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But I guess Bill is worried about losing his own hair, so he didn't seem all that crazy about the idea. The thing that got the guys the most excited was creating their own line of energy drinks. And they even came up with a name for their product. Diper Juice CONTAINS NO ACTUAL DIAPER JUICE Rodrick said maybe they could put a drop of sweat from each band member in every can. But Mackie said something like that would never get past the Food and Drug Administration.

不过我猜比尔担心自己掉头发，所以他好像对这个点子没那么热衷 最让这帮家伙兴奋的事，是打造属于他们自己的能量饮料系列 他们甚至还为产品想好了名字 尿布汁 绝对不含真尿布汁 罗德里克说，他们可以在每罐里加一滴每位乐队成员的汗水 不过麦基说，这种东西根本过不了食品药品监督管理局的审批

Once they started researching how you actually got stuff made, they found out it was too expensive and there wasn't enough time, anyway. So they decided to just use their leftover stickers and slap them on things that were lying around our house. But I can't imagine who's gonna buy a used Löded Diper iron at a music festival. Rodrick isn't just relying on merchandise sales to make extra money, though. He says that some bands have a "meet and greet" after their shows, where hard-core fans can pay to hang out with the group.

他们一开始调研实际生产的流程后，就发现生产成本太高，而且也没有足够的时间 所以他们决定，干脆用剩下的贴纸，贴在我们家闲置的旧东西上 可我实在想不到，音乐节上谁会买一把贴了重载尿布标的旧熨斗 不过罗德里克可不只靠卖周边赚外快 他说有些乐队演出后会办见面交流会，死忠粉可以花钱和乐队成员相处

Rodrick says that some people are willing to spend big bucks just to get an autograph and a picture. So the guys spent a few hours tonight coming up with meet-and-greet packages at different price levels. LÖDED DIPER Meet "n" Greet PACKAGES* Wave Hello $2 High Five. $5 Handshake $8 Selfie $10 Autograph Item $15 Prices are per band member

罗德里克说，有些人愿意花大价钱，就为了拿到签名和一张合影 所以这帮家伙今晚花了好几个小时，设计了不同价位的见面会套餐 重载尿布 见面会套餐* 挥手问好 2美元 击掌 握手5美元 自拍8美元 物品签名10美元 15美元 价格按每位乐队成员计算

Mackie thought they should have something for a Löded Diper "superfan" who was willing to drop a bundle for a more exclusive experience. And that's how they came up with the Full Diper. FULL DIPER Includes every Meet "n'Greet item PLUS Photo with whole band Ten-minute conversation Share the band's snacks Hold Rodrick's drumsticks Half-hour singing lesson with Bill $70 But as someone who's already spent a lot of time with the band, I can tell you firsthand that there are better ways to spend your money.

麦基觉得，他们应该为愿意花大钱包享受专属体验的重载尿布超级粉丝准备特殊项目 他们就是这样想出了全套尿布项目 全套尿布 包含所有见面会项目 外加和全员合影、十分钟聊天、分享乐队零食 握罗德里克的鼓槌、跟比尔上半小时声乐课 70美元 不过我已经和这支乐队相处很久了，可以负责任地说，有比这更值得花钱的地方

MARCH Sunday Rodrick and his bandmates wanted to get to the festival a few hours before they were scheduled to perform so they could sell merchandise in the parking lot. But I guess fans like to arrive at these things really early, because by the time we got there, all the good spots were already taken. The guys found a space for the truck next to the porta-potties, which wasn't the greatest place to sell merchandise.

三月 周日 罗德里克和队友想比预定演出时间提前几小时到音乐节，这样就能在停车场卖周边 不过我猜粉丝都喜欢来得特别早，我们到的时候，所有好位置都被占了 这帮家伙在移动厕所旁边找到了一块停车的地方，这儿卖周边可不太好

And the only reason they sold anything at ALL was because people were desperate for toilet paper. An hour before it was time for Löded Diper to perform, we unloaded all the equipment from the truck and hauled our gear to the main stage. But it turns out Löded Diper wasn't scheduled to be on the main stage, which was a big disappointment for the guys. They were performing on the SMALLER stage, which was on the other side of the festival grounds.

他们能卖出去东西，完全是因为人们急着要卫生纸 距离重载尿布演出还有一小时的时候，我们把所有设备从卡车上卸下来，运去了主舞台 可结果重载根本没排上主舞台，这让大家伙特别失望 他们要在更小的副舞台演出，副舞台在音乐节场地的另一边