Short Rest: C3 Ep. 44: Trial by Steel

absolutely lost it at retconning Carl Sagan as the originator of sweet blue hole

I absolutely loved Amina al-Sirafi

Years late BUT. If tarragon wears crocs Alanis wears Birkenstocks

I do #drypillclub like 10% of the time… like if there’s not water nearby and I gotta take a pill, I’m not getting up and getting water. I’ll also do multiple pills at a time for #drypillclub. My normal is 2 Tylenol extra strengths and an rx tablet that’s as long as a Tylenol extra strength but 2 wide. It’s so bad, especially when it gets caught and you choke on the nasty ass pill.

my best friend when i was ~13, right at the end of breaktime at school, was chewing on a button that fell off of her coat (we were very Random kids, it was 2003.) she said "i'm eatin' a bu'on" and i repeated how she sounded. she laughed so hard, inhaled, and choked on the button. oblivious teen me went to class while watching an ambulance from the English room window :') (she was fine. she would've done the same if it were me, to be clear, haha! coupl'a emo metalhead totally misunderstood English class nerds…) for a while i was weirdly proud of making her laugh so hard she nearly died (she also saw the funny side. v aware i sound like a terrible friend in this story lol)

I’m a lifelong #drypillclub member (but to be fair when you’ve been taking pills consistently every day since the age of 10 you get used to it pretty quickly).

suckle and lick 💀

I knew Caldwell would make a sweet blue hole reference and was shocked it hadn't happened yet.

Did anyone else catch that in Season 1, during the Frostwing arc, Ultris was referenced as the current leader of the frost giants? I guess after the attack on Galadron unleashed his helmet and he made his way north by the time the band got there??

Am I the only one having a visceral reaction to taking pills dry? Like I physically can't do it 😭

to this day i have no idea where sweet blue hole came from

Murph, let them give us our winks

the "what if it's silly as fuck" impulse is why I'm such a fan of Caldwell! But part of why it's so funny is that Murph gets grumpy about it half the time XD

Also I know it’s too late to pitch this because I’m not listening on time, but Caldwell could definitely write sweet blue hole into one of his intro poems and then boom. Context.

Also all of the worlds have crocs, most of the NPCs are wearing them actually.

“It lasts the testicals of time” - How the Hank quote should have gone <3

RTSBHC!! 🍭🔵

Damn I remember when I was a 14/15 I was having an ice pop and bit off the end and same thing happened to me! Couldn't breathe and scared shitless I was going to die but so happy it melted and coughed it up

Murph the advertisement is implied, people know you offer extra content, Caldwell does not indeed have to do anything, you’re a stickler in your butt

Does Murph mention “warhammer” as inspiration in this ep? I remember hearing him say it recently and a couple months ago Emily posted a picture of a Deathguard mini. Wondering if Murph is a confirmed wargamer

I truly madly deeply love when Murph yells at Caldwell

Don’t be such a friggin baby Murph it’s a comedy dnd podcast it’s fine. The show is good, dude. It’s cool.

We DEMAND the sweet blue hole cut, Murph!

oh my god yes RELEASE THE SWEET BLUE HOLE CUT

RTSBHC (release the Sweet Blue Hole cut)

I've listened to every short rest and I don't remember where sweet blue hole is from. I had started to assume it was a mixed bag reference. Someone enlighten me where did sweet blue hole come from?

also Event Horizon is absolutely bananas.

WHEN COBB’S FACE 😭😭😭😭😭😭

First ever Patreon comment is to shout out Emily's Event Horizon reference 👌🏻

I also love Papa Murph laying down the LAW.

Such good “deep” laughs from Emily this episode and Short Rest. Absolute Gold

Just a shirt that says Suckle and then a rock snake with rows of circular sawing teeth, two lil dots for eyes on the top

When I was a kid, I ate a Pringle chip whole, it got lodged in my throat, and I would’ve choked if I didn’t squeeze my throat to manually crush the chip inside…

Did M mention Event Horizon?! Such a classic and great movie. She has taste! BTW the movie is considered a Warhammer 40K prequel movie.

This episode was SO wild

Papa Murf scolding the crew will always be my favorite thing

I support Murph, the intrepid paladin editor!

I love that Ultris was just this 1 line, background villain in C1 and nows he's a major threat! Very cool.

I’ve choked on a popsicle before. True horror and embarrassment. Literally a ‘not like this’ moment.

Did anyone else have an issue where the last 10 minutes were just silence?

Listen, I don't like that this fits, but, you could easily swap "sweet blue hole" for "big blue world" in the eponymous song in the finding Nemo musical in animal kingdom at disney world. Do with that what you will.

I'm just waiting for the moment where Hardwon and Calder do a Predator-style handshake

Patreon uncut episodes. Just Raw Nadpod

Honestly nothing has endeared me to murph more than him lamenting sweet blue hole. You’re a hero for editing the pod lol

Event Horizon is fucking terrifying, lol I watched that way too young and got that sweet sweet Millennial childhood VHS trauma

Ok but please take pills w water, at least a few sips. It can be dangerous to take any pills w/o water, your esophagus is long and pills can get stuck and you can do serious damage to your body, especially if youre taking them daily

RELEASE THE SWEET BLUE HOLE CUT!!

Give us Caldwell's uber sweet blue hole line/reference MURPH! 🎶 Do you hear the people sing? Singing the songs of angry men? 🎶

RELEASE THE SWEET BLUE HOLE CUT

Release the sweet blue hole cut!!

I desperately need Murph to release the sweet blue hole cut. This is extremely important to the context of the episode and does not belong in the vault

Release the sweet blue hole. We demand it.

"There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the sweet blue hole, the only home we've ever known." - Carl Sagan

Caldwell is a comedic genius #ReleaseTheSweetBlueHoleCut

So on the subject of bringing up short rest bits out of context- when Jake mentioned the whole tucker bit in that ad for whatever it was, it actually is ironically the thing that made me become a patron because I was like .. “ what who is Tucker I’m so confused and I need to understand what he’s talking about / be in on the joke, I must be missing out.” Don’t even think I ever found the original short rest ep the bit is from just have enjoyed being a Patron ever since

Am a minute in and the Cookie Monster ice cream is fantastic and you can get the best of the best from Mooville in Nashville Michigan

Does this mean the reason Galad was famous for his heroics in support of the sealing vs the giants? Or was he a younger hero?

In case Emily reads these (or someone sees this to tell her), drinking pills without water constantly (especially when you take 3 at a time) can genuinely ruin your throat, potentially even leading to bleeding. PLEASE use water when taking pills, at least sometimes.

Caldwell has been talking a lot of Star Trek lately and I'm here for it 😂

Send Morigan in the helm 👀

I started keeping a contigo bottle of ice water on my bedside table every night and I gotta say, it's a game changer. Imagine that incredibly satisfying feeling of drinking cold water straight from the bathroom tap in the middle of the night but without even having to sit up in bed. 10/10, highly recommend

Release the Tanner Cut !!! Justice for Sweet Blue Hole

Release the sweet blue hole cut!

I love Sweet Blue Hole so much and need Caldwell to know he has our support 💕💕💕

Murphy and Emily are so adorable. 🥰

#ReleaseTheSweetBlueHoleCut

Jake almost "whats up doc" himself to death

I've dedicated myself to that water bottle life but I used to swallow dry all the time. The trick is to think of lemon juice to get that saliva lubing the tubing

Being caught up on this campaign this a curse. I miss when I discovered you and could binge listen for 15 hours straight.

I thought of The Prestige when Caldwell brought up Star Trek's Transporter. After double checking, they actually just convert your body mass into energy, shoot an energy beam, then turn your energy back to mass which is just as crazy and cool.

Helm of Ultrus or Helm of Majin Buu? I would like either item in my D&D game.

#ReleaseTheSweetBlueHoleCut

It should be a drawfee challenge to make the character canonical descriptions look cool

My partner, some friends and I just watched Event Horizon the other day! Great movie, and I like the (now very) old idea of it as a warhammer 40k prequel.

My partner has been playing Dave the Diver and I’ve been exclaiming Sweet Blue Hole whenever she shows me something in the game. She hasn’t asked for context which is good because I wouldn’t know how to give it.

I'm re-listening to Eldermourne and I feel like the "Bonk" intros walked so Intro-Free 2023 could run...

I imagined Terragons crocs as wooden clogs but with holes like a croc, is that acceptable Murph?

Took psychic damage when Caldwell said glizzy

I love how Daddy Murf got done and just cut off at the end when they were doing the outro 🤣🤣🤣

Love listening to this particular short rest literally minutes after choking on my medication

i once deepthroated a popcicle as a joke and it snapped in my throat

Hearing about Uldress’s Helm made me think about Thiala using Alanis & Ulfgar’s powers at the end of Bahumia. I know Murph has said other gods were inspired by what she did, and I wonder if that’s influenced Gruumsh?

YO EVENT HORIZON IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES EVER

Poor Murph but 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh there were definitely some interesting takes on Hank, with his ridiculous hair and nuts hanging out

No mention on Hardwon’s drawing of Kord?

Gaslighting Murph is such a favorite bit, reminds me of D20 when they were leering at the fairie figures and he just shouts out "NO ONE WANTS PINOCCIO TO FIND THE WHITE WOMEN MORE THAN ME, OKAY?" 🤣🤣🤣

i’m making a petition for crocs in eldermourne and bahumia

Patreon comment rose for the Balnor mention from Hardwon!

Finished the main ep just in time. Happy Friday.

Quick shoutout/warning to @Emily because this *just* happened to me a few weeks ago: if you dry swallow pills and then go to bed they can get stuck/break low in your throat. Most of the time just uncomfy but some medicines are acidic, and if it happens with them, you can get an acid burn in your throat which fuckin succcccks. 10/10 would not recommend unless you want your next character to sound like Louis Armstrong.

Release the sweet blue hole cut!

Praise Bahamut and praise Murph for this gift... mostly murph

Truly you have gifted me on this slow work day, thank you all