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Week 12 no flex-games here but Phil explains it all while Exploring Wealth and Luxury in Modern Society
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Summary
In this lively conversation, the hosts explore various themes ranging from the whimsical notion of living in a fantasy world to the serious implications of wealth and luxury. They delve into the political climate with humor, engage with listener questions, and discuss the intricacies of fantasy football, including trade strategies and player performances. The dialogue also touches on personal preferences in food and fitness, culminating in a fun segment of rapid-fire questions with guest Phil. The episode is a blend of light-hearted banter and insightful discussions, making it an engaging listen for fans of fantasy sports and casual conversation alike.
Chapters
00:00 Living in a Fantasy World
02:25 Exploring Wealth and Luxury
03:50 Political Climate and Humor
04:51 Football Rules and Inquiries
06:29 Fantasy League Updates
09:41 Trading Strategies in Fantasy Football
12:54 Listener Questions and Insights
15:30 Vikings vs. Packers Discussion
17:18 Five Questions with Phil
22:49 Training Insights and Performance Expectations
23:59 TV Shows: Love Them or Leave Them
25:55 Personal Hygiene Preferences: The Great Debate
26:59 Controversial Food Opinions: Guacamole vs. Avocado
31:05 Matchup of the Week: Analyzing Fantasy Football Strategies
37:00 Fantasy Football Updates: Stats and Standings
43:01 Biggest Blowouts and Fantasy Football Drama
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Transcript
Fantasy Worlds and Culinary Delights
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We're living in a fantasy world. We're living in a fantasy world. Yeah, we're living in a fantasy world. Yeah, we're living in a fantasy world. We're living in a fantasy world.
00:00:27
Speaker
I ate some enchiladas last night, so we are cooking with gas. I mean, tonight. Wow, I wrote this, and I did this. Tonight! And I had tacos from Mexico, then shoveled snow from Canada.
Satirical Poetry and Political Humor
00:00:44
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I'm Jeff Mangan.
00:00:46
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He knows all the numbers from Japan. Who's on the show tonight? Tore the mansions of Rhode Island, and it doesn't matter which, and discover just how different life can be if you are rich.
00:00:59
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Want to throw a little party? Ask 400 of your friends while your servants prep and coddle for the fun that never ends. Have some outfits made in Paris, order in the best champagne.
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Bathe in water from the ocean. Watch the salt go down the drain. Walk on floors laid in mosaics. Dance neath crystal chandeliers. Stroll through gardens planted solely to outdo those of your peers.
00:01:23
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Never mind the lowly rabble who are born to work and serve. For the really wealthy do believe they get what they deserve. Oh, it's gotta to be Phil. That's awesome. We'll pick it up, boys. Cheers to you, Phil.
00:01:37
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Hey, welcome welcome to the show, Phil. All right, Phil. Thanks for having me. It's great. Right, an intro. now
00:01:49
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Was that poetry, Jeffrey? Yeah, that was a poem called Mansion of Rhode Island. Wow. Yeah. Okay. We don't get enough poetry this. Well, it does happen here. There's a...
00:02:01
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It's been a couple of years now, but there's still the Vanderbilts and the the large cottage houses that people, and the wealthy from Boston, New York, came here this summer.
00:02:14
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You can go visit them now. of them are museums now, but there's still heirs and heiresses and things like that. It's called the Cliff Walk. So, yeah, as a plug. The Cliff Walk.
00:02:26
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Yeah, if you you know if you're looking at summer vacation options, you got Delano, ah but also I would i would say come check out Newport at some point. so That's interesting that you bring that up, Phil.
00:02:43
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Tonight, we do have an ad for the show, so one second here. Is today's political climate driving you nuts?
00:02:53
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Running in the 2026 election for Minnesota's 6th Congressional District against Republican incumbent Tom Emmer is 200 loose squirrels in a three-piece suit because it can't get any worse, am I right?
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Come next November, vote for the squirrels.
00:03:12
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Thank you. So are we to believe that that ad was paid for the committee to re-elect 200 loose squirrels in a three-piece suit?
00:03:24
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It wasn't re-electing. oh like No, that's Big Squirrel. That's Big Squirrel who paid for that one. Big Squirrel. it Big Squirrel who paid for it? Or was it 200 squirrels in a three-piece suit, Jeffrey?
00:03:40
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ah loose squirrels. Loose squirrels. What did I say? Was it 200 or was it 300? I'd have to listen again. Let's do it.
00:03:49
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Is today's political climate driving you nuts?
00:03:54
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That's a good joke. The 2016 election from Minnesota's 6th Congressional District against Republican incumbent Tom Emmer is 200 loose squirrels in a three-piece suit because it can't get any worse. Am I right?
00:04:08
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Come next November, vote for the squirrels.
00:04:12
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Yeah, so that's my question. is Is there such a thing as Big Squirrel, or is it just 200 squirrels? Who do you think gets 200 loose squirrels into a three-piece suit? think it's an important question, though. I mean, because 200 loose squirrels implies more of a grassroots organization.
00:04:28
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i think I can get behind that a little bit more. You can get behind it more, yeah. Than one big squirrel. That's more like the incumbent that they're running against, yeah. Yeah. Hey, you know, it's great that we have to...
00:04:42
Speaker
Yeah. It's great to have such a great question take us right into Q's and C's. Yep.
Sports Debates and Fantasy Football
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Jeff, what's our first question? Why aren't underhand throws live balls?
00:04:55
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Meaning if you throw it underhand forwards, shouldn't it also be a fumble? So like if you underhand throw it forwards and the receiver doesn't catch it, shouldn't it just just be a loose fumble?
00:05:08
Speaker
Not an incomplete pass. Why would it underhand? It happened last week as an incomplete pass. so So they're throwing it underhand to avoid something?
00:05:22
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A Like they're being sacked and they throw it underhand to...
00:05:29
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Get away from the sack. Don't you think some sidearm shit's just going to come in here and now they're going to, they already can't determine what a catch is. So they'll be determining what's an overhand and what's an underhand dump.
00:05:41
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I guess. It just seems like if you're going down, I don't know. It didn't, come it didn't happen in any game. I think that was important to the three of us. But if you're going down, it seems like if you try to chuck it last second and it, you know, bounces five feet away from you,
00:05:59
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Right. Anyone, anyone should be able pick it Phil, what do you think?
00:06:06
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Yeah, no, it made me think of the, like the baseball pitching conversation where, you know, or people get sidearm, but it starts to, you put in a slow motion, looks like an underhand cut. Like, do we need to define what a, what a throw is? Yeah.
00:06:22
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ah volume you know Yeah. I think maybe we don't need you to go there. don't
00:06:29
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Question number two, playoff spots locked down. Congratulations, Thunker. As mentioned on the Discord, your team secured last week. And don't know if anyone else did.
00:06:43
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I think any team that was nine and three now would be locked into a playoff spot. Phil, have you been reading the discord? Cause I, there's a new team name out there and I don't know who it is. um There's just so many areas to look in the discord now, but yeah, on Con Aaron has locked in a playoff spot.
00:07:08
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Con Aaron. Yep. That's right. Although i thought I felt like he might have jumped the gun on the the naming, the convention behind the naming when Aaron Rodgers then went down. Yeah.
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um been I can't say either way it did help me, but.
00:07:25
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I've been itching to use that name for about three years, ever since he did that. Showed up to to the first day of training camp or something, or was it Halloween? I don't know. But he showed up in that getup, and Mina Kimes called him Con Aeron because he's a you know, a shell of his former self and man, I couldn't get enough of it. So yeah, I was too excited, but I wasn't willing to, you know, actually put them on my team and start them. So here it is.
00:07:56
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And then you went with Winston and he crushed. they didn't didn't He He caught a touchdown. Dude, that, that broken tackle was silly.
00:08:08
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Yeah, yeah he's ah he's a wild card, truly. that you know And it worked out. It's the one game that going to have this year. And he happened to be starting for me. you know But, again, umm ah you know and I'm a little humbled here coming coming here on here today after two weeks. of Two weeks ago, I was pummeled by Jeff and then you know Andy.
00:08:30
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Again, despite Jameis Winston's best efforts, Jamar Gibbs, he just ran all over us. Yeah. to unleash. Well, we appreciate your humility here, Phil. um That's definitely why we booked you for this week, because we we wanted to both be picked. how did you had you been able to come on, what was it, last week we had you scheduled, I think, originally? Originally, yeah. yeah You know, you you could have actually at least had the opportunity to talk some shit, and now you're in the unfortunate position.
00:09:04
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of having lost to both of us. But um we appreciate you still showing your face around here. takes courage. I'll still do my best to find some shit to talk. I'm sure you can find some.
00:09:16
Speaker
Speaking of, Jeff, you want to talk about the po who could... What? No. what
00:09:24
Speaker
Who could clinch this week? It looks like um Pipe and PugLive could clinch, um but that might be a little bit of a preview of what's coming up later on in the show.
Phil's Insights and Personal Stories
00:09:35
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Yep. We should skip that. Hey, Phil, what do you think about the new format? I'm a i'm big fan. Big fan. ive mean I've been, you know, mentioned to you guys before the show, been listening the show all around the world just by by my job. And it's gotten me through some tough times in the last year. So happy to, you know, big, big fan.
00:10:00
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We're here for you, Phil. Always. I mean, during fantasy season. Yeah. For those, what, 16, 18 weeks. i don't even know how many weeks. Glorious weeks.
00:10:12
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Yeah. ah hey Hey, Phil, on all your travels, where's Tom?
00:10:20
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Yeah, I mean, that's that's a great question. I'm going to defer to another philosopher in our midst, ah Pipe, the Pipe Man, who really, i think it was, you know, if you're in the Discord, as he said, really, you know, we are all Tom and Tom is us.
00:10:40
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So... I really took that to heart when it comes to Tom. The wise words of pipe as relayed. Yeah.
00:10:51
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What would we do without that? Well-known philosopher.
00:10:57
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Reminds me of another philosopher who once said for the millions.
00:11:03
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but that's for another time. hey Next question. What's with all these trades? What a crazy week. It wasn't i was wild. The picks are what's throwing me for a loop. Everybody's...
00:11:16
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and that you know ah Again, Andy, I think i I hinted to you, at what point do we just move it into like future draft picks too, where we turn into like a real league where, I'm not the same, we're not real league, but we're like, ah you know, like the NFL where we're, we're you know, I'm trading a 2030 draft pick for, ah you know, mortgaging my future for next, I don't know.
00:11:35
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Right. So in the NBA, they have the Steppian rule where you can't trade two first round picks. You know you can only trade two in a row. You can't trade the third one.
00:11:46
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um So what what would we have to call it here? the Well, I mean, i think Stepien, wasn't he an owner in the 80s? They literally made the rule after him because he was so, well, he like basically screwed it up for everyone. Yeah, he was so bad.
00:12:02
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I think that's our that's our blueprint there. We got to find the manager that ah that's laying the groundwork for... For that kind of behavior. Yeah, who started all this? That's a really good question. We'll have to check the tapes on that one. Yeah, I mean, it goes back a couple of seasons, but ah Brian's the one that comes my mind. so Oh, I don't know. Nobody's listening out there. I'd be curious to hear what he has to say on the subject.
00:12:29
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Yeah, yeah if if we ever invite him back, which is, chances are pretty slim at this point.
00:12:38
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But um Brian, you know, if you are listening, you started this and um God willing, I'm going to finish it. So I think it's time. any Any questions from our listeners?
00:12:54
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Jeff? Yeah, we do have a question. I'm sitting on the toilet right now wondering if my... hopefully not stat corrected victory over Tim today has met me $5. I could use $5 in life.
00:13:17
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Thank you.
00:13:19
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Wow. Two bits of wisdom from the philosopher pipe sitting like, like David on his throne. Yeah.
00:13:33
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Dispensing wisdom. Well, and and asking for wisdom too, because it sounded like he was asking if you win by the smallest margin possible, if you get $5. And i think he has a fundamental misunderstanding of the end of the season prizes, Andy.
00:13:53
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Yes. it As the victor. Yeah. He would never qualify closest loss. Yeah. Right. The closest loss would go to The loser.
00:14:06
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Right. And unfortunately, yes. To win the closest loss this year, you have to be more than.01 points
00:14:19
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away from the victor. Because 0.01 is currently the closest margin we have. You have to be closer than one hundredth of a point.
00:14:30
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one Yes, yes. And if we tied, I guess they'd split the $2. They'd split the $5. I don't know. I think i think ah the first one in the high in the in the shed wins. Okay.
00:14:43
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You know? So, yeah, this system can never go closer than one hundredth of a point. I mean, the current way that Yahoo scores...
00:14:59
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In our league, I think you're right. or But also our league did have two-day pick trades a week ago, and then it went to one day.
00:15:10
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So everything in flux. It could be. Thanks, Nick, for your question. The squirrels win. Hey, guys, it's time for your least favorite segment and mine.
00:15:22
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That's right, it's time for... Mjolnir minute starting the timer now guys what do you have to say about Vikings versus Packers
00:15:35
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I mean the the question is the JJ McCarthy era over already feature I think Jeff was trying to say the meal, the only minute was over already.
00:15:47
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yeah that we can find shortening that too. All right. Enough said. I mean, I guess like if I did so bad at my job that I had a concussion, um things wouldn't be going well.
00:16:04
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Yeah. Alleged concussion. That's true, too. And an alleged high ankle sprain, right? My con question is, what happened to the team that beat the Lions?
00:16:20
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and Anything? Okay. um Maybe they're still the Lions. Maybe the Lions beat themselves. And that's been the Mjolnir Minute. Yeah.
00:16:32
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Tune in next week for more in-depth coverage on the Minnesota Vikings. Phil, the reason everyone's listening right now, I can't wait. They probably fast-forwarded to this very moment.
00:16:45
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And that is, of course... We have we have we have one other request to end. You like that, Fantasy League.
00:16:54
Speaker
I played the wrong one. Sorry, guys. Oh, another request?
00:17:14
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We haven't been playing that this year, so it was requested. Phil, welcome to Five Questions, where we ask you five or six questions, and we score you. based on your
00:17:33
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last trouble Well, thanks for having me. It's good be back in the hot seat. Hey, Phil, what's your Chipotle order? My Chipotle order, i go burrito, black beans, white rice, steak.
00:17:54
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And then i go well I go with the medium salsa. I go with salsa verde, the green salsa. Uh, and lately i used to go cheese and sour cream. It's starting to feel a little like redundant to me. Like it kind of takes over. So I think I've just been going sour cream and, and that's it.
00:18:12
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That's, uh, that's what I go with. Okay. um Do you order it in person or do you go he use an app or phone?
00:18:26
Speaker
Yeah, no, I've used both. the I've used the app. that They actually, you know, a lot of these restaurants, and McDonald's included, and them they like when you actually like put the time in, like you get really good points and things like that.
00:18:40
Speaker
yeah the ah But Chipotle, I found the one closest to my house, ah from my son, I got the, the Intel that the, the, the workers there weren't, you know, as as high a quality as you could find in maybe other Chipotle's that, you know, you they weren't like a crack staff.
00:18:59
Speaker
Right. So I, ah um so I'll admit I've been going to the falafel wrap place across the street from Chipotle more. But when I do, I'm not biased against the app. I don't think I have it on my phone right now, but, ah but usually it'll be in person. That's it.
00:19:19
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Correct. Correct. Correct. That's one, Phil. Let's see if you can keep it rolling. What's your favorite no hobby with your significant other besides the obvious?
00:19:34
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Besides the obvious. i I like... Yeah, it is it's's it's interesting. My my son went to to college just this last year, and I've been traveling a lot, but we just like really going on walks. there's you know Whether there be, even when we like we go on vacation like into cities and stuff, just walking around walking around here, Rhode Island, a lot of trails and things like that.
00:20:01
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I'd say that's that's like our, you know sometimes with the dog, sometimes without the dog, but walks, I would say. what What do you call it when you're not taking the dog? Because when we say the W word, it's a problem. So if I just wanted to take a you-know-what, got to be careful, too. They're in the same room.
00:20:26
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Do you have a code word for a W-A-L-K without the dog? ah We don't. we We usually just disappoint the dog. but we go What?
00:20:39
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She gets really excited and then we leave her. Well, might I suggest jaunt? Okay. Or stroll? Stroll, perhaps? Okay. A hike? Yeah, I guess you know You're right. Maybe I could, you know.
00:20:55
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a little more sensitive to my... A little more sensitive, please....kignite and friends' feelings. I mean, i like I like the answer, so you're getting the point, but just a little more sensitive.
00:21:06
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Correct. Correct. Correct. Jeff, this next one will be good. This one will good. Hey, Phil, what's your mile time today and or if you trained for a month?
00:21:18
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Oh, yeah, this is this is a good one. The... Obviously, as you know as more time passes, it has a big impact on this answer.
00:21:29
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and But i i do i do run several kind times a week. my My mile time today would be eight minutes a mile. ah That's about what I what i do. it Seems like a lot of people are bullshitting then. if ah
00:21:45
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But, okay. Not you. No, we can talk about that because I've heard some answers to this question and I, I agree. And maybe I won't hold it against them if it's their like best guess, you know, they may, they just don't have a concept for but it's like the, yeah, I mean, you know, and if I train for a month,
00:22:03
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Like I've got to, going to have to factor in the fact that I can't hurt myself. Like, you know, if I just start to go train, like, oh man, I'm going fast. There's a high probability. This is is not goingnna work out well for me or that my knees or my, something's going to, something's going to. We're saying there's an, there's a correct amount of yoga woven into the training plan. So you're good.
00:22:24
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Okay, well, yeah, but I'm saying, am I training like 30 miles a week or I training 50 hours week? I think whatever amount of yoga needs to be done for you to train that hard, you are doing it. So just running straight for a month? No, it's not your Jeff. Come on. If you're training... talking to Pete for him, Andy.
00:22:49
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You're what? going to call Pete.
00:22:53
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Well, here, i i'll I'll answer my answer the question. If I just train hard for a month, I think I lose 30 seconds off of that. I think I'm like 730. I think if I just train a normal amount, like losing 15 seconds is actually a lot.
00:23:08
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Like it hurts. So i don't know. There's there's ah obviously there's sliding skills for effort and then time consumed. But I think I'd only lose 30 seconds. Like I go to 730 a month.
00:23:21
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for a month Correct. correct Correct. Correct. Phil, not only are we giving you that point, but we might have to retroactively ah rescind the points from other people from this season.
00:23:37
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Stay tuned. ah Phil, was one person. What's one? Every time that sound effect plays, someone else has lost a point.
00:23:49
Speaker
All right. ah Phil, what's a what's the TV show you bailed on after one season? When and why? and I've actually bailed on it a couple times.
00:24:02
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ah Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad I bailed on. no I think the first time I was with my wife who just didn't, it wasn't her vibe and i had and my it was one of those i always had like it back in my mind. like know If I get some time, like i you know I go on deployment and I'll watch it by myself.
00:24:19
Speaker
Right. But no, I still got to the same place and and kind of drifted off for whatever reason. So I tried twice. What didn't take? So I think truly that I'm not making it past season one of Breaking Bad, let alone any follow on so Right.
00:24:37
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But did you finish season one, Phil? I'm pretty sure I did. Yeah, I got to the point where he like, you know, he goes crazy. He's holding the this thing. I'm going to throw it down the ground. It's going to explode.
00:24:49
Speaker
and negotiates with the drug dealer. i got to the point where like these, you know, they kidnap the drug dealer, they put him in his basement and then they like, they kill him. And once they figure out that he stole a piece of that plate, I don't know how far that is.
00:25:02
Speaker
Have you seen this show, Jeff? Yeah. Breaking bad. Okay. So does that, does that sound pretty similar to how season one might've ended? Yeah, but I think he he i don't i think he's he's made it to the penultimate episode, I believe. Of the of the season.
00:25:20
Speaker
Yeah. But maybe not the finale? I'm not 100% sure he's made it to the finale. Uh-oh. So it seems like he has given up on it.
00:25:35
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Agreed. correct right all right correctlar I was on phil yes no but understand. sold my breath there.
00:25:46
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I haven't seen it. So you could say any, anything that happened at the end of season one. And I would have believed you. Good thing. Jeff is here. Good thing.
00:25:57
Speaker
um Hey, Phil, are you a loofah? Washcloth, hands, plastic scrubby thing, or other kind of person? I'm, uh, yeah, there's a, there's a couple other guys on here. I'm a hands guy. they've For our viewers out there, they can't see my haircut. I don't, I don't, you know, i don't have a whole lot of hair to style, so I keep it pretty short. And so just a bar of soap and I'm good to go.
00:26:24
Speaker
Or, or, you know, or just, uh, body wash, straight, no chaser. Oh yeah. yeah Body wash, straight, no chaser. I like that.
00:26:35
Speaker
It's good. Uh, but I do, I have heard the conversations, uh, Jeff is saying like with the, you said like a Japanese loofah. Yeah. Is that the one that they call it? And it doesn't surprise me. it kind of, it kind of interests me.
00:26:49
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ah know The Japanese, they they go really into detail on like yeah what may seem like trivial things initially, but they do it right. So it's thought it's thought out like like they're like, this is actually going help you.
00:27:04
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Be sure to use Jeff's affiliate link attached to the show notes. Oh, yeah.
Guacamole Controversy and Weekly Matchup
00:27:09
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Yeah. Yeah. All right. Check it out. Correct. Correct. Correct. I'll have to get a commercial on that one.
00:27:17
Speaker
Hey, Phil, this is your soapbox moment. Something you like that no one else does or vice versa? Yeah, it's another one that I thought about it. You know, I haven't heard the, you know, we've done the five questions.
00:27:31
Speaker
And it's actually, you guys, you talk about tacos. And I'm a big tacos fan too. nothing I've been cooking myself ah for myself lately in the just kind of my living situation right now down and being with my my crew and things.
00:27:44
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ah But heres here's my kind of unpopular opinion as I see it is that I think guacamole is... the worst things of avocado and salsa put together.
00:28:00
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i would prefer you just give me a slice of avocado with like some fresh salsa. i think that tastes a million times better than what is essentially the mashing of the two together
00:28:13
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and go from there. o so that like Like it's a bastardization of the purest form of the avocado and the salsa. Yeah. that That would be my my controversial take because and you know a lot of people like guacamole. It's a big thing. Quick follow-up question, Tom.
00:28:34
Speaker
yeah Have you ever made guacamole yourself? Yes. Yes, I have. I actually worked in – like when I was in college, I worked at a restaurant where I i made table-side guacamole for a period of time. my God.
00:28:46
Speaker
And, you know, with all the... But I think that's when you got to do guacamole right, is you put, like, the chopped tomatoes and the chopped onions, some lime. But I'm saying that's like a good salsa separate, fresh salsa separate from a slice of avocado.
00:28:59
Speaker
I think that takes that takes Mexican food to a different level. Yeah, i'm with you I'm with you on this ah take. I'd rather just have slices of avocado. Well, I love guacamole, and I wish I had some right now after all this talk about it. So, Jeff, I mean...
00:29:16
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are you are you Are you saying that you wouldn't just like a really good avocado and really good salsa? When I say really good avocado, I think, man, think about the guac that could come from that.
00:29:29
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yeah It's perfect. But i I also think that even though you're with Phil on this, yeah this is a pretty good unpopular opinion.
00:29:40
Speaker
I mean, they make it table side. Phil, have you heard about this? correct Some restaurants, they make it table side for you. I just like a avocado on its own I agree. I think it, it brings more to the table in an individual taco or burrito. sal Also, also like I can't walk out my back door and just have like amazing avocados there.
00:30:04
Speaker
I have to like work to get a decent avocado, you know, like it's being shipped to me. ah And I have to pick through a whole pile of shitty ones to find one good one.
00:30:16
Speaker
And usually it's not ripe enough yet. It has to sit on your windowsill for like two days. Yeah, or it in a brown paper bag or whatever. Yeah, it's ah it's an effort. Yeah. Jeff, we need like an alarm sound effect, you know? yeah Yeah. for For when we hit 30. Extra time?
00:30:33
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Yep. Oh, that's a bad alarm. How about... That's terrible. Yeah, that's fine. My phone's just saying the word alarm. wouldn just say you know It's not an alarm.
00:30:49
Speaker
All right. Jeff, how much extra time do we have? have seven minutes extra time. in space. we seven minutes of extra time jeffsson space Jeff, any other calls we need to get through before we rush through? Yes, do have one call, Andy.
00:31:18
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Can't wait. Brian, Coach Brian of Pug Life, and I just want to let everyone know that with all the new guys this week, you know, they've gotten in late, everybody he was traveling, I told them to just take it easy this week.
00:31:38
Speaker
We're ramping up. um I am not concerned. Okay. Just, just want to, for the record, no one at the pug life organization is concerned.
00:31:50
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So you guys can all, you know, wait with anticipation. Well, while the new guys get ramped up to the, you know, acclimate to the new system and, um,
00:32:05
Speaker
Yeah. Bright days ahead. Thank you.
00:32:12
Speaker
That filled me with confidence that Brian's going to lose. la Thanks for calling in, Brian. We're always happy to hear from you.
00:32:27
Speaker
No, that was real. said it was real. Hey, last week, speaking of Brian, that was a perfect intro because he was in last week's Game of the Week.
00:32:41
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This was Matt versus Brian.
00:32:45
Speaker
And how'd it for these two? Did anyone notice and the Matchup of the Week channel on Discord popping off?
00:32:55
Speaker
I did notice. Did you notice, Phil? I did, although I was... You know, I think I made an early play, probably spoke too early to shift the matchup of the week to mine and Andy's. It's true. But, you know. Pretty exciting.
00:33:11
Speaker
It was. but anyway everybody But, you know, that's why you guys are the commissioners. It was ah it was done by the by the first game, essentially. And so was ah it was a good decision, know. Maybe a tactic for future, just like, you know, ABC will change or Fox will change the Monday night football game if the two teams aren't, you know. Flex game.
00:33:31
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yes Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I would love for us to be able to choose the matchup of the week, actually. But as it stands, ah let's see, looking at the... Looking at the breakdown here, Matt's pure shithouse took an early lead Sunday, big lead, and then Brian just chipped away, chipped away, and he couldn't quite get there.
00:33:57
Speaker
Sunday night, it was over, and he had climbed right up to the precipice, and those new acquisitions, the new players he was just referencing just couldn't couldn't get it done because they didn't need to, right?
00:34:13
Speaker
Yeah, the thing I noticed, Andy, and I don't know, Phil, maybe you you guys um looked at it differently than I did. um But I feel like playing either Buka or...
00:34:33
Speaker
um, Brent strange, you know, and picking up seven points, um, that might've might've changed the tide.
00:34:46
Speaker
He played at Buka. You mean not playing at Buka? Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Metcalf, you know, could have gone into the wide receiver role, could have slid Puka up, put a tight end at the, at the flex spot.
00:35:00
Speaker
You're saying you feel like putting in someone with seven extra points would have changed. Yeah. Would have been beneficial. I think you trust your feelings. Yeah.
00:35:12
Speaker
That's what a Jedi would say. Yeah. Use the force. And all right. That was it. right Match of the week. This week's matchup of the week is more exciting.
00:35:25
Speaker
You know why? Oh, why is that, Andy? Because it's two 8-4 teams up against each other, of course. We got Pipe the Poet against... Philosopher. Philosopher, thank you.
00:35:40
Speaker
ah Versus Pug Life. Again, this is third place versus fourth place. they're They're separated only by, what, 37 points? Four? Which is crazy. Say that again? 1,400 miles probably. for And that.
00:35:56
Speaker
um And their their points against is also very close. Only seven points separate them against. So these these team two teams are almost identical to each other.
00:36:07
Speaker
Sure. ah the The projected score here will be 102 pipe to 123 pug life. You guys got any comments on the upcoming matchup of the week?
00:36:21
Speaker
and Whenever I think of a pug, I think of a pipe. Wow.
00:36:27
Speaker
One thing I will say for Brian is he has a ton of points projected on his bench at present. So I think he's going to have some really tough decisions to make this week.
00:36:39
Speaker
Yeah, that can that can almost overcomplicate things when you've got your bench full of people and you you start overthinking it. and that you know i hope it makes all the right decisions, but I will be watching that one with anticipation. Because we're talking like a a buy is possibly at stake here, right? Like the second place gets a buy?
00:37:01
Speaker
no i don't know. i don't think they do. It's eight. Would it be convenient or nice to be able to carry two defenses to feel so confident that you're made it into the playoffs that you could carry a defense that really doesn't have a great regular season schedule, but come playoff time looks, looks cherry.
00:37:25
Speaker
I'm not, I'm not in that. I'm not in that position myself. it's ah It's a luxury. That's for certain. If you're so confident with your other spots and you know, Right. Yeah.
00:37:37
Speaker
Right. Well, stay tuned to the Match of the Week channel um for the thrilling conclusion. Jeff, I... do you want to speed round so your your updates really quick, Andy? I think we should.
00:37:49
Speaker
Yeah, Phil and I can just nod. Yeah, I'm not. It comes through well on audio. No, you should jump in. Hey, worst manager, most points left on the bench. Even though Brian is still leading in this category, Nick Cagle has moved into the lead as he could have now won three matches had he optimized his lineup.
00:38:08
Speaker
Jeff. Interesting. Interesting. Jeff, want me the next one? We can just go back and forth. Speed round. yeah. Go back and forth. Speed round. Yeah, that makes sense. We have a new leader, Phil, in the beast mode. Beast mode's the most points scored. You've probably felt this one pretty good last week. Jameer Gibbs, 49.9 points. Not only did that lay the smackdown on you, it also gave Andy $5. For now.
00:38:39
Speaker
For now. Phil, does it does it help um when something like this happens to you to be reminded that you've won twice in the last four seasons?
00:38:49
Speaker
Does that take the edge off? it is It is reassuring in some sense. the ah You know, yeah to the and be like, you know what, I can't have it all.
00:39:01
Speaker
You know, it keeps me level-headed. Leave some for the rest of us. had tor then Really, my motivation is I don't want to have to eat a piece of toast that has the Minnesota Vikings logo seared into it at this point. So as long as can avoid that outcome. about where would you Where would you keep the trophy? You can't bring it on.
00:39:22
Speaker
you know bring it with you out can oh well i could technically tell you know if if i end up with a trophy it will yeah there will be a piece of toast consumed in the wardroom of the uss lewis b polar while on deployment next year so that's your motivation for beating me guys good luck you heard the man guys if you ever try to them That number is always easy to remember and hard to forget.
00:39:54
Speaker
Thanks, guys. 6-112-293-62635. See, Phil, the problem is now that you've told everyone that, they're going to try putting their best lineups on the field.
00:40:08
Speaker
So it'll be a change in strategy, and now you're in trouble. Yeah, I was always trending towards trouble with my my lineup in But we'll we'll see.
00:40:20
Speaker
We'll see. We'll see. Hey, Wheatiesbox, best player overall. McCaffrey has moved into the most fantasy points this season. And went when's the last time?
00:40:32
Speaker
Five years at least, right? Yeah, it's been a quarterback. It's been Josh Allen or Mahomes, right, the last few years? Yeah, I'd have to. Yeah, we'd have to look.
00:40:44
Speaker
We don't have time to look. No, never have time. um But just, you know, as as Mike is sitting in the, what, sixth position, I think, it it begs the question, um what what would it feel like to have the best running back in the league and miss the playoffs?
00:41:03
Speaker
I don't think anyone here would know how to answer that question, especially not me. So wouldn't it feel pretty stupid?
00:41:13
Speaker
yeah Yeah. Probably. I'm saying yes. Yeah, okay. Agreed. um Let's go down to what's left. That's interesting.
00:41:25
Speaker
Overpowered, maybe? um What about the shrewd dude? Yeah, I didn't do any calculations on that. That's hard. gotta do math. Do you got an update on shrewd dude, Jeffrey?
00:41:38
Speaker
Oh, it's just, it's there. We updated at some point in time. Oh, it's it's the same?
00:41:45
Speaker
Well, on the spreadsheet. Oh, on the spreadsheet? Yeah. Jeff, what's... It was Phil at one point in time, Phil. Okay. And who is it now? Oh, yeah. Can you refresh my memory on what the shrewd dude constitutes?
00:42:00
Speaker
Yeah. <unk> good That's a good question. It's it's the closest waiver win, Phil. And it is still currently Phil.
00:42:11
Speaker
Oh, it is. Yeah. Phil, you beat Tom on 924 with a $10 bid over an $8 bid. Ah, see, it has to be over $5.
00:42:22
Speaker
Right. And that that's been throwing everybody out. Yeah. Okay. Nice shrewd dude move. Thank you. Um, them's the breaks. You know, we're supposed to be doing this round a lot faster because that's funnier.
00:42:38
Speaker
But, uh, that's my fault. Um, most points against Zach is leading here by 116 points. Uh, he's 116 points ahead of Matt for most points against. So all I have to say is Matt, if you want that $5, you really got to start making your opponents angrier.
00:43:00
Speaker
Okay? Get the best out of your opponent. Get that five bucks, all right?
00:43:07
Speaker
Seems fair. Seems fair.
00:43:11
Speaker
One more update. Jeffrey. Yeah, I was just looking at it. Biggest blowout. Yeah. um Now, this is the time where if you won, you could get $5.
00:43:25
Speaker
So, pipe, just remember, win by the biggest blowout. Call us back while you're having your blowout, and we can we can discuss um at that point time.
00:43:42
Speaker
Right now, we have a new biggest blowout, though. um We're still trying to find Tom. to let him know that Cameron beat him by 74 points last week. Ouch.
00:43:54
Speaker
Andy, do you know how points Tom scored? ah Probably fewer than 74. Um...
00:44:01
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um yeah Yeah, fewer than 74 is is it's just, a it was an unfortunate week for the Steelhouse coming in and at under 60 points. Ouch. 59.77. So, they up. right.
00:44:17
Speaker
so but yeah double dog all right Well, the next closest um blowout was 60 points. So the 74 is going to be hard to beat.
00:44:31
Speaker
ah Congratulations, Kamen. I think you got five bucks coming your way. ah Phil's eyeing it up this week. He's got... He's got Ecom in his sights. Ecom?
00:44:42
Speaker
but and He knows that Ecom will never make it through extra, extra, extra time. So he can talk as much shit as he wants right now. Oh, yeah.
00:44:53
Speaker
Yeah, no one's listening to 45 minutes. Hey, guys, it's been 45 minutes. Thank you so much, Phil. Excellent to have you. Having a great time. Appreciate it as always.