Outro

Subtitle: Why are you in the bathroom with our food?

Merlin's Garbage Apparatus.

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Links and Show Notes:

Merlin has some Follow-Up on words, and John updates us on dishwashers.

This week's main topic is Merlin's Garbage Apparatus.

In this month’s member bonus segment, your hosts discuss the first season of HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, March 3, 2026)

Credits

• Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
  
• Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
  
• Music: Merlin Mann
• The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley

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