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Speaker 1: I said something, world of head. Would you believe if

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Speaker 1: your mind sillion pieces would Bananas Week, Banana.

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Speaker 2: Banana ba Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Bananas Minnesot.

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Speaker 3: I'm Kirk Brown. Oh yeah, we got a new minnesot

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Speaker 3: Thank you for listening. We took the smallest, silliest podcasts

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Speaker 3: there ever was, and this is our little kind of

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Speaker 2: Talking to each other, us just talking, really celebrating the

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Speaker 2: bananimals if anything, because we.

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Speaker 3: Wanted to give you more.

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Speaker 2: You guys got some weird ass stories.

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Speaker 3: We do. And thank you to all the ban animals

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Speaker 3: who email us, who direct message us on Instagram for

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Speaker 3: first time listeners, hit us up at the Bananas Podcast

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Speaker 3: and the Bananas Podcast at gmail dot com. We love

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Speaker 3: to hear your weird stories from where you are from, and.

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Speaker 2: Thank you if you signed up for Stitcher to listen

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Speaker 2: to this, we appreciate absolute.

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Speaker 3: Thanks so much. You want to go first?

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Speaker 2: Or shall I go first?

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Speaker 3: I got I like when we dive in. Are you

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Speaker 3: pumped on yours? I'm pumped online?

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Speaker 2: Go for it?

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Speaker 3: Okay, here we go. So this one's fun too, Kirk,

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Speaker 3: because this one came from Wes period T. It I

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Speaker 3: believe is a female listener Wes T and she starts

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Speaker 3: it by saying this was on Instagram. She says, hey, guys,

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Speaker 3: I had to write in because I have a story

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Speaker 3: that's the exact opposite of Kurt's mushroom and puppies story.

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Speaker 2: Oh and for anyone who doesn't remember this, yes or please,

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Speaker 2: this was I. We took mushrooms and went up on

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Speaker 2: top of Arthur's seat in Scotland, and at the end

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Speaker 2: perfect day and literally one of us said, man, this

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Speaker 2: day couldn't get any better. I'm no shit. We finished

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Speaker 2: that sentence and then a fucking puppy read up over

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Speaker 3: To us, and then we just fed this puppy. It's incredible.

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Speaker 3: I'm jealous. It's like, that's one of those stories that

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Speaker 3: I wish I was there. So this is from Wes T.

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Speaker 3: Thank you. I'll call you Wes from here. On out

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Speaker 3: here we go. So a guy I knew through mutual friends,

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Speaker 3: I'll call him Dave, was really into psychedelics and he

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Speaker 3: get together and drop acid or eat troom's while camping

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Speaker 3: who I will call Nick, decided to take more, to

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Speaker 3: first time ever. Wow, so he could float. I know,

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Speaker 3: it's a bold move.

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Speaker 2: Usually people are very scared of acid. Acid's like one

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Speaker 3: So they're all floating down the river having a great time.

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Speaker 3: In Nick who's tripping really hard, spots amanatey floating in

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Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, So they spot Nick Spot's amanite. Amanatees are

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Speaker 3: So Nick swims over to the manatee who's just totally

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Speaker 3: Dave says, Nick's scream, bloody murder. They pulled him out

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Speaker 3: reason I never take psychedelics at the Springs. Good for you, Wes,

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Speaker 2: So, oh my god, that's an amazing story. That's maybe

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Speaker 2: And also that is like the acid is ugh. I

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Speaker 2: And man hugging a decaying manite corpse would bum you out.

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Speaker 3: So now I'm like literally stung by a bee, bitten

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Speaker 3: Much loved. Thanks so nice. That is a great story. Great,

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