Sep 1, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 12 segments
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Bunsen Honeydew is definitely just like...
Oh, yeah.
What? He's kind of like a simulation, a modern...
Wow, my brain's all gone.
I'll
tell you this.
There's a guy.
I won't...
There's no way he's ever going to...
There's no way he's going to listen to this podcast, but that's okay.
I'm not going to say a name.
There's a guy I know.
Jesus.
No. There's a guy I know on a regular basis that I interact with that my brain, when I talk to him or look at him, says, oh, Bunsen Honeydew.
Okay.
He looks like Bunsen Honeydew if Bunsen Honeydew wasn't a Muppet but a real guy.
Got it.
More than other gongs? Yeah, because this guy has the same round face.
I always thought of Bunsen Honeydew as rounder.
He's a
honeydew.
He's a melon.
Yeah, I know.
Bunsen Honeydew is definitely just like...
Oh, yeah.
What? He's kind of like a simulation, a modern...
Wow, my brain's all gone.
I'll
tell you this.
There's a guy.
I won't...
There's no way he's ever going to...
There's no way he's going to listen to this podcast, but that's okay.
I'm not going to say a name.
There's a guy I know.
Jesus.
No. There's a guy I know on a regular basis that I interact with that my brain, when I talk to him or look at him, says, oh, Bunsen Honeydew.
Okay.
He looks like Bunsen Honeydew if Bunsen Honeydew wasn't a Muppet but a real guy.
Got it.
More than other gongs? Yeah, because this guy has the same round face.
I always thought of Bunsen Honeydew as rounder.
He's a
honeydew.
He's a melon.
Yeah, I know.
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