Saturday, February 24, 2018

Grant's Flaming Flamingo

Special, special episode today: Abraham Lincoln! The Rail Splitter, The Great Emancipator, Attempted Murderer of Isaac…whatever you want to call him, he’s here! Oh, and as irony would have it, he’s driving a Lincoln Navigator into our lot. And weaving…a lot. Ok, Abraham Lincoln is a terrible driver. We all have faults. Stepping out! And…put on some pounds. That’s fine, he deserves it. And about a foot shorter. Gained weight and lost height, but it’s Abraham fucking Lincoln! It’s… No. No. No! Not again. It’s fucking Grant. Lock the door! And he’s coming through the window.

US: Hey, hey, hey! Pussface. You remember me.

HB: Yes, Ulysses, we had you banned last time you were here for psychologically abusing our intern and lighting a lawn flamingo on fire.

US: If it’s pink I’ll set in on fire!

HB: That makes so much sense.

US: Psst.

HB: What?

US: JAGERBOMBS!

HB: No.

US: I ain’t got all day. McConaughey’s in the Nav booting and rallying, and you! Need a Red Bull!

HB: Nope.

US: Oh it’s sugar free, sweet titties.

HB: And this is why we banned you. What’d you do with Lincoln?

US: Oh he couldn’t handle his liquor and started a parable about a goat and a panther…I don’t know, I wasn’t listening. He makes no sense! Right? Am I the only one? His stories take FOREVER.

HB: General, where is he?

US: Oh pssshanty. We put him an Uber. He’ll be fine.

HB: Good. That’s surprisingly responsible of you.

US: Shhh, psstt?

HB: What?

US: He’s in an Uber to Atlanta! Ahaha, he’s gonna be so fucking mad. They hate him down there! So much! The old Atlanta Shuffle scheme!

US: Why didn’t Daniel Day-Lewis play me? Mmmm? Where’s my movie!

HB: And you’re crying… Ulysses, it’s time to go. Please.

US: Who plays me? Paul Giamatti. You think he looks like me, don’t you?

HB: I don’t. Time to go. Sleep it off. Please.

US: Let me just get my keys…ooop, flaming  flamingo!

HB: How the hell did you hide that from me!? Get out!


US: Sleight of hand, pussface! Gahhh, my sleeve’s on fire! I was president!

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Wicked Wendish



Beetlejuice! It’s been yet another long break for History Bros, this time due to my recent tryout stint with the Hickory Crawdads, single-A affiliate for the Texas Rangers. Pros: I can chew an entire pack of Big League Chew, earning me the nickname Lockjaw. Cons: I’m terrified of being hit by the ball, so my demands to just play as an infielder and refrain from hitting were met with my demotion to working the pulled pork concession stand. No hard feelings, and please come out in April to opening day to support the Crawdads and help raise money for local boy Tommy John who fell in a well last summer.

Speaking of bats and beating the shit out of things, Olaf Tryggvason is here with us today! King of Norway from 995-1000 CE!

HB: So it’s rumored that you converted your people to Christianity, credited with building the first church in Norway. As a Christian man, will you be donating to help get Tommy John out of that well?

OT: Already done. I heard your pleas and responded in kind. May Tommy John arise from the depths of darkness with my donation of a Crux-type coin.

HB: What is that, like an Arches National park quarter?

OT: Yes. I’ll trade you a Crater Lake quarter for Arches if you got it!

HB: Oh, you’re sly Olaf. We all know the Crater Lake doesn’t compare to Arches, let alone an original Pennsylvania state quarter…which I also happen to have.

OT: Not even with the addition of this sweet metal slammer pog!?

HB: Ohhhh, no way! Trade.

OT: And now you’ve finished your first Viking barter.

HB: That’s so cool. What is this, iron.

OT: It’s heavy plastic.

HB: Cool.

HB: Question. Is it boring living in Scandinavia? It’s cold, dark, and everyone’s white and works for a cell phone company.

OT: We elevate ourselves with kickass nicknames like Harald Fairhair, my great-great grandfather, or Erik Bloodaxe, my would-be assassin known for his penchant of carrying Axe body spray into battle.

HB: My Viking name is Lockjaw, by the way.

OT: For impaling your enemies?

HB: Gum chewing.

HB: It says here you were last seen at the Battle of Svolder, fighting a combined force of Danish, Swedish and Wendish fleets. Ugh, the Wendish.

OT: Oh, I hate the Wendish!

HB: Okay, but, your obit says you just jumped overboard and were seen no more… That seems really fucking anticlimactic.

OT: Weren’t you the one who jumped out of the way of leather balls at Crawdads games? There were arrows there, so, fuck that.

HB: That’s a fair point. Let’s bury the hatchet by swindling some Wendish!


OT: Wendish!