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Speaker: Hello again, my fellow Babylon Bee headline forum subscribers, and welcome back to another episode of We The People. I'm Pure Teej, your British co -host. recording all the way from the heart of the beast here in Europe.
Speaker: It... If you're new to the podcast, this is really where we... Pull back the curtain a little on the headline foreign community. So the idea is to meet some of the people behind the hilarious headlines and ah generally find out what goes on in the minds of the people who, let's be honest, spend far too much time writing fake news for No money.
Speaker: But... some Hey, we've got a great episode for you today and we've got a really amazing special guest. Although come to think of it, We kind of say that about all of our guests. but We'll get to him shortly. First, joining me as always is Dr. Conservative Prof, bringing some much needed intellectual credibility to our proceedings. How are you, Prof?
Speaker: i'm doing good before we get too far though i want to do um an acknowledgement of something I would like to acknowledge Zoom. and the data centers from which it arrives as we go through and do this podcast. So I just want to make sure that we all acknowledge Zoom and its data centers, and above us, below us, wherever they're at. So I just want to make sure we all talk about that. okay Or think about that.
Speaker: Zoom is acknowledged thank you. okay Good. Glad we got that out the way. Okay. I'm doing really good. I am gearing back up for school. An exciting fall to put students to sleep talking about.
Speaker: tax advanced accounting, finance. All the things that people get excited about. Yeah, I could hear the snores in my mind already. But yeah, and we're...
Speaker: finishing up a whole bunch of ah home improvement projects at home. where I'm just writing checks, by the way. I'm not actually doing a whole lot. But we got our deck just was finished yesterday.
Speaker: And our kitchen is almost done. So it's hopefully within the next two weeks. Nice. Yep. We also have As always, the wonderful Kurgle, and apparently...
Speaker: The world's foremost unpaid missionary for Project Hail Mary. How are you doing, Kugel? Hello, doing very good. I'm looking forward to this being over so I can get back to Project Hail Mary.
Speaker: It's great to see both of you. So, um yeah. And like I said, we we have a really special guest. we're ah We're always excited by our guests because, hey, it's, you know. We're all in this together. We're all subscribers. And so it's really, really cool.
Speaker: that we get the opportunity to put faces to usernames. And um the excitement never fails to disappoint. So we have the incredible user two degrees off. How are you, sir?
Speaker: i'm doing very well thank you for having me you're very welcome uh this is exciting Uh, never Never been on a podcast of any type. Well, that probably makes you about as... so apt -attribute podcasts. as we are because We don't have a huge amount of experience either. but Yep.
Speaker: Here we are. ah So yeah, butve we've we've got quite a few things we want to get through on this recording. So we'll we'll dive straight into it. But let's have a bit of a catch up first. So... um Prof, you mentioned you've been busy with a number of projects at home. is Is there anything else? well i have a story about one of our projects ah my wife had after many months of shopping, investigating, going to practically every place that sells a countertop. She had.
Speaker: Chosen one, finally. They came out to our house three weeks ago. to They call it template, where they electronically measure everything. Then they schedule an install. Well, three weeks went by before we heard from them.
Speaker: So I went to their office this past Monday and said, not sure why nothing's happening here. um You guys have had three weeks to template. We were told it'd be called back within a couple of days.
Speaker: And. For whatever reason, the slabs that we had bought with paid for with our names on them were damaged in a thunderstorm. But nobody told us. So we had to. So my wife was not thrilled and they found something.
Speaker: kind of the same at ah another place. And so we're getting – it's actually a little bit more expensive, but they're giving it to us for what they originally paid. But she's just not thrilled about it. She's not getting what she wants. First world problem.
Speaker: ah you know, totally first world problem. But nonetheless. That's what we're dealing with. It's definitely been influencing some of your headlines over the last few weeks. Yeah, absolutely. A lot of contractors. yeah A lot of contractors. Yeah, so um yeah i'll be there I'll be there in 20 minutes. That's code for two days, just so you know. Okay, that's code for... Two days. Yeah. Unless you're getting unless you're getting paid and he says – Over.
Speaker: Here's the invoice Can I come and get the check tomorrow? He'll be here tomorrow morning when with this at the break of dawn. Yeah. Yep. Well, I did have a chuckle at fabric of space and time torn when contractor shows up when promised.
Speaker: Yes, exactly. ah Exactly. ah yeah Universal problem. I've had countless contractors just not show up at all. yeah you You know, you take the day off and you wait for them and they just don't show up. Yeah. Isn't that frustrating? But the the the people we've hired have been pretty good, but it's just, you know, it's just the little things and it is what it is. It's kind of like. There must be some...
Speaker: I think it's kind of like the weathermen and the contractors have this secret agreement behind the scenes. What can we do to frustrate people the most? They're like they're kind of in cahoots together. I'm kind of waiting for James O 'Keefe to kind of break that code and get in there and get some undercover video of their their secret meetings. So I'm hoping that'll happen someday.
Speaker: when When we redid our house, we didn't have... really any problem with the contractors coming on time. But we had two different plumbers come.
Speaker: And Mr. Kurgle had to fix things from both of them. Oh. Oh. That's not good. Ruh roh. So we have not had a full functioning kitchen since. um about June 15th. So.
Speaker: Oh, but but what's the problem? Yeah, exactly right. You just have to eat out. and Yeah. could Get delivery, dine in. Yeah, yeah. Yep. This is Kurgle's dream.
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. i I loved it when we were redoing the, when we had no kitchen cabinets, it was great. Lots of paper plates. I'll tell you that we are filling the landfills. Every day.
Speaker: So I have a question for Kugel here. You mentioned that you had... two Two plumbers. Did they happen to come from Minnesota? I guess it could have. We didn't check all the backgrounds. Just wondered if this was some sort of a...
Speaker: A layering center. A layering center plumber. Yeah. Layering. Leering plumbing. too Well, mike the guy who. built our cabinets for us is from Minnesota.
Speaker: Ooh. we yeah we We've had a ton of work done on our house. We bought our house. It was built in 1885. Wow. Oh, wow. wow Yeah. It's ah it's a three -story Victorian. It's had 13 owners.
Speaker: And we found a source, the Amish. The Amish do incredible work. they Their prices are incredibly low. But the problem is you just can't call them.
Speaker: yeah we but You can't call them. They have no phones. Smoke signals or how do you do that? Messenger bird. Yeah. yeah you call there you called a yash So they have but yeah they have a driver that you call who's like the middleman.
Speaker: but yeah it's really really hard to reach them they did great work They do do great work. um They help build Ark Encounter. Yes. Is that true? yeah yep I did not know that. That's very interesting.
Speaker: Well, speaking of the Ark Encounter, if it's not too early to transition, Kogel, I believe that so you wanted to update us about BeLive, which happened ah since our last recording, if I'm not mistaken.
Speaker: Yes, it did. And... Like I said, all the cool people were going to be there, and they were. ah We had a really, really great time. I think each each year it just gets better. um You see new people there and then some people that you've seen before. So you just get to know them better. And it's it's a great time. um Vern Hilda.
Speaker: is a fantastic event planner she She did so much work. And. Everything ran so smoothly. you know, In the Bible, it talks about how everybody has their their own. thing to do.
Speaker: The people have their own things too. and What she does, she does very, very well. So anytime you need any event planned. contact her. Um, But yeah, the whole thing was great. the ah The people at the arc.
Speaker: The service was fantastic. They made sure we had everything we needed. It was very comfortable. The food was fantastic.
Speaker: We had snacks in the morning. And then. a really big catered buffet for lunch. And then later, know I thought, well, that was all. But later they had. appetizers and desserts and things around like 4 p .m or so so we had so much food the whole day
Speaker: Oh, and but the night before to kick it off, LMM 1416, she invited every everyone over to her house. And there are so many people. I can't imagine having that many people at my house. But she was such a great hostess and made us all feel welcome. And her food was really good, too, that she had brought in. Oh, there was so much going on. We visited. We toured the Ark. um I'm sorry that.
Speaker: cat just ran into my computer. um yeah it looked like an air earthquake yeah well because i had the door to the game room closed but I'm home by myself. So as soon as I closed the door.
Speaker: And Glirk started yowling from the other side. So I had to open it. What's really strange is it was drinking Dr. Pepper. That was really odd. But nonetheless. um Okay, so where was I? ah So we got to go through the tour of the Ark.
Speaker: That was really cool. But really, really neat thing. ah Jack Flack. works. as a security guard at the Ark, and he took us up to the roof of the Ark.
Speaker: And let us see out all over the whole place. And that was that was one of the big highlights of the whole thing. Oh, really cool. so Yeah. yes I've been there. It kind of sits in a valley. So I bet you got a really good view. yeah Yeah. Yeah. And it was because we were there when it first opened. So it was really cool to see.
Speaker: what all they built since then and they have some huge huge plans that they're still working on Then, oh, ah Dan Dillon, Joel Abbott, they were both there. Plus the the writers from Not the Bee, T. Selnau and Harris Rigby. So we had a couple of Q and &A sessions. um they They were really...
Speaker: you know, just Just fun to to hang out with. um Oh, a big thing that I got to do because, you know, there's a zoo at the. Um,
Speaker: At the Ark. They had a sloth encounter. Whoa. It's a slother house. Oh, yeah. So as soon as I saw that. Yeah, I thought I have to do it. So we signed up for it.
Speaker: And. The only thing is when it started, they said we couldn't. pet. the sloth i was all excited i was gonna hold him and pet him but no we couldn't even touch him because they said he's just that the way he is he doesn't even like the zookeepers to touch him Can I ask you a quick question?
Speaker: Do you have an atomic fart weasel encounter? Do they have one of those? They they did not. Oh, sad. they they they They didn't. No, they didn't. well we're really excited to have our guest on today i want to introduce to you somebody who has Come in and just absolutely blitzed the headline forum with a whole bunch of really good headlines.
Speaker: a number of features, a number of publishers, and a feature today even. uh amazingly coincidentally so i want to welcome two degrees off he's not quite right
Speaker: So welcome. Tell us a little bit about yourself, Mr. mr Degrees. Well, I am. mean Yeah, so... The two degrees off has some meanings to it. I have two children.
Speaker: And I do love to do woodworking. And so. That's kind of a thing you think about is how many degrees off. And I also thought it was kind of an interesting name for. satirical headlines because I always like to think you need to Be close to reality, but just off enough. Yeah.
Speaker: to make it funny. So it's... It's kind of like a sleight of hand where you're. you know, a few degrees off, which is like what comedians do, right? They they tell stories and they embellish. and they leave things out.
Speaker: And, you know, there are a few degrees off from reality, which is. Why it's funny. So... That's how I came up with the name. My other name was my home address. ah And I thought, eh, I shouldn't have my home address growing up. It was my childhood address, and I might have a parent still living there. So I'm like, you know, if I'm making jokes about Trump and the politics of today, I shouldn't.
Speaker: Get rid of the address. You know what I mean? People are nuts. so That's probably a good idea. The forum has just been... Incredible. It's a blessing. And I i cannot. Pete.
Speaker: grateful enough. To have this opportunity, to have this venue and forum, to be able to communicate with people like yourself and similarly minded people. and to have this outlet.
Speaker: And this ability to... Hood out. thoughts and funny thoughts into the world. I just... I just fell in love with it. And I am. mildly obsessed. but Like any good subscriber.
Speaker: Yes. I would like to say thank you for. joining us on the podcast today for coming on and giving other people in the forum a chance to have something published or featured while you're gone. Oh, funny. Yeah, no, that's funny.
Speaker: A little bit ago, I was looking at your um at your profile page and you joined. it Not that long ago, only November of 2024.
Speaker: Right. you've You've only written. 2066 Headlines. but If I tell that to my friends, they're like, are you insane? 2 ,000? And I'm like, yeah, but you don't understand. It's four a day.
Speaker: over like a long period of time. And they're like, but that's. insane I'm like, it's not even that much. Like, that's my response. Yeah.
Speaker: the The real impressive thing. In that short a time. In those few headlines, you have earned. 33 features. and 35 publishes.
Speaker: Amazing. good job yeah So i need a thing I did a thing where I started smoking a cigar every time I got a publish. And. ah
Speaker: I'm in the hospital now. And now i'm I had to stop doing that because it's just disgusting. And I don't know why I got into cigars. So I stopped doing that. Now I just drink heavily. Oh, okay. So I was going to ask you, what do you do on the days when you don't get a feature or a publish? I i sit in a room and cry. And I think, why am I not funny? And I'm a loser.
Speaker: And. I'm terrible at this. That's that's what I call it. And I'm not exaggerating, or maybe just a little bit. But... Yeah. No, yeah it's been great. I mean, you know when I first started, I remember just writing headlines, like kind of making myself laugh.
Speaker: And I didn't really get the whole point of it. Like, I i always remember this headline I wrote that I thought was the funniest thing in the world. It was when I finally discovered chat GBT and how to have fun with that. And the headline was... ah Boa constrictor.
Speaker: changes his careers and becomes a boa contractor. And I had a I had ah ah a contractor's helmet on a snake. and that was the picture and I'm like that's the funniest thing I've ever seen And it's completely inappropriate.
Speaker: for the kind of headline that that the Babylon Bee would publish. And I'm like, okay, that's why that didn't go anywhere. That's just... It's funny to me. To think of a... A boa constrictor becoming a boa contractor. And you were talking about contractors earlier. so it Circle's in.
Speaker: Yes. Yeah. but um And then I kind of got the flow of it. You just got to. focus on the tone and keeping it punchy and... I remember my the first publisher I got was... like the day before Thanksgiving, and i I was kind of shocked I got it. It was ah it was about MSNBC going on. Black Friday sale.
Speaker: You could buy MSNBC. And ah and and they they changed it to Elon Musk buying. and msnbc on black friday sale and i was like oh that was kind of generous that was nice of them to give me that i'm like that was crazy that was yeah two weeks after i started doing it Wow. so That may be a record.
Speaker: Actually, no, we have had, and I can't remember who who it was now. but i I remember we just had ah a subscriber who came on and I think literally one of their first headlines was... a publish. And then they just disappeared and sailed off into the sunset.
Speaker: That's incredible. um But... some So, Mr. Degrees, I have a ah question for you as well. on your um profile. There is a... On your own. your banner photo, there are a pair of legs yes on a workbench. Are those your legs? Those are your legs.
Speaker: Yes, yes. i they' I'm not proud of them, which is why I showed them. I actually went to school. for a very long time so that I would not have to wear shorts to work.
Speaker: laughter I'm like, you know what? I'm just going to go all the way through law school. And then. not have to ever wear shorts. And that's people say, why'd you go to law school? I'm like,
Speaker: So no one has to see my calves. laughter Great. Yeah. it's It's kind of true and it's kind of not. But... um But yeah, so that was me standing. I thought it was funny. And I on the kitchen counter, I. I built a... um A hood for our stove.
Speaker: Um, And I just. You know, so that's... um Half of my body is inside of the hood. It's not the safest thing. I'm installing it by myself and it's not the safest thing. And my wife took that picture. and that's That's that.
Speaker: Um, I remember ah when I started the the forum, I remember... um It was kind of like a maniacal. um study of The headlines had worked. I remember I would read the words and I'm like, okay, there's about 14 or 15 words.
Speaker: in this headline and that's kind of like i'm like okay it shouldn't be more than 15 words you know And I started doing that, and then I started like noticing a trend, and I started writing the trends down.
Speaker: Um, like c certain formulas of... flipping things and The news. And I would write them down on my phone and I'm like, you know. And. Because there's like certain, you know, formulas that work.
Speaker: with jokes and the formulas of work. And i I have a whole list of all these formulas on my phone of like successful headlines. to kind of get a flow and get that right. Punch.
Speaker: just It's got a punch, and I think I heard someone once describe it as stinging like a bee. just It's got to sting like a bee and just... punch you. You know? yeah Get ah rid of all those words you don't need and just boom, get right to the headline.
Speaker: um and that's what i started doing you know focusing real hard on the on the on the um the formalities and the procedure of it so much more than even the substance.
Speaker: Yeah, so that reminds me of Dissidente Redactico and he was talking, and we had him on this podcast as well, ah probably... two or three years ago now i guess but it's it's there in the archives and he uh and He's not with us anymore, unfortunately. He left the forum a while ago. But... He was... a huge believer of pithy headlines. And he he was the creator of the... What was it called? Was it the Pithy Boot? Pithy Award.
Speaker: Pithy. That's right. Be pithy. Eight words or less. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. I'm glad people, I was a little nervous when I started the forum. I was a little nervous. I thought people might be like kind of negative and like trash your stuff. and I was so happy to see that's not the case at all. Yeah, very much. Very much so, yeah. Yeah, that that's one one of its many great qualities is that it's so encouraging.
Speaker: yes And it builds you up instead of tears you down. Yes. Well... Tell us a little bit about yourself because... some Obviously, your your profile says that you are a son, brother, father, husband and aspiring carpenter and stonemason in Pittsburgh. Yeah. So... um You're an...
Speaker: If you don't mind me mentioning on the podcast, I can... We can see each other, obviously. We've got that privilege here. and I can see what looks like um some sort of a workshop behind you with lots of sewing material. and um oh that's that's Yeah, that's my wife. yeah she That's your wife's? Yeah, she's ah she's the high school musical seamstress. and she She won an award.
Speaker: for ah best costume and budget level four. in Western Pennsylvania. So it's kind of a big deal. And this is her room that she works in. And yeah, so I'm i'm hiding up here.
Speaker: Oh. And, no, this is not my workshop. I you know i just i do boards, and I started building doors. and um armoires and cabinets and things like that. um And that's kind of... as far as my craftsmanship goes. but But that's not your day -to -day job? No, no. I actually i am an attorney.
Speaker: But... My real passion is thinking of... ah parodies and satirical headlines. I think you know' I'd speak for everyone here when I say you know you're an... Kirkle's already mentioned, I mean, you you really hit the ground running.
Speaker: and Just... The moments I... I picked up on you. I just immediately saw. Somebody who's really got the voice of the beat down. to a tee and you You really know your stuff. and um Do you have a background in comedy or um is it just something you've...
Speaker: picked up on and tried. Yeah, I do a little bit. um So I remember growing up as a kid, five, six, seven, eight years old. I remember starting. my, My mom and my dad had a rule.
Speaker: that. All right. You could not purchase a card. They didn't want you to purchase a birthday card or a Father's Day card. You had to write them. Write them a letter.
Speaker: And... It had to be funny. So I remember being 78 years old trying to crank out. a funny father's day card for my dad every year you know and write something funny and think of him and what was he think was funny and then the joy would be having him read it out loud On Father's Day, and if you laugh.
Speaker: We did a good job. you know. Um, So i kind of that was kind of like... my first experience. And then after that, um You know, I just heavily watched stand -ups. Comedy was a huge thing in our family.
Speaker: High school, drama club. ah that that's kind of That was kind of my thing. I was a big fish in a small pond in the drama club. There's only two guys in the drama club and like 25 girls.
Speaker: So I was guaranteed a lead role. And, uh, I remember senior year, I got the lead in the play. We did Barefoot in the Park. And I got to play Paul Bratter. Did you have to show your legs in that play being barefoot? No, thankfully no. I was in a suit. And was there a deer in the park?
Speaker: No. Okay. No. There was a lot of ah other things. ah We were barefoot. But that's about it. ah Prof, you might have to give some... Might as well give some context to that for that. because ah Oh.
Speaker: i don't think we were recording no yeah your park water is weird you shouldn't name water after dear heart it's just we were just before we hit record we were just sharing the various drinks that we had. I think yours was deer park, wasn't it? Yeah, it was just not clean. Just deer and water. Anyway.
Speaker: So then, yeah, then ah next experience trying to do funny stuff was in college. I went to a Catholic school, Catholic LaRose College. I wrote for the paper and they assigned me of writing the weekly cartoons. So it was the funny cartoons every week.
Speaker: I did that until somebody got offended and then I just couldn't handle it. I got mad and I went into the editor's office and I said, I can't do this anymore. I can't like this guy was really upset with the cartoon. I just drew making fun of the IT department. So.
Speaker: They let me drop out. it yeah They're like, why don't you just write the funny movie reviews and instead? I'm like, perfect. I can do that. Yes. Um, and then Somebody got offended by that. Yeah, right. Right. It was a joke about the yeah the yeah the computer room at our school was...
Speaker: constantly packed and there was never a space. So I did this. This hyperbole of people. crammed into the room and it was just and it was drawing almost like a far side kind of thing where it was Just people stuffed.
Speaker: looking out the door and Somebody got very upset by it. so Um... And then I kind of dabbled in open mic during that time. And that was fun. It's like trying to walk, ah navigate a trapeze line. It's it's it's very difficult.
Speaker: ah finding something. Good. everyone in the audience had in common. It's tough. but It was fun. I did okay with that for a little while. And then i went on to law school.
Speaker: I remember not that long after... i Next. This has to do with... whole comedy thing. Um, right So my mom dies unexpectedly at the age of 63. And so I'm going through the grieving process and there's a comedian. on our local radio station his name is kastaki economopolis oh i know who that is Yeah. Do you? You know who he is? Really? Okay. He has the longest name in show business.
Speaker: That was his thing. It's like 27 letters. Not the biggest name, the longest name. i he He used to come on DVE on like Wednesday mornings. And I remember writing to him. I'm like, hey, you don't know me. I'm just Joe Schmo.
Speaker: from Pittsburgh, but I really want to write jokes for you. and and he's like he wrote me back and he's like well you know uh okay you know i have writers But...
Speaker: I'll read your stuff. And I'm like, Whoa, yes. Okay, cool. So his whole bit. I remember he still does it is he does football. One liners, right? They're all clean. He does all jokes about football teams. That's how I just. Yeah. Yeah, he excoriates every football team. like ah i I wrote down a few because I was trying to remember. light gu For Halloween, the Cleveland Browns dress up as a football team.
Speaker: You know, it's like that was one joke. Hurrah. Aaron Rodgers. chooses not to go by the the playbook. He's just going to do his own research. you know stuff like that um So so I I hit him up with like a couple dozen of my jokes and I I've never done any of this. Like.
Speaker: In front of a real audience. Uh, And. He wrote me back and he said, well, Your jokes were close. But they're not quite there.
Speaker: ah He said, I'll give you another chance. And I said, okay. ah And you know he's like, you really got to get my tone down. You know, he used to write for Jay Leno himself.
Speaker: Kostaki Kanemopoulos, and he's like, you just need to... sit down, watch Jay Leno monologues, watch how a joke is set up. And do it. And send them to me. and Once you know. I got two jokes on his next podcast.
Speaker: and uh Yeah, i mean it was a big deal. And he wrote me back and he's like, just so you know, you got two jokes. Pass my writers. ah you know, you should be proud of yourself. And I'm like, man, this is incredible. This is like.
Speaker: This is one of the most incredible days of my life. And I got to hear it on the Bob and Tom show. he was He was searching for some jokes in the Bob and Tom show, and he pulled out mine about... ah Um, the Oakland Raiders must owning stock in whatever the opposite of selling football jerseys is. and uh And he he closed with that. And I think my other joke was um Jason Campbell.
Speaker: Jason Campbell signed by the Raiders. who's Jason Campbell's a quarterback. Signed by the Raiders because they really liked his ability tackling defenders returning his interceptions. So like those, you know, those did well on the Bob and Tom show.
Speaker: So I remember writing him back and I said, This is incredible. I wish my mom was here to see this. like She would love this. because i I was my whole thing in life was always making my mom laugh. Part of why I'm motivated to try to... put funny ideas out into the world. I do i do believe that my mom is... in heaven and she can Enjoy them.
Speaker: I would like to say well done to your parents, because if you train your child in the way they should go. They will write great headlines. It started when I was a kid, you know? My dad's like, oh, my birthday's tomorrow.
Speaker: You're going to make me laugh with your with your card? and really work I got some ideas here. you know I was thinking about making fun of you. and you know Anyway. Um,
Speaker: the comedian thing i ran out of steam i couldn't keep doing it i i just i ran out of the the NFL jokes. I just, I'm tapped out. I can't think of any other way to make fun of an NFL team. I stumbled upon. The Babylon Bee. And i the Babylon Bee at that time, and around 2016, 2017, 2018.
Speaker: I started catching wind and I'm like, this is really funny. Like, you know, I grew up watching reading The Onion. And that was. you know. Dumb. the thing, everyone read the onion and, uh,
Speaker: You know, best Onion article I ever remember was during the Gulf War. They had a picture of a cat. Just as a... Ah. military general. And he's addressing.
Speaker: reporters. And the cat says the war on string is unwinnable. And this was during the first go for, I'm like, I'm like, that's as good as it gets. And so I started reading The Onion and then they took a far left turn and they just, I don't know.
Speaker: They lost me. I didn't really... Anyway. I turned to the B because I'm like, this is where it's at. Like these, this. It's funny because they go after both sides. right And I appreciate that and I enjoy that because comedy is supposed to be going after All. ideas and all sides and when you only go out to the one side and you're like okay this sucks this isn't really that like this isn't really comedy anymore this is like uh you know,
Speaker: Something else like almost like propaganda. It's weird. You know, they started throwing F -bombs in their headlines. I'm like, yeah, this is. I don't like this. Anyway, so I started to come up with my own ideas. The B is... the best.
Speaker: you know, I gotta come up with something. Epic. Because I'm just a nobody. So I start thinking of some ideas and I email. them to the beat. I didn't know there was a writer's forum. I had no idea.
Speaker: So. I get an email back from the B and they said, um sir, you keep emailing technical support. Thank you, sir. This is a Wendy's. She said, if you want to submit if you want to submit submit some ideas, join our forum. And I'm like... What's a forum? And I'm like, ah, okay. And I'm like, oh, this is cool. All right. For a day, I could get into this. And ah that's where we are now.
Speaker: Yeah, it just sounds like... Your whole life has been... leading up to the moment of joining the headline forum. I feel like it is, yes. I feel like I found a niche because the the the open mic stand -up thing is impossible. You cannot make a living doing it. You you can't.
Speaker: you know, Um, And it's just, it's exhausting. But this, this, I mean the... the The ability to, I mean, ah in an open mic, you're talking to 12 people that don't really want to see you.
Speaker: theyre They're there to see their uncle fail. you know They're not there to see you. you know So I'm like, the power of this, I can... i can I can spit out something clever and funny and it could be read by.
Speaker: 3 million people. This is incredible. Hmm. So that's where I am. And i I don't know what I would do in life without this. outlet in this forum and and yourselves.
Speaker: Ah. Just. giving someone like me an opportunity. ah to be able to just use my phone. to communicate with. millions of people is it It blows my mind every day when I think about it.
Speaker: It really does. Yeah. It's cool, isn't it? It's incredible. It's absolutely incredible. you You could just be you get be, you know, driving to work in the shower. You think, oh, that's kind of a funny premise. And then boom, like.
Speaker: And a day later, Roseanne Barr is reposting it on. on X. And you're like, this, this is mind boggling. Like this. this I can't wrap my head around how incredible this is. That's great.
Speaker: So you're going to be hanging around in the forum for a while then? I hope so, as long as you have me.
Speaker: I think about this every day. So... About a month ago. This guy whose name is Donald J. Trump. I don't know if you've ever heard of him. No, no. he's a guy kind of you know obscure Do you cut kind of political candidate?
Speaker: He... Repost it on True Social. one of my Cubans leaving New York to escape socialism. Nice. wow and I remember losing blood in my head. I'm like... I couldn't talk. My wife thought I was having a...
Speaker: So good. medical emergency because i'm like my my brain is not communicating i'm like honey you you don't i i don't know how to say this but uh the The Cuba headline thing.
Speaker: Um, it's It's now on through social. like Donald Trump. posted this. Wow. That's insane. And I start Googling. and like just I guess the last time he did that was in 2020. And Rolling Stone did a long article.
Speaker: that says, does Donald Trump know Babylon B is satire? Because in 2020, he reposted a B headline about Joe Biden shutting down Twitter to prevent bad things being said about him. I think that was it.
Speaker: And he did that in 2020 and Rolling Stone was like, yeah, so. ah What I did was I... I printed out. The true social post on a canvas. this will never ever happen again ever ever uh you know I probably lost some friends over it, but oh well. we You gain new ones.
Speaker: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know. Have any of you guys, Kurgle and Prof, have you had any? publishers that have been ah shared or liked by any yes I wouldn't know because I don't really look at those sites hardly ever. so
Speaker: Yeah, i I... Don't do any other social media at all. But I do have a friend, whenever I get something published, she'll go and see if she can find it posted anywhere. And she'll look at the comments. So I have a couple screenshots of... a couple of headlines that have been on X and then Elon Musk has laughed at it. and So that was great. Yes. yes Yes, there was.
Speaker: There is one time one of my published headlines was, Red on. fox news hey all right How are you for time, by the way? I'm great. I'm great. I have forever.
Speaker: I have I have forever right i quit my job to be here today oh good idea i have one good call Yeah. As most subscribers should when they come onto our podcast. Yes.
Speaker: Yeah. I mean, it's really the least you can do. You know, you got to commit yourself to it. Zero pain. Exactly. Yeah. I hope none of our other guests have quit jobs to be... To be honest. learn like You can just open up your own quality leering center to get by. you know yeahs There's ways to make money. make money yeah And now it's time for questions. for Two Degrees Off. I posted a headline yesterday.
Speaker: There weren't a whole bunch of them, but... Again, he's only been here since 2024. He doesn't even have 5 million points yet. So um I think.
Speaker: We just didn't know a lot to ask yet, but now we're getting to know him better today. Yeah. And ah he is getting very, very, very close to 5 million points.
Speaker: So I will be sending you questions soon so you can answer them so we can give you a celebration day. ah The first question here is from Bat Knight. What would you do for a Klondike bar?
Speaker: Oh, geez. well I just had one last night. Did you really? Yeah, yeah, I'm a boomer. Boomers eat Klondike bars. They're good. You're not a boomer. I'm a boomer. No, you're not. My parents are boomers. I'm 93 years old. Well, you're the youngest 93 -year -old I've ever met in my life.
Speaker: I know. I know. That's right's amazing. I know I did very well. I thought being a lawyer aged you and that made you younger. Two words, beef. Callow. ah You put that in your coffee every morning?
Speaker: Yeah. and What would I do for Klondike Bar? i don't I'll tell you what I would do for Klondike Bar. I would take 11 units of insulin. Because... No. that's a that's a true and honest answer i am i'm a juvenile diabetic the age of 24. So I take a number of shots every day.
Speaker: And yeah, so i ah Klondike bars are 11 units. I was not expecting such a real answer. Yeah. 11 units of insulin is the correct answer. Final answer.
Speaker: Okay. Well, I have a question You mentioned woodworking. Yeah. Do I have this right? that you Measure once, cut twice. Is that how you do it? I've i've never gotten that straight.
Speaker: Okay, so I'm not sure. okay all right Yes. Okay. Got it. So what happened was I got into it because our house was so old and everything needed replaced. So I just started. um you know, every door, and it was a custom -sized door, so I just started.
Speaker: building doors. And my wife was like, build it build you know build these custom doors. It's going to be a small fortune. to replace 13 doors because you can't just go to Lowe's or Home Depot and get a door that fits and I'm like, that's insane. How can I build a door?
Speaker: And I watched some videos and I fell in love with it. I'm like, this is this is fun. you know And I started doing it for friends and family. and Yeah, I started doing front doors and screen doors. and Lawyers I worked with, I'd make them a French door. I don't know Nice.
Speaker: it's a gateway It's a gateway drug to charcuterie boards. We all end up in charcuterie boards. We all end up there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's cool.
Speaker: I want to ask you a question, actually, two degrees off. Have you have you started... a social media channel monitoring the progress of your ah of your transformations. i don't know how to do that Maybe you could help me. I don't know. I share them with friends and family. and that's That's as far as it goes. I don't know. I didn't i didn't want to...
Speaker: I don't know. i'm not i'm Like I said, I'm a 97 -year -old boomer. So I don't really know. how that would work. I keep getting all these... ah reveals or stories or whatever you call them. coming up on Instagram or Facebook.
Speaker: And it's all these people like saying, hey, we've just bought this home and we're doing this. and And they just talk and they show like loads of videos. So it kind of makes me think like, okay, You get the house. Finished in say three years, but... maybe they were spending two and a half editing all the videos. I don't know how that works.
Speaker: but Yeah. Maybe there's some money to be made in doing that. Maybe. Yeah, there could be. There could be. Yep. I don't know. yeah I'm not good at that. Um, Not good at all.
Speaker: So I was going to ask, do your kids think you're funny? Ah. ah Sometimes. Yeah. Yeah, sometimes. I think so. I like to think so. I don't know.
Speaker: i don't I don't really know where they are right now. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. If you you ever see them again. Yeah, I don't know. they' there i know that
Speaker: the state a state they The children of a funny lawyer, they don't know what to do with you. They're just in a constant state of shock. Like, what is this guy? um So my my youngest daughter, ah yeah, she gets humiliated. Because she's not old enough to understand just the the brilliant stuff I lay down every day when we go to gymnastics class. She doesn't understand it. um My son's 16. He gets it because he's a little more cynical like I am. But, uh,
Speaker: Um, I don't know. Yeah, I hope so. I like to think so. I'll ask them tonight. Let's see what they say.
Speaker: Um, i was I'm looking through the questions here um two degrees off. and um I just want to give a shout out to Murph, who's asked a couple of really good questions. Great. I love I love Murph, by the way. Everybody loves Murph. Everybody does.
Speaker: Murph, we love you. I don't know anything about Murph. Male, female, I don't know. Wait, wait, wait. Based on...
Speaker: Everything Murph has posted. All her little heart emojis. Well, I said, you know. yeah you don't yeah Yeah, I figured female. I figured female.
Speaker: Actually, Murph is everybody's favorite Nana. okay you You don't want to assume anyone's gender these days, do you? No. No, I did that. ah I got in trouble at work the other day for that. And it's kind of a little weird, funny story.
Speaker: um which I only, I got corrected on a gender and I thought that stuff only happened on cable news. Anyway, um no murf Murph is very kind. she she She always likes my stuff and she's she's great.
Speaker: Yeah. Well, she was, I mean, she's she said here, you're such a creative writer and his word choices. Uh, really are to be commended. Does or did he have a writing -related career? I think, yeah, you kind of touched on that already, haven't you? and and who your comedic role models are so yes yeah all the other the classics um and then uh Yeah, when I was under the gun to try to... get jokes published on Kostaki Kanemopolis' show.
Speaker: um Yeah. Yeah. I just want to give a shout out to... um Uh... MJJ who says that, who really gives a shout out to the ah the Celsius scale. He says, sir did you know that if you use the Celsius scale, you'd be less than one degree off.
Speaker: Celsius makes meteorology much easier. But not as accurate. Yeah, I mean... Who who uses Celsius? that the british I don't know. The British? I don't know. builtl The British. British and Belgian.
Speaker: us Australians. Not Americans. Basically the rest of the world. with their the meat the With their meters. All the other countries that call us when they got problems and we fix it. That's who uses it. is it Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah, so for your final question, we have one that's a very, very serious topic from Carolyn One. Is your refrigerator running?
Speaker: these are like prank These are prank questions. Is the refrigerator running? No, it's it's meandering. We've been meandering. It's meandering, slightly jogging.
Speaker: It's traversing. Uh... We... Yeah. we we We have a refrigerator. We have an icebox. I bought one from the Amish. And uh...
Speaker: It's running. I think it is. You bought a refrigerator from the Amish? A nice and ice box. No, I'm kidding. No, I didn't know. No. No. Um...
Speaker: Yeah, the refrigerator is good. Our refrigerator is about three years old, which means it's going to break any day now. Yeah, so that's the truth Right? Dishwashers. I haven't had a dishwasher last more than 48 months. Yeah. It's like, oh, we need a new dishwasher. The panel is broken. they go How much is the panel? Oh, it costs about the same as a new dishwasher.
Speaker: For that little, you know, the digital panel. And I'm like, this is nuts. You know? It reminds me of that bee headline that said so something along the lines of air conditioner and... dishwasher and washer all conspire in the night to break at the same time. I remember that. Yeah.
Speaker: One of Adam Yenzer's headlines. Shout out to Adam Yenzer. Yeah, that's funny. i've always tried to i I can never perfect it, but I've always felt like there's a really good headline. so the The dentist's office.
Speaker: My entire life. Since the time I was seven. Ptolemy 46. The dentist. has been playing Madonna. Music. And Huey Lewis in the news.
Speaker: Like, it's never changed. I'm like there has to be a headline about that. Like. What is it about you always go back into the 80s and 90s when you go to the dentist? They always play Madonna, Huey Lewis and the News, you know, like the fun 80s, 90s songs. It's never changed. So and I'm like, there has to be something there like because people have to be able to relate to that.
Speaker: Um, I don't know. I could come up with something about like. god Dental industry shuts down after Madonna. prohibits use of her music or something like that. I don't know. You know, maybe something along those lines. that But I really my goal in life is to Yeah.
Speaker: a dentists. Music never changing. or The Alan Parsons project. You know what I mean? You want to hear the Alan Parsons project, go to the dentist. Eye in the sky.
Speaker: masterpiece of a song. You can only hear it at the dentist. You can't hear it in any other conventional radio. Spotify doesn't even know what it is. Spotify's like, I don't know what that is. That's the joke right there.
Speaker: Go to the dentist. Boom. Yes, thanks Could be a conspiracy theory. Turns out the only people listening to Madonna are... forced to at the dental office. I mean, that oh that's something like that. I don't know. yeah That's true.
Speaker: Huh. Weird. Not even Spotify knows who Madonna is. yeah Holiday. great song time the ago It's a great Stop! Who would cross the people bridge? Must answer nigh these questions five.
Speaker: And into the golden bathtub he dives. Well, it is finally time for the favorite part of our podcast, the five questions. And because we have completely forgotten to ask them in previous episodes, we're really excited to actually ask them this time. So. ah We're going to ask a guy with a name. Two in his username. five questions so hopefully the math works okay So,
Speaker: Mr. Two degrees off. be ready for the five questions and i'll start with question number one When did you receive the Babylon Bee into your heart?
Speaker: In other words, what was your Babylon B origin story? Um... Babylon, the babylonmp b origin story was stumbling upon a headline, which I think might be the greatest headline of all time.
Speaker: And it was. Trump saying he has done more for Christianity than Jesus. Yeah. Yeah. Didn't that really happen? yeah ah I don't know if that can be topped, in my opinion. I think that's...
Speaker: That's just a masterpiece. I don't know who wrote it. I don't know. But that that at that moment, I'm like, okay, this... This business is special. There's something really, really special here. Um,
Speaker: There's another one about a... motorcyclist identifying as a bicyclist to win bicycle event. Yeah. no That was just killer. That's a good one. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, two degrees off. I'm going to ask you question number two. What is a favourite headline of yours that you have submitted?
Speaker: Oh, I know one. the The New Yorkers leaving Cuba. To escape. Communism. was a good one, but. the The really good one, in my opinion, my favorite, that that got published. and It got some attention with some people that I follow over in Israel.
Speaker: Um, was about God. Um, admitting to paying $7 ,000 for every mention of Israel. and in in the Old Testament.
Speaker: ah The reason why that's my favorite was... All the people that I... you know don't care for. on X. They were so mad because they couldn't Because it was a joke that kind of exposed how stupid this thing that just popped up like in the past year.
Speaker: I'm like, $7 ,000? What? And I had to research this. And I'm like, what everyone on Facebook is talking about $7 ,000. I'm like, where where is this coming from? And I researched. I'm like, oh, this is so stupid. Probably can't do this.
Speaker: and just watching the meltdown. What? Pure schadenfreude.
Speaker: Okay, question number three. What fast food menu item is the result of the fall? So what what fast food menu item do you need to test? When Pizza Hut decided to go fresh, I hated that. We know what we we know you are, Pizza Hut. And then they're like, oh, we're going to go fresh. We're going to have fresh ingredients. And I'm like, no, that's not your thing. You're going to suck at it, okay? You can't.
Speaker: copy You can't copy the mom and pop Italian place on the corner. You can't do it. Stick with your canned mushrooms. Stick with your your canned pepperoni. That's who you are. That's what you do. It's like, don't be McDonald's and be like, we're going to have salads at McDonald's. No, nobody goes to McDonald's for a salad. You will fail.
Speaker: So, yeah, I hated that. When Pizza Hut went fresh, I'm like, oh, that screwed it all up. And now there's I was I saw a Matt Walsh thing about ah Pizza Hut's coming back, like old school, like original with original ingredients. I'm like, oh, yes, this.
Speaker: They're probably going to play Monada music in the stores too. Yes, they have Monada music, like the Donkey Kong video game with the red plastic cops. um that I know the other good answer would be the KFC Double Down. That was pretty disgusting. Do you remember the KFC Double Down?
Speaker: The two chicken fillets. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. KFC came out with a sandwich. Yeah, so it was two chicken... Fillets. No bread, just two chicken fillets with cheese and bacon, and that was the sandwich. it was the yeah and now All the jokes were there. with the heart attack, double heart attack down and all that stuff.
Speaker: Okay, I'll go ahead and ask the ah fourth question. What is your favorite denomination and why is it Baptist? Ugh. You know, that's a tricky, when you ask a Jew, that's a tricky question. Exactly. Yeah. Let's talk about, can we talk about.
Speaker: but Is there a numeration list or just denomination? Okay. Denomination. No You know what? I will say... i will say I will say Catholic because my brother -in -law and his family is Catholic. So I'll say Catholic.
Speaker: Okay. And ah then the final question two degrees off. If The FBI raided your house. How many MyPillows would they find? they They would find a headline that I submitted. None. They would find a headline I submitted that I still think is hilarious and nobody else liked. It was ah it was Mike. Okay, so you got Mike Lindell. Right.
Speaker: Minnesota. Okay. Association, Minnesota. Mike Lindell. Scam. me ah you know, healthcare fraud. My pillow. And I was and I submitted and ChatGPT came up with a great photo of a Mike Lindell pillow that you stuff with stolen Medicaid funds.
Speaker: Yeah. That's good. I like that. i ah Mike Lindell runs for office, promotes. pillow. You can stuff. with stolen Medicaid funds. And it was a great picture. Catchy BT had got a great photo of him with a pillow and cash coming out of it.
Speaker: yeah I think I remember seeing that. That's all. i And that went nowhere and I was depressed for about a month. Yeah. Oh no. ah ah it is Well, if you're depressed, just go to your dentist and listen to Madonna. Yes! Holiday! How are you doing? And it feels so right.
Speaker: I have an amazing voice in case you can't tell. Actually, I think you should change your use username to TwoHarmoniesOff. Sorry. Excellent. More than two. I remember in fourth grade, I was the only kid asked not to return the course. I do. They were like, um yeah so fifth grade course. We're going to ask you not to return But we do have a job for you. There's a... local hospice center.
Speaker: And we there's some elderly people that just kind of need gently nudged into the bright light. If you could go and sing. That will nudge him over. Gently bring them into heaven. I think your singing could do the job.
Speaker: Well, it's... a That time of the podcast where we... Probably going to have to sign off because I think... We all have to go our separate ways and do our different things. And as usual, time is... ticking on here in Europe, it's getting late and You guys have got so things to do and get on with, but... some it's ah It's been really good fun to have you on and it's it's always a joy to...
Speaker: talk to different subscribers and get to know people so thanks so much two degrees off for joining us on this episode of We The People. And congratulations to all of your success. um It's awesome to see how well you've been doing. So.
Speaker: Thank you. Thank you for having me. This was fantastic and it was great to meet you. person and it's great to have met everyone on the forum. It was really great meeting you, Anne. Early congratulations. I'll be the first to congratulate you on your upcoming 5 million.
Speaker: Yay! yeah Yep. um Really nice to meet you, Mr. your Degrees, and really really enjoyed our time together. Thank you. Mr. Degrees.
Speaker: Okay, guys. Well, this was fun. it's been a what bit but It's not been that long since our last episode, and so it's good to get out another one out. um fairly recently following the next one. So hopefully it won't be too long.
Speaker: Probably... it's gonna I haven't done my update, but I'm starting a new teaching job on September 1st here. so It's going to be busy for me, so I'm not sure I'll have time this side of Christmas, but we'll we'll see. it And if anyone's got any recommendations for our next guest,
Speaker: then let us know in the comments. And we will definitely take it that into consideration. Until then. Tiwa! loyal listeners um god bless keep up the great work and we will uh See you the next time!
Speaker: Bye. Bye.
Speaker: Bonious content! I know that night. That night's funny. I like that night. stuff Yeah. Yeah. I do like that night. And we had him on as well. We did. and Which episode was it? Go back in the archives.
Speaker: A couple before Aussie Mama. I think we forgot to ask him the five questions also. I think we did. it wait you've got You've had other people on the show? Oh, oops. Yeah, sorry. Her was the first lawyer, though. But probably the last one too. We're going to screen that.
Speaker: Who was the other lawyer that was on? Wait, isn't anything else a lawyer? Oh, she is my bad. Yes. Oh, I could be the second roller we've had on.
Speaker: Man, my bad. The lawyers are just so forgetful, obviously. I am very forgetful. She's not really on the forum anymore. She used to be quite a bit. Somebody named her or anything else. Yeah. That's fine.
Speaker: I thought someone was going to ask me, look i had I had a joke already that I thought someone was going to say, what kind of lawyer are you? like Because that's what people always say, and no one did. Well, a funny lawyer. That's what kind of lawyer you are. I was going to say. Well, I primarily represent people whose feelings are injured by satirical news. Do you know anyone who's been emotionally injured? Homie. We can see damages. I think that'd be a big business, for right?
Speaker: But in reality, I represent... um I represent... that I'm corporate counsel for a local. ola Bank. And, you know, the underdog. I like to represent the underdog. So I represent banks. it Sounds like a really important job. So thank you for quitting that just so you could be on the podcast. That's yeah really, really, really nice of you to do that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I might ask you for some money later, um but.
Speaker: Spare a few bucks. you You're a professor. Yeah, we're swimming we're swimming in cash, yeah. OK, so I remember taking a tax law class and I don't know if this is funny to the world, but. And maybe you find it funny. So it was taxation 101, final exam. The question was capital gains and capital assets. And it had to do with a dog.
Speaker: Somebody sells a dog. And the question was, was the prophet... capital gains. And I'm sitting there like a schmuck. For 30 minutes. debating philosophically with myself.
Speaker: is a dog. Property. Can you own a dog? Because then I started thinking, well, A dog has a soul, maybe. Does a dog have a soul? Can you own a soul? Can you own a dog? Can you own a person? can you own it And, ah So I answered, no, it was not capital gains. And it ended up being capital gains.
Speaker: A dog is the same property. So just like a football card or a stock or a... You know, you if you sell a cow. As a farmer, that could be a capital gain.
Speaker: That's a capital K, but a dog, a dog, you know, like it's, I'm thinking it's a dog. I'm thinking I'm into this. I'm thinking way too into this. Good thing. It wasn't a question about if you sell your cat because the cat owns you, you don't own the cat. that way a Tough one. yeah Yeah. i have one question for everybody it has to do with my shirt Can you read it? It says coffee is foreclosure. Oops.
Speaker: Coffee is for closers. Yes. It sounds familiar, but I can't place it. It's an old it's an old reference. i don't know can i google it or is that cheating no you can google it So here's here's the thing. i don't I don't know the answer either, and I was hoping you would know.
Speaker: No, I'm kidding. I was going to say, then I should. be No, the answer is There was a movie with Alec Baldwin. And Al Pacino. Okay, the the answer is Glengarry Glen garry glenn Ross. It's a quote from Glengarry Glen garry glenn Ross.
Speaker: Alec Baldwin is selling them. And. Coffee is for closers. Ah, yeah. Yeah. Nails that. Yeah, I probably just saw.
Speaker: Saw the scene or the quote somewhere at one time because I never saw it. All right. Well. I don't think I've seen that movie. I disobeyed you two degrees off and I did Google it. my yeah Glenn Gary, Glenn Ross, 1992. Never disobey a lawyer that's going to sue you now.
Speaker: Peacock. Yeah, I mean, if I knew a good lawyer... ah I would refer him to you. Oh. Fantastic. The bee was so generous. They sent this huge box of swag for everybody. And we just got to go pick something from the table. One thing I have been wanting for like three years was. um, a B logo necklace.
Speaker: Guess what they had? A bee logo and necklace. Yes, why I got a necklace. How about that? not So that was really cool. So now whenever I get dressed up, I have to decide, what do I wear? My bead necklace?
Speaker: or the necklace Mr. Kurgle gave me for our 10th anniversary. It's a hard choice. One thing in that the goodie bag that Vern Hilda gave me it was this Trump doll. but I... I had to put it up.
Speaker: In safety, out of reach, because... Lurk. likes to go and lick his hair. and then The first first time she saw him, she went over and started...
Speaker: licking him here. And you know how the cat's tongues are real sticky. She just like ended up tossing him across the room a couple feet. Oh. So I told her... i told her Do you not lick Trump's hair. Listen, nobody likes this beautiful hair. The most. Natural. beautiful head of hair you've ever seen. Nobody licks it.
Speaker: Nobody touches it. Not even me. Perhaps. Kurgle needs to issue a retraction because in her... Introduction she She said that you had 35 published headlines.
Speaker: I do my research. I'm very thorough. Ah, okay, because i I did a refresh on two degrees off. page and it says 34 published headlines. So maybe I'm missing something.
Speaker: Pick a one. Okay, on the the the main page of the bio. Because mine, at least last time I looked, mine's different too. um It shows the number. But when you click.
Speaker: on the badges badges And you go and look at the badges. We ain't got no badges. Because that's I had 32 and 34 written. um down first, but I double checked. I clicked on the badges. We don't need no badges. It says 33 features, 35 published. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. That's interesting.
Speaker: Yeah, it is interesting. So no retraction required. So 35 published headlines. Yeah, Kurgle is always right.
Speaker: We'll remember that. ah As a husband, I'm always wrong, so I think my Male guests can hear, you know, can relate to that. This is true, yeah.
