Mid-Summer Chatter

sorry we missed a week. We bet you survived. No KG. No Intern Jeff. No problem.Nate Bargaetze. Sydney Sweeney. Would you rather- KC Edition. Thanks for listening. 

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We are grateful for your time. Welcome to the Kindness Chronicles, where once again, we hope to inject the world with a dose of the Minnesota kindness that it desperately needs. We are back in the studio. You'll hear, uh, if I need to apologize before I introduce who's here? Yeah. Let's get this outta the way. I was kind of sick last week. Yeah. And I didn't want people to come over in the studio and get all sick and I'm You're welcome. Thank you. Yeah. That's nice of you. Yeah, I appreciate that as well. But, uh, I do appreciate the fact that there were people that were calling saying, no show this week. People I didn't even know listen to the show. So thank you very much. That was very kind. Um, oh, six of them you said, right? No, I think he said eight. Yeah, we got eight. I got eight calls. Okay. Maybe it was all eight people who listened. We should have called them all at home just to say it's not gonna be on this week. Yeah. We got a call from Nick Flood. Yes, Nick. We're back. Yeah. Thank you for your patience. We're almost there, John. Alright. You sound a little, you sound a little, little horse. Little horse. I'm a little horse. You okay? You right. Yeah. Speaking of horse kgs, uh, at Canterbury Park, uh, we got Steve Brown. Yeah. Hi Michael Dempsey's in the studio and uh, good to be back. Good to be back. Horse intern. The intern is on assignment in Montana with his family. Wow. Collecting. Kind stories and, uh, searching out kind people out there in the, the great mountain regions. Very nice. Yeah. Very nice. Um, so again, it, it's been a while since we met. Yeah. I would like to first start by, uh, talking about the fact that I went to the Nate Bargey concert. Oh. Oh yeah. Is it a concert or, well, that No, just a, just a, the show. Just the talking. That guy, he's great. Right? He's the greatest ever. I love him. All brand new material. Yeah. Stuff I had never heard before. KG. He and I are gonna do a review. He was there too. He was there too, but he wasn't down in the front row. Oh wow. Boy. That's right. But you know, we were there Sunday night. And the power went out. Yeah, storm came through. Oh, so the power goes out and the The house lights come on because like the generator kicks in. That's crazy. I've never heard of that. I never heard anyone that experienced that. I hadn't either. And it was at the end they had five warmup guys that each did like 10 minutes. Yeah. That were equally. Now were there two? Two nights? There were two nights. Saturday and Sunday. Okay. Go on. So five guys. All clean, all hilarious. Just couldn't have been better. Right after the fifth guy gets done, or right as the fifth guy is wrapping up, the power goes out. So it's about a 45 to 50 minute. Wait, really before Nate comes out and they kept kill the comedy Buzz Man, kill the comedy buzz. The whole point of those warmups are to kind of get you going. Right? Oh man. And guess what else happened? What? Air conditioning went out. Oh, of course. So all I'm thinking is there's this storm going out. I paid top buck for these front row seats. Oh, grumpiness kicks in. That wasn't what concerned me. I'm 30 feet underground, you know?'cause we're down in the hole. Yeah. Front row. And uh, yeah. I just thought to myself, well that was smart. You know, I buy these expensive tickets and you know, I'm gonna float away with the rest of the poor people. But it was, uh. How did he turn? So that's a, that's a hard thing for a performer to come into. He was so, he was so prepared. He's got, he's gotta fix it. He's gotta back, he made a comment you back about, so this is the Excel Energy Center. Interesting. Um, oh yeah. That's, and then there was, he was making fun of his, uh, his parents. Yeah. So I'm just gonna tell one of his, his little jokes, he talked about how his dad is trying to be older than he really actually is. Oh. And he's starting to buy things in preparation for his. Senior, senior years. And he said he wanted to get one of those bathtubs that's got the door. Oh yeah. The walk-ins. The walk-ins. He goes, he goes, dad, think about this. So there's not water in there when you get in there, so you gotta strip naked, you gotta go sit in that thing. Good question. And he, you know, he does this, you know, like he's sitting down right waiting for water and he goes, waiting for 45 minutes for the water to come up. You get done getting all cleaned up. You gotta wait and then you gotta wait for it. He goes, you're not gonna open the door on that submarine. You gotta wait for the door to drain. And he was ma So he is making fun of all of a sudden there is a thunderbolt, I mean a lightning. Yeah. You could hear the thunder going right. And he said, well, eh, obviously was God getting me for, uh, making fun of my parents. Then he did something else, and there's another one. And then. A fly flies into his eye and he goes, and here come the locusts. Oh, I've got a whole theme going. Oh my God, he was so quick. He's so dry and, and so self-effacing, but like, he's never, I'd love his delivery. So he's, I, I'm gonna say it, he is more handsome in real life than he is on, on video. Really? Handsome man. Yeah. Yeah. My wife, I think was kind of, you know, smitten. Well, she was SM humor. I mean, I mean, she obviously likes a funny guy. You're a funny guy and it works out. She was smitten with him, not with me. True. Okay. But I'm saying the humor brings that out too, you know? Right. Yes. Right. Yes. How are you Michael? I listen, I'm great. I was just curious knowing how you sweat. I mean, how'd you do it with no ac? I mean, you in the front row wasn't Oh, yeah, I was gonna say you were probably melting. In the front row. That would've been bad too. No, you know, I, I, I, I, I dressed, you know, to look snappy, you know, in the front row I might see, you know, celebrities. You, well you had buttons. Yeah. Frank Varo was there. Just an fy. Oh wow. He's got an unusual head of hair. It. I'm not. Is it real? How does his hair, that black is what I'd like to know. He's, he may be one of the eight listeners, just so you know. Now we're down to six. No, you know what Fran, he's a good looking guy. Tall. Yeah. But, um. Really interesting. Well, he's a TV guy, so there's all kinds of elements that, things that go on there. You gotta be on tv, you do things, things to yourself. I think he might even been wearing, wearing makeup out in public. Could, could be, huh? Well, there's no doubt he's got an image. Maybe he had a quick shoot that he had to do before, or you never know and he's got an image to hold. I, from a kindness perspective, you, you mentioned Nate. I, I love him too. I, I think he's, uh, amazing. He does have kind comedy too. Oh yeah. Right. Oh my goodness. Not, not just, not just, uh, clean, but just Right. His, his approach is so funny and so Right. Self-effacing, but he's not like, mean about it. Right. Even about himself. He's just real and true. And he, that's a true comedian brings out real life in a way that makes you go, oh my God, he we're all the same you guys. Um, two months ago now you had Mark Sharon Brock, which by the way Yeah. Top 10. He's crazy. The guest, I, I have my personal story, so I think I told you about Mark, right? Yeah, yeah. Um, but he mentioned on that podcast. If you're an amazing comedian, if you're like a plus, if you're like superstar comedian, you never punch down. Right. That was the term he used, right? That's right. You don't, you don't punch down. And, and Nate good rule is, is is one of those guys that doesn't, doesn't punch down. What a great, wait a minute. We had Mark, Sharon Brock. Yeah. Was I here for that one? Which one was Mark? Sharon brought, he was a nice ride. He lose the story about nice bike. Nice ride. Nice bike. Nice bike. Oh, the guy that used to Yeah. Talk in school. Yeah. Jeff. Jeff brought him in. Jeff, yes. And I still communicate with him on LinkedIn. He's, he's awesome. He's, he's amazing. I'll, I'll just tell this quick story about, uh, mark. Uh, so I like all of you. He came to my high school. Yeah, it was, which high school? Uh, little Falls. The flyers. Yeah. Why not Limberg? Yeah. The home of Charles Limberg. Wow. Call hold your judgements. Um, he came s he sophomore. Yeah, sophomore or junior year. And it was, it was moving. It was moving. I, I, I left there going. I, man, maybe someday I would like to do that. Yeah. Fast forward like 20 years. Well, well, no, fast forward five years. I'm going to college in still in high high school. Okay. No, I'm in St. Cloud. I'm at St. Cla. Thank God, uh uh, Steve and I, now we know each other. Yeah. I find out Mark, she block is speaking at St. Cloud Tech. Yeah. And I write him a letter and I say, you know, you inspired me. Your message, you know, I still remember it. I went to St. Cloud Tech. I just walked right in though. Those were from the days when you had to check in and they kicked you out of the high school. They said, who's this? Perfect? They're like, what is this guy? Right? I, I walked right into the teacher's lounge. I handed him the letter, and I just left. Wow. I just handed it to him. Left. Oh. That had to have made, its day, 20 years later, I'm asked to speak at Litchfield High School to do something similar, and I reached out to him and I said. Mark, I, I have this opportunity at Litchfield High to address an entire senior class in a similar way to what you did nowhere near on your level. And I just wanna acknowledge that, you know, you were inspired me to do this in a way. He responded immediately. You remember the letter? Isn't that crazy? No way. Yeah. You remember, you remember the letter and that was 20 years later. There is a lesson to be learned there somewhere. Yeah. It it, no, but I mean, just how important, let's do, I I have to tell you, I'm, I wanna acknowledge, um, my dear friend Drew Gray hack, I don't even know if Drew listens to this, but we were at a function for my wife's work and Drew works at the same place that my wife does, and Drew was in our wedding. And Drew was when I was a junior. Drew was a freshman that lived on second floor, Brady, and I just immediately saw potential in this kid. He's from Hibbing, super shy, lumberjack, probably never kissed a girl. I mean, I mean just, but a good looking, you know, tall, good looking guy, but super shy, but a leader. Clearly a leader. There was leadership stuff in there. I encourage him to become an ra, so he becomes the RA for second floor, Brady. I encourage him to apply to become the assistant hall director, which I was, and he followed me. I go to work for Target, drew comes to work at Target. He's following you Well, and and what was really sweet is, I mean, he's working for the company my wife works for, and let's just say he's made better career choices than I have. Yeah. From a, that's cool. From an economic perspective. But he said to me when we're at this, this function that was super cool. He's like. No one has had a bigger influence on my career than you and I started to cry. Boom. I mean, how nice is that to hear? That is so nice. Pretty cool. Yeah. I mean, and it means something. And what's cool about Drew is, you know, he's a guy that I, you know, see him a couple times a year and uh, I'm not choking up. I've actually have to cough. Yeah, you need a Kleenex. And, uh, but you know, he is one of those friends where you don't have to see him, you know, every week to just immediately reconnect with him. Yeah. It's like YouTube guys like being Dempsey. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I, I, I, I would agree with that. Out of that nugget though is, um, just the, the, the kindness lesson there is if, if something or somebody did have an influence on you, be, be brave enough, be bold enough to just acknowledge it doesn't have to be some big, you know, production. Yeah. But if you were to say, listen, I, I just, I had the guy say to me. Um, soon after college, uh, he's since passed away so, so sad. But it, but I ran into him once when I moved back to Minnesota and he said, I just want you to know that I, you probably don't remember this. There was a college mixer, or we were in some kind of club. I'm not sure. I was new and you're the guy that came up to me and introduced yourself. And, and, and said, who, you know, who would you like to meet? And that changed everything. That changed the entire trajectory of my experience in college, because then I met some other people and, but he took the time, you know, 15 years later to acknowledge that. And I just, I think if, if someone's listening here and they're like, yeah, somebody was like that in my life or in my journey. Just acknowledging that. Oh my goodness. You know what? I think we're discovering what, what's happening here. We're pretty great guys. Oh, I dunno. Lemme, I dunno about that. We do say so ourselves. No, I think it's that the example. Tell us about when people love on you. No, no, no. I was gonna say what this is, is showing us the power that we have, right. To help each other as individuals. Yes. As individuals. But the power, the the, we all hold that power, the oxytocin. That you can deliver to somebody by sharing your feelings about them. If they had a meaningful impact on you. Yeah. Right. Yeah. So be that guy. Yeah. Yeah. So let me pull back a little bit. Pull us back. Lemme pull back. Just for someone who maybe just picked up this, this show, but someone told'em to listen to it or they know John from EDI or something. Bing. We are here. We are here. Not to. Try to show you how great we are. Wow. We are merely no, we are merely people who realize it's important to look for that in people and each other and, and celebrate it. It's, we're just, people are trying not to complain about how scary and, you know, freaked out this world is, we're trying to just take a minute. Get together, talk about stuff that's actually inspiring and people that are, yeah. So it's, it's not, it's not about us showing us how you have to be super kind to be on this show. Otherwise, you know, you don't get a part of get to talk that. I just have to always say that because people go, who do these people think they are? Well, well, we're not, listen, we're just acknowledging that there's kindness in the world and hopefully. You sort of maybe wipe the veneer away a little bit and just at least be exposed to or open to where it happens, right? Yeah. I mean, it's amazing what happens. It's out there. I, I wanna, I wanted to tell you, uh, another quick story happened recently. As it relates to kindness. So my buddies and I have been planning for about five years to do this fishing trip where we fly into Canada, right? We'd never done this, right? So we get on this little puddle jumper plane boy, and right, and we, for that reason, I'm out. Yeah. We get on this small plane and we fly an hour, we fly into Canada. Listen, we're not. Fishermen at all. I mean, we've fished, right? And we, it, it was a little light on the details as to what we, you know, what we needed to have and what we needed to pack. That, that we fly in The next day, we get up our, our, our guide, who looks like the trapper from Grizzly Adams. You remember that guy at Jack? Old? Old man Jack? Yeah. Old man. Number seven. He, he comes up, that was his donkey, right? He at old man seven. Yeah. Number seven. Yeah. He was the, he this so, so trapper Jack was quite the character trap. But my, my buddy who's a a a a, a doctor in town, he, he bought a, a pole and, and a real set, a, a rod reel set that was sort of one, one sort of section over from the Snoopy poles and we're in Canada. That's what he brought. Okay. And, and Trapper. Uh, Jack says, what, what are you gonna do with that pencil sharpener? Oh yeah. What are you gonna do? We're gonna go out into Canada. We're in these, you know, what are you gonna, yeah, that's his pole, right? And, and, and my buddy's, you know, kind of shoulders drop a little bit like, oh my gosh. Like,'cause,'cause he didn't know he's not a fish. We get out on that water. That guide gave him a pole, gave us all, we didn't have the right bait, we didn't have the right tackle. It. It, it was just amazing and unbelievably kind. Throughout,'cause we were with him for three days, gave us the most unbelievable experience, you know, shore launch drive and, you know, boating all over eight hours a day. So people are just built that way. And I'm telling you what that, that kindness that he, I mean he was, he's ribbing and joking, but the kindness that he showed, Hey, here's three guys that, you know, outta their element. Yeah, out of their element. But I wanna make sure they have an unbelievable experience, that kind of kindness. We, we'll never forget that. We'll never forget. It was amazing. So you mentioned real set. Real set, yeah. Rod in real? Yeah. Sydnee Sweeney. Let's talk Speaking of a real set. Real set. Okay. Yeah. Oh, topical. Wow. Yeah. The Sydney Sweeney thing. I think it, I am appalled that people want to turn something like that into Nazi stuff. Yeah. It's like calm. They were trying to be clever. It, it people were so, it was cute. Yeah, it was clever. It was clever. It was. You know, she's got great genes. She's, yeah, she's, you bet she does. Yeah. She's just, she's, she's the IT girl. So she's just, they're just playing on that. It's funny. It's kgs, you know, kg Yeah, KG likes her. I'm like, kg, that's like your daughter's age. Easy buddy. I mean, he's gotta have a dream weaver. That's his dream weaver. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, yeah. I, I haven't, I haven't followed it, but I have heard that, um, it's just an opportunity to go over the top. Yeah. Instead of look for the kindness, look for the, you know, like, like, like, don't assume intent. And, and, and yourself. You know, actually assume positive intent. Exactly. There you go. There we go. Assume positive intent. Assume positive intent. So should I call this one Nate Bargey or Sydnee Sweeney? Yeah. Call it. Don't Get No Trap or Jacker Trap or Jack. No, I, I, well, you know, they're all similarly, uh, caliber. Um, I, I have something different for us. We don't have a guest today. We don't, the thought was just the three of us get together. It actually hasn't been the three of us in a long time. No. So it's kind of nice, you know, having just a, we get a lot of us. Sometimes it's a lot of voices or listeners are, you know, kind of, they could tell it's paired down three guys. I thought we'd play a game. Oh. Oh, I got a game. Oh boy. Is there winners or losers? Nah, we all kind of Oh, good. Okay. It's just we're all losers. Yeah. We're all in the same boat. It's just to spark a little conversation. Okay. Kind of a fun take on, can I go first? Well, I like games. I'll be the host. You, you rest your voice. I'll be the host. Ask some questions and you can kind of, oh, grunt along or laugh along Michael. You know, whatever you wanna feel like. Grunt. Yeah. This is a game called Would You Rather? Kindness Edition. Okay. Do we have music? Bump, bump? We probably do, yeah. Alright. So would you rather the kindness addition. Uh, kind of, kind of, yeah. Kind of Chronicles edition. Yeah. Yeah. You know, the game. Would you rather? Yeah. Yeah. You'd pick two questions and you have to make a choice. Right? Right. Yeah. So there's a whole bunch of these. Is there a Donna play? Would you rather, wasn't that a Madonna or that was truth, that's truth or there kind. Same idea. Okay. You know, is there tequila? Do we. We should. Yeah, we should. I don't. Let's drink. Go. Let's go. Would you rather? Okay, let's just for Fox News comes on in a couple minutes. Mike. Mike, who are you kidding? Wheel a fortune. Would you rather, Michael, this is for you. Would you rather give a heartfelt compliment to a stranger every day for a year or receive one unexpectedly Once, once a week? One expected the un once a week. You give a heartfelt compliment to a stranger every day for a year. Or receive one unexpectedly once a week. Uh, that's easy. I I would rather give, yeah, that's a really, yeah, that was a one. No, no, no. Did you get that off ai? I mean, I just warm it up here. Okay. We're warming up. Sorry. I would, I would rather give, I would rather give. Got it. John? Yeah. Would you rather donate your time to a, cause you mildly interested in or donate money? To one you're deeply passionate about. Well, money. Money. Or time. Money to something I'm deeply passionate about. Why would I, why are you kidding me? Do you know what he does for a living? I don't. He, he was gonna give'cause he likes to get, that was a good one for you. That's right. These are good questions. You listeners play at home, you know, along with way along at home. Michael, would you rather have the superpower To instantly calm angry people or instantly make sad people smile. Oh, oh, that's a sweet little one. Oh, oh, geez. That that is a calming, angry people. Yeah. Or make sad people smile. Yeah. I, I'm gonna say calming, angry people. I, I just feel like the ripple effect is very significant. So if you took all of the angry people and you calmed them, you got, then I think, I think about all of the people that they're gonna impact after they're calming. Is gonna be a lot better. Yeah. Right, right. Whereas if you didn't use that, they were angry. John, you concur. You concur with that? No, I would rather make, uh, sad people smile. Really? So here's my thi feeling on this. Angry people,, get over it. Sad people, you feel bad for'em, so. I'm going with the, making the sad people happy. Okay. That, that's, that's okay. You know, if I'm gonna weigh you, your answer, Michael was wrong. Yeah, no, no. I'm gonna weigh, oh, there's no wrong answers. No there's not. I apologize. That's right. But, but I think I would start with Michael in that anger is an energy that then you're both wrong, needs to be quelled sadness. Um. Anger. Anger can spark worse stuff. You know, people get weird with anger, but I don't know. That's my thought. I'm not going to argue with you. I'm just gonna tell you that you're wrong. Yeah. Here we go. Here's where the anger starts. Okay. That's good. That's right. Calm down, Mike. Or, uh, John, would you rather anonymously pay for 10 families groceries or mentor one str struggling young adult for a year? Uh. Oh, that's a good question. Pay for, I would probably rather, uh, pay for 10 families. Pay for 10 families groceries. Okay. And then on the side I would mentor no kid and not tell you about it. Nope. You can't shoot, you can't, you can't do both. You can't do that. Uh, 10 families is a lot. 10 families a lot. Yeah. Yeah. You can go. Good impact there. Can they, can, would it be okay if they knew that about all of my generosity? We'll get to that. There's a couple like that. Um. Okay. If we made like a big deal about it. Oh yeah. Again, like they walk out and I just go, you're welcome. Yeah, that's right. Now again, this is. Would you rather mm-hmm. Kindness addition, Michael? Yeah. Right. Question for you. Yeah. Would you rather get stuck in an elevator with someone super grumpy? Mm. John? Yeah. Or, or with someone relentlessly positive and kind of annoying. Oh, ick. Okay. Gimme, it's not your question, John. It's you. All right. So Michael, listen, I got this. Yeah. Yeah. All right. I got this. All right. In an elevator, someone super grumpy or you didn't, someone you didn't get the inside joke. I just said, I got this. You know, the LinkedIn, you, this, the, you got this? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Come, come on guys. That's the inside joke. I don't, it's an engine. It's Go for it. Yeah. Yeah. It's a go for it. It's, you got this. Yeah. The overly positive person that ends every post with Yes. Yeah. You got this? Yes. Okay. Um, I, I would go with the, um, is it the grumpy person that I'm, that I'm, that I'm turning Right. The grumpy person. Yeah. You, you're stuck with one or the other. Yeah. I'm gonna go with the grumpy person. I, I. Um, you know, sometimes I think the overly like chipper, sort of overly po I I'm going, what are you covering up? Yeah, it doesn't seem authentic. John, do you wanna be with Frank Costanza or Kenny Banyan from Seinfeld, by the way, Kenny Banyan the comedian is going to be, uh, at the JX Event Center in November doing a show with Skippy from, uh, family Ties. You're both serious. Yes. Skippy. Who's Skippy? Skippy. The glasses? Yeah. He was like, she was really into Michael J. Fox's. Sister. Sister. What was her name? Oh, Mallory. Mallory. Mallory. Oh, very good. You watched a lot of tv. Yeah, I did. How where'd that name come from? I don't know. Wow. You were pretty sister. It was your dream weaver. That's why Mallory, Justine Bateman, very conservative. Justine Bateman. Uh, Jason. Jason is not Yeah. Very other person. Yeah. Yeah. Other way. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, let's keep this going. Before, before my John gets political. Um, John, I already did. Would you rather take a vow of radical kindness for 48 hours? No sarcasm, no judgment, not possible. All love, be or go on a seven day digital detox and zero social media or even kindness content. B. You do digital detox? How would I not be sarcastic? I don't know. I mean, it's part of my, I I can't help myself and that would be really hard. It would be hard. My, we had a class in college. Yeah. We did a speech class with Mr. Bruce Hyde, which we loved Bruce Guy, Dr. Bruce Hyde. Yeah. Um, of Star Trek fan, if you're a trek out there. Yeah. He, John, one of the experiments were the super interesting, one of the experiments, he, he gave us an assignment to go home and not, use, gossip or, uh oh. Or, or once again, talk back. Yeah. You couldn't talk about anybody in a, in any way, uh, o only positive conversation. You couldn't take part in gossip. Okay. And that was at St. Cloud stage? Yeah, that's right. Wow. It's for a week. You do it for a week was really, that was a year after the homecoming riots and the dumpster fires, I would say. Could I be the guy that carries the egg around for a week? It's just a challenge, I think, because you're so aware. You hear it, you're aware of it. Oh yeah. You hear when you say it. Oh, what a clever idea. You know what was a great, that could be the, uh, the challenge. That thing, yeah, challenge that one for a while. Uh, but by the way, I'm with you on B and in all seriousness, wipe out the social media. Like wipe, just wipe it out. I don't need it. Just wipe, just wipe, wipe it all. I, I just feel. Every day bombarded. It's just bomb. Tough, man. It's bombarded. Bombarded. Just wipe it out. Wipe it. Did you push record? Just kidding. Oh God. That's funny. John, we'll move on here. Yeah. Would you rather publicly forgive someone who wronged you deeply or apologize publicly for a time you were unkind? Oh boy. Well, both are public, so he, he could go either way. He likes the public displays of everything. He does. He does. I, there is that, um. You know, I think that they're both very powerful. The power of forgiveness. Yep. The power of an apology. Yeah. I think that the, uh, the power of forgiveness, I. No, I'm gonna go with the apology. Okay. Yeah. I, I, you'd have to make an apology. Yeah. Me making an apology, I do it all the time. Oh, please. In my life. Yeah. You're with my wife. You're pretty self-effacing. You're, it's 10,000 to one. Yeah. Sorry. What did I do? No. 10,000 to one you walk in. Sorry. She's very Fonzie like I'm singing. Remember Fonzie? Yeah. How old are we? You couldn't say wrong. Yeah. Yeah. I was right. Wrong. Yeah. Okay. God. Yeah. Funny Fonzie's. Awesome. Okay. This is fun. I know. Um, Michael. Yeah. Would you rather always say yes to helping someone for a full week? Matter what matter it is or No, that was John, by the way. He said B, not me, or B, required to say one kind thing to every person you interact with for the same week. I know your answer here. Yeah, it's B easy. You would easily do that. Yeah. John, you do the same. B. B is easy. I I don't wanna say yes to. I mean, maybe people take a advantage of that. They used to come on. I'm busy. That's right. Let me, you know when he's standing in line at the donut hut? Yeah. You gotta, right. He's got three people he can compliment. I haven't been there in a couple weeks. I was gonna say, you looking for, you, you look at, by the way, you look at the chiseled, um, yeah. You do jawline. Wow. Uh, would you rather kind of sedition John, another question. Would you rather be known as the kindest person in town? This is perfect for him, the mayor, but nobody knows your name. No. Or, oh no, be famous, but only known for one very public act of kindness. It's kind of, oh boy, kindness person in town, but no one knows it's John Schitz. Yeah. Or John Schitz. He's the guy that saved the drowning Kid B. Yeah, yeah, that's right. That's right. These are interesting, right? Not surprised. Not surprised. Um, okay. One more. Michael, last one's for you. This set. These are fun. Yeah. All right. We can, we can play this again sometime. We'll get Jeff involved and KG. Well, well, Jeff would chat. GP t's answer anyway. For sure. I mean, it wouldn't be like, Hey, Jeff, how about an answer? Wait a second. Boop. Well, here's the answer. I mean, like, come on, Jeff. Anyway, go ahead. He's, he's, yeah, he's listening. I know he is gonna listen. He is, he will be. Yeah. We love him. We love the way Who, who doesn't, would you rather Michael? Spend a day with Mr. Rogers. Oh. Who's a, you know, incredibly kind. We've talked about Mr. Rogers a lot. Truly kind. Not just like cartoon character. He was a truly kind person. Or spend a day as Mr. Rogers. Living like he did and speaking only kind words. Mm. He already does the second one. Oh, yeah. Thank you, John. Thank you. I, I, yeah. I think I would be BII would like to live it, not just observe it. I would like to live the kindness of it. Well, you can do that. Yeah. Yeah. You, you, you, yeah. I would pick a'cause. Well, for starters, he's Fred Rogers. He's Fred Rogers. Yeah. He's not with us anymore. Right. I mean, that would be cool. Right. Yeah. No, it would be, although, uh, just on the Fred Rogers thing, I mean, you could, they have like upgraded the puppets. Like could you prop'em up a little bit over there? Yeah. That's gross. Gross. Gross weekend. Dad, Mr. Rogers. Yeah. Yeah. Um, see, the puppets were little, the puppets. They were, they were creepy by hand. Yeah. They 1940 then, right? They were like the creepy doll at a, b and B that sits in the corner. Yeah. The puppets were creepy. I could kind of tell his it was his voice. I was a little bit like, what found. Charming. You did not You, are you serious right now? He was calming, very calming, I would say. Well, he was sure. Yeah. But the puppets. Puppets, yeah, I'm with you. Yeah, they were, well, that includes, were creepy. The game of, uh,, would you, would you, kindness Edition, would you rather, would you, kindness edition. So I think, we'll, we'll play that more. I'd love to hear from people what they think, uh, you know, give us some questions for, would you rather, it might be fun to have that. Mm-hmm. We, Jeff and I, just so you guys know, Jeff and I are working on a way to get callers. To call in. Oh, wow. And then we'll, we'll collect their nu their messages and we'll play them on the air. We're working on that, so. Oh, yeah. So people can call into a phone number and, uh, we're working on it, but we'll, we'll have that going we'll soon. So we'd be like Dr. Drew or like, or Dr. Phil. Really? Dr. Drew. Just, just, you know, kindness Chronicles crew out there. Uh, kind, kind of, yeah. I love it. And we're gonna supposed to be dispensing advice? No. Oh, okay. It's not really that, it's just. We'll get some fun comments plus questions, or people have good ideas for us. We'll just throw those out there once, so we're working on it. That way we can get our listeners to be a part of the show even more. Well, all eight of them. Yeah. I like, I I like that too. And may, maybe it is a question, maybe, maybe we get some social commentary on, uh, you know, what, what, what's what, um, you know, uh, a scenario that somebody has around kindness. Um, Hey, can we just, uh, I, I really love moving into food and, um, I'm, I would just say I, I. We haven't talked about food in forever. I mean, it's been probably, you know, we talked about Best burger place. It's time. It feels time. Yeah. Right. It's summer. Yeah. It's picnic season. Yeah. State fair's coming up. State fair's coming up. Oh boy. I, uh, in the spirit of, would you rather, I'm just curious. Is it coleslaw or macaroni? Salad. Oh, oh, coleslaw Cole. You think it's coleslaw? Yeah. I will tell you. Yeah. I had a, I had a boxed lunch on my way home from this retreat that I was at. Yeah. And there was this broccoli salad. I'm not a broccoli guy. Yeah. But it had bacon and little grapes and little, um, oh, I make it sunflower seeds. Oh, I make it. You make it? Oh yeah. That sauce that's on there. Yeah. Yeah. You like it? I'm, I'm driving home. I got the thing, I'm driving with my knee. I got food running down the front of my shirt. Right. God, it was good. Broccoli salad. It's amazing. Is that what it's called? Yeah. I've had it. I love it. I'm a big broccoli guy. Yeah, but do you like broccoli, like steamed broccoli? Yes. Sure. I put it on a. Chicken sandwich. Disgusting weed. I love broccoli. You do not put broccoli in a chicken sandwich. I make. I make a wrap. How? Yeah. I was gonna say, how are you going to eat broccoli and a Why are you lying? I've been doing this for years, since college even. Okay. Alright. I make a tortilla. Oh, you put some cooked chicken on it? Yeah. Steam egg steamed broccoli. Yeah, a little, a little dash of Swiss cheese on it. Over the top of those three things. Yeah. For that reason at all. Even maybe salt, pepper, not even, not even no sauce. You don't, don't need the sauce. No sauce. You grill it or like put it in a a. Yeah. Toaster oven or I used to have a pizza oven in college. Yeah, yeah. Wrapped it up. Yeah. So good. Okay. Usually when we talk about food, we talk about good things. Yeah. And just well's, can I weigh in on the macaroni versus the oven? Macaroni salad. And usually I want to go to. Chick-fil-A or something when we're all done here? I don't, no. I'm gonna go on a diet. Michael, to answer your question ever, would you rather like a salad with cauliflower and asparagus makes you pea melt funny. Oh my God. Oh yeah. That sounds great. Alright. Chris Farley, um, you remember that time? Yeah. Anyone coleslaw? Yeah. Or macaroni. Macaroni salad. Yeah. Yeah. Coleslaw, but it's gotta be KFC coleslaw. Oh, I love the sweeter coleslaw. It's really good. Lots of cabbage, carrots and stuff in there. It's good. And kind of dry. Not like, not like too wet, not juicy. Yeah. Not like water runs all over your plate. Yeah. Oh, I can. Okay. So, all right. I'm gonna throw another, would you rather then, all right. I mean, so you guys are too coleslaw guys. I, I like them both, but Okay. Um. Yeah. Cheese curds, like good cheese curds or like a good corn dog. Which one? You only can have one. So talking deep fried deep, you can well, well what? Yeah, they're both deep fried. What do you mean? You can eat cheese curds. Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. Got fried cheese curds. Okay, good. All right. I didn't know you could have'em any other way. Yeah. Okay. I actually like the deal where you can get the cheese curd wrapped with the corn dog stuff. You know the deep fried cheese that you get with the lemonade stand right across from the, uh, the corn place. Oh, yeah. That. Uh, so I'm combining them. Oh, I've never seen that. I, that, oh, I didn't, you haven't had the, it's a hybrid. I didn't give you a third choice. Uh, it's, it's, um, there's a, there's a, I'll take a, I'll take a corn dog. You're gonna take a corn dog? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Michael, what are you I'm gonna take a stomachache from cheese. I'm gonna take, I'm gonna take a corn dog, but let me just go on the air here in this podcast and tell everybody, be honest, be honest where I'm gonna be, where I'm gonna tell you where the best corn dog is. In the city. You guys ready at the fair? Or anywhere? Anywhere. Okay. But it, well, local. Okay. Local. Okay. If you're gonna get a corn dog, people, and I mean, turn the volume up here right now. Write this down. It's at the Minneapolis Farmer's Market. Oh, it's right there. They cook it fresh. It's five bucks. That's it. They dip. They, they, they, they batter it. They dip it. You wait a few minutes. The corn dog's there. It, it's the crust crunch on the outside. I mean, it's, it's fresh. The Minneapolis Farmer's Market, people pay your$5 900, which is a reasonable price for a corn dog. That's a good deal. Five bucks walk. You gotta wait a second. Like a juicy Lucy. Hold on. I, I don't know. I haven't been to this one. But isn't it, wouldn't it just be the same you go to the county fair or no? Because those are sitting in a warmer. Okay. Right. They're, they're not fresh. The dog isn't good. These, these, you take'em out and like you burn the roof of your mouth on'em. Yes. Right. I mean, that's a good corn. See, I would say one that requires hospitalization. That's right. I'll try that. That's right. I've never been to that. I have been to the farmer's market. Is it, uh, right along the freeway. Yes. Market Square gets to the bigger sponge. That's great. It's beautiful. It is. It is. Great farmer market. And there's great food there. By the way. There's music there sometimes too, which is really cool. Yeah, the food there is amazing, by the way. Well, I'm gonna try that, but I will say I would choose a. Corn dog or via whatever, pro pop, whatever you wanna call it. Yeah. Well, some people are gonna fight, fight you for that, but I'll just say, I'll choose that over cheese curs.'cause I've, I agree. I like a taste of cheese cur, but I'm not buying a whole basket. It's gonna make me sick. Right. It's so rich. All you can eat is a couple of'em, but they're really good. The big ones couple. Okay. Yeah. Um, one last one, one last question. Yeah. Um, but we need to have a stake, like how we devolved into just would you rather food choices. Absolutely. It's kindness to our, um, taste buds. Yeah, that's right. We're riffing. Alright, go ahead. Yeah, yeah. You guys all go sit, go to the state fair. No, I haven't been for a couple years now. Oh God. We go three, four times a year. Who, who was the big comedian talking about Nate? That was at the safe, fair, ett. He was there last year. Yeah, no, the year before. Uh, also clean Sebastian. No, no. Come on. You know him. He, he was like the first guy. He had his Richard Pryor? No, no. I don't know. Clean Steve Martin. No, man. Come on. He's got the blonde hair. He is Catholic. He's got all the kids. He lives in Ohio. Oh, Mike. G or Jim Gaffigan. Jim Gaffin. Yeah. Last time I was there was to see Jim Gaffigan. Anyway, go ahead. So I haven't been for a few years. Yeah. That's interesting. Yeah. Um, your favorite food at the state fair? Just real quick. God, I don't, if you don't have one. Yeah, you probably go there just for the I love the corn for the articles. I like the broccoli. God, I like the corn. Corn on the top. No, you go, you, you go. I lemonade. I don't lemonade. Near where you're by the corn. It's the same, same thing. It's it's the same place. It's the best tasting lemonade every bad. That's really the cheese on the stick. I dunno what it is. Yeah. I don't know what it is. Yeah, but the lemonade, it's not, it's not that, it's not in a machine mixing up if they make it, it's some kind of combo of the Right. Yeah. Amount of water. Yeah. Lemon and sugar. It's so good. Yeah. I don't, I don't have one. I don't have a favorite fruit. The safe a So I'm gonna go right to John. John, you go multiple times. Well wait a year. Wait, he's, let me, let me just gimme cover for him for a second. Yeah. I went to the state fair in the food building one time. Yeah. Yeah. And I tried this, changed my baking, changed my cooking. Okay. Go on. You know, you and I talk about cooking a lot, so go ahead. We do. We trade out recipes. Yeah. I made a cherry pie last weekend. It was amazing. See, I'm not a good baker, but I had cinnamon roll in the, it was like. Yeah, perfectly. It was a big, huge cmar always in high school. Yeah. But Michael, it had a little lemon flavor in the frosting. A little ze, just cin little, it's a little lemon zes is what it had. It was. So it changed me, like I, now I put lemon, A little lemon in changed. Yeah, it did. Wow. It was so good. So I would like to play something for you guys. This is, uh, might be my favorite video of all time. Okay. Um, when you talk about favorite things, most of you know that I, uh, have a bit of a diet Coke problem. Yeah. Yeah, we do. I dunno if you guys have seen this, but here we go. How much diet Coke is too much Diet Coke for one person? It's a trick question. The limit does not exist because it's zero calories. This guy's a doctor, so zero plus. Zero plus zero times a hundred is always gonna be zero, which means you can have as much as you want. Some people have suggested that I have a problem to that. I would say your mom is my problem. Stuck on that. Alright. He's not a doctor called an addiction. It's not an addiction. I can stop whenever I want. I just don't want to, and I need it every day. But I will walk you through a day in the life of Dr. Brady's diet, Coke consumption, if you're interested. It starts off every day with a trip to McDonald's shack. It's gotta be McDonald's. Yeah. Yeah. It has to be. It's the best. Yeah, I don't know why. I assume it involves, uh, highly addictive drugs being inserted into the diet Coke care. Cocaine. Do I care? Not at all. Love it. Want it? Need it. Give it to me. Um, that's done around 8, 8 30. Then around 10 30, daddy gets thirsty and Daddy needs another diet. Coke not a doctor. So. Head to the fridge, grab a 12 ounce can. Now that's basically a shot glass. Oh dude, that's just a tide you over until lunchtime. Now, at lunchtime, I'll probably go to some fine dining establishment, maybe at Chipotle. Okay. If the restaurant only serves Pepsi products, forget it. I don't support that establishment. I do not recognize diet Pepsi's right to exist. Okay? That's my Israel Palestine conflict. Alright? If a restaurant sells Pepsi products, they deserve whatever happens to them. Yeah. Do you understand what I'm saying? Yeah. That's what Costco thought too. I don't, I don't care. They sell garbage water. It's done. Now you might be wondering, are you drinking water? During the day, uh, obviously Diet Coke is made of water, so, uh, use your big brain and ask better questions. Alright, around three o'clock I will get thirsty again, John. He's still going until daddy gets another drink, another shot glass, another 12 ounce diet Coke, that's number four. And then usually around dinner time. We're gonna, we're gonna load up, oh, on another one. So what is that five? It's nothing. Plus, like I said, zero plus zero plus zero five times during the day is still zero. So, um, you might be like, well, does it, isn't it bad for your teeth? I don't know. You see those guys, those look scared. I think it has the opposite effect on me. I think it makes everything stronger. I think it makes my wits keen.'cause if I don't have it, I feel bad. So Uhhuh. Explain that. Well, John's mom calls that sparkle, so that's, that's what I do. I don't think it's a problem. I think you're a problem. You're, you're the problem. Mind your business. And with that, how much diet Coke off we go.