Wisconsin VS. North Dakota (Midwest Trivia Showdown) #154

Summary

Episode Summary: Bellied Up Podcast - "Wisconsin VS. North Dakota (Midwest Trivia Showdown) #154"

Release Date: June 5, 2025

In this lively and humor-filled episode of the Bellied Up podcast, hosts You Betcha Guy (Myles) and Emmy-winning comedian Charlie Berens dive into a spirited Midwest trivia showdown between Wisconsin and North Dakota. The episode seamlessly transitions from competitive trivia to engaging listener interactions, showcasing the hosts' comedic chemistry and ability to connect with their audience.

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1. Midwest Trivia Showdown

The episode kicks off with hosts Myles and Charlie engaging in a friendly yet competitive trivia game moderated by their friend Jared. The focus is on distinguishing facts about Wisconsin and North Dakota, leading to plenty of laughs and playful banter.

• First Question:

  • Jared: "Which 1980s TV sitcom was set in Milwaukee and starred Ron Howard and Henry Winkler?"
  • Myles: "Cheers."
  • Jared: "Is Happy Days the correct answer?"
  • Charlie: “First of all, it wasn't a 1980s show.” (02:29)

  The duo humorously navigates the question, revealing gaps in their trivia knowledge and setting a lighthearted tone for the competition.

• Second Question:

  • Jared: "What animal appears on the North Dakota state license plate?"
  • Charlie: "It's a bison." (03:21)

  Myles gives a tentative answer, leading to a brief correction and agreement between the hosts on the right answer.

• Third Question:

  • Jared: "Wisconsin's Door County is known for growing which fruit?"
  • Charlie: "Cherries." (03:59)

  Myles initially guesses apples, but Charlie swiftly corrects him, reaffirming their knowledge about local specialties.

• Final Questions:

  • The trivia continues with questions about Wisconsin's official state beverage and a popular highway in North Dakota known for its metal sculptures, with Charlie ultimately outpacing Myles in the competition. The segment is filled with humorous exchanges and witty remarks, highlighting the hosts' rapport.

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2. Listener Call-In: Managing Multiple Hobbies

Transitioning from trivia, the hosts introduce a listener segment featuring Alex, who calls in to discuss his overwhelming number of hobbies. This segment delves into the humorous yet relatable struggle of balancing numerous interests.

• Alex's Dilemma:

  • Alex: "I got way too many hobbies and I can't afford to do half of them, which is fine, but I still want to do them."

  The conversation explores various hobbies Alex is passionate about, including skiing, fly fishing, bird watching, cooking, and more. The hosts humorously suggest strategies to manage or reduce hobbies, such as selling equipment on Facebook Marketplace or setting a trial period for new interests.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Charlie: "Let me just... get onto your other hobby and sell that on Facebook Marketplace, you know?" (16:39)
  • Myles: "If you can do that, you're just winning at life." (26:32)

  These exchanges underscore the playful yet practical advice offered by the hosts, blending humor with genuine support.

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3. Humorous Insurance Pitch: Dispatcher Mishap

In a comedic twist, Myles and Charlie enact a fictional dispatcher scenario where Myles pretends to be a 911 dispatcher receiving absurd calls.

• Dispatcher Scenario:

  • Myles (as dispatcher): "I'm sending someone here. Hello?"
  • Charlie: "I got this car... I just got ripped off in a car accident."

  The skit parodies emergency responses with exaggerated and humorous outcomes, such as providing unsolicited advice about plumbing or insurance, adding an extra layer of comedy to the episode.

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4. Voicemail Segment: Milk with Spaghetti Debate

The episode features a voicemail from Johnny, a new listener, posing a lighthearted yet contentious question about dining etiquette.

• Johnny's Question:

  • Johnny: "Is it acceptable to drink milk with your spaghetti? Because I've done it before and it's not intolerable, but it is kind of intolerable. But if you got chocolate milk, that's bonus points."

  The hosts engage in a humorous debate about the culinary pairing, reminiscing about their childhoods and the cultural norms of milk consumption with meals.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Charlie: "Milk pairs well with pretty much anything." (57:20)
  • Myles: "If someone’s offering me chocolate milk, I'm not just turning it down." (58:21)

  Their playful banter not only entertains but also resonates with listeners who may have similar quirky food preferences.

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5. Advice Segment: Dealing with Awkward Wedding Gifts

Another caller, Nick, reaches out seeking advice on handling an unwanted wedding gift, specifically a limited edition clock from his Aunt Carol. This segment combines practical advice with humorous storytelling.

• Nick's Conundrum:

  • Nick: "When's the appropriate time to get rid of this gift? Because right now, you know, my Midwest heart, I've been holding onto it for like a year." (39:28)

  The conversation explores strategies for politely disposing of or repurposing unwanted gifts, with Charlie suggesting creative solutions like storage or humorous reimagining of the item.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Charlie: "Your parents' house is infinite storage... especially in the Midwest." (42:10)
  • Myles: "Honey, these aren't for some. These aren't new hobbies." (20:45)

  The hosts' empathetic yet comedic approach provides both comfort and laughter, addressing a common social dilemma.

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6. Closing Banter and Final Thoughts

As the episode nears its end, the hosts continue their signature blend of humor and camaraderie. They reflect on the topics discussed, joke about future episodes, and maintain an inviting atmosphere for listeners.

• Final Exchanges:

  • Charlie: "All right, well, have a good one, man. Thanks for calling in." (33:55)
  • Miles: "Now on Carol, Miles and Charlie, say hi." (55:27)

  The hosts wrap up with lighthearted jokes and friendly goodbyes, leaving listeners with a sense of community and anticipation for future episodes.

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Conclusion

Episode #154 of the Bellied Up podcast masterfully balances competitive trivia, listener interactions, and comedic skits, all rooted in Midwest charm. Hosts Myles and Charlie Berens showcase their ability to entertain while engaging with real-life issues and quirky questions from their audience. Whether debating the merits of milk with spaghetti or offering humorous advice on managing hobbies, this episode embodies the unique blend of comedy and relatability that defines the Bellied Up experience.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Charlie Barrons: “Are you stupid? First of all, it wasn't 1980s show.” (02:29)
• Jared: “It's a bison.” (03:21)
• Charlie Barrons: “Cherries.” (03:59)
• Charlie Barrons: “Let me just get onto your other hobby and sell that on Facebook Marketplace, you know?” (16:39)
• Myles: “If you can do that, you're just winning at life.” (26:32)
• Charlie Barrons: “Milk pairs well with pretty much anything.” (57:20)
• Myles: “If someone’s offering me chocolate milk, I'm not just turning it down.” (58:21)
• Charlie Barrons: “Your parents' house is infinite storage... especially in the Midwest.” (42:10)
• Charlie Barrons: “All right, well, have a good one, man. Thanks for calling in.” (33:55)
• Miles: “Now on Carol, Miles and Charlie, say hi.” (55:27)

These quotes capture the essence of the hosts' humor and the episode's playful tone, providing memorable highlights for both regular listeners and newcomers.

Transcript

[Charlie Barrons]

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[Miles]

See you in Chicago. Welcome back, everybody, to another episode of the Bellied up podcast. I'm here with Charlie Belly on up.

[Charlie Barrons]

To the Bellied up podcast.

[Miles]

We are here at Sweet Shots in Fargo, North Dakota, hanging out. We're have some cheese curds on the way, Charlie.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, that sounds like a savory shot, Miles. Here at Sweet Shots.

[Miles]

Yeah, Okay, I got it.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

You like what I did there?

[Miles]

Yeah, I have all the shots here at Sweet Shots. They have sweet ones and they have savory ones.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. And Shots also double entendre because they have alcohol and golf swings.

[Miles]

Correct? Yes.

[Charlie Barrons]

Miles, isn't that where you went to school?

[Miles]

That is.

[Charlie Barrons]

Is that. What number were you?

[Miles]

I was number five.

[Charlie Barrons]

Five.

[Miles]

We all nickel.

[Charlie Barrons]

Wow.

[Miles]

As they used to call it.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. I wonder why your jersey's not on the wall here at Sweet Shots.

[Miles]

Well, that's because they went. They sold at a charity auction for, like, 500k or something.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, got it.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

Who's 52?

[Miles]

I don't know.

[Charlie Barrons]

You don't know, huh?

[Miles]

That was not the jersey that I wore, so that's a new one. So that's some young in out there.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, God. Maybe you went to the Amp hours.

[Miles]

I've forgotten already. You know, it's clear I didn't want to talk about that today. Yeah, sorry, Charlie. Jared had a good idea for us. He's gonna do. He's gonna. We're gonna do a little trivia.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Miles]

He said he's got four questions for you.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay.

[Miles]

Four questions for me.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay.

[Miles]

For my. Why? What I understand is we cannot help each other.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay?

[Jared]

You lose a point.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay. Okay. Okay.

[Miles]

You what?

[Jared]

If you interrupt, you lose a point.

[Miles]

Okay.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay.

[Jared]

So, Miles, we'll go first with you.

[Miles]

Sure. Yeah.

[Jared]

All right. Which 1980s TV sitcom was set in Milwaukee and starred Ron Howard and Henry Winkler?

[Miles]

Cheers.

[Jared]

Is that your final answer?

[Miles]

Yes.

[Jared]

Is Happy days.

[Miles]

You were born in the 80s, stupid. I was born in the 90s.

[Charlie Barrons]

Are you stupid? First of all, it wasn't 1980s show.

[Jared]

70S. 80s.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Oh, it was set in that time frame.

[Charlie Barrons]

It was set in the 50s.

[Miles]

Where is Cheers located?

[Charlie Barrons]

At Boston.

[Miles]

Boston.

[Charlie Barrons]

What the hell?

[Miles]

I just. Did you not know that I'm. I'm a Little too young.

[Charlie Barrons]

We have the bronze.

[Miles]

I know. I'm just saying, I don't know all the details about it. I know the gist. I know this jingle.

[Jared]

All right, Charlie, what animal appears on the North Dakota state license plate?

[Charlie Barrons]

This game sucks. North Dakota state license plate. Okay, think about this, Charlie. Due process of elimination is a badger. No, that's in the Wisconsin one. The far. Oh, it's. Yeah, I know this. It's a. It's a big old tetrapod. It's a buffalo.

[Jared]

It's a bison.

[Charlie Barrons]

That's the same church, different pew. That one counts.

[Jared]

I'll give you halfway.

[Charlie Barrons]

Fine.

[Miles]

Could be the difference.

[Charlie Barrons]

Could be.

[Miles]

Could be the difference.

[Charlie Barrons]

All right. I like this game.

[Jared]

All right.

[Miles]

He likes it.

[Jared]

Now, Miles, Wisconsin's Door county is known for growing witch fruit.

[Miles]

Everyone knows that. Appleton got its name from the fruit that they get in Door County. And it's apples.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, you idiot. Appleton's not even indoor county. I know, but cherries. Door county cherries.

[Miles]

Cherries.

[Charlie Barrons]

Miles. Stupid, stupid. Miles.

[Jared]

All right, Charlie.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Jared]

What is North Dakota's official state beverage?

[Charlie Barrons]

State beverage here in North Dakota. That's interesting. It's an interesting question. I know this. Alcoholic or no. Non alcoholic. No. Okay. State beverage. Mine. I just want to say mine are harder than Miles's State beverage.

[Miles]

It's all relative.

[Charlie Barrons]

State beverage.

[Jared]

10 seconds.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay. Okay. I didn't know there's Timer, Diet Coke.

[Jared]

Is that your final answer? Yeah, it's milk.

[Charlie Barrons]

Milk.

[Miles]

I didn't know that, to be honest with you.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, that's Wisconsin State bad. Well, they know that's probably beer old fashions or something with alcohol.

[Jared]

All right, Miles, was Wisconsin's official state.

[Miles]

Is it milk? Yeah, I got it. Let's go.

[Charlie Barrons]

That's. See, now this. Now I'm upset about this because you. I am. You're cheating, Jared.

[Jared]

That's just the facts.

[Charlie Barrons]

That's just.

[Miles]

Yeah, it's always. It's like kind of just the belt along the. All the states guarding the US From Canada. They just all. Milk is their state beverage.

[Jared]

I didn't check the other ones.

[Miles]

Okay, one to one and a half or one to a half a point.

[Jared]

All right, Charlie. This popular highway in North Dakota is known for its large metal sculptures.

[Charlie Barrons]

39.

[Jared]

It's got a name. It's something. Highway.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, I can do this. I can do this. North Dakota. The Mount Rushmore Highway. No, no, that was a joke. Being comedic.

[Miles]

That was your final answer.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, it wasn't wrong.

[Miles]

The Pheasant Highway, Rushmore is South Dakota.

[Charlie Barrons]

Doesn't Matter. Same state, different bunk.

[Jared]

It's the Enchanted Highway.

[Miles]

Oh, yeah. Oh, I didn't pull.

[Charlie Barrons]

I feel like that would be in New Mexico.

[Jared]

Nope. North Dakota.

[Charlie Barrons]

Because New Mexico is the Enchanted State. Oh, yeah. It's on their license plate.

[Miles]

All right. Is this last one for me?

[Jared]

Yeah, last one for you. Miles, which Wisconsin town is known as the Malibu of the Midwest?

[Miles]

Sheboygan.

[Jared]

Got it.

[Miles]

Easy, easy. I win. He can't catch up. I win.

[Jared]

Have a half point.

[Charlie Barrons]

You can still interrupt me. Oh, sorry. D. Just say that out loud.

[Jared]

All right, Charlie.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Now you guys know how I. He treats me behind the scenes. You rub. Interrupt.

[Charlie Barrons]

There's people over here eating.

[Miles]

They're like. It's like a book club. And we're an. All right.

[Jared]

All right, Charlie, where is the North Dakota State Fair held every year?

[Charlie Barrons]

Easy. Fargo. Any interrupted. Bismarck. Any interrupted. Grand Forks. What other towns do you guys even have? Milwaukee I could name. Ask anyone else in the US to name three North Dakota towns. No one's gonna do it.

[Miles]

You did a good job on that. You named some towns.

[Charlie Barrons]

Thank you.

[Jared]

It is Minot.

[Charlie Barrons]

Why not? Why not?

[Miles]

Why not Minot.

[Charlie Barrons]

Why not? Minot. Minot. Sounds like something that you would.

[Miles]

You actually should do a show at the North Dakota State Fair.

[Charlie Barrons]

I'd love to.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

I'd love.

[Miles]

If you're a part of that, just hit Charlie up.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. Yeah, let me know. That'd be fun.

[Miles]

Okay. Well. And honestly, it's kind of funny that I won that off of the Sheboygan thing, because the only reason why I know that Sheboygan is the Malibu of the Midwest is because Charlie told me that.

[Charlie Barrons]

Right. So I knew you were gonna get that one, because I know I've said that a thousand times on this.

[Miles]

It's like your only bit that you have is just constant.

[Charlie Barrons]

Also, I kind of like trivia now. I was. I started this off talking smack about it. That kind of got me going a little.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

Got the adrenaline part.

[Miles]

You're a competitive guy.

[Charlie Barrons]

A little bit. A little bit.

[Miles]

Well, Charlie, should we take some callers? I just want to remind the listeners that I am two and oh against Charlie in competitions in the opening of our podcast. First was the arm wrestling, and now the trivia. So I just. I don't want people to forget that.

[Charlie Barrons]

Both were rigged in your favor.

[Miles]

I don't know how.

[Charlie Barrons]

Jared, he works for you, and now.

[Miles]

He'S just taking rigor J shots at anyone that'll take it.

[Charlie Barrons]

And also, you had a false start on the arm wrestle, and you won't do a rematch.

[Miles]

You said go. You said go. No, I used my right hand.

[Charlie Barrons]

I did not.

[Miles]

Left handed.

[Charlie Barrons]

I did not say go.

[Miles]

Did he not?

[Charlie Barrons]

Well, then I'll go left hand to left hand.

[Miles]

I, I be sure enough to know that I'm not doing it again. Should we take some callers?

[Charlie Barrons]

Let's do it. Let's do it. Alex.

[Alex]

Yeah, what's up?

[Charlie Barrons]

It's Charlie from Belly up podcast. I hear you got too many hobbies. What the hell's up with that, Charlie?

[Alex]

Dude, I got way too many hobbies and I can't afford to do half of them, which is fine, but I still want to do them.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay, what are the hobbies? List them off.

[Alex]

Oh, boy. Let's see. Winter time. I like to ski and snowboard. My knee hurts whenever I do it, so I probably shouldn't, but I still like to. I like ice fishing. I don't have any ice fishing stuff. I tried buying some, but, you know.

[Charlie Barrons]

Credit cards don't have time for that.

[Alex]

Pretty much. I just got to get another one, I guess.

[Charlie Barrons]

Another.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Nick]

Another credit card.

[Miles]

Yeah. They'll let you open up unlimited. Yeah, they're just. If you have a pulse. They're giving out credit cards these days.

[Charlie Barrons]

The most predatory industry out there. Well, there's others. Anyway, keep going.

[Alex]

In the summer, I like fly fishing, hiking, camping. I, I skateboard every once in a while. I like bird watching.

[Charlie Barrons]

Good.

[Alex]

I got into that recently.

[Charlie Barrons]

Good.

[Alex]

So that's, that's a free one, which is good.

[Charlie Barrons]

Knocks are expensive. Some. Some.

[Alex]

Yeah. Oh, I, I got this monocular. It's just a single handed one.

[Charlie Barrons]

That's a way to cut it.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah, the thing's slick. You can keep it right in your pocket. And it's. Man, it's good.

[Charlie Barrons]

Hey, is that a monocular in your pocket? Are you just happy to see a red breasted merganser?

[Alex]

I'm still on the eye out for one of those. We don't have many of those around.

[Miles]

And I like how you said eye out for it because you're not on the eyes out for it.

[Alex]

Yeah, I like cars, but my car doesn't really. It's hanging in there, so I could try and drop that one. Motorcycles, cooking. I got into whittling, so I got that going for me. I, I'm into like building mountain bikes and stuff.

[Charlie Barrons]

Wow. We got a lot of the same hobbies, you and I. Yeah, I want.

[Alex]

To learn how to play the guitar, maybe the accordion. I was thinking about picking up one of those. Yeah, I'm not Really sure where to start, though. I. I haven't really got into the accordion forums yet, but.

[Miles]

Yeah, those are tough to find.

[Alex]

Yeah, it's both people on those forums probably know a lot, but yeah. So, yeah, I like reading. I like grilling. I got a smoker. I still haven't used that yet. That's still sitting on my porch, but it's on the list. Yeah, that's. That's a few of them, you know, so I got a lot going on.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, you should get another credit card.

[Miles]

So you.

[Charlie Barrons]

You just bought a smoker and it's just sitting there in the box?

[Alex]

Well, I tell you what. I used to work at this hardware store, and my boss bought one thinking it was gonna be like a regular grill, but didn't realize that smokers cook slower. So they used it once and hated it. So I bought it off him for 50 bucks.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, smart. So you're getting deals on these things? Like you didn't go out and just get Orvis fly fishing stuff or something like that?

[Alex]

No, goodness, no. Absolutely not. I peruse the marketplace until I find the right things.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, I like it.

[Miles]

I like smart.

[Alex]

That's. Well, that's another hobby is marketplace, you know.

[Charlie Barrons]

Right.

[Miles]

Yeah, that's another hobby itself.

[Alex]

Yeah, exactly. I spend way too much time doing it.

[Nick]

Well.

[Miles]

And I got another question. So, you know, you kind of said your problem is the money aspect, but I'm starting to wonder if time is becoming an issue for you. How do you have time to do all this?

[Alex]

I do not. I. I mean, I work seven to three every day. I just got this new job with a pretty good schedule, but every day after work, I'm pretty much doing like, house projects and like renovating that, which.

[Charlie Barrons]

Is also a hobby.

[Alex]

Which is also a hobby. Which also leads to me buying tools, which. Keeping up to date the tools. That's another hobby. So, yeah, I'm trying to cut back on a few, but I want.

[Miles]

It doesn't. It doesn't sound like you are, though.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, I don't think you want to. It's like, yeah, I want to quit nicotine, but I just love it so much. I think you could try and keep trying to cut down on your hobbies or go to a shrink and get some ADD meds and that might naturally thin the herd.

[Alex]

Oh, absolutely. I'm sure it would.

[Charlie Barrons]

Probably. Probably not. You probably just get like super into like every single one of them. And then.

[Alex]

Yeah, I. I tend to, like, I find one hobby and I hyper fixate on it for like two or Three weeks.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And then as that one kind of starts to. To lose its flame, I pick up another one. And then I get really into that for two or three weeks. So my wife, like, I tell her I want to be. Get something for this hobby, and she's like, we'll give it three weeks, see if you still want it. And I usually don't. And then I'm onto something different I want. So she's been great through this whole thing.

[Charlie Barrons]

That is good.

[Miles]

I was going to wonder if what your wife thought.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, that is good advice, though.

[Alex]

You know, like, when we met, I was into, like, not much. You know, I skied and that was it. And then I moved.

[Miles]

Like, when I met my wife, this is not looking.

[Charlie Barrons]

I only like to ski. Then I met my wife life, and I had to find all these other hobbies.

[Miles]

I had to find a way to get out of the house.

[Alex]

Well, she got me into a lot of these. She got me into, like, camping and hiking and all these. These are all things that we. That we do together.

[Charlie Barrons]

So good.

[Alex]

We cook together. We go camping and bird watching and fly fishing together. So I don't. I don't want to not do them because she still enjoys doing them. I just think we need to pick the ones that were. That we enjoy the most and that we can actually afford to do.

[Miles]

Your wife is also thinking, oh, my God, I unleashed a beast on accident. You know, she was at the zoo and unlocked the lion's cage. And now he's just got so many hobbies.

[Alex]

Yeah. Where I lived before, I lived up in Maine, where, like, we had farms and that was pretty much it. So there wasn't much to do, which was great because I would just work and save a bunch of money. And then I met her, and I moved over to New Hampshire, where there's ski resorts and hiking trails and campgrounds and the whole nine yards. And now, like, we can do any of our hobbies anytime we want because they're all like 10 minutes away.

[Miles]

Also, it's very funny, his relationship with hobbies. Right now he goes, I live somewhere where there was nothing to do. And it was great.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

It'S like, it went from being enjoyable to now it's just become another job.

[Charlie Barrons]

It's a burden to, like, so many things. Yeah, I have a.

[Alex]

Like, all my friends, like, they each enjoy one of my hobbies. So I'll go fly fishing with one guy, or I'll go skiing with another guy or hiking with another guy, but they don't all have all the Same hobbies as me.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, dude, I get it. I. I feel like I'm in kind of a similar boat as you, and I don't have a good solution other than at some point you're going to not touch something for a year. And if you don't touch it for a year, then get onto your other hobby and sell that on Facebook. Marketplace, you know?

[Alex]

Yeah, I think I have so much stuff on Marketplace right now, and I would love to sell it. Are you in the market for any doors or tile right now? I got a bunch of tile on my porch.

[Charlie Barrons]

What kind of tile?

[Alex]

Oh, they're 12 inch hexagonal ones. They're white and like one corner has like a wood grain color to it. They're pretty neat looking.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Got him. Got it down at the Habitat for Humanity and we bought it and ended up changing our mind.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, okay, so you took it down to Habitat for Humanity.

[Miles]

Why did you take it back to them?

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, sounds.

[Alex]

I should. I should. It was like 15 bucks a box. I got six boxes.

[Charlie Barrons]

Six boxes.

[Miles]

That's not bad. So I think you just got to first start with the ones that cost no money. Right. Or you've already got the gear. You can keep those in. I. I view that this is. You now have a utility belt of hobbies, right?

[Alex]

Oh, yeah.

[Miles]

And so the ones that are the most expensive, let's maybe cut those ones out. So what are the most expensive hobbies you have?

[Alex]

Well, my car. Like, I used to modify it, and now it's like struggling to pass inspection. So I can't really cut that one out right now because I still got to get to work. Groceries and such. What's the most expensive? Probably skiing. Honestly, I could sell my stuff pretty quick and I could leave that one behind.

[Miles]

Wow. Your first love gone like that.

[Alex]

Yeah. Or I could sell my skis and buy a guitar. So it's like a.

[Nick]

A little.

[Alex]

Little swapsy daisy there. So it's just exchanging one hobby. I don't do as much for a hobby that I could do more. Possibly.

[Miles]

Possibly.

[Charlie Barrons]

I think that's. I think you know, I. What's your favorite song?

[Alex]

My favorite song is probably welcome to Hard Times by Charlie Crockett. First date by Blink182.

[Miles]

Okay. Just can't wait to pick you up on our very first date. Is it cool if I hold your hand?

[Charlie Barrons]

Should I sing the Charlie Crockett?

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

What was the Charlie Crockett song again?

[Alex]

Welcome to Hard Times.

[Charlie Barrons]

It's called welcome to Hard Times. Something like that.

[Alex]

Yeah, something like that. I think you actually just played it over your phone. That's pretty spot on.

[Charlie Barrons]

Hey. Thank you. I like how he also asked what was what's your favorite song? And you gave us two songs. I think that's the problem here. Your brain works in quantum, you know.

[Miles]

Well.

[Alex]

It depends on the day, you know, you got to have one for every day.

[Charlie Barrons]

I don't think it does depend on the day. I think every day you're just given multiple. You're at one point.

[Miles]

If he's got a hobby every day it. Does it not become a hobby, then it's just like a new experience he does every day. Then, you know, like, when does it become a hobby?

[Alex]

Name of it.

[Miles]

Well, when does it become a hobby? How many times do you have to do it in order for it to be a hobby?

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, and not just a novel thing. At least twice.

[Alex]

So if I have two hobbies, but I have 12 new experiences every month, I. I cut out some hobbies. Right. Correct away.

[Miles]

It's a great way to frame it to your wife.

[Alex]

Look at that.

[Miles]

Honey, these aren't for some. These aren't new hobbies. I'm not doing that. I just want to try it once.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, just come and be like, I just. Hannah, I fixed the problem. I fixed it all in one day. Yes. I only have three hobbies now. And then explain it to her, and then she'll be like, but you still have all this?

[Alex]

Oh, yeah, it's. It's all in the basement right now. So it's. It's not bad. The Christmas decorations are down there too. So I'm. I'll see all the stuff in December again.

[Charlie Barrons]

I'm.

[Alex]

I'm just trying to keep that out of the way. I haven't bought a new motorcycle yet after my accident a few years ago. We're all good to go with motorcycles, I think.

[Miles]

Hey, you got your fix. Yeah.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah, Yeah. I bought a. Oh, I bought a Harley Charlie. You'd appreciate that.

[Charlie Barrons]

What'd you get a little.

[Alex]

Oh, I got a. It was an 07 Sportster. It was a nice blue, had like some ape hangers on it. Super uncomfortable. And I had the bike for 3 weeks and I t boned some 18 year old kid in a pickup truck.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, God. Dude, how the. How did you. How.

[Alex]

Well, he pulled in front of me. He was pulling into a mini golf course and I was just out for a ride.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh.

[Alex]

And so I. I tried honking the horn, but. Yeah, I don't even. I don't even know if it worked. I Didn't.

[Charlie Barrons]

I'm sorry to hear that. Are you all right?

[Alex]

Oh, I'm all good. The bike is gone now, so I guess that took care of one of my hobbies. I really have no interest in getting. Getting back into that now.

[Charlie Barrons]

You probably got off easy with that hobby.

[Miles]

Well, yeah, Yeah.

[Alex]

I think they're all good.

[Miles]

I think another good idea is, you know, your wife's like, wait three weeks, right? I would. Yeah, I would consider.

[Charlie Barrons]

Good God, dude. God, that was juicy, too.

[Miles]

I would consider. If you're trying to get into a holiday hobby, just rent the equipment.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, there you go.

[Miles]

Yeah, rent it, and then if you really like it, you then can buy the equipment later. But why not just rent some stuff?

[Charlie Barrons]

You go to Monaco rentals dot com.

[Alex]

Where do I rent an accordion?

[Miles]

Oh, you could go to a music store and rent an accordion that. Like. That. That's actually, like, a service they offer.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. Where do you live?

[Alex]

Oh, I live up in New Hampshire. We're kind of. We're about an hour north of Concord.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, God.

[Alex]

Up in the mountain.

[Charlie Barrons]

You're up there.

[Miles]

That. That was the capital.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

Is it?

[Alex]

Yeah. And now our north of the capital, it's where it goes from three lanes to two lanes, and then it goes from two lanes to one lane on the highway.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. You don't have a music shop up there?

[Alex]

I don't believe so.

[Miles]

You can definitely rent one online, though. They'll ship it to you.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Alex]

All right, I'll have to look into that, and I'll let you guys know how it goes.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, I think.

[Alex]

I think if I stick with. I already have all the fly fishing stuff. My catching fish to lost flies ratio is like 1 to 2. So as the flies are cheap, though. And then I can keep doing the bird watching because I have an app for that, so that's free.

[Miles]

Well, and also, you got another hobby. You could make your own flies.

[Charlie Barrons]

I was shot miles. We have espn, Dude. I was just thinking that. Yeah. So if you. There's this great kit you can get, and it's got like a sort of a big magnifying glass, and there's this little thing that holds the flies. Although now that's another hobby. Now it's a whole.

[Alex]

Yeah, that's another thing. Yeah, that's another hobby. More stuff I got to store.

[Charlie Barrons]

Let me just.

[Alex]

If I could find a hobby where the items you need are smaller in size so I can just. I can throw them wherever and you don't see them, that would be ideal.

[Charlie Barrons]

Crypto. Hey, what's the weirdest hobby you've ever had.

[Alex]

The weirdest hobby I ever had. Yeah, I got really into running one time.

[Charlie Barrons]

Wow. You and I got to go to a dictionary and look up the word weird.

[Miles]

I know. I'm on board. That is strange. Join like a running club or something. That is.

[Alex]

I, I don't really have any weird. I wouldn't consider any of them weird. Yeah, I think they're all pretty normal.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, you know, they're all within the realm.

[Alex]

Like, what would you consider a weird hobby? Like, what's a weird hobby?

[Charlie Barrons]

Like, you're in the furries. You know, you got like a giant life size squad.

[Miles]

That is not a hobby, Charlie. That is a lifestyle.

[Alex]

Okay, that, yeah, that, that takes some dedication. And I'm not gonna lie. I ain't about that.

[Charlie Barrons]

O.

[Miles]

I would say larping is kind of a weird.

[Charlie Barrons]

Larpers.

[Alex]

Yeah, I, I, I haven't really got into larping. That's not really my thing. I used to. Oh, I shot a bow and arrow at summer camp. But that's, that's about the extent of my larp.

[Miles]

That's not a hobby. That's, that's not a hobby.

[Charlie Barrons]

That's another thing you might want to look into is the recurve bows. Those are.

[Miles]

Charlie, we have to stop suggesting more hobbies.

[Charlie Barrons]

This guy's got, like every hobby that I have, though. It's kind of amazing.

[Alex]

Hey, if you ever come to New Hampshire, we'll go fish and we can watch birds. We got, we got a great selection up here.

[Charlie Barrons]

That'd be good. Maybe don't get rid of any hobbies. Why are we even getting rid of hobbies?

[Miles]

Yeah, just cycle them through.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Miles]

And don't. And don't force it.

[Alex]

Right.

[Miles]

Don't make a schedule of when you're gonna do what hobby. Just wake up and go, what hobby do I want to do today? And then just do it.

[Alex]

Today is a bike day, and I can go out and I could build a bike.

[Miles]

There you go. I mean, that's, that's. And then if you can do that, you're just winning at life.

[Alex]

I, I think that's the goal. I just, I gotta convince myself to do it and not get sidetracked. That's once, once we finish this house, then I can, then I can really sit down and focus on the hobby.

[Miles]

You definitely need to get some ADHD medication.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Alex]

This house, man, it is a blast. Let me tell you.

[Miles]

Yeah, you thought you were gonna tell us.

[Alex]

Yeah, let me tell you oh, yeah, it's. There's some mice in the basement that we've been working on getting out, so those are going away. I've been doing some electrical in the attic, trying to put in some ceiling fans.

[Miles]

And how's that going?

[Alex]

There's no. There's no fires yet, so it's going great. The ceiling fans are up and the rooms are brighter. Yep, it's going awesome. You're the American dream.

[Charlie Barrons]

You are the exact guy that should not be allowed to do electrical or plumbing.

[Alex]

And I am a plumber. I'm on a job site right now.

[Miles]

Oh, no, no, Charlie. Oh, man.

[Charlie Barrons]

It's like the worst job for someone with add.

[Miles]

This is the worst advert advertisement for his business.

[Charlie Barrons]

Go ahead, shout it out, though.

[Alex]

Oh, we're not gonna worry about the name of the business.

[Miles]

Also, his hours are from 7 to 3. He's basically got bankers hours. And he probably charges, like 15 grand a day to people.

[Charlie Barrons]

That's why he's got so many hobbies.

[Alex]

So I got no clue what the.

[Miles]

Boss man makes, but a lot more. A lot more than that. I could tell you how much. Tell you what. Plumbers are raking people over the coals. That'll be $3,000 for me to come look at your sink. Okay, well, what. What did you.

[Alex]

What job site?

[Miles]

Okay, well, what did you conclude? I think the whole bathroom needs to be redone. Just tear it all out. I think I could give you a deal by $45,000 to get this thing done, plus the 3,000 for me showing up. I mean, we're under 50k, and honestly, this is a deal because if we let this go any longer, you have to replace the whole house.

[Alex]

That's right. If that tub is dripping, just tear it down to the foundation and start over.

[Miles]

Spoken like a true plumber.

[Alex]

I'm catching on. I'm getting there.

[Miles]

You keep talking. You keep talking like that, you're going to get a promotion.

[Alex]

I feel like I'm catching on to this better than my last job. So I really. I'm enjoying it a lot more.

[Miles]

All right, what was your last job?

[Alex]

My last job, I was a police dispatcher.

[Miles]

Oh, boy.

[Charlie Barrons]

Also terrible for add. Yeah, it was.

[Alex]

It was great.

[Miles]

I mean, yeah, for you. I don't know if it was great for everyone else.

[Alex]

Hey, I helped everyone who called. I just answered the phone. That was my thing. So I didn't have to go out and personally save anybody. So I just told people, hey, this person needs help. And they always got helped. So I did. Oh, I Did have one guy call in asking for the best, like, chicken wings in town one time, and I just, I kept telling them, this is the police department. Like, are you in trouble? Do you need help? Is this, like, I'd like to deliver a pizza kind of deal? And he was like, no, I just really want to know where the best wings in town were. So I had another call come in, so I put him on hold. The dude stayed on hold for like, 15 minutes while I had other 911 calls coming in.

[Charlie Barrons]

Is that why you became a plumber? Because you got fired for doing that?

[Alex]

I, I, I asked him if he needed help, and he kept saying no. So when I picked back up and he was still there, I just, I picked the restaurant we always get wings from, and.

[Miles]

Yeah, where's. Where can I get wings? Where can I get wings at in town?

[Alex]

Oh, you can get them anywhere. I mean, we usually just go down to, like, Wayne's Market. That's a good place there. They got. It's like a little butcher shop in there and a gas station. You can get, like, everything.

[Miles]

I like. There we go. Yeah. Well, thanks.

[Alex]

Their potato salads good, too.

[Charlie Barrons]

Well, we started off at hobbies, and we ended up at potato salad. I think that says everything we need to know about this call.

[Alex]

I think that just about sums it up.

[Miles]

Well, man, we appreciate you calling in today.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah, I appreciate the time. Yeah. If you guys ever end up in New Hampshire, you know, definitely reach out. Yeah, there's. There's plenty to do here, so.

[Charlie Barrons]

There is.

[Miles]

I'd love to get a peep at that monocle of yours, you know?

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

You.

[Alex]

You come by anytime.

[Charlie Barrons]

Maybe we can go take a gander. We'll go come out there, go ice fishing on Lake Winnipe, Saki or fly.

[Miles]

Fishing or fix your car or.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. Mountain biking.

[Miles]

Mountain bike. You build a mountain bike, we can build a mountain. We could get rid of the rats in your basement.

[Alex]

We could just got a skate park. We could go to the skate park.

[Miles]

We could. We could go skiing or snowboarding. You know, we got options.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah. Plenty of them. And guess what? I got plenty of gear to do all of them. There's no need for you guys to rent anything.

[Charlie Barrons]

Even better.

[Miles]

That's. Sorry. Just open a rental shop and start renting your stuff out.

[Alex]

Yeah, dude, I should, honestly. Oh, I could be a guide. I could start a guide service for all this stuff.

[Miles]

That's not what I said. That's not what I said.

[Charlie Barrons]

You gotta be good after that.

[Miles]

That's not what I said said.

[Alex]

I start out renting the gear, and then when people say, I want skis, but I don't know where to ski, and that's it.

[Miles]

Let's stay focused on the mission. Just rent the gear out.

[Alex]

Rent it out.

[Miles]

Just rent it. Just rent it out. I now. I now I'm getting a new perspective on how your wife feels.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah, she's. She's got a handful, I think.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Trying to, you know, trying to handle everything. She does great, though. Wind Beneath my wings. Love her.

[Miles]

Yeah. He's gonna get off the phone, call his wife and be like, yeah, Miles. And Charlie told me to start a guide business. She's like, God damn, I hate those guys.

[Alex]

They told me to open another credit card and to start a business. The best financial advice I've gotten a long time.

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

You can call it shitty rentals, too. Plumbing and renting.

[Alex]

Yeah, plumbing and rentals.

[Charlie Barrons]

There we go. Shitty rentals. And the stuff you're renting is shitty. Yeah, think about it.

[Alex]

That's a good one.

[Charlie Barrons]

All right.

[Alex]

I'll have to keep that in mind.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, well, keep it on the top of the hat at least, but, oh.

[Alex]

Yeah, it's up there.

[Miles]

All right, well, have a good one, man. Thanks for calling in.

[Alex]

Thanks for the. Thanks for taking the call. Appreciate it, guys.

[Charlie Barrons]

All right, be good. Now.

[Miles]

Imagine you called 91 1, if me. We called and he was the dispatcher.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. Hey, how you doing?

[Miles]

Ah, my.

[Charlie Barrons]

My.

[Miles]

My arm got ripped off in a car accident.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, no. What happened?

[Miles]

I. I got in a car accident.

[Charlie Barrons]

You know, that reminds me, I got this car. What kind of a car do you have? So my car, it's not going to pass inspection because.

[Miles]

Oh, God, I think I'm losing a lot of blood.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay, okay, hang on just a second. I got this guy where to get some wings and I'll get right back to you. All right? Can you hang on just a second? Hello, sir. So if you want to get some wings, what you got to do is go down? There's this great spot. It's the market. Oh, I forget the name. You know, I just told these guys on podcast. Hang on, let me call them. Hey, Miles, do you remember that wing spot I told you?

[Miles]

Wayne's.

[Charlie Barrons]

Wayne's. Wayne's. Okay. Yeah, so it's Wayne's.

[Miles]

Mean.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, oh, sorry, sorry, Wrong number. Sorry.

[Miles]

Okay, well, you can't hear me because you put me on hold, that's why. Anyway.

[Alex]

Oh.

[Miles]

Oh, my God. I see the. I see a light.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay, what kind of light, is it? You know, I'm a plumber, but I do do some electric stop light.

[Miles]

I'm on the corner of 45th and 86.

[Charlie Barrons]

45Th and 86.

[Miles]

Send someone here.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yes, yes, 45th. 4046 and 85th. Just one second. Okay, bye.

[Nick]

Ah.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay. Oh, what was I doing? Oh, I was tying this fly, got.

[Miles]

Ran over by a car.

[Charlie Barrons]

That's what that was.

[Miles]

Actually pretty good sound effect.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, it's good. I didn't know you could do that, dude. It's kind of fun.

[Miles]

And it's probably some sort of like.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, try it again.

[Miles]

The fact of the blood just squirting out onto the pavement.

[Charlie Barrons]

Try it again. I'll do it as it hits. That's great. That's great. It's a bloody ending. Gory. The gory sound effect. Oh, well.

[Miles]

Well, headphone warning, by the way. Should we take another caller?

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Well, guys, it's getting warm out and you know what happens when it gets warm out, Charlie?

[Charlie Barrons]

Sunburns.

[Miles]

Sunburns. And people start doing some wild stuff out there. They're going boating, they're going ATVing. That's what it's called, I guess.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

They're sitting in lawn chairs. And whether you've been in a boating accident, an ATV accident, or chairs, or maybe your chair busted, and you. You busted a. That's your collarbone. You busted a collarbone. You got to give Nicolay Law a call. They're going to make sure that you are taken care of.

[Charlie Barrons]

When you see that beard, Miles, if you own an insurance company. You're trembling.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

You got the shakes.

[Miles]

Yeah. You're like John Daly on the course the Shakespeare. So if you guys bust your chair and then bust your collarbone, give Nicolay Law a call.

[Charlie Barrons]

Can you say break next time? Call Nicolay. Their Number is nicolay law.com. hello?

[Miles]

Hi, Nick.

[Nick]

Oh, hey, Charlie. How's it going?

[Miles]

Well, this is Miles.

[Charlie Barrons]

Nick.

[Miles]

So.

[Nick]

Okay, my bad, my bad.

[Charlie Barrons]

We are very distinct voices. Mine is deep and mine's a little sensual.

[Nick]

I guess you could say.

[Charlie Barrons]

Mine's a little.

[Miles]

I'll consent to that. Especially when I start getting worked up. It gets a little higher.

[Charlie Barrons]

What do you mean, what are we doing? You can't talk like that to me anymore, dad.

[Miles]

Well, Nick, I hear that you got some bad wedding gifts. What are you doing with them?

[Nick]

Oh, man, you know. All right, so let's take it back a year ago.

[Charlie Barrons]

Take it back?

[Nick]

Yeah, about. About a year ago, my wife and I got married and, you know, we bring the. The presents home and we're going through them and you know, most of them are good. You know, then most of them are hanging up. Most of them are. Were spent or gift cards or whatever. But my aunt Carol.

[Miles]

All right, okay.

[Nick]

I don't know what she was thinking.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Nick]

I'm sorry. Yeah. I mean, I love her to death, but, you know, it's like, it's this clock that no one would ever put up. I mean, I mean, understandably, my, my grandparents had it, so it's like kind of a memorial thing. Copy of it.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, it's a copy of your grandparents clock.

[Nick]

It's just a copy. It's not, not the same one. It's just like a newer version of it. It's one of those like cuckoo clocks. It's kind of got like, it's like all bejeweled and everything. And my wife, we pulled it out of the box and she was just like speechless. I just couldn't understand who would give this to someone. It just doesn't fit her style. So, you know, I guess I'm really asking for an advice of how do.

[Alex]

You, how do you.

[Nick]

When's the appropriate time to get rid of this gift? Because right now, you know, my Midwest heart, I've been holding onto it for like a year.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Nick]

One to, you know, put it behind me.

[Charlie Barrons]

You're Catholic. Yeah.

[Miles]

When you're on the right track, at least a year is, is a good benchmark. You know, I think that that feels like you are respecting the gift.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yep.

[Miles]

Yeah. Now, is this a buy, seller trade?

[Nick]

You know, it was one of those things where I got it and I, I was like, you know, my wife completely wanted to get rid of it. She's like, we're never going to hang this up in any house we ever own. And I was like, you know, that's a valid point. And I was like, well, we better hold on to it because, you know, we're going to see my Aunt Carol at Christmas time.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Nick]

And you know, she's forbid. She asks, you know, about it and we're like, oh, well, got rid of that. You know, I just don't want to break.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, you'll never tell her. First of all, what kind of clock is it? Read it to me.

[Nick]

Oh, gosh. It's like, it's kind of oval shaped. It's bejeweled. It has these like every hour a different song plays. You know, it's like chimes and stuff. It's a whole ordeal. It's just.

[Charlie Barrons]

Is it a grand?

[Nick]

No, it's kind of just. It's just like oval shape, just kind of fits on the wall. There's nothing, it's not humongous or anything. It's just, it's just the way it looks and all of the aesthetic to it. It's just too much.

[Charlie Barrons]

Well, what's the name of it?

[Nick]

I honestly don't know.

[Miles]

So what we have to go off of is it's oval. It goes on the wall and. But you will clock and it tells time. Yeah, about what we got to go off.

[Charlie Barrons]

Dude, I want to know how much this clock is. You look it up.

[Nick]

Oh gosh. I think we did. I want to say it's under a hundred dollars, I think.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh God.

[Nick]

But here's the bigger problem. Here's the bigger problem is it says limited edition on the front.

[Miles]

That's marketing. That's not real.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, yeah.

[Miles]

They say I gotta start doing that with, with our merchandise. Just saying limited edition on it.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, you're not doing that yet.

[Nick]

Honestly. Honestly, I feel like you'd probably sell 10 times more. You say, oh, we only ran, you know, 100 of these bad boys.

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah. And then restock now, get it before they're gone, all that stuff. So do you have a garage?

[Nick]

You know, we don't. We have, we have an apartment. But here's what, here's what happened with it. I, I told my parents about it and I was like, listen, we're never gonna put this up. So we need a place to store it. So I just put it in their attic.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh yeah, dude, that's a move. I mean. Yeah, yeah.

[Miles]

But also another question. How often is on Carol coming to your apartment?

[Nick]

Oh, absolutely never. I don't expect her to ever be here.

[Miles]

Well then get rid of it.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, dude, that's. He did the right thing.

[Miles]

Why would you get rid of it for a year?

[Charlie Barrons]

Why would you get rid of it when you can just put it in your parents house?

[Miles]

Yeah, that's true.

[Charlie Barrons]

Anything you don't want, you put it in your parents house.

[Miles]

I will have to say. And for Christmas one year, we were at her parents house, she got a gift. I won't say from who or what it was, but she didn't love it. You know, similar to this clock situation. And she, I watched her the next morning before as we were packing up, she picked it up, looked at it and just walked to the corner of the room behind the Lazy Boy and just set it on the floor behind the chair and looked at me like, we're not telling anyone about this.

[Charlie Barrons]

It's still there.

[Miles]

It probably is. Yeah. I got to look next time.

[Nick]

Yeah, that's a power play. Honestly though.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, this is the. This is the. Everybody should know this. If you don't already know this, your parents house is in infinite storage. Especially in the Midwest, because 90 chance your dad is either a hoarder or recovering hoarder. You know, that's true. And there's all these nooks and crannies you can put it in. And if you ever need it, you just go there and get it. If you can find it. If you can't, well, that's the risk you run.

[Miles]

And you. If you do happen to run into Carol at your apartment, you know, maybe she moves in next door or something, you just tell her, hey, it's an apartment. We want to. We don't have a lot of space for it in the apartment. When we move into a house today, we're going to put it up. It's in storage. You threw it away. See, it's in storage. When you move into a house, you move into a house, you say, we are so peeved. Yeah, because we had that thing. We had the perfect spot right here and we lost it in the move.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, that's okay. I still have the link. I'll get you another one.

[Nick]

Yeah, that's the problem, you know, and that's exactly. Miles. That's exactly what I told my wife. We're gonna tell my aunt Carol if she asked about it. But you see, Christmas came and went. No one said anything. So I'm thinking like, the resale value I think is probably at the peak prime right now. So I don't know. It's a. It's a tricky situation, truthfully.

[Miles]

And little do you know that your aunt Carol's telling all of her friends at, you know, Euchre. Euchre. Group. Group. She's like, I bought them this clock and they accepted it like it was something good. I mean, you should have seen their face. They had to fake that. They liked it. It was hilarious. And I think they still have it. Can you believe that.

[Charlie Barrons]

I pulled that? Betty, you remember when I got that as a white elephant two years ago? Yeah, with the jewels that hideous. And it's a limited edition on it. Oh my God.

[Miles]

I gave it to him and told them that it was grandma's old one.

[Charlie Barrons]

That. That is, that is kind of the move, you know, with, with weddings. Just, just give them something weird, you know, because people will remit, people will talk about that. No one's going to talk about Miles. You remember what I Got you for your wedding. Shouldn't have gotten them anything. Yeah, for all I know, I didn't get a man.

[Miles]

You definitely didn't give me anything.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, that's not true.

[Miles]

What'd you get?

[Charlie Barrons]

I don't know. Because whoever.

[Miles]

He had a guy. Yeah. He has someone to do that for him.

[Charlie Barrons]

I did have someone get you it.

[Nick]

Oh, wow.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

I fulfilled.

[Miles]

The only thing I remember that I got for my wedding was the only thing I put on the registry, and that was a Margaritaville machine, and I.

[Charlie Barrons]

Did not get you that.

[Miles]

You didn't.

[Charlie Barrons]

I think I got you a stroller.

[Miles]

Oh, well, we got ignited. You did not get a stroller.

[Charlie Barrons]

I was worth a shot. No, but that's the lesson that I think really is the underlying thing here. No one ever remembers what that you got them for their wedding. So just. Just give them the money and call it a day. It's an exchange, right? You give me a dinner, I give you money. We call it a day. That's it. Right. That's good, Miles, right?

[Miles]

That's right.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Wait, what did I agree to?

[Charlie Barrons]

I don't know. Anyways, what else did you get? Anything else weird. Anything else you want to throw in there?

[Nick]

You know, honestly, my. My wife and I, we did pretty good. Just that one. That one gift, it's just like, you know, you feel bad because you can't get rid of it right then and there, and you got to hold on to it. And, you know, my wife actually isn't from the Midwest, so to her, it was just like an immediate, like, we can just get rid of this right now. And I was like, no, no, no.

[Charlie Barrons]

That's not how this is going to happen. Well, you did the right move. Okay. You held on to your end of the Midwest bargain that you signed at birth. Okay. You did it. Good for you. And, you know, you can. You can let go of guilt. I know you're not going to, but you don't have to either. You can always go to your folks.

[Miles]

Get one good night of sleep.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

From it.

[Charlie Barrons]

And if. If there's anyone out there just still holding on to a clock or some. What I did was some. That I didn't really like that someone gave me. I hung it in the closet. You're never looking in the closet. It's sitting there if you need it kind of hung up like a gun, you know, and pull it out if. If time is necessary. And proves that you need to bring it out, but you probably won't, and.

[Miles]

Yeah, well, we'll let you Know, we'll let you know if anyone reaches out and wants to buy, sell, or trade that thing.

[Charlie Barrons]

That limited edition oval clock.

[Nick]

Yeah, yeah. No, I wish I had a better description. I feel like I'm not selling it right now. It seems like a really lackluster Facebook post, honestly.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. Do you have a picture of it?

[Nick]

No.

[Miles]

Wow. Take a picture.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yes, take a picture. Send it to us.

[Nick]

Yeah, I mean, well, so maybe. Okay, so we're going back to my parents in a couple weeks. Maybe then I'll head up to the attic and take, like, a really horrible, dimly lit photo of it or something.

[Miles]

Oh, it's already at your parents?

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Oh.

[Nick]

Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's been there. Yeah.

[Miles]

Oh, yeah, you're good. You don't even have to think about that for another second. It's there forever.

[Nick]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Miles]

I didn't know that. I thought you put it in the attic at your apartment, and then I guess attics apartments only have addicts. I was pretty dumb, but.

[Charlie Barrons]

Well, I got a question, though. Do you think your Aunt Carol listens to our podcast?

[Nick]

I don't think so. I think I'm safe.

[Charlie Barrons]

But, you know, why don't you think so? We're pretty popular.

[Nick]

I just don't think she's in the podcast game.

[Miles]

I don't know. Charlie's got a lock on the 55 plus female market.

[Charlie Barrons]

You should see my DMS. They slide. I mean, I was.

[Nick]

I was just listening to the. The podcast. Was it. Angela called in? You hit on her daughter or something? It was a whole thing.

[Miles]

Oh, yeah. You mean her daughter is in the seventh grade?

[Nick]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, that. We didn't cut that out. God damn it. I wasn't asking like that. It's just an honest question.

[Nick]

I unders. I understood what you meant.

[Alex]

No, thank you.

[Nick]

It was good.

[Miles]

Yeah, you're good.

[Nick]

Thank you.

[Charlie Barrons]

But you just brought it up in this context, so.

[Alex]

Yeah, that's fair.

[Nick]

That one's on me.

[Alex]

That one's on me.

[Nick]

I'll take blame for that one.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah. All right.

[Nick]

Well, yeah, I mean, maybe. Maybe I can be like, hey, I. You know, this is a pretty good podcast, but then, see, I got to kind of steer clear if I end up in the show.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, you're gonna be in the show. You don't want her listening to this.

[Nick]

Yeah. So it's kind of like. So now it seems like it's too. It's just wrong not introduce it to it.

[Miles]

Yeah. I mean, what you're battling against is if, you know, your family finds out, you're on the podcast, and they're like, oh, we should listen to it. Let's have a listen party at our house. Invite everyone over. Carol, she'll think it's hilarious. Let's bring her over.

[Charlie Barrons]

How old is Carol?

[Nick]

Oh, I think she.

[Alex]

She.

[Nick]

Well, okay. See, I don't know that I. I think it's. She retired a few years ago, and her and my uncle are just like snowbirds now. They go to Florida and they come back, and they go back.

[Charlie Barrons]

So, you know, stop giving more information, dude. That's. More people that are like, wait, I know a Carol.

[Miles]

Could have been like, I have another Aunt Carol. It's not you. Yeah, that gave me a clock like that. I kept yours.

[Nick]

Cover my bases. Honestly, though. I mean. Oh, yeah, I think I'm fine, though. I. I told my wife. I was like, you know, hopefully she doesn't listen to this, and we're both pretty positive she doesn't.

[Miles]

Well, let's. If she is listening, let's give On Carol a little message right now. Charlie. On Carol. Just know that Charlie and I would have. Even though your nephew didn't love the gift, Charlie and I would have loved it.

[Charlie Barrons]

I would have hung it in a place of honor. Because, Aunt Carol, it came from you.

[Miles]

Because not only is it a great gift, but we know how much love came from it. And I just couldn't. I don't know, but I can't speak for you. I just couldn't imagine someone loving me that much and then just throwing that love away.

[Charlie Barrons]

The amount.

[Miles]

I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't do that.

[Charlie Barrons]

The amount of thought you put into that. On Carol, when so many people just buy some crap off the registry that I didn't even put on to think about our grandparents, our lineage, our heritage, and for you to man. For you to think. Put all that thought into it and get me an exact replica of Grandma and grandpa's clock.

[Nick]

Oh, you know, geez.

[Miles]

Yeah. We just want. Carol, we just want you to know that Charlie and I appreciate the gift, even if your nephew does not even in the slightest.

[Charlie Barrons]

We are just pouring water on the Catholic circuit breaker in his brain. It's just like going confession. What the color are the jewels?

[Nick]

Like. Oh, I think it was all. I think they were mostly silver and, like, white. And I. There's a. See? But I remember at the very, like, top of the top of the clock, there's, like, these little, like, spinny people that are also bejeweled. It's like a whole thing.

[Charlie Barrons]

This clock sounds freaking awesome. Can we have it?

[Nick]

I'll gladly send it to you guys. Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

All right. Yeah.

[Miles]

The brotherhood of the traveling clock.

[Charlie Barrons]

That would be great.

[Miles]

Every time we meet up for bellied up, we can exchange it. And you have it for six weeks than I do.

[Charlie Barrons]

I just have to leave you half my clothes because it doesn't fit my suitcase.

[Nick]

It was a ginormous box. I'm gonna be honest. It took up a big like gift bag that they had bought, which, you know, they paid for the gift bag too. I'm just feeling horrible now.

[Miles]

And on Carol, I would have had no problem storing this giant clock, you know, And I would have kept the gift bag and cherished it just in case.

[Charlie Barrons]

I know the style of clock you're talking about. It's like kind of wavy, like going up and down sort of. It's an oval maybe.

[Nick]

I feel like I really should have researched this before I.

[Charlie Barrons]

Before I. Yeah, I would love a picture. I'd love to roast a clock right now. What time is it? It's roast o' clock.

[Miles]

Such a bad.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, you laugh.

[Alex]

I'm gonna.

[Miles]

So bad.

[Nick]

I'll have to. I'll have to. I'm pretty sure we. We took it to my parents and put in the attic. But like I said, next time I go, I'll. You guys will be the first people I think of when I walk into my parents house.

[Miles]

And I'll.

[Nick]

I'll go right up there.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, do that. Send it over to us. All right.

[Nick]

Yeah, I can ship it or whatever, you know.

[Charlie Barrons]

All right. And well, yeah, do that. And we would love to see it. We would love to have it. And thank you for calling and you take care now. And prepare for the fiery pits of hell for giving away your aunt's clock.

[Nick]

I know.

[Alex]

Well, you.

[Nick]

You know, you guys, thanks for calling. It was good to get that off my chest. I feel like I needed to tell someone else.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah, you did. And you need to tell a priest because this does not count as your confession, sir. Okay?

[Miles]

We. We do not have the ability to absolve you from your sins.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, we do not. We are here to support you and to guide you to Christ's light. And that is through a confessional. Okay?

[Nick]

Okay.

[Miles]

All right.

[Charlie Barrons]

All right. Well.

[Nick]

Well, thanks guys. I appreciate you. You guys tell your folks that says hi and watch out for those. Honestly, I'm with Angel on this one. Watch out for those raccoons. I feel like they're kind of more prevalent right now.

[Charlie Barrons]

All right, we will. Hey, you tell your aunt Carol, he says hi Okay, I will.

[Nick]

Yeah, I will. Yep.

[Charlie Barrons]

All right, we'll see you soon.

[Miles]

Now on Carol, Miles and Charlie, say hi. Well, who are they? Oh, no.

[Charlie Barrons]

He just starts talking, like, reflexively about how much he loves the clock, you know?

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah. He's like, he finally has to show her. And he's like, oh, this part's boring. Let's fast forward to this part.

[Charlie Barrons]

So she just like, tell your Aunt Carl he says hi.

[Miles]

She only hears like, we had a wedding.

[Charlie Barrons]

He edits it down. So it's limited edition. No way.

[Miles]

Emails are an MP3 file that's edited, redacted. All right, we have a voicemail from Johnny.

[Charlie Barrons]

Johnny. Here's Johnny.

[Alex]

Johnny, I'm 23. I just discovered your podcast. Right now we're on our way back from Florida, Bama, which is in Florida. But anyways, we have an important question that it's been an argument for some time within our friend group. Is it acceptable to drink milk with your spaghetti? Because I've done it before and it's not intolerable, but it is kind of intolerable. But if you got chocolate milk, that's bonus points. Anyways, I love to hear your feedback.

[Miles]

Okay, Johnny. Well, welcome to the podcast. He's a new listener.

[Charlie Barrons]

New listener. First time caller.

[Miles]

I'm pretty sure the only time I've had milk with spaghetti would have been when I was a kid.

[Charlie Barrons]

I was gonna say, that's the only drink I've ever had with spaghetti until I was probably 16 years old.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

You know, like, when we were growing up, it was all we ever drank at dinner was milk. Yeah, it was just milk.

[Miles]

Yeah, we had milk a lot, and I didn't. I don't love milk. Like, I like milk.

[Charlie Barrons]

I mean, you should love it. It's the official drink of Fargo, Miles, and Wisconsin. Yeah.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, I mean, even I remember in my house, someone would be like, I don't want milk. I want water. You can have water after you finish your milk.

[Alex]

Milk.

[Miles]

That is. That is. That happened to us, too.

[Charlie Barrons]

Yeah.

[Miles]

What does it do with that?

[Charlie Barrons]

That was 90s parents, man. Well, that was all parents up until almond milk came around and people started on milk.

[Miles]

Quite literally. People were cheating after drinking milk. Yeah. They were on milk. Yeah. It wasn't until they realized that that was the source of the diarrhea that they're like, wow, this is maybe.

[Charlie Barrons]

Maybe should not do this. Maybe. No.

[Miles]

Yeah, milk. Milk's good.

[Charlie Barrons]

Milk pairs well with pretty much anything.

[Miles]

Yeah. The chocolate milk thing kind of threw me for a loop. I wouldn't I wouldn't have chocolate milk with my spaghetti.

[Charlie Barrons]

You just wouldn't if it was offered to you. You're eating spaghetti. Hey, that's it. They're like, hey, you want some chocolate milk?

[Miles]

I guess. I guess.

[Charlie Barrons]

Man, if someone's offering me chocolate milk, I'm not just turning it down.

[Miles]

That's true.

[Charlie Barrons]

I don't think I've ever turned down a.

[Miles]

Did you guys buy you chocolate milk, or did you have to take the chocolate syrup and put it in there? Yeah, we would. Most of the time it was chocolate syrup. My mom would get us chocolate milk once in a while.

[Charlie Barrons]

No, we had too many Swiss Miss. Oh, the Swiss Miss.

[Miles]

Thick.

[Charlie Barrons]

Sometimes it was. You put a spoon of that in and stir it around. Swiss Miss. That's what I know. Swiss Miss for. I'm older.

[Miles]

I like the hot chocolate style. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This was like. It actually came in a gallon jug.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, I don't. We. We didn't get that. My mom. Because we had so many.

[Miles]

Maybe it's not Swiss Miss. Maybe it's just Swiss. I don't know.

[Charlie Barrons]

No Swiss Miss. Yeah, that's right.

[Miles]

Local chocolate milk.

[Charlie Barrons]

Okay.

[Miles]

So, yeah, I don't. I don't. I don't know what all the hoopla is down in Florida Bama on this. The milk and spaghetti.

[Charlie Barrons]

I mean, if you're. If it's a hot day out, you probably. That doesn't sound like it's a temperature thing, you know, you don't want to be eating spaghetti and milk outside, I don't think. When it's a hot day.

[Miles]

Yeah. I mean, you just end up like Ron Burgundy, you know, drinking milk on a hot day.

[Charlie Barrons]

Oh, yeah.

[Miles]

It's a bad choice, right? Yeah.

[Charlie Barrons]

You want. You want it cold, I think, or fresh from the teat. It's got a different flavor profile, you know, like iced coffee.

[Miles]

I don't.

[Charlie Barrons]

You lose me, Miles. Yeah, I'll send you a pin. I'll send you a pin.

[Miles]

You had me till you lost me.

[Charlie Barrons]

Now what else is new?

[Miles]

Well, Charlie.

[Charlie Barrons]

Well, Miles.

[Miles]

Is that another episode? I just did the high voice thing.

[Charlie Barrons]

God. It's good, though.

[Miles]

Yeah, it's good, it's good, it's good. Well, Charlie, thanks. Well, hanging out with me for another episode of the Bellied up podcast.

[Charlie Barrons]

It's been another fine time here with you, Miles. Well, should we take the next caller? Yeah.

[Miles]

Well, guys, super bartender, we'll see you in the next one.

[Charlie Barrons]

Bye. Bye. Love you guys.

[Alex]

Okay. Hope you guys have a good one. Goodbye now. Toodaloo.