113: Fear In A Desert City - A triumphant return - by their own estimation

Episode 13 of What Were We Saying? may be the best one yet (firmly top four) - a triumphant return to form… allegedly.

After the problematic - and frankly disappointing - events of Episode 12, the show lurches back with something resembling control. Big Uke rolls in with his Bunch O’ Stuff, firing off takes that range from oddly sharp to completely uncalled for. Edgar’s Fun Facts also slips back in, as he begins the quiet, fragile rebuild of trust following last week’s… audio debacle.

And yes, 3 Things That Can Kick Rocks refuses to go away - because some traditions run less on quality, and more on momentum.

A comeback. A correction. A generous overstatement.
Keep your expectations low.

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:19

Oh no, what do we say? Hey, two Father. It's a really good time, so we stay.

SPEAKER_02 0:40

I'm telling you, it's not a real warning. Literally on the label. Uh they can't mean that. Why would they print it if they don't mean it? Legal reasons? So you think they just made that up? I think they got nervous and overcorrected.

SPEAKER_03 0:53

I think you're ignoring a direct warning.

SPEAKER_02 0:56

I'm choosing to interpret it loosely. I think that's worse. Anyways, this is what we're saying. I'm TubeSocks. I'm Big Yuke. Today, Big Euke is back with a bunch of stuff. Tubes here with uh three things and kick rocks. And Edgar claims that he's cobbled together some fun facts. So let's see how fun they are. Let's get to it. Uh this is what we're saying. Uh, we've already introduced ourselves. We haven't introduced Edgar behind the camera, Edgar Lasseter, aka the chairman.

SPEAKER_03 1:30

For whatever reason.

SPEAKER_02 1:32

He's the only one that calls himself that. Although I have heard that he insists on having at least four of his friends call him that out in public so that it'll hopefully catch on.

SPEAKER_03 1:42

I still don't believe he has four friends.

SPEAKER_02 1:43

No, that's true. I guess associates? Maybe.

SPEAKER_03 1:47

Something like that.

SPEAKER_02 1:48

Anyways, the guys who played us in, Harold Winthrop and the Silver Ashtray Orchestra, watching from a decommissioned dog track on the south side of town.

SPEAKER_03 1:56

I can't believe they're still there.

SPEAKER_02 1:58

Well, they're starting to build a shanty town there, so it's they're really digging in. It's stuff to, you know. We have the burn barrels going and everything now. At least the weather's getting nicer. It is getting nicer. You hear the dust just picking up?

SPEAKER_03 2:10

Oh yeah. I've noticed.

SPEAKER_02 2:12

And of course, we are coming at you from the fifth floor of Blunderworks Studios in Sunny Downtown. Sunny downtown. Whoa. Whoa! You're going through puberty, isn't it? Oh boy.

SPEAKER_03 2:24

It was a long weekend.

SPEAKER_02 2:26

Oh. Oh boy. My goodness. What uh what are we saying this week, youke?

SPEAKER_03 2:34

Well, episode 13. How's that feeling?

SPEAKER_02 2:37

Episode 13? That's pretty exciting, right?

SPEAKER_03 2:40

One more than 12.

SPEAKER_02 2:41

We are getting closer to the end of season one, which we haven't shared this with you guys yet. I think this is news. Should we announce that? Well, we're here. Why not? Uh, season one will end after episode 15, which is two more episodes after this, and then we are going to go on a two-week hiatus. But in the interim for that two-week hiatus, we will not be contentless. No, you guys are going to be treated to back-to-back weeks of clip show extravaganzas. So that'll uh give Big Yuke and I a little time to recharge the old batteries and uh whatnot, and give you guys a synopsis, a chance to catch up and a chance to just see what season one looks like when it's condensed into a real nice tight package. Package. Right? Love a tight package. There we go. My goodness, how was your week this week? You seem a little uh I don't know, like maybe uh you ran your levels down over the weekend. Uh, that's a good way to describe it. That's kind of the vibe I'm getting. Yeah. Didn't do much recharging. No. But had a hell of a time. Well, that's great. That's important. We did run into each other. We saw each other at a local establishment. At a local establishment, taking in a sporting event, a professional sports event with some of our uh other colleagues. Other colleagues and friends. And fans. And fans. Holy shit. I was uh a little disappointed myself that I didn't have any of the WS Deals with me because I had people asking for 'em and uh I embarrassingly did not have any. We'll be better next time. So I'll keep some in the uh Triple WS cruiser. And next time you see us and you want some decals, the same ones that are on our private label private labeled beer, and we'll have some for you. Not beer.

SPEAKER_03 4:42

Stickers.

SPEAKER_02 4:43

Yeah, absolutely not. We're not giving you beer. You're buying us beer for God's sake. For all the work we're doing here. Holy shit. That was a good week, though. It was a good week, wasn't it? No complaints. You know, it looks like uh spring might actually be arriving. See, just in time for summer? Just in time for summer to start. Just in time for summer. I wouldn't be shocked if we have another little false spring, though. Well, of course. Might as well round out to an even 10. Right. Anyways. You got anything dumb this week?

SPEAKER_03 5:09

I do. And it's not weather related this week. Oh. Now the last couple times I've just ranted about it.

SPEAKER_02 5:13

He's been a real uh weather griper.

SPEAKER_03 5:15

Yeah, well, it's been awful. But no, this week and more specifically this weekend, I think I bit my tongue 17 times.

SPEAKER_02 5:27

That is a lot of times to bite your tongue.

SPEAKER_03 5:30

Oh, it has been the most annoying 20 or 48 hours of my mouth. Why? Why are you having that?

SPEAKER_02 5:37

I have no idea. Is it just something you've picked up? I guess so. I get bored and I chew my tongue. Instead of biting your fingernails and get nervous, they're biting your tongue. It woke me up last night. Jesus. Just a boop. Hello. What a way to wake up.

SPEAKER_03 5:50

So I don't know if that I don't know. I'm not a doctor. He's not. No, I'm not a doctor. He's not a sports show.

SPEAKER_02 5:57

But it's stupid. Do not have him check you out. Do not allow him.

SPEAKER_03 6:00

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

SPEAKER_02 6:02

Just chickai there. Just saying. Legally, I take it. PSA. No, legally I can't diagnose you, but I'll take a look. Take a look.

SPEAKER_03 6:11

Yeah, it's it's simple. It's stupid. It's dumb. It's pissing me off. And I hope it stops soon. I won't be shocked if I end up doing it in this episode. In this episode, right? You see me just jar my head sideways. It's because bit my tongue.

SPEAKER_02 6:25

Wow. I don't know. What about you? Well, I gotta uh address the so-called elephant in the room as far as what's done this week, and that is the audio debacle that was episode 12. It wasn't the best. Wasn't the worst. We made do. I'm actually stunned that it turned out as well as it did, considering what uh went on. And Edgar, whatever. Ah, whatever, man. He tries. But it was a really weird week uh getting the show together for last week when we knew that the sound was terrible, but we were past the point of being able to do anything about it, unless we wanted to go full 1962 Godzilla movie and just overdub our dialogue and have it not match up. So as fun as that would have been. Actually, maybe we should have leaned into that. That would have been interesting. But uh anyway, so for all of you who uh stuck with the episode and tuned in and we appreciate you. You know, a good amount of you did. Obviously, it was less than uh usual because you start her up and go, what the hell's going on here?

SPEAKER_03 7:32

Well, you know, it's only so much fun to listen to something in a tin can.

SPEAKER_02 7:34

Yes, but we did get some uh good letters of support saying, hey, you know, appreciate you putting out the episode anyways instead of shelving it, because we did consider shelving it. Because we have very high standards, as you can tell. I mean, look at these awards here. I mean, yeah, those those aren't fake. Are you kidding me? So an accident. And uh so yes, so thank you for sticking through that because that was one of the dumber things we did not expect. But by the time we realized it had happened, we could not fix it.

SPEAKER_03 8:05

Yeah, we appreciate you.

SPEAKER_02 8:06

Um, and speaking of appreciating people, you know, we're checking the stats. Don't want to see how much that horrible technical episode punched our uh our stats in the gut, but I was uh pleased to see I've got on uh on this little card right here. We've got some five places that listened to uh our last few episodes here and have gone back and listened to more than one in some interesting places.

SPEAKER_03 8:31

These are more than just uh west of the fifth and east of Tacoma.

SPEAKER_02 8:34

Absolutely. This is uh we've got what we say an international baby. International, WSINT. Tashkant Uzbekistan. Bet you never been there, Muscat Oman. Good people in Oman. Lahore Pakistan. Lahore Pakistan. And so I'm not making a joke, Vietnam and Nairobi, Kenya. They've all been getting on the Triple WS wagon. And uh, of course, the the key is that we are able to pull them in and hold them in.

SPEAKER_03 9:04

Yes. That'd be clutch.

SPEAKER_02 9:06

So, anyways, one of them uh did catch a couple episodes. I hope it wasn't uh I don't think it was episode 12 because and if he is that. If we can get someone to listen to episode 12, then I think the world's our oyster.

SPEAKER_03 9:18

We're we're off and running, baby.

SPEAKER_02 9:20

Oh my. Um time to be alive. What a time to be alive.

SPEAKER_03 9:24

Nairobi. I think there was a Cairo in there, too.

SPEAKER_02 9:27

There was a Cairo. There was a Ho Chimen city.

SPEAKER_03 9:30

Listening from the pyramid.

SPEAKER_02 9:31

I'm thinking that the Ho Chi Minh City was probably the same person in Camfo. Or can I don't know how to say it because I know there's a lot of people over there. Could have been two. It could have been two different people, but what are the chances? I don't know. I'm not doctor. We just got that international appeal.

SPEAKER_03 9:46

You know what?

SPEAKER_02 9:47

International meta mystery, right here. Uh moving on now, we've made our apologies about episode 12. We uh assure you that the sound is fine in this, and the content is as usual. Chef's kiss. Let's get right into her. We've got something we haven't hit up in a few weeks. We've got some fun facts that Edgar, the Jackass, sorry, the chairman, Jackass extraordinaire, has uh laid on Big Yuk to read. I've got 'em. You've got 'em. We're getting right into them. Let's get right into it. What do people know what's fun? Ish, maybe? Alright. See how he does. Alright, Edgar. This is your time to shine. Oh boy, what a start to this one. Fun fact number one. Here comes. Wombats produce cube shape. Poop. Scientists believe the unique shape comes from varying elasticity in their intestines and helps keep the droppings from rolling away. Because you would never want that. Why? I don't know what the advantage is. I think you would want it to roll away. No. You don't want to foul the nest and all that thing, right?

SPEAKER_03 10:53

What if you use it to make the nest? Like bricks? Little wombat brick layers. Use them poops.

SPEAKER_02 11:00

Wombats don't live in a nest, but still.

SPEAKER_03 11:02

Wow, I don't know. Where do wombats live? Clearly, top of hills.

SPEAKER_02 11:05

They're worried about their poop running away. They're always on a hill. That's interesting. Actually, that's a fun fact. I think that is fun because it's poop, and poop's funny because we're all immature. Sorry, that was that was my laugh. Oh, that's good. I don't do it very often, so.

SPEAKER_03 11:24

Oh, that's funny. That's good. Edgar, thank you for that. Good job, man. I'm concerned as to why you knew this, but whatever. Fun fact number two. Follow up cube poop. In space. Oh. Timely. Oh, good time. Timely. You were watching Artemis. Atta boy. In space, no one can hear you scream. No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. That'd be really weird. If that was what it was. Just sorry. Astronauts can grow up to two inches taller. Without gravity compressing the spine, the discs between vertebrae expand, so you launch one height and come back slightly taller.

SPEAKER_02 12:02

Though it usually returns to normal once you're back on Earth. What if it doesn't, though? Well, then you gotta buy new pants. You gotta change the info in your driver's license. Oh gosh. That'd be tough. I know some people that would love a slightly extended spine. I know a few people who could use a couple inches. Heyo. Take that for what you will. Oh. Well, Edgar, again. I think that's two for two so far. Inspired by Artemis, Edgar comes through with a timely spice. How do you?

SPEAKER_03 12:34

I didn't even think he had the internet, but okay. Now, number three is when the microfiche. It was the microfiche. The microfiche. Uh, that's a nice little callback for those who've been here the whole time.

SPEAKER_02 12:46

Yeah, Edgar uh really struggles to get a third fun fact. Yeah, that's I'm thinking. Like, I'm worried. How's he do? Let's see. All right, Edgar. Fun facts.

SPEAKER_03 12:55

Number three. Happy hour exists to get people in the door early. Discounted drinks encourage customers to show up before peak hours, helping pubs build a crowd, create a lively atmosphere, and keep things buzzing well into the night.

SPEAKER_02 13:12

True. But uh yeah, that's I mean, he's had worse third facts. He has had worse third facts.

SPEAKER_03 13:19

So I'm not gonna give you uh A plus, but I don't think it's a failing good.

SPEAKER_02 13:24

It is interesting because at Casadel Tube Sox we just refer to that time of the day as happy hour. So it doesn't denote we're having drink specials, that just means we're drinking. So true. Happy hour exists to get people in the door early. I mean, I do actually I appreciate Edgar creating happy hour awareness, you know, for those who celebrate. And uh so you don't forget the meaning of of the time. Yeah. It's to get you in there and get you drinking earlier. Pretty much. That's build a crowd and create a lively atmosphere. Well, you know what? That's alright, Edgar. I think I like your angle. That's a passing grade. Cube poop, taller astronauts, and happy hour. I think we found maybe the secret sauce for Edgar is fun facts, and that's start with poop and end with booze. Yes, but also only have him do it every three or four episodes.

SPEAKER_03 14:14

Yeah, and he builds them up.

SPEAKER_02 14:16

Early on, we were kind of going back to back, and he was floundering and flipping and flopping and we kinda suspend him.

SPEAKER_03 14:23

And we had to cut them down to two.

SPEAKER_02 14:25

That was before he broke into the studio to rearrange things.

SPEAKER_03 14:28

I'm shocked you're still employed here.

SPEAKER_02 14:30

My goodness. Alright. Well, let's move on to. I got a liner there. We got a little recurring recurring sponsor. That's nice. Let's get into it here. The Apology Drafting Service. Ooh. Need to apologize, but not really. The Apology Drafting Service specializes in carefully worded non-apologies for any occasion. Whether it's a sorry you felt that way or simply a regret any confusion, our team of professionally detached writers will craft the perfect non-apology for any situation. Choose from basic deflection, which shifts the blame gently towards miscommunication. Accountability Light takes responsibility without admitting anything. And the platinum clean slate, which includes a follow-up apology for the first apology. Optional passive aggressive add-on available, the apology drafting service, because meaning it is a bit much. And I know that you uh mentioned last time that you're gonna get their info. Have you had to you might have to? I've reached out. I've reached out. I think that's where we'll just you'll know when you know. Alright here. We got uh Big Ukes, bunch of stuff. Big Ukes, bunch of stuff. Again, this has been a while since we've had this, so a few weeks. This would be, I think, what, the fourth one? And it's all about poo, just like Edgar's for real? No. Oh no, that would have been wild. That would have been a weird that would have been weird. Holy crap. It is about booze. What? Holy crap. See, that's right. Oh, funny. This guy, one of the best. Um, it is hang on. I can just turn that on and off like that's crazy.

SPEAKER_03 16:20

What a skill. Classic Pro. It is about booze, though. Oh, I like booze. You know, I thought I thought you might. And I think just with like the weather finally shifting, getting into uh, you know, summery vibes.

SPEAKER_02 16:35

Which no. I'm hoping that spring shows up eventually. In time for summer. That would be nice. But so Big Uke's bunch of stuff this week is the top ten best beers.

SPEAKER_03 16:47

Yes. But not brand-wise. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 16:50

More like moments or you know types of beer, but not. I get your violence. No, we're not choosing brands here. No, it's just time of moments of being. Moments and times of beers. I like this angle.

SPEAKER_03 17:03

I uh also like beer. I mean, uh, this is kind of uh hitting the right on the nose on uh what tube appreciates.

SPEAKER_02 17:10

That's how I maintain my girlish figure. Um anyways. Am I a pretty girl? Pretty girl, pretty girl. Oh boy. That's probably from a movie you've never seen though. I don't know the reference.

SPEAKER_03 17:28

Are you serious? Yeah. I guess it's not pretty girl, it's pretty bird. So I guess it's yeah, I kind of bungled that one. But you don't know that? Pretty bird, pretty bird.

SPEAKER_02 17:40

I got nothing.

SPEAKER_03 17:40

Oh, it's dumb and dumber.

SPEAKER_02 17:43

Oh, okay. I've seen I think I've seen that. Yeah, I've seen that. Yeah, he sells the blind kid next door a dead bird. I only seen it once. Well, put it on the list. Only saw it once and so you probably haven't seen dumb and dumb at two. More dumber. Although my reference about a pretty girl was a Spongebob reference, so. Really? Yeah. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_03 18:05

You know the one? I do now. Now that you mentioned that.

SPEAKER_02 18:08

Take off that hat, Spongebob. Make sure you look like a girl. What am I? Yeah, you're beautiful. I'm taking off. See, I'm very well-rounded. That's a great scene. Oh my goodness, I did not have that.

SPEAKER_03 18:24

Most unexpected. I did not have that on the bingo card this week.

unknown 18:28

Really?

SPEAKER_03 18:28

Film noir and Spongebob. Really? Really any week of tube socks making a SpongeBob reference.

SPEAKER_02 18:35

Oh. Especially that, because that's kind of a deep cut. Well, that's, you know, that was the era when uh the me and the boys were watching a lot of Spongebob in the house. Oh man, that is uh You know, up to season six it was a solid uh thing, and then we tuned out. Yeah, season seven of Spongebob was a real drop-off year. Real drop-off. Anyways, let's get it. Anyways, get to my bunch of stuff here. Excited because it's been a while. It has been. The best beer moments.

SPEAKER_03 19:02

Uh and further to Edgar's uh third fun fact about happy hours. Yes. Number 10, the post-work beer. Perfect. Be it at a bar, an establishment, a restaurant, on the on the front porch, the back deck. I regularly partake in. I've heard.

SPEAKER_02 19:18

I've I've heard. One day I'll get out there. It's the whole friend. That is that is a great yeah, we're still working on the friendship thing. We're getting there though. These weekend little things that we're getting together, though, we're starting to get it.

SPEAKER_03 19:29

This is also seemingly like a bunch of weekends in a row.

SPEAKER_02 19:32

It is, it's weird. People are gonna start to think we're friends. And we don't we don't really want that. Uh yeah, no, a big proponent of the You're a huge post-work beer. They know what it is. It's just uh it's good for your soul. I can't disagree. And I find my soul to be very important, so I must nurture my soul by swinging for post-work beer every day.

SPEAKER_03 19:55

Right. Number nine. I know this one might not really apply to you. The first tea box.

SPEAKER_02 20:03

He's not really a golfer. I'm not at all a golfer. I'm not even fakely a golfer.

SPEAKER_03 20:08

Yeah, I guess you're I could yeah. He doesn't go, I do. I have golfed. There this it's just a good feeling when you you're you're out with the boys for a round. And uh we're not like a 7 a.m. round and you're cracking, that's a little aggressive. But you get that either post-work. So this is kind of a double whammy because that first beer on the T-box could be your first post-work beer.

SPEAKER_02 20:28

I uh I can count the number of times in my life that I have played around a golf on these two hands that are on the end of my arms. Huh. Yeah, I would need to dive into my toes and probably your toes. I try I I try to I try to golf about every seven to nine years.

SPEAKER_03 20:48

You know what? We've had this conversation before.

SPEAKER_02 20:50

But I do appreciate just the uh I do like the you know, just the having some beers and walking around in the lawn. I do like that part of golf.

SPEAKER_03 20:57

Right? Yeah, get out in nature.

SPEAKER_02 20:58

Yeah, so it's pretty neat. I can I can see people would enjoy that. Right. Number eight, this one you might like. The post-grass cutting beer. Absolutely. You see, as a recent empty nester, last summer was my first summer in about a dozen years again where I get to cut the grass again. Right. So I'm like in charge of my own lawn, which is nice because I mean, as much as it was cool to have the have the free labor just doing it, but I was missing out on the enjoyment. Because like the post watching someone cut your grass beer doesn't hit. Well, the standing and drinking a beer while your kid cuts the lawn is just not the same as doing the lawn and then getting it yourself. Sitting there with that f yeah, so you get that nice smell. Absolutely. Oof, it's a good one, solid. Number seven, the nineteenth hole. Do you at least know what that means? Well, that's the part of golf that I enjoy. Okay, yeah. So he's a big nineteenth. Again, I have golfed seven or nine times.

SPEAKER_03 21:55

Yes. But the nineteenth hole, when you finish up your round, sit down. Usually on the patio, because it's still nice out. Sometimes in the air conditioned building, if it's available. Have a have one or one or seven. Just living the dream. Talking about good shots, talking about laughing at your buddy's bad shots.

SPEAKER_02 22:15

Like that. Just like that. That's how I'd laugh at a bad shot. You know, and number six here. I thought it when I when I initially wrote out my ideas and then started numbering them. I thought this might have been a bit t uh higher up. Um but it got relegated. It kind of got relegated because the other three the other ones are they're right up there. Alright.

SPEAKER_03 22:37

But uh the boat slash lake beer. Yeah, I enjoy that. Albeit in this could be in multiple different ways. You're either, you know, sitting beside a lake having having a beer. I like lake time. Or you're, you know, you're you're out and uh out for a float for a little ride.

SPEAKER_02 22:55

Tim, I'm thinking on the like the the float. I like being like in a in a boat and drinking, or just sitting on the dock drinking, or just on the shore drinking.

SPEAKER_03 23:02

Yeah, yeah. That's why and that's why I went boat slash lake.

SPEAKER_02 23:05

Yeah, yeah. It's not everyone's boat people. I get that. Absolutely. Get behind that. But it's tough to not be a lake person. It's also tough to find a scenario where beer just doesn't improve. Honestly, like I'm all over this.

SPEAKER_03 23:19

That's why I thought you'd appreciate this buncho stuff.

SPEAKER_02 23:23

Um we're drinking beer right now. And it's making this show infinitely better than it would be without. This show's good without it, but it's just better with it. You know? Well, I I would we know. No, no, we wouldn't. We really wouldn't. Yeah, no, we wouldn't. No, we wouldn't. Okay, number six with boatslash label. All right, where are we at? Number five.

SPEAKER_03 23:47

Number five. And I I think ten to six, you could take some out, you could put new ones in. That's kind of uh do with it what you will, but not these are these are getting out of there. These are now, I think, where a lot of people can get on board. All right. Number five, an airport beer.

SPEAKER_02 24:04

Absolutely. I don't understand people that don't drink at airports. Just you start in your it doesn't matter if it's 5 a.m. or 5 p.m. or 11 p.m.

SPEAKER_03 24:12

It's almost when it is 5 a.m.

SPEAKER_02 24:14

Exactly. You still got so much day left. It's like, oh my god, except when you got stuck and you end up spending $200 on beers or flights delay. That one, that one kind of sucked. But that 5 a.m.

SPEAKER_03 24:25

beer, that part was great. Right? That was perfect. But an airport beer just, you know, there you know, and it doesn't even have to be at the start of your trip because an airport beer coming home can just soothe you. For sure.

SPEAKER_02 24:37

You know, you're you're reminiscing on the memories you've made on your trip. And you don't even need to be with people. I've traveled many times for work and you just post up and have yourself a beer.

SPEAKER_03 24:48

I've done some solo traveling and that just you still have the beer. You're still having the beer? That's your friend for the day. Exactly. So I think that's a a solid, a solid top five. Because beer always loves you. Usually. Number four. And I don't know. This okay. I said the top five, everyone's gonna agree. I think this one is definitely one that I think it's it's like the cilantro of beer types. Oh boy. You either just you do it and you love it.

SPEAKER_02 25:13

Love cilantro, by the way.

SPEAKER_03 25:14

You're a cilantro guy. Big cilantro guy. See, I I definitely am on that side. I don't think it tastes like soap.

SPEAKER_02 25:20

I think that you can never have too much cilantro in something because it's amazing. There we go. Fun facts about tube socks. Love me some cilantro. Loves the cilant. Uh I also call it cilantro, not cilantro. Cilantro. Yeah. What's the property? I'm not sure, but it's probably because the fact that I'm east of Castlegar and north of Wyoming and South of Manuvic and uh west of Buffalo, that that's maybe that's our dialect.

SPEAKER_03 25:51

Yeah, that could be accurate. Okay, so number four, the potentially controversial one. Okay. A shower beer. See, I feel like you're yeah, okay. This is this was why I also put it on the list, not in the top three. Because for me, this is like a number one or number two.

SPEAKER_02 26:08

See, for me, this is not even because I don't have time to drink a beer in the shower because I'm in and out in like two and a half minutes, three minutes stops. But sometimes you just need you just need it. You get the party started. I just have tunes going. I've just never I don't want to be in the shower long enough to drink a beer. So I just I've got a warm, steamy beer. I'd hop in the shower, I shower, but take a sip of the beer, and then well, I might as well just leave it on the counter in the bathroom. So you gotta get a little koozie sticks on the wall. But I might as well because I'm gonna have one sip of it. Well, just drink it faster. But I'm not in the shower long enough.

SPEAKER_03 26:42

If you're in the shower for more than a minute, you're in there long enough to drink a beer.

SPEAKER_02 26:45

Uh yeah, see, I've never been, I know people play up the shower beer and stuff. And I've tried, I've wanted to embrace it, but you get some tunes going. Yeah, but I again You're not a tunes in the shower guy? Because I'm not in there long enough. I wouldn't even hear one song. Sometimes it's all you need. So I mean I get it. I don't I don't embrace it though because I I'm not a practitioner of it. Because I just find that it's more of a hassle than anything because I'm in and out of the shower so quick I'd rather got the water going, beer, put it on the counter, or the vanity or whatever you call it in the bathroom, shower out and rejoin my beer.

SPEAKER_03 27:27

I still think that's semi- Oop and we'll get that. But uh I still think you know, having a beer with the water going, putting it down on the vanity, doing your thing, coming out, drinking it. I do believe that that is still shower beer adjacent because you're in the washroom with the beer. I mean, I know these it's all in it's all encompassing. You don't have to, you know, chug a beer in the shower.

SPEAKER_02 27:52

You know these people that you know have the the 20-minute showers, they're drinking a beer and yada yada. Well, a 20-minute shower, that's like two or three. I mean, I was going over to my kid's apartment down uh downtown there, and sunny downtown. I went into use the uh the washroom, and and sure enough, there's so many empty beer cans in that bathroom that but also know my kid will take a half an hour shower and probably have three drinks while he's showering, and I just I'm just it's very utilitarian for me. I'm in, I'm out, I'm clean, I'm getting back to my drinking.

SPEAKER_03 28:24

And that's why I think this is like the cilantro. I could be the outlier. No, because I know at least one other person who's like you, so you're not just the outlier.

SPEAKER_02 28:31

That's definitely that's encouraging that there's others like others like you. Yes. Um, I do know that I think and it might also be an age thing, but I know it's a very popular generational thing of like like you said, you're just you're in out and do the thing. Yeah. Where it's part of the party day. Maybe if I was having a tub. Ooh. If I was having a tub, a bathtub beer. But uh having a tub's kind of creepy and weird. So that's a whole different conversation. As a man, I don't need that in my life. But hey, anyways, each their own. It's your list, but yes, no, no, no, it is uh it is one of those things I know people love it. I just don't have time for it. Okay, fair. That's why I think at four almost maybe because I'm in a hurry to get back out to my drinking. I mean, that's fair. Yeah. But this way you don't have to rush because you're just you gotta you're still drinking the whole time. And there's something we said. I mean, maybe if you're involving a loofah, you have more time, but that's that's another list. That's a totally different list. Totally other list.

SPEAKER_03 29:32

Tube socks top ten things he uses in the shower. Um, I think that's why four is a good spot for it.

SPEAKER_02 29:39

I can't I can't disagree.

SPEAKER_03 29:41

Number three.

SPEAKER_02 29:43

A campfire beer. That is elite. You sitting around the campfire, sing your campfire song. The Spongebob one's getting through my head now, all of a sudden. That was the goal. Your C A P F O Y R S Wendy song. Yes. Uh yeah, no, that that that's pretty elite. I'm interested to see how you can top that because Well, that is elite. It is, it's it is just an elite beer.

SPEAKER_03 30:07

And uh number two and number one are both things that for people who know me, I say this often.

SPEAKER_02 30:16

I've got the Spongebob song in my head now, by the way. Your C-A-M-P-F A R Yes R song? That's the one. If you don't know the words, just sing it faster. Great episode. Great episode.

SPEAKER_03 30:27

It really is. Also, just side note of Spongebob songs. The one that always sticks up is uh the fun. Oh, yes. F is for friends who do stuff together, but then Plankton's version, F is for fire, burns down the whole town.

SPEAKER_02 30:43

SpongeBob is uh is fairly elite, and that's coming from a guy who claims he doesn't like to laugh. So you just did it again. Yeah, that's super bond villainy. Flip the uh the laugh switch. Okay, maybe that's a new bit we've got. I think it might be. We're working with something there, folks. You're seeing this just kind of organically. You're seeing us workshops done, right? It's like you're you're wait till season two, then the laugh goes really off the rails. So number two. Number two. The second best type of beer. Cold. Oh, that's that's that's sure. And the best type of beer. Number one. Okay. Free. You know what? That's that's a solid list.

SPEAKER_03 31:29

There uh that's something that like I people that know me. I say that often. It's my two type, my two favorite types of, well, my three favorite types of beer, but the third didn't make this list. Second favorite's cold, first favorite's free. Yeah, there's uh because it's a fun little play on you know words and stuff.

SPEAKER_02 31:47

But it's also true. I'd love a cold beer, but I like a free beer more than a cold beer. There's something special about when that beer just gets handed to you, whether it's in a social situation in a backyard or a shower. If someone's handing you a beer to shower, I think there's something. Well, you never been to a sports venue? Oh my goodness. Like, because there's quite often that I'm at my local watering hole that I'll I'll be there and uh you know, I mean we've been I've had the same bartender for you know going on 20 years now. And there's the uh oh, I'll just settle up. Oh, uh oh, do you have uh did you have three four? I'm like, oh I had four. Get the bill? Oh, there's only three on there. Or oh, I'm just sticking around for two, I'm gonna clear up. Get the bill? Oh, there's just one on there. This happens actually fairly frequently. Because that's that's the beauty of having your local. Is every, you know, a couple times a month you just get a beer. Yeah. And it's just, I mean, it's not like it's a lot of a lot of money. It's just it's not the point. It's just always nice to get a free beer. It's like, oh, I just had four beers. And it's not like an error on the bill in that situation. Yeah. It's uh yeah, no, you're good. Yeah. Or I'll settle up the bill, and then someone slides up to the wood and you go, Oh, actually, I'm gonna have one more, and I have one more with said person. We'll chat. All right, I'm gonna head out. And they give me the shoe off. Like, just go. That extra beer you had, that's just you already paid up. Get out of here. Get out of here, you scamp. You scoundrel. And yes, there's there there's few things like free beer. That's why I think it's just it just fit. That Michigan J Frog Looney Tunes cartoon from the 1940s. You know the singing frog? Yeah. When the guy's got the uh the whole vaudeville show with the singing frog, and he's trying to get people to come in. And he's putting out the signs, putting out the signs, no one's coming. And then he puts out they actually edited this in the 80s and they changed the cartoon. They sliced it out. But he puts out the last sign, free beer, and this huge crowd comes rushing in to fill the checks out theater. But in the 80s remake of it, they sliced out that bit, and they just showed him putting out these signs of the singing frog, and then all of a sudden, for some reason, all this crowd came running in. The whole joke was that they finally put out he puts out free beer and everyone comes in because everyone loves a free beer. That's why it's uh so number one on that. That's a hell of a list, and I can bunch of stuff. Stand behind everyone, and I can even see I can see.

SPEAKER_03 34:23

You can understand why shower beer is on the list.

SPEAKER_02 34:25

I'm not against them, it's just not something that I participate in. And that's fine. Because when tube socks is cleansing, he's in and out. Oh. And I think that's enough of a visual for you. Right? I I'm just boom, bam. I'm sorry I even brought that up actually. Oh, fuck. I said too much. Yeah. I thought I was pretty I I liked that list. Felt good about it. It was good. All right. Well, skipping right along, you're going to your liner before you get into Kick Run X. I have a liner for you. As long as I didn't throw it away. I believe this is a new sponsor or an evolved sponsor. Evolved is a good is a is a good way to put it. You know, I would like before you read that. Go for it. Floor's yours. I would like to say, as we are, you know, winding down season one, I do want to give a shout out to all our sponsors, and especially situations like this where we've had a sponsor that was with us early, and oh gee. Things didn't really go well for their business. No. So instead of just going away, rolling over and dying, they morphed into something and still wanted to come back to us to say, hey, you guys get the word out about us because we like what you're doing. And that's why we're here. And uh we believe in you to help grow our new evolved business. So let's hear about it there, big yuk. You may remember them from early on. Well, you'll tell us. I will tell you. This sponsor, the paperwork lounge. Formerly the carbon paper supply house. Maybe episode two or three? Very early on. Very early on. I think you yeah. Would have been. They believed in us early. They uh they believed in what we were doing here at uh what were we saying with Big Eating Tube Socks? You know who else believed in us early? Bo Cephas. Bo Cephas. Bo Cephas has believed in us. Bo Cephas has always believed. He's always believed. It's always fun when he's in studio. He's just a fun little scamp. I had him in studio the other day when I was recording the somber disclaimer about our glitched audio episode. But as soon as I started recording, he ran out to the parking lot and left the studio because he's a respectful scamp. He knew it was uh it was a little heavier than he liked. Yeah, he's a happy guy. He he didn't like the the somber tones of that. He doesn't like sad tube. But it was nice to have him in the studio though. He doesn't get to be in the studio very often, so. Not usually. No, I usually don't take him down to Sunday downtown. Well, and Edgar. He's not a downtown dog. Edgar's not a huge fan of dogs. Well, from what I've experienced. Edgar's also allergic to sunlight and other very common things like He's scared of the moon. He's scared of the moon. Anyways. Anyways, they're waiting for to hear their line. The paperwork lounge they paid a lot of money for. Formerly the Carbon Paper Supply House. There we go. They've traded in carbon copies for craft cocktails. But the paperwork? That's forever. Sorry, what's the name of the new place again? The paperwork lounge. The paperwork lounge, okay. The paperwork lounge. It's catchy. I think it's got a nice little ring to it. The PL?

SPEAKER_03 37:31

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SPEAKER_02 37:55

You don't. That's what I'm saying. Every visit begins with a brief intake form and ends with you wondering how you got assigned a case number. But you're happy you have it. The paperwork lounge, where the drinks are cold, the pens are warm, and nothing is ever truly finalized. You know, there's a few things as enjoyable. You know, put on your on your list of the best beers. Paperwork beers have to be up there. Maybe that was on your uh you know, just just honorable mention.

SPEAKER_03 38:25

Yeah, just to the outside of the top 12, maybe 14. If we did like a four top 14 list, doing a paperwork beer.

SPEAKER_02 38:32

I'll tell you what, I used to work at a place where we had beer on tap. What? Yeah, and uh we had a little staff lounge and it was amazing. Great place to work, great uh fellow to work for, and there's few things as enjoyable to wrap up your day. I mean, we like the the postwork beer, but it was always nice having pre-postwork beer. Having that pre-postwork beer is just at my desk, finishing up paperwork, tidying up loose ends, and sipping a pint. I can confirm that was that was pretty good.

SPEAKER_03 39:01

That pre-postwork beer does taste pretty good.

SPEAKER_02 39:03

It's tough tough to pull off in a lot of workplaces and with today's environment with the way things are legally and you know, life liability-wise. Yeah. You really can't be letting your uh your staff have beers at work, but we actually had a great uh, if I may go on a tangent. Oh, I love a tube tangent. Well, we had a uh an employee of the month program, which many places do have, but the prize for the employee of the month is they got to pick the next keg of beer. Ooh. Or they got yeah, so that was That's sick. So that that made a guy, you know, dig deep to be employee of the month. So you can't. Well, you get your beer on tap for a month. Damn. Yeah, that was pretty cool. That's actually sick. Yeah, it was a pretty good time. 1940s, what a hell of a time. The 1940s was a hell of a time. So I very much enjoyed working there. It was a good time. And I'm still in touch with uh the man who owned and uh ran that place, and we still maintain a friendship all these years later. It's a lot of years, so there we go. Anyways, that was I've I've never never before, apart from working in bars and stuff, but that's different. You're working at a bar.

SPEAKER_03 40:15

Yeah, you better have beer on tap if you're working in a bar.

SPEAKER_02 40:17

But uh, I've never before or since been in a place that had beer on tap. I know I know plenty of people staff lounge that have beer in a fridge, but never on tap. On tap. That's incredible. That's elite level. That is elite. Almost elite is these decals, decals, stickers, on our private label. I guess that's heading into my uh Kick Rocks. It is Kick Rocks time. My honestly favorite time of the week. You haven't enjoyed them all the same. No, but I think it'd be weird if I did. That would be lame content. I'm not sure how this uh these three are gonna go over with uh boy, my young friend Big Yuk here. Or with the audience at large, but uh Oh boy. Here we go. Three things that can kick rocks. Number one, overly aggressive brand loyalty. People that are so entrenched in what oh, what's your phone? Oh, oh, you're a stooge, you use that phone. Who the fuck cares? Obviously, I choose my phone because I like it and I'm fine with it. Or I oh I'd rather push a forward than drive a shit. Really? Right? Like, like honestly. That's a good one.

SPEAKER_03 41:35

Like those kind of like the drive a shit.

SPEAKER_02 41:37

Yeah, you see those stickers? I was like, come on. Like, how can you care so much about not okay? You can you can enjoy what you enjoy. Yeah. I prefer this product, I prefer that everyone has their preferences. It's not about uh people that enjoy their preferences or are loyal to brands because everyone has their reasons, but it's the people that chirp those who are loyal to another brand. Like, what the fuck do you care? This is like the like this is Oh, how do you use how do you use an Apple or how do you use an Android? You're a stooge. Really? No, it obviously works for me, that's why I'm using it. I mean the green bubbles are annoying, but I don't even know what that is. That's because you're a frickin' Samsung guy. No. Well, they've changed it now. I don't even know what you're talking about, but anyways. And people, you know, like, oh, you've got this kind of thing? Well, you're an idiot. I like to be able to do it. Because I've got blackberries and BBMs. It's just weird. It's just weird to me. Like, of all the things to dig your heels in. Yeah, that's true. Again, you can like what you like, and everyone likes what they like for a reason, or you choose your your shirt brand or whatever. But when people start running you down because you're like, that's just my favorite shirt brand is just one that fits. There you go. See? So simple. I didn't mean to talk so much about that because that's not what this segment's about. No, but I love it. Keep going. Number two. Number two, skin tags. Yes. Skin tags, kicking kick rocks. Kick rocks. All the way to North of Tacoma. And number three, wet bread.

SPEAKER_00 43:08

Two size. I love it. I love it. I love it.

SPEAKER_02 43:11

Yeah. I was at an establishment a few weeks ago, which made me think of this. And I ordered a burger that was clearly over sauced. Mm-hmm. To the point that when it was third, it also probably sat under the thing for about, you know, two and a half to four minutes. And by the time it got to my table, I picked up the bun and I reached under, and whatever size the sauce that was on the side, and I'll just run under the bun. And so right from the beginning, I've got this wet, like I'm picking up a sponge burger.

SPEAKER_03 43:46

It's like sponge bun.

SPEAKER_02 43:48

It was terrible.

SPEAKER_03 43:49

Yeah, no, that sounds awful. And that's a like no, because it I yeah, especially especially in like a burger situation. When the bun or the

SPEAKER_02 44:00

From the beginning, right from the beginning, the whole meal was compromised because the bun, the sauce, they put the sauce on this burger, and it just it was too much. Like the guy was like, dude, like in this economy, that much sauce? Come on. No, back in the sauce, and you've got a tasty burger. The sauce was tasty, but it wasn't tasty, soaked into the bottom of my bun because you'd put too much sauce on. Because the only time I think wet bread is. Or you get the pickle garnish on the side, and the pickle juice runs into the bread, and you get this you got wet bread. And you got wet pickle bread. Wet bread's fine is if you're dipping it in like oil and you're purposely making it wet. But you're not making it wet.

SPEAKER_03 44:43

Yeah, you are.

SPEAKER_02 44:44

Because the oil, you're not soaking in it. Well, sometimes you are. You get a little bit. You get a little soakage. Well, a little bit, but it's not. But it's not soft. It's not wet.

SPEAKER_03 44:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 44:52

It's bread and oil. It's bread and oil. And some balsamic vinegar. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 44:56

And it's tasty.

SPEAKER_02 44:56

Yeah. It's not. Your bun has been soaking up, and now you're about to tackle a burger that has no bottom bun that's edible. And it's just mush. Maybe they should just serve you a new. I should have requested a new bottom bun. A new bun. When I picked it up, I should have just went, you know what? Actually, can I get a new bottom bun? And I'll just put the top of this onto this, and then I because I did not enjoy the lunch at all. Although luckily like it. Luckily, the entire meal was paid for by a gift card that I had won. Ooh! So I I couldn't grudge so much.

SPEAKER_03 45:30

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_02 45:32

But the dampness of the bun was uh off-putting and ghastly.

SPEAKER_03 45:37

Yeah, wet bread.

SPEAKER_02 45:39

So there we go. I think that I thought why were you worried about those? Who likes skin tags?

SPEAKER_03 45:44

There might there might be- You think there's someone out there saying, hey, look at my skin tag. There might be a group. Damn! Oh, there's a group, because they there's no kink shaming here. You do you boo. But like, no one likes skin tags. They're annoying and sometimes ghastly.

SPEAKER_02 46:01

Ghastly. That's one of my favorite words, by the way. Ghastly? Peek inside the world of tube sock. Ghastly is one of my favorite words.

SPEAKER_03 46:06

I learned a lot about tube today.

SPEAKER_02 46:08

I try to I try to use that very often. Or as I mean, not overly. Like, hey, how you doing? Ghastly. Like, I don't just throw it out there. Just drop it into conversation. Willy-nilly. Willy-nilly is one of my favorites. I do when uh when there's a time to use it. I use it. Well, let's start. Uh shall we start wrapping things up here? Yeah, I think that's a good little transition after skin tags and soggy bread. Wet bread. Wet bread, wet bread. Not soggy bread. Wet bread. That just flows better as a ghastly thing. It's a ghastly thing. I think wet bread just yeah, yeah, no. It's like wet socks, just no thanks. Uh so anywho, very excited that we have bounced back from episode 12.

SPEAKER_03 46:52

I'm glad this audio's good.

SPEAKER_02 46:54

Or at least we assume it is.

SPEAKER_03 46:56

Unless Edgar didn't turn something on.

SPEAKER_02 46:58

So please, you know what? Like, comment, and subscribe, and share. Share with your friends, share with your family. We we we we do this every damn time, don't we? Share with your cousins overseas. Share with people you don't like. Yeah. Share with people that you know you just bump into them at the uh at the haberdashery and they say, Oh, fancy meeting you here. What are you doing? Well, I'm listening to what we're saying with Big Eek and Tube Socks. I'll share with you. I don't like listening to things or watching things. Well, do it anyways. Do it anyways, because hate views are still views, folks. Exactly. Uh, how do you think the show went? I I I mean that's I think good. I think it went.

SPEAKER_03 47:32

I think compared to the thing was the episode 12, from our standpoint at this present time.

SPEAKER_02 47:40

At the time, we thought it went fun.

SPEAKER_03 47:41

It went great. And then editing later, and it's like shit. It did not go great.

SPEAKER_02 47:48

It was so sideways, and we did not know until far too. We were all under the ruse of thinking that everything was going well, but it wasn't. But we didn't know until afterwards. But I think this one's good. Fun episode. Yes. Good list, good three things. Yep. Edgar's facts were mostly fun. Solid bunch of stuff.

SPEAKER_03 48:07

I was I'm happy with how this episode went.

SPEAKER_02 48:10

We're really getting into our groove here. As we wind down season one.

SPEAKER_03 48:13

Crazy. Season one. It's like we started yesterday.

SPEAKER_02 48:16

Right? So please drop us a line. We've actually the mailbag's really been filling up. We should probably address that.

SPEAKER_03 48:22

We appreciate that for sure. And I think next episode.

SPEAKER_02 48:25

We should address that next episode. We need to get back to the mailbag. We're going to dive into some uh fan letters. It's been building up. You guys are great. Biguke.tube socks. Send us yours. At gmail.com. Or you can swing by Blunderworks Studios and slide it under the door. They don't have a mail slot, but there's a a gap in the weather stripping that you could slide a sandwich, a wet sandwich through. A wet sandwich would be quite a bit. Yes. So please. Um if you have any business inquiries, you know, if you want to get on board like all these other paperwork lounge. The paperwork lounge, etc. What do you listen to on the drive home today, you? I haven't thought that far. I'm not going silent. Last time I listened at some country the other day, I think a couple weeks ago there was some Latin influence. I think I might just go like just some 80s soft rock. 80s soft rock, eh? Just, you know, something easy to get you through the drive. Like some Asia or uh I wouldn't say no. Some Christopher Cross? Some yacht rock. Little yacht rock. Alright. Just to get me through the drive out of Sunny Downtown, you know? Okay. What about you? Well, myself, I will be listening to uh, as anyone who's been around a while knows that I uh He's prepared. I'm prepared and I've got my Spotify uh Spotify? Spotify! Pretty what pretty fly for Spotify my Spotify page, which has around 200 playlists that I've lovingly curated. That's a lot, folks. And that's what I tend to listen to. And I am going with a playlist called Garage Rock Explosion. Whoa!

SPEAKER_03 50:07

And it is Yeah, Explosion at any title. It's better.

SPEAKER_02 50:11

And it is a mix of 60s garage rock bands like Question Mark and Mysterians, the Sonics, etc., and 90s and later uh garage rock revival bands all mixed together, uh alternating around. So you got your old garage rock, you got your garage rock revival. I am intrigued. And it's uh it's a good listen. And uh that's what I'm gonna be cranking up. I'm intrigued by that. So as I try to drive away from the uh thought of uh wet bread. So wet bread skin tags. Anyways, made for an awful sandwich. So please tune in next week. We are hoping that you uh that we haven't lost you with our poor audio episode last week. So please come on back. It's uh much more listenable now, and uh you can find us where can you find us there, youke? Well, where can't you?

SPEAKER_03 51:03

Apple Music, Spotify. I think technically you can still find us on Deezer. Technically. Uh YouTube, obviously.

SPEAKER_02 51:11

That's why ideally you're here. iHeart. iHeartRadio. Although the Deezer might fall into because when we're looking at our stats, there's a little might be combined. Well, there's a little thing that says unknown. Deezer seems like it's not capture. Under the unknown. I don't see it being flagged as uh like Apple Music and uh Amazon and iHeart. Amazon? I forgot that one. And check out our Buzz Sprout page, that's where all of our episodes are in audio form. And of course, you can if you feel like you know helping us keep the lights on, you can subscribe for a small monthly uh one of these days donation. There it is. And uh yeah. Anyways, that again helps us keep the lights on and also helps keep our bread dry. EST audio channels and their audio networks.

SPEAKER_03 52:04

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SPEAKER_02 52:07

That's fun. Find a replay of our stuff there. So there we go. That was fun. It was nice to get back to after the week of knowing that we'd put out an inferior audio product. Back to the top, basically. It's nice to be back knowing that things are happening and maybe we'll gain some viewers and listeners this week. Gain some viewers, gain some subs. Let's get after it, folks. Let your people know. I think that was uh I think that was good. Okay. Episode 13 already. Episode 13. Holy two more left in this season. Two more to our big clip show extravaganzas. We're getting close to the end of season one, folks.

SPEAKER_03 52:43

This is what we say with Big Duke Tube socks. Thanks for thanks for hanging with us. All right, we'll see you next week.

SPEAKER_01 52:53

Big Duke Tube Sox. Hey, hey, hey, those two hip cats don't stop the day. What's the movie cuts all the way to the city?