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Hello, everybody. Welcome to episode 460 of spit and checklets presented by Pinkwitty from our friends at new amps today. I'm vodka here in the basketball sports podcast family, some are coming to an end here. Hopefully everybody enjoyed their Labor Day weekend.

I'm going to check in with the fellas right now so you would shake it across the pond once again. Matt Merleibia up and running. How's it going so far, buddy?

I was going good. I had a nice weekend over here. Something I never thought I would be doing. I went and I went to a dance class. I went to my daughter's first ever dance class. It was a big day. It was the first activity we did with her.

I mean, when you're a kid or even as you're getting an adult, I'm just assuming my first thing is going to be a hockey practice or soccer practice or baseball because that's all I did as a kid was that kind of stuff. So it was definitely interesting. I was definitely out of my element in the in the dance class, but that was it was fun.

How'd she do? She loved it. She loves dancing. She could dance all day. Listen to the music all day long. She wears her little tutu. She has little slippers that look like ballet shoes. So she was all about it.

Good little Sunday morning activity that led into I got to have a little fun afterwards went down to the sports bar, watch some soccer. I became an arsenal fan through the day. I made a big wager on them. So I'm an arse big arsenal guy now. But

I got a shout out wit. The wit comes from nowhere. I haven't heard from the guy in like a week. He's like, Murls, you know that Swedish guy, the golfer, this Ludwig Oberg. He's like the big amateur. He's like, he's got a chance to win the day. Throw a little something on him plus 900. Boom. The guy came all the way back in one. So the wit gave me a nice winner too. So great little Sunday over here.

There you go. No, I'm assuming no Labor Day overnight, Sweden, right?

No, everyone's back to work today. I was up mowing the grass. We got a little community here. Everybody's supposed to chip in. I end up doing all the grass mowing because I'm around during the day, a couple hours free. So I take care of all the lawn work, pick up all the apples that are falling off the tree. It's, it's, it's fall over here.

If you need help with the grass, hit me up. I'll be happy to help. Mr. G. What's going on, buddy? How was your Labor Day weekend here?

Pretty not the best Labor Day weekend for myself. Played a little golf. I had to go to the vet, which cost me a casual five grand because my dog decided to go into my girlfriend's purse and eat some things that she probably shouldn't eat.

So yeah, I spent the weekend just kind of hanging out on basically on my phone, the entire Labor Day weekend sitting inside because of, because I was at the vet the whole time, but it led me to, I don't know if you guys saw the Dave Portnoy pizza review that happened last week, but I was sitting in this, in this veterinarian waiting room.

Just watching meme after meme after meme of the fuck you. No fuck you. You're a fucking clown. It was so funny. I was getting so many weird looks, but R.A. I don't know if you've ever been to drag in pizza. I don't know. Why don't you lay the whole story out for our listeners here and go ahead.

Yeah, we had Dave Portnoy last week. I know I was kind of surprised at how many people complained about it. I know not everybody who listens to chicklets is a Boston fan. We understand that.

But you know, Dave's, you know, one of the most sex sexful entrepreneurs in the country in the world. Basically, we had him on. We never had him on before. And it will be our most, it will be one of our most viewed episodes all summer, too. It will be our most viewed episode all summer. So yeah, and I thought, you know, people just listen to him, and even if you don't like him, I mean, hear him out. I mean, I know that all these hit pieces over the air. People get the wrong impression on the guy. And that's, you know, I think we kind of wanted to show people that this is who he is here. A couple days later, his one by pizza review come out.

Actually, he teased on his interview with Tucker Carlson. And I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that he went outside to this review. And then the guy, the owner comes out and starts barking at him. It's like, this guy just gave you money, spent money.

Whatever score he gives people going to go this 6.4 is not the worst score in the world. He even said, I got not a huge pomp fan. And that's why he scored a little low. And this guy should have said nothing. And boom, you would have business up the wazoo.

And steady comes out because he read a New York Times. By the way, the New York Times wasn't even a hit piece. It was the softest fucking article everyone, Dave.

And Dave snapped. They went back and forth and it became a firestorm here. I got to say, gee, I don't know. Was that top. Was that the best review ever? A top two top.

Yeah, I mean, personally, I think, I think that's, I mean, just because I used to live right near Davis Square. And some real like, I, I just thought it was the best review.

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