1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,280 Wow, Ira, I'm so glad you're back. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,080 We missed you last week, but I have to tell you, you must have 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:11,400 had FOMO because we had such a fun time with Jackie and my mom. 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,040 I loved I missed you, but I also loved having them on the show. 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:16,280 What did you think of the episode? 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,880 All right. Well, first of all, I had major 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,440 FOMO. I'm going to be honest, I was a 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,720 little depressed, but I was so excited that you, I mean, you 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,560 got the biggest celebrities. The Legends, the. 10 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,600 Legends and I'm not there. We literally had the legends of 11 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,240 mahjong. It would be like having, you 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,280 know, Barbra Streisand if we were doing a podcast about music 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,400 or Lionel Messi if we were doing a podcast about something like 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:43,960 soccer. I was. 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,800 Like I was like, who is that? Oh, Messi, Messi. 16 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,440 Yeah, yeah, you know Messi. It was the best episode and I 17 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,720 cannot wait to get the two of them back on We'll. 18 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,640 Get them back on. The girls were a little nervous. 19 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,040 They were a little sort of reserved. 20 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,960 They were very nervous about saying something stupid. 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,920 So I did edit out a lot of stupid things. 22 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,320 But we did have fun and it was nice to have my mom up. 23 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,800 We played like 7 or 8 games together and let me tell you, I 24 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,320 was so nervous that Jackie was going to call my mom's hand 25 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:11,200 dead. And thank God my mom didn't do 26 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,480 anything stupid and thank God Jackie was on her best behavior. 27 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,000 But we had so much fun. We were laughing. 28 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,080 We played with my gorgeous new set that Ali had gotten me. 29 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:19,880 It was. It was a lot of fun. 30 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,200 We really, really missed you, though. 31 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,920 How was Florida? Florida was great did. 32 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:28,760 You get a lot of majin. We played one game, my mom, my 33 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,520 sister and I, We were just very busy, like we were preparing the 34 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,240 meal, etcetera. You know, we weren't just going 35 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,200 to someone's showing up at someone's house. 36 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,440 Like the lazy? One we played one game and my 37 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,120 sister has been using the 2026 card, but this was the first 38 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,520 time my mom has played and my mom won good and I was very 39 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:50,880 excited. And then I headed from Florida 40 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,360 for Passover to Texas for Easter. 41 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:54,720 I love it. You're so multicultural. 42 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,600 Yes. You're so multicultural that 43 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,960 way. And we played a lot of mahjong. 44 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,720 I played with Nathans mom and sister Haley and our 45 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,040 sister-in-law Laurie and my brother-in-law. 46 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,160 Trevor So you really had like a tale of two Maj's because you 47 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,640 had the whole Palm Beach crew thing going on a. 48 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:14,640 Lot of, a lot of. Oy a lot of oy bays and then 49 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:17,280 you're off to Dallas OR Houston rather, and you're playing with 50 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,400 Haley and Nathan's mom and it's that whole new crop of up and 51 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,600 coming Texas women that are playing. 52 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,880 Was the buy very different playing in Texas? 53 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:26,520 Huge news. Yeah. 54 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:34,000 So Haley and I listened to the podcast a few episodes, and now 55 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,840 Haley says, ready for this? Yeah, one. 56 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,680 Bam. Oh, good job, I'm good job. 57 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,880 There's no birdie Bams anymore. There's no bird bams anymore. 58 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,400 I really feel like we are making shit happen. 59 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,520 Yeah, we are. I mean, we are Hamptons Smudge. 60 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,760 Yeah. Wet naps. 61 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,400 I'm. I'm telling Haley one Bam. 62 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,800 We are influencers. We're getting dozens and dozens 63 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,320 of emails coming across on the Maj. 64 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,240 Bros Instagram handle. We're going to get into that in 65 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,080 a minute. I'm excited about this episode, 66 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:04,360 Iron. I'm really excited to have you 67 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:05,480 back. Should we, should we kick it 68 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:06,440 off? You ready to get into it? 69 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,920 Let's go. Welcome to the Maj. 70 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:13,920 Cast with Jason and. Ira. 71 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,360 Back here with me, we're the Mahj Bros. 72 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,680 This is where the tiles talk and the table tells the truth. 73 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,720 Mahjong isn't just a game anymore, it's a culture, it's a 74 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,840 vibe, it's a full blown moment and if you've ever sat at a 75 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,160 table you already know that things can get a little bit 76 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,120 interesting. Great episode today. 77 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,720 Really happy to have Ira where he belongs back in the cockpit. 78 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,480 We're diving into the 369 hands today, focusing on pivots and 79 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,280 how to actually play them. We've got more table culture and 80 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,000 etiquette, a spicy call it segment you're definitely going 81 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,560 to want to stick around for. Plus we're shouting out our 82 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,400 listener messages and talking more dream guests at the table. 83 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:58,520 So pull up a chair, rack your tiles, and let's play IRA 36 84 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,120 nines. I am really loving this section 85 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,080 this year. I have my card in front of me. 86 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:09,520 I'm going to open it up and if you don't mind, I will start by 87 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,080 just going right to the first hand. 88 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,640 Not necessarily my favorite in the section, but I really like 89 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,200 the flexibility that you have with this hand. 90 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,040 I think it's a really good reason to hold on to your sixes 91 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,560 in the Charleston. We'll talk about sixes in a 92 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,440 second. And if you do get wins, you 93 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,560 know, you can find yourself maybe heading down to Line 4 94 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,280 where you've got lots of three sixes and a couple nines, plus, 95 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:35,920 of course, the news. Where do you go, Ira? 96 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,000 What do you like on this section? 97 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,520 First of all, I think when we're talking about these sections, 98 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,120 our listeners should have their cards open. 99 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,640 Great idea. Agreed. 100 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,840 Pull out your cards, everybody. I get very overwhelmed by the 101 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:54,560 13579. There are 5 numbers you have to 102 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,960 deal with plus, you know, the Dragons and the winds and the 103 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,040 flowers, etcetera. But with three, six nines, 104 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,200 there's just three. And so I love it. 105 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,200 So I'm actually just going to skip around if you go for it. 106 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,720 So my favorite hand is the fifth one down which I knew you. 107 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,400 Were going to say about that and. 108 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,200 It's similar to the singles and pair third one down. 109 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:22,080 Yes, it is. Now a little interesting thing 110 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:27,760 happened with my brother-in-law with that hand that really 111 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,960 stressed me out. Talk to me so he's. 112 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,520 Played many times, yeah. And then we start playing. 113 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:34,600 He's like, I don't know how to play. 114 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,440 Not a beginner? Yeah, he's a fake beginner. 115 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,760 He's a fake beginner. Yeah, OK. 116 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:45,520 So he went to call a tile, someone threw out a nine crack 117 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:53,520 and then he suddenly proceeds to put the three, the three, a 118 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,480 joker in a nine crack. There's like so many things that 119 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,840 are wrong with that, and I think that we should do a segment in 120 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:05,720 the future that just focuses on where you can't put Joker. 121 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,640 Yeah, IA, 100% agree. There's no joker in that hand. 122 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,280 There's no calling. You can't call for that 3369. 123 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,680 That's not an exposure because it's basically pairs. 124 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,920 Oh. My God, he stresses me out so 125 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:16,720 much. Yeah. 126 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,240 OK. Well, I think, I think that's, 127 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:19,680 that's a good point like. But I love that. 128 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,840 But I love that hand. He ruined that hand for me. 129 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:26,720 What I love about the three, six nines are you can pivot in so 130 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,120 many different places. And also because there's six and 131 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,000 the three six nines, Yep, you can go to the 2026 easily. 132 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,000 You can go to any like numbers easily. 133 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,280 You can go to 2468 easily. There's a lot of great options, 134 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,160 but do you want to go 1 by 1 or how do you? 135 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:43,760 Want. No, no, I look, I want to just 136 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,160 comment on that. All over the place. 137 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,880 I really like that hand because you can also pivot. 138 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,240 There's 8 like number Kong hands on the entire card. 139 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,280 So if you just look at the three sixes or nines, whatever you're 140 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:56,960 going to play on that fifth line, you can pivot to a lot of 141 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,960 other places like the third line of the like numbers. 142 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:02,040 You can go. There's a bunch of spots, you 143 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,800 know, and obviously for those that are beginners, but the more 144 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:11,160 experienced players, that 3369 can be 3669, it could be 3699. 145 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,160 Then of course, you have to match those Kongs accordingly 146 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,240 with whatever pair you have in the first meld. 147 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,480 I I love that. I think it's probably one of my 148 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,520 favorite ones. I also like the similar mirrored 149 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,760 pair hands as we've talked about like in the 1357 Nines is really 150 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,080 good too. I'm going to go next to the 151 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,160 second hand, the ascending pair, the ascending hand. 152 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,440 You have to match that Kong suit at the end, which I think is 153 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,400 really interesting, or that those standalone nines rather on 154 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,920 the second hand, you've got all three suits that you're going to 155 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:43,840 play. Pairs here are going to be the 156 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,440 challenge. So if you've got the pair of 157 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,160 threes and the pair of sixes, you know, if you don't have 158 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,640 those coming out of the Charleston, I don't think hope 159 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,760 and prayer should be a strategy in mahjong. 160 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,200 I I think you have to have those two pairs that kick it off if 161 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:57,240 you're going to commit to that hand. 162 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,280 Don't you agree? Would you like hope you're going 163 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:01,320 to call? That a little bit or. 164 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,360 Hope you're going to find that withdraw that three, you know. 165 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,240 What, As I was like, you know, looking through the card and the 166 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:11,240 369 over the past few days, how does the National Mahjong League 167 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,200 come up with the values? Because there are two pairs 168 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,680 here. Yeah, OK. 169 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,360 Why is it not $0.30? It's not easy. 170 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,920 Yeah, totally. Like you've got 2 pairs with the 171 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,680 news hand on line 4 and that's a 30 cent hand. 172 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,360 Honestly, I I feel like when we had do these episodes. 173 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,200 We need to get somebody from the Marchon leagues on they. 174 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,120 Should be here. We need to get somebody on the 175 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:34,400 show. Ask all these questions. 176 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,480 I think it's a bunch of old Jewish ladies that sit around, 177 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,640 they smoke a joint, you know, because it's legal now in New 178 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,039 York. No, And they're like, this will 179 00:08:40,039 --> 00:08:42,679 really fuck with them. Let's let's make that a 25 180 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,039 centre and have these pairs with the new. 181 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,440 Ethel and Ethel. Like my grandmother. 182 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,960 No, Ethel's not doing. That I also really like the 183 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,480 third hand. You know, here's some Dragons, 184 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,640 which is a lot of fun and you can play it a couple different 185 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,400 ways. I love the three flowers that 186 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,880 start it all off again. I think you just have to make 187 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,840 sure that you've got the confidence in those 23, you 188 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,520 know, and of course the nines, it's the pairs can really throw 189 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,200 you off. What I love about that hand is 190 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,720 you have the you have three different things going on. 191 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,360 So you have the flowers and then you have the numbers, which are 192 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,760 all the same suit and then you have Dragons, which are the 193 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,320 opposite. But I do not like the one to the 194 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,360 left of it because the Dragons have to match. 195 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,320 And, you know, I like, you know, Cinco de Mayo. 196 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,720 I like it to be a little. Crazy, you know, you, you like 197 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,760 the Cinco de Mayo, you like that three flag color. 198 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,520 Now on that hand also, and we're talking again about line 3 and 199 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,840 the three, six nines. If everybody has their card in 200 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,520 front of them, look at line number 5 on the consecutive run 201 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,760 hands. You've got the same 3 flowers, 202 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,360 you've got the four Dragons, you know, bookending each side of 203 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,720 that hand and you've got the threes in there. 204 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,320 So that's a really nice pivot to go to those consecutive runs, 205 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,920 right like that. And then, of course, you know, 206 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,400 last but not least, you've got the news hand, which we talked a 207 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,640 second about. But you know, I think you can go 208 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,760 up to line one. You've got the same kind of 209 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:02,560 three, six nines up there that you need. 210 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,040 You know, if you don't have the news right away, I, I wouldn't 211 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,080 play this hand if I didn't have news coming out of the 212 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,600 Charleston. Yeah, no, you have to have at 213 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,960 least three of the letters, three of the wins. 214 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,360 Right. It's, it's a great section. 215 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,120 I really like it. I, you know, there's been a lot 216 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,920 of chatter online for those in the know and for those that 217 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,920 follow mahjong as closely as the Maj. 218 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,080 Bros do. Hold on to your sixes during the 219 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:26,640 Charleston and let me just explain why. 220 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,680 I've done a lot of research on this and I'm following a lot of 221 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:31,480 the handles. The chatter on this is 100% 222 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,440 real. Sixes are everywhere. 223 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:39,400 On the 2026 card, there are 72 total hands on the new card, 47 224 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:43,200 of those. Out of those 72 U sixes, that's 225 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:49,640 65% of the entire card. And it's not just the raw count, 226 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,920 it's where the sixes actually show up. 227 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,160 Of course every single hand uses sixes in the 36 nines in the 228 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,680 2468 section. Sixes are core to the even 229 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:04,160 number bills in the 2026 hands. Of course you need the sixes and 230 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,560 there's lots of cross section overlap where sixes can be a 231 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:11,320 major pivot tile. So hold your sixes I think is 232 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,920 the motto for 2026. I, you know, I've holding on to 233 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:17,880 them in the Charleston just to kind of see what happens. 234 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,600 Even like later in the game, it could be a decision tile for you 235 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,800 mid game. It gives you lots of opportunity 236 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,160 to pivot. So big fan of the Sixes this 237 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:26,480 year. Yeah. 238 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,680 Yeah, good sixes. Good stuff, right? 239 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,080 Yeah. Anyway, we love the 369 hand. 240 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,800 I don't think it's entirely sexy, but it's steady. 241 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,720 And steady, as we know, wins the table. 242 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,080 It's 369. It's very sexy. 243 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:41,960 You like the 369, huh? Yeah. 244 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:42,840 OK. All right. 245 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,640 It's. A family friendly show I read. 246 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:49,440 OK, it is time for the Maj. moment. 247 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,360 We've been getting tons of reader e-mail and Ira, who's 248 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,840 managing our socials right now, sent me one that I just I have 249 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,920 to read because it's absolutely adorbs. 250 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,440 Here it is. So this is from Sarah Jane who 251 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,400 said she loves you. She says I love you too, but 252 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,400 please Ira, you need to speak up or at least move closer to the 253 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,600 mic. I listen to you while I'm in the 254 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:18,000 pool rehabbing from a broken elbow and I have a hard time 255 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,680 hearing you with the background noise in the pool. 256 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,600 Thanks. Happy holidays and may all of 257 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,200 your tiles be jokers. Sarah Jane, we love you and we 258 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,320 hope your elbow is OK. We love you. 259 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,600 We do. What else did we get? 260 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,520 Ira, What else came in? So Andrew Keeler. 261 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,520 Oh, what a sweetheart. Yeah, so he's Mr. Mahjong. 262 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,960 He's based, I believe, in California. 263 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:49,160 And sorry I haven't gotten back to you, but one of his friends 264 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,200 taught Kara Swisher how to play mahjong. 265 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,520 How fun. Now she also learned. 266 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,280 Apparently both he teaches American and Chinese mahjong, 267 00:12:57,680 --> 00:12:59,960 but I think Kara learned the Chinese version if I'm not 268 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:01,360 mistaken. I don't know. 269 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:02,920 Yeah. Yeah. 270 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:04,880 Yeah, we need a teacher of the American. 271 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,440 Oh, they did learn how to play the Chinese style. 272 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,840 I, you know, we have to do that for a separate episode too. 273 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:13,040 I know nothing about the Chinese style, like nothing at all. 274 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:14,960 So I think that's something. To look into, maybe we'll get 275 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:15,920 Mr. Mahjong. On. 276 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,520 I think he should come on, we should have him on. 277 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,520 He sent us an adorable picture of him. 278 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,080 He loves the men of Maj. They played in Palm Springs at a 279 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,160 recent tournament that they had. They had a record turn out of 280 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,760 men, 16 out of 200 players. So Andrew, thanks for writing 281 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:31,800 in. Keep listening. 282 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,400 We love all the reader mail. We don't have time to go through 283 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,280 all the ones we've gotten, but you can find us at the Maj. 284 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,400 Bros Drop us a line and feel free to comment on the show. 285 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,720 Share your dream table with us. Anything you want to say, we'd 286 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,400 love to share it with our listeners. 287 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,160 We're blowing up Ira. We're still a top 100 podcast on 288 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,960 Apple Podcasts or or Spotify in the gaming section. 289 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,680 It's really great. So within the Maj. moment, we 290 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:56,440 also love to talk about the handles that we love. 291 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,840 I want to bring up a new one this week, the House of Maj. and 292 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,200 that's Haus. That's Jessica Ehrlich and Dana 293 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,560 Bernstein. I saw them featured recently in 294 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:09,800 that in Vanity Fair and they've caught my attention and they're 295 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,960 in my feed a lot, so I actually stalk them on LinkedIn. 296 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,360 Jessica Ehrlich, guess what? Used to work in media and 297 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,440 publishing a Conde Nast and at Hearst as an editor, and now 298 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,600 she's got this. Amazing House of Maj. they're 299 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,120 doing all these fun events in Connecticut where they're 300 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,720 popping up and doing these Maj. nights and dinner and Maj. 301 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,280 nights and girls night out nights follow them the House of 302 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,160 Maj. We love what they do and then 303 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,880 interspersed with all their event news, they've got some 304 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,560 really cool strategy posts about the new card, you know 305 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,480 strategies around the Charleston and everything else and I I love 306 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,640 their design aesthetic. They've got a really cool vibe 307 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,800 and I think they're building a really cool business up there 308 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:48,240 in. Connecticut. 309 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,560 We need to head out to Connecticut. 310 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,640 I think we should crash one of their parties. 311 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,360 Would that be so fun? We should crack. 312 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,000 We should dress in drag and go crash a like a girl's, a girl's. 313 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,160 You can help me with my makeup. And you actually are very hot, 314 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,440 like in drag. I've seen you wearing my wife's 315 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,120 clothes before. Every fire. 316 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,120 Every 4th of July in fire. Island. 317 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,680 Now I'm straight and I've never like thought differently about 318 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,200 it. There's been a couple. 319 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,840 More No. I definitely should not. 320 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,840 Dress you would wear a missus Roper like moo moo I would look 321 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,640 like. Like a Roper in drag. 322 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,040 My grandmother used to wear Yeah. 323 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,480 My dad had one year many years ago. 324 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,760 He was totally ahead of his time. 325 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,720 He dressed up as Esther for Porum and he was the ugliest 326 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:32,400 Esther ever. But we loved it. 327 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,520 We thought it was the funniest thing was way before, you know, 328 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,760 men were. Cross dressing he. 329 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,960 Was he was? Anyway, House of Mahjong, follow 330 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:40,640 them. We love them. 331 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,080 Ira, who's on your radar this week? 332 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,880 So I'm following so many but the one that has been popping up 333 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,560 that I've really been enjoying lately is 4 Blondes Mahjong. 334 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,160 Everyone should follow them. They have a lot of funny little 335 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,160 videos and check it out. Check it out. 336 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,680 Love, where are they based? You know, is it on I? 337 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:03,920 Feel like they may be based in like multiple places like boss. 338 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,080 I could be wrong and. They're blonde and they Maj. 339 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,440 Warsaw, or I don't know. They're all over. 340 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,440 They're they're, they're, they're transcoastal. 341 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:14,360 We love it. Send us the handles. 342 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,600 You love again. Drop into our DMS at the Maj. 343 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,640 Bros and we're happy to give a shout out to the folks that you 344 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,080 are following and loving to. It's funny, my feet is just 345 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,880 blowing up with mahjong now, which I really am enjoying. 346 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,960 But I've got to also get back into my golf vibe a little bit 347 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,120 now. The golf seasons around the 348 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:29,680 corner. Yeah. 349 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:36,080 Same now. OK, it's time for read the table 350 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,760 hosting mahjong, I would say is an art form and as Ira and I get 351 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,520 out and we would love to crash your party anytime just. 352 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:44,280 Invite us. Invite us. 353 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,240 We'll get on the road. We have to take this on the 354 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,240 road, yeah. Let's do it. 355 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,840 Let's do the great Mahjong roadshow. 356 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:50,440 Let's do it. It might be so fun. 357 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,680 I feel like it's going to be like Oprah and Gail's, like 358 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,040 their trip that they did years ago. 359 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,200 We we could get like a big RV. Oh, come on. 360 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,320 Like it's just. Just work the dream, maybe for 361 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:02,840 a. Second, you could borrow one for 362 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,520 Max. You and Ally don't want to stay 363 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,000 in RV's like Ally is. I love her and she's the 364 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,680 greatest wife ever, but I just want her to stay in an RV with 365 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:10,839 me. I want to like get a trailer. 366 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:13,079 I want to get an RV a nice Airstream. 367 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:16,800 Parking lot of The Four Seasons while Ally and I are in the 368 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,280 room. Yeah, that sounds more like it. 369 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,319 OK, so we'll get on the road. We'll stay at Four Seasons 370 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:21,800 across the country. Are you with me now? 371 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:22,760 Yeah. Sounding better. 372 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,240 Yeah. And we'll just go do the great 373 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,400 Mahjong road trip. I love. 374 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,080 That and we could experience how mahjong has played in in 375 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,120 different parts of the country, yes. 376 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,200 This is a show, Yes, OK, this is. 377 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,000 This is. It we literally the best ideas 378 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,160 come up when we're riffing on the Maj. cast, and here we are. 379 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,600 This is a great idea. I love this. 380 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,040 I don't know if we'd. I don't know how this wouldn't 381 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,160 have happened ever. Like last time. 382 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:43,120 Definitely not. Yeah. 383 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,440 It's so much more fun being in studio. 384 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,200 You're much cuter in person. Thank you. 385 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,880 Thank you. OK, we're going to come back to 386 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:49,720 that. This is a great idea. 387 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,520 I think we'll put our day jobs and just go off on a Maj. road 388 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:53,920 trip in. A heartbeat. 389 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,680 Yeah, this is so fun. But what makes a good host? 390 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,000 So I love showing up and having a little bit of a nosh. 391 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:03,520 You know, maybe some cookies are out, some crudite, maybe there's 392 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,520 some chips in guac. You talk for a few minutes, you 393 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,960 don't bring a pink iced tea, as we've established. 394 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:12,760 And then the table's all set. You know, the, the the tiles are 395 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,720 all spread out on the table and you sit down and you just get to 396 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,000 playing, right. And you know, I don't need the 397 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,600 real fancy tablescape. I know that's a really important 398 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,720 part of the game for people and I really appreciate that, but 399 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,480 that's a good host for me. There's good lighting, you know, 400 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,440 there's everything set up for you. 401 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,480 There's tiles that I can actually read and understand, 402 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,600 none of the funky tiles where I don't understand what I'm 403 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,560 seeing. Jason, your tiles aren't the 404 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,400 easiest. Just the Dragons. 405 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,200 It's just the Dragons are hard to get. 406 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:42,680 That's it. OK, but those are 12 tiles. 407 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,160 Yeah, OK. But once you know that there's a 408 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,360 little bam and a little crack, you know which Dragons which. 409 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,920 But anyway, what makes a good. I think you're a great host. 410 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,000 I think I'm a great host as well. 411 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,960 I'm just trying to think of all my friends that have hosted. 412 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,640 I think everyone's done a really nice job. 413 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,920 I mean, my friend Don puts out a beautiful spread. 414 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:07,680 But what I love is we snack before and then we sit. 415 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,480 We just sit at the table and and then if we take a like a 5 416 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,440 minute break, you snack and then what do you do? 417 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,280 You wash your hands and then you go back to your table. 418 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,360 Bethany is a great host. Bethany is a great host because 419 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:21,760 she had Round Swamp. Which she literally Bethany. 420 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,440 If you know the Hamptons, you know Round Swamp. 421 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,880 We showed up at Bethany's and I think she literally bought 422 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,120 everything at Round Swamp for the four of us. 423 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:31,000 It was so fun. And she's also got what, like 30 424 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,800 sets? I feel like she's got a lot of 425 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,240 sets, I hope. Her moms not listening to. 426 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,200 This. But Bethany is a great host. 427 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,800 We love her. And I just think Timmy and Eric 428 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,800 were really great host. That was a lot of fun. 429 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,800 You know, I think what makes a bad host is just no preparation. 430 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,640 The table, the racks aren't put out, there's not a mat down yet. 431 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,760 They're out there expecting you to sort of set up, like 432 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,240 everything should be set up. You don't have to go crazy on 433 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:58,160 food, but put a little something out, you know, right? 434 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,360 I mean no, no gross food that like is like sticky fingers 435 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:02,600 trying. To think when when I play 436 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,000 mahjong at your place, I don't feel like it. 437 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,600 Oh, you did serve me lunch so that. 438 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,320 Was I must have I made you a roast chicken and chicken Yeah, 439 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,440 that was good. Anyway, I I think hosting and I 440 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,960 I love on mahjong like the mahjong online. 441 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,800 What are they called again? Mahjong. 442 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,400 The ones who do the really funky sets from the desert settings. 443 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,200 The mahjong online. The mahjong. 444 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,840 Line. They're great, they're great, 445 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,920 but what do you think of the pool playing in the pool with 446 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,360 the floating Aqua? Bethany got that. 447 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:36,680 I don't know if she's ever used it, but we'll have to try it out 448 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,160 this summer. I don't know if I'm going to sit 449 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,680 in the pool and play mahjong. I don't know if I well, let's 450 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,240 try it. Oh, we should wear matching 451 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,720 speedos. Yeah, that'd be great. 452 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:49,120 Sorry, can't mahjong Speedo I I don't know if I can handle like 453 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:50,440 standing in the pool and playing mash. 454 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,720 I'd sit around the pool. And I'm going to Laura and 455 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:57,360 Saul's on Saturday, and I'll let you know I'll. 456 00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:59,200 Let you know have a good content for next week do. 457 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,000 You think I should show up with the pink iced tea? 458 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,280 I think you'd have to. You have to show up with the 459 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,000 pink iced tea and see what they do. 460 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,600 I don't think they'll freak out like you did. 461 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,960 I was pretty well behaved. I was, yeah. 462 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,720 I could have really murdered you. 463 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,160 Oh. My God, we're going to be 464 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,840 bringing this up every single episode. 465 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:20,360 OK, It's time for Call It where we stop being polite, start 466 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:23,360 getting real, and we call it like it is. 467 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:28,360 Ira tile slammers, aggressive play versus respecting the table 468 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:29,840 energy. You know this whole thing with 469 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,720 tile slamming where you pick the tile like, or you call a tile 470 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,040 like and you, you pull it before somebody else can call it. 471 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:39,200 You slam it down on your rack. You don't give other people a 472 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,560 chance to call it, or you throw your tile down before other 473 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,360 people can call the game. I know. 474 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,440 I mean, you don't have to be dramatic about it, but I'm very 475 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,560 fast. I'm a fast. 476 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,400 Rat, I know, but don't you think I know, but I don't have to. 477 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,360 I get annoyed when people are calling or pulling tiles so 478 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:55,360 quickly before somebody has a chance to call. 479 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,040 If you don't go call it, they're they're already on to the next 480 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,520 tile. They slammed it in the rack and 481 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,800 it's too late. That's that's a tactic. 482 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,840 You know that, right? It's called tile slamming. 483 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,640 OK, I guess I'm a tile slimmer, but I do it. 484 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,680 I'm a gentle tail, slimmer. Yeah, I mean Maj. 485 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:12,880 Bitch. Oh. 486 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,280 We're going to bring her up every episode. 487 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,040 Maj. bitch was a tile slammer. Like literally the second a tile 488 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,360 went down, she she was pulling her tile and then not giving 489 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:26,000 people a chance to say call it and the tile would be in the 490 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,440 rack. So it was too late to call the 491 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,360 tile. I, I look, I think if you're 492 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,040 playing in tournament, sure, that's a tactic and you want to, 493 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:33,240 you know, you want to do everything. 494 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,880 You kind of disadvantage your your, your opponents, But I 495 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,400 don't know, I'm not a fan. We need to play her. 496 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,480 I feel like I don't ever. Want to see? 497 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:43,080 Her. I want to. 498 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,520 I'm going to call her dead. Yeah, I know. 499 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,040 I'm going to make. Her cry she was so rude to 500 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,760 someone at my table the worst and the person she was rude to 501 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,040 was by the way ended up placing Maj. bitch to not and was like 502 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,240 the loveliest woman. I can't stand it. 503 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,440 OK, what about another thing I had for call? 504 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,320 It was the fake beginner, somebody who's just like, oh, 505 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,360 I'm sorry, they're apologizing all the time. 506 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,840 They're playing really slow and then they like sweep the table 507 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,800 somehow and have all these well. I mean one of my sister in law's 508 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,840 who is beyond lovely, she doesn't she's not fake beginner 509 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,920 but she hasn't played a lot. And then she got 2 mashes. 510 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,840 I was like, OK. All right, good for you. 511 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:25,240 When I played with my mom down in Jersey last week. 512 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,360 But she's not a fake beginner. We played with my mom's friend 513 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:31,440 Cheryl, who's lovely, and she got mahjong a lot. 514 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,640 She beat the shit out of my mom and I and she's like almost was 515 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,600 apologetic for it. She was one of the winners. 516 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,640 It's like, oh, I'm sorry, mahjong again. 517 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,120 But she inside, she was like loving every second of it. 518 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,920 But she's adorable. We had a lot of fun playing on 519 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,600 my mom's automatic table because we all know my mom has an 520 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:46,920 automatic. Table no crumbs. 521 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,880 No crumbs. Ruin the mechanisms. 522 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:55,720 Exactly. OK, time for dream table IRA. 523 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,760 I got someone you do. OK, so it's someone I've 524 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:03,680 mentioned, but she was at the 92nd St. wide this week or last 525 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,600 week. The whole program was about the 526 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,880 2026 card. Jill Kargman. 527 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:12,280 I love Jill Kargman. And then I'm on like Lizzie 528 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:17,040 Tish's social media and Lizzie post her mahjong and then she 529 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,200 tags who's at the table and Jill's there. 530 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,640 I'm like, so jealous. I want to be at that table. 531 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,440 They're so funny. They are and you have. 532 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,200 A relationship with Harry, so like. 533 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,120 I do know Harry Karkman really well. 534 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,520 Make it happen. The Jill is so. 535 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:34,680 Funny. All right, I'm going to talk to 536 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,520 Harry Karkman. Harry, if you're listening, I'm 537 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,240 hitting you up. I actually owe Harry a text 538 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,120 back. I'm going to this is a good 539 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,360 excuse for me to text him and I'm we're going to get Jill 540 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,200 Karkman on the show this summer. I don't know if they're out in 541 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:44,240 the hamps. Do you know if they're in the 542 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,760 Hamps ever? I'm I'm probably. 543 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,840 Totally. Maybe by the way, I've I've seen 544 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,160 three celebrities in the past five days you have. 545 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,240 And so maybe all by my office and maybe we should just have 546 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:56,680 them. All I think every time you run 547 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:57,240 into a. Celebrity. 548 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,560 You want to hear who they are? Who did you say? 549 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:03,000 Yeah, So Susan Sarandon, who is one of my favorite actresses of 550 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 all time. And I waved to her like a little 551 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,920 school girl and she smiled. And then I mouthed I love you. 552 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,520 She fell back. I love you then. 553 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,440 You're her age bracket. Yeah, then, then I, by the way, 554 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,040 her outfit, I was like, what are you wearing? 555 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,960 She's like 90 now I feel like. I mean, her face was so cute, 556 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,640 her hair was a mess. Then I was at CVS with my 557 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,960 coupons of course. And who was next to me in the 558 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,760 check? A line with her coupons Leslie 559 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,560 Bib white load of. Course. 560 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:37,880 Love. Love Leslie Bib. 561 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:38,880 Yeah. Love. 562 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,280 Now you say Leslie, and I would say Leslie. 563 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:42,240 OK. OK. 564 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,120 And then, yeah. I'm from Jersey I. 565 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:49,360 Also say yes, today I saw Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 566 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:53,000 and his son and I loved seeing the two of them together. 567 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,240 I try not to look too much but I love seeing the two of them 568 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,280 together like Anderson. Such a good dad. 569 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,440 He's the other half of Andy Cohen, who my wife absolutely 570 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,960 loves and we, of course love. When I say other half, I mean 571 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,920 like, you know, they're besties. So. 572 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,240 So your dream table would be Jill Cargman, but these are your 573 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,800 celebrities. Yeah, I mean, this is like fun. 574 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,800 Like maybe they, maybe they want to, maybe we can teach. 575 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,000 Them I think you should just start asking people there's 576 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,400 another thing I registered for today and I forget the name of 577 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,520 it. I wrote to them and told them 578 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,560 that we'd plug them when they launch It's basically like 579 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,160 Tinder for mahjong it's launching in New York and it's a 580 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,680 building a mahjong community. I think I sent you the link I. 581 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,240 Signed up. Yeah, so we. 582 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,600 Both signed up for it. I'm not looking to, you know, 583 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,000 get married. No, but you're looking for, you 584 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,360 know, you're looking for pickup games. 585 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:36,120 It's like a community kind of app where you can find games. 586 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:38,840 I guess it's a great idea. I forget what it was called. 587 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,080 We'll figure it out for next week. 588 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,080 My dream table, my dad passed away three years ago and he 589 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,000 played mahjong. I'd never got to play mahjong 590 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,880 with him, so I'd like to bring him back and play mahjong with 591 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,400 my dad. He also passed away from 592 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,400 dementia, which sucked because the last four or five years, 593 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,880 like his brain wasn't all there. So it'd be really cool to play 594 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,880 mahjong with him when he's all intact and able to able to have 595 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:01,920 a match. That would have been a lot of 596 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:03,120 fun. That's really cool. 597 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:03,800 Yeah. Yeah. 598 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:05,840 That's a beautiful part about dream table. 599 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,440 Can be anybody you want. Tell us who is on your dream 600 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,080 table. Slide into the DMS at the Mahj 601 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,480 Bros. OK, time to wrap it up. 602 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,680 It's the last tile. If you're looking at the new 603 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,600 card right now and thinking, wow, this is a lot, you're not 604 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,200 alone. But here's the truth. 605 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,960 This game doesn't open U all at once. 606 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,240 It happens little by little. One hand, one pattern, one thing 607 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,320 that finally clicks. And right now, you've got more 608 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,320 tools than ever. There's incredible players out 609 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:36,000 there sharing strategy, breaking down hands, posting ideas every 610 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,040 single day. You don't need to master it. 611 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,120 You just need to stay curious, follow new accounts, save a 612 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,960 post, try something new the next time you sit down. 613 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,960 Because the more you see it, the more you feel it, the more it 614 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,640 becomes yours. And one day, without even 615 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,000 realizing it, you're not the one trying to keep up anymore. 616 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,480 You're the one helping someone else learn the game. 617 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,040 And that's how this thing grows. So take your time, enjoy it, 618 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,120 stay in it, and we'll see you at the table. 619 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,520 Wasn't that nice? Oh. 620 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,240 Gosh, give me a tissue that was beautiful your. 621 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,080 Mom is like my mom and Jackie were laughing at the last time, 622 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:10,800 like I'm trying. This is like the important kind 623 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,640 of end of the show when you know, we get a little serious 624 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,400 for a second. This is the long extended 625 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,440 fortune cookie of the show. All right, that's a wrap. 626 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,760 Thanks for listening. We're really glad to be starting 627 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,880 this journey with you. We're just getting started. 628 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,640 Please like, subscribe, make comments on our Spotify and 629 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,040 Apple podcast pages, share the Maj. cast with your friends. 630 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,360 You can find us on Instagram at the Maj. 631 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:36,360 Bros. At the end of the day, it's not 632 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:38,680 just about the tiles. It's about the table, the 633 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,840 people, the stories, those moments that keep you coming 634 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,440 back. And that's what we're building 635 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,160 here. So pull up a chair. 636 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,360 You've always got a seat with us and. 637 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,400 May the jokers be with you. We'll see you next week. 638 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:51,840 Bye.