Short Rest: C3 Ep. 42: Elimination Chamber

@30:46 Murph, apologies up front for spotlighting a minuscule flub... "Gawain Gretzky" is my bud for this short rest, please make him a future NPC 😄

I SAY GOD BLESS AMERICA BECAUSE AS WITH MANY THINGS I WAS MAKING FUN OF IT THEN IT STUCK IN MY VOCAB 😭😭😭

the concept of the ice being there forever underneath wooden planks of a basketball course is hilarious lol

I hope Caldwell is psyched for the Olympics if he wants flooded collosseums. They tested out doing swimming pools in the Colts stadium for Olympic trials, and they’re about to flood SoFi for the swimming events in LA28

I like "cuss" circa The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

they’ve ruined the beautiful game…

I’ve never heard anyone else that says “god bless America!” other than my mom and I 🥰

I say "God Bless America!" Because I can't cuss in front of my middle school students 🤓

Lmao I always say "god... Bless America!" Not a dad or a parent at all 😳

My dad always just said “GOD.. bless it” as he stopped himself from swearing and it’s a phrase I’ve unfortunately adopted

Green hills mall food scene still not great 🫠

Mitoma and Tim ream references. Em knows ball

Google says that they change the ice in the rink about once a year!

Jorbin' it, and by "it", let's just say "my dip spit"

Is this showing as a repeat of Elimination Chamber main feed episode and not a short rest?

As an old Drawfee fan,I'm disappointed that Caldwell never brought up Hole

The Murph Scream gets me every time 😂

They basically just described the plot of that one Cheers episode, where they accidentally sabotage one of the floorboards on the basketball court

I work at an arena and just to confirm that the basketball court goes over the hockey rink. The ice is up for everything except rodeo events and only gets melted for certain events and off season

As someone who as an adult bought two tone paints from hot topic, I'm happy Murph brought it back to malls

Incredible episode of Tortle Tank, 10/10

Wait did the short rest always have an intro tune?? Regardless of if I’m insane or not, I like it bahah

WHY SO JOLLY?

I thought Olympic swimming took place (or will take place) in the Colts stadium?

I’m so happy Murph brought it back to malls

The spiral into Body builder on stilt soccer may be the most unhinged bit I’ve heard in a while

They just successfully created the XFL version of soccer

I just spent 10 minutes reading about converting an ice hockey rink to a basketball court. My adhd brain thanks you for the dopamine

Some flat track roller derby teams play on off season hockey rinks (no ice, sorry). It's also super dangerous but really fun to watch

They were talking about sports for so long I was very caught off guard my Emily suddenly talking about the episode.

Hey, something I know!! I just graduated with a master's in sports management like 2 weeks ago. Thickness of ice depends on what event you're hosting. Figure skating, for example, takes thicker ice than hockey. There is insulation (like a cover) between the ice and the basketball floor. The ice is (generally) replaced relatively frequently -- like once a quarter or so. The other thing most people don't know is that hockey and figure skating is is painted white!

I do the "God... Bless America" thing

My food court meal was two slices of Sbarros and a soda. 100%.

Malls started going downhill when they made it difficult for teenagers to hang out and made them feel unwelcomed.

Unironically Hot Topic has some pretty good clothes, I got a boxy short sleeve Button-up covered in frogs and mushrooms that gets tons of compliments

We need this Beef Box scenario as a DnD One Shot in a mixed bag

There was a creature in the Ravening war that had secret legendary actions that were discovered by Brennans character!

I have to constantly remind myself that these giants are like 20ft tall. Makes everything happening 10x more insane.

Sbarro is shitty pizza BUT that doesnt mean its bad. A slice bigger than my head for like 1.50? Sign me the fuck up

My favorite part of a short rest episode is when they come up with an insane business plan to replace the podcast

This is as the wildest short rest there’s been in a while. And I’m here for it

You know what, I will not stand by and let hot topic, a Californian dynasty, be besmirched in this way. The first hot topic is located out west, well more east for the folks at NADDPod, as they’re mostly based out in LA, but my point being that I have been to the first hot topic at the Montclair plaza. So I respect the topic. And I think Spencer’s is it’s own company. It be hot topic and box lunch that are the same company

I NEED the guys to look up adebayo akinfenwa for the closest we’re getting to body building penalty takers

When Cake Jerkwitz talked about Ruby Tuesdays my heart sang. I miss that place. Had a full restaurant in my home town. It was awesome. I always got the Chicken Penne Alfredo.

But Murph told me you’re a Giants fan, Em.

Rolling with the Beee

Listening to John silently seeth as sports talk came up is the reason I subscribe to your patreon

A Hades stream??? Please!

Lol Caldwell, my mom also said "God bless America!"

did i hear something about a hades stream 👀👀

My go-to injury curse is "MOTHER OF PEARL!!!"

We need a Sol’s rendition of the masterpiece “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore please I’m begging you

Caldwell, I say god bless America when I hurt myself lol

Sbarros slander makes my heart hurt… what are we doing to our queens…

Fully aware that I will likely change my mind in coming years, but my plan is to use cuss words freely with my daughter. Great opportunity to have the consent conversation at a young age. Wish me the best, everyone!

what the fuck are you talking about 😍🤩😍

my sister started saying "god bless it" instead of "god damn it" like 5 yrs ago.... idk why, she's not religious lol

IIRC you two are situated in Jersey. I’m sorry to hear about your newfound gluten intolerance. China Sea is a great place to go if you’re looking for some gluten free general tsos again if you’re in that area. As I type this, I’m realizing you’re already probably aware of options and I’m going to stop now. Love the show.

IM SERIOUS

SLAMBALL IS BACK

This was insanity to listen too... Loved the beef... The show was good too, or whatever, but that beef... Chef's kisses

Does anyone remember bugaboo creek steakhouse?

Sweet Bluhumia

I went to a Rainforest Cafe with some friends as part of a birthday dinner It was terrifying, every 20 minutes they would interrupt their standard playlist to just blast a screaming gorilla and thunder to flickering lights. The drinks were good though

here with my Too Much Hockey knowledge to say 1) NHL rinks will melt the ice at the end of every season, so it's usually a year old or less (but it's very nasty... they bleed and sweat and spit on that thing). Non-NHL rinks can have way older ice, depending on how often they melt and replace it, and it's probably even grosser once melted. 2) They do put things under the ice! Usually they put down a thin first layer of ice, then decals and paint for the logo and lines, and then additional layers of ice on top. (there are ice installation and melting videos on youtube if anyone's interested, eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlcQZix5zcY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsXraS_dEbg)

Jokes about sharing a bed and no jokes about One BIG Bed??????

This has to be a stealthy announcement that naddpod is doing a Beef and Dairy Network collaboration as post-Beef Box-game sports interviews. (I wish!!) https://benjaminpartridge.com/The-Beef-And-Dairy-Network-Podcast

Somebody needs to immediately tell Murph that slam ball came back like 2 weeks ago

The blue hole refs always make me laugh, because I live like 5 minutes down the road from there and used to go swimming in it all the time

God bless America was a thing for my dad with the super Christian upbringing.

Went to a bar last weekend and there was some SlamBall on the TV. It’s alive and well, and still trying way too hard

i started genuinely crying at work when the beef box conversation happened

Ohh gimme the beef box and free my soul

Caldwell asked if they ever freeze anything into the hockey ice. As a Canadian specifically from Vancouver I know that for the 2010 olympics here one of the people in charge of taking care of the ice froze a Canadian loonie under centre ice where they do the face-off. Clearly that witchcraft worked as we won both men’s and women’s gold that year.

oh my god when murph first said “beef lord” i nearly crashed my fucking car

Funny you mentioned it, Murph, but Slamball is OFFICIALLY BACK BABY! Check it out on YouTube!

i love the mention of slam ball bc they brought that back this summer!!

One might say that a California king is “one big bed“

Shoutout to the green hills mall

Hockey ice rings are rediculously gross cause they never clean them and hockey players spit on them it’s nasty

With all this sports talk, I think you guys should consider going in on penguin baseball with the Hey Riddle Riddle crew 😅

Didnt Hardwon get flung by a Kraken in the Shadowfell series (when he was a vampire and hitting water was real bad news)?

I need murph to come up with mechanics for beefy soccer

Loved the combo of Joker and Gambit for Jolly Jouster

I believe the ice is made by running a brine/gylcol solution under a plate to keep it frozen. So they may just defrost drain and lay the floor.

Didn’t/doesn’t Critical Role have merch at Hot Topic? Just saying there’s precedent!

I am a "God bless America" person. I also say "Heck" and "what the french"

Great timing, just finished the ep

Finna bust a nut to this shorty

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