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The Worst Idea Of All Time

Friendzone 124

The Worst Idea Of All Time

Tim Batt

Comedy

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Tim and Guy talk about the language of love (which is French) and how to spell things in English. Is it i before e except after c if the word is receive? Yes! A video essay (by Maggie Mae Fish which you can see here) comparing Rob Schneider to his contemporary Tim Heidecker is brought to the boys’ attention and Spencer talks about accidentally emulating the podcast formula by repeatedly watching Grown Ups 2 for fun before even knowing the podcast existed!

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0:00.0

Welcome to a friend zone, in a friend zone, you're always old, in a friend zone, you're not alone, anytime, with Tim and Guy.

0:19.0

Fuck yeah, dude, friend zone, imagine that, imagine a zone just for friends.

0:25.0

Okay, but then it's also, it's, because when you put it like that, it sounds exclusive and potentially excluding, but it's, it's the opposite.

0:34.0

Oh, contrary, I'm on Freyrs, I don't know what the plural of the French for, for Freinders.

0:39.0

Well, Freyr is brother, Freyrs is a friend is a me, and sort of romantic partner is petite a me, little, little friend.

0:49.0

So in France, you say, have you met my little friend, and they could tower over you.

0:53.0

You don't know how tall this person's partner is, but you have to call them little.

0:56.0

They've got an interesting usage for little, because I remember the one thing in French I remember,

1:01.0

this is from an old school friend of mine who took French. She said it's a very common term of indianment is mine petite chuchu, which I think means my little cabbage, which is like a really sweet thing to say to someone.

1:13.0

It's a, it's a beautiful language, and I'm sure it makes a lot more sense than our one, it's just we didn't learn it as boys.

1:22.0

English is interesting, it's an interesting language.

1:25.0

Yeah, I assume. I don't know. I don't think people find it easy to learn.

1:30.0

No, because there's all these roles, like I before A, except after C, whatever it is.

1:36.0

And that applies five percent.

1:39.0

It never applies.

1:40.0

Anyway, the thing is, it's only anyway this.

1:42.0

It's Diana.

1:43.0

It sounds exclusive.

1:44.0

What we're doing.

1:45.0

Which way around does that go?

1:46.0

Because now I've got no confidence in the rules, so I can't even apply it across the board.

1:50.0

You know what I mean?

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