Which Riddle Riddle?

#201: 1-877-Cars-Eat-Kids

00:00:02

???

This is a HeadGum podcast.

Erin

We're all very happy for you and excited to see what you do.

Adal

Thank you.

Erin

Yeah, we can't wait to see how this goes, right Adal?

Adal

Right. Let's just say we have some surprises along the way.

Erin

Yeah, let's see how this goes.

JPC

Oh, you two have played some surprises for this episode? Oh, don't worry about it. Okay, because a moment ago the two of you asked who had the riddles for this episode. I said I have it and now you're acting like this. No, no, no.

00:01:03

Erin

You take the riddles and we'll take the surprises.

JPC

Oh, okay. So just big picture so I know. Is it like new segments that you've planned or?

Erin

Let's just say they're stuff.

Adal

Yes. And why, while we're talking young man, why don't you come into our house made of candy?

JPC

Okay, so just so I'm clear, you said that there's stuff, uh, there, this is the stuff, right? The thing that you have planned is that this is my experience again currently. We'll see how it goes. Well, I can tell you from the way that it's going right now, um, it's going pretty well. I think I like it.

Adal

Oh, did you hear that Gretel? We're a hit.

???

Oh, yes we are, aren't we?

JPC

Cool, so this has got a more figure than some characters then, huh?

Erin

Well, we thought we'd try some out. No, it's not! But not now! Anyways, we're gonna try to cook and eat you in this episode. So you're Hansel and Gretel.

Adal

You're Hansel and Gretel, and you're trying to cook and eat me. We lure in young witches and we eat them.

00:02:09

Erin

Yes! Because that's what happened to us.

JPC

Oh, so it's like a hurt people, hurt people situation.

???

Yes!

JPC

Caught kids catch witches.

???

Caught kids eat kids.

Adal

Alright, caught kids eat kids, well... 1-800-Cars-Free-Kids. That's the episode title. That's the episode title.

???

1-877-Cars-Eat-Kids.

JPC

We're not restarting that.

Erin

It's 1-877-Cars-Eat-Kids. Oh no, my Alexa thought I was talking to her. No, it's 1-877-Cars-Eat-Kids, Alexa.

Adal

Is your Alexa calling that number? I don't know how to tell you this, Mr. Sullivan, but your Nissan ate your daughter.

JPC

Okay, well, this is Hey Riddle Riddle. It's a podcast about riddles with improv in it as well. There's Adal over there. I'm GPC right here. And Erin is... And I'm over here! A little bit over there. She's on the ceiling. And it's so good to have you all here with us today. And by that, I mean the listeners. And by today, I mean whatever you're listening to it. Hell, I hope it's on a Monday. Wednesday, wait, when does this come out?

00:03:17

Erin

Sips my coffee, stares at my co-host. What's going on, you guys?

???

Are we okay?

Erin

It feels like this is off to a bad day.

JPC

Sips my co-host, stares at my coffee. Really coming back from the eye opener that was our 200th episode when everyone told us that we were chaotic. Really taking that, doing the work on it, and coming back with just a stellar opening.

Adal

I have to say, I miss World News tonight so much. Speaking of eye openers, I miss World News.

Erin

Oh, it works. That works on a wordplay level.

JPC

Hey, you know what? Adal, there's a possibility, speaking of world news, there's a possibility that 2022, I mean, we could see world news coming back in 2022.

Adal

We could see world news coming back.

Erin

And let's sabotage it from jealousy.

JPC

Yeah, that's right. That's right. You could sabotage it. We have absolutely nothing to announce with that regard, but it could happen. It could. We're just saying it could. It could happen.

Erin

I won't be there though.

Adal

No. I mean, I wouldn't be there. What a treat to go from, and just speaking for myself firstly, what a treat to go from every day of the week I wear sweatpants and a t-shirt and now all of a sudden I have to wear a suit once a week. I just can't wait to wear a suit and tie once a week.

00:04:30

Erin

With some sweet feedback from our 200th episode.

Adal

What's that, Erin?

Erin

People felt really sorry. They were like, we didn't mean chaotic in a bad way. So many people were like, I know. And I was like, we know it's good chaos. We know that you weren't trying to be mean, but people felt bad. I'm saying that you don't need to feel bad. I'm personally, Erin, letting you off the hook.

Adal

Yeah. What's the Seinfeld quote? Does it for you. That's the one. Thank you so much.

JPC

I mean, look, if chaos was a bad thing, would Knuckles be trying to collect all the chaos emeralds? No.

Adal

I don't think so. Ooh, good call. I don't think he would. Also, I know chaos can be good because that's one of my favorite Paul F. Tompkins characters on Comedy Bang Bang.

JPC

That's true.

Adal

Wait, all of them? When he says gas or whatever he says. Oh, cake boss. Oh, he's saying cake boss? Never mind, I don't like it anymore.

Erin

While you guys were talking, I wasn't listening and I had a thought. I was like, oh my God, I just remembered something super- It's implied. Well, yeah. I just was like, oh my God, I just remembered something super important that I have to do. And then I just forgot it again.

00:05:35

JPC

Wow, I love that.

Erin

Yeah, so I'll let you guys know if I remember the important thing I just remembered and was like, thank God I remembered.

Adal

Your brain is a gelatin trap.

Erin

I'm sorry, I wasn't listening, is what?

JPC

There is something I did want to bring up, and this is another little piece of feedback after our 200th episode. After the 200th episode came out, we got a lot of good responses. One response that I got was from the novel coronavirus, and it said, I'm going to be inside your body right now. Oh, that's cool.

Erin

Oh, that's weird.

JPC

That's a weird message. I mean, it always says to be the fan, but I was coming off of that.

Erin

Oh my God, COVID would be a fan of yours, first of all. That's true. I want you to take that personally.

JPC

I'm coming off of a week of COVID and I, by the way, not fun, don't get it, is my recommendation, just to anyone out there. But after one of the weirdest things is, you know all about the symptoms of COVID and there's symptoms that people talk about. The worst symptom, and I think this is a symptom that only has ever applied to me because I tried to Google, did anyone else have this? And it was coming up pretty sparse. Night sweats. I had the worst next one.

00:06:36

Erin

Oh, I had horrible nights when I had COVID. You're not alone.

JPC

Good. Cause mine lasted for like a full week. Like there was a full week. I thought I was going in crazy cause I could not. I tried almost, I was like a little scientist with a pad and a paper and I'm like, I'm going to try every different way to sleep that I can to not absolutely soak every part of myself and my sheets. I tried sleeping on a towel. I tried sleeping above the covers in like full clothing. I was like a little vampire. I tried everything and I was just sweating so much and finally, and I wasn't sick anymore. My fever was not there. I felt like I was getting through it, but it was just like seven nights of night sweats. So I was greatly relieved to be over with that. And then the night after, I got a full night's sleep. I felt like the king of the fucking world. I wasn't waking up all sweaty. I lost my taste and my smell for maybe like six hours. But the way that I did it was Mariah and I ate full dinner. We ate our dinner. I had ice cream after dinner and then at the very end of the night I went to put a mint in my mouth and I was like oh I can't taste the mint and I was like oh wait I couldn't taste anything that I had at all today and I just hadn't even realized that I had lost all of my scent and smell.

00:07:42

Erin

Did you cook it or did Mariah cook it?

JPC

I don't know. I guess neither one of us because it was Olive Garden.

Erin

Oh that's why you didn't notice.

JPC

I did say well you know I should have tasted the salt.

Adal

To be honest, I should have tasted the salt. That's such a knock against Olive Garden to be like, I ate a full dinner and didn't realize I lost my taste.

JPC

I was doing really well at not ordering out, but then as soon as I got COVID, I was like, no, I won't cook anything. Like if it's not oatmeal or something, I can just pour hot water into like, I'm sick, I don't give a shit.

Erin

You're just pouring hot water onto a frozen pizza.

Adal

Okay, there's an idea. I will say JPC, I really love this for you that there's a possibility that you could become a new superhero fighting crime in Chicago called Night Sweats. It's a man who can't sleep at night.

Erin

Seven nights of night sweats.

Adal

Yeah. Honestly, yeah, it's my Hanukkah.

JPC

I do think, well I guess it would have to be ten. Anyway, I'll get the number soon. I do think that that would be interesting because night sweats were awful, and it would be good to turn something that was awful into my superpower, right?

00:08:50

Adal

That's what Batman did. Exactly. He was covered in bats, and he thought it was terrible. He didn't sleep, and so he just took on the mantle of bats.

???

I cannot sleep in wake-up covered bats.

Erin

Although most superpowers are awful.

Adal

Yeah, right?

Erin

Most superpowers are awful. That's people making lemonade out of lemons.

Adal

I disagree on that.

Erin

I don't know.

Adal

Most superpowers are awful?

Erin

Yeah, because then also you have the added pressure of having to help people.

Adal

I actually think I'm going to do this one out.

JPC

You realize girls have powers too, and that's why they turn. Let's just go through some of the superpowers that we know. So Iron Man comes poison. Catwoman. Too much teeth.

Adal

Mr. Fantastic. Too charming.

Erin

Spiderman. Tummy ache.

Adal

I was bitten by a spider. Now I have the worst shits. I have live disease. I've got live because it has been the day of the ass. It could happen, it could happen. Superman doesn't know his mom.

00:09:51

JPC

Anyway, that was my experience with COVID. I gotta say, zero stars for me. Don't recommend it. Don't recommend anyone gets it. Recommend? You don't get it. But I am looking forward to, and I'm not a doctor, and I'm no scientist, but I am looking forward to my, I want to say like two months of immunity now because I have all of the, what do they call it, the anti-toxigens in my body.

???

And you're not a scientist?

JPC

I'm hopefully not going to get COVID when we go to L.A. next month for our live show. I'm very excited about that.

Adal

Good, good, good, good. Oh, speaking of you not being a doctor, what is, I'm truly curious, in this Queen song, another one bites the dust. Okay, good. I'm glad you asked about this. Is there a part where he says, not a doctor, or does he say not adopted? And I refuse to look it up. What part of the song is it? I know exactly the part of the song that you're... And he's like, ding. It's like after like a guitar, it's like, bing, and he's like,

JPC

Adal, you're gonna be so mad. Yes. He says cake, boss.

Adal

Oh, why can't I hear that properly?

00:10:52

JPC

I don't know. He was a big fan of, uh, Buddy Villelice. Buddy Bruce Villellanche? Maybe he had Bruce Villellanche the cake boss. Any cool news? Any cool news. Okay. Hey, you know what? What? We've had our fun. Does anyone else have anything else that they had to say? I had to talk about my COVID. I had to talk about it.

Adal

I have one more thing to say and it's more, it's more of a pointed question to the two of you. Has your last, I wanna say, 15 to 20 days been dominated by the song, My Money Don't Jiggle Jiggle, It Folds? I've been hearing that song everywhere.

Erin

I've heard it.

Adal

I'm so tired of it.

Erin

I've not been on the internet much these last 10 days. So I bet if I had been on the internet a lot, I would be... Is that what you mean Adal?

JPC

Are you hearing it on the internet a lot? I'm hearing it on the internet a lot. Because I'm trying to say, where else are you going to go to get a song? Because I think maybe you and I are not on the same websites.

00:11:55

Erin

I bet we all have a different internet.

JPC

I think so. Can I tell you this? I don't think that I could hear anything when I'm on the internet because I don't have any sounds playing when I'm on the internet. I can't imagine going to a website and hearing a sound. I know some people

Erin

I would do that on my MySpace, I'd add songs.

JPC

I think that that's what came to mind when you were like, like something auto-playing, but I just people watch like TikTok and YouTube and I don't really do that. Yeah, that's where I'm seeing it a lot.

00:12:56

Erin

If someone can unearth my MySpace, I bet someone's smart enough to dig my MySpace up from the internet.

Adal

I would love to see my own. I'm also kind of scared.

Erin

Every time we touch by Cascada played and it's like all pink and purple. And that's what we play. But every time we touch, I get this feeling.

Adal

Erin, I'll give you $10,000 if you can name your top eight friends on Myspace.

Erin

Oh, I wonder what my last top eight was. My God, I have no idea who would be on there.

Adal

Or did they make it bigger than eight at some point? I feel like it used to be like six and then they were like, well, we'll give you 10. And then they I'm sure anyone under like 30 is fitting in.

Erin

I would have literally no idea and that's if you're an eighth grader let that be a lesson and I have no idea who my best friends were in eighth grade.

JPC

I never had a Myspace because I remember I got like a Facebook late but I wasn't I was not like super online because I was like oh everyone I know is just like around me and there's no reason for me to be online so unless I was like fucking with someone in a chat room I was not like

00:14:01

Erin

And of course you were there.

Adal

8th graders, look to your left. Look to your right. None of these people fucking matter. They're ghosts. You're staring at ghosts. JBC, let's get into some ribbles. Do you guys remember when we used to do warm-up hurdles on the show? No.

JPC

Here's this one. This one comes from a person who did not say that we could use their names, so let's just call him Nick.

Erin

Yeah, let's just call him Nick. I bet their name is Nick.

JPC

I bet their name is Nick. Wait, hold on now. Or Rick or Dick. It could be Rick or it could be Dick. Let's not call him Dick. That seems mean. Let's not call him Rick. That's even worse. So let's just call this person Nick. So Nick writes, two kitties are having a swimming race. Oh. Their names. Do cats like to do that? They would get wet. Cats don't like to be wet. Most cats hate what? Not all. Not all. I think most kind of covers not all. I had a cat when I was in high school college, high school college I believe, and if you would leave like the sink on, like the water spout, the cat would run in, did it in the bathroom and the kitchen, and just stick its whole ass head under it. And normally the cat did not like getting wet, but it would not mind just its whole head getting covered in water so it could lick the running water.

00:15:20

Erin

I love the videos of cats who are whole head or under running water and they're licking the air. It's like so close, but not quite.

JPC

He would do that. He never liked getting wet, but if it was running water from a sink, he did not mind getting it all over his head. I gotta say, I don't think I would like that if I was a cat.

Adal

I don't know. It sounds kind of nice. For a cat, that must be like a waterfall.

JPC

Yeah. And it's like maybe like running water is like cleaner because it's like moving all of the germs out. Don't quote me on this, I'm not a scientist. So maybe there's something like in their bones that is like running water.

Erin

They like the pressure on their head. They like being licked on the top of the head. Not by a human, obviously.

JPC

Well, you don't know. Erin, obviously maybe a stretch. I want to see.

Erin

Oh, I fucked up. Okay, yeah.

JPC

We made it halfway through this warm up run.

Adal

Erin, you're a cat owner. JPC, you are Erin's cat. And Erin, you're trying to get your cat to participate more in water activities and just be more comfortable around water in general.

00:16:22

Erin

Alright, your floaties are on. And now go down the slide. What?

JPC

God, we're not supposed to do this. Time out. Can we do time out?

Erin

Time out on giving a chat?

JPC

Yeah, sorry. There's a code that we have to keep where we're not allowed to directly communicate with our owners and... Oh my god, you're talking to me! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This is tough. A lot of times it's really easy to keep this covenant because we're around our owners all the time and they have other friends, they might have like a... You know, significant other or co-workers. Um, well Gail, uh... I took you to the water park.

Erin

We're at the top of the slide. I'm not going back down. That's humiliating. That's the embarrassment march down the stairs. If we chicken out right now, you're not a chicken. Are you your cat?

JPC

I don't think most people would think would put we in that situation. Most people would see you and they would see a thing that you were forcing to do this thing with you. I think I'm good on that. I don't think I'm getting a lot of social stigma. Gail, you need friends. You can't take your cat to the water park. Not only do I not enjoy it, I don't enjoy it because I'm a cat. I just can't be your only support system anymore. But you're my best friend. Here's something brutal, Gale. You're one of my friends.

00:17:45

Erin

Oh my gosh.

JPC

Are you serious? No, not best. For sure not best.

Erin

I've taken you to so many theme parks. You've been to Six Flags. You've been to Disney World. You hated all of that? Are you telling me you hated all of that?

JPC

Yeah. Believe it or not, I was praying that I would get Stockholm Syndrome, that I would just like one day wake up and be like, this is my life.

Erin

But that's the saddest thing I've ever heard. A cat saying timeout is very funny.

JPC

Ah, time out. Hang in there, kitty. Okay, we gotta get to the second half of this riddle. It's a real doozy. It's a warm-up riddle, and let's say it's from Nick. Two kitties are having a swimming race. Their names are, and this is in quotes, this is the first name, 123, and the second name, Unde-toi. Which cat won the swimming race?

Adal

It was a third cat. This is Bono's cat, and its name is Uno-dos-tres-catorce.

JPC

That's a dog name, okay?

00:18:46

Adal

Okay, my apologies.

Erin

Can you read it again, GPC?

JPC

Two kitties are having a swimming race. Their names are 123 and undu trois. Which one won? Hmm. One won, huh? Which one won?

Adal

Which one won?

JPC

Now that, I will say, is not the key to the riddle. It's just a fun thing to say one and one back together.

Adal

Which one won? Which one won?

JPC

Which one won? You've got the sandwich hotline. I said, which one won, you've got the sandwich hotline and you didn't even look at me. Adal laughed, he liked that.

Erin

I was trying to transition back to the National Riddle scene.

JPC

Which one won, sandwich hotline?

Erin

Hi, my sandwich has a bad ratio from meat to cheese to vegetables.

JPC

Okay, have you tried adding more meat?

Erin

Um, I'm just panicking right now. Um, can you just stay on the phone with me? Baby, baby, crab and goon. No.

00:19:51

???

I'm calling Sandwich 911.

JPC

Hold on, hold on, hold on. We are not sandwich 911. 911 is people. Which one what? You know what I'm saying? We were here first. That's all I gotta say.

Erin

Okay, well, who do I call with a sandwich emergency?

JPC

Us. Hold on, I'm SWAT today, the only one here. Give me one second. Which one won? Uh, say which hotline?

???

Yes, I'm calling because I have no warts on my nose. Is that common? Baby, baby, grab Raccoon!

JPC

I'm sorry.

???

Oh, my wife just cast a spell on me!

JPC

You want to dial which one won? This is which one won?

???

Wait, which one?

JPC

Ma'am, we can do this all day. I have a big appetite.

???

I can still eat there as well.

JPC

Hold on. I'm sorry, we're swamped here today. I've got call waiting. Which one won? What's the sandwich?

???

Hi. Hold on.

JPC

Did I just say what's the sandwich? Oh, no.

Erin

Yeah, you did. Well, this is going really well. We're adding a lot of callbacks to episodes. People have hopefully heard.

00:20:53

JPC

I think a lot of these are Patreon episodes.

Erin

I'm having a witch witch witch emergency. I don't know the difference between which witch and which and which one is spelled which way.

JPC

Okay.

Erin

Am I calling the right number?

JPC

Okay, so you are calling the right number. One is like a crone, one is like a crumb, and one is like a slang for... Speaking of two things, I gotta put you on a brief hold.

???

Which one's which?

JPC

Which one won?

???

Sandwich hotline. Hey, you didn't hear this from me, but Tommy DeMarcus is gonna rob Liberty Bank on Sunday. Okay, and who is this? This is, uh, don't worry about it. Just kidding.

???

Baby, baby, grab Rangoon.

JPC

This is snitch 1-1, right? We're getting further afield. Look, I am going on break. I gotta go, bye.

???

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

JPC

Wow.

???

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

JPC

It's one, they hung up, they went on break. The Road Runner just went by. You can't, they went on break.

00:21:54

???

Oh, come on! I wanna keep going!

JPC

Okay, well just let's wait. Let's wait like five to ten minutes for the break to be over.

Adal

Hey JPC, you're on your lunch break. We're gonna put a new caller in for you. God, it's on my phone. Which one wins?

JPC

Sandwich hotline.

???

Hey, no one's watching my Twitch stream. Am I calling the right number? It's an emergency.

JPC

What number did you dial?

???

Twitch 1-1.

JPC

Okay, so if you're looking at your phone, if you're looking at your dial pad right now, what you should see is a button for Twitch, a button for a witch, a button for a witch, a button for a snitch, a button for a witch, and a button for a witch.

???

Which one's which though?

JPC

You dialed which 1-1. I can't help you with which 1-1. I have to go. I have another call on my cell phone at break. Which 1-1? What's your, uh, which, say which hotline?

Adal

Hi, you probably recognize my voice. This is Chevy Chase. What was that movie I was in where I wore a bunch of different disguises? Were you in Hitch?

JPC

Okay, well just so you're clear. Why would it be Fletch? So, hold on, I gotta give you one second.

00:22:58

???

Which one? What's a sandwich?

???

Hi, I'm stuck at the bottom of a ditch. Is this ditch 1-1? Look at your phone. And also, my friends left me.

JPC

Okay, so there's only one button left on the phone. No, there's none. There's a fletch button, a ditch button, a hitch button, a witch, a witch, and a witch button.

???

I got ditched ditched. I got ditched ditched. Send someone soon.

JPC

Hold on, that's all the buttons. So what could this be? Which one? What's your emergency?

Adal

Piss Fun Fun, what's your emergency?

JPC

Oh, thank God, Chris.

Adal

Did you call me? The day that I have had. The day that I have had. You won't believe the stories I heard with Piss Fun Fun. Why don't we hear about them? Bring me.

Erin

Hi, this is Switch 1-1. I'm going to switch your calls.

Adal

God damn it. God fucking damn it. Okay, so which of these cats? Two kitties are having a smithing race. Their names are 123 and Uchira.

Erin

What do you mean we're chaotic? Fuck you! Okay, okay. The first cat won.

00:23:59

JPC

Uh, Erin says 123 won.

Erin

Unless they're in France.

JPC

Um, Erin, do you know why 1-231?

Erin

Because it was, they went 1-2-3, go.

JPC

Oh, I think I know why. Uh, Erin, that is, um, well, I'm not gonna tell you if it's correct or not because I'd love to hear why Adal thinks.

Adal

Well, I was just thinking of that Sia song where she's like, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, and- 1-2-3, 1-2-3, and- And so, that probably bolstered that cat's ego.

Erin

It's like, I'm in a song.

Adal

Yeah, the CSO will probably help that cat's ego, huh?

Erin

Okay, so you're both... Push it down. Push it down.

JPC

So you're both right. What's your accent? I don't know. You're both right. It is one, two, three that won, but I would say you're right for the wrong reasons. I would say that you're based off your reasoning, you're right for no reason. But this is like, I guess the answer to this is kind of like a pun, and it's a pun based off of un du trois. Okay.

???

Cat. Un du trois cat.

JPC

Erin, keep going.

???

Thank.

JPC

Okay.

00:25:00

???

Unditua the Unditua cat sank, he died?

JPC

There we go. Well, we don't know that. They probably resuscitated him. We don't know that he died.

???

He's dead.

Adal

We have to have a funeral for this fictitious kitten.

Erin

Let's have a funeral for Unditua. Adal, would you like to say something?

Adal

Would you like to say something?

???

We are gathered here today to say adieu to one of our most perfect feline.

Erin

Perfect.

Adal

Please, no puns at the funeral because that is how Undentois died. Undentois was such a good kitty. She would always come to the door for fresh baguettes and chevron. Sorry, for chevron.

Erin

Merci beaucoup.

Adal

Merci beaucoup. Let's cry. Would anyone else like to say a few words?

???

No. I'm so French and upset.

00:26:03

JPC

I will say a few words. Okay. Incredible. In the trial, you are a great cat. You are one of the best cats that I have ever met. Oh, you have an oedispe. Merius, merius! Uhh... Iblit shells and empty tables.

???

Uhh... They have British accents and nets and they do not apply!

Adal

Aesheez to Aesheez, D'Artagnan to D'Artagnan... Hold on, they are British accent, they live with a wop?

???

Yes, of course, yes. Why? Because it's all written in Britain, of course. Erm... Perkay! His boys were so small, his nose small, his little teeth small, but his head was so big.

Adal

And into a small bean. What?

???

Adal Rifai, Small Beam. Small Beam? Small Beam.

???

Ooh, Jemma Parry is good now.

00:27:08

Adal

And now... She was about to tell us what her name was. Jemma Barret?

???

Jemma Parret, I cannot say.

Adal

Oh, her name is Jemma Parret. You're a parrot named Jemma? Jemma Parret. Ytayem Parry.

JPC

Well guys, I think we set that fake cat up really nice. I think that we gave them a really good send off. I think you really appreciate that.

Erin

I was about to say Ave Maria, so you cut me off at the exact right time.

Adal

And the French are doing now what they always do with their dead. Spread them on fresh baked bread. Ah, yeah.

JPC

Honestly, what a way to go. I would love to just, my dead body just melted on a piece of bread.

Adal

Oh, sounds so good. If my body can somehow be turned into raclette and just smeared on potatoes or just the dream.

Erin

A Girl Scout cookie if it's you.

Adal

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Erin, raclette on a thin mint? Nah, I gotta try it.

JPC

Alright, well, um, raccoon on a thin mitt. That's enough out of us, so we're gonna take a little bit of a break.

00:28:12

???

We got one Riddle!

JPC

We got one Riddle down. Yeah, so we're really, we're really flying today. And hey, we'll be back after these brief messages with, I don't know, maybe one more Riddle. What do you think we're gonna get to? Let's take some bets, actually. Adal, what do you think?

Adal

Well, I think we've just been shamed into doing at least three.

Erin

I think that we're gonna get a half one done and then do this past one we just already did again. We're gonna forget that we did it.

JPC

Yeah, I'm gonna put it under. I'm gonna go definitely under three and definitely under that half. And news to me that you can feel shame. I certainly can't. I can't feel anything anymore.

Erin

I know what you're thinking. Do I have a new hat, Adal and JPC? New haircut? Why am I walking around with so much confidence?

Adal

I bet you're wondering. I wanted pretzels from the food court.

JPC

And I was just gonna let you know that it looks like you leaned on paint.

Erin

Anyways, I just had a bunch of subscriptions canceled for me by Rocket Money that I wasn't using. And so now I'm flushed with cash and now I'm confident. Pretzel money? Well, maybe. We'll talk about that. Rocket Money is a personal finance app that binds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills all in one place. I've been using it for years, even before they were a sponsor.

00:29:38

JPC

Erin, it looks like you may have leaned on like with someone painting a rocket money like billboard or sign or something because it's all it's all down your back it's like and it's I could ock it ock it

Erin

People think they're spending $80 on their subscriptions when in reality, the number is closer to $200. And when you signed up for so many free trials, like streaming services, you watch one show and then you completely forget about it, you lose track and then all of a sudden you're like, why am I bleeding money? Rocket money? They take care of that for you. They go, sit back, relax, we got this. And they make everything color coded and easy and super intuitive.

Adal

You're also color-coded. A little birdie told me that Rocket Money also lets you monitor all your expenses in one place, recommends custom budgets based on your past spending, and they'll even send you notifications when you've reached your spending limits, which sounds like something my friend would like, but I forget which friend I'm so hungry for pretzels.

JPC

Speaking of pretzels, you don't get all twisted up by Salty and the bread of your finances. With over 3 million users and counting, Rocket Money customers have saved an average of $720 a year.

00:30:48

Erin

Stop wasting money on things you don't use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and manage your money the easy way by going to rocketmoney.com slash riddle. That's rocketmoney.com slash riddle. rocketmoney.com slash R-I-D-D-L-E.

JPC

Hey, what's going on? Somebody leaned over my rocket money paint thing. Run. Everybody run. Run. Oh no.

Erin

Maroon.

Adal

Is that DaVinci?

Erin

Yeah. Yes.

JPC

And bye. Hey.

???

We back. Twins.

JPC

Twins. Keep the chaos alive. Hey, welcome back everyone. I hope you enjoy the ads. Hey, go buy one of those products. Why not? Remember to tell them your old daddy here, Riddle Riddle sent you and hopefully they'll buy another ad. One day. One day. Hey, and if you're listening to this on the free feed, ad free feed I should say, the feed that you pay money for, but it's ad free, you missed out on some really great ads.

00:31:51

Erin

What? Free, free, free, free, free, free.

Adal

I gotta say, no joke, no bones about it. I'm proud of the way that we record ads. I think I have fun. You know what?

JPC

We're some of the best in the game. We do exactly what they say. We hardly ever have to do make good ads. We have to have a couple, I would say.

Erin

Yeah.

JPC

Because we get a little too silly.

Erin

You know we're good at recording ads when Casey has like at least six times gone. Are you guys okay after we record ads? So that's how you know we're good.

Adal

Yeah, we had one ad where Lenscrafter got back to us and they said, this is 14 minutes and you don't mention our product once.

Erin

Also, we're not a sponsor.

JPC

Yeah, we used to record a lot of ads on spec and we would all, about once a week we'd record a Linscrafter ad on spec.

???

Just in case.

JPC

Reach out to us. We would physically mail it to the location of a closed Linscrafter and eventually we did hear back from someone. Oh, well speaking of cease and deceasts, this is a few little submissions, and look, this person does not give us the right, nay the privilege, to use their names. Let's just call them Peter. This is from Peter, and believe me, I did change that name. I'm not just reading Peter from this email. This is from a different person. I can't even begin to tell you what this person's name is. It's definitely not Peter.

00:33:13

Erin

You're talking a lot for someone who isn't a liar.

JPC

I don't know. I talk a lot in general. Okay, let's not examine that too much. Peter writes or somebody's name is. It doesn't matter what their name is. It doesn't matter. Love your podcast. I love tricks and riddles. Here are a few that I haven't heard yet. Hope you can use them to word them however you like. Now, feel free to word them however you like. Peter gave me a lot of license and I will be taking that opportunity a little later in the riddles. But yeah, Peter says that they love tricks. Isn't that weird?

Adal

Is it with an X or a CK?

Erin

That makes me nervous. Are you Peter?

JPC

I'm not Peter. I'm not Peter. And this email's from 2018. So I gotta remember, in 2018, were we giving tricks? Were we doing tricks?

Adal

I think the podcast might have been mostly tricks back then. Yeah, me too. I feel like if I'm remembering right, 2018, this might be right. I feel like we started every episode and we'd say trick or treat, people would inevitably select trick, or they'd select treat, and then we'd say, haha, trick to you. The only option was trick. We gave you the illusion of choice.

00:34:19

Erin

Yeah, we were toilet papering a lot of other podcasts back in 2018.

JPC

This riddle is from October 14th of 2018, so it could be a Halloween tie-in.

Adal

On three, let's all say our favorite Peter. One, two, three.

Erin

Peter Paul and Mary.

Adal

Okay. I said Peter Satera, Erin said Peter Paul and Mary.

Erin

Oh, but Peter Gabriel. Peter Gabriel.

Adal

Peter Gabriel.

Erin

That's the best one.

Adal

Sledgehammer. Is it Stewie from Family Guy?

JPC

Isn't he a Peter?

Adal

Yeah, his full name is Stewie Peter.

JPC

Great. Uh, Stu Peters. Here's the first one from a person that I'm calling Peter.

Adal

Great.

JPC

Now I'm hungry. There's one word in English that has three consecutive sets of double letters. What is it?

Adal

Wow. We're really caught up on these one riddles, huh?

JPC

And I also got to tell you, I got to tell you a lot of, a lot of the riddles, quote unquote, that Peter submitted are kind of just like facts that you have to know. And I do like that. Well, I'm a bit of a word stuff.

Erin

Beekeeper.

00:35:20

Adal

Erin, you're very close.

JPC

Erin is very close. In fact, she's right. No, she's not.

Adal

Well, I know the bookkeeper is the one I know. Yes. But beekeeper also works. No, it doesn't. No, I'm sorry. Because it was 1K. There's 1K. Now, you know what would work is a beak keeper.

JPC

Spelled up, I think. Alright, Adal, I gotta see a scene. You're gonna be playing a super villain. Adal, you are going to be a super villain named The Beak Keeper. You are The Beak Keeper. I'm your henchman. Erin is the superhero and you have caught Erin and you're about to unveil your evil plot. You have finally won. You are The Beak Keeper.

Erin

You'll never get away with this beak keeper. What are you up to anyways?

???

Well, I'm glad you asked. I'm glad you've come home to nest. Me, the beak keeper. The one criminal in all of Memphis who keeps killing the birds and keeping their beaks. I'm going to build a city out of beaks.

00:36:23

Erin

And then- Wait, what is this? I'm so sorry. I thought I was with my nemesis, the beak keeper. You're the beak keeper?

???

Yes, I'm the beak keeper. Learn how to spell B-E-E-K-K-E-E-P-O-R, the beak keeper.

Erin

You're a real weirdo. Who's tying me up right now? I'm sorry, that's me.

JPC

I'm not even here. Hi, I'm... I haven't been given an official Hichman name yet. My name is Sean Reynolds.

???

Oh, Sean!

JPC

Stop using your real name. I just, I need a Hichman name. Actually, if, I'm sorry, Peakeeper, if we're doing this now, I'd love to break it up again to workshop the name. Like I do need a name.

???

Okay, Mr. Cloaca. Don't, I don't love it.

Erin

Peakeeper's Keeper. What if that was your name?

JPC

I kind of just work with Beak Keeper.

Erin

I guess I... Beak Helper.

JPC

I do have a cloaca, like, sonar. I was bitten by a cloaca.

Erin

Oh, well then that's enough.

00:37:23

JPC

I know, but like... It's like one of the worst days of my life and do I really want to make that my name?

Erin

So Beak Keeper, you're keeping the beaks from birds? That's really gross and weird.

???

Well, no, because it's a means to an end. I'm going to build a city out of beaks.

Erin

I can think of a million better materials to build a city of.

???

Name 20.

Erin

Okay. Wood. Steel.

???

Cement. Hold on. It was right there.

JPC

Birds living trees. Should I be writing this down? Should I be writing this down or should I still be tying her up? I don't want to do a bad job. What about the Reynolds Wrap? I know. It's my last name. It's a piece of personal, identifiable information. So I probably should keep that P.I.A.

Erin

Sean Reynolds, right?

JPC

Yeah, Sean Reynolds, that's my name.

???

It's interesting, Sean Reynolds, that you don't want to be doing a bad job because you've been doing a terrible job this whole time because you haven't been serving the beekeeper at all. You've been serving zip. Dr. Chameleons! Same voice.

00:38:28

Erin

Hi, Dr. I feel way better. I feel safe now. It's just Dr. Chameleon.

???

I can beat you. Wait, you feel safe? That sucks to hear.

Erin

No, I mean, I thought you were like a real supervillain. You're Dr. Chameleon, the guy who just sort of wants to be around.

???

I'm gonna push you. Oh, you're gonna push me?

Erin

I know you won't.

???

I would never.

Erin

Do you want to go get a beer?

???

Yes. Kombucha? Do they have hard kombucha?

Erin

You're ridiculous.

???

What did you say? So, the check, then this check from the Beekeeper, this is going to bounce.

JPC

This is not connected to an account? Yes. Yeah. Invalid. It was written, if you turn it around, it was written on a good humor wrapper. This is huge, yes.

???

John, you want a cup?

JPC

Sticky.

???

We're going to get a hard kombucha.

JPC

I would love one. I can't pay. I've been working, I guess, on spec.

???

I can pay.

JPC

Thank you so much.

???

Thank you.

JPC

What was your name?

Erin

Sean Reynolds. Let's get the hell out of this episode you guys. Jump in the car, we're going in the fast lane. Alright we're going. Alright JPC you coming?

00:39:42

JPC

Yeah I guess who's driving? Oh. Me, I'll drive. Not going. I'm not going.

Erin

Oh, because I'm a woman?

JPC

No. I'd say it's almost everything else without you.

Erin

Yeah, I'm not great at driving anymore. I used to be very good, but now I'm a nervous driver. Adal, you want to drive? Okay.

Adal

Put the keys in the glove box and stomp on the ground.

Erin

Alright, we're going normal speed through this episode, I guess.

Adal

God damn it. The car isn't getting hot like it should. The car isn't getting hot like it should?

JPC

You gotta rub your finger across it. It's just the right way. Okay, so that was the first riddle from Peter. Like I said, it's more of a fact than a riddle. So are you ready for your next, um, I want to say fact. I guess it's the fact. It's also from Peter. Let's do it. What sentence in the English language can be spoken but not written down? So this is a sentence that can only be spoken but it can never be written down. Got it. Ooh, Adal, I love your confidence. What do we got? Gibbidi gibbidi gibbidi. Subject gibbidi, verb.

00:40:50

Erin

Is it, um, I don't have a pen.

JPC

No, that's a very good guess, Erin.

Adal

What sentence in the English language can only be spoken and not written down?

JPC

Yeah, there's a very specific reason why it cannot be written down. And it has to do with, you know, kind of the way that the English language is structured, I would say.

Adal

Got you. So these are like forbidden words.

JPC

Hey Riddle.

Erin

The content of their character.

JPC

Yes, exactly. Thank you.

Erin

More like the structure of how sentences can work.

JPC

I guess so. I think it's like, you know, we did this a little earlier in the episode. We were having some fun with words and it's along the same line of some of the fun that we were having back in the cat riddle.

00:41:52

Erin

I don't want to learn today. I don't want to learn today. Don't make me learn.

Adal

So it's like a continuation into plan words.

JPC

No, it's not a plan on words. That's not the fun with words. Hey, we've been having a lot of fun with words today, huh? You, Adal. You might be onto something there.

Adal

Homonyms, homophones. Homonyms, homophones. Let's see. So, read the Riddle one more time.

JPC

So this can be spoken. Yes. If you speak it, it makes sense. But as soon as you try to write it down, it's like, uh-oh, it actually doesn't make sense. It doesn't work when you write it down.

Adal

Where, where, where, where. This is the and, and, and, and, and, and, Riddle.

Erin

And, and, and, and, pie. This is our Everest. Which, which, which?

Adal

Is it just a string of homonyms, or is there other words inside? Okay.

JPC

There are other words in there, but there is one, and now I'm confused if it's a homonym or a homophone. Homonym.

Adal

Homonyms are the ones that are spelled different, right? They sound the same, but they're spelled differently, and then I think homophone is spelled the same, but pronounced different.

00:42:57

JPC

There is one homonym. There's one homonym in it.

Adal

One, okay. Okay, interesting.

Erin

Which one is it?

JPC

Well, it's not one, so keep going. Two. There we go.

Erin

That's a lot. Oh, you two. Two. Two. Two. Two. Two.

JPC

Two. Two. This is fun for me. To watch this is fun for me.

Erin

I love you two too. Two toes, or two twos. I love you both as well. I love you two too. I love you two too too.

???

Oh, oh no, she's falling.

JPC

Erin, you're driving away. You're on the right path. But there's only one instance of the word 2 in this, but you're on the right path with there being multiple 2s.

Adal

Erin, can I just say I loved your rendition of the theme from Mad Men.

00:43:57

???

Mad Men, Mad Men, Mad Men, Mad Men.

JPC

What percentage of people do you think say Mad Men, Mad Men in that way to that theme set? I definitely did. I definitely did. Solid 80%.

Erin

All the fun, cool people. So what's happening? I think it's RJD2. The word 2 was only in there once.

JPC

Yes, but you're not wrong with like the multiple, the concept of multiple usages of two is part of the answer to this Riddle, but the word two is only in there once. You guys are so close, you're on, I want to say Death's Door. I went too.

Erin

I went too. I went too. I went too. Okay.

JPC

All you have to tell me is that you are ready for me to tell you the answer and I will swoop in.

???

Shut up. We're never ready. We'll never give up.

???

Swoop in. Swoop in. Sounds like Sean has a new name.

JPC

Swoop in. We're drunk. We're just drunk. You can be as mean to me as you want. I'm still never going to stop giving you the answer to this, Riddle, if you ask for it.

00:45:05

Erin

I'd like to see a scene. I'm sorry. GPC, you're an English teacher. Adal and I are the students and you're trying to make English fun.

JPC

Okay. Farts. Very nice Kyle.

???

Oh my gosh.

JPC

Did you just do a line of Coke? Mr. Benetardi, did you just do a line of Coke? I did a bump of Coke. It's different from a line. A line, that would fuck me up all class. But a bump, that's just gonna give me enough energy to go through until second period. Mr. Benetardi, aren't you worried about fentanyl? Oh, I'm very worried about Fitnall. If you're not testing the cocaine that you do with Fitnall test strips before you do it, you are doing something that could be very dangerous. Now luckily, I got this cocaine from a trusted friend of mine, and we tested it for Fitnall.

???

You got it from me! What's up, teach?

JPC

That's, uh, that's, uh, uh, Jack, Jack, of course everyone, I'm sorry, you know him as Mr. Anderson, he's the principal, he's auditing my class today because I have had a lot of complaints.

Erin

Sorry Jack, sorry.

00:46:09

JPC

Can I be excused? What did you fart, Kyle? And everybody laughed at Kyle because he farted. That's why he needs to be excused.

Adal

Please don't. I don't want attention in this moment. I don't want attention in this moment.

JPC

No, everyone, look. Let's all just chill out. Everybody turn your desks around backwards. Why?

Adal

Sorry Mr. Benetarti, how does this sort of tie into Shakespeare? First of all, let's cut the formality. Everybody just call me Bennett, okay? Bennett? Yeah! Your full name is Bennett Benetarti? No. That sounds like an entree.

JPC

My full name is Bennett Tostinos Benetarti. And yes, I guess you got me. I am heir to the chip fortune. Which chip? Ruffles. My dad married Catherine Ruffles. And so I kind of, I married into the chip fortune.

00:47:26

???

Catherine Ruffles.

Adal

Oh, so it's like a John Kerry situation. I'm not familiar. What was that guy's name? Steve Kerry?

Erin

You're an English teacher and you don't remember John Kerry?

JPC

Hold on, why is that a part of English class?

Erin

I know, I'm just saying you should be smart. My parents pay your salary. What are we doing today?

JPC

I'm 15. I wouldn't know who John Kerry is.

Erin

You're 15.

JPC

Years old.

???

Yeah.

???

So are we.

JPC

How did you get to teach the class?

Adal

What's that? How did you get to teach the class? I was appointed. Oh, so it's like crossing guard or pole monitor. Yeah, Betsy DeVos. Wow. So you know her. Because she gave me the job.

JPC

Yeah. I mean, I actually had never met her before she gave me the job. She sprints with my mom, Katherine Ruffles, because all old rich women know each other.

Erin

That makes sense. What are we doing today?

Adal

Can we just continue to read what we read last semester, which is teaching Mr. Tingle about those kids who kidnap a teacher and then the teacher has angina and dies?

JPC

I don't know, didn't we already read that? You want to reread that book? Is it that good that you want to reread it? What's your favorite part? The part where the teacher dies. Okay. I mean, that's a little synopsis.

00:48:36

Adal

That's a little part of the synopsis. And also learning the word angina because it rhymes with- With vagina.

JPC

Mr. Anderson, how are we doing on time?

???

Hey, as long as you want pals.

JPC

Nice.

Erin

Okay, yeah. I can take a line. That's the line, kid. Not a bump.

JPC

Oh, okay. He's going hard. You know that the drug dealer saved what the drug dealer does in front of you.

Erin

Eh, not the ones I gave you.

JPC

Write that down. What's that?

Erin

What's that? What's that?

Adal

And hey, everyone. Listen, quiet on set. The TV show has been cancelled.

???

Why?

Adal

NBC said it's unrealistic. What do you mean? What do you mean NBC said? NBC told us CBS.

???

That's super hurtful. Yeah, we're on CBS. That's so mean.

JPC

Are we canceling shows just because other networks are mean to us now? Yes.

Erin

We're going to cancel law and order because it's stupid.

Adal

I'll relay that to NBC and see if they take action.

00:49:37

Erin

Stupid.

Adal

I'm sorry everyone. Please, please take as much craft services as you want today. There will be no final paycheck.

JPC

We cut over to the Fox slot. Jeff, has anyone called?

Adal

No. No calls. No calls at all. I think they forgot about this.

JPC

Just keep making whatever we make. See?

???

Just keep making whatever we make. You couldn't even name one.

JPC

I couldn't. What are we doing? What's a current show? What's a current television show? Is it something like a television?

Adal

Family Guy?

JPC

Thank you.

Adal

Family Guy.

JPC

So, current television show Adal can pull animation from 20 years ago. Yeah, they're still on Fox, right? I think they still probably are making new episodes of those things.

Adal

Definitely Simpsons. I'm trying to think of what is on Fox.

JPC

I don't know. I don't watch... Oh! I was going to say what we do in shadows, but that's FX.

Adal

That's FX, which is a great station. Great station. Fox Fox.

Erin

Two. Something two.

00:50:37

Adal

Except for Simpsons.

JPC

Just ask, just tell me, say, JPC, I'm ready for the answer to this, Riddle. JPC, I'm ready for the answer. Okay, okay. This is a tough one. The sentence that can be spoken but not written down is, this is according to Peter, a name that I'm making up. There are three twos in the English language. Now you can say that, but as soon as you try to spell it, you spell two, but there's only one T-W-O in the English language. There's not three T-W-O, so you can't spell it.

???

We're not a few clever Peter.

???

What a clever boy. Now throw the fruit at him. Look at that little clever Peter.

???

Yeah, throw the fruit at him. Banana.

JPC

I'm gonna throw a cantaloupe.

???

Oh, they let him good.

Adal

There are three twos in the English language. That's a good one. That's a good one. I like that one. But that is, yeah, that is like a fact. But I guess you could, I don't know, we've somewhat, Erin's somewhat sus today.

JPC

Yeah, Erin's somewhat sus today. I didn't do anything. There's a couple more facts here, so let's get into a couple more Peter's facts that you're cleverly disguising as a Riddle. I guess this is maybe the trick that you talked about earlier in your introduction. Here we go. This is the Riddle. Using correct grammar, so correct grammar, we're back to grammar.

00:51:52

Adal

Wait, I'm sorry, did you say using country grammar? Because I'll have to go grab my Nelly CD?

JPC

Uh, Kelsey Grammer.

Adal

Using Kelsey Grammer. It's getting hot in here! So humid to be! I am getting so hot, I want to take my dog out.

JPC

That's not bad. Using correct grammar, is it more proper to say five I'm sorry, is it more proper to say five and seven is eleven or five and seven are eleven? So correct grammar, more proper to say five and seven is eleven or five and seven are eleven.

Adal

They're both incorrect. Adal. Yeah. Why? Because, well, you said this is a trick, so I'm just giving it what I assume is the trick response.

Erin

Yeah, neither of those sound right to me.

JPC

You'd say equals. No, no, no. Now, grammatically, you could say equals, but... Oh, because that's not, but it's not even equals. Erin?

Erin

4 plus 7 is 11. Ah.

JPC

5 plus 7 is 12.

Erin

It's a trick.

JPC

You are correct. It is a trick.

00:52:53

Adal

Actually, the trick still is afoot because neither of those things are 11. 11 is played by, what's her name? Little Samantha? What's that girl's name? Little Samantha.

Erin

That's the guess?

Adal

Who plays 11?

Erin

That is the funniest, oh my god, I wish there was an actress named Little Samantha. Millie Bobby Brown, I think.

JPC

Millie Bobby Brown. I would love it if every one of the kids from Stranger Things in the credits was like, in this guy by Little Joey, in this one, Little Samantha.

???

Little Samantha.

JPC

The role's just called Little versions of who they are. Tiny Jeffy. But also, I think Peter writes... Hi, my name is Little Samantha. It's actually still debated.

Erin

And I'm auditioning for the role... Of scary kid.

JPC

Between is, is or are, either one sounds like they could be correct. Grammar experts have not really, have not really settled that one, but you're right, Erin. Five and seven is, as we all know, 12, not 11.

Adal

I was so focused on the wording, I didn't even think to examine the numbers. That's the trick. That's the trick aspect. Are you guys ready to be tricked again? And now, speaking of country, and now speaking of galaxy grammar, I feel like a Philistine.

00:54:05

Erin

You're doing great. It's not you, Adal. It's us. I've not been so slow. I can't keep you.

Adal

Niles isn't just my younger brother in Egypt.

JPC

Okay, this is another trick for you guys aka Adal Riddle. What was the name of the president in 1996? Now Erin, you weren't alive back then, but Adal and I, us old dogs will know. What was the name of the president in 1986? So this is gonna be a trick. This is a trick. I will tell you right now, this is a trick.

Erin

You said 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996. 1996.

Adal

Well we can, I think we all know that, well, this happens in January. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

JPC

So, George. So like, 97, in 97 there were two presidents at the time, because there's an incoming and an outgoing, but in 96.

00:55:07

Adal

Well, no, not 97, because Bill Clinton had two terms. George.

JPC

Oh, I mean, you're absolutely right.

Adal

The handoff from George Bush Sr. to Bill Clinton would have been two in one year, technically.

JPC

Yeah, the Obama to Trump one would have been as well. No, George is not correct. The name of the president in 1996. President of what? Oh, there we go. Erin, I want to tell you, United States of America. Oh, okay. Yeah, I will say United States of America.

Adal

Did you know that the very first president of the United States, his name was John Henson? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Look it up.

JPC

Fucking. Look it up motherfuckers. Fucking made up all those little muppets. Yeah. This guy had all house.

Erin

Just trick me. Just tell me what it is. Just trick me. Trick me, trick me. Tell me the riddle.

Adal

Roman Juliet soundtrack. Thank you.

JPC

You guys don't want to... No other guesses here?

Adal

Yeah, I want to crack away at this not a little bit longer. I think you can get this one. Read it again. What was the name of the president in 1996? The name of the president, he went from William to Bill.

00:56:14

JPC

Both of those are incorrect. That's incorrect. You're not even in the right ballpark with that. It wasn't Bill Clinton. It wasn't George Clinton. It wasn't George Bush.

Adal

It wasn't George Bush. George W. What was the name? Oh wait. Oh, that's right. Clinton got assassinated and then his five presidents.

Erin

Is it like a movie?

JPC

Al Gore. No, it's not like a movie. My life's like a movie. Uh, but this is not like a movie and it's not, let's do it with an assassination. Oh, Bill Pullman. Bill Pullman. Dude, that's really, that's a really good guess. It depends if it came out in 96.

Erin

Yeah.

JPC

Maybe. Give us a guess.

Erin

Give us a guess. Give us a guess. Give us a guess.

JPC

I know, I'm gonna give you guys a guess. I'm gonna give you guys a guess. Steve. No. Give us a hint. Um.

Adal

What was the name of the president in 1996?

JPC

What was the name of the president in 1996? You just said 1996? 1996. Oh 1996, okay. Yes. The hint is they never changed their name.

00:57:18

Adal

Okay, so we know it's not Prince.

JPC

They've had this name their entire life as far as we know. Okay. In 1996. Name of the president in 1996. I love this riddle, by the way. Now I really love this riddle.

Adal

So let me ask you this. Is this an actual president's name? Yes. And it's none of the presidents we mentioned? No. You've only mentioned two presidents. George Washington. George Bush.

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Is it like Ronald Reagan? No. Al Gore.

JPC

No, but Al Gore, not president. Not president. Very close, Dan Quill. I know. Very close.

Adal

But there's some sort of trick to it.

JPC

I think if you list enough president's names, you will get this.

Erin

Richard Ronald George John John. This person is not a president.

JPC

They're in the history books as being a president of the United States. Oh, oh. I got it. What was the name of the president in 1996?

Adal

Well, the quote unquote president at the time was Bill Clinton, but we all know behind every good man, Hillary Clinton.

00:58:19

Erin

What is this?

JPC

I told you that you would get it if you gave some presidents.

Erin

Stop saying O-M-G, Casey.

Adal

Abraham Lincoln. Is Casey really saying O-M-G? Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams.

Erin

Barack Obama.

Adal

No, Pierce. You're getting closer, Erin.

JPC

Uh, Erin, Donald Trump is even closer. What? Joe Biden? There we go. Joe Biden was his name in 1996. He did not change his name, so the president... Fuck you.

Erin

Fuck this. Fuck you. Casey, fuck you too. Wow.

Adal

Fuck you. I'm leaving to another planet now. Goodbye. It's a UFO ascends into the heavens.

???

And you especially.

Adal

Disappears forever.

???

Don't clap. Casey, don't clap.

Adal

Comes back in a thousand years to check on Earth.

JPC

Uh, what is Earth like a thousand years from now? Well, hey, you know what? You guys did a really, really great job. So we've come to the end of the show and I got to ask Adal, do you have anything that you would like to plug?

Adal

I have something that I would like to plug. It's just one thing, but it's something very special and important to me. And that is I encourage all of you to go watch on Apple TV, a new show called The Shining Girls. Now, Shining Girls is a great TV show. It's based on a wonderful book that I read some years ago. But here's the thing, it's not only the great acting, it's not only the great story, it's not only the atmospheric thriller of the nature of the beast, but it also stars my sister, Sadia Rifai. Wow. So go see Sadia Rifai in the Shining Girls on Apple TV. Tell her Adal sent you and enjoy her work on screen.

00:59:58

JPC

That's really great. Erin, what about you? Anything that you would like to plug?

Erin

Hey Riddle Riddle on Instagram and Twitter. We have live show announcements rolling in, so that's where you'll find that. And also if you want to check out sitcom D&D, we're nearing the end of season one. So lots of fun, special guests. You can follow that on Twitter and Instagram as well. JPC anything to plug.

JPC

I got to give up my plugs for a couple of reviews. The first one comes from CrazySquirrel53 writes, be advised this is a five-star review. It says, JBZ will find your cousins and date them. Adal will apologize for you bumping into him. And Erin will laugh hysterically. Please listen to this podcast for more information. And then finally we have the second Riddle review that I would like to highlight here. This is a five-star review from K-Bay 16, K-Bay rates trauma bonded. JPC said he would read whatever is written, so JPC Eats Farts.

Adal

Yay! Oh buddy, you could have come to us with that. We wouldn't have told anyone.

JPC

I don't know if I like that. They also said in all seriousness, Hey Riddle Riddle is the first podcast to truly make me laugh out loud in public. These three are an absolute delight, Erin is a bright light in my dark, gluten intolerant world, JPC's hilarity can pull me out of my worst days in Adal. I'm part of the 20% of the population that enjoys your every pun. And don't approve their inner- Adal, that's the only type of compliment you could recognize.

01:01:19

Erin

Adal, 20% is incredibly generous.

JPC

Yeah, 20% for your jokes. An anecdote to prove their entertainment value in 2021, I had plans to run a half marathon a month before I broke my arm and ended up walking the race instead. What, are we gonna fucking walk it on your fucking hands? What the fuck is going on? You broke your arm, you can't run on a race? I listen to Hey Riddle Riddle every step of the three hour trek to say I am trauma bonded to these folks. It's an understatement. Thanks for doing what you do. Would you listen to our podcast if you were running a marathon? I think I would go with something more like inspirational.

Adal

So, do you freeze the farts and then you put them into like ice cubes and then eat them? Or do you just swallow the gas? Well Jupiter, I guess, and goodbye. Hey Riddle.

JPC

Created by Adal Rifai. Starting your achievement. And John Patrick Coan.

???

There's a fletch button, a ditch button, a hitch button, a witch, a witch, and a witch button, a twitch button.

01:02:39

JPC

Hey there, rats and swallows. If you like that, you are going to love this week's Patreon. It's part two of our Hey Riddle City inspired superhero series. You can listen to that plus our entire back catalog at patreon.com slash Hey Riddle Riddle by joining the Clue Crew for $5 a month or the Review Crew for $8 a month. And you get some ad-free episodes. See you there.

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That was a hate gun podcast.