Which Riddle Riddle?

#214: Second Cousin St. Nick!

00:00:02

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This is a HeadGum podcast.

Adal

We are gathered here today to pay our respects to a lovely lady. I don't know how well a lot of you knew her, but for me, one time she swam by me. She got a cramp. And saved her life. She nearly drowned. What else? We met out under the docks. I wonder what she's doing now. Interesting. And this is what you think this is in good taste. I don't know about taste. I'm paying my respects. I'm not making fun of anyone. Cause we're sad and... Ashes to ashes. Sandy to Sandy? Guys, Olivia Newton-John died.

00:01:27

Erin

I know. And it sucks. And it's coming out of you. And we all are dealing with it in how we know how to deal with it.

Adal

Yes. Yeah, that's true. I'm dealing with it through John Travolta impressions. I thought we'd do a fun little memorial and I thought, you know, like, Kanicki wouldn't show up, he'd send a Hallmark card, which of course is giving everyone hickies, and like, Rizzo would be there, she'd be like, some people are so touchy, stuff like that.

JPC

I'm still floored by the concept because when you pitched it you said, I think you used the words in good taste.

Adal

How is... in what way was that disrespectful to the video job?

JPC

It is not my job to educate you.

Adal

That is not why I am here. I am not here to educate you. I think John Travolta reminiscing about his times with the character she played is not disrespectful. I, Greece was the movie that most played in my household. I have such huge love. I have such an affinity for Olivia and John. If you found this disrespectful, reach out to me. We can have a conversation about it. I did not, I'm as big a fan as you'll find. I did not find it disrespectful.

00:02:32

JPC

I do think that that's fine because generally the people who are saying, I don't find what I do disrespectful are the people who are like, yep, that guy's clearly on the right. He didn't find it disrespectful at all. I'll also say, I think it happened like two weeks ago too. So it's always nice to just be on the cutting edge of something that just happens.

Erin

You guys, I got an outdoor couch.

Adal

Okay, so you ruined a couch.

Erin

Oh, yeah, sorry. I ruined a normal indoor couch.

Adal

So it's not potty trained?

Erin

Yeah, it's not. It peed on our carpet and then I went, uh-oh, you're gonna have to be an outdoor couch.

JPC

Erin, I'm actually fascinated with the idea of an outdoor couch. So can you tell me a little more about what it is that you have?

Erin

Thank you for asking, JPC. So an outdoor couch is sort of like a bench but with cushions on it, I'd say. Got it. But more comfortable than that sounds a little bit. So that sounds like a little still bit uncomfortable. This is actually genuinely comfortable and the cushions are nice and in such a way that you actually feel like you're on a real couch outside.

00:03:40

JPC

What? No, I guess this is a silly question because it does not rain in Los Angeles. But what do you do with the cushions when or if? I guess it truly doesn't rain in Los Angeles, right?

Erin

Yeah, but there's weatherproof and also there's like there's dirt and bugs and stuff. I mean, outdoor stuff just gets gross. But yeah, really, you just any sort of all purpose cleaner spray and wipe and like a paper towel and you're good to go. It's like it's meant to get disgusting and have red wine spilled on it.

Adal

Got it.

Erin

And rained on and it's gonna be okay.

Adal

So you can have UB40 over. Yes. And Neil Diamond as well. Yeah, I can have Neil Diamond over. Well he can write a letter that will come over.

Erin

Damn, I need to go comedy stretch. I'm not gonna be able to keep up in this episode. Sorry guys, I didn't realize that we were gonna be funny today.

JPC

My issue with, well, we could just do what we did last episode and do the Howard Dean scream for like 35 minutes straight if we need to, which we don't.

Adal

Hey, JPC. Erin, JPC. If we mention the Howard Dean scream, enough times, Casey is going to play on the soundboard.

00:04:48

???

Let's get ready to rumble!

Adal

Y'all ready for this? Oh, never mind. He's sleeping in his room to jock jams.

JPC

Guys, I will say, I will say, I was having an issue downloading an episode from Zadcaster, and I did log into our Zadcaster account today, and I did see that loaded up on the soundboard, and I thought, this is interesting, we've never used this before.

Erin

I don't know why that's in here. Casey's going to get an email from us later, and the title is going to be Soundboard Privileges, and he's going to go, oh no.

Adal

Oh, no.

Erin

Oh, no.

Adal

If my notes are correct, I think the last 17 times I've set someone up to do something, it's not been done. So I think we're on a roll here for anything I ask of anyone not being done. I think this is kind of fun.

Erin

Well, Adal, I'm going to do everything you ask for the rest of the episode.

Adal

No, no, no. No, no, no. No, it's too late. I'll be okay. No, no, no. I'm not going to promise to do that. He's going to set me up to do another funeral bit. No, Adal, I'll do it. Something in my eye.

00:05:53

Erin

So you guys, my outdoor couch, I just want, I want you to understand something. I am in Los Angeles, so it's an extra joke here, but I think since you both are homeowners, I want you to keep in mind that huge, gigantic sales for outdoor space, furniture, accessories, etc. are going to be, they're happening now. They happen at the end of August, the first couple weeks of September. Keep an eye out. Yeah, 70% missing, but I'm just trying to tell you that it makes me so happy. I feel so thrilled to have my discounted outdoor couch. And so I want you to feel the same joy that I feel.

JPC

Here's my problem with outdoor furniture, and this is why I don't have an outdoor couch or really anything with cushions outdoor. If I had to clean my couch every time, my indoor couch, every time I like sat on it or used it, I'd go insane. And for the outdoor stuff, it's just like every time I see I bought chairs like three years ago for outdoor, they were like nice chairs. They had big cushions on them. Every time it rained, had to go run and grab those cushions. I had an outdoor couch in Chicago and the only two headaches from it were taking the cushions in in like October.

00:07:36

Erin

And just you put them in a closet and then wait till it's warm again. And the other headache is not being able to sit on it for like the next day after it rains. And those were the only two. I really only had to clean it once when I spilled food on it. And then I cleaned it when we moved out and that was it. I think it's way lower maintenance than you think.

Adal

Do either of you have a power washer?

Erin

I wish I did. Do you ever watch those videos?

Adal

It's the most satisfying thing to watch. The day I bought my house, Mark McConville texted me and he was like, do you have a power washer? And I go, no. And he goes, number one thing you're going to want is a power washer. I'm like, okay. And I never really looked into it. And like the last few months, I was like, God, I want one and I need one.

JPC

Power washing is almost, that's like therapeutic. It's just to watch the dirt just run off of something in that way.

Erin

Adal, if you buy one, you have to film it every single time that you clean your driveway.

JPC

That's how I'll shower. You have to be careful with those because you can't use them on things that are painted or stained because they'll just strip paint off.

00:08:43

???

It'll strip the paint off, yeah.

JPC

They're only good on stone. I haven't used a power washer since I was 18, so I don't know if technology has moved since the years.

Adal

Hey Riddle. But I want to clean out the floors of my garage, I want to clean out the outside of my garage, I want to clean out the patio, or the walkway in my backyard, like, and my deck. Like, I really want a power washer. So that might be something I'm buying the next week or two before it gets to be too cold.

JPC

Okay, well maybe don't buy one before December 25th because you might have a power washer in your chair.

Erin

Santa is listening.

JPC

No, we have to make it clear that, look, Santa might be listening, but UNCLE Santa definitely not listening.

00:09:44

Erin

University of North Carolina, Santa. Yeah, we actually have all the doors bolted. It's Michael Jordan, Santa. We have all the doors bolted. All the lights are off, and hey, Riddle Riddle, we are too scared that he's going to show up, so we've made sure.

Adal

And we have like a spike at the bottom of our fireplace. Roast that motherfucker on his spit.

JPC

Yeah, I love how, like, an open fire is not enough to distance into by Santa from jumping down. It's also spikes. It's like, we got a crocodile in there as well. Famously, he's immune to fire, so it's not a deterrent. You have to have, yeah.

Erin

It sucks. So scary.

JPC

It sucks that he is. Because I think the mythology there is that he is like, his dad is like a demon, so he can't be burned or something.

Adal

Do you know why firemen wear red and black? Mm-hmm. It's to mimic Santa's natural skin, which is fireproof. Fireproof.

Erin

I don't know y'all, I had to stop listening to Hey Riddle Riddle because they could not stop talking about Santa and Howard Dean.

Adal

Are y'all ready for this? Oh, there it is. Santa Dean, thank you Casey.

00:10:45

JPC

This drink is broken. We're gonna give Casey a chart and it's gonna say, number of times you played the Howard Dean scream and number of unsubscribes to this podcast and it's just like a line going straight up. We're gonna say, hey proud of yourself Casey? You just Howard Dean screamed yourself out of a job, dumbass.

Erin

The soundboard's gonna get crazier and crazier that he's gonna be able to speak to us without speaking to us, you know what I mean?

???

Yeah.

Erin

But we have conversations with us where he's not saying a word, he's just using the soundboard. Surf's up my guy, 100%. And that wasn't me, that was the soundboard. Thank you, Casey!

Adal

I think at some point it'll be so in tune where it's like, as someone's about to say something, Casey will press the right button and he'll like finish their sentence.

Erin

We won't even have to be here. Oh wait, okay, let's see, let's see.

JPC

Casey. I just wonder, I just wonder if when I got my soundboard, if I should have said to myself, I wonder if this is a slippery slope that I will grow to regret.

Erin

But we'll never know. Casey, I would like, if you are up for it, will you do 20, 30 seconds? Can you try to create an episode of Hey Riddle Riddle using your soundboard?

00:11:50

JPC

He has to load these into the soundboard every time.

Adal

Adal, the Howard Dean shout wasn't even on the soundboard anymore, so I had to go ahead. You should be fucking thanking me, buddy.

JPC

I saw the soundboard. I saw the soundboard before we recorded. The only one that was loaded on there was the goddamn ready to rumble, whatever that is.

Adal

Oh, speaking of Howard Dean, do we have in our merch store the new piece of merch? We do. Howard's and Deanies and Riddles and Screamies?

Erin

Uh-huh. Howard's and Deanies and Riddles and Screamies. We also have a Wet Wet Waters t-shirt if you want to check those out. We sort of did, okay, can I just talk about the origin of that really quick for people who are curious?

JPC

Yes, but also, if you want to get it, there's a link in the episode description.

Adal

Just go click the link and that'll be really good. Just to be clear, because I think I misspoke, it's Howard's and Deanies and Riddies and Screamies.

Erin

I'm In our monthly Hey Riddle Riddle meeting, we were talking about merch. And I'm the merch gal. I'm the one. So if you want specific merch, I'm the person to reach out to. And we talked about how we want to do more merch that drops the same day the episode that references it comes out. And right before that meeting we recorded the episode of the 20 minute nightmare, I'll call it that, of the Howard Dean thing, the bit that we did, Fever Dream, whatever it is.

00:13:30

JPC

I've just been kind of calling it colloquially one of our worst episodes.

Erin

We had just recorded one of our worst episodes and who was it? JPC was like, yeah, like if we did like a Howard Dean scream merch and then Adal and all of his infinite wisdom said Howard's and Deanies and Riddies and Screamies. And then I saw something happen to both of their eyes where a joke became reality. And I went, okay, I'm about to have to email Sweet Ray Glass and ask a brilliant artist.

Adal

And her response email... It's akin to asking what's his name to stay and work on Christmas. Who's Ebenezer's employee?

Erin

Oh, uh, Bob Cratchit?

Adal

It's akin to asking Bob Cratchit to work Christmas Day. That's you emailing Ray Glass.

Erin

It's like asking Leonardo da Vinci to make a t-shirt that says Howard Zendini's and write these in screaming. The level of disrespect it is.

00:14:30

Adal

Hey da Vinci, will you paint me like a funny Garfield?

Erin

Because nothing we can say can surprise her. She said, yes ma'am. Because nothing, nothing could scare her. But Casey, you don't have to do that today, but at any point, if you have enough on your soundboard, I'd love to hear your 22nd version.

Adal

Next episode, we'll give him time to concoct in his lab with a pen and a pad. Speaking of previous episodes, I think we used to do riddles. Should we do a few riddles before we go to break? That wasn't us, was it? We did riddles on the show? I think so.

Erin

I remember them.

Adal

But it was as a joke. And then it got on. I started a joke that got the whole world laughing. We'll hear something. I'd love to hear a riddle. Yes, okay, here we go. This is just a little warm-up riddle. I am a god, a planet, and I measure heat. What am I? This is Kanye West, right?

JPC

This is a Kanye West lyric? I am a god, a planet, I measure heat. Yep, this is from Heartbreaks and 808s. Okay, I'm an underrated album by the way. Is it really underrated? I can't endorse anything that Kanye does. Honestly, I used to work with an improviser, Vince Portaschi, people know Vince, once we were talking about the best Kanye West album, this is years and years and years ago, before, well before, you know, the before times, and Vince was convinced that it was 808s and heartbreaks. And we were all like, what? And he was like, go listen to it. Everyone just go listen to it and tell me I'm wrong. And like seven people went and listened to it and were like, gotta say, this album fucking slaps. It is a good album.

00:16:09

Adal

I miss it because the reviews were so bad that I was like, I'm going to stop listening. And I think that was my descent into like not caring anymore about Kanye West. 808s still slaps.

Erin

Erin? Oh, I was trying to think of the answer to the riddle.

JPC

Okay, what? What are you doing? You didn't want to engage in the best Kanye West album discourse, by the way. It's got to be college dropout.

Erin

That would have been my answer. I know that's sort of a pop-out not to rhyme.

Adal

Mm-hmm.

Erin

But that would have been my answer.

Adal

I'm a god of planet and I measure heat. What am I? Oh.

Erin

I'm confused about the first part. Can you read the first part?

Adal

I'm a god.

Erin

I'm a God, a planet, and I measure heat.

Adal

Well, no, no. Pluto's no longer a planet.

00:17:11

JPC

But that's that's just in our solar system. I mean, if you if you talk about the names that like Riegel seven and shit like that, you could be SV88. I want to say that the answer to this riddle is Mercury. Oh, OK. I'm going to give punch up on this riddle because I'll be like, I'm a god. I'm a planet. I also measure heat. I'm also a Freddy.

Erin

Sir, you can't punch the riddles. Sir, you have to leave. You cannot punch the riddles.

JPC

I'm kicking the tires.

Adal

Let's see how many riddles they got left of this. I'm kicking the tired. So we're going to say Mercury is that. My apologies, because Quicksilver.

JPC

I don't know. I think that sounds right, but I'll be honest, I don't know the Roman names.

00:18:15

Erin

He's the god of financial gain. What?

Adal

I thought he was a messenger between gods. Is that Hermes?

Erin

That's Hermes. It's the same. It's the same.

Adal

Oh, okay. But is it the same like Roman to Greek, or is it the same they're both Roman?

Erin

I think it's... Or both Greek. Greek is Hermes, right?

Adal

Yeah. Is it a one-to-one? Because in that regard, then I'd be right. But if they're both in the same camp, then I'm wrong because that position is filled. They're in separate camps.

JPC

No, one is Roman, one is Greek.

Adal

Oh, great. So I think they fill the same role.

JPC

But he's the god of, you said finance?

Erin

Financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication.

JPC

Okay, Commerce Messages, I guess.

Adal

I always thought he was the guy with the little, the helmet with the, it's like a silver helmet with wings on the side, because he's real fast, but I... Well, that makes sense because it's commerce as well.

JPC

Commerce, trade, trade, going fast, going between the messenger god and the animist tradition, the god of financial gain, I believe is the Gecko, specifically the Gordon Gecko. The Gecko Gecko. The Geico Geico.

00:19:26

Adal

And the Carfax Fox. Geico Buloba. I do want to see a scene. JPC, you are an olden days, and I'm sorry, Erin, was this Greek or Roman?

JPC

It's Roman.

Adal

Mercury.

JPC

Mercury is Roman.

Adal

So JPC, you are a lonely Roman soldier. You've been corresponding with someone you are pining for, the Greek God, a Roman God. I'm having a stroke. The Roman God Mercury, played by Erin, is bouncing between you and your potential romantic partner. And so she's kind of delivering messages to you and we're seeing that scene right now.

Erin

Hey, you up?

JPC

Oh, you're back, you're back. What news? What news do you bring?

Erin

I just told you. It was just, hey, three whys, I believe, and then you up.

JPC

Oh, I thought... Oh, that's the whole message? I thought you were saying that to me and then you were going to read... Hey, you up?

Erin

I wish. I am exhausted.

00:20:29

JPC

What do you say to that? What do I say to that?

Erin

Did you say something tomorrow maybe to it?

JPC

No, I don't want to miss my opportunity. Okay, what about just ye with like two e's? Like why ee? Like ye.

Erin

Yeah? Is that implying yes?

JPC

No, I wanted to be like ye like then because I want her to think like was he trying to go for yes and he was like was it just wasn't thinking about it too hard or you know just you know because it implies that I'm busy because I'm like doing you know something as ye. So ye.

Erin

Okay, okay, okay, ready? All right, see? Okay, I'll be back.

JPC

I'll be up.

Adal

Hey, are we still fighting or like, can the Goths go home?

JPC

You guys know what you did. So everybody get back to your room and just sit there.

Adal

God!

JPC

Hey, if you don't like it, don't put your sack on the room, okay? You're not my real enemy. I am your real enemy. You're about to hear from the Pope, young man.

Erin

Uh, hey Colleen. Um, yay, yay. Huh? Eee.

00:21:32

Adal

Oh, do I need to get the doctor?

Erin

No, that is the message I have for you. Eee.

Adal

Oh, are you trying to say yay like Kanye?

Erin

No, not yay. Very clearly, intentionally.

Adal

Yee.

Erin

Yee. And that is from your love.

Adal

That's low-key weird. Um, no cap. I'm not interested. Could you, could you just break up with him? Uh, well, we're not even dating. So Simon breaking up. Can you just like let him down?

Erin

You have to specifically give me the message. I can't. Bye. I'm going to have to go all the way back there and stand silently. God damn it.

Adal

Yes. You called.

Erin

Um, God! Hey!

Adal

Hey!

Erin

I actually don't have any messages for you.

Adal

Oh! I thought I heard you. You said, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God.

Erin

Yeah, I forgot that you would show up.

Adal

Yeah, my name is... Mars? No.

00:22:35

Erin

Mars!

Adal

Yes! And I love candy bars.

Erin

I actually am not awake anymore. I'm not up.

Adal

Oh!

Erin

What's that behind you?

Adal

Oh, it's my wife.

JPC

Well, gotta go. And I know I'm here.

Erin

I'm the wife and I am... Why does everyone always squint and look left to right when they introduce themselves?

JPC

Just in case. I know it's not Hera. Hera is a different, a whole different pantheon. A casino? Maybe it's Pantheon.

Adal

My name is Pantheon. My name is Pantheon.

Erin

I'm ready for another riddle, Adal. I want to impress you today. I'm going to impress you.

Adal

Oh, Erin. Just by having enthusiasm for riddles, you've already exceeded my expectations. I do think it's very hard to keep like Norse, Greek, Roman. I love mythology, but I think it's always, I always struggle to remember who goes where.

00:23:35

JPC

The Roman is the hardest one for me because it's all like, I think it's like mostly all planets, but then Yeah, to me it makes less sense. I feel like the Greek stuff and the Norse stuff, I don't know, just has more practical applications for the reason.

Adal

Jupiter eating his son. What are you doing, bud? There's ambrosia right there.

Erin

Take the ambrosia! And I've actually actively decided to not keep any information in my brain moving forward.

Adal

Amen. I can't do it. Erin, do you know where you are right now? What if I told you you were on a Riddle podcast?

Erin

I'd say fuck off. She thinks she's Brian Cox.

JPC

Your microphone hit you in the face, it seems. How did that happen, Erin?

???

Because I don't know where I am.

JPC

How, wait, hold on. How did Erin's microphone hit her in the face? She's so far away from the microphone.

Erin

I don't know. It hit me right in the face. Okay, I was trying to move my face away from, so my laughter wouldn't burn my ears. Alright, go ahead.

00:24:41

Adal

Got it, got it. Next Riddle, I can wave my hands at you, but I never say goodbye. You are always cool when you're with me, but even more so when I'm high. What am I?

Erin

A fan! An oscillating fan.

Adal

Erin, ding, ding, ding. The answer is they say here an electric fan, but you absolutely got it. I do want to see a scene.

Erin

I told you I would impress you.

Adal

You very much impressed me. Erin, I do want to see a scene. So you are Erin Keif or someone of that ilk, and you have built or bought yourself an electric fan in terms of someone who is a fan of you that is going to be played by JPC. And you are unboxing this electric fan right now.

???

Okay, this part goes here and this.

Erin

Then it says I just plug it in. Great, this was easy and on.

JPC

Oh my god, Erin Keif, can I get a pic?

Erin

Whoa!

JPC

Can I get a pic for my Insta story?

00:25:43

Erin

Um, it's working. Very cool. Uh, yeah, where's your phone?

JPC

Uh, I, can we just use your phone and then you text me the picture, please. Text it to him. Please, please. Yes, I don't, I left my phone at home. Can we use your phone and text me the picture?

Erin

Sure. I'll send it to you on like Twitter, Instagram or something, and say cheese.

JPC

Cheese.

Erin

Cheese.

JPC

I'm always smiling. This is such a nice place. Can I use your bathroom? I'm such a huge fan. I'm such a huge fan.

Erin

Do you think you'll be able to reach the bathroom with your cord? Do I turn you off and then bring you to the bathroom?

JPC

I can go a little bit and then whip it into another outlet and then go a little bit and then whip it into another outlet. I need to use your bathroom. It is kind of an emergency.

Erin

Oh sure, yeah right. It's down the hall and to the left.

JPC

I noticed some medicine bottles in your bathroom cabinet. I was looking for hand cream.

00:26:51

Erin

I didn't want to be a bother. I didn't want to be a bother.

JPC

Speaking of crossing boundaries... Some of this pain medication is expired.

Erin

Oh, thank you, fan.

JPC

You cannot take expired pain medication.

Erin

Thank you, I appreciate that. Um, can I ask you something personal?

JPC

Yes, but then I get to do one for you.

Erin

Sure. When you went to the bathroom, what came out?

JPC

Foot size.

Erin

What?

JPC

Were you done? Were you done? Oil?

Erin

Six and a half. I have tiny baby feet. They're sort of embarrassing. People always think there's a kid at my house, but really, it's just my shoes. Okay. That's true. Wait, what did you say came out of you in the bathroom?

JPC

Oh, I said oil, but I was asking if you would like a foot massage. I have oil.

Erin

I'm actually a good fan. I would actually, if you are up for it, I would love to put you in front of the window and then you can blow some cold breeze in my house and then I'll leave you to it.

00:27:54

JPC

Oh, I am not that kind of fan. I am a huge fan of you, but I am not a, uh... I'm not the type of fan who's going to blow you. Oh! If that makes sense.

Erin

Yes, of course. I would never ask you to do something you didn't feel comfortable with.

JPC

Wait, is Sean Coyle home?

Erin

No.

JPC

Because I am the type of fan who... I mean, if I had the opportunity... Radiating heat, I am Sean the Coyle.

???

I'm served at a table in gatherings of two or four.

JPC

Served small, white, and round.

Erin

You'll love some, and that's part of the fun.

Adal

It is one of those silver platters where they take off the top to make a grand presentation for the game. We got a four top that just sat down and ordered a bunch of cocaine.

00:29:05

Erin

Just two and four? Just two and four.

Adal

I'm served at a table in gatherings of two or four. So yes, it has to be two or four. It's not food. Served small, white, and round. You'll love some, and that's part of the fun. This is like a fucked up checker's board.

JPC

Yeah, it's like, you know, Checkers is like, I think it's like red and black, but this is like white, this is, this is white squares instead.

Adal

Is, is there, because I wouldn't play it, is there such a thing as four-person Checkers?

JPC

Oh my god! Cross Checkers! You're gonna get caught up in the Cross Checkers! I hope so.

Adal

What if there's some game that was, I played a little bit, it was super fun, it's called like Crazy Chess or something? I gotta remember it. No, it's, this is a non-starter. Erin, what are you thinking?

JPC

I just had Adal drunk stumbling in. He's like, what are you guys playing crazy chess? Oh my God, look at all the pieces of crazy chess. Woo! We're like, yeah, thank you, man.

Erin

This is actually a monopoly, but it's so good to see our home saved.

Adal

Is there a kid here? Look at those shoes. Is there a kid here?

00:30:07

Erin

Please stop. You're hurting my feelings.

Adal

We all think he goes... So I think... I think served at a table is a huge clue. I think served small, white, and round... Tennis. Oh, tennis. Yeah, ping pong, ping pong.

Erin

Ping pong. Yes.

Adal

Well, specifically, served small, white, and round. It's a ping pong ball. Yes. And I think there's a fun... It's a very tricky hint, but there's a line that says, you'll love some, and that's part of the fun.

Erin

I would like to see a scene.

Adal

So when keeping score, when you're tied it's called love, right?

JPC

15 love. Oh, 15 love.

Erin

Clever. I actually genuinely loved that riddle. I thought that was a great riddle. I'd like to see a scene. You are two doubles ping pong table players. Ping pong players? Why did I add table? Yeah.

Adal

Ping pong athletes.

Erin

But you're on opposing teams and you keep swearing that your teammate is going to be there soon. But both of your teammates haven't shown up yet.

JPC

Got it, got it, got it. Team minus, you know, however much time until you guys go fucking down.

00:31:13

Adal

Houston, we have, I have a partner, Houston. Yeah. Your name's Houston, right? Yeah, Johnny Houston. Oh, any relation to Angelica or Sam?

JPC

Uh, no, Whitney. Ooh. Very nice. I'm no relation to Whitney. I'm sorry, what was your question?

Adal

And my partner will be here soon. Yeah.

JPC

Yeah, well I hope he's here soon. That partner of yours, man, he got a big mouth and I hope he can cash the checks that that big mouth is writing, okay? According to my partner He did mention that, and he did not give me the full context, so I'm so grateful that I did not say anything to him. Which I won't, which I won't, obviously. Because when you say it's a Joker situation, do we know how he got these scars?

00:32:26

Adal

Well, he says a different story every time. One time he says he cut himself from ear to ear, one time he said he sliced himself from ear to ear, one time he said he bladed himself from ear to ear.

JPC

It's all him, it's all him doing it.

Adal

It's all him, yeah.

JPC

It's all him doing it. Okay, I just won't bring it up, I won't bring it up.

Adal

Speaking of grateful, my name, I don't know if I introduced myself, my name is Jerry.

JPC

Oh, any relation? Two Ben. No! I don't get it. I've never heard Ben talk. Is that, will you use that impression?

Adal

Well he's the silent one, right? So Jerry does the magic.

JPC

I think, yeah, because there's always a silent one, right?

Adal

I saw them in Atlantic City and Jerry shot at Ben and Ben caught the ice cream in his mouth.

JPC

I kid you not. I saw Jason Muse and Kevin Smith in real life. Why? It's, well, I was at a funeral. Do they kill each other?

Erin

Hey, are you guys gonna play? We're waiting on the table.

JPC

We are. We are gonna play. We're waiting on our partner.

00:33:28

Erin

Well, why can't you play just the two of you?

JPC

A four player game, just the two of us? It's doubles. Yeah.

Adal

We're filming a double mint gum commercial. So, the producers said we do need four of us here. It's for a grudge match? Yes. This is a Korean commercial. It's for a grudge match.

JPC

We already did a ring match. And a boxing ring. Total coincidence. It was Jason Lee's funeral.

Adal

Oh Jason, I love it! Oh no! Out of everyone in that story, that's the saddest person to die. I know, I know. My name is Earl. Wait too soon. Or Ethan Supley is pretty cool. Yeah. I do like Ethan Supley. Erin, what are your thoughts on Ethan Supley?

Erin

No opinion.

JPC

Erin, Erin, no, Erin Mary fuck kill, Ethan Soupley, Ethan Embry, or a Soupy Embryo.

00:34:31

Erin

This is going to sound crazy, but pass.

JPC

And you don't have to answer.

Adal

Well Erin, since you passed we are going to go ahead and go to commercial. That's your reward for passing and we'll be right back with more Hey Riddle Riddle.

Erin

Thanks.

Adal

Hey kids, I'm Supiembrio. Send me five dollars.

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.

00:35:45

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 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

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00:36:55

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 painting. Run. Everybody run. Run. Oh no.

Erin

Maroon.

Adal

Is that DaVinci?

Erin

Yeah. Yes.

???

And bye. Hey Riddle Riddle.

Adal

Oh ho ho. Sorry I'm at your front door. I couldn't seem to get down the chimney.

Erin

No, no, everyone shut up. Get it out.

Adal

I can see your shadows moving in there. Is this, is this, is it, did Uncle Santa eat our Dean?

Erin

No one is available to take the door. Please leave a message.

00:37:58

Adal

Nice try, I didn't call the house.

Erin

Damn it! Why'd you only do that, J.P.C.?

JPC

I feel like I have to look. I feel like it's too interesting not to look. Like when you see a couple fight in public and you're like, I can't not look at this. I just can't look away.

Adal

And I'm sorry to tell you, Uncle Santa is no more. For I am Second Cousin Nicholas. St. Nicholas, that is. Second Cousin Nicholas, what's with the Howard Dean scream? What are you talking about? This is my normal everyday scream. Hold on.

Erin

Let me bask in the sentence JPC just said. Can you repeat that one more time? I don't think I can. What is the show about?

Adal

Do you know every year around this time how if you go to a supermarket you find Dean's eggnog?

JPC

I think underrated response is, this is my normal scream. Will you please answer my question? Yes, Dean's Eggnog. It's a brand of eggnog we know.

00:39:03

Adal

And what is my favorite catchphrase that I say? Two letters repeated three times? Ho, ho, ho. And what are the first two letters of Howard Dean's name? H-O. So let me just take off my beard and my hat.

Erin

On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner, on Blitzen. Yeah!

JPC

Just the three? Wait!

Erin

Well, I didn't want to do the whole thing that would have taken forever.

JPC

Hold on. Second Cousin Nicholas has been Howard Dean the whole time?

Adal

That's right. I thought at some point kids were stopping believing in me. That's how you say that phrase. And so I thought I might take political office. Now, I was using my Santa magic. Wait, I'm sorry.

JPC

You thought, and you were Howard Dean when you thought kids stopped believing in you? Yes. Or you were Santa?

Adal

No, Howard Dean. Howard Dean was a character I was playing to gain political power. Got it. As I was Howard Dean, a lot of people immediately stopped believing in me. So I thought if I give a little wink in my eye, a little touch of my nose, and I worked in a... the kids would know that Santa's scream and they'd vote for me. So you think you have a famous scream? Yes. I mean, I'm an ancient- I'm a kaiju, famously. I've been around forever, and when I awake for my slumber every December, I give a scream. Yeah. And- He's like a hundred feet tall. Yes, thank you, yeah. And I thought that would let people know, oh, that Santa playing a character will vote for him. Unfortunately, that scream unlocked something in all Americans, which they despised, and I laughed out of, when's the last time you've seen Howard Deem? You haven't. Because I walked all the way back to the North Pole, underwater through the ocean. I walked because I was so embarrassed and ashamed. My ploy had failed.

00:40:59

JPC

Don't make it seem like it's a big deal that you walk through the ocean, you're in kaiju, isn't that? Yeah, no, I'm just saying.

Adal

Yeah, I mean, yeah, sure. Yeah, it's like saying, I walked on the sidewalk for you. Yeah, for me, yes. Whatever he's describing. Okay, gotcha, gotcha.

Erin

Hey. Erin Keif. Cousin Uncle Dean Santa. What happened to us?

JPC

Tell us a story, Cousin Uncle Dean Santa.

Erin

What happened to the Sweet Three podcasters? Yes. And how did they end up here?

Adal

Well you know how they say that back in Salem during the witch trials that what really happened was there was a fungus that grew on corn that made everyone insane? Have you heard that? No, but I believe it. It's a real theory. So what I think happened is that fungus is back maybe. But it's limited to three people.

Erin

I'm actually only going to ask this question one more time.

00:42:19

Adal

Is this a riddle podcast? Well that sucks because JBC talked over you so I didn't hear it.

Erin

Oh no.

Adal

The one time you limit yourself to responses.

Erin

Dang.

Adal

You can't say it again. JBC, did you hear what she said? Yeah, she said, can I leave?

Erin

No, I said, is this a riddle podcast?

JPC

No, you can't say it. Wow, you broke your own rule.

Erin

Whatever man, smoke cigarette.

Adal

Wait, I think I have a solution. Let me... Let me get out my cul-de-sac here. Okay. Let's dig in. Let's see what we... Oh! There's a present here! Mr. J.P.C., I believe you wanted a power washer? Uh, but it's, it's actually wrapped inside a bigger box and it says to Adal from there, you see? Yeah, I mean, this sucks. I did want to get my friend Adal with power washer. So you, hold on, you tried to fucking trick me into giving you a gift to give to someone else? Wow, I cannot believe this is being put on me.

JPC

I was given the gift of a gift someone else here once and now I, that's, hold on, I have to clap. That's masterful. No, don't.

00:43:25

Adal

If you clap, she'll come back. I'm not the only person you can have power over believing in. Oh, here she comes. Here she is flittering near the light. Huh? Oh, maybe nothing.

Erin

Hi, it's me. It's me, Tinker Hell.

Adal

There she is.

Erin

If you clap your hands, you believe in me. I show up, I drink your booze, I kiss you, I punch you in the teeth, and then I'm on my way. Tinker Hell!

JPC

Oh, tinker hell. And not in that order.

Erin

No, no. Not never in that order. What the hell's up? How are we doing, Santa? I haven't seen you in forever.

Adal

JPC, stop this.

JPC

I'd love to call zine, but I'm a little late at the party. That's right. It's me, Captain Snook, Jim Laundry Tan. Let's all get wasted out of the club.

00:44:28

Adal

Folks, we've had a lot of fun here, and we hope that you have too. But if you haven't, I hope that you got our message, which is, this holiday season, talk to your second cousins. Maybe you don't know them by name, maybe your parents don't know them by name. But look on Facebook, take a 23andMe, and see who you match with, because your second cousins are family too, and they They may not have someone if they're cold, you're cold, of heart. Bring them inside. Get some Dean's Eggnog. Sponsored by Dean's Eggnog.

Erin

And hide your booze, your wife, and your teeth, because I'm coming over, baby. Captain Snook?

JPC

We're back from break. What do you guys think? Should we keep what we did and break in? The podcast or...? No. Take it out.

Erin

Take it out. Take it out. That's all gone. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off.

JPC

Get it off. Get it off.

Erin

Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off.

00:45:30

Adal

Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off.

Erin

Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off.

Adal

Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off.

???

Get it off.

Adal

Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off. Get it off.

JPC

Get

Adal

Do you want me to do a riddle? I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out, I must break through the wall. What am I?

JPC

Kool-Aid Man.

???

How do I get out of here? Oh no! I gotta call my contractor.

Erin

Can you read it again?

Adal

I Wait, what did Erin say? Tongue. Yeah, the cold. Ice cold. I have a little house in which I live all alone. Here's what I'll say. I think once in a blue moon, that part is false. Got it. So would this be like a chicken's egg or something? Hey Riddle.

00:47:18

JPC

I don't know about that but I do know I broke open an egg once. I was cooking breakfast and I broke open an egg and there was like little cooked potatoes and bacon in there as well. So I don't know if like the egg was like eating it or whatever or like if that had been like split like a zygote. I want to say the word zygote.

Erin

I'd like to see a scene.

Adal

I had a British chicken and I had beans inside the egg. What would you like to see?

Erin

So, Adal, you are a guy cooking eggs in the morning and you crack, you pick up an egg to cook with it and JPC, you're a chick that is cracking your way out of it and it's sort of awkward that he was about to try to cook you. Got it. And you guys in that moment together.

???

All right, let me just crack open this egg and have some nice nasty breakfast off the chain. What the fuck?

???

Oh, mommy? Are you my mother?

00:48:20

Adal

No, no, no, no. Please don't imprint on me. Don't imprint on me, please.

???

Where am I?

Adal

You're in a bowl.

JPC

Oh, what am I covered in? Oh, no.

Adal

Tiny jean shorts?

JPC

My brother.

Adal

That's what I'm wearing.

JPC

You wouldn't call what you're wearing what you're covered in?

Erin

Yay!

JPC

They're tiny! They're shorts! If they were overall, it climbs out of bulk. Wait a second. Butter? Biscuits? You weren't planning on eating me, were you? Uh, no.

Adal

I was gonna make you some buttered biscuits. Yeah.

JPC

Oh, I have a boyfriend. Sorry, not like that.

Adal

You winked. I was gonna eat you. I was gonna eat you.

JPC

Oh, I have a boyfriend. Wait, wait, wait. No, not like... Wait, you were gonna eat me! Yes. Shame on you. I'm sorry. I was in my home. How would you like it if some giant poked his fingers through your window and ate you? Oh, that happened to my brother. Oh, I actually heard that. My brother Jack, yeah.

00:49:25

Adal

I heard about that. He was an idiot. He traded his cow for bean?

JPC

Yeah. Can I be honest with you? He also, it seems like from, I know it's your brother, but it seems like he may be stole from that giant.

Adal

Eh, you're not wrong. Yeah. And guess what? I didn't see a dime of that.

JPC

Well, no, I assume the giant, once he ate your brother, he took the fucking gold back. Well, I don't... I assume. I mean, you hear these stories, right? You just do the grapevine. Yeah, yeah.

Adal

Well, oh, you've been listening at the grapevine?

JPC

I mean, the chicken coop is right next to the grapevine. So it's like, that's your placement.

Adal

You might have heard some things you weren't supposed to hear.

JPC

Oh, no, we hear what you do with the grapes.

Adal

Huh. Yeah. I smash them grapes.

JPC

Yeah, you do. And we also heard you fall pretty bad and you made some noises. You took quite a spill when you were studying those things.

Adal

I was actually pretty hurt, so I won't recreate those. I was actually pretty hurt.

JPC

I don't. It sounded like you may have been. It sounded like you may have been pretty hurt.

00:50:28

Adal

I won't do the emphasis, but it was along the lines of, oh, oh, oh. ORH, ORH.

JPC

Yeah, without the emphasis, I feel like it's fine.

Erin

See? Wow, right on the line. That was a tightrope walk. Well done, fellas.

Adal

Right on the money. All about the house with my lady I dance, yet I always work and I never romance. What am I? And please, please guess that these are original lyrics Adal wrote to impress you.

Erin

Original lyrics that Adal wrote to impress me.

Adal

Yes, it's not clock, but you're lukewarm. Was this riddle written in the 1950s? Is it vacuum cleaner? Very hot. Burning hot. Wow! All about the house with my lady I danced.

Erin

Get your wife something she really wants. A vacuum cleaner she can put a mustache on and pretend she's a husband.

JPC

Looking for the perfect gift? Why not a vacuum cleaner for your lady and a power washer for the man?

Adal

Oh Broomeo, you are my love. Well, I just gave away the answer. It's a broom. The answer is a broom. All about the house with my lady I dance and I always work and I never romance.

00:51:39

Erin

No, you don't let your broom go out on a Friday? You guys are keeping your brooms inside and we'll let them have fun? Are you a monster?

Adal

Anytime I try to kiss it, it bristles.

Erin

My broom goes to cooking class on Wednesday and likes to drink and play darts on Fridays.

Adal

And does wine art on Wednesdays. Here we go, here's another one. Yeah, that is very outdated in terms of like with my lady. Yeah. Pretty weird. If a man carries my burden, they will get crushed to death. Though not rich, I leave silver in my track. If a man carries my burden, they will get crushed to death. Though not rich, I leave silver in my track.

JPC

The only thing that I can think of is Like getting close to orgasming and being like, are you ready to carry my burden? Huh. Huh.

Adal

I wish Cousin Second Cousin St. Nicholas were here. Is that the answer? Is there any world in which that is the answer? It is a delayed orgasm. Great.

00:52:46

Erin

Okay. Is that... Oh God, I don't know.

Adal

Yes. It's somebody carry... Can you read it one more time? Someone carries the burden. If a man... I'll just switch it to person. If a person carried my burden, they would get crushed to death. Got it. Is what they're saying. Okay. Though this thing is not rich, they do leave silver in their track. And let me even change that word. So if a person carries my burden, they will get crushed to death. Though not rich, I leave silver in my trail?

Erin

So it's like not a slug, but it's like some sort of... Like a snail?

JPC

Like something with a big, big ass shell on it? Yes, my friends. Wait, what? I can pick up a snail shell. Oh, it's saying if it was as big as the proportions. Yes. Okay, got it, got it.

Adal

So if you were to carry your house on your back, no, no, no. In this economy?

JPC

I feel like I kind of am. You know what I'm saying? I want to see his mortgage rates being what they are.

00:53:48

Adal

I do want to see a scene. JPC, you are a slug looking for a home so you can become a snail again. In your adult life, you've never really been a snail. You've kind of been a slug or you've been a slug. You've lived in your parents' shell. Erin, you are a real estate agent trying to show him around to different shells.

Erin

So I got your pros, cons, do's, don'ts, needs, needs to haves. I'm so excited to show you around a couple of these cool hot kids.

JPC

A lot of these kitchens look pretty small.

Erin

Well, don't judge a book by its cover. Don't judge a shell by its kitchen. Sorry, I am hungover today. So this is actually a small shell off of a beach in South Carolina that a child found.

JPC

What's that smell?

Erin

Um, that smell is beach. You don't even want to go in?

JPC

And I feel like I can't get any closer to it than I already... Look, I have very high standards for a slug. I'm not just gonna crawl into any shell and smell slug. I thought you were a snail.

00:54:56

Erin

Are you a slug?

JPC

I believe I am a slug. The way that it was explained to me was that I was a slug, surging for a shell, and that I would become a snail. I believe that was how... Am I... Sure. That's fine.

Erin

Am I right? I had to sort of think outside of the box.

JPC

Please, I don't want to live in the back.

Erin

Okay, so this is actually just the Monopoly piece that is a top hat.

JPC

No, it's not, Ken.

Erin

It's very silver. Sure. I think you would look very distinguished wearing this around on your back.

JPC

Okay.

Erin

To be honest with you, there's not a lot in the market right now, so not a lot of actual shells to be seen.

JPC

It's a little bit of a shell game is what I've heard.

Erin

Exactly, exactly, exactly.

JPC

But I didn't know if that was just like a witty thing to say, or if that was true to the market.

Erin

Chants of people. I'm so on over. We also have a pistachio shell and a peanut shell, but it seems like you got your eye on that Monopoly piece.

00:56:00

JPC

The Monopoly piece is intriguing to me. Now, I hate to ask, but is the thimble available?

Erin

Ah, no, the thimble is not available. That went off the market immediately. Somebody snatched it up? We do have those little pen print offers. Can we put in a counter offer? I mean, I can try. I can put a call in, but I'm pretty sure it's a done deal. Oh look, there he is now.

???

There's two of them. Should I use the magnifying glass or salt? Salt! Salt! Salt! Here we go. No, you don't use either of them. You're a good boy, Tommy, and you don't have to do this. Fuck you, Mom. I saw you kissing Tinker Hill. Salt, salt, salt, salt, salt, salt.

JPC

I'm an angel on your shoulder. Mom, it's kind of like when you call teacher, Mom. I don't want to examine this.

Erin

And I'm the devil on your shoulder, dead. And I say keep chanting salt to yourself, you no friend kid.

???

Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt.

JPC

Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt.

00:57:02

???

Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt.

Adal

Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt. Oh, voicemails. At least one or two. Casey, whenever you're ready go ahead and smash that like button.

JPC

Wait for the beep, hey Riddle Riddle I wanna get the calls on the voicemail and I'll hit play. And I'll hit play. Hey, and I gotta say, I gotta say, if you're submitting voicemails and you want to hear a brand new voicemail theme, all you gotta do is submit one. Go ahead, if you've got a voicemail theme that you'd like us to play on the show, send it in. Eat sure our podcast at gmail.com, we would love to hear a new voicemail theme.

Adal

And I will say, before Casey hits play, I believe we have the number here. If you do want to leave a voicemail, just in case you can't find it anywhere, Call us at 1-805-Riddle-1, where you can always snail mail us something. I always love when people say, see what I did there? I think that's just the best.

00:58:12

Erin

Hey Riddle Riddle.

Adal

6351 West Montrose, M-O-N-T-R-O-S-E, Avenue, number 267, Chicago, Illinois, 60634. Casey, whenever you're ready.

???

Hey, I don't know if you can hear me, I'm driving, I'm delivering a pizza right now. My name is Luke and I'm a police pizza delivery driver. And I just wanted to tell you guys, I listened to your show while I'm delivering pizzas. Once again, I'm a pizza delivery driver. And I have had to There's an actual number. I think it's seven people who've gotten older or colder pizzas because I've actually had to pull over the car and not drive for a minute from laughing so hard. And so you guys did that. I wanted you to know that. You made some people's pizzas late. Good for you. I hope you all, you're my favorite. I hope you all have a wonderful day. Goodbye. I'm Luke. I'm a pizza guy.

00:59:29

Erin

I would love to know what that guy's job was. God, if I could ask him one question, I'd love to know what he does for work.

Adal

I'll never know.

Erin

What a charm monster. I love that guy.

Adal

That is one of my... I can think of no higher compliment we've ever received than seven people have received cold dinner Seven people received cold dinner due to us being insane.

Erin

Adal, there's some guy in the town that he works in that has one of those like red yarn conspiracy boards trying to figure out why everyone's getting cold pizzas. And he's hearing this episode and he's just clutching his chest and crying having solved the mystery.

Adal

A dartboard with our logo on it. I do think this one voicemail from Luke, who Luke, you fucking rock, you're outstanding. I do think this one voicemail really hits home The, like, butterfly theory of, like, if an insane person answering a riddle makes someone laugh, the sort of domino effect of, yeah, my pizza's now cold, which causes a father to get angry, which causes a house to be broken up, which causes a kid to be raised by TV, which causes Lauren Lapkas.

01:00:44

JPC

Or John Gabriel. Or John Gabriel. I think Luke, listen, don't try to mirror Luke's energy when you call in, but if you have Luke's energy, that's the exact energy we're looking for.

Adal

Yeah, I love it. Lean on it. If you have Luke's energy... That is the exact energy we're looking for. And when Erin just mentioned calling in, maybe it was GPC, I forget, I forget which one's which. Whoever said call in and leave a theme for us, you're aiming for Luke's energy.

JPC

Yeah, yes, exactly. Or musical talent. One of those two things. But not both. Never both. Never both.

Adal

Casey, whenever you're ready, play that second voicemail.

???

Hi, I'm at work, and I was talking about how someone was talking about preseason for baseball, and I said very loudly that preseason can get you stagnant. And no one laughed, so I figured I'd call the numbers because maybe this would make you laugh. So thank you for, you know, We made one promise at the beginning of the show and it was to help you alienate everyone in your life from you.

01:02:00

JPC

Here's what happened. You were at work and someone's at preseason baseball and you said preseason can still get you pregnant and no one laughed because they were missing the context that pre-com can in fact get you pregnant. So what you want to do when no one's laugh in that lull, you want to say, the reason I said that is because pre-com can still get you pregnant.

Adal

Because also if they don't know that, they need to know that. They need to know that. They might be sexually active. And if you're at work, this goes double. Say it twice as loud and send us the HR bill. HR bills people, right?

JPC

Yeah, when you have an infraction HR, it's like $29.

Adal

You get like three warning tickets and then you get a bill. So I will say, personally, I find that incredibly funny. And I will also say, I think this is a way funnier shtick than that's what she said, which is what everyone says. I mean, I can't go a day without hearing somebody say that's what she said, which I find exhausting. Maybe you're just smarter than the room, so keep doing you, keep being true to your humor and what you find funny, and other people either catch up with you or they won't, and that's fine. And that's fine. That's fine.

01:03:04

Erin

Amen.

Adal

Erin, did you want to make up a voicemail?

Erin

Yeah, I would love to. Peep. Hi, I am Erin and I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm a pizza and it's happened at least seven times that I have gotten cold because I have been laughing so hard that I forget to go and get eaten by people because I'm a pizza. So anyways, I'm a pizza. Pre-pizza can get you pregnant and I'll see you later. Yeah.

Adal

Pizza, sorry, I picked up the phone.

Erin

Oh God, oh God.

Adal

Do you have anything to plug?

Erin

I would like to plug, let's see, sitcom D&D. The second season is out now. We've been recording it for a while, and I think it's pretty fun. Pizza where you are on an episode? Yeah, me and pizza. Adal, anything to plug.

Adal

You can listen to, we did a recent guest's appearance on the, I believe the Patreon, our bonus content for Your Kickstarter Sucks. We had a really good time doing that. We did some riddles, which we were surprised with, a very fun game they created for us. So please check out Your Kickstarter Sucks, check out their main podcast, and also their bonus feed with our episode. JPC, anything to blog?

01:04:23

JPC

As always, I gotta see these plug times to read a five-star review. This one is from Antephene. If you want to get your five-star review read on the show, all you have to do is go to iTunes and leave us a five-star review. This one says, This is JPC, I'm done reading the review. And I just wanted to say, if you give a five-start review and sign up for the Patreon, I will drink a cup of my own piss. In fact, I have a cup of piss right here. Gulp, gulp, gulp. Ah, that's some great piss. Not mine, just some nice piss. Anything to add, Erin or Adal?

Erin

Wow, they're really getting the hang of this, by the way. Good job, everyone, in those reviews. Good work out there.

JPC

They're really doing it. Oh, one more thing to plug if you're listening to this on the time it comes out. We have a live show, two live shows coming up. One in New York City.

???

We do?

JPC

Yeah, we talked about it. What are we talking about? We did all the thing about it, the people in the other episode. One in New York, one in Washington, D.C. That is our... Our nation's capital? The nation's capital. September 6th in New York at the Bell House. September 7th, Washington, D.C. at the Union. And you can still get tickets to both of those shows.

01:05:29

???

What?

JPC

At heyriddleriddle.com slash live.

Adal

But wait, JPC, I want to bring a significant other or my parents or my coworkers who... Do it, man. Just do it.

JPC

Buy the tickets. And wait, we tried to buy tickets to the DC show and the website said they were all sold out. Yeah, we know. We don't know why they did that. They fucked us, but... They're not though.

Erin

They're not sold out.

JPC

They're not sold out. So please buy tickets.

Erin

Wait, let me get this straight. Adal, GPC, and me are going to be in New York City and then Washington DC very soon and people can buy tickets to come and see us.

Adal

And we cannot express this enough. Yes. And you can go to Hey Riddle Riddle. You can go to heyriddleriddle.com slash live to buy tickets to get more information to figure out everything that's going on. And we cannot wait to see, those who can make it, we can't wait to see you there. And these will not be live streamed, Erin. So you have to be there in person.

Erin

They're not going to be live streamed anywhere. So you have to be there in person. Are you serious? Are you serious?

01:06:32

Adal

I'm serious. But we will tell rats about it verbally. We'll recount the show verbally for rats. For rats. For rats.

Erin

A live show? Two Hey Riddle Riddle live shows.

Adal

Erin, we can't keep doing this.

Erin

Are you guys serious?

Adal

I have something to add. As you may have heard, I am a kaiju, but before that I was actually a Roman god. I second cousin St. Nicholas, otherwise known as Santa, was a Roman god. And the reason I was kicked out of being a Roman god was Mrs. Claus and I, or should I call her Pantheon? Her and I actually had a son, but I ate him. No, I'm not Mars. I was married to Pantheon after Mars. I had a son and I ate him alive. Now, there was a human painting me while I did it, so I had to destroy him, but his work lives on.

Erin

Jupiter, keep going, Adal, keep going. Huh? Jupiter, but keep going. Who's Adal? Uncle Cousin Howard D. Nick. I don't know what to do.

01:07:35

Adal

Bye forever. Ho, ho.

???

I'm Arne, Erin Keif, and John Patrick Coan.

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Casey Toby could be editing, and Arne Parrott did the music.

JPC

Hey there chits and chats. If you like that, you are going to love this week's Patreon. It's another Chatterbox and we're answering your prompts from the Discord. You can listen to that plus our entire back catalog at patreon.com slash HeyRiddleRiddle by joining the Clue Crew for $5 a month or the Review Crew for $8 a month and you get those sweet ad-free episodes. See you there!