Short Rest: Eldermourne - Ep. 8: Until We Meet Again

Is it not like, extremely normal to put DVDs and blue rays on a shelf by your TV?

Sean

listening to murph and jake say you cant put blurays on a bookshelf as i look to the side and see the bookshelf full of blurays and dvds in my house

super cockler

I was just wondering about this randomly yesterday, thank you so much.

Alethea Hansen

Naddpod’s “crit on your homework” and mbmbam’s “keep your grades up” give the exact same energy 😂😂

Alethea Hansen

If my dog spoke to me like that I would assume it was the devil and walk into the sea

Olivia Francis

Everyone’s talking about blue rays but 3 years late I can say how holding your breath for longer works You don’t change how your body uses oxygen or anything, you just train your body to be okay with higher amounts of carbon dioxide in your blood to keep your body from trying to make you breath automatically.

Austin S

Not putting your Blu-Rays on your bookshelf would leave a giant SWEET BLU HOLE !!

The Grinch Tried to Pump my Gas in Jersey so I Put the Car in Reverse

Digital copies that don't take up space?

Summer Tribe

I have a new habit of trying to predict what kind of dice Caldwell is going to call out in the end 😅

Dr. Bearkele

Your hatred of Blu-ray collections is crazy. Hard copy of my movies so I don’t have to deal with streaming services. How do you watch when your internet is out?

DT

Asparagus with lemon and some salt and pepper 😘🤌 I love asparagus, I'm glad Emily has been introduced to it's deliciousness

nonya bizness

I would literally kill for a comic miniseries about Syb and some rook veterans traveling Eldermourne and desecrating Fergus’ remains

Abby Reeves

#teamemily on these blurays! My partner and I have a 300+ bluray collection on beautiful oak bookshelves! Not everyone is a bibliophile, and us movie lovers deserve nice things too!

Andrey M

If you don't put your Blus on the shelf, where do you put them? WHERE DO YOU PUT THEM????

Kimmie Höward

What's wrong with putting your Blu-Rays on the bookshelf???

1man2hands

Team Zard #WhyAreYouPointingAGun@Me

Lucian Walker

if henry dies jake should play willie

Laura

Also, Jake introducing himself as "Honky Honk Honk" is still my all time favorite moment of Eldermourne.

William Bowen

Spritl haunts their dreams until the choo choo crew returns and takes all of Fergus's bones and spends several side adventures scattering them to the four corners of the world.

William Bowen

Hot asparagus tip, it goes really well with egg and parmesan, grill the asparagus with a little olive oil lemon and garlic, top with a poached egg and sprinkle with some garlic bread crumbs and grate some parmesan and you've got a delicious vegetarian breakfast

Daniel Stewart

You have to be in the council of elders tier

Moost_Awesome

Don't care either way about the bonk jokes, but bonkginya rolls off the tongue oddly well.

Chris Broderick

I just wanted to say, I really appreciated Syb using they/them pronouns, it made my heart feel warm 💖💖

AceOfCascade

How do I get to hear my name at the end of the podcasts! I want to feel special

George Tutle

I’m ambivalonk

Michael Critz

All these comments trying to get roses, whereas I, a true intellectual, am trying to get a thorn

James Langdon

It’s a shame that Murph’s (unintentional?) fantastic joke of ‘hot asparagus tip of the week’ was missed. Genius

jon

Willie almost had some Mattie big crit vibes

Debra Wasson

Please break out the Adam Driver doll during short rests so we can hear it say "NOOOO" again

Grant Klein

SHOUT OUT TO LEAN POCKETS

spiflication

I would love a “Crit on Your Homework” totebag!

Erin

I'm fully team Emily for displaying the Blu-ray collection in the bookcase!

Dominic Webster

I think Emily had it right. Poppy is the plant from which heroin is made, and has been used for its opiate properties throughout history. Jake should remember people drinking "milk of the poppy" in GoT!

Sammo Cando

Ayy did I hear Em say she watches the OC? That show is so much better than it has any right to be

LJ_Rivvy

There's a difference between a bookshelf that was purchased and installed specifically for displaying books and a regular old shelf that you can find anywhere

Lori P.

A sea shanty written by Emily?? Yes please! Can't wait to hear it n_n

Julie V Eckert

#teammurph! Also Emily I strongly recommend the Myth Series by Robert Asprin. They are fantasy books from the 70s and they are fantastic! 😊

Arwyn Robinson

Is it considered weird in the US to put DVDs on a shelf? Where the heck else would you put them?

SeeYouAnon

I loved the Wensleydale cheese story. I straight up made a halfing sorcerer named Wensley Dalemont after seeing the cheese in a grocery store years ago. He had the noble background and I had him be the son of a cheese baron.

Scott

I second the rec for Educated. One of the best memiors I've read, and there was a time when I was reading one every couple of weeks.

Lori P.

Congrats on your new bookshelf Murph and Emily! I must respectfully call you a monster for trying to add DVDs to it, Emily, and would love to recommend some books to add to the shelf instead (I’ve read a book for every week of 2020 so far and am drowning in recommendations to give). 1. Circe by Madeleine Miller for character growth and cottage core vibes, and just a new take on an iconic tale, 2. Anne of Green Gables for a cozy nature read, 3. Educated by Tara Westover for a fascinating memoir that will keep you on the edge of your seat and inspire you to overcome the odds, 4. A Man Called Ove for an amusing and heart warming take on the cantankerous old people you come across in life that exasperate you, 5. Perfume by Patrick Suskind for one of the most different and strange books about a murderer you’ll ever read

Toe-bean-wiggler

Christmas/holiday gift idea: get your brother a subscription to the patreon. a hundred plus hours of short rest for $5? Great deal

Sean Thompson

I am pro-honk. Pronk if you will

Charles Johnson

^^^Might want to check your spelling on that one my guy 😬😬😬

My brother listens to the show but doesn't have access to the short rest. He asked me after this week's episode if Jake based Henry on his own life because he though he heard something about Jake being divorced on the main feed. I then had to explain the whole inside joke from the short rest about Jake and Jill being divorced and let him know that Jake is doing just fine. We both love Henry btw! #teammurph

Logenthar

Will do! 😎👉👉

Harrison Cyr

Haha I'm sure that will go well, have fun!

Harrison Cyr

If no one has said this yet, heroin was created by Bayer in Germany as a non-addictive form of morphine in the post-civil War era

Jeff Merrill

I absolutely lose my MIND whenever Aladdin comes up with y'all, I love this running theme 😂

Dana A

I gotta say, listening to the conversation about the check to, as Caldwell put it, "strip the flesh from [Fergus's] bones" is truly wild when I'm irl listening to this on my lunch break 😂

Paige Kapus

Don't worry, Jake. I heard and respect your "That's so Braven" comment!

Liz Ruifrok

I'm hoping this years holiday special is canonical with the original donkey kong holiday special. The Rise of Balnor Kong!

Michael Mueller

HOORAY!!!! Super proud of you! And now you can enter with pride every time that knob turns properly ;)

Lopiena

Can’t believe I forgot to mention that! One of my favorite Fia moments to date. ~Caldwell

Not Another D&D Podcast

Quick Update: This knob fixed his knobs! My bathroom is no longer a death trap! - Caldwell

Not Another D&D Podcast

I haven’t been reading the comments, but has anyone commented that Shank should be immune to attacks of opportunities? I vaguely remember reading that it doesn’t count as a creature.

McCurtis Banks

I’m just here for my rose.

Brett

I have a medical question I've been given half of a rose and the effect (Giddiness, frequent smiling fit,...) have lasted more than 72h... Should I go see a doctor or is it normal ?

Groove819

Murph, was 'Hot Asparagus Tip of the Week' a deliberate pun or was in punintentional?

Tom Curtis

I'm so happy y'all taught Emily how to properly prepare asparagus, I love the green bois!

Lucas Sharrett

This was devastating to listen to on my way back from a foraging hike in the woods. How did you know?? But I’m committed to critting on my homework, so now these turkey tails and brick cap mushrooms are going to go into a wreath or something, which should be a fun new challenge. :)

Alex Kosnett

Roses are red henry is blue phea is raped up in a pool

Asparagus added to pasta with lemon, olive oil, garlic, and parmesan. Add Chicken and/or bacon if you wanna get crazy.

Legally Depressed

Fia is real and she is my friend. -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

I just finished Mort! It was great also! -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

hahaha this is a very good retort I will use next time we have this debate. -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

You guys should make some dvd holders out of old books and put the blueray collection on the shelf secretly haha

Rachel

Wow thank you, please pharmacology nerd out here anytime you like! -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

yes! It's one of my favorite books I read last year. I read achilles as well and loved it too. -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

I just need to get book jackets for them. A little John Wick 2 and Hackers fake book jacket. -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

definitely will! we've been using bookshop, since they donate to independent bookstores. But I'll check it out! I love used books in particular. the more dogeared and underlined the better. -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

that is badass! -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

I am interested in all of the above! adding to my libby wish list. -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

this is the correct use of a bookshelf, I am sure of this. -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

it is so empty right now haha. But I am enjoying slowly filling it. Although I imagine the holidays will help. -Emily

Not Another D&D Podcast

I'm firmly Team Both. Life and Death, Yin and Yang, Murph and Shenanigans. The one cannot exist without the other.

Bobby Huggins

love you murph but #TeamEveryoneElse

Rachel

I once had to remove the hinges from my bedroom door, because the knob fell off when I closed it. Luckily I had a screwdriver in my bedroom, since my mom was out of town for the weekend. So, agree, replace that knob.

Miss Ter Cole

“real life”? 🤣

Frances Montell

It was a moss that inspired LSD

D'ran Dana

The Honk jokes were getting so out of hand that, for a minute, I couldn’t remember some of the actual real life names 😂

Parker Reincke

Any room is an escape room if the door knob is broken

Saru

My Aladdin obsessed friend reminded me the jasmine scene is RIGHT before Aladdin drowns it's totally valid Emily doesnt remember 😂

Ranch Bass

My username on Reddit is Mattycrits. Do I need to change it now to honor William of House Crits???

Joshua Qualls

no one commented on the door knob??? Please Caldwell, if the spindle is stripped there is no coming back and you need to get a new doorknob setup from the hardware store. They come in all types, from gorgeous Victorian brass doorknobs to simple "this is just a bathroom" doorknobs. Kits come with all pieces you need to change that death trap into a functional door again. Any room that you have to get someone else to let you out is an absolute fire hazard and extremely unsafe! So get a new doorknob, drill a few holes if you feel like it, and feel super proud of yourself when you go to the bathroom without permission! You can do it!!!

Lopiena

A new stretch goal where Emily talks in-depth about a discworld novel of her choice on a stream.

Saru

I’m not going to comment

Brenton

I may not be allowed to give roses but Emily coming up with the wandering atlas that gets bigger as it explores is the greatest bit of lore in eldermourne no i will not be debating this.

Joshua Brint

I am going to lick the underside of a cow fungus and get back to you. Wish me luck, or don't.

Danley Staniels

SAME

Danley Staniels

I'm only here because you guys told me not to

David Loughin

Y'all are some of the coolest people on the planet, but I absolutely refuse to take shit for displaying blu-rays/dvds from people who play dnd for a living.

Daniel King

Couple of fun facts from a pharmacology nerd: heroin is an opiate meaning that it is derived from the poppy plant, so y'all are right there. LSD is also derived from lysergic acid, found in the ergot fungus, though I don't think the lysergic acid is from fungus when folks synthesis it these days. Also, ergot itself is psychoactive via ergotamine and other alkaloids. Consuming the fungus isn't going to be a good time though, mania, hallucinations(but not fun ones), violent burning sensations, pain, paralysis, spasms, etc. are all symptoms of its use.

Harrison Cyr

I'd say yes. It's hilarious and likely sets the tone for this one.

Nolan Childerhose

Herion is a form of morphine it process in your system to morphine!:)

SYDNEY TATUM

As someone who’s never played and thus doesn’t understand the scope of the consequences for shenanigans in D&D, I’m squarely team everyone else. I want more shenanigans.

Miles W

I'm so sorry Emily, but just no.

Robin Greer

I am both team Murph and team everyone else!! Sometimes you want order and sometimes you just wanna yell a little.

Catrena Boylan

If you guys make a shirt that says “crit on your homework” , “don’t car surf and don’t lick stuff from the woods” I will buy it

Jaydon

Emily have you read Circe?! It’s a feminist retelling of a Greek myth and Circe is a witch. It. Is. Perfect.

Kelly J Shafer

please do not eat ergot

Wylie Whiteaker

If Jake died he could've played Willie

CallMeButters

Third Mate is the Safety Officer on a ship, Henry says don't car surf and don't lick things in the woods!

BRayne7

For some sweet asparagus... bake in the oven on 350 after drizzling with some type of margarine and maple syrup. Easy and yummy! U can do the same with carrots... Honk! Honk!

Carri Miller

Emily, what if you put your Blu-rays in a pretty decorative box and put it on the bookshelf? Maybe Murph won’t notice. 😁

zessa18

Emily and Murph, if you're looking to stock your new bookshelf, please consider checking out betterworldbooks.com! For every book you buy, they donate a book, they charge a small amount to offset the carbon cost of transportation, and round up to donate to the online free library! Not to mention, most (used(/loved)) books will only run you $4-6. A truly amazing cite, hope you love it!

Peydon Bush

For the dvds on the bookshelf I won’t if there’s some sort of thing that looks like books from the front and then you can remove to show it’s actually just movies

ananarama

I'm Team Everyone Else. Let the honk jokes continue!

Schon, the Shadetree Mechanic of Zebuldar

Im with emily i do have a bookcase full of movies

Halo

So glad i had a bottle of port to enjoy this episode wth

lilly smoke

As a fellow DM with crazy and lovable players, I hereby declare myself for team Murph. The shenanigans must be allowed but only within reason

Jacob Buttarazzi

Team Murph! As a fellow dm I feel his pain

Logan

I’m 20 and I’m an electrician, and I’m always proud as all hell when I do something at home, like I took like two hours hanging this giant TV and felt so badass about it, y’all should too! Make stuff!

Michael Singer

Murph vs. Everybody

Agiddysea

PAW PAW GUMP CHEESE

Jackson Korlath

*looks at bookshelf filled with everything BUT books* 😬 sorry Murph

Garrett Morrow

Release the shanty!!! #TeamEveryoneElse

theGRAINGERzone

A bookshelf is sacred! I’m with Murph, no blurays!

Gearoid Cotter

Amazing novel, too bad the sequel was such a massive disappointment.

Miss Ter Cole

Team Paw-Paw for life!

Miss Ter Cole

Anytime book recs come up, I have to shout out the works of Connie Willis. Specifically, her Oxford Time Travel series. The whole lot is worth reading, but the final two, Blackout and All Clear, are the single most perfect distillation of true heroism put to page. If you don't want to read something that will make you cry, then try "To Say Nothing of the Dog" instead (a 21st century man trapped in a Victorian comedy of manners).

Miss Ter Cole

DVDs absolutely do not go on the bookshelf >:( they belong in a cupboard like the dirty gremlins that they are

Taleisha G

This is one of my favorite bits of trivia to drop on people. Heroin, the non-addictive morphine!

Miss Ter Cole

Emily, a book rec for you! "The Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death, & the Ecstatic" by Joanna Ebenstein is 100% up your alley, a very good looking book, and a super fast read. Big rec for anyone who's interested in medical history, art history, and weird cultural relics from Europe.

Diana

Team Murph lol He has a lock down on shenanigans this season lol I love it

GingerNopples

Murph, I love how you don't hold back this season. I absolutely love it.

GingerNopples

An Ax/Murph compromise? Emily, depending on if you want to keep your blu-rays in the original cases or not, I found a 3-ring binder that looks like a book/tome and has plastic sheets to hold discs. I'll send you one. Your movie collection will look like just another(nameless) book on the shelf!

Jeffrey Steck, Lord of the Fjord

Are y’all team murph or team everyone else

Kenna L

I know that opium and heroine used to be used for menstruation- people would soak their tampons/feminine hygiene in a bunch of in it (and others) and it’d “help the pain”

Thomas Rose

It was also used as a cough suppressant

Anna Q

Let Emily put up her movies on the shelf?? What's the problem lol

Myles Lee

I will not be desperately praying for a rose for my comment. If one just happened to come about, I wouldn't poo-poo it.

I Love Not Finishing My Sentences

Murph, on my bookshelf, from the DVDs new and used, to the Blu Rays, from fiction softcover to textbook hardcover, the video games, the comic strips and the graphic novels - all are welcome on the shelf! Because ALL my friends, regardless of their format, are good enough to be on the big shelf. And it's easier.

Crescent Minor

Insane that you are ASHAMED of your movie collection Murph. John Wick Chapter 1, John Wick: Chapter 2, and John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum are just as valid are your dumb Hobbit and Hobbit sequel books

The Real Kal-El

you absolutely CAN put DVDs (or classier, VHS) on a book shelf

Eli M

I have dvds on my bookshelf and if you squint they blend in with the books so I think it looks good #teamemily

Marisa

GUNPLA ON THE SHORT REST!? Ily Caldwell

dylndmg

I'm Team Murph

Duncan Watson

I'm SO down for a sea shanty! My dad brought his piano accordion camping once, and we wrote a sea shanty together! It was so fun!

Emily

Part of me wanted to hear Fergus and Hank (Mr. Henry) going blow for blow and unlike the Tavern fight Hank would come out on top!! But when I heard Zirk take that final shot the Dice Goddess had a different story to tell. We had a man who used violence and intimidation to get what he wanted. On the other side of the battle we have Zirk, his opponent, he isn’t physically strong and gets timid at times but he did not falter against this powerhouse of a foe and even ridiculed the man for his bs! The Dice Goddess saw this man and said, “Fuck this guy!” And laid her plan until just the right moment to give Fergus the biggest ‘Fuck you.’ So Fergus didn’t go with a bang but a whimper to a man he saw as inferior. All hail the Conquering Hero, Zonk for Bonk!!!

Alex aka Zol Ark

Question for everyone here- Should I watch the first donkey kong holiday special before watching the upcoming DK special?

Rachel Schapiro

have y'all seen crystal caste's crystal shaped dice? i love em cuz they feel like rolling knuckle-bones so i can pretend im a witch in a cheesy paperback. you might find them to be a suitable asparagus-esque dice set! https://www.thediceshoponline.com/specialist-dice/crystal-caste-crystal-shaped-dice.html

Conrad Schaffer Vignati

You let Em display those blurays Murph. Our LotR extended editions sit proudly between their Argonath bookends. Right next to the Terry Pratchett.

Tristan Lestavel-Entwistle

I have ALWAYS wanted a bookshelf with a ladder! 😵😵😵 Please post a pic!

Emily

also piggybacking off of that, the name “heroin” derives from the german word “heroisch” which means heroic or strong. i’m not sure why they named it that but it was either because a) it was able to make the pain you felt so numb that you felt strong again or b) it was supposed to be your pain relief “hero”

H-Train

The band of boobs are jocks that do theater and the choochoo crew are nerds that do theater

hunky dory

Please put Dunston in DK one shot lol

K

Fun fact heroin is actually a brand name that was sold over the counter by Bayer starting in the late 1800s! It was supposed to be a non-addictive pain medicine lol

Teo Tamashiro-Harris

Please show us the bookshelf sometime! And succulents are so hot right now 🔥

Nolan Childerhose

Where do we submit questions fir the short rest in the future?

Jack Malizia

You should read The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett. My grandmother died before she finished it (because it’s 973 pages) so everyone in the family makes it a point to read it at least once! It’s a very DnD world

Theodore Carraro