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This might be nonsense talk to some of you folks, not from the south, the southern climbs here around Atlanta, Georgia.

But we're talking about Waffle House ordering code.

So you're an old brown.

I'm Ben Bullen, and actually I just landed in a different city this week, and I was looking

for a Waffle House because I thought it would be fun to visit before we record.

There are no Waffle House in the state of New York, but Pennsylvania, you can have a few.

And that makes sense to your point about the line of demarcation, because Pennsylvania is somewhere between the south and somewhere between the north. Yeah, it's sort of like partially, basically Canada. I mean, I think instead of Waffle House, don't they have Timmy's, Tim Hortons? Isn't that a thing in Pennsylvania? I think it's true. Yeah. That loves Tim Hortons. It's a confluence of events.

And so cast your memory back, folks.

We've alluded to this a while ago, but we went through a collective Waffle House phase.

I want to say sometime last year.

And we actually went to the Waffle House Museum because Waffle House was founded in our fair

metropolis of Atlanta, Georgia, but now it's world famous. I think in large part due to the

internet, to be honest. It's true. It is also, we've talked about this on our sister's show,

stuff that I want you to know, the Waffle House index, the sort of somewhat imaginary concept that if Waffle Houses close their doors, because they are, in fact, open 24 hours a day, then the weather really must be bad.

Yeah, yeah, Waffle House is known for its storied history, for being virtually always open, and it's a very accepting place.

I think it's fair to say, having spent some time in the American South, all three of us,

we have spent some very formative evenings at Waffle House.

This is why we finally reached out to Big Waffle ourselves.

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