We Chat With Charlie's Sisters #194

Summary

Bellied Up Podcast – Episode #194

Title: We Chat With Charlie’s Sisters
Hosts: Charlie Berens & Myles the You Betcha Guy
Release Date: April 2, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode of Bellied Up, Charlie Berens and Myles “You Betcha Guy” Dakota take their signature Midwest banter to new heights—discussing everything from mustache styles and golf etiquette to unconventional tailgate games and sibling dynamics. The highlight: Charlie’s sisters, “Tiny” and “Bird,” join the show for a candid and comedic family phone call, revealing playful family secrets and some good-natured ribbing. The episode delivers plenty of laughs, useful advice, and slice-of-life storytelling quintessential to small-town Midwestern culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Facial Hair Follies & Midwest Masculinity (00:10–06:38)

• The show opens with a comedic debate about mustache types: cowboy vs. porn star vs. “pederast” mustache.
• Myles and Charlie compare their own facial hair history and even contemplate doing a “soul patch episode.”
  • [Charlie]: “You think if I shave everything off, I'm gonna be going door to door telling people I'm not a pederast?” (00:39)
• They swap stories about questionable style choices, including Myles’ high school sideburns (“Joe Mauer down to my earlobes” 03:23).
• Lighthearted jabs ensue about each other's grooming prowess, with Myles confident about his eyelashes being his best feature.

2. Everyday Midwest Life: Golf, Vacations, and Camo (06:38–13:28)

• Myles shares his love for golf and low-key vacations: “I like having days with no plan whatsoever and the day just unfolds in front of me.” (07:02)
• Charlie and Myles detail classic Midwest vacation priorities—golfing, wearing camo, avoiding strict schedules.
• “Effort gap” in golf: Myles recounts outplaying his dad once (“shot a 76 on a par 71” 08:33) and his stubborn, spastic learning style.
• Anecdotes about “country club decorum” and Charlie’s antics (requesting semis to honk, playing games on the green) showcase their differing sensibilities.

3. Live Caller: Beer Darts, Career Change Advice & Midwest Entrepreneurship (13:35–33:48)

Caller: Jaden, Strength & Conditioning Coach

• Situation: Debates quitting his current job for an electrical apprenticeship, and pitches his original tailgating game—a cornhole-beer darts hybrid (“Red Zone” by Saturday Standard).
  • “Think of cornhole, think of beer darts, and I made a game that combines both.” – Jaden [16:42]
• Charlie and Myles spar on the need for new drinking games (“We don’t need to keep reinventing stuff in the beer industry” – Myles, 17:33), but are ultimately charmed.
• Deep dive into the mechanics, safety (darts in boots, the case for steel-toe sponsorships), and materials debate (cork vs. lacquer vs. beer-soaked plywood).

Notable Quotes

• Charlie: “I think what you’re saying sounds super fun. We all got a little eyes raised. That was initial reaction here before Myles shat on it.” (18:21)
• Myles: “I put my guard up every time I get pitched a new way to consume alcohol... But this one is definitely growing on me after all that.” (27:34)
• Jaden: “You’ll know a lot about a guy, like, about his beer by how his board smells.” (24:23)

Career Advice Segment (28:15–33:48)

• Myles’ practical advice: “If you’re going to be a strength and conditioning coach long term, you don’t describe it as standing there yelling at kids.” (28:22)
• Hosts encourage Jaden to try electrical work if he’s feeling burned out—“I don’t know any electricians that said, ‘God, I wish I was an electrician.’” (32:14)
• Jaden’s side hustle (“Red Zone”) is encouraged to continue as a passion project.

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4. The Sibling Call: Charlie, Tiny, and Bird (37:13–51:36)

Segment Timestamps

• First Sibling Call Attempt: (37:13)
• On the Line: Tiny (“after two voicemails”) and Bird
• Immediate chaos as sisters chat about their day, mocking Charlie’s attempt to facilitate a podcast segment.

Candid Family Moments

• Bird works remotely in social media marketing; Tiny’s a college senior, interning and job hunting.
• Mini “job interview” for Tiny: “What are your three strengths?”
  • Tiny: “I’m adaptable. I’m reliable. I’m empathetic. I hold space for people.” (40:19)
  • Bird: “Having shared a room with you for 10 years, I don’t think I can corroborate.” (40:37)
  • Charlie: “She’s a personality hire… We’re not dependable, not reliable.” (41:13)
• Light ribbing over Tiny’s Irish boyfriend, Peter, with Charlie joking, “She’s dating a freaking leprechaun.” (41:55)
• Family mishaps: “Ever tell you about how he put the van in neutral and pushed it out of the driveway?” (45:11, Bird on Charlie sneaking out as a teen)
• Tiny critiques Charlie’s cabin (“The coffee grinder echoes through the beautiful wooden panels… maybe like a door or a seal off” 43:53) and nearly tumbling down a “wobbly” banister.

Quote Highlights

• On professional networking:
  • Bird: “Just find me on LinkedIn. We can chat professionally.” (47:35)
  • Myles: “Go from sliding in the DMs to LinkedIn. I like that.” (47:42)
• On family history:
  • Charlie: “You guys got a whole pond between you. I didn’t know what the deal was.” (42:44)
  • Bird: “She’s a personality hire.” (41:06)

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5. Midwest Nostalgia & Listener Voicemail (52:36–End)

• Voicemail from a listener: “Minnesota has more lakes than Wisconsin!”—reminds Charlie of prank-calling local fishing shows as a kid.
  • Charlie: “We weren’t supposed to be down by that river…” (53:09)
• Myles and Charlie share a moment of nostalgia about radio call-in culture and “buy, sell, and trade” local shows.
• Show closes with the classic “tip your bartender” sign-off.

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Notable & Memorable Moments

• Sibling Witty Banter: The playful back-and-forth between Charlie, Bird, and Tiny is brutally honest and uniquely Midwestern.
  • Tiny’s three qualities shot down by Bird, and the “personality hire” running joke.
• Charlie’s family secrets: Pushing the van down the driveway (45:11), rollerblading to parties with Crocs in his backpack (45:40).
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Jaden’s creative tailgating game and business brainstorming session with the hosts demonstrate both humor and practical advice.
• Home-Grown Relationship Advice: The trio’s pragmatic approach to careers and side hustles—try new things, see if you like it, “you can always go back.”

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Key Timestamps

• Mustache/Soul Patch Debate: 00:10–03:38
• Vacation & Golf Stories: 06:38–13:28
• Jaden’s Call – Tailgate Game Pitch & Career Chat: 13:35–33:48
• Charlie Calls His Sisters: 37:13–51:36
• Listener Voicemail (Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Lakes): 52:36–54:36

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Episode Tone & Style

Consistently lighthearted, self-deprecating, and quick-witted—anchored in the signature camaraderie and Midwest sensibility that Bellied Up listeners love. The inclusion of Charlie’s sisters adds authentic family teasing and inside jokes, making for a down-home, relatable, and unforgettable episode.

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If You Only Remember Two Quotes:

• Myles: "God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers." (05:34, also during golf stories)
• Charlie: "She’s a personality hire… We’re not dependable, not reliable. But occasionally, you know, we'll make a weird situation a little bit more palatable." (41:13)

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Useful For:
Anyone seeking Midwest comedy, sibling banter, small-town life stories, or thinking about launching a backyard game or making a major career change!

Transcript

[A]

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome back to another episode of the Bellied up podcast. I'm here with my buddy Miles Dakota. Miles, ladies and gentlemen. How you doing?

[B]

I'm doing good. How are you, Chuck?

[A]

Doing real good, Miles. You think I could pull off a mustache?

[B]

I think you can. I think so. You know, there's. There's. There's different types of mustache guys. There's like, this guy's a cowboy mustache.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

There's this guy's a porn star mustache.

[A]

And then there's this guy's a pederass mustache.

[B]

Yeah. I just am afraid you may flirt a little too much in the last category.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. You think if I shave everything off, I'm gonna be going door to door telling people I'm not a pederast? Hey, you might see me around the neighborhood. Just want to let you know I

[B]

am not on the registry.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. You would be good, though. I. I think you should get yourself a mustache.

[B]

Yeah, I've been talking about it. Thought I'd try it out this year. That's also on my list of things to do this year.

[A]

I want, you know, just got mustache is Billy Deuce. My Billy Deuce? Yeah. And he looks good.

[B]

Does he?

[A]

Yeah, he looks good with the mustache.

[B]

See, I think I'm gonna be more porn star category.

[C]

You're.

[A]

Yeah. You got a thick stash.

[B]

Yeah, but not. But it's not thick enough to be like, wow, this guy should be the voice of Ford and Budweiser.

[A]

No, no, I didn't say that. I mean, I was Ford tough. I was just trying to make it feel good about yourself. But truthfully, it is. And I honestly would have to see it go with a little. A little. A little bit of handlebar action down there. Okay.

[B]

You'd like me to start with the handlebar and whittle it down?

[A]

Yeah. Honestly, I think that would be great. What is there a facial. Facial hair feature that you've always wanted that you've never done?

[B]

I mean, I've been pretty able to do whatever I want.

[A]

I know you've been able to, Miles,

[B]

but it's like seventh grade. I've been able to do it.

[A]

I know how. You're a real big man, Miles, but what I'm saying is, like, did you ever want to, like, do the creed? Like, just under the lip here, you know?

[B]

Oh, the soul patch.

[A]

The soul patch.

[B]

I have. I. I have never wanted to. I think it would be very funny to do one time.

[A]

I think you should.

[B]

I think we should. I think you. Because you Trim yours. Holy. You trim that separately than the rest of your beard or you just do one guard at it? The whole thing?

[A]

Yeah, I don't really. I think I just. One guard the whole way is. Am I doing it wrong?

[B]

We should grow it out.

[A]

Should I grow it out?

[B]

No, no, no. Well, yeah, grow the whole thing out. And then we should just do soul patches for an episode.

[A]

David. The soul patch episode. That'd be cool. Well, first, before the soul patch episode, we should do the goatee episode.

[B]

Yeah, we shoot multiple at once. We just bring a clippers to the bar.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, it's smart, though, because, like, we do go a couple months between episodes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay, let's say it now. What are we going to do? The next episode? Just a soul patch episode, you think?

[D]

Okay.

[A]

All right. You could do that.

[B]

Like the dirtiest of all, you know?

[A]

All right, we'll start. We'll start with.

[B]

Well, no, I just. I'm not deterring. Hitler's the dirtiest. Yeah. You know, I mean, that's. That's the most offensive for sure.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But if we should, we, like, do some chops to start it off. Like, we just.

[B]

You want to know, in high school, I used to have sideburns like Joe Mauer down to my earlobes over here. So. Just like that.

[A]

Oh, really?

[B]

So, like, they weren't even, like mutton chops? Yeah, just, like, were just extended. Like they were just here.

[A]

Yeah. And you thought that was a good idea?

[B]

That was sick.

[A]

Really? Yeah. Did you have long hair, too?

[B]

No. Short hair. I didn't get long hair till college.

[A]

When you moved out of Bud's house.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What did Bud like the long hair?

[B]

I actually have no idea.

[A]

Really? You never asked him? Huh.

[B]

Which he definitely didn't like the long hair.

[A]

Well, then you have an idea.

[B]

But he also, like, could have just not even noticed that I had long hair.

[A]

Yeah, you've been like, who's the girl?

[B]

Remember when I had long hair? What? No.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. It's that indifferent.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Did he definitely thought I looked like a. Like a. Like a. Like a wet dog?

[A]

Yeah. I mean, like, why don't you cut that off your head? Do you say that to you?

[B]

I mean, he's had the same haircut for the last 50 years.

[A]

Why change when you got right? Why change? Okay, so I get it. I get it. What's a hair on your body that you're, like, most proud of?

[B]

Why are you looking at my cock?

[A]

Huh? No, I was just looking. I was scanning your body. I was scanning Your body.

[B]

The hair on my body that I'm most proud of.

[A]

I don't know, I'm just ripping here, Miles. We're just. I'm just getting warmed up, you know?

[B]

You know, you're not gonna expect this, but I think my eyelashes.

[A]

Oh, my gosh, she does have good eyelash. Ladies.

[B]

Been told my whole life, gentlemen, I

[A]

shouldn't have looked at those. I'm never gonna be able to unsee them. And you can't unsee them. They're right in front of your eyes.

[B]

Yeah, actually, I don't see them.

[A]

Isn't that crazy that we don't see our eyelashes? You ever try looking at your eyelashes?

[B]

I can see one right there. Yeah, I've been battling long eyelashes my whole life. It's a strong burden to carry. Well, that's why I get so tired at the end of the day, because they're so long and heavy.

[A]

Yeah. Everyone's got their cross to bear.

[B]

I know.

[A]

You know?

[B]

You know, God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers.

[A]

Do women usually notice your eyelashes?

[B]

Not so much anymore because I just don't ever talk to women.

[A]

No, but I mean, how do you know you have good eyelashes?

[B]

Isn't that, like, weird, though? Like, the amount of run ins with women I have now, especially working here. And just like, there's no chicks working here right now. Like, we've had gals that worked here. There's none of them work here right now. It's like, I don't ever see.

[A]

We've had.

[B]

Other than my wife or her. My wife's friends.

[A]

We've had broads work at this company. They're not here anymore.

[B]

I don't know. Charlie gets really triggered when I say chicks.

[A]

No, I don't. I just thought. I was thinking I was making up a bit, not chicks. But I mean, I think it's just funny when you're talking about. When you're talking about your employees because they have all those, like, weird things. So I just thought it was a funny bit. Yeah, we had a bunch of broads working here. I don't know.

[B]

I didn't.

[A]

That was the joke. I know, but it was like the

[B]

bit, you know, so. Yeah, yeah. Your eyelashes, they're fine.

[A]

They're fine. They're fine.

[B]

They're kind of short, actually.

[A]

Well beyond. Beyond going beyond just our eyelashes. Miles, what else is going on with you this week? Let the people know. They want a little insight into your life, Miles.

[B]

My life this week. Going on vacation here next week or so.

[A]

What is Miles's favorite thing to do on vacation.

[B]

Number one, golf. Really enjoy that. Number two, I like having days where there's no plan whatsoever and the day just unfolds in front of me. You know, if we go to the pool, we go to the pool. If we go to a store and buy something, go to a store and buy something. You know what I mean?

[A]

You just don't care. You don't have an agenda, you know, and you're able to completely.

[B]

Because the rest of my life, even if I don't have, like, a strict schedule in my mind, I have an agenda of how my day should go and what I need to do, you know?

[A]

And if you don't get on the ball with that agenda, you start to lose momentum and you feel ornery.

[B]

It's nice to step out of that agenda mentally. Yeah, it's kind of nice.

[A]

Oh, that's good. That's good. Are you gonna wear camo when you're out there?

[B]

I'll bring some camo.

[A]

Yeah, go full camo.

[B]

That's good.

[A]

That's good. Okay. What were you shooting in golf these days?

[B]

87. 86. 87.

[A]

86. So is that true? You think he actually shoots that chair? Okay.

[B]

I think.

[A]

I think never in my life have I shot an 87 or 86. I know I've never broken. I might have broken 100 maybe once. Cheating.

[B]

I appreciate the honesty. Yeah, But. But here's the thing.

[A]

You don't try at all.

[B]

I try, and I still only shoot in 87.

[A]

Well, hey, I mean, you can see where the effort gap is here. And that's. That's good.

[B]

I though a lot on the vacation. I did this two years ago. I shot the best run in my life. I shot a 76 on a par 71.

[A]

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

[B]

And I tied my dad. It's a huge kick to my balls.

[A]

So your dad's a much better golfer than you?

[B]

Yes, yes. And my dad didn't really, you know, he wanted us to golf, and we. And we did like golfing, but so, like, it'd be like he didn't know how to teach me how to golf because I'm a really tough personality to teach something to, especially as an angsty, like, 11 year old.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And so he would try and delegate and be like, you know, I'll get you some lessons that never amounted to anything.

[A]

You never got lessons?

[B]

No, I did. It just didn't. It just didn't help. Okay. Because I also just have the wrong demeanor for golf.

[A]

Yeah, you need to not Be a stubborn asshole.

[B]

Well, it's more so I'm what would be considered. Considered a spaz.

[A]

Oh, are you a little spastic?

[B]

Like when I've learned to deal with it.

[C]

Have you?

[B]

33 years.

[A]

Because I remember golfing with you and stealing the pin on the green and you start to spaz out a little bit.

[B]

You just will never let that go.

[A]

You ask a couple trucks driving by the golf course to blow their horn, and you're like, this is not country club attire, Charlie. This is not the country club decorum.

[B]

No, it was more so like, I was new. I just had joined this club. And, you know, I didn't want people to be like, wow, the bet you guy shows up and thinks that he can just fuck around on the course and be disrespectful to this thing because he thinks he's a hot shot because he's got a podcast and videos on the Internet. Oh, sorry for not trying to be an asshole.

[A]

No, I'm sorry for trying to have fun on the golf course. That was my fault. I didn't realize we were working on the golf course.

[B]

Oh, God. Jesus.

[A]

That's fine. I and I.

[B]

Here we go.

[A]

I have not been invited back to the country club. I wonder why I've been here so many times. Not once. As he said, you know, I should take you out with the fellas. We should get around to golfing. I would have played. I would have played, but no.

[B]

Yeah, I think it just sounds like you want to be a part of it, but, you know.

[A]

Well, I mean, I did, but I don't want to embarrass you and from

[B]

your other friends, I mean, all you have to do is just act like an adult.

[A]

Huh? Why would I want to do that?

[B]

Just even act 18.

[A]

You know, if you go. If you go frothing, you don't have to worry about. You can smoke weed right on the course and nobody cares.

[B]

I think you probably could on our course.

[A]

Okay. There's some golf courses. My buddy. Stonehenge, Stoner, Hench, Stone, Stone, Hedge. See, it's a play on words. In Door County. Great golf course. My buddy Kevin runs it and he's got soccer golf. So you can play golf or you can kick a soccer ball at these places and play soccer golf.

[B]

That sucks.

[A]

No, it's.

[B]

It sucks so bad.

[A]

It's super fun.

[B]

Sucks.

[A]

I love it. I kick the ball over there. It's great because, you know, golf isn't for everyone, but when you add soccer balls, you increase, you know, the people there that can enjoy the course.

[B]

I know. Like, the problem, though, with golf now is we've. We're growing the game too much to where it's like there's too many people playing golf. So I think it's probably good that they're inventing soccer golf, and people can play that.

[A]

Yeah. See, so it's a win. Win for everyone.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, and I'll tell you this, as someone who likes being entertained on the golf course, you know, I think they should do soccer golf and golf at the same time. They don't. They have different times, I believe. But I just want to be entertained out there, you know, and the clubs and the balls aren't always doing it for me. So sometimes I got to pull flag. Sometimes I got to see if I can get a semi to honk back at me. I don't think that's rude. No one was behind us.

[B]

I didn't not get that mad. I didn't get mad about the honking. I don't even remember that.

[A]

Oh, I remember.

[B]

I just remember you and dude dad running around on the green with the flag stick and ripping it out of the thing.

[A]

No, we're playing capture the flag. Anyways, Miles, I'm sorry for acting inappropriate on your golf course. I. Oh, it's.

[B]

It's fine.

[A]

I'm sorry. And you were getting mad at me for asking the truck to honk his horn because I was supposed to be looking for my ball, but I got distracted from what I remember.

[B]

Dang. Is. There's probably someone behind us waiting for us.

[A]

Yeah, I didn't. I didn't really know.

[B]

Guys, I want you to know, it was like herding cats for me that day.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And it's wanted to throw that out there.

[A]

Well, you knew what you were getting yourself into.

[B]

But again, God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers.

[A]

That's true.

[B]

We persevered that day.

[A]

Yes, we did. We did. Well, Miles, what do you think? Should we take some calls? Yes, let's do it. Jaden, what's going on?

[C]

Oh, nothing much. How are you boys?

[A]

We're doing good, man. Bellying up to the bar. Tell us what's on your mind.

[C]

Hey, so I have a little dilemma here. So, I'm a strength and conditioning coach. Make a lot of money.

[A]

Good for you.

[B]

And no, they don't make a lot of money. He cut out. No, that actually is very funny. The. The phone cut out. Exactly. What? Only word we missed was don't. So Charlie was about to go this whole call thinking that you were Rich,

[A]

strength and conditioning coach. I didn't know.

[B]

No, they get paid like dog shit.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And for the hours you work, it's not great.

[A]

Okay, sorry, what do you mean?

[B]

Like 3:30am to like 7:00pm Is not that bad.

[C]

No, no, not at all. No, mine's actually the flipped so I start at 12 and then I don't get off until 10:30 at night, so.

[A]

Well, at least you're getting off.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, I gotta get off somehow.

[A]

Yeah. So. Well what's, what's. What's the problem then?

[B]

Where are you a strength conditioning coach at?

[C]

In the police area?

[B]

In the Minneapolis area?

[C]

Yep.

[B]

At a college?

[C]

No, at a private sector facility.

[A]

What does that mean?

[B]

Does that mean.

[C]

So it's like instead of like, you know, you go into lifetime and having a personal trainer.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Like we just do it specifically for young athletes. So anywhere from like kids like.

[B]

Yeah, like an athletic republic style.

[C]

Yeah, exactly.

[A]

Okay, well, charge him some money.

[C]

Well, I can't because I'm not the manager.

[A]

Oh, well, you should start your own deal.

[C]

Well, that's the. I don't know if I want to do it anymore. That's the thing.

[A]

Oh, then quit.

[C]

Well, that's. That's what the. That's what the whole thing is here.

[B]

Then quit, dude. What the quit?

[A]

Yeah. What else you got lined up?

[C]

Electrical.

[A]

Oh, that big business these days.

[C]

I know. And I used to be a concrete guy, so I kind of like get the ropes a little bit for.

[B]

For electrical work?

[C]

Well, I mean, I. I don't know if you.

[B]

I don't even know. I don't know if you and I were doing the same concrete work, but that didn't.

[C]

Well, I just know that they just leave their out and then, you know, we gotta clean it up.

[B]

And at least the concrete guys, all their work just gets buried. So you can just leave your mess around and no one has to clean up. Yeah.

[C]

And you just steal two by fours from everyone else when you need them.

[B]

As long as they're mildly straight, you're good.

[A]

Oh yeah.

[C]

But yeah, so that's the issue. I don't know if I should know if I should stay with this job or if I should go into the electrical side. That was kind of the question I had for you guys.

[A]

You got any training at all?

[C]

Not in the electrical. So I do the apprenticeship program.

[A]

Okay.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

I mean, do you like it? Do you think? Yeah, I love working more.

[C]

I love working more hands on. That's like another question I had about the small business that I have on the Side, like, that's where I find more of my joy and not just standing and yelling at kids all day.

[A]

What's the small business?

[C]

So it's, it's kind of marketed for tailgaters, so I thought you guys might get a kick out of this. Think of Cornhole and think of Beard Arts. And I made a game that you combined both of them.

[A]

Cornhole and beer.

[B]

So you basically just, you. You have a can on a board and you throw darts at it.

[C]

Yep. So the can is actually a little bit like sunken in in the hole where you would normally throw the bag.

[A]

Uh huh.

[C]

And then your whole like, objective is to play Beard Arts from that point. But we designed the fields to look like football fields. So like, if you get in the, in the red zone, you get one point. In the end zone, it's two points. And if you hit the can, it's three.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Dude, you know, I like it, but I do need to platform something right now, if you don't mind.

[A]

Why?

[C]

What?

[B]

We don't need to keep reinventing stuff in the beer industry, do you know what I mean? I feel like I get a message like once a month of someone who invented a new way to shotgun a beer.

[C]

That's so true.

[B]

I mean, it's like, what was wrong with the key?

[C]

No, nothing's wrong.

[B]

What was wrong with your thumb?

[C]

You know, I mean, if you're like me, just go back to the tooth,

[B]

you know, and, and I get like, like, like I look at the game can jam and I want to gouge my eyes out. It's like, yeah, that one's so. I, I'm not talking about this one because I've never seen it playing. It might be awesome. But my, my gut instinct is like, we, we. We're just, we're, we're, we're inventing too many things at this point.

[A]

I'm going the other way on this. I think that what you're saying sounds super fun. We all got a little eyes raised. Oh yeah, that was initial reaction here before mouth shat on it.

[B]

No, I, I do like it a lot more than can jam. I think can jam is just.

[A]

And how popular is can jam?

[B]

That's true.

[A]

Pretty popular. I think you go the full Monty with this. I think we're talking Olympic sport. Let's put it on the calendar now.

[B]

That would be awesome if beer darts was in the Olympics.

[A]

Yeah, I think, I think it could be. You know, and it starts off with beer leagues. Okay. Obviously you get it going kind of like bags soon. Bags Is going to be in the Olympics. Is bags in the Olympics yet? I think you could.

[B]

You know why? It's not why? Because the Olympics told them that they couldn't drink during the matches. And so they're like, yeah, we're out.

[A]

Really? That's part of the game?

[B]

No, no, that's what they said.

[A]

Yeah, but does the Olympics know that? That's part of.

[B]

I know, but the Olympics has a strict zero alcohol policy here.

[A]

What about steroids?

[B]

But that isn't that funny.

[A]

That, like, just tell them it's steroids and they can't.

[B]

The, the. The. The deal breaker was that they couldn't. They just couldn't go like 45 minutes without having to drink.

[A]

That is funny. I mean, that's almost more legendary than being in the Olympics.

[B]

So. Sorry. Anyway, so question about your game. Is it like a cork board? Like, will the darts stick into the board? Then it's like a dart board mixed with a cornhole board mixed with beard.

[C]

No, it's literally all it is, is you take. You take plywood and you like. We stain them, custom make them to whatever people want, and then you just slap some two by fours on there, get it a little angled, and then they stick like a beauty.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Does the board degrade after a while from all the sticks?

[C]

Not the stained ones. We try spray paint. That shit did not work out.

[A]

Yeah, spray paint.

[B]

All right. Hey, I. I can be convinced. It sounds like it would be pretty interesting. Yeah.

[A]

Do you have a video of you playing it?

[C]

Yeah, we have. I've posted a whole bunch of stuff on our social media account for that.

[A]

Let's pop it up here. What's the social media account?

[C]

Saturday Standard.

[B]

All right, that's.

[A]

These are nice boards.

[B]

Those do look nice.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

CSP. A little Concordia St. Paul board or what?

[A]

I want to see this. Oh, look at that. Okay. Yeah. You know what? This is fun. This is.

[B]

This is way better in kanji.

[A]

And I. I like that you're using real sharp things in an area where someone could easily walk by and lose an eye.

[C]

Oh, yeah. There's many pauses that have to happen during the games.

[A]

Yep. And I. Yeah. Oh, look at this, dude. And then you hit the king.

[B]

Now they gotta drink the whole thing. It's just like beer darts, after a can is hit or what.

[C]

Yeah, you just drink to the lot. Like, so wherever you hit in the, like the side, you drink to that. But if you hit the top, then you have to finish the whole entire beer.

[B]

It's like beer darts. Yeah.

[A]

Wow. And have you had any injuries. Can you report any injuries here?

[C]

I've had one dart in the toe, but I was wearing my boots, so we were good.

[A]

Okay. Yep.

[B]

So you got to wear those Brunt steel toe boots.

[A]

Exactly. And. Yeah. And that. See, you're already thinking sponsorships here, so my.

[B]

My. My thing. I would have you. To make it feel even better, I would. I would think about putting, like, some cork on. On the top.

[D]

Ah.

[B]

You know, like, so the darts will stick nicely. You can already see some of the boards starting to, like, get all those, you know. Yeah. The holes and stuff. But if you do, like a dartboard cork type of material on top, that would be. That'd be really nice. Yeah.

[A]

That would kind of seal the. Seal the deal, you know, like, just mentally knowing, oh, it's just a flat dart board.

[B]

Yeah. You know, because when I see this, I'm like, oh, they bought these on Facebook Marketplace. But if you had a cork top on top of it, you'd be like, these guys bought these online. I gotta go get it from Amazon.

[A]

Yeah. And I'd also like to get kind of the. The metal dividers on the traditional dart board in there too. Yeah. Because then you can. I. I want to play a little cricket. You know, I wanna.

[B]

I'm like, you could play multiple games, then you put the yardage marks on the thing for the football field.

[A]

Yes. Yeah.

[B]

First downs and.

[A]

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that one.

[C]

That's a good idea.

[A]

And. And also, if you can integrate, you know, kind of a big scoring board, that's another upsell that you can do, you know, because when you're drinking this much and. And you're playing with various levels of competitors, a lot of people are forgetting scores, and then there's fights over it, so. But that. That's fun. Looks good.

[B]

Yeah. I think you got to get some cork on that.

[C]

Do you think the beer would ruin the cork, though? Yeah, I thought about cork, but then I was like, I think the beer would saturate the cork too much.

[A]

It would smell for sure like you're going to. The cork is very porous, and you're going to. Yeah. So you're right. You're right. He's right, Miles.

[B]

There's got to be some sort of lacquer you can put on top. Yeah.

[A]

That kind of ruins the. If you're putting holes in it. Not to put holes in your idea, Miles, but you're putting holes in that lacquer right there. Yeah, I think you might be.

[B]

I. I know what you're saying, well, try it.

[A]

You never know. You never know. Yeah, Give it a go.

[B]

And maybe, I mean, but also, like, cork. Like, they use corks and wine bottles.

[A]

True.

[B]

It's got liquid on it all the time.

[A]

Well, what do you do. What do you do when you open a bottle of wine? What is. What does the guy do? He pulls out the corky as you put it up on your nose. Snort it. You're smelling the wine because it's in the court.

[B]

Correct.

[A]

And that you'll know.

[C]

You'll know a lot about a guy, like, about his beer by how his board smells. He's a good bush drinker. That thing's gonna smell so good.

[B]

Well. And if there's no smell at all, you know that he sucks at this game.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. It smells like spotted cow. It's probably an awful, awful board player.

[B]

I don't. I don't imagine any spotted cow people would want to play this game. They're too uppity.

[A]

I do think that, like, if you have these boards, if it is cork, if you're playing with it, though, and you leave it in a hot car, I mean, it's. You better not get pulled over.

[B]

Just. Just don't leave. What is this game called again?

[C]

So, like, that design is called Red Zone, but we also have, like, a baseball one where you hit, like, try to hit targets and then like a hockey one. I just haven't had the time to make those yet because of my busy work schedule.

[A]

But we wanna. We want a standard name for it.

[C]

Oh. So the. It's. The whole company is just called Saturday Standard. We're setting a new standard for how you have a tailgate.

[B]

Okay, but like that. Did Chat GBT come up with that?

[C]

No, my fiance did.

[A]

Oh, she's a keeper, dude.

[C]

Yeah, she is.

[B]

You know, I like Red Zone. You could do like. Because it's kind of like cornhole, you know, you could do like Red Hole.

[A]

Red Hole.

[C]

Red Hole, yeah.

[A]

Maybe ask your wife about that one.

[B]

You do the. The whole zone?

[A]

The whole zone.

[B]

You know, something like that. Maybe.

[A]

Yeah. The beer hole. I don't know. Yeah, there's some here. I like it, though. I like. I like that. That's.

[B]

I'll tell you what, this is way better than Can Jamie.

[C]

If you guys want a board, just DM me. I can. I can make one for you.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

We could be your guinea pig on the cork board.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

If you want the national chain, you know, and something else you got to think about is. I don't know how. What the price of cork is these days, it might drive your price per unit way through the roof.

[C]

Yeah, that's true.

[B]

How much is one of these boards? Board sets.

[C]

So the cheapest one, we just go like a basic stain. You get three colors. That's gonna be around 80 bucks.

[A]

Okay, and how long does it take to make that?

[B]

You gotta bump out to 999, by the way.

[C]

999?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

It takes me about, like to build the board. It'll take me about 30 minutes and then staining, probably a couple hours.

[A]

Yeah. You get all those pre cuts going. Yeah.

[C]

Just run to the Home Depot and they slice up all the plywood.

[B]

You know, you all of a sudden, if you go cork too, cut off about 67 of your labor by not having to stay in the board. You know.

[A]

That's true. Although you're gonna. You're gonna want to stain the cork the way a dartboard stain.

[B]

Well, you just buy cork this different color.

[A]

Yeah, but that's gonna be more costly.

[B]

But at one time he could. If he's gonna dye the cork, he can just do a bunch all at once, batch it.

[C]

That's true.

[A]

No, that's. That is true. Yeah.

[B]

And then.

[A]

Yeah, see, Miles, at first he was. He wasn't into it, but then I said, you know, well, I just.

[B]

I. I put my guard up every time I get pitched a new way to consume alcohol. You know what I mean? I spent my. I spent the last seven years having people every day pitching to me new ways to drink alcohol. How many, like beer gadgets have been pitched? Oh, my God, I've gotten. I've gotten so many.

[A]

And the beer.

[B]

We've gotten so many sent to the office, you know, I mean, remember? Yeah, it's. It's so.

[A]

It's been the worst one.

[B]

You know, it's like I'm a little skeptical every time now because I've just been desensitized to how many different ways we figured out as humans to consume alcohol. But this one is definitely growing on me after all that.

[A]

So what do you think, Mouse? Do you think he should stay being a trainer and work on the passion? Do you think he should jump into a whole new field?

[B]

I think, I mean, the way you describe. Because if you're going to be a strength conditioning coach long term, you don't describe it as just standing there yelling at kids. You know, I feel like it's always like, oh, it's so fulfilling when, you know, these athletes start hitting new benchmarks and then I see them win. On the field or the court or the ice. And it's just a very fulfilling thing for me.

[C]

And I feel like it is, but it's a lot more yelling because I don't. I mean, I. I get to work with some high school kids, but I'd say, like, 80 of the kids I work with, they're around, like, 11 years old.

[B]

Yeah, Yeah. I mean. I mean, I don't feel you do whatever you want.

[A]

I think you start doing strength and conditioning for standard Saturday, and you start training people. You start training your athletes, and then

[C]

you guys develop a beer Olympics, and then my team will win every year. Is that what I'm getting here?

[A]

Yeah, that's not a bad idea, you know. Yeah, we're open to that.

[C]

Say, where are you guys this time?

[A]

Where are you in Fargo right now? Yeah, where are you at Fargo?

[C]

I'm actually. I'm in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

[B]

Oh, yeah, Chan hats. Isn't that where Prince had a house?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

I'm actually like a stone throw away from there.

[A]

Have you ever been to Prince's house?

[C]

I have not. Not a big prince guy.

[B]

Like, you're not. You don't like his music? You don't like him as who he was as a person?

[C]

Oh, I just. I. I don't really. I'm more of a country music guy, so that's all I listen to, really.

[A]

I bet the Prince's house. You should go. It's pretty cool. I mean, I didn't pay, but I'd say it's, you know, pretty cool. He's got all his shoes up there, like, a thousand pairs of shoes. So if you're in the men's high heels, I would strongly recommend. Strongly.

[B]

You know, Charlie, it's great you brought that up, because the guy who invented beer, darts, cornhole hybrid, it's is definitely screams a guy who's into male high heels.

[A]

Well, dude, think about it, man. Who is the first guy to be like, I'm gonna make some high heels for men?

[B]

And so it started with men and women. Stole our idea.

[A]

Could have been.

[B]

We don't know.

[A]

Probably start with men. I mean, buy some short king.

[B]

Like, literally, like an actual king for short.

[A]

Was he a king or was he a short prince? Oh, you see what I did there?

[B]

Became a normal sized king after the boots.

[A]

Yeah. And it is odd that women wear high heels, because women don't necessarily.

[B]

You know, there's no complex about height with women.

[A]

Right. I mean, but men have the height complex. Maybe we should make a men's high

[B]

heel I think it's called cowboy boots.

[A]

That's true.

[C]

Get the extra inch and a half.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, No, I think you're in a good spot. I think, you know, I. Dude, if you could always get another job in strength conditioning, go try being electrician. See if you like it. Six months later you're like, it's not for me. You just go get a job again.

[A]

Okay. Yeah.

[B]

And then just keep doing the red zone on the side.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, for sure. I feel like that's probably the best option there.

[A]

Well, good. Are you actually gonna do it or are you just gonna keep?

[C]

Well, I mean, I. I actually had an interview already, so I'm just waiting. I'm waiting until the summer hits so then I can actually start.

[A]

Okay. All right. So I was, I was talking with

[C]

my fiance and I said kind of whatever you guys say is going to be a big part of my decision.

[B]

Yeah, dude, go. Go be an electrician. You know, I don't know any electricians. That said, guy, I wish I was an electrician.

[A]

Yeah. Especially now they're cleaning up.

[C]

Yeah, they're making. They're doing well.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Now you, you do need to prepare for getting constant mani pedis, having your nails done on the job site.

[C]

Yeah, see, that's the one downside that

[A]

I know you're gonna.

[B]

You know, depending on where you work, they may have a strict banana hammock policy while you're working high vis. Banana hammocks.

[A]

We got a guy who knows where to get them, though.

[B]

Jared.

[A]

Jared knows.

[B]

You know, I heard. I don't know what your diet looks like, but it's a lot of bananas and hot dogs and foot long corn dogs and zucchinis and pickles and popsicles.

[C]

So a lot of interesting things is what I'm hearing.

[B]

Yeah. Eggplants. Whole eggplant.

[A]

I'm just trying to see how many dick shaped vegetables Miles actually knows foods.

[B]

Chocolate dipped bananas.

[A]

Well, you get, you get where we're going with this. And by we, I mean Miles for

[B]

that, because that's what you are walking into.

[C]

That is true. That is true.

[A]

Well, keep us posted on where this all goes. Okay. We'll be very interested to see how it all shakes out here. And if you get any more cool injuries, we'll. With the darts, send us those videos. That'd be fun. Yeah, I got you.

[C]

Totally.

[A]

Awesome. All right, well, good luck with it. Tell your fiance we says hi.

[C]

Okay. Tell your folks I say hi. Watch for deer.

[A]

All right. Thank you.

[B]

Good. See you.

[A]

Bye.

[C]

Bye.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, I, I I, I think that'd be fun. I'd play it, I'd play it at tailgate. Yeah, you know, I give it a go. Should we take another caller? Miles?

[B]

Let's do it.

[A]

Oh, spring in the Midwest. Miles doesn't mean smooth roads, does it? Means potholes the size of bathtubs or crock pots everywhere after a long far. You know, you're driving along in normal speed here in your hometown mouse. And then you hit one and it's so hard, it feels like you drove off a curb and you're apologizing to your car. It's so hard. And then the tire blows suspension and then you're wrecked and people swerve and you're trying to miss them and you go straight into another car. And what, what do you do when a normal drive turns into a crash in seconds? Spring road conditions, Miles, they.

[B]

Yeah, I'm gonna call Nicolay.

[A]

You're gonna call Nicolay. And that's, that's why I was thinking call Nicolette. You don't even have to call him. You can go to nicolelaw.com if you're afraid of the phone.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you get phone fright.

[A]

Phone fright. You get anxious.

[B]

You can even DM them on Instagram.

[A]

Yeah. And would probably help if you don't apologize for the accident. Right. To the other person as soon as you get.

[B]

Yeah, don't do that.

[A]

I did that once. I got into wreck with a semi. A semi. Sideswipe me. Or I maybe veered into a semi and the lug nuts started taking little pieces out of my little Chevrolet and I got off. I was like, sorry, man, sorry. And I don't even think it was my fault, but I refreshed.

[B]

Don't do that. Just call Nicolette.

[A]

Just call Nicolette.

[B]

1855-Nicolae Charlie, you got the Brunt sweatshirt on. Jared's also wearing the Brunt sweatshirt.

[A]

We're matching Brunts today. I like.

[B]

It's all the folks. The Brunt matching sweatshirt. Look at those guys. Just a couple of guys.

[A]

I like that we had to show them the exact same sweatshirt twice just in case they get a load of his sweatshirt. Yeah, it's the same one you guys.

[B]

But what I like about these sweatshirts.

[A]

Chuck, big pocket.

[B]

Big pocket. But I want you to put your other hand in the pocket and feel around.

[A]

Oh, there's another pocket in the pocket.

[B]

Pocket. Let's go.

[A]

Yeah. I didn't even know about this pocket yet, Miles.

[B]

It's a great pocket. You can put whatever you need to in there.

[A]

Ah, that's great. You put your most important thing inside the pocket. Inside your pocket. And then the important things out here, because this is a. It's a secure pocket.

[B]

It's like a trap door.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Trap pocket.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know.

[A]

Yeah. Even if you, you know, you're at one of those concerts and. And the police stop you, you know what to put in that pocket. Yeah, yeah. Your business card.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yeah. So, yeah.

[B]

So your emergency contact in case there's an emergency.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I like it. This is a great shirt, Miles. Great sweatshirt. I love the Brunt stuff.

[B]

Also, I think green's your color.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Don't wear it enough.

[A]

Bring out my.

[B]

The orange and the green really bring out your eyes.

[A]

The orange gives a little pop to the baby blues. Thank you, Miles.

[B]

So, guys, if you're looking for a nice sweatshirt headed into spring, you know, it's a little chilly outside. You maybe want to go shorts with a sweatshirt. You got to go to bruntworkwear.com they're giving you 10 bucks off. You use code Bellied up, and, yeah, you'll be set for spring. You'll be set for that bonfire weather.

[A]

Hell, yeah.

[B]

And if. Yeah. You're working the blue collar trades. Durable. It's great. So go check out [e-mail] we're gonna

[A]

play a little game now called Call Charlie's siblings, starting with the bottom aided voice messaging system. Okay.

[B]

Number. What was that?

[A]

That was Tiny. Oh, I. I went through. Do not disturb.

[E]

Your call has been forwarded to an automated voice screen.

[B]

1. All right, so one sibling down.

[A]

One sibling down.

[B]

All right, this is the second youngest.

[A]

This is Bird. Bird, what's up?

[E]

How are you?

[A]

I'm good. I'm just calling you from the Bellied up podcast. I'm here with Miles.

[E]

Oh, hi, Miles.

[B]

Hi, Bird.

[E]

Wait, are you recording? I'm eating.

[A]

Well, that's all right. What are you eating?

[E]

Cereal.

[A]

Okay. What kind of cereal, honey?

[E]

Bunches of oats.

[A]

Oh, Tiny's calling now.

[B]

You want to merge them in?

[A]

Hang on. We're gonna merge her in. All right. Tiny, Hi. Hang on. I got Bird on, too. All right, looping you both in. All right, we got Tiny and Bird. What's going on, guys?

[E]

I'm just working.

[A]

We're working on. You're laying in bed, you lazy ass. Why are you. Why are you in bed?

[D]

Because I just walked five miles.

[A]

You walked five miles?

[D]

Yeah, I walked to the lake and back. Bridget's working. That's good.

[E]

I thought you were gonna Come visit Ellie.

[D]

I was going to, but I didn't realize you live five miles away. I'm dropping off. I do have plans for you that I'm dropping off.

[E]

Okay, I'll take them.

[D]

I'm gonna have to pay for them. Three you need.

[E]

I don't need them.

[A]

Did we just set up a phone call so you two could talk to each other?

[E]

You set it up? I don't know.

[D]

I just got random calls.

[A]

All right, well, we were just trying to go through the siblings, see who would pick up my phone. Tiny sent me to voicemail twice, and then, Bird, you picked up, so. Thank you.

[E]

Yeah, you're welcome.

[B]

Bird. Where do you work at?

[E]

I just work out at my apartment. Remote.

[B]

Wow. Work from home situation.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

And.

[B]

And, Ellie, do you have a job? What's it this? It's Tuesday. Are you done with your job for the day?

[D]

You know, well, I intern, but I'm in college still. I'm a senior, but, you know, in that job market. Tight, though, so stuff out there, but yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

All right, well, here we go. This can be your public interview to the world. What are. What are your three strengths that you bring to the workforce?

[D]

I'm adaptable. I'm reliable.

[E]

I'm sure.

[A]

What's the last one?

[D]

I'm empathetic. I hold space for people who need to be heard. Bridget, would you agree?

[E]

I don't think so. Having shared a room with you for 10 years, I don't think I can corroborate.

[D]

You're.

[A]

Bridget, what do you think is Ellie's best quality as a. As a hiree?

[E]

How much. How much time do I get to think on this?

[A]

Oh, damn.

[E]

She's a personality hire.

[B]

That's very funny, because Charlie is also a personality hire. Charlie is also one.

[A]

No, we're not. We're not dependable. We're not reliable. But occasionally, you know, we'll. We'll make a weird situation a little bit more palatable, you know, Weirder. Or weirder, depending on our mood, you know?

[D]

Yeah, sometimes I shut off. I'm dependable and reliable. I'm going back on that. I stand my ground on it.

[B]

Charlie called you in a time of need, and you put him to voicemail

[A]

two times in a row, and you weren't even doing. You were in bed, dude.

[D]

Timing Peter. No, but. Sorry.

[A]

You were FaceTiming Peter. See, those aren't details I need to know.

[B]

Who's Peter? Charlie?

[A]

Her Irish boyfriend.

[B]

Oh, my.

[A]

She's dating a freaking leprechaun.

[E]

Charlie.

[A]

Peter. Peter's A very nice dude, but if you talk to him, it. He's a leprechaun. He's got the accent and everything.

[D]

You know what? Now that I have you both here, I would like to say I showed Peter that live podcast you guys did of when you phoned me in to set me up with someone.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

He was disappointed that you forgot he was a part of my life two weeks after he left. Charlie, you met him days prior.

[A]

I mean, I.

[B]

He's a personality hire. I want to remind you.

[D]

Personality hire.

[A]

No, I mean, you guys. You guys got a whole pond between you. I didn't know what the deal was.

[B]

You know, I mean, if we're being honest, I know how your brain was worked, Charlie. You were like, I'm never going to see this guy again.

[A]

Well, you know, historically speaking, with my sisters, they kind of. They got hoes and the hoes go, you know. Right. Ladies?

[E]

Charlie, if we're going down history, I don't think you want us to go down.

[A]

No, let's do it.

[B]

I am blocked out off my evening. If you'd like to go.

[A]

I don't think we need to go there, you know, especially if either of you want to use the cabin this summer.

[E]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Okay. This is great. What do you guys think of Charlie's cabin? Because he. The way he paints a picture of it is that it's a work in progress. Is it a work in progress or is it kind of a.

[E]

You know, It's a work in progress. It's there, it's comfortable.

[D]

You know, one thing I would say if. Ken, are we putting in right now?

[A]

Yeah, but go ahead.

[D]

I think so. Loft. So the way this works is there's an upstairs where it's an open concept

[E]

and some floor plan of this apartment.

[D]

I'll have the address.

[E]

No.

[D]

With the way that we have younger nieces and nephews that sometimes and like to wander up to spaces they're not invited to, or mom and dad wake up at like 6:30 on a vacation day and then you hear the coffee grinder echoing through the beautiful wooden panels. The. A frame home all of a sudden becomes just some sort of symphony. But I would, you know, maybe like a door or a seal off. That would be my one also. Wait, this is serious. When I was going down the stairs from the loft downstairs, I almost like, like thudded down the stairs. What do you say? How do you say it?

[A]

The.

[D]

The railing on the side.

[A]

Yeah. Good. I'm glad you found that.

[D]

It was wiggling.

[A]

I fixed that.

[E]

Yeah. I would hear that.

[A]

I fixed the fricking railing. Okay, it's fixed.

[B]

While I have you gals, can you give me some more dirt on Charlie? I'm always looking for more.

[E]

Yeah, I feel like there's a lot. Did he ever tell you about how he put the van in neutral and move push it out of the driveway?

[B]

No, he did not.

[E]

Charlie, what was that one? Was it prom?

[A]

Well, I had to back out without dad hearing it. So I put it in the neutral, I pushed it down the street, and then I fired her up.

[B]

I mean, that sounds like not a personality hired me. That sounds like ingenuity.

[A]

That's a guy who knows what he's doing right there. And I would if I was. Sometimes I was drinking so I wouldn't drive, so I'd rollerblade to parties.

[B]

That's an unbelievable visual. Just Chuck Barron's rolling up to the party with his backpack and his roller.

[A]

My backpack with my Crocs in it. Yeah. Yeah, I was. I was a catch back then. Bridget, what are you doing?

[E]

Well, I was working for you, but then you called.

[A]

Oh, okay. Well, yeah, you're still working for me, though.

[B]

Wait, she works for you?

[A]

I'm one of her several clients. She's got her own business. Shout out your business.

[E]

Oh, yeah. Birdie B's llc. If anybody wants to hire, I'm in the same boat as Ali. Shameless Plug.

[D]

Shameless Plugins, right.

[B]

What is the business?

[E]

It's like social media marketing.

[A]

Social media marketing?

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

So you need content for your platforms, you know?

[B]

Yeah. If you got a business and you want to get more exposure, you hire.

[A]

Yeah. You got a website, Bird?

[D]

Not really.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

You should make one.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[E]

Word of mouth, word of process. Well, I had a squarespace, but it just gets. That's so expensive. This is going great.

[A]

Well, how can people contact you, Bird?

[E]

Send me a dm.

[D]

I don't know.

[A]

You're asking the bellied up listeners to slide into your DMs to hire you. You may want to pay for that square.

[B]

I was being inappropriate.

[E]

I regret saying that. Just find me on LinkedIn. We can chat professionally.

[B]

Go from sliding in the DMs to LinkedIn. I like that. That was smart.

[A]

Do people. Bird, on LinkedIn, do people slide into the DMS on LinkedIn?

[E]

Oh, yeah. People can be shameless on LinkedIn.

[A]

Do you have any winners that you want to tell us?

[E]

Wait, are you talking about, like, creepy messages?

[A]

Yeah. What's the weirdest message you've ever gotten on LinkedIn?

[E]

Man, I don't even know.

[A]

Okay, thanks.

[E]

Let me speak on that.

[A]

That sucks.

[E]

I'm sure there are some.

[A]

All right, Tiny, did it ever work out with that one guy, Charlie?

[D]

I was. I'm in a relationship.

[A]

I know, I know. How many years? Talking about, like, few months. But Tiny, you were gonna hook him up with one of your friends. Did that ever work?

[D]

It didn't work out. Thanks for asking.

[A]

Why didn't it work out?

[D]

No, for my. No further comments.

[E]

Really?

[D]

I think they both just wanted different things in life. And also, I think that there was distance, and that's, you know, fair enough.

[A]

Distance. Well, you're the queen of distance right now.

[D]

Well, yeah, yeah. But, you know, sometimes, you know, we built the foundation when, you know, when we were together, and now we're 3,000 something. But it's going well. Okay, can we take out that part from the. I was looking at.

[E]

I was reading something.

[D]

I'm sorry. I speak out.

[B]

You. You are definitely Charlie's sister. I can tell you that right now.

[E]

Did you.

[B]

Did you just space out on me?

[A]

She said she was reading something, so she's talking to us while she's scrolling on her freaking phone.

[B]

So, gals, you imagine me trying to do a podcast with Charlie at the bar when there's four TVs playing in front of him.

[E]

How long is the uncut version?

[D]

Four hours.

[A]

Oh, there's a lot cut out, that's for sure. All right, guys, anything else you want to bring up here on this really fruitful call that we had?

[D]

I love you.

[E]

Who else have you called?

[A]

Nobody. I started at the bottom. Now we're here.

[D]

Started at the bottom.

[E]

I found margin. I usually.

[D]

Yeah, maybe we'll be available.

[A]

Yeah, we're gonna call another one.

[D]

Try Emily.

[E]

Oh, Emily.

[A]

Emily will send me to which sibling won't send me straight to voicemail.

[D]

Nora will talk. Nora's probably.

[E]

Nora will talk. Nora's probably bored right now.

[D]

Yeah, she's a dentist.

[B]

Yeah, Nora, Remember? You left her. You left Nora's bag at my lake cabin that one time, and I had to get you Nora's bag back so you could get it back to Nora.

[A]

Oh, I did. Yeah. Wow.

[E]

What was in the bag?

[B]

I don't know.

[D]

Drug.

[E]

What happened to that cow suit? So I think she is looking for that.

[A]

It was the cow.

[B]

That's. That makes more sense how I ended up with that bag.

[C]

Bag.

[A]

Do you still have the cow bag?

[B]

We gave it back to you.

[A]

Oh, we can't find that. We've been looking.

[E]

Lost it.

[A]

Yeah, well, this was Wonderful. Guys, any final thoughts?

[E]

Not really.

[D]

You never said I loved you back.

[A]

Okay, Bridget, any final thoughts?

[E]

No, none for me.

[A]

All right, real good, guys. This was super fun.

[E]

Thanks for calling.

[A]

Yeah. All right, talk soon. Bye. Bye. So, yeah, that's. That's my family. That didn't go as well as maybe we thought it would have.

[B]

I mean, they were just talking to each other there at the beginning for a while.

[A]

Yeah, I was like, when you, you know, I don't know, but it'd be nice if they cared more about, like, you know, my podcast, that they turn it on a little bit and not be scrolling on their phones, you know.

[B]

True.

[A]

But that's what you get. You get what you pay for.

[B]

All right, maybe next round that we do this, we'll call another group.

[A]

Yeah, we'll go. You gotta get them at the right.

[B]

You got too many that, like, it'll take us a full year if we go one at a time. Well, you gotta go, so let's go. We'll go two at a time.

[A]

It's good to get the Barons as after they've had a couple drinks or a coffee in one of the two. Call them in the morning or like

[B]

8 o', clock, you know, to 8am or 8pm?

[A]

Yeah, something like that.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, is that it, Chuck?

[A]

Should we do a voicemail?

[B]

All right, here was a voicemail, Chuck.

[D]

Hey, dear guy, Minnesota has more lakes than Wisconsin. China.

[A]

Some kid got a hold of their parents phone just to talk smack about Minnesota having more lakes than Wisconsin.

[B]

What was the sign off there? What'd he say?

[A]

Let's play it one more time.

[D]

Hey, dear guy, Minnesota has more lakes than Wisconsin.

[A]

You know, that actually reminds me when I was a kid, me and my brother would wake up early on Saturday. Listen, this guy, Tom Neubauer. Tom Neubauer, he hosted the fishing show. Me and my brother, we go downstairs and we call up Tom Neubauer. And this one time, I was talking with my brother and my brother and I were both on the phone. We're talking about these minnows, minnows that we got. And we wanted to know what kind of minnows they were, if they were bass minnows or what and what they might catch. And Tom asked us where we caught these minnows. And I said, oh, we caught him down by the river. My brother smacked me because he knew sometimes my parents, my dad would listen to the fishing show and we weren't supposed to be down by that river. And the phone goes. And I go, ah, at a lake, and then Tom goes a lake. I'm not sure if there'd be those kind of minnows in la. Just totally lied to Tom Neubauer and I felt guilty about it ever since. So. Anyways, that brings me back right there.

[B]

That actually sounds like a great time. Like when my kid gets old enough to be able to do something like that. Like, hey, this Saturday we're going to call into radio shows. Just let him talk to people like that.

[A]

That'd be great. Yeah. And I. I do have to say, you know, I got a. A fond place in my heart for the buy, sell and trade shows. And I. There's a great one outside of lacrosse, that great Buy, sell and trade show. You should call him up and he should have some ready to go. That would be a good idea. Well, Miles, it's been another fun episode of the Bellied up podcast, huh?

[B]

That's right, buddy.

[A]

Good to. Good to see you again. Good to see you too, and good to see you guys. And make sure you tip your bartender.

[B]

We'll see you in the next one.

[A]

Bye. Bye.

[B]

Okay, hope you guys have a good one.

[C]

Goodbye now.

[A]

Oodaloo.