I noticed you have this obsession on Instagram with lost gloves and anyone who knows you and follows you understands that there's something going on with you and lost gloves. Well, it's lost objects, but it started with lost gloves. And I first of all, there's a

story behind them all. What happened? What happened to its mate? How did this lone glove get lost? Is someone going to keep the other glove at home on the off chance, or are they going to pair it up? Uh, it's it's a little bit of you

know, Romeo and Juliet kind of quality to it. There's a you're saying there's a little bit of a hint of sadness to these. Uh, it's like it's telling you a tale, but you don't know what the tale is. They're

all bittersweet city adventures. Let's take a look at some of these. I want to put this up. This is one you took and uh, yeah, now tell me what's going on here. Why does this what is this so evocative to you? Well, first of all, I don't touch them. I

just see them and I photograph them. So I have I have no you don't want your DNA on that. Well, you know, well it could be a crime scene. Let's let's not give the cops a break. It feels to me like they went down into that door

somehow, well, and they were grabbing on and then they were sucked in, and the glove is the only thing telling you this is me. I was here. That that's funny you should say that because actually that's upside down. It was a glove stuck to the ceiling and

That's a great - no, I'm joking. [Laughter] You just blew so many minds here and now they're like, "Oh, that's not fair!" One of those Escher paintings. Let's look at the next one. You have so many stories behind these. Oh, and now look at this. Uh, okay.

I'm not bragging, but that's my shoe, because I had to get... And what is it? You aren't bragging? Yeah, you really aren't. Southampton.net. And doesn't that almost look like an obscene gesture? Yes, close! It's like, "Well, someone was trying...

to make a 'coco' with their hands, but they got screwed up somehow." I don't think that's good. And now, now look at, look at the hands there. First, it's, it's like it's like a felt glove or a fleece glove. And you see, see the detritus of autumn...

there? Yeah, the fallen leaves, that is next to it. You're a poet! You really are a... Is that like that? Yeah. And I'm, I'm, I'm wearing... I think that's a Doc Martin shoe that's right next to it.

So, again, I didn't, I didn't touch it. I just, I just saw it and I said, "Now, the, the, the problem now is that people, um, now know that I am interested in, in, uh, lost glove photos. Uh, and I think I've, I think I've been...

set up once. You felt like this one, I think, was a setup. Now, come on, that doesn't look real. No, I know. And I fell for this. I was in a Mexican... What a great Mexican restaurant in Baton Rouge, um, and uh, I came out. We were heading out.

afterwards and I said oh my god the parking lot oh my god I lost my club this is my thing so I took a picture of it and I posted it almost instantaneously and then I said wait a minute now first of all it looks like an ad for

Chevy by the way if I could just take a second the Chevy Silverado isn't it [Laughter] it's really I think pound for pound the best uh pickup it's the available it's the JD Power number one in its class

Conan guess who's each getting it we're each getting free Chevys now because we work that in congratulations thank you very much so there was also something about Baton Rouge was so warm at that time there's no reason anybody would have

gloves on their hands so I think someone saw me eating Mexican food chowing down uh and then ran out found a glove that they actually kept in the glove compartment of their car oh uh and threw it out there as bait to see if I was

gonna fall for it and I did and I posted it and before I got my car and went back I went back into the restaurant and said at the at the top of my lungs let me get this straight [Laughter] you all know I'm

here and you think I'm so dumb that I'm gonna fall for the fake glove spit and I did and my voice went way up everybody everybody laughed that was that well if we've learned one thing it's that you have a lot of time

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Obsession with Lost Gloves and Their Stories

The speaker's Instagram obsession with lost gloves is discussed.

Each lost glove has a story; the speaker wonders about the missing mate and the circumstances of the loss.

The gloves are described as having a bittersweet, story-telling quality.

The speaker only photographs the gloves, avoiding physical contact.

Analysis of Specific Lost Glove Photographs

A glove stuck to a door is interpreted as a symbol of something being 'sucked in'.

A glove stuck to a ceiling is humorously discussed.

A shoe belonging to the speaker is identified in one photograph, seemingly making an obscene gesture.

A fleece glove with autumn leaves is described as poetic.

A Suspected Setup and a Humorous Anecdote

The speaker suspects a staged photograph of a lost glove.

The speaker recounts an incident where they fell for a fake lost glove in a restaurant parking lot.

The fake glove is compared to a Chevy Silverado advertisement.

The speaker speculates that someone placed the fake glove as bait.

The speaker confronts the restaurant staff about the fake glove.

Tom Hanks Is Obsessed With Lost Gloves | CONAN on TBS

Tom Hanks Is Obsessed With Lost Gloves | CONAN on TBS

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