4: #4 | Farming

Summary

Public Figures – Episode 4: #4 | Farmers

Hosted by: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, and Dusty Slay
Date: February 25, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Public Figures, hosted by Brian, Aaron, and Dusty, is a lively and loosely structured conversation exploring the world of American farmers, agricultural life, and the cultural presence of farming. The hosts bounce between nostalgic personal anecdotes, riffs on rural America, the role of FFA (Future Farmers of America), and tangents about everything from airline seat preferences to the ethics of cannibalism (yes, seriously). Sprinkled throughout: audience comments, offbeat humor, and the musings of three comedians with deep Southern roots.

Theme: A comedic but genuine look at farming in the US, rural life, and the broader significance of agricultural culture, with detours into nostalgia, family history, and the changing times for small towns and farming communities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Upcoming Shows and Travel Antics ([01:30]–[07:00])

• Travel Itineraries: Each host discusses their upcoming gigs and the challenges of traveling to less-connected towns for shows.
  • Dusty jokes about not selling well near NYC ("...maybe judgment, they go, this is, you know, just another southern comic out here." – Dusty, [02:10]).
• Tennessee Geography and Roads: The trio riff humorously on the demise of Highway 70 due to Interstate 40, and its impact on small-town economies.
  • "Interstate 40 really killed Highway 70 ... thriving communities because of Highway 70. And then Interstate 40 made it easier to travel through, but kind of killed a lot of small towns..." (Dusty, [03:31]).
  • “Highway 70 runs through Lebanon, where I grew up ... and I-40 came in, I think, in the 1960s and split our family farm in half." (Brian, [04:04])
• Interstate Memories: Hosts recall family farms and the way highways, travel, and changing infrastructure shift the fate of rural America.

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2. Recent Gigs and Performing for Family ([07:01]–[12:59])

• Show Recaps: Recaps of recent shows in Arlington, Houston, Dallas, and Michigan.
  • Brian contemplates crowd turnout during a snowstorm in DC ("...it doesn't take people much of a reason to not come to my look and verdict... But people came out awesome. It was great." – Brian, [07:22])
• Performing for Parents: Aaron reflects on how performing bits about his family changes when they're present. ("It's just...I, like, I have a couple bits where I talk about them and I kind of had to change how I said it..." – Aaron, [12:22])
• Pressure with Loved Ones in the Audience: Dusty points out he always hopes for an especially good crowd whenever friends or family are watching.

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3. Wild Uber Ride in Traverse City ([15:18]–[23:41], [20:25])

• Dusty’s Uber Adventure: Dusty details a memorable ride with a conspiracy-minded Uber driver in Traverse City, Michigan – featuring government GPS hacking, aggressive driving, and an escalating confrontation.
  • “He goes, 'the government’s been hacking into my GPS'...this guy’s my hero. Typically, I’m into this sort of thing.” (Dusty, [16:51])
  • “I go, 'hey, listen, I agree with you on a lot of this stuff, but you don’t need to talk to people about it when they’re trapped in your car.' He goes, 'You were never trapped in my car.'” (Dusty, [18:03])
• Reflection: Dusty contrasts theorizing in the abstract versus “haranguing” people with wild ideas. (“As a conspiracy theorist, it’s like when I see one out in the wild, you know, I’m like, nah, don’t do it like that.” [20:25])
• Laughter: Lively speculation about whether the Uber driver is "off his meds" or just having a bad day; demonstrates the group’s casual, honest southern banter.

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4. Audience Comments and Banter ([29:03]–[55:01], scattered throughout)

• Olympic Sports for Everyday Life: Listeners suggest daily tasks as "Olympic sports," e.g. carrying groceries, finding the right Tupperware lid, or working the TV remote without looking.
  • “Dude, if you got a family of 10, I bet I can get all your groceries in one trip.” (Aaron, [35:56])
  • “I can grab any television remote...drop me in any hotel in America, and I can just...feel where the buttons are on the remote without looking.” (Aaron, [40:38])
• Helen Keller Segment: Dusty addresses mild backlash from a previous Helen Keller joke. The hosts muse on historical figures with surprising life spans (e.g., Picasso dying in the 1970s).
  • "I wasn't insulting Helen Keller, but my understanding was she was born blind and deaf....how do you even know to write? And then what are you writing about?" (Dusty, [31:25])
• Comment Section Goofs: Brian fumbles some complicated listener names, turning the reading of comments into a running gag.

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5. The FFA (Future Farmers of America) Spotlight ([59:40]–[91:02])

• Unboxing FFA Memorabilia ([59:40]): The crew opens a package containing a vintage FFA hat and official 1952 manual plus FFA award pins.
• FFA Culture: Brief history and significance of FFA—youth agricultural education, competitions, and the continuing legacy in rural schools.
  • “Future Farmers of America. This is Future Farmers of America Week, where they celebrate future farmers.” (Brian, [63:09])
  • “Promotes and supports agricultural education...became a nationwide organization 1928.” (Brian, [63:52])
• FFA Conventions: Aaron plays clips of enthusiastic teens at the national FFA convention, demonstrating the ongoing energy and pride in the program. [64:14]
• Stereotypes & Pride: Jokes about who dominates (Nebraska) and the importance of agricultural life in shaping community identity.

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6. Farm Life – History, Machinery, and Rural Culture ([67:01]–[99:36])

• Personal Ties: All hosts share their family farming connections—raising cattle, childhoods near tobacco and cotton fields.
  • “My dad already raises cows...so I would know a little bit about it.” (Dusty, [65:54])
  • “My grandfather was a farmer. My uncle was a farmer up until his 50s. And my dad farmed a little on the side...” (Brian, [67:10])
• Farming History Tidbits:
  • The Three Sisters planting system pioneered by Native Americans (corn, beans, squash) and its agricultural benefits ([82:45]).
  • European settlers' lack of initial success with unfamiliar crops and how Native Americans guided them ([83:44]).
  • The introduction of horses and livestock by the Spanish ([84:04]).
• Modernization: John Deere, Massey Ferguson, Kubota as the classic brands; the impact of electric or “battery-powered” equipment; the existential threat to small farms and the rise of corporate land ownership ([87:00], [89:37]).
• Nostalgia and Social Critique: Dusty advocates for more personal, family-run farming, less ornamental lawns, and more self-sufficiency. "We all should be able to live under some system where we all have our own little farm...instead of all these ornamental trees, fruit trees." (Dusty, [94:25])
• Top Five Country Songs About Farming: Dusty’s list, complete with running commentary ([95:27]–[103:22]):
  1. "Disappearing Farmer" – John Anderson
  2. "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" – Alison Krauss & Union Station
  3. "Poor Old Dirt Farmer" – Levon Helm
  4. "Good Directions" – Billy Currington
  5. "Down on the Farm" – Tim McGraw
  • Plus several honorable mentions, e.g., "High Cotton" by Alabama.
  • “I mean, if you hear the song, you go, this is a country song.” (Dusty, [97:02])
• Creative Rural Observations: Dusty delivers observations blending humor and poetry, describing the visual beauty of cotton fields ([98:49]).

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7. Notable Quotes and Laugh-Out-Loud Moments

• Rural Flight Patterns: "I hate the drive to Memphis from Nashville...western Tennessee is a snooze fest out there." (Aaron, [03:14])
• On Uber Ratings: "When I went to report him, he had a 4.9 rating, which was pretty good. He had been driving for nine and a half years....I think his meds just got switched or something." (Dusty, [21:03])
• Being Trapped in an Uber: “‘You were never trapped in my car.’ I go, well, you know…well, all right.” (Dusty, [18:03])
• Olympic-Level Grocery Carrying: “If you have a family of ten, I bet I can get all your groceries in one trip.” (Aaron, [35:56])
• Classic Country Wisdom: “Cigarettes are trash. It’s a clean crop, but cigarettes are trash.” (Dusty, [102:25])
• On the Demise of Small Farms: “We all should be able to live under some system where we all have our own little farm…” (Dusty, [94:25])
• Creative Riffing: “If we’re ever in a cannibal situation, you’ll probably have some pulled human sandwiches.” (Dusty, [72:19])
• Homeless Survival Plan: “I would panhandle to get a hammer. And then I would go to the back of, like, Lowe’s and Home Depot stores and I would collect pallets…and then I would build myself a bit of a clubhouse in the tree so I could get off the ground.” (Dusty, [78:10])

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8. Fun with FFA Songs ([68:04],[90:14])

• Aaron and Dusty sing and parody songs from the 1952 FFA manual, injecting humor and old-timey nostalgia into the episode.

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9. Audience Participation and Everyday Olympics ([104:20])

• Multiple “Olympic sport” listener submissions: zipper merging, Tupperware lid-matching, remote navigation, and the “wave” when someone lets you merge. The hosts riff on these as hallmarks of adult life, measuring everyday excellence.

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Notable Timestamps

• [02:31] – Impact of highways on rural towns
• [07:01] – Recaps of recent shows and audience reactions
• [15:19] – Dusty’s “unhinged” Uber ride story
• [29:03] – Audience comments and Olympic “everyday” events
• [59:40] – FFA memorabilia unboxing and discussion
• [67:10] – Personal family farming stories
• [82:45] – Three Sisters Native American planting method
• [95:27] – Dusty’s Top 5 Country Songs About Farming
• [104:20] – More “Olympic” listener submissions and episode wrap-up

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Episode Summary

“#4 | Farmers” is a perfect blend of down-home charm, satirical wit, and heartfelt nostalgia. It’s equal parts stand-up club green room, rural philosophy seminar, and grown-up sleepover. Whether reminiscing about bygone highways, celebrating small-town farm culture, or singing 70-year-old FFA anthems from a musty manual, the hosts make agriculture, everyday heroics, and even odd Uber rides relatable—and hilarious—to public figures and “common folk” alike. Their affection for rural life, skepticism toward modern trends (“Let’s start over!”), and eye-rolling at government and big business gives the episode warmth and edge.

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For More:

• Share your farming/Future Farmers/FFA stories using the link in the YouTube episode description.
• Want to compete in the “Everyday Olympics”? Submit your best ideas!
• See the hosts live on tour; details at the end of the episode.

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Transcript

[Dusty Slay]

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[Brian]

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[Brian]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Brian]

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[Dusty Slay]

All right, Aaron, where are you going

[Brian]

to be this weekend?

[Aaron Weber]

I am going to be in Edmonton, Alberta coming up. Not this weekend. That's what I'm saying. March 5th through the 7th, come out and see me at the Comic Strip in Edmonton, Alberta this weekend.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm going to be in Poughkeepsie, New York, which is never been there and it's right around New York City. Typically don't sell well there. So buy some tickets and then I'll be in Albany, New York on Saturday where I do sell well. So hurry and get your ticket.

[Brian]

What do you think's the difference?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. I. I don't know why, but I. The shows are always great. Whenever I do shows right around the city or even in the city, they're great. We have a ton of fun. But for whatever reason, I think they have a lot of options. And I think sometimes people, you know, maybe judgment, they go, this is, you know, just another southern comic out here.

[Aaron Weber]

You ever seen the Poughkeepsie Tapes? The movie?

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Aaron Weber]

What's a found footage movie about a serial killer in the Poughkeepsie area?

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I think it's pretty bad.

[Brian]

Like a true story.

[Aaron Weber]

Nah, I was just made up.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm excited to go. I never been there, Never been there. I'm going to fly into New York City, and my friend Derek Humphrey will be picking me up, and we'll drive to Poughkeepsie.

[Brian]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

About you, Brian, where are you going to be?

[Brian]

I. I have a corporate this this Friday, so.

[Aaron Weber]

Could be doing public shows, though.

[Brian]

I'm going to be in Covington, Tennessee.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian]

Easier to drive.

[Dusty Slay]

Easier to drive. Be tough to fly there.

[Brian]

Probably could fly to Memphis, and then

[Dusty Slay]

it's tough to fly to Memphis. So I think. I don't think there's a direct. I think you have to connect to get to Memphis.

[Aaron Weber]

You have to go to Atlanta first.

[Brian]

I'm gonna do it just to make a point. I'm flying this. Take me 12 hours.

[Dusty Slay]

I hate the drive to Memphis from Nashville to Memphis. I hate that.

[Aaron Weber]

As beautiful as central and eastern Tennessee as western Tennessee is a snooze fest out there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Once you get all the way to the west, you hit the Mississippi River. That's pretty cool.

[Aaron Weber]

You mean once you're out of the state.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I read this thing. Well, I watched it on TikTok, but they said that Interstate 40 really killed Highway 70, which used to run all the way through Tennessee, which was all of these small towns, and they had. They had, you know, thriving communities because of Highway 70. And then Interstate 40 made it easier to travel through, but kind of killed a lot of small towns because now people could just zip right through.

[Brian]

I think that's true. I mean, Highway 70 runs through Lebanon, where I grew up, and it's. Well, I mean, you see right there it goes all, like you said, all the way across the state. And then I've told this before, but I40 came in, I think, in the 1960s and split our family farm.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian]

In half.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Brian]

And I think, and I think I've said this before, but like I said, it was a new podcast, so everything's new. Right. The plan was this was just supposed to be truly for interstate travel. Long distances is what people thought they would only use it for. Nobody envisioned that people would be using

[Aaron Weber]

it just every day to get to work.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian]

So, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, so a lot of. Yeah. I mean, I, I, it kind of makes you sad in a way, but also, you know, like, if you go from Birmingham to Opelika, you have to take Highway 280.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And I'll be honest with you, I hate it. I wish that I could just get on an interstate and zoom right on down there.

[Aaron Weber]

You could go through Montgomery.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Take a lot more time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Next time you go to Memphis, take Highway 70.

[Dusty Slay]

I should. I just kind of hate when I'm traveling. I kind of hate to start stopping. I do want to take 70 because the video said take 70 and see all the towns that Interstate 40 ruined.

[Brian]

Do you know Highway 70 goes through downtown Nashville?

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Brian]

Broadway. Wow, that's. Yeah, that's Highway 70.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's enough to not make me do any of it. Just to avoid.

[Dusty Slay]

Definitely not at night.

[Brian]

Lebanon Road, which comes in through Hermitage and Donaldson. That's Highway 70. And wow. Comes all the way into downtown Nashville.

[Dusty Slay]

I am gonna do it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. If you're not from Tennessee. I'm sorry about the last five minutes, but I'm enjoying it.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I'm excited that you got to learn a little bit about Tennessee.

[Brian]

Let's talk about our top five coffee shops internationally.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, guys, we are top five favorite non interstate roads in the state of Tennessee. We go.

[Dusty Slay]

We are, you know, we represent Tennessee. So we gotta, you know, we gotta tell people about it.

[Brian]

We represent the world, bestie.

[Dusty Slay]

Not me.

[Brian]

Well, if you're, if you're listening, we got a little new paint job in here. Yeah, it's a little.

[Aaron Weber]

The studio.

[Brian]

Yeah. Not us personally.

[Dusty Slay]

And I got a nice picture on the wall from my Netflix special.

[Brian]

Who?

[Dusty Slay]

Wet Heat. So even seen that, took a long time to get a decent sized poster of myself in here. But we did it. We did it. Aaron got one too. Look at that.

[Brian]

Oh, okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Yours will be up there when you record your special. This, this coming q. Q2. Q1.

[Brian]

We'll see. Okay, we'll see.

[Aaron Weber]

It's happening soon.

[Brian]

I hope so.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know if we'll do a full poster for it, but.

[Brian]

Oh, there it is right up there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Well, where were you guys this weekend? I'll. I'll start. Yeah, I was. Last night I was in Arlington, Virginia at the Arlington Drafthouse.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian]

Which if you, if you don't know, that's Highway 70 runs right through Arlington. No, that's basically Washington, D.C. okay. Did you know that, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't know that.

[Brian]

Yeah, it's. I mean, of course Arlington National Cemetery is there, but it's basically Washington D.C. and they, you know, the east coast is getting hit by a big snowstorm.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Brian]

I was leaning toward canceling the show. It doesn't take people much of a reason to not come to my look and verdict. Well, I'm just saying it didn't take a lot for them to say, I'll catch him next time. So I was. And I talked to the owner the night before he's like, I think we're going to be okay. And then. So I flew in yesterday morning, and then even yesterday afternoon, it's pouring out snow. And I'm like, why didn't we do this? But people came out awesome. It was great. And people didn't seem to mind the snow. I got a few messages from people saying they were driving from far away. They decided to not come, which I totally understand.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

But, yeah, it was a great show and great time, and I'd like to

[Dusty Slay]

start promoting shows by saying, this is the last time I'm ever coming to this city. Don't try to catch me next time.

[Aaron Weber]

But then you're going to come back in 18 months.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, we'll see.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, musicians get to do that all the time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's the farewell tour, and then they're back out the next year.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You can just lie about that.

[Brian]

Jeff Allen's doing that. He's being honest. He's like, this might be my last farewell tour.

[Dusty Slay]

My last farewell.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, this might be my last tour ever, too.

[Brian]

But I mean, I think that's the name of his tour is this is my.

[Aaron Weber]

This Might Be my.

[Brian]

Something like that.

[Aaron Weber]

He's got the word might in there.

[Brian]

It's. He's basically letting you know, I'm gonna say it's my farewell tour, but I might do another one.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay. Okay. I like that.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, I could also die in a car accident.

[Dusty Slay]

Could quit anytime.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

On my flight home today. Southwest. I always get the window seat. I know you guys are aisle seat guys.

[Dusty Slay]

Love an aisle.

[Brian]

I love a window.

[Aaron Weber]

Can't stand it. Rather a middle.

[Dusty Slay]

You'd have a middle than. Or not 100.

[Brian]

What? Reason.

[Aaron Weber]

Got no room over there, man.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You're up against the wall.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't like being over there. I don't like having to ask people to get up. I gotta.

[Brian]

I never get up. And I often sleep and I. If the only way I can do it is lean against my head against the wall. That's what I did.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian]

Today anyway. But a mom and her child got on set beside. Now I'm actually see them coming. I'm thinking, this is good. The child's like 9 or 10 years old.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian]

And I think less space to fill in this middle.

[Aaron Weber]

100. Yeah.

[Brian]

But for the first time ever, the mom sat in the middle seat and the kids sit in the aisle.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't want my kid next to this guy.

[Brian]

I mean, I was starting to worry that. And the mom wasn't particularly A small lady.

[Aaron Weber]

So I'm like, what, there's a big woman?

[Brian]

I'm not saying that either, but I'm just saying, I mean, I think that's

[Aaron Weber]

the point of the story.

[Brian]

She bled over a little bit.

[Dusty Slay]

She might have been looking for a stepdad.

[Brian]

I've just never experienced that where they didn't put the kid in the middle and. And the parrot on the aisle.

[Aaron Weber]

It is, it is an odd choice.

[Dusty Slay]

Maybe if she was bigger. She gets hit by the card a lot. Everybody that walks by hits her.

[Aaron Weber]

No, she's saying she could. She should have taken the window. Oh, well, you're in the window.

[Brian]

I'm in the window.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, you got a big one. Oh, yeah. She's in the middle.

[Dusty Slay]

I would think she gets hit by the card and everybody that walks by.

[Aaron Weber]

That's a risk you put up with.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I mean, I don't mind it.

[Aaron Weber]

There's not a card on Southwest either.

[Dusty Slay]

People hit me with their baggage bags all the time. I sat on the aisle.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian]

I've never thought about that. There's not a card on Southwest.

[Aaron Weber]

They don't do a card on Southwest. They have a little, little tray that they carry everything out on.

[Brian]

I don't think I've ever even thought about that.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm loving Southwest. I gotta say, I'm a big fan.

[Brian]

What took you so long?

[Dusty Slay]

I just needed them to change the seating policy. The moment I could pick my own seat, I'm on board.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

That's all I need. I did not like first come, first serve on seats. Yeah, I didn't like the corralling.

[Brian]

But anyway, great time. Thank you for everybody who braved the snow to come out last night.

[Aaron Weber]

I was in Texas this week at Houston, Texas at the Improv. Great show. And then I had a Connor Larson with me all weekend. He did great on all the shows. Friend of. Not this show, but of Nateland. Connor Larson.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And then I was in Dallas.

[Dusty Slay]

We had a show together where we react to things. Dusty and Connor react.

[Brian]

Sorry.

[Aaron Weber]

So let you finish your plug.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I'm just piggybacking off. You know, you're. You're, you're plugging Connor. So I'm like, yeah, Connor's got some things going on, so I'm just supporting you.

[Aaron Weber]

So anyway, I was in Dallas and I went to the.

[Dusty Slay]

I can't handle support.

[Brian]

What could Channel some support here?

[Aaron Weber]

I went to the Addison Improv. Five shows. Unbelievable weekend. Thank you to everybody who came. And, you know, we were on top of a Jimmy John's all Weekend. It's good.

[Brian]

Did my friend Foster come?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, my dad. My parents did come to a show.

[Dusty Slay]

What'd they think?

[Aaron Weber]

They had a good time. They had a good time. Yeah. And thank you to everybody who came out.

[Brian]

Do you feel more pressure when your parents are there?

[Aaron Weber]

No, not pressure. It's just. I, like, I have a couple bits where I talk about them and I kind of had to change how I said it. Not that I'm being mean about them when they're not there, but it's just. Yeah, it's. You think about it when they're in the room.

[Brian]

I didn't mean pressure. Yeah, but you just think about it a little bit more.

[Dusty Slay]

I think you feel a pressure to. For the audience to be good when my. When I have people there where I'm like this. But I want this to be a good audience.

[Aaron Weber]

But I didn't. But every now and then I go, I want them to see what I'm really dealing with.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I want them to see.

[Brian]

Well, they came to my show, I

[Aaron Weber]

wanted to see me work.

[Dusty Slay]

They got an idea.

[Brian]

Huh.

[Aaron Weber]

But it was good. Thank you to everybody who was there.

[Dusty Slay]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Brian]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Brian]

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[Aaron Weber]

Dustin, where were you?

[Dusty Slay]

I went to. I flew to Traverse City, Michigan on Friday and I got an Uber direct flight from Nashville. No, I had to connect. Had to connect. Cherry capital of the. Of the world. Drinking a cherry drink here. Cherry capital, Traverse City. Traverse City is.

[Aaron Weber]

What gives them the right to say that.

[Dusty Slay]

I think they grow a lot of cherries.

[Aaron Weber]

Do they grow the most years?

[Dusty Slay]

I think so. Maybe the best. Maybe the best cherries.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay, well, those are two different arguments.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. This is just what they say about themselves.

[Brian]

What's McMinnville?

[Dusty Slay]

The Nursery Capital of the world?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it says.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a hot spot for cherry production.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And it hosts the National Cherry Festival every year, which attracts over 500,000 people.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. That's enough to call yourself the cherry.

[Dusty Slay]

But there are not that many people there normally. And I try to get a lift and lift was going to take a long time. Lyft is what I usually use, so. So I ended up getting Uber and a guy came and this guy, he picked me up. He didn't help me with my luggage, which is fine. I don't need help. But I always appreciate when they get out and at least attention.

[Aaron Weber]

At least feign offering.

[Dusty Slay]

And then I got in. The guy never spoke to me, never said hey. So I didn't say hey to him. I'm not, you know, I'm just. I'm not mad at him.

[Brian]

I love that.

[Dusty Slay]

It's five star for me, but I'm just rolling.

[Aaron Weber]

So you're describing a lot of people's ideal experience.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm okay with it. I'm okay with it. And then he goes and he makes a wrong turn and he goes, ah, GPS keeps messing up. And then he kind of like, really whips the car around in a U turn and guns it. And I go, all right.

[Aaron Weber]

Some urgency.

[Dusty Slay]

I go, this is fine. And then he ends up taking me to the wrong hotel. But he realizes he's done this, and he goes, yeah, my GPS keeps messing up. He goes, the government's been hacking into my gps, and you're, like, five stars right now.

[Brian]

Well, you know, this guy's my hero.

[Dusty Slay]

Typically, I'm into this sort of thing.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Guy seemed unhinged.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And I'm in his car, and he keeps speeding around.

[Brian]

Now you know how we feel.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I mean, I'm. You're not. I'm. We're in a neutral studio here. I don't have you in my car. I have. But. But this guy, you know, and this guy's like. He just keeps going. And I. I'm just sitting there. He keeps going on about. He goes, you live around here? I go, nah. He goes, well, get out of here fast as you can. He goes there. You know, he just keeps going on and on about stuff, and the government's been hacking him, and he got funneled into driving for Uber, and. And he can't find a job anywhere else. And then he's about to miss the turn to my hotel, so I point, and he goes, there's another turn. And I go, okay, well, you. You've been missing every turn the whole way.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And he keeps going on. And I finally would get to the thing, and when we stop at the hotel, then I get out and I go, hey, listen, I agree with you on a lot of this stuff, but you don't need to talk to people about it when they're trapped in your car. He goes, you were never trapped in my car. I go, well, you know. Well, all right. He goes, this is a. You. This is an app. You ordered this service. You were never trapped in this car. Wow. And then I go, all right, guy, whatever. And then I go, you can't even have a conversation with you. And he goes, you. Oh, you want to say something? I go. And then we start talking. I got all my stuff out. We start yelling at each other in the. In the parking lot of the hotel. This guy's so unhinged. I'm yelling at this guy. He goes, have a blessed day. And then I cursed at him, and. Oh, wow.

[Aaron Weber]

So you're fired. At what time of day is this? This is 1pm okay, so you're fired up, and you got a little time to kill before the show.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And then a guy that works at the hotel, was walking by, and then he comes. We go in, and he goes, oh, tough Uber ride, huh? Go. And then I reported the guy. I've never reported someone on, but I go, this guy's a lunatic. Yeah, Like, I'm fine with that ride, but I don't know if it were a girl that got picked up that might be freaked out by this maniac. And then Uber was just like, we make sure you're never paired with him again. I go, why don't you fire him?

[Brian]

I mean, I know you're not going to share the cursing, but what's some points you were making back to him?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I was just trying. I mean, he wouldn't let me make a point is what I was saying. I go. I go. He kept getting hung up on the trapped in the car thing. And I go, either way, I'm in your car. You're driving. My luggage is in the back of your car. And he couldn't get around that part. That. So I was like, all right, guy, whatever. And then he's like, he just. The thing that bothered me about it is I didn't really want to talk to the guy while I was kind of stuck in his car. But he kept acting like, yeah, people don't speak out like me. That's why I'm being targeted. Nobody wants to speak out. Everybody wants to be quiet. And. And he's like, he's.

[Brian]

This guy is you.

[Dusty Slay]

It's like. Well, now he's like. He's trying to make it seem like I am not aware of these things talking about. And I want to go, buddy, lock it up. Okay?

[Aaron Weber]

This would be so funny if we find out Dusty actually got a rental car. And this is all. This is like a movie where.

[Dusty Slay]

That would be funny. That would be. That would be better. I mean, I'd be more into that. But, yeah, this guy was. I was like, I. You know, I said, you know, it's like, as a conspiracy theorist, it's like when I see one out in the wild, you know, I'm like, nah, don't. Don't do it like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, dial it in a little bit,

[Dusty Slay]

you know, have some. Be jokey about it, you know, say the truth, but then go, ha, yeah, just joking.

[Brian]

And then people are like, he's just doing a bit.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, exactly.

[Aaron Weber]

You ask him about cherries.

[Dusty Slay]

We didn't get into any of the touristy stuff. He seemed to think Trevor just skipped

[Aaron Weber]

all small talk, went right to that.

[Dusty Slay]

This guy. And then I. When I went to report him, he had a 4.9 rating, which was pretty good. And he had been driving.

[Aaron Weber]

That's unbelievable.

[Dusty Slay]

He'd been driving for nine and a half years.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay, so this guy is a star.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, this guy, I think I'm on his.

[Aaron Weber]

Might be the highest rated Uber driver in Traverse City.

[Dusty Slay]

I think his meds just got switched or something.

[Aaron Weber]

I think you caught him off on a bad day.

[Brian]

He's.

[Aaron Weber]

He's been recalibrating his brain, it sounds like.

[Dusty Slay]

But. But the show was great.

[Aaron Weber]

I think it's just.

[Dusty Slay]

Traverse City is a very nice town. Yeah, the show was great. Found a nice cigar bar after. Okay, really good indoor. Good ventilation right downtown. Nick cigar bar, I think it was. And then I went to Saginaw, Michigan. Saginaw, which there's a country song. Saginaw, Michigan by Lefty Frizzelle. Cover by Johnny Cash. Very good song. And. But I stayed. Saginaw didn't seem like it had the safest hotel situation. So I stayed in Frankenmuth, Michigan, which is a German village. Now we're talking. And yeah, they had. All the buildings were like real, like old school German looking. And I ate at the Bavarian restaurant, Bavarian Inn. Had a little wiener schnitzel, which is veal.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Fried. It was great.

[Aaron Weber]

Second of all, one of the most

[Dusty Slay]

dangerous cities in America yet it did not seem safe. But the theater was great and they really appreciated me being there. They gave me a nice spread in the green room. They had me a cake. I wish I had brought the name of the people that made the cake, but they, they won like a baking TV show competition and they baked me a cake. Ah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you eat it?

[Dusty Slay]

And then a guy named Stevo woods came and brought.

[Aaron Weber]

Stevo.

[Dusty Slay]

Stevo woods brought. Came and brought me a bunch of gifts. Brought me some Dusty sleigh cookies and that was great. I mean, Saginaw was great and the show was amazing. Saginaw, Michigan. That's how the song goes. I met a girl in Saginaw, Michigan and it's great.

[Brian]

Something about this Uber driver. I. I admire you. I guess for most people would just never say anything, just complain their friend. If that was me, I would immediately got out texted you guys. You're not going to believe.

[Aaron Weber]

Some would argue that's the right approach, but keep going.

[Brian]

But Dusty's trying to help this guy out. He's trying to give him some advice.

[Dusty Slay]

If the guy could have just chilled out, yeah, we could have probably hung out.

[Aaron Weber]

So your main point was. Look, dude, you could have like. I get. I Love what you're saying. You gotta just cool it a little bit.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, and then the government doesn't even have to hack your gps. We're just giving it to them.

[Aaron Weber]

What does he mean? The government hacks his GPS to mess up his Uber rides from the airport?

[Dusty Slay]

I think so. Because he's been speaking out. That's what I'm saying. You're taking it too far, buddy. The government doesn't need to hack it. We're just giving it away to them.

[Brian]

Well, I. I texted you guys Saturday night.

[Dusty Slay]

Google probably is the government.

[Brian]

You should have told him to Google you and he would say you're a celebrity.

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't want him to come to the. I didn't want him to come to

[Brian]

my show, but I think if he saw who he's dealing with, he'd be like, oh, well, this guy, he knows what he's talking about. I text you guys Saturday night and said TSA pre check has been suspended because of the partial government shutdown and.

[Aaron Weber]

Which seems to shut down every month.

[Brian]

I know, I know. Yeah, I feel like they finally. They'll get it resolved and then it shuts down again.

[Dusty Slay]

So I say shut it down all

[Brian]

together, but not TSA PreCheck. That's the only thing we should care.

[Dusty Slay]

Shut it all down. Let's get the little chaos out here.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Again, I hope that Uber driver's listening.

[Aaron Weber]

I feel like I'm in an Uber right now.

[Brian]

Trapped.

[Dusty Slay]

Let's get a little chaos going. Let's start over.

[Brian]

Well, I got the airport Sunday morning. Start over.

[Aaron Weber]

Start over what?

[Dusty Slay]

The whole country, America, just shut it down. Just keep the constitution, but shut it all down and we'll restart.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay,

[Brian]

like, how would that work?

[Dusty Slay]

That doesn't matter.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Blow the whole infrastructure up. We're out here eating off campfires and a fight club.

[Aaron Weber]

Just blow it all up.

[Brian]

Okay. Yeah, that's what I was getting at, though. You're saying go back to some primitive ways of life.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, Potentially.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I'll die quickly, but I guess it'll be good for the world. What were you saying, Brian?

[Brian]

I get to the airport Sunday morning thinking it's going to be chaos and TSA Precheck still open.

[Aaron Weber]

They were open to him.

[Brian]

And then apparently they either reverse course or I don't know, but I think people, I don't know if, got upset.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. How about keep the thing open. We've already paid for. How about that?

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

So, yeah, I got through the Detroit airport faster than I expected. Chaos, too.

[Aaron Weber]

I got there early.

[Dusty Slay]

I Got there so fast. It was like the fastest I ever got through.

[Brian]

But you're clear.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, clear too.

[Brian]

You would have been okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I zoomed right through.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Such a shame.

[Dusty Slay]

I think about it every time.

[Aaron Weber]

You should have told that Uber driver you signed up for clear. Yeah, just throw a little gasoline on the fire.

[Dusty Slay]

But when you go to the airport now, they take your picture every time. I mean, it's the same thing.

[Aaron Weber]

I think there's a difference between taking a grainy picture for me standing four feet away and then going inside my eye sockets. And.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, with clear, it's the same thing. Now it's just a picture.

[Aaron Weber]

That's what they say.

[Dusty Slay]

It's just facial recognition. Just like the other.

[Aaron Weber]

That's what they say it is. You got a close up shot of your eye.

[Dusty Slay]

No, they used to do that, but I would always say, let me do the fingers.

[Aaron Weber]

Fingerprints. Took a blood draw.

[Dusty Slay]

I would say, let me do the. They got all our fingerprints. You don't think they can get your fingerprints from your iPhone?

[Brian]

Come on, poop sample.

[Dusty Slay]

Come on, guys. Come on, guy. We already lost.

[Aaron Weber]

It's like you said, let's just start over.

[Dusty Slay]

We've. We've already lost, so let's just start

[Brian]

over and see what happens the second time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yes.

[Brian]

Well, let me tell you some Nateland news. It's a great segue.

[Aaron Weber]

We've already lost, folks. Here's some stuff to tune into.

[Dusty Slay]

But the information battle, I believe we have lost already. I mean, they have everything. They know where you go, they know what your habits are. They know what you're eating, they know what you're ordering off Amazon, which I love.

[Brian]

I mean, it saves me a lot of trouble. I love it when they know everything about me. They just send me, like, this is stuff you'd probably be interested in. Yeah. I'm like, yeah, thank you. I don't know how to search like Aaron does, so just send it to me.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Can I show you some little Nateland news with you guys?

[Dusty Slay]

Please, please do.

[Brian]

Our friend Brad Upton, he is filming his one hour special at the Franklin Theater, March 29th. Tickets are on sale. Brad was on season two of the showcase.

[Dusty Slay]

Very funny.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, he's great.

[Brian]

What are we in now? Season four of the showcase? Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Taping season four this week.

[Brian]

You did one last night. I'm hosting tonight. Yep, here it is next. And the first set premieres March 19th, so that's soon.

[Aaron Weber]

Coming up.

[Brian]

Yep. And Nate's big dumb eyes. You remember Nate? Yeah. Used to work here.

[Aaron Weber]

Vaguely.

[Brian]

His big dumb eyes. World Tour is in. Oh, Florida. Where you go down, take your shirt off.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Do some grounding. He's at Jacksonville on Thursday.

[Dusty Slay]

Jacksonville's bit north for taking your shirt off. He's still.

[Aaron Weber]

This time of year doesn't stop people.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you gotta get a little further south this time of year.

[Brian]

Is this Estero. Estero. Estero. Okay. Estero, Florida, Friday and Saturday and Sunrise, Florida, on Sunday. Wow. I don't. The only place I know is Jacksonville. Nate might as well just drive these. He has hit rock bottom. These little dinky towns.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Pop up shows only a matter of time. Yep. Should we get in these comments?

[Aaron Weber]

Let's do it. Let's start it off.

[Brian]

Who wants to read them?

[Aaron Weber]

I think you should.

[Brian]

Brian.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Boyd.

[Aaron Weber]

Boyd.

[Brian]

Why don't y' all read them?

[Aaron Weber]

No, sorry.

[Dusty Slay]

That's worth it. That's worth it.

[Brian]

I said one word and Dusty's already said. Geez. I was focusing on the last name.

[Aaron Weber]

I know.

[Brian]

I thought. Let me just get the first name out of the way. Boyd,

[Dusty Slay]

It's perfect.

[Brian]

Is it?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Hey. Nailed it.

[Brian]

Okay, Boyd. Well, guys, come on. I got a big name last name coming up here, and we need to get past this first one. Boyd.

[Dusty Slay]

No, you're doing great. Just go to the last.

[Brian]

I want to say it once without you.

[Aaron Weber]

You're not going to ramp up to it, man.

[Brian]

Boyd. B, O, Y D. Yes. How do you say it?

[Aaron Weber]

Like Lloyd, but with a B. Lloyd.

[Brian]

Night. Lloyd Nightenhel.

[Aaron Weber]

There you go.

[Brian]

Nightenhelzer. That's a great last name. You have found your groove.

[Aaron Weber]

Great episode.

[Brian]

Well, thank you, Boyd. Appreciate that.

[Dusty Slay]

You really nailed it on that last one.

[Brian]

All right, thank you.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Chris Mertz. Dusty. Referencing Helen Keller with if you're blind and deaf, what are you writing about? Is perhaps the most logical thought this podcast, be it Nateland or Public Figures, has ever produced.

[Dusty Slay]

I appreciate that. You know, only two people got mad at me. One person sent me something to my inbox, and one lady commented on Instagram and said that I was a waste of humanity. And because they can't understand the difference in a legit question and an insult. I wasn't insulting Helen Keller, but my understanding was she was born blind and deaf.

[Aaron Weber]

I think she had a childhood illness.

[Dusty Slay]

Right, but how old?

[Brian]

Very young.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, like a baby.

[Dusty Slay]

Right? So it's like you don't even remember what you saw and what you heard, and now you can't see anything, you can't hear anything. How do you even know to write? And then what are you writing about? I mean, I Don't you know, I'm not trying to make fun of.

[Brian]

Hell, you still have memories.

[Dusty Slay]

As a baby, you have memories.

[Aaron Weber]

You know what's so funny is we could all. We could read the book and find out what you wrote about, but we're not doing that.

[Dusty Slay]

What are the.

[Brian]

No, I'm saying as if you're blind and deaf, you would still have memories.

[Dusty Slay]

Of what? Well, that's part of the memory of this.

[Brian]

Anything that's going on here. You think blind and deaf people don't remember stuff?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. I don't know any blind and deaf people.

[Aaron Weber]

It sounds like you should read the book.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Interest.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't. You know, I don't read any books, to be fair.

[Aaron Weber]

Get the audio book. Yeah, it's somebody else.

[Brian]

Somebody else reads it, find a tik Tok.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think she does the audio.

[Dusty Slay]

See, you're making fun of hell, no.

[Aaron Weber]

I realized halfway through that.

[Dusty Slay]

But. But no, I appreciate Chris Mertz. It is a logical. A logical thought. And it needed to be said.

[Brian]

It did need to be said. Yes.

[Dusty Slay]

Thank you, Chris.

[Brian]

Isaiah.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm ordering one on Amazon right now for you. Do you want hardback or just charge paperback?

[Brian]

Nateland account.

[Aaron Weber]

Why'd I call it hardback? What do you call it?

[Dusty Slay]

I think it's hardback.

[Aaron Weber]

Hardcover. Hardcover and then a paper. Paper covered. Okay, 29. Never mind.

[Dusty Slay]

Nah, that's.

[Brian]

Come on.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, see, that's what I'm saying. Your curiosity about what she wrote about cost you 30 bucks.

[Brian]

What year? Without looking, what year do you think Helen Keller died?

[Dusty Slay]

1918.

[Aaron Weber]

Probably in the 50s or 60s.

[Brian]

Okay. See, to me, she seems like someone from a long further go than that. And people speculate or dusty speculating. She's not even real. She died in 1968.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Brian]

Three years before I was born. Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

She's a year away from seeing the moon landing.

[Brian]

Come on, man. You're a waste of humanity.

[Dusty Slay]

And then I go, I just said to the lady ago, that's very nice of you. She goes, doesn't feel good, does it? I go, you think Helen Keller got the message that I said, I mean, doesn't feel good. Do you think a deaf person saw the comment and goes, oh, I hate this guy. Nobody cares. Nobody cares. I don't. 1968.

[Brian]

Yeah. Isn't that crazy?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Joe List has a great bit about how he found out Picasso died in the 70s.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

He's like, don't you. Didn't you think Picasso was around in, like, the 1200s?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, he Was like he was drinking Mountain Dew and watching the Super Bowl.

[Brian]

Yeah. He said stuff like he saw nine Super Bowls or something.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, that's insane.

[Dusty Slay]

That is insane.

[Brian]

Isaiah Farina Bates has become out more outspoken and a little meaner since he no longer has to fear being the target of Nate's jokes. Gone are the days of meek, worried breakfast baits. Now we have Big Bad Boss Bates. I expect the power to go to his head. And unless Dusty and Aaron can rein him in within a month, he'll be wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses and ripping cigarettes during the podcast to match his new bad boy vibe.

[Dusty Slay]

This is what I've been pushing for.

[Aaron Weber]

I'll tell you. Come in like Fonzie.

[Dusty Slay]

Hey, that's what I've been pushing for. I'd like to smoke while we do this podcast. And I think you're the guy to start it.

[Aaron Weber]

We can make it happen.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Can we do that, Adrian? Sure. Okay. Well, thank you, Isaiah. I think you're on to something.

[Dusty Slay]

We all gotta. It's gotta. I'll do a pipe. Corn cob. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

AG1. Cigarettes.

[Brian]

Phil.

[Aaron Weber]

IQ bar. Sorry.

[Brian]

Phil Van Veldhusen. Is that right?

[Dusty Slay]

Van Veldhusen.

[Aaron Weber]

It's like they knew you were going to try to read these names this week. They put in some crazy ones.

[Brian]

It was refreshing to hear Aaron describe his grocery bag carrying skills. It reminded me that public figures can beat everyday folks. Thank you for the content and keep it up.

[Aaron Weber]

I appreciate that, Phil, but what I was saying is that I have exceptional ability to carry in the bags. I'm not a. You know, I would say above average.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Not an everyday fold. You're probably.

[Aaron Weber]

Dude, if you got a family of 10, I bet I can get all your groceries in one trip.

[Dusty Slay]

That's amazing.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I bet I can. I might drop a few things.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but that's because the bags are weak.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right. They got weak bad. You got a double, triple bag. A lot of stuff. Thank you, Phil.

[Brian]

Del Fisher. 1. Dusty, you've been killing it in the comedy scene.

[Dusty Slay]

Thanks.

[Brian]

You're no nonsense. No filter. Style is refreshing. You're not just hilarious. Your humility shines through where I enjoy Brian and Aaron as he wears his own merch. I enjoy Brian and Aaron. But they could take a page from your book on humility. Sometimes they come off a bit arrogant. Remember, it's wise to appreciate those who support you.

[Dusty Slay]

I couldn't agree more. I mean, that's what I think all the time. How much they try to humiliate me on this podcast. I don't know if you guys remember the last podcast we did when I, you know, I won a, you know, best local comic and you guys tried to humiliate me.

[Aaron Weber]

So you think the, the humble person in that scenario is the guy who walked in and waved his award around at the table?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you're, you're describing that however you want to describe it. I don't think I walked in waving

[Aaron Weber]

it around, but, yeah, a little spring in your step.

[Dusty Slay]

You guys weren't, you guys weren't going to bring it up, so I had, you know, you guys didn't care about my accomplishment, so somebody had to bring it up. But I appreciate that. The fzer one.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

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[Brian]

Aaron Edwards. I imagine Dusty's song would be a little different. I just want to plant my trees I just want to build my bunker I just want to take your leaves.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I mean, that song is so stuck in my head now. I've been thinking about it.

[Aaron Weber]

I just want to catch my feet.

[Brian]

Yeah. Dream

[Aaron Weber]

hug my dog.

[Dusty Slay]

I was doing. I've been doing it with my kids. We were putting the kids. I don't think they quite understood what we were doing, but they still got in on it. And we were laughing about it. I just want to shoot my dog. You know, I was saying stuff like that, and they were loving it. They, I just want to stab a fish. And they were having a great time.

[Brian]

That's fun.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Ruth says she went to a baby shower for Hannah.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah. We have what you call a sprinkle.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

I'm like, this guy's on Millionaires and Cars drinking coffee. Now we got to pay for his baby.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a sprinkle, you know, sprinkle.

[Aaron Weber]

What? Baby sprinkle. Oh, yeah. I've never heard.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, it's like when you have. You know, we have multiple kids, first one's a shower.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

And then others, it's like, hey, just a little help from the community.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, it brings people together. It's really what it's all about.

[Aaron Weber]

I like that.

[Brian]

Well, I don't know what we got. I'm gonna find out.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. A bunch of women folk getting together, talking, yapping. Yeah.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Having a good time. Community.

[Brian]

Caleb Byram, Aaron's Olympic Activity, would be working a Roku remote. He said one time that he could turn on closed captioning behind his back. And for some reason, it has always stuck in my head.

[Aaron Weber]

I just think I can. I can grab any television remote.

[Dusty Slay]

You're an exceptional remote worker.

[Aaron Weber]

I appreciate that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Any remote. Drop me in any hotel in America, and I can just kind of. I don't know if it's in my bones or in my DNA, but I can just feel where the buttons are on the remote without looking.

[Dusty Slay]

I remember being at that Huntsville condo with you and watch. I was like. I was pretty amazed.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, some people are so, like, you know, the amount of times I've watched a grown adult, like, point a Comcast remote at a Samsung tv, and they're like, the input won't change. And I go, well, why don't we match them up up first? And then I can, you know, behind the back, I can. I mean, I can, you know, page up, page down, guide. I'm going to put on Spanish subtitles. I can do it. No, look.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, I just. I got it. It's in me.

[Dusty Slay]

I believe that.

[Aaron Weber]

I appreciate it, man.

[Dusty Slay]

I was watching you work that thing. And I was like, wow, you really. We were watching that guy, that. That one guy, that one comic that. You always share his videos with me. Okay, okay.

[Brian]

I'm right here. Is this something y' all make fun of?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah,

[Brian]

yeah. You said that you and Hannah used to. I think I said on your podcast, I would watch videos together of comics being bad.

[Dusty Slay]

We like to try to find bad comedy on YouTube, but it's. What's hard to find is bad comedy in good quality.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Right.

[Brian]

After you said on your podcast, you said, hey, we watched your dry bar special.

[Dusty Slay]

You loved it.

[Brian]

I'm like, did you?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, we did like it, but we would be searching, you know, for things. Dry bar was really good because there are a lot of good dry bars, but there are a lot of really bad ones. And I pretty entertained by it. And it is. There's some bad stuff out there.

[Aaron Weber]

I got some good stuff. I'll show you.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. Because there's, you know, there's really good comedy, and then there's.

[Aaron Weber]

That's not what I mean. I mean, I got good bad stuff,

[Dusty Slay]

and then there's a whole lot of bad comedy.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

And sometimes the clean bad is. Is the most bad because it's just a little cheesy.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

We were driving home from somewhere, and you played for me an album of a comic, and it was so bad that we were dying laughing. I mean, just more than you would

[Aaron Weber]

at a good album.

[Dusty Slay]

I think there's a few that you've sent me, but I'm always listening to them alone, and I just go, this is terrible. If you got somebody really good.

[Brian]

Yeah. Yeah. Marvin Wingfield. My wife's Olympic game would be finding the exact right Tupperware needed for the leftovers. She's insanely good at it. I wouldn't even make the team while she would get the gold. Yeah, I could see it. My wife's good at that, too.

[Aaron Weber]

I feel like I got to buy all new Tupperware every two months. I don't know what happened. I think we just lose them.

[Dusty Slay]

The lids, I think, evaporated in the dishwasher.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I think they melt and go down the drain.

[Aaron Weber]

I think I got to invest in some good glass Tupperware. Some. You know what I mean?

[Dusty Slay]

I got a bunch of glass Tupperware. No lid.

[Aaron Weber]

Let's still go away.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Golly. I got.

[Dusty Slay]

I got a tip for you. Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. I know you're.

[Brian]

What's.

[Aaron Weber]

What's up, man?

[Dusty Slay]

I started putting the lids with the.

[Brian]

With the Tupperware when I put it away.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian]

Instead of having the lids all stacked,

[Aaron Weber]

you close it up.

[Brian]

I close it up and then I put it away. Yeah, but we don't lose it. We do that, too. But you're saying they disappear in the dishwasher. Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Something happens to them.

[Brian]

Like, you put four and four in there, and you come out with four and three.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know where they go.

[Aaron Weber]

I think if you close it up all the way, though, you got to make sure it's completely dry before you put it in there. You're going to get some. Some mold.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to eat the mold.

[Aaron Weber]

I just want to close the lid on my Tupperware and eat my dog.

[Dusty Slay]

Hannah had some really funny. What's outside too, you know, just. Yeah, she's like, I just want to pay 15 for a Starbucks ice cream coffee.

[Brian]

Daniel Farrell. Pharrell Pharaoh.

[Dusty Slay]

Pharaoh.

[Aaron Weber]

Fitz Farrell. You know how many jokes they probably got? Those feral kids are coming over.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, they probably were wild kids.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I bet they were. You got to live up to the name.

[Brian]

The event is smokey. Smoke a cigarette and see who can keep the longest ash. See, the ultimate goal would be smoke a full cigarette without losing the ash.

[Dusty Slay]

That's tough to do. That's tough to do. People try to do it with cigars. They try to. There is a real thing about not getting rid of the ash.

[Brian]

Is there a style, something you can do to make it last longer?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I think it's a. It shows the quality of cigar.

[Aaron Weber]

A really well made cigar will burn very evenly and the ash will stay up there. Oh, so like, a cigarette is designed to not do that.

[Brian]

So that.

[Aaron Weber]

That's why there's probably some skill involved.

[Dusty Slay]

But I think cigar. I mean, what always happens to me is I try to keep that ash going, and then eventually it falls on my pants.

[Aaron Weber]

But then it feels real satisfying when, like, a big one.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Comes off.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But a cigarette, you're just constantly trying to flip it off. So we'll do that. We'll try that in the Tupperware thing.

[Brian]

Daniel Smorkowski.

[Dusty Slay]

What's going on with these names?

[Brian]

I know Daniel.

[Dusty Slay]

Do you?

[Aaron Weber]

Do you.

[Brian]

He's came to my show in Chicago. Okay. I listened to your life.

[Aaron Weber]

You get to know everybody personally. Well, I know. I know. Daniel. Yeah. Okay. I parked. We. I've DM Daniel. I have.

[Dusty Slay]

He was serious.

[Brian]

Yeah, Yeah, I know.

[Aaron Weber]

Based on the comment.

[Dusty Slay]

He was the guy at the show.

[Brian]

He brought his girlfriend to my last show. He works at the airport. He works at The o' Hare airport.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, I think for.

[Brian]

I forgot what airline. United, maybe not Southwest.

[Aaron Weber]

I know that.

[Brian]

I listened to your latest episode on my commute home and you guys said there should be a fall and spring Olympics. Well, the special Olympics is year round. We have winter, spring, summer and fall games.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, Daniel sent this to me, so. Yeah, I know who Daniel is too. He sent me this message that's really cool.

[Brian]

Somebody suggested for the fall games, leaf. Leaf jumping. Pile of leaves. Got to be one of the games.

[Dusty Slay]

Or leaf raking. What do you wear your jackets?

[Aaron Weber]

What is leaf. What is leaf jumping? Jumping into the pile. Yeah, but what's the competition? Just who can do it the most?

[Brian]

Maybe. Yeah, I don't know. Creative like. Like slam dunk contest.

[Dusty Slay]

I think leaf raking and putting it into a bag, that's a bit of a challenge.

[Aaron Weber]

This is like what my dad used to do to me when I was a kid.

[Dusty Slay]

All right, let's.

[Aaron Weber]

Who can clean up the room the fast. Oh yeah, I'll go and you know, and then I would try to do it real fast. But really it's just chores. Oh yeah, you just like gamify it.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, we go clean up your room or you're not going to get any. Any treats or you'll get a spanking or. That's what we do.

[Aaron Weber]

It's the same thing.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah. Ours is punishment.

[Aaron Weber]

Lying.

[Dusty Slay]

What's. Yeah. Not doing it but saying it. Yeah, the. What's some of the special Olympics. So that you. Are you doing different events. Winter, spring, summer and fall. Come on, Daniel, give us some details, bud.

[Brian]

Yeah, I don't know that the events are different.

[Aaron Weber]

I appreciated the brevity and the message.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, I want some details.

[Brian]

Yeah, he was an hour and a half.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah,

[Brian]

I think the events are the same. I think they just hold it four times a year.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, okay.

[Aaron Weber]

In a bunch of different locations.

[Dusty Slay]

But they have winter and summer and spring and fall. But I'm saying though, we have winter and summer.

[Brian]

Oh, I see what you're saying.

[Dusty Slay]

The different events.

[Brian]

I don't know.

[Aaron Weber]

I have to look into it. Yeah, let us know, Dan.

[Brian]

Yeah, I mean, yeah, we'll have. Let us know. Daniel, we have a computer right here.

[Dusty Slay]

Nah, let us know.

[Brian]

Yeah, we don't care that much.

[Dusty Slay]

Olympics in general.

[Brian]

Jamie Moran. I once saw someone propose the Olympics be more like the draft or jury duty where you're calling upon to represent your country in the various sports. Oh, I like this. And while I love the Summer Olympics, I do think watching everyday average people with no experience whatsoever. Competing things like gymnastics, swimming, track and field, etc. Would be very entertaining. Imagine your friend getting drafted to run hurdles.

[Dusty Slay]

Imagine your friend getting drafted to break their neck in gymnastics.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian]

Well, she's fine and you're not.

[Dusty Slay]

This is what I heard. I heard, I like this idea, actually, but I heard, I saw some tweet where they were like, for the Olympics, we should always get a regular person to do the event first so then we can be impressed as a control. Yeah, yeah. Because when you just see people do it, you go, where are you competing against the best of all these countries?

[Aaron Weber]

If you watch a basketball game, we've all shot a basketball into it.

[Brian]

Who.

[Aaron Weber]

We understand how good they are.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But a lot of these events that we don't have a lot of experience with, I mean, we know that they're good because they're in the Olympics, but I have no reference for it. So we should send Dusty out there to bobsled one time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And I go, oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Now Jamie's idea should be to draft that person. Gymnastics, though, when you're on like the bars, it's like, it's pretty obvious how good.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes. All that stuff, I'll give you that.

[Dusty Slay]

But running and track and field and throwing the shot put, it's like, yeah, let us see what a average person.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Hate to harp on curling too. I think people beat up on curling every Olympics. But yeah, just get me and Brian out there as a team.

[Brian]

Just.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, just have us do it. And then you'll be like, oh, you know what I mean?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I agree, Jamie.

[Brian]

I would stop sweeping mid sweep. I have tired guys. It's just going to go where it's going to go.

[Dusty Slay]

I think this is a great idea. There was a reality show called Average Joe's was a dating show that I watched in the early 2000s. The only dating reality show ever watched. But it was, they had these. It was like regular guys, the Average Joes. And then, and then a model was, you know, was the girl, basically.

[Brian]

And then.

[Dusty Slay]

So she's picking them, she's whittling them down and like halfway through the show, there's only like five guys left. And then a twist is they bring five model guys in to, you know, so now she has to pick between the two of these and what would she do? And then she picked the model.

[Aaron Weber]

Was there a show, I don't remember what it's called, where they, they led these women to believe that a guy was like a millionaire. Yes. And then at the End. It was. He wasn't.

[Brian]

Yes. What show was that all about? That same time where reality shows were just. I can't remember the name of was something I don't. I don't remember. But yes, there was one.

[Dusty Slay]

And in the one that I watched the guy, and at the end, after she picked the model guy, they had one more season or one more show, and there was a reveal, and she revealed that she used to date Fabio, and then the guy broke up with her because she used to date Fabio. So I watched the whole show about a girl trying to date an average guy.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then she picked a not average guy, and then he broke up with her and nobody really went on a date. And I was like, I'm done with this.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah. A great one to watch Baggage. You ever watch Baggage with Jerry Springer?

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, I have watched Baggage.

[Aaron Weber]

It is a super fun, stupid show.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But it's like a woman will come out, there's three dudes, and they reveal a piece of baggage about themselves, and then she eliminates one, and then they reveal an even bigger piece of baggage, and then at the very end, she picks a guy. The woman has to reveal a piece of baggage about herself, and then they decide.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I love that. I mean, that's a good show.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, Jerry Springer's so good. He looks like he could not care less about that show. He looks like he's so over it the whole time. It's a lot of fun.

[Dusty Slay]

That's a good idea.

[Brian]

Y' all like reality shows?

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, I hate them. I tell you, I'm watching Traders right now. I mean, that's just objectively good tv.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

It's. Traders is the best reality show in a long time.

[Dusty Slay]

I like Restaurant Impossible with Robert Irvine, stuff like that. That's my favorite.

[Aaron Weber]

Is different than, like, I know my wife's into all the. The Real Housewives, all that. The Bravo stuff. And I watch it if it's with her, if it's on.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm, you know, Hannah will watch TLC. She likes my 600 pound life and

[Aaron Weber]

the, you know, Thousand Pound.

[Dusty Slay]

Thousand Pound Sisters. She likes those.

[Aaron Weber]

And people going through stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

And then the. The Mormon whatever that. The. The Mormon Wives, all the Wives, whatever that show was called.

[Aaron Weber]

That might be. That might have been the name.

[Brian]

I don't think there's more than one.

[Aaron Weber]

All the Wives.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, there was one where Secret Lives

[Brian]

of Mormon Wives or something like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Sister Wives.

[Dusty Slay]

Sister Wives. Sister Wives is what she likes. Yeah.

[Brian]

So Average Joe, we learned a couple episodes ago that Gi Joe was more than one person. It was. Right.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I thought GI Joe was a guy.

[Brian]

I did too.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. It was something general infantry or something like that.

[Brian]

Joe's. So is Joe the same? It's just. What's up with the name Joe that it seems to have just this general. Like. Is it the same thing? Like these guys are GI Joes? These guys are average Joes?

[Dusty Slay]

I think so.

[Aaron Weber]

I think it's just an average name.

[Dusty Slay]

This guy's Joe Camel.

[Aaron Weber]

Remember Joe the Plumber? Remember that?

[Brian]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

There. But you also. There's a Johnny come lately. I think it's just like a term for just a. Just a run of the mill, regular old guy.

[Brian]

Okay. The other thing I was gonna ask, you mentioned the leaf jumping. I'm. The NBA slam dunk contest was last week.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, my God. What did you. I mean, it was. The clips I saw were so funny.

[Brian]

I feel like that was such a big deal when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. But there's only so many ways you can dunk a basketball.

[Aaron Weber]

We think we're running out and I feel like.

[Brian]

I feel like now it's just ran its course.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Unless you.

[Dusty Slay]

All of sports just ran its course.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, hold on. It's not quite a leap I'm willing to take with you yet, Dusty, but I want you to see. See the winning dunk from this year's. This is the winning dunk from this year's slam dunk competition.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian]

I mean, that's. That's impressive in general.

[Dusty Slay]

That's weak.

[Brian]

But be the winning dunk. Yeah, but they've just. What else can they do?

[Aaron Weber]

Now here's the one that's been getting a lot of flack. This is a Jackson Hayes on the Los Angeles Lakers. This is the slam dunk competition.

[Brian]

If you're listening, he just dunks.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, it's just. He just ran up and dunked it. I don't know how else to describe

[Brian]

something that happens 50 times in every game.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I mean, yeah. I mean, I think all sports is really. We've done it all. Let's invent some new sports.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, the argument is that a lot of people are making. There are all these guys, like social media content creators that just dunk and they're like. Just dunk guys.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And they're doing incredible stuff. There's a guy, Mac McClung, who is so good at this and he didn't compete this year. And it's like, let's just stop trying to put actual basketball players in There just. I mean Matt McClung's an actual basketball player but like just put guys in that are going to dunk well or just kill this event entirely because I mean that's just like unwatchable stuff, you know.

[Brian]

Well, I can golf. There's these guys who just do long drives and that's all they focus on. So they can drive the ball 400 yards. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean that's a great comparison. It's like if you're going to do a long drive competition, get those guys in.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Not these dudes.

[Brian]

Guys buying glasses. It used to feel way more complicated than ever needed to be. Aaron, you're a young guy. You haven't needed glasses yet. You'll get there.

[Aaron Weber]

I will soon. I'm sure. My body's deteriorating.

[Brian]

Yeah. I Dusty's wore glasses for a while. I've went back to wearing glasses more and more often because every but everything was overpriced. The styles felt outdated and somehow you needed a spreadsheet just to understand what you were buying.

[Dusty Slay]

Right.

[Brian]

Shopping online. How are you supposed to know if frames will look good on your face from just looking online?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

You can't. You can't. That's why I'm obsessed with Warby Parker. Obsessed.

[Dusty Slay]

You've always said that.

[Brian]

Yes.

[Aaron Weber]

It's honestly a problem.

[Brian]

These guys are tired of hearing me talk about it, but I don't care. They've completely changed the experience. Their virtual try on is a total game changer. You just point your phone camera and instantly see frames on your face in real time. I've tried other virtual try ons that felt off but Warby Parker's actually worked. You can really tell how their glasses will look and fit when it comes to quality for the price they're unbeatable.

[Dusty Slay]

Unbeatable.

[Brian]

Their prescription glasses started just $95. So you don't have to choose between stylish frames and affordability anymore. They have over 300 retail stores if you want to shop in person. Plus every pair they sell they give a pair to someone in need.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh.

[Brian]

So Warby Parker gives you quality and better looking prescription. I wear it a fraction of the going price. Our listen to this. Okay, this is the if you remember

[Dusty Slay]

anything, be honest with us.

[Brian]

Our listeners get 15 off plus free shipping when they buy two or more pair of prescription glasses at warbyparker.com nateland that's 15 off when you buy two pair of glasses at w a r b y parker.com nateland after you purchase they will ask you where you heard about Them please support our show and tell them our show sent you. Greg Garcia. Oh. Oh, so happy. Brian mentioned me on your new podcast. And Aaron repeated Brian's rap insult about me. To be clear, though, I only had one show out of six that only lasted one season. It was the one you were on.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Brian]

Coincidence. Wow. Probably not.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow. Sick burn.

[Brian]

That's so sick.

[Aaron Weber]

That's.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Sick burn.

[Brian]

Thank you, Greg. Well, that is true.

[Aaron Weber]

Thank you for putting us on that, Greg.

[Brian]

Craig.

[Aaron Weber]

Greg's very funny.

[Brian]

He sent that from Vietnam.

[Dusty Slay]

He's in Vietnam right now fighting a war.

[Aaron Weber]

He is. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, he is over there.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Went straight from the cruise out to. To Asia for a bit.

[Brian]

All right, so this week I think we got some boxes to unbox.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, great.

[Brian]

Does it matter who gets what?

[Aaron Weber]

No, we got. I'm give you the box this time. Okay, let me open. I got a priority mailer. It's got cherry, it's pink, and it has cherries on it. Okay. And now this is an item that has to do with our topic, which is kind of.

[Brian]

Yeah, I don't know. Do we say the topic?

[Aaron Weber]

I actually don't know.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, look at this. Ffa Future Farmers of America right here.

[Aaron Weber]

Whoa. That's. I mean, that's the perfect. That's the kind of hat you like.

[Dusty Slay]

That's actually right there.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Balance this out. I'd take this out.

[Aaron Weber]

I've got the official manual for the Future Farmers of America from 1952.

[Brian]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, this is. Brian, was this from your personal collection?

[Brian]

Oh, wow. No, but that's pretty cool.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that is cool. 1952. It's just got stuff this old's just got a smell, too.

[Dusty Slay]

They might actually have good information.

[Brian]

And I have some Pendants Awards, I guess, for. I'm guessing. Oh, you got more.

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Brian]

Oh, you're just breaking the box down.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Sorry, guys.

[Brian]

This is an award for poultry. The poultry award. Oh, we're sitting here back the.

[Aaron Weber]

What?

[Brian]

The poultry. Poultry.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, man. That's how you say the word poetry, but yeah.

[Brian]

Poultry. How do you say it, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

Poultry.

[Brian]

Is that right?

[Aaron Weber]

Actually, you're saying that word correctly. I'm just saying that's how you would say the word.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I never say that word.

[Aaron Weber]

Poultry.

[Brian]

Poultry.

[Aaron Weber]

Why not?

[Dusty Slay]

I would just. Was it chicken?

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, I think it's bird. It's bird mean.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Chicken's all the bird meat I eat, though.

[Brian]

I think this one. My eyes are really bad. I think this one says small grain. Ffa. So we've got all FFA stuff.

[Aaron Weber]

You wouldn't eat turkey.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah, I do eat a little turkey.

[Brian]

Great job.

[Aaron Weber]

You wouldn't eat quail?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. I would eat.

[Aaron Weber]

Would you squab?

[Dusty Slay]

I would eat pigeon and doves.

[Aaron Weber]

You.

[Dusty Slay]

You would? Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay, so you didn't think.

[Dusty Slay]

But I mean, in general, I'm just eating chicken and turkey.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

There's no need to really.

[Aaron Weber]

Poultry.

[Dusty Slay]

There's no need to really have another term for it. I'll just go directly to the source. You know what I mean? What are you having? Chicken. You know, you don't want to go.

[Brian]

What are you eating?

[Dusty Slay]

Poultry. What kind?

[Brian]

What if you raise poultry?

[Dusty Slay]

If I did, you know, maybe, you know, we'll revisit this during that time.

[Brian]

It's a great answer.

[Dusty Slay]

If I, you know, if I had, you know. But I'm thinking about getting chickens. But I would just have chickens.

[Brian]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm just saying.

[Aaron Weber]

I never say. I never. When I'm at a restaurant, I never go, I'll have a soda. But I still agree with the idea of having a term soda.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

To encompass all the different ones.

[Dusty Slay]

But do you.

[Aaron Weber]

But I'm only really drinking Diet Coke.

[Dusty Slay]

But I call it all Coke. You got Cokes?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. So do I, too. But I'm trying to.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian]

But that's a regional thing.

[Dusty Slay]

A lady in McMinnville one time called them drinks. I overheard her. She goes, I don't drink drinks.

[Aaron Weber]

I actually like it. And I kind of know what you mean.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Yeah. I listened to the whole conversation. She was talking about Cokes.

[Aaron Weber]

No, I don't drink drinks.

[Dusty Slay]

But she goes, I don't drink drinks.

[Brian]

Well, all of this, obviously, is pretty related. Future Farmers of America. This is Future Farmers of America Week, where the. They celebrate future farmers.

[Dusty Slay]

Were you in ffa?

[Brian]

I was not. Were you now, Aaron?

[Aaron Weber]

No. I know nothing about it. Though I did go down a rabbit hole of watching the National. Is there a Nash. What is it? I guess tell us a little bit about it before.

[Brian]

Oh, I don't know a whole lot about what FFA started, like, 100 years ago.

[Aaron Weber]

But, like, what is it? Future Farmers of America?

[Brian]

Well, I just think about the chapters at local high schools where they wear the jackets. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

They're probably deploying. They're training people to learn farming things so that there will always be farmers.

[Brian]

Yeah. It promotes and supports agricultural education.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian]

Became a nationwide organization 1928.

[Dusty Slay]

I can't imagine it's that popular now. I guess it is, but I don't think people.

[Aaron Weber]

They have these Big national. That's why I went down a rabbit hole on Tick Tock randomly of them announcing the winners for the National FFA Convention. Look how nuts these kids go.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Vice president

[Dusty Slay]

from the state of Nebraska, Claire Whipple.

[Brian]

I bet Nebraska dominates.

[Aaron Weber]

I get fired up watching these kids. Who.

[Dusty Slay]

Who runs this? Bill Gates.

[Aaron Weber]

All right, all right. Sorry.

[Dusty Slay]

He's the largest farm on.

[Aaron Weber]

I know, I know.

[Brian]

That's really cool. You know, and Napoleon Dynamite. I think he was in ffa.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian]

Didn't he wear.

[Aaron Weber]

There's a great scene of. Yeah, well, he does like the milk tasting competition.

[Brian]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, Aaron, let me ask you.

[Dusty Slay]

That could have been 4h too.

[Brian]

You might have been. Right. Yeah. If. If you had to go undercover as a farmer.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian]

Or witness protection. Okay. Let's say that. And they were like, we give you. You can choose whatever type of farming you want to do. We'll give you a year, we'll train you, and then you got to go do that. What would you choose?

[Aaron Weber]

And to, like, run it.

[Brian]

You could be crops, it could be cattle, it could be dairy.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think anything would.

[Brian]

Dairy farms.

[Aaron Weber]

I think I wanna. I think I wanna do food.

[Brian]

Okay. You got specific.

[Aaron Weber]

I think I want to just get a big tractor and just ride around.

[Brian]

But you gotta, like, actually do it.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't, though.

[Dusty Slay]

Maybe you can raise. Maybe you can raise hay, but you gotta.

[Brian]

You gotta, like. You're undercover. You gotta make people think you're really a farmer.

[Aaron Weber]

But, like, I'm the type of farmer, I just kind of grow what I want and I don't have to listen to people like you.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

You already got the attitude, though.

[Brian]

I feel like you got the attitude, got the hat.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

What about you, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I think I would do cattle. I mean, my dad already raises cows, so I would know a little bit about it. Going in.

[Aaron Weber]

Black Angus cows, he raises them for. To eat. Does he have dairy?

[Dusty Slay]

He sells them.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

He doesn't have dairy, but he raises them and then goes.

[Aaron Weber]

Sells them and goes. I don't care. I'm not. I don't do anything. Whatever you want with them.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a good way to do it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Just, you know, he has enough cows and they have babies and he. And he goes and sells the babies when they're older. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you develop personal relationships with these cows at all, or do you just think of them as.

[Brian]

I mean, I probably would, because. But my friends and family who are real farmers. No.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. My dad's had to.

[Aaron Weber]

Because you have too many of them.

[Dusty Slay]

He's had to feed a few.

[Brian]

Know what they're. They're going to be killed, to be slaughtered eventually.

[Aaron Weber]

But you also care for them, and you do want them.

[Dusty Slay]

They don't all get sold, though, too. My dad has raised some with, like, a bottle. Like, if their mom rejects them or whatever. He's raised them with a bottle. And, like, they do have a bit of a bond. And he won't sell that one. You know, he'll keep that one. And then that one will be one

[Aaron Weber]

that you pick your favorites.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that one will be one that has babies, and, you know, he'll keep that one.

[Brian]

But, I mean, what does it end up just eventually dying?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, all things eventually.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean, eventually. Yeah, maybe you sell it eventually. I mean, the bond wears off.

[Brian]

I think you know what I meant. In his care. My grandfather was a farmer. My uncle was a farmer up until his 50s. And my dad farmed a little bit on the side. And then I've shared stories. I've helped in tobacco fields right. When I was little. I mean, I still help. My family still has cattle. It's so fun to go feed them. And. Yeah, there's something very relaxing about it.

[Aaron Weber]

Totally.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I'm into it.

[Brian]

Yeah. All right, good talk, guys. So that's the podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

You want me to disagree?

[Brian]

No, just maybe chime in, add something.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm reading some of the f. Well,

[Dusty Slay]

we appreciate what you're bringing to the podcast, and we just, you know, there's no need to, you know.

[Brian]

All right, let me share.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, I've talked to you about your tobacco farming, and I. I'm very interested in it.

[Brian]

Let me share. What farm?

[Aaron Weber]

I want less interesting farming.

[Brian]

This.

[Dusty Slay]

I want you to teach me to grow tobacco. Tell me about it so I can raise my own.

[Aaron Weber]

If you want to sing the FFA Fellowship song, I've got it in the 1952 manual right here. It's to the tune of Jingle Bells. FFA FFA Farmers all the way Farmers all the way Full of fun Everyone ready with a smile hey FFA FFA Forward all the while we are all good fellows now. Don't you like our style? All right, that probably. That was a hit in 1952.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, those kids were probably getting picked on in 1952.

[Brian]

All right, here's something you might be interested in, Aaron.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. We'll see.

[Brian]

Thousands of years ago that we had hunter gatherers, right? And then we have. We learned to grow crops. And then that's when people could start settling in one spot. And that's how cities and towns developed.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Brian]

So, okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, that's when we finally had the time to sit around and pursue interests and art and philosophy and all of these things, you know?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I mean, I. I think, you know, farming stuff and hunter gatherers have always existed, you know, kind of alongside of each other, but.

[Aaron Weber]

What?

[Brian]

Yeah, but obviously we've learned over time how to grow stuff, and I think

[Dusty Slay]

we get better at it. Yeah, sure.

[Brian]

Think about. I was thinking about this today. Milking a cow. Like, who's the first person that gave that a shot?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You need a bit about it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah. Oh, you do that. Yeah. On wet heat, but special.

[Aaron Weber]

You said you loved Brian.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but watch it. But, yeah, I mean, that. Well, that's kind of my thing I was talking about. It's like, you know, I don't know if I said this. I know I went through various iterations of the joke, but how many animals did you go through before you settled on cows?

[Aaron Weber]

You know, you tried a bunch. Yeah, but I think you see a calf drink out of there and you go, let me go ahead and.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but a lot of, like, cats are drinking out of their mom's milk.

[Aaron Weber]

They tried cat milk.

[Dusty Slay]

I bet they did. Dog's milk, you know, goat's milk is okay. Goat's milk's good. Yeah. Yeah, probably Sheep milk. Sheep, yeah, they're all clean animals. Goats, sheep, and cows.

[Aaron Weber]

What makes them clean?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, biblically clean, but what makes. They chew the cod and they have the. The. They have the split hoof. I think they chew the. Chewing the cud's a big thing because they have multiple stomachs. Filters it out. Okay, where's, like, a pig just eats anything?

[Aaron Weber]

Right, Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Anything. One stomach goes right in there.

[Aaron Weber]

Humans eat anything.

[Dusty Slay]

They say that we not clean animals. No. And they say, well, not for eating.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

And they say pigs are the closest to humans than any other animal.

[Aaron Weber]

I dissected a pig fetus in high school.

[Brian]

School.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And it. I gotta tell you, looked pretty human.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Just.

[Aaron Weber]

Just laying it out on the table, it was like. It was unsettling.

[Dusty Slay]

Even the pig eye is very human, like, and in the book Animal Farm, they, you know, they become. The pigs become pretty human, like.

[Brian]

So what is it about pigs that are so human?

[Aaron Weber]

Like, they just look like it.

[Brian]

Is that what you're meant?

[Dusty Slay]

Like, well, inwardly, like, their organs are very close to what human organs are.

[Aaron Weber]

This might not be pretty trying, but let me pull one up real quick. So don't don't look at me Searching.

[Dusty Slay]

And then the, in the movie. Oh, what was that movie? It's a old kind of southern movie, but they, they kill this guy and then they cook him in a stew. Fried Green Tomatoes was the name of the movie. And, you know, and then they serve the stew to people and it's that guy.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's what we dissected in high school.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It just looked like a baby.

[Dusty Slay]

Very close.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And so because they say, cannibals say,

[Aaron Weber]

all right, we won't put that in there.

[Dusty Slay]

That humans taste like pork.

[Aaron Weber]

Who says that?

[Dusty Slay]

Cannibals.

[Aaron Weber]

They ask. Yeah, I said it tastes like pork.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Sounds pretty good.

[Dusty Slay]

So, yeah, if you're ever in a cannibal situation, you'll probably have some pulled human sandwiches.

[Aaron Weber]

If we're. Dude, if I'm ever in a cannibal situation, I'm gone. I'm getting killed by Everybody. You think 100. I think I, you have to. You know what I mean?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Like, if the three of us, if the three.

[Dusty Slay]

Without taking shots at you, do you

[Aaron Weber]

think it's, it's not even taking a shot. Biological reality.

[Dusty Slay]

It's heavier people or more fit people that you want to.

[Aaron Weber]

No.

[Dusty Slay]

You think fit. The meat's too tough.

[Aaron Weber]

I think you want to look.

[Dusty Slay]

You think you want a guy. You think you want a guy that's been loafing around, learning how to use the Roku remote?

[Aaron Weber]

I think, I think you're just, I think if you're in the. That dire situation, you're going for volume.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. You're like, just don't eat his thumbs. That's, that's tough. You really want to go for the calves on this guy?

[Aaron Weber]

I got, I got unbelievable calves. Yeah.

[Brian]

So you're kind of guy we want to hang out with if we're around cannibals.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I'm saying, I'm going to be honest with you. If I think if I'm in that situation, I'm going to try to fast until food arrives.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I think that's everybody's first choice. No, I think I, I, we're not eating each other.

[Dusty Slay]

Day one, I think so. I think, I think Aaron's like, did someone die in this plane wreck?

[Brian]

I'm full, but I could go for a snack.

[Dusty Slay]

I think day one, I'm, I'm riding out for a while.

[Brian]

Yeah, dude, that's at least two or three days ago.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm, I think I'd like, I last longer than you.

[Dusty Slay]

You think 100. I don't think so what do you mean?

[Aaron Weber]

Because we're just talking about willpower.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But biologically, I can. I'll last longer than you.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh. Oh, okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I got. Because the. I got reserves.

[Dusty Slay]

Do we have coffee?

[Brian]

I think they would be like, all right, we got this body, and we got some bacon and dusty. Be like, give me the body.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm. I'm. I'm going. Not eating you.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay,

[Brian]

well, that's.

[Aaron Weber]

That's just such a funny. Yeah, like, obviously bold statement. We're gonna not eat until you're gonna die unless you eat something.

[Dusty Slay]

I think I'm dying.

[Aaron Weber]

You would just starve yourself to death.

[Dusty Slay]

I would. I would like to think so.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I'd try eating some leaves or something.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you ever watch Alone on Netflix? No. Great episode, Season nine. They're in rural. They're in the middle of nowhere.

[Dusty Slay]

Canada.

[Aaron Weber]

And there's one guy whose strategy was, let me just get as fat as possible before I go out there. That way I just don't have to eat.

[Dusty Slay]

That sounds like a terrible strategy.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean. Anyway, he almost won. He came in second place.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

And then he was just so hungry by the end of it, couldn't catch anything. He just cut tree bark off a tree and tried to make a soup out of it. He tried to make tree bark soup because there's, like, trace amounts of nutrients in the tree bark. He tried to make a soup out of it, and he took one spoonful and he was like, I'm done, dude. What am I doing? I'm eating wood. I'm eating wood soup. And they tapped out, and he lost.

[Brian]

So when the settlers came here. Plymouth rocks.

[Aaron Weber]

Tough to land a story on this podcast.

[Brian]

Yeah, I'm sorry. I was thinking about.

[Dusty Slay]

I understand.

[Brian]

My notes.

[Aaron Weber]

You got things to get to.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that. You watched nine seasons of that show.

[Aaron Weber]

No, no, I've only just seen season.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, okay.

[Brian]

I was thinking that, too.

[Aaron Weber]

I've seen plenty of shows. I've seen all nine seasons of it. But, yeah, this just season nine was

[Dusty Slay]

out on Netflix because what they say about fasting is that a lot of people think, all right, I'm going to be fasting tomorrow, so I'm going to eat a ton of food today. And they say that's the wrong strategy because you're expanding your stomach. It's really better to go into a fast by kind of eating less and less as you go along.

[Aaron Weber]

But we're not talking about a fast where I just don't eat for a day like this guy was going to. I'm Going to be in the cold and I'm not going to have any caloric intake for months. Potentially, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Are they allowed to catch food?

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah, they can, they can eat whatever they get.

[Dusty Slay]

What do they give? They give them supplies and stuff.

[Aaron Weber]

You get, I think 10 items you get to take with you.

[Dusty Slay]

So a lot of you near water.

[Aaron Weber]

You are near water.

[Dusty Slay]

What would you. I would, I would try to get fish in line in a hook.

[Aaron Weber]

They had some regulations about that, but yeah, everybody tried to fish. It was just a particularly hard area to catch fish. One guy built a boat and tried to go out there and catch fish that way.

[Dusty Slay]

Couldn't do it though.

[Aaron Weber]

He built the boat but he ended up getting pulled for medical, a medical check. They were like, you're dying. So they had to get him out of there.

[Dusty Slay]

That feels like.

[Aaron Weber]

I would love this show.

[Dusty Slay]

Feels like it's rigged. When you get pulled, you go, no, I'm not dying, don't pull me.

[Aaron Weber]

You would see this guy and go, they should have pulled him a long time. He looked brutal out there. Yeah. And they lose so much weight. That's why you're losing so much weight out there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

That the guy was like, if I just start at the highest, I got more weight to lose before it's a problem. Yeah, you know, it was a good strategy.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Who won though?

[Aaron Weber]

A different guy.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, a fitter guy, A guy pretty

[Aaron Weber]

good shape who killed a. Got a big game kill and then made jerky from it that lasted a long time.

[Dusty Slay]

How do you make jerk out in the wild?

[Aaron Weber]

He built the smokehouse out from scratch.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

You would love this show. I can't believe you haven't watched it.

[Brian]

How did he kill it?

[Aaron Weber]

Shot it with a weapon.

[Brian]

Oh, so they do have.

[Aaron Weber]

You get. You get a certain amount of items.

[Brian]

I see.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

If us three did it, who would be the most successful?

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, I guess Dusty.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, who knows? I mean, Brian's got some secret tobacco farming jeans.

[Aaron Weber]

That's true.

[Brian]

I think I'd be out after one

[Aaron Weber]

day, but yeah, I'd be out of there.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you gotta, you know, you gotta. I mean, I don't know. The cold is hard for me. Yeah, I'm. It's hard. I don't, I don't deal with a cold well. You know, I do talk a lot about what it would be like to be homeless and I have a bit of a strategy.

[Aaron Weber]

What's the strategy?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I think what I would try to do if I were homeless. What I would, I would, I would panhandle to get a hammer. And then I would go to the back of, like, Lowe's and Home Depot stores and I would collect pallets. And then I would take those into the woods, take the pallets apart with the hammer, then reuse the nails to build myself a bit of a clubhouse in the tree so I could get off the ground. That'd be the first strategy. So I had a good place to

[Brian]

sleep till the government finds it and tears it down.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, yeah, of course. That's why my next strategy that I've been creating would be kind of an underground Dig a thing out. You need a little shovel.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm just reading some more FFA chants. These are really good.

[Dusty Slay]

I bet they are.

[Aaron Weber]

Raspberries, huckleberries, turnips, squash. Future farmers. We are. By gosh, those are really good.

[Brian]

I love them.

[Aaron Weber]

Letter snow Any old day we're always happy we're full of pluck Future farmers. Letter buck.

[Brian]

I did not know where that was. I was, like, looking at the time, like, mark that.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm glad I finished that one full plot.

[Brian]

You know Tara Lee Coble.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Lipinski. The Season of Traders.

[Dusty Slay]

Cobble.

[Brian]

Cobble. She was on your podcast. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

With Connor Larson.

[Brian]

And.

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm just trying to plug him every two seconds, like you did.

[Brian]

She came to.

[Dusty Slay]

This guy was literally talking about Connor, and I go, he does a show with me. Ah, okay, here we go. Here we go. Oh, it's all about.

[Aaron Weber]

If you're listening, we're talking about Connor Larson, who's going to be with. With me in Minneapolis at the end of March.

[Brian]

What club?

[Aaron Weber]

At Sisyphus Brewing Company.

[Brian]

Tara who?

[Dusty Slay]

Tara Lee came to your show. Tlc.

[Brian]

She came to my show in Dallas. Didn't come to yours, but that's all right. I'm sure she was busy. Don't take a personal. But she was on your podcast. She said she fasted for 40 days.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Which is hard to fathom.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

And said that she was sad when it ended because she didn't want it to stop. Like, that's crazy.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, every facet I've done, I've never done one anywhere close to that.

[Aaron Weber]

What's the longest you've done?

[Dusty Slay]

Two and a half days.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. I mean, that's a fair amount of

[Dusty Slay]

thought, but the moment I eat, I go, I could have done longer. I should have done longer.

[Aaron Weber]

What do you usually break fast with?

[Dusty Slay]

I try to just do fruit.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, well, that's why.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you. You want to ease back into eating. I love fruit. I mean.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, I like Fruit too. But if you're breaking two and a half day fast, we ease into a sandwich or something.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that's, you know, you don't want to go right in.

[Aaron Weber]

I like to bite into a kiwi after two and a half days. I mean, get some, get some meat and cheese, brother.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you know, that comes eventually. You want to ease into it.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, about 40 days. Yeah, she said she did 40 days and then ate a pizza. Yeah, she said that was a bad move.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The whole pizza.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know.

[Brian]

Yeah, I. Look, last night after my show snowing, it was not easy to get to anywhere. I could have obviously done doordash or something in my hotel, but. But I'm like, I'm just not going to eat tonight. And so I ate before my show, like at 5 o'.

[Dusty Slay]

Clock.

[Brian]

Didn't eat. And I was hungry a little bit, but when I went to bed, I felt so much better, you know. And when I woke up this morning, I was no more hungry than I would have been if I ate a meal at midnight.

[Aaron Weber]

Right. So just the late night meal is always a mistake. But sometimes you're like, let's make a mistake.

[Brian]

You got adrenaline going after the show and you want to eat.

[Dusty Slay]

That's why I like cigars and I'm not even trying to. That is why I like them. Because after a show it's like I'm not gonna just go right to sleep and eating feels like the worst move.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, sometimes I like a late night diner with. With friends, other comics and stuff. That can be really fun.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

The meal though,

[Aaron Weber]

it's good.

[Dusty Slay]

You're eating.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You're not going in, getting a salad.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm going in there, I'm gonna wobble.

[Dusty Slay]

All star breakfast man bowl.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I'm good.

[Dusty Slay]

I think do hash brown bowls.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's real, real good.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Little hot sauce in there.

[Brian]

So when the first settlers came here, they didn't know how to grow a lot of the stuff. Native Americans taught them how to grow maize, which is corn and a maze.

[Dusty Slay]

Maze.

[Brian]

And they had a dusty. I think you like this. The Native Americans got a thing called three sisters. You ever heard this?

[Dusty Slay]

I think so.

[Brian]

But it's where you plant three types of crops all together and they all assist with the other one in helping.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian]

Grow.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

So they did climbing beans, which. Which, not exactly sure what that is, but they're would be like.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, beans that run up a trellis or something like that.

[Brian]

Yeah, they would, they would put it with maize. So you wouldn't need poles. They would just go up the stalks of the. Of the corn and then they would plant squash and that which is low on the ground, that would block the sunlight and help prevent weeds.

[Dusty Slay]

It was a little cut, a little cover crop. Yeah. And then you got. And then the beans also help fix the nitrogen, I think.

[Brian]

That's right. That's right. The beans fix the nitrogen.

[Aaron Weber]

They didn't call it nitrogen back then, I bet.

[Brian]

Oh, I don't know. But you're. You are correct.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Well, they all helped each other.

[Aaron Weber]

What did they think they were going to do when they came over?

[Brian]

The settlers, they had their own stuff, but they didn't know the, you know, the ground. The. I don't know.

[Dusty Slay]

I think the winner was a little harsh, too.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

What was the plan?

[Brian]

They planted barley and peas from England.

[Aaron Weber]

And they thought that was going to be enough to just do that?

[Brian]

Well, I don't know.

[Aaron Weber]

There's a whole society built on peas.

[Brian]

I mean, I think it was a little bit like.

[Dusty Slay]

I think things just got. Cattle farming.

[Aaron Weber]

Were they doing cattle farming?

[Brian]

Well, I was going to say the English sellers did, but Spanish brought cattle here. There were no cattle.

[Aaron Weber]

Horses.

[Dusty Slay]

I think they brought horses. Yeah.

[Brian]

So the Native Americans didn't have horses until a week till they showed us.

[Aaron Weber]

Horses are from Spain, I think. All American, all wild horses all came from Spain.

[Brian]

So basically all livestock. Because they said cattle and goats, all that came from Spain as well.

[Aaron Weber]

I guess so.

[Brian]

Huh. That's interesting. I just thought wild horses always been here. Native Americans rode around on them.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I mean, maybe the.

[Aaron Weber]

Not we, but yeah, the. The. They got brought over.

[Brian]

I'm probably glad we showed up then.

[Dusty Slay]

They could have came over earlier, like, you know, South America, Mexico, something like that. And they've had. And so they worked their way in here that way. I don't know. I don't know the dates, but that is what they say. The Spanish brought over the horses.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Spanish were the original cowboys.

[Brian]

Yeah. So then in the 19, early 1900s, so they used to do plowing by literally, you know, putting a plow behind a oxen or a horse or something like that. Then they started building machinery and then John Deere invented a tractor that changed the game. You ever had a John Deere tractor?

[Aaron Weber]

No. My dream is to have a yard big enough where I can justify it, but I've ridden on a John Deere.

[Brian]

What kind of mower you got?

[Aaron Weber]

I have. I have a battery operated.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, I forgot about this lawnmower. Oh, I wanted to talk about this, by the way.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, God.

[Dusty Slay]

Because everybody was commenting. Do we call them battery operated cars? Electric cars. And this is what I think. And I don't know what your lawnmower is, but when I have a battery. When I have a Ryobi. Yeah. When I have a battery operated drill, it's a battery that I remove and then put into a charger, which is why I call it battery operated. When it's electric, I feel like you charge it right in like a car. You don't take the battery out and charge the battery. You plug the car.

[Aaron Weber]

I take the battery out of this long.

[Dusty Slay]

So that's what I think. The difference. Battery powered means you charge the battery and plug it in. Electric is that. That thing goes right into the outlet. Okay, that's what I thought.

[Brian]

That is interesting. I mean, the vast majority of the comments were blasting me for saying, you know, they're like, oh, so you think electric cars, you know, just run around on plugs and. And I'll just say if you're still posting that comment seven days later. Yeah. Into the 1000th, then that's on you.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but that's. That's my distinction.

[Brian]

I. I've never had a electric lawnmower, but I have had a. A weed eater that had a cord and I've also had a weed eater that had a battery that you hung up on the wall and plugged and charged it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

So I guess I just saw that. That is the distinction.

[Dusty Slay]

I feel like if you take the battery out of the thing and charge it separately, then it's battery powered.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

If you plug it in like an electric car, it's electric.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

That's my distinction. It doesn't matter. No, it doesn't matter.

[Brian]

No. So have you ever had a tractor, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I have a zero turn. I do have a John Deere zero turn. And. But I. Which I don't think a zero turn counts as a tractor because I think a tractor means the engine has to be in front of. But I have driven tractors. My dad has tractors. John Deere, Massey Ferguson, Kubota.

[Brian]

Those are the top three sellers.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

John Deere, 50% of all tractors.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Kubota second. Massey Ferguson third.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

I feel like when I grew up, it was Massey Ferguson's the most red.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. My dad's first tractor was a massive Ferguson.

[Brian]

Yeah.

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[Brian]

So farms are decreasing across the United States.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, they're there. Yeah. I mean, they're targeted for sure and run out of business. And now they're becoming data centers.

[Brian]

But is that why Bill Gates is buying all the farmland?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that's some. Also, I think he makes McDonald's fries. I think he grows the potatoes that make McDonald's.

[Aaron Weber]

That is true.

[Dusty Slay]

And probably they want these data centers, which is why you don't hear a lot of talk about climate change these days.

[Aaron Weber]

We're here for fun right from the start. This future farmer gang. Just laugh and sing with all your heart. Put over with a bang.

[Brian]

That's pretty good.

[Aaron Weber]

Thanks, man.

[Brian]

So do they have.

[Aaron Weber]

It's called Fun Song

[Dusty Slay]

and it was

[Aaron Weber]

to the tune of Auld Lang Sign.

[Brian]

Yeah. Do they have any songs that are not to the tune of another?

[Aaron Weber]

Well, those are the only ones I'm singing because I don't know how to sing. You know Hail the ffa. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know the rhythm of that one.

[Brian]

Well, just give it a shot.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, try it.

[Aaron Weber]

Sing. Oh. Sing a song of action. Sing the song of ffa oh, hail the future, farmers. Okay.

[Brian]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

I could listen to it all day.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I'd like to hear you take a stab at some of these. Let's see.

[Brian]

Aaron, have you ever thought about why baseball's the farm system?

[Dusty Slay]

Hail, hail, the gang's all here Never mind the weather Here we are, we here, we get together Hail, hail, the gang's all here let's let the meeting start right now. Let the meeting start right now, guys. Hail, hail, York.

[Brian]

You can rap.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

What song is that?

[Aaron Weber]

What was that called?

[Dusty Slay]

That one's called Hail, hail, the Gang's All Here. Title is Almost as long as the song is Hail, hail, the Gang's all here. Never mind the weather Here we get together Hail, hail, the gang's all here Let the meeting start right now.

[Brian]

I didn't rhyme.

[Aaron Weber]

No, you don't need to rhyme. We're starting the meeting.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, the gang's all here.

[Aaron Weber]

Why is it called the farm system? Because they're cultivating and growing players.

[Brian]

That's right.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Never really thought about it.

[Aaron Weber]

It's kind of fun.

[Brian]

Did you ever play farmville?

[Aaron Weber]

I never played farmville. I remember when that was. That was. Everybody was playing it. Were you into it?

[Brian]

No.

[Aaron Weber]

You sure? I mean, you were right in the sweet spot.

[Brian]

Was I?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, like 40.

[Dusty Slay]

I know you weren't sending out requests for people to.

[Brian]

I. I stopped after Atari. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh.

[Dusty Slay]

I never played farmville either, But I did get a lot of requests for people. Oh. Oh, give me a home I don't know how this goes. Home on the range Home, home on

[Aaron Weber]

the range where the deer and the

[Dusty Slay]

antelope play oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam where the deer and the ant are. Hello.

[Aaron Weber]

That's just old Home On. That's just the actual.

[Dusty Slay]

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word. That's definitely not this podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

How do you not know the tuna?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't have no idea.

[Aaron Weber]

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word

[Dusty Slay]

and the sky and the skies are not cloudy all day Home, home on the range yeah, man. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Great song.

[Dusty Slay]

The more we. This a nursery rhyme? More we get together Together we get together the happier we'll be for your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends the more we get together the happier we'll be all right, that's enough. But we could maybe get some royalties from, you know, doing children songs.

[Aaron Weber]

Maybe. Should we do our own Miss Rachel type video?

[Dusty Slay]

Yes. Yeah. Mr. Rick.

[Aaron Weber]

Hi, friends.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Farm Aid was a concert that was started.

[Dusty Slay]

Willie Nelson.

[Brian]

Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil young benefited farmers. 80,000 people at the first one.

[Aaron Weber]

Where was it?

[Brian]

Champaign, Illinois. Champaign Memorial Stadium. They raised $9 million. And the founders originally thought they had solved the problem of farmers.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, they were like, we're good now.

[Brian]

Yeah, we're good. And they later admitted, like, we underestimated just how big of a problem it is, these farmers, you know, keeping their farms. So now they do it. This is the 40th year coming up.

[Dusty Slay]

That's why I really think that we all. We all should be able to live under some system where we all have our own little farm.

[Brian]

Farms.

[Dusty Slay]

We all kind of raise their own food for our families, and we don't have to pay property tax, and we all raise our own little family farms. And then some big farmer like that is not responsible to raise all of our.

[Aaron Weber]

Who gives you the small family farm?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I mean, you got to get it.

[Brian]

Well, he said, let's start all over, so blow it up.

[Dusty Slay]

But even if you rent, you know, I'm like, you. You grow in your. In your yard instead of just having a lawn. And that's what I've always said. Instead of having all these ornamental trees, fruit trees.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian]

When the first sellers came here, everybody grew their own food. They had to.

[Dusty Slay]

Yes.

[Brian]

What else? How else could you eat?

[Dusty Slay]

And then if you do the three sisters like he's talking about, then, you know, you're.

[Brian]

If you're just tuning in. That was a reference to planning that I mentioned earlier in the show.

[Aaron Weber]

You're like, what was Brian talking about?

[Dusty Slay]

Come on, guys.

[Brian]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, it seems like it's a good time for Dusty Slay's top five country songs.

[Dusty Slay]

You know what?

[Aaron Weber]

I actually have this.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I did put a list together, but I didn't. I should have looked at it again today. I didn't. I don't. I. I did put a. A list together. I want you to think that I didn't, but I. I should have listened to it on the way here.

[Aaron Weber]

I'd like to hear it.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, so this is what I'm gonna do. I got. I got. What is this? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. I got nine songs.

[Aaron Weber]

Why don't we do top five?

[Dusty Slay]

We're gon five. Okay, so I'm gonna go there. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna start number five. I'm gonna go down on the farm by Tim McGraw.

[Brian]

I heard it on the radio today.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Not actually about farming, just about partying on the farm.

[Aaron Weber]

What station do you listen to?

[Brian]

I listen to 106.7. They play 90s country.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian]

And I love it.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian]

You know that song?

[Aaron Weber]

No.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, so that's number five. That's a good song. And then I'm gonna go number four. Good Directions by Billy Currington. Not actually about farming, but as a res. The. The song is a result of the farming they had done. He was selling turnips on a flatbed truck, so had they not grown the turnips.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

None of this would have taken place.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

There's no way he's getting the girl in that song, by the way.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, it's hard to say, but. Yeah. All right, Number three, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go. Poor Old Dirt Farmer by Levon Helm.

[Aaron Weber]

Sounds like a hoot.

[Dusty Slay]

That's a good one. That's a good one. Well, these are songs about farm.

[Aaron Weber]

Is that like a dance song?

[Brian]

But that's not country, is it?

[Dusty Slay]

Levon Helm. I mean, the band. I mean, it's debatable if it's country, but I. I gotta. I mean, if you hear the song, you go, this is a country song. And then I'm gonna go number two. The Boy who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Allison Krause and Union Station.

[Brian]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Very good. Bluegrassy of a tune.

[Aaron Weber]

Dan Taminsky.

[Dusty Slay]

And then I'm gonna go number one. Disappearing Farmer by John Anderson.

[Brian]

Okay. I don't know.

[Aaron Weber]

What is that one about?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, it's about his, you know, family farm being lost to the government.

[Aaron Weber]

Did it Farm Aid, 1986.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. About his family's farm going away.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Losing it to the government, probably to taxes.

[Brian]

What about honorable mention? High Cotton by Alabama.

[Dusty Slay]

That's a good one.

[Brian]

You know, I find it very interesting growing up. You guys grew up in Alabama. I grew up here in middle Tennessee. Cotton is such a big product down in Alabama. And if I drive down I65, I see Cotton fields all over. There's none here in middle Tennessee. I think west Tennessee has some cotton fields, but none here that. That I know of in middle Tennessee. And tobacco is almost the opposite. Growing up, right. Tobacco everywhere here. I don't think.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think I remember seeing tobacco anywhere, but I did see cotton everywhere growing up.

[Brian]

Yeah. That's very interesting.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Maybe it's the type of soil, especially topography. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Especially where my dad lives like we were way out in the country. We ride our four wheelers down these back roads. I mean, it'd just be cotton. Cotton fields. And right when you. And it. The way the wind would blow them and they had. You could see the little white of the cotton in there. It would almost look like a pond, but like a pond with a glistening sun.

[Brian]

Now it's pretty poetic.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that is nice. It would look.

[Aaron Weber]

Is that from a song?

[Dusty Slay]

No, I would just notice that myself.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Back when there was no social media and I just had to be out there living my life.

[Aaron Weber]

You're writing poetry and stuff?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I did write a little poetry. Yeah.

[Brian]

Aaron, would you mind Googling how you win these awards?

[Aaron Weber]

How do you win what?

[Brian]

These FFA Awards.

[Aaron Weber]

FFA Poultry Award.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

That's the thing about being bored that we're all missing. Now we're not bored because we're able to stare at our phones like you're talking about. I love my phone. I like standing in line at the grocery store. I get to look at my phone. But before that, you were bored, so you were thinking you. I used to carry a notepad, and I would write stuff down, and I was always, always writing my thoughts down. You're getting bored. You're drawing pictures. You're being creative.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Before I started comedy, I was searching for creative outlets. I would write poems. But now it's all just trying to write a joke. My whole life's trying to write a joke.

[Brian]

Yeah, but because of your phone, you don't even free your mind up to do that, right?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian]

I mean, I often write jokes when I'm in the shower or doing something like. Like mowing the yard or something where it forces your brain to just, you know, think about something else.

[Aaron Weber]

So to win the. The poultry award involves. They test your skills in USDA standards for egg and meat grading as well as carcass evaluation.

[Brian]

Carcass.

[Dusty Slay]

Dead.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. You're looking at dead birds and evaluating

[Dusty Slay]

them and drinking the milk, going like Napoleon Dynamite. Going. This. This cow got into an onion patch.

[Aaron Weber]

You know that there in that. In the movie. You remember the. The guy, the old redneck guy.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And he, like, they just. That was not scripted. They just let the cameras run and the guy was talking. Is that great?

[Brian]

That is great. Found a couple of Shashani arrowheads.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. He said, down by the creek.

[Brian]

Yeah, yeah. And that was just them letting it roll. And should we do this one, too?

[Aaron Weber]

We've got these little pins here, and this one is for small grain. Small grain award for the ffa. So somebody worked really hard for these. This is from the Illinois foundation, the Illinois ffa. So somebody worked hard for this.

[Brian]

Are your kids in ffa? No, but they have it at their school in Wilson County. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Program at the school. Yeah.

[Brian]

They have livestock at Wilson Central High School.

[Dusty Slay]

What about the hoe ffa? Can you look that up?

[Aaron Weber]

The Hoffa. H O W E. Well, I think how.

[Dusty Slay]

Doesn't have an E at the end. Maybe it's H A. I mean, Steve Howe.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's HO Texas. Texas. And they're still. They're still active.

[Brian]

Look at that.

[Dusty Slay]

That girl's got her a pig.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right. They're still whipping that pig.

[Brian]

Would you ever. If you were a farmer, would you ever raise pigs?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I think you can. Like, pigs are like, good for, like. If you got like, scraps and stuff you can throw out to the pig and they can. But I don't. I don't think so.

[Aaron Weber]

You'd have one as a pet.

[Brian]

No, but you would never. I'm not saying you would eat it, but you would never raise them to sell.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, I guess you could do that. I mean, my grandfather was a picture big farmer.

[Brian]

I guess I'm getting that. Would you feel morally wrong to do that since you don't eat pork?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, probably so.

[Brian]

Yeah. But tobacco, that's fine.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't. Yeah. I don't have any moral problems with tobacco.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, cigarettes are trash. It's clean, but. Cigarettes are trash.

[Aaron Weber]

But clean crop.

[Dusty Slay]

But tobacco itself is clean crop. It's okay. Yeah.

[Brian]

Yeah. All right. It. We did it.

[Aaron Weber]

That's it. We learned a lot.

[Dusty Slay]

But do listen to those songs, though. Yeah, those are really good country songs.

[Brian]

Go check out forgetting one.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, can I give you the others on my list? I had Country Trash by Johnny Cash, Cowpoke by Colter Wall, where the Green Grass grows by Tim McGraw, and old hippie by the Bellamy Brothers. He just talks about. I'm. He. He's gardening. He's got a little gardening by the fence. Old Hippie is one of my favorite, and I really relate to that guy. And he says he's consuming what he's growing nowadays in self defense. He's an old hippie and he don't know what to do. There's more singing on this.

[Aaron Weber]

Hail the ffa.

[Brian]

All right, all right. Is that it?

[Dusty Slay]

That's it, guys.

[Brian]

All right, this. I'm off this week, so I think my next public shows are March 19th through 22nd.

[Aaron Weber]

Awesome.

[Brian]

I'm on the road with Johnny W. And Ed Wiley. Johnny's got a little tour he's doing. So we're in three different locations in Florida and one in Gadson, Alabama.

[Aaron Weber]

Awesome.

[Dusty Slay]

So, okay, well, I'll be in Poughkeepsie this weekend in Albany, New York. And then next weekend I'll be in Billings and Butte, Montana. So check those out.

[Aaron Weber]

Beautiful.

[Brian]

Nice.

[Aaron Weber]

March 5th through 7th, Edmonton, Alberta at the Comic Strip. Come out and see me. And then the following week, a great club comedy off Broadway in Lexington, Kentucky. That's how I'm going to start off March. So coming out and see. This is Aaron Weber, by the way. Coming out and see me.

[Brian]

All right, so last week we were talking about the Olympics. We asked people to submit what would be your everyday Olympic sport. And here's one of the responses. Public figures.

[Aaron Weber]

My name is Mags.

[Dusty Slay]

You guys, I love you so much.

[Brian]

Breakfast.

[Dusty Slay]

You are so funny and so endearing.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, thank you, Sharon.

[Dusty Slay]

Also hilarious and you have such a great laugh.

[Aaron Weber]

Thank you.

[Dusty Slay]

And of course, Dusty. Absolutely hilarious.

[Aaron Weber]

And we're totally on the same page about everything.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, so everyday Olympics for everyday people.

[Aaron Weber]

This is what I propose. It has to do with driving.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, so everyday things that everybody should know how to do, but you should know how to, to do it well.

[Aaron Weber]

So one would be like a zipper merge.

[Dusty Slay]

Another would be three way turn without getting in everybody else's lane.

[Aaron Weber]

And even things like the proper wave

[Dusty Slay]

when somebody lets you in.

[Brian]

Love you guys so much.

[Aaron Weber]

That should be. Yeah, we should just, I mean, integrate all that into like the driver test. Yeah, we don't need to make this an Olympic.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, this lady gets it and I appreciate it. I got, I say more and more of these videos because I, I think you guys will finally go, oh, maybe Dusty is on to something here.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I think we're making sure Dusty sees more of them just to keep them engaged. Yeah, you know, you got to feed, you got to feed the beast every

[Brian]

now and then to submit them. How do you submit these? It'll be in the link will be in the episode.

[Dusty Slay]

Description.

[Brian]

Description.

[Aaron Weber]

I told a zipper merge, you're supposed to get all the way to the end. That's the most, the most efficient way to merge. You don't, you don't merge until you get to the very end of it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, exactly. People like, there's a hundred yards of lane and they're like, I gotta get in right now.

[Aaron Weber]

All the way to the end.

[Dusty Slay]

Fill the lanes.

[Aaron Weber]

Right, right.

[Dusty Slay]

Fill the lanes, people.

[Brian]

So the description on YouTube I would say when the episode comes out, there'll be a link in the show description. If you have a great story about your local FFA chapter or an experience or a farming story. Yeah. Don't email them to me. That's what I'm getting at.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian]

All right. That is the show. Thank you very much everybody. And we're having a good time.

[Dusty Slay]

Boom.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

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