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Episode 143 - The Most Dangerous Game
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Unexpected Guest and Podcast Timing Issues
00:00:00
Speaker
I'm glad you could have a good conversation with somebody. Nick and I nick and i were talking. It was a good time. And then you popped in and and my blood pressure immediately spiked. So let's see what happens, you know? Because last time, you you know, we were on an episode and you just popped in, you shit on me for the 20 minutes. Well, you know what? At least he popped in is what I'll say. Yeah.
00:00:18
Speaker
Yeah. At least I popped in. Yeah. and and And you know what? I would have popped in, too, if, you know, you know, my my text point left on read for three straight days. And then, you know, six hours before we record, we're like, oh, yeah, shit. Let's do it in six hours. Hold on.
00:00:33
Speaker
but I want to preface this by saying this isn't important, obviously. First, the show show does not matter yeah first when it comes to like actually doing dinner and stuff.
00:00:43
Speaker
che Cheers, guys. I just have water. So I have a mega have amygalo bultra zero. So cheers you. But i I do want to say, Mike, what day do we usually record?
00:00:57
Speaker
No, yes. ah i Listen, I understand. I understand that. But it's baffling to me that we can't... If we know we're doing it on Sundays, why can't we solidify fucking time every Sunday? It baffles me that we can't do we usually What time do we usually do this? oh so what you So what you want me to do is just...
00:01:17
Speaker
So what you're telling me is on Sundays, I just need to block out the whole day and just sit on my head. That's not what we're saying. We're saying it's fine if you go to dinner. That's that's whatever. What we're also saying is, what time do we usually do this on Sundays?
00:01:31
Speaker
For the most part, it's anywhere between 8 o'clock and 10 o'clock, right? Yes. anyway And I showed up at 10 and I showed up at the apartment and you guys were done. No, no, no, no, no. You guys were done. You got home at 1045. Whatever, whatever time it was, you guys were done anyways.
00:01:49
Speaker
So am I, am I, am I supposed to the, the, the second half of my day on a Sunday? Am I so supposed to sit on my ass and wait for people to answer me? Or can we just solidify a fucking time when we talk about it and we're done? Like guys, this could be easy. Yeah.
00:02:04
Speaker
just like because Just because you're you're not pretty easy. it pretty much Sunday at eight o'clock or nine o'clock yeah yeah every single week. No, no. The problem is the problem is, is we didn't solidify that till like six to eight hours prior.
00:02:19
Speaker
We've been doing this for like four or five months and it's always been Sunday. and yeah And in fact, I feel like we haven't solidified a time because we know that people's schedules change all the time. Not for the day.
00:02:31
Speaker
Because I think we're pretty flexible about that too whenever the fucking Monday, Tuesday it is that you say we should record sometimes. But the Sunday that we always record on, we have a window of time of a time that we record in for when people's schedules change.
00:02:47
Speaker
That's how it is. That's how it is. and And nobody seems to be upset about it but you. Yes, of course I'm upset. what's What's the problem? What's the problem? This is a very serious issue. This is not an issue to me. It's an issue to me.
00:03:01
Speaker
yeah I'm sorry that that I'm sorry that, you know, I'm the odd one out, but it's a problem to me. Let's just, okay. I'm i'm sorry. It's a problem for you. Yeah, because I'm sitting on my ass waiting for you people to tell me what time to record. Meanwhile, I have somebody... I have somebody... present no Oh, you like but you man. It's coming.
00:03:22
Speaker
oh man coming it's coming what but o man it's coming i'm telling you i'm just saying it's i don't think it's that big of a deal that you missed last episode to get dinner in the real world that's that's good that's a good thing that's fine what i am saying is you do know what day and time we usually do this and have been doing this for the past what is it it's a me but you have been doing this since in november this is almost six months okay but you have to understand something
00:03:53
Speaker
and listens No, I get your disposition. I get your disposition. Listen to me very closely. There is a difference between
Commitment to Recordings and NBA Playoffs
00:04:00
Speaker
recording at 6 p.m. and recording at 10 p.m. Because if we we record Sunday in this block that you give us, if we record Sunday at 6 p.m., that means I will not do dinner as I intended to.
00:04:14
Speaker
But since nobody answered for three days on what the time block of our time block is, I booked dinner. And now and now that's my problem because it's like, oh, well, you already know what you already know.
00:04:25
Speaker
I know what our time block is. Nobody fucking confirmed. What our time block is. And but so I lived my life. And now it's oh, you didn't show up. You didn't pop in. What the fuck you want me to do? We want to enjoy your dinner. That's fine. and Yeah. The crux of the argument here poor nick that you know when we're going to do it, you shouldn't feel bad about missing it.
00:04:49
Speaker
That's all I'm saying. You shouldn't feel bad about missing it. You know when we usually do it, you chose to do other things, and that's great. Poor Nick. That's fine. Poor Nick's just sitting here. We had a great conversation with Nick last week.
00:04:59
Speaker
i'm I'm sure it was fantastic I have no doubt I didn't get a chance to listen to it I'm sure I will I'm not ready to listen to it you know I will did you really not listen to it because he's upset he wasn't on it oh and i want you to know. And I'm going to say this again. Maybe this is the first time Nick is hearing it. But per Victor, people listen for me.
00:05:21
Speaker
So it's like, you know. OK, hold on. Nick, you need some context for that. In the first or second week that we started doing this, Victor got a comment from somebody that they liked.
00:05:32
Speaker
that Mike's had that that that different perspective. And ever since then, Mike has taken it to here. He's been leaning into it. Anytime we have criticism. He's been very much leaning into it. Nick, also understand in the first six minutes of what the dynamic is. so you So you understand that I have to take every win that I could get.
00:05:49
Speaker
you know I understand the context of it, but like give me the win. And the win that he has, i could really take it away from him right now, but I don't want to do that. Yes. because Because there's context on why people are saying yes they love listening to Mike. And also, we're getting some clicks out of it. you know But if i think if i so if I told him the real reason, I think it would upset him.
00:06:10
Speaker
So um I just keep that to myself. yeah I let Mike get his W here. It is one of the very few that he gets on this show. That's right. Thank you. It's it's really up about that. like a win is a win.
00:06:20
Speaker
Let's go back to the dinner thing. But if you guys had dinner 6, 6.30, why did it take you four hours? Why? Well, it's the same reason why Austin was at Mother's Day. You can't just cut it short. You know what I'm saying? what are you supposed to do? Hey, I got to go podcast with the guys when they show when they when they didn't confirm with me three, four days prior? No, I'm not going to do that.
00:06:40
Speaker
No, don't make this about us. Shut the fuck up. You did this. Don't even start. Don't even do this. like You know what I did when I came back? I signed on and I fucking saved that episode from you.
00:06:53
Speaker
I saved that episode from you. You didn't save it. I hear you talking about the fucking hope. Come on. That was important news. That's big. That's world news. What are we, CNN? No. No, we're better. We tell the truth. Of course. Guys.
00:07:07
Speaker
You're saying CNN lies? Yeah, of course. yeah Fake news. Anyway. Oh, jeez. Yeah, the Pope is timely. the point you believe I can't believe I'm saying this, though. ah Mike, your mic needs to be turned up a little bit.
00:07:21
Speaker
Wow. think that's the greatest thing you ever told me all day. Yeah. Well, it's more for the people. I don't want to hear your voice, but the people do. it then Then lock the fuck off. We got Nick. It's all good. and You know, they just lock off.
00:07:32
Speaker
That's right. Go watch go watch the Knicks lose by 20. It's all good. Just do your thing.
00:07:39
Speaker
It's a 13 point game. Yeah. They could come back, though. Is it still a 13 point game? Yeah. They just cut it back to 13. Yeah. I mean, are they playing bad? I mean, the past two nights, the past two games, they've been they've been playing great. It's just the Pacers have just been playing a notch better, you know, just making their baskets.
00:07:58
Speaker
I think these dudes are gassed. they Yeah. that that Well, I think that their defense has a problem, clearly, but the the the Pacers took the wind out of them in the first game.
00:08:09
Speaker
The Pacers have a lot more depth than the Knicks do, too. Yeah. So they can play a lot more guys and go. Yeah. so A lot more effort. I think the Knicks could also play a lot more guys, but Thibodeau doesn't like doing that.
00:08:23
Speaker
This guy loves playing seven men for like 45 minutes a piece. Like there's no rotation to these guys at all. I mean, it's one thing to do that in the playoffs, but like he's doing the shit in the regular season.
00:08:35
Speaker
Yeah. And like, I get here, it's like game a hundred for these dudes and they're, they're fucking tired and I don't blame them. Like,
00:08:45
Speaker
He's making these dudes play every single night, almost 40, you know, almost the whole game, each game. Like, this happened, I think this has happened, like, the past three years where they just, these guys just gas out by the, you know, second round or whatever because they're fucking tired.
00:09:01
Speaker
Yeah, i'm I'm not sure, I agree with that, but I'm not sure that excuses how they they fucking play sometimes. like No, oh no. How does, you know, Towns have fucking three fouls before, like,
00:09:13
Speaker
three minutes into the second, right? Like, what are we doing? And it's stupid fouls too. So that combined with the whole, like, you let's just let somebody shoot six threes in a row unguarded in some instances.
00:09:26
Speaker
Like what are, what what game are we playing right now? It's just so it was frustrating because they were playing good. they they had They were sinking threes. they had They had some response for every one of the Pacers.
00:09:40
Speaker
um Big pushes, but then they just fall off in the fourth quarter. I mean, a 14-point lead with like two minutes to go. Blowing that is just baffling. yeah The UConn fan in me is very relieved that they did make the conference finals.
00:09:55
Speaker
So that way Thibodeau, you know, pretty unlikely he's going to lose his job. At this point, after this run, and I'd be worried about them. ah you oceanarily Yeah, because that's like the one job I think he he would actually consider leaving for. You really think he would take it?
00:10:12
Speaker
i think he'd consider it. Yeah, and if they gave him the same money as the the Lakers were ready to give him last year, um i think, yeah, there's probably a good chance. Just just because he's at home, essentially.
00:10:24
Speaker
He could live in Jersey City and commute to New York. What's left on his contract at UConn? He just signed an extension, I think. So he still has like five to six more years, maybe. And the buyout is like large, but it's not like obscenely large. Yeah.
00:10:44
Speaker
I don't think it's enough for the Knicks to not pursue it. and it's he like Last year, he signed a six-year $50 million dollars deal. Goddamn. Yeah.
00:10:55
Speaker
So...
00:10:58
Speaker
And then they raise tuition prices, bastards. Well, I mean, it's tuition and it comes out of our pockets. It's he's a it's a state school. He's a state employee. Fuckers. Yeah.
00:11:09
Speaker
Also, we don't... I um i don't i don't care. How come Doge... Taxes. How come Doge didn't wreck those jobs? What the fuck are we doing? ah Well, I mean, and students of UConn don't generate the same money for the school as yeah basketball team.
00:11:25
Speaker
So there goes that. Damn. ohh and They'd rather put fucking tickets on the parking. Hey, when's the speaking of traveling? When's the Grand Prix of Montreal in Canada? Are you guys going?
00:11:37
Speaker
No, it's in. Was it the beginning of June? That's like smell and two weeks, two, three weeks away. I think next week is Spain and then there's a gap and then another week and it's Canada.
00:11:48
Speaker
Okay. i I want to go. like I'd love to go, but I'm saving up everything for Japan next year. so Right, right, right, right. That's the more important thing. I mean, you went. You know how it goes. You know you could always go again you know another time. it's very It's very easy and convenient to get to. It's a little bit cheaper, too, than Miami.
00:12:09
Speaker
Oh, hell yeah. The Miami race is like yeah thousands to go to and then also thousands to get there. Yeah. can i Can I say you something? ah Speaking of Miami, remember when Taylor Swift was doing her Ares tour and the whole thing?
00:12:24
Speaker
Why did everybody that we know from like our town or Connecticut end up seeing Taylor Swift in Miami? like Was Miami like a cheaper outlet? Or like, what do you think it was a little bit more accessible?
00:12:38
Speaker
Yeah. Like, but like, didn't she play like in New York and Boston? Like, I'm just curious, like, was just Miami cheaper or like, well, that was just what was more available or that's probably it too. Is it just luck of the draw?
00:12:50
Speaker
Like if you weren't able to get, you know, Gillette or New York, you try for Miami. Cause it's like, you're You're not flying out to l LA. You're not flying out to Vegas or Texas. You know, that's probably the closest one.
00:13:06
Speaker
Hypothetically, it's the closest one that you could probably afford. yeah I guess I guess that makes sense. I just couldn't figure there was so many people, so many people that ended up in Miami and I just couldn't figure out, like, what was the draw to go into Miami?
Taylor Swift Concert Choices
00:13:21
Speaker
It's also Miami. I mean. So that tour lasted for like two years, right? I was going to say, that tour lasted few years. But she was playing what? like Like four shows a month?
00:13:33
Speaker
No, I think she was. Let me check. She doing a lot. She was doing like multiple nights in the same stadium. Jesus. yeah she I think she did at least two nights in New York, if not three.
00:13:45
Speaker
Yeah, let's see. It was the highest grossing tour of all time. Yeah, when you're on tour for two years. yeah geez yeah
00:13:58
Speaker
shows across 51 cities across five continents. Goddamn. Yeah.
00:14:07
Speaker
Almost. It's like one of the first ah tourists ever earned a billion and two billion dollars in revenue. Jesus. Yeah. crazy
00:14:18
Speaker
So what what continent did she skip?
00:14:23
Speaker
North Korea. um Well, that's not a continent. yes state why Yes. Thank you. I understand that. Austin, shut the fuck up. I just didn't want to look at you, dude.
00:14:34
Speaker
I didn't want to look at you. I clearly know it's not a continent. You don't have to laugh about that.
00:14:41
Speaker
she that's Hold on. That's the content that people like from you. Yeah. Boiling my blood? Thanks. Appreciate that. she She did skip Africa.
00:14:52
Speaker
And Antarctica, which I think that's fair. I feel like we missed the whole hot take cycle on ah and that. Yeah. No, we did. but She could have went to Africa.
00:15:06
Speaker
Yeah. Like Egypt. you can't Yeah, you do Cairo. Yeah. Cairo, Johannesburg. I think the the takes would have been flowing if the one African concert she did was Johannesburg. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:15:20
Speaker
maybe Maybe Ghana. Shu could have probably went to Ghana. so Hold on. Mike's going to name more places in Africa so everybody knows. Yeah. skill i can like with my point that north korea and I fucking hate you.
00:15:32
Speaker
I'm so done with you. Oh, man. I'm so done with you. You piss me off so much, dude.
00:15:42
Speaker
You piss me off so much. Don't be upset because I can read you like a book. Come on. No, in fact, it's the opposite. It makes me very upset that you can read me on it. It's clearly the answer. Why you want me to hide it?
00:15:56
Speaker
Oh, God. Cheers. Cheers. um'm I'm running empty. got to grab another one. You're going grab another one?
00:16:05
Speaker
When I get through this, for sure. I've been trying the 0% alcohols, the the beers, and they're actually not they don't taste much different than a regular beer. Zero alcohol? Yeah. What the fuck's the point?
00:16:18
Speaker
I don't know. Some people want a beer without the alcohol. you know You like the taste? Do you enjoy the taste of the beer? ah Yeah. Like a familiarity thing, right? Yeah. yeah you know People who are like recovering or something like that or whatever. I don't think it tastes much different.
00:16:34
Speaker
are you Are you recovering? no No, I'm not recovering. I just wanted to try it. Oh, okay. Between this and the liquid death, you seem like you're gravitating towards the ah stuff for recovering alcoholics. That's why i moved on to Zinz, because I'm getting off the alcohol. Oh, I see.
00:16:49
Speaker
it's It's a multi-step process. Yeah, we're all going to get e-cigs after this, so don't worry. and That's a step in the wrong direction. Yeah. ah leaves It leads me off the alcohol, you know? um well Yeah, listen.
00:17:02
Speaker
Oh, God. Yeah, no, they're not bad. I tried the Bud Zero. I tried the Heineken one. The Heineken, really, there's no difference. ah This is the Micheloboltre Zero. Tastes pretty good.
00:17:13
Speaker
I think I've had the Peroni one. um I don't remember what that one tastes like, but I'm intrigued now that they're more accessible and available. You know yeah ever have O'Doul's? ah Yeah, when I was like freshly 19, you know.
00:17:27
Speaker
It's not great, but it does the job, you know. But we guys, we're we're in our late twenty s We graduated from modules, all right? I find it really funny that the government went like super hard banning like flavored Juul pods like eight years ago.
00:17:44
Speaker
And now all the vapes on the market are like, they have like eight gigabyte hard drives. And they're like, Planet Destroyer 2000s. It's like, this is that that worked out for the best.
00:17:58
Speaker
Yeah. They have like LED screens and like all this shit. and in the And the flavors are even more like geared towards like children than dual pods ever were. yeah they They ban menthol, but you have to charge your vape in an electric car charger. It's fucking ridiculous, dude.
00:18:18
Speaker
some Yeah, somehow we've gone
Vaping and Smoking Policies
00:18:20
Speaker
backwards almost, where like the first dudes who were like pulling up like vape rigs, were like they were like massive they were like the size of your phone. And then it was all about getting it down to like as small as possible with like with Juul.
00:18:32
Speaker
And now it's like regressed. We've gone back to tradition where we've expanded the the disposable vapes or whatever.
00:18:43
Speaker
i think we've said it. We've said it like millions of times, but those we we do truly do not know the effects on what's going to happen with those in like the next 20 years. But I do feel like we're going to see a lot more cases of lung cancer, unfortunately.
00:18:57
Speaker
With our like, with like Gen Z and like art. Well, I especially think Gen Z, considering they're using it more. Because isn't a pod of that equivalent to a pack of cigarettes? what, that's what jewels were. So I assume that I think the bars. In terms of nicotine, yes. But, but nicotine isn't the super dangerous part of a cigarette for the most part. It's all like the carcinogens and like tar and all that.
00:19:25
Speaker
But nicotine is still not great for you. but I mean, it's not good for like your blood pressure. Right? Yeah.
00:19:34
Speaker
yeah I mean, it's a cleaner form, but it's still, the end of the day, it's the same effects on your lungs. So, yeah, it's going to happen. I don't even know if it's a cleaner form, to be honest. Well, like you said, there's not as much tar. It's a regulated amount of nicotine compared to a cigarette. You know what I'm saying? How much tobacco is in there? If it's darker roasted or not, it's a simplified form. But still, the fumes or whatever the hell you call it, it has the same effect on the lungs.
00:20:01
Speaker
So, yeah i think I think it's going to... Yeah. It'll probably be the same as regular smokers, like the cases of um lung cancer. But yeah, I could see it spiking.
00:20:11
Speaker
I could see it spiking.
00:20:15
Speaker
That's why we just got to... And they look cool. Yeah. That's true. That's why we got to let people smoke cigarettes in restaurants again. I was going to say, cigs look cool, now not the the vapes as much.
00:20:28
Speaker
Cigs do look cool. Like huffing on a big crayon? Like, come on. I want to be on a cross-country flight just chain smoking. dude. With like a baby next to me. Yeah. Old one smoking the baby's face. Old-fashioned in one hand, just like a lucky strike in the other. I'm fucking Don Draper, dude. This is awesome.
00:20:48
Speaker
Fucking love it. There's still places that have smoking, so very limited, but there's... uh a casino next to my grandmother in pittsburgh that still like has a smoking section in the casino that makes sense for the for the area that it is oh yeah we've been to that casino yeah there used to be like the restaurants were still smoking and on smoking when i was a kid i think they like i think it was like late 2000s that they that they like passed that it was all going to be non-smoking but when i was a kid and i would go down there it was still like smoking non-smoking sections
00:21:21
Speaker
after After COVID, like Mohegan and i don't know about Foxwoods, but I know Mohegan like eliminated all smoking sections. Foxwoods did it before COVID. Okay. makes That's fair. But yeah, Mohegan, they got rid of that right away.
00:21:34
Speaker
Why did I think that all the casinos were still smoking? Mohegan was. Mohegan was. I think Vic's right. but yeah I feel like even like five years ago, I was smoking.
00:21:45
Speaker
like You could smoke cigarettes in Mohegan. Right. Right. ah At least it still fucking smells like smoke every time you walk in there. yeah Well, they have a stateed the carpet, the walls. It'll be there forever.
00:21:58
Speaker
What they have in Mohegan, I just went last night. They have a cigar lounge in Mohegan next to the in the Sky, in the Sky Casino and the arena entrance over there. i I forget what they call it, but they have a cigar lounge now. So you could just go over there and smoke one.
00:22:13
Speaker
Or they have the nice sun patio. You can just go outside and have one if you want. But inside, yeah, no, they banned that. And Foxwoods did that quite a bit before because I know people that prefer Foxwoods because it doesn't smell like smoke because they banned it a lot lot prior to Mohican. and Interesting.
00:22:32
Speaker
so Well, they're wrong for that. They got to bring it back. like yeah It's discrimination, plain and simple. That's right. In fact, they they should encourage it. We should be putting like advertisements out there. It's like, hey, come smoke at my restaurant. You know what I'm saying? butt you I bet you we get some business.
00:22:50
Speaker
yeah Social club. You used to be able to smoke in social clubs because it was a private club. You can't even do that anymore. i'm sure I'm sure there's a couple places that will allow you to smoke in Waterbury. i think I think there's quite a few social clubs in Waterbury that will allow you. Specific cultural clubs. yeah I'm not going to say which ones. you go If you go through the back downstairs, you could probably smoke a few. Yeah, no, 100%.
00:23:14
Speaker
Do you guys see that like swingers club in Thomas? Oh, buddy. Did we? yes we did i think we did this like on this spot that's for like a month I think we did a special edition on that. I think we just dedicated one full episode. Did we not?
00:23:30
Speaker
Some investigative journalism. Yeah. Mike did a ah full report. Yeah. Mike went. He checked it out. He's a paying member. Yeah, I'm in the books. You can look it up. It's public information.
00:23:41
Speaker
um But where where are we at on that? Is it done? Is Case closed? I think it's done. Yeah, they they shut it down. Okay, but why can't he just get up and move somewhere else? Nobody has a problem with the club, okay?
00:23:52
Speaker
but I think a lot of people have a problem with the club. Well, yes, a lot of people have but the specifics of the problem was that it was within a certain amount of feet of a church. just So just pick up and move somewhere else and go about your business.
00:24:07
Speaker
Yeah, that sure seems like a bullshit technicality. but dent just Yeah. But the problem is, if you have availability in your apartment, I'm sure you could host. You know, if it's a spatial issue, you could install maybe like a swing. Yeah. ah Probably your couch needs to convert to like a twin bed.
00:24:28
Speaker
my couch going to be wrapped in plastic if that happens. I'll tell you that. But it still needs to convert into like a twin bed. Yeah. And maybe like an ottoman right in the center of the room. and Yeah. lot of You probably have to get pleather.
00:24:41
Speaker
Ooh, yeah. Pleather, but pleather. Yeah, very wipeable. Yeah, very. Yeah. like For cleaning. Is that pleasure leather?
00:24:51
Speaker
Yes. Maybe some grippy socks that you hand out at the door, you know? See, those are the type of things that keep people have coming back.
Swingers Clubs and Community Reactions
00:25:00
Speaker
it's It's the little things right there. It's the little things. It's the little touches.
00:25:03
Speaker
You know the struggles and you accommodate for them. i put Maybe like a complimentary charcuterie. Yeah. Yep. It's not the only meat that's going to be out, you know what saying?
00:25:16
Speaker
But what i'm saying what I'm saying for this guy is though, like, now since become this has become a big stink. Like, if if he just moved, and I understand he's standing his ground, but if he just moved, this wouldn't be a big problem. Now I feel like now, even if he moves, they're going to have a problem with his business being open.
00:25:35
Speaker
Like you got to pick and choose what you want to do, because, you know, if you want your business open, just move and and the the people will follow, you know, the members will follow, you know. So now he's he's he's ruining his chances of staying open as a club or as a social organization, because now people know this exists.
00:25:54
Speaker
ah Don't you think it's it's like one of those bad presses, good press things? It's getting the word out. the more The more of a fight he puts up, the more he's in the news, the more he's in the news, the more people want to support, right? Or at least, you know, the ones that are and that like to participate. support Yes, but now I feel like, you know, because this was a hush-hush members only, it wasn't a secret, but it was a hush-hush members only kind of thing.
00:26:18
Speaker
Now that it's public, like no matter where he goes, he's going to get like freaking Jehovah Witnesses knocking on his door being like, this is a sin. And, you know, the town council members and whatever, whatever, you know, like he should have just picked and choose his battles. He's not going to win. He's in a certain amount of distance from a church move.
00:26:34
Speaker
Your members will follow and carry on with your life. Maybe most of his um members were people of that church. Ooh. and He could you could have been recruiting ah in the pews.
00:26:49
Speaker
Again, right people people, just like churches, people will follow. So if you moved your business, people will follow.
00:26:59
Speaker
if i ah i'm I'm on their website. I'm trying to figure out exactly where the club was. like and Because when you look on Google Maps... The building directly next to the church is a Bristol Health Center. So unless they rented the top floor of the Bristol Health Center for the sex club, but I don't know where this thing could be.
00:27:19
Speaker
That would be like directly next to the church. Anyway, what I have found is that there are multiple cruises that you can take that are swinger cruises. Oh. Oh, yeah. This is like a whole subculture that people don't even talk about. Okay, but is it dedicated is it a dedicated swingers cruise, or is it just a regular cruise? and then stock did the Swingers people took it over after the fact, and then it was like, I guess we're a swingers cruise now.
00:27:46
Speaker
Bliss Cruise Celebrity Reflection 2025. Is this like a Captain Phillips kind of thing where they just like take over the boat once it like kind of goes in the water and it's like, we're the captain now and everybody just starts going. on Are youating maybe ah you this one swingers with Somalian pirates?
00:28:01
Speaker
No, I'm not confusing. I'm just saying, is this is this one of those scenarios? you know this this This event's called splash takeovers. I don't want to know what the splash really represent. I'm goodnna good on that. but Nobody's in the pool splashing. i'll tell you that. no yeah it's I don't think it's that kind of splash. Nobody's in the pool splashing.
00:28:22
Speaker
yeah Oh my, oh Jesus. That's crazy. um I'm going to get off this website. You know that song, Austin? Bobby Darin? Splish, splash, I was taking a bath. It's like that old 50s song. Yep.
00:28:34
Speaker
There we go. There we go. Mike, totally unrelated topic, Mike. I think this may be the 27th background that you had. Where are, is is this your apartment?
00:28:49
Speaker
Yeah, no, I'm here. I just didn't, I didn't set up in the usual location. i kind of like this one a little better. I think it's. What is your computer on right now? Is it just on a stand?
00:29:01
Speaker
It's on my lap. on your lap no it's on the counter oh i was gonna say it's he's in his is quiet room this is where i just it's a futon and then the the clock right right and then just one camera in the corner you know he's inside the wicked phone club right now it's it's just for security purposes only like you know i have to disclaim that just for security purposes only so make sure everybody's you know playing nice going there contemplate time Yeah, exactly. you know just to me you know If you pay for a half hour, hour you know what are you going to do? you know Just make sure we're on schedule here.
00:29:39
Speaker
I genuinely don't know where this could have been, unless it's in the old diner. what are you What are you talking about? I'm on Google Maps. I'm looking for the building. Yeah, what what was this? Look for Bristol Health Center, no?
00:29:52
Speaker
That's the thing. It still looks like it was a Bristol Health Center as early or like as recent as like October 24th. So maybe unless they moved out right away and then this immediately became a sex club, which at that point I'd understand why they were upset.
00:30:07
Speaker
It's literally directly next to the building, but you know, the church or whatever. But i don't know. MRIs on floor one and then you know extracurriculars on floor two. Yeah. yeah It seems like another case of religion overstepping their bounds and people's rights and freedoms.
00:30:26
Speaker
I thought we had a separation of church and state, but I guess not. Well, we need to bring God back into the schools. I'm just going to say that because we've just gone with That's the exact opposite of what I was talking. Well, I mean, since you brought it up, I think i think it's a sensible topic we should probably... you know what? Nope, it it is. There's also a for lease sign in the middle of this Bristol Health Group building. So yeah, they they definitely repurpose this building for the sex club.
00:30:47
Speaker
That's it. That's great. But it does it it doesn't matter what it is. If you're paying rent, you're paying the rent. you know like it Sounds like you know an instance of a business owner taking advantage of an opportunity to find a space for their business. well Entrepreneurship.
00:31:01
Speaker
Yeah, everybody knows. yeah Listen, everybody's just trying to follow the American dream. That's right. Exactly. Yeah. That's right. Seems like the church people were like, listen, this downtown's only big enough for one building where people are getting fucked.
00:31:15
Speaker
That's right. Yeah. hey So get off our block here. It's territorial. We were here first. Amen.
00:31:27
Speaker
Territorial. That's all. No biggie. Ah, Jesus. I was just in Thomaston the other day, to be honest with you. and I didn't even think about trying to realistically scope out where that place was Well, this is in Plymouth, so you wouldn't have found it. so oh Well, no, they're right next to you. Yeah, if I drove a little bit up, yeah, you're right.
00:31:45
Speaker
I thought was in Thomaston. Also, you know where went first time in a while, if you guys haven't been in Thomaston? Tony's Coffee Express. I love that place. What a great... Oh, my God. Oh, my God. No free plugs.
00:31:57
Speaker
Oh, shit. Nick's up one. Seven minutes left. Brunson has five fouls, though. Knicks are up one. Knicks are up one. 89, 88. Brunson's got five left. He's definitely fouling out in the next two minutes.
00:32:08
Speaker
Yeah. Go for something. Okay. Yeah. you feeling some type of way Who's feeling some type of way? The Knicks, clearly.
00:32:19
Speaker
The Knicks? Yeah, because it's a must win or else it's done so. I mean, yeah. If they go down 3-0, it's over. No, it's it's not happening. If they if they go down 3-0, they get swept. Yeah. Yeah. And nobody wants to see that.
00:32:33
Speaker
Maybe Mike. I have no. And in fact, I want to see the one team that is bad that I've always wanted to see do good is next because like New York deserves that, you know?
00:32:45
Speaker
Yeah, man. I don't want to see the Browns do good. There's nothing about the Browns that I want to see do well. They're a terrible team. Let them stay terrible. You know, like there's there's teams out there that I don't want to see be good.
00:32:56
Speaker
There's no reason for. But the Knicks, come on, they deserve that shit. you go. Yeah. yeah got us amped up now, man. Yeah.
00:33:07
Speaker
Yeah. all i That's all I know about that. On a separate note, can I say you've got a real Jeffrey Dahmer kind of look going on. Is there always something you've got to fucking comment on or can you keep it to yourself?
00:33:21
Speaker
Can you keep it to yourself for five seconds, please? Or do you just have to say it You're sitting real low on the camera and you're like... That is what you look like, Mike. Just to let you know.
00:33:35
Speaker
And you got those glasses. i can't believe for how many times we ragged on those glasses. You just. You keep wearing them. You keep coming back. I'm not going to let you win. I'm not going to let you win. Listen, i I respect that. I respect the fight.
00:33:48
Speaker
I'm going to wear them every day now. You know, I'm going to wear them every, you know, next time i see you. You wear them to work? Yeah, you wear them work. Well, work right here. Yeah, of course I wear work. Of course. Does everyone know that they're fake? They're not fake. They're blue light.
00:34:00
Speaker
They're not fake. They're not real glasses. They're not prescription glasses. They're not prescription, but they're glasses. Prescription glasses doesn't mean they're real glasses. Glasses are glasses. They're real.
Eyewear Critique and WNBA Influence
00:34:10
Speaker
They're just not prescription.
00:34:11
Speaker
No, glasses had a very specific purpose before blue light glasses were invented. And so that was the definition between real and fake was whether they were prescription. No, prescription glasses means there's prescription glass. It's literally in the term glasses are still glasses.
00:34:29
Speaker
You know who makes this argument? The person that's in the wrong.
00:34:34
Speaker
I think I think that's right. Yeah, I think that's right, too. Nick, so tell me what's going on in your life, man. but I saw a cat earlier. It's pretty cool. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. missed my opportunity to go a little... That's okay. you know What else is happening? Talk to me because these two bozos are going to fuck around and piss me off. you know its What's happening? you know That's a nice painting you got back there. Did you paint that? looks good.
00:35:00
Speaker
I don't think you're going get it. I think it's a fleck, bro. I don't think.
00:35:06
Speaker
Clearly I did a fucking fling. No wonder. You guys piss me off. This is what happens. And then you're like, oh, you know when we're supposed to record. Fuck you. Nobody answered me for three days.
00:35:17
Speaker
you know You know when we're supposed to record, dude. I'm not backing down from that. yeah You only get that mad because you know you're in the wrong and you want us to appease. And again, again not not getting mad at you for going to dinner. That's cool.
00:35:31
Speaker
like That's fine. But we will get mad at you. Every Sunday at like nine o'clock though is, is funny. Yeah. But we will get mad at you if you miss an episode and then you say, okay make sure we're not late for this one.
00:35:50
Speaker
that That I will get mad at. I was on time. I was on time. you You were. You were on time. We were we were we happy that you were on time. You know who wasn't on time? You, who made the time limit.
00:36:02
Speaker
You said 930. And guess who strolled last? Yeah, no I mean, i I strolled in at 940. I'll take whatever licks that I got to get for that. But you know what? I showed up.
00:36:15
Speaker
And you know what? To the rest of the group, I apologize. I was 10 minutes late. i hope that that's fine I think I logged on like 30 seconds before you did. yeah Nick and I were here. We hanging out. were catching up. It was a good time. yeah It's nice having big round. You were talking about the picture in the back of his room? and he paint He painted that. I found that out today. It was pretty cool. you know Cats hanging around. Give it a little... you know that new those nice See, this is the thing. once Once Nick gets his feet wet, once he's he's really back into it, it will be three on one. I see what you're trying to do here.
00:36:44
Speaker
I get it. i you're trying You're trying to even the odds. You're trying to make it two on two. I get that. No, he's never that way he's never been that way he's never going to agree to this shit, I say. In fact, he may be the one that will most likely, you know, on the scale of one to five, strongly agree. He's going to strongly disagree to everything I probably have to say.
00:37:01
Speaker
But I respect that, you know, because Nick and i we could shake hands in the middle. You know, that's what I'm saying. Oh, you're saying we can't? No. be Yeah, that's right. I don't agree with anything you fucking said. I would probably make the argument that Nick has much stronger opinions than Victor or i and has as a higher chance of defending them instead of just interrogating you. 100% agree with that statement, but the problem is... oh What do we do?
00:37:33
Speaker
Cat just made it. He drove to the bucket and and laid the ball in, and they called it travel. but I don't think it's a travel. It was to go up six with like three 30 to go. Can we, did you guys, uh, speaking of like on basketball topic, did you guys talk about this Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, uh, thing going on here? do Do we, did you guys already hit that? You mean the beginning of the race war?
00:37:58
Speaker
No, no. because For some reason, that's essentially what people try and drag it to, which is insane. But you mean the debate between two equally or two players that are on the same level in terms of skill?
00:38:14
Speaker
Sure, sure. i wouldn't put it that way, but yeah, all right. Yeah, well, I mean, that's how that's how we're supposed to interpret it, right? I am i'm so tired of the discourse surrounding.
00:38:25
Speaker
Yeah, that's true. Yeah, I'm hearing from both of them when I know Paige Beckers is better. She clears them both a mile. Pure point card. That's right. um Yeah, no, I'm just like, I i thought it would die after they both graduated from college, but now Caitlin Clark has made the WNBA popular, apparently, so Yeah.
00:38:49
Speaker
And built plus people love ah arguing, arguing about like racially charged issues online. So that definitely doesn't help. Yeah, I don't get it It's there.
00:39:00
Speaker
They I do think Caitlin Clark is probably in a class of her own as a basketball player and as kind of like I don't know about basketball player, but as like um what draws people to the game.
00:39:14
Speaker
like She clearly did it with the college game, and now she's doing it now, where like there there was some exec like NBA exec today who said like Clark may be the reason why like the WNBA revenue passes a billion for the first time ever.
00:39:30
Speaker
I think she dragged it over the like to $875 last year, which was like a high for the WNBA. i think And you know again, i think Angel Reese obviously has like a real big part in this too. I think she's...
00:39:43
Speaker
her The personality that she is off the court, I think, gravitates people to the game. Maybe not as much as Caitlin Clark, but she's also still a fun personality as well. And that's why I kind of hate. I just hate the discourse because they're both fun. i think they're both fun people that draw attention to the game. And that's good at the end of the day.
00:40:03
Speaker
Personal animosity between the two of them. i don't think there's anything really race related. Right. I think it's all these other external voices that are like. yeah people People are making it race related.
00:40:17
Speaker
I think Angel Reese has beef with Caitlin, Caitlin Clark, because she also feels like she should be put on that same level. She probably should. Maybe, you know know, I think that might be a little delusional, but, yeah but you got to like the confidence.
00:40:33
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah I like, I like the confidence, but at the end of the day, the numbers speak for themselves. The ticket sales speak for themselves and, Like, it's one thing if it was a gimmick to get people into the stadium.
00:40:48
Speaker
But it's not about that. It's clearly not about that. She clearly thinks that she's a better player and she's drawing in as many people. But that's not the case. Yeah, I don't think it's the case. But i again, like Nick said, love the confidence. And I think a personality like that is needed for the WNBA.
00:41:03
Speaker
That's just to help the game grow. And that's why I also feel like she is doing her part to like facilitate that. um Yeah, but I don't think she sees it as she's playing her part in the in the WNBA, though, no?
00:41:17
Speaker
I don't think she does because she knows she she thinks she's like a top personality like Caitlin Clark. I just think that Clark might be a little bit ahead of her, maybe on a different level. But like, I still think both of them are the reason why people tune in.
00:41:34
Speaker
that's That's fair. And you can see that too with how many people are attending those games. Yeah. So, that you know, there's merit to that. In every good story, there's a protagonist and an antagonist. And it's your own interpretation of who's who. But I think it's great for the WNBA. It doesn't matter who the protagonist is or the antagonist is. It's a good story for the WNBA to have. Like, to Nick's point, like, the external people are making it about race, which is...
00:42:03
Speaker
not the case. Like I'm assuming for these two ladies, it's about who's the better basketball player and who's the one that's, you know, bringing the WNBA finally to some light, but like, it's a great storyline and the WNBA got to rock with it.
00:42:17
Speaker
You know, they, they got to keep putting a fever sky games on, you know what saying? Primetime and all that stuff. They, they gotta, they need this to keep it going because the storylines they had prior to T to these two wasn't working.
00:42:33
Speaker
Yeah, I think the league is going to like be profitable for literally the first time ever, possibly this year.
00:42:41
Speaker
That's good. Yeah. i mean i I mean, that is really good. It is good. That means these ladies don't have to play the offseason in Europe anymore. They can actually live off their salary. Yeah, hopefully. Yeah.
00:42:52
Speaker
Didn't Nika Mool go? She's not playing in the WNBA. She blew her knee out. Yeah, she was playing in the and like the WNBA, but it it was one of those cases where she was playing overseas to probably supplement her income.
00:43:05
Speaker
I think she likes doing it, too, because she's originally from Eastern Europe. So I think she kind of likes the homecoming, too. So I don't blame her for doing it. People like that don't blame her for doing it. But, yeah, there's not much money in the game. Yeah.
00:43:17
Speaker
yeah And that's, again, it's it's kind of why rivalries like this kind of need to happen, in my opinion, because that's the only way you're going to grow the game. People love to watch. People love to hate watch. People love to watch tension.
00:43:30
Speaker
And like, you know, kind of like what you said, Mike, like storylines. I do think the beef is pretty one-sided. I don't think Clark has a lot of animosity or anything like that, but I guess it is kind of easier to not care when you're like the top dog.
00:43:47
Speaker
But it is, it's good for the game. As long as you don't make it racial. Because it's not really a racial thing. It's it's kind of just about status and Kind a different thing.
00:44:00
Speaker
I feel like it's been around so much because I'm sure a number of people in the WNBA don't like Caitlin Clark right now because they don't like the fact that somebody's coming in singularly bringing attention to the league.
00:44:15
Speaker
And so somebody like Angel Reese coming up and vocalizing it just gives fuel to the fire for the rest. And that's why you see aggressive fouls. And that's why, you know, you see more commentary on it. So it's like, you know, she,
00:44:28
Speaker
That's why that flame is burning as strong as it is and for as long as it is. But didn't Diana Taurasi do that last year in her and came to the rookie season? Wasn't she like, yeah, we're going to put her ass in place and then proceeded to not put her ass in place.
00:44:42
Speaker
Pretty much. Yeah. Diana Taurasi is like, we're going to we're going to show her what the league's about and then clearly did not show her what the league's about. Yeah, they were like face guarding her in the all star game. It's like, yeah, that's.
00:44:57
Speaker
Also, is it is it a loyalty thing in the WNBA or is it not? well How come like these ladies are on different teams every single year? Is it a money factor or what it is? I can't keep up with who's on what team.
00:45:09
Speaker
I think the league is just so small and there's a lot of turnover where like if girls are drafted past like the think literally after the first round, like any i think literally after the first round some Some girls who've been drafted in the first round, it's very easy to get waived.
00:45:24
Speaker
Yeah, and I mean, there's half as many roster spots as the NBA. So just by virtue of that, it's going to be harder to break into the league. Yeah. Jeez, we're talking about the Knicks playing, you know, all their starters for a full game.
00:45:38
Speaker
And then the WNBA does that every night because they only have eight players on ah on a roster. You know what i'm saying? That's basically what they're doing every single game. It's Jover. It's Jover, baby.
00:45:50
Speaker
Yep. Okay. I mean, 2.6 left, but yeah. Next ball. It's Jover.
00:46:00
Speaker
All right. let's Let's finish off this episode then. Yep. All
00:46:05
Speaker
right. Well, Mike just left. No, no. I'm still here. I'm still here. ah You're just getting to another Mick zero. Mickey Z. Yeah, I got it. Jeez. Stand by. All right. I got a couple of things on that.
00:46:18
Speaker
annoying the Knicks or the Mickey Z because if you're coming at me again because you're upset I'm gonna be really pissed off no I'm not coming at you although the Timothee Chalamet Tim or Timothy question was a little jarring to me but anyways so
00:46:35
Speaker
but what what about it is jarring though like what's so contrary like is it Timothy is it Tim like how come we take okay yeah but how come when you're famous you get the full name pronunciation I give the old name pronunciation now What are you talking about? Yes, but you don't have one of those names that like, you know, like, you know, like Nicholas, Nick, Michael, Mike, Austin, Austin.
00:46:58
Speaker
but What are we doing? Yeah, how do we shorten that? Tin? We just started calling you Tin. Yeah. Some, you know, or ah you have to lengthen it. I think to to do a nickname, you have to lengthen it.
00:47:11
Speaker
Like Austino or... Austin. That's the only one I get. That's the only one I fucking get. Austin Powers. You know, like it's. That's the first name. That's not a long. That's the only thing. You what I'm saying? The name's too short. Are you from Spain? do you need two last names? Like, what's the problem?
00:47:27
Speaker
Maybe I do. But back to the game. I think it is. Is anybody else off put by the fact that Reggie Miller is commenting kind of commentating on that game?
00:47:40
Speaker
Yeah, I do think that's a little unfair. It seems ridiculous, and it's like you know you get the commentary every now and then of like, you know he was commenting on on Towns' fouls.
00:47:51
Speaker
He's like, there's another silly foul from from Towns. And then two seconds later, you'll hear about like how Halliburton gets a foul, and he'll be like, see, now that's how you play the angles in front of the ref to get the right kind of foul.
00:48:06
Speaker
You're just a butthurt Knicks fan. Get the fuck out of here. No, no, no. I kind of i kind of get that. like i like wait You can be in the pre or the post, but don't put him in the fucking game. yeah no we're like i Mike, imagine if Ray Lewis was commentating on every single Steelers game.
00:48:24
Speaker
Right. No, no, no. How do you feel about that? Austin and I talked about this earlier. I think it's a little ridiculous. They should have evened it out. They should have gotten Clyde. Or Walt Frazier and then Reggie Miller. One Nick, one Pacer.
00:48:39
Speaker
Yeah. i Or, you know, Jeff Van Gundy, because I know Van Gundy still do. like He still does collar color commentating. So let those two guys, you know, guys with like ties to both teams, having rh just Reggie. And then I don't know who the other guy is. Honestly, I keep forgetting. It might be. Is a Harland or It's Harland.
00:48:57
Speaker
Yeah. yeah Which I love Harland. I mean, he's he's a great, great color commentator. But they pandered to Reggie Miller for sure. Yeah. I think that's that's a little bit rich. I think they should have gotten Harlan and someone else, maybe Breen.
00:49:09
Speaker
I mean, Reggie's pretty insufferable to listen to in the first place. Yeah. So... He is. It's a little weird. i don't know. and And the other thing, too, is that I feel like when does...
00:49:26
Speaker
like I respect Halliburton, and I respect players like Halliburton that have skill and they're dynamic and everything like that. Clearly, he is essential for that team. But also, at the same time, he seems over the top to me.
00:49:40
Speaker
And this is coming as somebody that's not totally familiar with with NBA ah games. like I don't watch regular season, whatever, right? So it just feels like his game is half performance, right?
00:49:53
Speaker
Right. Like there's a time where he's playing the game and then there's another time where he's dedicating his, his time to acting and drawing unnecessary fouls and going over the top whenever he gets fouled. Like it's a big deal. It's like a big fucking deal for him with all of these fouls. And I'm like, is, is that an aspect of the game that I'm just missing?
00:50:18
Speaker
Yeah. I was going to say, if we get Pacers Thunder, it's going to be both point guards trying their ass off to act like they've been fouled. Probably every single position. I'll be honest. I think Brunson's a little worse than than Halber. And I think, yeah, respectfully it is tougher because he is smaller, though.
00:50:36
Speaker
True. I think he un an sda are the two worse for me when it when it comes to. Yeah, and I'm not even, like I'll say it across the board. I'm not even happy when Brunson does it either.
00:50:48
Speaker
It just seems like you're you're you're not playing the game. Like, you're trying to find creative ways to act to get points. well Well, that's what I think it is playing the game. they're They're playing it kind of in a worse way, in my opinion. But, like, if that's what's going to get called, you kind of have to do that.
00:51:09
Speaker
Like, you have to play into it if the refs are going to blow the whistle. It sucks, but it's just just because the refs are going to do it, i mean you you kind of have to act a little bit more.
00:51:22
Speaker
You know what I mean? It's tough. but I guess. It just seems like aside from punching somebody in the face, why are we making calls like that? you know like Because of woke. Yeah, because of woke.
00:51:34
Speaker
This is annoying. it's like it leaves Adam Silver came in with his liberal agenda and made the game worse. and And he ruined the league, dude. He just ruined the league. That's right.
00:51:45
Speaker
Now they do this in-season playoff December. What the fuck is that? You know what saying? They're kneeing during the anthem? Yeah. Come on. What are you doing? I don't know. i what are you doing? like It wouldn't be such a big deal to me if it didn't change the course of games.
00:52:10
Speaker
Like you can win and lose or win or lose a game. not by playing basketball, but by drawing fouls and drawing like stupid fouls and acting it out in in the hopes that the ref, you know, believes you. And then like, all of a sudden you get your free throws and the game's over. Like what? I, how is that entertaining?
00:52:30
Speaker
I feel like even like eight years ago, that style of play wasn't really rewarded in the playoffs. No. Like they would officiate the game much, much more lenient, but, uh,
00:52:44
Speaker
It seemed like down the stretch there, there was a lot of no calls that I was surprised that weren't like the whistle wasn't blown. um And I think I would like to see that a lot more as as we go forward.
00:52:56
Speaker
It just sucks because it seems like every season the rest will come out and they'll start blowing the whistle in the first like few games, like the first month of the season. They'll start blowing again, like the whistle against flopping and stuff like that, or like not rewarding, not blowing the whistle.
00:53:10
Speaker
um But then just as the season goes on, they kind of just, They stopped doing it. They, I haven't seen a ah flop warning given in maybe like three months. I don't think the rest even do that anymore.
00:53:23
Speaker
Um, don't know. It's just weird. It's like, it's, yeah it's, it's finding a way to win the game without playing the game. And it's just stupid to me. It seems, and, and,
00:53:37
Speaker
People like Halliburton clearly have skill, but it's like it seems like one of those things that you would use if you didn't think that you were confident enough in your game to win on its own. you know and so it's just now I think it's just another tool to add to your bag.
00:53:54
Speaker
I personally think that one guy on each team should be allowed to have a gun.
00:54:00
Speaker
you know That's one of my hot takes. um It's similar to that, but I think... Every single player ah across all major sports leagues get one swing on a ref per season.
00:54:13
Speaker
o Per season. And you only get to use it once if you've, you know, you know, you make contact, you don't make contact. You get one free swing.
00:54:24
Speaker
Do they like, do they like hold the ref down and you just take No, no, no, no, no. It's just, it's just, you know. They'd make a bad... you got It's like ah like i so a sucker punch, I guess. Oh, I see. and scale and lay into um Yeah, and if you if you swing at them a second time after using your one swing, you're banned for a year. So you really got to be cognizant of this.
00:54:43
Speaker
yeah But you make that looming threat available so that the ref starts calling that game right. they start Yeah, they start they tighten up. Well, that's why I think, you know, with back to the gun thing, it's like...
00:54:57
Speaker
people are going to be on their best behavior. Like, look at, look at the United States, you know, like we have all these guns and Everyone's always nice to each other. that That's right. And i think I think that's why we're advocating for more guns. It's just people are just going to be nicer. Like yeah he says that all the players should have guns. I think everybody in the stadium should be, you know, should just bring them in.
00:55:22
Speaker
you what a Bring them in because we'll all be safer if all the law abiding citizens are packing guns inside the stadium. That's right. and That's right. And I think that's why we should put more guns on the streets.
00:55:33
Speaker
So wait, so hold on. So combined bench and on the court, how many, how many players does each team have? Like, all right, what's the collective number?
00:55:44
Speaker
Basketball, you're looking at maybe 13 to 15 players. And then with coaches, you're probably looking at like 20 in total, like seven staff members, maybe a little bit more if you count your trainers and like, uh,
00:55:58
Speaker
I don't want wanna to water boys because I know they do more than just get water for the players. But, you know, like the assistants, you know, I'd say you buy you probably have 25 people. this The staff, I don't think the coaching staff counts, but the other staff doesn't count.
00:56:12
Speaker
Even if you just keep count the people that are on the court, say it's like, okay, I've got as a ref, I potentially could get punched 30 times in one game.
00:56:25
Speaker
Right. Well, no, no, no. The staff doesn't. The staff doesn't. They don't get it. The coaching staff gets the swings. But like the the assistant trainer should not be able to get a swing. It's only players and coaches. So coach's wife.
00:56:37
Speaker
Oh, that's OK. No. In the case of Andrea Hurley. Yes, she does get a swing. I'll give her that. But now, Austin, now, yes, you could potentially get punched 30 times in one game, but also understand that, you know, ah an arena of 20,000 people could all be carrying.
00:56:58
Speaker
So at least you're safe. You what I'm saying? Because everybody in the arena has their guns. Right. So like, yeah, punch me because I feel secure, you know, that everybody was able to bring their own firearm into the arena to enjoy this time.
00:57:13
Speaker
Just the constant looming threat of violence. Yeah. going say, it would probably deter a lot of stadium fights. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you wouldn't want get to get into a fist fight with like an opposing fan because you know that he's packing.
00:57:27
Speaker
And he doesn't want to start a fight with you because he knows that you're packing. Exactly. You know what? I think we just solved world peace. I think we just figured it out. You know what? World Cup 2026? Oh, my God, guys. We're so ready.
00:57:40
Speaker
We're so ready for this. MetLife for the final? Oh, my God. Don't even get me started. NBA finals and everybody's strapped up with an AR-15. Okay. Well, let's say let's take it. it You need a license.
00:57:52
Speaker
You know, not everybody's just walking around. Oh, that you need a license? You need a license. Let's just... You got to be legal. You got to be legal. awesome Come on. You got to be legal. let's Let's do this the right way. I mean, we're a nation of law. Yeah. and Yeah.
00:58:05
Speaker
Yeah. sorry What was I thinking? You're right. let's just Let's just calm down. That's a little crazy. yeah Yeah. If you want to bring your 44 Magnum, bring it in. You know what i'm saying? Like, want to bring your Desert Eagle 22 millimeter? Yeah.
00:58:20
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Come on down. Interesting.
00:58:24
Speaker
so I think we're not going to be able to buy World Cup tickets after that. so that's nice. As if we were going to be able to buy them. I mean, the prices are insane. i've I've been looking and I'm not going to go.
00:58:36
Speaker
I don't even want to be ah in in New York City, in the city in general for the final. It's going to be nuts. Oh, it'll be insane. Yeah. the some of the like I don't think the tickets have actually dropped yet, but like some of the like the speculative prices where you can buy a ticket and then you're somehow a guaranteed one from a scalper.
00:58:55
Speaker
um you're looking at like and I think 9,000 at like the nosebleeds. And then it's, you want to sit on field level, it's like 40 something thousand dollars. well we're We're in a prime area though, because in our vicinity, we have Foxborough, we have MetLife and we have Philly.
00:59:13
Speaker
The closest city after that is ah either my, are they doing them in Atlanta or is it Miami? I think i think they do have one at the Mercedes. Okay. So then Atlanta and then I think Kansas city, uh,
00:59:26
Speaker
I don't think there's one that they didn't put one in Montreal, which I thought was surprising. They should have put one in Montreal. They ended up with Toronto, Vancouver, and then there was a third one. I can't remember, but i was surprised it was a Montreal. But we're in a prime location for some good group stage games over here with three stadiums being within like a four hour distance from us.
00:59:44
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, if I can get a ticket to a game for under like 200, I would go. I don't care who's the matchup. I'll go watch whoever. But like, I don't know if that's going to be actually possible.
00:59:55
Speaker
I just don't think we'll be finding a ticket for less than like five. And at that point, I'd rather just watch it on TV. I think you're missing an opportunity here. Just start an LLC for the podcast and then we'll film an episode in this at the World Cup.
01:00:13
Speaker
And it could be for like, you know, 30 seconds. And then you write off the tickets as a business expense. get Get the FIFA president, Gianni, on the podcast. Gianni, baby. speed Speed got Gianni on his stream, and he's making some money. I mean, I think we could do the same thing. We could promote the World Cup. you know We get a lot of soccer fans watching us. you know I think it'll work out for everybody. We'll show up to the arena dressed as ICE agents.
01:00:37
Speaker
Yes. I'll say sorry. um you We're going to have to keep your pockets. ICE agents wearing MAGA hats. No, well, at baseline, we're going sh strapped. So that's all that's all we need. like We're going strapped.
01:00:48
Speaker
ah And, you know, we'll just see what happens from now. yeah you know We're actually here for the players. um You're going to need us let us into the the back arena tunnel. We're here for the players. yeah it Locker room down to the left. Thank you. yeah Damn.
01:01:05
Speaker
Got to do what you got to do. You know, I mean, how bad you want it? Maybe not that bad enough, to be honest. I would. I would spend if you would become a nice agent to go to the World Cup.
01:01:16
Speaker
Yeah, no, 100%. I mean, we're just going to rob them of their tickets. We're not going to actually, like, try and deport them. We'll call people to do that for us after. yeah know We'll make the phone call, but we're just going to tell them, sit here on the curb and wait, and then we just go into the game. We're good. Don't worry about it.
01:01:34
Speaker
Jesus Christ. Yeah. It's like they do at the border. They just like sit here and wait and know that's it. you know This isn't about the game at all for Mike. Mike just actually wants to... but
01:01:47
Speaker
You know, someone call it a different game. <unk> The most dangerous game. Mike's like, it' say I'm a people hunter. And then in the background... It's like Dog the Bounty Hunter, but much worse.
01:02:01
Speaker
Much more evil. closing time you don't have to go home dude i lie i'm sorry i thought that video was funny as hell they shouldn't have done it but i thought it was funny as i ah funny is not the word i would use but yeah i don't think i'm going with it i'm going with funny i'm going with it nick nick thinks it's funny he laughed at it see nick and i are gonna be just fine nick and i just nick and i gotta be just fine nick do you know what he's talking about ah Did it come from the White House's yeah social media page?
01:02:34
Speaker
It was a reel from the official U.S. Customs and Border Patrol account. And they like showed like footage of like the truck driving back and forth from the wall on the border. And it was like, closing time.
01:02:47
Speaker
And then then one of the White House daily press conferences, they asked, I always forget her name. What's her name? Press secretary? Kaylee starts with a K. It's a Christy gnome.
01:02:58
Speaker
No, she's just someone else. yes and homeland Leave it. Leave it. Is her last name? Catherine. Yeah. and there was i'll go there And they were like, that I'll hold my tongue. They were like, ah was this intentional or did you? And she just, you know, dodged questions like she always does. So thought it was funny.
01:03:14
Speaker
Again, funny is not the word I'd use, but sure. ah supposed to give that a little bit of space. Yeah. Be silent for a minute.
01:03:26
Speaker
No, let him breathe. This is how we have conversations, Austin. Okay, sorry it makes you a little uncomfortable, you know? Yeah, but I don't know. I know what I'm comfortable with. All I have to say is the word penis, and Mike will shut down for the rest of the podcast. Listen, we all have one. I mean, there's no hiding it. We all have one, Mike. We have a we all have a peepee. It's no big deal. we all have but Why? i don't want the audience to hear that kind of foul language.
01:03:51
Speaker
Mike's mike's ah afraid that if he says the word penis, he might get accused of something.
01:03:57
Speaker
But accused of what? Yeah, I don't really know where this. Yeah, thank you. nick I don't know where this is going. Are you framing? it i think I think we we eventually should have some kind of deep conversation with Mike about his deep rooted fears.
Podcasting Challenges and Humor
01:04:11
Speaker
I don't know why. like ah Nobody wants to hear that. We're here to we're here for content. <unk> What's this? No, no, no. As friends, we want to help you. Yeah, yeah on on a recorded line? No, we could just do that on the phone any other time.
01:04:22
Speaker
That's also a recorded line. Yeah, also a recorded line.
01:04:28
Speaker
Maybe not by the podcast, but maybe by a different agency. It's ice again. God damn it. Son of a bitch. It's definitely one of them for sure. Damn.
01:04:39
Speaker
Thanks, Obama. Jeez. Yeah. It's tough.
01:04:45
Speaker
All right. What are we doing? What do you guys say? yeah i think i think I think we've gotten sufficient. mission Did we hit anything we were supposed to hit? Nope. none ah None of the topics got brought up. That's fine. That's great. I know now we just have topics for next week.
01:04:59
Speaker
That's right. because they're still They're still pretty relevant. so We talked about exactly what we were supposed to talk about today. We watched the Knicks for the last 10 minutes. What are you talking about? don't know what you're talking about. That never happened. We cut that out of the ah Yeah, that's not in the episode.
01:05:14
Speaker
Oh, ah yeah, I guess since you didn't listen to last week's episode, we're we're we're nixing the intro music. <unk> We're 86ing that we're 86ing something else. I can't really say.
01:05:27
Speaker
Can't say the the other two numbers there, because, you know, then then something bad will happen. But or we're eight we're 86ing the intro music. I heard it in the car. I listened to one of our episodes, played it in the car, and I was like, you know what?
01:05:41
Speaker
This doesn't sound that good in the car. So I think we're going to we have to go with a new direction. You did your best. I appreciate it. You know, you you really did try. and and And unfortunately, um the only benefit that you were providing to the podcast was that intro. So we do have to let you go.
01:06:05
Speaker
You know, I wish we were all in a room because I would have came strapped. you know what I'm saying? Like, we're supposed to. You know, I would have strapped. Nice. Well, we'll save that for next week when we are supposed to actually be in a room together. That's right.
01:06:19
Speaker
The strapped up episode. Yeah, listen, Champions League final, 3 p.m. Let's... um let's yeah I'm bringing a different kind of strap, if you know what I mean. Ooh, are we going to swingers?
01:06:30
Speaker
That's right. No, it's Wicked Fun Club, dude. I you see swingers. it's it's Oh, my God. We should try to if we could podcast from the building. Well, I thought you were going say we should try it. i was like, let's just. i just want to get I just want to get in there, you know, see if they'll let us in, do an episode.
01:06:48
Speaker
We should do an episode with him, talk about how he's being canceled by the the woke right instead of the woke left. That's right. That is what's happening. It's the woke right. And then we ceremonially participate.
01:07:01
Speaker
in their practices. just Just the five of us. four and the owner. It has nothing to do with swinging whatsoever.
01:07:13
Speaker
I still find it crazy that you could join the club as a single man. I feel like that's not kosher for a swingers club. That kind of violates the purpose of the endeavor. No, i don't know. Yeah, we talked about, we did talk about this, but I'm going keep bringing it up. I think that's weird. You shouldn't be able to join as a single male club in that case, which, you know, Hey, listen, no kink shaming. If that's what people like to do, that's fine. Just, you know, couldn't it be me?
01:07:38
Speaker
Maybe if they rebranded that way, the church would be okay with it. True. Yeah. Not violating the sanctity of marriage we're just offering. us Yeah, if they called it the Wicked Cuck Club.
01:07:51
Speaker
Ooh. Or the Wicked Fun Cuck.
01:07:56
Speaker
That and might change some things. That makes it worse. That makes it very where's re you mike That makes it very worse. I feel like we just call it a social club and be done with it. It's a social club. You remember, you pay your dues and you do whatever hell in the social club. You're done. That's it.
01:08:11
Speaker
They probably, yeah, they probably should have just called it a social club, but. you know, too late for that. Now they're already kind of people know what they're about. Yeah. And it's not as fun.
01:08:24
Speaker
Yeah. It was, it was wicked fun before this, but now it's fun. I was just the club. Yeah. What a shame. Yeah.
01:08:35
Speaker
All right. Well, that's enough for one episode guys. Yep. Um, you know like great and yeah yeah Like, rate, and subscribe. Follow us on all platforms.
01:08:47
Speaker
um And we'll see you guys next week. Peace.