#396: We Smabi

This is a HeadGum Podcast. Okay. You are Erin Keefe. Yes. Is this your first year entering into the ice cream cook-off? Tis. I'm very excited to be here. Well, you have a lot of cold competition. Thanks. Oh, my God. My cooler is burning hot. Uh-oh. Well, I can't wait to see what you have made for us. Yeah. Is ice cream soup a thing? Has that been done? Hot ice cream soup. I'm sorry, are you whispering at me or are you whispering to yourself? Or who is the whisperer? I'm whispering to myself. Great. I can't wait to cream the competition. Okay. Yuck. Yuck. Sorry. You can move on from me. Great. This is a long row of people. You don't have to stay here with me. Zero out of 100. Thank you so much. We haven't even started. Oh, Adol Refai. Welcome back. Adol Refai. I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm thinking of a different guy. Adol Refai, this is your first year at the ice cream cook-off? That is correct. Excellent. And what do you have for us today? I have nice cream. Now, what this is, is it's ice cream, but I've crushed Adderall and some uppers to put into it. So it makes you have a very good day. Say no more about it. You could just kiss one of the contestants. I would have given you a kiss if it meant I could win. Apologies. You said Adderall and uppers and I got very horny and I overstepped. And I will go ahead and just give you an automatic pass. 100 out of 100. What the? Okay. Okay. And that brings us to the next booth. That's JPC's booth. Has anyone seen JPC? It seems like the booth is unmanned. I think it's part of his big presentation. He says it has a lot of bells and whistles. Oh, okay. A lot of bells and whistles. Well, if there's no one at the booth, I kind of... So much fog machine. What's going on? Oh, wait. Look up. He's dropping from the ceiling. Oh. That's the sky, honey. Oh, God. He hit so hard. Oh, yeah. He wasn't lowered down. He just dropped. Whoa. He's the ice cream. There's a plane getting away. Oh, wait. That's not JPC. It's some sort of ice cream body. It's melting. Oh. Well, just go ahead and grab a spoonful. It's ice cream in the shape of a man. Hmm. Not terrible. No, that's a person. I like it. That's a person. I think we all just ate it. I really like it. If no one else is eating it. Ooh, don't mind if I do. Mm, mm, mm, mm. And you scream, I scream. We all scream. A little sinewy podcast. Oh, Adol. We got into the cannibalism stuff quick. How are you? Tell me everything. Me? Yeah. Okay. Looks around the room. I'm... Adel, how are you? Tell me everything. Recording a podcast. Wow. What else? What else? What else? What else? I am walls and floor. I'm good. How are you, Erin? I'm great. It's good to see you. Good to see you. JPC, how are you doing? When you guys... I'm okay. When you guys, when someone asks you how you are, do you think that they're always fishing for the immediate ask back? Or do you think that people are kind of panicking? Because I think how do you are, how are you, kind of went out of fashion with like the onset of the pandemic. Like the answer to that question has never been great. Yeah, no one's been good since 2019. In the last like six years, no one can honestly be like, pretty good. Things are good. I mean I always see it as just the almost rhetorical question or almost like in lieu of hello it's just like how are you yeah I don't think rarely do I feel like people mean it as like a how are you like I really want to know how you're doing I think it's more of like a hey how's it going kind of thing. if you could collectively mid and black memory wipe that greeting from existence and replace it with another greeting, what greeting would you choose? That's a great question. Mine would be, I would see a person I hadn't seen in a while and say, don't think, just tell me, what was your best nut in the past 72 hours? Don't think. Cashew? Yeah, so some people say cashew. Some people say like standing up in the shower. You know, it's like you're going to get. That's exhausting. And for what? And for what? Easy cleanup. I think I look at someone. I think I prefer instead of like, how are you or whatever that is. I think just saying smobby. Smobby. Smobby. Smobby. You guys, we have a new word here at Hey Riddle Riddle that we started on a live stream. And it's smobby. And the cool thing about smobby is it means all sorts of things. It can kind of mean whatever you want it to be. And I do feel like 2026 is the year of the smobby. The year of the smobby. Yeah. If I'm not mistaken. It would be like a greeting of like anything to hope for. Anything to hope. Any good news. Like just wanting to hear anything positive. Like knowing that it's mostly bad news. Yeah. What about a, who do you think is coming to save us? What do you think is coming to save us? Or even just a, this sucks, right? I feel like if we just greeted each other with, this sucks, right? Yeah. It would be more positive because I could say yes in an enthused way versus how's it going? And if they're really curious, it's like, I'm not great. Yeah. What about as a greeting back to bed, huh? Where both people give each other permission to just go back to bed for the day. All right, back to bed. We're all leaving our houses less and less, right? well hey everyone welcome to Hey Roto-Roto I'm JPC I'm Adolfi and I'm Smobby it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance I'm going back to bed we should do what did John and Yoko do they did like a 24 hour sleep in or something didn't they? right? didn't they have like a baby? okay I love that this sounds so familiar I just don't know enough about the Beatles lore yeah They did a cover of Rolling Stones magazine where he was naked and she was wearing a turtleneck and was clinging to him. Oh, yeah. She's sort of like grabbing onto him like a tick or something. They did some sort of thing where they were in bed, like a photo shoot or something when they were in bed. I think that's the one. That's what you're talking about? But I think it was during, they did some sort of like, I don't know if it, what's the hotel that overlooks Central Park? The plaza? Central Perk. Maybe Central Perk, thank you. And Gunther was there. I do feel like they did like a 24-hour we're staying in bed to protest war or something. Oh. Hey, well, guess what, guys? Didn't fucking work. I didn't know how much I was protesting war. Good for me. I protest war 14 hours a day. I'm not depressed. 11.30, I'm pretty late to protest war. I guess I'm not brushing my teeth today to protest, I want to say war. Man, they had it right in the 60s. They knew how to do it in the 60s. Oh, yeah. I've never been to Central Park. Really? I need to remedy that. Yeah. Wait. It's quite lovely. In Manhattan? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Isn't Central Park like most of Manhattan? Central Park is like huge, right? Yeah. It's pretty massive. But you've never been there? Never been. I've been on the periphery. Like I've been to restaurants and stuff around it. Interesting. But I've never stepped a single foot inside of it. how many years until you think billionaires decide to put a bunch of horrible condos in Central Park I think it'll be a golf course I think they'll just make it like a private golf course that would be so fun to get in 18 holes in the middle of Manhattan please private golf courses of course alright riddles, puzzles, anything to hope for who's coming to save us could we think Could we think? Which superhero, speaking of who's coming to save us, which superhero is most likely to be real that could save us? That's a really great question. I mean... Batman, because he doesn't really have any powers. He's just a bunch of, like, tech. Okay, so there is a billionaire coming to save us. Is that what I meant to say? Most likely to be real? He's too busy playing golf. I think maybe probably the Punisher, right? Because he's not a superhero. He's just like an angry guy with guns, but coming to save us is the part I don't think, I really don't think that the Punisher is really interested in saving us. He's interested in like murdering, like corrupt cops or whatever. Like he's not, he's not really like a thick stuff type of guy, more of a break, break what's already broken type of thing. Step on the broken glass. Annie Lennox had it right. Maybe Superman. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Walking on, walking on, bro. I think that the odds are better that it's like an alien lands on Earth and is interested in like making it better versus like someone from Earth kind of stepping up to the plate. I feel like I'm putting my odds on aliens. If it was going to happen, it would have already happened, right? Sure. Yeah. Well, back to bed. No, no, guys. Keep up. Keep fighting the good fight. Pick up your swords. Come on. Come on, Adel, JPC. Come on. Yeah. Come on. Dragging my sword, you know, tip into the ground in the battle. Guys, come on. No, well, hey, we are going to stay strong. We're going to persevere. And part of what that is for us is doing, I'm looking at my notes, fucking riddles, I guess. Yeah. All right. If we're going to solve a problem, it starts with solving smaller problems. Like Maria. First things first. How do you solve a problem like her, huh? Sound of music. Yeah. Well, honestly, though, the good news is the riddles that we're going to be doing today came to us from 2019 when the world was a mildly better place. And so we'll still pretty bad. So we'll basically we get to do some little escapism in time travel. For instance, this one came from Stephen submitted in February of 2019. So six years ago. That's pretty cool. nope that's not right that's seven years ago right because it's 2026 and that's 2019 yes how do we think that works huh seven years 828 in the morning you cannot make me do this um steve and rante guys love the podcast i've written a riddle for you please grade it i think you'll either get it immediately or stumped forever was grading riddle something we were doing in 2019 is a new one remember that doesn't sound like us no but we could we could make an exception Stephen asked for us to grade it, so we... All right. If we are going to make an exception, now seems like the time. Okay. Kevin is out shopping. He approaches Susie, who grabs a knife, gives Kevin a cut, and asks for his money. But Kevin runs away. Later, Kevin is arrested. And the question is, why was Kevin arrested? Can you read it again? I can absolutely read it again, Aaron, and I would love nothing more. Kevin is out shopping. He approaches Susie, who grabs a knife. Kevin gives Kevin a cut and asks for his money. But Kevin runs away. Later, Kevin is arrested. He dined and dashed a tattoo. He dined and dashed a tattoo. He dined and dashed a tattoo. Maybe I give up today. Dined and dashed a tattoo. I love that you're just like rolling it over in your mouth like it's like a wine that you're trying to find the notes of. Erin, it's a pairing I've never had before. I don't hate it. I don't think there's a better way to say it. I love using dined and dashed to apply to things that aren't food. That's just good. When I lived in Australia and my friend Connie got glassed, we went to the... Got what? Glassed. Apparently it's a thing in Australia where glass will explode and people get glass in them. It happens enough in that godforsaken continent that we... Get glass in them? Did she just say in them? just explodes this i was just as shocked as you are that that's a term that they used that glass just explodes i went over to a party they'd already been drinking for a while they were celebrating passing a test because they're all like medical students and i was talking to connie we were up against the refrigerator and a guy tried to open a champagne bottle with a knife which is hard to do if you've never done that before and he did that in the champagne bottle exploded and Connie got a huge piece of glass in her cheek right under her eye and I got I like some little glass in my legs and then I took her to the emergency room and she got stitches and all she had to do was like show her ID when she went in and then we just walked out of the hospital when she was done and I was like do you have to pay a bill do we have to fill out paperwork and she's like no it's just free just included in our taxes and I was like you're dining and dashing healthcare. I literally felt like an adrenaline rush, like we're stealing. She was like, no, this is a really civilized place where we all get treated like humans. I was like, what? Erin, I don't want to quibble. Quibby. Smobby. Smobby. Smobby. I don't want to smobby about this, but you said glass just explodes, and then you told the story of a man hitting a champagne bottle with a knife and then it exploding, which to me is not glass just explodes. Well, when she went to the hospital, the person was like, have you ever been glassed before? And she went, actually, yes. and she has these scars on her chest from being at a bar where a thing, like a glass cup or something explodes on her. That's, what a wild thing to say. Have you ever been glassed before? So not only are all the creatures in Australia trying to kill you, glass just explodes. Yeah, glass has a mind of its own down there. And maybe you live in Australia and you're like, what the fuck are you talking about? And it was just these weird rural places in Western Australia that we're dealing with being glassed. But either way. I only know the term glassed, which I believe is like military slang, But also it may be like Star Wars space military slang when you like bombard something or bomb it so much that you've completely like destroyed the surface. And then you say that you've like glassed it. Like I think I think there was an episode of The Mandalorian where they go back to his home planet and they say that it's completely glassed because it was destroyed by like orbital bombardment. So that's how I know the word glassed. But I don't I I'm not familiar with the Australian usage of the term. I'm going to say F. Oh my God, are we in the middle of a riddle? Did we finish it? No. Aaron, you are, like, Dined and Dashed is, like, not wrong, but it's not during a tattoo appointment, but it's, like, so close. It's like you're... Dentist. You're potentially there. He's out shopping. He approaches Susie, who grabs a knife, gives him a cut, and asks for his money, but Kevin runs away. Later, Kevin is arrested, not Susie. Barber, like a... a knife. No, this is a person who would like legit use a knife. And I guess like Barbara, you're thinking what, like straight razor? Yeah. Or haircut, I guess. But no, it's... Sushi? You wouldn't give a haircut with a knife. Ear piercing. Cut him. Stitches. No, not ear piercing. Not surgery. Why do people pull a knife on you for good? He is out shopping. That I think is really, really helpful. It's not like he's going... You wouldn't say like, I'm going shopping and get a haircut. He's like legit shopping. is she selling knives no she does not sell knives she's not selling knives is she cutting a tag off that's a great guess it's not a tag oh hold on hold on hey Stephen gave us hints do you want some hints oh yes please alright did Kevin actually commit any crimes yes and if you can land on the crime that he committed I'll give that to you so that might help you was Susie the one pressing charges yes was Kevin's crime in the story. Yes. It's him leaving is the crime. Exactly, Erin. When he runs away, that's him committing. She was giving him like a service. Yeah, not, yes, I guess a little bit. Like goods and service, you know, something in that category. So she took out a knife and cut him. No No She took out a knife She grabs a knife and she gives Kevin a cut It does not say that she cut him A cut of what Cut of the prophets A cut of I love this. A cut of drugs, a cut of the prophets. A cut of cheese. Aaron, it could be. It's a butcher. Yes, it's a butcher. Whoa. So why was Kevin arrested? Because he stole. Yeah, she gives Kevin a cut, asks for his money, but Kevin runs away. So he stole the cut of meat. She cut some meat. She was a butcher. He ran away instead of paying for it. And she dropped a dime on him and she narked on him. So who's really the hero of that story, huh? Great. I'd like to see a scene. Is it the Jean Valjean who was just trying to steal some meat for his family? JPC, you are a butcher who recently got Adel in trouble for stealing from your shop. Adel, you're back in to try to be a paying customer, but it's a little awkward. since the last time you saw him, he was getting in trouble. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, Ned. Meat man. Yeah, hey. Hey. I'm a, look, I just want to say I'm sorry about. I'm sorry. Yeah, the way that it all went down. I'm down, yeah. Yeah. Didn't need to go that way. Yeah. Nope, no. I'm going to do a thing, though, from now on for you, Ned, where I just asked you to pay up front, basically, so we don't have to get into something up front like the front of the store or i'm kidding i'm kidding no no before yeah before obviously i uh i sell you any meat i'm gonna have to see the the money up front 14 years i'm sorry 14 years for two ribeyes huh kind of wild that wait that's what you got you got 14 years 14 years but i only served 12 so huh god why did i justice system Works. It works. Wow. So I'm celebrating seeing my kids again. So let's see what I want. Your adult kids. When you say kids, a lot of people think like, mommy, daddy. You know, but it's like they're adults now. Oh, yeah. I should say I'm going to go see my adults. What are we doing? Children. What the fuck are we doing? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Hey. I'm sorry. Hey. Sorry, man. I just realized that I got all the way downtown before. I didn't pay for my filet. I just walked out without paying. I'm so sorry. No worries. I recorded it down. You can just pay at the end of the month if you need to. Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much. Hey, I really appreciate that. All right, have a good one. Have a good one. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What the fuck? Oh, yeah. We changed the policy. When was it? It was like 12 years ago, maybe? Or 11? Maybe 11 years ago we changed the policy. So now it's just like, it's so much easier to keep a tab for everyone. Yeah, just pay at the end of the month. Kill them all. I'm going to kill them all. What did you want? You wanted some... Kielbasa. Kielbasa. That's what I said. Kielbasa. Okay. Yeah. And then obviously, you know, you're grandfathered into the old policy, so it's still up for a payment for you. Oh, yeah. Going to see your kids, huh? That's exciting. My adult kids. Mm-hmm. Yeah, well, now that I know, I could just kind of skip the pleasantry part of it and go, you know what? While you're here, your kids, Jeff and, oh, and his wife, Karen, they have a tab. If you want to settle up their tab. It's two ribeyes. I'd rather, wait, what? They have a tab because they already bought two ribeyes. Ribeyes. Two ribeyes. Why does that sound familiar? That's what I was going to order was two ribeyes. Oh, you know what? That tab has already been paid. Because now, starting, when was it? 11, 12 years ago, we now do a promotion where every repeat customer just gets a free two ribeyes every month. Oh, my God. We actually don't even charge for two ribeyes anymore. If you're just getting two ribeyes. I can't do this. If you get two more ribeyes, of course, we would charge for that. But it's a free two ribeyes. Of course, you're grandfathered out of that policy. The old policy. I should go to a different butcher. I should go to a different... You know what? No. No. You're going to walk out of here? Yes. You're going to walk out of the butcher store right now? No. No. I need the steaks. I need the steaks. Do you have kids? I have adult children. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I had kids 12 years ago. Yeah. 12 years ago. Huh. Okay. and that's 3 p.m. that's store closing time uh hey you know what you know what I'm gonna do just because we're old friends just because we go back I'm gonna kick you out of the store you gotta go right now alright well I'm gonna go walk into the ocean nothing makes nothing makes sense anymore okay it's all bad well hey best of luck to you alright fuck you I didn't mean that I'm sorry excuse me sir You walk it into the ocean? Yep. Okay, that'll be 1850. Seed. Seed. Yeah, it's done. It's all done. Oh, man, nothing like going to prison for 12 years. I'd give that riddle a B minus. Erin, you gotta rank it. I'm thinking. I'm gonna give it a C plus. I'm going to give it a C for clever, which is, of course, an A. We have another one from Dave. Dave writes this riddle back in the year of our Lord 2019, also in February. And as we've proved just six, nay, seven short years ago. Every time Agatha rides the train, the conductor sees her and smiles, even though invariably she's breaking one of three laws. she's not breaking the law oh i'm sorry when she's not breaking the law she smiles back the conductor never calls the police and does not know agatha outside of the train the question is what happened oh so every time that agatha rides the train the conductor sees her and smiles even though invariably she's breaking one of three laws when she's not breaking the law she smiles back the conductor never calls the police and does not know agatha outside of the train. Agatha's a cat. Agatha's a cat. Aaron, you're on the right track, but Agatha is not a cat. Agatha's a bird. Aaron, you're getting colder. Agatha's a dog. Agatha. These are all lateral moves of not the right answer. Agatha's a kid. Agatha's a baby. Agatha's a baby. And the law is public breastfeeding. Okay, so there's three laws. One of them is not public breastfeeding, but they can be kind of, well, no, I'm not even going to say kind. It's going to confuse you. Do you guys want to guess what the three laws the baby is breaking on the train? They're like train-specific ordinances, I would say. Okay. Not paying. Things you're not supposed to do on a train. Well, I know this from having a kid. kids eat for free at Shoney's and they ride for free on the train no pooping on the train defecating no nudity ordinance 3 is no relieving oneself on the train Aaron nudity probably would work but let's assume that the baby is clothed for the duration of the train ride so yeah no relieving yourself on train, Al got one of them you can't be carried by another human that's allowed that is a lot of trains as soon as you get these I have a seat oh no screaming or crying no screaming no you can scream on the train it's not encouraged socially but you're allowed to do it if you need to what laws do babies break you said breastfeeding and it's not necessarily breastfeeding but it is like indecent exposure no no think of more of what law the baby would be breaking not the law that the mother is breaking I don't even know. I don't know if this one is one. This is one that I just wouldn't do on a train unless I absolutely had to. But maybe it's a rule. Staring at other people? No. I was going to say for the breastfeeding one, it's eating. No eating on trains. I guess that makes sense for cleanliness. But it's the same reason why I don't need the thing that says no eating in the bathroom. I'm like, I'm not going to eat in here. So no eating, no relieving yourself. And then the last one, this feels like an anti-unhoused person. No sleeping? No sleeping on the train. Of course, babies love sleeping. All right, I want to see a quick scene. Adel, you are a train. I want to see train inspector, but that's not a real thing. But you're the person who enforces like a rule on a train. Again, these are not real. The trains are lawless. But you're a train rule enforcer, and Erin is breaking some, like, really unknown train rules, and you're just, like, gently letting her know that she's breaking those rules. Ahoy, hoy. Oh, I've got my ticket right here if you want to scan it. Okay. And a big beep. And okay. Just a heads up here. Is this your first time on the Rocky Mountain Express? Yes, it is. I'm going to see family. Oh, very good. for the holiday or just a vacation? Just a classic visit. It's actually been like 10 years since I came home. It's a whole thing. Ah. Well, just so you know, you were looking out the window and giving a tight-lipped smile, and that is against the law. Yeah, that's funny. Yeah, it's like one of those things where I'm like, should I be going home? Should I have reached back out to my family after everything that happened? So I'm just sort of staring out the window thinking about like the choices that I've made and everything that's led me to this moment. Okay, you broke a few more laws there, a few more train laws. You can't say it's funny without laughing because that's disrespectful. And there was something else, but I forget it. We'll let that other one go. So you've broken two laws. Are you for real? You've just broken another law. You're writing me little tickets. You can't ask someone who's standing in front of you and clearly corporeal if they're real. That's insulting to imagination. You're writing things down on post-it notes and putting them on my forehead one by one. What is this? Talking too much. Being too fun. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Smells like dirt and cheese. Okay, hey, hey, sir, I just wanted to be on this train ride in peace. I will not do anything else against the law. I will sit. I will be normal. I will close my eyes. Excuse me, is this where you pay your tickets? Yes. Okay, sorry. Yeah, I was the guy that said if the shoe fits, here is a check for $12. Thank you so much. And you, let me undo those handcuffs. Thank you so much. Hard to write a check with your handcuffs. You are free to go. I didn't realize this train was so... It had so many rules. You're trying to nickel and dime us. You put it in ellipses in the middle of a sentence. I didn't know this train was so... Dot, dot, dot. That's another law. Ugh. You know, I don't... You just... U-G-H-H-H-H personified? Ugh. That's another... You broke another law. Well, you just said it, didn't you? Calling me out for being hypocritical? You broke another law. Really? Really? All right, sir, I'm going to fight you. This is why I haven't seen my parents in a long time. It's because I fought my parents ten Christmases ago. It turned out to a full-blown brawl. You think I can't do it? Put them up. Put them up. Come on. Hey, if you want to engage in some pugilism. Oh, that's a good right cross. Yeah. Gino kicked to the stomach. Oh, flip me over the back. Yeah.insky. Yo, what was that? Here we go. We're off. We're off. What was that? She's spinning him like a basketball on her finger. Yeah, so the answer there, because I don't think I spelled it out exactly, but as a baby, the conductor always smiles at her and ignores the letter of the law, understanding the spirit is to apply, is not to apply to babies. Agatha doesn't smile back because she's sleeping or she has a bottle in her mouth when feeding or is straining to relieve herself with their eyes closed. Yuck. The face that babies make when they poop is so funny. That is a bracelets face. Yeah. Because it's probably a face that everybody makes, but we learn to mask it. We learn not to show other people our poop face. Do we feel like there's a lot of babies being named Agatha? recently. Oh, yeah. Because old names are in and, like, people love Catherine Han. So it's, like, for sure. Down, down, down the road. Iris, Agatha. What else? Great names. Eunice. Cute. I'm in. Eudora. I think they should have cast Catherine Han to play Young Han solo. That would have been fun. And Smobby. Aaron and Smobby. Well, hey, look, That was fun, and we appreciate everyone who writes Riddle seven years ago, but now it is time for a little break, or something that we like to call a smobby. Adel, Aaron, what do you think of my new hair? Before you ask, before you ask, yes, I did pull every piece of hair from my head because I was so stressed out about business finances. Yeah, buddy, that looks stressful. I love my new JPC wig. Thank you for this. And the best part, it was super painful to do because I used my hands and fingers. Wow. Should have used found, right, Erin? Should have used found. You should have used found. Found, bang it. It saved you from all the stress. Oh, I should have used found. Found makes it easy for small business owners to put all of their finances in one place. Instead of a bank account here, QuickBooks there, tax invoicing apps stacked on top. Instead, I should have just used Found. Found eliminates the clutter by giving you one platform that handles it all. Banking, bookkeeping, invoices, and taxes. No more paying for multiple subscriptions and dealing with clunky, outdated apps. Why did I not use Found? And that's the thing, JPC, is they've made it so easy. They've even automated things like tracking expenses, finding write-offs, and budgeting for tax time. You can even send your invoices for free and pay your contractors, everything all from one app. They make it easy to regain control of your business finances. So you can come back to doing what you love, JPC, like making wigs. Well, I am going to be doing a lot of making wigs now because I'm going to have to open up a new small business line that sells JPC hair wigs and people would buy them. So I can't even joke about making them because people would buy them. but I will use found and I will not stress out about having to use multiple different platforms to do everything that I need to do to run our business we use found and I think that you should too so take back control of your business today open a found account for free at found.com that's F-O-U-N-D.com found is a financial technology company not a bank banking services are provided by LeadBank member FDIC join the hundreds of thousands who've already streamlined their finances with found Oh, Aaron, look, the hair's in the shape of a backwards hat. I'm JPZ. Look, I'm JPZ. Whoa, I love it. I wish I had my hair back. Smells awful, though. Come on. Okay, well, let me just do my final measurements here. Everything seems even. Check the doors. Adel, Aaron? Hmm? I have, using my skills as a woodworker, have crafted a well-built wardrobe. A magical one where you can go into a magical world? No, I tried it. It's just wood. But it's well-built. GPC, when we said every adult should have sort of a well-built wardrobe, we didn't mean like the actual frame, like an actual wooden wardrobe. We went like in a quince way, like having a lot of adult well-made. The quality clothing that lasts. Quality pieces that work together. They hold up over time. That's what quince does best. We told you that. organic cotton sweaters, polos for every occasion, lighter jackets that keep you warm in the changing season. I have a raincoat from them that I love. GBC, I held you down sort of clockwork orange style and held open your eyes while I showed you that Quince's premium materials, thoughtful design, and everyday staples feel easy to wear and they're easy to rely on, even as the weather shifts in Chicago. This is making sense now, because I was like, you were talking about how Quince works directly with top factories and cuts out the middleman so you're not paying for brand markup, just quality clothing. That's what you said. That's what you were doing with my eyes. And can I be honest with you? I did not build that well of a wardrobe. I mean, this thing is pretty loose. No, hey. No, it's pretty loose. Hey, what? No. You can knock it over with a feather. Oh, a nail just went right through my thumb. That's the best case scenario. They only partner with factories that meet rigorous standards for craftsmanship and ethical production I love their home stuff I love their clothes I can always count on them for the best quality So don't be like that absolute fool JPC. Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Don't be foolish like JPC. Right now, go to Quince.com slash riddle for free shipping and 365 day returns. That's a full year to build your wardrobe and love it. And you will. Now available in Canada too. Don't keep settling for clothes that don't last. Go to quince, Q-U-I-N-C-E dot com slash riddle for free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince dot com slash riddle. R-I-D-D-L-E. 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I actually use, this is kind of strange, I use herbal smobby and I do that thing where I start lathering it up and suddenly the deep voice starts singing. Do you guys remember herbal smobby? What are you talking about? Herbal Essence commercials. Oh. Oh, yes. She got the herbal in the shower for another half an hour. I blocked that out. Erin, did you never have the urge to herbal? I think I miss... I don't remember this ad campaign as well as you guys do. Is Herbal Essence still around? It can't possibly be. And it is, sure. I think I used it recently at a gym shower. I don't think that they have as robust of an advertising presence as they used to have. I feel like a lot of... Remember, was it Lipton Iced Tea? was it that's brisk baby and they had all those like claymation commercials like Rocky Balboa and stuff. I feel like companies used to really go nuts with fun commercials. I think, do you think it's just because everybody knows about it now? Or do you think that like Pantene Pro-V has like enough customers? They're like, we got the ones we need. We don't want any more. We're shutting the door on Pantene Pro-V. No one's ever going to just buy it on a whim. Maybe. I don't know. What is it? Is it like there's a certain type of root beer. Root beer doesn't advertise. That's because of their old-timey beliefs. Root beer doesn't advertise. Isn't that true? Didn't we learn that on this show? I think so. Well, I know like it used to, right? I remember A&W commercials and mug root beer commercials. I remember Barks Has Bite. Bark says bite. Yeah. Maybe I'm wrong. Hey, Aaron, you could be completely right. It could be something that is true. I'm often wrong, so. It's not true for a while. Hey, why don't we put that often wrong to the test and give you another riddle, huh? Okay. All right. All right. Oh, man, you guys are so pliable. I could do anything. You guys. You guys are just like weebles. We wobble. We smobby. You don't fall down. All right. We smobby. This one's from Lila and Daisy, also from February of 2019. A man mailed a head. When the person received it, he was not surprised or scared. Why? Lettuce. Out of lettuce. Okay. There's three possible answers that they include. Lettuce isn't one of them, but cabbage is, so I will give you that one. Okay. Can you give two other answers to why a person mailed a head and the person received it was not surprised or scared? Mannequin. I would be actually kind of scared if someone mailed me a mannequin head I do want to see a scene that's good, please perfect I wonder what this is going to be the two of you are a couple and you just received a package at the door that you had to sign for and inside was a mannequin head I got it oh yeah, okay great Doug said he was going to be sending over a Christmas card did he say card? I think he just said sending over a Christmas. It might be one of those like fruit boxes that has like seasonal fruit in it. God, Doug is so thoughtful. He gives the best gifts. He is such a thoughtful guy. I'm really glad that you guys made up. Oh, me too. I mean, again, he's thoughtful, but he's intense. And it's just like, it was so stupid, the fight, that it's like, it wasn't worth staying mad at him, you know? Right. I mean, you're trying to help him, but I guess he was kind of embarrassed that you called him in tents in front of that whole dinner party. Yeah, no, I mean, it was truly I was out of line and I apologized, you know, because it was like he just, again, stupid miscommunication. I'm glad it's water under the bridge. Yeah, and I'm on your side. I think that you did a great job repairing that relationship and I'm really proud of you. Thank you. Do you want to open it? Uh, why don't you open it? Okay. All right. Takes three big steps back. What are you doing? I am going to the kitchen to get you... Didn't you say you wanted a seltzer or...? No. No? Okay, well, I guess I was just kind of anticipating that you might want a seltzer. I just haven't seen you drinking much this morning. Takes another big step back. Why are you backing up from the package? Do you think that there might be something in...? No, not really even at all. You know what? All this talk about me making up with Doug, I am now remembering I have not done that yet. You said that you made up with Doug. I, yes, I, I said yes because I intend to in a way that it feels... You promised that you'd do that. I said you have to get better at repairing your friendships. You keep alienating our friends and you said, yeah, I'm going to call Doug. I'm going to make up. Call Doug. Yeah, and it's like I did the whole conversation in my head so many times that it even feels like I've already done it. So. What's in the box? Why don't we take that box and throw it in the trash? What's in the box? What's in the box? It's not important. It's not. And I take a big step back. Stop stepping towards me. And it's not even important what's in the box because it reminded me I got to call Doug. So let's leave that outside. Maybe this is an olive branch. Maybe this is an olive branch. Maybe. Have you ever seen those videos where there's like a suspicious package and they shut down the whole block and they call those guys with like the big. Hazmat suits. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. here's a funny idea why don't we throw that as far out into the street as we possibly can call those guys i don't know how to call those guys oh i've got their number i have to i have disagreements with my friends all the time and it doesn't lead to this what is going on with you with me or with doug with you i'm trying to be on your side here but you gotta meet me halfway Yeah. Okay. Oh, meet you halfway. Why don't I walk halfway out of the apartment? I'm just going to open it. I think we're over and underestimating him all at once. We're overthinking it. Okay, great. All right, here I go. And I'm opening it. And there's a huge explosion unrelated. Perfect. Someone in the neighboring apartment had a gas leak. Explosion unrelated. It was one of those boxes of seasonal fruit to make up for their bite. Oh, my God. That is something, a move that I would see in a narrative, like a movie or something, where a huge unrelated explosion happens after all that. And I'd be like, they're going to win Best Director. This is one of the smartest choices I think I've ever seen in the history of movie making. Did you guys ever see the movie Mannequin with Kim Cattrall? Yeah. Cattrall? Cattrall? Cattrall. They do... Smovey. And I haven't seen it in like 30 years, Bobby. I haven't seen it in like 30 years, but I feel like they do the scene from Toy Story 3 where there's a moment where she is back to being a mannequin and she's on like a conveyor belt heading towards like a buzzsaw or something. And he has to run down and save her. Really upsetting. I guess that is the move from Toy Story 3. My friend Damon loves that movie. Who does? Damon Royster. Oh, yeah. He loves it. I would say if someone, if I'm like a, if I work for Paramount and a desk comes across my script, if a script comes across my desk that's Mannequin, I think I'm investigating this person. Oh, yeah, for sure. Yeah, I'm going to go, let's go check out their house. We're just going to go and see and make sure. Let me call in a tip. I think as with every horror movie that I've ever seen in my life, I've been like, once was enough for me to see this. not even that I think like mannequin is like especially like horary but it's never one that I I saw decades ago and I've never revisited it yeah the best part is the guy from Designing Women isn't it I think also and this is just my guess I think there's probably some problematic stuff that doesn't age well no in an old movie having sexual relations with the mannequin that comes to life something along those lines There were two other answers. The head of lettuce slash cabbage is the best one. Okay. The other reasons why a person would not be surprised or scared to receive a head in the mail. Is it food? No, they're not food related. These are kind of stretches. The second one is he sent it to a morgue. Now, I guess I get that one. if it's like... Oh, no, that sucks. Yeah. That's nothing. That's a real head. I don't think you could do that. That actually is so upsetting. I think, do not send body parts to a morgue. That's not how a morgue works. All right. Well, we got this head. What do we do? Mail it? No, I think... Chief, I think you gotta drive that over pretty quick. Let's mail it. The other one is he sent it to himself at a different address. But anyway, let's not go too far. so it's the same guy opening it as who sent it that's why he's not surprised or scared very upsetting things just have it be cabbage i think it should have just been cabbage uh but either way thank you for sending them in uh all right let's do another one that was the that was the craziest thing you've ever brought to us jpc jpc kills a lot of dead birds and brings it to us being like look what i got you guys and that That's got to be one of the craziest ones. You guys keep telling me I'm a good boy. So that's kind of reinforcing the behavior. Yeah, Adel, this one's on us. So I came home the other day and I saw like white, little like specks of white all over my yard. And I have a trauma response because of times where cats have dismantled birds in my yard. And I've had to clean up like bird feathers where I was like, oh, no feathers. and then I saw that it was just like a little bit of ice that hadn't melted off the grass and I was like, oh, thank God. Like, I didn't know that I had it in me to have immediate reactions to like scattered pieces of white in my yard, but it was just, no. I truly, truly dodged a bullet on that one. Here's Robert's riddle. 12 men walking by, 12 pairs hanging high. Each took a pair and left 11 hanging there. How is this possible? 12 men walking by, 12 pairs hanging high. Each took a pair and left 11 hanging there. Oh, it's, they're pairs of pairs. So it's P-A-I-R-S of P-E-A-R-S. That is not correct. That is a great way to think about it. It's all P-E-A-R-S. It's all, that's a, I think that's a very helpful clue. Or not helpful clue, but a good direction to guess, but it's not the correct answer here. I would have given that riddle an A if it had been what Adil just said. Interesting. It's 12 angry men. Oh, yeah. It's the people in the jury, and they're leaving 11 people hanging in the courtroom because there's 11 people there for the – Waiting for the verdict? These are physical pairs, not metaphorical pairs. And you – Aaron, you said you would have given it an A. I think that you are going to give this riddle not an A. that's my guess 12 12 men walking by 12 pairs hanging high on a pear tree let's say each took a pear and left 11 hanging there oh uh an 11 the 11th man is hanging that's again you're thinking like oh yeah these are like the way that you answer these riddles these are great guesses but this is one of these ones that when I I give you the answer, you're going to say, well, that's actually stupid. And I agree. Then how am I supposed to guess that? I'm so smart. I can't make my brain dumb. I'm just kidding. I'm really dumb. Left 11 hanging. Each took a pair and left 11 hanging there. I will say, at the end of this, there are still just 11 pairs hanging in the tree. I give up. Giving up is the smart play. They took the same pair? Mercy. No. Only one pair was taken down. Aaron, do you want to just give up? Yeah, I give up. This is a good one to give up on. Sure. I think give up on this one. So the answer is that the man's name was Each. Huh? Each took, okay. So here's the thing. Here's the thing. Normally that's like a fine, acceptable answer. Each not really a name. Well, Jack Eacher. Stacy Eech let's see who else Eech and Ong famous comedy duo Eech and Ong I don't want to do one yeah I know I don't want to do one Psst Adam I don't want to you got one? no no no I don't have one I don't want to do it okay can you think of a celebrity though with just like with Eech in their name no no I don't want to. Oh, me? No. No, certainly not. No, thank you. All right. Well, hey, Aaron, you don't have to play. Okay, thank you, guys. Thanks. How are you? Well, hey, we need the ball in the jersey. Oh, I mean, back to bed. All right, here's your next one. Here's your next one. I hate, hey, hey, F. F, yeah. F for that one. F, I thought so. I thought, hey, I thought so. Still had to read it. Still had to read it. Here's your next one from T. Um, T says, in the letter T, not the drink. Or I guess T not necessarily a drink Gossip And it not the gossip it just the letter T Six little grapes hanging on two vines Three black cherries in a line Tumbling and rolling and all playing fair. Four round peaches makes a square. See, here's the thing. I couldn't even pay attention to this riddle because every word you said, I was like, could that be someone's name? That's the name. His name is Tumbling. His name is Cherries. Because now the rules are out the window. Yeah. Anything goes at this point. Anything goes at this point. Okay, here. Let me help you guys, because I'm going to help you with a little palate cleanser. This is going to be a little bit of ginger that I'm applying to your tongue. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Which, by the way, I understand the purpose of the ginger palate cleanser, but I don't like it. Hmm. Do you use it when you're eating sushi? I do. Ginger can be a little overpowering for my palate sometimes. Yeah. Like, it gets stuck. I like... It has kind of the opposite effect to me occasionally. I'll show my ass here. What do you think? Pretty tight. Pretty good. Bounce the quarter off that bad boy. Oh, it didn't bounce. It didn't bounce. It went in. It went in. Right in the hole. Check five. Too good at aim. Ooh, look, I'm paying it out. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Ew. Well, of course, Aaron. Sorry. Sorry for fucking living. I don't know what you want from me. I guess I'm really sorry. God damn it. Because he shot a corner in my ass and I paid out. Fine. Fuck. Can we move on, Aaron? Are we still talking about this? What I was going to say. I was going to ask. It's only the first episode. We got more episodes to record today. what I was gonna ask is do you use the do you use the palate cleanser the ginger when you're switching between sushis or like why do you use the palate cleanser I typically use it if I have if I'm eating like a spicy tuna roll like if I have spicy tuna roll and then I switch to like nigiri I typically use it as just like a cause a roll is gonna have like a lot of possible sauces or just a lot going on. And then with nigiri, it's like, oh, you want to taste just the fish. So that's when I use it. I don't use it after like every piece or if I – Sure. In between different types of fish. I think it's most – I use it exclusively between rolls and nigiri. Got it, got it, got it. Or sashimi. Hmm. Okay. I think since I'm a vegetarian and whenever I eat sushi, it's like it's always vegetarian sushi. i'm genuinely like there's not like a i can go to from like a sweet potato roll to a avocado roll and it's not like it's not like a huge yeah issue for me so maybe that's why i never i never use the the palate cleanser um okay but uh this is this is there's not really like a it's not going to be the same type of like bad trick i actually like this ronald there there is a it's um it's not like when it's describing these things it's not describing the actual physical things but it's a manifestation of these. So I'm going to give it to you one more time. Six little grapes hanging on two vines. Three black cherries in a line. Tumbling and rolling and all playing fair. Four round peaches makes a square. Now, JPC, were you giving us a hint earlier when your ass paid out? Not a sentence I thought I'd say today. Is this describing a jackpot reel? Oh, you're so smart. Adol? It's not. Okay. Because in jackpot reels, There's always like the cherry and then like the there'll be an orange or something. You're trying to get them all lined up. These I will say that these are not actual fruits. It's more using like descriptions that like resemble a thing than they are like actual fruits. But the tumbling and rolling and all playing fair, that is pretty germane to the answer. And it's not far from jackpot real, but it's just like not that's not the right kind of thing that you're looking for here. Playing cards? It's not cards. Dice? Adol, the answer is dice. I don't get it. I got it right? Explain, please. So all of these things are manifestations of things that you would see on the face of a die. Six little grapes hanging on two vines. Oh, boxcars. Three, yeah, three black lines up and down, which is a six. Three black cherries in a line is a line, which is the three. That's how you represent the three on the dice. And then four on peaches makes a square. a four on dice is a square of black dots, basically. Wow. If it's white dice. And then they said bonus points if you knew that grapeseeds and the dots on dice are both called pips. I knew the dots on dice were called pips. I did not know that grapeseeds were called pips. It's in the New York Times crossword constantly. Yeah, I feel like that's a... So, Aaron, you get bonus points for the crossword thing, and Adel, you get bonus points for the dice thing. F. Bonus points, that was the main answer. Well, no, the dice are called pips. You know about the Pips. Oh, yes, yes, yes. And I know about Gladys Knight. I was just going to say, whose backup band was the Pips, and it was Gladys Knight. I think it was Gladys Knight. I was just going to ask that. I get the bonus points. So we all got a little bonus points. Whee! Is it true that between the three of us, you think there's one smart person? No. I don't think. I think we are... Huh. What is the three of our intelligence combined? And how can I say this without insulting anybody? I can't. let's see the three of us combined has the same intelligence of a average dog who's been dead for less than 12 hours i i'd agree to that i'm not insulted by that yeah that if it's true then you can't really be mad we all wearing lab coats we all go to shake hands and we all miss here in school you get your test back and it just says uh it says grade dead dog see me after class Oh, I'm improving. It says see me after class and then there's just a picture of the ocean and someone walking into it. Go see that after class. All right. Okay, why not? I'll live in Atlantis. Let's do one more riddle, okay? Okay. Let's do one from, hmm, Felipe? Felipe? Felipe? Felipe in Brazil. I'll say Felipe. In two wallets, there are $2. At the same time, one of them has twice the money compared to the other. How is that possible? So in two wallets, there's $2, meaning one has zero money, one has $2, which would therefore mean the one that has $2 has twice as much money as you. You can't do twice as much as zero. I guess two is not twice as much as zero. Yes. In two wallets, there are $2. at the same time one of them has twice the money compared to the other how is that possible this is a mind fuck this is tough is it different types of currency like a like a dollar and versus like a peso or something if i'm solving this at all that's exactly where my mind's going to some sort of like currency conversion but it's not that let's assume for this that they're the same type of currency so it's like we're working on the same units here can you read it again in two wallets there are two at the same time one of them has twice the money compared to the other how is that possible oh is it um like one is like a silver dollar or like a and so like the currency of it like because of like the stock market or something three scientists where all she yeah ow ow my fingers my fingies it's it no it it doesn't have anything to do. I don't think you really need to know what even the type of currency is. I could just say it's like a dollar bill. It's not the currency that is the important part here. Two wallets have two dollars. Two wallets. It's not the currency that's important, so it's the wallets that are important. Oh, now the game is afoot. It's... There's gold on one of the wallets and the price of gold fluctuates. No, you don't need to know the price of gold. In two wallets, there are two dollars. At the same time, one of them has twice the money compared to the other how is that possible one is a digital wallet oh that's a that's okay speak on that for there's a fee for taking money out okay um here's the hint that i'll give you guys and this is i i don't really know how to give like a hint to this i'm gonna like give you half the solution think about the size of these wallets that's the important part okay these wallets I would say are not the same size big wallet little wallet big wallet little wallet twice as much money one I feel dumb while we think I just want to see a quick scene this is going to be like one of these like PBS kids shows and it's about money management and it's the two cartoon hosts are big wallet and little wallet I'll let you guys decide who's big wallet and who's little wallet big wallet big wallet is it true Little Wallet? Is it true that you should diversify your portfolio? That's right, Little Wallet. Don't put all your money in one place. Big Wallet, is it true that you sort of amassed a bunch of wealth and then slammed the door behind you, making sure no one younger than you could ever own property or live the American dream? Yes and no, Little Wallet. I'd say more I pulled the ladder up behind me then slammed the door shut. Kind of a bad plan, though, because the real estate that you bought is in the middle of the suburbs, and people my age are not really interested in living in horrible, poorly-made McMansions in the middle of nowhere. Who are you going to sell that to when it comes time to sell? That's your entire plan for your senior living is selling that property. Well, not exactly selling. See, I bought up 40 properties, and what I'm doing is turning them into Airbnbs. So you're a landlord. Mm-hmm. And kids, there's nothing wrong with being a landlord. Mm-hmm. Can we watch Bluey? Please. See. A little three-year-old watching that being like, off. Turn off. Please turn off. Okay, wallets of different sizes. Did we get it? Did we think we have it? Did we think we're close? I don't even feel like I'm on the track of anything. Is it to do with like, since you said it doesn't really have to do with the money and it has to do with the size of the wallet, is it like a bill fold versus like the bill not being folded? So it's like the size of the dollar is twice the size kind of thing? Yeah, I mean, that could be part of the answer. Like, yes, I will say, again, one of these wallets is like way bigger than the other wallet. and then I'll read it again so keep in mind when you're picturing these wallets one is huge one is small in two wallets there are two dollars at the same time one of them has twice the money compared to the other how is that possible and then the other thing I'll say is think inception oh one wallet is inside the other wallet for a second Aaron yes that's so stupid F F F F F That's wild. Each wallet has $1. Hot dogs. Let's get out of here. No, no, no, no, no. We're not. First of all, you just scream hot dogs. I can and I will and I just fucking did. Before we scream hot dogs and get out of here, everybody, what we're going to do is we are, and I think, is it Hot Dogs only for Patreons? Yes. We're going to listen to a little voicemail. Casey, can you play us a theme? I'm the group slut. Ew. holy shit this can you imagine people in like the 1400s in in like salzburg listening to that in a concert hall i'm not kidding when they are lowering my casket into the ground if that's not playing then someone something has gone horribly wrong um that was brutal and awesome okay so uh that's by far my favorite voicemail we've ever received i've got i've got some good news for everybody and especially good news for our submitter. That was submitted by Jade Cypher. He, they, Jade writes that I'm submitting four voicemail theme submissions in honor of the 2025 out of context bracket. So the next, I will say like probably four episodes of Hey, Riddle, Riddle, we will be featuring Jade's voicemails. And we started off with Aaron's. If you want to get a voicemail theme submitted or featured on the show, just make sure it's 30 seconds or less and send it as a waveform to hrrpodcast at gmail.com. Casey, can we have a voicemail? Hi, guys. I found myself in a weird position this last weekend where I was trying to explain my knowledge of the band Fish to my wife. And I realized that I only have context of Fish based on jokes. And I was wondering if you guys had any cultural phenomenon that you only knew through the lens of comedy thanks guys love you oh thank you so much for the voicemail the question that's a good question yeah i feel there's a lot i only know through sort of pop culture or it being in the zeitgeist like i mean the first thing off the top of my head and this is the dumbest one possible and it's not really a cultural phenomenon but like we bought a zoo it's like there's stuff like that where i'm like i just know the bare minimum yeah to like poke fun at it but I've never seen it and I don't really know what it's about or anything like that. That's a great example. I feel like there's too much. In the subject of movies, I feel like I got so much of that from watching like parody movies, like watching like Airplane or Hot Shots Part Deux or like Scary Movie where they would be parrying something, but I would not be familiar with the thing that they're parodying. So I was just like, oh, this is funny. And then like years later, I'd be like, oh, that's why that's funny because it's this other thing. But I'm usually I have huge blind spots for like things from movies that I just haven't seen. Yeah. Fish is a good one, though, because, yeah, I don't know if I could name a single Fish song. No. I haven't seen the Squeakquel, and I bring that up a lot. That's in my periphery. Yeah. Also, being like, oh, yeah, I love The Simpsons, but I have only ever seen like five to ten years of Simpsons. and there's like 40 years of Simpsons being like, yeah, it's like, oh yeah, I just don't, I don't actually have an appreciation for this thing as a whole. Aaron, you saying Squeakquel makes me think of probably a big one for a lot of people, which is there was a time and place where people used to say, anytime they would name a fake sequel, they'd say blank, blank Electric Boogaloo, which is based off the movie Breakin'. Breakin'. But I don't think, I don't know anyone in the world who's seen Breakin' or Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo, but that reference has been used by millions of people. This is such a great dinner party question. I'm going to be thinking about this for a minute. I want to go watch Breaking. And I want to see what Aaron has cooked us all for dinner now that we're here. It's a head of cabbage. Hot dogs. Yeah. No. Well, before we get to Aaron trying to end the episode yet again, does anyone have anything that they would like to plug? Aaron, anything that you have coming up that you'd like to plug? no can't wait to ask Adol Adol what about you I want to plug Aaron's plugs oh great and I will use my plugs to kind of combo off of that and just say listen to Hello from the Magic Tavern listen to Dungeon or Gumshoes and Dragons go see Quality Time out in LA thank you that's subscribe to the Patreon it's fun we're over there doing Patreon stuff every time with more episodes okay Aaron save the planet hot dogs Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter. Smobby. Smobby. Smobby. Starring Aaron Keith and John Patrick Cohen. Casey Toney did the editing. Memory parents and the music. Logo created by Emily Cardamus and Emily Naboros. 1, 2, 3, 4, HeyRittleRittle Hey there, chats and scats. If you liked that, you're going to love this week's Patreon. It's another ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chatterbox. 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