The Bobby Bones Show - (Thurs Early Bird) Eric Church on Being a Dad and The UNC / Duke Game + Lunchbox Eats Food In Front of Grocery Store Employees To Prove A Point

Episode Date: April 21, 2022

Eric Church is on to talk about writing his song “Heart On Fire”, what it’s like at home with his family and the UNC and Duke game. Eddie came in recently and said he doesn’t like it when his wife eats at the grocery store and then pays for it at the end. Lunchbox goes to the grocery store to prove if it’s allowed or not by eating in front of managers at two different stores.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Morning. Big day because today someone gets a movie roll. Yeah. Well, today's the day. It's not lunchbox. Well, no. He's in it. He's back in it.

How is that even possible? He's back in it because I will say this. We had added a twist. Yeah. But we didn't have to because Lunchbox was like, I need to be back in it. So dumb. So is the twist that Lunchbox wins it today. Oh, my gosh.

Like, were we going to put Lunchbox in it? Yes. Yes. But he put himself back in it. Right, which is why I believe, no, he's not in it. So you're just a hater, dude. One of you three will get a movie today Wow I didn't it's not my movie

I had nothing to do with selecting one of you three How long do we have to wait two hours Hey Bones when they told you this were you like Wow that makes sense yeah this person's perfect for that No oh because you're none of you guys are actors So I was like oh that's great And that'll be really cool for them But I never thought about it's a major streaming service

It's a movie it's a big time You know actress But I never yeah so no but it doesn't It doesn't not make sense. Okay. So that will happen. By the way, Eddie's dad is convinced that Eddie is getting the job today. He has called me multiple times saying, have you found out?

Because it's you. He said, son, I know it's you. And it could be that story I told about how he went to L.A. on a work trip, brought me back an Oscar, and I would practice my speeches in the mirror. It could be that that's making them think. But he honestly believes that this is me. Do you believe it's you? Yeah, 100%.

I believe from that moment when I was a kid, this is full circle. Like sometimes you see things part of your future and you're like, wow, I didn't even know that. I did think that as a kid. And now it's coming true. This is going to be one of those moments. Have you told your wife? No. So nothing.

So you don't believe in yourself then. No, no, no. If you don't believe, then you would tell people. When Lunchbox was eliminated initially, he started yelling he already told his acting class. And I'd contacted a real estate agent to sell my house. So, okay. I don't believe that part because I don't think you're going to sell your house because of one tiny. Well, no, it's more than tiny.

but nine line acting spot, you know? Yeah, and then what happens after that? Agents start calling. You got to move quick. Strike while the iron's hot. It takes a year for a movie to be made. Oh, didn't know that. So, Eddie thinks it's him.

So he thinks he manifested it with the Oscar stuff. Don't you believe in manifesting things? Yeah, I believe, yeah. Like, I don't, I pulled a clip that I thought could show my manifestation, but I don't know if we want to play it here. I'll play it coming up in a little bit. Yeah, I didn't know you had a clip, but it's great to know. And Lunchbox, you believe it's you. It's absolutely me.

So Eddie believes it's him. 100%. Lunchbox believes it's him. 100%. Amy, are you starting to believe it's you? All I know is I put it out there a lot, so it could be coming back to me, but I don't know. Okay. Well, let's go.

Today is today. Today's a day. We'll do that later. We should have Eric Church coming up in a little bit, too. Big day, big show. Time to check in on the Thursday mailbag. and we read it on the air It's something we call Bobby's Mailback, yeah

Hello, Bobby Bones. I recently made almost $600 in a sports betting app. I'm pumped. The only problem is I told my wife it wasn't betting anymore. We've been trying to save for a summer vacation, so any extra money we have goes into that fund. I'm sitting here now with $600. I don't know what to do with it.

I mean, I'd love to put it in our vacation fund, but I'm worried she'll be upset that I made that bet behind her back. What should I do? Signed, Chase. This is good. It is good. I want to go to Ray first because Ray had to go to a therapist about a gambling addiction. And the therapist said what? To be honest with your significant other.

So there has to be trust there. So, I mean, yeah, you got to tell your significant other. He has no other choice. I guess my question was about you. The therapist said what? said that if I am going to gamble, it needs to be a amount I agree on with my wife, and I always tell her when we bet together. And are you an addict? No, she said that I was mild at times moderate, but I told her I hadn't gambled in like two weeks. Wait, all that just sounds weird. Well,

I mean, I'm telling you. It slowly got bigger, mild, well, sometimes moderate. Well, some of the people she was dealing with were losing hundreds of dollars and they were gambling several times a day, and I said sometimes I'll go two weeks. She goes, okay, you're not addicted at all. Okay, so what is your advice to chase? tell the, say, hey, I went behind your back. I gambled. This is our money now. You got to be trustworthy, especially when it comes to gambling. What's the big win in this situation if you do that? Extra money. Everybody knows about it. She's going to be like, why are we eating this great dinner? What's the worst case scenario here?

It's going to be mad, but when you're shorted that $600, I think she'll forget about it real quick. Yeah. Eddie? Yeah, I don't know. I mean, that's the best cushion. You have to be honest with your significant other, but this is the best cushion. Like, look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I slipped. I made a bet, but it was a good bet because I won $600. But next time you could slip and lose $600. You're done though. That's when you tell her at that moment, I'm done

though. You guys are idiots. You lie to your wife and say you've got a bonus at work, period. That is it. And a $400 bonus and get $200 a bet more? Whatever, whatever you want to do, however you want to split it and dice it, you lie to your wife. Because if you tell her you're gambling, she ain't going to trust you. There is nothing

good about, hey, you told me not to gamble. I'm over here gambling. No, you lied to the wife. What she don't know? You're still lying to the wife. Exactly. So you lied once? Keep the lie going.

You lie until you die. Oh, God. I knew a rhyme. I was coming. I was waiting for it. Okay. I'm in bones? Let's finish it up, Amy.

And then I go. I think that he needs to tell her, but then he also needs to figure out a plan to stop because I don't think that this is his last time. I do think that he has a problem and he needs to help her say, hey, I'm telling you this because also I'd like to enlist you to help me.

Now, do I want to be realistic or don't be, this is the right thing to do. Realistic. Be realistic. Here's the realistic thing. Say it. Well, I don't have a gambling problem and I gamble very, very small amounts.

And so I don't, I would just, I tell her. I've got money on this game. And she's like, well, that's the 11th game today. I was like, I know. And then we laugh about it. But if your wife said, no more gambling. This is what I would say in this situation. And it wouldn't be a lie.

I would say, hey, look, I need to tell you something. I'm not gambling anymore, but there's still $600 in this account. And I'm going to take it out and I'm going to put it on our vacation. That's a lie. Is any of that a lie? Yes. Because that $600 was not there until you made that bet. But did I say anything about that?

All I said was, hey, I just want to let you know. I'm not supposed to be gambling anymore, but there's $600 bucks in this account that I may want, I'm not going to use it for any. anything else because we're not talking about, I'm not gambling anymore. I'm going to take it out. Like from that moment forward. But I'm not saying anything about gambling. Yes, it's just there's 600 in the account. I'm taking it out for our vacation.

That's it. And I told you I'm not gambling. And I probably should have told you there was money in the account. But then what do you do? What? Has anything been alive? No, no, but that's not part of the conversation gambling again. Go ahead.

You're being dishonest. That's not the true story. Is anything about that a lie? No. Is anything, Eddie, find the lie. The lie is, you're not really technically lying. Okay, but you're, I rest my case. The, I'm not lying.

But also, let's say that she asks more questions. Well, then, that's not part of this scenario. Oh, okay. You can get yourself in a situation where you're lying, but don't. Just be like, I. Is this how it is at home with you and Caitlin? Oh, for sure. Find the lie.

Find the lie. I mean, like, I... She'll find the lie. Oh, yeah. I don't even try this. This crap with her, I wouldn't try. I just wouldn't tell her. Vacation we just have no extra money.

I'll be honest with you. I would just go, hey, listen, I got to be honest with you. I know you don't want me gambling anymore. And so there's $600 in this account. And I want you to know, I'm going to take it out. I want to use it on vacation. And so I wanted you to know because I think I should use it here instead of gambling because we've talked about that.

Thank you. Where's the lie? It's not honest. And you know it. Both you and I, look at me in the eye. We know that's not true. Where's the lie? You should probably just tell it to those.

For sure. Tell me that's not a good one. It is a good one. Thank you. But still dishonest. All right, that's the mail bag. Thank you. We got your email and we read it on your air. Now it's about to close Bobby's mailback.

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She's been doing it for as long as I've known her, and I'm like, why do you do that? Stop it. It's so weird. I do it with drinks. So I'll take an empty bottle up and be like, I drank this because I was really, what are you supposed to do if you're thirsty? Just wait. No, it's fine.

It's fine. You're paying, they just want you to buy stuff. They don't care what order. Yeah. So, but anyway, we had a whole conversation about that. Here is Dan from Florida. Well, Eddie is right. If you have not yet paid for a drink or something else, chips or whatever,

In the store, you have no right to eat them. They're not yours yet. And I've found too many, while I'm shopping at Walmart, too many empty bottles or trash from somebody eating or drinking something and then leaving the container on a shelf somewhere. So, yeah, it's not yours. Don't eat it until you pay for it. What I would say is the people that threw it away and didn't pay for it, stole it.

Yeah, or they brought it in with them and then they left their trash. That didn't happen. They didn't bring it. They didn't pot luck at Walmart. It just feels weird. Like you don't go watch the movie. and then pay for it, you pay for something and then you use the product. It just feels weird.

This is totally different. That's not a good example. How do you pay off your car? You drive. Yeah, yeah. Well, you use it. Well, you have to make the purpose first. You have to, you have to, somebody has to pay in a car situation, the bank lends you the money to pay for the car.

Maybe the bank lets you a little more money. You're going to buy it. You're there to buy it. I have no problem with it as long as you're not stealing it. I don't know that there's a rule. Well, let's find out because lunchbox went out with a microphone. All right. So, lunchbox, what'd you do?

I went to the grocery. grocery stores and I started shopping and I opened food and I started eating. And I went up and found managers and said, hey, is there a problem with this? All right. Here's the first clip. Excuse me, ma'am. I've got a question for you. What's the rule about snacking why a shop?

Well, as long as you pay for the items, I don't suppose there's a problem. Okay. So, like... I mean, people won't probably appreciate it, but it's always you pay for the item. Yeah, yeah, I'm going to pay for it because I'm an honest person, but I didn't know if, like, securities watch me like, oh, I'm making sure that guy pays for that. They know what they probably are. Okay, but you just, hey, let them know, because I didn't know.

I'm just saying, most people don't snack as they shop. Oh, okay. So they will notice that, but as long as you pay, I'm not concerned. I only have money this. Okay, so it's not like rude or anything, right? No. Okay, all right, thank you. You just had to keep eating while talking about.

Yeah, that was a bag of chips. I was like, okay, cool. We're on a bag of chips level. Did you elevate it? Yeah. I went fried chicken. Oh, my gosh. The one from the hot grocery store?

Yeah, grocery store. They had the hot section, they have a rotisserie chicken, then they had a box of hot fried chicken. But that might be different because don't they weigh it? It is, I don't know. No, they had a scanner on it. But yeah, it already had the forecode. Grab me some chicken.

Here is lunchbox eating fried chicken in the grocery store going up to him. Oh my. I'm already cringing a little bit, but okay, here we go. Excuse me, sir. Question for you. Like, it's something I eat when I shop. I just want to know, is that okay? Yeah, yeah.

That's what I mean. I'm going to pay for it. Yeah. Yeah, as long as we bring in the package of the cashier, then yeah, that's okay. Yeah, we like to do that. Okay. So it's a normal thing, right? Yeah, yeah. Okay. I just make sure. I didn't know. Oh, I'm a drop piece. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I just don't get a big lunch break, so I'm just trying to eat real quick and shop at the same time.

Cool. All right, you want a piece chicken? No, I'm good for now. No problem, man. Do you want a piece of chicken? That's funny. So what did you learn? I learned that they have no problem with you shopping and eating. Two different stores, two different managers, two different foods.

Yeah, all right, I'll take it. Hey, we've learned something today. And you can talk to people with your mouth full and they're very awkward. You'll be chicken? We'll move home. That's good stuff. All right, thank you, lunchbox. Hey, it's Bobby Bones.

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The Highway 58 Volunteer Fire Department in Chattanooga, Tennessee, just presented a plaque to Mandy the cat, whose bravery saved a life during a recent house fire. So Mandy's owner was watching movies. Her name is Tammy. She had some candles going, but it was at night, and she eventually fell asleep on the couch. The wax and the candle started to drip on the floor

and started a fire. Now, Tammy says she remembers her cat, Mandy, making weird noises and tugging on her nightgown, but she never fully woke up. Well, then Mandy pounced on her chest and slapped her in the face with her paws. The cat did that now. And she immediately woke up and even begin choking

due to the heavy smoke that was already building up in the house. So Tammy and Mandy were able to escape. The firefighters arrived, saved the house, put out the fire, but all of this happened because of Mandy, who she now calls her guardian angel. Never heard of a cat giving a crap, period. Not even just about this, about anything. So, awesome. And two, you could easily make this up.

So, and I don't want this to happen. I don't want this to happen. I'm not saying she did this, but I'm just thinking to myself or lunchbox, she's always trying to get on the news. Oh, my dog. What could happen is you could just see if there was a fire and you got out and you called the fire department. What you do is you go, well, there I was, asleep on. on the couch watching the game, and all the sudden, my dog Snooky, what's the name? Waldo.

My dog Waldo came up and started biting on my ear. And I thought he's getting fresh, but no, he's waking me up. So all you have to do is say, they can't prove it didn't happen. That's a great point. There's no, there's no, there's no, man, true. But I'd have to burn down my house. No, no, no, hers was safe. But it's a risk, you've got to be willing to take.

Part of your house. Like, you got, yes. Oh, just have a burn like right there in the middle of the floor. Well, the fire department has to come. But I'm saying if it does happen and it works out, you can then say that later. Okay. And make the news. So don't set it on purpose.

We light a bunch of candles, but the wax never drips on the floor. Am I jinks in myself? Because they're all pretty controlled inside of something. I mean, she's doing like an Abe Lincoln style thing? That's a great story. Great for the cat. Firefighters A-plus. That is what it's all about.

That was Tell Me Something Good. All right. Let's play Amy versus Lunchbox. Amy, your first question. that lunchbox will know the answer to. What's the name of the TV show about crab fishing in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska?

So I'll give Amy three questions that lunchbox should know the answer to. He can steal. And then I'll ask lunchbox three questions that Amy should know the answer to. Boat fish, crabbing, crabbing. What's the name of the TV show about crab fishing in the Bering Sea

off the coast of Alaska? Crabbing Crabbing Crabbs. Boat. Shipwrecked Crabb shell Get the crabs Grab and crab Crabbing crab

Time Lunchbox Deadliest catch Correct Oh yeah Okay Amy Maria Sharpova Is an athlete who was ranked

Number 1 in the world For 21 weeks In what sport? Tennis That's correct My old sport You played in like fourth grade Oh you were good

Third, fourth, fifth, Six, seventh grade, yeah, Anna won first place, Baby Acapulco tournament. Awesome, Texas. Shout out, Andy Roddick was there in 1992. This product can be used to fill small cracks and plaster and make a smooth surface. What's it called? This product can be used to fill small cracks and plaster and make a smooth surface. What's called?

Okay, I don't know. The first thing in my head is growl. But I think it's that cork. What's your answer? That. Cock. Incorrect. What is it?

Lunchbox? Go to a grout. Spackle. Oh. Is Spackle and cock not the same thing? No. It's not. Okay.

All right. Lunchbox, you got three questions. Yep. Dang. I didn't do good. Okay, you did. You got one. Where on your body would you wear a piece of jewelry known as a...

Signet. Cignette. S-I-G-N-E-T. Signet. Signet. It's a jewelry. It's like a headpiece. Your head?

Yeah. Incorrect. Amy? A what? It's called a signet. Signet. A signet? It's spelled S-I-G-N-E-T, but it said signet.

Dang, I have never heard of this. I clearly don't wear one. Where would you wear it? I don't know. Maybe it's some weird way to say your nose. Incorrect. It's a ring. Your hand and your fingers.

Dang. Huh? Brittany Spears are recently announced. She's pregnant. Watchbox. How many kids does she? she already have not counting this one. Two. Correct.

Shout up, Brittany. I mean, K-Fed. Him birthing. He knows. Lunchbox, how are eggs usually prepared for an eggs Benedict? Oh, eggs Benedict. Poached.

That's right. Boom! Hit it right, ding! If he's right, he wins. Ding, it's right. Season winner. He's a champion. Ding.

Yeah. The answer is. Ding. Screw. Uh, poached. Yeah. What up! You're the winner.

Oh, it feels so good. It feels so good to know so much about the women, baby. Wow. About the women. I always said I'm a ladies man. What up! There he is the ladies man. It feels so good up here on top.

Amy, how are you doing down there? I'm good. I can't hear you. I'm way up here on top of the mountain. Lunchbox is a big winner. Nice job, buddy. If you really want to feel great, you know, it starts. with a good night's sleep.

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Eric, how are you, man? I'm good, Bobby. How are you doing, bud? Hey, you're doing pretty good. Yeah, I was thinking about you. I know when you make music, at least the last time, you know, you guys went to, I believe, North Carolina, and you got in a house, you live there, you wrote, you recorded. So for you, when you're creating, does it,

is it like we're going to go all in and do it all now, and then the rest of my life, I'm going to not do it? Or do you still write songs in between? I still write some in between, but I think a lot of it is I store it up, you know, and I try to put myself in a creative place and, you know, get it all out of me, write a bunch of songs. And then, you know, from the next time, from that period to the next time I write, I'm pretty quiet.

You know, I don't do a lot of writing. But, you know, how it goes. I mean, songs fine, you know. So I'll dabble. I'll put stuff in my phone. And then I'll try to find that next spot where I just empty it again. So it's kind of this cycle for me that kind of over a two-year period, you know, I'll kind of exercise. As someone who creates a lot of different things, especially music, do you ever write a song?

And is your process ever to not listen to it so you can get away from it to then listen freshly to see if you like it? Or will you just know right then? I mean, I don't know. I think the point of creation, especially like, you know, you get that goosebumps, that feeling of, hey, this is a good one. Or when you've written thousands of songs, there's those few that pop out. I think that's what we were trying to create when we made the heart and soul. At least for me, that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to write a song that morning and record it that night so that you didn't have any lag time. Normally, when you write a song, you hang on to it for a couple months,

you play it for a producer, you play it for, you know, these people, then you go in the studio. So by the time you record it, a lot of the, a lot of the magic's been knocked off of it.

And that moment of creation, that birth of a song, is the most magical thing in music. And if you can carry anything, if you can capture that and carry it, you know, so it's always that moment, but to answer your question in the long way,

that you know in that moment, if you got something. And again, pardon my ignorance for sitting on this for a second. But if I write a joke or, you know, I've written books and I will be in it so long that I, while I'm writing it I lose, is this even funny anymore? Is this because I'm living in it? Does that ever happen as a songwriter? Are we writing this song? And you're like, man, I thought it was great, but I've just been grinding it out that I can't really feel anymore if I know.

Yeah, 100%. But I think that first time that you kind of know. you know, there's a reason you stayed in the joke. You stayed with it or you stayed with what you were writing. I think you know instinctively, or at least in my history, that feeling you get, I call it like goosebumps or chicken skin. You know, when you feel that feeling, there's a reason you felt that feeling. So that's normally when I trust my gut, it's on that stuff.

But, yeah, I mean, after you hammer on it for, you know, hours and you whittle it down, it can sometimes feel like, you know, is this thing still good. But, yeah, I just always try to trust. that first thing. Eric Church is on with us. We're celebrating Harlan Fire. We're going to be number one this week. You wrote that song by yourself.

Is that harder to go, this is a great song, if you wrote it by yourself because it's all you, or is it easier? It just depends on, you know, for me, I'll always normally when I co-write.

I start all the songs myself. That's where I'm best. I'll have a verse or I have a chorus or I'll have kind of a thing kind of, you know, outlined in. And then I'll go to a co-writer to say, hey, help me here. Help me color this out. And is this, you know, is this what I think it is?

What's another angle? But with Heart on Fire, it just kind of kept, you know, I didn't, it just kept going. And all of a sudden, instead of stopping and taking it to a co-rider, I just kept writing. And it was critical to this project because what we were doing was so wacky and so uncomfortable to people. This was the first one we recorded. and I needed kind of a proof of concept, you know, for the band and the guys. Hey, what we're doing up here in the mountains for six weeks is going to be cool. It's going to be worth it.

So this was the reason, in my opinion, the whole project work was the song. You know, so many people look up to you and they shout you out constantly when it comes to songwriting. I was with Thomas Wrett recently. You know, he did that. But I wonder, you know, are you able – and you talk about being able to kind of shut it down sometimes, at home in the house with your family. Are you the musical dad, or are you the dad that just does music, and there's a difference, which one would you say you are?

I'm the dad that just does music. Yeah, I don't, I don't, my household is really not centered around me at all, which is good. I mean, it's really around the kids. I got two boys, 10 and 7, and they run the household, you know. So I'm just the dad that happens to go out on the weekend. and play shows and stuff. They're starting to get to where they know it a little bit, especially my 10-year-old.

He knows some of the songs or kind of gets what I do. I'm not sure that my 7-year-old just doesn't think everybody in the world makes music for a living. You know, that's what they do. He just doesn't know there's any other occupation out there. So do you follow me here. Church music for kids. You do a kids record? Can you imagine?

Come on. Have you heard my music about it? Yeah, I know, I'm saying. You're going to a whole different world. Church music for kids? This is it. You can find... Yeah, oh man, I think you got it.

Funny story one time I was on my first promo tour, promoting centers like me, which anybody's ever heard that album. It's a pretty adult album. And one of the things, I was at a radio station in Texas, and they took me to a kid's birthday party. And I had to play. And it ended up being balloons and all this stuff and the kids. It's true story.

And the kids sit down in front of me. And all I have was a son about me. So that's a frightening situation, you know, when you're looking at four-year-olds. Well, listen. I still think it's an idea. You know, maybe we suss it out some other time. But super pumped you're on the show. Congratulations.

Congratulations on the Tar Hill. I'm from Arkansas. I was really hoping we'd get to play you guys. But you know what? To be able to have a... I'm just so jealous of anybody that wins. I'm going to be honest with you, Eric. I just want to win. And you know, you're a blue blood and you're used to winning a little bit, but still, that's got to be great to have, like, your people win it again.

It was the national championship, you know, for us. And if you guys had beaten Duke, I would have made a San Antonio show. You know what's funny? Because North Carolina lost, I think they won the national championship. because they won that game. That's what's crazy in my head right now. See, it didn't matter. That's the thing.

That's at least as a Targill fan. I mean, once they beat Duke, it was everything else was skating. You know, that was the one. That was the thing that, you know, game of a lifetime for me, you know. So it was fun to be there. My dad was with me. He's still alive. So we all went and had just one hell of a night.

I have a friend that was, well, a couple friends that you were with and that ran into you that night. And they sent a picture of Jim Named. Nancy hanging out. And I was like, that's a cool. Eric Church and Jim Nance together at the same time.

Did you get a chance to talk to Jim at all? Yeah, I play golf with Jim. Oh, okay, Flex. Okay. You could have just said yes. You didn't have to keep going. Yeah, no, Jim, Jim was great.

We had us over for like a little, they have a little victory after party thing. CBS guys did. Bill Raftery and Grant Hill and all the guys were there that called the game. And it was, I took the kids, you know, it was funny.

I'm the dad that, you know, 1 a.m. or after the thing in New Orleans, I take my kids to the bar that they're having an after party at to hang out with Jim Matt. So it was about fun. Well, listen, super pumped to talk to you. I hope you're good. Good luck. You don't need it, but congratulations on another number one song and we'll talk to you soon. Thank you, Bobby. Thank you for having. There he is. Eric Church. In my head, I consider North Carolina the national champions. Yeah, I was wondering why you could see that. I know. That is correct. It was such a big game. Well, you said it and I believed it. No, I know. And I watched both Final Four

games and the national championship game. And I, in my mind, have North Carolina the national champion. It was such a big game. It was such a big game. I understand why you did that. I'm sorry to Kansas fans. I was like, what are you talking about?

That's what? Because you said want it all. Yeah. I thought it. In my head, I was like, you want it all? But first of all, sorry to Kansas fans. But I realized through the, and Eric had to be like, what are you talking about?

But I in my mind, because of that. And because of the hubbub about him not doing that show. And also didn't ask him about it. Did you hear what he said about Arkansas? If it would have been North Carolina, Arkansas, he would have had that San Antonio show. That's funny. Yeah, because it wouldn't have been as big of a game.

Right. All right, Eric Church, good to talk to him. Tractor Supply can help you make the most of your property or yard. Whether you're working on your garden or you're ready to upgrade your outdoor kitchen, you'll find everything you need at Tractor Supply for life out here. Visit your local store today. Here's a voicemail from Blaine.

in Los Angeles. This call is for Dr. Stones. I have a friend that's in denial because his friend received a honorary PhD and he's saying that it's not real or legitimate, but I think it is. Anyway, describe him some drugs. He'll be better.

Thanks. You will. Call me later, buddy. I'll get him a little prescription going, you know? I need a little something, something. I got you after the... Well, I'm not an official doctor until May 14th, so I can't yet.

Okay. So here's voicemail two. Wendy from Ohio. I have a brilliant idea. Once you get your honorary doctorate, you should change all of your socials to Dr. Bobby Bones. So instead of it being Mr. Bobby Bones on everything, you can be Dr. Bobby Bones on everything.

Don't you think that would be a brilliant lunchbox? No, he's not a real doctor, guys. It's stupid. He can't do that. Well, we'll see. I can legally write, doctor. I can and set my signature. You can legally do it now.

Well, I mean, and it'd be real. Like, I could. Also, you're an author. You've written three books. On your future books, would it be written by Dr. Bobby Jones? It could. Oh, my goodness. It definitely could.

But not until May 14th, yeah. Let's do Mike from North Carolina. Lunchbox, this one's for you. Okay, I want to make sure you're recognized here. I was wondering why Lunchbock got jip from being on TV show. Everybody knows he's the favorite. I don't think that's right. Lunchbott's doing a dag on a good job.

I'm team nutsbots. all the way. Go lunchbox. That's what I'm talking about. Let's go. Go lunchbox. Yeah. That cheerleader needs to go back to camp. Go to lunchbox. The Bobbush. Here's Amy's pile of stories.

Bobby, have you ever lied about your height? It's a funny yes. Be honest. The answer is yes. Most men in the room have lied about the height. Well, I don't lie. I literally... No, no, no. If you look at my driver's license, it says six foot one. So legally, I'm six foot one because I was in shoes when they measured.

That being said, I'm growing still and I think I'm 6-1 without shoes now. Okay, well, let me tell you, if you were dating this one particular girl that's on TikTok, Samantha, she would catch you in your lie because that's what she's doing with dates that she's meeting online because in their profile, they say, I'm 6 foot. So when they come over to her place, she has... Well, I mean, to pick her up or whatever. So she has a doorframe where she marks where exactly where 6 foot is and she has them walk through the door

and she can tell right away when they're lying. Boom, busted, and she films it for TikTok. Is that funny? I think they're really funny. I'm offended. I never get offended at anything. One of her videos has 3 million views. I choose not to get offended at things because I feel like I can just move from it,

but for some reason I'm angry at this girl. For fact-checking guys lying about their height? No one asked. Does she appreciate the people even more that are taller than they said? Listen. I don't know that part. All right. What else?

I have four very popular survival tips that are actually myths and will kill you. Oh, those are interesting. I'm about to save your life right now. So stuff we've always heard, but is not true. Go ahead. Opening all of your windows to survive a tornado? I would never do that. But why do they say not to do that?

Well, you grew up maybe, like where tornadoes were. But I feel like if I were to hear this, I'd be like, oh, yeah. Why would you do that? So that the wind can just like go through it. It's a dumbest thing you ever heard. But again, I grew up where tornadoes were, so we didn't do that, obviously. If you open your windows, it won't spread out the, force of the tornado. It will create a wind tunnel that can rip off your roof.

And also your windows are just open. Yeah. And like stuff will come through your windows. Listen, this is a myth that's out there. Got to clarify for some people. Love it. Lightning never strikes the same place twice. It does. It absolutely does. Now the myth started because of a joke that was lightning never strikes the same place twice because the same place isn't there anymore. Oh, that makes sense. But people ignored the second part and then the myth was born from that. Okay. Ration your water if you are stranded. Oh, I know this one because don't ration it.

You should drink it normally because you won't make good decisions if you are dehydrated. Yep. The right move is to ration sweat, not water. So try to stay cool, drink your water and use your strength that you get from that water to search for more water. Dehydration is much more dangerous. Early on, you'll make the best decisions. So they say drink water, have a clear mind as you're trying to focus on what you're doing over the next block of time. Yeah, that's good.

And another one about drinking water, drinking water from a cactus to survive in the desert. Yeah, you can't do that. Yeah. You want to know why? Let's see if I remember this. You want to know why? Because most cactuses don't have the water like the movies say. There's only three that actually, what?

Like two. Okay. Two species of cactus. Cectuses. So don't go into a cactus trying to drink the water because some of the liquid in cactuses are poisonous, actually. Some are filled with acids that can cause a not happy situation. Yeah, like diarrhea and stuff. And you'll be dehydrated, then you got to drink all your water.

Faddle. Wow. Fatal. So there you go. Well, Garth Brooks says his Nashville club will be a safe place where everybody has good manners. He said, quote, I want to be the chick-fil-a of honky-dongs in Nashville. Closed on Sunday? Just friendly.

No, just friendly. Oh, okay. You know, like everyone's on their best behavior. The staff is really nice. People are just kind at Chick-fil-A. That'll be cool. Two days out. Eddie and I were opening for Garth Brooks on Saturday in football stadium in Arkansas.

Pretty, I don't know what the word is. Excited, but also a little nervous. Also, both? Well, I don't get nervous to perform for the most part, but it's like, I just want people to understand that we're a comedy music act, you know? Yeah. So I hope people don't, like, boo us. Well, you'll declare that when you get out there?

Yeah, but nobody's listening. Okay. All right. All right, there we go. I may be. That's my file. That was Amy's Pile of Stories. Introducing the first ever Hyundai Ionic 5. This thing has all the tech you would ever want.

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Seven-year-old Hunter was with his dad at a Montreal-Canadian's hockey game, and they were there before the game, and they went down to the glass, and he's waving at his favorite player, Nick Suzuki. Hey, can I get a puck? Can I get a puck? And Nick tosses him a puck over the glass. Well, I guess he's not been playing catch with his dad enough because boom, misses it, hits him right in the face. Gives him a big old fat lip.

So the hockey player, Nick feels bad. Goes to the bench, gets a stick, signs it, and hands it to the seven-year-old. And he's going back to his seat and the ushers like, nope, can't have a stick in the arena. You got to either give up the stick or you got to leave. What? I must not have seen it happen then, huh? Must not have seen it happen. he goes because it can be, I guess it's considered a weapon.

He goes, so either give us a stick or you got to leave the arena. Okay, go ahead. And so the seven-year-old's like, I'm keeping the stick. So he had to leave the game. Had to leave. Him and his dad had to go home. Didn't even get to watch the hockey game. Well, the Canadians found out about this, reached out, and guess what?

They're coming back and they get to be VIP guests. And so they'll probably get to meet all the players, get to do stuff on ice. Don't know what it means, but they're going to go VIP to the next game. Yeah. I feel bad for the usher because they obviously didn't know. They didn't know. And they just saw someone with a stick. Then rules are rules.

No. If they got it from a player, I don't think rule. Right. You can overrule a rule if you have that ability. Right. But I don't think had the usher really known what had happened, they would have kicked him out. So he went home with a fat lip, a stick, and a puck, and sadness. But then the Canadians made it better.

But this usher, I mean, come on, let's give him some training. Obviously, you can say, hey, look, my stick is signed by the guy. Like, he just gave a-old. Hey, I've seen that before, buddy. Yeah, good story. Love they did that. That's what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. All right. If you have ever dealt with a traditional home security company, you know the drill. Expensive monthly fees, contracts that lock you in for years, and waiting around for a technician to set everything up.

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