01-06-26 - John's Friend Mark Is No Longer Allowed In His New Bronco Because Each Time He Is They Seem To Get Mistaken For A Gay Couple

Summary

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Holmberg’s Morning Sickness – 01-06-26

John’s Friend Mark Is No Longer Allowed In His New Bronco Because Each Time He Is They Seem To Get Mistaken For A Gay Couple

Date: January 6, 2026
Hosts: John Holmberg (E), Brady Bogen (B), Bret Vesely (A), Dick Toledo (F)
Main Theme:
A hilarious and self-deprecating exploration of the recurring phenomenon where John Holmberg and his friend Mark, while driving in John’s new Ford Bronco, are persistently mistaken for a gay couple by strangers. John recounts a series of run-ins—ranging from friendly jokes to peculiarly targeted serenades—and the hosts dissect the hijinks, stereotypes, and social assumptions behind these experiences.

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Episode Overview

The morning’s core story follows John’s mounting realization that, every time his friend Mark rides passenger in his Bronco, passersby seem to clock them as a gay couple. The team breaks down these incidents, reflecting on society’s quick-draw conclusions, sharing related anecdotes, and poking fun at themselves—and each other. The discussion blends topical humor, personal stories, and the show’s signature unfiltered banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Topless Bronco and Weather Weirdness

[01:13 - 02:15]

• John marvels at Arizona’s unseasonably pleasant January, boasting that he still drives the Bronco with its top down, expecting freezing temps but instead enjoying mornings in the 70s.
• “I still have the top down on the car. Not expecting that at all...I can handle 50 degrees, nothing to it.” — John Holmberg [01:15]

2. Mark’s Magical ‘Gaydar’ Effect

[02:15 - 05:15]

• John confesses he can “no longer allow” Mark (full name jokingly outed: Mark Stebbings, CEO of National Bank of Arizona) in his Bronco due to a bizarre pattern: every time Mark’s in the car, strangers make gay jokes or assume they’re a couple.
• First Incident: After a Suns game, a man pulls up and shouts, “Which gay bar are you guys going to?”
  • John and Mark find it funny but then start “stewing” over whether they do look like a couple. [04:07]
• Second Incident: A few weeks later, a young woman serenades them at a stoplight with Cher’s “Do you believe in life after love?”—again, only when Mark’s present.
  • “We must look gay. I don't know what that is.” — John [04:08]
  • “You guys are the twink twins.” — Bret [05:30]

3. Anecdotes from Their Youth

[05:51 - 06:56]

• John reminisces about old times with Mark, like a car ride post-breakup, shirtless and listening to ballads, Mark crying over a girl.
• “[Mark] started to cry pretty violently, like ugly cry, while this song was on. He goes, ‘This is us.’ And I’m in the passenger seat going, I’m gonna jump out.” — John [06:23]

4. Trying to Explain the Pattern

[06:56 - 08:58]

• John debates whether it’s the location (“about a mile and a half from the gay Denny’s”) or Mark’s presence that triggers these reactions.
• “I drive around, I could listen to Cher and people like, ‘probably gay, not gonna say anything.’ Only when he’s [Mark] in the car… twice... two times with just you.” — John [12:09]
• Bret and John riff on Mark’s “vibes,” noting two interactions in as many outings can’t just be coincidence.

5. Crowdsourcing Opinions

[16:03 - 17:20]

• John asks his gay neighbors about Mark’s “vibe,” and they confirm Mark could be “on the down low.”
• “Michael did. Troy said, ‘He did.’ Michael said, ‘Yeah, I could see Mark being on the down low.’ I’m like, ‘No kidding.’” — John [16:03]

6. Banter and Stereotypes

[16:46 - 23:52]

• The group pokes at their own stereotypes: Mark’s high-water pants, haircut, and suit choices.
• They riff on gay car culture, “twinkmobiles,” and the idea that “two dudes in a Bronco screams gay,” to which John retorts, “Multiple men have ridden in that Bronco—the only time it happens is when the CEO Mark Stebbings is… in the dispatcher.” [17:41]
• John jokes about the potential wealth of a “power bottom couple” with Mark: “If Mark and I were gay, we’d be… a power bottom couple… printing like a thousand.” [16:59]

7. Community Feedback/Interaction

[17:23 - 20:48]

• Read-alouds of text and emails poking fun at the Bronco, the “Twinkmobile,” duck and dildo decorations for Jeeps, and the idea that God might be “calling” John to be gay via his friend group.
• John clarifies: “Let me clear that phrase up real quick. I have multiple—multiple men have ridden in that Bronco...” [17:41]
• Group speculates about musical stereotypes and share their own run-ins with “car ducks” or being mistaken for something they aren’t.

8. Car Stereotypes and Local TV Newsmen

[31:02 - 33:47]

• They riff on local weathermen (Corey McCloskey, Royal Norman, etc.), gay stereotypes, and the idea that singing show tunes or wearing fingerless gloves is a “giveaway.”
  • “You can’t do show tunes on television as a straight man. You’re telling everybody.” — John [31:48]

9. Bike and Motorcycle Double-Entendres

[35:35 - 36:48]

• Brief shift to motorcycle rides (“nuts to butts”), and why two men together on a bike is its own, less ambiguous stereotype.
  • “You don't get on the back of a man's bike and hold on. You just don't.” — John [36:48]

10. Wider Social Commentary

[29:24 - 30:34]

• John reflects on how some “lefties” will use gayness as an insult, even as they campaign against that very thing. References to Jimmy Kimmel’s “Jennifer Trump” joke and hypocrisy in political discourse.

11. Conclusion: What Next for Mark?

[15:28, 24:12, 25:12]

• John isn’t actually banning Mark yet, but says, “If this happens again, he’s out. We gotta do something about his hair.” [15:28]
• They speculate about more “tests”: “Maybe I’ll ask more people at the Suns games if they think my friend is a homosexual.” [24:12]
• John summarizes the plan: “I might just call Mark, go, what do you want to do? I’m just gonna drive around, Mark. Just drive around, see what goes on. Just light to light and see if it happens again.” [24:17]
• He finds the absurdity funny and isn’t offended, but clearly lets the listeners know—it’s Mark, not the car!

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Which gay bar are you guys going to?”
  Man at stoplight, as reported by John [03:33]

• “Do you believe in life after love?”
  Random woman serenading them at a light, aiming to ‘gay bomb’ them [05:15]

• “You guys are the twink twins.”
  — Bret Vesely [05:30]

• “If Mark and I were gay, we’d be a...power bottom couple.”
  — John [16:59]

• “I’ve had two dudes in the Bronco before. Let me clear that phrase up real quick.”
  — John [17:41]

• “If it started to happen in the Bronco all the time, I’d be like, are these gay guy cars? It’s not. It’s just him.”
  — John [15:08]

• “You don’t get on the back of a man’s bike and hold on. You just don’t.”
  — John, on motorcycle etiquette [36:48]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [02:15] – John introduces Mark’s “gay magnet” effect in the Bronco.
• [03:33] – First incident: “Which gay bar...?”
• [05:15] – Second incident: woman sings Cher at them.
• [06:23] – Story of Mark’s high school heartbreak ride.
• [12:09] – Patterns emerge: only with Mark does this happen.
• [15:28] – “If this happens again, he’s out.”
• [16:03] – Reaction from gay neighbors.
• [17:41] – John clarifies: multiple men have ridden in the Bronco.
• [24:12] – John proposes further “testing” with Mark.
• [29:24] – Social commentary on “lefties” and insult culture.
• [31:02] – Weathermen, gloves, and stereotypes.
• [35:35] – “Nuts to butts”: bike ride banter.
• [36:48] – John’s rule: no holding on from behind.

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Tone & Style

Unfiltered, bemused, and self-mocking—tinged with the show’s characteristic sarcasm and edgy humor. John is never actually offended, instead using the repeated gay assumptions as fodder for observational comedy about cars, masculinity, local culture, and the absurdities of social signaling. The podcast maintains a playful rapport, bouncing between sincere confusion and mock-exasperation at how minor details (pants, car color, passengers) can shape strangers’ perceptions.

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Takeaway

Are people reading too much into two guys sharing a Bronco? Is it the car, the passenger, the outfits, or the music? John’s answer: “It’s not the car. It’s Mark.” The episode is a laugh-out-loud probe into stereotypes and coincidences, with just enough introspection to make the satire land. If a stranger sings Cher at you in traffic, maybe you’re just having a really good—or really funny—morning.

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Transcript

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[E]

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[A]

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[E]

No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. Good morning, everybody. Hello there. Welcome to Tuesday. It is 5:45. My name's John. There's Brady, there's Brett. Enough, Brett. Sorry. There's Toledo. We're off and running. 4A Tuesday morning here in Paradise. Another glorious day for us to get up. Still has a top down on my car. That is. I did not expect it. No, it's not cold. I got the car in early November, I guess, and I took the top off and said, well, the weather's great. I'll leave this and then once it's done, I'll park it. Take the Jeep with the top on. Hasn't been bad at all. It rained a little bit on a couple of the days, but I've, you know, it's been perfect. So I still have the top down on the car. Not expecting that at all. Going into the early parts of January that it would still be in the 70s. Most of the time. And early in the morning, put a.

[A]

Hood on them right in though.

[E]

It's fine. It's. It's actually, it's fine. It's chilly. I get seat heaters. I got, you know, it's all right, I'm covered. But I've had seat heaters in the Jeeps before. I put the top back on the Jeeps because usually in November, at least a few days where it's below 30, like we have a few freezing morning, nothing even close. It's been pretty nice. I can handle 50 degrees and nothing to it. I will have to say though, that I can no longer allowed. My friend and I don't want to give out names. He's the CEO of the national bank of Arizona, Mark Stevens. But please, let's just keep that amongst ourselves. But Mark Stebbings gets in my car. This has happened two times. I drive this thing with the top down, expecting to have only done that for a couple of weeks, but I've been. It's been two months now driving around. That guy took that picture of me yesterday or a couple of days ago in the freeway, which was weird. I'm driving along and everything's normal. Mark's been in that car three times, right? Twice with just he and I and once with him and his wife and kid. That's it. The first time we went to the Suns game, I picked him up, drove him down to the Suns game and we were driving back, we left and we're down there right off of. I believe it was Washington or Jefferson, I don't remember what street. And this guy pulled up next to us and said, nice car, man. And I'm like, thanks. And then he goes, which gay bar are you guys going to? And we started laughing like, what a couple of dicks. But that's pretty good, Stu. Nice job, guys. And we're like. We waved him off, like, you got us. Didn't see that coming. You. You gave me a little compliment and you threw the. You. I mean, it's absolute right hook. Just bam, boosh. I wasn't looking. Jog. I. Jake Paul, just two sides of my jaw broken. And then I'm like, yeah, that was funny, right, Mark? And he's like, yeah, that's funny. Haha. Then we're kind of bothered by it. We're quiet for a few minutes, like, do we look gay?

[B]

Started stewing on, right?

[E]

So then I'm like, we must look gay. I don't know what that is. So then that was about four weeks ago. We went to the Suns game again about a week ago. And I called Mark, I said, I'm leaving in five minutes, you want me to pick you up? And he said, sure. He lives a mile from me. So I go and grab CEO Mark Stebbings and I put him in the car again and we hop in there and we're driving along, windows down, and I had to get gas, so we didn't go on the freeway and we had time, so went down 16th street and hopped on there. We get on Thomas and we get to Thomas and 7th Street. We're just surface street and then. Right, Thomas and 7th Street. And I am not kidding you, if Mark was sitting right here with me, this is exactly what happened. And it's the strangest thing that's happened to me in a car. And it's only when he's been in it. I drive this thing every day and it doesn't happen unless he's in it. There's a lady next to us listening to like Wham or something, right? And we pull up next to her and we can hear and she's singing her windows down. And we both look over at the same time and she rolls her eyes at us. I mean like a big time. Mark, what was that? I'm like, I don't know. Then she turned her radio down, still at the red light, and looks at us and goes, do you believe in life after love? And I'm like, what's she doing that for? Mark's like, why is this woman singing Cher at us? And I'm like, does she think we're gay?

[A]

You guys are the twink twins.

[E]

That's what I told Mark. I said, it's you. You make people think we're gay. And he goes, a couple middle aged guys driving like, no, I drive this car every day. I've had multiple people in it. Nobody sings Cher at me. Unless you're here. Nobody asked what gay bar we're going to unless you're here.

[A]

Did you turn up your radio too?

[E]

No, we were listening. I had this one on Mark in the car. Oh no. Brit remembers. Yeah. Cause why is the man in the passenger seat sobbing, crying? It's a refres of this story. Mark broke up with a girl and, well, she broke up with him back in high school, broke his heart for a day or so and then they got back together. But I had to ride with him in his 1986 prelude while he listened to this with our shirts off again. What were we thinking?

[F]

Did you guys whip off your shirts.

[A]

With the light over here.

[E]

We always had our shirts on. We always thought it was funny that Bo and Luke drove around with their shirts off and we watched reruns of Dukes of Hazzard almost every day. And we started laughing and we're driving and he started to cry pretty violently, like, ugly cry while this song was on. And he goes, this is us. And I'm in the passenger seat going, I'm gonna jump out. And then we were at Alma School in Guadalupe, and he started to scream how much he missed his girlfriend. Yeah, yeah, I love you. That's true. All right. Next time he's in the car.

[A]

Oh, you got it.

[E]

I'll throw this in there and see if he remembers it. But, yeah, that's it. Yeah. So, yeah, when the top off the car, people think we're gay together, just the two of us, we're giving off the. The, you know, poop, wiener vibes. And I don't know if that's a good thing or embrace it, man. I think, yeah. I think in this modern day, that's a compliment in some sort of weird way that people like, we're. But the girl that was doing it was so, like, she was so clearly.

[B]

Like, went from wham to.

[E]

Yeah. She was like a full on lefty. Like, with the pink hair and the nose thing and the. Like, she was like, okay, you're a. You're still upset at Kamala. Like, you're in the march for Maduro. Like, she's in that. Just looking at her, just. But because I'm going to judge her. She judged me. I judge her as a wild left, like, irrational. And then she had the nerve to make a gay joke. Like, that's an insult. And I thought her people were all like, that's not an insult to say, like, what. What's so bad about being gay? That kind of thing. But then I just sat there, I'm like, it's Mark. It's not me, it's Mark. Nobody ever pulls up next to me and goes, which gay bar are you going to? When I'm in there by myself or if Brady was in there, they'd be like, which hospice gay bar are you guys going to?

[A]

Here's a good point, I guess where you were, you're only a couple miles away from the gay Denny's there, too. So. Yeah, but you were just having, I don't know, having the Moons over Miami over there.

[E]

I mean, that's a pretty bold assessment to say. We're about a mile and a half from the gay Denny's. And look over and go, they must be gay Denny's. You know, if they're heading over there, it's weird.

[A]

She took your shirts off and just did it old school last time.

[E]

Do you believe in life after love? And she was. And we're looking and we were baffled. Like, just sitting. Like, baffled. Like, what in the world did she do that for? I don't know what she was listening to. I don't think it was actually Wham. But it was something like that. It was. Maybe it was. You know who it was. It was the. It was the theme from Pretty Woman, the king of second chances or whatever that was. It Go west or whatever that man was called something. That was what she had on, and I actually recognized it.

[A]

King of wishful thinking.

[E]

King of wishful thinking. That was it. Yeah. This was on when we pulled up with the windows down. This is gayer than Cher. She's a broad.

[A]

She can get away with.

[E]

She's allowed to do this kind of gay stuff. Stebbings and I pull up, and we're in sun wearing Sun's gear. It's like, gay.

[F]

Did we look?

[A]

I thought it was Mercury gear.

[E]

I don't know. She rolls her eyes at us and immediately rolls her window. She didn't even, like, do, like, what Brett does, which is. She just sang the gayest thing she could think of and aimed it at Mark.

[B]

Maybe that was only a mark. She thought you'd sing along once you broke that out.

[E]

You guys are gonna cut the chorus. She had to realize, yeah, yeah. We just start raving, oh, my God, Follow her everywhere.

[B]

I was right.

[E]

Well, I had no idea what to do. And she had to just see two dudes, just puzzled as can be.

[B]

Huh?

[E]

And I wonder if she drove away and went, maybe they're not gay. They look pretty shocked at my Cher rendition. What did she expect? Back us to just go, yes, sister. That's what we were thinking. And what's weird about it is I used to have a gay boss years ago, and my friend Colin and I had a great moment with that song. We weren't. He wasn't out yet. 100. You remember Paul? Yeah, he wasn't 100 out. He told me in the weirdest way. He goes, I'll dabble with girls, but, you know, I. I like. I like the company of men, I think is the exact phrasing. I'm like, ugh. And I actually made that noise. And I'm like, what? Yeah, it was rumors, but I didn't know. And, yeah, the day he got hired One of the guys I worked with was like, yeah, I used to work with him over at KDKB before KDKB was gay. Oh, yeah? Yeah. And. And he says. He goes, he's a flaming homosexual. And that was how I was introduced to him. Like, oh, no kidding. Goes, yeah, that's the rumor. So he tells me. But we were in his office once, and he was talking to us about something, and he's going through his phone messages. And then literally one of the messages was, I'm not sure if I have the right number, but we met at the Cher concert the other day, and he just like. And he fumbled because he wasn't out yet. He fumbled around with the phone, and he slams it closed. And he looks at us, and we just went, do you believe it? Because that was the hit at the time. And he starts laughing, and we're like, it's all right. Just don't be gay with us. This is what she turned down to tell us we were gay.

[B]

So it's like the jeep wave. Maybe that's the code.

[E]

It isn't the jeep wave. It isn't. It's the Mark Stemmings way. No.

[B]

Found out that absolutely.

[E]

No. No.

[B]

Yes, we have.

[E]

No, I'll drive around with you, and that won't happen. It's Mark. It's my friend Mark. I've driven every day. Like, I'm driving around, I could listen to Sharon. People like, probably gay, not gonna say anything. Only when he's. Three times he's been in the car. Two times we've been out loud, hit by other cars, and they're on. And by the way, both times on the passenger side. Well, what's the hat like? Tassels with lips on it. It's weird. And it just. And I looked, and I'm like, it's only you. And he goes, no, it's both. I'm like, no, it's. It's twice. Two times with just you. And I admit it. I would say something because it's funny, but it's you. And she had to think, I wonder if she drove away going, maybe they're not gay.

[B]

I think a third time she dies.

[E]

God damn it, Fred. Yeah, I wonder if she drove away going, Geez, they look pretty. Pretty puzzled by that. I thought I'd made two new friends.

[B]

This is just got. Instead of that loud muffler. That's what's kind of coming up. I know, but it puts this song out there.

[E]

Now I just can't stop seeing you. It makes it Roc. Maybe it's some sort of weird gay code they give each other. That's what I'm saying. It's like the cheap wave. It's like, no, no. But it's to follow them, to like something. Maybe that's the invitation, but it's not. No go brother yourself because you're not paying attention. It's not happening all the time or it would happen just because of the Bronco. It's. It's, it's Mark. It's not the Jeep wave, it's the Mark wave.

[B]

We have you ever had it happen to you when Mark's in the Jeep with you?

[E]

No, he's not. He's not in the Jeep too much with me.

[B]

Well, he's been in there. There's never been.

[E]

I don't know that he has. I'd be honest with you. I don't think Mark has. I don't think he's ever been in my Jeeps. There's something. Something. Check out Homework's Morning Sickness podcast at.

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[B]

It might be a little Twinkmobile.

[E]

It's not a twink mob. Look, Ice, you're. You're a target. I hope he gets smashed by another Mexican today. You're the one getting rear ended all over the place. I'm just saying it's. It's specifically him. If it started to happen in the Bronco all the time, I'd be like, are these gay guy cars? It's not.

[B]

So is he banned from.

[E]

No, I want to put it to the test a couple more times and if this happens again, he's out. We gotta do something about his hair. Yeah, it's weird. Yeah. Maybe it's some sort of weird, like, oh, you're clearly the most flaming guy I've ever seen. And then they go, do you believe? And Mark goes, five minutes. And then we meet at some strange basement and, I don't know, just gay. Not a bad song. Well, see, there you go.

[B]

I don't wear a cowboy hat.

[E]

Yeah, you gotta stop wearing the cowboy hat. Put your shirt on. I can't wait to see Stubbings again now. Yeah, just sing to him. Oh, yeah. What do people do that? All the time. I wonder how often now he wouldn't admit it. I'm like, how often does that happen to you when you're by yourself? Because now. And. And then I asked my gay neighbors, I said, what about, like, was Mark put off the vibe? And they were like, oh, oh, really? Michael did. Troy said, he did. Michael said, yeah. I could see Mark being on the down low. I'm like, no kidding. But I known him for 100 years, so it's not like he'd have tried something by now. Maybe he's not. Maybe not. I don't know.

[B]

You're always a friend to him. He never wanted to cross the line.

[E]

No, I don't want to be gay with him. I don't want to be homosexual, like, out loud. I'm just gay.

[A]

And he said that he makes good money and stuff, so I wish I was gay.

[E]

Because the two of us would fit the model. Well, if Mark and I were gay, we'd be a. It would be a power bottom couple. I mean, our negative edge pool overlooking the city would be outrageous. Be a couple of. We'd be doing good printing like a thousand. And it's not.

[A]

I mean, hey, the printer is just.

[E]

Humming and I have to know.

[A]

Look, I hope Dan's not listening this morning.

[E]

Ah, Christ. I knew it. I knew it was. And I knew it was with him. I knew it was Mark. I knew it was Mark too. This one says two questions may determine the twinkness of your ride. Are you wearing leather outfits when this happens? And is Stebbing sitting in your app?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, but he's.

[E]

I'm letting him steer. I'm working the pedals, though. It's very safe. Yes. Mark is in the lap and I'm. Yeah, and I'm letting him. Of course. That's it. But that were happening. Do you think I would have any questions? Jerks so wonder. I love how hard John's trying to defend that. The Jeep's a man's car. Didn't Barbie drive one of those? It's not a Jeep, you prick. Listen to. Listen to the details, Dominic. And yeah, Barbie drove one. So did eat a D. Dominic. Yeah, pay attention, Dominic. We're not in the Jeep. I'm a Ford man. And that's what he would. He would probably shout that out. I'm like, well, I'm talking about a Ford jerk Jeep. The girl car, it says, must be Brady's. God telling you you're supposed to be gay. It's your destiny. Would God do that? I think he hates them. He's communicating. Hates the homosexual. He's written into two books. Two different books. He's pointed out. He doesn't like that. Says, I hate to break it to you, John, two dudes in a Bronco screams gay. The gays love Broncos. All right? I've had two dudes in the Bronco before. And let me clear that phrase up real quick. I have. I have multiple. Multiple men have ridden in that Bronco. The only time it happens is when the CEO, Mark Stebbings is in the dispatcher. That last one's good. All right? If it was happening all the time, I'd be like, oh, okay. It's not. It's just him. This is Bronco Back Mountain from John Clark. All right? We're getting double prints from Toledo. Okay?

[B]

He's not gonna be driving the Bronco anymore. Megan, that's your gun.

[E]

Yeah, well, no, everybody, that's good. I'll drive it. I don't care. I'm just not gonna let Mark ride in it anymore. Brett and I drive around in that car and somebody starts singing share at us. It's the car. It's the car. It is not the car. I do like this song.

[B]

See, that's coming out.

[E]

If it doesn't make you gay to like a song that's gay, does it? This one's. This one's close. I'll give you. I would turn it down at a light. Hey, Twinkie. Radio's pretty loud, but. John, do you have dildos on the hood of your twink car like ducks for jeeps? Yeah, that's right, Israel. Dildos.

[B]

Who started the ducks?

[E]

I have no idea where that started. That's stupid. And I've got a few of them. I come out to my car and there's ducks on it. And then Mary McCune. Very cute. Father Dale all over again. Everyone but you. Damn you. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. Shouldn't have told that story.

[B]

This has got to be in sight on the playlist.

[E]

Ryder McIntyre, that's a good one. Says, what if your soulmate drawing came back and it was Mark? And I'm like, after a sex change. Might have to relook at that soulmate drawing and wonder, does that look more like Mark than I give it credit for? No, dumb. He does wear pants or look, but she couldn't see his pants.

[A]

Skinny pants on.

[E]

He's like. He's like into the suits with the. Like, they're too short for, like. They're high water. Oh, really?

[B]

Floods?

[E]

Yeah, I think they're flooding.

[A]

No socks and everything too.

[E]

And. And that's pretty gay. I've told him that. I'm like, when he's walking around, but she couldn't see his feet or his legs.

[A]

You have an appointment in the Roosevelt district or what?

[E]

Yeah, I don't know why he wears those guys. I don't know. When I'm in the car by myself, I've noted that Mexican women love that car.

[A]

Me, papi.

[E]

They do. They get papi. Nice auto, huh? What? Bueno. Thank you. I do. I do get a lot of people saying, I love that. And dude, a guy pulled up to the car just the other day, is by myself, and a guy pulled up and he goes, hey, mate. I look over and he's in, like, a nice Mustang and he says, first go to America. This would be my dream car. I love the old Broncos. I'm like, thanks. And we're starting this conversation, like, I don't know, like Thunderbird and something. And I'm looking, I'm like, all right, cool. I don't understand, like, road conversation. And he said, it's a. It's a car I would have wanted when I first moved to America. I love the old Broncos. And this looks like the old ones. I'm like, thanks. How does this end? How do we end it? And he were at the light. We can't go. It's red. Like, please, light change. I love it. Great. You want to end? Just wipe the seat off where Mark sat. So you're not going to catch anything anyway. And it's okay if my friend's gay. I just don't understand why that's happening. We got share bombed. I've never had that happen before.

[A]

Somebody took a picture of your Jeep on the. On the street the other day.

[E]

That is not a Jeep, first off. That's a Bronco, and that's got a rainbow on the side. Now, maybe I don't notice that. That's the. But you know, I would understand it if it had that rainbow on the side like that. Anyway, it's weird. He said, of course you're mistaken for gay two dudes in a Bronco. We all know that. The real reason O.J. and Al were being chased. Come on. O.J. was gay. He and his buddy were. Yeah, that's right. That was more of the escape plan. I just don't want people to think of gay Al. I didn't kill anybody anyway, so that was weird. But it was the truth. It's a real story. It was. We got share bombed. And it's ironic because it's been like 25, 30 years since I used to share bomb my boss all the time. Every time he said something gay, Colin and I would look at each other go, do you believe in laugh after love? And we'd laugh. That was our code.

[B]

Well, when you have stabbings in it, you just have to put the top on.

[E]

That's so hard to do. It's very heavy. Strange. I should drive around with him and just see if it happens. If it happens again, I'm gonna be like, all right, you need to do something new. I don't want to get my lunch today. You know what? I might. I might just call Marco.

[A]

Hey, buddy, go to title nine. Take Mark.

[E]

I'm not gonna take him to a gay restaurant.

[A]

Why.

[E]

Of course we're gonna get share bond. See him and his.

[A]

Well, they should be more twinky. There, so you'll know that he's in a Capri suit.

[E]

And I gotta walk into Title nine. Of course we're gonna get you. I'm gonna share. Bomb him. Just drive around. Just go, what are you doing? What do you want to do? I'm just gonna drive around, Mark. Just drive around, see what goes on. Just light to light and see if it happens again. It's happening again. You. I've not had anything close to that since I've had it. I'm gonna go ahead and put it on him. I'll start asking people. I go to son's games. He's there. I hang out with Mark, start to go, do you think my friend is a homosexual? Which one's wearing the suit? And they'll say, which one? The gay one. I'm like, yeah. Anyway, he's clean. That's the thing. He's clean. He's got good hair. Nice. Nice attractive haircut.

[B]

Good kisser.

[E]

Yeah. He's ass for miles. Like, this dude puts out. I don't know why people think he's gay. Yeah. I mean, the whole time I'm like, what is this lady doing? And I'm like, mark, you gotta stop blowing me and look at this for a second. This lady thinks we're gay. Anyway, speaking of the Suns, for Christ's sake, you go out in a Monday night, beat Oklahoma City with a buzzer beater, and the. Just. I mean, Monday night was awesome. The Steelers thing, and then the Suns with a buzzer beater on Oklahoma City, which was a team you're not even supposed to compete with, but they're struggling a little right now, and you have that. And then last night they travel off to Houston and get beat by a buzzer beater by Kevin Durant. He knocks him out. 97. 97. He hits the last shot with a second left, and you're like, anybody but you. And then goes on to say that he. It meant more to him because it's. The Phoenix is the first place that's ever kicked him out because I didn't want to leave. Like, oh, come on.

[A]

There we go.

[E]

Yeah, yeah. Here we go. Now he's making drama.

[G]

He's.

[E]

He's got a little bit of that in him. He's got a little emotional lady. Boy, that's tough, though. And to suck that one last night and have Kevin Durant hit the three that beat you. It was brutal, but, you know, it's all right. It's a back to back on a travel night. It was a tough one. That second half they were beating them all game and then got sloppy at the end. But have Kevin Durant start saying things like, I loved it there. They actually even said it. He goes, I ended up being the scapegoat for all their problems. And I've said that to Sunspans that get mad like Kube Durant was a huge mistake. I'm like 27 points a night, nine rebounds a night consistently. He wasn't the problem, but his energy was like. And I watched last night's game and I'm like, Jesus. He makes this game kind of boring and slight. He is a slog player. He's a guy who just does his thing and then it all kind of slows down around him. And it's not fun to watch Kevin Durant. He's just so methodically good at the game. Check out Homework's Morning Sickness podcast at 98kupd.com hey, it's Larry McFeely.

[G]

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[E]

Holmberg's morning sickness so he wasn't the problem. The told the team chemistry was the issue. That dude played. He's quietly smooth and I didn't. I don't scapegoat him. I put that whole thing together on coaching and everything. He's just a rough kind of like, he just plugs in, does his thing. And he's not literally extra. He's no, he's no personality. He's so. He's what? You know, he's one of those of energy vampire, I think he's one of those people that comes in a room, you're like, hey, Kevin Durant's here. You're like, there's not a lot of juice coming into this room. When he's here. He's sort of the, pardon the pun, the black hole of energy in the room. If he came in, you'd be like, he's just sucking up all the good energy and making the room lower. He's got people, some people have that and they never know they've got it. But he's. He's One of them. And he can do it to a game. So that was a rough one last night, watching the Suns take the punch. And Kevin Durant is the reason why. But you know what? It's okay. They're playing well, nobody expected anything from him. Rumors are he's gay. Maybe I'll introduce him to Mark. That would be neat if Mark did come out and market him. Were singing together. This is Kevin Durant. Mark would be like, oh, I know. Still doesn't make sense. Everybody laughs at that story. Like if that happened to them, they'd be. But put Mark in your car. Maybe we'll drive around in your car and just have, you know, put Mark to the test. I think it's happening to him a lot.

[A]

Think so?

[E]

Yeah, because he was. He just like, what's so funny? That's. What did she do that for? I don't know. Like, we both know. And then he was quick to act. Like when she. When he said, well, just middle aged guys driving around in a car, I'm like, that's. That happens all the time. The one thing that I don't like about the car is the guy who owned it before me changed out the antenna to a bullet. That's not gay. That's. And that would. But that would have made it. So the lefty in the car probably saw the bullet and wanted to try to insult us. And I still find it funny that lefties use gay to insult. And then if you call anybody a homo F word, you lose your job forever. Because that's not an insult. Unless you're. Unless you're one of them. And she didn't have to be gay. She just, you know, jerk. But they still like to la. Like on the. Evidently on that award show no one watched the other night, Jimmy Kimmel called Donald Trump. Donald Jennifer Trump. And I'm like, isn't your side the big one for not like misgendering or making female male. Like insulting. To call a man a woman is bad. And it's like. But there you were calling Donald Jennifer Trump. Like the ultimate insult was to make him half woman or half a homo.

[A]

Like Kimmel's the one crying last time.

[E]

Kimmel cries a lot. He cries an awesome. Yeah, so he did that. But yeah, so I mean, and she was clearly on that end. Very, very. Maybe the lady. This is a good one. Melanie thought maybe it's a. Maybe she thought you were a Bronco fan. Doesn't know it's a Bronco and the word Broncos on site. And she sent a picture of what bronco fans look like. And it's just a dude dressed as a gay horse. Is that mark?

[D]

Roar.

[E]

I'm a horse. That's mark. That's how he was dressed on the way. Yeah. Maybe. It says. Maybe you and mark are mistaken for local weathermen. Perhaps people think you're Corey mccloskey and royal Norman. Would that even be. I think. I think definitely. Most. No. Man. I've seen Corey driving around in his little car with his gloves on.

[A]

Oh, really?

[E]

That's pretty good show tunes.

[B]

Pretty strong.

[E]

Is he show tunes guy?

[B]

Well, he sings a lot.

[E]

Does he? Yeah, on the news. Yeah, I don't watch any of that.

[B]

I just. I, I. Before the break, they. He did some Christmas song on the. It was on.

[E]

Somebody sent me that. Yeah, but he can sing. But that wasn't, like, show tunes. That was a Christmas carol.

[B]

But he's done before. He's in.

[E]

I never seen him sing show tunes. That's a. The ultimate gay. You can't do that on television as a straight man. You're telling everybody.

[B]

I don't think he is.

[E]

You can't do show. You don't think he's gay? No, I think. I think he wants to be. I don't think he's not gay. Let's just say that I don't think he's gay, But I don't think he's not gay either. I think he's got a wife, and his wife's still. Like, he's not gay yet. Like, when I saw him put his fingerless gloves on and he's dry, and he. He put them on. I think he was at Lucy's, the restaurant, and he put them on. He did that little flex to get his. But they were fingerless driving gloves. And then he had a little cap, like it was 1941. All right. See? Paperboy hat. And then he hops in his car a little. It was an old, like, mg. The top was down, and I'm like, is that a news guy thing, though, the fingerless gloves? Yeah. Because passmore has.

[A]

Yeah, I was just gonna say the same thing.

[E]

Passmore. I think that's who I thought it was. No, Passmore had the gloves on once.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

And he drove up behind me with his bumblebee. Yellow camaro. Revved the engine at the biltmore golf course. Looked over. That was with Thomas the scotsman. You like that jeep? Yeah, I just got it. Do you like your car? Yeah, I just got this too. Yeah. Oh, wow. Okay. This was a design, wasn't it? I like jeeps. I was looking at jeeps, but I decided on this. Okay. It's got an engine over today. Yeah. All cars. And then Thomas is like, who is that? Nor bend. Like, that's the. The. He's a guy in town who does news, and he drove Bumblebee. He's Shia LaBeouf from Transformers. I liked it because it's black and gold, and that automatically grabs me because of Steeler stuff. But when he started to rev the engine, I'm like, what are you doing? I didn't ask him, but I'm like, don't. Nothing worse than a dude you don't know pulling up. Yeah, we got it. Every car's got one.

[B]

He went home. He's like a couple of gay guys in a jeep.

[E]

He had his gloves on. It's like you put driving gloves on to go down camelback. You're like, come on. What is the purpose of driving gloves?

[A]

I don't know.

[E]

That's a year. Hang on.

[B]

So the turns, you know.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

If you're racing.

[E]

Exactly.

[A]

You're driving down camelback. It's not going to do you.

[E]

Because you get them soft newsman hands. Hands so. As well. My hands have never slid off my. How much armor all are you putting on to slide off your steering wheel?

[A]

It should be soft anyway from all the conditioner that they put on them.

[E]

That's true. They do a lot of lotion. Oh, you're saying from jerking guys off. I gotcha. I follow.

[B]

I didn't say that.

[E]

So Brett's basically saying that all news guys jerk each other off with. With soft lubed hands.

[A]

Am I wrong?

[E]

I just. I'm hard. I'm hard pressed to think of one that wouldn't. Curtis is old school.

[B]

I'll ask him.

[E]

Mark would tell you.

[B]

Yeah. Circle up before the broadcast.

[E]

Yeah, it's the circle. Yeah, they circle.

[B]

Have a great show.

[E]

Let's have a good newscast tonight, huh? Hey, Troy, a little more lotion. I'm new to this. I'm new to this. Yeah, McCloskey's, like, doubling it. Like, he's. He's got his gloves on. He's got his gloves to protect his weather hands. I think Royal Norman would devour it. And I just know Paul Horton would be like, nice dick, buddy. He'd just be happy that people are hanging out. I don't know. That's interesting. I mean, Ian Schwartz would do it. We know that. He completely okay with that.

[B]

He's starting his own 12 on your side.

[E]

12 what? How many?

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Anyway. Hey, Switzer says, hey, why don't you take stabbings and put them on the back of Brett's bike next time he rides around and see what happens? And. And then I'll drive around in the back here. But that's just so gay, though.

[A]

Not too. No. Nuts to butts.

[E]

Yeah, that's nuts to butts and spread legs and all sorts of weird stuff. I've had dudes and bikes look. Get on the back of this thing. I'm like, are you out of your mind? No, I'm not gonna straddle.

[B]

I had to do it one time. I'm a flag because my bike no.

[E]

You know, got a flat. You never have to do it. You choose to do it. There's always.

[B]

Well, we went to. That was the quickest way to do it.

[E]

Whether riding convenience is not the option at that point. I'd hitchhike. I'd hitchhike and get in there with a guy with a chainsaw before I'd climb in the back of a motorcycle and straddle my friend and hold onto his belly. It's not happening.

[B]

I held tight.

[E]

We have to. That's the. You're a lot more weight back there. You've got to hold on to the dude in front of you. And he's got a core up. There's a lot of in there.

[B]

That's luckily why they. They put those rails on the side on some of the bikes.

[E]

So you can go. You can put your hands wiener first into them. Then you're leaning back.

[B]

Bury that in.

[E]

That's reverse cowgirl is what that is.

[B]

It's effective.

[E]

You don't get on the back of a man's bike and hold on. You just don't. I don't care how bad the accident was or how. Just leave me, bro. Yeah, just leave me get on the back of my bike. Never. I'm gonna bleed out on a 17. Should not even hurt that bad. I'm gonna let the animals eat me.

[B]

Like on the back. No way. I rode. Straddle them forward in the handlebars.

[E]

You might as well. It's equally. That is equally as gay. If you see two dudes on a bike together, they are definitely. They know the way around the anus. Oh, there's that is it. That bike is going direct directly to Palm Springs. Oh, metaphorically. And reality. There's nothing wrong with that. Just stop yelling at us. Yeah. Showtime. Shane has a picture of a guy with a T shirt. He's on his bike and on the back. On the back of his Shirt, it says press him here. And there's two spots for boobs. If your boobs are man boobs, they're up against Shane's back. Showtime.

[A]

You want Stemming's moobs up against your back?

[E]

Feel that belly jiggling around on your back? Yuck. Anyway, I'm just saying, put them to the test. I didn't know. That's never happened before. Never been. Share bombed. I thought the college kids that told us which gay bar you're going to is pretty funny. That is funny. That was a good one. I like that because they're, you know. They hit you with, hey, I love that ride, man. Thanks. Appreciate it. What gay bar are you guys going to? And I start laughing like, that's well done, boys. I didn't see that comment. I was sitting there as it liked the. That was a good one. And then that weird little drink girl just shoots off the share at us. I'm like, hey, Pinkhead, you're. What the hell? It's Mark.

[A]

Did Mark start singing along with the king of witchful thinking?

[E]

No.

[A]

No.

[E]

Well, we both pulled up thinking, hey, I've heard that song in forever. That's good stuff. But we weren't excited about the song. We didn't even know there's like, well, she's got a. And didn't even pay attention to her. She just had. Anyway, Stemmings, he does a good job. He's very good at his job. He's very strong. But if you do this to people, you need to have this. There needs to be a button on all car stereos that just directly goes to this.

[A]

Twink switch.

[E]

Yeah, Twink switch. Oh, yeah, it's called KDKB. I forgot. But KDK, we should have KDKB HD2. Oh, don't get me started on how stupid radio executives were with that one. Still, people getting fired all over the nation because they couldn't. They can't manage their own money. But about 12 years ago, they all spent millions of dollars to make each radio frequency. Seven radio stations changed everything. Had to get new equipment up at the tower. Millions. No one's using it. The only one I know that exists is they, the Mormons over at KTAR. Shove the Mormon channel on 92.31 and.

[B]

You can buy in and they can sell. Some of the people that want their own radio show.

[E]

Sure, but nobody's doing it. Yeah, nobody does it because you can do that through your phone now. You don't need to go. Anyway, instead of having that, you just have the 24. 7 share channel. We should. I'll ask to see if we can do that with Katie or with KPD2. And that way when people see Mark, they can just switch over to KUPD2 and keep share. Bombing my friend Mark constantly.

[A]

Let's see what Trip thinks of that.

[E]

We're not using it.

[A]

What is on our HD2?

[E]

Nothing. Even though I don't even. Do we even have it anymore? Millions. I'm not kidding. Millions of dollars spent to make this transition to compete with satellite radio. Because satellite offered hundreds and hundreds of channels and different things. And we're like, radio idiots went out and changed everything. And they. And they just. Local. We go, you got to hire a staff to run it. And like, oh, geez, we didn't think about that.

[A]

And you got to pay the. You got to pay the royalties separately again.

[E]

And they're like, they didn't think of that either. So after they got all the equipment, set it all up, they're like, all right here. The. And they're like, well, we're just not going to use it. Idiots. Just morons. Every single step of the way of my 25 years, the. The people in suits have slowly dismantled this incredible technology. It's crazy. We're just going to suck the bone marrow out of it and get out of here. Like they're doing. Let's get a wake up song, shall we? 585 9, 800. No share please. Mark's not here. It's 98 KUPD. Wake up.

[B]

It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually.

[E]

No membership fees. I have heard enough of.

[G]

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