182: Trash, Flames, and Lock ’n’ Load

The Shallow End

John Elliott and Lindsay Schnebly

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.9 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The Garbage Heist and the Fire Truck Joyride When it comes to dumb criminal stories, this week’s episode of The Shallow End Podcast might just take the trash-covered cake. JG and Linds explore two jaw-dropping tales of grand theft municipal—one featuring a pair of Alabama geniuses who used a stolen garbage truck as their getaway vehicle in an ATM heist gone gloriously wrong, and another involving an Australian man who took a fire truck for a joyride… sirens blazing. From sparks flying down Birmingham streets to a cross-jurisdiction chase through New South Wales, it’s a masterclass in bad ideas—where optimism bias meets municipal machinery. The guys dissect what drives people to commit felonies in the least stealthy vehicles possible and find surprising poetry (and Shakespeare) in the stupidity. Plus, listener mail brings a “petrified wood curse,” an unexpected toddler interruption during mommy and daddy time, and a conversation about Maine slang that’ll make you rethink your “door yard.” 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. So if you recall Jethro last week, I believe I opened with the fact that Nancy and I
0:32.3	had had dinner at Muso and Frank, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood opened in 1919, and that we, unbeknownst
0:40.8	us, we got seated in Charlie Chaplin's booth.
0:44.9	I was thinking about that the other day.
0:46.9	And they call it the chaplain booth.
0:49.0	That is so cool.
0:50.3	Did you find under the table any of the Little Tramps gum?
0:53.8	I did. Did you save it? Tasted a the Little Tramps gum? I did.
0:55.3	Did you save it?
0:56.6	Tasted a bit stale, but I just loved the fact that, you know, it was probably Charlie Chaplin's gum.
1:03.3	That's a good thought.
1:04.7	So anyway, we were so smitten with that experience that we went there again last night after seeing Nancy's play.
1:11.7	And this time we had requested the Charlie Chaplin booth.
1:15.6	And amazingly, it was open.
1:17.3	And so for the past two Sunday nights, I've had dinner at Muso and Frank in Charlie Chaplin's
1:24.1	booth.
1:24.8	That is an amazing accomplishment.
1:28.0	I mean, how many people have had that experience?
1:31.1	Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
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