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decorate or desecrate

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decorate or desecrate

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Setup and instructions
  1. Each of us is going to describe how we would decorate a new baby nursery.
  2. And that's Niles obsessing over an artiste to decorate his nursery.
  3. Then we will all vote on whether you've set up your child for a great future in a neatly adorned abode or preemptively ruined their lives and years of bad Frasier therapy with an ugly tacky shit that you slapped on the walls.
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  1. Title: decorate or desecrate Activity premise: And that's Niles obsessing over an artiste to decorate his nursery. Activity request: Each of us is going to describe how we would decorate a new baby nursery. Rules: Then we will all vote on whether you've set up your child for a great future in a neatly adorned abode or preemptively ruined their lives and years of…

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    Title: decorate or desecrate Activity premise: And that's Niles obsessing over an artiste to decorate his nursery. Activity request: Each of us is going to describe how we would decorate a new baby nursery. Rules: Then we will all vote on whether you've set up your child for a great future in a neatly adorned abode or preemptively ruined their lives and years of bad Frasier therapy with an ugly tacky shit that you slapped on the walls. Adjudication method: Well, as a group, we have to, we have to now decide what each one was. Winner statement: He wins the game. Competitive scoring statement: Points against. Activity description: Well, for our closing segment, I thought we would return once again to the deep A plot of this episode. And that's Niles obsessing over an artiste to decorate his nursery. Each of us is going to describe how we would decorate a new baby nursery. Then we will all vote on whether you've set up your child for a great future in a neatly adorned abode or preemptively ruined their lives and years of bad Frasier therapy with an ugly tacky shit that you slapped on the walls. We're calling it decorate or desecrate. Brad, would you like to go first? I was going to say, I assume I'm going last, right? I would hate to influence you guys with the correct answers. Wrestling. Tell me more. Because I want my kids to be tough. No, not why you're doing wrestling. Tell me how you're doing wrestling. Oh, pictures of famous wrestlers painted on the wall. You mean you're going to the doo-wop concert and you're getting someone to paint instead of clouds pro wrestlers? Like a hundred percent. Yes. All right. Give me a couple. Who are you putting on the wall? Hulk Hogan. Brother. Obviously. Lita. He's only a little racist. Lita. Much like you. Payback's a bitch. Obvious natural woman choice. A crime time. Because the one guy's dead. We like to make that money. Money. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. And Rikishi. Anybody get in my way? It's Rikishi time. Also dead. No. No, he's not. Isn't he? Oh, sorry. Nope. Stop. I mean, honestly, by the time this airs, he probably will be. Oh, God. We just murdered Samoan on our podcast break. I want you to know, Curtis, because you don't understand wrestling. Rikishi is famous for the, his finishing move is called the stink face. And it's where a very fat guy goes and puts his butt into another guy's face. That's his finishing move. So this ain't the time. This ain't the place. Get a piece of the quiche right in your face. And it's clearly not doing much damage. I guess the idea is just, it's so disgusting that the other person gives up. I mean, I can feel that. Yeah. I would have given up long before that moment, but sure. Not a submission maneuver though. He usually follows it up with a pin, which I think is a mistake. So it was just for, is there anything else to the theme? Yeah. So, so I can expand the, the, um, the crib is going to be shaped like obviously a wrestling ring with four quarters. Oh, that's good. I actually question. Is it going to be square? Yeah, it's going to be. Yeah, of course. Ooh. Points against. The closet will like have like the raw logo and the bathroom will be SmackDown. I'm sorry, the bathroom? Yeah. Your nursery comes with the bathroom? Well, you know, I'm going to be living in a, in a 10 bedroom house by then. And every room is going to have a bath. I love that you took this like, well, you have to make it realistic. So it's clearly not going to happen anytime soon. I'm also going to be rolling in it. Oh, clearly this is going to be the post-apocalyptic world where most humans are dead, but Bradley, the cockroach that he is has survived and he just wanders into a 10th century mansion and is building for no one a nursery because he's now got a Wilson volleyball that he's pretending to be a baby. And it's Brad painting the fucking wrestlers. Oh my God. Just stick figures that he's, he's got the belts around. Look, it's all Kogan. Brother. Oh my God. Curtis, how would you decorate your nursery? All right. For me, I do not have currently any children, but I do have nieces. And one of them a few years ago, which was very young, they asked her what her theme for her birthday would be. And she, with a big smile on her face said creepy things, which they eventually figured out meant she really likes like monsters and Yodas. For 800 years have I trained Jedi. And E.T. Extraterrestrial. And just like weird, creepy looking alien type things. Like she just really loves those things. And so my nursery, I'm getting a face from a boyfriend who is just like, what are you, what are you, where are you going with this? And my nursery, which I will say very loudly. Not the right direction. Not the right direction. I would, I would, I would make it a creepy thing. So we would just have like, uh, on the walls, you'd have, uh, paintings of, of monsters and aliens. Uh, you'd have a mobile, a mobile. What would you call that thing? That's over the crib. Oh, mobile. Yeah. Yeah. It would just be like insects and slugs and gross slimy things. Do you think aliens are, do you think aliens are creepy? I think, I think they can be. You're going to make sure that the creepy aliens. Yeah. Yeah. Only the creepy aliens. Got it. Yeah. Uh, yeah. And then, uh, when you turn the lights out, you know how like some rooms will have like those glow in the dark stars on the wall or the ceiling. Yeah. So, so this, instead of that, it'll be glow in the dark, just like terrific monsters. So it's not there when the lights are on. Yeah. Yeah. When the lights are on, you're safe. Just when dad leaves and the lights go out, that's when, that's when the monsters come. I, I, I, I could be wrong. I, again, don't have children. I think I've correctly interpreted what all children want based on one of my niece's offhand comments once in her life. Yeah. Yeah. I think you nailed it. Ryan. No spoilers. Ryan, what would you do? Yeah. Okay. Well, my theme is clarity. Turns out that babies don't know what they're doing and they don't care what you put on the walls. I'm just going to label fucking everything. That's not interesting. And in case you're wondering why you would label anything, it's because when you're up at 2am and you need something, it's very important. You can fucking find it. Or else your life is miserable. I really thought by clarity, you were going to say that it was going to be like a glass room with a glass, everything, which I realize now it's a terrible idea for a child, but for my band would. Oh, you can get into so many reasons why your guys' ideas are terrible. So I, but again, I would, I would forego any aesthetics because they're a baby. They don't care. I would just put labels every single place I possibly could on every single possible thing. And I would also make lanes so that you know where to go when it's 3am and you're bleary eyed. I would just write instructions on the floor because again, they're a baby. They don't need any themes. How do you tell what post-it notes? Would post-it notes play into this? It depends. As long as you're willing to get rid of them as they get older. Sure. I think that's the whole point of a post-it note. They're very easy to get rid of as they get older. That's right. I didn't dismiss it. I would use a full-blown label machine that you completely overwrite everything every three months. But post-it notes makes lots of sense too. Final phrase attribution: Who gives the prompt beginning “Each of us is going to describe how we would decorate a new baby nursery.”?: Curtis

RESULT STATUS

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Winner: Ryan

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RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

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nursery wrap

Ending or payoff: I think that is good enough. Think we desecrated the end of the show.

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nursery round

Interaction mode: Each of us is going to describe how we would decorate a new baby nursery. Well, as a group, we have to, we have to now decide what each one was.

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Brad(ley)

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Brad, would you like to go first?
Question / challenge

Prompt: Brad, would you like to go first? Final phrase attribution: Who gives the prompt beginning “Brad, would you like to go first?”?: Curtis

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  • Respondent: Brad
  • Facilitator: Curtis

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

brad nursery

Pitch title: Wrestling. Oh, pictures of famous wrestlers painted on the wall. Hulk Hogan. Lita. A crime time. And Rikishi. Choice: ring with four quarters. The closet will like have like the raw logo and the bathroom will be SmackDown. I'm going to say five by five, five feet by five feet. In the middle. Answer qualification: Because I want my kids to be tough. my idea is the wrestling paintings on the walls. Cause they're just going to look creepy. I've hired someone to paint it, but that doesn't help.

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  • Respondent: Brad

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Participant cited: Brad(ley)

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Well, I get, are you painting it or is someone, are you, have you hired someone to paint it? It's still just going to be creepy because Hulk Hogan's got a creepy mustache. Is that what you're saying?
Question / challenge

Prompt: Well, I get, are you painting it or is someone, are you, have you hired someone to paint it? It's still just going to be creepy because Hulk Hogan's got a creepy mustache. Is that what you're saying? Final phrase attribution: Who gives the prompt beginning “Well, I get, are you painting it or is someone,”?: Ryan

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  • Respondent: Brad
  • Facilitator: Ryan

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Participant cited: Curtis

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Curtis, how would you decorate your nursery?
Question / challenge

Prompt: Curtis, how would you decorate your nursery? Final phrase attribution: Who gives the prompt beginning “Curtis, how would you decorate your nursery?”?: Brad

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  • Respondent: Curtis
  • Facilitator: Brad

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

curtis nursery

Premise: creepy things So we would just have like, uh, on the walls, you'd have, uh, paintings of, of monsters and aliens. It would just be like insects and slugs and gross slimy things. So, so this, instead of that, it'll be glow in the dark, just like terrific monsters. Answer qualification: Only the creepy aliens.

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  • Respondent: Curtis

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Participant cited: Ryan

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Ryan, what would you do?
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Prompt: Ryan, what would you do?

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  • Respondent: Ryan

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

ryan nursery

Pitch title: clarity I'm just going to label fucking everything. I would just put labels every single place I possibly could on every single possible thing. And I would also make lanes so that you know where to go when it's 3am and you're bleary eyed. I would just write instructions on the floor because again, they're a baby. Answer qualification: But post-it notes makes lots of sense too. the fact that I'm throwing in labels is more effort. what's not boring is sleep. I wish I labeled things.

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  • Respondent: Ryan

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Well, as a group, we have to, we have to now decide what each one was.
Question / challenge

Prompt: Well, as a group, we have to, we have to now decide what each one was. Rules: Brad, uh, you actually have the opportunity now to be the tiebreaker. I don't need to vote because it's already been decided to desecrate,

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

vote curtis on brad

Choice: decorate Result qualification: For a, a child, I'd probably go desecrate, but because of the volleyball for sure, I'm going to say decorate.

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  • Adjudicator: Curtis

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

vote dissent on brad

Choice: desecrate Answer qualification: Uh, there's absolutely going to be a moment where you can't reach the kid. you're going to have to jump into the wrestling ring to get to the kid.

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  • Adjudicator: Ryan

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

vote brad self

Choice: desecrate Result qualification: Brad, uh, you actually have the opportunity now to be the tiebreaker.

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  • Adjudicator: Brad

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brad verdict

Adjudication verdict: desecrate Ending or payoff: We are going to list it.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

vote brad on curtis

Choice: desecrate Answer qualification: I think mostly because you're going to end up freaking out. Not, not only the, the children, but possibly yourself that's creepy.

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  • Adjudicator: Brad

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

vote second on curtis

Choice: desecrate Answer qualification: I was going to say a decorate, but Brad did talk me into desecrate. But he points out a good one is that you would get scared.

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  • Adjudicator: Ryan

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curtis verdict

Adjudication verdict: desecrate Result qualification: I don't need to vote because it's already been decided to desecrate, Ending or payoff: We are going to list it.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

vote curtis on ryan

Choice: decorate Answer qualification: I was leaning towards desecrate because you literally didn't decorate it. but you actually have a child. the non decorate decoration is in a way a decoration.

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  • Adjudicator: Curtis

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

vote second on ryan

Choice: decorate Answer qualification: but I am going to make sure it is noted in our show records that he gave the most boring answer to any question we've ever given.

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  • Adjudicator: Brad

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ryan verdict

Adjudication verdict: decorate Winner statement: He wins the game. Ending or payoff: We are going to love it.

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  • Winner: Ryan
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  • Participants: Brad Curtis Ryan
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  • Winner: Ryan