#2361 - Graham Linehan

Joe Rogan (0:01)

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Graham Linehan (0:12)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:14)

So you're telling me about the scar you got on your forehead recently.

Graham Linehan (0:17)

Yeah, I got into a bar fight with some, some guys were insulting a woman.

Joe Rogan (0:21)

Yeah, to take care of business, right?

Graham Linehan (0:22)

To take care of a bit of business. No, I fell off a scooter. I fell off a scooter. I was riding around Scottsdale feeling great and free because I'd never ridden a scooter before, because I always thought that we call them scooter nonsense in the UK. Because there was no one around to see me, I just thought, oh, this is great. I could do this all the time. But I just immediately fell flat on my face.

Joe Rogan (0:47)

Did you hit something or did you fall?

Graham Linehan (0:49)

No, I saw what looked like a ramp, but it was a single step down. So I went flying through the air and I remember when I landed, there was a weird moment when I landed where I thought, oh, that wasn't so bad. I didn't screw myself up too badly. But then there was a second crunch and I remember thinking, oh, I'm dead.

Joe Rogan (1:10)

What was the second crunch?

Graham Linehan (1:11)

I don't know. Somehow I fell.

Joe Rogan (1:14)

Double, so you double fell.

Graham Linehan (1:15)

Yeah, yeah. And you know, I kind of like it because it makes me look how I feel internally.

Joe Rogan (1:24)

Busted up and changed?

Graham Linehan (1:25)

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:26)

So would it break your nose?

Graham Linehan (1:28)

No, oh, it did break my nose, yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:29)

Yeah.

Graham Linehan (1:30)

Yeah, but you know, but you know, it's one of those things. Again, as I say, I quite like it. I think it gives me some character.

Joe Rogan (1:36)

It doesn't mess you up.

Graham Linehan (1:37)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:37)

You're fine.

Graham Linehan (1:38)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:38)

You know, it's just a thing.

Graham Linehan (1:39)

And I might stick with the story about the bar, you know.

Joe Rogan (1:42)

I think you already gave up the goods. The problem with a story like that is I'm always like, is that better to get the fuck beaten out of you? By guys? Like maybe it's better to fall down.

Graham Linehan (1:50)

It's different if you're a fighter. I would imagine you wouldn't be too happy about it.

Joe Rogan (1:54)

Yeah, I'd be very upset that I got my ass kicked.

Graham Linehan (1:58)

Yeah, yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:59)

Although that's happened many times. Yeah. The broken nose is a problem. Did you get your septum fixed and make sure that it's not all clogged up?

Graham Linehan (2:06)

I didn't.

Joe Rogan (2:07)

I didn't.

Graham Linehan (2:08)

I know, yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:10)

That is one that I tell fighters whenever they retire, I'm like, please get your nose fixed. It'll change the quality of your life so much.

Graham Linehan (2:17)

Okay.

Joe Rogan (2:17)

If you can't breathe out of your nose, you're missing out on a large percentage of cardio. Right. Not just cardio like for athletics, but just everyday life. Well, you're not breathing out of your nose, you're not getting enough oxygen.

Graham Linehan (2:29)

Sure.

Joe Rogan (2:30)

You're probably oxygen depleted and then you become one of them mouth open dudes.

Graham Linehan (2:35)

You did a whole interview with a guy who does that, doesn't he? He kind of teaches himself to only breathe through his nose. James Nestor.

Joe Rogan (2:42)

Yes. He's got a great book called Breathe. For anybody who's fascinated by breathing techniques and how much it can help you, you can do a lot with breathing. It's just a thing that no one does because it's like, oh, I'll look into that and then you put it off and it never happens.

Graham Linehan (2:55)

Absolutely. I got to be careful because that's how old age gets you. It doesn't get you in one go. You don't suddenly become this bent old man. It picks away at you. Things like falling off scooters and not getting it fixed. Things like that are what pick away at you.

Joe Rogan (3:10)

Yeah, you got to be ahead of it. You got to be vigilant.

Stay off the heroin too. I hear that's bad for you. You don't see a lot of old heroin addicts.

Graham Linehan (3:21)

No, there's a punk poet in the UK named John Cooper Clark who is a bit of a genius. He was taking it recreationally for years. He only gave it up because he said so many people were worried about me.