#gmmore 1702

[nocontextmythical]

i don't know about your technique.

[malienessan]

Here, sit on my lap

Let me help you get comfortable

Of course you do

[jacularmetteld]

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[jula483]

if you crop the sleeping bag out completely they're just.......

(x)

[loulougoingsolo]

Is Annie ok yet?

We are expecting a blizzard later today, and the best way to get through a day like this is to sit by the fire and eat soup. My plan was to make lentil soup today, but today’s GMM inspired me to make minestrone instead - only, I have to make it from scratch. While my soup is simmering on the stove, I think I’ll have just enough time to write this post.

I buy canned soups rarely, but when I do, my go-to canned soup is a tomato soup with mascarpone cheese, and every now and then I buy a can of a very Finnish delicacy, peasoup made from dried peas - only to remember the next day all the reasons why I rarely eat it. I usually prefer to make my own soups, because I’m a bit picky when it comes to soups, and quite frankly, I don’t like the taste of “can”.

On GMM however, today’s menu consists only of canned soups. Rhett and Link are trying to find the name brands of different soup varieties by tasting four different brands in each round. The first soup variety is chicken noodle, but this time, no bathing is involved - for the most part, only things being dipped into the soups are the spoons.

It’s actually remarkable how similar the different brands look, and yet, they taste nothing alike. You’d imagine the taste, being the most important aspect of any food, would be the thing to imitate, but it sure looks like the appearance matters in knock-off soups as much as it does in knock-off shoes or bags.

Both guys manage to find the chicken noodle name brand Campbell’s, but in the heat of the competition, Rhett also manages to find Link’s finger with his skewer. Should we start a petition to completely ban sharp objects on GMM, not just from Link, but from Rhett also? And somebody, kiss Link’s boo-boo!

The next round involves a lot of clam chowder. I personally wouldn’t want to eat anything clammy to begin with, but I’d have trouble with a soup that thick even without the clams. And the fact that you can’t really tell what, other than the clams, these soups contain, is really troubling for me. The guys don’t seem to be troubled by this clammy dish at all, although they find out that this time, the name brand wasn’t the best brand.

I really need to give the Mythical Kitchen some more time - I’ve only had time to watch a few of the episodes so far. The podcast is something I’ll definately add to my to-do list, because I have a bit more time to spare to listening things than to watching. And I like a good food debate.

But the next soup is minestrone (mine is about ready right now, and might I say, it turned out perfect). The soup to find in this round is Amy’s, and after tasting all of the soups, Rhett manages to find her soup (there is a Britney Spears refernce waiting to happen here, but I’m not going there), which apparently is not only the most natural one, but also the blandest of these four.

Loaded potato soup looks very similar to clam chowder, and it’s again one of the soups that I would not dip my spoon in. I’d rather have my baked potato on its own with a glass of water than eat it in a soup form - but I’m all for Rhett and Link doing a vlog where they go to the Rotary club, or any club of their choosing, and throw one dollar bills to everyone there.

Progresso was the name brand to find on this round, as it was on the clam chowder round, and once again, it fails to impress.

Then we move on to tomato soup, and instead of trying to find the iconic Campbell’s tomato soup (not included in this round), the soup to locate is Annie’s. Thanks to Link, the jukebox in my brain is now playing the greatest hits of Michael Jackson - and I’m okay with it. Not sure about Annie though, thanks for asking.

Since Link doesn’t mind eating tomato soup while he dislikes tomatoes, Rhett asks if he’d be open to eating olive soup, too. One of my worst food related memories is a vegetable soup I once had in a somewhat sketchy place. It was called a Greek veggie soup, and it was one of those creamy soups that I hate, with hardly any visible bits or chunks. The taste was absolutely horrible, and after a closer inspection, I could see a tiny speck of a black olive in it. A moment later, I found a piece of lettuce. To this day, I firmly believe we were served the Greek salad of the previous day, only in a soup form. Eww.

But we are talking about tomato soup now. And somehow, about dipping fingers in it. But what the heck did just happen?

I didn’t see this coming, at all, even when Link took his finger too close to Rhett, but it did. Rhett just dunked Link’s hand in the tomato soup and licked his finger clean. Now, I’m starting to think the fan fic episode really messed up with the guys’ brain. Not that I’m complaining. Because I actually clapped my hands when this happened. I’m all for the guys acting on their instincts, especially if this is the outcome. (But how diva-esque is it that Link, after this happens, just stretches his arm and asks for someone to clean it off-screen?) I know this was not the same hand that Rhett accidentally almost pierced in the earlier round, but I think this classifies as someone kissing Link’g boo-boo.

Well, since Link correctly identifies Annie’s soup, the guys tie this game, and are therefore both known as Souperstars from now on.

Every meal needs to end with a tasty dessert, and today’s dessert, served in GMMore, is s’mores - or to be exact, the More is a Mythical Society voted S’More. I always go for the rhinkiest option in those votes, and I most definately voted for the guys to do the episode while in a shared sleeping bag - but for some reason, I expected to see a two-person version instead of this, rather tight one. (Oh, and I love this new wheel-ending, even if I prefer not to think about a naked and dehydrated ghosts peeing into my ear. I wasn’t freaked out, but I did get chills.)

I remember when Link in a previous S’more, when the guys had to hold hands for the whole episode, made sure to point out that they are just friends, and that he wanted to set some boundaries. Today, while talking about dating his wife, Christy, he told a story about sharing a sleeping bag with her one night on a beach.

“It’s tough to maintain your physical boundaries in a relationship...when sharing a sleeping bag.”

So, yeah, after that, the thing you need to do is to climb into the same sleeping bag with your platonic best friend. But the rule about sharing a sleeping bag is to always keep all hands visible and on the outside. You know, to set physical boundaries and all that.

Now, because tasting soup powders is, simply put, pretty insane, I’m not going to say much about that. Other than, I need to buy a bag of a soup with broccoli in it and see if they do expand like the little dinosaur capsules, and turn back into real broccoli. I’ll end this post by stating that instead of Michael Jackson, my head is now playing Nelly’s It’s getting hot in herre on repeat - just because Link mentioned the sleeping bag was getting a little too warm.

[jacularmetteld]

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[jacularmetteld]

I think rhett made a condom joke in today’s gmmore 3:36 xD

Very possible. :D [x] ‘‘Sliiide right in.’‘