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Speaker 1: in ten minutes. But first, I have things on my mind.
Speaker 1: So there's a trend in sports where instead of a
Speaker 1: great athlete talking to the owner man to man, or
Speaker 1: talking to the GM or talking to the coach, they
Speaker 1: rush to their social media. I'm not into this trend
Speaker 1: at all. Maybe it's generational, but that said, it is newsworthy.
Speaker 1: So Lebron James went to his Instagram after the Owen
Speaker 1: four start, showed a picture of him dunking and wrote
Speaker 1: how long are you going to take me for granted?
Speaker 1: And then he put a king crown. Not a lot
Speaker 1: of subtlety with that one, but Lebron is right. This
Speaker 1: is what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did. They seized on
Speaker 1: an older Tom Brady. He wants Gronk, get him. Gronk
Speaker 1: wants Letty Furnett get him. Lenny Fernette wants a B,
Speaker 1: Get him a B. You knew you had about a
Speaker 1: two to three year window with Tom. Get him. Help
Speaker 1: what's Green Bay down with Aaron Rodgers in the last
Speaker 1: two years, saddle him with rookie receivers. Lebron is, of
Speaker 1: course right. The greatest thing about Lebron James has always been,
Speaker 1: and this goes for Phil Jackson, the best coach in
Speaker 1: league history, the ability to elevate others Phil Jackson, and
Speaker 1: it's arguable, but I think it's true. Never had at
Speaker 1: least a borderline All Star level player that didn't play
Speaker 1: his best basketball when coached under Phil Jackson. It's a psychology,
Speaker 1: it's a style. Phil Jackson got the best out of everybody.
Speaker 1: Now Lebron's not always that way. I mean, Chris Bosh
Speaker 1: and Kevin Love gave up statistics to play with Lebron.
Speaker 1: Bosh could have remained a twenty five point game guy
Speaker 1: for the Raptors. Kevin Love could have remained a twenty
Speaker 1: five point game guy for the t Wolves. But Lebron
Speaker 1: does elevate. If not your stats, your stature. His games
Speaker 1: are widely viewed, his teams usually win. They have not
Speaker 1: given Lebron James. The Lakers haven't winning players. I mean
Speaker 1: even Anthony Davis was talented, but he couldn't win. He
Speaker 1: wasn't a winning player in New Orleans. He has never
Speaker 1: seen as somebody totally passionately in love with the sport.
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook talented, not a winning player. Patrick Beverly annoying, disruptive.
Speaker 1: You don't view him as a winning player. You think
Speaker 1: of disruptive Anthony Davis. Talented Westbrook athletic. Get Lebron winning players.
Speaker 1: Kendrick Nunn, he was in the G League system for
Speaker 1: the Warriors. They let him go. They're pretty good at
Speaker 1: spotting talent. He was with Eric Spoelstra in Miami. Pat
Speaker 1: Riley let him go because none is considered again, another
Speaker 1: talented player, but not a winning player. That's why the
Speaker 1: Warriors and the Heat let him go. They have winning players.
Speaker 1: So Lebron's right, How long are you going to take
Speaker 1: him for granted? As a front office and an ownership group, right,
Speaker 1: you have to This is what the Warriors have done
Speaker 1: so well. You have to identify your best player, Lebron
Speaker 1: Steph and then fill in assets to protect his weak spots.
Speaker 1: In Golden State, Draymond can defend, Clay defends, Andrew Wiggins defends.
Speaker 1: Curry's not a great defender with Lebron James Lebron James
Speaker 1: isn't a great three point shooter. So the teams he
Speaker 1: has been on that have been great. Miami they got
Speaker 1: him Ray Allen, they got him, Shane Battier, they got him,
Speaker 1: Mike Miller, they got him, Chris Bosh an excellent shooting
Speaker 1: big see pat Riley identified who's our best player? Lebron.
Speaker 1: Let's surround him with what he elevates and protect him
Speaker 1: from what he doesn't do. At his highest level, Lebron
Speaker 1: is a winner with a high IQE that gets the
Speaker 1: ball the shooters, and the Lakers have a chance to
Speaker 1: be now the worst shooting team in league history. This
Speaker 1: is a failure from Genie Buss. This is a failure
Speaker 1: from Rob Polenka. Lebron's right got a couple of years left.
Speaker 1: Stopped taking me for granted. You know, the Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: story is obviously interesting to me because I think he's
Speaker 1: a really, really talented guy. But a lot of the
Speaker 1: criticisms of Russell Wilson are he's inauthentic. Two other players
Speaker 1: come to mind for me, two utter quarterbacks. When I
Speaker 1: hear the word inauthentic, they're labeled is inauthentic do Gooders,
Speaker 1: Goody two shoes, Tim Tebow and Kirk Cousins. Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: Cousins Tebow are probably the three most religious quarterbacks in
Speaker 1: the last decade. They're labeled inauthentic, and my takeaway has been,
Speaker 1: I'm agnostic, but I have seen the power of religion
Speaker 1: and the power of faith in my life from others.
Speaker 1: I think religion at its best is optimistic, not pessimistic,
Speaker 1: is hopeful, is glass half full, not snarky. For the record,
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers leans toward the less religious side, has struggled
Speaker 1: with his family very religious, That's okay. I'm I'm agnostic.
Speaker 1: I tend to be a little cynical, a little skeptical
Speaker 1: of faith. Maybe I wouldn't be a good quarterback right
Speaker 1: But when I hear the inauthentic claims, I heard him
Speaker 1: for Tebow, I hear him for Russ and I've heard
Speaker 1: him for Kirk Cousins, and I think they're just very
Speaker 1: faith based, very hopeful, very optimistic, and that sure beats
Speaker 1: what I see with a lot of people out there.
Speaker 1: I don't think snarky is great for religion. I don't
Speaker 1: think pessimistic super cool. Russell Wilson isn't washed. You may
Speaker 1: think he is, but I think when I watch Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: I think he really believes in what he's selling. Now,
Speaker 1: what he's selling can come off as a tad cringe ee.
Speaker 1: But you know, not everybody's cool, right, Like a lot
Speaker 1: of people think they're cool. A lot of people want
Speaker 1: to be cool. Not that many people are cool. I
Speaker 1: don't think Russell's cool. I mean, I'll be honest with you.
Speaker 1: I don't think Brady's cool. I never thought Peyton Manning
Speaker 1: was cool. Most of the great quarterbacks in my life.
Speaker 1: Troy Aikman was a little cool, a little bit cool,
Speaker 1: good looking guy, Dallas Cowboys. I don't think that's a
Speaker 1: beneficial asset. Because I said this years ago when I
Speaker 1: was talking to a college class, I said, I'm not
Speaker 1: cool either. Is my audience go to a mall or
Speaker 1: a bowling alley? That's who listens to sports talk radio.
Speaker 1: If I'm cool, I'm not of my audience, right, So
Speaker 1: I said, I wouldn't waste a lot of time trying
Speaker 1: to be the hippiest guy on social media because most
Speaker 1: people aren't hip. Think about this quarterback NFL Mahomes is cool.
Speaker 1: I think that's fair to say Troy Aikman was cool.
Speaker 1: The Mannings weren't. Brady isn't, Russell isn't, Andrew Luck wasn't.
Speaker 1: I never thought Big Ben was. I don't think Herbert
Speaker 1: is Joe Burrows got some cool and exclusively on the volume.
Speaker 1: But I don't think it's an asset necessarily in a
Speaker 1: group setting to be the coolest guy. So I'm okay
Speaker 1: with a little cringey because it's really relatable. And how
Speaker 1: do I know that because in a recent poll of
Speaker 1: American adults, Russell Wilson was voted tied for the most
Speaker 1: popular player in the NFL. Twitter and social media are
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Speaker 1: All Right, growing in popularity and ascending inaccuracy, It's time
Speaker 1: for sharper Square. With Chad Millman's c CEO Action network,
Speaker 1: all of our odds provided by fan Duel. I had
Speaker 1: another winning week. You talked me into a couple of games,
Speaker 1: and I like that. So let's start with my favorite picks.
Speaker 1: I am a huge fan of Minnesota, but they don't
Speaker 1: blow anybody away. I've said before, Arizona is too talented
Speaker 1: not to be competitive. They get extra time to prep.
Speaker 1: They're getting now four. I'm going to take Arizona plus
Speaker 1: four against a team I like a lot. Minnesota's sharper square.
Speaker 1: So this is generally sharp. Let me give you some background.
Speaker 1: The Wise guys do like the Cardinals. The Blind actually
Speaker 1: moved from four to three and a half, and there
Speaker 1: are reasons related to the Vikings that they don't necessarily
Speaker 1: like Minnesota. But a lot of this is about the
Speaker 1: return of DeAndre Hopkins. We saw it last week. Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray and this offense, they are just a different team
Speaker 1: when DeAndre Hopkins plays. When he has When Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: has DeAndre Hopkins, he's seventeen and ten as a starter.
Speaker 1: Without him, he's six thirteen and one. Last week, Hopkins
Speaker 1: plays for the first time in the early year, ten
Speaker 1: catches for more than a hundred yards. But then there
Speaker 1: is the part that is about the Vikings. This defense
Speaker 1: is dreadful like they allow the NFL's highest percentage of
Speaker 1: explosive pass plays. They're thirty first in DVOA. They are
Speaker 1: against against wide receiver number one, which is what Hopkins is.
Speaker 1: He could have a massively huge day. And this is
Speaker 1: what's interesting about the Vikings. You know, they're on this
Speaker 1: hot streak right now and they're five and one. They're
Speaker 1: leading the division. They're consistently outgained on a yard per
Speaker 1: play basis, and that is a huge Wise guys stat
Speaker 1: That is a signal that they're not winning because they're better,
Speaker 1: but because they've been luckier. Wise guys are betting on regression.
Speaker 1: Detroit plus three and a half at home against Miami. Okay, interesting,
Speaker 1: Jared Goffin. Detroit are a different team at home. If
Speaker 1: you really watch the Cowboy game, that thing was like
Speaker 1: ten to six late and Detroit should have been leading.
Speaker 1: I like Miami, They're very good on script, often limited
Speaker 1: off it. I'm going to take the points. Detroit plus
Speaker 1: three and a half. Sharper square. I love this. It
Speaker 1: is my favorite pick of the week. It was the
Speaker 1: first bet I made. The Wise guys love this game.
Speaker 1: This is a bylo sell High. Everyone hates the Lions
Speaker 1: after two bad weeks. Everyone loves Miami with two of
Speaker 1: back they won in prime time. But like you said,
Speaker 1: Detroit is back at home. Detroit is in desperation mode.
Speaker 1: The world is a better place when we can root
Speaker 1: for Dan Campbell as an NFL head coach and they
Speaker 1: need this game to save their season and for him
Speaker 1: to save his job. The good news Amanra st Brown
Speaker 1: should be back. DeAndre Swift full practice this week, not
Speaker 1: on the injury list. Teams off of bad losses like
Speaker 1: the Lions, who the public is fading like? The Lions
Speaker 1: cover eighty sixty one percent clip since two thousand and five,
Speaker 1: so the Lions are in a favorable situation as far
Speaker 1: as precedent, and also the Dolphins just from an injury
Speaker 1: point of view and playing a lot of third four
Speaker 1: stringers on the defensive side of the ball. Love the
Speaker 1: Lions here, love love love them. Third favorite game is
Speaker 1: Cleveland Monday night plus three and a half. Here's why.
Speaker 1: Not only is Jamar Chase excellent, he may be as
Speaker 1: valuable as any singular a wide receiver to a team.
Speaker 1: He can play multiple wide receiver slots. He is now
Speaker 1: out it's a divisional game. Outside of last week, Cincinnati
Speaker 1: does get into a bad trend of falling behind. Also,
Speaker 1: a Monday night football game in a lot of cities
Speaker 1: is no big deal. In Cleveland, this is a big deal.
Speaker 1: The Browns don't get home Monday night football games much.
Speaker 1: It'll be a wild scene divisional game. Since he may win,
Speaker 1: I'll take the three and a half sharper square, Yeah,
Speaker 1: totally sharp. And this is by Monday night. You know
Speaker 1: this game's at three and a half by Monday night,
Speaker 1: or it'll be down to three. The wise guys are
Speaker 1: just going to hammer that hook. The Browns they don't
Speaker 1: look very good right now, but they have been losing
Speaker 1: a lot of close games, only one loss by more
Speaker 1: than a field goal this year. And that's what happens
Speaker 1: when you have the best running back in football and
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb, and you're going to play a conservative game
Speaker 1: plan because Jocoby Brissette is proving to be who Jacoby
Speaker 1: Brissette is and not the guy who started the year
Speaker 1: really really hot. The Bengals have looked like they were back.
Speaker 1: They beat up on the Falcons, but the Falcons in
Speaker 1: that game lost aj Terrell and they ended up not
Speaker 1: being able to cover anyone, so the Bengals got the
Speaker 1: benefit of the doubt to be more explosive. You mentioned
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase, but this is going to be a spot
Speaker 1: where the wise guys and you and me are on
Speaker 1: the Browns. All right, let's go to the favorites. I
Speaker 1: like the Jags minus two and a half in London
Speaker 1: against the Denver Broncos. They had the Colts beaten to
Speaker 1: the last play. They played straight up against the Giants.
Speaker 1: I do feel it's a young team. Young teams can
Speaker 1: ascend overcome injuries faster. I think Denver's a mess. I
Speaker 1: think when you're in crisis, traveling is not the greatest thing.
Speaker 1: We saw Green Bay a little bit in crisis. Go
Speaker 1: on the road and play worse. I'm going to take
Speaker 1: the Jags minus two and a half sharper square, So
Speaker 1: that's square. The line opened at three, it's moved down
Speaker 1: to two and a half. The money has come in
Speaker 1: on the Broncos. The tickets are on the Jaguars. That
Speaker 1: is always a signal that the professionals like the team
Speaker 1: where the money is moving in their direction, that is
Speaker 1: the Broncos. When the tickets are on one side that
Speaker 1: is the public side, that is the Jaguars. In this case,
Speaker 1: it's the Jaguars are a challenging team. They're one of
Speaker 1: those teams that the wise guys have loved the entire season.
Speaker 1: But Travis Lawrence is missing receivers consistently on the most
Speaker 1: important plays, red zone throws, deep throws. He's been incredibly
Speaker 1: inaccurate on the classes that he has to make. And
Speaker 1: then because they are a young team you mentioned it,
Speaker 1: they are just consistently making crucial mistakes in the most
Speaker 1: important moments. You can see it. There's there's a false start.
Speaker 1: They are not converting when it's fourth and short, third
Speaker 1: and short, you know when they're on the goal line.
Speaker 1: The Broncos are a train wreck on offense, but their
Speaker 1: defense is fierce and I think there's a lot of
Speaker 1: fear of what they can do to this very young
Speaker 1: offense led by Trevor Lawrence. So you're not on the
Speaker 1: right side here. I'm going to take another favorite, Bill Belichick. Humiliated.
Speaker 1: They'll come back cover the spread minus two and a
Speaker 1: half against the Jets. I do not trust the Jets
Speaker 1: in a big spot. The Jets lost their best and
Speaker 1: most versatile offensive Lineman. The Jets lost their best running back.
Speaker 1: They bring in Greg James Robinson, but it's late in
Speaker 1: a week. They're not going to use him much. This
Speaker 1: is a classic take the team that looked awful last
Speaker 1: week in a standalone game. The public is fleeing the Patriots. Therefore,
Speaker 1: I'm on the sharp side, am I not? You are
Speaker 1: on the sharp side, Colin. And it's rare for the
Speaker 1: sharp side to be a road favorite when the team
Speaker 1: is not very good. But for the things you just said,
Speaker 1: you are getting a Patriots team that, gosh shall act
Speaker 1: by a really bad team. So there's going to be
Speaker 1: a little bit of a discount. And what the line is?
Speaker 1: It opened it about one one and a half, It
Speaker 1: moved up to two. Now it's a two and a half.
Speaker 1: The money is coming in on the Patriots. The flip side,
Speaker 1: you are getting a Jets team that has been winning,
Speaker 1: is starting to get a little bit more of a
Speaker 1: public profile. But they didn't lose their best player in
Speaker 1: Breece Hall. And so how what kind of impact is
Speaker 1: going to have on Zach Wilson, who if you ask
Speaker 1: a lot of people how they are grading quarterbacks, he
Speaker 1: is below number thirty two like, there are quarterbacks who
Speaker 1: are not even playing at this point who are still
Speaker 1: great at higher than what Zach Wilson is doing. You
Speaker 1: would have talked about this. We've talked about this. Robert
Speaker 1: Solo basically said, I don't know what's going to happen
Speaker 1: to me in the future with this team. But about
Speaker 1: two weeks into this year, he just decided, we're going
Speaker 1: to be a running football team and we're going to
Speaker 1: be a defensive football team. I don't care who my
Speaker 1: quarterback is. That's how they've been winning. How did they
Speaker 1: overcome the loss of Bruce Hall, who probably would have
Speaker 1: been a Rookie of the Year. So that is a
Speaker 1: big factor for the wise guys. All right now a
Speaker 1: couple of games. You may be convince me you turn
Speaker 1: me last week on the Seahawks, and I do appreciate
Speaker 1: that I bought myself a brand new No, I didn't.
Speaker 1: I just won. Okay, I'm going to ask you one
Speaker 1: that's a popular bet. I think Buffalo is going to
Speaker 1: clawber Green Bay, but I think the first quarter to
Speaker 1: the first quarter and a half is going to be competitive.
Speaker 1: I think Matt Lafleur on script will come out with
Speaker 1: some tricks, be clever, and they'll hang around. I think
Speaker 1: the second half is all Buffalo. It's ten and a half,
Speaker 1: eleven and a half, all odds provided by FanDuel. I
Speaker 1: could never give Aaron Rodgers eleven and a half. But
Speaker 1: what do the sharps say, Well, look, this is a
Speaker 1: really tough one and there's sort of a cowardly move
Speaker 1: that a lot of wise guys will make when they
Speaker 1: can't really come to a consensus on a game. They'll
Speaker 1: bet a half, right, And so you see that with
Speaker 1: like on Thursday Night Football, oftentimes they are betting the
Speaker 1: first half on a game. You see it a lot
Speaker 1: with the Ravens because the Ravens have been one of
Speaker 1: those teams where they can't close people out, but they
Speaker 1: are amazing in the first half. Also betting against the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: betting on the Eagles first half, first half. This is
Speaker 1: a game where the wise guys are going to be
Speaker 1: looking at this and saying, Okay, what is the opening
Speaker 1: line for the second half, and probably going to play Buffalo.
Speaker 1: Because Josh Allen is a primetime player. He who loves
Speaker 1: to show up big in games that are against the
Speaker 1: other prime time quarterbacks. Aaron Rodgers obviously in this scenario.
Speaker 1: So I think what they're probably going to look for
Speaker 1: is to see how is this game shaping up? What
Speaker 1: is the line in the second half, and how can
Speaker 1: they hit the how can they hit Buffalo in the
Speaker 1: second half? All right, time for the game you like,
Speaker 1: I haven't brought up. Well, listen, you hit like dude.
Speaker 1: You were all over the lines, which I loved. You
Speaker 1: were all over the Cardinals, which I loved. I will
Speaker 1: tell you that this week. You know, in the podcast
Speaker 1: the favorites that me and my bff Simon Hunter do
Speaker 1: the most as we got. You know, we'll do the
Speaker 1: podcast on Tuesday. We'll talk about every game. Professional betters
Speaker 1: will hit us up and say these are the games
Speaker 1: that we sort of agreed with and didn't agree with,
Speaker 1: and they will critique our answers, and then we'll talk
Speaker 1: about it on Thursday when we do the second podcast
Speaker 1: of the week. Everyone was talking about the Saints. The
Speaker 1: Saints plus one and a half. Yeah, And I was
Speaker 1: surprised because I'll show the audience I put little boxes
Speaker 1: by games that I like, and that is the one
Speaker 1: game I went back and forth on. The Raiders have
Speaker 1: really kind of changed their offense in the last several weeks.
Speaker 1: They are now just a running team, so I don't
Speaker 1: want to bet against them. But it feels like the
Speaker 1: Saints is the right side, doesn't it. Yeah, And that's
Speaker 1: what the wise guys are saying right now. They're not
Speaker 1: too worried about who's going to be playing quarterback. A
Speaker 1: lot of this is about the Saints just got blown
Speaker 1: out by the Cardinals, so there's a little bit of
Speaker 1: a discount because that's what the public last saw. The
Speaker 1: Raiders just beat up the Texans and Josh Jacobs looked
Speaker 1: credible doing it, and they have looked really good the
Speaker 1: past couple of weeks. But I think that's when they're thinking, Okay,
Speaker 1: it's time to fade the Raiders going on the road,
Speaker 1: playing in New Orleans, different scenario, much better defense in
Speaker 1: the Saints than the Texans. And also in that Texans game.
Speaker 1: This is where the wise guys make their money, right.
Speaker 1: They don't just look at the final score. They see
Speaker 1: the Texans missed a field goal, there was a pick six,
Speaker 1: they had a drive stall inside the red zone. So
Speaker 1: there are variance is there that make them look at
Speaker 1: that score and think, oh, the Raiders warn't as dominant
Speaker 1: as we think. So that's why they're leaning towards New
Speaker 1: Orleans right now. The other game that's come up a
Speaker 1: lot Washington Commanders Trust three on the road at the
Speaker 1: Colts right so, right now, the Colts have decided they're
Speaker 1: going to start. Sam Allinger, hold on, I have to
Speaker 1: excuse myself. I'm gonna throw up right what I I
Speaker 1: refuse to bet games. I don't want to watch. By
Speaker 1: the way, that is a lie because you'll say that
Speaker 1: to me, and then I'll come on this show and
Speaker 1: you'll say, hey, let's go bet Pittsburgh, Miami or and
Speaker 1: I'll be like, dude, don't you tell me, let's be
Speaker 1: let's bet the Jags and the Titans. And I'm like,
Speaker 1: you say to me, you don't want to bet games.
Speaker 1: You can't want to bet the corner TV games. But
Speaker 1: Dolphin Steelers was a standalone game. And I do like
Speaker 1: watching the Jags because they're a bit of a tire fire.
Speaker 1: I think the Jags are Oh my god, I like
Speaker 1: watching the Jags. I don't like watching up Listen to me.
Speaker 1: You can you can talk yourself out of any box
Speaker 1: there is. I know this because you're brilliant at this Washington,
Speaker 1: Washington plus three against you against Indie. I feel like
Speaker 1: there's real problems on the cults right now. I was
Speaker 1: fascinated when it came out that Matt Ryan was being
Speaker 1: benched for Sam Allinger. So I was reading all the
Speaker 1: coverage about it, and I love sort of this inside
Speaker 1: high school drama. Frank Reig basically gave him and it's
Speaker 1: not you, it's me logic. He's like, we're gonna bench you.
Speaker 1: We haven't delivered on what we promised to you. We
Speaker 1: thought we'd bring in Matt Ryan. We thought we'd have
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, we thought we'd have an amazing offensive line.
Speaker 1: We thought we'd be able to support him. We haven't
Speaker 1: been able to do that. It's on us, So we're
Speaker 1: gonna have to break up with you and put you
Speaker 1: on the bench. So now they're bringing Sam Ellinger. And
Speaker 1: the second part of that story is all about how
Speaker 1: who are the decision makers, Jim Ursey, the GM, Frank Wrich.
Speaker 1: If Frank Reich is the decision maker, does he bench
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan. It feels like there's a little bit of
Speaker 1: an ownership getting involved here. So now I got a
Speaker 1: sixth round raft choice who's never started going against a
Speaker 1: Washington Commander's football team that can actually play well on defense.
Speaker 1: And I think they're just better with Taylor Heineke And
Speaker 1: you're still getting a little bit of that Carson wentsde discount.
Speaker 1: So that's a game people who have been talking about it.
Speaker 1: I know you don't want to, you don't want to
Speaker 1: do it, but you know, I really can talk myself
Speaker 1: out of anything except an argument with my wife. Oh
Speaker 1: know what she'll say. She'll say when I like to
Speaker 1: start arguing, she'll go, she'll go time out. I'm not
Speaker 1: a caller to your radio show. And I say, I
Speaker 1: don't take calls. What are you talking about? I will
Speaker 1: get my wife will like ask me something, and then
Speaker 1: I'll start explaining something and she goes, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: not on your staff, right, Like, you don't have to
Speaker 1: explain it to me, as if you need to convince
Speaker 1: me of something, like, just talk to me like we've
Speaker 1: been married forever and that always feels really good. Well
Speaker 1: I told you you know this. Our wives look alike
Speaker 1: now they talk yeah, yeah, which to me just feels
Speaker 1: like they talk alike because they are so sick of us.
Speaker 1: It's like, it's not even funny. I know, I get
Speaker 1: at this point. I don't even like my wife and
Speaker 1: I she works, she's so busy. She's an architect, right,
Speaker 1: she is so busy. Right now, I've made dinner four
Speaker 1: to five nights a week. I am texting her, when
Speaker 1: do you think you'll be home. I'm not asking because
Speaker 1: I expect you to be home at a certain time.
Speaker 1: I just want to know when to start dinner. She'll
Speaker 1: tell me it's going to be a certain time. Half
Speaker 1: an hour later, she hasn't come home yet. Me and
Speaker 1: my sixteen year old son are eating together. I leave
Speaker 1: food for her, and I can't get upset about it
Speaker 1: because this was our life for twenty years before. Like
Speaker 1: I was working at home and she's crazy busy. So
Speaker 1: I just do it. I just do it, and I
Speaker 1: hope it gets appreciated in some way. Well, you make
Speaker 1: dinner four times a week, I make reservations five. So
Speaker 1: it's all the same. You go, you're famous. I gotta
Speaker 1: be frugal, you know, yeah, right, I listen. I can't.
Speaker 1: I can't live your lifestyle, all right, Melman? Good see anybody,
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