Uncle Si Gets Handcuffed by Confused Police Officer

Summary

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Duck Call Room: "Uncle Si Gets Handcuffed in a Case of Mistaken Identity"

Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin (Martin), Willie, Rucker
Date: June 18, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this laugh-filled episode, the Duck Call Room gang dives deep into stories of jury duty misadventures, unexpected run-ins with the law, mistaken handcuffings, and the finer points of Southern food culture. Uncle Si and crew keep the room alive with their signature banter, storytelling, and friendly ribbing, touching on everything from jury selection loopholes to their most memorable brushes with the law—including Si’s own brush with mistaken identity. The episode also features a healthy dose of backyard cooking debates, family nostalgia, and a touch of philosophical reflection.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Jury Duty Woes and Escapes

00:12 – 07:18

• Si reveals he has jury duty for the second time ever, bemoaning the trouble involved, from streaming restrictions at home to parking ticket nightmares.
• The boys debate the fairness of jury summons, their low pay ("$7 a day or something stupid" – Si, 05:25), and the ways they've tried to get out of it—including Martin’s age and medical condition exemptions.
• Notable Exchange:
  • Martin: “You charge a citizen with jury duty, you should provide a parking place for him, for crying out loud.” (04:31)
  • Si: “Part of your civic duty.” (07:15)
• Martin admits his bias during selection to get released: “I said, hey, guilty as charged! Put the sucker in jail.” (03:32)

2. Getting Handcuffed: Stories of Mistaken Identity

07:45 – 13:40

• Discussion shifts to being in the back of police cars—the discomfort, the reality of “cop mode” cuffs drawing blood, and why you don’t want to get handcuffed if you’re a “husky fella”.
• Rucker tells his story: “The craziest part about me being handcuffed is I was completely innocent, okay? I ain’t do nothing." (09:55)
• Uncle Si recounts being pulled over in Texas, mistaken for robbers due to a similar car, and staring down a ".38 that looked like a 105 howitzer." (12:53)
• The hosts riff on being innocent until proven guilty, poking fun at each other’s criminal pasts (or lack thereof).

3. Food Talk: Jambalaya, Okra, and Southern Cooking

17:23 – 44:00

• Extended, hilarious debate on Southern staples—okra, tomato sandwiches, fried fish, and coleslaw.
• Si reflects on childhood tomato sandwiches out of necessity (“That's all we had...now I can’t eat one,” 33:32).
• Rucker and Si discuss pickled okra (“I don’t know a bad way to have okra. I just like it.” – Si, 38:51), as well as the economic divide in who eats what for fun versus survival.
• The group makes fun of fancy food trends and swears fealty to the classics (“Fried okra is the greenest thing you're gonna find at their cookout.” – Si, 41:17).
• Memorable cooking moments from group fish fries and why some families stay away from coleslaw.
• International food experiences: Swedish exchange student at Golden Corral, culture shocks, and the superiority of Southern seasoning (“They don't believe in seasoning over there.” – Rucker, 45:07).

4. Life Changes, Fatherhood, and On Getting Older

23:56 – 27:50

• Rucker shares about fatherhood the second time around: “It’s just a vastly different experience than the first time I had it. I’m just a whole different guy in general.” (24:46)
• Group transitions into philosophical musings on how experiences change perspectives (“Your life experiences have taught you how to adapt and overcome.” – Martin, 25:54).
• The hosts good-naturedly tease each other over made-up words and debates around “philosopher” status.

5. Planes, Road Trips, and Marital Negotiations

49:46 – 54:18

• Listener email: Cole from Georgia wants advice convincing his wife he needs a pilot’s license so visits to family are easier.
• The guys dissect the “cost of a plane vs. car” debate and suggest the ultimate test is letting your spouse do the full 7.5-hour drive, then offering the 2-hour flight (“Let her drive round trip a couple times and then put her in the plane.” – Rucker, 55:18).
• Si and Martin joke about used planes, bass boats costing as much as airplanes, and why new helicopters are the last thing you want to ride.

6. Nostalgia, Group Chats, and Local Culture

36:13 – 47:01

• The guys reminisce about old group texts, sharing rooms with siblings, and how financial backgrounds shape food preferences (“The ones above…eat mater sandwiches for fun. The ones below…don’t ever want to see it again.” — Si, 36:44).
• Talk shifts to growing up in modest homes and the humor in “graduating” from tomato sandwiches or living stacked in one bedroom apartments.
• Food is the ever-present throughline as they poke fun at “common folk” cuisine vs. fancier tastes.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jury Duty Dodge:

  • “Oh, here's all this. No, no, I'm just saying they asked me the question, and I answer them honestly.” – Martin (03:41)
  • “If you're over 75 in Louisiana, you're out.” – Si (14:48)

• On Being Handcuffed:

  • “They don’t make handcuffs for husky fit people. Okay, so they’re tight...and you’re stuck back there.” – Rucker (08:19)
  • “I was completely innocent, okay? I ain’t do nothing.” – Rucker (09:55)
  • “I mean, he drew blood. He said, oh, I’m sorry. I went in cop mode. I said, I guess you did.” – Martin (09:02)

• On Southern Food:

  • “Fried okra is the greenest thing you’re gonna find at their cookout.” – Si (41:17)
  • “Mozzarella sticks are better than coleslaw.” – Willie (42:09)
  • “That’s all we had... now I can’t eat one.” – Si on tomato sandwiches (33:32)
  • "You didn't even go for the breast. You went for the best piece of chicken. That brake pad." – Si, to the Swedish visitor at Golden Corral (45:51)

• Philosophy in the Duck Call Room:

  • “Your life experiences have turned you. Taught you how to adapt and overcome.” – Martin (25:54)
  • “If you make up a word and say it with enough conviction, it’ll stick, you know?” – Rucker (26:23)

• Listener Advice:

  • “Let her drive round trip a couple times and then put her in the plane... she'll say, baby, I'm glad you got that plane.” – Rucker (55:15)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Jury Duty Escapades – 00:12 – 07:18
• Mistaken Identity & Handcuff Stories – 07:45 – 13:40
• Food Philosophy and Childhood Memories – 17:23 – 36:57
• Fatherhood Reflections – 23:56 – 27:50
• Email: Should I Get a Pilot License? – 49:46 – 54:18
• Golden Corral International Review – 44:52 – 46:00
• Plane vs. Boat/Fancy Purchases – 52:01 – 54:11
• Philosophizer Banter – 25:35 – 26:10

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Episode Tone & Flow

The tone is equal parts humorous and nostalgic, with plenty of self-deprecating Southern storytelling and quick-witted exchanges. The cast’s camaraderie and familial warmth shine through as they riff on everything from legal loopholes to food quirks. Longtime fans will enjoy the signature mix of tall tales, down-home wisdom, and life lessons—while first-time listeners will find themselves drawn into the unique world of the Duck Call Room.

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Transcript

[Martin]

Foreign.

[Willie]

You should be thankful that here at this semi quincentennial, you have jury duty.

[Rucker]

I don't get those letters in the mail.

[Martin]

What letters?

[Rucker]

Jury duty.

[Willie]

That's because you're a felon.

[Martin]

I've got two.

[Rucker]

Yeah, they don't. They don't come my way.

[Willie]

Anyway, welcome back to the Duck Call room.

[Martin]

What?

[Si]

I said, because a licensing agreement, I have to be connected to my home.

[Willie]

Wi fi.

[Rucker]

Oh, yeah. Well, if I'm at home, that's what they do now.

[Willie]

Yeah.

[Si]

Why in the world do I need to stream if I'm at my house?

[Rucker]

Disney plus won't let you. Like if I. I gave Noah's mom the account.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Rucker]

You know, I mean. And she watched it at her house. So then they said, oh, well, this must be your house. I can't even watch it at my own house no more.

[Si]

Y' all get better at this. If I was at home, I wouldn't need to stream the World Cup.

[Willie]

I don't have any of those problems.

[Si]

Yeah, well, I'm still. I'm still very. Because I. I have yet to cut said chord.

[Willie]

You gotta cut the cord.

[Si]

I've yet to cut said cord. I'm still very much chord friendly board attached.

[Willie]

Well, if you are on YouTube, you should like and subscribe the Duck Call Room, give us a five star rating and tune in. But if you have YouTube TV, you could be sitting. The good news is watching the World Cup.

[Si]

The World cup will be over by the time that. That I got my latest news of what I got in the mail days ago.

[Willie]

It's not going to be over.

[Si]

Oh, it'll be over by the time you go to jury duty July 20th. Isn't this thing over like the 16th, something like that?

[Rucker]

Pretty close.

[Willie]

Well, that actually stinks because if you're sitting in jury duty, that would be something to watch.

[Si]

I'd have to figure out how to do it because obviously Xfinity don't want me to, but yeah, I got jury duty.

[Martin]

You did?

[Si]

Yes. The second time in my life that I've been chosen for jury duty.

[Martin]

Well, I have. I had to say it twice. Twice.

[Si]

Number two. Are you going?

[Martin]

Are we going?

[Si]

Are we on the same one?

[Martin]

No.

[Si]

What?

[Martin]

No. Because my wife called him, said, hey, look, he's had bad problems, but he'll go. He'll fall asleep.

[Willie]

That's it?

[Si]

That's all you had to do?

[Martin]

No. And then the guy said, well, he's 78 years old. He don't have to show up. He don't want to. It's his choice.

[Rucker]

At what age does that start?

[Martin]

I don't know.

[Willie]

We're not.

[Si]

As a man.

[Martin]

That's what she told it. I did show up for the first one, and it cost me. I parked in a little spot, one in to check on it. Well, come out, had a ticket, 250. Cost me 250.

[Rucker]

Good night.

[Si]

A 250 bargain ticket.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Willie]

In Washington.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Rucker]

They got to get the money somehow at the courthouse.

[Martin]

And I said, hey, look, I'm here to report for jury duty.

[Si]

I'd have went to jail.

[Martin]

You're going to screw me and charge me $250 just over a parking spot. Yeah. Parking spot. And I said, hey, you know, what

[Rucker]

are you supposed to do? Yeah, y' all say, I got to be here, but I ain't got a.

[Martin]

And then you. You charged me $250. And then they said, well, when they got down to it. So they started asking me questions.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Martin]

And I said, well, could you. You know, are you biased? You know, And I said, everybody's biased.

[Rucker]

Absolutely.

[Martin]

I said, everybody is. I said, I've got my likes and I've got my dislike.

[Rucker]

That's right.

[Martin]

You know. Well, then they kept on. And I said, well, what about, you know, if this happened? Okay. You're judging this person. This happened. What would you do? I said, hey, guilty is charged. Put the sucker in jail.

[Rucker]

That's right. Maximum sentence.

[Martin]

They said, thank you for showing up, Mr. Ross. We can't use you.

[Si]

So that's what I should do.

[Martin]

Oh, here's all of this.

[Rucker]

Exactly.

[Martin]

No, no, I'm just saying they asked me the question, and I answer them honestly.

[Si]

Except I. I ain't got 250, though. Will you drop me off?

[Rucker]

It may.

[Martin]

Well, no, no, you better. You better take somebody to drop you off, because, hey, if you park. Because it wasn't. No. It wasn't no parking zone. No. Yeah, I just parked there, and they didn't like it, so they wrote me a ticket and charged me.

[Si]

I could Uber.

[Willie]

What if I should get awaymo.

[Si]

What if I got Royce?

[Willie]

Royce doesn't live here anymore.

[Rucker]

No, he's.

[Si]

Oh, he did.

[Willie]

Texas.

[Si]

Our Uber driver. Yeah. He moved. To what? Lake Lewis Foil shop.

[Willie]

I've never Ubered in Monroe. I feel like it would be weird

[Martin]

because while we got act on the subject, I need to tell the people, hey, if you. You. You charge a citizen with jury duty, you should provide a parking place for

[Willie]

him, for crying out loud.

[Martin]

You know, that's the least that you could do if he's gonna Be a good citizen and come out behind. Right. Sit on the jury.

[Si]

But give the man a place to park. But to be fair.

[Martin]

Provide me a place to park.

[Si]

But to be fair. This is 2026.

[Willie]

You should be able to zoom in the jury.

[Si]

Not. Not. No. If you get chosen, you should go. But there should be a profile of you where they pick the profiles already. And if you ain't one of the. What is it, 10 on one side and 10 on the other and then they. They have to agree on how many of them or whatever it is. You're a little more familiar with this process now.

[Rucker]

Yeah, I mean, that's because you tried.

[Willie]

You've never been a juror.

[Rucker]

Well, you make a valid point. They know not to send me an invite.

[Martin]

Well, no, no.

[Rucker]

If they know not to send me an invite, they should be able to tell if you're. Yeah, somebody that can through the filter.

[Si]

That's what I'm saying.

[Martin]

This is a screwed up deal. It really is.

[Si]

And we make what like $7 a day or something?

[Willie]

Wait, hey, you.

[Martin]

Yeah, it was like.

[Si]

They pay you for missing work?

[Martin]

No, they pay you a little bit.

[Si]

It's like seven bucks a day or something stupid.

[Rucker]

For missing work.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Good. But here's the thing about that because hey, there's a case right now, $50 a day in the news.

[Rucker]

Oh, so you get half a tank of gas.

[Martin]

Well, that guy, that kid stabbed the kid at a racetrack.

[Willie]

Oh boy.

[Si]

Oh yeah. Carmelo Anthony. Not the one you're thinking of.

[Rucker]

Yeah, no, not the basketball.

[Willie]

My brother in law freaked out.

[Martin]

See that hey, the judge do look, they would mellow. Hey, here's the deal. They went through 500 people picking the jewelry. Oh, this ain't this. This not a little bitty thing.

[Si]

No, that's a high profile.

[Willie]

Got to go though.

[Si]

Oh, I got to go. I had to. I had to fill out the paper and send it back in, which by the way y' all say is required. And then I have to supply the stamp.

[Willie]

I never did that.

[Si]

That's dumb.

[Rucker]

This is starting to.

[Willie]

I didn't have to.

[Si]

So.

[Willie]

So when I got jury duty on

[Si]

the back of the said flip over and fill out and return.

[Rucker]

I had a parish. Monroe.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Willie]

I had a brilliant plan that I piece of paper. I was just not going to show up.

[Si]

That's dumb.

[Martin]

I'm just saying.

[Willie]

And then Allison outed me on the podcast.

[Martin]

They need to change some. A lot of stuff in there in this because hey, if you. You are doing and being a good citizen show up and do it. They are number one. They ought to provide you a parking place.

[Rucker]

Absolutely, I agree.

[Martin]

I'm 78 years old. I got, you know, bad. Bad lungs.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Martin]

So I don't need to be walking.

[Willie]

No lungs.

[Martin]

So, hey, provide me a place. Okay, well, I can park. You know, I'm being a good citizen and doing my. My job. Right.

[Si]

Our civic duty. Part of your civic duty.

[Martin]

Well, hey, provide Marketplace. Okay, well. And, you know.

[Rucker]

Well, what was. Was the second thing the sheriff told

[Willie]

me if I skipped, they would have came and picked me up and brought.

[Martin]

Oh, no, they. Hey, they'll come rest your. But put you in jail.

[Rucker]

Oh, yeah, but you ain't gonna do that much time. You'll be fine.

[Si]

I mean, you'll be in and out. It's really more of a scare.

[Martin]

Yeah. But, hey, I don't like that you do the time, but you're still gonna ride on 24 hours. That's too much.

[Si]

You don't get to ride on that front seat.

[Willie]

The only time I rode the back seat of cars, of cop cars was with Willie, and they were escorting.

[Martin]

Oh, no, no, that was funny. That was the funniest part.

[Rucker]

I have never been in the front

[Martin]

when we did the ride along. You talking about. You talking about rough? Oh, yeah. The back of a police car.

[Si]

Oh, of an actual one.

[Martin]

Yeah. What?

[Si]

Hey, they suck.

[Willie]

Yeah. Imagine if you're a cuff. Oh, no, don't.

[Rucker]

I know exactly what that feels like.

[Martin]

Oh, no, no.

[Willie]

Slam on the brakes to teach you.

[Rucker]

Oh, yeah. Well, look, because you're cuffed. And then I've always been a heftier fella.

[Martin]

Oh, no.

[Si]

So husky.

[Rucker]

Husky. They don't make handcuffs for husky fit people. Okay, so they're tight. My arms are stretched behind me. Plus, it's a plastic seat. Hard plastic.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Willie]

Wrists don't get heavier.

[Martin]

Oh.

[Si]

So if you pee your crap.

[Rucker]

Oh, man, they're hitting the brakes. Your wrist, I mean, it's terrible.

[Martin]

Oh, no. When you're riding in the back, that's the most uncomfortable. Because, look, when they put the cuffs on. Okay, Bless their heart. I mean, y', all, we're filming a show. Okay? And when he put the cuffs on, I was. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I mean, he drew blood. He said, oh, I'm sorry. I went in cop mode. I said, I guess you did.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Martin]

I said, both of my wrists are slashed. Where you clicked it.

[Rucker]

Yeah. This is a TV show.

[Martin]

Oh, no. And then when you get in the back, you barely can't get out, and you're. Hey, you got pain you're stuck back there.

[Rucker]

You're stuck back there.

[Martin]

Oh, no. If you have to ride. And like we rolled around for an hour. We both me and Willie. Willie was back to tears. Really. Said, hey, I can't take this anymore. Stop. And ain't much.

[Si]

Well, he is a little softer than

[Rucker]

he used to be.

[Martin]

I'm serious. But I understood it because, hey, we both got out. And I mean, look, I hurt all over.

[Si]

But you wasn't crying, were you?

[Martin]

No, no.

[Si]

That's cuz you hold on.

[Martin]

I want no cry.

[Rucker]

No, you a man. You a man.

[Martin]

I want no cry. Not in front of a cop.

[Rucker]

Yeah, craziest part about me being handcuffed.

[Martin]

Take me to jail, put me in

[Si]

a. I'm gonna cry.

[Martin]

I'm gonna cry like a baby.

[Rucker]

The craziest part about me being handcuffed is I was completely innocent, okay? I ain't do nothing.

[Martin]

That don't matter.

[Si]

Completely innocent.

[Martin]

Oh, no, no, no. That don't matter.

[Si]

Or just innocent of what they were picking you up for?

[Rucker]

I was innocent at that point in time.

[Si]

Hey, R. We all are till we're proven guilty.

[Martin]

Hey, no, no. R would have blame last week at

[Si]

this time, so was Carmelo Anthony. But now he guilty.

[Rucker]

Well, you know, you don't want me on jury.

[Willie]

You're guilty.

[Martin]

I r want to say everybody, I didn't do it, Grandma.

[Rucker]

Look, you want to get out of jury duty, just do as I did. Show up, say your bias and tell them that you think that no matter what they did, they deserve to be in prison.

[Si]

Yeah. You believe in capital punishment, right?

[Rucker]

Absolutely.

[Martin]

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[Si]

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[Martin]

Hey, it's just like you haven't got any. Anything on.

[Si]

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[Martin]

The worst thing that ever happened to me is I was driving a car, and there were some people that had a car like the one I was driving that just robbed a 711 store. Well, hey, they pulled me over. Well, I'm in Texas. Well, in Louisiana, when a cop pulls you over, you get out of your car and go back to him. Uh.

[Rucker]

Oh, I don't know if that. I mean, maybe back in the day,

[Willie]

you don't do it now.

[Martin]

That's the way it used to be. Well, hey, look, in Texas, don't get out of your car and go back to them. Don't do that, because, hey, they both jumped out. There was two of them in a car. They both jumped out. And look, when I was looking in the barrel of.38.

[Rucker]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin]

I thought it was a 105 houser. A house looked like it was that big around. And I went, whoa, they get bigger

[Si]

when they point it at you.

[Martin]

Oh, no. Yeah, yeah. I said, hey, what's the deal here? And they said, hey, you know, just keep your hands up. Come walking towards, you know. I said, hey, what? I. I didn't do it. Whatever, y', all, you know. So they cuffed me. And then he got to talk to me and say, well, okay, they cuffed him.

[Willie]

How many times have you been cuffed in your life?

[Rucker]

Oh, size. Been handcuffed?

[Martin]

No.

[Willie]

Hey, how many times have you been handcuffed by authority?

[Martin]

Twice.

[Si]

That's a great clarification, because I don't need to know about him.

[Martin]

And Mr. Twice that time in Texas. And then the time I had to ride along.

[Rucker]

Well, 70s were amazing time.

[Martin]

Oh, no, but I.

[Si]

Do you ever have any pink fuzzy one?

[Willie]

Y' all stop it kids that watch this show. So hold on. We. We really never got to hang out on a point that SA made at the very beginning of this show. You got out of jury duty just by your wife calling saying you're old and cranky.

[Martin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Si]

Oh, so once you reach a certain

[Martin]

age, he'll go to sleep on you.

[Si]

What does that mean?

[Rucker]

Well, that brings it. Now it's a medical concern, right? It's a medical issue.

[Willie]

They can't hold on. He has no medical diagnosis for being sleepy. He just.

[Rucker]

My dude has a medical thing, though.

[Martin]

When they start asking you the question, they got about 10, maybe 20 questions they asked you. Okay. If you're honest, you ain't gonna be on jury duty.

[Rucker]

That's right.

[Martin]

I'm serious.

[Rucker]

No, no.

[Martin]

I one day said, are you biased? I said, hey, everybody is, you know, I said, you need to read the definition of that. I have likes and dislikes.

[Si]

Medical conditions, financial hardship, dependent care, age exemptions. Oh, yeah. If you're over 75 in Louisiana, you're out.

[Willie]

To be fair, you shouldn't be allowed to drive either.

[Martin]

Hey, it's a volunteer.

[Rucker]

You can at least taking a test

[Si]

if you want to. But if you're over 75, you can say, no, I'm good. And they're like, yeah, you're good.

[Martin]

Well, the first thing I was going to tell her, I said, hey, call them and tell them I got a medical condition, bad lungs, all this, blah, blah, blah, blah. She said, oh, I've already taken care of it.

[Si]

You got Peyronie's disease. I got it all, man.

[Willie]

You just went with medical condition, blah, blah, blah.

[Martin]

Hey, look, that's one thing I could tell them. I said, hey, I've got every disease that's here in the world. I've had it.

[Willie]

You've had all of it.

[Martin]

Dimension, all that I've had. Oh, crap.

[Willie]

Oh, hell, Martin, did you not have the thing that you're just supposed to call the day before jury duty and they sell you, you're off the hook?

[Si]

Oh, they say they post it or whatever.

[Willie]

Now, see, I had to call a phone.

[Martin]

It don't say in there how much they pay you.

[Si]

$50.

[Willie]

50 bucks a day, which is not my day. Right.

[Martin]

Yeah, I thought it was pretty good. Not anybody.

[Rucker]

No, I mean, but I mean, my problem, 20, 26, 50 bucks. What are you going to do with 50 bucks?

[Si]

Mine's not even poker.

[Willie]

They told you the case?

[Si]

Well, it's, it's in just like regular freaking washed out parish court. It can't Be nothing really cool like it's not going to be the state versus somebody, you know, a potential documentary be made about what I'm about to go jury duty for. Absolutely. Sign me.

[Rucker]

There's been a couple of the state of Texas versus Brown.

[Martin]

Oh, no.

[Si]

Hey, but this is going to be like Jimmy Don got a bad deal down there at the auto body shop and you know, his bumper fell off. Now they don't want to pay for.

[Rucker]

Well, do they do jury duty for like civil.

[Si]

I don't think, depending on some civil cases.

[Martin]

Well, yeah, some jury duty, huh?

[Rucker]

Jury duty.

[Si]

Wow. What a life, Rucker.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Martin]

$50 a day, 30 days. Hey, how much of that?

[Willie]

Not enough.

[Rucker]

I don't know if you'll be there.

[Martin]

Well, that's a good. That's a good chunk of change.

[Willie]

So 50 times 30 $500.

[Martin]

Is that all that comes in?

[Willie]

Yeah, that's the math.

[Martin]

More than that.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Willie]

So a whole month of your life gone is what you just. Hey, that'd be a good night of poke for $1500.

[Si]

My man won't leave his house for less than 30k. But 1500amonth city jury duty, that's pretty good.

[Willie]

Yeah, if they give me a dead parking spot, I

[Si]

problem is you're going to be in debt. You. You losing 200 a day for where you park.

[Rucker]

You're netting two. Yeah, yeah.

[Si]

Rugger. How old's that? Young.

[Rucker]

And now he is nine months.

[Martin]

Nine months.

[Rucker]

He'll be ten months on the 20th.

[Si]

Any more scorpions?

[Rucker]

No more scorpions. We have eradicated the scorpions. We've taken care of that problem.

[Si]

They go on, boys.

[Willie]

Oh yeah, we got a spider at

[Martin]

my house, but oh yeah, they're a bad little dudes.

[Rucker]

Oh, scorpions. Yeah, man.

[Martin]

I had one sting me in bed. I sound asleep. He popped me. I woke up right quick.

[Willie]

Watch this video.

[Rucker]

Sigh.

[Si]

Look at this thing. Look at this. Johnny D sent this to me yesterday. This is so good.

[Willie]

Look, you can't really see it there. While this spider is large, the entire family.

[Si]

Y' all look like one of them old Looney Tunes are on top of tables.

[Willie]

What is that?

[Rucker]

It's a spider.

[Willie]

So there was a spot. I look, I'm watching soccer. I'm gonna bring it over here so you can really see it. So watching.

[Si]

It's a big one.

[Willie]

You see that thing?

[Martin]

Oh.

[Willie]

I'm watching soccer in the living room and I hear a scream that I can only describe as. This is it. Yeah, like moment. I've been training to protect my family from an intruder, a bear. I don't know what's here, but it's bad.

[Rucker]

You say training. You mean that loosely, right?

[Willie]

I will whoop your fat butt anytime you want.

[Rucker]

Oh, J.D.

[Martin]

uh. Oh, J.D.

[Willie]

i'm sorry. You want to stand still and do it or do you want to jog first?

[Rucker]

No, I mean, I'm just saying I have fair. I'm just saying I'm fairly confident under any circumstances that you can come up.

[Willie]

I'm just saying when you say training, I'm just, you know.

[Martin]

Well, back to the screen.

[Willie]

I'm saying I can jump to the screen.

[Martin]

What do you protect?

[Willie]

You.

[Martin]

You're in protective.

[Willie]

So I'm like, okay, here we go. What am I fighting?

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Willie]

There's a panther, There's a bear. Not just a spider, but the blood curling scream scared me to death. And so then I go look, and it's this giant spider. And I was like, I don't know if this is dangerous or not. Martin told me to put it under a glass. Huh.

[Si]

Well, you're asking me, like, put it

[Rucker]

a glass over it. Evaluate.

[Martin]

No.

[Si]

Yeah. Figure out who he is.

[Rucker]

Spiders don't bother me. I'm really. I mean, spider.

[Willie]

I mean, I thought it was gonna be a spider.

[Si]

Let me tell you, when spiders bother me.

[Martin]

Well, some of them do.

[Si]

You're walking in the woods in the dark.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si]

Because I don't use flashlight. Ever.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si]

And then you just walk face first into a web and you're like. I mean, you know, it ain't a bad one. Well, but then, you know, he's on you and it's kind of like an unnerving. It's like, man, this sucks. And I ain't going to be able to find him till I get to my standard. It gets daylight. One of the two.

[Willie]

See, so what I did was took a broom.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Willie]

Beat it to death.

[Martin]

And some of them.

[Si]

What is wrong with your foot?

[Martin]

Some of them.

[Si]

You do realize you're approximately 230 pounds bigger than him.

[Willie]

Not that much bigger than him.

[Si]

Do 20 mm. Okay. I mean, we're talking about a thing that weighs like an ounce.

[Willie]

I. What if it bit my foot?

[Si]

Is not wearing shoes.

[Willie]

My home.

[Martin]

You probably know what the one, the big yellow one.

[Willie]

Shoes.

[Martin]

He's about the size of my thumb. A big yellow one.

[Si]

Oh, yeah.

[Rucker]

Big banana spot.

[Si]

Banana spot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that's what.

[Martin]

I'm in the woods and I don't

[Si]

like waking up to one crawling on me. Like one. Get in your bed.

[Rucker]

Yeah, I don't like that.

[Si]

But I mean, like, do you hear what Carter said? Me versus Spider. I'm going to win.

[Rucker]

Oh, yeah. I feel confident.

[Si]

Like, there's. No.

[Willie]

I don't.

[Si]

Like, this isn't a battle. Like, we're. We're not. We're not Spider man here. I'm not worried about getting.

[Willie]

What if it's a jumping spider?

[Si]

He can't.

[Martin]

He ain't. They're fun.

[Si]

Whatever the. Whatever the long jumpers are, he ain't there.

[Martin]

I mean, hey, you'd feel mates at how far those suckers can jump.

[Si]

Oh, yeah, they can go, but they can't.

[Martin]

I'm talking about.

[Willie]

Yo, but what if it bites you?

[Si]

How is it gonna bite through the sole of your shoe?

[Willie]

I didn't have shoes on.

[Si]

Go get a shoe.

[Willie]

That's the other. The broom was there.

[Si]

Oh, my gosh.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Willie]

So I was supposed to go back to the. Here's the other problem. You saw how my family was acting.

[Si]

Why don't you. Why? I don't understand why Allison doesn't just step on it.

[Willie]

No, no, she was on the table.

[Si]

I know.

[Willie]

And then she convinced Carter he needed to get somewhere higher than the table. He goes, dad, I think I need to. I said, it's just. We will kill it. But then I realized if I leave this room, I might not find it again because I'm the only one that's going to look at it.

[Rucker]

You want to know the worst thing is when you kill one and then a bunch of them start.

[Si]

The wolf spiders in the fall.

[Rucker]

Oh, yeah.

[Si]

Step on them, and a million of them go off.

[Willie]

We would have burnt the house down. We're moving anyway.

[Rucker]

I'll tell you, another move is. You know, because sometimes they're kind of in a corner. You can't really. I'll take a piece of paper towel, crumple it.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Rucker]

And just, boom, get up in there.

[Si]

I don't. What kind of fangs you thinking things have got, but, like, it took a

[Willie]

broom to the face.

[Si]

Y' all ever notice the best gifts for Father's Day are things that, like, help you do what you already love. Whether it's, you know, a new grill get you outside, or our new favorite around the Martin house, a big old slab of meat, baby. Because then you get to stay outside with the boys, you get to hang out, and you get to eat good. And you know what would make a great Father's Day gift? Tritels Premium beef, baby. Look. Tri tails is running $20 off their Father's Day box through June 22. It's packed with premium black Angus beef raised on a family ranch near Palo Duro canyon in Texas. And they're also celebrating America's 250th birthday all month long. So if you buy a prime ribeye special, you're going to get two pounds of ground beef for what? Free. What I love about Tritels is that it's family run. The same people out there raising the cattle are also packing the orders and shipping the beef directly to your door. They believe in doing things the right way. And you can taste the difference. There's no doubt about it.

[Martin]

Oh, no. Hey, if you just look at it, you know, this is the best where you can eat it with a spoon. You're talking about a 2 inch filet mignon.

[Si]

There you go.

[Martin]

Hey, eat it with a spoon. And hey, look, I got me a new set of choppers now. But hey, I could eat it when I didn't have any teeth.

[Si]

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[Rucker]

Yeah, he's sleeping through the night pretty good. You know, he's just.

[Si]

Y' all ready to have another one?

[Rucker]

You know, define ready. Well, I mean, because it's been talked

[Si]

about, if you're not active, if you're not actively preventing, you're trying, you know, my, my belief on that.

[Rucker]

Yeah, I mean, hey, we're just living life. We're gonna let God be God.

[Si]

Yeah, there you go.

[Rucker]

What happens, you know, it's been a journey, though. You know, like I said before, it's just a vastly different experience than the first time I had it.

[Si]

Yeah, you're there for one.

[Rucker]

For one. I'm also, I'm also not high. You know what I mean? And so. And so it is.

[Si]

That goes back to being there.

[Rucker]

Well, yeah, you know, even back then I was there, but I was I there, you know, I mean, even, you know.

[Martin]

Oh, man.

[Rucker]

But now it's just different because, I mean, I'm just a whole different guy in general. Like, I'm just a different person.

[Willie]

There's like, there's no State of Louisiana vs. Brian Rutgers coming up anytime.

[Rucker]

Not that we're aware of.

[Willie]

See, that's. There's. That's different.

[Rucker]

Yeah, that's different. But it's like, okay, like when? Because Noah's 16. Sixteen years ago, I was somewhat a kid. Well, fearless, like. I just didn't consider worst case scenarios in anything. Yeah, right.

[Si]

I got another word for that.

[Rucker]

What's that?

[Martin]

Dumb.

[Rucker]

The boy was ignorant. You know what I'm saying? But look, so. Yeah, and now. Now I can, you know, I'm considering worst case scenarios. I'm trying to prevent stuff from happening, you know.

[Martin]

Well, you've turned into a philosopher now.

[Rucker]

I appreciate it.

[Martin]

I'm serious.

[Rucker]

My friends tell me I've turned soft, so I actually.

[Martin]

Well, no, no, no, it ain't soft, Squishy. Your experiences have taught you.

[Willie]

We got to define philosophy, yo.

[Martin]

How to. How to.

[Si]

Having a real Renaissance.

[Martin]

Use the army term. Your life experiences have turned you. Taught you how to adapt and overcome.

[Willie]

A philosopher is an intellectual who seeks wisdom and studies fundamental questions.

[Martin]

No, no.

[Willie]

Regarding existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind and langu.

[Rucker]

That pretty much defines me.

[Willie]

I mean, I've used words that you made up on a daily basis.

[Rucker]

That's what I'm saying.

[Martin]

You fit the term.

[Rucker]

If you. Hey, you can make up a word and say it. If. If you say with enough conviction, it'll stick, you know?

[Si]

A paraphila.

[Willie]

You know how many times I've said paraphila and then realized I can't say plethora anymore? I've never said plethora.

[Si]

Even when it goes to come out, I just stop and change. I just punt.

[Willie]

But also, whatever. And then people that don't know the story will just be like, this guy.

[Rucker]

Yeah, what a weirdo.

[Willie]

What a weirdo. And I'm. He did it. He. He stuck me with paraphila.

[Si]

Yeah, yeah. That one will forever be.

[Martin]

But again, another way to describe you, okay, because you are very good at, you know, experiences something, and you learn from it.

[Si]

My buddy Clay said you the best preacher at Wise Ferry Road. How's that make you feel, Rugger?

[Rucker]

Oh, the joke that comes to mind. Well, look, when the bar is low.

[Si]

Oh, you know.

[Willie]

Oh, oh, you just got in the comments.

[Si]

Oh, oh, that's a joke.

[Rucker]

Everybody, please. God.

[Willie]

You just got in the comments. Oh, there's like two people that love Al in this. This.

[Rucker]

No, no,

[Si]

Clay ain't talking about Al, because Al's here today, going tomorrow.

[Rucker]

Yeah, I. I mean, look, I don't. I wouldn't classify myself as a preacher by no means. Me and Clay have had that conversation several times. I just. Look, I really enjoy studying the word. And because of my life experience and the lens that I have, I see things a little bit Differently. And I'm. And I'm good at communicating that.

[Martin]

Which. Which is a really good thing.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Si]

Philosophical.

[Martin]

Some serious.

[Willie]

Some would call him a philosophizer.

[Martin]

That's why you. That's why you're a lot of fun to be around.

[Rucker]

Well, I appreciate that. I think you're fun.

[Martin]

No, no, I'm serious, y'.

[Si]

All.

[Martin]

Cause most people just glad y' all

[Si]

wear a matching shirt.

[Rucker]

Poncho is a fantastic. Not really. I Look, hey, I held out for a long time.

[Willie]

What did y' all do? This. I saw a picture of you two together this weekend. What were y' all doing?

[Si]

Phillips in England. Meet little. Phillips. Said Rooker, I need you to take care of Sigh while I'm going to England.

[Rucker]

Oh, Sigh. Look, we had a. We had a. We had a concert at the church. A friend of mine, he's Stephen McWhirter, he came out and saw.

[Martin]

Was that the red haired guy?

[Rucker]

That's a redhead.

[Martin]

Okay, well he.

[Rucker]

Red beard. He doesn't have.

[Willie]

He's bald, but that's all redheaded dog.

[Martin]

Well, he's bald.

[Si]

Is that that ginger over there?

[Rucker]

Yeah, yeah. Well, anyways really cool dude. But anyways, we were hanging out, eating and stuff and so Sai came out, had some jambalaya. We just hanging out, kicking it before.

[Martin]

Here's what's so great about it. Okay. Then we're telling each other about Jesus and how what he affected us. How he affects us every. Which is always cool.

[Si]

Oh, I was waiting for a punchline. I thought we were.

[Rucker]

Now, well, look, I will tell you. Side got fired up, you know. You know, when Cy gets. No, we're slamming the tape. Hey, look, he. He told. He said. Can you tell him to quit yelling at me? I'm already saved. I don't know if he has to yell at me.

[Si]

Oh, you know. Oh, your buddy said that. Said no, don't take that personally. No, no, no, that's just what Tim Robertson's do.

[Rucker]

I said, he just gets fired up.

[Si]

They yell at you, man.

[Martin]

I told him. I said, hey, I ain't yelling at you. I said, I just.

[Si]

I'm just yelling towards you.

[Martin]

Yeah, I just. I just.

[Willie]

In your vicinity at you is strong.

[Si]

Yeah, now.

[Rucker]

So it was cool, Tom. That's what we were doing this weekend. Just hanging out.

[Si]

Rucker always put on a concert somewhere around crawfish season. I've noticed that about him.

[Rucker]

It just always seems to work out.

[Si]

It works out that way, dog.

[Rucker]

I mean, really?

[Si]

Rucker? Yeah, Rucker's had to.

[Rucker]

But we're we're out of crawfish. That's why we went jumbalaya. This.

[Si]

Okay.

[Rucker]

It's because the crawfish is a little late.

[Martin]

Yeah, I mean, what was the meeting at Jumbala?

[Si]

Oh. Oh, I don't like the confused look on.

[Willie]

Size should be an easy answer, man. You ate it.

[Martin]

It was kind of like pieces of roast.

[Rucker]

Not. Well, he did put. He put beef in the jungle.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Rucker]

Yeah, he did.

[Si]

Oh, yeah.

[Rucker]

I don't know what cut or how he did it, but it was.

[Si]

We call that stroganoff.

[Rucker]

Well, it was beef, chicken, sausage.

[Martin]

I'm so used to sausage.

[Rucker]

Well, there was sausage in it, too.

[Si]

Chicken and saucer.

[Martin]

Phil always unluckily, I didn't get any.

[Rucker]

Oh, really?

[Martin]

Yeah, I didn't get any sausage.

[Rucker]

We'll fix that next.

[Si]

They'll always made them with a pork butt. Like pork steaks. That's good.

[Willie]

All pork is good.

[Si]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I never had a jambalaya with beef in it, though.

[Rucker]

I. I didn't either until. This is the second time I've had his jumbalaya.

[Si]

And who was it?

[Martin]

It was good.

[Rucker]

Michael Fair.

[Martin]

It was good. But, I mean, I just. I didn't. No, don't.

[Willie]

Never heard of him.

[Rucker]

No, I don't think y' all would know him.

[Si]

Hey, if size. That. It was good, though. That means.

[Willie]

That means it must have been outstanding because you don't.

[Si]

He don't say that.

[Martin]

Yeah. Because what. You know, whatever they put on there, you know, a couple of scoops. I ate it. I ate it.

[Si]

Which is. Again, that's something to be said because the look on your face when you were asking what was in it, though, I was like, oh, no, Somebody's about to get ripped.

[Martin]

Well, no, it was scary. It was not what I was used to. Okay. Because Phil's job a lot is okra and. And sausage and, you know.

[Rucker]

Ok. Ok.

[Si]

I had some okra yesterday, man. Purple whole peas and okra.

[Martin]

Oh, hey, are you talking.

[Si]

God, that's so good.

[Willie]

You just eat it.

[Si]

Huh?

[Willie]

The okra.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Si]

Put it in the peas.

[Rucker]

It's okra.

[Willie]

You didn't batter it and deep fry it?

[Martin]

No, no, this is when it's boiled now.

[Si]

This is when you cook it down and you. You cook your peas down. And then about 20 minutes before your peas are done, you throw that okra off.

[Martin]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Rucker]

You know.

[Si]

No, you put it in there too early, it'll get slimy. Yeah, that's why you got it.

[Willie]

I'm not.

[Si]

God.

[Willie]

One where it's there. It all bear Lego ground.

[Martin]

No, no, no.

[Willie]

But fried okra is the only way to eat okra.

[Rucker]

Have you ever had pickled okra?

[Martin]

Hey, I have a big bowl.

[Willie]

Have you ever had pickled Friday?

[Martin]

I have a big bowl like he's got.

[Willie]

Yeah, it's good.

[Martin]

One bite. Oh, yeah. Love it.

[Si]

You don't need okra and tomatoes.

[Willie]

I don't eat tomatoes.

[Si]

Oh, man.

[Martin]

Oh, what are you talking.

[Willie]

I'm not a big vegetable guy.

[Si]

I don't need a raw tomato. But I love him cook. A cooked tomato is good. I don't like him raw. Like me and my buddies.

[Rucker]

Like, you're not a slice of tomato on a sandwich.

[Si]

We talked about this day in my group. One of my buddies, group text. They were judging me, y'.

[Willie]

All. Group text on.

[Si]

No, this was.

[Willie]

This was sandwich toppings.

[Si]

Well, you end up there. It's just like his podcast. Where do we end up? Group texts. We got. Group texts are wild.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Si]

They go different places and we should do it. We ended up talking about tomato sandwiches, and I said, I don't think I can eat them anymore because they're like childhood trauma. Because, like, that's all we had.

[Rucker]

Oh, yeah.

[Si]

Like mayonnaise, white bread and a mater.

[Rucker]

Yeah, you do salt and pepper on it.

[Si]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Si]

But that's what I mean. But that was what we had.

[Martin]

That.

[Si]

There was no other option. That was. That was lunch.

[Rucker]

Like, yeah, eat it or start.

[Si]

Yeah, like that was your lunch. And so now I look at it and I see people enjoying them, and I told them, I said, well, y' all were never forced to eat them. They were always an option. Right, y'?

[Martin]

All?

[Si]

I said, that's all we had.

[Martin]

No, no. Yeah. If you grow up and that's what you've got. Yeah.

[Si]

Yeah. Now I can't eat one. I can't Now I don't even like the thought of mayonnaise.

[Martin]

So that's me. That's me.

[Rucker]

I like. I like some mayonnaise. But I'll tell you what. What? I'm out on a blt. Okay. Because bacon, you just hurt.

[Si]

Sigh. Yeah, well, don't worry.

[Willie]

You just actually wrapped up the rest of the episode. Take the floor, sir.

[Rucker]

Well, here's my. Here's my reason why, to me, bacon is not an actual. Like, it doesn't suffice as an actual.

[Si]

Now you want to come back on here?

[Rucker]

Well, I mean, eat that bottom of the food. Bacon on top of other meats.

[Willie]

You can. No bacon.

[Martin]

You don't know by itself with breakfast. What's lettuce and tomatoes?

[Si]

Nope.

[Willie]

No, you don't even need lettuce.

[Martin]

And look. And then just a little bit of mayonnaise.

[Willie]

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[Si]

No, it's.

[Rucker]

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[Si]

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[Willie]

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[Martin]

Man?

[Willie]

Tomato sandwiches.

[Si]

Well, there's a definite. What's the word I'm looking for?

[Willie]

I need to know.

[Si]

We're old.

[Willie]

What's the rest of the 40 you got to be.

[Rucker]

I mean we're talking late 30s.

[Si]

Oh, it's Clay.

[Martin]

Clay.

[Willie]

That makes say.

[Si]

I was going to say there was a clear financial line. There's clear financial separation between a couple of them and the rest of us.

[Rucker]

The economic socio class is definitely present.

[Si]

Yeah. You know, and you know, the ones above it eat mater sandwiches for fun, right?

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si]

The ones below it grew up on it and don't ever want to see. You know, we graduated. We're like, we ain't got any sandwiches no more. And they're like, oh, this lets me eat with the common Folk.

[Rucker]

Yeah, you know. Yeah, yeah.

[Si]

There's a. There's a major difference there, you know.

[Willie]

Well, yeah, and y' all common folk can have that because your boy ain't eating it.

[Si]

The mater sandwich.

[Willie]

Yeah, I just don't like tomato.

[Si]

Hey, you eat them when that's all you got, buddy, now.

[Willie]

Oh, yeah, you just eat bread. No, I've eaten a whole loaf of bread before.

[Si]

I never knew what mama meant. Mama would tell me, you're either going to eat it or you're going to wear it. I never knew what that meant and I never wanted.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Si]

So I never knew if that meant she was going to slap me with it or I didn't know what was going to happen, so I just ate it.

[Rucker]

Well, that is. It's like I seen this thing one time. Like you got those friends that grew up in a different economic class and it's just some things we just can't relate on.

[Si]

Yeah. And that's fine.

[Rucker]

Like if you ever shared a room with four other people, you know, I

[Si]

mean, at the same time.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Si]

Like, not in a camp, you don't.

[Willie]

You don't remember back for a night.

[Rucker]

Well, like, I mean, I'm just saying, like, everybody's crammed in one house and you got. Everybody got pallets on the floor. One part you fighting over who's got,

[Willie]

like for a birthday party.

[Si]

No, no, he's talking about living.

[Martin]

He talking about I'm aware, sleep in.

[Si]

No, he's talking about L I V I N. Y' all just living there. Talk about everybody's there.

[Rucker]

Six people in a one bedroom apartment.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Rucker]

Baby.

[Willie]

How long did you live like that?

[Rucker]

Not very long. I mean, because they left. We were there.

[Si]

And you moved to a bigger facility.

[Rucker]

I did have my own bed. I did have more. They were pretty particular how I needed to make it though, you know, is

[Willie]

a. Yeah, the landlord was a bit rough.

[Rucker]

Mattress was terrible.

[Willie]

It came with food, though.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Willie]

Three meals weren't very good.

[Rucker]

Speaking of pickled okra, that's the first place I had pickled okra. It was good.

[Si]

It was good.

[Martin]

Oh, no, that's good.

[Si]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin]

That's another thing I like is pickle.

[Willie]

Have you ever deep fried it?

[Martin]

Huh?

[Si]

Oh, yeah.

[Willie]

Deep fried pickled okra juice.

[Si]

Oh, I'm just a believer. I don't know a bad way to have okra. I just. I like it.

[Willie]

I just like it fried.

[Martin]

Well, I don't like it slimy. Me.

[Si]

Well, yeah, if you cook it too long and you let it get slime.

[Willie]

But you love Vegetables.

[Si]

I do. Garden season's, like, my favorite time. Eating Squash, peas, all that stuff.

[Rucker]

Where y' all at on Colaw n Trash?

[Willie]

Hold on. No, no, no.

[Si]

That mayonnaise.

[Martin]

It depends. It depends on who. Who makes it there.

[Willie]

There's two types of coleslaw. If you're taking, like, a fork and dipping it into a cup of something and putting in your mouth that kind of coleslaw. That's disgusting.

[Rucker]

Oh, that's the best.

[Martin]

Oh, I'll fix that.

[Willie]

But, like, if you make a little. That's good coleslaw for, like, on top of a taco. On top of, like a. I like that.

[Rucker]

Like, it's almost. It's all chopped up in a boat.

[Willie]

I mean, like raising canes. The founder of raising.

[Martin]

Got good, good coleslaw.

[Si]

Church.

[Martin]

Your church. Church chicken.

[Si]

Church chicken. Church.

[Willie]

Church chicken.

[Rucker]

You could also get good coleslaw at a church luncheon. Okay. Little potluck.

[Si]

You know.

[Willie]

You know what? I'm against potlucks and church's chicken. I don't know what they got at their house.

[Rucker]

You know, look, I used to hate coleslaw. I thought coleslaw was the dumbest thing ever. And then I got incarcerated.

[Si]

Stop.

[Rucker]

And look, I'm gonna just tell you. But you. That's where I tried coleslaw for the.

[Willie]

You fell in love with it.

[Rucker]

I eat it now.

[Willie]

I'm just out here in the real world. You can just substitute for an extra piece of toast.

[Si]

I've watched that. I've watched that man take a head of cabbage to a grater making coleslaw.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Si]

That used to be his job. When we fry fish, it feels. So I made the coleslaw as a man.

[Martin]

Hey, I gave. I mean, when I made a bowl, it's like this.

[Si]

Yeah, yeah. He'd use.

[Martin]

Hey, if ain't nobody else, I'll eat that whole bowl.

[Si]

He'd use two heads of cabbage, and he'd use a whole bottle of black pepper. Yeah.

[Willie]

Now, as a man who's been to I countless number of fish fries in my life, the Owen and Howard family has never brought coleslaw to any of it.

[Si]

Really? I figured them hired.

[Rucker]

Big Dave ain't in on coleslaw.

[Willie]

No.

[Rucker]

Now that I think. Oh, you just made my vade. Over there, they're heading.

[Si]

No, you make French fries.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si]

You're not going. You're never in.

[Willie]

Fried okra is available instead of coleslaw.

[Si]

Fried okra is the greenest thing you're gonna find at their cookout.

[Martin]

I think we best every now and then you gotta. You gotta have fish rice. You gotta have onion. Raw onions cut up. You gotta have pickles.

[Willie]

Now, my papa did pickles. Have raw onions at a fish and I will eat.

[Rucker]

Yeah, yeah.

[Willie]

We don't do that on the red, purple onion.

[Martin]

Purple onion, that's one thing. Yeah.

[Rucker]

Purple. Or you do just a yellow onion.

[Si]

I'm just baba. Always for fish fries, she made onion rings with yellow onions and cooked with yellow onions. But for fried fish, she always had a purple onion. That was the. That was the one she ate with. Yeah. No, I'm just going back to childhood.

[Rucker]

Every now and again, I do invite myself over to the Big Dave's house on Christmas.

[Si]

Now you need to just go every Sunday because I'm in the text that gets all them picked.

[Willie]

I've taken that to Instagram. I'm just gonna start posting what we eat every Sunday night.

[Si]

It is unbelievable.

[Willie]

But did you notice last night's fish fry? You know, it's better than coleslaw. Mozzarella sticks.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Willie]

Name one human being on this earth

[Martin]

that you're like cheese sticks.

[Si]

We have. Jeff. Fried green tomatoes or something. What was that one? Plug?

[Willie]

Hot water, Cornbread.

[Si]

Hot water.

[Willie]

And then you got your shrimp and you got your tater tots and you got your fish and you got your chicken nuggets. And then it's like, you want some coleslaw with that or you want mozzarella sticks?

[Si]

Oh, there.

[Rucker]

That's also how you know that you got a house full of kids under the age of 13, but there was

[Si]

nothing that didn't take a peanut oil bath in that picture yesterday, so.

[Willie]

Oh, no, not.

[Martin]

Yes. You've got to have fish. Is. Is that. What's that so sauce, Red sauce.

[Si]

Cocktail Cocktail sauce.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Willie]

Oh, my mom make a mean cocktail.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Willie]

Yeah.

[Rucker]

Are you a tartar?

[Martin]

I could just eat a bowl of that by itself.

[Willie]

Never had tartar sauce in my life. Don't plan.

[Rucker]

I'm a ketchup and hot sauce mixed together.

[Si]

Brittany liked tartar fried fish.

[Willie]

Tartar sauce ain't bad.

[Si]

Brittany like tartar. Brittany used to eat a filet of fish up. You gotta watch her, man.

[Willie]

Anybody put eat a sandwich from McDonald's that has the word fish.

[Si]

Oh, she'll eat a filet o fish.

[Rucker]

I've done it.

[Willie]

I used when Rebecca Lowe, my foreign exchange cousin, came to America, she got

[Si]

on that filet o fish.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Willie]

She gained a little weight when she

[Rucker]

first showed up coming to Louise, Louisiana.

[Si]

Rebecca, she jokes about it all the time because it was fun. Yeah.

[Willie]

But when Rebecca first showed up, they were like, oh, we got a foreign exchange student living with Willie and Corey. She's your age, John David. And I was like, well, don't mind if I show up, say hello.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Willie]

And then she couldn't say hello back. And so it was weird. Like, hey, you didn't really know what

[Rucker]

to do with that.

[Willie]

Like, she made.

[Si]

Brunettes are my thing. Yeah, but she's from Asia, so.

[Willie]

But then it's like. And she's my foreign exchange cousin, so this, this isn't going to work out. But that girl went to McDonald's and ate a filet o fish every day. Really? We going to have to go.

[Martin]

You're talking about tomato.

[Willie]

We need to have.

[Si]

We've never had Rebecca have.

[Willie]

That is who we need on the show. It's like, it's like weird because like, like Willie and Corey, I go and I live with them and just never leave.

[Si]

Yeah, I never went back. I never went back.

[Willie]

I. I live here now. No, Rebecca would be. Rebecca be great to have on right now because of all these people infiltrating America and experiencing our culture with the World cup and we can have Rebecca.

[Si]

Do you think any of them are going to stay? You think Freddie is going to stay?

[Willie]

I think he might as well at this point. He's one of us.

[Si]

He's adopted. The American people have adopted.

[Willie]

And the Swedish girl who. She had Golden Corral for the first time yesterday.

[Si]

Who's. I don't know her.

[Willie]

Oh, she's a. She's a. She's a good follow.

[Si]

Okay.

[Martin]

She's.

[Willie]

She went to Golden Corral. She said, my life is forever changed because of how good the chicken was.

[Rucker]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

[Willie]

That's not even good chicken girl. And she's. She understands that, but she's like, no, this is so much better than Sweden. Y' all don't even know.

[Rucker]

Well, they don't believe in seasoning over there.

[Willie]

That's the problem, you know, so we're just impressing these people with the golden crust.

[Martin]

That's so weird on most countries.

[Si]

But they make hot chocolate and say don't.

[Martin]

Don't put anything.

[Si]

No, that's switching salt, pepper, not sweetened.

[Rucker]

Do they still have the chocolate fountains and whatnot at Golden Corral?

[Si]

Is that's the body? I hope not.

[Willie]

I hope so.

[Martin]

I mean, I mean, they probably still do.

[Rucker]

Look, you talk about the.

[Willie]

This is the sweetest chick's plate right here. And she said that that was an out of body experience.

[Si]

Hey, that sweetest chick I'm gonna give you some props.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Si]

Because that'd be a thigh. Good for you, girl.

[Martin]

Yep. Yep.

[Si]

You didn't even go for the breast. You went for the best piece of chicken. That brake pad.

[Rucker]

That's right.

[Si]

Good on you.

[Willie]

Way to go, Sweden.

[Rucker]

Is that a.

[Martin]

Where.

[Rucker]

Where was this Golden Corral at?

[Si]

It's not a very busy one.

[Willie]

If there were thighs, I believe she's somewhere around California. Right.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Rucker]

Because that Mac and cheese is suspect. We're just gonna say that right now. That ain't no down south Mac and cheese.

[Willie]

That's Golden Corral.

[Si]

Golden Corral. Mac and Cheese all come out the same bag, bro.

[Rucker]

Like, nah. They throw some extra stuff around here,

[Willie]

but I've also never seen. Yeah, I don't know it. I wake up every morning and see what the tourists are doing, and it's. It's one of the best parts of my day.

[Si]

Hey, Freddie, if you find Doug Dynasty while you're in the US Come sit down and chat with Uncle Sigh. We'd love to have you. We don't speak German, but he lived there once.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Willie]

Oh, that'd be great. Freddie probably speaks English.

[Martin]

I wish I could find some bratwurst.

[Rucker]

Freddy, bring the bratwurst.

[Willie]

The problem is, like, I feel like if we were in on this early, like, we'd have a chance at Freddy. Freddy's, like, hanging out with J.J. watt at this point.

[Si]

Oh, yeah. He is going.

[Willie]

And he's going to, like, an Ella Langley concert.

[Si]

Like, he's an Ella fella.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Si]

Welcome, Freddy.

[Willie]

I just learned about that because you're one.

[Si]

Yeah. I'm an Ella fella.

[Willie]

I still don't know what it is, do you?

[Rucker]

It's Langley.

[Si]

It's guys who like Ella Langley. We're Ella fellas.

[Rucker]

Oh, is that a. That's an actual thing?

[Si]

Ella has a T shirt at her concerts, apparently.

[Rucker]

I mean. I mean, I think she's great.

[Si]

I like. Yeah. It's garden time, y'. All. Summer's in full swing, and we ain't had a rain until today in a long time. So you know what that means. You got to water your stuff, man. And the last thing you want to be doing, drag a big, clunky hose around. And that's why I'm excited to tell you about the world's number one expanding garden hose and their brand new product, the Pocket Hose Ballistic. It goes ballistic, y'.

[Rucker]

All.

[Si]

Pocket Hose Ballistic is a lightweight anti burst hose that's easy to manage and easy to store. Just turn the water on. It grows. Turn the water off and it shrinks back to pocket size. The hose is reinforced with the same material used in bulletproof vest. And the fibers it's made with are actually five times stronger than steel. So it's definitely made to last. Plus an upgraded UV coating keeps it looking new year after year. And it comes with a pocket pivot. Giving you 360 degree rotation at the spigot is total freedom. You move, it follows.

[Willie]

We had it at our house. My mom liked it so much she went and bought two of them. Use code duck.

[Si]

You know it gets old. A leaky water hose. You go turn a water hose on, you get soaking wet and you ain't got to worry about that with a pocket hose. Pocket hose has changed the game for me. I love this thing. It's super durable, lightweight and makes yard work a breeze. And now for a limited time, when you purchase a new pocket hose ballistic, you'll get a free 360 degree rotating pocket pivot and a free thumb drive nozzle. Just text Duck to 64 000. That's dark to 64000 for your two free gifts will purchase Doug the 64,000 message and data rates may apply.

[Willie]

I think we need to answer one email.

[Si]

Okay, go ahead.

[Willie]

Because there's a marital spat going on.

[Rucker]

Oh, I got salute.

[Willie]

Also I got it. Don't let me forget next time we record. I got to go back a hot dog stand from Texas and Tyler, it thinks it's really cool that I have a hot dog roller. And we got to talk about a hot dog stand because I need to go to it.

[Rucker]

I have been curious about the hot dog roller.

[Martin]

It's.

[Si]

Does that mean we need one?

[Willie]

I think we need to buy a whole stand.

[Martin]

Well, hey, you need to bring that in here and. And have some rolling.

[Willie]

Look out in front of the honey.

[Rucker]

There's a dude around here that has a little portable.

[Willie]

Yeah, I gotta find him too. Oh no. Scott. Scott owns a hot dog stand in Tyler, Texas called American Hot Dogs.

[Martin]

You need to bring your roller in here, put some hot dogs on.

[Willie]

I'd have to come in the morning because they're way better after a little while. Anyways. Cole. Cole is from somewhere. He lives in Georgia.

[Martin]

Georgia.

[Willie]

But most of his family is back in West Virginia.

[Martin]

Georgia, West.

[Willie]

He's trying to convince his wife to let him get his pilot license because it makes better sense to go fly two hours than a seven half hour drive every time you want to go see your family. He's fascinated by aviation and he just wants to Earn his pilot's license. And he's trying to convince his wife that it's not just a hobby and it will actually save them a lot of time.

[Martin]

Well, does he own a plane?

[Willie]

There it is. Logistically, any tips, arguments or good natured ammunition is Cole's words to win her over. Buddy, if you got a plane, you already won.

[Martin]

Yeah, well.

[Rucker]

Yeah, well, here we go. I got an idea.

[Willie]

But you're going to lose if you don't own the plane.

[Rucker]

If there's a way.

[Si]

Eats mater sandwiches because they're optional.

[Willie]

I don't know.

[Si]

He didn't have to.

[Rucker]

He didn't. Well, but you know, you could actually get a plane for. I mean, it depends on what kind of plane we're talking here. We talking a jet? I mean. Or is this.

[Willie]

Did you just say you can get a plane for a reasonable 150,000?

[Rucker]

I mean, if you really looked at it. I mean, there's people that buy vehicles for more than planes cost. Can we. I mean, is that not a fair.

[Willie]

I ain't getting. I ain't getting on no plane that costs less than a car.

[Si]

I've ridden a long ways in $100,000 airplane.

[Willie]

Not doing it.

[Si]

Play. Got one.

[Willie]

Not getting in it. I'll beat you there.

[Rucker]

I've done sketchier things.

[Martin]

I made it close playing seat.

[Si]

Which one?

[Martin]

Well, I'm talking about one.

[Si]

I told you. There's that divide.

[Rucker]

There's a dividend.

[Si]

The difference is, is we're just all his poor friends.

[Rucker]

Yeah.

[Si]

You know, like.

[Rucker]

And we're grateful for.

[Si]

And he's a pilot. He can fly.

[Willie]

I'm fly.

[Si]

No, he's got one four seater.

[Martin]

Okay.

[Si]

And then he's got like a little

[Martin]

eight seat jet job.

[Si]

Yeah. Okay, so he don't fly the jet. They got a pilot for the jet.

[Rucker]

My man Scott. Right.

[Willie]

Scott needs ammunition to. I just think if you got plane money, you got plane money. It ain't boat money, but plane money is a thing.

[Si]

See, the sad part is now a bass boat and airplane cost about the same money.

[Martin]

I would think so.

[Rucker]

That's what I'm saying.

[Si]

Ain't that crazy?

[Willie]

I don't think that's right.

[Si]

A bass boat tricked out about $100,000.

[Martin]

You could probably get a plane. You can drop job you can find on a grant.

[Si]

You can find a cirrus.

[Martin]

A truck cost $100,000, man.

[Si]

They're all going to be used. You ain't gonna go buy no new one. You're gonna have to buy a used one. But.

[Rucker]

But if There's a way for Scott to get her to have to drive the seven hours and then experience the plane. That'll win her over.

[Martin]

Yeah, I don't see what I'm talking about.

[Willie]

Pilots, thinking philosophers.

[Martin]

That's. That's right.

[Rucker]

I mean, really. She

[Martin]

drive. Let her drive. Let her drive.

[Rucker]

Let her drive. And then, hey, why don't we fly this time?

[Martin]

And then.

[Rucker]

I never want to drive.

[Martin]

We'll be there in two hours.

[Rucker]

See?

[Willie]

But all these planes y' all are talking about that are reasonable or size, age. Like, here's a 1956 Piper for.

[Si]

That's when they were made good.

[Martin]

It don't make any difference.

[Si]

Look, it's still flying.

[Rucker]

I flew on a plane with duct tape, for crying out.

[Si]

Apparently, the last thing you want to be on is a new helicopter. Yeah, them things go down every day.

[Willie]

I'm not getting on a helicopter either.

[Martin]

Oh, no, you need to ride. You need a ride in the helicopter.

[Willie]

Not doing it, Rip.

[Martin]

Oh, what you talking about?

[Si]

And then I saw that one old boy that Hunter posted about, he just died in a helicopter crash.

[Willie]

What?

[Si]

Some musician that we probably never heard of.

[Rucker]

Statistically, you're. You're more likely to die in a car wreck than a plane.

[Willie]

Okay, but I've been in a car wreck. And everybody's like, hey, are you okay? Nobody asked that. After a plane wreck, they're just looking for your teeth to identify you. And they're like, anybody got his dental record so he can see if this was him?

[Si]

Boy, we ain't never gonna know whose side was.

[Rucker]

They could think he was somebody else.

[Willie]

They say, this man, we got Steve Harvey right here.

[Si]

The only thing that's gonna be left is gonna be them new teeth. No, they gonna look for dental records, say, well, he ain't got no teeth.

[Rucker]

Man, you could survive a plane crash. I mean, depending on the, you know, the circumstances.

[Martin]

Hey, look, you got a better chance in a helicopter look, okay, when it crashes. Cause, hey, you can land that. Cause, hey, them rotor blades will still be rottering if the engine. Engine goes out. Hey, that baby will still be running, baby.

[Willie]

I've played far too much Call of Duty to know how helicopter crashes go. They go poorly.

[Martin]

Look, hey, if you had seen some of the stuff I've seen. I seen a warthog land A. A10.

[Si]

Not Pumbaa.

[Willie]

Pumbaa.

[Martin]

No, no. I seen one land, okay? And, hey, this means no worries. Hey, this thing looked like a piece of Swiss cheese. Yeah, it wasn't a place on it that didn't have a Hole this big around it.

[Willie]

Thank that guy for his service. That way I get to live the life I live.

[Si]

That's an airplane. That way I get to have a hot dog roller on my camera.

[Rucker]

I get to have hot dog rollers.

[Willie]

Hey, my biggest problem with Iran is will they beat that soccer team tonight? And will I have $20 on it? You bet.

[Si]

And if they don't, do they get to go home?

[Willie]

I better hope not.

[Rucker]

Okay, so, Scott.

[Si]

Scott. Best time.

[Rucker]

Just have her drive round trip a couple times and then put her in the plane.

[Martin]

That's right, tiger.

[Rucker]

Probably never have to deal with that conversation.

[Martin]

Yeah, she is. Dial in that.

[Willie]

I like a good road.

[Martin]

You'll say, baby, I'm glad that you got that plane.

[Si]

Seven and a half.

[Martin]

Take me to my folks now.

[Willie]

It's under 12. I'm driving.

[Rucker]

But if you're. If you're buying a plane for a seven and a half, I mean, you. You're kind of used to some comfort

[Willie]

and what he said, he said, he

[Si]

said a two and a half hour flight.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Si]

Yeah. So, yeah, he's in it. He's wanting a small one. Yeah, like a little serious.

[Willie]

But he's got a fancy last name, so I think. I think he might have money. He's only got 730 followers on Instagram. Yeah. I found you. Oh, he caught a bass.

[Si]

Megan.

[Willie]

Got a nice truck.

[Rucker]

Well, let's look at his. Look at his bass boat. That'll tell us a lot. Mark, did he catch.

[Si]

Did he catch the bass on a koiki?

[Martin]

Let's see.

[Si]

We'll know how much he had.

[Willie]

No. Oh, he hadn't posted in 167 weeks.

[Martin]

Weeks.

[Si]

Oh, yeah.

[Rucker]

Oh, man. See, he's not a poster. He's not looking.

[Willie]

Oh, but he had a googan squad scale weighing a five pound bass.

[Martin]

I don't know.

[Si]

Never mind.

[Willie]

Cole. I'm sorry.

[Rucker]

So the picture of the plane, was that a plane that he.

[Willie]

Now we have no idea what his plane plans are.

[Si]

No, but if it's two and a half, if it's turning a seven and a half hour drive into a two and a half hour, it's like. It's like a little Piper. Yeah, you're not. You're cruising at like 140 knots or something like that.

[Willie]

Get in there 30, 000ft and let her rip. You can text and fly, though you shouldn't text and drive.

[Si]

You can also not have Starlink on your airplane.

[Willie]

That'd be tight.

[Si]

Like for the pay for the aviation plan.

[Willie]

Oh, I bet that Changes everything. I haven't flown in so long.

[Si]

Yeah.

[Martin]

And I go, well, if I. If I could afford it, I'd have. I'd have a jet out in a Runway by my house so you can get here quickly. I'm serious. I. I wouldn't. I wouldn't go anywhere. I didn't fly.

[Rucker]

There's a lot of things I would. Finances, the pull right.

[Martin]

Anywhere you want to. If you got a plane.

[Willie]

I'm just saying, when do you. How often do you leave West Monroe and the quiet.

[Rucker]

Don't be throwing no salt.

[Martin]

I don't go as much as I used to. Oh, at one time, it used to be every weekend. Oh, that's true. I was gone somewhere when the money showed up the first time.

[Rucker]

If you had a plane, you'd be gone all the time.

[Martin]

No, no, I'm serious.

[Rucker]

I'm serious.

[Martin]

Yeah, because when Duck dies, he was going. And the money was rolling. Hey, I went out there working to make some money.

[Willie]

Amen to that.

[Martin]

Till I finally got. Hey, well, I think I got to slow down a little bit.

[Rucker]

He said, I got enough money.

[Martin]

Yeah. Hey, finally. I was just going to say, let's slow down a little bit, boys. Slow down and smell the roses. J.D.

[Willie]

i don't know how to Bible verse this. This episode, by the way. There's not one.

[Martin]

I think that's a good one you got.

[Willie]

There's not one on okra, but we talked a lot about vegetables and quick. Martin. Tomato. What is it, a fruit or a vegetable? Galatians 5, 22 and 23. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Against those things, there's no law.

[Martin]

People say, you're a philosopher yourself, son.