April 17, 2025 • 41 mins
(1:45) - Dave's in on the latest Costco craze
(13:15) - Will Rachel play MORE hockey?
(25:32) - Forman digs himself a bigger hole
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(00:00):
If you had saw me prancing around Woodstock in a Easter
Bunny, I. Did.
What were you doing that for? That's How I Met the mayor of
Wood. I put I sat in his desk and I
put my feet up on his desk in the stupid costume and that's.
How I Met him. Oh great, big feet.
We gotta do something about the the bunnies versus car
situation. We don't have a good track
record against vehicles. Can we do something about that,
(00:22):
Jerry? What do you think, Jerry?
I love it. Yeah, we'll get on that.
The pressing issues of the day. We'll make another file on my
desk. If you don't, I'll make another
pile on your desk. So it won't be chocolate?
No, it'll look like it, though. I can wrap it in foil.
(00:50):
This is due to underwhelming demand the we're day very chill.
And Foreman, by the way, the podcast, this is the podcast
that like golf around here so far this spring just, you know,
not happening. Yeah, so.
I signed up for my ladies golf league.
Oh, I was about to say, it's like Rachel's whole summer.
It's happening. Because we've signed up.
(01:11):
OK, on the podcast today Rachel will tell us that she has
apparently broken Alex Ovechkin scoring record.
Can't wait. Like it's hard.
Yeah, I know. That's a lot of goals, Rachel,
since the last time we talked. Yeah.
Foreman Scott, when you're away for the day, do you still do all
(01:32):
your parenting tasks for him? I can't wait.
Oh, my God. As if he's entirely incapable.
You're in trouble. You are in trouble.
And I would like to begin today's episode by discussing a
recent trip to to Costco, which Foreman also.
(01:52):
Boy, what fun. You know, boy, what fun what?
The treat. Yeah, yeah, no. $1.50 worth of
fun. Yeah, who is, by the way?
I was there on they were we there this I think Saturday.
Of course, what was it, 2:00 PM on a Saturday?
Or was it? Like Saturday morning.
(02:13):
No, it was like 910, yeah. We're done in the morning. 910
and there's some guy wolfing down a hotdog.
Oh, Gorley, Really. When in Rome?
I've actually never bought lunchor any food from Costco like.
That like in the Gavantee, either I've me either.
They're always very busy people.Do I will preface this by saying
my daughter works at McDonald's and is at as we record this is
(02:38):
at McDonald's right now, which is pure hell.
She says it's pure. Hell, because the job is or just
like, right? Now, no.
It's so busy, so crazy busy. All the time.
It's like crazy she's working extra hours only since the
(03:01):
Minecraft movie came out. OK, so like a week.
Yeah, I have. No, but it's been, you know,
because they have. A two weeks now.
Yeah, they have a Minecraft meal, OK.
And in the mine, I don't know what's in the meal and I don't
care. And I think you get a, you get a
collectible, right? You get a collectible.
(03:21):
But the key thing is we are trying to understand what is it
like families, kids. No, it's not families and kids.
No, it's young guys mostly, and a lot of young women because
they also, along with their collectible, get a skin.
Do you know what his skin is? No.
To use on your character in Minecraft.
(03:44):
In your play, when you play Minecraft, you.
Have characters. I don't know if my daughter
knows that because she's got a McDonald's meal last week and on
the Fry's it had a mine. We didn't get the Minecraft meal
though. She kept the fry box because it
had some Minecraft thing on it. I don't know.
Well, it might be a skin. Hang on to it.
Well we didn't get the toy but I've seen people selling the
(04:06):
collectibles already on like Facebook marketplace for like 7
bucks. Who cares that much?
What is it? So they're after skins and I, I
can tell you there's a game thatI'm, that someone told us about
years ago, Rachel. I'm still playing it on my iPad
called Temple Run. Oh yeah.
I have all these characters. Wow, that was like 12 years ago.
(04:29):
Or that's like that. I still play you.
Playing Temple Red is like me saying I'll still play a trivia
crack. Trivia Crack.
But I get that you when you get new skins, that's a big deal.
You get a new skin, it's a big deal.
It's a new, it's, it's a different outfit for one of your
characters. OK, OK.
(04:50):
So a new skin is a big deal, andif McDonald's is offering a skin
or two or three that you can't get?
Anywhere else? Say, playing the game, Sure,
then you're going to be in line.OK, right.
You're. Going to be in line and and
maybe you get the same skin oncebut you want the different skin
so you keep getting in line. Does that make sense?
(05:10):
Right, OK, yeah, I get it. Anyway, so you have to buy the
meal again to get the skin. You just you get a new.
One, I have no idea. I don't know.
I don't play Minecraft. I'm just I'm we're.
Gonna be going to McDonald's soon so I need to know the
details so my daughter can getting.
Up my visit to Costco. Oh, OK.
All right. OK.
I went to Costco on a Friday 2 weeks ago, two weeks ago, and I
(05:34):
got there as usual at about 8:55because I know they open early
and so I go in, I have a list, Iknow exactly what I'm getting.
I go in, I get out and on a Friday at 8:55 I can be in and
out of there no time. I mean honestly it it could be
(05:56):
like 5 minutes and I got my fullcart and I go through the self
checkout and I'm done. Still sounds like an absolute
nightmare. I don't care.
It's not. It doesn't bother me because I
know. Where I'm going you.
Know I know where I'm going. I know what I need anyway, so I
pull into the parking lot. I go into my usual spot, the
parking lot's a little busier than normal.
(06:17):
And then I look and there's a line up and I go.
Well, I don't line up at Costco.I refuse.
It was the only time I lined up at Costco was during COVID.
I'm not doing that again. I, I, I refused.
So they're lined up and the lineup's going in.
The lineup's going in. So I just sit in my car and I
listen to some music and I'm looking and I look and I go,
(06:37):
Gee, that lineup still seems thesame.
Well, maybe it's a little less now.
It's been 5 minutes, which is odd because it was open when I
got there. So I get out of the truck and I
start walking black truck by theway, and I start walking to, to
the door at Costco and, and people keep coming and they keep
getting carts. And then I get into the, you
(06:57):
know, like the the area before you get actually you get into
the front doors, but you're in the cement area before you get
into the the. Foyer the real of Costco.
And there's all the cattle corral.
Or if you're American, it's Foyer, because we do have some
Americans listening. OK, great.
So anyway, there's all kinds of people in there.
(07:17):
And then I look at the all thesepeople coming out and everybody
coming out, it's the same thing in their cart.
So I go, what is that? It's like a box, it's this big.
And I look on the side and I'm like, what is that Pokémon?
What is that? OK, yes, I've heard those are
big. It's a big deal there.
(07:39):
I had not heard that, however, so now I'm in this line.
And then you watch people come out of the line with their cart
with Pokémon. So they usually actually, they
only have two boxes and they come out and they push their
cart to somebody who's waiting. And then they get back.
(08:00):
One lady got back in line in front of me and I thought, well,
that's not right. Oh no.
Oh no. Oh no.
But then I heard a lady in the line beside me say that's what
they're all lined up for. Have you?
Are you aware of the Pokémon thing?
Is it Pokémon cards that they'reselling cards?
(08:20):
And the game or no, it's just cards.
Pokémon cards are a game, I think.
Well, yeah, it is a game. I don't know.
How to play it? I had no idea.
Because we're all old guys, we don't know how to play it.
But people are reselling them and some I think I read
somewhere that they were buying them cheap at Costco and
reselling them like some guy wasreselling them at his store, his
(08:41):
cart, like his his comic book store or something like that.
That's what it is anyway. There have been fist fights.
For these cuts. Fist fights, yeah.
So Costco is quite strict. So when you walk in now I'm at
the. Well, they're quite strict.
No fighting. Yeah, no, they're strict now
where they go, you, you get 2 and that's it.
(09:02):
Because that's what the fights were about.
Right. So when you walk in at my
Costco, you walk along a line ofmaybe stuff that's on sale,
maybe it isn't. It is a couple of deals and then
you kind of turn and here are the Pokémon people and they're
standing there and that's all they're doing, handing these $65
(09:23):
for what looked to me like 2 packs, maybe 3, and someone can
correct me of Pokémon cards. And I thought, well, I need to
text my wife. What am I in here for?
Right? What?
What's going on? In my card.
Ask somebody at work what's the right?
What's the? Deal.
She didn't care. She there and there's people
(09:44):
like there are kids. So there are nerd, what I would
consider nerdy kids who would want a Pokémon card, Yeah, or
several cards. And then there are the older
people that just keep circling around and going back for more,
and I assume they're just tryingto make a buck.
I think. So.
(10:05):
Yeah, I guess so. I assume so I looked up and and
if you're into Pokémon, please excuse me 'cause I don't know,
but I looked it up. You're right, Rachel, it started
as a card game. And then apparently over time,
you know, people got out of playing the Pokémon card game,
(10:25):
but they had their Pokémon cards.
And then influencers on social media, TikTok or Instagram,
wherever, started showing, oh, look at my Pokémon cards and
this one's a rare 1. I don't know what it's worth.
And then people started getting into them again to the point
(10:47):
where they fist fight. Yeah, here's a headline.
From the I don't know, we have. Brantford Expositor.
Expositor. Expositor.
Yeah. That's a tough name, but that is
a good headline. Pokémon brawl outside Brantford.
Costco got a punch them all. This is what I'm saying.
(11:09):
I wish I'd stayed. That's clever.
I really wish I'd stayed. I.
See, my friend works for the Branford Expositor.
Actually you would write. Something the reason for the
punching? Clever like that.
Yes, the reason for the punchingis in the article Brandon, the
owner of Dark Crystal Cards on Broadway Phoenix St. in Paris.
So that months ago you could buythese packs of cards at Costco
(11:30):
for about 60 bucks but resell them for 150.
Now the same box in his store will go for $200.00 and he and
you but he has to pay for close to that just to bring it in.
Wow, so. He's they were 65.
Dollars at Costco? 6499 I remember thinking for.
(11:51):
People to sell them for 200 later.
Wow. Yeah, they're really going to
hate this because I don't know why years ago, McDonald's or
somebody was given Pokémon cardsin Happy Meals.
So we have a ton of them and then I would find them all over
the house and I would just throwthem in the garbage.
Oh yeah, we did too. I.
Don't even. I don't know if these are rare.
(12:12):
I don't. Know what these are, but they're
paper cards and they're going inthe garbage.
And then I think finally Julia collected them and put them
somewhere in her room. Because I was like, if you want
these, you got to find them and pick them up because they're
everywhere. This.
Is why you're in the garbage they go.
Yeah, This is why you're still working, Rachel.
Yeah, yeah, they don't have any Pokemons to sell.
(12:46):
This is due to underwhelming demand.
It's Dave, Rachel and Forum and this is the podcast that's like
discovering your chocolate Easter Bunny is hollow.
Still good, but somehow always disappointing.
I was going to say a real bummer.
Yeah, that's right. A Real bummer would be a good
name for this podcast. I was.
(13:06):
Great, another great name. Another one we we skipped.
Yeah, that wouldn't work. We passed.
On we passed. On Well, you know what else was
a a real bummer is that. That was too easy.
Yeah, that was. I set myself up for that, so
good for me. She.
Hasn't finished. That thought, that's thinking
ahead. A real bummer was that Alex
(13:28):
Ovechkin beat me just barely by a hair in the goals scored in
the NHL. So.
So you what does it? What does he have for of an 890?
4 So you have 890. Yeah, me and Wayne Gretzky.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, almost guys. I mean, I'm, I'm up there.
I've just finished, you know, because your girl, the athlete,
(13:51):
just finished her hockey season.We did. 10 weeks of learn to
play. We did.
Or Are you sure, Rachel, you did10?
I did about 8 weeks. OK.
Thank you. But you know, 892 goals in in
that time was pretty good. Yeah, So how many goals, really?
(14:12):
None for me. Actually, I don't.
Know how many shots? No, none.
Not really any shots. I know.
Did I have one the last game? Maybe like I got closer to the
net in the. Last, is that the end of this?
Is that the end of this segment or is there something that you
can give us that we can that we can cling to for your next
(14:33):
season? So they're already planning the
next season. Are you planning to be a part of
it? I'm not sure I really.
Have you already sold all your equipment?
No, not yet. It needs to be washed.
We had to hand in our jerseys and so that we had to hand those
back. Yeah, for next year.
(14:55):
Oh, you don't get. To keep.
Those no, we don't get to keep them, no does.
It have your name on the back. No, it doesn't.
No, they're just numbers. But then we joked, oh, we should
sell these on only fans so that we can pay for our ice.
What? Was your number.
What was your number? 17 I was 17.
Sell them on only fans? With what sales pitch exactly?
(15:16):
Used women's hockey jerseys people are they're freaks,
Norman I. Don't know, like this is an
orange is the new black. That's not underwear from
inmates. Oh, did they do that or I didn't
watch that show? Let's not go down that road
because I'm pretty sure that if you were to, you know, stick,
you know, used women's hockey jerseys anywhere, whether I
(15:39):
don't care where that would be, someone, yeah, actually many
ones would buy, would buy. Freaks.
People are. They're freaks.
They're weird. Some creep would buy them and
then we could pay for our ice time.
But we're not. Alas, we are washing them and
reusing them next. Year.
Good plan. Thank you.
(15:59):
I'm glad we didn't go down that road.
I feared we were going. We're headed there.
So next year, so they're alreadyplanning next year.
So then of course, this was our last, our last hurrah.
We're taking pictures, we got a group shot.
We got we, you know, we just, wewere having fun, right?
People brought their drinks and we're in the in the change room.
So afterwards we're all just chatting and and they've already
(16:22):
been. Approached.
High fiving, what a great season.
We've all improved. It's so good.
And we're talking about next year and they've been
approached. The organizers.
Are you going to book Ice Time 'cause you got to, you got to
book it soon for next year 'cause there's we have very
limited times available. This is Canada, people need that
ice time. Absolutely.
(16:43):
And we're mostly losing it to the minor hockey association and
the skating association. So skating people.
So people that really. It will be, you know, Friday at
9:00 PM again. Yeah.
People who need it. Well, we need it.
We're not very. When the children don't want it.
When the children don't want it at 9:00 PM. 9:00 PM on a Friday,
(17:03):
all hockey children are busy terrorizing a hotel hallway
somewhere. I would.
I would. Think so, yeah.
They are. I would.
Which is why half our team's missing because they're with
them, their children. Yeah.
Anyway, so everybody's like, who's coming back next year?
And I didn't put my hand up and they and they were like, Rachel
shame. I don't know.
(17:24):
I didn't. I did not love it, to be honest
with you, I said. You were starting to love it,
you said you. I was, I'm like starting to
like, I'm starting to not hate it.
Yeah, it was fun. Like the social part of it is
fun. I enjoy that part.
I enjoy being in the dressing room with all the girls.
Like that's the sunshine. Being in the I have never been
(17:46):
in a hockey dressing room that Ican honestly say I enjoyed what
real because they stink. Well, we're all OK.
Everyone's sweaty. I haven't.
Been in a menswear once so I don't know.
Well, yes, we're all people are.Disrobing that no one needs to
see like it's just not fun. Shower and actually nobody
(18:06):
showers there. We all kind of just put our
coats on and go home. The.
Chalice that wanted to buy your used jerseys wanted to know that
Charlotte. Rachel Charlotte.
Charlotte. Yeah, we.
All she just walked in. That's right.
Just heard her. So anyways, I'm not, I'm not
100% in for next year because I really at the at the very
(18:28):
beginning, I did not like it. As you know, I was almost crying
out there on the ice for the first 2-3 weeks because it was
so painful. My feet hurt so badly.
I was using all of my muscles tohold myself upright like it was,
I was, it was hard. It was really hard and I wanted
(18:48):
to quit. And if I hadn't talked about it
on this talking podcast, I probably would have I.
Get it? Okay.
And not come back and I don't care how much money I spent or
whatever. But I also decided I am in this
for personal growth. I am in this to develop some
(19:10):
kind of better skills. I never need to be good at
hockey. Although, you know, matching
Ovechkin's record was is. That would be nice.
That would be nice. It's something to, it's
something for you to shoot. Something to aspire to.
I think that's an unhealthy thing to shoot for, actually.
Well, it might. It might be a little bit.
You need to shoot for, shoot foranything.
Just shoot for the sake of getting shoot for.
(19:31):
One goal or a shot on goal? Yeah, that's.
It that's good. Yeah, like I still don't even
know the rules to hockey. You know some I explained
offside one week, but I don't remember.
And we don't have refs or anything like we have our our
coaches are out there kind and then then they'll be like
offside and we all just ignore them and keep playing.
Isn't. Jeremy, a hockey ref.
Yeah, Yeah, he could. Do you want me to ask you a
(19:55):
follow up question or do you understand?
He does not want to do that. He does not want to be aware of
that, Yeah. I think I would like that.
No, I would actually really hateit.
I would not want him there. He came to the last practice and
our last game and I said you gotto get some videos and pictures
of me, which he did, but they'renot great.
(20:15):
With his play by play. Yeah, he didn't do play by play,
No, but he didn't want to go. He's like here.
I'm like why? The exact reason why you had to
stick with it 'cause you talked about it here, now you have to
go back next year to get that play by play from there.
Right, Yeah. Well, you know, we know some
pretty great play by play broadcasters in the city, so I
(20:37):
wonder if they might be interested.
I don't care what Steps has to say, I want to hear what Jeremy
has to say. He's like, well, you looked a
little more confident. He's like, but we left right
after you plowed over Joanna andknocked her down, I said.
How'd you do that? Well, I knocked into her and
then she fell over and then I. So you you see a body check
(20:59):
someone. Well, I didn't.
Not on purpose. Not on purpose.
I'm guessing it was more more for the reason that you didn't
know Joanna was there. Yeah, I didn't really know
Joanna was there. I kind of turned and, and I
can't turn left. I have to turn right.
So if the puck is to my left, I have to do a full circle so that
I can get to it. And, and so I turned and she was
(21:23):
there and I knocked her over andthen I tried to help her up and
then she's like, no, no, I'll get I got it myself.
And I said OK, sorry about that.Joanna you.
Wouldn't be expecting it cause the puck's in the opposite.
Direction, the puck, the play. The play continued regardless of
us stopping. That's great that you had your
first body checked. I.
Did yeah, I body checked somebody by accident and she's
(21:43):
very kind so and it wasn't on purpose and and yeah I don't
know I mean it's I guess it's OK.
So I I have not committed yet tonext year.
They want me to do it. However I am very easily peer
pressured. So I could probably, I'd
probably do it again, but they but they want to do it for a
full season. It won't just be 10 weeks.
(22:04):
And then they said, well, we might, maybe we have four teams
instead of two because there were girls that wanted to sign
up. And then play against.
Each and couldn't, Yeah, but then you're going to have one
game at 9:00 PM and 1:00 at 10. Like Oh my God, I don't want to
go at 10:00 PM. Yes, absolutely.
Please. Let's wait too late.
Have to get in on this peer pressure campaign.
(22:26):
Well, we will. We are right on you.
I. Don't half voice messages,
whatever it takes. We want you to keep playing.
Yes, please don't stop. We'll see please don't stop.
I'm still I feel like my my takeon hockey is I've gotten better.
I finished, I completed what I set out to do.
I got a little bit better. My feet still fucking hurt when
(22:49):
I'm out there, but apparently sodo everybody's.
Because the way we're all sayingthat except the girls who just
gracefully, you know, get off the bench, like they just step
on the ice and just float, floataway.
Like me coming on and off the ice is like a, it's like a, you
know, stumbling out of an RV or something.
Like it's ridiculous. OK, takes me well we.
(23:11):
Really want you to play next. Year, I know.
Yeah. Well, we'll see.
More women, more teams. September to May.
Let's make it happen you. Don't know?
September to May, September to May, the ice is out in April.
We're done. This is due to underwhelming
(23:44):
demand, the podcast that's made with love because we love doing
it. And I know this because I know
we're not in it for the money. That's true.
Am I right? Yeah.
There's money. No, there's no money.
But if you would like to give ussome money.
(24:05):
Which leads us to the next part of this podcast.
We'll take it. Yeah, yes.
We need some sponsors, yes. We'll gladly attempt to cover
our costs. Yes, if you'll help us if.
You'll help us. Yes, we have sponsorship
starting at $75 per episode. You can find out more at
(24:25):
underwhelming.ca or you can e-mail us Dave,
rachelforeman@gmail.com. I can send you the full pricing
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We are very open with our information and actually
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far more engaged than they are with other forms of media and
(24:47):
they follow up more with sponsors on podcasting podcasts
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So you can look at those steps if you like.
That's true. Despite what you hear on this
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They are. And though it doesn't sound like
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(25:09):
go to our website ordaverachelforeman@gmail.com.
OK, this one might not be the future.
Like how I get out of the booth or get out of the, you know, the
box in hockey. The hockey guys stumble out and
almost fall on it. Like, that's how we enter the
world. This podcast, here we are.
(25:29):
Sure. Whatever.
Yeah, that's us. Well, my wife actually had to
get out of the house really early this morning.
Well. That.
One you, you lost me there, but sure, I'll take it.
OK, take it it's. Very straightforward.
Lose me I. Thought pretty.
Good, I thought I gave you a nice setup, so you're welcome.
Thank you. Good.
Ding for Rachel? Yes.
(25:50):
Couple of Dings earlier, I'm notkidding anymore.
You know, I add in the Dings in the correct places afterwards,
right? So whatever you're doing over
there with your little bell, good for you.
I know. That's neat.
Neat. Thank you.
Yeah. She had to get out early and she
just like a one off day going towork in Toronto.
So at the time that the kids usually wake up, which is 7,
(26:13):
she's like going out the door saying bye love you gone gone
and yet still and love her so much and appreciate everything
she does. Still had all their lunches done
up and breakfast on the table. Wow.
All the usual morning tasks weredone and ready to go.
Wow. And she was out the door at
(26:36):
7:00. Seven, What's the problem?
Yeah. When the bus doesn't come till
8, should I? Hand you a shovel.
There's. No problem.
There's no problem. Dig your.
Hole here. What's the issue?
No. Problem.
There's no problem. Please wait.
I'm. I'm curious as to what the issue
is too, but I need a little bit more background.
(26:57):
How early would she have gotten,you know, what time she got up
and all that stuff? Are you aware or were you?
It was before six. Yeah.
I would think to get out the door, Yeah, you're gonna have a
shower. By hair and your makeup and all
that. Yeah, lately.
And do all of that stuff, yeah. So she was out the door at 7:00.
Yes. On her way to Toronto.
(27:18):
Big long day in Toronto. Big, busy, long, sure.
Harrowing tough day in Toronto. Important business woman
business. Day in Toronto.
Yeah, yeah, far more important than what I Dick around.
With, well, you're on the radio.That's not important.
True. Ever.
It's never been important. Fair enough.
However, one might assume that Iwould be able to handle cereal
(27:41):
Gozen bowl, right? Yes, you should.
And yet she still did it for me and I love her and I appreciate
it so much. Okay, so you believe that's very
good I'm. Sorry, she just poured cereal
into the bowls and just left drycereal.
Out kids. Oh, Emily has cereal, Harley has
a bagel and and and yogurt and whatever.
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It's a very they eat the same thing every day, right?
It's just the point is that she did it and which again, is so
great. But you know you know how to do
this. But I know we love.
You so much, Ashley. Need.
Yeah. And why does she think I'm that
useless? OK, well.
I mean, she is in the next room and can probably hear this and
(28:23):
the issue is fuming right now orwhen she hears this back it'll
yeah. I think I I agree with you there
seems to be. I would be in the same situation
if I'm in your shoes. Yeah, but that's like, I can see
that with you. Whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I could have done that.
Yeah, I believe that this is some sort of way of trying to
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tell you that either you can't do it or or I'm going to use,
I'm going to use this against you.
No, she again, she doesn't need any other things to use against
She's got. I think there's more than
enough. Like if you already because when
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foreman. Talks about this stuff every so
often. That is enough times of that.
Why do you keep putting ammo in the barn when it's full?
Sure. Yeah, I don't know.
I do. OK, so I know.
Oh, Ashley, right. She's very organized.
She always has been. And so perhaps she just wanted
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to get you organized. I just think it was just a
helpful gesture before she left.I don't know if there's anything
nefarious. I don't, I mean.
About it. I don't think there's any.
She's not angry this evening andOK, when I brought up that hole
she made a sandwich for me. What's the deal situation?
Yes. I've had several sandwiches made
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for me since. Oh wow.
She hasn't gotten to that episode yet, no.
She, she has, oh, she has and was warned by Karen, who is a
fellow mom in the swim team thatoh, she's not going to like that
episode before. And.
Foreman has said so much shit about Ashley on the radio.
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I take it all back the. Sandwich is so piddly.
I take, I take it all back, Foreman, I think you must be the
perfect husband. OK.
That's what I've been trying to say this whole time.
No. Well, hang on.
Hang on a second, if she's made him several lunches since and he
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wondered why he got one. Now she's putting she's getting
the breakfast ready for the kidsbecause the poor bugger's dead
tired in bed sleeping as I get up and I go to my very important
business. Meeting great woman job, yeah.
I will. I will.
Somebody's gotta keep this family afloat.
I gotta keep this family going because the poor bugger's
(30:51):
exhausted. He's.
Just yeah, I I am going. Spend all day dicking around on
the radio. He's just the best husband ever.
If she's doing a those things for you, great.
And that could be that could be lovely.
She's doing it for all the rightreasons, but you have to step it
up in any other area. Make more dinners.
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Yeah, but I think you don't know.
I think he's already doing. More often.
He doesn't have. To whatever you need to do,
he's. Already doing it.
She's giving him all of these. Things I can't make.
I'm not home during dinner time when they all want to eat.
I'm on the radio. He's working.
I don't know. You'll have to find other ways,
Foreman. I know.
You cannot let this become a he's.
Already doing it because he's getting treated.
You let this become unbalanced for too long.
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You will be paying for that, I telling.
You right now, Foreman. I I would stop talking about it
on this podcast. Well, I talked about it on the
radio. I wouldn't do that.
No, I would. Definitely stop doing that
because it could be worse. I don't know how you're getting
this kind of treatment, but you need to.
There's a message from Kim who said I'll get up two hours
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before I work every day to make sure I make my kids and my
husband a fresh lunch. Wow nice.
I have breakfast items always precooked in the fridge for my
kids to just microwave. Wow.
Even if I don't need to work or have to leave early, this is a
routine I don't change. Wow.
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Yeah, Melissa. Melissa, who listens to us here,
she said I have to make sure everything is done before
leaving the house, too. Just on Monday I had to leave
before the kids got on the bus, so I had lunches packed,
backpacks packed, breakfast ready, toothbrushes ready,
coats. Boots.
If I didn't, they never would have made it on the bus with
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anything. What I told my husband if I die,
you're screwed. Wow.
That's not different. That's very different from your
situation, Foreman, because you can do those things.
You do those things. And I.
I live in a small town and I live with some very traditional
families who have traditional gender roles.
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And you know, for instance, the mom always makes the lunches,
the mom always does the cooking,da, da, da, da, da, you know,
and that is not happening at my house, I can tell you that.
But I do a lot of I do all the gardener.
I do outside stuff too. I do.
You cut the grass. Well, I snow, I snow blow.
I don't cut the grass though. But so we don't have
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traditional, but some people do.But that's not it's, it's not to
say that we can't do the other things and you cuz you could do
the other thing. The trick is finding out why
Ashley is doing this. Have you ever heard the
expression? Are you waiting for the other
shoe to drop? Yeah.
Can you text her, Rachel? I'm not getting involved in
that. Fuck no, it's all you.
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Don't forget you can get a hold of us through our website,
underwhelming.ca, through any ofour social media platforms.
We're we're everywhere. You can also e-mail us Dave,
rachelforeman@gmail.com and we love to hear from you.
This is the point in the the program where we actually get
some of your feedback. So do we have any?
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Yes, this. This made me laugh, Jerry.
She sent us a photo of King Charles.
King Charles. Yeah, King Charles playing
twinkle Twinkle on a carrot flute.
Oh yeah, he joined the vegetableorchestra.
Oh, did he is. OK, so it's a flute made out of
a carrot. It's kind of like a recorder.
(34:45):
Actually, I can't. Even she says.
I hope mention of Charles and his meaty mitts makes this show
again. I still laugh about it all these
years later. Hand in hand.
And it is so funny because he does have me.
He's playing. He's got he's.
Got and he has big puffy ham man.
(35:06):
Whatever he's he's got ham, man.You get Charles and his carrot
flute together with Don Cherry and his piano desk.
I think you got. What about Donald Trump and his
accordion? He's got.
The Ham man. Yeah, they.
Could put them all in a in a band.
That's so funny. That made me laugh out loud.
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Jerry, thank you so much. I will share that photo.
Thank you. So funny.
Yeah, Michelle sent us a pictureof some beer in cans of beer and
said I don't remember. I don't know if you guys
remember but years ago you were talking about places with weird
names and I sent you Balls Falls, an actual place that
whole hosts the Balls Falls Festival in the fall.
(35:49):
Isn't that near Ottawa? No, Niagara.
Niagara. Falls is over in the Niagara
area, yes. OK.
Well I was in a gas station today and saw a beer you all
might be interested in. It is the Bench Brewing Falls
Falls Session IPA. Yes, I have a Falls Falls beer.
Falls beer. OK, Falls.
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OK, Dave Power, he sent us a message saying what's the name
of the pie company Form in the pies that you you're form in
the. Pie.
Yeah, the two witches of Middlesex County Pie Company.
Two witches of Middlesex County you can.
Find them on Facebook. But if you go to to the Arva
Flour Mill, they're there, Yeah.So yeah, but only till 3.
(36:30):
Yep, 3:00 PM every day. Yeah, is good too.
It's really good, Yeah. That is so good.
Yeah, really. I haven't gotten up there yet to
get the far from me. It's far.
That's a good idea. I should go freezer.
I posted this is going around lately all the action figures,
people are making AI action figures of themselves so.
You know the only ones I've seen?
(36:52):
Yeah, radio shows. Yeah, well.
That's true. Every radio show has made the.
GPT what it was, but thank you for doing it for us, Rachel.
We look great. And us?
Yes, Franz says. Is that supposed to be Dave?
Yes, actually Dave's. It looks like Dave.
Was one of the best ones, to be honest with you.
I had to do mine three times because it did not look like me
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at all, Kim says. Well done.
Rachel needs a hockey stick. Yes I do.
That's I should have had a hockey stick on there and now
ChatGPT has all of our information.
Forever. Yeah, great.
Yeah, I thank you for the Spotify comment from Megan,
Megan Clark on our last episode about the frozen cat and such.
(37:36):
Oh oh. Yeah, I don't know exactly which
topic this was about though. Megan, she her comment is simply
this. Dave's high pitched.
What is that supposed to mean toRachel?
Is hilarious. Foreman gets squeaky often, but
when Dave does it laugh out loudfunny.
OK, I didn't. I didn't know as I've.
(37:57):
Always maintained you get after me for being squeaky, but you
do. Exactly the same thing.
No, I get squeaky. I do.
I get squeaky. I do, yeah, but it's mostly
because Rachel says something that makes me get squeaky.
What is? That supposed to be?
Same with Foreman. It's true.
It's always me that sets you off.
Guys. Yeah, pretty much.
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And then I personally got a message from Annie, because if
you check out the Dan and Marcy RFM Facebook page, you'll see me
prancing around Woodstock in an Easter Bunny costume.
I did see that, yes. I haven't it.
Was a custom made Easter Bunny costume.
Haven't seen that, but I intend to now.
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It was custom made just for me. After the story is the material
sat in a bag there for six yearswith the intention to make it
into a costume. And still the intention remains.
Someday it will be. And I said, yeah, right, that's
never going to happen. I'm telling you for when you've
done so many things where we stuck you in costumes, from
Christmas trees to Beavers to when you look back at your
(39:04):
wonderful radio career, what what?
What terrific memories. What a fucking waste of time.
You know, there are some people who love to dress up in
costumes, but that's it's not asfunny as when Foreman hates it
and is forced to. I was so, so sure this costume
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was never going. To get made, he gets very
squeaky woody. But Annie, in a reaction to
that, it's seen me in the Bunny costume around Woodstock, Annie
wrote to me and said, wait, what?
You're back in Ontario just thisweek.
Yeah. Annie like 2 years now, right
Annie? Yes, this is the reason we're
(39:48):
not making any money from this podcast, Danny.
Yeah, you need to tell. Someone, Annie, please tell your
friends about us, preferably business owners who need to do
some advertising. That's right.
And have a marketing budget thatthey need to spend.
I had to send her episode 53 in which I explained where I
reside. OK.
Perfect. Good job.
Well, some people are just finding us again so.
(40:10):
Thank you. That's fine.
Tell everyone to your friend. Tell everyone.
I thank you for listening the thing and I always, I just
recommend if you are new to thispodcast, start at episode 1,
which you can now do again. Thanks to Scott who sent us a
message to say, hey, I've been listening to all the old
podcasts to try and get it caught up.
(40:30):
After finding out you had a podcast, see another new new but
old listener and thank you Scottfor doing that.
I remember listening to you guyson BX93I.
Currently listen on Apple Podcasts and I've found that
your older episodes are disappearing.
Currently you can only go back as far as episode 20.
Would it be possible for you to renew the old episodes so
(40:51):
they're all available? Good.
Yes, I went through all the background nonsense to figure
out why that was happening. And it's fixed fixed.
Yes, it was a settings issue. So now that we're on episode
120, you can go back to Episode 1.
Perfect. You're welcome.
Please do and tell your friends.
If you had saw me prancing around Woodstock in a Easter
Bunny, I. Did.
What were you doing that for? That's How I Met the mayor of
Wood. I put I sat in his desk and I
put my feet up on his desk in the stupid costume and that's.
How I Met him. Oh great, big feet.
We gotta do something about the the bunnies versus car
situation. We don't have a good track
record against vehicles. Can we do something about that,
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Jerry? What do you think, Jerry?
I love it. Yeah, we'll get on that.
The pressing issues of the day. We'll make another file on my
desk. If you don't, I'll make another
pile on your desk. So it won't be chocolate?
No, it'll look like it, though. I can wrap it in foil.
(00:50):
This is due to underwhelming demand the we're day very chill.
And Foreman, by the way, the podcast, this is the podcast
that like golf around here so far this spring just, you know,
not happening. Yeah, so.
I signed up for my ladies golf league.
Oh, I was about to say, it's like Rachel's whole summer.
It's happening. Because we've signed up.
(01:11):
OK, on the podcast today Rachel will tell us that she has
apparently broken Alex Ovechkin scoring record.
Can't wait. Like it's hard.
Yeah, I know. That's a lot of goals, Rachel,
since the last time we talked. Yeah.
Foreman Scott, when you're away for the day, do you still do all
(01:32):
your parenting tasks for him? I can't wait.
Oh, my God. As if he's entirely incapable.
You're in trouble. You are in trouble.
And I would like to begin today's episode by discussing a
recent trip to to Costco, which Foreman also.
(01:52):
Boy, what fun. You know, boy, what fun what?
The treat. Yeah, yeah, no. $1.50 worth of
fun. Yeah, who is, by the way?
I was there on they were we there this I think Saturday.
Of course, what was it, 2:00 PM on a Saturday?
Or was it? Like Saturday morning.
(02:13):
No, it was like 910, yeah. We're done in the morning. 910
and there's some guy wolfing down a hotdog.
Oh, Gorley, Really. When in Rome?
I've actually never bought lunchor any food from Costco like.
That like in the Gavantee, either I've me either.
They're always very busy people.Do I will preface this by saying
my daughter works at McDonald's and is at as we record this is
(02:38):
at McDonald's right now, which is pure hell.
She says it's pure. Hell, because the job is or just
like, right? Now, no.
It's so busy, so crazy busy. All the time.
It's like crazy she's working extra hours only since the
(03:01):
Minecraft movie came out. OK, so like a week.
Yeah, I have. No, but it's been, you know,
because they have. A two weeks now.
Yeah, they have a Minecraft meal, OK.
And in the mine, I don't know what's in the meal and I don't
care. And I think you get a, you get a
collectible, right? You get a collectible.
(03:21):
But the key thing is we are trying to understand what is it
like families, kids. No, it's not families and kids.
No, it's young guys mostly, and a lot of young women because
they also, along with their collectible, get a skin.
Do you know what his skin is? No.
To use on your character in Minecraft.
(03:44):
In your play, when you play Minecraft, you.
Have characters. I don't know if my daughter
knows that because she's got a McDonald's meal last week and on
the Fry's it had a mine. We didn't get the Minecraft meal
though. She kept the fry box because it
had some Minecraft thing on it. I don't know.
Well, it might be a skin. Hang on to it.
Well we didn't get the toy but I've seen people selling the
(04:06):
collectibles already on like Facebook marketplace for like 7
bucks. Who cares that much?
What is it? So they're after skins and I, I
can tell you there's a game thatI'm, that someone told us about
years ago, Rachel. I'm still playing it on my iPad
called Temple Run. Oh yeah.
I have all these characters. Wow, that was like 12 years ago.
(04:29):
Or that's like that. I still play you.
Playing Temple Red is like me saying I'll still play a trivia
crack. Trivia Crack.
But I get that you when you get new skins, that's a big deal.
You get a new skin, it's a big deal.
It's a new, it's, it's a different outfit for one of your
characters. OK, OK.
(04:50):
So a new skin is a big deal, andif McDonald's is offering a skin
or two or three that you can't get?
Anywhere else? Say, playing the game, Sure,
then you're going to be in line.OK, right.
You're. Going to be in line and and
maybe you get the same skin oncebut you want the different skin
so you keep getting in line. Does that make sense?
(05:10):
Right, OK, yeah, I get it. Anyway, so you have to buy the
meal again to get the skin. You just you get a new.
One, I have no idea. I don't know.
I don't play Minecraft. I'm just I'm we're.
Gonna be going to McDonald's soon so I need to know the
details so my daughter can getting.
Up my visit to Costco. Oh, OK.
All right. OK.
I went to Costco on a Friday 2 weeks ago, two weeks ago, and I
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got there as usual at about 8:55because I know they open early
and so I go in, I have a list, Iknow exactly what I'm getting.
I go in, I get out and on a Friday at 8:55 I can be in and
out of there no time. I mean honestly it it could be
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like 5 minutes and I got my fullcart and I go through the self
checkout and I'm done. Still sounds like an absolute
nightmare. I don't care.
It's not. It doesn't bother me because I
know. Where I'm going you.
Know I know where I'm going. I know what I need anyway, so I
pull into the parking lot. I go into my usual spot, the
parking lot's a little busier than normal.
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And then I look and there's a line up and I go.
Well, I don't line up at Costco.I refuse.
It was the only time I lined up at Costco was during COVID.
I'm not doing that again. I, I, I refused.
So they're lined up and the lineup's going in.
The lineup's going in. So I just sit in my car and I
listen to some music and I'm looking and I look and I go,
(06:37):
Gee, that lineup still seems thesame.
Well, maybe it's a little less now.
It's been 5 minutes, which is odd because it was open when I
got there. So I get out of the truck and I
start walking black truck by theway, and I start walking to, to
the door at Costco and, and people keep coming and they keep
getting carts. And then I get into the, you
(06:57):
know, like the the area before you get actually you get into
the front doors, but you're in the cement area before you get
into the the. Foyer the real of Costco.
And there's all the cattle corral.
Or if you're American, it's Foyer, because we do have some
Americans listening. OK, great.
So anyway, there's all kinds of people in there.
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And then I look at the all thesepeople coming out and everybody
coming out, it's the same thing in their cart.
So I go, what is that? It's like a box, it's this big.
And I look on the side and I'm like, what is that Pokémon?
What is that? OK, yes, I've heard those are
big. It's a big deal there.
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I had not heard that, however, so now I'm in this line.
And then you watch people come out of the line with their cart
with Pokémon. So they usually actually, they
only have two boxes and they come out and they push their
cart to somebody who's waiting. And then they get back.
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One lady got back in line in front of me and I thought, well,
that's not right. Oh no.
Oh no. Oh no.
But then I heard a lady in the line beside me say that's what
they're all lined up for. Have you?
Are you aware of the Pokémon thing?
Is it Pokémon cards that they'reselling cards?
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And the game or no, it's just cards.
Pokémon cards are a game, I think.
Well, yeah, it is a game. I don't know.
How to play it? I had no idea.
Because we're all old guys, we don't know how to play it.
But people are reselling them and some I think I read
somewhere that they were buying them cheap at Costco and
reselling them like some guy wasreselling them at his store, his
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cart, like his his comic book store or something like that.
That's what it is anyway. There have been fist fights.
For these cuts. Fist fights, yeah.
So Costco is quite strict. So when you walk in now I'm at
the. Well, they're quite strict.
No fighting. Yeah, no, they're strict now
where they go, you, you get 2 and that's it.
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Because that's what the fights were about.
Right. So when you walk in at my
Costco, you walk along a line ofmaybe stuff that's on sale,
maybe it isn't. It is a couple of deals and then
you kind of turn and here are the Pokémon people and they're
standing there and that's all they're doing, handing these $65
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for what looked to me like 2 packs, maybe 3, and someone can
correct me of Pokémon cards. And I thought, well, I need to
text my wife. What am I in here for?
Right? What?
What's going on? In my card.
Ask somebody at work what's the right?
What's the? Deal.
She didn't care. She there and there's people
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like there are kids. So there are nerd, what I would
consider nerdy kids who would want a Pokémon card, Yeah, or
several cards. And then there are the older
people that just keep circling around and going back for more,
and I assume they're just tryingto make a buck.
I think. So.
(10:05):
Yeah, I guess so. I assume so I looked up and and
if you're into Pokémon, please excuse me 'cause I don't know,
but I looked it up. You're right, Rachel, it started
as a card game. And then apparently over time,
you know, people got out of playing the Pokémon card game,
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but they had their Pokémon cards.
And then influencers on social media, TikTok or Instagram,
wherever, started showing, oh, look at my Pokémon cards and
this one's a rare 1. I don't know what it's worth.
And then people started getting into them again to the point
(10:47):
where they fist fight. Yeah, here's a headline.
From the I don't know, we have. Brantford Expositor.
Expositor. Expositor.
Yeah. That's a tough name, but that is
a good headline. Pokémon brawl outside Brantford.
Costco got a punch them all. This is what I'm saying.
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I wish I'd stayed. That's clever.
I really wish I'd stayed. I.
See, my friend works for the Branford Expositor.
Actually you would write. Something the reason for the
punching? Clever like that.
Yes, the reason for the punchingis in the article Brandon, the
owner of Dark Crystal Cards on Broadway Phoenix St. in Paris.
So that months ago you could buythese packs of cards at Costco
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for about 60 bucks but resell them for 150.
Now the same box in his store will go for $200.00 and he and
you but he has to pay for close to that just to bring it in.
Wow, so. He's they were 65.
Dollars at Costco? 6499 I remember thinking for.
(11:51):
People to sell them for 200 later.
Wow. Yeah, they're really going to
hate this because I don't know why years ago, McDonald's or
somebody was given Pokémon cardsin Happy Meals.
So we have a ton of them and then I would find them all over
the house and I would just throwthem in the garbage.
Oh yeah, we did too. I.
Don't even. I don't know if these are rare.
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I don't. Know what these are, but they're
paper cards and they're going inthe garbage.
And then I think finally Julia collected them and put them
somewhere in her room. Because I was like, if you want
these, you got to find them and pick them up because they're
everywhere. This.
Is why you're in the garbage they go.
Yeah, This is why you're still working, Rachel.
Yeah, yeah, they don't have any Pokemons to sell.
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This is due to underwhelming demand.
It's Dave, Rachel and Forum and this is the podcast that's like
discovering your chocolate Easter Bunny is hollow.
Still good, but somehow always disappointing.
I was going to say a real bummer.
Yeah, that's right. A Real bummer would be a good
name for this podcast. I was.
(13:06):
Great, another great name. Another one we we skipped.
Yeah, that wouldn't work. We passed.
On we passed. On Well, you know what else was
a a real bummer is that. That was too easy.
Yeah, that was. I set myself up for that, so
good for me. She.
Hasn't finished. That thought, that's thinking
ahead. A real bummer was that Alex
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Ovechkin beat me just barely by a hair in the goals scored in
the NHL. So.
So you what does it? What does he have for of an 890?
4 So you have 890. Yeah, me and Wayne Gretzky.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, almost guys. I mean, I'm, I'm up there.
I've just finished, you know, because your girl, the athlete,
(13:51):
just finished her hockey season.We did. 10 weeks of learn to
play. We did.
Or Are you sure, Rachel, you did10?
I did about 8 weeks. OK.
Thank you. But you know, 892 goals in in
that time was pretty good. Yeah, So how many goals, really?
(14:12):
None for me. Actually, I don't.
Know how many shots? No, none.
Not really any shots. I know.
Did I have one the last game? Maybe like I got closer to the
net in the. Last, is that the end of this?
Is that the end of this segment or is there something that you
can give us that we can that we can cling to for your next
(14:33):
season? So they're already planning the
next season. Are you planning to be a part of
it? I'm not sure I really.
Have you already sold all your equipment?
No, not yet. It needs to be washed.
We had to hand in our jerseys and so that we had to hand those
back. Yeah, for next year.
(14:55):
Oh, you don't get. To keep.
Those no, we don't get to keep them, no does.
It have your name on the back. No, it doesn't.
No, they're just numbers. But then we joked, oh, we should
sell these on only fans so that we can pay for our ice.
What? Was your number.
What was your number? 17 I was 17.
Sell them on only fans? With what sales pitch exactly?
(15:16):
Used women's hockey jerseys people are they're freaks,
Norman I. Don't know, like this is an
orange is the new black. That's not underwear from
inmates. Oh, did they do that or I didn't
watch that show? Let's not go down that road
because I'm pretty sure that if you were to, you know, stick,
you know, used women's hockey jerseys anywhere, whether I
(15:39):
don't care where that would be, someone, yeah, actually many
ones would buy, would buy. Freaks.
People are. They're freaks.
They're weird. Some creep would buy them and
then we could pay for our ice time.
But we're not. Alas, we are washing them and
reusing them next. Year.
Good plan. Thank you.
(15:59):
I'm glad we didn't go down that road.
I feared we were going. We're headed there.
So next year, so they're alreadyplanning next year.
So then of course, this was our last, our last hurrah.
We're taking pictures, we got a group shot.
We got we, you know, we just, wewere having fun, right?
People brought their drinks and we're in the in the change room.
So afterwards we're all just chatting and and they've already
(16:22):
been. Approached.
High fiving, what a great season.
We've all improved. It's so good.
And we're talking about next year and they've been
approached. The organizers.
Are you going to book Ice Time 'cause you got to, you got to
book it soon for next year 'cause there's we have very
limited times available. This is Canada, people need that
ice time. Absolutely.
(16:43):
And we're mostly losing it to the minor hockey association and
the skating association. So skating people.
So people that really. It will be, you know, Friday at
9:00 PM again. Yeah.
People who need it. Well, we need it.
We're not very. When the children don't want it.
When the children don't want it at 9:00 PM. 9:00 PM on a Friday,
(17:03):
all hockey children are busy terrorizing a hotel hallway
somewhere. I would.
I would. Think so, yeah.
They are. I would.
Which is why half our team's missing because they're with
them, their children. Yeah.
Anyway, so everybody's like, who's coming back next year?
And I didn't put my hand up and they and they were like, Rachel
shame. I don't know.
(17:24):
I didn't. I did not love it, to be honest
with you, I said. You were starting to love it,
you said you. I was, I'm like starting to
like, I'm starting to not hate it.
Yeah, it was fun. Like the social part of it is
fun. I enjoy that part.
I enjoy being in the dressing room with all the girls.
Like that's the sunshine. Being in the I have never been
(17:46):
in a hockey dressing room that Ican honestly say I enjoyed what
real because they stink. Well, we're all OK.
Everyone's sweaty. I haven't.
Been in a menswear once so I don't know.
Well, yes, we're all people are.Disrobing that no one needs to
see like it's just not fun. Shower and actually nobody
(18:06):
showers there. We all kind of just put our
coats on and go home. The.
Chalice that wanted to buy your used jerseys wanted to know that
Charlotte. Rachel Charlotte.
Charlotte. Yeah, we.
All she just walked in. That's right.
Just heard her. So anyways, I'm not, I'm not
100% in for next year because I really at the at the very
(18:28):
beginning, I did not like it. As you know, I was almost crying
out there on the ice for the first 2-3 weeks because it was
so painful. My feet hurt so badly.
I was using all of my muscles tohold myself upright like it was,
I was, it was hard. It was really hard and I wanted
(18:48):
to quit. And if I hadn't talked about it
on this talking podcast, I probably would have I.
Get it? Okay.
And not come back and I don't care how much money I spent or
whatever. But I also decided I am in this
for personal growth. I am in this to develop some
(19:10):
kind of better skills. I never need to be good at
hockey. Although, you know, matching
Ovechkin's record was is. That would be nice.
That would be nice. It's something to, it's
something for you to shoot. Something to aspire to.
I think that's an unhealthy thing to shoot for, actually.
Well, it might. It might be a little bit.
You need to shoot for, shoot foranything.
Just shoot for the sake of getting shoot for.
(19:31):
One goal or a shot on goal? Yeah, that's.
It that's good. Yeah, like I still don't even
know the rules to hockey. You know some I explained
offside one week, but I don't remember.
And we don't have refs or anything like we have our our
coaches are out there kind and then then they'll be like
offside and we all just ignore them and keep playing.
Isn't. Jeremy, a hockey ref.
Yeah, Yeah, he could. Do you want me to ask you a
(19:55):
follow up question or do you understand?
He does not want to do that. He does not want to be aware of
that, Yeah. I think I would like that.
No, I would actually really hateit.
I would not want him there. He came to the last practice and
our last game and I said you gotto get some videos and pictures
of me, which he did, but they'renot great.
(20:15):
With his play by play. Yeah, he didn't do play by play,
No, but he didn't want to go. He's like here.
I'm like why? The exact reason why you had to
stick with it 'cause you talked about it here, now you have to
go back next year to get that play by play from there.
Right, Yeah. Well, you know, we know some
pretty great play by play broadcasters in the city, so I
(20:37):
wonder if they might be interested.
I don't care what Steps has to say, I want to hear what Jeremy
has to say. He's like, well, you looked a
little more confident. He's like, but we left right
after you plowed over Joanna andknocked her down, I said.
How'd you do that? Well, I knocked into her and
then she fell over and then I. So you you see a body check
(20:59):
someone. Well, I didn't.
Not on purpose. Not on purpose.
I'm guessing it was more more for the reason that you didn't
know Joanna was there. Yeah, I didn't really know
Joanna was there. I kind of turned and, and I
can't turn left. I have to turn right.
So if the puck is to my left, I have to do a full circle so that
I can get to it. And, and so I turned and she was
(21:23):
there and I knocked her over andthen I tried to help her up and
then she's like, no, no, I'll get I got it myself.
And I said OK, sorry about that.Joanna you.
Wouldn't be expecting it cause the puck's in the opposite.
Direction, the puck, the play. The play continued regardless of
us stopping. That's great that you had your
first body checked. I.
Did yeah, I body checked somebody by accident and she's
(21:43):
very kind so and it wasn't on purpose and and yeah I don't
know I mean it's I guess it's OK.
So I I have not committed yet tonext year.
They want me to do it. However I am very easily peer
pressured. So I could probably, I'd
probably do it again, but they but they want to do it for a
full season. It won't just be 10 weeks.
(22:04):
And then they said, well, we might, maybe we have four teams
instead of two because there were girls that wanted to sign
up. And then play against.
Each and couldn't, Yeah, but then you're going to have one
game at 9:00 PM and 1:00 at 10. Like Oh my God, I don't want to
go at 10:00 PM. Yes, absolutely.
Please. Let's wait too late.
Have to get in on this peer pressure campaign.
(22:26):
Well, we will. We are right on you.
I. Don't half voice messages,
whatever it takes. We want you to keep playing.
Yes, please don't stop. We'll see please don't stop.
I'm still I feel like my my takeon hockey is I've gotten better.
I finished, I completed what I set out to do.
I got a little bit better. My feet still fucking hurt when
(22:49):
I'm out there, but apparently sodo everybody's.
Because the way we're all sayingthat except the girls who just
gracefully, you know, get off the bench, like they just step
on the ice and just float, floataway.
Like me coming on and off the ice is like a, it's like a, you
know, stumbling out of an RV or something.
Like it's ridiculous. OK, takes me well we.
(23:11):
Really want you to play next. Year, I know.
Yeah. Well, we'll see.
More women, more teams. September to May.
Let's make it happen you. Don't know?
September to May, September to May, the ice is out in April.
We're done. This is due to underwhelming
(23:44):
demand, the podcast that's made with love because we love doing
it. And I know this because I know
we're not in it for the money. That's true.
Am I right? Yeah.
There's money. No, there's no money.
But if you would like to give ussome money.
(24:05):
Which leads us to the next part of this podcast.
We'll take it. Yeah, yes.
We need some sponsors, yes. We'll gladly attempt to cover
our costs. Yes, if you'll help us if.
You'll help us. Yes, we have sponsorship
starting at $75 per episode. You can find out more at
(24:25):
underwhelming.ca or you can e-mail us Dave,
rachelforeman@gmail.com. I can send you the full pricing
list. We're very generous.
We are very open with our information and actually
podcasting is a great place to advertise because listeners are
far more engaged than they are with other forms of media and
(24:47):
they follow up more with sponsors on podcasting podcasts
rather than other forms of media.
So you can look at those steps if you like.
That's true. Despite what you hear on this
particular podcast, podcasts arethe future.
They are. And though it doesn't sound like
it right now, but they are. So if you'd like to, yes, please
(25:09):
go to our website ordaverachelforeman@gmail.com.
OK, this one might not be the future.
Like how I get out of the booth or get out of the, you know, the
box in hockey. The hockey guys stumble out and
almost fall on it. Like, that's how we enter the
world. This podcast, here we are.
(25:29):
Sure. Whatever.
Yeah, that's us. Well, my wife actually had to
get out of the house really early this morning.
Well. That.
One you, you lost me there, but sure, I'll take it.
OK, take it it's. Very straightforward.
Lose me I. Thought pretty.
Good, I thought I gave you a nice setup, so you're welcome.
Thank you. Good.
Ding for Rachel? Yes.
(25:50):
Couple of Dings earlier, I'm notkidding anymore.
You know, I add in the Dings in the correct places afterwards,
right? So whatever you're doing over
there with your little bell, good for you.
I know. That's neat.
Neat. Thank you.
Yeah. She had to get out early and she
just like a one off day going towork in Toronto.
So at the time that the kids usually wake up, which is 7,
(26:13):
she's like going out the door saying bye love you gone gone
and yet still and love her so much and appreciate everything
she does. Still had all their lunches done
up and breakfast on the table. Wow.
All the usual morning tasks weredone and ready to go.
Wow. And she was out the door at
(26:36):
7:00. Seven, What's the problem?
Yeah. When the bus doesn't come till
8, should I? Hand you a shovel.
There's. No problem.
There's no problem. Dig your.
Hole here. What's the issue?
No. Problem.
There's no problem. Please wait.
I'm. I'm curious as to what the issue
is too, but I need a little bit more background.
(26:57):
How early would she have gotten,you know, what time she got up
and all that stuff? Are you aware or were you?
It was before six. Yeah.
I would think to get out the door, Yeah, you're gonna have a
shower. By hair and your makeup and all
that. Yeah, lately.
And do all of that stuff, yeah. So she was out the door at 7:00.
Yes. On her way to Toronto.
(27:18):
Big long day in Toronto. Big, busy, long, sure.
Harrowing tough day in Toronto. Important business woman
business. Day in Toronto.
Yeah, yeah, far more important than what I Dick around.
With, well, you're on the radio.That's not important.
True. Ever.
It's never been important. Fair enough.
However, one might assume that Iwould be able to handle cereal
(27:41):
Gozen bowl, right? Yes, you should.
And yet she still did it for me and I love her and I appreciate
it so much. Okay, so you believe that's very
good I'm. Sorry, she just poured cereal
into the bowls and just left drycereal.
Out kids. Oh, Emily has cereal, Harley has
a bagel and and and yogurt and whatever.
(28:02):
It's a very they eat the same thing every day, right?
It's just the point is that she did it and which again, is so
great. But you know you know how to do
this. But I know we love.
You so much, Ashley. Need.
Yeah. And why does she think I'm that
useless? OK, well.
I mean, she is in the next room and can probably hear this and
(28:23):
the issue is fuming right now orwhen she hears this back it'll
yeah. I think I I agree with you there
seems to be. I would be in the same situation
if I'm in your shoes. Yeah, but that's like, I can see
that with you. Whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I could have done that.
Yeah, I believe that this is some sort of way of trying to
(28:45):
tell you that either you can't do it or or I'm going to use,
I'm going to use this against you.
No, she again, she doesn't need any other things to use against
She's got. I think there's more than
enough. Like if you already because when
(29:05):
foreman. Talks about this stuff every so
often. That is enough times of that.
Why do you keep putting ammo in the barn when it's full?
Sure. Yeah, I don't know.
I do. OK, so I know.
Oh, Ashley, right. She's very organized.
She always has been. And so perhaps she just wanted
(29:26):
to get you organized. I just think it was just a
helpful gesture before she left.I don't know if there's anything
nefarious. I don't, I mean.
About it. I don't think there's any.
She's not angry this evening andOK, when I brought up that hole
she made a sandwich for me. What's the deal situation?
Yes. I've had several sandwiches made
(29:48):
for me since. Oh wow.
She hasn't gotten to that episode yet, no.
She, she has, oh, she has and was warned by Karen, who is a
fellow mom in the swim team thatoh, she's not going to like that
episode before. And.
Foreman has said so much shit about Ashley on the radio.
(30:08):
I take it all back the. Sandwich is so piddly.
I take, I take it all back, Foreman, I think you must be the
perfect husband. OK.
That's what I've been trying to say this whole time.
No. Well, hang on.
Hang on a second, if she's made him several lunches since and he
(30:29):
wondered why he got one. Now she's putting she's getting
the breakfast ready for the kidsbecause the poor bugger's dead
tired in bed sleeping as I get up and I go to my very important
business. Meeting great woman job, yeah.
I will. I will.
Somebody's gotta keep this family afloat.
I gotta keep this family going because the poor bugger's
(30:51):
exhausted. He's.
Just yeah, I I am going. Spend all day dicking around on
the radio. He's just the best husband ever.
If she's doing a those things for you, great.
And that could be that could be lovely.
She's doing it for all the rightreasons, but you have to step it
up in any other area. Make more dinners.
(31:15):
Yeah, but I think you don't know.
I think he's already doing. More often.
He doesn't have. To whatever you need to do,
he's. Already doing it.
She's giving him all of these. Things I can't make.
I'm not home during dinner time when they all want to eat.
I'm on the radio. He's working.
I don't know. You'll have to find other ways,
Foreman. I know.
You cannot let this become a he's.
Already doing it because he's getting treated.
You let this become unbalanced for too long.
(31:38):
You will be paying for that, I telling.
You right now, Foreman. I I would stop talking about it
on this podcast. Well, I talked about it on the
radio. I wouldn't do that.
No, I would. Definitely stop doing that
because it could be worse. I don't know how you're getting
this kind of treatment, but you need to.
There's a message from Kim who said I'll get up two hours
(32:00):
before I work every day to make sure I make my kids and my
husband a fresh lunch. Wow nice.
I have breakfast items always precooked in the fridge for my
kids to just microwave. Wow.
Even if I don't need to work or have to leave early, this is a
routine I don't change. Wow.
(32:21):
Yeah, Melissa. Melissa, who listens to us here,
she said I have to make sure everything is done before
leaving the house, too. Just on Monday I had to leave
before the kids got on the bus, so I had lunches packed,
backpacks packed, breakfast ready, toothbrushes ready,
coats. Boots.
If I didn't, they never would have made it on the bus with
(32:42):
anything. What I told my husband if I die,
you're screwed. Wow.
That's not different. That's very different from your
situation, Foreman, because you can do those things.
You do those things. And I.
I live in a small town and I live with some very traditional
families who have traditional gender roles.
(33:05):
And you know, for instance, the mom always makes the lunches,
the mom always does the cooking,da, da, da, da, da, you know,
and that is not happening at my house, I can tell you that.
But I do a lot of I do all the gardener.
I do outside stuff too. I do.
You cut the grass. Well, I snow, I snow blow.
I don't cut the grass though. But so we don't have
(33:25):
traditional, but some people do.But that's not it's, it's not to
say that we can't do the other things and you cuz you could do
the other thing. The trick is finding out why
Ashley is doing this. Have you ever heard the
expression? Are you waiting for the other
shoe to drop? Yeah.
Can you text her, Rachel? I'm not getting involved in
that. Fuck no, it's all you.
(34:02):
Don't forget you can get a hold of us through our website,
underwhelming.ca, through any ofour social media platforms.
We're we're everywhere. You can also e-mail us Dave,
rachelforeman@gmail.com and we love to hear from you.
This is the point in the the program where we actually get
some of your feedback. So do we have any?
(34:25):
Yes, this. This made me laugh, Jerry.
She sent us a photo of King Charles.
King Charles. Yeah, King Charles playing
twinkle Twinkle on a carrot flute.
Oh yeah, he joined the vegetableorchestra.
Oh, did he is. OK, so it's a flute made out of
a carrot. It's kind of like a recorder.
(34:45):
Actually, I can't. Even she says.
I hope mention of Charles and his meaty mitts makes this show
again. I still laugh about it all these
years later. Hand in hand.
And it is so funny because he does have me.
He's playing. He's got he's.
Got and he has big puffy ham man.
(35:06):
Whatever he's he's got ham, man.You get Charles and his carrot
flute together with Don Cherry and his piano desk.
I think you got. What about Donald Trump and his
accordion? He's got.
The Ham man. Yeah, they.
Could put them all in a in a band.
That's so funny. That made me laugh out loud.
(35:28):
Jerry, thank you so much. I will share that photo.
Thank you. So funny.
Yeah, Michelle sent us a pictureof some beer in cans of beer and
said I don't remember. I don't know if you guys
remember but years ago you were talking about places with weird
names and I sent you Balls Falls, an actual place that
whole hosts the Balls Falls Festival in the fall.
(35:49):
Isn't that near Ottawa? No, Niagara.
Niagara. Falls is over in the Niagara
area, yes. OK.
Well I was in a gas station today and saw a beer you all
might be interested in. It is the Bench Brewing Falls
Falls Session IPA. Yes, I have a Falls Falls beer.
Falls beer. OK, Falls.
(36:09):
OK, Dave Power, he sent us a message saying what's the name
of the pie company Form in the pies that you you're form in
the. Pie.
Yeah, the two witches of Middlesex County Pie Company.
Two witches of Middlesex County you can.
Find them on Facebook. But if you go to to the Arva
Flour Mill, they're there, Yeah.So yeah, but only till 3.
(36:30):
Yep, 3:00 PM every day. Yeah, is good too.
It's really good, Yeah. That is so good.
Yeah, really. I haven't gotten up there yet to
get the far from me. It's far.
That's a good idea. I should go freezer.
I posted this is going around lately all the action figures,
people are making AI action figures of themselves so.
You know the only ones I've seen?
(36:52):
Yeah, radio shows. Yeah, well.
That's true. Every radio show has made the.
GPT what it was, but thank you for doing it for us, Rachel.
We look great. And us?
Yes, Franz says. Is that supposed to be Dave?
Yes, actually Dave's. It looks like Dave.
Was one of the best ones, to be honest with you.
I had to do mine three times because it did not look like me
(37:14):
at all, Kim says. Well done.
Rachel needs a hockey stick. Yes I do.
That's I should have had a hockey stick on there and now
ChatGPT has all of our information.
Forever. Yeah, great.
Yeah, I thank you for the Spotify comment from Megan,
Megan Clark on our last episode about the frozen cat and such.
(37:36):
Oh oh. Yeah, I don't know exactly which
topic this was about though. Megan, she her comment is simply
this. Dave's high pitched.
What is that supposed to mean toRachel?
Is hilarious. Foreman gets squeaky often, but
when Dave does it laugh out loudfunny.
OK, I didn't. I didn't know as I've.
(37:57):
Always maintained you get after me for being squeaky, but you
do. Exactly the same thing.
No, I get squeaky. I do.
I get squeaky. I do, yeah, but it's mostly
because Rachel says something that makes me get squeaky.
What is? That supposed to be?
Same with Foreman. It's true.
It's always me that sets you off.
Guys. Yeah, pretty much.
(38:18):
And then I personally got a message from Annie, because if
you check out the Dan and Marcy RFM Facebook page, you'll see me
prancing around Woodstock in an Easter Bunny costume.
I did see that, yes. I haven't it.
Was a custom made Easter Bunny costume.
Haven't seen that, but I intend to now.
(38:40):
It was custom made just for me. After the story is the material
sat in a bag there for six yearswith the intention to make it
into a costume. And still the intention remains.
Someday it will be. And I said, yeah, right, that's
never going to happen. I'm telling you for when you've
done so many things where we stuck you in costumes, from
Christmas trees to Beavers to when you look back at your
(39:04):
wonderful radio career, what what?
What terrific memories. What a fucking waste of time.
You know, there are some people who love to dress up in
costumes, but that's it's not asfunny as when Foreman hates it
and is forced to. I was so, so sure this costume
(39:26):
was never going. To get made, he gets very
squeaky woody. But Annie, in a reaction to
that, it's seen me in the Bunny costume around Woodstock, Annie
wrote to me and said, wait, what?
You're back in Ontario just thisweek.
Yeah. Annie like 2 years now, right
Annie? Yes, this is the reason we're
(39:48):
not making any money from this podcast, Danny.
Yeah, you need to tell. Someone, Annie, please tell your
friends about us, preferably business owners who need to do
some advertising. That's right.
And have a marketing budget thatthey need to spend.
I had to send her episode 53 in which I explained where I
reside. OK.
Perfect. Good job.
Well, some people are just finding us again so.
(40:10):
Thank you. That's fine.
Tell everyone to your friend. Tell everyone.
I thank you for listening the thing and I always, I just
recommend if you are new to thispodcast, start at episode 1,
which you can now do again. Thanks to Scott who sent us a
message to say, hey, I've been listening to all the old
podcasts to try and get it caught up.
(40:30):
After finding out you had a podcast, see another new new but
old listener and thank you Scottfor doing that.
I remember listening to you guyson BX93I.
Currently listen on Apple Podcasts and I've found that
your older episodes are disappearing.
Currently you can only go back as far as episode 20.
Would it be possible for you to renew the old episodes so
(40:51):
they're all available? Good.
Yes, I went through all the background nonsense to figure
out why that was happening. And it's fixed fixed.
Yes, it was a settings issue. So now that we're on episode
120, you can go back to Episode 1.
Perfect. You're welcome.
Please do and tell your friends.
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