Mailbag, incl: Can we stop the intergenerational hate? June 7, 2026

**Scott Phillips** (0:10)
Welcome to Motley Fool Money, yes, it's, I think it must be Sunday, and I suppose it's time for a Mailbag episode, and I guess if this bloke turns up, it'll be special, but I guess that's... I've got this. It's Sunday, it's special, it's the Mailbag.

**Andrew Page** (0:25)
What's going on? Where's Scott and what have you done with him?

**Scott Phillips** (0:28)
Here's Andrew Page. He invented strawman.com. He breathed life into its lifeless corpse and turned it into the behemoth that it is today. I'm Scott Phillips. I work for The Motley Fool. This is Motley Fool Money. It's our Mailbag episode, and Mr. Page, good morning.

**Andrew Page** (0:42)
Good morning. How are you?

**Scott Phillips** (0:44)
I'm very, very well, mate. It's Sunday morning. Had a good weekend so far?

**Andrew Page** (0:48)
I assume it's gonna be a good weekend. So yes, let's go with that.

**Scott Phillips** (0:51)
Let's go with that.

**Andrew Page** (0:51)
You know me, I'm the eternal optimist. I'm never a dark cloud on the horizon.

**Scott Phillips** (0:58)
I'm impressed you don't just say, that's probably gonna rain. It's probably gonna be awful. It might not be, but it's probably gonna be. I'm not even gonna get out of bed with the plague. Why bother?
Info at fool.com.au is the email that just says, you well know and our listeners hopefully well know. I have said to you before, mate, I do get the, an uncomfortably large number of people who say, I've got a question for them, I'll bag. How do we get in contact? It's like, I've said it every, you haven't been listening, have you? So upfront, info at fool.com.au, if you have questions, we're pre-recording, insert usual pre-recording podcast show for the winter holiday break. So if you've got questions from Addis, we'd love to answer them. In that vein, let's get straight to a question from Ben, mate, who says, dear soapbox Scotty and rant page, which is uncomfortably true for both of us. No kissing the ring.
Oh, it's okay. But I have pre-ordered Scott's book as a way to say, thank you for the years of education and entertainment. I mean, Ben, if you want to order the one page investing plan from Amazon or Booktopia, and maybe put a pre-order in, jump online right now, buy a couple, buy one for your friends, some for your family, couple of extras in case you lose the one you've got. I heartily endorse that idea, Ben. So, but I shouldn't plug the one page investing plan too much. If I mention the one page investing plan too often, people are going to think I'm just here trying to get people to buy the one page investing plan.

**Andrew Page** (2:14)
I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that.
I got my order on copy, on order though. I'll say that much.

**Scott Phillips** (2:20)
Very kind. Thank you, mate. I look forward to the grief you throw my way for the typos and the screw ups.

**Andrew Page** (2:25)
I've got some notes. I will, I'm a bit disappointed that there's not a sound money chapter in the end there, but you know, I'm sure.

**Scott Phillips** (2:33)
Volume two.

**Andrew Page** (2:34)
I'm still enthusiastically. Volume two. There you go.

**Scott Phillips** (2:36)
Yes. Speaking of which, Ben says, Rant Page, I will do the same when your book is released, perhaps to be titled, is anyone listening? My 10 Greatest Rants at the Pod Machine, volume one.

**Andrew Page** (2:47)
Is anyone listening? Yes.
What's it called? What's that rule that says it? Wherever there's a question in a title, the answer is no.

**Scott Phillips** (2:56)
No, yeah.

**Andrew Page** (2:57)
Mackenzie's Law or something. I'm making it up for this part.

**Scott Phillips** (2:59)
You know all the laws and raises and. I love the laws.

**Andrew Page** (3:02)
Yes, yes, yes, yes.

**Scott Phillips** (3:03)
That's going to be the book, mate. The book's going to be the Book of Laws. The Book of Laws, yes. Rans Book of Laws, there you go. We'll go with that one. I did love the fact Ben said volume one. He assumes there's going to be more, and I think it's a very, very good idea. Ben, that's a sound approach, no pun intended. All right, Ben says, for my own health, the Berkshire, Buffett, Munger, and Double for Graham drinking game has now been turned into a force for good.
I've replaced a drink with 20 pushups to be tallied up during the podcast and done by the end of the day.
My turning point was Scott dropping three Ben Grahams in 15 seconds during an episode in December. All I can suspect, Ben, is obviously we'll see you coming, mate, you with a bloke with the massive arms and massive shoulders, given the pushup game. I do like the idea of replacing it. Not as much fun, but probably a bit more productive.