Let's get started on the Minnesota Goodbye. Now this tomorrow I start all of
these out. I'm always like, I want to talk about love. Nobody
texted in or mailed in or whatever about love. So nobody cared about love.
So I think we just don't have an answer to your question. Though.
That's the thing, because I really didn't have an answer yesterday. I
don't know, like, why do we want love so bad? Or did
it evolve? Like did we always desire love? I don't know that answer.
Well, let's talk about real estate. So I had lunch with a
friend of mine who's in real estate. I found out some really interesting facts
about real estate. Number One, people don't want to buy a house that
old people lived in. So if your mom is selling her house, and
let's say mom is seventy or seventy five years old, people don't want to
buy that house. There's a different energy that's given off by a home that
older people lived in than younger people. So if you go into a home
and you look at pictures of the grandkids or a trophy that was given to
somebody in nineteen seventy nine, get a little bit turned off. Well,
that's like staging one oh one is you don't have pictures of your family,
and you don't have pictures up of things that would like allude to who you
are as a person pretty much at all, like religious stuff, political stuff,
all that stuff. She'd be like gone. We went into one that
was owned by a former MISSUS Minnesota, and she had pictures of herself all
over, of her inner crowns and her sashes, and she even had a
barbie doll that was made up to look like her, and it was kind
of comical in a way. Yeah, and she was beautiful, but it
was also like, you're probably more than just a MISSUS Minnesota. Anyway.
I thought that was interesting, and then I found out a couple of other
little things, like, oh, I got a really good one. Don't
buy a house that was a flipped house. So, in other words,
is somebody buys a house for three hundred thousand and they flip it and they
put a bunch of work into it, and now it's let's say, I'm
gonna throw a number four ten, and now they're trying to sell it for
four to ten because they flipped it or whatever. Maybe they're trying to sell
it for five hundred whatever. Don't buy a flipped house. Buy a house
that's been remodeled a few years before the owner sold it. Do you know
why, because flippers put in half the work. They don't do it like
legit at least that's what I'm mind. Knowledge is exactly what the answer is.
You get somebody who goes in to flip a house, they'll buy it
for three hundred they'll put in one hundred thousand dollars of not the best work,
like cabinet doors that stick, or doors that aren't mounted properly, or
maybe a bathroom door that won't open all the way because the toilet is like
you know what I mean, like the toilet's in the way. And I
thought that's really interesting. So you want to buy a house that's not been
flipped, but you want to buy a house that somebody remodeled and lived in
for a few years, to know all the drawers work and you can open
the bathroom door. I thought that was so interesting. Yeah, I think
none of this is like super for new news to me since I date a
real estate agent, so I definitely have some insight into the industry much more
than other people. But there was one house I had looked at when I
was in the market for a house, and it would have been a complete
like remodel, need to flip situation, and it would have been so much
work. And I was like, well, but it's really cheap, so
I was considering doing it. I didn't get it. I'm so happy I
didn't get it. And then I walked into a flipped house and Andrew goes,
no, you're not getting this. He's like, they did a shit
job here, they did a shit job there. I don't live there.
They don't really care. Yeah, because a lot like not all flippers.
I'm sure there's like some legit flippers out there, but a lot of people
who flip houses are investors who live in different states and then they buy the
house and then they hire whatever company that's local to do it. They don't
even they're not even like they probably didn't even see the house in person.
It's nott on like zoom or something. So yeah, I have kind of
known that about flipped houses. I didn't know that one. I thought that
was really interesting. I also found out some other little things that I really
won't pass a lit but we did admit that your face if you're a realtor
is going to help you sell more houses and get more business if you are
an attractive realtor. That's why when you look at realtor's business cards, a
lot of the time, they're attractive women are attractive men. And one of
my favorites. If you're out of the corner, it's in or and oh
by Navarre, and it's in Mound and I can't tell you. It's by
the Culvers and the Buyerle's. There's a real estate office and the two women
that own it look like Vogue models, and their poster is on the building
or on the sign out front, and they're fucking hot, Jenny. And
I'm not insulting them. They're beautiful and they know it, but that's their
calling card. So I said to my fan, the realtor, I said,
why do people who are attractive do better in real estate? And she
said, it's with anything we like to We most of us don't get attention
from attractive people. Most of us don't to get attention from hyper attractive people.
We just don't. You know, our spouse is pretty, or our
spouse is handsome, but not hyper attractive. I just coined that word.
But most of us. We are never going to meet somebody who is going
to treat us like we're somebody special. So when somebody is again hyper attractive,
that's what we should call the episode is We're going to be like,
holy shit, this is great. So do you think there's anything to that?
Andrew is very attractive? I mean absolutely. Andrew also has a theory
that people who have lighter eyes, like a blue or green eye, also
do better in sales, really or not necessarily better, but a lot more
people that at work in sales have those colored eyes. We had met a
whole new group of people he had never met before, and the people in
that group all have like bright blue eyes that worked in sales. He's go,
see my theory. Stic's true. But also on Saturday, he had
a bunch of open houses and showings this past Saturday, and he comes.
He always wears a nice shirt, but then he comes down with like a
suit jacket on from upstairs and I go, I'm sorry. I was like,
why are you dressed so fancy? Today? I was like, do
I need to come to these open houses because there's going to be a bunch
of lonely housewives walking through hitting on you and He's like, I just didn't
want to wear my winter jacket. It's like the in between weather of needing,
like a spring jacket. So that's why he wore it. But he
dressed so fancy. And a lot of real estate agents too, dress very
nice on top of being attractive, because they're selling. Really they're selling themselves
and they're selling an experience in a way. Yeah, I don't know,
it's really interesting. If you're a realtor, let us know. If there's
any other real estate secrets, let us know. I I just thought thought
it was really interesting. All right, Moving on to something completely different from
Taylor, Dave and Crewe, I just wanted to tell you a little story
about my weekend. I've always thought about Dave's chapter in his book Take a
Shower, show up on time, and don't steal anything about striking up conversations
with an elderly person. One of my chapters is called most old People Were
Young Once. And I love talking to old people because if you get him
started, and I don't mean like long winded, but they have amazing facts,
Like I found out some amazing facts just by striking up a conversation with
somebody's old So this weekend. I've always been too nervous to do it,
but this weekend I finally mustered up the courage and it left my bucket feeling
so full. This weekend, I was in Florida for a little work trip.
I went to a local coffee shop one morning and it was super busy.
I got my coffee, found the only spot next to an elderly gentleman.
I typically keeped myself when grabbing a coffee alone, but all I could
hear was Dave in my head saying, start a conversation with him. So
I did, how's your day going? And it flowed to his story he
travels, his family, and so much more. I left the coffee shop
feeling so happy and joyful. Human connection is so important and can never be
replaced by scrolling on an app. Thank you, Dave for pushing me out
of my comfort zone and for all you do. You're the best tailor,
Taylor. I'm so glad you did it. It makes my eyes kind of
like well up a little bit, because it is so sweet to talk to
somebody who you don't know. Do they have somebody else to talk to?
They want to tell their stories. Old people are going to tell you shit
that you didn't know. One of my favorites was a guy who said the
first song that he ever heard on KWB was Blue Swede Shoes in nineteen fifty
nine. I wouldn't have known that highlight. And I'd asked him. If
you drive by the general store on Highway seven in Minnetonka, look on either
side of the road. The road is built up from a giant ravine.
There's a giant ravine that they had to build the road bed on. It's
giant the road. If there was no roadbed built up, the road would
sink into a giant ravine and come back up by the intersection. Look at
it. And I talked to a guy who said, yeah, I was
little when they built that road, and they used to haul it with wheelbarrows
and mules to put that big giant dirt embankment up there. And I'm like,
you're fucking kidding me. With wheelbarrows and mules they built that road.
Yeah, it's crazy, but I wouldn't have known that. And I dried
by that every day. Thank you, Taylor. Next one, let's see,
Okay, why not read this one? I have not pre read it.
I am okay, wait a second. Oh oh, I said,
they listened to the show on the West coast, and I said, how
did you find us on the West coast? They said, I'm originally from
Milwaukee, a neighborhood nicknamed Dirty Stallus lol. After college in twenty sixteen,
I moved to Minneapolis and heard you on the radio. Been listening ever since
we moved to Berkeley, California, which the only Berkeley I knew was the
college Carson went to. I still listen every day on iHeartRadio. Your show
feels like a slice of home. And that's from Alley. Thank you,
al I really appreciate that. One. One more that I have not pre
read, and we'll get into the pre read ones morning. Just dropping a
line to say thank you for reading my card on the podcast and for my
stickers. Seems I'm the the only one in my household excited for them.
Hashtag nerd alert. Oh well, and she sends a picture of the staff
writers sticker on the side of her water bottle. That's it for now,
right from mail Lady Mandy. She sent me a bunch of postage stamps,
and she sent me a bunch of stickers, So shout out Mandy. Appreciate
that. Are you ready for another one? I'm ready. No, I'm
gonna skip that one because I'm not sure. This is the joy of pre
reading. Sometimes I read him and I go, I don't really know what
you're trying to say, so I will skip it and come to this one.
Did Andrew try out for Survivor, Jenny? He did not, And
I just saw a video yesterday. So it was at the convention Huner in
Minneapolis. The line was like five hours long, like there were so many
people there. I did like just a reel of his time. I think
he waited three and a half hours and they were about to cut it off,
and they cut it off about ten people before him, and then we're
done for the night. It was dark out by that time, like you
could see through the windows, and so I think a lot of people showed
up for that. He and Andrew just didn't have time. He had work
things, work obligations. So I think Andrew would be great on Survivor.
Except it's like you said, Andrew is one of those people that he's a
very entertaining person, except when the cameras or microphones were in his face and
then he's like, hey, how are you ye? So and on Survivor.
I don't watch it anymore, but it's funny how it's made a resurgence.
Everybody who's been on Survivor that I remember has been a big personality,
from Richard, the fat guy on the first one, the white trash trucker
I can't remember her name, Tina, the nurse, the hot lib.
So they've always had big They make people have big personalities. They do have
big personalities. They also have to be so social, so I think like
Andrew is one of the most social people. I know, it's annoying sometimes
how social he is, but it's just like he doesn't he doesn't like to
be the center of attention, so I think he would struggle trying to like
really prove himself in a casting. I get you. Yeah, totally makes
sense, all right. Next one, Rachel says David Jenny, you guys
were talking on the podcast about it being okay for dogs to pee in other
people's yards in the neighborhood. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on my situation.
We didn't really say it was okay, but we said, if you're
taking your dog for a walk and there's no sidewalk and the dog has to
pee and they stop on the neighbor's lawn to pee, okay or what I'm
not. I'm not gonna be worried about that too much. If they poop,
you clean it up. I live in a townhouse with an HOA,
and one of my neighbors lets their dogs out to go to the bathroom.
They're never on leashes, so they wander into and pe in my yard.
Most of the time. I wouldn't really care, but a few weeks ago
we had snow, and it's very obvious because I saw yellow patches of snow
all over my yard. It is against the HOA rules to have your dog
not on a leash and let them go to the bathroom in other people's yards.
How would you feel about this? Would you say it's okay that I
should let it go, or because there's rules? Do I have a right
to be bothered and want to say something to my neighbor, Although as a
non confrontational people pleaser, I would probably never say anything and just be annoyed
by it on the inside or vent to other people about it. Love you,
guys and the Minnesota goodbye. That's from Rachel Rachel, I would give
yourself a test and say something to them. I think you can walk over
and say, you know what, I don't appreciate I like dogs. I
like you. You're a good person. I don't appreciate your dogs peeing in
my yard. There are leash laws here. I just want to ask you
to please. I think, give yourself a test of courage and go do
it, because I'm like you, the easier one. I'll give you a
quick story than I want you to respond, Jenny. I don't want to
get too much detail. But there was something that I had to show Carson
what standing up for yourself looks like. So there was something going on in
our neighborhood and I could have let it go, but I said, I've
got to show Carson, because he was about fifteen, what standing up for
yourself looks like. So I did stand up for myself and he watched as
I did it, and I was not a dick. Yeah, And the
response that I got was perfectly respectable, and it showed Carson you got to
stand up for yourself sometimes, because I think kids looked at their parents to
be like, what's a model of how to stand up for yourself? So
what do you think Jenny about should she say something or should she just shut
up? I think that this is a scenario where it's unfair that the dog
is wandering into your area of the town home, because that's like just letting
your dog wander or into someone's yard. That's when they can be in their
own yard. So I think there is a big difference between a dog being
out on a walk and maybe going to the bathroom in someone's yard, and
that's like the only option versus they have the opportunity to put that dog on
a leash that could like still be within the yard of that owner and pee
in that yard. So I think you have a right to say something on
that one. You absolutely have a right. I just understand how difficult it
is. I think the worst thing to do would be go to the HOA
and report them, because now the neighbor's going to be like, oh,
nark. Now if somebody did that to me. For example, if my
dog was out roaming around and taking a dump in somebody's yard and somebody reported
me to the HOA, I would not blame the person who reported me.
I would be like a god, I should have thought of that. I
shouldn't have been so thoughtless. But there are people who, instead of blaming
themselves, will always blame the person who narked on them. Yep, okay,
thank you Rachel, and to another one, Sesna, this is our
girl. I tried Taco Johns for the first time. We decided impulsively take
a trip to the eclipse. My sister been visiting me from North Carolina.
My boyfriend and I live in Nashville, so we drove to Evansville, Indiana
for totality. We're driving, I see Taco John's. I've been wanting to
try Taco Johns ever since you guys talked about them several times last year.
I made sure to get the potato olays and they were so good. Hell
yeah, also got a free churro for signing up on the app. With
my birthday being tomorrow today. When you read this, April ninth, Happy
birthday, Sesta, Happy birthday. Just want to let you guys know how
excited I was to finally try it. Thanks for the recommendation. Can't wait
to make a new make it a new road trip stopping point whenever I can.
Love you guys from Sesna. It's so random, Sesna I love randomness.
You never know what's going to pop up on the Minnesota Goodbye potato olays
are so good a Kate and says this is in response to Dave's wrong advice
to eat an apple last and dessert first. There's been a lot of research
proving that you can decrease a glucose spike after a meal by eating your veggies
first. The info really starts on this video about four minutes in. If
you want to listen. Thanks for putting on such a wonderful show, you
too, from Kate. So basically, don't eat the apple last because somebody
who was in the Navy said they were told always eat the apple last.
It cleans your teeth. Yeah, and I'd never heard that until that email
was brought up yesterday, So I didn't know that was a thing. I
just saw food major tooth dirty, and that was how it works. Hello,
Dave. I went to two concerts this weekend. I took a few
pictures in zero videos. Oh. We were talking about taking videos during concerts
and how you'll never really look at them. And you take seventeen minutes of
video when you go to the Olivia Rodrigo concert, and then you never really
look at it, and your friends don't want to see it, so I'd
say take pictures in a short video. Anyway, they went to two concerts.
I took a few pictures in zero videos. My thirteen year old doesn't
either. We just live in the moment and have the best time. I
went to Olivia Rodrigo with my thirteen year old and she took no videos or
photos, but there were some girls snapchatting and videoing the entire time. If
I have a favorite song, I might video it, but otherwise i'd pictures
and that's it. I hate looking out and seeing people videoing the entire show.
I maybe go look back and a few of them a few times,
but not very often. Thank you, staff writer, and gee all right,
next one. This could be a podcast topic or something on the air,
but it's something that bugs the shit out of me. Are you ready?
I ready? Long story, This is a weird one. I read
this twice to make sure I'm reading what it really is saying, Okay,
long story short. Where I work, we have our own desk in a
showroom in clusters, but really no privacy. Whenever I or other team members
buy me have something to eat or drink. We have one coworker who will
come by because it's the same direction as the bathroom and out the back,
and they will always ask if he can take a sip or a bite of
the food that we're eating or what we're drinking. He's twenty two. I
know money is not the issue, but what the heck, it's a daily
occasion. You feel bad to say no because he's literally it's a sip and
airsip, so the lips don't touch the rim. I don't know what an
airsip is. Do you pour it into your mouth? You just like tills
it back, so like a bottle of Coca cola, you're tilting it back
and so it doesn't touch your lips. No fucking way, Seriously, that
is good. That is so rude. That's so rude. Or a piece
of broken off food or whatever it is. But all the time it drives
me nuts. One time a coworker said, nah, man, this is
all I got for the day. As he was just starting a shift in
the guy asking halfway through his My questions are, how do you have them
stop? What do you say hide your drink and food from here on out?
Or do you keep on let it and happen maybe good karma or do
you have a friend, family member, or coworker that does this? Does
it piss you off? Because I have a kind soul? Would you what?
Would you let it just keep happening and not care? Love the show
and podcast best station in the country from Lucas. That is the weirdest thing,
YEA, so weird that I think that you've been polite because probably the
first time it asking for a drink. I would never want had like a
delicious diet doctor Pepper. If it sounded good to me, I'd be like,
Oh, that looks good. How's that, Doctor Pepper. I would
never be like, can I have a sip? But if I did,
Jenny and I know each other, she'd probably be like, what would you
do if I asked for a sip? I'd probably be surprised because you're not
into like sharing food and stuff like that. So I think I'd probably say
sure, or I would pull out a straw that I have because I've got
a stash of straws next to me from the kitchen, so I'd be like,
you can take a sip out of this if you want. I think
that you could say something, you know what you can be like, Hey,
you know what Derek is name? I'm going I guess is Derek.
Derek love you. I think it's weird. I'm not going to share my
food with you anymore. Yeah, I'm just not going to do it.
You know what, Derek, I'm sorry, it's weird. I'm just not
going to nothing. You even need to say it's weird. You'd just be
like, listen, man, I'm not sharing my stuff with you, so
stop asking. That's all you got to say to you. Weirdes that fucking
co worker. Well it's weird, don't get me wrong, it's weird.
I just don't think you have to say that. If you want to be
confrontation, just be like, listen, you're not I'm sorry, I'm not
sharing this with you, So mind your business. Mind business. Okay,
we're gonna wrap up in a second. Here. There's a couple of more
that I want to get to, Nikki. I want to get to yours
because basically they are going to a big wedding and the accommodations are very strange.
It's a giant cabin. Picture summer camp when you were a kid,
yep, with cabin with bunks all along the walls. But it's very luxurious.
No pass, Why bunks along the walls. I'm sorry, we're too
old for that. I'm not sharing a room with like twelve other people,
That's what she said. And she said, there's no fucking way I'm sleeping,
shitting, and showering with people I may not know. We're going to
get to that one tomorrow. Also, uh, there's a couple of more
and this is a wedding that turned into a shit show. We want to
talk about shit show weddings that you were involved in. Okay, maybe you
were part of a wedding where things went south or just something weird. And
then we're talking about movie theater etiquette and how men will bring hookers into the
movie theater to have sex because it's cheaper than a hotel. Oh, a
lot of stuff coming up on the Minnesota. Goodbye tomorrow and we'll see you.
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