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392 — Deck the Meatballs
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Ty & Eric discuss their attempts to avoid holiday potlucks, their ideal holiday drinking strategies, dining out for Christmas dinner, turning 2024 events into cocktails, turning Subway into the 3rd space, ordering a sneaky cheat meal, and sharing a new years kiss with your sandwich artist.
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Post-Christmas Deals and Fashion Trends
00:00:05
Ty Fresh
Ho, ho, ho.
00:00:08
Think Fresh
and Breadheads breadheads breadheads welcome back another episode of think fresh podcast It's Christmas time Christmas has come and gone and die.
00:00:19
Think Fresh
It's now the end of boxing week you pick up any deals Same
00:00:25
Ty Fresh
Boxing week deals. Oh man, dude, I haven't been chopped in years.
00:00:33
Ty Fresh
Every year I get some underwear and some socks and that holds me over another 365 days.
00:00:39
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Yeah, you can't let you know the in-laws see all the holes in your in your socks and your underwear because they'll be concerned for you, but if you're not because Exactly.
00:00:49
Ty Fresh
It's just Margiela.
00:00:53
Think Fresh
It's uh, it's distressed on purpose. Okay
00:00:56
Ty Fresh
Yeah, these are my de-stressed tighty-whities. They came pre-streaked. It's Balenciaga's new thing.
00:01:04
Think Fresh
priestry Yeah, I got my you know underwear with streaks on them. I got my shoes with cum on them. it's it's the whole It's the whole look. You wouldn't get it.
00:01:14
Ty Fresh
You just look wet and gross. ah it's it's Yeah, it's a different. It's different for sure. the the the The boomers don't understand, but you and I, we understand.
00:01:28
Think Fresh
That's right. We're on the cusp of fashion innovation. I'm starting to think, Ty, that we might need a think fresh t-shirt that has like soft stains kind of like pre-built into it.
00:01:40
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:01:40
Think Fresh
You know, like I'm thinking some sweet onion, some Southwest kind of just like dribbled on the chest area.
00:01:46
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:01:46
Think Fresh
I mean, a nice little touch, maybe some crumbs as well.
00:01:49
Ty Fresh
I love that it's a.
00:01:50
Think Fresh
Fuck it. Throw an olive in there.
00:01:52
Ty Fresh
Dude, the bib tea, we'll call it.
00:01:55
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. That's right. It's kind of like, I don't know, like we're a couple of three-year-olds, you know, playing with our food.
00:02:06
Ty Fresh
I'm team play with my food at this point. Who cares? Who who who gives a crap? you know it's The world is ending. Nothing matters. We can play with our food, Eric.
00:02:20
Think Fresh
Who gives a rat's ass?
Holiday Traditions and Drinking
00:02:22
Ty Fresh
listen did you ah Did you have a good week, Eric? Did you deck the meatballs? Did you did you so spend time with family? Did you get any good gifts? What what happened to you this week?
00:02:36
Think Fresh
Oh, man, what did happen to me? I don't remember, Ty, because my holidays are, at this point in my life, as you get older, it's all about just drinking as much as humanly possible with your family and your in-laws.
00:02:50
Think Fresh
And actually trying is hard to forget that, you know, Santa's not real. We were all told this at some point.
00:02:56
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I get that.
00:02:58
Think Fresh
We found out on our own. And ever since then, Ty, I don't know, everything has just kind of been doom and gloom, in my opinion.
00:03:05
Ty Fresh
I don't know man, after like the 7th Guinness of the day, Santa's coming back. You start to believe again. You start to see the say you start to see Mr. Claus.
00:03:15
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. The Irish bartender behind the bar starting to look more and more like an elf. You know, you're just like, let me get another.
00:03:20
Ty Fresh
yeah sounds like one too ah yeah it's true you're just like hanging out on the couch with the in-laws all day drink until you feel like an outlaw and that's what I've been doing too and Eric I gotta tell you I am cheesed like I am so I'm so full of cheese that I'm gonna burst
00:03:36
Think Fresh
Oh, your cheese.
00:03:43
Think Fresh
Damn, you gotta take a lactate or something. What's going on? Why are you eating so much cheese over there?
00:03:47
Ty Fresh
It's just the cheese be a ah plenty. The charcuterie is a bountiful this time of year. And um you know me, I like to i like to peck around.
00:04:00
Think Fresh
Pekka on some pecorino or something.
00:04:02
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm, But when you have nothing else to do all day but pecorino from agio, by the end of the day, you're feeling like a big,
00:04:15
Ty Fresh
Just a big tubba, tubba lard, you know?
00:04:18
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. I mean, yeah, you're you're totally right for some reason I've ah created this culture at my family's place where There's two beer options Guinness or fat tug and every time I go there it's Start with the Guinness ease into the ah wine selection of the evening.
00:04:43
Think Fresh
And it's always like, and'd say um it's down to a science at this point. One beer, like between four and seven glasses of wine, and then usually end with some kind of hard liquor, you know, usually a scotch or a cognac of some sort.
00:04:51
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:04:58
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:04:59
Think Fresh
And ah if if I ever make it to the cognac, it's like I'm staying there till past midnight for for dinner, you know, that's the vibe.
00:05:00
Ty Fresh
No Diddy.
00:05:07
Ty Fresh
Right, right. That's kind of like the final boss before you just you're in here on Christmas Eve demon time.
00:05:14
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Once we finished like several bottles of wine, we,
Gifting and Secret Santa Struggles
00:05:18
Think Fresh
you know, my dad and I look at each other, we're like, so we dip it into the cognac, but like it's like a silent kind of acknowledgement. We're like, yep, yes, we are.
00:05:25
Ty Fresh
Mmm. Wow, it's good to have traditions mine's similar.
00:05:28
Ty Fresh
It's always starts starts with a single pint of Delicious beer and then a single martini and then we just ride out wine the rest of the night until the bottles are empty
00:05:28
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:05:36
Think Fresh
Hmm. Mm hmm. Yeah, wine is like all reliable, you know, it's like once you get all like the you get the jitters out with all of the like fun drinks at the beginning, like you're like so excited to like butd let me make this cocktail for you or, you know, let's crack a beer just to like, you know, just to like delete the day we just had, you know, it's wine that kind of carries you through.
00:06:01
Ty Fresh
100%. Yeah, it is um all reliable Merlot. And there's always so much around like I will drain my fridge of beer the minute I restock but the wine it hangs out in the cellar until a special day like Christmas Day.
00:06:08
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:06:21
Think Fresh
and wine is one of those things where it's like you receive around three or four bottles like every holiday season and you're also giving away every holiday season three or four bottles so it's kind of like a you know wine giveth and it taketh kind of situation
00:06:27
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:06:33
Ty Fresh
the
00:06:38
Ty Fresh
That's true, it's flowing yeah in and out of the economy.
00:06:44
Think Fresh
Exactly. I'm convinced that like maybe outside of our houses wine naturally is never consumed. It's just passed on.
00:06:52
Ty Fresh
It's the gift that is re-gifted time and time again until it finds a thirsty man.
00:06:59
Think Fresh
Speaking of re-gifting, Tai, are you past the kind of like horrors of Secret Sanas? Are you all done with gift giving, gift receiving? you've You've weathered the storm, or is there more on the horizon?
00:07:13
Ty Fresh
Dude, I feel like an F-22 in a dogfight the way I'm trying to like, dodge all of these Christmas traditions, you know? I still have one more Secret Santa to get through, but I did successfully dodge a New Year's potluck. So, um well we're we're doing our best to kind of skirt our way through this holiday season and avoid some of the more treacherous events.
00:07:36
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. I'm happy for you, Tai. I, unfortunately, was not as lucky. I am going to a potluck Secret Santa.
00:07:45
Ty Fresh
Ooh, wow. The horse.
00:07:49
Think Fresh
Not only do I have to bring a gift for $25, but I also have to bring a main and a dessert.
00:07:56
Ty Fresh
Wow, that sounds awful.
00:07:57
Think Fresh
Pray for me.
00:07:59
Ty Fresh
Dude, I feel so bad for you. I do actually technically have a potluck because, well, it's not the kind that you think. It's actually a really good format for a potluck, Eric.
00:08:09
Ty Fresh
And I think I talked about this last New Year's, but every New Year's I have a tradition that I come together with friends and we all make a cocktail and bring the cocktail to the party.
00:08:13
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:08:18
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah.
00:08:19
Ty Fresh
And it symbolizes an event or a pop culture moment or something significant from 2024. So I have to do that again this year and I'm very excited because 2024 was a wild ride.
00:08:33
Think Fresh
It was um so much happened in 2024 that I'm not even sure like what kind of thing that you're going to try to create into a cocktail. And I'm starting to think like you're going to have to go with something less obvious because there's so many like, you know, headline news stories that you could go with, you know, Trumpito, you could talk about, I don't know, probably like Israel, Palestine.
00:08:57
Ty Fresh
Mhm.
00:08:59
Think Fresh
You could probably talk about Luigi, the CEO shooter.
00:09:03
Ty Fresh
Mhm.
00:09:05
Think Fresh
Any ideas? Should we brainstorm something for you now or do you want to keep it a surprise in case any of your guests are listening?
00:09:06
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:09:11
Ty Fresh
I think we gotta get the like
Holiday Dining and Subway Culture
00:09:12
Ty Fresh
big ideas out of the way right now just so that I can get to something niche by the time New Year's comes around.
00:09:15
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:09:17
Ty Fresh
So like probably not gonna do eras too or too obvious. Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud is a little more interesting. I don't even know what kind of cocktail you could come up with for that.
00:09:29
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah, I'm not sure you'd have to mix Toronto and L.A. in some way.
00:09:35
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:09:38
Think Fresh
like What is a famous like Toronto beverage? Who cares is what I would. It's my answer.
00:09:42
Ty Fresh
I think it's just like cocaine maybe.
00:09:45
Think Fresh
Yeah, actually probably. I mean, that's kind of interesting because you could pretend it's like snow and like just, you know, dump some cocaine onto your drink as like a little garnish.
00:09:51
Ty Fresh
new
00:09:56
Ty Fresh
Maybe some Coca Cola as a tribute to that.
00:10:01
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Nice. Now we're thinking.
00:10:03
Ty Fresh
Now we're thinking. And I feel like the LA meal of choice is also cocaine and maybe some Mozambique.
00:10:12
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Exactly. I'm thinking about the Trump ear shooting.
00:10:20
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:10:21
Ty Fresh
Iconic.
00:10:21
Think Fresh
And I'm like, you can make almost any drink out of that.
00:10:26
Think Fresh
Like, if you really want to get funny with it, you can do like an orange crush kind of cocktail and then have like maybe a prosthetic ear as a garnish instead of like a lemon wedge.
00:10:38
Ty Fresh
That's a really funny, Eric. I love that. That that was a kind of a deep cut event. I think that's pretty good. Big big moment, but...
00:10:47
Think Fresh
i don't if i would call I don't know if call the president-elect being shot in the head of like a be deep cut.
00:10:54
Ty Fresh
You're right. It was not a deep cut. It was a light grazing. Excuse me.
00:10:58
Think Fresh
That's right. That's right. That's right. ty Don't try to erase history, okay?
00:11:04
Ty Fresh
I just forgot it happened. I'm far too preoccupied with, as soon as, dude, that happened and then we got Bratz Summer and I just forgot everything.
00:11:15
Think Fresh
Yeah, I don't blame you.
00:11:17
Ty Fresh
Uh, Alex Cooper got married this year. That's a shout out to our fellow podcasters. I don't know.
00:11:24
Think Fresh
Damn, so it really is possible.
00:11:27
Ty Fresh
It is possible for a podcaster to find love.
00:11:29
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Believe it or not. um Yeah, usually like people start podcasting after they've entered a serious relationship.
00:11:37
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:11:40
Ty Fresh
It's more safer that way.
00:11:40
Think Fresh
It's like they need something.
00:11:42
Think Fresh
It's much safer. They need, you know, a reason to disappear for an hour or two a week. You know, a reason to hang out with the boys. That's not just like I want to play you a Call of Duty.
00:11:51
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm 100% like if you're a married man, you either can start a podcast start golfing or find a mistress But yeah all of them give you an opportunity to spend like two or three hours out of the house It's all escapism Yeah fair enough Depending on your audience
00:12:05
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah, some are. Some are like, I don't know, I would rank them differently, depending on like general perception by the woman in your life.
00:12:24
Think Fresh
But speaking of Christmas dinners, I want to like throw this idea at you. I got to experience this last year at Thanksgiving, but I think eating a meal outside on Christmas or on even New Year's Eve any of the big major blue chip holidays I think should be celebrated and I would actually I would actually love to see like a cultural shift towards Dining out on these big days and less, ah you know cooking for your family What do you what do you think about this concept?
00:12:55
Ty Fresh
Mm.
00:12:58
Ty Fresh
Yes, 100% agree. I think the the family meal is so overplayed. like Give the restaurants a chance to show off what they can do with a five-course meal, you know?
00:13:04
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm
00:13:10
Ty Fresh
People seldom even do the multi-course. Everyone's out of the cart these days. And I say, like who does multi-course meals better than like a fine dining establishment? So why wouldn't you want to treat yourself on a major holiday?
00:13:24
Think Fresh
I 100 percent agree. it It only I mean, I can see the point against it, at like, say you have like five kids and you're like, I don't want to like. you know, get the miso cod for all of them.
00:13:39
Think Fresh
Like that's a little pricey. But if it's just like you in bay and maybe like your parents treat them to a nice little dinner, go to a pizza place, nice Italian restaurant.
00:13:46
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:13:50
Ty Fresh
Mm
00:13:51
Think Fresh
I don't know. I think it's the move. No dishes required. um You can even like get freaky with the menu like
00:13:54
Ty Fresh
hmm.
00:13:58
Think Fresh
Normally you wouldn't get the turkey option, but if you are celebrating Christmas, why not get the turkey dinner that is offered on that day? You know.
00:14:08
Ty Fresh
Yeah, because you know they will. And Eric, I did exactly this this year. We went out with the in-laws for Christmas dinner. um few few A at the table tapped into some turkey dinner. i I treated myself as well, a little steelhead trout.
00:14:25
Ty Fresh
And it was wonderful.
00:14:26
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:14:27
Ty Fresh
And you know what? You know what's wonderful about it? You can cook at home and you do cook at home every other day of the year. So what's special about Christmas dinner if you're just like using the same, I don't know, so frying pan in the same ah same so the same so shit shitty forks and knives that you eat your regular mis so miso ramen with instead of the miso, would you say miso cod?
00:14:34
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:14:54
Think Fresh
I did say that, yeah. um Yeah, dude, I fully agree with you, like. yeah it's the worst possible scenario when you like have a bunch of people over for dinner and you like go to set the table and you're like missing like three forks because they're in the dishwasher like oh fuck now you're like doing dishes before and after you eat and it's just not the vibe honestly i don't want this many people at my apartment
00:15:13
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:15:18
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah, 100%. it's a It's funny that we've kind of caught stuck to this like tradition of home-cooked meals. And I think it's because these types of holidays exist pre-restaurant. Like back when Christmas traditions were formed in like these pagan holidays and even like the colonial Thanksgiving, like they were all made in a time when restaurants were awful. Like restaurants were just as bad as cooking at home. But now it's like you can have any cuisine
00:15:54
Ty Fresh
served to you by queer servers and chefs who or have accolades.
00:15:58
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Yeah, 1000 percent, bro. Do you think restaurants were bad when they first were invented or they they were just probably the same as like, you know, having, you know, your I don't know, spouse cook you a nice little dish? It's like I would just have someone else's spouse cook me a dish. like That's really the only difference.
00:16:22
Ty Fresh
Yeah, it's kind of like cheating on your spouse back then.
00:16:25
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah, exactly.
00:16:27
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:16:27
Think Fresh
But it was legal. It was like it was actually a nice thing to do with your spouse to cheat.
00:16:35
Ty Fresh
100%. It's like, i Hey, hey, babe, I'm going to take you out to for a cheat meal tonight.
00:16:41
Think Fresh
Well said. um Speaking of cheat meals, Ty, I learned today because I looked it up that Subway is like always closed on Christmas Day.
00:16:53
Think Fresh
Like the vast majority of them are closed on Christmas Day.
00:16:53
Ty Fresh
No
00:16:56
Think Fresh
closed on Thanksgiving Day, closed on New Year's Eve. like All of the major like ah North American holidays, they're kind of just packing it in and you know not doing much. But I noticed in Australia, there was a franchise that was open on New Year's Eve, but there was a sign outside that said they're charging a 15% holiday surcharge.
00:17:21
Ty Fresh
Wow, this is this is a lot of crazy information. I can't believe they they shut it down nationwide
00:17:28
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude. So it's kind of like unfortunate because you would think like the guy who would go to Subway on Christmas Day is like doesn't really have anywhere better to go.
00:17:41
Think Fresh
And I just feel like, you know, we should celebrate one just going out on in general on Christmas Day because there's lots of money to be made in the you know hospitality industry.
00:17:51
Think Fresh
But also like for the guy with like nowhere to go. Like, come on, mar you got got to give him somewhere to go.
00:17:57
Ty Fresh
know Dude you they took they took away his third space What is he gonna do like linger by the mall Santa or go back to the pub? He was there yesterday
00:18:12
Think Fresh
I mean for some people it might be their first or second space as well like They might not have a home and they might not have a job So like or they work from home in which case they still don't have a job So they're like going to subway to like mingle with I don't know People with sandals in in the freezing cold rain.
00:18:35
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that's a good point. I feel like the three core spaces of your average subway enjoyer is subway, maybe a public library and um whatever bridge they're sleeping under that night.
00:18:47
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. They love bridges. They love libraries. They love like sitting outside the liquor store, like just kind of loitering outside the liquor store for some reason.
00:18:54
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:18:58
Think Fresh
They're not asking anything of anyone, but they're just kind of there.
00:19:01
Ty Fresh
Dude, I have no problem with that. like I love a drink El Fresco on the patio. Why can't they enjoy it too?
00:19:12
Think Fresh
I'm with you on that. It's when they whip out the guitar. That's the problem, Ty. And I know we're both picturing the same exact liquor store right now.
00:19:19
Ty Fresh
Commercial Drive, right?
00:19:22
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah, exactly.
00:19:22
Ty Fresh
Yeah, dude, what is up with Commercial Drive's liquor store? they need ah There's a party out there every night.
00:19:27
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. It's either that one or like Denman usually has like some people kind of just hanging around for some reason.
00:19:36
Ty Fresh
as as
00:19:36
Think Fresh
Both ah both places I've been to many times.
00:19:40
Ty Fresh
Yeah, i I think about sometimes portaking in their culture, but I just can't stand the music.
00:19:48
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. I mean if we had like some proper like pubs here you could just drink outside Anyway, like grab a pint from inside go stand on the sidewalk and have it Like just like you can like in every other country in the world
00:19:59
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:20:03
Ty Fresh
Yeah, 100%. I wish we would be more cultured here. A little bit more evolved. Eric, do you think the 15% surcharge that Australia and Subway is doing is justified given the so probably the presumably supply crunch during New Year's Eve?
00:20:25
Think Fresh
Supply crunch in what sense? Like they're not getting enough.
00:20:28
Ty Fresh
There's a
00:20:29
Think Fresh
There's a global lettuce shortage again.
00:20:32
Ty Fresh
I'm not talking about the lettuce, I'm not talking about the crispy onions, I'm talking about the demand for restaurants when so many mom and pop shops shut her down that time of year.
00:20:40
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. I mean, in my like my assumption is that they are charging people more because they have to be open and like most places are can close. But they're like, you know what? Fuck it will stay open. But that means we have to ask like three or four people to work on Christmas Day and they're probably going to have to be paid time and a half or some some kind of overtime holiday bonus. And I'm guessing the 15 percent covers that.
00:21:15
Think Fresh
Um, so it's probably going straight to the top and not that 50% is not actually going into their pockets, but they will get a holiday bonus. That's what my guess.
00:21:25
Ty Fresh
Dude, nothing like a few extra inches during this time of year.
00:21:30
Think Fresh
I also love to get myself a holiday bonus of a few extra inches.
00:21:34
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Wow, I think it's justified as well. I'm assuming that was the stance you took.
00:21:42
Think Fresh
Yeah, sure. Let's take, let's go with that.
00:21:44
Ty Fresh
Because I realized that I am the one of the privileged few who gets to eat out on New Year's. There's there's two classes, right? There's the people who are served on New Year's and the people who serve on New Year's. And if you're one of the lucky few to be served, you got to pay a price for that.
00:22:05
Think Fresh
Dude, it feels so great to be at the top, am I right?
00:22:07
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Like you're ringing in the ball dropping. You're kissing your wifey. And there's someone like nearby mopping up from all the champagne spills.
00:22:19
Think Fresh
Actually, you know what? It's probably worth it to separate New Year's Eve from Christmas. Because I think like New Year's Eve is a popping time to like go for dinner.
00:22:29
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:22:30
Think Fresh
like I think it's like really but maybe one of the busiest nights of the year because it's really hard to secure a reservation on New Year's Eve.
00:22:35
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:22:37
Ty Fresh
Yeah, you're right, it's tough.
00:22:37
Think Fresh
And usually there's like yeah usually there's like some other added like benefit to going and dining at places on New Year's Eve.
00:22:46
Think Fresh
They'll like give you a free glass of champagne if you're going to stay for the countdown, stuff like that.
00:22:52
Ty Fresh
Right, you have to sometimes page just to hold the table because you might get a a rare firework view by the window or something, which is kind of blowing my mind that Subway is actually open on New Year's then. Not because they're like thinking,
00:23:05
Ty Fresh
There's so many people that want to go over dinner that someone might actually entertain this option. We're going to get spillover.
00:23:11
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:23:12
Ty Fresh
Sorry, Bama, your top three restaurants were full.
00:23:13
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:23:15
Ty Fresh
So, but I found a place.
00:23:17
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:23:19
Think Fresh
That's true. But can you imagine ringing in the New Year like in line at Subway, like you're standing there ordering your herbs and cheese, you know, turkey sub and all of a sudden outside you're 10, nine, eight. And you're like, oh, crap, I don't even have my sandwich yet. What am I going to do? And then you just lean over the sneeze guard and give your artist a big New Year's kiss.
00:23:40
Ty Fresh
A big sloppery wet one.
00:23:44
Ty Fresh
Are you using tongue Eric? Are you saving the tongue for the sandwich?
00:23:44
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:23:48
Think Fresh
Are you tongue in your sandwich artist at midnight on New Year's Eve if you found yourself at a subway? That's a good question, Ty.
00:23:55
Ty Fresh
I mean, they're probably lonely too.
00:23:58
Think Fresh
I know. I think this might be the one time of the year where like you could probably make out with a sandwich artist.
00:24:06
Think Fresh
Think about it. like When else could you possibly do this? Outside of subways, it doesn't count. like It has to be in the side of the subway.
00:24:15
Ty Fresh
You don't think there's ever another opportunity, maybe a lonely Valentine's Day. But I think if you're gonna pull this move off, Eric, you need to start a few days early. Go in for Mary Rismus and Riz up your sandwich artist.
00:24:26
Ty Fresh
Make sure they know your face. Make sure they go home after their shift thinking about your charm.
00:24:26
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:24:31
Ty Fresh
And then when you pull back up on New Year's, you're Prince Charming, you know? Back to the ball.
00:24:31
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:24:36
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:24:36
Ty Fresh
and you got And you got the golden slipper, baby, slipping your tongue right in their mouth.
00:24:41
Think Fresh
I love this idea, Ty. I think we should step it up a notch. I think the lead up is important, but also like the actual event will be really important, too, because you you should probably go like a couple hours early.
00:24:55
Think Fresh
Bring like all of your friends. Bring bring the energy. i mean you need like You need to pack up that subway. That way, like it's not just you and her.
00:25:04
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:25:05
Think Fresh
You got you gotta to create like a little ambiance where it's like anything could happen. like It's getting rowdy at the subway at late night. you know But everyone still will behave. They're they're tipping. you know Everyone's in a good mood.
00:25:14
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:25:16
Think Fresh
And suddenly, You're talking to the artist, you know, you're kind of raising them up, you're building some rapport and you you maybe, you know, make the joke.
00:25:23
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:25:27
Think Fresh
It's like, I don't know. I don't really have a kiss tonight. I don't know what's going to happen. You might have to kiss my sandwich, blah, blah, blah. Make some light jokes. And then once the time comes, Ty, you sneak under the line, count down from behind the sandwich line.
00:25:42
Ty Fresh
wow
00:25:43
Think Fresh
And then you just, yeah, reach in.
00:25:46
Ty Fresh
Wow Just going for it and hope pray to God neither of you had the tuna for lunch Yeah, I do think it's possible you're right Eric but you got to build the rapport you got to set up ah like a will they won't they type a storyline
00:25:52
Think Fresh
yeah Exactly.
Podcasting Dedication and New Year's Plans
00:26:02
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, exactly. Coming at it like a self-deprecating way is a good two.
00:26:02
Ty Fresh
tease a little bit
00:26:10
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Lower their guard. Lower their sneeze guard.
00:26:18
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, the sneeze guard's only there so that your spit doesn't end up anywhere near the sandwiches, or the sandwich artists, for that matter.
00:26:22
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:26:25
Think Fresh
So you got to lower the sneeze guard if you're trying to swap spit.
00:26:29
Ty Fresh
Facts. Sometimes this is the a rare moment where they want you to spit.
00:26:33
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:26:35
Ty Fresh
talk to
00:26:36
Think Fresh
Spit on that
00:26:39
Ty Fresh
Oh, damn.
00:26:42
Ty Fresh
Dude, ah you can I hope the breadheads aren't too aware that Eric and I are both just absolutely, completely drooping from all the festive food this holiday season. I feel like, ah I don't feel like myself, Eric.
00:26:55
Ty Fresh
I feel like bloated. I feel fat. I feel jolly.
00:26:59
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah, dude, my jolly fat ass is running on empty, though. Like I'm my social battery is um just flickering right now, you know, nothing left. But we do what we can for the breadheads. You know, we log in and punch in our time cards and then do our best work and then leave.
00:27:21
Ty Fresh
That's right, we're the socially drained game, but we are We're trying our best out here
00:27:29
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. um Yeah, what are we? We have one more episode before New Year's, so stay tuned. It's going to be a New Year's drop.
00:27:37
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:27:38
Think Fresh
Should we drop it at midnight?
00:27:40
Ty Fresh
Oh, dude, 100%. Let's do that. That's gonna be very fun.
00:27:44
Think Fresh
OK, sick.
00:27:44
Ty Fresh
Redheads will recount some of our favorite think fresh moments of 2024. We'll be looking forward to what is in store for handhelds in 2025. And we will hold your hand and ear as we enter the new year.
00:28:00
Think Fresh
That's right, so stay stay on the lookout. um New Year's Eve, midnight, Pacific Standard Time, watch your inbox. um We'll keep you covered for that dark, lonely Uber ride home from the New Year's party.
00:28:17
Ty Fresh
You know, you may not get a New Year's kiss, but you will get some New Year's bliss from Ty and Eric at Think Fresh podcast.
00:28:26
Think Fresh
Beautifully said. Bring your AirPods to the party because you're going to need them on the way home. and ah yeah Looking forward to it, Ty. Thanks for podcasting with me today.
00:28:35
Ty Fresh
Thank you, and thank you to the breadheads for listening. Think Fresh, everybody. Ciao.