#155: Chunks Of Stolen Cannon

The Shallow End

John Elliott and Lindsay Schnebly

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.9 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On episode #155 of The Shallow End, what would you buy if you had a one-million-dollar bill? At Walmart. Ignoring the fact that the US Treasury doesn’t even print bills that big. Well, JG has the story of a man who used his million-dollar bill to buy a vacuum cleaner. Things got complicated as he waited for the change. Then Linds shares the daring tale of a Kansas man who needed some quick cash to pay off his drug dealer. And if you guessed he decided to use a giant cannon from the Spanish-American War, well, dear listener, your prescience knows no bounds! Get those floaties on your li’l arms, kids! We’re headed for The Shallow End! 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	Schnebly and Toff. Hey, Linz. And we're off to a great start. We cat and I do that all the time.
0:30.1	And you guys are sitting face to face. It's even less excusable. I just wanted to say right off
0:36.5	the bat, Linz, let me just apologize for ruining
0:41.0	this episode because I've been awake for 34 hours straight and I have no idea what's going to come
0:47.5	out of my mouth. Is it at all related to our weekly podcast, The Shallow End with Schnebbly and
0:52.8	Toth? Yeah. Okay.
0:54.8	Then I'm not worried about it.
0:56.0	If you said so, I have prepared 15 minutes of recipes involving a Dutch oven.
1:01.9	I would say, you know what?
1:02.8	Maybe we should do a rerun.
1:04.7	A Dutch oven.
1:06.5	Really?
1:07.0	Okay.
1:07.6	All right.
1:08.1	Shows you where my mind's been.
1:09.3	I had to fly out to Orlando last minute, take care of some business and just got into the hotel.
1:17.6	And I appreciate your flexibility on doing this.
1:20.8	You do look and sound slightly closer than Ecuador.
1:23.9	At least in the continent now.
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