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The Shallow End

#172: Well, That Went A Bit Too Far

The Shallow End

John Elliott and Lindsay Schnebly

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.9612 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Because it’s Labor Day week and we’re all emotionally wearing flip-flops, we’re rolling out a classic from the vault — one of your faves, featuring the ever-delightful Kat! First up, JG tells the cautionary tale of two friends who loved pranking each other… until one of them decided to take things a skosh too far. What starts as harmless hijinks quickly turns into “well now we both need therapy.” Spoiler alert: someone ends up questioning the definition of fun and also probably friendship. Then, Lindsay takes us on a majestic, chaotic trip back to the Civil War — where a certain overconfident general basically declared “Mission Accomplished” before the actual mission. It’s a tale of hubris, miscalculations, and the historical equivalent of sending the “I’m outside” text 30 minutes too early. And Kat? She’s here to provide the logic and the light existential dread. This is an episode about pranks, pride, and the perils of speaking before thinking. Also, friendship. And probably head injuries. 🎧 Press play. Revisit. Regret nothing. Hashtags: #TheShallowEndPodcast #LaborDayReplay #HistoricalOops #PrankWarsGoneWrong #CivilWarFacepalm #VaultEpisode #KatGuestStar #PodcastRewind #FunnyHistory #PlayStupidGamesWinStupidPrizes 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. Once upon a time in a quiet suburban neighborhood, right outside of,

0:30.2

well, it was in East Kansas. There were two best friends named Mike and Dave. They'd been

0:36.2

inseparable since childhood, mostly because their houses were

0:40.5

right next door to each other, kind of like you and me, Lynn, when we were growing up. Yeah.

0:45.5

And another thing that they had in common with us is that their friendship was characterized

0:52.2

by pranking each other.

0:55.2

That was just part of the friendship.

0:58.0

They absolutely loved playing tricks on one another.

1:02.0

And the shenanigans continued well into their adult years.

1:06.7

Now, as kids, they would do things like swap school bags.

1:10.9

They would fill each other's backpack with feathers.

1:13.9

That was one thing that they did.

1:15.8

Back when you could find feathers.

1:17.6

Yeah, when you could easily find or import feathers.

1:21.6

They would, you know, do the, we did this, switch the salt and in the sugar and, you know,

1:26.7

loosen the caps at the diner of the salt and pepper shakers.

1:30.5

Watch the hilarity ensue.

1:32.6

As they grew older and wiser, well, you'd think they were wiser.

1:38.6

Their pranks became more elaborate.

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