Editing The Pen Addict 497/transcript (section)

== Coffee Culture ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Why is the Boston Tea Party involved?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm glad I could revisit this even after. Oh, there's no way I'm going to be able to do this next segment, Myke. It's too normal. After the Twisby ball and the hombre macchiato 1773. Oh, it's unbelievable. I talked about desk pens this week.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What? It's like Americans don't drink tea? Is this a thing now?

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. It's like, you know, like coffee is like a really important part of culture in many places around the world. Like, especially like the macchiato, which is an Italian beverage, but it's yours now because you threw some tea in the river.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, God damn it. Ocean. Ocean. All right. I had to take my glasses off to wipe the tears away.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' How am I supposed to do like a whole 10 minute segment? And I don't think I would be able to.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, what are you doing, Godspot?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, what are you doing? Just imagine. We weren't even supposed to do that. Like, imagine if I didn't, if I wasn't curious how many pens they made.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Honestly, I'm so angry now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And I was really excited about this pen. Yeah. But it's like, it's needled perfectly into a thing where it's like.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Where I feel like I can't get away from this. You know?

'''Myke Hurley:''' And now it's seeping into coffee pens for some reason. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. I think I'm under control, Myke. Let's talk about desk pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And the idea of desk pens that aren't desk pens but could be desk pens. You with me? Are you tracking me so far? Yeah. So I did a review on Monday for the Platinum desk pen, right? So the idea, desk pens have been around for forever. Centuries. You know, came from quills into dip pens where you have to have, you know, the pen on a little holder and a little inkwell next to it. And you have the long skinny pen with the nib on it. And you dip it in there. It was a desk pen. It lived on your desk. It wasn't portable. You weren't throwing it in your pocket. And, you know, hopping on your horse and going to find a macchiata somewhere.

'''Myke Hurley:''' See, this is the thing. You can't say, you can't just be like, oh, I'm going to leave it now. And then not leave it now. Because, like, I'm just sitting here. I'm getting, I'm stewing over here. I'm getting more mad. Like, this has ruined the episode for me. Because, like, I'm just sitting here now and I can't stop thinking about it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's great. So.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, they probably.