6th Annual YBR Spelling Bee 🎙 #379

Summary

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You Betcha Radio – 6th Annual YBR Spelling Bee 🎙 #379

May 27, 2026

Main Theme

This episode marks the 6th annual You Betcha Radio Spelling Bee, a comedic tradition where Myles (the You Betcha Guy), Ryan, Tyler, and Jerrod compete for Midwestern spelling supremacy. The bee doubles as a symbolic sendoff to their departing podcast studio, blending Midwest nostalgia, job site humor, and trademark banter with fierce but playful competition.

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Episode Breakdown

1. Podcast Studio Farewell & Business Updates

[00:00 - 07:13]

• Armrest Fiasco: The episode kicks off in classic “You Betcha” slapstick style with Myles’s chair armrest breaking mid-intro. The crew uses duct tape in true Midwest handyman spirit, joking about repairs and the “duct tape gods.”
  • Memorable moment: “My armrest just broke. Do we have any tape? … The bolt busted off!” – Myles [00:13]
• Big Changes: Team discusses scaled-back merchandise operations, decision to sell their office/warehouse, and a new focus on long-form content and YouTube.
  • Quote: “The merchandise is what helped us get to where we are today—forever grateful for everyone who did buy it.” – Myles [04:00]
  • Nostalgic reflection: “It’s the end of a little bit of an era.”
• Shifting Spaces & Dynamics:
  • The last episode in the old studio. Banter about how moving offices is like a “new haircut” (or a mustache).
  • Funny visual: Tyler as the “Deal or No Deal” banker if seat arrangements change.

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2. Workplace Archetypes: Wise Lazy Guys & Lovable Idiots

[08:13 - 18:03]

• Job Site Stereotypes:
  • Every crew has a “not-so-smart but hard-working guy” and a “lazy but super-talented guy.”
  • “The lazy talented guy is also like a puppet master to the hard working dude—manipulates him into doing all the hard work.” – Ryan [09:04]
• Relatable Analogies:
  • Puppy and Cat Parallel: The well-intentioned, clumsy hard worker is a “puppy,” while the smart/lazy one is a “cat.”
  • Discussion about promotion: hard-working smart guys never want to be the boss—often “the guy everyone goes to, but not in charge.”
  • Quote: “The rest of the crew is dumb and lazy.” [13:56]
• Job Security & Firing:
  • In the current labor market, “you have to work really hard to get fired from a blue-collar job”—attendance alone keeps you safe. [14:20]
• Wild Local Story: Construction crew fight in Fargo leading to a worker getting shot (in the hand), sparking speculation and dark humor.

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3. Highway Construction Jobs & Everyday Philosophy

[18:03 - 23:44]

• Ideal Midwest Gigs:
  • Admiration for the “flag guy” and “pace car” driver on road work—good money, easy gig, all-day podcast listening.
    • “That might be the best gig in construction—the pace car on a one-way road!” – Myles [19:26]
• Mileage Reimbursements:
  • Break down mileage rates—realizing the profit potential when using one’s own car versus renting.
    • “I gotta start submitting mileage!” – Tyler [23:02]
    • Tangent about life's “wear and tear,” “tear-free shampoo,” and dumb things learned embarrassingly late.

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4. Parenting Hacks & Midwest Traditions

[26:08 - 36:32]

• Easy Buttons of Parenting:
  • From “team shampooing” kids to keeping them busy with ‘helping’ tasks in the garage.
    • “Parenting is just finding the easy button as fast as you can.” – Myles [27:48]
  • Gamifying chores, pitting siblings against each other, and the magic of “cheers” to get kids to eat/drink.
• Adult Analogies:
  • Overdoing toasts at group gatherings is compared to “cheers chains” at funerals.
  • Midwest church “sign of peace”—everyone tries to avoid shaking hands with the kid with the sweatiest palm.
    • “I just remember, like, being like, all right, Ryan. His hands are clammy.” – Myles [35:42]
  • “Wiping your hand on your pants after a handshake is so offensive.” [36:10]

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5. The 6th Annual You Betcha Spelling Bee

[39:06 - 77:48]

• Spelling Bee Format and History [39:17 - 42:29]:

  • Triple elimination this year (three strikes).
  • 3 categories: Easy (1 point), Medium (2), Hard (3); word difficulty sorted by ChatGPT.
  • Recent spelling bee history: Tyler and Ryan battled for past “yellow jacket” honors; Myles seeks redemption.

• **Easy Words Round [44:59 - 56:06]

  • Funny nerves (“I get more nervous for this than talking to 1,000 people!” – Myles [45:34])
  • Standout moments:
    • Cemetery trips up Ryan (“C-e-m-e-t-a-r-y”—Incorrect, should be “-e-t-e-r-y”) [48:33]
    • Tyler gets “nauseous” and corrects himself mid-spell. [52:52]
    • Myles stumbles on “cocoon,” revealing Hungry Little Caterpillar has not paid off. [54:34]

• Medium Words Round [56:46 - 71:16]

  • Words like “receipt,” “necessary” and “ambiguous” challenge the group.
  • Tyler misses “receipt” on a classic I-before-E error.
  • Myles reverses his pattern and spells “sherbet” right after nearly folding.
  • Beige, disappear, ambiguous, and embarrass create tense, funny moments—every extra “r” and silent letter causing sweat.

• Hard Words Round & Conclusion [72:14 - 77:48]

  • Only Myles (one strike) and Tyler (two) remain.

  • Tyler exits on “silhouette” (adds an extra “l”).

  • Myles clinches the win—fails his “victory lap” word (“diarrhea”), but already locked the yellow jacket.

    Champion’s Speech:
    “When you’re in the valley, you just don’t know if there’s ever going to be a peak again. … It wasn’t pretty, but it was enough to get the job done. … Sometimes it’s about the luck of the draw—that’s what life’s all about.” – Myles [76:18]

  • Jokes about getting a real yellow jacket, putting on “Stanley Cup style” patches for each year.

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6. Listener Questions & Midwest Life Hacks

[84:00 – 91:34]

• Best Way to Cut a Frozen Pizza:
  • Consensus that squares are elite for thin crust, triangles for home baked.
  • “Having a pizza on a pontoon cut in squares is about as peak as you can get.” – Myles [84:52]
  • Table saw jokes about slicing frozen pizza.
• Negotiating for a Used Camper:
  • Recommendation to offer $7,500 cash when buying a used camper listed at 10k (down from 13.5k), and go on a Friday so the seller heads into the weekend cash-happy.
  • “Let him sweat it out for a day. … He needs it gone, let him sweat.” – Tyler [89:44]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “It’s just like a parade for you—waving all day as the pace car guy.” – Myles [19:42]
• “Shooters shoot, you’re gonna miss a couple times.” – Tyler, on past podcast blunders [26:08]
• “I think if I’m choosing more than three glasses individually [to cheers], I’m doing it wrong.” – Myles [33:48]
• “Do the points matter? Do they not matter? I think that we need… feel like it’s pretty good.” – Myles [79:10] (classic Midwestern indecision)
• Bee fact: “The average worker bee lives just five to six weeks. In that time, she’ll produce a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey.” – Jerrod [83:03]

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Segment Timestamps

• Farewell & Merchandise Update: 00:00 – 07:13
• Jobsite Characters & Workplace Humor: 08:13 – 18:03
• Construction, Mileage, and Life Philosophy: 18:03 – 23:44
• Parenting Tricks & Midwest Manners: 26:08 – 36:32
• Spelling Bee Introduction & Housekeeping: 39:06 – 44:26
• Easy Words Round: 44:59 – 56:06
• Medium Words Round: 56:46 – 71:16
• Hard Words & Winner’s Speech: 72:14 – 77:48
• Frozen Pizza & Midwest Life Questions: 84:00 – 91:34

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Episode Vibe & Takeaway

Playful, self-roasting, and warm—You Betcha Radio’s 6th annual spelling bee wraps the end of an era with plenty of laughs, real Midwest worksite wisdom, parenting hacks, small-town analogies, and endearing banter. The bee, as always, is both a competition and celebration of the “regular guy” Midwest life: humorous, hard-working, and humble in victory and defeat.

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Planning for Next Year

• Consider point system tweaks.
• Add more “pageantry”—WWE-style intros & a jingle.
• Get a real yellow jacket with winner patches “Stanley Cup” style.

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You Betcha!

Transcript

[A]

All right, back to it. Welcome back, everybody, to another episode. You bet.

[B]

What?

[C]

Oh, no,

[A]

you cannot make that up.

[B]

What a swan song for that chair.

[A]

My armrest just broke. Do we have any tape? Do we have any tape?

[D]

Oh, we got plenty to take. What are you looking for?

[A]

The bolt busted off. Go grab me. Go grab some tape right quick.

[D]

Oh, dude.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Boom. Right here.

[A]

Here we go. Welcome back, everybody, to another episode of you Bet. Your radio podcast. My chair armrest just broke off. Just.

[B]

What are the odds?

[A]

You can't make that up. And, and it was loose. I knew it was loose, but I actually before this was trying to, like, tighten it oj and then now it just broke.

[D]

The juice is loose.

[B]

Ah, yeah, I didn't get it right away either.

[D]

Come on, you guys.

[C]

I was not wearing any black gloves.

[B]

I mean, he's not.

[A]

Look at this. Duct tape. God damn.

[D]

I know. I don't know who did.

[B]

Jared.

[C]

That was me. I, I, I don't know how to tear.

[A]

Oh, God, no.

[D]

It's just like you tear a fruit snack. Fruit snack wrap.

[C]

But I always get like the hairline piece of tape when I tear.

[D]

You gotta go do it. You gotta do it quick.

[A]

Oh, my God, I'm losing it.

[D]

My anxiety is through the roof right now, watching.

[A]

Here, take that. We're gonna go like this.

[D]

Oh, Want that look like I look like a little throwing that.

[B]

Yeah, that was bad.

[D]

I didn't want to hit the lamp, though. God. Can you give me that back?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

All right, just give me a sec here.

[C]

Worst throw.

[D]

Worst throw.

[A]

Better form, though.

[C]

Yeah. Nice job.

[B]

Bile live on the.

[A]

Oh, my God. Ran out of tape. This is. No, this is disastrous.

[B]

You still have half of it left because of the way Jared ripped it. Good job, Jared.

[C]

Yeah, blessing in disguise. I meant to do that.

[B]

Miles got like two times around it with a half shredded piece of tape.

[A]

All right, that's fine. It's on. It's on. My arm is secured. Son of.

[D]

Your arm is comfy.

[B]

Good enough.

[D]

All right, now we can get after it.

[A]

Well, welcome back, everybody. This was similar, but less exciting than when Ryan caught that delicious bass to start off the episode in the ice castle.

[B]

Yeah, this is like the mild version of that.

[A]

Yeah, less exciting, more of a disaster. But armrest is secured.

[C]

That's good.

[A]

And actually, this is a great point. I might be in the market for a new podcast chair.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

And it actually is good timing because this is gonna be our last podcast in this podcast studio.

[B]

Yes, it is.

[A]

We talked about this on Patreon last Week. But we've had some people wondering about all the stuff being sold out on our website. And we do have some items that are still for sale.

[D]

We do, Ryan.

[A]

Couple hats, couple flags, flag, some hats. We. You also can go to our website and like watch our YouTube videos and stuff on there.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

I think we got podcast links on there.

[B]

We do.

[A]

Website wise. But we decided that we're just going to. We're gonna see what happens with the merchandise. We have dialed it back and we're not really making any more new merch right now. And so that being said, we have this office with a warehouse and when you aren't producing T shirts and hats anymore, you don't really need a warehouse anymore. And so it just made sense to sell the building and. And move into something that we need. And so that's what we're doing. And end of a little bit of an era.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Putting so much. We used to. I mean, the merchandise is what helped us get to where we are today. And I was telling the patrons that it's almost like that was our seed money.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

To get where we are. And forever grateful for everyone who did buy the merchandise. And maybe we'll bring it back someday. It's not a. This thing is completely shut down. You never know what it looks like in the future.

[B]

But we're not out until Ryan changes his name.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, he's not leaving.

[B]

I'm not chipping a chair.

[D]

I'm not leaving.

[A]

So, yeah, it's. If you got some. You bet your merch. You know, it's. Hey, we're not making any more as of right now. There. There may be a day we bring it back. But, you know, we just being able to like focus on podcasting. Focus on our YouTube page, which shout out to our YouTube page. We've started doing long form content on there again. So you gotta go check that out.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Got some new fire videos on there. Quite literally proud of.

[B]

Yeah. Literally one features fire.

[A]

It does. And so, yeah, it's basically just like it was. It was consuming a lot of time, not as lucrative as it used to be. And so it was like strictly a business decision. We liked making merchandise, but it's just at the end of the day, we'd like to focus more on content. And if there's an opportunity to do Merchise again, we still got the website, we still got the listings, we still got it going.

[D]

We still got stuff for sale.

[A]

We do. Yeah. We gotta get rid of these hats and flags.

[D]

Yeah. We do it just like the Tongs.

[C]

But yeah.

[A]

So we're moving offices and be like, a new haircut. What?

[B]

The new. Moving to a new office. Yeah. It's like changing your hairstyle. Maybe getting a mustache. Kind of what it's like.

[D]

Exactly.

[A]

So next podcast, the studio may look different. We may have Tyler moving front over here. I don't know. We'll see.

[B]

So I think you should put me behind you guys.

[A]

And honestly, that would be nice. Kind of like a. A Dale and Brennan situation on Step Brothers when they're interviewing together. You could poke your head out when you want to weigh in.

[B]

Yeah. When you guys piss me off, I can flip you off.

[D]

Yeah, that's my. That's what I'm worried about.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Or we could do, like, deal or no Deal where Tyler's like a black shadow.

[A]

He has, like, a black.

[B]

I'm the dealer. Yeah.

[A]

You have to call in every time you want to weigh in.

[D]

Decline calling in with a deal.

[A]

Hello, Tyler. And then I have to relay to you guys what he's saying.

[C]

Yeah. His vasectomy is going well.

[A]

Yeah. He wants to wait. He's telling me that he wants to weigh in on this office change. He says, okay, so it's like a new haircut. Great podcasting. So, yeah, we're. We'll. We'll see what happens. We're. We're fluid, like water. We're just going with the flow here.

[C]

I like that.

[A]

So new beginnings. But. And what's funny is, is this last podcast in this studio, no better way to go out than with the spelling bee. Oh, yeah.

[C]

Oh.

[A]

The Bang six annual spelling bees. This episode, which is coming up at the end of the episode. What a way to end it. What a way.

[C]

Fireworks.

[A]

Wouldn't want to have it any other way to be perfect for some guy to be putting on the yellow jacket. The end of this. Who's got it? Who does have it?

[C]

Tyler.

[A]

Tyler.

[B]

Yeah. Good for me.

[A]

It's why he wore it today.

[B]

Yep.

[D]

That makes sense.

[A]

Also, Savannah Bananas totally stole our bit. The guy. The tux guy wearing the yellow jacket. Total stolen valor from spelling be.

[B]

We inspired that entire league.

[A]

Yes, we did.

[C]

He saw Yellow Jacket. He's like, I need to do that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I need a vehicle. I need a reason to wear the yellow jacket. Not one guy played baseball.

[D]

He was eating a banana while he was on his way to beer. League softball, I think.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He thought of you, and he's like, hm. Goofy Baseball league.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

That's kind of our housekeeping items. Literally keeping my house in order here. But something before we get into spine. Be something I was gonna. That I noticed is every job site has a guy who's not so smart, but he's a really hard worker. And, and a guy who is really smart, really talented at his job, but he's super lazy.

[B]

Yeah. Just a pile.

[A]

And every single job site has. Has those two guys at it. It's not completely talented. Lazy guy, not talented. Hard working guy.

[B]

Lovable idiot.

[A]

And they usually get along pretty good. But every once in a while the, the hard working guy gets really pissed at the lazy talented guy.

[B]

Well also, the lazy talented guy is also like a puppet master to the hard working dude. He just manipulates him into doing all the hard work for him.

[A]

Kind of like a Tom Sawyer vibe.

[B]

100 painting the fence.

[A]

Yes.

[D]

And that, I mean that's probably why he's smart and lazy at the same time. Because he knows how to delegate really well.

[B]

Just playing the strings. Pulling the strings.

[A]

Manipulator Oz.

[B]

The, the dumb hard worker.

[A]

Hey, I don't like dumb. I like not so smart. Okay.

[B]

The not so smart hard worker. He really does piss people off though, unintentionally. He's always in the way and like his intention, he's well intentioned. He's like running over to help you out, but he just makes you trip on something or he's just makes you work slower or.

[A]

Yeah, or. For example, like when we would go to a new job site, we'd have to put a. We'd. We'd rifle all the two by fours for plates and whalers down in the hole. There's like all at once. And if this guy was there first and started doing it, he would just. He just does it, right? Like he just starts throwing it.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And you get there and you're like, why did you put that there? That's. That's going to be in the way now.

[B]

We're going to.

[D]

Now he's got to work.

[A]

Yeah, like, like we appreciate that you're working hard and getting this done, but you just didn't do it right and now we're just going to have to do it again.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Like that happens a little bit sometimes with the, with the, the hardworking guy.

[B]

It's like normal employees. You want them to be able to do stuff without being asked to do it. This guy, you really need him to get permission first.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Like just clear it with me first.

[D]

What guy do you think pisses you off more on a job site?

[A]

Lazy. Talented.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

I would agree.

[B]

Like, look at fuck face over Here, just sitting around. And then he'll somehow get it done by the end of the day. Mm. One way or another.

[D]

Works good under pressure. Probably put that on his resume.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

For the construction job.

[B]

Not so smart guys, like a puppy, like puppies, are creating messes and getting into shit, but at the end of the day, you still want it around, Right?

[D]

Yeah. And they'll also. They'll also ask a zillion questions that if they just thought about it for one second, they know the answer to.

[B]

Yeah, it's.

[D]

It's like, where's the ketchup? In the fridge? Well, if I just looked for three more seconds, I would probably find it, but it might be quicker just to ask my wife type. Type shit.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

And then the lazy asshole is a cat. We have a puppy and a cat. He's just kind of a fudgeing prick. Lays around.

[A]

So here's a good question that's on the job site. Do you guys believe the same thing in a household is. Is in a husband and wife? Is one. Is one the lazy, talented and the dumb. Dumb hardworking. Is that what you think?

[B]

No.

[A]

No. You wouldn't say that.

[B]

I wouldn't.

[A]

Come on, Tyler.

[B]

I wouldn't. My wife is hard working, but she's definitely not dumb.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

I'm the lazy smart one.

[A]

You're the lazy smart one.

[C]

I'm the hard working smart guy.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I was just gonna say I'm the. Because I choose stuff. That I'm smart.

[A]

I'm the hardest working genius in my household. Yeah. Smart tower. See, I tried to beat you there.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Didn't work. Because there's no win. Win with that.

[B]

No, there's none.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It's an impossible question.

[B]

Lazy smart guy.

[A]

Yeah. And I guess the question for you guys, have you guys ever seen on the job site a hard working, really smart guy?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I feel like my dad has one of those guys on his crew.

[B]

Yeah. He usually in charge?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He's not quite like. Like the project manager, but the foreman. The. The foreman that still works with you.

[A]

I. I would disagree because the hardworking smart guy never ends up as the foreman. He's just the guy that the whole crew relies on, but he doesn't want the responsibility.

[D]

That's what I was going to say.

[A]

Like the guy that I'm thinking about on my dad's crew. He's the guy that everyone goes to, but he's not technically the guy in charge. Okay, that makes sense.

[B]

Yeah. Because our foremans would work with us, so it's like it's not number one guy, it's second in command a little bit.

[A]

Yeah, that's like where your guy who's the best of both worlds end up is second in command.

[C]

That's kind of how the Mafia works. The Consolieri, it's like the guy underneath the boss that does everything.

[A]

Yep.

[D]

It's kind of what it is because, I mean, if. If that person were to get promoted, I don't think they'd be the hard. They wouldn't be the hard working guy anymore because they'd be the foreman sitting

[A]

in the truck of mine. Because. Exactly. Feel like they're not working hard because they're doing managerial.

[D]

Exactly. They need to. They need to stay in a technician spot.

[A]

What about the. The dumb lazy guy?

[B]

I had plenty of those.

[A]

The rest of the crew's that?

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

You got. You got four guys. You got the. You have one hardworking dumb guy. You have one lazy, smart guy. You have one smart, hard working guy. And the rest of the crew is dumb and lazy.

[D]

Is that. Is that the only person that has the potential to get fired on a job site like that?

[B]

You're dumb and lazy.

[A]

I do think a little bit that you have to work really hard to get fired from a blue collar job right now. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

In today's climate with trying to get workers, I feel like you really got to mess up. You can. You can be not so smart and lazy and keep a job pretty good as long as you're showing up.

[B]

People get in fights in the crew and still show up the next day.

[D]

Yeah, I think that guy that shot the other guy in the crew use that work next day.

[B]

Yeah, they bailed him out. They were short on guys.

[A]

Is that actually true?

[D]

No, no, it's not. I have no idea.

[A]

That is.

[C]

That's.

[A]

That would be unbelievable if that was true.

[C]

Need hands?

[A]

Yeah, we're the guy today.

[B]

Well, somebody go bail out Jim.

[D]

He sh. Shot the other guy in the hand. So they're quite literally short for those

[A]

people that don't know. Here in Fargo, there was a construction crew working on a middle school. Yeah, this is all the only details that I know. This is. I'm not claiming that I know every. All the details, but from what I've heard, there was a construction crew and two of the guys in the crew got into a fight and the one guy pulled a gun and shot the other guy in the hand on school grounds and then fled the scene. And that was. That consumed quite a bit of time here in the local neighborhood.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

In the office alone. None of us could focus till that guy was caught.

[D]

Was it confirmed that he was flee. He was fleeing the scene to get away, or was it just break time?

[B]

Like, it was early morning.

[D]

He had to get over to Jimmy

[B]

John's or the day had just started.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

All right. But yeah. Kind of wild for. For our community to have a. A. A gunsh on a school property. Between construction workers down.

[D]

Guy probably got his white monster stolen.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, it pissed me off.

[D]

It probably kicked it over on accident.

[A]

Guy probably borrowed his tape and lost it. Yeah.

[D]

Yeah, guy was probably trying to candy can meth. Meth. I guess. Tape measure just to show how. How much bigger he was.

[C]

Did you just candy can with my tape measure?

[B]

What you just.

[A]

That guy. The boss. Boss probably brought rolls that morning and the guy took the last cake donut and the guy was pissed.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

One guy had two and the other guy didn't even get. Didn't even get one.

[B]

I didn't think you were showing up.

[A]

The one. The one guy just said the other guy has soft hands. The other guy just shot that guy in the hands.

[B]

How hard hands? At least I got both of them.

[D]

You could use a good scab you

[A]

had if you did. Your hands are so soft, you let a bullet hole roll through it. My hands would never. They're hard.

[D]

The one guy is maybe sleeping with the other guy's ex girlfriend or something or wife or. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. I'd love to know more details on the whole situation, so if anyone's got those out there, let us know. That's all. All I know is one construction guy shot, another guy's in the hand on a middle school premise. Yeah.

[B]

We don't even know if it was intentional. Like, he could have just been shown him.

[A]

We don't even know if he got shot with a nail gun. I don't even know if it's. If it's an actual gun or not.

[B]

I think confirmed firearm.

[A]

Okay, cut it. Yeah, but again, I. Yeah, but again, I don't want to be spewing knowledge that I don't know.

[D]

You know, Me either.

[A]

We would never do that on this podcast.

[C]

Let's go.

[A]

But, yeah, just observation I had about the job site.

[D]

Yeah. Construction Season 2. You look at a guy holding the stops. The stop and slow sign. You know what I'm talking about?

[B]

Yeah, it's a great, like, what do they call them? The flag standers or something?

[D]

Something like that.

[A]

I call them flag leaners. They're not doing anything.

[D]

Every time I walk by If I'm driving with someone, be like guys probably making 25 bucks an hour sitting there flipping the sign.

[C]

It would be fun to drive the runner car.

[D]

Yeah, it would.

[A]

The pilot car back and back and forth on the road. So they can only go one side.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

God, that'd get old though.

[C]

Kind of.

[B]

Yeah. You throw on a podcast, you can

[C]

get so many audiobooks done.

[B]

Tyler. Oh yeah, dude.

[A]

Yeah, dude.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I want to be one of the guys. Just I. I think I instead of the power card want to be the guy holding the sign and because they get a walkie talkie with the other guy. So you can just shoot the. On the walkie talkie with the boys.

[B]

I think they walkie talkie with the pace car guy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He's like, yep, I'm getting close.

[A]

Yeah. Then that's sick. I mean really, I'm pretty sure it's

[C]

like a 95 Buick.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Always. Always silver, gold color.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But then they stick to one like magnetic light on the back.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what I mean?

[B]

Yeah. It's like a retired male cars.

[D]

Yes.

[C]

The steering wheels on the other side.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Male mail delivery drivers. They would.

[A]

That actually might be the best gig in construction is the. The lead car on a one way road. Because when you get the ac you can listen to whatever music, whatever. And all you're doing is just driving back and forth all day long.

[C]

All day long. You're kind of. You're the hero every time you pull up because the first time.

[B]

Let's go. Everyone's excited to see you. They're pissed off about construction. But when they say you they get pumped.

[A]

It's like all day is a parade for you, waving.

[D]

You even gotta wear high vis.

[A]

I didn't probably not wear a short.

[D]

You could just wear. You could sure cock it in there.

[B]

No one would know.

[A]

Ye know I'd love to shirt cock it in there.

[D]

Cuz no one's passing you. They can't. You're the pace car. So no one can really see down in there.

[B]

And if somebody's being shitty about it, you could drive really slow.

[D]

Yeah. Hey, just doing my job. Just doing my job.

[B]

Speed limits.

[D]

Blame it on the job.

[C]

Yell at me.

[B]

Yeah. You keep, keep flipping me off. I'll slow down to five.

[D]

Yep.

[B]

I got all day, buddy. I'm on the clock by the hour.

[A]

Yep. What's kind of funny is being waiting in one of those lines is kind of like if you've ever been in graduation, like high school graduation, you wait in line for your. Your turn. To walk into your seat.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

It's kind of what it feels like. Yeah. You're standing there being like, all right, you guys go now. Next row.

[B]

As a Z. Last name, any.

[A]

That's a lot of time waiting.

[B]

Yeah. I could show up 20 minutes late and be just fine.

[C]

I do feel bad for you, Tyler, that you have a Z last name.

[B]

Yeah. The only perk to it is when they tell you to line up alph alphabetically. I just know immediately where to go. I don't have to do. What's your last name?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Go to the end. Yeah.

[A]

Kind of sick.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Would you say that you like your last name more than you don't like your last name?

[B]

Yeah, it's unique.

[D]

It's who you are.

[B]

Not a lot of Z last names.

[A]

Some of the people that own the, like, cat dealerships or whatever, that's the same last name.

[B]

It's not even different.

[D]

Yeah, that's true. Zimmerman the town.

[A]

So you got that. And then there's like a. There's like a Schumacher. Like, auto store.

[C]

Tire.

[A]

Tire store on 13.

[C]

I get that all the time.

[A]

Is that. Is that your family?

[C]

Yeah, exactly. I get that all the time.

[A]

And then you guys own Shields, right?

[D]

She doesn't. Then Ryanair.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Nice.

[D]

So, yeah. Yeah, Shields. It's been good. Decided not to go into the family biz.

[C]

Yeah. Got a good little trust fund going.

[D]

Yeah. It's an esop, so I don't work there, but I just collect.

[A]

Yeah. God, that's the pace car. I've never even thought about that. That's the best gig.

[B]

Yeah. That'd be sweet.

[A]

That would be sick. Sick. I wonder if you got to use your own personal rig or if that's like a. You know what I mean?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Why? Yeah, I don't know. I mean, you'd be getting paid mileage, which I think would. You'd probably come out ahead. Dude, if anything.

[A]

Pay a mileage now. You make so much money.

[D]

Exactly.

[B]

Well. And so I would just offer to be.

[A]

What? No, it used to be like 54 cents a mile, but it's way higher than that now, isn't it?

[B]

No. Ide.

[C]

No idea.

[D]

I think it. I think it still might be.

[B]

I gotta start submitting mileage.

[C]

Yeah. From coming into work?

[A]

No, dude, from here to Miles's house. Jake did that to me one time, and it was a lot of money. And I said, like, I had had to pay it. And I go, well, one. It would have been cheaper for me to just have him rent a car than when I Had to pay him in mileage. And I said, if you are thinking. He also didn't really warn me that he was going to charge me for the mileage. So I couldn't have been like, oh, don't drive your personal rig. We'll figure something else out.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And so, yeah, after that I was like, we're not doing any personal rigs going anywhere. If you are, we're renting a car. It's gonna be way cheaper.

[C]

Rather deal with that headache with the rental car company.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, a little bit. A little bit.

[D]

7250. 7250 or seven. Sorry. 72.5 cents per mile.

[A]

Yeah, 72 point. 72 and a half cents per mile.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That is insane.

[D]

I mean, 100 miles, 100 miles, you make 72 bucks. And I mean you. If you get 300 miles out of tank, 740, I mean, that's over 200 bucks.

[A]

That's.

[D]

So you're coming out, you're come say 100 bucks these days to fill it. You're coming out 100 ahead. Yes, I understand it's wear and tear and like that, but also with that extra 100, you just paid for your next oil change in 2,500 miles.

[C]

But then there's wearing like that, Ryan.

[A]

But then there's like wear and tear and shit.

[B]

Yeah, but you're forgetting about the tear and the wear.

[D]

Well, if you're not tearing anything, what if. And if you're wearing.

[A]

If you're naked, then you're not wearing anything.

[D]

I suppose you're not wearing.

[C]

Okay, you guys, carefree.

[D]

So if you're, if you, if you're

[A]

taking advantage of mileage, go naked and

[D]

use tear free shampoo.

[B]

Yeah,

[A]

tear and tear free shampoo.

[D]

Yep.

[A]

And then you're good. And then there's no wear and tear going on.

[D]

You pay for your vehicle.

[A]

You pay for your vehicle.

[D]

So.

[A]

What was the deal that, that one time? Remember we were talking about the tear and the tear.

[B]

Yeah. We just thought, kids, shampoo tear free. Like, why don't they make all shampoo tear free? And we did a whole thing about just squirting it directly in our eyes if it's tear free. And then the comments are like, it's tear free, you idiots.

[C]

It was, I think the segment was like things you learned embarrassingly late.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was the segment

[D]

and I think it was yours.

[A]

Yeah, no, I learned that way too.

[D]

But I was on board with you.

[B]

Yeah, we all were. We were all.

[D]

We're like, hey, we're like, all right.

[A]

This.

[D]

I'm glad we're not, you know, in this alone. At least we're in it as a group.

[B]

We were so on board with it that we talked about it for like 30 minutes, posted a clip, got roasted,

[A]

and then got rose. It just wasn't our. Our most shining moment.

[C]

Not our finest hour.

[A]

No, no, Definitely not.

[D]

That's okay, though. I mean, you shoot or shoot, you're gonna miss a couple times.

[A]

Dude. Washing, Doing bath time with a kid. If they invented a tear free shampoo, I would be spending all my money

[D]

on that for sure. I would just start squirting.

[A]

I. We even grabbed the little like bucket to like dump over my kid's head to do is to wash his hair and he'll start to loosen his. I know it's the. It's the most cortisol involved parenting moment. What. What.

[D]

What do we gotta do? I just want to wash your hair just so you're not the stinky kid

[A]

I want you to be stinky kid. But you're just gonna. He's gonna lose your mind.

[B]

It's just accept that it's gonna suck and just. Just rip the bed. Just.

[A]

Yeah. Now we've developed a mechanism.

[D]

That's what I did.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yesterday.

[B]

Yeah. You just. If they're not gonna go quietly regardless of how gentle you. You waterboard the kid.

[A]

But like, there's been a couple times where like my kid hates it so much. We obviously wait till the very end so we can get him out. Whatever. He's losing his mind. We're get him all. We get him out and he's like. He's crying so hard that he started like gagging himself. We're like. And me and Ann are like, okay, that's dramatic.

[B]

Give me a break.

[A]

And we're like, come on, relax, relax. It's just water her. But God, dude. And that's like. I feel like that's what parenting is. I feel like parenting is just finding. Finding the easy button as quick as you can.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Do you know what I mean?

[B]

As fast as possible.

[A]

Like, me and an found that the easy button is just. We just do it. She's on the shampoo duty and I'm on dumping water duty. And it's just like, dump. Then she's like, okay. And then I'm dump. And then she's doing. Then get him out of there. It's like a NASCAR pit stop when it comes to that. That's the easy button of parenting right there, Tyler. Like, I feel like another easy button. Of parenting is just asking the kid if they want to help with something. Kids love to help. It doesn't even matter what they're doing. But if I, if I'm doing something in the garage and I want them to not run out in the street, but also be able to do the thing that I need to work on in the garage, I go, hey, you want to help? And I put him on the workbench and he just plays with a screwdriver for like 20 minutes.

[D]

It's a great divers.

[B]

No, I take, I'll do that in the garage. If I'm building something or messing around in the, in the shop, I just give my 6 year old a piece of wood and a nail and be like, pound that. I need you to pound that nail into the wood. But go. It'll take him 15 minutes because he keeps missing the damn thing. But he does. I'm like, sweet, I need one more nail in that piece of wood.

[D]

I, I'll give my, I'll give my oldest, I'll give him a drill with a bit and then I'll give him a screw and a hammer. But what he'll do is he'll try and drill like a small pilot hole with the bit and, and then he'll put the screw in there and then he'll pound it in with the hammer. So we're talking like this thing gets, this thing gets drawn out for like 10, 15 minutes where he's trying to get this screw in when he could just use the bit to doing it all backwards. Exactly. But hey, tap a little pile of

[B]

the same time with the hammer, then screw it in.

[D]

Yep, yep, yep. Exactly.

[A]

What other easy buttons have you guys found in parenting?

[B]

One thing that's been really working for me lately, now that they're older, the older two kind of have a rivalry. I gamify everything, Every chore, every annoying task, Brushing teeth. I turn into a game and they're competitive with each other and they just do it immediately, no questions asked.

[D]

Do you ever pin them against each other?

[B]

Every time.

[D]

Because I've thought I've done that with my 4 year old and my 1 year old, but I don't know if I should be doing that or not.

[B]

So I was, I was worried that they were gonna be start to resent each other. Yeah, just like everything. Like you, it's me against you and everything. But it hasn't happened yet. It could, but not. Yeah, not yet.

[D]

But like sure.

[B]

Putting on pajamas, it's a race. Brushing your teeth, I'll give you A score out of 10 and it's you versus you cleaning up toys. Whoever can get the most toys in five minutes wins. And you lose points if you just throw them in the closet and you don't put them away where they're supposed to go.

[D]

My latest pin was, I, I was, I washed my one year old's hair back to the original one and I just like, I scrubbed it and I just started dumping water on top. And he's just sitting there, head straight up, eyes open, just water like running into his eyes and he's just not even. I'm like, like I kind of, I kind of pin them against each other.

[B]

Oh yeah.

[D]

See, See your brother, he's only one year old. He. And he doesn't even close his eyes.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

So he is easy, you know, like

[A]

part of it, you know, you don't tell him this, but like the one year old doesn't know how to close his eyes.

[D]

No, exactly.

[A]

But he doesn't know that.

[D]

He doesn't know that.

[B]

Look at, look, he's way more brave than you right now. Like, what's going on, dude? I know you're brave. What's happening?

[A]

I've also found that cheers is a great way to get your kid to eat and or drink what you want them to.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

It's kind of an easy button.

[D]

Ah, sure.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Cheers and food.

[A]

Then you gotta cheers food, you know, eight times a day.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And then you get locked into cheers for every bite. Cheers every single time.

[A]

Yeah, but they're eating the food and that's what I care about. I'll cheers all day long.

[D]

I've told you.

[A]

Have you guys ever been in a group? Like maybe you're out drinking and like they're all of a sudden like it's kind of like when one guy starts yawning then everyone else starts yawning. You once in a while getting in a group where like everyone feels like they also need to cheers to something and then you end up doing like six cheers in a row. That is. Has that ever happened to you?

[B]

I don't think so.

[A]

It's kind of a personal hell of mine. It's happened to me a few times,

[B]

like giving toasts like cheers to so and so.

[A]

And it's not like doing it as a joke. Like people like feel that they also need to cheers, you know, it's like this is gonna be kind of dark, but it's, it's a little bit like if you're at like a funeral wake and one person, they do an open mic of talking about the person. Sure. Well, then everyone feels like, oh, it. It looks like I don't care about this person that just died if I don't get up and say something. And so then it's like. Like wildfire. Every person has to get up and say something. And it's just like, we don't need that, you know? And a lot of times it's like, oh, ditto to what the guy just said. Yeah, I. I had the same experience. Like, you didn't need to get up for that. You know, you already heard that. So.

[C]

So is it like a daisy. Chains of cheers. Like, cheers to mom's birthday and also, hey, cheers.

[A]

Yeah, cheers to. To Jared for, you know, his new house. I'm like, cheers. And then Jared, you're like, well, Miles, cheers to you for having a kid. You know, and then it's like, well, let's not forget that Tyler planted his food plot the other weekend.

[D]

Cheers to sprouting food plot.

[B]

Cheers to Miles. Or Ryan's mustache.

[D]

Well, geez, you know, Miles had just got a mustache.

[A]

Everyone's trying to be really nice and not have anyone feel out, left out for not getting a cheers for something good.

[B]

This is a ceremony of it all. We can just compliment Jared on his house later.

[A]

Correct.

[D]

Trigger word for Miles. Cheers.

[A]

Yeah, no, I'm in on cheers. I like a good cheers.

[C]

Not too many cheers.

[A]

Yeah, I did a cheers last night.

[B]

Don't overdo, kid. Over and over and over.

[C]

Yeah, and then when I cheers, like, I don't go to, like, I just go pretty much to the nearest.

[B]

Yeah, I'm just, like, not clinking every.

[A]

I think. I think if I'm choosing more than three glasses individually, then I'm doing it wrong.

[B]

If I'm close enough to the middle, I'll just stick my cup and as many cups as I hit. That's.

[C]

That's fine.

[B]

I'm not reaching across the table.

[A]

Yeah. The only time I'm gonna individually cheers if it's someone directly next to me.

[D]

Yeah, yeah. Otherwise you just raise, like, right now,

[A]

like, cheers, and we all go like this. And then maybe I do this to Ryan because he's sitting right next to me.

[C]

Yeah, that's the right etiquette.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

But, yeah, there is always one guy, though, that's got to hit everyone's glass.

[D]

He's probably a real estate agent.

[A]

It's kind of like when you're at church and they're doing the. The sign of peace, you know, you just. It same. The cheersing rule that we just Talked about applies at church. But then every once in a while, you get the guy who, like, will go and, like, out of his doing that, it's like, dude, just do the people right around you.

[B]

If you're leaving, maybe just give.

[A]

Maybe just do one of these to the other people.

[D]

Yeah. Hey, grab the offering plate while you're at it.

[B]

Yeah. If you're leaving your row, you're doing too much.

[A]

Exactly.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

Exactly 100%.

[C]

That's really funny.

[A]

I remember it, like, in middle school, because we. I went to Catholic school, so we'd have to go to, like. We'd have to go to church during school, like, once a week or once a month. I remember. But you'd always, like, keep track because you kind of always sit in the same area with the same. Because, like, you'd go with the same class and whatever way in the back. And then you'd keep mental note on which one of your classmates has the sweatiest hands. You're kind of hoping that you can. You can kind of finagle like. Like, accidentally missing them, you know, because you're just, like, so busy doing it with everyone else. I just remember, like, being like, all right, Ryan, his hands are clammy.

[B]

Was it crybaby Drew?

[A]

Maybe.

[C]

Maybe I'll kind of just cry into his hands.

[A]

Maybe I'll kind of keep out of the corn. My eye. When they turn around, I'll turn around. And then when they turn back around, I go to the. Yeah, it's this whole thing.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

But in reality, it didn't matter. But I feel like when you're in middle school, you think about like that.

[B]

Just shake his hand one time, like, ugh. And then wipe your pants. Wipe your hand in your pants.

[A]

Shake his hands like, oh, my God, is it hot?

[C]

That better be holy water.

[A]

Wiping your hands and your pants, like, this is so offensive. Like, if we. Right. If we go like this. If we go like that. If we go like that, and then I just go,

[D]

yeah, it could be one.

[A]

And even if you get the backhand, even though you didn't really touch back the hands, that is. That's. Dude, that's a great. It's a great way to piss.

[B]

Piss someone off or just make them sad. Oh, am I gross.

[A]

It's like if your grandma gives you a kiss on the cheek and you immediately go like this.

[B]

My kids are so fast.

[D]

He does it every time.

[B]

I'll kiss my kid on the cheek, and he'll look me dead in the eyes and wipe it off.

[A]

Yeah, you're doing Tom Brady's. You're going right on the list.

[B]

Not. No. Not on the lips anymore. They're too old. Too old.

[D]

I always say. No wiping. Yeah, and then he'll do it two more times. Yeah.

[A]

Up Defiance, but yeah. Well, Jared, should we take a break and then get into the smelling bee?

[C]

Let's do the be.

[B]

Hell yeah.

[A]

Guys, I would say it's officially summer hell yeah. And if you've gotten this far into the year and you don't have a pair of sunglasses to enjoy all summer long, you got to go to Shady Rays. The boys are wearing them today. Ryan, you look like a badass.

[D]

I know. Softball tonight and golf tomorrow.

[A]

I feel like. Who did we say last episode I look like?

[C]

There's comments that say you look like Larry and Tyser.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Got Larry and Tyser vibes. Tyler and Jared kind of have Blues Brothers look going on right now. Can you guys do the. When you got a harmonica teller, you play the harmonica. That was a whole segue on this whole saga, I should say, on this podcast. Right?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Forgot about that.

[C]

Good.

[A]

And the good news is, is if you're in the market for some sunglasses to block out those shade. Or wait, you're going to shade those rays this summer, Shady Rays is doing buy two or more polarized glasses, you get. Get 50 off.

[B]

Hell yeah.

[D]

You can't make this up.

[A]

All you got to do is use code [e-mail]. they got all sorts of styles on there. And yeah, it's just like, I can't believe it used to be 40. They said, no, we're doing 50. Let's give them even better deal. Yeah, you get that high quality sunglasses for not that high quality price.

[C]

And I like how durable the hinges are. I feel like I always had troubles with past sunglasses.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

So they're very. They're built really well.

[A]

I agree. So, guys, go check out shittyrays.com use code ybr. All right, Jared. All right, Jared. Time to. Time to do the B.

[C]

The big B.

[A]

The big B. All right, I'm gonna lock in here. I'm gonna listen to the rules. I'm gonna try to follow the rules this time.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Do we have any history about the past at all before we get into.

[C]

Yeah, I'll run through it here. Miles won the first year, Ryan won the second year year. Tyler won the third year, Ryan won the fourth year, and Tyler won the fifth year. So last year.

[A]

So I won the first one and never again. Honestly. Sounds like a little bit of a fluke. That I was win the first one.

[C]

You were dialed in too.

[D]

You know, like you've won other games.

[A]

It's like the packers winning the first world championship when everyone that they're playing against were like guys who worked at the car factory down the road.

[B]

Yeah. That year Ryan and I were canned on that episode.

[A]

Something like that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It had to have been.

[D]

Yeah. I actually don't even think I was there, so.

[B]

You were.

[D]

Okay. So I'm a two time champ. Two times Tyler's three.

[A]

Two, two, two, one.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Could tie up the series.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Not. Not probably likely, but yeah. Okay. So that's the history of who's won it. Who's got the most yellow jackets. What else? Any other information?

[C]

Tyler won by spelling Q correct last year. Miles got biscuit incorrect last year.

[A]

I still don't remember. Did I put a Q in there? Yeah.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Because I was thinking of Bisquick.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Biscuit.

[D]

Yep. I. I do remember beige as well.

[A]

Is it B I S, C U I T?

[C]

B I, S U I T. Yeah, you gotta see.

[A]

Look at that growth.

[B]

Hey, he's practicing.

[C]

There's one little reminder that you said, miles. You told me to remind you, miles, don't talk about anyone. Because you spelled biscuit wrong.

[A]

Yeah, actually, that was gonna be my approach going into this. I was gonn do the Conor McGregor. I'm clearly the bottom of the pack at this point, you know.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So know my place. And just every. Just 1% better every day is kind of what my mentality has been.

[B]

One letter better, one letter better every day.

[D]

So you've gotten 365% better since last.

[A]

No, it's not how that works. So it's compounding. So like, if. If you're. If you're. Let's say you start at 0%, you get 1%, then it's 1% of 1%, and then it's 1% of 1% of 1%, and it keeps compounding. So really, you're like 37 times better by the end of the year.

[C]

Just three.

[A]

Three times. Three and a half times better.

[B]

Hey, don't put me in a math competition with this guy.

[C]

This guy's good.

[D]

I ain't doing times table against this man.

[A]

No, I'm slow at times tables.

[D]

I have. I'll times table up.

[A]

All right. Okay, that's. That's a great reminder. Did we say anything else that we came away with?

[C]

Oh, you guys all agreed you wanted a triple elim this year.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

Not double you.

[B]

So three strikes you're Out.

[A]

So triple the pain instead of only double.

[B]

We just want to embarrass ourselves one more time than we have previously.

[D]

Is there stealing? I don't remember.

[C]

No, there's no.

[D]

Okay, no stealing. I, I, I, I wasn't sure.

[C]

And you guys wanted, like, three different tiers of words. So I have easy words, medium words, and hard words.

[D]

And who determined that if a word falls in, like, the medium category?

[C]

So what I did, I made a list of the words, and then I put it through chat gbt. Like, what are the easiest and hardest words? And it organized it for me.

[A]

I think, I think that, that, yeah, I'm, I'm comfortable with that.

[B]

Yeah. Honestly.

[C]

Unless.

[A]

Unless it goes badly for me. Then I'll probably call hallucination for a redo.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So, yeah, I didn't know that. That's probably the best way I could think to do it.

[B]

Also a great way to pass the buck. So, like, if Ryan's. Like, that wasn't easy, but, like, talk to the computer.

[D]

Exactly. Yeah.

[B]

All right.

[A]

So, I mean, I didn't know I'd have to. There's a lot more strategy involved then. So we get to pick which category we want to attack on.

[C]

I think that's the best way to do it.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And Easy is worth 1 point. Mediums 2. Hard is 3 points, if you guys are cool with that.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Okay. And then how do we decide who goes first? Winner goes.

[C]

Winner goes first. Clockwise.

[A]

Okay, so I'm second.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

All right. That being said, welcome Back to the 6th annual you bet your radio spelling beans. First up, we have the man with the yellow jacket, currently Tyler. What was his nickname on Patreon?

[C]

Ziggy Tugs.

[D]

Ziggy Tugs.

[A]

Tyler. Ziggy Tugs. Ziggler.

[B]

Hell, yeah.

[A]

And the crowd silences as the commissioner, Jared, starts off the spelling bee.

[C]

Tyler, which. Which one do you want?

[B]

Give me an easy

[A]

okay. Before we get into this, if we're all nailing easies, you have the ability to say that we're only doing me if everyone's choos. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, yeah. Be like, all right, we're not doing any more easy words if it goes on too long. I don't think it will based off our track record, but you have the ability to eliminate a category.

[C]

Okay. And there's, like, there's about nine words in each hat, so we, you know, you're only.

[A]

Okay. So if. Yeah. All nine words are taken. You have to take a medium word. Yeah.

[B]

You can max out. Like, should we do Three a piece. Like, I'm only allowed to do three Easies.

[A]

It doesn't matter.

[C]

We'll figure it out.

[D]

Okay, well, it's points, too. So, like, if. If you.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, I can't just wait for you guys to strike out and just do all nine Easies.

[D]

Like, if I'm down two, I'm gonna have to go hard.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

To try and.

[B]

Right, right.

[A]

You already have to go hard.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

All right. You ready, Tyler?

[B]

Yep.

[C]

The word is Obedience. The word is obedience.

[B]

Obedience. O, B, E, D, I, E, N, C, E. Obedience.

[C]

Correct.

[B]

The I. Yeah. The I. Yeah.

[A]

It's a disaster.

[D]

This is an easy word, but there's no.

[A]

That was. That was not an easy, medium word. I get more nervous for this than, like, getting up in front of a thousand people and talking 100. I'm so much more nervous for this.

[D]

Me, too. I got.

[A]

Doing Bellied up live. I got.

[D]

I got. I'm kidding.

[A]

Like, I. You know, like, is it. Remember the Titans when the coach is puking in the thing? Like, I feel like I need to go puke.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Need a puke bowl right now.

[A]

Yeah. Hey, we're just. We're just playing, you know, one letter at a time. One letter at a time. We're just. We're toss. It's just like we're tossing the ball around the backyard, just hanging out with the guys.

[D]

Yep.

[A]

Toss.

[C]

All right, Miles, which one you want?

[A]

I'll go easy.

[C]

Go easy. Let's see.

[A]

And.

[D]

Are you drawing out of a hat? Yeah, that's actually. I mean, this.

[A]

We were really. We're really. That leaves.

[D]

That leaves zero favoritism on the table.

[B]

Yeah. Jared's just. He made sure to cover his ass this year.

[D]

Yes. Yes, he did.

[B]

No strays.

[C]

We did one hat last year. Okay, Miles, your word is broccoli. Broccoli.

[A]

What are you laughing about?

[D]

This one's hard.

[A]

Really? I don't like that you're saying that. Br,

[D]

O,

[A]

C, C, O, L, I.

[C]

Correct.

[B]

Let's go.

[A]

I was nervous. There was a second L at that.

[D]

That's what. That's where I got hung up at, too.

[A]

All right. Hey. Nerves gone.

[B]

He's in it. Now.

[A]

We're in it. Just got to get that one big hit out of the way. Then you're. Now you're in the game.

[B]

Yeah. You're on base. Now you're in rhythm.

[A]

I was thinking more like collision in football, but sure. Yeah.

[C]

Okay. Ryan, which one?

[D]

Easy.

[C]

All right, let's do easy.

[A]

What's funny is there are some third graders out there that are just laughing at.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

How much we're struggling with these words.

[B]

These are legit on third grade.

[A]

Jack. That I just spelled broccoli. It's insane.

[C]

I like to imagine that third graders are listening to this podcast.

[D]

Yeah, it's kid show.

[A]

Yeah, it's like. It's like, I imagine there's third graders out there that are like, they. Their parents don't listen to. Let them listen to anything of this podcast. Except for the spot.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, I hope so, because two episodes ago, we talked in depth about how my nutsack was cut apart.

[A]

That was educational. That was better than health class. I didn't learn about that.

[B]

Truth class.

[A]

We're an educational podcast. Ryan's on the easy. Here we go.

[C]

Ryan, your word is cemetery.

[D]

Cemetery. C, E, M, E, T, A, R, Y. Cemetery.

[C]

Incorrect.

[A]

C. That's how I would have spelled it.

[B]

Me, too.

[C]

C, E, M, E, T, E, R, Y. There's no A in it.

[A]

Oh, my God. Oh, no. Oh, my God. Oh, no. That's how I would have spelled it.

[B]

Me, too. I was about to be like, you got it.

[C]

Incorrect, Ryan.

[D]

Yeah, you said that already.

[A]

All right, Tyler, you're up.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Give me another Easy.

[C]

Pound of the easies.

[B]

Yep.

[C]

I like it.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

I mean, what are mediums going to be like? What are hard? Hard's going to look like opalescence. Onomatopoeia is going to be one of the hards.

[C]

Your word is separate.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Oh, no. Sorry. Separate.

[A]

Okay. Whoa. That is on brand for you, isn't it?

[D]

This isn't it. The.

[C]

Is it. I don't even know.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay. Tomatoes.

[A]

Separate.

[D]

I think it's the same word.

[A]

Now, that would. That's.

[B]

Yeah, it didn't.

[C]

Hell, my bad.

[B]

I think it's dispelled the same way. I just got to figure out how to spell any of them.

[C]

Let me Google it quick.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Can I Google it quick?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Damn. I was hoping he.

[D]

Forget this language is so.

[B]

It is.

[A]

Hey, you can't look up.

[D]

I was going to look cemetery up.

[C]

Yep, they're spelled exactly the same.

[B]

Okay, my bad.

[A]

God. Great clarification.

[B]

God, that cemetery thing. I'm. I'm hung up right now on an E or an A in a certain spot. Okay. It. Let's go. Separate. S E, P, E, R, A, T, E. Incorrect.

[A]

Is it an A?

[B]

Is it an A after the P?

[C]

S, E, P A, R, A, T, E. God damn.

[B]

That's. That's the letter I was hung up on.

[A]

Also, you got to be kicking yourself that you've been listening to only audiobooks.

[B]

I know. I should be reading them more.

[A]

You should be reading.

[B]

God damn, dude.

[D]

God damn it.

[C]

Oofta. All right, Miles, which one?

[A]

Easy. Yeah,

[D]

and how many? How many?

[A]

Two for four. Uneasy.

[D]

Jared, how many rounds are there total?

[B]

It's until everyone's out.

[C]

There's about 27 words.

[B]

We ain't getting through all of them.

[A]

We're not. We are not.

[C]

All right, Miles, tomorrow. Tomorrow.

[A]

T o. M o r r o w. Correct.

[D]

Yeah, that was the case.

[B]

I know that one. Cuz I in emails I put one too many m's in there all the time and get autocorrected.

[D]

God damn it.

[B]

It's big.

[D]

T o m o r r o

[B]

w. Two rs, one m. Easy.

[D]

I gotta get on board.

[C]

Weird,

[D]

Weird. W e I r d. Got it.

[A]

Yeah, that one was definitely the easiest.

[D]

All right, you're on the board. Yeah, I'm on board.

[B]

He's in confidence.

[D]

Back up. Here we go.

[C]

All right, tyler.

[B]

Yeah. Give me another easy.

[A]

This is the last round of easy as.

[C]

There's two left after this. All right, tyler.

[B]

Easy.

[C]

Son of a. Nauseous.

[D]

Oh my.

[B]

That's an easy.

[A]

What a draw. What a draw.

[B]

Okay, I'm hung up again on one level. I think I got it. I think I got it. N a u s e u. No, no, no. E o u, s. Got it.

[A]

You save yourself. Can you go back in a normal spelling? But you can't go back on letters once you say it. But they will let that.

[D]

Yeah, he caught it. He caught it. Right?

[C]

That was fair enough. Yeah, you got it.

[D]

E o u s. N a u s e o u. I don't know

[A]

if I'd have got that one.

[B]

Yeah, I was actually more hung up on the first u. It was an nau or just n a.

[A]

Nauseous.

[B]

Nauseous.

[A]

Nauseosous.

[B]

N a h s h o o s. Nauseous.

[D]

Nauseous.

[A]

All right, jared, give me an easy.

[C]

It's very funny. Coco. Cocoon.

[A]

I should. I should be totally prepared for this because I read the Hungry Little Caterpillar about three times.

[B]

Oh, you're not even reading it anymore. You just.

[D]

I know, I know.

[A]

It's a problem.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Cocoon.

[A]

I'm it. C A C O o N. Cocoon. Two Cs.

[B]

It's an O in the front.

[C]

C O, C O O N. Oh, really?

[D]

I would have put two C's in the middle.

[C]

You didn't get that one right.

[A]

I know.

[D]

Yeah, he Knows that

[A]

it's C O, c O, O, N. All right. I mean, also, the way you're pronouncing it was kind of of, you know.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You said cocoon instead of cocoon.

[D]

Kind of like you said cemetery, not cemetery, which is.

[B]

I mean, it's C U, C K O, O, N.

[A]

Cocoon. C U, C, K, C H A, I R. Cocoon. Damn it.

[D]

Give me that last Easy.

[C]

All right.

[A]

I don't. I. I don't love. I. I liked having no strikes more than having one strike.

[B]

Yeah, I'm with you on that, especially

[A]

going into the medium round because I have a feeling we're gonna go over on mediums, and that means that. Yeah.

[C]

All right. Ryan Calendar.

[D]

Calendar. I was about to start, and I had to stop myself because I do got to think about this one for a second, Cal, and feel like this one. Okay. C A, L, E, N, D A, R. Calendar.

[C]

Got it.

[B]

Okay. You got.

[A]

You got very lucky on your last two.

[B]

I'm pretty sure the europeans spell it er, but I could be American spelling. Yeah, you're right. I'm not trying to take your point away.

[A]

No.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

But I think it's like the honor with the u and an o or color. Yeah. I think they spell it different.

[A]

All right.

[C]

All the easies are.

[A]

It's eas are

[C]

G. It's all tied at 2. Everyone has one strike.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

All right. I hate that we're just start.

[D]

We're essentially starting the spelling be over without the easy category.

[C]

Got warmed up.

[A]

Y.

[D]

It's zero.

[A]

It's like last year. Spelling be starting right now. Double elimination.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Harder words.

[A]

Harder words. I mean. Yeah. I mean, honestly, it's looking like if you get one of these medium words right, you're going to win.

[B]

Probably. Yeah. Give me a medium, Jared.

[C]

Medium.

[B]

Yep.

[C]

Okay. Receipt.

[A]

Thank God it wasn't me.

[B]

I think I got this one.

[D]

I got this one, too.

[B]

R, E, C, I, E, P, T. Incorrect.

[A]

I before E. That's what I would have done.

[C]

Re, C, E, I, P, T I before you.

[B]

I thought this is the one where

[A]

the rule was before except after Sea tower. Everyone knows that. Yeah, but I thought this was the

[B]

word that pissed you off about it.

[A]

I know. I'm trying to. One of those. I got up. Yeah, it was receive maybe or I don't know. I don't remember. All right, that one, you have to feel like you let that one get away from.

[B]

I did. Because I. I. In my head, I'm like, this is the one that miles up like, Three years ago and got pissed off about I'm not going to do the same thing.

[A]

And of all the words so far, that's the one that on your drive home tonight, you're going to be trying to wrap your truck around a pole.

[B]

Yep. I'll be reading the receipts. All right.

[A]

Medium.

[D]

I think you.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

You just know.

[C]

Jared, I gotta ask.

[A]

You never know.

[D]

Yeah, that's true.

[B]

That is very true,

[C]

Miles. Necessary. Necessary.

[A]

Feel like every single word I've gotten, it's the. The hard part about it is deciding how many con. How many extra consonants there are.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Necessary.

[A]

Just going to go for it. Nec, E, S, S, A, R, Y.

[C]

Correct. Got it.

[D]

That was a necessary evil.

[C]

Two pointer.

[A]

Wow. I mean, we all have the same amount of points going into the two point round, so it's one points are kind of irrelevant at this point. Point.

[D]

Medium.

[C]

Medium.

[A]

Let's see.

[C]

Get a good one. Nostalgia.

[B]

I know this one.

[C]

Nostalgia.

[A]

You don't know if I know this one.

[B]

I got. I know this one.

[D]

I'm thinking. I know. I'm thinking.

[C]

I hope.

[D]

So.

[A]

Stressful. I don't think you understand what you put us through, jared.

[D]

Nostalgia. Nostalgia. Nostalgia.

[C]

Yes.

[D]

N, o, s, t, o, l, g, I, a.

[C]

Incorrect.

[B]

T, a.

[D]

Where's the a?

[C]

N, o, s, t, a, l, g, I, a. Yeah,

[A]

he didn't have a g in there.

[B]

Put an o instead of an a after the t stia.

[A]

So you're. You got two strikes. You have two, I have one. Okay. He's just leaving. He's leaving. He.

[D]

4 piss.

[A]

Okay. Is this the first ever spelling bee timeout?

[B]

Right before we started this, he's like, I got a piss before the spelling bee so I don't have to piss during it.

[A]

I mean, at what point is this kind of tampering with the whole thing?

[B]

We could treat.

[A]

It could be talking to his coach out there.

[B]

We could. We could treat this like blood time in wrestling or the ufc. He's got. He's got X amount of time to get back in the room.

[A]

Or it's a DK or it's a strike.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Probably throwing up in the bathroom

[D]

vomit.

[B]

V, O, M, I G. Or he's

[A]

shotgunning a Red Bull or something right now. Shotgunning a monster.

[C]

Taking an Aderall.

[A]

Yeah, I. I don't think. Or he puts on. He puts on a different pair of shoes like. Like Mike. All right, that was your. Our first ever time out here at the radio.

[D]

Everyone gets one 30 second time out.

[A]

One of these. It's not a fall it's right here. That was quick.

[B]

You.

[A]

Oh, I was pissed during that.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I was speed walking.

[B]

Full body tensed.

[A]

All right, we're back from commercial break. Tensions are high. We're on the medium. Words. Tyler, was it Zig Tug. Ziggler, what is it? Tuggy zigs.

[D]

Ziggy tugs.

[A]

Ziggy tugs. Tyler. Ziggy tugs. Zigglers on the. On the board. Yeah.

[B]

Back from the break. We'll go medium.

[C]

Medium.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All right.

[C]

Guarantee.

[B]

Oh, Okay. G u a r a n t e e. Guarantee.

[C]

Correct.

[A]

Come on. That's big. That was a big one.

[B]

That's big.

[D]

Quarantine.

[A]

All right, Jared, give me a medium. This is the last round of mediums.

[B]

We got one more after this.

[A]

Okay. Halfway through.

[C]

You guys are doing really well.

[A]

This is the best showing we've had.

[C]

Last year, there was only one word spelled.

[B]

Yeah, I got.

[D]

I got.

[B]

I got one word right last year.

[C]

So you guys are doing great.

[A]

I mean, clearly the easy medium hard is. Is making for a better product for the consumer.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah. You said you wanted a home run derby be.

[A]

Yeah. This year. Yeah. And that's what we're getting.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

All right, Miles. Sherbet. Like the ice cream. Sherbet.

[A]

I'm so here because my brain wants to spell it, like, a really easy way, but it's a medium word. My brain just wants that face value, wants to do that. But my other half of my brain is like, miles, it's. That's. This is a trap. Oh, God. And now I'm in my own head now I'm thinking about sorbet, and now

[B]

letters aren't making sense, and you're getting a little hungry. That's. That's what happened to me with separate.

[A]

It's just been a while since I've had sherbet ice cream.

[C]

It's delicious.

[B]

It's pretty good. It's fine, Jer.

[C]

I like it. A lot of sugar.

[B]

What's the ice cream? That's chocolate.

[A]

I. I don't know. I don't know which way to attack it because there's just no way. It is what I think it is.

[C]

That before, you just gave up. You're like, I'm not spelling it.

[B]

Give me a strike.

[A]

Yeah, I will. I will. Oh, save myself from the embarrassment.

[B]

Miles just folds this hand.

[A]

Yeah, I'm done.

[B]

Give me the X. What's the ice cream? That's chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry together.

[C]

Neapolitan.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Thank you, Cosmopolitan.

[D]

Let them focus.

[B]

You guys had a whole podcast when I was trying to spell Separate.

[C]

Separate podcast.

[A]

I'm. I'm just gonna get weird with it. Try some wild here. S h e r, b. B E T. There's a silent R at the end.

[B]

Yeah, we. You didn't want it to be 2B.

[C]

Do you want to spell it again?

[B]

I'm confused.

[D]

I'm with you.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You want to spell it again.

[D]

You didn't put 2B. You said 2B's, but I think you picked up from where. Just spell it again.

[A]

Just spell it again. S H e, R. B E, T. Okay.

[C]

Correct.

[D]

Because you went S H e, R.

[A]

I know what you're saying.

[B]

You paused and then said B again.

[A]

And then I was. Yes.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, No, I actually. I Hand on the Bible. On my child's life. I was not thinking there was two people.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Silent R. Right.

[D]

It's sherbet.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, it's.

[A]

The ending is like sorbet. Right? It's.

[C]

Sure bet. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. That is massive. Let's go. I have one strike.

[C]

One strike.

[B]

Medium.

[C]

Okay. Ryan, you ready for this ride?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

All right.

[C]

Beige.

[A]

The one that. That I got up on.

[B]

Yep.

[D]

B, E, I, G, E. Bang.

[A]

Got it.

[B]

Beige.

[A]

Is that only a medium word? Because I it up so bad before?

[C]

Don't know. It's a chat.

[A]

GBT said that was huge.

[D]

I needed that.

[B]

Give me my last.

[D]

I was out if I didn't last.

[C]

Medium.

[B]

Yep. Okay.

[C]

It's on face here. Disappear.

[B]

Okay. I think this is a. The miles conundrum with how many consonants are in this? Okay. Disappear. D, I, S, a, P, P, E, A R. Disappear.

[C]

Correct.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

Yeah, I was a little nervous on two S's, but I didn't think so.

[D]

Which you got.

[B]

Misspell.

[D]

Misspell.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Have.

[D]

How do you even spell that?

[B]

Two S's.

[D]

There is two S. I don't think you can.

[A]

Yeah. What if that word is in here? Guys, that's true.

[B]

True.

[C]

I can't say medium. Miles.

[A]

Yes. Okay.

[C]

Ambiguous.

[A]

O,

[C]

ambiguous. Yeah.

[A]

A M, B, I, G, U, O, U S. Correct.

[D]

Yep. Just like it sounds.

[A]

I actually had a run in with that word recently, and that's what saved me.

[C]

Holy.

[D]

You were toe to toe with ambiguous.

[A]

Yeah, I had a recently.

[B]

Ambiguity. Ye.

[A]

Yeah. We weighed in, and ambiguous is overweight. We still fought. I won.

[D]

Give me. Give it to me.

[C]

You want a medium one?

[D]

Yep.

[C]

Embarrass.

[D]

Oh, this is embarrassing.

[A]

That is. It will be slightly embarrassing if you don't get embarrassed. Correct. I think I got it.

[B]

I think so too. He's typing.

[A]

It takes all different strokes. Different strokes for different folks.

[C]

Different keystrokes.

[A]

Keystrokes. Minor finger strokes.

[B]

I paint mine. Minor brush strokes.

[A]

Yeah, you're like. You're like the. The gal on the queen's gambit. You. The chessboard on the ceiling.

[B]

Yep. It's a canvas.

[A]

I think I've made that joke on

[D]

the spelling be way emb.

[B]

This a good start.

[A]

Got this.

[C]

Ryan,

[B]

you crying?

[D]

I need a pitch black. E. Embarrass. E M B A R A S s. Embarrass.

[C]

Incorrect.

[A]

Two Rs.

[C]

E m b a r r a s s. Two Rs. Ryan's out.

[B]

Paul.

[A]

Paul.

[B]

Hey, Miles. We made it to hard.

[A]

Oh, no.

[B]

We did it though. I'm.

[A]

Yeah, I'm feeling good though. Where I'm at. Having one less strike than you helps a lot.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

I.

[B]

For me, this is like when Jared announced the rules. It was like Survivor. I just wanted to make the jury. I just wanted to make it to hard and be proud. That that would make me proud of myself.

[C]

So, Miles, you have eight points. Tyler has six points.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Tyler has two strikes, you have one strike.

[B]

Miles, the points would only really matter if we go out in the same round, right?

[A]

I don't know. The points, I think are irrelevant at

[B]

this point or we extinguish all possible words. Then the points matter, I guess.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, I guess that would be that. I didn't really do think that far ahead.

[A]

It's all right. It's all right. Hey, if we got it perfect this time, we would have anything to fix for next year.

[C]

That's true.

[A]

That's true.

[C]

Tyler, you're up. Hard word, I suppose.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

I'm interested. What's the score?

[C]

86. Miles has one strike. Tyler is two. Tyler, silhouette.

[B]

Say that again.

[C]

Silhouette.

[B]

Okay. S I l l o h u e t t e.

[C]

Incorrect. S I l h o u e

[B]

t t e. So I added an extra l. That is not at all where I thought I was going to get it wrong.

[D]

I wouldn't have either.

[B]

I was so close.

[C]

So I guess you won, miles, right?

[B]

Yeah, I guess. He can't lose on this round because

[D]

even if he gets the next one wrong, he only has two strikes.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. You only one strike. So I guess you win.

[B]

Receipt is gonna haunt me.

[D]

Receipt R I S E A T receipt.

[A]

Just work so hard and sometimes you just. When you're in the valley, you just don't know if there's ever going to be a peak again. Thank you. Thank you very much. Give me a victory lap. Give Me a hard.

[C]

Oh,

[A]

job's not done.

[C]

Diarrhea.

[A]

I don't think I know how to spell this. Oh, I don't think I know how to spell this. D. Diya. Or is it diarrhea? Is that how it's spelled? Is it diarrhea or diarrhea? D E I. No, sorry, Sorry to start over.

[D]

What the.

[A]

D I A dia R E

[D]

A.

[A]

No, no, A D. D I R E A U.

[C]

Way off. D I A R R H E

[B]

A. I knew there was an H.

[A]

There's an H in there. Oh, yeah. What a victory lap. That's like, let's say you take the. After you win the NASCAR rage. It's like taking the victory lap and just barreling into the wall.

[B]

Didn't you see a guy did that? He was like out of his window, like celebrating with the crowd and he drove into the wall, like out while he was out his window. Window.

[A]

That's exactly what I just did.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Now there is talking like NASCAR for that, that like he does it on accident. But their car actually like was against specifications that they modified it during the race. And so when they do the post race inspection, there's always rumor that they wreck it so that they. So that when they do the post race, they won't find it and they won't disqualify them.

[B]

Interesting side note.

[C]

Wow, that's actually a fun fact.

[D]

He just got. He's got a fucking lighter inside of his car. He just, just like pulls one of the hoses, jumps out the window. Oh, my God, it's on fire. It's got to flow up,

[C]

blow up the NOS can.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, I'm at a loss for words, you know? Yeah, I see what I did there. I'm at a loss for letters, honestly. Today.

[C]

You got the monkey off your back.

[A]

I got the monkey off my back. I feel like Rory McElroy getting the Grand Slam AM, you know, I feel a little bit like Tiger woods winning a bunch of Masters, then getting into a car accident and hitting the club with his. From his wife. I feel like, I feel like I cheated on my wife with 500 women. Had a fall from graces, from the public, car accident, knee injuries, back surgeries. And I feel like I'm. I feel like I just won the masters back in 2019 is how it feels right now. Now I just couldn't. You know, I'd like to thank my team. We've worked hard all year long. 1% better every single day. Every single day. And it wasn't pretty, but it was enough to get the job done. P R E T T Y Pretty. But you know what? I hats off to the other competitors too. I think that you guys fought hard. They always say let the best man win. And I don't think the best man won today because Tyler's clearly a better speller than I am. But just sometimes it's all about the luck of the draw. That's what life's all about. And well said. So thanks for the listeners for tuning in to yet another Miles you Etch Guy victory in the spelling bee.

[B]

Next year's the year seven's gonna be a huge. It's a rubber match

[A]

of a.

[C]

Any.

[A]

Any closing words from the commissioner of the smelling bee.

[C]

Great be this year.

[A]

Great be now we'll find out if the listeners would rather just watch us only do hard words and crash or if they like the more competitive spelling bee.

[B]

We're going to find out regardless of what they think. This one was more fun. I think.

[D]

I agree.

[A]

It was less we less anger.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

Cuz you won.

[A]

You know, we didn't really have any sore losers this year.

[D]

First.

[B]

First time in five years.

[A]

Just seems like every year except for the first year we just have had some sore losers.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

But this year we didn't.

[C]

I think one year you like you lost right away. You just put the chair way back and just pulled it.

[A]

I'm a different man than I used to be. Jared.

[C]

It's true.

[A]

Turned over several new leafs. L E A F Leafs. L E A F S Leafs, leaves.

[C]

So now do we want to do any changes for next year? This is usually a time I. I

[B]

think not even a change. I just think you gotta decide what to do with the points.

[C]

Sure.

[A]

Yeah. Do the points matter? Do they not matter? I think that we need feel like it's pretty good.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Terms of competitiveness.

[B]

Right.

[A]

We got a lot of words in we got to hard. Which is sick.

[B]

Hell yeah.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

No, I think I. We just determine what the.

[D]

I'm trying to figure out how to spell competitiveness I in my competitive C O M P E T I T I V. Wrong ness.

[A]

I'd like to get a yellow jacket.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. We've been saying that since year one.

[C]

I always forget to get one.

[A]

I'd like to get a yellow jacket especially. I mean if banana ball boy can get it. No reason why we can't and we should. Okay, here's what we'll do. Jared, you're in charge. Get a 2XL just so it fits everyone one.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Get a yellow jacket. Ryan, you're gonna be in charge of getting some iron on letters. And I don't know how we want to do it, but we should have like down the sleeve. Who's won every year?

[B]

Yeah, like the Stanley Cup.

[A]

Something we can iron on.

[B]

Winner gets to keep it in their office for the year.

[C]

Maybe the first ever winner gets the biggest patch and then. Then get smaller than the biggest patch from this past year.

[A]

Yeah, it's like every, like six years or so do a big patch. Yeah, we just get some iron lun letters. We just go every year like M and then whoever the else want and then last.

[D]

Do we want year? Do we do this once a year?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

So we've been doing this for six years.

[C]

Six year.

[D]

Holy.

[A]

I've been doing this podcast for six. We've been using for probably seven.

[B]

Yeah, we're doing the podcast seventh year. Oh my God. Started in the summer of 2019.

[A]

I'd like a yellow jacket next year.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

We can get that done.

[D]

We got time.

[C]

Six years in the making.

[A]

And I think next year I'd like kind of like what I did with Tyler. I'd like Intros for everyone. 1.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Like you're the WWE guy, Jared, and I need some. Like you choose a song for everyone and you do a little bio intro.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Like the hot dog eating contest vibe.

[B]

And we need a jingle for the beginning of the competition. Like the actual spelling be.

[A]

Yeah, I think we've narrowed in on the products now. It's all about the pageantry, the bells and whistles.

[C]

Sure. Okay.

[A]

Unless people hate how long it was because we were spelling words correctly. Then we just go all hard next year. Because at the end of the day, we're doing this for the fans.

[B]

I mean, I think the three strikes thing made it feel longer

[A]

also.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Because it had been done when I misspelled receipt. Because that was might have been my second strike and it had been over right there.

[D]

I think with this format. Well, they're eventually, eventually E V E N T U A L L Y will be a. There'll be a comeback story. So like if someone gets way down, participate in it.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Kardashian. K A D A S H I A N. I don't know.

[A]

It sounds right.

[B]

Y

[A]

There will be a comeback story. Kind of like I had this year. Came all over your guys backs. You got fun fact for us, Jared?

[C]

I do find it fun fact. The average work be lives for just five to six weeks. During this time, she'll produce around a Twelfth of a teaspoon of honey.

[A]

Honey, don't blink. One day you're making honey. Next thing you know you're on your back, dead as after five weeks. Don't blink. It's a fun little bee fact. I like that. That's really short time.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm going to start measuring stuff in be years. Like think of how old I am in lives.

[B]

Is it six to eight weeks?

[C]

Five to six weeks?

[D]

I'm old.

[A]

Beers,

[D]

years.

[A]

All right. Is that it, Jared? Yep. Well, guys, thanks for tuning in to another episode of you Bet yout Radio. Next week we'll see in the new studio. Have a great week. We'll see you the next one. Oh, you betcha. Yeah. Yeah. I forgot again.

[D]

Bring it in.

[A]

We're done.

[C]

So quiet. This is a good segue question, Mrs. Luther. What's the proper way to cut a frozen pizza?

[A]

1. I thought we were gonna get a question about Segways because you said this is a good segue question. So a little disappointed that it wasn't about a segue.

[B]

Segway tour, Chicago. Check out the bean. Flick it.

[A]

Everyone get your helmet off. On. Best way to cut a pizza.

[C]

I mean frozen pizza.

[A]

A frozen p. I'm, I, I think we've discussed this a little bit before. If I'm getting it from a restaurant, squares are elite. I think we talked about that. Getting. Having a pizza on a pontoon cut into squares is about as peak as you can get in terms of pizza.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

But if I'm at home, I am probably cutting it into triangles eight ways. Eight slices

[D]

for me. So four. Yeah. Four different ways up and down across diagonal. Diagonal.

[B]

Yep.

[D]

Yeah, yep.

[B]

Yeah. That's for me. It's the size of the pizza. Like if it's a big ass one, I'm not going to do the triangles. I'm going to square it.

[A]

I also, it also depends on the crust thickness.

[C]

This.

[A]

If it's a thin crust, I'm much more willing to cut it into squares for sure.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Because then the outside pieces aren't as stupid.

[A]

Yeah. You're just getting. It's just a breadstick. I mean I love, I eat it. I only eat the edge pizzas.

[B]

It's like a triangle this big of just crust.

[A]

That's awesome to me.

[D]

Dipping a little ranch marar.

[B]

Hello.

[D]

Marner garlic.

[A]

What are you doing?

[D]

A little red pepper on top. So the. So just so I understand the question

[C]

correctly, what's the proper way to cut a frozen pizza?

[A]

I mean in my mind I don't cut frozen Pizzas.

[D]

I just cut baked pizzas.

[B]

Oh, that's good. I'm. Yeah, he's on it.

[D]

I was waiting to get that one.

[B]

Hell yeah.

[D]

I've never cut a frozen pizza before.

[C]

It might not be a bad idea to cut some if you just want a couple slices.

[D]

That's true. Throw back in the freezer.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Single, you know, living. Just living by yourself.

[B]

Half a pizza on a pizzazz.

[C]

Take the frozen pizza to a table saw. Just what you want.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Actually, is that not a bad idea? Yeah.

[D]

Throw the back in the freezer. La Marner.

[A]

Cutting it. It catches on the table, shoots back into your stomach.

[B]

That's where it was headed anyway.

[A]

Aim the. The thing and it just shoots it right into the oven.

[B]

That would be sweet.

[A]

Be.

[B]

That.

[A]

How many different ways can you cut a pizza? I know it's unlimited, but like traditionally two. There's this spiral, the triangle pieces and square. Right.

[B]

That's it. Those are the only two acceptable options.

[D]

I suppose you. Yeah. Suppose you could go in like a circle.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

But why.

[C]

That'd be kind of cool.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, you could do. Yeah. Well, if you cut it into strips like. Like dippers.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

That's still kind of like. It's the same thing as cutting it as squares, just thinner.

[B]

If you did the spiral thing, you could like put it in your mouth like one of those party decoration hangers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little. A little bouncy.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

If you and your buddies say you're like an Airbnb or something, throw pizza.

[A]

You should.

[D]

You could shape it into a cock that balls.

[C]

Great for bachelorette parties.

[D]

Yeah. Great for. Yeah, great for bachelor party.

[A]

Or Ryan hanging out with his buddy. Yeah.

[C]

Giant deck. Ryan's Marketplace minute back with another question about negotiations. Trying to buy a fifth wheel camper. Guy has it listed for 10,000 down from 13,500. And the first thing in the description is need. Gone. Got an hour drive to go look at it. What do we think about $8,000 cash?

[D]

13. Cut to 10. 8 cash. Power drive needs it gone on. Okay. Let's just say. Okay, today is Tuesday. And let's say you. You're. We're going to go Friday. See this camper. I want you to. And I don't want you to go eight. I want you to go 7,500. Say, hey, 7,500 cash. Not check cash. Sounds like we're already there. I'll come. I. I'll come look at it and pick it up on Friday. Because I. When people know that, like, going into the weekend for that person with $7,500 is. It's. I did that with the lawnmower. I said, hey, I'll give you X amount cash and I'll come pick it up on Friday.

[B]

Do you not say, like, per inspection, like, you. What if you show up and it's way shittier than the pictures?

[D]

Oh, then you can back out of the deal.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Button the right off.

[D]

Yeah. Like, based off the pictures.

[A]

Flash your genre. Finger job.

[D]

I'm out of here.

[A]

You know what, buddy? I'm out of here. As you back away.

[B]

That would be intimidating.

[C]

Finger guns.

[B]

Yeah. I'd be like, this guy's got a screw loose. He's coming back.

[A]

Now, obviously, we're not go. We're not talking single finger gun. We're talking double. This is way more threatening than this.

[B]

That's true.

[D]

And I like, obviously, before you get to the point of saying all this, you should ask like, hey, is there any. Any issues with it? Anything I should know about on top of, like, the pictures and in the description that they've already put? And then it. No, if it's. If it's good, the guy just needs a cash. Boom. 7, 500. I'll come get it. I'll come get.

[A]

I thought you were maybe telling me 500, and you said 7,500.

[D]

7,500. It's just a good. It's. It's a. It's just kind of a good number.

[C]

Clean number.

[D]

It's a clean number. 0. 2500. Five grand. 7510.

[A]

I think you should offer them 70. I think you should offer them 74, 99 and 98 cents.

[B]

No pennies. They'll round.

[D]

That's fine.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Also going 7, 500. It. It allows them to. To send you back, you know, 8, 500, which I think you'd probably be cool with. 8, 500.

[B]

Well, no, then he can come back with his 8,000 he already planned on.

[D]

Exactly.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Yep. Great advice.

[D]

So, but if he goes like, ah, I'll do. I'll do 9500 on it. Then if the listing's been sitting for a couple months, don't respond to him for like a day. Just let him sweat it out a little bit. He'll think about it and be like, oh, I shouldn't have done nine. I should have just, you know, and then I be stressing.

[A]

Got to get gone.

[D]

Exactly. He needs a gun on. Let him sweat it out for a day. It works.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So the best deal to do a deal is like on Friday afternoons. Friday nights.

[A]

That's when you're picking it up.

[D]

Yeah, that's when you'd be picking it up. Because then he's having a great weekend. He just got rid of so much mental space and he just added cash.

[A]

Yeah. Like you get 7, 500 bucks on a Tuesday. You're like, I should probably put this towards my life insurance.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

You know, max my 400, you get it on Friday. You're like, I'm gonna buy a. A fucking four wheeler this weekend.

[D]

Exactly.

[B]

I'm going to get a bigger camper and use this as my down payment.

[D]

That'd be my advice.

[C]

That's great advice.

[D]

Congrats on the fifth wheel though. It's sweet.

[B]

He's got to get it yet.

[D]

That's true.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Penny job's not finished.

[A]

Job isn't finished.

[D]

But hey, there's a path.