If I Were You - 42: Paranoid
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I've never killed myself in a Starbucks
I got a handy on a bus, but I'm married
And no, I'm not proud of my Tinder matches
And they're not a hashtag, no
More like a hashtag, no
But if I listen to Drake in the mirror every Monday
I will finally get enough courage to go
Seize that cheese without visible STDs
I'm unstoppable if I fail
I'll just YouTube that shit
Snapchat my girl a Batman pic
Shit that's porn
That was the right link I could've sworn
If I were you
I would listen to these boys
They'd tell you how to wax your feet
And never to go zero to D
If I were you
Listen up and never roam
Just an email
If I were you, sure would you know that I come
So good, so good
That sounded a lot like that royal song actually
No, I think it was original though
What?
It was an original song
The words are definitely different than the royal song
So that makes it
Legal
That way we can air it
Sir, your honor
We can air it because the words are different
And because Lord herself doesn't listen to the podcast yet
Yeah
In three years when she's like
Homeless for some reason again
Dreaming of royals who's gonna listen to this podcast
And be like, wait a minute
They made money off my song
But we didn't
Well that's good
That's gonna be our case to the judge
Your honor
Yeah, your honor
How is Skye and Megan?
Skye and Megan
Ta-da
Rabah
And yeah, this is If I Were You
The only advice podcast on the internet
Hosted by us
I'm Amir
And I'm Jake
New location yet again
We're back in your basement in Brooklyn
This podcast is like an oral history
Of our ridiculous November
Actually it's technically December
We're recording this Sunday at 11.15pm
It's supposed to go
This episode's supposed to go up at midnight
It's not gonna happen
We're cutting it that close
This is borderline a live stream
Right, wow
Shit, this is definitely the closest we've ever
Ever, ever gone from recording to posting
Yeah
Yeah, well hopefully it doesn't come back
To bite us in the butt
It should be the same, right?
It doesn't matter
Yeah, I think we still do the same thing
I mean, definitely I've never recorded this podcast
Feeling more depressed than I do right now
Is that true?
You felt pretty low
Yeah, I guess the weekend after my birth
Down is really depressed
I wanna get to your nervous breakdown
As a break fodder
Oh yeah, yeah, I'll save it
I'll save it
That's good
It incentivizes people to listen
Why did Jake have a nervous breakdown?
Why did he at one point
Just let's tease a single moment
You outside of my house
Screaming into the palm of your hands
Trying to contain this rage that you
Just couldn't keep bottled up
Fuck, fuck, fuck
So that's where we start
Let's rewind and explain what the show's about
Basically, this is an advice podcast
People find themselves in difficult places
They email us at ifirishow at gmail.com
We come through all the emails and decide
On four questions or five questions
To answer over the course of the episode
And we do our best to advise these people
Out of their predicaments
Sometimes we do it well
And sometimes we do it poorly
But hopefully it's entertaining nonetheless
Yeah
That's about right
Yeah, that's a quick way to say it
I feel like I would write into our podcast
As a person right now
Okay, good
Oh, because you're in a difficult place
A life conundrum if you will
But let's save it for the break
Let's go into...
Yours isn't specific
Yours is not a specific problem
In an otherwise good life
Your life is just a series of shambles
Where do you even begin to fix a broken plate
This is you answering my question
Yeah, this is great
Thank you
This is how it feels
Is that how it fucking feels?
No wonder people love it
Alright, let's just...
Let's go right into it, huh?
Why waste any time?
Well, you're wasting time right now
Why waste time as you're like
Searching through your email, I think
Yeah, why waste time at all?
Okay, got it
Ready?
Yes
What should we call this person?
It's a lady
Frau farbissina
Frau farbissina
That's a fake name to a real email
Real person, real problem
pseudonym to preserve and an enmity
Ready?
Yes
Question number one
Hey guys
Last weekend I went to my friend's engagement party
It was really nice
Since I've been a pretty solid third wheel from the start
Even in the speech
I made a note of the fact
That I've heard them have sex
More times than I've had sex
However, we went back to their place
The heating was off
And it is Scotland
So it was pretty damn cold
The couple insisted on me sharing the bed with them
And being drunk and tired, I agreed
However, during the night I was shivering
And the man put his arm around me to
Keep me warm
Soon afterwards, he was full on spooning me
And I was trying to keep his hands in appropriate places
While trying to avoid the boner he was pushing into me
And trying to be polite
When I got to the point
When he was trying to pull my hips into him
And I said I was going to sleep on the sofa
He told me not to tell the girl
Because it would make her, quote, paranoid
I don't know what to do from here
I feel like I should tell the girl
But she has gone through a really difficult time
And this guy made her really happy
However, they're really young, 17
So she would be able to fall in love again, too
I really don't want to start something
But since then, I don't want to spend too much time with them
Am I overreacting?
Any advice would be great
Many totes
Frow
Frow, you're underreacting
You are drastically and severely underreacting
You're underselling the situation
Yes, you were borderline molested
Not borderline, you were molested
By your friend's fiancé
Who's 17
First, yeah, first of all, one piece of advice
I think even if you were just like
Hey, my friends are getting married, they're 17
I'd be like, yes, stop right there
Bad idea
Right off the bat
Don't get married at 17
That's a little cray-cray
Especially to someone who, quote
Spooned and then tried to pull his hips into you
And you felt his boner
A boner
Why were you trying to be polite?
Is what I'm wondering
So he's groping you, rubbing your body
Ways that you don't want
And he's also your friend's fiancé
And you are just politely trying to keep his hands
In appropriate places
Scream murder when that is happening
He said he told me not to tell the girls
Because it would make her, quote, paranoid
No, no, paranoia seems like
He's underselling it
Which paranoia is like delusional
Afraidness
Paranoia is like a fear of something that's not real
Yeah, this would be a very substantiated actual fear
Right, this way
I'm afraid that would make her aware
I'm afraid that would out me as a cheatsman
A cheatsman of sorts
Don't tell her for fear that she
Becomes aware of me being an asshole
I'm afraid she'll become so paranoid
She'll suspect that I'm doing what I am doing
Which is pulling my boner into my friend's
Or my fiancé's friend while she's in the bed
Yeah, while she's in the bed
But she does say this is Scotland
Is that an excuse?
Does this happen in Scotland?
I've never been there, but I'd like to go
I'd like to be a fiancé in Scotland
I would like to be spooned to be perfectly honest
Scotland
By this paranoid bitch's stallion husband
This Scotsman, this Scotsman stud
This Scotsman stud with his boner of steel
And his roaming hands
He's a hero, he's the hero Scotland deserves
He's a regular braveheart
I really think he's braveheart for this
Of course we're kidding
He should have his penis amputated
He deserves to be punched in the throat for this
His penis is actually half painted blue
Half regular, just like a braveheart's face
They can take my life, but they can never take my free cum
Yo, we still got it
We are in Puego today
I do think here's what you should do
I think you should tell your friend what happened
I think you should tell the boyfriend
Actually, don't tell him, he deserves nothing
Tell your friend what happened
See how she wants to deal with it
See how she wants to play it
I'd hate to make her paranoid though
Yeah, that's the thing
I don't want to make her paranoid
I don't want her to think aliens are out there
Or something like that
Also, I don't want to tell her
Because she's been through a hard time
Well, this would make it a harder time
If you just let her marry a dickhead
Literally shoved his dick's head into you
In bed
In his dick's bed
Yeah, I think this is like
She's going to go through another bad thing
It's either this hard truth or a harder lie
But she is 17
She shouldn't be engaged at this age, I think
You might want to vet someone past their teenage years
To see if they're an actual good person
Well, no, I've been with him since we were 16
So I really feel like I know him
How different are you now than when you were 17?
I'm a different human
Why would somebody hitch their wagon
To someone who's still changing?
People don't even look the same at age 17
That they do at 27, 37, 47
Right, yeah, of course
You want to wait until the cookie is fully baked
Before eating it
That is, I can't tell if that's beautiful
I think it's profound
But I also think you're just talking about cookies
You might just be hungry
I think you accidentally just thought about cookies
The oven just dinged
Alright, now I know you were talking about cookies
Okay, now let's talk about this person
I just feel like he's not a good guy
He's a bad guy
There's no reason to get married at 17
I advise most 17-year-olds to break up
Yeah, let alone not get married
Be single, finish cooking
Yeah, you haven't figured out who you are either yet
Yeah, well, she's not even asking for herself
We're trying to get real, real lofty right now
Like, my girlfriend's friend or whatever
Put his dick on my butt
What do I do? We're like, alright
Examine yourself
Look in the mirror
Are you who you want to be?
If you're 17, you're not who you will be yet
Yeah
You are not you yet
You are a teenager
You are a half-formed, greasy mutant
I don't think you should talk down to the best
Absolutely
But I will say, you're right, they're not done for me
But things are happening when you're 17
That are gonna, that sort of like
Make a foundation for who you become
Yeah, and it's failed relationships that helped do that
Totally, so they got this, right now
What's happening for her is a test
Your good friend's boyfriend made a move on you
What do you do?
Cause like, this is gonna shape the way you view relationships when you're older
He failed the test, but you don't have to
Damn right
You're a cookie
Alright
You're a fricking brownie
It was perfect
And now we're, yeah, we're getting past the perfect game here
You're whipped cream
Yep, it's like you're in the 11th inning hitting batters
And I'm nuts
Alright
Alright
Next question
Yes
Let's do it, let's do it
We need a dude's name
Do you have a dude?
Oh, we'll call this guy Austin Powers
Yeah, that was easy, right?
Yeah
You needed me
The titular character, actually
Of course
He's a titular for this
Question number two, Austin writes
Yeah, baby, yeah
Oh, very toda
No, he didn't actually do that
He did not
I shagged him, baby
I shagged her rotten, yeah
Alright, this is what this person actually wrote in
I've got a problem with my penis
The fricking foreskin is attached to the head
And I can't pull it back
Yeah
My wing still works
I asked my smoke show of a girlfriend about that
But I'm worried about what other chicks are going to think about it
I ran a quick Google searcheroo on stuff like this
And it's not all that rare of a problem
All it takes is a little quick trip to the surgery
And a little snip on the attached area
I think I want to do it
The only problem is
I'm going to have to talk to my parents about it
And it seems like the kind of convo I don't want to have
I wish there was some kind of way to fix my dick
While keeping it just between me and the GF
So guys, should I just man up and talk about my cock
Or is there another way around this shit?
After all, does it even matter as long as my wonderful willy works?
Thanks for the help
Love, Austin Bowers
I should have looked up a picture of this
But I guess it doesn't matter
But I didn't want to see a dick
No, I don't mind about that
He's not asking how to fix it
So we can understand there's this type of
Dilemma
Dilemma
Which is more than just an uncircumcised penis
Right
You think this is like beyond that
I guess
So he has foreskin
It just doesn't peel back from the head
It doesn't matter what the problem is
The problem
No, let's get there
The issue is
Should he be too ashamed to talk to his parents about
This problem that he's having in order to have surgery
Is there another way around it?
I mean if you need surgery
I think he has to tell your parents
If you're young enough to
Not be able to afford your own health insurance
Slash surgery
Then you should talk to your parents about any medical problem
I wonder if he can just go to the doctor
If he can go to the doctor
And have the conversation with his doctor
And then have the doctor have a conversation with his parents
He doesn't necessarily have to be like
Mom, dad, I want to go to the doctor
So he can look at my penis
Because there's this thing wrong with it
Or this thing that I perceived to be
Cosmetically wrong with it
Maybe he goes to the doctor and the doctor's like
Oh yeah, it's like unhealthy because
You know bacteria can get in there
And you have to be able to wash your whole penis
I mean the force isn't supposed to appeal to that
I don't want to talk to my parents about it
I'd rather just live my life as a weird penile guy
Than ever talk to my mom about my own dick
Right now your mom doesn't know you have a dick
I'd really hate for her to find out
Yeah, it's okay to
Your mom, you sucked on your mom's tit
Yeah, like last week dude
I swear to god
You fucking got to sloppy second with your mom
Zero through one and a half
You were licking her tit
Not to mention, buddy, on the day you were born
You were full on insider
Dick and balls
Yeah, your head
You were face deep in your mom's muff
Your mom's clit just scraped against your face
As the doctor pulled you out of her pussy
Okay
So I assure you it's okay that you fucked your mom
For nine months
Right, I don't know like when a dick is formed
But it was in your mom, pal
And that is fucking foul
That's disgusting
She also probably bathed and cleaned that dick
That you don't want to talk to her about
For about four years
Rubbing your dick
Yeah, just like there was probably like
Poops smeared on your balls as like an infant
Your mom's wiping it with a sponge or whatever the fuck
So let's say this guy's sixteen
Eleven to sixteen years ago
Your mom was just cleaning that dick
So you don't have to worry about talking to her about
A little problem that you're having
Trust me, she's okay with it
No one should have any shame in front of their parents
My parents have seen me at the most vulnerable
The worst ever, you know
Can you imagine him just being like
So mom, I have this problem
My foreskin is still
And then the mom's like
Ew, oh my god, I can't believe you brought this up
Ear muffs, ear muffs
Austin, you fucking psycho, I'm your mom
TMI, Austin
Don't bring that shit in here
Yeah, I think it's, I mean
It's like ripping off a bandaid
I know you don't want to talk to your mom about your pain
But you just got to mention it
Just be like, hey, I want this done
It's, I don't know
Or, wait a minute, it is like ripping off a bandaid
Oh, just pull back
Have you thought about, yeah
Grabbing, just with your thumb and index finger
Just hold on to one end really tightly and snugly
Sort of give it a little shake like you're washing out a sheet
Oh, wait a second, it worked
And then rip it, rip it off like a bandaid
And oh, we're good
No one come to a convo with my mom, actually
At least my smoke show of her girlfriend doesn't care
He doesn't really have a smoke show of her girlfriend, right?
Hey, my penis is all fucked up, but it's cool
Ask my fucking hot ass girlfriend
I'm just worried about future hot girlfriends that I'll have
That I might care about it more than my current hot girlfriend does
Keep in mind, she is hot, she is my girlfriend, she doesn't care
And I have her
But I'm just worried about other hot girlfriends that I'll get
And I'm not just jerking off to a picture in a magazine of Natalie Portman, okay?
No, no, no, no, she is a, I assure you she is a smoke show
I mean, why wouldn't she, why wouldn't she, why wouldn't she be, why wouldn't she be into me?
So the advice is talk to your mom, tell her that you have a weird penis
Whatever you do, don't talk to your dad about it
He will smack that foreskin right off of you
Oh, yeah
No son of mine's gonna have a problem with his penis
That's a, that's a, that reflects poorly on the father, actually
In fact, Austin, I'm really disappointed that you brought this up
How do you think this makes me feel as your father, I burst
Austin, here, look at my dick
I'll show you what it was supposed to look like
You're, yeah, you're not shit
Oh, God
Poor skin that it completely envelops the entire thing
Yeah
Yeah, it's like a stocking
Jesus Christ
Uh-huh
Yeah
It's, it's so loose, it jiggles out
I'm a monster
I really am, Austin
It covers the entire butt, it looks like you're wearing a beige color, tidy whitey
And I wish I was
That's just awful
I'd love to take it off, Austin
Your old man is a, uh, I fucked a beige sock and it never came off
And you know what, I was too afraid to talk to my parents about it
It grew, it grew, it grew, and now look at where I am
It looks like I got an elephant trunk, but I swear to God
My dick is a peanut at the top of this long skin shaft
Long skin shaft
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You're disgusting me
Jesus
Nah, just kidding
You're cool, you're cool
You're good
Sorry, I'm about to cry
Yeah
Question numero 3-0
Numero 3-0
Moving right along
Let's do it
I like it, this is an efficient episode
That's what we came here to do
Surgical, precise
Question number 3
Do we have another dude
In the Austin Powers arena
That we can name this guy?
Dr. Evil
Do you not know characters in Austin Powers?
There's something about a miniature hymn
Alright, miniature hymn rights
$1,000
Alright, Dr. Evil writes
Hey guys
So I recently got off school for winter break
And so did my girlfriend
She's been traveling all sorts of fun places
With her family
LA, Hawaii, etc.
But I've been stuck at school working at
But I've been stuck at school
Working my job as a library clerk
But I've been stuck at school
Working my job as a library clerk
As you can imagine, the library is completely dead
This time of year
So I'm bored out of my mind
Manning the circulation desk
My girlfriend knows this
But she keeps sending me snapchats
And texts while I'm at work
About how much fun she's having
I'd be lying if I said I weren't
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't extremely jealous
And I know I should be happy for her
But there comes a point
When it almost seems like she's
Consciously rubbing it in my face
How could I tell her to cool it
Without coming off as an uncool dude
Thanks, Dr. Evil
You are absolutely an uncool dude
Yeah
Just based on the fact that you work at the library
Nerd alert, nerd alert, nerd alert
Alright, back to the podcast
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
The nerd guns
The nerd sensors
Are firing on all cylinders
Oh wait, it's actually just because it's on us
Yeah, we have a podcast
We have a podcast
Podcast is
Do you know how hard it is to explain that to people?
Everyone is like, oh, what do you do like aside from
Working at College Human
I'm like, um, you know
I'm a radio DJ
I have a podcast
They're like, that's not a thing, right?
Oh, so you, uh
You broadcast your own little radio show, do ya?
Yeah
Hey, things will turn up
Things will turn around
Uh-huh
Actually, they won't
Thanks, clerk at 7-Eleven
They won't turn around
I think our plan is to, god
Keep doing it or some shit
Yeah, I guess like in an ideal world
I actually do it more
In a weird way, I have so much creative control
That I like having a
God, podcast
I'm so sorry
Get out of my store
What is happening?
You're not allowed in any 7-Eleven
I'd like to at least have a slushie, please
Absolutely
You'll pay double
The drink of nerds
I know I've deserved it
So this guy is shallow
I think, yeah, you're
Your heart's in the wrong place
And your attitude is bad
There's no redeeming characteristic here
I think a nice thing would be to be happy
For your girlfriend
Which you sort of understand
You're like, I know
He says like, I know I should be happy
For her, right?
Yeah
Okay, but you don't really know that
Because you're not doing it
Well, maybe he's just being so honest
Like he's not letting her know
Or at least I hope
At least that's my advice
Don't let her know that you're ever
At least 1% jealous of her
Yeah, don't do that
You have to be 100% supportive, excited
Act as though you're there
When you get these snapchats
Right, try to like match her
Not even, not only just match her
But beat her
Be like, I'm so happy for you
That's awesome, you're the best
Like, ramp up the contacts
Send her boring snapchats of you
And be like, wish I were where you were
You know, like
Then maybe like, actually
You'll get yourself into it
And you'll end up feeling the way you should
Actually, the next emails from this girl
Was like, my boyfriend keeps sending me
Boring ass snapchats
While I'm kite surfing in Hawaii
It's really harsh in my buzz
My, my loser boyfriend
Works in a library
And listens to these nerdy Jewish kids
Talk on some fucking fake radio show
I went hang lighting the other day
And he snapchatted me a picture of a book
I almost wanted to puke
But only dust came out
I mean, he is just a goddamn boar show
Is it cool?
How do I tell her to cool it
Without coming off as uncool?
We're gonna answer a different question
Whether or not you should tell her to cool it
And the answer is no
You should not tell her to cool it
Don't tell her to cool it, boys
If anything, tell her to ramp it up
Yeah, say more pics
Turn that jealousy into like a fire that fuels you
Or just like, you know
This is also some advice
If you can't shake being the jerk that you are
I think you can like
Don't be like, yo
You're pissing me off with these
But try to steer the conversation
In another direction
You know, talk about something
Aside from vacations
And maybe you guys can agree
On some other subject that you can enjoy
Like if she sends you a picture of
You know, her at the pool
You respond like
How about you turn the camera around
And send one of you in that bikini, babe
And then she's like
Oh, oh my god
Now I'm getting hot
You pervert
You sexy fucking librarian
Yeah, you want one of my tits
You fucking library bitch
Here it is
Oh god
And then it's like
Your girlfriend's fucking tits
And then you're like
Oh shit
I'm gonna put my dick in this book
God
Check this out
Here's my dick
I'm gonna do an index card
So you can see
That it's half the fucking size
I'm gonna put my dick in dickins, baby
Oh shit
Dickins, dickins
I'll show you a tale of two titties
It's like two cities
My dickins are dickins
And I'm going by committee
My hard thick dick
It's in the dickins
Thickins, sickins
Don't dismiss them
It's the Dewey Decimal System
Categorize my balls, yo
Ho
So yeah, that's where you want to get
You want to turn
We're gonna figure out a way that you could be having
Snapchat sex with your girlfriend
Okay
Suddenly, that's a good news for you
And for her
Yeah, there you go
Have you ever felt jealous of a loved one?
Me?
Yeah
Mmm
Yeah
But yeah
Did you let her know?
No
You followed your own advice
Before you even gave it on the show
It's crazy
That's why it's called If I Were You
Oh, because that's what you would have done
Because that's what you did do
Uh-huh
I was you
That's beautiful
Oh, shit
Oh, god
Yeah, wow
That moved me
Why?
That was kind of lame to be moved by your own words, huh?
No, it's kind of small in lame, actually
Happens to me a lot
I know it does
I saw a notebook
You had a composition book
Of meaningful quotes
And they were all attributed to you
It was titled Words That Moved Me By Me For Me
For Everyone
Actually, speaking of crying
Why don't we now get to your nervous breakdown?
Yes
So we're recording this on a Sunday
Going out on a Monday
Not two days ago on a Friday
You were hightailing it back from Northern California
To Southern California in a rental car
Down to my parents' house
So that you can what?
Let's see
Where did all of this come from?
So after the tour, I went to Los Angeles
Yeah
To have to spend Thanksgiving with my brother
Okay
We drove up the coast of California
Beautiful
Camped in Big Sur
Beautiful, gorgeous, great
Good stuff
We saw my cousins in Santa Rosa
Beautiful, relaxing time
Yeah, it was super lovely
Perfect
Did you decompress?
Yeah, I did decompress a little bit
Did you detox?
Yeah, I detoxed a little bit
I mean, it was always like
It's very relaxing
But I still wasn't home
I was still living out of the bag
But it was nice
It was great seeing my brother
Awesome seeing my cousins
My cousin has a little five-year-old
And she's just like
Lovely times
She's like medicine
It was great
She's the best
And then
Then I had to get back to New York
By Saturday morning
So I could move
My movers were coming Saturday at noon
So I needed to take a red eye
Friday night
On Thanksgiving Day
I realized that I never bought my flight home
So Thursday you're like
Oh, Friday night
Time to check when my flight is
Uh-oh, I didn't buy one
Did I not buy one?
I'm just searching on my phone
My cousin's like
Hey, will you play Barbies with me?
Yeah, of course
Fuck, where's my...
One second
Uncle Jake needs to buy some shit
Whoa, Jake
I remember this
The reason I thought that I booked the ticket
Is because a month before
I had priced out all these flights
Found out the one that I needed
Was like, oh, wow
$244 for a non-stop red eye
That's great
Okay, I'll do this
Anyway, time to shut up my computer
And assume I purchased the ticket
So I never did
I ended up buying a $500 ticket
With a layover through Philadelphia
One where I had to not only
Get onto a...
To like change terminals
But I had to get onto a shuttle bus
That took me outside of the airport
And they're freezing cold
At 5.08 a.m.
At 5 in the morning
But before any of that even happened
So I've got this red eye
That I need to catch
I need to drop my brother off
At school in Santa Barbara
Which is about 300 miles south
Of where you were
And just like, as we're going
We're not making any progress
Getting later and later
I...
Finally, like, I just like
After I dropped him off
I like, my ETA was like 7 p.m.
I needed to drop the rental car
Off by 8
It's like, all right, this is okay
But I don't know what...
I don't know what the fuck happened
But at one point it was like
Yeah, I'm not going to get in
Until 7.45
And I still needed to like
Change my...
I needed to like grab bags
I needed to bring the rental car
Yeah
You need to do a lot of shit
Return the rental car
Get to the airport
Drop off your bags at my parents' house
Yeah, and your parents
Had people over for Hanukkah dinner
Yeah, and you come over to my place
You're frazzled as all shit
And there's just like
Eight people having a lovely dinner
Being like, hey, Jake, sit down
Eat, come on, relax
I didn't...
Oh, I did tell you this
In the...
I was in the driveway
I had to piss so bad
That I was peeing into a bottle
Because I didn't want to like
Run into your house
And just go right to the bathroom
So I was like peeing into a bottle
It sprayed everywhere
Got all over my jeans
All over the seat of my car
Which I sat in
So I just came in
Incredibly uncomfortable
Reeking of piss
And sweat
And just like...
I was exhausted
Adrenched like, oh my god
And I needed to
Scarf that dinner
I'm like making small talk
With like eight different people
And then your two nieces too
That was lovely
I had a good time there
It was just very frazzling
As people grilled you
About your situation
That was out of your control
Then while you were looking
While you were talking
I was looking to see
If Enterprise, the car rental
Place is even open yet
And it wasn't
Yeah
And then you're like
It doesn't matter
I'm just gonna drive there
And drop off my car
Which I thought that like
It was like the movies
Or a library
Where you're just like
I can like drop off the keys
In a box
I swear to God
I've done that before
I got there
All the gates are closed
Well before you left
I walked you out to your car
To drive back to Enterprise
And you shouted into your hands
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
And you said
You never had a
You never had a nervous breakdown
Or cried from stress
But that's as close as it got
Yeah
I could imagine
I mean I wanted to
I just couldn't
I wouldn't
I didn't have enough time to cry
If I like
If I could have just sobbed
I would have
And I would have been a great relief
Cause I got there
I got to the rental car place
I hid the car on a side street
I called you
I was like
I need you to just like
Come and return it in the morning
And I had to return my car in the morning
Yeah
Oh my God
So I took a bunch of pictures
I mean I'm like
Running around with my bag
Trying to get a ride to the airport
With my ex-girlfriend
And you send me like
A picture of where your car is parked
You hid the keys under the license plate
Hoping to God nobody steals this rental car
Yeah
Luckily nobody did
I was on the hook for it
Yeah
And then you made your red eye
Middle seat
Middle seat through Philadelphia
LAX to Philly
Middle seat
I asked so many times to change it
And everybody was so rude to me
I like
I got there and I was like
Trying to smooth talk the dude
I was like
Yo is there an extra seat
It's all full
I was like
Well like
What happens if people don't check in
It's like
Oh yeah
Maybe I was like
Cause there are lists
Just like smiling
But
And then I waited till everybody got on the plane
I went up to the ticket agent
I was like
Hey is there a middle seat
She's like
No it's all full
I was like
Well did everybody check in
She's like
Yeah you see all this blue
That's everybody checked in
And there was like
Four or five yellows
I was like
What's the yellows
Like that's people that haven't checked in yet
I was like
That's what I was asking
That's my seat
Can I
What about the yellows
She's like
It's all full
And I was like
Alright
And I went in
I was like
I'll ask another flight attendant
I don't know why I felt entitled to like somebody's empty seat
But I just felt like the universe owed me a solid
And you didn't get it
And then I got here
I got all the way back to my apartment
After two flights
And the heat was broken
My apartment
I just wanted to sleep for two hours before the movers came
And it was just a frigid frigid icicle house
Thirty six hours later
We're here right now
Twelve hours after that
You're listening to this
That's how time works people
And guess what
Twelve hours from now
We are on the road to Los Angeles yet again
We're driving
The adventure continues
So hopefully we'll have more funny stories from that
Should we get to this last question
Before we run out of time
Before I break into a thousand fucking pieces
Alright
Let's do
Let's get to this guy
Ready
We'll call this guy
Mini me
Whatever happened to Vern Troyer
It doesn't matter
Alright
I ate Shasta McNasty
You really did
Alright
Shasta McNasty
What an obscure reference
Alright
Hey guys
I recently started a new college
And things are going pretty smooth
But I have a problem with the ladies
I'm fairly unattractive
And rather nerdy
I'm into anime, video games, etc
I have no problem with myself
The problem lies in that
There's a girl that I've been talking to
Who's very similar to me
She's into a lot of the same things I am
And personality wise
We are fairly similar
Perfect, right?
Wrong
She's butt ugly
Scraggly pube hair
Horrible face
And generally unavoidably ugly features
I thought she was too ugly to date
But her personality is very redeeming
I realize I'm being a hypocrite
But I can't get around the way she looks
Help
No
No
You don't deserve help
You deserve no help
Wow
What an amazingly self-aware email
It's not self-aware
I feel like he's
I'm fairly unattractive
I bet he's a fucking
I bet he's a dog's anus this kid
But it's so funny that she's
Perfect, right?
Wrong
She's butt ugly
You just said you were ugly
Yeah
Except you're ugly inside and out
And it seems like she's just ugly out
Yeah
If anything
She shouldn't go after you
Yeah
Your personality is not redeeming
Your hers is
Yours has failed
Yeah, what are you bringing to the table?
You have
You already said you were unattractive
Rather nerdy
Okay
But at least you have a nice personality
Oh wait, no you don't
Because you're emailing us
To write about this woman who you say is ugly
And you don't know whether or not you should date her
I have no problem with myself
Right, we can see that
You should have a problem with yourself
Change
Be different
The way you are
Don't
Scraggly pube hair
Horrible face
And generally unavoidably ugly features
Don't do you
Don't do you
Change who you are
Change you
The man you are
Needs to not be
That
That way
What you are now
Shouldn't be you next time we see you
Let's just simplify it
You as
You is
Is bad
Not good
Be another way
The way you are now is not a good way that you are
You should be a way that's not the way you are
Change to be different will be accepted
Good
Good job
Not you
Someone else
New guy
New guy
New guy
New guy
Whoa, new guy actually writes into the email
Hey guys, I'm fairly unattractive and rather nerdy
Luckily for me, I found a woman with a similar personality
Who accepts me for who I am
Holy shit, we're both not traditionally attractive
But that doesn't matter because we get along so well
Because of our personalities
We laugh about the fact that you know
Some people look at us and think we're conventionally unattractive
But you know what?
To us, we're perfect
What we have is real
Oh my god
You changed, man
Holy shit
You changed, dude
That's amazing
In real time
Did you see that?
Congratulations, you
It's a miracle
You're not longer you
We saved him
We saved him
We can rebuild him
And he should be rebuilt
Oh man
For right now, he is not good
You are not good, sir
But thanks for writing us in
At least we've been able to at least guide you
In the right direction
You're like a blind hamster
Hitting a wall over and over
And we lifted you up and turned you around
Facing the road towards recovery
I hope
I wish
Per chance I dream
You
You beautiful hamster, motherfucker
You
You lovable
You lovable hamster roach
You rodent bastard
I saw a mouse at LAX today
I don't know if you have anything to say about that
I saw a fat fucking cockroach in this basement
No
It was funny
Good thing you're leaving this place
Ooh, this cockroach infested basements
I'll miss it
I'm gonna miss it too
Hey, this continues our streak of like
Four or five consecutive podcasts
Recorded in different spaces
Yeah, and it's only gonna continue
This is a wild ride
It really is
We are untethered in flux
Yeah
But uh
Can't think of a guy I'd rather be there with
Than my own person
And hey, you're not too bad yourself
Brother
Maybe Jeff and Dave
And that'd be it
You are definitely in the top five-oh
Well, Marty and Steve
Pushes you
Oh, Streeter, you're six
Top ten though, not bad
You don't get a medal
But at the same time
You're gonna be in a top ten list
Yep
Oh, unless we're talking about King Girls
Cause then
Woof
Game changer
How so?
I mean, they're easily just like
Well, my family, friends
Sarah, Amanda
I'm in the top ten
Let's leave it at that
Family count?
That's absolutely legal
Family count
It does not count
Family does not count
Alright, you're nine
You're nine, chill
It's good
Stop thinking about it
Cause I'm afraid the more time you spend
The more people that you
John and John Carlo pushed you to eleven, buddy
I'm sorry
No!
Eleven is the worst
Prime number in the world
Plop
Alright, that's our time
Thanks so much for listening, everybody
And if you have your own problems
You can email us at
Ifirishowatgmail.com
Also, that opening theme song
That was an original
That was one of a kind
We take new theme songs
Every single episode
And open and close the show with them
So that one was by
I think Skye and Megan were their names
And this last one
Is by somebody named Andrew
Andrew, thanks bud
Think you can beat him?
We'd love to hear you try
Oh no
I thought you were gonna die
You said oh no
Cause I only fell asleep
Instead of dying
I wished you would
Oh no
I closed her eyelids
And it turns out you were only asleep
I was not dead
Damn it
Alright, cool
See you Thursday, everybody
Say bye
Peace
Peace
Text me
Take it up with you
Hope you get the advice you want right here