The Bobby Bones Show - (Mon Early Bird) Megan Moroney Talks About Constantly Getting Asked Who Her Songs Are About, How She Knew "Tennessee Orange" Would Be a Hit & More! + What Does It Mean To Wear Red To a Wedding? + Mailbag: Sister Named Dog Kids Name

Episode Date: June 12, 2023

Megan Moroney calls into the show to talk about what it's like to constantly get asked who her songs are about, how she knew "Tennessee Orange" would be a hit, how she chose the songs for her album "Lucky" and more! Plus, find out what it means to wear red to a wedding and our thoughts on it. Mailbag: A listener is five months pregnant and at the gender reveal shared what they're naming the baby. Her sister then announced she just got a dog and named it the same name as their baby. She's not sure how to handle the situation so we shared our advice!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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hit your podcast. Come on, Bobby. Transmitting. Hey, welcome to Monday show. Morning studio. Morning. Hope everybody's good. We're going to do our Monday

get-to-know question. I'll ask it. And then I'll answer it to give you guys a little bit of time to think about it. Okay. Because you never know the question.

Have you ever seen something that you just can't explain? Like you saw it and you're like, I know what I saw, but either people don't believe you or you just can't explain. I'll go first.

I saw it. swear to you once, I saw a catfish with a human nose. What? That's not true. That's not true. I'm telling you, we had trot lines out, me, Arkansas Keith, maybe Scotty, and we pulled up a catfish in trot lines. We would set them and we'd use like pins oil, oil, the big plastic ones. We put them on those.

They float. You cut the bottom of them off. But you turn it upside down. And we pulled up a catfish. And how that the sun was angled weird at it. or it had like a deformity. It looked like a human nose on a catfish. Like it came out with two nostrils and everything.

It was like extended from its face, like a literal catfish with a human nose. That's the dumbest thing I don't know about. I was telling you. And we ended up throwing it back because it wasn't, on those trot lines, we like big catfish only. We threw it back and I'm everything. I can't explain that. No one's going to believe me that they were the catfish with the human nose. Oh, so you weren't the only one that saw it?

It was never really talked about. Huh. And maybe Arkansasawkeith has seen so many catfish. with all kind of deformed faces. It wasn't a thing to him. But I remember thinking that's a catfish with the human nose. Wow. And then I'd always look from later on.

I'd always look for catfish with human nose in the same lake. Never saw another one. Does that mean a human in the catfish? Eddie, I don't know how it happens. I can't explain it. That's why I asked the question. That's mine. Okay, Eddie, you're up.

Go ahead. Okay, so we were hunting one night in a deer lease and we had this little cabin that we stayed at. And everyone was sleeping. It was three in the morning, and I was woken up by something shaking the house. There must have been five of us in that little house. No one else woke up and there were lights.

I looked out the window and there were lights coming from the woods. Almost looked like police siren lights, but they were white. They weren't blue. They weren't red. Just kind of going back and forth through the woods. Like a spotlight? Yeah, almost like that, but multiple, like four or five. And I tried to wake everyone up.

No one woke up. Finally, one person woke up. He looked out. There were no lights. I couldn't. I don't know how to explain this to you, man. Something shook the house and there were lights in the woods. and I don't know what it was.

The house shaking things weird to me. Because I would just think maybe it was a game warden or something if you're in the woods. But if the house shaking doesn't make sense. There were cows on the land. So I was thinking maybe the cows are hitting the house or whatever. But what do the lights have to do with that? Yeah, I hear that something you can't explain. You cannot explain it.

It was crazy. Lunchbox. Yeah, one night we were out throwing tennis balls at cars when I was a kid. Horrible idea. Well, and there was this white van that was like chasing us and whatever. And we were walking at one point. and there was two girls across the street. These girls I had never seen in my neighborhood before carrying books.

And at the same time, we said, oh, crap, it's the white van. And I never saw those girls again. And I've never seen them before. And why were they carrying books on a Saturday night when it's dark outside? And I still can't explain it to this day. Do you think it's ghosts? Maybe. Forest was with me.

What do you have to bet? Were they people that really there that were abducted by the white man? I don't know what your line's going. Yeah, that's what I just wrote. Why were they carrying books on a Saturday night? Yes, I think they were ghosts. Ghosts, maybe of kids that were going to school when they got abducted. Right.

Maybe they were hit by a car a long time ago on that date. It was a week night, weekday. It was just so crazy. And at the same time, we said, oh, crap, it's the white band. And I mean, to this day, I'm like, I still think about who were those girls. Why did we see them? Why did we never see them again? Why did they have books?

What is the, oh, crap, the white van have to do with anything? I don't understand that part. Because the van was chasing Forrest Aaron and I, because we'd throwing tennis ball at it. And so we thought, oh, when you see it, like, we thought we got away, you know what I mean? We're walking right there, cross the bridge on Oak Creek. And we say, oh, crap, the white man, but we use a different word. Oh.

And the girl said it at the same time, and we high-tailed it into the creek. Ghosts. You're betting. If I'm betting, it was ghosts. Amy, what can you not explain? I'm like, I have stories of other things I can't explain, like how my friend in college. No friends. Because friends lie.

Isn't it a lie? Well, you don't know. You weren't there. That's true. Do you not have anything you've ever seen that you can't explain? No, I've never seen. One of your friends saw a catfish with the human nose. I know.

I'm like, wow. I've never seen an animal with like a human anything. I can't. I've never, I mean, my cousin saw something one time, but I can't ring of her. Not the same thing. You, Amy, you. I know, but I've never seen lights I can't explain or.

You must be able to explain everything. That's pretty cool. Live your life being able to explain everything. I've never seen a ghost. else have anything they can't explain? Mottray, you have one? Yeah, I was driving through the woods with my dad, and he brought me along because he goes, I need you to stay awake.

You're going to help me to stay awake tonight. So I stayed awake the whole time, and towards the end of the trip, I swear to God, there was three deer on the right hand side of the road. And I had better vision than my dad. My dad wears glasses and stuff. And I go, Dad, look out! And three deer, and he swerved and goes by, and he goes, what was your problem? And I said, Dad, there was three.

There was a mom, a dad, and a baby deer all in the middle. middle of the road. I saved you from hitting him. And in that moment, he's like, there was no deer across the road. I didn't fall asleep. I wasn't dreaming. There was literally deer in the road. And just to this day, he goes, there was never deer in the road. And I go, I saw them for you, dad. I saved us, man. Ghost deer. That's crazy. Yeah. Ghost deer. Well, thanks for sharing that, Ray. It'd be very vulnerable for that. Very vulnerable. Thank you. All right. I wonder if they're really dear or not. Probably. Unless Ray was like half asleep. Right. Half asleep. Not fully asleep. Because I was fully away when I saw a catfish with him in the nose.

That's what worries me about that. Telling you fully awake. I'm mostly worried about these girls. Oh, they're dead. They're good. They've been dead a long time. Yeah. Or the aliens, they shook Eddie's house. I know how I told you? I can not explain to that. All right, that's it. Let's get the show started. Thank you guys for hanging out. Bobby Bone show. Okay, time to go over to the mailbag. You send an email and we read it all the air. It's something we call Bobby's mailbag.

Hello, Bobby Bones. My husband and I, five months pregnant, we just had her gender reveal. It turns out we're having our first boy. About a year ago, my family and I had a discussion on possible names when I told them we hoped for a boy. I told my sister, I love the name Asher. At the gender reveal, my sister informed me that she just got a dog and named it Asher. Hilarious.

Mean. Hilarious. If it doesn't happen to me, that's hilarious. I told her I'd wanted that name and reminded her I brought it up last year to her. Her response was, how was I supposed to remember every name that you? mentioned. Do you think it's possible that she subconsciously named her dog Asher and forgot where she heard it? I still love the name since it was top of my list. Would it be weird to still name my son, Asher, fits the same name as my sister's dog, signed, sister of a baby name

stealer. Now, first of all, I'm going to say this. I don't think your sister knowingly heard the name, saved it in her brain, said, put a pen in it. Wait till we get a dog. Name it that name you wanted. I don't think that happened, especially if you guys have a good relationship. One, she may have heard say Asher and just thought that's a good name. And then it just kind of floated in the brain until it was time to use a name. That happens all the time with content, jokes. People get accused of stealing jokes. But a lot of times either they are stealing songs.

Sometimes there are just melodies that are in there that you hear somewhere and you don't really know where you got. You just know it was somewhere. Maybe you heard it. Maybe you created it. Who knows? You've heard of a dog named Asher? No, but it doesn't matter. We have dogs that have human names.

names. Stanley and Eller. But, no, that's my point. I don't think she did it on purpose. Okay.

She may have heard it and subconsciously went back into that well. I agree. So I wouldn't be mad at her. She has no reason to do that to you. Secondly,

if you want to name your kid or name it Asher, who cares? Most people that meet your kid aren't going to know your sister's dog. That's true too. Exactly. And thirdly,

you could ask your sister to change your dog's name. That's not that hard. You're like, hey, what's his middle name? Oh. You know, so you call it Is Asher Winslow?

See, now it's Winslow. There's no paperwork involved in changing dogs there. I think you just let it rip. Call it ash. No, if you're going to call it something. Ashy.

If you're going to change the name, change it completely from Asher. But it's not a big deal. She doesn't have to change her dog's name for you to name your kid Asher. And then you can always hold it over her head. You named your dog Asher after I told you that we wanted to name our kid Asher.

And the dog will die 10 years. Oh, totally. And Asher will be a full grown adult. Yep. Yeah, the kid's definitely going to outlive the dog. The dog nowhere to be seen. For sure. Absolutely.

So you can still name your kid, Asher. That's what we learned here. And we learned it because I said it, right? Yeah. And then also, don't be mad. Thank you. That's the mail bag. Close it up.

We got your email and we let it on the air. Now it's about to close Bobby's mailbag. Yeah. On the Bobby Bones show now. Megan Maroney. Well, before this interview, everybody's scrambling. Megan's trying to change her name on the computer. I'm trying to shove a piece of toast down my throat because I got like eight seconds.

Megan, good to see you again. How's it going? I'm great, great to see you. Yeah, where are you? I'm in an office right now. In Nashville? Yep. Are you doing a lot of this?

Hey, I'm about to have a number one song and let's do the interview kind of thing? Fingers crossed for that, but yes, that's what today's about. That's awesome. Congratulations, because this is like the greatest press you ever get to do is to go do it to get that number one finally. So a big day, are you, I don't know, when you play this song, is it your final song, Tennessee Orange?

It depends, like on festivals it is, but on my headlining show, we do Tennessee Orange, and then we give them an encore with Lucky. Man, I would like to hear I'm not pretty at the beginning and the end. That's my song, by the way, I'm not pretty. That's a second on set list. Do people, how many of those songs, I mean, I would imagine they sing your whole album back to you at this point, yeah? Pretty much, yeah.

Is it pretty cool just to be able to do a couple words and hold the microphone out and let them sing anything? Yeah, I'm like, okay, y'all are listening, noted. And especially in a time. whenever albums really, I don't know, they're not usually the most streamed all at once because our attention spans are so short. Whenever you did this whole record, was that at all in your mind? Like, how do I get people to listen through, you know, 13 tracks?

Yeah, I mean, the biggest goal when we picked the track list was no skips. And, you know, that was more like, I want every song to evoke a different emotion. And so I think maybe that's why I can keep their attention span or, I don't know. My fans are really loyal, so that maybe it's just them. I don't know. You know, a lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, but they kind of know the melody of a song, and they know the song because they hear it on the radio, and I would imagine we've talked about this before, that a lot of people are confused and they think you're a Tennessee fan. People ever give you Tennessee stuff with like meet and greets? I'm like, here you go. This is 10. And you're like, I'm not really

a Tennessee fan. Yeah, they show. I actually played a show in Mississippi this past weekend, and two girls showed up in like their homemade Tennessee jerseys with Moroni on it and I'm like, okay, whatever, it's fine. Yeah, you know, tell them, right? They probably worked all night on making those jerseys. It's cute. Are you putting any more effort? I won't say effort, but are you putting any more thought into now what you put on social media and will you pull it if it's not successful at first? Because you know on TikTok, I can see if something, if something gives me 30,000 views in like the first 10 minutes, like I know it's going to pop. And if it's real bad, it gets like a thousand. I'm like, well, this is never going to pick up.

Do you worry about that at all? I usually don't post things that I don't like. And if I like it, I'm like, okay, if it didn't get the reaction, or a huge reaction, it's fine because I like it. What are you doing if you have any time off at all? Like, what are you doing to rest? I had a day off yesterday. What did I do?

I went furniture shopping and I went to the pool. Are people recognizing you just out in normal life at this point? Yeah, they do. especially, I mean, like, I don't really go to Broadway too much anymore, but definitely at those like Nashville places like that, like the very Nashville, then yes, but I'm not there too much. Yeah, you should never go on Broadway again, Megan. This is it.

You've now been eliminated from being able to go down on Broadway because tourists come and think all the stars will be there, so they look around for all the stars. And usually there aren't any because everybody knows. Like, I think you've hit that point where you can never go back to Broadway. I'm actually really, I really want to. because I've seen people tag me in Instagram stories where people are covering Tennessee Orange, like, on Broadway. And I think that would be the coolest thing to see that live. So I'd love to do that at some point when I have time off.

So I probably will go for that. Do people ever see other people and think it's you and then tag you like, hey, there's Megan Moroney and it's not you? I actually got a DM yesterday that was like, were you just at the Starbucks on 21st? I'm in love with you. And I was like, I didn't answer. But I was like, nope, that wasn't me. Well, when it hurts is because people will tag other dudes with big rim glasses that are way, listen, I'm no beauty queen, but they're way uglier than me.

And I'm like, they're like, hey, I'm here, Bobby Bones is here. And I'm like, bro, that dude does not look like me at all. Like, that's when it starts to hurt your feelings. Yeah, I was on the lake the other day too. And someone that was like so far away that when they zoomed in, it was like all pixelated, but they found me. And I was like, wow. From far away.

Funny vision, yeah. Well, congratulations on the song. Tennessee Orange, I don't really jinx it. I can say this. You don't have to say this, but it's going to be number one. When did you feel like it had a really good shot to, let's just say, make it to the top? Well, I was on tour last year, and when people, I just had like a feeling that it was going to do well at country radio when everyone was singing it. And I was like the first opener, you know what I mean? Like, and everyone in the whole room was singing the song. And I was like, okay, there's something special about this. I don't know what will happen with it. I think at that point it hadn't even got sent to radio yet.

So I had no idea, but I could tell it was special right away because even it's, you know, I'm a female artist, but a lot of guys in the crowd were belting out the lyrics too. So I figured it was special. And you and I made a deal way early on. I was, I don't even care who the song's about. I'm never going to ask about who the song's about. You've talked about it in other places a little bit. you finally say don't ever stop asking me that question when do you put that out there and say no more asking that question um i don't know if i'm allowed to say that i think everyone can always ask but i feel like i've had a pretty um consistent ambiguous answer so i would say it i'd have your person say it i'd be like don't ask megan who's songs about because i mean i feel like there's more

interesting songs on the record that people could ask who they're about you know yeah uh i'm not pretty who's that about well i guess my ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend and I said that. Yeah, we knew that one. But their name, though. I'm just kidding. Don't answer that. Don't answer that.

Okay, look, congratulations, Megan. It's super cool that, you know, you're killing it now. You're such a great songwriter, you know, and I don't want that to be overlooked that you are just A plus when it comes to songwriting and having a voice of, you know, the people that you're speaking to and speaking for.

So congratulations, and I'll see you sometime real soon, okay? Thank you. I appreciate it. See, Sam. Bye, Megan. It's time for the good news. With producer Eddie. Tell me something good.

Tatum Kelly and Layton Long were both born in Nashville, Tennessee in 2005 as preemie babies. So they were in the NICU unit right next to each other. They were born. Their parents got to know each other because they were at the hospital for so long. Well, now, just a couple weeks ago, Taiton asked Layton to the prom. So they're going to the prom together. And, man, like, hopefully this is a start to them, like falling in love. They get married and they know each other.

You don't put the pressure on them like that. What do you mean? Because they could be listening to the show. They live where we are. Yeah, yeah. And secondly, I think it's cool. They're still, you know, coincidence and cool. But don't be like maybe they get married.

But you hear those stories of like... You do, but don't put pressure on them. Thomas Rent. Oh, man, we've dated since. We've known each other since we were in like, your kindergarten. Dude, they've known each other since the hospital. That is awesome. But don't put pressure on them.

Maybe they'd be friends, you know? Half one of prong. Absolutely. No pressure. No pressure. Amy claimed... I know, I hear you. Amy wants to jump in.

She's like, my friend dated her husband in the premium unit. They didn't date, but they were both in the NICU at the same time. Same hospital, everything. and then later they met when we were at Texas A&M, and they did get married and they do have kids. That's what I'm talking about. I need to see picture proof, though, that one. Okay.

2005 phones. Yeah. They're probably get a little, see the name playing on that baby. I don't know. Amy's got some tall tales sometimes. Whatever. I just told that story pretty recently. NPR.

Can you investigate this? No, they will. Yeah, NPR. And a listener sent me a note. I love that you told that story because my husband and I were also at the same hospital the same time. Yeah, I know everybody's going. Uh-huh. I believe yours, though, Eddie. This is awesome. Oh, I'm

looking at them here. Hey, no pressure, guys. No pressure. Just have fun. If you want to get married, that's good. No, no, no about that. You got a lot of time left in your life. Yeah. All right, that's it. That's what it's all about. That was tell me something good. So the myth is that if you wear red to a wedding, it's a secret sign that you've actually hooked up with a person

that's getting married. Oh. You ever heard this before? No. Well, it's so prevalent now that Fox News is investigating the myth of wearing red to a wedding and if it's a secret sign that you have either hooked up with the groom or the bride. Now, a pair of podcasters have kind of reawakened this. They were talking about it. It went viral.

Fox News is investigating it. So I just had never heard. I'd heard if the bride wore red that she had been up to no good. You didn't heard that? No. That she'd been up to no good for a long time and that she was finally like the scarlet letter, red. But I never saw a bride just show up in red. Or want to admit that.

And it's like, gosh, this story can cause all kinds of problems. Because for anyone that hasn't heard it or that wore red or just likes red. Yeah. And it just was coincidence. You go back through from your picture seven years ago. You find out who's in red and you question your husband over it. Becky's in red. You tell me right now.

And it just so happens he did. And now the wedding. But that's not why she wore red. But that's, oh, that's trouble. But there is a superstitious rumor that suggests that guests who are read to a wedding or sending a secret message. they've been intimate with one of the people that are standing at the altar. Red means you've da-da-da-da with the da-da-da. It's one of the old wives tales.

Again, like if your head's wet and you go out in the cold, you get a cold, which isn't really true either. I'm going to do that next time I go to wedding. But also, you're going to say, just do it fun. You wear red all the time, Bobby. Oh, no. They're going to be looking at the pictures that you're in. I don't wear red to weddings. You want to wear red to your wedding.

I did. What does that mean? What does that mean? You have to know good. That's true. I was about the end. So, yes. I forgot I didn't want to wear a really loud red suit.

And that wasn't met warmly. Sometimes I think people just make up these myths, though, just to go viral. Like anyone that wears a star on their hat is... What's up? That's me. Actually stole from people in the room with. I mean, people just make crap up, you know what I mean? We have Deani on the phone.

Deani, good morning to you. Morning studio. Morning. Here's the question, guys. It's never going to get it. That's the name of the game. The average adult has 10 of these. probably a lot fewer than when they were kids.

And I'm looking at your eyes, go around the room. The average adult has 10 of these. Probably a lot fewer than when they were kids. Now, here's what's going to happen. Deani's on the phone. And if it's gotten right, by whomever, her, you guys, a $50 sonic gift card. Boom, we're going to send it right to her. Yeah.

There'll be a few opportunities here. We can make some decisions strategically. Deani, how do you feel about this? I feel like maybe it's best friends Oh, best friends Ten best friends You know what? What the heck? It's friends, I'm going to give it to her

She won. That's what I have. Friends, good job. Gianni, nice job. You are the winner. I mean, that was quick and easy. Wow. That, I don't know.

The way. It's never happened. Yeah, I was going to have ever happened with a caller. You want another one? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, that was too easy. Can we give her another gift if she nails that one? Yeah, if she gets it, we'll give her $100 total.

Okay, if she gets this, she'll get $100. Yes, exactly. Okay, Deani, let's go again. You can't lose the 50, okay, Deani. Okay. Okay, here we go. The average woman will do this more than 4,000 times in our lifetime. Even though doctors say you shouldn't do it at all.

What is it? The average woman will do this more than 4,000 times in our lifetime. Even though doctors say you shouldn't do it at all. What is it? Think about it. I'm going to give you like 15 seconds. We'll go to Deani first. The smartest caller in the history of shows.

Um, 4,000 times doctors say you shouldn't do it at all. Correct, Deani. Oh, gosh, I'm terrible at listening to doctors. No, I should get this. Um, I don't know. No answer at all. I don't have a guess. She goes from nailing it to not even guessing.

Interesting. She's playing dumb now. A thousand times. The average woman will do this more than 4,000 times in her lifetime, even though doctors say you shouldn't do it at all. Write your answer down, guys. What, come in and do it? I'm in. I'm in.

Like, why wouldn't men do it too? Yeah, think about that. Because women have to do it. I'm not giving any hints. I'm just reading you the question based on the data. I'm not saying men don't do it at all. I'm not reading you this. I'm not saying men do,

but I'm saying the average American woman will do this more than 4,000 times in her lifetime. Just don't read too much into it. Okay. Are you in? No. Okay, because you've written nothing down and you went okay. Has it?

Have they in? Yeah, I've been in for like an hour. Hey, they've in. In for the win. No, I'm in for the win. You don't say my saying. Oh, is that a saying? Oh.

Don't even have a phone. Okay, I'm in. Okay, Amy's now in. Okay. Deani, if any of them get it right, you win, okay? Okay. Amy. Drink too much.

Four thousand times. What in the world? Not it. Lunchbox. Put makeup on. Put makeup on. Why do the doctor's not to do that? I don't know.

I don't know anything about makeup. So I think it's bad for your skin. Incorrect. Eddie. That's close. lunchbox, but it's pluck your eyebrows. Don't do that. No. Incorrect.

Morgan. Morgan. I had dye their hair. That's a lot for 4,000 times. Incorrect. Amy, you can't throw your hands up and act on you got it. This won't count. No, no, we have another round to do, though. Okay.

And when lunchbox says this, you yell at him. Okay. If she doesn't get it, penalty. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Because she is throw.

I mean. She does complain when you do that she just did. I just got excited. No, you had like, you threw your hands up and you're like, stop talking. I want to say that. I mean, you were interrupting. No, you were not. Yes, I did.

Gianni. You still there? Yes. This is gone. This is a mess. However, they're each writing down one more answer. You can pick that they got it right or they didn't get it right as a group. Which one do you think will happen?

They'll get it or they won't get it. Won't get it. Okay. If nobody gets it, she wins. Lunchbox. Pop pimple. Correct. Boom!

Boom! Boom! I had it. You had a kid. Stop! Stop, guys. Stop. You want to see it's written down, though.

It's written down, man. I went two for two today. Boom. Okay, you did. You did. Deanna, you still won $50. I'm confused by this segment because it went in every direction possible. You still won $50 to Sonic.

Let's clap for Deani. So, back to them real quick. The average adult has 10 friends and the average friendship lasts about 17 years. And as kids, we have sometimes double and triple that. And the average American woman will do this more than 4,000 times in our lifetime. That is pop a pimple. doctors say you shouldn't do it. Eight and ten women admit to pop in pimples.

I pop every. I mean, yeah, guys do it. Who doesn't pop pimples? Totally. But that's the deal. Deani, you are a winner. Lunchbox, good job.

Eddie, Amy, good job. Thank you. Well, we got it right, too. We just didn't answer it. That's correct. They sure did. Let them have their shine, too. But you get doubled of flowers today.

Thank you. There you go. This is a voicemail from Alyssa in Pennsylvania. Hey, I got a question for the studio. Is it? normal to kiss your pets. So my boyfriend and I have two cats and I absolutely love them to death. One way I show my love to them is by kissing them on the head.

But my boyfriend is totally disgusted by this because most of you have pets. And I think even Amy tried to lick her cat one time. Curious what you think about kissing your cats and dogs. I think it was a big kisser of the dog until there were just so many stories going, you will die of some sort of bacteria from your dog. Whoa. If you kiss them on the face. I think kiss them on the head's not as big a deal.

But the face's got all those germs. It's like our mouths. And the thing about an animal, and his bites dirty, but his licks clean, don't believe that crap. That's old school. That's like you go outside

and your hair's wet, you're going to get a cold. Like, scientifically, it just ain't true. That's what our me-moss told us. But it's okay if you kiss the top of your dog's head. You know,

I'll let my dog sometimes lick like the bridge of my nose. like a bridge of my nose because I got him used to like but now he wants a kiss all time so now he'll just like bridge of the nose and I'll clean it off. It ain't weird it's fine. Just wash your mouth, wash your face. Yeah I mean I think it's a great way to bond

with your pets. Ella licks my ear. They love it. She came and I'll be like what up. She put my head down. She'll lick my ear. But that's her kissing you. Yeah, that's so sweet. Not you kissing her. We don't do spot to spot. In any way whatsoever. Yeah. Spot to spot doesn't happen but one spot to a spot that's not, spot to not is okay.

Or not to spot, but not spot to spot. It's loving for them, but also it gives us love too. Like we feel, like you feel something when your dog kisses you, right? No, I'm okay.

I'm like, oh, that feels good, buddy, but I don't like it. It's gross. Oh. Yeah, yeah. I love it. Here's Amy's pile of stories. Okay, so they say when you have any alcohol,

it's very important to have equal amounts of water. Like if you have one alcoholic drink, you drink a glass of water. They say that. Is that normal? Is that what you guys do? No. No.

No change. Oh, you don't. No way. No, no. You have like four and then one. Right. It's very hard to keep up. Okay.

Got it. Well, this boxed wine company has partnered with that essential water or whatever, you know what I'm talking about. And they're selling two boxes of wine side by side or two boxes side. One is full of rosé and the other one is full of water. And they both have a little spouse. You go. You get your thing a wine. You go.

You get your thing. a water and they're trying to promote this whole thing. But I think it's a win for the water company and a win for the house wine rosé. Or you get cheaper, get the box of wine and use your sink. There you go. Save a little money. The water hose.

Yes, exactly. Well, this could be cute for a party. I agree. It's novel. It's novel. And it's a reminder. To drink water when you drink alcohol. So how do you feel about government surveillance inside your home?

Huh? What kind of question is that? What kind of question is that? Russia? I know. I honestly. I'm sure we have it. What are you talking about?

Listen, Alexa, our iPhones, everything can hear all that we're saying. For example, I accidentally hit the little microphone. My text message was up. It's a little microphone on my text message. And what that does, it allows you to speak, not record your voice in a text, but the words that you say it writes out. You guys ever use this? Yeah. Everything I was saying in a segment, write it all out, it's able to do that and send it wherever it wants to send it.

And you guys over here like making jokes. Hey, I did pick up my phone the other day and it had the green light on it like the camera was on, but there was no camera on. Wait, there's a light that comes on when you're going on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like in front, in the front screen. It tells you what your camera's on. Really? Yeah.

And then when I saw it, I looked at it and then it went away. I always take my phone if I'm in the bathroom, if I'm peeing or whatever. If I have my phone with me, I take it and I put it under something and cover it up. Smart, man. Because I don't want people watching me. They want to see you. One or two. I think there's a band.

Sure enough, there's a green light. I didn't know that. Never noticed that before. So what are you talking about surveillance and homes? Well, because this survey was taken and 30% of Americans say they would be fine with government surveillance cameras in every household to prevent illegal activity, domestic violence, other things that may happen. It's there, but you shouldn't be fine with it because that allows it to be even more belated. Like literal cameras of the government with can't this is 1984 George Orwell

We're already there except they're hiding it from us a little bit No, you got 30% you're crazy You don't want more cameras in your home I'm just making sure nobody in this room felt that way Oh yeah let's ask No no they won't say yes anyway Okay go ahead but also our security cameras Maybe government has access to that

Oh they have access to anything that's online If you think they don't you're wrong Okay what else Garth Brooks apparently wants to bring back Chris Gaines his alter ego. Saw that. Like five new albums, right? He said that, yeah,

there's five Gaines albums that have yet to be created. I liked Chris Gaines. I've been on the record to say it. I loved it when he was Chris Gaines when I was a kid. I thought Chris Gaines got a raw deal. They never put the movie out that he actually was Chris Gaines for.

The lamb. Yeah, people were just like, why is he doing this weird thing? Well, it's part of a much, of a much bigger. And also like purple-haired pop, Chris Gaines. And it was so out of the box

that people just didn't understand it in the 90s. No, we didn't know that. We don't know the story. Like, you explain it now? Why because internet wasn't there. That's right. Internet's awesome. All right, Amy, is that it?

Yep, maybe that's my pile. That was Amy's pile of stories. It's time for the good news. With Bobby. Tell me something good. Gracie Majors is 94 years old. She takes the bus to the market all the time up in Michigan. She got on the bus, and she wasn't all the way seated and she fell down.

She's 94 years old. You hate to see anybody fall down. Somebody 94, that's trouble. So they called the ambulance. Ambulance. It took her into the doctor. but this cop showed up. His name is Corey Garrison.

He goes with her to the hospital. He then goes, I'm going to make sure you get home, and he takes her home. This is Sergeant Cory Garrison talking about how it was important for him to make sure she was okay and that she got home. So it was important to me to make sure she was okay. So I met her grandson at the time, and I told him if he was okay, I wanted to come back and check on her. So they became kind of friends, and they would talk every few days. Now, every week, they see each other, and he helps her get to the market. and then get back home.

It's kind of their routine. That's cool. And it's just, it's a police officer who does not have to do this. We hope they will. We hope they'll go the extra mile for people, citizens. But they definitely don't have to. And this is an officer who now takes part of his day, volunteers it, and goes and helps this 94-year-old woman.

And also, I hope when I'm 94, I'm still getting out to the market. Yeah, right. That's awesome. I'm not falling. I hope I'm alive. I know, that's it. We're walking it back. Great story.

Officer Garrison, you're awesome. that is what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me. Clifford Taylor the 4th.

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