Ghostrunners - 434 - The Vietnam Episode

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

Jake and Timon talk about their experience at a Forrest Frank concert and Brad talks about taking Bo to a Royals game for his birthday. Jake also talks all about his trip to Vietnam. Check out Timon's jingle on Spotify! Check out Good Ranchers and use code GRKC http://bit.ly/3KV86YU Check out Main Street Roasters and use code GRKC at check out for a 10% discount! https://mainstreetroasters.com Check out Cozy Earth and get 40% off site wide with this link: http://www.cozyearth.com/ghostrunners Ghostrunners merch: https://bit.ly/399MXFu Become a Patron and get exclusive content from Jake & Brad: https://bit.ly/2XJ1h3y Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/33WAq4P Leave us a voice memo and ask a question: https://anchor.fm/jake-triplett/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake, what do you think is like the shortest intro you've ever had on the podcast? Uh, I don't know. Uh oh, I do. I think this type means that it's going down with some random thoughts and white me to Midwest best friends eating fast food on repeat. So come along, let's have some fun and go ahead. Get on your feet because it's a ghost from the spot. There are.

A lot of it with taking. Happy Wednesday, ghosties. Did you see Brad today? The day we're recording this is Wednesday. Gosh. Well, we don't know. Maybe. Hey, if they're listening on Wednesday, they're going to be like, dude, what? Yeah, I wasn't talking like, dude, what?

Yeah, I wasn't talking to the majority, like to those few who just got around to it. Is it like one of those things like you're back and you're all discombobulated? Does it feel like a Friday to you that we're recording this? I think that's what it is. We've like never recorded this podcast on a Friday. Never, probably. But I'm glad we are, we do,

because it's our sixth year anniversary today Really May 9th Happy anniversary. Happy anniversary guys short intro yet happy. It's right Then it gets shorter and shorter the longer that you're podcasting the the ghosties on your feet fan account they were actually the ones who put me on to that because they did like a Instagram story like what's been your favorite moment in six years? Six years? Yeah. That's crazy. So good for us.

We continue to talk. We continue to. We're so full of ourselves that we just think people still want to listen to this. Yeah. No, that's awesome. That's crazy. Six years.

I mean, truly didn't think twice about it when we recorded. Like how long are we going to do this? But I bet if you were like, hey, you're probably going to do this for six years bet if you were like, hey, you're probably gonna do this for six years, I'd be like, you sure? Yeah, I wonder what I would have thought back then. Like six years. And then I would be like, oh, that's it.

So we do it for six years now. Okay, yeah. And we sever it right there. We say happy Wednesday, cause Wednesday is our last. I could probably do six years of only like my direct family listening. Yeah. I could probably get by.

I guess wild, yeah. Like is my mom still going to listen? She listens sometimes, you know, um, five years feels like, okay, that's a long time, but we committed to it. Six years is like, Oh, this is like, you're over the hump. This is like a personality of yours. Like this is like something you wear on your shirt. The real test will be seven years because that's when a taste buds change. Yes. So do we-

When are podcasts fully formed? Is that 26 years for podcasts as well? Yeah, like kind of the soft spot of the microphone. Yeah, is it different for like, you know, like is it dog years versus regular years, like eight years times three? It does feel like too many things are said to be like, every seven years, you know,

so you got like some form of cicada every seven years Taste buds change every seven years. Yep dogs one to seven And then the other thing you hear about is like if your marriage can last seven years because that's when the personalities can kind of shift After seven years, then you're really over the hump. So how are they all seven? It's it's biblical man It's all comes back to the golden ratio Yeah, but then if something happens after three years, you're like, well, hey, well biblical number that's true You know, yeah, you make it to 40. Huh? Well, that's what happens a biblical number for your days We'll get we'll get to 40 probably and six. It's like well, yeah

two threes Yeah, I mean take seven minus one. Yeah Well, take all the days you're not focused on the one. Uh huh. The days he created where he didn't rest. Yeah. True. True. Dude. Uh, went to the Royals game yesterday. Speaking of six, uh, went to the Royals game yesterday with Bo, uh, wanted to have like a moment, like a father son memory moment. So I was like, Bo, cause it was first birthday that we went. I was like, for your last. Take a sip of that beer, Bo. Take it. Now, are you more of a Miller guy or a craft brew boy? No, I was like, for your last birthday present, I want to get you a new Royals hat. Cool. So we went to like the big, you know, store at the Royal

Stadium. And anyway, we were checking out and this old man was like, Hey, you look great in that hat, young man. you know, all this stuff. I was like, yeah. Thank you. What about him? We're celebrating his fifth birthday. And I swear, I swear this guy yelled the S word. Oh, today.

And I'm like, geez, old timer. I'm like, okay, man, just holy shit. Yeah. And, uh, I was like, I was like, oh, technically it was on, you know, whatever, like Sunday or Monday. And he's like, is that what you did? He was on set. I didn't want the ghost to be like, uh, uh, and, uh, he goes, and again, I thought he was like, no way. But instead of saying the S word, he said six. Oh, six. But like the way he said it sounded,

I think he thought I said his sixth birthday. Yeah, he's turning five. Yeah. Oh, six. Maybe I said it's his fifth birthday. It's his fifth, five. Yeah, but he goes, oh, six. And I was like, stop.

It's like, so you're six years old today. So I was like, Bo's being exposed to some words. Also, is this guy Chinese? Cause I think that's how they do their birthdays. Like you're one when you're born. Oh, interesting. So maybe he was kind of doing the Chinese birthday thing. Did he look Chinese?

I was gonna say, I don't want to stereotype cause he did not look Chinese, but guess what? There's people in America that don't look like they're born here, but they're American. Yeah, let's take time into history class real quick. Yeah, nice try, Timon. Mayflower, Flemeth Rock. You're gonna get us on that one. Jesus wasn't white, Timon. Yeah, look that King of Kings. You hear that? You know? I don't know. I don't know if he was white or not in that movie, but like it's a new movie that has Jesus in it.

Oh, I thought you were just talking about the book. Just all of them. Yeah. Yeah. So anyway, yeah, the sex thing. That was just, oh, sex. I was like, dude, I, and maybe he did say it because it's sex and that word don't sound that much alike.

And when you said it's his fifth birthday, there's really no reason to say sex. Yeah, I don't know. I was like, do you, what are you doing? Anyway, Tymon and I saw each other. Yes. Twice in one day. No way.

Yep, went over to his apartment on Wednesday. Got to see the pad. I really liked it. I said that a bunch, but I meant it. It's just a great, just like starter apartment. Apartment. Tell me, tell me something not intangibles, but just like things you don't think about that you love about it. So you go up to the second floor apartment building and you have to walk on like a wooden stairs that are like kind of like rotting a little bit. Be kind of careful. Yeah. Okay. You got to be kind

of careful. Yeah. Like looking like I think as as long as I'm on more the outsides of this thing, I'm fine. I looked underneath it to try and find where the support beams were. I was like, all right, it's in the middle. All right, I should walk in the middle then. Got it, got it. And not totally like rotting,

but just like they're not all there. Like some of the wood has fallen off, like the front of the stairs or something. Yeah. It reminded me a lot of when I finally moved off campus in college and I got my first apartment. Yes. And it's just like, it's small. There are some interesting, probably neighbors around, It reminded me a lot of when I finally moved off campus in college and I got my first apartment. And it's just like, it's small.

There's some interesting, probably neighbors around, but it's great. It's fun. It's just a little two bedroom, small little kitchen, but hey, still kitchen. Yeah, sure. Graydon offered me some, God knows, I would have rather had a pig neck,

some jalapeno, something, sausage. Did he offer you those? Oh yeah, it was a nice of him, but I obviously can't have it. Wait, what is it? Just you those? Oh yeah, it was nice. It was a nice one, but I obviously can't have it. What is it? Just sausage? No, yeah, it was fine. I was just, okay. Oh, it was the brats.

I thought you were talking about, Graydon likes these like jalapeno stuffed olives or something that are disgusting. So I was like, I hope he didn't offer you those. That'd be mean. That's pretty rude actually. No, it was great. They have a porch.

Oh. It's about an eighth the size of this was great. They have a porch. Oh. It's about an eighth the size of this room, but they have a porch. It's like, you can probably get two people out there. Yeah. I don't know if the weight limit is allowed. Rotate. Yeah.

There's two chairs out there. Yeah. Okay, you sit out there every time? Once or twice. Yeah. Yeah. I should start my mornings out there though. It's just like looking out at the other apartment.

I was gonna say, like right now, it's like perfect weather. It's just like looking out at the other apartment. I was gonna say, like right now it's like perfect weather. It's good like porch sitting time. Dude, we've been out on the deck recently in the morning. Yeah, that's nice. Nothing like a nice morning deck. Yeah. Yeah. That's nice. Yeah, you guys all just kind of wake up together.

You guys like are all start your day together and then you go off and work or how do you do it? It's not the same every day. It's never the same. It's never the same. It's never the same. Some days, some days it's like Katherine and I are just like lying in bed and then all of a sudden all four of them come in almost instantaneously.

Oh, that's kind of fun. Other times it's like Rosie comes in, Bo and Henry are playing in Henry's bed, like Bo like climbing there with Henry, they'll be screaming. So do they kind of start their day, your kids, like by coming into your room? Like that's kind of the start of their day.

It depends. Once again, sometimes Catherine's awake, sometimes we're still in bed, you know, whatever. It just, I mean, so Rosie has something that's like raised to awake, raised to wake? Okay to wake clock. Raised to wake like the phone. Yeah, yeah, I was like, that doesn't sound right.

Okay to wake clock. So it's like, it like turns green when it's okay for her to get out of bed. I think she would probably get out of bed. It's you know, whatever. Six forty five. But like wait till seven twenty for her to get out. OK. And then she always runs out and says her clock turn green, you know, whatever.

Wow. That's great. I wish I could start every day with that kind of enthusiasm. Yeah. Dude, seriously, though, like it's amazing. Like when kids wake up, it's like, well, it's morning. So I got to wake up. Yes. Yeah. It's I mean, Bo, like just his lead, he just, Rosie too. Uh, and then Hattie, like Hattie could sleep in forever. And then even when she wakes up, you wouldn't know it because she just gets her book and reads in bed. Like she's like classic, like first born. Yeah. Just kind of annoyed sometimes when it's like, Hey, Hattie, we got

to get up and we got to have breakfast. She's like, I didn't have any time to read this morning. Tough life. You slept till 8 45. Anyway, so yeah, just depends. Every day is different, but it's so fun. Yeah. I mean, often we'll have like all six of us on our bed, just like doing great.

And sometimes like Bo want to, you know, rough house with me first thing and just jump right on me or something. It's a blast. So you guys have a king size bed. Yeah. OK, we I still want to talk about time in his apartment, whatever. But when we got to Vietnam, I got a new hotel room, obviously in a new bed.

It was like wider than it was long. I never seen this before. Maybe that's just what a king size bed is. It might. I think it probably like wider than it was long. I'd never seen this before. Or maybe that's just what a king size bed is. It might, I think it probably is wider than it is long. Okay, I was like, maybe this is an Asian thing. Like it doesn't need to be as long. Cause everything is like, it sounds like a joke, but like the urinals are like slightly lower to the ground.

And like everything, once you start looking around, like it's all a little smaller here. People are, oh, interesting. I was like, maybe the beds are too. Okay, so I'm going to look up something else. Or time you look it up. I little smaller here. People are. Oh, interesting. I was like, maybe the beds are too. Okay. So I'm going to look up something else or timing you look it up. I don't need to do everything. I mean, look up what Brad was thinking. So look up California king size. So a standard king size bed is 76 inches wide, 80 inches long. So like a Midwest king Midwest king, but then there's California king. And I think that's longer than it is wide.

Maybe. So, um, not quite 72 inches wide by 84 inches. That's not great. No, it might be it. Okay. By 84 inches long. So it's, it's extra long, but it's a little bit skinnier. Which is California. Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. So I had Vietnamese King either way you were, you're confident that it was definitely or close to it. If I have a picture of it, but yeah, looking at it, it was like, uh, it was odd. Once you go, it's real hard to go back. It's wild. How huge a king size bed feels. It was great. I can't imagine. I'm sleeping on a little twin bed right now. Yeah. It's like a foot off the ground. It's like, I don't care, but it's like a king would be nice.

Yeah. A king is like about the size of my room right now. So, yeah, I don't know if I can fit a King in there. Get your whole room just a bed. Yeah. I don't have a picture of it either way, but yeah, I got to see Typhus's apartment. Me and Scott went over there and get a bunch of work done. Why did you guys go over there? I don't know. Just to see his apartment. It was like, it was first just going to be me and Scott.

For the all. It was like finding a first just gonna be me and Scott for the all It was like finding a place to record voiceover for like a Friday video. Okay, so it was like I'm a computer Mike is here might as well and then Jake came over to help out. So cool. Yeah, that's great and then Said goodbye at like 4 p.m. And then like two hours later. We're both at the same concert. I walk in I see time. It's brother Jesse. Oh, were you down and then you were up? Two hours later, we're both at the same concert. I walk in, I see Timon's brother Jesse. Oh, were you down and then you were up? Is that for us?

Did you guys go first? Well, when I saw Timon, I was like, dude, I will never get used to this. Well. Your turn. Okay. Timon really wanted to go on a date with some girl, but unfortunately we ain't taking Noelle's.

Boom, Timon! That's funny! Timon had a crush on a girl named Noelle. We ain't taking no else. Boom, diamond! That's funny! Time to have a crush on a girl named Noelle. And he has a son called Noelle. I did not understand that. I thought it was, I thought you were just trying to talk Gen Z. Oh, dang it.

We ain't taking Noelle. I was like, that wasn't really good. Good, good. Yeah, it was good. Thanks. I had a good day. It's forest again. Drop. Yeah. I bought a pretzel and I was like, hope I don't drop it. Oh, that's a song drop. Yeah. I don't know. I did. And I ate it all. And I was like, amen. Anyway, okay. Anyway, uh, I was a concert. Never saw time in, but yeah, did see his brother.

It was a time and I have not debriefed it yet. Let's go. Top three concert I've ever been to. Whoa. Haven't been to a lot of them. No, but I've been need to breathe 19 times though. So dude need to breathe is so good. Need to breathe is good.

Better than need to breathe. I thought so. Okay. Yeah. I go Taylor Swift, AJR, Forest Frank, three best concerts I've seen. I think talk to Okay. Yeah, I go Taylor Swift AJR Forest Frank three best concerts. I've seen I think talk to me Yeah, I do you think time I also have been in many but it was very much up there for me I realized like I think this is kind of what we were talking about with the Connor price thing like Even a song that I don't enjoy listening to like by myself

it's like oh this hits live and I'm glad I like kind of know the words like This is a good point. Yeah, like I was like like, Oh, this hits live and I'm glad I like kind of know the words like, um, this song good point. Yeah. Like I was like, um, just instruments like the, it was just all very like, I don't know. It just, every song hit, even if it was like, Oh, this is like not a, not a song. It's like a banger. It's not on my playlist, but I'm like, Oh, this is great live. Like, like this is fun. Sure. Yeah, yeah, he made everything fun. Very just like sincere and everything. It all felt like genuine. Yeah, it was cool.

And I was surprised by this very good voice. Yes. Because listening to the music, it sounds pretty like compressed and like, does he really have that tone in person? Because it's a very unique sound. Yeah. And I was very impressed.

No, he's legit. Better voice live. Yeah, I loved his voice. I think it's like when T-Pain first came out, I was like, well, Boy can say better, better voice live. Yeah, I loved his voice. It was I think it's like when T pain first came out, I was like, well, sure. It's auto tune. Yeah. And you hear him saying like, oh, he's like, incredible. Oh, I can sing really good.

Yeah. I mean, he just did a good job like commanding an arena for like two straight hours. Really? And like, yeah, I had different stages and wow. And like, I've never thought about this, but like it was well paced. I felt like and like I thought about movies and stuff But like it was like good like rise and fall like the emotional to like all the hype stuff It was really well balanced and it wasn't like oh the first half is you know

Like this this section is like the hype songs and this is like it was just very it was a good back and forth Yeah, yeah down and then you're up. Oh, yes, okay That's awesome. So yeah, if you're up. Oh, yes. Okay. That's awesome. So, yeah, if you're out there, you have a chance to see Force Franks come to your city. I would say do it. Maybe I should have gone. Sorry, you keep going. No, I just got a text from Will and Tate. Well, I think Will was there.

Oh, was he? And he just said, are y'all here right now? I didn't know what that meant. And then Tate just responded, Forest. And then Tate or Will said, I'm going to send an email to world vision. What's that context of that? Oh yeah. We showed up late. Oh yeah. They were doing, there was like the opener, then like a fundraiser thing for like sponsoring kids and then like intermission and stuff. So I can guess that's, I think that was what it was for. Okay. Rachel and I showed up like an hour late, not knowing what the openers were or anything. But yeah, when we saw Jesse were like, hey, we just got here

Like how how is it? He's like, that's about 20 minutes of like child sponsorship stuff So you saw Jesse like you hung out like talked to like it was intermission when we got there and he was like one Of the first people we saw. Oh, this just reminded me too. Intermission? Yeah. Like he like performed and then stopped. No, no, no.

Between like opener, opener, world vision, message, intermission. Got it, got it, got it, got it. Yeah. I was like, interesting. I've never heard of a, but you said two hours. So I was like, that's a long time to go on there. So yeah.

Yeah. But yeah, no, once Forrest came on, he did like two straight hours. Okay. Right before the concert started, I got stopped by a kid named Pierce, saying this is the podcast every day. Shout out Pierce.

Shout out Pierce. Hopefully it's this podcast. We didn't go over it, but it felt like it. Sure. Got a picture with him. And then, I'm pretty sure I know what happened, and I think it's the first, is I, some high school girls saw me take a picture with Pierce

and my best guess is they were like, dang, that guy's famous. Yeah. I'll get a picture with him. Yeah. And so they were just like, hey, can we get a picture too? And they didn't say anything about like, we love the videos, we love the podcast, I love this.

They said, can we get a picture? I was like, yeah. And then I just kind of let the silence go for a little bit and they didn't fill it and I didn't fill it. And then we just posed for a picture and this girl passed Rachel a Samsung and she's having trouble figuring. So we just like kind of hugged for a bit

and no one said anything. And I don't know what they know about me. And we were just there for a little bit. And then we took the picture and they said, nice to meet you. And I said, of course guys, see you around. See you around. Yeah, yeah, yeah. See you in there I said, of course guys, see you around. See you around. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

See you in there. Yeah, Rachel was like, what was that? I was like, I don't know. I have no idea. I think they just saw me take that other picture. I kind of like. There's no way they know who I am. I kind of like that as a prank in general.

Like you see people. Oh my gosh. Like friends taking pictures be like, that like one friend walks away. Hey, can we get a picture too? You won't. You'll mind if I hop in? Yeah.

I get in there. So just you and you just, and you guys take it. Or just, yeah, that's funny too. Like, or just take a picture of those people who are also getting their picture taken by somebody else. Yeah. They're getting a picture taken and you're taking a selfie. Yeah.

It is. Yeah. That's pretty funny though. That does like just in general, if one person comes up and says hi, like it is amazing. Like how much that breaks the seal for other people to like, Oh, general, if one person comes up and says hi, like it is amazing like how much that breaks the seal for other people to like, oh now I can say something. I should probably go up there.

Or like people notice you more or whatever it feels like. So that is funny. Like the high schoolers just like, maybe just in case. Just, you know, let's buy low, sell high. I think that's Forest's manager. But yeah, concert was great. I saw time and from where I was sitting, I found out, like one of my best friends from college,

she drove into Kansas City for the concert, she was in the same section as me, didn't notice it until later on Instagram that night. I was like, where were your seats? This looks really close to where I was. She's like 115, yeah, fair enough. That's about it, wow. The woman sitting next to me,

she was probably 10 years older than me, she was a mom, she was there with her kids. This woman has got some arm strength because her arms were up. And credit to her, that's fine, she was having a good time. But I just couldn't get over, her arms were just up for two hours.

Just every song, just like arms up like this. And when she did hit me, she would apologize. Which is fine, as long as you apologize. She was like in your business. Was would apologize. Yeah. Which is fine. As long as you apologize. She was, she was like in your space. Yeah. Was she standing? Yeah. Was everyone standing?

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. But yeah, arms up. She's got to do Pilates or something. I don't know. This is crazy. That's so funny.

And she would hit you every once in a while. I'll be like, sorry. Sorry. How did she sing along real loud? Yes. She was one of those you ever sit by someone in church. She was kind of doing their own thing a little bit? Kind of like harmonizing.

We're Southern Baptists, so. So no. Yeah, I might be the most radical guy at church, honestly. No, I'm just kidding. All right, sing a hymn and then I'll be what she is like. Come thou fount of every blessing to my heart to sing. It's like higher than everyone Every blessing to my heart to sing.

It's like higher than everyone and like adding your own little stuff to it. Oh dude. I will never like, I'll never do that. I will like, like you are not the concert. Like, there was a girl I'll never get over. I went to a Shane and Shane. I'll never get over this. New segment. Yeah. I honestly, let's, let's, let's, let's say it. And then at the end of it, we'll you say that and then I'll do the drop the bass drop. Great. Great. Okay.

So went to a Shane and Shane and David Crowder concert. It was unbelievable. Shane and Shane is so talented. They can sing so well. They can play guitar so beautifully. They have the crazy strumming thing they do with the triple strums. But Shane and Shane was ruined for me because this girl behind me, especially during the slow songs, tried to sing. I heard her more than Shane.

And she wasn't good. It'd be one thing if Tymon's like getting after it. Yeah, it's kind of like turn that up. But even then it's like, hey man, get on stage or get out of here. Yeah. So, um, Shane and Shane, I don't know if I'll ever enjoy them the same way because I'm always going to think of that woman. Uh, and I'll never get used to this. So I will say, I don't think I would have cared if anyone was doing that next to me because I don't think I could have heard him. It was nice and loud.

It was like to me, I love. Yeah. I want to concert concert to be as loud as it can be. And like also, like if I, I recently saw a movie in IMAX with Zach and he was like, it was just too loud. I was like, no, like I want the loud parts to be like as loud as they can be like rumble my I wanted to kind of hurt and it's like, I don't know if I could like, maybe kind of, I was next to Oliver,

I could like kind of hear him singing along, but like, I think it was loud enough we were kind of like in our own world a little bit. Yeah, Tymon was on the floor. I was next to Big Mama. It's one thing if it's loud for every, like everyone's getting into it. It's another thing if it's like,

I know how you're singing. Like I know exactly who you are. I can distinguish your voice among the others. I know what your elbow smells like. Cause it's in my face every half a second. Like that's different. My whole section was really getting into it. Like it was everyone was like fun. That's a, yeah, that's just a chorus then at that point. Like that's fun. Yeah. Time. What'd you text me about your ribs? You almost broke one. Yeah. So I don't know what are I, what did I text you? It was a song like he like saved till the very end. Yeah. Song called drop and he made it very high, very like rock and roll. I was like, I kind of lost cause that's one of my favorites. I think that he's done, especially recently.

And I was like, ah, it's bummer. He's probably not going to do that one. It's like almost over. And then it like came on and I was like, I got into it. I was like the most hype I've been in the concert before. And yeah, I was just like, I think at one point I thought I broke my rib. Just from like, because I was like, what is this? Like I feel something and like, I also like can't think or hear and I'm like, cause I was just, I was, they were just jumping up and down and jumping like

as high as I can. Wow. Like I was like, I know people have like just broken their ribs from like exertion before. So I was like, did I just break my rib? I thought I was like, yeah, I dunno. A lot of things happened during that song. I can't think her here. Yeah. But that was, that was the highlight though. Yeah. It was great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He did a really good job. And there was a part where he like sang some hymns and like preach for a little bit. Like it just had a little bit of everything. And yeah, I saw one of my friends. He was

there with like his kids and he's like, it's cool. Like my kids got to hear the gospel at the forest Frank concert. Yeah. You know, like, oh yeah. And I actually would have loved to hear more about this because he talked a little bit about when they, when he first went on tour as forest Frank, he was like, this was such a side project from surfaces. Like we didn't know who our audience was. Spotify said our average listener was 28. So he's like, we went to these music venues and it was 18 and up. And the very first show, all these families show up

and we're like, oh my gosh, we have like a problem on our hands. He's like, we had no idea. Okay. And. Cause yeah, you're not gonna be able to see on Spotify that a six year old is listening. Listening with their dad or with their mom.

Yeah. And so, yeah, I am just more curious of the behind the scenes. Like, so what'd you have to do? Like, do you have to reroute the whole tour? Like, do you have to like? I would be so interested to know what you had to do there. But anyway, now they've learned their lesson and he's massive. I mean, he's like selling out arenas.

And so. It's so many kids. This was in T-Mobile though, was it? Cable Dommer. Ooh, the Dom. Yeah. Okay. The big Dom.

I've never been there. Been once for hockey once for forest cool And yes, he's like 6,000 and he sold it out. That's pretty impressive. Yeah considering He's only really been making music like two years as for us Frank. Yeah, that's crazy So for all the crap we gave him for all of his like Instagram stuff. Oh worked. He's doing something. It definitely worked No, that's awesome. Yeah, I think I like concert for us more than Instagram for sure, but it was a great time. You know, but you, it's like a necessary evil. Oh, you know, it's like, okay, we have to have that. Oh yeah. No, if I was in his shoes, I'd be making cringe. Like I just, if he's promoting his music, it's like what you have to do. Right? Yeah. You have to play the game now. Yeah. Man.

That's fun. Yeah. Uh, had he not now is trying to learn the TikTok song, you know, the forest song. Lord, I need you. Yeah. So I didn't even know that blew up on TikTok until he talked about it at the concert. Okay. Yeah. I had no idea. I don't know how big it is, but one of her friends is like Bob, military, Bob's daughter is like big time dance, like doing all that stuff. And oh yeah. Haley's trying to teach me that song, but she's going too fast. So anyway, great key, great key change in that song.

Yeah. Yeah. Key change. Yeah. Yep. I texted time and a couple of weeks ago, I was listening to that song and I was like, Hey, don't make a huge deal about it. But I think I just noticed my first key change music. Yeah. I was like, it's like, it's a two 40 market, a song at times like, yeah, good job. Very good. You did it. That's right. That is a key change. And then yeah, it's like, it's a 240 market a song at times. Like, yeah, good job. Very good. You did it. That's right. That is a key change.

And then, yeah, it came out of the concert. I texted Diamond. Key change. Key change. Yeah. I don't know if you caught it. Did you break up with your girlfriend? Because you're going to need to change those keys.

Locks. I don't know. She had access to your apartment. I don't know. She had access to your apartment. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. The last night in Vietnam, me and the boys wanted to treat ourselves a little bit. We went to a nice restaurant called Pink Salt. Oh, okay. Downtown Da Nang. And Isaac and Matt shared a Wagyu steak. Wagyu steak. They're like, we have to get this.

Look how affordable it is. And I said, guys, guys, fellas, fellas. Boys, boys, boys. Amigos, amigos. Hombre. You think this is affordable? Yeah. You can get wagyu beef.

Wagyu beef. Wagyu beef from Good Ranchers just as affordable as this. They said, I'm looking at the website. I said, that, that, that, I haven't even told you. About the $40 off. Whoa! About the free shipping. Whoa!

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Yeah. No. Probably hormones added? Hormones subtracted. Probably seed oils in the chicken nuggets. Oil-free, seed-free. Are you kidding me? It's very clean ingredients. I mean, you're just, you're getting the meat.

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That's right. That's what we always say good ranchers comm American meat delivered Baseball game was good Yes, dude. It was so fun It's nice with it was it was I think as perfect as it gets it's been real perfect I did get sunburned. So maybe it's not quite but like I mean it was 70 degrees beautifully sunny day and Bo and I had a blast, man.

Uh, this is the first time that Bo and I have gone to a game solo. I think, no, that's not true. We went to a game when he was like three, maybe by ourselves, but like he was actually somewhat into the game this time. Normally it's like, he doesn't even really look at the field. He's kind of just looking around at everything else, like just because it's sensory overload at this place. Um, but the Royals played well.

They won like six to zero, like Bobby Wood, place. But the Royals played well. They won like six to zero. Like Bobby Wood Jr. had four hits. Salvi had. Salvi was probably won 10-0 yesterday. Yeah, maybe it was 10-0. That was yesterday. We left after eighth inning. So maybe they knocked some more in.

But they were dominating. I mean, so that was fun. We had great seats. My brother-in-law gave us these tickets that he has season, like partially season tickets, and brought so much food and ate all of it. Like you brought food. Yeah. You can bring in food. You can, you can bring in food. You can only bring in like a sealed water bottle,

the drink, but you can bring in food. Wow. Baseball's hurting. They're like, man, come on in and barbecue at your seat. I don't know. Yeah. I guess I think, you know, you can't do that for NFL. It's like, but as long as it's a clear bag, you can bring in whatever food you want within. I was reading like websites. It was good ranchers within reason. Like you can't bring in like a massive bag. Yeah. We brought so many things. We went to a quick trip beforehand. I was like, but we're orange crackers with the peanut butter. Oh yeah. I get it. Well, he's like, what? Peanut butter and crackers. That's my snack of choice on the golf course. Yeah. Everything else is pork. Which is so, which is great. And it's a, it's a good thing, but it's like, it's like you could have any M and M, any piece of chocolate. There is so much here and you're

choosing that. So we chose that. And then we got the big league chew. Uh, oh, you got it. He's never had that before. And he thought it was so fun to the big league two. Oh, you got it. He's never had that before. And he thought it was so fun to have like baseball gum. Gosh, that's fun. Those are fun memories. It was so you really get to like relive your childhood. I told Catherine yesterday, I was like, without like without going in the spiritual like realm, I was like, but as close as it gets, honestly, it's like

there's something so special about walking into a baseball stadium. Like, it's like intoxicating for me to like- Me and my dad always talk about that. Like when you first see the field, that's when it's like special. Because it's like, and Catherine was like, it's because it's so beautiful and we are trained to enjoy beauty. Like we are like, not trained, we are made to enjoy this beautiful place. It's like the grass and like, like literally we walked in, I was like, but we're just going to walk in and we're just going to look at the field real quick before we find our seats. Yeah. It may walk out and walk in again, just to feel it all over. It's, it's like

intoxicated. Like, yeah. And it's, it's fun to do that with football. It's cool to do a basketball, but it's like, there's something different for me, at least about a baseball stadium. I haven't noticed it slightly at a big concert or just like seeing an arena, you know, big basketball gym, whatever, just like going from a tunnel to like a wide open space. Yes. It really, it pops your eyes open. It's energy. Yeah.

There's just like this energy to it. And so, I mean, it's just, there's nothing like that. Yeah. Crack of the bat, the way the, you know, the ball hits the mitts. I don't know. It's just like, it's just sweet, man. So as Bo gets older and gets really into baseball, hopefully that's half the fun is going there an hour early and watching batting practice and just watching them turn double plays over and over Again, like I used to be obsessed with that batting practice was so awesome

I remember the Mariners were in town and King Griffey jr. I got oh I was so close to getting one of his home runs Got Edgar Martinez, which is pretty sweet too. But like King Griffey, man. That's really cool Yeah, we uh, I remember one time we went up to the St. Louis Cardinals game and got there early, batting practice run like the right field foul line, basically, and I'm standing in a spot with my glove and my dad's like, hey, why don't we come down here? And not 30 seconds later, JD Drew rips a line drive

right where I was standing. And I think I was like, oh, I was just there. My dad's like, you would have died. Yeah. Like that was like a screamer. Like a frozen rope. Yeah.. And I think I was like, oh, I was just there. And I was like, you would have died. Like that was like a scrimmage. Yeah. Yeah, I think about that sometimes. Yeah, it would have went like right on my neck. You're like, no, dad, I would have caught it.

And then I wouldn't have been scared of anything ever. And I would have been a major league baseball player right now. Who knows what would have happened? Dude, yeah. Those guys are amazing. Like truly. Yeah.

So fun. Anyway, it was great. We had really good seats like almost like Almost two good seats. Like I was like, I don't think I ever had seats like this ever as a kid Yeah, every pop fly looks like a home run It was also school day at the K and so all the kids on the upper deck every time there was a pop fly just screaming going nuts Which was so fun. So

Anyway, great time at the, at the K with Bo. It's been, a lot of my notes are just like, Bo this, Bo, Bo's birthday, Bo's first baseball game. Like we've had all these different things going on. So, but we can talk about later. I want to, I want to hear more about Vietnam. Right. Let's talk Nam. Yeah. Yeah. We talked China last episode. Vietnam was awesome. That's like without even looking at my notes, I just want to talk about Vietnam. Like it was just so, I think part of it is that we had just spent some time in China and we'd just been eating some Chinese food.

And then getting to Vietnam was just like, is what we needed. So if you're, if you can like afford the flight to get there, you should go to like Vietnam or Thailand because your money goes so far there that it's just like, it's confusing almost, like how little things cost. And it's almost like, I think your signs are wrong

or something. Yeah. Or the conversion. Yeah, you think you're doing the math wrong. Okay. You know, just over and over again. And so, so we stayed at a five star resort on the beach for $90 a night.

You know, that's what you can get like a comfort in, in Kansas for. Right. You know, so- It truly was like a five star, like it was like super nice. Cause at first we were like, can they just say five stars or whatever?

Or is there five stars the same as our five stars? That may be a little off, but I did see like they put up a plaque, which not just anyone can buy a plaque. I've never seen a plaque for sale. You have to get those certified, it's like get us Book of World Records kind of thing. You gotta get a plaque guy I've never seen a plaque for sale. Certified. It's like get us book of world records kind of thing. You gotta get a plaque guy out there. It was in their lobby and it said like Vietnam Board of Tourism and it gave it five stars. Okay. I also have never

stated a five star resort. So I really, it's not like I can confirm like, yep, they did the five star stuff. Okay. But like, but it's, it was very nice. It was just nice. It looked nice. I've never yeah private beach Infinity pool never been in one of those they had like six of them. Yeah, infinity pool on the beach That was really that took it next level. Not just a level Yeah, yeah, what kind of like overlooking the beach cool, but like right there on the sand Yeah, infinity pole overlooking like mountains and beach. That was pretty sick. That's awesome I was like that then five stars for me. Yeah, they had it

That was pretty sick. That's awesome. I was like that five stars for me. Yeah. They had, this feels like more two stars, but kind of fun. They had an above ground trampoline, just like a normal back, like what you guys have. They have like that trampoline, just like near- On the beach?

Not on the beach, but like in the resort. Sign me up. Yeah, I know. I was like, this looks awesome, but like, did someone bring this? Like it just looks like a family put it outside of their unit. Did you ever see the movie Dunstan checks in? It's like about this family who's like the guy is like the dad is like the manager of

a hotel. So they live at the hotel. So maybe it, but then they have like a monkey that stays there too. That's what's so awesome. It's awesome movie. You guys want to does it. And checks in, but I've got this monkey. Maybe it's like those that family,

like the hotel manager's family has the, or maybe it's forever. Great guess. Yeah. That is, or did you see other family? Like, was there other family friendly things there? Did it feel like a family resort? No, there were like kids there.

It wasn't like adults only, but. But it wasn't like there was a playground and there was. No, that was the one thing. I just texted you guys a picture of it, but yeah, just took it above ground trampoline with the net. Uh, I really wanted to get in on that. I mean, it's, it's right, right there in the resort area.

Like it's not like it's out in the. Yeah, I'd jump on that. It looks pretty big. Yeah. That's awesome. That was kind of funny. Um, but yeah, so like it really just rocked my world. I was like more people, like I think in America, it's very common.

Like if you want the resort experience, you want to vacation, you just go to like Central America or, you know, you go to Mexico, you go to Cabo, whatever. Hawaii. Yeah. But it's like, man, if you can do the flight there, I mean you live like a king in Southeast Asia. That's so once again, my wife is always right. Cause she was like, like when you were going on this stuff, she's like, Vietnam, that sounds awesome. And I was like, I have no desire to go to Vietnam.

And now it sounds like I should have desire to go to Vietnam. It sounds always beautiful and like. Yeah, it was awesome. Yeah, she was really, really liked it. She's like, I don't really want to go to China. She's like, but Vietnam sounds awesome. I think that's great. Yeah?

Yeah, I think we Googled it it and you're the U S dollar goes the furthest in Vietnam more than any other country. How interesting. And we learned from like a, so randomly Isaac's cousins live in Vietnam. Are they doing missions work or just? He has a job working for Ashley home furniture and they sent him out there like six years ago.

So he and his wife and his kid, they just live in Vietnam. So they're like an hour or two away from Da Nang, here on the wall. And so they came up and joined us for like a day. So honestly, we learned a lot because there wasn't a lot of English there either. We would learn a lot about Vietnam from them. Okay. And they said that like, I'm not going to remember the history,

but basically some people came in and just inflated the Vietnam dollar, the Dong, the Vietnam like crazy. And so now it's like a bummer the Vietnam dollar, the Dong. The Dong, yeah. The Vietnam, like crazy. And so now it's just like a bummer. They boosted the Dong. They made that Dong bigger. Yeah, I don't know when, but yeah, at some point they like inflated it to like a crazy high Dong level.

Okay, got it. So the Dong, you see, or so it's Dong. Unbelievable. So the American Dongs are bigger, no, American dollars are bigger than Vietnamese dogs Yes by a long shot got it. Okay Big time like you are a kick in there. That's what you mean by you live King size got California Kings. Okay, a

Hundred no. Yeah a hundred thousand dong was 40 US dollars It's a one time I paid for something my gosh and I got change and I got a two thousand dollar bill back 100, no, yeah, 100,000 dong was 40 US dollars. And so one time I paid for something. Oh my gosh. And I got change and I got a $2,000 bill back. And then you're doing the math, you're like, I think this is a dime. It says 2,000 on it.

You know, so just everything is confusing. Like, I want a nice, you know, we're gonna spend money on this, this, whatever. And it's like, oh, that's a million dong, dang. A million of anything is a lot of money. Yeah, but that's only, wait, that's a million dong, dang. A million of anything is a lot of money. Yeah, but that's only, wait, I might've said it wrong earlier. I think a million dong is $40.

So 100,000 dong is only $4. My gosh. It's like 25,000 to one. There are so many dongs in Vietnam. Yeah. That's what's crazy is like, they must know millions, trillions, billions. They must know that so much better than we do.

Cause like after a billion for me, it's like, oh, I don't know. I think it's trillion and then it's like quintillion, quadrillion. We don't know that they would, they're probably like, how much you buy the house for 80 quadrillion dog. That was the other aspect. So I think I became obsessed with taking these op trivia time. What is the name of, of, we found the question. I'm going to go with Dong.

Yeah. The Uber, but for Vietnam. So like I want to ride share. I want to hail a taxi. You know, what's it called in Vietnam? I have answers for you. Oh, the Uber app in Vietnam is called what? Okay.

Snag, grab, taxi or squirt. I like grab. I like grab. I hope grab if it's squirt, we have some dog jokes to me. I'll go squirt. The correct answer is grab time to get it right. So we became obsessed with these moped grab rights. It's like Oh, they call it grab cuz you just you grab them baby. You hang on to the back of them

You're talking like a motorcycle. Yes that So terrifying it was awesome because we would only do it at night because the UV was like so intense during the day everyone So bikes are probably three to one ratio to like cars there. Everyone's riding mopeds So bikes are probably three to one ratio to like cars there. Everyone's riding mopeds. But you'll notice during the day, everyone's like layered up. Like they all look like beekeepers or something. Because of the skin?

Like they're trying not to get burned? Yeah, trying to protect their skin. And so Isaac and I were like, well, I guess we probably shouldn't just like in our t-shirts, just like go for a 15 minute moped ride. Cause what's latitude of Vietnam? Like Southern Mexico. Thank you.

latitude of, you know, like Southern Mexico. Thank you. So, okay. That's awesome. So at nighttime we would do these moped rides and they were awesome. Cause it's just like perfect weather. And you're just feel like you're in the city, baby. Okay.

I mean, there were times you had to tuck. I'm not kidding. You had to tuck your knees in from like where I was sitting. We're like, there's a car next to me. Oh, I got to tuck my knees. Wow. But they're all, I mean, it's mesmerizing. It's amazing because no one's on their phone.

I mean, everyone is like keenly aware of what's going on around them. They're using their horns like crazy. Yeah. And no one hits each other. It's nuts. Wow. It's awesome.

So, okay. I think I know the answer, but surely you and Isaac had to take two different grabs. Yes, we did. Okay, that was a question. They ever have like triples, like triple deckers? Dude. So does that mean that you guys have like triples, like triple deckers. So does that mean that you guys, like, were you like, Hey, I'm with him, try to stay with

him? Or was it just like, Oh, see you when I get there brother. Like, yeah, there were times where we would try to hail them at the same time. Yeah. And like, Hey, let's race or something. But then one would come quicker and like, Oh, I just see it. I see it back there. Yeah.

But there were times where like, I was in a car and I ran up to Isaac in the bike and we'd give him a fist bump from the car to the bike. That's how close you are. It was like, no problem. Just give Isaac a high five. I'm in a car, he's on a bike. So were you like, I guess you had to have a destination. It wasn't just like, hey, we're just wanting to ride around.

Yeah, can you just take me for a spin? No, we stayed like 15 minutes outside of town, denying, so we'd go back and forth there every night. That sounds so fun. It was awesome. I looked into buying one. I was like, Rachel, we gotta buy one. We scooped back and forth from the Bondi truck this summer,

and she's like, yeah, if you want one. I was like, ah, she's not interested. You've learned. You've learned that. I would say like a mint colored one. I was like, oh, she's gonna like this. Not so much. Yeah, she's not real thrill seeker.

Gunner was a big moped guy for her. Yeah, I think he's gonna like this. Not so much. Yeah, she's not real thrill seeker. Gunner was a big moped guy for a while. Yeah, I think he's still got one. So we loved that, and what was a cool part of it is like you would do a 15 minute moped ride, and it would come out to like, you know, 200,000 dong or something. Which is only like two bucks or whatever, four bucks. And I go to my wallet, all I have is like half a million.

So I was like, you know what, just take this, whatever. It's like a $4 tip. And this was like, it was like heartbreaking, but really cool at the same time, they would lose their minds when you would tip them $4. Really? He would be like, thank you, thank you. You sir, you sir, thank you.

And I was like, yeah, yeah, of course, take it. He's like holding his hand over his heart. Thank you, thank you. Wow. Oh my, yeah, yeah, of course. Take it. He's like holding his hand over his heart. Thank you. Thank you. Wow. Oh my gosh. Okay. That's crazy.

Either that or it's like $4 goes a long way in Vietnam. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Just like just the we looked it up. The median household income there is like $600 US a month. Really? And we didn't necessarily know that. So we hosted our own pickleball tournament in Vietnam while we were there.

Oh, this is the eggs and everything that Isaac's figuring out. The grand prize was 800 US dollars. People were pretty intense. We're kind of figuring this out in real time, like, oh, this means a lot. This is a lot of money. Right, people were very competitive about it.

There was a good amount of cheating. And maybe not a good amount, but more than you'd see in an American tournament. It's probably because they were paying them more than they'd see in like an American tournament. It's probably because like they were paying them more than they would make it a month to win this pickleball tournament. Yeah, that'd be equivalent of, yeah. Five grand.

Yeah, crazy. Anyway, so it was very, I don't want to, it was just very cool to like tip people. You feel like you're tipping so generously and it's like $5. Right. And it's like, thank you, thank you so much. So yeah, so I loved kind of the Southeastern Asian culture.

Granted I was there three days, but yeah, I mean, the bike and just the people and the beach, easy when you stay at a five star resort to be like, I loved it, but it was awesome. Dude, Mexico, I don't know what people are complaining about, dangerous, like when I went to Secrets of the Vine in Cancun, it was nuts. Sandals is doing just fine in Cancun.

But I think most people listening, you could probably afford it more than you think. I know the flight is a bit much and maybe a bit expensive, but once you get there, you could do anything. We've looked into Thailand before. Yeah, I think Thailand's similar. Same idea. It's almost unbelievable how much are they lying with these pictures?

Because it's like, there's no way that a round trip with, you know, like accommodations would be $1,200 to Thailand. Yes. And the thing is we were kind of trying to save money. So we did the resort, there's only $90 a night. You can obviously get nicer resorts that are like six stars. I don't know how high up 10 dogs, you know, they're like crazy nice and spend similar money than you would around here.

That's so interesting about the, the, the num, like what's the point? I just have a hard time with the currency of like, why, why make a hundred thousand so small? Like why not start at one? Like it just makes it so much easier, right? From what I can remember, Isaac's cousin was telling me that back in the day, I think Vietnam, I'm gonna get this wrong, but I think they had kind of like an oligarchy among families where like these five families had all the money in Vietnam.

And then someone else came, I think the government came in and wanted to kind of like crush the wealth that was in Vietnam. And so they The story he told me is like you can't find this online They have like buried this but basically they came in and in one overnight said hey one dong is now a thousand basically They inflated everything by a thousand Overnight that way just crushed all the wealth in the entire country And I think this is part of like the communist movement in Vietnam.

And so they did it to themselves for the sake of like crushing the wealthy is the story I was told. Very interesting. Okay. Yeah. It doesn't make sense. Like why would you deal with such large numbers? Right. Like, like what is the smallest dong you can find in Vietnam? I'm just, I'm genuinely curious. Like what is their pity? Yeah, I don't know. I the smallest

I saw was a $2,000 dong bill. Okay, that's crazy. I mean, I know it's such guy humor, but I can't stop doing the whole trip. You can imagine fifth grade Brad would not have been able to control himself. I'll tell you who would really had a heyday with Scott Scott back Yeah still to this day is giggling like a schoolgirl. Let's see this episode like we did have fun though I mean you would like, you know, you just texting your friends and yeah Isaac's like dude I'm at the store right now like You know t-shirts are three dollars, you know a text back do I'm about to blow some dog? No way. That's crazy.

I left a Google review at this one restaurant because they were like, hey, if you leave us a review, we'll give you some free stuff, whatever. And I was like, dong for dong, best food in town. Donuts for dong, yeah, that's amazing, yeah. It was very fun. Your dong goes farther. Yeah, like what are-

A little dong goes a long way out there Tongue for dog dollar for dollar. I'm trying to think of other like good expression of a dollar in them that we could say Mo dong mo problems So more Vietnam trivia questions for you Rice is dried is like laid out to dry in what public area? Okay. This is a noble choice. Rice is laid out to dry in what public area?

Okay, let's think of public areas. Public areas. We're talking bathrooms, we're talking. Like a square. A square. You know, like a library. Really literate there. Public areas.

Rice is laid out to dry in. Oh, no, we're talking like sports fields because it helps fertilize the turf. Oh, yeah. Have a win win. Yeah, they're I'm trying to think of what sports really big in Vietnam that we see Americans, like Vietnamese people playing over here on the table tennis courts.

Table tennis courts. Yeah. Okay, like an outdoor. They just like put it in a ditch. Ditch, not far off. Not too bad. Road slash highway. You're just driving 50 miles an hour down the road

and there's just like a tarp with a bunch of just like stuff on it. And we were asking like, what is that? And like, oh oh they're drying the rice. On? On the road all over. So you're driving over the rice? Uh sorry the rice would be like in like the- That's what it sounded like. Yeah yeah yeah sorry not like the lane you're driving by but like next to you like in the what's it called the shoulder. Yeah. Maybe the median. Interesting. Um yeah and not just rice I think a lot of their like food that they make there or they grow there that they need to dry it out. They just do it on the road.

I took a 15 hour and a half flight to Hong Kong. Thank you for that half. I see that half. I see. Hey, I see that half. I see that half. And I did it wearing a Cozier Sweatshirt and Cozier Sweatpants.

Dang, so you probably like didn't sleep a wink. I took a 12 hour flight. Sorry, we're not done. From Taiwan. Not my bad. Back to Seattle. And I did it in a Cozier sweatshirt and Cozier sweatpants.

How did he? Now, oh, oh. The horse is. And I bet you didn't. And I bet you didn't sleep a wink. Wrongo! Slept like a baby, a baby that sleeps well. That term is a little incorrect sometimes. When they sleep, they sleep deeply.

Oh, every two hours you woke up? No. They let me cry it out. The point is, when I want to be at my most comfortable, like even off the podcast, like no one's making me do this. When I want to be as cozy and as comfortable as possible, I put on my cozy earth. And I did feel amazing. There was a chance or there was a moment where I thought I like somehow left him or forgot

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Oh, this was something I'm glad you asked. Forgot to bring this up. We flew into Vietnam on liberation day. Didn't know that the 50 year anniversary of the fall of Saigon. So I think we were there at the most popular time, maybe in Danang's history when we were there. Because Isaac's cousins were like,

I've never seen this city this poppin' before. So it felt busy, but it didn't feel like videos I've seen of Tokyo or videos I've seen of Mombasa or whatever, you know, it wasn't like insane, I can't walk, but it was like, oh yeah, this is like a busy, just Asian town, I guess. Okay. Yeah. I didn't know. Cause when you said like they have to put the rice out by the roads, like, is that the only place they have to put these? Like I forget the explanation we got. So that was so on last episode you brought up Kenny.

Okay. Yeah. So this was Kenny is the one who's explaining this to us. So we got in an Uberber in a grab one day To go up. It was our last day. We really hadn't done anything to her see the whole time. We've been working and We had seen that the world's largest cable car system was like up in the hills here We're like, let's go do that. It looks kind of touristy kind of fun. It's like a 45 minute ride Kenny picks us up and he actually speaks English, which is not common at all there okay, and and he speaks a lot of it he's very excited and

It just we're learning more and more about him and it's starting to feel like I don't know if any of this is true Oh, yeah, and it's like man are all uber drivers in the whole world. Just exactly the same, you know, he's driving You know, this isn't my main thing SoundCloud you don't, Kenny, the grabber. Yeah. Look me up. Rob and Kenny, a lot of dog except tips dog tips. But he is telling, I wish Isaac was here because I have kind of like tuned down to the conversation and Isaac is the one like still being polite talking to him, but he told us that,

well, first of all, there was a lot of death in his family, which, you know, is maybe true, maybe not, but the part I focused on was the man who murdered his father went on to pay for him to go to college in New York City, and then they ended up becoming best friends. So they walked to trivia time. What country did they walk to from Vietnam? whoa

Thailand I don't even China. I don't know. I don't know that much geography of like where Viet I'm realizing the reason that I knew the like ditch thing. I listened to the correct opinions like patreon They talk I randomly had access to it. So I know the answer. So, oh, probably they walk to America. He said he and the man who murdered his father walked to India together and we're like, wow, how close? How far is that?

And he's like, took all summer or something. And he said he walked 30 kilometers every day. We said, what'd you eat? And he said, whatever. And on the way back, the guy lost one of his legs and kept walking though. And then by the time he got back, he did lose both of his legs. And then by the end of it, it sounded a little like Forrest Gump. And this might be Lieutenant Dan and this whole time, this guy murdered your dad dude what that is great what that's a great bit if i were if i were a vietnamese grab driver and i had americans i would just loosely you know i used to play ping pong a really popular american movie over time you know i have the iq of. Yeah. Box of chocolates. When I was born, yeah, my dad, my dad was alive and they presented me in front of the

whole village and then my uncle killed him. And I had- Don't bring up wildebeest. No thanks. I'm trying to figure out where India is compared to. I'm not, I'm not very good at like looking up. I just use Google maps, I guess. What way are you trying? I Googled it and was just looking at Google images of maps of India is far real far. Well, that's just the border. Like where, where

did he go in India? I don't know. And he was able to walk back on one leg for a while and then two legs. The man who murdered us, dad was able to walk back on one leg. Yeah, I don't know. And he was able to walk back on one leg for a while and then two legs. The man who murdered his dad was able to walk back on one leg. Yeah, true. We're kind of brushing over that idea of like, yeah, we became best friends and he felt bad. He's like, sorry about stabbing your dad 30 times.

Go to NYU. It's a great school. And it's gonna teach you so well that you're gonna come back here and drive caps. He was interesting. Another thing I'm remembering when we first, so Isaac's cousins met us at a resort, but they've got a baby.

So we were gonna like take two separate grabs. So Kenny picks up just me and Matt and he's like, he sees like the other white people outside. He's like, they're your friends? Like, yeah, yeah, they're gonna take like another car. He's like, why not? Why not all in one? And we're like, oh, they have like a baby

and I think they just wanted more space. He's like, well, grabs can fit seven. We're like, yeah, you know, I think they just, we called him at different times and he's like, say they're not your friends? He's like interrogating us. Like, no, they're our friends. And he's like, how do you know them?

And we're like, well, we don't actually know. There are friends. So you know what a parachurch ministry is? So yeah, I worked with this kid. He was seventh grade when I met him. Yeah. To say the whole thing. He was like, so instantly just kind of like upset. It's like, if you were friends, you would have rode together. All right. Something was up. So on the way back, we did, right? He was like, here's my number. You call me directly, I'll give you a ride back. So we're like, okay, okay. And we did.

And then the ride back is when it got a little weird. He started asking them too many questions. Maybe he's just a curious guy. Maybe he just likes speaking English, but. This is Kenny still? This is still Kenny. He's like, so, you know, what do you guys do around here? Why you live here?

And then he's like, and where do you live here? I go we live in this town. He was address. Yeah, he goes what street and the mom was like we're good Okay, no need no need. They've been there for six years They know enough to be like this is not normal. Okay, like for someone to ask you what street you live on So Kenny got a little weird, but it is funny that you randomly pulled that name. Yeah, that's crazy Will so so you called him private. One more dong joke, do you mind? Permission for one more dong?

Yeah, go ahead. Yo, give me one more dong. You called him private on the way back. Yes, we like texted him like WhatsApp, like, hey, we're ready. So like you didn't pay the app directly, you just gave him dong under the table? We slipped up some dong, who knows who knows if a dog could have slipped in there

Yeah, we did yeah is great great It's also like the like what street do you live on sounds like like a Duolingo English question Like maybe he like learned that like that's just one of the basic Why ask it's like, yeah, like El Bono. It's like, you learn that. It's like kind of weird to ask about the bathroom over and over again. Yeah. Yeah. That's a great question. Yeah. Did you guys learn like, yeah, okay. Let's, let's just back up to the entire trip, but specifically, I guess, Vietnam, did you learn any language? Like before you came, if it were me, I would have done 30 to 45 minutes of research on a few different

things before I go as far as like history maybe, or like, what's cool about this city or what are some good words to know? Like, did you guys learn anything like that? That you? Not really. Okay. I mean, I, I think in both countries we went to, yeah, we learned hello and thank you. How do you say thank you? Gracias. What was it? I'm so, it's like a cramp for a test. It's either mercy or gracias. I can't remember. Oh, in China, sheshe sheshe. Oh, sheshe. Yeah, I think. Yeah. That's what they say on rush hour. That's all I know. Or Chris, I was like, oh, she. And then now I don't remember even what it was in Vietnam, but that's great. So that's basically all we learned after our first like couple hours in Vietnam.

I said, are playing pickle balls to people. And immediately we were like, oh, we should learn some like pickle ball phrases. Like we should learn how to say good shot or sorry or some things like that. And didn't get around to that. But Isaac did, our manufacturer did teach Isaac some cuss words in Chinese. And I swear he was better at the cuss words than he was. Like he would always say like, he would always say, she, she shin.

Or something like he would like mess up thank you. But he was like nailing the cuss words. Oh, they died laughing. They loved it. Isn't it, let's talk about cuss words real quick. Because I know Spanish cuss words, but they don't feel like cuss words. If you don't, if you don't grow up saying it, it just sounds, it's like, I could say them right now.

And people will be like, there's no problem with that. But if you know, that's like, geez, Brad, then, then Alvaro's like, oh my gosh, I thought these guys were Christians. Like, what are they saying? That's really bad. Yeah. Like, because I remember like playing basketball in Spain and these guys were just throwing down. Yeah, the F word left and right.

Didn't bother me. Didn't like they had no idea if they were, you know, whatever, but like there's something about English cuss words. That's like, Whoa, dude, like that takes you back. Yeah, that's a lot. But like, if you say it in Vietnamese, no problem. Yeah.

Yeah. But we were definitely curious about the language. Like I feel like I was constantly Googling things about like their written language just because you're seeing it so much. And like in Vietnam, we're noticing like every word is three letters basically. Like that's so interesting.

Why is it like that? And I forget what they call it, but like Vietnamese language is very much like, from what I remember Googling, it feels like it's almost like a fun game you play in fifth grade gifted where it much like, from what I remember Googling, it feels like it's almost like a, like a fun game you play in fifth grade gifted where it's like, okay, these two words make one word. What do you think it is?

Water closet. That's bathroom. Yes. Or, you know, things like that. I think that's how their language is. Like all these smaller words when in the right context mean different things. Wow.

So let's think of another example, like mouth wash would be like toothbrush. You know, you combine these simple words. And so everything sounds and looks like bah. Everything bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. Like when we, there was one day we went to the Han market. This was like the, everyone's like, all right, I want to buy some souvenirs.

And so I was like, all right, let me take you to the Han market. This is like souvenir city, just like rip off counterfeit city, basically. And it's so jam packed. I mean, it's like shoulder, even more than shoulder to shoulder, chest to chest, people everywhere.

And you've got these girls grabbing your arms because they want you to buy from them and not them. And it's just chaos, but it's fun. You know, like I'm only doing this for like an hour. So whatever. Girls were coming from underneath. It was like these like, oh yeah. Are you at the table or something?

It was like underneath these racks of clothes. Looked like those Jewish tunnels in New York City. Girls were just coming up from them, coming up for air. I'm like, you want samba? And I'm like, oh my, yeah, what colors you got? It was crazy, I've never seen anything like it. Brett the Hawn Market and Isaac's cousin is helping negotiate with me.

And I swear, he would ask for three of something and he would say, ba. And then he would like negotiate the price later to be like 70,000 Dong and he's saying ba. And then later he's asking for Nike. I swear he's saying ba. I'm like, dude, how are you messing with me? They're all the same word.

How are you doing this? And he was like, it's just barely different and how you like- Are they a tonal like intonation thing? I think not as big as China, but yeah, I think it's still part of it. He's like, well's just barely different in how you like. Are they a tonal, like intonation thing? I think not as big as China, but yeah, I think it's still part of it. He's like, well, I was saying bah earlier

and now I'm saying bow. I'm like, oh. See, how do you? In the Han market, it all sounds the same. How are you tone deaf and like being able to speak in those kinds of languages? Like that. Yeah, everyone's a good singer over there.

That's what I'm saying. Like, is that true? Like, or some people just can't talk. That's wild. Yeah, I thought that was interesting about the Vietnamese language. I was like, that's cool, but I would never be able to learn that.

I think, well, I know about pho. That's Vietnamese, right? Yes, the food. Yeah, and then I know, the only other food I know from Vietnam is banh mi. B-A-H-N, banh mi. I've heard of it, but. Ba, ba, yeah, whatever.

Ba. Ba. So that's funny. That's a, so did you, you got some sooves so city? Yeah. Maybe there's bought a bunch of just crap for Rachel. Okay. I got her, I got her some matcha tea from Vietnam. Nice.

I got her some sambas $16. So it comes out to like 360,000. That's like the, like Adidas shoes. Yeah. Is that what you mean? Okay. Cool. I got her some chocolate from Kenny. He had like the Adidas shoes. Yeah. That what you mean? Okay. Cool. Uh, got her some chocolate, uh, from Kenny. He had a box of chocolates he was selling. He had a box of chocolates and he had these like knee braces in the back of his knees anymore. He said he

used to know Elvis. I don't know. Whatever dude. He discovered Watergate and what else? I got her some like Chinese tea and oh, I got her a purse cool like a woven like a you know, yeah I know you're talking about off purse. Yeah street purse cool I think you guys jack squat, but you think they were like like a lot of knockoff stuff You feel like in the hot market? It was all like we put oh do I? trivia question Like we put, oh, do I, trivia question. Okay. With time.

Oh. Time with the remedy. Ready for this. I ran out of underwear with how many days left on the trip? One. Okay. It said days, I'm gonna go like five. How, oh, you weren't coming up.

Four days. Correct answer is three. Oh, bummer. Han market has some- That's a lot of days for no underwear. They did. Have some whitey tighties? They had, I was like, I don't know if I'm gonna find underwear here,

but they did. There was one store that sold some like Calvin Klein's. Okay. I was like, perfect. And I bought, and I learned my lesson, cause I bought this shirt hanging on the wall to wear. That's at least an XL. It did not fit at all. An XL?

Yeah. And so for underwear, I was like, all right, this has to wear. That's at least an XL. It did not fit at all. An XL? Yeah. And so for underwear, I was like, all right, this has to fit. I can't try it on. You know what? Give me double XL. So I bought double XL underwear and I bought three of them because Isaac was running low as well and it did not fit at all. Unfortunately. Yeah. Um. Need a little more dong. I was also running on shorts. So I bought these shorts that they were awesome. They're black cargo shorts that say National Geographic on them. And I love them.

They are awesome. They're my airport shorts. I keep the passport down there. You can't script that. You can't size. I mean, they're just putting any logo, like any American thing on them. They're big.

They don't know what it says. Kind of like you were saying last week with the YB Madoker. I love the Nat Geo shorts. They were a huge one. Those fit and those were like thick enough that I could like go commando in these and not feel super weird. Okay. Okay.

But yeah, the underwear was a problem. I've never flown before. You were Mando? Yeah. You're rather rather go Mando than like just dirty, like used underwear. Like, were you like that sweaty? Yeah. You get sweaty every day. They're so humid.

Yeah. I like most days I would wake up and check the weather. And when you wake up, it would say like it's 82 heat index is already 96. So kind of like, wow, maybe middle of the summer here is like what it is at like 8 a.m. there. And by the middle of the day, it gets pretty like Florida humid, Florida hot. Yeah.

Muggy. Bummer. So yeah, you just sweating every day. Everything's gross. So I was like, yeah, I'll just go Mando. I got pat down once and that sounds like a bit like, right when I'm going to come in, I got pat down. But it actually was like kind of like invasive.

It was like a little like, I don't think they normally feel that way. Oh really? Yeah, I got pat down, but it actually was like kind of like invasive. It was like a little like I don't think they normally feel that Yeah, I got pat down by a by a dude and I know why and I was like, whoa He's annoying me That's funny help other Vietnam things we learned You know cuz there's kind of a stigma around Vietnamese or just like Asian massages. Oh yeah, they love their massage. And then I've heard from other people like don't get the massages on the street there. What we were told was most massages are safe. The karaoke massage is not, you want to stay away from those, you know, yeah. Dong is exchanged.

You know, they grab your microphone. They're not good singers there. I don't. And so where I go, all right, that's interesting. And then there was one that didn't even try to hide it. I want to get your thoughts on this. There was a neon sign of like a sultry looking woman from behind, you know. Thank you for acting it out. Yes. And it said nude bathing service.

Honest question, who is nude in this service? She was looking sultry, you said. Yeah, because at first I thought it would be like, I thought it was like, I'm nude, and I'm getting like bathed. Yeah, that's like a thing in like Europe and Asia and stuff, like you go to the baths, but the neon sign made it seem like local, local nude women interested in you.

Where was this? How downtown? Are we, are we in an alley or are we like close to it? It's busy, but it's like, is it a, it's an okay area? It's not the main street. There's a Starbucks down the road or something. Yeah. Or whatever. Somewhere. There's like respectable businesses around. I don't know, man. I don't know who's nude. I didn't ask, I didn't Google it.

Yeah. But I thought that was interesting. I was like, I don't know. Yeah, nude bathing service to see what happens there. That is confusing. I might guess both. And maybe it is. Yeah.

One starts, one ends. It sounds like, yeah, they're very open about it And maybe it is. Yeah. One starts, one ends. It sounds like, it sounds like, yeah, they're very open about it if it is. Yeah, I like the upfront advertising. There was like, yeah, there's a Robert, Robert Kraft was going in there as I was walking out. Yeah, Justin Tucker. Yeah.

They're all getting in on it. Yeah, Sean Watson's big over there. Trying to think of anything else. Okay, well, I want to know about the pickleball tournament. Oh yeah. I love, the ghosties were so great. Cause I, right as I get there and I'm showing like the, all the ads, the banners actually look great.

You know, we paid for all these banners. Well, you guys spent like, at the time it was like, that's pretty cheap. But you spent like 1500 bucks or whatever that was. I know. Now I know you must've gotten some amazing things for that. I know. Yeah. So it was a lot of banners.

I think everyone got to do that tournament for free. So I think we paid for all their entry fees. We paid for the prize money was like half of it. Yeah, bananas, eggs, water. Yeah, we paid for referees on every court. So it kind of did add up and the court time. But yeah, did you see any videos of it? I mean, like the signs looked sweet.

They did a good job. I didn't see anything. Oh, I'll have time and put it in now. Let's say find it in my phone. But yeah, it was cool. They did a good job. Was it pretty well attended? Like, or what's this facility?

Is like a chicken and pickle-esque thing or? Basically no restaurant, but just a ton of courts. And it's like, it's a, it's covered, but it's like open air. It's like still outdoors. So very humid still. Okay. This sweet, sweet, very well lit, all dedicated, big well courts and yeah, Friday signs everywhere. It just looks so fun. And it looks big. Yeah. It's massive. It was sweet. Oh yeah. Those are cool signs. Those are huge. Yeah. It was like as big as the court. Yeah, we got like one big one. Yeah, that one's the big one, the big blue.

Yeah. That's cool looking. And so yeah, it was just fun. Like I said before, we had never hosted a tournament in America and we did one in Vietnam and it went well. Everyone was fun. I mean, there are still so many translation issues, just like every single person there

used a Friday paddle, and we kept telling them like they don't have to. But they did, and I was like, they can use their own paddle. There's like a lot of money on the line. Like they can do whatever, but they all were using our paddles. There was one time where I saw a guy warming up, and he looked really good,

and he was using one of our like original paddles, and we have like our new ones that we're about to come out with, like our fevers on us. Like I had my personal paddle. I was like, I'm going to give him mine. And so I type out on Google translate. I try to make it very clear. I type out, would you like to borrow my gin three paddle

just for tonight and then give it back to me? You know, I tried to say borrow three times, basically make it really clear. Like you can have this for tonight. And so I go to him, hey, excuse me, excuse me. You know, I tried to say borrow three times, basically make it really clear. Like you can have this for tonight. And so I go to him, hey, excuse me, excuse me. And I show him my phone. He looks at it, big smile, eyes get really big. He takes the paddle and then he shakes my hand.

And I was like, I feel like the fact that we just shook hands means I'm not getting this paddle. I don't know what that translated to. But yeah, no dong required, but we just like, yeah, Matt and Isaac were already giggling because like our paddles are just going, like we're already losing our things. I brought all this over grip and this lead tape,

that's gone now. And I tried to go one further and like, would you like to borrow? And he's like shaking my hand. I'm like, I'm never going to see it again. And I didn't, I lost three fevers that night. So hope they're happy. It's all good.

You broke the fever. Yeah. The tournament was great. The eggs were there. They were just like hard boiled eggs that they were just like dipping this little like looked like chia seeds or something. They would dip them in some kind of like feed. Were they, were they shelled? Yes. They're slimy kind of.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. And so they, they put down the eggs and put down the bananas. It was fun night. So people just like in between games like, oh, what we got here? Okay, yeah, egg, boom, boom. Yeah, it's kind of three, four bites. They get an egg now.

Pretty normal, yeah. Wow. It was, I had fun watching them. How was the food just in general there? Like was it significantly better than China? Good question. So when we got, we got to Vietnam at like 11 p.m. one night. And so we didn't have any meals.

And then the next morning was like our first meal. So we go to the continental breakfast. The four meals leading up to that had been traditional Cantonese food. And we got to this resort's five star, you know, continental breakfast. And it was such a sight for sore eyes. It was beautiful.

I've never like looked at food like the way I looked at food that morning. I'm just going nuts. It's like I haven't eaten in years. There's so many pastries and donuts and cereal. And it says chicken sausage. I can't believe they have chicken sausage. It looks exactly like a hot dog.

So I was like a little hesitant, but still ate some of it. I, they have this like whole fruit area. It's, I'm just putting fruit. It's not labeled. I don't know what it is. I don't care. I'm just putting fruit on my plate. I start eating this one. That's like weird looking. I don't even know how to eat I don't care. I'm just putting fruit on my plate. I start eating this one.

That's like weird looking. I don't even know how to eat it. I'm grabbing a spoon maybe would work best. And I'm eating it. I'm like, I can't believe how good this tastes. And so I'm telling, I eat a couple of them. I tell Isaac and Matt, I'm like, go get whatever this is. And Matt's like, dude, I think that's passion fruit.

And boy, did we put the hurt on them with passion fruit. I think I'm guessing word had gotten around among the backstaff like, Hey, the Americans, they're going nuts on the passion fruit. I kid you not on the last day we had to ask them if they had more passion fruit in the back that they could bring out because they were just losing. It was just, it was gone so quickly. Okay. Is it like, are they little seeds in there?

I'm looking at passion fruit. It's almost like, like have you ever had pomegranate? Yes, it looks like a pomegranate. Okay. Yeah. It's nuts, dude. It's like sour. Cool.

It's unlike anything I've ever tasted before. So, oh my gosh, we went nuts on it and Isaac hasn't pooped solid since. I think it's cause of the passion fruit. A lot of passion fruit in there. It was awesome. So if you can get passion fruit in your area or when you're on a trip, I would highly recommend it. It's nuts.

That's so fun. I'm looking into this. Yeah. Okay. Good fruit. Passion fruit, dragon fruit. Yeah. All these things.

All these things that's like not popular here. Yeah. Okay. It was awesome. So that food is great. And then otherwise, yeah, the food is pretty good there. We didn't have a ton of like traditional Vietnamese food just because yeah, we're in a big city. They had a lot of options. We went to like a nice dinner one night and

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.asters.com. Get your beans there. Thank you to Main Street Roasters for being such a faithful sponsor to us and making this podcast possible. The last day I saw a pregnant woman and I was like, wait, I haven't seen a pregnant woman in a week. That's interesting. And so I asked someone and they're like, oh yes, Asian culture. It's very much like if you're pregnant, you rest. Okay. Like you don't go out, you don't do it. It's like harmful to the baby. I see. To be like seen out doing things. Okay, you should be at home resting Very good. So they were another cultural thing Anything else I'm trying to think I thought I saw a picture We've already done plenty of potty humor on this episode

But I saw a picture of like I think think your Instagram story screenshotted on the Facebook group. And it looked like it was just like a toilet that just the hole was on the ground. It was just flat. Yeah. Can you tell us that thing in China? Oh yeah. Most restrooms you go into, you go into the stall and it's just a hole in the ground and they just squat dude. One night at dinner, I walked in on a guy squatting. It's already embarrassing to do that in America. and this guy's in such a vulnerable position. And I just walked in on him, just like fully just squatting. It looks primal almost, you know? Yeah, it is.

Did you ever, no, okay. Okay, but is that the same place you go number one? Or like, that's tough to aim that. I did, I don't know if I was supposed to. Yeah, you're trying to like, I really need to get a good angle here and I don't splash. Right. But even if you're squatting,

that's gotta be very tough to aim. Yeah, I didn't squat. I feel like I would have spotted just to get the experience. Just to see how it is. See how tough it is. That's fair. You would have had to go get some more underwear at the Han market though.

What is gross is they don't throw away their, or they don't flush their toilet paper there. That's the worst. You a trash can in the corner, you gotta get in, get out. Nevermind, nevermind. Yeah, it stinks. That's very, That's gross.

Yeah, Mexico youth group, you know, mission trip vibe. That was too bad. I think last thing I'll say, I'll save some bit of Taiwan for Oh my gosh, still another country. Yeah, just like one really main story. But last thing I'll say, some bit of Taiwan for next episode. Yeah, just like one really main story.

But last thing I'll say, I watched the TV show White Lotus on the, like the whole trip there and leading up to getting to Vietnam. I watched the season finale on the flight to get to Vietnam. White Lotus season three is a show about a resort on the beach based in Thailand. And this was such a weird feeling,

but I'm so encapsulated by the show. I just watched eight episodes of these characters in Southeast Asia on a resort. And then I get off the plane and I take a car and now I'm on a five star resort in Asia on the beach. And it was such a unique feeling. It was like I won a contest where it's like, one big White Lotus fan gets to go to the set

as soon as you're done with the finale. No way, no way, no way. Yeah, it was just so weird. It was like, everyone is Asian and we're on the beach and I'm on the show right now. I just finished it. It was such a unique feeling. It's something I'll probably never feel again.

But yeah, it was like, if you just watched 10 episodes of Prison Break and then you're just like, you're in prison. Then you murder somebody. I can't believe this is awesome. Wow. Three years old. I get to live it myself.

Yeah, very funny experience. It is fun to like, yeah, like now I would like seek out, if I were you, I'd be like, I'd seek out, I'd watch Rush Hour now. out I'd watch rush hour now Or I'd watch I'd watch all these movies that like take place in Hong Kong or in yeah, yes or whatever I should have done that like go to New Zealand watch the Hobbit on your way to New Zealand sure Jurassic Park on the way to kawaii. Yes, whatever like it's just fun I think it's more fun

Maybe afterwards even like may not more fun But like I think it'd be fun now to like look up a movie that's in yeah, whatever like Vietnam or any of those places because it is fun to be like, I don't know. It's like, I get it more now. I remember after I went to Hawaii, I was like, I've never watched 50 first dates, but I'll watch it just to like see like I kind of miss Hawaii. It's great. So that's, that's pretty cool though to be like literally like off the plane and there you are like in their movie set I will say Netflix on their last day of our trip Netflix. Have you seen that like turning point series? They have they'll do it about like major historical events. They did like a 9-eleven one Cold War

Anyway, turning point I think that's what it's called came out the document on Netflix about the Vietnam War. I was like perfect I'll watch this on the fight home. Yeah, I'll see you in the first 10 minutes. So, you know, I tried didn't grip you Not like Kenny. No, grab, sorry. Grip, grab. But overall, Vietnam was so awesome. I miss the passion fruit. I miss the mopeds.

And it was just a great trip. I know when Rachel and I got done with Australia and New Zealand, whenever that trip was, we were like, I am never flying again. I'm so sick of traveling. That was a lot. All three of us got done with this trip and we were like, I am never flying again. I'm so sick of traveling. That was a lot. All three of us got done with this trip and we're like, I would do it all again next week.

It was just great. We loved each other. We loved everything we did. It was great. That's awesome. Good times. That's so cool. I feel like you and Isaac both are just,

well, A, you're seasoned travelers together. That's a good point. And B, you're so adequate and easy to go with the flow and everything. Yeah, Matt kept gassing us up. He's like, I can't believe how easy this is to travel with you guys. I'm like, oh, great.

That's just who we are. We don't really care about anything. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah, you're fast, but also, I don't know. You know, it's like, all right, let's go. Let's leave in five minutes. It's like, okay, great. Great.

I don't have to put my underwear on. Five minutes? Yeah. I don't have time. It's like, yeah, okay right, let's go. Let's leave in five minutes. I was like, okay, great. Great. It's all like, I don't have to put my underwear on. Five minutes? Yeah. I don't have time. You know, it's like, yeah, okay, we can do whatever. So that's awesome, dude. This is fun. Isaac just texted seven minutes ago, texted me and Matt,

still haven't had a solid dump since I've got home. We'll continue to keep you guys posted. Dude, we've been home for a while. Catherine's worried. Yeah, you guys have parasites. Oh, maybe. So you might need to do a parasite cleanse, Isaac, if you're listening to this. Okay. Yeah, you guys have parasites. Oh, maybe so you might need to do a parasite cleanse Isaac if you're listening to this Okay, so, huh? She's like, well, Jake probably got a parasite, you know, like you don't know

I don't think I have any symptoms of it, but is he feeling like fine Otherwise, or is it just like he only felt the effects when he's yeah, I think that's the only issue interesting Squatting I read all your list of nasty foods to Bo and Hattie the other day and Rosie and Henry and Catherine But I would read them off and I'd say I wanted like I'm gonna read you this and then I want you to say if You'd eat it or not. That's fun and It was one of those like older sister little brother kind of things because every single time Hattie answered Bo would either answer the same thing or change his answer to have

It it drove Hattie. Oh, I bet. Oh, that would drive me nuts. And, Beau, you can't change it. Beau, you have to answer first this time. Be honest. Okay. Yes, I would eat the pig neck. Hattie goes, no, I wouldn't eat the pig neck. Actually, no, I wouldn't eat the pig neck either. Beau, you can't change it. It was like, who's more in the wrong here? Like, that's so, you know, like, Bo, don't be annoying and like change it. Like have an original thought. Hattie, it's not that big of a deal.

We're just playing a game. Little brother. Actually, I would, I would do turkey. Actually, yeah. Yeah. I would eat it. I'd eat that. I'd eat, you know, grouper.

He doesn't have any idea what grouper even is. So that's fun little game. Yeah. But Hattie said the same thing about all the pig things. She's like, I mean, I like bacon. So I bet pig intestines pretty good. Like Gordon and Jake, it's not anywhere close. So a different part of the pig. Yeah. All right. Reviews of the week.

Yeah, I've got one here. My go to listen five star review says greetings from Washington. This podcast is amazing. I started listening to you all back on December 23rd of last year. I was having a really rough day because I discovered a dead rat. Wow. In the drier vent of my old rental. Geez. I started with that Monday's episode and then jumped back to listen to the glossary episode and I've been hooked ever since. I'm also very thankful for your Christmas episode and encouraging those who were listening on Christmas because last year was the first time in a couple of years that I didn't have

Christmas with my family back in Kentucky. It's great to have a podcast where the hosts are absolutely hilarious and also willing to talk openly about their walks with Jesus, Brad, take a time and thanks for all you do. Wow. Cool. It was from Devin Nelson. Thank you. Big Dev.

Big Dev. Thanks for, I mean, it sounds like that was a while back that he experienced like the Christmas episode. So thanks for finally coming in. Yeah. Better late than never. That's awesome. My five star reviews from Triss bug 10 help.

What do I listen to now? It says five stars. Um, a little bit of a long one here says bit of a ghosty origin story. After I lost my dad to a battle with Invisima in December of 2021, I started listening to a grief podcast to help me process my loss. It was tremendously helpful. So I continued to find podcasts that helped me in other parts of my life too. Parenting, spiritual anxiety, you get the point. In March of 2024, my therapist recommended that I find a podcast that would make me laugh and bring

me joy as well. Why didn't I think of that? As a full-time working wife and mother, I found myself always busy and forgetting what it was like to relax and laugh I made a post to Facebook asking for recommendations for a fun podcast I could listen to the wife of the children's pastor our church recommended Jake and Brad pre timing I am forever grateful to Hannah C for her recommendation shout out Hannah C I see you Hannah I see you here because now I can't picture my life without the joy that they bring it took me 13 months to listen to six Years worth of episodes And as of today, I'm caught up to live. What do I listen to until the next episode drops for the last year?

I've always had an episode loaded and ready to go. So now I feel lost Wow. It is kind of crazy Yeah, it is wild. I cannot recommend this podcast enough to anyone and everyone I proudly wear my ghost rose merch every chance I get just praying that someone will recognize me as a fellow ghostie so that we can bond over our love for this show. Thank you for making me laugh at a time in my life where I was afraid I had forgotten how. With love from Pensacola, Florida, Trista." That's awesome.

Trista. Tristbug. Thanks, Tristbug. Miss you like a sister, Trista. Wish we were with you, Trista. Good stuff. Boys, you want to end this episode with a jingle or what? Do we have a jingle time? And I, that's a great question. You know, I forwarded one at some point, you guys, you guys already sing it. No, the maroon five one could have been, I didn't know

that song. I actually had to look it up too. I was like, I can't figure this out in my head right now. It made me feel like a fool for not knowing it. He's like, you seriously don't know this. I knew it once I was just surprised. I was surprised you hadn't. And then you like listened to it and didn't really recognize it. I figured like, okay, surely I've at least like heard. I didn't even know it. I thought that was bigger song than it was maybe. Yeah. I'm surprised you didn't know it once you heard it. Correct guys. I didn't. Um, you guys are correct. Let's just, yeah, chat. Let's chat about it. Okay.

Somewhat small poultry of the week. And it's truly like whatever my mom is starting to use chat GPT. She's like, she's pretty tech savvy to like text you back. No, like there's a lot of hyphens in here, mom. I know what you're doing. Come on, mom. You bolded that. You don't bold on tech.

No, she's like, realize how awesome it is. So she's like, help me plan this trip to where we're going to Europe, or all these different things. But she thinks chat GPT is too wordy, so she calls it chatty, and I hate it. Oh, saying the word chat GPT is too wordy. Yeah.

Not like the responses are too wordy. Because what she does is she's like, yeah, I had chatty write it up for me. And so then what happens, I like it. First of all, sounds ridiculous. Second of all, there's a million AIs out there that people use now.

So I'm like, oh, I haven't heard of chat. Like this happens so many times. And she's like, no, it's chat GPT. I just shorten it to chat because it's too wordy. Or I get the times Gen Z saying chat, just like I had chat. him and chatted it. I didn't know that. I didn't know that.

Okay. Or just like chatty. Just like chat, is this real? Like that type of thing. Oh yeah. I think she's starting to feel like it's like this sentient being like yeah, ask chatty. And this is what he told me, you know, whatever.

So yeah, it's going to be a real issue. She starts calling it Chad, like giving it a human name. And then she calls it Brad and then she replaces her son. So everyone's worried about AI taking jobs, right, AI taking sons. That's right. Hmm. Yeah.

About that. Chatty. Chatty. So ask Chatty. Ask Chatty. Well, I could just do hello a third time, make it even worse than the first two. So it just kind of gets progressively downhill.

Hit us with a, find a little, you know, copyright free. Oh yeah. It's been a while. A little chatty lyrics. Can you hit me with a genre? Funk. Yeah. Now you say the second word. They'll say a third word. Um, electric pop. Okay. You know what song I have not appreciated enough star spangled banner. You probably don't even know the word or the name of it. Cause I didn't know either. Uh, sir Duke by Stevie wonder, I should say this last week or not last week. I should say this very recently, dude. So good.

Rachel, I route to dinner somewhere. Yeah. I was like, I was like, we listened to how do you, and I listened to a few Beatles songs that just came on next. And I was like, why, why don't I appreciate the, the, the horns inie and I listened to a few Beatles songs that just came on next. And I was like, why don't I appreciate the horns in this song? This was a beautiful song. Yeah. And we were out at dinner and I was like, what is this?

And then I told Hattie that this guy was blind, allegedly. Couldn't believe it. Like she was like, what? He makes music and he's blind? I need to talk about, do you know, did you see my Instagram story that Isaac and I got a blind massage in Taiwan? I saw that one. We'll talk about that on Wednesday. Okay. Uh, how does Sir Duke go? We can feel it. I was going to be embarrassed if I just sang the wrong Stevie Wonder song. Yeah. That like horn. Don't the, no, no, no, no, no. It's like, yeah. So good, dude. That should be a

schmores of like songs you didn't know the name of. Tub thumping. Yes. No one calls it that. Yes. You know, what's the one I will walk 5,000 miles. It's called something weird. It's going to be.

Yeah. Yeah. That was weird. That's a good word too. Yeah. Yeah. Stuff like, okay. The schmores of songs that have titles that don't match the chorus of the song.

Try to do that next week. Yeah. That'd be kind of a fun, it was a tough one to Google. So, you know, you're gonna have to just ask chatty. Chatty. Answer me this question guys. I asked that GPT to make a like lyrics for this song. And it says, ask chatty. Thank you. I said, want me to mock up a melody chords or production notes for it? How can it mock up a melody? Just curious questions. Does it give you, it's the, it won't give you audio. Oh, maybe it could. Do you think it can sing me up a melody? Just curious questions. Does it give you, it won't give you audio.

Oh, maybe it could. Do you think it can sing me a sample melody? Try it. I was thinking it was just going to make you like a, what's it called? Oh, like cheap music. Like cheap. Yeah. I don't know if they can do that. I said melody. See what it gives me. That bet. It said bet. Bet. Oh, bet. Chatty. Here's a, okay. No, this is just giving me the chords. Wait, no. Oh wow. It's just giving me like notes of like B, D, E, G, F sharp, E, D, B.

What's just like writing that out? Yeah. Just like the letters. So no sheet music. This would be impossible to just like, that's chords. You could do, no, I don't think, I think it's giving me, like it's giving me notes to do on syllables. Like I think that's what. You could do. No, I don't think I think it's giving me like it's giving me notes to do on syllables. Like I think that's what it's telling me. That's what, that's what chord charts look like. I think. Right. I'm pretty sure that I'm saying this. I know what a chord chart looks like. Okay. Fair enough. Then again, you could very much be right. I don't know. No, no, no, but I'm not going to listen to this. I'm just going to try to figure it out. Okay. All right.

Here we go. Funk electric. I know what chords pop. It's been a long time. Here it goes. Yeah. This goes out to everyone in Da Nang listening. Neon lights in my rear view.

Cities buzzing, yeah yeah it feels brand new Velvet bass lines under my skin Pull me closer, let the night begin Snap of fingers spark in the dark Your silhouette's a work of art We're tangled in a rhythm war Dark your silhouettes Now I want some I'll feel it rising and you touch it's got you magnetized and it's a pre- pretty chorus. I'll do it again Oh static in the air, I feel it rising Chord chart, hey The touch it's got me magnetized and

Boom boom goes my electric heartbeat Plug in on, dancing on repeat Shockwave love, you light me up Voltage high and I can't get enough, enough, enough Boom, boom, when you move that way Midnight fire in a pink cascade Flashlights and a funky beat You're the wire, I'm the heat Velcro soul and a silver sound Glitter boots lifting out the ground You're a glitch in my perfect code

Mess me up and I'll still reload You bring the chaos, I bring the flair Retro future we're the perfect pair Slide on with a synthy smile at short circuit for a while You got that cosmic energy, let's blow this fuse intentionally You got that cosmic energy, let's blow this fuse intentionally Boom boom goes my electric heartbeat Boom boom, plug in, I am dancing on repeat Shockwave love you light me up Voltage high and I can't get enough, enough, enough

No escape from this connection We're a glitch in perfection Running wild through the sound Till the whole world shuts down No escape from this connection We're a glitch in perfection Running wild through the sound Till the whole world shuts down

Boom, boom, boom goes my electric heartbeat Plugged in, I'm dancing on repeat Shockwave love, you light me up Both the giant I can get enough When you move that way Gasp it You're the wire Yeah, yeah, just move it out boom

Okay, those are the best I give you a free business idea? Sure. Do that. For like cameo version of that. Like have somebody write you lyrics and say, this is the style of song I want. You spend five minutes finding it and improvising how you want to sing it.

And you send it to them. Like that's a birthday song. Like somebody writes, somebody has lyrics for you and they say, here's a song. Even if they don't have lyrics, even if they just have like an idea of what they want, Chatty could fill in the rest. That's right. Yeah, exactly. Great. Do a Google form, have it filled out however they want, you know, and charge 50 bucks a pop. Wow. For a song that you can listen to forever. That'd be awesome. Like that's like a, like a awesome.

And it, and like, but it's like, hey, just letting you know, it's an improvised version. I'm not- Right, like that gives, lowers the expectations a little bit. Yes. It's not like, hey, we are going to spend hours on this thing. Cause TJ wrote a song for his family, or not wrote a song,

had a girl write a song for his family, I think paid five grand. I don't know if that's like public knowledge, but like, uh, what? Yeah. It's like a really beautiful, like this is like a professional. Her name is Jesse early. She's like really, she's a legit artist, but like, yeah. Uh, yeah. Like, cool. Like that was like his like Christmas present that year to Britain. That's really cool. Wow. Like, um, really beautiful song, but like obviously that's like, okay, I took a lot of time and recorded this and edited this. Yeah

That's not what time is saying Great. Also, do you see how I kind of like massage the $50 price point a little bit by saying five five grand is the industry Right. Yeah, so 50 bucks 50 dogs guys. Yeah, we're not that bad 1.2 million dong Give or take give or take that was great great i like the part about the silhouettes beautiful and getting tangled in the rhythm man the cascading yeah the velvet baseline under my skin and the part what about the part where he said boom well do you remember that part the second boom the second boom gotcha yes dude it was like one boom is nice two Two booms is, you know, yeah. Great song.

Yeah. Your dogs. So thanks, Timon for that. Honestly, no problem. People are going to like that more than half the jingles we do. I think so. So easy for you. That's so good.

It's also so impressive because you're having to read, read ahead the syllables and match it to the melody. You're also hearing for the first time. Kinda. I'm not, it's like, you could say I'm doing that, but I'm not doing a very good job with that anyway. So it's like, well, I kind of, but thank you. You are. Hey, it's your business, man.

That's right. All right, hey, let's see him on Wednesday. Come on. Come on, hey, come on. Get a bass rip here, Wednesday. Oh, we'll talk about that. We'll talk about Bo's first baseball game. I went to Branson.

It wasn't Vietnam, but it was awesome. Yeah. Talk all about it. I can't wait. So, um, we'll see you guys on Wednesday for another great episode. Thanks for listening. Thanks for making us part of your week. Love you guys.