Mixed Bag of Holding - Surprise Round: Grinch Me, I'm Irish
Welcome back to Surprise Round! A show inspired by our love of unhinged hypothetical questions! Join Discussion Master Murph as he leads the crew through a series of wild scenarios, all of which may or may not heavily feature the Grinch. And be sure to chime in below with thoughts on how you'd handle each situation!
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Here’s my thing with the three languages one: you can’t get and MRI in jncos, you can’t give birth in jncos, or have any kind of lower body medical exam in jncos, what if you get in a car crash, your unconscious, your body shattered, and the doctors have to cut you out of your jncos to operate?
I wish they'd go back and edit the audio on these
my fake saint was definitely child Link from Ocarina of Time because he was older than me at the time when i talked to fake saints 🙏🏽
For the fur on the grinch dog use that like pork floss from chinese bakery buns
Grinch dog idea: Green dyed saurkraut and the rest is completely normal
This is foul, well done
Literally listening now and license plate in front of me - GRINCH
Nothing wrong with looking up to Gordon Bombay! PS - Gordon Bombay is one of the greatest movie names of all time.
Jake “Cotton Candy is Basically Ketchup” Hurwitz
The problem with jnco jeans is that, as someone who requires regular MRIs, I need to be able to wear something that doesn’t have metal in it, and as someone who already speaks three languages, the prospect of losing six languages total is simply too much
Fun fact, I also got told I looked like the undertaker as a kid
What if you went to the funeral and the Undertaker is there AND the loved one is the Grinch. What do you do then?
Idk if it was this ep or the last one, but I posed the “taught carabeener grinch skydiving” question to my non dnd friend and she had the most unhinged answer. She cuts him loose, no hesitation, no second thoughts, immediate murder. Then she lands and tells everyone HE saved HER and made a noble sacrifice. I asked “so you eulogise him in lies” and she responds “it’s how I’d wanna go”
Goku: Go inside, get a staff member to call 911, call a lawyer and SHUT THE FUCK UP. Never, ever, ever talk to the police, always go through a lawyer.
THE MACHOMAN PROPHECIES
I’m just about caught up and mayhap it’s been retracted already or at least pointed out. Murph said he’s cool with someone showing up to his funeral dressed as The Grinch. He said that on the internet where surely at least one person is strongly considering it provided they’re aware of Murph’s death (long may he live, or at least how long he may care to.)
I've decided I shall listen to all suprise rounda and co.pile a cannon of which French is wich and where each's allegiance lie. This I swear to the Naddpod community. You may hold me to this regardless of the fact that I ms so fu ki g drunk roght now. I will compile a databas3 of the f Grinches no matter hoe.lpng it takes. This I swear. The mysteries of the grinch cannon shall be solved.
For the Goku one, I think there is genuinely a part of me that stops to consider: this person is Goku, not Vegeta, or Broly. Goku famously only hurts the bad guys. Maybe that other guy was Cell in disguise, idk? If we're in this world where Goku is real, the implication is the Dragon Ball is a documentary. The presence of the Nimbus means it isn't a random Saiyan, it's legit Goku, I know he's got a good reason for icing someone in an alley.
The grinch in the casket one would fuck me up cuz like you're telling me my friend knew a grinch and didnt tell me but doesnt want me to pry??? yea sorry buddy but im causing a caldwell level scene
I read some of these hypotheticals (from the first episode as well) to my friend and we had fun, but at one point she was like "why are so many of them grinch related though?" and I didn't know how to begin explaining the naddpod-grinch lore, so I was just like "they have a very personal relationship to the grinch on that podcast", so here's that
I don’t understand how to explain to people why I laugh at the grinch the way I do. Like, how does one explain this??
Everyone answered the Goku question wrong. I’m assuming Goku got sucked into our world by accident and doesn’t know what’s going on. You shout out to Goku as he gets on the flight and offer to shelter him from the consequences. Protect the isakaied murderer in the hopes he’ll teach me.
Listening to them talk about speaking with fake saints puts me in mind of when I listen to dungeon court
But Macho Man doesn't know me. He loves the people. He's not telling me to save my life, he's not telling me to save my friends. He's telling me to get the park shut down and thoroughly checked for the thing that would've killed me, so that NO ONE dies! I'm going to call in a bomb threat, not tell them which ride, and say to make safety checks as they go or I hit the button!
Em, I absolutely spoke to fake saints. Mine was Reese from the Terminator 😅😅
Picture, me, living in Malta, working at the US Embassy. Two diplomats see me and talk. "Who's that?" "Best damn Maltese translator we got. Don't know how he's so fluent, but he is indispensable." "Wow, that is pretty impressive." "Sure is." "Why is he wearing JNCOs?" "I have no idea, but I've never seen him wear anything else."
I honestly would take the deal, no problem. I’d use the money I’d make from being the best damn archeological translator to build a bunker style house with an indoor pool that I can fully prevent people from coming/seeing inside so that I could swim JNCO-less. And I already kind of don’t care how I look, and if my friends get married I would just tell them “hey I’d love to be there, but I absolutely gotta wear this specific denim ensamble.” And I don’t go to enough fancy places to warrant concern. Even if I do, it would be such a big swing that the other people would probably be too taken aback to comment on it
The Rock Lee reference was gold
I HAVE to know how the copilot is dressed. Whats his vibe? Grinch me I'm Irish
I'd use the "Hercule Satan" method in dealing with the Goku situation. "Clearly the dead guy was a criminal, and I stopped him. I'm the strongest in the world. Oh? You also witnessed goku?! Well, that was just a trick. Smoke and mirrors, see? There is smoke everywhere. Hahaha I'm the best!"
"Anatomy of a Dragon Ball" Pure gold from Caldwell. Jimmy Stewart defending Goku. I will absolutely kickstart this
The nimbus was a drone? And that goku cosplayer jumped on it and flew off like the green goblin
I propose that potentially the Goku cosplayer had access to secret military hardware like the EXO skeleton and a handheld particle beam
I nominate Megan Thee stalion for the Detective as herself who was also at that con cosplayed as Bruno From JoJo
For the Goku situation I think I need to fully throw up on myself and sit down in the alley like I passed out from being too drunk so I can feign as much ignorance as possible but I can still reasonably say I kind of saw the orange of the Goku cosplayer
Always wished NadPod would visit or discuss more non D&D (or D20) ttrpgs. There are so many more options out there that totally change everything. Seems"mixed bag" would be the proper channel to bring these up.
during the ogl debacle they floated the idea of a pf2 campaign/mini series, but I think I was in the vocal minority of people who wanted it lmao
Fucking love this nonsense 💙
This is the perfect episode title
Surprise Round is incredible
I need the JNCO deal. Every single time I try to learn a new language it joins the same part of my brain where *not English* is stored. Now when I try to communicate in a different language they all blend and it's a mosh of Spanish/Latin/Russian 😭
Dude learning Spanish after taking years of French makes my brain blue screen so I feel your pain 😭
Someone frames you, and you have to wear prison pants. You lose the ability to speak all languages and can't defend yourself.
Tragedy
this is my favorite mixed bag content, the energy is incredible
Surprise Round is my favorite, like it even more than a lot of the staple content!! 😋
Crazy you posted this while I’m in Ireland on my honeymoon
Grinch is still seasonal with Easter, he’s pretty Christ-like if you think about it
Final destination Randy Savage!
Dear gods is this funny 😆
the partial truth for the goku murder is my angle, but that shit has me stressed
FUCK YEEEAAAAHHH I LOOOOVED THE FIRST ONE.
this all HAS to lead to a mixed bag/one shot based in whoville
This is my favorite series
This is my favourite thing you guys post. Oml, the campaign is amazing but these are golden
HYPOTHETICALSSS
I'm more concerned about why Goku needed to go super sayan to kill that dude. What was *his* story?
Keep these hypotheticals comin', Murph (please?). I'm in stitches
God, I wish they did this every week lol
I absolutely love these extras, this is honestly so goddamn funny.
i cant believe murph outed my true saiyan heritage
Omg 0:10 Caldwell screaming 😂😂 this episode is starting off HIGH ENERGY 🎉
Wait! Only those pure of heart can use the flying nimbus. If he just did a murder… that DQs him from flying away on nimbus. He would have to fly away on his own.
I’m so curious, was the grinch zoo inspired by Glasgow wonka land because it ABSOLUTELY has that energy….also I’m stuck on the burning tomato level of Mario Odessy- help!
This last prompt should be used for an I think you dhoukd leave skit
The grinchiverse: Guy fails at their grinch zoo, becomes a pilot, crashes plane and their funeral is held and in it everyone is requested to only refer to them as the grinch
Casket Grinch broke me. Due to the absurdity, I would maybe have to excuse myself out of respect.
Part 2?! YES!!!
Brian 'Piccolo's so freaking rad' Murphy
But what if.. you are the one who knows the Grinch (as an acquaintance we’ll say) and are invited to the funeral. You go but you don’t wanna go alone, so you bring a friend… do you tell your friend it’s the Grinch’s funeral before going in; yes or no?
YES!! Been wanting another one of these so bad
i love the glimpses into murph's nightmares that surprise round hypotheticals always seem to give lol
Surprise rounds need to be elevated to the main feed . And maybe request some hypotheticals like with dnd court .
Why was this posted again?
rest in peace akira toriyama, you would've loved goku murder crime procedural
Surprise round? Fuck yes!
It really is a Grinchmas Maricle
A new surprise round ep is an excellent birthday present, thanks for the laughs two crew !
Best day ever so excited to listen!
Let's fucking go!!!!!!!!!!!
The way I screamed when I saw this is the mixed bag this month. Thank you 🫶
So bummed I'm stuck at kiddo soccer practice and have to wait to listen!
Yes!! I loved this last time!
So excited! Surprise round is already one of my favorite mixed bags
Loved this last time!!! Thanks guys
This just made my day I loved this
I’m so happy this is back
