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  • Опубликовано: 20 июл 2020
  • One man's trash is another man's... poncho 🗑️
    Feat. Alex Wehrley and Josh Burstein
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    Manitowoc Minute host Charlie Berens goes to extreme lengths to stay frugal and cheap. Charlie pours Carlo Rossi wine through a funnel, tries to cancel his Field and Stream subscription, and can't stand to see anything thrown away. Charlie's wife Alex deals with his cheapness first hand which has been apparent from their first date to their anniversary.
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  • @brianvirnelson1668
    @brianvirnelson1668 3 года назад +12374

    This was funny. I watched it twice to get my money’s worth.

  • @erikbrodersen4718
    @erikbrodersen4718 3 года назад +5893

    Love how he’s putting 4 dollar wine in 6 dollar wine

    • @kingarthurthe5th
      @kingarthurthe5th 2 года назад +315

      That makes it seem 50 percent more expensive ;)

    • @nunyabeeswax2575
      @nunyabeeswax2575 2 года назад +126

      And 6 dollars for yellowtail is too expensive even in Aussie dollars.

    • @Timman57
      @Timman57 2 года назад +75

      I drank one of those 4 liter Carlo Rossi Sangria jugs in 6 hours at a party once. Jesus that sucked lol

    • @celebrityrog
      @celebrityrog 2 года назад +80

      @@Timman57 I had a roommate who would drink a whole bottle in a night and morning once in a while when she was feeling exceptionally trashy. She was hilarious on it, she would say Carlo Rossi in a thick Italian accent and describe its notes and how delicious and affordable it is...shes not Italian.

    • @Timman57
      @Timman57 2 года назад +29

      @@celebrityrog classy broad 👌😂

  • @madamhidden9400
    @madamhidden9400 3 года назад +1388

    My best definition of Midwest is getting a compliment on an article of clothing, then proceed to tell them exactly where you got it and at what discounted price.

    • @penguins.227
      @penguins.227 Год назад +106

      Oh yeah that? Kohl's, the 80% off rack. No yeah I used the Kohl's cash so they prettymuch paid me for the shirt.

    • @lorettascott5477
      @lorettascott5477 Год назад +5

      I do that in NH

    • @lorettascott5477
      @lorettascott5477 Год назад +2

      @@penguins.227 ikr

    • @penguins.227
      @penguins.227 Год назад +2

      @@lorettascott5477 unrelated I've heard NH is beautiful, always wanted to visit up there and Vermont.

    • @icybear1234
      @icybear1234 Год назад +20

      I’m not from midwest but I like doing it too, there is some type of a pride that I didn’t spent too much money on nice piece of clothing. like when once I randomly received a coupon and bought fancy dutch oven for less then a half of original price, that felt really good

  • @jakirakumahata5701
    @jakirakumahata5701 Год назад +301

    My dad emigrated from Japan to Wisconsin. So now I basically have to be able to feel asphalt through my soles before I'll shell out for new shoes.

    • @LynetteTheMadScientist
      @LynetteTheMadScientist Год назад +13

      I have never bought a pair of regular use shoes. I just wear my mom’s old shoes that she doesn’t want anymore

    • @ranjanbiswas3233
      @ranjanbiswas3233 Год назад +5

      In Wisconsin of all places? 🤔🤔

    • @smokescreen100
      @smokescreen100 Год назад +6

      @@ranjanbiswas3233 yeah. The boots get less use so they have less holes in em so your feet only almost freeze off ya know?

    • @CivilizedWarrior
      @CivilizedWarrior Год назад +5

      Get yourself some Goodyear welted boots or shoes. They usually don’t cost much more then the glued kind, but you can get them resoled when they wear down for like half the price of new shoes usually. Your dad will love hearing that.

    • @handsomelarsandhisfabulousjars
      @handsomelarsandhisfabulousjars Год назад +8

      If your shoes aren't held together by duct tape, they still got some life in em

  • @drew6237
    @drew6237 3 года назад +5207

    My Midwest grandparents got a spice rack as a gift when they built their home. All the original spices are still in it. The year was 1977

    • @graceskerp
      @graceskerp 3 года назад +494

      If they pass the smell test, they're still good. Come to think on it, that can be said for a lot of the Midwest.

    • @JasonW.
      @JasonW. 3 года назад +108

      @@graceskerp ever driven across Cedar Rapids with the windows down?

    • @graceskerp
      @graceskerp 3 года назад +81

      @@JasonW. Never had the 'pleasure'. From your comment one of my few good decisions. However, I did grow up down wind from the Saganaw River back when the pulp mills were still using it for a garbage dump. Even carp couldn't live in it.

    • @JasonW.
      @JasonW. 3 года назад +48

      @@graceskerp The City of Five Smells

    • @graceskerp
      @graceskerp 3 года назад +25

      @@JasonW. I assume none of them Chanel? What's cooking there that gives it its unique ambiance?

  • @keralee
    @keralee 3 года назад +2767

    I worked in a very posh restaurant in Sheboygan. One of the waitresses was saving the expensive brand empty wine bottles, to refill with cheap box wine at her upcoming wedding. True.

    • @faeriesmak
      @faeriesmak 3 года назад +67

      Nice!

    • @Cenot4ph
      @Cenot4ph 2 года назад +31

      sad

    • @chuckbuck5002
      @chuckbuck5002 2 года назад +191

      If I ever have to host family I don't like, their getting the trojan horse treatment.

    • @ArtemLokhovitskiy
      @ArtemLokhovitskiy 2 года назад +28

      Sheboygan... Ah. Cozy small city with tasty food and great beer from "3 Sheeps" :)

    • @ThisIsSolution
      @ThisIsSolution 2 года назад +23

      Good for her

  • @YR7A
    @YR7A 3 года назад +77

    the sound of the butter knife scraping against the jar evoked emotions in me that I haven't felt in a very long time

    • @zannejae196
      @zannejae196 Год назад

      🤣😂

    • @sickofcrap8992
      @sickofcrap8992 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, too bad the jars aren't glass anymore. Crappy plastic!

  • @MaR0chA
    @MaR0chA 2 года назад +139

    I'm from Finland and I feel like the midwest is spiritually connecting with me 😂

    • @ihadtosayit10
      @ihadtosayit10 Год назад +12

      I know a good many Finns immigrated to northern MN. UMD had a sauna for us students to use. It was great being so hot in a bathing suit and cooling off by going and rolling in a snow bank.

    • @zandaroos553
      @zandaroos553 Год назад +15

      Wisconsin is literally just a spare Finland we have in the back in case something happens to you guys.

    • @midwestmountainman
      @midwestmountainman 10 месяцев назад +7

      I live in Northern Michigan and people pronounce "sauna" the Finnish way because of all the immigrants. We have a couple Finnish restaurants and until a couple months ago, we had a university called Finlandia (ran out of money).
      My town was also home to a lot of Italian immigrants. So it must've been hell for the Finnish-Americans with Italian-Americans constantly breaking into their personal bubble 😂

  • @ke5prx
    @ke5prx 3 года назад +1432

    Came for the comments, left with ideas.

  • @briankrosky3567
    @briankrosky3567 3 года назад +1037

    The two George Washington’s was.... kinda genius.

    • @lonelygirltravels5961
      @lonelygirltravels5961 3 года назад +48

      Makes me wonder why he didn’t just give him two quarters.

    • @losingstreak6
      @losingstreak6 3 года назад +51

      @@lonelygirltravels5961 the longer set up was worth it

    • @thecheeseking1885
      @thecheeseking1885 3 года назад +8

      Even better with abraham lincolns

    • @TheSwissHillbilly
      @TheSwissHillbilly 3 года назад +9

      @@lonelygirltravels5961 Yeah, was that used funnel even worth a buck?--let alone two.
      The nerve! That must have been a Chicago garage sale.

    • @Tina06019
      @Tina06019 3 года назад +9

      I am cheap, but I generally don’t haggle too much at garage sales. I suppose that is because I want people to keep having garage sales.

  • @CityQueenChili
    @CityQueenChili 3 года назад +53

    I’m from Appalachia and my grandpa’s favorite “drinking glass” was an oversized plastic jug that cocktail nuts were sold in.

  • @cultofthevoid5677
    @cultofthevoid5677 3 года назад +287

    As someone from the south, I can say that we do the same thing with not just mason jars but pretty much any kind of glass jar, including Prego jars. Props to you Midwesterners for getting it.

    • @sleepdeep305
      @sleepdeep305 2 года назад +10

      We have SIX jars of my grandma's homemade ketchup in Prego jars. We also have jellies, relishes, jams...all the grandma essentials.

    • @patriciaecampbell372
      @patriciaecampbell372 2 года назад +7

      Prego jars ARE my drinking glasses!! It reminds me of summers in Kentucky!

    • @cultofthevoid5677
      @cultofthevoid5677 2 года назад +6

      @@patriciaecampbell372 I'm from Kentucky too. We use mason jars, prego jars, and pretty much any other glass jar that is washable.

    • @sarahmajor5945
      @sarahmajor5945 Год назад +4

      One is for bacon grease (makes darn fine cookies, no kiddin) all the rest are for drinking. Oh, wait the big mason is for cooking utensils.

    • @stevewoolhiser7249
      @stevewoolhiser7249 Год назад +3

      @@sarahmajor5945 Wisconsinite here. Bacon grease makes fuckin amazing cookies. I make mine with oatmeal, nuts, dark chocolate chips, cocoa powder, and dry coffee grounds. Might sound nuts but if you get the proportions right they'll blow your mind.

  • @ajfurnari2448
    @ajfurnari2448 3 года назад +4400

    C'mon Charlie, everybody knows that the condiment packets go in the butter compartment in the fridge!

  • @greeny5549
    @greeny5549 3 года назад +2816

    You forgot keeping the plastic containers from restaurants like KFC and using them for virtually everything

    • @bansheemania1692
      @bansheemania1692 3 года назад +35

      Take out container's Galore in my house 😂

    • @hymmj147
      @hymmj147 3 года назад +40

      You can wash out the plastic container for the sweet and sour sauce from the Chinese restaurant, too.

    • @AllOfMyLoveTess
      @AllOfMyLoveTess 3 года назад +16

      I'm eating baby carrots and ranch using one of those plastic containers for my ranch. -___-

    • @pieb0y1
      @pieb0y1 3 года назад +15

      my dad is the worst at this lmao, we have containers to last the next 20 winters :P

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 3 года назад +31

      butter and cool whip bowls

  • @RahulDevanarayanan
    @RahulDevanarayanan 2 года назад +397

    A shocking amount of this happened at home growing up and at mine still, which suggests that immigrant cheap and Midwest cheap might actually be the same thing Lmaooo

    • @sillygoose9791
      @sillygoose9791 Год назад +32

      Cheap is cheap is saving money

    • @justforever96
      @justforever96 Год назад +18

      Exactly what I was going to say. Only so many ways to be cheap. And honestly the world works be a lot better off of everyone lived this way. Except the economy relies on people spending money like water, so they encourage wastefulness.

    • @Endless_Horizons2007
      @Endless_Horizons2007 10 месяцев назад +5

      Being cheap is a universal concept. I recently visited Northern Ireland, and saw way too many people do things in this video.

    • @Greenredfield
      @Greenredfield 9 месяцев назад +6

      The Midwest was settled and populated by immigrants, so that would make sense :)

    • @bohemianprince7944
      @bohemianprince7944 7 месяцев назад

      That's bc Minnesota is a Sanctuary state

  • @TheSwissHillbilly
    @TheSwissHillbilly 3 года назад +62

    My brother actually did that calendar thing with monthly planners from 1973. He is a cheapskate extraordinaire! But, so was our mother. She came up in the depression, dontcha know?

    • @ruggv6217
      @ruggv6217 2 года назад +2

      Every midwesterner I know uses the depression excuse. The depression happened all over the country. It wasn't exclusive to the midwest. Also, it was close to 100 years ago.

    • @Hans293
      @Hans293 Год назад +1

      I've done the same. I used to keep a few under the bed until they could be reused, sometimes for just part of the year if there was a leap year issue.

    • @TheSwissHillbilly
      @TheSwissHillbilly Год назад +2

      @@ruggv6217 And?

    • @bigdaddydwil
      @bigdaddydwil Год назад

      the original facebook memories "oh, looks like I had soccer practice at 4pm"

    • @ihadtosayit10
      @ihadtosayit10 Год назад +4

      My grandparents grew up in the depression as well. My grandmother canned up into her 60's and her linen closet was like a neutron star it was so densely packed with every conceivable thing you could ever want or need.

  • @TakuroSpirit77
    @TakuroSpirit77 3 года назад +955

    Rubber spatulas are a LIFESAVER for scraping the last little bit of peanut butter out of the jar. And then onto the butt end of the bread loaf.

    • @ricksharp5749
      @ricksharp5749 3 года назад +10

      Yup,been there-done that...

    • @MountainGirl420
      @MountainGirl420 3 года назад +6

      Takuro Spirit Omg I thought I was the only one who called it the butt!

    • @sarahmarrufo2542
      @sarahmarrufo2542 3 года назад +10

      Even as a child I requested the outer bread slices because no one else enjoyed them. I just didn't want them to be wasted lol

    • @mykee426
      @mykee426 3 года назад +7

      Thanks for the tip. I'll remember that next time. I been using a spoon all these damn years...SMH

    • @MountainGirl420
      @MountainGirl420 3 года назад +2

      Sarah Marrufo Awww I think that's sweet. Shows you care about the world.

  • @jamiekennedy5089
    @jamiekennedy5089 3 года назад +197

    The subtle, underrated move was just cracking open the fridge and peeking in to save the cold air

  • @amyferrill770
    @amyferrill770 6 месяцев назад +3

    I was raised in the South and have been in Boston for 32 years. I thought Yankees were cheap, now I'm learning about the Midwest. Love it!

  • @JohnDeereCollector
    @JohnDeereCollector 3 года назад +23

    The hyperventilating from the thought of paying a bill is exactly what my dad does.

  • @taylors1545
    @taylors1545 3 года назад +2238

    You forgot about hand washing ziplocks baggies then putting them back inside the box like new.

    • @crazypiratesquirrel3038
      @crazypiratesquirrel3038 3 года назад +54

      Yes! My family isn't the only one that does that! 🍻

    • @kelseykamminga4915
      @kelseykamminga4915 3 года назад +100

      I thought my mom was crazy for doing that...until I had to buy the second box of Ziplock 🙄

    • @jarrodwidiger5472
      @jarrodwidiger5472 3 года назад +47

      You can also never have enough i cant believe its not butter and/or Betty crocker tubs.

    • @416loren
      @416loren 3 года назад +5

      My mother did that.

    • @christinacope562
      @christinacope562 3 года назад +14

      Mom?

  • @letitgo8336
    @letitgo8336 3 года назад +912

    We were having dinner and my wife’s phone binged a notification she looked down and told my son to take off that shirt because I just sold it on eBay... True story

  • @laurabaylessjohnson6749
    @laurabaylessjohnson6749 11 месяцев назад +4

    My parents grew up Catholic, from Ohio; they didn't use birth control and had 6 daughters. I was born in Illinois & lived there til age 12. Charlie's videos are so relatable! My older sister made a homemade slip-n-slide with old shower curtain liners and the hose jimmied up on the clothesline. My little sis and I put on garbage bags (to go faster down the slide, of course!) 😂 great memories growing up in the Midwest

  • @angelaclark9994
    @angelaclark9994 3 года назад +16

    I love how he said the bud light bottle was a water bottel

  • @beccag2758
    @beccag2758 3 года назад +1273

    Your “random leftover sauce packets” drawer is shockingly well organized😂

    • @thealbanianlorg6542
      @thealbanianlorg6542 3 года назад +2

      Becca G ; shush! 😁

    • @TheRealMikeWilly
      @TheRealMikeWilly 3 года назад +19

      It's shockingly empty too! I have Ramen packets, every taco bell sauce(even the breakfast salsa), ketchup from at least 5 different places, panda soy sauce kuz you kno they use Kikkoman, spicy chili sauces taco time green sauce, you want it? I got it.

    • @patricialynnmoore
      @patricialynnmoore 3 года назад +9

      @@TheRealMikeWilly ya know der, dem packets has a, a die date on it, yep, it will give ya dem runs. Yah, you don't want dem runs.

    • @TheRealMikeWilly
      @TheRealMikeWilly 3 года назад +5

      Patricia Lynn Moore, ohh dontcha kno. Musta been somewhere round a couple two tree weeks ago I tossed out some da taco bell Diablo sauce packets while tryina finda packet of da French mustard. Ya just Can't have da French toast wit da Heinz mustard.

    • @TheRealMikeWilly
      @TheRealMikeWilly 3 года назад +4

      Jeepers cripes I forgot about da Roasted Fire sauce packet dat I found in da backa da drawer. Oh my gosh!

  • @tymorrison8499
    @tymorrison8499 3 года назад +881

    You forgot the main, midwest, money saver! Reusing empty country crock tubs as midwest tupperware!

    • @josded
      @josded 3 года назад +21

      Margarine is illegal in WI doncha know

    • @christinacope562
      @christinacope562 3 года назад +3

      @@josded that's wonderful!
      Butter freezes :)

    • @lisalarouge6309
      @lisalarouge6309 3 года назад +8

      Always referred to them as bachelor Tupperware.

    • @coreykeesler7014
      @coreykeesler7014 3 года назад +14

      Still to this day at my grandparents farm you’ve gotta open the shed spread tubs to see what leftovers you’ve got for lunch Michigan

    • @valerierogers9609
      @valerierogers9609 3 года назад +2

      Those were handy and such a grrrreat size for da hotdish

  • @davidoneil3439
    @davidoneil3439 3 года назад +19

    These videos make me proud to be a midwesterner

  • @mrs.heathcliff7379
    @mrs.heathcliff7379 2 года назад +55

    If my husband brought me a weed in a beer bottle, that would actually melt me. So cute!

    • @simplytoocomplicated3794
      @simplytoocomplicated3794 7 месяцев назад

      Well yeah but that's kind of a random day present. An anniversary gift should show more effort.

    • @jfiosi
      @jfiosi 5 месяцев назад

      You will know your husband watched this video when you get it. 😇

  • @uhhh925
    @uhhh925 3 года назад +249

    i hate how freaking accurate this is

    • @bebopalloobop
      @bebopalloobop 3 года назад +3

      Embrace it.

    • @ktpreciouscolors4118
      @ktpreciouscolors4118 3 года назад

      At my house we have a drawer for new straws that we get at mcdonalds. when I'm washing the dishes, if the straw was used for something like juice, they get tossed in the sink and I wash them with soap to reuse them. If it was used for coffee or there's food stuck in the inside the straw becomes dirty, and a new straw emerges fresh from the drawer.😂

    • @bigmike8586
      @bigmike8586 2 года назад

      @@ktpreciouscolors4118 Trouble is, what do you really need plastic straws for? Like bro just sip

  • @droolbunnyxo9565
    @droolbunnyxo9565 3 года назад +270

    My dad is from the Midwest. He duct tapes, glues & repairs items he bought at Dollar Tree.

    • @bansheemania1692
      @bansheemania1692 3 года назад +12

      Same here in Pa. Dollar tree Duct tape and crazy glue to Fix Dollar tree Solar light's.

    • @droolbunnyxo9565
      @droolbunnyxo9565 3 года назад +2

      @@bansheemania1692 😂👍

    • @rhodawatkins4516
      @rhodawatkins4516 3 года назад +7

      Waste not, want not. When the zombies come, (or the next pandemic hits), you'll be glad you've got these random items. Think like MacGyver.

    • @droolbunnyxo9565
      @droolbunnyxo9565 3 года назад +6

      @@rhodawatkins4516 Great point. 😑👌 In a pinch, ketchup packets can be used as floatation devices. (And fake blood. To lure zombies into traps ;)

    • @rhodawatkins4516
      @rhodawatkins4516 3 года назад +4

      @@droolbunnyxo9565 I think I'm gonna need a bigger flotation device...or a whole lot more ketchup packets. I can't swim.

  • @dotink
    @dotink 3 года назад +5

    I would rip out the used pages of notebooks at the end of the school year. Perfectly good notebook for next year! No shame in not wasting:)

  • @thepd3044
    @thepd3044 2 года назад +7

    2:19 the spotify ad killed me

  • @skiddwister9143
    @skiddwister9143 3 года назад +1449

    Just when I didn't think this channel could get any better, he adds da wife.

    • @jojospeechy4761
      @jojospeechy4761 3 года назад +45

      Yes, she's great!

    • @thealbanianlorg6542
      @thealbanianlorg6542 3 года назад +21

      Poor da Wehrley!

    • @Gizzard4400
      @Gizzard4400 3 года назад +7

      Nice touch

    • @Rianna_B
      @Rianna_B 3 года назад +3

      @@thealbanianlorg6542 what's a wehrley lol?

    • @thealbanianlorg6542
      @thealbanianlorg6542 3 года назад +25

      @@Rianna_B Alex Wehrley is his spouse and sometimes makes guests appearances like in this video. Calling her “da Wehrley” is my way of trying to give her a nickname with a Charlie style sounding midwestern spin. Also, I’m a big fan of da Wehrley. She’s very funny and talented in her own right. That she’s only in the rare Charlie video makes her appearances all the more “oomph” and high celebrity voltage. 😁😜 Actually I think she has her own social media brand or something - I haven’t checked but she’s written a book on how to make viral videos so she works in media/social media somehow. My social media is pretty limited to RUclips and I try to keep to only a few channels so I haven’t seen what they have on Facebook, insta or Tik Tok. Sorry for the book length comment! What am I doing?! Gotta get on with my day here! 😫😜😁

  • @thezfunk
    @thezfunk 3 года назад +445

    He forgot to save the cool whip containers, better than Tupperware !

    • @jennyknopps1291
      @jennyknopps1291 3 года назад +4

      Or the yogurt and Cottage cheese containers 😅

    • @twistypinky6530
      @twistypinky6530 3 года назад +6

      Plus the butter(margarine), containers, lol.

    • @MrRedberd
      @MrRedberd 3 года назад +5

      Yes, they keep the real Tupperware nice so other people will be impressed by the food storage containers. I have all of those in my cupboard right now, lol.

    • @user-ci1jy8li7j
      @user-ci1jy8li7j 2 года назад

      @@jennyknopps1291 no

    • @user-ci1jy8li7j
      @user-ci1jy8li7j 2 года назад

      @@jennyknopps1291 not yogurt just sour cream

  • @esverker7018
    @esverker7018 6 месяцев назад +4

    My mom recently threw away all our sauce packets on a cleaning binge and it was a real moment of emotional turmoil for the family.

  • @CLove511
    @CLove511 2 года назад +26

    Tip for eating the heels of the loaf: use a knife to slice a very thin layer of crust off, then just toast it like normal. Either way, if you're making a sandwich, put the "crust" side facing into the sandwich, and you don't even notice, apart from the slice being a little thinner.

    • @ihadtosayit10
      @ihadtosayit10 Год назад +2

      i actually like the toasted heel piece of bread.

    • @LaughingblueSu
      @LaughingblueSu 4 месяца назад +1

      Single momma 101😂

  • @bellevoor
    @bellevoor 3 года назад +2376

    Is this a comedy or a documentary?

  • @allisong6971
    @allisong6971 3 года назад +108

    "Unfortunately, my Kohls cash don't work at Target" haha

  • @HowDoU24
    @HowDoU24 Год назад +4

    Let's not forget saving fast food cups for future use lol

  • @ReptilesBlade
    @ReptilesBlade 2 года назад +2

    Born and raised in Missouri, live here pretty much my entire life. This is so accurate it physically hurts.

  • @misstaylors
    @misstaylors 3 года назад +364

    Listen here pal, I never want to see you disrespect a Duluth Co shirt again. Alright? Tell your folks I says hi.

    • @MatthewMilton
      @MatthewMilton 3 года назад +3

      Charlie should I quit youtube my friends keep making fun of me for it

    • @ninagalvani1007
      @ninagalvani1007 3 года назад +1

      I love that store.

  • @chrislaney930
    @chrislaney930 3 года назад +321

    Some of these were jokes, but I feel like a lot of it was just good financial sense. If you introduce your wine to the party late no one knows what it costs

    • @jojospeechy4761
      @jojospeechy4761 3 года назад +10

      Good idea!

    • @mattofthenorth
      @mattofthenorth 3 года назад +7

      Exactly bathtub vintage circa 2017 in a Dom Perignon bottle and you’re golden 😘🤫

    • @VanessaMallia
      @VanessaMallia 3 года назад +32

      My brother in law put cheap wine in a high dollar bottle and gave it to my snooty bro in law the ole fart kept bragging all night about how good it was 😄😄😄

    • @trollingmermaids
      @trollingmermaids 3 года назад +13

      There's a place called wine kitz here where I live & if you put on a batch of wine (30 bottles) it comes down to like $2-4 a bottle, keep in mind the cheapest wine you can buy at our local liquor store is $8 +tax. So my parents just make a batch whenever they want to & they always have wine to bring places. Because it's 'homemade' people think it's fancy even though it's not

    • @postmodernrecycler
      @postmodernrecycler 3 года назад +16

      Jesus said, serve the best wine first

  • @aliceballard6988
    @aliceballard6988 Год назад +11

    Do you carefully take home paper napkins from restaurants so you never have to buy any? 😂😂

  • @Sam19509
    @Sam19509 8 месяцев назад +9

    They forgot to do the cutting the empty toothpaste tube in half to use up every bit of the paste we paid for.😂

    • @JNMKlover
      @JNMKlover 8 месяцев назад +1

      I do that, my toothpaste is $6 a tube, u have to😂

    • @feral_shade
      @feral_shade 7 месяцев назад +1

      oh wow...great idea!! i never thought of that before 💕

    • @SK-rs1hu
      @SK-rs1hu 28 дней назад +1

      Saving the old shampoo bottle to fill with new shampoo and water. 🌊 🧴

    • @Sam19509
      @Sam19509 28 дней назад

      @@SK-rs1hu that doesn’t work as well as using new shampoo. The scent alone won’t be as active.

    • @SK-rs1hu
      @SK-rs1hu 28 дней назад

      @@Sam19509 shampoo is detergent. It strips your hair completely of it's oils, making you rely on conditioner to soften it, which makes you use more shampoo, which makes you use more conditioner...so on and so forth. I do better just to dilute the shampoo and wash twice a week but you do you..

  • @dustykolkin6215
    @dustykolkin6215 3 года назад +297

    Where is the cabinet full of plastic bags and leftover liquor brown bags?

    • @tbernstein
      @tbernstein 3 года назад +41

      the plastic bags are in the drawer next to the lifetimes worth of twisty ties.

    • @hymmj147
      @hymmj147 3 года назад +7

      In one of those tiny kitchen drawers I've got old General Foods International coffee tins full of old Twisties (and new leftover ties from Baggies), and one tin for rubber bands, many that came off of the rolled up newspapers I got from a subscription I had three years ago.

    • @Sweetnessinatube
      @Sweetnessinatube 3 года назад +5

      Does anyone else just shove all the plastic bags under the sink haphazardly or is that just me..? Lol

    • @seraphale
      @seraphale 3 года назад +5

      Might need to ripen some fruit in the liquor bags!

    • @cynthiakeller5954
      @cynthiakeller5954 3 года назад +1

      @@Sweetnessinatube My OCD makes me fold them all into football triangles, sigh :I

  • @garretttooker2195
    @garretttooker2195 3 года назад +263

    Don't forget setting the dinner table with the good plastic silverware from Wendy's

    • @ProctorsGamble
      @ProctorsGamble 3 года назад +15

      Nothing but the best
      Wendy has the best plastic cutlery

    • @ptolemystoned
      @ptolemystoned 3 года назад +13

      My Gamma is convinced that dominos makes the best paper napkins. She saves them for guests hahaha

    • @patricialynnmoore
      @patricialynnmoore 3 года назад +4

      Hey, I do that! No washing dishes for me. No sir-ree! And the plastic wrap on them is reusable too if you open it carefully.

    • @digitallocations1423
      @digitallocations1423 3 года назад +1

      @@patricialynnmoore
      That's really bad for the environment.
      Washing dishes is not a lot of work.

    • @TheRepublicOfJohn
      @TheRepublicOfJohn 2 года назад +1

      Wendy's does have the best plastic cutlery. But I like to splurge and buy my silverware at Goodwill and St Vinnys. It doesn't match, but who cares? Plus you can lose a spoon or lend a guy your extra fork at lunchtime and never worry about it.

  • @QixTheDS
    @QixTheDS 2 года назад +2

    I like that you can hear her laugh when he overflows the wine.

  • @karenskowronski4506
    @karenskowronski4506 2 года назад +3

    I’m from the Midwest. I use my calendars as artwork when I’m done. Also every bag gets saved 😂😂😂

  • @willording2877
    @willording2877 3 года назад +102

    Also saving boxes from any electronics/amazon orders/gifts just in case you need them to move or give someone else a gift

    • @victorialaur
      @victorialaur 3 года назад +3

      Guilty!

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 3 года назад +1

      Uncoated cardboard makes good garden mulch too

    • @twistypinky6530
      @twistypinky6530 3 года назад +3

      Or just save them for the next gift you give. Best boxes are the ones that has it own design on them, so you don't have to waste money on wrapping paper.

    • @Sisterlisk
      @Sisterlisk 3 года назад +1

      @@twistypinky6530 Just let the person know before they open it that it doesn't contain what the box indicates it does. I had an awkward Christmas gift-opening experience once where I thought my sister had gotten me expensive headphones... Good thing I only said, "(Sister)! No!"

    • @ericallen371
      @ericallen371 2 года назад

      My dad would wrap all the kids Christmas stuff in post office boxes. You only pay for them if they get shipped. I just let the dog destroy all my boxes.

  • @jackoneill6292
    @jackoneill6292 3 года назад +395

    When I was a kid my mom would buy jelly that came in a reusable water glass Fancy, my little brother broke one, mom screams we can’t have any thing nice around here !

    • @DonaBologna
      @DonaBologna 3 года назад +16

      Omg dead 🤣

    • @71stl3m6
      @71stl3m6 3 года назад +14

      I laughed so hard at this one

    • @ah5721
      @ah5721 3 года назад +23

      I can relate. My hubs an kids broke all my ceramic dishes. I bought stainless steel. They'll never die.

    • @2aminitials
      @2aminitials 3 года назад +22

      Welch's dinosaur jelly jars were awesome..

    • @imasheepbahbah3591
      @imasheepbahbah3591 3 года назад +9

      Poor kid!!!

  • @brucejterwilliger5477
    @brucejterwilliger5477 2 года назад +12

    Having lived in Indiana for 3 years, I can't stop laughing about how true and hilarious this is!

    • @lorimav
      @lorimav 2 года назад +2

      I grew up in Western, NY but this seems normal to me. Maybe we resemble the mid-westerners.

  • @anngreen3495
    @anngreen3495 Год назад +19

    I was supposed to do something three hours ago; then, I found this channel.

  • @WaysideWade
    @WaysideWade 3 года назад +214

    Highly accurate. Never experienced the two Washington trick before.

    • @xflarearcadia1766
      @xflarearcadia1766 3 года назад +7

      "How much is this?" "That's recycling." 🧐🤪

    • @MountainGirl420
      @MountainGirl420 3 года назад +3

      Wayside Wade Me either, but I’m definitely going to incorporate it into my repertoire!

    • @jasonflay8818
      @jasonflay8818 3 года назад +5

      Honestly I was expecting two bits, he over paid!

    • @MountainGirl420
      @MountainGirl420 3 года назад +1

      Jason Flay Hahaha! So true. I kept thinking that funnel should've only been 25¢. It was super thin.

    • @WaysideWade
      @WaysideWade 3 года назад +1

      @@MountainGirl420 Be careful. 🤔🌞

  • @sublimelemon5444
    @sublimelemon5444 3 года назад +170

    I'm surprised I didn't see mention of asking for extra napkins at the drive thru window. Especially when you have that one restaurant you like that has the BEST napkins 😩❤

    • @SmiteKhepri
      @SmiteKhepri 2 года назад +3

      My grandpa is a fast food napkin hoarder lmao. So accurate

    • @misters2837
      @misters2837 2 года назад +5

      Very True....You could go to any Vehicle in my driveway, and find those napkins in the door cubby...for those unexpected "Gesundheit" moments....

    • @DugrozReports
      @DugrozReports Год назад +1

      he stole your idea for part 2. :)

  • @martingoddard8403
    @martingoddard8403 3 года назад +7

    I love that he's filling a cheap wine bottle with cheaper wine.

  • @johnkrolczyk2241
    @johnkrolczyk2241 3 года назад +3

    I have lived in the Midwest all my life and I can say yes, we are that cheap!

  • @yurk0634
    @yurk0634 3 года назад +281

    My friend makes a new Spotify account every couple months so he can get the free trial again

    • @AbeC368
      @AbeC368 3 года назад +27

      Modern problems require modern solutions

    • @zzz181085
      @zzz181085 3 года назад

      Likewise

    • @claytonfs
      @claytonfs 3 года назад +4

      So he also gets a new credit card every couple months then?

    • @mr.mopedmadness3441
      @mr.mopedmadness3441 3 года назад +6

      @@claytonfs prolly a Visa giftcard from Walmart 😂

    • @kierancarter8369
      @kierancarter8369 3 года назад +1

      Damn...i'm blanking here but what was the company that would give you 11 free CDs back in the 90's for opening a new account? This was my fraternity's playlist for the upcoming year's parties.

  • @ybunnygurl
    @ybunnygurl 3 года назад +217

    All you need was a cupboard full of empty plastic tubs left over from sour cream, cool wip, and the Chinese food restaurant tub that had fish fry that still smells of fish but your mom holds on to because she might make fish fry at home, (she's never gonna do it)

    • @bansheemania1692
      @bansheemania1692 3 года назад +2

      I tried to throw those Chinese food ones out Because of that reason. "Nope , I Can Use That when" 😂....

    • @claytonfs
      @claytonfs 3 года назад +5

      There's a two foot stack of quart yogurt containers for tupperware at my parents house.

    • @rhodawatkins4516
      @rhodawatkins4516 3 года назад +1

      @@claytonfs We died Easter eggs in a batch of individual yogurt cups many an Easter. They're just right for that.

    • @MellyMae44
      @MellyMae44 3 года назад

      What has ybunnygurl been doing going through my cabinets? Listed every item to a T. Only thing missing is the Blue Bonnet containers, perfect for stacking in da fridge.

    • @bardmadsen6956
      @bardmadsen6956 3 года назад

      In the microwave I bet. Around here they show up for food and a camp fire with broken X-Mas lights to burn because the plastic and copper puts off pretty colors and no one, but me, backs up wind.

  • @Haley0822
    @Haley0822 2 года назад +4

    Also saving the plastic silverware and napkins from fast food places to keep in the glove box of your car 🤣

  • @rustybricks1924
    @rustybricks1924 Год назад +5

    Don't forget to take a few Cool Whip containers to that dinner you were invited to and grab some leftovers. 😉👍

  • @mztweety1374
    @mztweety1374 3 года назад +65

    I get it...I was raised by my grandma. It was 15 years before I had my first brand name anything. Bless that woman.

  • @katiekat2074
    @katiekat2074 3 года назад +57

    The trash bag rain poncho was a flashback to my childhood that I wasn’t ready for😂

    • @jamesbelshan8839
      @jamesbelshan8839 Год назад +1

      On snow days, we wore plastic bread bags over our socks as waterproof liners inside our boots. It was embarrassing when I'd go to a friend's house after playing outside and take off my boots and bread bags.

  • @TheKenttt
    @TheKenttt 3 года назад +6

    That "new glass" bit is accurate. I have a cookie dough container that has been acting as Tupperware for years.

  • @Cletus_the_Elder
    @Cletus_the_Elder 2 года назад +2

    I just discovered this channel. Hilarious stuff. No weak-funny content. Absolutely solid. Funny comments from viewers to boot.

  • @MJ-mp1fx
    @MJ-mp1fx 3 года назад +91

    See now, I WANT to send this to my husband, but it'll just give him ideas.

  • @spriggansiedeutsch6817
    @spriggansiedeutsch6817 3 года назад +183

    Drinking from jars is just plain classy.

    • @ah5721
      @ah5721 3 года назад +5

      Especially since eco millennials are making it a thing 😉

    • @beshkodiak
      @beshkodiak 3 года назад +4

      While visiting any folks, drinking from a jar (except a large mayo jar, which is like drinking from the pitcher) is fine by me, but if i go to a bar or restaurant and they try that, i will ask for a bowl. Gotta have standards. Oh, and don’t forget thread spools for cupboard knobs..

    • @flamingscar5263
      @flamingscar5263 3 года назад +1

      And it holds so much more then most cups

    • @religiousabuse
      @religiousabuse 2 года назад +4

      its actually really common in the south to even the most well off people doing that

    • @holidayin7962
      @holidayin7962 2 года назад

      Reduce reuse and recycle

  • @wendymattingly9344
    @wendymattingly9344 Год назад +25

    Telling on myself: I will keep glass jars for drinking (not big jars but decorative jelly jars), save all extra condiment packets and use them, coupons for just about everything, I have millions of these "cheap" ways. 😆 🤣 😂

  • @TomsTinkeringandAdventures
    @TomsTinkeringandAdventures 3 года назад +2

    I have a cabinet full of gift bags that my kids got birthday/Christmas gifts in, Haven’t had to purchase a new one for years!

  • @fishgrubspinners6762
    @fishgrubspinners6762 3 года назад +378

    Where was the cheap part, this isn't how everybody lives?
    Added 3 months later, we all joke about this but I actually love the way I live and wouldn't change even if I were rich, it's in my DNA. 🙂

    • @victorialaur
      @victorialaur 3 года назад +5

      Hahaha 😂

    • @jonjohnson102
      @jonjohnson102 3 года назад +7

      Honestly my thoughts rn

    • @marshacrom6206
      @marshacrom6206 3 года назад +13

      I am probably cheaper than that. My parents were raised in families with 5 kids in the depression, and both were in the military. I save everything.

    • @bunnyrabbitshavehats
      @bunnyrabbitshavehats 3 года назад +24

      There are people that don’t do any of these things. These are called rich people. We don’t know them.

    • @paulettesgoo
      @paulettesgoo 3 года назад +3

      Hee heee ... it is in Ohio!

  • @robloxvids2233
    @robloxvids2233 3 года назад +25

    From Missouri, this is me. I still have fire logs I cut from a Christmas tree in 2012 in the garage. I keep forgetting to take them camping. They will get used one day, mark my words.

  • @chrisserrific
    @chrisserrific 2 года назад +1

    So, I've been working at the same hotel since I was sixteen, and we used to have these beautiful logbooks, before we switched over to just using composition books. One day, I saw that we had a "new" one. It was not new, it just so happened that so much time had passed that all of the days lined back up.

  • @socratespublius6047
    @socratespublius6047 3 года назад +2

    "Month free? Great, thanks Nance we'll talk to you next month."

  • @CossettiSpaghetti
    @CossettiSpaghetti 3 года назад +16

    Coming from a VERY Norwegian family in Minnesota... I can’t believe how accurate this is...

  • @shanesullivan460
    @shanesullivan460 3 года назад +128

    I remember saving packets of ketchup.
    "Do you do it with relish?"
    "No, I'm not proud of it at all..."

    • @droolbunnyxo9565
      @droolbunnyxo9565 3 года назад +4

      Fast food employee had a great story to tell later :)

    • @wideawake5630
      @wideawake5630 3 года назад +2

      LMFAO

    • @hymmj147
      @hymmj147 3 года назад +4

      Taco Bell gives us three fistsful every time. I've got a qt. size Ziploc in the fridge of those.

    • @wideawake5630
      @wideawake5630 3 года назад +3

      @@hymmj147 Can of beans and some hot water you've got poor man's chili LOL

    • @MicahMeyer88
      @MicahMeyer88 3 года назад +1

      @@hymmj147 What the TB here in Manitowoc does when I ask for a "shit ton". 🤣

  • @lucitheloser1992
    @lucitheloser1992 2 года назад +14

    I love those jugs of wine. Makes me feel like a housewife with a drinking problem.

    • @demwillams8898
      @demwillams8898 8 месяцев назад

      If ur drinking rossi, u have a drinking problem.

  • @theo8637
    @theo8637 3 года назад +4

    The "get 3 months of premium now" got me 🤣

  • @abigailmorris4365
    @abigailmorris4365 3 года назад +24

    My mom keeps all the extra wrapped plastic utensils from takeout in a drawer...next to the drawer of condiment packets

  • @rebeccacurtiss7737
    @rebeccacurtiss7737 3 года назад +89

    Who else remembers margarine containers being used for cereal bowls?😂

    • @twistypinky6530
      @twistypinky6530 3 года назад +4

      Yes!

    • @mvpandrew93
      @mvpandrew93 3 года назад +6

      I was searching for this comment specifically

    • @TheRealMonnie
      @TheRealMonnie 3 года назад +6

      When I was young

    • @morganophelia5963
      @morganophelia5963 3 года назад +5

      Always the best cus they are huge lol 😂

    • @dennyj8650
      @dennyj8650 Год назад

      Back in the 70s one margarine co. put out very nice stylish bowls! Someone is probably still using them.

  • @SandraPokorneyCmonDude
    @SandraPokorneyCmonDude 2 года назад +1

    I've lived in Wisco my whole life...this dude is funny AF.

  • @benjaminbrand3714
    @benjaminbrand3714 Год назад +5

    I honestly related to so much of this. Good to see some proper representation for us Midwesterners 😂

  • @norty6357
    @norty6357 3 года назад +138

    As a Michigander, I resemble this! 😁 In the next version of this add all of the true things my parents did; ripping napkins in half, washing ziploc bags to reuse them, saving left overs in cool whip containers, and adding water to juice to make it last longer! Keep up the good work

    • @Sypherz
      @Sypherz 3 года назад +14

      Napkins? Use paper towels, they are less expensive, unless you're using the saved napkins from restaurants or convenience stores.

    • @videowatcher474
      @videowatcher474 2 года назад +8

      I'm surprised to see Deerfield on the internet considering they probably just got dialup working out there.

    • @lorettascott5477
      @lorettascott5477 Год назад +1

      Omg I feel called out lol

    • @MrAronymous
      @MrAronymous Год назад +1

      Zip-loc bags arent meant to be single use..

    • @fmlAllthetime
      @fmlAllthetime Год назад +1

      California, Central Valley originally, wash ziplocs and use Tupperware we get from anywhere else too.

  • @Maddog-eo9ud
    @Maddog-eo9ud 3 года назад +17

    When he said “got us a new glass” and put the jar in the dishwasher I felt that

  • @FumblsTheSniper
    @FumblsTheSniper 3 года назад +4

    Those ketchup things from Culver’s are absolutely damn amazing. If you’ve never gotten one I can assure you they are game-changers.

    • @lorimav
      @lorimav 2 года назад

      Chick-fil-a has them too.

  • @BlindShepherd
    @BlindShepherd Год назад +1

    The peanut butter kills me! It’s so true 🤣

  • @dougwells1959
    @dougwells1959 3 года назад +165

    You shudda had Charlie diggin' tru da Culver's trash for the free Scoopie coupons. Then get the custard free with da ketchup packs.

    • @mattschmitt9924
      @mattschmitt9924 3 года назад +12

      People throw away a scoopie coupons? I'm grabbing some gloves and going to culvers.

    • @bebopalloobop
      @bebopalloobop 3 года назад +8

      From KS, live in AK and a local subway mailed out BOGO sheets for foot longs. I dug through that recycling bin at the post office, people were like WTF, and I got free foot longs for months.

    • @amoreandshrek136
      @amoreandshrek136 3 года назад +2

      My piano teacher would keep those scoopie tokens for scoopie merchandise in her wallet

    • @reginabillotti
      @reginabillotti Год назад +1

      ​@@mattschmitt9924 At my college apartment I was amazed at how many people threw away all their coupons. I would go through the trash in the mailroom for coupons, especially fast food but occasionally some from Meijer or other stores.

  • @user-tb2wz1tr8y
    @user-tb2wz1tr8y 3 года назад +31

    "Winner winner cheese curd dinner"

  • @DXnationmember
    @DXnationmember 6 месяцев назад +1

    That wine trick is genius!

  • @cherylsundin6253
    @cherylsundin6253 Год назад

    I spent my teen years in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I still do so much of these very same things!

  • @15minoflame
    @15minoflame 3 года назад +34

    I’m from the south and I think this is an American thing I’m positive

    • @ah5721
      @ah5721 3 года назад +2

      Broke American thing.

    • @timesthree5757
      @timesthree5757 3 года назад +6

      @@ah5721 nope a rural thing. This guy I know rich as fuck does this.

    • @ERRYKA09
      @ERRYKA09 Год назад +1

      It's international, we do it in Europe too.

  • @probablyaparent
    @probablyaparent 3 года назад +56

    Every. Single. Frame. Is. Spot. On.
    It's horrible but funny.

  • @slbellue6874
    @slbellue6874 2 года назад

    I learn so much from you, like how to reduce expenses & put a spin on old tired sayings. Thanks for the tips Charlie!!!

  • @mariek.474
    @mariek.474 3 года назад +3

    0:06 Watching on this phone rn. Don't call me out like that

  • @mackgilbertson7436
    @mackgilbertson7436 3 года назад +13

    My dad uses left over bacon grease to grease pans instead of butter because it’s “too expensive”.

    • @keepinmahprivacy9754
      @keepinmahprivacy9754 3 года назад +1

      My mom would save the bacon grease and when she got enough she would bake a "Poor Man's Cake" with it, instead of butter.

    • @dennyj8650
      @dennyj8650 Год назад

      It's yummy for frying zucchini!

  • @JasonW.
    @JasonW. 3 года назад +145

    Can't be cheap and be wearing a Duluth Trading shirt.
    Unless it was bought at a garage sale.

    • @USAFJUNKIE
      @USAFJUNKIE 3 года назад +16

      Unless you're so cheap that you buy one of their shirts, and return it right before their "No BS" warranty expires after one year to exchange it for a new one.

    • @craigbielsky115
      @craigbielsky115 3 года назад +6

      @denise baber ooooo my kinda girl.....tell me more...lol

    • @TheCriminalViolin
      @TheCriminalViolin 3 года назад

      @@craigbielsky115 HAHA

    • @Visplight
      @Visplight 3 года назад +3

      Goodwill at the 50% off day.

    • @TheCriminalViolin
      @TheCriminalViolin 3 года назад +2

      @@Visplight Value Village on their 75% day for seniors (take your grandma to thrift day)

  • @dannybaldwin7343
    @dannybaldwin7343 Год назад +1

    😁 That's the Last straw pouring wine into another bottle. 😁

  • @troyhaese8005
    @troyhaese8005 3 года назад +117

    Next time you might consider using a rubber spatula on that peanut butter jar.
    For Pete's sake! You left way too much peanut butter in there.

    • @evanlambrecht7510
      @evanlambrecht7510 3 года назад

      Karen!

    • @troyhaese8005
      @troyhaese8005 3 года назад +4

      @@evanlambrecht7510 geez louise Evan!
      There is Pur-nerd another sandwich There in the peanut butter jar.
      Also you should take off the paper raper before you put it into the dishwasher. Now you are going to get paper over the other dishes...
      Rant over.

    • @evanlambrecht7510
      @evanlambrecht7510 3 года назад

      @@troyhaese8005 what?

    • @troyhaese8005
      @troyhaese8005 3 года назад +1

      @@evanlambrecht7510 I'm just messing with you. 😂 that's 👌

    • @evanlambrecht7510
      @evanlambrecht7510 3 года назад

      @@troyhaese8005 next time do it in English plz!😄😄😄😝😝😝😄😄😄

  • @RWildekrav66
    @RWildekrav66 3 года назад +38

    Two George Washington’s !!! You’re killin me

    • @machinist7230
      @machinist7230 3 года назад +2

      The funny part is, he could have bought the funnels new for that much...

    • @RevampedOutdoors
      @RevampedOutdoors 3 года назад +2

      Or did 2 quarters.

    • @nathanielkidd2840
      @nathanielkidd2840 3 года назад

      Revamped Outdoors that’s what I thought was gonna happen...

  • @ailestriker9888
    @ailestriker9888 Год назад

    Spotify ad was a subtle but appreciated touch

  • @Sam19509
    @Sam19509 28 дней назад +1

    He lost me with the Bud Light product placement.😂

  • @CrystalBrightz
    @CrystalBrightz 3 года назад +54

    Don't skimp on the wife. 👏🏻