Which Riddle Riddle?

#24: New Year's Re:SOLUTIONS! w/ Zach Reino & Jessica McKenna

00:00:00

Adal

Bark bark bark, JPC. Me hungry.

JPC

Adal, we've talked about this, my man. If you do that, I will feed you, but it will be dog food.

Adal

That's fine.

JPC

Okay, I mean, I think I know what's going on. You want the dog food because you know that I use Ollie dog food. Ruff ruff. Ollie's fresh recipes are developed by real chefs and backed by vet nutritionists. They're obsessed with making the best meals with the highest quality ingredients for dogs. Now, I gotta say, Adal, you can eat it. I don't think you're gonna like it as a human. This is specifically for dogs.

Adal

It just looks and sounds so good. Also, with Ollie, you don't just get food through their app, you can actually check in on your dog's health with real vets. Just by uploading a picture of your dog, not of your Adal, their team can check in on your dog's weight, digestion, coat, all because they're obsessed with making sure your pup is as healthy as can be.

JPC

I wonder what happens if I upload a picture of Adal. Let me just try it now. They said, oh, they said, this dog is very sick. Take this dog. Take this dog. It says to a people hospital. I switched to Ollie, I tried it out, my dog Spaghetti absolutely went nuts for Ollie. She is a dog, one of these types of dogs, I don't know if you've heard of, have you heard of these types of dogs? She's the type of dog who you can like put the food in her bowl and then she'll just like see it in there all day and only eat it when she's hungry. Now, when it's time for dinner, at about four o'clock every day, she comes up and starts snapping at me like, hey man, get the Ollie out of the fridge, put it in the bowl, dude, you gotta be getting faster at this. She absolutely loves it, and it's the first food that I've ever given her that she actually seems to be interested in. So get ready for both you and your pup to be obsessed. Head to Ollie.com slash Riddle, tell them all about your dog, and use code RIDDLE to get 70% off your welcome kit when you subscribe today. Plus, they offer an obsession guarantee. If you're not completely obsessed, you'll get your money back. That's O-L-L-I-E dot com slash Riddle. And enter code RIDDLE to get 70% off your first box. Can't confirm the promo code works because I used it. I used my own promo code for my own podcast. That's how much I like the product.

00:02:11

Adal

Oh, shoot. I just remembered I buried some bones in the backyard. And by bones, I mean Erin. Let me go dig her up.

JPC

Oh boy. Ollie, feed the obsession. This is a HeadGum Podcast.

Adal

The Doctor is a special announcement!

JPC

Hey Clue Crew, we got a special announcement from your favorite host of a particular podcast that you may enjoy. The McElroy's? It's not the McElroy's. It's a three Hey Riddle Riddle. Hey Riddle Riddle! Hey Riddle Riddle!

00:03:53

Adal

Now you can do that. We're doubling our content.

JPC

If you look at JPC, Erin, and Adele and say, I like them, but I want to make them dance. Dance for my joy, my enjoyment. We're jesters and clowns, and you want clowns to dance, we dance for you.

Adal

You throw the money at us, we dance for you.

Erin

We dance. We just dance.

JPC

And Erin, how much money do we charge for a dance?

Erin

If you want to

Adal

I love podcasts, but I want it to be more visual. Now we're going to dance for you.

Erin

And if we drive you crazy, just know our personalities will fully change on the Patreon. We'll be so nice to each other.

JPC

Oh yeah. If you hate the podcast in its current state, it's much different on the Patreon. Pay $5, don't listen.

Adal

And if you enjoy the current state, I have a secret for you. We still yell at each other.

00:04:56

Erin

We're actively mean to one another.

Adal

So check out our Patreon starting in January. We'd love your support. Thank you so much for listening. Take care.

Erin

Just be careful, okay? Be careful today. We love you. You're a precious cargo.

JPC

We love you. If you're going to the grocery store today, bring a big knife.

Erin

What?

JPC

Everybody be careful.

Erin

No, no, no, no.

JPC

Drive your car fast.

Erin

Do not listen to JPC.

JPC

Do like what Teddy Roosevelt said. Drive your car very fast, but carry a big knife.

Adal

Happy New Year! It's Hey Riddle Riddle, I'm Adal Rifai, I'm JPC, and I'm Erin Keif. No shit. All Sherlock. I am Old Baby Inquiries. Old Baby Puzzies. These get worse and worse as we go along.

00:06:09

Erin

Is there such a thing as Baby New Year?

Adal

Yeah, that's what I was playing on. You want me to just be Baby New Year? Not Old Baby?

Erin

I don't know.

Adal

You have to be Old Baby New Year.

Erin

Can you be Old Baby New Year?

Adal

Okay, I'm Old Baby New Year. Dishing out the piping hot Riddies and Puzzies for 2019. Guys, it's a new year. New year, new president. Can you believe everything that happened to Trump?

???

Unbelievable.

Adal

Drowned in the Pacific Ocean. Insane. Yeah, he tried to drink it.

Erin

I never thought 2019 would ever be a year. I never in my wildest dreams thought this would ever actually be real.

Adal

But we're here. We are here. We have two incredibly special guests in the studio and we're going to switch things up a little bit. We usually do, whenever we have guest hosts, we usually do a mailbag episode, but we just did a mailbag episode and I would not stand for these people not being on the podcast. and I don't care if people are upset it's 2019 which means new rules 2019-2000 fight me is what I always say oh I've always I've always said that and hold out for that if you see him in public do fight him he is ready for the fight he may look like he's enjoying a coffee or taking a big bite of pie but I can't defend myself but I'm very enthusiastic about trying we are here with with two of my favorite humans and also two of my favorite podcasters and what's great about What's great about these two is sometimes you meet people who are wonderfully nice, but just not talented. Or you meet people who are wonderfully talented and just not that nice. These two somehow sync it up together. We have Jess McKenna and Zach Reino from the podcast OffBook.

00:07:54

Guest0

Hello. Oh, sorry. I need to invite you right now.

Adal

Oh, no, I'm eating pie. I was told it doesn't matter if you're eating pie. That's fine. Adal Rifai me. I should have said that, Adal Rifai me. Are we still recording? No. We stopped after two minutes.

Guest0

But what flavor of pie is this?

Adal

January would be what, like a winterberry? Is that a thing?

Guest0

Oh yeah.

Adal

You think a winterberry is a thing? I had a syrupy that was winterberry, so you tell me.

Guest1

Yeah, syrupy only uses real flavors.

???

Real pie.

Guest1

Things that grow on trees, like coke.

Adal

You guys have had crunch berries off the vine, right?

Guest1

Yes. Have to, have to.

Adal

Zach and Jess, before we get started with our warm-up riddies and pussies, any New Year's resolutions? Do you two subscribe to our podcast? Do you two subscribe to New Year's resolutions? Would you be willing to take out your phones right now and subscribe? That would really set us over the edge, wouldn't it?

Guest0

Yeah, not only that, I'm going to rate and review.

Adal

Thank you so much. That means the world to us. Do you two do resolutions?

00:08:59

Guest0

I usually do and don't make it very far.

Adal

What are some of your failed?

Guest0

Yeah, what are some of your failures?

Adal

This is a job interview.

Guest0

The one that I had for 2018 was this idea called Miracle Mornings, which is about like having an hour that's really regimented in the morning that the Miracle Mornings itself is like really prescriptive. It's like broken up into six activities that you do for 10 minutes. And it's like 10 minutes of reading, 10 minutes of visualizing, 10 minutes of meditating, whatever. I extrapolated and was just like, I'm just going to do my own breakdown. And it included like meditating, writing, reading. And I also tried to, um, one of the things I tried to do was drink hot lemon water. And that lasted a couple of weeks.

JPC

As for 10 minutes? 10 minutes of uninterrupted drinking hot lemon water? Is it just like tea without the tea bags?

Guest0

Um, you like use this you squeeze it and you also use the zest it's supposed to be like really good for just like Kick-starting your bod for the day.

00:10:03

Adal

Oh, is it also good as a singer? Is that like good for your? Your chords chords are what us in the musical industry call our vocal cords.

Guest0

Yeah, you're familiar Um, no, I but I'm gonna use that now.

Adal

Okay, good.

Guest0

Oh my chords.

Guest1

What do you call corduroy pants? roids What do you call steroids? Stareys. And what do you call the cute things that get you to the top floor of a building that are non-mechanical?

Adal

My children.

???

Oh my gosh.

Guest1

Zach, do you have any New Year's resolutions? Yeah, I was doing Miracle Morning today. That's where you watch Miracle on 34th Street every morning? Close. It's where I petition my god, a cold and dark god, to perform a miracle for me every morning. And he has obliged most days. And there's some sort of sacrifice, right? Today we're

00:11:14

Adal

It's sort of an eldritch scream. But way more high-pitched than I would have ever concocted myself.

Guest1

All of which is to say that I'm in sort of a perpetual state of, I don't like do resolutions super hardcore, but I'm kind of like always trying to eat better and be better at being an adult. That's pretty good.

Guest0

And also you were drinking room temp grapefruit water.

Guest1

Yes, I do room temp grapefruit water.

Adal

And you eat apples in the shower.

Guest1

I eat apples in the shower. It's a weird thing that did happen yesterday. Thank you for putting me on blast, Adal. Because we all went to a tiki bar last night on December 31st. Yes. Because today is the first day of the new year. Plus four. And that's canon and that's... For sure, yes. Yeah. Um, and for some reason my brain invented a way to not be hungover and that was to eat an apple in the shower While it was on I had to clarify and so shower day keeps that boy a shower day keeps the apple Do you two shit birds have any resolutions?

00:12:18

Erin

I want to be able to do a split.

Adal

Yeah.

Guest1

That's really good. Yeah. Which way?

Erin

No. I want to do the front.

Guest1

Long ways.

Erin

Kick ways. Yeah. I want someone to do it for me though. I want someone to stretch me.

Guest1

Huh. You need a monk to push on your shoulders.

Adal

You need like a David Carradine-esque, yeah.

Erin

I've been looking at YouTube videos. There's this 13 year old girl who's like Hey, I'm going to teach you how to do a split in two weeks, and I like her confidence, so I'm going to let her lead the way.

Guest1

You definitely have bones and muscles like me, a 13-year-old girl. This won't hurt you.

Guest0

Okay, so you know that thing where your body moves however you want it?

Guest1

Do that! And you fell off a building, but it didn't hurt? Do that!

Guest0

Bye!

Guest1

I eat what I want and I'm 20 pounds. Bye! She's honestly underweight.

JPC

Last year's resolutions for me was I wanted to watch less TV and I wanted to watch a hundred movies that I hadn't seen before.

Adal

You just made a monk reference how long ago?

00:13:18

JPC

I love Tony Shalhoub. And I did that and I also wanted to do 20,000 push-ups because the year before that I did 10,000 and then I did that one as well. So I'm pretty good at sticking to my resolutions, but I'm like a psychopath. I have like charts and spreadsheets for all of my resolutions.

Adal

With like red string connecting them all?

JPC

What was the worst movie of the 100? Can I cheat? Can I look at it? I can pull up my spreadsheet.

Adal

Sure, while you do that, I'll say that it's covered in blood. I believe what you're describing is like the Herschel Walker method, right? Herschel Walker. Well, he did a bit of what you did, but also the opposite. He used to watch TV and then on commercial breaks, he'd do a thousand push-ups. This is a Minnesota Vikings receiver.

00:14:19

Guest1

On all commercial breaks, he'd do 1,000 push-ups.

Guest0

Here's what I'm saying. Herschel Walker, if you're listening, come fight me.

Adal

Also, how many was it? I've heard this story before.

JPC

I can't remember. Maybe it was 10.

Adal

Let's get into our warm-up riddles. JPC, did you have that movie?

JPC

Yeah, I saw Mile 22 with the Mark Wahlberg movie. That's the sequel to 8 Mile? No, that's a very good joke.

Guest1

That sequel is also called 16 Mile.

JPC

Mile 22 would be the two and a half in between. No, it was Mile 22 with Mark Wahlberg. It came out like a few months ago. I saw it in California with my brother. It was one of the worst pieces of trash I've ever seen in my life. I'm sure he made like 80 million dollars doing it.

Guest1

Cool. Proud of him.

Adal

Yeah, very proud of him. Alright, let's get into some warm-up riddles. Here we go. First one. I can be cracked, made... An egg. That's it. I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I? Deck of cards. I can be cracked, made, told, and played. Joke.

00:15:30

Guest1

What am I?

Adal

It is a joke. It's a joke.

Guest1

Or it's an egg.

Adal

It's a joke egg. It's a joke or an egg.

Guest0

It's like an egg that when you crack it open instead it has confetti on the inside.

Guest1

What's a fiesta egg? Has anybody like done that but also kept like a raw egg? That's called a hate crime when you throw eggs at people.

Adal

That's what it is. When I grew up, that's what we did.

JPC

But if you smash an egg on someone and it's not a throw, that can't be a hate crime, right? That's just cooking eggs wrong.

00:16:33

Adal

Did anybody else as a kid used to take your mom's pantyhose egg and act like you're cracking eggs? What? Just me? Alright. You know you play with your mom's pantyhose, crack open the egg, put the pantyhose on your face, go rob a bank, you get all the money. See, we never did that growing up because we had video games and we weren't fucking weirdos. I feel like, and again, this could be a whole Hershel Walker part two, but I feel like I remember there used to be pantyhose that came in like an egg. They were called like leggings, but the egg was capitalized and the L was lowercase or something. So it's like leggings and an egg.

Erin

I'm very young. I don't know.

Adal

Do the splits then.

Erin

Oh no, I can't.

Guest1

Erin just did them standing up.

Adal

Oh, incredible. Here's the next one. I am a seed with three letters in my name. Take away the last two and I still sound the same. P. That's right. I am lighter than air, but a hundred people cannot lift me. I am lighter than air, but a hundred people cannot lift me. Careful, I am fragile. What am I? Lighter than air, but a hundred people cannot lift me.

00:18:02

JPC

Careful, I am fragile. What am I?

Guest0

Ego or a cloud? Also, I don't trust myself with it. It's so fragile.

Adal

Is it a curse? It is not a curse. Is it a curse though? Here's what I want to see. From a dark and cold God. I want to see Jess and JPC, you're two blissfully ignorant teenage kids who wandered into a shack that was emanating a glow in the woods. Zach, you are some sort of person, maybe a witch or some sort of warlock, who bestows curses. You're the lead singer of Who Mistake? Maybe we're in the Ozarks and you bestow a curse upon these two hapless kids because of what they say. Here we go.

00:19:11

JPC

No way, I could hold my breath in the shack for longer than you could.

Guest0

No, you can't. I've told you, I have great breath support.

JPC

All right.

Guest0

Get in the shack.

JPC

Let's see how this goes. I'm not hungry, but that dog is.

Adal

I'm not a dog. I'm a warlock or maybe a witch. You'll never know. I need you to do this side. What's that? I need you to decide. No, the character knows, but they'll never know. Thank you so much. I'm so sorry.

Guest1

Okay. Your name tag says Warlock. Ah, you've solved my puzzle!

Guest0

Tyler!

Guest1

Tyler! As a reward, I will bestow upon you a gift that is a curse.

Guest0

Wait, that's not a gift. Tyler, also Warlock could be like that witch's name.

JPC

Aw, snap. Is your- No, you were right.

Guest1

I don't have a name tag, I have a profession tag. But thank you for asking my name. Well, technically she didn't ask.

Guest0

What's your name? What's your name?

00:20:12

Guest1

My name is Hot Breath. And I can hold my breath longer than any person on this mortal planet. No way. No friggin' way. Definite way. Okay, well let me make you a little bargain. Deal. If you can hold- Okay!

Guest0

Yes! Tyler!

Guest1

Alright, the terms have been set in stone. Now set them in blood. Okay, I don't have any blood.

Guest0

Hey Tyler. Oh my god, is that true? I might like bike away.

JPC

What?

Guest0

I might bike away actually.

JPC

You said we were hanging out all afternoon.

Guest0

Well bike with me. Stop like agreeing to curses before you even hear them.

Guest1

Okay, but like where are we going? And also I need to fix my bike.

Adal

We cut to these three, these two kids and this warlock on their bikes just through town. I guess we never asked, how old are you? Hmm? How old are you?

Guest1

Uh, how old is a mountain?

Guest0

Um, like, probably, it depends. Like, is it formed from, like, uh, earthquake?

Guest1

Sorry, that one.

Guest0

Oh.

Guest1

Oh, that's easy. 2000 years old. Oh, okay. I'm, like, three years younger than that mountain. It was just, like, starting to bump up before I got in there.

00:21:13

Erin

Tyler, dinner time!

Guest1

What?

Erin

Dinner time. Oh, are your friends joining us?

???

Yes, please!

Guest0

Can they, mom? What are you making? What are you making?

???

Pizza rolls, please!

Guest0

Oh, for dinner, not a snack? Tyler, you prince! I do whatever my son says. I'm afraid of him. Oh, yeah, I can understand that.

JPC

And I say please, because I don't want to abuse my power.

Guest0

And who's this?

Guest1

Hello, my name is Hawd Breath. I am just a little bit younger than that mountain over there.

Guest0

What were you talking to me, Jenna? I've been to your house several times.

Guest1

Mom, this is Jenna.

Guest0

I can't place your face. Jenna? Are you sure it's Jenna? Yeah, yeah, Jenna. Me and Tyler did a project together like three weeks ago. You let us have Pop-Tart ice cream sandwiches.

Guest1

Sorry.

Guest0

I don't think so.

Guest1

Yeah, the curse I bestowed upon you makes you unrecognizable to everyone in the world except for me and your friend. Hey, hot breath, come here. My mom's single. My dad went to prison for tax evasion. Ooh, so you're saying we should hook her up with your friend? Yes!

00:22:16

Adal

What's the Shakespeare play with hot spur? Isn't that a character? Hot piss. That's what it is. Hot piss. Merchant of Venice. Hot piss. I'm lighter than air, but a hundred people cannot lift me. Careful, I am fragile. What am I?

Guest1

Any guesses?

Adal

It's not a fart blimp.

Guest0

Spirits? Is it a tangible thing?

Adal

These are all fantastic answers. Unfortunately, it's not the answer.

JPC

Is it something like actually tangible or is it like a concept? So it's not like pride?

Guest1

Lighter than air, but 100 people cannot lift me.

JPC

Is 100 people, is that the operative thing? Is it like, could 50 people do it?

Guest0

A balloon.

JPC

Ooh, who said that?

Adal

Erin? Me.

Guest0

Wait, closer than fart blimp?

Adal

That's just a big balloon. I need you to trust me. It's also a word that's in, so my favorite Nintendo game has two words in it. You're not terribly off. One is bobble. Oh, it's a bubble. It's a bubble. Balloon is closer than fart blimp.

Guest1

It's true.

Erin

I think they're actually kind of equidistant.

00:23:19

Adal

All right, well then we're done here. 100 people can't hold a bubble? Hey everyone. Thanks for coming out to my TED Talk, of course.

Guest1

And this is one where people ask questions. And let's go ahead and cut straight to the questions.

Adal

I'm just a simple mountain man who came to this TED Talk and I couldn't help but notice... Sorry, you're a mountain man and you live in the mountains or you're as old as a mountain?

JPC

I will entertain any question that you have about my past or my profession. Okay. I came from the mountains and I live in the mountains. Any more questions?

Adal

No.

JPC

Any for me? Oh yes, just my original question. What kind of bubble is that?

00:24:19

Adal

What we have here is what we call a classic bubble. Now this bubble is going to have a film around it made from soap suds. Inside is your typical air. And it's going to last for about 20 to 43 seconds. Can you pass that withered man the mic? I brought this mic from home! I will not relinquish my mic.

Guest1

You can borrow it. Is this engraved?

JPC

Yes. It's very nice. That was given to me by a dragon.

Guest1

That's incredible. I have a question. Bubble fragile?

Adal

Bubble fragile. Careful. Careful, bubble fragile, no pop bubble, bubble can't live.

Guest1

I'm going to give your mic to the woman on my left who's raising her hand.

Adal

Actually I don't know if it's a woman, I'm sorry.

Guest1

Yes over here.

Erin

Excuse me, I have a question. It may be a little personal. Have you ever accidentally fallen in love with one of the bubbles and then had your heart broken because they're here so temporarily?

Adal

One time a dish soap bubble did get to a larger than average size. It flew in front of my wife's face. It slightly skewed her appearance. I fell immediately in love. Harder than I've ever fallen. It then popped and I saw my wife and we later divorced.

00:25:32

Guest1

Uh, well, heart fragile. Heart fragile?

Adal

Marriage fragile? Don't lift. Easy lift. No cares. I don't know if marriage should be fragile.

Guest0

Uh, can I have the microphone now, please?

JPC

I'm never gonna see that damn mic again.

Adal

Sorry, please pass the mic down here.

Guest0

Hey, you ever get that snowman kind of bubble?

Adal

Um, I'm not familiar with that. Yes, you know the one!

Guest0

You know the one where it looks like a little snowman? You ever get that snowman kind of bubble?

Adal

Oh, you're talking about double bubbles.

Guest0

Yeah, sometimes double, but I'm really thinking about that triple bub.

Adal

Oh, a T-bub.

Guest0

A T-bub. You ever get that T-bub bubble?

Adal

It is very rare. It's almost as rare as a four-leaf clover.

Guest0

Oh, hey, mountain man. Oh, yeah? Can I ask you, can I have this microphone?

JPC

Well, I mean, it's not up to me. I'm going to have to talk to Bahamut, the king of the dragons. Hold on a minute. Make a quick call. Sorry, that was me making noises with my mouth.

00:26:36

Adal

Well, it's been great to visit this community college with Night Ted Talk.

Erin

He's on the phone, you're being very rude.

Guest0

I'm taking intro to Russian Learnin'! Oh, this is a great day for me!

Adal

In conclusion... Am I supposed to end it too? I didn't know. No, anyone can end it.

JPC

Adal has to end it. He has to live in his shame.

Adal

Here we go. Let's get into the sweet, sweet meat of the main puzzle.

JPC

So Adal, before we get into some tasty puzzle meat, as you so adequately said, why don't we take a quick little break?

Adal

Do we want to take a break now? No. Okay, let's take one. What is happening?

JPC

Let's take a break while you fight me. Eat your pie. Take a big bite of pie. Let's take a little break. We'll be right back.

Adal

Whoa, who's that new hunk? He's dressed so well. Whoa, look at him.

00:27:38

JPC

He is dressed so well.

Erin

You guys, you're looking in a mirror.

Adal

Oh, I thought that was like Vince Quince or something. Yeah, that's us. We look amazing. I thought that was like Quince Diesel or something.

JPC

We look like that?

Erin

Yes, it's because you are wearing your new Quince high-quality wardrobe staples. Look at you, Adalyn, your 100% Mongolian cashmere sweater. And JPC, you look incredible in this button-down, if I do say so myself.

JPC

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Adal

Also, everything at Quince is priced 50-80% less than similar brands, and they work directly with ethical factories and cut out the middlemen, so you're paying for high quality, not brand markup. And Erin, you're doing the splits!

Erin

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00:28:50

Adal

Did someone say Vince Quince?

Erin

Whoa! Yeah, like five minutes ago.

JPC

Yeah, like a long time ago.

Adal

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Erin

You guys, I'm rebranding. You know how my whole thing is how tired I am all the time?

???

Mm-hmm, yes.

Erin

And that I am constantly trying to find solutions and most of them have me like crash after a couple hours.

JPC

Sure, yeah.

Erin

That's all over now. I have ultra pouches. Does a cartwheel, puts my hands up. Whoa, whoa.

JPC

She said does a cartwheel. Erin, I am so happy for you. I mean, I am kind of sad that this means that we won't get any more, like, classic energy-less Erin antics, which were some of my favorite of your antics. But it's cool that you found something that works for you.

00:30:01

Erin

Yes, they're instant focus in a pouch.

JPC

I also heard that ultra pouches are ideal for athletes, runners, and health-conscious people because they are 100% nicotine-free?

Erin

Yes! Just pop one pouch in 5 minutes before your run, workout, or work day and you'll feel it sharpen your mind and lift your energy by the time you start.

Adal

And it's trusted by top athletes, entrepreneurs, and engineers around the world.

Erin

Does another cartwheel, Lynx.

JPC

Wow, she said she did another cartwheel. And I'm also hearing that 90% of users saw significant improvements in their overall focus levels, calm, steady flow state focus, enhanced memory, smooth energy, mood balance, all with zero nicotine and zero caffeine. Wow, zero caffeine too?

Erin

Yeah, and guess what? Doesn't taste bad. There's all sorts of flavors. Cool Mint, Wintergreen, Tropical Watermelon, and Blue Raz. Third cartwheel into a backflip. Winks again.

JPC

Okay, Erin, you said that you did all those things. Ultra is the ultimate guilt-free pouch, delivering instant focus and mental clarity without nicotine or caffeine. New customers can use code RIDDLE to save 15% off at TakeUltra.com. That's TakeUltra.com for 15% off with code RIDDLE. After you purchase, they'll ask you where you heard about them. Please support our show and tell them, Hey Riddle Riddle sent ya!

00:31:32

Erin

You don't know what you've got until it's gone. You guys.

Adal

Yeah?

Erin

I legitimately had terrible sleep last night. I'm staying in an Airbnb while the AC gets fixed in my place. And guess what? I missed my bed. I miss my Helix mattress. I have a Midnight Luxe. And guess what? I couldn't bring it to the Airbnb with me. I wish I had appreciated it more. I wish I had told it. I wish I had told my mattress.

JPC

Did someone say miss my mattress? It's me, the Helix Sleep mascot, Sympathy Steve!

Adal

Oh, hey, Sympathy Steve. Did you win Miss My Mattress, the competition?

JPC

Isn't he mattress? I did! Sympathy Steve! And while I can't give you a Helix mattress because, you know, that'd be insane if I was just a guy who gave out Helix mattresses, I can say, it sucks what you're going through.

Erin

Yeah, it does suck. Helix is the best. They deliver your mattress right to your door with free shipping in the U.S. You get a 120-night sleep trial and limited lifetime warranty. So what's the risk? And they also have the Happy with Helix guarantee. Rest easy with seamless returns and exchanges.

00:32:47

Adal

Whoa, Sympathy Steve, you have a tattoo on your leg. It says, Helix is the most awarded mattress brand, tested and reviewed by experts like Forbes and Wired.

JPC

And I won't tell you what that's covering up. It was worse. But what I will tell you to do is go to helixsleep.com slash riddle for the Labor Day best of web sale that's running now until September 13th. It's 27% off sitewide, and that is exclusive for listeners That's helixsleep.com slash riddle for the Labor Day best of web sale. Helixsleep.com slash riddle. I can't empathize with you, but I can sympathize with you.

???

Hi, I'm Beck Bennett. I thought I was Beck Bennett. No, no, no, no. I'm Kyle Mooney. Yes, exactly. No, all good, all good. Thanks, buddy. Yeah, and we host the show What's Our Podcast here on HeadGum. This podcast is brought to you by SquareSpace.

00:33:55

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???

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???

Well, it's like, oh, do I need to go to like a- do I need another type of website to like find the right pictures or to like another type of website to upload the- Yeah, no, it's all in one place. The video or the audio or like- Hey Riddle Riddle www.friendsmeetingfriends.com.

00:34:55

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Adal

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

JPC

I thought that I could win the fight and I was wrong.

Guest0

Wait, sorry. Punch sounds! Punch sounds!

Adal

Oh, could you pour me some?

Guest0

Uh, yep!

Adal

Mmm, punch! Oh no, I dropped one!

JPC

Well, we need to see a quick scene.

Adal

This will just be a very brief scene. Zach and Erin, you're at the prom, you're dates, and Erin, at some point you're going to attempt to do the splits while you slow dance with your date.

00:36:05

Erin

I like your corsage.

Guest1

Thanks. I like your boutonniere. Wait a minute. I like that we switched flowers.

Erin

You're fun.

Guest1

You're fun.

Erin

You're also so talented.

Guest1

What are you talking about? Name even one thing I can do.

Erin

You're so good at putting together your clarinet.

Guest1

Oh my gosh.

Erin

No one does it faster.

Guest1

No, I've never seen someone clean the spit valve of a tuba as efficiently as you. You don't mean it. You don't mean it. Are you kidding me? Janine, are you even kidding me?

Erin

I'm not kidding. Your reeds are always so wet. It's amazing how wet you can get your reeds.

Guest1

It's just because I have a gland problem in my tongue.

Erin

Well, um, I, um... You look radiant. I've been working on like a skill.

Guest1

Another one?

Erin

To maybe try to impress you today. Are you ready? Count me down from three.

Guest1

Sure. Do you want me to clear a space in the middle of the gym? Yeah. Because I will? Everyone!

Guest0

Huh? Everyone stop! Oh, what?

00:37:07

Guest1

Turn the music off!

Guest0

No! The music off! Wait, we were like dancing and it was

Guest1

Good. This night, I'm trying to etch into my memory and y'all are mean to me all year, okay, so give me a moment.

Adal

Who are you?

Guest1

Oh my god, Johnson. I'm behind you in literally the whole first block of our day.

Adal

Oh, yeah, that sounds familiar. Oh shit, the date of that 30 year old woman is telling everyone to stop.

Erin

Uh-oh, uh-oh. One, two, three, splits. Oh. I have to go to the hospital. I have to go to the hospital.

Adal

Scene. Drew Barrymore, if you're listening, we are selling this script.

Guest0

Oh, man. Boy, I have a hard time. That movie's not okay, huh?

Adal

Never Been Kissed?

Guest0

Yeah.

Adal

Yeah, I guess.

Guest0

But I really loved it as a teen. Yep.

Adal

I don't remember.

Guest1

Why it bad? Well, it fragile.

Guest0

Well, Michael Vartan, who's a real alias babe at the time, or like it's like during, I was, he was big for me. Um, he's a teacher and she goes back undercover in high school to do a story for the Seshago Sun Times and then they like flirt with each other and then she's like, I'm, there's like a night at the prom where he dances with her which is like, hell no, that's not okay. And he like wants to tell her that he's like into her, he doesn't, but then when she's like, I've been lying, I'm 26, he's like, I'm supposed to, what, that just fixes everything? Like, suddenly I'm allowed to be attracted to you? And you're like, Oh boy. I mean, it is nice that he was like, knew it was wrong, but it's also like, oh boy, this is weird. They fell in love when he thought she was a teen.

00:38:47

Guest1

Yeah, maybe not.

Guest0

Yeah, but boy, I loved it. And there's a, there's a part where, um, there, uh, she's like describing that, that feeling when she like will kiss someone and it'll really be like magical and everything stops and the world is spinning. And when she finishes talking, her coworker Octavia Spencer goes, damn girl, you are a writer. Hey Riddle Riddle Here we go our first main meat puzzy.

Adal

Little Billy was, and Zach and Jess, just so you know, a lot of these are terrible. Okay. So when you're thinking of answers, think what's the worst thing that could possibly be the correct thing.

00:39:53

JPC

And Adal, just so you know, Billy's not a name that we say on this podcast.

Adal

Little Kevin was four years old, and both his parents were dead. His guardian put him on a train to send him to a new home in the country. Kevin could neither read nor write, nor remember the address, so a large label on a string was secured around his neck, clearly indicating Kevin's name and destination. However, despite the best efforts and kindnesses of the railway staff, Kevin never arrived at his new home.

JPC

Is it possible that his last name was Train and so it said Kevin Train and they just left him on the train?

Guest1

Is it possible his last name was We had a Baby Eats a Boy?

Guest0

Hey Riddle

00:41:05

Adal

So what's written on this tag? The tag has a large label indicating Kevin's name and destination. Kevin. And where is he going, did it say? Said he's going to a new home in the country.

JPC

Kevin North and then they're in his they put just like directions on it and I got confused yeah there's something written on it that's like drown this boy or something yeah it's the right it's the name of the place yeah and the and the people on the train were like well we did the thing but it didn't get him home because they're terrible you know when you're on a train you see a little boy with a tag that says drown this boy you're like well I gotta do it.

00:42:12

Guest1

A tag is a legally binding document.

Adal

Do you know what the most stolen book is? The Bible. I was gonna say steal this book. Oh, that can't be true.

Guest0

Um, was he like supposed to go to Narnia? I was imagining that too.

Adal

Pretty close. Can you walk me through what you mean by that?

Guest0

Well, those kids have to go live in the country during the war and it was like common practice during the time to put the label on the kids. And so I was like, maybe this boy, he didn't because he was destined to be in Narnia.

Adal

So in this hypothetical, the wardrobe is on the train?

Guest0

Well, the destination is like Regularsville, but he just had to go to Narnia.

Adal

What's the town motto in Regularsville?

Guest0

We make it, you buy it.

Adal

Fucking capitalists.

JPC

Do we want any hints? No.

Erin

He seems British to me.

JPC

Yeah. He seems dead to me, and the tag is a toe tag. Whoa. Same people that killed his parents killed him, and his home in the country is a symmetry.

00:43:18

Adal

Honestly, that's a better answer. That's amazing. Do you know the answer, Adal? I do know the answer. Okay, and I got it. Some hints are, was his label removed in some way? No. Did someone deliberately harm or abduct him?

JPC

No.

Adal

Thank God. Was Billy a little boy?

Guest0

He's a goat!

Adal

No, he's a goat.

Guest0

So it mattered that he was named Billy.

Adal

Billy the kid. Little Billy, as his name suggests, but I was told to change it, so I went with the room, was a goat who unfortunately ate his label, so no one knew where he was supposed to go. Goats is scamps.

Guest1

Hold on a second. You're telling me that this goat had parents who died and then someone was like, we gotta move this goat because its parents are dead. It's goat parents. I'm the guardian of a goat because that's what it's called when you take care of a goat.

JPC

You're the goat guardian.

Guest1

I have to put this goat on a train.

JPC

I mean swap out goat for bear and this is Paddington.

00:44:19

Erin

Also, I would have believed that a kid ate their label. Like a real child.

JPC

For sure. Yeah, that makes just as much sense. Oh yeah. Especially if it tastes good.

Guest0

Oh yeah.

JPC

Oh yeah.

Guest0

One of those chocolate labels? Yeah, what kind of ink we got on there?

Adal

So here's what we need to see. Jess, you're going to be the... It's like you're reading it out of the book. Yeah, truly. Here's what we're going to see. So the book says, do a scene. Jess, you're going to be the guardian of this goat. Erin, you're going to be the goat. And you can talk and you can even sing and rhyme. Hey Riddle

Guest0

Margaret! Margaret, the goat is finally here! Oh, come here, you little baby goat. I'm gonna love you as my own. Hey. Oh, yes, it's as good as I hoped. Hey. Hi, it's good to see you. Margaret, look at the goat!

00:45:21

Guest1

Darling, what's that you say?

Guest0

Look at this goat! She's finally here, our sweet little baby goat daughter.

Guest1

Oh my word, she's everything I could- Wait, hold on. Does she do the thing?

Guest0

Listen.

Erin

You should know, though, I'm changed. Like, I'm different now. I, like, grew up a lot traveling.

Guest0

Oh, that's alright, my dear, sweet baby. Can I give you, like, two little goat kisses?

Erin

Yeah, but I've, like, done drugs and, like, seen some stuff. So, you just know that I'm, like, changed.

Guest1

Yes, darling. Yes, darling.

Guest0

I want to love this teen goat, but I feel like maybe that means I can't imprint on it as much.

Guest1

Just because it's older? Yes. Good, I'm happy that you said that and not, I want to love this goat but it did drugs so now I can't anymore. You didn't say that, thank you. You're welcome.

JPC

Maybe is this where we're staying?

Guest0

Hey, this is my... Wait, this is a sheep!

Guest1

Yeah. Yeah. Halt, darling. What? Who are we to judge?

Guest0

I'm just, I'm just surprised! I'm so, this is, this is a big horned sheep? It just seems like the aggression might be a little intense.

00:46:26

Guest1

Well, that's a stereotype. Well, actually, I don't know, you're right. He sells beepers. Yeah, I sell beepers.

Guest0

Yeah, did I stutter, motherfucker?

Guest1

I sell beepers.

JPC

It definitely is aggressive. I gotta put our foot down here, I think. Do not put your foot down around me. If I see a foot stomp, I charge. For beepers.

Erin

Oh, I love him. I do I love him here.

???

No none of us, please no I Will not watch this in my

Guest0

My pie! My beeper!

Guest1

Save.

Adal

That's what you wanted, right?

Guest0

Exactly.

Adal

Yeah, that's what it said in the book, right? Charge for beepers. Yes it is. JPC was that a Master Sheep? Master Sheep, yeah, absolutely.

Guest1

That's a t-shirt. I'm gonna charge for beepers. It's got a big sheep on it. Everyone gets it.

Adal

Apparently every reference in this episode is from 2001. Here we go, next riddle. A woman walked up to a man behind a counter and handed him a book. She walked up to him behind the counter?

00:47:35

Guest1

Rude.

Adal

The man was behind the counter.

Guest1

Okay.

Adal

A woman walked up to a man behind the counter and handed him a book. He looked at it and he said, that will be $4. She paid the man and then walked out without the book. He saw her leave without it, but did not call her back.

Guest0

Library playing a late due. Late fee. Late due fee.

Adal

Okay, all of you are the voice of God and you're having a discussion about how to monetize the Bible.

JPC

Order, order, order. Me. Some... Chicken.

Guest1

Alright everyone, calm down. We need to figure this out. You're right. We don't- we're God, we don't have enough money. We need to make more. I think we all agree that selling this book, the Bible, and basically kind of all of it, I mean like- It's the one thing we have to sell. We got the Bible, we got the Quran, we got the Torah, I think we should sell them all. I gotta know, like, how are we pushing this? What's the market?

00:48:51

Erin

I know that this is not on the table today, but can I bring up again that I think we should send Jesus back? It would be very funny.

JPC

Again? At some point we will, right?

Guest0

No, but why not now?

JPC

No, he gets three tries. We're not gonna send him back a fourth time.

Guest0

But like, hey guys, can I be at this meeting finally?

JPC

Yes, Jesus, but you have to be like, chill and quiet. Jesuses are to be seen, not to be heard. Jesus, you is fragile.

Guest0

Wait, I just want you guys to know I agree it would be so funny, like I've been working on a type 5 for me to like go down and just slay.

Adal

Let's hear the first five seconds.

Guest0

Alright, hey guys, happy to be here, but I'm happy to be everywhere, which I am.

JPC

We cut down to earth. Next up at the Chuckle Hut, kids fresh, kids very funny, give it up for Jesus Christ!

Guest1

Jesus, before you go on, it's me, Judas, and here are some jokes I think you should make. I don't know where Jesus is, sorry guys. It's okay, just trust me, these are good jokes. Oh, thanks bud. Okay, I love you, bye.

Guest0

Hey, how's everybody doing tonight? Not great. Oh, shoot. I'm sorry to hear that. You should tell me about it more often.

00:49:57

Adal

I sinned.

Guest0

Oh, you did? Mm-hmm. Oh, man, what am I supposed to do with a kind heckler? Yeah, okay, what'd you sin? What was your sin?

Adal

I coveted my neighbor's husband. Yeah, it's not that big a deal, honestly. Okay.

Guest0

Yeah, look, I know we're not supposed to- There's a sliding scale for sure, and that one's not that big a deal. Thank you! Okay, on to this joke. What do you call a stupid idiot who holds note cards? Jesus Christ!

Guest1

Give me my money. I did what you asked me to do.

JPC

I gave him the card, now give me my money. Here's your money. Now, God, back to heaven with you. All right, so we got rid of Jesus. Why do we keep sending Judas back? Fancy.

Adal

Good, good, good.

JPC

You got that riddle so fast. Yeah, that was a very good. I'm sorry. Very fast and very smart.

Guest1

Don't be sorry.

JPC

I'm just impressed.

Guest0

No, but you know.

Adal

We've been happy with this speed of Riddle because we are very, very dumb. And it's with you two on, I think you've solved 100% of these riddles. Very quickly. Very quickly. Riddle is fragile. So careful.

00:51:07

Guest1

Yeah, fragile.

Adal

Here we go. Next riddle. What this is more just a ponderous question. Why is it that in general, the hair on a man's head goes gray before the hair in his mustache? Why is it that in general the hair on a man's head goes gray before the hair in his mustache? Cuz he's eating a chicken with a mole sauce.

Guest1

That sauce is getting all over his mustache. Zach, your Santa Barbara culture is really permeating this episode.

JPC

Guys, you gotta deal with these spicy chocolates. Sun hits the hair, fur hits the mustache. Easy.

Erin

His brain is more stressed out than his face.

JPC

I'm

Adal

Okay, yeah, all right like that movie land for time land for time or that popular phrase get for done You know that old trapper comedian Any any thoughts we want some hints we want some clues. Why does it make his hair go gray before his mustache?

00:52:25

Guest0

Because he doesn't have a mustache.

Adal

Yeah, not all men have that mustache In this scenario, the man has stache. Does he have hair? He has hair. Are you sure? Who are some famous men with mustaches? Mark Twain.

Guest1

Adolf Hitler. Famously for mustache. Very famous mustache man. Charlie Chaplin.

Adal

Adolf Hitler, surprisingly, his original name was Samuel Clemens. Not many people know.

Guest1

Yeah, Adolf Hitler is what you shout on a riverboat when you throw something over the side to see how deep you fall.

Adal

Okay, we gotta see a scene with... I don't know if we have to, but we will. Zach, you're Mark Twain. Yeah! JPC, you have the enviable role of playing Hitler. Okay. You're on a Mississippi riverboat gambling and you two are just kind of meeting for the first time and kind of sizing each other up. Got any twos?

JPC

I do not have any tools.

00:53:27

Guest1

You're supposed to- okay. I know this may be your first time. This is an old southern game, but all you gotta say is go fish. But I did not know the rules to the game. That's okay, you're doing what? What did you say your name was? My name is Adolf Hitler. You're doing wonderful, Adolf Hitler. That's so funny that that's your name. Why is that? Well, because that's what we shout when we throw a rope over the side of the boat to see- Adolf Hitler!

Guest0

Just like that. Adolf Hitler!

Guest1

Wait a second. Adolf Hitler! How deep are we, Clancy?

Guest0

We three Adolf Hitlers safe enough to pass.

JPC

Safe enough to pass. Here we go now. I must be dead. This must be hell. No, that means that the Nazis have lost the war.

Adal

Everyone, attention please. Just want to let you know that our riverboat's next destination will be across the real stills. So please everyone have two silver pieces ready to put in the purse.

Guest1

Now Adolf, if you could be a deer, it is your turn to inquire as to whether or not I have any number of cards. Do you have any nines? Go fish, or as they say in your country, nines.

00:54:37

???

Hey Riddle Riddle

Adal

Oh no, with what he did to books?

Guest0

Made them funny? How dare you?

Adal

For painting that fence. Have we solved this riddle? No. Do we want the answer?

Guest1

Oh, I could have sworn we'd solved it. Why does a man's mustache? I need a directional hint.

JPC

You give me north-south, I'll

Adal

Here's a bit of a hint here. Is this to do with the way that the hair is cut, brushed, washed, or treated? No. Is this to do with eating, drinking, thinking, or talking? No.

Guest1

That's a terrible hint.

Adal

Is this to do with timing? Yes.

00:55:38

Guest1

Hey Riddle Riddle Well, no, but that's but that's the question. Is that like, I was under the impression that the hair on my head now is not the hair I had on my head before, right? Like hair falls out and then grows again. Like all of the hair that I'm growing on my head when I'm 40 years old would be the same age, right?

JPC

You are born with the amount of hair that you will have for the rest of your life. It's like eggs. It's like eggs. Okay. Yes, eggs is like hair. Okay. It's just that the hair is gradually coming up because it's so far down.

Guest1

You got a bunch of hair in your head and it just sort of like pushes out slowly.

Guest0

Your brain is hair. Mm-hmm. And the more you think, the more that your hair grows out faster.

Guest1

Which makes sense because that is what Erin said was that your head is, your brain is more sourced out than your face because there's so much hair inside. Yes.

00:56:44

Guest0

No one has that much hair in their lip.

JPC

That's why people used to call each other hair brains.

Guest0

That's right.

JPC

And that's actually right. That's actually right.

Guest1

And that's why women can't eat hair because they don't already have hair in their mouth. I won't support that. I will draw the line and I won't support that.

Guest0

Zach, I don't think we're here in 2019 to like point out more differences.

Guest1

I'm just saying. Men eat hair all the time. And women can't. And they're just different.

Adal

The thing about men and women is... Get her done. Let's do, we'll do one more entree and then we'll go to our sweet desserts with our final listener submitted riddle.

JPC

Ah, yes.

Guest0

I like this meal. I've really been walked through kind of a tasting menu.

Adal

I'm so sorry. It's been a bit of a prefix. During a christening ceremony, the godmother of the child suddenly tackled the priest who was conducting the ceremony, knocked him down, and rolled him over on the ground. Why'd she do that?

00:58:01

Guest0

He caught on fire!

Adal

Well, well, well. We just high-fived in slow motion. The two women who came into the studio wearing identical Sister Act habits got this question right.

Erin

This is an expensive joke.

Adal

It does not translate from the audience. Had you two heard that before?

Guest0

No, we're just smarter.

Adal

Why is there fire?

Guest0

There's so many candles in Catholic Mass, you know.

Adal

No, Jess, I got this. One of the funniest things I've ever seen is this altar boy who is so small try to have like that big heavy And then try to put it in a holster and then everything was just too hot top heavy for a while and for like 11 minutes

00:59:02

Guest0

So he was holding it like, he had to learn, let him learn.

Adal

How I would imagine a dog trying to stand on two legs would move, like a lot of navigating side to side. We know how you imagine a dog to move.

JPC

I've drawn it several times.

Guest1

Follow up, have you ever never seen a dog try to walk on two legs? You just have to imagine what it would be like?

Adal

Yeah, just imagine it. I mean people have tried to show me, but I look away. I mean they do it. I have a very specific way they move.

JPC

There was a movie theater right next to where I grew up, so I would see dogs walking on two legs constantly trying to get in there, but I'd take them to the shelf, have the usher turn them away, send them back.

Adal

You know where you put two kids in an overcoat and then a dog on top? This is what a person is! It's not to trick the ticket taker, but to overwhelm them to make them think that they're going insane.

Guest1

I think it's absurd that we don't allow dogs to buy movie tickets.

Adal

Well now, Zach, you just volunteered to play a dog. You and Jess will be two dogs in an overcoat trying to sneak into a theater. JPC, you'll be the ticket taker, and Erin, you'll be the manager who intervenes at some point. Hello there and welcome to MoviePlex. Sorry, you're coming to see Mount 22.

01:00:20

JPC

Hello, welcome to MoviePlex.

Guest1

Hello.

JPC

We would like... I'm sorry, who's talking?

Guest0

It's me. Down, down there. I'm sorry, Daryl. Your stomach appears to be grumbling. Daryl, it's hard to be on two legs. Oh, I know.

Guest1

But we don't need to be Daryl. We would like... Daryl! His name is also Daryl! Oh my god, but your name is Daryl and my name is Daryl! Your name is Daryl? We're just a barrel of Daryls.

JPC

Listen, we need to... Was that a carol of the world? Oh no, here's my bad, it's a carol. Hey Daryl?

Guest0

Yes, Daryl? What's the holdup? Yes? Oh, I'm sorry.

JPC

I'm sorry. What? Is there an echo in here? No, this is Daryl and I'm Daryl. Hi!

Adal

Sorry, I was just walking by. It's me, funny man Will Ferrell. Did someone call my name? This is a movie theater for dogs, Will Ferrell!

JPC

Good day. This is a movie theater for dogs, Carol.

Erin

This is a huge weekend for us. It's Mile 22 weekend. And what's the hold up?

01:01:21

JPC

I'm sorry, there's no hold up. They're coming into the theater. I just have to sell them a ticket.

Erin

These are two dogs?

JPC

This is one person and it is two dogs.

Erin

Hold on, walk me through that again.

Guest1

Okay, so we're one person, but we are two dogs.

Guest0

Okay, can I see an ID?

Adal

Can I see an ID?

Guest0

This movie is rated R. He'll open this coat to reveal that we are two dogs.

Adal

I forgot to mention, you are two dogs in an overcoat, but you're standing on two legs side by side. Side by side. Yeah, this is one fat short person.

Guest1

Two-headed dog. So here are our dog ideas, and here's our one.

Guest0

Dog ideas?

Guest1

Can you please tell me some of your dog ideas?

Guest0

Okay, what about instead of vacuums, we just don't ever care?

Guest1

What if all of the tables were lower to the ground? I don't like either one of these.

Guest0

What if we bring back newspapers, but they're all squishy toys?

Guest1

What if instead of cars, tennis balls? Okay.

Guest0

How about, but only open windows go very fast.

Guest1

How about no more squirrels?

Guest0

Except they're always right in front of my face.

01:02:22

Guest1

No more squirrels? We'll buy it. We'll buy that dog idea. And the price? Two tickets to Mile 22. Can you throw in two tickets to Air Bud Golden Receiver?

Adal

You get the fuck out of here. You get out of here. Wonderful. Well let's go to our final riddle. This will be a listener submitted one. This is from Michael Schentz. This is the part of the show where we all sing a favorite jock jam. We place one word of the jock jam with the word puzzle. We're headed for riddle, but still we stand puzzle. Where did you come from?

???

Where did you go?

Adal

Where did you come from, Puzzle Eye Joe? That's your favorite jock jam? I said favorite jock jam, right? And I sang that song? You fucking tell me. I'm just singing more Final Count. Erin, name one song in jock jams.

Erin

I'm so young, I'm doing the splits!

01:03:27

Adal

This is from listener submitted Riddle from Michael Schmidt Michael, you just got a ton of shoutouts. Feel good about that. Michael immediately says this is an easy one so he's retroactively shaming us. Man, I really wish I wouldn't have said what up to this guy. The rock was in the middle of a snowball.

JPC

It's Stone Cold Steve Austin is dead and The Rock and it's Wrestlemania.

Adal

It's Dwayne Johnson.

Guest1

I actually do know the answer to this so I said shut up.

Adal

Zach knows the answer so we'll wait if nobody else gets it we'll have him show his knowledge. He tripped. So the guy is in Iraq and it's the war. I'm sorry did I say a rock? It's a rock.

Guest0

It was the rock that they kicked out while he was hanging.

JPC

So it's a man lying dead in a field with a rock.

01:04:33

Erin

We're getting a hint, I feel like.

Adal

What are you talking about?

Guest0

I think we're getting a hint.

Adal

No, it's actually just humming a song.

Guest0

Wait, but hum it some more. It's the Olympics.

???

Yep.

Guest0

It's the shot put and he had a heart attack from the stress. You know me so well.

Adal

You know when you left 12 pounds in one hand and you get a heart attack?

Guest0

Yeah, you're like, oh my gosh, I'm the only athlete from my country. This is too much pressure. I'm dead.

Adal

I'll repeat it one more time. A man is found dead lying in a field next to a rock.

Guest1

Can I give a tangential riddle first? Yes. Two people are found dead laying in an alley and one person then is afraid of bats. Who am I?

Adal

Spiderman.

JPC

Yeah, Spiderman.

Guest0

Alfred.

JPC

What's the riddle again?

Adal

That's a wonderful hint. A man is found dead lying in a field next to a rock. The rock killed him, but there's no blood on the rock or around the body. Who is the man and how did the rock kill him? Batman and that song are as good a hint as you're gonna get.

01:05:42

JPC

I got more hints. So this is comic book related? Yes. In some way? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

Adal

No. You're thinking Marvel, I need you to think lateral.

Guest0

DC.

JPC

Superman.

Adal

Rock is Kryptonite. The Rock is the band Three Doors Down. They're singing their hit single, Kryptonite. Superman decided to take his own life because he hates the song. Superman can't be cut, so the internal bleeding is what drowns him.

JPC

If I go pussies, then will you still call me Riddle Man?

Guest1

If I'm alive and puzzles, will you be there?

JPC

Riddle my hand! Zach, did you know that? Is that the Superman? Is that what you were going for? Yes. Nice, okay.

01:06:45

Adal

So here's what we need.

Guest1

I had heard that one before. I didn't like immediately think of the answer to it. I've literally heard someone say the Riddle before.

Guest0

I just didn't know the Superman theme. I was like, you're humming something uplifting.

Erin

I remember hearing it before I went on a rollercoaster, and now I realize it was before I went on the Superman rollercoaster.

Guest1

Six Flags New England. I'm wondering now if that's the Superman thing or that's the Justice League thing. I think it's the Superman thing.

JPC

I honestly thought you were doing the intro to Final Countdown again.

Guest0

Yeah, I honestly just thought you were bored as hell. And I was like, whoa, rude.

Adal

Nice being rude. Does he know he's humming? I don't know him well, but maybe he just didn't know. Erin, in New England, how do they pronounce Superman?

Erin

Superman. Oh god, I'm too afraid to go on Superman. I heard a man died once. Erin, don't you dare go on that ride.

Adal

So Erin, you're gonna play... Ted Kennedy killed that weapon. You're gonna play Boston Superman. Jess, I need you to play Lex Luthor, and you've somehow tricked Superman into... into a certain... luring him into a certain area that has kryptonite and then trapping and killing him.

01:07:50

Erin

Dun dun dun, I'm here, I'm here, relax. Okay. Oh god, we're here. Hello? Hi.

Guest0

How are you? Hello. Yes, good. God, you look awful. Hey, come on! Listen, I- Are you sleeping? No, not great, honestly. I'm not- I'm not getting a lot of sleep, not getting a ton- Alright, listen- You look stressed. People who are stressed die. You know- That's all I know to be true. We all die, so what- what- what am I gonna do? Not die? Okay, tone. I'm your guest. Offer me some water. What are you doing? Well, if you have to know, I brought you here to destroy you once and for all. But yes, I will give you a glass of water because I'm not a bad host. Do you like flat or sparkling?

Erin

Flat. And also, take a look at my chest. I'm strong. I'm one of the strong guys.

Guest0

Yeah, you're a very strong man, but I have a deep, deep intellectual strength. Mmm, okay, you sound like you think you're better than me. I- yes, I do think I'm better than you.

01:08:52

Guest1

Boss!

Guest0

Boss! Oh, hang on one second. What?

Guest1

Is the pot where I put the bad rocks in the water?

Guest0

Oh my god. Oh god, he knows I can hear him right now. No, I think he doesn't. Come here. Oh god. Come here.

???

Oh.

Guest0

Come here. Uh-huh. What are you doing, Ben Affleck? I just want to be around you. Oh, I told you. Hang out in the bag. This guy is so much co- okay. Hang out over there. Is it cool for him?

Erin

I'm bored. I'm bored. I'm not getting enough attention.

Adal

We cut to the the Garden of Eden. Why though? With JPC as Adam. No, I like this direction. Let's hear it out. With JPC as Adam, Jess as Eve, and Zach, you're there as Ben Affleck. And you're just eating from the Tree of Knowledge for the very first time. And there's a slight rain shower while you're eating the apple.

JPC

How should we should get into um let's get into this little tub because I don't want to get wet when I'm eating the apple No, that's like the whole point. Oh to get wet and eat the apple.

01:09:56

Guest0

Yeah knowledge so wet and sexy Okay, this is The part where I put the rocks in the air oh my god something in this apple oh Welcome to Very quickly Michael Schmitt actually included a second one that that's actually a great puzzy So we're gonna read that very quickly here. This is a harder one He lets us know a man is on a train that is full and He's a goat.

Adal

Well, here we go.

Guest0

That's our show.

Adal

A man is on a train that's full. I assume the train is full, not the man. He notices a person with a missing finger. He walks up to the person and kills them. At the next stop, he is questioned by the police, but they let him go. Why? And I'll allow 30 seconds of guesses, and then we'll get to the answer.

01:11:12

Erin

on the show.

Guest0

That's not it? No. Oh man, but that was so good.

Guest1

It was good. There are no trains in that movie, though.

Adal

That we see.

Guest0

That we see, Zach.

Adal

A man is on a train. He notices a person with a missing finger. He walks up, kills them. Next stop, the police question him, but they let him go. Why? Any other guesses? Erin, you're very close.

Guest1

The police are bad.

Adal

Is this a bounty hunter situation? Is he hunting this man? Yeah, the train is going to the Sarlacc pit. I'll give you a hint.

JPC

I think this is a hint.

Adal

Ashley Judd movie? Once released from prison after serving his sentence, the man saw his wife, who framed him by cutting off her own finger and leaving it at the crime scene. When the police questioned him, he stated these facts and they let him go because you cannot kill the same person twice.

01:12:28

JPC

Here's the thing, yes, but they can arrest you for killing a person until they investigate that. Well, it's a riddle crime. I just picked up, I pulled up the court record on my phone. Yeah, he's good to go. He already killed this woman.

Erin

If I ever commit a crime, it will definitely be in a riddle. So there are very little consequences.

Guest1

Wait, in this scenario, this person got framed for the murder of this person. Yeah. And he's out now?

Guest0

Yeah, he served his time.

JPC

It could be 25 years. Sometimes you don't go to jail forever.

Guest1

Well, I mean not my jail Zach, can we see a scene with your jail? Sure.

???

Can I get out?

Guest1

What's that? Can I get out? Let me explain how my jail works. This again? My jail. My jail. Maja, Maja, you're in here forever. It's kind of a forever show. Oh, do the full song. Do the full song. Would you believe that I don't? That's our show. Zach and Jess, thank you so so much for coming on. Again, two of my favorite people.

01:13:35

Guest0

And then also if you're not listening to the podcast off-book, the improvised musical,

Adal

Which you're not currently listening to. Oh God, pause this podcast.

Guest0

Pause this right now.

Guest1

Don't do it at the same time. Just listen to one at a time though.

Adal

But it is the absolute best, so please check that out. Anything else you want to mention or is there more about OffBook that you'd like to plug? I'm wearing an OffBook shirt myself right now, so there is merch.

Guest0

There is merch. We're gonna perform at San Francisco Sketch Fest and we're gonna be at the Steel Stacks Comedy Festival and also we have an album that is coming out.

Guest1

That is not improvised. It's written. Three of the tracks are out now if you want to preview it.

Guest0

We got a Christmas song, a Hanukkah song, and a song about the experience of dining where they have to explain shared small plates to you.

01:14:39

Guest1

Yeah, so that album's called The Calendar Album. You can find it on Spotify, Apple Music, and it releases January 18th. That's right.

Guest0

Those three tracks are out now.

Guest1

Right now, baby. Right now. Now on this, the first of the new year. Yes.

Adal

I guess I have to ask, will my jail be on the album? B-side, B-side, B-side, B-side, please, please, please.

Guest0

Only on the vinyl.

Adal

Will the song Dog Ideas be on there now? Anything else? Anything else going on? Nah. I didn't mean to sound shitty. Anything else going on?

JPC

That's not a lot.

Adal

You have 24 hours in a day.

Guest0

He's right.

JPC

JPC, anything? You can follow me on Twitter at JPSofly. You can follow me on Instagram at sharkbarkman. You will only see pictures of my dog or pictures of my dog's DNA.

Erin

Follow me at ErinKeif10 on Instagram to find out about my shows in Chicago.

Adal

And of course you can follow us on Twitter at HeyRiddleRiddle on Instagram. You can email us with any sort of Puzzy or Riddie you might have. Or just to say hello. Or just to say hello. And that's HRR Podcast.

01:15:44

Guest1

Or to doxx us.

Adal

Or to doxx us.

Guest1

Email us to doxx us. Email us and tell us where we live.

Guest0

We will neither confirm nor deny. Honestly, good. Honestly, I'm glad they're done.

Adal

But in your jail? That's how doxing works. If you go to jail for doxing, you can email us at hropodcast.gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you. And Erin, I don't know if you know this. When Superman was first created, he had a very famous catchphrase, which was faster than a speeding bullet.

Erin

Jupiter. Bye.

01:17:02

JPC

That was a hate gum podcast.