Bumperpodcast #396 – Season 2 – The Lake

Natty Bumpercar: Howdy everybody, it's Natty, and I'm starting the episode off slightly different today because I want to thank some people. I have been looking at the numbers that have been coming in with the people listening and it's super cool. So hi India, how are you? So many people in India. I don't have like a breakdown of where, but I'm thrilled that you're listening. Australia, I see you. Nepal, what? Hi! Singapore, there's Bangladesh, the United Kingdom. I mean, there's all these countries. It's really fun. So thanks again for listening. I super appreciate it. Make sure to tell all your friends and spread the word, alright? You found something fun. Alright, we're going to get to the episode now. Hey, make sure to listen all the way to the end because there's a cool thing. That happens. It's an outro. That's right. And we're working on transcripts of all the episodes. So pretty fun stuff happening behind the scenes. And with that, it's the Bumper Podcast. Alright, today we're going to talk a little bit about shared experiences. Oh, hi Bumper Podcast. My name's Natty Bumpercar. Welcome to the show. Today we're going to talk about shared experiences.

Rufus T. Rufus: Wait a minute. Did you just repeat the thing that you just said twice, like right over? Like you said it and then you… I don't understand.

Natty Bumpercar: Yeah, I distinctly heard him. He said something about sheriff experiences. Shared experiences. Shared. Shared. Shared experiences. I don't… Okay. Okay. So it was… I was a little off there. It's okay. So yeah, shared experiences. And what is that? Some people… It's like you have an experience, right? And then other people maybe have the same experience. But here's the crazy thing. Maybe they see it from a different perspective. Does that make sense?

Doodle Poodle: It's me, Doodle Poodle. And actually, it makes a lot of sense. Because being somebody who's an artist and who likes to make drawings, I know all about perspective. There's two-point perspective. And three-point perspective. And four-point perspective. And…

Rufus T. Rufus: How many perspectives is he going to do?

Doodle Poodle: Okay.

Rufus T. Rufus: Yeah.

Doodle Poodle: There's a lot of different perspectives. That's all I'm saying. We get it.

Natty Bumpercar: Okay. So I don't think, Natty, that that's exactly the type of perspective that you're talking about. But you can tell us. So you continue with this. Because we're almost two minutes in and we haven't even… I don't know what we're doing. Good point. Good point. Good point. Okay. So… Wait. Shared experiences. So, the other day, we all went to the lake, right? And so I figure we'll talk about the lake and what happened to us at the lake. So, I am contractually, legally, and probably not allowed to talk about what happened at the lake exactly. It's one of those situations, if you understand, if you catch my drift, if you catch my meaning.

Rufus T. Rufus: So is it like one of them? What happens at the lake stays at the lake type of situations?

Doodle Poodle: I mean, honestly, when I hear him say that he can't talk about what happened at the lake, it makes me really curious as to what happened at the lake.

Producer: Hrm. Hrm. Uh, yes. Hi, this is a producer and I am also more interested and curious as to what happened at the lake with you there, Mr. Rufus. T. Rufus. Can you please just give us a hint or two?

Natty Bumpercar: Uh, now, I don't feel, uh, like acclimated, uh, to the situation and I don't feel, uh, protected, uh, by the legality and the legalese and, and such as that. And so I don't know, maybe someone else should, should begin and then maybe I'll be able to just kind of jump in and, and pepper it a little bit with my, uh, uh, respective perspective. Okay, yeah, that totally makes sense and I appreciate that you're at least willing to try. Uh, so, I guess I'll start if that's okay with everybody. Yeah, of course you're gonna start. It's your show. It makes sense, right?

Producer: Works for me. Uh, yeah, of course. Now that you can go out and you can, uh, set the table because you're the host of the Bumper Podcast with Matthew Bumper. Okay, producer. Okay, we got it. Yeah, okay. Okay.

Natty Bumpercar: Yeah, so, um, I went to the lake the other day. It was so hot. Like, the sun was out. There were no clouds in the sky. Bright blue. And, um, you know, it was nice. Like, the, the, the grass was all moan, moan? Mowed? Mowed-ed-ed? The grass was nice and short. Uh, is it mowed-ed-ed? Mowed-en? Mowed-en. It's probably mowed-en. The grass, someone had mowed-en the grass and so it was nice and short. And, uh, you guys know around the lake there's that path and, uh, so you can walk all the way around the lake. And I was, I was walking and, uh, I saw… There was, uh, a mama duck and, and her babies. And they were just right in the water, right at the edge of the lake. And, uh, they were, it was the cutest thing. And then, so they were all kind of huddled up together. And when I got a little closer, the mom, she kind of turned and looked at me and then she started swimming just in, in the lake. And then the baby ducks, they all, one by one, they fell in behind her, like in a little line. And it was wherever she went, the little baby… The mommy ducks just kind of, like, little, little, it was like they were attached with a string. They just kind of went do-loo-loo-loo-loo-loo and followed the mommy duck. And it was, it was really sweet. Um, and then something weird happened, um, kind of across the lake, uh, not too far away, but, you know, I could hear stuff. I couldn't really see what was going on. There was this huge calamity, like a huge, it was people yelling and, uh, then emergency vehicles showed up. And… The, the ducks kind of went away and hid, but I don't know what that's all about, because I, I couldn't see it. But I got to see the ducks and I was, it was a beautiful day. The air smelled clean and I brought food, so I had a nice snack and it was, it was just like a perfect day. I was communing with nature. It was, you know, it was, it was very nice. Yeah, that's okay.

Rufus T. Rufus: So I, when I was at the lake, cause we all got there roughly at the same time, I didn't see any ducks, no ducklings, none of that. It sounds nice.

Natty Bumpercar: But, uh, I was kind of over by the snack bar, uh, where, you know, I have a credit there. Wait, you have a credit at the snack bar? How does that happen? Well, yeah, I just say, put it on bumper car's tab. Wait, what? Is that why I've been getting a bill from the snack bar? I got into an argument with them on the phone because I was like, what are all these charges? Like, I'm not, I rarely, I bring my own snacks. Why are you buying things with, under my name?

Rufus T. Rufus: Uh, Nutty, just, just look at the, records here, when's the least time that you paid us to do this show for, I mean, at all, really?

Natty Bumpercar: Now that reminds me that I need to be working on some contract extensions and some, uh, some edits and, uh, I need to run it up the, the flagpole and I need to blue sky it a little bit and get some perspective on, uh, the money situation that's going on here. Uh, it's, uh, especially poignant, uh, in this current time for me, which, uh, maybe I'll talk about. I don't, I don't know if I can. All right. Um, cool. So anyway, pig, you live at headquarters for free. There's food here all the time that you don't pay for. So I know I don't pay you and I apologize for that, but I do feel like there's a lot of nice benefits that you get for being on the podcast is all I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. Anyway, so I'm, I'm there, I'm at the, uh, the snack bar, I'm eating a nice spread and then all of a sudden there's this scream outside, right? I'm inside. It's outside, but you can still hear it. Then there's like emergency vehicles, there's people running and it was, it was, it was a lot to take in really. I, you know, I mean, I didn't leave the table because one time I left the table and they came and they cleared the table off and threw it all away and like, it's just wasteful. Okay. I can't do that. Uh, but that other time what I did, cause I was still hungry is I just went up and I doubled up on my order on your tab, uh, which I do appreciate. I, you know, now that we're talking. I would rather you not. Do that, okay? Okay, anyway, so I just finished my, my, my lunch, really. It was too hot to be outside, way too hot.

Doodle Poodle: Um, so when I was at the lake, it was a nice day and I was, um, I set up a nice spot and I was making drawings. I was making doodles of everything I could see at the lake. I made a doodle of some grass and I made a doodle of the sky and I almost made a doodle. Of a duck and her ducklings, but they swam away.

Unknown: Purr, purr.

Doodle Poodle: And, well, I was looking at my canvas and all of a sudden, over kind of by the snack bar, I heard kind of a, uh, some, like, uh, uh, somebody yelling and then I didn't know what was going on. And then I couldn't draw because there was too much noise going on.

Natty Bumpercar: Yep.

Doodle Poodle: But I couldn't see anything.

Natty Bumpercar: Well, now, uh, what I, I would. Rather we stop. Let's, let's stop focusing on the, uh, on the snack bar or whatever over there and whatever might have happened because maybe it didn't happen. Maybe nothing happened. Maybe, uh, you guys were hearing different things. People do tend to yell at the lake when there's situations. They're excited. They're happy. They're seeing, uh, baby ducklings and whatnot. Uh, so perhaps, uh, we should just focus. Bumper car, you saw your ducks. Uh, Aloysius, you were eating your food. Uh. Doodle food. You were, uh, uh, I guess doodling as you do. And then, and we just move on, on from that. Uh, I don't try. Okay. So maybe, uh, Rufus, you can tell us what, what you were up to since you're kind of dictating what, what we saw or didn't see. And maybe, maybe that'll help us just to get your perspective.

Producer: Uh, Nadi, actually, I will jump in here if it's okay. Since I was at, also at the lake with you guys. And I was floating on a lily pad, as I do, because I am a frog. And, um, all of a sudden, I, I, I, I saw, uh, Mr. Rufus T. Rufus walking along the path. He was wearing a cowboy hat.

Natty Bumpercar: Uh, I'd like to, uh, strike this from the record if we could. Uh, this frog does not know what I look like from a distance. I could, it, it, I, it, it could have been any man wearing a cowboy hat walking around the path. Uh, okay. Uh, abstained. Uh, producer, you may continue. Understood. Continue then. Continue. All right. Here we go.

Producer: So, um, Rufus, he was walking, or maybe Rufus was walking. And all of a sudden, um, I guess there was a, a family with a, a child who was in his way. And he didn't walk around him. He was trying to, like, move to the side, I suppose. But the kid got really close and Rufus got scared. I don't know really what happened. And Rufus raised his hand. And when he did, he pushed the child into the lake. And then they were screaming about the parents who were very upset. And then, uh, the police came.

Natty Bumpercar: Well, now, I cannot confirm nor deny any of this. And I refuse to, uh, back your story up. And I don't even know if I was at the lake then. What day are we even talking about? You were, you rode with us there. So you were definitely there. And I do remember you wearing a cowboy hat. So… Wait, Rufus. Did you seriously? Did you seriously knock a kid into the lake? I cannot, will not, shall not, won't not agree or disagree to communicate my, uh, advocation of any of this. So as you know, what happens at the lake stays at the lake. Also, I may not be here next week as I have a court-appointed meeting, we'll say. Okay. Okay. Cool. Well, after you have your meeting, if you need a lawyer, because I have a great lawyer that you can talk to. I do not appreciate you taking joy in this bumper car. Yeah, watch out, Natty, or else he's going to push you in the lake, too.

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