Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Monday, September 15th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
Josh had a rough night with the K9 toddler in the house, a marathon runner went without snacks because her boyfriend ate them all, nurses saving lives is Good News, a new viral trend shows everyone how much you settled for 'not Mr. Darcy', our son is 1/8" taller than Josh, Chantel's sister doesn't know the name of our show, what's the big idea with membership big box stores, the lid to the mini garbage can is part of the baby shower gift, mother may I and other games to play with 5 year old kids, Chantel might have been a Karen, the best game of bowling in Chantel's life, a seriously funny Would You Rather, and the Rolling Stones are making new music an talking about touring.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Xray shoebox
(2:30) - Josh's no good very bad night
(6:21) - Marathon snacking
(9:49) - Good News
(12:16) - Not Mr. Darcy
(14:34) - Is height important
(21:19) - Wake Up Radio Show
(26:22) - Membership required
(31:40) - The lid is part of the gift
(37:15) - Mother May I?
(41:59) - Was Chantel a Karen
(49:27) - Bowling in Burley
(53:52) - Would You Rather
(56:06) - The Rolling Stones are still rolling
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Full show transcript:
Hey,
Chantel. Hey, Joshua. What's up? People used to get their feet X-rayed at the shoe store to check their shoe fit. To see if it fit? Yeah. They were wooden radiation cabinets.
You put your feet in a radiation box.
And they were called shoe fitting fluoroscopes. These were available in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Yeah. And you would, yeah, you would just stick.
So you put the shoes on and then put your feet in the box. No. There
was like, it was a vertical wooden cabinet with an opening near the bottom. And then you could put your feet in the bottom. And then you could look through one of the three viewing ports on the top of the cabinet. Uh-huh. And radiate your eyeballs. So one was for the child being fitted. The eye hole. Oh, you're doing this to kids.
Cool. One was for the child's parent. And the third eye hole was for the shoe salesman. Oh.
Or woman. So that you could see the fluorescent image of the bones of the feet and the outline of the shoe. That's what I said. You'd have your feet in the shoe.
Oh, I didn't hear you say that. Sorry. No. And then you said, no.
No, you wouldn't have your foot. It would have the outline of a pretend shoe. No way. No. Yeah. You just stuck your bare foot in there.
No way. No, you'd put on the shoe and then you'd put your feet in the box so that they could see where your feet were inside the shoe. So they could say, no, this shoe doesn't fit.
Let's try a different one. This shoe is too big. So instead of squeezing the toe, they would look at the X-ray to see where your foot was in the shoe. Because that's the data you need. If it just has an outline of a shoe that tells you nothing. You see?
That makes sense. Right.
So you put your feet in the shoes, then you put your shoe feet in the box and then they can see through the shoe to see what's going on in there.
Not a great idea. Hey, what's leather and sounds like a shoe? Sorry, I messed it up.
Yeah, that's fine. But but it was a good try. Do you want to try again? Let's try again. We'll we'll leave that one in and pretend it didn't happen because we could edit it and take it out. But then we lose the you messed up the joke joke. So let's go ahead from the top.
Ready three, two, one. What's leather and sounds like a sneeze? A shoe.
Right. I like it better the way you told it first. What's leather and smells like a shoe? Smells like. Look, I messed it up now, too. Shut it down.
You ready to start the show? Let's go. Hi. Well, what's up?
Me? Same. Yeah.
My headphones are doing a thing. What are they doing? Well, I don't think they're working. You don't think they're working. One of them is not working.
Oh, so here's what you got to do. Unplug it and make sure that the little end is screwed on all the way. And then you should be good to go. Say something. Check it out.
Nope. Weird. Hold on. OK. Keep talking.
Yeah. Do you have a broken ear? I think so. You think you have a bro. You think your ear is broken on your head? Yep. One of them can hear and the other can't? Correct. It's not the headphones at your head?
No, it's not my head. It's the headphones.
I think one of my headphones ears. Well, I don't know what's going on there. That's all right. We'll get it figured out.
Sorry for that, dad. I can do this. I can do this. I help.
Kind of. I don't know. I think it sums up with the right one.
Oh, anyway. That's annoying, though. It is. That's a thing where you put them on and you go like, ugh, what is happening right now? I have both. So I'm in good shape. But not having one is a bad time. Yeah. You know, that's not good.
Yeah, I don't have that. That's the last one. Anyway, hey, you had a rough night. Oh. So I'm sorry about that.
We have a toddler for a dog.
I've said this how many times? Several.
But there was thunder last night and rain. And, you know, more than anything. And I should have just fixed it. But I couldn't be bothered because I was so tired. There's a thing you hung on the front door. Oh. And it was blowing in the wind. And it sounded like somebody knocking on the door.
And that was what was freaking out?
I had to have been because it was keeping me awake trying to sleep. OK.
Anyway, so I said. Well, that's a summer thing. I'll take it down.
Well, and then you'll put up something else and it'll bang in the wind. It's not like it's just going to be nothing there.
You're mad at me. You're mad at the dog.
No, I had a terrible night. So because I couldn't, she was outside the door barking and whining and telling us that she needed something. And so I said, go to bed. And she went and laid down.
And three minutes later, she's back. And I went, what is going on? And I can see the lightning. I can hear the thunder going. And I'm like, she's just having. She's afraid. So I said, I'm just going to lay on the couch. Because it's the only thing.
She needs somebody there because she's a little scaredy cat. Right. So I'm just going to. I took my pillow and I went and I grabbed the blanket I like in the living room and I tried to sleep. I'm sorry. It was awful.
Yeah. That couch is not comfortable either.
The couch wasn't great. No. But the dog was then like, I'm going to sleep on your feet.
And she didn't mind once you were out there? No. So funny.
She's a toddler. I'm telling you. She's just a little toddler.
I just thought maybe she would stop at some point when we kept ignoring her.
No. No. She will stay up all night scared and in need of somebody. And I wasn't going to put her in our room because I don't want her to think that's a thing. She has her spot. So awful.
I'm sorry. It was awful. I know. I'm sorry.
So I'm very tired this morning. Needless to say. Here we are. Thanks for bringing it up.
One of us is bright. I didn't push you to. It's not me. Who is it? I think we gathered. It wasn't you. Oh, OK. We got that part of the story. Well, good morning. Happy Monday. Yay. Boot. All right.
There's this video cruising around the internet. It's gone a bit viral. There's this woman. Her name is Katie. And she is running a marathon. And she is yelling at her boyfriend in the video. Oh, no. And people are like, I hope her next video, she's calling him her ex-boyfriend. Oh, no. They're very upset the internet at this guy.
What happened? She's running the marathon. And he was supposed to be stationed along the route to hand her snacks and stuff to help refuel her marathon.
And let's be clear here. Marathon runners, when they're doing the training, they plan specific. Like, I'm going to need a calorie boost. I'm going to need whatever along this route.
So it's very, very strategic. He ate all the snacks. Oh, no. He ate all of them. And so she runs up and she's like, I need some snacks. And he says, I don't have any. He yells back at her as she's running.
He yells back at her?
Well, she said, I need snacks. He said, I don't have any. And she said, what? You had one job. And he said, I know. And then she kind of runs off. Because he was like, I mean, she's in the marathon.
He's not. So she kept moving. Real bad. Yeah, bro. Real bad. And people online have got Katie's back.
A lot of them saying that, look, this takes months. And there's like electrolytes and energy. She needs replenishment. Here's a little bit of extra twist to the story. Some internet sleuths discovered that her boyfriend is actually a runner himself.
He does Iron Man's. And so he very much knew that she needed those things. And they're thinking that he's injured. And that he's injured and couldn't participate in the marathon. And so he's sabotaged. And that's why people are like, your next video, you better introduce him as your ex-boyfriend.
I agree. Now listen, if you need snacks, you got to pack your own snacks. I am not a runner. But you have been a runner in the past. If you were running and I was in charge of snacks, I'd be like, golly, I'm hungry.
Yeah. I mean, well, also he did have his own snacks too. He ate all the snacks. He ate all the snacks.
Bro. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Now I'm extra mad at him.
So is the internet.
Yeah. Don't do that. The caption on the video says, when you gave your boyfriend extra snacks to give you during your marathon, and he ate them all. He ate them all. Yeah. Bro.
He was hungry. Clearly.
I'm sorry. Then you leave after she passes by and you go get yourself a snack.
He was hungry. And he had snacks. No, I. So. Holy. I am not defending this guy. No, that was a bad move. That was a bad, bad move.
Bro. Yeah. You in trouble.
Don't eat all the snacks. Yeah. Yeah.
Pack your own snacks.
He did. But he ran out of his own. But he found others. He found extras. So he had those two.
These snacks look good. Yeah, I think he sabotaged her. And that is not safe because she needs replenished.
She needs the fuel. I know. What's his name? Ex-boyfriend.
Yeah. For sure.
Here is some good news. This is a story about jogging.
We already had a story about jogging this morning.
I know. That's what's going on this morning. Let's hear it. We're going to talk about Kevin Ryder. He was in Overland Park, Kansas, out for a jog when he collapsed from cardiac arrest. Oh, no. Yeah, not good. ICU nurse named Grady Lenahan was leaving town with a friend who was also a nurse when they noticed that a group of people had gathered and she stopped the car. And there they found Kevin lying unresponsive on the sidewalk and they immediately began to perform CPR. And the CPR session was no joke. They kept Kevin alive for 10 minutes before first responders showed up and took him to the hospital by performing CPR.
Well done.
Unreal. And if you've ever done CPR or taken CPR classes, it's intense. What do you like, throw your whole body into compressions? Yep. And they did that, switching off for 10 minutes. Well, days later, while recovering in the hospital, Kevin was just stunned when Grady walked into his room as his nurse. Oh.
This is where she worked. And so it was surreal and an emotional moment seeing Kevin in the hospital conscious, standing up, talking and meeting his kids. She said it will be something I never forget.
Yeah, for sure. As for Kevin, the reunion was very overwhelming. With his wife and seven children by his side, he expressed heartfelt gratitude, took a photo with Grady, of course, and is very, very grateful. Unbelievable story.
Just right person, right place, right time. He was out jogging, had an incident. People gathered but didn't know what to do. She and another nurse happened to be driving by. Pretty crazy. I love that. Just right place, right time.
Yep. Yeah, pretty unbelievable.
Congrats to that guy for staying alive. I mean, that's important. They say when you do compressions, you have to do it to the tune of staying alive.
Yeah, you made a Bee Gees joke in there. Is that what happened? Yep.
It's goodness.
All right, there is a viral trend happening online right now that I think you probably want to participate in. Have you heard about this? No. It's called Not Mr. Darcy, but... Oh. Uh-huh. And so, obviously, in the background of the videos, it's music from Pride and Prejudice. Uh-huh. And it's kind of a sweet little trend.
It's all about romanticizing simple pleasures in life. And so, you show video of... Your partner. Your partner or your pet or something precious that's happening. And you say, well, it's not Mr. Darcy, but...
But it's pretty nice. So this one, there's a corgi eating some raspberries right off the plant in the garden. And so this lady said, it's not Mr. Darcy walking through a field, but it is my dog eating raspberries.
And the corgi is just like reaching up and plucking raspberries off the plant. So, you see, so instead of these big dramatic declarations of love, people celebrate these small, meaningful little things that loved ones do. And it's nice.
It is nice. Okay. I do want to participate in this.
I thought you might.
I thought you might. If this is just a ploy, you want me to participate in this to get, like, videos of you doing nice things.
Just some proof would be nice.
This one says... I would also like some proof. This one says, not Mr. Darcy, but here is my husband walking through Costco to bring me a $1.50 hot dog. Oh. Oh. No.
It's not Mr. Darcy, but...
But it's pretty close.
You get it. It's funny.
Yeah. So if you wanted to participate, I mean, I would let you film me doing a nice thing. You got to do a nice thing first. It's just really about doing a thing. And I do lots of things. You do a lot of things.
I'll have to catch you in the act one day. One day? I don't know how long this is going to take. The trend is going to be over and done by then. Wow.
It's going to be like that. Okay. Okay.
I'll keep my eye out. Oh, thanks. Are you willing to admit now that your son is taller than you?
Oh, like an eighth of an inch. Still... He's still taller than... He's still 5'7". And an eighth. Yeah.
For a very long time, I said, he's taller than you. He's taller than you anyway.
You can't see an eighth of an inch.
Yes, you can. No. Yes, you can. No, without a tape measure. I don't need a tape measure. I have my eyeballs.
You can see an eighth of an inch? Yep. Doubt it. I have been seeing it,
but this whole time, and you refused to believe, the two of you would be standing side by side and be like, I think he's got you.
No, it's not that.
It is. There was proof last night even. I mean, it's an eighth of an inch. It's still eighth of an inch taller than you.
It's a tiny, tiny fragment of space.
Doesn't matter. It's not much. It's 2 16ths. He's got your beat. Sorry. Sorry, bud.
4 30 seconds. It's not that much.
It's not that much. I'll agree with you there, but he is taller than you.
8 64ths. Look, it's no big deal. It's an eighth of an inch.
I know. Just say it. I did. He is taller than me. By an eighth of an inch. Everything's fine. My daughter, our daughter is creeping up toward me. I know she's going to be taller than me. And when she is, but you're a short person.
A lot of people are taller than you and a lot of people are taller than me too. But he's one eighth inch.
I'm not a short person. I'm an average sized person. Here we go.
The way you said it. I don't mind being short, but the way you said it had a tone. You're a short person.
No, I didn't say it. You can't even reach the spice cabinet. That's what you said. You can't. I can't. Yeah, I can.
No, you got to like knock down about four things to get what you want or pull over a chair. Yeah.
So what's your point? Still get it. Okay.
Still get what I need. Tiptoes and all. That's right. Short person. Yeah. You're a short person. I know.
That's why having one less person be taller than me is important.
I get it. I get it now. Eighth of an inch.
See. Why is being tall so important? It's not. It's not, but everybody makes it seem like it's super important.
No, I don't think so. I've never been thought that it was important. Like if you're not tall, you don't matter. I've never, I've never felt or thought that way.
Everybody always, oh, they're so tall. Everybody always says that. Oh, they're so tall. Models are so tall. Okay. That's probably. Yeah. That's an advantage.
I don't know that it's an advantage in modeling. I just think it's become a beauty standard for some reason.
Short people can be beautiful too. I did not say they couldn't. I'm just telling myself that. Giving myself some affirmations.
I see. Okay. That's right.
Short people are important too. That's right. What do you consider short? Under five foot. Well, I'm not short then. I'm not shorter than me. Fair. But when you said you're a short person.
But you're shorter than me. Like you're what, five, two, something?
No, I'm five, four. Oh, bro. See? Five, four.
Okay. Okay. The difference between a five, seven and a five, two person, that five inches, that's a visible height difference. Yeah. An eighth of an inch. You think you can see that?
I can. I have seen it. Come on.
Come on you. If I had, if I had two boards standing next to each other and they were exactly an eighth of an inch, you could see that. Because they're, that you would see it. If two picture frames are hung uneven by an eighth of an inch, you might notice. You might. Yes. You might notice.
I would notice. Two people standing there. I don't know.
There's a lot of variables. What are they wearing? I don't know where they're at. Is their hair? What shoes? I noticed. I noticed. Because of this. Maybe it's because of your shortness. Maybe because of your height, you look at it at a different angle. Maybe. Maybe I can't see it because I'm up here.
And you're down there. Up there. You're so tall.
Yeah. Maybe that's it. I'm so tall. I'm saying your perspective is different than mine. Have you seen those videos where people will take their phone and they'll film a video at their eye height. And then they show it to the shorter person and the shorter person. Why can't you see the top of my head? Yeah, I know. But then the other way is like, everything is so low.
I think about that sometimes when I'm in between hair appointments and my gray roots are showing on top of my head. I go, oh man, all these tall people can see the top of my head.
And that's all they're doing. They're just wandering around going like, where's the gray hair? Let's find them.
There's one. So I just have to talk to people that are shorter than me so that they don't see the top of my head and be like, girl, you need a hair appointment.
You just prove short people are important.
Short people are important. I never said that.
They weren't. No, I know. You just said you'd like to talk to shorter people so they can't see your grays.
So they have a purpose. They're important. That's a job you've given them. Hey, you're shorter than me. Let's have a chat.
You could just get like a step stool and stand on that. Everywhere I go. Yeah, and be like, now you can't see my gray hairs.
Or I'll just hold my head up high like this.
That's normal.
Just tip it back.
Right. That's, yeah, that's a thing. That's a choice. Hey, everybody. Like, where are you looking?
Oh, just up and down everywhere.
Just don't look at the top of my head. That's why I wear a hat.
Don't look at the top of my head. It's under my hat. Anyway, yeah, he's an eighth of an inch taller.
I noticed. I don't think you did, but okay.
Thanks for bringing it up.
I was at a place where I met some new people and the new people asked, what do you do for a living? And I happened to be with my sister and my sister said, oh, she's on a radio show with her husband. And they said, oh, really? And she goes, my sister said, yeah, they also have a podcast. It's a wake up. It's called a wake up radio show. Wake up radio show. Yeah.
It's close. I mean, that's half of it.
Wake up radio show. I mean, it's awesome.
So, Josh and Chantel. Wake up radio show.
It's all right. It's kind of catchy. Here's the thing. Wake up is the first part. That's the first two words. And then it's the name of the radio station, Classy 97. Wake up, Classy 97.
Yeah. My sister doesn't listen. Yeah.
No, I know. Your nephew does though.
Yeah, my nephew does. And he even asked me because he happened to be, we were at his baby shower. The shower, the baby shower for his expecting child.
Right. No, we got it. We're all caught up.
He saw me and said, just seeing the gators on the rope. And I went, nice. Because we talked about trucker speak. That's right. You remember what a gator was?
Yeah, it's a chunk of tire on the road.
It was. So he's bringing up points of note from the show.
And then he and I share a laugh together. And then my sister goes, what are you talking about? And I go, you wouldn't know.
Yeah, maybe if you listen to Wake Up Classy 97 instead of Wake Up Radio Show. You might know. Because she's listening to something else.
I know. I don't know what that show is. It's not our show.
Wake Up Radio Show.
Is it a thing? I don't know. Are you looking it up?
I mean, I just looked it up in quotations because I want to see if Wake Up Radio Show comes up. There is something called the Wake Up Radio Show. With Carl B. Where's it at? I don't know. It's on Sundays. Oh.
It hasn't really published anything since 2021. Oh no. So it might be done.
It might not be a thing. Carl B. Moxie, Wake Up Radio Show. Wake Up Radio Show. Oh, there's another. There is a Facebook page for Wake Up Radio Show. Is there? Yeah.
Okay, then my nephew did mention something else that we had talked about. And then again, my sister said, What? What are you talking about? And I said, it's from the radio show. And she goes, oh, I just forget.
I always forget to listen. That's what she says to me. I always forget to listen.
Well, the good news is that the podcast is on demand. So she can listen anytime. She's got work to do. Like she could go back and listen to over 300 episodes and get caught up on everything that's happened over the past year and a half.
She said, as we were talking about it, then she said, if you listen to the podcast and you don't have to listen to the dumb music and I go, the dumb music? I go, you listened to all of this stuff. What are you talking about? That's silly.
Yeah, she loves everything we play. I know.
So I don't know. I don't know what is her problem. I hope she's listening today.
I bet not, though. Bet not.
And she won't listen to the podcast later because she's listening to Wake Up Radio Show.
Which is not the show. This is Wake Up Classy 97. Correct. And Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast. See how it has the same name as the regular show.
At the Wake Up Radio Show. We need to rebrand. Nah, I like Wake Up Classy 97. I like that Wake Up Radio Show.
Yeah, that Wake Up Radio. Oh, what's it called? Wake Up Radio Show. Wake Up Radio Show. Catchy. It's catchy.
Yeah, we can get shirts made. I listen to Wake Up Radio Show. Mess up all the grammar on it. I wake up, Wake Up Radio Show. What? Yeah, you know.
I don't. Catchy. I'm tired.
I wake up with Wake Up Radio Show.
There you go. I forgot the width. That's what happened. Yeah, I got it. Anyway, well, maybe she'll listen later. Doubtful. Send her this part.
Okay, I will. And say, look how much you miss when you don't listen to Wake Up Radio Show.
And every little piece is good. I know. Every thing we say. Delightful. Delightful. This is a story about a big box store. I'm not going to say the name of it, but you could probably figure it out. This box store, you have to have a membership to be a part of it. You have to have a membership to shop there. And you have to have a card. And you scan your card when you go in there and there's somebody at the door that says, hi, let me see your card. Thanks for coming.
Okay. I mean, that's changed a little bit, but all right.
I typically go to this store with you. And so you usually have your card out. So I don't have to use mine. I went alone and to use my card. I did not realize that it was missing something.
Your picture? And so I scan it and move out about my day into the store. And she goes, oh, hey, excuse me, excuse me. And he's ready to take my car, and Chase is after me and says, you don't have a picture on your card.
Can I please see a copy of your driver's license so that I can see if your name matches? And I was kind of annoyed because I was kind of in a hurry. Right. And she goes, okay.
The name matches. Go ahead and she goes, but you need to stop at the customer service desk to get your picture. And then I went, I don't know why I don't have because why didn't I get a picture when we first joined, I don't know why, but then I was annoyed because I went, I don't know why this particular place gets so intense about the scanning and the checking receipts and I'm like, it's milk, bro.
I'm just here to get some milk. It's a really good question, I don't know.
Right, like I get it, you have to have a membership to go in and then shop, I totally understand that.
So that in and of itself is strange. Right. Yeah, like what are we signing up for? Like I get it, but it makes no sense.
It makes zero sense. I pay for it every year, but I don't know why. And what do you care? What do you care if I'm giving my car to
somebody else to use for the day? You're still going to get money. That's what I'm saying. You're not getting membership money, I get that, but whatever, I think so.
So then I was annoyed shopping through that store going, I'm not gonna stop and get my picture taken. Did you? Nope.
Well, I'm gonna, no, next time, I'm not gonna take out my wallet.
Fine, I'll do it again and they'll chase me down and say, go get your picture taken and I'll say, okay. Okay. I'm just like so upset, like not upset, but I'm annoyed because I'm out of principle. I'm like, no.
Let me upload one, like I've got the app, let me upload a picture.
Okay, maybe.
That's a bad idea. Okay. Because people are gonna put just like a weird avatar like you can upload a picture of Tommy Pickles.
But then I went out, the amount of people that go into that store and that are scanning and the picture shows up, half the people that go in don't even look like their picture because I went in again with my sister and I wanted to see and so I kind of stepped to the side.
And it loads on the whole tablet, it's their whole face. And I went, that picture on her card does not look like what she looks like today. She was wearing a hat, she was wearing glasses. And I went, no, you can't tell me that you're watching every person that comes in here matching there, I'm like, please.
So I was annoyed.
Yeah. Well, and for a while there, they were checking them at the self checkout too to make sure that it was your card that you were using. So annoying. Yeah. Again, what are we protecting here?
I don't understand. I'm just here to get some eggs. Right. I know.
I don't get it.
I don't get it either. I don't understand. And then you're gonna make me wait in line to check my receipt. Well, that's always been annoying to me. Right. Good theft protection.
I mean, it is, apparently or else they wouldn't do it. I mean, you know, you can't get out of here with an extra bag of rock salt. I see three, but two on the receipt. Go back.
Yeah, go back. Right. Something's amiss. I know. You're trying to cheat me.
You didn't count right. Uh-uh-uh.
I was annoyed. So I walked right past that customer.
Were you annoyed? I was. Yeah. And I walked past the customer service desk and I went, hmm.
See you later. You're just delaying the inevitable.
I get it. You're going to have to do the picture thing. I totally know I will. And I probably will the next time I go, but that day I was just like, hmm. Not today. You get no picture from me today. Plus, if I had stuff to take a picture, I would have just been a scowl
because I would have been like, hmm. You should do that. You should do that anyway and be like, hmm, like a grumpy face. Hmm. So that every time you scan, they get to see your grumpy face. This is not. Yeah. Why are we doing this?
This is so dumb. It was when she chased me, ma'am, ma'am. You don't have a picture.
Is it because she called you ma'am?
No, it was because I was in a hurry and then I had to stop and pull out my driver's license. And then she went, yeah, the name checks out. Yeah. Oh, ma'am. And I totally, I'm not mad at the people because they're just doing their job.
That's exactly right. I'm mad at the industry. You're mad at the system. Yeah. Yeah. Calm down.
I had to make a gift for this baby shower that I went to. Yes. And I made a gift card bouquet.
Yeah, it was really cute.
It was cute. You did a great job. Because who wants to worry about dinner when you've got a new board?
So I threw in some food gift cards and some candies. It was very cute.
I was looking for a pot, but some of the pots were pretty pricey and I didn't want to spend a lot on a pot because I knew it probably wasn't going to get you. That's right. Used again.
And I'm the man of solution.
You are. You did great.
All I did was I wondered, I was like, there's got to be something else like, because flower pots are, you know, they're, they're specific, but there's got to be some kind of other container that might work. And I thought, I'll look in the kitchen section is what I'll do. And maybe there's like a canister or some sort of thing like that that might work.
Well, while I was walking in that direction, I saw these little garbage cans that have like a little spinny lid and they were like six bucks. Yeah. And I was like, this is perfect. It was like the right size. It was kind of a little bit taller than it was wide. Like this is like a vase. It's awesome.
Yeah, it was perfect. Yeah. And I didn't care about the lid, but boy did you.
Well, listen, because here's the deal. Once you take the bouquet out,
it's a garbage can with a little flippy lid.
It's a small garbage can.
Oh, but that's great for like a desk or something or even like in a car.
Okay, but I didn't necessarily care about the lid. It was six bucks. I was like, if you want to throw this away when you're done, I don't care. Did you give them the lid?
It's really important for me to know. Did the lid make it?
I know. I know. I don't know how many times since I was loading up to leave, you go, don't forget the lid.
Yeah. Did you get the lid? Did you get the lid for one and did you take it out of the car and give it to.
Let me tell you about the lid. I took the lid. I took the lid to the baby shower because Emery became you. The guardian of the lid. And she said, don't forget the lid as we were leaving. Perfect. To go to the baby shower.
Yes. And then I left it in the car. Even when she said, don't forget the lid. I knew it. I think she was just doing it, Marza, joke to you. Don't forget the lid.
Yeah, but you left it in the car. But I left it in the car. So I'm not taking that in right now. If everybody leaves, I'll give it to her and say, hey, this is actually a garbage can as well. Here's the lid. That's right.
I'm not taking it in because if somebody sees it sitting there, they're going to be like, what the heck is this?
And throw it away.
Exactly. I understand. So then at the very end, everybody had cleaned up. Most of the people had gone home. We were doing just, you know, basically clean up stuff. I said, oh, hey, yeah, Josh would be so sad if I forgot to give you this lid to this dumb old garbage can. And she laughed and she said, okay, I'll be sure to use it.
And I know I go listen, if you want to throw it away, I wouldn't mind how rude. So then we started loading out all of the presents to the car and dropped the lid. The lid broke. No way. How could you?
Are you serious? How did you break the lid?
Every said she put it back together, but I don't know if she did. I didn't test it. It ended up in one of the many bags that ended up. I have no idea where it is.
I don't know. You did that to spite me. You said, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to show him. Talk about this lid one more time. Break it.
How?
Unbelievable. It's at their house. I don't even, they're going to unpack stuff and go, what is this?
They're not going to know what it's even for. It's a functioning garbage can. Once you take the cute bouquet out of it, I said so many nice things about your gift idea and your bouquet and you put together. It was awesome. You couldn't even do the one lid.
Why are you attached to the lid so much?
I'm not. Nor is the can. Clearly.
It seems like you're attached to the lid.
It's a functioning piece of, because here's why. I would settle down. I would use that in my truck. It'd be convenient. I would use it in the trailer maybe if you had it like a small picnic table area. Josh, it's tiny. Hey, that's why I'm picking small areas.
It's more work than it's worth. You'd have to empty that out all the time.
How big is this picnic? I'm talking about like you go have that nice little picnic on a blanket and you got a little garbage can.
I get it, but the garbage can is more, just grab a plastic sack nearby.
It's not as cute.
I don't know. I don't know if the lid made it in. I have no idea what happened to the lid.
Well, after you threw it on the ground.
I didn't throw it. I had a load of stuff and I said, oh, don't forget this lid. It fell out of my hands.
Forcefully toward the ground. In a motion like where you went like, boom, oh, I dropped the lid.
Nope, it slipped. Innocently, it slipped out of my hands. Sorry about your lid.
It's a functioning garbage.
I understand. I have a great niece. So it's my niece's daughter and she's five. Five. Yeah, that's right. And I like to teach her silly games. Okay. Games that are ones that I used to play. So I taught her duck-duck goose a while ago. Ah, yes. And then all of the adults had to sit around and play duck-duck goose. Yeah. It's really hard to get up and down as an old person. But she tells me that they play chicken goose at school.
Instead of ducks?
Why are they changing duck-duck goose? I also don't think any of them know how to play duck-duck goose. And so maybe she brought duck-duck goose to her school and said, couldn't remember all the rules maybe and was like, it's called chicken goose.
Chicken goose. Okay, maybe. I can't remember.
She told me the rules. It sounded very familiar to duck-duck goose, but also different. This weekend I taught her mother may I.
Ah, which is, okay, is that like, that's like a red light green light thing? Uh, similar. Right, where you have one person up at the front and they out and then you have people, but the premise is the same. You're trying to get to the person. Yeah, but you have to ask.
You have to ask, like, can I take a giant step and they go, no, but you could take four baby steps or something like that. Correct. Okay, yeah, all right. I remember this game.
The only people who would play this with me and the five year olds was my 51 year old sister. Okay. And I say she's 51 because it makes her mad. All right.
Um, uh, my favorite part was that the five year old had never played this before. And so then I said, you could say anything you could say, can I take a giant step? Can I take baby steps? Can I hop like a frog? Can I, and she came up with her own, she was like, can I gallop like a horse? And her imagination went crazy. And then she would say, can I take three old lady steps? Oh, one of those looked like. With her one hand behind her back and one hand holding on a cane. And she was taking the real lady steps.
That's hilarious. That's great. It was the best. I was like, man, I never would have been imaginative, imaginative enough to think of that.
Imaginative enough.
That's a tough one. Imaginative enough. It was awesome. And then here's my sister going, can I take three baby steps? And I would say, no.
And then move on.
See, that's the thing about that game, isn't it? The person who's the mother in there in the game is controlling everything. It's not really a great game.
It's not. No, it's a popularity contest.
Yeah, you get to choose who wins.
And I'd say, Kaya, what would you like to do? Would you be like, can I take 16 giant steps? I'd say, yep. And then my sister. Just one baby step. Can I just take one baby step? No. Stay back. What are you trying to do? You're not winning this thing.
But good try. That's funny. It was fun.
Well, good. If you have little kids around you, I recommend that game because it's fun.
You remember Kick the Can? Yeah. That was a good one. That was a good one. We used to play with all the neighborhood kids. That was solid. This is how I occupied my day. I was outside all day. Kick the Can was great. Yeah. I liked it better than Capture the Flag.
Why? Because Capture the Flag was a little team-based where I feel like Kick the Can was like everybody against everybody. Like it was free for all. And the goal is to kick the Can. But you had to sneak up on whoever was it and they were always puppy guarding the Can. You got to get out of the... And then you'd have people, every game you're playing and they're like, I'm safe. I'm safe. What is that?
How? You're not even... You're standing next to a plum tree. I'm safe. No. We outlined the lilac bush is safe. You're not. You lose. Rule breakers, do what you want.
I feel like adults just need to play more kid games. Honestly. This is true. It makes me so happy. I was very happy to play Mother May I. Except my knees would say, Mother. Mother.
Mother May I. Mother May I. Push this button. Yes.
Okay, I need your opinion on something because Emery told me that I was being Karen. You were being a Karen? Yeah. But I feel like that name gets tossed around when you're just trying to speak up for yourself. And then people say, you're a being a Karen. And I go, no, I was just asking for something that was rightfully mine.
Okay, well, I just looked this up. So if you act with perceived entitlement, demanding behavior, or an unreasonable insistence on speaking to a manager, often by a middle-aged white woman. So far, I don't know the situation, but half of it checks out. Middle-aged white woman? That's the half. That's it. Let's hear the other half.
Okay, we went out to dinner and went out to dinner with some family members. And we ordered food, and half of the table's food came, and then the rest of the table's food came. And then she said, is anybody, do we need anything else? And I said, I just raised my hand and I said, oh, I need my food. Everybody else had gotten their food but me.
Okay, all right. So let's stop here.
No, no, no, this isn't the caring situation. No, I, okay. Okay, go ahead.
What were you going to say? I just was trying to go ahead.
What were you going to say? I'm sorry. No. Just say. No. Say. No.
Go on.
I raised my hand. Yes. I said, I don't have my food. She pointed at me and said, they're still cooking yours. It's on its way. Okay. And I said, great.
All right. And I waited. And I waited. How long? And I waited. I would say at least five. Did you order something super custom? I got the shredded beef. Okay. Was this just a different type of meat?
Is this like Mexican food? What is it? Okay. I'm just trying to, I'm trying to put it in my head. So she got a, like a burrito or something with chicken. You got a burrito or something with shredded beef. Correct. And, and yours was taking longer to cook.
No special accommodations. Okay. She just said, Oh, check in on yours. Yours is on its way. Okay. Pointed at me and said, yes, I'm aware. I got it. Okay. And then she comes back and says, does anybody need any refill on drinks? And she helped some other people and she was getting people's orders. And then she comes to me and I said, I still don't have my food. Okay.
And I kind of, How long has it been since, since your last check in?
At least five minutes. Okay.
That's, that's pretty decent. Right. Everybody was like almost finished eating. Okay.
And if there's anything I know about eating with you is that you're quick.
Well, no, that's what I mean. Like I'm like, I'm gonna have to get it to go.
That's what I'm saying. And it feels stupid when everybody's eating and you're sitting there like, Yeah, I get it.
And I go, and I said it politely. I wasn't trying to be mean. That was not my intention. Okay. And I just said, I'm still missing my food. And I tapped my table like this. Like tap tap. Tap tap. Like where my plate is supposed to go.
No, no, open hand finger point like this.
Like my two hands. Yeah. Like, like chop chop. Yep. Like two hands.
Chop chop. It was like a, I'm still missing my food.
Not.
No, it was not that aggressive. Okay. What was it? It was like tap tap. I'm still missing my food. Tap tap. No, it was not aggressive. All right. All right. All right. Like a, Hey, I'm still kind of hungry. Okay. Tap tap.
Bring me some food.
Okay. All right. So it's been, it's been five to 10 minutes. Yeah.
And so then after I did that, I'm still missing my food. Tap tap. Uh huh. And we went, oh mom. And I went, what, what have I done? What? Cause she, everything I say and do, she goes, mom. And I go, what, tell me what I've done wrong now because I've always done something incorrect. And she said that act alone was very care-nest. The chops. It weren't chops. They were taps. Settle down. You said that.
You introduced them to me as chop hands.
They are chop hands, but I tapped. Yeah. It's like a tap. Mm-mm. Okay.
How did the waitress, uh, interpret it? I don't know. Did you get your food? She brought my food out. How long after your chopping?
Right after that. Bro. Bro, what? It was a tap. It was a tap. But also, how is that a care-n thing to do when I'm like, hey,
I still- No, I don't think that's a care-n thing to do.
I'm paying for something.
Yeah. And I still haven't received it. And everybody else at the table, and it's been minutes and I'm still without food.
I feel like you have forgotten about me. Okay. And I- I was going to get to that point because I think that's probably where our daughter Emery's head was at. Because there are times when, uh, when your perception of the amount of time that has passed is different than reality time. And you'll think that, like, when we are, uh, waiting to be seated at a restaurant that they've forgotten about us because other people around us are getting seated and you're like, they- they don't even know we're here. They don't even know our name.
Did you tell them that we were here? So, I'm thinking she's probably interpreting your impatience in those situations to this, and then you did chop chop. And then she went, that you're doing too much. Stop saying chop chop. It was tap tap.
Tap tap is a finger. You had chop hands.
But it was my pinky finger doing all of the tapping.
Yeah, because it's on the bottom of the chop hand.
But it was light. Like, you can't even- the microphone can't even pick it up. No. Tap tap. Tap tap tap. Tap tap tap.
Like, if you would have, like, uh, said, here's a spot on the table and open your hands like this and displayed. I did that. And it- no, and it said, there should be food here.
I did- I did that. But there is not.
Tap tap. And then chop chop. And then chop chop. I did the plate thing and then I did a tap tap.
Yeah. With chop hands.
Not chop hands.
Do you want me to say that you were being a Karen or not? Because I don't think you were being a Karen. Thank you. I think you were, uh, you were checking in. Every time she came around, you went, I'm still hungry. And that's a normal thing to do. I don't think you did anything wrong there.
It wasn't every time she came around either.
It was- It sounds like it was. Because she came around after dropping off all the food and you went, I don't have a meal. And she said, we're working on it. And then she came back and said, anybody need any drinks? And you went, I'd like food. And then she, you chopped, chopped, and she came back with your food.
So every time she was there, you brought up the food. But I don't think that's wrong. You didn't have your meal. I don't think you were being a Karen.
I don't think I was. I think a Karen is somebody who's like, you can't skate in this park because I said so. That's a Karen. And you're not the city authority that gets determined where I can and cannot skateboard. Go back to your car. Like that's a Karen.
You see. Okay. Well then, could you kindly explain that to Emory? But you did do chop hands. Tap. There were two. I went bowling over the weekend. Okay. I bowled better than I've bowled in a very long time. Tell me about it.
Let me tell you about it. I even beat my brother-in-law who is competitive. He's very competitive.
He's very competitive. And he said he was bowling the worst game of his entire life, which I don't disagree with. And that I was bowling the best game of my entire life, which I don't agree with. I've bowled better than this.
Okay. But I was good enough to beat you. And I danced in that fact. I bet you did. I don't beat him at anything. That's right. I don't even like to be on the same team as him.
Now let me ask you, did he say that to comfort himself? I think so. Like, oh, it was off my game. For sure. Yeah.
Of course he did. I'm feeling that vibe.
I got one, two, three spares. Okay. No strikes. All right. But my score was 112. That's a decent score. His was 102.
That is 10 fewer than yours. How about it? You win.
How about it?
Were you the winner of the whole thing or was there someone on the board with more points than you? No, my nephew won.
What was his score? 147. That is more.
I know. But you did beat your brother in all.
That was the second game. We played two games. The first game, I think I got like a 63. That's not good. No. The five year old also got a 63.
And was she using the rolly cart? Yeah. Yeah. The little ramp. Yes. So that's good. But you said you had told me that you had sort of like figured out how to adjust your body position on your run up to make it better. Correct. Yeah.
Once I figured out that, I was like, I could do this all day.
And look at you.
Look at me. No strikes. No strikes. Close. I think I need more power. Okay. My, because I always got like a nine. So there was always like one over on the side.
And so you're saying you needed more. I mean more force. Or a heavier ball. Or that. Because you were probably using the 10 pounder. Yeah. Because you usually do. Yeah, I like those ones. Yeah. Move up to a 12.
I can't. You can. I like the 10.
You can do a 12. I'm not saying go grab like an 18 pounder, but move up to a 12. Okay. I'll try. You know who throws the 10s? Who? The five year olds. The five year olds. That's who's throwing those. Get yourself a little heavier ball. Okay. And then yeah, yeet it.
And then I'll be, I'll be unstoppable.
You're going to yeet it down the, down the aisle.
Then I'll have 300. It's a lane.
It is a lane. What'd you say? A line aisle. Yeet it down the aisle.
How many gutters? Um. Uh, none. That's a lie. Two, three, four, five.
More than spares. And did you know the gutters are clean daily? And there's a little guy with a push broom comes across the screen and says, Hey, thanks, but the gutters are clean daily. He's like one of those whammies. Yeah, he is. Every time he shows up, I go, get out of here. Get out of here.
Here's a joke for ya. It's a bit of a joke. I'm not sure about how bad you are at the sport. No other sport does that.
Yeah. Like you're in the middle of playing billiards and they're like, your angles are wrong.
What? You should be encouraging.
Yeah, right? Not this. Right. Hey, thanks for nothing. Now I got to move all this oil.
Hey, I'm pretty, I'm pretty stoked about my 112.
So what's another easy to pick up recreational sport like that?
Frisbee golf. Frisbee golf. Yeah, you're out there and the basket has like a close but no cigar. Like that kind of thing. And you go, Hey, I'm trying.
Back off, bud. That was a terrible toss. I know I threw it. I'm on. Leave me alone. You're over par. That's just rude.
Would you rather this or that?
Would you rather always laugh uncontrollably when you're supposed to be serious or always cry when you're supposed to be happy? I cry.
You tell me about crying when you're happy. Yeah, you tell me about that. How's that go? And then maybe it'll help me make my decision. You cry when you're sad, you cry when you're happy, you cry when the wind blows through the leaves and it looks pretty. What's the story?
What's up? Yeah, I cry when I'm upset,
frustrated and mad and I cry when I can't say what I want to say and I can't find the words. I know. And I cry when somebody looks at me funny.
It's paramanipause.
Hey, I'm not being judgmental at all.
And also, what's wrong with being emotional?
There's nothing wrong with having your emotions. I didn't say there was anything wrong. I asked a question. Settle down. You settled down. I'm settled. I said, what's it like to cry when you're happy? That's what I asked.
It's nice. Actually, that's my favorite. I like crying when I'm happy because that's my favorite emotion because if something moves you so much that it makes you show emotion. Yeah. What's wrong with that?
I'd never said there was anything wrong. No one said there was anything wrong with anything. I wanted to understand the feeling.
I'm going to pick cry when you're supposed to be happy because I already do that. And I would hate to be laughing when I'm supposed to be serious.
That's exactly what I'm saying.
So picking that one, the crying one because I already...
Unless it's like ugly sob. Like that when you're supposed to be having a good chortle.
What do you go with? I'd pick that. You pick the crying one?
Yeah, I can't be laughing when I'm supposed to be serious.
That's just not right. I know and then everybody would hate you and be like, what's wrong with that guy?
Right, at least if you're having a good laugh and you're crying about it, you can go like, that is hilarious. It's so funny I'm crying.
Exactly.
You can't be like, that's so serious, I'm laughing. Would you rather this or that? You know the Rolling Stones? I do. You heard of them?
Yeah, time or two.
So get this, Marlon Richards is Keith Richards son and back in May he did an interview, I assume. But back in May he did an interview with Record Collector, which is probably just an online publication or something. And he was asked about the Stones being in the studio at that time. And that interview has just been published.
And in the interview Marlon said, I think they're nearly done. They still maintain these ridiculous hours after lunch until like two in the morning. He said, I'd rather be somewhere else at that time of night. And unless you're in the studio, it's pretty boring. He then went on to say that they have plenty of songs left over from the sessions from their last album that came out in 2023.
They gave them a Grammy for best rock album. And he said, oh yeah, they said, oh yeah, we can do another one like that. We've got more like that if you want it. And as for another tour, he said, I think they're planning to tour Europe. So the Stones are in the studio making new music and talking about going on tour.
Right? They're never going to keep it up, are they?
That's what I was saying. How old is Keith Richards? 400. No, he just looks that because he is 81. And McJagger's 82.
How do you know that? Did you just look that one up? I did, yep. Who are the other Rolling Stone members?
Well, didn't they lose their drummer? Oh, 82.
Yeah, he is 82. You did it. I said that. Good job. I know.
I said good job. I know. Good job.
And Ronnie Woods, he is... He was born in 1947.
So they're all, I mean, they're probably 80-ish. That's crazy. Right. You guys. Isn't that interesting? You should probably just take a break. It's okay to take a break. But they, why? Unless they'd like, I mean, unless they really, really like it.
Like this is absolutely what they do.
Those Stones, they're going to keep on a-stonin'.
That's what I'm saying. Charlie Watts, that's who I was thinking of. And he passed away in 2021. So anyway, the Stones' new music and a tour, at least a UK and Europe tour this summer, potentially. I'd go see them. So they, that would be fun, right? Like I know they were trying to put together some stuff for this summer, but some dates didn't work out. This summer's over. So, you know, if they do something, it would probably be in 2026.
If you go to see a Stone show though, are they just playing their new album?
No, I bet they play. They can't not play the hits. They can't be like, we're only playing the new album.
But what about the old stuff? Yeah, yeah. We don't want to hear the new stuff. Well, I like the new stuff, but what about Gimme Shelter?
Like, where are you? Nobody wants to hear Gimme Shelter. Come on. Nobody's shout. Now that's odd.
Yeah, you got a sign you hold up. It says, Hey, you get off my cloud. Like, you know, I go, let's go. Yeah.
That one's good. All right. Play that one. Not Gimme Shelter. Why don't you like Gimme Shelter? That song's horrible. Okay. Nobody even liked to play that. They had that on rock band when rock band came out, that video game. And you could play that and you'd have to if you wanted to like progress your band. That's right. And everyone would be like, oh, we got to get through the stone song.
Let me play this eight minute long.
Terrible stone song.
Well, hey, thanks for hanging out. That's going to wrap up our show for today. We'll be back. And then, you know, we'll do some more of this later on, but, um, you know, have a good day.
Yeah. Peace out. See you later. Peace out.
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