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January 21, 2025 42 mins

(1:58) - Steak or chicken? 

(13:46) - Is that school bus full of dogs?! 

(25:24) - A restaurant mystery Rachel can't solve... 

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(00:00):
And then as the bus went by and Jana, then Jana went, did you
see that? I said yeah, was that were they
all dogs? On the school bus.
Yes, all dogs on a school bus, huh?
Yeah. Now that huh is exactly, that's

(00:21):
exactly, that's exactly the wordthat that came out of my most
important huh. Really, Does that exist?
This is due to underwhelming demand.
Due to underwhelming demand. The January weather of podcasts,

(00:46):
cold and Dun feeling. Actually, that only really
applies to Rachel, not to Dave and Foreman.
Dave and. Foreman.
Dave and Foreman are are the lights in everyone's life,
Rachel. Is the.
Cool. She hates inflatable Santas.
She won't let us come to her hockey games.
She teaches 11 year olds about murder.

(01:08):
The cold. Yeah, the cold in an Anyway,
welcome to the show I do. Have different priorities than
the studio. I guess and we have a new
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(01:30):
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For you, Dave, actually. The prime possible customer is
Dave. That's me.
Absolutely. That's right, I just used to be
my checkbook. Now you just have my phone.
Tap. Here you go.
Whatever. Well, it's Jen and Johnny
Keenan. Johnny's the handyman.
Jen does all the you know in stuff, but we'll tell you a

(01:52):
little bit more about Keeney. Handy too, actually.
OK. Well, you're uncle bit in.
In a bit, OK. But because it's January, I did
go to my wife Ashleys Christmas party.
Ohh. OK in January, in January, Love.
In January. Christmas.
Everybody saves them because it's so busy in December.
Everyone's available. You're not.
Busy. I'm that busy.

(02:12):
In December I would have gone. Invite me.
Again, that's a youth thing. That's not an everyone else.
No one does them in December. Do you even like Christmas party
like you? Did you go to ours at when we
had this? Yes, but it was also in January.
It was. They were in January, yeah.
Yeah, well, January blows. So to have a Christmas party in
January is great. It gives you something to look.

(02:33):
Forward to sure making January blow a little bit less.
Right. Yeah, well.
You really are cold and unfeeling.
January Blow. Lately, yes, because January,
like, sucks. Tell us more.
It does What's good about January?
This is very motivational. Yeah, Ashley's Christmas party
is what's good about January. There you go, that's why they
played. It was it fun.

(02:54):
Yes, it was lovely and and it was a lovely Italian restaurant.
We go to like a very nice one and then we get like a hotel and
things like that, so. And things like that.
Wait. Wait, it was a night away.
Things like that occur. The theme was A Night to
Remember things. Like that, I'll have to put that

(03:14):
down. Let's put that.
Who needs to? You don't have to watch Harry
Potter. You just do things like that.
And things like that. OK.
So we go to his wrestling. Cause 'cause we caught him.
So we're at the restaurant though.
Yeah. With a group and there's a good
group and you're chatting with people and there is a set menu

(03:38):
that they give you. So I would like you to put
yourself in this Italian, fine Italian dining restaurant.
Oh, you're gonna give me my choices?
Yes. And you, you guys and you
listening, I'd like to know whatyou would do in this scenario.
So fine Italian dining and you're not paying, correct?

(04:00):
Right, OK. And in this hypothetical, you're
not vegetarian. OK, so there's no prices on the
menu. No, because it doesn't matter.
All right? Perfect.
No, prices doesn't matter. You're not vegetarian, so you're
not picking that option anyway. OK, Perfect.
Even if you are in this scenario, you're not.
OK, I I don't know. I didn't pay.

(04:21):
I didn't even read the vegetarian option because the
other choices were you can have chicken or you can have the
steak. You can pick correctly or you
can pick incorrectly. Am I right?
Of course I'm right. That's a rhetorical question.
What's the right? What's the right one, Dave?
Well. You shouldn't have to ask Rachel

(04:43):
what's the right. One right now, I would say right
now I would. I'd have to.
Does it tell you what the fixings are?
Because I don't. Know what came with?
The chicken or steak, what they both had an assortment of
vegetables and potatoes and things it's an.
Italian restaurant, you're not getting pasta.
No, you're getting chicken or steak.

(05:05):
That that's throwing me now I don't.
Vegetarian Pasta, Rachel. I don't understand.
The chickens are Italian and thecows are from Italy.
What do you want? Yeah, what is getting like a
steak with like potatoes and vegetables or something?
Thank you, you made the correct choice, God.
I'm having the chicken. Why?
Guys having the chicken. Because I have no chance,

(05:27):
January. I have to have the chicken.
I'm trying to, you know, becauseI'm fat.
I'm trying to lose because I'm fat.
I would pick the steak because Jeremy.
Jeremy can't have red meat anymore.
So we never have steak or beef or anything.
So I if I'm out, I'm picking thesteak.
Yes, you pick the steak. Of course you pick the steak I.
Don't even know how they're going to cook it.
You don't know how they're goingto tell me.
Why would you pick the steak? You're crazy.

(05:50):
How do you know you're cooking right?
I'm. Just picking this, you're not
offering past like a regular nonvegetarian pasta dish.
This is. Italian I.
Love this. I in the setup I told you to
ignore that option. It's what are.
You what kind of Italian restaurant?
You can't have all these caveatsand then say choose leave me
with one choice just. Kind of the chicken, because I

(06:12):
can't have, you know, like I'm just.
And no potatoes, please. Oh my goodness.
What are your steak and and chicken and?
Vegetables just you don't need to leave.
Broccoli for that. Yes.
You don't deserve to go out. What are?
You dying? No, don't.
That's what you're ordering. Don't even go there.
Don't go out. Don't participate.

(06:32):
Eat healthy What? No, but you're not.
You're at a fine restaurant, right?
You eat the. Fancy stuff.
They have restaurant. They're very, very pasta.
It's an Italian restaurant. That is my.
Understanding the premise. That's my sticking point, that
there isn't a pasta dish for all.
Vegetarian. The vegetarian option was the
pasta option. Nobody cares.
That's not the premise. Bullshit.

(06:53):
It shouldn't. It's an Italian restaurant.
I want my Antipasto platter. I want my pasta dish.
I want my tiramisu. That's my chicken and broccoli.
I mean, why can't I? Have No, you can't go out.
Then you're not invited because you can have it at.
Home Ashley was literally the only one in the group that
ordered the chicken. The only one.

(07:14):
Everybody else got the steak. I was, I was out for a walk
today. Like I'm out.
I'm I'm out. Walking, it's Oh, great.
I'm out walking every day and I noticed how today when you step
on the it's so cold outside. When you step on the snow, it's
squeaky like Foreman you're getting.
Yeah, I wondered where you were going with that as soon as.
I gave you No, everyone, just everyone.

(07:36):
I told you I just like to snore.As soon as they gave you the
premise you were He was right away.
You back me up, Rachel. He was right away with the
highest voice he can go with. Well, I might get that chicken.
That's. True, I didn't.
Say the person. No one chooses the chicken.

(08:00):
I would choose the. Chicken because I would have
chicken with pasta, I wouldn't have steak.
But if I'm having steak with vegetables and potatoes, then I.
Would have chicken with pasta. What's the difference?
Because I like having steak kindof on its own.
I don't want it to be mixed in with things.
I don't know. It's just my, I don't know, I
don't know. I don't care if you choose
chicken or steak. I'm more hung up on the pasta

(08:21):
thing so. Rachel's ordering Can I have an
order of the chicken and the vegetarian and I'll just put
them together in a bigger bar I.Would order the vegetarian pasta
with chicken on it. You can bring, you can bring me
the steak, but don't give me anything with it.
I don't like anything with my steak.
No, that's you. You said that.
You don't like No, I mean I likethe steak.
Like not not mixed in with stufflike if you have a potato and a

(08:44):
vegetable on the side like. They're Poseidy.
They're on the same place. It's.
Not a steak stir fry I'm. Saying if we've.
Missed the whole I'm not getting.
Pasta with steak in the pasta. Do you know what I mean?
Sure as hell have missed the entire point of the both of you.
But I love this whole. This was my favorite segment
ever. Thank you, Forman.

(09:04):
This really, I did not expect that.
It was surprising to me, this whole thing.
I'm in a lot better mood now than when we started too.
Ask me about my mood. This is due to underwhelming

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(10:19):
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(12:05):
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(12:27):
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(13:04):
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long underwear of podcast. Just put us on and you'll
instantly feel warmer. Will you?
I don't know what. I thought we were cold and
unfeeling. I know, but that's for me and
Foreman Put us on, put on our. On you guys make people.
Feel warmer. We're like your long underpants.

(13:25):
Put them on. Yeah, put them on and you'll
feel sweaty and uncomfortable right away.
Floated your your hard pants on top won't fit anymore hard.
Pants. Hard your hard.
Pants fucking suck. I hate hard pants.
I don't wear hard pants anymore.You don't know what hard pants
are, but. Your jeans, jeans and other hard

(13:45):
pants. I was out in my long underpants,
but I had pants on over top of them.
Yeah. And while I was out for a walk
in the cold, because that's whatI do.
Actually, my wife and I are bothtrying to, you know, exercise a
little bit more. So we go for a daily, or at
least we try to. And it's been cold daily mid

(14:07):
afternoon walk when she gets home from work.
So the other day we're out for one of our mid afternoon walks
and it's right around school bustime for school bus stopping all
over the place. And that's fine.
And we chatting away while we gofor a walk.
And anyway, we're almost home and a little one of those mini
school buses, you know, the little short ones, comes around

(14:29):
the the corner and is about to turn down a street in our
neighborhood. We're not far from home.
We're very close within a block and I look in the bus and I see
a dog with a muzzle on it. And I thought, well, that's odd,
but there's but I get why they would muzzle a dog with a group
of kids on a school bus. Maybe he's a, you know, service

(14:49):
dog or whatever. Whatever it is that you.
Have I guess just to be safe. Yeah, you never seen that.
Look at the look at the dog. Never seen a dog with a bunch of
kids on a school bus. No.
I've never seen that either. And then it turns out I said,
hey, look at the look at the dog.
And then Janice said look at allthe dogs.
And then I made it. Then it became apparent to me
it's not just one dog. He seemed to be on his own.

(15:12):
The other dog seemed to be sitting in the seat.
So I'm not making that up. I'm not at all making that up.
They all it all of a sudden occurred as the bus is heading
and it's not going that fast. And it's a small that the bus
was filled with dogs. A school bus, a mini school bus.

(15:33):
Why filled with dogs? Like how many?
Dogs know. I don't know why.
I need to know why. Yes, I don't know why, but has.
Anybody else seen the school busof dogs around London?
Where did it come from? Where did it go?
Where did it go? Well, as luck would.
Have it come from the path? The path that was taking, they

(15:54):
were going down one of the roads, it's going to come out on
the other and I'm walking that way.
So if everything works out properly, you'll see it again
like a Crescent. I should see the bus coming out
the other side and maybe there'ssome sort of, you know.
Name on the side. Name on the side because this.
I am intrigued. This is some sort of boggy

(16:16):
daycare to the extreme. Right, right.
So the the bus does come out on the other side still filled with
most of the, I think the one with the muzzle was still on
there, but he was on the other side when I saw him before.
So it's difficult, but they're all sitting very nicely on the
bus. Well, I seem quite content.
They're in the sheep. Running all over the place.

(16:39):
Yeah, they're sitting. They're sitting.
In seats. Well, they're well trained.
So I look at and there is. A dog prison.
They're on a bus. How can that be?
They're going around town. The the name on the on the front
of the bus is nose first. OK.
I haven't been able to unless you maybe try Facebook because I

(17:01):
don't know. Where Nose first on Facebook, an
athletic and social club for dogs.
There you go. What an athletic and what?
Social club for dogs offering leadership, exercise and
socialization. Do they have a website?
Why does it have to be on a bus?There's a whole group of the
dogs, yeah. If you click on their website it

(17:22):
says a good problem to have but due to high demand we are
currently full and not acceptingnew pups.
What? Right, they don't have a way.
It's the website is just that with a logo.
There's nothing else to it. It doesn't say really what they
do. It's an athletic and social club
for dogs. Social club for dogs do.
They pick up and drop off the dogs every day like they come

(17:43):
and get. The bus, it would appear.
They must come and get the dogs,and the dogs all go with their
friends for the day. Like doggy daycare?
Yeah. And then you have a dog.
You're the only one really with the dog in this.
Fight. Do you know whose dog would
absolutely hate this? My dog.
My dog. Doesn't like anyone.
Hate that she no she doesn't. Like.

(18:05):
Anyone. No.
Yeah, that's right. She doesn't She and she still
hates Jeremy. I've had a few people message
over the past few months saying how is the relationship with
Jeremy? It's still bad.
He gives her. Kids.
Yeah, she loves Julia. Kendall's sometimes a little
much for her. She's a bit younger, but she
likes the kids. She's used to it.
She lets us, you know, pick her up and walk her around

(18:27):
sometimes. But like, even if I bend down to
pet her, she'll kind of back away.
Like, don't you know some sometimes?
So kind of dog you have there that's not.
Not a. Warm, friendly, cold and
unfeeling like you know, Jane January weather.
Like mother, like daughter. Right, that's you said I was
like mother daughter. She would never do this athletic

(18:47):
and social club. Although I do have a morning dog
walk club in my neighborhood because I take the kids to the
bus stop and then me and some ofthe moms go walking in the
morning. Well, very informal.
We take stragglers all the time.So sometimes people join us,
sometimes they don't. There's two of us that go daily
'cause we both have dogs. And now Roxy, my dog, loves her

(19:09):
dogs. She has two dogs, so she's very
excited to see. Her she would enjoy a social
club for dogs. She probably, maybe she needs
it. Yeah.
Would you? And I'm not sure what this would
cost. Right.
But I'm pretty sure the minute Isaw the school bus full of dogs,
I I thought to myself, Whoa. That costs too much.

(19:31):
There's a lot of things no way Iwouldn't spend money on in in
this life. And this.
Is like a dinner at the keg. Okay, obvious.
That goes with that saying. That goes with that saying,
yeah, that goes with that saying.
But the but the bottom at the very bottom of the list, even if
I had the greatest dog in the world and and I have in my

(19:57):
experience and I've had a few dogs, right, it's very difficult
to find that dog. I haven't seen him yet yet.
Oh, the greatest dog. I had in my.
In the Greatest dog. In the world, I am never, ever
spending money to send my dog toan athletic and social club.

(20:17):
Ever. Were they?
I'm just learning. That would How about you?
Would you ever, ever even consider?
Me. Yes.
No, come pick me up and drop me off at my athletic and social.
Club like to go to one of those never mind the dogs.

(20:38):
Club for old men, yes. Yes, and come pick me up and
drop me off while you're at it. You.
Can be the DD people would pay for.
You can. You can muscle me if you like.
Listen, all their pictures on here, they look like bigger
dogs. They're probably high energy
dogs and maybe you need if you're if you own a bigger dog,
maybe you need your high energy big dogs to.
Get out during the day. Defend a social club for dogs.

(21:00):
Well, they're full. They obviously aren't hurting
for business. They're doing pretty well.
I really admit that. People are paying for it.
I. Know the buses full I saw.
Yeah. That's just full.
They're pictures. On their.
Facebook are. Going with dogs?
Yeah, they're very cute. I wish we could go back to your
dinner for him and we had more fun with that.
Just like defending the dog bus.Well, somebody has to.

(21:24):
They're dogs, couldn't go. To.
Yeah. Not for your dog.
What are you defending it? But other dogs would really love
this. OK, like I'm sure that there are
someone if you're listening right now to this podcast and
you go, well, I would put my dogin that.
That's fine. You know what, there was a
point. Your dog Rachel is the same sort

(21:45):
of dog that we that Shemp was. Yes.
Shemp hated the car and so at one point my wife bought him a
car seat. She didn't.
I remember she was buying a. Car a dog?
She bought him a car seat. She felt like maybe I think she
read it somewhere, 'cause I think you can read anything you

(22:06):
want somewhere, especially on Facebook, that will tell you,
well, this is what you need. Yeah.
A car seat for your dog. Yeah.
Which, by the way, you could easily buy.
Oh, yeah. And they're, they're at that
point and this is a number of years ago, well over $100.
And we put that and I, I took one look at the car seat and

(22:28):
said we're taking it back. Did you?
Can't we just? Try it first.
He wouldn't even get in it. Oh, poor Shempe.
But you never tried a school bus?
No, I never tried that's. True, he would have.
He would have hated the school bus.
Yeah, it must be Bishop. He would have had anxiety over a
car. Seat, well, they're sold out so

(22:50):
good for you nose first. I guess they won't be
advertising. No.
Not with us. Well, they got a freebie.
Yeah, they did. They don't need it.
Yeah, that's true. Now they don't need.
That they ain't never coming back.

(23:17):
This is due to underwhelming demand.
The podcast. That's like having a birthday in
January is something you're stuck with.
Trust me, I know. Poor Dave.
Trust me, I know it's a coming. It is.
Coming. Very soon.
It's a good soon. How old this year, Dave would.
You tell us it doesn't matter. 29 forever.
Dave's still alive. It's a year we're. 49 didn't we?

(23:40):
Dave is still alive. You're you're in great health,
you'll be great for a while. Isn't it today like the day this
comes out? Isn't this your birthday?
I don't know what's what's. The 21st.
Oh, there you go then. It is.
It is happy. Birthday, Birthday.
Birthday today, Dave. Happy birthday, dear David.

(24:08):
Happy birthday. To.
You. Wow, thank you very much.
I knew that. Well, this is not the day of
this recording, but it's the dayof the release that's.
True. Yes, we recorded this.
Yes, it does suck your birthday in January.
Anybody that has a birthday in January knows.

(24:28):
Oh well, yours is kind of towards the end.
It's not right after Christmas. My wife always tells me I hate
your birthday. Well, like Foreman, I also went
to a Christmas party in January.Oh.
Yes, every January parties. Lots of them.
Well, as I said, January, all the parents.
Who missed the landing on havinga Christmas baby?
Right. The rest of us need something to

(24:49):
do because we didn't have that. Exactly.
Daves got a birthday but I had to go to a Christmas party.
Party, Yes. You should have a party.
I'll come, I'll come OK anyway. You're cold and unfeeling, why
have I haven't you? Well, you don't have parties so
having me there as cold and I'm feeling better than nothing.
What are you going to serve? Chicken or steak?
Chicken. Or steak, chicken with.

(25:11):
Broccoli or veggie? Pasta.
Chicken with broccoli. The pasta isn't an option.
Don't come out, Rachel. I'm giving you chicken.
Don't come. That's to deter me.
Is it OK? Yes.
Alright. Don't come?
Well, I went to a lovely restaurant that had great food.
Actually for this Christmas dinner did.
You have a gift card dinner. No, no, we went to a restaurant

(25:32):
in Whitley Village called Saji. Which is short.
Have a gift card? No, which is?
Short wise. Otherwise we would have been
there. No, I the girls that.
Was a cake busy or? Yeah, couldn't get a
reservation. We didn't have a gift card.
Yeah. Already burned through your
pile? They pump us, they pump you
through Pretty. Yeah, I did.
Yeah. Actually, I didn't get one

(25:52):
single keg gift card this year. I gave a couple though, so
you'll be happy to know for Christmas.
I can't wait till you're invitedto those dinners and you don't
have one. Yeah.
Right. Wow, that.
'D be fine way. To show people how much you
care. Well, I know that they those
people that I gave them to enjoygoing to the kegs.
So do you. Know that because your gift is

(26:15):
actually telling us that you actually know nothing about
them. That's not true 'cause they're
family members and I know, I do know that.
OK, this is the best. But anyway, OK, so OK, Saggy
stands for what? Sagittarius ohh which I didn't
realize the the waitresses told that they might be the owners.

(26:35):
I'm not sure if they were. What time of the year is that?
I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know. I think saggy Sagittarius.
I'm not really big on I know I'man Aquarius but that's all I
know. November 22nd to December 21st.
There you go. Oh, no.
All right, Saggy. Really, Sagittarius?
OK, anyway, so we went. Nice place.
Yeah. Oh, it's yeah, it's in Wartley

(26:57):
in case. They want to advertise for this
nice place. Yeah, it is.
And the food is amazing. Like, even if you're not really
sure about like, what is this kind of concoction on the menu,
anything you order will be delicious at this place.
Like, guarantee that. So the food might leave you
being a bit curious, energetic and adventurous, since people
born under the signs of Sagittarius are said to be those

(27:19):
things. Are they?
Well then yes, I guess. And you should be when.
You go to Sagittarius. Is that the Archer?
Oh, the Archer. OK, alright.
I don't. I don't.
I didn't know the Archer wasn't even aside.
I didn't know. I didn't.
I didn't. I didn't either.
Anyway, so I get together with my, I would say high school
friends, but we've actually all been friends since we were in

(27:40):
grade 2, I think. And there's five of us that kind
of have grown up together and stayed in touch.
And some of them, I mean, we, we've all kind of live in
different cities and towns now, so we don't see each other a
lot. But every Christmas we've had a
Christmas dinner together every year since grade 9.
So I don't even know how many not.
Really. A Christmas dinner?
Because this was. Yeah, it used to be like at

(28:02):
Christmas, but then once we likegot older and got really busy.
It morphed into. Now it's January, Yeah.
So we planned it and we went to this Saji.
We went here last time as well. And, and we loved the food and
what we did was everybody kind of, we got a bunch of different
dishes and we all just shared and everything, everything was
to die for. That is being adventurous.
That's fun. Yeah, it was delicious.

(28:23):
So good. So we're it's so it's in Wortley
Village, so it's kind of, it's in an old house, so it's not
very big. And our table was kind of a
weird shaped table. It's kind of like an oblong
table in a Bay window. So three of us were sitting with
our backs to the window like in the Bay window and two were on
the aisle basically. But the table kind of went like
into two points at the end. It was kind of oblong and weird.

(28:46):
So at one point during this dinner, the the water carafe is
sitting at one end of the table,but near me and my friend, we're
kind of at the ends of about across from each other by the
water craft. And all of a sudden out of
nowhere, the water carafe just falls off the table and crashes

(29:06):
and breaks. And we didn't even know what it
was. All we heard was some sound and
we're like, I thought, oh, somebody dropped a dish.
And then I looked over and realized it was our water that
had dumped over. And so my friend and I, who are
sitting closest to it, look at each other like, did you, did
you knock that? Did you hit it with your?
Both of us are like, no, we didn't, I didn't even touch it.

(29:28):
She didn't touch it. Nobody touched it.
I said, was it right on the edgeof the table like, and we
thought, I don't think so. So the waitress comes over
immediately because everybody hears, it's a very small place.
Everybody hears it. So, you know, the waitress comes
over and she's like, oh, it's OK.
And I said, well, was the table,is it like sloped?
Is was did it like slide off thetable?

(29:49):
And she picks it up. She's like, no, the table's
pretty dry. Like, there's no wet water on
there that it would slide on. I don't know.
This is so straight. And we're like, we're looking at
each other, like, did we hit this somehow?
I don't know how this thing felloff.
You know, we're feeling badly that their water carafe is
broken. Now they're mopping it all up.
And then another waitress comes over and she says, you know, we

(30:12):
bought all these new water carafes a few months ago.
And we don't break a lot of things here at all.
But we have broken four of thosesince we bought them.
And last time it happened, I feel like, you know, nobody
touched it either. And everybody thought it's a
ghost just knocking it off the table.
And so we were like, I think that's what happened because

(30:34):
neither of us touched this thingand somehow it just fell off.
Hold on. Yes.
I don't know. It was not near the edge of the
table. It was not hit by us because we
had lots of space on that end and it it just somehow fell off
the table. I don't know how.
What a pile of horse hockey. That's got to be the answer.

(30:55):
It's a big old house. There has to be a ghost.
No, it's an old man. That's one of you kicked the
table, one of you knocked it off.
Nobody did that. I don't know how that happened.
I don't know how it fell off. And even the waitress said we,
we don't break a lot of things, but these carafes keep falling
off tables. Okay.

(31:16):
And we were like, well, the ghost obviously doesn't like
that. And she's like, I know that's
what I'm thinking. What do you think happened?
Well, we all just thought it wasvery curious.
I don't know really what to do with that, other than I think
there's a ghost there. Yeah.
And I think the waitress agrees.She's the one that kind of
brought that brought it up. It has something to get those

(31:37):
collapse. Yes, I don't like this style or
something. Y'all, y'all think it was the
food to die for? Everybody here at the table
think it's a ghost because yeah,as your waitress, I agree with
you. How's my tip?
She wasn't the one she. Was number one actually.
Getting the tip? Don't get into large argument

(31:59):
with guests. Whether it goes surreal or not.
Just agree with them and get your tip and get them out at one
place. We need the table.
What happened to the water craft?
We don't know. It was a good It just fell off.
Nobody touched. It we did.
I didn't touch it. I didn't kick the table.
Yes, that's fine. I need somebody else.

(32:21):
Sure, we have somewhere has beento Saji and the same thing has
happened. Sure, ladies who look like you
get together once a year for a Christmas party.
It was a ghost, yeah. And we were drinking of.
This right anyone? Need another wine?
Yes, you're saving. You're saving the HST in this
meal. Make sure you give your waitress

(32:41):
a nice tip. We did save the HST.
No, you did, yes. Yeah, that was a nice.
Surprise I gave you a nice tip because they got to buy a new
carafe that you kicked off. Yeah, well, you better get a
nicer one that the ghost approves of.

(33:16):
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I don't know. If you can get rid of ghosts
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Wartley Rd. was built in 1905. Right.

(34:19):
I think they've pretty old. I think they might have a ghost.
But the food, again, so good, sogood.
Well, the ghost approves the food.
The ghost approves of the food. You can get ahold of us at
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Tell us what you think of the podcast.

(34:41):
And this is the point in which we.
Yeah, we read some of your correspondence.
Yeah, we love to get your emails, comments, messages on
our website underwhelming.ca. Like Deb sent us a message
through our website, she says and Dave was talking about this
couple of episodes ago. Just listen to your latest
podcast and had to share that mywhat my five year old grandson

(35:02):
told me. Hey Nana, I have happy nuts.
It was hilarious and yes, it wasPowder and he was happy to share
the name with everyone. Love your podcast, keep up the
great work. Happy nuts.
Nobody wants happy nuts. So nobody wants sad nuts, right?
Am I right? Foreman of.
Course you couldn't be more correct.
That's right. That's.
Nobody wants sad nuts. That's rhetorical.

(35:24):
I don't want you to have sad nuts either.
Sure. So my friends who you know John
and Jan, he's he gave her the digital scale for her birthday.
Yes, and you wanted to know And then he gave her a low flow
toilet once for I don't know when.
I don't know if that was a birthday or Mother's Day.
Previous year or something? Yes.
Right. And so you asked, well, what

(35:45):
else did she? And I'm like, yeah, you know
what, I don't know. And I got a text just before we
started recording this podcast from my friend John.
It says stop the presses. I'm watching due to
underwhelming demand right now. Jan got from Santa a certificate

(36:07):
for rust proofing our car. OK, I will just leave that
there. I don't.
Think better or worse than a backpack sprayer.
I don't know that we need. To discuss that.
I don't know that we need to go any further.
I think we could just let that sure.
Well, that has actually inspiredDutch from the Kinsman.

(36:30):
Oh yes. He gave me a call at 104.7 Heart
FM the other day. Hey, I was talking to a buddy of
mine that was at the live show and he started to listen to your
podcast and he told me that he was really intrigued about
Dave's story about getting a vacuum for his wife.
So he decided, he asked me aboutit and I sat there and said,

(36:52):
well, do you really want to do this?
This is like the favorite to inform and podcast all over
again. And he sits there and goes,
well, my wife's got arthritis. I want to get it for her because
I do all the vacuums. So then I'm going to get her a
new vacuum, but he wants to get an I robot.
But he does all the vacuuming. But he doesn't know the vacuum,

(37:12):
so he buys her the top of the line.
I robot that does everything. He avoids all the pet Doo Doo
that could be, you know, on the floor or whatever like that.
And she opens it up. She goes, well, I don't vacuum,
you vacuum, So what the hell? Why do I want this?
This is not a present for me. This is a present for you.

(37:33):
So where's my real gap? Yeah.
That's there isn't a real this. That's a gift for himself.
So now he did. Now nobody has to vacuum.
Well, yeah, so he she's like, oh, where's my real gap?
Where is my real gap, Larry? Where's my real gift, Larry?
You had to go back out. Yes, and he should have.

(37:54):
Yeah, I agree with that. I believe he should.
I think having a Roomba in theirsituation is a good idea.
I don't think it should have been her Christmas gift.
Yeah. But yeah, you know, if he really
wanted one, that baddie should have dropped a hint.
Yes. I thought you were going to say
he bought it for himself. As a gift.
That was a bad idea, that's why.He went wrong there.

(38:15):
That's. A good idea, Bad idea?
That's bad. That's bad.
Bad idea on the on the same topic.
Well, not the same topic, but ifit was staying with people I've
met through Heart FM. Do you remember Gerald?
And I think I mentioned him mid-december, maybe episode 105.
I want to say Gerald. Yes.
All right, well, I'm on my way up to Manitoulin Island from

(38:36):
Woodstock tonight, so Oh my goodness.
Don't give me something to listen to.
You know, listen to the radio show before, didn't know where
we went. I met him in person.
He was making a donation for a toy drive in Woodstock.
Nice. And then we had a joke on that
episode to say, well, ha, ha, ha.
Gerald, Let us know when you catch up to this episode.
This is November 2024. We'll see when Gerald checks in

(38:59):
to see he's caught up with this up.
Gerald, let us know when you've made it here, OK?
Yeah, yeah. Yes, let us know when.
You made it. And it was, and I've been
meaning to bring this up becauseit was before Christmas when he
I saw him again or he had calledor something like that to say,
by the way, I've caught up and Iheard that.
Wow, good. OK.
So within two weeks, he listenedto 105 episodes.

(39:22):
See what? Happens when you when you when
you do that, you see, when you listen to that many all at once,
then you're either you want to, you know, hurl, throw up, you
have violent diarrhea. You never want to hear us again
or, or or you're like, well, nowI'm hooked.

(39:44):
Now I'm hooked. Now I know what I.
Need. I need another five?
What are you guys doing? Giving me one a week?
That's right. Yeah.
Sorry, Gerald. Sorry.
Sorry, once a week. Once a week.
But we're glad you're here with us now.
Yeah, we are. On episode 108.
Yeah. I have an e-mail from Debbie,
who says here's a fun fact for Rachel.

(40:04):
So here's Rachel's fun facts. Oh OK, Mort Walker, the guy who
created the Beetle Bailey and high and Lowest comic strips
which I've never heard of. Sorry.
Bailey I have high and lowest I don't.
Remember, I recognize that name now.
I got Beetle Bailey high and low.
No came up with the idea for using random symbols like
exclamation points and hashtags to represent swear words in

(40:26):
cartoons, and the official term for it is Grolix.
Grolix. He created, Yeah.
The cartoon strips would always put yeah, yeah, you know, there
was a turn and that was yeah, basically.
There's a fun fact. I have a fun fact for all of you
that I found today I thought wasa very you know, and I, I don't

(40:49):
know how fun you'll find it, butMick Jagger has a son who is
younger than his great grandchild by two years.
Suck on that one. I'm just trying to figure that
out in my head. Yeah.
Well, yeah, that is that's. All right, well, I have a

(41:13):
upcoming this week and it hasn'thappened yet.
My hockey games, hockey practices, my Learn to.
Play hockey, start. You won't let this go.
Anyway, well, we're recording today.
It starts in two days from this,so I will talk about it on the
next episode. I'll let you know how the first
one went. Okay, But I got an e-mail from

(41:33):
your friend Dave Jan Jan, who got the scale and the rust
proofing for Christmas. She said a low flow toilet.
And the low flow. Yeah, I who could forget that?
Jan says. Congratulations, Rachel, for
trying to learn hockey. You will have lots of laughs.
I wanted to tell you that I joined a beginner line dancing
group once. I didn't know how to do any of

(41:54):
the moves, but we were all beginners, so it was going to be
OK. Oh, no, they were all pros and I
felt ridiculous. Guess they just said beginners
to get new people. I didn't last long, but she then
she laughed. Have fun.
You'll look great in your hockeygear.
From Jan. Thank you, Jan.
Oh, 'cause we're gonna show. I put it on.
I'm gonna take photos. I know I gotta get photos.

(42:16):
Jeremy keeps getting at me. He's like, we gotta get your
hockey bag together. I'm like, OK, I know I'm.
I'm a little worried about dressing myself and skating
generally. So it's.
Important to put the pads in theright.
Spot Jeremy, if he would dress me and put me on the ice and he
said no, so I have to do it myself, No I wouldn't.
And and just play me necessarilyneed a photo, but I do

(42:39):
absolutely need a video. OK, OK.
We'll see what we can do.
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