#081: A Horse Attachment Flap

The Shallow End

John Elliott and Lindsay Schnebly

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.9 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Dive into the absurd and cautionary tales of our modern world in this episode of Shallow End! First up, we recount the story of a gasoline theft that's more slapstick than slick. Join us as we break down how a simple heist turned into a comedy of errors, leaving everyone, including the would-be thieves, scratching their heads in disbelief. But the ride doesn't stop there. Buckle up as we shift gears to bring you the inside scoop on what's being called the "worst ride-share passenger ever." From outrageous demands to a jaw-dropping lack of etiquette, this passenger's trip went from zero to infamous faster than they could say, "I'll tip you in the app!" Don't forget to fuel up on our previous episodes, and if you enjoy our deep dive into the shallow end of life's pool, rate us five stars on your favorite podcast platform! If you would like to advertise on The Shallow End, contact sales@advertisecast.com http://www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It began long ago, two young boys in an American town riding their bikes to school and Little League practice.
0:09.0	Over the years, the boys became fast friends, united in their love for stories where things would go horribly wrong.
0:18.0	Pour yourself a strong beverage and buckle up. You're in the shallow end with
0:23.5	Schnebley and Toff. It's episode 81 of the shallow end with Schnebley and Toff. I just finished an
0:28.5	audition, J.G., for a radio DJ was the specs from 1967. Like a 1967 disc jockey character that they wanted you to do for a, oh, oh, this ought to be good.
0:42.3	I just closed that file and opened this file and I think I'm still in Radio Land. Oh my goodness. Yeah. So I need to dial it back to 20, 23. Yeah, relax. People don't talk like that.
0:56.5	Isn't it funny?
0:57.4	You hear old recordings of radio from the 60s and 70s, and it's always like this coming up next.
1:06.2	Another golden goodie from the groovy graveyard.
1:10.5	Stacks of wax and platters that matter.
1:13.3	It's 26 on the backside.
1:15.7	I always liked that one.
1:18.3	You know, and even today, modern day movie productions or TV shows will depict disc jockeys that way, even though they're really, well, the good ones aren't like that anymore. I mean, there's still plenty that are. But yeah, what was the, can you say what the, what the client was? You know what? I don't even, I don't even know what it was. Don't even know what it was. It was just need to sound like a DJ and they sent a little clip to mimic and I did.
1:46.2	Okay.
1:46.7	By the way, apropos of nothing, Nancy and I were driving back from Arizona day before yesterday
1:51.8	listening to the newest box and your story about that giant thing out in the galaxy.
1:58.8	Yeah.
1:59.0	That is seemingly sucking all of life toward it.
2:04.8	Yeah.
2:05.6	Got so scary to me that I thought, I shouldn't really be listening to this while I'm
2:10.9	driving 75 miles an hour.
2:12.8	So I hit pause somewhere just outside of Phoenix.
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