Burns
The Smartest Man in the World
Greg Proops
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2016
⏱️ 90 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | 什麼呢 |
| 0:16.9 | Once again we join minds and join hearts hoping for some solace in each other's company |
| 4:45.7 | because the letters UXO were everywhere because there's not many landmines in the ground. |
| 4:49.7 | And they were going over to people's garages, this is 15 years ago, to still pick up arms that were left over from the war, right, which had ended sometime before. |
| 4:57.2 | And they said whenever they got crotes, they would take the US troops with them. |
| 5:03.7 | And then when they go to the Serbs' houses, they take the Russian troops with them. |
| 5:06.7 | And that was the difference between the Cold War and no Cold War was now the Russians were going with us. |
| 5:11.2 | And they'd open up a garage and they'd say there'd be like 2,000 clay moors and also it's a plasti- oh yeah, and fun, small arms- oh yeah, and they'd just confiscate it and take it and blow it up, right. |
| 5:22.2 | This was left over from people when they were making war against each other door to door. |
| 5:26.2 | So that's the scenario for my Mentos story. |
| 5:30.2 | So I'm thinking how can I get into this meeting? It's only Karajek and Miloshevik. It's only the Serb leaders. No. |
| 5:39.2 | So we're doing our USO show and it was Beer Night which meant the troops were given I think 2 or 3 and that was it. |
| 5:47.2 | Now mind you, they were good beers, they were Czech Budvars, right, which come in the big glass bottle and they're delightful. |
| 5:52.2 | I think sort of the basis for our Budwiser, you know, kind of horrible white people watered down phoenix and heiser bush midwestern St. Louis way. |
| 6:01.2 | Not to diminish their beer in any way, but a Czech Budvars is a good deal more refreshing than a regular Budwiser. |
| 6:07.2 | As is almost anything, really. |
| 6:10.2 | Sometimes a slap in the face when you've said something out of hand as as refreshing as a Budwiser. |
| 6:18.2 | Sometimes when you eat a peppermint patty you feel like you're winning the giant slalom. I understand. |
| 6:24.2 | If you vape a rub in various areas below the equator, you can endure sensations you never knew were possible. |
| 6:29.2 | And if you put tiger ball, you can excite yourself beyond measure. |
| 6:33.2 | So they gave all the troops, these were all airmen. It was an airbase, Budvars, but only like two. |
| 6:40.2 | But because we were, you know, the entertainment, we could have as many as we wanted. |
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