IDS #316 - Please Don't Talk To The Dolphins!

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>> Mike: We sound good.

>> Darin: We do.

>> Mike: We're good at this.

>> Darin: we are.

>> Mike: I listened to episode one yesterday.

>> Darin: Are you serious?

>> Mike: I know. People love it when we just talk about how podcasts start.

>> Darin: Yeah. Inside baseball, right here on Irritable Dad Syndrome.

>> Mike: That's it. We're officially out of things to talk about.

>> Dave: Welcome to Irritable Dad Syndrome. Four out of five teachers use this podcast as part of their Scared Straight program. Here are your hosts, Mike and Darren.

>> Darin: Hi, I'm Darren.

>> Mike: I am Mike.

>> Darin: Welcome to Irritable Dad Syndrome, Cincinnati's comedy podcast. This is episode 316, and you guys are in for a thrill ride.

>> Mike: M m. Yeah. Yeah. I'm excited.

>> Darin: I am too.

>> Mike: You know, I've started to shave regularly.

>> Darin: Yeah. You know, I did have to, and,

>> Mike: I didn't normally. I used to, like, go for the scruff because I heard that the scruff, it's sexy. It's sexy and the ladies dig it. I'm going for the smooth, smooth, moose move.

>> Darin: On the face.

>> Mike: On the face.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: Yes.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: Yes.

>> Darin: Well, I know because you always. Your. Your head dome M is always shiny.

>> Mike: I've kind of made them smooth match, and I think I figured out what it is. It's because I'm outside a lot more now that it's getting summery.

>> Darin: Yeah.

>> Mike: I don't have a tan, but I'm generating some color. Right. You know what I mean?

>> Darin: I know what color means. Yes.

>> Mike: And I feel personally that I present better shaven when I'm colorful.

>> Darin: Oh, okay.

>> Mike: But, when it. When the winter hits, I need to put on my fur coat.

>> Darin: My face has not been clean shaven in years. Seriously, Years. I've had stubble for I don't know how long. When. like every five or six days. And this. You guys are just, like, glued to this episode. Oh, my God. How often does Darren trim his face? About every five or six days. And, but. But for. For my birthday, I got a brawn, a new razor, and I've been running using that over my head. And by God, it does a trick because I used to have one of them little Norelco crap things with the three spinners on it. It was just like running a Hot Wheels car over your head. The. It would not shave your head.

>> Mike: Yeah. If you're currently listening to this, you're thinking, what the Have I. What is this? I was. I was nerd. It's supposed to be funny.

>> Darin: We're just.

>> Mike: These guys are supposed to have some, panache. I don't know what's going on. You should probably go back and listen to episode 314. Oh, yeah, I've heard it's pretty good.

>> Darin: You know what? I got a message today. We've, At the time of this recording, we have not released episode 315 yet. We are recording in advance in preparation of us taking some time off over the summer. And as you guys know, we never miss a week. So we're trying to have episodes recorded in advance because we love you and we care. We do a whole bunch. So,


Jim Temerman: Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year

But I got a message today from a fan. Dear irritable dad syndrome. OMG M. I just listened to episode 314. Probably one of the top ten best. No, one of the top seven best. Definitely one of your top five best episodes. Keep up the good work. xoxo Jim Timmerman.

>> Mike: Jim Timmerman.

>> Darin: Yeah. I don't know why he signed it. Hugs and kisses, but I'll take it.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: Thank you, Jim. Jim, thank you so much, man. He's a big fan of the show.

>> Mike: You know, one of my favorite things of the year, times of the year. And I'm not. I'm trying not to be presumptuous, but I'm going to be.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: we have for twice. Twice. Two times we have been invited to watch the. The. What do you call them? The little scary movies.

>> Darin: Oh, yes, the Halloween. Not the Halloween Spooktacular. That's what's on the, Yeah, the.

>> Mike: The.

>> Darin: The scary movies.

>> Mike: Are we allowed to say that we do that?

>> Darin: Yeah, why not?

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: Yeah. So Jim Kimmerman. Yeah. He invites us every year to be judges in this homemade, independent film competition. yeah.

>> Mike: I mean, some of them are really good.

>> Darin: Uh-huh.

>> Mike: And then other ones, it's like, they. Well, they're inspiring. They're like, maybe I just take my phone out, boo at it a little bit, and God love them, see what happens.

>> Darin: You know, I remember I gave one of the films A1, and Jim, had looked at the results. He thought that I was a little too kind to that one.

>> Mike: There's something.

>> Darin: You know what? these filmmakers, by God, they're trying. Well, they're doing more than I'm doing. Yeah.

>> Mike: Sometimes they have a good idea, but then they don't have anybody to be in their movies, so they just get the. The dude next door, grandpa, and they just give them. Not like, you need to be angry. And then the camera is like, go. He's like, why don't you go yourself, kids?

>> Dave: Yeah.

>> Darin: Ah, yeah.

>> Mike: But some of them Are pretty good. Yeah, I enjoy that. So.

>> Darin: Yeah.

>> Mike: Thank you, Jim Temerman.


Jason Durbin donated some chairs to your last party

>> Darin: So I got another message from a fan, this time in person. So you know Jason Durbin?

>> Mike: I do, yeah.

>> Darin: Jason Durbin's been on our show a couple times. He is a patron of this podcast.

>> Mike: He donated some chairs to your last party.

>> Darin: He did. He donated chairs to tables and two tents. So they were on a, vacation.

>> Mike: If I may. If I may.

>> Darin: Yeah.

>> Mike: Jason Durbin, just to give you guys a visual, looks like he would be the smart sidekick to Indiana Jones in the. Indiana Jones.

>> Darin: Yes, he does. Yes.

>> Mike: He looks like the guy that would see Indy about to do something and say, I wouldn't do that.

>> Darin: And he's got the best beard.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: Oh, my God.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: I would just. I would murder somebody for his beard. Not really, but yes, I would. So he asked, hey, can you drop that stuff off at the house today? Because I guess he was sick of not having it. Yeah. And I said, sure. So I drove over to his house, and I had all the stuff, and when I pull in, his son was there. His son. I've always called him Ethan because I can't remember his real name. Ethan was out there.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: And he said, where's your U2 shirt? And I said, it's Mike who wears the U2 shirt. And you know what he said? same thing. And then he pulled out of the driveway and went where he was gonna go. And I was like, he's got a point.

>> Mike: To be fair, you do have a U2 shirt.

>> Darin: I have one, but I, wish I bought it in, like, a 4XL, because the. The one.

>> Mike: They was at the 2017 tour.

>> Darin: Yeah.

>> Dave: Oh, yeah.

>> Darin: Those were. Those are so small.

>> Mike: They're sized for, like, GI Joe dolls. I know. I can't wear mine.

>> Darin: I know from that. I. I bought it in the same. I'm not going to tell everybody what my size is, but I bought it in the size of all my other three Largo. I bought it extra large, and I swear to God, it's a medium. Yeah, it has to be a medium. And so I gave it to my son, Jacob, and he.

>> Mike: It's in Irish sizes. They're small, swarthy.

>> Darin: Those Irish are so small. Yeah. Yeah. But yes, same thing. Well, that's just great.

>> Mike: I was wondering. I. Thank you. Because I was wondering. I saw that on the rundown, and I'm like, what the hell? If we've gotten to the point where Mike wears a U2 shirt as a news item, it's time to. It's time to ride off into the sunset.

>> Darin: That's right.


Darren: I totally messed up a story from David Sedaris' new book

This is our last episode, folks. Couple episodes ago, I was talking about David Sedaris, and he has a new book called the Land and Its People. And I've been raving about how great this book is. And I was telling a story from the book about he and a friend, and they had this conversation about, would you eat a tire? And I totally screwed up the story. The premise was, if you had a year to eat an entire tire, would you do it? And that was the premise. And I forgot to leave out the whole time crunch part. And so what I told didn't make any sense, and I almost just cut it out of the podcast. But I also didn't want to do that either, because I want to promote this book as hard and as often as I can. So the premise was, if you had a year to eat a car tire, would you do it? And then David said, well, if I had 365 days, I would divide the tire up into that many pieces and then smaller pieces and eat a little bit of it every day. But what would happen if you were a, procrastinator? And then you just kept putting it off, and the next thing you know, it's the day before, and you're like, oh, I gotta eat this tire by tomorrow. And that's what made it so funny. That's why I had tears coming out of my eyes laughing. And I explained that to Libby, and then I totally butchered the story.

>> Mike: I got that from the story. I just listened to this yesterday.

>> Darin: You did? Okay. Okay, I guess. Anyway, but the land and its people, you have to. Absolutely have to. You've got to either buy it, go to the library and read it, or get the audio copy and listen to it, because it is so good. David Sedaris, the land and its people.

>> Mike: There's a story that, Mark Hamill tells about Harrison Ford when they were filming Star Wars.

>> Darin: It's not that type of movie.

>> Mike: Yeah, it's not that type of movie, kid. And I feel like this is where this hits. If we. If we're at a point where one line ruins one of our stories, I would say, Darren, it's. It's not that kind of podcast. If people really start listening to what we're saying.

>> Darin: I didn't.

>> Mike: We're in a lot of trouble.

>> Darin: I didn't think I was getting the point across.

>> Mike: Well, I felt like an idiot because I like, oh, I must have missed that part where it was within a year. Right. I Think you did a good job.

>> Darin: Well, thank you.

>> Mike: Thank you.

>> Dave: You're listening to Irritable Dad Syndrome, the perfect cure for the hiccups.


How was your Father's Day? That's pretty, pretty good

>> Darin: How was your Father's Day?

>> Mike: That's pretty, pretty good. I'm a dad. also, I'm legally required to have Father's Day, and I did jack squat for the majority of the day. And then probably about halfway through the day, I noticed that, so we, Bess and I, we have a, dining room when we bought the house. It's an actual dining room. And then that was the first thing we said was like, well, we're not going to use that for any type of dining whatsoever. We're going to do the dining in

>> Darin: the kitchen for all your dining needs.

>> Mike: And then the dining room, over time, became half mine and half Bess's. Now on my side is the computer and all the nerd stuff.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: And on her side is the, scrapbooking and, you know, let's have memories about our life and all that stuff.

>> Darin: Yeah, whatever. Yeah.

>> Mike: So I toyed with the idea of running duct tape diagonally across it. Now, we've had a.

>> Darin: That's what Ralph, Mouth and Potsy did on Happy Days when they split their apartment.

>> Mike: Yeah. And that's kids. if you don't get that reference, ask an octogenarian.

>> Darin: That's right. Ask your grandfather.

>> Mike: So for years, Bess and I have had basically, a cold war going where I will. You know, arms are full of stuff. We're bringing stuff home. I don't have anywhere to put it. I accidentally put something on her craft table.

>> Dave: Oh.

>> Mike: Oh. A few hours later, I find it unceremoniously dropped onto portions of the keyboard. Not to where it's hitting a key, but just enough to say, I see what you did.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: And I'm one upping you. And then I'll do the same thing. If she happens to leave notes or a pencil on my side, then I will take it, and I will lay it very conspicuously in the middle of all her.

>> Darin: This doesn't surprise me.

>> Mike: This has been going on. This has been going on for years. So she got tired of hearing me say, can you stop putting stuff on my, computer equipment? It's very delicate, and I can't grind my camos if you mess up the settings. To which she will say, can you stop putting your. On my scrapbooking table?

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: You're gonna flatten the pictures. To which I say, they're pictures.

>> Darin: They're supposed to be flat.

>> Mike: They're flat. M and Then she stares at me.

>> Darin: Are they supposed to have, like, a nice oval curve to them?

>> Mike: She gives me the stare, and she.

>> Darin: I am not taking Mike's side on this.

>> Mike: She. She does the miniature. Maybe Libby has gotten this. And. And you guys have been married for. For more than a few years.

>> Darin: Yes.

>> Mike: over time, the spouse gets this, like, slight head shake where, you know, you've pissed them off, but they're just. I don't even feel like dealing with it. So I get the. I get that thing. There you go. Okay. So what she's been doing is, slowly, over time, as I leave my. Around the house, she's been adding poison. She's been.

>> Darin: She's.

>> Mike: She's been. She's been adding bleach to the Keurig. No, she's been putting. She's been putting a small pile right next to the computer. Well, it's. It's interfering with my leg space. So on Father's Day, I'm sitting here looking at it, and I'm like, this. Some of this stuff is. Is nice. It's worth, stuff. It's worth things to me. so I'm like, I should I go to Ikea and get a shelf and display this stuff nicely? And I thought, it's Father's Day.

>> Dave: Yeah.

>> Mike: What's more fatherly than getting a shelf than to leave the family at home? Go to ikea, pick out a piece of furniture yourself, bring it home, put it together, and put all your. On it. Right? And I did that.

>> Darin: That sounds like the best Father's Day ever.

>> Mike: And then the. The kids got a little jealous. They saw it and they're like, whoa, what is all that? Stuff they said jealous? The stuff that I shouldn't say jealous. They didn't realize that all this gold mine of, possessions were in an unceremonious pile now that they're on display.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: Dad's cool.


Did you know cheap sunglasses don't protect your eyes from UV light

And I, you know, I, like. I went in there the other day and I just sat for a few minutes and enjoyed my.

>> Darin: Gonna enjoy my stuff.

>> Mike: Enjoyed my shelves.

>> Darin: Yeah. And what's on the shelves?

>> Mike: Oh, the Atari. We bought an Atari back in the day. I have an Atari 2 Commodore 64, some world of Warcraft memorabilia. yeah, yeah, yeah. Everything sounds.

>> Darin: I cannot wait.

>> Mike: Everything a nerd needs as I'm walking

>> Darin: out the door, I will check it out. So for Father's Day, I got not one, but two Bob's Burgers T shirts. I'm wearing one now. Audio podcast.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: If you're a patron and you'll be able to watch the video of this. You'll see. And it's the entire Belcher family.

>> Mike: And I assume that's Bob.

>> Darin: Bob. Yeah. There's Bob, Linda, then there's Tina, Louise, and Gene. Each. Every time I think that Bob is my favorite, Linda does something that's funnier. And every time Linda does something that's hysterical, Tina will do something that's more funny than that. Louise is hysterical. Gene. Oh, my God, I can't get enough of this show. I love Bob's Burgers. So I got two Bob's Burgers T shirts. I got a cd. The Best of the Doobie Brothers. It's so good. So, so good. M. And I got new cargo shorts to replace the one pair that ripped out, at Cameron's graduation party. I'm looking at this new pair of cargo shorts, and I you. Not. On the tag, it says that these cargo shorts have a UPF 40 protection from the sun label.

>> Mike: Yes, science. We got to worry about that now.

>> Darin: Like, for sun protection, these shorts offer UPF 40. Now we have sunblock in the house. Okay. I can get sunburned watching an episode of Survivor. Yeah, I have UPF, 50 sunblock that I get. I mean, when I put this thing on, I look like I'm a member of kiss. The sunscreen that I buy offers a little bit more protection than these shorts. Doesn't make any sense. It was like. And like we were talking about last week with the, with the ice. Right. And all the reasons why this ice is better than that. Yeah, I m. Think someone at the company is just screwing with us.

>> Mike: Yeah, I think so.

>> Darin: They're just. They're seeing. Hey, let's see if anybody out there is paying attention.

>> Mike: I did learn something today.

>> Darin: Oh, really?

>> Mike: Literally this morning. It's kind of throwing me for a loop. Did you know that cheap sunglasses don't protect your eyes from UV light? That you're actually. You could burn your retinas and get the macular.

>> Darin: If you stare directly at the sun,

>> Mike: but they have, like, no protection. You will look not directly at the sun, but you'll allow sun to hit your eyes.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: But they're just blocking the. The visible light. They're not blocking the, the ultra, the UV rays.

>> Darin: Now, I've got that.

>> Mike: You have to get something that has, I think it says UV 400 or something like that polarized. And what pisses me off about that. Right. Is I've bought expensive, sunglasses before,

>> Darin: and you lose them the second you buy.

>> Mike: I usually Lose the expensive sunglasses. They won't make it through a weekend.

>> Darin: Right. You get those $1 pair. That's those sons of bitches you keep forever.

>> Mike: I bought a dollar pair at the, the Dollar General, as it were.

>> Darin: Yeah.

>> Mike: And, they lasted about three years. And now I'm worried that for three years I've been going blind.

>> Darin: Well, what's it matter to you? When you go to the eye doctor, you don't even tell them if you can see or not.

>> Mike: That's true. So that's true. But I thought I would throw this little safety.


The only time I wear sun is when I'm in the pool

Okay, Safety, tip out to.

>> Darin: The only time I ever wear sun is when I'm in the pool.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: Because the reflection of the water almost gives me a blinding headache.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: And so I cannot go in the pool unless I've got my, shades on. Plus, it makes me look so cool. So cool.


The act of communicating with wild dolphins often crosses the line into harassment

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>> Darin: I'm not sure how much of this story I can tell, but my mom called me up and she said that she has a hawk in her backyard. And this hawk keeps flying over the house. And she has a little dog, and so she's worried about the hawk. And we think. Well, we think that it's the hawk that has been killing bunny rabbits in her backyard. Okay. Because for a while, mom couldn't let her dog out because her dog kept going and digging up the hole where the baby bunnies are, where the puppy bunnies are in the yard. And, I went over one day and I found two dead bunnies and throw those away. Then I went over two or three weeks later and I found another dead bunny. So I don't know if it's the hawk or if it's, something else. Anyway, well, one. This is gross. One rabbit was missing its head. So I don't think a plague causes your head to just disappear. Right.

>> Mike: I mean.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: Not the more commonplace.

>> Darin: Right. So. So mom was asking me if I can help her and do anything about the hawk. And I said, mom, I don't think I can.

>> Mike: You're not an av. Aviologist.

>> Darin: Aviationist. Yeah. Yeah. Not an aviator. I'm not a fluoranthropist. And I definitely knew Nothing about pseudonyms.

>> Mike: You're not fluorescent.

>> Darin: No. No, I am not. And so. But I told her, I said, I don't think we can do anything about.

>> Mike: Yeah, I mean, that's. So they're protected, aren't they?

>> Darin: They are so. Well, they're also protected.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: So they're very protective.

>> Mike: Now, now, you can. You can capture them. If you go to a high point, say, a mountain. With a cello. And you like stringfellow. Hawk. And play. Then the hawk will start a lazy.

>> Darin: Right, Right.

>> Mike: Circle.

>> Darin: Right, right.

>> Mike: And eventually land onto a, attack helicopter. And then you subdue them.

>> Darin: We're getting off track.

>> Mike: Wow.

>> Darin: So, yeah, I went on the Google, and I was looking to see what we could do about this hawk, and I typed in the words, is it illegal? Now, sometimes when you go on Google, this is fun. You type three words and then it will auto finish your sentence. Yeah.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: So I wrote, is it illegal? And the first thing that popped up on Google is, is it illegal to talk to dolphins? I'm not kidding.

>> Mike: Uh-huh.

>> Darin: The first thing Google thought that Darren Cox wanted to know is, is it illegal for me to talk to dolphins?

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: And this quote piqued my attention, unquote. so I went on and I started reading. And it turns out that, in the United States, it is not specifically illegal to merely talk to wild dolphin, but the act of communicating often crosses the line into harassment, which is strictly prohibited by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. That's the mmpa. Now here is what the law means for you in practice. The law on harassment. Under federal law, it is illegal to harass, hunt, capture or kill any wild marine mammal. Harassment is defined as any act that has the potential to disturb or disrupt the animals natural behavioral patterns, including feeding, breeding, resting or migrating. I'm looking up ways to get rid

>> Mike: of the dolphin is too stupid. Like, he just listens to you, then you're interrupting.

>> Darin: So here is the catch 22, of talking. To verbally communicate with a dolphin, you would need to be close enough to the animal. Now, Mike, the National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this is the noaa. I wonder if they're in cahoots with the spirit, with the MPAA or the mmpa. this dictates that attempting to elicit a reaction from a wild dolphin or approaching them in a way that alters their behavior violates the mmpa. So they're telling me, don't go close enough to this dolphin. That's going to alter their behavior.

>> Mike: Well, if they see you, they're Gonna react immediately. Right.

>> Darin: Also, I mean, do these people realize that I'm in Ohio?

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: There are no dolphins in Ohio.


If you do see a dolphin in Ohio, call the cops

>> Mike: If you do see a dolphin in Ohio.

>> Darin: Right. Call the cops.

>> Dave: Yeah.

>> Darin: recommended distance. To ensure you aren't disturbing them, you are required to observe dolphins from a distance of at least 50 yards.

>> Mike: Good Lord.

>> Darin: And here's the penalties. Mike.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: Violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Mmpa m. You can, That can result in severe consequences. Unintentional violations can yield heavy civil fines. While intentional or criminal violations can result in up to a year in prison and fines exceeding $100,000.

>> Mike: So criminally. For talking to a dolphin so unintentionally annoying the dolphin. You didn't mean to annoy him.

>> Darin: I didn't mean to annoy.

>> Mike: Intentionally annoy the dolphin. Dolphin. Then you're.

>> Darin: You're.

>> Mike: You're going in the pokey.

>> Darin: The cops are like, hey, hey. Stop Intentionally violating this. Dolphins. Right.

>> Mike: To not hear your stupid ass.

>> Darin: Don't alter that behavior. Yeah.

>> Mike: Huh?

>> Darin: And if you want to admire dolphins responsibly and avoid. I wish I was making this up.

>> Mike: I would like to admire dolphins responsibly.

>> Darin: If you want to admire dolphins responsibly and avoid legal trouble, you should always, always protect wild dolphins by admiring them from a distance. Thank you.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: Good God. This is the first thing that popped up when I said, is it illegal? So apparently more than one person has asked Google, is it illegal to talk to dolphins?

>> Mike: Wow. Okay.

>> Darin: My question is, what the hell?

>> Mike: We both know that I'm not a sports person.

>> Darin: No, you're not.

>> Mike: I don't know much about sports. I know more than I did.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: but I still am kind of stupid on sports. And I didn't even recognize curling as a sport until a year or two ago. I thought it was just a joke that I wasn't in on.

>> Darin: I'm gonna tell you something right now, but say everything that you want to say. But, Jim Timmerman is a ginormous fan.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: Whatever you say. You're gonna piss off Jim Timmerman.

>> Mike: So it always looks really. It always looked really stupid to me.

>> Dave: Right?

>> Mike: right. And I thought. But that's probably because I don't really understand what it's about on the surface.

>> Darin: Bob Dylan always said, don't criticize what you can't understand.

>> Mike: On the surface. It looked like a bunch of yokels with a big stone circle out on the ice.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: And then they push it and then they get a. They do a bunch of sweeping for some Reason. And then the stone stops and then people. And I'm like, I don't even know how this is a sport. I don't even know how. It seems like it was invented by people who were doing real sports to keep the morons away from them while they did real sports. Here, go push this rock right on the ice and then do some sweeping while you're at it to, you know, benefit society.

>> Darin: By the way, I went on Google. It is completely legal to go curling in Ohio.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: Okay. Just so you know.

>> Mike: So then I saw a video about curling and about how people used to cheat at curling.

>> Darin: What?

>> Mike: And in the process of explaining this, they explained that the. The sweeping.

>> Darin: So here's what it is, right?

>> Mike: You push this block.

>> Darin: Yes. For whatever reason, I think it's called the stone.

>> Mike: Okay. You push the stone.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: And then the people with the brooms are sweeping it to create friction to kind of move and steer the stone. And the cheating came in when somebody invented a broom or whatever that is that does a really good job of turning the stone. And so they had to, like, outlaw in curling this type of device because you don't want to be able to control the stone too well and, have an unfair advantage.

>> Darin: How is that cheating?

>> Mike: Well, let's take it a step further.


Mike: I think curling is more of a game than a sport

Who gives a. This is the only topic that I've ever learned more about and gave less of a about after learning. I thought, oh, I'm gonna learn what this is all about. I'm gonna see what the big secret is. And then I hear that. I'm like, really? That's dumber. I already thought it was stupid, yo.

>> Darin: You don't even know what stupid is. It's about to get all stupid up in here.

>> Mike: But that takes it to a whole new dumb level. It's like. It's like walking.

>> Darin: I feel like it made you stupider. Yeah, it's just.

>> Mike: Right.

>> Darin: I don't get it either. I don't. I mean, I don't think it looks stupid. I actually think it looks kind of fun, but I think it's more of. Of a game than a sport.

>> Mike: I didn't know you wanted me to continue contribute to my own topic.

>> Darin: That's what we do. We paused for a second while Mike chugs an entire 40 ounce.

>> Mike: Oh, my God. I knew at some point I would find out what curling was. because when I learned some of the inside rules about football and basketball, I'm like, wow, that's cool. you can only get. Get so many points if you do this Thing. You get other points if you do this other thing. And it's very specific. I don't want to.

>> Darin: That's right.

>> Mike: I don't want to confuse, anyone.

>> Dave: Right.

>> Mike: But I thought there's got to be some thing about curling that's more than just these idiots sweeping in front of this stone, block.

>> Darin: It's a stone or a rock.

>> Mike: And it's not. It's really. It's not. It's dumb. That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Next.

>> Darin: I think it looks like kind of fun. Yeah.

>> Mike: I mean, again.

>> Darin: Okay. And, boy, I'm gonna.

>> Dave: You're really.

>> Mike: You're really trying to not offend Jim Tamron.

>> Darin: I'm gonna piss off the eight people in Ohio who actually go curling.

>> Mike: Like, they're not already pissed off.

>> Darin: I. I don't see where. Again, I don't see where the. It's a sport. It looks more like a game because I'm trying to figure out where the athletic part.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: Like. Like billiards.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: I don't think billiards is a sport. I think billiards is a game. Well, here's the thing. So I akin curling to billiards.

>> Mike: That's. You actually made a good point. Every sport, you can point to an activity that the sport is making a game out of. Like, you could argue that football is kind of like making a game out of war or like, you know, gaining yards. Either way, like a, battle, you know, like a back and forth. Baseball is, you know, accuracy, being able to throw the ball and. And hit it in a certain. Catch it and. And everybody kind of coordinate, Right? And same thing with basketball is just. Is all about coordination and working as a team to do a goal, right? And then curling is about some chucklehead shoving a rock and everybody sweeping. Like it matters.

>> Darin: Like, is shuffleboard a sport or is it a game?

>> Mike: It's a thing that they put on the beach so the kids would leave their parents alone for five minutes.

>> Darin: Leave me alone for five.

>> Mike: Push this puck onto a grid. What are the numbers mean?

>> Dave: Who cares?

>> Darin: Who cares?

>> Mike: Just push it.

>> Darin: If you do it, you win the best one at it.

>> Mike: There was probably some sand on the shuffleboard court that day, and some dip wad went out there with a broom and started sweeping it, right? And somebody's like, oh, my God, a new sport.

>> Darin: Light bulb.

>> Mike: Put some ice down. And now we're curling.

>> Darin: And I don't know where the word

>> Mike: curling, well, that comes from that you're moving. You're changing your curling. How it Moved. I don't know.


The things should be called sweeping or cornering or returning

>> Darin: The things should be called sweeping or cornering or returning.

>> Mike: They probably didn't even. They probably didn't even care enough to. Well, that's a whole different sport. They probably didn't even care enough about it to finish their thought. The guy was probably trying to say cornering, and he was in the middle of taking a drink of water, and it came out curling. And, they said, really curling. He's like, yeah, whatever. Just write it down. Let's go home, have a pizza.


Mike's Honda crv started eating itself, so he took it home

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>> Mike: So I texted you today.

>> Darin: Yes, you did.

>> Mike: You have a dude that disappears vehicles.

>> Darin: I've got a guy.

>> Mike: You got a guy?

>> Darin: Yeah, I got a guy.

>> Mike: Like the wolf in Pulp Fiction. He comes and he just makes it. The problem go away.

>> Darin: well, he did with my Honda crv.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: So my Honda crv, the engine started eating itself, and I was told that the. It. The engine did not have long to live. And I showed it to Jason Durbin and Dave Lay, and those guys know way more about cars than I do. And they took one look at the engine and said, yeah, get rid of it. Get rid of it.

>> Mike: So longtime listeners will know that we're never going to get a Kia sponsorship.

>> Darin: Never.

>> Mike: Because I've been giving. And they guzzled me, pointed it out. I didn't have a Kia when the. The podcast started, and I again.

>> Darin: And now you don't.

>> Mike: Well, I have a kid. That's the point of what I'm talking about. When it was dying, I took it. When it got its, the. You know when the doctor says time of death is whatever, right?

>> Darin: You got the certificate.

>> Mike: When I got the certificate of death, I told him, just leave the key fob, on the. On the ground, in the. In the car, and I'll pick it up whenever. Left it there a week, came back, you could see the key fob from the road. And I laughed myself silly because nobody took it, nobody tried to take it, nobody. So I brought it home, and I've been trying to get rid of it to Carvana, to these places that buy car, all this stuff. And then when I finish telling them about it, they're like, we're good. You good? Hold On. Just hold on to it.

>> Darin: So did you call my guy?

>> Mike: I'm going to.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: Call him. Kali. Tomorrow.

>> Darin: Drop my name.

>> Mike: I'm gonna drop your name. Yeah, but it's just like, if you ever wanted to know. If you're doing research on cars and you want to know my feelings on Kia, you can listen to.

>> Darin: You can reach out to Mike directly

>> Mike: all the past episodes or just type Kia into our search bar. But, I guess I'm adding more information, to that database. And it is. Resale value.

>> Darin: Yeah.

>> Mike: None.

>> Dave: Oh.

>> Mike: Mmm.

>> Darin: Fun.

>> Mike: I still have three, quarts of oil in the back ready for, usage warning.


This portion of Irritable Dad Syndrome contains sensitive material

>> Dave: This portion of Irritable Dad Syndrome contains sensitive material and is for mature audiences only. Yeah, right. Like any mature people listen to this crap.

>> Darin: I got a message and actually, this is from your wife. And, I'm going on vacation here in a few weeks. And whenever I'm on vacation, we're going on a cruise.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: Okay. The last time we went on a cruise, we knew that our room was small. We didn't realize how small. You know the old joke, I had to walk out of the room to change my mind.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: The room had, There's one double, bed in it. And the walls came directly within an inch on. On right or left to the bed.

>> Mike: Wow.

>> Darin: And then two monkey, beds came down from the ceiling. Okay, so. And those are, what, three or four feet above where Libby and I were sleeping. So the four of us are in this one room. And we were laughing about it because, again, we knew it was small. We didn't know how small. So there's this room, and when you're on a cruise, you're basically in there to change clothes and to sleep. And the rest of the time, you're on excursions, you're at the pool or you're at the buffet.

>> Mike: Buffett.

>> Darin: Yeah, at the buffet. So when we're in a room this small and actually, like, the last time you and I went to a concert that was out of town and we stayed, in a. Mike and I shared a room is two different beds. If you're counting, I will go to the lobby and use the bathroom because I don't like people listening to me use the bathroom. I just don't. Okay. So it reminded me of this when, I got this message from your wife. It said, I would like to apologize to anybody who went into the lobby bathroom at the home. Two suites in Montgomery, Alabama. After 9:20 this morning, I'm traveling with my friend Chris he was taking a shower when I woke up, so I jumped in the elevator and headed downstairs. Some people saw me run into the bathroom. A lady at the Continental Breakfast made eye contact with me as she was grabbing a muffin. She shook her head, looked down, appearing to pray. Yesterday, I ate 3 pounds of ribs, 1 pound of boiled peanuts, and an overripe banana for a quick trip. That banana was one day away from banana bread grate. What happened in that bathroom was not okay. If I could take it back, I would. Sometimes I wish I had a time machine so I could go back to yesterday and knock a couple of those ribs out of my hand. Maybe I could convince myself that I don't need a large cup of Cajun boiled peanuts. It's hard to tell who you are as a person until you're put into a situation that you can't control. I couldn't control what happened this morning. You never know yourself until you're putting this. This situation that's out of your control. Once I sat down this morning, there was no going back. I'm different now. And everyone who came into that bathroom after me, they are different, too. And maybe that's not such a bad thing. This was. This was a message sent from Sam Miller to his fans.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: so Sam, And this went viral. So I didn't just. Just flat out openly steal, this. But yeah, when you go on. On vacation, if you're sharing a hotel room with somebody, you go to the lobby.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: Ah, you just do.

>> Mike: I've got a story for you.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: A friend of ours, I was, at his fiance's house. They were having a, Hey, what's that called? An engagement party.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: So I was at his fiance's house. The whole family was there. She had a huge family.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: Okay. And, they were having a lot of Mexican, food.

>> Darin: Oh, dear God.

>> Mike: Which normally doesn't affect me like this.

>> Darin: We had a taco bowl party at my son's graduation.

>> Mike: But I had also done a fair amount of drinking the night before.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: and also eating Mexican food, that whole day. And, the old poopy, bug hit me.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: And I had to go use their bathroom. I wasn't planning on pooping in their bathroom, but it's one of the. You ever. And not to get too disgusting, but you're. You're peeing, and you realize, oh, more needs to happen here.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: Right. So I, turned off, number one.

>> Darin: This is what we, trained for.

>> Mike: Yeah. Spun around and started to. I mean, okay.


Mike: I flushed the toilet, and the water started coming the opposite direction

Offend the room in every way possible. But it all went into the toilet, right?

>> Darin: Oh, well, that's.

>> Mike: But there was a lot of splashing.

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: There was a lot of, There was.

>> Darin: I apologize. I started this. Oh, your wife started.

>> Mike: He was not pretty in there.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: And then I had to use a fair amount of toilet paper to, contain the hazards. And in retrospect, before I pushed the flush, I should have checked to see if there was a plunger, because every once in a while, you'll have one of those where you've had to use more toilet paper than normal to cleanse yourself. and then it starts to come the other direction, and you've got a, We have an episode where I talked about fist plunging. Yeah. I now do that in emergencies.

>> Darin: I'm real sorry I brought this up.

>> Mike: I flushed the toilet, and the water, if you can still be considered water, started coming the opposite direction. And it went up to the top of the rim. And I had a brief moment where I was like, maybe it won't. And then it did. It spilled over the rim? No, all over the floor of their bathroom.

>> Darin: Oh, my God.

>> Mike: And I saw a, solid chunk.

>> Darin: You saw the angel of Death and

>> Mike: splat down on the floor in the middle of it. I almost started crying.

>> Darin: Put this episode. We can't put this on the episode.

>> Mike: I made sure my pants were up, and I went out, and I ran into, like, one of their. One of the family members. And I said, I. Something awful happened in there, and it's overflowing. And they went in and. Oh, my.

>> Darin: You brought somebody else in.

>> Mike: They were right out the hallway.

>> Darin: Uh-huh.

>> Mike: So then they started calling for help, yelling for assistance. By this point, I'm out of the house, in the backyard again, where all the food is trying to look inconspicuous.

>> Darin: I would have gotten in the car. They got in, drove into the airport. Do you.

>> Mike: They got it cleaned up. She said, I. I apologize profusely to the fiance. And she said, it's. It's okay. But I could tell it wasn't okay.

>> Darin: It's not okay.

>> Mike: It was not okay.

>> Darin: And by the way, I'm Mike. Yeah.

>> Mike: And that's why to bring this full circle, I have brought the fist plunge method. I'd never even considered doing that before, but now it's in my armament if anything like that ever happens again.

>> Darin: Well, I told you, when mom moved out of her house.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: In Tennessee, we were doing a final walk through of the. Make sure we didn't Forget anything else. And I went to the upstairs bathroom, and I think one of the movers had. It was the same situation. I'm like, well, I can't just.

>> Mike: Just leave a turd in there for the next tenant.

>> Darin: No, no, no, no, no. It was more than it was.

>> Mike: Oh.

>> Darin: So I had to go.

>> Mike: And they expressed themselves.

>> Darin: That's why I bought the Beehive Max.

>> Mike: Okay.

>> Darin: And I had to take care of that before because I think mom might not have got her money for the house.


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Libby and I went to see Disclosure Day with Steven Spielberg

Now back to the show.

>> Darin: Libby and I went on. On a date. We went to see Disclosure Day.

>> Mike: No spoilers.

>> Darin: The new Steven Spielberg movie.

>> Mike: No spoilers.

>> Darin: I really enjoyed it. Libby. Really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun. It was, old school. Steven Spielberg. I won't spoil anything, but there was a scene in it that was so much like something that you would see with Harrison Ford in Raiders Lost Ark or Tommy Cruise and Minority Report. There were so many Steven Spielberg isms. M. That just. It's like, God, do I love Steven Spielberg. But here is my rub with the movie.

>> Mike: You know, Bono's daughter's in the movie.

>> Darin: I. I did not know that.

>> Mike: Yeah, Eve Hewson.

>> Darin: That's who she is.

>> Mike: Yeah, that's Bono's daughter.

>> Darin: Okay. she was great in it. She was absolutely great in it. I got really pissed off at the movie. And I hate when people do this. And this is much like my wife is a nurse, and when she's watching a movie, and if they're doing CPR and they're just around.

>> Mike: Whoa. Okay.

>> Darin: yeah, call it. You know, nobody does CPR the way you're supposed to do cpr. Very rarely do you see people do that. And they get Libby's approval, okay?


Mike Heathman says meteorologists prepare for morning shows hours before

So Emily Blunt, she is a. I'm not going to call her a meteorologist, but she was doing the weather on a morning television show in Kansas City, Missouri. And she was at her home and she was saying, oh, my God, I'm running late. I have to get there. And her boyfriend or husband or whoever, he's like, oh, you got time? She goes, no, no, no. I have to be there exactly at 7:23. You don't know. I've got to be there to go on air exactly at 7:23. And this is where I call. Okay. When you're going on the air at 7:23. Now, keep in mind, kids, I've worked in television for over 30 years. I worked at four different TV stations and Johnson City and two in Cincinnati and in Dayton, Ohio. And when you go on 7:23, that means you're doing a cut in. Okay? The meteorologists and the news anchors do the morning show. They're often there at 1:30 or 2 in the morning to prepare for everything, all the news and the weather of the day. And then they do their show from 5 to 7. And at 7 o' clock is when they go to the Today show or Good Morning America or CBS this morning. And at 7:23, Al Roker will say, that's what's going on, in this part of the world. Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. And then they go, thanks, Al. It's great here in Kansas City, you know, whatever. So the person who goes on at 7:23 doesn't roll in at 7:20, which is what Emily Blunt did. She drives up, she leaves her car right in the middle of the road and walks in. And like, we thought you'd never get here. And then she walks over and the chick starts putting makeup on her, which, no, you're not gonna get makeup at 7:21. And then as she's walking over and they're putting in the microphone on her, this guy goes, it's partly cloudy, breezy and mild. There's a chance of thunderstorms. Friday, whatever. No, no, it's irresponsible for people to think that that's what these meteorologists, or weather people do. And I was like, here's the message. Steven Spielberg, do better. Wow.

>> Dave: Yeah.

>> Darin: Thank you.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: You'd think that I was a meteorologist, but I've. I'm friends with so many People who do that, they are there from three or four in the morning preparing the forecast. And they don't just walk in two minutes before they go on air.

>> Mike: Do you think you could crawl down out of the middle of Steven Spielberg's ass? I'd appreciate it. I really would.

>> Darin: I really would. Get off my ass. Well, he should know better.

>> Mike: He makes movies. He ain't in the TVs.

>> Darin: But his job, Mike, is to find out all about. He's. Do you know how much he learned about Abraham Lincoln before he made the Lincoln. Lincoln movie?

>> Mike: Yeah. Ah.

>> Darin: He didn't just say, oh, just cast anybody and put a hat on him.

>> Mike: That's the. That's the.

>> Darin: He finds facts. He finds out what people do to make his movies realistic as they can be.

>> Mike: My story about, sitting with all those old people watching Rambo.

>> Darin: Yeah.

>> Mike: And all the stuff that he did. And then we hit one point where he's just holding the machine gun with one hand. And they're like, dad's. After. That's right after an hour and a half of him just doing crazy stuff. You just did the liberal arts version of that.

>> Darin: I did.

>> Dave: You did?

>> Darin: Well, many years ago, I went to a movie called, Nightcrawler. With.

>> Mike: It's about fishing.

>> Darin: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's with Pretty Boy. He was in, Brokeback Mountain. Not the Heath Ledger. Not Heath Ledger, but the other guy, Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler. So he is driving around, there's a car accident. And he pulls over to see what's going on with the car accident. And then this truck pulls up. And this guy runs out with his camera and he starts videotaping it. And he strikes up a conversation with this photographer. What are you doing? Oh, I'm a stringer. Now, A stringer is somebody who freelances, who goes out and shoots footage. And, either is under some type of contract or sells the footage to TV stations or whatever. I don't know. There. Some TV stations do not buy footage. M. Okay. And I don't know, check local listings on that. But. So he decides, you know what? I think I'm gonna become a stringer too. So he goes out and buys a, something.


Video camera, Panasonic. And he goes into this house one night where there's a murder

Video camera, Panasonic. And he starts going and shooting. And he goes into this house one night where all these police officers were and there's been a murder. And he gets all this footage of the murder before any of the other networks come. And he goes to this TV station. Now they're gonna go on Air, let's say at 11 o'. Clock. He rolls up at 10:54 and he says, I've got footage that you're going to want to see. So what happens? The news director says, yeah, okay, I'll look at it. And they go into a room and they play this footage. And now it's 10:58. And the news director says, this is our top story. None of this happens.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: Now, are there times where there is a new breaking news story that leads the newscast? Absolutely. yes. Yes. But the news director, at four minutes before the show, isn't going to look at your tape.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: And they're also not going to say, here, let me cut you a check. You will get that in six to eight weeks. I'm done.


Rush's tour got stopped at the border and now they may cancel more shows

I mentioned a couple weeks ago that Cameron had, orientation at the University of Cincinnati. And while we're there, I'm talking to someone that works at the University of Cincinnati. And he has a lot of students, a lot of volunteer students that help him out from time to time who, take, people on tours and advise on this and answer questions about

>> Mike: that and unpaid labor.

>> Darin: Well, he was a little concerned about the future of his. Of this country because he said that one day it was raining and he got a text from one of the students asking if they had permission to open the umbrella. Okay. He was like. And I said, you know what? Some days I'm worried about it too. But

>> Mike: Rush had to cancel. Well, they, they. It started that they'd canceled some shows. They're actually moving them, but for, for people who are traveling long ways. But let me back up. So Rush is currently on tour.

>> Darin: Yes. I, don't know if you've heard, but they've got a different drummer.

>> Mike: They've got a different drummer. Nika Phillips.

>> Darin: Nilus. Nilis.

>> Mike: Nilis.

>> Darin: Anakin.

>> Mike: Anakin. Yes.

>> Darin: Yes.

>> Mike: There's G.D. lee.

>> Darin: Alex Lifison.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Dave: And.

>> Darin: And Anakin Livison Nelson.

>> Mike: Yeah. And she's replacing Neil Burt. Burt.

>> Darin: Yes. That girl can play drums.

>> Mike: Well, they're on tour now, and it was a hugely. It is. Has been a hugely anticipated tour. Getting tickets to this was almost like getting tickets to, Well, to Rush when they tour again. It was crazy. So I'm just happy that I got us tickets inside the venue.

>> Darin: Yes.

>> Mike: In Detroit.

>> Darin: But, Darren, good news is we got tickets for the concert in Detroit. Yeah. The bad news is they're in our backyard.

>> Mike: But there's. There's tons of videos, of people complaining about Ticketmaster and how hard it was to get tickets and all this stuff. And there's people traveling internationally, first off, from Canada, duh. you, know, because they're Canadian. But there's also people.

>> Darin: Except for Anakin. She.

>> Mike: Anakin is Germany. She's from Tatooine. But then there's people coming from Europe.

>> Darin: And it's hot.

>> Mike: Yeah, it's. I mean it's. Yeah,

>> Darin: wear your sunscreen and your UPF 40 cargo shorts. But there's a throwback.

>> Mike: Oh yeah. But there's people traveling long distances and they've already paid their stuff to come in. And now Rush has had to cancel, I think two of the shows so far and they may have to cancel more.

>> Darin: Why?

>> Mike: Because they got stopped at the border. Oh, they did some, they did some shows in the Mexico's and then they were coming back across to Texas and their tour got stopped at the border. They've got a customs issue. So they have had, actually had.

>> Darin: They have what? Paul McCartney with them. You kids our age will get that. Just because he had.

>> Mike: Yeah, yeah, yeah, he did.

>> Dave: Yeah.

>> Darin: He spent the night in jail.

>> Mike: But I mean it's like Paul McCartney. Of all the reasons. If you spent. I mean some people spent upwards of a thousand dollars per ticket and more if you get the, the scalped ones.

>> Darin: Yeah.

>> Mike: Oh, and then the airfare and getting the hotels and all that stuff. And then you find out that it's been canceled because they're just, they're down at the border and I could just see the border control units like, like, okay, yeah, Rush, whatever. Who are you really?

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: And I could see, G.D. lee. like no, dude, look at me, look at me.

>> Darin: He doesn't look like a rock star. GD Lee looks like a guy who could fix your computer. Yeah, no problem.

>> Mike: And Liffison looks like he teaches at the community college every other Thursday. I, I'm so. I, I hope that they. I'm so glad that we're seeing them in like the very non borders.


All these rumors started on YouTube about when street of Dreams was coming out

I guess that's border state with with Canada.

>> Darin: Y. They're not going to have any trouble getting, getting. They're on currency in Canada, aren't they?

>> Mike: That's right.

>> Darin: I think everybody knows who they are except for Anakin.

>> Mike: They're.

>> Darin: She's from tattooing.

>> Mike: They're playing at the Loose Moose.

>> Darin: One of these days we will, expound on the Loose Moose.

>> Mike: Okay, so that's, that's, that's, that's my Rush story.

>> Darin: If you guys knew what happened at the loose, you would love that.

>> Mike: We need to make some Loose Moose T shirts.

>> Darin: Oh, yes. with the.

>> Mike: So. Yeah, yeah, with the Loose Moose. So that's my Rush story. I've got. I've got a U2 story for the kids. All right.

>> Darin: They're from Ireland.

>> Mike: They are, the land of the ires.

>> Darin: That's right.

>> Mike: So, roundabout. Few weeks ago, maybe a couple months ago, they recorded a new song, Streets of Rage, Streets of the World, Streets of Pride. I forget what it's called. Uh-huh.

>> Darin: Street.

>> Mike: So street of Dreams.

>> Darin: Yes.

>> Mike: And they recorded a video in Mexico City. They also had released an episode, on Ash Wednesday and then another one on Easter, like the week Good Friday.

>> Darin: Right.

>> Mike: So they're just like throwing stuff out left and right. So then all these rumors started in the YouTube fan groups on Facebook of when is street of Dreams gonna release?

>> Darin: Okay.

>> Mike: And so it, By the way, going to any YouTube group on Facebook is just an exercise in. In frustration because every other thing is. Bono is so dreamy. And then Edge is this. And what does Larry think about chocolates? And then why does Adam Clayton only look out at the left side of the camera? And just, The stupidest conversations you've ever only looked at that. Yeah.

>> Darin: And does he have a wonky.

>> Mike: And then somebody said they're going to release the song on. On July 12th or June 12th. And then somebody else said, well, where did you hear that? Oh, it's somewhere on the Internet. Then another YouTube group that I'm a member of said, hey, I heard it's coming out on June 12th. And then the group started feeding off of each other. Within three days, it was. Release parties are being set up and people are excited.

>> Darin: The first release party will be at the Loose Moose.

>> Mike: By the way, nobody from the band or anyone representing the band ever said they haven't said anything.

>> Darin: Well, no, nothing. They never do on the fan page.

>> Mike: They're just. And not even on YouTube.com nothing. Nobody said anything. But the fan pages are going crazy about how June 12, the new single is being released and we're so excited and oh my God, I went. And then they started posting like, they found like little three second snippets from people in Mexico who had filmed part of the filming of the video and put it up. And everyone's excited. June 12th hits.

>> Darin: Nothing.

>> Mike: No, nothing. June 13th. Every group is like, who the do they think they are? I am never buying another YouTube album in my life. Except it was Larry. Larry's the one that said you can't release it because of blah Blah, blah. And this man M says, no, Bono's a control freak. He's the one that said, you can't do it. Everybody's like, well, I think Adam was upset because. And they're coming up with all these things.

>> Darin: And I'm like, guys, I heard it was Paul McCartney.

>> Mike: He was Paul McCartney. Guys, nobody ever said that it was going to be out on the 12th except y'. All.

>> Darin: I love these. I just love these fan groups because it's so easy to stir the pot.

>> Mike: They get so mad.


The easiest ones to piss off are the U2 ones, you know

>> Darin: So easy to. Because I was a member of a YouTube fan base for like, an hour and a half, and I got out because I couldn't deal with it.

>> Mike: But by far, the easiest ones to piss off are the U2 ones. the tool ones are very easy to piss off. But you gotta be careful there. Oh, Rush, you can't piss them off.

>> Darin: They'll cut you in the middle of the night. But, no, you go on a YouTube page and say, that show they did last night was great. It would have been awesome. Better if they played any hits. That's. That's what I said.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: And, boy, did I learn my lesson.

>> Mike: I mean, I can't wait for them to go on tour again so that I can get on there and complain that they didn't play Losing My Religion.

>> Darin: That's right.

>> Mike: Just sit back and watch it to

>> Darin: play Red Red Wine.

>> Mike: Yeah.

>> Darin: Come on.

>> Mike: Oh, they're a lot better since they got rid of David Lee Ross.

>> Darin: That's right.

>> Mike: You know, just ready to go.

>> Darin: This box set is great. If it wasn't for all the David Lee Roth music, I, had so much fun when I said that. I don't regret that at all.


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Guys, we're gonna head out. We are so happy that you joined us on this episode. We love having you as fans, and we. We love that you listen to each and every episode, and we are thrilled. Honest to God, I am just beside myself that, that our growth just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger by the episode. Because soon, Mike, we're gonna take over the world. Irritable dad Syndrome conquers the world. And you guys would be responsible for that. if you go to irritable dad syndrome.com, you can become a patron. And if you go to facebook.uh, org, you can follow us and. And do all that stuff, and it would make us grow and grow and grow, and we will take over the world. Did I say that? I think I did.

>> Mike: I did.

>> Darin: So help us take over the world.

>> Mike: Follow us on only fans.

>> Darin: Yes, that's right. Go to MySpace.com. irritable dad syndrome. Go. We'll see you next week on Iran's Syndrome.

>> Dave: Irritable dad Syndrome is a Mike Odel Darren Cox production.

>> Darin: Oh, my God. I wish I hadn't brought that up.

>> Mike: It's comedy gold.

>> Darin: It is. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's the Loose Moose Family Kitchen. There's a Loose Moose in Toronto.

>> Mike: Do you.

>> Darin: Is it time there. Network. Not network. A morning.

>> Mike: I just. I was. I was expecting.

>> Darin: I don't. Okay.

>> Mike: Everything on my phone starts with a P. Everything? Yes, everything.

>> Darin: Boy, that conversation went nowhere. This show goes nowhere. That's our cold open. Okay.

>> Mike: You don't even need me on this thing.

>> Darin: I don't. Oh, guys, we're gonna head out. This was fantastic. we want to thank you for joining us. We. We love having you as fans and we love having you and we know. Have a great day and stay cool.