Phone Tap: Timid Ben Swingers Cruise
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What is the premise of Timid Ben's cruise adventure?
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How does Timid Ben express his fears about cruising?
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It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning, time for your prank phone call, and today, guess who's going on a trip? The one man that wants to reach out and seize life by the haunches. He's throwing caution to the wind, because frankly, he usually never leaves the house. His name is Timid Benjamin.
Oh, wow.
And he wants to sail the open seas on a luxury cruise. That's why he's reaching out to a travel agent who specializes in nautical adventures. I don't think she's ever dealt with a customer quite like this one before. We'll see how she handles timid Ben in your phone tap right now.
Brooke and Jeffrey's phone taps on the 20s. Thanks for calling. This is Amy from... How can I help you?
Hi, Amy.
My name is Benjamin. Okay, hi, I'm sorry, can you just speak up a little bit? I can barely hear you. Yeah, I'm sorry.
Hi, my name's Benjamin. You said Benjamin?
What unique requests does Timid Ben make for his cruise?
Yes. Okay, hi, Benjamin, how are you today?
I'm excited.
Okay, awesome, I'm excited for you.
Why are you excited for me? We don't know each other.
you know i just i love you love me i don't i don't know you no i'm i do i love everybody but you know what i love planning vacations and i'm i'm just i'm excited for you so tell me what are you looking for how many days were you thinking of cruising for um i i i like odd numbers like 13s and fives okay one of those
let's stick with our numbers maybe like a story are you thinking maybe like a three day or weekend no no no no i want to be clear no pirates no no what i'm sorry pirates you know like yo ho yo i i can't it's a major major phobia of mine
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the premise of Timid Ben's cruise adventure?
0:00–2:06
2
How does Timid Ben express his fears about cruising?
2:06–4:04
3
What unique requests does Timid Ben make for his cruise?
4:04–6:14
4
How does the travel agent respond to Ben's unusual preferences?
6:14–7:53
5
What misunderstanding arises during the cruise planning?
7:53–10:02
6
What surprising twist occurs at the end of the prank call?
10:02–10:50
7
How does the prank phone call reveal Timid Ben's true character?
10:50–11:00
Speakers
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