1339 – Minnit Names | Tales Barely Told
A search for a name will take Minnit to a city that’s also a state of mind but mostly a city while Scooter and the Tallahassee Lassie show you the way to Dreamland.
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Episode 1339 – Minnit Names | Tales Barely Told
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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for a podcaster who makes a podcast, who rambles on and on and on, to be your friend in the deep, dark night. I’m really just here…welcome to Sleep With Me. I was trying to think of something…I don't know. I couldn't think of anything good, which is what qualifies me to make a sleep podcast, believe it or not, 'cause I’m here to just record something and keep you company while you fall asleep. This podcast is very different. If you're new, welcome to the show. It’s a podcast where instead of putting you to sleep directly, I kinda barely entertain you for about an hour, and at any point during that hour, you could fall asleep if you need to. So, yeah, it’s…it does take some getting used to.
Most people that are regular listeners say it takes two or three tries, 'cause it’s something different. If you've been looking for something different to help you fall asleep for a long time…other stuff hasn’t worked for you, other audio, you've tried TV shows, see how it goes here. Give it two or three tries. Most people that became regular listeners, they said, oh yeah, at first I didn’t like the show. I didn’t understand it. I was waiting for it to get sleepy and then I realized I woke up the next day. I had no idea something like this would exist or could exist, but it helps me so much. Now, that’s not everybody, but I hope this show can help you out if you're having trouble sleeping or whatever it is. I’ll talk more about it. Structurally, I’m gonna be here for over an hour.
What we got coming up is support so paying for the podcast is optional, then a long, meandering intro that’ll ease you into bedtime, and then a bedtime story. I’m not sure what the bedtime story’s gonna be about, but it’ll be something…as they used to say in the eighties or the nineties, random. You used to say that all the time; random, man. I guess…who would have thought my generation…? You'd say, you would have thought out of all those things, the saying would have led somewhere else, but it led to a guy that makes a podcast that doesn't make a whole lot of sense that helps people fall asleep. So, I’m glad you're here, and yeah, just see how it goes. I appreciate you coming by.
We're able to do this 'cause of people that became regular listeners, that listen five nights a week or listen all night long or just really know how valuable the show is to them. They support the show directly or support the sponsors, and that enables us to do this. But you can also support the show by letting people know about the podcast or just holding a kind place in your heart for the show but also the people that listen to it, and then getting some rest and being nice to people tomorrow. So, couldn't do it without any of you doing that, and, yeah, here’s a couple ways we're able to do it for you on a regular basis.
INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake.
That could be thoughts on your mind, like things you're thinking about, thoughts about the past, the present, the future, thoughts, feelings, it could be anything coming up for you emotionally related to those thoughts, physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going through something, getting over something, traveling, having guests…I don't know, you could be…last night for me, another one of the bafflers. I tried to go to bed at a reasonable…start my wind-down routine at a reasonable time. Wesonable time; that sounds weird. I almost said that, though; wesonable. Like…I don't know.
That’s just…I was trying to figure out what I could connect it to or what word mash-up that is, but it’s like when you're reasonably having…if you're at a theme park and you're a reasonable person, you…this is the worst joke. It might be the worst joke ever; what does it sound like when a reasonable person rides a roller coaster? What do they say? Wesonable. Huh. Okay. Why would they…do they need…why would they feel the need to add in ‘reasonable’? Okay, you're being unreasonable with your demands about my jokes. I forgot…oh, whatever’s keeping you awake. Yeah, I can't…I don't know, last night I couldn't sleep, and, I don't know, I thought I had everything set up, but eventually I got to sleep. I know what to do.
But so, whatever it is that’s keeping you awake…maybe you work a different shift, too, or you're just dealing with something whether short-term or long-term. I’m here to try to help, and the reason I want to help and the reason that there’s this wonderful community around the show of caring people thinking positively about you, who are listening right now to me, is because we’ve been there in the deep, dark night, and while we don’t know exactly what you're going through, we could relate to it. I know how it felt for me last night, and even though I might not have gone…I might not be dealing with the same thing you are, I think I could relate somewhat to how it feels.
But here’s the great news; even if I can't relate at all, there’s enough people listening that somewhere in the world, somebody is listening who gets it, who’s been in the same place you have, and they really feel for you, and they're really glad you're here, and they say, really hope this podcast can help you like it helped me. So, yeah, that’s something nice, right? They hope…yeah, maybe one day you'll be here holding a place for them, and alls you have to do is put…barely put a smile on your face. You can just think…you can even put a smile in your mind, or a half-smile, and say, yeah, if you've gone through what I have, I hope this show can help you. Because the other side of it’s true, too. You deserve a good night's sleep.
You deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need so your life is more manageable, so you could be out there doing whatever it is you need to be doing to live your life. You deserve a bedtime you don’t have to dread or think about. For me, when I can't sleep, I start thinking about Sunday nights on Friday evening, you know? All Saturday, I’m like, oh man, here comes Sunday. That’s not fair, right? That’s not…I don't want your bedtime to have that kind of rigmarole. So, maybe if this podcast helps you, you say, well, it’s…I don't look forward to bedtime, but I got that rambling dude, and at least it’s not that bad. So, yeah, just…I guess that’s why I make the show. What I do is I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents.
So, I’m gonna go off topic, I’m gonna get mixed up, then I’ll forget what I was talking about, then I’ll double back, then I’ll say, wait a second, what? This show is only…is here to kinda keep you company and take your mind off of stuff. It does take some getting used to to listen to this show. One, because if you've had trouble sleeping like I have and you checked this podcast out…maybe you were searching, maybe somebody recommended it. You gotta be like, wait a second, what? This guy’s just gonna tell me…? He’s not even telling a story. That’s a reasonable way to get here. You say, I would be skeptical, too.
If you tried a bunch of different stuff to help you fall asleep like I have, and then sometimes you think you have it down and then it goes away again…so, yeah, if somebody tells you about some bedtime-story podcast, you're like, wait a second, what? So, just see how it goes. That’s what most regular listeners said; hey, it took two or three tries for me to realize, oh, this guy has no idea…he knows he has no idea what he’s talking about. He totally, intentionally, accidentally doesn't even know what he’s doing, and he’s…he barely gets it right. I think that’s probably it; he barely gets it right every episode. Well, isn’t that not a good thing? No, in this case, it’s perfect. He barely gets it right. He’s barely entertaining or he’s almost boring, bare…not quite barely entertaining, whatever’s less than barely entertaining.
‘Cause if he was barely entertaining, that’s like too…that’s too far in the middle. He’s like…I don't know. Alls I know is I’ve been listening…I thought it was gonna make sense, then I realize, oh, not…it makes sense that it’s barely…it’s always barely making sense. He always says, Sleep With Me, always never getting started, always going nowhere. So, it just takes some time to get used to that. Some people get it right away. But yeah, just see how it goes. If you decide at any point this is not the show for you, that’s totally fine, and probably that’s the majority of people. It’s a rare person that’s like, man, I really was looking for something like this. This is like different in the way I’m different or whatever.
But so, if you find you're looking for something a little bit…you want something other than me, check out sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. It has other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff on there, and hopefully something on there can help you out. What else do you need to know? Most people don’t like the show…oh, it’s a podcast that you kinda just barely listen to, which does take some getting used to. It’s like a podcast…it’s like a out-of-focus picture or sand running through your hands or something just outside your grasp. I don't know how else to describe it, but it just…it does take some getting used to. So, it’s a podcast you don’t listen to. It’s also a sleep podcast that we’ve been doing over…I forgot. Eleven years, twelve years? Twelfth calendar year, I think. But it doesn't put you to sleep.
There’s no pressure to fall asleep at all with this show. I’m here to keep you company to the very end whether you're awake or asleep. I’m here to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your neigh-bore, your bore-bestie, your Boris Borlaf, your boreman in charge, your neigh-bore, your Borbie, your bores, your bore-sib, your bore-cuz, your bore-bruh, your best bore-friend f’eva, 'cause I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff while you fall asleep, whether you're awake or asleep. There’s people…if you can't sleep at all, I’m here to keep you company. If you fall asleep as soon as I start talking, I’m here to keep you company to the very end, or if you wake up or if you need a break during the day. That’s why the shows are over an hour.
You can fall asleep when you fall asleep. I’m here to keep you company until then, to be your friend. The good thing is I’m a friend that doesn't take it personally when you don’t listen to me at all. I’m not gonna ask you tomorrow, remember what we were talking about last night on the phone? You say, no. I mean, normally you wouldn't say that. You’d say, oh, which part? Which part…? Oh, what I was talking about for that hour. Yeah, no, no, which part? There was a lot of stuff there, you know. The part where I said…can you listen…? Oh. You know what…? That doesn't happen with this podcast. You don’t gotta worry about it. This is a service going out to you. So, you could just be like, I don't know what you were…I never know what you're talking about.
Honestly, we do office hours for our membership, and sometimes people say stuff like that, and it’s a compliment and I take it as a compliment; I never know what you're talking about. I’ll ask a question and people will be like, I don't know, because I never…and I say, perfect. I don't know, 'cause this show is kinda here to be here if you need it, and, I don't know, at different points you may need to listen to me to barely listen to me, but you don’t have to. But you also don’t have to have pressure to fall asleep at any point. This show is here to distract you and be mildly entertaining, and then you fall asleep. So, that can take some getting used to. Most people don’t like me…a podcast you barely listen to, it doesn't put you to sleep. What else do we need to know?
Well, I already put it there…you're really welcome here, but the show…I want to even meet you where you are. So, if you're new or you're wondering, how does this show work, I’ll tell you why we structure the show the way we do, and then…most people like to listen to this ad-supported version of the podcast linearly, but you may want to adjust, so I’ll tell you how you can adjust. So, almost everything we do starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, so you feel seen and welcomed in, and you say, okay, I can check that podcast out. I can see how…that kinda seems like a place I might feel comfortable listening to. So, that’s the greeting. Then there’s support so paying for the podcast is optional. So, if you prefer something without ads, you can get that on Sleep With Me+.
But, yeah, that’s there. Then there’s a long, meandering intro separate from the support. The intro goes on and on and on to introduce you to what the podcast is, but I’m not exactly concise. But I follow a similar structure every time so it feels familiar but it’s different, so there’s variety. But it also takes fifteen or twenty minutes to ease you into bedtime. That’s the main purpose of the intro, is we hang. You could barely pay attention to me, but you could listen while you're getting ready for bed, you're in bed getting comfortable, you're winding down, you're chilling out. That’s just what has been shown to work, is to get eased into bedtime, right? To have a buffer between our wake time and our sleep time. Again, you could be doing something else and barely listening to me. That’s totally fine.
But that’s what the intro does. A couple percentage of people fall asleep during the intro. Other people listen to Bedtime Stories from Sleep With Me, which is just stories, no intros, but most people like the intros. I don't know, it’s where…I don't know, where it’s just…where we talk about random things, I guess. So, that’s the intro, then again there’s support between the intro and the story, and then there will be our bedtime story. All told, we’ll be here over an hour, about an hour, and I think that’s everything. I’m really glad you checked this show out.
I really appreciate you coming by and trying it and seeing how it goes, or if you're a regular listener, thank you so much for listening and coming back episode after episode after episode, really. It’s really important for me to know that I can help people with something that I also struggle with, right? Myself and a team of people work really hard on this show, believe it or not. It’s surprising to a lot of people, but it does take a lot of work, but it’s work we love doing, and we're able to do that work because of either these sponsors or the people that support the show directly. So, thanks so much.
Alright everybody, this is Scoots here. This is another Trending Tuesday tale, untold tale. They used to say ‘tales never told’ for a good reason until I was invented, and then I started telling them for a purpose suited to Sleep With Me listeners, and they said, okay. But you could still…tales barely told. So, today’s tale barely told starts somewhere not…in a place, a place called Orange…Orange Orange. It’s a place that’s very orange, and there’s someone that lives there named Minit. They…now, Minit is very…if you were to meet Minit in the world, you'd say, like the…? I say, no, it’s M-I-N-I-T, Minit. You'd say, interesting. So, your name’s Minit. I say, yeah, that’s what I said already. Then I had to clarify it for you, but I shouldn't have had…you were the one that asked me about it.
Minit was on a quest to find a new name, obviously, and for most of Minit’s life, which we won't get to…the kind of interactions went…first, Minit was just like, that’s my name. Then they…people would say, in a minute. In a minute, Minit, and things like that. But that was before this story, Minit, the early years, which…if this story gets big and becomes a sitcom that lasts for ten years, then ten years after that, there will be Minit: The Early Years, but I would not count on that. But at this time, Minit was getting to that age where people start thinking about their names and just wondering, is it my name that’s getting in the way of my happiness, or what’s going on inside me? Minit had to develop some friendships, but Minit was also a bit of a loner. But Minit also had funny ideas, and so, Minit made these signs.
The first thing Minit did in the recent past was make these signs, signs that you see in laundromats. Sometimes they're on telephone poles, information boards, bulletin boards. Sometimes they say ‘Missing my bike’, and…but this…and they have phone numbers or ‘For sale: Washer and dryer’, something like that. But Minit made a sign that said ‘Wanted: Reward’. Those were the two biggest things. Then it said, ‘Looking for a new name, and all names welcome.’ Then it had a phone number. It wasn’t Minit’s direct number. Minit got kind of a disposable number, which in these particular…is always a smart thing to do. So, yeah, Minit was on a quest, and Minit started taking calls from people. Usually Minit would let it go to voicemail, but the first time Minit answers…said, hello? They said, hello, is this the reward place?
What’s the reward? Minit said, well, it depends on how…the reward is dependant on how good the name is and if we use it, 'cause it’s wanted. Like, I want a new name and I’ll give a reward. The person on the other line paused, and Minit was like, oh boy, they're gonna have some sort of…and they said, nope, sounds fair enough. I’d do the same thing if I was in your shoes, but there wouldn't be room for two of us in there, huh? Hardy-har-har. Minit said, do you have a name for me? They said, no, I don't, actually, but I believe…my mother-in-law…a long time ago, she told me she changed her name, and she went on a quest. She went on a quest to find a new name. Minit said, really? The person on the other line said, yeah, yeah. Then they said, so, I was just calling to see if I could help you out.
I don't actually have a new name for you, but I’m all…it just stuck out to me that she had searched for a new name. Minit said, do you mind if I ask the new name? The person said, no, it’s like…do you know what a cameo is? Minit said, well, there’s multiple definitions to that word. The person said, yeah, so…but imagine that was my mother-in-law’s name, even though it isn't. Minit said, okay, sounds…makes sense to me, but what are we talking about right now? Where do I go? They said, well, you want to go to Parshed-Ed. Minit said, I’m sorry, did…? I think my phone broke up. They said, no, no, no. No, that’s it; Parshed-Ed. You do want to…that’s where you want to go. Minit said, where’s Parshed-Ed? The person on the other line said…and the person said, by the way, call me Cameo from now on.
That way we…if you're gonna call me anything…and then Minit said, you don’t want me to call you maybe? Then they had a laugh about that. They must have shared a sense of humor, you know? Then the person on the other line said, well, Minit, Parshed-Ed is one of those places that moves. You didn’t think it’d be easy to get a new name, did you? Minit said, well, I did, but all…most of the people that called the voicemail wanted to know what the reward was. The idea…they weren't like you. But what do you mean, places that move around? Cameo, for now, said, well, you ever play that game where you're in the pool, the Find Me game, where you say, find me? Minit said, yeah, yeah, I know that game, Find Me. They said, yeah, Parshed-Ed is like…Minit said, isn't it a shed? They said, I don't think so.
Cameo said that; I don't think so. I believe…so, basically, you're gonna try to…you'll head south from here. Minit said, we're not together. Cameo said, yeah, but you put up…I’m a local, obviously. I called. I ripped off a tab of paper and called this number. Also, don’t you have…? You can't…? Oh yeah, you're in the same area code as me. So, yeah, just head south from here, and then what you’ll do is…Parshed-Ed is…will be the one that says, you'll never be mine. Like a trickster…a common trickster thing to say. So, once you encounter somebody that says ‘you'll never be mine’…and then you'll be on the way to finding your name. Minit said, mysterious, man. That’s mysterious, very mysterious. Minit said, is there anything I can do for you? Cameo said, as a matter of fact, there is.
I want you to…when you find your name, I want you to think of my mother-in-law, too. I don't want you to get this mixed up with a famous song, 'cause…but this is another song, but it’s what I want you to do with your mind, right? I want you to take your name, your new name, take your old name, Minit, or your current name, and then I want you to take my mother-in-law’s name, which you could just imagine is Cameo even though it’s not Cameo, and I want you to rock them in the cradle of love. Minit said, well, that’s different than the song, huh? They said, yeah, just do that, and that’ll be reward enough for me. Minit said, terrific. So, Minit headed south, and at first, Minit was like, I’m just gonna go alone. But as Minit was on their way outta town, they saw some of their friends.
The first friend they saw was Dean, and the second friend they saw was Jan. They said, Minit, where are you going? Minit said, on a quest. They said, wow, a quest, eh? We were thinking about going on a quest, too. Minit said, where? They said, to Surf City. Minit said, really, Surf City? Where’s that? They said, we have no idea. There’s a official…I think Surf City is a state of mind. Minit’s like, what do you mean a state of mind? They said, I don't know. There’s places called Surf City USA, and there’s songs about Surf City, but we're looking for a place that feels like Surf City, and we're on a quest to…we were…we’ve been thinking around that quest for a while. Minit said, can I ask…? ‘Cause Dean and Jan were also in a relationship. Minit said, well, why…what’s the guiding…?
Dean said, well, you know, Jan and I met in the summer. I used to always say she’s my summer girl, 'cause for a long time we lived away from one another. I don't know, I guess we're at the stage of our relationship and our lives where we're looking for a physical place that has a certain feel that’s kind of…the feel of our relationship is she’s my summer girl or whatever, he’s my summer dude or whatever you want to say. When we say Surf City, we think that no matter what we find, if it’s the Surf City state of mind…if Simon and Garfunkel were the Beach Boys, they would sing Surf City State of Mind. Then Minit said, well, wouldn't that…don’t you think…wouldn't that be…Billy Joel would sing that or…? They said, anyway, where are you going, Minit? Minit said, I’m looking for a new name.
I’m on a quest to find somebody that will give me a new name. They said, really? Where? Minit said, I don't know, someplace where there’s a trickster who…kinda like hide-and-seek or…you know when you're in the pool and you say, find me? Then Jan and Dean looked at one another and laughed. They said, oh, do we. Minit said, oh yeah, I never asked how you two met. That must be part of this. They said, yeah, it was summer, summer in the city, but we were out both separately on trips with friends and family. We were in one of those giant pools, and separately, we were the two people with our eyes closed in separate groups of people playing Find Me, and we bumped into one another, luckily side-to-side. We opened our eyes, and what to my wondering eyes did appear but…you know what I’m saying.
Minit said, what happened next? They said, well…they blushed. They said, well, you know the song ABC Boogie? Minit said, no. They said, well, you'll figure it out, Minit. Come on. It was stars in the sky and fireworks and…it wasn’t like Surf City. It was more like ABC Boogie. Minit said, is that kinda anything like Shake, Rattle, and Roll? They said, well, a little bit different, but, you know, they were both…but yeah, both things are statements about…those are…yeah. So, where are you headed…where are you gonna go? Minit said, south. They said, okay, south…if Surf City’s anywhere, it’s probably not north. They said, great. Then they headed out, the three of them. They headed into a place…eventually they got to a place that was misty, craggy…the trails wound through, and you couldn't see very far ahead.
They were deep, far…now, they knew they were far from home and they assumed they were heading south, but that’s all they knew. I think they may have even known in the back of their minds they had entered a place they had never been before. They were going deeper and deeper into the craggy crags and gullies and things like that when they entered a place where the forest got thick around them, but the trail was wide enough for them to walk three across. As they were walking, they were quiet. Each one of them was in their own thoughts, two of them thinking about…well, one of them thinking about Rattle, Hum and whatever, and another one thinking about Surf City, and another one thinking about getting their new name and how it’s gonna change everything, right?
Then they heard this voice say, please don’t drag that string around. They stopped and they looked around and they said, what? Then they looked at one another and they said, oh yeah, I heard that. Did you hear that? Oh yeah, I heard that. They said, I’m sorry, what? Minit said that. They said…the voice said, please don’t drag that string around. They looked at their feet and they looked behind them and they checked each other’s butts and backs, and they said, what? Then there was laughter. They said, the string of thoughts. Your thoughts are tied to the past. They all looked…they said, I’m thinking about my name and the future. Somebody else…I think about Surf City. The other person said, I’m thinking about rattling and humming later on. The person just laughed again and said, all in the past.
They were like, what? This isn't the past. It’s the present or the future. Then out of the forest came a big, smiling teddy bear, really like a plush, a bit bigger than them, but smiling with its arms open. They didn’t know this, but the bear had a comet on its belly. The bear said, how y’all doing? I was just telling you not to drag your string of thoughts around through this woods. They said, why? The thing said, well, first of all, yeah, your thoughts about the future are just your thoughts about the past in disguise. They said, what do you mean, in disguise? They said, who are you? They said, I’m a very powerful bear is who I am. I’m a very powerful bear is who I am, and I’ve come to get you to join me. They said, where? The bear said, I’m going to…north to Alaska.
They said, well, we're headed south to get Minit a new…we're headed south to Surf City and to get Minit a new name some other place on the way. The bear said, I’m afraid you're gonna have to come with me north to Alaska. They said, no, we're…no, no thank you. We're gonna move on. The bear said, well, I can't allow that. They said, what do you mean? The bear said, well, there’s a mansion you took without permission. They said, a mansion we took without permission? No, no, no, we're just walking here, dude, or bear or whatever. We didn’t take anything. They said, well…the bear said, that’s just not true. You took a mansion without permission. They said, no, no, really, we didn’t take any…are you not…? We're just regular people. The bear laughed at that. There’s no such thing as regular people.
That’s just a myth. They said, well, we're just looking for someone that’s…that gives out new names, and we're headed to a place called Surf City, and we haven't taken any mansions. We haven't been to a mansion. We wouldn't even know how to take a mansion. I don't even know…I don't think that’s actually possible. The bear said, you don’t know what you don’t know. They said, well, I guess if we don’t know it, then, yeah, we wouldn't know it. The bear said, well, you're gonna come to north…to Alaska with me, and we’ll get this all settled. They said, no, there’s no further place from Surf City than Alaska…Dean said. The bear said, I thought you said Surf City was a state of mind. Can't you bring your state of mind to Alaska? The bear said, you know, there used…there was a TV show called Northern Exposure.
Are you familiar with it? The bear said, no, I’m not from your world. Then Minit said, great, because that clears it up. In our world, you can't take a mansion. So, did someone in your world take a mansion they weren't supposed to take? The bear kinda put their hands on their hips and said, you're trying to trick me, huh, again. What’s this Northern Exposure nonsense? Dean said, well, that was a show my papa used to watch reruns of, and I would watch with my papa. The bear said, what does this have to do with Alaska? Dean said, well, technically, not a lot. I mean, the show takes place in Alaska, I think, or somewhere in the north. I’m pretty sure in Alaska.
Through the show, you kinda learn about a state of mind you could take to Alaska, and you could take a Surf City state of mind there, now that I’m thinking about it, but it would be a lot…it would take a lot of effort. The bear said, oh, and you're thinking Surf City’s gonna be effortless, huh? Jan and Dean looked at each other like, oh boy, and getting a new name’s gonna be effortless, too, huh, Minit? They said, there’s something about…in their heads, they said, there’s something about this bear that’s not right. The bear said, okay, well, let’s get going to Alaska. Then Minit said, wait a second, I just heard some footsteps. Can everybody pause? They were definitely footsteps in the woods, which are more like foot rustles than footsteps. Minit said, can we follow those footsteps? The bear said, why? Minit said, I don't know.
Can we just do it? We’ll stick together. The bear said, okay. So, they ran after the footstep sounds, but the problem is when you're running in the woods…and then you make your own noise, and then you can't…so, they run and follow the footsteps and run and follow the footsteps. Eventually night started to fall, and they said…Minit said, okay, maybe we should rest here for the night. The bear said, you're just trying to buy time ‘til we go to Alaska. Minit said, no, no, no, I was just wondering…I was just chasing…here’s the thing; we didn’t take your mansion, so maybe we're supposed to help you find the mansion that was taken without permission. The bear said, okay, well, maybe. They said, why don’t you tell us about this mansion? The bear said, well, it would be hard for you to conceptualize it.
They said, we’ll try. The bear said, well, within the mansion is a crescent moon and five stars and some clouds. They said, in the night sky? The bear said, yeah, in the night sky, but not just in the night sky. Minit said, oh, wow, so, that’s a mansion for you. The bear said, that’s the mansion that’s missing. You could look up in the sky; it’s not there, but it was here with me, and now it’s gone. I’m pretty sure the three…if the three of you didn’t take it, then I’m pretty sure I can get it back. Then Minit said, huh, it reminds me of this game we used to play as kids. Minit kinda looked at their…at Jan and Dean and said, you know the game Little Star? Jan and Dean didn’t know this game. Similar to a pool game. Not popular here in our world, but I’ll explain it to you. But Jan and Dean said, oh yeah, Little Star.
The bear said, I’m not familiar with that game. They said, well, it reminds me of this mansion you're talking about. Maybe we could play it. Now, Jan and Dean didn’t exactly know where they were going, but they said, okay, you're gonna stand in the middle, bear, and you're gonna hold out your arms to the side, like parallel, right? Yeah, you're pointing to both your sides. Then we're gonna make a triangle around you. So, I’m gonna be at the top and you're gonna face me. Then Jan and Dean are gonna be the bottom sides of the triangle, and your arms are the other part of the triangle. Do you understand? The bear said, I understand. Then Minit said, one other way…by the way, my name’s Minit. That’s why I want to change it. But this is more like hours, but not hours.
Are you familiar with the idea of mechanical time and clocks here in our world? The bear said, I am, I am. Minit said, okay, so, each point of the star…just pretend there’s only five hours in the day, right? So, right now you're facing me and…where your two arms are pointing are two other points in the star, and then where Jan and Dean are. Minit said, okay, we're gonna practice with our…with your eyes open, but then we're gonna put a blindfold on you. The bear said, well, how will I know that you're not running away? They said, well, we're gonna be using our voices. We're not gonna run away. They said…the bear said, okay, I guess that’s fine. But they said, yeah, we're gonna practice with our eyes open. So, each time one of us says ‘little star’, you'll turn to where that person is, and we're gonna be moving around.
Minit said, I’m gonna put a rock where the top of the star is, right? The bear said, okay. So, we will move where your hands are, too. Like, after…every time we say ‘little star’, we’ll wait and then move. The bear said, okay. Minit said, and by the way, we can't stay still. We have to change spots wherever…every time we say ‘little star’, and every time someone says ‘little star’, we have to change spots. Now, your job, the way you win…the bear said, oh boy, I love winning. Minit said, the way you win is when you think you're facing the rock and you hear someone say ‘little star’. You open…you can open your eyes and say, found you. Then, that’s how it works. The bear said, okay. Minit said, but don’t open your eyes. You gotta keep going if you open your eyes and you're not facing a rock.
But if you're facing where a person is, they're eliminated, right? Then you just try to get down to zero. The bear said, okay, sounds interesting. I’m gonna win. They said, okay, let’s start. So, basically, the bear was turning round and round and trying to face where the thing was, and they’d say, little star, little star. ‘Cause you have to face wherever the…I think Minit forgot to explain that part. So, even if they're behind you, you have to turn behind you. But because everyone has to move, at some point people are gonna be where the rocks are, and you also have to alternate who says ‘find me’ or whatever. So…and, I don't know, the math works out, I guess. But what happened was they started doing it really, really fast.
Minit did this, like a finger wave, and then the bear said, I’m starting to get dizzy with this, dizzier and dizzier and dizzier. Basically, they went around and around and around ‘til the bear was so dizzy, the bear said, I gotta lie down. They said, yeah, why don’t you lie down? We’ll put a blanket on you and you can rest and just fall asleep. It’s late at night anyway, 'cause we did that for a while. Then the bear started to rest and fall asleep, and then all the…the three of them were like, what are we gonna do now, man? They were thinking, yeah, let’s just ditch outta here and leave this burden. Then this owl came, a giant owl, and it landed on the ground 'cause it was so giant. It couldn't land anywhere. The owl was about the same size as this bear, and the owl said, who? They said, we don’t know. Good question. The owl said, who?
Then they said, who? We're asking ourselves…we met this bear in the woods. ‘Cause there was something about the owl’s eyes that let them think…or project intelligence onto it. They said, this bear’s looking for a mansion that’s missing made of stars and moons. It’s like we fell into some sort of weird, associative Greek myth or something. The bear nodded and said, who? They said, yeah, who took the mansion of stars and stuff? The bear said, who? They said, do you know who took them? The bear said, yeah. Then the bear looked down on the bear’s belly, which did look like the bear had had a full…I mean, the owl, I’m sorry. The owl had had a full meal. They said, yeah, so, you ate the mansion? They said, this only gets weirder and weirder, man.
Then Minit was like, okay, bear, we're gonna need more information from you, because we gotta deal with this bear. Why did you eat the…if you're a owl, why did you eat the bear’s mansion? The bear said…I mean, the owl said, I got a letter to John, and it handed them a letter. They said, like a Dear John letter? They said, just read it. It said, dear reader, yes, I’ve taken the mansion from the bear. The bear was just about to become too powerful. It still has a comet, but I’m hoping when I return…I can't take the bear with me from this world, but I can take most of the mansion, which if you're reading this on your planet, you probably don’t understand any of this. But I’m gonna take most of it away, but what we have to do is figure out a way to get…to take this bear’s power away.
I can't do it 'cause I have to leave as soon as I can. That’s why I took the time to write this letter, so I wouldn't have to explain, 'cause as you're reading it, I’ve already flown away. They looked up, and the owl was flying away. The owl said, the bear needs to have some sort of governor on it, because the bear will grow powerful again. Right now the bear’s…hasn’t realized who they are quite yet. They just know they're trying to get their mansion back. They're kinda forgetful. They said, there’s…I don't know if you've read any of those books about names and power in names, but there’s some great books out there with the power of names, and we’ve learned a lot. Those are books from your world, but we learned about the power of magic in names.
Right now this bear has no name, so if it’s given a name that can keep it from using its power…which is within words itself, we should be…you should be fine ‘til I come back. I’m gonna give this mansion to my baby owl, space owls, and I’ll be back. They were like, whoa, man, did we end up…? Minit said, this has to be meant to be, though. We were on quests, and I guess we're supposed to take this bear on our quest. They said, well, what are we gonna do? The bear started waking up. They said, well, we’ll get it to go with us. Minit said, I’ll figure it out. The bear woke up and said, man, thanks for letting me rest. I thought you'd all leave. They said, no, no, no.
Actually, we heard that somewhere south of here is someone famously known as the Tallahassee Lassie, and it’s…with a name like that, they’ve gotta be the one that took your…they sound…doesn't that sound like somebody that’s messing with…? ‘Cause they're known as the society’s child. The bear said, I don't understand. They said, yeah, we're gonna head south, and you should come with us. Then they started talking, making small talk, and Minit said, I really hope I can get a name on this trip, 'cause Jan and Dean have cool names and I have a name, Minit. I just want a name that suits me better. The bear said, interesting. They said, by the way, we never caught your name. The bear goes, I don't think I have a name. Minit said, what are the odds? We’re both in need of names? The bear said, I guess so.
The bear said, but I don't know if I need a name. Minit said, huh, well, I do. The bear said, why? Minit said, well, I’ll give you sixteen reasons I need a new name and why names are great. The bear said, really? Lay it on me. Minit said, okay, well, one, so, your friend…it’s nice to hear your name. It feels good, one. Two, then your friends know what to call you. The bear said, okay. Then they said…and then if you're in love, your lover knows what to call you. They said, okay, that’s three. Minit said, then if you write your name in stuff and you lose it…and the bear said, wait a second, what? They said, yeah, in our world…let’s just say you were going somewhere and you were doing laundry with everybody.
You might use marker to write your name in your undergarments or your outer garments so that it had your name on it so you wouldn't lose it. Then if somebody found it, it’d say, ‘Property of Jan’, ‘Property of Dean’. Then Jan even said, yeah, me and my little sister went to summer camp, and the uniform of summer camp was green shorts and white t-shirts and then green vests. But there’s only a certain number of sizes, and so, we put our names in them. Plus, you had to buy them. You didn’t just get…you got three sets and that was it. But my little sister and I, we were the same size even though my sister was my younger sister. I call her my little sister, but we were the same size. We thought if they're washed, it’s outer wear anyway. We can share them. So, we would put…you'd put Jan 1, Jan 2, Jan 3.
Then the bear said, so, if I lost a mansion, I could do that? Yeah, and it said, 'cause what if your mansion’s the same as somebody else’s? They said, no, that’s my mansion. If your name’s on it, you could find it. Then the bear said, huh. Well, how do I get a name? They said, well, we could help you get a name 'cause I’m trying to get a name. The bear said, well, how do you get a name? They were like, well, we were…well…oh, better…they're thinking…better think of something. Minit said, well, I’ve tried it a lot of different ways. I tried renaming myself. For a while I wanted to go by Sherry, and I’ve cried before about my name. Oh boy, have I. I’ve cried before. So, Minit said, you just can't force yourself a new name. I’ve been told that you have to get it. The bear said, well, how do I get it?
They said, well, that’s what we're doing, is we're supposed to go deep into this place, this unknown place, and then we're supposed to perform the da-do-ron-ron. We gotta gather up some crystals and then we gotta say, da-do-ron-ron. The bear said, I just happen to have some crystals in my pocket. They said, how convenient. The bear said, okay, so, we do the do-do-ron…that thing. They said, yeah, and then we dance around. Then the bear said, what kind of dance? They said, well, we do this dance called the Babysitting Boogie. They said, the Babysitting Boogie? They said, yeah, it’s a quiet dance because you're babysitting. The babies are asleep. The bear…then they…it was a long story. The bear said, what’s babysitting? Then they said, okay…then they explained…this is basically one of our games.
The bear said, oh, like last night. The bear had a positive memory of the game even though they used the game to buy time that time. They said, okay, so, the Babysitting Boogie, you want to be as quiet as driftwood. The bear said, how is driftwood quiet? They said, well, it’s hard and solid and it’s smooth. The bear said, okay, I think I get it. Then, again, you're gonna close your eyes, and when you hear something, that means we're not doing the Babysitting Boogie. We're not as quiet as driftwood. The bear said, okay. Then they said, and then when you catch somebody, that person’s gonna give you a name, and that’ll be your name. You're gonna catch the thing. Then they started playing it, and the bear…it was hard 'cause the bear was following…everybody was following the rules.
But when you're in a clearing in the woods, it’s easy to be as quiet as driftwood, which is mostly grass. They established…they said, okay, once you hear any brush, turn around. So, basically, the bear started to get mega irritated, you know, and it said…it was like, I gotta have you, I gotta have you. But they had decided, once they thought of a name, they would…they were like, what are we gonna do? We don’t have any names to call this thing. Then they were all separately trying to wrack their brains. But of course, it was Minit who had struggled with their name their whole life, and they said, okay, I’m just gonna clear my brain as I try to be quiet and the bear tries to catch one of us. The bear was getting closer and closer and closer anyway.
Also, Jan and Dean decided they needed a little hugging and stuff, so, they were kinda off to the side. Maybe they were whispering not sweet nothings to one another, but ideas for names that would take away the bear’s power. Then Minit just tried to say, okay, maybe this is about me finding my name, too, somehow. They said, I just gotta try to clear my brain and be open to whatever pops in. The next thing that popped in Minit’s head, which was strange except for when…when you think about that…if you're in the woods, camping…Minit’s pillow popped in his…their head, and said…Minit said, if my pillow could talk…and Minit said, what would my pillow say for a name? Minit was like, my pillow would probably mumble because my head’s on it, right, and I wouldn't…I wouldn't be able to understand it anyway.
Right then, the bear caught Minit and said, I got you. Minit’s…'cause Minit had drifted away a little bit. Minit said, oh…Minit…and the bear said, what’s my name? Minit said, Mumble Bear. Then the bear said…and Minit said, your name’s Mumble Bear. Then the bear just kept mumbling, indecipherable. The bear couldn't even get really too upset because it’s…was just mumbling. Right then, the owl came in, and it returned. Minit said, oh, you're back. The bear…or the owl said…the bear was like, kinda talking to the owl, but it wasn’t anything anybody could understand. The owl said, I’m gonna take Mumble Bear with me. Nice job, Minit. I think you did a good job. Minit said, yeah. Then Jan and Dean said, Minit, you done over there? Minit said, I guess so. They said, are you ready to look for a new name? Minit said, no.
I think I want to go to Surf City. I want to say I have a Surf City state of mind and maybe find somebody that could say…that I could get to know, and then they would use my name. ‘Cause it seemed like you two…I was trying to get…that bear seemed to be all-powerful, and we needed to rename it, and you two were over canoodling in the woods. Jan and Dean just giggled. They said, yeah, we're in love. Minit said, yeah, and I think before I give up on my name, maybe I could fall in love, too, somewhere, maybe in the Surf City state of mind. Then I’ll make a choice of my name. But it looks like name-changes came in handy here, anyway. So, let’s rest here, and as the owl flies away with Mumble Bear, we drift off as they head out on their quest to find the Surf City state of mind. Goodnight, everybody.
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Tales Barely Told
Zodiac
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/history-of-horoscopes
https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/featured-stories/research/2022/zodiac/index.html
Cameo
https://www.insidehook.com/internet/cameo-rise-and-fall
Northern Exposure
https://redefinemag.net/2020/carl-jung-jungian-guide-northern-exposure-tv-show/
http://twoaspirinsandacomedy.com/extras/Ch8-Producing.html
https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/magical-realism-nothern-exposure-25-years-later
Dear John Letter
https://time.com/6137746/dear-john-letters-world-war-ii/
https://coffeeordie.com/dear-john-letters
DOWN TO BUSINESS
Time to ramble on and on and on
I couldn’t think of anything good
This’ll be super random, man
PLUGS
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SPONSORS
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INTRO
Last night was another one of the bafflers
A Weasonable Time
This might be the worst joke ever
A very reasonable person riding a roller coaster is Weesonable
Don’t be unweesonable with demands about my jokes
Somewhere out there is listening and feeling for you
Barely Putting a Smile on your Mind
At least I’ve got that rambling dude…
Too far into the middle of barely entertaining
Always Barely Making Sense
sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
The 12th Calendar Year
Your Boris Boreloff
I won’t be offended if you don’t pay attention to me
I’m honored when people don’t listen
Explaining the structure
The whole team is honored help you
STORY
Another Tale Barely Told
In a place called Orange Orange
Someone called Minnit
Minnit is on a quest to find a new name
In a minute, Minnit
Minnit is getting to that introspective age
Minnit made these signs
Wanted / Reward: Looking for a New Name
Minnit had a disposable number put on this poster
Someone calls to inquire about the reward
This caller doesn’t have a name for Minnit
A tale about their Mother In Law’s quest to find a new name
Multiple Definitions of Cameo
You want to go to Parsh Ed Ed
Call this person Cameo
Parsh Ed Ed is a place that moves
Playing the Find Me Game in the pool
Parsh Ed Ed will be the one that says, “You’ll never be mine”
That’s very mysterious…
What can Minnit do for Cameo?
Rock your new name and this MIL’s name in the cradle of love
Minnit runs into their friends Dean and Jan
D and J also want to go on a quest to Surf City
Surf City is a state of mind
Looking for a place that feels like Surf City
Jan is Dean’s summer girl
Looking for a physical manifestation of summer love
Minnit explains their quest
Marco Polo was how D and J got together
When they met it was like “ABC Boogie”
They join them as they head South
Getting to a misty, craggy place
Entering a place they’ve never been before
The forest thickens
A voice says, “Please don’t drag that string around”
Your thoughts are tied to the past
A Big Smiling Teddy Bear
It had a comet on its belly
Thoughts about the future are just thoughts about the past in disguise
The bear is heading North to Alaska
The bear insists they go with him, but they say no
A mansion you took without permission?
You don’t know what you don’t know
There’s no place further from Alaska than Surf City
Invoking Northern Exposure
A state of mind you can take to Alaska
Surf City won’t be effortless
Something about this bear isn’t right
Foot Rustles in the woods
Let’s follow those foot rustles
Eventually night started to fall
Maybe they’re supposed to help the bear find the mansion
The bear tells them about the mansion
In the mansion is a crescent moon, five stars, and some clouds
Remembering the pool game Little Star
Let’s play Little Star
Bear stands in the middle with their arms out
Make a triangle around Bear
The bear is familiar with mechanical time
The 5 points of a star
Practice with your eyes open, and then you’ll get a blindfold, Bear
Turn to whoever says “Little Star”
And the points of the star also have to move
Face the rock and hear “Little Star” – that’s how you win
The bear starts to get dizzy and has to lie down
What do they do now?
A giant owl arrives on a branch
The owl asks, “Who?”
They explain to the owl
Who took the mansion?
The owl at the mansion??
Owl gives a letter to John
Kind of like a Dear John letter
Owl did take the mansion from the bear
We have to take this bear’s power away
The owl has already flown away
The bear needs a governor on it
Great Books on the power of names
This bear has no name
Give the bear a name that keeps it from using its power
I guess they’re supposed to take bear on their quest
The bear wakes up
The bear is surprised they didn’t leave
Looking for the Tallahassee Lassie, aka Society’s Child
Minnit really wants a new name
The bear realizes they don’t have a name
Minnit’s 16 reasons for a new name
The Uniform of Summer Camp
Green Short and White T Shirts and Green Vests
Siblings wear the same size clothes
They’ll help each other get names
Minnit tried to go by Sherry for a while
The Da Doo Ran Ran Ceremony
Initiating the ceremony
The Babysitting Boogie, a quiet dance
The Bear is excited for another game
Quiet as driftwood
You catch someone and then they’ll give you a name
It’s easy to be as quiet as driftwood in the woods
The bear is desperate
Struggling to find a name for the bear
Names that will take away the bear’s power
Minnit clears their mind
The bear catches Minnit
The bear’s name is Mumble Bear
The bear can’t stop mumbling
The owl returns
No one can hear the bear anymore
The owl takes Mumble Bear away
Minnit is ok with their name
They want to go to Surf City now and find someone who will use their own name
Looking for love in a Surf City State of Mind
SUMMARY:
Episode: 1339
Title: Minnit Names | Tales Barely Told
Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline
Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Anker Soundcore; Acorns; Marley Spoon
Notable Language:
- Random
- A Weasonable Time
- Barely Putting a Smile on your Mind
- Always Barely Making Sense
- In a minute, Minnit
- Cameo
- Parsh Ed Ed
- Northern Exposure Nonsense
- Foot Rustles
- A Mansion That’s Missing
- Mechanical Time
- Tallahassee Lassie, aka Society’s Child
- The Da Doo Ran Ran Ceremony
- The Babysitting Boogie
- Mumble Bear
- Surf City State of Mind
Notable Culture:
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- sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
- Boris Karloff
- Minnit: The Early Years
- “Call Me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen
- Marco Polo
- Rock Me in the Cradle of Love
- Surf City
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Beach Boys
- Billy Joel
- “ABC Boogie”
- “Shake, Rattle & Roll”
- Rattle & Hum – U2
- Care Bears
- Northern Exposure
Notable Talking Points:
- Last night was another one of the bafflers
- A Weasonable Time
- This might be the worst joke ever
- A very reasonable person riding a roller coaster is Weesonable
- Don’t be unweesonable with demands about my jokes
- Somewhere out there is listening and feeling for you
- Barely Putting a Smile on your Mind
- At least I’ve got that rambling dude…
- Too far into the middle of barely entertaining
- Always Barely Making Sense
- sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
- The 12th Calendar Year
- Your Boris Boreloff
- I won’t be offended if you don’t pay attention to me
- I’m honored when people don’t listen
- Explaining the structure
- The whole team is honored help you
- Another Tale Barely Told
- In a place called Orange Orange
- Someone called Minnit
- Minnit is on a quest to find a new name
- In a minute, Minnit
- Minnit is getting to that introspective age
- Minnit made these signs
- Wanted / Reward: Looking for a New Name
- Minnit had a disposable number put on this poster
- Someone calls to inquire about the reward
- This caller doesn’t have a name for Minnit
- A tale about their Mother In Law’s quest to find a new name
- Multiple Definitions of Cameo
- You want to go to Parsh Ed Ed
- Call this person Cameo
- Parsh Ed Ed is a place that moves
- Playing the Find Me Game in the pool
- Parsh Ed Ed will be the one that says, “You’ll never be mine”
- That’s very mysterious…
- What can Minnit do for Cameo?
- Rock your new name and this MIL’s name in the cradle of love
- Minnit runs into their friends Dean and Jan
- D and J also want to go on a quest to Surf City
- Surf City is a state of mind
- Looking for a place that feels like Surf City
- Jan is Dean’s summer girl
- Looking for a physical manifestation of summer love
- Minnit explains their quest
- Marco Polo was how D and J got together
- When they met it was like “ABC Boogie”
- They join them as they head South
- Getting to a misty, craggy place
- Entering a place they’ve never been before
- The forest thickens
- A voice says, “Please don’t drag that string around”
- Your thoughts are tied to the past
- A Big Smiling Teddy Bear
- It had a comet on its belly
- Thoughts about the future are just thoughts about the past in disguise
- The bear is heading North to Alaska
- The bear insists they go with him, but they say no
- A mansion you took without permission?
- You don’t know what you don’t know
- There’s no place further from Alaska than Surf City
- Invoking Northern Exposure
- A state of mind you can take to Alaska
- Surf City won’t be effortless
- Something about this bear isn’t right
- Foot Rustles in the woods
- Let’s follow those foot rustles
- Eventually night started to fall
- Maybe they’re supposed to help the bear find the mansion
- The bear tells them about the mansion
- In the mansion is a crescent moon, five stars, and some clouds
- Remembering the pool game Little Star
- Let’s play Little Star
- Bear stands in the middle with their arms out
- Make a triangle around Bear
- The bear is familiar with mechanical time
- The 5 points of a star
- Practice with your eyes open, and then you’ll get a blindfold, Bear
- Turn to whoever says “Little Star”
- And the points of the star also have to move
- Face the rock and hear “Little Star” – that’s how you win
- The bear starts to get dizzy and has to lie down
- What do they do now?
- A giant owl arrives on a branch
- The owl asks, “Who?”
- They explain to the owl
- Who took the mansion?
- The owl at the mansion??
- Owl gives a letter to John
- Kind of like a Dear John letter
- Owl did take the mansion from the bear
- We have to take this bear’s power away
- The owl has already flown away
- The bear needs a governor on it
- Great Books on the power of names
- This bear has no name
- Give the bear a name that keeps it from using its power
- I guess they’re supposed to take bear on their quest
- The bear wakes up
- The bear is surprised they didn’t leave
- Looking for the Tallahassee Lassie, aka Society’s Child
- Minnit really wants a new name
- The bear realizes they don’t have a name
- Minnit’s 16 reasons for a new name
- The Uniform of Summer Camp
- Green Short and White T Shirts and Green Vests
- Siblings wear the same size clothes
- They’ll help each other get names
- Minnit tried to go by Sherry for a while
- The Da Doo Ran Ran Ceremony
- Initiating the ceremony
- The Babysitting Boogie, a quiet dance
- The Bear is excited for another game
- Quiet as driftwood
- You catch someone and then they’ll give you a name
- It’s easy to be as quiet as driftwood in the woods
- The bear is desperate
- Struggling to find a name for the bear
- Names that will take away the bear’s power
- Minnit clears their mind
- The bear catches Minnit
- The bear’s name is Mumble Bear
- The bear can’t stop mumbling
- The owl returns
- No one can hear the bear anymore
- The owl takes Mumble Bear away
- Minnit is ok with their name
- They want to go to Surf City now and find someone who will use their own name
- Looking for love in a Surf City State of Mind
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