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On your back, you're back from the big tour. Well, I've got to treat. I've got to treat for both of you guys. Both of y'all.
I know how you love your Instagram. You follow those Instagrams with the people who teach you how to talk. Well, I got a special guy. I lined up here.
Oh. His name is Franklin Hunter. Perhaps he's familiar to you. He's a lot.
He's what you like. Take it away, Franklin. Franklin. Hey, thanks for track, man.
I am Franklin Hunter, and I'm an attorney and communication expert from the great and complicated state of Texas. It's my pleasure to be the guest MC for this episode of my favorite free form podcast, Raw Impressions. Thanks, Lou and Adele, for having me. It's an honor for sure.
I'll be back soon with some examples of how to effectively communicate with your co-workers, friends, and loved ones. Never heard of Franklin Hunter before. I like that name. Yeah.
It's similar to someone I follow on Instagram. Oh, is it? Yeah. It's a little similar.
What's the advice? What's this person's angle, Franklin Hunter? I have a feeling he's just going to interject at some point during the episode. Oh, okay.
Okay. Pop in here and there. I mean, if the previous episodes and the other, I'm going to say bogus guests that for track, hey, Fort track man is back. Right off the top.
There he is. Yeah. I kind of didn't expect him to come back. He was missed.
He was missed. Yeah. I guess I missed him. I missed you.
So glad you're home. Holy cow. I was so gone for so long. Wow.
You realized it was really long. And then the last... No, cookies are for us. No, cookies are for us.
You came to California and you took me home. I did. I came and picked you up. I did.
I did. Oh, yeah, you flew out. You flew out to California. I had a little bit of a whirlwind.
Yeah. You went to two shows. We had one day off in Los Angeles. What are those Adele?
Is that the ice? Yeah. Yeah. We determined that one of Adele's...
Maybe the only thing that you like about plane flights is those sounds. You like the sound of the ice and then you like the sound of a can being open. I love the sound of the can cracking open on an airplane. Why is that different on an airplane?
I don't know. Well, there's a lot of reasons I'm sure it has everything to do with the air pressure. But it has such a satisfying snap. It's like it just really has the cutest snap.
Whenever someone cracks open a can and it's always the, you know, the flight attendant. Is that what they're called now? A flight attendant? Good, good phrase.
Thank you. Yeah. Flight attendant. When the flight attendant is cracking open that can of whatever it is, you know, ginger ale, soda, whatnot, beer, it's so satisfying.
I love that sound. And my second favorite sound is when they scoop the ice and put it in the cup. And you like being asked whether you want pretzels or cookies? I do.
I don't know. I don't know if I like being asked that. Okay. I mean, it's fine.
It's something that happens. It happens. Yeah. No.
I'm someone who has been fully beaten down by air travel. So I just go completely. I just give up. I get on a plane.
I don't complain. I don't know if I'm going to do that much. Maybe they have a lot of opinions about traveling. So I was really, I think I'll look forward to traveling.
So I was really, really excited when you pointed out things that you liked about traveling on a plane. Something that had nothing to do with the legroom. Something that had nothing to do with being, you know, always in the back of the plane. Yeah.
Back. Yeah. We were hanging out right near the back. Yeah.
You know, so you, you, you all told me that you like those sounds. I do like those sounds. Yeah. Do you have any sounds on the airplane you like?
I like, like, um, I don't know. I like the rumble. I like the, I like the sound of the. Engines.
You know, you know, you know, it's another sound. I do like the, I do like the card sounds. Yeah. I like the sound of the toilet.
I was going to say, I actually really like the sound of when you put the lid down because you guys, you put the lid down after you use the party on the plane and then you press the flush button and the, the suction, the sound of it, like pulling everything down. It always makes me go like, that's right. Just get rid of it. Let's just.
I didn't, I didn't capture that. Yeah. But that's a great sound. I probably could say it.
You're going to be flying again real soon. I could find the sound easily. Yeah. Yeah.
I'm going to, yes, once again, be reacquainted with the sound. I mentioned things that I liked. So, yeah. So, we flew from Palm Springs.
The last show was in Palm Desert. Yes. The last Weezer show. Yep.
Weezer, flaming lips, sinus, argin, your show. Yep. Was in Palm Springs. Oh, excuse me.
Palm Desert. It was in Palm Desert. There's a difference. There's a difference.
Yeah. I know people who were, you know, pretty much they are from Palm Desert. Oh, she was born and raised there. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Grover. Yeah. I'm at Wasp Sith.
I know. I'm just saying. Go ahead and say it. And his buddy from Eagles of Death Metal was apparently a young Republican when he was in high school.
I don't think I know that band, but that's not familiar to me. Eagles of Death Metal. Eagles of Death Metal. Kind of had a little bit of a soft spot for them, even though they are of quite, you know, others.
Sounds complicated. They were actually playing during that horrible, horrible, bad decline shooting in Paris. Oh, God. Oh.
Moving on. Okay. Right. Well, I, yeah.
I saw that lead guy actually. I saw him in 7-11 and silver like once, you know, 15 years ago. What was the band he was in before? Oh, he's like Jostami's best friend.
Oh, okay. And I don't know his name. Oh, just. Space Inc.
He was guy lead singer. He wore like aviator glasses. He looked out like he was from the 1970s. Did he have a mustache?
Totally. I don't understand. Okay. Yeah.
I feel like I've seen video him. Probably still has a mustache. Unless he's become sort of how he is character in the wake of his intense life experiences. Yes.
Be that as it may. Mm-hmm. We, so we flew from. That was my first time flying out of the desert, by the way, Palm Desert.
Yeah. That airport. The Palm Springs airport. Keep straight.
Cute. Cute little airport. Yeah. Go love a small airport.
Love that. I appreciate a cute little airport. Madison, Wisconsin. Also a super cute little airport.
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Try that and follow me. He's got great tips. Those are really quality right there. Dang.
Life chips. Fuck you. I'm not going to be following Franklin Hunter. You're not.
No. And it's finally dawning on me what this is about. I really like this guy named Jefferson Fisher. Okay.
Who is an attorney from Texas and an expert in communication. I like him. Okay. Franklin Hunter.
I don't know. Nope. I kind of liked it. I kind of liked it.
I was like, well, maybe 2025. I'll try those approaches. I don't know. So much for Mrs.
Nice guy. Speaking of Texas. So we had to connect our flight connected. We left from Palm Springs and we had to connect Dallas.
The Dallas airport. The Dallas love airport. I think it's still called the love airport. You know, what's the love part for?
I don't know. It's like the Hartford airport is called Bradley. Like why do they call it Bradley? I don't know.
Logan airport. Who's Logan? I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know. I just thought it was Dallas airport. So it's called the Dallas love airport. I thought it was.
When I prank phone called it by accident when I was seven years old. Which I did. You prank called the Dallas airport of all places. Well, we had a phone in our basement.
You know, like a dial phone. I do. So and I was like in the basement. So my mom couldn't see me.
Sure. Right. That's where you do that. The scummy laundry room in the basement of our house in Jackson, Michigan.
It was kind of a dirt basement. Raw. It was a raw basement. So I picked up the phone there and then I just dialed a succession of numbers until I got a ringtone or it started ringing.
And when I picked up it said you would reach the Dallas love airport and I hung up. Because that probably back then long distance phone calls. Oh, yeah. Hundreds of dollars.
Boy, I would have been spanked. Yeah. I would have gotten the bell for sure. The bell with con.
Dallas love airport. Yeah. So I don't quickly panic. Yeah.
Hang up. Well, I it was my first time I think to that airport and you know, we were discussing. Because when you go to the Dallas airport, the Dallas love airport and just like any place in Texas, they have their slogan right? Don't mess with Texas.
It's like all over the place. Yeah. Oh, you noticed a lot of don't mess with. Yeah, like in the gift shops and things like that.
I don't even register that stuff anymore. Well, I noticed too. That was the most sporty themed airport I'd ever been in. So like there was like a whole shop that I think was Cowboys.
I guess that's Dallas Cowboys. Oh, yeah. I'm assuming that's football or. Yeah.
I don't know the cheerleaders. I don't know what they're cheering for, but I did. So it's football. That's great.
The cheering for the guys with the silver helmets with a big blue star on the side. Oh, okay. Well, that's what they're helmet look like in the 1970s, which is the last time I've actually seen. And then there was like another team.
Anyway, I don't remember guys, but then the third thing was a dope mess with Texas theme. And I'm like, yeah, yeah. And, but you know, and I were like, hmm, maybe we should mess with Texas. I don't know.
I'm feeling like a mess in Texas a little bit. Well, we're feeling specifically about terminal A in the airport. Yeah. Because I mean, I've been to Texas several times in the last year.
Texas, we're just teasing you, Texas. I'm kind of. I am. I am.
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Yeah. There's a lot of great food in Texas. Hmm. A lot of space.
Yeah. I mean, I don't. It's an awesome with you a couple of times, but it kind of freaks me out. The state of Texas, you know, I mean, oh, do you hear that?
I can hear playing on right overhead. But you know, I appreciate that. It's an military aircraft for sure. Yeah.
I mean, I appreciate that. How do I articulate this? Complexity. Thank you.
I mean, it's like, you know, it's very, it's as do I. It's complex. Just like Wisconsin, you know what I mean? Another complex state and Texas is a big, very big, right.
Really? I mean, I think I'm speaking more of like, you know, what's not big. What? The hallways and terminal A.
True. It's a very claustrophobic terminal. Totally. I've very dated y'all.
A lot of people like to bitch about airports and Jen, and I have to say, I don't, I have a lot of good things to say about airports in the last 10 years. There's been a lot of renovations. Mm-hmm. A lot of, uh- We've got our favorites.
Yeah. Yeah. A lot of advances and some great, great terminals. Yeah.
And really like, you know, but like this is like this terminal A. I've been there many times. Have you? Yeah.
And I realized when I came back into it, I'm like, oh, this one hasn't changed yet. They haven't gotten to terminal A yet. They haven't gotten to terminal A yet. They have not gotten to terminal A and Dallas.
And it's a busy terminal. And oh my God. Yeah. And you know, I've never, um- So we're really messing with terminal A and Dallas, love airport.
In particular. Not Texas. Okay. So, so pretty much when we got on the plane and Palm Springs, you started, you started to say that you were hungry and you said it throughout the flight.
Mm-hmm. You said it as we were walking down the jet. Okay. So are you saying that I was being repetitive?
No. And it became more like we had like, we had to get food. There was a desperation. We had to get food in you immediately.
Okay. Let's back up. Let's back up. We had a lobby call at 3 AM.
Okay. 3 AM. We went to bed. We later had to rest a minute.
No, we do because it explains my hunger. Okay. Yeah. Hey, I shared the hunger.
I mean, I mean, like I said, I enter an airport and I just, I mean, I eat right away when I go to end. I tried anyway. I was hungry too. You were super hungry.
So when we got out of the plane, we had to pretty much have to go to the close place. Three hours of sleep. Yeah. So we had to go to the closest place.
Desperately, deathly. And like, so we fucking walked into a TGI Friday. No, it wasn't. It was a, well, it wasn't TGI Friday.
It was just called Fridays. Oh, is that different? They took out the TGI part. It just said Fridays.
Maybe they thought the God was some sort of thank God. It's Friday was some, was bad. Could be, thank goodness it's Friday. Thank goodness it's Friday.
Thank goodness. So Friday, yeah, we walked into Fridays. Fridays. And we sat down and here's, here's something that almost never happens.
We never walk into a restaurant and me, I go, let's get the fuck out of here. That never happens. Like, and boy, we got into, and opened up those fucking cities. Sticky, laminated menus.
And I was like, this is like food from hell. And then also my first real big red flag was when our waiter who, hey, thank God for him. God bless him. He was, he was the saint.
He was, you know, hero's work, but dear God, and poor thing. That's not the place to work. But he, he was like, hey, do you guys want to start out with some water and he drinks any bottled water, you know, bottled water? And I'm staring at him and he's staring at me and I'm like, I feel like that's code for the tap water is disgusting.
And if you don't know where the bottled water, I'm going to think you're nasty. He did it. I was like, I've never had a lady bottled water. That's true.
He did do that. And he just paused and I'm like, okay, so we're all like, yeah, we'll take like two of those enormous like, like, you know, shell story. High like gun shell, like cannon shell, cannon shell, smart water. I was like, Oh, okay.
It was like bigger than the table. It was huge. And I'm like, geez, okay, we've got water. This is how the water comes.
And then we opened up the sticky, sticky fucking, I can't even call it a menu, you know, because that's like, it's not a menu. It's a God, what is it guys? It was like, it's a horror show. It was almost like choosing between which shit.
So that was the thing. Which is the least disgusting poop to eat. What is it? Like if you, if literally, you know, it was like a menu of feces and then you had to choose within like, okay, it's going to be either diarrhea, a swirl or a banana, you know what I mean?
Like it was disgusting. Everything was disgusting. And by the way, glazed, all of the shit was fucking glazed. I think as terminal A has not changed.
So Fridays has not changed. It was like a man. I was like, it was a real flashback. I'm like, Oh, I felt like we'd stepped into like a time machine.
I felt like we went back in time when we stepped into that Friday. It was like the 90s or something. I was like, you know, like, you know, and the 90s, like everything was grimy and poorly lit. And menus were full of foods that were just covered in glazes and some sort of form of like whiskey, bourbon for glaze.
And you know, like fake fucking grill marks on the shit. All comes from a bag kind of vibes. Yeah. Like I mean, I mean, wow, I tried to play it safe.
I ordered a Caesar salad. Okay. Here's the thing. Can I?
You did. I just want to point this out. Yeah. I'm walking all over what you're saying.
I'm sorry. I'm not messing with me. Mess with me, baby. Mess with me.
Get your boots on me. But I was, I had a real flea instinct. I was like, I mean, and then you looked at me and you're like, we can't leave. Do you realize how hungry I am?
And I was like, I was like, we got to hang there because we need, you need food as soon as possible by walking out of there. It's going to complicate it. I don't want that. I don't want to be carrying that weight anymore because I can't talk anymore anymore.
I'll be honest with you. Uh huh. When you say you're hungry in the morning, you're like, I'm hungry. And then when you say it again, it becomes my responsibility.
It becomes my responsibility. First time it's my second time is your responsibility. Oh, she's hungry. Well, you know, and then when you say it again, it's, it's, uh, whether you know it or not, it is very much you handing me the baton and going, you must find me.
The hunger baton? You're like, you're like, I'm so hungry that I can't think clearly. Yes. You must lead me to a source of food as soon as possible.
And when we went into the Fridays, I realized what we had walked into. And then I, and when I did make motions to leave, you were like, you, you squashed it. You looked at me like, because I was crazy at that point. I was my blood sugar was fresh.
You want to go somewhere else? You want to go somewhere else? You realize how hungry I am. So, but here's the funny thing.
You're lucky. I've got a sense of humor. Mr. Someone could get divorced over this conversation.
Don't tell everybody. Go ahead. He kept saying I was hungry. God damn it.
I feel blamed. What happened? I'm going to let you finish this. I've, I've.
We're going to go ahead. I got a Caesar salad and. And it's safe. Yeah.
I thought I was playing the same. And queso with chips because I thought again, Texas, I don't know how to help me out guys. It what happened, but was delivered to me. What was slid onto that table?
Man, I you know what Fridays you should be ashamed of yourself and Dallas love airport terminal a I hope you hear this and you know what makes them fucking changes. That was unacceptable. The salad I actually thought was going to poison me. I was like, I shouldn't eat this because I took a bite and to say it tasted off would be such a fucking understatement.
So Fridays, I see you. Listen, what happened is not right. I think it should actually go away. Burned to the ground and then something else just right.
They need to do like they need to do a real pivot. They need to do something like RV style pivot, you know, something like that. Boy. I have something redeemable.
I mean, cheese guys. At some point, that's going to be the only remaining Fridays right there in Dallas terminal a while like they're just never they can't let it go. They can't let it go. They can't let it go.
There was a couple that sat down behind us and when I listened to them order burgers, I was at once horrified and I've almost laughed hysterically like a maniac. I was like, this is the most insane thing I've ever heard. They're ordering burgers as if it's a restaurant. Do you know what I mean?
They're like, yeah, I'd like that, you know, maybe medium rare with like this. I'm like, bitch, that's going to do you have a choice on how that burger is going to be presented to you? I mean, the fact that you ordered beef. Beef beef?
Can I have that one? You ordered beef from Fridays. Can I have that without the hickory lacquer? No, you can't because it's already fucking on it.
It comes with it. It comes with it. Honey, no, it's going to go in some weird burger press that has no distinction between rare. I mean, why would you even think of it?
You I just again, like I said, I was I was the girl that burs. You don't think they have any control over whether you're rare medium? Well done. If they do, I don't even want to know.
I don't even need to go. I know either. What did you eat again? What'd you have?
I had some shitty dumplings. Yeah, you were doing weird dissection with them where you were like trying to. I had a house salad and a piece of salmon and a replication of a piece of salmon. I know.
They're like came in a bowl that they microwave clearly and just like slid it on the table to you. I used to really like my fake grill marks and my Burger King burger. When you're in your 20s. No, I was the kid.
I really liked that. No, say, and in your 20s. No, actually fake grill marks make me feel a little crazy. Totally.
I have a really important, I forgot to tell you. What? Speaking of like chains of restaurants that make you know pretty much primarily unhealthy food. Yeah.
Um, friendlies. Yeah. It's a local chain. Yeah.
Actually, it goes as I think it extends as far as Ohio. It's not the restaurants themselves are not doing as well as they used to the ice cream brand. I hope that goes on forever. I really do.
Sure. But as far as the actual diner style restaurant that is friendly is although I loved it when I was you know, 12, 13, 14, I did love it and they called their shakes fribbles. It was like one of the coolest. One of the best parts about moving to Massachusetts was being a friville was being able to order a chocolate fribble.
That was fucking great. So I'm starting to regret what I'm about to say, but the friendlies on 91. Yeah. At our big stupid, I'm not stupid.
I mean, we have an amazingly big rotary that people can go really fast on and really hurt us. It's a perfect one. It's one of the first. The way people behave on it is quite stupid.
It's really big and people are still acclimating to the rotary technology, right? I don't know what they're doing. They're taking it as an excuse to be a butt head though. I swear to God.
It's particularly wild rotary. It is very big and you can gain. You can go really fast. They make rotaries really small now because then you can't do as much damage when you hit somebody because you don't understand what a rotary is.
Anyway, it's shuttered. That friendly. I know. It's completely shuttered.
Yeah. And you know, I for one welcome our new Starbucks overlords. I welcome. I'm sorry.
I know. It's kind of racial. I mean, we have a lot of absolutely delightful small coffee shops in our town and I wish them to continue thriving. Although I think the client held there, very few of them are going to go Starbucks.
Okay. Well, that concludes another Ron Presions. Congratulations. Congratulations, Lou.
Thanks for talking to me. We're making it back to the mic. Adele, you. Keep hearing podcast ads like this one, for example, but always wonder how you actually get involved with them for your own brand or organization?
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