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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 85: "Steamin' John"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Merlinmann, Society & Culture, Johnroderick, Thelongwinters, Philosophy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2013

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

John is susceptible.

The Problem: It’s just a long circle of brother-in-laws.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello. Hi John. Hi John. Hi. Hi.

0:05.0

Hi John. Hi Berland. Oh no.

0:10.0

Yeah. No'm sick. You sound, you sound like so sick, you like make belief sick. Yeah, I might be playing it up a little bit.

0:22.0

Oh, God, that's awful.

0:24.0

But these are the first words I've spoken all day.

0:26.0

Oh, John, I'm sorry, you up to this?

0:28.0

Now you're feeling better.

0:32.0

Oh, now you're feeling better.

0:33.0

Oh, I feel much better.

0:35.0

John, I think you're susceptible.

0:37.0

I am susceptible.

0:39.0

I feel like the Northwest has a lot of spores and I'm vulnerable to spores.

0:49.6

I think anywhere there's verdancy there shall shall be spores. Mm-hmm.

0:53.4

It's like somebody set off a Gaya Bob.

0:56.4

It's like Spock set off a Gaya Bob, except it's of spores spores all around me

1:05.0

I'm sorry you you sound like like I don't know like Mason Reese and a commercial from Robitussin

1:11.0

By below he has a first name, it's OSCA.

1:16.5

I wonder what he's doing.

1:18.1

He's probably a junkie.

1:21.1

It's probably a junkie. He's probably.

1:23.0

probably.

1:24.0

I want to help you, John, I want to cradle your giant head.

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