Episode 26: Go Practice the Car

• John driving the Audi on a runway.
• Lumberjack boots and bespoke suits.
• John’s mom puts him in his place over an incantation.
• ~52:00- First mention of John’s pillows turning into owls. 
  • With beaks.
  • He has a lot of pillows.
  • He grabbed an owl, nestled up to it and went back to sleep.
  • They didn’t speak to him. "Owls can’t talk. Dummy.” -JR
  • “That many owls aren’t going to turn up somewhere without a reason.” -JR, indignantly.
  • “They had a project. Some sort of owl project. I’m not sure what it was.” -JR
  • “If it happens again, I’m definitely going to ask some serious questions.” -JR
  • “There was some shuffling from side to side.” -JR
• ~57:45- John is not a white wizard, despite what he thinks. He is a grey wizard.
  • But he was flattered. 
• Another mention of the Tierra del Fuego trip. 
  • See episode 9 for reference. 
  • $2000 jeep, meeting an heiress. 
  • That’s as good as middle school.
• Merlin has edited two things to this point. 
  • He’s editing out his own sniffs. 
  • John never noticed Merlin put any work into this thing. 1:06:00.
  • He also edited out 7 hours of arguing about religion. 
  • Should be listening to these chronologically. 
• “I relish someone trying to come and breach my perimeter. I relish it. I’m waiting for it.” -JR
  • See episode 176. 
• Colin Meloy
  • The Chimbley Sweep is about John. His life story. 
  • 1:20:00- The main way he gets their goat is to drop constant references to how all of their songs are about pirates. 
    • "We have no songs that are about pirates." -CM