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Morgue Smells and Milking Intestines
from Christmas Karaoke (with Dan St. Germain and Tom Lewis) · #77
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4 minRay defends why it made sense for him to be the one handling and cleaning corpses at the morgue, including cutting organs and milking intestines, despite Tim's disbelief.
- 37:29Tim recalls bombing at a Long Island music venue show while his co-host succeeded with a quiet voice performance.
- 38:03Imagining Ray getting up to sing karaoke while smelling like morgue chemicals and decomposition.
- 38:36Ray claims he smells nice usually, then admits he sometimes smelled like decomposition from working with rotten corpses.
- 38:53Tim points out Ray was a photographer, not supposed to touch bodies, yet clearly wanted to.
- 39:17Ray insists it made logical sense for him to flip bodies rather than having an elderly coworker do it.
- 39:51Ray defends removing and cutting organs during autopsies, arguing he wanted the experience while he had the opportunity.
- 40:23Ray explains milking intestines during autopsies—squeezing them to extract contents into a cup.