We Might’ve Found The Next Tik Tok Star #181

Summary

Bellied Up Podcast – Episode #181

Title: "We Might’ve Found The Next Tik Tok Star"
Release Date: December 24, 2025
Hosts: Charlie Berens & Myles the You Betcha Guy
Episode Format: Comedic banter at a bar, call-in advice/interview show

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Episode Overview

This Christmas Eve episode of Bellied Up is a blend of festive Midwestern energy and irreverent humor, where Charlie and Myles chat about Christmas traditions before welcoming live callers from around the region. The hosts riff on everything from cozy holidays and dysfunctional friend groups to the power of viral TikTok content. Highlights this week include discovering a TikTok sensation whose whole page is just him kicking himself in the head, and a heartfelt (and hilarious) lament from a caller whose best fishing buddy has been lost to love.

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Main Themes

• The coziness and chaos of Midwestern Christmases
• The strange allure of holiday party rituals
• Imagining a dream “Bear-ends” resort
• TikTok stardom and absurd internet fame
• Navigating changing friendships as adult relationships evolve

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Key Discussion Points & Segments

Christmas Spirit & Holiday Philosophizing

[00:00–10:35]

• Charlie and Myles muse about which holiday is the “coziest,” with Christmas winning out.
• They riff on Valentine’s as the “Sour Patch Kid of holidays” – both spicy and sweet.
  • Memorable quote:
    Myles: “It's kind of like the Sour Patch Kids of all holidays, you know?” [01:13]
• Lighthearted debate about when holiday babies are conceived, resulting in comic confusion over counting nine months backward.
  • “It was a crash course in gaslighting, and luckily, I am fire resistant.” – Myles [04:06]*
• The increasingly “fractional” nature of holiday gatherings as families multiply and split.

Christmas Traditions, Cabin Life, & Dream Hotel

[10:35–24:23]

• Charlie shares about his log cabin family Christmas—admitting to crunchy old pillows and rotating family “shifts” due to limited space.
• Imagined “Bear-end’s” resort:
  • No clocks, no check-in process, self-service, endless woods, only brandy or beer, and mirrors hidden in the forest for existential self-reflection.
  • Charlie: “Time does not exist. If it’s my inn, time will not matter.” [14:18]
  • On activities: “You just go find yourself every day, and literally somewhere in the woods is a mirror. We hide the mirrors in the woods.” [15:13]
  • Concept for “Donald Duck Beach” (bottomless, but shirts required): “We have a bottomless beach. Yes, it’s Donald Ducks.” [16:31]
• Dream world evolves into half a million-acre compound fortified by archers, satirical asides on property tax, and Death Star references.
  • “If anyone wants to take this property, you have to pry it from our cold, dead hands. We’ve got an entire wall surrounding it with little bow and arrow guys up there.” [20:09]

Christmas Song Parody

[25:15–26:31]

• Charlie debuts the start of a Midwest-ified “12 Days of Christmas” (“A pheasant in a maple tree”).
  • Myles: “Pheasants even perch in trees?”
  • Charlie (deadpan): “I’ve seen a pheasant perch on a fence and on a power line.” [26:31]

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Call-in Segment Highlights

Caller #1: Jiffy Lube Joe, Now a TikTok Star

[28:49–47:18]

Story Recap

• “Jiffy Lube Joe” (now just Joe) updates the hosts after being fired for failing to finish a brake job, crashing a car in the shop ($8k in damages!).
• After being let go, he’s gained viral success on TikTok as @the_daily_kick:
  • His shtick? Kicking himself in the head every day until he gets a million followers.
    • Myles (incredulous): “Are you just kicking yourself in the face?”
    • Joe: “Yeah, every day until I get a mil.” [33:24]
  • 24,000 followers within a month; 1.1 million views on the biggest video.
  • Methods: Wears “Hey Dudes” shoes, sometimes considers Crocs.
    • Charlie: “If we could kick ourselves in the head, do you think we’d do that?” [36:30]
  • Future stunts discussed: double leg kick, themed kicks (with different footwear), DJing while kicking on the beat.

Notable Moments

• Myles: “Kicking myself in the ass right now because I didn’t think of this.” [36:32]
• Hosts’ Advice: Set milestone challenges (do a ‘double leg kick’ at 100K; steel-toed boot at a million)

Tone

Playful, awed, supportive of Joe’s absurd commitment.

• Charlie: “The human mind and the human body put together can do some incredible things, and The Daily Kick is one of them.” [47:40]

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Caller #2: Russell Nicolay, Truck Driver & Podcaster

[50:17–54:36]

• Russell checks in from Hudson, WI after a haul, drops an NFL player name, and promotes his show “Midwest Legends Podcast.”
• Hosts tease about podcast guest stats, rib each other about storytelling prowess.
  • Charlie: “If you can’t be better than him, you gotta start a podcast with him—and that’s why we’re here right now.” [53:35]

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Caller #3: “Henry” (aka ‘Hen Dog’) – The Fishing Buddy Dilemma

[54:45–81:07]

Dilemma Recap

• Henry’s best fishing buddy got a girlfriend (now fiancée), who always insists on coming along, chooses less fishable shorelines, and leaves early for bathroom breaks.
• The frequency of buddy-fishing trips dropped from 4-5x a week to once, at best.
• The problem compounds: His friend seems to defer all personal time to fiancée, and won’t let Henry take the boat out solo—despite all his help at the ramp.
• Emotional undertone: “End of an era.” Henry genuinely misses his friend and the fishing partnership.
  • Henry: “You can only go so long not seeing your friend. I mean, you’re sitting out there by yourself catching a big fish. Who’s there to see you catch it?” [76:12]

Hosts’ Reaction & (Mostly Comedic) Advice

• “I don’t want to use the C-word, but you sound a little clingy.” – Myles [58:53]
• Hosts offer tongue-in-cheek solutions:
  • Find a girlfriend whose interests align with the friend’s fiancée, so the guys can fish together again.
  • Use “fishing Tinder” by hanging out at the dock, offering help to strangers, and seeing if new buddy opportunities arise.
  • Let go and appreciate the good times: “Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.” [64:14]

Notable Quotes

• On Advice:
  Charlie: “In my dream world, the river tastes of honey, but I’m just trying to make it practical.” [17:39]
• On loss:
  Myles: “Some of the best friendships are when you don’t see each other very often… it’s like we never skipped a beat.” [82:01]
• On the lake as the place for new fishing friends:
  Charlie: “You just start striking up conversations with nearby boats.” [64:36]
• On moving on:
  Charlie: “There are seasons of your life… certain people are there for season one and two, but not always for season three. They get killed off the show.” [74:21]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Charlie, on the self-service “Bear-ends” resort:
  "If it’s my inn, time will not matter. Just like that in my life. I was late today." [14:18]
• Myles, on matching energy at parties:
  "I don’t like to count the people at a party. I just try to make the party count." [06:00]
• Joe (TikTok star):
  "Day 42 of kicking myself in the head each day until I get a million followers." [33:33]
• Charlie on letting go:
  “It was good. Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.” [64:14]
• Henry ('Hen Dog'), missing his fishing partner:
  "You’re sitting out there by yourself, you know, catching a big fish. Who’s there to see you catch it, you know?" [76:12]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Holiday/Christmas Riffing: 00:00–10:35
• Cabin Life & Bear-ends Resort: 10:36–24:23
• 12 Days of Christmas Parody: 25:15–26:31
• Caller: TikTok Joe ("the_daily_kick"): 28:49–47:18
• Caller: Russell Nicolay, Podcast Plug: 50:17–54:36
• Caller: Henry “Hen Dog”, Fishing Buddy Troubles: 54:45–81:07

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Tone & Style

The episode is quintessentially Midwestern: warm, gently self-deprecating, and littered with wry one-liners. The hosts create a sense of camaraderie and real affection—whether for each other, their callers, or simply the small absurdities of everyday life in the Midwest. Even when addressing bittersweet moments, humor prevails, and all advice is served up with a strong side of punchlines.

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Standout Moments

• Joe’s TikTok account, built on the simple act of kicking himself in the face daily, leaves the hosts awed at the strange logic of internet stardom.
• The extended “Bear-ends” resort daydream, with Charlie painting an increasingly wild (and impractical) picture of a Midwestern leisure utopia—no clocks, archers on the walls, and rivers “that must be filtered.”
• Henry’s genuinely heartfelt lament for his lost fishing buddy is somehow both hilarious and touching, with the hosts delivering a mix of teasing and earnest advice.

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Conclusion

This episode perfectly encapsulates Bellied Up’s ethos: local color, big laughs, and a kind of unvarnished emotional honesty—not to mention wildly creative tangents and listener stories that are stranger than fiction. Whether you crave relatable Midwest humor, advice for handling changing friendships, or a masterclass in making TikTok stardom out of thin air (and flexible hamstrings), this is the Christmas Eve pod for you.

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For more:

• TikTok: @the_daily_kick
• New Podcast: “Midwest Legends”
• Instagram: @bellieduppod

Next week: more stories, more callers, and possibly the return of the “double leg kick.”

Transcript

[A]

Hey, folks. Welcome to the Bellied up podcast. Ho, ho, ho. It is Christmas.

[B]

Merry Christmas. Well, so is this when this comes out? What's the actual date? Christmas. 24th.

[A]

Miles, where's your Christmas sweater?

[B]

My green hat on.

[A]

Damn. I'm wearing a blue. I'm so not dressed up right for Christmas, but I got a green bottle of Tippy Cow. Miles, that's all that matters. Yeah, I love Christmas. I love it.

[B]

It's just one of the coziest holidays, you know?

[A]

Yeah, they were cozier holiday.

[B]

I'll wait.

[A]

No, that would probably be it, you know.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Not All Souls Day. No, no.

[B]

Not as cozy.

[A]

No, for sure. Not the Fourth of July. It's a little swampier. Yeah, Thanksgiving's a cozy.

[B]

Yeah, it probably goes Christmas, Thanksgiving, 1, 2.

[A]

What about Valentine's Day?

[B]

Valentine's Day? I don't know. It's. You go. You can go one or one or way or the other with that. It could be cozy or it could be hot.

[A]

It could be hot. Hot. Yeah.

[B]

It could be spicy or cozy. Or it could be spicy, then cozy. It's kind of like the Sour Patch Kids of all holidays, you know?

[A]

Yeah, 100% spicy.

[B]

Then it's cozy.

[A]

I never thought about it like that. Wait.

[B]

What's kind of funny is I was thinking the other day that my wife can be somewhat of a Sour Patch Kid.

[A]

You really?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You were just randomly thinking that?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I don't know why. And like, when she's hungry, she's sour, but then after she's eaten, she's sweet. Does anyone else have a Sour Patch Kid? Wife.

[A]

Did you tell her that?

[B]

Kind of.

[A]

That's good.

[B]

I. I did it, though, when she was sweet, which is smart.

[C]

You.

[A]

You guys are so fun. You were telling me the sound you make every time you put a plug in your phone.

[B]

All right.

[A]

What?

[B]

Yeah, you just think it's a little funny thing.

[C]

Cute. Yeah.

[A]

We won't go into it, but, you.

[B]

Know.

[A]

Miles, I was thinking, though, I was thinking as we were talking, so, you know, my mind goes in different directions sometimes is like. Like it.

[B]

Yeah. I think we call that in the medical field a split personality.

[A]

Split personality. So. So. So when we were talking about Valentine's Day and Christmas, I started thinking. I was thinking, miles, you were born March 22, right? And then you start thinking about Valentine's Day, but then you start thinking March 22nd. February 22nd. Okay, that's one month. January 22nd. Okay. It's two months. December 22nd. I think you were your mom or dad's Christmas present.

[C]

No.

[A]

Yeah, because that's nine months before.

[B]

That would have been that they sheboinked in March and had me in December. Charlie.

[A]

No, no, when was. Oh, yeah, dude. Yeah, my bad.

[B]

So, yeah, three months after. Okay, so April, May, June, you know, summer. Summer.

[A]

No.

[B]

Loving happened so fast.

[A]

No, no, no. It would have been December, November, September.

[B]

Oh, October before December, which is June.

[A]

Six months before September.

[B]

So there you go.

[A]

Why would you go six months?

[B]

July, August, September, October, November, December, January.

[A]

Takes nine months to make a baby. Miles, what are you doing?

[B]

Yeah, so am I going insane supportive.

[A]

March, February. No, you just subtract three months from.

[B]

You subtract nine months from when I was.

[A]

See, I was doing it from December. I was doing from.

[B]

Guys, it's. It's.

[A]

You add three months. You add three months. That's what it's doing. March, April, May, May, June. Yeah, I was so. That was so dumb.

[B]

This is like a crash course on how gaslighting works right here. And luckily, I am fire resistance. All right, man.

[A]

I am fire resistance is so hard for me.

[B]

It really is. And we just put that on display.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Display here.

[A]

Anyway, so what does that have to do.

[B]

What did you. Oh, you thought it was a. I.

[A]

Thought you were Christmas, baby. Yeah, no, it's. It's.

[B]

No, not even close.

[A]

Yeah, not even close.

[B]

Yeah, you were quite literally the exact opposite.

[A]

I kind of want to delete this whole intro now and start over. Hey, folks, welcome to the palliate up podcast. Miles, what are you doing for Christmas this year?

[B]

I just hanging out with family. I actually got like a few Christmases, so Ryan who works for me, he's notorious for having 22 Christmases between friends Christmas, family Christmas, this side of the family's Christmas. I think someone got divorced. So there's a couple more Christmases in there. We found a fun of him a little bit for that. Like you got to, you know, draw a line somewhere. Ye. So, you know, Christmas is great, but that's a lot of Christmas.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I'm starting to go down that road a little bit. We added in a friend's Christmas this year, which is going to be great and I actually am excited for that Christmas. Christmas.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Getting a little, little.

[A]

Getting a little fristy Christmas first and at first. Miss, how many friends are invited to your Christmas?

[B]

I don't know. I just got a Google calendar invite from my wife and that's the only reason why I know.

[A]

Oh, she said you got no pay attention to those. Huh? Yeah, I mean, yeah, it gets on your camera.

[B]

I don't. I couldn't tell you what day it is, but I know it's coming up, so. Okay. At this time, it's already happened for sure, so. It was awesome.

[A]

That's great. How many people were there?

[B]

Just, you know, I don't like. I don't like to. I don't like to try and count the people at a party. I just try to make the party count.

[A]

Ah, I like that. You see what he did there, Jared? He's just Miles, a little Buddha miles, living in the moment, you know?

[B]

Yeah, I just. I'm not worried about all the numbers. I'm just worried about making sure that I'm having a good time.

[A]

That's good, man. I'm glad to hear it. What'd you bring them? You gotta like, I probably showed up.

[B]

We. We definitely showed up with like a bottle of wine, some couple of gifts and mostly just brought a good attitude.

[A]

Did you have to get like, I'm.

[B]

Teaching, treating this like a postgame interview?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, we had a lot of good folks out there. Team really came together and just glad we were able to pull out a successful Christmas party.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Yes. Right here in the front.

[A]

Did you have to get gifts for every friend at the first mess?

[B]

You know, we did it smart this year and we did like a little Yankee swap, white elephant deal. And so everyone just brought a gift and it really kept the bank account in check.

[A]

When you gave your gift, did you feel like you spent too little money on your gift after receiving the gift that you got?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Did you feel good about that?

[B]

No.

[A]

Okay. Okay. Did you drink too much at the Christmas party?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

How much is too much to drink at a Christmas party?

[B]

You know, I don't like to count the drinks at a party. I like to make the drinks count.

[A]

So was there anybody at.

[B]

No more questions. Thank you.

[A]

No, sir. Was there anybody at the Christmas party that got a little too frisky with somebody else's spouse?

[B]

No. Thank God.

[A]

Has that ever happened at any Christmas?

[B]

Bill, I got my eyes on you. Keep your hands to yourself. All right, buddy.

[A]

That was good.

[B]

So. Yeah.

[A]

Well, good. I'm. I'm happy for you. Charlie, what'd you do for your Christmas? Oh, thanks, Miles, for asking.

[B]

You didn't even give me a shot.

[A]

You know, I've had. I did a whole press conference with you because you weren't like, I'm here two Miles. You know, this a two way conversation.

[B]

What you do for Christmas, Charlie?

[A]

It's not Christmas yet, Miles.

[B]

I don't know when this comes out, it's Christmas.

[A]

It's Christmas Eve. Different from Christmas.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. That's a good question. That's a good question. Do you. Do you value Christmas Eve or Christmas Day more?

[A]

I love Christmas Eve, dude. I love it. Something about it, something about it. It's like the anticipation of what's to come. You know, magic and miracles can happen.

[B]

Christmas and Christmas, like all of the lights and the. The tree lit up and all that. Going to mass on Christmas Eve, it's like, it just. That feels like Christmas. When you wake up and it's like morning.

[A]

You're all. You're already like, shit, this is going to be over soon. I got to get rid of this tree.

[B]

This is all I got for Christmas. I got head to the store.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Christmas Day doesn't really live up to the hype ever.

[A]

Christmas Eve is much better.

[B]

Christmas Eve is great because, like, Christmas Day is built for kids waking up, seeing Santa gifts.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, and for the. Christmas Day isn't for the adults. It's for the kids. But Christmas Eve is for the adults. In my. In my opinion.

[A]

I 100% agree with that. And I. You know what I like doing? I like going to a place like New York. Like, I would love to be in New York. You just see the big old tree, you know, and. And that. That always seems like fun. You know why I'm realizing this just now? It's Home Alone, too. Yeah, that's it.

[B]

That's Home Alone was the greatest ad. Home Alone 2 is the greatest ad for New York City ever.

[A]

Really? Is.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Was that an elf?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I don't know who's the PR guy over there in New York City, but they are killing it.

[A]

I mean, you know, ripping and roaring.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because people go there every. Every Christmas and you don't disappoint. I mean, it is. And they don't shy away from the fact that a lot of New Yorkers are assholes. You know, they lean into that and you expect that.

[C]

You expect.

[B]

Kind of like want to experience it yourself.

[A]

Yeah. You do? No, but I went up to the cabin and I cut down a tree, Miles. Did you? Yeah.

[B]

Really?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So you want to just kill Mother Nature for your sake?

[A]

Well, yeah.

[C]

Just.

[A]

Just a small. I replanted a tree. I replanted a bunch of trees. There you go. Actually, in the. In the summer.

[B]

Yeah. Cut down the tree. Plant five more. That's your motto.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. You cut down one because also these. These trees are. They're not super healthy. They're a little diseased. So I basically.

[B]

You put it out of its misery.

[A]

I was doing a two for one on that.

[B]

And you just have to, like, you know, you just have to position the tree right in the corner of the room. So all the dead branches are in the back. Yeah, kind of what we'.

[A]

I would say no one noticed the difference. Everyone's noticed the difference. It's. Yeah, it's unfortunate, but that's okay. Hey got rid of a diseased tree, and hopefully I didn't bring that disease into my log cabin. You know, hopefully it wasn't some beetle that's now eating through my.

[B]

That would be tough.

[A]

No, I don't think it is, though, because they don't like the stains.

[B]

You having your family to the cabin for Christmas?

[A]

Oh, yeah, Yeah. I mean.

[B]

And what. What does your family think of your cabin?

[A]

Oh, they love it. They love it.

[B]

They love going there. What do they think of the accommodations that you've set up for them?

[A]

I actually set up some pretty good accommodations, believe it or not. Like, now, the pillows were a little crunchy for a while, you know.

[B]

How does this pillow get crunchy?

[A]

Well, you know, it gets sweat on a lot, and it's just a little, you know, there were a couple crunchy pillows. And also, I think someone tried to throw the entire pillow in the washing machine. So then some of the whatever's in the pillow is sticking together, you know, So I had to get some new pillows because there were some complaints about the pillows.

[B]

And I was like, I'm gonna do something.

[A]

I'm sorry that your free stay at my cabin was, like, clouded by a little frumpy of a pillow. But anyways, so I got new pillows. I got new, but.

[B]

So you got enough space for like, 400 people?

[A]

No, not 400. My family is big.

[B]

Spouses and kids and stuff.

[A]

They're big. Yeah. Usually a few will stay at a time. You know, it's not that big of a.

[B]

You do shifts.

[A]

Shifts.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

The first flight of family is coming in this day.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And it's all right, you guys. You're knocking on the door at. At 10am on their. On their bedroom being like, hey, sorry, someone else is going to be taking your room. We need you to check out.

[A]

There is. There is a system.

[B]

The barons in.

[A]

Barons in. Baby Bear. Bear is. Anyway, I was going to try to combine those words, but didn't work. But yeah, yeah.

[B]

The bear ends.

[A]

Bear ends. There it is.

[B]

There it is. We found it.

[A]

Bear in.

[B]

Bear ends.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

I'm late to the party.

[B]

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[A]

Well, that's great for me.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

What would a hotel chain named Bear ends. What would that. What would it feel like? You know, I walk in the. I walk into the lobby. What is it?

[A]

There would be no clocks anywhere. No. Time does not exist.

[B]

Okay, so you want this to be a time traveling experience.

[A]

I just.

[B]

If.

[A]

If it's my in, time will not matter. Just like that in my life. I was late today.

[B]

So I walk in, and the first thing you're saying you're gonna do is eliminate the clocks.

[A]

Yeah. Just because time's an illusion, Miles, so we might as well kick the illusions here.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

All right.

[B]

What's the check in process look like?

[A]

Check in process? There is no check in process. You go to your door and how.

[B]

Do you know which door is yours?

[A]

You just pick a door and hopefully it's not locked.

[B]

Okay. You know, just start rattling doorknobs.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Which one's open?

[A]

You can go ask someone where your room is, but they might be able to help you or they might be doing something else. And they'll help you in a sec, you know? Yeah, there's. There's a garage there with a lot of good wood. Yeah, a lot of good wood.

[B]

Because instead of having a swimming pool, you're just gonna have a garage that people can build stuff. Yeah, yeah, smart.

[A]

Because when I took down that deck and I cut up all the wood, I got so much good wood. I get in there and get like aroused, Miles. And I've made some stuff with the wood already anyway, so there's good wood, there's land with a lot of paths, man. So you just go find yourself every day, you know, and literally somewhere in the woods is a mirror and you found yourself. And we hide the mirrors in the woods.

[B]

I thought he was gonna go like, yeah, it'll be flannel sheets. You know, we're gonna have a cheese plate when you check in instead of warm cookies.

[A]

No, I'm not gonna do that. It's more of, it's more of an adventure, Miles.

[B]

It's basically a self service hotel is what it sounds like.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Minimal effort from Charlie.

[A]

No, there will be a lot of effort. But beyond the things like I'll, I'll be out there cutting the paths on the trails. So we're going to get some really good trails out.

[B]

Is it, Is it byop? Bring your own pants.

[A]

You should bring your own pants.

[B]

They bring their own pants.

[A]

Well, you know, hey, I don't judge here though. At this facility.

[B]

It's a pantsless resort. Cops got to stay on.

[A]

We have a bottomless beach. Yes, it's Donald Ducks.

[B]

What movie is that? The Zohan where he does the bottom. Like the pantsless party instead of the top. Is it.

[A]

Oh, it's Harold and Kumar.

[B]

Is this guy just had a huge bush walking around.

[C]

That's.

[A]

I, I never seen that. I wish I had now, now I took the joke. But yeah, anyways, we do have a Donald Duck beach. And yeah, you know, aside for that, it's pretty free and flowing, Miles. Pretty free and flowing. There's plenty of beer. There's plenty of brandy. That's it. You got two options. Old fashioned for a water.

[B]

Bottle of water. Good luck.

[A]

No, there will be. You can go get water from the river. There'll be nice flowing river.

[B]

So I have to boil their water.

[A]

You don't have to boil. You can put it through a water filter. No, it's not that clean. You're gonna have to filter it.

[B]

Okay. In your dream world, you're not even allowing the river to be so clean you can drink right from it.

[A]

I'm just trying to be practical, Miles. I'm just trying to be practical.

[B]

Your dre world.

[A]

Well, my dream world, sure, yeah. The river tastes of honey. But you know, I'm just trying to make it seem somewhat, you know. Is there continental breakfast? Oh, there's absolutely a continental breakfast. Thank you for asking. In fact, my dad's there making eggs, and he asks you how you want them, and however you want them, he's given to you fried. Sunny side up.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And effort. Yeah. Yeah. And, yeah, he didn't even want to flip it twice.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, so once even. He just lets fry.

[B]

It's actually kind of smart because then you don't run into breaking the yolk, you know, you don't even have to worry about that.

[A]

Well, there's. It's still an art form. Getting it. Getting it there. But it's fine if you're runny because you got toast there to sop it up.

[B]

Okay, so you're just having sunny side up eggs and toast.

[A]

Yep. Coffee. You got to have coffee because that way you can dunk your egg, toast in it and. Yeah. And then your day is just. You can hike, you can fish, you can hunt, or you can zero in.

[B]

The hunt on your land.

[A]

Yeah, everyone can hunt on the land, but. But only bow and arrow, so it doesn't go too far.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah. Safety first.

[B]

A bunch of people in camo in a small amount of woods because, like, capacity might be, like, 50. So you have 50 people with. With brandy and beers only. Yeah. And with bow and arrows and camo in the woods. What could go wrong?

[A]

I don't know, but we'll also find out.

[B]

Go walk the trails.

[A]

You gotta walk the trails. You gotta go find yourself.

[B]

It's like, at a normal resort, there's, like, adult swim where all the kids got to get out of there. There's like, hunting hours where you can't go walking through the tree. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

But also, you know, think about it. If you're hunting bow and arrow, you got. You should know your range. You shouldn't shoot past your range.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, although, of course, there. There can be a wild ricochet of an arrow or something. You hit a rock you didn't see, and then before you know it. That'd be a wild thing, though. There's a lot of trees here, a lot of backstops.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

And it's your dream world. How many acres this thing's sitting on?

[A]

In my dream world, no one gets hit by an errant arrow. Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. How many acres is this thing sitting on?

[A]

Hundreds of thousands of acres.

[B]

Hundreds of thousands of acres.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So basically just the state of North Dakota.

[A]

State of North Dakota. Yeah. You guys got more acres than that.

[B]

How are you going to pay the property tax on this?

[A]

I'm not paying it. I'm not paying.

[B]

It's your dream world.

[A]

It's guarded. We have. We have guards. If anyone wants to take this property, you have to pry it from our cold, dead hands. And we've got an entire wall surrounding it with little bow and arrow. Guys up there, like.

[B]

Yeah. So this is a. This is castle Barons.

[A]

Castle Barons Castle.

[B]

Built a wall around hundreds of thousands of acres, and the only property that sits on this acreage is your bare ends.

[A]

It's not really a big wall. It's just a little rock wall that people, like, build for fun. Like, it's. It's a. It's sort of an. A meditation. The rock.

[B]

This is part of the activities. You're getting free labor out of the people.

[A]

I mean, you gotta stick with me here, Miles. I'm. I'm winding and dining it. Yeah, it's gonna be fun. So would you come?

[B]

Yeah. I mean, for sure.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

At least once.

[A]

Yeah, you gotta. You gotta check it out. That'd be cool. That'd be great.

[B]

And what's the capacity at this hotel?

[A]

Capacity. Just enough for my family. That. That's it.

[B]

So. 400.

[A]

450. Actually.

[B]

Actually, 450 is actually, you know, still way too little for the amount of acreage you have. Everyone can be hunting now. You say it.

[A]

Yeah. And. And, you know, this isn't exactly the intro I was thinking of for our Christmas episode, Miles, but I like where we took it.

[B]

But when you get an opportunity to build bare ends, you have to go with it.

[A]

You got to roll. You just got to look back and roll.

[B]

So if anyone out there has a property for sale that's got hundreds of thousands of acres, a lot of rocks and no property tax, with lots of rocks, lots of trees. Perfect hunting. Couple years, head Charlie up.

[A]

Yeah, hit me up. You guys, it'd be cool to make this dream a reality. And, Miles, thank you for asking.

[B]

And in your fantasies, just go get this right. One of. Part of your fantasy is that you have woods that people can walk through, and you have mirrors placed in the woods.

[A]

Yeah. So you can find yourself.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Yeah. So thank you for asking, Miles. This was fun. And the next mirror you're looking in, I hope you smile back at yourself.

[C]

Huh?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like that. Okay.

[B]

Kind of like this. We have two, you know, we have bare ends. And then what do we have? Charlie World. Remember we did that?

[A]

Yeah, we did. Charlie World.

[B]

Will that be in one corner of the property?

[A]

Charlie world is kind of like a separate thing altogether.

[B]

Okay, so you have another property.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And how many acres does that sit on?

[A]

That one's 300,000 acres.

[B]

So you got to, like, hike to each ride then.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

There's.

[A]

There's a tram.

[B]

You're just taking all the stuff that people hate about a theme park, and you are going to explode that to a grand level.

[A]

It's not a bad idea.

[B]

You know, people hate walking around and doing that. They just want to ride the ride. So you're saying spread out the ride, set to walk even more.

[A]

Well, I did say that there would be a tram, but now that you explain it that way, I kind of like that, because less people there, more chill time for me.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, not a bad idea.

[B]

So now you have about half a million acres of land.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Somehow you're just going to get tax exempt and.

[A]

No, I'm not tax exempt. It's just. I got archers on the wall, smiles.

[B]

No, I know, but you.

[A]

If you do, I pre.

[B]

Tax. That's the thing I hung up on.

[A]

What do they get?

[B]

All the rest of it seems plausible.

[A]

Come take it from me, Miles. Come take it from me. You want to mess with my archers, you better bring your best guys.

[B]

He's got archers in his fantasy world. Like, the military shows up with tanks and. And he's like. And Charlie's like, yeah, but I got bow and arrows.

[A]

Yeah, I Do you know what can slip through a tank?

[B]

A little.

[A]

A little arrow can.

[B]

Okay, so you're. You have archers, the ability to just pierce metal.

[A]

No, they. There's. There's a weakness somewhere there.

[B]

So it's like the Death Star.

[A]

Yes, exactly. Precisely.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay. Well, ho, ho, ho. Miles. Merry Christmas to you. Hey, Miles, you know what I was thinking? I was thinking worth it. 12 Days of Christmas. On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me Two archer shooting.

[B]

I don't know the words to this.

[A]

Well, I got them right here.

[B]

All right, well, sing us out. Well, then we'll take some callers.

[A]

This is.

[B]

Okay, this is Charlie Barron's rendition of the 12 days of Christmas.

[A]

On the second day of Christmas, my true.

[B]

What happened on the first day of Christmas?

[A]

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me A pheasant in a maple tree. You like it?

[B]

I do. Keep going.

[A]

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me.

[B]

Is the beat gonna drop soon? This is like the.

[A]

It's just my mind going.

[B]

Your brain is like. Rumble Strips on the highway.

[A]

I sound like a snake on opium. We're being goofy today here, Miles. We're being silly. All right, well, that's it. That's it. Pheasant in a maple tree. That's all you get the first day of Christmas.

[B]

Pheasant in a maple tree and a partridge in a pear tree.

[A]

Maple.

[B]

Two silver pheasants even perch in trees.

[A]

I've seen present perch on a fence and on a power line. One time, there's this pheasant on the power. My brother, he was young. He was like, I'm gonna shoot it.

[B]

He just blasted it.

[A]

My dad's school, first of all, who shoots a sitting pheasant?

[B]

Second, he was in the air, though.

[A]

Who shoots a power at a power line? Never seen anything like that. I've not.

[B]

Did you get him?

[A]

No, dude, he missed. He missed. I don't even think the pheasant moved, to be honest with you.

[B]

It's like. That's like whiffing and T ball a pheasant, dude.

[A]

Now that I think about it, it wasn't a. I don't know. I can't remember. My dad looks so. My dad was just looking like. Like piss. But the point where you're pissy, you don't say nothing.

[B]

Did he have to, like, do then, like, a family meeting being like, all right. In light of current events, we only shoot at pheasants that are flying. We don't shoot at power lines.

[A]

I don't remember. I don't remember.

[B]

Shit.

[A]

It could have been me. I don't remember.

[B]

Yeah, I was just thinking, there's no way that was your brother. That was definitely you.

[A]

I don't know. It could have been. It could have been. I was young.

[B]

Way too many details about this for it to not be you.

[A]

I was young.

[B]

He's like, yeah, I was standing there broadside.

[A]

Broadside.

[C]

If you.

[B]

If you're shooting at a pheasant, that's broadside. That's not good. Mm. Yeah. So he was walking on his power line. Gave a little squawk to get him to stop. Broadside. That was like. It was like, you know, eight pointer. I felt pretty good about it.

[A]

Oh, I'll do it on the next episode. This intro's gone way too long.

[C]

All right.

[A]

Should we take some callers? All right. Is this Jiffy Lube Joe?

[D]

Oh, yeah. It used to be Jiffy Lube Joe, but now it's just Joe.

[B]

Jojo.

[A]

Oh, no.

[B]

Oh. Oh, no. Joe.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Oh, well, well, Joe. Artist formerly known as Jiffy Lou. Joe, great to have you back on the podcast for a bellied update. Why don't you start by reminding the folks about our last call and then give us an update. What happened? Why, why no Jiffy Lube to the name Joe?

[D]

Well, we were a mechanic shop. They are still I should say. But yeah, seen one around, you know. Anyways, they work on cars and stuff like that and it was the end of my. Basically that's what I was doing. It's just fixing cars, break jobs, etc. And I was tired one day and went home without completing a brake job fully. And I got in the vehicle that next morning and went to pull it out of the shop and had no brakes and crashed her right into the lift.

[A]

Oh no.

[B]

Okay, hold on.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

So you didn't finish the brake job. You went home, you show up the next day, you thought that you did finish the brake job. You clearly didn't smashed it 100.

[A]

Was anyone hurt? Jiffy Lube Joe?

[D]

No, no, no. Except the custom. Well our, our wallet. We had to cover the damages. It was like almost eight grand in damages.

[A]

Yikes.

[B]

So they did that one pretty hard. Yeah. You know, honestly, what it, that doesn't sound that bad because I hit a pole with my truck and it was like 15 grand in damages. So honestly about you, you're doing it hat you're doing half better than I was.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, it was just, just a trunk that was damaged. It's a, it was a rob4 and yeah, I had the little open up like a, like I don't know like a flap. The whole whole garage like basically garage style looking door thing was smashed in so they just had to replace the trunk door.

[B]

So what does a conversation with your boss look like after that?

[A]

There was a lot.

[D]

I'm sorry, there was a lot of I'm probably fired for this one, aren't I and kind of stuff like that. And yeah, once, once we got hit with the bill, the they had to let me go.

[B]

Oh really?

[C]

Oh yeah.

[A]

Oh yeah.

[B]

Oh, and what did you do when the customer showed up?

[D]

Ah, well, thankfully I be me being the mechanic and not not the owner. I surprisingly didn't have to talk to them but I heard they weren't too. Weren't too happy about it.

[B]

That's nice actually.

[D]

Yeah, it was dodged the bullet there, I guess you'd say.

[A]

Well look, let's count our blessings.

[B]

He's just hiding behind the, the 50 gallon drum in the, you know.

[C]

Kick.

[D]

It out every five seconds. Oh boy.

[A]

When was this?

[B]

He's hiding behind the five gallon bucket in the corner.

[D]

There it is. Okay.

[B]

Oh, I missed you, Joe.

[C]

I missed you.

[B]

I love you.

[C]

I'm happy.

[D]

Happy someone did.

[A]

Joe, we talk about you a lot on this show.

[D]

Oh, no, yeah, that's quite.

[A]

I don't know if it's on the show or like between takes or something, but we, we bring you up a lot. We had a good time with you.

[D]

I. After that job, I tried to start a little tick tock and it's kind of blowing up, so hopefully.

[A]

Dude, let's pop it up. What? What's it.

[D]

The Daily Underscore kick.

[A]

The Daily Underscore Kick. What a name, man. What. What inspired the name while we pull it up.

[B]

I almost typed out underscore, by the way.

[D]

They'll kind of explain itself once you see it.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

He's probably just him kicking piece of cars.

[B]

The Daily Underscore kick. All right.

[A]

Oh, 24, 000. Man, look at this.

[D]

I've had it for about a. Just over a month. Stuff like that.

[A]

Did you just Ted butt something. No. Here. I can't hear. Miles.

[B]

Are you just kicking yourself in the face?

[D]

Yeah, every day until I get a meal.

[B]

That's the goal. Okay. All right, here we go.

[D]

Day 42 of kicking myself in the head each day until I get a million followers. Oh, there it is.

[A]

I was thinking you were gonna do like a tick tock about like repairing cars or something.

[D]

No, no.

[B]

Doing a tick tock about damaging his face.

[C]

Hey there.

[D]

Day 36. I'm kicking myself in the head each day until I get a million followers. Hey there.

[C]

Sword. Sweet sweat.

[D]

To the point.

[A]

Yeah, right to the point. Now do you. Do you.

[B]

This is got reminiscence of the leg dab guy. Have you seen that? Did you pull inspiration from that guy?

[D]

Can't, can't say I've seen that guy. Honestly, it's just kind of a midget thing, I guess, where you can just pop that foot right up to the dome.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, I can't do that.

[C]

That's. Yeah.

[D]

What do you try?

[B]

Lean into your strengths, you know.

[D]

Joe.

[A]

When you're kicking yourself in the face, are you. Are you putting any cushion on your toes to protect your dome?

[D]

No, I mean I wear. Hey, dudes.

[C]

So.

[D]

I mean, those are kind of soft, but okay.

[A]

Yeah, you should start wearing Crocs. I think might make this. We're gonna send you some Crocs. What size are you?

[D]

Oh, man. Seven and a half moons.

[A]

Seven and a half men's. That's A big foot there, Joe.

[D]

I got hobbit feet, dude. Come on.

[A]

That's what's up. We'll get you some, huh?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, now you're talking my language.

[B]

This is a great example of your unemployed friend on a Tuesday afternoon is your entire page. So unemployment's been going good for you, then?

[D]

No.

[A]

No.

[D]

Door dashing.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

All right.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

It pays the bills, so, you know, just got to keep doing it.

[A]

Joe, you're amazing.

[B]

I like it. It's just simple and sweet, Charlie.

[A]

I know.

[B]

Kicking myself in the head every day until I get 1 million followers is the bio. It's just. It's.

[C]

It.

[B]

And you've.

[C]

You've.

[B]

You came up with a script. You came up with a script that writes a thousand scripts. You just say the same thing every single day.

[D]

Yeah, it's. You can't really mess it up.

[A]

Okay, what about. Is there any head trauma from this, Joe?

[D]

No, I gauge it pretty well, actually.

[A]

I can.

[D]

I can either go full bore or.

[B]

Your profile.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my God, that's good. I mean, no notes. Honestly. No notes. Honestly.

[B]

Like. Honestly, I feel like an absolute dumbass. You know, me and Charlie, we sit down, we come up with concepts for videos. We write scripts. You know, we get props for the video.

[A]

That's what people with no skills do, Miles.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

If we could kick ourselves in the head, do you think we'd do that?

[B]

No. I know. I'm jealous.

[A]

Kicking myself in the ass right now because I didn't think of this. I'm gonna start working on my flexibility. Joe. I'm coming for you, dude.

[D]

Oh, there you go, dude. The day you can. I will be appalled.

[B]

Yeah. My only critique is just the videos where the. Where you're. It's. It's brighter. Like, it's easier to see what's going on, clearly. Do more views.

[A]

What's your highest viewed.

[C]

Get a.

[B]

Get a ring light.

[D]

Okay. Okay, I will. I'll set her up on an old tripod or whatever.

[B]

Dude, you got something? Yeah, more stuff you can do, like, day eight. Day eight's a great day. Yeah.

[A]

Like, leading up to it. I love the. I love the.

[B]

What even.

[A]

What kind of a scooter is that?

[B]

It's a kid's scooter is what it is.

[D]

Yeah, it's a razor.

[C]

Kids. Kids.

[D]

Like Vespa razor.

[A]

Let's look at the first one.

[D]

This is day two of kicking myself in the head every day until I get a million followers.

[A]

What happened? Day one?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

So day one, I. I'll be honest with you. Day one, I. I messed up on the script. I. I said, I'm gonna kick myself in the head for each follower I get.

[B]

I would have been there forever, dude.

[A]

Oh, my God. So you. You did a bait and switch here, Joe. Yeah.

[D]

You know, try to pull a fast one. On day two, I was like, yeah, you know, let's.

[B]

Let's see. Okay, Charlie, this one's got 1.1 million.

[D]

Yeah, that's the highest six of kicking myself in the head each day until I get a million followers. This is day six.

[A]

It was just quick. Just quick and dirty and it's that smack.

[D]

I think they like the. They like the contact noise.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You should start adding sound effects in, you know, like an old cartoon.

[A]

Have you hurt yourself at all in the process of doing these kicks you've done?

[D]

Well, no, no, I. I didn't hurt myself at all in the kicks. I've. I got a car accident actually, a couple weeks ago, and so I'm a little dinged up.

[B]

Yeah, you hit. You hit the thing at Jiffy Lube.

[D]

Yeah, there was that, but no, there's another accident afterwards.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Are you sure you should be driving doordash? Yeah, no, considering.

[A]

Yeah, well, the first car miles didn't have brakes. Not really his fault. It was his fault, but. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, I kind of want to see. I bet you, dude, you got this nice little following you got here. I bet you if you started another page about you just showing people how to fix cars, that would do pretty good.

[B]

Don't do that.

[A]

You don't think that would be good?

[B]

No, dude, he's got it.

[A]

He's got great personality, man.

[B]

No, I understand, but he's got it, okay? He's gonna spend way more time on that other page, and he could just be doing this.

[A]

Just be kicking himself in the head.

[C]

Yeah. All right.

[B]

The more. The more time he spends not kicking himself in the face, the farther away he gets, away from his goal.

[A]

Okay, so that's it.

[B]

Yeah, he's got it. I mean.

[A]

Okay, well, I mean, what do I know?

[B]

Yeah, what do I know?

[D]

It's like that guy catches those marshmallows in his mouth. That's his. You know, everyone's got their thing, you know, their niche.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you have any other hidden talents?

[D]

Oh, I could put them down. I could drink quite a bit. I don't know if that's a towel.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

But most people think I get fucked up quicker. I keep up with the pack, I guess.

[B]

Okay. There you go.

[D]

Not really a talent There. God, I don't know. I DJ on the side.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[C]

The.

[A]

The dwarf dj.

[B]

Okay. Yeah, that's your second page, but you parlay it with the leg kick to the face on every beat drops. You get up on the table and when the beat drops, you leg kick yourself in the face. Yes.

[D]

It's like the Iris jig, except I'm making contact.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, we're gonna need contact, you know, obviously.

[A]

Do you have a page for your dj?

[D]

No, no. It's also a new making in the beginning kind of thing. My first gigs, hopefully tonight or on Friday night.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[D]

At a local little dive bar.

[A]

Oh, what's the name of the local dive?

[D]

It's called Longs.

[A]

Longs.

[D]

Long Sports Pub, I guess you can say.

[A]

W up picking first gig, man.

[D]

Yeah, you know, I called every bar around and they were kind of hesitant at first, and then I got a call back, so hopefully, hopefully it goes well.

[B]

Okay, well, you just, you just. You gotta lean into the leg kick.

[D]

Yeah, I need to.

[B]

Yeah, I think every beat drop.

[D]

I'll just like, slowly play like slower songs once I have a fat migraine.

[C]

You.

[A]

Well, it's got to be your.

[C]

Your.

[A]

Did you do your leg kick for today?

[D]

Ah, no, no, not today. Yeah, I need to. Need to fire up the old hammy.

[B]

Okay, well, let's, let's, let's craft one for him here.

[A]

Well, I think he's got to do it at the DJ set tonight. So what, do you have your own songs locked and loaded or should we help you pick a song?

[D]

So kind of. I mean, I just gotta play with like 98 hours on it, so if they don't like it, they can. I don't know.

[B]

So this is like. You got Spotify thing queued up.

[D]

I'm just getting started.

[A]

All right, he's got a playlist, man. What's a good song with kick in it? Because that would be. Isn't there a Beastie Boy song that starts out with Kick It Kick It?

[D]

Oh, yeah, there is.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let the.

[D]

There you go.

[A]

And then on Kick it, you kick yourself in the face. That might.

[B]

Might be our.

[A]

Your next million View video.

[B]

So what you need to do is you need to. This is what you need to do. You need to set a goal for people to. A reason for them to follow, obviously, the million followers thing. But you, you should do like, at a hundred thousand followers, you'll attempt the double leg kick. Oh, okay, okay, that's gonna work.

[A]

You can't do a double leg kick.

[B]

Get up on like a chair and then you jump off. Try and, and try and double leg kick yourself in the face.

[A]

Have you ever double leg kick successfully, Joe?

[D]

On a trampoline, I was attempting to do a backflip.

[A]

And that's, that's how you learned you could kick yourself in the face.

[B]

Just get on a trampoline and do the double leg kick.

[D]

There you go. Yeah, you know, I. I ain't got a trampoline though, so.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, you'll find a trampoline. Yeah, just sky, just. Yeah, you'll find one. You just need a chair. Just jump off a chair.

[D]

Yeah, there you go.

[A]

No, that's gonna hurt.

[B]

Yeah, that's a good idea, though. That'll get you to 100k. I want to see the double leg kick.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Have you heard a hamstring doing this? That's my concern.

[D]

So if I don't, like, kind of give her a couple warm ups. Yeah, I can. There's a little tingle on the back of the knee.

[B]

Yeah. People think this leg kick game's a piece of cake, but there's a whole thing that goes into it.

[A]

They don't real. What they don't realize is that Joe's an athlete, man. He's got to be treated as such.

[D]

I'm pushing like a 12 minute mile, so I'm.

[C]

No.

[A]

Not on that scooter, though.

[B]

I mean. Yeah, yeah, I probably do a 12 minute mile. I mean, I'm going to take half as many steps as you are, but it'll be, you know, a breeze for you.

[A]

Joe, you got any. Any other employment strategies at this point?

[C]

Point?

[D]

Yeah, yeah, I am gonna probably go work for a company I used to work for a while back. They're like an underground locating gig. They locate utilities and stuff like that.

[B]

Oh, yeah, you walk around with the spray paint or what?

[D]

Yeah, the paint and the wand and, you know, big shiny vest.

[A]

That's good.

[D]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Noise will haunt you in your dreams if you're not careful.

[B]

I believe it. Well, this was great. This is not. When I woke up this morning, I did not think that this is how. No, I did not think that this was gonna happen.

[A]

This phone call feels like a dream, honestly.

[B]

It really does.

[A]

It's that wild.

[D]

Well, happy to hear that, guys.

[B]

I appreciate that. Yeah, yeah, it's great to talk. I'm excited for you to hit a million followers. I think it's gonna happen. But like I said, you got to do goals, you know? Yeah, you're right.

[D]

I gotta set like a subscriber like, oh, I get this many, you know. Yeah, you're 100, right. Do the double kick. 100K.

[B]

Yeah. Then your script is doing a kicking myself in the face every day until I get a million followers. And at a hundred thousand followers, I'll do the double leg kick and then you just do it. That's it.

[D]

There you go. Gosh, I'll have to. Have to practice that in the mirror a couple times. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Well, listen, good luck at your gig tonight. What's the name of that Beastie Boy song? Yeah, just kick it.

[C]

Kick it. Okay.

[D]

Google Kick it. Yeah, I'm sure they'll.

[A]

Yep.

[D]

To the rest.

[A]

Cool.

[B]

Get a kick drum in there.

[C]

Head banging. Just.

[D]

Just going in.

[A]

Well, we like it, man. Hey, don't you just make sure you don't kick yourself too hard, all right? We want you to get to that million.

[D]

Yes, sir. Thanks, Charlie. I appreciate that.

[A]

Yeah, you betcha. You betcha. We don't want you getting, you know, CP toe. You know, CP toe. What's CP CD? What are the football players get?

[B]

CTE.

[A]

CTE. Yeah, yeah. We don't want you getting C3PO. Maybe. I've been kicked in the head a few times. Honestly.

[D]

Starting to sound like it.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I'm joking.

[A]

No, it's true though. Yeah. I mean, you should have heard our intro here. Well, Joe, thanks for coming in, man. And yeah, just make sure you put the brakes on the next time and.

[B]

Take the brakes off for other cars.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, 100 they. Yeah. No, I appreciate it. Thanks for having me on, fellers.

[A]

All right, we'll see you soon. Why are you shaking your head no?

[B]

I'm like, no, I'm not shaking. I'm like, let's go.

[A]

Oh, you're.

[B]

You're.

[A]

You're excited. That was an excited head shake. You'd think by this many episodes I'd know. Your head shakes, man. I'm excited.

[B]

When God invented free will, he invented it for a page like that.

[C]

He did.

[A]

The. The human mind, Miles, and the human body put together can do some incredible things and. And the Daily Kick is one of them. So, folks, make sure you get on.

[B]

The old tick tock daily underscore kick. Give them a fall. Let's get him to a million.

[A]

I wonder who took the Daily Kick.

[B]

I don't know. It sounds like a magazine, doesn't it? Like for sneaker heads.

[A]

Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

And that's what he needs to do is like, he needs to. That's. There's so many options, right? Then it's like all right, I'm gonna kick myself in the head today wearing Air Jordans. You know what I mean?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Like that.

[A]

Yeah. And then like 200 000. It's like a steel toed boot.

[B]

Oh yeah.

[A]

That might be the last. That should be the million.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Just in case it doesn't go so good.

[B]

Knocks him out. The video is like five minutes long until he comes to.

[A]

Should take another call.

[B]

Let's do it.

[A]

Miles, let me tell you, this eggnog isn't for everyone, but with a secret ingredient. It really could be. Oh yeah.

[B]

I like a little special recipe.

[A]

Oh yeah. And listen, only the lucky listeners of this podcast are privy to unlocking the world class eggnog that will have even the most relentless eggnog haters going. Oh yeah.

[B]

Oh, that's not too bad.

[A]

No. Could I get a refill or no.

[B]

Holy smokes. That's pretty good.

[A]

So here it is, Miles. Are you ready?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Take two ounces of any store bought eggnog, add four ounces of vanilla. Soft serve Tippy Cow that TC baby. And that's it. Stir it together over ice and you really want to impress. Sprinkle on a little nutmeg or cinnamon and you'll have everyone asking, how is this so good. Don't you worry though. We won't take legal action if you tell. No, no. Over here at Tippy Cow. No. If you wanna, if you wanna.

[B]

I didn't know Tippy Cow was chill like that.

[A]

Yeah, they're super chill, man. Are you kidding me? Tippy Cow tastes great over ice. It's super chill.

[B]

Yeah, that's right.

[A]

Yeah. So go on, have a cow. You guys, this, this time of year, there's nothing better. Tip it on back with a Chippy Cow. Nay, drink responsibly.

[B]

Tippy Cow rum cream. Copyright 2025 Midwest Custom Bottling, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All rights reserved.

[A]

Is this Mr. Russell Nicolay?

[E]

It is Russell Nicolay here. Is this Charlie Barron's?

[A]

Yes, it is.

[B]

It is. How'd you know?

[A]

Dude?

[E]

Just had a good guess.

[A]

Cool.

[E]

I can read the few. I can read.

[B]

He's got caller id.

[A]

Oh, he's got the cid.

[E]

Damn it, Miles. Why are you always gonna take away my thunder like that?

[B]

Well, what's going on today? Where? Yeah, what you hauling? Mr. Nicolay, I've been on the road for a bit.

[E]

I'm back in Hudson, Wisconsin. I was in Green Bay for a couple days and then I had haul across the state and I'm back in Hudson today.

[A]

Sounds like he's hauling ass, Miles. That's what he's hauling.

[B]

What do you think about the packers this season? You know, you think that Charlie thinks they're going to be playing in February? Yeah, they're going to be playing in February.

[E]

Well, I was talking to Matthew golden yesterday.

[A]

Well, what a freaking flex. Jeez.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my.

[E]

Not the brag. Not the name drop thing.

[A]

That. What, you were talking to him?

[E]

Yeah. Yep, I was talking to him in Green Bay.

[C]

Was.

[E]

He is. He is a little banged up right now, unfortunately. And I feel bad. So I shouldn't even tell Packers Nation this, but I did. Him and I were shaking hands and I realized maybe I should have been a little bit less aggressive on the handshake because he was kind of, you know, healing up. He was a little banged up, but he was in good spirits and he's pretty excited for the rest of the season and, you know, he has hopes of them playing in February as well.

[A]

Well, that's good. How'd you meet him? He wasn't calling you because of his injury, was he?

[E]

No, he wasn't.

[A]

No.

[E]

Yeah, I. We've been doing some stuff with him.

[B]

I've never even thought about that.

[A]

I know.

[B]

Yeah. If you are an NFL player out there, you are injured on the job. Give Russell Nicolay a call.

[E]

Nicolette, I will tell you this, though. I gave him his first flannel. We gave him a flannel yesterday that he was wearing. And I told him because he's from Houston, you know, I was like, it's going to get cold here, man. Like, this is just the start of it. So you're going to want some flannels and big jackets. So he appreciated that.

[A]

That's pretty cool.

[B]

You got a new podcast.

[A]

What's.

[B]

Tell us about that? Charlie and I are both on it. How's that going?

[E]

Yeah, I really appreciate you gentlemen being on it. It's good. It's the Midwest Legends podcast. We've had a lot of good guests, you guys especially. The feedback's been pretty good. I think people are interested to hear what other folks in the Midwest have to say and tell some funny stories. And you guys both had some good ones. I know Charlie said Charlie had some really good stories. And Miles, your story about the. I forget the name of the bar where you break the bottle. That was a big hit.

[B]

The Ice Bar in Yankton, South Dakota.

[A]

Oh, nice.

[B]

You gotta get there, Charlie. It's a great place.

[A]

I do have to get there. Did. Who has better numbers? The way you just set that up, I think Miles has better numbers.

[E]

Well, Charlie, your numbers are usually pretty high and pretty strong to begin with. I just know that there was a lot of engagement on that story. A lot of people really like the idea of just breaking bottles. Apparently after you drink them. That just seems really appealing to beer drinking, so.

[A]

Yeah, no, that is true. Miles is a good storyteller. Sometimes he's a better storyteller, and that's okay. I'm not jealous at all, Russell. I'm just happy to have him. You know, if you can't be better than him, you got to start a podcast with him. And that's why. That's why we're here right now. Well, that's cool, man. We're excited. Where can people find the podcast?

[E]

It. So it's all, you know, basically it's on social media, it's on YouTube, and then it's anywhere else you find the podcast, like Spotify. It's just Midwest Legends. And so check it out. Google Midwest Legends podcast and you'll find it right away. And then you get to see your two shining faces on. If you're watching on YouTube or social media.

[A]

Nice, dude.

[B]

Yeah, I was a little sweaty during that. My face was a little shiny.

[A]

Oh, yeah. I shine my face up sometimes. It's good. People like that.

[E]

You're too smiling face. That's all. I guess I said it the wrong way, but I. I think again, I appreciate you guys being on the podcast.

[C]

That was.

[E]

It was a lot of fun and I think people really enjoyed the episode.

[B]

Yeah. So, guys, you gotta check out the Midwest Legends podcast. Russell, thanks for talking to us today. This is great, Jack.

[C]

Ho ho. How you guys doing?

[A]

You got two. Two boys bellied up to the bar here.

[D]

Jack.

[B]

I don't like it when he calls boys like two boys.

[C]

I got. I gotta be honest with you guys. My name's Henry. I was using my friend who's in the car's name.

[A]

Oh, okay. Henry. That's fine.

[B]

Matter.

[C]

Yeah, I didn't think my call was gonna make it in.

[A]

Okay, that's cool.

[B]

Well, has that been eating at you?

[C]

Yeah, it has.

[B]

Okay, well. Hey, how's it feel, Henry? Hank.

[C]

Hank. Good, good.

[B]

You like Hank or no Hank?

[C]

Ah, no, not really. Okay. My grandpa calls me hen dog, though.

[A]

Hen dog?

[B]

I'm not gonna call you a hen dog.

[A]

I might, I might.

[B]

No, I'm not.

[C]

Why?

[B]

This is Henry.

[A]

Well, you wanted to call him Hank. Why don't you want to call him hen dog?

[B]

Just doesn't sit right with me.

[C]

Okay, I get it. I Get it?

[A]

That's fine.

[C]

Don't worry.

[B]

Miles and he way. He said he wanted me to call him Hen Dog pretty bad.

[C]

That's the only other nickname I got.

[B]

No one calls you Hank?

[C]

Nope. Like, because in middle school once. But yeah. Didn't stick, dad.

[A]

You get pissed off about it, you start a fight.

[C]

There's. There was just two Henry's and they called me Hank for the year. And stick.

[A]

I don't know, the way you said it was like someone called me Hank once.

[B]

That was.

[C]

It was the last time.

[B]

All right, Hank, well, what's on your mind today?

[C]

Well, so I got. I'm up here in Ely, Minnesota. Right. Landed 10,000 lakes.

[A]

Yeah, you gotta brag about it. Yeah, you gotta brag about it.

[B]

He's gonna, Charlie's gonna take the bait. We don't need that today.

[A]

He.

[B]

He said.

[C]

Yeah. So I got my, my fishing buddy and you know, we've been going fishing for a couple years now. I mean, you know, maybe four or five times a week, you know, whatever. However much we can get out. Wow. This summer, guys.

[B]

You guys must not be unemployed, dude.

[C]

No, I'm, you know, we get on the evening.

[A]

Good for you. I was kidding. Don't, don't take offense there.

[C]

No.

[A]

So I'm impressed, dude. That's, that's good. If you can get out fishing four or five times a week.

[B]

I don't know how this call's gonna.

[D]

Go if you're gonna.

[B]

Getting offended by that.

[C]

So the problem is now he's got a girlfriend now. Fiance. And now we're never getting out. Maybe once a week. And you know, it's not really a problem now because the, the ice is icing over. But, you know, the past two, three months it's been, you know, I gotta ask her if we can go fishing. And then she, she, she's cool. I like her. She comes with. But then, you know, she doesn't want to go to the lake we like to go at because it's the same shoreline. You know, we're not, we're not here to look at the shoreline. We're here to catch fish, you know? Yeah. And then she's, you know, we start catching fish. It's maybe seven o', clock, you know, it's gonna get dark in a little bit. Then she's got a pee. Then we gotta go in and we gotta leave early. And it's just. What do we do here, boys?

[A]

You bring her problem? No. Well, no, you're not the problem. You're not the problem. You bring Her. A five gallon bucket.

[C]

We tried to get her to pee off the boat. Pee? Pee in the woods? No, she wants to go home.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[C]

She's a city. She's a city girl.

[A]

Did you bring her a bucket?

[C]

No. We should have.

[A]

They have five gallon buckets and they.

[B]

Have toilet seats that they snap on.

[A]

They have snap on toilet seats. Five gallon buckets. You bring her that. You got to meet her halfway, man.

[C]

You're right. You're right.

[A]

Yeah, that's. That's why I would say so. What. What. What's. You like her otherwise? Outside of this?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, she's a. She's a good person. She's cool.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, it's just really. Just the. The fishing problem or not even fishing. Just hanging out. You know, we used to hang out quite a bit and now it's, you know, I gotta see what she wants to do. Or she wants to see me because I've been working all day, which is valid. But when I haven't seen you in five, four or five days. Is it. You've been with her that whole time. Is it really valid?

[A]

Are you involved in a breakup right now, hen dog?

[B]

I'm gonna be honest with you.

[C]

It feels that way.

[B]

I don't want to use the C word, but you sound a little clingy.

[A]

Oh, that one.

[C]

Oh, come on, guys.

[B]

Okay, so how old are you guys?

[C]

We're 23.

[B]

Oh, that one last. Just tell them to cut. Yeah, this is a waited out situation for you.

[C]

Yeah, well, see, the thing is, get this. They started dating in maybe May. They already are engaged.

[B]

Dude, no. Is he in the military?

[C]

No, no, he just does construction.

[B]

Okay, well, that's a huge concern for you. Talk about it getting worse for you. That's not good.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, I think what you're finding out is just kind of how the real world works, you know?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And I would say, you know, if they're engaged, it's just. You're never going to get it back.

[C]

No, no, that's okay.

[B]

Because it's gonna get even worse if he has a kid.

[C]

Oh, man. Yeah, I don't.

[B]

Yeah, because. And then it's like you're gonna find out once he has a kid and the kid gets a little older, you're gonna find out he's going fishing with just his kid and he didn't even call you. That's where you're headed for.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Have you tried using the dating apps to find another fishing buddy?

[C]

No, but I should.

[A]

You should go on Grindr. And say just the rod.

[C]

Well, no, see, I actually, I've been. I've been fishing with my other buddy.

[B]

No, no, real.

[C]

So that's been good.

[A]

No, no, real. I'd say you'll bring the real.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah. Just. Yeah, so.

[C]

Yeah, no, it's been all right. I just. I was just really hoping to get some late season pike, and we never ended up doing that.

[A]

Damn. You get those late season pike. Those are the best, too. Those are starting to get nice and fat.

[C]

Yeah. What can you do? I mean, I don't know.

[A]

What can you do?

[C]

I was hoping you had some advice.

[A]

Yeah, I got some advice. You guys start. You gotta start sending them some unsolicited fish picks.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Start getting to feel jealous.

[C]

Well, you know, I actually did do that because I got. I was out with my buddy, leech soaking Logan, and we were, we were. We were slamming the pike a little bit.

[A]

You and leech soaking Logan?

[C]

Yeah, he got a nice 40 incher, but. But I only got a 30 incher. But I was best, believe me. I was sending pictures to my buddy and saying, this is what you missed out, putting the boat away early.

[A]

I don't think you can say it like that. I don't think you can say this, what you missed out on. It's. It's just like you got to kind of ham it up with your buddy a little bit. Like, say, look at the fish we caught.

[C]

Yeah, well, that, that's kind of what I was doing. It's beautiful. Yeah. I was like, look at. It's beautiful out, man. You put the boat away a month ago because you didn't want to snow on you. Now look, it's. It's 45 degrees out. Sunny.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, it's what's kind of interesting. Like, if I'm getting out fishing with my buddy once a week, I'm like, that's a lot.

[A]

Yeah, that's what his girlfriend's saying, too.

[B]

No, but what I'm saying is, is maybe like you guys are fishing five nights a week together. That's a lot.

[C]

Well, there's not much. There's not that much.

[B]

That's awesome. But. But you also got to look at it, that perspective too. Once a week. Still a lot.

[A]

I think I know what's really going on. Did you say your buddy put his boat away?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Does that mean you don't have a boat?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So there it is.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Yeah. I think his girlfriend sniffed that one out right away. She probably got into his ear, said, I think he's Just using you for your boat.

[B]

Yeah. Wow, dude. Wow.

[C]

Maybe. No, I'm just kidding. That does suck because we live. Because we live a. Just a couple blocks away from each other. So that's why we'd go fishing so much.

[A]

Would he let you take.

[C]

We're both single. Ain't got much. Much to do.

[A]

Would he let you take the boat out by yourself?

[C]

No. Even though I get more. More motor hour than him every week or motor hours. Boat nowers.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Because I. I work with boats all summer, but he's a little finicky with his. He likes to drive his boat. He doesn't. And trust me, I do. Even though I do everything. I take it off the trailer. I do everything for him. So you can sit in the car. All he has to do is back it up. But he. No, no. He's like, oh, let me. Let me back the trailer up into the water. I've done this six times this week, dude. I think I got it.

[B]

Do you even like this guy?

[C]

I do. I do. He's a good. I've known him, like, probably eight years now.

[B]

He's just sitting in the driver's seat. All right, peasant, unhook the straps. Well, you know, I'm gonna whistle it back. I want you to get in there, and I want you to dock it, and then I want you to make sure I have a sandwich and a beer ready to go when I step on pretty much.

[C]

I mean, I'm not touching a fish. Ratchets off.

[B]

You're taking them off all my hooks, and you're cleaning them when we get back, too.

[C]

All right. Hey, I'm. All I'm doing is I'm being a friend. You know, it's his boat. He's so I gotta. You know, I gotta help him out.

[B]

Yeah, no, I get it.

[A]

This is sad. This is sad.

[C]

This. This is sad. End of an era.

[A]

End of an era.

[B]

And that's maybe a good way to look at it, you know?

[A]

It was good.

[B]

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it. It happened.

[A]

It happened there.

[C]

Yeah, that's a. That's a good way to look at it. And maybe. You know what? Maybe this will force me to get some new fishing buddies and we'll.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, we'll get out there.

[C]

New connections.

[A]

Here's a good question. Where do you go find new fishing buddies? Where's the best place to go?

[C]

The lake.

[A]

Yes, exactly. You start casting from shore, and you. You start striking up conversations with nearby boats.

[B]

You know, he's just yelling from Shore.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What are you catching out there?

[C]

Ah, that's not terrible. It's not a terrible idea.

[A]

My name's Hen Dog. What's your name?

[B]

My name is Hen Dog.

[A]

What? Hen Dog.

[C]

I brought some extra minnows.

[B]

Yeah, there you go.

[A]

Start shining them. Shining your shiners at them.

[C]

That's nice.

[B]

I'm really good at doing everything, but back to Bowden. Got a lot of experience.

[C]

You need help getting that thing off the trailer?

[B]

Yeah, just.

[C]

Just stay in there. Just.

[B]

Yeah, just stand. Just stand at the dock.

[A]

Yes. Oh, that's good. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

They. They like, does it for him. They, like, tip them. Tip them. 15 bucks and they just leave them on the dock.

[A]

That's kind of.

[C]

I'll still be happy with that, honestly.

[A]

That's kind of like fishing. Tinder right there is. Just stand at the dock and see. You know, you got probably the same amount of chances at getting on someone's boat as you do getting on a first date.

[C]

That is true.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I think you should, you know, just like, you know, if you're gonna put your dog down, you let him have one day, just gets to do everything he wants. You know, It's a full 16 ounce rib eye, bunch of chocolate, you know, whatever. And then you take him to the vet. Like, I think you have one of those days with your buddy, you know, take him out, let them let him boss you around like he loves to do.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Maybe even make like a Shutterfly book of all the fish you caught. Give that to him as a present.

[A]

You know, and then just end by saying, now you're dead to me.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And then at the end of the day, just go, that was the last time we're going to fish together. Because that bitch of yours, it's really put a damper on this whole thing. Well, and then you. You stand there on the dock, watch them ride off into the sunset, and you go find yourself a new fishing buddy.

[A]

Miles.

[C]

Yeah, Miles.

[A]

I don't think you should call her a bitch.

[C]

Well, if anything, he's the.

[A]

Yeah, he's the b.

[B]

You're right. You're right.

[C]

He's the one that he can't even take, like, you know, he wants to go fishing. He's obsessed with fishing. It's just, you know, he's too much of a.

[B]

Hey, that was my fault.

[C]

Let it out.

[B]

Sensitive of me. Yeah, he's.

[C]

He's.

[A]

You could tell he had some pent up in there. Tell us how you really feel.

[C]

No, no, he's a good guy, but he's There's a. There's a history with all his relationships where he just kind of lets them take control. Yeah. And then he wants to go fishing. But, no, she's. She's mad now. I can't go fishing because I wanted to go fishing with you. Or, you know, he's like, let me ask.

[B]

And how does that make you feel?

[C]

I'm saying is, hey, you wanna. You wanna hang out? I'm. I'm going on a trip for two weeks. Do you want to hang out before I go? Let me. Let me. Let me ask her. Oh, let me ask your buddy. You can't. I can't even come over anymore without you having to ask her. I mean, I. You know, if I was coming over a lot, I understand, but this is.

[A]

I barely see him, you know, three times a week.

[C]

No, not anymore. It's like, I see him, like, once every two weeks.

[A]

Man, it's getting more.

[B]

How does that make you feel?

[C]

You know, it sucks, but, you know, it is what it is. I'm glad he's happy. He's happy. He'll come to his senses, hopefully one day, because, you know, you can only.

[A]

Let's help him come to his senses. Let's help him. All right, so take the gal. What's her name? You don't want to give her.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, we'll give her Cindy. Cindy.

[A]

So is there any weaknesses in their relationship? Is there anything that, you know, Cindy wishes he would do that he's never gonna do?

[C]

Maybe just not. Not hang out with me anymore? Not go fishing and drop fishing.

[B]

Okay, so you think Cindy just doesn't even like you in general?

[C]

No, she likes me. She just. I think she wants to get as much him time as possible. Well, let's look at it like this. This is my. I'm a little shaky on this relationship because she's not even from. From up here, which is cool. They were talking online. She was from a little. Little down south, a little bit about two hours away.

[A]

Oh, she was.

[C]

And then.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

In Minnesota. Yeah. And then they started talking online, and then he. She came up, stayed with him for a weekend, and they kind of did that for a couple months, and then she just moved in with them. Now they're engaged. Yeah. And she said, if you don't ask me to marry you, then I'm gonna ask you to marry me. Oh, yeah.

[E]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[A]

One of those. And you know your buddy's just gonna say yes.

[C]

Yeah. He's like, what? I'm not gonna let her do it for Me. So he went and got the ring engaged and the. The fishing's gone downhill ever since. But you know, that's not the only thing because my buddy matters more than fishing. And I can deal with the fishing, but you know, I'm gonna miss them. That's all.

[B]

This is the most wholesome thing ever.

[A]

I know.

[B]

I love how sad you are. I don't love that you're sad, but I love how sad you are.

[C]

Well, you know, we. We live in a small town and we. We would hang out quite quite often all the time. You know, we were both single. You know, go fishing, just hang out with each other, take our dogs on a walk. You know, I got mine. That's all right. I got other friends.

[B]

You guys hang out underneath. I know a long time cuddle is two or what?

[C]

No, no, no, nothing like that. Not like you and Charlie.

[A]

You saw that video?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Touch Miles. Just grab my boob. Oh, is there a. So you don't think there's any. You think she's like head over heels in love with this guy?

[C]

She must be. His house is a mess.

[A]

Ah, wow. Now you're getting me.

[B]

What does that mean?

[C]

Well, I don't know. You know, his house is just filthy, so she has to like him to want to live there.

[B]

Got it?

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. That's all. I mean, you know, I mean, you can't keep the thing clean.

[B]

And the only reason why his boat's clean is because you're doing all the work.

[C]

Yeah. Because we're over here picking the beer cans and stuff.

[B]

This guy sounds like King.

[A]

You're so bitter. I wonder, is it.

[C]

Well, you know, I wouldn't care if it was, you know, I don't know.

[B]

Do you think. Do you think they should get married? You think they should get married?

[C]

Yeah. I mean, yeah, I think he's the best. She's the best girlfriend that he's had. But I mean, I think they're a little young, moving a little quick, but you know, time will tell.

[A]

Well, do you think your buddy's capable of. He's pretty loyal guy.

[C]

Probably not.

[B]

So if at his. At. Is. Are you going to be the best man?

[C]

Probably.

[A]

Probably. What if.

[B]

What do you think for speech wise at the wedding.

[C]

Man, I don't know. I don't know. They're not going to do the wedding for like another year to really make sure, you know, they. They love each other. But I'll just talk about how she's been good to him and put. I don't know.

[B]

You could go.

[C]

He really changed. He really changed his ways for her. Yeah. He had a loyalty problem, but he's holding strong. Well, yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Bring up how he used to cheat a bunch at the wedding. That's a good idea.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. But he hasn't cheated on you yet, so.

[A]

Has he ever cheated?

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[C]

Every other one of his girlfriends.

[B]

What you could do is when you do get your hands on them, take them to the bar and just, you know, go to a bar where there's a lot of good looking gals, make them fold. Yeah. Make a bad decision and then you got your fish buddy. That's exactly so terrible.

[A]

That's. That might be the move. Miles, I was kind of thinking that.

[B]

Yeah, you know, the old. The old bait and lure technique.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Find a honey hole, throw some bait on the old hook and just let them bite.

[C]

Just let him suck himself over.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. What's the name?

[C]

Take a few pictures.

[A]

Well, yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Take fish pics. Yeah.

[A]

Only fins.

[B]

Don't do that. That's mean.

[C]

No, I meant. No, I'm not gonna do that.

[B]

Don't do that.

[A]

He's thinking about it. You can tell in the way you wrote that one down.

[B]

I heard a pen scratching in the background. You could go the eulogy speech at his wedding. You know, here lies my fishing buddy here today. You know, he lived a great life.

[A]

Or you can just let him go and maybe that's kind of what I'm. Yeah, it's like playing the ball, you know, it's like when you catch. When you catch a bluegill, right, you put him in the water and if he swims away, it was never meant to be, but if he keeps swimming by your boat, you know, he's yours forever.

[C]

That's a good one.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. Like that.

[B]

Yeah, I think, you know, I think you're learning one of types, one of life's tough lessons, and that is that there are seasons of your life. And certain people are there for seasons of season one, season two, but they're not always there for season three. They get killed off the show.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And that's. And that's what happens. And, you know, maybe just be grateful when you do get to go fishing with them.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And you're right. You're right.

[A]

And based off of how quick this marriage is happening, you'll have your buddy back again for season six. Okay.

[C]

I knew that would be your point of view, Charlie.

[A]

Yeah, it took me a while to get there, but come 26, you'll have your buddy right back there with you. Okay.

[C]

Yep. Well, you know, it's. And it's every time I have gotten out with him since she's always been there. So, you know, she's cool, but it affects the conversation, you know.

[A]

Do you even know how he really feels about her? Have you hung out one on one with him?

[C]

Barely, but yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I've gotten a few chances over the past couple months to get some time. You know, he says it's going. Keeps getting better. That's what he says.

[A]

Keeps getting better. Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, it usually takes a couple years.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

For that to wear off.

[C]

Get over the honeymoon phase.

[A]

Yep. So I think by 26, you have your fishing buddy. You just need a temp buddy. So they really.

[C]

I. I've been work. I got one right now. Okay. I've only soaking Logan.

[A]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Taking me out. Yeah.

[A]

Well, you just keep. You tell each. So getting Logan. We says hi and. And just keep. Keep treating him well. Okay. Before he gets a girlfriend too.

[C]

Oh, yeah, no, I will. He's a good guy. Good guy. Good. Bless me with taking me out for a couple days. And we're gonna get some ice fishing in this winter, catch some lake trout, hopefully pen dog.

[A]

How much would you care about this if you had your own boat?

[C]

Maybe like 30 less.

[A]

Okay. You know, I care for this guy.

[C]

You know, obviously I have my own boat. Then I wouldn't. I could go out fishing by myself. But then, you know, you're sitting out there by yourself, you know, catch a big fish. Who's there to see you catch it, you know?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That's actually really sad.

[A]

That is really sad, you know? Yeah.

[B]

That's like when you're like in the. You're like in your house by yourself and like a cup falls out of the cupboard and it like bounces a bunch of times and you kick it. You end up catching it and you're like, I just. I just did the amazing thing and there's no one there to see it.

[C]

Yeah. Or like trying to take a picture of this big fish you got by yourself. Yeah.

[A]

You just can't fit it all in the shot.

[C]

I don't know.

[B]

I've never had that problem fishing. I usually could take a selfie like this close to my face. I could zoom in on the selfie and still get my fish.

[C]

Yeah, man.

[B]

Well, I think. I think it's going to be okay. You know, the sun's going to come up tomorrow. There's always another fishing buddy out there. There's plenty of fish in the sea.

[C]

Oh, yeah. Yeah, Yeah. I was just hoping you guys would, you know, complain a little more.

[A]

Complain a little more. Do we not complain enough?

[B]

You want me to complain? I'll complain. N calls for some advice.

[C]

Yeah, I. I appreciate the advice. That was some good advice, you guys. Thank you. Yeah.

[A]

Screw your buddy. Is that good? Do you like that?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Where does he get off?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Besides at home all the time now that he's got a girlfriend.

[A]

What about you? Are you. Do you have a girlfriend? Do you have any interest? Are you into.

[C]

Oh, I got. I got an ex girlfriend, but she's in a different state right now.

[A]

Yeah, shoot her a text. Occupy yourself a little bit. It.

[C]

Oh, no, I. I do.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Oh, dude, I'm gonna go see your short.

[B]

Dude, dude, dude, dude, dude.

[A]

What?

[B]

Dude? Hank Dog hd. You need to find a girlfriend that she really likes.

[C]

I was thinking about that.

[B]

They can hang out together and you and your body.

[A]

Miles. Now you're thinking.

[C]

That's a good. That's good. And maybe we start out, we all hang out, and then they're gonna be like, no, we need girl time. We need girl time.

[B]

If you could. If you can find a gal that actually is outdoorsy, too. Actually, no, you don't want her to be outdoorsy. No, you want them in. You want an indoor cat.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

You want an indoor cat because your buddy's got an indoor cat. You don't want them outdoors.

[A]

That's true.

[B]

No.

[C]

No.

[B]

Okay, so, yeah, but then if I.

[C]

Found outdoorsy one, maybe she has a boat.

[B]

So, hey, don't find.

[A]

Oh, and then you could fish like five, like, seven days a week. Think about that.

[C]

That. Yeah.

[A]

Did she have friends?

[C]

No, she don't have any friends.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

She's moved up here. Yeah. Dude, she just got a job. She didn't have a job.

[B]

And ready for some new friends. Don't find a girlfriend for love. Find a girlfriend that's compatible with your buddy's girlfriend. Smart you.

[C]

Now you guys are spitting some game.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

This.

[A]

Miles, this is your best idea on like, six callers.

[C]

Thanks.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

All right, all right.

[B]

All right, dude. Well, we appreciate you calling in today. Yeah, kind of a sad one, but, you know.

[A]

No, it's not saying more. You gave him a great plan. Yeah, actually.

[C]

Yeah. So I'll get. I'll get. Yeah, I'll see what I can do here in the next year, Hen dog.

[A]

You go find your gen dog and let us know when you got her. All right?

[C]

Yeah. You know, Charlie, did you. How's the nicotine quitting going?

[A]

It's going great.

[C]

Hen Dog's still going good.

[A]

Yeah, I'm going just fine.

[B]

He's not.

[A]

I'm going just fine.

[C]

Come on, Chuck. Not going well.

[A]

I'm going good.

[B]

I want you are you smile real big for me, Charlie.

[A]

See? Nothing. Okay. Nothing.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Not a thing.

[C]

All right. All right. Nice. You know, I had a. I had an idea for you guys.

[A]

What's that?

[C]

Do you guys ever think. I'm sure someone's already thought about this on your team because you got a good team over there, but you ever think of doing, like, a. An episode from, like, the Ice Shack or the. The Deer Stand?

[B]

We did that on our other podcasts. We did.

[C]

You did okay.

[B]

You bet. Your radio podcast from Shanty from the Deer Stand. Twice, actually. I think it was episod.

[C]

150.

[A]

151 and 152.

[B]

Wow. It was great. We should definitely.

[C]

I'm not that. I'm not on. I'm not that far on the. The other one on yours, Miles.

[B]

No, you're good.

[C]

You're good.

[B]

But, yeah, we've done that, and it would be fun to do that.

[A]

Let's do it this year. Let's do battle on Bago or something.

[B]

Yeah, we just need, like, a good, good, good cell service to be able to take callers. Yeah, Bugaboo.

[A]

True.

[C]

Hey, come up to. Come up to you. Really beat soaking. Logan's got a nice hot ice shack.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Right in town. Yeah.

[A]

Okay. It's a square footage.

[C]

It's like. I don't know. I haven't been in it yet, but I know it's nice.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

All right.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

All right, dude. Well, we appreciate it, and good luck and also our condolences.

[A]

Yeah. Rest in peace.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate you guys. Have a good day.

[A]

All right. See you soon. You know, Miles, I think that this is just part of growing up, part of life. And we get these young bucks that call in here, and they've just. They've never experienced anything. So we just. We got be a little more sympathetic, I think.

[B]

You know, we were decent.

[A]

We were okay. I was okay. You were really ripping on them initially. Okay, wait, what says you don't think so? He lost. He lost his first love, Miles. That is all I'm saying. Okay. But you did give great advice, so.

[B]

Yeah, Totally redeemed myself.

[A]

No, you were. You were fine. I was just. I was just horsing around with you there, you know, But I did with a straight.

[B]

And also, you know, some of the best friendships are when you don't see each other very often, Charlie, you see each other only once every six weeks.

[A]

And it's like we never skipped a beat.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know.

[B]

Yeah, it's.

[A]

It's great.

[B]

Occasionally, honestly, it's kind of nice. It's kind of nice only seeing you once every six weeks.

[A]

Yeah. It's like you get your fill of me and then you just fill me up. Fill you up, buttercup, and just come.

[B]

Over to my house. You just fill me up.

[A]

I do.

[B]

And then. And then you go. And then you go on your way.

[A]

Yes, I do.

[B]

I'm full until another six weeks. You know, I'm running on fumes for my Charlie fix.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then all Charlie C. Dog comes over. Char dog comes over, fill up, you know. Yep.

[B]

Plus, you got a boat.

[A]

Yeah, I do have a boat. Yeah. Yeah. So.

[B]

Well, is that another episode?

[A]

That's another episode of the Bellied up podcast. Miles, it's been real pleasure here as always with you and folks, it's been pleasure with you guys. So make sure you tip your bartender.

[B]

We'll see you next one.

[C]

Okay.

[E]

Hope you guys have a good one.

[B]

Goodbye now. Toodaloo.