Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 304: Reviews of Bell Towers

Episode Date: September 25, 2024

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who just need the world to know what they think. Between you and me, I wanted to like this podcast, but I'd give it zero stars if I could. Ding dong, ding dong, ding, ding. That's beautiful. Did I ever tell you about the time when I was doing a, what do you call it when you ring people's doorbells and sing at them? Ding dong, oh caroling.

That's right, and I was caroling and all my friends ran away and I didn't know and my role in the singing group was to sing the ding-dong part of Carol of the Bells. And so our neighbor, the Millers back then, opened the door and everyone had hidden in the bushes as a fun prank. To me, they ran away. They were like, Christine, you go up, we'll stand right here. They all fucking peaced out. And then she opened the door and I went, ding dong, ding dong. I was supposed to be the low part and everyone was supposed to,

I caught a bell, sweet silver bells. Anyway, it was really embarrassing. It sounds like you could have done the whole thing. I did, you know, because they left me standing there. And I said, sorry, we were Christmas caroling, but all my friends ran away They were like, okay, please leave So anyway, didn't go and considering you went all over there all the time to try to sell like some random bullshit

Some rocks says geodes. Yeah, they were like, okay enough of your bullshit They're like, what do you want this time? Yeah more fake Fake charity that you're coming up with. You also didn't mention this was actually in like the middle of July. Oh, it actually might have been. You went to Coke Darrell. I would not be surprised.

No, it might have been genuinely, because it might have been like my birthday party. But there was a time where- You would not be outside in the cold. Yeah, no, probably not. There was a time where Celine and I would pretend, we thought it was really gonna work. We went around in October to houses and said trick or treat pretending

we thought it was Halloween and going, what do you mean? It's not today. And then we were hit with the realization that grown ass adults with like don't typically just have giant bags of candy laying around. I mean, you know, I do, but not for other people's consumption. Yeah, I was going to say none that I'd give out to any child. No, especially on a day that's not Halloween and like is a camera crew waiting nearby? Like, is this a trap? I'm so confused. Yeah, I was just thinking that I feel like if I were a homeowner, which is not in the cards, probably ever for me, although you said that probably five years ago for yourself.

So maybe I'm reverse manifesting it. But no, if a child like we did shit like that all the time, we'd go to people's houses, we stupid shit we ding-dong dish blah blah like random and like yeah and now I'm like man if a child showed up in my door I would be answer I'd be like oh I don't know why is there a child here I call the police to be like there's a missing child on my porch yeah so I wonder like was that? Was it just us? I imagine a lot of those adults were like, what the fuck? I don't want these children here. I talked to Em about this sometimes and Em's like, no, nobody does that. So I feel like maybe that was us. I mean, we also like we lived in a place with like a ton of houses that like we wouldn't know the neighbors. So we could just like walk

10 feet and ring somebody's doorbell. I don't know what in our minds made that a good idea, but looking back it sure was wrong with us. I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, our topic today, you can probably tell obviously, but it's bell towers. Oh, I forgot what it was. I think it's pretty obvious. Oh yeah, ding dong. That's how we got this started. Christina, this three minutes just flew by. Okay. I'm gonna make you go first. Okay, I have a review of a bell tower, which what the fuck? Where did this even come from? I love the suggestion. Who suggested it? I forget. It is just top tier. I don't even care how this episode goes. This suggestion is so good.

It's really epic. I laughed out loud when I saw it and I said that has to happen ASAP. You sent it over as a suggestion. I was like, yeah, absolutely. What is that? I would never have thought to do this. Anyway, and then I imagine you might have,

maybe you had, did you find out who sent it in? I'm looking it up right now I'm looking um I had a moment where I was like, oh, that's a bell tower Oh, here we go. I think football stadium was Brad Power tool by lesbians is the last episode was Claire since we didn't give credit Bell towers is Lauren and your challenge day was a challenge. What the challenge, right? Was Abby, yeah. Do you wanna say the challenge? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, good idea.

My challenge from Abby was not one that I wrote down. Oh, it's something about crying. Where people cried at something seemingly inconsequential. That's right, nailed it. Okay, yeah. And then I wrote, isn't this basically every review on the patreon Because I I set up a hard task for myself by putting a fun little comment

Um on the first calendar and now I feel like I have to add a fun comment There's got to be some yeah every that when you did that the first time I was like, okay She's doing all of these so she better while I was quit while I was ahead but no. Anyway, yeah, so this is a great suggestion is what I was saying about bell towers. And yeah, at a moment of like, oh, that's a bell tower?

A couple times. Yeah, there's a lot of them. Yeah, so here's a one-star review. This one, oh, I found myself. This is of the Prague astronomical clock. Oh, it looks pretty dope. I know, I know about this. We've been there actually. I feel like I've seen this before.

So who am I kidding? I like how I was like, I know about this from some random YouTube video I watch. And you're like, we've been there. And I'm like, oh, I guess I should know about it from that. But I don't, I know about it from a YouTube video. We were children. I feel like we must have a picture of us as children in front of a clock tower or bell tower.

Probably so many that we were like- So many, we gotta find one. That we were looking bored in the photograph, yeah. Oh, there was a photo from like four years ago that I saw recently of myself in Germany, and I was like, oh shit, I'm in front of a lighthouse. And like I didn't- Oh, you didn't even know. I didn't know that I love- With the future held. Like I didn't, I was like, oh shit, I'm in front of a lighthouse. And like, I didn't even know. I didn't know that I love, like I didn't,

I was by that lighthouse. I completely forgot about it. It's like me and clock tower, bell tower. Bell towers. I don't even know what they're called anymore. Bell towers where I'm like, oh my God, I didn't know the passion I would have. The passion you have for all these bell towers.

Oh my gosh, I'm so excited for you. Here's a one-star review of the Prague Astronomical Clock, one that you can mark off in your bell tower passport that you might have. Here we go. Absolutely overrated. There's simply nothing that cool about old clocks, and the show every hour was maybe cool 200 years ago, but nothing special now. End of review. That's so good. That's like the most stereotypical American thing I've ever heard. It's just a big fucking clock, who cares?

Make it a virtual reality clock, then I'll be interested. Like, Jesus. It's so funny because it reminds me of the the main hall in Munich or something where they have those weird little characters come out. Oh yes yes yes and mom always is like wait it's coming every any minute now and we all just freeze. Everyone like there's a huge the plaza it's just like full of people staring at this show. I don't know if it's once an hour or whatever. But like, and yeah, the show itself is not impressive, but it's more like, wow, they did this. Like they Yeah, the fact that it is a couple hundred years old. Yeah, is that it's hundreds of years old. And like, it's the same little characters. Mom tells me every

time I should know it by heart, but and they still have somebody like upkeeping all the you know it's a cool so I I don't remember or I don't even know if we saw the show that is involved with the one in Prague with the I don't know I sorry the one that this review was about yeah I imagine it's a similar vibe where it's like yeah it's like sideways tower is metal ships did some either unless you realize like, oh, it has a history too. You know what I mean? I don't know. Like people are so fucking annoying.

Like me and my Rolexes, you might look at it and think that's like just a watch, just a time piece. Yeah, but no, my Rolex, when you consider the machinations of- When you consider the machinations and the fact that dad bought it in Shanghai and it said Rolex on it, that's when you really realize

how interesting it actually is. He did bring back a lot of random, I don't own anything that's fake or real Rolex, obviously, but he did bring, he did buy a lot, bring back a lot of like, I have a lot of fake stuff that he, watches from me. Yeah, he brought a lot of watches,

and then it took me, well, and he would bring them and then I would like not understand and I would grow up and I would see a picture of it in like Sky Mall when that exists, or like some like, not Sky Mall, like the duty free, you know, like some fucking expensive ass like international thing. And I'm like, oh wait, I had a watch like that. And then I'm like, oh, no, I didn't.

That's like a $3,000 watch. Mine was not, but like it looks kind of like, oh wait, I had a watch like that. And then I'm like, oh, no, I didn't. That's like a $3,000 watch. Mine was not, but like it looks kind of, to me it looks the same because I don't know the difference. But like, yeah, he bought me like this weird red watch and he's like, this is very valuable. And it was so ugly. And I was like, it was so ugly. And then like years later I saw in a magazine,

or yeah, it was like thousands of dollars. And I was I was like okay but like there's no way that was a real there's no way I still have it it's definitely not like I can promise you because we never even got it to work it never turned on. You're like arguing with yourself like I don't know. I thought you were gonna say something like no maybe it was real. No I was gonna say that like I brought up him buying these because I'm like man I actually like actually feel like I used those watches. I don't think I ever had a moment of like, oh, this is a fake of this or that. I didn't either. I love that he thought he was doing something. I just was like, okay, I don't know. I don't

know any different. Anyway, so this is a review of, this is done by Stephanie Shideh, and it's a review of the Vigneuve Les Avignons. Oh, geez. And so all day in my head, I've been singing. That's the director of Dune, huh? Do you know what I've been singing all day? No, I have no idea what you're saying right now.

I was singing. Sur les ponts d'Avignon. I was close. I don't know what that is. I mean, I know it. Elsie used to sing it. Yeah, I remember hearing it. I mean, she sang it wrong. And I know that because I Googled the words and I was like,

that's not what we said. But Avignon, that's my only understanding of that word. So this is the Philippe Lebel Tower. And it is a historical landmark in Villeneuve, Villeneuve, Avignon. And this is a one star review by Fabienne. I hate this, sorry. I hate this so much.

I love it. Get me out of France. Get, no, get you out of France is my problem. It's not with the French, it's with you. One star. Impossible to visit because small dogs in shoulder bags are not allowed and This poor dog does not want to climb fucking a hundred feet and then here it doesn't have to climb

But yeah, I mean true. Yeah, the ding dong is too loud. Don't bring it to dog gives a shit where Impossible to visit this It's not possible. It's physically impossible. Fabian and Fifi want to go up. I want to think that there are other ways, like a dog backpack is okay, but this person like, I would never be caught dead in that. I must be on a shoulder bag, my dog. Or cross body perhaps, but certainly not a shoulder bag.

No, no. That's so silly. Okay. My next one is from Ellie of perhaps the most famous, at least in my world, most famous of the bell towers. The Big Ben. I was like, what are we even gonna say? Okay, Big Ben. Big Ben. I was like, what are we even going to say? Okay, Big Ben.

Big Ben. I thought you were going to cut me off and guess, and then you didn't, so I just kept going. It looked like you were trying to find it, and I was like, oh, so it can't be Big Ben. It looks like he's putting too much effort into coming up with a name. No, I was staring right at it the whole time. Oh, okay. And then I said the for some reason.

Yeah, I did hear that. There is a reason. Because, okay then I said the for some reason Yeah, I did hear there's a reason because okay Do you want to actually hear what was going through my head as I was saying this? I was like, oh is this the most famous one or would you like what what other one would you guess a bell tower? Yeah, famous bell tower most well-known This is what the big man this is No the leaning tower of Pisa oh I already talked about that What?

Well, I talked about it a few minutes ago, but I didn't realize it was a bell tower. Oh it is Oh, cuz I was like, oh, well, there's nothing interesting about a sideways building if you think about it. But if you go there, I didn't realize it was a bell tower. Okay. It is a bell tower. Sorry, yeah, you did talk about it. Sorry, I completely forgot about that. Yeah, that's cool.

It didn't even occur to me. I was just thinking of another landmark. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, sorry. That was the one that I was like, oh, I'm surprised this is a bell tower. So the Big Ben, I see. So then I was like, oh, I'm surprised this is a bell tower. So the Big Ben. I see. So then I was like, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is like also really famous. Maybe that's more famous than Big Ben.

So that's why that and then my mouth said the Big Ben. I see. And then I just said it for no reason. Yeah, just to copy you, I guess. Yeah. So now everyone's caught up on whatever's been going on. Now everyone's really lost and we're going to keep going. Here is a review of Big Ben sent in by Ellie. Three stars.

It's a clock on a tower. It goes bong, bong, bong. What more do you want? And the review. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. I want nothing more. I just I just hear Julia bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and bong and just hear Julia bonging, bonging, bonging from that fucking weed forum. Grass City, Grass City. Bonging, bonging just like the Big Ben. I'm bonging, bonging left and right.

Oh my God. That's excellent. And honestly, that is the exact energy I want when talking about historical landmarks. Screw all the fanciful traditional, it goes bong, bong. How much better, like what more do you want? It's pretty fucking cool. I mean, I do want to bring my chihuahua in a handbag, but maybe someday. Okay. So the reason I asked you to go first and then I read the one that I had earlier is because the rest of mine are almost all positive. Which I was surprised by, you know, because people love to complain about outings to historical

places. But for some reason, these just were too good to pass up. So most of mine are positives. This is one sent in by both Corinne, she her and Stacey, she her separately of the Miller Bell Tower in Chautauqua, New York. And it is a four-story view. Is it like sponsored by Miller? The Miller Bell Tower. We just recorded the football stadiums. I feel like that could get real wild

if it were like the MetLife Bell Tower. I think that leaked into my brain there first. Yeah, it must be. When you first said it, I was like, Miller, like the beer, oh no. I think that leaked into my brain there first. Yeah, it must be. When you first said it, I was like, Miller, like the beer, oh no. I don't think that's what it is. I like how Miller's also like the most generic name. And I already talked about the Miller's our neighbors.

I feel like this is getting a lot of- Oh, that's weird, okay. Yeah, the Miller belt. Well, I typed in Miller and immediately it was Miller Lite. So yeah, I think probably whoever Miller was is probably rolling over in his grave at that suggestion. But who knows? I don't know who Mr. Miller is or I assume it's a mister, you know.

You would assume that. Here we go. The industrialist Lewis Miller. Are we sure it's not Louise? It's Lois. Oh, no. Sorry, I did Google Miller Bell Tower because I wanted to look at it. First of all, gorgeous. And that what a scenic spot.

Yes. What? Oh, incredible. They have like a view from my seat. You can go on view from my seat. Miller Bell Tower. Oh, that's amazing. They have little, they sell little ornaments of the Miller Bell Tower. This is, it looks very picturesque, very, just beautiful. Have we, where's Chautauqua? Cause I know of Chautauqua.

Western New York. It is. So it's like near where we've been. Yeah. Like in the area. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very. I mean, it's like just west we've been. Yeah, like in the area. Yeah. Yeah, very I mean, it's like just west of James town Like it's closer to where we've been to Buffalo Sure heard Tim talk about Chautauqua or somebody in the in the family talk about I've been to like is there like a state park or something like some sort of

All I know is we went to the Zippo Museum. Well, that's in Bradford, Pennsylvania, but we've been to like the Allegheny State Park and stuff over there. Anyway, but I, yeah, so it's in Western New York, near some lighthouses. I haven't been to any of those on Lake Erie. But there's an article and it says, Chime Masters celebrate 110th anniversary of iconic Millert Bell Tower. Chime Masters. How cool.

Is that like a type of person? Like is that a job? Is that like their Bengals or their flight crew? It's like their cheerleading squad, the Chime Masters. Maybe, oh, there's yeah, the Cornell Chimes, Chime Masters. That's a thing. No, I bet it's the Bells. You think the Bells themselves?

No, no, no, no, no. The ones who bell? Yeah, they all have names. The Bellowers? All Miller. No, what are, you know, the people who do bell, they ring bells. My friend was my high school friend.

Are they Chime Masters? Maybe. My friend used to do it. OK, I I'm like, I'm not totally sure. Yeah, I don't know. One of this season's Chime Masters. Compiled by Thomas J. Wierbowski, Chime Master from 1993 to 2001. So, okay.

So is it just the person who is the one in charge of chiming? Chiming it. Wow, cool. Bong and bong and left and right is what they're doing. The ones that are doing the bonging, I love it. Chime Masters. Wow. Tunes are played by the Chime Master for 15 minutes at 8 a.m., noon, 6 p.m., and sometimes

at 10 p.m. during the season. Tunes from current concert, choir, or opera performances often are played. So he's a fucking... Chime Master. Yeah. Master of musician. Yeah. Yeah.

Wow. This is incredible. What I assumed, and this still might be true, that most of them were by now computer like automated. So I assume that means that this is one of those that is- I mean, I'm just so happy that they give them the name, the title they deserve. Chime master- Yeah, Chime master, absolutely. Really carries weight. It's not like, oh, the bell ringer. I mean, come on, it's a chime master. Listen to this, visits are welcome during performance times. Birthday, anniversary, and tune requests

are often on the agenda, but with only 14 bells, there is a limit of range. So wow, you gotta really- Only 14? I mean, I get it. Only 14 bells. I know, and one man and one master of 14 bells. One master of 14 bells. One master of 14 bells.

You gotta give them a little slack, you know? Oh my gosh, wild. Anyway, I'm learning so much more since we started recording them in my research. I feel like I'm gonna take over, me too. It always happens this way. I feel like we should have done this ahead of time. Everyone's like, come on. Of course.

Come to the table prepared. We would never. But this is more fun for me. So I also feel like You and I like I feel like I'm gonna get really into bell towers as my kind of like parallel to your lighthouse thing and well Similarly most lighthouses are automated but not all they all know some but some still have a like a dedicated keeper Master of the light, light master. Light master. So I feel like all the lights are automated but not all like. Oh I see, I see, they keep up, upkeep.

Yeah, the upkeep is all either like, they don't all have lighthouse keepers. I see, I see, I see, I see. No, that makes sense. Wow, this place looks great. Chautauqua is cool. They have a really cool bookstore. I might check it out. Is this what people complain about when they're like,

they are talking about stuff that isn't relevant? I was just in Cleveland and actually liked it recently. Like it was really nice and that's not that far. Oh, because I don't think. Please don't say that on the podcast. Okay. Just kidding, I do. Every time I go to Cleveland, I'm like,

oh fine, I had a great time. The nerve of them to show me a good time. So rude. Okay, here is a review of the Miller Bell Tower and it's four stars. Oh yeah. It was sent in by Corinne and Stacey. My first time at Chautauqua, I saw it in the distance

and I thought it was a lighthouse and I thought, my goodness, that's a little bit much for such a lake. End of review. I love that she docked a fucking star because it's a little too much. Little too much for this lake. Don't tell the Chime Master, he works so hard. You cannot tell him he's too much. You're enough is what you are Chime Master.

And like that's so rude. I don't know. It's rude to the lake. It's rude to the- Oh wow. The lighthouse is too big. Like she thought it was a lighthouse. It's not even a lighthouse, but she thought it was too big. It's rude to the lake. It's rude to the building. Oh wow. The lighthouse is too big. Yeah. Like she thought it was a lighthouse. It's not even a lighthouse, but she thought it was too big. That's your fault. There's no, it's not even a light. It's a fucking bell tower up there.

Like so weird. Oh, oh my, my goodness. That's a bit much. I think if somebody ever said to me, that's a bit much, I would probably just melt into the ground and expire because that's like probably the most like passively rude thing you can say. That's a bit much, I would probably just melt into the ground and expire because that's like probably the most like passively rude thing you can say. That's a bit much. Like that's incredibly offensive. That is, you're not wrong. That like cuts a little bit. That would hurt to hear. You know when like you're like, oh, they're a bit much.

But like. It sounds so mean. But it is. I think that's extra mean to say. I don't know. Weird. Yes. I think that's like a very specifically mean thing. It's not like I've heard it before a few times and it really did hurt my feelings. I wouldn't understand what this bell tower feels like. Couldn't imagine that. At all. As we transition into the best time of year, autumn, and our schedules get crazy, it's easy to forget about taking care of ourselves.

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I did bring one. Cool. I think I found this one. I don't know. Here's a one-star review. We couldn't see it because the British Museum already stole it. End of review.

Oh my God. Oh, these are getting good. These are fun. And then I saw there was an article that the US had to give back to Italy These are fun. And then I saw there was an article that, uh, the U S had to give back to Italy, a bunch of artifacts recently. Oh boy. I'm sure they didn't like to do that. I, you know, I mean, there's obviously endless examples of colonizers and white people taking stuff,

obviously. Sometimes it just, I don't know, there's something just so sad. Like, it's so sad. I think about, for example, Egyptian history and the mummies and all the tombs that were raided and the artifacts taken, and obviously not, that was numbers of different types of people.

But just like when there was this whole mummy craze in the, in Europe, and people would like go just take pieces of mummies and take them home and, you know, have them displayed. And it's like, those are people, you know? It just, there's such a disconnect there and it like gives me the ick every time. Definitely. So I know. Yeah, like I think it's especially when it's something that's

important either. Yeah, a personal person to a culture to a religion culture, specific religion, nation. We're in that specific region and then yeah. Like the most sacred too, you know, it's like Yeah. Oof, yeah. Like the most sacred too, you know? It's like, ooh, if they knew. And then, yeah, yeah, anyway, whatever. I could talk about that all day. Okay, so this is from Megan, she, her. It's a review of the Memorial Bell Tower, which is at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

I was gonna guess that. Were you? No. No, you weren't. I believed you. Not in the millionaires. You said? Oh, no you weren't. I believed you. You said it so deadpan that I actually believe you this time. This is a five-star review and It's a doozy This tall fully erect structure has been standing for several decades In recent years it underwent preservation work to ensure that it continues to stand hard and erect for many decades. In recent years, it underwent preservation work to ensure that it continues to

stand hard and erect for many decades to come. Come check it out if you need inspiration, or a reminder of what it was like to be a young man, standing tall and proud in the face of adversity, a symbol of your fleeting potency. End of review. A virile sigh. No. I'm uncomfortable by with that one. Yeah. Megan wrote like, I hope the Memorial Bell tower stays hard and erect for years to come. And then wrote reference number three, review number three. Like, like don't think I said that. Yeah. Don't think I came up with that. And I'm sorry. So it stands erect like a young man facing adversity?

Is that, was that what I was hearing? A horny young man. What kind of adversity is this? First of all, I don't think that adversity exists because I'm like, man, that's not relatable. That doesn't feel like something. For a young white man, I didn't feel to face any adversity. That feels actually kind of the opposite.

Oh, yeah. Is that why I can't relate to this erect tower? Maybe that's why, maybe that's why. Yeah, a symbol of your fleeting potency. Yeah, what the fuck? Wow. Unlike the bell tower, the leading tower, you know what? Flop, flop.

That's,, yeah. I went from- Talk about losing potency. I went from the Memorial Tower, then I got a vasectomy, and now I'm the Leaning Tower. Mwah mwah. That's how that'll do it to you. No longer virile, no longer youthful and potent. Yeah.

It's too bad. Standing erect in front of adversity. In the face of adversity. In the face of adversity. It's like insane. Oh yeah, I think it is. I agree. In the face of adversity. In the face of adversity. It's like insane. Oh yeah, I think it is. I agree.

Wow. My next one here is a review of, oh how do you say this again? C-A-R-I-L-L-O-N. Carillon? Carillon? Oh jeez. Carillon? I looked it up earlier and I already forget.

I feel like it's Carillon. I already forget carillon i think it's carillon so this is the centennial carillon tower at byu brigham young university in provo utah so it's just a bell tower um it's a centennial carillon tower parentheses all caps bell It says Centennial Carillon Tower, parentheses, all caps, bell. So I guess if you're like- Not to be confused with any other- Yeah, you don't know what a carillon is. It's a- it's bells. Big bell.

I think that's what that is, right? Carillon. Wait, what? Really? Yeah, I think it's like a type of bells. Yeah, a set of bells in a tower. Oh, I just assumed that was like a place in Utah or something. I did not know that was even a word. Oh,. Oh yeah, I saw it a lot while researching. Yeah, so, Carillon.

Here's a one-star review of this bell tower at BYU. This one was sent in by Denise. Never in my life have I ever been so angry at the existence of something. For starters, these bells are on no schedule and go off just about whenever they feel like it. Hey, that's like my watch dad got me in China. I was like, that's weird. It keeps beeping.

I don't know why. It's so weird. It could be 8.36 PM and these things will just start randomly belting the entire soundtrack of La La Land before playing Come Ye Saints for the 12th time that day. This is also a hotspot for couples to do all kinds of pre-mission fornications, so don't come here if you intend to do some searching for inner peace Until these stupid things dust off a copy of Starships by Nicki Minaj I am wholeheartedly a proponent for their demolition and removal from campus end of review Wow They have some points. Listen

Standing erect in the face of adversity sounds like these students are saying know what? That's right. That's why we're here. Wow. That's powerful stuff. I love the idea that at 8 36, it's like, time to sing. That does happen here. Occasionally, I'll hear like church bells and I'll look at my watch and I'll be like 2 38 and I'll be like, what? But then I just think like I wonder if there's an event or like a wedding, I have no idea. Someone's practicing, like what, yeah.

It's just, yeah, but it doesn't happen often enough that it really ruins my day, which it sounds like it would if I were a podcaster at BYU in Provo. I think I probably would have a bad day if I were trying to podcast. That would probably be a problem. Okay, so this is a review from Jess Sheher. It's of the Newton Bell Tower in Newton, Massachusetts.

And this is a five star review. Bigger than a doorbell, smaller than a church bell, but what Newton really, really needs is more cowbell. End of review. That's so stupid. I couldn't, I had to do it. I like it I like it oh it's dumb they were like Newton mass you know what it needs he I know all about Newton mass and their needings needs meetings oh my gosh what is wrong with me um my list my last one that I have okay it's a one star.

It's not a one star. What am I talking about? It's not even a review. It is an article sent in by Lauren about, on uchicagochangeringers.wordpress.com. Okay. Titled Annoying the Neighbors for 400 Years. It's about the- It's about me going next door with a big rock and saying this is a geode can you buy it for $10?

Isn't it Halloween doing that for 400 years? It's true So there are these bells the University of Chicago change ringing bells and there is a letter that was received in 1910 that was received by the secretary to the president of the university okay they got this letter I am imagining it's gonna say like these infernal bells or something like that pretty much here we go and it's gonna say like these infernal bells or something like that. Pretty much. Here we go. And it's a disgruntled faculty member who wrote this because they took issue with some extended ringing on July 4th. Here we go. I can only sit in my office and wonder what idiot has been licensed to mangle the Sabbath calm of this Memorial Day

with a maddening, repetitious jangling of a boiler factory in Hades." End of review. Holy shit! That is some poetic language. I hope this was a faculty of literature, a professor of literature. You know, I don't know, but I think we need more people like this on Yelp. That's for sure. I agree! That would spice things up. I, yeah, I, what was the, they said, sorry, can you

say the beginning again? I can only sit in my office and wonder what idiot has been licensed to mangle the Sabbath calm of this memorial day with the maddening, repetitious jangling of a boiler factory in Hades. Talk about a way with words. Wow, mangle the call. I know I say that a lot. This is the first time it's really true. I think it was illegal back then to say the word idiot, so I feel like they probably were

in... What? It just feels like such a strong word for 1910. Usually they would say something very layered and flowery and it would be way more offensive than the word idiot, but it wouldn't be the word idiot. And this one, he just came right out and said it. Like, what fucking idiot is doing all this poetic shit

I'm about to say? It's so true. And then there's an excerpt from a different letter here. One more thing. If I were a self-respecting student student i should proceed at once to organize an expedition to drag the bells down from the bell free the next dark night to the bottom of lake michigan and what is this like a call to action like i don't want to get fired so can somebody can some of the students who have like fewer frontal lobe developments go take the bells out?

Wow. And also, what was it? A what student? If I were a what student? Self-respecting. Unfortunately, none of the students here are self-respecting. So they're not going to lie. Apparently not because it's still ringing.

Still haunting people for 400 years. Yeah. That was really fun. I love that. Agreed. for 400 years. That was really fun. I love that. And again, I love the idea that we could go to the clock in Prague and be like, wow, I bet 400 years ago somebody was bitching about this clock and now we get to see it in action. So true. Super cool. Okay, so the last thing I have is from Steph and it's of course cruise critic.com. Oh no. It is, the title is Fort on Labadee, Labadee? Royal Caribbean International Forums.

And somebody said, actually Orville99, I should give them credit, cool cruiser Orville99 who has the rare label that we still don't know what it means, wrote, Have seen some pictures, not sure they're promo pics or not, that appear to show an old fort up on the hill overlooking Labadee. Does one exist and if so can you get to it from the beach or is it outside of Royal Caribbean's property? And then somebody, Cruzaholic41 said, If you are referring to the bell tower and ruins, you can walk to it.

It's on the property. I don't know the whole story, but I believe they are from the pirate days. Okay. This is how rumors get started. I mean, it could very well be true, but like that's just such a, it's perfectly vague enough that like the pirate days, isn't there a fact that there are more pirates nowadays than there were back then anyway? Well, I don't know. Itinds me of that Chicago that review, Chicago review that you've you read this year and last year or not last year, two years ago, whenever that was, um, where it said something about like, this is modern day piracy. And I was like,

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. That's, that's just piracy. It's still exists. Yeah, that's a thing. It is. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, and so then people started kind of trying to figure out what it is and a lot of people are like, this one? And people are like, and the guy was like, no, no, not that one. And then there's a lot of comments about different fortresses, which I'm like,

nobody asked you to talk about a different place you went. That's not what the thread is about. Um, and a lot of like just side conversations that must be so annoying if you're getting the notifications and you're hoping for an answer and it's like, dude, just like talking back and forth, like ocean boys talking to cruise on holiday. Ocean boy relax. We get it.

You have 43,000 posts, but it's enough. Okay, and that's true, and I stand by it. Yeah, here is, okay, another one, Nellie's Tower. Nope, not Nellie's Tower. Okay, and then it was archived because I don't think anyone figured it out, but here is a response from Sailor Nav, who's from Beaver Creek, Ohio, that's fun.

And they wrote, this is also from 2010, by the way, so this is like a quarter of a century, no, that's not right, 14. 14 years ago. Oh man. What year is it? I forgot, I forgot. People listening in 2035.

Set your reminders, everyone, to listen to this episode in 2035. I thought I was back in the pirate days for a minute. Okay, this is what Sailor Nav said. I visited the fortress back in 60s when on a mission tour of Haiti. It is amazing sitting atop a mountain in the middle of nowhere. I remember dropping a rock into the well on the lowest level of the fort. I never heard it hit the bottom. Legend has it that there is an escape tunnel to the ocean. Everyone who dug the tunnel was killed and buried in the

tunnel to keep it secret. This topic is now archived and closed to further replies." So that was the last comment. Is it how the wig got to the Pacific Ocean? Oh, oh my God. I can't believe it made it out alive. legend has a reference to last episode if you are jumping into sorry Sorry of Magellan No me neither um so anyway, I love that this person's like Talking about a fortress. I still don't know if it's even the one that the yeah That was not very clear like I don't think is because nobody seemed to have a consensus and the OP never said, yeah, there it is, you know, like nobody ever confirmed.

So I don't know, but I just love like when people get chime in about the 1960s and they're like, I was somewhere in the 1960s. It's like grandpa, nobody like, come on, go back to bed. Nobody asked you. And that's not even what we're talking about. Somewhere in the 1960s, it's like, grandpa, nobody, come on, go back to bed, nobody asks you, and that's not even what we're talking about. So I just love that also legend has it, and it's like, okay, people are just saying shit now. The pirate days, legend has it,

everyone's dead in the tunnel. What do you think happens on Cruise Critic? It's a bunch of people just saying shit, and that's what it's all about. I know, you're right. I should be more prepared for this kind of thing. It shocks me every time. I love it. I love it.

So that's all I got. That's good. Okay, well, it's time for my challenge then, which again was from Abby, and this was where people are crying about seemingly inconsequential things, and I'll just say, you all can cry whatever you want to cry. I cry so little. I know, that's true too. That is so-

That's why I said, well, either Abby or I said seemingly I think Abby said Yeah, yes, like yeah, we're from the outside. It might appear like something, you know that one wouldn't Usually typically cry about but yeah, that's important. Yeah, all of these reviews I brought are Valid reasons to cry, you know all they're totally fine any emotion or lack thereof is totally okay unless you're a psychopath then please But it was also fun to be like oh that's see you yeah, I'm just gonna read these reviews if they're funny Wait, it was a fun challenge. Here's a five-star review. This is of an Italian restaurant It's called something something Salento in Philadelphia.

Here we go. Oh, it is Yelpers say that this location has closed. Sorry. Well, here's a five star review from over 11 years ago by Anne. That's almost a quarter of a century. So close. This pasta made me emotional. It was so perfectly al dente that I got nostalgic for Rome and almost started crying. The waiter asked how it was. I said fucking amazing.

He said this is a family restaurant and ran away. Sorry, I'm not sorry. This pasta is so fucking good. End of review. They shouldn't make such good pasta if they don't want me swearing about it and crying everywhere. Yeah. That's so good. I will say, they said brought almost crying.

I feel like that was a lot of, some of my other reviews also are like not quite. As someone who's on like a pretty fucking high, sorry, I know this is a family restaurant, a pretty fucking high dose of Zoloft. Like almost crying to me is pretty much crying now because it's like my body's like we don't do that anymore. And I'm like, but I feel it inside. You know, I think almost crying is still pretty, pretty, pretty relevant. I do like they were like, like I just imagine like welled up tears in their eyes and the servers like, how is it?

Like, is it fucking terrible? Like, why are you making that face? And they're like, it's amazing. And he's like, this is a family restaurant. Please keep it together. My next one was a pasta. Sorry. That's just so, that's so good. That's relatable. Yeah. I get it. It's so relatable. My next one was sent in by Abby and this is the review that inspired the challenge. And this is of a lemon slice cafe in Silver Spring, Maryland. And this is a five star review. This is by Wendy.

It was a chilly spring day when I took a break from house hunting to get some lunch here. Now I am a person who loves soup, and I frequently order it if I'm out. I'm also an enthusiastic cook and love to cook dishes, including a great many soups, from around the world. I need to tell you that, because then you might understand my astonishment when, in this tiny, unassuming little place, tucked away in a downtown office building, I had the best soup I have ever had in my life, bar none. It was the soup of the day, made with butternut squash other vegetables and spices, but holy smokes. It was sensational I told the sweet woman who made it and we hugged I actually had tears in my eyes

Now a few months later We have finally moved here from a few states away and I can't wait to go back to the lemon slice And they're like they like have the house hunter special where they're like bring out the good stuff bring out the soup we want to bring this guy into the neighborhood that's incredible the fact that they hugged the chef's and that's so cute yeah whoever cooked it that's awesome as a person who does not like soup I'm so happy for them the owner responded and said this, welcome home love. We cannot wait to see you too. Heart emoji and a response. I don't think I'd ever cry about somebody else crying about soup.

That's incredible. I don't think I've ever thought that that would happen. And here we are. Wow. Here we are. Very sweet. I didn't have to. I just assumed, but I mean when the challenge was like, cried about, I just assumed it would all be just like really bad stuff. Yeah, people getting really like upset about over crying over spilled milk.

I just love that the food is making everybody just like crying, cry in good way. Have the tears. Also, I very vividly remember where I went the day we were house hunting, and it's nearby now where I live, and like every time I go, it feels so special, because I'm like, oh, this is day we were house hunting, and it's nearby now where I live, and every time I go it feels so special, because I'm like, oh, this is where we were

before we moved to the neighborhood. So I feel like that's a special thing they have. The soup, their special soup. Right down the road. That sounds delicious. I love the good butternut squash soup. Can't stand it, sounds horrible. Yum, give me some croutons in there too.

Yes, please. Please stop. Here's a one-star review, don't worry. I hate croutons in there too. Yes, please. Please. Here's a one star review. Don't worry. I hate croutons. Oh my God. That's the only good thing about salad. I know. Soup and croutons.

Croutons. Who said croutons? Who? I did? No, I did. Oh, you did. Why? I don't know.

I said crouton instead of crouton. What's the Scientologist thing? There's something so I know there's there's there's Crada Kratom I think which is like a it's not a drug. Yeah, it's like you buy it at the gas station in the firework store And then there's I don't know if the Kraton is anything. It sounds like something out of like dune or something I don't I didn't read Dune so I don't know sounds like I thought there was some Scientology thing never mind could be then you start talking about Kratom I'm like that's a Scientology thing I mean as far as I know no no boy here's the Scientology thing if you try hard enough. You're gonna want astar review. This is of a Denny's. This is sent in by Phoenix. Here we go. Phoenix, she, her. One star. Denny's, the epitome of disappointment. My recent visit left me in a

state of despair that I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy. Not only did they manage to completely mess up my order of hash browns, turning them into a soggy, greasy disaster. But to add insult to injury, they had the audacity to inform me that they were out of milkshakes. Out of milkshakes? At Denny's? Are you kidding me? I was left in utter disbelief.

My dreams of indulging in a creamy, delicious treat shattered in an instant. As I sat there, surrounded by the wreckage of my meal, I couldn't help Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm very, very upset. End of review. Oh no. I mean, we can tell. Oh no. Sobbing? That was a lot. That was a lot. I mean, don't tell them about McDonald's because if they go to McDonald's expecting a milkshake, they're going to be disappointed 70% of the time. So true. So true. And it's just like, they can't, they clearly are a little little bit they're feeling a little fragile right now The hash browns and the milkshake really sent them over the edge. I

Didn't know Denny's had milk. I guess that makes sense. I mean, it's like diner food. Yeah Yeah, but I feel like if I went to Denny's and they were real out of pancakes, then I'd be like Yeah, that's that can't be, that's impossible. Yeah. Milkshake look, look at the ice cream machines. Yeah, like you said, go to McDonald's. I feel like it's just bound to happen out these chains, but it's too sad.

It's bound to happen. It's sad, yeah. Okay, I'm gonna do one more one star before I finish with two more five stars I think that is my plan finish on a good note. I literally, before you started reading I was searching like Scientology Terminology Scientology. Oh good. Get to the bottom of this. I bet I couldn't find anything. I might but you know what I was probably just thinking of Kratom. You know what I also read an interview.

Which is not true. You're always thinking about Kratom. I can't I was about to say I haven't thought about Kratom in like It took me a second to be like what's that sounds so familiar I haven't one time Blades told me what it was called ever and that's the only time I've ever heard it And I just the only time I've ever said it out loud. So I don't know it just seems It seems relevant after I said gas stations as much. much. Yeah well it yeah if I felt it was relevant. Thank you. Yeah um that's not saying much though. My next review was sent in by Ellie and this is of an incredible place called DreamWorks Tours Shrek's Adventure London. Oh, yeah. We talked about this before.

We might have. Yeah, this is something else. This is that crazy Shrek adventure. Yes. I don't know. And then there's like I talked about the picture being like Shrek in a, like a magic ball and like his face all distorted. And I was sending you photos and you were like, what the fuck is going on with his reflection?

And I was like, what do you mean? And I zoomed in and I was like, like you pointed it out. Yeah, you were all like distorted looking and weird. And it was like a weird picture. Like it was like a off-brand picture of Shrek on this. Yeah. But like the other stuff is like clearly Shrek. Inappropriate remarks about dating apps made in front of young children had to explain Here we go. I will certainly be writing to head office and taking this much further. Be careful,

Mums and dads, and be aware of this offensive remarks made to the parents. Why do they feel the need to say things like that? Shreke never made comments in movie about dating apps, so why here? You've not been watching the right Shrek, uh, what do you call them? Movies? Sequels. Yeah, Shrek Forever After is the one that... SHRIEK, if that wasn't clear. SHRIEK never made... Shriek never made comments in movies about dating apps, so why here? Manager didn't even have the nerve

to come out and see me. And Shriek is the one in the crystal ball. Oh, that's what it is. That's Shriek. Just like a spongebob. I haven't seen Shriek's movies. So just like a spongebob is that mascot that's called like big yellow square man. And, and the minion is called like yellow, sexy yellow guy.

Yeah. And the Shriek is the one that's like the shriek is God. That makes sense. Um, so yeah, super horny all the time. And that's why he's always talking about dating apps, but just not inappropriate jokes about them. He doesn't go that far. Um, but what do you think? Like it pisses me off when people are like, how could they say that? And it's like, say what? And I love, like off when people are like, how could they say that? And it's like say what?

And I love how... Supposedly this this this employee Kindergartener. This employee said something about dating apps that made the kid cry Turn to a parent and say What are they would tell me what they're saying and then you explained it in kids language and they cried even harder. What does that mean? Like, Oh, it's where people go. I like, I don't know what you would even say. I don't know if it was like the negative remarks that was explained,

like they were like, because they were being vague about even what was said. It says inappropriate remarks about dating apps. So like, did you have to explain to the kid? Like, I don't know. Why would that make a child like I I They were like talking about grinder and those kids like met and met I know maybe this is a very homophobic parent He's trying to like explain it. I don't know. I doubt it. I doubt it I just am like what the fuck could it possibly be like I don't know It like gives me a red flag when they won't even hint at what it was. Exactly. That's why it's so ridiculous.

How inappropriate could it be if you're not even like giving us an idea of what it was? Yeah. I don't know. Maybe it was. Maybe it was something horrible. I don't know. But I'll never know. And I'm really not on your side until you tell me so. Yeah. We need the drama. We don't care about your kid kid that it made your kid cry. I need to know what was said I care in the context of well. What was it so that I can? I just love that they're like my kid cried even more once I explained once Then I got involved and messed it up even further even worse moms and dads beware

Okay Then I got involved and messed it up even further. It got even worse. Mums and dads beware. Oh my god. Okay. My next two, both of these are from Elise Deshe who sent a couple of positives here. This first five star is of the Golden Gate Bridge. Here we go. Veronica wrote this. This is my love letter to the Golden Gate Bridge. I crossed the bridge this weekend on my way to a Father's Day celebration and saw a small

dog stick his head out the window. The dog seemed to marvel at the heights of the Golden Gate Bridge and its big red exterior. It brought me to tears to see a creature so small being able to enjoy the beauty of this bridge Okay, the dog probably just smelled some like other dogs The Ohio River guess why there's dead fucking animals and cheeto rappers everywhere he's marveling He's marveling at the beauty that God has created. No, he just wants to eat Cheetos and dead fish. But yeah, okay, maybe. I mean, it makes me cry.

It makes me cry when he does that. To live in just the right circumstances to see the beauty of its greatness and appreciate its structure. The little dog knows nothing of the engineering fear it took or takes to keep it upright. It knows only of its beauty. Okay, it doesn't know that either to be clear. I don't think it knows the marvel of the engineering world. Just like it would look at a fucking beautiful sycamore

and just piss on it. I don't think it would like, no, it's like a, I mean, I'm sure it appreciates it. Like, ooh, fun, I'm in the car. I don't know. Maybe I'm too cynical, but I do like that this person- There are two more paragraphs, don't worry. Oh, shit, sorry, I thought in the car. I don't know. Maybe I'm too cynical, but I do like that this person- There are two more paragraphs, don't worry. Oh, shit, sorry, I thought it was over.

Okay, go ahead. I know, it felt like it should have been. Yeah, maybe. I don't know, it felt like a good end, but there's more, it's okay. Okay. The dog reminds me of when I was a little girl walking the bridge with my father and little sisters.

He carried us on his shoulders, letting us take turns to peer out into the Pacific and look onward towards San Francisco. I remember being cold and hungry and curious. The bridge seemed to sprawl forever, seeming as endless as the possibilities that laid ahead of me in my own young life. Now about 20 years later, I live in San Francisco, in the city that has always held my heart. I did not know who I would grow up and be or the trips I would take across the bridge. Life has changed

so much since I was a little girl, but the Golden Gate Bridge has been a constant in my life, acting as a rite of passage. Every time I cross the bridge, leaving my childhood home, I am welcomed with new experiences of adulthood. I crossed this bridge to travel on my own for the first time, to go to college, and now I cross this bridge to travel on my own for the first time to go to college And now I cross this bridge to come home and of review It's a very touching review I thought it was very sweet and I just said I never cry anymore She's a Zoloft all of a sudden. No It's very sweet. It's like very it it is very sweet. And like the dog thing,

I was joking. Christian, no, that's it. No, no, no. Don't. When I was reading this, I feel like I had the same reaction as you. So like, that's why I was laughing so much is because when I first read this, I was like rolling my eyes, like the first paragraph, I was like, okay, come on. Like that's, that's a bit much. Like, what are you talking about? And then it like finished. I was like, oh no. I was like, oh, I am so sorry. My Zolotra was like, we'll step aside for this one.

And I'm like, no. I was like, oh, there's so much more to this bridge than I, you know, in this person's eyes. I know, and it's like with the context of like, oh, all this stuff, and then they see the dog marveling. And it's like, of course that brings them, that's a beautiful moment. Reminds them of them as a kid

Marveling at the bridge and like having the home in the anyway, and so yes, it's very Meta like it's brought me to tears over in consequential things like Yelp or Google reviews multiple times I'm like the living embodiment of this Well, that's the thing is when I read the challenge, I was like, oh, that's silly because while, yeah, seemingly inconsequential, it's fun. It's like, yeah, but there's something wrong with crying. Humans can cry about, can and have cried about literally everything, which is such a fun roulette.

Who knows what will come next? Yeah, I do know what's gonna come next. It's a good one. It's a five-star review of Monterey Bay Aquarium. Here we go. Is this your last one? Yeah, this is the last one. And this one also was sent in by Elise.

This lady does not dig aquariums, and this is not your ordinary place. Continue on. I had been told of the wonders that reside in Monterey Bay, endemic species of flora and fauna, an incredible rich kelp forest that feeds a huge amount of animals living off the Pacific coast, incredible weather, progressive-minded people, and possibly the best and most elite aquarium in the country. How and why did I fall in love with this place? The animals made me do it. The ones who were born there, the ones who work there,

the ones who have been rescued and continue to survive in this place. The incredible hands behind all of this work should receive a daily applause. These people are serious about conservation of the bay and absolutely everything that lives in it, from it and with it Also otters the very first sea otter I saw in my life was here and I could not contain my tears their cuteness is beyond words

My parents and I navigated the whole place and took the party outside where we found a bunch of seals Trying to bask in the sun. It had rained and it was very gloomy that day. They were adorable, wild, and free. Also, this is not only at the aquarium, but the Monterey Cypress trees are all over the coast and they are to die for. Die me with these colors! That bark!

That green! Anyone throwing a party to celebrate the beauty of this place? Don't forget to call me. End of review. Oh my God, no way you're going to cry. I don't want you crying at my birthday party. That's my job. They're going to be otters there. Oh my gosh. I started to tear up during that one too. I mean that really Wow, you're really we should do a challenge someday if anybody remembers Challenge to try to make each other cry on

You know review like by reading Jesus. No, that's too much. Okay, maybe one day maybe when we're more stable When I have tears to spare I'll do it God okay. Yeah fair point. It might take some years that I don't think that'll ever happen. When I have tears to spare, I'll do it. How about that? Oh, God. Okay, yeah, fair point. It might take some years. That was, wow, you really nailed it. I mean, you had everything from crying about pasta to crying at sea otters.

Yeah. To crying at a dog marveling at a bridge. To shriek comments at Shriek's home. Oh, no, a horny Shriek comment. Horny Shriek comments Oh, God! Comments at Shriek's home. Oh, no. A horny Shriek comment. Horny Shriek comments. Not again. You really, wow. Good job, Sandy.

No, it was really fun. It was really fun. That was a fun one. Made me cry in the process. Thanks, Abby, for sending that in. Thanks for people who sent in reviews, including ones I didn't get to. Yeah, what a great, what a great fun time. Thanks, y'all.

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