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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 27: "Bellinghamming"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2012

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ep. 27: ”Bellinghamming” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer

The Problems: John’s waxy buildup; The Bubble Bath Rotation; helping two halfway houses become a whole; some benefits of German underpants; Sly offers a PA some oral notes; Cal stands upon his head; Merlin’s unfortunate Era Era; A Brief History of John’s Egregious Rashes; and mastering the international hand gestures that ensure a great haircut.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello. Hi John, how are you?

0:06.0

Hi John, how are you?

0:08.0

Hi, Merlin.

0:10.0

Good morning.

0:12.0

How are you? I'm doing well. I had some tater tots. I feel pretty good.

0:15.0

That's a good breakfast. I didn't sing your Merlin man theme because I'm I'm

0:21.0

tired of people thinking they know me. Looking they know what I'm tired of people thinking they know me

0:24.0

thinking they know what I'm gonna do.

0:25.8

And knowing your movements ahead of time.

0:27.6

Yeah, I don't like it.

0:29.1

So I'm throwing a curveball.

0:31.6

I think it's great and I think it's great and I think it's totally I think it's totally on

0:34.7

brand. Do you take different, you talk about this a little bit, you take different routes

0:38.8

sometimes if you can sell. Every time. Even if it means I have to drive up on the sidewalk for some portion of my route, I'm going to take

0:49.6

a different way.

0:50.6

But in this case, you know, with the with our conversations, I started to feel like, you know, I was becoming I was becoming

0:58.0

thematic and I don't want to do that. Wow. I want to be my own man. Good for you. I didn't realize you even thought about these things well because I saw you this

1:07.4

week because I saw you in person you sure I'm pretty sure I got on an elevator and there was a guy in there he was wearing a leather top

1:17.5

hat and he said his name was Merlin man tall guy, I know Merlin man.

1:24.0

That might have been Kestro Lincoln.

1:27.0

He was very convincing though, so.

1:29.0

I'd like to see what a term would be like for Kestro Lincoln.

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