[Leftovers] #188

“Go do the thing” sounds simple until your brain starts free-associating, your coworkers start spiraling, and someone says you should never settle for less than Optimus Prime. We kick off with that exact energy, then flash back to a workplace meeting where a frustrated rant turns into a painfully funny moment: it’s half understandable, everyone is trying to keep it together, and laughter turns into the kind of crying-laughing that confuses the whole room.

From there, we ride the chaos straight into language and sound. We talk about nicknames that stick the second you start working with someone, why misheard lyrics can live in your head for years, and the tiny difference between “trouble” and “treble” that suddenly opens up a whole explanation of treble clef and bass clef. If you love conversational comedy, improvisational banter, and those accidental learning moments that happen mid-joke, you’ll feel right at home.

Then the episode quietly turns into a very real story about procrastination and distraction. Packing doesn’t happen, ice cream happens at the wrong time, naps happen at the worst time, and suddenly we’re negotiating bedtime and a morning train like it’s a high-stakes mission. If you’ve ever said “I’m gonna” and then immediately did something else, you’ll recognize the pattern.

Listen, laugh, and share it with the friend who always gets distracted mid-task, then subscribe and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s the smallest thing that completely derails your plans?

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Transcript

Do The Thing, No Excuses

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Go do the thing and do the thing like you're supposed to do it.

SPEAKER_01 0:04

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 0:06

Never settle for less than Optimus Prime.

SPEAKER_01 0:10

Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_03 0:11

Just don't.

SPEAKER_01 0:12

No.

SPEAKER_03 0:13

I think I'm sorry.

The Meeting Meltdown And Laughing Fit

SPEAKER_03 0:15

This might be a little mean, but I think I always thought it was kind of funny at the um the meetings that we would have for Bucket.

SPEAKER_01 0:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 0:26

Um, when people like him will get all upset about something and then try their very best to express why they're upset and just it's hardly understandable.

SPEAKER_01 0:39

Were you there when uh when our friend uh Linda and Muslum when they lost it?

SPEAKER_03 0:47

I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 0:48

Because that was like at the end of the uh old buildings, you know. Like the maybe one of the last uh meetings we had. Yeah. And he was upset and uh tried you know talking his mind. And uh then it's like half understandable. Then Muslim started laughing and Linda just could not stop after that. And she yeah, they both of them.

SPEAKER_03 1:18

I might have been there, I don't remember.

SPEAKER_01 1:20

No, okay. And you know, uh afterwards the people um you know having the meeting, they were like, Linda, were you laughing or were you crying? Because when she laughs she starts crying, yeah, and it kind of looks like she's crying too sometimes when she laughs really.

SPEAKER_03 1:42

Are you okay? Yeah. That's funny. Oh yeah this whole time? Yeah he's always done this.

SPEAKER_01 1:50

Yeah, he he hasn't really had a reason to say my name before, but now when we started working together, you know, in Book Wexton and everything, he uh he calls me Mutz.

SPEAKER_03 2:02

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:02

So yeah.

SPEAKER_03 2:03

Alright.

SPEAKER_01 2:05

Yeah, and uh other people, you know, are finding that funny, you know, newer people. The they're like, oh, he's mutz. I'm like, no.

SPEAKER_03 2:15

Okay.

Bass, Treble, And Misheard Lyrics

SPEAKER_03 2:20

Why?

SPEAKER_01 2:21

There was some bass in that.

SPEAKER_03 2:24

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:25

It was a bass burp.

SPEAKER_03 2:27

Because, you know, I'm all about that bass. No treble. You know how long it took me to realize that she was saying no treble instead of trouble? It's like, yeah, I'm big, no problem, no trouble.

SPEAKER_01 2:44

What's treble even?

SPEAKER_03 2:46

Treble is a treble clef. You know the squiggly thing at the beginning of the notes?

SPEAKER_01 2:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 2:52

That's it.

SPEAKER_01 2:52

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 2:53

It shows that it's like the regular ones, and then you've got the big backward C. That's the bass line.

SPEAKER_01 3:01

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 3:02

So you've got the treble line and baseline.

SPEAKER_01 3:04

Yeah, because I uh uh heard um trouble, but I never knew what it was.

SPEAKER_03 3:10

That's what it is.

SPEAKER_01 3:12

Yeah. Um uh think. Adjective? No, yeah, okay. I I was thinking verbs.

SPEAKER_03 3:19

You need to think.

SPEAKER_01 3:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 3:20

Think about what you're doing with me. Think.

SPEAKER_01 3:23

Thinker

Word Prompts And Sticky Confusion

SPEAKER_01 3:24

is freedom adjective. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 3:28

Um fairy is spelled in at least 20 different ways.

SPEAKER_01 3:33

That sounds like a boat, a big boat. A boat? A fairy.

SPEAKER_03 3:36

Oh yeah, f e r-r-y.

SPEAKER_01 3:38

Yeah, but yeah, I don't twenty different ways.

SPEAKER_03 3:42

Since at least 1927, the fairy investigation. I mean, take it how you want to. Is it a fairy or is it a boat? Okay. I just feel like Tom. Like, no, your name is not Tom. You're not Tom.

SPEAKER_01 3:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:03

Um We're being gentle.

SPEAKER_01 4:08

Uh I hope I'm anyway Torteering. I don't know. Sure. Um Thrill. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 4:18

Uh exclamation.

SPEAKER_01 4:26

Um two toilets talking. Two toilets talking. That's all three words with tea.

SPEAKER_03 4:45

Yes, yeah. Why is it stuck to me? What is this? Why am I sticky? What'd you say? Don't eat that, please. What is it?

SPEAKER_01 4:55

Uh paypal.

SPEAKER_03 4:56

Okay. What was your adjective?

SPEAKER_01 4:58

Lucky. Thanks for the life support. No. Nah. No. I can't spell.

SPEAKER_03 5:09

Dog is. No, there's a D in there at the beginning.

SPEAKER_01 5:13

Yeah, I'm like, wait. Okay. Um

Hey Google, Deltoids, And Distractions

SPEAKER_01 5:21

types of muscles are there. I don't know. Um Isn't Hey Google like Delta or something? Delta Don, what's that like?

SPEAKER_02 5:32

Hey Google. Hey Google. Hey, hey Google. Google Google. Wake up. Gosh darn you, I hate you.

SPEAKER_03 5:40

Hey Google.

unknown 5:41

Please.

SPEAKER_03 5:42

What is a deltoid? Deltoid don. What's that flower you got on?

SPEAKER_01 5:50

Deltoids.

SPEAKER_03 5:52

Uh what's his last name? What's Douglas' last name?

SPEAKER_01 5:56

Douglas. It depends on who.

SPEAKER_03 5:58

It depends on whom. Yeah. Douglas. What's his last name?

SPEAKER_01 6:01

I don't know, but it was just the first name, so Douglas. I don't know.

SPEAKER_03 6:07

What did I say in the last?

SPEAKER_01 6:08

Dist uh dodges.

SPEAKER_03 6:10

Yeah, but the last word word.

SPEAKER_01 6:12

Distract?

SPEAKER_03 6:13

Okay. Cute little fragile thing.

SPEAKER_01 6:16

D-A-Y.

SPEAKER_03 6:17

I.

SPEAKER_01 6:26

Tool gist.

SPEAKER_03 6:30

Yes. What? Oh. Hello. Hey, what's up? Wow. How long did that take? How long did that take? Yeah. I said ice cream after. No. Wow. It's a record. You're so fast.

Packing, Ice Cream, And Sleep Debt

SPEAKER_03 6:48

Fast. Have you packed anything? Your laundry's done. Maybe you should maybe you should. No, because then you'll be stuck on that. Yeah, that's that's it. It's the fact that I keep telling you to do things. You say I'm gonna, and then you end up doing something else instead. You slept. You took ice cream when I said take it after. And then you took a nap. Mm? Okay. But now you're gonna be up all night. Well, now you're not gonna be tired soon, so you can go to bed soon. Okay. Do you know when you wanna wake up in the morning? Um I think the train was leaving around eleven. Okay. Are you gonna be able to wake up then?

SPEAKER_00 7:44

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 7:46

Alright. I'll give you the things, but don't get too distracted. Alright. I fixed it. Bye.

A Sudden Riddle And Hurt Feelings

SPEAKER_03 7:54

Hello.

SPEAKER_01 7:55

Hello?

SPEAKER_03 7:57

Sorry. What did I say?

SPEAKER_01 7:59

I don't remember.

SPEAKER_03 8:00

Okay. She did this to any traveler who couldn't answer the following question. What creature dodges on how many have we done?

SPEAKER_01 8:09

Three, I think.

SPEAKER_03 8:10

Oh, okay. Really? One, two, three, four. Okay, four. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:18

What?

SPEAKER_03 8:19

Yep. Anything else?

SPEAKER_01 8:21

Uh no, not oh, oh, okay. What's ruining your life?

SPEAKER_03 8:27

Uh the fact that you forgot about me just now.

SPEAKER_01 8:30

No, no, it was more like uh I Are we done yet? No. No, it was more like uh did you have anything else to say?

SPEAKER_03 8:38

No.

SPEAKER_01 8:38

No. But uh yes.

SPEAKER_03 8:40

Uh if you don't want me to continue singing.

SPEAKER_01 8:43

Almost, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 8:47

Excuse me, I gotta adjust it.

SPEAKER_01 8:49

Okay.

Homework, Readiness, And Calling It Off

SPEAKER_01 8:50

No, uh no, you you didn't do your homework with the No, because I just got it today and I didn't have time.

SPEAKER_03 8:57

Okay, okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 8:58

You're not ready for anything.

SPEAKER_03 9:00

I'm not. I'm not prepared. I'm not doing anything.