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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The regular recommended daily dose of funny is just not enough.
Thankfully we have extra funny what TJ and Riggins kill all,
kill all, and you still got time to have Omaha
Steaks deliver a delicious package to someone as a gift.
(00:23):
Better jump on it. And now we tell you about
Omaha Steaks all the time and have for years because
we love Omaha Steaks. You go to Omaha Steaks dot
com and check out all of the stuff that they have.
Now this is a great gift for someone. Or if
you just want top of the line meats to have
at your house on hand for whatever reason, it's a
(00:44):
great time to do that as well. With Omaha Steaks.
Everything from filet mignon to desserts, burgers, hot dogs, chicken,
everything from Omaha Steaks is top quality guaranteed. You know
they've even got that guarantee with it. I mean, when
(01:04):
your meat comes with a guarantee that's good meat, brother,
you can bet you it's good meat, the best. And
it's not just the You're sure they have burgers, but
it's not just one kind of burger, have several different
kinds of burgers, including the newest edition Smash Burgers. They're great,
(01:26):
so they do the smashing for you. That's how good
it is. Best burgers I've ever had are from Omaha Steaks.
And if you like to cook, then it'll make you
shine because people, you know, they're gonna give you credit
for it. Yep, oh you might as well. So all
you got to do with the with the burgers is
you season them up with that Omaha Steak seasoning. That's
(01:48):
what I put on on the burgers before I grill
them or cook them on the flat top, and it's perfect, peterfect.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
You're giving away my secret.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
So all the different types of steaks and chicken and
side dishes and everything at Omaha Steaks dot com. And
when you use the code TJ Riggins at checkout, you're
going to save thirty five dollars off your order. So
thirty five dollars off your order at checkout with the
code TJ Riggins at Omaha Steaks dot com. Some restrictions
(02:19):
apply seaside for details. All right, excuse me. So it
is the Chrimas season, not just Christmas, but the Christmas season, y'all.
And there's a custom from Catalonia, Spain called too day
(02:43):
Nadal and that translates to Christmas log, but it's also
known as the poop log or the shit log. Oh
no joke. Here's how it works. In the two and
a half weeks leading up to Christmas, families keep a
regular wood log in the home with a face painted
(03:06):
on it. It also has a red hat, wooden legs
in the front, and a blanket over its back end.
So the log represents a character who will poop out
treats some Christmas Day. Come Christmas Day, okay, that's disturbing,
they get the log to poop. Children pretend to feed it.
(03:29):
In order to get the log to poop, children pretend
to feed it scraps of food and sing to it,
specifically a song about pooping out gifts, and then they
beat it with sticks. And on Christmas Day, after the
singing and beating, the blanket is lifted off the Christmas
(03:51):
Log's back and surprise, it has pooped out gifts for
everyone surprise. So I don't know if they do this
in lieu of a Christmas tree, but it's a I
think they have a tree. Maybe they put the log
underneath the tree because it's huge. It's not just as
small like that would go in the fireplace. It's a
(04:11):
big log, big enough for the family to beat it
with sticks and then for the blanket over its butt
to cover up a bunch of gifts. Okay, right, So
it's something that likely spun out of various yule log traditions,
(04:33):
and the beating with a stick thing is similar to pinnata.
Oh okay, that makes sense. Yeah, yeah, and it sticks,
and it's been around for a few centuries now, so
it's evolved a lot along the way and is more
than just a random stunt someone came up with recently.
So if you want to act like Spaniards in your home,
(04:58):
this Christmas gets you a poop log.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yeah, where's the poop log?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Exactly? We need? But it poops out candy, treats and
small gifts. So I'm guessing the stuff that would be
in a stocking those types of gifts.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yeah wow, mm hmm, okay, Well, different strokes for different folks,
you know.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Yeah, Spaniards. What are you going to do.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Those Spaniards?
Speaker 3 (05:34):
What is what is a mule log? I've heard that phrase.
I don't know is it actual? Is it a log
like that you put for a Christmas fire or something?
I don't even know what that is.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
I think it. I think it is the yule log?
Is is it just the same thing. It's just a
piece of wood. This case, they they are acting as
if they saved the that log from being used as firewood. Okay,
So I don't know the I always thought as a kid,
(06:04):
I always thought a yule log was just the big
log in the fireplace at Christmas.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yeah. Well, and now they make like yule log cakes.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
And let's see, a yule log refers to both an
ancient winter salstice tradition of burning a large log and
more commonly today a traditional Christmas chocolate cake. Oh so yeah,
so it is a burning a large like that's the
(06:35):
biggest log in the fire. Okay. So I was right again,
not even knowing it.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
You were right.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Oh it's just my life, you know.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah, it's hard being right all the time.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Was right again.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
You know.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Why do you know that say the word Spaniard to
a lot of rural older people sounds like an outdated
term that's almost maybe offensive. Is because old older people
in rural southern areas called anybody who spoke Spanish a Spaniard.
(07:21):
So they call Mexican people's Spaniards. You know, they got
you know, down there that Spaniard man lives with his family,
you know. And yes, so, but a Spaniard is somebody
who's from Spain, right, you know. But but back then
they just called anybody who spoke Spanish a Spaniard.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yeah, spaniard mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
You know that Spaniard man, good old fella or to.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Rose his name, you know, cocker, Spaniard.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Spain is somewhere I've never really had the desire to go.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I hear it's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
I just yeah, they say Phereto Rico is beautiful, you know,
I've seen pictures of it. Yeah, yes, and I think
that the Puerto Rican women are beautiful.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
M hm.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Puerto Rican and Colombian women have kind of a similar
similar look and crazy fiery tempers. Yes, and sometimes they
don't get along, the Colombian women and the Puerto Rican
(08:39):
women really m h. Kind of like the Greeks and
the Italians. Sometimes they don't get along in America. I
didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I have a friend who used to work with who's
very Italian, so much so that his name's Anthony. Yeah,
and he is originally from cland he's a nice, super
sweet guy, one of the nicest guys I've ever met
until you mentioned something about Italians, I mean about Greeks.
(09:13):
You know, if you bade him and say, yeah, the
Greeks said they invented, he will get all fired up.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
They did not. Is it the same Anthony I know,
I think so very very meek and mild.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Yeah. My not Anthony of Kathy and Anthony, my couple friends.
This is an Anthony that worked at the radio station
and then and then he started working for the TV station.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
That's who I'm thinking of.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
He worked for Clear Channel.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Yes, very soft spoken.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
But super super sweet.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
I can't picture him fired up.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah, well, if you ever run into him, tell him
you have a Greek friend who said Italians are secondary
to Greeks anything. Yeah, I'll be.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Like, do you want to go grab lunch? We could
go to the Greek restaurant right now.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Now. I never knew if that was just in Cleveland
where he grew up, or it's just a blanket thing,
because uh, I have another friend named Anthony who's who's Greek,
like full on Greek, and he doesn't seem to have
a problem with Italians.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Sounds like an other Anthony thing.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Or maybe it's just those Cleveland Italians and Cleveland Greeks
all the.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Time pf war the Cleveland Italians, Yeah, the real ones,
the authentic Italians from Cleveland.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
You don't want to mess with them. Oh, not at all.
But yeah, so I and if I'm wrong on that,
I'm sure somebody will will let me know. That sometimes
Colombian women and Puerto Rican women don't get along. It's interesting.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Hey, I don't want to be in the middle of
that fight. But then again, I do want to be
in the middle of it. What I'm saying, Hey, ladies, ladies, ladies,
let's calm down now. We're all friends here, Let's all
love one another. Come on, bring it in. This is
(11:23):
TJ Riggins Extra Funny.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Get the latest Extra Funny episode at tjriggins dot com.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
All meet your podcast platforms and on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Thank you for joining us.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
This is TJ and Riggins.
The regular recommended daily dose of funny is just not enough.
Thankfully we have extra funny what TJ and Riggins kill all,
kill all, and you still got time to have Omaha
Steaks deliver a delicious package to someone as a gift.
(00:23):
Better jump on it. And now we tell you about
Omaha Steaks all the time and have for years because
we love Omaha Steaks. You go to Omaha Steaks dot
com and check out all of the stuff that they have.
Now this is a great gift for someone. Or if
you just want top of the line meats to have
at your house on hand for whatever reason, it's a
(00:44):
great time to do that as well. With Omaha Steaks.
Everything from filet mignon to desserts, burgers, hot dogs, chicken,
everything from Omaha Steaks is top quality guaranteed. You know
they've even got that guarantee with it. I mean, when
(01:04):
your meat comes with a guarantee that's good meat, brother,
you can bet you it's good meat, the best. And
it's not just the You're sure they have burgers, but
it's not just one kind of burger, have several different
kinds of burgers, including the newest edition Smash Burgers. They're great,
(01:26):
so they do the smashing for you. That's how good
it is. Best burgers I've ever had are from Omaha Steaks.
And if you like to cook, then it'll make you
shine because people, you know, they're gonna give you credit
for it. Yep, oh you might as well. So all
you got to do with the with the burgers is
you season them up with that Omaha Steak seasoning. That's
(01:48):
what I put on on the burgers before I grill
them or cook them on the flat top, and it's perfect, peterfect.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
You're giving away my secret.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
So all the different types of steaks and chicken and
side dishes and everything at Omaha Steaks dot com. And
when you use the code TJ Riggins at checkout, you're
going to save thirty five dollars off your order. So
thirty five dollars off your order at checkout with the
code TJ Riggins at Omaha Steaks dot com. Some restrictions
(02:19):
apply seaside for details. All right, excuse me. So it
is the Chrimas season, not just Christmas, but the Christmas season, y'all.
And there's a custom from Catalonia, Spain called too day
(02:43):
Nadal and that translates to Christmas log, but it's also
known as the poop log or the shit log. Oh
no joke. Here's how it works. In the two and
a half weeks leading up to Christmas, families keep a
regular wood log in the home with a face painted
(03:06):
on it. It also has a red hat, wooden legs
in the front, and a blanket over its back end.
So the log represents a character who will poop out
treats some Christmas Day. Come Christmas Day, okay, that's disturbing,
they get the log to poop. Children pretend to feed it.
(03:29):
In order to get the log to poop, children pretend
to feed it scraps of food and sing to it,
specifically a song about pooping out gifts, and then they
beat it with sticks. And on Christmas Day, after the
singing and beating, the blanket is lifted off the Christmas
(03:51):
Log's back and surprise, it has pooped out gifts for
everyone surprise. So I don't know if they do this
in lieu of a Christmas tree, but it's a I
think they have a tree. Maybe they put the log
underneath the tree because it's huge. It's not just as
small like that would go in the fireplace. It's a
(04:11):
big log, big enough for the family to beat it
with sticks and then for the blanket over its butt
to cover up a bunch of gifts. Okay, right, So
it's something that likely spun out of various yule log traditions,
(04:33):
and the beating with a stick thing is similar to pinnata.
Oh okay, that makes sense. Yeah, yeah, and it sticks,
and it's been around for a few centuries now, so
it's evolved a lot along the way and is more
than just a random stunt someone came up with recently.
So if you want to act like Spaniards in your home,
(04:58):
this Christmas gets you a poop log.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yeah, where's the poop log?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Exactly? We need? But it poops out candy, treats and
small gifts. So I'm guessing the stuff that would be
in a stocking those types of gifts.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yeah wow, mm hmm, okay, Well, different strokes for different folks,
you know.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Yeah, Spaniards. What are you going to do.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Those Spaniards?
Speaker 3 (05:34):
What is what is a mule log? I've heard that phrase.
I don't know is it actual? Is it a log
like that you put for a Christmas fire or something?
I don't even know what that is.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
I think it. I think it is the yule log?
Is is it just the same thing. It's just a
piece of wood. This case, they they are acting as
if they saved the that log from being used as firewood. Okay,
So I don't know the I always thought as a kid,
(06:04):
I always thought a yule log was just the big
log in the fireplace at Christmas.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yeah. Well, and now they make like yule log cakes.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
And let's see, a yule log refers to both an
ancient winter salstice tradition of burning a large log and
more commonly today a traditional Christmas chocolate cake. Oh so yeah,
so it is a burning a large like that's the
(06:35):
biggest log in the fire. Okay. So I was right again,
not even knowing it.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
You were right.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Oh it's just my life, you know.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah, it's hard being right all the time.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Was right again.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
You know.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Why do you know that say the word Spaniard to
a lot of rural older people sounds like an outdated
term that's almost maybe offensive. Is because old older people
in rural southern areas called anybody who spoke Spanish a Spaniard.
(07:21):
So they call Mexican people's Spaniards. You know, they got
you know, down there that Spaniard man lives with his family,
you know. And yes, so, but a Spaniard is somebody
who's from Spain, right, you know. But but back then
they just called anybody who spoke Spanish a Spaniard.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yeah, spaniard mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
You know that Spaniard man, good old fella or to.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Rose his name, you know, cocker, Spaniard.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Spain is somewhere I've never really had the desire to go.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I hear it's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
I just yeah, they say Phereto Rico is beautiful, you know,
I've seen pictures of it. Yeah, yes, and I think
that the Puerto Rican women are beautiful.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
M hm.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Puerto Rican and Colombian women have kind of a similar
similar look and crazy fiery tempers. Yes, and sometimes they
don't get along, the Colombian women and the Puerto Rican
(08:39):
women really m h. Kind of like the Greeks and
the Italians. Sometimes they don't get along in America. I
didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I have a friend who used to work with who's
very Italian, so much so that his name's Anthony. Yeah,
and he is originally from cland he's a nice, super
sweet guy, one of the nicest guys I've ever met
until you mentioned something about Italians, I mean about Greeks.
(09:13):
You know, if you bade him and say, yeah, the
Greeks said they invented, he will get all fired up.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
They did not. Is it the same Anthony I know,
I think so very very meek and mild.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Yeah. My not Anthony of Kathy and Anthony, my couple friends.
This is an Anthony that worked at the radio station
and then and then he started working for the TV station.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
That's who I'm thinking of.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
He worked for Clear Channel.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Yes, very soft spoken.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
But super super sweet.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
I can't picture him fired up.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah, well, if you ever run into him, tell him
you have a Greek friend who said Italians are secondary
to Greeks anything. Yeah, I'll be.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Like, do you want to go grab lunch? We could
go to the Greek restaurant right now.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Now. I never knew if that was just in Cleveland
where he grew up, or it's just a blanket thing,
because uh, I have another friend named Anthony who's who's Greek,
like full on Greek, and he doesn't seem to have
a problem with Italians.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Sounds like an other Anthony thing.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Or maybe it's just those Cleveland Italians and Cleveland Greeks
all the.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Time pf war the Cleveland Italians, Yeah, the real ones,
the authentic Italians from Cleveland.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
You don't want to mess with them. Oh, not at all.
But yeah, so I and if I'm wrong on that,
I'm sure somebody will will let me know. That sometimes
Colombian women and Puerto Rican women don't get along. It's interesting.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Hey, I don't want to be in the middle of
that fight. But then again, I do want to be
in the middle of it. What I'm saying, Hey, ladies, ladies, ladies,
let's calm down now. We're all friends here, Let's all
love one another. Come on, bring it in. This is
(11:23):
TJ Riggins Extra Funny.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Get the latest Extra Funny episode at tjriggins dot com.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
All meet your podcast platforms and on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Thank you for joining us.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
This is TJ and Riggins.
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