Hello, everyone. Well, Joan is well on her way to finding her one true love, letting him go for a few days, and then greeting him with a warm hug when he returns.

My roommate, Laura, and I have various thoughts on this development, and we share them with you, along with deep questions like, do we need to see 60-year-old men as Chippendales? Do we need to see 60-year-old men as Chippendales?

Do we need to see 60-year-old men thrusting?

Do we need to see the tongues of 60-year-old men before the kiss actually happens?

And as Mark the cutest thing you ever did see in a fireman's costume. The answers can be found in episode 359. Enjoy.

Hey everyone, I'm Lindsay and welcome to the I Hate Green Beans podcast.

During each episode, I'll be discussing television, movies, music, and books with friends who love pop culture as much as I do.

For those of you wondering, yes, we will be talking about the Bachelor franchise, and no,

I do not want to try your grandmother's famous green bean cassero recipe.

But thanks for offering.

Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

It's episode 359 of the I Hate Green Beans podcast. I'm your host Lindsay. I am here with

Laura, not some guy in Austin. It is a pleasure to have you filling in. Oh, thanks so much.

I'm so happy to be here. Yes, he had some family issues and had to go take care of that,

which we always say, sure. Absolutely. And I said to him, I said, he had some family issues and had to go take care of that, which we always say, sure.

Absolutely.

And I said to him, I said, you're just like chalk.

You had to take care of those family issues. Yes, this is right.

Leave and take care of family issues.

So, Chalk's family issues only took him like 14 hours to take care of it, and then he's back.

And there was a death in the family of his own mother right which how do we feel about that so I feel that

chalk um maybe wasn't as close to his mom as I think he loves his mom, but I don't think his mom is in his

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