DAMTT-Nerds, White Chicks, and Adult Diapers

0:00Don't ask me to talk. And welcome, welcome, welcome to yet another exciting edition. I don't ask me to talk. I'm going to your podcast pals. This is Eric Riner. Hey, I'm Stacey Heller. I am your other podcast pal. And I have an update from last week's show. Sweet. I'm all ears. I'm on pins and needles. It's not that exciting. But remember we were talking about Carmex, the lip balm. Oh, yeah, yeah. And I was like, oh, it contains something that is like addictive. Crack cocaine if I remember right. Okay. I didn't say that. And I might need to eat my shirt. Which would be a shame because it's a nice shirt. So apparently it doesn't have any specific ingredients that would be habit forming or addictive.

1:08However. Okay. So you did get the letter from the season to cis department of Carmex. Maybe. Maybe it came very quickly. It came via FedEx, which was awkward. I'm like, how do you know where I live? Oh, yeah. Okay. But the urge, I guess, is very valid because what happens is because of the ingredients that it has, they, it's the dependency on them because you dry out, you need to reapply. So it feels like it's super addictive because it wears off. You need to reapply and so on and so forth. And there it goes. So there's not any ingredients that are addictive. It is just sort of psychologically a thing that is addictive because of the drying out dehydration and needing to reapply. Hmm. Okay. But honestly, addiction of any kind, I don't need that. I got enough.

2:09Right, right. You don't have time for the lip balm anonymous meetings. I really don't. I'm already going to nerds anonymous. So I just love my nerds candy as she chooses it. Can you hear the crunch? I am honestly a little bit shocked that you as a grown woman go for nerds as your candy of choice just because as a kid, it seemed like so great. But it also seemed kind of disappointing even to be back then to have these like tiny fruity pebble like sized pieces of candy that were, you know, artificially fruit flavored as opposed to like a Snickers bar or something, you know. Okay. Once again, I asked the question, what are you 70? Blake. Only in spirit. Well, exactly. And apparently it started when you were seven. First of all, when nerds came out, I remember.

3:10And I remember the box with the two. Yeah. I remember. So good. And you didn't eat one at a time. You poured them in your hand and you sort of licked them off and it was amazing and crunchy and like tingly. And I ate them. Well, right. We all ate. Then nerds has had a resurgence, especially among the demographic of middle aged women. The number of women that I know that love nerd clusters specifically is crazy. It's like people. Oh, okay. So you're going for the you're going for the clusters, which are these gummy things with the hard candy on the outside. Exactly. Not sponsored would be. And they are so good. And the interesting thing is I learned that if you have ADHD candies like sour candies or like what the nerds clusters do is it actually gives like a dopamine hit.

4:16And it's like a little activity for your mouth. It is. It's a fidget spinner on your tongue. It is. And it makes my tail wag and it makes me so happy. All right. So it's a thing. But you remember the classic nerds candy, right? And that was just like almost like take tax really. But I mean, middle, smaller than chick, let me put in fruity pebbles. I think it's a good comparison size wise. But yeah. So I always thought those were a little bit disappointing. But the gummy aspect on top of that does sound a little bit interesting. Crunchy. I mean, who doesn't love crunchy. It's the best way to have bacon. I'll agree with that. It's totally a thing. Speaking of bacon, how's Girty doing? She seems to be doing okay. Yeah.

5:17I am shocked with how resilient that she is. I in fact, I sometimes refer to her as our little chumbo womba because she gets knocked down, but she gets up again. Hey, I like that she has a walk on song. Yes. I mean, it's wild. I mean, she's 15 years old, which is pretty old for a dog. And she does look a day or 10. She does it. She's so cute. And she's got Cushing disease, the long term that we're still dealing with. And I think I mentioned last week that she's been diagnosed now with pancreatic. So far, she is not liking the new food. What? Not happy about this. She's no fat diet, which I understand too. But she still surprises me with just how much energy she has and how she's still able

6:17to tackle the staircase to get up. I'm like, you can sleep downstairs. It's okay. No shade on you. If you want to not deal with the stairs tonight, but anytime I go up there, she'll go up there. But sometimes it's real cute. She'll just go and put herself to bed. Like I need a nap and she'll go upstairs and take a nap up there. And yeah, it's real cute. I'm like, hey, good night. That's cute. I do that sometimes. It's not as cute, but it's as necessary. But there's been, yeah, there's been a few times where I thought, oh, well, that's the end for her. And then like I said, she just bounced right back. Like, how do girl? This summer, we went to the coast. I opened the door trying to get like stuff out of the car. And normally she will wait for me to take her out of the car because it's, she is, she's a low rider. Big. She is, she is short. And the space between the ground and the seat is fairly high for somebody her size.

7:25You know, she is like two feet long and one foot tall. So but this time she, I guess maybe excited to get out of the car after a long road trip. And she like goes to jump but ends up just like falling straight down onto the concrete. And I heard an audible balk. And I was like, oh no. And but before I could even like try and comfort her or pick her up, she was back up and this thing going, let's go. She's like, hey dad, that first step is a doozy. Watch out. Yes, yes. But she smart. She has learned since then she is not attempted to jump out of the car. There you go. Yes. There you go. So she only needs to be told once. She is starting to run out of steam as an older dog, but you know, it's still amazing to be how much life she has in her. So I am hopeful that we'll be talking about her again this time next year and how she

8:31is bounce back. Of course, of course. What else is going on in your week? Well, not as cute as my adopted dog, but you know how I told you about how like I found two different vacuum cleaners on the side of the road. Yes. And I'll find another one. I've got them working great. Well, yes. It has a dirt sound. Are you kidding me? No. I'm not kidding. You were trash picking? Not generally, but like Tacoma is especially good for folks have stuff that they don't want, especially during the summer. They'll just put it out on the side of the road on the curb. I've been known to do it. There is no shade there, my friend. And if there's something you need that's good, you know, I just grab it. That's what it's there for. Right. And who doesn't need a third vacuum?

9:32Well, see, now in this case what happened was I went to Habitat for Humanity. Their store because I was looking for a screen for the new patio, right? And the thing is they didn't have the screen, but they did have like some stuff out for up. That's a manager special free. Take it home. Oh. Now I've got a space that has no outlets, but could use some vacuuming. So I see a battery powered vacuum cleaner there. And I think, oh, I bet that would be good for this space that has no outlets that I can plug in, but it still needs vacuuming. So I. You're so weird. I tested it out and clearly the battery was like completely discharged, though it just went, but I'm like, hey, it still turns on. That's good. Once I get this home and charge up the battery, you can 3D print something.

10:38Well, hang on, you're jumping ahead. Oh, my God. Really? Oh, my God. This is amazing. Like, but I get this home. And maybe I can find a charger for it on eBay and get it charged up and I'll be good to go. So I get it home. I find out all the details. Look online. And sure enough, somebody's selling a charger with a battery for like 16 bucks. I'm like, well, that's not bad. You know, for a working vacuum cleaner, battery powered vacuum cleaner, this will help me out of this little bind 16 bucks. It's not free, but still pretty good. So order that order the charger and the battery. Those arrive and I put in the new battery after it's all charged up and sure enough, it springs to life. It starts working. But I'm like, the suction just really isn't that great. And did I just waste $16 on this free vacuum cleaner?

11:41Well, so I take it apart and inside the little hole at the little suction hole, it's full of Chris stuff. It's got like a I I dropper bottle. It's got like nuts and like corn nuts and stuff in there. So I clean this all out. I'm like, boom, now we're going to see some suction. Still pretty crappy suction on this thing. I'm like, now I've spent $16 on investing 16 hours. Two hours of my life and do this. Did I really make a mistake? Am I going to have to go leave this back at the you have a tap for me? The store of a note saying no thanks. You're no quitter though, but I'm no quitter. So I do a little investigation. It turns out the little filter canister is supposed to have a filter on top, which it doesn't have in a cap that goes on top of the filter to keep it in place.

12:45And this creates the seal to the vacuum. There for you would have good suction. That makes sense. Yeah. Except for some reason this thing has disappeared. The parts have disappeared before this got donated to have a filter. So it sucked it up. Right. Well, it refused to suck it up. Well, yeah, it was like, you know what? I am not going to suck it up this time. That's right. It did. So I look online, filters no problem. Three pack nine bucks. I'm like, okay, I'll get that. The cap that secures everything in place. $26. Damn. What? So now we're talking real money here with the vacuum cleaner and the battery and the charger and all that stuff. And I'm thinking for a free vacuum now, suddenly this has cost me a lot more.

13:45So then I think. $50. Yeah. And then I'm thinking, what about if there was a 3D print schematic? There it is. Or this little plastic cap. Sure enough, there it is. So to come up public library to the rescue again, got a working battery powered vacuum cleaner that will help clean this one specific space for me. And it only cost me $16. You are ridiculous because I know. I know. As well, wait, it cost you 16 plus the 9 for the filters, right? Well, yes, but I figure. $25. Well, I figure the filters would be a charge that if I had just bought the thing, I would have to have eventually anyway. Okay. So yes. I not only are you crazy, but the fact that you have now a vacuum for each floor and specifically

14:46for an area that you normally can't reach. I mean, you are, you would be such a sought after man. It's a good thing you've got the girlfriend because women are clamoring. They're listening right now and they're like, I need that man in my life. They're like, I need that vacuum in my life. Exactly. I love a good suck up. So yeah, the continuing adventures that I didn't expect to have, but this may be the end of it, but oh no. Oh no, this is not going to be the end of it. You're going to have a vacuum for every bedroom and then you're going to be like the Oprah of roadside vacuums like you get a vacuum and you get a vacuum. Well, you know, I got to save money where I can because everything's so expensive, crazy, expensive these days. It's true. I tell you. Thanks, Obama. Right.

15:46Yeah. Thanks for pretty affordable under his watch. And if I were better, that was for the good old days. Yeah, we didn't know how good we had it. But for instance, I just went to a movie this last week and it ended up costing me 45 damn dollars. Did you bring Gertie and the girlfriend? No, I couldn't afford to bring Babylon. Oh my gosh. That's crazy. $45. Like what did you go to like a special like I max with like a massage chair type theater? It was a regular theater. It was a regular size screen. The thing was, hope, the band that I went and saw in San Francisco a couple years back took a specific trip to go see them. They have made a documentary movie called What do you do for an encore? And it was showing for one night only in.

16:48Is this one of those like a special feature? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And I thought to myself, pulp have never come and played Seattle. So this is about the closest I'm going to get to see them in Seattle is seeing them perform on the big screen. Even though the four times that I've went and seen them have been amazing, I've never been like up front and like right in front of the stage. So my view is always a little bit of skew. So seeing like the perfect shots of everything, well, they performed and you know, do one of their most amazing performances ever. I'm all captured on film. It's pretty amazing. Yeah. That is pretty amazing. So really it was a bargain though. Well, yes, it ended up being so. And the movie itself, they have 17 bucks for the ticket, which is a little bit pricey, but it's a special event kind of thing. So I'm like, okay, fair enough.

17:49And you know, lot cheaper than a concert ticket. I'm in a lot cheaper than a plane ride to a concert. So I'm like, okay, I'm going to do this. And but then I'm, but I'm like, you know, I'm not going to pay the fee on top of it to buy my tickets in advance because come on, who's going to this thing except for me. I'm like, yeah, I'm not going to worry about it. You know, the audience is limited for this sort of thing. I mean, like even a portion of pulp fans are going to be like, yeah, I don't, I don't need to go see this in a movie theater. I'll check it out when it's streaming whatever or may not even know that it exists. But it's like three or four extra dollars to get the advance ticket. So I'm like, I'll just wait. And then like two days before the film, before the screening, I look online and it's like almost every seat is sold out. And I'm like, uh-oh. Turns out. I screwed up. I better get a ticket now.

18:52So I'm not in the front row. I was in the second row. There's the only tickets available in the front row. So I'm like, okay, I'll be cranking my neck, but it's still it's fine. That's crazy. Yeah. There are so many pulp fans. Well, I mean, there's a lot. I mean, if there are a huge ban in the UK and a lot of places in the world, but just over here, there are a little bit more niche. But so I'm like, I better, I better pull that trigger, pay that extra four bucks, get the ticket. So I do that. And then I go and I was lucky enough to find free parking. If I had paid for the parking at the cinema in downtown Seattle, it would have cost another $8. But I found free parking. So it's okay. Gosh. So I get there. I'm like, I mean, your joy. Well, in this economy. That's true.

19:54So I go in. I don't even look at the thing because I'm like, I know it's expensive, but I'm going to treat myself to a small popcorn and a small soda while I enjoy this movie that I'm excited about that I already splashed out. $20, $21 on, you know, this is my special night for myself. And by the way, it's a Gertian Jess, the girlfriend did not come because they don't care enough to come up to Seattle for to see this. But I do. So I'm excited and I get in line and wait for the popcorn and the small soda and they say that'll be $23. For small popcorn? Small popcorn. Are you kidding me? Small soda. Small fountain drink. That's that is highway robbery. Now granted when they handed me the small cup, it's like big ol' size.

20:56Well, yes. I'm like, are we sure this is the small? Can I get the toddler size? Yeah. Wow. Yeah, so it ends up being like $45, $46 for one night at the movies for one person and I just thought, wow. That's crazy. Things are getting crazy. I mean, we all, you know, we all see the prices at the stores and go, wow, inflation's really a lot. But it doesn't hit you as much when it's like the smaller items until it's like one night you're going, like, I remember when I could get a steak dinner for two people for this, you know, not that long ago. Right. You know, back in my day, you're like, wait, back in my day, by that I mean like 18 years ago. Yes. Yeah.

21:57Wow. That's crazy. So all that $43. Yeah. Yeah. That's what I think that's up. Right. Normally, I'm like, oh, you're such a baby. You suck it up. But now I agree with you on this one. And you know, I have certainly gone to the movies recently and I'm used to paying inflated prices for soda and popcorn. But typically that ends up being more like 15 bucks. So not 23. So I was like, holy Moses. But all that being said, it was worth it to me because, oh, wow, what a great film. I enjoyed myself. The hardest part was not singing along in the theater because just, you know, I didn't want to ruin anybody's else's experience. And it's not loud enough that it's going to drown you out like at a concert. But the guy next to me had no problems singing along.

22:57That's funny. So you made a new friend. I didn't talk to them now, but I was I was I was glad I wasn't the only one that had that urge because so many great songs in the movie. And it was just hit after hit after hit. The performance was amazing. And just yeah, one of their best performances. And I've seen seen them like I said four times now live in person. And this film performance is probably the best that I'd ever seen them. And considering, you know, they it had been like 14 years in between their last reunion. And this latest one, they were, you know, just at the top of their game, which is amazing. So highly recommended. If you're a pulp fan, check it out. It's called What do you do for an encore? And it is I think they're they may be doing more of these one off movie theater showings, but it should be streaming relatively soon.

24:00That's so cool. Like I see those things when you go to the movie sometimes and they have that like one night only and you're like, you know, see the Russian circus or the like see the whatever band or see this or see that. Yeah. It's like, is that a real thing? Turns out it is. Yeah. Yeah. Now I've gone to other events like that before. And you know, some of the like the riff tracks stuff, you know, where it's a one night thing. And it's always a lot of fun. So. Yeah. Who knew I learned something new every day on the show or at least once a week. Well, so how about you? Yeah. You were doing that. I went to a, so the place, the apartment building that we live in, they do these like meet your neighbor events all the time. And in spite of my don't ask me to talk ways on this show, I tend to be more of an introvert throw me in a group of people I don't know. And I'm like, yeah, like, like, I just don't like to do that.

25:06So they keep having these events and I keep going for the free drinks and food because duh. And this time they did it at the Pearl Putt, which is. Oh, now I think about this. I should have paid more attention. Anyway, it's a little mini golf course that they have in the center of the Pearl, which is the area where we live. And so they had a bar. So you get a couple of drinks and then you got to play mini golf in groups of like six or so. So we were thrown in with another couple who were young and were like, see a grandpa and grandma. And we were also paired with this, this man, Dean and his wife wasn't with him, but we had a great time. So we made a new friend. I'll tell you what though. I had a cocktail. Great. That's fine. I can handle a cocktail like a pro. Then I saw that they had this lemonade drink and I was like, ooh, that sounds really good.

26:09So I got that. Okay. I don't know what the heck they put in it. But by the end of the night, I was like, am I going to have the bedspins? What's going on? So this was a spike delimiting. It was a... It wasn't your grandpa's country time. This was not country time. This was city time. And I was just like, holy moly. The good thing is my game was not impacted because I didn't have the second drink until after I played. And by the way, it may be the best game that I've ever played. I pretty much got every hole in one or two shots. Which in hindsight is actually a little pathetic because the size of these each hole was like literally one of them was in the back of a pickup truck. Like how big is that? Not very big. So... I just say what a funny place to be, to see is miniature golf.

27:09It's like, did I have too many lemonade or is that a giant robot beaver over there? Exactly. Trying to get a ball in their leg. Right. Yep. Yeah. Well, like I said, luckily I had finished playing. And I was like, you have to get some food in me because otherwise it's going to be bad. And so then we, of course, go to the market and I'm like a burger. A burger sounds great. You get the burger and I'm like, oh, the burger smells disgusting because it's all greasy and whatever. It turned my stomach. So I was just going to say it has a burger never ever sounded not great. I mean, of course, it's a burger. But you're saying, yeah, yeah, I don't know what happened. It was like, it was crazy. So that was quite a night. I also met a majon lady, one of the gals that works here at Cooper's Row. I've gone into the front office like, how do I find my majon people?

28:11How do I do this? How do I do that? And so she dragged me over to this poor, unsuspecting woman, Patty. Hey, Patty. And she's like, Stacy, we Patty, Patty, Stacy. You both want to play a majon. So then I found out though that the people that play here, because she has played with some people from here, they don't really like to follow the rules. So she's like, if you follow the rules and you say something, they're like, we're just playing for fun. She's like, I don't know if you're competitive or not. But if you are, it may drive you crazy. And I was like, oh, there's tea. I love this. So it was quite the neighborhood night. I came home and I got my burger to go came home and proceeded to eat. But you're like, this is disgusting. But I'm still going to get it because I'm not going to not get a burger. Because Pete had ordered it.

29:12And it was my great idea. So we had a burger and we shared fries and I got a burger. And then he brought it out to where I was. And I was like, and he enjoyed his burger. And I was like, I can't eat that thing. Meanwhile, because I was drunk and wandering through the market, I bought this him and butter baguette sandwich. And so a couple hours after we got home, I was suddenly like, you know what? I'm in the mood for a hand and better sandwich. So I don't know. Good thing. I mean, it all worked out. It all worked out. All I can say is, what happened to the second burger though? It's in the fridge. Oh, okay. And you can air fry it a little bit and it's delicious. Sure. So as long as it doesn't stink. Oh, but I'm feeling much better now. And I don't have the bedspins. But I'll tell you what, watch out for the spiked lemonade people. Get you every time.

30:13Yeah. Yeah. Well, at least it wasn't that panera death lemonade. That would have set you spinning. Yes. Yes, at least. Yeah. So I'll tell you what, when that came out, the energy lemonade for the folks that don't know what I'm talking about. Panera was kind enough to bring us like a whole big container of it. And one glass of that. And I was like, why is my heart feel like it's going to burst out of my chest? It turns out because it had all the caffeine in it. Like Jolk Cola looked at that and said, too rich for my blood. Oh, my God. I'm out of here. Yeah. I thought the energy lemonade was like, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, after he had a glass of that stuff. Oh, my gosh. Like, wow. That's nuts. I think that's got to be illegal. And while they took it, you know, they stopped offering it after people died.

31:16But yeah. Oops. Maybe there should be some regulations on how much caffeine you could put into something. Did I do that? Well, and how much caffeine and alcohol because the, I think back now and her making this drink. And I was like, I'm used to when I make a cocktail, I get out the glass. I put in the ice, then I pour in the alcohol. So it's really diluted. And then I add like a mixer, whatever. She did like a street shot of alcohol on the bottom and then added ice and some mixer. And I'm like, that's the problem. Hmm. So, you know, and I'm such a fragile flower now that just doesn't drink as much as she used to. So. Well, that's probably good. Yeah. Absolutely. So anyway, so that is the newest with me. Well, very good. We both survived. I took a ding to the wall. It's you took a ding to your stomach.

32:19We made it through another week. And then thanks so much for listening to our nonsense. We got to take a break. We're going to come back and talk about our cultural blind spots for this week. And coming up our great debate or our top topic, I was just going to say I can actually say it this week because I haven't had that spike to eliminate. But apparently I'm doomed. And now from now on, I can't say top, top, top, top. She's, we got to go. I can't take this break. I need something. Yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather. Anyway, that's coming up. And we're talking about whether to pee on the plane or hold it and stay tuned. This is Eric Reiter reminding you to follow us on Facebook. We're at Don't Ask Me To Talk and we're on Instagram again at Don't Ask Me To Talk.

33:23We'd love to hear from you. So check us out on social media and leave us a comment. Leave us a like. Remember, you can always email us directly at asking at don'taskmeatautock.com. Or leave us a voice mail or text at 475-9929-2726. And we're back right here on Don't Ask Me To Talk. One of your podcast pals, I'm Eric Reiter. I'm your younger, technically older, cuter, nicer podcast fat. I'm Stacy Heller. I'm just saying, you know, you're 70 year old energy self. I just had another nerd and it's just making me feel young. All right. Well, I'm very good. I'm glad you enjoy. I really do. And they're very often a plane snack. Well, you know, I guess at this point, since I haven't had them since I was a kid, nerds

34:26the candy and especially the gummy clusters are a cultural blind spot for me. All the people are raven about it and they can't believe I haven't had them. So I guess I'm going to have to try them and talk about it on the show. Whereas normally we're talking about movies and TV and books and stuff that we haven't seen or read or indulged in despite the rest of the world seemingly loving all these things. But we have our great big list of stuff that we can see to cross off each week where we're finally, finally, maybe 50 years later or more, sometimes only a week, but we're finally crossing these things off our list and talking about them here on the show from a newcomer's perspective. And so now this week, you told me that you watched a couple movies. So let's hear about your CBSes first.

35:28Okay, so in spite of the vaude-columninate, I didn't have IBS. So instead I did CBS, you know, cultural blind spot. So after watching from here to eternity last week and as I mentioned, if you listened, if you didn't, you can find the show wherever you find your podcasts, that movie ended with a bay, a literal bang, Pearl Harbor and the soldier-pruit didn't end well for him either. And so that was a little depressing. I mean, good, but depressing. So I was like, all right, what am I going to watch? So I found a movie that I vaguely remember coming out years ago called Straight Tuck with Dolly Parton. I am still having my love affair with Dolly Parton. And I was like, let me watch this.

36:30She's of course like somebody from like Arkansas that moves to Chicago and the big city and somehow mistakenly gets hired to be a doctor who is a talk in radio host. A woman ditches her small town life for big city Chicago where she becomes a sensation as a radio show host. And I was like, hey, I mean, I sort of do a radio show like maybe I can learn something from Dolly. Well, I don't have enough phrases that involve animals. So there's that. And I can't wear heels as high as hers. But it was fun and fluffy. It had James Woods in it. And seeing those two as like a romantic couple, that was sort of weird. I don't think of James Woods as like a romantic lead in a movie.

37:34It was fun. Looking at the trailer for this thing, now I've never seen it. I don't even recall it coming out, but I do like Dolly Parton. And this looks like a sitcom to me. It looks like the pilot of a sitcom that never got picked up. And it's got a 5.9 rating out of 10. So it's definitely not considered a classic and we won't find this on the AFI top 100. But you're saying it's fun. It's fun. I mean, you know, it's Dolly Parton. And it is fun hearing her talk to people that call in. And she's just giving like practical homes fun, common sense advice to people. And I will say Dolly definitely must have had a say in what she was willing for her characters to do say and be. Because she's pretty stand up. And she did all the music for this, which I was like, oh, yeah, she's a country singer.

38:36I don't necessarily love country. But she did a song called Straight Talk. And that definitely sort of niggled a part of my brain where I'm like, oh, I remember this song. So anyway, so that was a good distraction. Then I decided since I was already going down the like, but enjoyable movie hole, I watched the movie that my daughter Greece has been wanting me to see forever. That's right folks. I watched white chicks. Wow. Yep. Yep. I did it because that's how good of a mother I am. Yep. To disgrace the FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel Harris's, the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot. Yeah. Now, this movie, I'd say is maybe more infamous than it is famous.

39:37Yes. It costs a little bit of a stir when it came out. I mean, we've got the way and brothers, Sean and Marlon dressed up as white women through this whole thing through latex and makeup. And they look like two black guys wearing makeup to become white women. It is painful. But I guess what is fun about it is some of the scenes like, you know, there's supposed to be these eras that are going to the Hamptons and, you know, you see them, they get into a convertible to go shopping and the Vanessa Carlton thousand mile song comes on. And like the other three white chicks that are in the convertible are like, oh my god, it's my jam. And they're all singing it word for word. And these two are like, what are you talking about? And then of course a hip-hop song comes on and they're like, oh yeah.

40:41And it's just some ridiculousness and funny. It's, yeah, don't carry crews. That's what it is. It's Terry Cruz. Oh, yeah, Terry Cruz. He's great. I mean, if you want a great movie that he's in, watch Idiocracy. Okay. Well, this is not the great movie that is in. It's a very silly movie that he's in. And he falls for one of the guys. And that's ridiculous. So yeah, the thing is it's just they've got this uncanny valley. Kind of thing going on with the way they look, you know, like a sex robot looks more alive in human than beach. Honestly, that's a perfect description. Yes. Yes, it is true. It's like when you paint a piece of paper with one color and then you try to paint over that and you're like, huh, but it's still coming through.

41:42It's, it's. I'm reminded of the 80s movie mask. What I see this. It just does not. No, I'm saying the his face. Yes, with the long face. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah, it is absolutely silliness, but I think if you talk to like a certain generation of kids, they all know this movie. And so clearly that is the 25 26 year old generation. And they're all like, oh my gosh, this movie was amazing. So I basically will never get that for hours of time back from watching those two movies. But I feel good for supporting Dolly. And I feel great that I am paying attention to the the likes of my children. All right. We'll bring that. That's all I have to say about that. Well, I'm not to tell you how to parent, but I feel like maybe you should watch this

42:48with your daughter. I mean, yes, if you're going to suffer through it, at least you should get the credit. I think of that. It's a good point. Oh, man, you bring up a really good point and I totally fumbled the bag on that. I was just trying to be like, look, I'm not like regular moms. I'm a cool. So yeah, anyway, I watched it. I came. I saw I conquered done. And I didn't have to pay $23 for popcorn. Well, that's always good. That right there. That makes it an improvement. Right exactly. What about you? Tell me you watched something of quality. So the Seattle Symphony is actually going to be doing a night of Ennio Morricone scores. Now if you don't know, Ennio Morricone, he's the composer that has done the scores for

43:50many, many movies. But what really made him famous was back in the 60s, he did the scores for the Sergio Leoni Spaghetti Western movies. And I've always liked his music, but I've never really checked out those movies. So I thought, hey, maybe it's about time I go and check out a couple of these Spaghetti Westerns. And so I watched a fistful of dollars with Clint Eastwood. This is a movie that really put him on the map as a movie star. He had done smaller acting roles before, but this is the thing that made him famous. These movies were unexpectedly big hits. Yeah, explain what's the difference between a Western and a Spaghetti Western? Well, they're called Spaghetti Westerns because they were filmed, they were made by Italians,

44:51first of all, not Americans, and they were filmed in Spain. So really they could be called like Fritano Westerns as well. Spaghetti Western has kind of a ring to it, but they were made by an Italian director, Sergio Leoni, and you know, financed by Italians and it had like an international cast. So I believe what happened is when they made these, the each like actor basically said their lines in their own language and then they got dubbed over for whatever country that they were releasing it in. Whoever wasn't speaking that country's language got dubbed over. Okay. So there is a little bit of a speaker that uncanny ballast off of people that like their lips are moving, but they're saying something different kind of thing. What's it's so interesting with these movies is that, you know, they largely set them

45:55in Mexico or in America, but Southwest area because Spain with its desert vistas and stuff does a pretty good job of standing in for Mexico or for California or New Mexico kind of thing. But the thing is with these, they are the dirtiest and I'm not talking sacks. I'm just talking like the look of them like look so like gritty and dirty and sweaty. Like you've never seen a movie look before. It just looks like it just like so like dry and gritty and sweaty. It's a dust bowl. It is. Yeah. It's, you know, true grit. They should have named it that if it wasn't true grit had now even taken. True gritty. Yes, true gritty.

46:57But, but you know, so far I watched a fist full of dollars and then the follow up to that was for a few dollars more. And both of them are similar in that Clint Eastwood basically is playing an unnamed desperateo that goes strolls into one of these western towns and the first one anyway, a fist full of dollars. He's like, he's a guy wearing a poncho and he, you know, he ends up just like helping some folks in a town that's run by gangsters basically two different warring gangster tribes basically. And there's, you know, you can see the influence of on so many things like the Mandalorian, for instance, the TV show and the movie that we talked about recently. There is so much that directly leads back to this lone gunman kind of thing like going

48:00through, you know, these gritty western towns and just, you know, being like just on the cusp of justice. Okay. But also yeah, yeah, exactly kind of a vigilante guy. So it's both are both of these movies are fun. The second one adds in Lee Van Cleef and they're both like bounty hunters in that and they go after these bad guys and they decide to team up. And you know, it's both are fun, but it's like a dialogue is not a thing where you're like, oh, the writing in this is so crisp because it's like a second language for the screen writers and stuff. But the music, the mood, the grit, the way that they film these are, it's just so cool. And that it's a mood. It's a mood more than it is a movie.

49:02And if you if you enjoy the look and the feel, then then these are a lot of fun. Interesting. Very violent. I'll say that. But the weird thing is there's like more shooting in these movies. Kind of like cartoony sounding keguns in that almost no blood. Just guys can like falling over kind of thing. There is a little bit of blood, but very little and it's so much just like. Guys falling like falling down. Yes, exactly falling down in the hills and stuff. Falling off their horses. You very, very little like like blood and guts and gore any of that, but just a whole lot of good cowboy. That's a complete. Oh, that's funny. Yeah. I mean, God, even Frank Sinatra and from here to eternity had blood sort of.

50:03I mean, come on. What an interesting thing. I definitely heard of spaghetti westerns. I didn't know why they were named that. And I mean, that is a vibe for sure and Clint Eastwood. I mean, a young Clint Eastwood, iconic. Absolutely. Yeah, this is before his dirty, hairy days, but where he really honed that like steely eyed, you know, lone vigilante style guy. And it's, you know, it's basically like put that fearless guy in a lollus world and see what happens. Well, he was the mayor of, I think Carmel, California. Yep. I mean, was he a good actor? Was he just playing himself a steely eyed guy that is in the midst of chaos and lawlessness? I mean, Carmel, California, come on. It's crazy. Doesn't your sister live near there? She does.

51:04She's like their heathens over there. I mean, it's a wealthy on clay. Exactly. My point is to get a parking ticket just for coming through town. It's not. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly my point Eric. Yes. There. We need to use the sarcasm filter, I think, sometimes. Yes. Exactly. Uh-huh. But yeah, both of those are worth checking out. I was kind of going in order. And the thing is the funny thing is with a few dollars more. I'm not 100% sure if it's a sequel to a physical of dollars, they're both made by the same people that same actor. He's even wearing the same costume, but there's no like, oh, remember what I went when I was in this other town, there's no like connective tissue, except for the guy named the same. They don't give them a name in the first one. I think they briefly mention a name that I think we're meant to think is his name, but they

52:11never like call him by his name in the movie. So yeah, it's like he basically, I think plays this character through these movies, but you could see it as different guys or the same, the continuing adventures of this guy. That's kind of funny. I hope that like a few more dollars, like it's like for just a few more dollars. Right, right. Which also could have been like Sergio Leone going, I wonder if we could get a few more dollars of that. Exactly. Exactly. People that went and saw a fist full of dollars. Honestly, that's what they should call most sequels. Yes. For a few dollars more. Exactly. You get two more hours of this. Exactly. Oh, that's really funny. Okay. Did you watch anything else? I mean, not that you had to. Well, I'm still making my way through the last season of the sopranos because they did a supersized season for the season six, their final season, which I don't remember

53:17at the time why that happened. Maybe they had a break. I don't remember. I'll look it up before I talk about it on the next show because I should be to the end, but they like crammed two seasons together for the final season. And so far, this is a great season. My favorite so far of the series. So I'm kind of like looking forward to the end because that's the one thing that I really knew about the show was the ending, like being like people disappointed by it. So I'm kind of waiting to see like, oh, am I going to be disappointed by it? But it's also like, I'm actually like really like caught up in the series at this point after watching this show for six seasons that I kind of don't want it to end. But yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing the whole thing and having maybe some thoughts on the whole series once I get through that 24th episode, I think.

54:18Well, I wonder if this is where those like jam packed seasons came into play, like with these shows that became huge hits and actors were like, you know what, I'd like to do something else. And so they just were like, we're going to work you more and more for a few more dollars. Right. I don't know. Interesting. Interesting. Okay. Well, I'm excited to hear about that because I also have never seen, well, I haven't never seen the sopranos. I watched a few episodes, but didn't watch it with any regularity. Oh, okay. I didn't know they'd do it. I'd seen any of them. At least you'll have some kind of idea what I'm talking about then when I delve into it more next time. All right. I mean, but I did stop at the, what's his name? James Galindolfini rest up in New Jersey. So you're welcome. A Stacey Walnut's over here. Exactly. I'd take it up.

55:18Instead of holding it like she's on a plane. I was in a car and I couldn't hold it. So I had to stop. That's right. You got one of those movie sized small sodas. Exactly. You know how it is. I know. Well, we got to take a break, but we're going to come back. We're going to get to our top topic or our great debate this week, which was once again, thank you, will. A P on the plane or hold it. At least stay tuned. We'll be right back with more. Don't ask me to talk. I know you want to know. Hey, I'm Stacey Heller. I'm one of your podcast pals, along with Eric Ryder from Don't Ask Me To Talk. Are you liking what you're listening to? Awesome. We would love if you would follow us on social media. We're on Facebook and Instagram as Don't Ask Me To Talk. We also are wherever you find your favorite podcasts. You can follow us, subscribe, like, rate, whatever it is that you do.

56:19You can also email us. That's asking at Don't Ask Me To Talk.com. And if you'd like, text or leave us a voice mail at 475-999-2726. Basically, we'd love to hear from you. Thanks for listening. And we're back right here on Don't Ask Me To Talk. I'm one of your podcast pals. I'm Eric Ryder. Hey, I'm Stacey Heller and I am your other pal. And I was going to say, I'm trying to think of fun ways to introduce these segments. Sometimes I succeed, I think. Sometimes I fail spectacularly. So now I've completely forgotten what I was going to say. So see. That's so cute. I fail spectacularly. It's okay. It's okay, Eric. It's okay. I mean, usually around now you say, hey, for those of you that don't know, we have this wheel of topics that we pick from every week.

57:20Yes. But, you know, I'm really curious, Stacey, how it is that you came up with this topic that we randomly selected from the wheel of topics. That's right. And that's exactly what I would have said. If I hadn't been asleep deprived all this week. But yeah, I think you said it all. So this topic, he on the plane, or hold it, it was picked by the wheel last week. And you, like you said, are the one that comes up with these topics. So what's there a particular inspo for this? Oh, yes. Let's hear it. Okay. So once upon a time when I would travel on a plane, I always wanted the window seats. Because I never had to get up to go to the bathroom. Life is beautiful. I had a big old, healthy bladder. And I would sit on the window or at the window seat. I could lean against the window.

58:22And it felt like I had more space because I could lean away from the middle. Life was good. I was young. I was healthy. Now, now I'm on the aisle because now I need access to the aisle so I can get up and go to the bathroom. And I never used to have to go. I was adamant about like on the off chance I had even the slatest inkling that I might need to be tinkling. See what I did there? I would hold it. And now I try as I might. I would say on 60% of my flights now, if they're over three hours, I have to get up and use the restroom. And isn't even a restroom? No. It's like a rest. It's a squat room. That's what it is. I'm just saying, because you can't really rest. Right. So anyway, so I don't know if it's the same with other people. And this is an age and stage thing. Or if some people are like, I know that there's lots of people that are complete germophobes

59:27and like get on the plane and pretty much like lace all wipe the crap out of like every surface on the plane and whatever. And they're like, I will wear depends before I use that bathroom. So I was just curious. Which is crazy, because I think a lot of us have heard the stories now, like I think Olivia Rodrigo made news by talking about how she had been performing for crowds where people had been wearing diapers to be in the front row. And I just I don't want to normalize that behavior. So please, for the love of God, defend to whatever we say of this segment, get up and use a toilet. It's not worth sitting in your own filth. And it's not good for you, actually. Absolutely. No, it's terrible for you. I mean, if you are battling in comp in continents, then you know, more power to you do the, you

1:00:29know, what you got to do. So you're not embarrassing yourself and you can get through life. I will say with adult diapers, it is weird. The how they've gone from like the commercials that of like, oh, yeah, now you can get back to your regular life to like, hey, isn't it sexy that I'm hurting diapers? I just think no. Like, hey, they're like lazy now. Yes, yeah, it's like, no, you do what you have to do. But yeah, it's not sexy. It is a part of life that unfortunately, some folks have to deal with it. But you know, it's like stride for pleasure. Not everything has to be sexy. Exactly. All right. No, I feel as a person with social anxiety and a shy person, I feel you completely with this topic because like I said before, when we were talking about doing, you choose the

1:01:34aisle seat or do you choose the window seat? Like I said, I will go out of my way to never have to ask somebody to move to go to the bathroom. Uh huh. But it happened sometimes. You know, isn't it awful? Yeah. And I hate it. But you know, you do what you got to do. You suck it up. You know, even if they make the face, you suck it up, you go use the bathroom and then you come back and you're sorry, sorry, sorry. You know, but you can soul yourself knowing that somebody else is going to have to ask you, even if it's not on that flight, it's going to be another one. And you know, it's, it's not a big deal. You just go remind yourself it's not a big deal. Even if it feels like a big deal to our lizard brains, it really honestly is not a big deal. And people don't care as much as you think they will. Well, and one of the things that one of my compromises is I'm not in a position where

1:02:36I can fly first class. Wouldn't that be grand? Same. Yeah. However, I do try to fly when I can't like the I fly last class. I'm like the like comfort or whatever. So I'm like section behind first class and business. It's not business. It's now business in the front. No, it's like there's definitely not a party in the back. Not a party in the back. I'll tell you what. I don't know if it's like premium or comfort or whatever it is. I'm thinking specifically of Alaska Airlines, which, hey, guys, you could also be a sponsor. Look at us. So the nice thing about that is you're sort of close enough to the front that you can be like, oh, did I use the first class laboratory? Oops, my bad. Did I do that? Exactly. Exactly. You're like, oh, the food cart, you know, for the people in the back of the plane was in

1:03:37the way. And it's just so awkward. I got to go. So I have never used the first class laboratory on a plane. You tell me, is it different? I mean, no. That's what I always got to figure. Yes. No, it is. It's just less people use again. Just less people using it. And, you know, know that the pilot used it. So that's exciting. I guess. Exactly. No, it's not any bigger. It's not any cusher. It's, as you say, it's just that there's been less germs bandied about the small room. Yeah. So, yeah, so that's kind of like the, I get both sides, as you say, like don't fill with yourself because you're trying to hold it. It's not even good for you. But I think it's a thing.

1:04:38Like I know that there are some people. They're like, I am not going on the plane. I will, I will not have liquids. I'm not doing it. And I'm like, man, no. It can't be. Yeah, I am going to, I've got a hydrate. And I think it's the healthy thing to do is to hydrate. And I'm going to go to the bathroom if I have to go to the bathroom. That's the healthy thing to do as well. So like, you know, I think the thing is, if it's a shorter flight and I'm in a window seat, then I probably will hold it. But, A, I go right before I get on the plane and then B, I go after I get off the plane. But if I got an aisle seat, slide is inkling to go, then I'm going because what do I care? I mean, I don't have to move anybody out of the way. Although, you know, that sometimes you end up in those awkward spots where like there's

1:05:41cards in front of me and serving stuff. And you know, there's a little bit of a lineup for the bathroom and you're kind of standing behind this little line. And then like, oh, they got to get past. And so I've been in a situation where suddenly I'm in the galley with the flight crew. And I'm like, hey, you know, just like hanging out while it's like they're like, oh, you know, turbulence buckle up, but you can't get back to your seat. It's so stressful. So I'm like just like kind of holding on and I've had it, you know, where like a flight attendance or like, hey, I'm not trying to touch you, but I've got to hold on. And I'm like, you know, I should be so lucky, but, you know, I didn't like you're like me when someone whistles at me. I'm like, what me instead of being like, how dare you? Right. Right. So I'm like, yeah, I'm like, you know, do what you got to do. That's all good. But yeah, so that could be awkward, but it can also be like interesting.

1:06:44Like, oh, this is what goes on back here in the, the place. Where the snacks are. Yeah, exactly. So I think obviously you got to do what you got to do. If you're on a shorter flight, sure, it can make sense to hold it. If you're on a longer flight, it does not make sense to hold it. Just get up and ask the person to move. It's totally fine. They're not going to mind everybody's got to go at some point. So totally, yeah, totally. I'm so with you. And, you know, I just, I think it's so interesting how the age and stage thing is the biggest thing because I'm not a germaphob. So that doesn't come into play. Same. But definitely the age. But I do thoroughly wash my hands. And I do use like a paper towel to, you know, or to flush, you know, and to lift the seat, etc. I'm not a germaphob, but I think I'm practical in that respect. Well, I mean, that's just, that's just hygiene, I think. Yeah, exactly.

1:07:45Yeah. But yeah, so I think we're in agreement kind of on this one. And, you know, with so many of our debates, we just like fall right in the middle. I know, we kind of do. It's true. We're kind of like the Goldilocks debaters. I mean, would it be more interesting if we just chose a side, whether we believed it or not and just adamantly battle to the death on it? I don't know. But I think our thing is we, you know, just talk through something and find out like somewhere in the middle is typically where that is the best and healthiest route. Exactly. And here's the thing. That's what our listeners are for. We're supposed to hear from them so that if they have a hot take about this, then they can always let us know and shoot us an email. We know we get them and we'd love to hear from you about this. Maybe you have a hot take. Maybe you fly private and then it's a non-issue. Yeah. Would you would you have the same thoughts? And I'll show you got room on that flight for your favorite podcast pals.

1:08:48Hey. I'll bring the nerd clusters. I've got to go to Bermuda or wherever you're going. Exactly. So if you've got a private plane or you've got a hot take, then you can email us at asking at don'taskmeetatalk.com. We would love to hear from you. Absolutely. All right. Let's find out what the topic is for next week on the show. Oh. All right. And just in time for spooky season, almost as if we planned it, which we did not. I believe it or not. This show was kind of off the cuff. Believe it or not. No one's willing. Clearly. Or well researched the opinions. How could you how could you think otherwise? Exactly. Vampire versus werewolf. Yeah. And this is like this is not like the twilight thing.

1:09:49I mean, we could go like that, which is sexier. But like this is more like which is scarier. Like which is the more legit scary thing to encounter. Hmm. Okay. Yeah. So this is not between like team Edward and team Jacob. This is not that. Yeah. Okay. So maybe some criteria like which is scarier or what movies do we enjoy more? If we were going to buy merch for if we were, you know, team vampire team werewolf, which one we buy, who aesthetically is cooler. Yeah. All those kind of things. Yeah. If you're at a spooky house, which one would you be more scared to encounter? Yeah. Oh, okay. I like that. Right. All right. Well, I'm looking forward to talking about that. But just real quickly before we wrap up, I remembered something that I was going to mention

1:10:49during the P on the plate or hold it debate. Uh-huh. Yes. Which we settled on P on the plane, right? Oh, yes. Totally P on the plate. Okay. Just not in your seat. Thank you. After you take the stinger out. But I was thinking about like how we're seeing more road or air rage stuff in the news. And every flight I've been on, everybody's been on pretty much their best behavior. And have you ever run into any kind of air rage? And that because you fly so much more than me. I really haven't. And is it weird that I'm sort of a little bit kind of disappointed? Well, the urge is there for a great story. But of course, you know, any kind of air rage situation could turn out very badly for all involved. So I absolutely. Yeah. I'm kidding about it. But, you know, it's like you watch some of these. Like I went down that rabbit hole for a while when I was watching YouTube videos on like,

1:11:53you know, cops pulling over people and like the crazy stories that it's due. And that naturally leads to the offshoot of a plane, people on a plane and the problems with that. And I'm like, okay, they need to stop serving vodka, lemonade and airports because apparently everyone's had way too much to drink and becomes a belligerent bully. It is unbelievable. Yeah. I got to say, like I said, I've been lucky. And I don't fly anywhere near as much as you. But all the flights I've been on, everybody has been well behaved. There's not been any of this craziness. You see these stories on the news all the time. And it's just like holy smokes. When I tell you the one flight that would have been happy to have been on, I would have been excited to have been on was when that one flight attended a quit. And he grabbed two beers and like put the emergency slide on and slid down the slide to the

1:13:02tarmac, holding his two beers. And said, I quit. I would have, I, that would have made my lifetime to receive that in person. Right. I mean, there's some crazy things and you got to love. I love that kind of thing. I mean, that's, that's a whole different ball of wax. You're like, okay, way to go. I mean, mic drop, big time. Right. Or I guess ramp drop. Anyway, all right. Well, good stuff. Anyway, we are out of time for this week. Thanks so much for joining us. Hope you have a wonderful week. And be sure to tune in for our spooky debate next week right here. Don't ask me to talk. Don't hold it between now and then.