Game / activity
Phil or Nil
How this one works
How they played
- Curtis reads fifteen quotations, some attributed to Dr. Phil and some invented. Ryan and Brad agree on whether each is Phil or Nil.
Time and winning condition
- They must finish all fifteen within ten minutes and get at least eight correct. Otherwise Curtis wins.
Recorded result
- Ryan and Brad win together: 8 of 15 correct in 8 minutes 39 seconds. Individual point totals are not stated.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Source-reviewed whole-game verdict. Team members share a team victory; this is not an individual tied victory. Unknown final totals remain unstated.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded contributions
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The fifteen quotations
One timed round. Each quotation below is followed by Ryan and Brad’s agreed choice and Curtis’s answer key.
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Interaction mode: joint classification under one running clock and cumulative win condition Rules: I'm putting 10 minutes on the clock. Result qualification: last one.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 1
sometimes you make the right decision. Sometimes you make the decision right.
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: sometimes you make the right decision. Sometimes you make the decision right.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Phil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Correct.
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- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: Phil Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: True
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 2
You're only lonely if you're not there for you.
More of this contribution
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: You're only lonely if you're not there for you.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Incorrect. Curtis corrects his initial readout to Phil.
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- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: False Result qualification: That is a nil. That is a film. Sorry. Phil.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 3
Don't go fishing for compliments when you should be catching your own self-worth.
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: Don't go fishing for compliments when you should be catching your own self-worth.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Nil. Correct.
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- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Correct response: nil Adjudication raw correctness: True
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 4
You don’t need a rope to pinch a strangers butt
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: You don’t need a rope to pinch a strangers butt Classification prompt wording: You don’t need a rope to pinch a strangers butt
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Phil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Correct.
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- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: Phil Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: True
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 5
It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.
More of this contribution
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Incorrect.
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- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Answer qualification: I think Phil, that's where I disagree with you. we'll go with you, but if I'm right. Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: False
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 6
You can't drive forward if you're always looking in the rear view, mirror.
More of this contribution
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: You can't drive forward if you're always looking in the rear view, mirror.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Phil. Curtis’s answer key is Nil. Incorrect.
More of this contribution
- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: Phil Correct response: nil Adjudication raw correctness: False
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 7
It's like trying to make a sandwich with one slice of the bread. You need both sides to hold it all together.
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: It's like trying to make a sandwich with one slice of the bread. You need both sides to hold it all together.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Nil. Correct.
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- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Answer qualification: but also like that does just kind of sound like a thing Phil would say. Correct response: nil Adjudication raw correctness: True
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 8
A lot of people have a tragic childhood, but you know what? Get over it.
More of this contribution
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: A lot of people have a tragic childhood, but you know what? Get over it. Answer qualification state: prompt repeated without reset
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Incorrect. The quote is repeated during discussion; this remains one item.
More of this contribution
- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Answer qualification: I guarantee he said that, but we have to go with you because you're the hot hand. Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: False
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 9
You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.
More of this contribution
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Incorrect.
More of this contribution
- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: False
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 10
I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon, you're at the back of the tuba section. If you want to lead the parade, you've got to keep moving.
More of this contribution
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon, you're at the back of the tuba section. If you want to lead the parade, you've got to keep moving.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Incorrect.
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- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Answer qualification: but I'm not feeling good about it. Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: False
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 11
Life is like a roller coaster. You've got to hang on tight and scream when you need to.
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: Life is like a roller coaster. You've got to hang on tight and scream when you need to.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Nil. Correct.
More of this contribution
- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Correct response: nil Adjudication raw correctness: True
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 12
I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and to have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt.
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and to have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Phil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Correct.
More of this contribution
- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: Phil Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: True
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 13
You can't fix a leaky faucet with a hammer. And you can't fix your life with excuses.
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: You can't fix a leaky faucet with a hammer. And you can't fix your life with excuses.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Nil. Correct.
More of this contribution
- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Answer qualification: I'm leaning towards nil, but I've been saying nil a lot. It's close. Correct response: nil Adjudication raw correctness: True
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 14
Do you realize you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: Do you realize you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms? Answer qualification state: prompt repeated without reset
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Phil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Correct. The quote is repeated during discussion; this remains one item.
More of this contribution
- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: Phil Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: True
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Quote 15
You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.
More of this contribution
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification prompt: You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The team’s choice and result
Ryan and Brad choose Nil. Curtis’s answer key is Phil. Incorrect.
More of this contribution
- Respondents: Ryan Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Classification response: nil Curtis. Correct response: Phil Adjudication raw correctness: False
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The final result
Curtis announces that eight correct were needed and the team got eight. Ryan and Brad celebrate their win. No separate individual point totals are stated.
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- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Response context: I did not collect any context. Final adjudication: You needed eight of these to win. You got eight.
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Facilitator: Curtis
- Adjudicator: Curtis
- Teams: Ryan Brad Curtis
- Winner: Ryan Brad
- Loser: Curtis
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Title: Phil or nil Activity premise: I've collected a number of Dr. Phil quotes. I've also made some up. Rules: So what you guys are going to do is you are going to team up against me. you have to agree together on whether it is a Dr. Phil quote. Or not a real quote from him. You have to agree on all 15. Before the timer's up or I win. If you get through all 15 and got at least half of them correct, you win. Scoring method: If you get through all 15 and got at least half of them correct, Scores: team: Ryan Brad; correct: 8; total: 15; needed: 8 Winner statement: We are the champions. Result qualification: you managed to finish in eight minutes, 39 seconds. So you did very well on the timing. Reviewed full source context: Well now for a new segment, it's Phil or nil. I don't like where this is going immediately. I've collected a number of Dr. Phil quotes. I've also made some up. Okay. I thought you were going to ask me if Dr. Phil was in this episode. I was going to punch you over the wire. So what you guys are going to do is you are going to team up against me. I would like to be against Bradley. I would like to be on your team. Too bad. So as I read each quote, you have to agree together on whether it is a Dr. Phil quote. Everyone seems to get a kick out of my country slang. Or not a real quote from him. That's a complete load of crap. Worst thing you've ever done to me. Well, I'm putting 10 minutes on the clock. What? So there are, there are 15, there are 15 quotes. Why are you putting this on time? What? You have to agree on all 15. Before the timer's up or I win. If you get through all 15 and got at least half of them correct, you win. Otherwise, I am the victor. Are you ready? Let's do it. No, no time out. I have to give Brad a hype speech. Brad, you know how people always tell you to be yourself? Don't fucking do that in this instance. Be someone better. Let's go. And the clock starts now. Let's do it. Quote, sometimes you make the right decision. Sometimes you make the decision right. Dr. Phil, a hundred percent. Yeah, I would agree. Dr. Phil. Correct. You're only lonely if you're not there for you. I'm going to say no, Ryan. Yeah, I'm going to say no. I think he's going hard on the rhyme scheme. Yeah. Absolutely not. Do you agree? Mm-hmm. That is a nil. Or yeah, that is, that is it. That is a film. Sorry. I can move on. Oh, that's it, Phil. You got to run. Oh, I see. Don't go fishing for compliments when you should be catching your own self-worth. That's something silly I would say. I don't know. A hundred percent. That's a Brad quote. No. You're saying nil? A nil. Yeah, sorry. This format's weird as always. Correct. That was not a Dr. Phil. Thank you for letting Brad not be there. You don't need a rope to page a stranger's butt. What was that? That there's a hundred percent Phil. It doesn't matter. There's no way Brad Kersh made that up. Brad? Yeah, I agree with Ryan. All right. That's a Phil. Correct. It's hard to see your own face without a mirror. No. See, I think Phil, that's where I disagree with you. Any stupid idiot could make that up. Nil. All right, we'll go with you, but if I'm right. Nothing. So you're going nil. It was a Phil. That was a real one. Oh, I should have fought you. I should have fought you more. You can't drive forward if you're always looking in the rear view, mirror. I think any southerner has said that, Phil. I'll say Phil too. You're both saying Phil? That was a nil. Oh. He's in our head. He's in our head. Dr. Phil and Matt Cart. By the way, 10 minutes might have been way too much time for this game. How much do we have? You've got eight minutes left. You're doing great. How many questions do we have left? A little more than half. Oh. It's like trying to make a sandwich with one slice of the bread. You need both sides to hold it all together. You're weird at the end. Sorry. I'm going to go nil. I don't think so. I think Curtis would do the sandwich thing, but also like that does just kind of sound like a thing Phil would say. Doesn't it? I don't know. I, yeah, I'm nil it. All right. That's fine. Okay. We're agreed on nil? Yeah. Correct. That was not one. I'm really good at this game. You are good at it. I also lean on you more, I guess. Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm the weak link. A lot of people have a tragic childhood, but you know what? Get over it. Now see, that sounded like blue collar. I didn't hear it. I just read the blue collar comedy. I think nil. I think nil. I literally didn't listen. Do you want me to do it again? Yeah. One more time. A lot of people have a tragic childhood, but you know what? Get over it. That sounds like Dr. Phil. See, I don't think it sounds like Dr. Phil. I don't think so. I guarantee he said that, but we have to go with you because you're the hot hand. All right. Nil. Sticking with a nil? That was a total Phil. Oh, see, you're hot again, Ryan. Your fire's been doused. You're the hot one. You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you. Curtis is like weird about his body. That's definitely a Curtis. I'm going Nil. All right, Nil. Sticking with Nil, that is a Phil. Damn it. Incredibly creepy for him to say that, but whatever. I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon, you're at the back of the tuba section. If you want to lead the parade, you've got to keep moving. That could easily be Curtis or Phil. That could go either way. That's a down the middle. That Ventiogram is them. Where do you want to go with that? I'm fine. Either one. Yeah, I feel like Nil. I feel like Nil, but I'm not feeling good about it. Yeah, let's go with Nil. You've been on a Nil streak, but this is Phil streaking. That was another Phil. We're getting killed. We're getting, we're getting filled right now. Yeah, we are. Life is like a roller coaster. You've got to hang on tight and scream when you need to. It's just stupid, right? That could easily be. That could easily be either one. I, at some point it's got to be Nil. Yeah, let's go Nil. Let's go Nil. You're riding it on black and you were right. It is Nil. We ended the streak. At this point, it fell totally in Phil's character. Yeah, right? I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and to have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt. I think it's Phil. What do you think, Ryan? Ah, that's not silly. Yeah, it's long. Why would cars make up some? Oh, it's Curtis though. Oh shit. Yeah. Ah, Phil's fine. I still think Phil. And it was Phil. Oh, good. Can we give us like a recap or are we just supposed to assume? that's the whole point. We won't know until the end. I thought that was the whole point. Is that? Is it? You got four minutes left and four questions left. Come on, come on. Good math. We got a minute of questions. You can't fix a leaky faucet with a hammer. And you can't fix your life with excuses. That's tough because there is a potential where you could fix a leaky faucet with a hammer. I was going to say, it sounds more like a Brad phrase. Something I would make sure. That's like a Brad phrase. It does sound like a Brad phrase. So who are you more? You're channeling Brad for this? Are you more Dr. Phil or are you more Curtis? That's tough. No, no, right? I think I'm more Furtis, like a combination of both of them. A Furtis, yeah. Philly Curtis, yeah. Yeah. That is a celebrity couple I want no part of. I think, I don't know. I'm leaning towards nil, but I've been saying nil a lot. We said nil. We said, we're just on this nil streak. Yeah. You're just banking on, on that 50% that I did exactly as with the nil. I think I'm going to go nil as well. It's close. Yeah. It's been diagrammed worse than I thought. We're going nil, and you are correct. That was me. Nice. Okay. Do you realize you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms? So I think the only credence to it all being nil, the rest of the way is Curtis thinks he's found Phil's voice. I think that could potentially be. My, my gut reaction when he said it was, that's a Phil phrase. Same, but that could just be, Curtis could have found it. He could have, he could have a taste for Phil blood. I say, let's, let's go Phil here. All right. Can you say it one more time real quick? Do you realize you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms? Why can't you play the game of life with sweaty palms? That's a game you could play with sweaty palms. It's got a spinner. What do you mean? I'm, yeah, I still, I still feel Phil. Yeah, Phil. You said Phil and you nailed it. That was a Phil. Woohoo. I think Curtis has played more board games than Phil. All right, last one. You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich. Curtis is a sandwich. It's a sandwich. Yeah, that's crazy. Let's go. Curtis. Let's go. We know Zalmark. Uh, wow. You guys are right on board with it being nil. That was a Phil. What was the phrase? I heard sandwich. I just thought you, you don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich. It makes no sense. I don't know what the fuck this could possibly mean. Yeah. Can we get context? I would. I did not collect any context. Almost no situation where that would be a helpful phrase. Like, it sounds like it's the cadence of one of his phrases, but just with like mad libs. It's just inserted nouns and verbs. It doesn't make sense. You could be talking to someone that owns like a horse sandwich shop and it still doesn't make a ton of sense. So you, you managed to finish in eight minutes, 39 seconds. So you did very well on the timing. I'm telling your score now to see how you did in terms of accuracy. I don't think we got any. Oh, that went horribly. I think you did get a lot more than you thought. I'm telling you these up. There are quite a few that, that match. So, uh, you didn't do terrible. Oh, this is interesting. This is very close. This is very close. Guys, there were exactly 15 quotes. You needed eight. It felt like I heard 600 for the record. You needed eight of these to win. You got eight. Oh, you're ugly. You're disgusting. I'm going to kill you. Give me $200. We are the champions. Suck it, Curtis. Congratulations. You, you know, Phil and you know, Neil, which is what I sometimes call myself.