Which Riddle Riddle?

#329: New Old Man Puzzles w/ Janet Varney & Paul Sabourin

00:00:01

Guest0

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The doctor was the mother.

JPC

He stood on a block of ice. Did you guys get this cryptic letter?

00:01:24

Adal

Oh, what is the... What's it say?

???

What's it say?

JPC

Okay, you didn't get it. You didn't get it. I'm not reading it.

Erin

No, no, I got it. I'm cool, and I probably got it. But what's it... What's your say?

JPC

No, I guarantee that you didn't get this cryptic letter. The cryptic letter said it was just for me, but I was like, you all showed up holding paper, and I assumed you guys all got the cryptic letter.

Adal

Well, my wife got taken. And so this is like magazine letters. Unmatching. She won a trip? What happened? Yeah, she won a trip. She said I'll be home in a year, so... Mine is just a blank piece of paper.

Erin

I thought we could play tic-tac-toe today.

Adal

What's yours, JPC?

JPC

Well, I got a cryptic letter that said meet at the crossroads at midnight. What are you guys doing here, by the way, at the crossroads at midnight?

Adal

Bone Thunks and Harmony concert. I assume.

JPC

Looking for you. Okay, thank you for finishing it. I have to assume.

Adal

I have to assume.

JPC

What's that?

???

I think that's a 645 train going by.

JPC

Is that Janet Varney wearing a cape?

00:02:36

Guest0

Holy shit! Hey! Janet Varney? Hey! Hey, it's me! The fourth host! Hey!

JPC

Is she opening it for Bone Thugs? Janet Varney opening for Bone Thugs. That's a lot.

Guest0

Hey, did you guys get this cryptic letter?

JPC

Thank God. I knew I wasn't crazy.

Guest0

Mine just says, wait, ask JPC about his cryptic letter. That's my cryptic letter. Is that weird? That feels like it's kind of a weird letter.

Erin

Wait, if you didn't write the letter, Janet, and JPC didn't write it, it must have been...

Guest1

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00:03:55

Erin

You can get stuck in that voice. JPC got stuck in that voice for three years. It was horrible.

Guest1

Say, did you guys get the cryptid letter?

Guest0

Wait, you got one?

Guest1

It should be a cryptic letter. I called it a cryptid letter because apparently I got one that's actually a large monster.

JPC

Yeah, I'm this close to catching the Muffman. That's what I call Richard Gere.

Guest0

I can honestly say the most arrogant you've ever sounded, JPC, is you saying I'm this close to catching the Mothman. That's the most arrogant you've ever sounded. I can't believe I'm saying it, but it's true.

JPC

I agree. I'm at best decades away. That's so close.

Erin

Janet Varney, Paul Sabourin on our little podcast, An Absolute Dream Come True. I had the absolute pleasure of being on the JoCo cruise with these two and I am not exaggerating when I say I had the time of my life. Now Paul, Janet, do you get that a lot about the JoCo cruise of people saying that they had the best week of their life?

00:04:56

Guest1

A surprising amount of time. And by that, I mean when anybody says it, it's very flattering. But yes, it's a very good time. It's a week-long... Hey, I'm kicking into plugs already. It's a week-long sort of nerd-themed cruise with comedy and music and podcasters and writers and gaming and all sorts of people exploring all sorts of enthusiasms in a cool, awesome, inclusive, welcoming atmosphere. And also there's fruity drinks and beaches every so often.

Guest0

Well, this is all really sweet and stuff, but you're making the people on this podcast right now feel bad. Like, they're not going to be on the cruise.

Guest1

Oh, you would think that, wouldn't you? Well, if you look on the back of your cryptic letters, you will see invitations for all of you to participate in JoCo Cruise 2025, happening March 2nd through 9th, 2025.

Guest0

Gosh, quick, Adal, make sure there's not a Bone Thugs-N-Harmony concert you'd be missing, because I know you wouldn't go if that were the case.

Adal

I mean, there's always a Bone Thugs-N-Harmony concert I'm missing.

00:05:57

JPC

Well, we'll just wait. They might be announcing more special guests. We don't know that Bone Thugs won't be joining the Joker crews.

Adal

Well, they might be Giants is going, but possibly Bone Thugs-N-Harmony could be joining.

JPC

Maybe they might be Giants on New Crossroads.

Guest1

Yeah, maybe, maybe they might be giants. Is that like a cross stick of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony somehow? There you go.

Erin

But yeah, no, you're all coming to JoCo Cruise. I'm so excited. I am so thrilled. It was truly my favorite week of the year this year. Paul, you made me, this is not going to make any sense out of context, but Paul made me laugh so hard I got sick. I was watching, uh, it was James' piano, like, show, I think, um, and the piano was right by the casino, right?

Guest1

Yeah, it was like a piano bar, like, right next to like an open casino and stuff, yeah.

Erin

And I'm sitting at the piano bar and I'm watching the show and there's a game of pushy quarters, a very loud game of pushy quarters happening. You know that casino game with the quarters that you put it in?

00:06:57

Guest1

You drop a quarter and it falls down and little levers shove them out and shove them down to the next level. Yeah. Theoretically.

Guest0

And whatever it's called, it should only be called Pushy Quarters.

Guest1

It is Pushy Quarters.

Guest0

Yeah. Paul, every year there's a Pushy Quarters.

JPC

I'll tell you, I went to the Pushy Quarters in St. Louis one time, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. Stay far away from the Pushy Quarters.

Adal

Oh, you went to the French Pushy Quarters, which is a lot of drunks and bars.

JPC

We will miss you. Let's be pushy with you at Wall.

Guest1

That's got the second E with the accent, you on it, and that's a whole other beast.

Erin

How would you describe this? There's like a Pushy Quarters event on the ship.

Guest1

Yeah, it's actually a number of years ago. And actually, I think Paul F. Tompkins, of all people, who will also be on the cruise this year, funny enough, but like he sort of was talking about this game and we were all sitting around and enjoying sort of how ridiculous it is and the fact that it's in a casino. And it's somehow that turned into us all going down to the Pushy Quarters game and deciding to stand around it as if it were like the most exciting craps table. What's up?

00:08:10

Erin

But this pushy quarters event was the same time as James' show. And so Paul went down to sort of nix the pushy quarters event and then came over to the show and went, Hey, I'm gonna let them scream for five minutes, get it out of their system, and then I'll be back. And then Paul, you came back over and said, He said, don't worry guys, now it's called Shushy Quarters. And he didn't even look behind him when he said the joke. He didn't even wait to get the laugh. He was in motion when he said, don't worry guys, now it's called Shushy Quarters.

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It was a drive-by.

Erin

It was a drive-by joke, and I lost my fucking mind. Yeah, I was a little drunk. I was a little bit drunk. I don't care, Janet. I don't care. I'll tell anyone. I was a little bit drunk, but I lost my mind that I had to get up and leave James' show. I was causing a disturbance. Oh, I laughed so hard.

Guest1

That's a service I provide every single passenger at some point during the week. I will just do a little drive-by joke that will cause you to collapse or otherwise have health issues.

Adal

Shushie Quarters also sounds like a Downton Abbey spinoff or something.

Erin

Yes. Okay, take all my money. I'm ready to watch it. Not so loud, please. Shushie Quarters.

00:09:14

Guest0

Yeah, everything is similar, but just in whispers. The chauffeur is an actor. Thanks for watching.

Erin

So Janet, you've been on the show 150,000 times, so we've asked this to you before, but Paul, what is your relationship with riddles, puzzles, lateral thinking problems, etc.?

Guest1

It's sort of love-hate. I generally love them, except when I don't, and I can't predict when I'm not going to love them. So hopefully that won't come around in the next 60 minutes or so. But for the most part, I'm a big cheese ball, and I love Hey Riddle

00:10:33

JPC

And Janet, not to leave you out, this is the second time that you've been on the show with a man named Paul, so what the fuck is going on with you?

Guest0

In honor of our guest, are you appalled by that? Oh my god.

Guest1

That's working several different angles at once.

Guest0

I haven't even stretched yet, hold on.

Guest1

Careful, Janet, careful!

JPC

Just so you know, Janet, we do have a very popular segment on this show called Paul Ruddles. So if you ever want to bring Paul Rudd on the show, we're more than willing to make that happen because I think he would really enjoy doing some of our Paul Ruddles.

Guest0

I agree and I'm on it. How far away did you say you were from catching the Mothman?

Guest1

It's decades. I would use that general timeline for me getting Paul Rudd on the show. Yeah, when he said he was this close, his arms were so far apart.

00:11:39

Adal

Very quickly, I do want to say, just before we get any emails about it, Paul, you mentioned breaking a funny bone. I do have to legally say the members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are as follows, Busy Bone, Crazy Bone, Lazy Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh and Bone.

Erin

Wishbone is in there?

Adal

The dog? Wishbone the dog from PBS, yeah.

Erin

That's cool. I love that for him.

Guest0

That's actually... I have to say, what you've just done, Adal, is pretty appropriate for the warm-up I prepared as... What?

Guest1

We just hopped on the Segway.

Guest0

Wow. I can only assume Casey's putting in a drum roll. I am Old Man Puzzles and I'm an actress.

Erin

First of all, if I fart Erin, you'll know it. Because you'll be leaving the room that you're in. How do you feel?

JPC

What's going through your mind right now?

Erin

This is like a pregame interview.

00:12:53

Guest0

My heart was racing in a way I wasn't prepared for before we started recording. I was like, wait, usually I just come in here and ruin the episode passively, not unlike you enjoying riddles and puzzles passively, Paul. Imagine now you are stuck in the driver's seat and you're going to actively ruin it. You're going to actively ruin it. Um, so I'm feeling very nervous, um, but also I'm excited and hopeful. The reason that, uh, prompted this, um, stirring event is that when I was at a convention this year, um, a wonderful, and I cannot believe I'm blanking on your name, you know I love you, and you came and you gave me this book, and I'm just blanking, and I, and then there was an inscription, and I was like, oh my gosh, he inscribed it to me, and then I realized, no, this is like a It's been inscribed from like 1950 for Ruth Dyson. So Ennis Reese is not the person who gave this to me, and I am not Ruth Dyson. But it is a very cool, and obviously I know we're not a visual podcast, but it's a very cool book, very cute, and it's called Riddles Riddles Everywhere. And there's a man. No, well, I guess it's like a, I don't know, is it a founding father? He has a little ponytail with a ribbon. That's usually code for that, right? And then maybe a child or another small person holding on tight and the horse. Everyone's happy. Everyone's excited in this drawing on the cover of Riddle Riddles everywhere.

00:14:22

JPC

Janet, is it worth leaving a little pause so if we remember the person's name we can drop it in later?

Guest0

Yeah.

Erin

No, no, no. That's not a name.

JPC

That's strike two. I'm gonna take away your soundboard. First of all, Erin, you don't know everybody's name, okay? Just so you know, you don't know everybody's name. You might think you know everybody's name, but you don't know everybody's name. Some people's names are that.

Guest1

Don't fart name shame, Erin.

Erin

Oh, I'm the bad guy? I'm the bad guy?

JPC

Yeah. Well, what's the alternative, Erin? The bad guy's me?

Erin

Janet, I'm so excited that you're Old Man Puzzles. My God, I feel so much safer. No offense.

Guest0

Oh, don't feel safe. Don't feel safe. You haven't read any of the riddles in the book. So I must beg you not to feel safe in any way, shape or form. But the warm up is something that I came up with my friend and partner, Brandon, quite some time ago. And it's just based off this dumb thing that he and I do together. And then we were walking in the streets of New York City and got on this weird, dumb run of doing these little crazy, stupid make-em-ups. And I was like, oh, this could almost be, and I stress almost, and yet we're doing This could almost be like a fun game for Hey Riddle Riddle. So I held on to my little list, which I revisited this morning, realizing I had no memory of what any of it meant. And then I had to put the pieces back together very, very quickly. to shape this game as our warm-up game. Now, this is a game that we made up that is involving bees, okay? We like bees. Bees are important pollinators. They're wonderful. They don't actively want to sting you because they will give up their sweet, tiny bee life if they do. We love all types of bees, and so we are going to be playing a little bee-guessing game where you help me identify what type of bee I'm describing. To give you an example, these guys are tiny and love to fly real fast with some help. What kind of bee is it?

00:16:32

Adal

Bee tube bombers. Boobies.

Guest0

That's a really good answer, but I said it's tiny. Tiny.

JPC

And they like to help other people, right?

Guest0

No, they can only fly fast with some help.

???

So if I said, this gal loves teak outdoor furniture, what kind of bee would it be?

Adal

Oh, what, um... Teak outdoor furniture.

Guest0

And don't overcomplicate it. Just think about, like... Patio bee. What is teak made out of?

Adal

Creighton bee rules. Wood bee rules.

Guest0

Wood bee! It's a wood bee! Wood bee! Oh, wow. Okay? Does that make sense?

Guest1

I have to reorient myself to... No, you have to reorient yourself. Yeah.

Guest0

We're going in here now.

JPC

These are very special bees. Now I'm on your wavelength. Paul, you're the one who doesn't have to... You got that one. You don't have to reorient. You're good. Yeah. We have to reorient.

00:17:40

Guest0

Yeah. Okay. This guy gets high on a wet morning. There's two clues.

Adal

Doobies, doobies, doobies, doobies, doobies.

Guest0

That's right. It's a doobie.

Adal

Mountain doobies.

Guest0

These are so good. It's a doobie. Okay. It's a doobie. All right. These guys love to scare you on Halloween. Boobies. Boobies. That's right. Okay.

Guest1

This group is mad, but they'll still chase you down to get up close and personal.

JPC

Janet, is there any chance that it's paparazzi?

Adal

Hey Janet, can I talk to you for a second? Hey Janet, can I talk to you for a second? Hey Janet, you look beautiful today. Thank you so much. It's not ever going to be paparazzi. But could it? Look, I need this win so bad. Gemma got kidnapped.

Guest0

What are you guys talking about? I heard she just went on a trip. Nothing. Any other answers other than paparazzi? They're mad. And I mean real mad. Angry paparazzi. Maybe not of their own volition, but maybe they're just really mad and they want to get up really close and really personal. Maybe with like their teeth.

00:18:54

Adal

Oh, uh, bee raccoon-tas. Yeah. Close with their teeth. Bee raccoon-tas.

Guest0

I think they all end in B instead. None of them start with B. Okay.

Adal

Okay. Cecil B. DeMille. Close up. Cecil B. DeMille.

Guest0

Yeah.

Adal

They follow you around, you said?

Guest0

They're gonna, yeah, they're really, really angry. They seem really angry, but they still are going to, like, chase you to get close to you.

JPC

Tenesta, tenesta, tenestabies.

Guest0

Like tenacity? Do you give up on this one? Gerbies. I give up.

Guest1

Yeah. Rabies.

Guest0

Raybees.

Guest1

Oh, you should have said the other part where they all look like Ray Donovan.

Guest0

I know. Listen, there's no rhyme or reason to the way these clues work, so good luck. A continued good luck to you. These guys always order the Whiskey Bacon Burger.

Adal

Applebees. That's right. Chillbees.

Guest0

This insecure group copies Cool Kids. This insecure group of people.

00:20:18

???

So today is the first day of the rest of our lives. We are going to become popular.

Adal

We are going to rule the school. And the brainstorming session starts now.

Guest1

Well, it sounds like you already started by, you know, talking like a sweat hog.

Adal

Thank you so much. I'm glad you noticed. Mr. Cotta, Mr. Cotta, is that right? Oh, boom, boom, boom.

Guest1

We were all born in 2007. How do we know these references to a 1970s sitcom?

Guest0

TikTok is always the answer. Hey, um, can you guys just fill me in on what you guys decided? I'm just eating lunch because I know we're meeting at lunch, but it's also like the only time to eat lunch. So Denise, no, stop. I'm hungry. You can't.

JPC

No, you can't eat your nerd lunch here. We're trying to be cool now. Trying to be cool.

Guest0

What do you? So what do we not get to eat? Or is there some kind of cool lunch we're supposed to be eating?

???

We get to eat, but no sandwiches, no Lunchables. Shakoodery.

Erin

Nerds say what? What? What? Yeah. Oh no. Losers.

00:21:19

Guest1

What's up, Biff?

Erin

Biffy?

Guest1

Make sure we shouldn't be mean to each other all the time. Is that how you be cool?

JPC

No, Biff Biffy's not cool. He's one of the least cool kids in school. He's just a bully.

Guest0

That's what you said. Right guys? Up top.

JPC

Don't sink to his level, Denise. What's going on with you? Guys, Carl, what are you doing?

Guest1

I don't know. I don't know. That's the problem. I don't know where to go from here. What's cool on TV? Besides Mr. Cotter, of course.

???

Yeah, Mr. Biffy Biff, what's cool on TV nowadays?

Erin

Uh, you guys talking to me?

???

Don't talk to him. He's even less cool than us. What are you guys doing?

Erin

What do you mean I'm less cool than you? I'm a fucking teacher, man. You guys are nerds. You think teachers are cool, Mr. Biffy? I think I'm cool. I drank beer this weekend.

JPC

Losers. Whoa! How many? You drank beer all weekend.

Guest1

Everyone knows.

00:22:20

Erin

I feel like I smell the beer right now.

Guest1

You drink it in your car. Mr. Biffy is the best ethics teacher I've ever had.

Erin

Yeah, I'm a fantastic ethics teacher, and I had 12 beers every day this weekend. That's so cool.

Guest0

Mr. Biffy, I'm not sure if you're supposed to be in, like, the kids' lunchroom during lunch. Don't you have, like, the teacher's lounge you can go hang out in or something?

Erin

They don't want to talk to me in there. Oh. You guys, should we let Mr. Biffy sit with us? Do you guys have an open seat?

Guest1

Well, here's a question, Mr. Biffy. Who's your favorite sweathog from Mr. Cotter? Good question.

Erin

I'm very young. I don't know what that is. Can I borrow some of your lunches? My wife left and now no one grocery shops.

???

Yeah, of course, of course. Here you go.

Erin

When are you gonna give them back?

JPC

Uhhh...

???

You don't know?

Guest1

You don't know? Like the cool stuff? Come on, I'm trying to be cool, guys. Oh, you don't know? You don't know the cool stuff? Whatever, nerd. I bet you want to hang out with Mr. Biffy. You're so uncool. Oh, choosy bombs choose Biffy.

00:23:31

JPC

I think Mr. Biffy can take my spot. I'm just going to risk it and try showing up to a different lunch table and just see if I can hang.

Erin

All right, good luck. Good luck.

JPC

What's up, guys? What's up, what's up, what's up, what's up?

Erin

Oh, he's talking to himself at a table over there. That's so sad.

Guest0

Oh, brother. This gal has a responsibility to fulfill. Susan B. Responsibility. Responsibility B. Responsibility. Responsibility B. It's a little more... Simple than that, think back to the one who liked Teak Furniture. But this one has something they're supposed to do. Could be.

Adal

Could be. Could be. Could be. Could be. Could be. Could be.

Guest0

Could be. Could be.

???

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Guest0

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???

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Guest0

Could be. Could be.

???

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Guest0

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JPC

Could be. Could be. Could be. Could be. Could be. Could be. Could be. Could

Guest0

Again, just an extension of what I just did.

00:24:34

JPC

Maybe.

Guest0

Will be. Is able to.

JPC

Did be. Can be. Could be.

Guest0

Yes, I... Will be.

JPC

Will be. Can be.

Adal

A wallaby.

Guest0

Wallaby.

Adal

Would be. Ooh, those are really good. Wonder wallaby.

Guest0

It's a can be. It's a can be. Ambidextrous. Alright, those are dumb. These critters have a bit of skin problems.

Guest1

Oh, um, Sariah Bees.

Guest0

So close. So close. Yeah, really close.

JPC

Ex-be-ma. Eggs, yeah, eggs-a-ma-bee. Eggs-be-ma.

Guest0

Eggs-be-ma. Don't think human, think animal.

Adal

Oh. Rabies. Rabies. Scabies. Scabies.

Guest0

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???

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Erin

Scabies.

???

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Erin

Scabies. Scabies.

???

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JPC

I want to see a quick scene. Adal and Paul, you are getting brunch together. And all of the things, and Erin, you're the waiter, all of the things on the menu are egg related, but also kind of like in an unappetizing way.

00:25:38

Guest1

All right, cool. Thanks for meeting me here, Adal. I've heard good things about this place, but I've never been here. What you gonna get on your omelet? What's on the menu?

Adal

Uh, typically I do like a, like an eggs Florentine or something, but this, hold on, this looks a little different. The specials here, egg.

Erin

Hey, everybody. Welcome in.

Adal

Hi.

Erin

Hi. Can I get you some bottomless raw egg mimosas to start? Or how are we feeling? We drinking today? Well, I don't know if I can go raw egg mimosa.

Adal

Very rocky of the restaurant.

Guest1

Do you have anything on, you have anything on, on draft?

Erin

Oh yeah, we got several IPAs with raw eggs. Let's see, what else? Do you like a hazy IPA, because it's hazy because of the egg? Do you have anything with a little less, like, egg?

Adal

Yeah, like less egg, or like, no egg?

Guest1

No egg, any eggless? Oh, can I get like a non-egg-aholic? Is that a thing?

00:26:40

Erin

Our eggnog has no egg in it, but everything else is gonna be filled to the brim with egg. What's in the eggnog? I don't know. Frankly, I don't want to know.

Guest1

Just a glass of dust?

Erin

Yeah, I'm pretty sure. So, you know, I'll just get drinks on me. I'm gonna bring you a couple egg-filled Bloody Marys, and I will be right back.

Guest1

Okay. Any guesses as to what they're gonna garnish this thing with?

Adal

I mean, it's probably gonna be like yolk or like dusted yolk or something. Maybe it's like just the shell, the empty shell. Oh, yeah, like use that as like a serving dish or something. Paul, how do you feel about getting up and leaving? I'm for it.

Guest1

How do we do it without making you guys gonna leave?

JPC

You guys trying to leave? Sorry. Well, no, I haven't. I'm at the other table. I don't mean to pry.

???

I'd stay if I were you guys.

JPC

I'd stay if I were you guys. I'm a regular here. I'm a regular here. I'd stay if I were you.

00:27:43

Guest1

So far it's a little, I don't know, it's a lot more eggy than we were expecting. Does it get better or different? It's very novelty.

JPC

I just want good food. But it's very eggy here. But it's eggy in a way that I think you're really going to enjoy.

Guest0

These gals love to wear heels and keep the tab open. Sex and the City bees.

JPC

Sex and the City bees.

Guest0

Maybe better. Maybe better than mine.

JPC

Mr. Beeg. Mr. Beeg.

Guest0

Mr. Beeg.

Erin

Yes, it's Mr. Beeg.

JPC

These gals, the answer is Mr. Beeg.

Guest1

You're so Bee-Randa.

00:28:43

Erin

Oh, yeah, I am.

Guest0

Classic. Where do you open a tab?

Adal

A bar. B-R.

???

Barbies. Barbies. Barbies.

Adal

Barbies.

Guest0

This group travels by van and loves snacks.

Adal

Margot Robbie.

Guest0

Groupies. Ooh, that's good.

Adal

Mystery machinebies.

Guest0

That is good. Focus on the snacks. It's a certain type of snack.

JPC

Oh, Scoobies.

Guest0

Yeah, Scoobies. Scoobies. Oh, that's so smart.

JPC

Tagbies.

Guest0

That's really good. These snobs love a valuable... Wait, what?

Adal

I want to see a scene real quick.

Guest0

Oh, I'm sorry. I don't think so. Oh, totally fine.

Adal

You can call the shots.

Guest0

Was no one option this whole time?

Adal

Let's keep going. Let's keep going.

Guest0

No, no, no, no, no. Please. Please, Adal. I just wanted to test the parameters of my power. I see now I have no power. Go ahead.

Erin

Oh, you can behead us if you want. You got full bee head. Bee head! That's pretty whimsical for something really violent that's about to happen to one of us. It turns everything whimsical. It's a fun game.

00:29:45

Adal

I'm realizing bees are everywhere. I do want to see a scene, speaking of Scoobies, of course Scooby gang, Janet you're going to be Daphne, JPC you're going to be Scooby Doo, the titular Scooby Doo, and you two have sort of ran off into a room somehow by yourselves, and Scooby you are professing your love for Daphne.

JPC

Oh, my heart is really, really, really rashed.

Guest0

Your what is really what?

JPC

Oh, fuck. I forgot only the stoner can understand me.

Guest0

Your what? I'm sorry, Scoob. Would you like a Scooby snack?

JPC

No. Well, yes. I mean, if I can't get the other thing I was looking for, maybe a Scooby snack.

Guest0

I'm going to assume that's a yes. Here you go.

JPC

Okay, well, it's pretty good, actually. Well, guess it's back to jerking off for old Scooby-Doo.

00:30:49

Guest0

What? You want me to scratch behind your ears? Okay.

JPC

No, I really don't, actually. Here you go. Is it a truism on that show that only Shaggy can understand Scooby or can everyone understand Scooby?

Guest1

It's like a Chewbacca Han Solo situation.

Guest0

Really?

Guest1

I just want to say, these fucking rule.

Guest0

Yeah, these are great. Great. These snobs love a valuable antique.

Adal

Sotheby's.

???

Yeah, Sotheby's.

Adal

Oh, Sotheby's. Come to the Gazebo. I may only be a simple Southern bee lawyer. Mops brow with honey. Makes it worse. Gazebebo. Casey, put in something that works there.

00:31:58

Erin

Ladies and gentlemen of the Jerby.

Guest0

Yes, yes. Okay, this is a double clue. Keep your eye out for this honor student.

Adal

Hey Riddle

Guest0

Can I ask you something? What about that clue leads you to Beauty and the Bees?

Guest1

I'm trying to think laterally here.

Erin

Belle just falls in love with a bunch of bees. They're something sweet and almost kind, but they are bees.

Guest1

It would change the movie quite a bit if Beasts was just a gigantic bee.

Guest0

I mean, we need to see a scene. Everything else is the same. I think we need to see a scene. Erin, obviously you're Bill. Paul, obviously you're the Bee. And then I guess JBC and Adal, you're like animated pots and pans and stuff. Whatever feels right for you.

00:33:15

Erin

You're not allowed to leave your castle anymore. Please, please. I feel like I'm just misunderstanding you. You seem gentle. There's something behind your eyes?

JPC

There are a lot of them.

Erin

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Please, I won't cause any trouble.

JPC

No one's ever talked to me that way before. I'm feeling very vulnerable and I don't like it.

???

Ah, madam, perhaps I can illuminate the situation. I am a flashlight.

JPC

This fucking guy again.

Erin

Oh!

???

Oh no!

Erin

Uh, if he turns on, will you sort of fly towards him? Sorry, I don't know. Do I look like a moth?

JPC

Check out the stinger!

Erin

Oh, a moth flies to the light. I see.

JPC

I didn't think I was going to kidnap someone quite this dumb.

Erin

Excuse me?

00:34:17

Guest0

And the orchestra swells to the song.

Erin

the show.

Guest1

The idea of corkboard is just so blank.

Guest0

I'm uninspired.

Guest1

Let's go get sushi.

Guest0

Keep your eye out for this on our students.

JPC

Is it possible that this is like, I don't know a way to say this without having to explain it, but like how like an AP class is an AB class? Is this going to be like AB English?

Guest0

No, but you're right there. Keep your eyes open. Hey, everybody, be on the lookout.

00:35:18

JPC

Innocent B standard.

Guest0

What kind of classes do you take if you're an honor student? JPC, you said it.

Adal

AB classes. AP. AP classes. Advanced B placement.

Guest0

So it's AP.

Adal

APIO. APB. APO.

Guest0

APB. APB.

Guest1

That's where Bs live.

Guest0

APB. APB.

Guest1

It's APB. Okay, APB.

Guest0

Keep it, be on the lookout.

Guest1

Plus AP classes equals APB.

Guest0

Ow, my brain, my brain, my brain! Erin, I'm so sorry. That one was very, okay, how about this easy one? They're too young to sit on the dock. They're too young to sit on the dock. Babies. That's correct. See, that was song-oriented, so Paul knew it right away. He's a musical genius. What were we gonna say, Adal?

Adal

Oh, I was gonna take us to break.

Guest0

Oh.

Adal

No. No need. Yeah, no worries.

Guest1

Let's keep going. Any other ideas?

???

And that's break!

00:36:18

???

Gather round, gather round. I call to order this Council of Small Business Owners.

Adal

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JPC

Yes, the floor recognizes Adal Rifai of Hey Riddle Riddle.

Adal

Thank you. I've got a question. Why is there no banking or financial management tool designed for the likes of us? The big banks just kind of rip us off with hidden fees, and the apps endlessly sting us with subscriptions. Can't we get a streamlined, cost-effective solution designed for us? M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-

JPC

Oh wait, no, I know Found. Yeah, it's an all-in-one easy-to-use app that lets you manage your financial tasks effortlessly, manage your money, track your spending, invoice your clients, and even handle your taxes so you can focus on running your business. Found Banking, yeah.

Erin

Yeah, it's designed for small businesses and solo entrepreneurs. FOUND is, in my opinion, the only financial tool you need. Say goodbye to switching between multiple financial apps and tools, guys.

00:37:23

Adal

Goodbye. You said say goodbye, right? Yeah, goodbye. Goodbye. FOUND also offers simplified tax tools that estimate your tax bill for you in real time, auto-saving what you owe to make tax time seamless.

???

Plus, I heard you can instantly send professional invoices and pay your contractors for free, which applies to me. A wizard?

Erin

Yeah, I was gonna ask.

???

Yeah, we don't know.

Erin

Automatically set aside money for different business goals and control spending with multiple virtual cards. You can save time by automatically tracking and categorizing expenses to maximize tax write-offs, all without leaving the found app.

Adal

Wizard, what's your small business?

???

Um...

JPC

Anyway, you can check out some of Found's 30,000 positive customer reviews and see why over 500,000 small business owners like you choose Found. Get your business banking working for you.

Adal

Try Found for free at found.com slash riddle. Sign up for Found for free today at F-O-U-N-D dot com slash Riddle. Found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Pyrmont Bank, member FDIC. Found's core features are free. They also offer an optional paid product, Found Plus.

00:38:39

Erin

Wizard, we're going to go grab a drink after this. Do you want to join us?

???

I actually have plans. Oh, like a date or?

JPC

Big dog by the wizard.

Erin

Oh boy.

JPC

This podcast is sponsored by Squarespace. Oh, um, hey guys, thank you for showing up, uh, to the party, but, um, you two were the only people that showed up, so we have to- Oh. We have to cancel, yeah. Oh, um... Yeah, we can't do, like, a four-square party with three people, just... it doesn't work, and I don't have a ball, and I don't have any chalk.

Adal

Yeah. Well, we could sort of put out a signal, boost this, maybe make a website or something to see if there's anybody in the area who wants to play Foursquare. Have you heard of, speaking of Foursquare, have you heard of Squarespace? Squarespace?

JPC

Isn't that the all-in-one website platform for entrepreneurs to stand out and succeed online? Whether you're just starting out or managing a growing brand, Squarespace makes it easy to create a beautiful website, engage with your audience, and sell anything from products to content to time all in one place, all on your terms?

Erin

You got it, buddy.

Adal

Yeah, you knew that surprisingly well.

00:39:40

Erin

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JPC

Okay, I'm making a website right now. It's called FoursquareRandoFinder.com. And basically, it just helps you find a fourth for Foursquare.

Adal

Yeah, I wouldn't do rando. Actually, with Squarespace, you can connect to your social and multimedia accounts so that it's maybe people you know at least somewhat, if not close friends. Connect major social and multimedia accounts to your website in a few clicks as icons, direct links, or embedded feeds. Build visitor trust while updating content only where you need it, extending your brand's footprint.

JPC

Okay, I just set up a new, uh, spage, uh- Spage?

Adal

Oh, of a square- of a square page.

JPC

Okay, I just set up a news page, a Square page, on JPC… hold on, I called it foursquarerandofinder.com and it's for donations. You can raise funds for the cause you love with a website that makes accepting donations and managing donors easy. Set up giving pages easily and start accepting donations online right away. Access donor contact information and donation history in a central dashboard and then send fundraising emails directly through Squarespace. Right now we're raising money for people who don't have any chalk and who don't have any balls.

00:40:59

Erin

Amazing.

Adal

Yeah, it's really meaningful. Head to Squarespace.com for a free trial and when you're ready to launch, Squarespace.com slash Riddle to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.

Guest0

And we're back. Does APB make sense to you guys now that I've explained it thoroughly over the course of the entire break?

Erin

Yeah, we took an hour. We all cried. Just peeked behind the curtain. We all cried. We were confused.

Guest0

We were scared. But we were holding hands in a circle, at least.

JPC

Yeah. I did not get it, Janet, until you said all points belittled, and then it really clicked for me.

Guest0

Yeah.

Guest1

I knew that was going to resonate for you. I didn't get it until it was essentially spelled out for me.

00:41:59

Guest0

Literally, with three letters.

Adal

I got it. Erin at some point leaned over and said, be out the poison. That's when I think I got it.

Guest0

Okay, this is the last one of those, and then we'll move into this delightful riddle book.

Adal

Ten more.

Guest0

Ten more. Well, I'm afraid there are many more, but we're going to save them for another time. But I will say, okay, we'll do two more. Yay! Because this may already have been answered, so I'm going to supply the clue that will allow you to answer it again. These performers help make a crowd in an Australian cartoon.

Adal

Cirque du Soleil B. Blue B. Blue B. These performers help make a crowd.

Guest0

Someone will know this. Extra bees! Also because, again, you did already say the answer earlier.

Adal

Um, uh, kanga-bees. Walla-bees! Walla-bees! Walla-bees!

Guest0

Yeah, because, you know, walla is the sound of, like, general mumbling in cartoons, so then I put the Australian thing on it. That is a super inside reference.

00:43:02

Guest1

Some of us aren't voice actors.

Guest0

It is very inside. And finally, this guy is Green Clay. Gumpy! That's right!

???

Gumpy!

Guest0

Hulk B! Hulk B! Great job, guys. Great job with the Bs. Really, really good work. Thanks a lot. What grade would you give us? I'd give you a solid... B... Minus.

Erin

Okay.

Guest0

Unfortunately, we are going to have to move on to some riddles.

Adal

Unfortunate B. Unfortunate B.

Guest0

Unfortunately, my favorite James Bond actor is George Lazenby. A warning about the content of this book. What you can expect of these riddles, I think, is clear in the first kind of like page that's, I think, trying to just sort of get you acclimated. And that riddle is, again, it's like an intro that's also a riddle.

00:44:16

JPC

It's going to be super racist, right? Yeah, for sure, for sure, for sure.

Guest0

Without a doubt.

JPC

If there's any slurs that you need us to beep out, Janet, just let me know. I've got my beep ready.

Guest0

You got your beep. Oh, God.

Adal

Taco BL.

JPC

It's Brandon. We have a Brandon Beep on the show, so I think I can do about it.

Guest0

That's cool placement. That's cool placement. I wouldn't have even noticed if you hadn't said it. Okay. On land and sea and in the air, riddles, riddles everywhere. Right here in this book you'll find a few. For example, what's little and likes a clue? Yeah, that's right. I transformed into a witch as I read. You didn't say that it was all going to be read by a witch. It started to feel like a horrible spell that someone was casting on you.

Guest1

It does definitely add some stakes.

JPC

What's little and likes a clue? Is this like a child who wants to play the board game Clue?

Guest0

Unfortunately, that's too sophisticated an answer. The answer is a riddle and you. What? I love it. I love it. What? This is what you're going to be tasked with. What is Casey supposed to bleep in there?

00:45:18

Guest1

I mean, all of it? Do you just bleep all of it? Hey Janet, can you come over here for a second? Hey, what's going on, Paul? Is there any way at this point that I can get out of this thing?

Guest0

I think there have been a couple of guests, like I know Paul Rudd did it once and they had to go back and erase him out of the entire episode.

Guest1

You don't think Paul's trying to leave, right?

JPC

Like that bastard Paul Rudd who got all of our hopes up and then ditched on the episode?

Erin

But you're close to catching him, right? Or is that Mothman?

JPC

couple of decades No, we felt this with Paul Rudd as well. It's just that he gets really small because he's Ant-Man.

00:46:21

Erin

He's leaving.

Adal

But he's still participating. Yeah.

Erin

You guys, I'm sensing a pattern with our guests. Why does this always happen at the 40-minute mark?

Adal

Well, I plan for something like this. Takes off big tarp of the table. Tarp of the table to you. Tarp of the table to you.

Guest0

Is that a tarpographical map?

Guest1

Thank you so much, Janet. Outstanding. You're welcome. Hey guys, I'm back just to let you know it's a tarp-bee-graphical map.

Erin

Oh my god. Our brains are going to start melting out of our... He's left again. He left again! He left. He left. Paul! Paul! Paul! Paul!

Guest0

But in all seriousness, Paul, do we have the same chair? We can talk about it offline. We can talk about it offline.

Erin

Okay. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready.

Guest0

I tremble and shake at the least breath of breeze, yet I can take as much weight as you please.

00:47:22

Adal

Leaf. Scale. Take as much weight as you please. Doctor's office.

JPC

Oh, yeah. Doctor's office is great when they make you weight, don't they? The bastards.

Adal

I quake and I tremble at the slightest breeze.

Guest0

I tremble and shake at the least breath of breeze, yet I can take as much weight as you please.

Adal

Gravity? Is it like a tree branch or a leaf or something?

Guest0

I think leaning into the nature side of things makes sense. But it's not a leaf, it's not gravity.

JPC

Is this like an ant? Is this like a little insect that can hold a bunch of weight?

Guest0

It's not a cute little insect, not a bee or an ant.

Guest1

Is it an ugly large insect that's really strong?

Guest0

Yes, it's Jeff Goldblum as he starts to transform in The Fly.

Guest1

Yes, yes, yes. Produced by Mel Brooks. Very prescient riddle book you've got.

JPC

Okay, so outside. We're close with outside or we're on the right track with outside?

00:48:25

Guest0

Yeah, but this thing can be outside or inside.

Adal

Fuck.

Guest0

Yeah, sorry about that.

Adal

So, cricks and trembles, but it also holds a lot of weight.

???

Is it like the Earth plane?

Guest0

No.

Adal

The planet?

Guest0

No, that's going very big and I appreciate the scope, but that's going too big. But not that much too big.

Guest1

The ocean.

Guest0

Yeah.

Guest1

Water.

Guest0

That's correct. You got it. It's water.

Erin

Wow. That actually is a good riddle, I think.

Guest0

It works. It works. That's amazing. Now this one is not so much that I think it's a challenge, but I just, you'll understand why I felt important for me to include this one. Got it. Bim bam blamity blee. Children make something that no one can see.

Guest1

Hey, you two.

Guest0

What's all this racket?

00:49:38

JPC

Uh, I don't know that we're making a racket, sir. We're just playing, um, we're playing Pokemon. We're playing Pokemon Pretend.

???

Pokemon? Hey, kids shouldn't be gambling. What do we have here? What is this?

Guest1

You want in on some of this action, sir?

???

What are we playing for?

JPC

Don't waste your time with him, Chester. He looks like a real pussy. He's probably not going to bet big.

Guest1

He probably can't even handle the game we're playing.

JPC

Yeah.

???

Pussy? You think I'm a pussy? I'll have you know, I served many military soldiers at a diner I used to work at. I served them breakfast, lunch, dinner.

JPC

Oh, so you had a job?

???

Maybe you do have some money? Yes, I have a pension.

Guest1

Okay, we can work with that, yeah, okay.

???

Work on a budget, we can do that. Okay, alright.

Guest1

How do we... Well, first of all, you give us $5,000.

???

$5,000, okay, let me... Of course, I keep my money in a duffel bag under my bed.

Guest1

Let me just, okay... Alright, that's good to know for later, okay.

00:50:39

???

$5,000, here you go, here you go.

Guest1

Okay, now the trick here is you gotta close your eyes for about 17 or 26 minutes.

???

Oh, you've never seen someone close their eyes so well. Here we go. One. Two. You gotta keep them closed.

JPC

Three. We cut to 17 minutes later. Holy shit, Chester, he did it. We've never had someone win the game before. Sir, sir, wake up. Yeah, you won. You found the Snorlax.

Guest1

You bet 5,000?

???

Hey, who are you? You bet $5,000, right?

JPC

Yeah, yes, yes. Oh man, that's like our entire nest egg. Okay, well here's your $10,000. Shit.

Guest1

Should we double or nothing? I don't know, he's really good at the game. He can't do it twice. There's no way his luck holds out. You kept his eyes closed for 17 minutes. Nobody goes $18,000 though.

JPC

Sir, do you think you could go $18,000? Do you want to go double or nothing?

???

Let's do 19.

JPC

Holy shit. Okay, this could work for us. Okay, close them and keep them tight.

???

Oh, and I should tell you my name.

00:51:41

???

Rip Van Winkle.

JPC

Yeah, we're kids. That means nothing to us. Oh.

Guest1

Is that like a TikToker?

JPC

We were born in 2007, so who is that?

???

Do you know Rip Torn? Do kids know Rip Torn? Do kids know Rip Torn? Where are you going? Come back here. Hey, come back here. Do kids know Rip Torn? Hey, do kids know Rip Torn? Do kids know about Rip Torn? Hey Ripley, do kids know about Rip Torn?

Guest1

Damn it. As if he's, what, like a cousin of Rip Van Winkle? I was like, let's start here, then we'll work backwards to Washington Irving. Rodney Allen of Rip B. Rodney Allen of Rip B. Is that one?

Guest0

Yeah, it was. That was answer number 39. It was answer number 39.

00:52:41

Adal

Put it in the bank for later. I just want to point out and congratulate and give flowers. Ever since Paul left twice, he's gotten every single riddle right.

Guest0

Thanks for watching.

Adal

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

JPC

Before we get into this, I'm just going to bring this up one more time. Should we all be kissing?

Erin

I know, and I know, and I know, and I know, and I know everyone always says at the beginning of meetings, I'm pervert Paul, or you're pervert Paul, you shouldn't be the one kicking off these meetings. Yeah, I'm pervert, and I know I'm pervert Paul, but I'm just saying, I just want to bring it up, and I'll sit down, and I'll sit down, and you guys know where to find me.

00:53:52

JPC

Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Perfect Paul. Thank you for sitting down. Thank you.

Adal

I'd be up for maybe like, yeah, I'd be up for some kissing at some point. I do want to get through this meeting first and just like, sort of like plow through the agenda. Of course, I'm Surf Paul. We all know Surf Paul. Hell yeah, we do. Yeah. Why don't we go around, let's have the rest of the Pauls just kind of announce ourselves.

JPC

You know what, actually, I have something to say. Serf Paul, if you're gonna host these meetings, can you at least let me do coffee? Because it sucks that I'm Coffee Paul, and I don't get to bring the coffee, and then you serve this coffee, which is, I gotta say, burnt. And, I don't know, you said this was dark roast, this is obviously a light roast, I don't think that you know the difference. Why is Coffee Paul just not in charge of... I mean, it's like if we were having a sex party and we didn't put Pervert Paul in charge, that would be insane. And no, Pervert Paul, I see you jumping up, we're not turning this into a sex party.

Guest0

Hey, single harmony Paul here. I gotta respectfully agree. Agree. Agree. Agree.

Adal

By far the most impressive of all the Pauls.

00:54:57

Erin

Yeah, Paul. I love single harmony Paul. I would die for him.

JPC

I got a question for the Pauls. Do you think we were all crafted for too specific a purpose?

Adal

And the lights go down, the curtain closes, screen opens, there's a graphic that says, Paul's That, sort of like the Nickelodeon All That, but it's Paul's That. And the credits roll, it says, Paul Sabourin. Surf Paul was played by Paul Sabourin. Wood Harmony Paul was played by Paul Sabourin. And then we hear one clapping in the theater, and the camera turns, and it's Paul Sabourin. Orson Welles style, there we go.

Erin

Yay, scene.

Guest0

And scene.

Adal

Rose Paul. Rose Paul.

Guest0

Rose Paul. If Miss Isipi, known as Skippy, gave Miss Uri, full of fury, her new jersey to wear at the fair, what, oh what, would Della wear?

Adal

A mini soda. A mini.

Guest0

I love it, and must tell you it's incorrect.

00:55:58

Erin

A Rhode Island. I think I know. Is it Idaho? No. Idaho? Don't know. Alaska?

Guest0

I object. Adal's brain is uniquely broken in a way that my brain cannot break. This is unfair. I mean, I agree with everything you're saying. It doesn't change the fact that he has done something very special here today.

Erin

I know, and he looks so cool in front of our guests, and I look like... I know.

00:56:58

???

Like a tech's ass.

Guest0

I need to see a scene each of you are representing the state you were from in the character that you feel that that state would present as like at a little cocktail party for all the states.

???

All right, everyone.

Adal

Let's make some Ellen noise. This is a fun party, everyone. Yeah, let's just all just kind of clinkies. Make some more noise, of course, some Ellen noise.

Erin

I'm sorry I'm wicked late. I had to pick up some beer. What's going on? You guys think you're better than me? What are you talking about? How's everyone looking at me?

Adal

No, you were- You wanna fight?

Guest1

No. All right, hang on. You guys are going too fast. Let me jot this down. Okay. Do you want to fight? No. Okay, keep going.

Erin

Who's this nerd?

Guest1

I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I gotta erase this now. Okay. Who's this nerd? Okay, go.

00:58:00

Erin

Nerd, I'm talking to you. Where are you? Who are you?

Guest1

I'm Pennsylvania.

Erin

Oh my God. Oh my God.

Guest1

Is that G-A-W-D? Yeah.

Guest0

You guys, what I miss, I Arizona'd out for a second.

Guest1

I gotta put so many of these in quotes because they're puns. Hey Riddle Riddle.

Guest0

Dude. How are we doing on time? How many more riddles would you like to jam in? Two! Seventeen. Seventeen. I heard seventeen. Number whatever this is. Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they grumble and grumble.

00:59:04

JPC

Leaves.

Guest0

That's correct. Why is it so macabre?

Guest1

But also bees.

Guest0

When crossing a desert, why is it that, though you don't get hungry, you might get fat?

Erin

Janet, I'm in heaven. Your Old Man Puzzles from now on. I'm so sorry. We're trapped here. GPC, get the net. Get the net you're using to catch Mothman. We're catching Janet's steak forever.

JPC

I need this. Is it because it's a dessert? So you're getting fat because you're crossing the desert, but you don't get hungry? Is this like a sand dune blowing across the desert and it's like becoming a bigger dune?

01:00:12

Guest0

You're onto something, young man.

Adal

Is this like you get fat but it's like P-H-A-T, like pretty hot and thirsty? Like the pharaoh? Oh, wait.

Guest0

The pharaoh? Is this the pharaoh bees? No, but you both very fly. Young man, you were right there, and you don't even know.

Guest1

Could you read the riddle again, but make it way more witchy? I don't think I understood the riddle. Is this like a sandwich?

Erin

Could you read it again, but witchier? That's correct!

Guest0

Because of the sand, which is there.

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Dead stop. Dead stop.

Guest0

You see, you asked for something that wasn't about a witch, but I had to page turn to something that was.

Adal

So I had to do it. Dead stop. Janet, so sorry to give you a dead stop. So sorry. Is the witch's sort of celebratory noise, nee-nee? Was that what you did? Just real quick, I just want to call attention. Casey, can we clip that and then play it a hundred times in a row right here? What was it, Janet? Was it nee-nee?

01:01:26

Erin

God, it sucks. Yeah, Janet, was it nee-nee? Yeah.

Adal

Okay, that's the greatest fucking thing I've ever heard in my life, and my ringtone is now NeNe, and we will have, folks, look in tpublic.com, we will have NeNe merch by this point, I have to assume.

Erin

Oh yeah, it will be like a bewitched, kind of like 1960s witch Janet on a broom, and it will say NeNe on it, and she'll be zooming up into the sky.

Guest0

People do say I look like Elizabeth Montgomery, for better or for worse.

Erin

Okay!

JPC

People add that last part, that last part really sucks for someone to add. You look like Elizabeth Montgomery, for better or for worse.

Adal

But also, give us some plugs. Janet Varney, Queen Nini herself. Janini Varney. Janini Varney. Janini Varney. Janini Varney. Janini Varney. What do you have that you would like to plug?

???

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Adal

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

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Adal

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

01:02:28

???

Beep. Beep.

Adal

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Guest0

Oh my. Well, you can check out the, depending on whether this airs, fairly new podcast that I do with John Hodgman called E Pluribus Motto, in which we explore the various mottos and state symbols of many of these United States. That's available anywhere you get podcasts, courtesy of the Maximum Fun Network.

Adal

Outstanding. Thank you also so much for being our old witch puzzles today. That was a tremendous job. We will have you back and we expect much more bee pun riddles. Great. Yeah.

JPC

On it. We're going to do about 30 more of the bee things and then we might get to two riddles.

Adal

Cancels everything. Cancels Netflix, I think is what you said.

Guest0

I said cancels sketch fest, but yeah. Just let me have this. Adal, let me have this. Let me live in the dream if there's no sketch fest to work on for the next couple of months.

Adal

Can you also share your Sketchfest password with me? I just want to watch them. Paul Sabourin, thank you so much for being our guest today. What do you have to plug or promote?

01:03:32

Guest1

Well, I'm part of music comedy duo Paul and Storm. You can find our music, The Places You Usually Find Music, which is on the winds.

Guest0

Hard to access.

Guest1

Wafting across the moor.

JPC

I very rarely find music there. It's mostly just like voices telling me to kill and I'm not going to kill. They keep trying.

Guest1

But they're like kind of sing song instruments. Yeah, of course.

Guest0

No, that's their The Shining parody song. You should listen to it.

Guest1

It's really good. And as has been mentioned, I help run JoCo Cruise, which again, everybody here is going to be on this year. It sales in March of 2025. It's basically this for a whole week.

Guest0

Thank you for listening!

01:04:35

Guest1

You were the talk of the town, see?

Erin

I am!

Guest1

But you can go to jococruise.com to find out more information and see the entire lineup. And, you know, then book it if you wanna.

Adal

Hell yeah. I would like to plug or promote, with Janet's permission, Janet, everyone who comes on JoCo in 2025, when we're all on it, is it okay if they, if they alone, have permission to call you Jannini Varnini?

Guest0

Absolutely, and they can also call me that at any number of shows at Sketchfest, including both of yours. Hell yeah. Says two people she's staring at on a computer right now.

Adal

Erin Keif, what do you have to plug or promote?

Erin

Just, if you have the means to go on the JoCo Cruise, I cannot recommend it enough. I think it will become a fixture of your life if you go. It certainly is one of mine. Adal, anything to plug?

Adal

I would like to plug or promote, with Janet's permission, that anyone who buys a ticket to Joe Crow is able to call her Janini Varney. Okay, I'm breaking down because I said this already.

01:05:38

Guest0

That's just Joe Crow, which is different than Joe Crow. The Joe Crow Cruise.

JPC

I will be hosting another year of the Joe Crow Cruise. Bad news this year, we didn't get a cruise ship. We did get a crow, so we will have the crow.

Adal

A crow's ship, which is as the- We got a crow's nest.

Guest0

Just a floating, single floating crow's nest that everyone has to squeeze into.

Guest1

Actually, Joe Crow Cruise is just a tiny little thing that happens only in the crow's nest on the broader Joe Co. Cruise.

Erin

Oh, it's a cruise within a cruise!

Guest1

Three people get the special experience, except they also are stuck up there for a week.

JPC

I dress up like Johnny Depp from Pirates of the Caribbean, and I stand on it, and then I sail it into a dock. Haven't hit the dock yet. I feel like my crow's nest guy's kind of fucking me on this, because I keep getting probably 150 yards from the dock, and I'm swimming the rest of the way. Johnny Depp never had to swim, huh? I wonder what the difference is. Anyway, I'm getting pissed off. Let's end the episode.

Adal

JPC anything to plug or promote?

01:07:05

JPC

Hey there Kissings and Clones, if you liked that, you are going to love this week's Patreon. We bring you to the front lines of the JPC wars. You can listen to that plus our entire back catalog at patreon.com. Hey Riddle Riddle by joining the clue crew for $5 a month or start your seven day free trial or the review crew for $8 a month. Plus you get those ad free episodes. See you there.

Guest0

That was a hate gun podcast.