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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 588: "An American Experiment"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

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

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

There's two automobiles.

The Problem: They fix the problem they feel like solving.

(Recorded on Monday, July 28, 2025.)


Transcript

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0:00.0

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower drives my green age.

0:10.4

Hello.

0:11.3

Hi, John.

0:12.9

Hi, Merlin.

0:14.2

How's it going?

0:15.3

That was kind of an unusual hello, because normally I say hello like I'm answering the phone,

0:20.3

but that kind of seemed like i was

0:21.7

entering a spooky house hello hello oh like the house was speaking to you oh no no but you're

0:32.9

great were you no i'm were you greeting the house i'm i'm I'm going to yes and this all the way. Yes, I was. I think I probably just misunderstood. Yeah, I mean, like a, like a Scooby-Doo type, trepidacious approach. Exactly. Hello? Hello? Which is not how I think of you. It's not how I think of entering this show. Is there any spooks in there? You're asking? No, I'm always like, hello. Hello? Yeah, I like all of them. Hello is a very funny word. Thanks. Oh, oh, yeah. No, no. No, it's just, well, it's not peculiar to you, but yes, hello can be a very funny word.

1:11.0

I didn't invent it.

1:12.3

I'm not the one that made it funny, but yeah.

1:14.8

And he was polite.

1:17.8

After every time I say, say, thank you.

1:20.6

Now everybody says it.

1:21.8

Yeah.

1:23.6

Somebody finally over on the omnibus page.

1:27.5

I really wanted to know what the hell automobile was.

1:30.7

And some people replied.

1:33.0

And then it got into a Mr. Show.

1:35.4

It got into Mr. Show.

1:36.5

And he was very polite.

1:37.5

There's two automobiles.

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