We don’t know what it’s like to be drunk.
Okay, there was the incident with the leftover banana juice from monkey communion. And we’re not sure where Jerome goes when he comes back smelling like Aqua Velva.
We’re just guessing that the process of getting totally wasted is a lot like watching our favorite podcast: party atmosphere – check; sipping non-descript beverages from lavendar plastic cups – check; loud, random noises – check; waking up and not remembering where you spent the last hour – check.
It was a guy-party in the podcast pavilion as Doug, Matt, Josh, and Jake sat at the SYMP table for number 86 for the SYMP Nation. (In the background was Andy, who seemed to be conducting his own version of the podcast for the online audience.)
This show was an absolute get-fest, from the opening letter – which asserted that the p-cast with Jana has become, “so much ministry, you won’t have fun listening” – to the closing music – which abruptly cut into the conversation, getting us in the process. In between, McGill, the Prince of Get, was in fine form, but it was the Jake-el who really asserted himself as a up-and-coming getter. As evidence, there was this exchange between the Future of the Church and J-Reezy:
MM: That was the biggest letdown of this podcast.
JR: What? Your humor?
MM: Ha! I’ve been flying like an eagle!
JR: WIth a broken wing.
Awesome. Sarcastic, snarky, and funny.
So, what was the rest of the show about? We don’t really know. But here are a few things of note:
- Table mess. Not back to its former glory, but still…products, wires, cups…mmmmmm….
- Andy’s head. The strangest way to white-balance video we’ve ever seen.
- If you were waiting for the duck to drop from the ceiling, the secret word seemed to be “piss”. Uttered several times, both in the emotional and urinary sense.
- At 19:18 into the podcast, a momentous event – they shut the camera off. We’re guessing it’s because McGill dissolves into uncontrollable laughter, which must have really pissed Fields off.
There were some youth ministry questions (blah, blah, blah), Griff trotted out his new Touch, M&M started talking about YouVersion and technology (which Dr. Doug thought was blah, blah, blah), and there was a short detour into football.
But what really excited us was the new intro contest, which promises an even SHORTER musical intro. (We vote for one that includes chimp noises.)
Here are our favorite sound bits of SYMPle convo from this episode:
- “Why are you still talking?”
- “I’ve been sad many times.”
- “Only homeschool kids use the original earbuds.”
- “Alligator arms? Why isn’t it alligator legs?”
Oo. They’re recording another episode right now! (Too bad. We’re several behind…on to #87!)
