#396: We Smabi

Summary

Hey Riddle Riddle #396: "We Smabi" — Episode Summary

Release Date: February 18, 2026
Hosts: Adal Rifai, Erin Keif, John Patrick Coan (JPC)
Podcast: Hey Riddle Riddle (Headgum)

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Episode Overview

In this characteristically chaotic and comedic episode, Adal, Erin, and JPC dive into their usual blend of lateral-thinking riddles, offbeat improv scenes, and amusing tangents. Episode #396 is themed around the invented term "smobby" (with multiple meanings including a greeting, a break, and a way to describe a state of being), riffing on the perils of modern small talk, and of course, the solving—or demolition—of riddles. Along the way, they discuss wild advertisements, cultural touchstones only known through parody, and the joys and frustrations of baby-naming trends.

The trio revel in their signature irreverent banter, blending silliness, observational humor, and a healthy dose of self-deprecation, making this episode as much about their dynamic as about the riddles themselves.

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Key Discussion Points & Riddles

1. Redefining Greetings & The Birth of "Smobby"

(08:05–12:47)

• The hosts discuss how "How are you?" lost its meaning post-pandemic and brainstorm alternatives.
• "Smobby" becomes their new greeting word, described as, “it can kind of mean whatever you want it to be,” (C, 10:23) — ranging from seeking good news to simply acknowledging our collective malaise in 2026.
• The hosts riff on greeting alternatives like “back to bed, huh?” and “who do you think is coming to save us?”
• Notable quote:

  “We have a new word here at Hey Riddle Riddle that we started on a live stream, and it’s smobby. And the cool thing about smobby is it means all sorts of things.” — Erin (A), 10:12

2. Comedy Movies & Cultural Segues

(02:42–04:13)

• JPC recommends “Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie,” triggering discussion about comedy’s absence in theaters and over-the-top critical pull-quotes.
• Tangents about “who’s coming to save us?” veer into the feasibility of superheroes — with Batman and The Punisher dismissed as “not coming to save us,” landing on the hope for an alien Superman.

3. Riddles from 2019: Time-Travel Escapism

(15:12–30:31)

• The hosts engage with user-submitted riddles from 2019 as a form of escapism.
• JPC wryly comments:

  “The good news is the riddles we’re doing today came to us from 2019, when the world was a mildly better place.” (B, 15:34)

Riddle: Kevin & Susie

• Setup: Kevin is shopping, Susie grabs a knife, gives Kevin a cut, asks for money, Kevin runs away, and is later arrested.
• Solved via comedic lateral guesses (“He dined and dashed a tattoo”) before landing on:
• Answer: Susie is a butcher; Kevin ran off with meat without paying (shoplifting).
• Improv scene: The hosts launch into an elaborate “Les Mis”-esque post-butchery prison release scene.
• Notable moment:

  “14 years for two ribeyes, huh? Kind of wild, that.” — Adal as ex-con (C, 23:50)

Riddle: Agatha on the Train

• Setup: Agatha rides the train, breaking laws, conductor smiles, never calls police.
• Guessed: Agatha is a baby; “laws” broken are things like eating, sleeping, or relieving herself on the train.
• Notable:

  “As a baby, the conductor always smiles at her and ignores the letter of the law. The spirit is not to apply to babies.” — JPC (B, 34:46)

• Improv scene: Train enforcer writes ridiculous tickets to Erin for minor offenses.

4. Riffing on Language, Advertising, and Commercials

(46:05–48:15)

• Brief tangent on memorable (and now defunct) advertising campaigns: Herbal Essences, Lipton Brisk, root beer brands, and the strange inertia of brands "not advertising."

5. More Riddles, More Absurdity

Riddle: Mailing a Head

• Setup: A man mails a head; recipient isn’t scared or surprised. Why?
• Classic goofball answers (“lettuce”/“cabbage”) are explored. Actual riddle answers include:
  • The head is cabbage (acceptable);
  • Sent to a morgue;
  • Sent to himself at a different address.
• Improv scene: A couple awkwardly opening a mysterious box.
• Side tangent: “Mannequin” movie and problematic old movie plots.

Riddle: 12 Men, 12 Pairs Hanging

(56:07–59:00)

• “12 men walking by, 12 pairs hanging high, each took a pair and left 11 hanging there.”
• After much lateral thinking, the answer is revealed:
  • “Each” is a man’s name, so only one pair is taken.
• Hosts universally declare this riddle “stupid.”
• Notable quote:

  “The answer is that the man’s name was Each.” — JPC (B, 59:00)

Riddle: Six Little Grapes, Three Black Cherries, Four Peaches

(60:04–64:49)

• Visual/word riddle ultimately revealed to describe the faces of dice (pips).
• Bonus trivia about “pips” (dots on dice, grape seeds, and Gladys Knight & the Pips).
• Notable reaction:

  “F. Bonus points. That was the main answer.” — Adal, (C, 65:38)

Riddle: Two Wallets, $2, One Has Twice as Much

(66:50–72:12)

• Classic logic puzzle—hosts struggle until a hint about wallet size leads to answer:
  • One wallet is inside the other; thus, one wallet contains both dollars, the other only one, so “twice as much.”
• Over-the-top rejection:

  “That’s so stupid. F, F, F, F, F. That’s wild.” — Erin (A, 72:05)

• Improv: “Big Wallet & Little Wallet”—a satirical lesson on generational wealth.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On post-pandemic greetings:

  “No one’s been good since 2019, the last six years.” — Erin (A, 09:02)

• On the world’s woes:

  “Who do you think’s coming to save us?” — JPC (B, 10:48)
  “Batman, because he doesn’t really have any powers... Is that what I meant to say? Mostly he’s too busy playing golf.” — Erin (A, 13:48)

• On baby faces:

  “The face that babies make when they poop is so funny... we learn not to show other people our poop face.” — JPC (B, 35:24)

• On intelligence:

  “The three of us combined has the same intelligence of an average dog who’s been dead for less than 12 hours.” — JPC (B, 66:09)

• On riddle frustration:

  “I’m so smart I can’t make my brain dumb. I’m just kidding, I’m really dumb.” — Erin (A, 58:21)

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Listener Voicemail: Cultural Touchstones Only Known via Comedy

(73:36–76:31)

• Listener asks if the hosts know of any pop culture they only understand through secondhand jokes.
• Examples: Parody movies (Airplane, Scary Movie, etc.), “We Bought a Zoo,” the “Electric Boogaloo” sequel meme, references to the band Phish, and The Simpsons.
• Notable quote:

  “There was a time... anytime they would name a fake sequel, they’d say ‘blank blank: Electric Boogaloo’... but I don’t know anyone who’s seen Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.” — Adal (C, 76:17)

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Closing & Plugs

• Quick plugs for other podcasts (Hello from the Magic Tavern, Dungeon or Gumshoes and Dragons), the Patreon, and live shows.
• Fun final moments: “Say the planet!” — “Jupiter. Jupiter.” — “Smobby.” (77:24)

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Recurrent In-Jokes & Running Gags

• “Smobby” used as a meaningfully meaningless word, adapting to every conversational need.
• Erin’s aversion to certain riddles (“I don’t even feel like I’m on the track of anything.” 71:14)
• Ominous references to “going into the ocean.”
• Rejection of bad riddle logic by awarding them a grade F.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Smobby as a greeting — 10:00–12:47
• First 2019 riddle, Kevin & Susie — 16:36–22:49
• Train rule/Agatha riddle — 28:29–34:46
• Mailing a head — 48:18–54:32
• Cultural touchstones via comedy (voicemail) — 73:36–76:31
• Closing plugs and outro — 76:55–end

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Tone & Style

• Silly, irreverent, fiercely self-aware, with a blend of improvisation and genuine camaraderie.
• Directly addresses the audience, sometimes shifting from riddle to storytelling to social commentary.
• Original hosts’ voices are goofy, energetic, and improvisational, never taking themselves or the material too seriously.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode of Hey Riddle Riddle is emblematic of the show’s style: riddles are merely the jumping-off point for running jokes, wild improv, philosophical musing, and affectionate mockery of both themselves and the world around them. If you’re looking for strictly riddle-solving, that’s maybe only half the fun: the real gems are in the hosts’ witty asides, their wild hypothetical scenarios, and the ever-evolving definitions of words like “smobby.”

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Memorable Quote to Close:

“We wobble. We smobby.” — Adal (A), 48:23

Transcript

[A]

This is a headgum podcast.

[B]

Oh, man. Guys, great episode today. Great episode. I think we're done recording, though. So does everyone want to hang out or go back to our separate homes and crawl into our Helix mattresses or.

[A]

I'm going to bed. I'm going to bed.

[C]

I'm going to my Helix Sleep mattress to just warm up and get some z's.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because we all took the Helix Sleep quiz, which matches us to the perfect mattress based on our personal preferences and sleep needs and. And buying a mattress. Super easy, super simple. And we all love our Helix Sleep mattress. I love my Midnight Luxe. It is so soft. But unfortunately, we're the same guy. We all took the same quiz and we got the same mattress because our bodies have molded into one riddle being it hurts.

[A]

It hurts, but it won't hurt. You know, it doesn't hurt.

[B]

You sleep.

[A]

Yeah, I get so many compliments on my mattress. Whenever anyone comes over and watches Lou or everyone, they wake up and they immediately go, what is this mattress? It's a Helix Sleep, baby. It's a Helix Sleep.

[C]

Well, Aaron, it's not just you and your friends feeling like it's a great mattress. A study found that 82% of those involved saw an increase in their deep sleep cycle while sleeping on a Helix mattress. Hey, I'm never going to use another mattress. I'm Helix Sleep till I die, baby.

[B]

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[C]

I've had my Helix Sleep Midnight Lux since I moved into my house. And I gotta say myself, my wife, our four cats, we all sleep comfortably on a mattress. We feel so safe and secure. It's so warm in these brutal Chicago winters.

[A]

Cozy. I'm gonna go back to back. I'm gonna go back to bed.

[C]

Yeah, just thinking about my Helix Sleep mattress makes me so comfortable and sleepy.

[B]

And you should all go back to bed as well. And by that, I mean by with the President's Day Sale. Best of the Web. This is running from the 2nd to the 25th. It is 27% off site wide and that is exclusive for listeners of. Hey, Riddle. Riddle. So go to helixsleep.com Riddle for the President's Day sale. That's helixsleep.com Riddle for the President's Day Sale. Make sure you enter our show name after checkout so they know we sent you helixsleep.com riddle but don't take it.

[C]

From them, Take it from me. Helix. Hamlinkin. I cannot tell.

[A]

Asleep at the end. Introducing him at the end.

[C]

I gotta go.

[B]

He looks ham. Flinkum. Adol. Aaron, I know that the two of you have been so mad that they are not putting comedy movies in theaters anymore. Well, do I have a shocking declaration for the two of you?

[C]

Shock me.

[A]

Shock.

[B]

Okay. Shock you. Let me rub my socks on the carpet. I just saw Nirvana, the Band, the show, the Movie and it is fucking excellent.

[A]

I'm in a what?

[C]

Huh?

[B]

Okay. This movie is so funny. It's the first like mockumentary style film that I've seen in a while that was making me laugh out loud. Plus it's. I will not get into it, but when the twists come in this movie, your jaw will hit the floor in a good way. In a way that makes you say, I have to clean up my jaw now. But I do like that it touched the ground.

[C]

Now wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Is this the movie that Variety called? It's insane that it exists and fandom said gives no fucks. A movie you absolutely must see to believe.

[B]

Yes, you have to see this.

[A]

A comedic miracle says Sunshine State Complex. A comedic miracle. Jpc.

[B]

Yes. So the plot of the movie is they have a plan to book a show at the Rivoli, but something goes horribly wrong. And then Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah blah blah. You have to watch this movie. It is only in theaters starting February 13th. Nirvana, the band, the show, the Movie. It is so fucking good.

[C]

I'm there. I'm there again.

[B]

Run, do not walk to the theaters February 13th to see Nirvana the Band, the show, the Movie. You do not have to be familiar with the show. Just go see Nirvana the Band the show the Movie. You'll get it. It's fucking great. The doctor was the mother. He stood on a block of ice, both of them. It was the cannon of an airplane. He stabbed him with an ice away and the horse's name. Right? Okay. You are Aaron Keefe and is this your first year entering into the ice.

[A]

Cream cook off Tis? I'm very excited to be here.

[B]

Well, you have a lot of cold competition.

[A]

Thanks. Oh my God, my cooler is burning hot.

[B]

Uh oh, well, I can't wait to see. I can't wait to see what you have made for us.

[A]

Yeah, this ice cream soup, a thing has that been done? Hot ice cream soup.

[B]

I'm sorry, are you whispering at me or Are you whispering to yourself or who is the whisperer?

[A]

I'm whispering to you myself.

[B]

Great.

[A]

I can't wait to cream the competition.

[B]

Okay. Yuck, yuck, yuck. Sorry.

[A]

You can move on from me.

[B]

Great.

[A]

This is a long row of people. You don't have to stay here with me.

[B]

0 out of 100. Thank you.

[A]

You haven't even started.

[B]

Oh. Adol Refai.

[C]

Welcome back, Adol Rife.

[B]

I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm thinking of a different guy. Adol Rife. This is your first year at the ice cream cook off?

[C]

That is correct.

[B]

Excellent. And what do you have for us today?

[C]

I have nice cream. Now, what this is is. It's ice cream, but I've crushed Adderall and some uppers to put into it, so it makes you have a very good day.

[B]

C' est no more mon am.

[A]

Oh, you could just kiss one of the contestants. I would have given you a kiss if it meant I could win.

[B]

Apologies. You said Adderall and uppers, and I got very horny and I overstepped, and I will go ahead and just give you an automatic pass. 100 out of 100. What the.

[A]

Okay, okay.

[B]

And that brings us to the Next booth.

[A]

That's JPC's booth.

[B]

Has anyone seen JPC? It seems like the booth is unmanned.

[A]

I think it's part of his big presentation. He says it has a lot of bells and whistles.

[B]

Oh, okay. A lot of bells and whistles. Well, if there's no one at the booth, I kind of.

[C]

So much. Fog machine. What's going on? Oh, wait, look up. He's dropping from the ceiling.

[A]

Oh, that's the sky, honey.

[B]

I can't believe that he hit so hard.

[C]

Oh, yeah, he wasn't lowered down. He just dropped.

[B]

Whoa, whoa. There's a plane getting away.

[C]

Oh, wait, that's not jpc. It's some sort of ice cream body. It's melting.

[B]

Oh, well, just go ahead and grab a spoonful.

[A]

It's ice cream in the shape of a man.

[C]

Not terrible.

[B]

That's a person.

[C]

I like it.

[B]

That's a person. I think we all just ate it.

[C]

If no one else is eating it.

[A]

Ooh, don't mind if I do. You scream, I scream, we all scream.

[C]

Burrito podcast.

[B]

We got into the cannibalism stuff quick.

[A]

How are you? Tell me everything.

[C]

Me?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay, looks around. Room. I'm Adol.

[A]

How are you? Tell me everything.

[C]

Recording a podcast. Wow. What else, what else, what else, what else?

[B]

I am walls and floor.

[C]

I'm good. How are you, Aaron?

[A]

I'm great. It's good to see you.

[C]

Good to see you, jpc. How are you doing?

[B]

When you guys. I'm okay. When you guys. When someone asks you how you are, do you think that they're always fishing for the immediate ask back, or do you think that people are kind of panicking and. Because I think, how do you are? Or how are you kind of went out of fashion with the onset of the pandemic. The answer to that question has never been great.

[A]

Yeah. No one's been good since 2019, the last six years.

[B]

No one could honestly be, like, pretty good. Things are good.

[C]

I mean, I always see it as just the almost rhetorical question or almost, like, in lieu of hello, it's just like, how are you?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't think. Rarely do I feel like people mean it as like, a how are you? Like, I really want to know how you're doing. I think it's more of like, a hey, how's it going? Kind of thing.

[B]

What do you. If you. If you could, like, collectively mid. In black memory wipe that greeting from existence and replace it with another greeting, what greeting would you choose?

[A]

It's a great question.

[B]

Mine would be, I would see a person I hadn't seen in a while and say, don't think. Just tell me, what was your best nut in the past 72 hours?

[A]

Don't think.

[C]

Cashew.

[B]

Yeah. So some people say cashew, some people say, like, standing up in the shower, you know, it's, like, exhausting.

[A]

And for what? And for what?

[B]

Easy cleanup?

[C]

I think I look at someone I think I prefer instead of, like, how are you? Or whatever that is. I think just saying smobby.

[A]

Smobby, Smobby. You guys, we have a new word here at Hayward o' Riddle that we started on a live stream, and it's smobby. And the cool thing about smobby is it means all sorts of things.

[C]

It can kind of mean whatever you want it to be. And I do feel like 2026 is the year of the Smobby.

[B]

The year of the Smobby. Yeah.

[A]

If I'm not mistaken, it would be like, a greeting of, like, anything to hope for anything to hope for any good news. Like, just wanting to hear anything positive, like, knowing that it's mostly bad news.

[B]

Yeah. What about who do you think's coming to save us?

[A]

Who do you think is coming to save us?

[C]

Or even just, this sucks, right? I feel like if we just greeted each other with this sucks, right?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

It would be More positive because I could say yes in an enthused way versus how's it going? And if they're really curious, it's like.

[B]

What about as a greeting back to bed, huh? Where both people give each other permission to just go back to bed for the day.

[A]

All right.

[C]

We're all leaving our houses less and less. Right.

[B]

Well, hey everyone. Welcome to. Hey. Vernon Vernal. I'm gpc.

[C]

I'm AD Horfai.

[A]

And I'm Smobby. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I'm going back to bed.

[C]

We should do. What did John and Yoko do? They did like a 24 hour sleep in or something.

[A]

Did they?

[C]

Right. Didn't they have a good. Okay.

[B]

I love that this sounds so familiar. Animal. But I just don't know enough about the Beatles lore.

[A]

Yeah, they did a cover of Rolling Stones magazine where he was naked and she was wearing a turtleneck and was clinging to him.

[C]

Oh yeah. She's sort of like grabbing onto him like a tick or something.

[B]

They did some sort of thing when they were in bed. Like a photo shoot or something when they were in bed.

[A]

I think that's the one.

[C]

But I think I was during. They did some sort of like. I don't know if it. What's the hotel that overlooks Central Park? The Plaza.

[B]

Central perk, maybe.

[C]

Central perk. Thank you. And Gunther was there. I do feel like they did like a 24 hour. Were staying in bed to protest war or something.

[B]

Oh, hey, well, guess what, guys? Didn't fucking work.

[A]

I didn't know how much I was protesting war. Good for me.

[C]

I protest war 14 hours a day. I'm not depressed.

[B]

11:30, I'm pretty late. To protest war. I guess I'm not brushing my teeth today. To protest. I want to say war. Man, they had it right in the 60s. They knew how to do it in the 60s.

[C]

Oh yeah. I've never been to Central Park. I need to remedy that.

[B]

Yeah, it's quite lovely in Manhattan. Isn't Central park like most of Manhattan? Central park is huge, right?

[C]

Yeah, it's pretty massive.

[B]

But you've never been there.

[C]

Never been. I've been on the periphery. Like I've been to restaurants and stuff around it, but I've never stepped a single foot inside of it.

[A]

How many years until you think billionaires decide to put a bunch of horrible condos in Central Park?

[C]

I think it'll be a golf course. I think they'll just make it like a private golf course.

[B]

That would be so fun. Eighteen holes in the middle of Manhattan. Oh, please.

[A]

Private golf courses. Of course. All right. Riddles, puzzles, anything to hope for.

[B]

Who's coming to save us? Who do we think? Could we think? Who do we think?

[C]

Which superhero. Speaking of, who's coming to save us? Which superhero is most likely to be real that could save us?

[B]

That's a really great question.

[A]

I mean, Batman, because he doesn't really have any powers. He's just a bunch of like tech.

[C]

Okay, so there is a billionaire coming to save us.

[A]

Is that what I meant to say? Mostly he's too busy playing golf.

[B]

I think maybe probably like the Punisher, right? Because he's not a superhero. He's just like a angry guy with guns. But coming to save us is the part I don't think. I really don't think that the Punisher is really interested in saving us. He's interested in like murdering like corrupt cops or whatever. Like, he's not. He's not really like a fix stuff type of guy. More of a break break what's already broken type of thing. Step on the broken glass.

[C]

Annie Lennox had it right.

[B]

Maybe Superman.

[C]

Walking on. Walking on.

[B]

Bro, I think that the odds are better that it's like a alien lands on Earth and is interested in like making it better versus like someone from Earth kind of stepping up to the plate.

[A]

I feel like I'm putting it would have already happened. Right, sure.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, back to bed. No, no, guys, keep up. Keep fighting the good fight. Pick up your swords. Come on. Come on. ADOL JPC Come on. Yeah, come on.

[B]

Dragging my sword, you know, Tip into the ground, into battle.

[A]

Guys, come on.

[B]

No. Well, hey, we are going to stay strong. We're going to persevere. And part of what that is for us is doing looking at my notes. Fucking riddles, I guess.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

All right.

[C]

If we're going to solve a problem, it starts with solving smaller problems.

[B]

It starts like Maria.

[A]

First things first. How do you solve a problem like her? Huh? Sound of Music.

[B]

Yeah, well, honestly though, the good news is the riddles that we're going to be doing today came to us from 2019 when the world was a mildly better place. And so we'll even though still pretty bad, so we'll basically we get to do some little escapism in time travel. For instance, this one came from Steven, submitted in. Hey, February of 2019. So six years ago. That's pretty cool. Nope, that's not right. That's seven years ago. Right, because it's 2026 and that's 2019.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

How do we think that works, huh? Seven years.

[A]

Eight. 28 in the morning. You cannot make me do this.

[B]

Steven Ranitay. Guys, love the podcast. I've written a riddle for you. Please grade it. I think you'll either get it immediately or stumped forever. Was grading riddle something we were doing in 2019? Does anyone remember that?

[C]

Doesn't sound like us. No, but we could make an exception.

[B]

Steven asked for us to grade it, so we. If we are going to make an exception, now seems like the time.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Kevin is out shopping. He approaches Susie, who grabs a knife, gives Kevin a cut, and asks for his money, but Kevin runs away. Later, Kevin is arrested, and the question is, why was Kevin arrested?

[A]

Can you read it again?

[B]

I can absolutely read it again. Aaron and I would love to. Nothing more. Kevin is out shopping. He approaches Susie, who grabs a knife. Kevin gives Kevin a cut and asks for his money, but Kevin runs away. Later, Kevin is arrested.

[A]

He dined and dashed a tattoo.

[B]

He dined and dashed a tattoo. He dined and dashed a tattoo.

[A]

Maybe. Maybe I give up today.

[B]

Tattoo.

[A]

I love that you're just, like, rolling it over in your mouth like it's like a wine that you're trying to find the notes of.

[B]

Aaron, it's a pairing I've never had before. I don't hate it. I don't think there's a better way to say it. I love using dined and dashed to apply to things that aren't food. That's just good.

[A]

When I lived in Australia and my friend Connie got glassed, we went to.

[C]

Got what?

[A]

Glassed. Apparently it's a thing in Australia where glass will explode and people get glass in them. It happens enough in that Got Forsaken continent that we get glass in them.

[C]

Did she just say in them glass just explodes?

[A]

I was just as shocked as you are that that's a term that they used that glass just explodes. I went over to a party. They'd already been drinking for a while. They were celebrating passing a test because they're all, like, medical students. And I was talking to Connie. We were up against the refrigerator, and a guy tried to open a champagne bottle with a knife, which is hard to do if you've never done that before. And he did that in the champagne bottle exploded. And Connie got a huge piece of glass in her cheek, right under her eye, and I got some little glass in my legs. And then I took her to the emergency room, and she got stitches, and all she had to do was show her ID when she went in. And then we just walked out of the hospital when she was done. And I was like, do you have to pay a bill? Do we have to fill out paperwork? And she was like, no, it's just free. Just include it in our taxes. And I was like, you're dining and dashing healthcare. I literally felt like an adrenaline rush, like, we're stealing. And she was like, no, this is a really civilized place where we all get treated like humans. I was like, what?

[B]

Aaron, I don't want to quibble. Quibby, smobby, smobby, smobby. I don't want to smobby about this, but you said, glass just explodes. And then you told the story of a man hitting a champagne bottle with a knife and then it exploding, which to me is not glass just explodes.

[A]

Well, when she went to the hospital, the person was like, have you ever been glassed before? And she went, actually, yes. And she has these scars on her chest from being at a bar where a thing like a glass cup or.

[B]

Something explodes on her. What a wild thing to say. Have you ever been glassed before?

[C]

So not only are all the creatures in Australia trying to kill you, glass just explodes.

[A]

Yeah, glass has a mind of its own down there. And maybe you live in Australia and you're like, what the fuck are you talking about? And it was just these weird rural places in Western Australia that we're dealing with being glassed. But either way, I only know the.

[B]

Term glast, which I believe is like military slaying, but also it may be like Star wars space military slaying, when you bombard something or bomb it so much that you've completely destroyed the surface. And then you say that you've glassed it. I think there was an episode of the Mandalorian where they go back to his home planet and they say that it's completely glassed because it's was destroyed by, like, orbital bombardment. So that's how I know the word glassed, but I don't. I. I'm not familiar with the Australian usage of the term.

[C]

I'm going to say f. Oh, my God.

[A]

Are we in the middle of. We're in the middle of a riddle. Did we finish it?

[B]

No, Aaron, you are like, dined and dashed is, like, not wrong. But it's not during a tattoo appointment. But it's like, so close. It's like, you're dentist, you're 10. He's out shopping. He approaches Susie, who grabs a knife, gives him a cut and asks for his money. But Kevin runs away. Later, Kevin is arrested Not Susie Barber.

[C]

Like a.

[A]

Knife.

[B]

No, this is a person who would legit use a knife. And I guess, like, Barbara, you're thinking, what, like, straight razor?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Or haircut? I guess. But no, it's. We shouldn't give a haircut with a knife.

[A]

Ear piercing.

[C]

Cut him.

[B]

Stitches. No, not your piercing. Not surgery.

[C]

Pull a knife on you for good.

[B]

He is out shopping. That. That I think is really, really helpful. It's not like he's going. You wouldn't say, like, I'm going shopping and get a haircut. He's, like, legit shopping.

[C]

Is she selling knives? Is this, like, the.

[B]

No, she does not sell knives. She's not selling knives.

[C]

She's cutting a tag off.

[B]

That's a great guess. It's not a tag. Oh, hold on, hold on. Hey, Steven gave us hints. Do you want some hints?

[C]

Oh, yes, please.

[B]

All right. Did Kevin actually commit any crimes? Yes. And if you can land on the crime that he committed, I'll give that to you so that. That might help you. Was Susie the one pressing charges? Yes. Was Kevin's crime in the story? Yes.

[A]

It's him leaving is the crime.

[B]

Exactly. Erin, when he runs away, that's him committing.

[A]

She was giving him, like, a service.

[B]

Yeah, not. Yes, I guess a little bit like goods and service. You know, something in that category.

[C]

So she took out a knife and cut him?

[B]

No, no.

[C]

She took out a knife.

[B]

She grabs a knife and she gives Kevin a cut. It does not say that she cut him.

[A]

A cut of what?

[C]

Cut of the profits. A cut of.

[B]

I love this. A cut of drugs. Cut of the profits. No, a cut of cheese. Aaron.

[C]

Oh, it's a pusher.

[A]

It's a butcher.

[B]

It's a butcher.

[C]

Whoa.

[B]

So why was Kevin arrested?

[A]

Because he stole.

[B]

Yeah, she gives Kevin a cut, asks for his money, but Kevin runs away. So he stole the cut of meat. She cut some meat. She was a butcher. He ran away instead of paying for it, and she dropped a dime on him and she narked on him. So who's really the hero of that story, huh?

[A]

Great. I'd like to see a scene.

[B]

Is it the Jean Valjean who is just trying to steal some meat for his family?

[A]

Jpc. You are a butcher who recently got Adol in trouble for stealing from your shop. Adol? You're back in to try to be a paying customer. But it's a little awkward since the last time you saw him, he was getting you in trouble.

[C]

Hey, hey, hey, Meat man.

[B]

Yeah. Hey.

[C]

Hey.

[B]

I'm. Look, I just want to say I'M I'm sorry.

[C]

I'm sorry.

[B]

Yeah. The way that it all went down. Yeah. Didn't need to go that way and.

[C]

Yeah. Nope, nope.

[B]

I'm gonna do a thing, though, from now on for you, Ned, where I just asked you to pay upfront, basically, so we don't have to get into.

[C]

Something up front, like the front of the store or. I'm kidding, I'm kidding.

[B]

No, no, before. Yeah, before, obviously. I sell you any meat, I'm gonna have to see the money up front.

[C]

14 years.

[B]

I'm sorry.

[C]

14 years for two ribeyes, huh? Kind of wild, that.

[B]

Wait, that's what you got? You got 14 years?

[C]

14 years. But I only served 12, so. Huh.

[B]

God, why did I. The justice system works. The justice system works. I'm. I. Wow.

[C]

It's so. I'm celebrating seeing my kids again. So let's see what I want, huh?

[B]

You're adult kids. When you say kids, a lot of people think like, mommy, dad, you know, but it's like they're adults now.

[C]

Oh, yeah, I should say. I'm gonna go see my adults. What are we doing, children? What fuck are we doing? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[B]

Hey. I'm sorry.

[A]

Hey. Sorry, man. I just realized that I got all the way downtown before I did. I didn't pay for my filet. I just walked out without paying. I'm so sorry.

[B]

No worries. I just. I recorded it down. You could just pay at the end of the month if you need to.

[C]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

Thank you so much. Hey, I really appreciate that. All right, have a good one. Ding a. Ding, ding, ding.

[B]

Have a. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[C]

What the fuck?

[B]

Oh, yeah, we. We changed the policy. When was it? It was like 12 years ago, maybe, or 11. Maybe 11 years ago, we changed the policy. So now it's just like. It's so much easier to keep a tab for everyone. Yeah, just pay at the end of the month.

[C]

Kill them all. I'm gonna kill them all.

[B]

What did you want? You wanted some kielbasa? That's what I. Kilbasa. Okay. Yeah. And then obviously, you know, you're grandfathered into the old policy, so it's still upfront payment for you.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Gonna see your kids, huh? That's exciting.

[C]

My adult kids is what?

[B]

Yeah, well, now that I know, I could just kind of skip the pleasantry part of it and go. You know what? While you're here, your kids, Jeff and. Oh, and his. And his wife Karen, they have a tab if you want to settle up? If you want to settle up their tab, it's two ribeyes.

[C]

I'd rather. Wait. What?

[B]

They have a tab? Because they already bought two ribeyes. Ribeyes. Two ribeyes. Why does that sound familiar?

[C]

That's what I was going to order was two ribeyes.

[B]

Oh, you know what? That tab has already been paid. Because now, starting. When was it, 11, 12 years ago, we now do a promotion where every repeat customer just gets a free two ribeyes every month. So we actually don't even charge for two ribeyes anymore. If you're just getting two rib eyes, I can't do this. If you get two more ribeyes, of course we would charge for that. But it's a free. It's a free two ribeyes. Of course, you're grandfathered out of that policy into the old policy.

[C]

I should should go to a different butcher. I should go to a different. You know what? No.

[B]

You going to walk out of here? You're going to walk out of the butcher store right now?

[C]

No, no, I need. I need the stakes. I need the stakes. Do you have kids?

[B]

I have adult children. Yeah. I had kids 12 years ago.

[C]

Yeah, 12 years ago. Okay.

[B]

And that's 3pm that's store closing time. Hey, you know what? You know what I'm gonna do? Just because we're old friends, just because we go back, I'm gonna kick you out of the store.

[C]

Okay?

[B]

You gotta go right now.

[C]

All right, well, I'm gonna go walk into the ocean. Nothing makes sense anymore.

[B]

Okay?

[C]

It's all bad.

[B]

It's all bad. Well, hey, best of luck to you, all right?

[C]

Fuck you. I didn't mean that. I'm sorry.

[B]

Excuse me, sir. You walking into the ocean?

[C]

Yep.

[B]

Okay, that'll be 1850.

[C]

Seed.

[A]

Seed. Yeah, it's done.

[B]

Oh, man. Nothing like going to prison for 12 years.

[C]

I'd give that riddle a B minus, Aaron.

[B]

You got to rank it.

[A]

I'm thinking I'm going to give it a C. Plus, I'm going to give.

[B]

It a C for clever, which is, of course, an A. We have another one from Dave. Dave writes this riddle back in the year of our Lord 2019, also in February, and as we've proved just six, nay, seven short years ago, every time Agatha rides the train, the conductor sees her and smiles, even though invariably she's breaking one of three laws. She's not breaking the law. Oh, I'm sorry. When she's not breaking the law, she smiles back. The conductor never calls the police and does not know Agatha outside of the train. The question is, what happened?

[C]

Uh oh.

[B]

So every time that Agatha rides the train, the conductor sees her and smiles, even though invariably she's breaking one of three laws. When she's not breaking the law, she smiles back. The conductor never calls the police and does not know Agatha outside of the train.

[A]

Agatha's a cat.

[B]

Agatha's a cat. Aaron, you're on the right track. But Agatha is not a cat.

[A]

Agatha's a bird.

[B]

Aaron, you're getting colder. A little colder.

[A]

Agatha's a dog.

[C]

Agatha.

[B]

These are all lateral moves of. Not the right answer.

[A]

Agatha's a kid. Agatha's a baby.

[B]

Agatha's a baby.

[C]

And the law is public breastfeeding.

[B]

Okay, so there's three laws. One of them is not public. Public breastfeeding. But they can be kind of. Well, no, I'm not even gonna say. It's gonna confuse you. Do you guys wanna guess what the three laws the baby is breaking on the train? They're like train specific ordinances, I would say.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Not planning things you're not supposed to do on a train. Well, I know this from having a kid. Kids eat for free at Shoney's and they ride for free on the train.

[C]

No pooping on the train. Defecating. No nudity.

[B]

Ordinance 3 is no relieving oneself on the train. Erin, nudity probably would work, but let's assume that the baby is clothed for the duration of the train ride. So, yeah, no relieving yourself on train. Al got one of them.

[C]

You can't be carried by another human.

[B]

That's allowed. That is allowed on trains. As soon as you get these. I have a seat.

[C]

Oh. No screaming. No crying. No screaming.

[B]

No you can scream on the train. It's not encouraged socially, but you're allowed to do it if you need to.

[C]

What laws do babies break?

[B]

You said breastfeeding. And it's not necessarily breastfeeding, but it.

[C]

Is, like, indecent exposure.

[B]

No, no. Think of more of what law the baby would be breaking. Not the law that the mother is breaking. Yeah, I don't even know. I don't know if this one is one. This is one that I just wouldn't do on a train unless I absolutely had to. But maybe it's a rule.

[A]

Staring at other people.

[B]

No, I was going to say for the breastfeeding one, it's eating. No eating on trains. I guess that makes sense for cleanliness, but it's like the same reason why I don't need a thing. That Says no eating in the bathroom. I'm like, I'm not gonna eat in here. You know.

[C]

Eating, no relieving yourself.

[B]

And then the last one. This feels like an anti, like anti unhoused person.

[C]

No sleeping.

[B]

No sleeping on the train. Of course. Babies love sleeping. I wanna see a quick scene. Adol, you are a train. I want to say trade inspector, but that's not a real thing. But you're the person who enforces like a rule on a train. Again, these are not real. The trains are lawless. But you're a train rule enforcer and Aaron is breaking some like really unknown train rules and you're just like gently letting her know that she's breaking those rules.

[C]

Ahoy hoy.

[A]

Oh, I've got my ticket right here if you want to scan it.

[C]

Okay. And a big beep and. Okay. Just a heads up. Is this your first time on the Rocky Mountain Express?

[A]

Yes, it is. I'm going to see family.

[C]

Oh, very good. For the holiday or just a vacation?

[A]

Just a classic visit. It's actually been like 10 years since I came home. It's a whole thing.

[C]

Ah, well, just so you know, you were looking out the the window and giving a tight lipped smile and that is against the law.

[A]

Yeah. That's funny. Yeah, it's like one of those things where I'm like, should I be going home? Should I have reached back out to my family after everything that went hap like happened? So I'm just sort of staring out the window thinking about the choices that I've made and everything that's led me to this moment.

[C]

Okay, you broke a few more laws there. A few more train laws. You can't say it's funny without laughing because that's disrespectful. And there was something else, but I. Forget it. We'll let that other one go. So you've broken.

[A]

Are you for real?

[C]

You've just broken another law.

[A]

You're writing me little tickets.

[C]

You can't ask someone who's standing in front of you and clearly corporeal if they're real.

[A]

You're writing things down on post it notes and putting them on my forehead one by one. What is this? Talking too much? Being too fun? Mm hmm. Smells like dirt and cheese. Okay. Hey. Hey. Sir. I just wanted to be on this train ride in peace. I will not do anything else against the law. I will sit. I will be normal. I will close my eyes.

[B]

Excuse me. This is where you pay your tickets?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Okay. Sorry. Yeah, I was the guy that said if the shoe fits. Here is a check for $12.

[C]

Thank you so much. And you let me un. Undo those handcuffs.

[B]

Thank you so much. Hard to write a check with your.

[C]

You are handcuffs. Free to go.

[A]

I didn't realize this train was so and so many rules.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

You're trying to nickel and dime us.

[C]

You put it in ellipses in the middle of a sentence. I didn't know this train was so. That's another law. You just u g h h h h personified. Ugh. That's another. You broke another law.

[A]

Well, you just said it, didn't you?

[C]

Calling me out for being hypocritical. You broke another law.

[A]

Really? Really. All right, sir. I'm gonna fight you. This is why I haven't seen my parents in a long time. Is because I. I fought my parents 10 Christmases ago. It turned it out to a full blown brawl. You think I'm not. You think I can't do it? Put them up. Put him up. Come on.

[C]

Hey, if you want to engage in some pugilism. Oh, that's a good right cross.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh. Judo kick to the stomach.

[B]

Oh.

[C]

Flippy over the back.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Slay.

[C]

Yo.

[A]

What was that?

[B]

What was that?

[A]

She's spinning him like a basketball on her finger.

[B]

Yeah. So the answer there, because I don't think I spelled it out exactly, but as a baby, the conductor always smiles at her and ignores the letter of the law. Understanding the spirit is not to apply to babies. Agatha doesn't smile back because she's sleeping or she has a bottle in her mouth when feeding or is straining to relieve herself with her eyes closed. The face that babies make when they poop is so funny. That is a priceless face. Yeah, because it's probably a face that everybody makes, but we learn to mask it. We learn not to show other people our poop face.

[C]

Do we feel like there's a lot of babies being named Agatha recently?

[B]

Oh, yeah. Because old names are in and people love Katherine Han. So it's like for sure.

[C]

Down, down, down the road. Iris. Agatha. What else?

[A]

Great names.

[C]

Eunice.

[A]

Cute. I'm in.

[C]

You do it.

[B]

I think they should have cast Katherine Hahn to play Han Solo.

[A]

That would have been fun.

[B]

And smobby. Aaron and Smobby. Well, hey, look, that was fun. And we appreciate everyone who writes riddle seven years ago. But now it is time for a little break. Or something that we like to call a smobby. Adult Aaron. I am so fed up with car shopping. I must be doing something wrong. Cause I'll go to the grocery store. I'll buy, you know, some bananas, some apples, a little bit of spinach, and I'll get to the checkout and I'll say, also, I'd like to buy a car. And they say, well, no, not here. And I go, not here. Then where?

[C]

Jpc, you big old jpc, tell me what I did.

[B]

Because what I think I did is right. So what did I do?

[C]

You don't go to a store to buy a car, okay? You use Cargurus app, the new dealership mode. And it's like having a personal cheat sheet in your pocket right there on the lot with you. You can instantly compare the car in front of you to similar options, see deal ratings and price history and estimate your final price. That's right, jpc. It's everything you need at your fingertips so you can feel confident you're getting the best deal. And some store workers are not going to make fun of you for asking for it at checkout.

[A]

With more than 4 million listings, CarGurus has the biggest selection of cars. So it's easier than ever to find the right car at the right deal. And you don't even have to buy a banana.

[B]

Well, I want to buy the banana. Oh, please tell me Cargurus will sell me a banana. You know what?

[A]

No.

[B]

I think what I'll do from now on is I'll get my fruit at the fruit store and I'll get my cars by using Cargurus. You can even use Cargurus Discover, a new search feature where you can look for vehicles based on the way you think, using your own words. No more being boxed in by filters. Whether you want great gas mileage for a road trip or extra trunk space for all of those bananas, simply type it in and Cargurus Discover will give you real shoppable listings that match. It's the smarter way to find the car that fits your life and the insane amount of bananas that you buy at the store. Because bananas are going up, up, up, baby, and they never go bad.

[C]

And I use the Cargurus app to buy us yanks off sheet a riddle mobile.

[A]

Ooh la Lulu.

[C]

It's no wonder Cargurus is the number one most visited car shopping site, according to SimilarWeb's estimated traffic data.

[B]

Buy or sell your next car today with [e-mail] Go to CarGurus.com to make sure your big deal is the best deal. That's Cargurus. C A R G u r u s.com cargurus.com okay, so it looks like.

[C]

The riddle mobile doesn't take gas. We have to answer riddles to make it good.

[A]

Let's just leave it.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

It's mostly for show.

[B]

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[C]

I've done it. I've built it. I built a time machine.

[A]

Really excited. Oh, you built a time machine.

[C]

Yeah. So now we can, you know, go back and, you know, invest in meat.

[A]

Okay. Exciting.

[B]

Okay, let's pool all our money. Okay. So we have $35 to invest in meat. Okay.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

We're going to easily turn this into 70 bucks. ADOL. This is a great invention.

[C]

Thank you. We might need to spread the word. I think for that we'll need to build a website which should be very simple. Using Squarespace, you guys.

[B]

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[A]

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[C]

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[B]

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[C]

I've done it, guys.

[A]

I've done it.

[C]

I've built a time machine.

[A]

Wait a minute. You just said that at the beginning of the thing. So that means the time machine works.

[C]

Oh, sorry, I was just repeating myself.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

Oh. Hey, jpc. Hey, Aaron, what's up?

[A]

Yeah, what's up?

[C]

I was looking up at the night sky and seeing all these things, shooting across the night sky. And I was wondering, what all is out there in the night sky?

[A]

Well, stars.

[B]

We're at war with the Pleiadians. What?

[A]

UFOs.

[C]

Wait, the Pleiadians? Are those some sort of aliens and rockets?

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

Oh, big time. Big time.

[B]

And growing your savings is more important now than ever, what with the upcoming war with the Pleiadians on our doorstep.

[A]

Mm.

[C]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

They look just like us.

[A]

You say joyfully. They look just like us. I want to say Oxygen.

[B]

Hey, Aaron Adol. Lovely. Good to see you guys actually really do not even have time right now. I got a jet. I have to. I have to go. I don't have time to kind of small talk or any of that. I'm going to live underwater for a week.

[A]

What?

[C]

Huh? We all assumed this was Coming.

[B]

I guess I'm just kind of non stop back to back this entire week. So I am going to live underwater. It's just going to save me a lot of time because I'll be underwater instead of all on land. So I'll be breathing the water instead of the air.

[A]

Okay, well, there's better ways to sort of save time. I feel like you're like eating a ton, like cooking so much for dinner and going grocery shopping and doing this whole rigmarole. We could cut that out for you. You could use Tempo.

[C]

Yeah, you gotta use Tempo. Tempo delivers fresh, chef crafted, dietitian approved meals right to your door. Jpc.

[B]

Okay, but let me guess. These meals are gonna be sopping wet because I am living in the water. Or that's probably more of a me living on the water issue than the meals issue, right?

[A]

No, they're dry. And each meal is perfectly proportioned for lunch, dinner, and ready in just two minutes. That means real food, real fast. It's not like a sad desk lunch or drive through or stuff that you're throwing together from your sad refrigerator.

[B]

Okay, well, can it beat the variety that I'm going to get under the sea? Because I'll be eating sand. Barnacles. Mostly just sand and barnacles. Does Tempo have those kinds of options?

[A]

Yeah, they got 20 new recipes each week made from nutrient rich ingredients. Tempo keeps things exciting and helps you stay consistent with healthy habits so you don't have to eat sand and jpc.

[C]

If I may, some of my recent favorites from Tempo. Italian sausage Bolognese cavatappe with peas and zucchini. Okay, my mouth is watering. And I've also very much enjoyed their spicy buffalo chicken pasta with roasted cauliflower and sweet potatoes.

[B]

Wow, that sounds pretty good. But the other day I almost ate a crab. He actually ate more of me than I ate of him. Anyway, for a limited time, Tempo is offering our listeners 60% off your first box. Just go to tempomeals.com riddle that's tempomeals.com riddle for 60% off your first box. Tempomeals.com riddle rules and restrictions may apply.

[C]

But don't take it from us. Take it from Knifey the Knife, who's a chef.

[A]

Bonjour. It's too late to introduce Knifey. That's too late. Maybe next time.

[B]

Maybe next time for Knifey. And we're back. How was everybody's smobby?

[A]

Pretty good. How's yours? What's a smobby with you?

[C]

I took a brief smobby.

[A]

How'd it go.

[B]

Did you wash your hands?

[C]

Oh, no. I'll be right back.

[B]

I sing Happy Smobby two times while I wash my hands, and that's how I know that I've washed for long enough.

[A]

And do you use soap and Smobby, or do you.

[B]

I actually use. This is kind of strange. I use Herbal Smobby and I do that thing where I start lathering it up and suddenly the deep voice starts singing. Do you guys remember Herbal Smommy?

[A]

What are you talking about?

[C]

Herbal Essence commercials. Oh, she got the herbal in the shower for another half an hour.

[A]

I blocked that out.

[B]

Aaron, did you ever have the urge to herbal?

[A]

I think I missed. I don't remember this ad campaign as well as you guys do.

[C]

Is Herbal Essence still around?

[B]

It can't possibly be. And it is. Sure.

[A]

I think I used it recently at a gym shower.

[B]

I don't think that they have as robust of an advertising presence as they used to have.

[C]

I feel like a lot of, like, remember, was it Lipton Iced tea? Was it. That's brisk, baby. And it had all those, like, claymation commercials like Rocky Balboa and stuff. Like, companies used to really go nuts with fun commercials, I think.

[B]

Do you think it's just because everybody knows about it now, or do you think that, like, Pantene Pro V has, like, enough customers? They're like, we got the ones we need. We don't want any more. We're shutting the door on Pantene Pro V. No one's ever gonna just buy it on a whim.

[A]

Maybe.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Is there. What? What is it? Is it like there's a certain type of root beer. Root beer doesn't advertise.

[B]

That's like. That's because of their, like, old timey beliefs. Yeah, like, root beer doesn't advertise.

[A]

Isn't that true? Didn't we learn that on this show?

[C]

I think so.

[B]

Well, I know it used to, right? I remember A and W commercials and mug root beer commercials. I guess Barks has bite.

[C]

Barks has bite was a good one.

[A]

Maybe I'm wrong.

[B]

Hey, Aaron, you could be completely right. It could be something that is true. I'm often wrong. So was not true for a while. Hey, why don't we put that off and wrong to the test and give you another riddle, huh?

[A]

Okay.

[C]

All right.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Oh, man. You guys are so pliable. I could do anything with you guys. You guys are just like weebles.

[A]

We wobble. We smobby.

[B]

You don't fall down. All Right. We. Smobby. This one's from Lila and Daisy. Also From February of 2019, a man mailed a head. When the person received it, he was not surprised or scared. Why lettuce out of lettuce? Okay, there's three possible answers that they include. Lettuce isn't one of them, but cabbage is. So I will give you that one.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Can you give two other answers to why a person mailed a head and the person who received it was not surprised or scared?

[C]

Mannequin.

[A]

I would be actually kind of scared if someone mailed me a mannequin head.

[C]

I do want to see a scene.

[B]

That's good. Please.

[A]

Perfect.

[B]

I wonder what this is going to be.

[C]

The two of you are a couple, and you just received a package at the door that you had to sign for, and inside was a mannequin head.

[A]

I got it.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Okay, great. Doug said he was gonna be sending over a Christmas card. Or did he say card? I think he just said sending over a Christmas.

[A]

Ooh. It might be one of those, like, fruit boxes that has, like, seasonal fruit in it.

[B]

God, Doug is so thoughtful. He. He gives the best gifts. He is such a thoughtful guy.

[A]

I'm really glad that you guys made up.

[B]

Oh, me too. I mean, again, he's thoughtful, but he's intense. And it's just like. It was so stupid, the fight, that it's like, it wasn't worth staying mad at him, you know, so.

[A]

Right. I mean, you're trying to help him, but I guess he was kind of embarrassed that you called him intense in front of that whole dinner party.

[B]

Yeah. No, I mean, it was truly. I was out of line, and I apologize. Apologized, you know, because it was like he. It just. Again, stupid miscommunication. I'm glad it's water under the bridge now.

[A]

Yeah. And I'm on your side. I think that you did a great job repairing that relationship, and I'm really proud of you.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

You wanna open it?

[B]

Why don't you open it?

[A]

Okay. All right.

[B]

Takes three big steps back.

[A]

What are you doing?

[B]

I am going to the kitchen to get you. Didn't you say you wanted a seltzer or.

[A]

No.

[B]

No. Okay. Well, I guess I was just kind of anticipating that you might want to. I just haven't seen you drinking much this morning. Takes another big step back.

[A]

Why are you backing up from the package? Do you think that there might be something in.

[B]

No, not really. Even at all. You know what? All this talk about me making up with Doug, I am now remembering I have not done that yet.

[A]

You say that you may end up with Doug.

[B]

I. Yes. I. I said yes because I intend to in a way that it feels.

[A]

You have to get better at repairing your friendships. You keep alienating our friends. And you said, yeah, I'm gonna call Duggan and make up.

[B]

Call Duggan. Yeah. And it's like I did the whole conversation in my head so many times that it even feels like I've already done it.

[A]

So what's in the box?

[B]

Why don't we take that box and throw it in the trash?

[A]

What's in that box? What's in the box?

[B]

It's not important. And it's not. And I take a big step back. Stop stepping towards me. And it's not even important what's in the box, because it reminded me, I gotta call Doug. So let's leave that outside.

[A]

Maybe this is an olive branch. Maybe this is an olive branch. Maybe.

[B]

Have you ever seen those videos where there's, like, a suspicious package and they shut down the whole block and they call those guys with, like, the big hazmat suits?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Here's a funny idea. Why don't we throw that as far out into the street as we possibly can? Call those guys.

[A]

I don't know how to call those guys.

[B]

Oh, I've got their number.

[A]

I have. I have disagreements with my friends all the time, and it doesn't lead to this. What is going on with you?

[B]

With me or with Doug?

[A]

With you. I'm trying to be on your side here, but you gotta meet me halfway.

[B]

Mm, yeah, okay. Oh, meet you halfway. Why don't I walk halfway out of the apartment?

[A]

I'm just gonna open it. I think we're over and underestimating him all at once.

[B]

We're overthinking it. Okay, great.

[A]

All right, here I go. And I'm opening it, and there's a huge explosion.

[B]

Unrelated.

[A]

Okay, perfect.

[C]

Someone in the neighboring apartment had a gas leak.

[B]

Explosion. Unrelated.

[A]

It was one of those boxes of seasonal fruit to make up for their fight.

[B]

Oh, my God. That is something. A move that I would see in a narrative, like a movie or something, where huge, unrelated explosion happens after all that. And I'd be like, they're going to win Best Director. This is one of the smartest choices I think I've ever seen in the history of moviemaking.

[C]

Did you guys ever see the movie Mannequin with Kim Cattrall?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, Cattrall.

[C]

Cattrall. They do Smobby. From what? I haven't seen it. In, like, 30 years. Smavi. I haven't seen it in, like, 30 years, but I feel like they do the scene from Toy Story 3 where there's a moment where she is back to being a mannequin and she's on, like, a conveyor belt heading towards a buzzsaw or something. Right. And he has to run down and save her.

[A]

Really upsetting.

[B]

I guess that is the move from Toy Story 3.

[A]

My friend died loves that movie.

[C]

Who does?

[A]

Damon Royster.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

And he loves it.

[C]

I would say if someone. If I'm like a. If I work for Paramount and a desk comes across my script. If a script comes across my desk, that's mannequin. I think I'm investigating this person.

[B]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[A]

Yeah. I'm gonna go. Let's go check out their house. We're just gonna go and see and make sure.

[C]

Let me call on a Tiffany.

[B]

I think, as with every horror movie that I've ever seen in my life, I've been like, once was enough for me to see this. Not even that. I think mannequin is especially horrory, but it's never one that I saw decades ago, and I've never revisited it.

[C]

Yeah. The best part is the guy from Designing Women, isn't it?

[B]

I think also, and this is just my guess, I think there's probably some problematic stuff that doesn't age well.

[C]

Oh, really?

[A]

No.

[B]

In an old movie, having sexual relations.

[C]

With a mannequin that comes to life.

[B]

Something along those lines. I'm not exactly sure. Okay. There were two other answers. The head of lettuce cabbage is the best one. Okay. The other reasons why a person would not be surprised or scared to receive a head in the mail.

[A]

Is it food?

[B]

No, they're not food related. These are kind of stretches. The second one is he sent it to a morgue. Now I guess I get that one.

[A]

If it's like, oh, no, that sucks. Yeah, that's a real head. That actually is so upsetting. I think. Do not send body parts to a morgue. That's not how a morgue works.

[B]

All right, well, we got this head. What do we do, mail it? No, I think. Chief, I think you got to drive that over pretty quick.

[A]

Let's mail it.

[B]

The other one is he sent it to himself at a different address. But anyway, Lilah and Daisy, let's not go too far. So it's the same guy opening it as who sent it. That's why he's surprised.

[A]

They're all very upsetting things. Just have it be Cabbage.

[B]

I think it should have just been cabbage, but either way, thank you for sending them in. Let's do another one.

[A]

Let's do another one.

[B]

This one's from.

[A]

That was the craziest thing you've ever brought to us. JPC GPZ kills a lot of dead birds and brings it to us being like, look what I got you guys. And that has got to be one of the craziest ones.

[B]

You guys keep telling me I'm a good boy, so that's kind of reinforcing the behavior.

[A]

Yeah. Adult. This one's on us.

[B]

So I came home the other day and I saw, like, white, little, like, specks of white all over my yard. And I have a trauma response because of times where cats have dismantled birds in my yard and I've had to clean up, like, bird feathers where I was like, oh, no, feathers. And then I saw that it was just, like, a little bit of ice that hadn't melted off the grass, and I was like, oh, thank God. Like, I didn't know that I had it in me to have immediate reactions to, like, scattered pieces of white in my yard. But it was. It was just snow. Yeah, I truly, truly dodged a bullet on that one. Here's Robert's riddle. 12 men walking by 12 pairs hanging high, each took a pair and left 11 hanging there. How is this possible? 12 men walking by, 12 pairs hanging high, each took A pair and left 11 hanging there.

[C]

Oh, it's. They're pairs of pairs. So it's P A, I, R s of P, E, A, R s. That is.

[B]

That is not correct. That is a great way to think about it. It's all P, E, A R s. It's all that. That's a. I think that's a very helpful clue or not helpful clue, but a good direction to guess. But it's not the correct answer here.

[A]

I would have given that riddle an A if it had been what Adel just said.

[B]

Interesting.

[C]

It's 12 Angry Men.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[C]

It's the people in the jury. And they're leaving 11 people hanging in the courtroom because there's 11 people there for the. For the. These are physical waiting for the verdict.

[B]

These are physical pairs, not metaphorical pairs. And you, Aaron, you said you would have given it an A. I think that you are going to give this riddle not an A. That's my guess.

[C]

12. What was it?

[B]

12 men walking by.

[C]

12 men walking by.

[B]

12 pears hanging high on a pear tree. Let's say each took a pair and left 11 hanging there.

[A]

The 11th man is hanging.

[B]

That's again, you're thinking like, oh, yeah, these are the way that you answer these riddles. These are great guesses, but this is one of these ones that when I give you the answer, you're gonna say, well, that's actually stupid. And I agree.

[A]

Then how am I supposed to guess that? I'm so smart I can't make my brain dumb. I'm just kidding. I'm really dumb.

[C]

Left 11 hanging there.

[B]

Each took a pair and left 11 hanging there. I will say at the end of this, there are still just 11 pairs hanging in the tree.

[C]

I give up.

[B]

Giving up.

[A]

Took the same pair.

[C]

Mercy, no.

[B]

Only one pair was taken down. Aaron, do you want to just give up?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This is a good one to give up on.

[A]

Sure.

[B]

I think give up on this one. So the answer is that the man's name was Each.

[C]

Huh? Each took. Okay, so.

[B]

So here's the thing. Here's the thing. Normally that's, like, a fine, acceptable answer. Each. Not really a name.

[C]

Well, Jack. Icher.

[B]

Stacy.

[C]

Each.

[B]

Let's see, who else?

[C]

Ichin Ong.

[B]

Ichin Ong.

[C]

Famous comedy duo. Ichin Ong.

[B]

Ichin On.

[A]

I don't want to do one.

[C]

Yeah, I know.

[A]

I don't want to do one. Adam, I don't want to do.

[C]

You got one?

[A]

No, no, no. I don't have one. I don't want to do it.

[B]

Okay. Can you dismiss a celebrity, though, with just, like. With each in their name?

[A]

No. No, I don't. Oh, me. No. No. Certainly not. No. No. Thank you.

[B]

All right. Well, hey, Eren, you don't have to play.

[A]

Okay. Thank you, guys.

[B]

Thanks.

[A]

How are you?

[B]

Well, hey, we need the ball in the. Oh, I mean, we need the ball in the tree.

[A]

Back to bed.

[B]

All right, here's your next one. Here's your next one.

[A]

Hey, hey.

[B]

F. F. Yeah.

[C]

F for that one.

[B]

F. I thought so. I thought.

[A]

Hey.

[B]

I thought so. Still had to read it. Still had to read it. Here's your next one from T. T says in the letter T. Not the drink. Or I guess tea's not necessarily a drink.

[A]

Gossip.

[B]

And it's not the gossip. It's just the letter T. Six little grapes hanging on two vines Three black cherries in a line tumbling and rolling and all playing fair. Four round peaches makes a square.

[C]

See, here's the thing is, I couldn't even pay attention to this riddle because every word you said, I was like, could that be someone's name?

[B]

That's a name. His name is Tumbling his name is Cherries.

[C]

Because now the rules are out the window.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Anything goes at this point.

[B]

Anything goes at this point. Okay, here, let me help you guys, because I'm gonna help you with a little palate cleanser. This is gonna be a little bit of ginger that I'm applying to your tongue.

[C]

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[B]

Which, by the way, I understand the purpose of the ginger palate cleanser, but I don't like it. Do you use it when you're eating sushi?

[C]

I do.

[A]

Ginger can be a little overpowering for my palate sometimes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, it gets stuck. I like. It has kind of the opposite effect to me occasionally.

[B]

I'll show my ass here. What do you think?

[A]

Pretty.

[C]

Pretty tight. Pretty good. I'm off that bad boy.

[B]

Oh, you didn't bounce. It didn't bounce.

[C]

It went in right in the hole.

[B]

Checkpoint.

[C]

Too good a name.

[B]

Ooh, look, I'm paying out.

[A]

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

[B]

Oh, well, of course. Aaron. Sorry, sorry. Sorry for fucking living. I don't know what you want from me. I guess I'm really sorry. God damn it. Cause he shot a corner in my ass and I paid out. Fine. Fuck. Can we move on, Aaron? Are we still talking about. It's only the first episode. We got more episodes for tea. What I was gonna ask.

[A]

Oh, man.

[B]

Do you use the. Do you use the palate cleanser? The ginger. Do you use the ginger when you're switching between sushis? Or, like, why do you use the palate cleanser?

[C]

I typically use it if I have. If I'm eating, like, a spicy tuna roll.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Like, if I have spicy tuna roll and then I switch to, like, nigiri, I typically use it as just, like a. Because a roll is going to have, like, a lot of possible sauces or just a lot going on. And then with nigiri, it's like, oh, you want to taste just the fish. So that's when I use it. I don't use it after, like, every piece. Or if I. If I. In between different types of fish, I think it's most. I use it exclusively between rolls and nigiri.

[B]

Got it, got it, got it.

[C]

Or sashimi.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I think since I'm a vegetarian and whenever I eat sushi, it's like, it's always vegetarian sushi. I'm genuinely. Like, there's not, like a. I can go from, like, a sweet potato roll to a avocado roll, and it's not, like. It's not, like, a huge issue for me, so maybe that's why I never. I never use the palate cleanser. Okay? But this is. This is. There's not really, like, a. It's not gonna be the same type of, like, bad trick. I actually like this riddle. There. There is a. It's. It's not, like, when it's describing these things, it's not describing the actual physical things, but it's a manifestation of these. So I'm gonna give it to you one more time.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Six little grapes hanging on two vines. Three black cherries in a line, tumbling and rolling and all playing fair. Four round peaches makes a square.

[C]

Now, jpc, were you giving us a hint earlier when your ass paid out? Not a sentence I thought I'd say today. Is this describing a jackpot reel?

[B]

Oh, you're so smart, ATL it's not.

[C]

Okay, because in jackpot reels, there's always, like, the cherry, and then, like, there'll be an orange or something. You're trying to get them all lined up.

[B]

I will say that these are not actual fruits. It's more using, like, descriptions that, like, resemble a thing than they are, like, actual fruits. But the tumbling and rolling and all playing fair. That is pretty germane to the answer. And it's not far from jackpot real. But it's just, like, not. That's not the right kind of thing that you're looking for here.

[C]

Playing cards.

[B]

It's not cards.

[C]

Dice.

[B]

At all. The answer is dice.

[A]

I don't get it.

[C]

I got it right. Explain, please.

[B]

So all of these things are manifestations of things that you would see on the face of a die. Six little grapes hanging on two vines.

[C]

Oh, three.

[B]

Yeah. Three black lines up and down, which is a six. Three black cherries in a line is a line, which is the three. That's how you represent the three on the dice. And then four on peaches makes a square. A four on dice is a square of black dots, basically, if it's white dice. And then they said bonus points if you knew that grape seeds and the dots on dice are both called pips.

[C]

I knew the dots on dice were called pips. I did not know that grape seeds were pips.

[A]

This is the New York Times crossword constantly.

[B]

Yeah, that's. I feel like that's a. So, Aaron, you get bonus points for the crossword thing, and adol. You get bonus points for the dice thing.

[C]

F. Bonus points. That was the main answer.

[B]

Well, no. The dice are called pips. You know about the pips?

[C]

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

[B]

And I know about Gladys Knight.

[C]

I was just Going to say whose backup band was the Pips and it was Gladys Knight thing.

[B]

I think it was Gladys Knight.

[C]

I was just going to ask.

[B]

I get the bonus points. So we all got a little bonus points wheel. Is it true that between the three of us, you think there's one smart person?

[A]

No, I don't think. I think we are.

[C]

Huh.

[A]

What is the intelligence of the three of our intelligence combined? And how can I say this without insulting anybody? I can't.

[B]

Let's see. The three of us combined has the same intelligence of a average dog who's been dead for less than 12 hours.

[C]

I'd agree to that. I'm not insulted by that.

[A]

Yeah, if it's true, then you can't really be mad.

[B]

We all wear lab coats, we all go to shake hands, and we all miss.

[C]

Here in school, you get your test pack and it just says. It says, grade dead dog. So see me after class.

[A]

Oh, I'm improving.

[B]

It says, see me after class, and then there's just a picture of the ocean and someone walking into it. Go see that after class.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Okay. Why not? I'll live in Atlantis. Let's do one more riddle. Okay?

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Let's do one from Philippe. Philippe. Philippe. Philippe. In Brazil, I'll say Philippe. In two wallets, there are $2 at the same time. One of them has twice the money compared to the other. How is that possible?

[C]

So in two wallets, there's $2, meaning one has zero money. One has $2, which would therefore mean the one that has $2 has twice as much money as the other.

[B]

Well, you can't do twice as much as zero.

[C]

I guess two is not twice as much as zero.

[B]

Yes. In two wallets, there are $2 at the same time. One of them has twice the money compared to the other. How is that possible? This is a mind fuck. This is tough.

[C]

Is it different types of currency, like a dollar versus like a peso or something?

[B]

If I'm solving this adol, that's exactly where my mind's going, to some sort of, like, currency conversion. But it's not that. Let's assume for this that they're the same type of currency. So it's like we're working on the same units here.

[A]

Can you read it again?

[B]

In two wallets, there are $2 at the same time. One of them has twice the money compared to the other. How is that possible?

[A]

Oh, is it like one is like a silver dollar or like a. And so like the currency of it, like, because of the stock market or Something.

[B]

Three scientists. Where else should you. Ow. My fingers.

[A]

My fingers.

[B]

No, it doesn't have anything to do. I don't think you really need to know, like, what even the type of currency is. I could just say it's like a dollar bill. It's not the currency that is the important part here. Here.

[C]

Two wallets have two wallets. It's not the currency that's important, so it's the wallets that are important.

[B]

Oh, now the game is afoot.

[C]

It's.

[A]

There's gold on one of the wallets and the price of gold fluctuates.

[B]

No, it's not. You don't need to know the price of gold in two wallets. There are $2 at the same time. One of them has twice the money compared to the other. How is that possible?

[C]

One is a digital wallet.

[B]

Oh, that's a. That's okay.

[C]

Speak on that fee for taking money out.

[B]

Okay, here's the hint that I'll give you guys. And this is. I don't really know how to give, like a hint hint to this. I'm going to, like, give you half the solution. Think about the size of these wallets. That's the important part.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

These wallets, I would say, are not the same size.

[C]

Big Wallet, Little Wallet.

[B]

Big Wallet. Little Wallet.

[C]

Twice as much money.

[A]

I feel dumb.

[B]

While we think. I just want to see a quick scene. This is going to be one of these PBS kids shows and it's about money management. And it's. The two cartoon hosts are Big Wallet and Little Wallet. I'll let you guys decide who's Big Wallet and who's Little Wallet.

[A]

Big Wallet. Big Wallet. Is it true? Is it true that you should diversify your portfolio?

[C]

That's right, Little Wallet. Don't put all your money in one place.

[A]

Big Wallet, is it true that you sort of amassed a bunch of wealth and then slammed the door behind you, making sure no one younger than you could ever own property or live the American dream?

[C]

Yes and no, Little Wallet. I'd say more I pulled the ladder up behind me than slammed the door shut.

[A]

Kind of a bad plan, though, because the real estate that you bought is in the middle of the suburbs, and people my age are not really interested in living in horrible, poorly made McMansions in the middle of nowhere. Who are you going to sell that to when it comes time to sell? That's your entire plan for your senior living is selling that property?

[C]

Mmm, well, not exactly selling. See, I bought up 40 properties and what I'm doing is turning them Into Airbnbs, therefore blocking.

[B]

Mm.

[C]

And kids, there's nothing wrong with being a landlord.

[A]

Mm.

[B]

Can we watch Bluey, please? A little three year old watching that being like, off. Turn off, Please turn off. Okay. Wallets of different sizes. Did we get it? Do we think we have it? Do we think we're close?

[A]

I don't even feel like I'm on the track of anything.

[C]

Is it to do with, like, since you said it doesn't really have to do with the money and it has to do with the size of the wallet. Is it like a bill fold versus, like the bill not being folded? So it's like the size of the dollar is twice the size kind of thing?

[B]

Yeah. I mean, that could be part of the answer. Like, yes, I will say again, one of these wallets is like way bigger than the other wallet. And then I'll read it again. So keep in mind, when you're picturing these wallets, one is huge, one is small. In two wallets, there are $2 at the same time. One of them has twice the money compared to the other. How is that possible? And then the other thing I'll say is think Inception.

[A]

Oh, One wallet is inside the other wallet for a second.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

That's so stupid. F, F, F, F, F, F. That's wild.

[B]

Each wallet has one hot dog.

[A]

Hot dogs. Let's get out of here.

[B]

No, no, no, no, no. First of all, you just scream hot dogs. Let's get it.

[A]

I can and I will and I just fucking did.

[B]

Before. Before we scream hot dogs and get out of here, everybody. What we're going to do is. We are and I think. Is it hot dogs Only for Patreon.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

We're going to listen to a little voicemail. Casey, can you play us a theme? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, God. Oh, no, no, no, no.

[A]

Hot Go you. I'm the group slut.

[B]

No.

[C]

Holy this. Can you imagine people in like the 1400s in. In like Salzburg listening to that in a concert hall?

[A]

Guys, I'm not kidding. When they are lowering my casket into the ground, if that's not. Something has gone horribly wrong. That was brutal and awesome.

[B]

Okay, so that's by far my favorite.

[C]

Voicemail we've ever received.

[B]

I've got some good news for everybody and especially good news for our submitter that was submitted by Jade Cipher. He they, Jade writes that I'm submitting four voicemail theme submissions in honor of the 2025 out of Context bracket. So the next I will say, like, probably four episodes of hey, riddle. Riddle. We will be featuring Jade's voicemails, and we started off with Aaron's. If you want to get a voicemail theme submitted on or featured on the show, just make sure it's 30 seconds or less and send it as a waveform to hrrpodcastmail.com Kasey, can we have a voicemail? Hi, guys. I found myself in a weird position this last weekend where I was trying to explain. Explain my knowledge of the band Fish to my wife, and I realized that I only have context of fish based on jokes. And I was wondering if you guys had any cultural phenomenon that you only knew through the lens of comedy. Thanks, guys. Love you.

[C]

Ooh. Thank you so much for the voicemail on the question. That's a great question.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

There's a lot I only know through sort of pop culture or it being in the zeitgeist. Like, I mean, the first thing off the top of my head, and this is the dumbest one possible, and it's not really a cultural phenomenon, but, like, we bought a zoo. It's like, there's stuff like that where I'm like, I just know the bare minimum.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

To, like, poke fun at it, but I've never seen it, and I don't really know what it's about or anything like that.

[A]

So that's a great example.

[C]

I feel like there's too much to.

[B]

In the subject of movies, I feel like I got so much of that from watching, like, parody movies, like watching, like, airplane or Hot Shots part Deux or, like, scary Movie where they would be parrying something, but I would not be familiar with the thing that they're parodying. So I was just like, oh, this is funny. And then, like, years later, I would be like, oh, that's why that's funny. Because it's this other thing. But usually I have huge blind spots for, like, things from movies that I just haven't seen.

[C]

Yeah. Fish is a good one, though, because. Yeah. I don't know if I could name a single fish song.

[A]

No, I haven't seen the squeakquel, and I bring that up a lot. That's in my periphery.

[B]

Yeah. Also being like, oh, yeah, I love the Simpsons, but I have only ever seen, like, five to 10 years of Simpsons, and there's, like, 40 years of Simpsons being like, yeah. It's like, oh, yeah. I just don't. I don't actually have an appreciation for this thing as a whole.

[C]

Aaron, you saying squeakquel makes me think of probably a big one for a lot of people, which is There was a time and place where people used to say anytime they would name a fake sequel, they'd say blank, blank. Electric Boogaloo.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Which is based off the movie Breakin.

[B]

Breakin.

[C]

But I don't know anyone in the world who's seen Breakin or Breakin to Electric Boogaloo. But that reference has been used by millions of people.

[A]

This is such a great dinner party question. I'm gonna be thinking about this for a minute.

[C]

I wanna go watch Breakin and I.

[B]

Wanna see what Aaron has cooked us all for dinner now that we're here. It's ahead of cast hot dogs. Yeah. No. Well, before we get to Aaron trying to end the episode yet again, does anyone have anything that they would like to plug? Aaron, anything that you have coming up that you'd like to plug?

[C]

No.

[B]

Oh, can't wait to ask. Adol. Adol. What about you?

[C]

I wanna plug Aaron's plugs.

[B]

Oh, great. And I will use my plugs to kind of combo off of that and just say listen to hello from the Magic Tavern. Listen to Dungeon or Gumshoes and Dragons. Go see quality time out in la. Thank you. Subscribe to the Patreon. It's fun. We're over there doing Patreon stuff every time with more episodes. Okay, Aaron, say the planet Hot dogs.

[A]

Jupiter. Jupiter.

[B]

Jupiter.

[A]

Jupiter. Jupiter.

[C]

Smobby.

[B]

Created by starring Aaron Keaton and John Patrick Cohen. Casey Tony did the editing. Emory Parent did the music logo created by Emily Cardamus and Emeline Buras. Hey there, chats and scats. If you like that, you're gonna love this week's Patreon. It's another ch, ch, ch. Chatter box. You can listen to that plus our entire back [e-mail] HeyRennerville by joining the clue crew for $5 a month or start your 7 day free trial or the review crew for $8 a month. Plus you get those ad free episodes. See you there.

[A]

That was a headgum podcast.

[B]

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