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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 120: "The Frog Leg King"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Society & Culture, Johnroderick, Philosophy, Thelongwinters, Merlinmann

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2014

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

He was a reluctant alcoholic.

The Problem: John got into a fisticuffs in front of the Toyota dealership.


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Hello. Hey John. Hi Merlin. How's it going? Pretty good and everything's different.

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Ugh. Ew.

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Always change.

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I don't, uh, so different right now.

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Everything's different.

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Yeah, you know, it's like Heraclitus says,

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you can never dip your foot into the same Skype.

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If you sit on the bridge and watch the Skype go by it will always be a new Skype.

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And yet it's and yet it's always the same Skype.

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By the time I see a cloud that looks like something and I call my daughter over it doesn't look like that anymore.

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You know, it's been so long since I looked up at a cloud and saw a dog or a taco or whatever it is.

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Like I have not had that experience in a long time and I think it might be that the clouds in

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Seattle.

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First of all, the skies are always blue in Seattle.

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Well the bluish guys you ever seen if memory serves are in Seattle.

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That's right, that's right.

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But when there are...

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