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Tom / Molly: Do you get to have lunch?

Nov 22, 2005 5:35PM PST

OK I admit I?m a worrier....its having kids that did it to me, getting out the house in the mornings, with lunch boxes, soccer kits, cell phone, laptop, keys, worrying that I?ve forgotten something, if my daughter got her lunch OK, ....ya da ya da ya da ....so I worry.

My point ..... Tom / Molly / Veronica are you guys actually getting your lunch, I don?t hear much chomping of food or slurping of drinks during the podcasts, which I think is when you said you record them?

One more worry .... are the podcasts part of your day job, I mean is your boss going to give you guys a hefty bonus for doing it or is this just something that you guys do in your spare time (lunch hour).

Thanks

Paul

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Lunch
Nov 22, 2005 7:01PM PST

They are actually hooked up to intravenous and kept in a closet (also known as a cubicle is some places). There, they are chained to their cubicles with an infinite amount of monkeys around them. If they don't produce more then the monkeys then they get the cattle prod to the butt.

What you don?t see behind Molly when she is recording her show is a producer holding a taser up against an Intern, and if she doesn?t get it all done in one take, the intern takes one to the head, lying in a puddle of his own drool.

Every morning the games keeper goes to each desk and tosses them a few bits and pieces to keep them functional.

OK, that ain?t true.. but sooooo cool! I also had to much coffee.

PS. I heard that the monkeys came up with a $ony DRM uninstaller that works.

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hehe
Nov 22, 2005 10:42PM PST

i think they take a one bite out of a sandwich during those earthlink ads and that's it. cnet took away lunchtime a long time ago

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mmmm

I was eating Indian food during the Kevin Rose interview, because I didn't have to talk.

YUM!
Veronica

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Don't worry, we eat
Nov 23, 2005 12:45AM PST

Usually right after the podcast we run out and grab something nearby.

As for the bonus my boss's name is Candy Meyers.

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hmmm
Nov 23, 2005 12:53AM PST

ehhh... I like my version better Wink

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i see
Nov 23, 2005 1:32AM PST

no wonder you guys call it "indeterminite length". i guess it depends when you're hungry. once molly's stomach growls, the podcast ends! the secret is out! Wink