Drawer Full Of D!&ks! (Ep. 143)

0:00 I'm trying to get my kids to be very media literate. So we talk about, oh, is it look at this AI video and how can you tell and all that stuff. And so we're at church last night and there's a, a picture of, you know, Mary and Joseph and the baby because it's Christmas and we're collecting things for the Salvation Army and it's AI and it's AI. Well, it's like, it's not a cartoon, but it's clearly like not real. People. Yeah, so Kendall immediately, I didn't even notice it. She looked, she looked. Look, it's AI Jesus. And I was like, Oh yeah, you're right. Like good for you for noticing that like. You know it's. AI someone didn't draw it, but it's also not a real picture. Right. I can tell the AI commercials when they when they have, you know, Doug Ford telling you about his new cryptocurrency, that I can tell that stuff. I that stuff I get, yeah, that stuff is noticeable. But I yeah, I don't really pay attention to pictures. I guess they are.

0:52 I don't. By the way, there's a new ranking of the top ten places to live in Canada. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah #1 is Guelph. How about that? How about Guelph? Yeah, Guelph, Saskatoon, Halifax, Ottawa, Kingston, Regina, London, Winnipeg, Tillsonburg, Calgary. Well, welcome. This is due to underwhelming demand. It's a podcast. It's the half half happiest podcast since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny Gorman. Want to take it? Fucking OK. Well done. Hallelujah.

1:34 There you go. Where's Tylenol? That's right. OK. On the podcast today I got some off limit gifts since it is that time of year off limit off. Like don't buy these gifts. Yeah, if you have no clue on how to, you should be. Basically you should be able to guess these. But anyway. If you wouldn't have bought these gifts anyway. Off limit. Gift. You're a very bad gift. Giver. Yeah. OK. All right. Rachel plays a little something or nothing. Yes. Is this something or nothing? I believe it's nothing. But I think it's there's something. It's ominous. OK, that's that's coming. Well, we'll begin today with Foreman. Foreman.

2:17 Yeah, the game. The game is getting riskier if we I'm looking for fellow game players and if you play the game then you don't need the word parking. It's implied we all play the game every day. All right. Yeah, and the. Name is only if you're working downtown or somewhere where you have to pay to play the game. Because the game is you don't pay, yes, right. OK, I was actually talking to somebody about parking downtown. They work downtown too. And it is. It is a game. It's a game. Yeah, it's a racket. It's ridiculous the prices they charge. Oh yeah. It's a game that has that hurts nobody and should come with no shame or no guilt whatsoever.

3:04 OK, they're obscene parking prices for obscenely large corporations. Who cares that they're not getting your whatever dollars a day? Right, OK. That's a good point. That's a good point, yeah. Now you could have solved all of this if you had only said something to your new employer before you were officially signing anything and said, hey, what about parking? I don't know if you're aware what year it is, David, but books like that don't exist anymore. Really. Ain't nobody getting their parking paid for. When? You were doing a morning show at Foreman's age, Dave. Maybe back then that was included in your. I don't think. That stuff's included. Well, you've got to ask, you know, if they don't want to include it, you can always.

3:48 Ask that stuff wasn't included 15 years ago. Come on, 17 years ago? What are you talking about? You don't know how to play the game. See. The game ended. That wasn't even over. That's the problem. How badly do you want me to come there? Pay for my parking. Not, not badly. Moving on to. The next candidate. See you later. Oh, OK. Well, somebody badly wanted to pay for mine, so I never a problem. We're foreman. Foreman. Nobody. So it's a common conversation around the office of people who work downtown is where are you parking right? How are you getting away with? Getting away with you.

4:29 And plenty of morning show people. By the way, Dave, I believe, will park on the street because they're not coming around to check until later in the morning. And sometimes they get you and sometimes they don't. Sometimes you go down or you pull up your app and you you pay for the last 20 minutes of your day or whatever and make sure you get out of there before they you got to re up it. OK. All right. So it's easier for morning shows. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense my. First radio, second radio job, second radio job required me to have to find somewhere to park. But you know, again, this was quite a while ago. And so you could sit at a meter for a long, long time.

5:10 Now you can't. Like it's 2 hour limit or something like that. But yeah. Yeah. And the game, you know, the subtext of playing the game is you were taking your life into your own hands. If you're doing it at a municipal lot or a city lot, they have the resources to come check and they do OK. Yeah, that's true. Then then they can hold that against your license plate when it's up for renewal. Yeah. Right. OK when it's a. Privately owned lot, It's different. Is it who? Gives a shit. Yeah, the privately owned ones are the ones you don't really care about. You don't. Care about so they don't come around and check. Well, they some do, they might somehow and they'll stick something on on your window that says you owe us.

5:52 And some people freak out and go, well, this is a parking ticket. No, it's not. No, it is not. Because they can't issue parking to only the city can issue parking. No, and they're and and they're not going to whatever you might owe them. What's the most you could possibly owe them 20? 4060 bucks 50 What are the? Odds. They're coming for that. What are the odds they're going to sue you and take you to court? They're not going to. Spend their time and resources to track you down for 30 bucks. That does not suggest I I would not suggest that. If you're dealing with a city a lot, which would be a meter or something like that, you can't fool with them.

6:34 They will issue a ticket and you will have to pay that. Yes, in fact, I talked to someone who frequently doesn't pay for parking downtown Stratford this week on the radio in Country 104. And then when she went to renew her license plate, they wouldn't until she paid $3000. There you go. So I'm not recording. So when you come to this. That's crazy. When you're dealing. With. When you're dealing when, when you're playing the game, you've got to be very aware of some of that stuff. Yeah, I'm not suggesting you try to RIP off parking lots that are privately owned. It's not they're ripping us off by making us pay obscene amounts of money.

7:20 I've always it's. Totally fine. I've always sort of. They're making. Lots, yeah. Sort of that way too form it is that they're making lots of money. So Luger. And this lot is not under video surveillance. It's not very well lit. It's full of potholes. Every other day you see somebody's window got smashed, then the broken glasses just there for weeks at a time. And everyone has there's like, oh, well, there's three spots no one can park in. It's just, oh. My God. I'm not paying for that. For your parking. Yes. They're not even keeping up with the lot. They don't care about it. I don't care. There anyway don't. Pay there. Well, you park there because it's cheap, because the price is nothing.

8:05 It's free because for months they haven't checked at all. Right, OK. And if they do you check then I don't know. Who knows? And some people are very. Bucks maybe, you know. Brian Hoover, who listens to this podcast, he came me a call the other day and he went on to say that he's a, he's a very accomplished game player. He's never paid for parking anywhere and he's never gotten a ticket. What ever in. His life where? He has no my we. We owe money in Toronto, I know that. Yeah, OK. We owe money in Toronto because last year, you recall, I think because we talked about it, I, I had, I had to stay an extra day.

8:49 What a hardship stay an extra day and I had to pay for it in the sunny S because of a snowstorm in Toronto and our flight was cancelled and all that stuff. So we had already paid for our parking in Toronto for the full 7 days that we needed it. Except when we got back a day later, there was a ticket on the windshield. Like, yeah, I don't think I'm going to pay that. I'm sorry, just. Let the park and fly. I'll make lots of money, everybody. Here. They're fine. Now, am I going to that lot again when I'm in Toronto next time? Probably not. No, probably not. Yeah. Does rule those lots out when that happens?

9:30 Yeah, you. Start you start to narrow down your options, but Toronto's a a big city, so I think I'm OK for a while. But somebody like Brian Hoover seems to have figured out. He even used an example of pulling into a a large downtown arena and telling the attendant, oh I work for the sponsor so I don't have to pay for parking and they just let him in. That's very clever. That's very clever. Well, I got a ticket once at Western University and it was only 20 bucks. But my friend at the time worked in the parking office there, and so she said don't even pay it. Yeah, we don't send that. It's only 20 bucks. We don't send that little to collections, Right. So she's like, don't.

10:13 Don't never following up on that. Yeah, yes, no, and I never have. But if you keep doing it. Yeah, then they if if you owe $3000. Yeah, it starts then. That's an issue. If you start making it worth their while, it will be worth their while. That's right. Yeah, Yeah, yeah. So this has been months of free parking at the lot I use so you're. Still not paying? Until this week. Oh boy, OK. Because for the last week now, it's just been one week and one week only. I pulled in, you know, mid morning buddy in the booth is done for the day. So usually I get there and the booth is all closed up, or if he's still there I just wave at him and. He's done for the day mid morning. Yeah, he's only attending there in the morning to get the the morning downtown, you know.

11:01 Sure, that makes sense. Yeah. And then there's a bit of car there with the parking lot corporation logo on it and a guy in a vest and he's got his phone out sideways and he's bending down in front of cars looking at license plates. See who's paid and who hasn't by your friendly neighborhood foreman. Is there the exact time the attendant is? I know he's there. So of course you're going to pay that day that he's there, right? But also, you've had six months of free parking, right? How long is this blitz going to last, right? How your luck's going to run out at some point. Yes, the game is over.

11:41 No, it's up. The game just got the auntie's just been upped, but the game's still being played. The game's never over. Oh, I see. Game is never over. Whatever. How dare you sully this game is. Sully. Yeah, but then the next day he's there again, so you pay again. OK, like you. And it's a good thing he's there when you pull. Out so I'm starting to think fine if the if this guy's always going to be here at the exact same time I. Arrive somewhere else. Fine, I know why I'll keep. I'll pay if he's there. But now I'm starting to realize that if he's not there, it's free again. Yeah, but what if he comes at a different time of day and you haven't paid?

12:29 So the next day, he's not there. The weather is starting to turn in. I'm like, it's raining sideways. But he's not here. He's not coming later. Game on, I'm back in the game. Yeah, I see. He's a pain. Yeah. Games. I'm playing the game again. Right. I'm totally fine. Nothing happened. OK, OK. The next day, weather's even worse as the storm's been coming in, Whatever. And he's not there again, still playing the game. He's not here, OK? All right, well, so far you're winning the game, but anytime you pay money, I I feel like. Yes, but you have to take that. That's a small amount of money against all the free parking you've had. I agree.

13:11 Way ahead, you are way ahead, and you. Six months of not paying exactly to pay for one week is nothing, or even a month is nothing. Cannot let the threat what is the? Daily rate by the way, the nothing that you're talking about. 7 bucks. $7.00. Pretty good for downtown. For a whole day. Yeah, that's cheap. That's probably why they don't come very often 'cause they're like, whatever, we're gonna go to the $20 lot cheap. Yeah, I'm not paying that. Well, it's still dirt cheap. No wonder there's not. No wonder their people are breaking into cars. My hair stylist and she works downtown so she has to pay for parking, but for a long time they weren't checking either. She's like, so I was parking for free and and it was the same car. So even if they did, I think her pass ran out. But it was her license plate that they check right? So it's said that she did have anyway, somehow she was still paying and then she got a new car. So then she got a new license plate. So now she's like, I got to pay again, but she had a good like probably six months to a year run of not paying too. Yeah, that's very well, you know, if you can. Get.

14:20 But you got to know all that. It's all the you know. Yeah, I don't know. If I were her, I would just not pay. Still a new car. Well. Now they know her car is, they know it's a new car, right? Yeah, it's different. 7 Not very dedicated gameplay well. $7.00 a day is like that's a pittance right for might as how might as well not taking to how far are you? How far are you walking from there block? And 1/2. That's not bad for downtown, that's cheap, but it does add up over time, you know? It does, but some of that. Like a year pass or something. You can, we've talked about this. If you, if you see righty in the booth, you pay, you pay him cash. Yeah, he gives you a, a monthly fee, but like, OK, you're paying him cash. He's writing it out on and pen on a piece of paper. I'm like, I'm pretty sure that money just going to him might be.

15:13 Right buddy is coming to the into. His pocket. Which fine if I'm guaranteeing not to get a ticket. Sure, whatever. Because I did. I did. No, the jig is up. Wow again, the threat of 1 ticket cannot deter you from playing the game because think of how far ahead you still are. True. How much is the? Ticket free parking, it's 45 bucks. Well, again, it's like it's so low you might as well just pitch it. Ride it out. Yeah, Good luck. So are you going to pay that ticket? Well, see the problem you now you got to weigh the the risks of you'd still need to park there every day. Yeah, right. And you can't. Pay that, and if you do let them pile up, then they might think they should probably do something about it.

15:56 Yeah, that's right. That's true. Well, I would just, at this point for a minute, I'm not, you know, I'm not great at advice on this stuff because I'm not doing it. And you're the one that's going to pay for this eventually. But I I I mean, I did ignore and just plead, you know, you know, stupidity or ignorance. Yeah. What what ticket? I didn't get a ticket. Did you put it on my windshield? I never saw it. Right. Right. Yes, that's. Why? I would try that one anyway, yeah. What are they going to try and have a little discussion with the buddy in the booth and and I have and everything's fine for now. OK, I'll say that. All right, good. Everything's fine for now. Will you keep us updated? Yes, because I don't think you win at this game.

16:37 I'm not paying for that. I think he's won so far. I mean, you're, you have to weigh the amount of free parking versus what you've actually had to pay for. And I think Forman's winning. Winning very much, but eventually you're not winning anymore. Eventually that guy's not coming around anymore. That's what you think? This is due to Wonder Whelming Demand. It's Dave, Rachel and Foreman. This is the podcast that would make a great Secret Santa gift for for someone you don't like. Secret friends about, Yeah.

17:28 Secret Santas that that's part of the problem. If you get someone, you don't, which is why I never really wanted to do. You know what my daughter is doing a Secret Santa with all of her friends. And I'm, I'm trying to warn her not that she doesn't like her friends, but it's what you're going to get like every time you're in a Secret Santa. How often do you get a gift that you like, you know, never. So you're just doing it for the experience. You're not doing it to get something good, right. And if you put work into your, that's a whole, we could talk about that actually. No, no, we don't need to talk about that. I'm sorry I even brought it up but. In Halifax from a a mystery Co worker, I got a gift set of a a body wash gift set and I thought, do I stink?

18:11 Yeah, that was this. That's. Exactly right gift set. That's exactly right, somebody. Gave me one year or gave Jeremy I think at work, maybe a bunch of Star Wars stuff. Jeremy is like, I don't fucking watch Star Wars. Well, they already bought it for whoever they ended up giving it to. And then you just give it to. It's like the worst thing. So save. Your money. I'm sorry. I I apologize for bringing this up and I'm not talking to to you. 2 OK, I'm very sorry. OK, well, I'm going to bring up something else because I want to play. Is this something or nothing? Yeah, something or nothing. What a segue, I want to talk about something. Something or nothing. You know what? I'm not even going to try with my Segways and I don't because you guys make fun of me anyway so. Yeah, we know you don't.

18:56 Fuck you, something or nothing. Wow, wow, wow. My husband was on like a training zoom call, right? And he was working at home this day. And so in the middle of this call, it's like a day long training. So they're sitting there all day, right? So you got to take breaks in between. What is he getting? What does he now know how to do at the end of this call? You don't even know what this was for, to be honest. That would do what a drag to be on an old days zoom. I don't know. He's a manager of something. Something some kind of office task? The reason why you want to reach the stage in your life where you don't have to work anymore, right? Yeah. Well, it was, yeah, it might have been half a day. I don't know.

19:37 It was a long time Anyway, so they, you know, of course they have to take breaks. So he stops, he, you know, leaves the computer for a bit and I'm like, oh, what are you doing? He's like, we're on a bio break. And I was like, pardon me, a what? A bio break, the guy called it. We're going to take a 15 minute bio break, he says. OK. And I'm like, what does that mean? Jeremy's like, I don't know, think you go to the bathroom or whatever. I'm like, who calls it a bio biological break? A bio? A bio biology? Break a bio, break a bio, break, you're saying? We're going to take a break like you don't need to tell me. So you wondering if this is something or nothing bio? Break something or nothing.

20:19 It's a bio break. Bio Break. It's bio break. Bio break Doo Doo, Doo Doo, you know? Yeah. Hal Johnson and Joanne McCall. And Joanne? No, yeah, not that fun it sounds like. Why you're calling anything a bio break? What a nerdy thing to say. I don't know who the trainer was. I don't know what the trainer didn't work for their company. Nothing. You know, I think it was. There's nothing. What are we talking about here? It's a bio break. Just say, hey, we're going to take a 15 minute break. Everybody knows what they can do. Call it 15 minutes. I'll call it whatever you say. Who cares? A bio break makes it yeah like. That would call it that. Go take a shit break sounds like. America, not I'm. Not doing it. Like that's what it's almost sounds disgusted. It's OK to say that.

21:00 Gross as opposed to a bio break. Yeah, like don't call it a bio break. Like what if I'm having a snack or something? I don't want to think about going to the bathroom. A bio break. A bio break that's. Very olive break could mean getting something to eat that's. Biological oh come a bio break is like what? Are you talking about a bio? Break a stupid thing to say a bio break what a. Dumb doing the training a human or AI like a bio break sounds like well you humans go do your biological processes. The rest of us getting ready to take your jobs robot. We'll stay here and keep working. I'm telling you right now, A. Bio don't need a bio break. A bio break just means get up, walk, yeah, go get something to eat. Go to the bathroom.

21:45 Go to know. What it means don't call it that, Yeah. It's know who doesn't need to waste all that time is AI. The AI doesn't need to waste what do you we're now we're on the AI. This is very. This is done. There's a whole. AI security for me. That's what it's called the bio. Put your tin hat on again there for me. Non human would call it a biological break. Well, what did it? There's nobody called it A. Bio They said it was a bio break. Bio Break. T. That's what that is. AI doesn't know what that that's what they think that's appropriate. Think this is OK? Let me. Is this something or is this nothing? Calling it a bio break. It's. So nothing. I can't believe we're taking a. Question, is it stupid for them to say the word the phrase bio break?

22:30 I don't really think it is. Because they're giving away the whole game. Everybody's on this call to get trained on how to be probably more efficient at the office. And you know what helps to be more efficient at the office If you don't work there 'cause AI does now. No, a bio break. You need one of those. Give me a bio break. Yeah. When are we getting our bio? Break. OK, I don't know if there's this a conspiracy about. AI meanwhile everyone's off doing their biological functions. The AIS are saying, see all this time these humans are wasting, we would be so much better. Nobody said biological, they said bio. That's what it. Means it means go do something, get up, stand. AI doesn't have to. Why do you care? Can I ask you a question here?

23:13 When when your. Husband. When your husband said to you, we're on a bio break and you went, what did you see? That stopped me in my tracks. OK. And you said? Pardon me. Right, who calls it that? Yeah, what a dumb thing to. Say what was your husband's reaction? He was just like, well, I guess we go to the bathroom or something. And I was like, who? What a nerdy thing. Like what are you trying to prove by calling it a bio race? Do you know what I mean? Yeah. He didn't think it was anything, really. He doesn't work in a lab I. Think it didn't. I think it's something. You're not scientists. You work in television. It's not a thing. It's nothing. You can call it whatever you want. Who calls like so dumb?

23:57 Take a snack break. It's not like you're calling it that to be, you know, inclusive or whatever. You're just calling it that because you think it's cool. You think it sounds smart. I think it sounds really dumb. Just take. 15 just take 15 minutes. Yeah, hey, we're going to take a break. But for 15 minutes for your biological functions, there's. Nobody said that. You don't need to add that. Nobody said that. Don't add that. The humans need to much their skin and if you scream their inner. I think Foreman you need. OK, I think it's something, and clearly Foreman does too. I think it's absolutely nothing. Like. A bio break. A bio break.

24:38 Bio Break. Anyway, we're going to take a little bio break. This is due to Wonder Mill. What is it? What is it called? Again, due to underwhelming demand, the podcast that's just as sick of Mariah Carey this time of year as you are. So, you know, just yes, yes, yes, sick. Don't say that. Yeah, no, really sick.

25:18 It's. Blasphemous. No, it's not. It's not and. At the time of this recording, it's still only November. True, but as we record this it without giving too much away, it's Black Friday I. Have some shopping to do today. But I have for you, if you're doing some shopping next Tuesday, Yeah, a list of off, limit, off, limit gifts this time of year. OK, don't buy these gifts. Yeah, you should be aware of this now if. We could have a whole, we could have a an extensive list of things not to buy. And if you need to be told this and you were going to buy some of these, yeah, I think you're a bad gift giver. Well. I know. But I do like to bring this forward because I do think it's it's amusing.

25:59 I find it amusing that someone actually went to the trouble of putting together a list of the top five things. You shouldn't buy some. I could put together AI could do that. Well, I know you could do it. You could just. But you're going to do the top five things that Rachel doesn't want, and that's completely different. That's different. Fine. OK, Yeah. So we're consulted. Isn't it? Yes, well that's what I was going to say is should we have consulted Megan and her Dick themed gifts? Yes, maybe. OK, while I think that's very funny that she does that with her sister, I don't particularly want. What am I going to do with those things? You know what I mean? Well, yes, but if you had. Someone that you?

26:39 Exchanged gifts with who started doing that and then you started to respond to that. Then you would be on to something. I guess then you'd have a whole drawer full of Dicks things. Yes. And which maybe isn't a bad thing, I don't. Know now you know now I have to make that the title of this episode that's. Right, I don't. A drawer full of. Dick, not that we're being judgmental about your drawer. Yeah, you're drawer full. Whatever. I don't really care 'cause I shouldn't. Really put that on the bag. But once again, Megan doesn't so this. Is not what I wanted to do, yeah. That could have been on our merch, which we'll tell you about later. Number six on this top five list. Oh, look at that drawer full of Dicks. OK, so this is a list.

27:28 See if you can guess. See if you can guess. Well, I'll just give them to you. I'll count them down from #5 to the number one off limit gift. Yes, OK. And you should be able to guess what that is by the time I. Other than the drawer. Have we already? Mentioned it. No, I told you #6 on the list, Careful of death at #5 These are things you these are off limits. Don't buy this, OK? Yes, off limits, so don't buy it right ever. Household items, cleaning supplies. Yes, yeah, fair. OK, so when you say household items, does that mean like a kettle? No, how is this written? Household items.

28:10 You're right. Calm a. Cleaning Surprise Cleaning a. Slash cleaning supplies. So don't buy cleaning supplies. Or household items, OK. The aisle at Canadian Tire, that's a bunch of cleaning. Like don't buy anything from that as a gift. But household items? But I need cleaner. Not as a gift. Not as a gift. No, you can't buy cleaner. Like any cleaning supplies I think are off limits. But household items could be like, you know, an air fryer, which people do buy for, for, you know, apply little appliances. Like that? So Rachel, OK, so you're suggesting that household items would then? Some of them. OK, so don't you have a? Cautionary tale about why you should never buy your mom kitchen appliances. And. Here you are suggesting kitchen appliances.

28:52 Well then last year Jeremy asked for an air fryer for Christmas and he was very happy to receive it. Air fryers are great. They really are. They're good. They're great, yeah. That would be. One or are you or do you think they'll they're like microwaves? I would like one. Oh, OK. Oh, all right, Tin. Tin hats off. OK, sure. All righty. So household items, I mean household items I guess could include the brush that you scrub the dishes with, so. Right, like any cleaning supplies for store or a note? Can I stick that in a stocking? No. All right. Gee, what's in the stocking? It's shaped like a toilet bowl brush. Yes, it's a rush for your toilet. Giving somebody cleaning supplies implies that you they have to clean for you or something. You know you that's not.

29:35 What if they need a new one? OK, never mind. All right, at #4 this is interesting. Maybe it's not dwarf. Or because we already said never say #4 intimate clothing. Intimate clothing. OK, I've got a good story about that. OK, good intimate clothing would mean and then that you don't want underwear, underpants, underpants. OK, my I think my mother-in-law buys Jeremy socks and underwear every year. I don't. Right, you don't. That's that she just always has and that's the, you know, the restock. His mom, sure. Yes. Yeah, but I don't still buy him Buy. I might buy him socks or something. I don't know. I think I may buy bought him.

30:16 Socks or socks? I would, but we. Would have family. Christmas. Clothing, anyway. Socks. They're on your. Feet. Well, socks and underwear are intimate clothing. No underpants. Socks are. I think under underpants are intimate. Clothing, right. OK. Braziers we had a our intimate clothing. We had a family gift exchange years and years and like probably 20 years ago. Lingerie would be intimate clothing. My one of my cousins received lingerie from an aunt like a nightie like a like a fancy nightie and she was like what the what is this? And the aunt wasn't an elf. No, no, it was.

30:56 So that was. That was awkward. That is awkward. That's all and. It's not her mom. Yeah, no thanks. Actually, they're not related by blood. So they're both in laws or? No, they're no one of them. Is. They're not related by, so that's a good. Not right? Well, what? Do you well? What do you do if you're significant? Other says. And we generally check each year because I don't have my mom's not buying my stuff for me. We generally I will get the question asked, do you need underwear? And I would be I don't think so. I don't think I think I'm good or and then and then I will then reverse. Do you? No, I have plenty. I'm all right. So you know, but that's stocking that may be material that could go I think. And you're stalking.

31:40 It's a necessary. Appropriate person. Yes, it's a necessary gift, something you need. It is something you need. Please don't put it in a box wrapped under the tree because I know. Feel like. That's a. Stalking gift? Yeah. Yeah, okay. All right. Sure, from the approach. So I'm not that one like 5050 for me. Okay, so no, but no lingerie. No. Well, unless it's from your husband, I guess. And you don't have to. Open it in front of it just as. A family. I mean, I don't know anyway. It depends on who it's from. OK. Yeah, all right #3 on the off limit gifts list, gag or prank gifts. Megan. I mean, they're funny, but they're just as just a waste of money, you know?

32:23 Again, I think it all depends on. I've gotten you guys some cake, some gag gifts, I. Forgot my poop pillow somewhere. Yes, remember I got you the toilet paper with Donald Trump. I don't. Have that I haven't used that I should. Yes, I used that in 2020 once. Still in the wrapping. Yeah, and I will use it in 3 1/2 years again, probably 2. Yeah, I don't, I, I think gag gifts are all right. If you're, we did a thing one time where we would, we put the limit at $25, I think. So spend, everybody spends 25 and you, you just grab a wrapped gift from under the tree and that's what you get. And then you know, all that stuff. And sometimes there were gag gifts in there. Yeah, but again, if you get one of those, you. Said And then what do you want with it? Yeah.

33:15 It's a waste of money. And then you want to trade it for the Bailey's gift set and, and then sure, yes, yes. And everybody wants. Those gift cards, lottery ticket, that's what you take to a yeah, you know, gift swap. I don't think gift cards, I'm sorry, gift cards say. Yeah, to me. A gift card? Well, gift cards are handier than say. A lottery ticket that's worth nothing for. A drawer for Dicks. A gift card to me says maybe. Here you go. Merry Christmas. I couldn't be bothered shopping for you. Well, but a gift card at a gift exchange, like a gift swap because you don't know what you're going to get. Those are hot commodities at ours. Could be, and you can pick them up at Petra Canada on the way.

33:57 So sure. And now also a bottle of wine for some reason. Proving Doug. Proving my point. Proving my point for me. Yeah #2 in your off limit gift list hygiene items. Well, yes, yeah. I mean for my family you could put like maybe deodorant in the stocking or something. That's a hygiene item, yeah. I wouldn't give that. To anyone else for a kid. Yeah, I would put that in the stock that's. A hygiene item, but no batch of silk. No, that goes in the drawer full of Dicks. All right, So we've cleared up what we're certain hygiene items are OK.

34:40 Those things go together. I just thought I would ask I. Just thought I would ask. No, I don't think you shouldn't assume you know someone else's problem. You know what? I mean. It depends, like if you got to open stuff like that in front of extended family, you don't want to have to explain your fungal situation. That's right. So off limits. Yeah. So I guess. That's a good one, Dave. Good. Yes, you're right. We could all agree. On that one Viagra would we include that on? I wouldn't. I mean it's how expensive is it? I don't that's trouble. I don't know. Luckily I don't know, but also in fortunately I don't know Merry.

35:25 Christmas. I assumed you needed the heavy flow kind. Yeah, don't be giving, you know, feminine hygiene products any of the like. That's not yeah. I really need a bio break. Non gift. OK. Can you guess then now with after we've gone through the number 5 through 2, but the number one off limit gift would I? Actually can't, because I think those hygiene items showed up at #1 yeah, that's like now that that's all the means, and I know that. These I'll give you a hit. These outweigh hygiene items outweigh literally, figuratively, and literally.

36:12 You can't guess. Huh. You can't guess. Is it related to the cleaning dwarf full of Dicks? No, not related to the dwarf full of Dicks you've done. Hygiene cleaning products. Well, let's count them down again. Add number six dwarf full of Dicks #5 household slash cleaning #4 intimate clothing #3 gag prank gifts #2 hygiene items. Hey, that number one, you still don't know. Vacuum. You're gonna. You're gonna smack yourself in the forehead. They really are from the. Drawer. Fitness products. Oh, fitness products weight loss. Products. Fitness products. Right, OK. That I was zempic.

36:52 Well, it might be, you know, Well, that's something that some people might want. The Ed medication, I think it could be expensive, right? I don't know how you get that here without a prescription, but anyway, the. List of things that Rachel may want for Christmas. Viagra. Ozempic Yeah, no, I don't think it. Seems someone asks for fitness like if somebody says oh, I want to One year Jeremy wanted a kettlebell. I was like, all right, so I. Have someone very close to me who wants something fitness related. Yeah, for Christmas for it fitness related. And you know.

37:33 She wants it, yes. You've already given her the vacuum and that went over well. It did me very well, by the way, she. Asked for the vacuum too. Exactly. She wanted the vacuum. And the vacuum, by the way, is something that I'm the one that uses it all the time. Right as she was hoping. For yeah, it's true. It's. True. Well, you're the one who's home, Yes. You're not working. I am hoping so I can do that. I don't really have. Fitness products that I was, but those all go on sale in January too, so don't buy them before Christmas. Just saying. Can you wait to Boxing Day? Yeah, exactly. Did we cover everything? Yeah, none. Size. Yeah, I really think we did. Well, yeah, we didn't cover the what was it? Who was the lady who got the this? What was fast fact pesticide?

38:17 Sprayer. Backpack sprayer. We didn't cover that. Don't don't give anybody a backpack sprayer. All the time. She was so funny, she. Got a? Backpack sprayer for her birthday. Her. Birthday or Christmas? That was so. Funny. Oh my gosh. From her husband, Yeah. And then there's a famous quote I think during that same topic was no gift is inappropriate until you give it a chance. I think we should end there. This is due to underwhelming demand. It's a podcast of featuring Dave, Rachel, and Foreman. Not only is it underwhelming, but we're underpaid, like extremely underpaid.

39:15 So if you would like to sponsor said underwhelming podcast, how do how do I go about doing that? How do I get a hold of me? How do I get a? Hold of you can go to our website, underwhelming.ca or you can e-mail us Dave, rachelforeman@gmail.com. Even if you go to our website, there's a contact form there. It goes right to our e-mail, so we will get it. We can, and there's a sponsorship page on our website, so you can check out some more information there and then I can send you pricing if you want. I don't harass you. You either do it or you don't. That's fine. Look to you and we have Shadow. You could also buy shoutouts and stuff that's brand new. It's on the website too. Listen, I was remiss last week. Before we carry on, I just wanted to acknowledge the passing of the legendary Bill Brady.

40:00 I was heartbroken to to hear that news. Bill Brady used to do a thing on the radio called the Bunny Bundle, which I think was a fundraiser for children and he would do it at Easter time. And so we would all, when as school kids and I was in elementary school, you would do maybe a fundraiser or whatever and take the money in. He would, kids would come in and he'd put him on the radio in the morning. I mean, radio was a different, it was a different kind of radio back then. And I was chosen along with two or three other kids to go and take the money that we had raised to. So I actually was on the radio as a kid. Yes, that long ago as a kid. And I remember thinking, I think I would like to do this. And somehow also, my dad worked at a car dealership, and they used to have a Christmas party for the kids. So my dad would bring my sisters and I to, you know, and we would all get a gift.

40:56 Santa Claus would show up and we'd all get a gift. And it was a little, you know, it was a thing for the kids. And I remember one year, Bill Brady was the host. He actually told a joke about my dad, which I thought was the coolest thing ever. The coolest thing? What was the joke? Do you remember? No, I don't, but I remember he mentioned my dad, and I just thought my dad's cool because that's Bill Brady. And my dad, he mentioned my. Anyway, Bill Brady was a legend. He was who he was the standard bearer for radio people. I mean in. London, yeah. Yeah, in London. OK. But I wanted to bring that I I. We'll get to some messages, yeah. From other people.

41:40 Have we heard from anybody? Well, we've heard from a lot of people about the idea that perhaps very, very soon, perhaps in time for Christmas, maybe possibly one of us is working very, very hard on. One of us is working. Hard on it? Yeah. Who? Who is it, guys? Yeah. Yeah, too. Yeah. The one that told us to F off earlier, I think. Yeah, yeah. The one with a drawer full of Dicks? Not us. Yeah, that we might actually have merchandise you could put under the tree for your loved ones this year. Yeah, Yeah. Maybe that should be nice. Maybe about this, maybe that's. #7 on the off limit gift list. Yeah, underwhelming.

42:21 Underwhelming merch. Yeah, underwhelming merch. Yeah, well it is underwhelming in. The work, Yeah. And you asked what kind of stuff people might want. And, of course, the person who lives in northern BC would immediately say Tookes. Thanks, Bonnie. We got a took on there Yeah okay so we've created the merch. I had to go through a drop shipper and and it's a whole thing and set it up on our websites and stuff so it's coming but it's not quite there yet coming soon if you sign up to our newsletter, you can do that on our website underwhelming dot CAI will once it's available I'll blast everybody and say hey, it's available so sign up for the newsletter.

43:02 It only goes out once a week if I remember to do it. So also something I do anyway. And then you can check out the merch and we'll and we'll see if you. Like it? We'll see what we have, Donna says she would love it. It would be like belonging to a secret, not so secret club. Yeah, that's true. It is a secret, but not so secret. And if you have ideas for merch, like once you see if you have ideas for other things that you would like to see or whatever, sure. After discussing back full of Dicks, I don't think you should be saying what would you like to see our name on? I'd like to see that on something. I don't think they offer that. There's some, they've got lots of products that where I'm looking, but I'm just giving you haven't seen that.

43:47 You just opened it up for ideas. I'm just saying. Just saying, OK. What kind of stuff would you like? Ben says you'd be interested in T-shirts or hats. Barb says hats and ball caps, OK. Scarlett says coffee mug hoodies and hats OK. All right. Mugs. Sure. Yeah, Melissa. These are all very these are these seem doable. Yeah, Melissa says. As your number one ambassador, I would love a hoodie and T-shirt. Oh, OK. All right. OK. Jan says that would be fabulous. I would love to have a dud coffee mug. Sure would be one-of-a-kind. Yep. Well. OK, so I didn't do coffee mugs because they were kind of this. The regular small ones, they might have a bigger size, but I did.

44:29 There's tumblers, there's the big ones like the insulated ones, kind of like this, but with a handle that you can take to work or whatever with straws, without straws anyway, so there's a few options. OK, I can do more, but anyway. Yeah, Brian Yeti mugs and hats. Yetis. Hoodies for sure. Connie's sweatshirt, hoodies, tumblers. Tracy a strong yes for T-shirts, hoodies and tumblers. OK Brenda, yes to all the suggestions, but don't forget about the plus sized people if doing T-shirts and hoodies. Yeah, I've got plus sizes on there too. I've got T-shirts, hoodies, tumblers, big mug like travel mugs, hats like a cap and a took. OK.

45:12 So Rod says bumper stickers. I did do stickers but I don't know how affordable they are going to be with the. Jerry would love a hoodie. OK, there is. Hoodies, Tom says hats with your logo. I would buy one or more. OK, All right. Well, we'll see anyway that I'm we're working. On it's. Melanie, it's coming. All of it. Shirts, hats, lanyards, etcetera. Sure, OK. Amber says definitely a hoodie, but I would want to see ideas of what they would look like before I commit. OK, that's fair. That's fair. Yeah. Well, you opened it up. You already said so. You know, now you're hearing this. If you have any thoughts on what you would, you can message. US e-mail us CMS, whatever.

45:55 You can do that. Sure, yes, because also Madonna Sabo says Madonna, but that's the Instagram name is not really not be really interested at all. Oh, OK, and Don Diane Kelliston is the name of the account says it's an idea, but I would pass. Oh, OK. Well, it's not for everyone and I understand that. Twist your arm? No. That's right. Anyway, we're creating it. It'll be there if you want. If you don't, that's fine too, but I'll let you know when it comes out. Coming soon, Coming soon. Okay. I think it was at last episode we were talking about chickens and how many eggs they lay.

46:36 That was a headline. That was a Florida headline where the the the gunfire erupted over argument on how many chickens or something is. By the way, have you watched Kate Beckinsale talk about her daughter's boyfriend, Lane? Two eggs. What's what the actual fuck? That's got to be a. That had a yoke that had a shell. No. Yes. I know she was talking about it on. Jimmy Kimmel. She showed Jimmy and Guillermo pictures and they said what the fuck? I know it's unreal. Like I thought she was good. I thought this was a whole bit, that it was a joke, but no. And then it wasn't a joke. And I'm like, no, she means it. Yeah. Can't be real. OK, I didn't. I don't think humans can lay eggs.

47:16 No anyway. How about chickens laying legs? Yeah, well, Aaron got back to us and he says chickens can lay anywhere from 10 to 300 eggs per year. High production hybrids can lay up to 300, but traditional breed chickens lay around 180 to 250 eggs a year. OK, well. I don't know whether the argument was over how many they can do in a. Year. How many in a lifetime or I have no idea. It was a it was just a headline. I thought they laid like 1 egg a day. That's. Well that's up to like 300 ish like almost one a day. Close. It's close. 180 is not. That's like every other day anyway, whatever you. Know look, it's it's cold. OK, sorry. One every other day. God yeah, they're having a bio break. Yeah, they're having a bio break.

47:57 A whole day, like we get 15 minutes anyway, just saying. I'm just. Saying, yeah, but I mean, like, if, if I didn't lay the egg today, give me a break, it's coming tomorrow, like, right, you know. OK. Good things take. Sure, that's why you have to have a lot of chickens. I guess you hold barn full because you're only getting half the amount of eggs every day. And that's why AI doesn't care, because when AI is in charge, they don't eat the chickens or the humans, okay? Legs that we can eat themselves. We don't need, yeah, don't need to eat them. Conspiracy. OK. We're continuing on with freezing butter. Dave Powery. We've got a. We've got a, not this. It's. Just no. It's continuing. He sent me this. Come on.

48:38 A friend of mine who also listens to our podcast, Jen, shout out to Jen, texted me this this week. As of this recording, butter was on sale for 399 I think at Shoppers Drug Mart. And they both said to me, and Dave says, hey, Rach, go load up the freezer. By the way, we freeze butter and cheese all the time. And my friend Jerry said time to go, time to go get butter for 3/3/99. Butter is cheap. That's the cheapest you're going to find. How much butter? And she said she's going right after work. I said start the car. How much butter do you go through? Can you give me like how many you know, How many eggs does the chicken lay? How much butter does Rachel go through? Maybe a cup a week if we're baking. Kendall's been baking a lot of cookies lately, and that's a half a cup of butter.

49:28 Each time. OK, so how? I don't really know. Not a Baker. Butter for like just cooking and stuff. Like you just use butter, right? Use butter. Are you using a lot of butter? No, like I say, OK, butter. That is a good price for butter. I don't get one or two of them. And put them in the fridge. Leave them in the fridge. Just like a human being. One or two, yeah. And then I, you know, leave it in the fridge. Just got extra. Just leave it in the fridge. OK, stop, stop, stop. It's not just me, OK? That's all I have over here. What's the worst Christmas gift you ever got? Oh my gosh, I got a backpack sprayer from my husband. Like a pesticide.

50:14 Sprayer, yes. So this Christmas I'm getting him some jewelry and like for me. Oh, so you are still married then? Oh. Definitely it's payback time this year, but boy, he was so proud of this and it was so huge under the Christmas tree. And I thought, oh, he's really done it this year. Yeah. Of of. And he certainly did, Barb. Absolutely. And opening that in front of all the family, it was like he was like, oh, let's see if it fits. I'm going seriously like.