3: #3 | The Olympics

Summary

Public Figures – Episode 3: "The Olympics"

Date: February 18, 2026
Hosts: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay
Studio: Audioboom Studios

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, the trio explores all things Olympics—from personal memories and obscure facts to comically mundane "Olympic" events of ordinary life. Sprinkled throughout are fan interactions, travel tales, discussions on social media feedback, cruise ship shenanigans, and playful generational ribbing. The episode is a tapestry of stand-up road stories, banter about everyday sports (like speed grocery self-checkout), Olympic history, and the occasional deep-dive into topics like Helen Keller conspiracies and proper fast-food ordering etiquette.

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Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. Tour Updates and Recent Shows

[01:12–05:08]

• The hosts update listeners on recent and upcoming stand-up dates.
• Brian recounts performing with Nate Bargatze in Indianapolis and highlights the camaraderie among comics, especially welcoming Maggie Hughes to bigger shows.
  • Quote: "She [Maggie] was like, 'This is kind of the first time I've ever been on a show that's had more than four figures.'" – Brian [04:47]
• Aaron raves about Hilarities in Cleveland as "one of the truly great clubs in America" and shares tales of the green room antics.
  • Memorable Moment: A random audience member confidently walks into the green room to take a phone call, puzzling Aaron and Dusty. [09:00–10:11]

2. Cruise Stories & Comic Social Interaction

[13:57–17:46]

• The hosts reminisce about the recent "Nateland at Sea" cruise, delving into how each handled the gauntlet of social events, fan encounters, and the cigar lounge.
  • Quote: "You were out there for seven hours." – Brian to Dusty [15:54]
  • Dusty's philosophy: "I'm addicted to [my phone]. I hate looking at it. I want to throw it in the trash can." [16:09]
• Discussion of the balance between being introverted/extroverted as public figures and how cigars (for Dusty) facilitate more organic socializing among fans and peers.

3. Nateland Cruise Activities & Fan Connections

[17:46–23:30]

• Aaron and Brian recount attending Nateland Podcast Trivia with more than 50 teams—a surreal celebrity moment for them.
  • Quote: "They're literally doing trivia about our... I leaned over to Brian at one point. I was like, this is crazy." – Aaron [19:31]
• Spotlight on various cruise events: talent shows, spelling bees, bingo, and the notorious belly/back flop contest featuring Julian’s ill-fated back flop.

4. Olympics: Cultural Relevance, Childhood Memories, and Cynicism

[51:13–54:14]

• Episode shifts to the Olympic Games, with a wry lens on how personal and national interest in the event has ebbed and flowed.
• Dusty waxes nostalgic about the 1996 Atlanta Games, especially the gymnastics team: "Dominique Muchiano... Devil Went down to Georgia. And like, I was blowing the roof off the... I mean, I was like, this is as exciting as it gets." [52:20]
• The hosts admit Winter Olympics were usually less compelling to them, given their Southern backgrounds ("Nobody I knew grew up playing hockey...we've all run in a circle!"). [53:43]

5. Winter v. Summer Olympics/Obscure Sports and Rules

[54:46–77:04]

• Debates on the popularity and accessibility of winter sports.
• Recap of notable moments: Miracle on Ice, Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan saga, curling’s "relatability," and unfamiliarity with sports like water polo and speed walking.
  • Quote: "Every American has [thought]—'give me a year, dude, I could be an Olympian.' And I know intellectually it's not true, but it just looks so easy, you know?" – Aaron [56:32]
• Learnings about Olympic rules—a foot must always touch in race-walking; water polo players must clip toenails to avoid underwater scrapes; equestrian competitors can’t make clicking sounds, else they might “cheat” with the horse.
• Hilarious brainstorming about new Olympic “seasons” (e.g., Tennessee Spring Olympics, featuring "allergy events" or rapid climate changes mid-run) [70:13–70:56].

6. Discontinued/Obscure Olympic Sports

[79:29–85:34]

• The hosts riff on past Olympic events: dueling pistols, underwater swimming, painting, poetry.
• Lament the removal of artistic pursuits from the Olympic roster, and riff on the challenge of subjective judging.
  • Quote: "Painting was an Olympic sport from 1912 to 1948." – Brian [84:40]

7. Everyday Life as an “Olympic Sport”

[89:44–111:10]

• Absurd but passionate discussion on what mundane life tasks the hosts could "medal" in, such as:
  • Stopping gas at an exact dollar amount [89:59–90:34]
  • Pouring gas into a lawnmower without spillage
  • Folding fitted sheets
  • Self-checkout speed at grocery stores—tips, etiquette, and pride in mastery [96:07–97:19]
  • Deboarding an airplane efficiently
  • Carrying every grocery bag in one trip, devising optimal strategy when soloing grocery runs with a baby [109:00–110:10]
  • Skipping rocks (with discussion of rules and legendary competitions in Scotland and Michigan)
• Quote: "I'm beating all in so many things like ordering coffee at a Starbucks...What are you doing up here?" – Dusty [97:12–97:29]

8. Listener Comments & Notable Call-ins

[29:00–39:02 | 116:35–121:25]

• The hosts read and riff on listener feedback around podcast audio quality, generational comedy favorites, pronunciation debates (lozenge!), and more.
• Notable quotes:
  • On podcast audio: "You can listen to almost anything as long as the audio is good. And almost nothing is listenable if it's bad audio." – Dusty [29:28]
  • On Helen Keller conspiracies: "If you're blind and deaf, what are you writing about?" – Dusty [31:08]
  • On Will Hunting and The Departed: Protracted, playful debate about movie realism and legacy.
• Listener Call-ins:
  • Jared from New Hampshire (relaying a wholesome Dusty Slay encounter in Mexico) [116:35–118:19]
  • Mookie Blaylock shares his lifelong love of boy bands and being picked on for it—now vindicated by nostalgia [119:01–119:33]

9. Olympic Event Proposals & Relatable Banter

[122:19–123:38]

• The team invites listeners to submit ideas for "public figures’ Olympics" or mundane feats they excel at, hoping to continue the fun in future episodes.

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Notable Quotes & Classic Moments

• On Club Life:
  "You show up to them and it's like they could care less that you're there...but Hilarities goes above and beyond." – Aaron [08:08]

• On Social Media Feedback:
  "I've joined [the Public Figures Podcast Facebook group] again...and then, you know, there's always some hat guy trashing me in the comments, and I can't handle it." – Dusty [18:08]

• On Olympics Accessibility:
  "The only time I've ever followed the Winter Olympics closely was the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan thing." – Brian [54:49]

• On Creating New Olympic Events:
  "Spring Olympics. Hold it in Tennessee, where you never know what the weather's going to be...you gotta sprint if the snow melts." – Brian [70:13]

• On Self-Checkout:
  "I watch people doing it and I go, they're all doing it wrong. Watch how fast I do it." – Dusty [96:18]

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• [01:12–05:08]: Show/tour recaps and comedy club stories
• [13:57–17:46]: Cruise ship/comedian social dynamics
• [17:46–23:30]: Nateland cruise trivia/talent/bingo stories
• [51:13–54:14]: Olympics as a cultural touchstone; Atlanta 1996 memories
• [54:46–77:04]: Winter v. Summer Olympics; obscure/strange sports and rules
• [79:29–85:34]: Discontinued Olympic events (dueling pistols, painting, poetry)
• [89:44–111:10]: "Life Olympics": gas pumps, self-checkout, grocery bags, rock skipping
• [116:35–121:25]: Listener calls and stories
• [122:19–123:38]: Invitations for listener submissions: public figures’ Olympics

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Tone and Language

The tone is convivial, whimsical, and peppered with self-deprecating humor. The three comedians riff with natural chemistry, combining earnestness (about stand-up and social interaction) with a healthy dose of irony when discussing traditions, nostalgia, and the sometimes-absurd rituals of daily life and the Olympics.

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Key Takeaways

• The hosts’ Olympic interest is personal and cultural—shaped greatly by what felt accessible and entertaining growing up.
• They delight most in everyday feats and the camaraderie of fan interactions, using the Olympic theme as a lens for broader conversations about trying, failing, and triumphing in life’s little moments.
• Much of the fun comes from poking at generational gaps, mispronunciations, and “controversies” about day-to-day efficiency—a kind of inclusive comedy where everyone, host or listener, is a potential medalist in their own quirky games.

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From the green room to the self-checkout lanes to the Olympic podium, it’s all part of the comedy, conversation, and community that makes Public Figures a warm and hilarious listen—no medal required.

Transcript

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[Brian Bates]

Public figure.

[Aaron Weber]

You are going to allow the public. Some people know who I am.

[Brian Bates]

Public figures. Public figure. Public figures. Public figures. I think it's America.

[Dusty Slay]

It's the public figures of America. Yeah. When you're a public figure, this is what happens.

[Aaron Weber]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome in to the Public Figures podcast. Good afternoon, good evening, and good night. Happy to have you here. I am Aaron Weber. You can see me this weekend in Houston, Texas, at the Improv and then Dallas, Texas, at the Addison Improv. I'm alongside my good buddies here, Brian Bates.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, you can see me this Sunday at the Arlington Draft House in Arlington.

[Aaron Weber]

Virginia, and my good friend Dusty Slay.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. All right. I like how fast you guys came out with the dates. Really? We talked about it. I know, but you guys came right out of the gate with it. I like that.

[Brian Bates]

Really? Really.

[Dusty Slay]

Letting them know.

[Aaron Weber]

You really brought it to a screeching halt just now.

[Dusty Slay]

I did, but I. You know, I. It just seemed. I was. I wanted to.

[Brian Bates]

It was your suggestion.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I just want to take a moment. I liked it. Felt good. Got it right out there. You know what I mean?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I'll be in. I'll be in Michigan. I'll be in Saginaw, Michigan, and Traverse City, Michigan, this weekend.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm pretty sure.

[Brian Bates]

Well, the reviews are in. Everyone loves us Public Figures.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

This is episode three, but it's our first one with a little feedback and because we did two right off the top. And, but man, we've had some stuff happen. Why don't we talk about our weekend and then we'll talk about the cruise? How about that?

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. So I forgot about the cruise.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I know it's.

[Aaron Weber]

It's been a while, but a couple weeks now. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I was with Nate this past Saturday in.

[Aaron Weber]

Who?

[Brian Bates]

Nate Bargazzi. It's a good call in Indianapolis.

[Aaron Weber]

Nice.

[Brian Bates]

At the. Was it the Gainbridge field house where the Pacers play where Caitlyn Clark plays? Yeah, well, Caitlyn park plays. So he had. Did. He did two shows on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. Keith Alberstadt, our friend who's never been on the podcast. But I told him we got to get him on sometime.

[Dusty Slay]

He should be on the podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

Surprising that he hasn't been.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

New York comic, but it's. It's from Nashville.

[Brian Bates]

From Nashville.

[Aaron Weber]

Went to Vanderbilt.

[Brian Bates]

Another big Vandy fan. Yeah, Me, him and Nate talked a lot about Vandy.

[Dusty Slay]

That was exciting, huh?

[Brian Bates]

Sorry? Talking about Vandy.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, well, it was for us.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, it was for us.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Vandy basketball also doing very well. It's a great year for venerable sports. Julian was not on. Julian McCullough host every. Pretty much every Nateland show.

[Aaron Weber]

He's the guy. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. And he. He was out. So. Nick Novi.

[Dusty Slay]

What happened to him?

[Brian Bates]

I don't know. I think he had his own commitments.

[Dusty Slay]

He sick from the cruise.

[Brian Bates]

Not texted with him yesterday. I think he's fine. I don't know. But Nick. No, Vicki filled in.

[Dusty Slay]

He did a back flop on the cruise. He did, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

We'll get to that.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, well, we were right on Julian. Right now.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, go ahead.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you know.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, now you have to set up the whole belly flop contest for the story to make sense.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Yeah. I don't mean to derail you.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, let him go.

[Brian Bates]

And then a friend of all of us, Maggie Hughes. De Paulo.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, nice.

[Brian Bates]

Who's done the Nateland Showcase.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Brian Bates]

And she came, did her first stops with Nate, did the. And just did great. Killed it.

[Aaron Weber]

Awesome.

[Brian Bates]

So fun. She's so funny.

[Dusty Slay]

Maggie's great. She did some shows with me. Elkhart, Indiana, Chicago.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. She was telling me, she's like, I've never really done a big show, so that makes sense now.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Like really? She's like, no. This is kind of the first time I've ever been on a show that's.

[Aaron Weber]

Had show that actually meant something.

[Brian Bates]

Had more than four figures. So anyway.

[Dusty Slay]

To be fair, I don't let people do a lot of time I take most of the time.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, she did five minutes.

[Dusty Slay]

We only got 90 minutes here. Guys, I really don't have room for you, if I'm being honest. I'd just like you to go out and bring me up.

[Brian Bates]

Well, Maggie did great and the shows were a lot of fun. And let me just say this, I think this will be in your wheelhouse, Aaron.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

The bus ride home, you were on the other bus, right? These guys ditch me and I'm stuck there with 2 million, not even millennials, Gen Z or I guess. Oh, wow, Noah. Would Noah be a Gen Z?

[Aaron Weber]

Noah's a little younger than me. He's like borderline Gen Z and Millennium.

[Brian Bates]

And McLean, who's definitely gen Z.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

And we're like, let's watch a movie. They out overruled me 2 to 1.

[Dusty Slay]

They wanted to watch Paw Patrol that.

[Brian Bates]

I would have been on board with because I watched that all day today with my daughter. She's the man with Amanda Bynes.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, good movie. I saw that in theaters.

[Brian Bates]

Exactly. It was their favorite movie. Their favorite movie of all time.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a. It's a Shakespeare adaptation. Did you talk about that?

[Brian Bates]

No, we didn't.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

But it's a.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a modern adaptation of the Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, well, this would be. It would be like if that. I made them watch, I guess, the Breakfast Club, some teen, romantic teen movie.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, sure.

[Brian Bates]

So I. I wasn't even. I didn't even know who Amanda Bynes was. But we watched, you know who.

[Aaron Weber]

Amanda Vines.

[Brian Bates]

I knew of her.

[Aaron Weber]

You've talked about her, like, I would say, my generations. Mary Tyler Moore.

[Brian Bates]

You. You commented.

[Aaron Weber]

What are you talking about?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, she's pretty famous for having, you know, pretty public breakdown.

[Brian Bates]

Some problems now. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah. Well, she was not treated very well.

[Brian Bates]

I knew of her.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that's why I'm laughing about the Mary Tyler Morgue.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm talking in terms of, I would say, the biggest, like, comedic star of my generation.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Brian Bates]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

For a while there. Yeah. I mean, the Amanda Show.

[Brian Bates]

You. You've said this before on this podcast. So I'm like, who's she? And they're like, that's Amanda Bines. I'm like, oh, I've heard Aaron mention her.

[Dusty Slay]

Was it Nickelodeon?

[Aaron Weber]

Nickelodeon. She was on all that. And then she had her own. Her own sketch show called the Amanda Bind show.

[Dusty Slay]

And.

[Aaron Weber]

And then she started to star in a bunch of movies. And then things happened.

[Dusty Slay]

But she was Nickelodeon when I was growing up was so great. And then you look back and you're.

[Aaron Weber]

Like, oh, yeah, yeah, it was all bad. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Anyway, that was my weekend.

[Aaron Weber]

I was in Cleveland, Ohio, at Hilarity.

[Brian Bates]

Aaron Weber speaking.

[Aaron Weber]

Just. This is Aaron, by the way, talking. Truly. Just a great club.

[Dusty Slay]

I love that club.

[Aaron Weber]

One of the truly great clubs in America.

[Dusty Slay]

I love it.

[Aaron Weber]

And, you know, you spend some time there and you're like, God, I wish everybody could just take a field trip to this club and just see how it's done. Yeah. You know what I mean? Just see how well they treat you and everything. The food's unbelievable.

[Dusty Slay]

They really hook it up. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The little things they do. You know, they. Every day we'd show up to the club and they had a new childhood picture of me printed on the green room door.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Just.

[Brian Bates]

How'd they do that?

[Aaron Weber]

I think there are pictures that I had posted on social media from years ago. But just the fact that you gotta understand, so many of these clubs, you show up to them and it's like they could care less that you're there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Or you get the feeling at least they're like, they're not excited to have you there. So when, like, where, like. I mean, I'll.

[Dusty Slay]

There are a lot of good clubs, but. Yeah. Hilarities goes above and beyond. For sure.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know why you're both resistant to this idea that I.

[Dusty Slay]

No, no.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm just saying they're good.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what I'm saying, too. There are a lot of good ones. There are a lot of bad ones.

[Brian Bates]

Be funny by saying, name some names, but they.

[Dusty Slay]

Hilarities goes above and beyond. That's what I'm saying. I'm, I'm backing you up.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Yeah. I'm saying it's not, I'm not saying everywhere else sticks.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And I'm not, I'm not saying that they're, they're just a good club. They go, they do step it up.

[Aaron Weber]

But I'm saying those little things that even if they're lying, if they act like they're excited for you to be.

[Dusty Slay]

There, that kind of stuff is even very early on. I, I, I think I headlined one night as I was passing through. They let me headline. They were so nice to me. They treated me so well. There was no need for it. I wasn't selling tickets.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And they just were so nice. And I sat out with Sam and had a cigar out there on the street there and, you know, got harassed by people on the street more than I ever had in my whole Life. Yeah. But we had a great time.

[Aaron Weber]

Crazy behavior. I saw some guy during the show. A guy in the audience took a. Walked into the green room and took a phone call.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Isn't that crazy?

[Brian Bates]

You were on stage.

[Aaron Weber]

No, I was. I was back there and a guy just walks in. He's just like, yeah. I told him to. To move that up a couple.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

And I'm looking, I go, I thought the guy. He walked in so confidently. I thought he worked there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I was like, is this an employee I haven't seen?

[Dusty Slay]

You should have asked him to get you something. Go, hey, when you wrap that up.

[Brian Bates]

Will you give me.

[Dusty Slay]

Give me a couple beers.

[Aaron Weber]

I just looked at him for a while. I go, do you work here? He's like, no. I was taking a phone call. Go, well, this is the green room. Can you get out? Yeah, I didn't, you know, I asked him nicely to leave, but I had never seen that.

[Brian Bates]

That's crazy. And he didn't seemed like, whoops.

[Aaron Weber]

He was like, oh, I didn't know. I was like, well, you did walk past a. It was roped off the door. There's literally, like the movie theater rope.

[Dusty Slay]

There, to be fair.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Even though that's bad, he did at least step out of the showroom to take the call.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I'd rather him take it in the show. At least while I'm not on.

[Dusty Slay]

All right. Right. If you'd been on stage, why Jay Flake's up there.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, Jay Flake can deal with whatever.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, I'm. I'm trying to zone out back there, but anyway, long way of saying great weekend. Thank you to everybody. Came out to Cleveland at Hilarious. Just a. Just a great weekend. Two sold out Valentine's Day shows. It was great. About you, Dustin.

[Dusty Slay]

I went to Sioux City, Iowa. I did a Hard Rock Casino. I never been to Sioux City. There is a song. I opened my set with this. There's a song by Willie Nelson and Leon Russell. I think it's a Bob Wills song originally, but it's called Sioux City Sioux. And so I never. That's. That would. That was my only time I had heard of Sioux City. And so I was excited. I talked about the song and I go, sioux City Sue. You guys heard of that? You guys know her? Is that her eyes are. Her hair is red and her eyes are blue. I guess she's really something. Willie Nelson said he would trade his horse and dog for her. So the horse and the dog.

[Brian Bates]

Did they know the song?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know, it's tough to say they didn't go wild for it, but they did enjoy the joke.

[Aaron Weber]

It was also a movie in 1946.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Starring Gene Autry.

[Dusty Slay]

You remember the Singing Cowboy.

[Aaron Weber]

Some of your favorites, Brian.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Lynn Roberts and Sterling Holloway.

[Dusty Slay]

Sioux City Sue. It's great. I think I trade my horse and dog for you. Sioux City Sue.

[Brian Bates]

I think there's two Sioux Cities. I think there may be a Sioux City, Nebraska or.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, Sioux City, Iowa is just over the Nebraska line.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

But anyway, it was great. Had a great time. They. At the casino. They treated me very well. The show was great. My buddy Adam Bush was there with me, who was also on the cruise, hanging and. And I had a great time there.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Brian Bates]

I listened to the we're having a good time podcast today and Dusty broke down the cruise and I'm like, man, we were on two different cruises. You were talking about the private pool and hot tub and. And how you never even have to believe because everything was right there from you and I'm just down there. The masses like Leo DiCaprio in the bottom of the Titanic, you know, elbow.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, how was that the case, but they still saw me.

[Brian Bates]

I was going to get to that too. I mean, according to social media, Dusty is the most sociable, Dusty's the man.

[Aaron Weber]

Of the people, and me and Brian just hang out at our ivory tower.

[Dusty Slay]

But you guys knew that.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I mean, don't put me in it specifically. You were the least sociable.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, is that what somebody said?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, but I don't. I don't agree with that. I think I'm the least sociable, but.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think either of us are asocial.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, the thing about it is you came out one time when I was hanging out.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And you said, I got. I got to go. Because it was a lot.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

There were a lot of people. And I think that you have to push through that initial, like, whoa. And then you settle in.

[Brian Bates]

Now, in fairness, I'd already been doing stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

You've been in Mexico for hours. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

That day. And I was kind of, you know, in my rope. I needed a break. I'm an introvert. I don't.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Enjoy.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you really consider yourself an introvert?

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Really?

[Brian Bates]

Totally. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So do you get. You'd say alone time recharges you?

[Brian Bates]

Okay, absolutely.

[Dusty Slay]

But also, and to. To your guys credit, you know, I like cigars. So I'm able to hang out there and smoke. And it like opens you up, makes you social. People come in, you're like. And it's fun. Yeah. If you're not doing that, then you are just hanging.

[Aaron Weber]

I can't go out there and hang out with Ultra pouches.

[Dusty Slay]

Right.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a much different.

[Dusty Slay]

Exactly. They're good, of course, but nobody knows you have them in.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

With a cigar. I'm like, come on, let's get a pick.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. You were out there for seven hours.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I. I didn't know I was out there for seven hours until I got back because I didn't even look at my phone. It was a. Was a truly great day because I hate my phone.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm addicted to it. I hate looking at it. I want to throw it in the trash can.

[Aaron Weber]

Yep.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm addicted to it.

[Aaron Weber]

And that day also, your livelihood depends on it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Some. To some degree. Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Flying, I mean, everything. I use it to. I use my maps, I use my phone, my. My airline apps. I use all kinds of things. But that day, I didn't look at my phone. I would. I would check once in a while to make sure my wife didn't call or something like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But I never Looked at it and I got back to my hotel And I go, 7:30?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I go, that's insane.

[Aaron Weber]

They feel good.

[Dusty Slay]

I felt great.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. You were out there. I actually saw you twice. The second time, you had moved up, I think, or maybe down. Moved down. Yeah. And now the band was playing.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And I would have hung a little bit longer that time because I had recharged, but the band was so loud.

[Aaron Weber]

Should we zoom out a bit here and contextualize this some? We were on the N Land at Sea cruise.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to say real quick, though, the band was great, but they were loud.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I wanted to just back.

[Aaron Weber]

I want to zoom back in real quick, and then let's.

[Dusty Slay]

I just didn't want to leave and.

[Aaron Weber]

Even kind of explained what we're talking about. We were on. Because we barely talked about it on the podcast.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

So we were on a cruise. Land at Sea cruise.

[Brian Bates]

Yep.

[Aaron Weber]

How big? How many people were on it with us?

[Dusty Slay]

I have no idea. 3500, maybe 20.

[Brian Bates]

300.

[Aaron Weber]

I believe 2300 people were on the cruise. We were the. Some of the comedians on there. We did shows all weekend on this huge cruise ship. And. And it was great. We got to interact with a lot of. A lot of fans. And I mean, like, real people that are super.

[Dusty Slay]

I feel like I have a new closeness to people on this pot that listen to this podcast because you used to.

[Aaron Weber]

Let's be honest, you used to resent it.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, there's people constantly. Hashtag, dump Dusty. And it's everywhere. I had to leave the public figures podcast, Facebook group again.

[Brian Bates]

And how many times you've been in and out that one?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. Six or seven.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I've joined because, you know, I'll go. I'll start feeling good, and I'll go, well, let's see what people are saying. And then, you know, there's always some hat guy trashing me in the comments, and I can't handle it. Now there's a guy who's apologized a couple of times for his comment. He was trying to make a fun comment, I guess, about saying Dusty's third show was great, but not his first. Whatever he said.

[Brian Bates]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

And I go, you're out of your mind, buddy. And then I left the group. I'm not mad at him. I'm not mad at him. I was, but I'm not mad at him.

[Aaron Weber]

That's good.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I have seen some. You know, everybody was so nice on the cruise. But then I see people post stuff like, breakfast was as awkward as I imagine.

[Aaron Weber]

Awkward at all. What do you want?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I know.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't find you awkward at all.

[Brian Bates]

Well, thank you, Dusty. Yeah, Appreciate that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. You're very normal guy.

[Aaron Weber]

You are intentionally awkward for comedic purposes on stage or whatever.

[Brian Bates]

Well, thank you.

[Aaron Weber]

But you're a normal person.

[Brian Bates]

Thank you.

[Aaron Weber]

We went. Brian and I went to. They were hosting Nateland Podcast Trivia on the ship.

[Dusty Slay]

That must have been awkward.

[Aaron Weber]

No. Well, here's the thing. I thought, brian, why don't we go over there? Probably be just like, I don't know, maybe a dozen people or something. Let's just go over there and say hi to him. We walk in and the room was packed, man.

[Dusty Slay]

They're trivia, not the bingo. Okay. All right.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

This is trivia.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And there were, I think, over 50 trivia teams.

[Brian Bates]

Yes.

[Aaron Weber]

Nateland Podcast trivia.

[Dusty Slay]

They should have let me host that. You know, I used to be a trivia host.

[Aaron Weber]

Right. Well, we walk in professional, and I mean, we. I mean, that's as much as a celebrity as I felt like. Right. I mean, they're literally doing trivia about our. I leaned over to Brian at one point. I was like, this is crazy. They were asking, like. I mean, like, deep questions about the history of the podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

They go, how many fries do you think Aaron made it through before he realized the old people.

[Aaron Weber]

It was stuff like that. Deep cut references, and everybody's getting it, and they all have team names. It was just.

[Brian Bates]

We started feeling pressure because we had a team. We're like, we can't lose.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah. We got to get these right.

[Dusty Slay]

Did you win?

[Aaron Weber]

We didn't really.

[Brian Bates]

We played along.

[Dusty Slay]

Would you have won if. Yeah, yeah. Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I think so, because I had Brian on my team. Brian remembers everything.

[Brian Bates]

That's true.

[Dusty Slay]

That is true.

[Brian Bates]

I'm so glad we went, though, because.

[Aaron Weber]

It was very cool.

[Brian Bates]

It felt weird none of us being there, but people were playing trivia about us. So I think we did add something to the affair.

[Dusty Slay]

I managed to miss all of those things. I find if they would let me smoke in more environments, I would be more involved in everything.

[Brian Bates]

Well, you. But we all had our roles. We chose to go do that. No one asked us to do it. But you hosted or judged.

[Aaron Weber]

That was right after the talent show, and we. Right. We watched a little bit of the talent show, and then we were like, let's go see the trivia. So we were just running around at that point of the day, but there are all these events. You know, we had the shows at night. Typically. And there were five or six different venues and places they were doing shows, and we were all kind of jumping around. But then during the day, they had all these activities, like the. The trivia or there's a belly flop contest that Dusty alluded to earlier, where Julian competed, and he was trying to be a little different, and he did a back flop and didn't go over that.

[Dusty Slay]

It probably hurt, but, yeah, it's tough to do, like, when it is a belly flop. It's tough to, you know, not do that and. And still be competitive.

[Brian Bates]

I miss Julian's back flop, but I did get there to see some of it. It was very fun.

[Dusty Slay]

It was.

[Brian Bates]

You guys were very funny. It was a great.

[Aaron Weber]

Y' all were being very funny.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

As the judges. Y. Stroop was a judge, and Nickerson and Greg Garcia, I think. Yeah, they were. Y' all were all very.

[Dusty Slay]

Was really great.

[Brian Bates]

People really got into it.

[Aaron Weber]

The first, like, kind of big dude that went up there, Stoop was like, here's the horse I put my money on.

[Dusty Slay]

Right? Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, just. It was a good time just to watch it.

[Dusty Slay]

It was good.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

We all had specialty things, though. You judged a spelling bee? I did bingo twice.

[Aaron Weber]

Bingo with Bates.

[Brian Bates]

Yep. Yep. It kind of. It kind of morphed, evolved a little bit. Yeah. Lachlan Patterson.

[Dusty Slay]

My understanding, because, see, my. I felt like you. You were going to straight up host bingo. My understanding was the ship already had their own bingo house. Yes. And then you were kind of like you were adding some color commentary, shoehorned them in.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. I'm so glad Lachlan got added with me, because as awkward as it was, it'd been even more awkward if it was just you. The ship had their own people, and they're used to doing it every week, and they got their own jokes and their own personality, and I don't knock them for that. They kind of just. It was overpowered. It was awkward.

[Dusty Slay]

I love that bingo is going on. On casinos enough that they have their own team.

[Aaron Weber]

You got to. Man.

[Dusty Slay]

I love that you're, like, on a cruise. And I don't mean this one. This is a special bingo.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

But you're on a cruise. But you're like, you know what? I'd like to. I like to get in a little bingo.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Like, get a little bingo in, like, the.

[Brian Bates]

They had two different hosts, and both. Both times we did it, and she, like, she'd say, be nine. Be nine. Much like my love life, you know, stuff like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, and you got something built in for every.

[Dusty Slay]

What does that mean?

[Aaron Weber]

Benign, like a tumor, you know, like it's cancerous.

[Brian Bates]

Like Lachlan said, do you want to be malignant?

[Aaron Weber]

But. But benign's the opposite.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, okay.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Nine. Like. Like there's nothing coming from.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So they had their own built in jokes like that.

[Dusty Slay]

Hilarious, sounds like.

[Brian Bates]

And I don't think they care for us much either.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

But Lachlan and I still had a good time. We did the. We did the Nateland podcast on the ship.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, we did. That was a hot episode.

[Aaron Weber]

We had the reunion show they said would never happen. We let Nate come back out.

[Brian Bates]

And can we announce when? That's this Friday. This Friday.

[Aaron Weber]

Coming out this Friday.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a great episode.

[Aaron Weber]

It is a good episode.

[Dusty Slay]

I hope the audience is miked.

[Aaron Weber]

Was the audience Mike? Was the audience miked in any way?

[Brian Bates]

We had crowd mics.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. So you can hear them laugh and stuff. Okay, good. We got some big laughs on that.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Is there anything worse than getting the tape back from your stand up and the crowd's not miked?

[Dusty Slay]

And you mean every comedy club. Yes, every comedy. This is what they do. You go, you're walking out with your camera to set it up, and they go, hey, you don't need to do it. We got it in house. I go, oh, great. And then they go, hey, just so you know, late show Friday, the one you really liked, the good one. The camera was out.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then the others, none of the audience is Mike. So it's just you. Just you.

[Aaron Weber]

I had a club recently. They go, we'll get you the video. It's 7:20p, and the crowd's not miked at all, so you sound like you're bombing. So I go, so it's pretty worthless. He goes, yeah, but.

[Dusty Slay]

And then you. And then it's too grainy to zoom in and make a. A real.

[Aaron Weber]

To do anything with it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But I appreciate you giving it to me.

[Brian Bates]

Nate asked me right before the podcast. He was going to the talent show to come out as a surprise rapper. And that was fun. I kind of did that on the fly and had fun with that.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Brian crashed the talent show. I wish we had video of that. But yeah, Brian crashed the talent show. Wrapped and made fun of everybody on the panel there. Did a good dig.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you were good.

[Aaron Weber]

A good dig at Julia. That really made me laugh. Greg Garcia one was great too.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The Greg I'm trying to remember. You said, if you haven't heard of Greg shows, there's one good reason, because all of his shows only last one season.

[Brian Bates]

That's actually better than Killing. I said it. But yeah. Yeah, that's good. That's good. And we did shows together and that was fun. We did a show. The Secret Show.

[Aaron Weber]

We did the Secret Show. Yeah, man. It was just. I think I can agree. I mean, I think y' all will agree. We are all. I was surprised at how much fun it was. Yeah, I knew it would be great, but I didn't know it would be. I really, really had a. I thought.

[Brian Bates]

These guys would screw it up and they didn't.

[Dusty Slay]

So I didn't know it would be great. I'll be honest. And I had such a good time.

[Aaron Weber]

I thought some of it would, like, all right, I'll get through that and then it'll be. But the whole thing was fun.

[Dusty Slay]

So good.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, everybody there was so great. Thank you to everybody who came and said hi to us and everything.

[Brian Bates]

Anyway, should we get these?

[Dusty Slay]

You know what if we did it again? What I would. What I would like is my own little cigar corner where people. We had some actual chairs set up so when people come do meet and greet, we can hang. We have a little outdoor. Because the lounge was good. But I don't like a lounge. There's not enough ventilation in there. I'm dying in a lounge.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I like open air. Smoking.

[Aaron Weber]

Sure.

[Dusty Slay]

I like to smoke and breathe in.

[Aaron Weber]

The middle of the Gulf.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Just ocean around.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Anyway, did you watch a little open range on the ship?

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't know. Oh, I did. Yeah. I watched the whole movie on the ship because I couldn't sleep after the seven hour meet and greet. I was fired up and I loved it. Robert Duvall, one of my favorites of all time.

[Brian Bates]

I wanted him to say it.

[Aaron Weber]

You're the first one to say it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And he passed away.

[Aaron Weber]

He did.

[Dusty Slay]

I also love Kevin Costner, by the way. They're both great.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

People act like Kevin Costner's not good. There was a.

[Aaron Weber]

Who acts like he's.

[Dusty Slay]

There was a little short time period where everybody was trying to act like Kevin Costner wasn't good. I'm like, that guy crushes. He's not as good as Robert Duvall, but he's very good. Robert evolves. Never had.

[Brian Bates]

There was a period where he's making all these huge epic movies. He did Dances with Wolves, which won a lot of wars. Great, great. But then he did Water World, which got so great. Yeah. That's varying opinions on that.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a Great movie. There was a period where stupid.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, the mailman, the postman.

[Dusty Slay]

I never saw the postman.

[Brian Bates]

Like, everything he did was these big epic things, and he kind of got panned, ripped for a while, but.

[Dusty Slay]

But Robert Duvall never had a bad role. I can't think of a single Robert Duvall role that I didn't like him in.

[Brian Bates]

I know. He was Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

That's crazy.

[Dusty Slay]

He was in. There was a movie called the Apostle. You ever see that one? Really great.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, he was even in small part.

[Aaron Weber]

But we got the video of Brian crashing the talent show.

[Dusty Slay]

Here.

[Aaron Weber]

They're all talking. We got a special guest who's coming. The crowd erupts.

[Dusty Slay]

They thought it was Eminem.

[Aaron Weber]

I. I wish I'd have timed it a little better, but there's Hoodie on, grabs the mic. All right. Yeah, yeah, it was fun. You can't see in the video. There's a lot of people there watching.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was gonna say there's a movie. Crazy, Crazy Heart.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah. I know that.

[Aaron Weber]

The Rich Asians. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

He sings a Billy Joe Shaver song.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Forever on the boat.

[Brian Bates]

But Robert of Oz, a small part in it.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that's. Robert Duvall sings Live Forever.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Really great.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Robert Duvall.

[Aaron Weber]

Best of all time we get in this. Let's start it off with the comments.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Aaron Weber]

Best of all me to do it or you want to read it?

[Dusty Slay]

Dusty now you go for it.

[Aaron Weber]

Comments come from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Apple podcast reviews. And what's the. Is that the same. Is it the same email for now. Still. Yep. Mailate land podcast.com Amber Tucker. My favorite part of this podcast has been the crispness of the audio.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that's what I've always said. That's what makes a good podcast.

[Brian Bates]

That's what does it.

[Dusty Slay]

You can listen to almost anything as long as the audio is good. And almost nothing is listenable if it's bad audio.

[Aaron Weber]

That's true.

[Brian Bates]

That is true.

[Dusty Slay]

All we need is a good team, and then we can just sit here and talk.

[Aaron Weber]

Doesn't matter what we're saying.

[Dusty Slay]

It doesn't matter. You want a good. You want a podcast that people can fall asleep to.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right. That's why Noise machine.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

By the way, you just complimented the.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

The audio.

[Brian Bates]

And our audio engineer was gone.

[Aaron Weber]

It's gone. Well, good. I don't want him to get a big head. Yeah. And his work will start slipping a Little.

[Dusty Slay]

It's really probably the work of the microphones anyway.

[Aaron Weber]

Apparently.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, look who's back.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, look who it is.

[Dusty Slay]

Mr.

[Aaron Weber]

Audio, the so called best thing about this show.

[Brian Bates]

Welcome back.

[Aaron Weber]

Next comment comes from David Cook, winner of American Idol. Remember that? I do know it's a big season. That was the only season of American Idol I watched. He competed against David Archuleta. Anybody else remember David Archuleta?

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And David Cook beat him in the finale. Yeah. Are you upset about it? Were you a David Archuleta fan? I can see that. David Cook. I listened to the podcast in my office at work with the volume up, a co worker walked in right as Dusty said, I've heard Helen Keller doesn't even exist. My co worker immediately turned around and walked out. It was a fun moment.

[Dusty Slay]

I bet you turned around and walked out to go start googling.

[Aaron Weber]

Getting the.

[Dusty Slay]

Word out, the truth.

[Aaron Weber]

Out she goes. Wow. I've never thought they'll actually look into that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean, come on.

[Aaron Weber]

That's a conspiracy theory. That is. God. Just gut feeling feels like it's gaining steam.

[Dusty Slay]

Like I would never want to be blind. I would never want to be deaf. So I'm not making fun of Helen Keller, but if you're blind, if you're blind and deaf, what are you writing about? You know what I mean, though?

[Aaron Weber]

I haven't read the book. I don't know what she talks about. Had you read the book?

[Brian Bates]

I. I have. I don't. There's not a real strong argument that she doesn't exist, is there? I thought it was just that they.

[Aaron Weber]

Think she was a real person. They just lied about some of the. The details of it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And her handler or mentor or teacher or whatever was just using her to make money. That's what they claim. But it's just like, what would she even write?

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, it's true though. Like what?

[Brian Bates]

I mean, it seems like she's got a lot going on.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

If she can write, seem like she's got a lot to say. If you haven't talked forever, you're going to want to get some stuff out there.

[Dusty Slay]

I just don't know. I can't even see how it's relatable.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. It's called the Story of My Life. It's not a biography written by Helen keller, published in 1903. It talks about her early life and mostly her experiences with Ann Sullivan. That was the lady who taught her how to communicate.

[Dusty Slay]

Lady who took advantage.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And saw an opportunity. Well, I guess 1903 times are hard out here, David.

[Aaron Weber]

I hope your co worker was here for all of that. Next comment comes from Kelly Renee. The giant X over the Nateland sticker on Aaron's computer is the final true cross section. That's very funny. I couldn't get the sticker off cleanly, so I just thought I'd just. Just look, you know, letting people know tone early.

[Brian Bates]

Like nwo.

[Dusty Slay]

Nwo. Exactly what I was gonna say for, you know, wwe, wcw back in the day.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I spray painted NWO over the.

[Brian Bates]

Like, we're taking over, so we just. They spray paid over.

[Aaron Weber]

I should have spray painted.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that'd have been fun. Scott Quinn, with the show's name change. Can we get Breakfast Bates to at least say the word figures correctly? Question mark, exclamation point. Question mark, question mark, exclamation point. He's fired up about it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It isn't. It's figures.

[Dusty Slay]

You're not going to say what he said?

[Aaron Weber]

No, It's figures. Just picking. But seriously, thanks for all the laughs and can you please get that old head to speak right?

[Brian Bates]

My God, it's figures. But, Scott, you're a. You're a figure. That's what I said.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Public figures. I didn't say it like that. Public figures. Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Figures is right. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

But I guess I. I wasn't emphasizing the why.

[Aaron Weber]

The why as much as I should have that why.

[Dusty Slay]

Why. Oh, I got. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So thank you, Scott.

[Dusty Slay]

Appreciate you clearing that up.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Ben D. Boyd trying to get Brian canceled. Yeah, I know. I am greatly enjoying the new podcast. It's great to see three professional comedians banter like good friend should.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Aaron Weber]

Guy gets it.

[Dusty Slay]

Professional comedian. We're all professional.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It did surprise me that Aaron and Brian let Dusty get away with mispronouncing Lawson. Especially considering he pronounced it Los zenge. A couple.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a lozenge.

[Aaron Weber]

Lozenge.

[Dusty Slay]

Lozenge.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

What do you guys say?

[Aaron Weber]

Lozenge.

[Dusty Slay]

Right. Why do you say it like that?

[Aaron Weber]

Because I think that's how it's spelled. L O Z E N, G. Sounds.

[Dusty Slay]

Like you need to take a lozenge and try to pronounce that right.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Lozenges.

[Aaron Weber]

Glad to see someone taking up Nate's mispronunciation role so quick. Quickly.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, well, you know, that's debatable, I guess. You know, it's like.

[Aaron Weber]

But our pronunciations debatable.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, pizza is spelled P I Z.

[Aaron Weber]

Z A and we're kind of throwing a T in there.

[Dusty Slay]

Pizza. So I'm you know, I'm doing that with lozenge.

[Aaron Weber]

You're turning a Z into an S. Couple S's. Yeah, yeah. Here's. Here's the official American pronunciation lozenge.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't talk like that, lady.

[Aaron Weber]

That's true. That is true. Ethan, Trustee. Dusty. Ethan, trustees. Got a comment for Dusty. Dusty, I love it when you sing on the podcast. You have that old country twang. Have you ever thought about recording an album?

[Dusty Slay]

I have thought about it.

[Aaron Weber]

Would you do covers or originals? I think it could be a big hit and possibly a new avenue in your career.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I feel like he's trying to embarrass me.

[Aaron Weber]

This is what worries me. This is how it starts. Do you remember when somebody wrote in and goes, hey, you should build a Nateland theme park? We all laughed about it. Look at us now. Nate's building a theme park and he's off the podcast. This is the beginning of your music career.

[Dusty Slay]

I got to imagine that Nate had already thought about building a theme park and that fueled it. And I have also thought about recording country album.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I also have a rap song that I wrote so I could mix it up a little bit.

[Brian Bates]

Let's hear it.

[Dusty Slay]

It's kind of a country rap. I can't. I'm not ready to do, like, a.

[Aaron Weber]

Jelly roll type song.

[Brian Bates]

The kind of music you hate.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but it's more like 90s rap, which I'm into.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

90S rap was good. We can all agree. I don't know that I have a name for it, but it's really good. I found a video of me rapping it in about 2007 while driving, possibly drunk, and it's very good.

[Brian Bates]

And you're gonna post it?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know if I'm gonna post it, but I. But I now have all the lyrics that I. Because I only remembered the first verse, so it's.

[Brian Bates]

So you could re. Recut it.

[Dusty Slay]

Recut it? I may recut it. Yeah. I wrote a. I wrote a couple of country songs.

[Brian Bates]

You know, Eddie Murphy put out an album in the peak of his career.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, he's, like, really talented. Oh, yeah, that's true. Next comment comes from, what?

[Dusty Slay]

Guys? Okay, Ethan, me trust trustee gets it.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay, well, this. That's like going. Look, Jamie Foxx had some songs. It's like.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but this is the thing about country is you. You need some grittier people that are maybe not as talented to bring this genre back to its roots.

[Brian Bates]

You're the guy then.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean, country. I wanna Listen, there was a country song on the Turning Point halftime show, which I didn't watch.

[Aaron Weber]

You just saw some clips.

[Dusty Slay]

I saw a clip about the dude.

[Aaron Weber]

That was, like, crying.

[Dusty Slay]

The guy goes, I just want to drink my beer.

[Aaron Weber]

I watched.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to cut my grass.

[Aaron Weber]

He sounded like he was crying.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to beat my dog. It's like, that's what the whole song was.

[Aaron Weber]

I just want to drink my beer. Look, my dog wear my boots.

[Dusty Slay]

He's like. He said, I want to wear my boots. Nobody's stopping you from wearing your boots.

[Aaron Weber]

Feel free.

[Dusty Slay]

Put your boots on. Get to work. Yeah. I just want to kiss my fish.

[Brian Bates]

He said that.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to ride my dog. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, it looked like. Yeah, just like bad country Mad Libs.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I just want to X Y. You know, I just.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And I. I've been dying to write that song.

[Aaron Weber]

I've been.

[Dusty Slay]

I never wanted to parody a song so bad in all my life. Just all the things you could. Just anything you. Anything you want. I just want to. You know, I just wanna. That's what I call it. I just wanna. And then it's just that over and.

[Brian Bates]

Over again, you know, we watched My law. We watched the super bowl on the cruise.

[Aaron Weber]

We did.

[Brian Bates]

And we cannot see commercials. And I've. I've yet to see one super bowl commercial. I hear I didn't miss anything.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I mean, were there any, like, big ones that became culturally impactful in any way this year? Not that I saw. Right.

[Brian Bates]

Not that I know of.

[Aaron Weber]

Too bad. That used to be a big thing.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I like the. I like adding my own line. I just want to beat my dog. I just want to beat my dog. I just want to drink. I just want a cup my grass.

[Aaron Weber]

I've only seen the first five seconds of that song. I have no idea where he's going with it. Was it good? No. Okay. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't mind the scent.

[Aaron Weber]

It looked terrible.

[Dusty Slay]

The guy's basically like, I just want to live my life and not have to see all bad stuff going on in the world.

[Aaron Weber]

But that's your super bowl halftime show song that you're breaking out.

[Dusty Slay]

That's.

[Aaron Weber]

I just want to drink my beer.

[Dusty Slay]

The guy looked like he been drinking all day.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, he looked. He looked. He look swollen.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to.

[Aaron Weber]

Eric. Kel. Eric. Kushel. Eric. How would you say that? Kushel.

[Brian Bates]

Kel.

[Aaron Weber]

When Ballyhoo was describing the types of love and introduced ludus. Love. Aaron casually snuck in a luna, and the old heads just let it slide. Aaron needs to know that at least one fellow millennial caught it and appreciated it. Love the podcast.

[Brian Bates]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Dusty Slay]

Appreciated it?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, I know Ludacris.

[Aaron Weber]

You know Ludacris from. You know Justin Bieber's Baby.

[Brian Bates]

I know Ludacris from the movie Crash. Crash and Hustle and Flow.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Both times he gets in a fistfight with Terrence Howard.

[Aaron Weber]

Really? Wow.

[Brian Bates]

It came out the same year.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's crazy. I didn't know that.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Have you seen Hustle and Flow?

[Aaron Weber]

I have seen Hustle and Flow.

[Brian Bates]

Great movie.

[Aaron Weber]

It is a good.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, it is a good movie.

[Brian Bates]

It's the song I come out to.

[Dusty Slay]

I actually haven't seen it all urban shows, but I. I've seen it some.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Brian.

[Brian Bates]

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[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Yeah, totally.

[Brian Bates]

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[Dusty Slay]

I think you should go to couples. Be in the room together.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

See, if they let all three of us go in there and talk. I think three of us need to hash some things out.

[Brian Bates]

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[Dusty Slay]

Wow, that's a good deal.

[Brian Bates]

That's better. H-E-L-P.com Nate David Womack.

[Aaron Weber]

On days that you film two episodes, how long is there between filming? How do y' all cleanse the mental palette? How are you Able to truly separate the two episodes rather than it looking and sounding like a continuation of the other one. I'll just answer this for you, David. You've already thought about it more than we have.

[Dusty Slay]

The trick is to. They always sound like a continuation to the other one.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right.

[Dusty Slay]

You ever see. You remember the movie Avengers and, you know, there's a. And I've been wanting to.

[Brian Bates]

No, I don't.

[Dusty Slay]

You never saw it?

[Brian Bates]

No. You say, remember the movie Avengers?

[Dusty Slay]

Like, there's a. There's a scene where, you know, Bruce Banner is not the Hulk yet. And Captain America says, Dr. Banner, this might be a good time to get angry. And he goes, that's my secret. I'm always angry. Right. And I want to do that for stuff in my life. Like when my doctor goes, hey, I'm going to give you this pill, and if it, you know, makes you feel sick, you know, let us know. And I go, that's my secret. I'm always sick. You know what I mean? And I love that.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm always sick. It's not quite as cool as I'm always angry.

[Dusty Slay]

No. No. But it doesn't have to be cool.

[Aaron Weber]

You talking about just a bit. You want to do it? Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

In life. Everywhere I go.

[Aaron Weber]

Feel free to do.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want. Everywhere I go, I just want to do that.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, if you feel like you're ready to do it, just go ahead and do it.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you know, the situation has to arise.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

But just right here he goes. How do you separate two episodes rather than it looking and sounding like a continuation of the other?

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

You go, that's our secret.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

They are always like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, if you're amped up and ready to go, we can get. We can get on moving with the podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

I just did it.

[Aaron Weber]

I try to tee up to just do it. I tried to tee up twice to do it.

[Brian Bates]

I feel like the second episode, we're always relaxed and loose, and some of our best episodes come the second.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. When all that kind of stuff doesn't get. Get its way into this.

[Dusty Slay]

We had two.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, man.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I gotta get all this out of my system.

[Aaron Weber]

Casey Flat. Casey Flat, longtime listener, first time commenter. Well, welcome aboard. My full name is Catherine Cherry, but I've always gone by Casey. My dad told me the reason for calling me Casey was because many successful people, AKA public figures, go by their initials, and he wanted me to grow up successful. I think there is a case to be made for Aaron's stage name being changed to A.J. weber. I like that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I support it.

[Aaron Weber]

I think it's too late in my career right now to switch things up.

[Dusty Slay]

But I think you could change your name completely.

[Brian Bates]

Nobody would notice.

[Aaron Weber]

I got a little. I got a little thing going. The.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I don't support it. I don't like A.J.

[Brian Bates]

Weber.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I like going three names all together.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, that's serial killer. I don't want to do that.

[Dusty Slay]

What's your middle name? James.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Aaron James Weber.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, if you say Aaron James Weber, they go, what did he do?

[Dusty Slay]

Just do Aaron James. And they seem like kind of like an R B singer.

[Aaron Weber]

I. I feel like I'm doing all right as is.

[Brian Bates]

No, we need to fix this.

[Aaron Weber]

Let's rebrand this whole thing you got going on. Aaron Weber, like the Grill.

[Brian Bates]

Come on.

[Aaron Weber]

D.J. captain Kirk. Listening to RM Baits get the. Listening to R and baits get the New Edition sl. Boys to Men thing so wrong was painful. They are two very separate groups.

[Brian Bates]

All right, let me address this.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I thought we figured out that they were the same group.

[Brian Bates]

He says, it was so painful. Like I was just putting down the wall, guys. Without a doubt. I asked it as a question basically because I wasn't 100% sure. I thought they were you. Look it up. Apparently, Aaron can't even Google correctly because he got it wrong, but he acts. Like I said, New Edition ended up becoming Metallica. So the truth is Michael Bivens from New Edition discovered Boys to Men. And New Edition had a song called Boys to Men and they changed their name to Boys to Men. So they are not the same group. But there's heavily inspired by Heavily inspired.

[Dusty Slay]

Even that explanation was very confusing for me.

[Brian Bates]

Well, for you. But Aaron got it. And I even said I get them mixed up with Belle Biv Devoe, who was. That's what New Edition became. Those. Those guys became Bill Biv Devote.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay. All right. So, yeah, these are all easy mistakes to make. You know what I mean?

[Brian Bates]

Right here.

[Aaron Weber]

I agree. I agree completely. R.M. bates.

[Brian Bates]

So I'm sorry. D.J. captain Kirk.

[Aaron Weber]

D.J.

[Brian Bates]

Captain so painful.

[Aaron Weber]

Will young William, William Hung remember him from Not a real American Idol kick?

[Brian Bates]

I do remember him.

[Aaron Weber]

William Hung.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

She moved, she moved.

[Brian Bates]

She banged, she banged.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. He was big for a while.

[Dusty Slay]

I never watched the show.

[Brian Bates]

Well, he became famous for the wrong reasons. He was so bad.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, he was the first one I can remember. He went viral because of how bad he was.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know what? I liked Susan Boyle. That's who I liked.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, well, she didn't she, like, almost win. I think that was America's Got Talent, too.

[Dusty Slay]

What a groundbreaking video that was. You remember that, though, the first singing, like, the whole. The whole idea that the whole world was like, can you believe that an unattractive person sounds like that? That's what we all did. We all did that. Look how ugly she is and how good she sings. That's what we all did.

[Brian Bates]

Didn't you say Josh Wagner used to have a joke about that?

[Aaron Weber]

Josh Wagner did have a joke about it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. It's just like the whole. Yeah, there's just that ugly people. We can't believe when they're talented.

[Dusty Slay]

Can you believe? Look at this lady.

[Brian Bates]

His lady.

[Aaron Weber]

Alex Randall.

[Brian Bates]

Will Young.

[Aaron Weber]

Will Young. I love it when Aaron has something logical and intelligent to say and it goes over either of their heads. I like it, too. Always turns into a bit. And often Aaron still isn't able to get the point across before they move on. One of the many reasons this is the best podcast. Thank you for using your public platforms to entertain us. Layman figures. Thank you, Will. Well, this guy gets it.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think Will knows what he's talking.

[Aaron Weber]

Will's reading between the lines, dude. He sees what's really happening at this table.

[Dusty Slay]

I think you're speaking to him. And I think you're speaking to him, Will. And I don't think he's correct, but I do like that you guys are connecting.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Here's the thing. I'm always connecting.

[Brian Bates]

Us old heads just can't get it.

[Aaron Weber]

Alex Randall. When I was 8, I lived in the same apartment complex as Tanya Harding. During the trial in 1994, me and my friends became her lookouts and would let her know when it was safe for her to leave and which exit to use. Because there was always so many media trucks lining the street. She promised us private lessons for helping her. I still have never gotten my skating lessons. Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

Maybe she was teaching you another lesson. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Not to trust.

[Dusty Slay]

Not to help criminals.

[Aaron Weber]

Was she? I'm sure we're going to get into this later. I'm sure that's why it was included in the comments here, Brian. But were there. Was the. Were there criminal charges brought on Tanya Harding at all or was it just tried in the media?

[Brian Bates]

She did plead guilty to.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, so she was charged with something.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I can't remember what it. It was. It was something after the fact. She still claims. I can't remember now. It's been so long that she. Aaron's opening a box.

[Aaron Weber]

We've got our box. Here.

[Dusty Slay]

Aaron was picked as the open box. Now, you did a good job.

[Brian Bates]

All right, so. Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

All right. We just got.

[Aaron Weber]

Looks like a T shirt. Well, it's a 2 XL. That's why it was given to me.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

And this is a curling. Curling shirt. Looks like it's got some schematics on the front.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. All right.

[Aaron Weber]

About the sport of curling.

[Brian Bates]

That's exciting, because today we're talking about the Olympics.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

The Winter Olympics are going on now.

[Dusty Slay]

And this is probably the first. A lot of people are hearing about it.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you think that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Have you been watching the Olympics at all? You weren't ready for them to start.

[Dusty Slay]

I've not been interested in the Olympics in a long time.

[Aaron Weber]

Since Richard Jewell.

[Brian Bates]

Maybe I should ask you before we chose this topic.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I. But the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, I was a big fan of.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Richard Jewell.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know who Richard Jewell was. It was the gymnastics team.

[Aaron Weber]

I could tell you were following in the Olympics pretty close.

[Dusty Slay]

It was the gymnastics team that. These girls were the same age as me at the time. And I was into him.

[Brian Bates]

He's the guy we talked about two episodes ago. That was the Olympic Park Bomber. He found the. The. I think he was a hero, really. He found the. The bomber package, whatever. Then the media accused him of being the person who did it. Do you remember that?

[Dusty Slay]

This is what I do remember it. I know Dominique Muchiano. She did a freestyle gymnastic dance.

[Brian Bates]

Devil Went down to Georgia.

[Dusty Slay]

Devil Went down to Georgia. And like, I was blowing the roof off the. I mean, I was like, this is ex. As exciting as it gets.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I had a Wheaties box with those girls.

[Aaron Weber]

With her.

[Dusty Slay]

All those girls. Carrie Shrug.

[Aaron Weber]

They win gold that year.

[Dusty Slay]

I think they did My generation.

[Aaron Weber]

It was Sean. Sean Johnson. That was. That was the one.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

For me, it was Jim Thorpe. Jesse O. Jesse.

[Dusty Slay]

I remember Jackie Joyner.

[Brian Bates]

Cursor.

[Dusty Slay]

You remember that lady?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, sure.

[Brian Bates]

What?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't remember. I don't know. I don't know. Listen, I know Jackie Jordan.

[Brian Bates]

Cursor.

[Dusty Slay]

What was her last name?

[Brian Bates]

Kirsty.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. I mean, come on.

[Brian Bates]

Well, that's. If you say curse her, that's a totally different thing.

[Dusty Slay]

Cursor. Kersey.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, I know Michael Phillips.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, these guys were all you asked me about.

[Dusty Slay]

I got it. Yeah. All right, so let's show the people comment again. I got that.

[Aaron Weber]

Deserved more. Right over their heads.

[Brian Bates]

I follow the Summer Olympics. Usually closer than the Winter Olympics. I would think. I Would say more people in the United States do, wouldn't you say?

[Aaron Weber]

Maybe. It depends on where you live in the state.

[Brian Bates]

More people in the south probably follow.

[Aaron Weber]

This because nobody I knew grew up playing hockey. Nobody I knew grew up skiing or snowboarding or anything like that. Yeah. So I have, like, no firsthand experience with any of these sports. But the Summer Olympics, we've all run in a circle, you know, we've all. Sure, I guess that's it.

[Dusty Slay]

It feels in a way like we're kind of like bullying the Olympics.

[Brian Bates]

So then you should. You should be more into the Winter Olympics. America is not in the lead.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

As far as medals, we're up there, though, right? Are we second or third?

[Brian Bates]

The last I checked. Which a couple days ago, we were not top two. Oh, maybe top five.

[Aaron Weber]

We're three right now in terms of total medals.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but it's like, you know, for a lot of times, you know, American, they win a gold medal, and it's like we don't even know their name. But, you know, I don't know, some country that would be. That the gold medal winner, a bronze medal winner of some countries would be a national hero.

[Brian Bates]

Sure.

[Dusty Slay]

For the rest of their lives.

[Brian Bates]

Of course. Of course. I was going to say the only time I've ever followed the Winter Olympics closely was the Tonya Harding. Nancy Kerrigan.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

And that was such a huge story. I think that was 94. You asked me about her charges. I don't remember exactly, but I feel like she still claims that she did not know ahead of time. I watched the movie. I. Harding, I. Tanya. But I can't remember.

[Dusty Slay]

But even this is a great example. The thing that you followed the. The closest was not even really about the Olympics. It was about Tanya Harding smashing Nancy Kerrigan's knee.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, that's like saying football stinks because the OJ Story was bigger than the super bowl that year. You know what I mean?

[Dusty Slay]

I guess, but. But you've followed football since then. Said he said. The closest I've ever followed the Olympics was this case.

[Brian Bates]

I'm not blaming the Winter Olympics. I'm blaming myself. But I've just never gotten into it. Yeah, but I. To your point, I never grew up around any of this. And you think you would have been.

[Aaron Weber]

If you grew up in Minnesota? You'd have been a hockey kid growing up instead of baseball and everything else.

[Dusty Slay]

Think he could blend in with a professional hockey team?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, let's. Let's talk about it for five years.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I was for the Olympic Winter Olympics. I mean, I think it's pretty obvious. Curling is where I would try to blend in.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I mean, there was a guy your.

[Brian Bates]

Age, 54 year old guy, just want to. Or participated.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you see that?

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Aaron Weber]

Oldest, I think, is American or overall oldest American to ever compete in an Olympic event.

[Dusty Slay]

And he won.

[Aaron Weber]

54, I don't think.

[Brian Bates]

I don't think he won, but he participated. It was curling.

[Dusty Slay]

It was a team sport.

[Brian Bates]

Have you seen curling?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, doesn't it look like. I know it's really difficult, but doesn't it look like it wouldn't be that hard? Like we could get out there?

[Aaron Weber]

I have the same thought that every American has where I go, give me a year, dude, I could be an Olympian. And I know intellectually it's not true, but it just looks so easy, you know?

[Brian Bates]

It does.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Ruth said there's a place here in Nashville, you know, they have ax throwing places. There's a place here you can go curling.

[Aaron Weber]

Like really? In Nashville?

[Brian Bates]

In Nashville. And she said they had like a work event there or whatever, and they did it. And she said it was so hard.

[Dusty Slay]

Really?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Now what are they doing? I know we just got the shirt about it. The broom thing. What is happening with the brooms?

[Brian Bates]

I think it's directing. I really know nothing about Chrome, but I think it's directing the. I don't know what that thing's called, but directing.

[Aaron Weber]

Like. What do you mean?

[Brian Bates]

Like, I think sweep a certain way and it makes it go a certain direction. It's getting rid of, like water droplets that get sprayed on there and frozen. So they're like, getting rid of some of the friction so that it'll create a patch.

[Dusty Slay]

There we go. You get Tristan researching this. This episode.

[Aaron Weber]

That wasn't research. This guy follows currently. I don't like that mic over there.

[Brian Bates]

Take that mic away. Yeah. So it's kind of like shuffleboard, right. You kind of push it and then you're trying to knock some others out of the way and I guess so. I know this is gonna backfire on us. People who are into the Winter Olympics.

[Aaron Weber]

All the die hard curly fans, all.

[Dusty Slay]

Four or five of them.

[Brian Bates]

Well, again, I think people up north are probably really into it, but I don't think.

[Aaron Weber]

Do people play curling growing up as a kid. Hockey, I get.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

It seems like something Tristan would be into. Just really?

[Brian Bates]

Tristan does it in his free time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And I mean, the Miracle on Ice. Even I was a little too young to remember that. That's the other. Do you know the Miracle on Ice.

[Dusty Slay]

That's where the Americans beat the Russian. The ussr. And yeah, I think I saw a movie about it.

[Brian Bates]

It.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you believe in miracles?

[Brian Bates]

Yes, that's the famous Al Michaels broadcast.

[Aaron Weber]

Now I read. I don't know if this is true, but that aired on American television after the game had already ended and it was pre recorded.

[Brian Bates]

I always.

[Aaron Weber]

And Al Michaels had to pretend at the beginning. Had to pretend like he didn't know how the game was about to.

[Dusty Slay]

I always feel bad.

[Brian Bates]

Plus in New York, so I don't.

[Dusty Slay]

Know why I always feel bad for those countries. Like, even though, like ussr, ussr. I'm saying, like the. The players themselves. Right. Because it's like we win. Or let's say we. We lose. We get to just come back to America and just live our lives and be fine. And they lose, they got to go back to the ussr. It's like. And probably. They probably kill them for losing, but if they win, they're heroes.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And I feel bad for them. Like, what is it Creed too. I feel bad for the Russian guy because Creed's already a Drago son.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Creed's a wealthy guy already. He's doing great.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then Ivan Drago's son has got to go back and the. His country hates him now and his life is in shambles.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I feel bad for him.

[Brian Bates]

I think. You know, the interesting thing about that, most people would probably think that was the gold medal game.

[Aaron Weber]

It wasn't.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

They had to play another game after.

[Brian Bates]

I wonder if it would be as big of a story if they had not went on to win the gold. Maybe it's impressive that they still could get up for that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. And. And I think that was like a crazy game too. Like that one came down to the wire as well. So, like, it could have been about that, but they were just the. The favorites. Right. And I was right about this. Prior to the game, ABC requested that the game be rescheduled from 5pm to 8pm however, the international hockey. Whatever. They declined the request after Soviets complained that that meant the game would be on at 4am Moscow time. Moscow time. Right. So as a result, ABC decided not to broadcast the game live for their U.S. audience and tape delayed it. So before the game aired, ABC's Olympics host, Jim McKay goes, Look, the game already happened. We know how it ended, but we're not going to spoil it for you.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Isn't that crazy?

[Dusty Slay]

That is crazy.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, it was that big of a cultural event and it was aired on a tape delay.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Nowadays, there's nothing you can't see, you.

[Aaron Weber]

Know, you couldn't hide. I mean, it'd be social media. You can't even do that anymore. It'd be crazy.

[Brian Bates]

I remember. I mean, this has been a few years ago. I'm hanging out in the green room and Brian Dorfman's watching spin on his phone. I'm like, like, what are you watching? And he's like, my son's hockey game. And he went to some small.

[Aaron Weber]

Dartmouth? Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Was it Dartmouth?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, that's a pretty good school.

[Aaron Weber]

He went to some rinky dink little.

[Brian Bates]

Okay. I didn't realize it was Dartmouth.

[Aaron Weber]

I thought junior, he's playing like junior league hockey stuff.

[Brian Bates]

Bottom line is you can watch anybody's games now.

[Dusty Slay]

Everybody's watching. There's a camera everywhere you look now.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, just good, right? If you get accused of something that you didn't do.

[Brian Bates]

Absolutely.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. But if you did it, look, at the airport.

[Brian Bates]

At the airport headed home from Tampa.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, we were on display the whole time we were on that cruise. And at the airport, that was the case too. And I get there and Southwest has a regular baggage drop off or a express lane.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The priority line.

[Brian Bates]

Now, I just got it bumped up to a list preferred a couple months ago. Nice. First time I really dealt with this. So I get there, there's decent long line for the regular and express whatever. But I'm. I know everybody's watching me and I'm thinking, if I get in this express lane, I'm not sure if I have it or not, and get up there. And they say, sir, you're not. I mean, people are going to comment about it. So I get in the regular line just to be safe. Dusty walks in. I've been in line for 10 minutes. Dusty walks in, walks right up and gets there almost immediately. Right?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I said to the person working there too, I go, I don't know if I'm priority or not, but I'm just checking. And she goes, just go ahead.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And I still don't know.

[Brian Bates]

Someone wrote in, said Dusty ends up going right ahead of Brian, which is not true.

[Dusty Slay]

Not true. You beat me.

[Brian Bates]

Me? Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You've been there longer. But you did be.

[Brian Bates]

I was there a lot longer.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Bottom line is everyone's watching. And they'll just change the punch line to makes breakfast look bad. But. But yeah, I gotta tell you.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, the. The I may list preferred on Southwest too. And that using that priority link, that's the only time I've kind of felt Bad about.

[Dusty Slay]

You always feel bad about these things. Never feel bad. Get clear. Cut everyone. No, do it all.

[Aaron Weber]

You have clear. You shouldn't do clear.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I have clear. I have tsa.

[Aaron Weber]

I can't believe you.

[Dusty Slay]

I'll cut everybody in the whole airport.

[Aaron Weber]

I can't. I actually can't believe you have clear.

[Dusty Slay]

I've had it for a long time before we ever talked about it. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Before you thought about what it's doing and all that kind of.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I mean, I was immediately paranoid about it and. But I. You know, they got me. I was gonna. I felt like I was gonna miss a flight, so I. I signed up real quick.

[Aaron Weber]

Quick. And you've renewed since then? You're paying.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

That's too bad, man.

[Brian Bates]

We went through security.

[Aaron Weber]

Add that to my Dusty's Hypocrisies list that I got.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, well, you guys have already trashed me on this podcast for having.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, Nate has trashed you.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, Nate has it, too.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, Well, I don't know that Nate's. Every week. I don't know how the government spying on.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't have real id, you know, and so I use a passport at the airport, but with clear, I just go right on through. I don't even need to show an id.

[Aaron Weber]

Are you opposed to real ID, or you just haven't done it?

[Dusty Slay]

I am. I don't exactly know why, but I.

[Brian Bates]

Feels like the thing to do.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, whenever the government's like, hey, the ID that you have not good enough anymore. Come down here and get a different one, I go, I don't know. Yeah, I don't like you doing that.

[Aaron Weber]

I get it.

[Dusty Slay]

And also, I don't want to go to the dmv. I renew online.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Real idea you got to do in person. Right.

[Brian Bates]

It was a pain.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Was it for you?

[Aaron Weber]

It was a pain. You remember my picture got.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, that's right. That's right.

[Aaron Weber]

It was a whole saga.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, but I was happy to do my part as a citizen.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Well, good. Good.

[Brian Bates]

Well, the Olympics. The original Olympics.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to have my old id.

[Aaron Weber]

I just want to catch my flight Drink my beer sit in my seat.

[Brian Bates]

I gotta. I gotta see this song.

[Aaron Weber]

If he wasn't crying, it'd be less ridiculous.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

There's a lot of things he was getting emotional about.

[Aaron Weber]

He was in tears.

[Brian Bates]

I understand.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to catch my flight I like that. I just want to catch my flight.

[Aaron Weber]

Be waiting until I just want.

[Dusty Slay]

Listen, I hope he doesn't watch. I mean, there's a good chance that Nashville. A Nashville musician watches this podcast.

[Brian Bates]

He was from Nashville.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm sure he's a country singer.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's Lee Bryce. He's like a big country singer.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm sure he's very.

[Aaron Weber]

I only saw that clip, and out of context, I got to tell you, it's hilarious.

[Dusty Slay]

I watched the full song. There's really.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

No context for it.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

I think that should be our theme song.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I used to think I had a pretty good handle on my finances until I actually looked closely. One month, I opened my bank statement and realized I was paying for multiple subscriptions. I didn't even remember signing up for some of them more than once. That was my okay, I need help moment.

[Aaron Weber]

Right. Right.

[Dusty Slay]

I'd like to show the app now.

[Brian Bates]

Rocket Money. Is that what you wanted?

[Dusty Slay]

Yes. That's when I started using Rocket Money. It showed me exactly. It showed me exactly where my money was going all in one place, and immediately flagged subscriptions I wasn't using anymore. Being able to cancel unwanted subscriptions right inside the app with just a few taps saved me and stopped those charges from quietly draining my account. Rocket Money is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel your unwanted subscription. Okay, let's read it again. This is the yellow part. I gotta do it, right. Okay. I feel like it's just me and Aaron here, but Rocket Money is a personal finance app that helps helps find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps lower your bills so you can grow your savings. What I really like is how it automatically categorizes transactions across my accounts. Seeing everything organized made it obvious where I was overspending. And Rocket Money helped create a budget that actually made sense for me. I also get alerts for big transactions and upcoming bills, which helps me stay ahead instead of reacting after the fact. It just feels good knowing my finances aren't running in the background unchecked anymore. Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. [e-mail] Nate that's RocketMoney.com Nate. RocketMoney.com Nate.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

All right. So the original Olympics started in ancient Greece.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. And they were all naked.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I was getting there.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Sorry to jump.

[Brian Bates]

It's all right. What do you think about that, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

It makes it better, I'll tell you that.

[Brian Bates]

Make you watch.

[Aaron Weber]

It was only men competing.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, well, all right, that changes it.

[Brian Bates]

It was only men competing. Married women were prohibited from even attending to watch.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that makes sense.

[Brian Bates]

They had some problems. Emperor Nero entered the Olympic chariot race. And he fell off his chariot, but he still declared himself the winner. And then you'll appreciate this, dusty. Emperor Theodorus, a Christian, called for a ban of all pagan festivals. So they stopped the Olympics.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

How about that?

[Aaron Weber]

I love that he said the Olympics were a pagan festival.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, maybe that's why I don't like it indirectly. I had no idea.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. How about that?

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Then they cranked it back up 1500 years later, 1896, back in Athens, Greece used to be the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics were always the same year.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you know that they went that long without starting the Olympics again?

[Brian Bates]

1500 years. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Really?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, I just assumed. For some reason, I thought, you feel.

[Brian Bates]

Like it's been here forever.

[Aaron Weber]

Through, like, during the Black Plague, they were doing the Olympics. No, but they weren't.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, there's people who almost could still be alive. That's when the Olympics started.

[Aaron Weber]

That's crazy.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

Almost me is a bit of a conspiracy that. That there's a thousand years on our calendar that's not real.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Like, that we're really in, like.

[Brian Bates]

Well, that is true.

[Dusty Slay]

1026.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Not 2020.

[Aaron Weber]

Does that have any practical. Like, what's different if that were the case?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Like, I'm just saying, like, what am I supposed to do with that? There's a thousand years.

[Dusty Slay]

Nothing. I'm just telling you.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

So that, you know, we're just wrong about, you know, the time.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And how many years we've been around.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

What do y' all think about this? There's Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics. I propose spring Olympics. Oh, hold it. In Tennessee, where you never know what the weather's going to be, and that makes you combine the best of two. Your. Your two sports, right?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

What if they're like. I'm gonna try this as a joke tonight, skiers, I know we got 6 inches snow last night, but the high today is 80. So if you don't get down this mountain in time, you're gonna. You're gonna have to run.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You gotta find a way.

[Brian Bates]

You gotta sprint.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I love that.

[Dusty Slay]

I like it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The spring Olympics.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Just guys out there with allergies and.

[Dusty Slay]

Spring and fall Olympics. Yeah. Spring and fall.

[Aaron Weber]

That way every year there's an Olympics.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know? Oh, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Just spread it out.

[Aaron Weber]

Spread it out. Yeah. Yeah, I like that.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

I'm gonna tell it tonight. So don't leave before the Olympics in on Friday. Only time to tell it.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, it's the end of them.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

How long. How long do they go?

[Brian Bates]

I think three weeks.

[Aaron Weber]

Three weeks.

[Dusty Slay]

How many have you watched?

[Aaron Weber]

My wife's very into the Winter Olympics. Yeah, she. It's just running continuously.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Really?

[Aaron Weber]

So I've watched a lot of the figure skating stuff. I watched. I watched our guy go down. He was the heavy favorite.

[Brian Bates]

Figure skating?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I watched him.

[Brian Bates]

He went down.

[Aaron Weber]

The guy that could do a backflip. Nobody else can do a backflip.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow. Apparently there was a guy, I think he was a skater, and he won something and then used his time to talk about how the love of his life. Yes. Left him.

[Brian Bates]

I saw that.

[Dusty Slay]

But he had been dating her like six months. Something like that.

[Aaron Weber]

And he had just won the gold.

[Dusty Slay]

Something like that.

[Brian Bates]

He was in another country. It was French, I think. And yeah. He post game interview. He was like, in English.

[Aaron Weber]

He's saying that.

[Brian Bates]

No, no, it was.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Subtitles.

[Dusty Slay]

And then his. The. The girlfriend was uninterested after he cried. After he cried on tv.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

He won a gold medal. Cried on tv. And she goes, I'm good. That's how far the Olympics have fallen.

[Aaron Weber]

What sport best at cheating?

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, there you go too. Look at that.

[Aaron Weber]

What sport was this?

[Brian Bates]

I don't remember.

[Dusty Slay]

He cheated on his girlfriend that he, you know, that he had for six months.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

And then one gold. One gold. Cried on tv.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And she said, I'm good.

[Aaron Weber]

Coolest guy in France.

[Dusty Slay]

He should just, you know, it seems like he's doing all right. He should just move on.

[Brian Bates]

Here's some obscure Olympic rules.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Race walking. Have you seen race walking?

[Aaron Weber]

I have. Is that. Is that the Summer Olympics?

[Brian Bates]

That's the Summer Olympics. The runner, the race walker must always have a foot on the ground and cannot bend their knee.

[Dusty Slay]

I like the idea that it's people of different races walking and how they walk.

[Brian Bates]

That could be for the spring Olympics.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Have you seen competitive walk like. Have you seen this, Dustin?

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah. Speed walking.

[Aaron Weber]

Speed walking.

[Brian Bates]

It is interesting though, right? How running is. It's a different gate. Like. It just looks.

[Aaron Weber]

That's me running, silly.

[Brian Bates]

That is me running right there.

[Aaron Weber]

I bet Brian late for his flight.

[Dusty Slay]

This brings in the women here.

[Brian Bates]

Brings in the women.

[Dusty Slay]

This brings in the women. I bet you go, what are you doing? The Olympics. Oh, I'm a speed walker.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, look at her.

[Brian Bates]

See, she's.

[Dusty Slay]

Look at me. Yeah, look at me. Yeah. Look at. At this guy.

[Brian Bates]

Water polo players. You ever played water polo?

[Dusty Slay]

I never have. I played Marco. Polo in the water.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Water polo players. Little different.

[Aaron Weber]

Kind of safe.

[Brian Bates]

That should be a living sport, Marco. That'd be great tv.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Water polo players required by official rules to clip their toenails before competing. Apparently there's a lot of jabbing going on underneath there.

[Aaron Weber]

Probably fingernails too then, right?

[Brian Bates]

I guess. But toenails, you can do some stuff underwater and nobody see it.

[Aaron Weber]

I wonder if they get cauliflower ears like wrestlers and boxers do.

[Brian Bates]

Are they pounding each other inside the head?

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I mean, if they're scratching each other with their toenails, I imagine there, I think some arms.

[Dusty Slay]

More of a shin issue.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Cauliflower shin.

[Aaron Weber]

Cauliflower shin. That's got to be cardio wise. That's got to be the hardest sport.

[Dusty Slay]

I have to think, because you're. You're swimming, dude.

[Aaron Weber]

You're treading water and swimming and playing a sport.

[Dusty Slay]

You think you could blend in as a water polo player?

[Brian Bates]

No, but I bet you think you could.

[Dusty Slay]

That good?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Dude, I don't think so. I don't think so.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, Give me a year. Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Are they. I can't remember. They up to their neck and water.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean the water, the waters. They're in like Olympic swimming pools. Like, the water's arbitrarily deep.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

They're not deep end and a shallow end and it's like football.

[Brian Bates]

If Dusty. If Dusty could get in the pool before they start the telecast and he's already up to his. His neck, then I think maybe he could pull some stuff off. I just don't think they need to see you jumping into the water.

[Dusty Slay]

You don't know what I look like jumping in the water.

[Brian Bates]

I know. I have a guess.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Players cannot touch the bottom. Must tread water the whole game.

[Dusty Slay]

What do they look like jumping in these guys? Are they diving in like swimmers or are they.

[Aaron Weber]

I think the game starts with them in it. So it's not. Not. Yeah, it's not so much about the jumping in. Okay, so you're saying if you start with you.

[Brian Bates]

That's what I'm saying.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm saying either way.

[Brian Bates]

I'm saying he'd have a better chance if he's already in the water.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't even know what they do in water polo.

[Aaron Weber]

It's like.

[Dusty Slay]

It's like you're trying to get a ball into a net. It's kind of like basketball, but you're in the water.

[Aaron Weber]

There's no. It's a. There's a net and a goalie. So it's like A soccer goalie.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But then it. Then it's like basketball trying to get the ball.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So. And you're doing all that treading water like it looks so crazy to difficult to do.

[Brian Bates]

Equestrians are under no circumstance allowed to speak during their routine because they don't want to influence the horse. Someone got penalized for doing a clicking sound, which got the horse to go a little fast.

[Aaron Weber]

How are you supposed to communicate with it?

[Brian Bates]

Just about just the.

[Aaron Weber]

Through the rains.

[Dusty Slay]

You whip it, don't you whip it?

[Brian Bates]

Well, that's how horse racing. Yeah, but I don't know about equestrian events.

[Aaron Weber]

We're talking about like the dance where you just kind of gallop around and stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Right. Like. Like doing that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know.

[Brian Bates]

Looks like me speed walking.

[Dusty Slay]

I. I'm starting to see why the Winter Olympics are not that popular.

[Aaron Weber]

This is the Summer Olympics.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

I think this is awesome.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Let's talk about Ultra pouches. I'm sure y' all have seen everybody's got some type of pouch on them these days. It's really a. A widespread thing. Now these nicotine pouches, people, all different types of people. No. Well, this is not a nicotine pouch. This is. This is ultra, which I know a lot of people are using. They get the same oral fixation that you would get from something dangerous. Like a nicotine pouch.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Or even something addictive like a caffeine pouch. This is ultra. It's got neither of those caffeine free and nicotine free pouch. You use it the same way you pop it right in your gums. The flavors are great. This one right here is the cool mint flavor. It's going to give you that same feeling that a nicotine pouch would give you. They're packed with nootropics that are designed for mental clarity, enhanced focus, the same kick as a nicotine pouch with none of the ugly side effects like a. Like a weird crash, later, the jitters or gum rot, anything like that. Most pouches elevate cortisol and raise your blood pressure, keep your body in a constant stress state. Oh, no, not Ultra pouches. They let you keep your pouches. Get the same oral fixation with a cleaner kick. 90% of users saw significant improvements in their overall focus levels. They felt calmer, had a steady flow state, focus, enhanced memory, smooth energy and mood balance, all with zero nicotine and natural nootropics. It's trusted by top athletes, entrepreneurs and engineers and podcasters. Wow. All around the world.

[Brian Bates]

I saw you have this on the cruise.

[Aaron Weber]

That's Right.

[Brian Bates]

And then you had a great set.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, thanks. You were very focused.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Brian Bates]

Here's some. Some discontinued Olympic sports dueling pistols.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, man, that'd be awesome.

[Brian Bates]

You'd watch that, right?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Or they have like an actual duel.

[Brian Bates]

They would see here what they say they would shoot at whack. They either shoot at each other with wax bullets or shoot it at a. A figure.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I like the idea of shooting each other with the wax bullets.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, that's. That would be some good tv.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Underwater swimming, just seeing who can go the longest underwater.

[Aaron Weber]

Really? It's a breath holding competition.

[Brian Bates]

I guess so.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's crazy.

[Dusty Slay]

How long can you hold your breath underwater, you think?

[Brian Bates]

Five seconds.

[Aaron Weber]

Now I can do over a minute, but not much longer. Over a minute. I used to be able to do like two minutes back in the day. I don't think I have the same lung capacity that I used to.

[Dusty Slay]

I used to love doing that.

[Aaron Weber]

But you can do it for like five minutes before your brain starts to be affected by it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, I think you get to.

[Dusty Slay]

I never could do that, but I.

[Aaron Weber]

Think you have the willpower. You could do it. Yeah, I think you could do three minutes.

[Brian Bates]

Who was.

[Aaron Weber]

It started right now. Good.

[Brian Bates]

What magician did it?

[Aaron Weber]

David Blaine did it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

How long did he do?

[Aaron Weber]

He held his breath for a Grand Total of 17 minutes and 4 and a half seconds.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

The previous record before that was 16 minutes and 30 seconds. He broke it by. By, you know, over 30 seconds. That's crazy.

[Dusty Slay]

He.

[Aaron Weber]

It was.

[Dusty Slay]

He.

[Aaron Weber]

The feat was accomplished using oxygen assisted static apnea, where he inhaled pure oxygen for 20 to 30 minutes before he went in the water.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, so, you know, kind of like a performance enhancing drug.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, a little bit. Still kind of impressive.

[Dusty Slay]

Very cool. But it's like. Yeah. You're not just a guy jumping in the water.

[Aaron Weber]

I'll just try it right now.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you hold your breath when you pass graveyards?

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you ever do that?

[Brian Bates]

I take my hat off.

[Aaron Weber]

Y'.

[Brian Bates]

All do that too.

[Aaron Weber]

Maybe that's our generation.

[Brian Bates]

That's a. Well, don't put your generation.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a millennial Sl. Gen Z thing, I think. So you don't do that?

[Brian Bates]

No.

[Dusty Slay]

I never even heard of that.

[Aaron Weber]

I think. Is it a superstition or what? Yeah, yeah. And I still do it to this day. If you drive past the graveyard, you hold your breath as you pass it.

[Dusty Slay]

So the spirits don't get in.

[Aaron Weber]

So the spirits don't get.

[Dusty Slay]

Obviously.

[Aaron Weber]

So the spirits don't get in you.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

I never knew why I did it, but I thought it was just out of respect.

[Dusty Slay]

Let me ask you this.

[Aaron Weber]

Because they're not breathing.

[Dusty Slay]

Let me ask you this. When's the last time you saw a new graveyard being built?

[Aaron Weber]

I saw a one that looked like it was jumping the other day.

[Dusty Slay]

Being built.

[Aaron Weber]

It was. There's a huge plot of land and they only had a little corner over there doing work on the rest of it. So it looks like a relatively new graveyard.

[Dusty Slay]

That's amazing.

[Aaron Weber]

But I'd like to hear where this train of thought.

[Dusty Slay]

I never have never seen one being built.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I've never knew anybody that saw one being built. And people are dying all the time.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And where are they going, you think?

[Aaron Weber]

I bet a lot more people are getting cremated now.

[Dusty Slay]

But where, where does that go? You just go in your house into.

[Aaron Weber]

An urn or whatever the family wants to do with it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Or some people can have it. There are places at the graveyard that can.

[Dusty Slay]

I just think a lot of people are dying.

[Brian Bates]

Most.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Almost everyone's dying.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And where are they going? That's what I'm saying. I don't have a grand conspiracy behind it. But you just would think there would be more graveyards.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I mean, eventually if everybody did that, the world would be be covered with graveyards.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

We're going to run out of space.

[Aaron Weber]

Or we're just going to have to. On top of already dead people.

[Brian Bates]

Double deck.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's double decker. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Johnny W. Has a joke about that. I think some states do that.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. How if they're six feet down, then you got room for put me on top.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Some people think that they're serving people at fast food restaurants.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Now even if they're doing that, I'm not saying they're not. I don't even like when you go eat a hamburger at a fast food restaurant, it's human. It's dead human meat.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Like literally, because the graveyards are so overcrowded They've cut a deal with McDonald's. But all I'm saying, we'll give you the bodies.

[Dusty Slay]

But my. My point, though, even if that's true.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I still feel like they would be putting up the facade, you know, like, still, like, this person's buried here. So where are they at?

[Brian Bates]

I think I don't know of any new cemeteries, but I certainly know of cemeteries that are expanding, that are adding.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I think this might become a real problem, like, soon, but I don't think we're quite there yet.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think we're quite there yet. We'll check in in a few years and see what's going on.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Market. You know what I mean?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Put a little pen. We'll come back to it.

[Aaron Weber]

Fold the page here.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Painting was a olympic sport from 1912 to 1948.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, what happened with. What happened with painting in the 1940s that made them stop doing that?

[Brian Bates]

Television. I don't know. Poetry was also a Olympic sport from same time, 1912, 1948.

[Aaron Weber]

Really? What would they do? You have to write a poem. They give you a prompt, and you have to write a poem in, like, five minutes or something.

[Dusty Slay]

But then someone has to judge it. And how do you know what are you doing? Audience participation. Like a comedy contest.

[Aaron Weber]

Right. But, you know, a lot of the judging on, like, the figure skating or rhythmic gymnastics or any of this stuff is done just by a judge like that too, you know, so it's not like.

[Dusty Slay]

But. But I feel like you could make some criteria for what you're looking for out of a figure skater, but like a painting, I guess you could go how realistic it looks or whatever. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

How does it make sense?

[Brian Bates]

Why did they need judges for a spelling bee on the cruise? Seemed like that would just be, you get it or you don't.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I think the same reason they needed a judge for the bingo.

[Brian Bates]

But I wasn't a judge.

[Aaron Weber]

Exactly. I wasn't a judge either.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, I thought you were a judge.

[Aaron Weber]

No, we were. I guess I was a judge, like.

[Brian Bates]

Officially, but it was more just some commentary.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

There was a lady I hung out with in the cigar lounge, and she seemed to imply that she might have been cheated out of the spelling bee, that she spelled a word and spelled it correctly, but maybe.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you remember the word she claimed she spoke correctly?

[Dusty Slay]

She wasn't upset about it. She was laughing. We were having a good time.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

But she made it seem like there was a word that they were using. That was a southern word, but was actually a word.

[Aaron Weber]

And was it Jambalaya?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I doubt that, cuz the guy.

[Aaron Weber]

Who lost in Jambalaya was pretty upset about it.

[Dusty Slay]

Was he?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, he spelled it with a U.

[Dusty Slay]

It's an A.

[Aaron Weber]

It is.

[Dusty Slay]

Jumbalaya, crawfish, pine. A gumbo. Yeah, everybody knows it's a.

[Brian Bates]

What? Jambalaya starts with an A.

[Dusty Slay]

No, J.

[Aaron Weber]

Just start with it.

[Brian Bates]

Well, you said. He said J and you said A.

[Dusty Slay]

No, no, no, he said U. He spelled J. U, Ju.

[Aaron Weber]

He spelled it like Jumbala.

[Dusty Slay]

Jumbaline. It's a Hank. Hank Williams song. Jumbaline.

[Aaron Weber]

That's what it was named after.

[Brian Bates]

The Redneck Games, AKA the Hillbilly Olympics are held annually in East Dublin, Georgia. Started in 1996 when the Olympics were in Atlanta. Some of the events held were the cigarette flip.

[Dusty Slay]

I'd be pretty good at that, I think.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Just for distance.

[Brian Bates]

Just says.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I think it's distance. Distance.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Yeah, like shot put. But you're just flipping a cigarette.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's amazing.

[Brian Bates]

Seat spitting. I could.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Toilet seat throwing.

[Dusty Slay]

That makes sense.

[Aaron Weber]

Let's see, like a. Like a discus.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Big hair contest. Wet T shirt contest. Armpit serenade.

[Aaron Weber]

He pointed at me when he said that.

[Brian Bates]

If you're listening, dumpster diving. Dusty's done all this.

[Aaron Weber]

But have you ever Dumpster died. I've never done it. I've been in a dumpster.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, I've dug in a trash can before, but I don't know that I've dug in a dumpster.

[Aaron Weber]

You don't go, let's go get the dumpster behind the Dollar General after they close. And let's go see what's in there.

[Dusty Slay]

No, my. My mom and brother in law and sister knew where the Walmart dump was for some time. Yeah, in Opelika. And they would go out there and get stuff.

[Aaron Weber]

We used to steal boxes from behind the Winn Dixie. But that feels different.

[Dusty Slay]

That's different.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, I've had to dig in a trash can, you know, but I've never dumped it. Jumped in a dumpster. I did jump on a dumpster when I threw a mattress in there. Yeah, I jumped on it to push it down.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

There's a story. I got a YouTube video about my old mattress.

[Aaron Weber]

Mentioned in every Helix ad for the last two years.

[Brian Bates]

Episode three. We're already in repeats. He's told the devil went down to Georgia Olympic story twice.

[Dusty Slay]

And not on this podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

Not on this podcast. This is all new.

[Brian Bates]

I thought he Did.

[Dusty Slay]

Maybe I did.

[Brian Bates]

Episode one.

[Dusty Slay]

I thought, well, listen, you're bringing up Olympics, and this is my favorite memories of it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Dominique Dawes, I think. Wasn't it Dominic Mucciano, Dominique Dawes, she did the. And then Carrie Strug. Was that the.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, she's the one that hurt her foot.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. But she still landed the.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow. With the broken foot.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Do you remember the landing?

[Brian Bates]

Do you remember who. Who lit the Olympic torch that year?

[Aaron Weber]

O.J.

[Brian Bates]

Simpson.

[Dusty Slay]

Muhammad Ali.

[Aaron Weber]

He did it at one point.

[Brian Bates]

Muhammad Ali. I don't think O.J. did.

[Aaron Weber]

O.J. o.J. Carried the torch.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think he was the last guy.

[Dusty Slay]

Muhammad Ali, because he had Parkinson's real bad by that time. And he was. He was shaking pretty bad doing the thing. And it was.

[Brian Bates]

He said, half the room on fire.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. No. How. But.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, it's a good memory. Good job. All right, so if we were going to hold some everyday Olympics, some things that. Real life stuff, not sports, just real life stuff. What's. Some things you think you would be good at that you could excel in.

[Aaron Weber]

Filling up the gasoline to the exact dollar amount and stopping it right on the. Right on the dock. I'm real good at that.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm better at that. Depending on how expensive the gas is. When gas is near $5 a gallon, it's tough to.

[Aaron Weber]

That's true. But that's part of the game is adjusting for whatever the price of gas is.

[Brian Bates]

Now, would you. Would you get more points if you stopped it on that before it stops itself?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I think you can't go over.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

You can't bust, but you got to get as close or exactly whatever amount we agree on.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that. I like keeping the gas theme going.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Can you pour gas into the lawnmower without spilling it all over the.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, I like that one.

[Brian Bates]

That's a good one.

[Aaron Weber]

Electric lawnmower, Unfortunately, I hate it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You ever see somebody's entire opinion about you change immediately?

[Brian Bates]

He does the shoulder shrug.

[Aaron Weber]

My yard's not big enough. If I had a bigger yard like you do. I go, I get a zero turn. I get a riding lawnmower. I get something. I don't need the power, but I.

[Dusty Slay]

Like the sound of a lawnmower. Like, even a push more.

[Aaron Weber]

I like the sound, I like the feel of it. I like the smell of it, but I just don't. I can't justify it.

[Brian Bates]

So do you have, like, an extension cord?

[Aaron Weber]

No, it's. It's wire with a long battery.

[Brian Bates]

Operator, I thought you Said electricity.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's a battery though.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, well that's not electric.

[Dusty Slay]

I like the idea of the evidence.

[Aaron Weber]

What are you talking about?

[Brian Bates]

It's battery operated.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

An electric battery. It uses electricity.

[Brian Bates]

So you have to charge it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. With electricity.

[Brian Bates]

That's my point.

[Aaron Weber]

What are you saying? You're saying if it's not. There's not a cord that is not electric?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I gotta. I mean I gotta back Brian up here though. I think think it is electric powered but it's battery operated as opposed to electric when you just plug it directly.

[Aaron Weber]

What do you think a battery gives?

[Dusty Slay]

No, I understand but I do think it's a. There is a difference in title. It's battery powered versus electrical. Don't drop the thread here.

[Brian Bates]

I gotta change the electricity in the flashlight. The.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I gotta go switch out the electricity.

[Aaron Weber]

Would you say it's an electric flashlight?

[Dusty Slay]

No, battery operated.

[Aaron Weber]

But what do you know what a battery gives electricity in there? Acid powered flashlight. Okay, my bad. I have an acid powered lawnmower.

[Dusty Slay]

Lithium.

[Aaron Weber]

Lithium acid.

[Brian Bates]

Hey guys, I'm just asking questions.

[Aaron Weber]

I get it. Hey look, I'm just. I'm just asking questions. I'm just, I'm just trying to answer. I'm thinking it's all going over yalls head anyway.

[Brian Bates]

All right, here's some that. Some I found online. Some. Those are both very good by the way. Okay. The.

[Dusty Slay]

I think both gas related we didn't get too far off of.

[Brian Bates]

But they're good ones.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Someone posted this. Folding fitted king seat size sheets. Like that's a competition so you could fold.

[Aaron Weber]

Folding. I'd like to. Assembling a bed I think would be interesting. Interesting. I'm bad at it but I like to see people that are really good at assembling a bed.

[Dusty Slay]

What about quickly? Yeah, you know. Yeah, I'm pretty good at it.

[Aaron Weber]

Sometimes I want to watch like if you're in a hotel and it's really well made. I almost want to go. I'd like to show me how you do that. Oh yeah, I'd like to see how you get that done.

[Dusty Slay]

What about rock skipping? Is that an Olympic event? That feels like it should be.

[Aaron Weber]

People do it competitively.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I like a rock skipping.

[Brian Bates]

Were you ever good at it?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I mean what did you do? I don't know. I've done, you know, I've. I've had some moments.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Really hit big. I don't know.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I've never been able to do it very well.

[Dusty Slay]

I was. I mean I wear myself out doing it. But I love doing.

[Brian Bates]

Is your motion just the sidearm?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Yeah. It's hard a lot of times. Like, Percy Priest has a nice little spot and has some good rocks, and I've done it there. But the. The real key is you want to be as close to the water as you can be as level to the water. And it's hard.

[Brian Bates]

Hard.

[Dusty Slay]

You're always a little elevated. I love skipping a rock.

[Brian Bates]

Is there certain types of rocks that do better?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, a flat, heavy rock, I think does the best.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

With a little. Almost a little square, like, because you can put a little spin on it.

[Aaron Weber]

There's an annual tournament, rock skipping tournament in Mackinaw island in Michigan, where we've been. Remember Mackinac?

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Spelled Mackinac. Yeah, Pronounced Mackinac.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

They do stone skimming competition there, and then they have the international competition in Scotland every year. So some people do it pretty seriously. Yeah. Stones may be no more than 3 inches wide and have to be found on the island.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that in Scotland.

[Aaron Weber]

So you can't, like.

[Dusty Slay]

Like, can't bring in some ringers?

[Aaron Weber]

Bring in ones that. Yeah, exactly. I love that. I'd like to see. I mean. Yeah, I'd like to compete in that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Just against y'. All.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm no pro, Right.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, we're just. Just buddies. There's a couple of public figures out there. Skipping rocks.

[Brian Bates]

A couple.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, three.

[Brian Bates]

A few.

[Dusty Slay]

A few.

[Aaron Weber]

The 2025 World Championships had a scandal involving competitors that used artificially modified rocks that were ground into perfect circles to increase performance.

[Dusty Slay]

See, I don't like. I mean, maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but I don't like a perfectly round one. I like a little. I feel like I can get a better spin on it if it's got a little corner to it because you.

[Aaron Weber]

Got something to put. Okay, I can see that.

[Brian Bates]

All right. Here's some other ones that I came up with. Ordering. Ordering at a restaurant and having the waiter ask the fewest questions.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, I could. I'll win that immediately.

[Brian Bates]

You can. Don't want to ask one question?

[Aaron Weber]

I'll do.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, I got one.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm taking me like, a fast food window.

[Brian Bates]

Okay. Fast food.

[Aaron Weber]

I. I'll nail. I take pride in that. Just like saying it perfectly. And then they go, is that it? Yes.

[Dusty Slay]

This opens.

[Aaron Weber]

Nailed it.

[Dusty Slay]

This opens a lot of doors for me. I was not thinking in this way.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, well, here we go.

[Dusty Slay]

Now I'm ready.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Self checkout speed at the self checkout who can do that Fast.

[Aaron Weber]

Faster.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what I'm talking about. That's pride in me. I watch people doing it and I go, they're all doing it wrong. And they're all doing it slow.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Watch how fast I do it.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

I like.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, give me, give me some tips.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you just got, you know, you just got to know where the stuff's at, and you just got to jump in there and you go boom, boom, boom. You scan it. You don't mess around.

[Aaron Weber]

You use the handgun.

[Dusty Slay]

I like to use the handgun.

[Aaron Weber]

Handgun's great.

[Dusty Slay]

And then, you know, when you got to look up, you know, vegetables, you just go right for the number. You find the number, go. You don't try to type in what kind of vegetable it is. You go right for that.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm of the opinion if you're doing stuff like that, that you don't belong at the self checkout. If you've got all kinds of stuff like that, go through a regular.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you're holding us up, Dusty.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I'm, I'm. I know.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm not worried about you. I'm worried about. I'm saying in general, if you've got stuff. Well, I've got to weigh it and enter it and do all just go through a regular.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm doing that stuff faster than people are ringing up a thing of gum. Okay. They're going, oh, where's the barcode button.

[Brian Bates]

That I got to hit the button button.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm just walking out with it in my pocket. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm beating all in so many things like ordering coffee at a Starbucks. It's like, how. I mean, granted, I'm making a very simple order, but I'm behind people and they're just like. I go, what are you doing up here? What are you doing?

[Brian Bates]

Should be a separate line for just single.

[Dusty Slay]

I've been making that argument for a long time.

[Brian Bates]

Time.

[Dusty Slay]

If you just want a black coffee or even coffee with cream, let's make a faster line here.

[Aaron Weber]

How about deboarding a plane?

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I think I'm one of the better plane deboers.

[Dusty Slay]

How fast can you get your bag out of the. How fast can you be a big, strong looking grown man and not be. I can't get it. I can't get it.

[Aaron Weber]

And then these people that act like by the time it gets to them, they act like this is the first they've thought about how they're getting off the plane.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

How are you not ready to go?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I know.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

You guys immediately Stand up as soon as you can.

[Aaron Weber]

Not usually, no.

[Dusty Slay]

I sometimes stand up before the thing ds.

[Brian Bates]

I get in trouble about it. Still taxiing.

[Aaron Weber]

I forgot to tell y', all, we landed. I think we're going. We landed in Cleveland. We're on the ground, but we're waiting to, like, continue driving to our. Whatever. Our gate.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So they're like, everybody, please stay standing. And this guy is just like. Like, I got to do it. Gets up, and he runs to the bathroom in the front.

[Brian Bates]

Everyone keeps. Keeps sitting.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, everybody keeps sitting. We're like, we landed, but we're not. We haven't gone anywhere yet. Some guy was just like, I just. I have to. I have to go.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And just ran up and ran to the bathroom. Whole plane. Through the whole plane.

[Dusty Slay]

I feel like that was our flight from Nashville.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, maybe it was.

[Dusty Slay]

Maybe that was. Saw that guy.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay. Yeah. And the pilot was like, we can't move until everybody's in their seat. But that. I. I understand the desperation where they're like, sorry, the whole plane's gonna hate me, but I gotta use the bathroom.

[Dusty Slay]

You either hate me for doing this or you hate me for peeing my pants.

[Brian Bates]

He probably had more than Peter.

[Aaron Weber]

He's worried about, you know what, the amount of time he was in there. I bet he did. Yeah. And I was clocking him as the.

[Dusty Slay]

Whole plane was all that stuff. That's all. Yeah. I mean, you know, And I want to say this, too. Southwest. I've been saying it every time. I'm totally on board. I was in line at a place, and I heard people talking. They go. They go, oh, this is my first time boarding with the new process. And another guy goes, well, it could use some improvement. And I'm just thinking now it's just like every other flight you've ever. These idiots in your whole life.

[Aaron Weber]

I do. These idiots, they would make me so mad beforehand. People would go, these idiots that never fly Southwest. And then they. I go, wow, I really stole their boarding process from the 80s, huh? And I go, you don't even know what you're talking about from the 80s. Shut up, dude. I would get so mad. I would get so defensive of Southwest. Just hearing about that makes me mad. You don't think they're smart people thinking about this?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean, I hated the old boarding process. I did hate it, But I mainly.

[Aaron Weber]

Never go, wow, Southwest really can get their act together, right? Yeah. They make billions of dollars a year.

[Dusty Slay]

I hated that I would have to go, are you. What are you a. A Five. You know, I hated doing that.

[Aaron Weber]

You hated talking to other people?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I hated.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, real man of the people over here. I hated people to have to talk to somebody and they go, I'm actually in B group. And you're like, well, yeah, I don't.

[Dusty Slay]

Talk to B group people. But, but, but I mean like having to be like, are you eight? 28? Oh, cuz I'm 827. So I'm right in front of you. I like to do that. I go, are you a 21? Because I'm a 1. Is that good? When do I go? Yeah, after 45 pre borders. Yeah, yeah, okay.

[Brian Bates]

You know, we got a little pushback. I was surprised on our whole thing about the moving walkway, how, you know, people need to actually be moving on it.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah, people.

[Brian Bates]

Some people came after us like, oh, I'd like to. Yeah. I thought everybody would be on board with that.

[Aaron Weber]

But there were some people like here, those people breathe.

[Dusty Slay]

They go. Right now, they go, they go. One person goes, I like to use that as a take up break from walking. Yeah, Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I say this with all due respect. You're not cut out for this world.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, that was me that said that.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, did you go, but somebody else goes, must be good to be in. Must be nice to be in good health. And I go, oh, now I feel bad.

[Aaron Weber]

Obviously. Obviously we're not talking about.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, yeah, it is nice.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, okay, we went different ways.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, but. But it's also like, I'm in no way making fun of someone who's in bad health.

[Aaron Weber]

Of course that's not who we're talking about.

[Dusty Slay]

But this is what you do. You get on the moving walkway, you move to the right. Yeah. And you just stand there. You don't block it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

If you got to stand there, stand there, but don't block it.

[Aaron Weber]

I agree with you. I agree with you. Obviously I'm not talking about people that are disabled in any way, but I.

[Dusty Slay]

Just like the way they set that up. Must be nice to be in good health. And I go, yeah, Yep. Well, yeah, and I hope it doesn't change, but I, I'm not making fun of you for being in bad health.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't say, oh, if you're handicapped, stay off the moving sidewalk.

[Brian Bates]

Sounds like we need an airport.

[Aaron Weber]

No, you just said, if you're Helen Geller, what would you even write a book about?

[Dusty Slay]

But deep down, you agree with that.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, of course.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. Look, I haven't read it.

[Brian Bates]

Sounds like the airport Olympics would be.

[Aaron Weber]

A thing in this, the airport Olympics would be. There's all kinds of stuff, man.

[Dusty Slay]

Even just running the kiosk to get your bag tag, putting your own bag tag on, making a bag that weighs under 50 pounds. I mean, can you. Can you handle that?

[Aaron Weber]

Getting as close to 50 pounds as you without going over?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that'd be fun.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, when I do. This is what I do. I don't. I'm not even close to it now, so I'm not worried about it. But when I used to pack my merch, I would try to get right at 50. So I would step on the scale at my house. I would see what I weighed, and then I would grab my bag and step on it, see what I weighed, then. Then subtract the difference.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow. Genius.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

That's an Olympic athlete.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I feel like that's. That's not like a crazy, like, formula you figured out. You weighed yourself with it, without it, and you found the difference.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, you're not doing that, but your scale can't handle it.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay, okay. All right. Well, you said this, like, this was some. A Beautiful Mind formula.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm just telling you what I do.

[Aaron Weber]

What I do. If I want to find the way to. I'll take the weight. You have two things and then find the. It's like.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I'm just telling you what I do.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. I'm not saying I'm the only one, but clearly some people aren't doing. Doing.

[Brian Bates]

I don't think I've ever weighed my bag.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, see, you never been over £50 accidentally.

[Brian Bates]

No.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I got a little thing that you pick up with it, and it'll tell you the way. Oh, a little, like, hooks around it, and then you hold it.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

That way.

[Brian Bates]

Here's some. That.

[Aaron Weber]

Or I could do math.

[Dusty Slay]

I have a method that I do.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes. You're cool.

[Dusty Slay]

And I bet people listening to this, some people heard that and they go, that's a good idea.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Dusty's a man of the people.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, you're too. You're too above everyone. You got all the. You got all the gimmicks, and you got all. You got all the little. You got your battery.

[Brian Bates]

Lawnmower.

[Dusty Slay]

You got your little weight. You got your little weight tool.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, this is like. You know, when we were weighing the baby, you could.

[Dusty Slay]

You.

[Aaron Weber]

What?

[Brian Bates]

I just want to see where this is going.

[Aaron Weber]

We'd weigh the baby in a diaper, right. And then you would weigh a single diaper. Diaper. Or you'd put a single diaper and then you'd zero it. And then you weigh the way. That way you're not including the weight of the diaper.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But I never thought. Wow, this is groundbreaking strategy.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know what I mean?

[Dusty Slay]

But you told us about it.

[Brian Bates]

So you must have been impressed.

[Aaron Weber]

No, I'm saying this is the same thing you do with.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean. Yeah, but I'm just telling you, you know, that's what I would do to get the weight. I'm just trying to share a tip.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, I wasn't trying to remember.

[Aaron Weber]

How you introduced, but in my head, you go, well, actually, you want to hear something? This is what I do. And then you said it.

[Brian Bates]

Goodwill hunting situation.

[Dusty Slay]

What I wanted to. Yeah. That's how I wanted to open. I go, you think you're smart?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Listen to this.

[Aaron Weber]

You know how easy this is for me? You know, freaking easy this is for me.

[Brian Bates]

Hey, you like them apples? Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Sit around and watch you.

[Dusty Slay]

Who does he say that to?

[Aaron Weber]

What a great movie.

[Dusty Slay]

Who does he say that?

[Aaron Weber]

The professor.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

His part. How do you like them apples? Was to the guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then he catches on fire. Lights it on fire, doesn't he?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. You know how easy this.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, freaking easy.

[Dusty Slay]

They should do a goodwill hunting, too. I'd like to know how it turned out for that guy.

[Brian Bates]

I. I just watched it this weekend and I'm like, they buy him a car. Then they. Next thing they do, they go to his house and they're so shocked when he's not there.

[Aaron Weber]

Like, that's such a great nitpick of that movie.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. You just bought him a car.

[Aaron Weber]

They buy him a car, but they're still picking him up to go to work the next day. Literally right after they bought him a car. And he's on his way to see about.

[Dusty Slay]

But they're excited that Ben Affleck's happy.

[Aaron Weber]

Ben Affleck's excited.

[Dusty Slay]

And. And Casey Affleck's excited because he gets.

[Aaron Weber]

To move up to the front.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

What a great movie.

[Dusty Slay]

That's actually. That is a really great example of what I. I like to think about, like how people think they leave a legacy and real. The reality is nobody cares when you're gone. They don't care. Like, you ever work somewhere and you think, when I quit this job, they're going to miss me. And they don't. They go. They go, can I have your. Can I have your spot?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. Exact. Everybody moves up one.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, they don't. They don't miss you. They don't miss you.

[Brian Bates]

Here's. Here's some I got.

[Aaron Weber]

Really? That wasn't my takeaway of the movie, but I like. I liked it. That was yours?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And then he went to that college where that girl was at, and then.

[Aaron Weber]

How long do you think that relationship lasts?

[Dusty Slay]

Not long at all.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

How long do you. Do you think.

[Brian Bates]

Do you think we never heard from any driver again?

[Aaron Weber]

They dated in real life.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, they did.

[Aaron Weber]

Damn. A mini driver, I think. But do you think. Do you think Will Hunting and Skyler got married and had kids and.

[Brian Bates]

No, he had too much baggage.

[Dusty Slay]

I think he was back working. Working with Ben Affleck in a couple weeks.

[Brian Bates]

Breaking rock. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I got drunk at the Christmas Patty and punched my boss. They fired me.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Do you think Ben Affleck's character would really want him to leave?

[Aaron Weber]

Like, I think that's. They're best friends and he wants the best for his. His friend. Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. I just don't know that. How realistic that would be.

[Aaron Weber]

I'd want a good buyer from my friend.

[Dusty Slay]

I think he wants him to go off, make something of himself and then bring the rest of them with him.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly.

[Dusty Slay]

You got a chance to get us out of here, buddy.

[Brian Bates]

Here's some from AI The Memory Marathon. Try to remember a password you changed yesterday.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay. I'm pretty. I got a pretty good memory. I think about some stuff.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I got a good memory about every password except my Apple id. Like, for my phone. It seems like no matter what I do, I never remember that.

[Aaron Weber]

Changing it a lot. Changing the password.

[Dusty Slay]

I have to, because I. I keep. I. Every time I need to use it.

[Aaron Weber]

You got. Forgot password. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then I. And then I. And then I. I try to create a new one, and they go, you can't use one that you've used in the past four months.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Carrying every single grocery bag in one trip.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, dominate that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, dominate.

[Brian Bates]

How many you think you could carry?

[Aaron Weber]

Doesn't even. I can do it indefinitely long.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Do you. Do you evenly disperse them or do you find your. Your dominant hand even?

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I probably get the whole left hand first because I'm also thinking about the door that I got to open.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you'd have to open a door in this competition.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm getting no help from Lucy in this. You got to factor that in. It's all me, me. So I'm gonna have to shut the trunk of my car and open the.

[Brian Bates]

Door and unlock the door.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm doing it all okay.

[Brian Bates]

It's gonna be tough.

[Aaron Weber]

I like feeding the bed.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that Lucy's not even getting the door. I love that.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, let me. I'll just assume Lucy's with the baby somewhere, right. So she's occupied. So I gotta do it almost maybe weighing it. Was weighing the baby a crazy thing to them?

[Dusty Slay]

No, no.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. So I load up the whole left hand first.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

And then that's all the bags. I get all the bags on the left hand. And then if you got like, I don't know, we got a couple things of Diet Coke or something, then, you know, I'll do the right hand. But I still have the hand open so I can get the.

[Dusty Slay]

Do you don't put the Diet Cokes in a bag?

[Aaron Weber]

No, they're too heavy for a baby bag.

[Dusty Slay]

Double bag it, then. You got extra. Got extra Gold medal, Silver medal. You got extra bags for the diapers that you're throwing away?

[Aaron Weber]

No, I've never thought to put the. The 12 packs in bags.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, 12 packs.

[Aaron Weber]

I think a 12 packs.

[Dusty Slay]

Thinking of gallons, whatever.

[Aaron Weber]

2L.

[Dusty Slay]

Whatever.

[Aaron Weber]

Two liters?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, whatever you would buy.

[Aaron Weber]

Two liters is different. I'm buying a 1212. 12 pack at the box.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

So you can do two. You can do two of those. Two fingers in each. I love to do.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I actually get three just with the middle finger. I can get three with one hand.

[Dusty Slay]

Three 12 packs.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah, I can do it. I can do. If I put.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm impressed.

[Aaron Weber]

If I line three up side by side, I can get two. And then with the thumb I can get three.

[Dusty Slay]

That's impressive.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, thanks, man.

[Dusty Slay]

That's impressive.

[Aaron Weber]

Thanks, man. Now, look, I've dropped a few along the way, but I'd say it adds up to it. A win for me.

[Dusty Slay]

I used. I walk to a lot of grocery stores on the road and I'll get stuff. And I've had a bag bust on me. It is nearly impossible to get all your things after that.

[Brian Bates]

Do you guys always go through the self checkout?

[Aaron Weber]

No, I think if.

[Brian Bates]

How much you got? Right.

[Aaron Weber]

It depends on how much I got in there. Yeah, yeah, for sure.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

That's one of the things I do for my family that I enjoy doing is going to the grocery store. I don't feel like I'm bringing a lot to the table. Some other areas. So like, honey, I'll go. She gives me a list.

[Aaron Weber]

And you go alone.

[Brian Bates]

Go alone. I enjoy it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

It's fun to me.

[Aaron Weber]

You like he said there four hours.

[Brian Bates]

Sometimes.

[Dusty Slay]

But you like to go to the regular checkout.

[Brian Bates]

It depends on how much I have.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, if I've got a cart full of stuff. Yeah, I'll go to the regular.

[Dusty Slay]

I tell you where I don't like it is sprouts. I've been going to the sprouts a little bit.

[Aaron Weber]

One of them just opened in Mount Julian.

[Dusty Slay]

Mount Julian. And I think I'm rejecting it now because they'll st these. There's two women just standing there at the self. There was no regular register open and they were just standing there. They never said hey to me. Then the whole time I'm checking out, the bags are like weird bags and it's hard to get them open. Nobody helps, nobody talks to me. Nobody says anything.

[Brian Bates]

Can I tell you something? I'm sorry to interrupt. Go ahead. Phones are making society so much better. They're making it. We're so much more pleasant people. I don't mind waiting in a checkout line now because I can be doing. I'm on my phone. I could be checking email, checking stuff. It's not like I'm just sitting there twiddling my thumbs.

[Aaron Weber]

Interesting.

[Brian Bates]

And I think people are a lot more patient now in lines because they have their phone.

[Aaron Weber]

You got headphones on too. Just completely tapping out of society.

[Brian Bates]

You said last week's episode. Can't do that. But. But yeah, phones where it's at.

[Aaron Weber]

I can't have the newspaper with you or something.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, phones have changed my whole ability to wait in line. Like I went to a doctor and had to. Had to sit in the lobby for a while. But I had my phone, had some headphones. Get into a little tick tock.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Do a little tick tock video about.

[Brian Bates]

Why there's no competition. Oh, no. Okay. All right.

[Aaron Weber]

We'll do a competition next week.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Do the Nate Land Olymp or the public figures Olympics.

[Brian Bates]

Something we can do here at the table.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Like National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation where they go. You remember when Chevy Chase and cousin Eddie go to the the where they're like, guess a number. Or you don't remember that in which one?

[Brian Bates]

Vegas Vacation. I think I've seen that one time. I feel like the vacation movies, Tristan.

[Aaron Weber]

I feel like the Tiesto concert.

[Brian Bates]

What is going. Yeah, the vacation movies. I feel like it went good, bad, good, bad.

[Dusty Slay]

Vegas vacation is amazing. Okay. It's one of my favorite.

[Brian Bates]

Disagree with you.

[Dusty Slay]

I think European vacation I don't like. Yeah, that's the only one I don't like.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you like she's the Man. You didn't like it?

[Brian Bates]

No, but I think it's just a generation thing. I think that's a teen movie that, you know, I could see.

[Aaron Weber]

How would you Want to watch 1212 Angry Men?

[Brian Bates]

We didn't even talk about that. They were. I was perfectly fine watching the movie, but I'm not gonna lie and say I enjoyed it. It got 43 of rotten tomatoes, so don't act like I'm the only one that didn't like that movie. It's kind of. But I could see how if it came out when I was in high school, I would love it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I thought it was interesting because I. It came out right when. Just after we had read the Twelfth Night Night in. In school. It's about a girl who disguises herself as a man.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's like a central plot point of the play. But all of Shakespeare's plays, it was all men. They didn't have women actors back then.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So any woman character in a Shakespeare play would be played by a man dressed as a woman. But in this play, it's about a. A woman who disguises herself as a man.

[Dusty Slay]

So it would be a man.

[Aaron Weber]

Man playing a woman who's playing a man who's pretending to be a man in the play. And you're like, I don't know how they made this work. That's meta back then. That's super meta.

[Brian Bates]

In Sin of a Woman, al Pacino plays a blind guy, but there's a scene where he's driving a car and the cop pulls him over and he has to pretend like he can see.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

So that's kind of the same thing.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it is the same.

[Brian Bates]

Pretty.

[Dusty Slay]

He's driving a car.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. He's blind and he's son of a.

[Aaron Weber]

Woman who you never see.

[Brian Bates]

No, you, like, draw some sports.

[Dusty Slay]

I know that reference.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. All right.

[Aaron Weber]

That's all you need to know about that movie.

[Dusty Slay]

That say. That's a movie that really took him over the top as far as Jump the Shark. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

So, yeah, the first episodes we asked people submit. I think it was share an encounter with a public figure that you have had out in public. And then I. I think the second one for episode two was about love, and it was share something that you love. An object, not a person.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Brian Bates]

So people submitted, and I guess we're gonna see it.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

Hey there, Public Figures Post. My name is Jared. I'm up here at In Cold, New Hampshire. But I just wanted to chime in on my public Figures. Encounter. You guys might not think it is. I think it is. But a couple months back, I was working on the videography team down in Cancun, Mexico, at the High Tide Getaway Music festival. Dusty Slay was performing there. I didn't think he'd get a chance to, like, meet the guy, you know, but him and his wife were out and about walking around. I think they were getting some, like, water shoes or something. I was kind of nervous to meet him, you know, And I, like, walked by.

[Brian Bates]

I love his accent.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

I said, all right. And he turned around and it was like, hey. And we just started chit chatting. I was like, I'm a huge fan, dude.

[Brian Bates]

Cut this. Seeing you. Yeah, all right.

[Aaron Weber]

We get it, dude. You met.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that's the best example we could find.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm kidding.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

You know, I'm excited to see you here. And he's like, oh, thanks. You know, and I wanted to give him his space because, you know, he was on vacation with his wife. But he just kept talking to me, which was like, super cool.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I'm a man of the people.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

Throughout the weekend, I kept, like, running.

[Brian Bates]

In, just getting better to him and.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

And he got like, all right. And, you know, he just saying hi to me, he commented on my we're having a good time hat.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, that's all it takes.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

And I gave him a couple of my Wicked Coach promotion stickers, which is my videography photography promo company.

[Dusty Slay]

Nice plug.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

But yeah, dude, he was a. He was a super nice dude and love what you guys are doing. And it was awesome. Everyone I know that listens to the podcast was super jealous that I got to meet. I kept running into him throughout the festival.

[Brian Bates]

It was super cool.

[Jared (Listener/Caller)]

But yeah. Cheers, folks.

[Aaron Weber]

Having a good time.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

That is very cool. I understand why this guy's such a big Dusty fan. It took 10 minutes to tell a 10 second story.

[Brian Bates]

But yeah, we said, keep it. Keep it under a minute. And then the first guy's like, I got.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, you call it out. But I love that accent. Yeah, this guy sounds. I'll listen to this guy talk about anything.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. If this one someone loves from New Hampshire.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's really cool.

[Dusty Slay]

All right, that's great. We had a great time.

[Aaron Weber]

Shout out to that guy who was.

[Dusty Slay]

He was a photographer at the. He was a photographer at the. The festival. The High Tide Festival.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

With, you know, Charlie Star and BlackBerry smoke.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. And Dusty Sleigh.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Hey, everybody, this is Monkey Blaylock.

[Aaron Weber]

One of the things I love growing up was boy band Music much like Dusty. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and early 2000s, and I was.

[Brian Bates]

Such a big fan of the Backstreet Boys. In sync.

[Aaron Weber]

And much like Bootstrap, New Kids on the Block, everyone always made fun of me because I love boy band music so much. But the vocals.

[Brian Bates]

Vocals and the way they harmonize was.

[Aaron Weber]

So amazing to me.

[Brian Bates]

Now that we're adults and everybody is.

[Aaron Weber]

Talking about how much they loved them growing up because they're nostalgic, it makes my heart feel good even though people picked on me so much.

[Brian Bates]

Thanks, guys. Have a great day.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Another terrible example. Okay. I mean, these guys have one job and they can't even pull it off. These are terrible.

[Dusty Slay]

Mookie bummed me out a little bit there. People were making fun of. I don't know where he grew up. You know, I wasn't a huge Backstreet Boys fan, but I. You know, I listened to a song here and there, and I don't recall anyone really making fun of me about it.

[Brian Bates]

What did he call me? Backstrap.

[Dusty Slay]

Bootstrap.

[Brian Bates]

I met Mookie on the cruise.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I met Mookie on the cruise. He's a nice guy.

[Dusty Slay]

He bummed me out.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Because I'm like. I'm just thinking about Mookie getting picked on because he likes, you know, know I want it that away. And it makes me sad for him.

[Brian Bates]

So his was something that he loved, and everyone thought it was dumb, and now everyone loves him.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Everybody's acted like, oh, it's. It's all nostalgic. But he's saying, back in the day, I liked it. And people would make fun of.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, they were our modern day barbershop quartet, essentially.

[Brian Bates]

Well, thank you, guys. That was. And. And he. His, his, his. He kept his tight. I like that. It was under a minute.

[Aaron Weber]

I think that was tight. That was good, Mookie. Yeah, that was good. But if you've got something on the Olympics.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. So if you've got something, what should we say? We already had a great Olympic comment about the lady with Tanya Harding.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that was great.

[Dusty Slay]

Keep it under a minute, unless it's about meeting me, and then feel free to flesh out your feelings.

[Brian Bates]

An Olympic moment that they expect experience.

[Aaron Weber]

In person or favorite memories with the whatever.

[Dusty Slay]

Or your own personal Olympic event that you think should be a real one.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I don't know.

[Brian Bates]

That's a good one. Your own personal Olympic vet.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Can you beat the gas pump thing? Can you beat self checkout?

[Brian Bates]

Carrying the Bags, stuff like that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

Something about what we talked about today.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

Just send us anything.

[Brian Bates]

Before we go, I do want to share some Nateland news real fast.

[Aaron Weber]

Yep.

[Brian Bates]

Nateland presents Brad Upton March 29 at the Franklin Theater in Nashville.

[Aaron Weber]

Beautiful.

[Dusty Slay]

Same guy that directed my special, Jordan Levy. So it's gonna be great.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

It's gonna be great.

[Brian Bates]

Nateland presents The Showcase, Season 4, February 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. That's coming up this week. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. We're all hosting. One of the shows says Sunday and Tuesday are sold out. I'm hosting Monday night, so somehow the word's gotten out.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

And Nate's big dumb Eye wall tour this week, he's in Rockford, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois, Columbia, Missouri, and Springfield, Missouri. Two Springfields on this trip. He is in middle America. So go check that out. Guys. We did it.

[Aaron Weber]

We did it.

[Brian Bates]

Anything you want to say?

[Dusty Slay]

This is great. I'll be in, you know, I got the Michigan dates coming up, but the next week, I'll be in New York. I'll be in Poughkeepsie, New York, which is right around New York City. And I. I, you know, typically don't sell as well in that area, so that's going to be a hot show. But I'm in Albany the next night, which I am, you know, I am very popular in Albany, but.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay, just not Syracuse.

[Dusty Slay]

No, no, Poughkeepsie.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Is right around New York City.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And you did a show with me there one time, and not Poughkeepsie. But where do we go? We went right just above New York City to a levity live in.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, West Nyack.

[Dusty Slay]

West Nyack. And that was some of the lowest sales I'd ever had.

[Aaron Weber]

And it's a hot show, though.

[Dusty Slay]

It was fun. We had a great time. We had a great time, but it was. This was years ago.

[Aaron Weber]

Tonight. This is Aaron Weber speaking. Tonight, I'm in Houston, Texas, at the Improv. If you're in Houston, come see me tonight. That's Wednesday, and then all weekend, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. My first full weekend at the Addison Improv in Dallas, Texas. All right, come on out and see me in Houston and Dallas, U.S. this weekend. Thank you very much. That's it.

[Brian Bates]

Arlington Drafthouse in Arlington, Virginia, this Sunday, then back here hosting N presents Monday.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Bring us home, Dusty.

[Dusty Slay]

All right, well, thank you very much, guys. Thanks for listening. We're having a good time. Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Hello, folks. Good to see everybody. Good to see everybody. Are you anybody watching the Olympics? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Are you more Winter Olympics or Summer Olympics? Summer, Summer. Mostly summer. Winter. Okay. I think they should have a Spring Olympics. Spring Olympics. Hear me out on this and have it in Tennessee where anything goes. I think people would be on board. I think it would be. You bring out the best of both types of Olympians. Right? Like if they told the skiers like, guys, I know we got 6 inches of snow last night, but it's gonna be 80 degrees today, so if you don't get down the mountain fast enough, you will have to run the rest of the way. A Tennessee Olympics in the springtime? That'd be crazy, right? Just guys dealing with allergies. Just.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know.

[Brian Bates]

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