The Bobby Bones Show - SORE LOSERS: Stories From Jamaica

Episode Date: March 6, 2026

In this episode we finally get to hear about Ray's trip to Jamaica! Ray talks about his time at the dive bar with the locals to buying a tree that his wife wanted for their time on the island. Also the stress Ray endured thanks to trying to hide the tree in the hotel room and Ray has a new love for Red Stripe Light. Plus many more stories of relaxation and a breakdown of every drink consumed on the island of Jamaica! A few days early but Stories From Jamaica has arrived!!!!! Get ready to meet Teddy Bear who became Ray's best friend in Jamaica. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey, this is it, guys. We're headed down to Jamaica. Oh my goodness. We have been waiting for this for weeks, days, months, and we are finally going to hear about Jamaica, man. Jamaica! You're Jamaican me crazy. After the break. No, no, we're not taking it.

We've been doing it for 26 seconds. It's called it tease. We're not doing a break. But before we get to Jamaica, I mean, I need to know, like going into Jamaica. Like, I need to know the process of Jamaica, getting to Jamaica. I need to feel what it's like to leave American soil and touch down in Jamaica. I need to know, like, do you have an early flight? So right when you get in, you can see the beautiful beaches.

The sun is still shining. Is it a nighttime flight? So you have to wait to enjoy Jamaica until the next day? I need to set the scene in this first, you know, little segment, I would say. Instead of dropping right into the Jamaica story, I need to know how we got there. I want to set the mood. Mon. They have land, trees, and sun, just like us.

Third world country, Ray, how poor really are they? That's not what I'm saying. I got you. We hit the airport late flight. You got us. You see this. All right. I'm telling you now.

No, we'll start the show. Oh. And then we got to get into it. Like, then I want to know, like, bags packed early. Are you panic packing? What am I? That's a stupid question. That's a dumb question.

Because you're already freaking out about other things. Ray, is it a rush like a kidnapping? No, no, no. No, dude, just packing for an airport, man. No. Because me, I panic pack and I pack like an hour before my flight. That sounds kinky. Like, I just, my time management skills are not the best.

And we've talked about it on this pod. Like when we're planning coaches conventions, I'm always like, yeah, I'm going to get it done. I'm going to get it done. We're going to get it done early, early, early. And then hasn't really happened that way. So that's what I was referring to. But let's just start the show and then I'll explain. We're going to do it live.

We are the one, two, three. Soar losers. From Jamaica. What's up, everybody? I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports. Suckie of the sports facts. My sports opinions.

because I'm pretty much a sports genius. Y'all, it's Sisson. I'm from the North, but this show I'm from Jamaica, man. And I got land, man, 2.3333 acres, man. I live with my wife, man. Justin is supposed to be looking after our kid, man, at Vanderbilt, man. But Justin moved to Michigan men for the foreseeable future, man,

which is thousands of miles away from Jamaica and thousands of miles away from Nashville, Tennessee, man. Over to you, Ma'an, but probably then back to me, man. Yeah, so as you're headed out for Jamaica, are you packed days in advance? Baser is because she works from home and she's able to do that. Oh, pack a hat one day, braw the necks, panties, thong. You know, so she's me, I would almost say, what is it?

What'd you call it? Panic packing. Kinky panic? Nope, no. Panic packing. So, like, yeah, I'll like kind of foreplay, like choke myself in panic and then pack that hour before. Okay. I'm similar to you.

I'm doing laundry at 2 a.m. in the morning if we're leaving at 5. Thank you. That's how I pack and my wife hates it. It drives her nuts that I just am like, ah, you know, I'll get ready. We've got to be at the airport in three hours. I'm like, yeah, so that's pretty a time to do two loads of laundry, figure out what I need, put it in a suitcase, and we can roll it to the airport. That drives her insane. So you aren't panic.

You're panic packing. Bay is packed. do you bring sunscreen or do you buy sunscreen? Fully loaded, used about one bottle of the 10. So remember that guys for the cruise and for the next convention. You don't need all the sunscreen you're going to pack. Okay. And so how are you going airport?

Is Phil taking you? Are you driving, leaving your vehicle, you Ubering? What's the plan getting to the airport? Bring our vehicle and VIP Park where you park right next to the airport. Rich, rich. Don't ever let Bayzer do it because there's no turning back. Once you give a street cat satin sheets, they never go back to the street. We learned that if you take an Uber, it's just awkward,

and that's not how you want to come back to America. Their exit or entrance. And then also, when you park there, you realize you still pay 18 a day. If you VIP, it's 28. It's $10 more a day. For VIP, they warm your car. They wash the thing. heck, I think the guy farts in the seat

before you get there. It's great. You get off the airplane and your car's waiting for you. It is pretty fantastic. I used to do one of those services you park off property and we had a deal with the station here and one of the companies.

And so they would wash your car and they would have it started and they would shuttle would pick you up, drive you right to your car. Boom. You're in and out in five minutes. A place with belly up. It's no longer. or there. So now I just pay the outrageous prices that it costs to park at the freaking airport. Well, you know who taught me that coach. He said, hey, dude, nobody knows about it. You can park

right there and you live like a celebrity and it's not very expensive. I did it one time when I was going to Florida. My family was already down there and we were working and we were going to be Friday and Saturday Sunday. I was going after the show Friday. And I mean, I had a flight at one 30 and we were at the building till 1230 and I had to get on the airplane. The plane was leaving Nashville in one hour from when we said, okay, everybody have a good weekend. And I drove so fast to the airport. Like, I mean, so fast.

No, no, no. There was a fire truck. Hit the fire truck. Well, it's this thing. Oh, never mind. We don't need that. There was a fire truck with its lights on. and I was passing it on the highway

because I did not want to miss my plane. And I said, that is a bad sign when I am driving that fast to get to the airport. Why'd you pass me? Why'd you get a, give me a ticket? I don't know, you passed a fire truck? With its lights on. And I pulled up to this VIP.

You got me. This VIP thing that you are talking about. And I said, hey, man, I need a ticket. I need a ticket. He said, Oh, sir, you're going to have to wait in line. You know what I mean? There's two cars in front of you.

I said, man, I'm going to miss my flight. He goes, sorry, man. And I said, I'll just leave the keys on the seat. Do you really want to just leave your car there with the keys on the seat? Yeah. I was like, yeah, I'll just find it when I get back. Been to find out. I'll just find it when I get back.

Pull up. It goes, you think it's going to be just that easy. We'll just be able to find the car where the guy didn't take a ticket. Dude, you argue with everybody. I don't even say but one word to the VIP person. Keys, hi, see you a Sunday. I was in such a hurry that I was going to miss the flight that I was just going to leave the keys, not even get a ticket and figure it out when I got back.

Then to find out. And then I pulled out a $10 bill or $20 bill and he goes, oh, here's your ticket right now. Boom. Made the flight. But go ahead. So you're going to park VIP. Sorry. We're not even out of the airport, dude.

I know. This Jamaica story is going to be a two-parter. So you go and. Ray, you go to Gate D? No, no. Are you flying out in the morning or the evening? the afternoon, what time are you leaving Nashville? This trip was so long ago.

Let me go back in my head. I believe it's always early flight. So yes, it was wee hours of the morning. We probably left at 6 a.m. Thank you. I just want to know what it's going to be like when we get to Jamaica. Is it going to be daytime? Well, that's the problem.

It was going to be where we could sneak in one hour of sunlight. Well, in Florida, because we had connecting flights, we hit a bird. We had to return back to Orlando or Miami or Fort Lauderdale. One of the three don't know how to bow. three times that many drinks. And so then we were delayed and we didn't get in probably till 10 p.m. No.

So we couldn't squeeze in the hour of sunlight and we couldn't even do a dinner. Oh, man. So that's also where we got the pro tip that sometimes you go a day before your reservation because you still get charged for that day. Oh, man. That's rough, ma'am.

Oh. We're only there for five bangers. So we almost got four and a half. I had no idea that there was travel delays because of Burt. That's what he said. he said because of it maybe blocking the engine that we had to turn around. And so then you go back to the airport.

And of course, I'm body and drinks. How many can you squeeze in? I told Bezor, minimum an hour and a half. They fixed it in like 40 minutes. I was still at the bar. I ran back onto the flight as it was basically pulling off. Been there. Been there.

I said, well, first of all, reception isn't good in the airport. Never got your texts. And holy crap. Did not know Mr. Coxter here that that pilot was going to be able to fix an engine with a Seagull in it in 40 minutes. Props to him. Hey, oh, where's my seat? Oh, it's not reserved still. This is actually before the fact when you could have a reserve seat. Now it was fill in. Maybe got lucky sat next to it. Nobody sat in the front seats because it was a bigger dude. So we sat next to a bigger dude and he was a recovering alcoholic. I said, I'm in recovery too, gambling addict. And he goes, here's my drink tickets. So the whole time we're body and drinks right next to this guy recovering from it. Wow.

And he was doing Discord. He was on some crazy, wacky stuff on his internet. But we got great seats and two drink tickets all because we sat next to the big dude. What was he head to Jamaica for? He wasn't going to Jamaica. So that actually might have been the flight to Florida. Okay, got it. I was going to say, that dude did not go to Jamaica with us.

He was, uh, it would have been burnt like a crab, dude. That guy got off in Florida at some Discord convention. Hey, it had a bit of beached whale. You know what? Now you bring it up, he wasn't going to Ocho Rio. He hadn't seen the sun in like two years. He wasn't going to Montego Bay, man. All right, man.

Oh, man. Oh, that's funny, Ma'am. So you get to Jamaica. Tell me about getting to Jamaica. What's it like? Is it hot? Is it like, tell me about Jamaica. What's the, everybody friendly right when you get out the plane,

hey, welcome to Jamaica, Mon. Hey, welcome to Jamaica, man. I believe we're in the vicinity of about 10 drinks each at that point. I remember getting off the plane and this dude was talking my ear off and he was telling me about this Negril. Got to go to Negril. He had like his sorority daughter and fraternity son next to him, his wife. It almost looked like the people from the show that's amazing where they're in Europe and

they go to Taiwan and it's my favorite show, White Lotus. Yeah. It was exactly like that family. Got it. And so he's guys going crazy. He looks like a stock trader. the wife looks stressed out and she's on pills maybe and but he goes got to go to nogreel it's amazing i go well we're actually going to ocho rio so we're not even going to nogreel but he's still pitching me

on the grill i guess like we got to check out nigrille next time so remember that and then immediately once we get through whatever we're going through customs there's a bmw waiting to pick us up basically with a bow on it and the guys wearing a santa hat let's go i got the pick we'll put it on the gram. I can't wait. And so that's it. We did, you could have paid, I want to say, $100 for a bus with 20 other sweaty Americans. No. Or 150 for a VIP, what happened to be a BMW car. I'll do that. Yeah. And so dude, dude is amazing except for Beezer gets with emotional with the dude because he's away from his family on Christmas. It was Christmas Day. Oh. And so basically goes, I'm so sorry you have to

drive us. Laura, Beezer, it's his job. Let him do it. And he goes, yeah, I'm just happy to make money. This is awesome. And she goes, I'm so sorry. We're taking you away from your family. Bezor, it's his job.

And so I'm sure we tip the dude $40 after we had already paid him like $150. So you paid extra for the parking at the airport. You paid extra for the transportation. You are rich, rich. Okay. But we save up for this. We don't go on vacation on the cheap. If we do it, we've already put an entire five paychecks towards it.

We get it. You're like, you're trying to be like, Joe from Sarasota. I get it. I understand. Trying to impress your young wife. I got it. And it's also one of those things. There was no gambling there. And you weren't allowed to tip there. Oh. Yeah. It was some resorts.

How terrible. Well, because some resorts that's just known, oh, you've got to tip the maids or the cleaning people. You got to tip the bar guy, the bar keep, the bar back, the restaurant person at your table at breakfast, $2. A person that turns down your bed, $2. This one, they said no tipping or people get fired. So,

we still bring 500 because we're going to tip people on the slide, you know? Yeah. And so the, obviously, BMW guy, boom, you've just been, you've been blessed. You've been sided. And so two minutes outside of the airport, we're stopping, getting some tree. He stopped just for a minute, comes back with the entire shrub. We're never going to burn through all that. Maybe all we need is a leaf.

You know what I mean? Got it. And so. Got it, Ma. Like, we've already made two terrible bit money decisions. We give this dude a $40 tip when he's already getting paid. Look at him. He's driving a better vehicle than us in America. Like, seriously.

The dude was driving a beams. A BMDubster. Was it a, no, it wasn't a Benz. It was a BMW. I drive a Trailblazer from 20 years ago. Good gosh. You don't have to tip the man. And he was a absolute blast and a vibe.

But it's dark. So we're not really able to see. You can see some lights up in the hills. That's what Jamaica's cool for. You can see the hills. You can see the shanties. you can see the third world country. And Costa Rica, you can see that too.

I would say... I'm staying out of Costa Rica, man. I know. Surfer, dude. But places like Aruba and what's in a Turks and Caicos and Dominican Republic, there's no hills. So you're just seeing flat at night. You're not going to see anything. This, you're seeing the lights.

You're seeing what makes it, you know, you're seeing a family. You see Bolt? You saying? Yeah. Seeing flags. They're proud of Jamaica there. But yeah, so you're seeing some stuff thanks to the hills. but it's about an hour and a half drive from this airport.

Oh my gosh, I'm passing out. And I still don't even know what airport we flew into. Either it was Montego Bay or Ocho Rio. Because Ocho Rio is right next to where we were at. So I'm pretty sure we flew into Montego Bay. That's why the flight or the drive was in an hour and a half. And the guy at the pool, I'd already told that story. Remember his wife?

Very attractive, massive mountain range. They were hammered, left the Rolexes at the pool. I kept telling the guy that we flew into Ocho Ria and I told him our drive was an hour and a half. He probably thought I was crazy because it's like a five-minute drive. Yeah. He probably thought this dude doesn't. I told the dude the wrong airport for an entire conversation of five hours. It happens, man.

You're not supposed to know. You're not Jamaica familiar. You know, you're new. He goes, what, you went to, you went to Ocho Rio? Yeah, yeah, we flew in there. Huh. Yeah, it was an hour and a half drive. You went to Ocho Rio?

Yeah, you know, bamboo uptown. Open, wide air. You know, not a lot of flights. Yeah. We got to take a break, but that guy was so confused. We're still in the car driving to the resort. And we haven't got to the resort yet. We're at the resort.

We just got there. We just got there. And they just walking with open arms or what? We did make one more pit stop. Let me tell. Let me hear it. Beezer didn't know how to properly plant the tree. Got it.

So that guy helped plant the tree while I went to this little dive bar all by myself with American money. and there's 10 people at the bar look at me like, we hate American. Oh. So I didn't, the love from Jamaica

doesn't happen until you get to the resort. Up until then, it's a crowd that knows like three words. We hate American. I roll up to this bar hot. I got American money.

I want some drink. I want some red stripe. I have eight eyes looking at me and all of them are saying, we hate American. They're not your best friend, huh? No. You were, wait, so you're telling me, you were walking in thinking, hey, Cizondra Mon!

That's what you were thinking. You were thinking it was going to be open arms. Arms wide open. What's that song? With arms wide open. The Love Mon was in the BMW Mon when we got picked up. The Love Mon is at the resort Mon. But when I was at the dive bar, Ma, just trying to get a Red Stripe, Mon, they probably

overcharged me $20 because I think I gave them a tour. 20 and it was like in a dollar beer there because their prices are really cheap. Yeah. And it didn't get money back. And then yeah, yeah, yeah, they weren't very kind to me there. Oh, that's unfortunate. And that was really my first, I'm in Jamaica, man. Oh, hey, man, Bob Marley, man.

Hey, who is St. Bolt, man. We hate American. Oh. Like you walked in and then the, the music stopped. Yes. And so then we got out of there, got in the BMW. everything was properly planted and we were ready to head to the resort, baby.

I love it. When you pulled to the resort, is there a gate? I saw it on the way out, not on the way in. Things were a little blurry. I'm in and out of consciousness. Got it. Not really that intense, but things are a little fuzzy, okay? There wasn't a gate.

I saw it on the way out. But yeah, we roll up and it's just, it's beautiful. The Christmas lights, there's presents, Christmas trees lining the row, and there's a huge soldier, a Christmas soldier from, you know, from all the stories we used to read as kids. They made us feel like it was a tropical Christmas the minute we were there. We're at the resort. We need to take a break.

Yeah. And we're going to go over the front desk. We're going to check in. We're going to come back and tell you the rest of Jamaica. The rest of the story is where we're going to meet. After the break, Teddy Bear. Teddy Bear after this. The 2026 NFL draft is here and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles.

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And we didn't know precisely where the location was where you could go get those. Nice resort, but it's not really signs. They try to make it look all sexy. so we're just kind of looking around. When the corner, this dude comes out and he goes, hey, are you guys looking for espresso martinis, Ma. We go, well, yeah, yeah, we are. And he goes, I know, Ma, this really nice place, Ma'an.

It's just right around the corner. I'll show you, Ma'an. And I said, thank you so much, sir. What is your name? And he goes, What? Teddy Bear, Ma'am. What are you doing?

I started. Why? You idiot. I only did 30 seconds. You idiot. You didn't. miss anything. I'm not... I'm not... I'm not... I'm only did 30 seconds. Now I'm all thrown off, man. I did 30 seconds, Ma. But why would you do that, Mon? I was sitting there just waiting for you

and I heard you do your whistle, but I thought that meant you were getting a drink doing something and I look in here and he's talking about teddy bear. I did it to piss you off. You don't piss me off, man. Just confuse me more like it. But there's no, I'm not angry. I'm just like, huh. So, uh, yeah. I will get, I guess I'll just, yeah, how long we've been doing this now? 2020.

20, 20. Hell of a documentary, Ray. I don't know. 140. Oh my God. Whatever. So why not just say, hey, lunch. I'm ready, man.

Is this exact reason to piss you off? No, no, no. Do I sound pissed off? No, I just did it to see how long I could tell the story with, before you came in here. I was just like, man, Ray. went to the bathroom and it's been gone a while. I guess I'll wander down there and see if he's back. Oh, he's already talking. It's in use. The mics are on. And I did it to show the listeners that I could do a show without you. Oh. So for 40 seconds, they learned that. That's pretty impressive.

That's pretty impressive. So are you going to recap it or am I just going to have to catch up? Dimly lit resort. It was 9 p.m. and we needed a nightcap. We wanted an espresso martini. Out of the corner comes this guy, Teddy Bear. Mon, I'll show you where espresso martinis are, Ma'an. Did he work at the hotel or was he a guest? Yes. Had the name tag, white shirt, pants. And so we go to the espresso bar.

And it's kind of hidden bookshelves and all that. We would have never found it. Wait, wait, wait. There's a special bar for an espresso. Yeah. Espresso martinis. Expresso martinis. Got it.

But remember, you can't tip these people. So we get there and me and Bays are combined. Have probably put enough. drinks down to float a boat. But we're still feeling pretty good. We remember it all. You know what I'm just saying, but if you think about it, heavy travel day, heavy drinking. Yeah.

And we got the free drinks on the flight from that dude that was a recovery. That's right. That was doing his sheets. And so we go to this espresso martini bar and what do you think? Bazer's already doing the tipping. Hey, I'm bartender. We're so amazing. Here, here.

I know you guys can't take tips. Oh, boy. I'm going to slip you this. So she slips the bartender 40. $1.00 teddy bear. We don't know precisely the exact amount, but between $100 and $150

we tip teddy bear. For showing you where the bar is? Have you ever met us when we're drunk? We're the nicest people in the world. Oh my God. And Beezer thinks that everybody's poor. Bezor, this kid

probably has a condo. And he was so nice. How far did he walk you? Like, two Bears? Us to the Bobby Montreau studio? Oh my gosh. It was a great espresso martini. And so we wake up the next morning.

We thought we got robbed. We realized we tipped Teddy somewhere between north of 100 and south of 200. And that is where the story starts. Teddy bear. Teddy bear. So I'm assuming that teddy bear, add to that tip, is going to be in your hip pocket all weekend, all week. So over the next four days, if we were at a brunch, oh, hey, teddy bear.

If we were at a pool, hey teddy bear. How have you guys been doing, Mon? Good, man, good, man. Hey, I have my DJ tonight, Ma. Would you want to swing by and listen to my music, Ma? Maybe. Maybe we will. After dinner. Hey, man.

Remember, I'm DJing tonight, man. I'll see you guys later. Thanks, man. Yeah, just let me know. the following morning. Oh, sorry, we didn't come. Dude, it was late at night. It didn't come.

It's okay, man. Later on today, man, we're putting together a skid out here in the plaza. You should come by and see, man. I'll be one of the dancers. Okay. Oh, sounds good. Thank you, Teddy Bear.

Yeah, man. No worries, man. If it was a pool, if it was a brunch, if it was a after dinner, if it was it just walking around, Teddy Bear. Teddy Bear. Oh, hey, Teddy Bear.

Teddy Bear. Teddy bear. Teddy bear. That leads me to the climax of teddy bear. So why is Teddy Bear being nice to us? Like, why? Because you tipped him so much money. Get in here, Scoob.

I'm only in the middle of a Jamaica story. Yeah. Teddy bear, man. Teddy bear. Two spots, but then you remember there's mentions in the podcast. Got it. I don't know where you're doing that. Oh, yeah, yeah.

We'll talk about that, ma'am. We're in Jamaica, Ma'an. They won't be able to make it to demolition derby. You want to see Jamal Brasda. Yeah. Demolition Derby, you know, the week of 223. All right, we got it. It's going to be in Shelbyville, Tennessee, March 8th at Cooper Steel Arena.

Come see me. If you're in Jamaica right now, you're not going to be able to get there. But, hey, come on. Let's do it. So are we taking a break or I can roll real quick? No, you can roll real quick. So the final pool day. I mean, Teddy Bear has been there for everything.

I would say shy of being in the bedroom with us for nodding. time. He has seen us do everything. He has been on every pool chair with us. He's been on every inflatable. We'll be actually in the water and he's hanging over the edge. Teddy Bear was a threesome. We were a thruple with Teddy Bear, the entire trip. Come to the last day. Why is Teddy Bear being so nice to us? Why? Because the big tip, that's one of them, but then also. And that's obviously not the answer. I knew you want to know it. No, no. I know. Why is he being so nice to us? It's not the money. No, I know. Trict you. That's how a good host tricks you. That was really good. Hey, this is a good crime pocket. It's like a plot twist. And so I'm going to say he was really

nice to you because he thought you liked to clock. No. Incorrect answer. Oh. So the final pool day, I'm severely hung over, but I'm still drinking. Naturally, it's a vacation. Yeah, got to. And so they're bringing redstripe lights. We're doing these mudslides. Bays are probably We did a Bob Marley at one point. There was a blue drink that I told you about, the coral blue. We're mixing all these. I'm so hungover. I'm trying to check NFL scores.

It was on Sunday. I mean, I'm shaking. I can barely pull up. Oh, Patriots are winning again. Okay, God. Oh, Titans are down by 50. Got it. I can barely scroll my phone, much less do the request that Teddy Bear was about to come up with.

Teddy Bear rolls over. Oh, man. It's okay. Don't worry. You didn't come to any DJ set of mine over the last four days. It's okay, man. Even though I invite you, Bon, Mon, I invite you. this, I invite you that. You don't come to nothing,

Ma'an. I thought we've friends, ma'an. Every night at 11 p. He had a DJ set. We never went once. Got invited 200 times. So you could have seen the next dead bals, and you have no idea. Teddy was on the stacks of wax every night at the whiskey club, and

it was always raging till two. I told Teddy, we really don't stay out late. But Teddy, Mon, it's okay, man. Don't even worry about it, man. Hey, let me ask you this one favor, ma'am. So if you go on, man, if you go trip advisor man there man you can fill out man that i was good to you man you can say how teddy bear man at this resort make sure you name the resort man was exceptional man man if you do this

for me man you just you just say teddy bear man duns river man then man that's how we get promotions man if we get enough trip advisor good comments and positive feedback man that's how you you go level up man so you guys would help me level up man so he wants us to do these yelp and trip advisor things so aforementioned bro i'm shaking so bad i i couldn't even pull up x and be like teddy bear send to the world i'm shaking so bad and so bayser bless her soul she has to with decent wifi has to download trip advisor she has to download yelp she has to download google messenger comment on trips and and she has to fill out 140 characters. So say you say teddy bear was comfortable and just a big old teddy bear.

That's like 20. Beezer had to write four paragraphs on every one of these apps for this dude. Sometimes she would run out. She'd be at 100 and she'd just do a bunch of emoji smiley phases. I go, Bezor, bless your soul, because I can't even function. right now to get on my phone right now in this tropical paradise because I'm recovering, okay? I'm actually going to give up drinking because holy crap, the effects are brutal. But Beezer for an hour and a half probably at the pool on our final day, Teddy Bear is on our

lily pad and our pool bed that we paid $150 for camped out the entire afternoon waiting for Beezer to do all these comments on all these different apps and stuff. Oh my gosh. So that could be the end of the story. Oh, I thought that was it. I thought, okay, he's got proof. He's going to leave you alone. The end of the story really is,

don't ever tip these people when they say not to tip because holy crap, that got annoying, talking to Teddy Bear every single time of the day. Regardless of where the sun was in the sky, Teddy Bear was 20 feet away from us. And did she do them a favor?

Yes, they can also get in trouble for it at these resorts. And she snuck the bartender 20, so hopefully that espresso bartender never got fired. Hopefully Teddy Bear never got fired. And that's the lesson there. But there is all that to say this, I think Teddy Bear actually did get fired. Oh, no.

So Beezer filled out all that stuff, did all the comments, whatever. We did the stuff for him. And then we finally got rid of him. Well, he comes over and he gives me a shot glass. It says Jamaica on it. Yeah, and it said Teddy Bear's last day. I go, thank you, Teddy Bear. Thank you so much.

This is no lie. This is a dead, God's honest, true story. I take this shot glass and we wanted to go play. Bingo. Why not do a poolside bingo? Why not? We go over there. You couldn't, the universe couldn't have written this up any better. The host of bingo, what is his name? Teddy bear.

The host of bingo, his name is Ray. Oh. And so when we all introduce each other, who do you think he's going to know and look at and be the most memorable? Ray. The guy that has the same name as him, Ray. Correct. So the entire time he's saying, Ray this, Ray that, oh, Ray, how are you doing, Ray?

well, I took the shot glass that Teddy Bear had given slash stolen. And he goes, Ray, how did you get that shot glass? We haven't even played the game yet. And I go, I got it from Teddy Bear. Teddy Bear came over and we were like helping him out. And he's like, here you go. Here's a free shot glass. No.

The only reason he gave a crap about me is because my name was Ray in this universe where the host's name's Ray. And Teddy Bear stole a shot glass and gave it to me. It was the same shot glass that they gave at Bingo if you won. I learned that five minutes later when I won and I said, Vingo! And Ray comes over and hands me the same shot glass that Teddy Bear had already stolen for me. And it was then confirmed that Teddy Bear stole a shot glass to thank us for all the reviews,

but that stolen shot glass may have sealed his fate. So I don't know if Teddy Bear got the promotion and leveled up or if Teddy Bear got fired. And I will hang up and listen. Wow. That is a story from Jamaica. And that Jamaica shot glass, hot, stolen piece of merchandise is sitting on our table in Nashville, Tennessee right now. That's beautiful, dude. That was a great storytelling.

That was worth the wait. And we'll take a break. What's the time? The 26 NFL draft is here. the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Rodriguez after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down over the three days in Pittsburgh.

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or wherever you get your podcasts. 3208. Man, do you have any more? Do you have one more story from Jamaica? I told you about the tree when we landed. Yeah, you told us about the, uh, yeah, I could, I could say that the, the, how you got a strike on the catamaran, you told that at the live pod. Well, then, no, the tree. I can tell you about the tree, just because I had alluded to it earlier. Thank you.

So we had the tree that we had got five minutes off again off of Jamaica plane because Bayser had heard seen on the movies about this tree. So we got a Jamaican tree Got it Okay So we got the Jamaican tree And I'm telling you They brought me an entire bushel

That I could put in the front of my house It was that much And I go Beezer I'm not particularly fond of tree I probably won't even touch the tree I know you'll touch the tree Like one time Just to say that you did

So I'm carrying This absolute bush shrub That most people would put in front of their house And I'm just having to lug it around Jamaica It was that much Huh It wasn't a leaf

It wasn't a stem. It was an absolute hedge that you see at the Georgia Stadium between the hedges. Oh, yeah, I know those. And so what do you know? We bring it to our hotel room and we're hiding this tree because it's so big. And then why don't we just throw it in the trash, you ask? Why don't you just throw in the trash? Why?

Dude, I'm the most paranoid person you know. That's it. I would never want to risk getting caught and throwing this tree in the trash. So every single morning and night We're shifting the tree Sometimes we put it in here Sometimes we wonder does that tree smell weird Maybe we should put it on the patio

I'll put the tree on the patio for a second So the tree shifted from the patio To one of my bags to That tree is just too much in my backpack I don't want it in there To the tree went to a suitcase The tree went to a drawer What if we just go to a trash can

And put the tree in downstairs There's cameras Why would I'm not doing that I'm paranoid I'm not gonna go put the tree in a trash. I'm not putting it in my own trash. Man, you're in Jamaica. So the final day comes

and we still have this freaking tree that Beezer, out of an entire beautiful evergreen, she had one pine needle of. Got it. Thanks, Beezer. Glad we paid $100 for a tree that we didn't even use to shade us, but for five minutes.

And so the very final day, I just left the tree in our trash can in our room. And we're nervous the whole time. Well, and the reason we had to wait until March 8th is because I had to wait and see if we were going to get seized or in trouble or get fined by the hotel. We got all our money back. We never got in trouble. All is good. So now I can tell the story March 8 about the tree that we had in our room. That's why we had to wait until March 8th. Wow. The government,

local city policias, they never came down on us. They may have saw the tree in the trash, knew that we were Americanos. They didn't care. They forgave. They threw away the tree. All is good. I got to be honest. I literally thought they loved trees in Jamaica. They do, but I don't think you can just outwardly have tree everywhere. I just assumed that Jamaica was a tree-friendly environment. And I mean, that's just me maybe being ignorant. I have no idea, but I just, oh, man, reggae mon.

I thought that was the whole culture of Jamaica. I don't know anything about Jamaica, though. Hopefully I told you enough, so now you do know something about it. One more piece of advice. Yeah, please. There was these, the Jamaican rum. How was it?

Well, we, I drank it over ice one night and it was god awful. I'm not a rum drinker. But we met these dudes from Chicago. They were very good friends. Got it. And they said the rum was amazing that to the point that every day, I may have told this already,

that every day they would hide their rum bottles. Every, you would get a eight ounce rum bottle in your room after the cleaning staff came through every day. Really? So they would hide the. eight ounce bottle and they would smuggle back eight, eight ounce bottles

back to Chicago because you can't buy rum there or something? It's just a different type of rum. It tastes better, maybe fresh from the tree of Jamaica. It's got awful. So the rum ain't worth smuggling back. The tree is just too branchy. It ain't worth smuggling back.

So if you went in our room on the final day, there was a trash can full of tree. Tree and half drank rum but it ain't worth bringing back so yeah man so do you still talk to your friends from Chicago

no they weren't really good friends the mom actually almost looked like Nancy Guthrie oh and so she was really sweet and Bezor was friends with her and so their final breakfast I hate that the story

includes me being hung over again but I'm eating breakfast and Bezor goes how were you guys how are you how was Duns River Falls was good. Oh my gosh. How did you guys like it last night? The performance. It was good. I didn't even barely talk to the two guys that were really good friends or best friends. Yeah. And their mom, I bought her, I got her a Diet Coke and that was it. I had maybe two minutes of conversation with him. Baser act like it was our grandmother that she was talking to. Huh. So our goodbye was me at the breakfast table. Yep. Great. Great meeting you guys. Enjoy Chicago.

I don't care. I will never talk to you again. Have a good one. Yep. Okay. They're there they left. Smuggling eight bottles of mini rum. Did you go BMW back to the airport? Did you go to the beach at all? Is the beach right outside your thing? Yeah. Yeah.

The beach was, I'm talking footsteps. That's how we wanted it. South Beach, it was almost, South Beach, I would almost say 50 yards to the beach. Oh. Which was a little too annoying to go do it. Yeah. This one, I could throw, like Arnold could throw a football and hit the water from where our pool was.

Okay. And he's got kind of a noodle arm. So that's what I'm saying. But yeah, it was right there. And no BMW on the way back. We did a van with a bunch of other people. And they were very slow. So anytime we'd get off. Okay, guys, hour and a half ride.

We're at the bathroom. For, we got 10 minutes here, guys. For eight of the minutes, I was waiting for the people with canes and wheelchairs to get off the bus. Damn. So that's probably why you do private transfer. Yeah. That's cool. But I'll just go to the bathroom for one minute.

I can, y'all pinch it. No worries. No worries. You know what I'm saying? Joking a little bit. It'll cut off. I'll be back. Every time. And then when we got off, we get off at the airport. Here you go.

I mean, not like we were cutting it close, but we had about an hour 45 until our flight. You know us. Paradoid. Oh my gosh. Hour 45, dude. How are you doing it? The guy goes, all right. We are here at the airport.

You guys, thank you so much. Mon, thank you for coming to Jamaica, Mon. Enjoy it, Mon. See you later, man. And we sit there and nobody's in a rush to get off the bus. And where our seats are, it would be very rude to cut in front of everybody. So we just sit there and they just slowly get up like they're at a DMV. I mean, they were in no hurry to live life.

You got to respect it. But good gosh, do a private transfer because, I mean, we're sitting there 10 minutes. Then getting their bags. Holy crap, that process. I'm like, guys, give them a tip. The guy drove the bus for 10 minutes. You don't, or an hour and a half. You don't need to talk.

They're like, thank you so much. And then where was that that we passed through? Okay, guys, get your bag and get to the airport. The vacation's over. You're not going to go visit that spot you just drove by because it's over. Did the hurricane, when it came through, did it hit that clip a little bit? Oh, my, the guy lost his house and you're asking him about him. Like, it's a tourist destination?

those houses that are half built? Was that because of the hurricane? What I did notice is, dude, it's bizarre construction there. You would see 80% of the houses there are half-built mansions. So they either don't get the supplies or they run out of money. Run out of money. They just leave it half-built. The entire drive.

And then the shacks and shanties that you do see, they got the Jamaican flag up. Proud of their country. That's cool, man. Did you see where Bolt lived? Anybody talk about Bolt? Yeah, I would bring him up and there was no language barrier. They spoke English and they didn't really talk about Bob Marley and they didn't really talk about Bolt. So there must be a new up-and-comer we don't know about in Jamaica.

Sounds like a good trip, man. Teddy Bear, though. I keep looking behind me. See if Teddy Bear's there. I can get me nightmares. Dude, I started flinching around the second to last day. He was every time. We come down to brunch.

There's teddy bear. Hey, man, how was your sleep? How do you think it was, Teddy Bear? Just like any other sleep. I put my head on the pillow, pull the covers over me and slept. Just like I have the four previous nights, Teddy Bear. Oh, man.

You guys have a good brunch. What are you going to do, man? Some eggs and bacon? Yes, Teddy Bear. We're American. We don't do any of the other stuff. We're going to go strictly cut and dry, the same thing we've gotten the four days previously.

Ah, man. Have you tried, man, the orange juice machine, man? If you punch it down, man. Listen, Teddy Bear, we just do the Minute Maid. I don't need you to operate this orange juice machine, even though it's pretty awesome. They crush the oranges in front of you. Oh, that's cool. It is straight from the orange juice.

Let me tell you. Fresh squeezed orange juice. Game changer. That was actually one of the cooler things Teddy Bear showed us. Other than that, hey, man, have you tried the plantain, man? It's good mixing. No, not Teddy better. Like I said, on day one, all we do is eggs and bakey and a little waky.

And then maybe some coffee and maybe a mimobos. The same thing we've done the last four days, Teddy Bear. Thank you, Teddy Bear. Thank you, Teddy Bear. Oh, man. I'll see you guys later, everyone. Still looking behind him, see if Teddy Bear's back there. Dude, I swear to God during the convention, I thought Teddy Bear was going to come.

That'd have been awesome. If Beezer invited him down low. Did I save a picture? Question. I got a question. Rate Jamaica. Would you go back out of 10? What are we talking to Jamaica is?

I go the same exact resort. It was phenomenal. It was tops right now because the people are so freaking nice. The dive bar did they treat me bad? Yes. But, dude, they were actually so genuinely awesome. Okay. And obviously, they, you know, they're kissing the ring.

The one guy goes, dude, you must be cool as s back in America, right? And I'm like, yeah, yeah. He's like, dude, you're freaking hilarious, man. You know, and then they're like, and then like your chick back in America, she's like the hottest? I'm like, yeah, she's like supermodel. They believe whatever you tell them. I'm like, yeah, yeah, I'm on a radio show.

Oh, you host it? I'm like, I'll never hear it. Yeah, I'm the host of it. That's legit. They thought it was the host of a radio show and my wife was a Victoria's Secret model. I'm going to text to my wife right now. I say, hey, let's sit in Jamaica.

Where are we at, dude? That's good, man. Hey. Dude, what the heck have I been doing, bro? I don't know. I think that was a great pod, dude. I think you can wrap it. You can hit the button.

I don't know what you. They're not going to see the picture right now. We'll just post it on socials. If we have it, if we don't, we don't. The driver. Oh, my, that's our driver. I don't know if I got teddy bear, though. Oh, Beezer's got a picture of teddy bear. You would have, I wanted to play a saw-dy. You would have just music. Oh, dude, that's beautiful. Oh, no, no, no, let me see it.

He's going. He was doing 50 cent. I'm a pimp. I'm on the street, and I'm grinding on that butt. But he would play the sax to it. I love it, dude, look at that. Dude, you're not lying. You're right on the beach. Yeah, we were right there. That's nice. I can post a couple of these.

And then here's my people. Teddy bear is not in this, but these are the bros there. Oh, they're having a good time. We're chilling in the little villa. We had the little daybed. They're kind of smiling their butts off. Oh, they're on cloud nine, dude. They love life.

Cloud nine. I mean, we gave greased them all. Oh, yeah. When you're not supposed to. Let's get out of here. Just stop it, man. That's great. There's pride in your country.

Oh, they got Jamaica flags everywhere, dude. that's pride in your country. This guy had two on his shanty. That's legit. He's got one in the door. Yeah, he does. How many American flags you got at the house? We got one.

If it was up to Bayser, we'd have about five more. Okay. The 26 NFL draft is here, and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Roderig after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down

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