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Cold up in question the week has. What's up, Dave?

It was revealed this week by Michelle McCool, wife of the undertaker, that once he quote

eight so many cucumbers in one day that he got sick. And ever since then, he cannot stand

to be around a cucumber to smell a cucumber to have a cucumber in the room. Do you have

any foods in your life that have made you so sick that you were not terrified of them?

I have two in particular. And one isn't really a food, but people who either will understand

it. Corn beef hash. One day I ate corn beef hash. And I got so violently sick. Just the

smell and sight of corn beef hash. Oh, man.

Well, we'll turn me into a small child and E and J liquor. I'll know if you've drank

E and J before day. But I had E and J one time as a freshman in college and had the worst

drug experience of my life. All my brothers who have drank E and J and grew up on E and J.

I don't know how you've done it so long. It is an awful, horrible liquor unless you're

trying to sponsor this podcast. And it's a great liquor. But other than that, it's the smell

of it brings back such a vivid memory. I might have a phobia. I might have a fear of it.

One of the great things about being in your 40s, I don't find myself having to explain

to people why I'm not a fan of like mad dog 2020 or like I'm not drinking boons one by

the bottle anymore. Like it's just it's a given that this is now not a part of my life.

And we can all just sort of move on from there. It's when you say corn beef hash, because

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