Comical Start

Follow up? In this economy? Well, yes in fact! Mark participates in the knowledge economy of the internet, while Grant reinvolves himself with the airline industry.

Grant brings Dick Tracy. He is beside himself when he learns about Mark’s lack of evening wear.

Mark brings Monty. Your hosts probably just need to get over themselves.

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Sometimes all you want at Costco is one of their loss-leader products. Sometimes you’re just getting by. And sometimes an email doesn’t do the trick.

Mark brings The Buckets. How is it that mugs multiply like rabbits?

Grant brings Curses! Is respect too much to ask for?

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Mark is both embarrassed by and jubilant about his most recent culinary epiphany. Those drawers won’t organize themselves.

Grant brings Eek! There’s a bit of a problem here, but Mark is able to come up with a few clever suggestions.

Mark brings Savage Chickens. Not every pet is worth the effort, but meeting a major leaguer sure is.

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Advertisements are inevitable, but they don’t have to be… whatever that is. Mark wavers a bit on standing firm against any version of the panopticon.

Mark brings Poorly Drawn Lines. It takes a bit to get on the same page, and then your hosts can shuck and jive about birds.

Grant brings Big Nate. He’s trying to get Mark to stop being so darn positive.

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Some weekends are meant for staying inside while a storm “rages”, causing you to mess up your sleep schedule while binging a dystopian television show. Or is that just me?

Grant brings CowTown. Comical Start is proud to bring you the finest in charismatic megaflora content.

Mark brings Phoebe and Her Unicorn. Look: don’t read more into this question than precisely what’s intended.

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Mark is channeling Grant’s culinary stylings, though he wasn’t quite as daring. He brags a little bit, then Grant shares something objectionable yet oddly tasty.

Mark brings Home and Away. Athletic apparel is rather expensive, and who can be bothered to wear it out?

Grant brings Peanuts. Your hosts find some volcanoes, and Mark rediscovers a website from his youth.

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Grant makes Mark do an oopsie, all because of his archaic desire for tactile electronics. I mean, really.

Grant brings Real Life Adventures. Somehow this remains a tech podcast, at least until your hosts pivot from data storage to being called “cute”.

Mark brings Poorly Drawn Lines. Email can be a nasty business.

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Mark has a technical question that amounts to spending money on a hobby. Long weekends are fruitful for activities, or sometimes non-activities.

Mark brings Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Grant is suspicious of Mark’s line of inquiry, but gets into the spirit of the question.

Grant brings Cleats. Mark isn’t as ambitious as Grant would have hoped, and also can’t believe Mark hasn’t heard of this.

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Mark has a tangible problem on multiple fronts. Grant thinks it’s actually quite calming, and Mark doesn’t intend to be this dour.

Grant brings Crankshaft. It’s a simple question about pizzas and animatronics and an aside about Thai food and…

Mark brings Lard’s World Peace Tips. Grant is pretty sure that this idea won’t be that good.

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Mark’s put himself in quite a bind, and Grant isn’t buying this whole retro tech movement. Shapes are pretty cool, though.

Mark brings Haircut Practice. Streets in the summer are great places to be a kid.

Grant brings Bad Machinery. Mark hasn’t the foggiest.

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