Chuck Bryan

But then when he went to the specialist, the specialist said –

like wouldn't speak to him in English and Lars felt he had mocked him and that apparently Sandra thought that that was really significant because that was not a word that Lars typically used, but he still managed to get the antibiotic from the doctor.

The thing about the perforated or ruptured eardrum is I was looking on the internet, it turns out, and the National Health Service says that if you have a perforated eardrum, it would probably actually make flying more comfortable.

Not more dangerous.

So I can understand Lars being worried about that, not being a trained medical professional.

But if he's encountering at least three other medical professionals in Bulgaria, you would think one of them would be like, actually, no, you're actually better off flying like this.

Or would at the very least be like, you don't have to worry about that at all.

It's not a thing.

Interesting.

Yeah, I thought so too.

All right, well, let's take a break, and we will come back and talk about what happened after his friends left Lars alone in Bulgaria right after this.

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You know, he just bent the rules all the time.

All right, so Lars' buddies go back home to Germany.

Lars is left there by himself, which is pretty key as far as understanding that they weren't worried about him.

He wasn't behaving weird.

He seemed fine.