564 - Sponge Bath

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Go ahead.

I'm gonna move Vulcan out of the way.

That's, that's a, that's a slap in the face.

[bag rustles] [bell rings] [bag drops] [laughs]

[laughs] Great start.

Sorry, Jake.

Great start.

[laughs] I think it was a five-second countdown, and, and I think with like a...

As soon as we went live, you just hear the, the bag fall.

Thank you for moving that.

You bet, buddy.

No free ads for any other pickleball company except for Friday.

You know, they used to be a competitor, and I don't really know what they're up to these days, but go ahead and chuck their bag to the side anyway.

It's a good bag.

It's a good bag.

[laughs]

I don't know if anything else was too good about them, but anyway, I... [laughs]

Good bag.

Good bag.

Um-

Anyway

... okay, so speaking of people in the pickleball industry, I [laughs] we had...

I mean, I, I could live to be 100 years old, and I may not get the kind of interaction or the, the, the text message that we received, like, two days ago, was such a just gift from the heavens.

Oh, wow.

I mean, it takes a lot.

Let me just start with the end.

It takes a lot for me to laugh out loud by myself.

It would...

I don't even know what it would have to be.

Just like, yeah-

Yeah

... a group text with friends or Whose Line Is It Anyway? I guess.

Like-

[laughs]

...

I don't do that often.

Okay.

We are...

So it's me, Scott, Isaac, CEO Matt, um, all chatting with, um, a guy in New York City who runs, uh...

Well, how much do I wanna give details-

[laughs]

... about who this guy...

Whatever.

It's a guy who does pickleball stuff, and we're trying to do stuff.

And so we don't, we don't know this guy.

He's a stranger.

I d- I don't even know his...

Uh, I guess I did know his name.

He said it in the text, and so a complete stranger, "Hey, we're gonna be in New York.

We wanna do this.

We wanna do that." "Okay, yeah, we can maybe do that." You know, going back and forth.

It's, it's a pretty normal conversation.

I go, "Hey, I'd really like to d- do this." He goes, "You know what?" He goes, "That's a good idea too.

I'm about to get a sponge bath from my wife and go to bed.

Let's chat more tomorrow."

[laughs] He texted? What?

Yeah, [laughs] that's what he told all of us.

It was like 9:00 at night.

"Yeah, yeah.

No, that's good.

That's good.

Sorry, I'm about to get a, a sponge down from my wife.

Just text me in the morning."

I'm about to...

He's about to get one from his wife?

Yeah.

What?

Yeah.

[laughs] What was he thinking?

What did you say?

[laughs] Oh.

That's like...

You know.

All right, buddy.

Yeah.

[laughs]

A sponge bath?

I mean, our separate group text was firing.

Like-

Immediately

... what? Sponge bath? Are you kidding me?

Wait a sec.

I don't even know where to go with this, Jake.

Um-

I, I, I don't even know

... okay.

I mean, so we're, we're like, "Matt, you kinda know this guy.

Is he 86?" And he goes, "No, he's like in his 40s."

Yeah.

You know? He's not, you know, needing to be bathed.

Is that like-

He's capable of bathing himself.

Is that, like, New York speak for something else? Like, about to get sponge bathed up?

[laughs] New York speak.

Yeah.

You know, like-

I don't know

... they're a little different up there.

But to tell, like, a group chat of strangers.

This guy has none of our phone numbers.

And be like, "Guys, this is...

I've absolutely loved our conversation.

I'm about to-"

Was it a power move? [laughs]

"...

I don't know."

Is that what it is? Is it him being like, "Hey, I don't know if you guys get this from your wife, but I'm about to get sponge bathed." Why a sponge bath? Why? Why, why not just-

A sponge bath is just so interesting, 'cause I barely know what it is.

I mean, I guess it-

Fair

...

I got one when I was one.

And you don't remember that one very well probably.

[laughs] No, it wasn't even that memorable.

Yeah, I barely remember the thing.

[laughs]

Um, I mean, like, on one hand, it's maybe a brag, like, "Hey." But also, I don't think I want that.

[laughs] We, we just couldn't believe it.

We're like, "Dude, what does it take?" Like, I, I have to meet this guy.

We have to do an event now.

I gotta see who this guy is.

So I'm already like, "Oh, I gotta, like, egg this guy on somehow.

This is amazing." And so I, I was like-

Yeah

... about to do something like, "That's actually great timing 'cause my wife's about to..." You know, that was, like-

Right

...

the route I wanted to go for the response.

And then Scott texts like, "Jake, you gotta say something." I go, "Already mid-text, brother.

Already working on it."

[laughs] Yeah, the fingies are working.

And then I scroll...

Yeah, and I don't know, this probably wasn't as funny, but I was like, "What was this guy's name again?" And, um, anyway, now, now I'm just fully saying things about...

Whatever.

His last name is Peak.

And so I was like, "Amen, brother.

Hope she gets a good peak tonight." [laughs]

[laughs]

And then he didn't respond until the morning, but he did at least laugh at it.

No, of course not.

Yeah.

[laughs] He, he was sponging, dude.

No, he went, he went straight to the sponge bath.

N- no delay.

Yeah, he's D and D on the sponge bath, bro.

I gotta sponge bath my wife.

[laughs]

On the phone.

See ya.

[laughs] I think-

Yeah, I go-

I, I mean, just a power move all around.

Like, just this guy, this guy's like, "I'm going to drop this bomb," basically, and then just, just walk away.

Like, detonate this building, and then we just gotta get out of here.

Like, I think that's a really fun, like, somewhat psychopath move, but just, like, let's just, let's just go here.

Let's just, "All right, guys, I..." You know, whatever it is.

Like-

Yeah, what's in that ballpark?

Not-

Like, "Hey, my wife and I are about to, like, enjoy some chocolate-covered strawberries.

I'll hit you guys later."

Fair.

But, like...

Yeah, I...

First of all, let me go back.

Let me go back.

I do appreciate when people say specific things sometimes.

Like, and maybe I'm a little bit on the oversharing side as well.

Like, like, even today, I don't remember exactly what I said.

We...

I was, like, 15 minutes late, and I was like, "Sorry, guys, I'm running late," and then I wanted to explain why.

Mm.

I don't know if I said everything that happened, but it was like, like...

Or, "Hey, I can't make it because of this."

Yeah.

Like, I don't, I don't think you have to say everything, but I do appreciate way more than somebody just being like, "Hey, I'm signing off, uh, but we can talk tomorrow." Like-

Yeah

... it's like, I don't know.

I am signing off to spend some time with my wife.

Cool.

Or I'm, I, you know, whatever.

But, like, there's also levels to, like, you don't need to go too far into everything with the sponge bath a- idea.

Um-

Yeah

... and I think the chocolate-covered-

The word bath

... strawberries thing would not elicit the reaction.

Yeah.

[laughs]

What are other-

Right?

... things in that ballpark? About to...

Nothing's as good as sponge bath.

I'm about to, you know, crack open a bottle of wine with my wife.

Yeah, no, it can't be, it can't be anything remotely normal.

Like-

[laughs]

... a bottle of wine's too normal.

Like, I'm about to...

Like, it w- I, I think you can put in, like, fill in the blank with a different drink, or, like, I'm about to butcher a calf with my wife.

[laughs]

Or, like, you have to do something, like-

We're-

...

so out of the ordinary

... we're about to declaw our cat with my wife.

Yes.

Sure.

Like-

Like, the worst thing you could do

... my wife and I are getting ready to declaw our cat.

Um-

I'm about to-

Yeah

... declaw my wife.

[laughs] I was gonna say, like, anything obviously inappropriate will get a reaction.

[laughs]

Like, if you say something...

But sponge bath s- is almost just a little bit normal.

Like, what if this guy just had a bad surgery recently, or like an injury, and he just needs sponge bath, but we don't have that background, you know what I mean?

I'm about to declaw my wife's cat.

[laughs] Like, if I just keep mixing the words around.

[laughs]

I'm about to have claws, uh, with my wife's D. What?

[laughs]

[laughs] Uh, no, I think the chocolate-covered strawberries thing would be good.

I think, yeah, maybe, like, I don't know what else you could say like that, but it's just wild.

Like-

Tyman, what are your thoughts on this?

I was gonna...

I'm, what are the circumstances that would make it normal to get a sponge bath from your wife? I, like, is...

I guess you mentioned surgery, Brad, but is there...

I just feel like 98% of the time I don't wanna know that, or, like, need to.

But I guess maybe once you meet this guy you'll see something that you'll be like, "Oh-

[laughs]

... obviously this guy needs a sponge bath."

[laughs] That's great.

You're right.

[laughs]

[laughs] Hey, nice, nice and fishy meet you, push you.

Do a little spin for me.

[laughs]

Yeah, let's go.

He spins on his wheelchair.

It's like, "Oh, got it."

[laughs]