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Mark Fischbach hosts an episode of Distractible where Wade Barnes and Bob Muyskens discuss recent storm damage and frustrating infrastructure problems before participating in a sensory guessing game. Wade describes a severe derecho storm that hit the region with numerous tornado warnings, while Bob laments a four-month road closure caused by a bridge rebuilding project. The main segment features a guessing game where players must describe objects using only non-visual senses like touch, taste, smell, and sound without naming the item directly. Through multiple rounds, the participants test their abilities to convey everyday items like escalators, airplanes, styrofoam, and Swiss cheese through restricted sensory clues.
Hosts introduce the episode and run a brief ad read for a fragrance and grocery store promotion.
Mark shares his experience with a derecho and the surrounding tornado warnings, setting a dramatic tone.
Bob outlines the rules for the sensory guessing game, including the use of four senses and point system.
Bob, Wade, and Mark explain the game format and introduce the two contestants for the episode.
Hosts discuss the Strada cloud storage solution, explaining its features and pricing.
Wade attempts to describe a sensation using proprioception, but the contestant struggles to guess correctly.
The contestant describes taste sensations, leading to a humorous and confusing guessing attempt.
The description shifts to tactile details, with the contestant trying to convey texture and grooves.
The host provides a series of scents, and the contestant attempts to piece them together into a single guess.
The final sense is described through ambient noises, culminating in the contestant’s final guess of an escalator.
The hosts reflect on the game’s outcome, discuss rule adjustments, and tease future episodes.
Tornado Warnings From A Derechostory
Wade describes experiencing a derecho storm that brought continuous tornado warnings across the entire region rather than just watches, leading to an intense thirty minutes of sirens.
Bob explains the extreme frustration of having a local road bridge closed for four months, forcing a massive detour that made nearby shops feel miles away.
Two Decades Of Road Constructioninsight
The hosts debate the endless nature of local highway construction on I-75, joking that the same traffic cones have remained in place for nearly twenty years.
The Rules Of Sensory Guessingstrategy
Mark introduces a new game where players must describe a hidden object using only touch, taste, smell, or sound while strictly avoiding sight-based descriptions.
Escalator Sensory Cluesinsight
Bob attempts to guide Wade through guessing an escalator using awkward handrail movements and unusual tastes and smells, which ultimately leads to a wrong guess.
Describing An Airplaneinsight
Wade successfully guides Bob to guess an airplane by describing its engine hum, gasoline smells near the tarmac, and the taste of plastic toys.
The Worst Kind Of Smoothstrategy
Bob gives a brilliantly concise and effective touch clue for styrofoam by describing it as possessing the absolute worst kind of smooth texture imaginable.
“It just meant that everything was strongly indicative of swirling winds and potential tornado or something.”
“Yep, yeah. Many Pacific hurricanes are going to form out of this, which is not, used to be a thing where it's like, oh, man, that barely never happens.”
“Kroger's a grocery store for those that don't live around here.”
“It's okay. It'll only be a few months. Ah, it's okay. Ah, I'm getting kinda tired of it.”
“Now lime comes first. 7-Up. Flip the sip.”
“It tastes pleasant, tastes mild, tastes like you want other flavors to go with it, but it tastes good.”
“I think this is whipped cream.”
“I don't have those descriptors for cheese. I have, it tastes like cheese.”
“I would describe most Swiss cheese as having a super mild smell, but a really sharp tangy taste because of, because of the, so I was thinking of like brie and stuff because that's so mild.”
“I liked all of it. And I liked the balance that Mark installed into the game where the guesser could not just steal points by doing it on purpose.”
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