[Leftovers] #182

We hit that awkward, hilarious moment where one of us says, “I’m done,” and the other one realizes they still has questions. What starts as a simple attempt to wrap up turns into a fast-moving, unscripted conversation about curiosity, boundaries, and why it’s so hard to stop talking when something still feels unresolved. If you love a conversational podcast that feels like real life, this one lives in that messy space on purpose. 

Things get wonderfully specific: a school pickup story where a permanent marker becomes an “attack,” a parent-child tussle becomes public entertainment, and we try to explain it all while everyone watches. From there we swing into privacy and permission, including how we decide what stays off-mic, plus the surprisingly practical detail of what messaging platform people actually use (yes, Google Chat shows up). It’s part parenting humor, part relationship nuance, and part modern communication reality. 

We also pull back the curtain on podcast habits and creative burnout, talking about the pressure of forcing a weekly tagline and the moment “consistency” stops being fun. Then we spiral into movie chatter, actor lookups, and a Richard Griffiths detour before ending on the kind of random human moments you only get when the recording keeps rolling. If any of that sounds like your brain at the end of a long day, you’ll feel seen. 

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Transcript

Are We Done Talking Yet

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Good. Yes. Because I'm all done.

SPEAKER_01 0:01

Okay. We're done.

SPEAKER_00 0:03

I'm done. Okay. Are you done?

SPEAKER_01 0:04

I guess I can talk for a bit.

SPEAKER_00 0:06

If you want.

SPEAKER_01 0:07

I'm gonna go through that.

SPEAKER_00 0:08

I feel like I've talked quite a lot.

SPEAKER_01 0:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:10

As it is, so I'm I'm done.

SPEAKER_01 0:12

Are you like talking about your entire life or no, the past five minutes. Okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:19

Yeah. I I I'm I'm content with the things I've said.

SPEAKER_01 0:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:24

I mean I'm done.

SPEAKER_01 0:25

It was good things you said.

SPEAKER_00 0:27

Yeah. It was.

SPEAKER_01 0:28

Most of it. Okay. Maybe not all of it, but the majority of it.

SPEAKER_00 0:32

Mm-hmm. It's pretty good.

SPEAKER_01 0:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:34

How are we doing?

SPEAKER_01 0:35

How do you mean?

SPEAKER_00 0:36

How are we doing?

SPEAKER_01 0:37

I think we're doing good. Okay. Doing well? Okay. Or uh how do you feel?

SPEAKER_00 0:42

I feel okay.

SPEAKER_01 0:43

Okay. Could be better.

SPEAKER_00 0:45

I think so.

Curiosity, Boundaries, And Being Nosy

SPEAKER_00 0:46

Okay. I think I still have questions. Okay. Yeah. Just because I like to uh know everything. I like to stick my nose in people's business. I'm an American.

SPEAKER_01 0:55

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:56

Have you noticed?

The Permanent Marker School Ambush

SPEAKER_01 0:57

That is true.

SPEAKER_00 0:57

I've been shot.

SPEAKER_01 0:58

Yeah. Oh yeah, okay. So exit wound back there.

SPEAKER_00 1:02

Yeah. Yeah. Um it's a permanent marker.

SPEAKER_01 1:06

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:06

I got attacked by a permanent marker at the school today. By a really tall guy.

SPEAKER_01 1:12

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:12

Also known as my child. The really tall guy. Huh.

SPEAKER_01 1:18

At school. Why?

SPEAKER_00 1:19

Because he had a marker and he was messing with it and tearing it apart like a boy does.

SPEAKER_01 1:25

Yeah, okay. He didn't come running.

SPEAKER_00 1:27

Like Well, kind of. And I was fighting him back. Yeah. And everyone was watching. Because everyone was standing around waiting for the buses.

SPEAKER_01 1:38

You're like, no, no, it's fine. It's my kid.

SPEAKER_00 1:41

Yeah. I'm like standing there beating him up, and he's beating me up.

SPEAKER_01 1:46

I'm an American.

SPEAKER_00 1:48

Yeah, yeah. I think he liked it. He liked the attention sometimes.

SPEAKER_01 1:52

Yeah. Yeah. But if you have questions, I I'm willing to answer.

SPEAKER_00 1:57

Now or later.

SPEAKER_01 1:59

You decide.

SPEAKER_00 1:59

Okay.

Secrets, Permission, And Google Chat

SPEAKER_01 2:00

But I mean, if I'm answering now, I don't think we should have it in the episode.

SPEAKER_00 2:05

Why? You don't want your secrets out in the world?

SPEAKER_01 2:08

Not right now.

SPEAKER_00 2:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:10

I need to ask for permission first.

SPEAKER_00 2:12

Like it matters. She doesn't listen.

SPEAKER_01 2:14

But still. It's a matter of principle.

SPEAKER_00 2:18

How do you guys talk? Like what what platform?

SPEAKER_01 2:21

Um Google Chat.

SPEAKER_00 2:23

Google Chat? Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:25

What?

SPEAKER_00 2:25

I've never even heard of it.

SPEAKER_01 2:27

No, okay.

SPEAKER_00 2:27

That's different. Okay. She doesn't have like Facebook or anything? Messenger?

SPEAKER_01 2:32

She has Facebook, but doesn't use it.

SPEAKER_00 2:35

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:36

And uh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:37

Where did you find Google Chat?

SPEAKER_01 2:38

Or did she I think she was the one who suggested it?

SPEAKER_00 2:42

Yeah. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:43

And I mean I have a Google account, so okay.

SPEAKER_00 2:46

Alright. That's all.

SPEAKER_01 2:48

Okay. No more questions. No more questions. Questions?

SPEAKER_00 2:50

No more questions. No more questions, please. Alright.

Intro Song, Nails, And Tiny Details

SPEAKER_00 2:53

Well, that was fun.

SPEAKER_01 2:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:55

We're listening to the intro song now.

SPEAKER_01 2:59

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:00

Because that's what's going on.

SPEAKER_01 3:02

And did you break it?

SPEAKER_00 3:05

No, I have no nails. I had to cut them all off.

SPEAKER_01 3:08

Oh, okay. Because you broke it.

SPEAKER_00 3:10

No, for tomorrow.

SPEAKER_01 3:11

Okay. Look at this.

SPEAKER_00 3:13

Ew. Oh god. Ow.

SPEAKER_01 3:15

About to break.

SPEAKER_00 3:15

Not ew. That was the wrong word.

SPEAKER_01 3:17

Ew. That's not what I meant. A nail.

SPEAKER_00 3:20

Alright.

SPEAKER_01 3:20

Is that the that one the same size or is it bigger?

SPEAKER_00 3:24

It's bigger. It's 355 and not 330.

SPEAKER_01 3:27

Oh. Yeah, I I'm like, it looks bigger. You have 500.

SPEAKER_00 3:31

500. I have 355.

SPEAKER_01 3:34

Yeah. It wasn't much bigger, but it's still kind of noticeable. Now that doesn't work.

Taglines, Limericks, And Self Pressure

SPEAKER_00 3:41

Come for the tagline.

SPEAKER_01 3:42

That that makes me think about my uh limerick period.

SPEAKER_00 3:47

Oh, you didn't like it?

SPEAKER_01 3:49

I liked it, but I I forced myself to come up with something every week. And it was not fun. Not no. I felt pressured by myself, as usual.

SPEAKER_00 4:02

Nine eighteen episodes.

SPEAKER_01 4:04

Oh.

SPEAKER_00 4:06

Counting down. No, I'm not gonna I'm not saying anything.

SPEAKER_01 4:09

But then it's gonna be like freedom!

SPEAKER_00 4:13

Finally. And then one of us is like, but We should come. We should probably keep going. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:22

I felt like I I'm not gonna uh it sounds weird to, you know, agree with you. Um that's why I did uh hmm to like uh no, it was meant like mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, okay or like mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 4:38

I don't know.

Sore Legs And A Movie Rabbit Hole

SPEAKER_00 4:40

Anything else?

SPEAKER_01 4:41

It feels like uh I'm forgetting something, but uh no, I guess both Donnie and Rocky. Are you stretching or what?

SPEAKER_00 4:50

I'm I'm feeling my legs because this is the one that hurts and this one doesn't hurt, but this one feels harder than the other one.

SPEAKER_01 4:58

Okay, yeah, but yeah, I kinda like this movie. Uh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:02

What other movies was he in?

SPEAKER_01 5:04

Creed 2. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 5:06

Tell me about the next movie, and I'm going to look him up. Okay. If that's okay.

SPEAKER_01 5:10

Yeah, sure. Uh next movie Adam Sandler, uh, Babysits, Courtney Cox. Uh well, did you find anything? Nope. No.

SPEAKER_00 5:21

He's had like one episode in a few shows that I've seen. But that's it. I think so.

SPEAKER_01 5:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:27

He was in Around the World 98.

SPEAKER_01 5:29

No.

SPEAKER_00 5:30

Wasn't he?

SPEAKER_01 5:30

No.

SPEAKER_00 5:31

No.

SPEAKER_01 5:31

No. Okay. Maybe he was.

SPEAKER_00 5:34

I can almost.

SPEAKER_01 5:36

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 5:36

I almost almost okay. Around the world with Jaggy Jan. I poked myself in the eyes with it. It didn't help me. He must have been. I'm pretty sure. So who is he?

SPEAKER_01 5:50

Richard Griffiths, I think his name.

SPEAKER_00 5:52

Mm-hmm. And he wasn't in Around the World in 80 Days.

SPEAKER_01 5:56

2004 is that movie from.

SPEAKER_00 5:59

But I thought you was. Why wasn't he?

SPEAKER_01 6:01

I don't know. I would have liked that.

SPEAKER_00 6:03

He was in Sleepy Hollow.

SPEAKER_01 6:05

Oh, yeah, maybe he was. He's also in a movie called Blame It on the Bellboard. It's a it's a silly movie, but I like it.

SPEAKER_00 6:12

Anyway, he's in Goldeneye. Huh. Okay, fine. Okay. I don't know anything. I just I'm wrong all the time. I'll save

Nose Hair, Drooling, And Ham Spring

SPEAKER_00 6:24

every moment. Oh look again.

SPEAKER_01 6:25

Welcome. Do it again. Nose hair. Uh you don't have any more nose hair. Oh. Just the one.

SPEAKER_00 6:31

You don't want to pretend. Thank you.

SPEAKER_01 6:33

Welcome.

SPEAKER_00 6:34

That was nice. Okay, so now it's itchy. Um, so a couple weeks ago, uh no. Sorry. I'm gonna go back here.

SPEAKER_01 6:44

Um but you can't.

SPEAKER_00 6:46

No. The thing is, is that uncertain with uh I don't think so.

SPEAKER_01 6:54

No.

SPEAKER_00 6:55

Why are you laughing at me? Is it because I'm drooling?

SPEAKER_01 6:59

Well, it's because you said that you're drooling, and that makes me uh think uh do you are you like uh hungry or something?

SPEAKER_00 7:09

No.

SPEAKER_01 7:10

Oh, i is it the ham spring?

SPEAKER_00 7:12

Ham spring. Good job.

SPEAKER_01 7:16

I I don't know. I I feel like uh I might have uh