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Ep 33 | Olympics: Would We Survive Ski Aerials? (Plus: The Raygun Legacy) · Arguing Ever After

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I am Luke and this is my wife Amber and her little dog too.
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OK, here we are, episode 33. That's a lot of episodes.
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I, I, I think that's right. It's.
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Starting to feel like like whoa. When do we stop counting or do
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we stop? Counting.
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When do we stop? I don't think you can ever stop
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counting even if you wanted to. Like I think that the the
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publishing of it has to be like numbered.
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OK, well, that's fine. Maybe you don't have to count.
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Maybe we don't have to count if we ever end up with a radio talk
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show. Right, because that would not
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you never hear anybody talk about that.
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Also, you know, maybe we're one of the few that are still
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talking about what episode number we're in.
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But you know what, that's partly probably to help us while we're
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listening back and be like, OK, wait, what number was that?
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Because I don't remember. It's also a good moral moral
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support. Sure, sure.
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Yeah. Yeah, Booster will help.
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Or a reminder for the people out there who are maybe a little
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more forgetful. Right.
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And it's like 30 three man, I thought last I heard was 10.
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So that means go back. Yeah, you got 20 the episodes to
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listen to. Lucky you.
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Wow, lucky you indeed. I was just watching something
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with our daughter earlier and it's a show I really like.
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And I said I wish I could watch that all over again for the
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first time, you know? So, you know, that's how it
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could be for some of our listeners who maybe missed.
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To which I responded on the show in that day, oddly wish you
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weren't watching. And one of the main characters
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said, I wish I could start over like a baby.
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Yeah. Which was pretty darn funny.
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Yeah, it. Was, yeah.
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I mean, you have to know the character and all of that, but
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it's a really good show and I don't need to advertise it
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because it's also super, you know, it's been around for a
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minute, but what's been going on, Luke?
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This is our first time we've recorded in weeks.
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It seems like months, but it's really only been weeks.
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I wanted to get another spare recorded because I was concerned
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that I wouldn't be able to do this recording and we weren't
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able to do it. Or maybe we just decided it was
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we were gonna power through. But anyway, I think we only
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missed 2. Well we recorded all but like 2
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live weeks in a row. Yeah, yeah, two of our regularly
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scheduled times. Programs, yeah.
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What's been going on is surgery, which I had the second of the
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two surgeries that I had planned for this winter.
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And the good news is that means it's going to be spring soon and
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no more surgery recoveries. Yes.
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Just what's left of this one, which may take a while.
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I, I hope it's quick for you, but you know, that's it.
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I think, I think already you're doing better than you were
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afraid you were going to do because we were worried we you
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wouldn't make this episode to record.
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It's true. You are no problem.
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Here I are. Last week even you were like, I
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think I could record and I was like, that's wonderful.
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I'm exhausted from life and I need to not record.
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You know, I need a little self-care, which wasn't really
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self-care, but it was, I need a hot minute.
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So, and, and part of that is because while you've been
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recovering, you have some restrictions, which makes sense.
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And those restrictions, because we'd like to make our life
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chaotic, don't allow for some of the things we have to do with
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this puppy who is now four months old, which she just went
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in today and it's. Weighs 48 lbs. 48 lbs Yeah,
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yeah. So I'm terrified of how big this
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dog's going to be. I'm not terrified at all.
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As a matter of fact, every time I tell people that, you know,
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when they ask what kind of puppy we got and I say Great Dane,
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they're like, wow, those get big.
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I'm thinking, here's going to be my new reaction when someone
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says that. I'm like, oh, not too much and
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see how long I can playoff. That I don't know Great Danes
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can get. Bigger.
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Oh yeah, that would be pretty fun.
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Maybe they'll be like, wait, you know what a Great Dane they'd be
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like? Yeah, they're like medium sized
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dogs. They're a big.
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Deal. I don't know.
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That might work. I'm going to see, I'm going to
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try that on some people because that's always the, that's the
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always first thing someone says that's going to be a big dog.
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Second thing they say, big poop. Yeah, right, Right.
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Both things are true. So all of our other dogs that
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you know, people have said that's a big dog, but usually
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they ask, you know, how much food is that?
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You know I haven't been. It's a lot of food.
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It's a lot. It is a lot, but.
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OK, so any you're wondering currently 6 to 8 cups, something
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like that. Yeah, yeah, but she's doing
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good. And for a second here, you might
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be able to see her if she's snoozing.
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I don't know. Nope.
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She doesn't make the camera, but that's OK.
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If you follow us on Facebook, I believe I, Oh, I don't know if I
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put it on our Facebook. Page to put it on there.
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Yeah, but family's doing well. She and her dog brother
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Toblerone are besties and we're even though she makes life more
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chaotic, we certainly do enjoy having her around.
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Are you going to tell the people her name?
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We're just her dog brother. Oh, did we not tell him yet?
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I don't think so. Maybe I did it again on my
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personal. I have no idea.
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Her name is Cleopatra. She goes by Miss Cleo.
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Keep lifting her head up and she's just annoying.
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I know she's just. Like and I'm pretty sure the
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camera doesn't allow for the the lap angle.
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It's fine, they don't need to see her, but she is there.
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So if you do happen to see a little bit of movement or she.
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Looks like a sleeping puppy. That's.
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What she looks like, Yeah, she got shots today and they said
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she might be sleepy and I said great, I could use a little.
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Bit a little older. Bit of a break, so but yeah,
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that's been our our fun is Luke recovering and having to not do
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what is instinctual to do. And I've had to tell him, you
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know, you need to do what's safest for you and the puppy and
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just let it be. Yep.
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You know if she pees on the floor, we'll live through it,
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right? Like no one's going to die if
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that happens, but you might hurt yourself if you go quickly to
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clean it up. Not thinking about bending and
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twisting cuz those are kind of no no's on your on your list of
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recovery actions right? Here it's a long list.
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Yeah, I. Mean bending and twisting
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involve literally almost anything that isn't.
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I would think so laying down. I would think so it that was,
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it's such a common thing. Well, we were driving the car.
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Go lay down. That's the that's the doctor's
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advice. Well, we were driving the car
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today and you were trying to turn back and do something like
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what? You're not doing that with
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twisting. And you're like, yeah, I'll stop
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because how do you do it without twisting?
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But I think overall though, in my opinion from not feeling your
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body at all, but I think you're recovering well.
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So thanks as an observer. That's great.
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I hope that the inside of my body agrees with you.
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I mean from your last surgery I feel like you're doing better,
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quicker. That last one was really a
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doozy. Yeah, yeah.
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Would you recommend it? With the no talking?
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I really wouldn't. Yeah, Yeah.
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No, I wouldn't either. I would say maybe just.
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That was terrible. Just.
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Suffer, That's the suffer is the answer.
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Yeah, I think that's what I would say, cuz just from the
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outside again, that one looking again, not in your body, but
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watching the misery you were. Feeling terrible?
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Yeah, yeah. I don't know.
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I mean, I'm still not 100% from that one, but I'm probably 90.
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Yeah, Yeah. Well, I think that, yeah.
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So there that. Those were the updates, nothing
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new with me. Probably no surgeries for you
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either. No, no, I'm not AI.
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Don't. I think I've had one in my whole
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life too. My wisdom teeth were removed my
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whole life so. That's a surgery.
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I think so. I mean, I got knocked out for
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it. OK.
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They cut, they cut you open. It probably is a surgery.
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Yeah, Yeah. I think it might.
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Well, it's a procedure. I don't know, it doesn't matter,
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but I think that. Oh, no, you're right.
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Because I had to go to a different place and it was
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called something something. Yeah, oral surgery something,
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something. Yeah, I went to a plastic
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surgeon office. To.
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Get my teeth removed. I didn't ask for other
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information. I probably should have been like
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what else can you do while I'm here?
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I'm already knocked out. Wow, just a little side bonus.
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Program right, right while you're in there.
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Wow. I didn't know what I would ask
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for, especially, you know, the years ago that it was, but I
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might have a different list today.
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You know, I maybe I would say, could you just replace my
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shoulder quick while you're in there, you know?
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I feel like that's not a plastic surgery situation.
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I might not be, but they do a lot of work.
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I don't know. I don't know as as I get older,
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I get more ads for these types of things.
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I don't, I don't think 20 year olds are getting the amount of
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plastics, not plastic surgery, but like Botox advertisements on
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their page like I get and Juvederm and things like that.
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I get quite a few. I don't know if you get that
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many of that, but. You'll notice my lack of
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response, Luke, to all of your comments because it's unsafe
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territory. Is it?
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Oh, sure. OK, well, Luke's talked about a
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few things around me and I'm sure I this is everybody feels
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this way, I think, is that the phone, your electronics are
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always spying on you, always spying on you.
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And they've heard Luke talk about things and the amount of
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things that show up in my feed for Luke, you know to.
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Why didn't you buy this? You clearly need golf shirts.
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I have 0 intention to go golfing and.
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I told you this because I I have somehow what is a shop account
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which is an Internet payment system or something that has
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your name and my e-mail and I didn't set it up but since it
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had my e-mail I could reset it. So you're saying you can get rid
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of all the I want? I want my specifically curated
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to me advertisements. I don't.
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Know what? I can't change the advertisers.
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I'm just saying the reason that I feel like that happened is
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because your name and probably your account with the Internet
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is connected to my e-mail, which I suspect is for a similar
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reason as why I get many texts that say, Amber, you would be
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super interested in this product which you have admitted.
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You give them my phone number. That's like when you're at the
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store and they're like, hey, do you need a, you sign up for this
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thing, we'll give you 10% off. I'm like, oh sure, sure, sure.
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You don't think they've ever asked for your e-mail?
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Well, yeah, that's that's what. They always get in your e-mail.
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A lot of times I don't. OK, A lot of times I give them
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your e-mail. I've told you that, you know
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that I've sat there. It's actually kind of a thing we
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do. And I have sat there while Luke
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and I've been out of register places and he purposely gives
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them my phone number. Luke is if you're hearing sounds
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in the background, he's trying to stop the other dog from
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making loud noises. So we apologize if you heard it,
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but that's just, you know, that's their life right now.
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A little bit of chaos, but a lot of bit of love.
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Furry. Yes, a lot of furry.
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A lot of furry sad dog eyeballs looking right at me.
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Yeah, but anyhow, so. You're not supposed to handle
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that, but. OK, I don't, I don't remember
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what we were, what we were talking about.
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We were talking about targeted advertising.
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Oh, oh, so. Do you think that it's good that
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we get targeted advertising? I feel like we should get more
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generalized advertising. I don't want, I mean, I would
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never. They're smart.
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They're like, you clearly want an item like this.
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And then, you know, frequently they do, well, not infrequently,
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more often than they probably should.
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They do end up selling me something, you know.
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That's because it's targeted. So what?
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For a number of reasons. But I didn't know I wanted it,
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and I would have never known about it if they didn't send it,
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You know, send me the advertisement.
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So you want the advertisers to convince you to spend more
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money? If it's the right item, yeah,
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yeah, yeah. I mean, we're also.
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You're missing out on all the random ads that might just be
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great or funny. I don't think most ads are
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funny, but there actually were a couple who were.
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Really, there's been some really good funny ads on purpose.
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Really. Yeah, that's like one of the.
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OK, give me one. OK, we're not on a Jeopardy
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Delight game where you get to be a talk show host.
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So denied. Wow, I mean I kind of do get to
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be a talk show. Hope a talk show Co host here.
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This is kind of like that. I don't know that's how this
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works. I ask questions.
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Literally almost every Super Bowl commercial is either comedy
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or like all the car commercials are like be an American, buy a
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car and then there's no I was giving you, there's multiple.
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I understand there's. OK, Yeah.
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Good. Speaking of of commercials in
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the Super Bowl, Super Bowl happened.
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Yes, it did. And one of our topics was going
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to be best Super Bowl commercial, but we missed the
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Super Bowl this year. Yeah, who won?
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I don't even know who played good.
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Yeah, So who? Knows not the ones who's the
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ones who've been winning. Not the Vikings, I think.
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I would know. Sadly, sadly is true.
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Can't. Not Kansas City.
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Who? Who cares?
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Kansas City Are they the ones who've been winning a lot?
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I don't know. I don't.
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Know Is that the one with Taylor Swift's Beyoncé?
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I think so. But yeah, they may or may wait.
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Is he? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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That one, I'm pretty sure they didn't play OK.
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It was. You know who else probably
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didn't? Play.
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I do know it was Seattle because I think they won.
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Are they the Seahawks? They had Yep.
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And I the reason I know that they won is because apparently a
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guy that was on the Vikings last year when we did really good,
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they hired him as their quarterback.
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Oh, good for them and they won. And so now everyone says, well,
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if he would have just stayed here.
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I mean, OK, wow, I don't really wanna get in.
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That's how people are. But I was gonna ask.
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Do I know the other team that played?
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No, that's how much I cared. But I don't care either.
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OK, I just was. OK, but you can say you.
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Didn't want to offend people. We just talked about other
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stuff. Didn't say the Patriots OK
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without Tom Brady cuz he's retired.
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I didn't know what team he's on, but my question is, and maybe
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we're not going to actually get into that too much because maybe
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one day it'll be a topic, but how important is the
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quarterback? I'm not the person to ask that
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question or to answer that question, but I'm willing to ask
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it and then not pay attention to the answer.
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Well, I'm not a football person. Yeah, yeah.
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So. So I will tell you, but I will
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tell you this, they're critically important.
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Well, good, good. So it sounds like the guy who
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was on the Vikings was really good for the team who won.
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And yeah, go. It's like any team sport.
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You can't have the world's most awesome quarterback and everyone
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else be not great and also have a great team.
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Everyone has to be great and you need a great quarterback and
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then and. Probably a good coach.
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And then you right, you need a great coach and you need to play
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well every game and like, it's all the whole thing.
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Yeah. Oh, Speaking of all that, the
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Olympics are going on now. They are.
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People love it. I don't know what the medal
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count is, but I know that not Minnesota, that the US has won
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some, but like they're trailing to at least two other large
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countries. OK, good for them for doing
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whatever they're doing. It's.
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Another thing. I good for everyone.
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Another thing I don't care about.
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The one time I did care about the Olympics though was the one
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where they had ray gun. That was that was last year's
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Summer Olympics. Yeah, yeah.
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Did you know that they cancelled break dancing?
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Break break dancing as an Olympic sport immediately
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thereafter? I heard that, but I, I, I really
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only watched it because I heard of her break dancing routine and
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I had to watch it And it kind of, you know, it's one of those
18:13
things where it's like, that's what it looks like when you put
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regular people into the Olympics.
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It's I'm just shocked you remembered her, Her stage name
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of. Course I did did.
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That OK. Did the kangaroo for her
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breakdance? She invented the kangaroo for
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her. Great for her breakdance routine
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and all five year old birthday parties.
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It's great and if you if you never saw it, you need to go
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back and see it. And if you are.
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Sitting here reminiscing. With me about how?
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Now, on the feet of actual athleticism, do you want to know
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what happened at this winter's Olympic Games?
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Sure. I watched a guy on ice skates
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do, I don't remember what kind of front flip or back flip with
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A twist or something. Holy moly.
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OK. And then he landed it on one
19:03
foot? Which is illegal.
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I learned about this. I don't even watch the Olympics.
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It's illegal. It's.
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Probably because it's stupid. Yes, you're gonna die.
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Like don't do this. Yeah, yeah, it's a it's a move
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that's not and maybe they. Oh, did he like get
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disqualified? No, I don't think you could.
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You're he. Did touchdown the two feet at a
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little like a second leader, but he definitely landed it on one
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foot. Yeah, I don't know if anyone
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happened to watch the movie The Cutting Edge.
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That was a good movie about figure skating and I feel like
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they were trying to do an impossible move in that one.
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But anyhow, so the the move he did was very controversial and
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and not allowed. I don't know that he did it to
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be controversial. I mean, I don't know.
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Well, maybe he did. You'd have to think he's a very
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good athlete and he's probably practiced that a whole bunch of
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times to Sure. So he probably knew that he was
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going to land on one foot. Maybe he did.
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I bet he did. Do you?
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Want to know about another ice skating movie that was top top
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of its game? Mighty Ducks?
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Is that what you're talking about?
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Blades of Glory. OK man, that was not one of the
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best Will Ferrell movies. This is pretty spectacular
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though. It was pretty awful.
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I actually typically do like Will Ferrell and that was mid.
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It just was not. It was are we saying mid now or
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being hip? I am hip, I don't.
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Know OK I'm going to try to get hip with you so we.
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Good luck. Keep up we're.
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Going to keep it up together, you've not.
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Known the the young slang for a very, very long time.
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That's because I'm fine with both wherever I am and the fact
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that I currently use my slang from the 90s.
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Sure, I do both. Because I could care less, but
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it seems you must either hang out with a younger crowd.
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I do, or I am younger, or just stay more with it than me.
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Both those things. Both those.
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Things that's there it is. I also probably watch a lot more
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TV that has a younger crowd on it, you know?
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Like, I mean, some of the things I like to watch are probably
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using more hip slang, you know? That's probably true, yeah.
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Never thought about it that way but.
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Of course. But of course you.
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Know there are some shows I watch that I would say are very
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into current pop culture. Not that I'm into it, but the
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people on the shows are so. The one that our kids watching
21:40
right now is in the 90's pop culture.
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It's funny. It's yeah.
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That's sort of the point though. Yes, yes, but, well, I don't
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know how long the Olympics is, but maybe next time we'll know
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what the medal count is. I won't know, but you might
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know. I might how well America did
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following it. Yeah.
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Yeah. Well, that's.
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Actually, I don't. Does it?
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Does it matter? Does a country get a gold medal
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or is it just like for bragging rights?
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Bragging rights, like all sports.
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Does it matter that the Seattle Seahawks won?
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That's what you said, right? Well, that's different because
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it's they're all the, they're the teams are playing the same
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sport. That's like saying.
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Oh, I give a. Like I don't get it, why is
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there a medal count? Because you're sending the best
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of the best to compete against the world on whatever sport it
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is. I mean I.
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You would you would hope that it were some.
22:41
Maybe it's like a maybe it is. I was gonna say you would hope
22:45
that it would be like China? No.
22:50
India. Yeah.
22:51
India. China, United States like
22:57
population, you think like you have the most people, therefore
23:02
you ought to have the most just by, you know, natural math have
23:08
the most qualified folks. But but I don't I don't think
23:15
that's the case. There's probably a mixture of
23:17
that and socioeconomic status, and then a lot of it is like
23:23
where you are. Right, right.
23:25
Because like the people, I think, oh, I think that was
23:28
another thing I heard. It's weird that I have these
23:30
facts in my head. I don't even care and don't
23:33
watch it. And somehow they're there.
23:36
Some country won its first ever Winter Olympics medal and it was
23:42
that maybe the 1st South American country period like
23:46
Brazil won. I don't.
23:49
I don't actually know what they want.
23:51
I think who? Who?
23:53
Who knows it's maybe bobsledding.
23:55
Nope. Who?
23:57
Slow down on the bobsledding. We're coming back to that.
24:00
Maybe it was the skiing ski jump.
24:04
Anyway, I think it was Brazil and I think it was the first
24:07
ever country from the continent of South America to win a winter
24:14
medal. I don't feel that that's as
24:16
improbable. What?
24:19
That's what I'm saying. Bobsled team.
24:21
Oh boy. Winning the gold.
24:25
Yeah, this is the second time this has come up on the podcast.
24:29
Pivotal movie, cool runnings. Pivotal movie about underdogs.
24:36
Who, like you, don't want to know other pop culture and
24:38
dreadlocks in the Olympics have to do with each other?
24:40
Snoop Doggy Dizzle. That's true, but we're talking
24:44
about Cool Runnings and if this if you didn't watch that movie,
24:49
I don't. Everybody watch that.
24:51
From our age group and it's. I.
24:54
SPY Dry cool runnings doesn't hit your head.
24:58
Chills down my spine. Let's get it I.
25:02
Don't think I know you. I don't think we saw that same.
25:05
I don't you couldn't have possibly seen that movie.
25:08
So thinking to begin that movie, I don't remember, but that I
25:13
think that was the true tale of overcoming any possible odd
25:18
there. There's no mountains in Jamaica.
25:21
Dry, Cool. Yeah, yeah.
25:24
That was the best Olympic movie that I've ever seen.
25:28
Probably was. Quite possibly the only Olympic
25:31
movie that I've ever. Seen quite possibly.
25:34
Yeah, I'm getting. Probable even.
25:36
I'm gonna guess that, but I mean, man, that was a great one.
25:39
It was a good one, yeah. But we did talk a lot about the
25:42
Olympics, didn't we? It's a big deal.
25:44
Well, it's happening. It is.
25:46
And I think, I think I, I like, I like the sports in general and
25:52
the Olympics, like the ideas of, you know, competition and, and I
25:59
don't know, like what, what it means to be the best at
26:03
something. Like I think that that's sort of
26:07
a cool concept on its own cuz people push themselves to be the
26:15
most skilled they possibly can be with it, like against anyone
26:21
throughout the world, which is pretty fantastic.
26:23
Mm hmm. Mm hmm.
26:26
Well, yeah, I mean, in having the world show up together to do
26:29
something competitive, I mean, I feel like maybe that's, I don't
26:34
know, it's a positive thing. I think if there was an Olympic
26:37
medal for best podcast ever, we would probably win it.
26:40
I don't think so. I don't even know that we would
26:43
win, but we would enter. Maybe we could be like ray gun,
26:48
right? Exactly.
26:49
We would enter. Everyone would be like, look at
26:52
these two idiots. Right.
26:54
I mean. Unbelievable.
26:56
I mean that's the thing, like if you don't put your name out
26:58
there, who's going to No, but you know, someone has to
27:01
nominate you for this and why not nominate yourself?
27:04
I mean, I'm totally fine with that.
27:06
I would do it in a heartbeat. We actually have put ourselves
27:10
into something that was some kind of a pod 2 podcast
27:13
competitiony things, one we sadly did not make.
27:19
But my whole point in doing it was really to get other people,
27:22
you know, with the company to listen to it.
27:24
And that was the Minneapolis Saint Paul Best podcast.
27:28
Right. Yeah, thanks for those who of
27:30
you who voted for us next year, next year.
27:33
That could be our. Year I'm hoping we could get
27:35
like enough votes to make the list of is it possible to get on
27:40
here so there's that one and then there's this other one that
27:43
we just started and we'll have a few episodes in which is
27:48
essentially just rating the podcast and it's it's not
27:51
specific to Minneapolis Saint Paul it's AI don't know where
27:56
and I can't remember the name of it and I should remember the
27:59
name of it because like we were you know we were approached to
28:03
be a part of it for voting so I I believe at some point I
28:07
probably should be putting on the social medias that that
28:11
exists but. It's saying on Facebook.
28:15
Yes yes okay, I don't remember the name of it, but anyhow, so
28:19
he reached out and said hey y'all should enter it and.
28:22
That was the one where I said hey, this one looks like it
28:24
might not actually be spam. We get so much spam.
28:28
A lot of spam. But that's okay, It's kind of
28:30
fun to see. I mean, we wouldn't have been a
28:33
part of the Illuminati if it wasn't for spam.
28:35
So you just never know where the.
28:37
That hasn't hurt us, I'm just saying.
28:39
I know, I know you don't know where the next great opportunity
28:42
is going to come. It could be from something like
28:45
that. But you know what's interesting
28:49
is we had a topic and are you going to be mad if I shift from
28:52
that topic and that question today?
28:55
You mean it just randomly have a question I.
28:57
Have a different question? Probably.
29:00
I mean, have you met me? OK, well.
29:04
We could. Do you want to try it out?
29:05
Just blind, Blind questions? Sure, blind.
29:09
But you got to promise we'd do the next one next week.
29:11
Yeah, I'm ready for the next one.
29:13
I'm actually really ready for that one because that's a
29:15
winner. Really.
29:16
Ready. OK.
29:17
I'm really ready for next one. But Luke, let me ask you a
29:24
question. Bell bell, Bell ladies and
29:30
gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for in this corner
29:35
we have Amber claiming to weigh in at 135 lbs with not just red
29:42
hair, but a red haired dog in her lap.
29:46
Both have come to battle me for the crown of beating me even
29:52
more. And in this corner we have Luke
29:57
who has I think just recently maybe trimmed his beard keeping
30:00
up while while recovering, he is coming in with a little bit of
30:07
a, a uptick in your wins. So that's great.
30:11
He's got, we've got 8 ties, you know which is which?
30:15
Is that's a lot. Great there.
30:17
Seem to be less of those lately. And you've come up a couple.
30:21
A couple. I have won 14.
30:24
OK. And you're at 10.
30:27
So I'm not being trounced anymore, I'm just getting
30:31
smoked. No, just, I mean a little, OK.
30:34
14 to 10, that's 140%. But yes, yes.
30:39
So, Luke, I have a question for you.
30:43
OK. Is around the Olympics.
30:45
I really hope this isn't skewed in your favor, but I.
30:49
Doubt it, because it's probably not.
30:51
I have not you. Don't like questions that aren't
30:54
skewed in your? Favor so So my question is yeah,
31:01
what sport would you in a dream world want to go to the Olympics
31:10
for? And is it either summer or
31:14
winter? Sure, I don't care.
31:15
I don't know what plays. On well, one's in the summer
31:18
and. One's in the.
31:19
Winter, yeah. Does it have anything to do with
31:21
the weather? I doubt it.
31:22
Somewhat a little bit. Some of the stuff's like about
31:25
snow and some of it's about sand.
31:27
Yeah, that's a good question. Yeah, it wasn't on our list.
31:32
Usually we talk about these to figure out what we would say.
31:37
And do you know why we do that? I know, I know.
31:39
But we talked about the Olympics for a good 20 minutes and I kind
31:43
of feel like. It was like that episode, we
31:45
talked about the dog for 45 minutes and then just totally
31:49
changed the subject. I can't even remember what it
31:51
was about. Yeah, yeah.
31:52
No, I want to stick on theme. You know, we saw the ring.
31:55
If I, if I could it compete in it.
31:58
Meaning, of course, meaning I'm at the top of my sure game and
32:04
the top of the world's game. I mean, that's a lot to ask.
32:08
I don't know. Well, that's what an Olympian
32:10
is, Sure. I mean, it means by default, it
32:13
means that accepting break dancing that you would you would
32:21
pick that OK. I mean, OK, so I'm really good
32:26
at something. What do I want it to be?
32:29
There's so many to choose from. Yeah, there's like basketball.
32:35
There's what? You.
32:36
Don't play basketball. I didn't say I wanted to pick
32:39
that. I was just gonna start naming
32:41
some sports. Sports, you know, to engage you,
32:44
to engage the audience. But.
32:46
Yeah, thought I would have a discussion.
32:48
Yep. Yeah.
32:49
So. So basketball, I've got 2
32:51
seconds and you cut me off. Good Lord.
32:53
So basketball, there's beach volleyball, I think there's
32:59
regular volleyball, there's soccer, there's tennis, there's
33:04
downhill skiing. All kinds of racing.
33:06
Bobsledding. You know, it might be fun.
33:12
Speed skating. I just got off on one which
33:14
could be my answer cuz it looks so peaceful.
33:16
All right, let's hear. It I don't know if this is it,
33:18
I'm just getting closer to 1. You're the one who sparked a
33:21
random question, so you gotta give me a little bit.
33:24
You gotta give me a little bit to like, think about it.
33:26
Yeah, yeah, this is this is what this podcast was born on.
33:30
Random questions. Yeah, random questions.
33:33
So maybe whatever it's called when they do the ski jump where
33:40
they then they just float for like a while.
33:45
OK, so ski jumping. Sure.
33:47
No, but there's a bunch of those.
33:49
There's ones where they do tricks and stuff.
33:52
I'm just talking about the one where they like sort of semi fly
33:56
a little bit to where they put their their feet up and they go
34:00
and they go for a while. So that could be 1, but I do
34:07
also like I watched the one briefly where the US was playing
34:13
Germany and curling, a sport that either recently became an
34:17
Olympic sport or recently it's been there for has had its
34:20
moment or something. Because I remember it was like
34:23
nobody talked about and then all of a sudden it was like famous.
34:25
And then they started opening like curling gyms and yeah, not
34:29
for lifting weights with your biceps, but the, you know, the
34:32
one where you slide a rock across the ice and you.
34:35
Use a broom. And then you you broom the
34:37
little path where you want it to go.
34:39
So that seemed like kind of a fun sport.
34:44
And then that's OK. Well, there's a couple of winter
34:46
ones, so summer ones. I mean, I've always really liked
34:50
soccer and played soccer a lot as a kid.
34:54
So it could be that. Because then also the other side
34:58
benefit of that is if I'm in the Olympics and I'm playing soccer,
35:02
the odds of that I'm playing with very talented people is
35:05
cool, which would be cool. I think like if you were a super
35:09
talented player and didn't normally play with these super
35:12
talented people, it would be cool to play with these super
35:14
talented people, much like an All Star game.
35:16
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man what are other summer ones
35:23
cuz we're not in summer right now so it's hard to think about
35:25
them. There's a lot of water stuff,
35:27
swimming, diving. Yeah, lots of diving.
35:31
I like swimming and yeah, well, I don't really like diving all
35:34
that particularly much. Some.
35:36
Kind of like swim races, right? Like there was Michael Phelps.
35:39
He was a big deal. Yeah, I'm just saying like.
35:42
Really wasn't biking. Isn't there biking in the
35:44
Olympics or no? Probably maybe that's but I feel
35:47
like maybe it hasn't had its moment or something.
35:50
OK, cuz Tour de France is like the biking thing.
35:54
All right. When they have the biking stuff
35:57
at the remember the X Games, they still do that.
36:01
I know where it's like more the old sports that don't have their
36:04
Olympic thing and it's like skaters and bikers that do
36:07
tricks and stuff. I think that was here once.
36:10
It was. Maybe it's here more than once,
36:12
I don't know. Yeah.
36:13
So what would I want it to be? I don't know.
36:23
I mean, I think that you should. If you I do have to make a
36:26
decision because you did decide to give me this.
36:29
Random question, I thought it was a good timing it well and I
36:32
feel like. You, I'm just worried that it's
36:34
going to be one that you're going to be like Psych.
36:36
I win. I doubt.
36:37
It. I doubt it.
36:38
So. I doubt it.
36:42
Yeah. So just hurry up.
36:45
The down the mountain one. No, it's not.
36:47
Can't, can't. I can't.
36:48
You've seen me. I don't.
36:50
Yep, I got to think about stuff. Yeah, OK, but dead air is not
36:56
fun, so how about you keep thinking and you could ask me
37:01
the question. OK, sure.
37:03
Yeah, you sounds good. You start talking.
37:05
But I do have to step back one second because you had said that
37:10
you. Know you're not going to take
37:11
soccer from me. Right.
37:13
I'm not. I'm probably not going to take
37:14
any of the ones that you want. That's fine.
37:16
You had said excluding break dancing, so I can't be.
37:20
No, no, no, no, no, no. I mean, OK, so that was in the
37:24
you could certainly pick up Ray gun 2 point O.
37:27
Yeah, yeah, that's what I'd want to do.
37:30
Because you saw those people who were watching it, they were a
37:34
whole nother level of cool, like all the judges in the break
37:38
dancing. They were, for sure.
37:39
And like the outfits? May he rest in peace.
37:43
They were, I mean, just great. I I would want to be a part of
37:47
that Plus, like, I mean, you can hate on Ray gun all you want and
37:51
she probably did take someone else's opportunity, but you
37:54
know, I mean, I feel like. Yeah, wasn't she like the one of
37:58
the two people in the country of Australia on the judges panel?
38:03
Yes, yes, it felt a little. Little questionable.
38:06
Yeah, me to me. But you know, I don't hate her
38:09
game for that. So I would want to do that
38:11
because, you know, I would want to be compared to the most
38:14
memorable breakdancer of all time.
38:18
They would either be like well she wasn't as bad as Ray Gun.
38:21
Wow. Or Oh my God, she was as bad as
38:26
Ray gun. Now you're talking about being
38:28
at the peak performance I'm talking about.
38:29
Being my performance. HUD Day.
38:32
Like how would I do break dancing today?
38:36
Probably a little bit like ray gun.
38:37
I know, I know. But maybe I'd get a really cool
38:40
outfit, you know, and stuff like that too.
38:42
And the music is really good during that.
38:44
I've really that would be it, that would be my sport.
38:49
You wanna do break I? Would do that and I would
38:51
probably actually break something too, so I would be
38:55
full on in. Of course I had thought about
38:58
bobsledding. I've been inspired OK from a
39:02
very young age, but I would never be able to do it without
39:07
saying Einspired Dry Cool Runnings and I feel like that
39:10
would automatically get me disqualified because they've
39:13
like, well day. You cancelled for sure.
39:15
Well, they would say, you know, that sounds like you're you're
39:18
really on the Jamaican team and you need to be on the American
39:21
team as this is where I am from. So I'll leave that in my
39:26
childhood of desires of where I would want to be.
39:29
And today, in today's world, I would want to do a sport that
39:35
someones done real badly. Real bad.
39:39
And just see where see where the chips lie, you know, like where
39:43
do they fall based on on my ability today, which is hero.
39:48
You imagine the announcers? Yeah.
39:51
Good Lord, Bob, we have another one.
39:55
And you know what I would do right after that when they come
39:58
and they interview you, I would say, oh, you know, I'm so
40:01
grateful for everything out there.
40:03
But the thing I'm most grateful for, family, friends, all of
40:07
that, is that my audience from arguing ever after.
40:11
That's it. And then boom.
40:14
Blow up. I'm in.
40:15
That's it. Now I want you to win.
40:17
I mean lose. Do you feel that?
40:20
Way if you go, I need you to just lose so hard so.
40:23
Hard. Yeah, I.
40:24
Where people are like, yeah, what is happening?
40:28
I've got to see her, you know, I mean, think about all the two
40:31
second clip listens we'd get to from that, I mean.
40:34
She got famous, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
40:37
So that's what I would do right there, but I would try my
40:42
hardest I think, because I think that is still a requirement.
40:45
Like don't purposefully biff it, but my best would biff it.
40:50
So there you go, that's my answer.
40:52
And I don't even care if it's my ability today.
40:55
Just go out there and have fun and look cool and be around cool
40:59
people. Oddly enough, while you were
41:01
thinking, that actually helped me.
41:02
So OK, OK, so now I'm ready so. So if I'm going to pick one.
41:08
You are. It's well, of course they all
41:12
will have their like draws like fame and money, but but I was
41:19
actually thinking the whole time I'm like, would I actually want
41:22
to be like famous sports, etcetera, etcetera.
41:26
And I kind of thought no, because that comes with like a
41:29
high level of everything, like expectations and scrutiny.
41:32
And if people like, love you or they hate you or they, you know,
41:37
so then I actually, I think my answer is curling because like
41:41
when I watched them doing that sport, I'm like these guys, some
41:44
of them are just totally chill. Yeah.
41:47
Like they're not, you know, muscle bound adonises that are
41:51
like spectacles of the human condition.
41:55
And not to say not to. Happen to be a curl or
41:58
listening? Right, No, no.
41:59
And and not to say that there weren't obviously, you know very
42:04
in shape men doing this sport. I don't know if it's also a
42:08
women. Sports.
42:09
Is it? Yeah, I've only seen it twice
42:10
actually in. My life to it.
42:12
So cuz here's why I like this sport.
42:16
There's a couple reasons. One, they got some sort of weird
42:18
cool shoe that's got like a real slippery part and then a real
42:22
sticky part for the ice, so they could slide really far on the
42:25
ice but then also stop right away.
42:27
Smart. Much better than an ice skate.
42:30
I still want to know what's up with those shoes.
42:32
It's probably like, yeah, I was gonna felt or something on part
42:35
of it, but how do you get it without soaking up into your
42:38
shoe? Anyway, this sounds like it's.
42:40
A really good invention for Minnesotan.
42:42
Yeah, just to go go hang out on the ice.
42:44
Yeah. Anyway, so that's not really one
42:48
of the main reasons, but it's a small side benefit.
42:52
It's mostly that it's an Olympic recognized sport, so you can
42:55
have your like moment. Yeah, but I'm almost sure that
42:59
you're not gonna be like the the, you know, returning
43:04
champion of the basketball game or the soccer game.
43:09
Or like the and all that. Or like Michael Phelps or like,
43:13
you know, you're not going to be like the talk of because nobody,
43:17
no offense to the curlers, nobody in the US is like, I
43:21
don't care about any other sports.
43:22
I just want to know what the curling team did.
43:25
Yeah, yeah, they might get there and maybe they have their
43:29
sectors of the population that are all about it.
43:31
I'm just saying it's not like because it's not a peak athlete
43:35
situation that I think that it's a more accepting sport.
43:41
So I like that. I like that it's more
43:44
approachable. It seems lower stakes, like even
43:48
probably in the, in the, the practicing of it, you can be
43:53
really good at it. Like a guy like me, like, hey,
43:55
I'm not perfect. I could go do this sport like
43:58
I'd like to go try out now and I might be able to actually get
44:03
in. You have to be really good at
44:04
aiming. That's the thing.
44:06
So like with the with the big rock and you slide it and, and
44:11
who knows, maybe I'm good at that.
44:12
I've never tried that in my life other than, you know, ice
44:15
hockey, which, who hasn't tried that in Minnesota?
44:18
I haven't tried that. OK, well I grew up with a nice
44:22
rink two blocks from my house. And I mean.
44:24
So did everybody actually, Yeah, I just thought about that.
44:27
We kind of all did. There's 1-2 blocks from our
44:29
house right now. Yeah, and not even.
44:32
That's true. So I think that's, I think
44:34
that's my choice. I think it's curling because it
44:36
looks fun and it looks kind of chill.
44:39
And you could still be like, you could still say like I'm an
44:42
Olympic gold medalist. Yeah, without having to, you
44:46
know, be a champion level sprinter or weightlifter or any,
44:50
oh, weightlifting. That was another one.
44:52
I mean, is that fun though? I I.
44:53
No, no, I wouldn't choose that. I just was that randomly just
44:56
came out of my mouth. And also comma, it's a sport in
44:59
the Olympics. Do you think curlers are like,
45:02
you know, you have like the Figure skaters they're
45:04
practicing from, like walking? Right.
45:07
It's so many of these sports. Like that long or is it like you
45:11
think something maybe? I'm only doing it for a few.
45:13
No, absolutely not. You know what I would love is
45:17
anybody from it will. Turn into that though, I bet
45:20
you. I would love anyone, if you know
45:22
anyone from the US, curling. Olympics comma, comma.
45:27
I'm pretty sure somebody on it's either this year's or like or
45:34
the four years ago Winter Olympics curling team had a
45:37
Minnesota, I think or a connection to Minnesota.
45:41
They talked about on the news because we do that.
45:43
We're like, this person had an uncle that was from Minnesota
45:47
and we're like, yeah, uncle from Minnesota.
45:50
So if anyone listening knows anybody on the Minnesotan
45:55
curling, sorry. Well, now we'll take Minnesotan
45:58
curling, too. Doesn't need to be the Olympics.
46:01
Share this with them because I would love to know a little bit
46:04
more about the background of how long have you been doing it.
46:07
And maybe we want to get on the ice and give it a little whirl.
46:11
Yeah, give the curl A whirl. I just give up the brilliant
46:15
tangling to get more people in. And we want some of them shoes.
46:19
Yeah, yeah. And he's going to be recovered
46:22
soon. And when he's recovered, I feel
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like this could. Be I want to give the curl a
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whirl. Yes, yes.
46:30
So you know what? If you're out there and you're
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that person who's like I, for some bizarro reason, happen to
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know some curlers, let us know. Get us into it.
46:39
Share it. Much like we want you to do with
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our podcast. I mean.
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Get into it and share it. Yes, yes.
46:48
So there you go. This was an unscripted question,
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but it. Totally wasn't ready for it and
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so different than the actual question that we had set up.
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But we'll be ready for that next.
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Yeah, we will. Fighting.
46:59
OK, Now that we did that, what did they do?
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You already talked about it a little bit.
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But I got it. Main thing is you got to like it
47:07
and share it with your friends and peoples and tell tell folks
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to watch. Us and follow.
47:13
Oh yeah, follow and and rate and oh and most importantly, vote
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yeah for me. No, for the right one.
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It's 10 to 14 you guys. I still need help because then
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it'll be 11 to 14. It'll take.
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If I won five in a row, I'd be winning.
47:29
Wow. It took a little bit to do that
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math. I'm just saying.
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You were saying I was going to be an Olympian in math.
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When you were listening to the stories, which one felt more
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like where you would want to be? Minnesota's Curlers Association,
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that's where. You know what?
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Or any of my my good OG break dancing friends.
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There was great music. I know.
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I'll give you that. OK, we'll.
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Do that and then we'll catch you next.
47:54
Yep, We'll see you next time, people.
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Thank you. Bye.
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I just want