, he was charged with theft. The next one here. This is in Ohio. This was the pizza theft in Ohio.
A man was arrested. Yeah, you always got to love the food stories. I don't know why. Like when people throw food or like a salt with food, like a salt's never funny, but when it's with food, it kind of is.
But this man was arrested for stealing an entire pizza from a delivery driver. So the suspect had ordered a pizza to be delivered to a fake address.
And then when the driver arrived, he simply snatched the pizza and ran off. So of course, a guy called the cops. And when he was caught, he explained to the police that he couldn't resist the temptation and that he was just hungry and didn't have the money to pay for it.
Can you still like choose to pay in cash when the pizza delivery driver like comes to your place and not pay for it until it arrives? Because I didn't think that was a thing anymore.
Yeah, you can. I've done that before where you just like the I'll pay in cash. Even if you like ordered online or whatever, you just say I'll pay him in cash when he gets here. Like it's still an option.
Oh, wow. That's interesting. Yeah. But no, that's kind of funny. I mean, it's not funny that he stole, but it's like, yeah, well, things like a pizza, like he must have been really hungry.
Well, and my thing is to set up a, you know, to be like a fake address, he thought this whole thing out. He's like, oh, I'm gonna get me a pizza today. Like he thought this was a whole pizza con is what this was. He's playing this out.
Have you seen those Domino's commercials now where it's like if you order a pizza, then you get a free emergency pizza to use any time. And I'm like, so y'all just give it away pizzas now? Like is it is Domino's that bad that y'all just give it away pizzas?
I feel like they always had kind of out of pocket marketing schemes. Like I don't know about you, but I can't think of any in the past. But I feel like Domino's has always been kind of a little outlandish with their marketing schemes. I don't know. Maybe that's just me.
Because their pizza's not that good. Yeah, it's anyway. Sorry. It's not. All right. The next time or the next one here, the drunken ventriloquist. So there was a man in California who was arrested after drunkenly performing a ventriloquist act on the side wide or the sidewalk
while harassing people while he was walking by. So basically, the puppet, which you know, the guy claimed was speaking for him reportedly insulted several bystanders before police arrived, including calling one lady. It's a four letter word that starts with a C.
And so apparently he was arrested for public intoxication and disturbing the peace. Apparently even when the police showed up, the puppet started insulting them. But isn't that like what a dummy does? Like a ventriloquist dummy. They're supposed to insult people. And it's like, yeah, I get it. But like, if he's on the street, like doing that, like just walk past him and don't do nothing. Like come on, no.
I mean, I think some of it was funny. Like I want to know what I bet you some of it was. I want to know what he said. I mean, it's never funny to call somebody what he called him. But like at the same time, it's like, I really want to know what this guy said. All right.
The next one. So a Texas woman. This is such a Texas story. A Texas woman was arrested after she was caught on video trying to chase a cow down the highway. Now this when I say this is a Texas story, this must be like an around Austin kind of story.
Because authorities later found out that she had been attempting to quote unquote rescue this cow from a nearby farm because she believed that it was not being treated properly. The car, the cow, however, was perfectly content grazing in the field and did not want to go with the woman.
So the woman was caught trying to take the cow out of the field. And so the woman was charged with animal cruelty and reckless behavior.
That's that's my problem that I have with these. I don't know what you would call them, but it's kind of what you talk about the people that like shove their agenda down your throats. It's like they try to rescue people or fight for causes or get mad about things that don't need.
It's like, oh my gosh, this is animal cruelty. And it's like, nah, if you did your research, like the cows, you know, just chill in. It's like, how does it want to go with you? And it's like, these people want to be like the saviors of things when they're not needed.
If that makes sense. So I don't, I don't get it. The cow didn't need saving. It's one of those things. It's like, it's like, come on, Betsy, it's time to get you a new life. And Betsy's like, nah, this is my field to graze in.
You're not going to take me out of here. But see, a lot of these people, it'll be like stupid reasons to be like, well, you're making them stay outside and they don't have the option to go inside.
You're going, but that's not animal cruelty. Animals are used to being outside. I don't know what you are. That's animals.
Like animals are meant to be outside. Like, come on now.
So it's, it's pretty wild. All right. So the next one here, this was also in the great state of Florida.
The match the one from before. So there's a man who was wanted for robbery. And he was attempted or he was arrested after attempting to hide in a public restroom.
So while he was attempting to conceal himself, he reportedly made a loud mistake with what was considered a gas attack because he alerted to the officers of his location.
But he claimed that his fart was an unfortunate coincidence. And so he was arrested because he farted and let them know where he was at.
That's pretty funny. It's like, well, keep yourself up. That's bad. That feels like something you would see on Family Guy or something.
Yeah. It's just like, it's like, I got to hold this in. Nope.
And I can only imagine like, you know, some of those public restrooms are very, this is something I've never understood too.
Like public restrooms or say you're like kind of park or something like that. A lot of those restrooms, they're very echoey. Have you noticed that?
So like, it's like, it's very echoey. So yeah, if you in a bathroom stall and you let anything go, they don't hear it.
Oh yeah. That's why it's hard for me to go use the bathroom sometimes in those places in public. Yeah. I understand.
Especially when you got to blow it up. Oh, I understand. All right. So this one is kind of near and dear to my heart because it had to do with flying kind of.
So a woman was arrested on an airplane after refusing, refusing for pay. Geez, I cannot talk today. I really can't. What is wrong with me, Christopher?
Anyways, a woman is arrested on her plane after refusing to pay for in-flight snacks. So she argued that the cost of food was too high and she attempted to smuggle it off the plane without paying.
The flight attendants reported the incident and upon her landing, she was met by airport police and her defense was, I was just hungry.
And so apparently she was fined and spent one night in jail.
Well, was the snacks, the free snacks I give you, was that not enough for her? And you can bring your own snacks on the plane. So I'm just kind of like, why would you risk it?
Here's what I'm wondering. Here's what I'm wondering too. Because most airlines wouldn't care if we're being real, if somebody grabs an extra pack of peanuts or whatever, like they don't care.
But, well, I guess not peanuts now, it's like the little checks mix or whatever. Like most of the time they don't care. I'm imagining this was like spirit or frontier or like one of these where you have to pay for everything, everything.
Because most airlines are not going to cause the trouble enough to call the police ahead of time and be like, hey, arrest this lady for stealing extra snacks.
Unless she was like, you know, like stuffing her pockets with like 810 snack bags or something. I don't know. I don't know. But kind of want to know the full story on that one.
Alright, the last one here. A man in Arizona was arrested after breaking into a home dressed as a ninja. He wore full black attire and even tried to scale walls like a movie character.
The homeowner woke up to find this man attempting to sneak around in the dark. So of course the homeowner went after him with the baseball bat, ended up seducing him.
And so the homeowner ended up asking him why was he dressed as a ninja. And he said, it seemed like the best way to avoid detection at the time. And so he was charged with burglary and trespassing.
What is this guy? 12? I could just see that be like, oh yeah, I'm going to dress up like a ninja. And then maybe they won't see me. Okay.
I don't know. But yeah, he, it also sounds like maybe drugs were involved. That's what that sounds like to me. Sounds like, you know what?
Well, this one is Arizona, but still Arizona, Arizona to Arizona. Well, it is Arizona. There's methods. Yeah, there's plenty of those. And then the sun bakes your brain on top of it. So there's that.
But yeah, that's the jail report. Which one was your favorite? Either the pizza story or probably the squirrel story.
I think it's, I think it's pretty funny the lady being like, I'm going to free this cow. Getting arrested for it. Could you imagine being like, what are you in for? I try to free a cow from its living conditions.
Yeah, exactly. They probably, okay. Especially in Texas. They'd be like, okay, whatever. I could, I could tell where you from. Like I said, that had to happen like outside of Austin. I don't see anywhere else in Texas that happening.
But yeah. All right. Anyways, so we're going to move on to our next segment, which I also have this week. And that is the donut hole, which we always love to do quizzes. And Christopher, I've got a quiz for you. Do you have any guesses of what it could be?
Okay, what's it about? Is it on flying? No, no, it's not. It's actually on something that interests you. It is a Lord of the Rings.
Oh, that's one of my, that's one of those movies that I could just watch over and over and over. I can put on in the background and not get tired of. I love that.
Now, I will say this. These are some of these are some harder questions. And these are only from the first three films, not the Hobbit and some of the other ones. So this just from the first three film, like the true Lord of the Rings films.
You're going to expose me for the nerd that I am.
Hey, there's no problem with that. All right. So you're ready for this?
Yeah, let's go.
Now, the first question can be a little difficult, but who was the first character to speak in the movie, The Fellowship of the Ring? Was it a Frodo Baggins, B Gandalf, Galladriel, or D Bilbo Baggins?
Oh, it's a gladrile because she's telling the story of the ring and all the backstory. So it's C.
It was actually Gandalf. Gandalf was the first one to speak.
Really? Are you sure about that?
That's what it says.
Okay, because I thought it opens with her like telling the line and like doing the narration because she does the narration of it. But are you talking about like the first character actually have dialogue or speak or something?
I'm having a fact check this. I'm having a fact check this on the on the fly because I'm cause I thought it started off with her like doing the narration.
That's what I thought too though.
But this quiz says that it was Gandalf.
Maybe it means like the first like character to actually have a dialogue with someone or to speak lines.
Cause I thought the first line of Lord of the Rings and The Fellowship of the Ring, I thought it was talking about Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End and it was talking about celebrating his birthday, right?
I'm pretty sure. But anyways, I haven't seen, I need to, we need to watch that movie now. That's what this says. This is what this says right here.
We got to watch this movie again. All right. So the second question. What was the name of Ergon Sword which was reforged? Do you know this without me asking?
Yeah, it's the sort of Elendio or Anderill or the Shards of Narsil. But give me the.
Yeah, it's Anderill. You got it right.
Yeah, Anderill, Flame of the West. That's the official name of it.
There you go. All right. So the next one. What type of creature is Gollum before he comes corrupted by the One Ring to become smithy?
Was it A and Elf? B, Hobbit, C, Dwarf or D and Orc?
He was a Hobbit. Yeah, he was a Hobbit. He was a Hobbit before he went crazy and got possessed by the Devil. Possessed by the Ring.
All right. So the next one. Which of the following characters does not travel with the Fellowship to Mordor?
Was it A, Legolas, B, Gimli, C, Boromir or D, Samwise Gage?
Oh, it's Boromir because that fool got whacked in the first little bit there.
Yes, he did. And he did not travel the rest of the way. All right.
What is the name of the Elven City where Frodo, Mary, Sam and Pit are healed from the attack in the Fellowship of the Ring? Is it A?
I know it. Go ahead. It's Rivendale. It's Rivendale. Yeah, you're right.
Yeah, it's pretty cool. It's a pretty cool city.
All right. The next one. Which character says the line, even the smallest person can change the course of the future?
Is it Gandalf? Actually, no.
Oh, well, give me the options. It's A, Galadriel. Is that how you pronounce her name? Remind me how you pronounce her name.
Yeah, it's Gladriel. That's who it is.
Yeah, there you go. And then the other options were Elrond, Gandalf or Ergon.
Oh, yeah. It's Gladriel.
Oh, forehead. What was the name of the horse that Ergon rides in the two towers in the Return of the King?
Do you remember the horse's name? Is it A, Shadowfax? Is it B, Brigo? Is it C, Bill?
It's B. It's B. Yeah, you're right. It's B.
Yeah, it's Brigo. Yep. I think Bill is one of the ones that hobbits rides because they're like, goodbye Bill or goodbye Bill or something.
Like that. Okay. Two more. You're doing pretty good so far. I think you got all right to this point.
What is the name of the giant spider that attacks Frodo in the Return of the King?
Is it Shilob? Ungaliet? Argon or Spider Splash?
Is it A? Yeah, it's A. Shilob.
That spider still creeps me out.
I just don't like spiders in general so the thought of having a big behind spider like that, yeah, I don't think so.
In the show Rings of Power, they show the cave where all the spiders were and I guess that one is the oldest remaining one, but yeah, it's creepy.
I hated it. It was nasty.
Yeah, I can totally see that. Let's see. So we got two more here.
What is the name of the land that Sauron rules for?
Is it A? Mordor? Yeah, you know that one.
Are you sure it's not Isengard? No, that's where What's His Face is.
Alright, so this one is kind of an outside question, not like storyline.
Which actor portrayed the character of Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Was it A, Sean Bean, B, Hugo Weaving, C, Ian McKellen or D, Christopher Lee?
It was Hugo Weavey. Yeah, it was. So yeah, you got them all right, dude. All 10 of them.
Interesting movie. I love it. I have one of the Lord of the Rings tattoo on my arm, like the actual sword that got broken.
I have the broken part tattooed on me, which is pretty cool.
And so I enjoy those very much. I mean, they're all really good movies. They're all really fun.
So, but yeah, you did really good. I'm gonna have to ramp up the questions.
It's always hard having to pronounce some of them though. I'll be real with you.
Oh yeah. And you should definitely check out Rings of Power when you get a chance.
It's a pretty good show. I enjoyed it. Like the first season is a little slow,
but once you get past the first couple of episodes, then it's...
Sounds good, man. We had a good time, but now it's time to talk about what be revenue up.
We'll be frying your donuts. Man, what's got you ticked off?
There's a lot of things that fry my donuts. No, I'm not going to talk about the election and all that stuff.
I figured I'd spare y'all.
Oh man, we don't want to go political and tick everybody off.
No, no, no. That's the easy way. That's the easy way.
Maybe I've talked about this before, but it gets really under my skin when...
And maybe it's just because me and you are different, but I hate when people are like,
oh, I hate so and so, and they want to talk mess about this person,
and they're just talking all this mess. But then later on, maybe later on that day,
you see them post a picture with that person and you're like... And the picture is like,
oh yeah, I can't wait to hang out with my girl or my boy so and so.
And it's like, wait a second, you just spent an hour talking to me about how much you don't like this person
and now you're hanging out with them. I just don't get it.
That doesn't make sense to me, or they just talk trash and you're like, yeah,
that person is ungrateful and this and that, and I don't like them.
And the next thing, they're like, oh yeah, we're taking this person to this game.
And it's like, bro, I thought they were ungrateful. Like, why are you doing all this stuff for them?
Or oh, you're going to hang out with them? I just don't get it.
Can you help me understand? Maybe it's just I'm built different.
No, I get you. It aggravates me too. I feel like, one, it's because a lot of these people are two-faced
and that's the kind of people that they hang around. I feel like you are a product of your environment
a lot of the time. And so I'm not saying that, you know, being two-faced,
you could be two-faced on your own, but I think a lot of times, how do I put this?
So you were kind of talking about King and Queens the other day, like the TV show,
and a lot of the principals on there, like Doug and Kerry Hepburn and the main characters
and their friends, look at how they interact with their friends.
Like, their friends are constantly screwing each other over, or, you know,
they're kind of sliding their friends, or maybe they'll say something that they're like,
like, oh, I don't really like them, but then hang out with them.
I think a lot of people find that normal because they're having that same thing happen to them, too.
You know what I mean? I think that's where it kind of breaks down along the lines,
but I think that it's, there's some people that just take pleasure in talking bad about people.
It's almost like that, how do I put this? Have you ever known people, like,
it's so hard to explain because, you know, there are people that'll break the law just cause.
Like, there are people that do this stuff just cause.
And I guess it's a, I've noticed there's a lot of bored people, you know,
people who don't have a lot of other stuff going on in life.
So it's fun to go talk mess on something.
And I think part of it is, I think a lot of it is unhealed childhood trauma, too.
There are some people who literally get off and get pleasure off of getting away with some things.
And I think that's part of it, too, is talking mess on somebody and then being friends with them,
or, you know, seeming to be friends. It's like, oh, they have no idea. They have no idea.
And people, for some reason, gloat in that and feel good about that.
Like, have you noticed that, too?
Yeah, I've noticed that, too. And maybe it's also, too.
It's like, they don't like that person, but maybe like, finding that person or just not hanging out with them
is too hard for them. Because me and you are different where, like, if I don't like someone,
like, I'm not going to go hang out with them. I'm just not.
Like, unless it's like in a setting where I'm forced, like, I'm going to someone's birthday party
and they just happen to be there, but I'm not going to go, I'll be nice. I'll be cordial,
but I'm not going to be, like, taking pictures and posting like, oh, look at my boy so-and-so,
or I'm with my homie. Like, I love them so much. This and that.
And that's where I don't get it.
Like, you're closed.
Where you're just kind of like, hold on, like, you're talking about how much you love this person on social media,
but just an hour ago, you were just trashing them. And those kind of people, when I noticed that they do that,
I will not. I'm like, oh, yeah, if you talk about your friends that way, there is no way I'm sharing anything with you,
because you could be, you're probably talking to that way about me, too.
Like, I just-
And putting your business out in the street, too.
Yeah, it bothers me, man, because I'm like, I just don't like fake people.
Like, if you like me, like, cool, but if you don't like me, that's cool.
Like, you can exist and I can exist and we can be cordial, but I ain't going to hang out with you.
Like, I'm not, I'm just not.
I also don't mean to go super spiritual on this, but I can also understand in this facet why, you know,
the whole thing about being lukewarm is not optimal, because it's so much better.
Wouldn't you much rather, like you just said, you would much rather know, instead of somebody being two-faced and saying something to your face
and then be saying stuff behind your back, isn't it so much better to know, okay, so and so don't like me.
It's very obvious you don't like me, but I can stay away from him, because I know he doesn't like me.
Or it's like, okay, homie's cool with me. I can be around him, because he's cool with me.
It's so much better knowing one end of the spectrum or the other, but if it's like somebody's got their foot in their ca-
and then doesn't have your foot in your camp, not only does that, that's a suck on your energy.
Like, I mean, that really sucks on your energy, and you don't know what to believe.
You don't know who to believe. You don't know what they've been telling people.
Like, it makes things very convoluted, and it really throws a wrench in a lot of things.
It's like, it's a lot easier knowing, okay, and again, it's like, if you don't like me, great, we don't have to spend time with each other,
but I'm glad that we know and we can, you know, make that happen sort of thing.
But I think that's really where that whole lukewarm comes from too, because I feel like people who are lukewarm can do a lot of damage.
You know what I mean?
Oh yeah, and I've been part of friendships, and you can attest to this too, where, like, man, you really thought that person was in your corner.
You really thought that person had your best interest.
Then come to find out, like, they were either A, telling your business, or B, like, they were just running you down behind your back.
And that's like, it's hard when you were trying to be like, I'm not sure about you, but at the same time, if I don't like you, I like a lot of people.
And if I don't like you, and I really don't like you, there's probably a character issue of why I don't like you,
or you've done something, like, really messed up that I can't move past.
And so, like, again, I'm just of the belief, like, yeah, if you don't like that person, then don't hang out with them.
Like, just don't.
Like, it's okay. You don't need that in your life, but maybe those people are so lonely, like, I don't know.
Real recognizes real, and I just-
I think it's the same thing, man, as have you ever met people that are like, oh, I hate that TV show, or I hate that actor,
but then they'll watch the TV show or watch stuff that that actor is in?
Like, I totally get that it's one of those things of like- but when the actor's the main lead and things like that,
it's like, secretly, do you like this actor, and you're just jealous, or like, what's going on with you?
But it's semi the same thing, or I guess this is another example too, of like, the Fast and the Furious series, right?
We can all admit, the later ones get really outlandish, but I've seen so many people like, oh, like, you'll talk with them,
they'll be like, oh, I hate the new ones, I hate it past, you know, three or four, and like, I just can't stand it,
but then another one comes out, and it's like, oh, we're gonna go see Fast and Furious 12, and it's like, I thought you said you hated everything past,
it's like, yeah, but we gotta see what happens in 12.
It's like, but you just talked about how stupid the storylines were, how terrible the acting was,
like, they could talk about all this stuff, and it's like, yeah, but we gotta see what's going on, and it's like, oh, okay,
it's the same thing to me, man, I feel like it's just, I don't know, people be crazy, I feel like, like, sociology and psychology are very interesting,
because I still don't understand why people tick certain ways, but they do.
Yeah, and I guess that's just why I keep my circle very, very, very tight, because I'm like, I know who I can trust, and like, you know what,
like, real recognition is real, and like, there's a lot of fake people out there, so I'll get off of that though.
Real recognition is real, and you're looking kind of unfamiliar.
That's how I feel all the time.
So, yeah, man, but now I totally understand, and I could get why that fries your donuts, but man, our next segment is the improv segment,
which doesn't fry my donuts, I always love the improv segment, because it's always pretty fun, and today, we have the randomizer,
so we always love putting stuff into the randomizer and see what comes out,
so what we're going to do is we're going to do three buttons, because it's got a bunch of buttons on here.
One is professions, the other one is location and doing an action, so it's going to be a profession,
at a specific place, doing something in particular, so you're ready for us to figure out what we're going to act out?
All right, so the profession is a brick layer, so a brick layer, a brick layer, or like a mason, like a brick layer mason.
The location is at an underwater facility, okay, okay, we're getting somewhere here, and the action is fixing a car engine.
Okay, so, all right, you ready?
Yeah, I can start.
Hey, George, you got a carburetor wrench over there, this car is not working like it should, we need to get out of here before the car fills up with water.
A carburetor wrench? What are you talking about? Have you ever even worked on this before?
Like, I'm telling you, I'm really questioning your skills right now, because we're underwater, this thing's not working,
and you're asking me for a carburetor wrench, which I've never heard of in my entire life.
I'm starting to question whether I even want you down here working on this car with me right now.
I'm tired of your lies, I'm tired of you telling me you don't know what a carburetor wrench is.
When you went to school, mechanic school for 25 years, and you had to quit that because you got caught with the boss's daughter, so now you're a bricklayer,
and you're over here telling me you don't know what a carburetor wrench is.
Oh, I don't understand why you have to bring up Chandra, okay, that is a different story, and we're very happy together.
Three kids now, it doesn't matter about her dad, okay, that doesn't matter.
I'll tell you what does, there's no such thing as a carburetor wrench, and yeah, I'm a bricklayer, I'm a thawed good one, toad.
And I won't take this crap from you, I don't understand why all these things, when we get into our improv segments, always turn into fights, but here we are in another one.
I'll tell you this much, there's no carburetor wrench.
I'll tell you George, can you hold the flashlight still for a minute? You're in my lot, I told you how to hold the flashlight 25 times, you used to be a mechanic, you don't know how to hold the flashlight.
How many times do I have to tell you, I'm not the one holding that, it's literally hooked onto the hood there, it's hooked on, you keep bumping it, you're the one that keeps getting in your own way.
How could you go down over by the shop and get me some blinker fluid, could you?
Blinker fluid? No, now I know you're pulling my chain, I know you're being stupid with me, and you think that I'm stupid like I was born yesterday or something.
There's no such thing as blinker fluid, and you know that, even an old codger like yourself, that doesn't leave you memory, I know that for a fact.
Well if you could just quit bumping your gums and make sure that you can hold the flashlight so I could change the spark plugs, that would be great before we all drown and we end up sleeping with the fishes, as you also like to happen to remind me that I'll be doing if I don't pay you your rent.
Well let me ask you this, one, when are you gonna have that for me, and two, I don't even understand why we underwater in this little underwater facility with a broken down car, I don't understand why that's even a thing, why we've been down here, we're a bunch of bricklayers working on a car underwater, what is this?
Like is we working on the Staten Island bridge or something and it broke down? Like the new tunnel that's gonna go from Manhattan to Staten Island to what?
It's because you always wanna be kissing the bosses but always saying hey I'll go the extra mile, you worked too quickly on that bricklaying job down here for this new bridge and now we're up here fixing the bosses car, I knew I shouldn't have hung around you, I should have went out to lunch with Jimmy.
Yeah like you could have went out to lunch with him, he's not going with you, okay, he's out with the boss himself, he's the only one that hasn't either been with his daughter, talked to his daughter or he just don't like you because you're incompetent, I'll just say it, we talk about it all the time, we talk about you, we're like Donnie, he sucks.
Better hurry up and push this car again and go cause the bridge is starting to flood.
I'll tell you this much, you're gonna have a hard time swimming, I'm gonna be doing just fine.
That was our improv segment, I don't know why I pretend to be a smoker.
I don't know why it's always a fight, it's like our improv segment cause it always turned into arguments that happen between these two people, I don't know why but there you go, two bricklayers underwater fixing a car engine, so gotta love that.
But yeah man, we're moving on to our last segment which is our E-Claire segment which is our positive advice and I don't remember who went first last time so I'll just go ahead and go first this time.
And my positive advice is you gotta make time for fun.
Now I gotta thank Christopher for something, just happened to be passing through town and we went and went to a sport event the other night and that was really really fun and it just kinda reminds you.
You gotta make time for fun because you can get stuck in a rut really really easily as far as, you know, and I'm not just talking about going on vacation or doing things like that.
Resting or relaxing is good at the house but sometimes you gotta go to a sporting event or you gotta do something fun with friends and things like that.
It's really easy to work and then go home and work and go home and you know that's good but you gotta have something to take you out of your routine and actually be fun.
And I'm actually planning on another event kinda like that for me and my wife and it's also something to give you to look forward to because really and truly in my day to day life there's not a ton to look forward to as far as future trips at the present moment and things like that.
So just having those little things of like, oh man we're gonna go do this on Thursday night that ought to be pretty fun.
So you know make some time, do some fun stuff, everything in moderation, don't have too much fun and never work.
That's the other side of that but same time man you gotta have some fun and I had a good time and so I appreciate you for breaking me out of my rut a little bit of having to go on and doing the same things every day.
Oh yeah man for sure man it was a great time and you know it's those little things that when you're in the grind you're like okay yeah this sucks but at least on this day or maybe in a couple months I have this to look forward to and that keeps you going and keeps you from burning out
and keeps you from just flying off the handle so it's important to plan those things for sure.
Mine is and I know we talk about this often but be grateful when hard times happen or you go through hard times and I know that that sounds kind of contradictory because the hard times suck
but be grateful for that because without the hard times and you wouldn't appreciate the good times like you wouldn't appreciate like we were kind of talking about earlier before about like you won't appreciate the true friends until you've had this.
You won't appreciate the good friends until you've had to deal with dealing with fake people or you won't appreciate a good relationship until you've been in a crappy one and so like yeah like it sucks to go through but when you go through the tough times it makes when the rewards and the blessings come like it makes you appreciate it that much more.
And I think so often times God makes us go through hard times sometimes because if he were just to give us all the easy stuff like we wouldn't be grateful or as appreciative when that stuff comes because like you know like after going through a hard time and you finally start like hitting a good stride you're that much more appreciative at least I know I am and so yeah be appreciative and be thankful for when those hard times come because it makes you appreciate the good stuff.
Yeah I'll tell you this much after this year I'm appreciative of a lot more stuff that I didn't even you know because a lot of times when things stop working or when you're without or you need something and it's not getting done.
You start you'll remember that from here on in and how nice it is to have some of these things in your life so I definitely understand what you're saying there man but yeah I'm gonna go ahead and start plugging everything TV trash can.
Jeez that's the old stuff trash can network over the trash can network man I'm telling you it's been such a long year to the point where that's almost been a year ago since all that I'm still saying the old branding is that crazy.
But over at the trash can network over on YouTube over on Facebook Instagram and then the aviator society over on Instagram as well we got season four coming up super excited about season four we got a lot of big changes coming for season four that Chris and I are getting prepped for right now.
Now it's just amazing that we're gonna be coming up on three years straight of episodes every single week and on that front we appreciate all of you whether you're new or have been listening for a long time we thank you because without you guys well you just be two dudes talking to air and that's not cool.
Most people call that being crazy even if it was just us to target air I'd still be having a great.
Yeah that's true that's true I just feel a little bit more crazy about myself I think.
I feel a little bit crazy but now it's good but I we appreciate all of you and man that's all I have yeah that's all I got and I think it's time for the Starship to take us out.
Nothing's gonna stop us.
I'm Chris and I'm Mike and this is the Donut Box Time.
And in here beside you won't so much to give you this love in my heart that I'm feeling for you.
Let them see we're crazy I don't care about that put your hands in my hand baby don't ever look back
let the moon around us just fall apart baby we can make it if we're heart to heart
and we can build a city together standing strong forever.