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Dick Toledo
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John Holmberg
You were laughing like a hyena when he said it. What the hell is wrong with you? Good morning everybody. Hello there. Welcome to Wednesday. It is 5:45. This is the morning sickness. My name is John. There's Brady, there's Brett, there's. There's Big Dick Toledo. Brett, you and I have something oddly in common this week. Last night was tragic at the house. You just told me a couple days ago you had a dog incident last night. My old, my old boy Frankie is 15. Doesn't hear so well, doesn't see so good. And when he wants to play sometimes the other dogs will bang into him and it hurts and he'll squeal. And since he started these little moments, one of our dog is reactive to injured dogs. Yardley are three leggers like very so she last night I came walking in the door and she shot over to Frank who was like making a wobbly limpy move and garlic just grabbed his head. I'm like oh God this is not good. So poor Megan was at the hospital until like 3 in the morning. He got a good gash on the top of his head and she Caught his lip and she just grabbed. She doesn't like, you know, do the kill moves, but it's enough to get big teeth into little tiny dogs. It's horrifying. And then the screaming starts, you know. Oh, it's brutal. Brutal. It happens. It's so. It's like a. It's a flash and it's, you know, it's crazy.
Host
And you know what to do. At first you're like, what though?
John Holmberg
Just what? Why did that just happen? Like, there was no build up to that at all.
Host
Playing it first and then here it comes.
John Holmberg
Yeah, this is what. Yeah, this was just dogs hanging out. And she just didn't like a movie made because. And then you read about it and you see that sometimes dogs that are reactive to injured dogs don't like older dogs and they see a move funny and they're uneasy. Yeah, well, yeah, it makes them uncomfortable. Yeah, it's a predator, prey thing. They're like, what's that? The moves aren't normal. So let's get this out of here. Yeah, exactly. So. Oh, brutal. Horrifying.
Brady
Let alone getting in the mix too worried about.
John Holmberg
Oh, yeah, well, she's not like chowing down. She just grabs and holds, you know, and. But it's, it's frightening because one of them is just, you know, Frankie's tiny. Frank's like 20 pounder. Yardley's about 55, 60. So it's a. And he didn't know it was coming. He's blind and deaf. He didn't even see it. So. And he's fine. You know, he's wandering around. It's amazing how resilient they are. Took the shot to the head. He's got blood all over his fur and he's like, now what? Like, are you okay? Yeah, I'm good. I think I need some stitches and there's a lot of blood, so.
Host
So clean that up and we'll get on.
Brady
But keep those pills coming, old man.
John Holmberg
That happened about 7:30. And I believe Megan got back from the emergency vet at 4. Ooh, you gotta speed that up over there. Emergency vets. I've been to the emergency vet before and there's, there's a frustration level. Here's my suggestion to veterinarian's offices and all doctors offices really don't show us the inner workings. It's not like, you know, California Pizza Kitchen. I don't need to see. I don't need to see the chefs. I don't need to see the kitchen. You guys hide in the back if you're just sitting at a desk, working a computer, and you're in the front lobby, and there's someone in the lobby. It looks like you're playing Minecraft or King's Ransom or something. And you don't seem to be, like, expediting the process quickly. And then a doctor sits and talks to you for a little bit about yesterday, and then, you know, don't do that. Do that in a hidden space.
Brady
You'd rather have that homemade curtain covering the doorway of where they're making.
John Holmberg
Not even too much a curtain, more of a steel door. Like, I don't even want to accidentally hear them just chatting about their, oh, my God, I'm number five on King's Ransom. I don't want to hear your. I don't want to hear you being social. And, you know, you're traumatized. Your dog's bleeding, and it's. You know, they know better than anybody that it's not a life or death or it's just, we got a pretty nasty cut on somebody's head. So. But the owners are. They've been through a trauma. They've been through. So it's terrible when a. When a vet says, you know, may I be with you in a minute? And then it's 11, and you've been there for three and a half hours. And I'm like, get just a little bit. And then somebody else comes in, and then you're like, all right, we're next, right? And then they go first, and they're like, wait a second. Why? Well, the guy doing stitches is not. He's in the middle of another thing. So we're gonna have the person looking at this, and it's like, okay. Then at 2, you go into a room. It's 2. That's a little long. That's seven hours.
Brady
Could they say, I mean, you could go home for a couple hours.
John Holmberg
That would. That would be wonderful if they did. But, you know, and it's a commonality at a lot of, you know, emergency vets, and I think it's because they've got the bare bones staff on the. You know, the overnighters are usually.
Host
I know that.
John Holmberg
You know, you've been there, and it's like, is anybody here qualified to do the stitches? And, like, not right now. So when does the stitch guy get here? Oh, no, no, we can get. It's. We're fine. We're just kind of busy back there.
Host
I'm with Brady on this. And couldn't they text you, like, at restaurants and stuff? All right, give me a buzzer in 20 minutes.
John Holmberg
Yeah, but they don't. I don't think they know when they're gonna be ready. So then you get halfway home and you get a call and you're gonna complain, too. But 7:30 to. To 2 and 3 in the morning, it's a long time. Especially when you're asking, how much longer. Another 30 minutes, we should be there. And it's like, okay, I'm, I'm. Should I go to another vet? Oh, no, we'll get you a second. You guys are too busy. Nope, you're good.
Brady
It's all right.
Dick Toledo
But it is.
John Holmberg
And it's. It's, you know, for pet owners, it's a. All your. All my dogs get along really well and everything's fine, and then something like this happens. You're like, what happened? It's just this weird little. But it's. I've, you know, read that to be careful. I've had dogs who have been deaf and blind before, and it does make the other ones feel weird, like they don't like how they walk. And Frankie's old, so he gets up out of the. Out of his little bed and he starts walking and it's real crunchy and he kind of stumbles sometimes till he gets his legs under him. And you're. Yeah, he's got. It was. It was not fun, so. And I didn't, you know, I didn't have nice things to say to Yardley. I was. I was being very mean to the dog, that bit. I'm not a tolerant one for the fighting. Yeah. You can't help it. You're not supposed to. You're not supposed to. Supposed to be reactive, you know, you can't help it. I mean, human being, for God's sakes. You have to. So anyway, what are you going to do? A weird night all the way around. Everything was. Everything's okay, though. Frankie's going to make it and it's right in time for Halloween. So. Silver lining is now he's got stitches in his head and on his face a little bit. A couple of them on each.
Brady
He's got his outfit.
John Holmberg
His name is Frank. He's automatically Frankie Stein. I mean, this is a thing. He's good. We'll just, we'll green him up a little bit. I mean, it was, it was. It's. It's noises dogs make are traumatic. I remember when I first moved into this house I'm in now, sitting by a window, and they had the old 1950s windows so you could hear everything outside. There was zero pain. Oh, my God. There was no barrier between the noises outside and inside. You couldn't tell if someone was outside and they'd talk to you, think they were in your house. And I sat by this window and I. Watching tv, and I heard a baby start to cry loudly, immediate and loud. And I'm like, what the hell? There's a baby in the house. And I mean, it was like. Like, that's a baby. That's a human baby. I'm going to go find that. Because I don't. I just bought this house and this is. If it's fun.
Brady
Dropped it off.
John Holmberg
Yeah. If it spawns its own babies or if there's a common. Like if the old owners used to take in strays, like Toledo's grandma did. This is. No, I need to put up a sign. The stray baby factory is closed. So I go out and it's like, right by that front window. So I open the front door and there's a coyote with a rabbit in its mouth running down my.
Brady
Oh, it's a rabbit.
John Holmberg
The rabbit was screaming, and I swear to God, it sounded like. Like a child. Like a screaming child. I was like, that is the weirdest noise I've ever heard. Blood trail, all that. And I'm like, oh, haunting. But I mean, there's. Their noises when they're in trouble are designed to, like, be sirens. They're alarmed that, like, there's nothing normal about it. And it just sends a shock through your body. Your dog just. You had a dog bite at your house. I don't know how bad it was, but it's just. It's a shocking thing to the ownership. Sucks. Did you have to go to the vet, too?
Host
No, but it was. It was blood all over the place.
John Holmberg
Oh, no kidding. No stitches, no nothing?
Host
No, no, it was all. It was all superficial. Yeah.
John Holmberg
Yuck. It's worst. And they scream and yell and you're like, what the hell's going on?
Host
Same thing. And it was one of the older dogs.
John Holmberg
Yeah. It's a pretty normal thing.
Brady
Ours is brewing.
John Holmberg
They got the old ones and the young ones.
Brady
Well, Coco is. I mean. Yeah. So the young ones are still in play mode. Yeah. Just getting to that age where the back legs. And that's where that basically. Border collie. Yeah, that's where Oliver comes in and loves to herd in the back leg.
John Holmberg
Just bangs her in the back end. Oh. Anyone? I shouldn't say it that way. Yeah, it's the. Normally the older dogs kind of know to stay out of the mix. And, you know, lay down and watch the playing and everything else, but sometimes.
Brady
And then it was the opposite with the. Our dog Ziggy, we got him, you know, rescued him from Ronnie's aunt.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
Who passed away. He had no voice.
John Holmberg
He didn't for, like, two weeks. Didn't bark.
Brady
Then it came back.
John Holmberg
That's a good thing. Yeah.
Brady
Now it's.
John Holmberg
Now he's young Kaiser. What does that mean?
Brady
Ziggy's got these blue eyes. He's a miniature schnauzer.
John Holmberg
You have not seen yourself. These are just words. Young Kaiser. Brady just went crazy for a second. We don't know his dog. Young Kaiser. Like, what are you doing? Are you. Why are you speaking in code? He's a little German dog. We see blue eyes.
Brady
He's got that front. Little mustache, beard.
John Holmberg
Got a Hitler beard, mustache, kind of. Yeah. It's the Aryan dog who knew. All right.
Brady
And yells at everyone.
John Holmberg
Now he's a shouter. It happens. He's in a new spot. Yeah. Is that a bark? What did that dog just sing high out the window for, anyway? Yeah. So it was traumatic. It was a weird night all the way around. It didn't like it. It's no fun. And as a dog nut, you start getting like, yeah, this can't happen. We got to put barriers here and walls here, and this I don't want to ever deal with again. So you start going through all the trauma, and then it'll calm itself down, so everything will be fine. But don't like that. I just want to get on the vets for, you know, let's expedite that process a little bit. You know, seven. Seven to three. Four in the morning is. That's too long for anything, really. I think I could have gone in and chat GPT learned how to stitch up a dog in that kind of time, man. I could go to CVS and grab some, you know, I don't know, rubbing alcohol and some thread, and I could have done this.
Host
We did, but we didn't have to go the.
John Holmberg
Yeah. We didn't have to catch them up. But you. Yeah. You don't want to sit there and go for hours on end and spend thousands of dollars. And then. And the worst part is, oh, my God. When you sit in there and somebody comes in and this. I don't know how this is the hardest thing to watch in a vet. It's. Somebody comes in with a cat or something, and they give them a quote, and they're like, I can't do that. And they're like, we have finance options. Like, I, I don't know what I'm gonna do. They're like, well, go make your choice. It's like, I can't afford to care for my dog. My cat is dying. Yeah, go make a choice. Every day. It's like four years old. It's like, yeah, but you can't afford it. And that's what I always tell people. If you can't afford a pet, don't do this to yourself. Because when that bill comes and you get hit and you're like, I can't do this. Oh, now you've got to either have a sick dog at the house that you want to fix, but you can't. You need, you need to spend the money. You have to be, you know, you have to be someone that sits back and sees these quotes and says, okay, I can afford a pet. If you can't afford it or you don't want to, that's a different. That's a different talk. I don't want to pay for this. Then you're just a heartless prick. Morning sickness.
Dick Toledo
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John Holmberg
I can't pay for this. Means you shouldn't probably be doing pets.
Brady
How old was your dog? Two.
John Holmberg
I couldn't. Well, then there's people who are like, well, he just. I got to give him up. I can't. I'm like, oh, and they give sick dogs to people anyway. It's crazy. Just nuts. So it's been on my brain all night and it's. But things are fine. The pictures are ugly, but they're. He's adorable little guy. And then I got this email yesterday. We were talking about how Tripp came in and talked to me about libtard versus Magatard, which I was. And he wasn't sure if I was leaning one way or not. And then just to prove that it's. It's all what you hear, this guy emails. He says, wait a minute, did I just hear that? Your boss thinks you're too far right. You're the one basically saying you'd go to the super bowl just to see the America hating trans homo. F word. Bad bunny. You love talking about being gay. You love all of the left's agenda. I think you're great until you start your liberal nonsense. How does he think you're too right. And now we do know, though, that your boss comes to you and makes you say only what he wants you to say. So there is an agenda and he's leading it. Liberal boss of a media market. Big surprise. You just told us what goes on behind the scenes, Brandon.
Host
There we go.
John Holmberg
There we go.
Brady
Very insightful.
John Holmberg
We go. He knows everything that goes on here much better than us. That one conversation when he heard Tripp going, are you leaning that. I don't know. It was just a conversation, but can't have conversations anymore. People lose their minds over it. But Brandon knows for sure that Tripp came in and said, I heard you mentioning Charlie Kirk in a positive light. And you know our agenda. This is not at all what happens. But people think that. I hear that a lot from people. Well, it's because you're not allowed to say that. I'm like, what are you talking about? Oh, I'm sure you know, your bosses don't want you to do anything but liberal stuff. I'm like, the owner of this company is about as right wing as they get. The guy who runs this thing is, like, uncomfortable. Like, Trump would be like, don't it down a notch, Stanley. Like, they would pull back a whole.
Host
Hanging out with Ted Nugent.
John Holmberg
Ted Nugent learns from him what to say next. He's not over only over a gut pile. He's bathing in it. He's, like, enjoying the gut pile because of its texture. And I hear that all the time. Liberal agenda. I mean, you were forcing people to go get the. The vaccine. Like, nobody told me that I had. I just. That wasn't a thought I had. Like, it's not a terrible thing. It's like you can be against it if you want. I don't care, but I'm getting it. Yep. That's what you had to do. Like, all right. I guess. Yeah. That was it. That's it. Everybody yells at you for that. So, no, just to be clear, Tripp did not come to me and say that I am. I'm going against the agenda. That is. You know, and Kup is going to change the world.
Brady
Keep blabbing.
John Holmberg
Yeah, well, I am. For a world of trans, I think that's a great move. And I do wish we would all be more like Bad Bunny and where we were just America hating trans. But that's not because the company wants me to say. It's because I like saying it.
Host
It's like Morning Joe around here.
John Holmberg
Yeah, it is. Yeah. Oh, no. Those guys are. They're not. They're not far enough left today on the show. AOC is going to call us at 8 o'. Clock. We're going to chat with her. And Bernie Sanders makes his return. He's got some new ideas that I'm forced to tell you about. And that's. Thank man. People are. It is a politically charged triggered. Like nothing gets through the initial shield. It's all. Here's how I feel about all of it. I'm like, dude, you. You got like two words. Yep. And I've made an assessment. It's insanity.
Brady
The shutdown certainly is helping things.
John Holmberg
And here we go. Well, yeah, here we go with the social program of this. Take it in the app thing now we gotta start giving money away. Nobody earns it. There's no merit in this. You gotta. Oh, I guess Spot is the six o' clock word this morning as we give you money. But when we give you money, there's a paper that comes with it that says you gotta pledge your allegiance to the Socialist party. It's a thing. Spot S P O T. Nice transition. Thank you. See what I did there, Spot? I do what I do. I'm trained well by the socialists and the. The left. I'm nothing more than a puppet. That's all there is. Anyway you can. You can put Spot in the six o' clock thing on the app and take it in the app and try to get your thousand bucks out of this station. I'm all for steal from them all day long. So get on that. You've got 40 minutes to get that one. We'll do another at 7, 8, and 9. As we try to hand money your direction to appease the Bob's. That is one thing we are doing. Where we are puppeting to shut the Bob's up is this game.
Host
Now let's check in with Gavin Newsom.
John Holmberg
Gavin Newsoms outside. He just wants to say, you know, guys, I just thought maybe a puppet. One thing I saw last night, and I am all for this. I have. I've been saying this for a long time to a ladies. I don't know if the ladies have noticed. And it's another warning for you. Scientists with all this AI technology are. Are not using it all for good. As far as it comes to you women, we knew the porn thing would happen. And we've been watching them try to build these real dolls for the last 20 years. And every guy's had their eyes on this project, this real doll project. Like, man, they're making them pretty realistic. And the joke between dudes is make it cook and clean. And I don't know what I'm using the ladies for. I had that talk with Heather yesterday. I had lunch with Heather from downstairs. And she goes, yeah, but then they can't have babies. And I'm like, but that's where you'll come in. What? I'm like, the real human women will have to turn their attention to their usefulness and become baby farms for dudes and their real dolls. And I give you no further example of a man named Alan Hamill who was married to Suzanne Summers and a year and a half after her death, he has a replica of Suzanne Summers. He spent a ton of money saying, build me a perfect replica of Suzanne Summers.
Brady
And has it been rebooted like it was the first version?
John Holmberg
You wouldn't know.
Brady
Yeah. Wow.
John Holmberg
You wouldn't know. Oh, damn, it's perfect. And he goes, he even said, you can't tell the difference except for all the complaining is gone and the dishes are piling up until we figure that out.
Host
USB C into it every once in a while.
John Holmberg
But, yeah, I got a charger now and again, but it's. We're on a. I'm not necessarily for this, so don't get me twisted on that. But there is definitely a mission by men to replace you with technology, you know, and watching Heather's reaction to that yesterday, I don't think that would ever happen because, I mean, there's no human interaction. I'm like, right, right. You see how well that' been going? The human interaction between men and women over the last, I don't know, 50 or 60 years seems to be on a downward trend. I don't really see that, like, whole, holy cow, we solved it. We're all getting along perfectly. No one's getting divorces. Everybody's in love. It's going the other way. And the fact that the guy we were sitting with yesterday at lunch is going through a divorce and is having his ex wife is basically trying to not just get money from him, but she wants blood emotion. She's trying to destroy him. Like, it is the goal in the end of this. You don't love me anymore. Hold my beer. I'm going to destroy you and like, everything, like, tons of money out the door for Lord. I mean, she's trying to destroy the man. And I said exactly. What he's going through is why a dude would be like, you know what? They make these things almost realistic enough to ladies, you have to step up your game. It can't be so hard anymore for future generations to work around you to woo you and win you over. And I know you want flowers, and I know you want presents, and I know you want trips, and I know you want this and I know you want that. But eventually dudes are going to be like, you know, it's cost effective for me to spend ten grand once and have something that looks amazing. Who are you gonna go to dinner with? My friends. Like, this isn't like, your answers to your questions are easy. And Alan Hamill built this. He's 55 years. He. He was with Suzanne Summers. And you'll notice when you take a look at the real doll he built. It is not the last couple years version. It's the three's company version. Yeah, he went a little after ThighMaster version.
Host
Okay, all right, that's acceptable.
John Holmberg
But he was with her for 55 years and he built her in her prime. Something to be said about the obviousness of that. It does not. Again, don't get me wrong, not necessarily in total agreement with this, but I am the Don Quixote. I'm trying to be the lighthouse here to basically say, are you seeing this? And I don't see a lot of lady scientists. Let me stop there. I don't see a lot of lady scientists building men to replace us at all. I don't see. Because they'll be like, we'll just build our own too. I'm like, who's going to build those? Because we're going to be busy with our real dolls, and we're not going to be doing technology for you anymore. We're building robot girls fast. It's go. And now AI came along and they started. Those Japanese dudes are putting it together. Just saying, ladies, holding out on blowjobs, holding out on the fun. There's, you know, there's a couple.
Brady
Hello to AI.
John Holmberg
There's a couple kids in the minors that are looking pretty good right now, and they're getting closer to the big leagues. And I think even the most cynical man. And then. Then who you're going to be left with, you'll be left with those dudes who are balding with ponytails. I just want the company of a woman. Oh, no. Hippies. That's all you'll have left. I don't really like technology that much. I like to read and talk. Oh, my God. And then, ladies, you'll know what we're dealing with, because that's basically a woman, and you're gonna have to live with one of your own, and you're gonna hate it.
Brady
He loves an earner, too.
John Holmberg
Oh, God. Yeah. Well, you can still flee some of them. The hippies will be like, I didn't realize they were gonna steal my money. All I wanted to do is read and talk, and now I'm broke. What are these dolls about? And then they'll build some smelly hippie dolls for him. Cause they'll have it down pat by then. I'm just saying maybe pull back on the whole, you know, climb this mountain to get my affection thing. Start being a little bit more recognized. Start to start to understand what's going on over in Japan and how absolutely no one. And I mean no one is outside with picket signs saying, this must end. People are nervous. AI is going to take their jobs. They're also going to be, like, taking friends and stuff and relationships. I know plenty of dudes who are like, yeah. And that lawyer I told you about a little while ago does those commercials, and he's in trouble in, like, Minnesota because he goes, are you getting a divorce? Are you a man? If you're a woman, I don't want to hear from you. Women want blood and emotion and trouble. Men just. They give me $5,000 and they want the paperwork done. I only work with men. And they're like, whoa. And they're like, why doesn't he work with women? I'm like, what, are you going to sue him and try to get him, too? Because you realizes it. Cordell and Cordell do that, too. They start their commercials with, man, the word. Holmberg's Morning sickness. I'm not saying I'm for it, ladies, but I'm saying you need to have a meeting. The cool ones need to tell the buttholes they're wrecking it for everybody. Have you seen the AI videos of these women? Now, porn stars are probably gonna lose their job soon because the AI girls don't get zits on their asses in the 4K videos. And that is off putting. There's no flaws. That's an unrealistic expectation. No, it isn't. They're building that right now. Like, it is no longer an unrealistic expectation there. Barbie came to. And then I started thinking, as men, we're not the first generation that feels this way. The movie mannequin happened in 1983. We've been thinking about this for a long time. If only that would come to life. And I could. I could just have sex with that. And then there's Kim Cattrall. The mannequin came to life.
Brady
This.
Host
It got better than Kim Cattrall.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Host
Thank God for progress.
John Holmberg
Still, back in the day, that was a pretty good show.
Host
Porky's Kim Cattrall. I'm in.
John Holmberg
It was only a couple years later, she was a little bit. But there you go with Weird Science. Weird Science was a fantasy movie of building the perfect woman.
Host
Yeah. And then look what she turned into.
John Holmberg
And you look at what women do with those. Oh, yeah. I never thought Kelly LeBrock was that great. They dressed her up well. They actually did the opposite of what they did to Kim Cattrall. When Weird Science came out, they took a woman who I don't think was attractive and made her amazing until she opened her mouth and you saw that she had Bugs Bunny's teeth. But women make movies.
Brady
Caught in the magic. When it first came out.
Host
Oh, absolutely.
John Holmberg
Everybody watched. It went. Because you were more like, is this going to be happening soon? Like, you were less. Like, I can build what? You were less worried about what Austin and Wyatt built. And you were thinking about, what would I build? Like, you were in your own fantasy while you watched the movie. Like, I would make her teeth buck. That's dumb.
Brady
Gary and Wyatt.
John Holmberg
Gary and Wyatt. Who cares? They were basically the like, yeah, they built what they wanted, and they were surprised. So I'm sure if they went back to the drawing board, they'd have gotten rid of those giant Buck teeth. But they did pretty well with Kelly LeBrock. She was. That was a good, strong first one. Then as we all watched, we all thought to ourselves, man, how do I build One of those. And what would I have? Would I get the redhead? Would I get the. What would I go for? Not saying.
Brady
Robert Downey Jr. And his buddy. Let us have a crack.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Let us build one. Like nobody, none of them at any point, we're like, let me go out and take a girl out three or four times and find out she hates me when I can just build one that's it's in her program to love me. I don't think ladies realize how hard it is to get their attention. And then once we get it, we start failing. And they're like, I don't know why it's so hard for them to stay good. It's. Yeah, it's tough. I was at a. I, I checked one off my, my life box yesterday. I hit a. Yeah, that's right. A fall baseball double header. Awesome. They played two yesterday. So nice. They played two two seven inning games. Each one was an hour and a half knocked out. Two baseball games over there in the perfect day. Fall baseball is one of the best things in the world. And sat there, me and my buddy Craig were just looking around and saw a couple that had given up on each other and, and we just, we started the debate which one quit first? The wife was about 225. The husband was about 243. Both of them five six and just plopped down in their seats. Didn't talk the whole game. Who quit first? And we both thought when she got pregnant and got big, he got a little bigger. And then when he realized she wasn't going to lose the weight, he didn't either. And they both just looked at each other and shook hands and said we're done here. Right. We're not even going to, we're not making an effort to ever have a decent physical appearance again. And like, oh yeah, that sounds great to me. And I'm gonna pump out one more and then no one will even care. And we're, we're on our. And here they are. They probably even Craig even said they're probably older than. Or we're probably older than them because they look like they're probably. You couldn't tell. They were that kind of blob human that was either 45 or 72. You couldn't like quite. But they were in those. She's in the grandma floral. I don't even know where you buy those. They look like aprons almost. They're floral purple, red and yellow flowers and stuff all over it. And she's in smocks. Oh he's just in a T shirt and jeans that he bought at Kohl's that don't fit. I think maybe stop caring.
Brady
It could be they figured it out. They've hit the nirvana. No, I can sit there for three hours and don't say a word and I'm fine.
John Holmberg
I just. I can't consider it nirvana to look across the room and just go, my God, is that ever the most unattractive thing ever? And it's walking around in your house naked because it's comfortable. It quits. I couldn't do it. That's what I was telling you.
Brady
Think about a sporting event.
John Holmberg
Oh, is that the same picture you sent us yesterday? No, that guy in the shirt.
Host
Okay, I couldn't tell if. You know, then there was a big broad.
John Holmberg
That was a broader. That was a thin guy. He had a shirt on that said, Dear person behind me. The world's a better place because you're in it. Signed person in front of you. It was one of those hoodies, and it just made me hate him so much. I was like, oh, you don't know who I am. What if he's sitting in front of a murderer? Your stupid positive message. And all we did was speculate why he's that way. And we both came up with, well, because of his 10 year heroin addiction, where he had to go to jail for a couple years and straighten his own life out. And then he starts to spread his joy. Look, dude, you had 10 years of great fun and you fixed it. I'm proud of you. It's not your job to now make me feel like I have to ask you questions about what a wonderful man you are. Cause you're guilty. Dear person behind me. And then the shirt signs it, person in front of you. I know who's wearing the stupid shirt, jackass. And his hat said something like, you are enough. Quit telling me these. Go look in the mirror. Start talking to other people about how they like. I just want the world to feel better. Like, what kind of weirdo are you? Stalker? You're stalking me with the back of your shirt. But back to the two people who have quit. No guy wants, no woman wants. Nobody wants their partner to just blob about. No one wants that. You can tolerate it, but nobody wants it. And then they're just like, ah, I look like crap. She looks like crap. We might as well just stick it out. That's not any way to live. I'm just sticking it out till one of us stops breathing. Want to go to a falling Game and not talk. I guess they have hot dogs. Yeah, I'll get you a hot dog. We'll both have a Multiple hot dogs.
Brady
Brutal.
John Holmberg
I also saw something at the game yesterday. I was really kind of. I wished my dad would have done this with me. There was only like one kid at the whole game because there's no fall break or anything. So he's bouncing all over the stadium. This kid's running around. Somebody caught a foul ball and like, just out of instinct looked around to give a kid a ball, can't find worth any. So he's. He's asking, did you want it? It was a scout and he called it. He goes, I got loads of these because do you want it? And the lady's like, no, it's all right. Nobody, no adults were like, give it to me. You look crazy. So there's no kid. So he just put it in his lap. Then this kid goes running around and he's got a clear backpack full of Sharpies and. And baseballs. And he's running side, you know, dugout to dugout between innings, leaning over, begging for baseballs, and he loads them up. Then I see his dad pointing him, go get that guy. And he's. He's directing and then taking the sign baseballs and putting them in another bag. Then the dad has him go ask the coaches before the second game starts for the lineup cards from the last game. So he said, give me those lineup cards. Go get him. And the kid goes, hey, mister. Like he's using his kid as bait to go get.
Brady
Autograph collection.
John Holmberg
Yeah, but it's fall league baseball. You got. It's rolling the dice like he's got.
Brady
A bunch of autographed balls.
John Holmberg
Tons. But he's using his child. He took his kid out of school.
Brady
Three quarter of those guys won't make it to the show.
John Holmberg
More than that, maybe get. Every year you might see two dudes that end up being okay enough to get to the bigs, let alone a superstar. They have a hall of fame of fall league baseball players on the wall that I think it's in Scottsdale as like Tim Salmon and Derek Jeter played there for a little bit, but it was brief. It's incredible.
Host
Tim Salmon's on the wall of fame.
John Holmberg
On the wall of fame for falling ball players. Yeah, and Derek Jeter. Tim Sam. There's a couple guys who play, but you're like these. And there's like eight Jeter.
Host
Okay, yeah, there's Salmon. He was all right, but like eight.
John Holmberg
Dudes who have you know, out of, you know, 30 or 40 years of this, they're not. So this kid is running. But I'm like. And all I thought was, dad took him out of school and spent from one o' clock till six running around bugging people.
Brady
Could be homeschooled.
John Holmberg
They weren't doing any schoolwork yesterday.
Brady
Well, that's what I'm saying. They got it out of the way.
John Holmberg
Grifters. You're thinking this dude's teaching his son to be a grifter. That's the schooling he's getting dressed him up like a little ball player. And he's running around with his glove and he's like, hey, mister, can I get your autograph? He's like, sure, kid. Because these guys love autographing stuff. They're not. And then he runs back to his dad. He goes, I don't know who the that is, dad. Put that in the bag. What do you want me to do next? He's like, all right, go over and get the. The lineup card. When the manager. When his. His name's Leon Hard. Go get him. When he turns around, 72, marlin shirt, he go kick us. Okay. Then I watched the kid went, hey, coach. And I'm like, you little bastard. You're playing the game like a make a wish. Comes back to his dad again. Here's the lineup card. I don't know who the these guys are either, dad. And like, oh, this kid's good. He might have been eight. I don't think they feed him. He had an Auschwitz body. He looked real sick. Like, he was like, gotta make his quota. Oh, he. He was playing a part. And I started thinking, if I had a kid, that's what I'd be doing. Two things I'd do if I had a kid. I'd be running them all over the place, getting stuff from other people, using, you know, the precious kid. And I'd also be using them as bait to catch chomos. Like, there's no question. We'd be on the computer every night. I'm like, let's go get us a chomo, son. We'd be chomo fishing nightly. Every night. Yeah, send him a picture of your. Your. Like, not your head, but just your chest. Dad, that's weird. Just do it. We're gonna get one. We're gonna get him off the streets. Send him a picture. Tiny little hand. Dad, this is. No, just do it now. Trust me, he's gonna be crazy about that. But I gotta hand it to that guy. That's pretty cool. Using Your using your son and he didn't come. The kid doesn't know. He. Look, he has to realize the return on investment for these autographs is 15, 16 years. The kid doesn't understand the timeline. The dad's up. This is the dad. And the dad can no longer lean over the edge of the dugout and go, hey, boys, have an autograph for me. It's like. It's weird. So he's using his son because there were two other dudes trying to do it without kids. They were striking out like crazy. This kid got lineup cards, towels, hats, shirts. Probably left the game with like 11 or 12 baseballs. It was awesome. Holmberg's morning sickness make him earn his money. Yeah, you gotta earn it. Yeah.
Host
You know you're paying to feed and clothe that kid.
John Holmberg
I'm not Sargent. I don't think they're worried. I don't know, that he was eating. He was very thin. All right, Oliver Twist. He played the game. And these two nerds were standing there going, this kid's getting everything. Yeah, you got to get one of those things and start working the dugout. The coaches and the players are told, be nice to the kids. They're not giving you a high five if you put your hand out. But he's getting one. I guarantee it. Pretty awesome fall league doubleheader. You see it all over there. You see the ladies trying to put their hooks into the players that are, you know, there's a guy who's the number eight prospect in the Athletics, and he's there and his girlfriend's there, and she introduced her mom to him, like, oh, she's throwing some. She's throwing some fishing hooks. And this dude, right? I'm all in. You see that all the time. These girls that are hanging around and then they go at the end of the game and talk to their guy and they make everybody know that that's mine. Oh, it's good stuff. It's real good stuff. It's like a soap opera. And then you get to see the two blobbing creatures that have quit on life just sitting there staring at a net.
Brady
Three hours.
John Holmberg
It's awesome. Yeah, get yourself in on this. There's a 45 minute break in between. Go get a couple more Modelos, wander around for a little bit, take a look at the rest of the crowd. Watch that grifter boy. He's gonna. It's. He's Peaky Blinders. He's gonna turn into the world's greatest criminal. There's no way he's being math and reading. Who needs that when you. When you know how to grift at a high level like that?
Host
It's fall league, like, training for these broads before they hit the Phoenix Open and stuff.
John Holmberg
So this is, like, it is most of them. There used to be an old fall league gaggle of them that would go dugout to dugout trying to get the attention of one of the guys, and there's still a couple that do that. Now it seems the girlfriends of the players go by themselves and, like, let everyone know, that's my guy. Like, and she's showing up. And I think also they show up to make sure that those players don't see the. The bulldrum that are, you know, free and unattached and walking back and forth from dugout to dugout training like, no, I'm here. I see you. You can't talk to any of the. The groupies in training. It's a grip. It's all grifting. The whole thing is grifting. It's awesome to watch. Christopher DeWitt says, Man, the ladies need to know the cyber broad never has a headache, never complains, and her butthole is always ready. Your days are numbered, toots. Just saying, ladies, keep your eyes open, because I don't see any scientists trying to stop the progress at all. This guy says those hoodies that that guy was wearing are suicide prevention hoodies. They help support the hotlines, he said. Even the guy said, my daughter committed suicide at 16. I think those are needed. What if a kid who was thinking about suicide sees that and stops? I know you don't know, and I'm like, I don't know, but is that it? Maybe anything could stop him. I just think that you're just one.
Brady
Of those guys that doesn't like a positive message.
John Holmberg
It isn't a positive message. It's annoying. That's assuming everyone around you is suicidal and you're not. I understand. I'm sorry for your loss, Sean. I don't think that's a cool thing, but, I mean, maybe it would stop somebody, but if that's his goal, it's annoying more people than it said. It led me to want to try to maybe kill myself. I think that's what I'm letting you know. I just can't be around people like that. If you're that into it, turn around and talk to the person behind you and go. You feeling suicidal? No, I'm feeling pretty good. Okay, I'll leave you alone.
Brady
I was just wondering the other side of it. Like, if you're the person in the back and you had those thoughts.
John Holmberg
Suicidal thoughts.
Brady
Yeah. And you saw that shirt, would that motivate you enough to say, oh, this guy might be open to talking to me, but I don't think you think that way right when you're.
John Holmberg
I don't know. I don't think a lot of people are plopping down 14 bucks and spending six hours at a double header fall league game if they're thinking about it to the end.
Brady
For some people watching that game.
John Holmberg
Yeah. I had a. I had a guy who's become a friend of mine tell me that he listened to the show and it saved his life. And he's like, I was gonna end it. And he goes, and I turned the radio on and I was gonna end it. And I'm like, I'm gonna stop you right there. I'm like, I know you were going through a lot, but I have to tell you, I'm not real sure you were 100% committed to the suicide. If you needed to listen to a morning show first. Like, if you were like, wonder what the boys are up to? Let me pop on Kate. And he listened to us all the time. And he goes, you know, I felt like I was gonna do it. I had tried before. And he goes, but you said something that made me laugh, and I just. And it stopped me. Take your mind off. You were listening to the morning sickness. Like, I don't know. I guess if that's the other side of it, I suppose it just made me upset, like, I'm fine. It made me feel like, what's wrong?
Brady
What's wrong?
John Holmberg
What do you think something's wrong with me. Oh. And then the other thing I had at the game, and maybe this is why. Sean. Maybe this is why I had kind of a negative reaction to it. I had a shirt on yesterday that said 1972. And it's got an album behind it, like a record, but all the grooves on it are a different color. It's not in rainbow form, but it's different colored and rainbow. So, yeah. So I go up to get a beer, and I say to the lady, and she goes, oh, I love that shirt. And I'm like, thank you. And she goes, 1972? And I'm like, yep. And I'm. And I'm thinking to myself, she. I think she. Maybe she was younger. I said, I think she's like. And she goes, what'd you do this weekend? And I said. And I kind of froze. I'm like, I don't know. I don't think I did much of anything. And she goes, would you. Would you have fun? I'm like, I think so. I can't like, just. And the guy behind her goes, He's 53 years old. What are you doing? And I'm like, yeah, what are you doing? And then I said, you did math pretty fast. He goes, I was born in 69. It wasn't that hard to figure out. I'm like, okay, good for you. And then she goes, no, I mean, like, I see what you're up to, and I'm. And now I'm really confused. Like, what are you talking about? And then she goes, me and my girl went downtown. And I'm like, oh, no, no, no. I wasn't part of that. And that's exactly how I reacted. Like, you think I'm giving off no gay vibes at all? Just radio. Yeah, my shirt has. Are you on kdkb? I'm like, God damn it. So I said. And then I had to go, two Modelos and a bag of nuts, please. Like, you don't order Modelos for a girl. Then I had to go tell. And then I had to go sit with a guy sitting in front of me going, feeling. Feeling pretty low about yourself. Like I am, actually. So this shirt is poorly timed.
Host
Good thing you weren't drinking White claws or something. You've really been in trouble.
John Holmberg
One white claw, one Modelo for my man.
Host
Typical.
Brady
She looked at him and was guessing. Let me see. White claw, white claws, and two bagels.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Yeah. What? Well, that has nothing to do with the gay pride parade, Brady.
Brady
I know you.
Host
Homeberg.
John Holmberg
Yeah, she hit me with that. And I'm like, all right, I'm not giving off gay vibes. The shirt is colorful. That's all. So maybe that's why I felt like, goddamn dude in his positive message shirt. I don't need this today. Shirts mean nothing. Maybe that is. Maybe that's the psychiatry of it. I was like, I don't need shirts to have messages on them. People think, mine does. I don't need to see yours with a message. So maybe I am.
Brady
And someone else is going to. That guy with a 1972 shirt.
John Holmberg
The queer over there with a guy who looks like Daryl Hall. Really old. He's got a. Yeah, maybe that was it. Maybe that makes more sense, is that I was very upset at his shirt because someone had already judged me off of mine. So I'm like, we can't have shirts with messages. People misconstrue Those. Yeah, suicide prevention shirts are. It's just depressing. If you're having a normal day, the last thing you want is a guy in front of you reminding you, like, you know, there's people out there about to kill themselves. I'm at the ball game. I like, that's the last. Last thing I want to think about. The person in front of you thinks you're better. But again, though, what if you're wrong? Like, maybe you do save somebody. But what if you're. What if it backfires and the guy, you know, with the broads in his basement that are all tied up and about to go into acid baths reads that and goes, not the world I'm in. And then he goes home and finishes the job.
Brady
But you hear of the stories, like, it's just something that's so random. That would be. That stopped me from doing that.
John Holmberg
But you also hear the stories of, like, you never would have expected that fort that. Like, I did it because I heard voices or the message in front of me said, the world's a better place. And that made you feel worse. It's like, I don't feel like the world's good because I'm in it. I'm getting off of it. I don't like shirts with messages. Jokes, maybe. Messages. No. Yeah. Sean, you broke it down for me. That's very true. I was mad because my shirt had a false message on it. And I didn't need somebody telling me their message on their shirt because that means my shirt did have a message. I'm not gay, lady. Now, this one says, I'm gonna buy one of those hoodies and walk around in front of Toledo all the time. Since the Mariners lost, I decided I have Paula owe me one of those. The show will be better with just the three of you. The shirt says the show would be better if you weren't on it. And you sit in front of Toledo. There you go. This is how I felt, too. And some people don't like it. Says, you know what, John? That hoodie. It isn't a Shinedown concert. Calm down. We're at a baseball game. Yeah, I just. I guess I just don't like to think of that. It hasn't hit me that way. So if it's not touching me that way, I don't really want to think about suicide. When I'm watching baseball and the prevention they're in, I don't like to think of anybody at the ball game being suicidal. It's falling baseball. If you're depressed, that is not the place to go. It is. It is a very laid back thing. And you see a lot of people, like, about done with life. There's a lot of old dudes there. I go because I like baseball, but it's relaxing. There's not a lot of people. I got this guy sitting in front of me. I got the lady back there selling modelos that thinks I'm down at the march. And I wanted to say to her, I'm like, do I look gay? What vibes am I in?
Brady
Shut up.
John Holmberg
Yeah, I almost did, but.
Host
You were afraid the answer or what?
John Holmberg
Yeah, maybe. I just. I just felt bad because my reaction was, oh, no, no, no, no. I wasn't part of that. Me and my lady were downtown. I'm like, oh, yeah, I didn't do that. And then you just. Your brain as a man just starts going, I just. I was busy boning broads all weekend and so many. I've gone. I've lost my memory. I don't know. Anyway, not gay. But I probably won't wear that shirt anymore.
Brady
1972, the say is gone.
John Holmberg
Yeah, that shirt will be just around the house shirt. Maybe, maybe not. I've been doing some yard work or something.
Brady
You were so excited when you got this shirt.
John Holmberg
I like that shirt. It's my birth year on it. And it's colorful. It's not rainbows, it's a circle. It's colorful. It is colorful. You can't be colorful anymore. The gaze of stolen color. We have to live in a communist gray society to be straight nowadays. Thanks a lot, Bad Bunny. See? Goes the other way. Let's get a wake up song, shall we? A good one. And we'll scream it together. It's 98 Kupiti.
Brady
Wake up.
John Holmberg
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Episode: 10-22-25 – “Late Night Emergency Vet Visit For Megan, Angry Emailers, AI Sex Bots, and Shirt Choices at Fall League”
Date: October 22, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
This episode of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness is a quintessential blend of dark humor, social commentary, personal misadventures, and Arizona vibes. John Holmberg recounts a traumatic late-night emergency vet ordeal with his dog, debates emailers who accuse the show of political agendas, offers a comedic but cautionary speech to women about AI sex tech, and shares observations from a fall league baseball game—ranging from odd shirt choices to grifting dads and relationship burnout. The show’s trademark is its raw honesty, abrupt pivots, and unfiltered banter.
(Starts ~01:12)
Holmberg’s dog Frankie (age 15, deaf and blind) was bitten by another dog in their home, causing significant injury.
The trauma and logistics of late-night emergency veterinary care:
Vet wait times and 'triage' suspicions:
Comic relief via Halloween tie-in:
(Starts ~13:48)
An angry listener accuses Holmberg of being a puppet for a left-wing, media-driven agenda.
Holmberg responds with biting sarcasm and transparency:
On the myth that media personalities are ‘forced’ to promote leftist ideas:
Satirical riff about being a “socialist puppet” and hyperbolic leftist agenda:
(Starts ~18:25)
Warning to women:
Societal satire—on men’s “replacement” of women:
Cultural commentary:
Pop culture references:
Brady quips:
(Starts ~27:58, continues through 38:38)
People-watching at Arizona fall baseball:
On being ‘comfortable’ in a relationship:
“Dear Person Behind Me” hoodie:
John grows frustrated at a man wearing a suicide prevention hoodie with the message: “Dear person behind me: The world’s a better place because you’re in it. – Person in front of you.”
John admits he may be biased after being misjudged for his own colorful 1972 shirt (mistaken for a pride shirt).
Listener correction:
(Starts ~32:27)
John notices a kid at the game with a ‘grifting’ system for autographs and memorabilia:
Point:
(37:05 onward)
This episode seamlessly weaves together authentically grim, comic misadventures, and biting commentary, maintaining Holmberg’s Morning Sickness’s status as bracingly uncensored Arizona radio.