That’s awesome. I’m not going to keep you too much longer. And since you’re not a drinker . . .
I’m not a drinker. That’s a . . . yeah.
But you did tell me you had an alcohol-related story . . .
I kind of have one, and it’s not about me.
We are still writers.
It’s actually about . . . so this is your piece of trivia. I am Mormon, and I was roommates in college with another famous Mormon— Ken Jennings , who won all the Jeopardy! money.
Okay, all right.
This is my roommate from college. And so the only liquor story, you like . . . hey, liquor stuff. He, on Jeopardy! , kept flubbing all the liquor questions. ‘Cause he’s Mormon!
Right.
And so my friend Ken had to go memorize big lists of mixed drinks. So he’s the most literate person in all sorts of alcohol that I know that’s Mormon because he had to have all these questions for Jeopardy! And so he keeps buzzing in and winning these things. It’s pretty amusing.
Were there Elders calling him with questions, “So Ken . . . is there something you need to be telling us?”
(laughs) Yeah, I don’t know.
Or is it more like, “Ken, you tithe appropriately and we’ll just never mention this again.”
(laughs) Yeah, I don’t know. You should have him on some time. He’s an author, too. But, there’s your piece of trivia: Brandon Sanderson, Ken Jennings—roommates.
There we go. That’s as close as I can get for a liquor commentary out of a guy who said, “What flavor of water shall I discuss on your podcast?”
Yes, that’s right. That’s right.
As I’m sitting here drinking a Dasani because still I drank one of those jalapeno things, and it made my teeth sweat.
Those things look kind of cool.
They’re very pretty.
I envy you guys—the drinkers—because your drinks look so awesome. It’s like they look like the coolest Kool-Aid that’s ever been made. I bet they don’t taste like Kool-Aid.
Actually, I had some punch last night that tasted like Kool-Aid, except it was 85 degree Kool-Aid, and it was disgusting.
Right, okay.
So no, you’re really not missing that much, except for . . .
The booze.
Yeah, except for the booze. Brandon, thank you so much for coming on the podcast.
My pleasure.
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