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I know Ray was all my dogs in the house. Right? He might have used game time.
But that was Baja Men. Yeah, that was definitely the Baja.
No, no, no. The Baja Men are the exact opposite of all my dogs in the house.
The Baja Men were concerned about who let all the dogs out of their house. Yeah.
Can I ask you something about houses really quick just because you mentioned it and and I feel like we're not gonna get back to it. You just said that like when when you had a cat sitter at your house and your cat would scurry about and go sneak the food that the cat sitter thought oh that's just one of those house noises and we all just kind of like moved on.
That's like one of the weirdest things we do as like a society, right? Is like we just like, there's noises in your house. You're like, ah, it's just a house noise.
And it's really just because like, I don't want to deal with whatever that noise is. So as long as I don't know what it is and it doesn't sound like it's too serious, that's just a house noise.
And we're not going to address that. It's creaking.
Like it's the changing temperature. Like I think this explains, right? It's like the change in in temperature it's wood and whatever expanding and contracting and so you just you want me to go find where it is contracted and heat up that portion of that house no i'm just saying like i feel like there's so much going on that there's just like a certain level of sound that you like just allow to occur you're like i don't really need to know i was gonna i was gonna let you off the hook billy but yeah tell him we need to know what your uber rating is because you seem like you he's growing up in nice houses he's growing up in such nice houses that they don't have creeks meanwhile no it's just there's always one temperature down here so wood doesn't get colder or hotter and everything's like concrete too as much as much as i love your value uh the value you bring to the show with these interesting non-sequiturs i imagine that this is a bit.
This is you all the time. So when you're riding in Ubers, you probably annoy the hell out of your driver because you're like, hey.
I don't like the way you're setting this up at all. I was thinking today just walking in.
It was his strategy today. Don't take it.
I was walking in today just thinking because I saw someone doing something. I'm like, that person's kind of weird, i thought well like to that person they're normal right and like i'm weird so like i'm positive no it wasn't you it wasn't you look me in my eyes and promise no it wasn't you no it wasn't you so it was someone that was like running down the street like going for a jog doing something and i was like that's kind of weird behavior that this person has and i feel he was weird no no no it was it.
It was a particular... We don't need to get bogged down by this.
So, the point is, I saw it and I was like, that person's weird. But to that person, what they're doing is totally normal.
And I feel like that's the case for everyone, right? Like, weird people don't know they're weird. They just think that to them, because of their circumstances, what they're doing is completely justifiable and not weird whatsoever.
It's possible. I feel like sometimes I know if I'm doing something weird and I know it's weird.
But you haven't told us what they were doing. You said they were running down the street.
I don't want to say what it was because maybe the person works here. It was me, wasn't it? It wasn't you, though.
Now you got to. Anyways, my rating is a 4.91.
Woo! Yeah, I'm not proud of it. That's good.
It was a five for the longest time. But here's the thing.
I don't use Uber all that much. I only pretty much use it when I'm out of town.
Like, if I'm in town, I drive everywhere. That's not a good thing, though.
Because the more times you use it, the higher the number goes. No.
Yes. The justification that it would be lower because you're basically exposed to more drivers who might understand what you do is weird versus what they think around but can i tell you why so a few means that like no it means one bad score really throws it off if i get a three then it throws off my five average i was at a five forever then i looked at it was like 4.8 something i was like what happened here nothing's wrong if you get a three well i know what five rides track it back i did one ride i did you know what you did i know i know what happened i didn't do anything in my opinion this is what happened i was in washington dc i was i was going around we were we were checking out the monuments whatever right because of where we were i got the big bus tour we got an uber and then the person couldn't find where we were i guess guess there was like closure or whatever.
So the person had to do like multiple loops around. Then it was raining.
So we were standing behind this column. Then they couldn't find us.
And it became this whole thing. And I was like, I'm sorry that I'm in an inconvenient spot, but I'm a tourist.
I don't know where I'm supposed to be. So then I went back and I found that I got like a three on that ride.
And I was very upset because I gave the a five even though they kept us waiting in the rain for a very long time now I have a strategy on uber because because I I know that I can be weird as you have described me you said I'm weird you have weird non sequiturs which I appreciate well this is this is what I'll do I'll never hit the option to not talk to me oh right? But what I do is I play the game, and it's weird in the sense that, like, so I'm the one that's being driven around, but I am catering to the driver the majority of the time. Like, I try to get the vibe of the driver based on the music that they're playing, based on if they're starting a conversation with me, based on if they're talking on the phone.
Like, I try to see what kind of experience the driver wants to to have and then I try to provide that experience for the driver just for this rating that doesn't matter because again I pretty much only use it like when I'm on vacation so if it's been a quiet ride because we haven't spoken much right what I'll do is I always end on a positive note so when I know we're like three or four blocks away like thank you no no no no when I I know we're like three or four blocks away. You say thank you.
No, no, no, no, no. When I know we're like three or four blocks away, the information that I have taken in while I've been in the seat, I figure out what is like the simplest like softball, small talk conversation that I can start with this person that I know will go favorable for them.
And I show interest in what I've experienced them doing. So like one time when we were, I don't know, we were like in Chicago or whatever, right? We're driving around, it's pretty quiet most of the time.
And it was a Tesla that I got picked up in, right? And I have not been in a Tesla before, especially not an Uber, right? So then I start talking, I'm like, oh, you know, you like this Tesla? Because I know Tesla drivers love talking about Teslas, right? So like I waited a little bit. I'm like, how do you like this Tesla? I've never been.
He's like, oh, I love it. I'm like, yeah, it's kind of cool in here.
He's like, how do you charge? Do you have a charger at home? Do you go, no, I go here. I do this.
I'm like, how long does it take? So I just start talking to him about his Tesla because I know that's what the Tesla driver really wants to talk about. I would have gave you a one star for that.
No way. The guy loved it.
How do I charge it? No, I charge it. Guys, no.
Some people have home chargers. Some people have to go to charging stations.
And when you go to the charging station, you have to wait an extended amount of time. This guy, in case you were wondering, which you're not, this guy didn't have a home charger because he lived in an apartment.
So he'd have to go somewhere. And I was like, well, how many miles do you get when you charge it? How often do you charge it? I just get into what I think they want to talk about.
I start observing them and then I ask them questions on the way up. One time when we were in Austin.
You're a .9 boy. That's good enough.
You're in the .9 boy crew. Yeah.
I want to get it up though. Here's the thing.
Once you're not a fiver, you can never be a fiver again. I don't know.
Do we have the list before? Because I want to know where he places and did did we get one from Amin and anybody else? I do. I have them.
I have Dom. Only two I'm unsure of.
You two. You were 4.9, Dom.
Yeah, 4.9. 4.78.
4.78. I was a 4.92.
Mike, 4.75. Let's go.
Jess, 5.0. Yeah.
Roy, 4.97. There we go.
Charlie, 4.87. All right.
So now I have two updates for us. Tony's a 49 flat, which is a little surprising.
I'm embarrassed for the 49 club. And then Amin, I texted Amin as I scroll through my text now.
This is, you know, not great on air. So let me ask you something.
The lower numbers, I'm assuming it's always someone else's fault, right? Everyone's always like, ah, my friends. We found out yesterday that Lucy had a dot.
What did Lucy have? She had a really good one. 496.
She had two charges of $250 for throwing up in the Uber. That she remembered.
They couldn't have been on her account. There's no chance.
Yeah, it was on someone else's account.

That has to have been like a group of friends that someone else got.

There's no way that you've thrown up in a car and you have it that high.

Twice.

That's crazy.

So Amin, he texted me. I said, what's your Uber rating?

He said 4.86, but that's with the black tax.

So I am probably a 4.91, all else being equal.

That's valid.

I'll take it.

I didn't want to go into that, but I can tell when I get an Uber if this guy likes black people or not. Almost immediately.
I can too sometimes, and I'm not even black. You're not even.
And then how do you start that conversation? My one's on the radio. Now that we're here, finally.
Yeah. That's the first thing I thought of when you said I try to end it favorably for them.
I'm like, you slide a little racism in there on the way out, don't you? You just open the window. Just to get that Uber rating.
You crack the door. It's one of my icebergs.
Obama, huh? And then I see which way they go and then I know which way to finish with. I appreciate you speaking English.
So, someone who is not getting a good rating, at least not from John Moran, is Taylor Jenkins. I want to get into this conversation.
He got fired from the Grizzlies, who were in third place and had a really good record. They're considered a Western conference contender.
It was kind of a shocking—probably would have been the most shocking thing of this. The vote on the tush push has been tabled.
Ah. Boo.
Back to you. So this probably would have been the most shocking thing in the NBA season if it wasn't for the fact that Luka got traded.
But having Taylor Jenkins, a winning coach on a team that seems to be heading in the right direction and a respected X and O's coach, be fired by his team just before the playoffs, I think 15 games out of the playoffs while they're playing well in third place. Blew my mind.
I think some reporting has come out since. Yeah, so the background on this is they cleared house of their assistant coaches this offseason, and the new offense ran fewer ball screens, and John Morant in this system was not happy with his fewest touches, fewest points, fewest shot attempts per game in several years.

He's also a considerably worse player than he was three years ago,

shooting the ball significantly worse.

And it creates a really interesting situation.

You have a good coach.

You have John Morant who, regardless of how absurd the NBA suspension

and over the top was for his off-the-court stuff a couple years ago,

he is still an unstable superstar because he doesn't play and he's not a consistent

scorer because he can't shoot the basketball.

He hasn't been consistent in the postseason.

You guys, is it right

in the NBA superstar culture to let that

guy in that city

change that coach?

Yeah, the

reporting is that he's out

because Ja didn't like the changes to the offense.

It's implied. It's not explicitly said, but the implication is that he wasn't happy with his role in the new offense.
They're trying to figure out the reasons why. That's not the reason why Jha's not Jha, man.
You got to let that bird free, man. You got to let him.
You got to give him a weekend. That's Dennis Rod.
You got to give him a weekend in South Beach, man. I wanted to ask Steve Williams that about Tiger.

Like, you got to let them do what they do, man.

Steve Williams looked straight in the eye and said,

Tiger had no off-field distraction.

That's great.

I didn't want to say it.

That's why I wanted to give grace to Neek, man,

because we're going to take accountability,

which Steve went on record he is not for.

He is not for workplace accountability. I'm like, okay, we're just breezing over everything at this point.
The idea of the superstar in the NBA having enough power to fire a coach is not new. It doesn't bother me that Taylor Jenkins got run because the superstar wanted him out.
I don't know that banking on that superstar, and I think this is what you're alluding to, Charlie, is that John Morant is not a reliable superstar and he's not the level of superstar that you want to give this power to, but he's the guy in that city. And it just speaks to me about being a head coach in basketball or being anyone in the basketball organization.
I ran into this argument oftentimes when people want to be critical of teams that were constructed around LeBron and say, well, don't blame the GM because LeBron's actually the GM. Maybe he is, but your job as the GM is to convince LeBron.
You know, like you would have thought that at one point your job is to build a roster, but now your job has gotten a little harder when there's someone in your organization who has as much power and influence as a superstar player. Your job now becomes to sell LeBron, convince LeBron it was his idea, or figure out a way.
And I feel the same way about this offense with Taylor Jenkins. And so, like, if Taylor gets fired because Jai's not happy, maybe you wish Jai would have handled this differently.
But ultimately, as a head coach, when you're a head coach of an NBA team and you guys have a superstar, I'm not saying you have to kowtow to the superstar, but you have to take into account that whatever you're doing, the first person and maybe the only person whose buy-in you have to get off the top is the superstar and it doesn't matter how good your idea is. I don't give a shit how innovative your offense is.
If you ain't convinced him that is innovative and it's going to help you out, then you lost. It's age-old problem in sports where you think the title puts you in charge or you think the talent sometimes puts you in charge.
When I was playing receiver in the league and I had other receivers, and they were like, man, you're so happy being the fourth. I'm like, I'm not happy being the fourth receiver, bro.
I know what I make. Like, this is the most I can be looking at the contracts.
And you arguing for touches as an undrafted free agent on special teams, that ain't how this works, my boy. You got to follow the money trail.
So even looking at Coach Jenkins and what you make a year versus what Ja makes a year, it is not more important for what your strategy is. It only fits in that way of how it pertains to the main investment, which is Ja Morant.
And also, you might not have even done anything from your perspective, the warrant being fired or whatever, but from an organizational standpoint, we've invested this into Ja Morant, even if it is like, hey, maybe this doesn't work out, maybe he'll never be the same player. We got to remove some of the factors to see if that's the case.
And I'm okay with moving away $3 to $5 million a year to save the $50 million a year that I'm giving this player. And the NBA superstar is the NFL quarterback in that you can't win without one.
And even if Jai is not the perfect one, he's the closest thing you got to it. And there are lots of teams that are looking for somebody like that.
So you thinking that you can, and I'm not suggesting that Taylor Jenkins is like, man, I don't need to convince Jai. I'll figure this out.
But ultimately, whether he's doing that consciously or not, not having him believe in his plan is essentially doing that. And the point that you made about being the number four receiver and they say you show up to practice happy even though you're not getting no balls, I can't afford not to be.
I can't afford. I cannot.
Yeah. I'm in no position to come in here and try to wave it around and tell people what I am and am not going to do.
Although, I'm not returning no punts. I don't care what you say.
Me neither. I've won record saying I'm not returning.
I've told head coaches, hey, no, you go back there and return it. Yeah, I don't know what happens with the Grizzlies going forward.
I don't think that they were like a real legitimate title contender, top of the league, even though they were third place. No one was really considering what Ja and that team was going to do relative to the real top dogs, I think, in the West.
But the future of that organization, I think, is still dependent on Ja Morant, no matter what, and finding some sort of way to build something, to hire someone and build something that he believes in and he's going to buy into is their only way of going forward, even if Taylor Jenkins is the smartest new coach on the scene. Is that the toughest spot for an NBA team to be in, though, where you don't want to trade someone that talented because if you trade him somewhere, it's like he could be a 38-5 guy on a random team.
But if you keep him and he's entitled to thinking he's in charge of the organization, you might just be a first-round buy every single year for a higher seed. It's tough.
That's like having a quarterback who's the 13th best quarterback. You're like, ah, he's good enough to start, but am I going to win anything? Tua? Yes, actually.
The alternatives at that position are tough, and it's impossible to find the perfect quarterback for your situation, but you wouldn't move on from Tua. I think Jai's probably a higher version than Tua, but that's not the perfect.
Do you think he has a better arm than him? Jai Murray. Yeah.
Straight up, if they started the goal line. That's so disrespectful.
Do you think he could throw a football further? Absolutely not. I do.
There's no way. How tall is Jai? 6' 6'3"? He's bendy.
Elastic arm. He can whip it.
Doesn't he look like one of those dudes who's just good at every sport? He is an incredible athlete, but there's no way he can throw it farther than Tua. There's no way.
I mean, I think farther, it's like we see the long ball drivers guys. They, they're not better golfers than real golfers.
Bro, there's no way. We just got done talking about how you get disrespected every time someone even remotely insinuates that they could outdo you at something that you did for money.
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And now with computers, I mean, you can make anything look like anything, Dan. It's almost cheating.
It's not fair. If you push a button and it takes a thousand pictures, you're going to find a good one in the batch.
There were a lot of photographers there taking thousands of pictures. One got that photograph.
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This is the Don Levatore Show with the Stugats. Speaking of which, Taylor out there talking crazy.
He was talking nuts, man. Goofy ass out of here, Taylor.
You ain't faster than not NAM me or Hawkking this thing. I have an update from ChatGPT.
And now, Hawk, I know there's a sordid history between you and ChatGPT. But Ja Morant, according to ChatGPT, can reportedly throw a football about 70 yards.
What? Wow. There have been clips of him launching deep passes during warm-ups and off-season workouts showing off his impressive arm strength.
Wow they have him mixed up with ant edwards the chat gpp it definitely knows that john morant is a basketball player wow all right yeah i support i think that plays right into what i was saying it's like i would not say that john morant is a better quarterback like i obviously these long ball driver guys are not better golfers but like if you ask him to do this very simple thing he's a taller guy whippy athleticism big hands like yeah i feel like jack can launch that thing now is he going to be more accurate is he going to be a better decision maker of course not well definitely not a better decision maker it's not quite known for that but i i also don't think he can throw it further. I asked ChatGPT for proof, and it was prepared for that question.
While specific measurements of John Morant's football throwing distance aren't publicly documented, his athletic prowess suggests he possesses significant arm strength. For instance, during a game against the Knicks on February 28th, Morant attempted a full court shot, throwing the basketball approximately 94 feet.
This action resulted in a technical foul. What are we doing, Chad GP? It's 31 yards.
What the hell are we doing? Yeah. And now you're spreading this folklore that people are taking and running with? It's harder to throw a basketball.
Yeah, it is harder to throw a basketball. Are we kidding right now? You think he's the first athlete 6'3"? Nah.
That doesn't mean you can throw a football 70 yards because he can do crazy windmills. I appreciate the chat DPT support, but I'm not sure that I really...
It was like, yeah, he's documented he can throw a football far. Show it to me.
Well, we don't really have a video per se, but remember that game against the Knicks? Shut up, ChatGPD. You sound like my Uncle Rick.
Oh, you got an uncle name going to start with A? He just makes stuff up, man. Like, he literally just, yeah, he could do this.
Back in my day. Like, Rick, you're lying, bro.
Uncle Rick probably hates the internet. Rick was getting them lies off.
Forever. Uncle Rick been getting them lies off until the early 2000s

when people had phones with the internet.

You wouldn't believe the archives

I've had to go into

to prove Uncle Rick wrong

because he thinks I don't have access

to newspapers.

Well, I feel like that still

doesn't stop Uncle Rick, though.

It doesn't stop Uncle Rick.

Apparently, we have a photo of the guy

that says he could beat you guys in a race.

If you guys want to throw up that photo of Taylor. He ran track.
Why are you laughing, man? What? He's running for North Carolina. That doesn't mean anything to you as a Maryland Terp.
But it's me who grew up wanting to play for North Carolina. He has a baton, so he's on some team of sort.
Yeah. On some relay.
That's a 400 guy. That's an 800 guy.

You might beat me in a 400 or 800

riding on Taylor

in the one. You think you can ride him in the one?

Headband's wild, yeah? The headband is crazy.

Especially because he has a buzz cut.

Let's be serious about

this guy. Let's break this down.

Especially since he wasn't in the headband era.

How old is Taylor? That's a wild look yeah like the headband era was like 2001 you know there's no way that this was then what you also know and for the listening audience taylor has good arm definition which like suggests that maybe he's a pretty good athlete i respect that he's an above average so racially that tan so. That can.
So racially ambiguous. I'm even more confused now.
We think Italian. That's like a Greek last name, man.
This is like a Nike ad to sell the headbands. Like, let's just put someone right dab in the middle.
This is a Mike Tirico situation. I see some Mbappe.
Little bops? Got some bops, too? Got some Mbappe in there. The top is top is Baggy Man, which suggested me that the equipment manager didn't respect him, which means he was a slow guy on the team.
I'm sorry, Taylor. I know as a rookie, as a third-round rookie, my jersey never looked worse.
I don't know what's happening right now. This is the lightest I've ever seen his complexion.
And he's outside running outdoor track. But it's also the blackest he's ever looked.
How in the world do you got an indoor season complexion on the outdoor season track? Fuentes is so pissed right now. Fuentes? Why he pissed? He doesn't like when we talk about that.
Well, he's not racially ambiguous. The guy in the green back there that he's beating very clearly tells me this was like a B team situation.
I don't even know. that.
That guy's just wearing a Jersey. That says, does it say Babson? When does UNC race Babson? Taylor, this is not helping you, man.
I hope that they look this up. I hope you didn't look this up.
Somebody go mouse. He for sure sent this to them.
I hope you didn't send this to them thinking that this was going to scare me. George Mason or Or a guy named Mason? I don't think George Mason would be the George on top.
It would be. That's an astute observation.
It looks like Mason George. Maybe there's a G on the far side that we can't see.
I've never been more confident in my life that I would ride on this kid. Get out of here.
I don't know. You probably paid to run too.
Are you a scholarship athlete? Did they call you up? Did they send you a letter? Or you showed up and knocked on the door and was like, hey, excuse me. I hate to discriminate against me.
As a former walk-on, I don't want to discriminate against the walk-ons. However.
Some of us do have talent. Right.
But this does point to, it is not Taylor so much. It is the guy beside him because in a 400 his neck shouldn't be back that far that looks like a distance runner yeah that's a distance runner's demeanor and in body style like that guy this feels like a four by one or like a four by eight this might be a situation this is slow this is a slow race my guy got them glasses on that guy The glasses is the thing.
And those are Rexbecks for sure. How bad your vision got to be that you can't stay between the lines? We're not asking you to catch nothing, bro.
How bad your vision got to be that you got to wear glasses to run straight? Goodness, Taylor. Who are you running against? I like my chances against Taylor in the 100.
I did run a 100 last year. Nice.
This is a look at me, Louie situation. Because it was the same thing.
I'm like, I want to see what this is about. You ran all out? I did tweak my hamstring.
I absolutely did. It put me out.
I have not run since. It was in July.
Good for you. But I did run an 11-6.
Damn. That's solid at 39 years old.
That's more than solid. Thank you, sir.
That is very impressive at 39 years old. Taylor, you don't stand to chiz-hance.
While we're catching up on the athletic ability of people around here, we have a video also of Tony playing some league basketball. There's Tony shooting a three.
Bang. Making a three.
Apparently this is a highlight reel, so it's all going to be good plays. There's some in the corner.
Why are we showing this on a day he's not here? No, I want to see. I want to see what we're working with.
Hold on, hold on. Hold on.
Hold on. Give and go.
Hold on. Again, Tony, whatever.
Look at the people he's playing against. Here's a dude on a court with a pink satin do-rag.
You bail with a satin do-rag on. Get out of here.
He got his stroke, though. That also looks like a very much younger Tony.
I mean, he's a catch-and-shoot player. That's fine.
That's the same point in a one-on-one situation. Can you create? He's tall.
Can you create and can you stop me from getting to the cup? If you ain't 7'6". He was the tallest player on that court.
And you know where he was at? Corner. They relegated the biggest player to the, hey, they saw him play, it was like, hey, you know what? Stand over there.
Me and Satin Du-Reg gonna run a two-man game and if they help off of it, then you gotta open shot. Stand over there.
So, you guys, Hawk and Fox, ran the exact same 40 time at the Combine. Wow.
How about that? 4.34, guys. That's crazy.
Who's winning a race right now? That's real speed. Oh, Hawk is running a race.
Not today. You know, I mean, I have not run this July.
I can't tell you who's going to win. I'll tell you who will lose, and his name is Taylor.
If we were to run a race. that manila folder.
I like Taylor, bro. Taylor's been an athlete.
I like him. Let's throw up that photo again because it does.
I mean, we could deduce. Is that guy in first place? Is that guy in first place? He's cut.
Or is that an official at the very back? No, no, hold on. I can guarantee you that Jason is not in second place.
So if you're telling me that Taylor's in first place, that means Jason's in second place. He's all the way on the most inner lane, right? Taylor's on the most inside lane.
Uh-huh. And Jason, so this is 7-8 territory.
We're looking at Taylor got seventh place. Unless he's being lapped.
I'm telling you, he'll be getting second place in Heat 3. And that's fine.
Yeah, that's fine. But he was also on the football team.
So he's a two-sport athlete at North Carolina. Yes.
Which is factual. It's factual.
That's factual. So it's not like he was putting everything into track.
The tough thing is, you said he's a two-sport athlete at Carolina three days after I ran into Julius Peppers in Colorado. You want to talk about a two-sport athlete.
How dare you put Taylor in the same conversation as... He's on the metal sand.
Ronald Curry, Taylor Vipolis. Three.
Julius Peppers, man. I feel like Julius Pe and like miles garrett like guys like that it's a different category of human yeah like you were talking about phylums earlier that's a phylum that taylor don't need to get nowhere near are we counting michael jordan as a tarheel two-sport athlete what other sport did he play baseball but not for the school no that doesn't no he didn't play for their baseball team right i don't think so maybe no we're not we're not giving him the two sport he has everything else so taylor's a better two-sport athlete than michael jordan in north carolina history for sure he's not he is not the ceiling is the roof certainly more accomplished maybe mary marion jones didn't she do track and basketball yeah that's a sand down, Taylor.
That's an incredible athlete. But you're still on the Mount Rushmore.

Yeah.

You know what Taylor does around here, one of his most important jobs, boldest take?

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We should not be making not dishwasher safe products anymore. I'll hang up and listen.
Hey, this is Richard. I just got out of a lunch with my sister-in-law.
Bold take. You get one basic modification to your meal.
After that, you're an a**hole. You say, hey, no pickle

or sister-in-law. Bold take.
You get one basic modification to your meal. After that, you're an a**hole.
You say, hey, no pickle or no onion. Add tomato, whatever the heck.
You get one. Anything after one, you're a piece of a**hole.
My boldest take from the weekend is that the Tootsie Roll song is way more popular than the Tootsie Roll candy. Provolone cheese is the superior all-purpose sandwich cheese.
Put it on a cheeseburger, cold turkey sandwich. It goes with any kind of sandwich.
Hey, this is Jeremy from Auburn. I'm going to do Bobby from King of the Hill Limited Fake.
Yeah, this is Jahan from Oklahoma, and I'm just going to say, quit calling it a luncheon.

It's just a lunch.

Get over yourself.

Deep dish pizza is closer to lasagna than it is to real pizza.

To William from Winter Park, and this is my limited fake Mickey Mouse.

Oh, boy!

Hey there, it's Bobby from Arizona.

I was looking at some very early pre-draft rankings of players, and I was wondering how in the hell Rutgers has two players that are expected to be picked in the top five in the NBA draft, yet somehow they managed to have a 15 and 17 record this year in the Big Ten. Yeah, he's not the only one asking that question.
It's a damn good question. I am done with lunch.
Like, why do we call it a lunch? Yeah, I don't know. It's just lunch.
I mean, there has to be some reason. It's not even spelled right.
Yeah. There has to be some reason why.
Lunch and. Like, dine and.
It's a French word or something? Is that what it is? Lunch on. Lunch on.
Lunch on. That is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh in the history of the world.
It's doing a French accent. Oh, it's great.
I don't mean it as a judgment. It's perfect.
I've never not laughed when someone honed on the end of their phrase. Well, I mean, Kenan Thompson literally made a career out of it, you know, as Pierre Escargot.
We don't speak of that. We don't speak that name.
Sorry. You're bringing up game one shit.
My bad. We're on game two.
We can't learn from it? We can turn on Kenan because of yesterday? No, I love Kenan. I'm just joking.
No, we never turn. Kenan and Kel, such a good show.
I didn't even get into that. I was letting him push where he wanted to go.
I wanted to list my favorite Kenan sketches. I wanted to do impersonations.
But I didn't want to disrespect him. Call him up.
Get him back on. Get him back on.
He seemed like he enjoyed it. He's not coming on.
After Mike disrespected Gerd the way that he did to end the interview. In the interview you said something negative about GERD no I was like you know just I wanted to say GERD it was funny and I thought let me try to make it lighter I'm like did you ever think you'd go from you know being a teenager on all that to doing media hits about GERD that also implies that you failed at life too no I won't stand for it no I meant it like as like wow you've been in entertainment for so long.
That'll tell you you're hitting 40, right? I will not stand for the Mike disrespect. It's not Mike disrespect.
I mean, not disrespect. I was standing for the disrespect.
I will not sit for the Mike criticism because as we established, I couldn't get the ball up the court. And Mike was not expecting to have to get the ball.
He was trying. So that's on me.
We've accepted accountability for that a number of times. But lasagna, deep dish pizza, accurate take, right? Like lasagna, deep dish pizza is delicious, but it's weird calling it pizza because it is much closer to lasagna than it is.
As all the fix it has all the fixings. Disagreed.
Yeah, still.

I mean, that's like lots of different foods have the same components,

but if you put them together differently, they become a different food.

You're talking about like a wrap and salad?

Yeah.

You don't call a salad wrap a salad wrap.

You call it a wrap.

Salad sandwich.

They do call them Caesar wraps, though.

Yeah.

Is a Caesar wrap a salad? No. Makes you think.
No, Caesar wrap's a Caesar wrap. What is Caesar's connection to that salad? Has anybody figured that out? I assume it's the dressing they probably invented or originated, the dressing.
Also, how did Caesar get the haircut? Get a fresh Caesar? Yeah, there's a lot of things going on those are the biggest influences in the history of that empire is dressing and i feel like we had a nice lead in this third quarter we're still up no they were still up you know no we're just down to single digits we're moving the ball around we're killing clock we tookrieve. Last shot.
Wait till y'all see this fourth quarter though.

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Yep.

So it has nothing to do with Julius Caesar.

Nah.

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