Welcome to Ear Biscuits, the podcast where two lifelong friends talk about life for a long time. I’m Rhett. And I’m Link. This week at the Round Table of Dim Lighting, we finally get answers from a licensed official… Hmm, technician who weighs in on your problem, Rhett, that has been established here on this show. You know, we don’t have just… I mean, we have all kinds of people listening to this podcast, Link. We have… Sure, we just have people living their lives. But we got people– Yeah? Who have studied, and gotten degrees, and licenses and– And we bring their opinions out of the woodwork. And you know what? We want those. We want these informed opinions because we are the king of uninformed opinions. Yeah. How would they give us those opinions? 1-888– EARPOD1. Boy, the calls keep coming up. We love hearing your voice. A lot of southern accents. I think– I love that. I love that. We might get to an Australian accent today too, though. The ultimate southern accent. Ho! Rhett, I set you up for it and you knocked it out of the park! Like Robert Redford in “The Natural.” You denied my invitation yesterday to hang out with me and our friend, Dan, while I was spinning some records, and boy, you missed it but don’t worry, I’m gonna tell you about it. How does that work when you’re the DJ and there’s one person there? Well, I’ve started doing this– Does he sit? Thing where I’m practicing more. I’m trying to get more hours ’cause– 10,000 hours. Makes you an expert. I started to have these… Yeah, like, actually DJing on vinyl is so much fun, but there’s… I told Christie, I think it’s gonna make me a better lover because you really have to have a– Because of the nipples. Delicate touch. Yeah. You see these DJs just going at it. They’re like, this hand’s going back and forth, and that hand’s going back and forth in a different way, and then they switch, and all this stuff is happening. But what I never realized was the delicacy of what they’re doing. Their motions look aggressive but they’re tender. And you know me, I’m an aggressive– You’re a aggressive petter. Handler. You’re a heavy petter, as they say. I’m a heavy petter of dogs. And I’ve learned that I just can’t translate that over into my vinyl handling because it’s a little needle, man. And this– This is really good for you. Yeah, and it’s… I’m just really developing my passion for it. This might get you… You know what? I never put this together. This might be why you’ve never cooked. This actually might get you into cooking because cooking requires a delicate touch. Well, it is a form of cooking. You know, I aspire to have people come over. It didn’t happen yesterday with Dan. Just somebody to yell out, “Let him cook!” You know? But yeah, DJing– I’m not gonna do that for you. Is as close as… You don’t have to. As I’m going to get to cooking. But yeah, it is a version of cooking. Thank you for– Well, think about it. Multiple pans, multiple circular things in front of you, and you’ve got multiple things going. Different techniques. You don’t know what’s happening in your brain right now. You could be opening up and creating new pathways that could be applied to all kinds of things, not just lovemaking. That’s definitely happening, and I think that’s why Christie’s encouraging it, you know? Even though it means I’m going over to the creative house and having my own time. Now, I enjoy spending on… Just, by myself, just having my Link time, but there’s something about having people there that you’re actually having to give ’em something that they enjoy. Over this past weekend, I think that I spun records for 12 hours. 11 hours. In one day? No, in two… Two, like, five or six hour sessions. Because yesterday, I got over there at five and then I left at 10, 10:30. Left at 11. You’re staying up past your bedtime. Yeah, I’m hooked, man. Mm. So yeah, what I’ll do is I’ll invite somebody over. “Hey, I’m practicing spinning my records. “You wanna come over and hang out?” And then what I’ll do is I’ll try to play stuff that they like. Like, our friend, Dan, he doesn’t like hip hop, so I’m limited… And I’m limited only to my records, so I’m limited to more of… He likes classic rock, he likes yacht rock, so I’ve got some of that. Right. And so, I’m doing some of that. I’m also just just practicing technique. And I’m not like staying behind there the whole time, just going from song to song. I’ll play sections of records, and we’ll hang out, and we’ll talk, and… And then I’ll… But then I gotta get back to it ’cause you gotta flip the records or go to the next one, and that type of thing. So I have a lot of fun doing it and it is… There’s this… The challenge of trying to meet somebody’s needs, but I know I got ’em if it… Even if it’s just two of us there and we’re standing up, singing a song together. That actually happened at one point. It’s quite a service that you’re providing. Well, he’s really into music too. He’s sent me a few playlists. And you get somebody who’s… You gotta be a little bit into music. It’s not like, “I’m gonna show up “and sit on the couch, “and it’s gonna be awkward,” you know? It’s like, these are… These are not just random acquaintances. Though, don’t put it past me. Now, is there– I’ll start pulling people off the street before too long. Is there a version of this… I’m just asking. This is for personal reasons. Is there a version of this that is an equal experience for you as an individual where you have on headphones? Oh. No. Yeah… I still like to play it in the room because it’s more of an actual practice of how you do it. Well, we’re gonna run… We’re gonna have to run interference because weekends is when I do my recording for James and The Shame, and I’m back on that now. Right, yeah. I’m saying– And so– Yeah, so I… I can just go to headphones, yes. You can do that? Yes, yes, I can do that. What I’m saying is we can both be doing our thing at the same time. It’s not a logistical impossibility. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Technically. But if you invite somebody– You might have to yell… If I invite somebody, that would be– You have to get them a pair of headphones. I’m not gonna do that. Okay, okay. So I’m not gonna invite somebody– So I’ll let you know it– If you’re recording something, I do need you to let me know. And in a way, I let you know yesterday, but I invited you. Yeah. I could have just let you know and not have invited you but that would’ve been weird. Yeah. So was I inviting you or letting you know, and then felt like I needed to invite you? Well, the issue… And the issue with me… I didn’t say yes because I had other things going on. But the thing is, is that because I’m also devoting time to something outside of my family life and outside of my work life, that then is me leaving for the weekend to go to a different house, which is… So there’s a sensitivity to that, right? Yeah. I can’t go and not do my work. Yeah. I can’t go and sit and watch you, just because then– Again, it’s not watching me. I can’t… No, because then I’m not– It’s not watching me. Well, no, what I’m saying– It’s listening to music together. No, what I’m saying is I can’t justify that because I’ve got a certain amount of time– Yeah, you can be in the– I can’t tell Jesse, “I’m going to the creative house “and I’m not working on music. “I’m listening to Link work “on his music.” Yeah, yeah. You can’t do that. I just don’t have that kind of free time. And I’m not gonna go in there and listen to you record. And I’m not gonna expect you to. Yeah. I didn’t expect you to. But we can both be in the same house and our creative energies can– Yeah. Spur each other on to new heights. Right. One of the things that Daniel told me about I wanted to tell you about. He told me about this party that he went to, and I’m always interested in, I know you are too, what makes a good party. We like to go to ’em. You’ll throw parties at your house. I like to throw my version of parties as well. And ultimately, there was a question that came up, I’ll call it like a “icebreaker conversational question,” which I thought was interesting and I wanna present that question to you. But before I do, I’ll tell you a little bit about the party. He showed up, and he said it happens every year so he knew to expect more structure to this party than a typical one. And so, he said, you show up and they have a gate. I was like, “Oh, this is a fancy house.” He was like, “Well, not a fancy house, “but they have a fancy gate.” Okay. I’m like, “Okay.” That’s the first part of a fancy house. Normal house, fancy gate. Intercom type thing. And beside the intercom, there was a QR code, and instructions that the scavenger hunt begins now. And so, over the course of the night, if you choose to participate in the scavenger hunt, you’re getting… There’s clues hidden around the house and there’s different things you’re accumulating there. There’s an immersive scavenger hunt experience. Okay, I like this. And I was like, “Well, “did you do it?” He was like, “I elected not to do it this year. “I did it last year. “And everyone doesn’t do it, “and you can attend the party as normal “or you can have this little assignment, “a little something to do,” which, as it turns out, is cool because it motivates you to move around the party and have an objective. I like this. Some people who… They might need some tracks to run on at a party, so it’s not just like, “Who am I going to have “an awkward, cold conversation with?” Meaning, just out of the blue, figuring out something to talk about, you know, that might… That stresses some people out. Right. So I did like that idea. Sounds cool, right? Oh yeah. I love… These… Adding the structure, motivation– And structure… And then moments Mission. Yeah. To a party is something I’m very interested in, but still have not pulled a trigger on it. And phases of a party is a good thing too. Now, another thing they had was a room with a tarot card reader. Okay. So you could go in there and you could consult with the tarot person. It is LA. It’s LA. You gotta have a little bit of that. And I was like, “Well, did you do that?” He was like, “Oh yeah, I did that.” And I was like, “Do you subscribe to these things? “Because I’m very skeptical about it,” but I asked a spiritually minded friend of mine that I trust, recently, what she thought of it, and she was like, “Well, you know…” ‘Cause we did the psychic thing on Mythical Society. We got a psychic reading and there was even some medium stuff happening. If you’re interested in seeing our first ever psychic experience, by the way, it’s on the Mythical Society. And we actually did a… It was probably a 45 minute conversation just between the two of us. It was like a mini podcast where we, unfiltered, talked about exactly what we thought about the experience, having watched it back and had some results from it. Anyway, all that stuff’s over there. But my f… Our friend, the spiritual minded person, described psychics as someone presenting a mirror to yourself, and he said that resonated with him. But mostly, he… Dan was interested in talking to the… Getting his reading because he was intrigued by talking to a complete stranger and then never seeing them again. I’m like, “That’s an interesting, so…” Oh, I was like, “Well, I’m not gonna ask you “what you talked about.” But I did like that aspect of the party. And he said while he was getting his 10 minute reading, which he had fun with, he said he spent most of the time talking to the tarot card reader. What do you call him? A psychic? The person. And– A taroter. They’re a sound… They’re a sound… They work in audio in the industry by day, and then they do tarot card readings to make a little scratch, apparently. People kept coming in the door and poking their head in in the middle of his reading, and looking at a shelf behind him and saying, “Oh, there’s the blackbirds. “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. “Seven blackbirds.” Oh yeah. You can’t put– And then they would write it down. One of the scavenger hunt things in the tarot room. And then they would l… Actually, I think that’s good because– Well, yeah. It does bring people into the room. It brings people into the room, and then the tarot card reading doesn’t get too serious. Here’s the thing, ironically, because this is actually my… I think that the tarot reading is a little bit of a… Is analogous, in some way, to having a structure to the party. Let me explain. Yeah. And this is actually what I believe about tarot reading, which is I do not believe that… I have… I’m highly skeptical that there is anything legitimate going on, in terms of true metaphysical insights, right? I’m a skeptic. Yeah, me too. But– I like to have fun. And I also do not think that there’s anything nefarious or demonic going on, which, of course, is what I would’ve believed at one point. But I do think that, like you said, it is this thing where you have to take some of your thoughts and some of the aspects of your life, and take it out and put it on a table, and have it interact with some kind of system, which helps you then analyze how you’re actually thinking and feeling about specific events that are happening in your life. It’s a way of processing something. In the least, it’s a way of processing things. Okay. I think that adds some structure to the personal processing of whatever it is, is going on in your life, and so I think that there can be benefit, right? Okay. In the same way that a psychic can say things to you. “Does that resonate with you? “Do you get that?” Whatever. And you’re kind of like— Well, the mirror thing. They’re playing this fishing game to find things that resonate with you, but it’s actually like having a conversation with somebody who is drawing things out of you. But that’s what the party is in some way. Having this scavenger hunt is it creates a framework to enjoy the party in a way, if you just go to the party and you just talk to people might not happen. Yeah. A framework. Yeah, and different ways for people to engage in partydom, you know? Acknowledging different tendencies. Right. I mean, Jenna, when you go to a party, what is your… What are you afraid of and what are you hoping for? And if there’s a tarot card reader, how do you feel about it? Love the tarot card reading. I don’t know if I… I agree with what you all say. I actually have a tarot deck and I do tarot occasionally– So you– Because I do– You do agree with our skepticism? I do enjoy… Yeah, well, I agree with the skepticism, but I also agree with that it helps you think about things in a different way, and also forces you to think about things you might not have necessarily begun thinking of. So I think there is a nice unlocking that happens, which is why I enjoy it. But it might not be the type of thing you want to do in a party, depending on what it unlocks. I’ve been to parties where they had it. I like when it’s at parties in a separate room. It’s not the focal point. There’s never a focal point that is happening at a party. There’s multiple– Gather around– Yeah, yeah. For the tarot reading. If there’s a whole– Like a magician. That is one thing that would terrify me. If there’s a whole “gather around–” Terrify you? Yeah, well, at a party. Something I wouldn’t like at a party. Tarot-fy me? Yes, you got it. Okay, sorry. I got it. “Tarot-fy.” Go ahead. I know. You were looking at me really hard, like, “Please get it, Jenna. “Please get it.” I get it. It would terrify me if someone was like, “Everyone gather around, “we’re all going to do “this thing together.” And I’m like, “Ha! “I would rather like me “and two other people be “in the kitchen, “chatting about something else.” I like parties that have a different vibe, unless you know going into it that it’s gonna be an “everyone gather around” thing. We’ll try to put your psychic reading for the first time ever on the internet. I mean, it is behind a paywall. Yeah, yeah. But yeah, that I was… But going to into a party… You’re not socially anxious, right? At a party? Maybe, yeah, yeah. A little bit. I– So maybe a scavenger hunt. I am a highly adaptable… I have a great– Yeah, you’re adaptable then. Okay, I didn’t even know. I’m highly… Oh yeah, I don’t.. Parties are scary and anxious. But you find something you like and you focus on that, and then you have a good time. Yeah. So another thing that happened that some people could find and like, is an intriguing question. And he said he found himself in this pocket of people, and they were all answering the question, “say you’re dead…” I’m dead. “And buried.” And buried. “And in order to bring… “Beckon you back to the land of the living, “someone in the waking world has three items. “These three items are what will bring you back. “What would those three items be?” And then, people started talking about the things that would beckon them back to the world of the living, or… And/or maybe be the first thing that they would have when experiencing life for the first time… For the second time, I should say. I thought it was a pretty good question. I mean, he said, “I’m curious what your answer would be.” And I am curious what your answer would be, but I’ll give you time to think about it by telling you what my answer was. Okay. I said… He asked the question and in less time than I’ve already given you, I made up my mind that I was gonna give the quickest answer possible because that would be funny. So I said, “Oh,” ’cause he expected me to mull over it. You know, Dan’s a thoughtful guy. He takes his time and he’s thought… And he puts his– Yep. He puts it together. So I thought I’d surprise him with like a slap shot reactionary delivery. And so, I immediately said, “Crispy bacon, a used condom, “and the bunny that I used to have “as a stuffed animal when I was a kid.” Okay. Let’s discuss B for a moment. Oh, we can discuss all of ’em. I don’t need to know why crispy bacon would bring you back, and I don’t need to understand why your bunny would bring you back because I feel like those are implicit. I feel like I understand. A used condom, who used it? I didn’t specify. Doesn’t matter. Because it accomplishes many things this answer, enough that I’m willing to give up crispy bacon and only choose two. Yeah. See, the first thing I did was I made a shocking joke that was unexpected and a bit gross. It got a reaction. It didn’t get a laugh outta you but I mean, I’m just gonna tell you, a used condom was a joke. Okay? That was a joke. And by… And then, I’m like, “But you know what? “I’m actually going to choose that because “that may be the best joke I’ve ever made.” And now I need motivation. My mission in life is now to come back from the dead and top my best joke of my entire life. Yeah. And I said, “You know what? “It’s not a broken condom.” It’s used, but it’s not broken. So I can reuse it. And if my wife is still alive, then I can… I don’t know how much time I have. I’m gonna make love to my wife with this condom. What is… How? And then– To people listening, do not reuse a used condom. Please don’t. That’s not… It’s not gonna work. Well, it’s not broken. It’s still… It’s still not recommended. I know. It’s not recommended, but I don’t know how much time I have and it’s the only condom I have, and I have to use it because I don’t know if my vasectomy regenerated when I was brought back from the dead. Oh. The last thing I wanna do is impregnate my wife and then 10 minutes later, I’m dead again. It’s like, she… Wouldn’t that be horrible? “My husband came back from the dead, “gave me another child, “and then died.” It’s like… I mean, I guess that could be beautiful, but it could also be quite a burden for a single mom, you know? She could do it. My mom certainly did an amazing job. But I wouldn’t want to do that to her, so I would use the condom ’cause it’s all I had. And that’s the second thing. Okay, so let’s just play this out a little bit. And I’m… Not really the specific scenario that you just outlined. I think we all understand, or equally don’t understand. So if you were at a party– I have a mission in life! If you’re at a party– I now have to top my greatest joke. And if I live long enough to do it… You were at a party and this question was asked, and you answered it in that way, you would do this in front of people you didn’t know and expect– I don’t know. I wasn’t saying what I would’ve said in his shoes. I was saying what he asked me right then. This was your answer in the context of a one-on-one DJ and friend session. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is not necessarily your answer in the context of the party that he was at. Right. Yeah, I don’t know what I would’ve said at the party. I’m not at the party. And as you know, I will make those decisions on the fly. Yeah, well, yeah. Well I think that informs my answer because my real answer is… I mean, I wouldn’t answer this in mixed company. I’ll answer it on the internet with you. But obviously, I feel like I can find three things… I feel like I can find three things on my wife’s body that would bring me back from the dead, but I just– Just make that one thing. My wife’s body is one of them. Okay. Yeah, but you’re making it sound like she’s dead too. She is in full control of her body. I love that you’re reducing her to just her body. Boy, that’s a good look for you. She’s attached to her body. Why can’t you just say her? And by the way… And the way, I’m just– Personality. When I said “my wife’s body–” Point of view I was thinking about the three things, and one of them was her brain, was her mind, okay? That’s there. Yeah, yes. Yeah, it was. So I would probably say my wife. It’s kind of the same as my used condom. I’m just saying. Yes. It’s very similar to your answer. Well– You got two more. Definitely, I gotta pick a food. Yeah, he said a lot of people were picking food and food was the first thing they picked, which is a safe thing to discuss at a party, I guess. I have a lot of foods that tie for first, so– Yeah, this would be tough for you. And crispy bacon is not like my jam. I don’t know, it’s just s… It was… Again, I gave a spur of the moment answer. Some foods. Not beans, okay? I mean, I’m just gonna be honest with you, it wouldn’t be beans. Crispy bacon. So some food that I need time to think about. And then, something that implies an opportunity to do something. Oh, like a ticket? Like a ticket to something. A ticket, a ticket to ride. But I just feel like I… I feel… Yeah, I’m not like… I do like to have the, like, okay, if I was a– Round trip ticket. First class round trip ticket to anywhere you wanna go on the world. Like honestly, if I was asked that question at a party and my mission at the party was to literally reveal something about myself to figure out if I was gonna make a connection with somebody, if that question was asked, I’d be like, “Excuse me, “I need to run to the bathroom.” You’d get some time. And I would go and I would think about it. Well, other people are talking and instead of listening to them– That’s what I don’t like about that though, because you’re not thinking about what they’re saying. You’re thinking about what you’re about to say. So you wanted another QR code so that the people who could… They could have time to pick that. I would want, “Hey…” If you’re coming to this party, there’s an email that goes out before, “Have a answer to this question.” That puts a lot of… Then people aren’t gonna show up at the party. Yeah, that’s true. You want to spring things on people at the party, but give them time. So there’s a way to do that, but yeah. So you need some more thought. You need some more time. I mean, you could take one of my three. I thought it– It won’t be the used condom. A childhood memento. My mom still has the bunny. I thought it was nice to represent something from before my first memories. Something that’s like lodged deep within me would be part of it. So what would that be for you if you chose to make that one of your answers? I still have my childhood Teddy bear. First ever, first birthday Teddy bear. Is that your choice? No. Okay. I’m just saying that I already have that and I don’t think it’s gonna bring me back. You know what I think it would be? You’ve seen those TikTok ads where there’s people spraying that stuff in their nose and all of a sudden they’re able to breathe? Yeah. I mean, I get those all the time. I think maybe just doing that to me while I’m dead will bring me back. Okay. Yeah, smelling salt type thing. Yeah. Yeah, I’m interested in that. What’s the point of that product? Well, two different things. One is literally a smelling salt that wakes you up. Just to open you up. The other one is a nasal… I think they kind of accomplished a similar thing, but the one that you spray into your nose, or like you put on your nose and smell, that’s… The smelling salts, you can’t do that with that. You’ll go blind or something. Okay. It’s so strong. I’d like to have some of those available in meetings though. I actually got those for my friend who has really bad allergies all the time. And so, it helps like open up her nasal passengers a little bit. And it works? Yeah, like, obviously… Not like 100%, but it helped her breathe a lot better. And then, I tried it, and it does wake you up a little bit. Yeah, I’d like that. It’s like… Like a shot of espresso. It’s just… It’s like, you know the Vick’s that you can smell? Yeah. Menthol. It’s like that but they have like lavender, they have like eucalyptus, they have different ones. But it’s pretty good. We’re getting into a new year. I’m not gonna use the big R word, “resolutions,” but you might be thinking about learning a new language ’cause you’re traveling this year or career advancement, you know? That might… Language might be a path to that. You can put that on your resume. Yeah. Or just cultural appreciation. And I do think that… If we are gonna talk about resolutions, I do think that committing to learning a language could be a really good one. Yeah. Good for your brain, good for your life. Expand your horizons. 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That’s 50% off unlimited access to 25 language courses for the rest of your life, life, life life. Redeem your 50% off at rosettastone.com/ear today. Let’s get to a question in a second. Yeah. But Link, congratulations. You have now recorded 100 episodes of Dispatches From Myrtle Beach. Yep. Of course, if you don’t know, this is my dad’s podcast. He lives in North Myrtle Beach and he gives me a dispatch every week. If you haven’t watched or listened to the show, it’s on YouTube, it’s wherever you get your podcasts. Check it out. I mean, yeah, my dad was… He’s elated to celebrate 100 episodes. Triple digits. “I could… “I never thought! “I never thought it would’ve happened.” But it did, didn’t it, Dad? “That would be correct.” He even text his catchphrases to me now. Like, there’s no going back with this guy. Like, “That would be correct” I’m pretty sure is something he invented for the podcast– For the show? For the podcast. You didn’t remember him saying that? I never remember him saying it before the podcast. And then, if I’m texting him, he’s like, “Did you have a good time on your trip?” He’s like, “That would be correct.” He’s like… He’s… I mean… I love that. So yeah, check it out. Let’s hear a voicemail. Hey, Rhett and Link. This is Addie from Indiana and I have a question about how to navigate my mother-in-law. I have been with my significant other for five years now. We’re getting married in January of 2025. And she happens to think that I love sea turtles. And so, every gift I get from her for the last five years has been sea turtles. And every time she asks, I tell her how much I love it and how great it is. But the issue is that I don’t have a thing for sea turtles and I don’t know how I can go about breaking that to her now that I have let it go on for five years and am entering a marriage where, hopefully, it doesn’t go on forever. Thanks. Love you, guys. Bye. Woo. You left out a really important part of this, which is how did she come to think that you were into sea turtles? That’s what I want to know. Yeah. Like how does someone draw that conclusion? I mean, what was it? Did you just have a calendar with ocean life and it happened to be the month of sea turtles? I mean… And it feels like the kind of thing that would’ve been discussed with the… The husband. The husband. With the… Yeah, the son, her son, ’cause it’s the mother-in-law, right? Right, yeah, and like– Maybe she fell asleep… Sometimes, if you’re having a family gathering, I’ll t… I’ll take a nap. And then if I talk in my sleep while I’m napping… Sea turtles. Sea turtle… Maybe she was talking about sea turtles. Okay, but that being said, she now is under this impression, so… Whether it’s your fault or not. And allow me to lecture you a little bit before we give you the answer. We’re gonna help you, okay? But first, you need to learn your lesson. You have an instinct to lie to make other people feel better is what it seems like, you know? And what you should have said… You had an opportunity, if you didn’t like the sea turtle, if you were puzzled by it, you could have said something, but your instinct was to bury it and now you’re under a pile of sea turtles. Even if it was the second sea turtle, maybe the third, by that point, I think you gotta be like, “Another sea turtle? “You keep giving me sea turtles. “I really appreciate it but “when did I give you the impression… “I like it, but I don’t love sea… “I don’t really have a connection to sea turtles. “I just think it’s… “I’m just curious,” you know? Oh, so that’s the honest route? I’m saying that’s what you should have done. And now, that it’s too late– It’s too late. Five years is too late. Yeah, we are never gonna… You’re not gonna go the honest route now. You’re gonna have to live in a sea of turtles. I think– Start to like ’em. They’re not bad. They’re actually pretty dope creatures. Have you seen Finding Nemo? Have you been…. I’ve been scuba diving with ’em. They’re super chill. They’re wonderful. I saw one sleeping in a ship one time while scuba diving at night. Yeah, I saw footage of a orca eating one. That’s cool. Made me a little sad. I actually agree with this. I think that… I remember when I was a kid and I had had a number of opportunities to eat honey mustard. Yep, here we go. And I just didn’t like it. I don’t know why. You know me, I’m not picky, but I just did not like honey mustard. I thought it was unnecessary. But anytime you got nuggets, or chicken tenders, or whatever, it was the side. And then, it was… Sometimes, it would be on sandwiches. And I specifically remember… This should tell you a lot about my personality. I specifically remember as a 12-year-old, saying to myself, “I keep running into this honey mustard.” What? “I’m going to make myself like it.” And now, I really like honey mustard. What was the process like? Just being like, “Every time I run into it, “I’m gonna try… “I’m gonna become cur…” I mean, I’m not saying I could articulate it this way at 12, but essentially I became curious about it and I was like, “Hmm, it’s honey and it’s mustard. “You like both of those things. “Put it together. “Everyone else seems to think “this is a good idea. “Just see what happens.” And I just slowly just kept eating it. And then, it was just… When it was there, I was like, “Oh, honey mustard, there you are again. “Not a problem anymore.” And that’s honey mustard. I think… Sea turtles, it’s even easier to do with sea turtles because what’s not to like about sea turtles, unless you’re being actively attacked by one? Right. And this is the thing that will happen– You like the sea and you like turtles. This is the thing that will happen. You get two things that will happen. Number one, you can now appreciate everything that you will be given, the sea turtle theme, moving forward. But you have a whole, I’m guessing, just a collection of sea turtle related gifts that now have value to you. Suddenly, these things that you’ve been given over the past five years have value to you. You can go and sit with them. You can caress them. I don’t know what kind of things they are. Is it a key chain? I don’t know. Yep. I’m picturing it– But you can enjoy them. Curio cabinet. And I think this is a good practice. And I’m not saying like things so that you conform to people’s expectations. I’m just saying if there’s something that you’re gonna be encountering a lot of, you can choose to just keep hating it. Yep. Or you can alleviate the suffering. You’ve made your bed, you have to lie in it. And if there’s… Plushy sea turtles shouldn’t be that bad. Rhett grew up in a world where people like honey mustard. Yeah. So he had to lie in that bed. I accept honey mustard related gifts now too. Yeah. I haven’t gotten any. Oh, you know what I’m gonna give you? I’m gonna give you some of those Snyder’s Pretzel bites. The honey mustard ones. Oh, the honey mustard is the favorite. The flavor? Yes. Yes, yes, yes. I couldn’t say that when I was 11. I bought some yesterday for my little DJ party that you were invited to. You could have had some. Oh wow. That sounds like a– There’s still some over there. High calorie experience. We didn’t eat ’em all. We didn’t eat ’em all. Play another one. Boy, solving problems left and right. Hi, Rhett and Link. I have to get a colonoscopy on my 22nd birthday. Oh. Do you guys have any tricks or tips for making my birthday more exciting than just a colonoscopy? Thanks in advance. My name is Peyton. Peyton. Peyton, if you’re… Well, if you getting one at 22, I hope everything’s copacetic. Right. That’s early to get one but I’m sure you’ll be fine. They could be quite enjoyable. Yeah, you get the… You get the drug. I don’t know what drug it was, but I got it. Propofol, . And… I don’t know if they always give that. I enjoyed it. They don’t always give that. You know what? I mean, if they offered it to me on every birthday, I’d take it. You know? So… And the meal after a colonoscopy… If you’ve been on a liquid diet and you probably have been since the night before, or the whole day before, that meal after a colonoscopy is fabulous ’cause you’re coming off of some propofol high and you’re eating like your favorite thing. Have that lined up. It’s your birthday. Yeah. Go hard. I think this really creates an opportunity for you… And take this how you will and I don’t… I’m just not gonna really think about it, I’m just gonna say it. You’re never going to forget this birthday and you can choose to describe it to people however you want to. And you could be like, “Yeah, I remember my 22nd birthday “when I did drugs and tried anal.” Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that’s a good setup. That’s a different type of icebreaker. That’s like “Never have I ever.” Put that in your back pocket for Never Have I Ever. You know? It’s like… That’s it. That’s it. We’ve answered that question. Hold on. But this actually… I have to tell you something now because I wanted to call you and tell you. Oh. Oh, well, okay. I’m listening. You’ll see what the connection is. So we were at a party recently and I started a conversation– So many parties. I started a conversation with a guy who, interestingly, he was there by himself, and he’s a big guy. He’s about my height. And he was like, “I came to this party by myself. “My wife is at home “with our daughter who’s sick. “And I don’t really know how to do “this kind of thing, “but I saw another big guy “so I came up to you.” And I was like, “I totally get it,” and we ended up having a great conversation. So as we’re getting to know each other, it’s America and it’s LA so you inevitably end up talking about what you do. And– It’s America. I mean, truly. It’s a very American thing to talk about what you do. That doesn’t happen in Europe. Huh. And so, I was like, “Well, I…” And I hate answering this question, and I never know how to answer it. So I’m like, “I make YouTube videos.” And he was like, “Tell me… “Well, what is it… “Like, what’s it called or whatever?” “Well, the thing that’s probably “the most well known is “a show called Good Mythical Morning.” And he was like, “I know Good Mythical Morning.” And I was like, “Oh, okay.” And then he got this look in his eyes, like “This…” He knows Good Mythical Morning, but not in the way that I was anticipating. He said, “Dr. Hyman.” What? He said… So this is to fill you all in. Dr. Hyman performed me and Link’s brosectomy, where we got our vasectomies at the same time a lot of years ago now, probably seven years ago. On camera. And then, he came on the show over a year later when we had an episode, “Do you remember people from the show?” And you didn’t remember him. And I just looked him right in the face and did not remember who he was. Shout out to the propofol. But listen to what Dr. Hyman does. Or whatever he gave me. He didn’t give… He gave you like a Valium, he didn’t gimme anything except local anesthesia, but… So– Yeah, what does he… He said that what he does… This guy had never heard of us. Yeah. Never watched any of our videos. Yeah. But he said, “Dr. Hyman, “in an effort to calm you down, “is like “watch this YouTube video “”of me doing this…”” One of the orientation steps now is watching the video of him doing us on Good Mythical Morning. Are you serious? Yeah. In the… Because I remember when we went in, he showed us a video– He doesn’t show… I don’t think he shows that at the office, but he’s like, “Here… An additional resource is “If you want to see me actually performing it, “I did it on camera for this show, “Good Mythical Morning.” Yeah. And so… And he was like, “I watched it.” And it’s like, “Of course, you’re the guy!” Yes, I love that! We should syndicate this to all vasectomizers. And, of course, the colonoscopy made me think about that because we did the same thing with the brolonoscopy. But yeah– I wonder if he shows people that. Dr. Hyman is… He’s doing great work, man. He’s still… Like… That was our intention. Yeah, yeah. I mean our intention was, hey, we needed to give vasectomies, might as well turn it into an entertainment. No regrets. Highly recommend. But the fact that it was… Because there’s so many misconceptions. I told him, I was like, “The number of people who still think “we got castrated is mind boggling to me.” The number of people who think that in order to not get our wives pregnant, we got our nuts cut off, it’s just– I mean, that’s what they do to dogs. I know, but… I just, I don’t know. It makes me so sad for people’s brains. Yeah. I don’t know. I just can’t get over it. It makes me sad for bulls because they could just do to bulls what they did to us, and then the bulls could still have their nuts hanging. And dogs, by the way. Dogs could keep their nuts. That’s a good point. But I think that it’s… Hmm. I think it’s a much more complicated surgery Now, I’m gonna be honest, I’m glad that Jasper doesn’t have his nuts ’cause I don’t… I mean, he’s a lap dog and he likes to flay around, and I just don’t want the satchel tapping me. Yeah. So… And also, it’s a– It’s a selfish reason, but he’s my dog and I’m just being honest. And it’s a sign that you know that this dog is neutered, right? Because it doesn’t have balls. Yeah. Yep. You’re like, “Oh, okay, job’s done” And if you catch me bending over naked, you don’t know what to conclude. Right. And there’s other puzzling things too. Should I get into it? No, no, no, no. Okay. Yeah, I’m not gonna get into it. Okay, I just thought that was… That’s so amazing that that was the connection. That is great. That makes me so happy. I kind of wanna go back. To Dr. Hyman. Yeah? It makes me wanna go back just to see my own video. You got anything else that needs work? No. Okay. Next. Hi, my name is Carolyn and I am from Missouri. I was just calling to talk about the last episode, where Rhett was called out for not being able to pronounce words. And I just wanna say I am a speech therapist and I think Rhett sounds fine. I wrote down a few things of why his sounds are okay. One, there’s something called dialect, and you guys have a Southern dialect, so that’s gonna impact his speech. Localic Ls and Rs. Those kind of make your Ls and Rs a little more relaxed. So words like “golf” and “wolf,” your L’s not gonna be a full L. Also, having a small mouth, if anything, it’d benefit your speech because your tongue can get where it needs to go if it’s smaller. And lastly, if everyone knows what you’re saying, we don’t need to be so nitpicky about pronouncing the L so clearly and all that. I think the most important thing is we understand it and that’s what communication is. So keep on doing what you’re doing, Rhett. I think you sound great. And I’m a big fan of your biscuits. Thanks, bye. Wow. You know what I just realized? That the therapist part of speech therapy is what just happened to you. Yeah, I feel like a new man. Like, she didn’t help you with speech, she helped you with your point of view of yourself. Did your self-esteem just go up? It did. Okay, can I… Let me try to balance that. Okay. You still sound stupid occasionally. Well, I will say, I thought when she said “small mouth is also part of your problem–” Yeah, I thought she was going there. “This should make it easier,” I was like “Hold on, now.” Because you’re… My tongue can get where it needs to be? Yeah, okay. Quicker. Unless your tongue’s too big for your mouth. I don’t think it is. You got a little tongue too. Yep, little mouth, little tongue. Average tongue. Oh no, but I feel good because… Yeah, if you can understand me, you know when I say “wolf,” you know what I’m saying. Yeah. You know what I’m talking about. When I’m gonna play golf, you know what I’m gonna go play. You think there’s a new game that’s been invented called “goff” that you don’t know about or do you think I’m gonna play golf? You know what I’m trying to do. Right? Are you willing to say that to people who laugh at you and point? If somebody says– In public? I… Like, “You say “a wolf” in a funny way,” I’ll be like, “Yeah, but what did I say?” And they’ll say “a wolf” and I’ll be like, “That’s right. “So what’s the problem?” Yeah. “And you know where I got this? “I got this information “from a speech therapist.” It really made me feel special. Wow. So I’m never gonna think about it again. I’m just gonna keep saying words the way that they come to me. Wolf pack. We can hide behind our dialect and your small mouth. Hi, Rhett and Link. My name’s Caroline and I’m a mythical beast from Australia. I’ve just listened to your podcast about flounder stacking handshakes, and I want to say that I’ve been the, I guess you’d call it, recipient of a few of those. As a schoolteacher, when you’re like a team of teachers, myself and my teacher aid and whatnot, saying thank you to parents and shaking hands, I’ve had quite a few parents who will take my hand and maybe a teacher aid’s hand, and sometimes three hands, and put them between their two hands, and do like shake and say, “Thank you all so much “for making a difference.” And so, when I’ve been clasped in between two hands of a happy dad that’s glad that I’ve taught their child something with my teaching partners, I felt like I was a bit of a flounder being stacked, I guess you’d call it. Yeah, I find it quite warm and a nice way to group and thank all of us. So I think what Rhett’s done is group them together and say thank you or goodbye as a group, in a nice, warm embrace. So I approve and am pro the stacking. Pro stacking. A warm hand embrace. It’s happening independently– Yeah. Around the globe. Well, I’ve been waiting for… What was his name, Tommy? Tommy, yeah. Tommy Richmond. Because he’s a man of influence. Yeah. You know, he’s got more influence than we do. Come on, Tommy, pick it up! So I just feel like the fact that he was like… I was gonna say the victim but maybe the recipient of this, his real world experience, he would just talk about it. He was the stacked flounder. Maybe write a song about it. Can he write a song about it called “Flounder stacking?” I think he can. I think he can. And maybe dropped my name and your name because, I mean– “Million Dollar Flounder Stacking.” And if Tommy Richmond could bring this into pop culture, that’s really what… I think that’s how it will cross over and get out there. And it needs to, and that’s why we played this voicemail because in this new year of our Lord, 2025, we need to stack the flounders. We don’t need to forget. This doesn’t need to be a thing of the past that happened to you, that was amazing, that was your top moment of last year. And I witnessed it, and as amazing as it was, things tend to fade. And you know what, I– And this cannot fade. I had the opportunity… I just realized this. What? I had the opportunity to do it. We had some… We have people from different places who will show up and have business meetings with us here at Mythical Entertainment. Yeah, yeah. And there’s a lot of executive type people I was meeting all at once, and these two women approached at the same time, and both of their hands came out at the same time, and I didn’t even think about the flounder. And I should have just grabbed both of their hands and taken ’em. Just raked them together. It’s just… Corral it up. Dammit. It’s like the cowboy corral, you know? Get your cattle. So you could cattle corral it, you can flounder stack it. I gotta think about this. The next time I see two hands extended to me, I gotta grab both of them. Now, the… Going with the other hand on top to make sure that they don’t escape. This is the new… This is the Australian technique. Yeah. Down under. You gotta go down under with it, with the second hand. And bring the other hand in so that… Don’t let ’em… Don’t let ’em get away. If there’s two hands extended to you, don’t miss the opportunity. We have to make this happen and we can’t depend on Tommy Richmond to do it for us. Yeah, but if you will, please write a song, or at least mention it in another song. Yeah. Hi y’all, I’m Lucy. But knowing your history with names in these voicemails, I’m happy with whatever new name you give me. Okay. I’m from Arkansas and I was hoping y’all could gimme some advice. My husband, Zach, and I have been married for seven years, and for a lot of that time, we’ve been trying to do something which we haven’t really told our families about. Well, we recently got lucky and were able to adopt an adorable little girl. Lucy is five years old and she is the light of our lives. As I said, we never told our families about all this, so we were looking for some advice on how to tell ’em. We live about an hour away from most of them, so we see ’em every now and then. And we also have a huge family reunion in a little over three months. For context, there weren’t any fertility issues. Adoption was just the way Zach and I wanted to grow our family. Also, our family, they’re a little more traditional and old fashioned in their thinking, which you might be familiar with, and that’s kind of some of our hesitation in how to tell ’em. Got any advice? Thanks and much love. Bye. Lucy! I remember your name. Lucy. Well, congratulations Lucy. The light of your life. I love those long Is. That is so cute. And I assume the baby’s cute. I mean, it’s a five year old. I assumed a five year old’s cute because it’s just such a cute story. Oh my goodness. You know? Agreed. So it’s good that you didn’t send a picture ’cause like I’m picturing the cutest five year old ever, and that may not be the case. Okay. Why am I still talking? What do you think? Well, I– I do have an idea but I’ll let you go first. Well, I think that… Now, you’re gonna have to… You’re gonna have to make sure that your daughter is okay with this, and I think that five year olds are… Would be into this kind of idea. I basically think you gotta go to the family reunion and I just think you gotta just act like you’ve always had this little girl. Hey, gaslight the hell out of these people. Make them think that they’ve all gone crazy. “This is… “This is Tammy. “You don’t remember Tammy “from the past four years?” Yeah, and then the little girl would– Go along with it. Will have… We gotta prepare her. We gotta take pictures of pe… We gotta show her pictures of people. We gotta invent a little backstory for each person. And then… I mean, if you’re ex… If you’re expecting some judgment, then I think you just go in. This is the aggressive move, going in with gaslighting. Now, I’m not gonna ask the obvious question, which is, “What is the impact “on an adopted child “when you come up with an elaborate ruse “to cover up the fact that they’re adopted?” I mean, we’re not child psychologists. We don’t know. We’re not child psychologists. We don’t know. But it’s probably fine. Yeah, yeah. It’s probably totally fine. My idea is the exact opposite. Okay, okay, okay. All right– Options. You have options. You got to get someone to show up at the family reunion early that knows no one there. You have an operative. Oh, create a distraction. And they bring your daughter. And when the… Bring your daughter to the… If it’s at a park or some sort of… Usually, family reunions are in kind of like a public place. But if it’s a private place, be in the neighbor. Be in the fringe, like in the bushes. And then, when it’s kicking into high gear, when everybody’s got their food and they’re yucking it up, then just drop that five year old… Just send the five year old into the thing with a note. Now, I’m not gonna write the note for you, but I’m talking about Moses in the basket type situation here. “I’m a little girl in need of parents.” Yeah. Something like that? Yep. “I’m a little girl in need of parents,” and… I mean, a five year old, they can talk, they can represent themselves, so they gotta get their story straight from this friend of yours. Okay. And then you are the hero. So it looks like a live adoption? A live adoption, just right there in front of everybody. Just like– This is a better plan than mine. Just a child has wandered up and everyone is falling in love with this child, and is to… Everything’s stopped. No one is even eating anymore. They’re just getting to know this wonderful child that is… That needs to be adopted immediately. Mm. But it’s not a raffle. I thought you might say it was gonna be a raffle and you could rig it. Yeah, she’s… Yeah, the daughter is selling raffle tickets, and then– For herself. Yeah, but then– She’s conducting her own raffle. Yes! She’s a five year old. She walks in, she goes like, “Today, I’m doing a raffle. “Whoever wins gets to take me home.” Yep. “I have no parents. “I only have a bunch of raffle tickets.” “I am a little girl in need of parents.” And then, everybody’s starting buying tickets. And then, you notice who’s buying the most tickets because they’re most aligned, and then… Or your competition. But she’s been instructed. She pull… She reaches into the hat and she knows the number that she’s gonna say. Rig it, it’s rigged. The raffle is rigged and everyone’s so happy, and the whole family feels like they’re a part of it. Yeah. That’s it, dude. But now, you… What if somebody tries to call the police though? Because if I was at a family reunion and a five year old girl walked up and was like, “I need parents “and I’m conducting a raffle to find them,” I’d probably call the police. So we have to be like– We gotta pay the police off with the money that she’s collected. I think we need… You can’t let people call 911. You have to have… You’re gonna have to hire an under… You’re gonna have to hire a fake cop that is like security for the family reunion. Already there. Yeah, already there. Just get one of the stripper cops because they’re the cheapest. Yeah, yeah. And– And then, the stripper cop can also be the one to hang out with your daughter before she enters the party. So it’s like– The cop brings the little girl in? Yeah, the stripper cop. Well, no, the stripper cop is watching the daughter until the daughter is sent in, and no one knows that they know each other. Okay. And then, the stripper cop shows up at just the right time when they’re about to call the cops. It’s like, “No, I’m already here.” “I’m local. “I’m a local authority. “And this is the kind of thing happens here “in this county.” “You know what? “Let me get my notepad out–” “Oh, is this a raffle? “Is this a child raffle?” “I think it’s… “I think it’s in my… “Let me take my pants off “to see if I can find my notepad.’ You have to wait. If things go sideways and this doesn’t go over well, the stripper cop is instructed to begin stripping. Yep. To create… Then we create the distraction Everyone will forget everything about the adoption. You’re gonna go up to the KFC bucket. Right. He’s gonna empty the chicken out and he’s just gonna put it on himself and walk around with it, just a bucket. Just– This is quite a family reunion. On him. I mean, not only have we solved all your problems, but we made one a hell of a party. Yeah. Because we are party people today. Yeah. Pretty good, huh? Sound advice. Pretty good, we got there. Hi, Rhett and Link. I’m Emily. I have a very serious question for both of you. If your wives were worm… Or if your wives were a worm, or worms, they could be together or separate worms, in their own habitats though, anyway, would you still love them if they were worms? And it’s not a yes or no question. It’s more of like, how would you love them? To what degree would you love them? And how would you take care of them? Also, how would you include them into your lives as worms? And yes, it’s permanent. Love you, guys. Bye. How would I love my worm wife? I’ll tell you… I’ll tell you right now. Less and less over time. Well, we decided to answer this question– You know, one does not grow closer to a worm. Well, can I… Just to give a little context. We get asked this que… I mean, this question like went viral at some point. Yeah, at different points, it comes back up. Yeah, “Would you still love me if I was a worm?” Oh. And so, we just decided to finally answer it. Okay? Okay. All right, good. So Link, you’re saying that– I didn’t know we were being inundated with it. Or inundated. You’re saying that less and less over time. I would love her less and less over time because that’s just the nature of warm relationships, I believe. So she was who she’s been up until this point to me, like she’s been a full human, and then she just became a worm? Yeah. So we have the history? But this is why I reject the premise of the question, because you don’t have the history if she becomes a worm. She doesn’t have the history anymore. She’s a worm brain. And so, she can only experience things that worms can experience. And so, I’m not going to give myself to my worf… My worf. Hey, I know what you’re saying. My worm wife, otherwise known as a worf, in the same way that I gave myself, in all capacities, to my human wife because she can’t experience anything that a worm can experience. So she doesn’t act like the little inch worm on Sesame Street? No! That guy has a lot of personality. If she’s a conscious worm, then we’ve got a different story. But let me just go with the first option, which is she just becomes an actual worm. Okay. At that point, I’m sorry, I know it was my wife. Now, it’s a worm. going fishing? Exactly! I want her to go out in style and I want her to serve a purpose, you know? For you. And so, I’m gonna catch a big ass bass with her, and eat that bass, you know? Okay, it would be really– Or mount. I’ll mount the bass and be like, “Lemme tell you about…” “Oh, tell me about that big bass.” “Well, going back a few years, “my wife turned into a worm “and I didn’t wanna continue the relationship “so I fished with her.” I’m with you… I’m almost with you completely. Yeah. Like, yes, give her purpose. Christie would become a worm that I would use as bait. I would catch a bass. But that’s where we part ways because at that point, I am endeavoring to have a meaningful relationship with the bass. Oh, I’d mount the bass or eat it. I don’t like you saying “mount the bass.” You said it a number of times, I do not like it. Okay. Yeah– But I’m implying that I would mount the bass. You can’t have a meaningful relationship with a bass. I’ve heard about Matt Lieb telling a story on.. I don’t wanna hear about that. If she was going to be… First of all, if she’s gonna be a conscious worm– That’s tough. Oh, that’s a tough situation. I would do my be… I’d put her… I’d put her… I’d move her around. I guess I would… I’d have a… I’d have a pocket warm environment, I guess. Like, something I could take with me. A little soil pocket? A little soil… A little dirty pocket? Soilbitat that I keep in like my pocket, you know? With a little window, so she can see. Maybe I would attach it to my phone. You know how people can like stick their wallets to the back of their phones now? Like, I would have– She lives in a– I’d have a vertical, like a… It would be the shape of another phone and it would stick to my phone, and she’d probably be in that. Yeah, yep. Okay. Yeah, I mean, I’m not saying I would enjoy it though, And then I would drop her at some point, and– By accident. It would be an accident and it’d be over. Right. I’d feel bad about it for a while and then I’d have to get over it. Yeah, I mean, I gotta say– She’d want me to. She would want me to, y’all, One of the things I most love about my wife is the fact that she’s human. It’s a great aspect to… It’s like one of my favorite things about her. Yeah. And if you take that away, I don’t know if I’d feel the same. No. And I don’t think that makes me a bad person. Now, if she became a dog? A dog. Now, we’re talking. Now, I’m not… I mean, we’re not really talking. It’s not like that would be my preference. I made it seem… It really came out like “This is an upgrade,” but it… For the record Now, we’re talking! I would not… I was not– Finally! I was not thinking of upgrading my wife to a dog. That’s not what I was thinking. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh gosh, okay. We had done so good on the other ones. Yeah, you didn’t finish strong though. No. You didn’t finish strong. Let’s finish with that one, The girl that wants us to guess her accent, because that’s fast and maybe we can figure it out. Okay. Hi, Rhett and Link. I have been watching you guys for so long and I wanted to just talk for a minute and see if you could guess where I am from just based off of my voice and my accent. I don’t know. Some people say I have a really strong accent. I probably do. But at the end of this voicemail, I will tell you where I’m from. I.. My name is Hailey, and… Okay. Oh, so then you paused. She paused. I definitely have… I don’t think I’m very good at this, but– I have an inkling. I have a guess that came to me. Okay, I have a guess too. Do you have a guess? I have a guess. Okay. Well, you first, Okay. I think this person is from the Appalachian Mountains. I think they’re either from Western North Carolina or Eastern Tennessee. And I’m gonna go… But I’m gonna say not quite all the way. I’m gonna say Hickory. Hickory, North Carolina. On the way to the mountains. So you think North Carolina? I, too, think this is North Carolina, and I think it’s not far from where we grew up. I’m thinking a few counties over. West or east? I’m going east. You’re going east? Okay. Yeah. So I’m going like Johnston County. Okay. I thought it was a little more Southern than that. Just how slow her speech was. And she said something at one point that sounded very like Southern south. So I wanna guess Charleston. Oh. Okay. So you’re in South Carolina? Yeah, I’m in South Carolina. Charleston gonna give you a little proper. Properness. Yeah, I ha… I heard a slight properness in one of the words. Huh. So that’s my guess. Okay, let’s find out. I am from… Oklahoma. What? What? What? Yeah, see… Oklahoma? It was very North Carolina to us. Well, but see, that’s the thing is that if you’re from Oklahoma, you might be like, “Oh, it was so obvious.” I actually think this is really, really difficult to do. If you just look at the dialect of just North Carolina and how it changes, it is kind of wild how… And then, of course, a lot of people who were born there now don’t even have an accent, but tracking this… There’s a few times, like if she was doing that Arkansas accent that we heard earlier, where those really, really flat Is. Flat Is. Like that’s… There’s some people in North Carolina who talk like that, but not many. Yeah. That go… And then, that’s also a little bit of a Texas thing. I would’ve thought that Oklahoma would’ve had some of the flat Is. Okay. But I don’t know. Wow. This is a fun game. If you want to call us and do this, don’t forget to tell us where you’re from at the end of the voicemail, but not earlier. We will get better. We will study up Again, that’s 1-888… EARPOD1. 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