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Dude, all right. The video's not out yet, but this Thursday, the podcast gets a little sneak peek. We put tracks on the SEMA truck. Not normal tracks, not the tracks that you're thinking. We took snowmobile tracks. We put them on the outside of the wheels. Just like the actual wheel with no tire on it. The rims, as some people call it. And it worked amazing. Really happy because it was such...

uh, abstract idea, if that's the correct word for it. And I honestly, I didn't think it was going to work. I didn't think it was going to work. So wait for the video. I don't want to say, I was like, wait for, wait for the video to see that complete unorthodox way that we secured the tracks to the wheels. It's a budget track build. Like our buddy Jake put tracks on his Raptor and we put tracks on our side-by-side, our Maverick.

This is the budget version. Same, same, but different. And it worked pretty well. And honestly surprising. I would have expected the SEMA truck to have fallen apart in this video, but the Ram, the Ram is the one that let us down somehow in the background of the video, which nobody will see. It just completely rattled apart and sounds like it's dying. Every time we drive it through the field,

The field is so rough. I think someone, yeah, you can't be ripping on it through the field. I agree. That's the bummer is I took it so easy. I just idled out there. It's

It's crazy. Isn't that supposed to be like a work truck? Does Ken not take it easy in the ram? Ken's back there just looking. I'm not even, like, this isn't like a position, oh, I'm going to out Ken. But when we were on our way back, like, the thing was rattling before that, and he was ripping because we had to get through the snow. I'm like, well, it wasn't broken now. It is now. We both just kind of look at each other. I don't know, man. I wasn't going to get stuck in that thing. Right. Well, but we had Kevin with the groomer on our tail, so. Listen, as a true vehicle enthusiast,

A little disappointed in the dodge. The interior is falling apart, bro. The whole thing's fucking rattling apart. The interior? Well, I mean, like you said, everything's rattling. We're going across the field. Everything's shaking. It's making a bunch of noises, and I hop in our...

totally unpractical SEMA truck riding on basically wheels, no tires. And it was silent going across. Like, I mean, it was very sturdy. You even said it when you were with me. No, it did. It was very straight. I think the rattles in the Ram are coming from the outside. Okay. Yeah. You know, I wasn't sure if maybe like the dash, you know, sometimes like a cheaper vehicle, like the dash and shit ends up getting loose and it starts making noise. And I wasn't sure if it's something in the rear end of the vehicle. Yeah.

I don't know what it is. There's a loose bolt or something back there. Oops. I think the only people that might have an idea as to what could possibly be wrong with it would be the two people that drive it the most. Yeah, that's on me. And Ben. And Ben. And Ben. Well, yeah, because Ben hasn't really had a daily. You were kind of on me about the Hummer a little bit, but you were driving the Ranger quite a bit this week. I'm not going to lie. Yeah, I was going to say, I'm like, dude, you drive the Ram a lot too, which I don't really have a problem with, but...

But both you two are daily that more in your own vehicles. Well, it's because I'm making my daily, my truck, my Raptor, doing stuff to it. So it's not even my daily anymore. It's funny. I feel like we always buy these vehicles and then try and make it practical. And then we immediately just...

Either it's in the shop getting worked on or we're getting different things put on it to make it not practical. And that's where I'm at right now with my truck. So I haven't even had it for probably like the month and a half I've owned it. I've driven it for like two weeks. All he did was get on it.

It was just like way too serious of an explanation for like what was happening. Cause I'm like on your side, I'm like, yeah, it was in the shop. I'm pops to you. What are you talking about? No, no. It was just funny when you talked about making it on practical, but all you did was put it. I'm not, I'm not, I'm saying we either make it on practical or it's in the shop getting something done to it. And your Raptor sick. I'm not saying that my Raptor is unpractical. That's not, not the point. I was just saying, yeah,

If you buy a car and then it's just in the shop most of the time and it's not even like, you don't drive it. It's tough. I was talking to Jake about his tracks for his Raptor. He said those things are like 40 grand new. Ch.

Dude. I mean, obviously they worked extensively better than our track system, but that's a lot of money to put. And something tells me that they lose value really fast because he bought them for 20 grand, which in my opinion is still horrendous. Yeah, that's a lot. He got a good deal on them. But I mean, for a new set. There's so much money just to like, I mean, it's sick, but like. He did admit though to me, he was like, yeah, it was, it's cool. But like once you get it, it's kind of like,

Now what? It was like, after a point, how much do you do with it? You just drive it through some snow. It's like, nice. And then something breaks. It is kind of tough. I mean, obviously we live like where we try to film things and do stuff, but I'm trying to think of like where someone who didn't film their life, like what's a practical application for putting tracks? Going to the ice house. And having a lot of money. Having a lot of money and wanting to do cool shit just for the...

sole purpose of doing cool shit like you don't even have anyone to show other than than your buddies yeah but they love just like always break yeah i love that too i think that's cool but like imagine like we used to modify our cars before we had a youtube channel and it was no reason other than just like the only people i saw was just our buddies you know yeah you just like to do it you're just doing it for the love of the game so i i can respect that

So it has been an interesting shift around here. We've went from all driving, you know, like low profile sports cars, whatever in the summer. And then now we, if you drive in the parking lot, we look like truck guys. We got a couple of trucks out there, Broncos, the Hummer, whatnot. Did you guys see the Corvette? First of all, an all wheel drive Corvette, but second up in a half electric Corvette.

I didn't know that they finally debuted. Yeah, the same thing. I've heard that there's rumors of it. Did they actually drop the new set? Yeah, they finally released the 2024 Corvette E-Ray is what they're calling it. But the funny thing is, Ken, if you can pull up some of the marketing, a good percentage of the marketing is the Corvette being driven in the winter. What? That's sick. Really? They're kind of like trying to show that it's an all-wheel drive vehicle and that it's capable. So you can run it year round. That's actually pretty sick. What?

When they released this, it's really interesting since it's like half electric. I literally didn't take the time to look into it. The Z06, I read every spec and watched every video you could on it. And then this, I don't know. It was the fact that it was half electric. It didn't appeal to me. However...

Still sick. That is a weird deal. It just didn't appeal to me, but I love the snow. You know that the electric performance is going to be way better. I can't imagine ripping a Corvette and having it be silent. The quickest Corvette ever. It's a hybrid. It's still got the engine in the back. It has the engine in the back. 200 horsepower in the front. The hybrid system powers the front two wheels. Then...

The engine is in the back. But it's 0-60, 2.5. I watched Amelia Hartford did a video on it. It was a great video. She did an excellent job. And two, they ripped the shit out of it. It must have been like an actual GM...

employee driving it. Dude, he was doing booting. He was doing launches with rev it up, drop it and then do a like a J turn immediately. That's awesome. Tear off and was doing donuts in it because it's all wheel drive. So you can like do that kind of, you know, all the drive burnouts. But it was it was pretty cool because it's

It's got different modes in it, and I think it's like electric assist up to 45 miles per hour. Electric only up to 45. Well, electric only up to 45, and then the hybrid system takes over, but it's still all-wheel drive, 0 to 60, 2.5 seconds. So when you're... It's faster than a Z06. Right. So when you're going up to 45 miles an hour, it's quiet? Or is it just like a boost? I think you can choose it. It's like a Prius. I think you can... Like a Prius, you can be electric only...

But it's like if you give it throttle, the gas engine is going to kick on. So are they still making the Zorro or whatever? Because there was rumors about this 1,000 horsepower all-wheel drive Corvette that was coming out. That could be the next stage of this. If the Zorro is like the Z06 version of this. Because I feel like this is just the start. This is like the base level hybrid Corvette. Yeah, I'm sure the next year they add another layer to it.

It is really cool that obviously they're incorporating the hybrid system because it's insanely fast and all-wheel drive. But it definitely takes away like that muscle car, American-made kind of feeling to it. It's not saying that it really isn't anymore because, I mean, it still sounds amazing and it's obviously faster than most. But I don't know. It kind of goes back to what you guys were saying. Like you saw that and you're like, cool. Didn't even care to look into it.

It is interesting the effect that electric still has on sports car people. I think probably very similar to what automatic had into like probably our parents' age. Like when a car came out in automatic, you're like, oh, automatic, I don't want that. But now automatics are arguably better than manuals. Less driving feel, but they are much better and faster shipping. But

but they're a better performance. I was like, I'll jump into a ship station ad right there. When the UPS trucks finally got automatic transmissions, man, the shipping got better. But Ken, so speaking of the all electric noise, Ken, could you pull up the noise that it makes in all electric mode? Because Ken's Tesla's got this really weird Jetsons like noise. Yeah.

The Corvette one did not do it for me. Well, that was another thing, too. They were saying that they still got to dial in that because legally you can't have a completely silent car because if you're like blind, it's dangerous. You can't hear it at all. So, yeah, Ken's is like...

Okay, this is a minor detail, but is it just me or does the E-Raid not look that cool? Like the Z06 looks weird. The front looks weird. It looks way cool. The Z06 looks awesome. It looks like an NSX. It looks kind of lame. I feel like it should be more aggressive. It's also a step back. Yes, the trim level is. It's almost like a step up from a standard C8, but it's not a Z06. And I agree. I mean, when you look at that with the bigger front. Why does it look so lame? It just doesn't quite do it for me. I think it's a little bit.

I think it might be because the entire front end is paint matched. Like the front lip is paint matched. You know, like when the C7 Corvette came out and it was like the Stingray, a whole new platform, it looked ridiculous. I remember your dad had one and we had like friends that would come over that weren't super familiar with cars. And they were just like, is this a Ferrari? Like they legit thought it was this crazy car. And then the Z06 came out.

And the Z06 just looks so much better than a normal Corvette. I don't know. I just feel like this could have been... I mean, like Ryan said, it's like the middle price point. I think at MSRP is at like $104, which is still a ton of money, but it's cheaper than a Z06. Amelia is killing it. She keeps getting all these deals with...

Yeah, it's pretty cool that they trust her with that. I saw her video before I even saw Corvette poster or GM poster. That's cool. Man, she even got a Raid shot of Raids in it? What? She double div, dude. That's awesome.

It sounds like a fighter jet. It sounds like a fighter jet. It sounds cool. It does sound cool. I think that sounds sick. Yeah. It almost sounds like a supercharge. Yeah. There's like the mixture of the... So it's still a V8, right? Yeah. Yeah. It's got the standard Stingray 6.2 in it. See, the more I learn about it, it's absolutely cool. It's an incredible piece of machinery. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And this is faster than the 06. What's the 06 do 0 to 60 in? 06. 06.

Just because it's got rear-wheel drive. You just can't. You can't have it in a couple hundred horsepower up front. But, yeah, can you imagine when they take this technology and they throw the V8 that they've got in the Z06 in the back and it's pumping out 600 horse and then they throw 400 horse up front and it's a 1,000 horsepower supercar? All silver. That's actually kind of cool. I like it.

It rips. Doesn't sound like a hybrid to me. No, that's badass, dude. I like it. I want that job at General Motors. I take back what I said about the look. That looks pretty sick, I think. It looks good in certain colors, but when it's all one color, it's like the fact that the front lip, the canards, or whatever, like the front in front of the radiator is and everything. It's something that all electric cars do, just the whole front, because it doesn't need any air intake, so it's just all...

all blue. It always is what makes them look not just right. It takes in from the back and a little bit in the front too. Dude, yeah. It's pretty cool. Also, have you guys seen the SUV mock-up version of the Corvette? I don't know. Obviously, they're all renderings right now, but it's kind of like the Urus

Corvette thing. That's pretty cool too. I mean, it makes sense. Like all these different manufacturers are probably seeing like the success that the SUV market is having. Well, don't pick the ugliest one. Okay. That looks crazy. That's crazy. Obviously it's just a rendering, but that's sick. Like that's, that's,

That's a Mike-y type of car. Mike would get that. I love that. Imagine if that's actually what it looked like with the door, with the big C on the door, like that air vent. I mean, it makes no sense. How are you supposed to put your kid's car seat in the back of that? There's just one back seat, like in the middle. I think in the future, though, cars are going to be so aggressive. Give it five years, and that'll probably be what most new cars are looking like for sharp edges and lines and...

God, I hope so. Pretty aggressive front end. My two cents on that is I love that Chevy's making a Corvette SUV. I love that Ford made the Mustang SUV, but I wish they wouldn't take the Mustang name and the Corvette name that has...

like a hundred years of lineage of being a sports car and slap it on an SUV just so it sells. I wish they could come up with a new name. And if it was a fucking blazer, you know, RS or something like that, they already make that. But you know, I just don't like that. They take the Corvette name and the Mustang name and put it on an electric SUV and go like, great. Now it'll sell. I agree. They shouldn't do that, but they did. And they did it to sell. I don't,

really care that much that they do that as long as it's cool, but like...

When Ford did that with the Mustang Mach-E or whatever it was, SUV, that just like ruined it. I know. I was like, why did they do that? So lame. Today's episode is brought to you by Angie. Angie has made it easier than ever to connect with skilled professionals to get all your jobs and projects done well. Let me tell you, there's the version of it where you try to do something at home and then there's a version of it where you have someone help you, you watch them do it the right way and you go, thank God I didn't try to do that myself.

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You got a call too? State Troopers? Yeah. No, just like the police force. I didn't get that one. I got State Troopers in particular. And if you want to donate, it goes straight to them, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. To the Troopers? Yeah, straight to the Troopers. So it's like to the Minnesota State Troopers Association, whatever. It goes to the Troopers. And I was like, I just wanted to be like, do you know who you're calling? Do you know who I am? Yeah, not like I'm some felon or anything. Like what?

I pay enough to them. You're asking? Yeah, I wanted to give her the whole spiel. And then she's like, yep, if you make a donation, you'll get a sticker for the back of your car. That'd be pretty badass. So then I'm like, how much? And she's like, well, for a normal donation, we ask $35, and for the sticker, it's $50.

I'll do it. Send a paper. Yeah. 50 bucks for the sticker. Yep. And she was just like, Oh, thank you so much. I wish you the best year. And I really appreciate it. Yeah. And I was kind of like, I was going to be like, you should call the rest of these guys. Hey, here's some numbers on the numbers. Guys all donate to what?

It just seems like such a donation going. I got this. What? She made it very clear. Like, like it just goes times. Yeah. She's like, and this, this isn't, we're not a middleman. We're just in charge of setting up this donation thing. And it all goes to the state troopers. And I'm just like, actually, what actually do they need my money for on top of the money that they've gotten from me and us? But I wanted the sticker. That's interesting. I've never heard of like government. I hadn't either. Sure. This isn't just hold up. Hold up.

His name wasn't like Juan, and he didn't request the money via Venmo, did he? What was this thing called? Mike's on a list. Mike's on a list. They're like, listen, you just call him, say you need the money, he sends it via Venmo. Is it the State Patrol Trooper Association? STPA? I have no idea. Is that a thing? Like a scam thing? Or a real thing? No, it looks real. Oh, okay. Nice. I just wanted the sticker. Yeah, no, that's going to be awesome.

Mike, is there any update on your Suron? No. The shipping company keeps sending me more emails. They sent me another one just the other day, and they were like, hey, still waiting on that payment for the clear of the customs. And then I was really stern. I was just like, I'm not paying for those. I need to see one at my door. I paid for the one. Send it, and we'll talk. I just need to know this is legit. And they're probably going to be like,

Yeah, it's legit. And I'm like, I don't know who, you know, like I've never bought something before from this vendor. I got to know if it's legit. And I haven't heard anything since, but. Well, after the podcast, Ken did a little bit of digging and he found that the tracking number that they sent was via air, right? The, the tracking number Micah gave me, um, went to a bunch of different airports and they

Those Surons have lithium batteries and they typically would not ship 10 of those via air. Right. Especially if they told you it was going via sea. I don't know what they told me. They just said it would be way back when I made the order. They just said it'll be at my doorstop in 12 days. I did see one comment though. Most of the comments were like, Mike, you got scammed. You got scammed. You got scammed. But there was one comment that said,

I have ordered something from Alibaba and they said the same thing to me when it got to the port. I had to pay the shipping for like 10 different things. I can't remember what it was, but it was something similar. And he was like, I took the chance. I paid it and they showed up at my doorstep. So I hate to tell you this, Mike, to do it, but might work. That's wild. So I don't know. I was just curious. I was just curious what the update was. We're chilling. We'll see how that goes. Stay tuned. My Venmo has definitely been popping. Well,

Really? Both for... Yeah, but now it's... No one's paying me $500, but both for...

$5, $15. Some people requesting, some guy requests me for like 20 bucks and says, seeing if they heard this on the podcast, seeing if it works. I'm like, seeing if what works. Did someone on the podcast say, if you request Mike a money on Venmo, he'll pay it. You might, you might. It has happened. Guys, Evan's looking at the podcast and he looks like he wants some camera time. And you look like you're about to fall asleep. I'm going to swap out with him. I do have to warn you. Evan has been letting it rip.

That's fine. I'm far enough away from him. Welcome, Ev. Come on in. Welcome, Ev. Take a seat. Welcome, Ev. What's going on? Want to put the seat up? Yeah, you can put your chair up a little bit. It's always at an awkward angle. I feel like the chair's going to break. This is the first time Evan's sat down on the podcast and broken his chair instantly. All right, Ev. We got you something. My God. You got me this glass from the kitchen? Nice. Your favorite.

A nice expensive white wine. A nice old bottle of Josh. You got a boot full of wine. Let me taste that. Oh my gosh. You know, this was a very nice surprise, Ben. Why can't all your surprises be like this? Cheers. Cheers. Ben cheerses it for me with Evan. We found that white wine does wild things to Evan.

Talked about it a little bit on the last pod. I didn't want to do you too dirty, though, everything that was going down the night, but everyone was getting loose on white wine. I don't really remember, so I don't even think it happened. That's how that works, right? I think something like that. Dude, have you been sitting down with a heated jacket? Like, is it that cold in here?

Dude, I really like this heated jacket. I don't want to take it off. Dude, literally. So like David sends us five and I just got heated jackets and David sent three of them and I took one. Evan took one and Ryan took one. Here was my number one goal going into it being

Being one of the half of the crew that got a heated jacket. I'm not going to say anything about it. Nothing. I like it. If someone asks, yeah, yeah, I love it. It's warm. Oops. Hope you get one. And Evan, really, you guys are like, oh, yeah, like this heated jacket. But it's not even just you two. I'm like wondering if it's like one of those things, you know, like dudes who drink IPAs.

who can't like not tell people that they drink IPAs and to drink IPAs or like people crossfitters, guys who cross vegan, uh, people with fucking tents on the top of their forerunner. Like they can't, they cannot tell people. I think he did. It's kind of part of it. Obviously, um, people notice the flashing or the light on your jacket or your gloves, but it's one of those things. Oh yeah. I have heated gloves. You don't have heated gloves. Oh, they're great. Level up in my hands. Don't get cold. Cause they're heated.

They don't. I just thought it was one of those things that's going to be something you can't not tell people. I do feel like you guys are flexing on me. I got the same jacket, just without the heater. And you just feel inferior. Yes, kind of. You must. When the whole crew pulls up and they all got the blinking little red dot, it's like, whoa. These guys mean business. They're kind of just looking, they must be warm.

So where were you going with that? You want to stop people from talking about it? Yeah, I guess. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, not necessarily stop them, but I think that it's going to turn into that. Like there's more and more heated units. Yeah, you just got to humbly be warm in your heated...

Jackets and gloves and hats. Without saying something about it? It's impossible. I can't do it. No, it's not. You can't say anything. No, every time I turn it on and it feels so nice and warm, I have to tell someone. This is a compulsive thing. It's so amazing. It's like taking that big drink off a crispy do and just going, ah.

It's like throwing the jacket on and getting the warmth. It's like a warm hug. Yeah, it's beautiful. So last night I was scrolling TikTok, as I frequently do at late hours of the evening. I came across a video of a woman with a fenced in yard and just a pretty normal looking house. But it looked familiar to me. And she is screaming.

these people who are videotaping i'm like what in the hell is going on is this like a case of bad neighbors because around here we live in an area where people don't really put up fences like fences are considered neighbor haters and it's like this weird thing because it's like yeah we're you know you got enough space i'm like man why does this lady have a large fence and a gated driveway all this stuff

I figured out that she lives in the old Breaking Bad house. Oh, my gosh. And so I feel like any house of a TV show or whatever is common for people to visit it. Yeah. Apparently, the Breaking Bad house is very common. And in the show, I believe they threw a pizza on the roof.

So people would go to her house- Multiple times. And throw a pizza up on the roof as a funny prank. Well, the lady lived there and was obviously pretty pissed about pizzas being thrown on a roof. And it has seemed that basically her full-time job is sitting in her front yard and screaming at people the instant that they get out of their car. Hearing that, immediately I'm like, you-

should not buy a house that has been in a show unless you're prepared or want the clout involved with it. The repercussions of it. Dude, that sounds like a win.

you get free pizza yeah off the roof evan's sitting up on his workaholic style just catching the free pizza yeah on the roof with a pizzazz and a lawn chair it's so funny right because i was just thinking about what it would be like to own the fast and furious house you know like the legendary fast and furious house people always pulling up at

Odd hours with loud cars most likely. Taking pictures of it and everything. But do you think somebody owns that house or is that part of whatever?

Whatever. Is that Disney that owns Fast and Furious? I doubt it. I've seen stuff with it where they have signs in the yard that say no photos and stuff like that. But you'd think someone who's smart would be like, all right, you want to take a picture of your car in the driveway? Ten bucks. Or open it up as a museum or something like that. That's what intrigued me. What decides whether it's going to be a...

Let's call it a museum, a show house, or a house that just goes on the market. They should just all be museums. You know what else is a legendary house is the one from Home Alone. I think that is actually a tourist attraction. Home Alone and then Full House in San Diego too. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that one's like you can't buy that. All right, Cam, play some videos. I wonder if she drives a Pontiac Aztec. You stupid little twit. I don't want to know.

Now she's just the meme. Like they don't even go to the house. Yeah, they're going. They go to see this lady who's going to scream at them. That's what I mean. So they went there and they were bummed that she wasn't there. Hi. Hey there. Hey. I like it. I think it's stylish. This lady just hates life. I kind of like her vibe actually. I just want to say I hope you're having a good day.

Hey, this is our first time in Albuquerque. Oh, I'm so glad. Do you have any welcome messages? Going. Okay.

It's hard on this, but if you could quickly scroll through TikTok, it's just a bunch of videos of her sitting in that exact chair, screaming at passerby or anybody that stops there. And one of them, the guy didn't even get out of his car. He's like, nope, nope, keep going, keep going. I hate to say it, but now she's just doing it to herself. That's what I mean. Now it becomes a thing. You got to go there to go mess with her. Yeah, man. That's kind of funny, actually. Like she's putting in shifts. Yeah. In the front yard. Where is this?

Albuquerque, New Mexico. Should we swing through there on the road trip? Do we have anybody that lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico and can send us a hello from her? Toss a pizza up there? Can somebody that lives there actually go there and take a video? That would be so funny. Are we telling someone to trespass right now? No. No. Stay on the road. Right.

Oh, yeah, you're right. Dude, I don't think you could trespass. I don't think you could get over that fence without a little ladder. What? I'm not very tall. I could jump that fence. No chance. It's four feet tall. No. Go back. Pull that back up. There's no chance. It has spikes on the top. They don't want to catch a sack. You just got to be careful. Throw your sweatshirt over the spikes. You'll end up like that deer that got his nuts. Can they jump enough spike fence?

But look at her. She's got a couple chairs in the front yard set up there. She's got another fence to her door. Oh, look at that. Oh, my gosh. Man, she's got this thing locked up like Fort Knox. Well, I do feel a bit bad then if it's become that much of an issue. Bro, she must love that house. I know. I'd be like, I'm getting the fuck out of here. She's probably tried to sell it. That's what I was going to say. How do you think it affects the price? Is it worth it?

worth way less? Is it worth more? Like, how did she end up in that house? Yeah. It's like one of those novelty things or maybe she, I saw a really funny one. She goes, the show engine, the show ended eight years ago. Give it up. Oh,

Oh, which she doesn't realize. And this isn't my opinion, but there's kind of a meme. She doesn't realize it's the best show ever made. It's like a lot, a lot of, no, that again, not my opinion, but a lot of people are like breaking bad is like the pinnacle of, I really liked the show, but I'm really laughing at the fact that this house has a new roof. You know, it has a steel roof. It's not, it's not shingles anymore. So the pizzas would slide off.

Did you do that after the pizza debacle or what? When we flew into Jackson Hole when we went snowmobiling a couple weeks ago, the people who wrote Yellowstone nailed it. I literally looked around and I thought I was in the show because there's people walking around. First of all, you get off the plane and it's amazing. The mountains and the nice airport, nicest airport I've ever been in. You walk in.

You walk in, and in the baggage claim, there's free mimosas. That's crazy. Well, not even at a bar. No. At the baggage claim. They're just on a little stand, like a lemonade stand, but for free mimosas. Unbelievable. That was the best way to put it. It was a lemonade stand for free mimosas. It was the crazy... No, they didn't check a single ID. No.

Yeah, it was wild. Dude, there was this guy on the plane who looked exactly like the one guy that tried to shut him down. The first big business man. I'll pop up his picture here, but he's got this flowing hair. He's wearing like a Montclair or whatever that brand is. Really fancy skiing brand. I don't even fucking know. Puffer jacket, like kind of a...

adventure pants and he's walking around the point. Is that the one that had the cowboy hat? Yeah. And he walks out of first class and he's throwing his hair back. First of all, it took a shit like nine times. I don't even, there was something going on with him for sure. Ryan was keeping an eye on this guy. I was right in front of the bathroom and I was like, dude, what is this guy doing? But every time he'd walk up, he'd pick a new person. He'd be like, what you doing? Hey, first time in Jackson. Like he was going back home to his fricking ski mansion. And I was like, man,

No wonder people that live out here hate these people. They were so, so hateable. There was a guy wearing a shawl. Well, like a, like a poncho, but like a little bit more Westerny. And he was just wearing it in the airport. I'm like, dude, you flew Delta first class.

to Jackson hole. You're going to go skiing. Why do you look like you just started traversing the Oregon trail on a horse on a horse? Yeah. When, when me and Ryan got there, they lost our baggage. So we're like going up and we're dealing with the people at Delta and, and, uh,

As we're standing there, there was a lady next to us that was also dealing with lost baggage from our flight. And the guy was like standing there and you could tell he's getting a little hotter and hotter because then he started raising his voice. And then that's when me and I started watching what was going on. The guy goes, I have no clothes to wear and I'm here for five days. And the lady's like, I don't know what to tell you. And he goes, I'm from L.A.,

I don't have clothes for this anyways. And the lady's like, well, what's the problem then? And he's like, don't raise your voice at me. She's like, don't raise your voice at me. They're trying to calm him down. What the fuck is going on? Like these two are just yelling at each other right now. This guy just kept bringing up that he's from California. It was the weirdest shit ever. It was like, do not flex right now. Yeah, not a flex. And I was like, man.

This is why all these Californians moving here just get such a bad rep is because obviously there's probably people that hate California. And then there's people that are in love with California, but want to move out of California, but bring all their politics and problems to the mountain towns. But it was interesting. We were talking to Blaine.

Who was one of the... Well, yeah, yeah. Well, for some reason, I thought you were CJ first. I blacked out there. I looked over like you weren't with on the trip. You know, Blaine. Blaine and Jay. You know Blaine. No, but Blaine is like a full-on cowboy rancher. And he was like, yeah, dude, like...

It's pretty much exactly how it is in the show is like all these ranch hands, you know, like we're all kind of, we're real cowboys, right? So then when we go into towns, especially Jackson, he's like all these pretend cowboys, you

like we'll be pretend cowboys and real cowboys do not fuck with that one bit. And he was like, yeah, pretty much every time we go out, we get into bar fights and everything like that. And I was like, damn, that's pretty cool to hear. Like it's pretty cool. That's like actually how it is. I would not wear a cowboy hat in Jackson. No, I would not. I feel like it'd just be insulting. I wouldn't wear a cowboy hat anyway. Well, okay. True. And I, I don't want to, I effed up then I did that. Did you remember when I wore a,

They tucked in jeans into my cowboy boots. I remember. A big-ass American flag button-up, and then a cowboy hat, and then handlebars. Oh, yeah. Out downtown Jackson. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I seem to fit in pretty well with that whole look, but...

maybe Jackson is almost more phony Cowboys. It was like the outskirts. Oh, for sure. Outskirts like, uh, like Drake's Afton, the places that we've went. Yeah. But you saying that about Blaine, like, so shout out Anthony and Creed. They hooked us up with some airbags and like the sled that we tried to use to take the R six out. They lived in Driggs, Idaho. And he, you know, he dudes like mullet, uh,

What hat? You know, the classic short-sleeved button-up. Like, he looked like, you know, he grew up there. And he's like, I grew up in Jackson, actually, and got pushed out. Like, firsthand story. He's like, you know, he's like, I grew up there. Like, tell us. I can't remember what he said. Let's say 15. And then we had to move.

It was too expensive. I'm like, oh, that sucks. You know, he didn't move super far away, but like just getting pushed out of the town that you grew up in just because of rich people. But that was pretty interesting to hear. We were talking about this when we were going through Wyoming and we were like, why do you think all these people are coming from the big cities and like moving into these small little Wyoming or Western towns? I think it is because it's so different. You know, it's like it's so...

Just almost like freeing and like open. And if I guess you are from like a big city and you're looking to escape that, like that's like the polar opposite. Yeah. Seriously, it's cool. So I get the draw of it. But obviously the people that are there are like, no, stay away. That's why we like it too. Everybody can't be there. I mean, we live in like a pretty rural area. I mean, you see stars from our house and there's not...

fast food restaurants for a while stuff like that but i mean you go out there and if you think about switching from you know san diego and then now all of a sudden you're living in

Afton, Wyoming. It literally could not be more polar opposite, but I totally get the draw. Like even for me going out there and not playing cowboy, but playing, you know, living Western life still is amazing to me. I'm like, I love this for the week that we're out there. So I, of course those people, you ever met somebody from there that wants to move away? Uh,

uh no very rarely never people grow up there and then leave and it's crazy how many people we meet from let's say just wisconsin and minnesota out there dude i think we would be better off getting a ranch out there or getting like land out there than we would in florida honestly i think i think i think we could do more stuff out there the nice thing about florida is the weather you get the generic nice day every day

But I like the seasons and stuff like that. And I think the level up with all of the national lands and then the mountains and having a bunch of acreage, dude, not much could beat it.

Can't ride snowmobiles in Florida. Well, you can. Just not very far. No, it'd be cool, though. Maybe one day. Wait, has anyone ever water skipped on the ocean? I'm sure. Robbie Madison. Oh, yeah, true. I have thought that. We could bring the water. Snow bike. And it was like the sickest thing ever. He surfed a wave. Yeah. No, insane. Insane. And then didn't he get like totally like pummel-drived into the, or pile-drived into the, like, wave? Yeah.

I don't know. Maybe not. So how can he ride one in the ocean, but Evan can't even make it 200 feet across our park? How does that work? My snow bike is not as nice as Robbie Pattison. Poopy. You should look at the setup they have, though. It's like...

It's the weirdest thing. It's like a ski where the front is all basically a ski watercraft. It still has a tire, though. But then the back has a ski, but the tire sticks through, and it's a dune tire, and it paddles the water. It's like the weirdest thing. It's one of a kind. So he did do a timber snow. That was not a snow bike or anything. No track, no nothing. Oh, interesting. Yeah, super weird. Dude, he literally pitted a wave, though.

Hang loose, bro. I don't think I've... I've never seen anybody snowmobile skip in the ocean, though. Who said... Yeah, whoever said that? Now that I think about it, I don't think that... Obviously, we're like one Google away from finding out if someone has... Yeah, and look it up. But like, has someone... What about like in Alaska? That'd be pretty sick. There's like snow and an ocean. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

probably in Florida. I'm sure someone's done it, but probably not anybody who's popularized it. But I'm picturing like, so, you know, as you guys might know, CJ is the water skip guy. Like, he's the best at riding that water skip sled we have. And so we're like in Florida and we're like, the waves are a little gnarly today and they're like this tall. Do you think you could just, you know, just stay on it? Can you imagine taking off the beach at a

15 foot wave and just... Dude, I was thinking like 4 foot and you'd probably sink her and... Well, you'd launch. Like a surfing wave. If you just charged a surfing wave on a snowmobile. I feel like if Whistlin Diesel can take his Duramax truck in the ocean...

We can take a snowmobile. Think about recovering a snowmobile from an ocean. In a lake, like maybe you have the pontoon set up or you drag it to shore or whatever. But the ocean gets deep fast. But it really doesn't. That's the crazy thing. It depends. But like even the waves, like if we got to link up with Jet Ski Ryan and make this happen. Dude, I feel like hitting a wave...

a curling ocean wave would be like the same as hitting a drift. Maybe you could come up it and like turn out on it and then come back in. Maybe we should start with Ryan landing a jet ski backflip in the ocean and then focus on CJ backflipping a water skipping sled. If Ryan lands the backflip on the jet ski, CJ has to go for a backflip on

On the snowmobile. Dude, I honestly, I think this is a great idea. We got a link with Jet Ski Ryan. Let's send it down with Randy next time he goes. He's got a sled deck with a stand-up jet ski and a snowmobile on it. What's this guy doing? Ryan, you don't think you could backflip a stand-up jet ski? What if it was like a backflip jet ski? It's so tough because in...

2021, when I started, I was like, I can backflip my jet ski. And then it took a whole year and I didn't. And then I was like, I'm coming back with a vengeance in 2022. I'm going to flip my backflip jet ski. And then I didn't. And then now I've kind of lost. I don't feel like it's a third time's a charm type of deal. You won't know until you find out. I don't know. I wouldn't give up so soon.

Don't give up so soon, man. Dude, we were just talking about the other day at the bar. We were laughing about how much, like, when someone gets stuck in a snowmobile, let's say they're at the bar, you're all there, everyone's drinking, and he's like, all right, I'm going to head home. And then he gets stuck in a snowmobile. Everyone inside the bar rushes out to help him. Not maybe everyone, but because they don't want to see him get picked up by anyone. He's a fallen soldier. Yeah. Like, no man left behind. Yeah. No helper.

them exactly and I we were just cracking up about that like how they all like go and help them because they don't want to see him like anyone get picked up and and you know that that shit happens around here and then just transitioning into me seeing someone and

They're just taking the road next to the recycling bins close to here, and they just back up into the ditch. I'm just driving by. I'm like, what the hell? In the car? What was that? Yeah. Me and Sydney were just driving by. I go, did you see that? That person just backed into the ditch. I don't know. Next thing you know, we're turning around. We're going to check on her.

She's just wasted. But keep in mind, it was a Sunday, New Year's Day at like noon. And she's just wasted. The mimosas. Yeah, I don't know. And then it just got even funnier. He's like, well, you sit tight there. And she's barely in the ditch, just stuck. And she's like... And...

I go get ropes, come back, then really get to talking to her. That's kind of when I knew. I was like, man, she's just messed up right now. And she's like, she's got her name tag on. She's like, I just got done with my shift at, I won't even say it. I don't want to like, I don't need, I could probably don't say it. Yeah. She's like, I just got done with my, but basically she works at a store, not a bar, a store.

So then I'm just like, okay, it was New Year's Day. Like, you know, she could have gotten crazy. And then that next day, maybe you just woke up drunk. But no, it was just like, I just got done with my shift. I'm like, what are you doing? Come on. So then it's like, yeah, then it's tough. Because it's like, so I guess more of the story is like, what do you do in a situation like that where I start to pull her out? Like, we kind of hinted at it.

We can drive your car home for you. And she's like, oh, I'm just over, just down. I decided to take a different way home. I'm like, there's two ways to get home. Buy the corn rye store or this road. You just took a different way. You never took this? No, you backed into like... And it's like, how much do you push someone to like try to drive them home safely or just be like...

It's out of my hands. What did you do? We just let her go. Oh, jeez. I feel like you got to be persistent on that. A random stranger, though, there's only so much you can do. Your buddy, be persistent. Don't let your buddy do something dumb. I guess that's what I was really like. That stressed me out. I'm like, what do you do? Do you really be like, no, you need to get out. We're going to drive this for you. To a random...

Yeah, that's like a tough moral dilemma. I guess it is one thing if you did try and you were persistent about it or just like pulling her out and just be like, all right. See ya. See ya. Then you're probably in the wrong, but I guess if you're like trying. Toss her a twisted tea. That's tough. Have a good one. Have a good one. I feel like that's a tough thing that a lot of people do that I see. They're like, oh, well, I don't want to...

I don't want to drive after drinking. So I'm going to just ride my snowmobile or I'm going to take the razor. I'm going to do something like that. And that's something I really hate to see because I mean, yes, in a car, you're a danger to yourself and others, but on the snowmobile, it is so, you are so exposed and it is such a fast vehicle that is so easy to overdrive. I overdrive a snowmobile every time I ride it of my talents.

And it's like, all you need is to be just getting done telling snowmobile stories at the bar and be like, I'm going to absolutely rip home. And then you end up not getting to ride the next time. And like, I just think that

That is such like a loose thing that people don't realize the consequences of how fast things can change like that when you're riding. So, I mean, I don't know. I didn't mean to start preaching, but don't, don't drive your snowmobile drunk. Please be safe. We love you all. Nowadays, snowmobiles are really fast and she can go wrong real quick. And the old ones make you feel comfortable. Yeah.

even even though you're only going 40 you're like this thing's easy and then before you know it but yeah yeah it's like riding a couch i guess maybe it's just around here maybe it's just the fact that we don't ride snowmobiles like on the weekend or something like that but yeah i've never really got the gist of like bar hopping on a snowmobile hey you got any wine left back there i wish evan needs a refill ryan i owe you an apology

The robot dick strikes. Maybe Evan owes an apology. Dude, every other sentence out of Evan's mouth is just smoke coming out. And then he'll answer whatever I asked him.

Smoke, smoke, smoke. Dude, that's because you stressed me out. Like, oh God, Ben's coming over. I got to chill out here. So, I mean, today I realized this. It was so funny. So Evan's dad, like, smokes stogies. Like, pretty, like, big cigars. You know, there's varying levels to it. But just big cigars. Loves fishing. Big cigars.

Big cigars. And you have this football, Vikings football-looking vape. Screw the Vikings. Yeah, absolutely. And a lot of people, you know, they vape, like, or whatever. And then when Evan does it, he throws it in his mouth and just chills with it in there and then grabs it like this. And I was like, oh, his dad's showing here. It's just the times have changed. That's all. Every time Evan takes a rip of that, he's thinking about the Minnesota Vikings, putting that vape in his mouth.

That's actually where I was going, Ryan. I owe you an apology. Okay. You were right about the bikes. You were so right, dude. At the beginning of the season, they were hot. We were like, this is the year. And Ryan was like, they're going to get everyone's hopes up. They're going to make you think that they're killing it. And then they're going to disappoint us. They've only done it a hundred times in the past. You were right, Ryan. I was trying to be positive. Quite frankly, I was being delusional.

You're being a realist, and you were right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I was right. I wish I wasn't. For the whole state of Minnesota, dude. I wish I wasn't right. With that being said, though, Ryan has lost more than any of us combined on the Vikes. He bet $500 on the last Vikings game. I didn't listen to my own words. I was a little confused by that. I think it was something about like,

You kind of would get on me about, you know, like, oh, Ryan hates the Vikes. And you do it, and I wouldn't have any ground to stand on. You believed it. He started to put it on himself. Yeah, maybe I do hate the Vikes. No, I just would be like, oh, man, I don't have any ground to stand on. I'm like, oh, you want a jersey? I watch the games. I like them. You know, what do you say? So playoffs come up. We're playing the Giants. They're the wild card. There's no way we can lose to them. Right, yeah. We've had such a good season. Yeah.

We should win. So I'm like, yeah. Wade, our lovely UPS driver who's going to Vegas, he kind of is like, guys, let's put in a bet. Let's put in a bet. And I go, yeah, Wade, let's do it. 500 bucks on the Vikes. All they got to do is win. That can't be that hard. Sounds easy enough.

500 bucks gone. Lost it. Yeah, I was actually... I was going to also put in some money and bet on the bikes. And then Ryan and CJ, they wouldn't let me because anything I touch turns to shit. Yes, he's a notoriously bad investor. Bad investor. Will crash the entire market. Bad gambler and bad bettor. And so...

I went to give them Wade the money and they were like, no, no, don't take the money. Wade, take them. Don't take the money. And I was like, well, what if I, what if I put it on the giants? And then if the bikes win, I'm going to be happy. And if the giants win, I make money. And they were like, just keep your money out of this. Just stay away from, just stay away from the deal. Looking back at it. I think if I would have put money on the giants, the bikes would have won. Thanks.

Thanks a lot, man. Thanks a lot, man. So I messed up there, guys. I'm sorry. I could have made a difference. Instead of Kirk throwing it five yards, he would have thrown it nine. Yeah, he would have. And this one's on me, guys. So I'm sorry. I let everyone in Minnesota down. I'm going to use the offseason to obviously work on it and come back stronger next year. Yeah.

I'll put money on the other teams. And if you notice any new large structures coming up in Vegas, CJ and I have funded them. Yeah. Your guys' $700 is going to go far. Absolutely. Yeah, for sure. We'll put it in a parking spot or something. All this Vegas and gambling talk. It's getting revved up, man. I've really got to hanker in for some roulette right now. Oh, good. Really? I would love to play some roulette. Dude, I'm feeling lucky. Yeah? I think I could get rich tonight. Should we...

Go to Vegas? I was going to say Manoma. They don't have roulette in Minnesota. Really? Dude, last night we were throwing dice on the pool table like we sometimes do. And I always get suckered in like, you know, it's five bucks here and there. But I come in and I'm just like, yeah, yeah, five bucks. And then you guys are like 20 and I go, ah,

20 yeah 20 and so dude i've already lost three grand this week on a suron that i'm so we're putting it in the five bucks game like to lose those whatever and then evan goes last game 20 bucks sure we all put 20 bucks and there's a group of like seven of us or whatever it was eight of us and then we all one tie all ties so if two people tie everyone ties we put in more 20 more

then happens again, put in 20 more. The pot's at like 420. Oh my gosh. 400 bucks? Three times. Yeah. And it was over 400 and I'm like,

I win and I'm like amazing. And I just don't even know how to take it. I was like, it seems too easy. I win and I'm like amazed. I'm not amazing. I'm just like, this is amazing. And it just doesn't even seem fair. I'm like, I just kind of like walked into this game, threw some money down and like next thing I know, I'll walk away with pretty much all the money in everyone's wallet.

How about when you gave everyone money back? Then I was like, then I just, I don't know why I'm built like this, but I give everyone five, mostly to be funny, but I'm like... Such a philanthropist. Five bucks, five bucks, five bucks. Just like tipping the... Yeah, yeah, almost like tipping out. That's what it felt like. And then Evan just goes...

Another game for five bucks. Dude, it was so, I'm like, cause I just couldn't believe it. Even though, why was I surprised? We all play another game for five bucks. And then I win that one. Sorry guys. Did you take the money and walk done? I mean, I just lost like a hundred dollars. What's this $5? Like might as well just gamble that too. That was a good time though. That's the mindset of, I think if anybody's ever thinking about going to the casino, you know, it's,

It's a risky maneuver. Just don't do it. Yeah, just don't do it. You could even end the sentence there. Yeah. Nothing further needs to be said. But we went to the arcade this past weekend. Arcades are fun. Yeah. An arcade is just a casino. It's just a casino.

With less money and more fun and for kids or kit yeah, but if you take the four kids out of it We were definitely the oldest people running around to be honest no we weren't yeah, there was a I mean I saw a few so we could go in there and they were like yeah You can drink in there like that's kind of cool I mean if you guys ever been to a Dave and Buster's yeah, you can drink in there, but I roll in and it's like oh

All I see is kids, and I'm like... It felt kind of weird. Even if I can drink in here, this is weird. I thought it was funny that we were doing this dry January, trying not to drink. Well, I guess I wasn't, but a couple people in the group were like, we're doing dry January. And then right after we got done golfing, everyone was like, should we go downtown? And I was like, go downtown? Go downtown?

To the bars? What do you mean? No, let's not do that. That sounds terrible for the people that are sober or, like, trying to be sober. And then I was like, well, what if we just go to the arcade? We go downstairs, go to the arcade. I swear everyone that was, like, doing Dry January was like, this sucks. What else do you do when you're sober? I feel like this is just one of those things. True.

What else is there to do? I'm a big advocate. What else is there to do? You can't go to the arcade. There's nothing. So I failed Dry January. I didn't start until after Idaho, so I started on like the 15th, and then I made it, which was Wednesday. I thought you were going to say the 5th or something. It was the 15th, and then I was like, all right, Dry January here on out, and I made it Wednesday, Thursday, and then I drank on Friday, and then I drank on Friday.

But I don't blame myself. That was a good couple days, though. Your liver thanks you. And my lack of self-control. I blame my surroundings. Yeah, they know I don't take accountability. No, absolutely not. It's not my fault that I broke. If I had been around better people that didn't take me out to a golfing drinking establishment and then take me to a drinking...

environment and then tease me with the carrot of going downtown. Hold up. Ken, are you doing dry January? Hey, Ryan, I've been doing dry January since the 7th when I got home from Florida. And I went to all the same places and I still haven't had a drink since. I am impressed. It is. I think it is. How do you feel, Ken? Do you feel good? Extremely bored. Yeah.

Ken was one of the people in the arcade like, fuck this. It kind of was. Well, then I went to the, they had a blackjack table there and I go play blackjack. I'm like,

I just need a drink. I just need a beer or a vodka Red Bull or something. We make it so much more entertaining. Look at the look in his eyes right now. He's talking about alcohol getting all red. Passionate. See, I could quit anytime I wanted to. I just wanted it. I didn't need it. That's what I was going to say is that I'm not about like, all right, I need to take two weeks off mostly because I know I can't do it. But pause for laugh. Pause for laugh. Amen.

But if it happens, it happens. That is something I have always respected about you. The self-awareness. The self-awareness is just off the charts, man. I'm so proud of you for that. What is the point of calling it dry January?

If you started the 15th or you started the 7th, what really, I mean, it's easier to explain to people, oh, why aren't you drinking? Yeah, dry January. It's easy to explain, but bro, doing dry January is exactly like having a heated jacket or going to CrossFit. Yeah, you're like, you can't do dry January without telling everyone you're doing dry January. That's accurate. No, not November. Did that...

Pan out for you guys? Wait, pan out? Who does that? I sure didn't. Yeah. No, that is one of those things I'm like legit, like who does that? Do people still do that? I think the same thing about dry January. They're both bullshit. Like I think I like no shave November. Like do with that what you will. It can be your beard. It can be your whole body. Like that's fun. That's funny. It changes your look. It doesn't hurt anybody. But no, not November. That hurts people. Me too. Yeah.

I was going to make a joke, but it just didn't feel right. Yeah, it's fine. Did you guys, other than dry January, which we've obviously all failed, did anybody have any other New Year's resolutions that they haven't kept up with? Oh, shit. I forgot to set those. Have already, like, abandoned ship on? Yeah.

I legit... Yeah, I actually... I told myself I was going to start working out. Classic. That's original. Wait, I do have a question on that. Did you ever start working out this year? Well... Wait. Wait.

This year? This year. After you said, I'm going to start working out this year. No, no. I still haven't gotten in the gym once. I still haven't gotten in the gym once. And I wasn't going to call you all for it, but I don't think he has. No, yeah. I abandoned ship immediately after I told myself that.

So, yeah, that one's not going too well. Where you went right is not telling everybody. Yeah, I didn't tell. If I never told anybody I was doing Dry January, there'd be no fuss. There would be no hubbub about me ordering Crown Lemonades today at dinner. So if you'd been like, oh, I'm going to work out every day, and the first day you're not at the gym, people would have noticed. Dude, I just quit right away. Move in silence. Quit before you start. Exactly. That's what I always say. No, what do we always say?

If you're going to give up, just give up right away. What's the point of dragging it out? It's also never too late to give up. Yeah, basically the thing, if you're going to give up, give up now because you're probably going to fail anyway. That's such awful advice. Can't you see that? Just a picture, like an inspirational picture, black and white, and cursive writing. If you're going to give up, just give up right away. Ben Roth. Just do it.

Just give up. So my girlfriend Alondra, who has much stronger willpower than me, apparently said going into the new year, she's like, I'm going to start more consistently working out. She wrote it down and was like, I'm going to drink more water. I'm going to start working out. I'm going to do all these things to benefit her life. And I'm like, you know what? I will do that, including dry January. And I was like, I will do that to support you. You know, I'm with you on this.

Week goes by and I go, babe, I just came back from the snowmobiling trip. The time changes. I'm so tired. Not this week. I can't work out this week. Too busy with work. I'll get you next week. It's Wednesday night. I haven't worked out once this week with her. She's getting up at like 7 a.m. going to the gym, doing the 13, 25, 30 or whatever it is that she does. Some workout. And I'm just like, damn, I really suck.

That's all I had to say. I'm sorry. I thought I had more of a goal. No, you're good. That was beautiful. I ended up giving up on it. It was beautiful. It was beautiful. It was just sad. It was just sad. I just had a brother tear to my eye. You know, Ben, I was a little disappointed when you came in with the apology. I thought you were also going to apologize for hating on my Hummer. But I still haven't earned that one yet. Not hating. Not hating. But just, you know.

Just making jokes. Just making jokes, which is fine. I'm cool with that. I'm cool with that. Making jokes. Having a good time. Make laugh. Love. My favorite Instagram post of all time is Ryan, like, posing up with the Hummer. Swipe right. Gucci Mane. Posed up with the Hummer. Like, swipe right. Paris Hilton. Dude. Like, another one with Ryan.

Dude, of all time? That's probably your favorite just because it's his most recent one. You can't remember all of his other good ones? I posted something else. You did do a good job with the carousel on that one. You found a lot of photos. I didn't know that pretty much any 2000s rapper or personality or artist had a Hummer. I did forget about some pretty big ones. Bam Margera had one.

There were so many people that tagged, like, why didn't you do this? And I was like, man, I forgot that so many people had Hummers. I could only do 10 pictures. Ryan, sorry for what I said about your Hummer. No, it's okay. It's okay. So it just got disregarded just like that. Nah, it's okay. Kip, well, I tried. Let the record have it that he tried.

On that last thing on that Instagram picture, you know how it'll post also to Facebook. Yeah. And I've done a couple of Instagram posts are funny for Instagram, like our Florida stats where I'm like, I, you know, I was up at walk and I just like look through and it's like, you know,

Your grandma liked this. I'm like, I really got to not post these to Facebook if they're kind of a little bit like that. But anyway, I go through and I think I ended up deleting that one. And I post the Hummer one, didn't think anything of it. So I post it. And my grandma's neighbor, who has been family friends with them for a long time, she's still got Facebook. She's still running with that. And she comments on the picture of Paris Hilton

Next to her armor. And goes, who is this pretty lady? Doesn't look like your sister! Exclamation point. Genuine. That was a genuine question. She looked at a crusty old picture of Paris Hilton holding a Louis Vuitton purse and a chihuahua. And went, who is this lovely lady? It's in potato resolution. Grandma, sorry, Marlis, that is Paris Hilton. So...

The only girl it could have been was your sister? I don't really know on that. I'm sure that's the only association. She didn't question Gucci Mane? Is this your friend? Who's your friend? Hold up. What does she think for the rest of them? Man, she had to have been confused.

She thought you knew it. We're friends with all those people. Can you imagine how confused she was scrolling over and seeing all the pictures?

Oh, that's funny. You know, a couple podcasts ago, I said that old people aren't funny and I'd take it back. Old funny are really funny without trying, but most of the time they're just being memes. You feel kind of bad for laughing, which makes it more hilarious. That's awesome. All right. All right, guys. Let's wrap. Oh, one more thing. Penis. Personal electronic nicotine inhalant system. Penis. Do not forget that.

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