The Bobby Bones Show - (Tues Early Bird) Bobby Debunks Several Myths About Famous Things We Learned + Eddie’s Insurance Offering Discount For Teenage Son If They Allow Tracking + Mailbag: Pregnant Maid Of Honor

Episode Date: February 20, 2024

Find out the truth about these famous myths! Then, how does Eddie feel about his insurance offering a discount for his teenage son if they can track him... Mailbag: Our listener was asked to step down from her maid of honor duties because she's pregnant. Our listener isn't a fan of the new MOH and now the bachelorette falls on her current birth date. Should our listener stick out being a bridesmaid or bail?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Morning. All right, let's go around the room here. He was forbidden to watch his boys try out for a basketball team and playing a set with pearl jams on his list of dreams. It's Eddie. Guys, so I have a huge update on my butterfly nursery. I never told you guys, but it came in. I ordered it on Amazon, and it came with a bunch of little caterpillars. A huge update. This is a huge update.

So it came with like two cups with little caterpillars in it. Bones, we're probably day 12, 13 of these. They are humongous. These caterpillars are over an inch long, and they have attached themselves to the top of the cup and now is it cool we are at the cocoon stage is so cool like it's really cool it's unbelievable like science is cool dude it is so cool and out of my four kids only one of them really cares and he checks it every single day he loves it's cool so now that they're cocoons they will hatch like in the next six days and i will move them to the butterfly net this is where they come out of the cocoon

and turn into butterflies it feels goofy but it is awesome it's so cool and then when you said you're buying a butterfly nursery or whatever it was funny to hear but it's it's like science is neat man But listen, somebody message me and said, what you need to do next is buy a milkweed plant, and then monarch butterfly eggs will show up on it and you can start raising those. You're on level eight real quick. You need to go level one. You need to go do Mario, you know, do the levels in order before you get to Bowser. Okay, one one one.

Yes, yes, one, two, one, three. Right, right. But that's pretty cool. Man, I'm so excited. Yeah. It is cool. Keep us updated. Hey, maybe I'll bring a butterfly to the station, just let them out here.

That'll be our pet butterfly. It'll die. Yeah. No, no, no. We'll open the door. Let it go out. I don't think butterflies understand the concept of yours. Oh, they're not. Yeah.

Maybe they make a little leash. He was taking reservations for Valentine's Day this year and finding different ways to scam money. He's always been a big part of his career. It's lunchbox. You guys always make fun of me. I'm the old guy in the soccer league. You need to retire. No one wants you on the team.

Well, I came on the air and I had to. We don't say all of that. He always. No. Yes, you guys do. No, we never say no one wants you on the team. Everything is hyperbole with this guy. Okay.

Go ahead. Anyway, we've had a problem with girls. Girls showing up. Girls not making it. You know, so we haven't had enough girls. Came on the air, made a plea. We need girls. Some girl on Twitter.

It's not creepy at all. We need girls. That's strange. Girl hits me on Twitter and I'm like, yeah, you're in. She doesn't show up. Cool, cool. So then I went to Instagram, found another chick. We started sliding into the DMs.

Okay. And she shows up. She plays on my team. And since you guys say I'm the old guy in the league and I need to return. This is what it's like to play with me. Was it awesome playing soccer with me? I had a blast. I mean, all were really encouraging.

I hadn't played in 10 years probably, but you didn't make me feel like that. And you cheered me on, and y'all were just a good team. And my skill level, they always say I'm the old man out here that needs to retire. Did I look like the old man out here? I mean, you called yourself the old man, so you said that, I feel like. But you were hustling out there. You got a goal.

I did get a goal, and I did accidentally. slap a girl in the face. Did you see that? No, I didn't actually see that. Do I still have something left or is it time for me to... You've got some years in the year. Yeah. Don't let them put you down. I mean, you're still the manager too, right? Yeah. You're watching the jersey. Yeah, I did. But did I give you a jersey?

Yeah, you did. Did it smell clean? I tried not to smell it. It was... All right, well, thank you for coming. You're welcome. And guys... Every question was extremely pointed. Am I awesome? Yeah. Am I fun? She's like, you did hustle. Like, leading the witness? Yeah, well, as the person who got the hustle award a lot, it means you

You know what it means, right? Like you try hard. That's good though. Did you guys win? Yeah, we did win that game. So shout out Rachel. She came straight from her basketball game to the soccer game. Big athlete then, huh?

Yeah. That's cool. And so that was very nice. She didn't have like soccer shoes. She just wore her tennis shoes because she hadn't played in so long. Yeah. But, hey, it was great. Hey, cool.

All right. So that's what it's like, guys. She says, I don't need to retire. You guys need to quit making fun of me. All right. You can catch this next person active on dating apps, maybe looking for love or finding messages and birds that could be her mom. from above. It's Amy!

So how do you feel about never quit? Like, do you agree with quitting? Or do you think that you should never quit? I think you can pivot out of things. I think you can learn things from losing and maybe discontinue what you're doing to pursue other things because you're better suited for it. Yeah, it's just something that kind of came up with my kids. And then I saw this whole post about how, you know, we're encouraged like, never give up,

Never quit, but knowing when to quit and move on takes a lot of self-awareness. Quitting has such a negative connotation. So, no, I hope people never quit. However, you can learn and pivot. Yeah, like you might need to move on from something. It doesn't mean you're quitting, but you're opening yourself up to maybe what you're really supposed to do. And it was just a whole thing about how. But it's not quitting.

If you pivot, you're still going. Yeah. And also maybe. If you pivot fully away from it is. Well, no, because sometimes let's say I want to be an astronaut and I knock up some chick. And it's like, now I need to say and take care of this kid because it's my responsibility. I didn't quit on my dream of being an astronaut. For the time being, I got to take care of this kid.

So I'm going to do this for now and hopefully get back to it. Or there's been in a circumstance that doesn't allow me to be an astronaut. Or if you just realize you really don't like something and you want to stop doing it. And you're just like our self-aware of like I. Quitting is negative as a word. I'm not a big quitter. But I am a learn and change if I need to. So that could be considered quitting, I guess.

Okay, yeah, it's just something you don't spend a lot of time thinking about. We're just, I feel like we grew up with like, don't quit. You have to stick with something you made a commitment. And I think following through in your word is great. But then if you, similar to you, respectfully need to move on or pivot. I don't respect it when I do it. I just move. Then respectful about it.

You know, we can. Ray, go ahead. Hit me. From Mountain Arkansas, he likes nature when it's on TV and he believes you can be whatever you want to be. Bobby Bumms. See, don't quit. Don't quit. Don't quit. Unless it's smoking. Unless you get somebody pregnant.

Quit smoking. You quit smoking. You're treating people bad. That's true. It's a good point. So I was, I thought this is super interesting. With the Chiefs went in the Super Bowl and Patrick Mahomes won in his third Super Bowl. Amy, I was going to read two things he can't do in his contract. Oh, like he's not allowed to water ski or something? It's exactly one of them. Oh, really? Water ski? Have you guys seen this part of his contract? No, no. I haven't, but I think I've just heard other football players say that.

In Patrick Mahomes' contract, here are things he cannot do. Water or snow skiing, jet skiing, surfing, hang gliding, bungee jumping, diving, skydiving, scuba diving, rock or mountain climbing, boxing, basketball, race car driving as a driver or passenger, riding a motorcycle, motorbike, all-terrain or similar vehicle as a driver or passenger, use of firearms, professional wrestling or the like. So he can do... So he can do amateur wrestling? Yeah, yeah, recreation or the like. Or the light.

But it's like they don't want them to go to WWE. Dang. I kind of thought pickleball would be on there. Oh, that may be over the light. Well, so there was a video of him playing basketball a few years ago. It went pretty viral because he's really,

obviously, he could have played major league baseball. His dad was a baseball player. And so they started, you're too valuable. You can't do a lot of this stuff. Wow. So if we were to put stuff in our contracts,

like what would we not allow Amy to do? Walk, drive. Go anywhere. But she could do that. Cool, cool. Use your credit card Go places Click links

Right click links To anything Okay we can move on To what about lunchbox Yeah what we stop lunchbox What would we stop lunchbox from doing I would say getting allergies in Vegas Every time he goes to Vegas

Coming back with an allergy attack So no Vegas So he can't talk No more Las Vegas Oh that's not cool You wouldn't sign that contract No I don't know if we'd be We had to re-enoccurate

No more of us giving him money For stupid cockamamie ideas Oh, yeah, business ideas. Okay, what about Eddie? Oh. Gosh, no donating kidneys. No, yeah. No donations.

Yep, Andy, very good. No, we're saving the world. No creating life-saving scenarios that you'll never be a part of. No, no, no, one hour a day with each of my four kids. I didn't give him his wife a kiss every morning. Every morning. That's a part of my life. I need to do that.

All right, go ahead. Go with me now. All right, that'll do it. Let's see, let's see. I can't. What would you put in my contracts? Sleep. Wait,

I'm already doing that. One more sleep. Let's see. Wait. Reading. Being too kind. Yeah. Yeah.

That's tough. Gosh, man. That's hard. You're pretty good, dude. Because you don't really live life on the edge. I do. You're safe. You're a slow driver.

Right. Exactly. It's like, okay. Well, no, that's okay. Let's open up the mailbag. You send an email and we read it on the air. It's something we call Bobby's mailbag. Yeah.

Oh, Bobby Bones. I'm having a baby in July. We're so happy. I'm thrilled for our bundle of joy. Unfortunately, my best friend of 10 plus years asked me to step down as maid of honor because she doesn't think I can fulfill my maid of honor duties while being pregnant.

It's caused a huge strain in our relationship. The new maid of honor also not my favorite person. Recently, she sent out of text to the bridal party and the bachelorette party is on my due date. To top it off, the bride wants her bridal shower in June, which also happens to be my best. baby shower. As you can see, this is confusing for all.

It is causing unnecessary stress to my life. But I know if I step down, it'll run our friendship. Is this the right thing to do? Should I fight for it? Signed. The pregnant bridesmaid. You know, whenever I read the headline, the subject of it, I thought it was going to be because she didn't want somebody pregnant or pictures because that's usually a lot of

the crazy ones are so weird. And it could, listen, it even could be that, but she's finding a different way to say it. but what are the obligations of a maid of honor? I mean, I know what they are, but like what... Yeah, plan it. I hear you, but why can't you do that pregnant? Yeah, no, you can. Maybe doctor's appointments?

But you're saying maybe. You may have a doctor's appointment because you spray on your ankle. Yeah, that's true. But here's the deal. Like, her wedding's now, yeah, her due date, so she could be missing the wedding anyway. Right, and that's why she doesn't want it because she doesn't want her to go into labor and then had to have a backup.

And she wants to be able to have everything set and not have to stress about baby coming out. when she's standing up there. My sister was my maid of honor and she was pregnant when I got married. And we, I, she's my sister. I needed her there. And so I, I moved my wedding to make sure she was going to be there.

Because when we were planning it was going to be her due date. And that, I don't think they're this close, that close. Yeah, obviously. And I would say you just got to let her do what you do. I would say she's probably looking for a reason not to have you as the maid of honor anyway. I don't think you being pregnant is enough of a reason to remove you. I think you could be the maid of honor.

and then she also just asked someone to help just in case because that would be the easy thing to do. Let's say I'm getting married and Amy's my maid of honor and I'm like, Amy, you're pregnant. Will you also, if there's any issues, Morgan can help with stuff because I know you're going through a lot of dogs. That's all you do if you really want the person to stay the maid of honor. Yes, some people have co.

You don't have to put somebody else with it though. True, but I mean, I'm just letting you know she's already named two basically. She fired one. You can do two maid of honors? Yeah, you can have two. You're not going to jail. You can't do two best men. No, you can.

No, one's got to be the best. No, but they're two, the two best. So in a bridal party, there's actually matron of honor and made of honor. I don't want to get to this. All I'm saying is she's not that, it doesn't matter. She is not your good friend because she wouldn't kick you out of the wedding just for being pregnant if she was. So in a nutshell, don't fight for it. It sucks, but move on because she's not someone that's going to be for you in times are tough anyway.

It's that let them theory. It's something you can tell yourself, when. Maybe someone doesn't invite you to something or you're feeling like, you know, this is a perfect situation where you just have to be like, you know what? She's going to fire me as her maid of honor because I'm pregnant. Let them. Let her do that and don't let it cause you unnecessary stress because look, you have a baby that you got to take care of. And those stress chemicals, they are transferred to the baby. Yeah.

So let's relax. Yeah. And again, just know that she wasn't there for you. And when she needs you, when she's holding onto that ledge with her fingers, you just like walk away. Stop. You also have to take a one step further. No, I just walk in with that. We got your email and we read it on the air.

Now it's time to close. Bobby's mail back. Yeah. All right, here's the voicemail we got last night. I was just calling because I have a question about for Eddie. In December when he was talking about how him and his wife were not going to give each other gifts because they were going to go on a trip instead and he sounded really excited about it. But now his wife wants to go on a trip to California and now he's saying they can't go.

I'm confused. You just not want to give his wife a gift. Why won't he take her on the trip? Or was Eddie just lying? Great question because I think Eddie likes to say stuff for a presentation. I think he may be fooling himself too at times. He's like, I want to give everybody a kidney in the world. And he can't.

I really do, though. I know you do want to. Like, I want to do that someday. And he's like, I want to take my wife on trips. And then she's like, okay, here's the trip I'd like to go on. Yeah. Not some crazy trip to Rome. Right, right, right, right.

A Southwest flight to California to a concert at a big outdoor. places, tickets aren't crazy. Go ahead. Correct. Here is my thought. So, like, if I saved this one Christmas, we didn't buy each other gifts, it's not going to add up to the amount of money we would spend to fly to L.A. to get these tickets, get a hotel, whatever, blah, blah, blah.

But it will, it will pay for a trip in two years to go celebrate our 20th anniversary in Hawaii. So I'm thinking a bigger gift. What if you're not alive then? I bet it's you that wants to go to Hawaii. No, no, no, we got married in Hawaii. Eddie, I'm telling you, you can afford to take your wife to California for this trip. I got an email from Southwest that they're having like $89 flights.

I saw it. It wasn't that month, though. I look, every time I see the $89 or the $60 flights, I'm like, yeah, do you go to L.A. on this date? But also, it's that, it doesn't matter. I thank you for that question. You're absolutely right. Wasn't lying. Our life is priorities.

That's what our whole life is. It's priorities. I hate it. And people will not. My priority right now is you need shut up so I can talk. Because you are full of crap. Go ahead. people like, I don't have time.

No, no, no. You haven't set your priorities. Or I can't afford it. Okay, you can't based on your priorities. Sometimes priorities are feeding you and your family. Four kids. But that's not your only priority. It's my main one.

No, it's not. I told you, shut up. I guarantee you, if you got tickets right now to some crazy sporting event and they were like, hey, these tickets are free. You have to do airfare and hotel. He would pay for it in a heartbeat. Free tickets for sure. His priority is not his wife in this situation.

And I can get him to Los Angeles for $126. One way? When you get them there? Trains? Spirit Airlines. Yeah, you can definitely do that. Yeah. Or you can do, oh, if you want to go on the $62.

That's a different. Whoa. And not, you don't even get a seat, though, on Spirit. You don't get a seat. No, you hold onto the rope that's on the back of the plane. They charge you extra for a seatbelt. That's a direct flight. Here's the thing.

This isn't just Eddie. This is for everybody listening, including myself, when we're like, we don't have the energy. We don't have the time. We may not, but again, our life is only our priorities. And we have a ranking. And sometimes you can get to your sixth priority. Sometimes you can only get to your second. It's not Eddie's priority.

That's all I'm saying. Okay? That's the truth. That's the truth. That's the truth. It's bone cold said so. It's time for the good news. With lunchbox.

Tell me something good. There's a dude out for a walk in Rhode Island and he looks up and he sees a two-year-old climbing out of the window of a second story apart. And it climbs out on the little roof. Can you imagine? It's just seeing that happening and being, because you don't really have the power to save it right then. Right.

And so it's out on the little roof. And he's like, hey, go back in the window. Go back in the window. Go back in the window. The two-year-old starts walking towards the edge. He's like, I got to do something. He climbs up the brick building like Spider-Man. From the outside.

So the kid doesn't call. Yeah. From the outside and grabs the kid in time before it falls off. the little roof and it's all caught on camera and the dude's name is good Samaritan. That's his name? So he wants to be anonymous? He wants to be anonymous. He just wants to be known

as a Good Samaritan doing what he was supposed to do. Oh man, that's so cool. If there's video though, somebody will surely identify him. Right. I mean, they blurt out the kid in the video. I can see the video but they have the kid's face blurt out. Are you irritated at that? No, I'm just saying, but they don't have it. He has a red hoodie on. Oh, now they're...

Was it you? You're wearing a red hoodie. That is a commercial. There's an ad. He's like, oh, he got a commercial? Yeah. He's climbing up and woo. Spider-Man! Saved a life.

And he got him. That's awesome. Got him. That is what it's all about. That was tell me something good. You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program. I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and hosts of the podcast, a slight change of plans,

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. All right, Bobby Bowen's MythBusters. These are things we were taught in school. And maybe you know now, but probably you don't. For example, ever heard when you swallow gum it stays in your body for seven years? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Think there's any truth to that? 100%.

Yes. No. even though swallowing a water gum accidentally or on purpose won't hurt you it also won't stay with you for a long period of time it passes like anything else does oh gum can't be broken down by the enzymes so it comes out mostly like it goes in it's not dissolved therefore it does pass normally it just doesn't look like the normal passing you know what you're saying got no seven years there okay ever hear the myth as long as you pick it up Within five seconds, you can still eat it. Five second rule. Yeah, 100%. Five second rule. Research has found that this rule is not accurate or applicable.

The longer dropped food stays on the surface, the more germs it attracts. But regardless, food will instantly become contaminated as soon as it touches the floor. Instantly? Yeah, how instant. Instantly. Like this. Like this. That's fast.

That's pretty quick. Instantly. Ever hear this myth? You can catch a cold if you're outside and it's cold. Yes. Yeah, without a jacket. In reality, viruses cause people to catch colds. Not a temperature.

People can stay indoors and get a cold. Low indoor humidity, which happens when the heater is on, is also conducive to the flu. So that would be an inside, actually. So it's not the cold that's causing colds. But it's the cold weather that's causing the conditions of everyone to be inside around each other, which is what passes on the colds. Why is it called the cold?

Yeah, great question. It's a great question. I don't have that here. Maybe I didn't search that. I didn't feel like you're cold. Maybe. That's a great question. I never even thought about that.

It's weird. It's a weird name for a sickness. That's true. Because no one goes, I have a hot. Right. And you have a fever and you're really hot. Due to the similarity between its symptoms and those of exposure to cold weather. So I guess it would be because it's cold outside, more colds are happening, but not because of what's outside, because people are inside and in tighter and more.

Wow. Wow, we led ourselves to another myth busted. Okay, how about this myth? If you shave your hair, it grows back thicker. 100%. Aaron taught me that. Aaron Smith, he taught me it. People think that shaving might also lead to the hair growing back at double, triple, quadruple, the rate? According to Gillette, a razor cleanly cuts the hair, which results in blunt ends.

Once the hair grows back, it might feel thicker because of that end, but it is not thicker as it grows back. And it doesn't grow back faster. That's why women can shave their face. It's blunt. The hair is blunt because since you cut it, it's like basically flat on top. So it feels bigger instead of come out like a follicle with a point. Wow. You like that one?

I'm going to call Aaron today. You ever heard the myth humans only use 10% of their brains? Yeah, I heard that, yes. It's not true. Humans use about 90% of their brains. Whoa. Some. The origin of this myth is unclear. The brain is, well, live.

Limitlessly untapped. But scientists have been repeatedly outspoken about the false claim. So we do use a lot of our brain. There's some, we don't know exactly what to do with it other than what it's doing right now, but there are other ways that could help us. Don't even know what that means. Our brain is amazing. Yeah.

If we were to line up all the neurons in our brain, it would go 100,000 miles. That's crazy. Like we can remember something that happened to us like 30 years ago. I can't anymore, but I feel you. Nothing? That's fun when I could do that. Oh. Okay.

Napoleon was really short. Yeah, yeah, we knew that short man syndrome. Napoleon, what? But he wasn't. Well, he stood at 5'7, so he'd be taller than Ray. Oh, wow. But Napoleon's height for back then was pretty standard. He was actually a little taller than the average man during his era.

The misconception could stem from the variance in French and British measurement system. or the exaggerated tale is told by his rivals. Like he's a tiny man. He's a little guy. He's two foot one. Ray would say we do that to him. Same thing's going to happen in about 100 years. About me.

What? My rivals, you guys always just saying I'm shorter. I meet people in public all the time and they say, wow, you're taller than I thought. But we measure these. We say you're 5'6. Many to measure again. You think you've grown?

Yeah. Congratulations, man. Rangrops are tear-shaped. Yeah? Yeah, for sure. As United States Geographical Survey reports, raindrops are shaped more like a hamburger bun or a bean. When they get really large, they split into two. Only then do they turn into anything that resembles somewhat of a teardrop shape,

but it's only very quickly, then it goes right back to being a burger bun again. Wow. That's weird. Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head. Correct. Yes. You see it all the time in those little pictures. Have you heard that myth?

Yeah, man. Sir Isaac Newton thinking about gravity after an apple fell. from a tree, but not on his head. What happened? He's on his junk? It's an urban legend. He didn't mind in the... Oh!

An apple did not fall on his head, but Newton did start theorizing about gravity when he saw an apple just fall off of a tree. Got it. He was like, oh, I see that. And he even recounts it in his memoir, he says, where he says he goes outside, sees an apple fall and thinks,

how, what is that even called? So there you go. That's crazy. He was the first one to think about that. I see an apple fall. They're all like, yeah, it's just part of life, man. That apple just, balls down.

Look at the cold. We're like, I don't know. It's just cold of cold. We never even thought about it. There's so much of that stuff in our life. We don't even evaluate because it's just so normal. We don't even try to figure it out. Like, why our arms above our ribcage and not below?

Oh. Why? I'm sure somebody's figured. Like at this point in time, we feel. Well, we think there's always that figured out new stuff all the time. I'll let someone else figure it out and they can tell me. Amen, brother. Amen.

I ain't got time for that. And then finally, the Great Wallet. China is the only man-made structure that can be seen from space. Yes, that's what they say. That's the myth. First of all, it's worth noting that while man-made structures like the Great Wall are visible from satellites orbiting Earth, they're not visible at all from, like, the moon. If you can even get to the moon.

Okay. Now, here we go. This is just a ploy to get to that statement. Great wall from space, no thanks. Can't happen. But here's the deal, too. If you go like on Google Earth and you zoom all the way out, you can't see the Great Wall. Given the proper conditions, astronauts and the international astronauts and the international,

Space Station can see major cities, great pyramids of Eza and some bridges, but it's like, it's got to be conditioned perfect and lower than if you were to say the moon, if anyone's ever been there. They say you can see Jerry's world where the Cowboys play. That is not true or accurate. It is not. What they say. In a Southwest flight, you can. Flying right over it.

All right, there you go. Mythbusters. Sometimes Eddie will drive the car that they bought for their son up here. Why were you driving it up here like four or five days in a row? I need a new brakes on my Jeep. Oh, so you drove hit. I just drove it. Yeah.

So you got them. It's not a new car. It's an older car for a 16th birthday. Yeah. What year is it? He wants it. It drives really good. Is it newer than the ultimate?

Is it safe? Yeah. Oh, yeah, real safe. So does that mean, because I know having a 16, 17-year-old insurance is not good. Does it help you insurance-wise? So no. So we called and we're like, we're going to have to get this car insured. And, man, it just bumped our insurance up by like hundreds of dollars a month.

And I'm like, oh, my gosh, what do we do? So I was on the phone with a lady. said like this can't be right. Like the car's worth like a thousand dollars. There's no way that the insurance is going to be more expensive than the actual car. And the lady said, well, look, I found a way that we can reduce your insurance. We can give you a 30% discount if we track your car. What do you mean your car?

Your Jeep? My Jeep. So they put a tracker on my Jeep to watch how I drive to see if I obey the law. Why would you not put on your kids? I think you think that would. Because if Eddie proves to be a safe and sound driver, then they can lower. His. Because we're bundled.

We're all bundled. So why would they put a tracker on everybody's, including the... There is no way I'm going to put a tracker on my kid's car. Like, he's 16. I'm probably like that insurance. That's way up. But I am the safer driver. Not my wife's car.

Definitely not my wife's car. Are you going to let them track your Jeep? I don't know. I wanted to ask you guys first. What would be the bad, though? They find things out and they raise you. Yep. Or they're just tracking me.

Now they know where I am at all times. They don't worry about. They can track you anyway with your phone. If somebody really wanted to track you, you're easy to, find. And if they get audio of Mr. Vigilante on the road, uh-oh, that is bad news. Well, I don't know if the track is going to have audio. Are they recording? I don't know.

You don't know what they do with this stuff. They say they're not, but they are. You go to a, you go to somewhere. You can't say that, just declare they are. I don't know that they're... If the insurance company's not tracking you... Yeah. That seems like... How would they know, like, what are they watching? My speed? Yes. Yes. How they know if I'm in a stop sign? Like, making a

complete stop? Breaking. speed. It's like on the Live 360 app. How rapid you turn. Do you put the blinker on? Do you not put the blinker on? Do you do the bird? Do you not do the bird?

See, I think he's a little too in depth. If you get in a wreck, they will know. How do they know that? But the good news is if you get in a wreck, they'll send somebody to save you. Yes. Because they know you've been in a wreck. That's like my friend was in an accident the other day,

and her Apple watch called her emergency contacts. And before she knew it, her boyfriend and a fire truck was showing up and she didn't do a thing. Her Apple Watch did it all. all. She was being tracked. No. It recognized the impact that she had. I don't know, man. I think, how long do you have to keep it on? Whereas, I mean, the whole time. That's when I get the discount. But if you take it off, what you should do is say yes, and then put it on my car? Oh, because you drive real slow. I drive slow and safe. Or put it on your kid's bike.

Why do you not go over seven, sir? And you only go in the neighborhood. Yeah. I mean, that's great. Is it really something that they put on your car, or do they have you download an app or something? I didn't get that far. Okay. These devices monitor your speed acceleration braking and other details each time you drive and report the information to the insurance company. Car insurance companies use the data they gather from the tracking device to adjust your premium or offer a discount.

But then how do they work? I picture like in the movies and they put a little sticky on the bottom back. That's what I picture too. I like the idea. A 30% discount sounds real good. Until they turn it into a 30% increase because of your breaking habits. Right. Then you call and say, my car was stolen.

at that time. Yes. I got it back though. And there's a kid inside of it. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's tough. And I think for the most part. But you would have to be a better driver with it on.

I am. I'm a better driver already. Not already. I'm saying with it on, you would have to be a better driver. Sure. And I would drive really well, but there's going to be moments

where I'm running late to work. Like, I got to get somewhere real quick. And don't. No, no, no. Sometimes you have to. Okay. But then make it a point to not most of the time. Okay.

Or not doing anything dangerous, even if you are late. Someone's going to cut me off. I'm going to get a little upset. And then I'm going to forget. Oh my gosh, I'm being tracked. And you're going to play chicken and, you know. All that.

So I'm looking at a lot of them. It's like a little box. And some of them they put above the windshield. Like where you put like a tag. A whole tag or something. Some of them they put like where you pop the trunk down in that spot. Yeah. And some of them they just put in your phone.

Oh, shit. That's weird. Is there anything that says anything about audio? It doesn't say they, no. There's no bird tracker or audio. Where do you follow? on this? I'm about 60%

want to do it because I love the 30% discount like I actually need the 30% 60% for the 30% yes so get this here's some other stuff they track phone usage while driving

oh see that's crazy I'm always FaceTime my buddy when I drive they're gonna know that I don't look at him but I face time like while we drive so might open one speaker

yeah you're right I should probably do that is it Steve because He's the same guy that he facetimes while he's at work. We just FaceTime. I love Steve. No, I don't hate you for it.

The facetiming, no. Yeah, well, wait while I drive. No, no, when I ran into Eddie at the grocery store, he was on FaceTime with Steve. Here's a voicemail from Jake in Tampa. Just giving a shout out to you guys' best show ever. Curious if y'all would ever do a fan favorite for the employee of the month already to see who wouldn't get it, but maybe it'll surprise me. I haven't thought about giving, like, a caller or somebody who's a big part of the show, employee of the, we'd probably do quarter and play the quarter.

But they're not an employee. We just call them listener of the quarter. That's kind of cool. We could put that in our heads and start thinking about it starting now, like somebody that delivers one, two, three times a funny call. But they says, I already said he wouldn't get it. Yeah, I didn't really get that. Did he mean fan favorite?

Like, he is a fan vote? Oh, you mean the fans vote? Yeah. Oh, I was thinking more about them giving them an award. That's pretty cool too, but they were thinking the show, yeah. Yeah. Oh, no, that's, that's too. He's alluding to a lunchbox.

Oh, maybe, but I think the lunchbox. Why, he could have been a fan of mine. I don't think so. I don't think so. But I think your supporters are passionate. Yeah. But your haters are passionate too, so it feels like it's both ways. Yeah.

But the haters are secret closet lovers. That's what it is. I don't know all that's true, but I feel it. You know what I'm saying? They want to hate because they think that's what they're supposed to do, but when they go home and they're kind of closed doors are like, man, I really love behind. Behind closed doors, they finally come out of their shell to go,

I like them. Interesting. They feel comfortable enough to admit their love at lunchbox. Let's think about this, though. It's almost March, March, April. By the end of April, if there's like one listener who calls or on social, and we're like, this is the listener of the quarter.

Okay. And if there's not, we won't. It's not sure I don't have anybody in mind. We don't have very many good callers. It's not that. We have a lot of great callers. It's just they don't call. multiple times with a name like Crazy Jake.

Yeah. You know, Fly Boy Jimmy. Crazy Allie back in the day. Crazy Allie back in the rest of peace. For sure. Yeah, rest of peace. Here's Amy's pile of stories. Well, guys, according to new research, having a savings account is...

All right. Cool. I got one. Finally. Yeah. I get sexy. Now that I'm married, I get sexy. I can't even use it to my advantage.

Wait, but do these other guys, they have a savings account? Oh, I've got a savings account. Why do you say it like that? Because it's sexy, dude. Oh. Oh, I think saying it like that cancels it out. No, I have 401K. Is that sexy?

You don't have it because you're a bad boy. Got it. Right? No. Eddie doesn't have one. I've had a savings account like since I've been in college. They round up. It rounds up my checking account.

Whatever. Like if it's 75 cents, they put it in. My savings account. Hey, dude, I'm with you. I got a, I started a savings account back in fifth grade. They came to school and they're like, oh, you want to open a savings account? I was like, yeah. Do you guys actually save in it or do you just have it?

I just got it. I mean, I put like, a dollar every once in fifth grade. No, no, now. Is there money still in it? There's a couple hundred bucks. What do you plan? You're not saving into it currently. No.

I don't have time. Got no time to save. Amen. And so this is based around the fact that spontaneity obviously is romantic, but a lot of people are attracted to someone who prepares for the future over somebody who flies by the seat of their pants. Well, I think people can be attracted to seat flying, but they stay with security. That's safe.

Yeah, yeah. So, I don't know if it's sexy, but it's stable. So how much time a week do you think you spend worrying? Ooh. Do you ever log it? I live constant anxiety, but not worrying. But isn't that anxiety a worry? I think they, maybe a bit, but I think my anxiety, yeah, I mean, I'm always concerned

and working on the next thing. Not that I'm worrying that I'm not going to get it done, but just always concerned with doing it to the best. I don't think I'm a worrier, but I am very anxious all the time. And I think they're very similar, but I don't think worry. To me is like I'm worrying that something specific is going to happen. But you do worry that the shoe is going to drop? I, that's why I'm so anxious to keep working so the shoe doesn't drop.

So I don't spend a lot of time wearing. You know how like you don't like using the word gratitude? You like using the word Thanksgiving? I think this is that. I don't really worry. Worry is such a negative thing to me. But, okay. I think it's the same thing.

I think you can take anxiety and turn it positive. It's still not super healthy for you. But I don't think you can really take worrying. Worrying feels like lost time and energy. Sometimes people are anxious without worrying, right? That's what I am. Yeah, that's what I feel like I. I live anxious.

Okay. Well, 13 hours a week is what the average person spends worrying. So if you're above that, you may want to speak to someone. Like, say, if you're at 40 hours per week, per week, you could have general anxiety disorder. Yeah, I probably like 80, 90, 100 hours. Yeah. So these are some of the things that fall. I'm worrying.

Restlessness. Oh, I get that right now. Iridability. Don't have that. I'm good. Fatigue? Live it. Trouble concentrating. Depends. Insomnia.

Oh, yeah. Oh, man. Yeah, we need to speak to someone. Someone, line two. Hello. All right, next. All right, so we've heard an apple a day, keeps the doctor away for years and years and years. And apples are good for you, but a new study came out saying that Kiwi is the new fruit that we need to be eating.

And it'll help us improve. I don't think I could eat a Kiwi straight up. You just fired it. It's so small. It's almost not worth the energy and effort. I like to slice it and put it with other stuff. But like to go get a keyweed because you can't eat the outside. You got to peel that crap off.

No, you just eat that. No. You can also just cut it in half and take a spoon and dig out of the middle. I don't always have a spoon. That's my point, right? I like the fruits from back in the day when I used to run through the jungle and grab them off trazers, eat them and keep my voyage going. Oh, the good old days. Yes.

Not, got to get a spoon. Got to, like, peel off the outside. Like, give me an apple or a banana. I can peel that off real quick. So a kiwi a day keeps the doctor away? That's the worst. The wee a day makes the pee-wee not gray. So it's actually kiwi for four days straight because the scientist found that it needed to be four days in a row that you're eating kiwi and you'll see a boost in your mood.

And it was published in the Journal of Nutrition. So there's got to be some things to it. I guess we got to believe it then. Okay. Thank you. I'm Amy. That's my pile. That was Amy's pile of stories.

It's time for the good news. With producer Eddie. Josh Soudan, he's from Massachusetts, and about four years ago, he was eight years old at this time. He went to some homeless shelters with his aunt because his aunt wanted to show him like, look, guys, this is what, like, it's like for these people that don't have homes. And he noticed that some of these homeless people have kids and they don't celebrate Easter at all because they don't have Easter baskets. They don't do any Easter egg hunting or stuff like that. So he went home at eight years old and says, I'm going to start making Easter baskets for these kids. He's been doing it for four years.

Now he's 12. this is the fourth year he's going to do it and look he has a Facebook page it's called Josh's Easter baskets for the homeless and you can donate there so he can make more baskets he's hoping he can do 200 baskets this year eight years old start doing that 8 years old

and then kept doing it man my kid's 16 he's never thought of this that's not supposed to make you feel bad this is a segment that makes you feel good maybe this story would encourage your kids deep of joy yeah man that's awesome that's awesome that's awesome that's what it's all about

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