S610: The Party Crasher

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Javier Leiva

Society & Culture, True Crime, Technology

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Remember when we used to go out to parties? Well, since you can't really go out these days, today we're going to celebrate together. In this episode we're talking about party crashers. Act 1: How to crash a party Our first story is about the art of crashing a party. What do you need to do to attend a party you weren't invited to without ever getting caught? Megan Gillikin a wedding planner and the host of the Wedding for Real Podcast shows us how. Act 2: The White House party crashers Our second story, is about the greatest party crasher story of all time. The date was November 24th, 2009. Two Washington D.C. socialites were on their way to the White House state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the stars of the Real Housewives of D.C., crashed the White House State Dinner. How were they able to crash the most secure party on Earth? Act 3: A party crasher's confession We end the show with stories from listeners like you about a time you crashed a party. Oh, and by the way, just a warning. Some parts of this episode are not suitable for young children. Just want to put that out there. -------- Have you ever crashed a party? Do you have a party crashing story you would like to share? Leave me a voicemail at (919) 867-1871. Or email me javier [at] pretendradio [dot] org. ------- Story idea? If you have a story to share, email Javier at info@pretendradio.org. For more episodes like this visit pretendradio.org. To get early releases and bonus episodes go to pretendradio.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative Battle.
0:05.0	Remember when we used to go out to parties.
0:08.0	It's hard to remember, but back before the pandemic, this time of year we used to go to office parties,
0:15.7	we used to watch football games at our friend's house, and don't forget the New Year's Eve bash.
0:20.5	It was a time before the six feet apart rule.
0:24.0	Can you believe that there was a time when we used to reach out and give each other
0:28.0	hugs and handshakes?
0:30.0	Then after our brief embrace, we would retreat roughly two feet apart to what we used to call,
0:35.6	air quotes, personal space.
0:38.7	And if you're, let's say Greek, Italian, or Cuban, like me, there was no such thing as personal space.
0:45.2	Prior to COVID-19, we would just pucker up our lips with our bare face and give each other a
0:50.0	big wet smack on the cheek. Maybe two cheeks if we really liked you. Parties were great. The music was always a little too loud.
0:59.0	Remember all the small talk? People would just lean in, close to you and talk really
1:04.4	loudly? Spraying all kinds of germs on your exposed face. And we always knew
1:09.9	just what to do when the small talk lasted a little too long.
1:13.8	Remember that thing you used to say to get out of conversations?
1:17.0	Ah, those were the days.
1:19.1	And the buffalo chicken dip.
1:20.6	Oh, the buffalo chicken dip. God knows how many people dipped right before you.
1:25.4	Or that cough or the sneeze that you never noticed before, but now it makes your
1:29.7	heart stop. Good times. Good times, indeed. stop good times indeed well since you really can't go to parties anymore this
1:39.2	new years Eve we're going to celebrate together.
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