#568 - Frankie's Birthday Episode
The Basement Yard

#568 - Frankie's Birthday Episode

B1IntermediateAugust 17, 20261 hr 29 min

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0:00

Welcome back to the basement. Welcome back to the basement yard. Birthday boy! Yay!

0:12

I was gonna keep going, I'll be honest. Yeah, I thought I didn't wanna show- I was afraid you were gonna pass out for a second. I'll, you know, I was gonna put it in the weirdest way.

0:19

I was gonna say like what that thing do, meaning my vocal chords, but I don't think anyone's ever referred to their throat as that thing. You're old now, you can't say stuff like that.

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