May 27, 2025 • 41 mins
(3:33) - Do you understand the books you read?
(12:37) - Rachel's new mother/daughter relationship stage
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I took my glasses off, but now it's really like blinding my
eyes. I need the blue light glass.
Yeah. You guys are blind.
Yeah. That's right, we're.
More shining. So brightly.
We are shining. I was going to say I just can't
stand the sight. Oh, shining 2 shining stars that
I. I like my version better.
Here I get to look at each week.OK.
(00:27):
This is due to underwhelming demand with Dave, Rachel and
Foreman, the podcast that knows that life begins at 40.
I thought you were going to say that too.
I knew that. You know what?
Just kidding, Foreman. No it doesn't.
Shut the fuck up. No.
It doesn't. How many more days till you're
40, Foreman? Not very many wait from the day
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this comes out. Yeah, it's more I'm perfectly
not counting. The very next.
Oh my gosh. Happy 40th birthday, Foreman.
Is 40. Foreman is 40.
So this is our. Fabulous foreman at 40.
That's right, this is our foreman is 40.
Celebration. Podcast.
Sure, if you want to wish me a happy birthday in person, you
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can find me for the next 4 days at the Canada Games Aquatic
Center for my daughters. Artistic swimming at the Ontario
Artistic Swimming Championships.Volunteering everyday.
Volunteering. Oh, I heard you doing some
announcements there. Is that your volunteer gig?
Yes, it is. I at least I have a skill that's
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useful to what they need, right?That's yeah.
It's the one thing every other parent says.
Well, I'm not signing up to be the announcer.
I'm like, I got you, I got it. I can do this, you know.
This is the one thing I can do. I didn't sign up for that
either. When Charlotte was figure
skating, I would be, I would do security at the door, so.
David, I know. I'm the worst person for doing
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it, yes. I wouldn't let anybody in.
When I whenever I cause I'm a. Ticket get out.
As you know when. I'm her grandmother.
I don't care. Get out.
I'm the vice president of our home and school association, and
so I. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
As you may or may not know. Vice President, I'm Veep of the
home and. School Veep.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because no one else wants to.
(02:13):
The president or maybe the principal?
Yeah, yeah, nobody else wants to, which is how I still got
voted in again. That's right.
But yes, I end up doing a lot ofthe announcing and public
speaking. I don't do so that's I used to
try to avoid. Avoid public speaking.
Yeah, I I was never any. It's the only.
(02:33):
Thing I'm good at Dave, what else?
What else am I gonna? Offer anyway.
Well, here we are. This is a podcast.
It's the 40th birthday podcast for Foreman, and coming up on
the podcast, Rachel and her daughter have reached a new
stage in life. It's a special time in our
relationship. Yeah, they hate each other.
(02:54):
I'm pretty sure that's what. She's going to say close.
Pretty close. All swear words are now allowed.
Let them fly, I. Don't hate her.
That's right, Forman's going to play.
Guess what celebrity he ran into, which I can't wait.
I actually can't wait because hehas not told us which one it is
and so I will be guessing and I can't wait to learn who it is.
(03:17):
And it's very literal. Guess which celebrity I ran
into? You literally OK, Great, great.
Good. I mean, it wasn't a collision,
but that. Well, that's what it sounds
like. I am going to begin though.
I'm going to begin with, and I don't know if you read a lot, if
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a lot of people are reading as much as we used to read 10 years
ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago.I don't know how many people
read. I read when I have a chance,
which is not that often. I swear to God, if you're
bringing up Sarah Jessica Parker.
No, no, no. Sarah J Max.
(03:58):
Yeah, she reads three books a day.
I read. I read.
That, oh, Sarah Jessica Parker does.
Two books are three actress. Yeah, right, She reads it 2A.
Day 2 a day. Well, you know what my stepdad
reads? He could blow through a whole
book in a day for sure. Probably 2 like I wouldn't.
Yeah, he reads if. You're doing that.
You need to a get a life. Maybe go for a walk.
(04:21):
I've been trying to read more, to be honest with you, because
for a long time I haven't. I've been doing any read.
I used to read a lot as a kid. I want to bring you into this
because I think we touched on reading.
You were going to read a book series, which I knew that we had
already purchased for my wife, Jana.
And So what the question is whenwhen you read a book, do you
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understand what you're reading? Yes, what?
What would you? Yeah, mostly.
Do you really? If I don't understand it, I
usually go over it a couple times to be like what happened?
Okay, right. That's the question, so what's
the book series that you talked about on the podcast?
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Because I know my wifes reading I can't.
It's A Court of Thorns and Roses, but it's a series.
So the first book is called A Court of Thorns and Roses, which
they call Akotar. But then there's five books in
the series and I'm, I'm on book 5 finally.
It is taking me a long time to get through all.
And they're thick except for #4 which was kind of a write off.
(05:27):
And if you've read it, you know,it's like everybody says, it's
like the Christmas special. But I'm on the last one, which
everybody, everybody had told mewas their favorite.
And I agree so far. It's a fantasy thing though,
right? Yeah.
So this is not something I wouldhave ever, ever picked up.
But a friend of mine told me, and I think I told you or Jana
heard about it, I don't know. But we were talking to him.
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And then you did buy it for her.And so, but it's very popular
right now. And I think that the author was
in talks to like make ATV seriesout of it or something, kind of
like Game of Thrones, but I don't actually know if that's
happening now. Yeah cuz isn't this softcore
porn with Dragons as a book? There's no Dragons.
This one's fairies. Even better, kind of.
(06:10):
So I was at my sister's house last summer and I had this book
series and she was like, is thatyour porn book?
And I was like, no, no, it's notmy porn book.
In my mind. I've heard that it's just porn
and I'm like, well, it's not just that.
And then I left and she has now blown through the entire series
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before I finished it at all since I left her house.
So I'm like OK so. But it I mean it is spicy as
they say. Spicy.
Yeah. I hadn't heard the word.
My wife doesn't use the word spicy when she discusses it.
She finished that that I think she was onto it before when you
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brought it up. And I was like, oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah. We bought the books.
And she wants them this. Is what she So I will say to you
because I would ask her because of my experience with Game of
Thrones. And I can honestly say I haven't
read Game of Thrones. I just watched it but I
literally had to go back and re watch a lot of it 'cause I was
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confused. There are tik toks of of women
giving their husbands these sections of books to read and
they're reading it and looking at their wives.
Like what the hell? Really.
So maybe, yeah, I mean, you could ask her to read a, a
portion of it, maybe. So we.
Got these books individually so ohh there's a new one that my
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friends everybody at works talking about.
I said OK, So what is so? So what did you say?
It was Fourth wing, 4th Wing andthen Iron Flame and then Onyx
Storm. So we got.
It's like the 4th Wing series, so there's three books.
Yeah, so 4th Wing I. Think.
Or maybe is there a fourth one coming out?
I can't remember. Oh, it could be somebody else.
Was a gift, Iron Flame was a gift, and then Onyx Storm we
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borrowed. So we finished Onyx Storm.
So you she's read all of them now.
Yes, all three. Of them.
Oh, and how does it compare to? The first one, how was the first
one? Well, it wasn't bad.
And then I said, how was the second one?
I didn't really like the second one.
I was really kind of confused what was going on.
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And then the third one, which isOnyx Storm, she finished about a
week and a half ago and then reread the last four chapters.
Yeah. I said, well, why?
She says, I have no idea what happened.
I said, what do you. I have no.
What do you mean you have no idea?
(08:45):
She goes, I have no idea. I I I you got to the end of the
book. What happened?
I don't know. I don't know how it happened.
I said really? I don't.
Remember, like, like, do you like, did somebody win somebody?
So she just like didn't take it in while she was reading it or
like. No, she just.
Didn't understand. Lee didn't know, and then she
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ended up talking to her friends at work who have also read it,
and they were pretty much the same.
Nobody seemed to know. Really.
OK, I'll have. One and one individual pointed
out. We think it's a cliffhanger so
that they leave you, they leave you hanging, but you don't know
(09:30):
why anyway. Everything is just hanging.
My whole point is Rachel, Good luck, hope you enjoyed the
books. So I think there is a fourth
book coming They're. Better I can tell you right now.
I'm waiting for for books. My wife has no interest in
reading it. I don't know.
(09:52):
Yeah, anyway, we were. Watching, I have no idea.
We were watching an episode of Andor today and we both looked
at each other. I don't know what Andor is do.
You know what's going on? And we both, we were like, no,
not really. We have no idea.
What's going on? I keep falling asleep in that
one. This is due to underwhelming
(10:26):
demand. It's the podcast that knows that
you know you're 40 when you hearyour favorite song in an
elevator. Foreman, Foreman, Have you done
that recently? No or I haven't.
I guess I'm not 40 or. You.
Find it will be tomorrow. Or you find yourself cleaning
your house to the music you usedto drink to.
(10:48):
Yeah. I like to cook on a Sunday to
Motown Sounds on iHeartRadio andeveryone else in the house hates
it. Really.
I like Motown. They don't like it.
It's really good. My kids just want to listen to
musicals, soundtracks all the time.
God that would be wow. I don't mind it.
(11:12):
That's more stereotypical Rachele House than I could have
imagined. Yeah, I I would.
Wow. The ones that were cycling
through lately, it was wicked for a long time.
Now it's we kind of cycle through The Greatest Showman,
which is good, OK. Like this is if I was making a
joke about what they listened toat Rachel's house, it would be
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musicals and all of these titles, but it's real it.
Is absolutely real. There's no white soundtrack.
The new one. The new one, yeah.
OK, all right, Rachel. Anyway, just go, don't we?
Well, can we? Can we talk?
About something else can. We, at least my family.
Kids La La la lover. We did that for a long time,
(11:56):
Steve. Lava chicken, Yeah.
Stacy as hell Yeah. You're ringing the bell.
I know the whole thing, okay. The whole Did you see the movie?
Did you see the Minecraft movie?We actually did it's.
Great, isn't it? You're.
Really. It's funny.
I thought it was funny. I thought it was funny other
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than I just pictured. For some reason the whole time I
thought if Dave went to see thishe would hate it.
Of course I would. Really.
So much yes, Dave, don't go see it.
I'm not. Don't watch it when it comes out
at home. I mean, notice I.
Go see, I go see a lot of kids movies.
Lilo and Stitch will be the nextone.
So anyway. Have fun.
Yeah, All right. Well, Speaking of my children,
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I've reached a real fun new stage with my daughter Julia,
who's the oldest. She's almost 12.
She'll be 12 this year in August.
She's 11. She's in grade 6.
She's insists on being called a preteen.
Yeah, she's not a kid. She's a preteen and so we're a
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pretty close knit family. Like we're pretty close, right?
So we we like to cuddle and I I love to give the kids kisses.
But I've noticed that Julia doesn't love kisses as much
anymore. Whoa, whoa, Bum.
Yeah, back off. Yeah, it's bad enough when you
drag me to Home Depot on Saturday, but that's right.
Get your mouth off me. Yeah, stay away.
(13:21):
But I just can't. You know when you see your kids
and they're just so cute and you're like, I have to give them
a kiss and then they don't let you and then you're just
jonesing for a hit. You're like, I just need to kiss
them. I just.
Need to kiss them? I've never really no what.
That doesn't happen to you, No. No.
OK. A little whatever.
Jones for that. Oh, I would.
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I Jones for that every day. A.
Little bit that happens. Emily's fine.
Emily loves dishing them out. So yes, oh great, nobody kisses
me, but well, Kendall does sometimes.
But I have to kiss everybody else and then I'm just grieving
it because they don't let me. So every morning I go to the bus
stop because I go, I take the dog for a walk right after the
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bus. And.
Our bus. Stops.
Very, very. I definitely do it.
I love you so much Harley. Have a great day with your
friends. Yes.
So that you've just ruined my whole bit because that's exactly
what I do every day at the bus stop and our bus stop is very
large. There are, and I counted one
day, I think 28 kids that get onthe bus at our bus stop.
(14:25):
So they're so there. It's there's probably at least
35 people there every single day.
So usually she's she's OK with it most of the time.
And I don't think she's embarrassed that I'm there, but
I do say to her, I love you so much.
Have a great day. And I scream it so that
everybody can hear when she's walking away.
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She just kind of. Why do you?
Why do you? Scurries away quickly.
Why? Why do you do that?
I think it's, one, I mean it, and two, it's hysterically
funny. OK, Yeah, if you're if, if, if
you're doing it to be funny, then I'm on your side.
Yeah, if you're doing it becauseI can't think of any other
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reason you would do that to yourchild.
Because I really. Really.
Love them so much. With all these, that's fine, you
should love your child. Yeah.
To the ends of the earth. I don't have a problem with
that, but I do. Believe that.
Yeah. Thank you.
There was a point. Was there ever a point in your
life where you looked at your parents and and thought, God,
(15:35):
they embarrassed me? Right, Right.
Oh, yeah. I can't remember a time where I
didn't. I don't.
Know, of course. Really.
Oh, I, I don't know if they really embarrassed me that I
don't know, maybe I guess, but they didn't do stuff like that.
I do stuff like that and I and Idon't, you see?
(15:56):
That in yourself, don't you see that as your daughter getting on
that bus with a mother screamingI love you this?
I think she'll think of that at later in life and be like, my
mom was hysterical and at least she showed her love like.
That's I believe. I believe that at some point she
will remember it as the point inher life where she wanted you
(16:20):
dead. Yeah.
I do I do I? Hope not so she hasn't been too
bad about it yet, but I think itmight be getting worse.
And it's never a lasting. Thing.
No, no. It's just sort of.
A come background in the mid 20s.
Yeah, well, see, I don't, I never, I never.
I don't think I was embarrassed by my parents, but I how?
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I certainly didn't like them until I was probably 23.
Like I don't think I. And that's you proved our point.
Yeah, from probably 15 to 23, I was just like, yeah, you know, I
was too busy with my friends, too busy going out and dealing
with my own life. I don't even really know what
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happened in anyone else's life in my home between like 15 and
23. Don't care.
Didn't care at the time. I Care now, but I didn't care at
the time. And so Julia's not quite there
yet, but she's starting to just ignore me.
Sometimes I think she thinks it's kind of funny to ignore me.
So today I had to go. I had to drive the kids to
school. I had to drop some stuff off for
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the school and. Because you're vice president.
Of the school. Thing Exactly.
Yes, yeah. And so I go in and there's some
older girls standing at the front.
So I said goodbye to Kendall andJulia just walked away.
And I was like, goodbye. Yeah, I love you.
Have a good day. She was gone before she could
even hear me. So I was like, OK, this is our
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new thing. I guess that she's just going to
ignore me. Wait till she says to you, and
she will. She's going to say this.
I hate you. Yeah.
She has said that, Yeah. Well, when she's been angry with
us before, she has said I hate you guys.
And we're like, what? And then she's like, OK, I don't
really. Know she'll really start to mean
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it when she gets. Old.
I know, I know because I meant it too.
I know. But Kendall is 8, Kendall is 8.
And so she says to me, mommy, you'd better when I'm in high
school because to my kids, beinga teenager is the be all end all
of life. Like that's the ultimate thing
that you could be is a teenager.And she says, Mummy, when I am a
(18:29):
teenager, you'd better not come to my school and kiss me in
front of my boyfriend. And I said, I am absolutely
coming to your school and kissing you right in front of
your boyfriend. Well, that's for sure what I'm
going to be doing. You just wait.
Look, I mean, she's OK with it right now.
She's OK with it back. I'm in favor of the
embarrassment factor, I really AM.
(18:50):
But I didn't do that at the bus stop.
But now I have a. Now I have a 19 year old.
I can't believe that. Yeah, approaching 19 and.
I met her when she was 5. I know five kids old when kids
get. On my lap.
I know when kids come over now I'm like, well this will be fun.
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Hi, I'm Charlotte's dad. Yeah.
My name's my name's Dave. Yeah.
What's what's yours? Jackson.
Where do you come from That's. Right.
It's way better when they're older and they really
understand. Yeah.
I can't wait. You need to wait.
You got to save some of that because.
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Jeremy won't do that, but I so Ihave to do it for both of us and
it's going to be amazing. When you don't do it.
Well, I'd rather hide at that stage.
But for now, the saving grace I have is Harley's really
embarrassed and does not want hugs and at the school bus and
any of that. But if you're like at her
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activities, like at her swimming, even just to practice,
she's always if you focus on herway down at the pool.
She's always looking to see if you're looking.
That's a good thing. But you're in trouble if she
catches you on your phone too much or looking around or
talking to other parents or whatever.
You have to be watching. And she'll never say it, but you
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know it still means a lot to It means everything to her that you
have her attention. And that will save your heart.
Yeah, and I think Julia is the same.
I think she loves that I do it, but she's pretending to be cool.
And so she's walking away and pretending to ignore me, but
she's secretly walking away going huh, OK.
(20:38):
I like that I. Think so too.
And I bet you Harley loves that you're the announcer of the swim
team. She probably loves that.
I actually don't think she likesno, I think.
You I. Think that's I don't know what
color the sky is in your world, Rachel, but that's OK.
You keep dreaming. Love isn't the word I used to
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describe when I'm listing off the kids names that what a great
swim from blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Harley Gordon. She hates it.
That's amazing. He does.
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This is due to Underwhelming Demand, the podcast that knows
when you hit the age of 40 in dog years, you're dead.
I don't know why I'm laughing. I'm 42 this year.
OK, well, 2. Days after foreman.
OK, it's the podcast that knows when you hit the age of 40,
you're literally halfway betweendiapers and Depends.
(21:42):
That's a fact that's so sad. Happy 40th Foreman. 40.
On the fact that Rachelle 42. Enjoy your yeah.
Wow, Rachel. Two days later.
Rachelle pretty much on the downlike she's on her way to.
Like I'm on my deathbed or something on.
Your way to 50. No, I'm not.
Yeah, you are. You're closer to 50 than you are
(22:03):
to 30. Yeah, closer to 50 than I am. 50
Yeah, it's coming. Nice.
It's in your sights. Oh God.
There's no other milestone between then and now.
I never. Pictured myself at 50.
I didn't know what it would be like, but I'm not there yet
either so. It's coming, it's coming.
It's coming. We're getting a picture of it.
(22:23):
It's. Coming.
Listen, it's better than the alternative, you know.
Good point. You're lucky to be 50.
Nobody knows that better than me.
Really. Because you're still around, so.
I'm still here somehow. There's a few people who know it
better than you. Maybe, yeah.
Well, I just actually ran into avery famous person that I bet
(22:44):
you and most people all know. OK.
Ran into someone. Ran into a famous person.
Yeah. Are we playing?
Are we playing a guessing game? Yes, we're playing what?
Celebrity did Foreman run into? Where did this occur?
London, OK on a path on one of the The Walking trails that goes
(23:07):
along the Thames River, so rightbehind Storybook Gardens if
you're familiar with London. Yes, I do know where.
That is Spring Bank Park walkingpath.
Basically that's. Far for you to be from home.
Yes, but when your children are at a 3 1/2 hour swimming
practice. Not that far away.
What's a boy to do? What's a boy to do?
(23:28):
You might as. Well, drive back to Saint
Thomas. OK, so you were running on the
path. Mostly running of a little bit
of walking in between. Yes, I'm walking.
I'm starting to prepare for Tilsonburg's Running with the
Bulls coming up July 19th. Register now at Tilsonburg,
Running with thebulls.com. Pardon.
Me 5K yes 5K Supporting familiesfacing a cancer diagnosis.
(23:53):
What? Other Bulls running with the.
Family name Who runs it? Their last name is Bulls.
I. Would like a better event name,
right? No.
It's great. I catch you so well and whatever
you need to do to raise that money do.
It Yeah. Enjoy yourself, Foreman, but I
would love it if you are runningwith the bulls.
(24:13):
Like if you're going to do that,please tell us.
Please provide us video. I would like to see that.
It's Tillsonburg, not Spain, OK.Right.
OK, so you're run walking. OK, you're run walking.
Is this person a male or a female?
Oh, male, it's a male. Late afternoon.
Early evening. Evening.
(24:34):
Evening. Evening. 7:00-ish PM.
OK, that eliminates any news anchors, I think. 7:00-ish PM on
a weekday. Yeah, I think that would
eliminate who's not running intothis.
I was going. To guess Genevieve Fisher, our
friend. But now I know it's a man.
I have run into her on a trail in Saint Thomas though in the
(24:55):
last few months. Oh, interesting.
OK, who else could we guess? The mayor.
Josh Morgan. No, because I wouldn't know him
to look at him. I can't even picture what he.
Would know if he had knocked himover, 'cause he would probably
say, you realize who I am, Yeah.Yeah, no, he would say that.
(25:19):
Did you? Literally run into this person.
I ran past the person and they recognize me first.
Oh. Really.
OK. They are much more famous they.
Can't. Much more famous.
How could anybody who recognize you?
Taz from. No, not that.
No, he was going to put. Tadley with her in the same.
(25:40):
Building. Maybe you, I know, but who
knows? Rarely.
See him 'cause you know morning shift versus afternoon shift,
Yes. Exactly.
Yeah. OK, My my next guest, and this
was my guest from the beginning once you started talking about
it, Nick Paparella. What makes you say Nick
Paparella? 'Cause he's a runner.
He's a runner, I know he's a runner and he used to listen to
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us all the time and so I know heknows who you are.
And that's it. That's all that's based on.
Yes, yeah. Well, you ruined it.
It was Nick. Nick Buffalo.
Very good. Hey, Warman.
Nick, that's exactly what it sounded like.
And I'm like, what? Yeah.
(26:22):
Warman warming man. He was running past me the
opposite way and he's wearing a hat and all his fancy running
gear because he's obviously a runner and I'm just out there
flailing. He's a big runner.
He does run a lot. I knew that if it was, oddly
enough, I ran into Nick Paparella about a month ago.
Downtown London. Come on.
Yeah, because he's. Come on.
(26:42):
Because he's. Everywhere.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, for all the
teasing we do about Nick, he is the nicest man.
He's a sweetheart. He's so kind.
For those that don't know, Nick has been a staple of the local
London news, whatever it's been called over the many, many
years. He's been there.
He's. Been there forever.
Everybody knows Nick and. He told me when I saw him how
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long he'd been been there, and Iforget the number of years, but
I guess he could retire at any point now.
But he's, I think he likes what he's doing.
I said like I'm thinking of, he goes, come on, all right, you
keep doing it there. Like he's not the biggest fan of
being the one that has to cover the World Junior hockey players
(27:24):
trial right now. But that's why I'm going to.
Bring that up. But yeah, he sure he wouldn't.
Enjoy that. No, no one would.
No, it's not a fun story. That's for.
Sure. Come on.
Yeah. No, that's not a fun story.
So that, well, that's good that you ran into Nick.
Yeah, and. You took a picture together.
Of course, we chatted for a while.
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He said he's been listening, so thank you.
Shout out Nick Paparella listening to Country on a voice.
Appreciate it. Even knew who I was, which is
very amazing. I mean, I know like we kind of
worked together and yeah, we didsome events together, but like,
why would he care who who the hell I am, right?
I think he listens to us every day.
Yeah. So he knew.
(28:05):
He knew you for sure. He asked how you guys were.
He informed me that he has a sonwho's working overseas.
Do you know where and with whom?It's a very famous American.
No, I don't. I thought I saw his son doing
some reports on the new Pope, tobe honest with you, and I
(28:26):
believe it was his son because one of his kids I know was in
Italy. That much I know.
Working there at the Vatican is a colleague with the Pope, yes.
Oh, he's working at the Vatican.He works there.
Yes. Wow, doing what?
I'm not sure but he works there.That's amazing, but.
CTV had him. I was watching CTV, not local,
(28:51):
but it was, I think CTV National, and they had him on
talking about how they select the new Pope and what the
process is. Yeah, he's, he knows.
He knows the dope on the Pope. The dope on the Pope, the new
Pope even. Yeah, yeah.
Oh, that's cool. It is cool I.
Saw Nick that they hadn't had a new Pope yet.
The first one didn't hadn't diedyet, so.
(29:13):
There's been many popes that have.
Well, it wasn't the first Pope. Their most recent last one,
Yeah, there's been a lot of plenty.
Of popes. Sure.
Plenty of. Yeah.
And now I have plenty celebrities to go in my new
series that I think I'm going tostart, which is running with
celebrities. Running with celebrities.
(29:34):
Now I run 2 so. Far.
I ran to Nick and. And earlier this year, before I
started working at Country 104 and was there for colleagues
with everyone who works at FreshRadio F 196 and 980 CFPL out on
trail in Saint Thomas, I also ran into the voice of the London
Knights, Mike Stubbs. Mike Stubbs.
(29:57):
He. Might love Mike.
Have. You seen him since I love.
Mike Speaking of of nice man, he's also a very.
He's a great guy. Yes, he almost took almost the
exact same picture. If you're yes, you did.
We'll put it up properly there there.
You go. There's Mike, looks great, he
looks great. He's looking, he's doing great.
I have him on my show sometimes to talk about the nights and
(30:19):
he's off to the Memorial Cup. Yeah.
For him. Cool.
OK, Foreman runs with celebrities.
Well, what? What else would you expect?
I mean very local celebrities well.
Yeah, well, whatever, that's fine.
Yeah, it's just the beginning for him and.
Just to be. It can only go up from here.
Yeah, you always, you know, you always I.
Don't know if you get much bigger than Nick and Mike to be
(30:40):
honest. Too, I never tried to reach for
the stars. Maybe Julie actress and you can
look for her sometimes. I'm sure if I stayed in Halifax
a little bit longer I definitelywould have run into Anne Murray.
Really. Do you think so?
Is she in Halifax? Everybody does.
You would for sure run into the guy from Great Big Sea, of
(31:02):
course. Yeah, yeah.
Well, all you have to do is drive into like when the minute
you leave Quebec and hit the East Coast, there he is.
Yeah, Jimmy Rankin, maybe. No, that's no Remember, that was
my disappointment about Cape Breton.
Jimmy Rankin wasn't there to welcome all visitors off the
bridge. She should be just.
He's the entry point, yeah. This is due to underwhelming
(31:38):
demand. We are Dave, Rachel and Foreman,
and this is the Welcome to Your 40s podcast for Foreman.
Happy birthday, Foreman. You know, in your 40s, I slept
wrong as a legitimate injury, just so you know.
Yeah, you can. You can claim that.
I've said that to my chiropractor more than thrice.
(31:59):
What does it mean if you use that in your 30s already?
Well, that's problematic. Actually.
I can tell you that when you turn 40, your body starts making
sound effects. That's fun.
Where you make sound effects when you move.
Maybe that's right. Yeah.
Yeah. And you probably noticed if
you're a male that turns 40 haircoming out of places that you
(32:22):
don't want it to come out of. Your hair.
Nose hair, that's when. You get one of those little
razors that's like a pen. Please get in all the little.
Please be one of those you know over 40 year olds who looks
after that stuff OK? Sure.
You know, I'm just I live with someone who's not shy about
(32:42):
pointing it out. OK, well, it's.
Not a bad idea to get SO. Does Jeremy?
But he doesn't appreciate that. Handy razors for your 40th
birthday. Jason would also pull pull them
out too, one at a time. Ouch.
Yeah. Anyway, thank you for.
For listening, downloading the podcast, we appreciate your
(33:03):
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laugh. Thank you.
I've often wondered what happened to the Costco puzzle
that Foreman received. Did he put it together?
(34:27):
That's true. What happened to that?
Well, my first plan for it was going to be bring it to the live
show and let everyone in attendance put it together
together. That's a riveting activity.
Then I forgot it and I've forgotten it ever since.
OK, so it's somewhere in the house.
I thought you were going to say my first idea was to throw it in
(34:47):
a bonfire. Well, that's so.
I would do it. Don't do that.
I will do it. No, I like.
Puzzles. I appreciate the gesture,
Lindsay. Thank you from getting it all
the way here from Nova Scotia, you.
Weren't going to do it. Yes, she knew that.
But you knew this is exactly howit would play out.
Yeah, right. She knew you.
(35:07):
Knew you understand. Did it for the plot.
You understand how the phrase I like puzzles, basically.
Listen, I'm 42, who cares? It doesn't matter.
I got nothing to prove. I don't give one shit what you
think you. Really.
Give up. That's the.
Good thing about 40 format is that I haven't given up.
(35:29):
But you just get, you don't giveone shit what other people
think, you just don't. You just like, you know what,
fuck you, I like puzzles. Too bad.
Fuck off, that's what happens. I like puzzles.
Yeah, yeah. And in fact, so does Dave.
So I know and I know that. No, I don't.
I guess you do. I hate them.
(35:51):
You do them every Christmas and you buy a new one.
I do them because it's a challenge.
Yeah, you want to do a puzzle? I truly hate them.
Exactly. I actually enjoy, you know what,
Lindsay? I'm glad we've had this
refreshed because I enjoy the fact that you've given me a
puzzle even more because those two do them and I don't, and I
have one that would be a challenge.
Yeah, and I don't want it either.
(36:12):
So don't give it to me. I don't want.
Well, Jim Bag Egg has written me.
Oh, good. OK.
Because a couple weeks ago, lastminute I was able to take my 8
year old daughter Emily to sit front row on the glass for the
one hockey game we've attended all year, which was the London
Knights winning the OHL Championship.
I saw your video, that's fun. That was like a fun day.
(36:36):
How was your daughter? Did she like I guess?
She had a blast. She was she was going to town on
the noisemaker. She was upstanding, banging on
the glass, singing along, just sweet Caroline.
To which Grandma Marlene says sounds like she has inherited
(36:57):
her mommy and daddy's singing voice.
Oh, that's a shame. That's a Jim Bag says.
OK, I'm pissed off now. How the hell did you get
tickets? Well, how did you get tickets,
Jim Bag? I'm Foreman from country 104.
Of course I can't. He happened to be around the
(37:18):
office and they were giving that.
Recognizes me. Come on.
All right, I'm. Sending this episode to Nick for
sure. Turning turning 40 has made you
slightly cockier than you were when you were.
Turning 40 and you don't give one shit what other people.
Say, take the wins while I can. Who knows how many more I'm
(37:40):
going to get? Remember how we really, we
really overshot the food order at Harley's birthday party?
Yes. And I said that all the kids
said, well, send me home with the pizza because my dad will
eat a whole 1 as a snack. Yeah.
Sherry, Harley's friend Addy's mom, says Brad wants to know
(38:02):
where his snack pizza is. It did my tummy.
So you kept all of them? I ate them.
All of them. I'm going to eat it as a snack
you had. 4. Pizzas.
Well, there was a slice that went to the rest of the family,
but no one else really likes leftovers, so right, that's.
That's the same in our house. Jeremy always says to me, why
(38:23):
don't you eat leftovers? I said.
I don't know. But then it's super annoying
when you do on occasion eat a leftover that way.
I was really counting on. That right, because you assume
they're all for you, right they're.
All mine. I always assume there's.
The leftovers, because those areeasy.
I assume they're all for me too.Until you know, then the
teenage. You're right, yes, just need a
second. Well, I was so looking.
(38:44):
For she comes home from work andshe's starving and she needs
some. Lunch and I'm like, wait,
where's the where's the pizza box?
What the? Stacy wrote to us to say hey
guys, still love listening to your podcast while walking my
dogs. I just wanted to comment on
Dave's mocking response to someone shopping at Canadian
(39:07):
Tire for a Mother's Day gift. Because 1 of mock.
Dave and me and me and Dave bothmocked.
It oh, you did mercilessly mocked us and we're using the
pods and they're great. I'm not.
I don't dispute that it's just not a gift, but go on.
Stacey says one of my favorite Mother's Day gifts ever came
(39:28):
from Canadian Tire. OK.
My kids got me a double egg swing for our deck and I
absolutely love it. Oh, OK, fine.
OK. I don't know what to see.
That sounds like a double swing.She says they don't only sell
kitchen appliances but I all I picture is something kitchen
related because of the word egg.No, I don't know.
(39:50):
Like, you know those egg swings that are like Wicker and they're
like egg shaped big with the. I see as I see the phrase double
egg. Let me know, did your did your
egg swing, which you loved, which is one of your favorite
gifts? Did it?
It is smell like Canadian Tire because you don't have.
I don't smell Canadian Tire. I know everybody says that.
Oh yeah, it has. I don't smell it.
(40:10):
It's a part of our heritage right now.
It's. A part of our heritage like.
Tires, I guess yes, it's. What is the smell?
Tires. Is that what?
It is the tires, but still it's Canadian tires.
I guess so. GT Boutiques has a smell too.
It does really. There's a smell, yes.
Like Subway? Like Canadian Tire.
Subway. Yeah, that's the bread.
(40:32):
Sure. Not the bread.
Subway's the bread. It's the baking.
Bread Subway where the bread's barely bread.
It's bread. They bake it.
The chicken's barely chicken andthe bread's barely bread.
Get on foot long chocolate chip.Cookies not a foot long.
(40:52):
Here. Goes another potential sponsor.
You guys just shit on everything.
Yeah, and if we want to lose Canadian Tire, by the way, their
double leg swings are $800. Wow.
Stacey out of here, Are you veryrich?
The kids apparently are. Wow, no wonder she gets good
(41:13):
Mother's Day gifts.
I took my glasses off, but now it's really like blinding my
eyes. I need the blue light glass.
Yeah. You guys are blind.
Yeah. That's right, we're.
More shining. So brightly.
We are shining. I was going to say I just can't
stand the sight. Oh, shining 2 shining stars that
I. I like my version better.
Here I get to look at each week.OK.
(00:27):
This is due to underwhelming demand with Dave, Rachel and
Foreman, the podcast that knows that life begins at 40.
I thought you were going to say that too.
I knew that. You know what?
Just kidding, Foreman. No it doesn't.
Shut the fuck up. No.
It doesn't. How many more days till you're
40, Foreman? Not very many wait from the day
(00:48):
this comes out. Yeah, it's more I'm perfectly
not counting. The very next.
Oh my gosh. Happy 40th birthday, Foreman.
Is 40. Foreman is 40.
So this is our. Fabulous foreman at 40.
That's right, this is our foreman is 40.
Celebration. Podcast.
Sure, if you want to wish me a happy birthday in person, you
(01:10):
can find me for the next 4 days at the Canada Games Aquatic
Center for my daughters. Artistic swimming at the Ontario
Artistic Swimming Championships.Volunteering everyday.
Volunteering. Oh, I heard you doing some
announcements there. Is that your volunteer gig?
Yes, it is. I at least I have a skill that's
(01:30):
useful to what they need, right?That's yeah.
It's the one thing every other parent says.
Well, I'm not signing up to be the announcer.
I'm like, I got you, I got it. I can do this, you know.
This is the one thing I can do. I didn't sign up for that
either. When Charlotte was figure
skating, I would be, I would do security at the door, so.
David, I know. I'm the worst person for doing
(01:50):
it, yes. I wouldn't let anybody in.
When I whenever I cause I'm a. Ticket get out.
As you know when. I'm her grandmother.
I don't care. Get out.
I'm the vice president of our home and school association, and
so I. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
As you may or may not know. Vice President, I'm Veep of the
home and. School Veep.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because no one else wants to.
(02:13):
The president or maybe the principal?
Yeah, yeah, nobody else wants to, which is how I still got
voted in again. That's right.
But yes, I end up doing a lot ofthe announcing and public
speaking. I don't do so that's I used to
try to avoid. Avoid public speaking.
Yeah, I I was never any. It's the only.
(02:33):
Thing I'm good at Dave, what else?
What else am I gonna? Offer anyway.
Well, here we are. This is a podcast.
It's the 40th birthday podcast for Foreman, and coming up on
the podcast, Rachel and her daughter have reached a new
stage in life. It's a special time in our
relationship. Yeah, they hate each other.
(02:54):
I'm pretty sure that's what. She's going to say close.
Pretty close. All swear words are now allowed.
Let them fly, I. Don't hate her.
That's right, Forman's going to play.
Guess what celebrity he ran into, which I can't wait.
I actually can't wait because hehas not told us which one it is
and so I will be guessing and I can't wait to learn who it is.
(03:17):
And it's very literal. Guess which celebrity I ran
into? You literally OK, Great, great.
Good. I mean, it wasn't a collision,
but that. Well, that's what it sounds
like. I am going to begin though.
I'm going to begin with, and I don't know if you read a lot, if
(03:37):
a lot of people are reading as much as we used to read 10 years
ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago.I don't know how many people
read. I read when I have a chance,
which is not that often. I swear to God, if you're
bringing up Sarah Jessica Parker.
No, no, no. Sarah J Max.
(03:58):
Yeah, she reads three books a day.
I read. I read.
That, oh, Sarah Jessica Parker does.
Two books are three actress. Yeah, right, She reads it 2A.
Day 2 a day. Well, you know what my stepdad
reads? He could blow through a whole
book in a day for sure. Probably 2 like I wouldn't.
Yeah, he reads if. You're doing that.
You need to a get a life. Maybe go for a walk.
(04:21):
I've been trying to read more, to be honest with you, because
for a long time I haven't. I've been doing any read.
I used to read a lot as a kid. I want to bring you into this
because I think we touched on reading.
You were going to read a book series, which I knew that we had
already purchased for my wife, Jana.
And So what the question is whenwhen you read a book, do you
(04:44):
understand what you're reading? Yes, what?
What would you? Yeah, mostly.
Do you really? If I don't understand it, I
usually go over it a couple times to be like what happened?
Okay, right. That's the question, so what's
the book series that you talked about on the podcast?
(05:04):
Because I know my wifes reading I can't.
It's A Court of Thorns and Roses, but it's a series.
So the first book is called A Court of Thorns and Roses, which
they call Akotar. But then there's five books in
the series and I'm, I'm on book 5 finally.
It is taking me a long time to get through all.
And they're thick except for #4 which was kind of a write off.
(05:27):
And if you've read it, you know,it's like everybody says, it's
like the Christmas special. But I'm on the last one, which
everybody, everybody had told mewas their favorite.
And I agree so far. It's a fantasy thing though,
right? Yeah.
So this is not something I wouldhave ever, ever picked up.
But a friend of mine told me, and I think I told you or Jana
heard about it, I don't know. But we were talking to him.
(05:48):
And then you did buy it for her.And so, but it's very popular
right now. And I think that the author was
in talks to like make ATV seriesout of it or something, kind of
like Game of Thrones, but I don't actually know if that's
happening now. Yeah cuz isn't this softcore
porn with Dragons as a book? There's no Dragons.
This one's fairies. Even better, kind of.
(06:10):
So I was at my sister's house last summer and I had this book
series and she was like, is thatyour porn book?
And I was like, no, no, it's notmy porn book.
In my mind. I've heard that it's just porn
and I'm like, well, it's not just that.
And then I left and she has now blown through the entire series
(06:32):
before I finished it at all since I left her house.
So I'm like OK so. But it I mean it is spicy as
they say. Spicy.
Yeah. I hadn't heard the word.
My wife doesn't use the word spicy when she discusses it.
She finished that that I think she was onto it before when you
(06:52):
brought it up. And I was like, oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah. We bought the books.
And she wants them this. Is what she So I will say to you
because I would ask her because of my experience with Game of
Thrones. And I can honestly say I haven't
read Game of Thrones. I just watched it but I
literally had to go back and re watch a lot of it 'cause I was
(07:15):
confused. There are tik toks of of women
giving their husbands these sections of books to read and
they're reading it and looking at their wives.
Like what the hell? Really.
So maybe, yeah, I mean, you could ask her to read a, a
portion of it, maybe. So we.
Got these books individually so ohh there's a new one that my
(07:37):
friends everybody at works talking about.
I said OK, So what is so? So what did you say?
It was Fourth wing, 4th Wing andthen Iron Flame and then Onyx
Storm. So we got.
It's like the 4th Wing series, so there's three books.
Yeah, so 4th Wing I. Think.
Or maybe is there a fourth one coming out?
I can't remember. Oh, it could be somebody else.
Was a gift, Iron Flame was a gift, and then Onyx Storm we
(08:02):
borrowed. So we finished Onyx Storm.
So you she's read all of them now.
Yes, all three. Of them.
Oh, and how does it compare to? The first one, how was the first
one? Well, it wasn't bad.
And then I said, how was the second one?
I didn't really like the second one.
I was really kind of confused what was going on.
(08:24):
And then the third one, which isOnyx Storm, she finished about a
week and a half ago and then reread the last four chapters.
Yeah. I said, well, why?
She says, I have no idea what happened.
I said, what do you. I have no.
What do you mean you have no idea?
(08:45):
She goes, I have no idea. I I I you got to the end of the
book. What happened?
I don't know. I don't know how it happened.
I said really? I don't.
Remember, like, like, do you like, did somebody win somebody?
So she just like didn't take it in while she was reading it or
like. No, she just.
Didn't understand. Lee didn't know, and then she
(09:07):
ended up talking to her friends at work who have also read it,
and they were pretty much the same.
Nobody seemed to know. Really.
OK, I'll have. One and one individual pointed
out. We think it's a cliffhanger so
that they leave you, they leave you hanging, but you don't know
(09:30):
why anyway. Everything is just hanging.
My whole point is Rachel, Good luck, hope you enjoyed the
books. So I think there is a fourth
book coming They're. Better I can tell you right now.
I'm waiting for for books. My wife has no interest in
reading it. I don't know.
(09:52):
Yeah, anyway, we were. Watching, I have no idea.
We were watching an episode of Andor today and we both looked
at each other. I don't know what Andor is do.
You know what's going on? And we both, we were like, no,
not really. We have no idea.
What's going on? I keep falling asleep in that
one. This is due to underwhelming
(10:26):
demand. It's the podcast that knows that
you know you're 40 when you hearyour favorite song in an
elevator. Foreman, Foreman, Have you done
that recently? No or I haven't.
I guess I'm not 40 or. You.
Find it will be tomorrow. Or you find yourself cleaning
your house to the music you usedto drink to.
(10:48):
Yeah. I like to cook on a Sunday to
Motown Sounds on iHeartRadio andeveryone else in the house hates
it. Really.
I like Motown. They don't like it.
It's really good. My kids just want to listen to
musicals, soundtracks all the time.
God that would be wow. I don't mind it.
(11:12):
That's more stereotypical Rachele House than I could have
imagined. Yeah, I I would.
Wow. The ones that were cycling
through lately, it was wicked for a long time.
Now it's we kind of cycle through The Greatest Showman,
which is good, OK. Like this is if I was making a
joke about what they listened toat Rachel's house, it would be
(11:35):
musicals and all of these titles, but it's real it.
Is absolutely real. There's no white soundtrack.
The new one. The new one, yeah.
OK, all right, Rachel. Anyway, just go, don't we?
Well, can we? Can we talk?
About something else can. We, at least my family.
Kids La La la lover. We did that for a long time,
(11:56):
Steve. Lava chicken, Yeah.
Stacy as hell Yeah. You're ringing the bell.
I know the whole thing, okay. The whole Did you see the movie?
Did you see the Minecraft movie?We actually did it's.
Great, isn't it? You're.
Really. It's funny.
I thought it was funny. I thought it was funny other
(12:17):
than I just pictured. For some reason the whole time I
thought if Dave went to see thishe would hate it.
Of course I would. Really.
So much yes, Dave, don't go see it.
I'm not. Don't watch it when it comes out
at home. I mean, notice I.
Go see, I go see a lot of kids movies.
Lilo and Stitch will be the nextone.
So anyway. Have fun.
Yeah, All right. Well, Speaking of my children,
(12:38):
I've reached a real fun new stage with my daughter Julia,
who's the oldest. She's almost 12.
She'll be 12 this year in August.
She's 11. She's in grade 6.
She's insists on being called a preteen.
Yeah, she's not a kid. She's a preteen and so we're a
(12:59):
pretty close knit family. Like we're pretty close, right?
So we we like to cuddle and I I love to give the kids kisses.
But I've noticed that Julia doesn't love kisses as much
anymore. Whoa, whoa, Bum.
Yeah, back off. Yeah, it's bad enough when you
drag me to Home Depot on Saturday, but that's right.
Get your mouth off me. Yeah, stay away.
(13:21):
But I just can't. You know when you see your kids
and they're just so cute and you're like, I have to give them
a kiss and then they don't let you and then you're just
jonesing for a hit. You're like, I just need to kiss
them. I just.
Need to kiss them? I've never really no what.
That doesn't happen to you, No. No.
OK. A little whatever.
Jones for that. Oh, I would.
(13:42):
I Jones for that every day. A.
Little bit that happens. Emily's fine.
Emily loves dishing them out. So yes, oh great, nobody kisses
me, but well, Kendall does sometimes.
But I have to kiss everybody else and then I'm just grieving
it because they don't let me. So every morning I go to the bus
stop because I go, I take the dog for a walk right after the
(14:02):
bus. And.
Our bus. Stops.
Very, very. I definitely do it.
I love you so much Harley. Have a great day with your
friends. Yes.
So that you've just ruined my whole bit because that's exactly
what I do every day at the bus stop and our bus stop is very
large. There are, and I counted one
day, I think 28 kids that get onthe bus at our bus stop.
(14:25):
So they're so there. It's there's probably at least
35 people there every single day.
So usually she's she's OK with it most of the time.
And I don't think she's embarrassed that I'm there, but
I do say to her, I love you so much.
Have a great day. And I scream it so that
everybody can hear when she's walking away.
(14:48):
She just kind of. Why do you?
Why do you? Scurries away quickly.
Why? Why do you do that?
I think it's, one, I mean it, and two, it's hysterically
funny. OK, Yeah, if you're if, if, if
you're doing it to be funny, then I'm on your side.
Yeah, if you're doing it becauseI can't think of any other
(15:11):
reason you would do that to yourchild.
Because I really. Really.
Love them so much. With all these, that's fine, you
should love your child. Yeah.
To the ends of the earth. I don't have a problem with
that, but I do. Believe that.
Yeah. Thank you.
There was a point. Was there ever a point in your
life where you looked at your parents and and thought, God,
(15:35):
they embarrassed me? Right, Right.
Oh, yeah. I can't remember a time where I
didn't. I don't.
Know, of course. Really.
Oh, I, I don't know if they really embarrassed me that I
don't know, maybe I guess, but they didn't do stuff like that.
I do stuff like that and I and Idon't, you see?
(15:56):
That in yourself, don't you see that as your daughter getting on
that bus with a mother screamingI love you this?
I think she'll think of that at later in life and be like, my
mom was hysterical and at least she showed her love like.
That's I believe. I believe that at some point she
will remember it as the point inher life where she wanted you
(16:20):
dead. Yeah.
I do I do I? Hope not so she hasn't been too
bad about it yet, but I think itmight be getting worse.
And it's never a lasting. Thing.
No, no. It's just sort of.
A come background in the mid 20s.
Yeah, well, see, I don't, I never, I never.
I don't think I was embarrassed by my parents, but I how?
(16:42):
I certainly didn't like them until I was probably 23.
Like I don't think I. And that's you proved our point.
Yeah, from probably 15 to 23, I was just like, yeah, you know, I
was too busy with my friends, too busy going out and dealing
with my own life. I don't even really know what
(17:03):
happened in anyone else's life in my home between like 15 and
23. Don't care.
Didn't care at the time. I Care now, but I didn't care at
the time. And so Julia's not quite there
yet, but she's starting to just ignore me.
Sometimes I think she thinks it's kind of funny to ignore me.
So today I had to go. I had to drive the kids to
school. I had to drop some stuff off for
(17:24):
the school and. Because you're vice president.
Of the school. Thing Exactly.
Yes, yeah. And so I go in and there's some
older girls standing at the front.
So I said goodbye to Kendall andJulia just walked away.
And I was like, goodbye. Yeah, I love you.
Have a good day. She was gone before she could
even hear me. So I was like, OK, this is our
(17:45):
new thing. I guess that she's just going to
ignore me. Wait till she says to you, and
she will. She's going to say this.
I hate you. Yeah.
She has said that, Yeah. Well, when she's been angry with
us before, she has said I hate you guys.
And we're like, what? And then she's like, OK, I don't
really. Know she'll really start to mean
(18:07):
it when she gets. Old.
I know, I know because I meant it too.
I know. But Kendall is 8, Kendall is 8.
And so she says to me, mommy, you'd better when I'm in high
school because to my kids, beinga teenager is the be all end all
of life. Like that's the ultimate thing
that you could be is a teenager.And she says, Mummy, when I am a
(18:29):
teenager, you'd better not come to my school and kiss me in
front of my boyfriend. And I said, I am absolutely
coming to your school and kissing you right in front of
your boyfriend. Well, that's for sure what I'm
going to be doing. You just wait.
Look, I mean, she's OK with it right now.
She's OK with it back. I'm in favor of the
embarrassment factor, I really AM.
(18:50):
But I didn't do that at the bus stop.
But now I have a. Now I have a 19 year old.
I can't believe that. Yeah, approaching 19 and.
I met her when she was 5. I know five kids old when kids
get. On my lap.
I know when kids come over now I'm like, well this will be fun.
(19:10):
Hi, I'm Charlotte's dad. Yeah.
My name's my name's Dave. Yeah.
What's what's yours? Jackson.
Where do you come from That's. Right.
It's way better when they're older and they really
understand. Yeah.
I can't wait. You need to wait.
You got to save some of that because.
(19:31):
Jeremy won't do that, but I so Ihave to do it for both of us and
it's going to be amazing. When you don't do it.
Well, I'd rather hide at that stage.
But for now, the saving grace I have is Harley's really
embarrassed and does not want hugs and at the school bus and
any of that. But if you're like at her
(19:53):
activities, like at her swimming, even just to practice,
she's always if you focus on herway down at the pool.
She's always looking to see if you're looking.
That's a good thing. But you're in trouble if she
catches you on your phone too much or looking around or
talking to other parents or whatever.
You have to be watching. And she'll never say it, but you
(20:17):
know it still means a lot to It means everything to her that you
have her attention. And that will save your heart.
Yeah, and I think Julia is the same.
I think she loves that I do it, but she's pretending to be cool.
And so she's walking away and pretending to ignore me, but
she's secretly walking away going huh, OK.
(20:38):
I like that I. Think so too.
And I bet you Harley loves that you're the announcer of the swim
team. She probably loves that.
I actually don't think she likesno, I think.
You I. Think that's I don't know what
color the sky is in your world, Rachel, but that's OK.
You keep dreaming. Love isn't the word I used to
(20:58):
describe when I'm listing off the kids names that what a great
swim from blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Harley Gordon. She hates it.
That's amazing. He does.
(21:21):
This is due to Underwhelming Demand, the podcast that knows
when you hit the age of 40 in dog years, you're dead.
I don't know why I'm laughing. I'm 42 this year.
OK, well, 2. Days after foreman.
OK, it's the podcast that knows when you hit the age of 40,
you're literally halfway betweendiapers and Depends.
(21:42):
That's a fact that's so sad. Happy 40th Foreman. 40.
On the fact that Rachelle 42. Enjoy your yeah.
Wow, Rachel. Two days later.
Rachelle pretty much on the downlike she's on her way to.
Like I'm on my deathbed or something on.
Your way to 50. No, I'm not.
Yeah, you are. You're closer to 50 than you are
(22:03):
to 30. Yeah, closer to 50 than I am. 50
Yeah, it's coming. Nice.
It's in your sights. Oh God.
There's no other milestone between then and now.
I never. Pictured myself at 50.
I didn't know what it would be like, but I'm not there yet
either so. It's coming, it's coming.
It's coming. We're getting a picture of it.
(22:23):
It's. Coming.
Listen, it's better than the alternative, you know.
Good point. You're lucky to be 50.
Nobody knows that better than me.
Really. Because you're still around, so.
I'm still here somehow. There's a few people who know it
better than you. Maybe, yeah.
Well, I just actually ran into avery famous person that I bet
(22:44):
you and most people all know. OK.
Ran into someone. Ran into a famous person.
Yeah. Are we playing?
Are we playing a guessing game? Yes, we're playing what?
Celebrity did Foreman run into? Where did this occur?
London, OK on a path on one of the The Walking trails that goes
(23:07):
along the Thames River, so rightbehind Storybook Gardens if
you're familiar with London. Yes, I do know where.
That is Spring Bank Park walkingpath.
Basically that's. Far for you to be from home.
Yes, but when your children are at a 3 1/2 hour swimming
practice. Not that far away.
What's a boy to do? What's a boy to do?
(23:28):
You might as. Well, drive back to Saint
Thomas. OK, so you were running on the
path. Mostly running of a little bit
of walking in between. Yes, I'm walking.
I'm starting to prepare for Tilsonburg's Running with the
Bulls coming up July 19th. Register now at Tilsonburg,
Running with thebulls.com. Pardon.
Me 5K yes 5K Supporting familiesfacing a cancer diagnosis.
(23:53):
What? Other Bulls running with the.
Family name Who runs it? Their last name is Bulls.
I. Would like a better event name,
right? No.
It's great. I catch you so well and whatever
you need to do to raise that money do.
It Yeah. Enjoy yourself, Foreman, but I
would love it if you are runningwith the bulls.
(24:13):
Like if you're going to do that,please tell us.
Please provide us video. I would like to see that.
It's Tillsonburg, not Spain, OK.Right.
OK, so you're run walking. OK, you're run walking.
Is this person a male or a female?
Oh, male, it's a male. Late afternoon.
Early evening. Evening.
(24:34):
Evening. Evening. 7:00-ish PM.
OK, that eliminates any news anchors, I think. 7:00-ish PM on
a weekday. Yeah, I think that would
eliminate who's not running intothis.
I was going. To guess Genevieve Fisher, our
friend. But now I know it's a man.
I have run into her on a trail in Saint Thomas though in the
(24:55):
last few months. Oh, interesting.
OK, who else could we guess? The mayor.
Josh Morgan. No, because I wouldn't know him
to look at him. I can't even picture what he.
Would know if he had knocked himover, 'cause he would probably
say, you realize who I am, Yeah.Yeah, no, he would say that.
(25:19):
Did you? Literally run into this person.
I ran past the person and they recognize me first.
Oh. Really.
OK. They are much more famous they.
Can't. Much more famous.
How could anybody who recognize you?
Taz from. No, not that.
No, he was going to put. Tadley with her in the same.
(25:40):
Building. Maybe you, I know, but who
knows? Rarely.
See him 'cause you know morning shift versus afternoon shift,
Yes. Exactly.
Yeah. OK, My my next guest, and this
was my guest from the beginning once you started talking about
it, Nick Paparella. What makes you say Nick
Paparella? 'Cause he's a runner.
He's a runner, I know he's a runner and he used to listen to
(26:02):
us all the time and so I know heknows who you are.
And that's it. That's all that's based on.
Yes, yeah. Well, you ruined it.
It was Nick. Nick Buffalo.
Very good. Hey, Warman.
Nick, that's exactly what it sounded like.
And I'm like, what? Yeah.
(26:22):
Warman warming man. He was running past me the
opposite way and he's wearing a hat and all his fancy running
gear because he's obviously a runner and I'm just out there
flailing. He's a big runner.
He does run a lot. I knew that if it was, oddly
enough, I ran into Nick Paparella about a month ago.
Downtown London. Come on.
Yeah, because he's. Come on.
(26:42):
Because he's. Everywhere.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, for all the
teasing we do about Nick, he is the nicest man.
He's a sweetheart. He's so kind.
For those that don't know, Nick has been a staple of the local
London news, whatever it's been called over the many, many
years. He's been there.
He's. Been there forever.
Everybody knows Nick and. He told me when I saw him how
(27:04):
long he'd been been there, and Iforget the number of years, but
I guess he could retire at any point now.
But he's, I think he likes what he's doing.
I said like I'm thinking of, he goes, come on, all right, you
keep doing it there. Like he's not the biggest fan of
being the one that has to cover the World Junior hockey players
(27:24):
trial right now. But that's why I'm going to.
Bring that up. But yeah, he sure he wouldn't.
Enjoy that. No, no one would.
No, it's not a fun story. That's for.
Sure. Come on.
Yeah. No, that's not a fun story.
So that, well, that's good that you ran into Nick.
Yeah, and. You took a picture together.
Of course, we chatted for a while.
(27:45):
He said he's been listening, so thank you.
Shout out Nick Paparella listening to Country on a voice.
Appreciate it. Even knew who I was, which is
very amazing. I mean, I know like we kind of
worked together and yeah, we didsome events together, but like,
why would he care who who the hell I am, right?
I think he listens to us every day.
Yeah. So he knew.
(28:05):
He knew you for sure. He asked how you guys were.
He informed me that he has a sonwho's working overseas.
Do you know where and with whom?It's a very famous American.
No, I don't. I thought I saw his son doing
some reports on the new Pope, tobe honest with you, and I
(28:26):
believe it was his son because one of his kids I know was in
Italy. That much I know.
Working there at the Vatican is a colleague with the Pope, yes.
Oh, he's working at the Vatican.He works there.
Yes. Wow, doing what?
I'm not sure but he works there.That's amazing, but.
CTV had him. I was watching CTV, not local,
(28:51):
but it was, I think CTV National, and they had him on
talking about how they select the new Pope and what the
process is. Yeah, he's, he knows.
He knows the dope on the Pope. The dope on the Pope, the new
Pope even. Yeah, yeah.
Oh, that's cool. It is cool I.
Saw Nick that they hadn't had a new Pope yet.
The first one didn't hadn't diedyet, so.
(29:13):
There's been many popes that have.
Well, it wasn't the first Pope. Their most recent last one,
Yeah, there's been a lot of plenty.
Of popes. Sure.
Plenty of. Yeah.
And now I have plenty celebrities to go in my new
series that I think I'm going tostart, which is running with
celebrities. Running with celebrities.
(29:34):
Now I run 2 so. Far.
I ran to Nick and. And earlier this year, before I
started working at Country 104 and was there for colleagues
with everyone who works at FreshRadio F 196 and 980 CFPL out on
trail in Saint Thomas, I also ran into the voice of the London
Knights, Mike Stubbs. Mike Stubbs.
(29:57):
He. Might love Mike.
Have. You seen him since I love.
Mike Speaking of of nice man, he's also a very.
He's a great guy. Yes, he almost took almost the
exact same picture. If you're yes, you did.
We'll put it up properly there there.
You go. There's Mike, looks great, he
looks great. He's looking, he's doing great.
I have him on my show sometimes to talk about the nights and
(30:19):
he's off to the Memorial Cup. Yeah.
For him. Cool.
OK, Foreman runs with celebrities.
Well, what? What else would you expect?
I mean very local celebrities well.
Yeah, well, whatever, that's fine.
Yeah, it's just the beginning for him and.
Just to be. It can only go up from here.
Yeah, you always, you know, you always I.
Don't know if you get much bigger than Nick and Mike to be
(30:40):
honest. Too, I never tried to reach for
the stars. Maybe Julie actress and you can
look for her sometimes. I'm sure if I stayed in Halifax
a little bit longer I definitelywould have run into Anne Murray.
Really. Do you think so?
Is she in Halifax? Everybody does.
You would for sure run into the guy from Great Big Sea, of
(31:02):
course. Yeah, yeah.
Well, all you have to do is drive into like when the minute
you leave Quebec and hit the East Coast, there he is.
Yeah, Jimmy Rankin, maybe. No, that's no Remember, that was
my disappointment about Cape Breton.
Jimmy Rankin wasn't there to welcome all visitors off the
bridge. She should be just.
He's the entry point, yeah. This is due to underwhelming
(31:38):
demand. We are Dave, Rachel and Foreman,
and this is the Welcome to Your 40s podcast for Foreman.
Happy birthday, Foreman. You know, in your 40s, I slept
wrong as a legitimate injury, just so you know.
Yeah, you can. You can claim that.
I've said that to my chiropractor more than thrice.
(31:59):
What does it mean if you use that in your 30s already?
Well, that's problematic. Actually.
I can tell you that when you turn 40, your body starts making
sound effects. That's fun.
Where you make sound effects when you move.
Maybe that's right. Yeah.
Yeah. And you probably noticed if
you're a male that turns 40 haircoming out of places that you
(32:22):
don't want it to come out of. Your hair.
Nose hair, that's when. You get one of those little
razors that's like a pen. Please get in all the little.
Please be one of those you know over 40 year olds who looks
after that stuff OK? Sure.
You know, I'm just I live with someone who's not shy about
(32:42):
pointing it out. OK, well, it's.
Not a bad idea to get SO. Does Jeremy?
But he doesn't appreciate that. Handy razors for your 40th
birthday. Jason would also pull pull them
out too, one at a time. Ouch.
Yeah. Anyway, thank you for.
For listening, downloading the podcast, we appreciate your
(33:03):
support. This is the point of the podcast
where we beg for your support. If you would like to sponsor
this fine podcast, you can go toour website, underwhelming.ca
and find a way to do that. You can e-mail us, Dave,
rachelforeman@gmail.com. You can buy us a coffee.
You can do that through the website.
Any way that you can support it,we can keep doing this.
(33:24):
Underwhelming.ca. Boy, are we ever having a dry
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summer that you want to promote or I don't know, that's right.
Sales, promotions, whatever, yeah, that's fine.
That's right. And we love to give lots of love
and bonuses and we will, you know, it's overwhelming.
We will. Talk on and about your business,
(33:46):
your events, to the point where everyone else listening to what
we were like, fine, I'm going togo stop talking about it.
Stop talking about. It and then you and then I'll.
Buy the thing, leave me alone. I'll buy the thing.
Yes, exactly. Exactly.
And we love it when you contact us and you tell us what you
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(34:07):
social media. So this is the point where we
like to acknowledge and read some of your feedback.
What have we got? Yes, I have a message from
Eileen through our website. You guys are always good for a
laugh. Thank you.
I've often wondered what happened to the Costco puzzle
that Foreman received. Did he put it together?
(34:27):
That's true. What happened to that?
Well, my first plan for it was going to be bring it to the live
show and let everyone in attendance put it together
together. That's a riveting activity.
Then I forgot it and I've forgotten it ever since.
OK, so it's somewhere in the house.
I thought you were going to say my first idea was to throw it in
(34:47):
a bonfire. Well, that's so.
I would do it. Don't do that.
I will do it. No, I like.
Puzzles. I appreciate the gesture,
Lindsay. Thank you from getting it all
the way here from Nova Scotia, you.
Weren't going to do it. Yes, she knew that.
But you knew this is exactly howit would play out.
Yeah, right. She knew you.
(35:07):
Knew you understand. Did it for the plot.
You understand how the phrase I like puzzles, basically.
Listen, I'm 42, who cares? It doesn't matter.
I got nothing to prove. I don't give one shit what you
think you. Really.
Give up. That's the.
Good thing about 40 format is that I haven't given up.
(35:29):
But you just get, you don't giveone shit what other people
think, you just don't. You just like, you know what,
fuck you, I like puzzles. Too bad.
Fuck off, that's what happens. I like puzzles.
Yeah, yeah. And in fact, so does Dave.
So I know and I know that. No, I don't.
I guess you do. I hate them.
(35:51):
You do them every Christmas and you buy a new one.
I do them because it's a challenge.
Yeah, you want to do a puzzle? I truly hate them.
Exactly. I actually enjoy, you know what,
Lindsay? I'm glad we've had this
refreshed because I enjoy the fact that you've given me a
puzzle even more because those two do them and I don't, and I
have one that would be a challenge.
Yeah, and I don't want it either.
(36:12):
So don't give it to me. I don't want.
Well, Jim Bag Egg has written me.
Oh, good. OK.
Because a couple weeks ago, lastminute I was able to take my 8
year old daughter Emily to sit front row on the glass for the
one hockey game we've attended all year, which was the London
Knights winning the OHL Championship.
I saw your video, that's fun. That was like a fun day.
(36:36):
How was your daughter? Did she like I guess?
She had a blast. She was she was going to town on
the noisemaker. She was upstanding, banging on
the glass, singing along, just sweet Caroline.
To which Grandma Marlene says sounds like she has inherited
(36:57):
her mommy and daddy's singing voice.
Oh, that's a shame. That's a Jim Bag says.
OK, I'm pissed off now. How the hell did you get
tickets? Well, how did you get tickets,
Jim Bag? I'm Foreman from country 104.
Of course I can't. He happened to be around the
(37:18):
office and they were giving that.
Recognizes me. Come on.
All right, I'm. Sending this episode to Nick for
sure. Turning turning 40 has made you
slightly cockier than you were when you were.
Turning 40 and you don't give one shit what other people.
Say, take the wins while I can. Who knows how many more I'm
(37:40):
going to get? Remember how we really, we
really overshot the food order at Harley's birthday party?
Yes. And I said that all the kids
said, well, send me home with the pizza because my dad will
eat a whole 1 as a snack. Yeah.
Sherry, Harley's friend Addy's mom, says Brad wants to know
(38:02):
where his snack pizza is. It did my tummy.
So you kept all of them? I ate them.
All of them. I'm going to eat it as a snack
you had. 4. Pizzas.
Well, there was a slice that went to the rest of the family,
but no one else really likes leftovers, so right, that's.
That's the same in our house. Jeremy always says to me, why
(38:23):
don't you eat leftovers? I said.
I don't know. But then it's super annoying
when you do on occasion eat a leftover that way.
I was really counting on. That right, because you assume
they're all for you, right they're.
All mine. I always assume there's.
The leftovers, because those areeasy.
I assume they're all for me too.Until you know, then the
teenage. You're right, yes, just need a
second. Well, I was so looking.
(38:44):
For she comes home from work andshe's starving and she needs
some. Lunch and I'm like, wait,
where's the where's the pizza box?
What the? Stacy wrote to us to say hey
guys, still love listening to your podcast while walking my
dogs. I just wanted to comment on
Dave's mocking response to someone shopping at Canadian
(39:07):
Tire for a Mother's Day gift. Because 1 of mock.
Dave and me and me and Dave bothmocked.
It oh, you did mercilessly mocked us and we're using the
pods and they're great. I'm not.
I don't dispute that it's just not a gift, but go on.
Stacey says one of my favorite Mother's Day gifts ever came
(39:28):
from Canadian Tire. OK.
My kids got me a double egg swing for our deck and I
absolutely love it. Oh, OK, fine.
OK. I don't know what to see.
That sounds like a double swing.She says they don't only sell
kitchen appliances but I all I picture is something kitchen
related because of the word egg.No, I don't know.
(39:50):
Like, you know those egg swings that are like Wicker and they're
like egg shaped big with the. I see as I see the phrase double
egg. Let me know, did your did your
egg swing, which you loved, which is one of your favorite
gifts? Did it?
It is smell like Canadian Tire because you don't have.
I don't smell Canadian Tire. I know everybody says that.
Oh yeah, it has. I don't smell it.
(40:10):
It's a part of our heritage right now.
It's. A part of our heritage like.
Tires, I guess yes, it's. What is the smell?
Tires. Is that what?
It is the tires, but still it's Canadian tires.
I guess so. GT Boutiques has a smell too.
It does really. There's a smell, yes.
Like Subway? Like Canadian Tire.
Subway. Yeah, that's the bread.
(40:32):
Sure. Not the bread.
Subway's the bread. It's the baking.
Bread Subway where the bread's barely bread.
It's bread. They bake it.
The chicken's barely chicken andthe bread's barely bread.
Get on foot long chocolate chip.Cookies not a foot long.
(40:52):
Here. Goes another potential sponsor.
You guys just shit on everything.
Yeah, and if we want to lose Canadian Tire, by the way, their
double leg swings are $800. Wow.
Stacey out of here, Are you veryrich?
The kids apparently are. Wow, no wonder she gets good
(41:13):
Mother's Day gifts.
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