#571 - My Tooth Came Out

30:21Like if I'm spending the money and it goes out, it's like, okay, this number that I'm seeing is the amount of money that I have. Yeah. But I didn't know that like. I couldn't wrap my head. I think that's fair. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that I can just spend it and like pay for it later. Yeah. Like I was so, and I remember I was talking with my friend Kate and she was just hysterically laughing at me trying to explain it. Cause she was like, how do you not get this? You idiot. You have a master's degree at this point. And I still, I couldn't grasp the idea of a credit card or credit.

30:52You were a little older than I thought the story was going to be 23. He said, yeah, dude, I swear to God, I think just financially illiterate. I don't want to say this and like, I know this is not the universal experience, but I feel like our group didn't really like, we were not like sheltered, but like a lot of us didn't start driving until we were later. Credit cards and stuff like that. Like we were just focused on other stuff and like we probably should have ironed out. I mean, I guess. I don't know. It just really depends on like the circles you kind of grew up in. I don't know that anyone I knew growing up had a credit card.

31:29Growing up, no. yeah well how are you paying for your black coffees after your incredibly fun and ruckus sleepovers dollar 50 man couch two dollar bill couch change i mean that was the thing is like i remember also my dad would like at the beginning of the week he'd give me a 20 bill and that would last me all week dude i remember that when we were younger that your dad would just give you money and i'm like what is that like yeah it was i remember i once lost it like lost the money in car oh he like gave it to me and i put it in my pocket and then i went to leave and i checked and i was like oh i don't have it my dad was like ha ha ha like he thought i was trying to get like another 20 from him right and i was like dad i swear to god no and he was fucking pissed yeah because he was like where's the money i was like i've been in the car with you the whole time it's somewhere in here yeah it was probably tied up you know how like the fucking yeah they would do those whole things where they tie dollar bills for good luck it made no sense i i thought about stealing those dollars i'll tell you that my wallet was uh keith growing up like he had a job and he had money and he just paid for me to do everything honestly he's a good brother he is he is i i used to my first job was like uh an off the books job at where we played baseball and i would i just had like a hundred dollars on me for like a week and i was like what the fuck is this yeah And it worked because then I would go and I would buy like my Elmo and Oscar the Grouch graphic tees.

32:57And it was cool. Or all the prank stuff they had at Spencer's Gifts. I remember when I first got a part-time job at Elite, they were paying me$400 like at a time. Because I was there like super part-time. But I remember thinking like, yo, I hope they at least pay me$200. and then when I got my first paycheck and it was$400, I was like, I'm about to fucking be the richest person I know. Bro, so when I went for my graduate degree, I was an RD. And what came with that was the free tuition, room and board, a meal plan, and then we had a stipend. And it was a$16 ,000 a year stipend. And I was just like, I don't have to pay for any.

33:45In one shot? No, it came in monthly, in like weekly payments. Got it. But I was just like, I was getting 150 or some odd dollars a week or whatever it was. And I was just like. Loaded. Yo, I could do whatever I want now. Like, let's go buy Patron. On ice. On ice. Yeah. Pop bottles all night, baby. Yeah. We can have whatever we like. It's a beautiful, beautiful time. What? Probably would have went through that fast if it was Patron every night. Yeah, it would. I couldn't. I was drinking like fucking like bush light. I also thought Patron was like the most expensive thing that you could possibly buy.

34:21Me too. Back in the day when like, you know, hip hop would just mention alcohol and their sales would just go through the roof. Yeah. You know? Went through a big Ciroc phase too. You did go through a big Ciroc phase. Me too. Yeah. It tasted good. Peach Ciroc. Ooh. I think, didn't they say that he became a billionaire off Ciroc alone or something like that? Probably. I think it was like a really popular. Bro, it was everywhere. Yeah. And, like, I was never big into, like, flavored vodka. Yeah. But I remember you guys making, like, coconut Ciroc with pineapple juice. And I was just like, yo, hold on.

34:53This is kind of not the worst. Cocoloso. What was it? I remember Nouveau. What's that? It was, like, the pink bottle. Ah. We had that. Cristal. Although I never had it. They, like, were done with Cristal by the time, like, we started, like, drinking. Yeah, yeah. But I knew the name. I knew everyone knew the name. Patron was big You know That's what all like The hip hop artists Are talking about Bacardi A lot of rum I guess Hypnotic But then I found out That it was like Like It was basically Fruit juice with a dash Of like alcohol in it And I was like Look cool though What do you think I am Yeah Bro there was one That my buddy Will showed me Fuck It was It like It was purple And it had like Glitter in it Oh man I could try.

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43:53I wouldn't. No. So what is it? Just a doodle? Yeah, it's a cheese doodle. Doodle. It's got its own thing. Interesting. So there's this personality test going around. It's which chip are you choosing the first chip to dunk into this salsa, it looks like. Yeah. Don't worry about the hard seltzer. Yeah. I will say this. 34-year-old Frank, I'm fucking dipping the fuck out of this chip. I'm scooping the hell out of that shit. What does that have to do with your age? Yeah. If I was like 10-year-old Frank, I'm going in and I'm coming out and I'm just getting the juice of the dip. Oh, weird. Yeah. I want all the shit that they got on that.

44:31I like chunky salsa. I want that salsa. Restaurant-style salsa is ass. This is like water and tomatoes. What am I doing? It's wet. I don't disagree, but also I like it because when it comes in that little cup, you can just drink it. No. Oh. I think there's only two answers I would accept here. Can you zoom in a little more? I need to see the ridges on these chips. Enhance? I'm going to go out on a limb here. Not that it's a crazy limb, but if anyone who picks C is either a mouse or a fucking idiot. Like, C is insane. C doesn't even deserve dip on it. It doesn't deserve salsa. I would potentially not even eat that if it was on, you know what I mean?

45:12I think we can, I think we're in agreement on which one we're picking. Can we say it on the count of three? Are we? I think, can we? Three, two, one. D. Yes. What was that face? You're a B guy? A. A dude. A? A dude. A! You're freaking A! A. A. What are you doing with that? It's so disrespectful! You invert it and you get that scoop and you have a little fold that holds it all in. No, no, no. You're absolutely not. Are you outside of your brain and pants? What you want is a curvature to your chip so it holds it for you. And then you bring it to your mouth. A? You're not getting that whole D. D is a half pipe waiting to be filled with salsa.

45:55A is like Is a Is a Is demented I don't even know What happened to E Where is E Is C part of E Is that like the fucking I'm taking E over A No 100 % Yeah You're not fitting D In your little mouth You don't know what the You don't know what the Fuck this mouth can do When it comes to chips I also I can two bite it He's two biting a salsa chip Bro It's about First of all You have A I'm backing up a little bit You're I mean I don't mind double dipping But Salsa chip That thing is going to turn to dust. A good chip is going to turn to dust in your mouth. No, no, no. I mean, dude, like a Tostitos chip, they're fucking massive.

46:32You have to two bite those. I mean, but that's why, see, you're messing up. That's why if you're getting a Tostitos corn chip, you get the scoopable. Yeah, I love scoop. You can't get the big fucking, like, this thing is like a hang glider. No, I know, but if I do have that, like, I'm two biting that. You think I'm going to shove that in my mouth? Am I a fucking cobra? You can use A as a little submarine, and the pocket, like a cannoli, will be filled in there. Yeah, but then you get so little, dude. You get so little. You didn't think I was going to say A, right? You thought everyone was going to say A?

46:59I thought it was at least top three. I'm going A. I'm going D, and then B is a close second. Yeah. You're just picking chips. That's the question! That's what we're doing! But B is just a chip. Yeah? There's nothing good about it. I mean, no. There's some bend. There's some curves. She's a little curvy. When they invented the scoop, that was the peak of innovation. Yeah, I agree. That's up there with the computer. Well, the scoopable, like the one that looks like... Ridges. Ridges, but also, have you seen Fritos scoops? It's like a shovel. No. Pull up Fritos scoops and just show him. It's honestly peak chip design, because this thing is literally used to shovel French onion dip into my goddamn mouth.

47:47It kind of looks like a shell mac and cheese. Hell yeah, dude. Oh, no. That's perfect. No. What do you mean no? Also, Fritos are nasty, bro. Come on now. I don't like Fritos. Come on now. Fritos are such a good chip. No, they aren't. They're so delicious. They're like a D tier. What? Fritos are ass. So then give me your top chip. For like salsa? I mean, we know it's a Tostitos like a scoopable. It's a Tostitos scoop. What is it? Yeah, what the fuck are we doing now? Hoops. Who is this? Who is this for? Fritos is getting out of control. Although you might like that, Joey, because you like sucking things.

48:23I like, yeah, I do. And then barbecue too. I hate, I think. They got a bad rating, buddy. Not rated very high. Barbecue as a flavor is so dog shit. That's crazy. So dog shit, dude. That's not true. I will say this. Hello. Look what TJ Maxx dragged in. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is now streaming on Disney Plus and Hulu. We are digital. We are downloadable. We are streamable. The fashion event of the year is certified fresh. Pull yourself together. We have work to do. Critics say it's smart and witty and the perfect sequel. That's all. Get runway ready for The Devil Wears Prada 2 on Disney Plus and Hulu.

49:03Rated PG-13. These people that do like chocolate covered potato chips, I will... I've never even heard of that. You've never seen those? No. Oh, there's like some chocolatiers and like candy shops that do it. I've never heard of it. Like that? Basically. I mean, that's a corn chip. I'm thinking potato chips. Ah. Yeah, I'm not into corn chips, I don't think. I mean, you just said you like Tostitos. Oh, never mind. What? Yeah. I don't like chocolate-covered pretzels. Oh, I like chocolate-covered pretzels. Is it? I just don't like pretzels that are, like, hard. Those are the best pretzels? No. Oh, like a super, like, those, like, thick sourdough pretzels?

49:44I don't like that. I like them. You never had a box of, like, pretzel logs and you just sucked the salt off? No, those I actually enjoy. I like the pretzel logs, but like the ones that look like pretzels, like the pretzel design, but they're like thicker and like dark and they're like hard. Yeah. I just had those at the house. They're good. I don't like them. I used to love taking the pretzels and just go dig into the bottom of the bag and just eating the salt. Like the rods? The rods I would go down there and I would like pinch it like it's a fish food and I would put it in my mouth. Yeah, just like sprinkle it like salt bay in your mouth.

50:18I can't believe you went with A. A is crazy. That is so unbelievably bad. That's a horrible answer. That's not even like. I think I'll get backed up here. A? I don't think anyone's going to like A. Oh. Bro, D is like you can get the most like on your dip with that out of all of those. A, you're getting nothing, buddy. You're not thinking about the shoving of it in there. I am. That's the only redeeming quality it has, and it's not even big enough to fit anything. And now you can eat it like this. You don't have to like, you know. I'm good. I can do that. There's something nice about having to, like, be like a python and, like, wrap my mouth around this chip.

50:59Lucky, man. Good for you. I just think, like, it's like a challenge. Like, I'm better than you, food. You know? I will tell you this. I don't know if you feel this way. You know, Maeve loves chips and salsa. Like, for snacks. She'll sit there with chips and salsa. But sometimes, like, a piece of the chip will break off in the salsa. and then I find it when I'm having it and I'm like, ew, what the fuck is this? Yeah. It's just like, it's like a tar, like, you know, when they find like a dinosaur in a tar pit. And it's like, this was a dinosaur once. This was respectable. Now it's a goddamn wet, disgusting chip.

51:33I don't get the reference, but I understand the chip part. You don't know, you've never seen or heard of that? Like a tar pit? You've never heard, like, they found like shit in tar pits. What's a tar pit? A pit of tar. Why would that exist? because tar is like a naturally occurring thing. Oh, like that. I thought you meant like, never mind. I don't know what I'm thinking. Tar is like a real thing in the world. Right, right, right. What's a tar pit? It's a pit of tar. And what's funny is that's a good, like that is what it is. That is what it is. This is the kind of stuff that people come to this show for.

52:02Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know? I can't believe. I think I'm going to have some A-Riders. No. We're going to have some D-Riders. I was going to say, if you have any, we're going to get the D-Riders for sure. Yeah, dude. There is no one that is writing for C. A lot of people like tiny chips. How would you guys rank queso, salsa, guac? And then I'll throw an onion dip as well. Spinach dip? No. Fuck. Artichoke dip? No. I do love a crab dip. Yeah, those are great. Okay. Queso, salsa, onion dip. What else did I say? Guac. Guac. Onion dip, queso, salsa, guac. What? Guac last. Yeah. Wait, what'd you say?

52:45Onion dip? Who the fuck are you, dude? Onion dip, queso, salsa, guac. I think, I'm not even kidding. I think I'm going the exact opposite of yours. I think I'm going guac, salsa, queso, onion dip. And I love each of them in an abundance. Oh, I'm not doing that. I think I would go first. I would probably say it's really close between salsa and guac. One of those are one, two. And I'm putting queso last. I like queso. I like it, but I'd rather the onion dip. I agree. Queso is like whatever to me. It gets old. Really? Three chips into queso, I'm like, yeah. You've expressed, though, you can't have too, too much cheese, though, so I can understand why that would bother you.

53:26I just don't think it's an interesting taste. The rest are more interesting. It's interesting when they put a little spice in there. Yeah, like a spicy queso. Like a spicy queso with like, you know, I've even had some people that put salsa on top of queso, and you can kind of mix it together a little bit. Like a layer dip. Fuck that in its little tiny thing. Yo, Espo's mom with that. Yo, she makes this crazy layer. Espo's mom makes like a taco layer dip. It's in a pan like this. Yo, and I literally would just put a chip at one end and drive across country. Yeah. It is so good. It's a good dip.

54:03You like refried beans? Yeah. Yeah. I used to have this thing. They're a little farty. What was in it? but I would have them like wrapped up kind of. It was like these little things where it was like refried beans and then maybe some sour cream and like cheese. And then you just roll them up. He's a crush. Refried beans, man. I mean, I love beans. What does that even mean? Like, what is it? I think that you have to like recook beans and then mash them. Mash it up. It's just, it's just mash beans. I think that they're probably, there's more to it, but I imagine. Cause it just, It kind of looks like it's just like a paste.

54:40So wait, you put what at the top? It's like a little tortilla or whatever. No, no, no, like your rankings of what you said. Oh, oh. It's so tough because like a really, really good guac, I think, is probably better than a salsa. But salsa is more consistent, like a chunky salsa. So I may go salsa first, then guac, then onion dip, then queso. Do you like your guac chunky Or just creamy Like chunks of Avocado No I like it to be You like it pretty clean But I like it when it has like you know a little shit on it And like some red dust and shit Oh like they like sprinkle a little like chili powder on it Yeah yeah For like hee hee's ha ha's Yeah and I like when it's in the fucking thing Yo you know what's coming up And like There is such a difference First of all, I've never had a store-bought guac and been like, mm, they all suck.

55:40But, like, you know what's on the rise for me? Hummus, dude. Hummus is great. Dude. But, like, because, like, store-bought hummus is garbage. I also think they're good. Like a red pepper hummus. Yeah, but, like, once you get a taste of the nectar from the poisonous tree, you're just like, chickpeas. I mean like Once you have like a proper Like super like creamy thin hummus Then you're like Whoa now we're talking Yeah I mean Obviously things made fresher way better Don't like hummus You don't like hummus? That's not a surprise No What about tabbouleh? Do you like tabbouleh? Yeah All that Like if I go to a restaurant And they have all that stuff Or they offer like You know we have pita And all these dips I'm like bring all the fucking dips Hell yeah brother Get all the dips Get all the fucking pita Hell yeah Oh I'll tell you one better.

56:33Don't know what that is. What? It's just like parsley and sometimes eggplant and tomato and garlic a little sometimes. It's good to dip your chip in hummus and then put this on top of it. Baba ganoush. Yo, the ganoush goes crazy. Do you like baba ganoush? No shot. You can't keep up. Have you been to like an Indian restaurant? This is more like Mediterranean No it is but I'm just like I don't know Picturing that you're like I just You haven't been there I don't think so Or like a Lebanese Or like a Thai Yeah yeah yeah yeah You know what I'm saying You don't strike me as adventurous with your food I'm adventurous Have you gone to a restaurant That's like they serve And then a country that is Not this one Anytime I go anywhere with you guys That's it That's it Pretty much yeah Okay Cause you guys big on that I mean Big on, I'm trying to read the menu, and I have to point.

57:30Yes. Yeah. You guys are big on that. That's fair. That's fair. I went to one the other day that was, it was, they made it very specific that it's not fusion, but it's like Peruvian food or Japanese food cooked the Peruvian way or vice versa. Beat the brakes off me. Yeah. Absolutely just tore me to shreds. Love that. You don't strike me as like you would go to like, put it like this. If there was like a new Lebanese restaurant or something like that, you would be like, I'm just going to go to Rainforest Cafe. If that's an option, I'll go. You're going to RC. I'm not going by myself. I like adventurous with you guys.

58:18Do you know what happened to him at dinner yesterday? No, what? What happened at dinner? we all ordered food like let's say greg started and then it came around to me i pointed at the item i wanted and the waitress just like substituted his full meal no that's not what happened dude i thought that is what i said no no what happened oh is it this is the topic of contention no it's not i forgot this actually happened they just forgot my food they forgot to give me my food i ordered a pasta dish but you like said you wanted it and then you wanted to switch it so she's like oh that instead of the cavatelli and you're like yeah so then i think she crossed out that's because that's what i ordered and then she got him his oh i always get blamed for everything i'm like no one's saying anything i had no reaction to that no i'm saying she said like well you said not to do the cavatelli whatever it was oh she blamed me okay and i was like i don't know like why me ordering my food made made his food not come you know what Wait, she said, like, oh, it's his fault.

59:17She was explaining why she was confused, I'm assuming. She was just like, oh, you said this, and that's why I thought that. So, like, she blamed you. The server was just like, I didn't bring out your food because of this fucking idiot right here. It's what it felt like. Didn't you say something about that first? No, I just said I wanted this, and I pointed to what I wanted. No, I mean, like, when she showed up, and, like, we were like, oh, you forgot one more. I love how he says like yeah I get adventurous with food and I eat different places as if you guys it sounds like you just went to an Italian restaurant we went to a bar yeah oh yeah no I'm not talking about that specific I just it made me think of that and then we all ate and we were all doing our meals and then his meal came do you get over are you one of those people are you one of those people that pre looks at the menu or do you show up like I'm raw dog in the shit hold on before we get to that because I like that discussion too uh we have we're just going to finish up some sponsors here.

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1:02:21Uh, so that's another thing. So DoorDash makes it easy for showing up for the people you love. So, yeah, go check out DoorDash. Go download it and use it. It's very convenient. Enjoy that. But, yeah. So the question that I was posing was to Ant, because I think I know your answer. Do you, when you know you're going to a restaurant, take a look at the menu beforehand in order to get a sense of what you might get, or do you just get in there and then figure it out? I don't think it's... I do look if it's days away. Like, it's like, oh, we're going somewhere on Saturday. Like, I'll look. It's not really...

1:03:01I don't know why I do it. It's not really to, like, be prepared or... Get it, get it, get it. Oh, I missed it. It's not really to be prepared or anything. It's more just... I kind of just like looking. Is that a weird thing? Do you pick out what you're going to eat? Or do you just check it out? Because I'll check it out sometimes, but I'm not going to, like, pick what I'm getting. Yeah, because it depends on the day. Like, I don't know what future Antonio is going to want. i i i really just i wait until i get there yeah unless like if i like look up the place on like google maps to see like the drive or blah blah blah and they have pictures i'll look at some of the pictures i'll just be like whoa whoa but like i'm not gonna like read the menu and be like let's do this this this this and this no i'll look just to get a general idea if someone recommends a place like oh like we're gonna go to this place i'll be like all right cool what kind of food is it like if i ask that and it's like oh it's mexican food i'll be all right cool like i won't really look but if it's kind of like uh some funky shit then i'll look and be like okay what do they got and then check it out but i won't make a decision i'll make a decision there i don't know if i want to look so i feel like i'll already judge the time i'm gonna have now i'm thinking about it because every time i look at the menu i'm like oh this day is gonna suck really sometimes really Really?

1:04:11I enjoy every menu. I mean, there are some that are better than others. But, like, I feel like on every menu there's something. It takes a lot for me to just be like, this isn't a good menu, if I've ever done that before. Yeah. I do believe I agree with you where I think every restaurant, every menu, there is one thing that you'll get. Like, you're not going to hate, like, anywhere you'll go. Would you rather a super long menu or a super, like, limited menu? Limited. really i i know this is probably not true but a very big menu i think to me it makes me feel like they don't care it's not like there's not a high quality if there's so many things that you can get i'm sure there are people in like the food industry that are saying like yes that is the general consensus i mean i don't i don't know that but that's what it feels like it's like all right if you can make you know you're selling pizza and you're also selling filet mignon and you're also selling like well that's why i'm like all right this is a lot that's why people talk about the fucking cheesecake factory is like because they have like a thousand menu items yeah it's great and it's like legitimately it's like an eight page menu and it's just like there's 40 sandwiches and there's 10 steak options and then there's 22 pasta options and there is a lot of shit i i i almost agree with you but like i have no grounds to stand on i've watched like three episodes of kitchen nightmares and i feel like i walk in and i'm just like this is too long they don't care about fucking anything gordon ramsay loves a tiny menu well i mean i don't like a tiny menu but i i do like you know five entrees is like the smallest four i guess i five entrees is that's nothing dude i know but like that i'm saying that's like the smallest like i feel like i need a lot of apps i need a lot of apps and call them call them starters don't call them shareables don't call them even like appetizers i'm fine with but like call them you know the right name don't get cute with it and then i need a red meat a fish chicken pasta yeah you could break it up like that you don't need to put it all under the same fucking under the same list or i like when when there's just like okay this restaurant has in total 14 15 items that's it it's like they're all just there and they're like as it gets closer to the bottom the the portions get bigger these are more like you know you could get a couple for the table blah blah blah i don't mind that i don't like when i got pages i like pages i think one turn like if there's this and there's one turn that's fine if i'm turning again this is insane also i will say this put the dessert menu on the menu with everything else don't don't be like we got to bring you a separate menu why i want to see when i'm ordering my food like what i got up around the bend for me you know what i mean like what's on the other side of the horizon no i mean i am surprised when i see it the first time but you're like oh it's got to be a i don't the dessert menu really yeah it feels a little like what you weren't confident you want to show me from the beginning show me now show me when you when i walk in i actually think the opposite i think that if i get a menu and there is dessert on it unless it's a short menu and it's like here's everything uh then i'm kind of like what's going on it's just an extra step to just be like all right now let me see the dessert menu just like i saw it originally it's like oh this sounds good for dessert like let's let's stew on that let's sit on that can't be thinking about dessert before appetizers can't do that bitch also i really enjoy when they bring around like i actually fuck with the way they do it on planes on planes they just roll the fucking dessert up to you everything comes out at the same time yeah they're like here's what we have like imagine you're at a restaurant and a little trolley pops over and it's like here's the shit we were talking about going on a train ride like if you do that do you want a trolley of snacks i actually saw i'll take the law i saw a tiktok of a hotel in scotland i believe where they have a traveling bar man so he'll knock on your door and he has a little trolley and you can order a drink and he makes like a fucking old-fashioned for you here you go you go back to your room i love old-timey shit like that is it old-timey i love i mean it seems old-timey there was just like a voice i was like the traveling barman i was like damn i kind of fuck with that i do want to go to a restaurant or a bar or something where they like chip the ice off of a big ice block for what like a drink yeah oh like they're just like you want icing it i'm like yeah and they go and they just like fucking murder an ice block in like a back freezer and they just like put it in your glass or I could tell you when I was in Lisbon I went to this place I forget the name of it but they were they have perfectly clear ice blocks I've seen those they took them out and this woman just started cutting it and she was like kind of struggling doing it I'm like this has got to be the most annoying part of this job because she's slicing this thing into a perfect rock and then she like fucked one up then she had to get another one and I'm like I appreciate it Oh my god.

1:09:45I mean, I like nice ice. Like ice cubes. Yeah. Let me say that. Frank likes ice. No, stop. Heard it here first. He supports ice. No, no, no. Clip, clip, clip, clip. No! He said ice is nice and everything spice. No, stop. You know I didn't say that. That's insane. If anyone, the guy in the camo hat is. What does that mean? I don't know. It was a little hanging fruit. I had to. But yeah, I like a good ice block. I like also the stamper thing. Where they make it like, here's our logo. Fuck with that. Well, when we did. You don't like the stamper? It's just nothing. It's just nothing. What do you like?

1:10:21I'm still trying to learn a lot about you. Big ice guy. Ice cubes. Damn it. Damn it. Big ice guy. Damn it. Ice cubes. Ice cubes. Yeah. Love ice cubes. Love ice cubes. I'm going to go. I hate ice. How's that? Yeah, fuck that. Fuck ice. But ice cubes. And ice cube. But like, if you went to a cocktail bar and they just put like fucking. regular like ice cubes in there you wouldn't be like you'd be like all right whatever there are certain ice cubes that if i got out i would be like where am i the half moon ice cubes if i got that in my drink i'd be like the fuck yeah like my fridge the fuck is this no i don't want that fully agree i need either a big block or you need blocks or that one skinny one i'm not i'm not i fucking hate that one i'm not in for the skinny one because it's such a like it's my face it not Not only does it hit your face, but like it's such a like it's like catfishing the drink, you know Like the long skinny one because then you're like, oh I got this big drink and you take it out and it's like a little I mean the the the amount of drink in your drink is the same I know but I don't I don't like like at least let me see that it's a smaller drink Don't give me don't catfish me.

1:11:33You know what I mean? That's like I don't want that shit You ever see the videos because if it's a bunch of ice cubes if I take out one ice cube The drink still looks the same you ever see the videos where they take out the big Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's like, don't let me be able to do that. I mean, if you watch a bartender make it, there's like a total of like five ounces that go into every day. We went to a place recently, and they had the stamped ice cube. We were just like, now we're talking. And it was just like a piece of brass. Yeah, they're heavy. And it was like on like a leather handle, and we were just like, yeah, we might steal this shit.

1:12:11just palm some cubes and throw them in my drink yeah but like come on dude you have to like that's like saying that you don't care that you don't have a bed frame i'm just gonna i'm just sleeping there do you i would say it's not the same i absolutely i think it is the same i feel like i think it is the same i'm gonna get we're gonna gang up on you you have we can just make points but aren't there certain parts where you're like you have to appreciate the little extra like oh that's nice because you're either like you're either like you don't care or you care too much about things and i don't understand like it's hard to figure out what you're gonna feel on certain topics also not every place has the stamp on the ice obviously like you're going to a cocktail bar they may go the extra mile to elevate this drink i'm not gonna be like just put a fucking ice cube in it like yeah palm if it's gonna stop if i'm at a bar and i'm getting a margarita and they're like trying to do that while everyone else is trying to order beers and stuff then i'd be like, all right, just fucking put ice in it.

1:13:09But if you're going to like a place, all right. It's crazy. It's crazy. It's so hard to get a read on you. I'm going to get you one day. What does that mean? One day you're going to turn into like - You're going to turn him out one day? There's going to be like a bougie-ness to you. You think so? Yeah. If I hang out here? Once I get a Hugo Sprintson, yeah, forget it. I saw you posted a Hugo the other day. Hugo! Oh boy. You know what? We might get him one day. Do me a favor. Hold your hands up. What about the other one? Ring. What's going on? It's on his wrist. Oh, he has a watch? He got that bitch.

1:13:42It's a watch. Yeah, but there'll be a time. You're going to be like, ooh. I'm going to be like, no stamp? No stamp? What kind of establishment? Where the hell do I even think I am? I'm just going to be like, you changed, man. No fucking stamp? You changed. No, but once there are certain parts of it that you're just like, oh, all right, hold on. Now that I... Because, no, we wouldn't go to a normal bar and just be like, what the fuck is this? Like a dive bar And you're like No stamping my beer Yeah Or like They put the thing I was at a bar in Boston where they put a thing On top of the Guinness It was like a little dog Rocking out Oh Oh like a little picture Yeah it was cool You know where I want to get one day And I never have Have you ever seen those commercials Where people like Wipe the extra phone With like a special Foam wiping knife Oh you're not supposed to do that But it's like Well for Guinness No not for Guinness I think it's done for I think it's like Stella Oh you just slap it And no they like They like wipe the foam away.

1:14:38That seems cool. I also, we've said this, we are still on the hunt for a proper bar that throws an ice cold mug down the bar. Yeah, I don't know. It might happen. Maybe you've got to go to the Oktoberfest for that. It's got to be like a sturdy glass. I also think that, just like, what happened to just big old fucking mugs? Steins? Not just a Stein, but like the glass mug that is like 40 pounds. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah, they have them. When I was in Idaho, I went to a bar at Grumpy's, and they had like big chalices. And there's a bar in Brooklyn called Roccarolla that has like big, heavy.

1:15:18We went there. The deviled eggs place? Yes, that is the deviled eggs place. Pickled eggs, sorry, pickled eggs. Pickled eggs. Well, Danny thought it was deviled eggs, and it was pickled eggs. And he ate them anyway, and it was absolutely disgusting. I don't like pickled eggs. I've had them. They're just sitting in a jar. But they give out big, like, thick glasses that you're like, yo, I could kill someone with this. Really? Like, those are the only two places that I've, like, no. But, like, they exist. Also, House and Hall. Have you been there? Do you know House and Hall? Mm-mm. It's like an indoor, outdoor.

1:15:47You would fuck with it kind of, actually. I love an indoor outdoor. Because you're, like, inside, but then you're also, like, feels like outdoor. Oh, God. But there was one time, I think it was someone's birthday. Danny was there. I don't know. Who Danny? Lil' Priori. Oh, okay. Not mine. They had a thing. they had a thing there that night where you know you could like um it's like a qr code and then you take a picture and it could potentially go i was i was there oh so yeah we went for um i think it was divino's birthday was it and i had he kept posting pictures i kept taking pictures of them coming up and like the first one was just like i'm finally enjoying my night out fuck you dad yeah and then like 12 others of his posted like on the screen that put something that yes i have Yeah, that place.

1:16:29I think they have big things too. Big cups, I think. I don't remember. Yeah, he was posting like looking crying. He's like, yo, I wish my dad was here or something like that. Yeah. We should go to a place and get a Lederstein. What does that look like? What's that? Like a liter of beer, like the big mug, like the giant one. Tall things. I mean. Oh, the ones that come with like a. No, I said Stein. Oh, I saw something recently on TikTok where it's like you go to a place. I forgot how much it costs. but I was like yo this is insanely worth it and then for two hours you get unlimited Guinness tap that's a lot of Guinness dude yeah you go with a group but that's crazy I mean think about in two hours see I wouldn't be able to do something like that because I would be like I need to drink enough to offset whatever I'm paying for this well you would that's why it's like super worth it I mean how much is it for two hours I don't remember say it's let's say 200 bucks okay I would have to as an individual drink enough guinness yeah but how hard is that i mean a guinness you you have to drink in two hours like five beers no i know that i know i can do that i'm not saying it's hard but i'm not right for that situation because i will drink way too much i mean you know what i'm saying where it's just like all right i need to have five beers in two hours i'd be like here's 10 there are some bars that there's a tap like built into this the chair or the table and it like calculates how much you actually use or something like that.

1:17:55I don't really know how that works. I assume you just like pay. I'm sure it's like on a, like a smart thing where it's just like you guys use, you filled your beers up five times. So this is your charge. I kind of like that idea. Damn. We should do that. That sounds cool. It does. There was like a, is it a steakhouse? There's something that does it, but it's not Guinness. It's like other beers that are like in the table. And I was like, oh, that's cool. But I've never done it. Have you ever gotten one of the, like, lightning thing beers where you, like, put it down and it fills it up from the bottom?

1:18:31No. Dude, when I first saw those, I'll pull up a clip. I thought that was legitimately magic. How does it fill it? The cup, like. It has, like, a plastic thing on the bottom. Yeah. And, like, you put it in and there's, like, a fill. So it goes like that and it lifts the plastic thing up and it fills beer from the bottom. and then when you pull it away, it like seals it. So technically, if you like fingered the bottom, it would all come out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel like that's necessary. Yeah, you can go from the top. I mean, it was like, it looked pretty cool, but then I know that there's like science behind.

1:19:06Have you ever seen the thing where John Taffer, he's like, this is what happens when you don't pour your beer properly. And he puts like a napkin in a beer. Oh, yeah. You know what I'm talking about? And it like starts to fizz up and he's like, that happens in your stomach. This is not good. Like, this guy, he fucking, this guy, he goes back and forth quick, brother.

1:19:29This is it. Did you see that? Good looking beer. Watch, watch. So, they put it down, a little flap, and whoa. Yeah, I thought that was magic. I mean, you would have to be really dumb to think that's magic. I think the answer's pretty clear. I mean, it's cool. I think the answer's pretty clear. It's a you thing in your brain, I think. I went, whoa. Let's get John Taffer on this show. And let's just drink with John Taffer. To be like, John, what do you think about this? We're just drinking Steins the whole time. Just drinking Steins, and he's telling us, you know, just screaming at us about, like, or let's bring him to, like, I have no idea for John Taffer.

1:20:13Well, there you have it, folks. I think that's our episode for today. Frank, where can they find you? the Frank Alvarez all over social media. I did the official Marvel Countdown to Avengers Doomsday podcast, which you can check out on Disney Plus and YouTube and audio options as well. And then patreon.com slash the basement yard, santagatostudios.com for the new merch, basementyard.com slash submit for those pictures. So many places. And you can find me at antprisco on TikTok and Instagram. go follow me on Joe Sanagao go follow the show at The Basement Yard on TikTok and Instagram and that is all see you next time see you

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