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Disney as a Coping Mechanism and Favorite Disney Dates

In this episode of The DANK Pod, the hosts introduce themselves and dive into a lively discussion about using theme parks, particularly Disney World, as a coping mechanism. The group shares personal stories of how theme parks help them manage stress and recounts various theme park experiences from their childhood and adulthood. The conversation includes amusing anecdotes, tangents about bananas, and the classification of fruits, along with rapid-fire questions on dating Disney characters. The episode concludes with listener mail and a playful debate on the ideal Disney date.

00:00 Meet the Hosts
01:39 Welcome to the DANK Pod
01:53 Theme Parks as Coping Mechanisms
01:59 Pop Quiz Time
06:25 A Trip to Kansas and Universal
13:00 Childhood Memories and Theme Parks
22:36 Six Flags and Other Theme Parks
28:58 Spicy Lightning and Popcorn Preferences
29:53 Banana Popcorn and Mock Trials
31:37 Bananas: The Great Debate
33:10 Broccoli, Berries, and Bananas
37:01 Retail Therapy and Escapism
45:17 Listener Mail and Rapid Fire Questions
46:34 Disney Character Dating
52:27 Wrapping Up and Final Thoughts

JP:

I think we should introduce ourselves. I don't know if we've ever really introduced

JR:

I was, I don't have my introduction speech prepared

Ash:

that sounds like a suggestion for next

JP:

No, no. I think we just say like, who you, we could put a name to your voice.

JR:

me to say?

JP:

What's your name?

JR:

January.

JP:

Tell us about your sister. October

JR:

I was like, my sister's actually in

Ash:

The brain freeze.

JR:

February and then the other one's February.

JP:

Oh, the chronological. You guys are some Q1 babies. That's what I like. Who else is on this podcast?

Nat:

Why don't you tell us about yourself?

JP:

me. I'm, I'm, I'm Jonathan. I'm a bitter old a Libra. a QQ

JR:

will you Like what is

Nat:

Oops.

JP:

I, I passed it. I'm past

Nat:

introduction there. I feel

JR:

like the nineties is when we're got like a whole nother lifetime. You have another

Nat:

a few thousand miles in

JP:

I appreciate your philosophy.

JR:

You have a whole nother life that You're gonna live, that you've lived already.

JP:

so I'm at the, are you saying I'm at the halfway point, so I should be Ha I'm, I'm able to have this the midlife crisis. I'm gonna start looking at a

Ash:

Yeah. That's why your body hurts is'cause a hundred years ago we would've been dead by

JP:

That's right. It's worn out. I'm, I'm a hundred years ago. Worn out. Who else is on here? What we got? Ashley, do you have a name?

Ash:

Ashley has a name.

JP:

Alright. What's your name? Ashley. Perfect. And then last but not least. Oh, there she is.

Nat:

I like

Ash:

You do. don't think I knew

Nancy:

Welcome to the DANK Pod! Join us on our chaotic adventure of what it means to be Disney Adults. Like, follow, comment, and share wherever you listen. Send any questions or feedback to us at the dank pod at gmail.com This week we're talking about using theme parks as a coping mechanism! Let's get DANK!

JP:

Do we know are we ready for the pop quiz.

JR:

Quin, Don't

Nat:

yuck. Somebody's young.

JR:

I didn't bring my pencil.

JP:

not na January. That's not one of'em. idea Natalie, you're spot on. Don't yuck. Somebody's yum. January. What you got? You got one?

JR:

Have fun.

JP:

Have fun. Ashley,

Ash:

I always forget the third one. Isn't it like like be

JP:

That's it. Yeah.

JR:

be the real

Nat:

Oh, not,

JP:

Nice.

Ash:

Do. We only have three.

JP:

If we only have three guideposts? They're very

JR:

Yes. Thank God. Yeah, he does have perfect. Like if you had to remember

Nat:

more, he wouldn't do four because then He has to say one. He has to, asking the questions.

Ash:

Why would we have three? I thought to myself, that's not an even number.

JP:

no, I always use odd numbers. Everybody knows that about me. I thought, I thought you guys knew that. You ever seen me send an email, Natalie, with with bullet points in it. And if I don't have an odd number, I put an intentional, odd number in it and just say this bullet point is a placeholder

Ash:

But then that doesn't, that doesn't make sense.'cause you use two exclamation points.

JP:

I'd use two exclamation points that throw people off the cent.

Ash:

so why not use

Nat:

No, I'm a three? exclamation I can never,

JP:

Yeah. I'm two because it really fucks with people's He like this guy, either he, he typed one too many or he forgot to type the third really me messes with people's heads.

JR:

Know what I like? I just like to put like, yay.

Ash:

not yay.

Nat:

serious. I'm

JR:

so serious.

JP:

I heard somewhere that LOL is the millennial period,

JR:

No, that's how people know you're midlife.

JP:

right? I don't even, like, I don't even think of myself as a millennial.

JR:

You. are though, aren't

JP:

I'm like very much on the cusp. I, it depends which, it depends. It depends which which resource you're using

Ash:

there are different grids out there.

JP:

Yeah. But I

JR:

How far back did they say it goes?

JP:

some say like 79. Others say like 83. It is

JR:

would you include the seventies can't have three decades in there.

Nat:

I mean,

JP:

Mm-hmm.

Nat:

they

JR:

include seventies,

JP:

It's okay. There, it's like a top 40 radio show, that's for sure. Ryan Seaquest Seacrest, who's the guy that did it? Who, who, who's the one that died so that Ryan Seaquest could have a job. Dick Clark.

JR:

Oh my gosh. I cannot, I was

JP:

That's how you know him. Gen. Gen

Ash:

think there's like a buffer in there called the

JP:

Yeah, I think

Nat:

my gosh.

JP:

it does, yeah. It's like the crossover fuzzy zone.

Nat:

You know, there's Like an alpha now.

JP:

Yeah.'cause we got to

JR:

I think Alpha, which I think is bogus.

Nat:

It is the weakest bitch ass ever They, How dare they be the, Alphas. I'm sorry. That's that. That's not

JR:

there. They have more technology available to them. than we ever

JP:

I mean, we all had technology

JR:

think these millennials are getting the ai,

Nat:

I'm not gonna call ai. Call them AI not Alpha is what is Alpha

JP:

A.

JR:

Oh, okay. Exactly.

JP:

went to the beginning. Imagine all these betas that the alphas are gonna call bitches. It's coming, it's coming. Every, the outgoing gener or the, the older generation hates the younger generation. That's just how it goes.

Nat:

no. It's not that I hate them. Don't say that. It's just that they're weak. Is it more present? It's just,

JP:

Oh my God.

Nat:

it's just that they're weak.

JP:

It's just that they're weak. They're just little weaklings who can ne who won't, who won't be able to afford anything in their

Nat:

I never said that. never said that. You're putting words in my

JP:

this is the future. These are the people who are gonna be creating our healthcare systems. For years, when we were in our wheelchairs, we need to be polite

JR:

When you're old and you want some nursing home care, they're gonna deny your claim.

JP:

Alright. They're gonna say, you're strong, you're built to pick it. You'll be fine. Are we ready to get, Dan,

Nat:

Ready to get Dang d. Time

JP:

why are we here today? What are we talking about

Nat:

is going to Disney. coping

JP:

do we know what a coping mechanism

JR:

define

JP:

I sure can. Do you want me to?

Ash:

Yes.

JR:

Yeah.

JP:

A coping mechanism is a strategy technique or a technique that individuals use to manage stress, anxiety, or

JR:

stress, anxiety,

Nat:

Yeah. Yeah. I'm back. I unmuted. That

JP:

I know. So hard to control yourself. So are is go, are going to theme parks a, a coping mechanism? Should we, do we wanna fire this off? Who? Who's going first?

Ash:

First? I would love to explain why this is a coping mechanism in our house. Are you ready? So a few weeks ago we took our annual pilgrim pilgrimage drive to Kansas. We live in Florida, we drove to Kansas.

Nat:

How many hours is that?

Ash:

Too many and then. The tall one over here competed in a 100 mile bike race. He spent the previous six to eight months before that, physically and emotionally preparing for this race. Okay? Went to Kansas, did a fantastic job. Drove home from Kansas, and when I tell you that this man asked me no less than four times if we were going to Disney when we got back, I am not even remotely exaggerating. And every single time my response was absolutely not. I have no desire to be in a car again for the foreseeable future. So four times, four times I shot him down. And then on Saturday he says. Do you wanna go to a different theme park? And I said, I feel like I've been extremely

JP:

did you, why did you say a different theme park? Why can't you just say the name of the theme

Ash:

He asked me if I wanted to go to Universal, which, which I did because Universal had some stuff, had some, had some things that I would be interested in. And he knew it. He knew it. He knew it. He knew it. And I said, yeah, I actually, I would, but I really don't wanna drive. And he's like, that's, that's okay, babe. I got you. This man, never, ever, ever volunteers to drive both ways, ever, regardless of whose life depends on it. And he did it the Sunday after he got back from Kansas. Why did you wanna go to the theme park? Best friend?

JP:

buttons.

Ash:

No. That's why you wanted to go to the theme park. That's why I wanted to go

JP:

oh, I just like spending time

Ash:

I thought he was gonna tell you about the food that he wanted to eat because he's been so hungry. Traded for this bicycle

JP:

I didn't even get the one thing that I wanted.

Ash:

what was the one thing you want? Oh, the dull whip.

JP:

wanted the doll whip from the, from

Ash:

Oh, we didn't go back.

JP:

I they, they, because of the, the, the anniversaries of the parks, they have they turn Schwabs into like a a, a theme, like back to the future re like diner, like, what do they call it? Like a ice cream shop. and like Doc, is out, doc Brown is out front of it, like 1.21 gigawatts. He's doing all that stuff out there and it's great.

Ash:

with his little thing and like staring up at the sky. We were all staring up at the sky. We were trying to figure

JP:

Yeah, he's, I'm sorry. Yeah. Interject here. He's he's taking wind readings like it's gonna get struck, like the clock tower is

Ash:

bro, how do you know?

JP:

Because

Ash:

You didn't even talk to

JP:

I've seen the movie.

Ash:

This was a huge tangent. Anyway, my point

JP:

no, hold on, let me finish this. Because he's taking wind readings and in character looking up at the sky like he's taking Rin and Ashley stops in the middle of the road and just stares up. And I said, baby, he's acting. How do you

Ash:

how do you know?

JP:

He's not looking at anything. He's playing a part

Ash:

Yeah, but how do you know what he's fake measuring? You don't know. You didn't ask him.

JP:

I've seen the movie.

Ash:

Anyway, So

JR:

for the lightning.

Ash:

So this is precisely what happened last year, except that the Disney trip after the Kansas trip was planned. And so we got back on a Monday, we recovered on a Tuesday, and we trekked up to Disney on a Wednesday so that we could have the time of our lives eating all of the yummy, tasty food and snacks right, that he hadn't been able to enjoy in the months prior getting ready for Kansas. So Disney is 100% a coping mechanism in this house. We're not going for very specific adventures or events. We are going because work sucked or we've been busting our ass for another situation, and now we're going to reward ourselves with little treat by a two hour drive each Had a rough week go to Disney. Trained for a really tough race, got second place hurrah.

Nat:

rah.

Ash:

Go to a theme park.

JR:

when Eagles won the Super

Ash:

When the Eagles win the Super Bowl, we go to Disney. It is a coping mechanism.

JP:

Lemme ask you a question like how high is the bar?

Ash:

Look, it's not high at all. A minor inconvenience could send us to a theme park.

JP:

Got stuck at a red light too long.

Ash:

A minor incentive sent us to the theme park. I just wanted a button. How much do you think that button cost them? You could have made the button for me

JP:

I could have

Ash:

for cheaper and then I wouldn't have had to sit in the car for four hours on a Sunday, avoiding cleaning and laundry.

JR:

Cleaning and laundry

Ash:

It's even worse'cause we didn't get to do it last weekend'cause we were gone.

JR:

just happen to have that many clothes. So

Nat:

I Googled

JP:

You googled our stress levels.

Nat:

No. I Googled our, our question, and then the Google AI said Yes. Visiting particularly Walt Disney World, can be a coping mechanism for some It offers a sense of escapism and can be, and can provide a positive emotional experience. However, it's important to recognize that while vacation can be helpful too, it should not be the primary or only method of addressing underlying

JP:

can I, let me interject here. Natalie, are you aware that Disney is suing AI companies

Nat:

Oh, for, for, because they're using their characters? and

JP:

Yeah.

Nat:

I, I've heard they've done some scandalous things with

JP:

I'm pretty sure you're now involved in this lawsuit.

Nat:

Oh, wow. No, I don't think so.

Ash:

no images have been used,

Nat:

Right.

JP:

Do you find yourself using theme parks as a, as a coping mechanism? Natalie?

Nat:

Yeah, for sure. Like if we've, you know, we, we've had either, like you mentioned, like whether it's a stressful day or week or, or even sometimes we realize we haven't gone around the world in a minute, so we have to go around the world.

Ash:

Yeah, the world misses you.

JP:

The Disney world.

Ash:

The Epcot

JP:

Oh,

Ash:

duh.

Nat:

Your love for Epcot is amazing.

JP:

Non-existent for the most part. What are. What are some, do you, what are some things that, what are some triggers for you that you're just like, you know, what would fix this Disney.

Nat:

Babe.

JR:

Well, I would, I don't, I don't know that I I'm kind of just like trying have a childhood

Nat:

So isn't that I feel like, I don't know if you realize, I think that is a coping mechanism and I Feel that like I second that just'cause. As a, as a child, I, I didn't have the ability to go like that. I went my very first time. I was like 10 years old, and then the second time as a teenager I was like 15. And then outside of that. it's always been as an adult,

JP:

And you grew up there, didn't you? Like in the, within 30 minutes of the parks.

Nat:

Oh, yeah. But my mother's Wallet did not. so that wasn't, it wasn't the distance. It was that, that that dream that Walt had to make it affordable for everyone and including the regular people that, that, that was, they said fuck that dream. We have other dreams.

JP:

don't know that, that was his dream.

Nat:

No. yeah. Look it up. Ask, Ask, ask ask your boy Josh.

JP:

ask Josh. Yeah. I don't think, I don't know that that was his dream. I think it was just I don't think cost and affordability was part of the plan. Tell, tell me, but you had other parks that you were, were, would frequent. Weren't you a slave? I mean, didn't you work at SeaWorld?

Nat:

I worked there for two weeks. I was 15 years old. For, Christmas break.

JP:

Thought. Hold on. I

Nat:

That's'cause you're think you're, you're making shit up. is what you're doing.

JP:

I didn't have the whole story to have all the information. I thought you had worked there for like a summer and then like came

Nat:

no, not, I I went, I worked there through the shortest break. Christmas break,

JP:

Oh, did you have

Nat:

two weeks. I did have fun? I enjoyed it very much.

JP:

They wanted you to come back, right?

Nat:

Disney, not, not they wanted me to stay, but I have, standards. And it wasn't the working for the park. It was that I was again, 15. and they're like, oh, you could be a floater. And I'm like, Hmm, I hear these words that So does that mean I position? And they were like, yeah, wherever we need you. And I'm like. Including cleaning the bathrooms. And they were like, Yeah. And I was like, thank you for the opportunity,

Ash:

Yeah.

JP:

Anytime you hear the word

Nat:

That was,

JP:

think about the toilets.

Nat:

That was the first job. I respectfully declined. But SeaWorld was also my very first annual pass.'cause I held the, their annual pass first before Disney and I had it for, for a long time.

JP:

They're cost effective paths too.

Nat:

Yeah, they are. And I really appreciate that. They didn't continue to raise their prices That was very nice. They're pretty

JR:

good,

Nat:

I used to work with, them back when they used to swim with the whales.

JP:

before the whales started, Mecking, folks started fighting

Nat:

Yeah.

JP:

January. Do we wanna unpack your childhood without getting too deep into, like specifics, like I, I guess we wanna avoid, we wanna avoid family

Nat:

We know what you're saying.

JP:

Yeah. The, the audience doesn't know what I'm saying. We wanna avoid offending members of your, of your family, but we maybe, is there, what do you think was missing from your childhood?

Nat:

Well, it's just, oh God, that took everything in me. It wasn't like we had

JR:

an annual trip like I got to parks. so, you know, I going younger. and also too, I think grew up a lot on cassettes.

JP:

Mm-hmm.

JR:

That's why, back because I spent a lot of

JP:

And you grew up in, in the state as well, right. Okay. So within, at, at any given time, within a four hour drive, and actually you grew up in Florida as well in South

Nat:

She was actually closer to Josh Gad

JP:

I beat Josh Gadd. I beat Josh. I beat Josh Gad for her. Like Josh Gadd had a shot and he lost me when it came to marrying.

Nat:

you imagine if Josh Gad responds to one of our episodes one day

JR:

he calls in as Olaf.

JP:

So,

Nat:

No.

JP:

side note, I did have one of those moments today. I

Nat:

Josh Dad, Josh's dad.

JP:

no, no. Jeffrey Lori, very highly respected owner of the Philadelphia Eagles donated like$50 million to an autism fund. Like

Ash:

it was to the children's

JP:

It, it was, yeah. But it was like for autism funding regarding that program, whatever. And I was, and they were like, oh, you know, he's the, the league's best owner, most respected owner. And I was like, is he taking applications for grandchildren? Like, sign me up. Right? And Superbowl winning linebacker, NA Dean. Liked my comment. I hope he heals up quickly too. We need him

Ash:

Is not at all relevant, but

JP:

Patel attended a jury.

JR:

but like, it's, it's like adjacent to somebody that you know

JP:

Yeah. If, if Josh Gad. Josh Gad comments on J If Josh, if you're listening, what was the, what was the Holland Dale High School mascot? Were you guys the Chargers? What were you guys?

Ash:

We were the Chargers.

JP:

You were the charger. You were the Chargers. Yeah. All right. Josh Gad was a Holland Dale Charger and Ashley was a Holland Dale Charger, and I swooped in and took charge and

JR:

cool that you

JP:

I dunno if they went to school together,

Ash:

No, I don't even think it was in the same time. think he, think he had left South Florida by the time I hit high

JP:

They were just in the same county for a period of time. And now I get to say

Ash:

so was Johnny Depp.

JP:

oh, well I like

Nat:

I love Johnny Jab.

Ash:

We all do.

JP:

Everybody hopes that he's, what did you, what'd you say the other week? January. You, you keep turning the corner on pirates hoping that he's gonna be there.

JR:

Yeah, real life.

JP:

absolutely. Okay, so it sounds like everybody here grew up in the state and then I have

Nat:

Was too Puerto go.

JP:

but with I don't like, I feel like Ashley could have forced the, the hand of her grandparents to make them take her. Yeah.

Ash:

No. They had other golden children that took precedent. Took

Nat:

resources. Dang.

JP:

And then I feel like maybe January, although January you didn't vacation at the theme parks, did you vacation elsewhere?

JR:

Well, we, we came when I was in high school I might've come when I was like

Ash:

Yeah, The parks got important during school. like, cash in for field trips. Right. And they would come

Nat:

Yeah.

Ash:

to the parks for the day or you know, for an event or something. So mine was not like a family vacation situation, but I probably came, you know, once or twice in middle school and then once or twice in

JP:

Hmm.

JR:

we did

Ash:

not to Disney.

JP:

Where, where did you vacation?

JR:

My dad really likes the mountains.

Ash:

Did you guys go hiking? That doesn't

JP:

I love, I love that you think hiking is

JR:

the

Ash:

just sit in the cabins in the mountains. That's my type of

JR:

we, would drag the, it's not a kayak, what's one? Canoe. The canoe. We would drag the canoe out to and then it kinda, kinda, it got scary.'cause the current was was a little strong. did country

JP:

So y'all went exploring. Okay. All right. And so now you, you you are kind of living. The thematic parts of your childhood that you didn't get to take advantage of. And not because your parents denied you, but because they had other experiences that they wanted to enjoy. Okay, cool. So now as an adult, when she gets too rough at work, your solution is Epcot

Nat:

Have a drink. Oh yeah. Have a drink of that.

JP:

a drink at Epcot. I look at Natalie was like, get drunk. Oh, get drunk at Epcot. Epcot is key here. Dang it.

JR:

Funny. My parents met Natalie at Epcot.

Nat:

That's true. I've actually, go ahead. You didn't Have the pass yet?

JR:

the Natalie had a pass.

Nat:

That's right. Natalie had a

Ash:

Now everybody has a pass.

JP:

Everybody, everybody we know.

Nat:

Yeah. That birthday they gifted her a pass. So she go, she can go with me. had a

JP:

Hold on, hold on, hold So you are saying that after, after you tried to hold your parents accountable for your childhood, they paved the way for you as an adult to do this. They were like,

Ash:

and in love,

JP:

and in love could, let's, can we just, can we just give a a a

Ash:

worth of dates?

JP:

can we give a quick round of applause to to her parents for this?

Nat:

Are you gonna add the effect?

JP:

No, I'm gonna actually just let our clapping survive the edits. Yeah. Kudos to them for that. That's,

Nat:

Yeah. It was a very thoughtful gift. We definitely never let it go that to her. Yeah. The jump started

JR:

it. Yeah,

JP:

nice. Yeah. I've, I always felt like I was left out of, like, I, I, I longed for to visit. Places like Disney World I ex I experienced the same economic constraints that Natalie experienced. And in the end it was more, I, my, the distance between the park and I was much greater growing up just outside of Philadelphia even like if I had that income kind of pop up

Nat:

mean, yeah, you weren't in the same you wanna be, you wanna hang out with us? So bad. You didn't even go here.

JR:

So did you go to

Nat:

lunch? Six Flags? Ooh, good question. Good question. January I.

JP:

Yeah. I have a story about that. This is, so this is like, I. Like, this is maybe a more challenging story to share. I'm not sure if I'll edit this out or not, but I'll share it with you guys because it's important to, to have these these moments with each other. So I think my younger brother was, I think my younger brother was I don't know, maybe he was turning 10 or 11, And he, it was his, yeah, it was his birthday. And there was a, a church trip to Six Flags that was coming I think at that time, the tickets to get into the park were like 36 bucks And my mother did not have enough money to send us to yeah. And I don't believe that she, had enough money for a a, an actual real birthday present for him either. And so I think she baked him a cake and she got him a scratch off lottery and he won something. It was like something like a And he, he just looked up let's, we can go to six legs together.

JR:

I'm so happy Gods

Ash:

At

JP:

10

Ash:

and 12 and 14

JP:

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So, yeah. So, I don't remember a whole bunch from that trip. Genuinely we had other, we had another local theme park. We had Doey Park was nearby.

Ash:

That's more carnival

JP:

Nope. Nope. That is it. That's a, like an enter in theme park.

Nat:

Doy Park and Wild Water

JP:

Mm-hmm.

Nat:

when I hear other, like the first time I remember like, I mean I don't like learning about Six Flags. I'm like, there's another park, like there's other

JR:

Six Flag has really good roller coasters,

JP:

They they had like Batman, I think they had the Batman rollercoaster one.

Nat:

But like,

JR:

don't they have like some of the tallest

JP:

They might have Superman but also Six Flags was down in your neck of the woods too. South Florida. There was the Six Flags.

Nat:

was there, I feel like the lot, the, the, for the south one I'm familiar with was Georgia.

JP:

Mm-hmm. No, there was there was one in in Hollywood. What was it off of? Was it off of

Ash:

So I think what you're

Nat:

Oh,

Ash:

to might have sh

JP:

what's that? Boomers. Boomers was Six

Ash:

Boomers was Six Flags. That's why there's a, there was a roller coaster there, but the Six Flags itself I think shut down before we, like, before I was a boomers is what I and they had a couple of like there was like a wooden rollercoaster that's mildly terrifying now that I look back. and then like the big, you know, spinning thing a billion and I, I don't remember if they had the slingshot. and then like the big arcades

JP:

I, it's not like Ohio. mean, it could be like, it could be up there, but like, so

Ash:

ish.

JP:

I did purchase a, a season pass to Doey Park in Wild Water Kingdom this year. For my daughter. She's, I don't think she's used it at all. I don't think she will use it, but I purchased it for her. The Flex Pay on that one is like$15, like 10% of our, our Disney pass. But the one park that I miss from the Northeast is, can nobles. So it's K-N-O-E-B-E-L-E-S. And that's a, there's no cover charge to get in. You just walk in and if you wanna ride rides, you can you correct, or, or you can buy an all day wristband, but it's like, it's

Nat:

Sounds like a fun spot.

JP:

It's your father's. No, it's better than fun. Spot fun spot's. Like, in the city, this is like your dad's your dad's theme park, January. So you can go up there. It's in the middle of these the, this wooded area in Burg, Pennsylvania. And you can, there's the theme park, the amusement park. And then you can camp there, there are cabins that you can rent have like a full on camping. You can get primitive tent site if you want, or so you can have people go up there for the weekend or the week and they camp out and barbecue and they go down to the park during the day and kind of ride whatever you want. There's a big pool, swimming pool and stuff like that. So I've had, we had those memories. I was never really super duper into all the rides. So I think it for the parents to book like a cabin and then we go up there for like four days or something like that. And then they didn't have to buy me a theme park ticket, like maybe I rode a, a handful of rides here or you know. But for the most part, we just kind enjoyed the, the trip, the environment, things like

Nat:

like a good time. It's nice that not to have a cover.

JP:

Yeah.

Nat:

how long have

JP:

they are they have one of the oldest carousels in use. So

Nat:

Did you think anybody's pooped on it?

JP:

it's, it's a very antique you ever, you ever hear the story like like when people say, like, grab the brass ring. So it, it is very dated, extremely dated. So on carousels in the way back in the day, you would sit on the horses on the outside and there would be a machine that would kind of line up rings, and you would reach out with like your pointer finger and hook a ring every lap you went around. And there might be however many rings were in the, in the shoot, only one of them was brass. And if you got, if you were lucky and you grabbed the brass ring, you got to ride again for free. Yeah. So it's fun. So it is a little

Nat:

fun It's fun.

JP:

Yeah. Yeah. So as an adult

Nat:

I just hear that they're hooking kids on gambling

JP:

exactly, exactly. 10 and 12 respectively. Yeah. So as an adult, I, I think I just kind of, if those were the happiest moments of my life then I, and I have some of the, the more stressful moments in my life. During the week, I look for even just the simple moments at a theme park. I don't have to ride rides. I can just be there with with Ashley and kind of walking around with no real purpose.

Nat:

Yeah, and like, there's times where we'll realize, you get out, get we'll walk around the park a few miles in and it doesn't feel like exercise hanging out

JP:

You almost got str, you almost got m

Ash:

Oh,

JP:

was that your stomach or was that thunder?

JR:

the thunder.

Ash:

crazy.

JP:

coming outta nowhere.

Nat:

No, there was lightning. Remember when

JP:

yeah. Oh,

Ash:

spicy.

JP:

spicy lightning. Oh.

JR:

I like that. It is a place the bubble is real.

JP:

do you, do you feel the effect, once you're in the bubble, do you start to feel it?

JR:

Yeah. Like I, I really enjoy like walking Yeah. You guys really, the hustle and

JP:

Yeah. the smells. How do you have a favorite smell that kind of anchors you?

JR:

mean, I'm a popcorn person, so I

Ash:

I never like popcorn until somebody else

JP:

mostly me. It's, it's the worst.

Ash:

It's not something I would ever crave on my own. But the second that he busts out the popcorn, bro, it's like I gotta have it. Yeah, I would never, I would never buy it for myself. It's not something I ever crave at home, but bro, the second, forget it.

JP:

the confectionary does such a, a fantastic job creating some of those, yeah, some like those special blows my Universal has banana popcorn.

Nat:

What? No,

JP:

Yeah, it, I thought the same thing. Who signs up for banana

Ash:

A lot of

JP:

Ev. Yeah, the mo the least. go ahead. I was gonna say the, I was just gonna make a joke. Where the least liked runts are the bananas

Nat:

That's, I'm not the orange one. I can't, I can't, I, like the red per anyway. I have, we have a friend that bananas are and it's, it's kind of interesting that we're having this conversation right now.'cause we saw our other friend over the weekend of in probably over a year. And we were talking about like one time we were over and we full on had a mock trial to prove Once for all. the bananas were not in fact And It was, it it got intense. It was really good. We did win. We did win. We won your case. We won our case. Absolutely. However, like I know you guys understand, like it's to the point, like we again, we were talking about it the other day and, you know, reminiscing with our, with our friend and, and she was like that. They were having a conversation. to like, they, she needed something done and it was important. And she was like, you know what? I Got your back. But if I do it you have to admit that bananas are my favorite fruit. so our

Ash:

Full

Nat:

so her friend, Yeah. So her friend was like, no, then forget it. I don't even need it, She's like, she says, if you go, she told her, if you go first, I want you to know here lies so and so and bananas were not her favorite. fruit.

JP:

Oh.

Nat:

But yeah. So. so I hear you. I enjoy, but sometimes like when I'm having a banana, I'm like, damn, that is a good banana. But I feel Like that's because Ashley, you don't like. You don't like?

JP:

for the listeners, Ashley's just shaking her head in disapproval. Extreme

Ash:

Nobody enjoys a banana. It's not refreshing. It's not juicy.

JR:

stuff does not taste like a real banana. That's not the taste of the real banana.

Nat:

No, I don't, I'm not, I'm not into, no. We all

JR:

collectively agree that this artificial banana tastes like and it doesn't.

JP:

Can I throw a wrench into the whole banana mix?

Nat:

Ooh, I'm scared. Okay, go.

JP:

Although the, the term fruit is a loose classification, like an overarching umbrella term. Bananas are berries.

JR:

I heard tomatoes aren't

Ash:

strawberries are ovaries.

JP:

Ooh.

Nat:

Wait,

JP:

That we just fucked everything up.

JR:

Bananas are what?

Nat:

Berries

JR:

are berries. Why are they berries?

JP:

That's just how

JR:

are inside.

JP:

they're classified as

Nat:

they're, their seeds are not inside.

JP:

They're specifically classified as a, as a berry.

Nat:

But why? Nobody asked why when they were classifying, nobody said, why are we putting bananas here?

JP:

I don't know,

Ash:

Somebody, somebody asked the

JR:

you're the Google Queen. I don't understand.

JP:

it out. I'm just, I'm just, I'm trying to drop my tsm knowledge on you that banana bananas are

Nat:

if you are gonna go ftm, go full on in and I need more information, enter

JP:

my

Nat:

more.

JP:

She's poking. Why are you poking me in the forehead, Natalie?

Nat:

I'm trying to get you,

JP:

Trying to get more.

Nat:

me. How do I get more now?

Ash:

on a slightly related but unrelated note. Broccoli is fake.

JP:

I don't understand.

Nat:

mean?

Ash:

So broccoli as we know it now, is not what broccoli originally looked or tasted like. And I don't know what the timeframe is, but some time ago, broccoli was wiped out by a plant disease.

JP:

How did we end up here? We're trying. I'm gonna, I need, I need to go to a

JR:

Oh yeah, it was a banana

JP:

Oh yeah. It sells the berry flavored popcorn sells really well at, at the parks because of what are the, the minions? The minions

Nat:

Google is playing games with me. It's like acting like I didn't ask it a question. That's how you don't, things are shady. Okay. There's times that you barely even finish a question. It's

JP:

It starts guessing at it

Nat:

it just, it didn't even.

Ash:

is a question that not enough people have asked.

Nat:

Well, well, I see is banana Berry came up. Right? But I wanted to. see, like, first I asked what kind of fruit is banana? but like, here's Like? Is banana, a berry Is banana a berry, or fruit? Is banana a berry? Family? banana a berry or a blackberry? What the fuck is banana

JP:

Everybody does that, but it's yellow. I think that, I think that all berries are classified as a, classified as fruits. that's Like an umbrella term.

JR:

Okay, I hear you. So fruits from the ovary of a single flour tomato is because it developed the ovary of a flour contains seed, but,

Nat:

but berries or

JR:

it's the way that that, that the fruit grows. The what grows from. If the that's how grows,

Ash:

Nobody can see this.

JP:

can see this. And thank God nobody can see this. This is amazing. The, the, the gestures that we're making is through the

Nat:

we should submit that one into Apple

JP:

Oh my God. The bag for a hand gesture.

Nat:

then it just,

JP:

It just flat flowers. Just flowers just,

JR:

they blossom. They open up.

JP:

oh my goodness. Yeah. This is wild. This is wild. Another tangent. One of my core

JR:

are seeds and bananas.

Nat:

No They're,

JP:

they're they're tiny. They're tiny little

JR:

they're inside the fruit.

Nat:

Oh my God.

JP:

One of my

Ash:

a fleshy soft and sweet middle.

JP:

Oh yeah. I don't like bananas all the time. I like banana bread though.

Nat:

Oh, I like

JR:

is fine. I like

Nat:

banana nut. muffins.

Ash:

no.

JP:

Yes, I like banana nut muffins as well. I'm with you on that one. Natalie.

JR:

Good oatmeal

JP:

Oh, oh, okay. You're out. Oatmeal. Oatmeal cookie. What the,

JR:

You like banana bread? I don't understand.

JP:

you ever been to have y'all ever been to Hershey Park? It's,

JR:

I don't

JP:

it is a, Pennsylvania has a lot of theme parks

Nat:

Oh, they're sterile. I understand now.

JP:

Pennsylvanians. Yes.

Nat:

No, the bananas,

JR:

she's still on the banana.

JP:

She's not like,

JR:

in Hershey Park

JP:

Hershey Park is in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Nat:

We should go to? Have you been to park?

JP:

Heck yeah. Heck yeah. It's like a, there's the streetlights. When you get onto that, onto the roadway, you know how like when you go in, when you're in the bubble and the street signs turned purple and like, you know, you know you're on, you're in the zone. You start, you cross onto the archway, stuff like that. When in Hershey, Pennsylvania, you know, you're in the Hershey bubble, kind of when the street lights are shaped like Hershey kisses,

Nat:

Oh my God, this. Oh, that's so cute.

JP:

at that point, it's the perfect time to call the beards and let them know that you are currently riding the Hershey Highway.

Nat:

I cannot,

JP:

Yes, you have to. It's good

Ash:

is a fruit.

JP:

Corn. I thought corn was a grain. And why are we on corn?

Ash:

I went down a rabbit hole. Avocados are fruit.

JP:

I get, let's, let's move back

Ash:

No.

JP:

into our coping

JR:

is in the fruit.

JP:

Okay, so

Ash:

learning so much tonight. This was not this topic. That was not our

JR:

We went to both chemical school.

JP:

I love it. Yeah. So are there, are, is there anything that, that parks are just considered a cure for you, for, Like,

Ash:

I had, I've had a rough, I've had a rough couple I'm not made for car travel, which explains why I never got to go on vacations as a kid, but that's neither here nor there right now. But the right, but the second that I got to Universal on Sunday, my whole mood shifted and it, you know, I was going to get a button that may or may not be there and I was stoked about the button, but ultimately I was just really excited to see things. And so I think the Es escape escapism side of the coping mechanism concept is really true and valid here. So I have historically always been a book reader. And I read for entertainment, not necessarily for knowledge or you know, education. And I had learned, you know, back at the height of the pandemic, that reading is a form of escapism. And therapists really like to talk about that shit, right? And so I think the same is true, you know, for the park. I'm not trying to make, you know, to relive my childhood or, you know, to make any of that better. I think it's way cooler now as an adult because I can do what I want, when I want, where I want, I can spend my money. We walked in, we walked into one of the stores at Universal and they were having an annual pass Passholder sale. You know how we talked about like the garage sale last year? They were, they had that except indoors and there were three rooms of it. I was stoked.

JP:

Retail therapy, 60%

Ash:

I was literally just stoked to be there, and we only got a couple of things but I walked outta there feeling a thousand percent better. So yeah, it's retail therapy. It's escapism. It's, you know, the, the freedom to go spend your money how you want with the things that you enjoy. We had a fantastic lunch that day, coincidentally, in the minion cafe.

JP:

I sent you a picture of it on the foosball table.

Ash:

Yeah, the foosball

Nat:

Oh yeah. The

Ash:

It was just absolutely delightful. The whole day was delightful. We drove two hours, we were there for two hours, and then we drove two hours home. It was a fantastic day, and my whole day, my whole week was like a thousand percent better.

JP:

Yeah. We got to see the butter beer bar City Walk. We hadn't been in we went back.

JR:

how was the bar?

JP:

Oh, we didn't, we didn't, I try not to support her then actually I try not to, to support Joe Row. We just wanted to look at it. It was, it was weird because we spent years going into this shop and then all of a sudden they blew out a wall and put in like a butter beer bar. It was just, it

Ash:

And they opened the Nintendo World Store in CityWalk, which was not open the last time we were there. And so we've already kind of seen that stuff, right? Because we've been to Epic a couple of times. But it, you know, I, I appreciated what was there. We recognized some new stuff, you know, that wasn't in the park when in Epic, when we were there. So, I mean, it was, it was just having that whole, you know, new experience and being able to just see things and touch things and experience things that are outside of our quote Norm. They started to drop some of the Halloween Horror nights, you know, merch. They had a lot of How to Train Your Dragon stuff out. They have a whole new dragon chilling in islands of Adventure. That guy was not there six months ago. You know what I mean? So that it was all just really It's like going to a movie, but like being in the movie. Right,

JP:

I mean, that's what all theme parks are

Ash:

right.

JP:

now. Are you good? You choking?

Nat:

some. Yeah, I'm good. Some, some do a better job than others, though. The immersion.

Ash:

Yeah, true.

JP:

True.

Ash:

Do you feel, you feel attacked? Yeah,

Nat:

mean, it makes sense.'cause before me, January read more. And now like, I'm such joy that she reads less and like she's been like kind of wanting to read more, which I support, but also like, she, who doesn't wanna hang out with me? I'm a good time. I'm sorry baby. I could leave, I could spend more time broad.

JP:

How, how are you, how far are you in that book? Atlas of the Heart.

Nat:

wow. Damnit dog. Did I tell you one thing?

Ash:

That water

Nat:

I I actually, I actually within time isn't real, so I'm just gonna give you like a large, window. but like within the last six months, I definitely told January we should really finish this book. I, I liked when, when we used to read that together, remember I said it, I said swear on everything.

JP:

Yeah. You've moved twice and we've had at least four friend adversaries

Nat:

Well,

JP:

since you

Nat:

now she's got a new book. she's reading. Damn. Josh. Josh guy got in the way.

JP:

Oh, did I give you, are you reading that Josh Gad book? He's, it's a good book. The stories he shares are, are great in that book. So yeah. I'm glad I'm glad you're reading it. I like, I did like that book. Did he write in it for you? I like it when he writes in it. Good. I'm so stoked. The yeah. So side note regarding Epic, 75% of the IP at Epic Universe is based on the written works of female authors who, what's actually, who's the author's name of how to Train Your

Ash:

Creswell. Cwell.

JP:

Crowell. And then,

Ash:

I actually just caught her on TikTok and she was telling, you know, like the backstory of how. How to train a dragon like came to her.'cause it wasn't like an epiphany. Apparently she used to she and her family when they were, when she was little, used to vacation on a remote like uninhabited island. Off of the coast of like Scotland or something.

JP:

cowl

Ash:

Cowell. I was

JP:

like Simon. maybe possibly.

JR:

So she would, vacation

Ash:

she would vacation there. And so I guess it was an original it was originally inhabited a billion years ago, right? By by actual Vikings. And so there was a lot of lore and stories that were tied to the island. And so there was one year in her childhood where they spent, like the whole summer there, like her dad, like actually like built a house. I don't know What the process is for that, for an uninhabited island, but what do I know? And so they built a house and they stayed there for the whole summer. And I think, you know, slowly but surely the stories kind of started coming to her. And she just talked about how she spent the summer like looking for dragons. She was very, very convinced that dragons were real and that, you know, the island was, you know, magical in that way because of the lore and the history of the Viking settlers. And it was just a really, yeah. Yeah. And so it's, it was just, it was really cute and inspiring, you know, to listen to, and it was just a TikTok, it was a fast one. I'm sure there were more, but I think she's new to, to TikTok and so it popped up on my feed just the other day.

JP:

There are 12 books in that series.

Ash:

Yeah,

JP:

yeah.

Ash:

there's three movies, a whole

JP:

four, movies.

Ash:

four movies, a whole TV series. And then those are based off of the books, correct.

JP:

wild. Such a, such a, an interesting time. And of course we have Mary Shelley, who also gave us birth of like, well, she gave us the birth of like horror stories or sci-fi the sci-fi genre. She

Ash:

She was 19, I think, when she wrote that book.

JP:

and she like, had to take a backseat to at the same time. And then Joe Rowe for,

Ash:

whose name? We don't say out Correct.

JP:

Mm-hmm. Yeah, so very interesting. So here's one thing I'd like to kind of almost end on is when we, or two things we should end on. One,

Ash:

Bananas.

JP:

no, once you get done,

Nat:

and pajamas,

JP:

which once you get done with your dissociation from real life, you have to come back and deal with your problems.

Nat:

That those start on the way, like on the walk back, like you are, you're fully, like, it's, it starts like basically at the, it starts, you're Kind of still in this InBetween limbo, but it's, once you start, seeing like villains or Heroes lot, you're like, oh and then like you're back. and seeing reality. Okay. That's where personally it starts for me. Depending on which park, most of them we we take the hike in. It's just like the warmup to the rest of the walking, unless it's magic.'cause you know, that's the whole expedition. tram or a

JP:

Answer Red Cross. The bridge is insane to get into

Nat:

You really have to go to wanna go to magic. But I love it so much. It's so magical.

JP:

it's, yeah, I get angry. I get sad when I leave it.

Nat:

from Magic that take you into the parking that was actually covered in our the plug?

JP:

and then it's been a while since we checked the mail.

Nat:

Oh, the

Ash:

check that slot.

Nat:

slot time.

JP:

We should not, to be confused. we should definitely check this slot. We have two pieces of mail, technically one piece of mail,

Nat:

Oh wow.

JP:

It's misleading.

Ash:

misleading.

JP:

I know. Alex sent us mail and then he realized, oh shit, I sent it too fast. Let me

Ash:

Oh,

JP:

second one. So I'm gonna read this part one. Hey y'all.

Nat:

Hey y'all.

JP:

y'all. This will be the first email. Oh yeah. Okay, cool. This will be the first email I send to to you all I know. Usually I leave comments on the Spotify account, so I wanted to flip the switch. I'd love to experience Universal's fan Fest Nights, which features immersive, he changed fonts to and went up in size here,

Nat:

yeah,

JP:

just so you know.

Nat:

he's, he's showing emphasis.

JP:

Mm-hmm. Which features immersive experiences, theme food and merchandise, celebrating sci-fi, fantasy, anime, gaming. I would be down to join Jonathan and Ashley for the Orlando and former Meetup. Well, Alec, I have news for you. Those dates haven't been announced yet, but once they're announced, once they're announced, we're definitely the.

Ash:

stuff is, is happening. Like right now,

JP:

Yeah. But they don't have anything, they don't have any dates announced currently on their site, but once it's announced, we're going to, we're gonna need your help, Alec in roping in our, our ladies here to come with us. but it's so worth it. And he leaves it with a rapid fire question. We haven't had one of Are you ready? This is a good one. They

Ash:

They have really good rapid fires.

JP:

If you were, if, if you were to date a Disney character, who would it be and why?

Nat:

Ooh, I got my, I think we

JP:

Natalie go first.

Nat:

Why are you

JP:

and why?

Nat:

What's, why I spoke. What's wrong with visiting Jasmine? Actually, I understand.

Ash:

No, I'm trying to pick my own, like I'm digging in my brain. It's just my face.

JP:

okay.

Ash:

Okay. That

Nat:

has a castle and a tiger.

Ash:

I see the resemblance too. In your choices. Yeah.

Nat:

she's been Princess

Ash:

Word.

Nat:

No, I'm just

Ash:

I'm not next. Somebody else go.

JP:

January, who would you, who would you date and why?

Nat:

she's checking out people right now. I was not, that's done.

JR:

No vanilla

JP:

Oh,

Ash:

I swear to God. I swear to God when Natalie asked you that question, that was the answer that popped in my brain. Princess Ope,

Nat:

Penelope.

Ash:

Ope

JP:

Ope

JR:

Penelope.

JP:

from,

JR:

Oh.

Ash:

That's you, but just tinier, like microscopic. Yeah. That's you. Just happy and funny and joyful. Yeah. And a little sarcastic. Yeah. I see it. I see it. I see

JP:

Who you going with? Ash? Oh,

Nat:

The Genie. Oh, the Genie is the Robin Williams.

JR:

Genie.

Nat:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Animated Genie.

Ash:

animated

JP:

The entire lower half of him is Dick.

Ash:

that was subconscious.

JP:

sorry. Sorry.

Nat:

She knew what she was

JP:

goodness. Yes, she a thousand percent did.

Ash:

I was just thinking of the magic and the flying in the presence. But yeah, the dick wouldn't,

Nat:

The present

JR:

She wanted

Ash:

I do.

Nat:

Yeah. Oh

JP:

I'm gonna go with, this is a challenging I'm gonna go with Mary

Ash:

it's not a princess,

JP:

I said Mary Poppins oh, does it have to be a princess? Is that what you said?

Ash:

Oh, did he just say Disney? Well, what was the real

JP:

go back and double check. it doesn't have to be a princess. I'm gonna tell you how I know it doesn't have to be a princess.'cause he later an answered his own Disney character.

Nat:

Okay.

JR:

Character.

JP:

and we definitely have his answer here. He

JR:

believe you thought I would like a fool, like guest on.

Nat:

I was just kidding. They make a

JR:

whole song like I was an idiot. I

Nat:

kidding. JK

JP:

Do we want to do we wanna take a guess at Alex

Nat:

Alec. Okay. Wait, hang on. Let me think if, that's a good one. I like that.

JR:

Guess

Nat:

I like it. I, wouldn't even, it supposed to be

JR:

Justin in vibes.

Nat:

I What's a No, I was thinking what, hang on, let me think.

JR:

The guy from Treasure

Nat:

Treasure. Oh, nah. Yeah. I, I Are you Treasure Are you talking about the one where they go to

Ash:

Oh, no. That's a whole different movie. I

JP:

It's a whole different, that's a whole different

Ash:

Ooh.

JP:

house too.

Nat:

Okay. Because the one they go to Atlanta is Disney's Treasure Planet. I don't

Ash:

Treasure Planet might be

JR:

Oh, it's Atlantis.

JP:

Yeah. What do you got, Natalie? Who do you, what do you think?

Nat:

For Alec. I don't know Why

Ash:

Speaker

Nat:

why it comes, it comes into, I don't know his name from Emper new group. The,

JR:

the

Ash:

cco,

JP:

The, the, the Prince or,

JR:

Oh, crunk.

Nat:

Yeah. He, he's not into bestiality. Everybody calmed down. I don't think he the Lamas into a llama. Right. Guo came back. All right. Let me see.

Ash:

CRO is like Hercules, but stupider.

Nat:

Oh my Alec? Alec? I don't know. I, I would say Aladdin for

JP:

Okay. Okay. Well I have the answer here. Everyone's gonna be disappointed except for

Nat:

Oh. Wait, wait, wait. Let's keep going. Everybody keep cussing Actually your

JP:

no. I'm just gonna read his answer now.

Ash:

No, I want a

Nat:

No, no. We want a hit. we, don't want

Ash:

I

JP:

No, no, no ma'am.

Nat:

don't want the answer.

JP:

we're

Ash:

We're, were we close?

JP:

None of you are

Nat:

What's the

JP:

You guys were so

Nat:

wait, wait, wait.

JP:

Actually, Natalie May have been. Natalie May have been closer. I'm gonna read the answer now.

Nat:

I know who it is. It's the guy from Tangled.

JP:

It's not. Here we go. Here. So he starts off by apologizing. He says, sorry, I hit send when I needed to answer my

Ash:

Oh, is a cliffhanger.

JP:

Justin. Justin, I didn't realize he answered for Justin too. Justin would really like to date Tarzan for obvious reasons.

Ash:

Solid

JP:

Easy access. He said, I think Justin so Tarzan only has like a flap. And so he's like, yeah, that's cool. Also, have you seen, have you seen the, the, the image of Tarzan on the vine, but both his hands are empty? What's hanging onto that vine? I'm just saying he's got that thing clenched. But for Alec my ideal date would be Phil from Hercules. For two

Nat:

Wait,

JR:

Phil.

Ash:

I said

JR:

trainer,

JP:

Yes, yes,

Ash:

Danny DeVito.

JR:

a little short guy.

JP:

short Wait. Remember when you were like, he's not into bestiality. He loved himself. Some UR man. Yeah. Goat. Yeah. That's cool. That's cool. For two reasons. One, because he's the goat, GOAT, greatest of all time.

Ash:

he's goat.

JP:

And I've heard you ready for this one. These gets real cute here. The, I've heard from the muses that he can be pretty horny, so

Nat:

Oh, I love it too funny.

JP:

I look, I'm gonna make a book recommendation. This one's by Ruby Dixon, and it's called Bull moon rising. Yeah, You're gonna really, yeah. He'll, he, he'll get nodded up in that one.

Ash:

Pun

JP:

Yeah. get after it. Perfect. It was very delightful. If you have if you wanna drop us a line, send us a, a rapid fire question or I really ask us any questions, feel free to, to email us at the dank pod@gmail.com. That's it for checking our slot. Anybody have any extra things they wanna add?

JR:

so offended that she thought guest Dawn.

Nat:

I, I was just kidding.

Ash:

That's gonna be a fight later? I'm so sorry. Nat.

JP:

Dank out.

Nat:

thank out.

Ash:

take out.

JR:

Thank out.

Nat:

It wa it was baby because it was a joke,

Nancy:

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