Flashlight Felon, Hotel Head Butts, & Guido in Greece: Listener Episode #15

Summary

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Episode: Flashlight Felon, Hotel Head Butts, & Guido in Greece: Listener Episode #15
Date: August 28, 2025
Hosts: Seth Meyers & Josh Meyers

Episode Overview

In this lively listener episode, Seth and Josh Meyers share and riff on four hilarious, disastrous, and heartwarming family travel stories submitted by fans—from static electricity mishaps on a Buffalo road trip to a headbutting drinking contest in Mexico, and a Greek adventure filled with digestive drama, sleep, and pickpocketing. As always, the brothers infuse personal anecdotes and comedic asides, while also responding to listener questions and offering updates on family traditions, quirky airport run-ins, and even a fundraising plea for the Grand Canyon. The episode is rich in nostalgia, sibling banter, and laugh-out-loud moments, perfect for fans who enjoy stories about the unpredictability and joy of travel with loved ones.

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Main Stories & Discussion

1. Static Hair, Burnt Buzz Cuts, and ‘Aha’ (Alex from Buffalo, NY)

[01:55–05:14]

• Story: Alex recounts 1980s road trips between Buffalo and Pittsburgh with his family, set to a soundtrack of Fleetwood Mac, Enya, and A-ha. A boredom-induced experiment with a buzzcut and the car’s felty backseat generates an epic static electricity light show—until the burnt hair smell signals something's amiss and leaves the kids with singed hair and brush burns.
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Seth reminisces about the bygone era of static-y seat fabric (“Cars these days don’t really have that good static electricity seat covering…” [05:14]), realizing son Axel would love it, “but then, of course, Axel would do it to the point where he set his hair on fire” [05:37].
  • Both agree the pain was “worth it for the wonderful light show” [05:48].
  • The smell of burning hair as the showstopper causes much amusement (“Famously, when it burns, smells terrible” [05:55]).
  • Reflection on innocent childhood scientific discovery: “Kids just being dumb in a way that leads them to incredible scientific discoveries” [06:13].
• Notable Quote:
  • Alex (listener): "I can still picture holding a clump of tiny hairs in my hand. All in all, it didn't take too long to heal, so I figured the pain was worth the wonderful light show on the way home to Buffalo." [~04:55]
• Fun Segment:
  • The brothers get stumped trying to name another A-ha song besides “Take On Me,” leading to a palindrome band name game: “ABBA!” [08:36].

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2. The Flashlight Felon at Airport Security (Barb from Upstate NY)

[14:11–16:37]

• Story: Barb describes a 2002 family trip to Puerto Rico derailed when her son accidentally brings a flashlight with a secret multi-tool through airport security. What starts as an innocent misunderstanding turns into a two-hour interrogation by multiple law enforcement agencies, culminating in the cringe-inducing moment where Barb must declare her weight to authorities while her kids find it hilarious.
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Both are appalled by the over-the-top interrogation: “That seems like real overkill by all the people involved.” [16:38]
  • Debate on the impracticality of a travel hammer and souvenir multitools: “You never really hear the term ‘travel hammer.’” [18:00]
  • The absurdity of being asked for her weight: "Was it one of those airport carnivals where it's half airport and half carnival games?” [18:59]
• Notable Quotes:
  • Barb (listener): “One of the sets of cops says to me, ma’am, did you make this?’ My son burst out laughing and said, ‘Sir, my mother can't draw a straight line. And that has Rail Vac stamped on it.’” [15:21]
  • Seth: “My old noggin, the old bean, the old index finger that calls people with tools.” [18:34]

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3. Resort Relay Gone Wrong—Head Butt, Hospital, and Hush Money (Andre from Montreal)

[22:53–26:42]

• Story: Andre attends his parents’ 50th anniversary at a Mexican resort and is peer-pressured by his daughter to join a poolside relay/drinking game. The contest ends with him getting headbutted by a staff member, splitting his eye, and being sent to a hospital where he overhears staff, believing he doesn’t speak Spanish, plotting to exaggerate his injury so the hotel will pay. Armed with video evidence, Andre bargains his way to a free stay after being offered hush money.
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Seth jokes about the cartoonish severity of Andre’s bandages: “When people get their head wrapped, it always looks fake...” [27:03]
  • Both riff on competitive drinking games, new traditions, and aging (“At this point, a shot of tequila... you have to smell the cap or like a teaspoon.” [29:27])
• Notable Quotes:
  • Andre (listener): "The drinking game, bloodbath, and more importantly, the head butt by the hotel employee. I can send you the video if you like. It's a doozy.” [25:32]
  • Seth: “I wish on the first day of his second trip, they just headbutted him when he checked in.” [26:42]

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4. Greece with Guido—Digestive Woes, Sleeping Sickness, and the Pickpocket Gauntlet (Margo from Coatesville, PA)

[35:23–40:53]

• Story: Margo travels through Greece with her Italian boyfriend, Guido, facing digestive disasters, a mysterious illness that has her sleeping 22 hours a day, and misadventures retrieving her passport sent through the dubious Greek mail system. The chaotic journey peaks with a pickpocket attempt and a bus cop shakedown just hours before their flight home.
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • The brothers marvel at the relentless string of mishaps: “That’s a rough trip with some digestive issues and then a weird sleeping sickness.” [40:58]
  • Discussion of the importance and relief of embassies when abroad (“When you need an embassy and an embassy comes through for you…it’s incredible.” [41:56])
  • Comparison to their own brush with foreign transportation and scams.
• Notable Quote:
  • Margo (listener): “Greece is a beautiful place, but I will never, ever go back.” [~39:55]
• Memorable Moment:
  • Yelling “Atencione!” to alert her partner to the pickpocket and then playing coy with bus inspectors—classic travel gauntlet.

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Additional Memorable Moments & Host Banter

• Sibling Digression—Snapping Callbacks and Palindromes:
  Seth and Josh discuss Seth’s late discovery of finger snapping and how that led to blisters, drawing an analogy to Alex’s static burns.
  “Now look, watch. Ow. Ow, ow.” [08:18]

• The Juggler and the Singer:
  Post-listener questions, Seth jokes about taking juggling lessons as a parody of Josh considering singing lessons for the podcast’s song segment.
  “If you take singing lessons, I'm going to take juggling lessons because it's equally as useful.” [49:59]

• Fantasy Football, Draft Traditions & Secret Santa:
  Behind-the-scenes peek at the Meyers brothers’ fantasy football league and their tradition of musical roasts and new Secret Santa rules.

  • Seth, on Josh’s fantasy football song: “The song reveal…is the inspiration for the podcast.” [30:09]

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Listener Questions & Feedback

1. Buffalo vs. Grand Canyon and Song Layering (Blake from Buffalo, NY)

[46:06–48:42]

• Blake compliments and then gently roasts Josh about layering vocals in podcast songs (“Is it a creative choice or just you singing the melody again?”).
  • Josh replies: “I don’t know how to sing harmonies...what I’m doing is I’m singing multiple takes of the same thing.” [47:05]

2. Hometown Question Tweaks (Joshua)

[50:44–53:58]

• Joshua with a brother named Seth proposes reframing the guest closing question to “pitch your hometown as a travel destination” for better responses.
  • Seth: “Sold. Do it Joshua’s way...You’re now the head of the local board of tourism…Go!” [52:43]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening and Amsterdam Recap: 00:00–01:55
• Alex’s Static Electricity Story: 01:55–05:14
• Buzzcut Static Reflection/Banter: 05:14–09:23
• Barb’s Flashlight Felon Tale: 14:11–16:37
• Multi-tools & Airport Riffing: 16:37–22:08
• Andre’s Resort Headbutt Story: 22:53–26:42
• Halloween Headwrap Banter/Drinking Games: 26:42–31:14
• Margo’s Greece Odyssey: 35:23–40:53
• Reflection on Travel Gauntlets & Embassies: 41:39–43:04
• Listener Questions: 46:06–53:58
• Grand Canyon Fire Fundraiser Appeal: 54:04–55:38

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Notable Quotes

• “Kids just being dumb in a way that leads them to incredible scientific discoveries.” —Seth [06:13]
• “We still refer to this as the felon Flashlight. The lesson, never take a flashlight on a plane.” —Barb [16:24]
• “I declined and casually mentioned I had the whole thing on video. The next morning...the manager returned with a far better offer: four nights, all inclusive. I agreed, took the deal, black eye and all.” —Andre [26:13]
• “Greece is a beautiful place, but I will never, ever go back.” —Margo [39:55]

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Wrap-Up & Goodwill

• Seth and Josh close with shoutouts to their Buffalo and Upstate NY listeners, gratitude for the stories, and a fundraising call for Grand Canyon fire recovery.
  • “If you want to help support...go to tinyurl.com/familytripsfundraiser. We will match your donation up to $10,000.” —Josh [54:04]
• The episode ends with another equally creative musical recap of all four listeners’ stories—in classic Josh Meyers style.

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This episode is a tapestry of road-trip chaos, sibling nostalgia, and international near-catastrophe—always with a wink, a punchline, and warm appreciation for the unpredictability of family adventures. Even if you’ve never chased a bus in Greece or been ‘fragrantly’ reminded of science via static, you’ll feel right at home.

Transcript

[A]

Hi, budgie.

[B]

Hi, Sufi.

[A]

It's time for a listener episode.

[B]

Yeah, we missed. We didn't do one last month because we did that live show in Amsterdam, and that sort of fit that bill. We didn't want to sort of flood the zone with too many family trips episodes. So apologies to any listeners who were like, hey, you missed one. Yeah.

[A]

I was in Logan Airport for the first time since I flew to Amsterdam, and I had. I already have a nostalgia pang for how special that trip was to go with Ash.

[B]

Oh, yeah, I could see that.

[A]

Also, Alexi and I were sitting around talking about what was the best part of our summer, and neither of us could come up with anything that included the other person. But we did agree we both had a good summer. There was very little overlap.

[C]

Right.

[B]

Well, I mean, there's something to be said for that. The person that you spend most of your time, most of your life with, sometimes those things get. Yeah.

[A]

And I think a lot of the best times we had were with our kids, and one could argue I played a role in them and their very existence.

[B]

Yeah, I think half of them. Half of them's you.

[A]

So Jeff told us Jeff's in for Sam today.

[B]

Right. So if you're here for Sam, don't talk.

[A]

Jeff, I don't know how this is done. I'm sorry. Already you're off to a terrible start. Our listeners have heard Sam maybe three times in, like, 100 plus episodes. Jeff's just yapping away right now. Hey, everybody. Oh, finally, my moment. Anyway, Jeff said we have four good stories and two that he thought were.

[B]

Maybe a little shaky, so we might just do four.

[A]

Sure. Let's start with one of the good ones, Jeff. All right, here we go.

[D]

This is from Alex. Hi. Seth and Josh. Love the podcast. My name is Alex, and while my family is from Pittsburgh, my brother and I grew up in Buffalo, New York. Go, Bills. Being that we were the odd family out, we spent a lot of time driving back and forth from Buffalo to Pittsburgh for holidays, birthdays, and summer vacation trips. This particular trip would have been in the late 80s. My brother and I were in elementary school. My dad was in complete control of the radio when he drove Fleetwood Mac, Enya's first album, and Aha. My brother and I sat in the backseat subconsciously learning lyrics to an entire Aha Album. And not just take on me. My mom is big on reading, so we always had library books to flip through. And the rest of the time, we played soldiers shooting at radio towers and gas station spotlights outside of our Windows. My mother had an amazing ability to fall asleep before leaving the driveway, but always woke up in time to see home approaching. It was dark outside when this particular incident occurred, as we were returning home to Buffalo, too dark to read. We were fidgeting around in the backseat, and by a stroke of luck, my buzz cut brushed against the backseat material just right and set off a spark of static electricity. It was like a sudden flashbulb of excitement, startling at first, but then funny. And since kids always need more, I rubbed my head against the backseat over and over and over until sparks were flying as if I was cutting through metal. We all laughed. My brother joined me, seatbelts off, facing the backseat, rubbing our heads in circles against the backseat, filling the darkness with a static electricity firework extravaganza. The sparks coming off our heads were brighter than anything on the road that night. My family laughed and laughed, tears streaming down our cheeks. Our sides hurt. We couldn't breathe. We would have kept going, but my mom managed to gather her breath and pleaded for us to stop. Something was burning, she said. We looked around the back seats. They looked around the front, but we found nothing unusual. In that moment of calm, I felt the top of my head hurt, the way when you suddenly realize you have a sunburn. I touched the top of my head, and sure enough, the smell filling the car was from my brother and I frying the tops of our heads. Our hair was burnt stiff, some patches fell out just being touched, and we had terrible brush burns across our scalps. I can still picture holding a clump of tiny hairs in my hand. All in all, it didn't take too long to heal, so I figured the pain was worth the wonderful light show on the way home to Buffalo. Thanks for letting me share the memory. Keep up the good work. Go, Bills.

[A]

Well, I will. I'm going to say a couple things. One, you know, Axel's got the buzz cut, and I was thinking, oh, it's a bummer that, you know, cars these days don't really have. I feel like that good static electricity.

[B]

Seat covering a little, like, almost felty. Yeah.

[A]

Because I thought, oh, that would be really fun if I taught Axel to do that. He would love it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But then, of course, Axl would do it to the point where he set his hair on fire.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, it's totally worth it. It was totally worth it if it healed.

[A]

Since it healed up, it's totally worth it. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

I mean, hair, famously, when it burns, smells terrible.

[A]

Yeah, it's not a good smell.

[B]

Yeah. And. But I love that. Yeah. That it was the smell that made him stop. And then they looked for fire, and that it wasn't actual fire. It was just the burnt hair.

[A]

I also will say, as a parent, I would definitely be the parent. Alexi would be like, stop, stop. I smell something. And my initial reaction would be like, can't you let him have fun? They never have fun.

[B]

Also, you can't smell.

[A]

Right. I would be the last to know that the entire car was on fire. Yeah. That's really something else. Also, just that fun thing of kids just being dumb in a way that leads them to incredible scientific discoveries.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, in order to do that, you just had to want to rub your head against the seat for no reason. Right.

[B]

And that on accident, you stumble upon this wonder of science.

[A]

And then a real eureka.

[B]

Yeah. And then you get your seatbelts off and you turn around, and I can just imagine that sort of almost like on all fours or like holding the back of the seat, just rubbing your head as furiously as you can. And then now you go. Now you go.

[A]

Can you name another Aha song that's not Take on Me?

[B]

No.

[A]

Yeah, I was thinking about it. I can't.

[B]

Yeah. I guess I was gonna say no disrespect to them, but I think it sort of. It is in a weird way. But that song's so good.

[A]

Aha and Enya. I feel like if those are your two favorite bands, there's probably a lot of confusion.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what I mean? When you're, like, putting it on.

[B]

I mean, it sounds like dad needed. Alex's dad needed to just chill out a bit on those tracks.

[A]

I mean, I will say Fleetwood Mac, Aha and Enya. Pretty chill vibes.

[B]

Yeah, I'm definitely. I'm gonna dip into some Aha. Find some deeper cuts than Clear Surface that we know.

[A]

The one song off top. Off the top we have.

[B]

Yeah. This also. That story kind of reminds me of when you learned to snap very late in life. It was like, were you in college?

[A]

No, I was younger than college, but it was later than most people.

[B]

Yeah, it was like high school. I don't think it was before high school, but you finally learned to snap, and you snapped so much, you snapped your fingers raw.

[A]

Yeah, I got, like, bad blisters. I got snap blisters just.

[B]

Cause it was like a new thing. It was like.

[A]

But now look, watch. Ow. Ow, Ow. Aha. Posh is a band that is a palindrome.

[B]

Mm.

[A]

Name another one.

[B]

Another band that's a abba.

[A]

Well done.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

Really well done.

[B]

You name another one.

[A]

Enya feels like it should be. And it's not.

[B]

It's totally not.

[A]

You can't ask me to come up with the third.

[B]

Did you have ABBA in your head when you asked?

[A]

Yeah, 100% I had ABBA.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Oh, I know one.

[B]

Duran Duran. Oh, no, they're not. That's not.

[A]

It is if it's Duran Duran. Narud Na Rudd. Right. If the band was called Duran Duran.

[B]

That was their original name, wasn't it?

[A]

Duran Duran, the Red and the Red. Yeah, yeah. Like Fleetwood Macam do fluff. All right, all right.

[B]

Thank you, Alex.

[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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[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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[E]

Hi, my name is Barb and I'm from upstate New York. This family trip took place in 2002, but I'll never forget it. We were heading to a family event in Puerto Rico. So everybody was packed and ready to go. Except that my son, who was 11 years old at the time and an inveterate reader, wanted to bring the book light and it was broken. So I said, just grab a light out of the garage. Fast forward. We get to the airport, the 11 year old is the last one through security, and all of a sudden I hear, where are your parents? And he says, well, that's my mom. Ma', am, follow me. I was questioned by the airport security police, the police of the city we were in, and the New York State police, all because inside of that flashlight there was a little all purpose tool. I'd gotten those flashlights as a Christmas gift to my kids.

[A]

So.

[E]

One of the sets of cops says to me, ma', am, did you make this? My son burst out laughing and said, sir, my mother can't draw a straight line. And that has rail vac stamped on it. I don't think she could make it. They asked me questions for two hours. And the last question was, what do you weigh? And I said, excuse me. And they said, what do you weigh? Answer the question. So I did. I cried all the way to Puerto Rico as my kids were cracking up watching some funny movie. But okay, I survived. We get to this event we're attending and my son asked multiple people, do I know what my mom weighs? Because she had to tell the cops and she couldn't lie. In my family, we still refer to this as the felon Flashlight. The lesson, never take a flashlight on a plane. Thanks, guys. Love the pod.

[B]

Thanks, Barb.

[A]

Barb. That seems like real overkill by all the people involved.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, I feel like it's, you know, it was a Christmas gift. It probably wasn't like the number one most beloved Christmas gift if it Was just in the garage. I'm probably betting that they were like, you can't bring this on the plane. You're gonna have to throw it away. And she would have been like, yeah, fine. Yeah. Two hours.

[A]

I'm glad they weren't operating With a family separation policy where they took her away from her kid. Although it seems like by the end of it, Barb probably wishes they did. Seems like a real drag that it was very much her son's fault and he was shooting zinger after zinger at old barb While she was getting grilled skin, the whole third degree.

[B]

Yeah. MacKenzie's father was just out here For a sort of a belated birthday trip, and mackenzie bought him this little sort of, like, hammer that has a multi tool on it. And he was like, oh, great, I'll just fly back with it. But then he realized, last minute, it has, like. He's like, it's everything you would possibly need to cause havoc on an airplane.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And he was like, I'm gonna leave this and let you guys send it to me. Which was 100% the right call.

[A]

Yeah. You never really hear the term travel hammer.

[B]

No. Also, a multi tool means it has a blade that folds out of it and all these screwdrivers and like. Yeah.

[A]

A pilot's door opener. Yeah. You know what I'm not. You know what I feel like I don't need, Based on how I'm living my life?

[B]

What's that?

[A]

A multi tool.

[B]

Yeah. You think you have. You got just one tool, and that's enough for you.

[A]

My old noggin, the old bean, the old index finger that calls people with tools.

[B]

I wonder what the justification is for the. What do you weigh? Like, what is that?

[A]

Seems weird.

[B]

Yeah. And that's one of those things you're sort of like, can you guys be recording this? Because I like.

[A]

Is it also a carnival, do you think?

[B]

Maybe.

[A]

Was it one of those airport carnivals where it's half airport and half carnival games?

[B]

Because I sort of want to be like, hey, I want to raise a stink about this with your superiors. So I'd like a transcript of this conversation. I'd like to know what my weight has to do with anything.

[A]

Right. I feel like in this day and age, they just say, no when you're like, can I talk to a superior? I feel like nobody has one anymore.

[B]

Yeah. Like, no one charged years ago because it was aunt bebe, our great aunt. We were getting them on grandma.

[A]

And aunt bebe, she wasn't, by the way. She was a Fine aunt. She was just really old. Say great aunt. You say aunt instead of aunt, huh? Cause I get a lot of shit.

[B]

No, sometimes I say aunt.

[A]

Okay, gotcha. But she was an aunt.

[B]

She was an aunt. Yeah. I would say, you know, Aunt Christy, Aunt Sherry, Aunt Alex.

[A]

Yeah. I think our New England. Our New England aunts are aunts. And Aunt Bebe was. Aunt Bebe.

[B]

Yeah. Aunt Bebe was in a class by herself. But I remember she was getting. This was, you know, pre 9 11. She was getting. Going through security, and she was a bit. A bit sort of flustered. And I was standing nearby, and I was like, they just gotta make sure you don't have a bomb on you. And the nut. Like, I was yelled down so quickly by security, rightfully so. But I was like, I mean, if you saw Aunt Bebe, you would know she wasn't gonna be a problem. Well, she might be a problem for the people working on the plane.

[A]

We were. When I hosted the Emmys, we were shooting a promo video for the Emmys, and it was basically, we built like a TSA set. Cause it was. I was traveling and they opened up my luggage, and it was all just, like, different props from TV shows. Like, that was basically the promo we had. And there was a gun, a prop gun. And you've been on sets where a prop master comes and really stresses, like, this is a rubber gun. There are no bullets in this gun. However, you are not to pick up this gun. You are not to point this gun at anybody and look it. You know, obviously, you know, based on recent events, you can appreciate, like, how seriously people take this and what a massive part of set safety it is. Conor o', Malley, who is a genius and was a writer for my show at the time, he was dressed up as a TSA agent, and he was in the bathroom during the speech, and he walked out, literally when the speech was open, picked up the gun without stopping, pointed in my face, and said, eat lead joke, man. And he got yelled down so hard and felt terrible. Connor's also. Connor, for someone who seems like a complete punk rock rebel, he has an incredible amount of respect for the rules and especially professionals whose job it is to keep people safe. But, yeah.

[B]

Yeah, I wouldn't expect just from some of his material that I've seen that he would have respect for the rules.

[A]

But he's a real rule guy.

[B]

Yeah, Yeah, I like it.

[A]

I love rules. Yeah, we need them. Yep. All right, Jeff, you can say something this time if you want, before you play the third one. I feel like you've been in the penalty box long enough.

[D]

Can I show you something?

[B]

Oh, look at the multi tool.

[A]

Jeff's got a multi tool. I love that.

[B]

He was holding it up and Seth was like, what's that?

[A]

I knew it was a multitool. It's got all kinds of things on it.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Now, Jeff, when was the last time you used your multi tool for something other than showing it off on a podcast? Like 10 minutes ago. That's why I have it out. I was setting what you use it for.

[D]

I was setting up the microphone so I could talk to you.

[B]

You have.

[A]

You're a podcast producer. You need a tool. Every time you set up the podcast, Mike, I'm in a different location than I normally am. Oh, gotcha.

[B]

Yeah. All right, so it wasn't. It wasn't. Doesn't just live on your desk.

[A]

It lives in my desk.

[B]

Gotcha. Yeah, that's a good place for it.

[A]

Okay, here's Andrew.

[F]

Hi, Josh. Hi, Seth. This is Andre from Montreal. A few years ago, my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by taking the entire family, all 15 of us, to an all inclusive resort in Mexico for a week. It was amazing. We really had a good time together. We did all the things. Rappelling into cenotes, climbing Mayan pyramids, and making the most of the all you can eat buffet. It was really great. By day five, the pace had slowed. We were mostly lounging by the pool and by the beach. My wife took some much needed solo time. So I was with our two kids then, aged five and eight. While playing by the pool, my daughter peer pressured me into joining a poolside resort organized relay drinking game that was, in hindsight, deeply flawed in its design. I volunteered and I was assigned the anchor position in our team's relay. My task was to chug a beer, then lunge across a table to kiss the last player on the opposing team on the cheek for the win. My counterpart happened to be a hotel staff member dressed up like a boxer. Don't ask me why. The relay started and when my turn came, I slammed the beer and launched myself across the table, only to get violently headbutted by the hotel employee who had the same mission. I fell to the ground, my eyes split open, blood everywhere. Gasps from the crowd now. The hotel medic took a look at me eventually and promptly sent me to a nearby tourist hospital down the road for some stitches. Now my Spanish is decent. It's pretty good. I studied in Colombia years ago and I've kept it up with friends and neighbors. I'm usually that annoying tourist who loves chatting with the locals in Spanish. But at the hospital, I decided to play it dumb. I didn't want my lack of medical Spanish vocabulary to become a problem. The staff's English was great, so I stuck to that. They stitched me up five neat ones just above the eye, and the nurse covered it with a simple bandage. All good. I was ready to go, but the doctor suddenly switched to Spanish, thinking I didn't understand. He turned to the nurse and with no attempt to lower his voice because he thought I didn't understand, said, has que lot el tel Pag in a Pardon my terrible accent. Basically, he said, make the hotel pay. Wrap him up like he just had brain surgery. The nurse chuckled and got to work. Gauze. More gauze. Wrapping me up. They wrapped me up like a cartoon mummy. I looked ridiculous. When I returned to the hotel resort, the front desk staff looked horrified. I looked far worse than I felt, like I'd just come out of intensive care. Later that night, I found out that my daughter had recorded the entire thing on my phone. The drinking game, bloodbath, and more importantly, the head butt by the hotel employee. I can send you the video if you like. It's a doozy. Word got around. The hotel manager approached me the day before our flight home, offering 10% off a future stay if I signed an NDA. Now, I'm Canadian, so suing wasn't my instinct, but I did remember the doctor's voice. Make them pay. I declined and casually mentioned I had the whole thing on video. The next morning, just before checkout, the manager returned with a far better offer. Four nights, all inclusive for my family. I agreed, took the deal, black eye and all. I felt like I had won. The following November, we were back in Mexico on the hotel's dime, enjoying the sunshine, margaritas, and not participating in any resort organized drinking games. Big thanks to the medical. The Mexican medical team who went above and beyond that day. You guys are the real heroes. Thanks, Josh. Thanks, Seth. Talk to you soon.

[A]

It's wonderful. I really wish. I wish. On the first day of his second trip, they just headbutted him when he checked in. I have a thing. When I see it in TVs or movies, when people get their head wrapped, it always looks fake.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

You know what I mean. Like a big white wrapping. Like. And I know that's how it looks when you first get your head wrapped, but it's still, like. It's so cartoony to me to have your entire head wrapped.

[B]

Yeah. Like, you mean like your hair and.

[A]

Yeah, like that big white. Like white white like gauze. I'm like, this looks like a Halloween costume.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Yeah. I don't know. I'm trying to think. Have you ever had your head wrapped up?

[A]

No.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm going to wait. Here's the thing. I'd like to wait until I have amnesia. I feel like the wrapped head is a good way to let your friends and family know you're probably not going to remember much about them, Right? Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. How are you gonna remember that? That's your plan once you have amnesia?

[A]

I have it on the. It's like I crashed out the organ donor thing on my driver's license and it just says only Raphead.

[B]

That's like an advanced amnesia just for head wrapping.

[A]

It says if he remembers how he hurt his head, don't wrap it. It's a weird devil.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

If he doesn't know where he is, wrap it up.

[B]

And then send him on his way.

[A]

And then send him on his way.

[B]

Because he wants to go see his friends.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, he thinks he does. He doesn't know what he wants to do at that point.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That's. I love sort of a trip, an all inclusive trip that clearly starts with, like, you know, on all cylinders. And then day five, you obviously slow down. And then to get pulled into a competitive drinking game is by a child.

[A]

By your child.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Trying to show off.

[B]

Yeah. We're about to. We're about to head to our fantasy football draft.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And there's not really. We drink so much less than we used to.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But a competitive drinking game. I don't know. There's something.

[A]

We really do. It's kind of nice. Like, I had a. Because I feel like there was like, the last five years, we were still drinking a lot. Like, that was actually part. Like, I felt a little dreadful.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, ugh.

[B]

And we'll still do things where it's like you have to do a penalty shot because of X, Y or Z, but then if someone pours you, like, a full shot, you're like, oh, come on, man. Yeah, I don't want to do this. Just give me.

[A]

At this point, a shot of tequila is. You have to smell the cap or like a teaspoon. Little teaspoon. Very excited about our draft.

[B]

Yeah. Tom. I just sort of veering off of Andre's story a little bit here, but I just finished. The songs that I do for this podcast were born out of doing songs for these drafts. And I just finished the song for the draft with a lot of lead time because I'm gonna be so busy sort of getting a lot of things out of the way in my life before the draft, and then I'm going off to Ireland for a wedding.

[A]

So. Do you feel a lot of relief having the song done?

[B]

An insane amount of relief.

[A]

Great. It's a big part. The song reveal, and this was the inspiration for the podcast is Josh would do these songs. We all sit around late at night on Saturday. It's the biggest tradition of the many annual traditions. We added a new one this year. We're doing a Secret Santa.

[B]

Yeah. I'm very excited.

[A]

We all got assigned one of our 12 friends and we have to each spend $50 on a presentation.

[B]

It's $100.

[A]

Oh, well, I might be pocketing the difference.

[B]

I mean, as we're recording this, we're probably, I don't know, we're like 10 days out, something like that.

[A]

Oh, you're 10 days. Yeah, that's right. I'm. No, it's more than that. No, you're right. You're right. Yeah. Yeah. I'm 13 days away.

[B]

Have you bought the Secret Santa gift yet?

[A]

It's in the works.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Have you bought yours?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Gotcha.

[B]

Yeah, I can't tell you who it's for because it's secret.

[A]

Yeah, I know how it works.

[B]

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[A]

Here we go. I just want to say one last thing on Andre and Barbara.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

As much as I enjoyed Andre and Barb, I wish Barb just because it would have thrown me. I wish Barb had been from Montreal and Andre had been from upstate New York. Because they were just, you know, it's just they were so on the nose, you know?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, I do. We're very, very sort of norther, northeast heavy today, you know, we got Alex, born in Pittsburgh, lives in Buffalo, Barb, upstate New York, Montreal. Let's see where our next storyteller is from.

[A]

Let's see if. Hey, Jeff, take out your screwdriver and unscrew the next question from the box. Yeah, no problem. All right. This is Margot. I don't know if she says where she's from, but the story's about where she went. And it's a little bit of a longer one, but it's a journey.

[C]

Hey, Josh and Seth. This is Margo, currently living in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. But I'm from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Go Stillers. And this is a family trip from 1998 with my @ the time boyfriend Guido, who's from Florence. We met as bicycle tour guides in Italy, and post tour season we took a trip to Greece for 10 days to see if our burgeoning relationship would stick. We married in 1999. Important to know about Italians when they come back from vacations, the first question they get asked by other Italians is si mangiabene. Did you eat well? Not what did you see? Or how was the weather? Alrighty. We landed in Athens and decided to take a day or two to see the usual tourist spots. Parthenon, Acropolis, National Archaeological Museum. And we were eating Greek cuisine, goat yogurt, etc. And the first thing I learned about Guido is that his constitution, shall we say, is finely tuned to Italian food. And the first time he visited the restroom, he exited dejected, explaining that his usual clockwork digestion was off kilter. We had planned to leave Athens for the Peloponnese, but now we had to stay within a short distance of a bathroom in case Guido's nature called. Fortunately, the next day he exited the motel room with two thumbs up and a giant smile. So we were on our way, taking public transportation. It's how we get an immersive experience to Sparta, Olympia, Corinth, and sometimes small villages that weren't even on our map. We had a couple hour layover in one where we were transferring buses. It was locked down against the afternoon sun, not a person in sight, until we saw a second floor shutter open, revealing an old man who recognized immediately that I was American and shouted, monica Lewinsky. It's during these rides that we met the locals and got a sense of daily life and ideas about off the beaten track experiences. Riding a bus includes learning that buses deliver mail by tossing mailbags from the door onto pavement, in front of gas stations or other determined stor stops. No one may be around, but out it goes. This will be an important thing to remember later. About day four, I started to get really sleepy. Sleeping sickness sleepy. I had had mono 15 years earlier. Spooks. Basta. That is my cat, Spooks. So let's see, where was I? So I was getting really sleepy. Sleeping sickness sleepy. I had had mono 15 years earlier, so I knew it wasn't that, but something like it, because I could wake up for meals, but otherwise I slept. So we rented a car because buses wouldn't hack it for me in that condition. I don't know what other places we visited, because Guido would pull into a motel, deposit me in bed and then sightsee, come back and take me out for meals and then redeposit me in bed. I was sleeping about 22 hours a day. On day seven, I told him that I would fly home the next day if I wasn't feeling better. Our wonderful Greek grandmother at our motel heard about my illness and brought me a delicious soup that night and I felt fine. The next day we continued our traveling on the peninsula, and on our ninth day after leaving the motel, I discovered that I had left my passport at the front desk. This was back in the day when you would have to leave your passport when checking in. We no longer had the car and couldn't get back to the motel and called to see if they would mail my passport to the American Embassy. Visions of a mailbag being thrown to the pavement made it unlikely that it would arrive, but they said they would send it. We arrived back in Athens and I to the embassy, where, incredibly, they had my passport and we had three hours to spare before our flight. We boarded a local bus to the airport, so sardine packed with locals that Guido and I got separated. My backpack was between my feet where a small child was unzipping it. When he saw that I noticed, he scurried off between legs. I tried yelling to Guido to be aware of pickpockets, but the loud music and bus motor that circulated with the hot air from the open windows made communication impossible. So I saw another pickpocket reaching under Guido's shirt where he carried our cash. I elbowed my arms into the air and yelled, atencione. The pickpocket and everyone else nearby saw me, and Guido's cash was safe for now. When the bus stopped, a lot of people got off because the bus police people who checked to make sure that you've punched your Bus ticket got on. We hadn't been able to get to the ticket punch machine because it was so crowded, but we figured we could explain what happened and that we did have tickets and were going to the airport. Instead, they escorted us off the bus and really tried to scare us into thinking that they would take us to the police station and we would miss our flight. Shakedowns are the same all over the world. I lied and said that Guido had all our cash and it wasn't much because we were leaving the country. So Guido gave him the few bills that he had while I kept my cash tucked away. Greece is a beautiful place, but I will never, ever go back. Hello to Hillary and Larry. I hope that this story passes muster with the mustachioed one. Thanks.

[A]

You got the shakedown.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, man.

[B]

That's a rough trip with some digestive issues and then a weird sleeping sickness.

[A]

Yeah. And then we've talked about signs about the Dutch pickpockets.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

On the trams.

[B]

Yeah. They made us laugh very hard when we first moved to Amsterdam.

[A]

And I never got pickpocketed. I mean, you kind of did in Italy, though. Yeah, in Italy.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And you were. I don't know what the Italian word for asking for it is, but that's.

[B]

What you were doing.

[A]

I do like that she married an Italian guy and now yells pasta to her cat.

[B]

Yeah. To spooks who's just like, yeah. Meowing in the back. Yeah. It's amazing. Like, I will say, when you need an embassy and an embassy comes through for you, it really makes you. You're like, oh, man.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

USA all the way.

[A]

Oh, my God. It's incredible.

[B]

Yeah. And also, it feels weird to sort of be like, where. How do I deal with this situation? I'm overseas. And then you're like, do I go to the embassy? And like, when you have to, it's just. It's amazing because it feels like, oh, I shouldn't be allowed to go in this building, but absolutely, you can go into that building.

[A]

You know what I'm going to say real quick while we're talking about government services, I had just a great experience at the New York City DMV recently. My new license and just like, everything. I mean, again, like, look, New York City, there's a lot of people. So it wasn't like I walked in and out, but everything about it was, like, really smooth, like, take your number, wait here five minutes, then this, and just really, really impressed with the whole thing. And again, when government services work well, you're like, thank you. This is more than a fair exchange for my tax dollars. I really appreciate it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. So I feel like we've definitely. I think that, like, sweaty foreign bus thing is a real rite of passage.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, not great at the time. Yeah, I did some of that when I was in Thailand for sure. And.

[A]

But it all. It all worked.

[B]

I mean, I got ripped off all over the left and right on that trip and got sick and it wasn't. Yeah, I wouldn't endorse the way I did it, but I got from point A to point B for sure.

[A]

That's good.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, I think that's a good. A good takeaway for how shitty your trip was when the best thing you can say is, like, the buses got me. Are you going to Thailand? I can't say enough about the buses.

[B]

I recently. Not a lot of people ride the metro in LA doesn't go from where you are to where you want to go very often. But I use it. And I was going to the Rose Bowl. I talked about going to that show and. But I got to walk, like, maybe 20 minutes to get to the station. And as I'm walking in, I've got the sort of the tap in app on my phone. And they also have screens that tell you when the next train's coming. And it was coming in one minute.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

And I looked and a guy in front of me looked or saw this sign that said a minute. And then he started running and I started running after him because you don't want to miss it. Like, then it's going to be, I don't know, 20 minutes for the next one. And I was trying to open the tap app on my phone and I just couldn't get it fast enough. And I was worried. And the door was closing instead of the turnstiles that you have to go through. And this guy sort of edged a foot in the door and cheated his way onto the tram or onto the metro. And I followed him. I felt terrible about it, but I was like, I just don't want to miss this train. And then I had a transfer and on my next train they made an announcement and they were like, you know, you know, ticket people might be coming by, so be sure that you have your, like, confirm tap thing. And I, in my head, I was just like, if they come onto this train, I'm going to be like, charge me everything. Like, give me the fine, full fine. I feel terrible. And my wife was like, you're such a nerd. Yeah.

[A]

Would you have Been like, that guy did it too.

[B]

No, he was gone. I wouldn't have called anyone else out, but I would have been like, I just couldn't find the app fast enough. I couldn't find it in my wallet. I had a bunch of expired passes that I got to go through.

[A]

That's great.

[B]

You know how it is. Yeah.

[A]

Catching a bus last minute, still one of the great thrills in the world.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

I really do dig it. I. Sometimes with the boys, you know, when we take our subway, if we get a subway, I mean, they're almost at the age where I'm like, let's make it. But they're so clumsy that I'm always like, don't worry about it. We'll get the next one.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I feel like next year, their next school year, it's going to be like, come on, let's do this, guys.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All righty. Well, I think. Was that four?

[B]

That's four. But then I think we got a couple questions. Yeah. Jeff.

[A]

Yeah. Let's hear our questions.

[D]

Yeah, we got two questions.

[A]

This is from Blake. Hey. Pashi and Sufi. This is Blake from Buffalo, New York, A stone's throw from Niagara Falls, which I personally think is worth it. And it also has a leg up on the Grand Canyon because it does, in fact, have railings. I have a question for Josh, which is a sincere, creative question, but I can't figure out a way to ask it without sounding pretentious, so I'll just lean into it, I guess. Whenever I listen to the songs you make, which are creative feats, I noticed that you seem to have multiple takes of the melody recorded. So I was just wondering, is that a creative choice to fill out the sound a little by adding layers of the same melody just sung slightly off from each other? Or are you attempting to add harmonies but don't realize that you're just singing the melody again? Either way, love the pod. Love the songs, and thank you for answering my curiosities. If you're wondering where the sunlight is posh, it's cause he just threw a little shade.

[B]

No, I appreciate it, Blake. And I don't know how to sing harmonies. I don't read music well enough. I know. I've tried to do it, and I've gone to learning how to read Music 101 types of things. I know that sort of a chord is made up of three notes, and if you sort of sing something within that same chord, it should work, and it should make it sound pretty. I love when I hear you Know people or bands singing in harmony, I do not know how to do it. So what I'm doing is I'm singing multiple takes of the same thing. Sometimes a full octave up or a full octave down, but never any sort of variation to create harmony because I don't know how to do it and I wish I knew how to do it. And also sort of a lot of times by singing it twice, I can sort of COVID up some of my failings in singing. I feel like it sounds a little bit nicer to have sort of two tracks of the same voice going together. Sometimes if it's too high and like you have three versions of the same thing, it really will start to warble in a weird way. So I'm just trying to make it sound as good as it can. And there are certainly tracks where I'm out of my depth, and I know I am, but I've already written them and I've sort of committed to it, and I can't. I just don't have the time to. To bail and do something that I can that's more in my range.

[A]

I think it's fun. I will say, as a listener, I enjoy when you are going for it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Even. Even on the ones where you maybe don't have the full set of goods.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, these pipes are, you know, are rusty.

[A]

At least you got pipes. I got a couple of paper towel dowels over here. What's that?

[B]

It's one of those things about that I didn't. I took a couple voice classes in college and I wish. I obviously wish I would have taken more. And I. I feel like now I'm like, if I take voice classes, it's going to be so expensive and just time consuming. And I don't know if I have that time. But I have considered it, which is a weird thing to consider it for.

[A]

I don't want you to take voice classes. I just want to jump in and say on behalf of all of us, me and the listeners, we don't need you to do that.

[B]

Yeah. But I think it'd be nice, just in general, to learn how to sing better. Okay.

[A]

I mean, look, if you want to do it, I obviously support you because I love you very much.

[B]

Yeah. I mean. And sometimes it does make the recording of the songs significantly longer because I have to record multiple tracks.

[A]

If you take singing lessons, I'm going to take juggling lessons because it's equally.

[B]

As useful, I will say, for the. For the song coming up for our draft, which is NSFW Whatever they say. And we'll never play it for you guys, but I feel like it has 17 vocal tracks on it. When you hear it, you'll know why, but it's, you know, it's. Yeah. So that can add some time. But anyhow, that should answer it. Blake, you're probably better at all this stuff than I am, and I. I don't claim to be an expert, so thank you, Blake.

[D]

All right, this is from Josh, but I don't think it's from you, Josh.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

That would be so passive aggressive if it was you.

[B]

Hello, Josh and Seth. My name is Josh. Joshua. My brother's name is Seth.

[A]

Whoa.

[B]

So look at that.

[A]

Seth, you are.

[B]

Love your podcast, your questions at the end when you ask, would you recommend your hometown as a destination for a family trip? I think you would get way better answers and a little more fun game out of it if you asked your guests to recommend their hometown as a destination for vacationing, period. That way, it forces them to come up with cool things to see rather than a closed ended yes or no question. Know what I mean? Keep it up.

[A]

Yeah, I hear that. Sold. I'm sold. You feel like you're not sold. I'm totally fine.

[B]

No, no, no. I am sold. I forget the woman from Minnesota's name who sort of tallied up our stats, who we had so much love for. And to change the questions is just to sort of throw that Excel spreadsheet out the window.

[A]

This is, by the way. Let me just tell you something, Josh. I'm gonna jump in. Every now and then, we try to change the rules in our fans football league and the amount that people are purists like Josh, we're like, but this is not the way it has been done.

[B]

I got people who support my position.

[A]

No, you do. You're a bunch of just the village elders. No, young man, we can't do point for per reception. That is not the old ways.

[B]

Yeah, well, those aren't the old ways. I have often thought, like, what's a place you've always wanted to go on vacation? I think that. Boo.

[A]

Just do it Joshua's way. Hey, where's your hometown? Great. You're now. Here's how we're gonna do it. You're now the head of the local board of tourism. You have to convince Josh and I to go on a vacation there. You have 30 seconds. Go.

[B]

Yeah. Okay.

[D]

I think you should only do that.

[A]

You should only do that if they say no. Okay. I think you should only talk. Jeff, when we ask you a question. I spent all this time putting my mic together, though. Oh, my God. I. Yeah, if they say no, maybe, but I don't know. I'm gonna just say I. First of all, I just liked everything about Joshua's vibe. And I'm sorry Josh had to go rain on your parade. He's probably just still in his head about the fact that Blake pointed out to everybody he doesn't know what a cigar go. Take it personally.

[B]

I like the idea.

[A]

He's spinning out. Joshua. He's spinning out.

[B]

No, I would happily make that shift. I get what he's going for, too. Just not a simple yes or no question answer.

[A]

And by the way, some people might just choke in the moment, and sometimes it's nice to give them a little yes or no.

[B]

Yes or no?

[A]

Because I will say, like living or dead family you want to go on vacation with or real or fictional. That's a tough one.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So, you know, it's a balance, Joshua. It's a balance.

[B]

Hey, I do want to shout out one thing real quick. There's been a terrible fire on the north rim of the Grand Canyon recently, and it's burned a lot of structures down. There's the historic Grand Canyon Lodge. That's gone. A lot of other structures are gone. I reached out to Lauren Cisneros, our friend who works for the Grand Canyon Conservancy, and she said, a lot of people up there, a lot of people who work for the conservancy and for the park have lost everything. Really devastating fire that at the time of recording this, has been burning for 49 days. And they've got it now under 64% containment, but it's still burning, and it's going to take a long time to rebuild. And then for all those people who lost everything, it's a really bad situation. So we're starting our first ever fundraiser. And if you want to help us support them and support those people and support the rebuilding efforts, you can go to tinyurl.com familytripsfundraiser that's tinyurl.com family trips fundraiser, and we will match you dollar for dollar up to $10,000. And we would really appreciate your support, and we want to support them as much as we can. Because as much as Seth likes to tease the Grand Canyon, I have a.

[A]

My saying has always been, if anybody burns it down, I want it to be me.

[B]

Right?

[A]

So my whole goal here is to build it back up, because I take no joy in if it happening, you know, via nature.

[B]

So, yeah. So if you want to help us out, if you want to help them out, Please go to tinyurl t I n y URL.com familytripsfundraiser we really appreciate it and thanks, everybody. Thanks for all your stories and your questions and yeah, we really appreciate you and yeah, thank you guys for all your questions and stories. Yeah, it's just great and sort of rock and roll. Buffalo was so well represented today.

[A]

Yeah, Upstate New York. Buffalo crushing it. All right, thanks, everybody. We'll talk to you soon. Bye, Pashi.

[B]

Bye, Sui Alex from Buffalo. His dad was in charge of the radio there was coming home discovered a buzz cut and a car seat electric combo backseat became a fireworks show it was dark, it was dark Made a spark made a spark from sandstone on family we're heading out on a vacay son came to say he needed a light to help with his reading insecurity we're subjected to questioning did you make this call to know you know you why do you hear what I wear? Andre got pulled into a jerky game super revved up and when his turn came Joe pressed the table to kiss their last guy that guy go to crack Andre over the eye got some fishes over all was okay doctors said they should take the hotel pay rather about good it's cause the hotel spirit riding it back for free the next year. Then there's muggo she went to Greece with her boyfriend Italian Guido the Grecian food was tough on his belly Forgot her passport after being with the sleeping sickness she had to she had to weed up we don't poop past 14 to the embassy Margo.

[A]

SA.