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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 77: "The Derivation of Donk"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Merlinmann, Society & Culture, Johnroderick, Thelongwinters, Philosophy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2013

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Sniper Bed 'n Breakfast.

Roderick on the Line, Ep. 77: “The Derivation of Donk” on Huffduffer

The Problem: John thought of it as this gigantic Jeff Koons metal dog balloon.

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0:00.0

The invasion of the continent was at hand.

0:02.0

Hello? Hey John.

0:04.0

Hi,

0:08.0

Hi, Merlin.

0:11.0

How's it going? Good. Mm. You sound...

0:16.0

You sound... It's like an old glove. You sound like you're on a wireless set.

0:21.0

Oh, do I? Yeah Yeah or like a faraway small phone. Oh is it like quiet? You know it might be that I turned on

0:31.1

I turned my volumes down.

0:33.8

Turn your volumes up and I will hopefully be here.

0:38.5

Oh, that's much better.

0:39.4

You sound much closer now that my volumes are up.

0:41.7

It's probably because I'm speaking like

0:44.0

that's a that's a weird thing about the ship lies rigged and ready in the

0:50.7

harbor. Closeness and loudness.

0:53.4

Do you ever get into Roger Whitaker when you were a kid?

0:55.8

Not when I was a kid because my mom hated country music.

0:59.1

Ah, you know, he and Slim Whitman were, they were both the side door entries in my house.

1:04.5

Side door entry? Well yeah you know you got Slim Whitman a lot of people don't

1:08.0

realize they know from the TV ads like Roger Whitaker. He was an accomplished

1:12.3

Yodeler, Yodelesc, and you know... Yodelesc.

1:17.0

That French painter I'm thinking of?

1:21.0

Yeah, that's a, yeah.

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