Which Riddle Riddle?

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00:00:02

Erin

This is a HeadGum podcast.

Adal

Hey Erin and JPC, it's me, your cousin, Adal, Adal Riddles.

JPC

Adal Riddles, we have a cousin, Adal Riddles?

Adal

Yeah. Do you have a cousin?

JPC

Hey, do the two of us have, yeah, do you and I have a cousin?

Adal

Do you and I have a cousin that we share? You know those riddles you were looking for?

JPC

Okay, I'm sorry, he's still on the phone.

Adal

I'm sorry, who is this? It's your cousin, Adal.

Erin

Adal Riddles. Adal, can you give us a second? So, GPC, I'm Irish with a little bit of English. What's your heritage? Where's your family from?

00:01:08

JPC

Hold on for a second. Hey Adal, Erin and I just got a phone call from an Adal Riddles. Do you know this person? Wait, Adal Riddles? That's what they said. How's it spelled? Give me a second. I'm so sorry. Can you spell that? Yes, Erin, I think I'm Irish, like a little bit German.

Adal

Yeah, I can spell it. C-O-U-S-I-N.

Erin

So he spelled cousin, Adal. Does that help?

JPC

Yeah, he spelled cousin. Is that helpful? But it's not even the bit of like, can you spell it, I-T. It's not even that. It's like they just chose a word that we were talking about.

Adal

That's a bad bit then.

JPC

Hang up.

Erin

Hang up.

JPC

I think I'm gonna hang up. Okay, I'm sorry, we're not interested. Okay, goodbye.

Adal

I'm Adal Rifai. I'm JPC.

Erin

And I'm Erin Keif.

Adal

And we're back to the riddles. Wait, what's the song? That's Jurassic Park. What's the Back to the Future song?

JPC

Are we not gonna talk about that call?

Adal

Are we just going to let that go? That's not like us.

Erin

Yeah, I guess we're just going to let that go.

00:02:08

Adal

Who was that?

Erin

The theme is like, the doctor was a mother. That's what it is. That's how it goes.

Adal

Yeah, that's right. The doctor was too old for the kid. Is there fanfic where Doc and Marty McFly are like a couple?

Erin

Have you met the internet? There's fanfic for everything.

Adal

Is there fanfic?

JPC

Of course there is fanfic. Of course there is fanfic.

Adal

Fanfic of course stands for fantastic fiction.

JPC

Yes, that's exactly what it stands for. I'm so unaware of the world of fanfic. Every time I dip my toes into it as well, it's like, it mystifies me and terrifies me and I have to like, I just have to back away. Because it's like, oh yeah, this like, you know, this like tangential character from a video game, someone wrote like a 65 page novella about this person. It's incredible.

Erin

If you're a really really good writer and then you're passionate about like a fandom, it's perfect.

Adal

It is such an interesting sneak peek into people's psyches in terms of like you can't just like you can't just enjoy something you have to like really roll it around in your head and be like huh this is good but it needs more fucking

00:03:21

Erin

I'm not an idiot. I got involved in the Harry Potter fanfic scene on Tumblr in like 2013. It's because I was keeping my ear to the ground. I had my finger to the pulse of what was cool and new and good. So yeah, it would be two in the morning and I'd be reading Harry Potter fanfic.

Adal

I did read one that was Harry and Draco getting it on. And let's just say his last name should be Mouthful. Mouthful. Draco Mouthful.

JPC

I don't think it's all sexual though, fanfic. I think some of it certainly is horny, but I don't think it's all, it's like, not 99%.

Adal

Horny, right? Show us one fanfic that's not fucking.

Erin

I couldn't, I wouldn't even know where to find it. One that I really, really liked was one about Neville's parents and it was just them sort of falling in love in their day to day. That was sort of what was going on for me.

JPC

Erin, how long of a fanfic was that? Do you remember? Was it like multiple pages or chapters?

Erin

Yeah, I would say it was probably like 15, 20 pages. Didn't take me forever to read.

00:04:22

Adal

Wow.

Erin

Felt like a chapter from something. Okay, okay.

Adal

So we're encouraging you, the listeners, to do some fanfic for Coco Cashmere, Puzzbot, and JP Riddles.

JPC

Use the hashtag... Hashtag I wasted my time on this.

Erin

Yeah, I'll read some of that.

JPC

Hashtag the hosts won't read this.

Erin

I'll read it.

JPC

Absolutely will not read this.

Erin

How's everyone doing? Is everyone okay?

JPC

Yeah, I'm great. You're talking about the arrow in my shoulder. Thank you.

Erin

Sorry we took so long to mention it.

JPC

Four minutes in and no one's asked about the arrow. No, I'm fine. I'm being hunted again.

Adal

And Erin, you must be asking about the electrical outlet in my neck. Yep. I am grounded. I've decided to become grounded.

Erin

Oh, wow.

JPC

Um, uh... Easy way to do that is just touch a piece of copper, but you went with the electrical outlet in your deck.

Erin

Now this is a joke, but I was talking to my friend Shelby yesterday, and she decided she ever gets married, uh... Very funny. If she ever gets married for her bachelorette party, she doesn't want like a stripper or us to get drunk or anything. She wants us to like rent in a state and then hunt a Republican senator.

00:05:41

Adal

I think that was a movie.

Erin

Just eight of us. Eight women. And we go, you have two minutes to run and then we hunt him.

JPC

That can't be cheaper. That can't be cheaper than just a traditional party. This is a cost-saving thing?

Adal

That can't be cheaper. Well, famously, if you have eight women, it's pretty expensive. But if you have 12, it is cheaper by the dozen.

Erin

Yeah, it's true.

Adal

Yes. Yeah, that is very true.

Erin

But if you're all okay, let's just get into riddles.

Adal

Well, I do want to say, I do want to bring up, since you mentioned somebody possibly getting married in her bachelorette party, you're both in my wedding party, and I'll need a bachelorette party at some point. I'll need. I'll need a bachelor party.

JPC

The fucking gumption of this guy. I'll need. Oh, and guys, I'll need a bachelor party.

Adal

The gumption? I'm not a detective. I'm sorry. So I would like each of you to pitch to me a bachelor party.

Erin

Oh my gosh, we should each have to do a PowerPoint shark tank-like pitch.

Adal

Ted Talk?

Erin

Yeah, Ted Talk, like Rob and Brett and everyone has to pitch their ideal bachelor party.

00:06:41

JPC

Honestly, my pitch is PowerPoint bachelor party, where everybody just prepares PowerPoints. And we sit in a room at a conference, I rent a conference room at an office and then we all just go in there and we look at a PowerPoint.

Adal

We did that for Alice, for Alice Stanley's birthday. She had a birthday party and invited me and she was like, the only gift you need to bring is everyone needs to prepare a five minute PowerPoint. And so everyone brought in like a PowerPoint. Several were about Alice and then I can't remember what I did, but it was actually a blast. Yeah, see, that'd be fun. At first I was like homework for a party. And then when I got there, I was like, this is the most fun thing.

Erin

I would like to pitch your entire wedding party coming over to clean my house and I'm not there for your bachelor party.

JPC

Because I'm busy that weekend.

Erin

Because I'm busy that weekend. But you guys can like drink beer or whatever.

Adal

Oh that's kind. Thank you.

JPC

You just have to bring it, clean it up, and do not leave it. I don't want it in my house.

Adal

I've had people, this is obviously pre-quarantine, but I've had people like over to my apartment and I'll be like, do you want a drink or a cocktail? And they're like, no, but if you want to have one, go ahead. And it's like, I don't need your fucking permission. I don't know if that's like a, if that's like a regional thing, but I'm like, you don't need to tell me I can have a drink.

00:07:54

Erin

Well, we're all just trying to parent each other.

JPC

My bachelor party for you, Adal, is you rent a cabin out in the woods somewhere, and you get all the people to just have a fun two days at a cabin in the woods. And then at the end of that two days, we are hunted by Republicans with axes and bows to their eyes.

Adal

Okay, interesting. Would you ever allow spaghetti to strip at my bachelor party?

JPC

How much you paying her?

Adal

I'm gonna say 10 treats. But I'm gonna, I'm gonna like... What is happening?

Erin

I'm gonna make it rain. Let's do Riddle. Stop it. Stop it.

JPC

I think that I have, there's no shame in sex work. I definitely think that my dog could do sex work. I just, I think she's gonna want more than 10 treats. I think that she's worth more.

Adal

No, Erin's right. Let's move on. Erin's right.

Erin

What happened to us? What happened to us? Okay.

00:08:54

JPC

I'm sorry, what if that was not on brand for me? What are you talking about?

Erin

That's true, good point. Okay. So, this is what's new, is that I'm Old Man Puzzles. And I'm gonna do some listener-submitted riddles. And some of them are like these sort of new, different things. Not necessarily just run-of-the-mill riddles. But are you two ready?

Adal

So would you say these aren't our grandma's riddles?

Erin

No, these aren't your grandma's riddles.

Adal

Okay, good.

Erin

So this one, let me see if I can use the name.

JPC

Because if you've seen my Grandma's Riddles, please do let me know. It's been 11 years. It's all she talks about. Miss them and we want them back.

Erin

Okay. These are from KM. Hi, Erin. I thought of a game based on potential business ventures for the Clue Crew to expand their brand. For each scenario, the name of the business is the Hey Riddle Riddle Clue Crew with either Clue or Crew replaced with a Rhyme or End Rhyme. Make sense?

Adal

What's the difference between a rhyme and an end rhyme?

00:09:55

Erin

I guess we'll find out.

Adal

For example, I don't know.

JPC

Well, I think Indriem is the 11th movie in the franchise. You don't even have to have context for any of the other stuff that happens in the franchise, but if you do, it makes the moment where they all show up very emotional.

Erin

Yeah, there's all those circle time portal things and then they all show up and then there was a time where all the women fight together and then we forgot about any misogyny in the whole franchise because all the women got to fight.

JPC

We make sure that they fight together, but they don't talk together because we really don't want it to pass the Mechdel test. We want to keep straight in our lane.

Erin

It better not. OK, here we go.

JPC

Yes.

Erin

For example, if the Clue Crew started a business recommending paint colors for people's homes, they would be the Hey Riddle Riddle Hue Crew. So that's the example.

JPC

Oh, I was going to say paint pickers.

Erin

Well, that doesn't rhyme with Clue Crew.

JPC

Okay, so I feel like there's so much judgment coming at me.

Adal

I'm so sorry, I should add in just to make sure we get it in. I should mention, Odele is an amazing album, Loser's a great song, and also Dell makes some amazing desktop computers. That way, sorry, that way this conversation passes the Bechdel test.

00:11:11

Erin

So, Adal didn't hear anything we were saying for a while, and that's clear now.

Adal

You know me too well.

Erin

Whenever Adal gets quiet for two minutes, I go, he's constructing something.

Adal

Uh-huh. Okay.

JPC

Adal's bashed between his one.

Adal

Carry the one, and add three eggs and throw that one.

Erin

In his brain, if you ever see someone, like, quickly cut out one of those paper snowflakes, he's doing that in his brain where, like, just cutting little corners and edges being, like, almost there. Okay. The Clue Crew launches an overnight riddle themed boat trip.

Adal

Overnight riddle themed boat trip. Okay, so this would be a Clue Cruise?

Erin

Yes! Also, that would be fun, right?

JPC

We should do, well currently no, in the future. Currently in the future, that's what industry could just go away.

Erin

Come on, us and our listeners on a canoe?

Adal

Anything, that would be amazing. A cruise canoe? Anything Kid Rock can do, we can do better, is what I've been saying since day one. And Kid Rock famously does a cruise with all his fans, and they're on a cruise, and he baws with the baws, and he baws with the girls, and he baws with the kids.

00:12:24

Erin

Is Kid Rock the one who hit his head at the Tonys?

Adal

Let me look. If you think Kid Rock was at the Tonys, you might be a redneck.

JPC

Honestly, Kid Rock probably could have gone to the Tonys. I wouldn't put it past Kid Rock to have contributed in some way to the book of some musical. Just some of the like, let's get fucking Kid Rock on this so that more people see it.

Erin

Who's the one? It wasn't Kid Rock.

Adal

Are you thinking of Josie, his friend? Have you ever seen the Kid Rocky Cats? Did I ever tell you guys a story about when I was on stage with Kid Rock in Detroit? No.

JPC

That's the time to do it.

Adal

I'll save it for another time. It was the wrestler?

Erin

No.

JPC

That's Shawn's Kid Rock.

Erin

He's the poor man's Kid Rock.

JPC

Yeah, Shawn Michaels is the heartbreak kid. Not to be confused with Kid Rock, which is the kid break heart.

Adal

But Kid Rock does make sweet chin music. Yes.

00:13:27

Erin

I'm sorry. I was supposed to know that these were different.

JPC

She's looking at a picture of Kid Rock and Bret Michaels and they do look exactly the same.

Adal

We have to tweet that picture. That'll be the picture we tweet for the episode.

JPC

Erin's dying because she just found out that Kid Rock and Bret Michaels look exactly alike. They have the exact same aesthetic. They just copied off of each other. Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Adal

Erin, we're going to continue with these riddles, but there's no fucking way this episode sees the light of day.

???

Oh my god.

JPC

So enjoy this one if you are listening to this episode on the shelf.

Erin

Oh, this is not funny. He almost died from hitting his head at the toy.

Adal

Kid Rock, dude? Why was Kid Rock at the Tony's? No, Michaels.

Erin

Michaels. Michaels almost died from hitting his head. Why was he hitting his head on? A set piece came down and he turned and he wiped out. You can look at it on YouTube.

00:14:30

JPC

Yeah, okay.

Erin

Oh my god, I'm crying. That is so funny. Why are those different people? I know how fans feel when they look at the two of you.

JPC

Yeah, Adal famously looked just like Bret Michaels. We have cowboy hats.

Erin

Oh man, that made my month. Okay. The Clue crew starts selling hearty meat and vegetable soups.

Adal

Crew stew. Stew Crew.

Erin

It was a nay for the crew's one. Is it a yay for the stew business?

Adal

I think so, but here's my qualm, and it's mostly to do with me being right. I feel like crew to stew is a way easier path than clue to stew. Am I crazy?

Erin

You're not crazy, but I'm asking you if you think we should start a stew business.

Adal

One is a one-letter change, and the other is a three-letter change? Two-letter change? Adal, I don't think they're crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for. Alright, Billy Joel.

00:15:37

Erin

Um, I say, I don't think soup, I don't think we'd be great at making soups or stews. So I'm gonna say no.

Adal

I think we'd be great at soups, terrible at stews. So if we did like soup crew, I think that would be, that would be effective. But I think we're terrible at stews.

JPC

The only other food that we are known for is a common sandwich. So I don't think anyone would ever eat stew sold and packaged by us.

Erin

Such a good point.

Adal

What if we did, hold on. But JPC is on to something. So if we have a cum sandwich and then we do like a cumnoli, like we have dessert Italian cumnolis, like if we do all cum based stuff, I feel like we could open up a cum curry, which is like a bakery with everything filled with cum.

JPC

Here's the thing. I would eat a cum sandwich because I think it would be a joke name and I think I could pretty easily distinguish what was cum on that. I don't think I would eat a cum nollie because I feel like it would be too easy for me to be like, what's in this? Like I'm already a vegetarian and sometimes I'm like, are you sure this isn't meat? So I don't think that I would like that.

Adal

Here's a little, Erin, and we're going to get back to Riddles in just a moment. Here's a little fun thing for the listeners. Watch any movie where someone replaces an ingredient with like, bodily fluids and the person who's eating it is going to love it way more than they ever would if it was the actual thing they're supposed to be eating. So if you watch like Van Wilder and they have those donuts, they're like, these are the best donuts ever. If you watch, what's the movie? I was going to say, that's like a 90s early 2000s thing. I don't think that I've seen that. Or what's the thing where they put the shit in the pie and they're like, this is the most delicious pie. Like, watch. American Pie, but it's backwards. It's that shit that he puts into it. But it's always so funny to be like, it's way more deli- like, I would take one bite and be like, oh, this is shit. But they absolutely cannot get enough of it. How many times in your life have you taken a bite of something and said, this is shit? I wanna say 22.

00:17:17

Erin

You guys, I'm gonna sit this out and continue to Google image search Brett Michaels and Kid Rock. Um, okay, ready. The Clue Crew rents out portable restrooms for public events.

Adal

Clue Stool. Let's see. Porta Crew. Poo Crew.

Erin

Yeah, that works. Or Lou Crew works.

JPC

Lou Crew also works. Lou Crew I would think is too close to your dog's name.

Erin

Yeah.

JPC

I feel like people would think that we're like some sort of like your dog's entourage or something.

Erin

Oh my gosh, we are though.

JPC

Which by the way dibs on turtle.

Erin

Bims on turtle. I love hats. No, if Lou is in the entourage, the turtle is going to be a real turtle. Yes, that's true. I'm the one who's like the brother who's a loser. Johnny Drama. Johnny Drama. I'm him. JPC, you're Jeremy. Piven.

JPC

Oh, come on.

Erin

Adal, you are.

JPC

Why? Because of my opinions?

00:18:17

Erin

You are, what's his name? The one, uh, his like best friend who's his manager. E. So Adal, you're E. Turtle's a turtle. Lou is the terrible actor. Um, uh, you're Jeremy Piven and I'm Johnny Drama.

JPC

I'm the only one who's actually the actor's name.

Erin

Good point. The Clue crew starts a band playing music originating from the Deep South in the 1860s. Blues crew?

Adal

Mm-hmm.

Erin

Blue's Clues.

Adal

Hall of Famer Rod Coclu.

Erin

Blue's Clues. Okay. Blue's Clues. The Clue Crew develops a product to fight an annual infectious disease.

Adal

Annual infectious, so this would be the flu crew.

Erin

Mm-hmm. The Clue Crew is... The proven 19. The Clue Crew is paid to attend events. You know, I don't want to give COVID-19 any more press.

00:19:18

JPC

Free publicity, yeah.

Erin

Yeah, I'm tired of that. They can pay us or nothing.

JPC

It lives rent-free in my frickin' brain every day, baby.

Erin

The Clue Crew is paid to attend events and identify guests on request.

Adal

Okay, identify guests. We're paid to attend, so what's the name for someone who's paid to attend an event?

Erin

It's more like when people describe a really fancy Hollywood party. It was the blank blank.

Adal

Oh, the cat's meow? Who's crew?

Erin

Who's who crew?

Adal

The cat's meow crew.

Erin

The Clue Crew sells tobacco products to baseball players. The Clue Crew is tired of this game and wants to move on to something else.

JPC

New crew. Hey Riddle Riddle.

Erin

We're through crew. Thank you so much, KM. These were so fun. And thank you for thinking we can go into other businesses. You have a lot of faith in us.

Adal

KM. Killer Marmot? I was going to say Killer Mike.

Erin

So these next ones are from Avery.

00:20:19

Adal

Oh, OK. Lucky us. And I'm so sorry. JPC just texted me a question. And Avery is kind of like a condo for bees.

JPC

Oh, that's not what I texted you. I said small house. Condo? I texted Adal all the bad jokes that I don't want to say.

Adal

I said here's one for you. Yeah, so go back and listen to the episode and all the episodes he's texted me.

Erin

Casey and I text during episodes and he says stuff like, don't worry, I'll edit all of them out. Come on. You're the funniest one. I wouldn't work here if it wasn't for you. Just sort of awesome stuff like that.

JPC

And he's saying all of that on the group text.

Erin

Come on!

JPC

We can see all that.

Erin

Okay. Okay. Okay. This is from Avery. Let's be serious. I think we've done a round of these from Avery before, so here we are again. Avery here with another riddle submission based on your, that's a dead stop catchphrase. Remember how we have a catchphrase based on one of us being dumb? Mostly me? Okay. Each of these phrases will be followed by, that's a blank stop where the blank rhymes with dead. Hope you like them.

00:21:34

JPC

I think we did these, did we do these on the Dungeons and Daddies episode?

Adal

We did these recently, right? Yeah, recently. Can I ask, why are our listeners absolutely obsessed with rhyming? We do it a lot on the show.

Erin

Oh, so I picked these on purpose so we would stay in a rhyming mood.

Adal

Oh, okay. So we're going to rap later? Toronto?

Erin

Hey, Toronto and Pronto? Yeah, we'll rap for her, Daddy.

JPC

Maybe we'll play Adal's favorite game, Animal Parade. Maybe that segment's coming up.

Erin

Here it is.

Adal

Thank you for being honest.

Erin

Okay, ready? Yes. Before we leave Paris, we've got to make a detour to this one bowl.

Adal

That's a bread stop?

Erin

Yeah. Sorry.

JPC

Erin paused reading it and she was like, yeah, okay, whatever. I'm doing something different.

00:22:36

Erin

Hey, I can see the finish line of the Iditarod race.

???

That's a slay.

Erin

Good job, Susie. You accurately colored in that traffic sign.

Adal

I should also say this is my joke every time. I experimented in college and I also did a rod.

JPC

That's an octagonal sign.

Erin

The color.

JPC

That's a red sign.

Erin

Stop. It's a red stop. I've had to call and cancel my Citibank card because it got stolen.

Adal

Oh, that sucks.

Erin

No, that's not real.

Adal

Just order a new one, I guess. Oh, I'm sorry. We're still playing the game?

Erin

Yeah, but unrelated, someone did steal eight grand from me this morning.

Adal

Are you serious? No. Oh. What a wild thing to mention. What a detailed joke.

Erin

Kind of amazing.

JPC

Well, I don't know. All right, eight grand from you this morning. That's a four ton.

Adal

That's a full theft.

00:23:37

Erin

I've had to call and cancel my Citibank card because it got stolen.

Adal

That's a card stop? That's a debit stop?

Erin

No, not debit or.

Adal

Credit. Stop.

Erin

Credit.

Adal

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Erin

Credit. Stop. Credit. Stop. Credit. Stop.

Adal

Credit.

JPC

Stop. Credit. Stop. Credit. Stop. Stop. Credit. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.

Erin

Stop. Stop.

JPC

Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.

Erin

Stop. Stop. Stop.

Adal

Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.

Erin

I knew that tire would pop eventually. It was worn down and bald.

Adal

That's a trick. Stop.

Erin

I would like to see a scene. Adal and JPC, you are father and son.

JPC

Wait, I have a question. We could have been doing scenes during these? Oh my god.

Erin

I know, right?

JPC

This is blowing my mind.

Erin

Your father and son, JBC, you were dropping your son Adal off at college, and on the way you have a flat tire. And maybe neither of you knew how to change one, or I don't know. I don't know what's going to happen.

00:24:48

Adal

Okay Counselor, don't lead us to... All right. Let's just call AAA. Pops, let's just call AAA.

JPC

No, you know what? Why don't we do this? You're going off to college, my big strong man. You're gonna be a college boy now and we should fix this tire together, huh?

Adal

We should do it. Dad, we're 30 feet from the driveway. I'm going to Phoenix online. I know you feel like you need to quote unquote drop me off at college, but driving around the block just to park back in front of our house and walk back in is purely

JPC

No, dammit Nate. We're gonna do this together as father and son. I'm gonna teach you a skill. Okay. Let's do this. Let's change this tire. Okay. Alright. Let's get out of the car. Here we go. Check your mirrors. Check your spots. Alright, first of all, we have to take the broken tire off.

Adal

It's not broken, it's... Okay, yeah, sure.

JPC

Nate, it's broken. The tire's broken. There's no need to check it. I can feel it in the car, it's broken. So, we gotta take the lug nuts off. Let's try this with a finger. I think you just spin the tire. Okay, it's on the ground, it's not spinning as much. You're gonna hurt your hand, dad. Okay, Nate, here's what we do. I think we gotta pick the car up. No! We got to use a jack. That's right. Okay. Nate, you go into the trunk and you grab the jack and get the jumper cables too. We don't know.

00:26:14

Erin

Can I get out of the trunk? Your son Jack, can I get out? It's Jack. Can I get out of the trunk?

JPC

We all know who it is, Jack. Yeah, get out of the trunk.

Adal

Sorry, Jack was trying to go off to college with his big brother.

Erin

I wanted to go off to college with my big brother.

Adal

Okay, Jack's out of the trunk and now let me get this British sweater. Here's the jumper. And here is a RCN HPO package. There's the cable.

Erin

I guess you can't go to college now, huh?

Adal

It doesn't sound like college was really going to be the right move for Nate anyway. I told you, I'm not going, I'm taking online courses.

Erin

I guess you had to stay home and hang out with us all day, huh?

JPC

Yeah Nate, I guess it's going to be you at home with your younger brother Jack, who's your twin, so younger by a second, and your old dad who hasn't worked in quite a while.

Adal

Dad, you really got to put yourself back out there. What are your, here, let me, as we change the tire, tell me your skill sets and I'm going to help.

JPC

I don't have a job. I'm not going to start dating again, Nate. Just leave it alone. I'm not putting myself back out there.

Adal

Describe to me your perfect job. We're talking brunette, blonde. What's your perfect job?

00:27:18

JPC

I don't know, tall, great sense of humor, nice teeth. Okay. You know, clever, but not funny.

Adal

That makes sense.

Erin

Oh my gosh. I would love to put on a dating profile that I'm looking for someone clever but not funny. Oh my god.

JPC

That's such a perfect thing for a man to want, be like, clever but not funny. Super intelligent but not smart.

Erin

A guy not wanting to be around

JPC

Hey Riddle. It's so funny because they posted this anonymous thing and now everyone is trying to figure out who this person is knowing that there's a person with 35,000 followers who is the person who's dating this person.

00:28:36

Erin

It's a whole thing. Is he pissed that people think she's funny?

JPC

Yeah. Well, he's, he's dying on the hill that she's not funny. Even though other people think that she's funny and she's like always trying to workshop jokes with him and he does not find her funny. And they've been together for like eight years. That's the other thing too.

Erin

Break up with him.

JPC

I know, but you don't know who they are. So yeah. So it was like a couple of days ago, people were having a field day, uh, trying to figure out who this person was.

Adal

I think I've, I think I've exclusively only dated people who are funnier and talented than me.

JPC

Yeah, I mean, but I guess that's a compliment. No, me too.

Erin

Honestly, I want to be with someone who's way funnier than me.

JPC

I don't care about anyone who's way funnier than me because I don't think that it's important to compare yourself to your significant other, but you should not be with someone who you actively are not enjoying their company. That's insane. That's wild to be like, I love my girlfriend, but she's not funny, and I don't like it when she tells me jokes. That's terrible. It's a recipe for absolute failure.

00:29:37

Erin

I broke up with a guy once because he didn't think I was very funny. I could tell he didn't think I was very funny. And I was like, I want someone to enjoy me.

Adal

Say his name. Say his name. John Patrick Coan. Burn it down.

JPC

This is funny. I was at a party two weeks ago. I was fucking killing. I was slaying. I was having a great time. I excused myself to go to the bathroom. I looked myself dead in the eyes in the mirror and I said, hey, pump the bricks.

Adal

You're doing too well at this party.

Erin

Slow down. Everyone's going to fall in love with you.

Adal

Have you guys ever heard, you guys know Albert Brooks? Yeah. He famously, I don't know if he still does this, but he would go to like Hollywood parties and his big thing is like he would always leave when he got what he felt like was the biggest laugh. So he would like walk, he would walk around and tell a story and when people were like crying laughing he'd be like that's it for me and like walk away almost like he was doing a stand-up set and somebody said he was at a party one time and like he got out of his car walked up to the door went inside and said something like when he came in the door and everyone broke up laughing and he immediately was like that's it and he just turned around and walked out and left.

00:30:40

JPC

That same thing could be like a Tim Robinson sketch that goes a little bit further.

Erin

That's so funny. Before our break, I want to get through the rest of these quickies.

JPC

Oh, yes. I'm sorry.

Erin

Deal. Ready? Yes. I kept telling my Uber driver over and over again that I wanted to end the ride.

Adal

That is a ride share. That is a nightmare.

Erin

That is a said, that, that's a said stop. Said to stop.

???

Oh, I said to stop. Okay.

Erin

Okay. I've gotten a cut on my arm, but I had placed a bandage around it.

Adal

That's a, that is a tetanus risk.

Erin

Yep. That is a tetanus risk.

Adal

That's a blood stop.

Erin

Yep. You got it. Um, babe, can you hit up the pharmacy and grab my pills on your way home?

Adal

That's a Ruth shortstop.

JPC

That is entrapment. You're about to be arrested for selling pharmaceutical grade. Can you read it again? That's a med stop.

00:31:43

Erin

That's a med stop. Babe, can you hit up the pharmacy and grab my pills on your way home?

JPC

Gotcha.

Erin

That is fully entrapment. There's a story there. I'm holding 300 grams.

JPC

That's too much.

Adal

JPC, you are at the local Walgreens to infer our pharmacy. And Erin, you are the person, you're the pharmacist. And JPC, you have to ask for some pretty embarrassing medication.

Erin

Hi. Welcome to the pharmacy. How can I help you?

JPC

Oh, hi. I'm sorry. I come in here all the time and you're new, right?

Erin

No. Been here about six or seven years, but just got a haircut. So how can I help you?

JPC

Oh. Oh no. Uh... You're... You're Ginny.

Erin

Yeah.

JPC

Yeah. We went to high school together. Oh yeah. You probably don't remember me. I'm Clarence Crown.

Erin

Oh my god.

JPC

You were like your homecoming queen.

Erin

Yeah, you asked me out on the morning announcement.

00:32:45

JPC

You do remember me. Sure.

Erin

Yeah. That was so cute and very flattering.

JPC

You look so familiar. That's crazy. It's been what? It's been like 10 years. You're a pharmacist now.

Erin

Yeah.

Adal

And I'm so sorry. We do have to hear the morning announcements where you asked her out.

JPC

Hey students. Sorry I forget about the voice. I was hit with a hockey puck at the game last week. Just wanted to let everybody know the cafeteria today's special will be Salisbury steak, which is wet steak. Ginny Mellencamp, if you are listening, I know that homecoming is coming up, and I certainly would be Salisbury staking my claim. Okay, I heard that from math class. And back to present day? Yeah, so yeah.

Erin

I loved going to NBC high school with you. Bum bum bum, yeah.

JPC

After the surgery, obviously I could talk much better now.

Erin

Yeah, what can I do for you?

00:33:47

JPC

Yeah, is there another pharmacist actually working today?

Erin

Only me today, and only me for the next several weeks actually. Sure. We're understaffed.

JPC

So you could just, you could just, um, fill my prescriptions for Clinics Crown is my name, and if you could just fill my prescription.

Erin

Are you okay? Do you need like butt pills or what's going on? Just write it down.

JPC

How about you just like... No, it should be in the system. We don't need to talk about it out loud. It's not butt pills. They start that way, but it goes a lot worse.

Erin

Just the prescription. Our system sort of rebooted today, so you're going to have to say out loud to me what you're picking up.

JPC

Yeah, is voice activated?

Erin

That makes sense.

JPC

Okay, I'm going to need penis pills for my butt that go with my butt and then make my penis not as bad as it is. I've got bad penis.

Erin

Sorry, can you be more specific because we have a lot of different... Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Adal

I've got really bad penis. Same.

00:34:48

Erin

Oh, really bad penis.

Adal

Speaking of butt pills, we're going to take a quick butt pill break, and we'll be right back with more NBC High School, The Fighting Peacocks. I hope we start advertising butt pills on this show. And we are back.

Erin

That was a fun break.

JPC

Erin, did you really have fun at that break?

Erin

I had so much fun.

JPC

Erin, can I ask you something? Because I made a seven layer dip and no one even fucking touched it. I know it's at my house.

Erin

I did a cartwheel. I had the best time.

Adal

Well, the reason I didn't touch your seven layer dip is because you two didn't sign my yearbook before break.

Erin

How are we supposed to get you two to sign your yearbook? That's a really tall order and we're sorry we couldn't get them to sign your yearbook.

JPC

Yeah. I'm busy, man. I'm not going to sign your yearbook. It's me. You got me a postcard from the edge.

00:35:51

Erin

Okay. Okay. I want to thank Avery for those riddles. There's a couple more. Do you want to just do the last two?

Adal

Yeah, let's do it.

Erin

Finish it up. I don't know what, but some foreboding feeling kept me from going into the haunted house.

Adal

A Dread Stop.

Erin

Actually I'd love to see a scene.

Adal

I'm the Dread Stop Roberts.

Erin

I texted that just for reference. Me and Adal are like a 15 year old couple going on a date to a haunted house. And JPC, everyone else who works at the haunted house is sick. So you're having to do every single part of it. You take the tickets at the beginning. You're every single part of the haunted house.

Adal

I don't know, Claire, it says do not enter. Do you think that's a property?

Erin

I think if you hold my hand, we can do anything.

JPC

Welcome, welcome to the haunted house tickets, please. Am I still waiting? Okay, hold on, sorry. Welcome, welcome to the haunted house tickets, please. I'm the mad scientist, and if you want to get inside the laboratory, add tickets, please.

00:36:58

Erin

Two tickets. Right here are our tickets, and we're ready.

Adal

Why would we need tickets for a laboratory? It's a haunted house.

Erin

But anyway, enjoy the show!

JPC

Just be it. I didn't have to change into the costume so I just have to say what I am. I'm just saying it's like if someone jumped out and said scary like jump jump out and that's scary but if you jump out and say scary we have feedback at the end of the haunted house so please save all of your comments until then and now enjoy the butcher's room.

Erin

Alright you're following us though.

JPC

You stay here. You're going too fast. You're moving too fast. Look around. Look at the fog machine. It's causing a lot of money to set this up. You have fun. Have like two, three, five minutes in here.

00:38:00

Erin

We're both trying to get through the door at the same time.

Adal

Can you move? Can you move? Butcher's room? Claire, your dad's a butcher. It's not called the butcher's room. There's a name for it, right?

Erin

All right. Let's just go. Let's just go. You went in. Give him 10 seconds.

Adal

Okay. Ooh, there's like tarp. It's like clear tarp everywhere. Ooh, someone's going to get murdered.

Erin

Oh man, this is scary. Okay, we're walking in.

Adal

Take a number? Take a number? Oh, it's like a real butcher shop. Okay, 33. 33, you're up. What can I get you? Oh, I guess I'll take two pounds of Polish sausage.

Erin

Looks like a skeleton room is next. I can see a skeleton costume right now. Oh, hold on.

Adal

I'm ordering. Hold on. And do you have like a country ham?

JPC

We have Polish sausage. Do you want the spicy or the non-spicy? Spicy.

Erin

I don't really want to eat here.

JPC

Don't eat this. This is raw meat. Do you want like a ribeye?

Adal

Do you want ham or ribeye? I want country ham, but I don't want spiral ham. I want country ham.

Erin

I'd really rather not. I'm going to go in the next room.

Adal

We have honeybaked. Don't go in there.

JPC

Okay. You know what? Just circle ham. There's nothing in here. Okay. Hold on. Hold on.

00:39:04

Erin

There's nothing in here.

JPC

There's not nothing in here. There's an invisible man.

Erin

Don't say it.

???

Don't say there's an invisible man.

Adal

You can't just say there's an invisible man. We should be able to tell there's an invisible man.

JPC

It wouldn't be empty if you gave me a second. Stop. Stop going. You're not going to see anything.

Erin

This part is like sort of a spooky library, but there's no one in here.

JPC

Everybody got sick. I was supposed to toss books at you.

Erin

Okay, I'm in the last room.

JPC

You're ruining.

Erin

There's no one in here. Okay, I got through.

Adal

Okay, that's a gift shop. Claire, leave comments. Grab a comment card. Sweetie, grab a comment card. Ah, I wonder if I still have to pay for this meat.

Erin

There's no one here.

JPC

Of course you have to pay for the meat.

Adal

I'm still here, man. I do love next is the butcher shop.

JPC

What do you want?

Adal

Well, I guess I'll take some. Yeah, we got some sausage.

00:40:05

JPC

I think that's such a good idea. Put an actual butcher shop in the middle of the house where they just sell you meat and you come out and be like, yeah, I got like four pounds of ground chuck. I'm having burgers tonight.

Erin

Thank you so much Avery for those. Thank you, Avery. Thank you for taking the time to make them. That means a lot to us.

Adal

Donka Avery. I think I'm just realizing I really like the name Avery.

Erin

Oh, Adal.

Adal

Just wanted to put that out there.

Erin

Speaking of people who sent in very creative riddles, this one's from Laurie, who I think we've read a riddle from him on the show before. He has created these really cool puzzles and he doesn't think we've done them before in the show. His name is Laurie Blacklock, which is such a cool name. Okay. He said you can use my full name.

JPC

I can, wait, hold on. I can use his full name. So I could go around and tell people... No, no, no, no.

Erin

JBC, JBC.

JPC

And I could use his credit cards. I could just take, I could live his life. I could tell to the Mr. Ripley. I could push his wife on the boat.

00:41:06

Erin

That's going to be a cred. Stop. Okay.

Adal

And of course, don't forget, you can always email us riddles at hrrpodcast at gmail.com and let us know if you want us to read your full name. And if you do, give us your social security number and we'll make sure and do that.

Erin

Yes. Okay, I saw these kinds of puzzles the other day whilst reading my local paper and thought I'd make up some for you guys. It's a simple idea, but you may need to write these down to work them out.

JPC

First of all, I absolutely fucking won't. Second of all, don't be writing Wiles in an email to us.

Erin

He's from England!

Adal

I don't care. I don't care if he's from fucking college. Hold on. JPC. His last name is Blacklock. He can say whilst. If his last name was like fucking, you know, Bigelabop, then no. But his name is Blacklock.

JPC

Dude, if his name is Bigelabop, I'd be like, whoa, this guy's Austrian royalty? Yeah. They can do whatever the fuck he wants.

Erin

In each puzzle, I will give you three incomplete words that each have the same three-letter word missing. You have to work out what the missing three-letter word is. Example below. Try. E-M-I-U-M. Cast.

00:42:15

JPC

Laurie, I'm going to tell you what I told my physical therapist. I don't got to work out shit.

Erin

Then why are you here? I'm wasting my time.

JPC

And I'm never getting over my accident.

Adal

Okay. Adal, did you get it? Yes, the missing three-letter word is off. So we have cast off, offium, which is a type of drug, and try off, which is what they call cheerleading practice.

Erin

Uh, no.

Adal

Well, fuck me, I guess this sucks.

Erin

Um, no, come on, you got this. Try blank, blank-ium, blank cast.

Adal

This is supposed to be the example. I should just give it to you.

Erin

Pod. The three letter word is pod. Tripod podium in podcast.

Adal

Wait, try a spell T-R-I? Yeah. Oh, I put T-R-Y.

Erin

That's my fault. That was me. Easy. Here's five more for you guys.

00:43:18

JPC

Okay, I'm ready. I got a piece of paper out of my printer. My printer did make a weird, weird noise when I took the paper out. I don't think it likes having its food taken from it, but we'll see.

Erin

Ready? Yes. That's so disturbing. Okay. Please.

JPC

I was eating that.

Erin

Give it back. Okay. HAR, H-A-R, TIST, T-I-S-T, INT, I-N-T.

JPC

And is it always the second half of the word or is it sometimes, is it always a suffix or is it a prefix sometimes as well?

Erin

It can be either. It can be either.

Adal

Okay, so I'm going to say lot. We have harlot, lot-ist, and lot-int. Int lot. This is an int lot. Mr. Patrick.

Erin

Oh, and actually in one of these one is sort of in the middle of one of those. It's in the middle. What?

00:44:18

Adal

What? So it can go in the middle of letters?

Erin

Yeah, it can go anywhere.

Adal

It can go anywhere.

Erin

It can go anywhere.

Adal

This is more of like a word search than it is like a lateral thinking problem.

Erin

JBC, you just asked that to me like you were a kid in a musical and I was a grown-up. It can go anywhere.

JPC

Yeah, I live my life like I'm a kid in a musical.

Adal

And it seems to me that you live your life like a kid in a musical.

JPC

Alright Adal, this is obviously going to be easier if we just start with HAR, so let's do some HAR things. HAR-lum.

Adal

HAR-mar Superstar.

JPC

HAR is bro. HAR, get off me ship.

Erin

So I'll give you a hint. It comes after HAR, but it comes before TIST.

JPC

So we were right, it is a suffix on HAR. Har... Harum? No. Just the word HARM.

Erin

No. It's three letters.

00:45:19

JPC

With three M's. Okay, are they all three letters? HARM. One is a job.

Adal

Oh, a HAR stylist.

Erin

I'm a HAR stylist.

JPC

OK, let's see.

Erin

I do HAR.

JPC

I cut HAR. Let's see this. Adal, you're in a power to town that you've never been to before. You come across a HAR stylist, H-A-R stylist, and you go in just to see what it's about. Erin, you are working as the HAR stylist.

Erin

Do you want me to cut your HAR? Wait first, come in. Diggily, do you want me to cut your HAR?

Adal

Oh, hello. I've never been... Oh, this looks like a very expensive part of town. I've never seen this before.

Erin

I have scissors. Would you like a harcutt?

Adal

I mean, I know how people cut hair. You don't have to talk down to me.

Erin

No, a harcutt.

JPC

No, I know, but you said I have scissors, but you already said if I, you know... Melange, did he just say I know how people cut hair?

00:46:21

Erin

He thinks we cut hair, but we cut hair.

JPC

We cut hair.

Erin

We don't cut hair, we cut hair.

JPC

We cut hair in here.

Adal

Melange.

Erin

Qatar. Qatar.

Adal

Qatar?

Erin

Are you from Qatar? Qatar.

JPC

Settlers of Qatar. This is melange. I am fromage.

Erin

He is fromage. He is cheese and we are hot Qatar.

Adal

I can't seem to open a door to get out. I can't seem to open a door to get out.

Erin

That's not a door. That's not a door. That's a one way.

JPC

That's one way. It was a door when you came in.

Erin

Now it's no longer a door.

Adal

It seems like you're in a car salon. It seems like it's just floor-to-ceiling marble and there's no chairs.

Erin

Am I supposed to... I want a chair. I want to sit in a chair. I've been walking so long. You don't have to sit to get your har cut.

Adal

Why would you need a chair if we're going to cut your har? Um, I guess you have a good point. Well, uh, do your worst. I don't know if that translates.

00:47:25

Erin

Do your best. Do your best. From how she wants us to do our worst.

Adal

No, sorry.

JPC

Minash, why would we ever do our worst? I don't know cheese.

???

Why would we?

JPC

Okay, if you want our worst, HARcut will give it to you, but it's going to cost $100. And not what you think.

Erin

It's doll hairs.

???

It's the hairs of Adal.

Adal

A doll. Okay. Alright.

???

Well... Do a handstand.

Adal

Do a handstand. I don't... HARcut.

???

Not like that.

JPC

No. I hold up a little sign that says 5.1. I hold up a little sign that says 4.8. Oh, the average of that is 5.95. No. Yes, it is.

???

My cheese does not do math.

JPC

I don't. I only went to Harvard College. Is that Harvard?

Adal

Is that what you call Harvard?

???

All done. Goodbye.

00:48:27

Adal

Goodbye.

???

Goodbye.

Adal

I can't open the door.

???

That's not a door.

JPC

That's not a door.

Adal

I came in through here.

???

Now you must go up.

JPC

Can I be honest with you, sir? Can I be honest with you? Yeah. This is a prank show. You're supposed to win money by how long you can stay in here. We never had a person stay in here so long. I couldn't get out. Are you Jamie Kennedy? No, I'm Ashia Guchar's best friend's niece.

???

And I'm Ashia Guchar's best friend's chimney sweep.

Adal

So you're Mila Kunis' niece and Mila Kunis' chimney sweep? Yeah, we don't like the name job. What just happened? I love, you can't get out that way. You have to go up.

Erin

There's no stairs in there.

Adal

Harpoon.

Erin

No.

Adal

Oh, harpoon. Pooncast. No, I'm on the wrong one.

00:49:29

Erin

I'm just going to tell you.

Adal

Okay, what is it?

Erin

Den. D-E-N.

JPC

Harden, dentist, endermet.

Erin

Indent.

Adal

Indent.

Erin

Indent.

Adal

Indent. Oh, it's real tricky when the words can go anywhere and not just pre or soft.

Erin

Yeah, I guess it is hard.

Adal

We're in for a bumpy ride. There's four more of these?

Erin

I-M-T. Take and C-O-M-E. Come.

Adal

Sorry. C-O-M-E. I-M-T, which of course is, you know, when someone's choking, you get an I-M-T. Take, and what was the last one?

Erin

Come.

JPC

All right, can you tell us, Erin, are any of these just in the middle, or are all of these... Two are in the middle. Why?

Erin

Except for Take.

Adal

Okay, so let's start with take. Clearly it's pre, pre-take, pre-empt, and pre-come. No, the two ones are in the middle. Is it takeout?

Erin

Pre-take can still get you pregnant. No, it comes before take.

00:50:30

Adal

Just like me.

Erin

You're not totally off base at all.

Adal

Oh, is it on me?

Erin

No.

Adal

Take on me? Are these sweet come on me little words?

JPC

Okay, so it's not intake, it's not outtake.

Erin

No, he had to write first letter.

Adal

With which one? Pre. Pre? I feel like we're two monkeys trying to write war and peace. Piss take. I laughed so hard I did a piss take. I've heard of piss betty but not piss take. So it's pee something something take. P-something-something-take. Pre-take. P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-

00:51:38

Erin

I was in love with the baby for eight hours.

JPC

I'm sorry. I had, my Secretariat had a tough day. I was giving her a wide home.

Erin

You're a Secretariat?

???

Okay. Okay. I don't even know you anymore. Are you the man I married? Who are you?

JPC

I don't know Cheryl, because the man you married wasn't broken into a thousand pieces, stretched so thin, trying to make you happy. All I ever wanted was to love you.

Erin

And your wife.

JPC

The real gamble is me trying to figure out what pleases you. I try, and I try, and I get creative in the bedroom.

???

No, I bet it's not how to please your secretary. Get out.

JPC

At least she understands me. She makes me feel like a ma'am.

00:52:38

Erin

It's not on me that you don't understand the mother of your babies. It's on you to do the label to understand your own wife.

JPC

I can't understand my own wife because I don't understand myself. I wake up in this body and I wonder, how did I get here?

Erin

I won't get back at all my decisions. Don't do that with me. There's cold biscuity on the table.

Adal

Well, it kind of sucks that you two re-enacted my parents' divorce, but I guess I should have called them.

Erin

Stop telling us the tapes of their divorce.

JPC

Some of the voices were changed to protect Adal's anonymity.

Erin

I'm just going to tell you so we can finish all of this.

JPC

I love also declaring whose anonymity we're predicting.

Erin

Par.

JPC

Partake.

Adal

Par-cum. Par-cum.

Erin

Compare, compare. Impart, partake, compare. Next one.

Adal

Oh, because it goes in between the M and the E. Impar. Oh, these are hard.

00:53:39

Erin

Ready?

JPC

Yes. These are three letters.

Erin

Yeah. CEPPARE.

JPC

Sorry.

Erin

S-E-P-A-R-E.

JPC

I think they forgot to add the E. S-E-P-A-R-E?

Erin

Yeah. ION, I-O-N, and S-C-C-H. S-C-C-H?

Adal

This is really hard. Separ. Oh, well that's good.

JPC

You don't have to tell me that it's really hard. I'm fucking looking at it.

Adal

Because we fucking ate shit on the last three, so it's good to know there's a hard one.

JPC

And these are three letters? Mm-hmm. Is it separate?

Erin

No.

Adal

Separate?

Erin

Yeah, it is. Sorry. What's wrong with me?

JPC

So it's ATE? Is it ATE? Are there letters?

Erin

No.

JPC

Oh. What? Wait, what?

Erin

They messed up. They messed up.

Adal

Oh, okay.

Erin

One of these. What are the three letters? It's rat.

Adal

Rat. Separate.

Erin

I forgot to take the R because they put, they had it as S-E-P-A-R. Okay. Ration. Separate.

Adal

It should have been S-E-P-A-E. And scratch?

00:54:41

Erin

Mm-hmm. You got it. Ready? Yes. T-I-O-N, C-O-M-D, and F-I-G-T.

JPC

Wait, wait, wait. It's slower. What's the second one?

Erin

T-I-O-N.

JPC

That's the first one.

Erin

I know. C-O-M-D. Oh my goodness. C-O-M-D and F-I-G-T. And it's three letters.

JPC

F-I-G, wait, what? F-I-G-T? Mm-hmm. Phi, phi phi phi, dish.

Adal

Phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi phi ph

JPC

Lotion. Nope.

Adal

That's all I know. I want to say I don't know and I can't care.

JPC

So TILN is obviously the, there's obviously a prefix in that. Oh, is it ROM? R-O-M? No. ROM-COMED. You've been ROM-COMED, my man.

00:55:53

Erin

Oh, shoot. Someone knocked my books out of my hand and my glasses fell off. I've been ROM-COMED.

Adal

Do you guys get your cable service from ROM-COMED? I guess ROM-COMED would be electricity.

JPC

I get the sparks, what is it? The sparks that fly when I meet someone from rom-com-ed maybe?

Erin

I don't know. I owe rom-com-ed $400.

Adal

Adal, let's take each other off line. Hold on. Speaking of online, does anyone own the website rom.com? It looks like Rahm Emanuel has that one, yeah. Fuck. How are we spelled Rahm? Erin, can you give us a hint?

Erin

Yes. I would love to. Thank you so much for asking. I'm just going to tell you. Fighting.

Adal

Her. Okay.

Erin

No.

Adal

It begins with an M. It begins with an M? Mm-hmm. For the T-I-O-N, the first one. It's before. It's before. So... Motion. Is it men, M-E-N? Mm-hmm. Mention. Command. Command.

Erin

Commend.

Adal

Commend. And... Figment. Fight. Fight. Men.

00:56:56

Erin

Fight. Men. All right. Ready? Last one.

Adal

Yes.

Erin

Dead. D-E-A-D. Deads. Sorry. Deads. Fulls. Hearts.

JPC

And he's better be spelled the way they sound, Erin. Dead stop, full stop, heart stop.

Erin

Yep, really enjoyed the show, guys. Hands down my favorite podcast. That's really sweet, Laurie. Thank you so much for giving us more puzzles and riddles, Laurie. We really appreciate it. Please email us at hrrpodcast at gmail.com and make sure to include what parts of your name we're allowed to say, if anything. And if not, we'll just read your initials.

JPC

Thank you so much, Laurie. And this is an English accent.

Erin

Sean and I have been watching so much 7UP this week so we could get ready for 63. You know the British documentary where they film them every seven years.

JPC

I don't know about you, but I drink myself. Orlando Bloom.

Adal

Orlando Bloom, the spokesperson for 7UP. From Mad TV.

00:57:57

JPC

Make seven of yours. And also watch Lord of the Rings at theaters this fall.

Erin

But we can't stop quoting them around the house because the little boy who's like from the poor part of town when he's seven he does impression of rich people. And this is his impression of rich people. He goes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes. They're nuts.

JPC

And they never hear no. That's the wildest part.

Erin

And one of the women gets married and she goes, you do think, what have I done? Jesus Christ, what have I done? She said that after getting married.

Adal

I do want to see one final scene before we end the show. We're going to revisit the two kids who were playing house earlier, and now they're still playing house, but now they're playing as if they're posh British people, but they sound and talk nothing like posh British people.

???

Have you made sure to fire all the maids today?

JPC

Actually my dear, I'll just sweat the therapy for the first time and I'll have some revelations I like to share.

00:58:58

Erin

What?

JPC

I've been making myself so unhappy, and you, and that hasn't been fair because I don't know how to love myself.

???

Never in all my days did I think my husband would go to therapy and do the labour to fix work on himself so we could work together on us.

JPC

Well I just thought about it for a second and I thought, what am I? And what I'm doing now is I'm not trying to fix this, I'm just trying to be pretty cool.

???

Kids, piss steak is ready.

Erin

We had piss steak last night. Is it leftovers?

Adal

Well, your dad got it from a haunted house, so we're gonna eat it.

JPC

Becca, do you ever feel like we make up these characters to kind of escape the reality that we live in?

01:00:02

Erin

A hundred percent. Do you ever feel like it's sort of weird that we're brother and sister and we keep... That's for therapy later.

JPC

Roeblag is married to couples?

Adal

No? I think that's normal. I love you. Now that's a room from a haunted house. Two siblings pretending to be married. Speaking of two siblings from starting to be married, JPC, do you have any plugs for your cousins?

JPC

I would love to plug some stuff. First of all, I want to thank everybody who came out to our live shows that happened last night. So if you're hearing this, you did not come through it. That was our live stream show. It went so great. It was so fun. Erin, Adal, what was your favorite part? You know what? Let's not say it. I think all the laughs. Yeah. If you would love to hear it someday, it might be on the Patreon a year from now. So you go over to the Patreon and listen to that. And then I also do want to plug for people who might not know our Patreon, we do like bonus episodes. We did a just recently, like last week, we did a virtual escape room. So there's a virtual escape room that we recorded via Zoom. We had a lovely gentleman from the escape room by the name of Brian who did the escape room with us. Very fun. Go over to Patreon if you would love to check us out in that escape room. And then as always, you can listen to the Bill Buds podcast and you can just find that wherever you find podcasts. Erin, anything to plug?

01:01:17

Erin

Yes, follow me, Erin Keif 10 on Instagram. Again, if you message me, just give me like a month to get back to you. But yeah, I love hearing from you. And yeah, also, please join our Patreon because on our Discord, I'm going to do a few more like live listens through. So you guys get to pick the episode of Hey Riddle Riddle that I listen to, and then we'll all listen together and be like, what? So I'll be doing a couple of those this month. So check that out.

Adal

Yes?

???

Wake up. You gotta do your plugs.

Adal

I want to plug if you haven't listened in a while or ever, I feel like now's a good time to check back in with Magic Tavern. We've had the last month or so, we've had some pretty cool guests. We've had Jason Mandzukas. We've had Doughboys. We have some cool upcoming guests. So please check that out. Hello for the Magic Tavern is the name of the show. And then also I have some workshops coming up. Saturday, October 24th, I'll be doing two podcasting workshops With Queen City Improv out of Charlotte, these are obviously on Zoom and not in person. So if you go to Eventbright.com, that's Eventbright, B-R-I-T-E dot com, and search my name, those workshops will come up and you can buy tickets. And then also, I'm doing a podcasting workshop through Third Coast Comedy in Nashville. So if you go to ThirdCoastComedy.club, You should be able to see the workshops. And that's starting on November 7th, and it's a three-week workshop on podcasting. So check out... Adal, look what my shirt says.

01:02:47

???

Look at it. DPC shirt.

Adal

Third Coast? Whoa. Because we did a show there. No, it's a different Third Coast. This is a sandwich company that I like. But I'll be doing some podcast workshops for Queen City Improv and for Third Coast Comedy. So please buy tickets, and I hope to work with you. Erin, of course any start of a podcast workshop, the basics you need to know are that you have to align your microphone in a certain position so that it aligns exactly with... Now no one's gonna take the workshop.

???

They got the fucking secret right there.

JPC

Hey party people, if you liked that, you are going to love this week's Patreon. We continue our Halloween adventure with some scenes from our favorite costumes. You can find all of that and more by going to patreon.com slash Hey Riddle Riddle and joining the Clue Crew for $5 or the Review Crew for $8. See you there!