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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 498: "The Jimmy Carter of Jerusalem"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Self-help, Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Roderick, Winters, Long, The, Philosophy, Society & Culture, John, Merlin, Mann

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Marcia Protective Services.

The Problem: John’s not allowed to go to Egypt without his kid.

(Recorded on Monday, May 1, 2023)


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0:00.0

Hello. Hi, John. Hi, Merlin. Rabbit, rabbit. Rabbit, rabbit. Rabbit, rabbit. How's it going? Run,

0:12.9

rabbit, run. Run, rabbit, redux. Hotel New Hampshire. Things are good. I had a, I had a

0:22.5

stale donut. Dude, dude, dude, dude. So, is that what you called it? I don't know that man. I'm

0:30.2

only going to give him a stale donut. I got, I got sugar and lard but without the sweet softness

0:39.6

of a fresh donut. I got it. So, my family, I'm a savory man in a household of sweeters. Sure.

0:49.5

And, like, there's a thing I feel like I have to periodically mention just for my own,

0:54.7

you know, sanity, which is that, like, I don't dislike sweets. You just want sage on your donut.

1:00.8

Sage, your terror gun. Yeah, I'll burn any kind of, you know, herbs. But no, no, it's that,

1:07.2

if you get the donuts, I will eat all of them. Oh, sure. So, I mean, it's something where, like,

1:12.2

I guess, the healthy thing to do, there's probably several levels of healthy to this, but I'm just,

1:16.5

I know that the other day they actually did go and get some donuts, like, big-ass, fresh donuts,

1:21.6

and I ate four of them. Oh, ah, yeah. And then I get yelled at because I guess I didn't realize

1:28.5

that that's food was spoken for. I'm also a savory. I'm also a savory. I, you know, at breakfast,

1:37.1

I don't like a sweet, I like a, I like something with something. Oh, no question. But never

1:41.8

the Twainchle meat is the thing. Like, if you're stuck at some kind of, like, you know, holiday

1:46.0

and express, and they have fruit loops, you like, that's fine. But I will take my breakfast of choice,

1:52.6

must include eggs, it must include potatoes, and it must include some kind of meat. Yeah. That's

1:58.3

what I like. Sure. Minus the potatoes, same with me. Oh, don't even put them on your plate, you say?

2:03.4

No, no, I don't want them there. You're always very clear about that, John. Let's be honest.

2:06.7

Yeah, but it's like, I'm sure you have one of these where you ask for, you ask for it without

2:11.6

and it always comes with. Well, and it's, it's the, let me honestly, I mean, having a, I'm,

2:16.7

I'm a veteran of having had a child. And, and sometimes the people think it's cute. Like,

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