12-10-25 - Group Of Kids In Afghanistan Arrested For Wearing Peaky Blinders Outfits And Going Against Cultural Norms - Man's Family Sues Cruise Line After He Dies From Drinking 35 Drinks On Unlimited Pass

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – December 10, 2025

Episode Theme:
This episode playfully tackles two news stories: the arrest of Afghan teens for wearing "Peaky Blinders" costumes, seen as a Western cultural influence, and a lawsuit after a man dies from drinking 33 alcoholic drinks on a cruise’s unlimited drink package. The hosts riff on cultural norms, judgment, stereotyping, and America’s own tendency to police out-of-the-norm behavior—all with typical irreverence.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Afghanistan’s “Peaky Blinders” Arrests and Cultural Policing

• The News Story: Four young men in Afghanistan were arrested by "cultural police" for dressing as characters from the TV show "Peaky Blinders", accused of promoting Western values.
• Hosts’ Take: The team (John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Freddy, and Brett Vesely) pokes fun at both the Afghan authorities and the tendency for Americans to judge eccentric public behavior.

Highlights:

• Surprise that Afghanis had access to HBO and the means to create or acquire 1920s British-style outfits.
• Holmberg lampoons commenters decrying Afghanistan’s censorship, pointing out Americans aren't so tolerant either:

  [03:43] John Holmberg: "Let me tell you right now, if I see four people walking down the street dressed in Peaky Blinders outfit, I'm calling the cops too. That ain't normal."

• The show’s obsession with the "Mick hat" (flat cap associated with Irish immigrants and, notably, the Peaky Blinders look) evolves into a running joke about Irish stereotypes and American suspicion towards groups dressed out of the ordinary.
• They riff on the American tendency for culture policing:

  [09:52] John Holmberg: "We judge people so much based on how they're dressed and what they're doing ... If you were a business owner and dudes came storming in, dressed up in 1920s gangster clothes—be like, I'm calling the cops!"

• Brady and Holmberg mock American misconceptions of foreign countries (“mud huts and goats”), then reverse it, joking about Afghanistan’s own sitcoms:

  [23:51] John Holmberg: "Everybody Loves Halak... That wasn't real, Brady."

Notable Quote:

[05:21] John Holmberg: “Again. The Taliban was right here. ... That 13 year old boy gets to kill that guy that killed his whole family... And then Peaky Blinders people getting arrested. I’m all over that.” (Said tongue-in-cheek, demonstrating the show’s irreverent tone.)

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2. Judgment, Stereotypes, and “Cultural Policing” in America

• The hosts challenge the idea that Americans are much more open-minded, suggesting we too call the police over weird costumes or gatherings.
• They mine the “Mick hat” for jokes about Irish stereotypes and shift this scrutiny to other groups/themes: kilts, “Bridgerton” attire, and groups in fairy costumes.

  [14:08] John Holmberg: “Four really angry, unsexed gentlemen walking down the road. So I am calling the police. Afghanistan was right.”

• Holmberg openly admits his own “bias”:

  [16:57] John Holmberg: "If I am racist, it is towards the Irish. Like, the real ones..."

• The segment lampoons performative diversity and superficial acceptance, with callbacks to movie references (Blazing Saddles).

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3. Do Afghans Have Comedy?

• The group discusses the existence of Afghan comedy and sitcoms, with Brady and Holmberg playing devil’s advocate about why Americans think other cultures aren't funny or don’t have comedians.
• They pitch tongue-in-cheek ideas for Afghan sitcoms and acknowledge cultural differences in humor.

  [24:24] John Holmberg: “They don’t have comedy because... There’s no talent scouts going through Jalalabad looking for the next funny dude. But they have funny. They find things funny that we’d look at and go, what the hell is that?”

• Jokes about what an Afghani sitcom or version of 'Too Close for Comfort' would look like—more irreverent than malicious.

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4. Cruise Ship Death – The Limits of “Unlimited”

• Transitioning from the Afghan story, they address a lawsuit involving a man who died after drinking 33 alcoholic drinks on a cruise’s unlimited package. His family alleges excessive force after he was restrained, but the hosts question personal responsibility.
• Debate over the concept of “unlimited” and the expectation that cruise lines should still cut people off:

  [29:32] Freddy: "Even with the unlimited drink package, you still gotta have limits, right? That’s the opposite of unlimited, my friend."

• The group recalls cruise experiences and riffs about the economics of pay-per-drink vs. unlimited packages—the conversation stays largely comic and casual.

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Memorable Quotes & Notable Moments

• On Peaky Blinders cosplay:

  [04:31] Brett: "If you walked in here this morning dressed as a Peaky Blinders, I'd be like, go home. You're gonna get us all shot at."

• On American hypocrisy:

  [09:52] John Holmberg: "We judge people so much based on how they're dressed and what they're doing..."

• On cruise drink packages:

  [29:32] Freddy: "...you still got to have limits, right? That's the opposite of unlimited, my friend."

• Satirical “Taliban was right”:

  [22:51] John Holmberg: “Taliban. Chalk up another win for the Taliban. ... Sometimes so does Trump. You hear that's a good idea. ... Not a bad thing.”

• On ethnic stereotypes (in an intentionally provocative, joking way):

  [14:29] John Holmberg: "It's like the end of Blazing Saddles... But not the Irish."

• On hiring discrimination:

  [16:58] John Holmberg: "If I was in charge of hiring and it was between, like, a really qualified Mick hat wearer or, like, Brett ... I'm like, I can't look at a mick hat every day."

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Key Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:07] — John introduces Afghan "Peaky Blinders" arrest story
• [03:43 - 07:47] — Discussion: Would Americans react the same way to odd costumes? Peaky Blinders, Western culture, group suspicion
• [09:52 - 10:49] — Cultural policing, America’s own judgment vs. Afghanistan’s
• [12:11 - 13:51] — "Mick hat" (Irish) jokes, stereotypes, and personal anecdotes
• [23:13 - 24:47] — Afghan comedy, joking about sitcoms from different cultures
• [28:18] — Transition to cruise ship lawsuit, story details
• [29:32 - 32:43] — Unlimited drink package, responsibility, cruise culture
• [33:16] — Return to the idea of cultural policing in US vs. Afghanistan

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Tone & Language

• Irreverent, satirical, and intentionally provocative
• Frequent use of sarcasm and self-deprecating humor
• Casual, conversational, sometimes veering into bits and roleplay skits
• Exaggerated takes voiced for comedic value, not as sincere advocacy

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Summary Table

| Segment | Timestamp | Highlights | |----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------| | Afghan Peaky Blinders | 02:07 – 10:49 | Arrest story, cultural norms, American hypocrisy, "Mick hat" | | Afghan Sitcom Discussion | 23:13 – 24:47 | Do Afghans have comedies? Satirical pitch of Afghan shows | | Cruise Ship Lawsuit | 28:18 – 32:43 | Unlimited drinking, personal responsibility, cruise stories |

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Final Takeaway

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness uses biting satire to reflect on cultural double standards—highlighting Western judgmentalism in the context of global news. While lampooning everything from American self-importance to Irish stereotypes, the hosts nudge listeners to self-awareness, using humor as both spotlight and mirror.

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Note:
The episode blends current events with irreverent riffing—listeners should be prepared for sarcastic and edgy humor. Context is critical, as the crew’s provocations are designed to challenge, not reinforce, surface-level beliefs.

Transcript

[Freddy]

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[John Holmberg]

The old method of treatment for a person in this condition was to throw him in jail.

Good morning everybody. Hello there. Welcome to Wednesday. It is 5:45. This is the morning sickness. My name's John. There's Freddy, there's Brett. There's big Dick Toledo. On a glorious perfect morning Wednesday. Well, not for Brett. Brett's going through a lot. Brett's had a lot last couple. Let's hear it for it's dirty. Yeah. Yep. Dirty Brett. Let's hear from Brett's beautiful dog, Dirty cookies for Dirty cookies and hugs for your pets this morning as we do for so many people that email in and just a pat on the head for Bradford having go through yet another thing. Had to put us the Dr. Fixler though. What a service.

[Freddy]

Amazing. I mean I can't.

[John Holmberg]

I literally.

[Freddy]

I can't say enough.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I don't want you to talk about it.

[Freddy]

Well, I mean we're going through such a bad situation. That is the only way to do it if you have to do that.

[John Holmberg]

Happy endings. Pet euthanasia.

[Freddy]

Amazing.

[John Holmberg]

It's. Can't say enough and just great people. So Brett had to go through yet another thing. Will you get a break, Mr. Besley? Please wait for this year to end. Every time I talk, my phone rings. It's like Brett on the other end. Oh boy. It's getting to be like living in an old folks home when the phone rings, like, oh, somebody's gone. Brett. If I see Brett on the line, it's a. And it's not even his own doing now. It's not just anonymous. It's like surrounding himself for dirty. Dirty is a cool dog too. So nice long life. Ran the whole race, did the whole thing right. Good dog owners.

[Freddy]

Thirteen and a half for a pity.

[John Holmberg]

That's good. That's really. You did a good job. Nice work. Good dog people. So sorry I had to deal with that. Now quit dragging it in here every goddamn day.

[Freddy]

Believe me.

[John Holmberg]

Give your dogs extra cookies for dirty this morning. I'll do that when I get home too. Yeah, it's. And then I'm. I'M completely outside of that. Turned a different direction this morning because I just saw a story where four people. This is somebody that I read the comments. I like the comments. I like when people have opinions about stuff just based off of what we see on the news and then the opinions that we're told to have. And I like to kind of look at that and go, wow, we are really just sheeple. Four people were arrested in Afghanistan by the cultural police they have there. They don't like it if you're walking around. If they think you're doing gay stuff, you go to jail. That's like looking at stuff wrong. Your Internet, all that. So four dudes in Afghanistan and the Jabril. I don't know where that is area. And we just had this talk a week ago where I prefaced it by saying sometimes the Taliban has good ideas. When they did that live execution there at the football stadium that we didn't know they had because we're all never told by the news of awesome sporting events that go on in 80,000 seat stadiums in Afghanistan. We just assume it's all rubble and goats and farmers and stuff. But they have cities and people. These four kids walk down the street dressed as characters from the HBO show Peaky Blinders, right? So they're wandering around downtown, wherever Jabba Habila. And they're dressed as four characters from Peaky Blinders. And they were arrested for what was it like promoting western cultures or non Afghanistan outside of their culture? Culture. First things first. I'm like, and it's again, they had football stage and they've got hbo.

Where did these kids get to see Peaky Blinders? And then all the comments on the bottom were, this is where we're headed. This is a look. Let me tell you right now, if I see four people walking down the street dressed in Peaky Blinders outfit, I'm calling the cops too. That ain't normal. Like, see something, say something. Peaky Blinders outfits are very like, you would be crazy if it's not Halloween.

[Brady]

And four dudes going to some theme party.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no, I don't. I think they're insane and they're gonna shoot up your house. If it's Halloween, it's a theme party. But right now, Brady, you're not thinking of four dudes walk through our parking lot dressed as Peaky Blinders characters. We're not going. All right, call the cops. That ain't normal. Afghan. We made it in Afghanistan. Oh, my God. Can you believe it? Can't even walk around dressed as a Peaky Blinders guy. You can't do that here. You're crazy here too.

[Brett]

No way.

[John Holmberg]

If you walked in here this morning dressed as a Peaky Blinders, I'd be like, go home. You're gonna get us all shot at. Like, you're insane.

[Freddy]

I'd rather live in Afghanistan if that's the case.

[John Holmberg]

Exactly.

[Brady]

Which is what I mean, I've seen.

[John Holmberg]

The like 1920s bowlers and weird like full three piece suits that are all wool and. And also, how did they get those? They have like a.

[Freddy]

They got Afghanistan Prime.

[John Holmberg]

Exactly. Do they have the Amazon Afghani? Amazon. No, they can make them.

That's. That's illegal here in its own weird way. Sure, you can dress like that, but four of you walking around, that's four little Luigi Mangiones I see. And I'm like, they're up to something. This is. It's not only a gang, it's a. It's a group that's got a manifesto. They're up to something.

Again. The Taliban was right here. I know, I know. That's twice in a week and a half. Sounds like I'm supporting him. But that 13 year old boy gets to kill that guy that killed his whole family in front of a group of people in a stadium. Yeah, I'm in on that. That's good. And then Peaky Blinders, people getting arrested. I'm all over that.

[Brady]

They're dressing and, you know, being influenced by a western culture.

[John Holmberg]

Get why, Brady. But that's. You're. You're doing what the commenters are doing. Like, oh, yeah, no, that's because that happens here. We're calling the cops.

[Freddy]

They're converting you.

[John Holmberg]

If you, if you see in the Safeway, four dudes bust in the door in a line dressed as if it's even Entourage, I'm like, all right, I don't like this at all. Peaky Blinders. No. It's an attempt to stand out from the norm to a degree of like, look at me and watch this. So I'm watching it, but I expect those little Tommy guns with that weird Circle magazine underneath. Yeah, the drum that's coming next. If you're influenced by Peaky Blinders, it's very real. Not the love scenes. It's usually the shoot em ups, not interest. I'm calling the cops to call me Taliban. But four dudes dressed in Peaky Blinders. If you came in dressed in Braveheart outfits, four people in a row once, you know Braveheart himself. And then you got Robert the Bruce no, there aren't any. That's. You're too giving to this. You are judgier than you, than you're pretending to be.

Because I'm telling you right now, if we all. So you look out the window constantly. I come back, Brady's like Kennedy in those reflective moment pictures where he just stands and looks out the window. You'd be freaking out too. And I know how judgy both of you are because when that black kid dribbles the basketball up the street every day, you're both going, where's the game? Like you're all over. So am I calling the cops? It's judging. If there's a bunch of them and they're.

[Brady]

Then there's practice.

[John Holmberg]

No, basketball is not. Not a non modern thing. You're not trying to stand out. But if they were walking up the street dressed as NWA and brandishing weapons, you'd be like, yeah, I don't like it.

That's what Peaky Blinders is. It's a show about gangsters.

[Freddy]

These guys are walking around Afghanistan.

[John Holmberg]

Yes, that is walking around. That walks.

[Brett]

That walks in here.

[John Holmberg]

I'm out. You're calling the cops on that. Nice suit. So pretty cool. Oh, they look great. If you're by yourself and you're like, wow, he's going for a look. He's going for a 20s thing. You get a couple of dudes in on it. And those five or six mick hats.

[Freddy]

Yeah, too many mick hats.

[John Holmberg]

It's gonna be a fist fight or a gun play.

That's cause you're a racist. You only do that for people of color. White people walked in like that. You guys don't. I see a gang.

Taliban was right once again. But it's in the news. But the commenters are all like, my God, people can't even walk around there dressed in what they want to know. And you can't do that here either. You can't. Peaky Blinders outfits wandering around the middle of a city. You're insane. Another thing I really like that's happening right now. There's a dude currently. I hope he's listening. Currently trapped on Camelback Mountain. And he got up there about 8 or 9 last night and got a little off, you know, the trail.

[Brady]

Never go off trail.

[John Holmberg]

Well, a little bit. Not some bad. But it was dark and I like that. The fire department's like, it's too dark. We're not going up there. I don't blame him as we'll get you in the morning. So when the sun comes Up. You're going to see a helicopter over Camelback because there's a dude slept out there last night because he was a dumb ass. And I like that, too. Yeah, I don't blame him. They're like, are you threatened? Are you hurt? No, I'm just cold and I don't know how to get off. All right, well, see you in the morning. You did this to yourself. It's only 55. If you die from that, you were going to die anyway, so. Yeah, that'll teach you a lesson. The firefighters don't feel like going up there and searching for you. That he didn't know where. He was like, I'm not climbing that mountain at 9 or 10 at night looking for your ass if you're not hurt. And he was like, no, I'm not hurt. And he's like, dumbest thing you can tell the fire department. I think I might have broken my back, is what you say every time they get up there now. Kind of. It worked itself out. I'm fine. But if you don't want him to look for you, tell them, no, I'm doing just fine. I just can't find my way off. We'll get you tomorrow when the sun comes up. That'll be easier. Don't waste those fire department guys. Any rescue crew. We got stuff to do. We got car wrecks. I'd light a house on fire just to not go up there. Nine at night.

But he's up there now. I can't wait. I want to see, like, a flashing light or something. If he's listening. Just to go, hey, there I am.

[Freddy]

I always got his dick light. He's gonna be showing.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Oh, maybe if there's a little dick laser on my face from dick laser. The dick laser guys. That'd be great. And if you went up there and it was two or three of them dressed as Peaky Blinders, you'd be like, it's an ambush. And you'd start shooting back.

I find that hysterical that we're so. We think we're so open to that idea. We're so. We're America and we're so. You judge people so much based on how they're dressed and what they're doing and if they're walking towards you in that situation. If you were a business owner and dudes came storming in, dressed up in 1920s gangster clothes. Be like, I'm calling the cops. This is bad. This is not right. How can I help you?

[Brett]

It's not.

[John Holmberg]

Who can help me? That's who can help you? Like. Oh, crap. All right, I don't know what your name is. Nucky. All right, we're going to go ahead and we're going to put you in the back of a big truck with long coat, jacket, arms, and strap them around you. It's fun, though. Afghanistan. Peaky Blinders. How do they have it? Like, everything I know about them is they have no Internet, they have no tv, they have no access to our stuff. And not only did they watch Peaky Blinders, they fell in love with it and then got outfits. Doesn't seem so bad over there.

[Freddy]

There's social media jerk offs over there trying to mess around.

[John Holmberg]

I don't even know if they have that, do they?

[Freddy]

Well, no, I'm saying like tourist kind of guys. I don't know who's touring Afghanistan, but I'm just saying.

[John Holmberg]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

Look, we were, you know, number two and with Chad and you know, it's not Afghanistan. I know, but we're taught that or basically, oh, they don't do these things or they.

[John Holmberg]

What do you mean? I never thought Chad didn't have the Internet. I just thought they didn't have a lot of food coverage that we have.

[Brady]

Of Afghanistan is You know, like you said, it's these primitive compounds.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. It's just never seen anything about a stadium or, you know, peaky Blinders parties.

If you're having a Peaky Blinders party, you're also crazy.

[Freddy]

I never watched it. Have you?

[John Holmberg]

It's all right.

[Freddy]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I like Silly and Murphy, he's neat. Like, he just looks cool, but he's also a horrible person. Like, the whole thing's about just killing everybody. It's okay. It's not a great show. It's not a. Chicks liked it, I think, because I think it gave Mix hope that girls would like him if they were tough enough. But you were that little Mick.

[Brett]

You.

[John Holmberg]

You were. No good looking woman's ever been with a dude in a mick hat. Just, it's. You're getting a little bit of a thick kind of probably.

Angry, I would guess. Girl like that. You got a controller. No good looking woman hangs with a dude in a Mick head. If you're in a mick hat right now, you're. Or you're gently placing one on your little Irish head. Don't worry about it. Your wife's ugly. We know. It's okay.

You've never heard that.

[Brett]

This here's my beautiful model wife.

[John Holmberg]

What's she modeling for, like dog food? I've seen her before. She's on that bag of Alpo.

[Brett]

I'll kill you and everyone in your family.

[John Holmberg]

Like, all right, well, get a footstool and pop up here because my family's kind of tall. We don't want to get shot in the knees.

[Brett]

And put my make hat on. Put him up, put him up.

[John Holmberg]

No, you get up here. I'll put him up once you get. Get a little scissor lift. I know a guy and get up here and you can start trying to punch me in the face. You tiny little Mick Mick hats. I don't trust him.

[Brett]

Little tiny Mick hat walking around three.

[John Holmberg]

Or four of us.

[Brett]

We've walked around three or four of us with mick hats.

[John Holmberg]

I think that's just my incorrect assessment of a situation. There's four Miquets. There's four really angry, unsexed gentlemen walking down the road. So I am calling the police. Afghanistan was right. Even Afghanistan's like, look. Ugh, Irish people.

[Freddy]

I'm gonna piss those little leprechauns off today.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. It's like the end of Blazing Saddles. It's like, everybody's awesome. We'll keep everybody involved. We'll do this together with diversity. But not the Irish. And then the black Guy goes, yeah, the Irish. And then the movie's pretty much over. Then the French mistake and all that. But still nobody trusts Mick hat. So don't wear them. And especially don't wear them in mosques or hanging around the Afghanis. They don't tolerate that at all.

Guy on Camelback should have called the cops. And hey, I got led up here by four dudes dressed up in peaky Blinders out. Yeah, they have the cops looking all over for that.

Weirdos. Yeah, the world's upside down right now. Philip Rivers is a grandfather and he might play football. There's something wrong with the NFL.

Something's wrong with the NFL if that's happening.

[Brady]

I just saw a little video on Instagram of Gruden went over there to his place in Alabama this past summer to Philip Rivers kids all over the place.

[John Holmberg]

We've got hundreds of them grandkids. He's pop pop. Israel says John, I bet you would be okay if those kids were dressed in wool suits with those tiny bald spot hats playing baseball instead of the Peaky Blinder. Yeah, because those are modern day Jews, you bastard. That's from Israel again. Israel's an anti Semite and his name is Israel. I can understand why he's a little bitter.

[Brady]

The bald spot hats.

[John Holmberg]

They're not bald spot hats. Although they are probably good for covering that. They're not a bald spot hat, Yamura. And when they play softball, you watch. Look, I would. If I was at the park and there was a Peaky Blinders baseball game, I'd watch it. But the second it broke up, I'd call the cops. And wherever these little angry Irish gangsters are going.

Good thing about the Irish wieners that they stick to their places. They dress up as Peaky Blinders and then they go to like an Irish pub. They don't wander into Hillstone. That way they know where to stay away. They know. They know where not to go because they don't fit in. They go to other like most everywhere. Yeah, midget conventions with the little Mick hats on.

If I am racist, it is towards the Irish. Like the real ones. Not like normal Irish who have adapt and stuff. The ones that still wear the stupid hats and have the shamrock tattoo and like a Boston Bruins tattoo on their chest. It's not quite right. The B looks more like a 13.

[Freddy]

Basically the Southeast from.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, the southeast. Yeah, the Yucks. You know what I'm talking about. They love the Mick hats. Yeah.

[Brady]

That'S.

[John Holmberg]

That's one I'd be. I think I am sort of Racist. If I was in charge of hiring and it was between, like, a really qualified Mick hat wearer or, like, Brett, But Brett didn't have nearly the qualifications and nor sitting in the job interview, I'm like, I can't look at a mick hat every day. He's out. I wouldn't hire him based on his Irish heritage. Yeah, that's racism right there. I do that.

You could have.

[Brady]

That's why they say it's important to, you know, dress appropriately for your inter.

[John Holmberg]

Sure. Don't wear a Mick hat. Nobody wants that working with him. I would have a dude with a plate in his lip and, like, a bone through his hair before I'd have a Mick hat in my office. You even speak English.

Do you?

[Brett]

I speak plenty of English. What's your problem?

[John Holmberg]

Like, all right, I'll take Zumbatu over here. Not hiring Kevin the Mick.

[Freddy]

I'd love to see Tripp doing that interview.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, my God. You wore a Mick hat to the job interview?

[Brett]

I just want to express my heritage and let you know that I'm the best accounts receivable person you'll ever see.

[Brady]

When do I start?

[John Holmberg]

What about you? I like jelly beans. All right. I do, too.

[Brett]

Jelly beans it is.

Sorry, Mick, but this is out, not racism.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, but you know what? I'm right. I don't think there's a judge in the entire union that's gonna be upset about it. You know what? Judges are never.

[Brett]

What's that?

[John Holmberg]

Irish and miquettes. If you ever. If you're ever in a courtroom and the judge comes out in a mique hat.

[Brett]

All right, what we got here?

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no.

[Brady]

During the interview. Takes us sip out of the little flask. Yes.

[Brett]

Hold on just a second. This is dragging on a bit.

[John Holmberg]

Bye.

[Brett]

That's good.

[Freddy]

Bailiff, bring me a pint.

[Brett]

Yeah, I want a pint. Point. Bailiff, get everybody points. Let's get this party started.

[John Holmberg]

Anyway.

He said, you know, when you. That's. This guy's right? Dustin says, remember when what's his name, the hockey player got into that fight? Yeah, Dudes and mick hats. Six of them wander on their little Irish gypsies. They were Irish. They walked into Houston's and started causing trouble. And Biz Nasty went over like, hey, break it up.

[Brett]

Like, who did? Who the hell do you think you are?

[John Holmberg]

Like, oh, no mix. And then he had to run.

That's what I'm talking about. You get Peaky blinders. Dudes walking down the road. Call the cops, treat it like you're in Afghanistan. The Taliban was right.

Taliban. So maybe they're not mad at us. Maybe it's just because we're friends with the Irish. They confuse us all. We look a lot alike. To get rid of everyone who looks like them, all of the Western world just. If it just blows up Ireland, we're fine with that. Irish people are so intolerable at times. They try to blow each other up. They can't even get along with the other Irish. Like degrees of hate in their own country.

I like my boxing trainer, Ray. He was fun, but when he went full Irish. Oof. You wanted away from Ray.

[Freddy]

Did he wear the Mick hat, too?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, sometimes when he had the Mick hat on, it was time to go. That was like a signal that things were not gonna go well.

[Brady]

Business.

[Brett]

Johnny, take me out. Let's go out to dinner. We'll go out, grab some food.

[John Holmberg]

I'm like, all right. And we get in the car, we go over there, and he reached down, put the mech hat on. I'm like, I'm just gonna drop you off. Ah, Johnny, come on.

[Brett]

We gotta go inside.

[John Holmberg]

I'm like, not going anywhere with that accent and that hat that you're gonna throw a punch at someone.

[Brett]

I ain't gonna throw nothing at nobody.

[John Holmberg]

Inevitably, the cops are on the way. Not even because of a fight, because it got too loud, wouldn't pay. Wouldn't pay. Or some sort of prostitute was involved and I don't know what was going on.

[Brett]

Yell me 1500 do.

[John Holmberg]

For what? Bail. How do I owe you bail?

Just gotta help me out here, buddy, then I would. So, yeah, Peaky Blinders. So we're gonna keep our eyes on Camelback this morning and keep our eyes on Peaky Blinders wearers. I also don't trust a group of people walking around in kilts. That ain't gonna be. That's nuts. I might not call the cops for that one, but I'd keep my eyes on it. But definitely 1920s suits and bowlers and Mick heads. Yeah, that's. I want the cops to ask a couple of questions because you're not up to good things dressed that way. And we all think that. We all know if a bunch of fairies, like seven. Not like them, but you know what I mean, like actual, you know, the puffy skirts and the four or five dudes dressed up in fairy costumes are walking towards. Brady'd be the only one go, look. It must be some sort of a fraternity thing. And I'd be like, yeah, no, they're on 52nd Street. There's four of them. All right, we'll send someone out to take a look at that because that's the right thing to do. Call police today.

[Brady]

Another arrest will be made. Afghanistan. Bridgerton.

[Brett]

Well, if they're dressed up again.

[John Holmberg]

There's one that I'm a little curious about. If you're in plague clothes and you're a royal or you're one of the. You're walking around in Bridgerton outfits. Like five of you and you're coming to our building. You better start singing some Christmas carols early. And I don't even trust that anybody dressed that unusually is distracting you from a real problem.

[Brady]

My Lord.

[John Holmberg]

Your whole house will be empty when you go outside to hear the Bridgerton crew sing Christmas Carol. Oh, this is great. You're being distracted while they rob you from behind. You dumbass. No thanks. Take your crazy somewhere else.

[Freddy]

You wanna see the Bridgerton crew singing carols?

[John Holmberg]

Come on. If you had a Bridgerton crew welcome, we'd like to sing you some carols, if you don't mind. Splend. All right. Where are the killers? Because I know you're the thing I'm supposed to look at while all the stuff goes on behind me. Not doing it.

It's a honey trap. You're walking me into a honey trap with your stupid clothes and your wild distractions. Afghanistan. You were right. Taliban. Chalk up another win for the Taliban.

Between shooting that guy in a public square. It's awesome. And this. Starting to think maybe we should listen to them every once. So they go off the rails. But sometimes so does Trump. You hear that's a good idea. Then that. Not a bad thing. Get all over that.

[Sponsor Voice]

They say things that are horrible.

[John Holmberg]

Holmberg's morning sickness. But they detained them. The pictures. The pictures of the like on the news thing are hilarious. Because they didn't have pictures of the actual guys. They do have a weird law, though. Promotion of foreign culture. You're not allowed to like, like anything that isn't Afghanistan. Which tells me that I'm also wrong. That they have their own TV shows, that they have situational comedies. They have, you know, like Everybody Loves Halak and he's no Robert and his.

[Brady]

That's taken years. Yeah, that was again, originally Western. I mean, you talk to some of the people that live in the country.

[John Holmberg]

That wasn't real. Brady. I don't. I know I don't really have everybody, but I'm.

[Brady]

But I don't know if they even have comedies yet still.

[John Holmberg]

Because at least that's what I'm talking about. You're wrong. You and I are both indoctrinated into believing they don't laugh, they can't have funny. They have their own version of comedies. They have TVs and comedies and things like that. And it isn't because western culture humor. Maybe, maybe they do. I don't know what their sense of humor is, but they laugh. They're people. They don't walk around no comedies. Ah, that's western. We're so stuck on our own ways, thinking. We're so smart and right.

[Freddy]

Well, we are.

[John Holmberg]

Well, we are. We're better than that. I mean, yeah, we're better than them, but we. They're not looking at us as the inventors of funny. So, like, that's been a few years they've had comedy. That's not true. That's silly to believe that. And we believe that you missed the point. What is it?

[Brady]

Well, the point is, as far as you. Is my experience here, especially talking to comedians that go around the world. There's not a ton of, you know, comedians coming out of no countries like Afghanistan.

[John Holmberg]

Right.

[Brady]

Because it's.

[John Holmberg]

But that doesn't mean they don't have them. You assume that their only goal is to get out of Afghanistan.

[Brady]

They do. They last about two weeks, then they're.

[John Holmberg]

You don't know that. Disappear and play the Laugh Factory in New York. Their goal is to make Afghanis left. They have Taliban comedians who don't have goals of being like famous on Kill Tony. Although they do have a show called that. It's totally different. But yeah, they had. They have comedy. It's just, you know, you can talk to Steve Byrne and any of the other comedians. Like, gosh, they don't have a lot of comedians coming out of Jalalabad. No, they don't. But they have comedy there. They have laughter.

[Brady]

Yeah. I, I'm just saying because of the western, our, our version of comedy, they don't want anything to. Dude being influenced by that. That's.

[John Holmberg]

But we think that because of that there is no comedy.

[Freddy]

It's a different form of.

[John Holmberg]

It's just a different thing they think is funny. Probably some pretty dark hilarious about killing us.

[Freddy]

We had the Marx Brothers, they got.

[John Holmberg]

The Patel Brothers, you know, we're good.

These guys, slapstick. Who knows what they laugh at, but they've got it.

Said. Iraq TV has their own tv and even in their shows they're just mud hut people with chickens running around.

[Brett]

That's right.

[John Holmberg]

It could be true. That could be what they find hilarious. It's relatable. See.

But we always place our own feelings on, oh, they don't have comedy because they don't have Tony Hinchcliffe. They don't have comedy because they don't have. Nobody's coming out of Afghan. No, nobody's. There's no talent scouts going through the Jawalabad looking for the next funny dude. But they have funny. They find things funny that we'd look at and go, what the hell is that? Just like us. They don't. They look at us like, what is wrong with them? They think that's funny. But I'd like to see an Afghani sitcom with, you know, the husband and then the sassy wife. And I think it would just be called Shut up, bitch. But they'd just knock her around for a little while. Or the gay brother. That would be a treat. I should write for Afghani tv. I could come up with some stuff that would really open their eyes.

[Freddy]

Monroe shows up as the neighbor.

[John Holmberg]

Too close for Allah. Mr. Rush.

He had the room with the daughters and dressed in a big girl outfit. So the culture police see, these are great ideas they probably have that. They probably have dudes who dress up in dragon and. Because in drag there, it's just a bigger beekeeper outfit. And you run around and do that. I don't know what they're doing.

[Brady]

Mr. Patel.

[John Holmberg]

Mr. Patel. You're different, Monroe.

Who knows? But they don't like Peaky Blinders. Neither do I. Not live if I'm not under a marquee that says, tonight, Peaky Blinders live stage show. There's no reason for you to be dressed that way. It's all bad, so don't do it. Taliban was right.

And that's the fastest way to peace on the planet, is to occasionally look at your enemy and say, that guy's right. In this case, he's right. Not just throw everything out just because you disagree with one thing that they are, which is crazy.

And then I saw another story about another death on a cruise ship. The Royal Caribbean cruise. And they said they detained the guy for, like six minutes. They had people laying on top of him. He's huge. And they won't release the surveillance footage. But his bill. He drank 33 alcoholic beverages the day he died. So they're. They're trying to compare it to George Floyd because somebody got on top of him and pinned him. But he had 33 drinks in his system.

A feather could have choked him out. That. You're going down. I don't care how big you are. Whatever else. And the last thing Royal Caribbean and Carnival want to do is piss off black people. So there's no. There's no racism going on there. They're like, no, they're. We can get you to bed. But he's a huge man. And he was standing. Look at the size of this dude standing. 33 drinks in. And they had to detain him, and a few people had to lay on top of him. And evidently, while they had him down, he went out. He was allegedly served beer and hard alcohol. Consumed as many as 33 drinks in seven hours before he stumbled away, just completely wasted, to look for his family. And he had the unlimited drink package, and he took advantage.

[Freddy]

And no mi cat.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. The leader of the. It's that. Oh, my God. If you imagine that Caribbean. Royal Caribbean cruise, mick hat and 33 drinks. He says there's people who say, come on. As an attorney, he's like, even with the unlimited drink package, you still got to have limits, right? That's the opposite of unlimited, my friend. You can't have limits in the word unlimited together. It says, according to lawsuit, which his family suing. Now, his drunken search for his family was fruitless. Couldn't find him. It made him agitated, so he tore his shirt off and he started breaking doors down to see where his family was. He thought his wife was in a room with another guy or something. Says security guards were summoned to put their body weight on him, which then asphyxiated him for about three minutes. That coupled with all the booze in the system, plus sedatives. They say that that caused a test. They're going to sue the Royal Caribbean for that. For excessive force?

[Brady]

No, they got them on over serving and.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, maybe. Well, I don't know. Is over serving a thing? If you have an unlimited drink package.

[Freddy]

It'S got to be different.

[Brady]

Maritime laws, who knows?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. You're out in the ocean, it's like, hey, just don't fall off the sides. That's basically all we ask. Plus, there's no keeping track on a cruise. So I go drink seven or eight at the pool bar. I go drink seven or eight over here.

[Brady]

It's all judgment of the bartender.

[John Holmberg]

You don't know. Six or seven drinks in seven hours, that's reasonable. 33.

[Brady]

33 drinks. He's kicking down doors.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, 30. He's still strong enough to look for his family. And he had. What if you just do eight drinks in each place and you go four places? You're getting pretty darn close to being in seven hours. I could do that on A cruise. And you get kicked out. Hey, we gotta stop serving. You're like, okay. They just go to. The whole thing is bars. If you've ever been on a cruise, you can't walk seven feet without somebody trying to give you a drink. I didn't even know they had an unlimited drinks package. I'd have gotten in on that deal. Mine was unlimited everything. I didn't realize that it included all you can drink.

It was great.

And I didn't take advantage of that like I should have. You just. But then I felt bad because at the end, they give you a thing and you're like, oh, I have the package. And you put a number on the. On the deal. And then they still want, like, tips and things, which is fine, even though they said that's included too. So I ended up spending more. Each bar was another thing. Here's another $40. Here's another 20 bucks. Here's this. I'm like, jesus, I'm spending a thousand dollars a day on this unlimited drink package that I think I prepaid for.

[Freddy]

Should have had a mick hat.

[John Holmberg]

Nah, If I want a m. Walk.

[Brett]

Right through this unlimited drink, what do you think I did? You think I didn't get the unlimited drink package?

[John Holmberg]

Look at my hat. Yeah, it's a mick. He got the package. That's why he's here. So have you 200 room with the unlimited.

[Brett]

I got the $200 bunk beds with eight of us. Just like coming over on a Titanic. Hopefully this thing's got a little bit better for landing.

[John Holmberg]

Anyway. Have you seen any of the sights, sir?

[Brett]

What sites?

[John Holmberg]

You're getting off the boat, right? What for?

[Brett]

Got the unlimited drink package.

[John Holmberg]

Pub is right over there.

[Brett]

I don't know why we keep stopping. Sail around this beautiful ball.

Where we go next?

[John Holmberg]

Afghanistan.

[John Holbrook]

Ah.

[Brett]

Me and my friends will dress up.

[John Holmberg]

Perfect for.

They don't have ports. We'll find something. Yeah, it's just a weird morning. I love that. That hits the news and worse. And it's done again. It's done to completely indoctrinate us to go, oh, my God, they're terrible people like, no, it made the news to make us go. They have cultural police. Can you believe it? So do we, in our own weird way. It's called tmz.

We do culture policing all the time. We act higher and mighty about it. They're worse than us. Don't get me wrong.

[Brady]

The mix a little more.

[John Holmberg]

Well, yeah.

[Brett]

No, no.

[John Holmberg]

The mixture. They're just a little common. Hey, look, they read that book. I'll give them credit for that. They read that book and they're like, this is it. We're sticking to it. And they have since the seventh century. They've done a pretty good job of sticking right to what that thing said. I didn't find the convenience factor necessary. Not like us. Which is why they hate us. Let's get a wake up song, shall we? A good one. You call us 585-9800. Tell us what you want, we'll put it up there. Next, it's 98 KUPD. Wake up. It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fee. I've heard enough of this for you, pd.