Dave's Roots Confusion

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Dave had a very awkward encounter at the gas station when a man thought the 'Roots' sweatshirt he was wearing was in reference to the movie or mini-series and not the clothing company.

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00:00I realize my life is just a series of awkward moments just all stitched together yes right

00:12yep makes up Dave yeah that's it um I gotta tell you about two one actually didn't happen to me

00:18happened to a buddy but the first one did happen to me uh not shortly after the show yesterday

00:24uh so I left here and I went down the street to get some gas on my way home okay and you know how

00:33when someone says something to you and you don't quite hear it but you're just like yeah oh yeah

00:39yeah yeah so with it right so there was some random dude pumping gas next to me uh-huh and he said

00:47something there's cars going by and stuff you know it's a show and I thought like oh he's talking

00:55about the show he didn't quite look like maybe our typical demographic but yeah yeah okay well

01:00perhaps perhaps you listen I'm like thanks for listening thanks man yeah oh no thanks a lot man

01:08appreciate it and he's like huh oh no that's how Dave's gonna get killed here we go I'm like

01:16uh no I just said like thanks a lot for listening to the show and he said what are you talking about

01:24oh my god and so at this point I'm like can I just get into my car like can I stop pumping and just go

01:30uh-oh and I said oh I'm sorry I thought you said you listened to the show he's like so confused

01:40yeah he's gonna be like I don't know what you're talking about yeah yeah I said do you like that show

01:45and now I'm like incredibly confused was he talking to you at all though or was he on the

01:54only two people there but yeah but but what show a lot of times well I'll explain oh okay okay it

02:01doesn't matter what I was gonna say what's going on so uh-huh he keeps staring at me and I'm I don't

02:10I don't know what to say now I'm like I'm sorry man I must have missed it I don't know what show

02:15you're talking about yeah he's like he points at my hoodie he's like that show you really like it and

02:21like he's getting all up in my face I'm like um the show what was your hoodie I saw your hoodie

02:29yesterday I don't know what it what was your hoodie my hoodie is a Canadian brand called roots

02:36okay oh you better say yep which as it turns out yeah is also the name of a show yes about

02:49slavery yes that's so funny because I noticed your sweatshirt I was like oh that's interesting

02:55yeah what a choice I noticed it but I didn't just I didn't think about it right yes yeah

03:00yeah it was I looked it up this morning because I was so confused oh my god it was a mini series

03:09like in the late 70s yeah but in like the like maybe about five six years ago they brought it

03:14back as a as a series right they redid it all again I didn't see it all about the troubles of

03:19slavery right yeah I remember the original yes I mean I didn't watch the original I don't think

03:24no I remember right does it not have Canada right underneath it does it not say like because

03:29a lot of times like roots I think roots is like a Canadian brand so like it would be like roots and

03:35they would put Canada right underneath because I think they knew back in the day it was back in the

03:40day I think they knew they were like oh we gotta do a little bit uh yeah we had to watch that series

03:46in school in school yeah yeah I remember when it was coming out you know because I think it was 80s

03:52wasn't it yeah yeah early yeah this just it was because it was the guy it was the guy from Star

03:59Trek yeah yeah LeVar Burton yeah yeah so Geordi LaForge yes I think there is a like a maple leaf on

04:06the hood or the back of the hood or something that's not gonna help you that it's not gonna

04:10help you it's just it's oh how awkward incredibly awkward because then now I don't want to say I'm

04:15like oh um uh I don't want to say no I hate that show or oh yeah whatever I'm like uh no actually

04:23this is a Canadian uh company uh uh clothing yeah and I'm like all right man I'll see you later just

04:31go yeah he's did he under he's like no he looked at me like I was whacked I'm sure he's talking to

04:37all his friends and family about talking to you yesterday and how confusing it was and you had

04:42the giant white man in the root shirt yeah exactly yeah imagine my goodness that would be an

04:49interesting show to put on your chest right oh yeah it really is walk around it really is a wild

04:55one love this show man love it but then he thought you and then you said thanks for listening you know

05:00like to your show you know oh yeah he has no idea what I do no idea I have a show and I never clarified

05:06what that was no he just thinks I'm one of those crazy guys pumping gas yeah thought you have a roots

05:11podcast or something yeah it's even worse it was the most bizarre encounter my roots Dave Hunter

05:20talking about roots the classic 70s miniseries about slavery like I buy a lot of t-shirts you know

05:26with a lot of crazy stuff on them like lots of crazy stuff I've never seen a roots one you know

05:32about the tv show any roots merch yeah no no no you got like a schindler's list hat or something

05:39yeah what's next

05:40oh my goodness

05:44yeah no

05:45chernobyl outfit like what what else am I gonna wear

05:49yeah it's a russian brand

05:52really high end oh my god no it was just oh boy never honestly oh my god made the connection

06:02before but uh sure did yesterday I guess I won't be wearing that too much anymore no that's done

06:08at least not around here Dave yeah roots hoodie that's what you get for talking to random people

06:13at the guest well I didn't start it you must be like the show I thought that I didn't want to be so

06:18if I think someone's saying I like the show I can't be rude and be like f you yes no of course

06:23not ignore them I got I had to acknowledge it was a weird to say what show but then you're on a show

06:27most people aren't on a show so it would be yes well to me if someone came up to me and they were

06:33like hey I like the show and I said to them what show that I feel like I would be the a-hole

06:40the a-hole I can't say that because we do this that's why I was like hey thanks a lot man

06:45just have to you just have to you were in you had to say a diabolical scenario yeah it was

06:51absolutely bizarre there's no way to get around that one because you can't say you don't like

06:56roots no right also can't say yeah I love love right no it's a it's a very tough show powerful

07:05yeah impactful impactful quite a message yes but I was not representing it oh my goodness in my

07:13clothing no no Wildy brought up a show you know because that that word will like yeah that's it

07:18you think of this so for him because he's probably I don't know if he knew the original but the show I

07:25I 2016 they redid a whole yeah I don't think I saw I don't think I saw the new one I only I just

07:34remember being young and that because that played all the time in school I think as Jason said too

07:39like it was a teaching aid I think yeah

07:43yeah

07:44yeah

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