Which Riddle Riddle?

#111: The Heart is the Greatest Weapon

00:00:02

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This is a HeadGum podcast. The doctor was the mother. He stood on a block of ice. Oh, something worked. Oh, fish. It was the cabin of an airplane. He stabbed him with an icicle.

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And the horse came riding.

Erin

I love the story that John Hodgman told on This American Life where he talks about when he was in New York and he walked into the Apple store while those commercials were playing. What was the story? He said that he just walked into the Apple store in Times Square, New York to go shopping while those commercials were running. And it was like the world imploded in on him. People started screaming and freaking out like, what is the PC doing in here?

00:01:03

JPC

Why would he think he could go into the stores when those, why would he think he could do that?

Erin

He's like, Apple's paying me. I'm obviously on Apple's side, but people are dumb.

JPC

Anyway, I'm JPC. No. Yes. Yes. I'm Adal Rifai.

Erin

No, and I'm Erin Keif.

JPC

And this is Hey Riddle Riddle, a show where we do riddles.

Erin

And I'm the riddle, and that's the riddle, and that's the hey.

JPC

Is this our intro? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I like my new thing as a prankster because we know I'm kind of the prankster of the show. Would you say that I'm the prankster of the show?

Adal

I would say, so what's, okay, here's a question. So a prankster is someone who like gives someone a hot foot or like puts dog poop on a porch and lights it or something, a lot of fire stuff. What is it, what do you call someone who's a prankster but then like accidentally kills people?

Erin

A bad friend.

Adal

That's what you are. That's what you are.

???

A genius.

JPC

A genius. So, one of my new little pranks that I do is just when we think that we're all talking, we're having fun, and we're just talking about stories about our life, I sneak in that this is actually the intro and then... This is the first time you've done this.

00:02:08

Erin

Damn.

JPC

Yeah, well it's a new thing. So the prankster's always evolving, and so you see. And then we make Erin tell stories about times that she listened to, that's American life.

Adal

That's American life. Typically pranksters pull their pranks and then they move on with their life. I feel like you did your prank and now you're explaining it in the way that like a supervillain does.

JPC

Yes, so Batman's gonna burst in here any minute and it could be spaghetti and punch me to death.

Erin

Um, JPC's the prankster. I'm the jock and Adal the... Jock's with those people in high school that were always sleeping, right? Come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man.

Adal

No, we told you your quarterback was in a coma. We still want state. And I'm the know-it-all. The local know-it-all. The brainiac.

JPC

Yeah, absolute brainiac. Would you take offense to someone saying, like, calling you Einstein? That was always something that I never got. Someone being like, nice job, Einstein.

00:03:15

Erin

Are they implying that you're... Is it after you've done something really dumb?

JPC

For me, it was every time that I was after I brought people a bunch of bagels.

Adal

And I don't... Yeah, so you should take offense.

JPC

Okay.

Adal

Because Einstein was not Jewish.

JPC

No, but Einstein Brothers Bagels? Are you not familiar? You're from the Midwest.

Adal

Oh, yeah.

JPC

I forgot about that.

Erin

What is happening? Well, we're here in like local bagel places. Like where did you get bagels growing up?

JPC

It was Einstein. We got Einstein bagels and then was there any other local bagel places that we went to?

Adal

I've never had a local bagel place in a town I lived in. Really?

Erin

We had a place called Atlantic Bagel that was a like one minute walk from our high school so everyone would show up with like a delicious cream cheese bagel to homeroom. They're amazing. Atlantic Bagel and hang them.

JPC

Bagels are a bigger thing on the East Coast than they are in the Midwest.

Adal

Oh, for sure. My favorite thing, anytime I go to New York, maybe my first stop is to go to Murray's Bagels. Murray's Bagels, or if I need to, Essa Bagels is a good second runner-up. Bagels are phenomenal.

00:04:21

JPC

Oh, can I do my New York recommendation? Yeah. Every time I go to New York, the first stop is my hotel to drop off my bags. I don't like carrying my bags around with me while I'm in the coming city like that. This is a hot tip. The sidewalks are more narrow in New York than they are in Chicago, so first stop, always my hotel, always drop off my bags.

Adal

Here's a very nice try, Einstein. Here's my thing. Every year I go to New York maybe six or seven times. Not this year motherfucker. Not this year. I always just wear like a backpack. I never have luggage. So I don't go to the hotel room or the Airbnb or wherever I'm staying because I just walk around with my backpack. Yeah, and you have a giant backpack. I have a giant backpack. Oh, speaking of giant backpacks, I thought about, so JPC, you have a new podcast called Bill Buds. Thank you for mentioning it.

JPC

We need all the positive press we can get.

Adal

It's wonderful. And you were kind enough to invite Erin and I on, and I know what I want to review on Bill Buds. Oh, yeah? It's a song that's been stuck in my head for weeks now. It's on an album.

00:05:24

Erin

Well, they do albums.

Adal

Well, we're just going to do one song. And it's the new subway song that goes five, five dollar, five dollar foot longs. Am I going crazy right now? Did you say the new subway song that does that? Well there's a new commercial with it.

JPC

Yeah, but you are aware that that song has been around for like a decade, right?

Adal

Sure. Ever since they swept Jared under the rug.

Erin

Were you a gobo? Adal was grounded for 10 years, and he finally got his TV privilege back.

Adal

No, I didn't. I wasn't. Shut up.

Erin

He was. He was grounded, and now we gave him TV back, but only if he's good.

JPC

That would be a fun episode to just do songs from commercials because, man, songs from commercials are kind of like pop music in that they are earworms and they absolutely just stick in your fucking head forever.

Adal

Oh yeah. I think it would be fun to review all commercial songs because, yeah, like you said, they're made to stick with you. And that song I've been seeing around the house nonstop. Or do TV theme songs. TV theme songs too. The Golden Girls theme or whatever.

00:06:26

Erin

What do you think the catchiest TV theme song of all time is?

Adal

I do think Golden Girls is lost. I do think the Golden Girls theme song has to be, if it's not number one, it's in the top three for sure.

JPC

For me in terms of sticking in my brain, it's the cat dog theme song. For whatever reason, that'll just pop into my brain. I'll wake up in the morning and be like, alone in the world with a little cat dog.

Erin

I've never seen it. Charles in Charge has a very catchy theme song, but I will say the line from any theme song that gets stuck in my head the most is, growing up is not so tough, except when I've had enough, which is from the Caillou's theme song.

Adal

Oh, you know what's in my head constantly. Camp on a wanna, we hold you in our hearts, I wanna think about you, it makes me wanna fart.

JPC

I think it kind of is a bummer that we don't do theme songs, like lyric theme songs much anymore, and it's just like interesting music scores and things like that. I do miss like the theme songs, like sitcom-y theme songs that like set up what you were about to see or what you've already seen a thousand times.

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Erin

Yeah.

Adal

Like the Brady Bunch song? It's like here's a summary.

Erin

Friends, cheers.

Adal

Yeah. Cheers is a good one. Cheers is a good one too. Friends is good, but I don't think about it. Except for the clap part, I don't think about it. Also, was it unique to friends or was it a song before friends that they just used for friends? I don't know. It's from the Rembrandt, so either way, we never heard of it.

JPC

We never heard of it.

Erin

Clap, clap, clap.

JPC

Speaking of other things that are fun and cool, we do a podcast about riddles, and it's called Hey Riddle Riddle, and Erin, you're old man puzzles for this episode, correct?

Erin

I'm very old. I'm the oldest man, and I'm the oldest puzzles. I'm about to turn to dust.

Adal

Say something that only someone from 1917 would say.

Erin

Dinosaurs.

Adal

Okay. Unions will be around forever.

Erin

The Titanic sank recently.

Adal

That was the number one thing on t-shirts in 1917.

Erin

How about this? World War I. Almost. Yes. Are we?

00:08:38

JPC

I remember when people were predicting World War I all the time. All the time.

Erin

They would say, the Great War is upon us. That's what they'd say.

Adal

And they knew there'd be multiple, which is why they said World War I. Only one Roosevelt will ever be President.

Erin

What else?

Adal

What else? What else?

Erin

In a hundred years it will be 2017. Model T? Question mark? Now expand that pause by 11 minutes, please.

JPC

Oh yes, okay, cool.

Erin

Okay, all right. For real, I'm Old Man Puzzles, and these are really fun ones from Nathan.

JPC

We'll be the judge of that, Nathan. Ooh, famous hot dogs.

Erin

They're a specific sort of like a setup for warm-up riddles that I think are really fun. I'm gonna do listener-submitted riddles from recently. Famously, JPC does the ones from 2018, and I started the most recent ones.

Adal

Erin, you said they have a... Are these knock-knock jokes?

00:09:39

Erin

No, but they are a really fun concept. I also think that Nathan may not be from the United States by the way that he phrases this. So you tell me what you think. I've reinstalled Tinder recently and it got me thinking. Two-part chat up lines are basically just warm-up riddles to try and get smooches. So basically like pick up lines.

Adal

Smooches. Yeah, he's from Germany. I meant chat up lines.

Erin

So here's the first half of some chat up lines.

Adal

Yeah, it's a space. Let me give you some smooches.

Erin

So here are the first half of some chat up lines. Try to see if you can guess the second half.

Adal

Deal.

Erin

Example. Hey, are you a pillow? Because I'd like to sleep with you. So the first half would be, hey, are you a pillow?

Adal

Great. I'm glad it went in a better way.

Erin

What were you going to say?

Adal

Cause you're about to get stuffed.

Erin

Oh nice. I want you in between my legs. It actually is really good for back pain to sleep with a pillow in between your legs.

Adal

Doesn't matter. Hey, are you a pillow? Cause the back of you is super cold.

Erin

I have poor blood circulation.

00:10:41

Adal

Are you a pillow? Because I want to flip you over and use the other half. Hey, Erin, are you a pillow?

Erin

No, why?

Adal

You must be a pillow cause you're looking down.

Erin

At what?

Adal

You look sad. No, you look sad. Oh, oh boy. You okay?

Erin

Okay. Are we ready? Yes. Hey girl, are you a mirror?

Adal

Because I can see myself in you.

JPC

Hey girl, are you a mirror? Because meeting you was seven years of bad luck.

Adal

That's it. Hey girl, are you a mirror? Because you are one half of the ownership of Headgum Network.

Erin

Oh my god. Really good.

Adal

A mirror, yeah. I like that.

Erin

All of those work, technically.

JPC

Yes.

Erin

Because I can't see myself without you.

Adal

Okay, that was sweet. Let's take a minute to reflect on that answer.

Erin

Wow.

Adal

Is that fun? Wow. Is that fun? Wow. Erin, you've accidentally given me a category in which I thrive.

00:11:44

Erin

I know. That's why, why do you think I picked this one? I was like, oh, my two dumb, dumb friends are going to love this.

JPC

Nathan, if you're out there listening in France or whatever, we thank you. We want to give you a big old smooch on the chat up line.

Erin

Hey boy, are you food, water, or oxygen?

Adal

Because I can't live without you.

JPC

Hey boy, are you food, water, or oxygen? Because if I have a milkshake, all three are going to be racing out of me.

Erin

Yeah, that's probably it. We'll change it to that one. Food, water, and oxygen just sounds like a earth, wind, and fire cover band, doesn't it?

Adal

For people of science, go ahead. Are you food, water, and oxygen? Because we can summon Captain Planet. Because if you know a monkey with a heart, you've got Captain Planet on the dial. I wouldn't see a scene. We would always, because me and my friends when we were, I don't know, 11 or something, we would always make fun of Mati who, it would be like earth, water, fire, whatever, and then he would be like heart and he had that monkey. And at the time it was funny because you're like, what are you gonna do with heart? As an adult, obviously I realized the heart is the greatest weapon.

00:13:03

Erin

Unrelated, I'm just getting Gemma on the phone.

Adal

So I want to see a scene where the two of you are planeteers who didn't make the cut. So we have earth, wind, fire, wind, water, and heart, and you two just missed the cut and you're sort of commiserating over a drink.

JPC

You know what? Hey, one of them could die. It's dangerous to summon Captain Planet. They're always, they're always at oil spills. One could die.

Erin

Are you just saying that? Are you just trying to make me feel better? I'm not.

JPC

Becca, you would get the call.

Erin

No, you would poop. Poop, you would. Poop, you would. You're amazing.

JPC

I'm not, I'm not. My name is Poop. My power is summoning breakfast tacos. I'm a mess, okay?

Erin

Poop, you're amazing.

JPC

Becca, I'm not, I'm not. You are amazing. Everyone needs old t-shirts because you can use it to clean up a spill or you can just wear them if like, you know, because you can wear an old t-shirt.

Erin

No, old t-shirts are stupid. Sometimes like if I'm curling my hair I use an old t-shirt to just like help with the curls because it's better than a towel but like a tiny bit of people know about that hack.

00:14:13

JPC

Lots of people know. Some people even in their apartments have an old t-shirt hanging where a towel should hang just because of that in their bathroom and they let it go by for months without asking their partner about it and when they did they were like I was afraid to ask why there was this t-shirt in there.

Erin

Poop this seems specific to you. Does your partner

JPC

Yeah, thank you, Becca. But my name is Poop and I submit breakfast tacos. I don't have a partner and I won't have a partner.

Adal

Oh, speaking of summoning, welcome. Well, I guess I came to you. My name is Satan and I'm looking for nine deadly sins. We're having an expansion. Please, what is your thing? What can you bring to the seven deadly sins to make it nine? Becca, this could be an in for us.

Erin

Well, my whole thing is summoning old t-shirts usually from like high school productions of Oklahoma.

JPC

She could pair up with lust and be like cum rag duty or something. No, no, no. Yes, you are now cum rag.

Erin

Yes.

JPC

Oh man.

Adal

And what's what's your thing?

00:15:14

JPC

Well, my name is poop, which I don't love. I've heard enough.

Erin

Perfect. Next one from Nathan. Hey baby, are you the cold vacuum of space?

Adal

Hey baby, are you the cold vacuum of space because George Clooney died in you? Yeah, I was going to say because if I was in- Hey Adal, I told you that in confidence.

Erin

And the night was going great before that, okay?

Adal

Erin, remember when you had sex with George Clooney and he died in you?

Erin

Nespresso! And I thought it was one of those classic George Clooney pranks. But no, we were having sex and he died in me. Are you happy? It was one fine day before that. Then I had to take him to the ER. Wait, I can do a couple more.

Adal

Okay, nice.

Erin

You don't understand the gravity of the situation. A couple more?

Adal

Uh-huh, uh-huh. Okay, okay. You already said, um... Ocean's 11. Ocean's 11, cool. Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da

00:16:14

JPC

Would you guys say that I'm the George Clooney of the podcast because he's a prankster and I'm kind of a prankster as well?

Adal

I think you're the George Clooney, I think Erin's the Brad Pitt, and I think I'm the Don Cheadle. Lucky bastard. Ocean's 11. Okay.

Erin

I think I'm the Julia Roberts, because I say things like, when George Clooney goes, does he make you laugh? And then I can go, well, he doesn't make me cry.

Adal

Damn. Hey Erin, can I give you a line and I want you to say it?

Erin

Yeah, of course.

Adal

I've got moves you've never seen. Okay, now you say it.

Erin

I've got moves you've never seen.

Adal

Okay, and then can you also say you work on commission, right? You've made a mistake. Big. Huge.

Erin

You work on commission, right? You've made a mistake. Big. Huge. Box. Shuts in my face.

JPC

And Erin, just to prove that I'm the George Clooney of the show, can you go ahead and throw the line at me? Just call me a liar and a thief.

Erin

Just call me a liar and a thief.

JPC

I only lied about being a thief. George Clooney, Ocean's Eleven.

00:17:17

Erin

Wow. He's the George Clooney of the Hey Riddle Riddle podcast. Sex symbol alert.

Adal

People don't know this, but JPC sold his Mezcal company for $1 billion.

JPC

And I gave all 12 of my friends a million dollars in a briefcase at a dinner, and I said if anyone doesn't take it, nobody gets it. I love that story.

Adal

So fun.

Erin

Are you the cold vacuum of space? Yeah.

Adal

Are you the cold vacuum of space because you can't spell vacuum without cum?

Erin

Interesting. No, that's not that dirty.

Adal

Cum, actually.

JPC

I'm just going to tell you this one. Okay, please.

Erin

Because you take my breath away.

JPC

Take my breath away.

Erin

Hey man, are you an elevator for toddlers?

Adal

Um, because I shouldn't use you if you are. You should never call a woman an elevator for toddlers. Oh, cause you're, cause you're bringing me down? No.

Erin

What?

Adal

Are you an elevator for toddlers? What do you think of mine?

Erin

Cause you... Yeah, Adal hits on women by going, hey, you're really bumming me out right now.

00:18:19

Adal

Are you an elevator for toddlers? Cause you're really bringing down my kids.

Erin

So many of the other kids... There's actually a huge compliment to call someone an elevator for toddlers.

Adal

Elevator for toddlers because you are down with the kids because you are down to clown with the kids.

JPC

Are you an elevator? Are you an elevator for toddlers because I want you to raise my kids?

Erin

Yes, because I could raise kids with you.

JPC

Nice one. No, no, no. I could raise kids with you. Oh, you're a participant in the elevator.

Erin

Yeah.

JPC

There's some metaphors getting away, but okay.

Adal

Hey, are you a dog with- I'm sorry, I want to see a scene. Sure. So, Erin, you and I are on a date. I have a young son who will enter the room at some point, and this is sort of my test to see if you are- if this is something that's going to continue.

Erin

Thank you so much for cooking me dinner. It was delicious and so romantic. Yeah, of course.

00:19:23

Adal

I hope you like slow roasted ribs.

Erin

It was truly amazing. I've so enjoyed getting to know you.

Adal

Of course. I'm a big fan of the Bible and Adam and Eve. You know Eve was born of Adam's ribs so I thought to make ribs because that's like... That's funny. You're funny. It just feels like a full circle.

Erin

If I feel like something I might say this might be moving too fast but I really like you and I can really see a future with you. I really like you.

Adal

Oh my gosh can I bring someone in? Yeah Noah come in. Noah come in here.

Erin

Now? Who's this?

Adal

This is my roommate. I'm kidding this is my son. Noah come in here buddy. Hi, I'm Noah. It's nice to meet you.

Erin

Can I tip my hat? Hey, what the fuck?

Adal

He tipped his hat to you.

Erin

Say hi.

JPC

Did I do it wrong?

Erin

No, no, no.

Adal

Noah, you're perfect. Noah, you're perfect in every way. Kiss my son's hand.

Erin

What is that? What is that?

Adal

That's my son.

JPC

I'm Noah. They named the boat after me.

Erin

Oh my God.

JPC

Daddy, does she need water? You look sticky. I'll get you some water, ma'am. Be right back.

00:20:24

Erin

Oh, what the hell was that thing? Was that like a rat?

Adal

What the fuck are you doing? That's my son. No, that's my son Noah. What are you doing?

Erin

Sorry, I've never met a kid. Noah, I've never seen a kid before. That was a kid? Yes. Oh, they look like small people. They look like people who are not yet grownups. That's insane.

Adal

Hey, can I ask you something? Hold on. Hold on. One second, Noah. Hey, lady. Can I ask you something? Are you an elevator? Because you're out of service. Sorry, are you an elevator right now? Because what you just did was out of order. That's a better one.

JPC

Daddy, daddy, I'm having trouble with the water. Do you think that you could go get the water? I'll keep our guest company.

Adal

Yes, of course, sweetie. Here, I'll get the water. You stay here.

JPC

Thank you, daddy. Okay, so you know that I'm a rat, right?

Erin

Hey, you look like a rat.

JPC

What the fuck? Yeah, well he doesn't know, okay? And I got it good.

Erin

You look like a rat wearing overalls.

JPC

These are... gosh, gosh, gosh. These are good overalls. And I got it on Easy Street.

Erin

I'm telling him. I'm telling him. You're a grown-up rat.

Adal

Okay, someone's got some water for you.

Erin

Oh, thank you, Daddy.

00:21:24

Adal

Thank you. Are you H2O? He's a rat.

Erin

You told me he's a rat, pretending to be a kid while you left the room.

Adal

What?

JPC

That doesn't make sense. Daddy, I don't know what she's talking about. She said that she voted for Trump in 2016, and she's really looking forward to voting for Trump in 2020.

Erin

No, you can't come back from that. Don't lie.

Adal

Oh, I don't know what's worse, pretending to be a rat or... No, it's Trump. It's the Trump thing. You leave.

Erin

See?

JPC

One's a rat and one... Okay, leave. Yeah, leave. Good.

Erin

What if someone was all of a sudden surprised that we hate Trump on the side? I would have pegged them for three out of touch conservatives.

Adal

We've got reviews where people are like, just shut up and do the riddles. What movies or stories can we replace a rat with a Trump supporter? Ninja Turtles, the turtles are trained by a Trump supporter. That makes sense because they don't have any future plans.

JPC

They're wildly irresponsible. They just eat pizza.

Erin

I don't want to insult Ratatouille like this, but Trump supporters pulling each other's hair to make each other do stuff.

00:22:31

Adal

I'd love to pull his hair.

JPC

I'd love to beat him, shake his hand, and pull his hair and run. Just get gunned down by secret server's bullets. Adal, I know that you have been, you have watched it, but you were talking a few weeks ago about, oh my god, I just had the massive brain through the vampire show. The vampire show. What are we doing in shadows? What are we doing in shadows, yes. Mariah and I are just now watching what we do in shadows, and without spoiling anything, there is a rat king moment in what we do in shadows. That show is so funny and lighthearted. When they did a thing where there's just a big pile of rats, I was like, oh god. It was so jarring. That show is great about doing things on it that are very jarringly scary for such a funny fucking show.

Adal

Yeah, the production is a legit horror film or something, but it's mostly comedy. Erin, hit us with that next chat up line.

Erin

The next chat up line is, hey are you a dog with a full bladder?

00:23:35

JPC

Because I want to take a big bite out of you. What? What? What are you supposed to do?

Erin

Adal, JBC's being weird again. He loves pee. Adal.

Adal

JBC, you know what you have to do. You have to sing an apology. I'm sorry for being me.

JPC

Perfect. Are you a dog with a full bladder?

Adal

Because I'd love to go on a walk with you. Ooh, that's pretty good. Are you a dog with a full bladder? Because you're pissing me off. Are you a dog with a full bladder?

Erin

Cause... ABC mostly got it, but I want to hear what you have to say Adal.

Adal

Oh, you're a dog with a full bladder because you... I like the waltz one. Oh, I got it.

JPC

Are you a dog with a full bladder? Because to me, you're an eight. You never want to go too high. You don't want to say that they're a ten.

Adal

You have to nag, yeah.

JPC

Yeah, you have to nag. You have to drop them down a little bit. You're an eight.

Adal

You're a nag. You're a dog with a full bladder because Delberman pinched you. No. No, I don't know.

Erin

It is, I'd like to take you out. Similar to J.P.C's. Alright, last one.

Adal

Wait, I think I have it. Are you a dog with a full butter? Because piss chihuahua. Yep. You know what I'm saying?

00:24:40

Erin

Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. Hey, boy, are you a well-crafted ruse?

JPC

Because you tricked me? Are you a well-crafted ruse? Are you a well-crafted ruse? Rube Goldberg, nice to meet you.

Erin

Oh, I want to see a scene. JBC, you're Rube Goldberg and you are proposing to your girlfriend who is going to be played by Adal. And you're doing it in some elaborate way.

Adal

What are you doing here? I told you we can't see each other. Ah, but can you see someone who's completely invisible? Swoosh! You just put a blanket over your head. Rube, I told you, I love you, I wish we could be together, but I just feel like you're not ready to make a commitment.

JPC

No, no, no, I am, I am. I promise this time I'm ready to make a commitment. And, you know, the invisibility cloak is just the preludes to the commitment kiss. You know, you can still get pregnant from preludes. This is why I want to marry you.

00:25:43

Erin

Oh, come back to bed.

JPC

I'm so sorry. This is Sheila. Uh, Sheila, wait in the car. We sleep in the car.

Erin

Um, honey, I thought, if you're gonna propose to her, I think you should say, due to the Rube Goldberg machine. Like, hit her like a domino, and then I'll hit a fan, and then I'll spin around, and then it will go down.

JPC

We live in my car, okay? That's my Rube Goldberg machine.

Erin

Well, you're famous for Rube Goldberg machines.

JPC

Yeah, but like, hit a domino, did you rob a pizza joint? Hold on. I'm like, Picasso, you know? I'm famous, uh, I'll be more famous when I'm dead. That's what I'm truly gonna be famous.

Erin

I have to Google you real quick. Just keep doing this conversation.

JPC

Okay. I can't imagine how I spell my first name. Uh, so what do you say?

Adal

No, I slammed the door hours ago.

???

Oh, okay. Okay.

JPC

Okay.

???

That's fair.

Adal

That's fair. Can you hear me through the door? Uh-huh. Yeah. The minute you brought in your new side piece, I don't want anything to do with you. Sure. Can I come in and just get some of my CDs or? Oh, you do have a CD here. If you tell me which one it is, then I'll give it to you.

JPC

I want to say it's Smash Mouth's Astro Lounge.

00:26:46

Adal

All right, here you go. Put it through the mail.

Erin

Thank you. Ruben Garrett Lucius Goldberg, known best as Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. He was born July 4th, 1883 in San Francisco, and he died December 7th, 1970 in New York City.

Adal

A day that shall live in infamy. Last one, are you ready? That's Pearl Harbor. Oh my god. Remember when they dropped the bombs and then the bombs exploded and then the snakes came?

Erin

Hey boy, are you a well-crafted ruse?

Adal

Hey boy, you well-crafted ruse because

Erin

I'm falling for you.

JPC

Oh I was gonna say like I'm chasing something or okay okay and this person said that they used these and they got fucked?

Erin

Yeah this person got married 11 times. Each time they used one of these.

JPC

Everybody knows you're on Tinder because you want to get married.

00:27:49

Erin

This one is, let's see, let me make sure I can say their name. I want to make sure I got permission. Oh yeah, Joe Rade Masher. Masher? I'm sorry if I'm saying your... Joe Raidmature. They are at the Grille Imp on Twitter. And they wrote some fun riddles for us.

Adal

Yes please.

Erin

I thought up some riddles in which a single clue leads to a hint in which two names blended together Like Julia Rob Boo Radley. So they're fun. So things blended together can be people, characters, bands, movies, etc. I hope y'all enjoy. Thank you so much Joe for writing and sending these in.

JPC

Is Julia Rob Boo Radley, like that's the type that we can expect? Because I'll say right now, that doesn't work.

00:28:51

Adal

If it was like Julia, Rob, Bert, and Ernie, now we're talking.

JPC

That's something.

Erin

The rest of these are very, very good, I promise.

JPC

Okay, okay, okay. I'm hoping Joe wrote the last one last, and like Brain Fry was completely over with the example.

Adal

Also, I can't stress enough, thank you so much. Please send your riddles to hrifaiguysatgmail.com. We're so sorry for picking on this.

Erin

With the caveat that this will happen. I actually think you will enjoy these.

Adal

Okay, we will.

Erin

Bite your tongues. Ready? All right, here we go. This Jurassic World in Parks and Rec star is a host of a podcast about riddies and puzzies.

Adal

Okay. Okay, so Chris Pratt... Chris Prattle Rifai?

Erin

Yep.

Adal

Ooh. Chris Prattle Rifai.

Erin

Pretty good.

JPC

Okay, okay. You're winning Adal over, but JPC hasn't been won over.

Erin

The Russian leader was originally released on the Beach Boys 1963 album, Surfer Girl.

00:29:53

Adal

Okay. Vladimir Pukad only knows.

Erin

You got the first one, right?

Adal

Vladimir Putin sounds.

Erin

No, you might not know the song. I know the song and love it, but maybe, I don't know if it's, everyone knows the song.

Adal

What songs do they have? All Beach Boys songs sound exactly the same. So we have Surfing USA. Take the T-bird away. We have Little Old Lady from Pasadena. We have Little Saint Nick.

Erin

Little Saint Nick. Kokomo.

Adal

I Get Around.

Erin

God Only Knows.

Adal

I Get Around. What's the one with the theremin? I don't know. Good Vibrations. It's not one of those.

Erin

It's one of their slower hits. My parents really liked this song. Is it Earth Angel? No, it's in my room.

Adal

In my room. Putin, my room. Never heard of it.

Erin

All right. This artist who featured on Usher's Yeah used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack and sat beneath the trees by the railroad check.

00:30:55

Adal

Lil John Wayne?

Erin

Casey?

Adal

Nope. Lil Jon Wayne Casey.

Erin

Oh, Carrie's guitar and a gunny sack can sap beneath the trees.

Adal

Lil Jonny Cash?

Erin

Lil Jonny be good.

Adal

Way down in Louisiana. Yeah. Oh, Johnny be good. Damn it.

Erin

This DJ might ask you to turn down for what?

Adal

DJ calls.

Erin

So that's so cool. And can sometimes be seen with a dead police horse.

JPC

It's a girl ex-girlfriend. Monica, if you're out there, you're a dead police horse.

Adal

Lil Jon Patrick Coan?

Erin

Mm-hmm. You got it.

Adal

This person really likes Lil Jon. Yeah, was that the second Lil Jon one?

Erin

Yeah. This pop culture magazine took a day off school and had a crazy adventure around Chicago.

Adal

Entertainment Weekly Broderick.

Erin

I'd say it's a little bit more heightened to the magazine than that. Like, fashion.

00:31:59

Adal

More heightened than Entertainment Weekly, Erin? Sorry. Hold on. Hold on. We're taking a break. No, I'm sorry. We're taking a break. We have to take a break. Fuck this. Oh my god. Don't ever shit on Entertainment Weekly. I have been a subscriber for 14 years. I will continue for another 14. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back with a pro Entertainment Weekly cast right after this.

Erin

Uh, guys, did you hear that noise?

Adal

No. I didn't hear anything, yeah.

Erin

No, it sounded a lot like fireworks, but it was my tummy. I think I'm a hunky.

JPC

Oh, Erwin Hungee.

Erin

You see Erwin Hungee?

JPC

Oh, with Erwin Hungee, Erwin has to have a... This is awful.

Erin

Erwin has to have a snack. Yeah, I kind of miss when you were talking to me like when I was a baby, but I'll take... Oh, you miss that?

Adal

You miss it?

Erin

No, you're right. This is awful. No, it's bad. You guys, I'm hungry. Is anyone like cooking anything delicious, like restaurant quality, anything? I'm so hungry.

00:33:03

JPC

Well, Erin, I just got a box of Hello Fresh shipped to me. Would you like me to just whip you up a dinner from that?

Erin

Uh, yes please.

Adal

And you can save 40% by using HelloFresh versus shopping at your local grocery store, and it's more convenient too. And Erin, if that didn't sell you, you know how HelloFresh will sometimes send us free boxes of food because we sponsor them, which is very kind of them? Even though we're not getting free boxes right now, I am subscribing to HelloFresh. That's how much Gemma and I love it. And guess what? It might as well be called Hey Riddle. Or food preferences. You can skip a week whenever you need. You can feed the whole family whenever you want with more savings than ever. And a lot of times I'll do add-ons. So I'll get my three meals per week, but then I'll add on some avocados or maybe like some nice ricotta toast or anything you want. You got it. Oh, is that Roy Orbison?

00:34:23

JPC

Yeah, and they really want you to mention America's number one meal kit. I feel like you keep throwing out other endorsement lines or taglines, but America's number one meal kit is what we should be using. Yes.

Erin

Can I tell you what my favorite part is?

JPC

I'd love to hear.

Erin

Okay. Well, there's something for everyone because there's a ton of variety, including low calorie, vegetarian, kid friendly. So you can really just like cater to what you need. And there's so many delicious options and they are always changing all the time. So you'll never stay in a recipe rut.

JPC

And what's actually funny is I, even though we're doing this ad right now and we are reading it, I'm cooking hellofresh in the other room with my partner Mariah. We're making the spiced chickpea fritters. We've done steps one through three. Baby, we only got steps four through six and six is served. It's Greek salad, pita and garlicky white sauce. Now, I think you're supposed to say garlicky, but I like to say garlicky because I want to lick that white sauce. Don't clip that.

Erin

I have a question. It must smell amazing right now.

00:35:26

JPC

It does. It smells very garlicky.

Erin

Oh man, I'm so jealous.

JPC

It's like Jonathan Garlicky up here.

Erin

I want to sign up. Tell me what to do. Don't. Ever forget what JPC just said.

JPC

Eric, go to hellofresh.com slash HeyRiddle80 and use code HeyRiddle80 to get a total of $80 off your first month, including free shipping on your first box. Additional directions to apply, so please visit hellofresh.com for more details. That is hellofresh.com slash HeyRiddle8080, the numbers. Do not spell out eight zero.

Adal

Did you know that the human head weighs eight pounds?

JPC

Garlicky white sauce. Adal, Erin, do you notice anything different about my body? Why did I open up this line of questioning? The lips are still here. They're just very thin and covered by a mustache.

Erin

Alright, let's see if this is hard because you look worse in a lot of ways.

00:36:26

JPC

This is my nightmare. No! Guys, I have obtained my all form. That's right. I've evolved into the perfect being, the perfect version of JPC, and I call it my all form.

Erin

Oh my gosh, wait, that reminds me of something. Adal, didn't you get a couch from all form?

Adal

Yes.

Erin

Your awesome couch.

Adal

Yes, I used to loathe shopping for furniture, but then Allform sent me a couch and it was like having fun-ature. That's what I call it, hashtag fun-ature. They sent me a double-chase couch, four seats. It's the most comfortable, beautiful, delicious couch I've ever owned. Ooh, I just lay out on it. Oh, I put the cats, I put brisket and fries on one end, and I just spread all over it.

Erin

And Adal, you were able to customize that online, right? Really easy and fun?

Adal

Oh yeah, yeah. You go to their website, you pick out what you want, you pick the beautiful colors, you pick out how many seats you want. They have up to like eight seaters. All kinds of different sectionals. It's absolutely incredible. Stop, stop. You are missing the point, okay?

JPC

This is not about all form. The mattress company Helix Sleep created a furniture brand. They're making premium customizable sofas, chairship right to your door, all contactless delivery. It is not about that. It is about buy all four, right? I'm 125% more JPC.

00:37:36

Erin

Wait, Adal, speaking of all form, that was probably really hard to put together, right? It took a long time to ship to and get to you.

Adal

Oh, awesome!

JPC

I mean, the best part about all form, which is the pure JPC form, is if one of my form dies, I will be reincarnated.

Erin

Wait, what if I'm not like totally sold and I need like a hundred days to decide if I want to keep it? That's more than three months. Would I have that kind of time? Probably not, right?

Adal

You absolutely have a hundred days. If you don't love it, they'll pick it up for free and give you a full refund. And hey, guess what? Unlike my high school girlfriend, they also have a forever warranty. Are you listening to that?

00:38:39

Erin

What? Okay, well, where do I go? What do I do?

Adal

You go to allform.com slash riddle. That's allform.com slash riddle R-I-D-D-L-E.

Erin

Allform.com slash riddle?

Adal

That's what I just said.

Erin

Okay, allform.com slash riddle.

Adal

And Allform is offering 20% off all orders for our listeners, and only if you listen to any other podcast, they are not doing that. It's just for Hey Riddle at allform.com slash riddle. J-A-P-C.

Erin

Allform.com slash riddle.

Adal

20% off. Did you know your butt is where your chest used to be? I paid a wizard a lot of money to do this. And they have a hot list, which is like the top 10 things of the week. It's like books and albums and movies, whatever you might have missed. They also have a grading system, some great Oscars season content.

Erin

It's been three hours. We admit it.

Adal

We like entertainment. It's great. Great, thank you. Okay, thank you.

JPC

But if I'm being honest, I still like my favorite magazine, Entertainment Weeklings, which just rates the hunkiest weeklings in Hollywood. Rick Brand is still number one.

00:39:44

Erin

This pop culture magazine took a day off school and had a crazy adventure around Chicago. You know the second half of this?

Adal

We know Ferris Bueller. So Ferris, Vanity Ferris Bueller. Yeah. Nice. Nice.

Erin

This evergreen terrace patriarch was famous for singing alongside his wife Cher.

JPC

Homer, Sam, Sonny, and Cher.

Erin

Yeah, Sonny Bono.

JPC

And I do think that Sonny Bono is a simp, so let's put that on the record.

Erin

Since I've read this, I can't play a song in this show, right? Like 10 seconds of a song?

Adal

You can, but we'll get the fucking shit suit out of us. Erin, here's what you can do. Were you gonna sing it or did you want Casey to play it?

Erin

Oh, I was just gonna play it off my phone.

Adal

Okay, you can't do that, but what you can do is you can sing it, but you have to make it a parody, because that's protected by parody law.

JPC

So whatever you sing, just make it a parody. Or you can play it, and I'll play it back to you, because that's protected by parody law, which is a law for birds. Alright, ready? Yes.

00:40:48

Erin

Bum bum, bum bum, bum bum. I got shoes babe. I got shoes babe. Erin, those are the real lyrics. We're ruined. That's been in my head.

JPC

We'll be playing all the parts. Adal, so that's a parody of the Sonny and Cher classic, I Got You Babe. We're each going to take a crack at another parody of that Sonny and Cher classic, I Got You Babe.

Adal

Great. Mine is going to be... Even though it's Broccoli Rob.

JPC

Okay, this one is, I got shoes Gabe. This is a woman telling her husband Gabe that she bought him shoes for his birthday. Perfect.

Adal

Aaron, do you want to do one?

Erin

I already did one. JPC stole one of my words. Let's see. Oh, I got one.

Adal

Here I got one. I got one.

Erin

That's a woman telling her brother Dave that she has the flu.

00:41:58

Adal

Of course, we always call our siblings when we're sick. I have one. Please hit snooze Craig. Please hit snooze Craig. That's a man sleeping next to his brother, of course, Craig, and he wants to go back to sleep because the alarm went off.

JPC

I've got one. Let's eat at Stew Cave. That is a commercial for a restaurant called Stew Cave, which is just different stews and like a kind of a cave setting.

Erin

I think that's the best.

JPC

Perfect. Okay, let's end there. Let's end there. That wins. If you've got a Sunny and Cher, I got you babe parody that you want to share with us, go ahead and tweet or get out our Instagram. Hashtag Sunny and Cher it.

Adal

No. Oh yeah. Okay. I was going to say Cher with us, but C-H-E-R.

JPC

Yeah, it is C-H-E-R, but it's Cher with us or Sunny and Cher it, whatever you want to do. If you do Cher with us, it is C-H. If you do Sunny and Cher it, it's S-H.

Erin

Oh my God, that's complicated. This wealthy uncle of Donald ran for 11 seasons featuring a family making waterfowl hunting equipment.

00:43:05

Adal

Scrooge McDuck Dynasty?

Erin

Yeah, you got it. Oh wow. That's a good one, right? That might be my favorite.

Adal

I've never seen Duck Dynasty, but I know it's a thing. It's cultural.

Erin

It's a touch point. This 1957 film about POWs in World War II Japan is a small forward for the LA Clippers.

Adal

What was the first part? Jesus, I don't know either one of these.

Erin

This 1957 film about POWs in World War II Japan.

Adal

Oh, bridge over the river Kawhi Leonard.

Erin

Yeah! You got it! That one's so good, I think.

Adal

Damn, look at Dr. Basketball's over there. Here's my thing is anytime I watch the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard is incredible. He's won two championships. But anytime I watch any Clippers games now, I always say Kahoo, Kawhat, Kawhere, Kawhi Leonard. It's very satisfying.

Erin

I wasn't very familiar with him and then because of that question I looked up a YouTube montage of him playing and I was like oh shit this guy's good at basketball of course because he's professional and very famous but it was cool.

00:44:10

Adal

Can I see a scene? I want to see a scene. So harkening back to Scrooge McDuck Dynasty I want to see a scene. JPC, you are a wealthy sort of billionaire adventurer of the old school variety. And Erin, you are someone who's been paid to dress up like a duck so he can hunt you. And you're having this sort of culmination where he's pulled a gun and you're trying to talk your way out of it.

JPC

All right, you dastardly duck. I've got you right where I want you.

Erin

Quack, quack. Can I have my money now?

JPC

Come on, yes, you're gonna get your money. Hey, look, can we stop? Can we pause? Can we time out? I'm paying you a million bucks.

Erin

I know, but I'm likely gonna die and I went to Juilliard for three years. I'm a Shakespeare based actress. I'm amazing. I played Iago and Othello as a woman and now I'm playing a duck to be hunted.

JPC

How much did you make on Broadway, playing Iago and Othello as a woman? How much did you make? 350 a week?

00:45:15

Erin

About like a thousand bucks a week.

Adal

And when she said she's a duck waiting to be hunted, we do see a little dog that pops up and covers its mouth and giggles and then it goes back down.

Erin

If you're gonna shoot me, just shoot me. But, like, I just don't have to, like, run and pretend to be a duck.

Adal

My dear, my dear, I am a- I'm sorry, when she says if you're gonna shoot me, just shoot me. We do see a little David Spade pops up, covers his mouth, and giggles, and then drops back down. Sorry. Get out of here, you little rat. My dear, my dear, I am an eccentric billionaire, okay?

JPC

If I wanted to shoot you, I would just shoot you. This is a sex thing for me. I- I need you to play your part. I need you to play ass. And you are being paid a million dollars.

Erin

Billionaires are immoral. Quack, quack. You actually didn't work for your money. You're stealing from the middle class. Quack, quack.

JPC

No, first of all, there is no middle class. That's an illusion that we feel like it is put on. Everyone's working class, just no one wants to admit it. Now play your part, or you can kiss that million dollars goodbye. I'll give it to my dog, David Spade, and see what he does with the little purple ones. You're gonna kill me anyway. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Why would I kill you when I could kill Rob Schneider or a million others? It's not about- You can do that?

00:46:26

Adal

I can do it all night long, Rob Schneider. Same. Sorry for ruining the scene. JPC had it feel to play a billionaire. Oh, you know what?

JPC

Powerful. You know what? It made me empathize with them, and then now I think that what Jeff Bezos does is good and right.

Erin

Okay. Wow.

JPC

Just to get inside of his skin. God, I'd love to be inside of his skin.

Erin

JPC, if you ever wrong me, all I'm going to say forever is that JPC loves billionaires. If you become my enemy, you'd be like, JPC actually loves billionaires.

JPC

Yeah, you know what? And if you say JPC loves billionaires, I'll pop up and say, get you a can of barbecue sauce and you'll love billionaires too, baby!

Erin

Alright, okay. This band, formerly headed by Tom DeLong, stars Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs as Brooklyn Waitresses.

Adal

Mark Hoppus broke girls.

Erin

What? No, Adal, no.

Adal

That has to be it. There's no other answer. Mark Hoppus broke girls. Girls. Because it's not going to be Travis Bark girls. Travis Bark girls.

00:47:34

Erin

Tom Delong.

Adal

Wait, it is Tom Delong? Yeah.

Erin

No, he's the beginning part of that.

Adal

Angels and airwaves broke girls. No. Say it again, Erin. Say it again. It's Blink-1A2 Broke Girls.

Erin

Yeah. This band, formerly headed by Tom Delong, stars Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs as Brooklyn Waitresses.

Adal

Did you know that there's still people out there today figuring out that the album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is a sex pun?

JPC

I've only ever seen it spoken and so I still don't know that it's a sex pun.

Erin

I like how they were naked in that video.

Adal

She left me roses by the stairs. Surprises let me know she cares.

JPC

I think the most iconic line in that song is, work sucks. I know.

Erin

So good. When live band Karaoke still existed at IO, which was always my favorite moments of every year, did you guys ever go to that?

00:48:35

Adal

No. No.

Erin

It was so fun. It was actually after world news on Saturday nights at midnight. Oh, I know. You knew about it. You just didn't want to participate?

JPC

No, after I do improv for three and a half hours the last thing I want to do is be around a bunch of drunk people singing live band karaoke.

Erin

Well it was amazing, but Tim Lyons are always participated and it was amazing, but the one time I sang I did all the small things with Laurel Zoff-Pelton and it was so fun. Because it's like amazing musicians who also happen to be great improvisers playing music.

Adal

I saw them live because I was dating maybe 2005? You were dating 2005? That year was so hot. Thank you. I was dating up. But I was dating someone who's super into Blink-182, so we went and saw them live in Milwaukee. And during the show, Travis Barker had a drum set that got lifted up into the air and then spun. And he kept playing the drums while spinning, suspended like 80 feet in the air. And that's cool. I'm not a huge Blink-182 fan, but I did have to stop and be like, this is fucking great. Like this is what a live show should be.

00:49:40

Erin

It was very cool. I'm going to do one more of these, I think. Are we ready? I'm ready. Dev Patel stars in this 2008 film about the Indian version of a popular game show, which will eat the pen, or no, eat the paper and drink the pen.

Adal

Slum, dog, millionaire, and key. Yeah.

Erin

Jai ho. We did it.

Adal

Jai ho. Erin, don't say that about yourself.

Erin

No, I'm just saying that that's the name of the song at the end of Slum Dog Mix.

Adal

Oh, that's what we were saying too. You're not a song, you dummy.

Erin

Um, ho is such a ridiculous term. She's a ho.

Adal

So here's a question I have. Is ho short for horror? Or is that not a thing? Oh, Adal, do we look like fucking Google to you? That's so funny. Growing up when people would use the word ho, I was like, I don't know what a ho is, but is it short for horror, but horror starts wh?

00:50:42

Erin

I'll look it up.

JPC

Adal, I'm sure it is. I'm sure that that is, I'm sure Ho is synonymous with. But also, I feel like language... And I didn't mean to get into like a weird conversation. I just... No, no, no. I think language, especially like language in like music. Oh, you're right bud. Music culture is so often like co-opted and adopted that I feel like now maybe nowadays like it's not even It doesn't even register to me as the same word.

Adal

Yeah, it's weirdly become, I don't want to say palatable because it's not, but it's weirdly like, if someone's like, oh, you ho, it's like, uh-oh, you got them. But if you called someone a whore, that would be a needle off the record moment of like, what the fuck?

JPC

That's awful. Other terms came out like thought, and that stands for that ho over there, which also co-opted. This stuff moves way faster than I will ever be able to move.

Erin

But it's interesting to learn about though because like the origin of like putting women in their place is an interesting history to learn about. The word hoe is from the word whore starting in the 1960s.

00:51:55

JPC

What's that? What's that? What is it? Urban? It's Urban Dictionary, right? Urban dictionary. You're thinking of rhyming.

Erin

Do you want me to look up Ho on Urban Dictionary?

JPC

Well, no, I will. I know the Urban Dictionary. I remember like, haha, like this is a funny thing. Like this is a sex thing. Let's look it up on Urban Dictionary and then just being completely lost and being like, are these real or do what do I do?

Adal

I think do people still. I think Ho was invented in the 1960s. I think it was maybe 60. 7 by Led Zeppelin when they sang What a Whole Lotta Love. Yes, that's true.

Erin

You guys, I have a couple things to say. Okay, please. First of all, I now I'm a hundred percent sure I'm gonna Google all the origins of all the ways we've slut-shamed and sex-shamed women over the years because this has been fascinating. Second of all, I looked up Ho on Urban Dictionary and it says a word Santa Claus says a word Ho, a word Santa Claus says three times when he sees your wife, mother, and sister together in a room.

00:52:57

Adal

That's great. So what if from now on... Can we get some fan art of Santa saying horror, horror, horror? I'm joking. I'm joking. I don't want that. I'm joking.

JPC

I'm joking. I also think that Urban Dictionary is a fun website because if you just go down like six entries on something, they're like, this thing is something that you say to Kevin because Kevin's a little fuck boy. And it's like, who is this for? Like Kevin's never going to read this. What are you talking about?

Erin

Alright, I'm going to continue on some listener submitted riddles. These are like one-off riddles for the most part. And this one is from Autumn. I think we're allowed to say her name.

JPC

Just in case, why don't we just call her Fall?

Erin

Okay Fall. Well Autumn, the title of this email is a dumb riddle that ended a friendship. So I was like, yeah Autumn. I'm clicking on that. Story time. And this is the end. I'm going to read what Autumn said at the end of the email, which is, sorry in advance, my friends haven't talked to me since I told them this one. I made it up. So Autumn doesn't have friends anymore because they told their friends this riddle.

00:54:15

???

Jesus.

Erin

Are you ready?

???

Yes.

Erin

So I just like, let's do a quick friendship check right now. JBC, are you my friend?

JPC

Oh I'd love to talk about this off air. If that's possible.

Adal

Someone's in trouble.

Erin

Oh shit I'm not his friend. Adal are you my friend? Yes. Great. You just asked me to be one of your groomsmen. I really hope.

JPC

Adal just kicked me so hard under the table. Oh he's lying. Ow my shit.

Erin

Okay, so so far I have a half friend and a friend. So let's see if this makes alienates them even further for me. What has four corners yet isn't a square or a rectangle?

Adal

One has four corners but is not a square or rectangle. So corners, a city block. Is it a city block?

Erin

No.

Adal

Four Corners.

Erin

The United States, but you're sort of on the right track.

Adal

Oh, it's a mortuary owned by Four Brothers?

00:55:16

Erin

No.

Adal

Four Corners? Four Corners?

JPC

Okay, I want to see a commercial. Adal and Erin, this is a commercial for Four Brothers Mortuary.

Erin

Hey, come on down to the Four Brothers Mortuary. Two of us are still alive, and two of us are ghosts.

Adal

Do you know someone who is dead or dying? Then come on down to my coroner office and tell me all about it. My sister, she does the embalming, and I do the fitting.

Erin

Yeah, and we take people who are almost to death. So if someone's on their way out, bring them down.

JPC

And I have unfinished business, but your business will be finished if you come into Four Brothers Mortuary. And he's not even a ghost one.

Erin

What? Alright, what has four corners yet isn't a square or a rectangle? And JPC is the closest so far.

Adal

What did JPC say? A bed? A country, the United States. Is it like about borders? Is there borders? Oh, the Four Corners is a spot in the U.S. It's where Utah, New Mexico, Arizona... Arizona.

00:56:28

Erin

I want to see a scene. JPC, you are a couple with Adal and you have driven 20 hours to get in the Four Corners and you're standing in all the states and you're sort of being insufferable and annoying about it.

Adal

Come on. No, I just want to go Jeremy. Come on. Let's go.

JPC

What did I say? I said water can only be in three states, but I can be in fucking four.

Adal

That doesn't make sense. Water in three states. What the fuck are you talking about? We live in Minneapolis.

JPC

Ice. Water.

Adal

Hold on. Oh shit. You're gonna call. Don't summon him.

JPC

Don't summon him. Come rags. Oh breakfast tacos. Nah, this shit never works anyway. Captain Planet's a fake.

Erin

I'm here, I'm cum rags.

JPC

I used to just be t-shirts, but... I'm contractually obligated to tell you my name is Poop.

Adal

Sorry, is cum rags short for something? Is that short for Christina Rags?

00:57:29

Erin

No, no. Um, an urban dictionary couldn't even find cum rags.

Adal

No, no. Why are you looking it up? Are we still on the scene? Poop is short for something. Oh. What is it? Poop is short for something. For what?

Erin

Pooparella.

Adal

Poop-a-rel. Poop-to-ville? Cadillac poop-to-ville?

JPC

Those are all better.

Erin

Scene. That was a scene that made the least amount of sense we've ever done, so put that in the Hall of Fame.

Adal

And that's saying something.

Erin

I'm just going to tell you the answer to this.

Adal

Okay.

Erin

The Earth. The Earth. It's the Earth. The four corners of the Earth.

Adal

What are they? What?

Erin

You know how the saying, the four corners of the Earth.

JPC

No. Four corners of a map?

Erin

No. Of the Earth?

JPC

Does this person think that the Earth is flat? Is this a flat earther?

Erin

Yeah, it's a flat earther.

JPC

Why do we keep getting these flat earthers listening to the show? What is it about our insanity that attracts these flat earthers?

Adal

Welcome to Flat Earth. Remember Independence Day when Will Smith says that?

00:58:32

JPC

Please let Will Smith go and take that back again. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Take it as a task. It didn't just appear in the Bible. The Bible was written by people. It was reinterpreted by an English king. And according to of his whims, he put it there.

Erin

It's before they realized that the earth was round. And it's like, I would go to the four corners of the earth to find her. It's a saying.

JPC

The four corners of the earth. Mexico. Denmark.

Erin

Do you think I'll ever meet someone who will go to the four corners of the earth for me?

Adal

Erin, I think you'll meet someone who'll go to the corner store for you. Oh I was about to say that.

Erin

Good enough for me!

JPC

It won't go to the four corners of the earth, but it'll go to the corner so that I get milk and eggs. But I'm Erin Keif that I shouldn't have smoked.

Erin

Well, that's me in two months. I'm going to go buy a bag of cigarettes right after we record this. All right. This one is from a person. I'm just going to call them M. So they are validated that we use their name, but they don't want us to use their full name. At what time of day did the man get hit on by the person collecting tolls?

00:59:46

Adal

What point did the man get hit on by the person collecting his photos? What time of day? I want to say noon.

Erin

Ten on two? Nope.

Adal

Hit on. So hit on would be like, what's the... Oh, uh, mid-day. Mid-day to you.

Erin

Mid-day to you, sir. JPC's my friend. He's my friend. He's my friend. We're friends.

Adal

Calling it.

Erin

I'm calling it now. JPC and I are going to be friends.

Adal

I love the confidence. When, when are we gonna go on a dates day?

JPC

So this, there's like a word, there's got to be like, it's not like one, two, three. I don't think it's something like that. I think it's got to be some sort of like midday or... Is it a day of the week?

Erin

No, it's like a play on word. It sounds like something.

JPC

But is it a day of the week?

Erin

I would say it's similar to the tooth herdy joke.

JPC

Got it. So that's a specific time though. What does it have to do with the toll?

Erin

I think that's gonna be... Where does a person who...

JPC

Booth 30.

Erin

Booth?

JPC

Booth Flirty.

01:00:46

???

Yes.

Adal

Yes.

Erin

And then they say, I'm so sorry. And then him says, I'm so sorry.

Adal

Do you want to know some fucking history? What? That joke is what got Abraham Lincoln killed. He goes, oh, what time is it? Booth Flirty? And he went and got his gun and came back. Six Semper Taredis, you dumb motherfucker. Perfect. What does dinosaurs have to do with anything bland?

Erin

Are we ready? Yes. JPC, you know your history. Find your boy.

JPC

I know, and I played the final countdown, which was what we played in my high school before the final bellwood ring.

Adal

Incredible. Sick-tempered Terenas.

Erin

Are we ready? Yes. Let's see if I can say their name. Oh, Steven. PS, you can use my name. Okay. Hi, Steven. What's up? Hey, Steven PS. Longtime fan, time writer.

JPC

Keep your name at my mouth.

Erin

Stephen says, I would like to start by saying these are not great riddles.

JPC

Okay, that's fine. We start every podcast that way, Stephen. Thank you for your honesty.

01:01:49

Erin

Alright, I'm going to do these really quick. Ready?

JPC

Sure.

Erin

What's blue and looks like a bucket?

Adal

A bucket. Mr. Bucket?

Erin

Yep, a blue bucket. What's green and looks like a bucket?

Adal

Green bucket. No. Alligator's mouth. No. A helmet. What's green and looks like a bucket? A blue bucket painted with orange paint? Blue and orange make green.

Erin

You guys, I've been saying it for the entire history of this podcast. We need to get Adal back to kindergarten. He doesn't understand magnets. He can't sing songs. He doesn't understand colors.

Adal

It's just an ICP song. Fucking rainbows. How do they work?

Erin

Alright, last one. What's green and has wheels?

Adal

The Ninja Turtles van. The Mystery Machines. Oh, it's Green Hornet? Because he has a car. What's green and has wheels? The Hulk on roller skates.

01:03:02

JPC

Is there a green cheese that comes in a wheel?

Adal

Yeah dude, there's a green cheese.

Erin

That would be clever. This answer is grass. I was kidding about the wheels. These were the riddles I came up with slash found when I was in elementary school. Love the pod. I've been listening since episode three or four. Stay awesome and keep up the good work, Steven. Thank you, Steven.

JPC

Steven, you get a pass because you're cool. Enjoy the rest of your day, buddy.

Adal

Steven, you get a hall pass because that was hauling good fun. You get a hall pass because I Owen Wilson knew my life. Wow. Casey ad noises of me smashing glass. Okay. I say I'm okay with that, but those were some rough jokes. Okay, here we go.

Erin

Are we going to ramp scamp?

Adal

Yeah. Are we going to ramp scamp?

Erin

Are we going to rimskimp? Okay. I think we have read this person's riddles on the show before. I'm not usually a double dipper, but help me.

01:04:05

JPC

Oh, we're not rereading their riddles. They sent in more riddles.

Erin

They sent in more riddles.

Adal

Got it, got it, got it. And I've seen you at a veggie tray and you absolutely doubled it.

Erin

I eat too fast.

Adal

Can we talk about that? It was your fingers. It wasn't even carrots.

JPC

Erin, by the way, just I don't want to call you out, but I've seen your ass. You're made of a bunch of stars and I've seen you up in the sky and I could tell you for sure you're a double dipper.

Erin

Oh, you did it.

Adal

So, Erin, real quick, is this true? You eat too fast?

Erin

No, I think I'm an unpleasant person to watch eat because I think I'm not a cute eater. I inhale food because I grew up around people who eat really fast and so I don't want to ever be the one holding people up.

Adal

You grew up in prison, right?

Erin

Yeah, but it is, yeah, it's not great. But speaking of dips, if anyone has any like Trader Joe's dips that are delicious, I've been trying to buy a different one every time I go. So I'm going to tweet at me or Instagram me about it.

01:05:09

Adal

Hell yeah. I recently got on that JPC tip where he let me know that him and Mariah like to take some French bread. He just made a unicorn symbol and I don't know what that is. That's on JPC's tip. Take some French bread and put it in the toaster oven and then put ricotta cheese on it balsamic vinegar and honey and it's so good I've had that for breakfast the last like five days for breakfast I call it breakfast bread or treat bread

Erin

Whoa, both. Treating yourself in the morning. Incredible.

JPC

Sometimes I'll have treat bread for breakfast, but who cares? Call it treat Williams.

Erin

I've been making filet mignon. I made it twice now.

JPC

Okay, now, you say F-L-A-M-I-N apostrophe.

Erin

Yeah.

JPC

Flamin' Yawn. You're bored of steak.

Erin

Flamin' Yawn.

JPC

I'm bored of steak.

Erin

Flamin' Yawn. I yawned and it's on fire. I never bought it before because I was like, I don't have the skills to make something that's this expensive. But I was like, I'm going to buy it and I'm going to figure out a way to make it great. And I did it and it was so good.

01:06:15

Adal

I don't have the skills to cook something on each side for five minutes.

Erin

That's not it. You have to base it and you have to put it in the oven after you cook it in the pan.

Adal

You also have to put pants on. It's one of the hardest things to cook. You have to base it. What do you call it? John Entwistle?

Erin

You're brains move so fast. Okay. All right. We're going to quickly do these. Are we ready? These are from KM. I don't think I'm allowed to use their full name. Okay. Thank you, Kim. Hi, Erin. I thought of a few more warm up riddles for you. Are you ready?

Adal

These are like cool down riddles because it's the end of the show. And hold on, Erin I don't want to blow this person's cover because they didn't want their full name said, but we should recognize that KM of course is Kacey Musgraves. Now about six or seven episodes ago we talked about Kacey Musgraves. We talked about how we'd love to have her on the show. She's obviously heard our podcast because it's a worldwide phenomenon and now she's secretly writing in and she doesn't want us to blow her cover. So just know that we are talking to Kacey Musgraves.

Erin

We also talked about buying the Knicks and that has been very slow moving. All right, ready?

01:07:19

JPC

I think Casey was going to buy them for us. Yes, continue.

Erin

Yeah, Casey, can you use your money to buy us the Knicks and then give it to us as a gift? Thank you, Casey. Thank you, Casey. A man is locked in the basement of an old house. The door is too sturdy for him to break. When he looks through the keyhole, he can tell that whoever locked him in the basement has left the key in the door, although it is out of reach. He searches for something to help him escape and finds only a stack of Celine Dion posters. The basement is well lit, so he knows he hasn't overlooked anything. In a few minutes, he unlocks the door and escapes to freedom. How?

Adal

Okay, so what he does... He reaches near, far, wherever you are outside the door. He rips his heart out of his chest and his heart will go on while he stays in the room. The heart gets on the other side of the door, unlocks it for him, steps out, he puts his heart back in his chest. I'm assuming these Celine Dion posters are critical to figuring this out. No, it doesn't matter that it's Celine Dion.

01:08:33

Erin

Oh. It just matters at the poster. Sean and I in like the early parts of us dating had a night where we went back and forth showing each other songs that made us cry and one of his songs was Oh Holy Night by Celine Dion.

JPC

That's awesome.

Erin

And at the end where she like opts up of like the oh night oh no I looked over at him and he was sobbing. I was like, oh boy.

JPC

Does he push the poster under the door, then push the key out of the lock onto the poster, then pull it back under the door? Hold on. I have an answer too. And then we'll see who's left.

Erin

You're amazing. That's correct.

JPC

It's not that impressive. It's not that impressive. I do have to say I've been locked in many old men's basements and I've gotten out every time.

Adal

I was assuming that he put up all the posters, and then every night, during thunderstorms, he would carve out a hole behind the wall. Till one day, he crawled through the length of ten football fields, and then the warden grabbed the poster and ripped it down and there's a hole.

01:09:36

Erin

Yep, that's definitely an acceptable answer as well. Alright, thank you.

Adal

Next one? Yes.

Erin

All right, we're gonna move quickly because I want to get all three in. Okay. A group of children are screaming for their mother in a cul-de-sac they live in. An annoying neighbor calls the local authorities who lock the children up without being bothered to locate their mother. Why?

JPC

The children are not, yeah, they're dogs, they're not humans, they're raccoons.

Erin

Yeah, the children are kittens and the authorities are animal control. Also acceptable, cops are bastards. Someone's a fan of the show.

Adal

If anyone calls the cops on kittens meowing, they suck. Well, trust me, they're out there. Those people exist.

Erin

Are you ready?

Adal

Yes. If you call the cops on anyone, you suck.

Erin

Two waiters are working at a high society New Year's Eve party. The first waiter bets a second that he can find out the cost of a specific guest's shoes without asking him. The second waiter takes the bet and the first waiter walks to the guest's room to refill their drink. Before he says anything, the guest tells the waiter the price of the shoes. Why? I love this riddle.

01:10:46

Adal

Because he spills the water on his shoes and he goes, hey asshole, these are $800 shoes. Wow, is that right? Yes!

Erin

You're the asshole! That's how you know what it is! Dude, it's like the riddle of, like, how do you get your, um, uh... I kill my dad and then I meet the other... I kill my mom later. That was the test. Adal, you're the asshole. You've yelled at so many waiters, I'm sure.

Adal

Yeah. Do you know... I... Here's the thing, like, Gemma... Gemma's annoyed with me, because if we go out to eat, and even if they bring me the wrong entree, I'll just eat it. And she's like, say something. I'm like, I don't... I don't want to bother anyone. And she's like, you're not being rude if you got the wrong entree. I'm like, just let me eat this please.

Erin

You're eating a bunch of spiders on a plate and you're like, they work really hard. You tip them 40%.

JPC

This is what I deserve. I'm so sorry. Adal gets water spilled in his shoes and he's like, hey asshole, these are air walks that I got into at a state sale. Speaking of things that we could get at in a state sale. My lemon water came out of my nose. That's so funny. Should have been drinking water. Erin, do you have anything besides your nose that you would like to plug? That's coming out soon.

01:11:59

Erin

It burns so much. I would like to plug an estate sale that I plan on going to to buy sneakers. No, honestly, I think that my thing in my 30s, an entire next decade of my life is going to be me going to estate sales. That's my plan. Also, you can follow me, Erin Keif 10, on Instagram and Erin Keif 2 on Twitter to follow my journey of making a living out of going to estate sales. Adal?

Adal

Just because we're saying the word estate, please check out the game show Estate of Panic. It was like a 2008 or something game show. It's so weird and wonderful. Check that out. It's like a big mansion. You had to find money hidden all over the house. Estate of Panic. Also, I was just recently a guest on the Hypotheticast. Hypotheticast where we answer hypothetical questions. It was a wonderful time. Please check out my episode and all the other episodes. And I also want to give a plug to a podcast I've been enjoying a ton, which is Billbuds, starring our own JPP.

JPC

Hey, thank you so much. Since we're talking about Estates, you have to check out one of my favorite sketch comedy groups of all time. A ton of people from Reno 911, you will recognize. That is the 1993 sketch series. I believe it's called TH Estate. Yeah, it is, it is amazing. Go watch some of the clips on YouTube. I don't know where you can find the state anymore, but it's very funny. I still think it's, yeah, DVD. It's, it's, it's still very, very funny. And then you can follow me on Twitch at sharkbarkman. I'm on Twitter at JPsofly. Yeah, that's pretty much it.

01:13:35

Erin

One more thing to say if you want to send us riddles. I love doing listener submitted riddles because they're so original and fun and interesting. Please send them to hrrpodcast.gmail.com and you can also pay homage to the people who have written these specific kinds of riddles and write riddles in the style that they did. So if you want to do this like pickup line riddles please send those or those like name combined riddles. Anything goes, please send us your riddles.

JPC

The only limit is your imagination, dear boy.

Adal

Thank you, Willy Wonka. Erin, I do have, this is funny, I was looking up on Urban Dictionary, Urban Dictionary, sorry. And do you know the term, have you heard somebody called a tur?

Erin

No.

Adal

So if someone accidentally spills water on your shoes, you might say like, knock it off you tur, or like, what are you doing tur? And tur, it turns out, I don't know if that's true or not, but it turns out on Urban Dictionary it says tur short for

Erin

Jupiter, let's not disrespect a planet.

01:14:35

Adal

Bye forever.

JPC

We don't know what it's capable of. We don't know what it's capable of.

Erin

Honestly, it could fall on us. I don't know. Hey if you enjoyed that we think you might enjoy our Patreon episode that comes out this Friday. It is the thrilling conclusion of our 1980s high school mystery. I had so so much fun recording this with the guys. It is an absolute blast. There's a new Arnie Parrott theme and Casey Tony absolutely kills it on the editing. We really enjoy doing it. So if you're interested in listening to that, go to patreon.com slash Hey Riddle Riddle and join our Clue Crew, which is $5 a month, or our Review Crew, which is $8 a month, and you get two hours of extra bonus content. Thank you so much for listening. Please check out the 1980s arc. It is so fun and I'm very, very, very, very proud of it and it's still good and fun. I hope you have a great week. That was a hate gun podcast.