The Bobby Bones Show - Eddie's Favorite Memory With His Dad & Advice For Foster Care Workers

Episode Date: February 21, 2026

Morgan and Eddie answer listener questions!! Eddie shares his advice for foster care workers from the parent POV, his feelings on his oldest graduating high school, and his favorite memory with his dad. Plus, his thoughts on pursuing more acting roles, the perfect grill to own, and why he never follows through on things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What's up, Part Three Years? Thanks for hanging out on the best bits this weekend. Eddie is joining me. What's up, Morgan? If you want to check out part one, we just had a very in-depth, life-altering conversation. Oh, it was a brain buster. It's awesome. We had a lot of fun, so go check that out.

But for right now, if you're listening to this, it's question time. So, start with some shoutouts. Can't wait to see you guys next week on the cruise, Leah in Pennsylvania. Yeah, I can't wait. That's going to be awesome. So much fun. However, like, the picture you took of me, rude. I needed a picture of you to post questions.

Rude. You surprised me. No, I had my reading glasses on. That's you. You and lunchwalks love to snap pictures of me when I have my reading glasses on. You know how many things I've posted of you for questions and you've never had them on? You just happen to have them there when I needed to take a picture. I was reading something.

I wasn't going to wait for you 20 minutes to take off the glasses. Carly from New Mexico, no question. I just love Eddie. He's the most genuine on the show. Oh, thank you, Carly. I don't know. I'd argue with her, but it's okay. That you are?

That you are the most genuine? No, you're not. Just that nobody is. I'm very genuine. You are. I just like to give you. you crap. Although I was talking to someone yesterday. They were asking me about like lunchbox and everything. Like is I get, I mean, that's the question I get asked all the time. Because lunchbox really like that. Yes. The answer is yes. He's very loud and very obnoxious. Yeah. And I don't know. We kept talking about something a little bit. And I was just like, man, like we yap. Like, we yap all the time. Like that's just what we do. Like we yap and and because somebody quoted me on something like, dude, sometimes like I just say crap. And then I'm driving home like, why did I say that?

You know how many times people write things to me and DM? They're like, oh, responding to this. I'm like, honestly, I miss that. I have no idea what you're talking about. I was doing something else. So sure, I'll pass along the message, but I'm not quite sure what that was. And I tell people too, because they're always like, you know, like, oh, like, do you ever just kind of just say things like, yeah, all the time? Because can you imagine if I didn't, if, say Bobby asked you something and you took 10 seconds and like, let me think about that.

Yeah, we don't get thinking time. No, you don't get 10 seconds. to think about that. You're just like, yes, this is why. And then you're just like, why did I say that? Literally, not even an easy trivia. You get five seconds. You don't get thinking time there either. There's none. It's stressful. Yeah. So really, we're just talking out of our like mush area of our brain where it's like, what can come out right now. I would say about 95 of it though, 95% of it. I'm just kind of like, I mean, yeah, that's, that's right. Like, that's right. And then that 5% I'm always just like, what am I thinking? Like, you idiot. Why did you say that? I'm not good at lying. I've never been a good liar.

So like you're just going to hear whatever's going through my brain. Not that it's right, but you're going to hear it. Is there any advice he has on being a good foster care worker from the parent point of view? That's Lindsay. Ooh, yes. This is interesting. I think foster care workers are just sent from God. Like it's such hard work.

And I think, okay, this goes back to a little bit something we're talking about in the first part, is the, I think a lot of people that I worked with while we were foster parents were a little desensitized. Mm. Because, again, you deal with hundreds and hundreds of kids in thousands of different scenarios coming from different places. And I know that I've dealt with foster, I guess they were like caseworkers. Okay. Dealt with caseworkers that were veterans that were like had been there 20 years. and not very helpful because they were more desensitized

towards the situation. But then you would work with someone who just started two months ago and I'm not kidding when I tell you that we are still in touch with some of those. Like still, on birthdays, they will call and be like, well, you don't have birthday for us? Because they were so young at it.

They were so young and it was so new and they put all their heart into it. And I loved that. And they're lifelong friends of ours now because of that. And we're partners in our child's life. Like, they helped us, you know,

get better at being foster parents. And we were foster parents. And so, like, we just helped each other with, with all that. And it was a special bond between us. So my advice is if you, the more you're in it, try your best to just kind of, like,

act like it's your first week on the job. Because I've seen some workers that just kind of, like, don't have it anymore. And it's just a nine to five or not nine to five, because they do work a lot of hours. But it's just another job to them. Well, and to that point, maybe the way that you can continue doing that is making sure you're taking care of yourself.

Like, because it is such a, gosh, emotional. Totally. Just you see some of the worst parts of humanity, I would imagine. The worst. So just make sure you're taking care of yourself to keep providing that, whether that's going to therapy or finding ways that takes care of you in like a, you know, mental health aspect of taking walks and getting out and taking trips when you need to take trips and in doing that.

So maybe that's how they can help stay in that. And those phone calls, once the foster process is over, like, they love to hear from you. Like, I know my kids know, they still know their caseworkers. Like, they remember. Well, one of them does. Remember is the caseworker. And like, whenever she, he talks to her, he's like, that's so cool. I love that.

It's a big part of their life. So, like, yeah. You play a significant role in it for sure. That's a good question. What's your favorite memory with your dad? that's from Erica. Man, I have a lot of favorite memories with my dad. I think the one that keeps coming up is just

just grilling with him. Like that one comes up a lot because I grill a lot. And so whenever I'm grilling on like a Friday night, to me it automatically just goes to him grilling on a Friday night. It's because what do you do? Do you picture it? Do you feel like he's right there with you in a way? Oh, yes.

Yeah. Yes, all the time. And like we would always, the older I got, we would always kind of exchange pictures of stuff we made. You know, like, check this out. I made spare ribs. And, you know, he'd be like, oh, yeah, check this out. I made this. And like, I kind of just like remember him showing off what he cooked. And anytime I try something new, I want him so bad, just be like, oh, my gosh, did you? You would love to see what I made. And you would love it. And he would love it. And he would. He would always be the critic of just being like, it's pretty good, you know? Or like, ooh, that can be better. I think you might have overdone it, you know, on this one. So, like, I just, those memories, I think him by the grill, because on Friday nights, it was just always him with, like, beer and the grill. And, like, it would take him forever to cook because he loved grilling so much that, like, I feel like the meat would be ready in 30 minutes.

He was really good at it. And no, no. And then he would move it to the cool side of the pit, you know? and like where it would just keep warm and then keep drinking. And every hour would be like, is it ready yet? He's like, almost, almost. He wanted his time. Yeah.

It's like, it's been two hours. Dad, is it ready? He's like, almost. I bet you could relate to that wanting solitude for a little bit now with all your kids. Oh, yeah. He would just sit outside with the radio and like just have the grill on, you know, by himself. I'm a little, like a little. That was his version of doom scrolling.

Yes. No, no, no. Don't get me wrong. He was a doom scroller. Don't get me wrong. And that's a funny thing too. I texted my sister recently because I feel like I've gotten his algorithm, which is a bunch of Mexican dudes like telling jokes.

And like I've gotten, maybe it was bad bunny or something got me to that algorithm of like these Mexican guys just like telling these funny jokes and like or doing funny dances. And I send in my sister. I'm like, I think I got dad's algorithm. Like I'm stuck on dad's eye because he would always send us stupid TikToks of like, check this out. That's funny Yeah, he was a doom scroller. I bet, you know what? Wherever he is right now,

I bet he mess with you so hard and he was liking photos and videos so that would be coming around with him. Yeah, probably, probably. Oh, that's sweet. Okay, speaking of the grill, I did have somebody ask, this is kind of a one-off,

ask what kind of grill they should get. Ooh. Because her and her husband are on different sides of it. They can't agree on which one to get. Okay. So let me. They have the options?

Yeah, she said, my husband and I are in seeking a new outdoor girl. We have very different perspectives on what we like, which is Eddie's, which is Eddie's highest recommendation with most use in why? Charcoal, glass, gas, gas, flat, top skillet or smoker? This is so good. Okay, it's a great question. Great question. I love all those things, but for different reasons.

But I will tell you the one that I use the most is the smoker. because if you get an electric smoker, it's shaped like a regular barbecue pit, right? It's not shaped like the egg? No, it's shaped like a regular barbecue pit with like an electrical box next to it. Okay. And so the smoker is a pellet smoker.

And you go to the store and you buy like pellets, which is just wood, compressed wood into pellets. So you can buy mesquite wood, oak wood, hickory, cherry. Ooh, and it changes your smoke flavor. Oh, yeah, depending on what you're cooking. That's fun. I only know that because of alcohol drinks. That is my favorite thing.

Yes. Yes, yes, yes. They do that with bourbons. Like, whiskeys and, yeah. Yes, exactly. Okay. And so, like, the smoker is almost kind of like a chemist's dream where you can just try all these different things. And if you just want to do a steak like you would on a gas grill, you can do it in the smoker.

You just pump that sucker up to 400 degrees, 450, and it's hot. So would you say the smoker is the most versatile? Yes, yes. And you can also, the smoke gives whatever you're cooking extra. flavor. A gas grill doesn't do that. So I would take gas grill out. Oh, completely. A gas grill is something for someone that doesn't cook. So like me. So like you. And you just want to do burgers outside real quick? Or like a veggie, you know? Sure. Yeah, sorry. Sorry. This is why I know nothing about girls. A mushroom. You want to grill a mushroom? I hate mushrooms actually. You know, that's one thing

that peeves me so bad about being a vegetarian is everybody uses mushrooms. They do because they do mushroom fajitas. Like, have you seen that? Yes. So stupid. There's mushrooms on every And I'm like, stop putting mushrooms and everything. So someone like you, gas grill. Charcoal, a little more high maintenance, you got to like get the charcoal pile it up and then put charcoal fluid and then light it up and wait about 30 minutes for it to heat up. Kind of a pan in the butt. Old school grilling. That's why my dad did it.

Okay. Cool, right? Not my favorite. The flat iron, the skillet, dude, that thing is so freaking awesome. Like, that is my love. That's like the where you kind of do. like the... Tabachi.

Yeah. Thank you. I was doing flipping hands. You see my videos where I do the eggs and whatever. Yeah. Like the, it's so cool because like for a family like mine, I have four kids, I can do breakfast for everyone and it'll be ready in 10 minutes because it's, I can do 10 eggs at one time. Do you do pancakes? Do you do pancakes?

French toast. All french toast. All in one. That's all in one. Why am I going blank? It's called a blackstone. How many girls do you have? So I have a gas, a regular gas grill.

I have a smoker and I have the flat. I'm just picturing your backyard. It's just full of different variations of a grill. Yes. And my wife is getting frustrated with that. Yes. Like literally it looks like a, in my head, it looks like a grill graveyard. Yes.

But it's not though, because they're all in good condition. It's not a graveyard. It's like. I know, but that's just like what I'm picturing. It's like a fancy car garage. And I have my eye on a real smoker that's like for real wood. What's different than the other smoker? Because the pellets, electric.

It's easy, but it's kind of a cop-out. Because you buy pellets at the grocery store, you put them in that bin, you turn the knob, and it heats it up, and it starts smoking. Easy. I want to kind of start doing it the right way. Like creating your own little wood pellets? No. Where I go get wood, chop it up, and I put it in the smoker and light it up and open valves and close valves to where the right smoke amount is in there. Yeah.

Like really start to really do it. Make your own magic. So I got my eyes on a smoker. It's kind of, might be my next step. But for her, I think to answer the question, I know this is long-winded, it's the pellet smoker. The pellet smoker. Yes. Good starting point.

Yes. And you're going to love it. There's so much you can do with it. So are you going to get rid of one of your grills to then get this potential new one? No. Okay. More of the graveyard. Got it.

I just. No. And the real smoker is big. I imagine they're all big. No, like big. Like the size of this desk. How long is this desk? Oh, gosh.

It has to be every bit of... Eight feet? I'm five foot, so... Eight, nine? No. Ten? It's probably like six or... I'm like laying on the table.

It's like six or seven. Six or seven. Legit. Legit smoker. That's insane. Yeah, I mean, there's one I saw that you can, I can pool with my Jeep. So I can ticket places. You're going to be like, oh my gosh, I see some of those guys at like the farmer's market.

Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. Is that what you're trying to work into now? Possibly. Is your next one? Possibly. That's the only way you're going to, your wife is going to allow you to have that there. I know.

I bring some kind of money. I know. Oh my gosh, Eddie. I seriously can't stop picturing a graveyard. That's really what I picture. It's not a graveyard. Picture like a cool sports car garage. Yeah, it's just not the same.

Picture like a Ferrari and a Lambo and a... No. I'm picturing like a backyard. It has green grass. It's pretty. Yeah. But then you just like all around the yard, there's just like girls. That's what I'm picturing.

No, they're all tucked in one area. My mom, my wife gives me a little area. Like, that's your area. Do whatever you want. It's like, you're like, you're like, you're like, your guy cave, Van Cave? Yeah, outside.

Outside. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be back with a few more questions. I love Eddie's voice. Is he going to be pursuing more voiceover jobs, Ann, in Delaware? Gosh, I wish, Ann. Like, that's my dream. Okay, did the situation with Butch make you want to do it more, or did it deter you a little bit?

Interesting question. The situation with Butch. And by the way, I'm talking about Butch Hartman. He was on the show this week. creator fairly odd parents. He was a surprise guest. And it was awesome. It was awesome having him in there.

It put a little bit of fear into me a little bit. Yeah. Because of how much he wanted of variety voices. I don't know if I have a lot of variety voices. Like, hey, man. Like, what's up? I'm a mouse. Hey, I can make you tacos.

Like, I can do that. Are you, are you? Are you a Latino mouse? Yeah, yeah. Like, Latino. Mouse, right? Or I can do like, I don't know, what do you want me to do? Do a cow.

A cow. Okay. So I'm a cow. That sounds a lot like Eeyore. I like to grace. I chew grass all day. This is good though. Yeah, you know, but I don't know.

He kind of, the way his voices were, were so like, hey, everybody, like I am so this. I don't know if I could do that. And I feel like if I did that, I would just hurt my throat. Okay, well, a few things. one being that I do think if you're an animated you have to be animated

I know I know like and I think that's what you're seeing with him truly where the animation comes into play is like you have to portray everything through a voice right so every emotion

everything is only coming through a voice versus on real acting not that one's not but in person acting you're using everything to convey a message right so that's why voice acting is very animated I think that's what you were hearing with

I felt like I wasn't ready. True. You know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? And the dude was there in the room. Like, Butch was there. This is the guy you want to impress. And lunchbox, of course, was over the top and all that.

And he loved that. And I don't know if I have that energy. Okay. Another thing. You don't need to have that energy. Because there's multiple rules. Right. There's all kinds.

You do need that energy for some. Now, you need to be loud. You need to be like, unwavering in the confidence, but it doesn't mean you have to be that type of what lunchbox was. Sure. That's needed. That's more needed than most because of that energy. But all exists.

But I feel like with Butch, there's so many people that want to be voice actors that you kind of have to stand out. True. You know what I mean? If you listen to him closely, he said you just really need one voice that stands out. So you just have to find that one voice. That's my mouse. Hey, man, I'm a mouse. I make tacos.

I use the same line again. Might have to give him a little bit more vocabulary. Okay, fine. I make spicy tacos. A little bit more than that. But he said that. Like, yes, you do have to have range and you have to have variety if you want to,

but there's also SpongeBob who created an entire career out of being one character. Right. So if you do something really good, there's still a potential for that one role. Dude, that's the dream. The dream is to become a voice actor.

Like, how freaking cool would that be? I will say another thing that can help you if you decide that you want to do this is to go into to improv or acting classes. Oh, really? It's genuinely some of the best lessons in general of just interacting with people, but also acting, was when I took acting classes in college and improv classes. How was I think of Michael Scott in the improv class. Do you ever see that one? Yeah. It's got the gun like, Michael put the gun away. It's kind of what it is.

And honestly, it's really nerve-wracking. I bet it is. Like to stand in front of 15 people and be next to somebody and you just have to improvise on something. And you're like, what am I supposed? Like that's a skill. Yeah. And you can learn it. Certainly.

That's why I learned I was not good at it because I don't like being uncomfortable. And you got to not give a crap. Like that's what's really hard. Like I give so much craps. Same. You know? And I used to not be like this. Like I used to be so carefree.

Like we were talking about part one. 10 year old self didn't give a crap 25 year old self didn't give a crap 46 year old self give a lot of crap you know mainly maybe because I have kids or like I was gonna say your kids have probably created a whole lot of different empathy in you that maybe didn't exist before I can't just do what I want because you know I have eyeballs looking at me all the time so like maybe that's it I don't know but I do feel like this voice acting stuff you have to really not give it crap you do and like take direction and be like oh not good enough. Okay, cool. Throw that out. Let's start new. Not care. Yep. You very much have to. You have to like,

everything has to roll off of you and you genuinely have, and that's why I found I was not good at improv was because I cared what everybody thought. You weren't good at it? I was good in, in coming up with things and coming up with plots and ideas. So your mind was sharp. Yeah, but I was not good. I was always uncomfortable. I was like, I can't do this. I don't want to stand in front of people and then just watch me and have opinions on me for no reason. Is that why you were R2D2? Because you were just in a can. Yeah, that one.

But I did, like I acted in that one. Even in improv class, they wanted us. I was in a play in college and I did it and I loved it. But I just don't, I don't have that little thing where it's like I just don't mind being uncomfortable. I really hate uncomfortable situations. And you need that. Yeah.

But that's something that can be learned. All things that can be learned. And improv can have. help you learn that. Okay. So that's why I say take improv. Okay. And we just Google. Yeah. There's improv classes everywhere. Okay. Sounds fun. And I want to do it online. I'd do it in person. Okay. Because it's so hard to do that over an internet thing. Like in person with a human interaction. Yeah, with a group of people. Different. Yeah. It just helps you in real life too. Yeah. Like gives you different skills. Okay, that was a good one. Why does Eddie never do what he says he's going to do?

Brian from president of Tennessee. Ryan stop. I do. I do. I do things. I'm telling this goes back. to like. And mind you, I don't feel this way. I just put this here so you can speak for yourself. Okay. You know what? I want to address the main topic.

Kidneys. Just kidding. I think you've also mentioned donating some other things. I think you should say bodies. We're going to do fine. Body donating organs. Look, this all started. And Bobby is always going to try to tell the story the way he remembers it.

Let me tell you how it really happened. I read a story about someone donated a kidney and I said that would be so cool. I would love to do that someday. All I said. And I still believe it. And they're like, okay, big shot. You really want to do it someday? Then do it.

And then it turned into like, whoa, whoa. Like, I'm not ready to do it right now. Oh, there's Eddie doing something, not doing something that he said he was going to do. This is how it all started. Guys, this is not to say that I may donate a kidney someday. Just not now. I don't know that you made it any better for yourself. I'm making perfect sense.

I said one time that that would be something cool. I would love to do that someday. How cool is it when someone donates a kidney to someone else? Okay. Yes, it's so cool. And more people should be, you know, donors if they feel comfortable doing it. But any, you have worked on the show long enough to know that you can't say anything. I know.

Me saying something at a lunch that wasn't even involved on the show got me singing to a national audience that I wasn't even supposed to be singing to. That was a fun lunch. with your parents. And you and lunchbox did that, mind you. Okay. Your mom's the one that told us. And you guys took it and you ran with it. I believe your mom was the one that said,

has Morgan told you guys? Yeah. Don't get me started. And when she said that, because it was me, lunchbox, you, your mom and your dad,

right? Yeah. That's just them too. Yeah. And what happened? What were you thinking when your mom said that? Well,

were you like, oh crap. Well, I was more just like, what did say? I feel like I've like said everything. I'm kind of know, book. And then she started talking about that. I was like, whoa, that was deep in the archives.

And then did you see the eyeball, like me and Lunchbox's eyeballs kind of get a little wider? Yes. I think I ever remember saying to you guys after that. I was like, do not prep that. What did you guys do? Prep it. Did we say we weren't going to prep it? No. No, of course not. And I knew you would, but I was like, nowhere in my mind was I like this going to turn into something. That was a funny bit. It did. That was a funny bit. So all that to say, Eddie, you know when you say one thing on the show. And what did I say? I would love to do that someday. Yeah, and you said one thing.

And you know what? It snowballs. So if I was at a, you know, a dinner with people and I said, gosh, that's so cool when people donate kidneys. I would love to do that someday. Everyone at the dinners be like, well, do it, big shot. No, they wouldn't. They would just be like, yeah, yeah, that would be cool to do someday.

Well, if you were at a dinner like the one that we were all out, then yes. That's why. Oh, man. What was the guy's name? Brian. Shut up, Brian. As your oldest decided, we have a few. few kid questions. Has your oldest decided on his post high school plans? James in Virginia.

He wants to go to college. He's deciding between two colleges. Local or far away? One local, one far away. And it's kind of, it's exciting. He hasn't visited one. He's visited one of them, but he hasn't visited the other. That's coming up, I think, in the next couple months. He's going to visit the other school. And then he'll make a decision. And then we'll see. Part of it, part of me is like wanting him to go far so he can go experience life a little bit. Because if he was local, I feel like he's the type to just come home every other day and eat dinner with us, which I would love that. Like, I'd love to see him every other day. But for him, I think he would need the space. And like, just so he can go kind of like, be like you were saying, be uncomfortable for a little bit, you know? And like, because he will be uncomfortable. He loves being home. He loves, we have a great relationship with him where he like loves to be with us and around us.

So I think he's a little scared to go far. But that's so normal. Something you should tell him. Suggestion. Because something that really helped me when I was considering schools and stuff was just My parents were like, you can always come home. You can always come home. Man, if I told him that he would.

But. Pride of me wants to be like, hey, you're not allowed to come home. Don't say that. But I mean like, they told me that in a sense. like go out and do the things that seem scary, go do them. This is your chance to do that. This is when you already committed to Kansas State? It was like when I was trying to make decisions and like, and even like college when I was

considering moving to Nashville and like, you know, it was hard. Like they didn't want to see me leave at the end of the day, but it was like you can always come back here, but you can't always go there. Oh, I like that. Okay. I see what you're saying. Like go and do this now while you can while this is an opportunity. You can always move back.

and you can always come back here. You know what I mean? Like he can go. And if he goes for a semester, he's like, this is the worst thing I've ever done. I don't want to do this. Yeah.

He can come back. You know what I mean? Yeah. And maybe that might encourage him to like take that leap a little bit further. Yeah. Because I never really thought about that. I thought that everything was permanent. Once I made a decision,

I made that decision and I had to stay there. It feels like that. It's what it does. It feels like this is so permanent. It's not. But having that like pad to kind of fall into in case something does go wrong made me feel a little bit braver to go. after things. That's cool. You know what I mean? Yes. So suggestion. I like it. If it helps,

so maybe you can get him to go explore a live a little bit. I like that. All right. And the last one, I think this is kind of what you're talking about. Are you ready for him to graduate high school or is it bittersweet? Laura in Texas. Oh, it's bittersweet for sure. Because he's, he's the glue. Like, he's the glue of all the boys. Because he's older, but he's so good with the younger boys. where like he's he's not the one that like see my older brother we were six years apart he would go hang out with his buddies and like never hang out with me you know but like my son he's really good at being like i hang out with them like they're fun to hang out with so he has his buddy time and he has the things he does with his friends but he also loves hanging out with them

play video games with them which like i'm gonna i'm gonna miss for sure having him around and then he loves watching movies i want to miss watching movies with him and then talking about the movies for two hours after the movie. As annoying as that is sometimes, I'm going to miss it for sure. Is the place that he's considering to go somewhere that would be fun to go visit? Yeah. Oh, for sure. And what's cool is we have family by there, like an hour away.

So it would be a place that we would visit all the time. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, yeah. Which will make it even more fun too. And he would have family nearby. So I don't know. It's completely up to him. We're leaving it up to him.

We're able to do either one. We have, we obviously my wife and I have a preference, but I mean, whatever he wants. It's his life, you know, it's his future. And that's coming up this year, right? No, he's next year. So next May he'll be graduating. Next May. Okay.

Yes. My counting is all off. Yes. Well, the age throws people off. Yeah. Well, it's hard. You're like going. They either throw you in like the deep end where you're the youngest or you're

thrown to be the oldest. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's so funny. Like, just the age thing is interesting because growing up is like people being held back was such a thing that didn't happen. Now it's so normal that like you, you say like, hey, what grade are you in? Like, oh, I'm in this grade. How old are you? Then there you are like, okay, got it. Because it's not like, oh, you're in sixth grade. Okay, cool. You're, you know, 11 or whatever sixth grade is. Also, it's no different. You know how many people that were at college who were on like, they're freaking, I don't know, third victory lap. Yeah.

You know what I mean? I was in a six year college program. Yeah. That was most people. Like, it was like, okay, what victory lap are you on now? Yeah. I mean, it just really, school is hard for certain kids. And they're better at it when they're older. Yep.

So socially and academically. So, like, it's, yeah. Well, and again, I think we've had that conversation before. School is not for everybody. No, it's not. We have had that conversation. And this is why you should also look into the Industrial Revolution because it's also I have.

And you're like, dang, we really didn't have to go to school. like that. Why are we still doing this? It's going to blow your mind. I'm just saying based on like your feeling about that. Anyways, that's in part one. Yeah, it's all in there. If you don't know what we're talking about, go check it out. All right. We're getting out of here. Eddie, thanks for joining. Thank you, Morgan. That was fun.

Hang him out. Good weekend. Yes. And you can find him. At producer Eddie or on a boat next week. We'll be on the boat. In the Caribbean. We'll be cruising. We may not get Eddie to come back. Dude, you may not. I may be one of those that gets off. I told someone like, dude, if I get off on one of those islands and fall in love, I ain't coming back. Like, just leave me here.

I'm not coming back. I don't think that works with the ships manifest. How? Like, if I'm missing, good question. If I'm like, say I don't want to come back and I'm in like, I don't know, Bahamas. They won't leave without me? They will leave without you. Yeah, they will.

At least that's the threat most of the time. And what if you don't care? You're like, cool. See ya. Yeah, I think it's documented that you're there, though. And then I don't know what that means. Then the officials get involved. It's no longer fun.

Got it. So like while you might get left, I do think it's like noted that you're left. Got it. So I don't know that you can do it under the radar. You know what I mean? Okay, got you. But the Bahamas, I don't know if those are U.S. territory or not. So you can be okay.

How do you scan? Like you have like a wristband or something? You have a card or something that they typically give you. Yeah. And you have to have your passport. If you just leave your passport on the boat, you can get back on. I'm done. I'm just stuck on the island.

Maybe not a bad thing. So if you really want to do that, maybe that's what you do. All right. Goodbye, everybody. Thanks for hanging out, Eddie. Thanks, Morgan. That's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Thanks for listening.

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