He Brought A Sword Into WWII… And They Let Him | CFP Ep.83

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:00]One man went into World War II with a long bow and a sword. And somehow this wasn't the craziest thing we talk about today.

[00:00:06]>> This episode includes D-Day, airsoft warfare, and getting stuck in the woods behind a church pot lock and a grown man named Marv, which honestly sounds fake now that I hear it out loud.

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[00:00:35]>> Welcome back to the Casting Faith podcast, episode 83. And we have Christian Bulgrren in studio today.

[00:00:42]We're so pumped for this episode.

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[00:01:16]We got a fun show for you today. Happy Memorial Day.

[00:01:19]>> Uh and thank you to all of our veterans out there.

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[00:01:29]Thank you for your service and spending time away from your family to protect us and our loved ones.

[00:01:33]>> Special shout out to Aaron Garrett from Heritage Roofing Company in the Great Lakes Fishing Expo. Thank you, bro, for all of your service.

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[00:01:39]>> And everything that you've done for our country, uh we honor you today with this episode and so we're grateful. And to all of our veterans out there, we have a fun show lined up for today. This is just going to be brotherhood chaos. So, you know, >> strap in. It's going to be fun. Hey, Memorial Day for me is the kickoff to summer.

[00:01:57]>> Yes, 100%.

[00:01:58]>> I am so excited. I love the summertime.

[00:02:01]I hate to cold.

[00:02:02]>> Yes, >> I will not say that lightly. I hate it.

[00:02:06]I hate it with a passion. It is >> chills to the bone. Used to say I hate it with a passion a lot.

[00:02:12]>> Good. You would say >> I hate that with a passion.

[00:02:14]>> There's a reason I love Nan.

[00:02:16]>> Why you Why are you so passionate about hate?

[00:02:18]>> Well, because the cold is awful.

[00:02:20]>> It is. It is awful. And it is cold as of we are recording. It got a weirdly >> weirdly cold.

[00:02:26]>> No, it feels good.

[00:02:28]>> But we just played two hours of basketball. So >> I did >> I did not baseball practice.

[00:02:33]>> You want to tell everybody about >> Well, you know, it was a great workout.

[00:02:35]I burned like 1,000 calories. I was having a great time. We won every game.

[00:02:39]>> We did.

[00:02:39]>> I made a couple shots miraculously. Did well for, you know, not doing it for >> your shot was locked in. I mean, you had the form. You were you were there for not >> It's like riding a bike. you just, you know, kind of you got to put the work in, I guess. But I have not. I've been exercising and doing great. And it was all going great and it was amazing. It was fun until uh I rolled my till it wasn't. I rolled my ankle real bad and it's swelling up right now. And it's okay cuz you're old.

[00:03:06]>> Well, >> I'm not that old. 34.

[00:03:09]>> It's It's hurting though for certain.

[00:03:11]Another thing Nam would say. But I'm going to truck through. It's going to be fun. And I'm fine. I'll be all right.

[00:03:15]Jesus name. Anyways, uh summer, dude. It is the start of summer. I feel like it is the official. We are there. I got the Blackstone rolling.

[00:03:24]>> You guys have a Blackstone. You got a grill or Blackstone? I have both.

[00:03:27]>> I need to get one. It's on the list of to gets this this >> I will say though, I have not I was hesitant to get a Blackstoneone because I didn't think I would use it. I have not used my grill in two years because of my Blackstone. I love it. Love my Blackstone.

[00:03:41]>> Let me just say, >> okay, I need to hear this because I'm we're in the market right now. It is like cooking on a big cast iron pan. M >> amazing. And perfect perfect sear on your steaks.

[00:03:51]>> And breakfast, bro. Believe it or not, you can do the eggs, the bacon, everything at the same time.

[00:03:56]>> Clean up. Easy.

[00:03:58]>> Mhm.

[00:03:59]>> I love it.

[00:03:59]>> We got ours Home Depot, Lowe's, >> Facebook Marketplace where I got mine.

[00:04:04]>> Oh. Oh.

[00:04:05]>> 100 bucks.

[00:04:06]>> We got ours at Sam's.

[00:04:07]>> Ours is not like the official Blackstone thing, but it's the same thing. And uh we got it at Sam's. It was a good deal.

[00:04:12]I got it for Father's Day last year and uh I came home from Father's Day ready to take a church nap. You know what I mean?

[00:04:19]>> My wife had pulled in from her Sam's trip and she said the girls came in and said, "Daddy, daddy, daddy, we got something for you. We got something for you." And I go out to the car and there it is. And I'm like, "Awesome." And my wife smiles at me and she goes, "We're going to use it tonight." In other words, you got to you got to go put this together.

[00:04:36]>> No nap was had on Father's Day.

[00:04:38]>> But it was good.

[00:04:38]>> Hey, the best thing to cook on it though, breakfast is fun. Habachi. Yeah.

[00:04:43]Stir fry.

[00:04:43]>> Get you some yum yum sauce.

[00:04:46]>> Some some bourbon chicken dairy.

[00:04:48]>> Love doing habachi on the Blackstone.

[00:04:50]That's one of my favorite meals to do, but I always bake way too much.

[00:04:52]>> So, >> okay. Leftovers are good.

[00:04:54]>> When you guys are grilling out, do you do BRZ, burgers, steaks? What's your go-to for Memorial Day?

[00:04:59]>> Steaks and burgers.

[00:05:01]>> Hot dogs. Burgers. Yep. I love I love a good hot dog in the summertime, though.

[00:05:04]>> Yeah. Yeah. You ever tried corn with the tin foil?

[00:05:07]>> Yes. That's good, too.

[00:05:08]>> Yeah.

[00:05:08]>> Brit likes to do that. And then uh shave it off and make the corn dip. The like the elote corn dip. Yeah.

[00:05:14]>> Um I had something I was gonna say.

[00:05:18]>> Oh, lost it. No, I got it back. Went to a baseball game last week. Okay.

[00:05:21]>> And I do not put ketchup on a hot dog. I think that that is a crime.

[00:05:26]>> Interesting.

[00:05:26]>> Can't do it. Mustard. Ballpark mustard.

[00:05:28]Love it. Can't do ketchup. Britney got a hot dog. She's like, I got a few bites left. I can't finish this. Do you want it? I said, yeah, sure. Here.

[00:05:35]>> And there was ketchup on it. I bit into it. I about threw up. It's so sweet. I like ketchup.

[00:05:40]>> I feel like the rest of America puts ketchup on their hot dog.

[00:05:43]>> I don't know.

[00:05:44]>> I feel like you're on an island.

[00:05:45]>> I'm a mustard guy. I think there's going to be a lot more people that say mustard than ketchup.

[00:05:48]>> I like it all.

[00:05:49]>> Why not both?

[00:05:50]>> I want to fully load.

[00:05:51]>> I don't mind both. Hey, you know what's going to tone down the sugar in the >> chili dog, dude. A chili dog.

[00:05:56]>> Okay, I want to bring something up and maybe we can get some feedback here.

[00:05:58]>> Um, those of you who only eat hamburgers >> with no cheese, >> right? That's how my dad was. My dad is >> Why? Live your life. throw a slab of cheese on there.

[00:06:09]>> I like to put an onion ring on it, some barbecue sauce, some some pepper jack cheese. It's >> I will give a a plug to a non-sponsor and I do this every time and you do too.

[00:06:18]Dumas.

[00:06:18]>> Dumas Meats.

[00:06:19]>> Dumas Meats. But if you like a good cheeseburger, >> go and get their hot pepper cheese. It's not Pepper Jack, it's called Hot Pepper Cheese there.

[00:06:28]>> And it is fantastic. Do a smash burger with that. And I got a little bit of the raspberry chipotle barbecue sauce put on there. A little sweet and spicy.

[00:06:36]This is a great show because we've been talking about food for the first like 12 minutes.

[00:06:40]>> I'm so hungry now. I'm at the right show. I'm starving. It's uh Man, yeah. I I love the I love the Smashburgers, too.

[00:06:49]However, I like me a thick burger.

[00:06:51]>> I do. I do, too.

[00:06:52]>> Sometimes I feel like I'm eating a scab with a smash. I know this is a hot take.

[00:06:56]>> You know what I mean? Like I like to have some >> Yeah.

[00:06:59]>> I like to do the lettuce, tomato, the onion, >> mayonnaise, little bit of ketchup, mustard on it.

[00:07:05]Yeah, I think uh I think the summer, man, it just brings out those. It's finally there, especially when you live in Northeast Ohio.

[00:07:12]>> Yeah.

[00:07:13]>> You go through this long dark winter where everything's gray and then you go through a a rainy season where it's still gray but it's warmer so it's more tolerable and then finally you get to that point and we're getting there next week where it'll be 80° and sunny.

[00:07:27]>> Man, it's been a a rainy cold summer. I know I've talked about it in nauseium with baseball, but we played in the snow two weeks.

[00:07:35]>> Yeah, spring. You're right.

[00:07:37]>> Yeah.

[00:07:37]>> It's been a rainy cold spring. It has not been fun.

[00:07:40]>> Yeah.

[00:07:41]>> Yeah. You David played in the snow, which is wild, right? Isn't that wild?

[00:07:45]That's crazy. Hey, you know what? I've heard this totally off topic, but have you My marker for summer, too, is that the lightning bugs start to come out.

[00:07:55]>> I've seen some the other day. Really?

[00:07:57]>> Yeah. And I seen some the other day and it's early for that and uh I saw some the other day and then I heard a story which I don't know if this is true but this is the last generation that we'll see lightning bugs >> according to science. Who >> this is just a headline that I seen and I can look it up but um >> it's fake news.

[00:08:12]>> I don't know. It might be >> fake news.

[00:08:15]>> Who determines who determines that? I mean who's saying all right this is it.

[00:08:18]Like >> no more lightning bugs.

[00:08:20]>> Are they endangered?

[00:08:21]>> Yeah.

[00:08:22]>> Really?

[00:08:22]>> Okay. Um, populations of them are seriously in decline. This is according to Google AI. Um, some species are at risk. Fireflies are not expected to vanish overnight, but they're on the decline. So, they're not endangered, but like I mean, how many times in the summer do you go through? It's always on Cedar Point. When we go to Memorial Day, Cedar Point, I'm driving home and my windshield's plastered with every animal. They're like mij flies and fireflies just gooed up on my windshield. Okay, I have a question. Did anyone get to an age where you had to stop riding rides that spin in circles?

[00:09:00]>> 12.

[00:09:01]>> What is that? What What happens?

[00:09:03]>> I always think of the scene in the sand lot where they're on the filter vomiting.

[00:09:08]>> Yeah. But what happens? Like we're all good when we're kids and like teenagers, but like there's a certain age where it's it's like you can't do it anymore.

[00:09:15]>> Yeah.

[00:09:15]>> I mean, people say it's cuz you're old, but I just I just don't understand your It's like your body cannot handle it anymore. Like It's the same feeling too when you try to do a backflip on a trampoline in your 30s.

[00:09:26]>> I can still do it.

[00:09:27]>> Like I could do it, but I'm gonna I'm gonna see some stars.

[00:09:30]>> I don't like trampolines. They scare me.

[00:09:32]>> I love trampolines.

[00:09:33]>> Yep. It's fun. It's a good go outside and play kind of thing that we have at the house. The girls love it.

[00:09:38]>> Um but uh yeah, these things are the mark of summer to me and we're so excited for that. And it always kind of starts with Memorial Day, you know, and uh it's a cool thing because we honor those that made all of this American freedom, you know, possible that would have not happened without all the sacrifice. And so we get to enjoy the hot dogs, the burgers, the fireflies, all the things and uh the Blackstone grills. We get to enjoy the time with our family and friends because of the sacrifice of other people. And so we're completely grateful for that. Um but I have a memory that I want to share today. And it goes way back with you guys where we were we were younger. We weren't like 12 or something. We were we were like teenage years or or late teens. We got real into airsoft for a minute. You guys remember this?

[00:10:26]>> You guys remember airsoft guns?

[00:10:28]>> I do.

[00:10:29]>> So when I first got airsoft guns, it was I was with Gregski in high school. David Gowski. He's probably listening. David, I love you. But remember when we had airsoft guns and mine was always the spring-loaded one that you had to back and it hurt like they hurt. They would leave welts and there were these little plastic BB's that you would go out with your friends >> and we would go out in cornfields and it and we were like we were in straight up Call of Duty. That was the mentality.

[00:10:55]This is what we're doing. Call of Duty.

[00:10:57]>> And we all got into it for a minute and we always didn't want to do paintball because we thought this will hurt way worse.

[00:11:04]>> But will hurt way worse. But looking back, paintballs pop and explode.

[00:11:09]>> Yeah, it's a lot more. It's compressed air.

[00:11:12]>> CO2.

[00:11:13]>> Yeah, we're going to get there.

[00:11:14]>> Okay.

[00:11:14]>> But we're going to get there.

[00:11:16]>> We were right in what we were thinking there is what I'm saying.

[00:11:19]>> The But I'm saying no, looking back though, a BB to the eye, like a plastic BB to the eye.

[00:11:24]>> We almost wore goggles sometimes.

[00:11:25]>> We wore goggles.

[00:11:26]>> You wore goggles. Uh but the guy who breaks his everything at every chance, you know, that that I don't always do the smartest thing. Anyways, uh I remember doing this with you guys. We got into it for a minute. We would love We were just dumb and and love to do that. And we went to your grandpa's cabin. Do you remember that? And I I don't know if it was I don't even know what it was for. We all just went and by cabin I Let's Let's talk about this cabin.

[00:11:52]>> It was a shed with a um an old mattress.

[00:11:56]Maybe one light bulb.

[00:11:58]>> We ran extension course.

[00:11:59]>> 50 spiders.

[00:12:01]>> Yeah. 50 spiders. And uh we would go, we did this a couple times, but we went to the the grandpa's cabin and uh there was an outhouse. I I never forget it. There was an outhouse right behind it. Like a like an like an old school >> an outhouse with a hole.

[00:12:18]>> You remember that?

[00:12:18]>> Yep.

[00:12:19]>> And there was some kind of soap at the bottom.

[00:12:21]>> That was a soap, but I don't know what it was. Anyways, it was it was it was a good time. But we thought that was the funnest thing. And we all piled into this shed for a weekend and we brought our airsoft guns. You remember this?

[00:12:33]>> Yes.

[00:12:34]>> And me and David brought our, you know, little crank airsoft guns.

[00:12:38]>> Do you want me to take over?

[00:12:39]>> Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead.

[00:12:39]>> Okay. So, um, for the longest time I had what they had, just the kind of the the crank, you know, one shot. And then I was like, you know what? I'm sick and tired of this one shot. And so I I don't even know why I did this, but I dropped $120.

[00:12:55]>> Yeah. on an autom fully automatic >> and didn't tell them until we started until we started and uh I don't know.

[00:13:07]>> Nobody makes me bleed my own blood.

[00:13:09]>> I I turned into Rambo, I guess. I don't know. It was He had black.

[00:13:13]>> I was We were I was I was camoed up. I took it way too serious, I guess.

[00:13:17]>> Hey, we had fun.

[00:13:18]>> It was fun.

[00:13:18]>> It was fun. But I remember me and Justin Justin was there with us and I remember we were running through the woods and I could hear I looked over and I was like, "What is that?" And when I say it would embed into your skin if you were too close and >> and I remember you showing me the box later >> and really for us for me I was like well I can't compete like this is now hideand seek and I'm a victim.

[00:13:46]>> Like this is it. I got to just survive.

[00:13:48]But I remember I remember he showed me the box later. It was a legitimately Call of Duty branded. It was the same gun that we would use playing lamb parties on Call of Duty.

[00:13:57]>> That was so fun.

[00:13:58]>> And I was like, my man spent money. I did.

[00:14:01]>> You do that when you're young and you get a job and you finally have your own adult money. You kind of just >> If I dropped $120 uh today, my wife would probably kill me on an airsoft gun.

[00:14:12]>> Yeah. Which >> Have you seen the gel blasters now?

[00:14:16]>> Kind of the same vein. Have you tried them yet? I have not. I feel like I'd like it to bring them to the >> buy one. And I'm like, I don't know, buddy. You're going to shoot somebody and I don't I don't think that's a good idea. I >> He's like, yeah.

[00:14:28]>> I came home last night and there was two brand new Nerf guns on the dining room table.

[00:14:34]>> Oh.

[00:14:34]>> In a big bucket of darts. And the girls >> Nerf guns than you.

[00:14:38]>> The girls immediately grow. Yeah, let's talk about that. Gosh, >> tell it. Tell it. This is going to be This episode's all about how Charlie gets hurt by his best friends all the time.

[00:14:48]>> That's what this is. We didn't even start the We didn't even start the night yet. Tell >> We had a youth night where it was Nerf Night >> and we were all helping out. So, we were setting up. We were the first ones there and they all had these big huge guns and I had just like a little Nerf pistol took. He made fun of my gun.

[00:15:06]>> He did.

[00:15:07]>> I just like hit fired it directly into his eye.

[00:15:11]>> No, he didn't fire it. David did this little spin twirl with it like like a old western and just fired the it was a one shot little dart and hits my man. I mean could not hit more of a direct shot right the open eyeball right into the right into the pupil.

[00:15:29]>> I had to convince him to stay >> I had to convince him please stay don't leave like he was walking out my >> I'm leaving I'm out stay one shot of me and of the youth weren't even there yet we I mean it was awesome. Oh, it was great. I was I was >> Oh, man.

[00:15:44]>> I wasn't mad at him. I was like, "What are the Why is it always me? Why is it always me?" That's how I felt.

[00:15:50]>> It was such a perfect shot. A little twirl.

[00:15:53]>> Yep. It was good times, man.

[00:15:55]>> But the girls immediately went straight into that mode of airsoft and I went like we were when we were younger and I was like, "This is how it's supposed to be. Enjoy." They were shooting the cat and everything. It was crazy. Anyways, it was fun. It was a fun time. Um, >> we got an ad. Don't go anywhere.

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[00:16:37]Considering that it's Memorial Day, we want to honor people that served our country and gave us these freedoms to talk about how you guys hurt me so much when we were little. So, praise God.

[00:16:46]Thank you guys for all your hard work and and sacrifice for our country. But I have a story. You ready?

[00:16:52]>> All right. Imagine fighting in World War II and seeing a man coming towards you with a broadsword, a long bow, and bag pipes.

[00:17:01]Not in medieval times, not in Braveheart, but in 1940s World War II.

[00:17:07]And somehow this man became one of the most legendary soldiers in the entire war. His name was John Malcolm Throp Fleming Churchill. That's a mouthful.

[00:17:15]>> Wow.

[00:17:16]>> But he was born in British controlled uh Sri Lanka in 1960, but history remembers him by so much better of a name than those four ones that we just said. He was known lovingly by the name of Mad Jack Churchill. The nickname is earned though because while the rest of the world was moderized fighting warfare with machine guns and tanks and bombers and flamethrowers, all the things that we love in Call of Duty and we pretend to do when we were airsoft fighting, but Mad Jack looked at all of that and said, "Nope, I'm bringing a sword. A sword. He brought a sword to battle." He was It was this bizarre combination of a soldier. He was an adventurer, an athlete, and an absolute maniac on the battlefield before the war. He was a competitive archer. He played bag pipes into war and acted in movies. He even competed in military bagpipe contributions and compet I meant competitions. That's for you Jared. Bag pipes. Jared loves the bag pipes.

[00:18:14]>> I remember that.

[00:18:15]>> But the him listening to him. Yeah.

[00:18:17]>> Like on a CD player.

[00:18:19]>> Then World War II broke out in 1939 and Madjack joined the army, the British Commandos, which yes, Brit Britain did contribute to that war.

[00:18:28]>> I knew that. I didn't know Canada.

[00:18:31]>> Oh, okay. All right. I thought I'm >> Yeah, we were the Allied powers. I'm just saying Winston Churchill.

[00:18:36]>> But Mad Jack joined the army and unlike literally everyone else, he brought medieval weapons into modern com combat.

[00:18:44]And the craziest part is that he actually used them. And so this is the this is the part that gets crazy. In May of 1940, during fighting near France, Mad Jack reportedly killed a German soldier with a long bow. a longbow in the war.

[00:19:01]>> I want to know how his commanding officers felt about him doing this.

[00:19:04]>> I feel like maybe he should have.

[00:19:05]>> They were scared of being up. They said, "Dude, whatever you want to do, >> let him loose." Magic sword. Don't ask.

[00:19:10]Just let him ask. Let him loose.

[00:19:13]>> But historians believe that um may this last confirmed kill with a long boar. It was the last confirmed kill with a long bow in modern warfare history. Imagine being a German soldier in 1940 and you're hearing gunfire and explosions. You're hearing all of the chaos of war and then suddenly you hear the whisp of an arrow attack like where who brought a trident? That's how like I feel with this like what in the world and and suddenly listen all of the gunfire all the explosions were everywhere and a British officer attacks you with a long bow and arrow. Seems like a crazy situation, but somehow that wasn't the weirdest thing he did because he had this habit before going into battle. He would play bag pipes.

[00:20:03]Bag pipes. So, he has a sword, a long bow, and bag pipes in World War II during the raids of Norway. And he is known lovingly as Mad Jack.

[00:20:16]>> I have a question about the bag pipes.

[00:20:17]>> Yeah.

[00:20:18]>> Why?

[00:20:20]I mean, it's what his hobby was just, you know, before.

[00:20:23]>> Do you guys know how loud bag pipes are?

[00:20:25]>> That's what I'm saying. Like, like they knew he was coming >> and he didn't even have a gun.

[00:20:32]>> So, >> did he make it through the war?

[00:20:34]>> When I worked at the funeral home, here we go.

[00:20:37]>> Crynats.

[00:20:39]>> Speaking of bag pipes, >> when I worked at the funeral home, my office was upstairs like above the the chapel where they had the the services at. And I had my door closed cuz I was doing some sales work, just calls and whatnot.

[00:20:53]>> Is that what you called it?

[00:20:54]>> Yeah.

[00:20:54]>> Okay.

[00:20:54]>> I was playing on my phone. Uh, and all of a sudden, I hear just right outside my office door. They had somebody coming in to do bag pipes for the funeral service and he was warming up outside my office door.

[00:21:10]>> Scared me to death.

[00:21:12]>> And you could clearly hear it downstairs. My office wasn't like but five maybe 10 stairs >> interrupted your nap, >> right?

[00:21:20]>> The loudest instrument without any type of like audio hookup to it. Just natural instrument. I can't I couldn't believe how loud those stinking things are.

[00:21:32]>> Oh man.

[00:21:32]>> But they're cool. I mean, it's a really cool instrument.

[00:21:35]>> Don't you have to tuck like part of it under your armpit?

[00:21:38]>> Yeah. I think you like can control like the val bag of air. Of all the things though, like the Bible times, >> he fills it with air though. Do you have to like >> I feel like you breathe into it.

[00:21:47]>> You do.

[00:21:48]>> Oh gosh.

[00:21:48]>> Blow into it.

[00:21:50]>> Clay pots and torches, you know, with Gideon. I don't know. He was a madman.

[00:21:54]>> What?

[00:21:54]>> I'm just saying. There was some odd There's odd things going into battle.

[00:21:57]>> Funeral homes.

[00:21:59]>> Did Yeah. Did you finish your story?

[00:22:00]>> Yeah, I finished my story.

[00:22:03]>> I'm not telling anymore.

[00:22:05]>> We got to go there. Uh, but Mad Jack was legendary because not the sword, not the bow, not even the bag pipes. It was the the effect he had around his brothers that fought with him. He brought the energy. That's what happened. Like he had that chaos energy that rallied everyone together. And you, if you had Mad Jack in the company, you were you were amped. You were ready to go.

[00:22:28]>> You think they got the name Mad Jack because of the sword or the back pipes?

[00:22:32]>> Probably a combination. Just his whole thing. his whole vibe. The effect though that it had on the men.

[00:22:38]>> He had a pretty legit mustache, too.

[00:22:40]>> Hey, everybody was like kind of afraid of him, so they all agreed with him.

[00:22:44]Yeah, man. Whatever. Sure. Let's go.

[00:22:45]>> You want to go out there with bag pipes and a sword? Go for it, man. Yeah.

[00:22:50]>> And so, at one point, armed with a sword, he he reportedly charged uh he charged forward yelling commando and captured dozens of German German soldiers. Some accounts say why they called him Mad Jack. Over 40 German soldiers surrendered because he charged yelling commando.

[00:23:07]>> Commando probably just confused.

[00:23:09]>> He had to have a kilt on. I imagine >> something like he was an odd dude.

[00:23:14]>> Yelling commando.

[00:23:15]>> Think about how how insane that is. This man was fearless and he was the most Was he fearless or insane?

[00:23:21]>> Probably all of it.

[00:23:23]>> All of it. Yeah. The answer is yes.

[00:23:26]>> But that's the kind man that courage that he had.

[00:23:28]>> This guy's growing on me. I don't know.

[00:23:30]>> Legendary. He terrified soldiers around him. Would look at >> Mad Jack terrified people that were serving with him.

[00:23:36]>> He was just playing cal. No, he amped him up. He was just calmly playing bag pipes and then randomly runs in screaming commando and captures 40 German soldiers.

[00:23:44]>> Element of surprise, I guess.

[00:23:46]>> How does he capture them?

[00:23:47]>> They surrendered.

[00:23:48]>> He threatened him with a sword.

[00:23:50]>> Please stop playing. We will do whatever you want. Just stop playing that song.

[00:23:55]>> Oh, but he wasn't panic. He wasn't panicking, which was crazy. He was just full on chaos. And that kind of energy spread so fast, especially during that war. Eventually, he ran into something that he couldn't out crazy though. In 1944, during operations, his unit was overwhelmed. He was captured. And even then, the story stayed insane. While in prison, he tried escaping multiple times in true Madjack form. And at one point, he >> tried to chew through the wall. He at one point he escaped a concentration camp by crawling through the drain and traveling for miles before being recaptured. And after the war ended, he was reportedly disappointed because he couldn't continue combat >> because he loved the adventure. He loved the adventure and the purpose so much.

[00:24:42]But the famous quote attributed to him after the war was this. If it Never mind, I can't say that. Go ahead. Say what? Say what you say what you got to say.

[00:24:50]>> No, no, you go ahead. No, you He said if it wasn't for those darn Yanks >> Oh, you said it.

[00:24:56]>> We could have been we could have kept the war going for another 10 years. Hey, Jack, we we we got this. It's over.

[00:25:02]>> Hey, at first he was crazy. He's really grown on me. Like, I really I'm a big fan now.

[00:25:08]>> He was just Mad Jack, >> honestly.

[00:25:12]>> He was an insane man is what he was.

[00:25:13]>> Today, we honor you, Mad Jack. Pretty crazy. One one. So, it's it's weird because courage is is contagious, you know, and so when you have when you have that kind of energy, um you know, as crazy it as it is, uh it's contagious and it helped with the war. So, we remember you today, Mad Jack, guys. Got any thoughts about crawling through a drain for miles before being recaptured?

[00:25:38]>> That's my thing. Like, even if they knew he was down there, the guy just crawled for miles in the D. Let him go. Just let him go. Here's where my mind went.

[00:25:48]Knowing what we know about Mad Jack, >> what drain was he crawling through?

[00:25:52]>> Oh, you already know.

[00:25:53]>> Oh, >> seems like you already know.

[00:25:55]>> We know.

[00:25:56]>> It connected to that uh that outhouse >> a latrine.

[00:26:02]Oh.

[00:26:02]>> Um when I think of uh crazy military stories, think of like World War II and uh veterans. Obviously, everybody knows I love baseball. Shout out to Cam. I just saw that you were over in Boston.

[00:26:14]Uh, >> did you dump the tea in the harbor?

[00:26:16]>> We got to know.

[00:26:17]>> Can't wait to hear it.

[00:26:18]>> Uh, but made me think about the Red Sox and uh, you know, baseball. You know, you can't tell the story of baseball without Ted Williams. One of the best baseball players to ever live. Um, last one of the last 400 hitters.

[00:26:31]>> Go ahead. You can tune out. But I say that to say >> he also took time out of his career, one of the most prolific baseball players to ever play and serve our country for five of the five years during his career. Uh he still was able to get uh 2,600 hits.

[00:26:48]>> Wow.

[00:26:49]>> Um and he missed five years of his career. If you watch Ted Williams swing, he still got one of the best swings ever. Just wanted to throw that out there for my baseball fans.

[00:26:57]>> Yeah, that is awesome. Hey, speaking of baseball fans in the war, um, at do you know that a lot of the people who left the war were baseball left for the war was baseball players?

[00:27:08]>> Do you know what they did with grenades?

[00:27:10]>> Did they hit them?

[00:27:11]>> No, they in World War II, the United States specifically had a grenade that was the size and weight of a baseball because all the young men >> they were skilled at doing. That's awesome. So smart. It's cool.

[00:27:21]>> But at the height of their career, some of America's biggest baseball stars disappeared overnight. packed stadiums, fame, money, all of that was gone because they went to war.

[00:27:31]>> Ted Williams.

[00:27:31]>> Yep. Including the guy you just said.

[00:27:33]After Pearl Harbor in December 1941, professional athletes across America started enlisting. Not bench players either. They were legends. Ted Williams, like you said. I don't know these guys, so maybe you could do this better. Uh, but Tedio, Joe Deaggio, >> hey, Bob Feller, Rapid Robert for the Cleveland Indians. I was just looking up some stuff on him. Uh, I actually have his autograph. um in my house. I met him when I was very very very very young. Um David's got his autograph hanging up in his room and I've got a ball.

[00:28:03]>> That's awesome.

[00:28:04]>> But they were at the top of top of the sports world and they walked away from the fame because they didn't want young men carrying the burden alone which that I'll preach. And some of the players never made it home.

[00:28:15]>> So it's it's what's wild is once the w once the uniforms went on, nobody cared who was famous anymore. They were all just in it together.

[00:28:21]>> That's good. And one day they were heroes in stadiums and the next day they were sleeping beside ordinary soldiers, eating the same food, facing the same war. And for many troops, seeing famous athletes willing to suffer beside them mattered so much. It mattered so much emotionally. It reminded them of unity.

[00:28:39]We're together. We're there together. Uh it doesn't matter my uh my titles. It doesn't matter my, you know, my pedigree. It doesn't matter what I'm if I'm famous or any of that. none of my my my office matters because we're all in this together. It's all unified. And that's the part too where Memorial Day hits emotionally generations later. And uh no, we're not soldiers in an army, but unity that unity and brotherhood matters, you know, and and a lot of times that's how the the hardest uh battles that you'll ever face will be won because of that, you know, >> and so um we honor those people. But I thought it was cool. I I did some baseball research for you.

[00:29:20]>> I didn't even know you were going there when I pulled out the Ted Williams stuff.

[00:29:23]>> So, uh, no, it just it's in incredible to think of his career, too. He served during World War II and the Korean War.

[00:29:30]Uh, he was a Marine Corps pilot, actually, and still turned out to have close to 600 home runs, a 400 batting average is insane.

[00:29:40]And, uh, just incredible. And then Bob Feller, one of the best pitchers in Cleveland Indians history. um was a I believe he served in the Navy. Um but just incredible like you said that they took time out of their career to enlist and serve our countries.

[00:29:56]>> Yeah.

[00:29:57]>> And the morale that that brought to those >> choice what what stuck out to me the most from that that story specifically is it was responsible older men saying we just can't let our sons do this on our own. They man they were the man.

[00:30:12]Honestly, they were the men and they they stood up because they didn't want the younger generation to carry the burden all them all by themselves. And I'm trying not to rush into the Bible topic, but that rings so true for the men, you know, in this generation. We have a responsibility, an obligation, not just to our country, but to our families, to our churches, to our communities to lead. And that may not look like a pulpit ministry. that may not look like uh you know a public platform. It it it's just it's just shouldering some of the burden that others like elders and youth are carrying right now, you know, and so I think that um I think it's important to to you know look at those examples and and emulate that, you know, fortunately, you know, we're I mean I really can't say that we're going through conflict right now as a country, you know, and that's a a heated topic, but you know, we have a responsibility for for unity and brotherhood like that that will always lead to victory. At most times that will never lead to defeat. If you're unified together and you you have a strong brotherhood, you will have victory. And it's always helpful to have some crazy guy in the mix. You know, >> some mad Jack. Hey, I got a less serious >> go for it.

[00:31:35]>> trans. Well, it's kind of a less a transition. I don't know. So, you were just talking about they weren't going to let their sons just go into battle.

[00:31:45]Do you guys remember Mulan?

[00:31:50]>> Let's get down to business.

[00:31:52]>> So, the dad hobbles over to get his orders.

[00:31:54]>> Yes.

[00:31:55]>> Hey, that's how I feel walking off the basketball court today.

[00:31:58]>> That's how you look, too.

[00:31:59]>> Mulan >> and then lets his daughter >> take his spot.

[00:32:04]>> Did he let her?

[00:32:05]>> He didn't let her. She was a rebellious.

[00:32:07]>> Snuck out. He knew he didn't have a son.

[00:32:09]He didn't go and stop it. He didn't say like go to the front lines and be like, "Hey, I'm here." And they were >> because they would have killed her and him for treason.

[00:32:17]>> It wouldn't have been treason.

[00:32:19]>> Yeah, dude.

[00:32:19]>> How's that treason?

[00:32:21]>> And she saved the nation. So, >> I mean, eventually.

[00:32:24]>> I don't I'm not with you on this one because he didn't know. A >> He had to have known because he would have got sent back. Your son's here. I don't have a son.

[00:32:32]>> What do you mean?

[00:32:34]>> He would have had to go. He had the orders.

[00:32:36]>> Mhm.

[00:32:38]Well, she lied. They didn't know he didn't have a son. At least in the movie.

[00:32:42]>> Yes, they did. They handed him the orders directly because he didn't have a son. You remember he sets down his cane and pops out his chest.

[00:32:48]>> Maybe they didn't ask over there.

[00:32:49]>> Maybe they didn't ask. Uh I don't think he was like, "Yeah, go fight my battle daughter." I think she was rebellious and went off and did her >> Well, then why didn't he step in?

[00:32:57]>> Want to go down that road? You know what? What?

[00:32:59]>> Cuz he could barely walk.

[00:33:00]>> Yeah.

[00:33:02]>> I don't know the I got issues.

[00:33:04]>> Good songs. I don't I got issues with uh The Little Mermaid, too. That rebellious fish woman.

[00:33:12]>> You should have just listened to King Trident.

[00:33:14]>> Yeah.

[00:33:14]>> You know, if you're listening out there, young lady, listen.

[00:33:17]>> I think I've ever watched that movie all the way through.

[00:33:20]>> It's tough. I I I have a hard time.

[00:33:22]>> You have two daughters.

[00:33:23]>> You have to.

[00:33:24]>> I have a hard time with Frozen. I can't I just can't I know people love it. My kids love it. I just >> I don't mind Frozen.

[00:33:30]>> It's the song every 5 seconds that gets me out.

[00:33:33]>> It's a musical.

[00:33:34]>> I can't do musicals. I can't do musicals. I'm sorry.

[00:33:36]>> And when we were younger, they were le it was more subtle. It wasn't constantly in your face.

[00:33:42]>> Mary Mary Poppins though. I don't I just >> I couldn't do Britney did watched Hamilton and I couldn't I it was literally the whole thing was singing. I couldn't do that.

[00:33:50]>> Greatest show. I'm going to hurt all of our female listeners, but The Greatest Showman all of these I'm like >> I like The Greatest Showman.

[00:33:56]>> I just can't.

[00:33:56]>> The songs were catchy.

[00:33:58]>> I just can't I can't do it. I would rather uh you know roll my ankle on a basketball court.

[00:34:04]>> Would you though?

[00:34:05]>> No, that's not true.

[00:34:06]>> That's not true.

[00:34:07]>> Too soon.

[00:34:08]>> Uh it's a little too I've taken 1,200 milligrams of ibuprofen before we started this.

[00:34:14]>> It's tough. Anyways, um get to thinking too kind of pivot back to your grandpa's cabin.

[00:34:21]>> Yes.

[00:34:22]>> Uh do you remember the time we went? It probably wasn't the same day, but we went for a weekend trip to the cabin. We were we were spooking ourselves out. We went into that cabin. We stayed up way too late. We did all the fun things. We watched a a movie. I won't say what it was, but we watched a movie that that got us wigged out. Like an uncomfortably >> uncomfortable movie about you. We shouldn't have done it.

[00:34:44]>> Speaking of aliens, we won't go there right now. But uh >> stuff's happening.

[00:34:48]>> Stuff's happening.

[00:34:49]>> Hey, you here first, folks.

[00:34:52]>> What are we here first?

[00:34:53]>> Listen, you heard about you heard about our story. if you will back and listen to what happened to us on Modor Reservoir and a lot of the stuff that's in these documents lines up with what >> we got to redo that episode cuz we didn't have 4,000 subscribers.

[00:35:06]>> Don't we think it was a drone?

[00:35:08]>> No, >> I think uh >> I think if you look at these files, >> it's exactly what we heard.

[00:35:13]>> Weird. I have a theory and we won't dive too much into this, but I don't think everybody's saying like if they disclo like they're worried that they're disclosed that it will hurt religion.

[00:35:23]>> No, like damage. God is the God of all creation >> and we don't have we don't have a you know we're not coming out and saying we're not alien alienating ourselves and into believing a crazy thing but what I'm saying is angels and demons if it did exist exactly if it did exist in any way it fits the Bible because it's a deception in my opinion it would be a great deception >> and it's angels or demons >> I think a lot of the UFOs or UAPs that you're seeing in these files that are being declared.

[00:35:56]>> They look like biblically correct angels.

[00:35:57]>> Yes. Biblically accurate angels.

[00:36:00]>> But the movie that we watched was not biblically accurate nor angels. It was very much an uncomfortable movie. And we stayed up so late, but I remember before when we first got there.

[00:36:10]>> Oh my word.

[00:36:10]>> We were talking to your grandpa about the cabin and he was explaining the rules and all the thing. Not the rules, but like, "Hey, you want me to tell this?" Okay. So, we >> we're all there. We're excited.

[00:36:21]Unloading our stuff. I knew it was pretty much a shed with a porch on it.

[00:36:26]They didn't. So, they were kind of taking that all in, I think. And it was Was it drizzling, too, to kind of set the mood? Yeah.

[00:36:33]>> Little misty.

[00:36:34]>> Little misty. And there was a corn field like right next to the cabin, >> to the shed, whatever you want to call it.

[00:36:42]and he my grandpa's talking to us and uh and out of the cornfields like just appears the neighbor named Marv. Now Marv was about 142 years old >> and he didn't say a word either. He hey everybody like we didn't even hear him trump through the cornfield. He just appeared there.

[00:37:04]>> Showed up.

[00:37:05]>> Yeah. Hi. Oh hey >> there Mar.

[00:37:08]>> I don't even know if he said anything.

[00:37:09]Did he even say anything?

[00:37:10]>> Nope. He just showed up with smiling.

[00:37:13]>> Now that's our neighbor Marv.

[00:37:15]>> He's like, "Which one of these boys can I eat?"

[00:37:18]>> Yeah. It was It was It was uncomfortable. It was the scene in the movie where you're like, "Maybe we shouldn't stay here tonight."

[00:37:24]>> No, >> he he made me uncomfortable.

[00:37:26]>> Yeah.

[00:37:26]>> But while Marv While Marv was introducing himself to our weekend plans, >> the part I loved the most, >> I see a I see a I see a daddy spider the size of your your hand. I see it crawling on the shed and I pick it up so subtly. Grandpa's telling the rules and I just pick it up off the shed by its back and I go, "David's not David's listening. He's being respectful. He's listening. He's just nodding around and I just >> the only one who is listening. I just take the spider. I take the spider and I just drop it on his shoulder and it's just >> No, it was on his back and it slowly walked up and me and like my grandpa's just trying to explain it to us where everything is >> and I'm laughing >> and he and I am not even paying attention or David's the only one just looking and this fighter's just giant legs just crawled up David's back.

[00:38:15]>> Oh my word.

[00:38:16]>> It was good times. So, you know, shoot me in the eye with the airsoft gun.

[00:38:20]We'll put a daddy log link.

[00:38:21]>> It was a Nerf gun.

[00:38:22]>> Oh yeah, it was a Nerf gun.

[00:38:24]>> Felt like a felt like an airsoft. But Marv was Marv was an odd duck.

[00:38:28]>> Yeah. I didn't see him and I didn't see him go either.

[00:38:31]>> No. He >> never saw him coming. Never saw him going.

[00:38:33]>> As quickly as he came, he vanished.

[00:38:35]>> Yep.

[00:38:36]>> While we were explaining, >> we joked all night that he was just going to show up in the window.

[00:38:39]>> Yeah. We were ready for Marv with our with his, you know, $200 airsoft gun. We were ready for him though.

[00:38:45]>> We were.

[00:38:46]>> Oh, but Marv, man. Marv, >> we were really going to shoot a >> 87y old. We were not going to shoot him.

[00:38:53]What would we have done? All I'm saying is I >> Marv that's what we were >> after the movie we watched. I was ready for Marv to do >> I was going to shoot anything out there >> dude.

[00:39:01]>> I was waiting for him to come over with some some some I don't know just I don't know he was he was it was uncomfortable.

[00:39:08]>> That was nuts >> but randomly appear appears out of nowhere >> and he was he I will never forget Marv.

[00:39:13]I'll just say that. So shout out to Marv.

[00:39:16]>> He won't forget you either.

[00:39:18]>> He was wearing like a blue jumpsuit and boots and overall he greasy ball cap.

[00:39:22]Yep. Oh, >> he was missing a few teeth.

[00:39:25]>> He was >> interesting fella. U he, you know, I remember your grandma saying, "He's just Mars."

[00:39:32]>> Yep. He'd been there for years.

[00:39:33]>> I was like, "All right, well, it felt weird." So, those moments felt weird and and it it's a memory that I have, though. And it it felt it feels weird now, >> but it completely felt normal back then.

[00:39:45]You know, we were just having the times of our time of our lives in the summer.

[00:39:49]And uh it's one of those stories that I still tell and I still laugh about every now and then. I think about Marv and the spider and and the and the fun we had in that shed. Yeah. So like you don't have to like get outside with your friends, you know, that brotherhood, that camaraderie, that stuff that we did when we were younger >> when we were trying to fall asleep. It was like 90° then we woke up just shivering.

[00:40:09]>> Yeah. Uh speaking of summers, >> we have some great memories.

[00:40:14]>> Like I don't know. It's not being a dad now. I don't understand. I don't understand the liberty that we had when we were younger.

[00:40:22]>> It's a different world, man.

[00:40:23]>> And sleeping over and having and you know, we I remember vividly I stayed a week a whole week like Sunday to Sunday at David's house during the summer.

[00:40:34]>> Sister and brothers let me stay the whole week.

[00:40:38]>> And David's your mom like I mean it was like wings and fries and onion rings and >> we were kings. She was making just smoothies and >> yeah, my mom's milkshake.

[00:40:49]>> And never was it never was it uh Yeah, they can stay, but we're they're mowing the yard. They're picking this up.

[00:40:55]They're doing the mulch. But no, we just had a bl like she just let us hang out and have fun.

[00:41:00]>> We would go to the sparkle mart.

[00:41:01]>> Mhm.

[00:41:02]>> Go fishing, bike ride.

[00:41:03]>> Fisherman Central.

[00:41:04]>> Yeah.

[00:41:04]>> Dustin De Marion. Shout out.

[00:41:06]>> But can we talk about how you guys never shut your doors?

[00:41:09]>> Yeah, that was interesting times.

[00:41:10]>> That was my dad. That was just >> wide open. So >> scariest house on the end of the roads >> just shadowy figures passing by the giant window the size of the house >> window always a fire going in the fireplace even when it was 80°.

[00:41:28]>> Hey, but can I tell you while we were trying to sleep? You know you know what never slept? Those two turtles.

[00:41:33]>> Yep. Tell us about the turtles.

[00:41:35]>> Tell us about >> They're still alive, man.

[00:41:37]>> I knew they would be.

[00:41:38]>> My mom gave them to kids at the school.

[00:41:40]Um, mine so I was three when I got my dad brought me home. Tiny. Um, so my my turtle is 31 years old now.

[00:41:50]>> I like word.

[00:41:52]>> Do they have both? They gave them away both.

[00:41:53]>> Yeah. Yeah, >> they gave both away.

[00:41:55]>> They tried to pawn them off on us. I'm like, "Mom, I don't want any turtles."

[00:41:58]>> Oh, you should have kept on.

[00:41:59]>> And Daniel did. Daniel laughed.

[00:42:02]>> And what am I going to do with turtles?

[00:42:04]>> I don't know. Put them in the basement.

[00:42:05]>> Britney's not going to do No, >> I like to.

[00:42:07]>> You had an air pime in your basement for me. It had two legendary turtles.

[00:42:11]>> I had an arowana.

[00:42:12]>> Oh, that's what it was.

[00:42:13]>> Yeah. Well, so it ate all the fish in my tank and there you go.

[00:42:17]>> Jumped out while I was at work.

[00:42:18]>> There it is.

[00:42:19]>> And I found it on the floor of the base.

[00:42:20]>> He yelled LIKE MAD JACK, "COMMANDO!"

[00:42:23]>> BAG PIPES were playing.

[00:42:24]>> Oh, >> I I used to have a legit fish tank, man.

[00:42:26]I wish I could get back to that, but >> you should have kept >> Not this season of life.

[00:42:30]>> No. Speaking of seasons of life, David's having a kid again. Third one. This is like the fourth episode I've announced it. And >> yes, >> we are expecting a third as well.

[00:42:40]>> Praise God.

[00:42:41]>> Two weeks apart.

[00:42:43]>> Hey. Hey, stop.

[00:42:48]I don't know.

[00:42:49]>> Yeah. A couple weeks apart.

[00:42:50]>> He said, "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. We're already out of the game."

[00:42:53]>> Hey, you don't have to. You don't. No pressure. Zero pressure.

[00:42:56]>> That'd be fun, though.

[00:42:57]>> It would be fun. This is a This is a question for my wife. I I should make a doctor's appointment is what I should make any Any Anyways, that'll be a story. My brother-in-law has been telling people that we're not going to stop at three. We went to Jeff uh my father, my my wife's stepdad's uh birthday party. 65th birthday party.

[00:43:16]>> Hey, happy birthday, Jeff.

[00:43:17]>> Hey.

[00:43:18]>> Um he told everybody there that we're not going to stop at 3. So, apparently Ian knows something we don't know.

[00:43:25]>> We're going to start going.

[00:43:26]>> Is he right?

[00:43:27]>> I don't know.

[00:43:28]>> Oh, >> Britney knows. She's like confirm.

[00:43:32]>> The more we talk about it. Oh, >> I enjoy it, man. I like having kids.

[00:43:37]>> I love having I think it is the greatest thing that we can do.

[00:43:40]>> Yeah.

[00:43:40]>> Honestly, I think we'll look back and when we're old and they're all gone, we're going to look back and say, "That's the greatest job I ever had.

[00:43:46]That's the greatest thing I've ever done."

[00:43:48]>> For sure.

[00:43:48]>> You know, >> I get emotional, man, just seeing like old pictures come up of >> Let's cry this episode. You guys ready to cry?

[00:43:54]>> It's crazy how fast time goes.

[00:43:56]>> Blink of an eye, man. Y >> It is. It's wild. And they tell you that. Everybody tells you that. all of the old men and young says >> you'll blink an eye and they'll be out.

[00:44:05]>> Cherish those especially in the summertime. Back to like the theme of the episode just man soak in those moments and when they're not at school or before they go to school before this is Norah's last year before kindergarten.

[00:44:19]>> Soak in those moments in the summertime.

[00:44:20]>> Yes.

[00:44:21]>> Drink it all in as much as you can. Go outside, play catch, play in the mud with him. I can't tell you how much I miss going outside with David and playing monster trucks >> because he won't do it anymore >> and that was just so like two short summers ago.

[00:44:36]>> Can I add something to that out there >> there? Let me just say this because I am the worst about this. There will always be stuff to do around the house.

[00:44:44]>> There's always going to be responsibilities but you but like what you just said, you just just stop and be an int be intentional with your kids.

[00:44:54]like I have to intentionally stop what I'm doing because there's always stuff.

[00:44:57]I mean, we we we are all, you know, we it's just self-induced. We we we have we crowd our calendars. We make everything so busy. But I've got to tell myself, stop. The grass can be cut later. I need to go out and jump on the trampoline and not break my back, but go play with my kids because Yeah. It's just in in a moment like like Bronson's turning seven in a couple weeks. It's unbelievable.

[00:45:20]>> Yeah. It goes too fast.

[00:45:22]>> Yeah. And they'll remember it and you'll remember it. And like you said, you can always take care of the grass. Y >> but they're only this age once.

[00:45:29]>> That's it.

[00:45:31]>> It's crazy.

[00:45:31]>> It's uh like I said, that makes me emotional just to think about it. But >> yeah, >> just take it all in as much as you can.

[00:45:38]You won't regret it.

[00:45:40]>> Yeah. I I I genuinely believe that. And it's the same with everything, not just fatherhood, but uh making sure that you you are there when you're there. You preached about this the other night. Um, you know, make sure that you're make sure that he's going full deep on that form interview.

[00:45:56]>> It's 10:00. I said almost 10:30 people.

[00:45:58]>> I said I'm going to take a couple sips.

[00:46:00]I just I want to be able to sleep tonight.

[00:46:01]>> Hey, you know how I feel cuz I got the can.

[00:46:04]>> I got to be up at like 5 tomorrow. Uh, but you know how I feel. It's the end of the school year.

[00:46:09]>> It's Friday. There's your teachers, everybody.

[00:46:12]>> Oh, I'm tired. It's the end. We're We're watching >> No, we'll watch a movie.

[00:46:15]>> Yeah, we're watching a movie tomorrow.

[00:46:18]It used to be Bill Nye the science guy.

[00:46:20]Now it's all it's all kinds of different things. Uh but yeah, I understand that better now that I'm a teacher, but it is the end of the year and so and this is a good episode. Um but yeah, what I was saying is that uh be present in whatever you're doing. Yeah, it's so easy to get caught up in the distractions of everything and u you know whether it's a parent or or your job or you know your everyday life. It's it's so easy to get distracted by things and by stuff and by responsibilities that you miss out on the moment that you're actually in.

[00:46:50]>> Yep.

[00:46:50]>> And u >> there's that old adage, you can always make more money, but you can't make more time. And that's so true.

[00:46:56]>> And it doesn't necessarily have to be more money. It can be uh you can work on your side hustle or your podcast or >> uh your house. You can always do that, but you can never get back these moments.

[00:47:11]>> Yeah. And they and the and your kids obviously are never going to remember, >> you know, how much money you made or whatever, but they're going to remember that time that you stopped.

[00:47:19]>> Yep.

[00:47:19]>> Yeah.

[00:47:20]>> Built Legos with them.

[00:47:21]>> My girls still talk about I've done it a couple summers in a row. We go to Little Turtle Pond and we had a we had a moment where we we went fishing and um I just got a can of worms and they're they're Barbie poles and we went out and they were catching bluegill after bluegill after bluegill and there was a uh there was a blue herring on the dock. Mhm.

[00:47:41]>> And um every time they caught a fish, I would throw it to the blue herring and it would eat it and he was just chilling with us the whole time. And I didn't let him get too close to it. Um but it was it was a memory that they have and every time we go to the pond now they're like, >> "Hey, is our bird friend going to be there? Do you remember that? It was like 2 years ago. They still remember it." So and I have video of it. It's so fun.

[00:48:02]>> But those moments go by so quick. And so I I remember taking them that day thinking, I'm too tired for this. I'm going to get hooked. I'm going to get this and it's going to be I'm trying to teach them my hobby and and but in the moment when we finally got there and they started to fish and they were having fun and they were excited about it and that that bird was there and it was chill and it was fun.

[00:48:25]>> Uh I was like, man, this is they think we're just fishing, you know, but this is so much more to me and it was obviously so much more to them. And so be in those moments. You know, I know it's stressful that parenting life and and all of that, but be in those moments. You know, >> I've heard a phrase and I don't I don't know, I might be misquing it, but kids spell love. T I M E.

[00:48:45]>> Yep.

[00:48:46]>> You know what I'm saying? Just just being there and being present and put the phone aside.

[00:48:50]>> You know, >> that's another thing. It's so easy for us to to be there doing something with them and then distracted by our phone, too. Scrolling social media. Oh, yeah.

[00:48:59]>> Watching a clip of the game, checking the score, whatever. Mhm.

[00:49:02]>> Man, be all there.

[00:49:04]>> And they'll tell >> the phone down.

[00:49:05]>> They'll tell you. I remember one time I was I've said this before, but I was on my phone and we were just doing a craft or coloring and and Kendall looked at me and she said, "Daddy, do you love me more than you love your phone?"

[00:49:19]>> And I went I went and I threw my phone aside and I was like, >> "Yes, I love you more than of course I love you more than But it's so it's always there." Yeah.

[00:49:29]>> And if we're not careful, >> y >> we're spending time with them, but we're not with them.

[00:49:34]>> Yeah.

[00:49:34]>> And so, and we're in a tablet culture and in a phone culture. Put it down for a minute.

[00:49:39]>> Because if you think about it, you know, especially if your kids are in school, they're at school, the morning is crazy trying to get them out the door, get them to school, they're at school all day long. when they finally get home, it's dinner and then that small window of time that you have with them besides the weekends obviously, but >> so that you've got to we've got to guard I've got to guard that time with just family just looking them in the eyes and they know I'm here. I'm present, you know, I care about you. And and obviously we do stuff at night when they go to bed, you know, you can look at your phone, whatever, get stuff done, but >> let that time just be guarded. You know, it's it's so important.

[00:50:16]>> Yeah. I uh I read a study that was two two different studies on this topic specifically and I didn't plan to go here today, but we are we're here. So, um but I I read a study that the last few seconds before they fall asleep, >> what they're doing mentally is they're processing, did I get enough time with my dad? Did I get enough time with my mom? They're processing their day and they're they're judging right in that right in that moment before they go to sleep. They're judging, did I get enough of what I needed today? They might not know they're doing that, but that's what they're processing. And so often we're like, "GO TO BED. PUT THE BLANKET."

[00:50:52]LIKE, "You got to go to bed. We got to get up at this time and brush your teeth. If you're not in bed in the next five, like that's a lot of what you'll hear." Yeah.

[00:51:00]>> They're hearing that pressure that moment. And I know it's tough. Like I know it's tough. Especially these early years that you guys are about to go right back into. It's tough.

[00:51:08]>> You will too.

[00:51:09]>> It's Hey, don't don't speak that evil.

[00:51:11]I'm Ricky Bobby. Anyways, uh it was it's tough, you know, but what they're doing in that moment is they're processing and did I have enough love from my family?

[00:51:22]And and a lot of times we fall into that trap of that pressure and that >> that correction, which is needed, you know, don't get me wrong, but what I'm saying is that that's what they're doing in that time. And there's so much pressure added into that. That's where their self-worth is developing. That's where their confidence is developing.

[00:51:39]>> We do this almost every day. We always ask each other, hey, and and I know we've kind of really driven this topic home, but if there's anything else I can say, it would be we I always ask Bronson, what was the high of your day?

[00:51:50]What was the low? We all ask each other that. And almost every time without fail, if I have intentionally spent time with him like that afternoon after school, I'll ask him, "What was the best part of your day?" And he'll almost every time say, "When you and me did this, played kickball, when you and me jumped on the trampol." That just shows right there, you know, it's the time that we're spending with our family.

[00:52:12]>> Absolutely. And I think that that is something that our generation has done is doing very well on. Yeah.

[00:52:17]>> As fathers. Um it started with our parents' generation and it's trickled down into us and I think we've really >> really kind of taken the wheel with that and we're going with it. And I think that's great.

[00:52:27]>> I think that the male influence in a kid's life is so important.

[00:52:31]>> It doesn't just need to be the kid needs to be seen, not heard, and you carry on with your business. No, you need to you need to make them feel like they're a part of your life.

[00:52:40]>> Yeah.

[00:52:41]>> And like you said, Millennial Dads, we're crushing it. Like we're all involved. I feel like we've we've done more. And I'm Pat, myself, and you guys and all the other guys like us out there listening. Like we're involved, you know? We're we're helpful. We work hard.

[00:52:55]We we show love and we provide. You know, it's it's a great accomplishment, I think, of this generation. Yeah.

[00:53:01]There's a great shifting with that. And it's because like those soldiers, you know, like those baseball soldiers, um we're shouldering the burden. Yeah. You know, we're shouldering the we can't let them go into battle alone.

[00:53:15]>> And uh man, that's so powerful.

[00:53:17]>> And so, uh to to all of our veterans out there, thank you. And to all the dads out there, you're doing a great job.

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[00:54:02]All right, guys. It's time for America's most favorite game show. You guys ready for this? It's Florida man verse Ohio man. Today we have Christian verse David.

[00:54:13]>> Christian verse David. What they have to do is I'm going to read a headline and they have to decide is it a Florida man or is it an Ohio man. One of these great states gave us astronauts and presidents. The other gave us a man who tried to build immunity by eating raw chicken. And today our job is simple.

[00:54:28]Guess which state produced the chaos.

[00:54:31]You ready for this?

[00:54:32]>> No.

[00:54:33]>> Good. All right. Here we go. All right.

[00:54:36]Florida man or Ohio man? A man started eating raw chicken every day. He posted videos online and he was claiming he was training his body to fight bacteria. The internet kept waiting every morning to see if he was finally sick. Is this a Florida man or Ohio man?

[00:54:53]>> That sounds like Ohio.

[00:54:55]That's a Florida man.

[00:54:58]>> All right, we're locked in. No. 3 2 1.

[00:54:59]But that's okay. The answer is >> Ohio.

[00:55:05]>> And I bet you his name was Kyle.

[00:55:07]>> Kyle.

[00:55:07]>> But the craziest part is the dude treated like Salmonella like he was training his body to say Salmonella.

[00:55:14]>> Salmonella.

[00:55:14]>> Salmonella.

[00:55:15]>> You said the dude's name is Kyle. I know you said it jokingly. Do you know any adult tanners?

[00:55:20]>> Mm- >> What happened to all the tanners?

[00:55:22]>> Tanner. There's Tanner. Did you play with baseball with a guy named Tanner?

[00:55:25]>> Yeah, I knew it.

[00:55:26]>> Played football with a guy named Tanner.

[00:55:28]I play baseball.

[00:55:29]>> I knew one Tanner. Shout out to Tanner.

[00:55:30]>> He's out there.

[00:55:32]>> What do they go by, though? Like, have you ever named Tanner?

[00:55:35]>> You just lost them.

[00:55:35]>> No, I love No, it's just No, no, no. No, they're not God. You know what the the Kyle's Kyle's are the Mad Jacks energy people? You know, they're the Mad Jack guy.

[00:55:47]>> That's what their name is. I don't know.

[00:55:49]>> I want to know legitimately what happened to all the Tanners? Like, do they go by a different name?

[00:55:53]>> I don't know. I'm sure Tanner.

[00:55:55]>> It's just Tan.

[00:55:56]>> Is it Tan? Tan the man.

[00:55:58]>> Nur tanny.

[00:56:00]>> Tanny.

[00:56:01]>> What about tan with two N's?

[00:56:03]>> Tam >> or a silent mand.

[00:56:07]>> I think we got one point for Christian, zero points for Dave. Off to a good start.

[00:56:14]>> I think you should get a point for that.

[00:56:16]>> Yeah. I don't know.

[00:56:17]>> Sorry Tanner.

[00:56:18]>> Sorry Tanner. Sorry Kyle.

[00:56:19]>> There's no Tanners. That's what I'm saying.

[00:56:21]>> But crazy.

[00:56:22]>> There are no Tanners.

[00:56:23]>> I'm getting slap happy >> to eat. This always happens with late night episodes. But to eat raw chicken, what are we doing?

[00:56:29]>> We're eating raw chicken.

[00:56:31]>> Like I'm careful to cook the chicken on the grill.

[00:56:33]>> Like I don't even think that would be appetizing though. Like there's like beef tartar and all that. I don't Why would you do that with >> Did you just say tartar?

[00:56:41]>> Yeah. If you're not tartar, >> it's raw beef with like it's like >> Hey, I have a question cuz this is the second episode in a row you've mentioned like cooking.

[00:56:49]>> I enjoy cooking.

[00:56:50]>> Do you guys watch a lot of like cooking shows? No.

[00:56:53]>> No. Okay. I'm just curious.

[00:56:54]Does anyone's wives follow the Turkish kitchen?

[00:56:58]>> Mm-m.

[00:56:59]>> Mine neither.

[00:57:00]>> Okay. It's all right.

[00:57:03]>> Do you follow the Turkish kitchen? Is that why you brought it up?

[00:57:05]>> I sure do.

[00:57:06]>> Yeah.

[00:57:06]>> And I love it.

[00:57:07]>> She It's always her hands. She's making stuff from scratch. It's crazy.

[00:57:11]>> That's fun. All right, you got a point.

[00:57:13]Round two. Are you ready?

[00:57:14]>> I'm ready for my second point.

[00:57:16]>> Ready for round two. Round two. A man stole a kayak trying to escape the police. He paddled into the middle of a pond thinking police officers couldn't reach him. That was tough.

[00:57:26]>> What was that?

[00:57:28]>> The guy.

[00:57:29]>> Almond man. That was Almond Man.

[00:57:31]>> The Almond boy. Almond boy.

[00:57:33]>> Almond boy.

[00:57:34]>> I'm sorry. Continue.

[00:57:35]>> The kayak. Let me just start over.

[00:57:38]Florida man or Ohio man. A man stole a kayak trying to I got to get this this clip.

[00:57:43]>> Can we vote? I'm ready to vote already.

[00:57:45]>> A man's Florida man or Ohio man? Oh my gosh.

[00:57:52]Forget it. No, it's okay. Almond B.

[00:57:58]>> Can I just read the big words? Okay. A man stole a kayak trying to escape police. He paddled into the middle of a pond thinking officers could not reach him and then the kayak got stuck in the mud and he had to be rescued. Is this a Florida man or Ohio man? Three, two, one. Florida.

[00:58:17]>> This is a Florida man. Yeah, >> cuz there's water everywhere in Florida.

[00:58:21]>> I knew it by the pelipe >> pelipe.

[00:58:25]>> So, imagine committing a crime and expect escaping on water and then realizing that you're in a pond.

[00:58:34]>> Tough.

[00:58:34]>> Like, what are we doing? You didn't even think that through. And uh I think that's a crazy thing. I was a Florida man. Florida man. So, you got two points. David has one. Hey, wasn't there a story a couple weeks ago, maybe months ago at this point, where a dude robbed a Disney resort and then jumped in the canal scuba diving and made it out?

[00:58:54]>> I don't through the canals.

[00:58:55]>> That's crazy.

[00:58:55]>> I have to look it up.

[00:58:56]>> That's phenomenal.

[00:58:57]>> What? Okay. What was his offense? Like, what did he do?

[00:59:00]>> He stole >> Okay, he stole something.

[00:59:02]>> Okay, he was thieving.

[00:59:04]I'm not defending thievery and I've never been to Disney yet and I know you guys do that often, but I hear things are outrageously expensive.

[00:59:12]>> It's totally worth it though.

[00:59:13]>> Yeah, it is.

[00:59:14]>> Yeah. Like I mean every day I like all the park stuff is >> Here's my thought on this. If you did not grow up going to Disney, it's harder for you to agree. Not everybody cuz I David, did you guys go a whole lot?

[00:59:27]>> We never went when I was a kid.

[00:59:28]>> But you had a great first experience though and it was phenomenal.

[00:59:31]>> Mhm. Um but but if you grew up going, you have extra appreciation for it. It's worth the money. I think some of it.

[00:59:40]>> Yeah.

[00:59:40]>> Yeah.

[00:59:41]>> Well, while you're getting to this, >> are you ready for a >> Florida man? Are you ready? Is that Disney?

[00:59:46]>> What?

[00:59:46]>> Yeah. Okay. Uh are you you ready for round three?

[00:59:50]>> See? Yeah.

[00:59:51]>> Okay. Here we go. Florida man, Ohio man.

[00:59:53]A man walked into a gas station carrying a raccoon. Witnesses say he kept introducing it to customers like it was a service animal. M >> the raccoon stole a hot dog off the griller and ran.

[01:00:03]>> There it is.

[01:00:04]>> Is this a Florida man or Ohio man?

[01:00:07]>> Three, two, one.

[01:00:10]>> Ohio.

[01:00:12]>> This is an Ohio man.

[01:00:13]>> Yes, >> it's the stealing the hot dog and running away thing for me. The raccoon steals the hot dog.

[01:00:20]>> Uh, but I have some background story on the hot dog situation at the Circle K's.

[01:00:26]Those dogs, if you're still living that life, let me help you out. I used to work I used to work I used to work at Circle K.

[01:00:33]>> Just don't >> don't just don't because they have been sitting on that roller for approximately 24 hours and you can always tell when you when you walk in because they're shriveled up and they're it's just nasty. It's been on and I mean it's probably safe to eat but it's that's not what you want.

[01:00:54]>> It's not what you want. When I used to work there, I get 50% off of all the food there. And I would always make sure that I cooked it if I put it on and I got it off.

[01:01:03]>> But nobody Let me just say this. Nobody plans to go and get a hot dog from a gas station.

[01:01:08]>> Last resort.

[01:01:09]>> That's like a spontane like no one's like, "What sounds good?"

[01:01:12]>> People playing it. I'm saying >> let's go to the gas station.

[01:01:15]>> People playing. People Some people that's their >> Is that what they say?

[01:01:19]>> That's their It wasn't a couple months ago. It was last year. But this dude was at Disney Springs. There it is. It's a gray spot.

[01:01:26]>> And uh he robbed the restaurant Paddlefish.

[01:01:30]>> Yes.

[01:01:31]>> And then jumped in the You know how the big lakes in the middle? Jumped in it with scuba gear and then hit a canal and made it out.

[01:01:38]>> Wonderful. Well done. I'm sorry. That's terrible.

[01:01:40]>> Hey, speaking of Disney, do you know, do you know that they when people This is dark, but when people pass away at the park, they don't announce them dead until they are removed from the park say that nobody died.

[01:01:52]>> They don't want to ever say anyone's died at Disney. fair.

[01:01:55]>> That's pretty crazy. And also, uh, one of their biggest problems are people trying to spread ashes at Disney.

[01:02:02]>> Mhm.

[01:02:02]>> That is kind of odd. Yeah.

[01:02:04]>> At the Hollywood specifically.

[01:02:05]>> Hey, to bring us back out of the dumps, I do want to share if you've never gone to Gideon's Bake House at Disney Springs.

[01:02:12]>> Go.

[01:02:13]>> Yes, it's good. Coffee are ridiculous.

[01:02:15]>> Cookies. I know the line is wrapped around the building. Listen, it goes faster than you think. It's phenomenal.

[01:02:21]Corey Boy, if you ever are gonna listen to this show, >> Cory's coming soon.

[01:02:25]>> You know, and anyone else, Gideon's Bake House is the place.

[01:02:30]>> Let's do it. I need to go. That'll be a fun trip. We're going next year.

[01:02:34]>> Pod from Disney.

[01:02:35]>> I don't know if they'd allow you to do that.

[01:02:37]>> No, no, no. Just enjoy yourself.

[01:02:40]>> All right. Jeez. Okay. Uh, round four.

[01:02:43]Are we ready? This one gets weird. All right. Police responds to an attempted robbery at a convenience store.

[01:02:49]Witnesses say the suspect arrived wearing only boxer shorts and Crocs.

[01:02:54]>> There it is.

[01:02:54]>> He then slipped on the floor while trying to run away. Is this a Florida man or Ohio man?

[01:03:00]>> Three, two, one.

[01:03:03]>> Florida.

[01:03:05]>> Nailing it, guys. It is a Florida man. I feel that's the state of mind.

[01:03:09]>> It's because Crocs and shorts. That's just That's just a normal >> Yep.

[01:03:15]>> That's just a slow Tuesday outfit.

[01:03:17]>> But can I say this? There is no combination less intimidating than a guy in boxers and Crocs. I mean like you're trying to rob but the outfit's saying I didn't play Croc and you ain't rocking.

[01:03:29]>> He's the same guy that planned to get a hot dog off the roller is what I'm saying.

[01:03:34]>> That's true. I could see that.

[01:03:35]>> And then he went to Disney Springs and stupid.

[01:03:37]>> Hey, so listen. I'm still on this. That dude was never caught.

[01:03:42]>> That's the guy.

[01:03:43]>> Crime is terrible. Caught him in a convenience.

[01:03:44]>> Listen, crime is terrible and don't steal stuff. But that's impressive.

[01:03:48]Amazing story.

[01:03:49]>> Like what I mean? Like you got home and he walks in the house. Why are you soaked, Kyle?

[01:03:54]>> Our life has changed.

[01:03:57]>> You'll never believe what I just did.

[01:03:59]>> People are calling him the wet bandit.

[01:04:02]>> Oh, that's Home Malone.

[01:04:05]>> And hey, he did it one time and he hasn't gone back. Props to him, man.

[01:04:09]That's done. No props to him. He's a thief.

[01:04:12]>> I mean, yeah, you're right. But like Aladdin was too. Sweet.

[01:04:15]>> Back to the Disney >> Mad Jack.

[01:04:19]>> He was just insane person.

[01:04:21]>> I don't buy that. Aladdin was good. I like some of the older ones. All right.

[01:04:25]So, you got three points. David's got two.

[01:04:26]>> It's a musical.

[01:04:28]>> I still like it. It's not the same. I don't know how to explain it. All right.

[01:04:31]Round five. Christian's up on this game.

[01:04:34]All right. This Okay. Florida man or Ohio man? A man called 911 after Taco Bell forgot his cinnamon twist. Ohio.

[01:04:42]>> Oh, definitely Ohio.

[01:04:44]All right. Dispatchers thought it was a prank at first, but the caller reportedly demanded justice for It was 100% a prank. By the way, justice for the missing twist. You guys say you both said Ohio. It is an Ohio man.

[01:04:58]>> I don't know why I think this because I know Taco Bell's everywhere, but I feel like these incidences at Taco Bell, it's just automatically Ohio to me.

[01:05:07]>> You know why? Because it's the only fast food place open past midnight.

[01:05:12]>> That's true. and it's there for you and it's always a bad decision. Hey, but Wendy's can kick rocks. I'm done with Wendy's.

[01:05:20]>> I'm done with Wendy's. I just want to talk to you.

[01:05:22]>> Hard take on Wendy's.

[01:05:23]>> I have a hard decline. They used to be >> They did. I agree with you, Wendy's. I don't know what happened to you.

[01:05:29]>> I can't tell you the last time I had Wendy's.

[01:05:31]>> That's it. It's the last I think it's co something with co.

[01:05:34]>> I love I love Wendy's food when it's done right.

[01:05:38]>> I love the nuggets. I love I love a baconater. I love that. Um, I love all of your food, Wendy's, but how come it's always a bad experience now? It's not the same. It's not the same as it used to be.

[01:05:50]>> Once they took away the Florida rooms, you remember the Florida like glass terrariums in the front.

[01:05:55]>> Yes. You You let me down, Wendy.

[01:05:58]>> Wendy, something happened to Wendy's. I >> will say though, it's the only restaurant you can go up and say, "Give me that baked potato."

[01:06:03]>> Yeah.

[01:06:03]>> Through the drive-thru, and they'll just get you a baked potato.

[01:06:06]>> But I'm never going to ask for a baked potato.

[01:06:08]baked potato fries.

[01:06:10]>> The chili's the leftover burgers from the day before.

[01:06:13]>> I remember we were at a church potluck and there was a chili comp a chili competition and somebody literally just bought a bunch of Wendy's chili and put it into a crock >> I remember that.

[01:06:21]>> You remember that?

[01:06:22]>> Florida man.

[01:06:23]>> Florida man. Yeah. What? Yeah, we got Ohio man. All right. So you're you're both on that again. So you're at what?

[01:06:30]Four points.

[01:06:31]>> Doesn't matter. I'm winning.

[01:06:31]>> Doesn't matter. He's winning. All right.

[01:06:32]Here we go. Round six.

[01:06:34]>> Nothing. We'll call it that. Just for funsy because he's >> There's 23 rounds.

[01:06:38]>> There's 23 rounds. Florida man or Ohio man. A man covered his car in Christmas lights in the middle of July. Police attempted to pull him over for reckless driving. Witnesses said the glowing car led officers on a slow speed chase through town. Question. Is this an Ohio man or a Florida man?

[01:06:56]>> I'm going to go Ohio.

[01:06:58]>> Florida.

[01:07:00]>> Florida man.

[01:07:02]>> I had a feeling as I said it. I know. Or >> Ty went Ohio. We're not gonna go there, but uh >> it's fun. That's a crazy story though.

[01:07:10]>> What's a slow speed chase?

[01:07:12]>> I just went to Ohio because I feel like >> we know a guy who does Christmas lights on his vehicle.

[01:07:18]>> That's where I went immediately.

[01:07:21]>> But yeah, >> not even a police chase anymore. Just a mobile holiday parade.

[01:07:27]>> Florida man.

[01:07:28]>> How I still What is a a slow speed chase? Meaning he just didn't probably see the officer and he just kept going with his life. Slow.

[01:07:37]>> Is that a >> like he probably got pulled over still?

[01:07:41]>> Yeah. But what I don't know >> if it's a chase was it like >> it wasn't I guess that was a poor choice of words but it was he didn't see them trying to pull him over because of his Christmas lights.

[01:07:50]>> You know that was Ohio man vers man. We have a winner >> is our guest. The second guest >> tied.

[01:07:58]>> Oh did we? Is there all right we got to do a tiebreaker which Let me find one.

[01:08:02]No, we can just call it a tie.

[01:08:03]>> We'll just call it a tie.

[01:08:04]>> Okay.

[01:08:04]>> Participation trophies.

[01:08:05]>> The tie the tired, dude.

[01:08:08]>> Yeah, it's it's a late night.

[01:08:10]>> It's 11 5 a.m.

[01:08:12]>> Oh, Felipe.

[01:08:14]>> Almond boy.

[01:08:15]>> Almond boy.

[01:08:16]>> I love me that Almond Joy.

[01:08:19]>> All right. Well, that was Florida, man, Ohio, man. And we're going to go straight into last cast because this episode is going >> Can you hear me if I talk like this? Can you hear it in my throat?

[01:08:30]>> Oh, man. Feel like you should sing.

[01:08:32]>> Are you trying to do that like voice changer thing like I had my >> Yeah. Go ahead and talk.

[01:08:39]>> Hello.

[01:08:40]>> No, you talk in yours.

[01:08:44]>> Just talk like this.

[01:08:45]>> Yep.

[01:08:48]>> Hello.

[01:08:48]>> Hello.

[01:08:51]>> Testing one.

[01:08:54]>> This >> this episode is called Almond Boy.

[01:09:00]Oh, chaos. Anyways, my last cast for the first of all, we want to thank first born.

[01:09:05]>> Hang on. The best quote of the day was, >> "I'd like me some almond boy.

[01:09:12]>> Cut the camera."

[01:09:13]>> Nope.

[01:09:14]>> Cut the show. Cut the show.

[01:09:15]>> I'm done. Cut the show. Cut the camera.

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[01:11:12]Let those stressful times become less stressful. Have somebody that's actually going to help you out.

[01:11:16]>> Yes. Yeah. Can't uh can't overstate this. We say it every week, but Aaron's a good, trustworthy guy. Come out, give you a free quote, and uh make that stressful time a little less stressful.

[01:11:29]Also, uh shout out the Great Lakes Fishing Expo coming up next February. I know we are talking about how much we hate the cold, but we are looking forward to February and getting out there, meeting some of the listeners, uh doing a live pod from the show, doing some interviews, and just having a good time. 100%. Brother Christian, we want to thank you so much for coming on finally.

[01:11:53]>> Man, it's great. I'm glad you guys finally let me. This is this is an honor to be here.

[01:11:58]>> We're not going to let this stand. You know this, right?

[01:12:00]>> There's documentation of us talking about you dodging it for a while. So, >> listen listen. I feel I feel like a true almond boy today. I just >> No, it's been great. This was fun and uh drank way too much caffeine at way too way too late. But this was been this has been great. Yep. We want to have you on again, man.

[01:12:19]>> And we've only scratched the surface of storytelling. We've got so many more stories.

[01:12:23]>> Yes.

[01:12:23]>> Didn't even talk about Strong Drink.

[01:12:25]>> Didn't even talk about the time that I >> someone was left out in the woods stuck in the woods. We didn't even talk about it. We didn't talk about that.

[01:12:31]>> We didn't talk about it. We'll save it for next time.

[01:12:33]>> Didn't talk about the time someone went down the >> down a slide in a boat.

[01:12:38]>> Plastic boat.

[01:12:38]>> Hey, hopefully. It'll be like a roller coaster.

[01:12:40]>> Hopefully it doesn't take 83 episodes before we get you back in to tell these stories.

[01:12:46]What are we saying?

[01:12:47]>> Well, if you guys have ever let me on, you know, >> Dave, >> this has been great. This has been awesome. We love you, man. We appreciate you. Thank you so much for all of your um >> Oh, that's not good.

[01:12:58]>> Tough.

[01:12:59]>> Thank you so much for that at >> It's all right. We're good. Okay. Uh, thank you so much.

[01:13:08]>> I thought we lost everything.

[01:13:09]>> Oh, that's >> Oh, could you imagine?

[01:13:11]>> Twice would be terrible.

[01:13:13]>> Run it back.

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[01:13:16]Uh, thank you for coming on. Thank you for your support. Um, and we we are appreciative of all the things. Any last cast? Any last words? Anything you want to plug, talk about?

[01:13:26]>> Until next time.

[01:13:27]>> Until next time.

[01:13:28]>> Until next time. All in.

[01:13:29]>> See you everybody.

[01:13:30]>> We'll see you. Bye-bye.

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[01:14:02]And my favorite flavor I want you to try today is the coconut chocolate chip version. Now, I'm an Almond Joy guy, and this brings me to like a no- bake Almond Boy. Almond Joy situation.

[01:14:14]>> Almond Boy.

[01:14:15]>> Almond Boy, baby. Okay.

[01:14:17]>> Hey, while I try this, what is gluten-free? What What is that? What's that mean?

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[01:14:24]>> It's funny that you terrible.

[01:14:26]>> Do you remember when I say a bag of gluten?

[01:14:29]>> Hey, that is good.

[01:14:30]>> Isn't it so good?

[01:14:31]>> And there's no gluten in it.

[01:14:32]>> No gluten. Gluten-free whole foods. Uh I think it yeah got 15 grams of protein.

[01:14:38]Oh >> 15 grams of protein. It's all whole foods. It's a great like breakfast replacement >> for the first time ever eating it. It is so good.

[01:14:46]>> It's so good. And so >> I had one this morning and you know what has slowly become my favorite part of it. The chocolate >> chocolate is just so melty and it's it's like a burst of joy every time.

[01:14:55]Especially I'm on like week six of diet and exercise and those have come in clutch. And so >> almond boy.

[01:15:01]>> Almond boys.

[01:15:01]>> I'm just an almond boy.

[01:15:02]>> That's what we're call I'm an almond boy. Give me one of them almond boys.

[01:15:05]>> Um, anyways, >> that's fabulous.

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