The Welcome to episode 64 of the Charles C. W. Cook podcast.

Last week I delivered a little ode to my favorite listener of this podcast a perpetual

comment troll named Boiling Rug or as I like to call him the Rugster.

Since then I've had time to reflect on what I said and I've decided that while what I said was fair and just, it really didn't reflect the determination and the commitment that

boiling rug has shown to this podcast, and to me in particular.

And what I really ought to have done instead is to write an entire opera about Boiling Rock.

So today, Thursday, June 20, 24.

I'm proud to announce the world premiere of my new work, the Saga of Boiling Rug, or

La Saga del Tepetobellante, as the Italians might say.

As a public service, I thought I would talk you through some of the key moments in the story

as we listen together to the Saga depeto Balente.

We begin in a bustling town square in medieval Milan,

where we are introduced to Boiling Rug, a modest man who is going about his evening chores, buying tomatoes, taking

loot restructuring lessons, examining the integrity of the cobbles on the streets.

When all of a sudden, a local salami kira starts criticizing him from the safety of a local doorway. Today. Like the right right right. Oh, Oh boiling rug you call such strife. In regal halls you lead a life.

With history's grand, we know your name.

But now, dear friend, you found your faith.

In bubbling group, in heats embrace,

You take your stand, you hold your place.

Naturally, this upsets boiling rock, but just when he's starting to feel forlorn,

the townspeople unexpectedly take his side and expressing their admiration

praise him for his relentless candor and the positive changes that it has brought to their lives.

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