The Nateland Podcast - 162: #162 Fast Food Bracket Fights

Episode Date: August 23, 2023

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Today's episode of the Nate Land podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Hello, fresh and electric e-bikes. Hello, folks, and hey, bear. Welcome to the Nate Land podcast. I'm Nate Bergetzi, Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slug. Alright. We're here. It's a very, like, old man Florida shirt.

Yeah, I bought this just yesterday in Miami. I went to Little... I mean, how... Yeah. I mean, it's... I went to Little Havana, and I went to a cigar shop, went to a, you know, the whole Cuban area. I mean, I'm totally down. I mean, I, I would go into Miami.

I thought it was going to be a disaster and I love Cuban people now. I mean, I'm ready to learn Spanish and, uh, life is great. Yeah. You're dressing like them. What type of material is that? This is, uh, this is a hundred percent great. Yeah. You're dressing like them. What type of material is that? This is a hundred percent linen. Okay. It's almost translucent.

Like a little bit. Yeah. It's very thin. I mean, I love the, I mean the guy that sold me the shirt, very direct guy. He was like,

you look like a, he goes, you're a large, I go, I'd like to see a medium because now the medium is not going to fit. Yeah. And you're large. Yeah.

Well, I mean, I would have still liked to try the medium. Yeah. He is not going to fit you. And you're large. Yeah. Well, I mean, I would have still liked to try the medium, but he would not let it happen. I think it's like a very relaxing, you want it to be large. You want it to be big. That's what he said. You want a little flow to it, you know? Yeah. That's the, yeah. That's like, you know, you're, that's a retired shirt. Yeah. Yeah. It's a retired. Yeah. It's like you go down, you're in Miami, you're retired, you're done. Yeah. This is like, you wear it, you wear it every day. Yeah. If's a retire. Yeah. It's like you go down, you're in Miami, you're retired, you're done. Yeah. This is like you wear it every day. Yeah.

If I lived in Miami, I would go to a little Havana every day, have cigars and buy a shirt like this. And I would just be. Play dominoes. Yeah. Drink coffee. I mean, I'm in. I mean, the Cuban Americans, I mean, they're getting it. They're living the life.

There was a whole domino area where I'm told you have to be at least 55 years old to get in. You're not even allowed to go in. And I can't wait to turn 55. I mean, it's just, it was amazing. The shows were great. Not all of them. We did five. There was a couple that was, I don't know how this is going.

But overall, great, great shows. Yeah. Miami Rose front. Do you think it'll be nice when you get to the senior age to maybe you get a break from us because we can't get into your areas? Yeah,

I'm looking forward to it. Yeah. You have a good little run. Yeah. Of, you know. Yeah. Next year is going to be big.

You'll be just in. Give me a break. But I think, uh, Aaron lost his headset over that how'd you lose your headset oh they were kind of barely on it gets hot with that I like the headphones but it gets hot

when you have them on your head they're like earmuffs cool way of like young people they wear you got like one shirt that's doesn't look like it's half on and you're like oh i didn't even care yeah it's like wearing a fanny pack around the shoulder yeah that kind of or a backpack just one strap yeah just giving yourself shoulder problems because you're like i'm cool i don't need this backpack yeah maybe i do need it yeah i'll hang

on to hold on loosely but don't let I look, that's me in 55. I look as, that's what I, my whole golf career is waiting for, the senior tees. Oh, is that when you can do it? Well, I mean, the senior open, I mean, I'm going to have to get, I don't think, that's going to be pretty tough. Those guys are obviously, it's Fred couple. What I meant was, when can I start hitting from the senior tees now you're in close uh i mean i'll be honest with you it wouldn't be you should go up there now but it's uh well right now i'm hitting from the women's tees yeah

and i'd even go there's kids tees too yeah usually the ones out in the middle of fairway you're like what's this yeah that's where brian should be teeing off from. But, yeah, once you get a senior tour, I think like a lot of golfers, if you get pretty good, you get a run of dominance because you move up and then you still got some young in you, and then you're just pounding the ball. It looks like you're pounding it, and you're just. Well, Phil Mickelson and I are the same age, so, I mean. Yeah, I mean, he went and played the seniors tour and just dominated.

One, he just, I think he played in two events, won both, and then just went back to the seniors. The seniors must love that. They let him play at 51 or 52. Yeah, 50. Oh, 50. Okay. Yeah.

And you're both lefties, right, Brian? Yeah. There you go. We can share clubs. Yeah. Similarities might end there, but yeah, I think. Phil, I forgot my clubs. Could we share?

Yeah, that's fun. So what were we talking about first? Where we've been? Well, been to Cuba. Oh, yeah. You've been to Miami. Yeah. Well, yeah.

I mean, it was great. I hung out with some listeners of the podcast, Alicia Smith and her husband. They brought me tacos. And then we met up in Little Havana. Had a great host, Carlos Hernandez. And he was like, he's Cuban-American. And it's like, I mean, I got the real, I got filled in on Cuba. The real experience.

Yeah. I asked him. I mean, I did a podcast without doing a podcast with him about Cuba. I'd never, I don don't know i know nothing about cuba right and i'm like i just all i know is what people have told me and i just wanted to hear all about it and you think people would just go cuban missile crisis yeah and then that's it you don't even know yeah or cigar like it's like that's that's such a big thing to be talked about a lot if you're from cuba and you're like oh cuban missile crisis yeah and they're like yeah the world almost ended on y'all's beaches yeah we have other stuff there you go well that's

the stuff i talked about like you know the stuff you know well no i just try to find out what it's like in cuba like what's going on there you know what do you think well pretty bad oh really yeah i mean like uh you know communism is not good you know, he said his grandmother still lives there and has to like she has a certain list that she can go and buy from the grocery store. Like you can't just go buy whatever you want. Like this is what you get. Yeah. And then your whole family basically lives all in one house and no running water. I don't know if that's the whole country, but not a lot of running water, at least. At least you don't. They're Jersey. Yeah. Well, you know, but Cubans themselves are great people. Yeah, yeah.

In America, it's like, and they love America because they're like, this is freedom. Freedom. They're like, we love this country. We never want it to be communist. You know, and they're, you know, country we never want it to be communist you know and they're you know i hear people saying those things sometimes and i'm like i've always been against communism but i finally talked to a guy about cuba and now i'm definitely against communism yeah

you know it's i go back and forth with it yeah yeah and well it seems crazy to say but there are people like around right now that are like i want to live in a communist utopia and i'm like i don't know if that exists try that in a small town yeah uh what uh that sounds like it should be on your podcast, right? All that stuff you just said. I'll go deeper. Yeah. That's just scratching the surface. Yeah.

I'll get into it. Yeah. We let Dusty do previews of his podcast. The little teaser. The little teaser. Then he goes in and you can really find out what it's about. Yeah. I don't even know where I was.

Well, I can answer. Oh, I know what we did. We were at the Messi game, Nashville soccer game. We saw two soccer games this week. Yeah, we're all Nashville soccer. We're huge soccer fans now. Yeah. We know everything you need to know.

Do you know, do y'all know enough to like understand what's going on in the game at a high level? Oh, yeah. That's insulting. Yeah, somewhat. I know yellow cards like a warning red cards like yeah you're out i know offsides but the offside does it's when the pass happens not so like once he kicks it then you got to be on side but once it leaves his foot you can be offside right i believe so it was uh there's a little stuff i my derrick knows everything and then uh you're getting a

nod of approval from the crew back there you nailed the offsides well they all love soccer in my experience offside is when something like a thrilling play happens i just think that's probably offside it usually is a lot of times it is yeah but but soccer is i'm telling you it's uh it's a relaxing sport to watch like it's a fun sport to watch because it's kind of just nothing. It's kind of going back and forth. And then it's just the most excitement. And then back to back and forth. And so I've really enjoyed watching it.

It's easy to follow. The clock just runs. Yeah, like the continuous time. Yeah. I mean, you look at stuff like that with football and all that and basketball and it's so many timeouts and so many TV timeouts, TV to ear. Just like,

golly dude. I mean, golf this weekend is like, they're just doing that playing through commercial and they, then they do other commercials and you just feel like you're barely watching the sport. Yeah. And so I enjoyed it for that. And then we went Tuesday.

And then Nashville won. And then obviously with Messi coming to town. So then it was like, well, let's try to go there. So we went, had a big group out. And it was pretty special. It was pretty special. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. It is funny

because you get so fired up and we don't really know i don't even what's going on so you're learning as you go and still being fired up like come on yeah and we don't even know what we're talking about who did they play miami we made a train we took miami and we gave them yeah carlos sent me a video of Miami beating Nashville, but it wasn't real clear. He goes, sorry for your loss. And I'm why I watched a minute video.

And then I'm like, I don't even know who's playing. Yeah. I don't know who won here. I don't know who's playing. Yeah. So messy. Lionel.

I've heard the name. Yeah. So yeah, he came to enter Miami. So it's the biggest thing in the world. I mean, he's like a mega star, dude. I've heard the name. Yeah. So, yeah, he came to enter Miami. So it's the biggest thing in the world. I mean, he's like a megastar, dude. I mean, he's the most famous person. Well, Derek and I were having this argument.

Is he the most famous athlete to ever come to Nashville? And for your actual sport, I guess maybe so. I mentioned that. 483 million followers? Yes. So on Instagram, he has 483 million followers yes so to put so on instagram he has 483 million followers so just for some context like lebron james yeah for some context brian lebron has 157 the rock have our taylor swift so like the rock has 389 so so more than The Rock. And Taylor Swift has 270.

Yeah. So. Wow. By, you know, by a hundred million more. You're like The Rock and Taylor Swift are just scraping box. Yeah. Yeah. LeBron's basically not in it.

Yeah. Yeah. He's an open mic. Yeah. Nobody. Yeah. That's crazy. I mean, that's, it's, yeah, he's got to be the –

Well, the only person I mentioned – now, he's not going to have that many Instagram followers, but Michael Jordan came to play baseball in the 90s in between his – when he was the biggest athlete in the world. And you covered the game, right? Yeah. He was a sports journalist. He really was. Well, from my college.

Yeah. You get questions, and you go, Michael Jordan goes, little man in the back. I'm working at Middle Tennessee State University. How far can you throw a football, Michael? Well, this was 1994. It's the match we were just at.

David Beckham, his Spice Girl wife's there, Nicole Kidman, all these huge celebrities there. In 1994, when I covered this for MTSU, I pointed out the celebrities that were there. And one of them I pointed out was Jan Van Bredecoft, Vanderbilt's basketball coach. Because that's the celebrities that, you know, there's country stars, of course. But, and then I met him the other night. It's 80s, and I got to tell him that story. So that's your vanity. This is a different level, it feels like. I met him other night. Yeah. It's 80s. And I got to tell him that story.

So that's your Vandy. This is a different level. It feels a different level. Yeah. A little bit different level. It's, uh, yeah, it was, it, the whole thing was very, it was very special. It was like getting to watch messy. I mean, Jordan played basketball at Vandy.

They did a, uh, exhibition game once. The bulls did. Yeah. And like maybe early eighties or eighties, like he was not who Bulls did? Yeah. And like maybe early 80s. Or 80s. Like he was not who he was now.

Yeah. His rookie year was 86, I think. Yeah. 85, 86. No, I feel like maybe, I don't know. 85, man.

I don't know. 84. Yeah, maybe he was drafted. But it's he would but I mean, yeah, Messi is to come where Messi's at, Messi, I mean, yeah, Messi is – to come where Messi's at, Messi, I would say, if you're not into sports,

like Messi is like still kind of at his prime. Like it's, you know, like I was compared to like Jordan going to the Wizards. But it's way different. I mean, it's the year – Messi won a World Cup this year. And now he's in Nashville. Yeah mean, it's the year – Messi won a World Cup this year, and now he's in Nashville. Yeah. And he's playing. And so it was – to get to see him, he scored.

Yeah, for someone like me who doesn't really understand soccer, to be able to see – even I could see the difference in his playing style. When he scored, did even Nashville fans cheer? Yeah, everybody did. He seems like the kind of guy that everybody's like, oh, man, he's beating us, but we love love it yeah yeah everybody understands what they're gonna see and it's like uh you know and the the goal was unbelievable the game was crazy it went into all these 10 penalty kicks went down to the goalies the keepers the keepers and i learned that yeah they kicked and uh well

i i watched the highlights it feels like there was scores, and that's what's tough for me about soccer. It's like those feel like the highlights, and it's a long game. Yeah, it was. But I'm telling you what, it goes very quick. It's really not a long game compared to most sports. Yeah. It's 45-minute halves, and then they add a little extra time. And the clock runs. So it's an So, I mean, and the clock runs.

Yeah. So it's an hour and a half hour, 40 minutes. Oh yeah. And then you get halftime and it's a legit break. And then when it's, I mean, it's, I really, really enjoy it. I really enjoy it. The stadium looks awesome. I would like to check that out.

It is great in there, man. Yeah. It's really a lot of fun. Yeah. And it's the most popular sport in the world, right? Yeah. Yeah. But here's, and here's how good if, I mean, a lot of people might and it's the most popular sport in the world right uh yeah yeah but here's and here's how good if i mean a lot of people might know this but here's how good messy is and the difference of him coming uh the major league soccer mls is nashville and miami they have their team

right so the mvp of the entire league uh is number 10 on our Nashville soccer team. Last year, he was the MVP, the best player, all of Major League Soccer. He could not make his own country's World Cup team. Wow. In Germany, I believe. And Messi won a World Cup. So that's the difference. And that dude is unreal.

Yeah. That guy would have probably, he would have started on our Major League Soccer team, I guess. But it's, but like, that's the difference of what Messi's playing with. To be like, that guy can't even, they're not even letting him like come dress. And he's like, I was the main guy. The best guy in America. Yeah. And they're like.

Who did Messi play for before he came here? Like, what's it? Barcelona, right? Yeah. He's from Argentina. That's what he played in the World Cup. PSG. PSG, yeah.

He's from Argentina. PSG. I don't know all the, when you get down to that kind of stuff. But, yeah, MLS, I'm telling you, Major League Soccer league soccer mls is going to be it's going to be huge i really believe that the fact that he's here is you know they're trying to get him this other guy mbappe who's a giant giant star and he's young and they're trying to get him to come i mean mls major league soccer is going to be a giant thing saudi arabia is obviously doing a lot of stuff uh they're spending a lot of money to get stuff over there.

We got to be the live golf of soccer and just buy up all the world's greatest talent. Well, Saudi Arabia, who is the live golf? They're doing that with... They offered Mbappe. I think they took Ronaldo. And they're offering these guys

billion dollars. That's how big these guys are. Messi, I think they offered him straight up a billion dollars. And for him to how big these guys are wow messy i think they offered him straight up a billion dollars and for him to come to miami i mean he's i believe it's like he's just owner when he retires they're just like you're an owner you got a bunch of like apple stock in his con he got they're rolling out the red carpet for him almost better than a deal just like being like you're set forever yeah yeah mean, he's already set forever. Right. And you're now a priority billionaire too.

Yeah. I mean, just social media alone, if he just wanted to be an influencer now, he could make a ton of money. Yeah. Oh. You couldn't even. I mean, it would be like a Super Bowl commercial. Yeah. You'd have to pay him.

I don't know if you could even offer him a million dollars. We wear this hat tomorrow. Yeah. I don't even. He would probably. I don't think he would do it for a million dollars. Now, wasn't there a viral photo of him at a grocery store in Miami where people didn't recognize him? Yeah.

A couple of people did. There's a picture, but it wasn't the mob. But he just went out because, I mean, because obviously here it's not going to be as crazy. So he like went out to a Publix and was able to walk around. If he's at home or anywhere else in the world, I mean, once they find out too, it doesn't, then everybody comes. But he's just able to go argentina he can't leave his home because everybody's just like you yeah here it's you

know he's in miami publics he goes late at night like i don't you know it's like probably older people in there there's people that are like i don't they wouldn't recognize him so he got some like peace but when he goes and walks around, I mean, it's bigger than Beatles. I mean, it's bigger than anybody. I mean,

it's a mob. Uh, Abigail's friend is a cop and they escorted him to the hotel and they could, it was so hard to get him in the hotel because that many people are around, like just surround them and they just want to see him and they just want to and so he can't even i mean he can't go anywhere so you really gotta have the money you're like i need money to just live a life because i can't even be out here in the world yeah i gotta build my own grocery store yeah or yeah you gotta have so many people that are helping you to go get stuff because you

just can't leave and that's he's at a level that's yeah it's i mean you know it's it's elvis it's i mean it's anybody like yeah there's a thing when he went to miami like uh before he signed this deal he came to miami to go to a restaurant and they show him trying to walk into a restaurant and it's just a sea of people. And he's just trying to go. I mean, just think when he goes to the restaurant, he has to shut that restaurant down and they have to let him come eat. And you just have to do that.

You have to go like, Hey, you got to close the doors and like, and everybody's probably willing, obviously willing to do that. Why would you not? Yeah. Get a little photo op.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I remember eating with, uh, uh, when I opened for Chris Rock, Chris Rock and Tyra Banks, we went in eight after they had paparazzi chasing us. But. You opened for Tyra Banks? No, she was there.

Oh. I'm sorry. I opened up for Chris Rock, but she came. Oh, okay. And then, so we went to go eat after. I opened up for Chris Rock, but she came. Oh, okay. And then, so we went to go eat after. And then there was like pop ruts. But then they had to call the restaurant and they let us in. They were closing, but they stayed open.

And then we went in there and sat. And there was only one on the table. And then they took pictures with all of them. And then we left. But it's like,'s you know yeah i remember hearing a story about kevin james like wanting to browse around like a cd store and he had them shut down the store so he could walk around in there and when people were saying that they were acting like kevin james was being like such a jerk that he had to shut this store down but i'm like

i imagine the guy just wants to browse around and look at some CDs. He doesn't want to be harassed the entire time. Yeah. And it's not even being like harassed, like a negative harass. It's just Kevin James is a nice guy. Right. And it's going to be like,

yeah, I want to take pictures of everybody and all that stuff. So you just are to a point of going like, I just want to like kind of go look at these cds and yeah and and and be regular yeah i mean if i see kevin james i want to get a picture with him yes of course yes so everybody does and it's and now everybody can take a picture because yeah you so yeah you're going to just go get it and you're just trying to walk around and be normal and if i'm sure 5 10 15 years of this where it's like you just every time you walk out you know you're going to get i'd imagine yes and then you just go like instead of being mean

i'm going to just do this right you know seininfeld rented a movie theater out, you know, cause instead of being mean, I'm going to just, I'll just pay 500 bucks to those guys. I mean, you know, just like, I'll go see this movie.

No one's in there. I can do it. Everyone. He yells at the screen. Like they make jokes. Like, you know, he treats it like that.

Yeah. Yeah. I also, uh, did a show at a church in mount juliet and do you want to show this oh no no i did a show at a church in mount juliet and saw one of the most despicable displays of going after a kid in the audience that i've ever witnessed you were there nate i don't know i don't even know if we want to talk about it, but it was awful. All of Nate Land did a little show together, except for you, Dusty. You were gone.

They said not to bring you, but we did. Our friend Johnny W. did a show in Mount Julia. That's when I called you the other day, and we kept playing phone tag. Oh, my friend. Well, she's not my friend. I mean, I like her, but she works at a doctor's office that I

go to. Well, I didn't mean to say it. Y'all don't hang out. Right. She works at a doctor's but she loves comedy. I think she wanted to know the definition of y'all's relationship. I cleared it up. Not a friend, but we do like it. She loves Johnny W.

I know she was telling me she was going to that show. So that's probably very exciting. Yeah, she said you were on it. Alex Valuto was on it. And she didn't know anyone else. So, yeah. That's some real bonus, bonus performances in there.

Yeah, I did a couple spots that night. That was like old New York days. Because I went to Greg Warren. Greg Warren is at Zaney's. Oh, yeah. So I went down there and jumped on his show and then just got in the car

and drove to Mount Julian. What's the church? Fellowship. Fellowship. Fellowship. And then- That was a hot show, huh? It was a good show.

It was a good show. Dan Whitehurst. So the only two people she could remember were me and Alex? No, that was what was on, like, would she fly- I was the only two listed on the flyer. Oh, I thought you meant after the show. She's like, it was a hot show. Brian Bates, Alex Valuto. No, no. what was on, like, would she fly? I was the only two listed. Oh, I thought you meant after the show. She's like, it was a hot show. Brian Bates, Alex Bluto.

No, no, I saw her before. She's like, she always talks about wanting to see Johnny W. And she was like, finally, he's doing a show here. Yeah. She was like, I'm going tonight. Yeah. And it would have been that show. Yeah, that's awesome.

That's a great show. But Aaron, say what happened. Yeah, I had a little crowd work moment. All right. You know, every now and then I like to see what the people are up to. Yeah. Not really. But I have basically a bit where I talk about Barry Bonds, the baseball player,

and about how he was accused of using steroids. And I asked a rhetorical question to the audience. Why do y'all know why he wasn't, you know, he's not in the hall of fame and a kid raised his hand and not used to having children in the audience. Yeah. He raised his hand very politely.

He's a good kid. So I called on him and I go, do you know? And he goes, yeah, it's because he had different color skin. Oh. And I was like,

Oh dude, he like, you know, he mixed up it's a kid who's obviously very aware of like the history of america the history of baseball but just got the players mixed up but it just threw me for such a loop that i kind of i had like an awkward moment with i got some laughs out of it i thought i thought i handled it and i'll seriously he handled it as best as you could possibly handle it i thought oh thank you um i think the the kid was just kind of embarrassed to be uh you know involved in that way and to get the answer wrong so everybody laughed but yeah i think that he was pretty

upset so that's that was a first for me to kind of have a kid you know did you have a video of that is that what there is a video of it. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. This parents asked him to delete it, but no, it's like a happy Gilmore moment.

We're going to post the kid's address. With Chubbs. He said they wouldn't let me compete in the pro tour anymore. And he goes, why? Cause you're black. He goes, no alligator bit my hand.

It was, uh, it was a great show. yeah it was fun yeah it was fun where did you go this weekend i was in cleveland ohio oh yeah hilarity's you get a bat no i didn't get a bat and i think you have to sell more tickets than i did but they go they they you get a bat and they take out your paycheck. They go, no, we got it. They're expensive. Yeah. $215? Yeah. Dude, what a perfect club.

Yeah. It's great there. Did you see the Seinfeld thing? No, I didn't. I was only in, so the first night I was in the cabaret room, the small room. Yeah. And then Sunday night for one show i got to oh yeah do the main weekend that's why you didn't get no bad i did a weekend just only one show well i don't mean that

in a negative way i mean it's yeah it's like uh yeah it's like a full which you will get you know what uh like uh the really good clubs it's like the little things they do that just make you feel so good like the little things that make you just make you feel so good like the little things that make you think they're excited for you to be there like when i showed up my show in the main room the dressing room they had put they had like a gold star on the door and they printed out one of those pictures of me from uh my childhood basketball team oh yeah that we did on the podcast last week. And they had that on the door.

Oh, that's all like that stuff. You show up and you're like, Oh, they're actually like that stuff means so much. It probably took them, you know, five minutes to do,

but yeah, that's like, that's a good club. That's a great, all the management. There's always been Sam. Sam is awesome. It was a really great weekend.

So thanks to everybody that came. Yeah, it was fun. It was fun. great weekend. So thanks to everybody that came. Yeah, it was fun. It was fun. We had fun at it. Well, this episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. If you're a nine-year-old kid who was harassed by Aaron, you may need BetterHelp. Now, but sometimes in life as adults, we do face tough choices and the path forward is not always clear.

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for Nolensville. Oh, yeah. They beat Rhode Island 8-1 in that first game. One thing I love they either. But they play a – I saw a little bit of Tennessee's for Nolensville. Nolensville. Oh, yeah. To beat Rhode Island 8-1 in that first game. One thing I love they do now is they play a real Major League Baseball game there. All the kids are the crowd. It's like an awesome thing they do. Bryson Stott on the Phillies. Yeah.

This was his baseball bat. Oh. Did you see this? Oh, yeah. I saw a picture of that. Yeah, that's so cool. We talked about number two pencils. Yeah, that's so cool. We talked about number two pencils. Yeah, that's a number one pencil, I think.

Number two. You're saying because it's so big? Yeah. You know, it made me then realize, why do they not let, like, I bet that's going to start to happen. I've never even thought of that, that you could do something like that. Do designs. I think the argument is.

It's distracting you could uh decorate the bat in a way that it's hard to follow the ball off the bat yeah okay yeah um but for special games like this they let you do whatever and it's just a bat that looks like a number two pen i'd never seen that before it's just like you kids are in school right you know what these are yeah uh imagine like it's a game. These guys are fighting for the playoffs, and they go, hey, everybody, just heads up. We're going to let people do some pretty goofy stuff out there today.

I know this is a big game for you guys, but, you know, just have fun. Decorate your bats. Yeah. Always remember, it's entertainment. World Series doesn't matter. Well, I just watched that documentary on Nolan Ryan, and when he was one of his no-hitters, it it was the ninth inning maybe two outs of the ninth for him and a guy came to bat with a leg of a table just for fun just basically saying we can't hit you so i might as well come up here with this big oh you know and then the op was like obviously he was just a joke but this

guy throwing a no hitter and the guy's just goofing around with him. Yeah, it could have taken him out of his game. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they wouldn't allow that now. Did he hit after that or did he get struck out? No, he got the no-hitter. Yeah.

He didn't strike out. I think if you're that guy, you got to let the no-hitter happen. Yeah, you did that. You got to on purpose, not like you take them, but like swing way behind. Or are you like Nolan Ryan almost had a no hitter and then I stopped it? Maybe, but it's like that's doing it that way is almost cheating. Yeah. If you got a hit with a table leg and broke up the no hitter, that would be crazy.

Yeah. I mean, I just think that for your own personal baseball pride, you're like, yeah, you had a no hitter going till I came up there. Yeah. There's,

I think there's a lot of that, but if you're like, I brought a, you know, Oh, a table liner. Yeah. You know,

like when Michael Strahan broke the record for most sacks in the season, he broke it against Brett Favre and Brett Favre recognized the moment and basically just gave him the sack. Yeah. And I think about that a lot with these no-hitters. Dude, these guys are trying. They don't want to be the guy that lets the pitcher have a no-hitter. But I always think, just let him. You've already lost the game.

Just let him get it. Well, I mean, sometimes no-hitters would be 1-0 or something like that. I could see in baseball trying to break it. You're like, I don mean, sometimes no-hitters would be 1-0 or something like that. You know? Yeah. I could see in baseball trying to break it. You're like, I don't want a no-hitter to happen on us. Yeah. And so you're like, and that's more of in the moment, you're like, we're trying to end this because it's a one-game thing.

Like the Brett Favre and Michael Strahan was like, he's going to get a sack anyway. And it's like he rolled out and like, you know, in the moment, it was like, he's about to get me. I want to just go down. Just give it to him. Yeah, just give it to him. That's an overall, that's a career-wise decision versus a one-game decision. But didn't he get criticized for that? He did.

I think, yeah, okay. Not the people I hang out with. We like to have fun, but you were probably talking about purity. You might not have been born. Were you? Yeah. You recollection of it? Yeah.

Oh, you switched it. We thought you were going to do an old man joke, and you switched it to a young guy joke. Yeah, do you? Yeah, I remember it. I wasn't watching the game live, I don't think, but I remember the discussion about it. All right.

Kelly Ripa's co-host? You know what I was going to say? He played football? I brought up, you know, like I have DirecTV. Channel 2 right now on DirecTV is saying like they're fighting with Nexstar or something, and they're just not showing stuff. The whole channel, they don't show anything. That's insane to me.

Yeah, it happens a lot. Yeah, you're like, why are we involved? And then it's funny because you see, you know, DirecTV's like, guys, we're trying to, these animals. And you're like, who's, like, why am I, I shouldn't have feelings for these two things. Well, they try to jack up the price on those, like this, you know, why am I? I shouldn't have feelings for these two things. They try to jack up the price on those like this, you know, though I forget what it was.

I went to watch some football game in a hotel and it was like it was DirecTV or something at the hotel. And they had the guy comes on. He goes, hey, we want this. We want this program. Yeah, we're in negotiations right now. And it's like, yeah, they try to jack it up on them. So DirecTV tries to throw it back at him. I think being like, hey, it's not us, guys. Yeah, but it's like yeah they try to jack it up on them so direct tv tries to throw it back at them i think being like hey it's not us guys yeah but it's i don't think you're like one of i don't think either one of them really cares about us oh no so it's they they

put it like that then you're like so i can't i mean i recorded the the i record titans games the preseason game just don't get to watch it because DirecTV is like, we're not showing it. Because they're arguing about whatever. You just sit there and you just get a big message. They're like, they want your help. And you're like, my help? It's crazy

to be like, I'm paying all this money for these cuss... You pay for... I've been with them for 20-something years. Yeah, they want you to call and complain, yeah. You pay for, I've been with them for 20-something years. Yeah, they want you to call and complain, don't they? Yeah. Yeah. I've been with them 20 years.

You're like, I'm paying. You're not giving me something free. Right. I give you money. You raise prices. You just, I do all that. And now you're like, all right, we need some more help. You're like, you can't even turn on the TV now.

I know. That's what they all do. Yeah. They charge you, charge you, charge you That's what they all do. Yeah. They, you know, they charge you, charge you, charge you, and then they go, help us. Help us. Nate Bates. I'm pretty sure after watching this episode,

Nate knows more about Australia and New Zealand than he does America. That could be true. Nate Bates. I think that's his real name. That's a hot name. Nate Bates. I doubt it. I bet it is. I like the Bates part. I think that's his real name. That's a hot name. I doubt it. I bet it is.

I like the Bates part. I think it's the name. Nate Bates. I guarantee you there's a Nate Bates out there. Well, I'm sure, but that may not listen to this podcast. I feel like we've had Nate Bates on. I didn't believe him last time either.

I don't know. Nate Bates, former mayor of Richmond, California Nat Bates His name's Nathaniel, but he goes by Nat Well, that's what we're talking about This guy is Nate Bates

I was called Nat You can see the leap we took to get one to the other I was called Nat. You can see the leap we took to get one to the other, huh? I was called Nat by my football coach. Nat. He'd always call me Nat. And I remember just being kind of like, I just remember being a kid, just being like, but it's not Nat.

Like I said, it's Nate. And then you're just like, okay. And I never, Nat, get on out there. You're like, why would you? He wasn't trying to be funny? No, it was just like, he just called me Nat. I thought that was your name. No, I think he just was like, all right, I'll call you Nat.

Shorter than Nate. If I don't respond, it's because you're not saying my name. Yeah. Yeah. He's the coach nate bates the assistant coach of the men's lacrosse team of messiah university mechanicsburg pennsylvania maybe that's i'm mistaking them yeah my mom was uh canonsburg so they're doing good your mom uh you're talking about saying that eleanor was at my mom's this weekend and she's gotten pretty good like in a book children's book picking out the animals where's the whatever

but my mom is so southern that it was confusing her and she was like where's the line i don't know where's the line at and she was like so confused and i was like i mean i say it like that too but i was likeanor, where's the lion? And she's like, oh, there it is. But my mom's like, this kid's dumb.

Don't even know what a lion is. Just say tiger. Just switch it. I switch stuff up. You do the, cause I know if what I'm about to say is not going to, I might've talked about it before. I had my first joke.

One of the, uh, my playing mad football Madden football with Vince, what's his name? Vince Young. And I would say, I don't want to get his emotions. I said emotions. Cause I would say, I don't want to get his feelings hurt. Feelings.

And the way I say feelings and I was in New York, I was like, no one knows what I'm saying. Yeah. Sounds like a dentist joke. Yeah. Yeah. And I don saying. Sounds like a dentist joke. I don't know how to not say it. So I just changed it to emotions. Just purely so we can move through the joke without having to.

Emotions is kind of funnier. Yeah. Because it's a little surprising. I like saying feelings, but I can't. I do that too. I have a friend named will and i have to really keep myself from going wheel wheel you know like if i just say it i'll wheel will come out you got to really be i got to really focus on it will you know what i mean yeah who's saying

the southern accent probably gets made fun of the most do you think the most made fun of it even because no one it's considered dumb. It's the best though. That's why. It's like the Cockney accent. You know, like if you were to ask

an American to do an impression of a British accent, they'd all do the Cockney. Oh, I'm a chimney sweeper. That kind of whatever. I didn't know what Cockney was. Nice.

Yeah. It was all right. Notre Dame. But I watched a bunch of TikTok videos of going around at soccer games to Ireland and they go, can you do an American accent? And they all do a Southern accent. That's the caricature of an American speaking voice.

It was the best. That's right. Scott H., right out of the gate, Nate says he met a porcupine. Nope. It was an enchilada. Echinna. Echinna. Yeah, but that's a porcupine to us, though.

It was an echinaida. Echinna. He's sometimes known as spiny anteaters. Just call him that. How do you say that? How do you say that? How do you say that? Echidna. Echidna, maybe.

Echidna. Echidna. Echidna. Let's see. You're right. You're right, Dusty. Echidna. Oh, guys.

Echidna. What's going on? Man, that's so much different than... Yeah, if I was like, worked at the zoo, I was like, that's an echidna. Don't say it wrong, you'll hurt his feelings. E was like, that's an echidna. And they're like, hmm. Don't say it wrong, you'll hurt his feelings. Echidnas are named after Echidna, a creature from Greek mythology

who was half woman, half snake, as the animal was perceived to have qualities of both mammals and reptiles. It's pretty cool. It's cool. Glad to know.

Or it's a porcupine. it's called whatever uh yeah that is i like they evolved between 20 and 50 million years ago i always do like find stuff like that you're like that's it's 30 year million 30 million years crazy range they're like, it's 30 million years difference. It's a crazy range. They're like, ballpark it. They figured it out 1974, maybe 50 million years ago. I don't know. Well, they say the universe is 13.7 billion years old. And now some scientists just come out and said, well, actually, I think it's twice that. And it's now like, now we say it's like 26 billion years. Right, right.

Yeah. Yeah. We just don't know. Boy, I had a joke about that. Oh, the cockroach? The cockroach? Yeah, yeah. Right. Right. Yeah. Yeah. We just don't know. Yeah. I had a joke about that. Oh, the cock, uh,

the cockroach. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's a good joke. And it is a good joke. I actually, I saw that joke.

That's very good. Thanks for checking out my stuff. That's very good. Scott, that's comedy. Yeah. How long has they, you pulled them aside outside of me.

How long has they been doing comedy? I just saw some stuff the stuff the other day. Aaron Ingles. I found an easy way to say good day, mate, and sound like Steve Irwin is to say good eye, mate. Good eye, mate. I thought that was a fun way to sound like you're a trail shun. Good eye, mate.

That is it. Good eye, mate. Good eye, mate. Good eye, mate. Yeah. That's very good. Good eye,en. Good eye, mate. That is it. Good eye, mate. Good eye, mate. Good eye, mate. Yeah. That's very good. Good eye, mate. Good eye, mate.

That's the best Australian accent I've ever done. That's so good that she, how did you figure that out? Good eye, mate. Good eye, mate. Good eye, mate. I wonder if that's what people do that do impressions. It's like you can, maybe they find different words. Yeah.

Good eye, mate. Aaron Angles is a good, that's like a news anchor name, find different words. Yeah. Good. I may. Aaron Angles is a good. That's like a news anchor name. Aaron Angles. It is a good name. It's someone that's going to go places. I agree.

She may own the grocery store chain. And if you told me, you know, if you told me Nate Bates came up with this, I'd be like, get out of here. And then Aaron Angles, you're like. Bates came up with this, I'd be like, get out of here. And then Aaron Angles, you're like, all right. Now, the funny thing is, usually when there's the E like in penguin, you emphasize the A. Right.

And we emphasize it like an I. But this time, you guys did the opposite. You did the I and you did the A. Good eye, Mike. On our last name. Oh, Bates. Aaron. You said Aaron Angles.

You said Aaron Ingles. Aaron Angles. Oh, youles Aaron Angles Oh you're right Ingles You're absolutely right That's what I'm here for guys We'd like everybody to feel You know They could answer two things

Would they turn around? Yeah She would turn around To both of those Yeah Ash Smith It's That's not a bad name

Ash I like the first name Ash Yeah It's perfectly okay for americans to pronounce it melbourne or melbourne that's just our accent saying it melbourne is fine if you're a local but americans doing it just sounds weird weird that nobody did it with the other cities just that one perth still had a nice strong R sound in it. All I'm saying is that people in other English-speaking countries aren't expecting us to nail it while we do our best impressions of them. I'll tell you what, Ed Smith didn't expect you to be Australian.

I appreciate this perspective, though, because just they're like, everybody speaks Spanish, right? They also speak English, but they're always pronounced like the G has like a, almost like a W sound in some words, like a guava fruit. Yeah. What I would say like guava. And I'm like, you can't expect me to do that. You can't expect me to suddenly know that my letters make different sounds. You know what I mean? I would say that I get this because I never like it when, I always think of it like if someone is Mexican or something, speak Spanish and you go, hola.

Like I always thought, I don't ever say hola. I'm doing it because of them. So that's dumb. Yeah. So I don't like doing that. And even though I did that with Melbourne, but I was overly told that I had to say this the right way that's the only reason i did it i didn't do it because yeah i'm sure you're fine with it but i it's i'm going on stage to do jokes and the hat the joke that's happened the

most is melbourne is that we say born and so it's like well i need to start saying melbourne so i don't want to i don't want that to be a joke so i'm gonna just try to say it so you don't laugh that's why i did yeah if you'd been saying melbourne they'd be like oh idiot it's melbourne yeah yeah totally yeah yeah it's like louisville yeah it's like yeah i say louisville right i say right but like yeah if someone says louisville you're. It's like, yeah, I say Louisville. Right. I say right. But like, yeah, if someone says Louisville, you're like, that's fine. I think I do Louisville every time. Yeah.

Louisville and Lebanon. And they're, you say Lebanon? Yeah. I don't do Lebanon. You refuse? Yeah. It's not that I refuse, but I just, it just, it looks like Lebanon to me. Right.

You know? You look like you're going to Lebanon in that shirt. Exactly. I'm cultured me. Right. You know? You look like you're going to Lebanon in that shirt. Exactly. I'm cultured now. Yeah. Ryan Solins. The amount of happiness Dusty felt about the air travel in Australia is the most true emotion I've ever heard him exhibit on this podcast. Breakfast was quiet on this one, though.

Well, I love my country, and I get tired of people bashing it. Whatever. Oh, you mean air travel, like not having to go through TSA? quiet on this one though well i love my country and i get tired of people bashing it but whatever oh oh you mean air travel like not having to go through tsa oh yeah it's amazing i love i love freedom i get excited about it yeah i mean that's you yeah i get excited a guy not into communism loves freedom yeah exactly uh Hear more of it on We're having a good time. We're having a good time. Yeah.

We're having a good time. Hear more of Dusty's rants on We're having a good time podcast. That's right. Hey, I'm having a good time. You know, I mean, you're having a good time. Yeah, we're all having

a good time out here. I agree. What the We're on Paul. All right. Hello, folks, to HelloFresh. Is that good? That was good. With HelloFresh, you get farm fresh.

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It's a huge help for that like easy meal to make uh go to hello fresh australia yeah i mean it's pretty much all pacific over there oh pacific i mean yeah okay yeah you were just asking is this still pacific i don't know is it is it pacific against the i think it's like tasmanian sea is there well that's all part of the ocean. Yeah. But they're all called different. I get that they're all, you know.

Yeah, like the Gulf of Mexico is technically the Pacific Ocean. I don't think when you go to other places, you're like, that's the Pacific Ocean. You think when you go to London, they're like Atlantic Ocean? I mean, if you're on the coast. I bet there's something else in there. I mean, yeah, there's probably like a strait of something. I bet they call it a few things yeah yeah i don't think they call it like atlantic like we do you want to step into weber's etymology corner real quick i just looked this up dodo you know the word dodo comes from they say it's unclear but some ascribe it to the

dutch word the door for sluggard but it's probably more related to dadars, which literally means fat rear end. Oh, wow. Yeah, that bird's like, I gotta get out of here. Yeah. That's a tough life. He's trying to calm himself up. The cool bird now. He's living somewhere

with sunglasses. Leave that big chair open. You know? Good again. Uncle Dodo's coming over like you make three kids get out of a chair because y'all three get up he's got to sit right there he's got obviously he's got to sit the whole family gets up yeah uh jk i was hoping buttermilk would hit us With more aboriginal facts Well okay

It's disputed how long they've been around But they've been around a long time They invented the That was the answer to the debate stage We debated that last week It's disputed I go with a long time ago Good answer

Peggy emailed me that had Sent that in last week Well, I go with a long time ago. Good answer. You know, Peggy emailed me that had sent that in last week. We settled on that we would say that they had been here since the beginning of time. Oh, that's a good. Like, let's not put a number on it. Oh, okay. I like that. Yeah.

Okay. Well, they also invented the boomerang. Yeah. And smart. The boomerang is wild. I've never seen a boomerang work. Well, I learned there's two types the boomerang. Yeah. Smart. The boomerang is wild. I've never seen a boomerang work. Well, I learned there's two types of boomerangs. One they use was mostly for hunting, where it doesn't come back to you, but it kills the animal you throw it at.

Oh, okay. And then there's some for recreational, where it would come back to you. Wow. That was one of the great your mama jokes back in the day. Your mom's so big, she had to put her belt on with a boomerang there was a little kid that was like the funniest joke i'd ever heard just the visual that's great yeah uh those are the best jokes yeah it's still fun clint Jurgens. Not so fun fact. Australia and New Zealand fall under Australasia. Oceania includes a lot more areas north of them. Oceania.

That's fine. Maybe that's the ocean. Well, you're definitely right about what kind of fact it was. Not so fun fact. I loved it. That's why I put it in Chelsea Arrington As a North Carolinian

North Carolinian I love that Dusty mentioned Sherry Berry She is somewhat of a celebrity here Although I just learned her name is pronounced Sherry She has since left her job And was replaced by some guy named Tommy I think she said It was pronounced Sherry. She has since left her job and was replaced by some guy

named Tommy. I think she said it was pronounced Sherry. Sherry. But it's not as fun. I like Sherryberry or Cherryberry. That's how I like to think of her. Tommy's great, but he'll never lift us up like Sherryberry did.

Yeah. I love it. When you go to North Carolina in the elevator, Cherryberry. I've never seen this, yeah, I love it. When you go to North Carolina in the elevator, Cherryberry. I had never seen this. Here's a picture of her pointing at the certificate. Yeah, she's there. You know, I guess she's there investigating the elevator right now. Yeah, that is crazy. Now they got a guy named Tommy.

Tommy's got to fall in these. Yeah. Now, somebody. He's like, Tom-o. He just starts writing differently. Tom-o. That guy, Josh Dobson replaced her. Somebody's like, Tom Boo. He just starts writing differently. Tom Boo. The Tomulator. Josh Dobson replaced her, but I think from what I read,

he found somebody else to just handle the elevators. Tommy. Oh, he delegated. Couldn't handle it, huh? Yeah. He would go to the elevators. Well, her picture, I guess, was in every elevator in North Carolina. Is that what you're saying?

There's more elevators or stairs in the world. I'm just kidding. There's a lot of elevators in North Carolina, I guess, was in every elevator in North Carolina. Is that what you're saying? There's more elevators or stairs in the world. I'm just kidding. There's a lot of elevators in North Carolina, I'm guessing. There's way more stairs. Yeah, I know. I don't do you. So she sent someone. So it's just her job to be like, is this done?

And if something goes bad, they go to her and be like. I like to think that she did the inspecting. Now that she's gone, no one else can handle it. Yeah. It's dangerous in North Carolina. Imagine running for office or whatever you are, and you're like, what do I do? They go, climbing that elevator, ma'am. Yeah, you got to start checking the elevator.

You got to start checking the elevator. Who's somebody in Tennessee we have that only we would know? Bart Durham? Yeah, for Nashville. That kind of stuff. Yeah. I feel like every city has that lawyer that is out doing those commercials. I'm John Morgan, I'm Morgan, I'm Morgan, I'm Morgan.

That's nationwide. Yeah, that one is. Bart Durham, though, you know, is not looking good these days. And even so much, his ads are now like, when I see them on billboards, are like cartoons. When they start animating him in the commercials, it's not good. Well, he comes in very, just kind of brief. He's in there a lot briefer than, yeah, he's old. I'm guessing he's not as hands-on as he used to be.

He creeps up on people on park benches and stuff. Like, oh, he's... Did you get hurt by a tractor trailer? Like, oh, what do you know? Yeah, Blair does the heavy lifting now. That's right. Blair's running the show. He does.

He's so old that he just uses old... He's like, do you get hung up in the Ferris wheel in the Nashville Fairground? You're like, Bart, that was 55 years ago. But he can't. He doesn't know where he's at. And he only uses references to old. What's another old thing? Do you get trampled by horses?

Yeah. I mean, I guess that could still happen, but I sure it was yeah a bigger thing at a time yeah but there's got to be one in these one in every kind of city right there's a part polo used to do that the strong they called him the hammer and charleston south carolina akima nostopolo that's a fun name to say uh scott campbell is anyone on this podcast man enough to challenge Dusty to a rousing

a round of pencil break I bet you won't we should do pencil break here one time I wouldn't do it yeah

Dusty seems like a professional we could try well we you know it's been a long time for me yeah if we have them

then we'll try I'll bring some number two pencils next week. Okay. Solves that. Answers that. Savannah Mercy.

Aaron shouldn't count himself out of sales just yet. When it comes to the quality of ad reads, he's got Nate, Dusty, and Buford beat by a mile. I don't know about a mile. I think I do a pretty good AG1 read. You do. But Aaron is the best. Best ad read. We'll see.

I got one coming up here in a little bit. So let's see. By a mile, I don't know. That's debatable. Danielle. Quarter of a mile, maybe. It's still a long way. Kilometer.

Maybe a click or two. Yeah. Daniel sheehan oh danielle sheehan i'm wondering if nate tried mcdonald's in australia and if so how was it it was great it was great it really was great it uh doors open so birds were in there you know that was kind of tough. But that's typical. It's stuff you got to fight through. Did they have different things? Joe loved it. Yeah.

Did they have different things? I don't remember seeing anything different. I got a number one Big Mac, no onions. And I mean, it was really great. It felt like a place that it cared. But I think if you go to McDonald's during the day, McDonald's during the day is pretty good. It's a night when it starts to get,

you know, the ice cream machine stops work. Yeah. It's like when it starts, like the people that work the night shift don't care as much, but I think near the day, like, you know,

you're a restaurant and people are going in there and like, so you've got to legit make stuff. Your A-team is on during the day. Yeah. I saw McDonald's in Little Havana outside of Miami. And they told me that instead of apple pie, they had some sort of Cuban dessert. And the only McDonald's in Miami that did that. Mm-hmm.

Justin Smith told me Chicago has a McDonald's that has every mcdonald's food it's like the international yeah tasting mcdonald's yeah yeah pretty cool i've never been but i you know i want to did anybody call it maccas no i didn't talk to a lot of people about it but it's no one did okay just curious kind of kept it to myself you know so I want to say this. I've taken a lot of flack on the history of this podcast for saying that both malls and gas stations were the last great cross-section of America, where all people from different backgrounds come and visit. This study, this is a Harvard study. This isn't Michigan State. This is real stuff. This study said a lot of Michigan State people were not happy with that.

And yeah, I don't care. This says a new paper finds that big chain restaurants, Applebee's, Olive Garden, Chili's, IHOP's and big chain stores have the largest positive impact on cross class encounters and thus best bridge our current social divides. encounters and thus best bridge our current social divides in other words applebee's is the last great cross-section of america it's where people are getting together yes people from all different uh demographics more more than any other place isn't that crazy the microwaves bring people together so you were right about one of your numerous claims. No, I don't think I ever said that. I mean, I said gas stations and malls. Oh, okay. But I like the idea of it.

Yeah. You seem like you knew this all along. No, no, no. I believe it. No, it makes sense. Dollar stores and dollar generals. What's that? School.

Now, you know, I was thinking about that this week. When I grew up here, everyone in Nashville just sent their kids to public school, and it was fine. And now, everyone sends them to private. And, you know, unfortunately, the kids that are left in public school, you know, they don't get a lot of resources, and it's a struggle. They addressed that specifically. Bad news, Bates. they don't get a lot of resources and it's a struggle they address that specifically they said bad news baits the most socio-economically diverse places in america are not public institutions like schools and parks but affordable chain restaurants it's like they specifically said that about me saying i know i know yeah but i thought it was funny the dollar general and the dollar store were like that's, there's the most divide.

Because wealthy people don't go to Dollar General or the Dollar Store. I go to Dollar General. There's one right by my house. Anyway. Yeah. I thought this was nice. I like a Dollar General. Yeah.

Yeah. They got everything you need. Yeah. I went to them. Tough to find water in there sometimes. I feel like I go in there looking for water and they're like, there's a lot of sodas they're trying to get me to get. Kind of like those restaurants in Opelika.

They don't sell water. Are they name brand sodas? Yeah. They got the good stuff in there. They don't mess around. There's probably some generics. There's probably a General Cola. Or maybe even General Pepper. I bet they have. I wonder if those companies do they really do good? a general cola, you know, or maybe even general, general pepper.

I bet they have. I wonder if those companies are, do they really do good? Like the, you know, like RC is, has to be the Royal crown cola, the staple.

Like that's the, we went up against the big guns and we're, you know, who RC is. It was at one point, the largest cola brand in the world. RC Cola and a moon pie is what people would always talk about. That's right. Yeah.

Puts peanuts in the Coke. Yeah. So, yeah, RC was original. Put peanuts in the Coke. It is a great name. In the Coke? Mm-hmm. You never did that?

But I thought we were talking about RC. Well, we're talking about RC Coke. It's a cola. Yeah. It doesn't have to be Coke. He's not getting it. Well, I mean, I guess I'm thinking, well, RC hung with them, but then we still say Coke even to reference them. I know.

So who wins in the end? Probably Coke. Yeah. RC's a good, RC was around, when I I grew up RC was way more around I used to drink a lot of RC yeah yeah now RC is now

.3% market share let's get it going if you yeah RC people would sneak it in to where you go

this thing you ask for a Diet Coke or Coke and then you taste it you're like come on they used to be a commercial me and my RC

yeah do you remember that yeah okay it was in the 80s yeah yeah it was a jingle me and my rc me and my rc i like it well uh today we're talking about fast food and aaron pointed out to me that we've already done episode fast food but that's okay there's a lot of talk about fast food and we got a little we're going to do another little bracket here and we got a tournament and um i got some fast food, but that's okay. There's a lot of talk about fast food and we got a little, we're going to do another little bracket here and we got a tournament and, um, I got some fast food facts I can throw in, but, uh, you know, as I pointed out before we started, we know fast food, right?

Dusty. Yeah. I mean, at the beginning of this, I mean, Brian said he goes and we know fast food and people didn't really respond in the room, but it was very stern. He kept a stern look for a while. He held it. And I think he's right, though. We do know fast food here.

When you said that, like people in the room didn't respond and you're talking about us. Yeah. You think that's still appropriate to say people? Or would you say none of us responded in the room? Would you not make it more personal? You made it very non-personal. He was being nice. People in the room.

You made it sound like you're a studio audience. Yeah, like we have. Yeah, like there's like, you know, people are like, wow, that's a whole thing. Like, you know, they're going to pull the camera back and there's like. Yeah, I like to keep it vague. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They don't know. So it's like, I'm not just targeting the people on the podcast.

If you came and tried to attack us, we don't want you to know that it's just us four. Yes. Be like, there could be a lot of security guys. That's right. That's right. Live studio audience every time. We just don't mic the audience. Never show.

Yeah. We never hear them. They leave early. Yeah. They come for the comments and they go, all right, we're getting out of here. We're going gonna beat the traffic six of them six people just because that's gonna be a zoo out there so much i got there and then they gotta come here we gotta be what we gotta move a couple cars a park that's the worst

we have that all the time over here parking trying to find out who's leaving and not leaving like it is where so you want to park a car. Sometimes you're like, I'll just park it a block away. Yeah. So you don't, cause that's a pretty tough thing to be at a party and being like, who's got the, you know, white Honda course,

five cars in front. And you're like, yeah. And yeah. And you're like, I got to get out early, but then who's fault. Yeah.

It's really the person that's like, why would you get there and go, we've got a good little parking spot right up close. And then want to leave early you can't you can't leave early nope yeah you gotta stay you gotta stay you gotta be you're part of it that's the price you pay for parking close you can't you can't herald holton boat you gotta stay there you go yeah call back now little parameters on this tournament my call back uh episodes to our topic, which is an old episode? That'll just be the name of this. Yeah.

Rehash. Callbacks. Dusty, for the parameters are, we're talking about how good the food is, not about health or how it's killing us. I'm going to pretend like it's the 90s and I'm into it. All right. Yeah. Okay. Jump right in.

I mean, that could be a tiebreaker. Wait. So this is if you were to have a meal somewhere. Yeah. Which one you'd prefer to have a meal at? Okay. That's the question we're asking each individual around. Okay.

Yeah. Not which is a more successful company, is more been more innovative which has been more influential and okay better parking yeah yeah okay just straight up food yeah well you could say the part it could be part of it could be your reason but i think but i think so much of what separates good fast food from bad fast food is the experience you know the the how efficient the drive-through is i think that should be part of the that's part of it's part of your that's right like it's not it's about your whole total experience yeah your experience so it's personal experience that's what you got to go off of versus you're not going to say well

this study shows that mcdonald's gets people through line quicker. You need to go, I think these people get through line quicker. You should close out these Harvard studies I got pulled up. Is Harvard studying fast food? Yeah. That was a Harvard study we just looked into about Applebee's. Yeah, but that's not a fast food study. That's a population study.

I don't think Harvard studies fast food. I think they think they're above that. I think you're probably right. You think they go, like like is the chicken nugget really then that's a clickbait for them no but i maybe if they frame it as like let's see like what the plebs are eating we gotta keep an eye on oh i think yeah and i don't think some could even i think their their their studies probably get so they need to go just figure out something basic. And theirs are so up in the cloud that you're like, I don't even know what you're talking about. Yeah.

Told him, man. Now, look, we already know who's going to win, but it's going to be fun to find out who's number two. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. You want to get started? I'll put up a fight. Yeah. I mean, I'll play Devil's Eye.

I don't even think you'll have to for this one. Okay. I mean, we got a classic one versus 16 right out of the gate here. Yeah, this is brutal. McDonald's versus Long John Silver's. Even I go McDonald's on this. Yeah. I mean, I don't know if Captain D's has made the list,

and I feel like Long John Silver's and Captain D's are about the same thing. I think we were more Captain D's. I like Captain D's. I don't know if it's a Nashville, Southern, but we're more Captain D's. I don't know if it's a national southern, but we're more Captain D's. I don't know if I've been to maybe Long John Silver's once. I don't think I've ever been. There's 568 locations left nationwide. The closest one to us is in Columbia.

You say left, like they're fading away. Yeah. Long John Silver's. Yeah. They were lucky to even make it as long as they did. But they are very similar to Captain D's. They got the doors are like two swords. Yeah, Captain D's is such a great restaurant.

They used to have the swinging doors almost. You enter and exit out two different doors. Captain D's is such a – I had a lot of good memories of Captain D's. Me too. The crunchies, the little things. Yeah, you go and wait in the line. You get your order and you go sit. Is Captain D's still doing good? I saw one in the little things. Yeah, you go and wait in the line, you get your order, and you go sit. Is Captain D still doing good?

I saw one in Lebanon this weekend. Oh, yeah. So they're still around. Hermitage just built a new one. Oh, yeah. Well, I think this illustrates what was probably a long-running problem for Long John Silver's, is that the conversation immediately turned to Captain D's. Well, they're based here, though.

Yeah, they're like a weird version of a better. But I feel like Long John Silver is the more popular. I think nationwide, Long John Silver is probably bigger. Really? I think so. They had a good jingle, but I don't remember it. But I feel like they had a good song. Long John.

Yeah, yeah. Silver. Silver. Yeah, I mean, yeah. It was like a crooner song. It's like the R.C. The Rat Pack singer? It was a R.C. song. I saw it in Vegas. Yeah, Long John. No, Rat Pack singer? It's an RC song.

I saw it in Vegas. Yeah, Long John. No, RC was, me and my RC, yeah, me and my RC. Was that really it? Yeah. Did they make the cars, too? What do you think the best, like, RC race cars? Oh.

You know what I'm talking about? Race cars? Oh. Like, remote control cars. Yeah, because they're called RC. Yes. You need to. You should sit in this.

What are you talking about? I was trying to move on to the next point. And I'll be. But then you threw that joke in. I'm just saying. And that joke was tough. Yeah, we didn't even know. We didn't even know what you were talking about.

Well, I tried to move on and just have it as a throwaway. Of course you did. Because it was that bad of a job. I would try to move on from it too. But I'm just saying I think we should sit in it. It's a smart joke. I think there's probably

40 people listening that laughed at that. I think we're lucky if there's 40 people. If you laugh, please write in. Yeah. I was going to ask you

what you think the best You bailed on the joke before you got to the end of it. Best jingle of all time. You were like, you think, RC, you think there's

a race car? Because Long John Silver, like you did all the one sentence. Because you did it. The joke. You know when you don't know for sure, you're like, you think RC's the one that made race cars? Long John Silver's been around for a long time. Is that, what do they got up there? Golden McDonald's?

Long John Silver. Like you just, it was all one sentence. Just move on, dude. Yeah. Yeah. Best jingle of all time. Oscar Mayer. Honestly, maybe. Best jingle of all time. Oscar Meyer.

Honestly, maybe. Yeah, that's up there. I don't mind the Popeye's chicken. Love that chicken from Popeye's. That's a good joke. We'll save that for later in the broadcast. That's nice. We got that coming up. All right, so we can do McDonald's and move on. Yeah, this one's going to McDonald's. Sorry, Long John. We'll see it.

We got next round. We got Jack in the Box and Bojangles. I'm going Bojangles all the way. So Bojangles, very regional. That's a good one. Yeah. It's very regional. So I think a lot of listeners will have never eaten at a Bojangles.

What's the best way to describe it? It's a fried chicken, biscuits. Lee's. Was there a Lee's or something? Or what was that? There was a Lee's. That's the poor man's Bojangles. Yeah.

Well, is that around? I know. I think that Lee's. That's the poor man's Bojangles. Yeah. Well, is that around? I know. I think that's gone. That's where you go eat all the time. I think there was like three in the world. Two of them were in Nashville. Please go to Lee's. Before you go to school.

When you first start driving. Can you see if that still exists? The thing was you go to Lee's and get their breakfast. Is it like a Dodger's chicken? I think it's Lee's chicken, isn't it? Yeah. Lee's chicken in Tennessee? breakfast. Is it like a Dodgers chicken? I think it's Lee's chicken, isn't it? Yeah. Lee's chicken in Tennessee? Well,

I mean, it wasn't. Yeah. There's one in Milan. Lee's famous. Yeah. They had really good biscuits.

Yeah. And everybody was like, I remember, I don't think the comparison. I remember kids would be like, oh, I always go there and get the biscuit

in the morning. And they were like, you know, and I was like, man, I wish. Oh, I've had Lee's chicken. Yeah. On the road somewhere. It was rated the number one best fast food fried chicken in the nation by USA Today. In what year?

2023. Wow. My apologies. I had never heard of this place. I've had Lee's. I think in North Carolina. Wow. I'd like to apologize. I think in North Carolina. Wow. I'd like to apologize to the Lee company.

Man. I mean, that's better than Bojangles. Bojangles also has great breakfast. They have a good... I used to get a... I like an egg and cheese biscuit from Bojangles. They got little Bo rounds. Their number one item is the Cajun chicken filet biscuit.

Yeah, I've had that a lot of times. That's the number one. That's a good one. I would... But Jack in the Box has tacos. That's their number one. That's a good one. I would, but Jack in the Box has tacos. That's their number one item. Yeah, their tacos are great. I like, Jack in the Box has got a lot of good stuff.

But I don't know if that's necessarily a strength for it. We've got actually two kind of competing philosophies here. Bojangles kind of does one thing really well. Chicken biscuits, that kind of stuff. And then Jack in the Box does a million things not that great. Their taco's great. That's what they're saying, but they're like, we're a hamburger place. That's what we, you know, but our taco's,

you don't even know that's even there. You're like, I'll try one of those tacos. We should have had brought in some of this for the Bojangles crispy chicken. We didn't have the budget. Yeah. So Jack in the Box, that's what people want. Yeah. Fried chicken. We didn't have the budget. Yeah. So Jack in the Box. That's what people want. Yeah.

Watch us eat fried chicken. Yeah. I'll tell you what, I think this is pretty good stuff right here. Jack in the Box almost went bankrupt in 92, 93 when an E. coli outbreak led to four deaths and 700 people sick. But then they did the character Jack that was just one that was one yeah uh jack in the box just one really bad location yeah one but location the guy that scary looking character yeah yeah with the ping pong head yeah i guess i can't get me to go there i don't know you don't like it i kind of like it he's kind of sarcastic he knows what he is

that's terrifying. He's just a guy with a head. It comes to me in my dreams. They now sell Red Bull. Do they really? Yeah, Red Bull Infusion. Does Red Bull not everywhere? I guess it's not everywhere.

Wow. I don't know any other fast food places that have Red Bull. That's a good way to go. Jack in the Box, that's a solid. Because I think the people going to Jack in the Box Box Jack in the Box is a late night place. Probably more so. You go there super late. But the people that would go there, the younger

going late, drinking Red Bull all the time. They drink it like it's Coke. You think they're drinking Red Bull late night though? I think people drink energy drinks. I think they're into energy drinks. Drink them. Regardless of time of day. Look at a person in coffee. People that are crazy coffee people think they're into energy drinks. Drink them. Regardless of the time of day. Look at person coffee. People that are crazy coffee

people, they're drinking after dinner. They get a coffee to go. It's the same thing. If I go to a Waffle House at 1 a.m., I'll get a cup of coffee. It's these younger people that are like, what do y'all want to do today? That's all they do.

They're like, I have ADD. It's like, what do y'all want to do today? That's all they did. They're like, I have ADD. It's like, well, maybe have a less energy drink. They've been caffeinated since they were babies these days. These kids and Starbucks and stuff. You're the most caffeinated. I've had so much caffeine. I have it the most. The most.

In my whole life. Jack in the Box has 2,200 locations. Bojangles has 800. Well, Bojangles is really fine-tuned. I'll give you Bojangles. Yeah, I'm going to go with Bojangles. I appreciate that. Yeah, it's good.

Next one. Now, this is interesting. How many yards is this? Can we get through this today, right? Nah, I don't think so. I mean, if we go really fast. Yeah, let's see where we're at. All right.

That's a lot of... Oh, man, Pete, that's like the worst nightmare if someone listened to this. Can we get through this today? They're like, I don't think so. Oh, my God. All right, let's see if we can. I got to... We'll speed it up.

I got to listen to this again. But I think... Hold on, we got to start to balance it. Fast food part three. We could do them fast, but I think unless there's discussion about it, then it's kind of... Well, if it's fun. Just a waste of time.

Yeah, we'll see. If we have a good time discussing it. Okay. I'm saying you don't feel like you have to stretch it out. It should end on its own volition. Yeah. If this were the late 90s and early 2000s. Oh, sorry.

Well, you guys are like, can we get through it today? And I'm like, well, we could. But, you know. Does that shirt come with shoulder pads? Well, there's probably a feature you could add it. It's like a box. Yeah. I mean, it's a box.

It's really a shirt that is like, we're not showing you what my body looks like underneath. Yeah. You don't know. Where'd you get those? I got this in Miami, Little Havana. I need to get one. Yeah. We'll get you one.

All right. Let's all get them. What were you saying? We're on the podcast every time.avana. I need to get one. Yeah. We'll get you one. All right. Let's all get them. What were you saying? We're on the podcast every time. Yeah. I like that. Well, I'm just going back to the bracket here. If this is the late 90s, early 2000s, I say Arby's,

but Panda Express is pretty top notch. Yes. Oh, you've moved on. Yeah. We haven't even announced what this matchup is yet it's arby's no one said that i'm getting right into it no one even said the announcement yeah so people just heard your description of it and at the very end of it you're like so i'm gonna go panda express and they're like i don't know who you're going yeah i'm gonna go arby's arby's versus panda express so a thing i'm gonna have with this though

is seeing these other ones it could make you switch to being like well i want a panda express in there to make it harder like because it's a different thing bojangles with jack-in-the-box is like well we you know you've got mcdonald's i know mcdonald's is at the top so i want bojangles to go up against and so i that I'm just my thinking on this. I'm not saying it should be done that way or not. I like Arby's. I could probably go Arby's. I like the horseradish sauce with the thing.

I mean, I get the- That sauce is good. I get that number one, but I get the bun, no onions. You can do that. You can ask for that. Right. Curly fries. Arby's is great.

Yeah, curly fries. We do need to give them credit for that. They do a lot of meat though. Chicken bacon and Swiss is very good too. Arby's is very good. Arby's is a restaurant that you forget about and then you go to

it and then you go to it for too much straight because you haven't gone to it in a year and you're like, oh, and then you just see an arby's just like because they're i don't feel like arby's is ever just they're not in your face like mcdonald's arby's is always you turn they're not rude they're not rude arby's you'd like turn a corner and they're always like behind a building they're like hey show over here and you're like hey i didn't know i thought y'all left they like They're not just in your face. Arby's is always near other restaurants, but they're like, we'll take the lot back there.

Right. We don't need to be jammed in everybody's face. Because they believe in what they do. What we're doing, we have horseradish sauce. That sauce is good. That sauce is good. They have a whole flavor profile that you can't get in any other fast food place. You can't get horseradish.

They used to have the 99 cent menu that was, you know. Oh, you could build your own? Yeah, roast. I mean, yeah. And I would go, you can get two hash. I mean, it's just. I'm like, I'll take a roast beef sandwich. I'll have a chicken sandwich.

I'll have a turkey sandwich. Five for $5.95. I mean, they pioneered some deals out there. I think we were five for five. Inflation, you know. By the time you got involved, it's like six for six they just had that defeats the purpose yes i know that's like i think that i went to i bought a uh diet dr pepper uh harper made the golf team i don't know if i mentioned that oh congratulations awesome six very pumped, very excited.

I've never pushed her to golf, but I love that she's doing it. And so we're going to watch her. And Dr. Pepper said two for $5. And you almost buy two because you're like, oh, I guess I got to get two. And then I'm like, well, I don't want two. I was like well it's just two i don't want to yeah i was like it's just two dollars and fifty cents i'll just pay two dollars fifty cents and if you like you don't look i won't look at it like that but if you got two you drink both of them i mean i'm not gonna drink them both there but at some point they would yeah but it's gonna sit in a car it's gonna be hot and i already have diet doctor over

here okay so this is how much was one out I'm out only. $2.50. And two for $5? Yeah. So there's no deal. Well, I don't know if it was for one. Yeah, I don't think there ever is a deal. I don't think any place gives a deal. At the most, it'd be like $2.60 for one.

Yeah. You know, at the grocery store, when they offer the deal, like it'll be like two for five, it really is just one for $250. It's just to trick you into getting more. Yeah, because it makes you want to, it almost, I almost got, it made me think, should I get two? Because you're like, oh, they're telling me to get two. Oh yeah, I'll just do

that. But it's, I was like, no, I don't want to. And I almost feel like it's going to be weird. Good for you for fighting the system though. I honestly, part of my head thinks the guy's going to be weird. Good for you for fighting the system though. I honestly, the part of my head thinks the guy's going to bring it up.

You know they're too true. And then I'm going to be like, all right, I guess I'll get it. And I don't want it, but I feel, you know, like you feel like you're dumb.

Yeah. How are you not getting this? Yeah. Yeah. They're playing with you, messing with your feelings. Well, Arby's number one seller

is the beef and cheddar sandwich. Yeah. Oh yeah.by's number one seller is the beef and cheddar sandwich. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Panda Express, number one. You want to guess? Orange chicken. That's right.

I like Panda Express. I don't like onions in the fried rice. They only put onions in the fries. They used to not do it, and then they do it, and that was kind of like a point for me that I kind of checked out because you can't get it without. Yeah. But I swear they used to not do it.

This is what I don't like about Panda Express. I feel like when you used to go to the mall, you would have a Chinese restaurant in the mall that it felt like it was run by real Chinese people. And it felt like it had some authenticity. And now this is a chain and they're taking over all the malls. That's true. I don't like that. Well, they're standalone now. Yeah.

And so when Panda Express probably went standalone, it was like, but it answers, Panda Express is a very, it's, I do think their food's very good. Yeah. If they had no onions in the fried rice, I would go there way more, way more. I hope they hear this. Yeah, I do too. Yeah. Oh, I would go, I would go a lot.

Yeah. I got to go with Arby's. You wanted too. Yeah. Oh, I would go a lot. Yeah. I got to go with Arby's. You wanted to go Panda Express, so. I did want to go Panda Express. I'm going to stick by it. I'm sticking. I'm going Arby's. I'm going Arby's.

There it is. There it is. Boom. Sorry about that, Dusty. Here's probably, this is the, if you're watching this on TV, this next matchup, this is like if you're going to take a break. I don't think anyone cares about this one. Subway versus Dunkin' Donuts.

That's a weird matchup. But I mean, Subway for us because Dunkin' Donuts, I don't even like Dunkin' Donuts. I was always a Krispy Kreme guy. I don't hate Dunkin' Donuts. I like all donuts. I like the donuts. I like to get an old-fashioned and a glazed at Dunkin' Donuts

with a coffee. Delicious. Old-fashioned donut with a coffee. What is an old-fashioned donut? It's just like a cake donut. Yeah, it's like a coffee. What is an old-fashioned donut? It's just like a cake donut. It's almost like a cake donut. Yeah, but it's not quite as sweet as the glaze.

I got it. I went to an old-fashioned donut face. I didn't even really know about it. Then I found out about it. I was always getting one. Oh, they're like a cruller. Yeah. Cruller.

How do you say that? Yeah, dude, I have donuts. No glaze on it. It's so good. I would look up the Dunkin' Donuts specifically. Yeah. Yeah, see that donut, that's like the one in Kentucky when you're going to Lexington and you get off the interstate and they have the little gas station there that sells donuts and they make them in-house. That's such a specific

it's good though off exit 42 yeah you know the place everybody knows yeah i mean there's some listeners that know about it yeah i guarantee that they're driving yeah there's a guy yeah there's a guy driving right now getting off that yeah yeah i mean it's good every time i'm like i think i'll stop and they used to give me a free donut with every fill up. If you got gas, you got a donut. I learned this from my research. That's a good deal. Where is that at? It's in Kentucky.

Like you get off the interstate going to Lexington. Yeah. It's right off to the right as you're. Yeah. Dunkin Donuts recently changed their name to just Dunkin. Oh, yeah. No more donuts. Oh, wow.

America runs on Dunkin. Yeah. I think they should have kept it, to be honest. I think they wanted people to think, we're more than donuts. What are you? Donuts. I wish these two restaurants would kill each other. I think their coffee is a big seller.

I wish Dunkin' and Subway would kill themselves in a fight. You don't like either one. We'd not have anybody to challenge Arby's. Just not excited about it either. I think Arby's. Just not excited about either. And I think Arby's just trounces whoever wins this. I like Subway. Subway, I think, gets trashed unfairly. We eat Subway a lot on the road.

I'm a big Firehouse Subs fan. I like Firehouse. Subway, second most locations of anywhere. I thought it was more. I mean, it's the most, right? The thing I read, it's at McDonald's. It was the most. Okay.

According to this. According to this, McDonald's has 38,000 locations and Subway had like 37,000. Is that worldwide? Yeah. Okay. In America, I think Subway has McDonald's beat. All right. Subway just lost its way.

You know what I mean? I don't think. I think Subway's found its way back. Has it? I think the Jared thing was tough to deal with. Yeah. But I think they're back now. But then there was a thing about their bread.

People were saying their bread had like rubber from fire. I think they rebounded from that great. Yeah, they fixed everything. Snopes denied that. Yeah. They figured everything out. Subway is a solid all right is it back yeah all right i'm going subway yeah all right disappointing the big

corner of the country there with that one i'm sure we got kfc and anw gotta be honest with you i only know anw as a root beer yep flavor i've never eaten at anw i think they're few and far between i think just by default i think this has to go to KFC. That's my opinion. I think we would do KFC. We just, we don't have the experience of A&W. I'm going late nineties. KFC beats all these restaurants, but they've taken, they've taken a dip, but late nineties

KFC was on fire. Yeah. Well, late nineties was Kentucky fried chicken. Yeah. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Then it's changed. Somebody told me one time that they changed it to KFC because they did. The chicken Kentucky Fried Chicken. Yeah. Oh, that's right. Yeah, then it's changed to KFC.

Somebody told me one time that they changed it to KFC because the chicken wasn't real. Yeah. So they couldn't call themselves Kentucky Fried Chicken. I don't think that's true. I read that too. I heard it was because the word fried developed a bad connotation during the health wave of the last few decades. Yeah. the last few decades yeah uh yeah a and w is uh that's a big like they're on in uh the east coast upper east coast like like they're in those where you can toll roads where you have to go in there

like that's where i would see them yeah i've never been i never liked root beer so i'm not a big root beer fan either i've had a uh a weird you love root beer a and w zero yeah it's tough to beat dude yeah it's got caffeine free you know sometimes you don't want to have a caffeinated drink oh is it it's caffeine free root beer is caffeine free really but it's got like a licorice i don't like it yeah it's got a root beer flavor dude don't try to compare it to something else right i've never i never said a root beer flavor, dude. Don't try to compare it to something else. That tastes like licorice, right? I've never put licorice. I never should have root beer float because I was like, I don't know if I want to. Yeah, I agree with that.

It's unbelievable. I want my ice cream. Just don't be bothered. Yeah. Jeez. Yeah. Y'all need to have a little fun out here, dude. There's six locations in Tennessee, Vague and Deviant, by the way.

Oh, six. One in Nashville? No. And I got a KFC fun fact here. In Quebec, it's by law, everything has to be in French. So Kentucky Fried Chicken translates to Poulet Frite Kentucky. So. PFC?

PFK. PFK. Yeah. PFK. Yeah, Kentucky starts with K. Wow. So KFC got the win there in this round, it looks like. We got an interesting one coming up here.

Chick-fil-A versus Steak and Shake. Steak and Shake is a diner, but it's also a fast, you know, it's got a drive-through. Yeah. We went to a Steak and Shake one time on the road, me and you. I forget where we were at, but it was like the slowest service in the world. It like took forever. There's rumors that's happened a lot everywhere. Yeah.

I've actually heard that. Yeah. We talk about it on here. I've talked about personally my own life. I think it's a problem. A big problem. Yeah. With steak and shake.

Yeah. Specifically steak and shake. Oh yeah. You know where it's not a problem. Chick-fil-A. Yeah. That's where service. Oh dude.

Chick-fil-a is the yeah that's the answer i think easily with this yeah so uh but chick-fil-a is like somewhere like i would like my daughter to have a job there oh yeah oh yeah you know yeah oh yeah steak and shake i will say to defend the steak and shake employees i don't know if there's another chain where the the servers are so mistreated. Oh, probably. Then a steak and shake because it's open late. It's a teenage hangout spot. These people, they don't tip.

They come in, they misbehave, they trash the place, and they leave. Well, I'm never blaming the workers. I know. I know. I'm just saying. I love the workers. So if they're slow service, it's usually one server, and there's 80 people in there. Yeah, communist of you. Well, it's communist in theory.

They claim to love the workers. Yeah. You know who else? That sure looks like a communist. Yeah. Well, it's because, you know, it comes from Cuba. Like you have some good ideas there. Yeah, they have to make a quality shirt.

They might not have a lot of shirts. Yeah. Right. Because you can't just go shopping every day in communist countries. All right. And Cuban people, they're... Popeyes versus Domino's. I'm best friends

with Cuban people. Yeah, yeah. Popeyes with Domino's. I think Domino's, I mean, it's just... We've done a lot of chicken, so...

But I mean, Domino's is, I think, better. Love that chicken from Popeyes. You know what I mean? Love that chicken from Popeyes. You were talking about a company that's rebounded as Domino's is a thing better. Love that chicken from Popeye's. You know what I mean? Love that chicken from Popeye's. You were talking about a company that has rebounded as Domino's.

We're just going to go Domino's? What are you weighing in at? I can click the other one. It's not like it's fine. I thought you just moved right ahead. I haven't picked my hand up off the chess piece just yet. No, I'll go with Domino's. Domino's did redo their thing.

They were up against the ropes. I liked the's did redo their thing. Mm-hmm. They were up against the ropes. I liked the pizza back in the day. I loved it. It was like more back then than... Have you had it? I haven't had it in a while. Domino's is like real good. It's different.

Is it? It's like... It's a premium quality chain pizza place. They get rid of that 30 minutes or less. Mm-hmm. Well, yeah. Quality takes time. Yeah. I'm not knocking. I'm just saying that's how they change. Well, yeah. Quality takes time. Yeah.

I'm not knocking. I'm just saying that's one way they change. Yeah, but they couldn't even. I mean, they were 30 minutes or so to get to your house. I mean, that shrunk the delivery thing. You can't get Domino's delivered to my house. It's like right outside the thing. That's frustrating.

I hate that when a place will do that. I tried to order a place the other day and they go, oh, you're just outside of our delivery range. And I'm like, well, how far? I mean, you can't just kick it on over in there. I mean, how far out of the range? Seinfeld episode, she goes, I'll meet you across the street. They got a draw line somewhere.

If I go here, then here, then here. Yeah, I don't know. But it's like, yeah, where we live, you want to be like, I mean, how far? Like, yeah, we're not in the boot. We're in the thick of it. Yeah. So how far? City limits, maybe?

I don't know. Only Papa John's delivers. They get it. That's who I deliver. I guess you got DoorDash now So everybody delivers Technically Right

Yeah Alright Dominos Next we got the The low income battle Of the We got the Taco Bell And a Church's Chicken I mean

I feel like those are together Sometimes right I think Taco Bell KFC KFC Oh yeah I still say Taco Bell Taco Bell Yeah

I don't think it's a low end. I mean, it's a... I said low income. Oh, that's where low income people go eat? Yeah, I was making a mean joke that I regret right after I said it. Church's Chicken is known as another country. You hope no one can harp on it. Yeah.

If you live in Louisville... You guys know about RC cars? Yeah. Anyway. harp on it yeah if you live in louisville you guys are about rc yeah cars yeah anyway louisville by the way is like the fast food capital of the world oh is it because that yum brand uh headquarters there's a lot of fast food restaurants yeah or based out of louisville church's chicken in other countries is called texas chicken all right that's good yeah that's it is that a joke no okay it's a fact

you laughed in a way that I was like well he it got the same response as his RC joke so I'm like let's just move on yeah

but it's not a joke it's a true thing people told me I should let y'all talk more and I'm letting it happen and they're seeing they're seeing the cost yeah well

it feels good there's a price to be paid yeah it feels good who told you that? No one. People in the studio audience.

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burger king white castle that's a legit one like i like white castle that's worthy of discussion yeah okay my grandmother loved burger king that was like her favorite spot we had a my brother-in-law is from michigan and he had a a bit of a wealthier family and he said every year for mother's day they would go big. They would go out to a really nice restaurant. You get really dressed up. So when he was down here with us, the trailer park people for the first year, we were like going out for Mother's Day and he got really pumped because it was, and my grandmother wanted to go to Burger King. That's where she liked to go. So for Mother's Day, he's used to these really nice dinners and we went to Burger King. That's where she liked to go. So for Mother's Day, he's used to these really nice dinners

and we went to Burger King. He said that was the first time I questioned what I was doing in Alabama with this family. Yeah. That's great. Yeah. I could see. I mean, you could get me excited about going fast for a second. You can go,

you can order whatever you want, however many meals you want. That's fun. I like Burger King, but I gotta go White Castle. Burger King used to have a great about going fast for as you can go you can order whatever you want however meals you want like you know that's fun i i like burger king but i gotta go white castle burger king used to have a great plate burger king doesn't have great fries so white castle has the good a great shebang i'm gonna say from for me i'm gonna say that white white castle is crystals and i'll go with it i'll go with it uh burger king in Australia is called Hungry Jack's. Yeah, I noticed that. There's a real reason for that.

There was already a Burger King. Yeah. Because they have real kings and stuff there. No, I don't know. No, there was already, there's a Burger King store. Sorry, Burger King. So they switched to Hungry Jack's. And then later when that, like their patent ran out, the. Yeah.

Another place. Burger King, they were going out, the... Yeah. Another place? Burger King, they were going to... They switched to Burger King, but by then, Hungry Jack had taken over so much. Like, that's what they know it as. They just went back to Hungry Jack's. Yeah, yeah. What'd I miss over here? It's just made a joke that Bob...

He said, they have real kings. You go, nah. Yeah. He shot it down. Oh, yeah. Yeah. All right. I heard it. I know you did. I mean, after... Yeah. You shot it down. Oh, yeah. Yeah. All right. I heard it.

I know you did. I mean, after, yeah, after the third, fourth one, he kind of just got immune to it. I just take everything as you're asking a serious question.

I took it as serious, actually. That's how I look at Aaron just goes, oh, serious question. I'm batting 300, I think, this episode. Yeah.

300. He's had some good ones. Yeah. A little slap singles. I'd say, oh, serious question. I'm batting 300, I think, this episode. 300? He's had some good ones. Little slap singles. I'd say low average, high slugging. 300's like a good batting average. 300's Hall of Fame, yeah. And you think you're batting 300? Look, I think you're batting 850.

He's saying three out of every ten jokes have landed. Yeah. Focus on this. Seven out of ten have bombed. Not bad when it comes to batting, but bad when it comes to jokes. Yeah.

Yeah. I was struggling. I didn't even know what we were talking about mid-statement. Did we decide on a winner here? I think.

White Castle. I'm picking White Castle. All right. So Whataburger and Culver's. I would just say Whataburger.

I hate Whataburger. I would say Whataburger. Culver's is new to me. I'veurger. I hate Whataburger. I would say Whataburger. Culver's is new to me. I've never had it. It's Midwest chain. I've only had it once. It's great. Frozen custard and great burgers.

If the box was just said dirt on it, I would pick it over Whataburger. Oh, so you're both going Culver's? You're going Culver's too? I'm going Culver's. I wouldn't go Culver's over Whataburger. What would you do? I guess I better do Culver's. I don't like how people pronounce it Whataburger. wouldn't go Culver's over a Whataburger. What would you do? I guess I better do Culver's.

I don't like how people pronounce it. Whataburger. That bothers me. I would have went Whataburger, but. I think Whataburger used to be great. This is what I've heard from people. What happened? It's a Texas chain, and it was really good. And then a company out of Chicago bought it and then franchised it out bigger,

and now the quality's gone down. And I had one. I mean, it was in my hometown, but it was like the worst experience. In Hermitage? No, no. In Opelika. They got a Whataburger there? They do. Wow.

We had one in Montgomery too. And I went there and it was not good. How long did you live in Montgomery? Till 2008. Oh. We just got the Whataburger. Oh, but you were, how old were you? 16. Oh, we just got the, but you are,

how old were you? Uh, 16. Oh yeah. All right. Uh, Culver see Starbucks, Papa John's. This is like,

these feel like there are two different families. Yeah. So I would say Starbucks, Starbucks, we've already done dominoes and that, that influences it. Dairy queen, Krispy Kreme.

Uh, I love Krispy Kreme. Interesting one. I don't know. Dairy queen's got the blizzard, man love Krispy Kreme. Interesting one. I don't know. Dairy Queen's got the blizzard, man. The blizzard is great. The blizzard is the blizzard. I would say Dairy Queen. Krispy Kreme, I love Krispy Kreme. Talk about a place going down. It's not good. Really? I mean, the one near us, I mean- I feel like they revolutionized the donut. They did, but they're phoning it in, dude. They want to be done.

I mean, every time I go, I'm like, these donuts are going to be awful. And they are. And I still eat them. In Charleston, they had one that you could watch the donuts be made. And they come around on the conveyor belt. Yeah, a long time ago. And they would just get you one right off they're real hot they used to do that they don't now these guys are not doing that now now

you're that they'd have the hot sign the hot sign is only going to be glazed if it's ever on yeah and these don'ts have been sitting there for a while you're not getting that you're not getting that kind of stuff they're like hot but if they make it when it's hot like that, I don't think anybody can touch Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme has the potential. Their donuts are so good. How many do y'all think y'all could eat? Yeah.

We could do... 36? 86. Who did that contest? Who ate the most? Who do you think? Yeah. Yeah. How did it, who ate the most? Who do you think? Yeah. Yeah. Burr,

burr. But who was the only one to beat the spread? Brian was the real winner because he did way more than we thought. How many did you eat? We're getting on the curve.

I don't think, you can't keep living life setting the bar low and then expecting people to be blown away when you clear the bar. I like that. That's true.

That's my whole life. I'm not changing now. Well, how many did you eat? He came into it, I don't think I can eat more than three. And then he adds four, and everybody gave him a standing ovation. Oh, yeah. I think I said eight, and I ate nine. It might have been seven, or I ate eight.

Wow, I made you eat 13. What about you? I ate chocolate, and I think I did four and a half. We're not still getting the weeds here. He really took it. What about you? I ate chocolate. I think I did four and a half. Don't get in the weeds here. You really took it. I thought I could do chocolate. It was a lot more than I thought.

There's a video out there you can watch. Or best of. A lot of opportunities. We're doing the last episode of this podcast. We're doing another Krispy Kreme challenge. I think we have to pick Krispy Kreme challenge. I think we have to pick Krispy Kreme just for that reason.

Yeah. How did you feel after eating 13? Okay, we're good. It didn't feel good. I went to Zany's that night and felt it on stage. Did you do well on stage?

Nah. Yeah. The only thing, I love Dairy Queen though. Krispy Kreme, I'm telling you, it's just they... Do you get anything

at Dairy Queen? I don't think you gotta give... I don't think you give it to them, to be honest. I don't think they deserve it right now. What, do you think Dairy Queen's been pretty ambitious? If you don't get a Blizzard at Dairy Queen, you're getting a good Blizzard. You're not missing Blizzard. I don't think Krispy Kreme deserves this right now. They need to get it together.

They need to get it together. And that means a lot because of our storied history with Krispy Kreme. The Blizzard is the Blizzard. I would go Dairy Queen because of the Blizzard. All right. All right. I mean, I agree with you. We got a next matchup.

This is the low-income bracket on the right. We got Sonic versus Checkers. I don't think that's low-income bracket. Checkers, I think, is nice. Sonic is nice. I don't think Checkers is nice. I'm thinking your neighborhood. Yeah, you're thinking of. Checkers, I think, is nice. Sonic is nice. I don't think Checkers is nice. I think in your neighborhood. No, you're thinking of chess.

No, I think Checkers. I thought Checkers was. He's betting $350. Hey, dude. I thought Checkers was like. I was actually. I was really laughing at it. He said, maybe in your neighborhoods.

Oh, dang. You're laughing at what he said? Yeah. $250. Mine was good, I thought. Yeah, the high end. said maybe in your neighborhoods yeah oh dang you're laughing what he said yeah 250 yeah yeah mine was good i thought yeah the high end checkers is also a family that goes under name i'd imagine it's all pretty isn't checkers also called like a rallies or something yeah rallies rallies oh yeah not rally yeah i mean i and i love sonic i'm a big Sonic fan. But Checkers, I like Checkers. I thought it was a fun.

I don't look at it as low income. I thought it was like a cool spot. They had good fries and they got milkshakes too. Checkers is like, we do some good stuff here. But I like Sonic. I love that you go sit there in your car. It's got that old feel to it. They have the Sonic Blast, which is great.

I had Sonic recently, though. I got through half the hamburger, and I was like, I can't do it. Sonic infamously uses a ton of microwaves. Do they? Yeah. I love that. When I say recently, I mean three years ago. I like it.

I'm going Sonic. All right. Are we going Sonic? Yeah. Sonic, sorry about that. That's okay. I like it I'm going Sonic Alright Are we going Sonic? Sonic Yeah Sorry about that It's okay We got Hardee's

Versus In-N-Out I mean I've never had In-N-Out But Hardee's is my favorite Of all time Yeah I could see Hardee's

Hardee's Breakfast Is like the real deal Hardee's Breakfast And they got Carl's Jr. What's up with that? Why do they do that? I think it's just like The one you just said

Riley's Whatever Yeah It's the same parent company Just named differently In different parts of the country What's up with that? Why do they do that? I think it's just like the one you just said, Raleigh's, whatever. Yeah. It's the same parent company, just named differently in different parts of the country. In-N-Out, I know everybody goes crazy about In-N-Out. Their burgers are awesome. They're great. I'm not a big fan of their fries.

Oh, you like the shoestring? Yeah, I don't either. In-N-Out's born-again Christian. They put Bible verses on there. I like that. Hardee's, those commercials? Yeah, I found God at a Hardee's. Well, Hardee's breakfast is biscuits and gravy.

They got it all. Yeah. Their breakfast is definitely great. If you want to live in sin, Dusty, that's fine. Oh, I don't eat it now, but I used to. And I used to get a loaded omelet biscuit and a biscuit and gravy, and then I would put gravy on the loaded omelet biscuit. They're the first one that did like a real hamburger.

Remember when they did that? Yeah. Thick burger. They had chicken for a while too. They used to have a monster burger. Frisco burger? Yeah. Frisco burger.

Their Frisco was good. Yeah. I think this will be the biggest upset of this entire tournament. I think we're all agreeing that Hardee's is about to take out In-N-Out. But we don't have In-N-Out out here. We don't have In-N-Out like they do. But I think we've all been to In-N-Out.

I think we understand it. I think we get it. Yeah, I don't like to frost. But I like to not. In-N-Out's coming to Nashville. Yeah. Okay. Sorry.

I saw the announcement from the governor. The governor popped on and did a video. Yeah. We're going Hardee's. All right. Take that in and out, dude. We're not impressed. We're not impressed.

We got Pizza Hut and Little Caesars. Listen. I like Little Caesars because it's an old school thing, but Pizza Hut is good. Pizza Hut, old school. I like Pizza Hut. Oh, had the pizza buffet. You could go in there and eat in that pizza buffet. They had video games. Yeah. I mean, old school. I like pizza. Had the pizza buffet. You could go in there and eat in that pizza buffet. They had video games.

Yeah, I mean, old school. But that's what I mean. So do you punish them like Krispy Kreme where you go, y'all had it, you did it, and then you messed up. And Little Caesars is actually trying now. Keith Robinson's promoting Pizza Hut now, so they're trying to. Is he? Didn't he do those commercials? Oh, yeah, yeah.

Keith, the comedian? Yeah. Craig Robinson. Oh, Craig Robinson, sorry. sorry i was like i don't know who craig robinson mary bonds jackie robinson yeah craig robinson keith robinson uh i don't know i've not had any i think little caesars is probably feeding america in a way that a lot of these other places aren't i'm not trying to affect that into i think little caesars is probably feeding america in a way that a lot of these other places aren't i'm not trying to affect that and i think little caesars is making a push back and i think pizza i think you gotta get like pizza you and be like get domino's did some good stuff pizza like get it together man you had restaurants you had a pizza restaurant it was the best your salad they had the pizza buffet i I mean, it was the best.

So we're going to go Little Caesars here. Little Caesars had the great cartoon back in the day. Pizza, pizza. Pizza, pizza. Now it's hot and ready. So I think at the very least, this will hopefully motivate Pizza Hut to kick it up. We're trying to do that. That's what we're trying to do.

Get back to being a hut. You're in a lot of strip malls now. Get back to being a hut. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly. Wendy's and Zaxby's. The last matchup of the day. I wouldutch. Interesting. Wendy's and Zaxby's.

The last matchup of the day. I would say go Zaxby's. Wendy's did something to the fries. They messed up. I think Sea Salt. When you introduce Sea Salt, it's not good. When Dave Thomas disappeared, it went downhill.

I think he passed away. Yeah. He disappeared. Big Zaxby's got to him. He went out there on that fishing boat. He was hanging out with the dodo birds. He went out there with the jack-in-the-box guy

and never saw him again. Yeah, I'm going. I think Zaxby's is... I like Zaxby's. I'm going Wendy's. Yeah, I'm going Wendy's too. That's what I'm saying. Zaxby's is... I like Zaxby's. I'm going Wendy's. Yeah, I'm going Wendy's too. That's what I'm saying. Zaxby's is a bit...

You can talk me into Wendy's though because I don't really go to Zaxby's. I think we've got better chicken places already in this tournament. I don't know. We've been saying that, but I feel like we've been eliminating all the chicken places.

Am I trying to box everyone out so Bojangles makes a surprise run? Maybe. Okay. What if the Wendy's employee has a gun? They might. Yeah, if it's a web location. Well, Wendy herself may have a gun.

We're going Wendy's here. Okay. That's the first round. How about that? We could just stop. Yeah, we might be stopping for good. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Just McDonald's won. We've could just stop. Yeah, we might be stopping for good. That's what I'm saying. Yeah.

Just McDonald's won. We've covered every restaurant. Yeah. I just think we could wrap it up real fast here. We're just going to stop for good. Let's wrap up real fast. Let's go real fast. McDonald's over Bojangles.

McDonald's. Arby's versus Subway. Arby's. KFC. Yeah. Almost like just go with your gut right when I say it out loud. KFC Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A. Domino's Taco Bell. Taco Bell. Taco Bell. Yeah. Almost like just go with your gut. Right. When I say it out loud. KFC Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A.

Domino's Taco Bell. Taco Bell. Yeah. White Castle Culver's. White Castle. I'm just ignoring everything. Well, it's two against one. I get it.

Starbucks and Dairy Queen. Starbucks. Yeah. Not for the food, but it's a better spot though. Okay. We've got Sonic and Hardee's. Hardee's for me. Sonic. I'm moving Sonic and Hardee's. Hardee's for me. Sonic.

I'm going to go with Hardee's. I'm going to go with Hardee's, too. Little Caesars and Wendy's. Little Caesars. Wendy's. I'll say Little Caesars. I don't even go to Little Caesars anymore. I want to change it if you would have voted differently.

All right. It's just Nate says Little Caesars. I don't think it's Starbucks. He says it with the most confidence. Yeah. Your Starbucks thing is not gone through here. Yeah. That's okay.

We got. I think Starbucks would have lost. I would have went the other way. I don't remember who they were against. Dairy Queen. Yeah. Starbucks food is not good. Yeah.

I went Dairy Queen. Let's go Dairy Queen. I went Dairy Queen. Yeah. Okay. We got. Okay. Here we go.

McDonald's and Arby's. I mean, McDonald's is McDonald's. Yeah, you're right. Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell. Chick-fil-A. I'm going to answer that one. White Castle and Dairy Queen. I still go White Castle. Dairy Queen.

It's a little tougher. I'm going Dairy Queen, too. Oh, well, then you're out. Oh, okay. Well... No, it'd be tied. Yeah, it'd be tied. It'd be tied, but... Let's just go Dairy Queen too. Oh, well then you're out. No, it'd be tied. It'd be tied, but let's just go Dairy Queen. There you go. I would've went

White Castle. Hardee's and Little C's. I still are Hardee's. Hardee's. Alright, here we go. Last round. We got the final four. McDonald's and Chick-fil-A. I mean, that's a tough one. They should be on opposite sides. I know you love them, so I'm gonna guess we're all picking McDonald's.

You would pick Chick-fil-A? Yeah. I mean, I still eat at Chick-fil-A. Yeah, I still eat at Chick-fil-A too, but I'd pick McDonald's. If you don't want to pick McDonald's, don't pick McDonald's. I don't pick McDonald's. I'm picking McDonald's, but it's very tough. I'd probably pick Chick-fil-A, but I eat McDonald's enough that I'm not going to argue it.

Because that's going to be a tie. Yeah, true. It would be a tie. Yeah. So McDonald's, just out of respect. Yeah. For what they do. Well, at this point, though, it's not even fair.

It's like, I pick Hardee's over Dairy Queen, but who's going to get Hardee's over McDonald's? Dairy Queen and Hardee's. We're going Hardee's. Hardee's. And we have McDonald's and Hardee's. And I think it's a surprisingly close game. Oh, yeah, yeah.

But I think McDonald's takes it. If I'm going breakfast, I still go Hardee's. Yeah. It's not as – this is like – wasn't the NCAA tournament – no, the playoffs this year in football were like this. It was Georgia and – Oh, yeah. Ohio State.

Georgia and Ohio State, they played. And then Hardee's is the TCU where you're like, you know, it's like this was the game. Yeah, right. This was the tournament. Right. The real national championship was McDonald's. Yeah. Yeah.

McDonald's is all over the world. Hardee's changes their name in different states. Right. They don't even have the conviction. Yeah. They're like, ah, we're Carl's Jr. Sometimes. We're whoever you want us to be.

Yeah. Have an identity. What's going to click let's click the box boom yeah what's some fun is there any more facts any um little let's see here um got a lot of in and out burger facts oh uh so i guess in and out has a uh cross palm trees that's their symbol right and that's from a movie the founder saw the movie it's a mad mad mad world and then that they're searching for buried treasure underneath two cross palm trees and he liked it so much that he made that their symbol that's cool all right uh five guys shack owns like 150 five guys if five guys was on there five Guys would have Oh yeah I could have made a run Yeah Oh they Five Guys Might be my favorite

I think it's It's disqualified though Because there's There's no drive-thru It's pretty pricey too It almost They almost price themselves Out of fast food

I think Did every one of those Have a drive-thru Well outside of the Delivery Pizza places Yeah All of them had a

Yeah I think so Drive-thru Yeah I'm I'm a giant Five Guys fan I love Five Guys I like Outside of the delivery pizza places, all of them had a drive-thru. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, I'm a giant Five Guys fan. I love Five Guys. The Cajun fries with the sandwiches, I think Five Guys would have made a... Yeah. As far as my... I like a...

You got to put that... What's the one at the airport now? The Shake Shack? Shake Shack. Shake Shack. Yeah, those are great. People like Shake Shack. That's regional too, I feel like. Yeah, there's one. They got one over here. Those are great too. Yeah, those are great. People like Shake Shack. That's regional too, I feel like.

Yeah, there's one. They got one over here. Those are great too. Yes, those are really great. You just don't go to them like a five guy. Like I don't think to go to them like a fast fucking dolls. Are there in Nashville? Shake Shacks?

Yeah. There's one. Green Hills. Ten minutes from here. I've never seen one. There's one here. National Air Force. Yeah. I've never seen one. There's one here. National Airport. Cool Springs. Yeah.

I've never seen one. B&N? I believe y'all. You never seen it in the airport? I don't hang out at the airport that much. What do you do? How do you get on the flight? You just get there right when you're supposed to.

But I'm not. At your own airport, you don't spend a lot of time. You know what I mean? You don't walk around? There's no layover. What do you do? You sit right by the gate. I time it out.

You go front row, gate, right? I mean mean so when they is it you know the people that go and like right when they get on i mean they're just like how close can i sit to that counter yeah you would sit as close as possible to the counter to get on the on the plane yeah like would you just go you would you'd want to just go to your gate and be as close to the counter as possible. I sit crisscross applesauce by the door. Yeah.

No, I don't. I'll sit like right on the, like the line. Where the A's line up in Southwest. Yeah. Now I go to my gate, make sure everything's at the right gate and it's on time. And then I go away from it to get some space. You'll get lost. A more open area.

Yeah. That could happen too. I like going to get an eyesight on my gate too. I go check it out. Make sure. And you'll get lost. A more open area. Yeah. That could happen too. I like going to get an eyesight on my gate too. I go check it out. Make sure. Make sure it's real. Yeah, make sure there's not

some switcheroo happening. But, you know, I got, I fly American Airlines a lot. I got myself into the Admiral's Lounge. Wow. And that,

that's where it's at. Yeah. You know, I mean, it feels fancy. Anybody can do it. You know what I mean? But it, it feels nice. Yeah. You know, I mean, it feels fancy. Anybody can do it. You know what I mean? But it feels nice. Yeah.

Congratulations. Yeah. Thank you. I wear this shirt in there and they called me Admiral. You know what I mean? Yes. No. Yeah.

Five guys was started by guys, five sons. He said, you guys, I'll either pay for you to go to college or start a business. I'm like, idiots. They started a business. But. Man. What kind of family is that? He said, you guys, I'll either pay for you to go to college or start a business. I'm like, idiots. They started a business. But. Man, what kind of family is that? Were they.

Five guys is expensive. Yeah. Was that guy rich? Apparently. Their dad had to be, right? Yeah. I mean, it says he founded it, but then he told his five sons, I guess you can either go to college or keep the business going. Yeah.

I mean, sending five sons to college would be really, what was it called before the five sons? Please start a business. Please start a business. I don't know. Five. It wasn't, he still called it five guys.

One day, one day, one older guy. Because you boys can go to college. You can work fast food. That's basically what he said. Yeah. And they chose fast food.

And it worked. Yeah. And it worked. That's a more inspirational story. That'd be interesting to see what that whole story is, because I don't know if that's... Your take is more inspirational. Like they said, our dad told us, go to college or work fast food. And we started a business. Yes.

Fast food. Yeah. And now we're thousandaires. Good food quickly. Yeah. We're thousandaires. Good food quickly. We're at the two hour mark. I can keep going. Taco Bell claims they're the first restaurant chain to hire women as managers.

Wow, that was a big mistake. They just claim it. Not even true. Nah, nah, we were doing it. They also say their Doritos. As you have five guys is the opposite. They go, we'll probably don't do it.

They're, they say their Doritos low-cost nachos was so popular on the menu. They had to add 15,000 additional workers. Yeah. Taco Bell is awesome, dude. They're, they're innovative.

Yeah. Taco Bell is great. They're not afraid to mix things up and try some stuff. Yeah. Yeah, they're like, we don't even care about nutrition. We'll give you what you're looking for. They know what they are. You want a taco shell made out of a Dorito?

We'll do it. Yeah. We'll do it. A woman claimed she found a human finger in Wendy's chili. Right. It was a scam. It belonged to a friend of hers. A finger? It was a real finger scam. Belonged to a friend of hers. It was a real finger?

Yes, it belonged to a friend of hers who had lost it in an accident at work. What was it doing in her chili? She put it in her chili. To sue Wendy's. Talk about a good improvisational person.

A, that the lady goes I just lost my finger Oh my gosh, that's crazy She goes Hold on Can I Don't let it get cold Don't let it get cold

If Listen to me I know And she's screaming Blood's shooting out He goes Hold on Eat and chill

Yeah, eat and chill If you Give me that finger I mean, I will We you want you want to leave this job the job that just cut your finger off do you want to leave this job give me that finger i'll be right back you know they probably could have sewed it back on if they if they'd have kept it cold the doctor goes if there's too much chili inside the finger. And that's the problem. Maybe that's how they got,

you know, we did that one finger thing. Right. She, she probably has a little chili. She bleeds. She bleeds chili. Yeah.

Little chili. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. The five finger things. Yeah. I wonder if it's not a bad one. Would a finger chili. Yeah. Would have,

would a, would a chili is good. What if chili's good? Chili is good. I don't know that I'd want it out of my finger. I don't know if it counts as a liquid, though. But how does a lady finger come off? You know, sewing machine. Yeah, but then she was just walking around with the finger?

Yeah, she probably had a bag or something. She wouldn't even have to go in there. I guess you could get it to go and put the finger in there and then come back in and say. I think you got to be in there. But I mean, that's also tough to go like someone. I mean, that's a crazy, like a band-aids, like who's wearing band. Everyone might have a band-aid. But I mean, they just do one.

Who's missing a finger? And if everybody, Wendy's is like, we got all 10. You're like. She went to 10. Yeah. You're like, she went to prison for it. They're like, did you bring that finger in? Cause that, that stained Wendy's reputation for,

I mean, still does still. I just now found out it wasn't a true story. Yeah. And then later, I know what I might've heard that it wasn't true earlier, but I forgot that. But I remembered that I thought it happened.

It was Taco Bell, I would believe it. Not Wendy's. I don't know. I think it's a bigger thing when you lose a finger. I think it's a pretty big deal. I don't think it just casually just ends up in the chili

and then you, there's not like a, there's a hospital ride. There's a, where it's being talked like it's a bandaid where it like comes off. A finger is a giant thing to lose what if that lady i agree what if that lady had headphones on

she was eating the chili she sat it down for a second her friend cut her finger off it fell into the chili she had no idea what would happen because she had the headphones on so she didn't hear the commotion she's like this is the to music. Every morning. One of those like, yeah, like Jason's behind her, like the Michael Myers. Yeah. She's like, yeah.

And then she picks it up. It starts eating it, finds her finger in there. She thinks it was Wendy's. Yeah. Her friend couldn't be kind enough to be like, no, that's my finger.

I just cut it off. Yeah. They let her run with it. Yeah. So then her friend gushing cut it off. Yeah. They let her run with it. Yeah. So then her friend, gushing blood. Yeah. Yeah. A lot.

Everybody at the restaurant, I imagine, is going pretty crazy. Yeah. But this girl's like, can you believe a finger was in this Wendy's? And then everybody, no one connects it. Everybody goes, this is typical Wendy's. Yeah. Typical Wendy's. No one connects that.

They go, where are you guys going? We got, Samantha lost a finger, but I. Sue them. You should sue them. But then there's a guy in the back missing a finger. So you're like, well, I don't know. It looks like a female finger. Does he have it?

But he is missing a finger. I'd like to see in the court case how they got to the bottom of that. Yeah. You know, they just go, what if, did everybody at the restaurant have fingers? We probably talked about it in our first best friend episode. I'd love to see the trial lawyer

like break, like interview people. Yeah, the depositions. Yeah. I don't know. She went back to prison later on. She violated probation.

She lied about her son being shot. And she found a toe in her blizzard. Yeah. Just say he's got a real issue. There you go alright when does it what if she does find something

in something girl who cried finger yeah yeah got half a leg in my stew

stew there you go alright well let me see it does every like judge have to go let me see it yeah yeah every judge have to go?

Let me see it. Yeah, yeah. Show me the picture. They should just go. No. Case dismissed. Yeah. All right.

Where are we going to be? Where are you going to be this weekend? Alaska State Fair. That's a big time. Alaska State Fair. Big time. Super fun. That's awesome.

Please come. I'm very, very excited to go. I love a fair, and I feel like they would have one of the better fairs. Yeah. I agree. I think Alaska State Fair, I would think, is top, top tier fair. I would think so. I can't imagine there's a ton going on in most of the places in Alaska.

Well, and I think Alaska, it feels like a place that would be still excited. I mean, we get excited about the fair. We have a good fair, Wilson County Fair. I'll be at the Wilson County Fair this week. You walking around? I think Tennessee. That's this week. Nashville just had one, right? It's already going.

It's already going. We need to go. It ends Saturday. It's the seventh largest in the country, I think. What's that? Nashville's fair. It's Wilson County now. Didn't they just move it? It's about the Tennessee State Fair? Yeah. Yeah. It's in, well, I think. What's that? Nashville's fair. It's Wilson County now. It's about the Tennessee State Fair? Yeah.

They combined them. Okay. Hannah went there, took my daughter. Yeah, I love the fair. Yeah, we go every year. I will be in Irwin, Pennsylvania this Sunday at Community Church.

Then September 2nd in Appleton, Wisconsin at Skyline Comedy this Sunday at Community Church. Then September 2nd in Appleton, Wisconsin at Skyline Comedy Club. September 9th at Comedy at Sparrow in North Charleston. September 23rd at the Astra Theater in Jasper, Indiana.

That Appleton Club is getting Brian, Dusty, Greg Warren, me all in the next few months. Pretty exciting. Keep working, buddy. Yeah, Nate will get there someday. This weekend, very exciting weekend for me. Tomorrow night, Thursday night, I'm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Pittsburgh

Improv. Friday and Saturday, I'm in Boston, Massachusetts at Laugh Boston Comedy Club. Never been there before. Sunday night, I'm in Cape Cod at KOTUIT, Massachusetts at the Performing Arts Center there. Good little run there. Sunday night. I'm in Cape Cod at KOTU at Massachusetts at the performing arts center there. Good little run. It's a fun run up in the North.

All right. Don't see me. I'll also be up in that area. I'll be in Portland, Maine this weekend at, uh, part of the Portland comedy festival. I don't know the venue,

but it's going to be great. I'm pumped to go. I got, uh, yeah, I'm going to Portland, Maine sometime. Portland, Maine's awesome. Yeah. I uh, yeah, I'm going to Portland, Maine sometime. Portland, Maine's awesome.

Yeah. Never been, I'm going an extra day just to kind of check it out a little bit. Never been so pumped. Yeah. It's a very cool town. Uh, all right. That's it as always. We love you. Uh, and we will talk to you next week. Good eye, Mike. Nateland is produced by Nateland Productions and by me, Nate Bargetzi, and my wife, Laura, on the Audioboom platform. Recording and

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