Duck Call Room - Korie Robertson Gave Justin Martin the Most Backhanded Compliment

Episode Date: June 25, 2024

Uncle Si’s refusal to be intimidated by Army leadership may have saved lots of lives when top secret information came his way during the Gulf War. Martin takes a piece of broken equipment at Duck Commander very personally, as well as a backhanded compliment from his boss, Korie. Jordan Summit reveals his diagram detailing which activities are acceptable in which bathrooms at the DC offices. Rucker lets the boys in on his funny but real woe of having a teenage son and John-David admits that he’s still afraid of his own dad sometimes.  - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, staff meeting was today, Johnny D. I literally, Martin, I had someone come in the honeyhole and say, man, your boy Martin was kind of upset the other day. And I was like, I don't know what you're talking about. He goes, he really got after that person that broke that toilet seat. I said, yeah, Martin's a man of principal. And when toilet seats get broken, he, Martin talked about, ladies and gentlemen, this podcast is only an hour. Martin's been talking about it for much more than an hour. Oh, hey, about that.

I heard a rumor. About what? I need to ask, what toilet do I need to use around here? Well, depending on number one or number two. Well, see? Just so happens. Jordan Summit. We have a diagram.

Oh. So when Jordan saw on today's meeting that I was giving a visual aid. How to change toilet seats. That QR code also takes you to a YouTube video on how to do it. Hold on, hold on. I want to help the people that are watching on YouTube. Yeah. So if you're in question about changing a toilet seat, that QR code, you can click on it. Since you're not smart enough to do it, we're going to help you out.

We're trying to teach you. I have no idea if that works. It's not hard. But I handed that out to everybody and basically just told them, you know, kind of a short blurb of like, you're here more than you're at your home. That's right. So can we treat this place like your home? If you break something, what do you do? Do you just walk around it or do you fix it?

it or do you have it fixed either way i don't care just communicate it's the communication deal that i'm really trying to hammer home like just tell somebody not a problem well jordan has been busy making a diagram anyway because jordan works right up front that's right we have two restrooms right right as you walk in the front business those are terrible restaurants they're for guests they're for guests yeah but if you just so much it's slightly make a noise well that's but that point of my diagram here you go jordan so if you look at this diagram does there have pdf of this anywhere uh it can be yeah we can make it hold on make it one let me see for you at home if you ever need to come to duck mayor offices and and big time too jordan went

got the actual drawings of the office yeah so jordan uh jordan you're an architect every office is accounted for and and by size too now this isn't to scale obviously yeah but but it works But we have two bathrooms up front. So you've been there. Yeah. Right. Yeah. And then we also have bathrooms all over the place.

This diagram shows it. But kind of what's been bothering me for the last few months. You know, I've got an office right there up front. And we've got a lot of changes here at Duck Commander. We've got some new areas. Our front office is warm and inviting. You know, people just want to be there. It's got music.

It's music. Like it's awesome. But you don't want to poop there. But I don't want to smell your poop there. Jordan works right by the bathroom. Yeah. So we do have. Living like Willie used to right by a chicken house.

Yeah. That's what it smells like. That's what it smells like. Yeah. And so, you know, when you're a guest and you come into Duck Commander, we want you to feel good about it. We want you to be in a nice environment. And, you know, speaking of toilet seat break.

Oh, hey. Someone. We have a new suspect. We have another guest. I have a new suspect. And he just came and sat down across the room and about broke a desk chair. I have a new suspect, by the last. Spilt a drink.

Now he peed his pants. Come walk on the camera. No. No, come walk on camera. Come stand beside me, Rock. This is right here in the middle. It's right here in the middle. Now turn around.

Turn around. There you go. And it was Rucker. It was Rucker. And he peed his pants. He broke the toilet. We're calling today's podcast like family reunion. Yep.

All right, Rucker, we'll get you. Get out of here, Rucker. But anyway, thank you, Rucker. But anyway, so I'm in a diagram for those because, you know, being across from these bathrooms, you know, I'm getting the very front end of the smell. And as it wafts through the hallways, we've got other bathrooms that are not connected to offices or areas that people congregate in. And so I want to make a...

Whifting is not as big a concern as the noise. I beg to differ. That's a lot. I beg to differ. I live with it every day. Yeah, you can, the sound is over immediately. The smell is worse than the same.

If you see someone walking to the bathroom and you hear that noise, that noise is forever. But I had a question for you. You're never forgetting that noise. Do we, is the art of a courtesy flush lost to? It is here. I've been,

that's what I'm saying. I've been times where I've walked through every bathroom here. They're all full, right? And I'm like, go pee in the back parking lot. Well, no, no. But say, you know, you go to do yours on the approved ones and they're full and you got to go number two and you got to end up there. Here's the deal. As soon as that first little bit hits the water.

Flush it. Boom. Just immediate flush. It's called a courtesy flush. I was taught this at a very young age. Courtesy flush. As soon as the first one hits the water, flush. And then it takes the bulk of the smell out of the room.

Do you really want to sit in there and marinate in that? Like... You know, I just don't. It gets on your love. I've never thought of it in them terms. Like, I mean, do you really want like that on you? I'm with you on that because, hey, that's one of my pet peeve. It's going to a restroom and whoever was there before me.

Didn't courtesy flush? Didn't flush it? Oh, didn't flush at all. I guess he was so proud of it. That's a whole other level. Has the culprit been identified? On the toilet. I can tell you,

I can tell you because I watch them walk by every day. Oh, he is. Yeah, he is. I know mine. Oh, so did you get up and present this to everyone? Absolutely. Oh, yeah, I called Jordan up. I said, oh, by the way, you noticed there's two diagrams.

Did people laugh? Hey, look, people get nervous. Yeah, they noticed they had a meeting. Okay, and it was we the people, son. So, hey, you got to get this solved. There was mixed emotions. Look, here's the deal. Those company meetings can get a little stuffy.

So while, you know, keep it lighthearted. We kept it lighthearted, but while also presenting a real issue. All right, well, Jordan. Thank you for this. Thank you for coming in. We'll get Rucker back in here. I got to talk to Corey. About what?

I won't come to some of y'all were meeting. Rucker, you just heard all that. You just heard all the drama, the latest drama, Duck Commander. Do you miss it? Sometimes. I mean. Now, Rucker, I'll tell you, church drama's a little bit different. Oh, Rucker, let me tell you.

Hard back. Let me ask you a question. You worked here. How long were you here? I don't even remember five years. Five years or so. In the five years that you were here. He clogged a couple toilets.

I'm not worried about clogging them. We got plungers in every bathroom. Just learn how to use it. That ain't no big deal. Amen. But if you found something broke around here, did you walk away from it? Or did you tell somebody or did you fix it if you could? What was your emblem?

when you were here. I'm just curious. If I broke something, I would fix it. And try not to tell anybody about it, but if it was without my means of ability to fix myself, I would then have to, I would have to come and admit,

I've came into his office and admitted some things. He would have framed somebody. Well, Rucker, I'll own it. Yeah, right. Rucker will tell you anything, just not on a microphone. Yeah.

Now, he's not going to admit to nothing on microphone and cameras up in here. but I mean he has come in and said you know I did this you know whatever like if you ask me I'll say and Becky poor thing you know we had Becky on here that time she we had played the video where she ran

through the back wall Becky tried to pay for running through the back wall I'm like you ain't gonna do that like that's I mean I do get that's not a normal work hazard but you know it is something that happens and we have insurance for weird situations just like this so it's not that big but but she owned I mean now you can't not on that one because your car is parked halfway in Corey's office.

Yeah, yeah. That would have been hard to frame on somebody else. But, I mean, she could have backed up and drove away. Like, I mean. She was on camera. And a lot of them do it. Yeah, but I mean, you know, it is what. But I, yeah, so, Rucker, we had a broken toilet seat.

And somebody jimmied it back into position. And then I was coming in here to film. And I said, man, I got to take a leak. And I went in there and I went to pick it up and fumbled the thing. And we ended up on my toe. But I figured we'd bring it up at staff meeting today. Because it seemed like a good coach. moment.

Well, I heard a little bit of Jordan's conversation. I also had the privilege of seeing his diagram. Privilege. I'm going to say, it's, you know, I mean, you're fighting an uphill battle. Because somebody used to spend a lot of time here as well as somebody that has used every bathroom in this building. I have a couple of things. Number one.

Have you used the women's bathroom? Oh, yeah. Okay. 100%. 100%. Because at certain times of the day. you know that nobody's there. And so you get the most peaceful situation you can be in.

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and twist. The hinges broke. I don't know how you break a hinge on a toilet seat. I'll tell you. As a large man, let me tell you. Have you broken a hinge on a toilet seat? The hinge? I mean, I've come in sideways and landed on a couple fast, but yeah, I've never broken. It's not an instantaneous thing.

I mean, this is over time wearing tear. Hey, I've hit that toilet seat pretty hard a couple times. All I'm saying is I jimmied it loose for whoever did break it. Let's get rid. When's the last time that toilet seat was changed? Let's ask that question. Oh, I remember. I don't remember the date, but I remember John Howard did it because he wanted one of the slow fall toilet seat.

Yeah. Because you know it's one of them that you just tap and then eventually it gets down to the bottom. That may be why it broke because it may be coming down and the guy has to. to go quick, just sat down and broke it. Caught it about halfway? Yeah, caught it about halfway. Well, that means you pass somebody else in the hall, so there's a witness. Well, here's the thing.

Here's the thing. I will answer. There's also an injury if that's happening. They are scared. Why? Of the leadership. Why? Hey, I'm just telling you, I'm just telling you with my military career.

What am I to be intimidated by? Hey, there were a large man. I'm a large man, but I'm as kind as can be. I like it. But also, this office now is primarily women. I mean, there's the ratios off. Well, I'm just saying, hey, they're scared of leadership, okay? Because, hey, when they used to leave me in charge for the night, for the whole area.

Yeah. I bet that was a part. And here's a bad thing to tell me. That would have been an awesome time. Yeah, no, no, to tell me, okay, hey, if you need me, call me. Now, this was the all three officers above me. Well, I've got a fourth officer, okay, and he wears a. star.

Well, I'm not scared of it. Okay, so look, I get a top sick message at night during the war with Iraq. Yeah. And I knew about three out of four, but I didn't know about the fourth one. I said, okay. So I called my first officer.

He's telling his wife, I'm listening to him, tell his wife, no, I'm not here. So I actually told her, I said, hey, tell that captain, your husband, I'm listening to y'all's conversation. He better talk to me. Well, he didn't.

I went to the major. Major the same deal. The colonel, same deal. Well, guess who I go to? General. Hey, I take that briefcase, put it on, put it in a briefcase, lock it on my wrist, and I go to general.

Oh. And I said, sir, I apologize profusely for interrupting your night. But I've got a question. I don't know about it. And before I let somebody get killed and there's war zone, I will bother you. And he says, come on in and say, let me see what you got. So, needless to say, all three of them officers got their rear end reamed out big time.

And you did a lot more push-ups, did you? Well, no. Well, no, no, no, no, I didn't. Because as soon as I come in, they started screaming, I just said, hold it. Time out. I'm not going to put up with this. I called you. You told me to call you if I needed you.

I needed you and you bailed on me. All three of you. So, hey, you just suck it up. Buttercup. Buttercup, y'all. That's right. So that's why I know they're scared of the leadership, okay? I don't know that they're scared of you, Martin, in the same way you would be scared of a leader of our military per se.

But if you do, if you break a toilet seat and you tell you or me, there is a job. chance, you know, I don't know if you've heard, we have the number two leisure podcast on earth. So like, whoever this is, they might not be scared of you per se, but they do know that probably like 100,000 people have heard about. Hey, they're scared. Okay, maybe I'll say a broken. It's just a lot of pressure. It's a lot of pressure are they. So are you saying they're scared of accountability? Oh, in a way. I think embarrassment. There's a sermon about it. Yeah. You know, was here the other day, too, Kevin Peel.

Dude, you should have started with that. Yeah. What, this is terrible. You should have started with that. I could tell you right now with confidence. Absolutely. Certainty. That man.

That man is. He's big enough to have done it, and he's hilarious enough to have covered it up. What day was Peel here? I don't even remember now. It all runs together. Oh, yeah. You've been in the third. thick of it. Yeah. Yeah, everything. I mean, because I, it's wild. The Rucker's not admitting

to it. Johnny D. says not. It's over. I mean, I don't want to do a whole other podcast about who done it. Like I said, I'm over it. We had a good little learning. That's because you just realized it was totally Kevin Pied. Well, we had a good learning experience today. Some open and honest conversation, open, honest dialogue with all the employees. So hopefully now we don't ever have to cross that road again. And you know what? Vulnerability creates connection. So y'all, of all just bonded together even more through this horrific incident. Yeah, man. And I hope to be a better leader because I want them to come tell me if they break the

toilets. But if you do come tell him, we're talking about you. We'll change your name. No, we won't. No, we just won't say your last name. Or your first name. Bill 100% did it. I wish you would have started with that.

Yeah. Bill did it. But it is, you know. Kevin's been texting me because I sent him that, I seen that video. I sent you. from the oh yeah that deal he's been he's been on me hard about that one

was willie in town that week no Willie doesn't poop actually okay oh yes he does full of it no he never has twice full of it

boom this is the number two episode there was one of those on duck danacy is my favorite one I'll tell you that would be in his in his reservoir.

Okay. So, Rucker, speaking of breaking things. Well, no, see,

but here's, let me, I'll give you this on Willie, say it. Willie's the kind that would have unscrewed it

and hope that you fell off of it. No, no. Yeah. Not break it. Yeah.

Okay. But I'm just saying, he's the type that would do it for a joke. Or he would undo the water line so that when you

flushed it would just spray all over you. Yeah. That's the kind of stuff he does. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

Or unhooked the light. Yeah. I mean, there's just... A little bit more creative. Undo the chain. A little bit more work goes into it. Yeah, he's a very thoughtful prankster. It's not just that.

It's evil. Yeah. That's what it is. Yeah, there you are. Well, I hate you guys are going through that, man. I mean, I don't hate it. Yeah, but hey, controversy brings people together. That's good.

Jill. What did you just say? Controversity or or I still... I think he means adversity. Yeah, adversity brings people together. Controversy only pisses everybody else. It's what builds character, JETT.

That is true. We've had some character-building moments here at that commander lately. And we've had just characters. I mean. Those two. Look at Rucker. Yeah, speaking of breaking things in character, are you still doing Jiu-Jitsu?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. How many times a week? Twice a week. What have you learned? I'm just checking. No, I do J-Jitsu, man. That's what I do.

Well, I was just trying to see if I've won or lost a bet. No, you lost. If your bet was I'm going to quit, you lost. I still got time. What's the, I mean, I'm not telling you. I can't tell you. I'm a pretty consistent guy. Whenever I put my mind to something, it happens.

Okay. Just checking. Has Stone hit you lately? Me and Stone rolled around, I want to say last week. Okay. Did you win? There's no winners or losers. So you lost?

I'll say this I think I did significantly better than the last time I rolled with Stone And I mean I had I had the old man worked up I mean he was out of breath I mean he worked hard for that one You know and so that you know that's a win for me I mean this guy's put in

That out loud 10,000 plus hours of on the mats And I've I mean I've been going a couple of months A couple times a week so There you go you know Well, good for you. I'm glad you stuck with. Johnny D. stuck with it.

He can now do a pull-up. Can you? Or two. You know? I can do two chin-ups. I can do a pull-up. Well, whatever. Whatever.

Here's what I'm saying. I can grab something above me and get my chin above the bar. And that's way better than where he's started. Without doing some weird rucker thing where he's flailing all around. It's not a weird rucker thing. I mean, it's a legitimate pull-up. I got a good one for you. I'm saying strictly.

So Corey was in the office. yesterday. What was she doing? She works from time to time. I also know that she listens to this. So that was actually a point of humor because she's traveling out of the country. So she may take the long flights to catch up. Maybe. She may go to sleep.

I don't know. But if she is. She ain't making it 30 minutes. I hope she got a good chuckle. So. But no, but she told me she looked at, I saw her. She walked in.

She looked at me up and down. She went, you're getting skinny again. again. So you're implying I was fat again as well. Yeah. And she's like, well, I mean, that's not the way I meant it, but I mean, I guess that is kind of what it does mean on the other side of that. I said, well, thank you for the backhanded compliment. I appreciate it.

Losing weight is one of the weirdest phenomenons on earth because you want people to notice and say like nice things and it feels good. But then it's also kind of weird because they're like, what were you thinking about me before? Yeah. Or was I just status quo? and nothing to be even noticed. But I saw her. She walked in and she looked. And I was like, oh, this is weird.

I'm like, is my zipper run done? Like, what have I done here? Like, do I have a hole in my pants? You're skinny again. Yeah, she said, you're getting skinny again. And I was like, okay. Or if you're like me, you're so large that you lose 90 pounds and literally nobody notices. We lost 90 pounds?

I did. I've gained 30 back since getting married. That'll do it to you. You know what I mean? But, but yeah, I drop 90 pounds. 93 pounds actually if we're getting technical. What were you at your heaviest? 315.

Me too. Well, 318. You also got a foot. Oh, no, yeah. No, I know. We'll never know my heaviest. I was just curious. When I was at my heaviest, I just looked at a scale and guessed that it would say numbers

I didn't like, so I never got on it. I will legitimately die not knowing the heaviest ever was. It was after Carter was born. We were living in New Orleans and on the road, and I was like, I don't feel like weigh myself ever again. But you can watch when that was. it was part of a TV show yeah the pictures are bad

oh yeah yeah you was big I was big big big you was big but the uh no look so I went to church on Sunday you should do that too if you're listening um and our pastor's wife looked at me and said you've been losing weight

and I said yes man a little just trying to like and she goes a lot and I was like that is one way okay all right loud and clear lady miss Trina she got you she just hit me with Papa Bear

shirt. Martin wore a Papa Bear shirt to Father's Day Church. It was hilarious. Okay. Why not? I mean, if they're going to send it, I'm going to wear it. Like, I full sin, man. I'll do it.

It doesn't matter to me. But the, no, she did. She said, I woke up walking around the corner. Ms. Trina's always there by the kids church. And I walked around that corner, she said, Papa Bear. And I was like, Miss Trina. She's an exciting lady. But he had a shirt on that had a bear on the chest that was going fishing.

said, and it's not like it was subtle. Martin almost wore a costume to Father's Day church. Speaking of Father's Day. And it was awesome. When y'all were teenagers, were you intentional with your father about Father's Day? I'm still scared of my dad. Like getting him something? Well, yeah, just like acknowledging it, right?

Oh, man. Well, because these kids, these days, or at least my 14-year-old, he, I mean, it didn't matter at all. It was just another day. He ain't got you nothing. No, he ain't get me nothing. Did he give you a hug? No.

Card? Huh? Card? No. So, no, not nothing. Nothing. Not nothing. I literally asked if I said, are you going to get me something?

That's when you know it's bad. You're desperate. You're like, are you going to give me something for Father's Day? He's like, well, I got $100. Where you won't? What you want? I mean, as a parent. I said, hey, hand me the Honda.

Because y'all don't have teenagers yet. What I'm saying is get ready. Like all the, it goes out the window. 14, a 14 year old boy is a creature that needs to be captured and studied. Yeah. Because to say, he doesn't have a clue that Father's Day even happened anymore. It was three days ago, but he don't remember it. No, like, I mean, he's an interesting character just in general.

I mean, he's my child. I mean, do you remember how dumb you were at 14? When I was his age. We're talking about the kid. Is it in my office right now? Yeah, he's in your office right now. Yeah. I love Noah to death, but he's a 14.

and your old boy. Yeah. Do you remember me? And now the testosterone's hitting. He's in the gym. He's, you know, it's a whole different. So the time's coming where he's about to think he can take you. Oh, he's gotten sideways.

And I was like, say, man, you're at the, you're within the weight class now. Okay. All that, I'm going to binge you over and whoop you stuff is out the window. I'm going to just go ahead and put these paws on you. You know what I'm saying? Like, my dad told me. I bowed up at my dad one time. Just like, and then I saw the look in his eyes and I looked like at crawfish.

I was going backwards. I was like, no, man, I was just kidding. I mean, I was bigger than my dad from probably about 14 on. I mean, I had a few inches on him and, yeah, I thought I was strong as ox. But I saw the look he gave me when I kind of did that and I said, you know. It was probably a bad idea. I was like, yeah, okay, I was just kidding. My, no, is a real good, he's a real, real good kid, man.

he got baptized about a month ago man you know me and my wife getting an argument he hits me with a Bible scripture the next morning oh I don't like him that's what I'm saying like he's that that's when you should lay the paws on that well you're in that situation father in that situation you're like say what's wrong with you but then also you're kind of impressed oh yeah all right you know but but man so we he's getting where he'll say something a little out of the side of his neck you know what I'm saying just like kind of like a little sideways. And I had to tell him,

just this morning, actually. I bowed up at him. I said, if you ever talk to me like that again, I'm going to knock you out like you a grown man. You know what I mean? Knock you out like you a grown man. Sorry to all the listeners. I'm just telling you, the kid ain't little no more.

Okay. He's not the dude's taller than me. He's a big. He's big. He said, you might, because I was in a meeting before I walked in here. He said to be a picture of him sitting on the couch of my office. So you mind if he sits in here and he's sitting there. and I looked and I said, all the thing I said was,

and he's like groan-grown, like. Yeah, he's full grown. He filled up my couch in my office. I said, yeah, he'd do whatever he wanted. That was something in the middle of time. I didn't mess him. I had troops under me would go home and come back and want to come back with a black eye.

And I said, what happened, dude? And I said, you go to the bar, you don't get in a fight? He said, now me and my dad got in the fight. And I said, wait a minute, you and your dad got in a fist, night? He said, oh yeah. And I said, that wouldn't even come into my mind as a child. Yeah. As an adult. Yeah, I think I did it kind of just, you know, I think I was probably 15 or 16, just like to see what the reaction was. And I saw enough from the reaction. Well, no, no. I was like, no, man, I did it. I never had any intention. Yeah, I did it to my, I did it to my older brother.

And if mama hadn't stepped in, my old brother would have killed me. Yeah. Yeah. Because he was his first lieutenant in the Air Force. Yeah. I'll say this. I won't actually do him like that. But he's got to at least think I will.

No, no. He's got to think I will. You got to have that bluff on it. I mean, like, he's got to be a little concerned that. Yeah. My dad still got that bluff on me because he told me my whole life. He goes, one day you're going to be bigger than me. And if you ever think you can take me, just remember, I will have to die because I won't

stop. Well, no. until one of us is. And I was like, that's the thing. I believe him. Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, that's what I just got to at least make him feel like I probably don't want to do this. Yeah. Well, young males are funny across any animal. Yeah. And we're at the end of the day.

We're still an animal. But like when you see that young. He was right. They need to be captured and studied. Yeah. When you see, but it's like, I mean,

I use, I'm thinking like a deer, for example. Like, you see them young males. Oh, they get to feeling frisky, and then they go out there and say, and then it may very well be their dad. They don't know.

They don't know the difference. And they go out there and they square up against him. And then they get their little butt look. But I mean, it's kind of just like a right of passage for young males. That testosterone gets to kicking. Oh, yeah. And then all of a sudden you think you something. And then somebody reminds you of my favorite, one of my favorite sayings,

there's always a bigger bear. Oh, yeah. There's all. And that bigger bear. for 99% of you is you're deady. See, that's the thing, because I've seen Jason and Reed square off. Jason Reed? Yeah.

I got, I'll put every dime I got on Jace. Hey, what he said was, that wiry sucker. He said, you know, and he told Reed. He said, you don't understand. You get into my face like that again, and we go to fighting. He said, I will kill you. Just out of principle of this thing. Yeah, just.

I brought you into this world and I will take you out. Well, yeah, that's the line right there. That's the line. I brought you in. I'll take you out. Yeah, we go an Old Testament. Yeah, no, no. I'm serious.

You got to watch them old ones. Well, kind of to your point, you know, in ancient times, at 12 years old, they would take a 12-year-old boy, they'd drop him off in the wilderness somewhere and be like, hey, kill what you eat, figure it out, make your way back home when you do, you're a man. You know what I'm saying? Like, you just got to figure it out. Yeah, 12 was 25. Hold on.

At 12 years old, if you dropped me off somewhere in the woods, I'd be a pile of bones right where you left me. He's just sit there. Yeah, I'd die. I was trying to think if there was any scenario where I could have got out, Si would have survived. At 12 years old, I was. Oh, Sa would have been good.

Seah would have been Saw. 12 years old, I was firmly planted in that Husky department. I wasn't making it fall. Yeah, but you at least. Like, if they dropped me off. off 30 miles from town said you gotta make it back survive i'm dead see i try that one with my son he's 14 you dropped him off no no no no no no i try the scare tactic of like hey i'm gonna take you to the middle of wood somewhere i'm gonna drop you off and you just got to figure it out right just kind of

messing with him and he's like do it you know i mean the kid try me he got a cell phone he'll have a ride no like i kid you not one day me and my wife was just messing with him and we were like you know like your kid thanks are too big for their britches you're all right get out the car And then, you know, they're like, you drive off a little bit. And then they say, no, no, come back. I was just kidding. Not this dude. No.

He waved. Oh, no. He was like, he was like holly. And then he starts walking. He just starts walking. And then I go to a gas station and I sit there and I'm like, is he going to call us. Like is he and he's just, nope. He's moving.

He's kicking one foot and front of the other. You know what that is, don't you? He got too much Brian Rucker in him. Oh, yeah. No, for sure. I'll say he doing dumb stuff just to prove a point. No, no, definitely, definitely 100%. I mean, he is me made over.

Oh, 1,000. 1,000 percent. And people are like, man, what's Noah like? I'm like, well, he's like me if I'd have grew up in different circumstances. You know? I can see it. I mean, because sometimes I'll be like, well, where was I at his age? Well, I was locked up.

And I was creating a gang called Texas made assassins and beating people. of love. That's what I was doing. I mean, he's got the same leadership abilities. He's a big hit at OCS. Yeah, he's just leading the junior high football team. He's just doing different. I like that. He just president of FCA chapter. Yeah. That's better.

Well, Rucker, how long have you been married now? It feels like an eternity? Oh, no, I'm just kidding. You're youngly married. We have a lot of young married listeners with lots of weird questions and... Oh, boy. You got some? I don't have any. I'm here for them. Oh, I just... Yeah.

So I'm within the first 12 months of marriage. Okay. Do you know your anniversary? It's October 29. Is Megan sure? Yes. So this past October, I'm not sure what month we're in. But it's June.

Yeah. How do you not know what month? The end of June. Oh. Yeah. That's because he didn't get nothing for Father's Day. Oh. That's it.

He's trying to forget. Well, I didn't have a father, so I didn't never knew when Father's Day was. And then now that I am a dad, I'm like, well, this could be something worth looking forward to. Turns out it's not. I got a TV. You got a TV? Yeah.

I will say my wife got me, I bought a brand new truck and she got my windows tenant. There you go. Don't expect any of them kids. It's her job. I got a giant bag of M&M's and these little cutting board things that are like one of the coolest things. I'm like, I'm kicking myself. Why didn't I think of that? But one of them kind of, it's like a cutting board.

But then you can pop the edges up. up so like after you've sliced your stuff you've got it in a nice little container you don't have to dirty up another bowl it's all it's thing and it's even so if you like for us like last night so you could cut prep and then put it in the refrigerator and then like because like I do a lot of prep and after the boys go to bed but then I won't cook it till the next day well now it's all in one container it's got airtight lid you cut it up throw it back in the refrigerator I get home tonight the food's already cut up prepped and ready to cook oh that is awesome oh yeah I thought Brittany. It's also

It's also interesting how you get excited over stuff like that the older you get. We're so old. But it's like dude, that's so cool man. We got to cut the board with a lead. Well, my TV like used to that would have been like something for a PlayStation. It's so that guy with the

jump ropes can yell at me to jump rope harder in my garage and I just watch him do it and I do it while looking at him. The timeout. Is your workout regimen a dude on a screen you're listening to? No, jump ropes. What? Come jump right with me sometime.

You'll die. Do you know that kid? Do you all do double unders? I can't do no double under. Dude on the screen can. I remember whenever I was working at Buck Commander, one of the things that Grant would have me do is go out to the backyard and climb a tree and learn how to put on a lock on stand and a third arm by myself.

And then the other thing that I would have to do is run down the road that is adjacent to the backyard. of the what used to be buck commander yeah had to run down the road and back and then at lunch I would do insanity in the in the living room oh with Jordan no I did I had to do it by myself but Benny and Jacob filmed it on a couple of cases there's a time lapse of fat Brian Rucker just doing burpees in the living room there you go why do I want to see that somebody find that stuff somebody find that why do I want to see that anyways Rucker I enough about whatever that weird was. What have you learned in the first year of marriage?

You're eight months in, nine months in? I got a perfect one. This is perfect because I've been thinking about this a lot. Don't oversell it. It's don't be careless, but careless. Whoa. Don't be careless, but care less. Before you continue, is everything you do design for bumper stickers or t-shirts or just me?

You spent a lot of time. I mean, I spent a lot of time preparing for messages and just, I talk a lot. So nothing grabs attention like a good one-liner. I feel like you've been in like a cracker barrel gift shot. No, but like so because. It sounds like he's been with Al too long. No, he'd have a vest on him. Yeah, yeah, true.

Yeah, he'd tighten that up with a vest. I'm all out of vests. No, but so don't be careless, but careless. Right. What are we caring less? about. Well, because you enter into a marriage with a whole lot of opinions, expectations, and ideas as to how things should go. Bagged. 90% of time, your spouse is not going to do things to which you want them exactly done. And you just got to care less about that stuff. Or else,

it'll cause a lot of turmoil and argument and stuff in your marriage. One thing that my wife does, just her natural personality, she's a strong, independent type a person, right? And if you know anything about me, that's just not me, right? Well, yeah, somebody got telling me, got your food wrong. Right. Yeah. Well, and so, you know, she's just eat it.

She's, she can say stuff in a certain tone that really, really makes me angry, right? If I'm just totally honest, like she says stuff in a way that really makes me angry. And I just- You pay attention, Hunter? As a guy who's in the dating realm of about four months, you're listening? I'm not to interrupt. I was going to make sure a hunter's taking some of this. And what I'll say is I got to care less about that stuff.

Not every single thing that you're saying is designed for it to be disrespectful towards me. Sometimes just the way you talk. She don't even know she's doing it. She has no idea. The way she was raised is different than the way I'm raised. Yeah. Right. So it's kind of like it's not what you're saying is don't even listen to how she says it,

but just listen to what she says. Right. What are the words? At the end of the day, what are the words? Yeah. So it's like, don't be careless. Like, don't just be careless, do whatever, blase, blazee.

But, like, care less about stuff that just isn't that big of a deal at the end of the day. So we hear a critique on her one thing she does that makes you hang. What's one thing she does well that you love? I'm just, I'm curious. I mean, this is first year stuff, right? Family show, by the way. Yeah. One thing that my wife does well that I like is,

is genuinely care about how things make me feel and make a conscious effort to do them in a way that would be pleasing to me. There you go. Like lasagna. She's not going to cook no lasagna. I mean, she's 25 at the end of the day. You know what I'm saying?

She's only 25. She's only 25. What are you? 34. Well, I mean, I think we got to do it. Half your age. Oh, I was going to do the math. 17 plus.

Oh, one year, he's one year to the good. When you said that, I went back to my childhood. I'm serious. Because of, okay, I would say something in the wrong tone. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And I'd get my butt tore up for it. Oh, yeah.

The big of you. It fights me and Allison. And look, it was, you know, I was saying it in a disrespectful tone. Uh-huh. Okay. And I needed to have my butt tore up. Yeah. I agree.

Okay. So like you're talking about, you've got to be careful because here's the deal. Once you say it, you can't take it back. Yeah. Yeah, they can't unhear it. Yeah. And you, yeah, you didn't mean it. You didn't mean it the way the tone was, but you said it.

Mm-hmm. Like you said, once you say it, you can't take it back and they can't unhear it. Yeah. Yeah. And in all fairness, I say stuff in a way that is triggering to her. Oh, no. I mean, you get to talking out your neck. Yeah, get talking out your neck, man.

I still don't know what that. I still am trying to figure that out. Engage. Engage your brain. Look it up on the urban dictionary. Yeah, thank. Thank you. Not urban, sir. But yeah, so don't be careless, but careless.

There's just some things you got to care less about. It's not that big of a deal. Agreed. I like it. I would say that wisdom from Brian Rucker. In our marriage. that's nine years now the number one cause of strife is unmet expectations oh you know why like that's just i mean that's the number one cause of strife so if you do care less

then that means you're adjusting your expectations to a level where they can be met and if they're exceeded you're thrilled right and if they're met you're happy and if they're exceeded you're thrilled. So like unmet expectations are that that's the number one cause. And that outside of marriage, I'm talking about friendship, business, work, whatever. That's generally what causes most strife is unmet expectations. Well, I like what you're saying. I tell my clients like this, an expectation is a premeditated resentment. Yeah. Right. So if you have massive expectations, you're probably going to end up with a resentment because 99% of the time, somebody's not going to live up to those expectations that you've put out there.

And so it's just a good, it's a good equation to end up with a massive resentment, right? It's, look at it like from, you know, in a spiritual perspective, right? God's probably not going to live up to your expectations, but he'll always live up to his word, right? His word doesn't necessarily line up with your expectations all the time. Bravo, pal.

That's a good one. You should put that on it to you. Yeah. I mean, we got, One day. You've been working. This is a sermon, by the way, we're just a test lab for your servant. He's calling me. My 14 year old is calling me. They call and tell you happy father's done. No, he's not calling me for that. But according to these text messages, let me just run this. Can you unlock your truck? I need my charger. No answer to that. So naturally you would think I'll just wait here until I hear.

Nope. Next text. I need the door password. Okay, I need the password to get back inside because without you answering the text message. I've already went out to get my charger. You're telling me. And then now he's called me three times and he's stuck outside. And he's like, dad, like, yep, you did that to yourself. You know what I mean? Spoiler alert. No one's on. You could just press the button to unlock the truck from here. I could, but then you wouldn't learn nothing. I would expect him to be more resourceful like his father, though, and realize that there's no less than three chargers in my office. Just use one. That's what he's sitting in Martin's office. There's charges everywhere.

I got every power cable end you need in there from Gopros to iPhones to old iPhones. I got Beth coming there. She was shocked. She came over there and said, you have an old iPhone you're not using. I opened up my desk drawer. And I was like, which one do you want? I say, you never know when you're going to get in a bind and you need power or you need to go back and get something. Like I got them all right here.

The other thing I'm worried about is there's about 18 doors. of this place too so if he stuck outside well he'll eventually walk around I'm sure yeah there's a few that are open are we positive his biggest concern is probably I need my charger yeah because he's it's about to die so he's about to be out of

communication oh that's why he's calling let's hit us with a Bible version Ephesians 517 don't live carelessly unthinking he got me on that way it's a different version than I normally do come on man it was it was the word

Careless. Is it NIV? Because if it ain't, I don't know what you're talking about. No, it's KJB. Don't live carelessly. No, it's not KJV either. I'm not heard of thus, sir.

Sorry. Don't live carelessly, unthinkingly, make sure you understand what the master wants. Do you want the NIV? Hit me with the NIV. Therefore, do not be foolish,

but understands what the Lord's will is. There you go. See y'all next time. Amen, we're out of here.