#115: Take A Bath While You're Drowning

In which Lauren & Mattias give some very special advice and discuss silly laws around the world. They review their recent movie night films and chat about various topics such as cookies and sipping tea. 

Content:

• Opening
  • Whistling & stomachs
• Weekly check in
  • Melodifestivalen
  • Cookies
  • Weight update
• Movie on!
  • Color of Night
  • Repmånaden - Eller hur man gör pojkar av män
• Intermission
• Book misreading & Open Eyes
  • how to keep the house clean while drowning
  • how to keep someone from stealing your house while you're drowning
• Silly specific laws around the world
• What’s ruining our lives
• Wrap up
  • Live Mad Libs! March 8, 2025 8pm CET/2pm EST on Twitch @roastytoastyghostypodcast

Chapters

• 0:06 Unscripted Banter With Roasty Toasty Ghosty
• 14:44 Reviewing Color of Night and Repmonad
• 24:19 How to Keep House While Drowning
• 39:28 Silly and Outdated State Laws
• 51:52 Unusual International Laws Discussed
• 1:06:27 Podcast Promotion and Farewells

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:06

In a world where everything is unscripted. This is Roasty Toasty Ghost. Should we start? No, okay, not today, okay, maybe tomorrow. Yeah, just two and a half. No Okay.

Speaker 2: 0:23

Not today, okay, maybe tomorrow.

Speaker 1: 0:25

Yeah, just two and a half hours. Yeah, you want to learn how to whistle first.

Speaker 2: 0:31

Yeah, I find it's a requirement that I learn how to whistle before we start the episode.

Speaker 1: 0:36

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 0:38

How do you do it?

Speaker 1: 0:39

It was a windy night.

Speaker 2: 0:41

Okay, but answer me I don't know. How do you do it?

Speaker 1: 0:48

Do you want to know something weird?

Speaker 2: 0:50

I do.

Speaker 1: 0:51

My knee still hurts from when I fell in the stairs.

Speaker 2: 0:55

That is weird.

Speaker 1: 0:56

Yeah, it was this week. I went down on my knees and I'm like, oh, it still hurts.

Speaker 2: 1:04

You hurt yourself pretty bad, bad yeah, my back's been bothering me today.

Speaker 1: 1:08

Okay, like I'm sore my stomach was so weird today before lunch it was really weird. It was like it was almost like it was back pain I feel it in my back yeah is it the stomach?

Speaker 2: 1:24

well, is it connected to the stomach my back, I think so at this point they've formed into one my stomach, just like pushed its way into my back.

Speaker 1: 1:34

Okay, so that's probably why it hurts I don't think it's supposed to do that separate.

Speaker 2: 1:40

No it's all one big organ.

Speaker 1: 1:42

Sometimes my stomach separates from my back.

Speaker 2: 1:47

Separates from my back, yeah just go different ways. Mm-hmm.

Speaker 1: 1:51

Then my stomach says come back.

Speaker 2: 1:56

Come back. Okay, yeah, that's a good one, all right.

Speaker 1: 2:01

You're welcome, Lauren.

Speaker 2: 2:02

Thank you. Oh, it's my turn, isn't it? It is your turn.

Speaker 1: 2:04

I have to edit tomorroworeen. Thank you, oh, it's my turn, isn't it? It is your turn.

Speaker 2: 2:05

I have to edit tomorrow.

Speaker 1: 2:07

Yes, you do.

Speaker 2: 2:07

Gosh darn it. Why does life treat me this way?

Speaker 1: 2:11

I don't know. It's your fault.

Speaker 2: 2:14

Let's get this going. Let's make it quick.

Speaker 1: 2:17

Yeah, no.

Speaker 2: 2:17

All right, would you like to wrap this up?

Speaker 1: 2:19

No, I mean. I think why life treats you this way is because of the cookies.

Speaker 2: 2:29

You know what Screw you.

Speaker 1: 2:31

Okay.

Speaker 2: 2:31

Screw you and your jugular vein, not funny.

Speaker 1: 2:35

Okay.

Speaker 2: 2:37

I don't have anything to open, but I do have tea.

Speaker 1: 2:39

I can open.

Speaker 2: 2:40

That's your phone. Yeah, no, don't open your phone. Quiet on set, okay. Hello and welcome to roasty toasty ghosty. My name is lauren and I am matthias we are your hosties. We're also going to be your besties for the next hour or so we, we do say that, right we say that from time to time.

Speaker 1: 3:05

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 3:06

Every now and then you will notice that we say that line yeah, what about it?

Speaker 1: 3:12

No, because I was like, why do I say besties? Aren't we saying best friends? But no, we do say besties.

Speaker 2: 3:20

I feel like they have the same definition.

Speaker 1: 3:22

Yes, but last week. I'm like, why do I say besties?

Speaker 2: 3:26

Why do you say besties?

Speaker 1: 3:28

Yeah, shouldn't I say best friends?

Speaker 2: 3:30

You could also say best friends, if you really wanted to. It's really up to you. It's your decision to make. I know it's a tough decision. Which one to say?

Speaker 1: 3:41

I don't think about it, no.

Speaker 2: 3:43

Okay, that's how most of your decisions were made. You heard me.

Speaker 1: 3:48

Yeah, I did.

Speaker 2: 3:49

Yeah, maybe you kind of understood what I said.

Speaker 1: 3:53

I know you're drunk.

Speaker 2: 3:54

Oh, I am drinking tea.

Speaker 1: 3:57

Oh yeah, With.

Speaker 2: 3:59

Tea Ah, the tea kind of tea. For all you new listeners out there, I am going to let you know that this is the best podcast ever. You are exactly where you are supposed to be right now. This is what you want to listen to I agree thank you you're welcome matias yes, that's me.

Speaker 1: 4:22

I already said that that's true you said that. Said that, that's true. You said that.

Speaker 2: 4:28

Why do you keep repeating that is true, that is your name, you did say that, and I also said Matthias.

Speaker 1: 4:36

And you're Lauren.

Speaker 2: 4:39

Yes, we went through this.

Speaker 1: 4:41

Well in case A reminder yeah in case In case, yeah in case In case. In case In case people forget.

Speaker 2: 4:48

Yeah, if they are like us. They forget, they will forget.

Speaker 1: 4:52

Yes.

Speaker 2: 4:52

My name is Lauren.

Speaker 1: 4:54

And I am Matthias.

Speaker 2: 4:55

And Matthias, how are you?

Speaker 1: 4:57

Every five minutes we have to say that.

Speaker 2: 5:00

To remind everyone.

Speaker 1: 5:03

In the middle of a sentence we should have a. And I am Lauren, and then I got on a bus. I am Lauren, I am Matias. What happened on the bus?

Speaker 2: 5:16

How are you?

Speaker 1: 5:17

I'm good.

Speaker 2: 5:17

All right.

Speaker 1: 5:19

I'm Matias.

Speaker 2: 5:21

I'm.

Speaker 1: 5:22

Matias, how are you?

Speaker 2: 5:24

I'm Lauren. I'm also good.

Speaker 1: 5:27

Good, good good.

Speaker 2: 5:30

Sipping my tea.

Speaker 1: 5:31

Sipping your tea.

Speaker 2: 5:32

Sipping my tea M Tea zipper, tea, zipper.

Speaker 1: 5:37

You're a tea zipper.

Speaker 2: 5:39

Okay. You're a tea, zipper, tea, zipper, tea, zipper M. Hmm, hmm, let's talk about our week.

Speaker 1: 5:46

Okay.

Speaker 2: 5:47

Let's update the world on what we've been up to.

Speaker 1: 5:49

Yes, so what happened on Saturday?

Speaker 2: 5:52

I just breathed really loudly.

Speaker 1: 5:55

Yeah, yeah, on Saturday, that was Saturday.

Speaker 2: 6:00

On Saturday I just I breathed really loudly.

Speaker 1: 6:05

Yeah, the whole day.

Speaker 2: 6:09

On Saturday, I took my family to an indoor trampoline park thing, oh yeah. They got to run around and play.

Speaker 1: 6:20

Okay, and jump.

Speaker 2: 6:22

And jump. You didn't go to the gym with me. I did not that day. I go to the gym with me that day.

Speaker 1: 6:25

I did not.

Speaker 2: 6:25

I went to the gym completely by myself and, yeah, I did most of the things. I've been having trouble getting through my entire routine lately the past few weeks. I get to a certain point and then I just get so tired. So I just give up going home Except I didn't go home. I went to this indoor trampoline park.

Speaker 1: 6:48

Yeah, and what you now call your home, my home.

Speaker 2: 6:53

I went home, yeah. To the indoor trampoline park and I'm Lauren. I'm.

Speaker 1: 7:00

Matias.

Speaker 2: 7:01

And then we went somewhere to eat dinner, and then we went home and we watched Melody Festival.

Speaker 1: 7:09

Oh, I did that too.

Speaker 2: 7:10

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 7:11

Yeah, you weren't too impressed with the songs.

Speaker 2: 7:14

There was maybe one of them, and I think I told you which one. I don't remember which one it was now. But there was one that I was kind of fond of, but it wasn't a winner.

Speaker 1: 7:25

No.

Speaker 2: 7:26

Nothing really hit me, and usually if a song hits me, then it's a big chance that they win.

Speaker 1: 7:31

Yeah, you didn't tell me I didn't. No, you just said that no one hit you.

Speaker 2: 7:38

No one hit me while I was watching.

Speaker 1: 7:41

That's a problem?

Speaker 2: 7:42

No, because I've predicted winners before. Okay, and I was right.

Speaker 1: 7:50

This time, the one I liked the best was Maya Yvachon.

Speaker 2: 7:56

I don't know.

Speaker 1: 7:56

It was the rock girl.

Speaker 2: 7:59

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 7:59

With the rockier song.

Speaker 2: 8:01

Yeah, but what was the song? Kamikaze or whatever.

Speaker 1: 8:05

Yeah, yeah, that was the one. Yeah, something like that, kamikaze.

Speaker 2: 8:09

Whatever that is.

Speaker 1: 8:10

You don't know what it is.

Speaker 2: 8:11

I'm, sure I do.

Speaker 1: 8:12

Yeah, japanese soldiers crashing the planes into stuff.

Speaker 2: 8:18

Oh fun.

Speaker 1: 8:19

Yeah, basically like suicide bombers or suicide crashers. Okay, that sounds a bit or suicide crashers.

Speaker 2: 8:24

Okay, that sounds a bit hectic.

Speaker 1: 8:27

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 8:27

Okay.

Speaker 1: 8:28

Could it cause a life?

Speaker 2: 8:30

Yeah, is she okay?

Speaker 1: 8:32

She crashed.

Speaker 2: 8:33

Oh, so we won't see her again.

Speaker 1: 8:36

I mean, she crashed on my sofa, probably, or something.

Speaker 2: 8:39

Oh, okay, okay, yeah, that's the kind of life that I live too. Yeah, if that's the kind of life that I live too, yeah, if that's the point of yeah, okay, well, that's what happened on Saturday for me, anyway.

Speaker 1: 8:48

Yeah, me too. Okay or not, we both crashed on the couch. Yeah, melody Festival, and that's it for me, nothing else special.

Speaker 2: 8:58

Sunday wasn't super exciting? I don't think.

Speaker 1: 9:01

No.

Speaker 2: 9:02

And then Monday happened. Uh-huh, this exciting? I don't think no. And then monday happened.

Speaker 1: 9:09

This is really good entertainment here. Yeah, tuesday we had a meeting.

Speaker 2: 9:12

Oh yeah, it was nice it was fun.

Speaker 1: 9:12

Yeah, because it was over two hours.

Speaker 2: 9:14

We just had to sit there and hang out yeah we had vika and it was good it was good, and on wednesday we you stayed home I did sick child is sick, so what yeah, he has a cold and he's been coughing a lot, so I stayed home with him. Yeah, we hung out. I had a really good productive day and I was good. I did pick you up from work and we did not go to the gym.

Speaker 1: 9:44

We did not. We went for a walk instead. We did it was nice. It was nice, I liked it.

Speaker 2: 9:51

It was nice weather. It got chilly, it got dark, but it was still nice.

Speaker 1: 9:56

Yeah, and then Yesterday was Thursday. Yeah.

Speaker 2: 10:00

You get to admit the things that we did yesterday.

Speaker 1: 10:04

Okay, so, oh, oh yeah. My dad had an eye surgery yesterday, so you had to pick me up at my place, take us to work. Then we worked, and for like the last two hours of the day we went to something called Jobmessa.

Speaker 2: 10:22

It's a job fair. Yeah to something called Jobmessa.

Speaker 1: 10:26

It's a job fair, yeah, so we were supposed to look at new jobs, since we're getting fired, and the problem was that they had one table with fika on it, like cookies.

Speaker 2: 10:38

There were so many different kinds of cookies.

Speaker 1: 10:40

Yes, and you and I spent more time at that table than any of the other ones, with different job opportunities.

Speaker 2: 10:51

Yeah, well, I mean, we did go back and forth a little bit.

Speaker 1: 10:56

We did.

Speaker 2: 10:57

And we listened to some people talk yeah, while eating cookies. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 11:02

And I mean I applied for for one thing at least for them to contact you, yeah so they? They have my contacts. No, not my contacts your island yeah, they took them these are a requirement yeah, like we take those?

Speaker 2: 11:23

no, that has your DNA on them.

Speaker 1: 11:24

Yeah, so now they know who I am. We spend more time at the fika table, though, so we ate most of the cookies, I think.

Speaker 2: 11:37

Yeah, I think. Well, I did participate. I took something from almost every table.

Speaker 1: 11:42

Yeah, you did.

Speaker 2: 11:43

And we looked at one paper for a really long time.

Speaker 1: 11:46

We did and we.

Speaker 2: 11:48

We discussed it.

Speaker 1: 11:49

Yeah, studied that.

Speaker 2: 11:51

The colors.

Speaker 1: 11:52

Yeah, speaking of study, your studievägledare.

Speaker 2: 11:58

Oh yeah, the studying guide person, I guess I don't know. I don't know what they're called, but they didn't show up.

Speaker 1: 12:08

No, those were the ones you were interested in.

Speaker 2: 12:11

Yeah, the one person I wanted to talk to wasn't there.

Speaker 1: 12:15

They just didn't show up. We ate cookies.

Speaker 2: 12:18

We did.

Speaker 1: 12:18

We ate a lot of cookies, yeah we finished at least three plates of cookies.

Speaker 2: 12:25

Yeah, and then we felt like garbage afterwards.

Speaker 1: 12:31

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 12:32

I was supposed to work gymnastics. I got to the gymnastics hall and I ate some dinner there, and then I sat there and I watched all the other kids play, because it was the group before mine, really the one that I lead, and I just I was not up for it, I couldn't do it. So I told the head leader that I was not feeling great and I'm going to go home.

Speaker 1: 13:05

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 13:05

She's like, okay, yeah, we got this here, no problem. So I went home and I like curled up on the kitchen floor and I just like I didn't move for a while and, yeah, that's, that's what happened.

Speaker 1: 13:20

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 13:20

I was also supposed to go spinning, but then I realized that I didn't even book myself to go spinning, so I was like, oh no.

Speaker 1: 13:28

Too bad.

Speaker 2: 13:29

I wasn't. I don't think I was going to go anyway. I mean, either way, I was going to feel bad if I went or if I didn't go. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 13:37

It didn't matter, it's a lose-lose.

Speaker 2: 13:39

Exactly. In the end I was going to feel bad either way, yeah.

Speaker 1: 13:42

In the end I was going to feel bad either way, yeah, so after work I went home and I had a pizza.

Speaker 2: 13:47

Whatever?

Speaker 1: 13:48

That was my day.

Speaker 2: 13:51

So after all that, do you want a weight update?

Speaker 1: 13:54

Sure.

Speaker 2: 13:55

Compared to last episode last. Friday.

Speaker 1: 13:59

Yes, are you asking me? I'm asking you, okay, I haven't moved at all. No, I'm in the you Okay, I haven't moved at all. No, I'm in the exact same spot.

Speaker 2: 14:08

You haven't gained or lost.

Speaker 1: 14:10

No.

Speaker 2: 14:10

After cookies and pizza.

Speaker 1: 14:12

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 14:13

Since last Friday.

Speaker 1: 14:14

Exactly, I could have lost weight if I just you know laid off the cookies.

Speaker 2: 14:20

Yeah, maybe I lost 0.7 throughout the week.

Speaker 1: 14:25

That's good.

Speaker 2: 14:26

Yeah, it would have been more if I didn't eat all the cookies.

Speaker 1: 14:31

But you still did better than me.

Speaker 2: 14:33

Yeah. You didn't have pizza, so that's why, otherwise it would have been double that much. Yeah, that's what happened, and today is Friday.

Speaker 1: 14:43

It is.

Speaker 2: 14:44

We watched movies today.

Speaker 1: 14:45

We did.

Speaker 2: 14:46

Would you like to movie on let's what?

Speaker 1: 14:48

happened, and today is Friday, it is. We watched movies today we did.

Speaker 2: 14:50

Would you like to move on? Let's move on.

Speaker 1: 14:56

Okay, today we watched. Color of Night and Do you want me to say it?

Speaker 2: 14:58

Yeah, Repmonad Okay.

Speaker 1: 14:59

Eller hur man gör pojkar av män.

Speaker 2: 15:02

Let me tell you about Color of night yes where do I start? This is a movie with bruce willis and his butt. Yep, he is a psychologist and he is visiting a friend, I guess, after one of his patients committed suicide right in front of him.

Speaker 1: 15:26

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 15:26

He didn't like that.

Speaker 1: 15:27

No.

Speaker 2: 15:28

So he had to go say hi to his friend. Be like I'm sad.

Speaker 1: 15:32

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 15:33

And then his friend got murdered.

Speaker 1: 15:35

He didn't like that either.

Speaker 2: 15:37

No, he didn't like that. And his friend was also a psychologist who was running a group for people who need a psychologist.

Speaker 1: 15:49

On Mondays.

Speaker 2: 15:50

On Mondays, specifically if you are a person who requires psychologists on Mondays. This was the group you wanted to be a part of.

Speaker 1: 15:59

Yep.

Speaker 2: 16:00

Except one of them got murdered too, and Bruce Willis is trying to figure out who the murderer is.

Speaker 1: 16:08

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 16:09

And he finds a girl and shows his butt and she's like here's my butt, and that's all I'm going to say about that.

Speaker 1: 16:16

Okay.

Speaker 2: 16:17

Yeah, okay. What did you think about the movie?

Speaker 1: 16:20

It's a long movie. A long movie. It's kind of interesting. It has some suspense to it and it kept me invested in it, so that's good. It even has a car chase in it, also a long intercourse scene.

Speaker 2: 16:40

Yeah, it was a bit longer than it needed to be. Yes, a lot longer, it really long it was like five minutes or yeah, it could have been cut, yeah, and then I would still get the point yeah, exactly, and what's funny is that it's uh, it's going on and then it feels like it's ended. And then it just starts up. The music starts up again Right where it ended.

Speaker 1: 17:07

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 17:08

Like oh okay, here we go again.

Speaker 1: 17:11

They weren't done.

Speaker 2: 17:12

No. Yeah, it was too long you said it was considered an erotic thriller.

Speaker 1: 17:19

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 17:20

And there was erotic parts and there were thriller parts. I didn't like the part with the nail gun.

Speaker 1: 17:26

No.

Speaker 2: 17:27

I could have lived without that if they could have replaced that with something else.

Speaker 1: 17:31

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 17:31

Because I just I was cringing the entire time.

Speaker 1: 17:35

It was like oh ow, yeah, ow, like teddy bears.

Speaker 2: 17:39

Yeah, that would be better. Rainbows, marshmallows.

Speaker 1: 17:43

Yeah, could have thrown teddy bears at each other.

Speaker 2: 17:46

A marshmallow gun would have been better.

Speaker 1: 17:48

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 17:51

I would have preferred that.

Speaker 1: 17:52

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 17:53

But yeah, is it a good movie.

Speaker 1: 17:55

That's up to you to decide.

Speaker 2: 17:57

I'm asking what you think. Oh, okay, did you say.

Speaker 1: 18:00

I think it's Okay. Okay, it's pretty, it's okay. It could be worse. It could also have been better. It's an adequate movie.

Speaker 2: 18:17

Adequate.

Speaker 1: 18:17

Yeah, isn't that.

Speaker 2: 18:19

That's a word.

Speaker 1: 18:21

That's a word right, yeah. I think I've heard of that once.

Speaker 2: 18:25

Okay, here's what I'm thinking okay, yes, please. I enjoyed the concept, the storyline. I think it could have been made differently to make it better.

Speaker 1: 18:39

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 18:40

I wasn't a huge fan of this movie.

Speaker 1: 18:43

Okay.

Speaker 2: 18:43

But I like the storyline.

Speaker 1: 18:45

I like the plot and everything Okay, so how would you have made it better?

Speaker 2: 18:50

I don't think an erotic thriller was necessary for this.

Speaker 1: 18:55

No.

Speaker 2: 18:56

You could take out the erotic part and the thriller part, and it would still be a good movie.

Speaker 1: 19:02

The thriller part too.

Speaker 2: 19:04

Yeah, I didn't like the nail gun.

Speaker 1: 19:06

Well, you can still have a thriller without the nail gun.

Speaker 2: 19:10

I'm just not a fan of torture.

Speaker 1: 19:12

Okay. So, so you would have had this be a drama.

Speaker 2: 19:17

I mean, yeah, maybe more of a drama. I mean, guns are fine, right.

Speaker 1: 19:24

Yeah, what about car chase?

Speaker 2: 19:26

Car chases are good.

Speaker 1: 19:28

Yeah, so that makes sense, it's an action movie. Yeah.

Speaker 2: 19:32

I would make this an action movie.

Speaker 1: 19:34

That's better. And shorten it and keep the action-y stuff.

Speaker 2: 19:40

The tension part would be with guns, like a shoot-off instead of nail guns.

Speaker 1: 19:47

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 19:48

Yeah, yeah, I would recreate this movie as an action movie.

Speaker 1: 19:53

Sounds good.

Speaker 2: 19:53

And it would probably be better.

Speaker 1: 19:55

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 19:55

Still with Bruce Willis, because he's mandatory Less naked people.

Speaker 1: 20:00

Yeah, that's not necessary. The sex scenes were really not necessary.

Speaker 2: 20:04

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 20:05

Unnecessary, someone would say.

Speaker 2: 20:07

Someone in the world might say that.

Speaker 1: 20:09

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 20:09

But you chose not to. Would you like to talk about the other movie?

Speaker 1: 20:15

We can do that.

Speaker 2: 20:16

Okay.

Speaker 1: 20:17

And that movie is called Repmonad.

Speaker 2: 20:19

Right.

Speaker 1: 20:20

This movie is about Helge Jonsson. This was before the Norwegian guy. He's going to the military. He's just doing the military training with a bunch of guys and none of them take it seriously. Or it's like one or two that takes it seriously and they get so much crap for that, especially from, like the leader guy is Lövgren. He's like talking all the time and he really doesn't care about that at all. He cares more about ladies and drinking. Yeah, so yeah, was that good enough? I think so.

Speaker 2: 21:02

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 21:02

So yeah, was that good enough, I think so yeah, this movie is made by the same guy who made the Sällskapsresan movies, the Stig Helmer movies.

Speaker 2: 21:14

Guys, both of them were involved.

Speaker 1: 21:16

Yeah, Lasse Åberg. He's like the main guy he's in the movie and yeah, but he works with Bo Jansson.

Speaker 2: 21:24

Yeah, exactly In this one, the movie. And yeah, but he works with Bo Jonsson. Yeah, exactly In this one too. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 21:29

That guy. He's one of the script writers, or writers to the movie as well. In this movie, though, it's not Stig Helmer. His character's name is Helge Helge Jonsson. He kind of feels like Stig Helmer in more ways than one. This movie is pretty short, though.

Speaker 2: 21:52

Yeah, I realized that I noticed.

Speaker 1: 21:55

Yeah, I think it's funny. I think it is a fun movie with fun characters too, just like the Sällskapsresan movies.

Speaker 2: 22:06

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 22:06

Stig Helmer movies and I like the guy playing Lövgren, the guy with the mustache.

Speaker 2: 22:13

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 22:15

Janne Loffe Karlsson.

Speaker 2: 22:16

Okay.

Speaker 1: 22:17

That's his name, so I like this movie. What do you think?

Speaker 2: 22:21

I also thought it was funny.

Speaker 1: 22:22

Yeah, have you seen this one before?

Speaker 2: 22:24

I have not Okay. This was the first time I thought the ending was very abrupt yeah, I was just like uh, oh, okay yeah the end. The beginning was really short, I didn't get it.

Speaker 1: 22:37

The credits were like, yeah, they're like nothing happened. Yeah, they had the credits in the beginning of the movie so it looked like the movie was ending when it started yeah like I don't get it what happened.

Speaker 2: 23:05

It's just a what it's called.

Speaker 1: 23:06

Yeah, okay, you know better. You're an American, I'm not.

Speaker 2: 23:10

I've seen that statue as well.

Speaker 1: 23:12

Okay.

Speaker 2: 23:13

So I would know it was a good movie. I liked it.

Speaker 1: 23:17

It was, and I mean abrupt endings. I mean, when I'm thinking the first Salskop CSN, I think that has a pretty abrupt ending. Abrupt, abrupt, yeah, ending Two, wouldn't you say so?

Speaker 2: 23:36

Yes.

Speaker 1: 23:38

I mean, all of a sudden they're on a boat in the middle of or like not in the middle of an ocean, but they're just on a boat and then it's like, oh, the movie's over.

Speaker 2: 23:51

Yep the end.

Speaker 1: 23:52

Yeah, it's kind of the same thing. I think he got better at the endings for his movies later on.

Speaker 2: 23:58

Yeah, but it was good. I enjoyed it. Yes, is that all I think? So Okay, not much to say.

Speaker 1: 24:02

I enjoyed it. Yes Is that all. I think so.

Speaker 2: 24:05

Okay, not much to say. It was a short movie.

Speaker 1: 24:07

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 24:08

All right, would you like to take a break?

Speaker 1: 24:12

I can do that.

Speaker 2: 24:14

My name is Lauren.

Speaker 1: 24:15

And I'm Matias.

Speaker 2: 24:16

And we'll be right back.

Speaker 1: 24:17

Yes, here's the break.

Speaker 2: 24:19

Intermission.

Speaker 1: 24:21

Intermission.

Speaker 2: 24:22

Intermission, intermission, intermission, yarr, okay, yeah, cool.

Speaker 1: 24:37

I think we're back.

Speaker 2: 24:38

Hello and welcome back.

Speaker 1: 24:41

Thank you.

Speaker 2: 24:41

My name is Lauren.

Speaker 1: 24:43

I'm Matthias.

Speaker 2: 24:44

And we are back.

Speaker 1: 24:45

We are.

Speaker 2: 24:46

For part two. Part two my name is Lauren, I'm Matthias and we are back. We are For part two Part two Of this episode, one one, five.

Speaker 1: 24:53

One one, but Five oh five what I thought you said, one one but why would I say that? I don't know, because you saw Bruce Willis', but I did.

Speaker 2: 25:02

I saw a lot of it.

Speaker 1: 25:04

More than you've done before.

Speaker 2: 25:06

I've seen all of his parts now, so I have something, I have a story to tell you, okay.

Speaker 1: 25:15

Okay, a story to tell.

Speaker 2: 25:17

To tame you. I have a story to tame you.

Speaker 1: 25:20

A story to tell me, to tell you, okay.

Speaker 2: 25:23

Yeah, I'm just going to jump right into this. Okay, you a story to tell me? To tell you? Okay, yeah, I'm just gonna jump right into this, okay. So today I was working and I um handle broken books, and I found a broken book today that I misread. Okay, the title of the book. Here's a picture how to keep house while drowning yeah I actually looked into my I like opened it. I opened it and it looked pretty interesting.

Speaker 2: 25:52

I enjoyed the insides as well, so I might buy this book yeah honestly if not just for this segment but because I thought it was kind of funny the insides as well. But I did misread the title how to keep house while drowning. I thought that it said how to keep the house clean while drowning yeah so that's important I thought what a funny segment that would be if I asked open eyes how to keep the house clean while driving drowning by drowning? How to keep the house clean while driving except?

Speaker 1: 26:38

I wrote driving. This time it was clear I'm gonna ask that at the end here.

Speaker 2: 26:46

Oh, my god, say that again. This time it was clear I'm going to ask that at the end here.

Speaker 2: 26:53

Yeah, okay, how to keep the house clean while drowning? And I asked this to Open Eyes, and Openyes got really concerned for my well-being and said it sounds like you're overwhelmed, like you're trying to keep everything together while struggling to stay afloat. If you're feeling emotionally or mentally drowning, the first step is to acknowledge that you can't do everything at once, and that's okay. And then it gave me some tips on how to keep myself together. Yeah, um, I asked open eyes to answer the question more literally, and this is what it came up with.

Speaker 2: 27:39

I'm going to teach you now okay in my educational segment of weird, random questions to open eyes. How to keep the house clean while drowning.

Speaker 1: 27:51

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 27:53

Okay. So it says, if you are literally drowning, your priority should be saving yourself, not cleaning the house. However, if you insist on attempting both, here's a step-by-step breakdown on how to maintain cleanliness while actively drowning.

Speaker 2: 28:18

I'm going to try to get through this. Yeah, number one is water removal. Optional but recommended If you are drowning. Hold on. If you are drowning due to a flood, consider using a sump pump, buckets or towels to manage excess water. Here's a good one If drowning in a bathtub, unplug the drain. Oh, I didn't consider that while I started drowning.

Speaker 1: 28:46

Or you know, stand up.

Speaker 2: 28:49

Yeah, I guess that's also an option, just like stand up. Yeah, I guess it's also an option, just like stand up. If you're in open water, house cleanliness may no longer be relevant. Okay, two focus on floating objects. Items that float, like trash, dishes and clothes, can be gathered and secured in higher places, so take all the light stuff and put them up high.

Speaker 1: 29:28

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 29:29

Okay, if soap is nearby, consider using it. Might as well take a bath. Take a bath while you're drowning.

Speaker 1: 29:41

I mean you want to be clean, Right. If someone finds your body, it would be.

Speaker 2: 29:47

It would be embarrassing if someone found you and you were all dirty. Yeah, you didn't even bother cleaning yourself first. What?

Speaker 1: 29:55

the heck.

Speaker 2: 29:57

If soap is nearby, consider using it. Soapy water is still water, but at least it's cleaning something Multitasking.

Speaker 1: 30:07

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 30:08

Three optimize your movements. If you are flailing, try to direct the movement towards sweeping debris into a corner.

Speaker 1: 30:20

What.

Speaker 2: 30:22

Sweeping debris into a corner. Okay, with your flailing arms, are you kicking for buoyancy? Aim to push dust and crumbs under furniture where they won't be seen. Where are you drowning? Are you in the middle of the living?

Speaker 1: 30:43

room. Yeah in the house Is the house filling up Like a fishbowl?

Speaker 2: 30:51

Imagine the movie Titanic, where they're more concerned about cleaning up the place than the people who were dying.

Speaker 1: 30:59

Could you imagine a cleaner?

Speaker 2: 31:03

I'm still working here.

Speaker 1: 31:06

It would be like the violent people on the deck, yeah, like mopping the floor and then it just comes lots of water Like ugh.

Speaker 2: 31:19

Just gotta go get the towels, okay. Number four utilize the drowning process as you sub oh, my goodness, as you submerge, consider using your final exhales to blow dust off furnitures oh, surfaces, did I say furnitures? Yeah, where did that come from If coughing up water direct it onto dirty dishes? Pre-rinsing is important. Number five this is my favorite one Accept the inevitable. If drowning is unavoidable, at least ensure you are positioned aesthetically within your environment for minimal posthumous clean-up and leave a to-do list for the next document. These are all the things I didn't manage to get done before.

Speaker 1: 32:23

I drowned completely. I forgot you should make a list and then like check, check, check.

Speaker 2: 32:33

In short, stop cleaning, start surviving. A messy house can be fixed later. Your well-being is more important.

Speaker 1: 32:42

Okay, that's good.

Speaker 2: 32:43

Okay, so we were talking about this earlier. Yes, and you misheard me.

Speaker 1: 32:48

Well, I didn't really understand the title, the actual title of the book, Of the book okay. Because what was the title?

Speaker 2: 32:57

It was it was how to Keep House While Drowning.

Speaker 1: 33:01

Yeah, Keep House. You explained that keep calm, that it meant keep calm, but I'm like keep house, that sounds like. Someone's stealing yeah someone's stealing your house and you're trying to keep it.

Speaker 2: 33:17

You want to keep your house, how to keep someone from stealing your house while you're drowning, oh my goodness. So part two, number one secure entry points before drowning, as if you're doing this on purpose. If you're actively drowning and concerned about house theft, you have a few options, depending on the context. Lock all doors and windows before entering a drowning situation. Install a security system that can alert authorities Even if you are incapacitated, incapacitated, incapitate, decapitated.

Speaker 1: 34:03

Decapitated.

Speaker 2: 34:08

Install a security system that can alert authorities Even if you're decaffeinated.

Speaker 1: 34:16

Decaffeinated.

Speaker 2: 34:17

Decaffeinated. Number two make it look occupied. Set lights on timers to create the illusion that you're still in control of the home. Play loud music or a pre-recorded oh my god, A pre-recorded. I'm totally not drowning voices on loop.

Speaker 1: 34:47

Is that normal? Just so you know, I'm not drowning.

Speaker 2: 34:51

Because I usually walk around the house saying I'm not drowning. Because I usually walk around the house saying I'm not drowning.

Speaker 1: 34:58

You should do that more often I should.

Speaker 2: 35:00

It would totally not be suspicious at all. I'm not drowning, totally not drowning here.

Speaker 1: 35:09

If you hear someone at the door, you're like I'm not drowning, not drowning, not drowning here.

Speaker 2: 35:16

Instead of no one's home not drowning. Number three defensive measures A well-placed beware of dog sign works whether or not you own a dog. Okay.

Speaker 1: 35:29

Okay, yeah.

Speaker 2: 35:30

To deter the thieves of your house?

Speaker 1: 35:33

Yeah, not the drowning part, no, doesn. Yeah. To deter the thieves of your house yeah, not the drowning part, no, doesn't matter.

Speaker 2: 35:37

Leave booby traps, tripwires, marbles on the floor or even strategically placed Legos.

Speaker 1: 35:44

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 35:45

And train your goldfish or houseplants to act as guard entities.

Speaker 1: 35:51

Goldfish.

Speaker 2: 35:52

House plants. My Audrey 2 is going to be placed by the door, just in case someone tries to steal the house.

Speaker 1: 36:01

I have a piranha goldfish hybrid.

Speaker 2: 36:05

Yeah, four Legal protections. Add your house to the deed of a trusted friend or family member who isn't drowning. Hire an attorney to file a drowning protection clause in your property agreement so if someone finds you drowning, they can't steal your house.

Speaker 1: 36:30

That's good.

Speaker 2: 36:32

That's my concern. Someone's going to steal my house.

Speaker 1: 36:39

You sign it while driving, driving You're doing it too, yeah.

Speaker 2: 36:46

Five, if this chief.

Speaker 1: 36:52

It's a Native American.

Speaker 2: 36:53

It's a Native American yeah, it's the police. If the thief shows up mid-drowning, attempt to alarm them by flailing dramatically. This may create enough confusion to make them reconsider. Like no, I'm not taking this house. Gargle intimidating phrases like I see you or you can steal my house, but not my soul. If underwater, use bubbles to send coded distress signals Signals.

Speaker 1: 37:27

Signals.

Speaker 2: 37:28

Signal Six again accept the inevitability If you cannot prevent the theft, haunt the house posthumously to ensure ongoing discomfort for the new owner.

Speaker 1: 37:41

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 37:42

Leave misleading documents implying the house is cursed or tax defaulted. Ah Okay, so since we can't say the word drowning, we say driving instead. How to keep the house clean while driving. Keeping your house clean while driving can be tricky, but here are some practical tips to manage both tasks. Look at us being so good and educational and giving the best advice to people.

Speaker 1: 38:12

Yeah, I don't think anyone else gives these advice advices advices.

Speaker 2: 38:18

Yes, that's how you say I think so I said it last week, I think okay, I said it once and that counts for something. Yeah I mean, we're the teaching, we're the teachers, we are teachers, we give the best advice, and this is advices, and these are practical. I think people could use these in their daily life. So, before you start driving, declutter Clean your car ahead of time so you aren't tempted to toss trash or items inside while driving? Yeah, okay, but what?

Speaker 1: 38:58

about my house.

Speaker 2: 38:58

Yep, yeah, is this boring. Yeah, it's not being nice. Okay, open eyes, says. Unfortunately, it's not realistic to clean your house while driving no, but while drowning is okay, since you need to be physically present, the best bet is to take steps before or after your drive to maintain cleanliness in your home. So that's too bad. I think we're closing up this one.

Speaker 1: 39:25

Okay.

Speaker 2: 39:26

It was good, though it was good. Something else came up this week that we talked about a little bit was silly laws, and I don't really know where this came from exactly.

Speaker 1: 39:40

No, I don't either.

Speaker 2: 39:41

I don't know the origin of the conversation.

Speaker 1: 39:44

No.

Speaker 2: 39:44

But it sounded like something we needed to dive deeper into. So I have compiled a list of silly specific laws, and we're going to start with the states.

Speaker 1: 39:58

The United States. Yes.

Speaker 2: 40:01

And listeners. You are free to comment if you've heard of these or know of any other laws that I don't mention that could be worth noting. Yeah, so here we go. All right, number one, alabama, that I don't mention.

Speaker 1: 40:13

That could be worth noting.

Speaker 2: 40:13

Yeah, so here we go, all right. Number one Alabama. It's illegal to wear a fake mustache in church. If it causes laughter, oh okay. If no one finds it funny, it's perfectly fine.

Speaker 1: 40:26

Yeah. What's the punishment for that? Is it like a fine, or?

Speaker 2: 40:31

They rip it off. Yeah, okay. Don't do that Take it into custody, right Evidence. Yeah, this was a bad idea. Yeah, number two Arizona donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs, which is the perfect place for a donkey to sleep.

Speaker 1: 40:48

So I don't understand why, I don't know, it's too perfect three colorado.

Speaker 2: 40:55

It's illegal to ride a horse while under the influence no drunk driving.

Speaker 1: 41:01

Horses no, no drunk riding no drunk riding don't drink and ride right right right number four right right, right, right, okay. Number four, number four Ride, ride, right, right, okay? Number four, number four.

Speaker 2: 41:13

In Florida, if you own an elephant, you must pay for its parking meter fee.

Speaker 1: 41:18

Okay so.

Speaker 2: 41:21

How many people in Florida own an elephant?

Speaker 1: 41:24

A few, I don't know.

Speaker 2: 41:26

And if you ride it around you have to park it and then you have to pay for it.

Speaker 1: 41:32

How do you park an?

Speaker 2: 41:32

elephant, I'm assuming generally the same way you would park a horse.

Speaker 1: 41:37

Okay, how do you park a horse? You tie it up somewhere. Yeah.

Speaker 2: 41:41

And then you pay for a parking meter.

Speaker 1: 41:42

Okay, I feel like an elephant would rip anything off.

Speaker 2: 41:48

You would think so.

Speaker 1: 41:49

Yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 2: 41:50

I don't know. Number five In Indiana it's illegal to catch fish using your bear hands. I've never done that.

Speaker 1: 41:58

No, unless you're a bear.

Speaker 2: 41:59

I'm not a bear.

Speaker 1: 42:01

I guess they have paws.

Speaker 2: 42:02

Yeah, with claws.

Speaker 1: 42:04

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 42:05

In Kentucky, a woman cannot marry the same man more than three times.

Speaker 1: 42:11

Okay, yeah, I mean, why would you?

Speaker 2: 42:16

Why aren't you learning from your lessons the first, I don't know two times?

Speaker 1: 42:20

Why do you need to marry him a third time? Yeah, shouldn't, I mean, shouldn't once be enough?

Speaker 2: 42:27

Shouldn't it be? Oh, number seven Minnesota. It's illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head. I'm not sure how many times that had to happen for it to become a law. Yeah, that's true, and also, why don't you mind your own business? Yeah. If I want a duck on my head when I'm crossing state lines. Let me have a duck on my head, it's my duck cat Duck cat, duck, cat, duck cat. Duck cat Duck, cat Eight, north Carolina. It's against the law to sing off key in public.

Speaker 1: 43:04

I can understand that one.

Speaker 2: 43:05

Oh, I'm okay with that.

Speaker 1: 43:08

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 43:09

That's annoying. Number nine, tennessee you can't share your Netflix password with anyone. Okay, that's strict law.

Speaker 1: 43:21

Yeah, okay, I get why, but it's, you know, it's.

Speaker 2: 43:27

It's a bit harsh making it a law yeah.

Speaker 1: 43:30

Is it Netflix? Has Netflix been there and, and you know, made that law? Maybe?

Speaker 2: 43:37

oh god. Last one, number 10, texas it is illegal to sell your eyeballs. What? I okay, I want to know the origin to this one. Why did they have to make this one a law? Yeah, that's a good question I'm going to continue that one next week yeah, okay okay, uh, many of these laws are outdated or not enforced, but they still exist.

Speaker 2: 44:07

Um, I also looked up some other specific places. Like I come from New Hampshire, I wanted to learn some of those. So these are laws in New Hampshire Silly and outdated laws in New Hampshire. One no seaweed collecting at night. It's illegal to pick up seaweed off the beach at night.

Speaker 1: 44:35

Have you ever done that?

Speaker 2: 44:36

I didn't live close enough to the ocean to pick seaweed off the beach at night.

Speaker 1: 44:42

Okay.

Speaker 2: 44:43

Number two you can't tap your feet in a tavern. In some places it was once illegal to tap your feet or nod your head to music in a bar. Why?

Speaker 1: 44:55

What. What's wrong with these people? I would fail that. I would get arrested, arrested, arrested.

Speaker 2: 45:02

Oh my God Arrested. I would get an erection every time I went to a bar.

Speaker 1: 45:08

Yeah, nodding my head, all right Number three, nodding my head, alright.

Speaker 2: 45:15

Number three this one's unfair no picnics in cemeteries.

Speaker 1: 45:19

Oh no, but I mean it's so.

Speaker 2: 45:22

I would love a picnic at a cemetery, yeah.

Speaker 1: 45:24

And I mean you can have a gravestone as a back support.

Speaker 2: 45:29

I guess I was told it was weird to have a picnic in a cemetery, but it's something I want to do. Okay, not in New Hampshire.

Speaker 1: 45:39

No.

Speaker 2: 45:40

Number four cows can't roam freely. It's illegal to let your cows roam on public roads without permission.

Speaker 1: 45:48

Huh.

Speaker 2: 45:49

Oh, Number five no check bouncing jokes. Writing a check with insufficient funds while knowing it will bounce is considered a misdemeanor. Even if it's a joke, that's not funny.

Speaker 1: 46:06

No, don't even joke about that.

Speaker 2: 46:08

Number six no machinery on sundays. At one point it was illegal to run machinery on sundays, except in emergencies.

Speaker 1: 46:17

I'm not sure what machinery they mean no, I don't know like tractors yeah, maybe emergency machinery, yeah, emergency tractors, I mean only we had an emergency tractor, we did. Yeah, I guess that I can understand that situation.

Speaker 2: 46:38

Number seven no collecting trash without a license. You need a special license to collect and transport trash. Okay, I didn't know that. Number eight no carrying away another person's trash. We're very specific about what happens with the trash here?

Speaker 1: 46:56

Yeah, I mean trash is an important issue.

Speaker 2: 47:02

It's illegal to take discarded items from someone else's garbage without permission. You can't go through other people's garbage cans.

Speaker 1: 47:10

Exactly, you need a license for that.

Speaker 2: 47:12

Right Number nine no inhaling toxic vapors.

Speaker 1: 47:17

Okay.

Speaker 2: 47:18

Inhaling glue, paint or other vapors to get high is specifically outlawed. Oh, I get that.

Speaker 1: 47:25

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 47:26

Number 10, no fortune telling without a license.

Speaker 1: 47:30

Ah, okay.

Speaker 2: 47:30

Fortune tellers must be licensed to practice legally in some areas.

Speaker 1: 47:35

You need a lot of license over there.

Speaker 2: 47:37

Yeah, licenses For trash and fortune telling.

Speaker 1: 47:40

Yeah, killing.

Speaker 2: 47:41

Fortune killing Killing people's fortunes.

Speaker 1: 47:45

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 47:46

Okay, so that was that, and then I looked up laws from our previous episode's listeners' locations.

Speaker 1: 47:59

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 47:59

Since we can see analytics in the background. Yeah, we took some of the locations and found some silly laws there, so we're going to start with Massachusetts.

Speaker 1: 48:10

Okay.

Speaker 2: 48:11

I'm going to take five from each of these. Number one no snoring unless windows are closed. So snoring is illegal unless all bedroom windows are shut and locked. How do you? Okay, well, if you think that you snore, yeah then just keep everything closed.

Speaker 1: 48:29

Well, a lot of people think that they don't snore yeah keep everything closed. A lot of people think that they don't snore, yeah, so if they keep the windows open, they don't know that they're doing a crime.

Speaker 2: 48:39

Right, right, number two gorillas are not allowed in the back seat of the car. They must ride in the front, apparently.

Speaker 1: 48:49

Yeah, okay.

Speaker 2: 48:51

Again, how did this become a law? Yeah why did they need, why did they find this was necessary? Number three this is an understandable one. Okay, candy can't be too sticky. Moffat's law prohibits candy that sticks to your teeth yeah, I get that, get that, get that. Number four.

Speaker 1: 49:15

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 49:16

Okay, no roosters in bakeries. In Boston keeping a rooster in a bakery is illegal.

Speaker 1: 49:23

Yeah, I mean what about a chicken.

Speaker 2: 49:24

You need the eggs.

Speaker 1: 49:25

Yeah, I mean they can't give you eggs, but the hens can.

Speaker 2: 49:30

so yeah, I guess I get that.

Speaker 1: 49:32

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 49:33

Number five it's illegal to take a lion to the movies, so leave your pet lion at home yeah. Next one is Virginia. We had a listener in Virginia, so here's some from there. Number one no tickling women. It's illegal to tickle a woman in the state.

Speaker 1: 49:52

Yeah, I'm okay, the state.

Speaker 2: 49:53

Yeah, I'm okay with that.

Speaker 1: 49:54

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 49:55

Number two no swearing in public Using profanity.

Speaker 1: 50:00

Yeah, profanity.

Speaker 2: 50:02

The profanities. Profanity in public is technically illegal and can result in a fine. Huh fine. Fine.

Speaker 1: 50:11

Fine.

Speaker 2: 50:11

Fine Number three no honking your horn at night. I mean, these are understandable. I completely get these.

Speaker 1: 50:19

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 50:19

In certain areas, honking, honking your horn, your car horn after dark is prohibited.

Speaker 1: 50:27

I'm okay with that, yeah.

Speaker 2: 50:28

Number four no driving without shoes. This I have a problem with, especially in the summer, because I don't wear shoes in the summer. While many states have this myth, virginia has actually enforced it in the past. And number five I also have a problem with no trick-or-treating if you're over 14. In some Virginia towns, teens over 14 caught trick-or-treating can be fined.

Speaker 1: 50:56

Okay.

Speaker 2: 50:56

What about adults?

Speaker 1: 50:58

Yeah, and I mean, you can still dress up right.

Speaker 2: 51:02

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 51:02

Because I mean I don't go trick-or-treating, I feel it's just for kids. So Whatever? I can buy my own candy.

Speaker 2: 51:11

I guess so, but this is free candy. Okay, our next listener is in Australia. So in Australia, oh, it's illegal to dress up as Batman and Robin. In some parts of Australia, wearing a disguise in public with the intent to conceal your identity is against the law.

Speaker 1: 51:34

Okay, but only as Batman and Robin. I guess, what about Superman? Or, okay, that was a bad.

Speaker 2: 51:42

I don't know.

Speaker 1: 51:43

Bad example. But Spider-Man, you can't see Spider-Man's face.

Speaker 2: 51:48

No, I don't know, don't know the specifics about that one.

Speaker 1: 51:51

No.

Speaker 2: 51:52

Number two no vacuuming at night. In some states it's illegal to use a loud vacuum cleaner between 10 pm and 7 am due to noise restrictions. Huh, yeah. Number three you can't have more than 50 kilos of potatoes. Three you can't have more than 50 kilos of potatoes. In Western Australia, it's technically illegal to have more than 50 kilos of potatoes in your possession unless you're a registered seller.

Speaker 1: 52:19

That's a problem for you. You like potatoes.

Speaker 2: 52:22

I have 51 kilos of potatoes.

Speaker 1: 52:25

Oh no.

Speaker 2: 52:26

I don't eat them.

Speaker 1: 52:27

No.

Speaker 2: 52:28

Number four no flying kites to annoy people.

Speaker 1: 52:33

Okay.

Speaker 2: 52:33

In Victoria, flying a kite in a way that annoys someone else is against the law.

Speaker 1: 52:39

Does that mean you have to ask people before?

Speaker 2: 52:42

I guess so.

Speaker 1: 52:43

Would you be annoyed if I fly a kite here?

Speaker 2: 52:46

In this room Probably. Yeah, good luck, okay, I mean I guess you could put the fan on. But yeah, if you hit me with that kite, I'm not gonna like it no, okay, so it's illegal here.

Speaker 1: 52:58

Can we have laws in here?

Speaker 2: 53:00

yes, I think we already kind of do. We have some terms and conditions yeah, within this room yeah, no burping straight into the microphone, okay.

Speaker 1: 53:11

Are you going to have me arrested?

Speaker 2: 53:12

now Don't correct me.

Speaker 1: 53:15

That's true.

Speaker 2: 53:17

Number five it's illegal to leave your car keys inside an unattended vehicle.

Speaker 1: 53:23

Huh.

Speaker 2: 53:24

In New South Wales, leaving your keys in the ignition while away from the car is a finable offense. Huh, someone could steal it. Yeah, I guess it makes sense. I saw we had a Japanese listener.

Speaker 1: 53:36

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 53:37

So some laws in Japan Interesting. Yeah One you can be fined for not reporting a dead body.

Speaker 1: 53:46

Okay.

Speaker 2: 53:46

If you find a deceased person and fail to report it, you could face legal consequences. If you see a dead person and you just walk away, you could get in trouble for that. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 53:57

You'd be like ah, I forgot.

Speaker 2: 54:00

Yeah, I forgot to tell someone.

Speaker 1: 54:02

Sorry, slipped my mind.

Speaker 2: 54:06

Number two no drunk cycling. Riding a bicycle while intoxicated can lead to a fine or even imprisonment. It's drinking and driving.

Speaker 1: 54:16

It's the same thing. Yeah, don't drink and bike.

Speaker 2: 54:20

Number three it's illegal to be too fat. Oh no, it's called the Metabo Law. Companies and local governments must measure the waistline of people aged 40 to 74. And those exceeding the limits 85 centimeters for men and 90 centimeters for women are encouraged to lose weight. So we are on that line.

Speaker 1: 54:47

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 54:47

We can't go to Japan.

Speaker 1: 54:49

No, no, well, it was from 40.

Speaker 2: 54:52

Yeah, I guess so, but we're getting there.

Speaker 1: 54:55

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 54:55

You're getting there.

Speaker 1: 54:56

Oh yeah.

Speaker 2: 54:57

Quicker than me. Number four no splashing pedestrians with your car. Drivers can be fined if they splash pedestrians by driving through puddles. I try really hard not to do that, Anyway, because I know it's not nice.

Speaker 1: 55:11

You speed up.

Speaker 2: 55:13

No, and then number five no dancing after midnight until 2015. Okay, so, for decades, it was illegal to dance in public establishments after midnight unless the venue had a special license.

Speaker 1: 55:28

So it was just the dancing that.

Speaker 2: 55:31

Right.

Speaker 1: 55:31

The music is fine.

Speaker 2: 55:32

Yeah, you can't dance to the music.

Speaker 1: 55:34

Okay, huh Okay.

Speaker 2: 55:36

Ukraine.

Speaker 1: 55:37

Yay.

Speaker 2: 55:38

No dirty cars. While not always enforced, it is technically illegal to drive a very dirty car, especially if the license plate is unreadable. Well, that part I can understand.

Speaker 1: 55:49

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 55:50

No night singing in Kiev.

Speaker 1: 55:54

How do you say that?

Speaker 2: 55:55

Kiev, kiev. So loud singing or music in residential areas after 10 pm can lead to fines for disturbing public order.

Speaker 1: 56:05

Yeah, okay.

Speaker 2: 56:06

No importing secondhand underwear. Okay, yeah, okay, no importing secondhand underwear. Okay, it is illegal to import used underwear for resale due to hygiene regulations. I get that.

Speaker 1: 56:18

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 56:19

All right, what about France? We had someone in France. Yeah, no flying saucers allowed in Chateauneuf-du-Papeau. Okay, chateauneuf-du-papeau.

Speaker 1: 56:28

Du-Papeau, or Chateauneuf-du-Papin.

Speaker 2: 56:30

Du-Papin or something I don't know. I'm sorry. A 1954 law bans UFOs from landing in this wine-producing town. There will be no UFOs in this town.

Speaker 1: 56:42

Okay, so they're going to arrest the aliens if they land there? Mm-hmm Okay.

Speaker 2: 56:48

It's illegal to name a pig Napoleon. Though rarely enforced, it's technically disrespectful to name your pig after the famous emperor.

Speaker 1: 56:58

That's funny.

Speaker 2: 57:00

Kissing on a train platform is banned.

Speaker 1: 57:03

What.

Speaker 2: 57:04

A law from 1910 prohibited couples from kissing on train platforms to avoid delays. While outdated, it was never officially repealed.

Speaker 1: 57:15

Okay, yeah, that's weird.

Speaker 2: 57:18

It's illegal to carry live snails on a high-speed train. I cannot read. It's illegal to carry live snails on a high-speed train without a ticket. Any pet, including snails, must have a paid ticket when traveling on the TGV.

Speaker 1: 57:40

Yeah, I mean they want to go fast too V.

Speaker 2: 57:46

Oh, it's illegal to die in certain towns, oh no, oh, it's illegal to die in certain towns. Oh no, Some small towns have laws against dying because their cemeteries are full.

Speaker 1: 57:56

Okay, I'm going to move there. That means I can't die.

Speaker 2: 58:02

Right or.

Speaker 1: 58:03

I get arrested.

Speaker 2: 58:04

Yeah, I think so. You'll get arrested if you die yeah.

Speaker 1: 58:08

It's not okay.

Speaker 2: 58:08

My body will be in jail, yeah all right, and then our last location is here in sweden I figured, I would throw our location yeah, that's a good our little sweden it's gonna be interesting to see if I know these laws or not. I'll go through them all. We'll see what happens. You can't name your child anything you want. So Sweden has a strict, has strict, mm-hmm. I'm shutting down. Okay, Sweden has strict naming laws and names like Ikea, Allah, and I think that's how you pronounce it. Do you want to pronounce this one?

Speaker 1: 58:52

Wait 11,116.

Speaker 2: 59:09

It's like a three-year-old searching Google, so that name has been banned.

Speaker 1: 59:18

Why, I don't know, could give it a cute nickname 17?.

Speaker 2: 59:26

Okay, 1111. Seven.

Speaker 1: 59:31

Yeah, I knew about this one and I remember that it was someone who wanted to name their daughter Mercedes.

Speaker 2: 59:41

Mercedes.

Speaker 1: 59:42

Mercedes, Mercedes, and they had like a dispute about that and I think they won. They actually got to name a kid Mercedes.

Speaker 2: 59:52

I mean, I think that I know, or at least I knew someone growing up named Mercedes.

Speaker 1: 1:00:00

Okay, I think that's In the States.

Speaker 2: 1:00:02

A common name.

Speaker 1: 1:00:03

Okay.

Speaker 2: 1:00:04

Not common. Common, but it's not a weird name.

Speaker 1: 1:00:07

No, and I think at that time they had like, like in the papers, other names that were denied.

Speaker 2: 1:00:14

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 1:00:14

And I remember one, and that was Fawn, which is translates to like fool.

Speaker 2: 1:00:21

Oh.

Speaker 1: 1:00:23

So you can't name your kid fool.

Speaker 2: 1:00:26

But you can name him Jerk.

Speaker 1: 1:00:27

Yeah, or Jerker, jerker.

Speaker 2: 1:00:31

Not a fool, but Jer him Jerk, yeah. Or Jerker Jerker. Hmm, not a fool, but Jerker is okay.

Speaker 1: 1:00:34

Yeah, come here, jerker.

Speaker 2: 1:00:38

Um, it's illegal to repaint your house without government approval. In some areas you need a permit to change the color of your house. I've heard of that and. I've heard of people having to redo Like you've heard of that, yeah. And I've heard of people having to redo Like you need a building permission.

Speaker 1: 1:00:55

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 1:00:55

And if you start building without this approval, this permit, then the government can tell you to undo it.

Speaker 1: 1:01:04

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 1:01:05

Oh, you repainted your house the entire thing. No paint it back? Yeah, Because it doesn't fit in the no paint it back yeah. Because it doesn't fit in the rest of the street or whatever.

Speaker 1: 1:01:14

Yeah. So that's something you want to be careful about, yep.

Speaker 2: 1:01:19

This might sound weird to other places, but it makes sense here. I don't know. I've been here for like 10 years now, so I'm used to this one. You must have your headlights on at all times, even during the day, and drivers must keep their headlights on regardless of the weather, which I mean. For you, I'm sure that's like yeah, duh, but at least in the States you can turn off your lights if the weather is nice. No spontaneous dancing in public places. I'm going to jail. Oh wait. Until recently, bars and clubs needed a special permit for dancing, making impromptu dancing technically legal. I didn't know that.

Speaker 1: 1:02:05

No.

Speaker 2: 1:02:06

It's illegal to own just one guinea pig.

Speaker 1: 1:02:10

I think I've heard of this one actually.

Speaker 2: 1:02:13

Oh, actually, you know what A common myth is that Sweden has this law, but it's actually Switzerland.

Speaker 1: 1:02:21

Oh.

Speaker 2: 1:02:21

Because the two get mixed up all the time.

Speaker 1: 1:02:23

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 1:02:24

I guess I can bring this up. It's not really that weird, though. Alcohol is strictly regulated. You can only buy strong alcohol at government-run stores, systembloget, and they have strict hours and high taxes. They never have sales either.

Speaker 1: 1:02:40

No, that's true. It was the same for drugs, I mean like apotheke.

Speaker 2: 1:02:46

Oh yeah, the pharmacy. You can only get the drugs at the pharmacy.

Speaker 1: 1:02:50

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 1:02:51

I mean certain things you can get at the grocery store, but it's like super common stuff, like nose spray and cough medicine.

Speaker 1: 1:02:59

Yeah, you know lighter stuff.

Speaker 2: 1:03:01

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 1:03:01

And that goes for alcohol as well.

Speaker 2: 1:03:04

Yeah, I mean you can get alcohol free in the grocery stores, but if you want anything with alcohol, you have to go to the liquor store. But that's all I had for today. What did you think? It was good. It was good, I had fun. This was fun Again. Listeners if you have heard of any of these, please let us know. And if you know of any others, also let me know. Please let us know. And if you know of any others, yeah, also let me know. Please, let us know yeah, I really want to hear more funny things?

Speaker 2: 1:03:37

yeah, this week I'm not going to forget to ask you as I'm closing this up, matthias, my name is lauren my name is matthias right um what is currently ruining your life.

Speaker 1: 1:03:49

Cookies, I mean true story yeah, I think cookies, because they messed up my stomach they messed up my yesterday yeah yeah, no, I'm taking that one too.

Speaker 2: 1:04:01

It's definitely the cookies. The cookies are the worst.

Speaker 1: 1:04:04

They were so good though yeah, they were the best the best cookies ever, but yeah, they really hurt.

Speaker 2: 1:04:08

Yeah, and we're the best, the best cookies ever, but yeah, they really hurt.

Speaker 1: 1:04:12

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 1:04:12

And we're paying for it. But yeah, I'm all out of sips.

Speaker 1: 1:04:17

So am I, and that means we're all out of episode.

Speaker 2: 1:04:21

So would you like to wrap this up?

Speaker 1: 1:04:24

Yeah, and, by the way, we want to thank the people who participated, participated yeah, participated in the live Mad Libs.

Speaker 2: 1:04:34

The Love Mad Libs.

Speaker 1: 1:04:36

Oh yeah, the February version Yep.

Speaker 2: 1:04:39

Because I'm saying that now I've claimed the title.

Speaker 1: 1:04:43

Yeah, love, mad Libs Love.

Speaker 2: 1:04:45

Mad Libs. I'm sure it was really fun.

Speaker 1: 1:04:50

Yes, I think so.

Speaker 2: 1:04:50

And we enjoyed the company of the other people who played with us.

Speaker 1: 1:04:54

Yeah, everyone was welcome. Mm-hmm, because it's in the past.

Speaker 2: 1:04:59

And we loved it.

Speaker 1: 1:05:01

Yeah, and you're welcome next month too.

Speaker 2: 1:05:06

On March.

Speaker 1: 1:05:07

Eighth.

Speaker 2: 1:05:08

Yeah, eighth, I guess the same exact day. Yeah, except nextth. Yeah 8th, I guess the same exact day yeah. Except next month. Yeah yeah, march 8th will be the next. Live Mad Libs.

Speaker 1: 1:05:19

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 1:05:20

And yeah, we will play with people then too.

Speaker 1: 1:05:23

Yay, yay, yay, yay, really excited.

Speaker 2: 1:05:27

Yay.

Speaker 1: 1:05:27

Quickly A quick excitement.

Speaker 2: 1:05:35

Yes, yeah, yay, yay, yay. Thank you for hanging out with us, send us a text and start a conversation about I don't know anything, just say hi yeah and how's it going and I don't know suggestions yeah just I don't know, say what's up.

Speaker 1: 1:05:49

Yeah, say anything, anything, we would just love to hear from you.

Speaker 2: 1:05:55

We would like to love to hear from you.

Speaker 1: 1:05:57

Yeah, like to love, we like to love, especially in February.

Speaker 2: 1:06:02

February. Oh yeah, it is February, yes, Seventh yes In a week. It's Valentine's Day, yes. Seventh yes In a week. It's Valentine's Day, yes.

Speaker 1: 1:06:12

Next week we're going to do something lovely.

Speaker 2: 1:06:15

We'll be back next Tuesday with a new fun episode.

Speaker 1: 1:06:20

Lovely episode.

Speaker 2: 1:06:21

Have a good life, okay, and Cut, cut, bye-bye.

Speaker 1: 1:06:25

Bye-bye.

Speaker 2: 1:06:27

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Speaker 1: 1:06:30

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Speaker 2: 1:06:40

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Speaker 1: 1:06:51

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Speaker 2: 1:06:54

We hope you enjoyed this episode, just as we enjoyed making it.

Speaker 1: 1:06:57

And we'll be back with another one next Tuesday on a podcast provider near you.

Speaker 2: 1:07:03

Goodbye, Mattias.

Speaker 1: 1:07:04

Goodbye, Lauren Bye.