June 24, 2025 • 48 mins
(5:26) - Forman briefly ruins Father's Day
(14:05) - Dave's daughter has an unusual ask
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I'm so tired today I don't know why.
Me too good. God, I think it's the weather.
Like I had a headache, I think because of the storm that came
through. Oh stop it.
Why would you have a headache because of the storm?
Julia gets constant weather related headaches.
I don't. Believe any of that?
How do you know it's weather? Related The barometric pressure
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fucks with your head and it gives people headaches like if
the temperature drops or some pressure thing and that was.
True. Why?
Why wouldn't that be? Like why wouldn't we know about
that? We know about, people know about
that. I know that's not a I've never
heard. Of that, it's not a surprise.
It's like when I have a bad knee.
I know it's gonna rain. Come on.
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That happens with people. It does happen.
Yeah. The store like voodoo.
It's like a normal. Thing I didn't say voodoo.
It's hooey. It's, it's crap.
You're just making it up. Oh, it must be I I feel funny
today. It must be the the storm.
Or there's 1 coming. This lady called today.
She's like, well, I don't I don't work Fridays and my
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internet's out, the power's out the whatever.
So I can't work. So I'm done for the weekend.
And I thought, so you don't worktomorrow.
And there was a long pause and she says today's not Thursday.
No, I've. Been ahead all week too.
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This is due to underwhelming demand for Dave, Rachel
informant. It's the podcast that's kind of
like Rachel getting a tan. Just not happening.
No matter how hard we try. No matter how hard you try.
My daughter was just talking about that the other day how I
don't tan it's. Just not happening.
My one daughter is like me and the other one it like tans
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through sun. I could slather her in sunscreen
and she's brown in 5 minutes. It's ridiculous.
Just not happening. You can see Emily in the middle
of winter, the outline of her bathing suit from the summer.
Still yes. Really the same with Kendall.
Amazing. Yeah, not me.
I never have. No, you don't notice the
difference. Sometimes, no, we can't even see
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you enter a room. That's why we are the podcast.
That's like Rachel getting a tan.
It'll make you turn bright red. That's.
Right. That's right.
That's right. That's right.
Coming up on the podcast, Rachel's got some fun facts.
I do. Amazing.
It's been a while for that. Yes.
My daughter wants me to teach her how to do something here at
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home. Really.
Yeah, she's asking you for help.Is.
She the blue and apparently forman effed up Father's Day.
I don't know how that's possible.
I don't. I don't, but did.
You F up Mother's Day. No.
Me. No.
Pots and pans. She loved it.
OK. That was in hand, not Father's
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Princess parties. Yes, she could turn you bright
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she travels throughout the region to do at.
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She does face painting that looks like it's airbrushed, like
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She'll do designs, or she could make you into like a full tiger
or whatever you want, or just like a fancy kind of design
around your eye, whatever. Maybe even make you into a tan
person. She can.
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Read I just before we started the podcast that the movie Jaws
turns 50 in like a couple of days for the as we record this,
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could she make us all look like sharks?
Of course, of course. Yes, of course.
Actually, I think she does have a picture of a shark that she's
done on her Facebook. Page.
That'd be awesome. Have a shark party.
And when the shark is on a child's face, would they be a
baby shark? Oh God.
(04:22):
I didn't know, OK? I didn't need.
Didn't he die? Yeah, anyway, she also does
glitter tattoos, so she can do glitter tattoos for you.
She'll do hair, tinsel or and orshe does themed crafts and
activities. So if you're having a party that
is a baby shark themed, yeah, she could what?
Age of sharks, exactly. Babies sharks or Mama sharks?
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Mama sharks are usually with thebaby shark.
Grandma shark's there too. Grandpa.
No teeth like this. No, no, it's a, it's a drop off
party. It's not a state for.
Right. She'll come with activities or
crafts that are in the same theme as Baby Shark or whatever
your theme is. Just why it's a drop off?
It's that's. Exactly wrong 'cause she is a
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children's entertainer she will do it.
You don't have to be the entertainment, no.
She can come and do that. So yeah, if you if you wanna
look her up on she's on Instagram, she's on Facebook,
Sparkle Princess parties, just look her up.
You can e-mail or call her. We'll put the her info in the
show notes or on the screen here.
And Abigail Sparkle Princess parties.
That's who you want to look for.Don't look for me in the parking
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lot at mini golf on Father's Day.
I want to know. Somebody did.
Somebody sent me a picture of you mini golfing.
Did you not see that? Yeah, someone did.
Lucy said that she. I'm going to find that picture.
Lucy saw Foreman mini golfing onFather's Day.
It was. She spotted Foreman in the wild.
What? And she took a paparazzi photo.
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Paparazzi photo, although it's very blurry and I couldn't
actually figure if that was you or not.
This gets sent. Are you?
Serious. She sent it to our Instagram.
Lucy sent it to us so you can check that out.
That's how you effed up Father'sDay by going mini.
Got paparazzi snapped? And beside the the baboon
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creature. But it looks like my ass is
sticking out as much as his. Geez.
Oh, you're mini golfing? Yeah, right.
It's not a good. Why is my ass sticking out while
I'm mini golfing? What do you mean by that?
Well, you're putting you got to lean over.
I'm preparing to take a shot. OK, good.
All right, with your with your ass sticking out.
Yes. Because you're not doing it
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right if that's. How you form?
I'm just saying you're prime. Form yes, and what a surprise
that the person and keeping score Ashley ended up winning,
beating me by one stroke. Interesting.
On Father's Day of. All day.
Father's Day. Oh.
Boy. They didn't say anything about
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that though, did you? 2 ruined Father's Day, did you?
You didn't. You didn't bring up Hey, wait a
second did. That cause an argument.
No, that wasn't the reason why Ibriefly ruined Father's Day.
It sounds like something you would have done though.
What did you do, Foreman? I can only imagine.
Well, we did go mini golfing, which was something the kids
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wanted to do. They had to plan.
Let's take dad mini golfing and then we'll take dad.
Want to go mini golfing? I wanted to spend time with my
family and I thought it was actually quite lovely.
It's a very nice outdoor mini golf place.
OK. OK, Yeah, that's fine.
That's fine. I just I'm just checking, just
checking. I'll be more specific if they
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like to pay for us to talk about.
Sure. I don't.
Yeah, that's fine. We're all for me, free.
They're all listening anyway. Yeah, yeah, OK.
There's discounts for being a dad, discounts for being there
earlier in the morning on the weekend.
And so this is a nice spot. Yeah.
All right. Yeah.
So. And that was.
Funny and it was good. Mini golfing was good other than
you didn't win. Minimal arguing from both
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children constantly, but. Minimal that's important is
Father's Day. That's not what you how you want
to spend your Father's Day with your kids fighting.
Kids fight every day and yeah, it doesn't matter what the
holiday is, it's happening. They can probably even promise
no fighting because it's Father's Day.
Yeah, that didn't. That didn't hold it.
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Will never work. They'll never work.
Yeah, in the history of children.
My house is exactly the same so.We still try to have a good time
anyway. All right, it's a fun family
activity, damn it. Yeah, that's what I say to that
is yeah, like we're going out tohave fun.
Nobody complain. And then we're going to go from
there. They wanted to go to.
They want, oh, we'll take dad toa brewery.
(08:38):
Oh yeah? OK, now your kids.
Are talking and I thought great which one are we going to and
they said well whatever 1 you want to do OK dad so I started
to realize that this was just like the kids thought of some
things but then I actually have to like coordinate it during the
day yes I thought it was alreadyplanned this is fine still had a
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fun day well. I bet you were the driver, so
you had to figure figure that out.
Did. Drive most of the time, yes.
OK. And I thought, well, there's a
new brewery in Port Stanley. Let's go down there.
OK, nice, nice, nice, nice. Oh, you went for a real tour
that day? And then it was lunchtime after
mini golf, so of course, maybe we'll go for lunch and then go
over to the brewery. And then we're sitting on the
GTS patio, which is really up their game, by the way.
(09:22):
Yes, it's lovely. Yes, I'm I'll say more if they
also would like to pay for it. Yep.
Too. Yeah, noted.
It's like it's 3000 miles away from me for for me to get to
Port Stanley, like it's so far away.
You're way closer to Grand Bend.Yes, it's just easier for me to
get to Grand Bend. But anyway, OK, yeah, I'd like
to get down there. I do want to go.
And you know, I haven't been in Port Stanley for a while, but
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yeah. Yeah, things are.
Things are happening there otherthan you do have to pay for
parking. I know.
What a pain, Yeah. So Ratchie teas, We have lunch
and then you're by the beach. The kids want to be at the
beach. We thought we're not going to
there for a beach day because. It's.
Early June, the water is going to be freezing.
(10:05):
Even if people are at the beach,they're not going to be
swimming. But it was full of people.
People are swimming and have like, it's like it's August
15th. Wow, yeah, wow.
Was the water warm? Did you go try it?
It I've been in colder. OK, OK.
But it was cold and we made the snap decision.
All right, we're going to go home.
Everyone's got 10 minutes. Get your bathing suits and we're
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going back and fine, you can be at the beach.
Wow. You went back to Saint Thomas to
get your things and went back toPort Stanley.
Wow. OK, that's that's a real drive.
That's not ever happening to me,no.
I wouldn't. I'd be like, we're just leaving.
Well, it's only 10 minutes each way.
Is it only 10 minutes? OK, we're so.
Close. We're so close.
But all those are still not why I briefly ruined Father's Day.
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It's just imagine. Because he sounds like that
would ruin Father's Day for me personally.
I don't want beach day. Yeah, Ashley's not a fan of the
beach portion of the day, you know.
No, but it was Father's Day, so she had to.
Yes, the kids were having fun and I thought, great, we'll get
out our Tommy Bahama chairs. I can sit, have a nap, the girls
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can play. That's exactly right, yeah.
And they? Did play well together for a
while, which was Even so. I mean, that was a nice gift of
them to actually play with, interact, right?
Without. Fighting with the concept, but
before we even got out of mini golf, we had to wait for Barry
and Marlene, Ash's parents, to go from their house to our
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house, find my keys and come rescue us from mini golf because
I locked the keys in the car with children.
Heat of the day, Father's Day, mini golf.
As soon as I closed the door I thought, oh shit, what?
Kind of How old's your car? It's like I can't do that
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anymore. Well, yes, unless they're in the
trunk. Unless the keys are in your
wife's purse that you're trying to hide in the trunk and you
didn't bring any keys because she's going to have them in her
purse. Why do I need another thing in
my pocket? Right.
Who put their purse in the trunk?
She put her purse in the trunk and then I locked the doors and
closed it and I knew and I knew all of this.
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It's entirely my fault. It is not her fault.
Were you told to say that? I was told I better not say
anything other than that. Like it's almost impossible to
lock your keys in the car, but you found a way.
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You can't lock them in the cabin, but sure shit can lock
them in the trunk. Well, Foreman, you really did
have up Father's Day. Did you lock the keys in before
mini golf or after? As soon as we arrived.
During So did they come while you were golfing?
They came in at the end, yes. OK.
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So then after OK. After a calm discussion about,
well, I'll just walk home or I'll call my parents.
I bet it was calm, very calm. What?
The fuck did you do I? Don't know where the kids get
their fighting from. This is due to underwhelming
(13:36):
demand. We're Dave, Rachel and Foreman.
This is the podcast that's like a roller coaster at Canada's
Wonderland. Because there's a pretty good
chance it could make you vomit. Yes.
There's a long line to get in, is that what you mean?
No, there's a long line to ride.You can walk right on, but you
will puke. So many people are waiting to
listen to us. Just wait till we get to the
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end. You'll vomit.
Oh, yeah. Let me.
I want to so Father's Day Eve, which by the way, format, I
don't know about it, what it's like in your world, but Father's
Day Eve is like one of the greatest days of the year
because you know what's coming the next day.
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You know it's your day. Even though you locked your
keys. You locked keys.
In the car. You fucked it up, but you know
it was. Completely your fault.
I did not do that to my father. 'S Saturday afternoon, in the
evening, you maybe already had acouple beers.
You barbecued a very nice dinnerfor the family because they
bought you steaks and you barbecued it.
(14:38):
So you know it's good, right? Yeah.
So it's a lovely time. And then, you know, there's
plenty of more good things to happen the next.
Day. Is that the best when you get up
in the morning? The fun family What's?
Gonna have it's Father's Day. Who knows what's gonna what
magical things are gonna happen the next day, Father's Day Eve
so middle of Father's Day, Eve 2230 in the afternoon, my
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youngest daughter who's at home with me, I have two older kids.
My youngest daughter comes up tome and says out of nowhere,
Father's Day Eve, hey Dad, couldyou show me how to cut the lawn
it. Is.
Wow. I knew that's what it was, Yeah.
(15:24):
I don't know why but. Yeah, I've never in my life
asked anyone to do that for me. Of course, show that.
No, I I can imagine that you would never ask that question.
Yeah. And I, I would have loved it if
her mother had asked that question, just as I'm sure
Jeremy would love it if you cameup to him one day.
And. Said he would.
Could you show me how to cut thelawn?
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You won't. They're part of a certain type
of person that's actively avoided all the opportunities
when they might have been invited to learn.
They don't. They're nowhere to be found.
They know better than to say, could you show me how to cut the
lawn right. They know better, yeah, but then
I'll be. Tasked with doing it, but at. 18
I guess my daughter doesn't anyway, so she says, hey, could
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you show me how to cut the lawn?And my immediate reaction it's
Father's Day Eve I'm looking forward to whatever's going to
happen the rest of Father's Day Eve and then of course the next
day my immediate reaction is whylike, like why?
Well, I like, why do you want tolearn?
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Well, I just want to learn, so I'm like.
It's for the quality father daughter time David I'm.
Skeptical if you're even going to let her touch your lawn.
Well, here's the thing. Here's what I'm skeptical about.
Here's what I think. Is there some TikTok thing is
there some TikTok lawn cutting thing challenge I'm not going to
(16:50):
be roped into do I'm not being roped into one of your little
TikTok things. OK, you've tried that with me
before. I'm not being.
I'm not going to look on her TikTok.
I'm not being roped. Are you on there on her TikTok?
Yeah, No, I try to avoid it. I do try to avoid it.
So that's my first instinct is it's probably a TikTok thing.
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So even I go to her mother and Isaid your daughter wants to
learn how to cut the lawn. Do you know why?
Oh, it's probably a TikTok thing.
OK, but you can't be just general interest in wanting?
To happen, she. Really wants to learn.
It can't be that she just wants to help me out.
That's not. My genuinely wants to know how.
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Suspicious. I'm suspicious right away, as
you would be, wouldn't you, Foreman?
Yes, absolutely. You would absolutely be
suspicious. There's no chance you want to do
it. There can't be any.
I don't. Like cutting the grass.
Yeah, but they're not 18 year old.
No, they're not 18 year old. There's some other motivation.
There has to be there's. You could drill down on her
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until you figure it out, but it can't just because I want.
To run through in my head, I go,OK, well let me see, there's
TikTok. Maybe you're her friends, maybe
something's going on with it. She's got a group of friends,
maybe they're all cutting lawns.I got to figure something out.
So anyway, I wasn't planning on cutting the lawn on Father's.
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Day, Eve, and I'm certainly. Not going to cut it on Father's
Day but yesterday as we record this so it would have been a
Tuesday. I got home from playing a
disastrous round of golf and I just wanted to just, you know,
kind of chill out and not do very much.
It was hot and I was sitting outby the pool and my daughter
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appeared out of nowhere and said, can you teach me how to
cut the lawn today? I'm like.
OK, so now she's asked two times.
I was like, well, I got to have my lunch after I have my lunch.
Yeah, we can go out and I'll show you how to go.
I said I'm going to have to trimit because I, you know, I don't
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want you going around and, you know, you know, doing that kind
of thing. I'll, I'll.
You don't want her edging it? Yeah.
I don't want the edging I'll do.I'll do that.
She goes. OK, Larry, I said OK, bye.
I have my lunch. So I holler up at her.
You still want to cut the lawn? Yeah, I said OK, well, you
better put on some shoes. Can I wear my Crocs?
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Sure. As long as they're covering your
feet, you can wear your Crocs. OK, So I said, well, I'm going
outside. I'm going to get started.
She goes. OK, so I go outside.
I'm itching and out she comes. She's got her Crocs on.
So I shut the lawnmower off. Now I have a lawnmower that it's
not a, you know, it's not a self-propelled, you got to push
it, but there's a bar on it. You hold the bar.
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If you let go of the bar, the lawnmower shuts off.
So I shut off the lawnmower. I think that's what we have too.
I say to her, OK, you understand, don't ever put your
hand down anywhere near the lawnmower.
Why? I said because there's a huge,
well, there's two or three, I don't know, whatever it is,
blades in there, they'll cut your fingers off.
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And your toes that's why you're wearing Crocs.
Oh that's what cuts the lot yeah.
That's it's very dangerous don'tgo near don't put your hand down
well that's the important thing.Safety and you do need to point
out the obvious sometimes yeah Iknow I got.
An 18 year old here it's not like I'm trying to teach a 7
year. Old no yeah.
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An 18 year old I said OK so the goal here is I'm gonna start you
have to hold the bar you'll let go of the bar the the lawnmower
stuffs. So the goal here is can you see
the long grass and the short grass do you see the line and
she goes yeah I said well that'swhat you want to do you want to
keep the wheels on the right hand side talking we're having
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this great father oh by the way I didn't go over is this a
TikTok thing no OK. So it's not is it your.
Friend. Genuine interest.
Is it your friend no just? Wanted to film this the whole
time though but it's not no it's.
Not. So what it is is and this is
she's just like me to a certain extent she's just looking for
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something maybe to keep her moving keep her doing something
where she could just listen to some music and do it which is
exactly what I do when I'm cutting along the the headphones
go in and off I go said oh OK fine that's fine OK so you
understand I need you to keep yeah I keep that you you
probably can learn from this tooRachel you keep those right hand
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wheels. On the other side of the edge
right where the the you see the long grass you see the short
grass you just cut along the edge it's one big rectangle on
my lawn go crazy so she immediately we start it up she
gets behind the thing and immediately goes way right.
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And I said where are you going come on back here here let me
get it back you've. Already made her a line.
I just keep. Going and smaller and smaller
and smaller rectangle until you get in the middle.
Though it's not self-propelled. But it got away on her.
Well it's heavy I guess I don't know if you've never done it
before it's heavy yeah you gottapush it you gotta and when you
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turn you gotta you know you can tilt it up you can do whatever
works for you to turn it's just.It's kind of you know like I
don't have to explain any of this to foreman at all.
He. Gets it yeah I don't know.
Why it's like if foreman and I were to pick up a sofa we we
would know exactly which way to carry it through the door we?
(22:40):
Had moved a sofa. Yeah but you would screw you
would go the opposite way that Jeremy wants to go yes.
Right I try not to sofas with Jeremy because it's for some
reason. You go the.
Opposite the right way no you go.
The wrong. Way and we press.
It's and it's always the wrong thing.
Stinctual we just I'm doing. It the right way.
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No you're not you're never doingit the right way 'cause we know
is. That triggering foreman is that
triggering. Oh yeah 'cause I Jeremy and I
wouldn't even have to talk we could just take the we would.
Now have to that's ridiculous just go which way you wanna go
let's go right OK yeah and we would it would magically happen
it's amazing it's true it's I'm telling you it's.
(23:22):
True I don't do anything with myhusband I just don't I don't.
I don't put anything together with him anyway if he he put
together a whole barbecue I didn't even go outside 'cause I
was like he's gonna be angry about something I'm avoiding
this I don't move couches I don't move furniture with him I
try not I've learned my lesson now not just not to do it with
him. Could you not if Jeremy did the
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outside of the lawn and you know?
Just not follow the law. Follow that same line around and
around smaller and smaller do. You think do you think it would
be problematic do you think it would be difficult.
No. OK it was a little difficult for
my 18 year old now keep in mind yesterday when we did this it
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was a very hot day was in the middle of the afternoon like
230. In the afternoon.
But she's decided to do it heat of the day so I had to help her
a little bit and but she startedto get the hang of it so she was
doing the main part of the lawn then we went over and did
another part of the lawn I had to trim it edge it first and
then another part and I will sayto you.
(24:25):
You while I had to instruct her to go over a couple of lines she
got better at it for me she did she didn't ace it but she got
better at it but I had to I'll tell you what it was the most
delightful cutting of the lawn I've had in a long long time and
I'm wondering I wondered right then and there should I ask my
(24:45):
wife when she gets home can we have more kids because I think
maybe. You got to.
Wait a while another. 18 years Idon't.
Want the next one anymore I don't anyway I I got the
distinct impression that while she did learn how to cut the
lawn she doesn't want to do it anymore.
Right I don't think it's fun. But was she also getting the
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impression from you that you were fishing to see whether or
not this is now her job. Weekly and not yours.
Ever again I didn't no I didn't fish for that because I I feel
like I'm still going to have to edge and I'm still going to have
to be there to supervise but standing and sort of supervising
foreman when it's you know 28 degrees is a little cooler than
(25:28):
pushing that lawnmower. Yeah oh I like supervising right
I think like I think what you need now is a hammock actually.
Maybe maybe that's what I need yeah.
(25:50):
This is due to underwhelming demand the podcast that just
might be maybe better than a dayat the beach.
Because you know we are kind of fun and you don't get sand stuck
in places you don't want sand toget stuck.
Sure fair enough. While listening to the podcast.
Sold. Right foreman.
(26:12):
Correct you don't have to be slathered in anything.
Yeah we don't need you don't need sunscreen to listen to us
you could take us to the beach with you though.
But also like don't blast us theamount of people who've just
decided they're bringing their do speaker and just fucking
cranking it at the beach is. And then 5 people have all
different music just no it's just noise like it's not even
(26:33):
you can't even hear one of them it's like everybody 's doing it
yeah noise yeah. That's why I stay at home
watching my daughter cut my lawn.
All right well here's another thing that you might want to
take along with you and take from this podcast some fun
facts. I really do think those are fun
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facts Rachel Rachel. Rachel 's fun facts it's been a
while since I did this I checkedI think I haven't done this
since January or February. Have you not been feeling fun?
Well I've had other things to talk about and so fun facts got
pushed to the wayside but foreman has been sending me some
fun facts and that kind of perked my interest again right.
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Foreman in. Fun facts.
You know if anyone 's been. Doing our jobs for us around.
Yeah if anyone 's paying close attention it should really be
foreman 's fun facts and foreman's headline.
That's right. Most of them are foreman 's not.
My foreman comes up with the content but.
Here's my disclaimer Rachel is that I have been sending you
factually accurate information yeah but by no means come with
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the endorsement that I've already found them fun this is a
test to see which ones. You will choose OK which ones
you. Which ones I'm not?
Rachel the. Ones that you have sent.
Good oh OK because I wouldn't either.
And I've got some extra that youdon't that you haven't heard
even better it'll be a. Mix in there we'll see what you
what you like yeah and I don't Ihave not cross checked these so
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who knows if they're factual we'll just say that they are
because that's more. Fun you can't call them fun
facts if they're not factual well.
They come from a fact plate likea fact like they say that
they're. Factory a fact factory they come
from a fact factory which now. Includes Norman as my additional
fact. I'm not doing this anymore if
they're not factual. We're doing it because it's
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they're all it's fun sometimes. Well yeah other.
Things I made-up by Rachel. Like what kind of game is this I
didn't make them up but as you know the Internet and AI who
knows right anyway okay that's good you're.
Not buying into this I am sorry I was always thought you used to
say. Fun factual things now you're
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taking factual right out of the equation.
Well I they are I'm pretty sure they're factual.
If they're not going to be factual then they better be
100%? Well 100% be fun that's right
OK. OK this this is probably a good
one to start with because you guys are already annoying me did
you know that it's possible to literally be allergic to other
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people. You can be allergic to other
people maybe that's like their pheromones or something like
that you just don't you know jive with them I think are you
was that. Sneeze.
Are you sneezing? Yeah yeah OK even even through
the Internet. It's one of you I don't know.
Even through the. Internet I have a gas yeah I
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have a gas. OK thank.
You I have a gas. Yeah all right did you know that
rats can laugh. But we just can't hear it so
that's why I wonder how do we know that that's a fact do you
know what I mean. How do you know that we?
Don't hear that how do you test for that.
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If a rat laughs in the sewer does anyone hear it?
No. Only rats.
Only other rats. All the other rats we're all I
think maybe. You know if a rat has is
laughing because the others are chuckling and you're.
Like oh right down there is thatwhat you're.
Saying you see the other ones laughing.
Yeah I think I. I first thought that would be
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more fun if we could hear them but I don't want to hear them
laughing maniacally at humans feel like rats what their plotty
rat laugh. Would be fairly?
When I think of rats laughing I think of shredder from the Ninja
Turtles yeah that's who I think of and he's not nice he's evil
yeah he's evil the Pentagon the Pentagon has twice as many
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bathrooms as it needs? Huh.
For what a nice though. For what purpose I don't know.
Maybe just everyone has to go. Yeah there was like a concert
there there wouldn't be the big line up at the ladies.
At the Pentagon the Pentagon concert good ladies Pentagon.
There wouldn't be women coming into the men 's washroom at the
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Pentagon yeah. You know what I learned about
the Pentagon today what's that is that there's.
More facts about the Pentagon. A Twitter account called the
Pentagon pizza report. That tracks when shit 's going
down by how many pieces and orders sudden orders of pizzas
are coming in at nearby restaurants yeah what.
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Well because they're in meetingsand they can't leave and they
need food so. They're suddenly working
overtime or working late on somebig project coming up so the
Pentagon. Orders all the pizza.
Exactly and then you know something 's about to happen.
OK. About to come yeah something 's
about to go down yeah. That seems very logical.
Not fun if. The something about to happen is
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about to happen to you I would imagine.
But no. No maybe if you live far away
from the Pentagon well I guess who knows.
At the at the Pentagon there's abathroom for you sure.
Many. Many the children of identical
twins so if you're identical twins and you each have your own
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children they are actually genetically equivalent to being
siblings rather than cousins because their parent moms or
dads were identical twins. Even if my sister isn't a twin
and she has kids well they're still my niece and nephew what.
Are you talking about well they're your niece and nephew
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but because identical twins havethe same DNA?
When you have kids is that too much?
OK it's not too much. Fact.
It's actually pretty straightforward I thought it
was. Pretty straightforward actually.
Yeah that should be. Identical twins have kids their
kids are more confusing are morelike siblings than cousins.
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I still don't get it. OK OK.
I'm sorry I don't all right. Bad news for the young teenagers
who think their cousins are hot.Yeah.
Nope. I hope not there's a phenomenon
called the preparedness paradox in which effective planning and
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vigilance actually helps preventdisasters but then that leads
people to question whether the preparations were necessary in
the first place. Perhaps like having more than
enough bathrooms in the Pentagon.
Or twin twins that are. That's not that's not being
prepared you're not prepared that's not a preparedness thing.
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Wow these are certainly fun. OK here's one for Dave
specifically it's about traffic you might like this if all the
cars at a red light. Accelerated at the exact same
time and speed when the light turned green yes there would be
far less traffic. I agree that's that is true.
(33:49):
Right. Please do that please.
Everybody at the same time you're all paying attention
nobody 's got a honk at you to go you turn at the left green
light the left turn light put that right on time.
You're on the edge of your seat wait for it to turn.
It's a wonderful thing to bring forward but as you know no one
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does that. No.
No OK alright what good is that fun fact.
Just to make you more. Mad it just makes me angrier
that's right an. Angry fact if this guy could
just go we would be going. We would be.
Moving it's the slow OK fine. Compound of times I shout out
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loud can you move your car please can you just go can you.
Find the gas pedal please. Yes that's true.
A study has found that plant we're moving on plants crank out
more nectar when they hear bees buzzing so when the plants hear
the bees come near them they putout more nectar and then the
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bees go get it and then we have honey and Bing bang boom there
you go. Bob 's your uncle Fanny your.
Aunt right who's your aunt. Fanny.
Fanny it's actually your brothernot your cousin.
So the bees I. Don't know the bees here the
bees the flowers excited yeah. And the flowers they do.
(35:14):
Here for this is getting gross pretty quick if you want me to
keep going. OK whatever.
No yeah don't keep going. OK what else can I do that you
guys are even going to like OK here well I got 2 more this one
might be helpful if you're you know maybe before golf Dave
drinking watermelon juice beforeworking out can we.
(35:35):
Do buy watermelon juice? For.
To juice your own watermelon yeah drinking watermelon.
Juice a watermelon. Can I tell you the fact first?
Eat a slice I can't. Believe you're going to juice a
watermelon. Just crush it up like there's a
lot of juice in a watermelon. Twist it like a.
Cut it out and put it in a blender.
And then you yeah you can put itin a blender and drink it or
(35:57):
maybe just eat a watermelon I don't know drinking watermelon
juice before working out can reduce muscle soreness and the
amount of time it takes for yourheart rate to recover.
Very healthy. Super fun.
Great that is super fun maybe even super factual but it's also
not who's got watermelon juice no.
(36:18):
Watermelons just maybe you couldjust eat a watermelon because
you're eating the juice with it.Yeah why don't they sell
watermelon juice in. The slice or 2 watermelon I
don't know Dave I don't know. You know what's fun I.
Don't know why they don't sell here's.
Something fun on a related note they.
Probably do. Researchers have found that you
know the guys who like to submerge themselves in the ice
(36:41):
baths and make a really big dealbut the ice baths after a
workout turns out. Good for you.
Yeah it reduces muscle strength I saw.
That recently actually. And I think that's delightful
because it's such a show like head out of the ice.
This is my segment not yours. I don't want to get some
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watermelon juice they'll be fine.
OK one last one here just in case you wanted to know yes
humans have the girthiest. Nectar.
Nectar. What when the bees are coming?
Humans have the girthiest eggplants yeah among all.
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Beers are you referred beaners. Beaners you could say that great
sure. Yeah and humans have the
girthiest ones like proportionally sure right I
think maybe just general like I don't know if it has to be
proportional. Did you learn that on the
Internet or at your sex party? Does it matter?
You don't think it really matters does it do you like the
(37:43):
word girthiest though I think. This is due to underwhelming
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This week. Time flies when you're having
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Guess I. Guess I don't know I I was
(38:26):
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connections with us which we love.
Yes we love I actually we have afew comments about the blog that
I wrote which was just what I miss about radio and I miss you
guys I miss working with you every day this podcast kind of
(39:33):
fills that void a little bit I miss having fun every morning I
never dreaded going to work I hated waking up early but I
never dreaded going into work. I hated waking up early too but
I I will say that the. We that period of time where the
3 of us work together honestly well not every day is is you
(39:55):
know a genuine grade a type of day perfect yeah we laughed a
lot we laughed I. Mean.
We laughed. It was fun.
It was fun. A lot and a lot of a lot of that
laughter no one heard. Right I.
Know, yeah. Well, there's a song ended and
we had to start talking again. There was laughter.
(40:15):
No one knew why. No one would know why, Yeah.
But we had fun, you know, when it was, I think that we really
did came. People knew that, people could
sense that. So anyways, I wrote a blog.
But what I miss about radio, youcan, you can read that on
underwhelming.ca. Jen says I miss your voices.
It's not been the same on my drives to work.
Kathy says I don't listen at allsince you guys left.
(40:38):
It's just not the same. I know it's different, but the
new people are great and they doa great job.
They're very talented because I do listen to them.
I wake up to them actually every.
Day you know there's another morning show you might want to
try out yeah different you can try out the.
Ones at 1:04 if you want to. 104is where performance is now.
Yeah, Connie says. I miss you guys.
I don't even listen anymore. But I do listen to Foreman in
(40:59):
the afternoon. Yay.
So Connie does listen to you. So thank you very much.
Awesome. OK, last week Foreman talked
about his bird issue, Foreman's fowl issue, and the bird that
was parked on your deck and diveBonnie.
There's a couple emails about that, Bonnie says.
I totally get Foreman's bird frustrations.
(41:21):
This is our first spring in our house.
A few weeks ago we were outside and I noticed a bird fly out of
the eaves at the corner of the house.
That's one story. I knew immediately what that
little fucker was doing, so I grabbed some steel wool, stood
guard, and while my hubby was grabbing the ladder, that fucker
of course tried to go back and Iyelled at it.
(41:42):
Watching it do constant flybys while chirping up an angry storm
after we stuffed the hole with steel wool was so satisfying.
That is fine. I had a bird once getting up the
like the corner of my house. It was like on the siding but
there was like a a corner piece there and they could go up it.
I don't know how it even fit butit did.
(42:03):
And we have another one from Michael, who has the same issue
as Foreman, although he says hi,Dave, Rachel and Foreman with
the subject. When the subject of birds came
up, we have a picture window in the family room looking out to
the backyard. We've had so many birds hit that
window, which will either kill them or they'll get a huge
(42:24):
headache from hitting the window.
The birds think the glass from the window is air.
Yes. And when in our old studio we
used to have. Birds all the time.
All the time. The birds.
We hit the window there all the time, yeah.
Speaking at the radio station. That's funny, editor.
In on air and there'd be a huge thump.
Oh yeah, for sure. At our house in Halifax or in
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Timberley, there's trees and then you could see the house
behind you on the next like the street over.
So our backyards were against each other.
And we were chatting with those neighbors one time and they said
we got like, I don't know what'sgoing, there's something going
on in our attic, whatever, because we can hear stuff and
there's whatever. And we're like, Oh yeah, those
are birds. You have birds in your attic
because we would see them flyingaround from the eavesdrop that
(43:08):
like the soffit that hangs over they're they pushed up into the
metal in where? The Nest.
Was inside the attic. Oh, really?
But. We never like you would see
birds around there and never puttwo and two together that they
were actually going in until they said that.
So that would be what? You talked to each other.
Geez. Yeah, that would be worse.
Yeah. Don't want them in your attic?
(43:29):
We have some comments on Spotify'cause that's always a place you
can read your comments as well. Yeah.
From episode 126, where you weretalking about all the books that
you're reading, Dave, or what Jana was reading and then Rachel
was, Yeah. She was confused at the end,
Yeah. Candace says.
I was also confused by the ending of the Onyx Storm.
(43:51):
There you go. OK, I haven't read it all yet.
That's the one that Jana didn't understand, right?
Yeah. Well, she I think that's the
last one in the in the although my understanding is there is a
fourth one coming, but on stormything is she had trouble with
the second one as well. She found it a little confusing
(44:12):
as well. So.
I'm right. Yeah.
OK. Her last grabbed me as quickly
as the last one did the last series.
On 2 episodes ago Casey, when I was talking about parking and
how my parking downtown London is just free now.
Yeah, so. Yeah.
Have you still pay yet? Nope, still.
(44:33):
Good, good for you. Still free, yeah, but Casey
says. And funny, from what I brought
up today about where I spent Father's Day, Casey says don't
try not paying for parking in Port Stanley.
Those parking ticket arseholes are on your ass the minute you
park. Yeah, I bet.
To which I would like to reply Casey from Sunday, Father's Day
(44:54):
afternoon. No, they're not really.
They're no did you get away? Pay for a little bit of parking,
leave, come back, don't pay again or anything and it's fine.
Oh. Really.
Foreman's found ways of Foreman is well, you're.
Like that fancy parking king? Yes, because honestly, if you
think about the manpower, the logistics of patrolling a
(45:15):
parking lot to see if everyone'spaid, no one can afford that
shit anymore. If you don't see a guy actively
out wandering the parking lot checking license plates, it's
free. Yeah, it's for a lot to say
about Central Elgin and their taxes and how much they spend in
Port Stanley. So but I won't but I so that's
(45:35):
fine. Like 3 hours of parking there's
like 18 bucks I feel like. Parking.
It's a parking. And insurance are two of the
greatest scams in human history,so.
Yep. There you go.
Yeah, and finally I got a message that I wanted to share
with you guys from someone who listens all the time.
She was at her live show. She leaves us messages all the
(45:55):
time. She calls the radio station
plenty of times as well. Melissa Cowenberg Oh, yes,
Melissa, OK. Who goes on to say I find your
fans everywhere? I was at the grocery store in
Strathroy and sent a former listener of that other radio
station your way. Really.
She thought you as in me. She thought I was still in Nova
(46:16):
Scotia. And then I also told her,
Melissa told this person to check out this podcast.
Well, thank you, Melissa. We appreciate.
That wow, yes, we should. Start an ambassador program.
Melissa can be the number one ambassador, right?
Thank you. Well, and she said she met this
person at the Lotto counter and had said that she won tickets
(46:41):
from a radio station. The lady asked which station and
I said that one. And as soon as I said that, the
lady said, oh, I miss Dave, Rachel and Foreman, it's not the
same. And then she was amazed I even
talked to you guys at all. So wow.
Well, thank. You.
That's awesome. Well, maybe we got a new podcast
listener from that. Thank you very much.
(47:02):
I hope so. What episode is this 100 and.
1:30 today. Oh, it is one. 3030, yeah,
another milestone. Wow.
And a shout out before we go to Sparkle Princess Parties for
sponsoring episode 130. Yes, Abigail's helping us keep
this going. So if you know someone who wants
some advertising, podcast advertising is is very good and
(47:27):
cuts through the noise for various reasons.
But you can go to underwhelming.ca.
She's helping us fund this. Thank you.
Abigail, can we throw? Can we use a Sparkle person's
party for like a podcast? 150th maybe?
Maybe. Yeah, that'd.
Be a bad idea. Or maybe I don't know if we have
enough time to plan that might. From now.
Right, it might have to be Podcast 200.
(47:50):
You will need all that. To make.
Sure, the live show was a lot ofwork.
Yeah, it was a lot of work. It was a lot of work.
I'm so tired today I don't know why.
Me too good. God, I think it's the weather.
Like I had a headache, I think because of the storm that came
through. Oh stop it.
Why would you have a headache because of the storm?
Julia gets constant weather related headaches.
I don't. Believe any of that?
How do you know it's weather? Related The barometric pressure
(00:21):
fucks with your head and it gives people headaches like if
the temperature drops or some pressure thing and that was.
True. Why?
Why wouldn't that be? Like why wouldn't we know about
that? We know about, people know about
that. I know that's not a I've never
heard. Of that, it's not a surprise.
It's like when I have a bad knee.
I know it's gonna rain. Come on.
(00:42):
That happens with people. It does happen.
Yeah. The store like voodoo.
It's like a normal. Thing I didn't say voodoo.
It's hooey. It's, it's crap.
You're just making it up. Oh, it must be I I feel funny
today. It must be the the storm.
Or there's 1 coming. This lady called today.
She's like, well, I don't I don't work Fridays and my
(01:05):
internet's out, the power's out the whatever.
So I can't work. So I'm done for the weekend.
And I thought, so you don't worktomorrow.
And there was a long pause and she says today's not Thursday.
No, I've. Been ahead all week too.
(01:26):
This is due to underwhelming demand for Dave, Rachel
informant. It's the podcast that's kind of
like Rachel getting a tan. Just not happening.
No matter how hard we try. No matter how hard you try.
My daughter was just talking about that the other day how I
don't tan it's. Just not happening.
My one daughter is like me and the other one it like tans
(01:50):
through sun. I could slather her in sunscreen
and she's brown in 5 minutes. It's ridiculous.
Just not happening. You can see Emily in the middle
of winter, the outline of her bathing suit from the summer.
Still yes. Really the same with Kendall.
Amazing. Yeah, not me.
I never have. No, you don't notice the
difference. Sometimes, no, we can't even see
(02:11):
you enter a room. That's why we are the podcast.
That's like Rachel getting a tan.
It'll make you turn bright red. That's.
Right. That's right.
That's right. That's right.
Coming up on the podcast, Rachel's got some fun facts.
I do. Amazing.
It's been a while for that. Yes.
My daughter wants me to teach her how to do something here at
(02:35):
home. Really.
Yeah, she's asking you for help.Is.
She the blue and apparently forman effed up Father's Day.
I don't know how that's possible.
I don't. I don't, but did.
You F up Mother's Day. No.
Me. No.
Pots and pans. She loved it.
OK. That was in hand, not Father's
(02:57):
Day, apparently. OK, let's talk about Sparkle
Princess parties. Yes, she could turn you bright
red too if you would like to be bright.
Red. That's what you're looking for.
That's what you want, Yeah. Abigail runs a Sparkle Princess
party. She's based in Woodstock, but
she travels throughout the region to do at.
I don't know if you're doing birthday parties, if you're
having a festival, if you're having a kids, a party like AI
(03:19):
don't know, outdoor funfair or whatever she could do.
She could do all vendors market.Yeah, vendors market.
That's a great idea. To sparkle Princess parties.
She does all kinds of things. She does face painting, but not
just like plain old face painting.
She does face painting that looks like it's airbrushed, like
it's fancy face painting. I could never do what she does.
So she does really good face painting.
(03:41):
She'll do designs, or she could make you into like a full tiger
or whatever you want, or just like a fancy kind of design
around your eye, whatever. Maybe even make you into a tan
person. She can.
Make me look tanned, yes? Well, I just.
Read I just before we started the podcast that the movie Jaws
turns 50 in like a couple of days for the as we record this,
(04:02):
could she make us all look like sharks?
Of course, of course. Yes, of course.
Actually, I think she does have a picture of a shark that she's
done on her Facebook. Page.
That'd be awesome. Have a shark party.
And when the shark is on a child's face, would they be a
baby shark? Oh God.
(04:22):
I didn't know, OK? I didn't need.
Didn't he die? Yeah, anyway, she also does
glitter tattoos, so she can do glitter tattoos for you.
She'll do hair, tinsel or and orshe does themed crafts and
activities. So if you're having a party that
is a baby shark themed, yeah, she could what?
Age of sharks, exactly. Babies sharks or Mama sharks?
(04:45):
Mama sharks are usually with thebaby shark.
Grandma shark's there too. Grandpa.
No teeth like this. No, no, it's a, it's a drop off
party. It's not a state for.
Right. She'll come with activities or
crafts that are in the same theme as Baby Shark or whatever
your theme is. Just why it's a drop off?
It's that's. Exactly wrong 'cause she is a
(05:06):
children's entertainer she will do it.
You don't have to be the entertainment, no.
She can come and do that. So yeah, if you if you wanna
look her up on she's on Instagram, she's on Facebook,
Sparkle Princess parties, just look her up.
You can e-mail or call her. We'll put the her info in the
show notes or on the screen here.
And Abigail Sparkle Princess parties.
That's who you want to look for.Don't look for me in the parking
(05:28):
lot at mini golf on Father's Day.
I want to know. Somebody did.
Somebody sent me a picture of you mini golfing.
Did you not see that? Yeah, someone did.
Lucy said that she. I'm going to find that picture.
Lucy saw Foreman mini golfing onFather's Day.
It was. She spotted Foreman in the wild.
What? And she took a paparazzi photo.
(05:50):
Paparazzi photo, although it's very blurry and I couldn't
actually figure if that was you or not.
This gets sent. Are you?
Serious. She sent it to our Instagram.
Lucy sent it to us so you can check that out.
That's how you effed up Father'sDay by going mini.
Got paparazzi snapped? And beside the the baboon
(06:10):
creature. But it looks like my ass is
sticking out as much as his. Geez.
Oh, you're mini golfing? Yeah, right.
It's not a good. Why is my ass sticking out while
I'm mini golfing? What do you mean by that?
Well, you're putting you got to lean over.
I'm preparing to take a shot. OK, good.
All right, with your with your ass sticking out.
Yes. Because you're not doing it
(06:31):
right if that's. How you form?
I'm just saying you're prime. Form yes, and what a surprise
that the person and keeping score Ashley ended up winning,
beating me by one stroke. Interesting.
On Father's Day of. All day.
Father's Day. Oh.
Boy. They didn't say anything about
(06:52):
that though, did you? 2 ruined Father's Day, did you?
You didn't. You didn't bring up Hey, wait a
second did. That cause an argument.
No, that wasn't the reason why Ibriefly ruined Father's Day.
It sounds like something you would have done though.
What did you do, Foreman? I can only imagine.
Well, we did go mini golfing, which was something the kids
(07:14):
wanted to do. They had to plan.
Let's take dad mini golfing and then we'll take dad.
Want to go mini golfing? I wanted to spend time with my
family and I thought it was actually quite lovely.
It's a very nice outdoor mini golf place.
OK. OK, Yeah, that's fine.
That's fine. I just I'm just checking, just
checking. I'll be more specific if they
(07:35):
like to pay for us to talk about.
Sure. I don't.
Yeah, that's fine. We're all for me, free.
They're all listening anyway. Yeah, yeah, OK.
There's discounts for being a dad, discounts for being there
earlier in the morning on the weekend.
And so this is a nice spot. Yeah.
All right. Yeah.
So. And that was.
Funny and it was good. Mini golfing was good other than
you didn't win. Minimal arguing from both
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children constantly, but. Minimal that's important is
Father's Day. That's not what you how you want
to spend your Father's Day with your kids fighting.
Kids fight every day and yeah, it doesn't matter what the
holiday is, it's happening. They can probably even promise
no fighting because it's Father's Day.
Yeah, that didn't. That didn't hold it.
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Will never work. They'll never work.
Yeah, in the history of children.
My house is exactly the same so.We still try to have a good time
anyway. All right, it's a fun family
activity, damn it. Yeah, that's what I say to that
is yeah, like we're going out tohave fun.
Nobody complain. And then we're going to go from
there. They wanted to go to.
They want, oh, we'll take dad toa brewery.
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Oh yeah? OK, now your kids.
Are talking and I thought great which one are we going to and
they said well whatever 1 you want to do OK dad so I started
to realize that this was just like the kids thought of some
things but then I actually have to like coordinate it during the
day yes I thought it was alreadyplanned this is fine still had a
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fun day well. I bet you were the driver, so
you had to figure figure that out.
Did. Drive most of the time, yes.
OK. And I thought, well, there's a
new brewery in Port Stanley. Let's go down there.
OK, nice, nice, nice, nice. Oh, you went for a real tour
that day? And then it was lunchtime after
mini golf, so of course, maybe we'll go for lunch and then go
over to the brewery. And then we're sitting on the
GTS patio, which is really up their game, by the way.
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Yes, it's lovely. Yes, I'm I'll say more if they
also would like to pay for it. Yep.
Too. Yeah, noted.
It's like it's 3000 miles away from me for for me to get to
Port Stanley, like it's so far away.
You're way closer to Grand Bend.Yes, it's just easier for me to
get to Grand Bend. But anyway, OK, yeah, I'd like
to get down there. I do want to go.
And you know, I haven't been in Port Stanley for a while, but
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yeah. Yeah, things are.
Things are happening there otherthan you do have to pay for
parking. I know.
What a pain, Yeah. So Ratchie teas, We have lunch
and then you're by the beach. The kids want to be at the
beach. We thought we're not going to
there for a beach day because. It's.
Early June, the water is going to be freezing.
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Even if people are at the beach,they're not going to be
swimming. But it was full of people.
People are swimming and have like, it's like it's August
15th. Wow, yeah, wow.
Was the water warm? Did you go try it?
It I've been in colder. OK, OK.
But it was cold and we made the snap decision.
All right, we're going to go home.
Everyone's got 10 minutes. Get your bathing suits and we're
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going back and fine, you can be at the beach.
Wow. You went back to Saint Thomas to
get your things and went back toPort Stanley.
Wow. OK, that's that's a real drive.
That's not ever happening to me,no.
I wouldn't. I'd be like, we're just leaving.
Well, it's only 10 minutes each way.
Is it only 10 minutes? OK, we're so.
Close. We're so close.
But all those are still not why I briefly ruined Father's Day.
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It's just imagine. Because he sounds like that
would ruin Father's Day for me personally.
I don't want beach day. Yeah, Ashley's not a fan of the
beach portion of the day, you know.
No, but it was Father's Day, so she had to.
Yes, the kids were having fun and I thought, great, we'll get
out our Tommy Bahama chairs. I can sit, have a nap, the girls
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can play. That's exactly right, yeah.
And they? Did play well together for a
while, which was Even so. I mean, that was a nice gift of
them to actually play with, interact, right?
Without. Fighting with the concept, but
before we even got out of mini golf, we had to wait for Barry
and Marlene, Ash's parents, to go from their house to our
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house, find my keys and come rescue us from mini golf because
I locked the keys in the car with children.
Heat of the day, Father's Day, mini golf.
As soon as I closed the door I thought, oh shit, what?
Kind of How old's your car? It's like I can't do that
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anymore. Well, yes, unless they're in the
trunk. Unless the keys are in your
wife's purse that you're trying to hide in the trunk and you
didn't bring any keys because she's going to have them in her
purse. Why do I need another thing in
my pocket? Right.
Who put their purse in the trunk?
She put her purse in the trunk and then I locked the doors and
closed it and I knew and I knew all of this.
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It's entirely my fault. It is not her fault.
Were you told to say that? I was told I better not say
anything other than that. Like it's almost impossible to
lock your keys in the car, but you found a way.
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You can't lock them in the cabin, but sure shit can lock
them in the trunk. Well, Foreman, you really did
have up Father's Day. Did you lock the keys in before
mini golf or after? As soon as we arrived.
During So did they come while you were golfing?
They came in at the end, yes. OK.
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So then after OK. After a calm discussion about,
well, I'll just walk home or I'll call my parents.
I bet it was calm, very calm. What?
The fuck did you do I? Don't know where the kids get
their fighting from. This is due to underwhelming
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demand. We're Dave, Rachel and Foreman.
This is the podcast that's like a roller coaster at Canada's
Wonderland. Because there's a pretty good
chance it could make you vomit. Yes.
There's a long line to get in, is that what you mean?
No, there's a long line to ride.You can walk right on, but you
will puke. So many people are waiting to
listen to us. Just wait till we get to the
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end. You'll vomit.
Oh, yeah. Let me.
I want to so Father's Day Eve, which by the way, format, I
don't know about it, what it's like in your world, but Father's
Day Eve is like one of the greatest days of the year
because you know what's coming the next day.
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You know it's your day. Even though you locked your
keys. You locked keys.
In the car. You fucked it up, but you know
it was. Completely your fault.
I did not do that to my father. 'S Saturday afternoon, in the
evening, you maybe already had acouple beers.
You barbecued a very nice dinnerfor the family because they
bought you steaks and you barbecued it.
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So you know it's good, right? Yeah.
So it's a lovely time. And then, you know, there's
plenty of more good things to happen the next.
Day. Is that the best when you get up
in the morning? The fun family What's?
Gonna have it's Father's Day. Who knows what's gonna what
magical things are gonna happen the next day, Father's Day Eve
so middle of Father's Day, Eve 2230 in the afternoon, my
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youngest daughter who's at home with me, I have two older kids.
My youngest daughter comes up tome and says out of nowhere,
Father's Day Eve, hey Dad, couldyou show me how to cut the lawn
it. Is.
Wow. I knew that's what it was, Yeah.
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I don't know why but. Yeah, I've never in my life
asked anyone to do that for me. Of course, show that.
No, I I can imagine that you would never ask that question.
Yeah. And I, I would have loved it if
her mother had asked that question, just as I'm sure
Jeremy would love it if you cameup to him one day.
And. Said he would.
Could you show me how to cut thelawn?
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You won't. They're part of a certain type
of person that's actively avoided all the opportunities
when they might have been invited to learn.
They don't. They're nowhere to be found.
They know better than to say, could you show me how to cut the
lawn right. They know better, yeah, but then
I'll be. Tasked with doing it, but at. 18
I guess my daughter doesn't anyway, so she says, hey, could
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you show me how to cut the lawn?And my immediate reaction it's
Father's Day Eve I'm looking forward to whatever's going to
happen the rest of Father's Day Eve and then of course the next
day my immediate reaction is whylike, like why?
Well, I like, why do you want tolearn?
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Well, I just want to learn, so I'm like.
It's for the quality father daughter time David I'm.
Skeptical if you're even going to let her touch your lawn.
Well, here's the thing. Here's what I'm skeptical about.
Here's what I think. Is there some TikTok thing is
there some TikTok lawn cutting thing challenge I'm not going to
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be roped into do I'm not being roped into one of your little
TikTok things. OK, you've tried that with me
before. I'm not being.
I'm not going to look on her TikTok.
I'm not being roped. Are you on there on her TikTok?
Yeah, No, I try to avoid it. I do try to avoid it.
So that's my first instinct is it's probably a TikTok thing.
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So even I go to her mother and Isaid your daughter wants to
learn how to cut the lawn. Do you know why?
Oh, it's probably a TikTok thing.
OK, but you can't be just general interest in wanting?
To happen, she. Really wants to learn.
It can't be that she just wants to help me out.
That's not. My genuinely wants to know how.
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Suspicious. I'm suspicious right away, as
you would be, wouldn't you, Foreman?
Yes, absolutely. You would absolutely be
suspicious. There's no chance you want to do
it. There can't be any.
I don't. Like cutting the grass.
Yeah, but they're not 18 year old.
No, they're not 18 year old. There's some other motivation.
There has to be there's. You could drill down on her
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until you figure it out, but it can't just because I want.
To run through in my head, I go,OK, well let me see, there's
TikTok. Maybe you're her friends, maybe
something's going on with it. She's got a group of friends,
maybe they're all cutting lawns.I got to figure something out.
So anyway, I wasn't planning on cutting the lawn on Father's.
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Day, Eve, and I'm certainly. Not going to cut it on Father's
Day but yesterday as we record this so it would have been a
Tuesday. I got home from playing a
disastrous round of golf and I just wanted to just, you know,
kind of chill out and not do very much.
It was hot and I was sitting outby the pool and my daughter
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appeared out of nowhere and said, can you teach me how to
cut the lawn today? I'm like.
OK, so now she's asked two times.
I was like, well, I got to have my lunch after I have my lunch.
Yeah, we can go out and I'll show you how to go.
I said I'm going to have to trimit because I, you know, I don't
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want you going around and, you know, you know, doing that kind
of thing. I'll, I'll.
You don't want her edging it? Yeah.
I don't want the edging I'll do.I'll do that.
She goes. OK, Larry, I said OK, bye.
I have my lunch. So I holler up at her.
You still want to cut the lawn? Yeah, I said OK, well, you
better put on some shoes. Can I wear my Crocs?
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Sure. As long as they're covering your
feet, you can wear your Crocs. OK, So I said, well, I'm going
outside. I'm going to get started.
She goes. OK, so I go outside.
I'm itching and out she comes. She's got her Crocs on.
So I shut the lawnmower off. Now I have a lawnmower that it's
not a, you know, it's not a self-propelled, you got to push
it, but there's a bar on it. You hold the bar.
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If you let go of the bar, the lawnmower shuts off.
So I shut off the lawnmower. I think that's what we have too.
I say to her, OK, you understand, don't ever put your
hand down anywhere near the lawnmower.
Why? I said because there's a huge,
well, there's two or three, I don't know, whatever it is,
blades in there, they'll cut your fingers off.
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And your toes that's why you're wearing Crocs.
Oh that's what cuts the lot yeah.
That's it's very dangerous don'tgo near don't put your hand down
well that's the important thing.Safety and you do need to point
out the obvious sometimes yeah Iknow I got.
An 18 year old here it's not like I'm trying to teach a 7
year. Old no yeah.
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An 18 year old I said OK so the goal here is I'm gonna start you
have to hold the bar you'll let go of the bar the the lawnmower
stuffs. So the goal here is can you see
the long grass and the short grass do you see the line and
she goes yeah I said well that'swhat you want to do you want to
keep the wheels on the right hand side talking we're having
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this great father oh by the way I didn't go over is this a
TikTok thing no OK. So it's not is it your.
Friend. Genuine interest.
Is it your friend no just? Wanted to film this the whole
time though but it's not no it's.
Not. So what it is is and this is
she's just like me to a certain extent she's just looking for
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something maybe to keep her moving keep her doing something
where she could just listen to some music and do it which is
exactly what I do when I'm cutting along the the headphones
go in and off I go said oh OK fine that's fine OK so you
understand I need you to keep yeah I keep that you you
probably can learn from this tooRachel you keep those right hand
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wheels. On the other side of the edge
right where the the you see the long grass you see the short
grass you just cut along the edge it's one big rectangle on
my lawn go crazy so she immediately we start it up she
gets behind the thing and immediately goes way right.
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And I said where are you going come on back here here let me
get it back you've. Already made her a line.
I just keep. Going and smaller and smaller
and smaller rectangle until you get in the middle.
Though it's not self-propelled. But it got away on her.
Well it's heavy I guess I don't know if you've never done it
before it's heavy yeah you gottapush it you gotta and when you
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turn you gotta you know you can tilt it up you can do whatever
works for you to turn it's just.It's kind of you know like I
don't have to explain any of this to foreman at all.
He. Gets it yeah I don't know.
Why it's like if foreman and I were to pick up a sofa we we
would know exactly which way to carry it through the door we?
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Had moved a sofa. Yeah but you would screw you
would go the opposite way that Jeremy wants to go yes.
Right I try not to sofas with Jeremy because it's for some
reason. You go the.
Opposite the right way no you go.
The wrong. Way and we press.
It's and it's always the wrong thing.
Stinctual we just I'm doing. It the right way.
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No you're not you're never doingit the right way 'cause we know
is. That triggering foreman is that
triggering. Oh yeah 'cause I Jeremy and I
wouldn't even have to talk we could just take the we would.
Now have to that's ridiculous just go which way you wanna go
let's go right OK yeah and we would it would magically happen
it's amazing it's true it's I'm telling you it's.
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True I don't do anything with myhusband I just don't I don't.
I don't put anything together with him anyway if he he put
together a whole barbecue I didn't even go outside 'cause I
was like he's gonna be angry about something I'm avoiding
this I don't move couches I don't move furniture with him I
try not I've learned my lesson now not just not to do it with
him. Could you not if Jeremy did the
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outside of the lawn and you know?
Just not follow the law. Follow that same line around and
around smaller and smaller do. You think do you think it would
be problematic do you think it would be difficult.
No. OK it was a little difficult for
my 18 year old now keep in mind yesterday when we did this it
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was a very hot day was in the middle of the afternoon like
230. In the afternoon.
But she's decided to do it heat of the day so I had to help her
a little bit and but she startedto get the hang of it so she was
doing the main part of the lawn then we went over and did
another part of the lawn I had to trim it edge it first and
then another part and I will sayto you.
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You while I had to instruct her to go over a couple of lines she
got better at it for me she did she didn't ace it but she got
better at it but I had to I'll tell you what it was the most
delightful cutting of the lawn I've had in a long long time and
I'm wondering I wondered right then and there should I ask my
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wife when she gets home can we have more kids because I think
maybe. You got to.
Wait a while another. 18 years Idon't.
Want the next one anymore I don't anyway I I got the
distinct impression that while she did learn how to cut the
lawn she doesn't want to do it anymore.
Right I don't think it's fun. But was she also getting the
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impression from you that you were fishing to see whether or
not this is now her job. Weekly and not yours.
Ever again I didn't no I didn't fish for that because I I feel
like I'm still going to have to edge and I'm still going to have
to be there to supervise but standing and sort of supervising
foreman when it's you know 28 degrees is a little cooler than
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pushing that lawnmower. Yeah oh I like supervising right
I think like I think what you need now is a hammock actually.
Maybe maybe that's what I need yeah.
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This is due to underwhelming demand the podcast that just
might be maybe better than a dayat the beach.
Because you know we are kind of fun and you don't get sand stuck
in places you don't want sand toget stuck.
Sure fair enough. While listening to the podcast.
Sold. Right foreman.
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Correct you don't have to be slathered in anything.
Yeah we don't need you don't need sunscreen to listen to us
you could take us to the beach with you though.
But also like don't blast us theamount of people who've just
decided they're bringing their do speaker and just fucking
cranking it at the beach is. And then 5 people have all
different music just no it's just noise like it's not even
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you can't even hear one of them it's like everybody 's doing it
yeah noise yeah. That's why I stay at home
watching my daughter cut my lawn.
All right well here's another thing that you might want to
take along with you and take from this podcast some fun
facts. I really do think those are fun
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facts Rachel Rachel. Rachel 's fun facts it's been a
while since I did this I checkedI think I haven't done this
since January or February. Have you not been feeling fun?
Well I've had other things to talk about and so fun facts got
pushed to the wayside but foreman has been sending me some
fun facts and that kind of perked my interest again right.
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Foreman in. Fun facts.
You know if anyone 's been. Doing our jobs for us around.
Yeah if anyone 's paying close attention it should really be
foreman 's fun facts and foreman's headline.
That's right. Most of them are foreman 's not.
My foreman comes up with the content but.
Here's my disclaimer Rachel is that I have been sending you
factually accurate information yeah but by no means come with
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the endorsement that I've already found them fun this is a
test to see which ones. You will choose OK which ones
you. Which ones I'm not?
Rachel the. Ones that you have sent.
Good oh OK because I wouldn't either.
And I've got some extra that youdon't that you haven't heard
even better it'll be a. Mix in there we'll see what you
what you like yeah and I don't Ihave not cross checked these so
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who knows if they're factual we'll just say that they are
because that's more. Fun you can't call them fun
facts if they're not factual well.
They come from a fact plate likea fact like they say that
they're. Factory a fact factory they come
from a fact factory which now. Includes Norman as my additional
fact. I'm not doing this anymore if
they're not factual. We're doing it because it's
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they're all it's fun sometimes. Well yeah other.
Things I made-up by Rachel. Like what kind of game is this I
didn't make them up but as you know the Internet and AI who
knows right anyway okay that's good you're.
Not buying into this I am sorry I was always thought you used to
say. Fun factual things now you're
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taking factual right out of the equation.
Well I they are I'm pretty sure they're factual.
If they're not going to be factual then they better be
100%? Well 100% be fun that's right
OK. OK this this is probably a good
one to start with because you guys are already annoying me did
you know that it's possible to literally be allergic to other
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people. You can be allergic to other
people maybe that's like their pheromones or something like
that you just don't you know jive with them I think are you
was that. Sneeze.
Are you sneezing? Yeah yeah OK even even through
the Internet. It's one of you I don't know.
Even through the. Internet I have a gas yeah I
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have a gas. OK thank.
You I have a gas. Yeah all right did you know that
rats can laugh. But we just can't hear it so
that's why I wonder how do we know that that's a fact do you
know what I mean. How do you know that we?
Don't hear that how do you test for that.
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If a rat laughs in the sewer does anyone hear it?
No. Only rats.
Only other rats. All the other rats we're all I
think maybe. You know if a rat has is
laughing because the others are chuckling and you're.
Like oh right down there is thatwhat you're.
Saying you see the other ones laughing.
Yeah I think I. I first thought that would be
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more fun if we could hear them but I don't want to hear them
laughing maniacally at humans feel like rats what their plotty
rat laugh. Would be fairly?
When I think of rats laughing I think of shredder from the Ninja
Turtles yeah that's who I think of and he's not nice he's evil
yeah he's evil the Pentagon the Pentagon has twice as many
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bathrooms as it needs? Huh.
For what a nice though. For what purpose I don't know.
Maybe just everyone has to go. Yeah there was like a concert
there there wouldn't be the big line up at the ladies.
At the Pentagon the Pentagon concert good ladies Pentagon.
There wouldn't be women coming into the men 's washroom at the
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Pentagon yeah. You know what I learned about
the Pentagon today what's that is that there's.
More facts about the Pentagon. A Twitter account called the
Pentagon pizza report. That tracks when shit 's going
down by how many pieces and orders sudden orders of pizzas
are coming in at nearby restaurants yeah what.
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Well because they're in meetingsand they can't leave and they
need food so. They're suddenly working
overtime or working late on somebig project coming up so the
Pentagon. Orders all the pizza.
Exactly and then you know something 's about to happen.
OK. About to come yeah something 's
about to go down yeah. That seems very logical.
Not fun if. The something about to happen is
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about to happen to you I would imagine.
But no. No maybe if you live far away
from the Pentagon well I guess who knows.
At the at the Pentagon there's abathroom for you sure.
Many. Many the children of identical
twins so if you're identical twins and you each have your own
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children they are actually genetically equivalent to being
siblings rather than cousins because their parent moms or
dads were identical twins. Even if my sister isn't a twin
and she has kids well they're still my niece and nephew what.
Are you talking about well they're your niece and nephew
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but because identical twins havethe same DNA?
When you have kids is that too much?
OK it's not too much. Fact.
It's actually pretty straightforward I thought it
was. Pretty straightforward actually.
Yeah that should be. Identical twins have kids their
kids are more confusing are morelike siblings than cousins.
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I still don't get it. OK OK.
I'm sorry I don't all right. Bad news for the young teenagers
who think their cousins are hot.Yeah.
Nope. I hope not there's a phenomenon
called the preparedness paradox in which effective planning and
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vigilance actually helps preventdisasters but then that leads
people to question whether the preparations were necessary in
the first place. Perhaps like having more than
enough bathrooms in the Pentagon.
Or twin twins that are. That's not that's not being
prepared you're not prepared that's not a preparedness thing.
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Wow these are certainly fun. OK here's one for Dave
specifically it's about traffic you might like this if all the
cars at a red light. Accelerated at the exact same
time and speed when the light turned green yes there would be
far less traffic. I agree that's that is true.
(33:49):
Right. Please do that please.
Everybody at the same time you're all paying attention
nobody 's got a honk at you to go you turn at the left green
light the left turn light put that right on time.
You're on the edge of your seat wait for it to turn.
It's a wonderful thing to bring forward but as you know no one
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does that. No.
No OK alright what good is that fun fact.
Just to make you more. Mad it just makes me angrier
that's right an. Angry fact if this guy could
just go we would be going. We would be.
Moving it's the slow OK fine. Compound of times I shout out
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loud can you move your car please can you just go can you.
Find the gas pedal please. Yes that's true.
A study has found that plant we're moving on plants crank out
more nectar when they hear bees buzzing so when the plants hear
the bees come near them they putout more nectar and then the
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bees go get it and then we have honey and Bing bang boom there
you go. Bob 's your uncle Fanny your.
Aunt right who's your aunt. Fanny.
Fanny it's actually your brothernot your cousin.
So the bees I. Don't know the bees here the
bees the flowers excited yeah. And the flowers they do.
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Here for this is getting gross pretty quick if you want me to
keep going. OK whatever.
No yeah don't keep going. OK what else can I do that you
guys are even going to like OK here well I got 2 more this one
might be helpful if you're you know maybe before golf Dave
drinking watermelon juice beforeworking out can we.
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Do buy watermelon juice? For.
To juice your own watermelon yeah drinking watermelon.
Juice a watermelon. Can I tell you the fact first?
Eat a slice I can't. Believe you're going to juice a
watermelon. Just crush it up like there's a
lot of juice in a watermelon. Twist it like a.
Cut it out and put it in a blender.
And then you yeah you can put itin a blender and drink it or
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maybe just eat a watermelon I don't know drinking watermelon
juice before working out can reduce muscle soreness and the
amount of time it takes for yourheart rate to recover.
Very healthy. Super fun.
Great that is super fun maybe even super factual but it's also
not who's got watermelon juice no.
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Watermelons just maybe you couldjust eat a watermelon because
you're eating the juice with it.Yeah why don't they sell
watermelon juice in. The slice or 2 watermelon I
don't know Dave I don't know. You know what's fun I.
Don't know why they don't sell here's.
Something fun on a related note they.
Probably do. Researchers have found that you
know the guys who like to submerge themselves in the ice
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baths and make a really big dealbut the ice baths after a
workout turns out. Good for you.
Yeah it reduces muscle strength I saw.
That recently actually. And I think that's delightful
because it's such a show like head out of the ice.
This is my segment not yours. I don't want to get some
(37:01):
watermelon juice they'll be fine.
OK one last one here just in case you wanted to know yes
humans have the girthiest. Nectar.
Nectar. What when the bees are coming?
Humans have the girthiest eggplants yeah among all.
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Beers are you referred beaners. Beaners you could say that great
sure. Yeah and humans have the
girthiest ones like proportionally sure right I
think maybe just general like I don't know if it has to be
proportional. Did you learn that on the
Internet or at your sex party? Does it matter?
You don't think it really matters does it do you like the
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word girthiest though I think. This is due to underwhelming
(38:05):
demand it's a podcast it's Dave Rachel and foreman and you can
go to our website underwhelming dot CA there you can read Rachel
's latest blog. Has it been 3 years since we
left the radio I didn't realize that wow?
This week. Time flies when you're having
fun I mean I. I.
Guess I. Guess I don't know I I was
(38:26):
stunned by that I thought really. 3 years I know seems
like forever ago but also not forever ago.
Well check out Rachel 's new blog and go to our website if
you're interested in sponsoring this fine podcast if you're
interested in buying us a coffee.
Like Stacy who bought 5. Amazing happy birthday Rachel
(38:49):
and foreman. Thank you thank you thank you
Stacy. Yeah the sponsorship helps us
keep the the podcast going so the coffee so anyway you can
help out that's awesome you can reach out to us too on
underwhelming dot CA you can write to us at our e-mail Dave
Rachel foreman@gmail.com you canget a hold of us through social
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media this is a portion of the podcast at the end of the
podcast where we read. Some of your comments your
connections with us which we love.
Yes we love I actually we have afew comments about the blog that
I wrote which was just what I miss about radio and I miss you
guys I miss working with you every day this podcast kind of
(39:33):
fills that void a little bit I miss having fun every morning I
never dreaded going to work I hated waking up early but I
never dreaded going into work. I hated waking up early too but
I I will say that the. We that period of time where the
3 of us work together honestly well not every day is is you
(39:55):
know a genuine grade a type of day perfect yeah we laughed a
lot we laughed I. Mean.
We laughed. It was fun.
It was fun. A lot and a lot of a lot of that
laughter no one heard. Right I.
Know, yeah. Well, there's a song ended and
we had to start talking again. There was laughter.
(40:15):
No one knew why. No one would know why, Yeah.
But we had fun, you know, when it was, I think that we really
did came. People knew that, people could
sense that. So anyways, I wrote a blog.
But what I miss about radio, youcan, you can read that on
underwhelming.ca. Jen says I miss your voices.
It's not been the same on my drives to work.
Kathy says I don't listen at allsince you guys left.
(40:38):
It's just not the same. I know it's different, but the
new people are great and they doa great job.
They're very talented because I do listen to them.
I wake up to them actually every.
Day you know there's another morning show you might want to
try out yeah different you can try out the.
Ones at 1:04 if you want to. 104is where performance is now.
Yeah, Connie says. I miss you guys.
I don't even listen anymore. But I do listen to Foreman in
(40:59):
the afternoon. Yay.
So Connie does listen to you. So thank you very much.
Awesome. OK, last week Foreman talked
about his bird issue, Foreman's fowl issue, and the bird that
was parked on your deck and diveBonnie.
There's a couple emails about that, Bonnie says.
I totally get Foreman's bird frustrations.
(41:21):
This is our first spring in our house.
A few weeks ago we were outside and I noticed a bird fly out of
the eaves at the corner of the house.
That's one story. I knew immediately what that
little fucker was doing, so I grabbed some steel wool, stood
guard, and while my hubby was grabbing the ladder, that fucker
of course tried to go back and Iyelled at it.
(41:42):
Watching it do constant flybys while chirping up an angry storm
after we stuffed the hole with steel wool was so satisfying.
That is fine. I had a bird once getting up the
like the corner of my house. It was like on the siding but
there was like a a corner piece there and they could go up it.
I don't know how it even fit butit did.
(42:03):
And we have another one from Michael, who has the same issue
as Foreman, although he says hi,Dave, Rachel and Foreman with
the subject. When the subject of birds came
up, we have a picture window in the family room looking out to
the backyard. We've had so many birds hit that
window, which will either kill them or they'll get a huge
(42:24):
headache from hitting the window.
The birds think the glass from the window is air.
Yes. And when in our old studio we
used to have. Birds all the time.
All the time. The birds.
We hit the window there all the time, yeah.
Speaking at the radio station. That's funny, editor.
In on air and there'd be a huge thump.
Oh yeah, for sure. At our house in Halifax or in
(42:45):
Timberley, there's trees and then you could see the house
behind you on the next like the street over.
So our backyards were against each other.
And we were chatting with those neighbors one time and they said
we got like, I don't know what'sgoing, there's something going
on in our attic, whatever, because we can hear stuff and
there's whatever. And we're like, Oh yeah, those
are birds. You have birds in your attic
because we would see them flyingaround from the eavesdrop that
(43:08):
like the soffit that hangs over they're they pushed up into the
metal in where? The Nest.
Was inside the attic. Oh, really?
But. We never like you would see
birds around there and never puttwo and two together that they
were actually going in until they said that.
So that would be what? You talked to each other.
Geez. Yeah, that would be worse.
Yeah. Don't want them in your attic?
(43:29):
We have some comments on Spotify'cause that's always a place you
can read your comments as well. Yeah.
From episode 126, where you weretalking about all the books that
you're reading, Dave, or what Jana was reading and then Rachel
was, Yeah. She was confused at the end,
Yeah. Candace says.
I was also confused by the ending of the Onyx Storm.
(43:51):
There you go. OK, I haven't read it all yet.
That's the one that Jana didn't understand, right?
Yeah. Well, she I think that's the
last one in the in the although my understanding is there is a
fourth one coming, but on stormything is she had trouble with
the second one as well. She found it a little confusing
(44:12):
as well. So.
I'm right. Yeah.
OK. Her last grabbed me as quickly
as the last one did the last series.
On 2 episodes ago Casey, when I was talking about parking and
how my parking downtown London is just free now.
Yeah, so. Yeah.
Have you still pay yet? Nope, still.
(44:33):
Good, good for you. Still free, yeah, but Casey
says. And funny, from what I brought
up today about where I spent Father's Day, Casey says don't
try not paying for parking in Port Stanley.
Those parking ticket arseholes are on your ass the minute you
park. Yeah, I bet.
To which I would like to reply Casey from Sunday, Father's Day
(44:54):
afternoon. No, they're not really.
They're no did you get away? Pay for a little bit of parking,
leave, come back, don't pay again or anything and it's fine.
Oh. Really.
Foreman's found ways of Foreman is well, you're.
Like that fancy parking king? Yes, because honestly, if you
think about the manpower, the logistics of patrolling a
(45:15):
parking lot to see if everyone'spaid, no one can afford that
shit anymore. If you don't see a guy actively
out wandering the parking lot checking license plates, it's
free. Yeah, it's for a lot to say
about Central Elgin and their taxes and how much they spend in
Port Stanley. So but I won't but I so that's
(45:35):
fine. Like 3 hours of parking there's
like 18 bucks I feel like. Parking.
It's a parking. And insurance are two of the
greatest scams in human history,so.
Yep. There you go.
Yeah, and finally I got a message that I wanted to share
with you guys from someone who listens all the time.
She was at her live show. She leaves us messages all the
(45:55):
time. She calls the radio station
plenty of times as well. Melissa Cowenberg Oh, yes,
Melissa, OK. Who goes on to say I find your
fans everywhere? I was at the grocery store in
Strathroy and sent a former listener of that other radio
station your way. Really.
She thought you as in me. She thought I was still in Nova
(46:16):
Scotia. And then I also told her,
Melissa told this person to check out this podcast.
Well, thank you, Melissa. We appreciate.
That wow, yes, we should. Start an ambassador program.
Melissa can be the number one ambassador, right?
Thank you. Well, and she said she met this
person at the Lotto counter and had said that she won tickets
(46:41):
from a radio station. The lady asked which station and
I said that one. And as soon as I said that, the
lady said, oh, I miss Dave, Rachel and Foreman, it's not the
same. And then she was amazed I even
talked to you guys at all. So wow.
Well, thank. You.
That's awesome. Well, maybe we got a new podcast
listener from that. Thank you very much.
(47:02):
I hope so. What episode is this 100 and.
1:30 today. Oh, it is one. 3030, yeah,
another milestone. Wow.
And a shout out before we go to Sparkle Princess Parties for
sponsoring episode 130. Yes, Abigail's helping us keep
this going. So if you know someone who wants
some advertising, podcast advertising is is very good and
(47:27):
cuts through the noise for various reasons.
But you can go to underwhelming.ca.
She's helping us fund this. Thank you.
Abigail, can we throw? Can we use a Sparkle person's
party for like a podcast? 150th maybe?
Maybe. Yeah, that'd.
Be a bad idea. Or maybe I don't know if we have
enough time to plan that might. From now.
Right, it might have to be Podcast 200.
(47:50):
You will need all that. To make.
Sure, the live show was a lot ofwork.
Yeah, it was a lot of work. It was a lot of work.
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