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Whole Foods OR 99 Cents Store? Taste Test - YouTube
Channel: Good Mythical Morning
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Can we tell the difference
between Whole Foods
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and the 99 Cent Store?
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Let's talk about that.
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<i> ( music playing )</i>
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Good Mythical morning!
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Today I'mma be guessing
the popularity
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of some of the dumbest
celebrity tweets of all time
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and watching Rhett eat
an entire can of beans.
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Hey. But first, Whole Foods is
a great place to buy groceries
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if you want to shop
farm to table,
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but given their prices,
it also means you'll be living
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- hand to mouth.
- Uh-huh.
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They pride themselves
on having healthy food
that's organic.
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They've got vegan food,
gluten-free food,
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dairy-free food,
they've got food with no GMOs.
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And the 99 Cent Store...
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has food that's 99 cents.
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But can anyone
really tell the difference?
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It's time for...
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<i> ( howls )</i>
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Here's how it works.
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We're going to be presented
with two identical meals
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that we are going to taste.
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One dish is prepared
entirely from ingredients
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from Whole Foods,
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the other one with
ingredients entirely acquired
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from the 99 Cent Store.
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We have to decide
which is which
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by placing the flags...
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- Yes.
- ...on them.
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And whoever has the most
right at the end
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wins a very special treat
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from the 99 Cent Store.
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Let's do this.
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These cobb salads
in front of us right now
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look pretty much identical.
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I mean, at first glance.
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But one of them costs
just under three dollars
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the other one
just under nine dollars,
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so there's a six-dollar
difference here
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that my naked eye
is not telling me.
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The Whole Foods one
is more expensive.
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Yeah.
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Uh, now, typically,
when I eat a cobb salad,
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which I do order quite a bit,
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I-- I do the old mixaroony,
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but I feel like that's
gonna cause me
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to not be able
to taste as well.
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I'm just gonna grab
a few ingredients here.
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A little bit of blue cheese
'cause I don't love that,
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but I gotta have
a little bit of sauce,
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little bit of dressing.
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Throw that on there.
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That was good.
I think it's the ham
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that's gonna
help me out here.
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The little ham help?
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The ham.
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You wanna get
a little ham help.
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You put ham-- you've soiled
the blue cheese on this side
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with your ham.
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Mm.
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I feel like the plate
in front of you,
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the bacon was better.
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The ham-- let me look at
some more of that ham.
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They're both really good.
I mean, right off the bat--
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There's no difference.
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It's been a while since I've
been in the 99 Cent Store,
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and I didn't know they added
produce to the list,
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but it's working well.
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This is difficult.
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I am ultimately gonna go
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with that being Whole Foods
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because the bacon tasted
a little better.
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You're disagreeing with me.
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I'm disagreeing with you
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because I feel like
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just the overall appearance--
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Everything seems
a little bit fresher
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and a little bit newer
on this side.
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- Link: Mm-hm.
- Stevie:<i> Okay, guys.</i>
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<i> The Whole Foods dish
is on Rhett's side.</i>
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- Ah! You're right, Link.
- I was correct.
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Okay, to clarify,
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this is not like
a store-bought
frozen burrito.
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Tess made these
out of the ingredients
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from these places.
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So they look
exactly the same.
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One of them's two bucks,
just under it,
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and one of them's $5.70.
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So we're talking 3.70
difference here.
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We're gonna go
with this one first?
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- Man...
- And I think the--
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- ...it looks so tasty.
- It does look--
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I like a good breakfast burrito.
You want salsa?
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'Cause if I do salsa
and you don't do salsa
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- and we dink,
we both get salsa.
- I'm doing salsa.
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So if we both do salsa
and then we dink,
we both have salsa.
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- It's okay.
- Oh, well, then go-- go--
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It's okay. I can give you salsa
through a dink,
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or we can just get--
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Go ham on the salsa,
and then dink it.
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Yeah, and then smush it.
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You don't have enough salsa.
I'll give you some more.
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- Okay? Okay?
- That should be good.
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- Get my own doggone salsa.
- Oh, gosh, we shouldn't
have done that.
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Okay.
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- Man...
- Good morning.
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- That's good.
- I have to stop myself
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from just immediately
eating this whole thing.
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Mm-hm.
Grab one of these.
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You wanna do
the same thing?
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No, let's just do
the old fashioned way.
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I'm just gonna take
all the salsa.
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Every man should get
his own salsa.
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Now...
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I don't mean
to help you out here,
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but I think
it's the salsa
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that's gonna help us
figure this out
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because the salsa
is a prepared thing,
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or did you make the salsa
from scratch?
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<i> No, the salsa is not made
from scratch.</i>
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-<i> That's as much
as I'm going to tell you. </i>
- The salsa is also bought
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- from the store.
-<i> ( Stevie laughs )</i>
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- Hm.
- Hm.
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This is a chunkier,
spicier salsa.
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The burrito
tastes the same.
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Which one's my burrito?
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'Cause I gotta go back in
for second-zies.
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That one.
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Golly. I just like eating.
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I remember that
every time I eat.
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I remember how much I like
eating when I eat.
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Yeah, at least three times
a day.
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Um, I have
a sneaking suspicion
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that this one over here
in front of me
is from Whole Foods.
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Man, you know what, Link?
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I'm seeing things differently
than you today.
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$3.70--
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- You were right last time.
- ...difference.
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I just--
I enjoy this one more,
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so I'm just assuming
it's the more expensive one.
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<i> Okay, the Whole Foods dish
is on... Link's side.</i>
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Whoa-ho!
You're on a roll, Link!
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Now,
I'm not happy to be losing,
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but I'm happy
to be learning
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that the 99 Cent Store
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brings the frickin' heat.
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I mean,
how are they doing this?
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Well, you also get someone
who knows what they're doing
to prepare it.
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So if you're crappy
at making things,
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they'll both
be crappy equally.
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Oops. Dink it.
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Little rice.
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- Hm.
- That tastes good.
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- Eh. It tastes okay to me.
- Doesn't taste great.
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I'm trying to get the same
ratios of everything.
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Basically the same bite.
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Oh, gosh, I'm having trouble
recreating that bite.
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<i> Make sure you get
some chicken.</i>
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Oh, I'm gettin'
some chicken.
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That chicken's good.
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- Wow.
- There's something
a little funky
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about that one.
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To me, it's coming down
to the sauce,
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and I think this sauce
is a little better,
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a little more high dollar.
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We're talking 2.50 vs. $6,
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so there's not
a big difference here,
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but still
I'm discerning that
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this is the Whole Foods
in front of me.
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That's what I'm saying.
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- You know what?
- What do you think?
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I feel differently.
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I mean, this has been wrong
every time.
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Stick with it.
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But I'm gonna
keep rolling with it.
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Yeah.
All right, Stevie.
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<i> The Whole Foods dish
is on Rhett's side.</i>
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Ooh.
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So did I get it right?
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<i> You got it right.</i>
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One of these sandwiches
costs 70 cents,
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70 cents worth
of ingredients,
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the other one, $3.60.
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Huh.
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I'm making observations
about the bread.
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I'm making observations
about the ham.
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This bread is tighter,
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tight-- it's a tight--
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you know, less bu--
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This, big bubbles,
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but which one's worse?
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- And that ham--
- Who knows?
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This ham is
a little more marbly.
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That ham seems
a little more unison--
uniform.
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I like the way you arranged
both sandwiches out.
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<i> Thank you, chef.</i>
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This is like my school lunch
come flooding back to me
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- like paper-- paper bag.
- I had a lot of these.
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- Man, it's so uniform.
- Biting right in the middle.
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Did I get a little
on my face?
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- No. Yeah.
- You didn't either.
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- You did.
- ( laughter )
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Okay, so there's
that one.
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Here you go.
Grab one of these.
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Actually,
just bite that one again.
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Are you handing it to me
or are you...
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Feeding it to you.
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- I'll grab my own.
- Okay.
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( mocking )
"I'll grab my own."
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- I grab my own sandwich.
- Okay, here we go.
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I'm going for the corner
this time.
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- Mm.
- That right there.
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This is a better sandwich.
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I don't know why.
I can't tell you why.
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It is a better sandwich.
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I think the cheese
is better.
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I'm gonna have to agree
with you on this one, Link.
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We are finally
in alignment,
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which means we're both
probably wrong. Stevie?
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<i> And you're both wrong.</i>
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<i> The Whole Foods dish
is on Rhett's side.</i>
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- Really?
- What?
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70-cent sandwich.
Don't--
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Don't overpay for
a ham sandwich any longer!
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One of these made-from-scratch
clam chowder bowls
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cost 20 bucks.
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Dang, Whole Foods.
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And the other one costs
almost seven bucks.
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This is a $13
discrepancy here.
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This should be obvious.
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You would think.
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But so far it has not been.
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And they do not look
any different.
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You know what?
You could serve this
to the queen.
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You know what I'm saying?
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- That's a good show.
- Is she coming over?
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Those Brits,
they like that kind of thing,
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serving cheap food
to the queen.
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They'd love that.
They'd put it on the BBC
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and the next thing you know,
we'd be wanting one.
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"Queen eats 99-Cent food."
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Every time y'all put something
on the BBC,
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we gotta have that, too.
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Ain't nothing
to complain about.
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But is there anything
to rave about?
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Doesn't taste
like a $20 bowl of soup.
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No. Maybe this one would.
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You using the same spoon?
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Or, sorry. I double dipped?
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I have a different spoon
for sanitary reasons--
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Thanks for not
double dipping.
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...and also to help
my guessing.
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But I guess you're not abiding
by that rule.
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Oh, gosh,
I'm gonna have to make the--
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I'm making the big move.
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This is difficult.
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At first it tastes
no different,
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and then afterward it tastes
a little different.
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Man, I just feel like I'm
flipping a coin at this point.
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I think that one tastes better
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for reasons
that make it cheaper.
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- Link--
- I'm a believer
in the 99 Cent Store.
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I am, too.
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The queen
would never know.
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But I just--
I have a sense
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I have a sense.
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Stevie.
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<i> Okay, the Whole Foods dish</i>
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<i> is on Link's side.</i>
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I was wrong.
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Okay, make a wish.
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We gotta blow
these things out.
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Should we sing first?
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- ♪ Happy birth-- ♪
- ♪ First ♪
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( laughter )
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Is that what you meant?
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Oh, such a--
such a gentle blow.
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I'm trying not to spit
on the cake.
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I respect that.
I respect that.
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Now, right off the bat--
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I'm-- I gotta wish.
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Oh.
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Should I have wished
before I blew?
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- Yeah.
- I blew it, okay.
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I wish that I won,
but I can't now.
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'Cause I'm down so much.
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Sprinklers here are much bigger
than these sprinkles.
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- Yes, uh--
- I said "sprinklers."
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Who cares?
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Now, so you gotta
ask yourself,
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what's
the cheaper sprinkle?
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You know?
Is it bigger and brighter?
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This feels a little froufrou,
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like the people at Whole Foods
were like,
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"We can't do the the really
bright, big sprinkles."
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- This is more refined.
- "Ooh!"
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There's a $20 difference here
almost, though.
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- So one of these--
- Yeah, 20--
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One of them is $28
and one of them is 7.41.
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Um-- we gotta taste it.
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It's just not about looking
at sprinkles all day.
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You starting here?
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How are we gonna do this?
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You know, the way I always
eat a cake.
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You just stick a fork in it
and start eating.
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Ooh, that is a thick cake.
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That's a sign.
Isn't it?
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Isn't that a sign?
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It is a har-- that was
a hard cake to get into.
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- Oh, gosh.
- Here you go.
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( raspy voice )
Here you go.
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Um...
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Huh.
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Hm.
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The sprinkles are--
it's like eating dirt.
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It's very gritty.
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Yeah, it's like you dropped
the cake in the sand.
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- Yes.
- "Eat it, kids!
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We didn't come out here
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to celebrate your friggin'
seven-year-old party..."
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"For you to refuse
to eat your cake."
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"So you could drop
the frickin'--
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You dropped it in the sand,
you eat it!"
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That was what my seventh
birthday was like.
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I'm still recovering.
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Ooh, much softer.
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But is soft better?
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That's the question.
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- Oh, so easy.
- Earthquake.
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So easy to get
into this cake.
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- Oh.
- That is a--
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It's a totally
different thing.
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It's like
a angel food cake.
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Mm, it's better, too.
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- Mm.
- This is like
my eighth birthday party
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where I didn't
drop the cake.
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Mm-hm.
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Whole Foods don't know nothin'
about sweets.
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You can't make something
unhealthy healthy,
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or organic or expensive,
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and it be better.
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You know what, Link?
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I'm almost sure
that you're correct,
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but just so I can make up
a point,
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or go deeper in the hole,
I'm going to be different.
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- So you think this might be
Whole Foods.
-<i> Okay. </i>
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All right.
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<i> The Whole Foods cake
is on Link's side.</i>
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Yep!
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Yes!
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Congratulations, Link.
You can have that whole cake.
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- I'm gonna have this one.
- I don't want it,
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but I won a special prize
from the 99 Cent Store.
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"Not my"--
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"Not My Day poop emoji."
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Congratulations to Link,
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and congratulations
to the freakin' 99 Cent Store.
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Do all your shopping there.
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Not a sponsor.
We just love 'em.
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These poop emojis
actually taste like cola.
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- I'm a little disappointed.
- Sorry.
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Next up, you've never seen
someone eat a can of beans
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like this before.
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It's me.
I'm eating the beans.
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Link:<i> It's Monday and you know
what that means:</i>
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<i> a new episode of our podcast
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