Da Rules

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Welcome to Sunset Conversations, a BullfrogEntertainment
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Mark Florkowski. On the 15th and 30th of each
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info at BullfrogEntertainment .com Hey get that
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sleeping donkey out of that bathtub and I'm telling
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you right now if that pickle does not bounce
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after being dropped from a height of one foot
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it cannot be sold and It is unsafe for consumption.
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I you know, stop right there a donkey in the
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bathtub Are you taking me back to my college
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years? It's and it's not just in the bathtub.
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It's sleeping in the bathtub Well, I was sleeping
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too, but sleeping I mean, that's a I guess it's
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okay to have a donkey in the bathtub, but a sleeping
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donkey No, in fact, that's the state of Arizona
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There is a law that says there are no sleeping
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donkeys allowed in a bathtub That's unbelievable.
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It's and we'll get into why have you ever tried
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sleeping in the bathtub you don't even believe
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it can't be done it's again it's not just a donkey's
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in the bathtub he's sleeping connecticut has
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the pickle bounce law and we'll get into that
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as to why you know bouncing pickles is very uh
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interesting it's an intriguing uh you know visual
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i mean it's just and and that's why this episode
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from uh sunset conversations is called the rules
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And this is the introduction to The Rules, folks.
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So jump in, let us know what you think, and I'll
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continue here. Yes, we do have some quirky, unusual,
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humorous laws or rules that our society has created.
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I myself ask myself, what were these people thinking?
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That's a good question with a big question mark
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at the end of it. Again, what were you thinking?
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I will also share the 10 rules. Now these, I
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and a couple of buddies a number of years ago,
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while sailing the Great Lake, Michigan. I think
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you left the part out. You weren't just sailing.
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Well, I was working the galley. I was putting
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the ice in the scotch in the cups. And the other
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two were... How hot was it outside? I don't think
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there was a lot of ice going on, was there? And
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during these various trips, we came up with the
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rules, and I will get into those again a little
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bit later. All right. It'll be interesting, I
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hope. Yes, there are rules and laws in our society
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that are good ideas and they help protect us.
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There are also rules or laws created that can
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cause conflict. and serious splits, as we know,
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in our individual belief systems. As humans,
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we do at times require guidance or even direction.
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Today, we are going to stick to our mission statement
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and purpose. We are here to enlighten you, our
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listening audience. We look at topics from the
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later side. We want to share joys with you, not
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cause conflict. Remember, we want you to smile
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like when you eat ice cream. So today, Mark and
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I, along with you, will laugh together as we
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share the rules. Let's touch on that Connecticut
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bouncing pickle law once again as I mentioned
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in the introduction. Who couldn't resist bouncing
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pickles? I mean, I just want to get a job in
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a deli just to sweep the floor. It's insane.
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This goes all the way back to 1948 where there
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were two men and they were caught selling rotten
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pickles. Well, you know, they should be jailed
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for that crime. They just about were. I mean,
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to ensure quality from that point on. Connecticut
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came up with that crazy drop a pickle from one
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foot up and if it bounces, it's safe to eat.
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And if it doesn't, well, that's against the law.
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Throw that pickle out. So that's the pickle law.
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If we had a job, we should investigate them immediately.
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Yes. I mean, you know, and in here, that ain't
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nothing. Let's go to California. California.
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They got the jumping frog rules. Hmm. Well, who
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would be surprised that California has too many
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rules? Here they got a jumping frog competition.
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And I guess at one of the county fairs at some
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point, some of the frogs started dying after
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they started jumping. And well, the audience
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decided. Frog legs anyone? Oh, no, no, no There's
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a law if the frog dies during a frog jumping
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contest It cannot be eaten or used For any purpose
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like what's the other purpose dissection? for
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unknown causes. Some more insanity. Any other
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purpose. What is that other purpose? But never
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mind. Delaware. Ah, here you go. Delaware, there's
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no selling of dog hair. Well, I'm sure the dogs
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are happy. And because the dogs are so happy,
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they've also added cat hair to that as well.
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Who are these folks in a room that come up with
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this stuff? dogs and cats, you can't sell their
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hair. I mean, if I have another pet that has
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hair, I can sell their hair. I'm telling you,
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this is insanity that people have a job description
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that is included in their job description, and
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then they're pulling a salary, maybe a pension.
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Unbelievable. Absolutely. Back in Arizona, again,
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Arizona with that, it's illegal for a donkey
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not to... be in the bathtub. A donkey can be
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in your bathtub. The law says it can't sleep
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in your bathtub. That's the important part of
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this law. Not the donkey just being in your bathtub,
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but sleeping in your bathtub. So back to my college
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days, I was safe. I don't know how many people
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have sleeping donkeys, but in the 1920s it turns
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out... there was a flood and it literally carried
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I imagine a sleeping donkey because otherwise
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he'd have woke up and jumped out of the bathtub
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but no it carried a donkey in a water -filled
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bathtub that's even more insane the bathtub was
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filled with water now yeah because it might have
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could have sunk because the whole thing about
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displacement of water I don't understand this
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at all I don't get it but I understand we're
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looking out for the safety of donkeys at large,
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so we should have donkeys and bathtub floating
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down the river that might capsize and the donkey
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would drown. It went miles away. They don't care
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about the drowning donkey if it drowned. If it
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would have drowned quickly, that would have been
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a good thing because the law, yeah, literally,
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this bathtub sailed miles away and it caused
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a major rescue effort. That was the problem.
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That's the problem. Not that the donkey needed,
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no. If the donkey would have drowned quickly,
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the law would never have been, but no. It took
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hours. Don't get on my case, Mark, but I gotta
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know what it was that cost to rescue a donkey
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in the past. Let's jump to Arkansas. Now that
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we've gone to Arizona and sleeping donkeys, Arkansas,
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this is... a great one too you cannot do not
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do this you cannot honk your horn near a sandwich
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shop after 9 p .m. all right I give up they believe
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maybe you should have some quiet hours So you
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can quietly eat your sandwich? I don't understand
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this. Now I know that Arkansas is in a big state
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but it's uh I thought it was the headquarters
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of Walmart so it can't be that little of a town
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like you know Wisconsin and Iowa has lots of
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little towns and all the sandwich shops are closed
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up by by nine o 'clock so you can honk your horn
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all you want after nine o 'clock I guess there
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as long as you're not you know this is I don't
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know I don't know here's a crazy colorado now
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this one See, I've been to a part of Kentucky
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where, to coin a term, we were literally with
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hillbillies. It was a very interesting situation.
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I'm not going to go into that story, the whole
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thing. But the point is they had a couch sofa
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on their front porch that was so long that the
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mother, the father... all their children the
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grandmother and the grandfather both him and
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the father holding 12 gauge shotguns as they
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said at the end of this monster's couch sat there
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as we visited so they were sitting there for
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a family portrait yeah it was a regular you know
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why that couch was on the porch you know because
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they couldn't get it in the house no doubt but
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in colorado it is against the law in boulder
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i don't know about the rest of the state but
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in boulder College town. That's exactly the reason
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why No couches allowed on the front porch because
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they're afraid the college student might set
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it afire There has been lots of laws and rules
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in college towns. Lots. College kids are burning
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their sofas on the front porch. Let's put an
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end to that right now. I dropped a cigarette
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into the couch. Maybe they should have a course
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based on the folks in Kentucky that sit on their
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sofas so that the college kids could learn how
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to not burn their sofas up. Porch couch etiquette.
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I see the title of this little, you know, e -book
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I Know you grew up in Catholic school. So, you
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know, oh You know just when you gave us the rules
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I had a severe angst moment. I'm like, okay,
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where's this coming from? You know, I had to
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take a step back do the four -second breath and
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release and like okay, we'll do this. Yes, and
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this is why we're doing the later side because
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Even with religion, the wonderful state of Alabama,
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they have come up with a religion -based rule,
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if you want to call it a religion -based rule.
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There is no wearing a fake mustache that causes
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laughter in church. This is prohibited. I mean...
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There you go. There's your religious law for
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today. Yeah, you took me back 40 years. There's
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no laughter in church. No laughter in church,
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obviously. And if you wear a silly mustache,
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oh my God, what have you done? So you cannot
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do that in the state of Alabama. But, I mean,
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it's just... Folks, it's... I don't know. I just
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can't understand how... Like in Louisiana, someone,
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if you were to send them an unprompted pizza,
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that's considered harassment. A what kind of
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pizza? Unprompted, I mean they didn't ask for
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it. So if you accidentally got a pizza delivery?
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Yeah, that's against the law. Wow. That's again,
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you cannot, I can't like surprise you and someone
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knocks on your door and it's a pizza. So in,
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is this Louisiana? This is in Louisiana. A nice,
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generous pizza being delivered to your house
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is the equivalent of a swatting. Yeah. Oh, gosh.
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Yeah. Or Kansas. This will mess things up, because
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there's places where this is a big thing. In
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Kansas, the state of Kansas, it's illegal to
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catch fish with your bare hands. Or, and this
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is the whole, this is... I don't know why they
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added this law to the no catching of fish in
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your bare hands. It's also against the law to
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use ice cream as a cherry pie topping. What?
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A cherry pie topping. Yeah, yeah. In the meantime,
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I'd be in jail all the time. Noodling is a huge
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thing that's done in the South for catfish. And
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I am pretty darn sure that those folks also put
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ice cream on their cherry pies if they so want
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to, but not in Kansas, okay? So they don't have
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any bears, per se, because how does a bear catch
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a fish? They'd all have to be in a jail. And
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the poor bear can't have any ice cream on his
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cherry pie. I wouldn't want to cross that. I
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mean, my goodness. Apple pie, I guess it's okay.
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Real quick, Minnesota, well, this is great. There's
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no crossing state lines with a duck on your head
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a duck a Pheasant would be perfectly fine cross
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the line and go wherever you want from the state
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of Minnesota, but not You're going to have to
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excuse me as I go research with some of that.
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No ducks allowed in my head. Not on your head.
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Only when you're crossing the state line. Yes,
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you can walk around the state of Minnesota with
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a duck on your head all day long. I don't know
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how many people are listening, but if they're
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anything like us, they're a little... There's
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a little streak of defiance in them. They're
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probably all running to... They're all running
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to get their ducks right now. Where's my duck?
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I want to get my duck, put it on my head. Ohio?
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This is great. It's against the law to get fish
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drunk. Oh, wow. How am I going to go out with
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my fish now? I'm telling you... I got fish in
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my pond and I thought we'd all go out together
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and have a couple of shots of whiskey. And now,
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well, but it's Illinois. I can do that. But if
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it was Ohio? No, no, no, no. Cannot do it. Why
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do they put these laws on the books? This is
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the whole premise of everything here. Vermont,
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Vermont, women need to ask, not even ask, have
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written permission from their husbands to wear
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false teeth. You're not taking me there. No,
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no. Honey, you can put the false eyelashes on
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anytime you want, but those false teeth, lest
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I rate you that permission slip, ain't going
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in your mouth. Now I understand why there are
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rules. That's a rule. I'm not going there. I
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mean, these laws are so outdated. I mean, most
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of them are not enforced, of course, when they
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come from local histories that have occurred.
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And hey, before we finish up on such a topic,
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we have to visit the crazy laws within our own
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state of Illinois. Do we have time? I think we
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have. We've got to make time. We've got to make
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time. Because in Kenilworth, there's a rooster
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law. First, I didn't think you'd even have roosters
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in Kenilworth, but the law, they must stand 300
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feet away from a residence to crow. Just 300
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feet. If that rooster is 250 feet, hey, that's
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a nuisance. I can file a complaint if I'm a neighbor.
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Hey, like I said, that other state you can't
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get your fish drunk with you? Well, here in Illinois,
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there's no whiskey for dogs. They cannot have
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whiskey. What about a martini? What about a beer?
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That I guess is okay, but giving a dog whiskey
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in Illinois, illegal. I don't want to see these
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emails about us suggesting that we're intoxicating
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animals. I just don't want the emails. Walking
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around with ducks on our head giving our dogs
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and fish liquor. No cigars for pets. This is
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just a general rule for pets, all pets. Oh boy.
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No cigars. It's illegal to give a lighted cigar
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to your pet. Oh, OK, so. Yeah, go ahead and say
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it. I can't. An unlit cigar is OK for all your
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pets. I wouldn't put a cigar anywhere near my
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dog because it's going to eat it or it's going
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to chew on it. And I'm sure it's not. I don't
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want to clean up the mess. But these are common
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sense rules. You can have lizards and you can
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sit there and have a cigar together. Just can't
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light it up together. I wanna know what the guy
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- And you can probably have a whiskey. I wanna
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know the people who were in that room, what they
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were drinking and smoking when they came up with
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these rules. It is just absolutely, here, this
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is a really great lie Illinois came up with right
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here. Eating in burning buildings. It's against
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the law, it's prohibited. to eat in a burning
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building. How about Chicago? Smart! Somebody
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was actually caught eating in a burning building.
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Excuse me, sir, you're going to have to stop
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eating. The building is on fire. Let's make a
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rule. Let's make a law. OK. Well, again, what's
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with the mustaches? Even in Illinois, mustached
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men in the town of Eureka are not allowed to
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kiss women Eureka These guys should all go to
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church in Alabama Ran away from maybe they can
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kiss their wives as long as the mustache isn't
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funny they'll get into the church fine and finally
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Fishing in pajamas in the state of Illinois It's
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prohibited. I guess throughout the rest of the
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state. It's okay, but it's prohibited in Chicago
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No pajama fishing and one that I've always heard
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that I thought was a goofy law which after he
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actually I said then finally one more because
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this is a law that I have heard of I thought
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was Throughout the country at some point or you
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know, whatever spitting on sidewalks. You can't
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spit on sidewalks in Ottawa The rest of the state
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of Illinois, you can lay a hocker wherever you
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want. I am glad you mentioned that was in Illinois,
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because when you say the name of that town, I
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always think of Canada, so. Out of Illinois,
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no sidewalk spitting. I said, my goodness, now
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I don't have to go to Key West. He says, well,
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maybe you want to go to Key West. I think we're
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always in Key West. I think we are. All right,
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here we go. Alright, let's take a quick jump
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around the world. Let's say how about Singapore
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Singapore there's no No chewing gum what chewing
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gum in Singapore is illegal You need a doctor's
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prescription to chew gum Okay, and they think
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that's to maintain public cleanliness. I'm sure
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it is I've never been to Singapore, so I don't
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know what they're like. I have no idea. Italy,
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Italy, you must smile when in Milan. I think
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that's a good idea. That's required for citizens
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to smile at all times, except during funerals
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or hospital visits. Boy, they need a lot of guidance.
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You can't come in and say, hey, how you doing?
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I'm glad you're feeling better. Yeah. No, that's
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not going to happen. Not in Milan. Quickly moving
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on. How about Caribbean countries? No camouflage
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clothing in Caribbean countries like Barbados,
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Jamaica. I guess that's because how else can
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you tell the good guys from the bad guys when
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these countries battle internally? You're making
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a very strong point. It could be dangerous. Thailand.
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underwear. Underwear is obviously a problem in
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Thailand. It's illegal to leave your house without
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wearing your underwear. Well I'm glad there's
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an underwear police somewhere. They say it's
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really enforced and so I guess there is no commando
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at all even if you're out wearing your PJs, although
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in Chicago, you can't be fishing while you're
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wearing your PJs. Never mind. Thank you. Poland.
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Your country, Poland. I don't know anything about
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the country's rules. Well, here's something you
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need to know. This is so important. There are
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no Winnie the Pooh t -shirts allowed. Winnie
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the Pooh is banned. Banned. from schools, from
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playgrounds. Why? Because he doesn't wear pants.
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You know, everybody picks on Winnie the Pooh.
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What the hell, if he would go out, excuse my
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French, if he would go out from Thailand, at
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least he'd have his underwear on. Well, you know.
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Why don't they hook that up? Lots of people have
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taken issue with Winnie and, you know, look it
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up, China doesn't like Winnie the Pooh either.
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Again, no underwear, that's, you know, to me...
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Hating Winnie the Pooh, I think that's that's
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just wrong. That's just wrong. That's just right.
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I love Winnie the Pooh What a fantastic character
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and story but no well, how can we how can we
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not talk about North Korea? Oh boy I'm not comparing
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high school to North Korea, but in North Korea.
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There's no jeans. You cannot wear jeans Because
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it's a symbol of Western culture. Hey, look at
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what we're wearing We're in jeans today and I
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say high school because when I was in high school
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we actually had a sit -in in the administration
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offices Just so we could wear jeans. Hey, you
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know, there you go And you know, I I don't think
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that the North Koreans could bear with having
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a bunch of people doing podcasts like we're doing
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Again, unbelievable Portugal Portugal There'll
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be no peeing in the ocean The ocean no peeing
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I need that rule here in Lake Michigan I Guess
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big lakes. It's perfectly fine. I question what
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about all the other sea creatures? Are they under
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arrest as they urinate throughout the ocean?
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You're starting to really go off the edge here.
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We're going to start regulating sea creatures.
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And what if what if a pod of whales comes by?
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That's a lot of pee in the ocean. I would get
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out of the way. Right. That's like, oh, hey,
00:25:28.329 --> 00:25:30.990
stop, stop. No, you can't. Oh, my God. Never
00:25:30.990 --> 00:25:36.910
mind. Never mind. Spain, Spain. There's no sandcastles
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allowed in. Let me get this name right. Benidorm.
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Sounds good. the city of Benidorm? And this is
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the reason why, this is so, oh my goodness. It
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obstructs pathways. This rule's obviously made
00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:57.599
for you, Mark. I mean, yes, lots of folks have
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been found in emergency rooms after tripping
00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:06.859
over sandcastles. It obstructs walkways. Oh my
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goodness. Switzerland. the wonderful country
00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:13.599
of Switzerland. I'd love to visit there. I have
00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:19.599
not visited Switzerland. This is quite perturbing.
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Quiet hours. Some apartment buildings have rules
00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:27.640
against flushing their toilets. I've heard about
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this. Flushing the toilet after 10 p .m. to maintain
00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:37.140
peace for the residents. I don't want to cause
00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:39.539
trouble here, but... What about folks having
00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:44.220
sex in a squeaky bed? Could that not annoy the
00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:46.619
neighbors even more than flushing a toilet? Or
00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:50.779
is that noise okay? Well, you're inviting trouble.
00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:56.480
I mean, Switzerland. And well, before we move
00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.900
on to the rules, which was the basis of figuring
00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:02.740
out that we need to talk about the rules, the
00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:05.990
rules being. my 10 rules that myself and buddies
00:27:05.990 --> 00:27:09.569
again created let's take one more look at America
00:27:09.569 --> 00:27:14.289
and the wonderful state of Florida because I
00:27:14.289 --> 00:27:16.569
guess everywhere in a country other than Florida
00:27:16.569 --> 00:27:19.930
this is perfectly fine but in Florida there'll
00:27:19.930 --> 00:27:24.329
be no passing wind in public I mean that's I
00:27:24.329 --> 00:27:26.470
know one resident of Florida that might have
00:27:26.470 --> 00:27:29.690
a problem with that well maybe they'll be okay
00:27:29.690 --> 00:27:33.599
because see A law is not just a law or a rule.
00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:36.599
They have to make it even more difficult and
00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:41.140
more structured. It's an unenforced law, so they
00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:45.859
say, against passing wind in public, this is
00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:50.440
the whole thing, on Thursdays after 6 p .m. And
00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:53.019
it dates back all the way to the 1800s. Were
00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:56.359
people running around every Thursday after 6,
00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:59.980
farting all over the state of Florida? I don't
00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:10.440
know. All right, here we go. This is this is
00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:13.500
duh ten rules I wish I could do a drum roll,
00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:19.740
but I'm afraid to As I mentioned in the intro
00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:22.599
myself and a couple buddies one of them had a
00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.019
sailboat We sailed many hours on Lake Michigan.
00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:29.980
I worked the galley adding ice and scotch or
00:28:30.170 --> 00:28:33.150
I'll tell you. Hearing you tell that story just
00:28:33.150 --> 00:28:37.809
creates so many feelings of envy. And we created
00:28:37.809 --> 00:28:41.369
the rules, which I have not mentioned to you,
00:28:41.470 --> 00:28:44.789
our audience. I think Scotch would do that. And
00:28:44.789 --> 00:28:47.529
again, we would appreciate any rules, the rules
00:28:47.529 --> 00:28:51.589
that you might have run into. Because we all
00:28:51.589 --> 00:28:53.710
have some. You're wandering, yes, we all do.
00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:59.059
Ten Rules do actually show up in a chapter in
00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:02.880
a book that I wrote a few years ago called Dreaming
00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:05.559
in the Hut, a Tour through the Garden of Life,
00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:08.700
which is available, quick advertisement here,
00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:13.259
on Amazon, as well as on Audible. And I actually
00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:15.259
do the epilogue at the end of it, which is kind
00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:18.539
of cool. It's a cool book. It's a very cool book.
00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:21.839
Just point of information. So here we go. Well,
00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:25.559
when we say... Don't invite the police and that
00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:30.759
is rule number one We do not mean the uniform
00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:33.579
police We don't want to invite them sometimes
00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:38.900
either But it really revolves down to don't invite
00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:42.619
Trouble if something feels wrong or the slightest
00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:47.339
bit off that's because it probably is When in
00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:51.579
doubt don't don't okay again the police can be
00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:56.599
your spouse your kids, family, friends, and all
00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.119
the valuable relationships that you hold dear.
00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:04.859
These can and sometimes will become the police.
00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:10.039
Just remember also that the rest of these rules,
00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:12.740
all nine of them following this rule number one,
00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:17.880
don't invite the police, all relate back to rule
00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:22.420
number one. Rule number two. Don't push the buttons
00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:26.700
and don't pull the strings. Well, when you push
00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:30.200
someone's buttons or pull their strings, are
00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:32.259
we not inviting the police potentially causing
00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:38.940
trouble for a person? And in my case, I have
00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:42.029
what's called Marx's electronic mayhem. Sometimes
00:30:42.029 --> 00:30:48.809
we literally mean, don't push the buttons. This
00:30:48.809 --> 00:30:52.069
leads us to want to have a video podcast. Yes
00:30:52.069 --> 00:30:56.630
it does. You are notorious around buttons. Very
00:30:56.630 --> 00:31:01.369
frustrating. How about the old channel remote
00:31:01.369 --> 00:31:03.089
control? I don't know if people even use remote
00:31:03.089 --> 00:31:05.369
controls anymore today because you can just ask
00:31:05.369 --> 00:31:07.789
Siri or Alexa or something to change your TV
00:31:07.789 --> 00:31:11.220
channels. But in the old days... That TV changer,
00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.660
boy, you push the button, it didn't change the
00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:18.680
channel. Oh my goodness, that's a very difficult
00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.779
time to have to go through. Just to have to get
00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:23.740
up off the couch and turn the knob. Yeah, you
00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:27.339
actually had to get up. We did more physical
00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:29.200
exercise. We have grandchildren who don't even
00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.299
know what that is. Not a clue. So don't push
00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:35.279
the buttons. Don't pull the strings. Number three,
00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:38.619
don't make an enemy where you had none. That's
00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:41.059
a good rule. There's that crazy noise in the
00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:47.480
studio again That's Yeah, you know in life we
00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:50.359
can have enough enemies without doing much of
00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:53.940
anything true Yeah, right. So practice carefully
00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:58.180
and have a mindset of starting With the best
00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:01.599
of mindsets. There's an old wise saying Think
00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:04.599
before you say something. Absolutely. People
00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:07.220
are good. Generally speaking if you go with that
00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:10.490
assumption about people's situations in life,
00:32:10.849 --> 00:32:13.970
then you will not make an enemy. At least we
00:32:13.970 --> 00:32:16.849
hope not. It's tough, you know, when someone
00:32:16.849 --> 00:32:21.089
gets furious with you for saying nothing sometimes.
00:32:21.730 --> 00:32:25.910
So remember, not to decide is to decide not to
00:32:25.910 --> 00:32:29.269
decide. Hmm. Yeah, doing nothing's a decision.
00:32:29.529 --> 00:32:32.369
It's a decision. Rule number four, be good to
00:32:32.369 --> 00:32:36.589
you. You're almost all you've got. Think about
00:32:36.589 --> 00:32:39.500
that. Almost? Almost. take care of you. There
00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:44.880
are times in our crazy lives where we just need
00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:47.740
to take care of ourselves for a minute. Right,
00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:49.900
that's a golden rule. That is a golden rule.
00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:52.599
Everybody listening, take care of yourself. Take
00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:54.460
care of yourself. You know, times, there are
00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:58.460
times where Mark, myself, Mark, and Mark, yourself,
00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:01.880
Mark, need to take care of Mark. That's right.
00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:03.839
So you need to take care of you. I can't take
00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:06.309
care of Mark, and he can't take care of me. If
00:33:06.309 --> 00:33:08.250
I'm not taking, if we're not taking care of ourselves.
00:33:08.650 --> 00:33:11.630
That's exactly right. So that's rule number four.
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Remember, all these revert back to rule number
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one. Don't invite the police. Here we go. Rule
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number five. I love the way you have to say it.
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Oh, police. Yes, yes. Be good to us. We're the
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rest of what you've got. Remember, rule number
00:33:28.210 --> 00:33:31.730
one was be good to you. You're almost all you've
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got. So that's rule number five. Some people,
00:33:36.009 --> 00:33:43.450
you know, I've learned in the hilariously insane,
00:33:44.490 --> 00:33:46.789
joyful life that I have. Oh, just say it. You
00:33:46.789 --> 00:33:49.230
know, people are unhappy to be unhappy. Yeah.
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They literally are. It can be a beautiful day.
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And there are still those who just cannot see
00:33:55.730 --> 00:34:00.369
it and are miserable. And everything they imagine,
00:34:00.849 --> 00:34:03.390
everything that goes on with them is unhappiness.
00:34:04.269 --> 00:34:07.160
Unhappiness. The older you get, the quicker time
00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:10.119
passes. And you have some things in life, more
00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:13.239
things in life to reference to. So, you know,
00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:17.659
it's important that all the time there are family,
00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.920
there are friends, there are neighbors, there
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are colleagues who will stand up and be there
00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:27.340
for you through thick and thin. All I want to
00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:32.780
say, Mark, is that this, in my life, points to
00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:38.199
we have to... Be grateful. Wake up with the spirit
00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:41.039
of gratitude. Absolutely. All right? Absolutely.
00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:43.559
And understand that there are so many people
00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:46.119
in our lives, so many good things that have happened,
00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.739
that you don't have to wake up thinking that
00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:50.940
the cup's half empty. No. Don't wake up on the
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dark side. The sun is always up. Whether you
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see it or not, it's there. Always. Rule number
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six. This is a good one. Think about after, in
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quotes. before it happens. And remember, your
00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:14.820
teacher's name is after. Well, good point. Lessons
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learned. And it goes back to what I think is
00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:21.139
a golden rule, too. Think about it before you
00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:24.860
say it. Absolutely. We all make mistakes. And
00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:27.679
we've all done something and screwed it up by
00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:31.780
making a mistake. But nothing's like a failure.
00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:35.139
It's just a lesson learned. No, absolutely. And
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that's when you consider after. And look at that
00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:45.360
point profoundly and carefully. And next time
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it might prevent you from going the wrong way.
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Lesson learned. What you did after the event,
00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:56.980
it's the first time you did it, hopefully. And
00:35:56.980 --> 00:36:00.099
it becomes your teacher. And if you don't learn,
00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.230
then... You've invited the police. Rule number
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one. How do you uninvite them? Get out of here.
00:36:10.070 --> 00:36:14.050
Once they're in, boy, that ain't easy. Sorry,
00:36:14.050 --> 00:36:18.070
you need to go next door. Our podcast, what we're
00:36:18.070 --> 00:36:21.510
doing here, our whole basis, rule number seven,
00:36:22.110 --> 00:36:27.789
spread joy, not sorrow. Very simple. It sounds
00:36:27.789 --> 00:36:32.710
like not so easy sometimes. Much joy and impact
00:36:32.710 --> 00:36:37.909
can be spread If we just keep considering spreading
00:36:37.909 --> 00:36:43.769
joy as being a important physically paying it
00:36:43.769 --> 00:36:47.909
forward mentality well, this is a cool rule because
00:36:47.909 --> 00:36:50.510
I You know every time you shared it with me read
00:36:50.510 --> 00:36:54.429
it in the book it's all about taking a step back
00:36:54.429 --> 00:36:59.650
and seeing that as you say it spreading That's
00:36:59.650 --> 00:37:03.230
an action word that means I'm spreading. Mark,
00:37:03.250 --> 00:37:07.869
you're spreading. People don't have enough joy
00:37:07.869 --> 00:37:11.690
in their lives. I've witnessed you personally
00:37:11.690 --> 00:37:16.489
helping others and helping them by having them
00:37:16.489 --> 00:37:19.730
have some joy in their life. Thank you. It's
00:37:19.730 --> 00:37:23.710
amazing. You're essentially representing an entire
00:37:23.710 --> 00:37:26.889
city when, for example, a tourist comes up and
00:37:26.889 --> 00:37:31.460
asks you a question. Now you could be courteous
00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:35.340
and help them out, which is how you should, I
00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:37.679
might be, or you can just say, hey, buzz off.
00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:40.219
Well, they're gonna walk away and say, well,
00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:42.579
you know, the people in Chicago, they're very
00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:45.820
unfriendly. Exactly. Did you spread joy or did
00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:48.739
you spread sorrow in that instance? I mean, it's
00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:52.539
just, hey, you know, again, remember these rules
00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:57.079
were put together while we were on a boat, on
00:37:57.079 --> 00:38:00.980
the waves. They are all common sense. People
00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:05.239
are basically good, but they get beat up by the
00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:08.420
world. That's absolutely, you know, so, you know,
00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:12.179
again, on a boat, there's waves, ripples. It
00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:15.059
never stops. They're in front of you all the
00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:20.800
time. A boat causes waves, but joy also has a
00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:24.880
ripple effect. So spread joy, not sorrow and
00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:30.309
hate. Right. Rule number eight. Stay between
00:38:30.309 --> 00:38:34.130
the polls. What? Oh yeah, stay between the polls.
00:38:34.610 --> 00:38:36.929
There's guidelines, just like the rules. This
00:38:36.929 --> 00:38:39.909
is all about rules, regulations, some totally
00:38:39.909 --> 00:38:42.769
insane, but there are some guidelines. What is
00:38:42.769 --> 00:38:45.230
right? You have a path. You have goodness. You
00:38:45.230 --> 00:38:48.630
have a path of the least resistance, of the least
00:38:48.630 --> 00:38:51.730
amount of trouble. And if you waver into trouble
00:38:51.730 --> 00:38:56.369
outside the polls, again, you have invited the
00:38:56.369 --> 00:39:00.489
police. So I totally understand that mark because
00:39:00.489 --> 00:39:05.889
when we were Becoming friends You live this rule.
00:39:05.989 --> 00:39:10.349
All right, and the key word is guidance guidance.
00:39:10.590 --> 00:39:13.610
It's giving it's giving of yourself Yes, and
00:39:13.610 --> 00:39:16.650
when I needed some guidance because the world
00:39:16.650 --> 00:39:20.670
is pretty heavy duty. There's some constant challenges
00:39:20.670 --> 00:39:25.090
constant obstacles You were there and like a
00:39:25.090 --> 00:39:29.639
true friend You offered some guidance. Yes Okay,
00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:32.039
I hope I can when people need it and are willing
00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:34.559
to listen and you know Just since point of reference
00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:36.420
we talked about how some of these rules do come
00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:39.739
into effect This rule in particular. It was a
00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:42.260
night of sailing and in Lake Michigan There's
00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:44.980
a little harbor not a harbor area but a Bay Area
00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:48.480
and they have a couple of blinking lights or
00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:51.920
poles lights on poles And if you stay between
00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:54.239
the blinking lights, there's an opening should
00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:58.119
you waver and not stay between the poles there's
00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:01.820
rock walls right every fourth of july at the
00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:04.800
fireworks it's a great guess what folks ride
00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:07.119
them vessels right up onto them brick well rock
00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:10.980
walls and need to be rescued right so yeah everybody
00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:15.039
needs guidance and it's all of our jobs it's
00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:17.599
all in all of our job descriptions to be there
00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:19.619
absolutely for the other so stay between the
00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:23.039
poles please Number nine, this one's a little
00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:25.539
complicated sometimes, but I'll try to simplify
00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:28.880
it as easily as I can. It's even hard to say
00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:33.059
still for me. Semi -wittedness is multiplicative,
00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:37.739
not additive. You might say, what? Hey, everybody
00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:41.079
makes stupid mistakes. You're allowed to make
00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:45.280
stupid once or even twice. If you make multiple
00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:48.300
mistakes and continue to be stupid, you cross
00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:52.309
over. our belief is, anyhow, into the realm of
00:40:52.309 --> 00:40:56.889
just being a dimwit, okay? Where every subsequent
00:40:56.889 --> 00:41:02.170
mistake you make is not additive, but multiplies
00:41:02.170 --> 00:41:07.829
and amplifies your own stupidity. You multiply
00:41:07.829 --> 00:41:12.309
it like a rocket. So, very simple, don't be a
00:41:12.309 --> 00:41:16.739
dimwit. Number 10, finally. Change the bulb.
00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:21.500
Change the bulb. Yeah, if your lights out, change
00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:26.440
the bulb, please. Number 10. Here we go. This
00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:29.119
is important because we were drinking fine whiskies
00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:33.900
and all that, as I said. Keep the corks wet and
00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:40.360
don't smoke the spare tire. What? Oh, yeah. Sailing
00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:42.619
trips. Like I said, we had excellent Scotch whiskey
00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:45.630
to drink. And there was never a screw -off cap.
00:41:46.030 --> 00:41:48.789
There was always a cork. And, you know, in other
00:41:48.789 --> 00:41:51.690
words, we had to keep that cork wet, because
00:41:51.690 --> 00:41:54.289
if the cork were to dry, it would crumble into
00:41:54.289 --> 00:41:57.630
our whiskey, and then we have invited the police
00:41:57.630 --> 00:42:01.710
into our own whiskey bottle. Well, that cannot
00:42:01.710 --> 00:42:05.329
be. No, no, no. You don't want crumbling cork
00:42:05.329 --> 00:42:09.389
in your life, period, okay? Well, whatever you're
00:42:09.389 --> 00:42:11.889
drinking, whatever you're doing. And the other?
00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:16.300
Don't smoke your spare tire. What? Well, I'm
00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:18.039
sure you're wondering what that means. Maybe.
00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:20.440
Maybe you've learned, our audience, how we are.
00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:24.940
I hope they're not to wet it. That's right. Your
00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:27.300
car breaks down and you want a spare tire. You
00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:30.119
need a spare tire. You go back to rule number
00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:34.019
one. If you ain't got no spare tire, you just
00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:37.920
invited the police. That's, you know, again,
00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:41.550
simple thing. Don't get trapped. in life without
00:42:41.550 --> 00:42:46.869
your spare tire, literal or not. Basically, be
00:42:46.869 --> 00:42:50.250
grateful for what you have. It is knowing that
00:42:50.250 --> 00:42:53.949
there is always something extra, your spare tire,
00:42:54.210 --> 00:42:57.949
something extra to look forward to that will
00:42:57.949 --> 00:43:12.400
come to your rescue. In conclusion, how in the
00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:15.920
world can we ever keep track of all the rules
00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:20.559
that we create? What rules are most important
00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:23.579
to you, our listeners? That's a good question.
00:43:24.019 --> 00:43:27.719
We'd like to know. Not the serious rules of our
00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:30.519
world. There's enough of those. Yes. Plenty.
00:43:30.619 --> 00:43:34.260
The curious ones. The weird ones like we came
00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:36.219
up with here. The ones that make us scratch our
00:43:36.219 --> 00:43:38.260
heads and wonder who is sitting in the room,
00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:42.760
right? But again, I have got to ask who are these
00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:47.239
rules makers and do they themselves need rules
00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:50.380
made for them? I think that's called Congress.
00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:56.960
So, so many questions, so many rules. Yes. Well,
00:43:57.059 --> 00:44:00.380
Mark and I hope we have been able to show you
00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:04.909
the later side of The rules. The rules. We hope
00:44:04.909 --> 00:44:09.349
that my ten rules from my book, Dreaming in the
00:44:09.349 --> 00:44:12.610
Hut, a tour through the garden of life. Sorry
00:44:12.610 --> 00:44:17.570
for the plug, but hey, keep you from inviting
00:44:17.570 --> 00:44:22.289
the police into your life. While working on this
00:44:22.289 --> 00:44:26.469
conclusion, interesting enough, I happen to be
00:44:26.469 --> 00:44:30.699
re -watching a show about the music of the 60s
00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:37.099
on wonderful PBS. What the world needs now is
00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:40.159
love. Remember that song? Some of you I'm sure
00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:45.960
do. Lyrics were by Hale David, composed by Bert
00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:49.480
Beckerach and recorded by Jackie D. Shannon.
00:44:49.699 --> 00:44:51.940
I think we have to mention the folks that were
00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:54.300
involved. Yeah, give her some props. Give them
00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:57.239
all credit because what a wonderful song. And
00:44:57.239 --> 00:45:02.139
now... There is a rule for our world that still
00:45:02.139 --> 00:45:06.800
holds true today. Exactly what that song said,
00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:12.280
what the world needs now. So please excuse me
00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:15.719
while I go pick up. My pickle from the floor.
00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:18.679
Your excuse. Just clean up. Clean up the mess
00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:21.860
on the floor, please. The pickle didn't bounce.
00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:24.780
And I got to go wake up my sleeping donkey in
00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:27.239
my bathtub. Is this where we are not supposed
00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:30.059
to call the police? Don't call the police. OK.
00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:32.760
I'll get the donkey out of there just as soon
00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:35.880
as I wake him up. And once again, I want to thank
00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:38.780
we want to thank all of you again for listening.
00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:41.840
And we look forward to hearing from you, as we
00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:47.070
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