Short Rest: Ep. 55: Tricky Trials

The offhand “Hardwon would totally subscribe to maxim” is so beautifully prophetic for C3. Small spoons forever btw

Travelling back in time to say Murph needs a big W for fork and little spoon

Escape room is a terrible early date idea. Also, I WISH it only cost $25!!

I know this was a million years ago, but I agree 10000% with Murph. Spoons are for soup and cereal (and ice cream, et al), and everything else is forks. Interestingly, my reasoning is the same as Emily’s, though. I feel like I have easier control of ingredient proportions with a fork!

Is this the origin episode of the tucker/jill lore??? A spawn off of a Caldwell escape room story? 24:38 "why wouldnt your wife just call you? Are you guys fighting alot?"

I have bought thermometer Sudoku and chess Sudoku. I have watched hours of somebody else playing sudoku with weird variants. If i sit down to play DnD, i would be annoyed if my DM brought out a different game. It's such a rookie mistake to pull shit out like that. Like oh wow a puzzle, can my character roll to solve it? Done, let's never revisit this. It's not solved in mathematical tho, not in any meaningful fashion. Combinatorics are relevant but nobody is actively applying them to solve a sudoku.

💯 all in on spoons.

I had to pause this and listen to it on my drive home because I was laughing to hard at work

I think this is the first short rest that they end with something other than "rollin' with the hit dice."(I believe)

Small fork > small spoon > big fork > big spoon. And bowl > plate. Team Murph ftw

I just listened to this episode and seriously felt so bad for Murph at that puzzle moment, but it was comedy gold. And then proceeded to go home and watch the Cloudward Ho episode where Siobhan cracks the puzzle that seems like they were supposed to be figuring out for at least a couple episodes. Poor DM's and their waylaid plans.

To me: thorns = raspberries (the bushes have thorns) and forks (the tines are pointy like thorns). Roses = blueberries (not thorny) and spoons (look like rose petals kinda)

I'm a small spoon fan but you can absolutely make a heaping fork full

Everyone else is rightfully talking about raspberries, and spoon size, and maxim… I have a separate question - was Caldwell saying Sudoku at the beginning? Is that how it’s pronounced? Lol. I’ve been saying it like this “Suh-Doh-Coo”.

Spoons, large ones. Or chopsticks, tbh!

love a fork

I'm with murph, forks are superior and small spoons are better than big spoons.

This short rest is an absolute raspberry

Y’all need to learn the joy of polish pottery bowls. Easily the best way to eat.

#TeamSmallSpoon Blueberries are thorns, Raspberries are Spoons, hoodies are lads, and I like my spoons in bouquet form.

Spoons are disgusting. Forks power!

I love seeing my bf and I in Emily and Murph it makes all this nonsense so much funnier 😆

Is this episode start of the Jake marriage issues bit?

Top tier short rest right here

Team BIG spoon!!! -signed, the wife of the person in this profile picture, who is in fact definitely a fork/little spoon guy

But also team fork with Murph

Bored and re listening to everything while current episodes are being made and edited but Jake talking about hardwon maximum subscription all the way back here in this short rest made me giggle waaaaay more then it should have hahaha

Love a chaotic short rest

so satisfying hearing Murph speak 100% truth about cutlery. entirely correct about all of it!

To everything, there is a season and a time to every purpose under Heaven! A time to fork, a time to spork A big spoon for scoops, a small spoon for nibbles A knife to butter, a knife to cut meat And fingers with which to eat all the berries (there is a second verse about bowls and plates and, again, using your fingers... and potentially a third verse dedicated purely to grapefruit spoons?... but I think the point is made :D)

I stand with daddy M. Spoons are for soup and cereal!

If anyone sees this I need them to know that the absolute GOAT of both precision and ratio control in the utensil game is chopsticks, especially if the example meal is chicken and broccoli

I’m horrifically late to this, but I gotta admit that I FULLY agree with daddy Murph on this one. Forks all the way, and if I gotta go spoon, especially for yogurt, soup, and ice cream, we’re wielding the tiny spoon. If a spoon can hit the sides of my mouth or teeth super easily, I want out.

Raspberries over blueberries. Spoons over forks, but it has to be a little spoon.

Big spoons and medium forks. Blackberries over Raspberries but I love a Razzberry patch. But where is my Balnor saying "Chicken" shirt?

I agree with Murph in I prefer forks over spoons but if I’m eating cereal I need a medium sized spoon, not too big but not too small.

The witch game was beautiful. Big vibes of the last scene of Four Rooms, if anyone remembers that one....

Absolutely killed me that this is where Hardone’s love for maxim mags came from in C3

Truly thorny razz blueberry fork short rest content

small spoon is raspberry is rose

I was wondering why there were so many comments before listening - this one is fantastic and a true raspberry fork

Small spoons for life!!!! I dont care abt other utensils, sometimes you need a fork, sometimes you need a spoon. but if you need a spoon you need a small one!!!

Forks for life and small spoons only. I stand with Murph on this one. But spoons for Mac and Cheese over forks.

Small spoons and forks ONLY. Also bowls are superior to plates 100% (but 50/50 on spoons and forks).

Spork

I’m with Murph. Forks and tiny spoons are roses. But unfortunately raspberries are spoons. Blueberries are forks because raspberries are just too sour.

Funniest short rest yet. Definitely need more raspberries in my life

lord have mercy i listen to this all the time whenever i need a laugh. the chaotic razz-competitive humor is too funny to me

This episode is the spooniest raspberry rose

Did you see that ludicrous display last night? Jake needs to watch IT crowd if he's trying to get into football culture.

I am so spoon that there was a time I buttered bread with a spoon.

Someone! call the man's keys! His spouse has been missing for under a fortnight!

Big spoon for cereal. Forks for meat and veggies.

Raspberry’s are roses and spoons

Raspberries and spoons > blueberries and forks

This is my favorite short rest thus far ❤️ 😂

#RaspberrysAreSpoons

This could have been more focused on the episode.

“Chicken” 😂😂😂

I am definitely a fork person. I eat ice cream and applesauce with a fork because it tastes better. But also, the smaller the spoon, the better. The ice cream sampling spoons are the best.

Okay, I like the small spoon, but I prefer spoons overall

Forks are so much better

Woah this is wild. My gf is definitely a spoon person but I’m definitely a fork and small spoon person. I lost my mind when Murph said the small spoon thing.

I'm coming back after binging all of naddpod to listen to the commentary stuff, and let me tell you, nothing you all have made has felt more like an aneurysm than this short rest. I need to sit down.

honestly i think that raspberries are blueberries, forks are raspberries (when raspberries are blueberries), spoons are blueberries (when blueberries are raspberries), and small spoons are superior to large spoons

Small spoons are superior. If you use a large spoon for anything your a maniac.

With the headless horseman puzzle, I thought the answer was the son based on their ages, and such, presumed reason for death. The parents were both old so likely died from natural causes, the daughter was very you g so she probably died from sickness, but the son was a young adult so I thought to myself that he was probably murdered or died in battle, so would have reason to be so spiteful until he got his head back.

Spoons are blueberries. Forks are raspberries. Had to google it. tac·i·turn /ˈtasəˌtərn/ Taciturn. adjective (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. "after such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose"

Honestly, "Chicken..." is one of the funniest moments of my life lmao it's amazing how it all worked out

As a London Lad, I'm backing Murph all the way with the precise raspberry forks!

I recognize I am late on commenting here, but I feel so strongly about forks that my opinion needed to be known. Gotta support Murph.

Also this is a very good short rest, a really funny one throughout

I resonate with Murph's fork/spoon situation so hard. Precision all the way! In particular, my absolute favorite spoon has a borderline comically small head and an outrageously long handle for eating something like ice cream. I want to take small precision scoops from a very comfortable distance using mostly leverage alone. I feel very strongly about this, and I am faced with very few opportunities to discuss it with people.

Team Fork for sure. I'd buy that shirt, Murph

Could Emily have used the green leaves from her boots of elven kind to cross to that evergreen?

Thrilled to here I'm not alone in preferring the Lissie version of Pursuit of Happiness.

As a fellow Jersian, I agree wholeheartedly with Murph on the fork/spoon topic

This short rest made me laugh so hard at the raspberries and spoons part.

Best short rest.

Spoon boi here

#spoonandbowllife. Spoons are superior.

Team fork for sure. I am on board with Murph the whole way. And I consider myself a lad, love razzing and being razzed, I razz myself often

Murph is 100% right. Spoons are for soup, cereal, and some desserts. Little Spoon better than Big Spoon #OneBigBed

For this Short Rest, my blue raspberry flavoured spork was not knowing if Caldwell considers grapefruits as bowls.

How much money do we need to donate so that every short rest is just like this one 😂

I could use a shirt that says "What is a spoon if not a bowl with a dream"

I got a metal spork as a little office gift and it's changed my life

Best short rest so far ♥️. Bowls are best, spoons are bowls, blueberries are spoons

The correct answer is the Filipino method of eating with a spoon in one hand and a fork in the other. Best of both worlds! Total raspberry!

Plate=fork, bowl=spoon. Use them all! I feel like the knife is being underappreciated here!

This episode was not quite a fork, not quite a spoon.......but a fapoon

I'm completely with Murph on this one. I always use forks, and if I use a spoon it's a small spoon. As for the rating scale... amber

This was the episode that made me become a patreon for the short rest. I died laughing at that witch trial 😂😂😂

TEAM LITTLE SPOON MURPH FUCK YEAH

Team Fork and Blueberry

#Raspberryfork

Team fork bby , spoons are for soup

#TeamRoseRaspberryFork I stand with you, Murph. Spoons are for soup and cereal.

I feel like Murph could have played that a bit differently to possibly throw them off a little, like possibly being dismissive when answering such as saying "despite what I've eaten with you all, my true favorite food is roasted pork" or something similar. Though it was extremely funny, I feel bad for his puzzles ending being so anti climactic.

omg y’all. listening to this while working out and could not stop laughing. my husband is from berlin, NJ and wildwooded every summer, totally irish catholic, and had the exact same stance as murph about forks. it comes up every dinner when setting the table, and i am 100% in the spoon camp with emily (and share the reasoning behind forks for fruit). this one hit too close to home lmfao. too fucking good.

Never related to Murph more.......give me an APPROPRIATELY SIZED SPOON #forksarerasberries

Oh my god as soon as Murph said “......chicken.” I was like, ‘oh, this is going to be a GOOD Short Rest.’

#FORKme

nobody likes a spork?

SMALL SPOONS + BOWLS. Allows you to savor the meal. Takes care of the sloppiness. Fight me 💅🏼

whats your favorite food? chicken. i fucking died! amazing moment

Jens*

Jen LADell

#rosesareforks and my forks were chicken and raspberries.

#rosesareforks

So I have been putting off getting the Patreon thing til today. I was like f*ck it. I have been putting it off for long enough. Now I’m listening to it...... I’m so confused. Lol. Entertained and confused.

I made Hardwon's Party Mix! So cool that you guys listened to it

I’m Australian, you’re all my lads. 🙂

I’m with Murph on this one. Small spoons not big, and forks for precision.

.... Forks ... that is all.

Oh no can i come in and say I use both?!?! I use the fork to push more food into my spoon. (If you're filipino and know what I'm talking about, yooooooo). Fork and spoon unite!

Forks are superior and the blueberries are tastiest 😂

Someone neeeeeeeds to find the controversial Caldwell tweet that got him so razzed

Knives are forks are razberries are thorns are grapefruits are roses are mad lads are 2 crew are tuna

#raspberriesareroses #forksarethorns

Speaking as the owner of an escape room, yes, people absolutely do go to escape rooms as first dates, but we do not recommend it. Very awkward to watch.

This one is a fork for sure.

Murph’s right about small spoons tho

I love the ridiculous arguments last few weeks 😂

This ep is a real knife, an absolute banana, and the most severe stem I've ever known.

chopsticks.

I love when I see the comments first and know I'm in for 45 minutes of the BoB talking about cutlery.

Spoons are so much more versatile than forks. I.E. Forks Win.

I have never been more offended than hearing that you're eating chicken with a spoon. I can't listen to this show anymore.

Fruit bowls and spoons are the only items on Emily's and Jake's amazon wishlist.

This episode is my Fork 👍🏽 of short rest. (Don’t worry Murph I too like a little spoon)#Rasberriesareblueberries #Grapfruitarethorns

I have done escape rooms for dates before! Not for a first date, but on two second date occasions. One girl, we made it through but the second girl (my current girlfriend) we failed miserably. To be fair that one was for 5-8 people and it was just the two of us. Going strong for over 2 years though! It's a risky play but I think it's a fun way to communicate with your date rather than just sitting across a table from them.

Blueberries are spoons are roses

Fork>Spoon raspberry>blueberry This episode a delicious bowl of raspberries eaten perfectly with a fork

Rose is a raspberry and blue berries. Thorn is a cherry. Sporks are the most raspberry.

So grapefruits are neutral then?

Blueberries are spoons, grapefruits are tiny spoons, but raspberries are most definitely forks #teamtinyspoon

#teamprick

I got your back murph: Rose=raspberry=fork, Thorn=blueberry=spoon

Having established Balnor is from the autumn region where there is a river of tuna salad, the witch could have answered that truthfully by guessing

FORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #teamfork

Fuck raspberries, spoons or thorns it’s all about the.... CHICKEN and Tuna

I let that "Hardwon's Party Mix" on Spotify play while I'm working today 😄. Pretty fun/amusing. Thanks for shouting it out!

Yes but also what?

Some Toy Story 4 style Spork action up in this dish... Raspberry Bush 😂 #TeamSpoonsAreForSoup&Cereal

My main man Murph knows that forks is the shit! And omg this is like the third time I'm commenting on one of these taking a stance in a ludicrous debate

hmmm yes cutlery commentary this is indeed the quality content i signed up for 👌✨😂

I think the way you say Lad isn't very laddish. Think of it like Bro Culture.

Murph should have just said Fish

As a Brit, I can say that your all a bunch of total madlads...

As an Australian can confirm, you’re all absolute lads

The Roses, raspberries,thorns, blue berry, and spoon part made me feel like 8bbc when they would switch characters names with other words while they were reading

#roseisraspberryisfork #thornisblueberryisspoon

Salvation Army is a homophobic institution that denies services to LGBTQ+ people

#SpoonsAreForks