Full Show PT 1: Wednesday, March 25 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show: Full Show PT 1 - Wednesday, March 25 [Vault]

Date: March 26, 2026
Cast: Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, and others

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Overview

This episode of The Bert Show dives into classic morning radio: real talk with humor, candid life glimpses from the cast, and interactions with their passionate audience. The main themes include parental trust and "sting" operations on college spring breakers, unusual Lenten sacrifices, body image and relationship preferences, and the realities of wedding planning. Listener stories, laughter, and honest opinions provide the foundation for a morning of entertainment and relatable conversation.

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Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. Spring Break "Sting" Operations: Parents and Partying

Starts: [00:46]

• Background: The show has previously run controversial "sting" segments where parents call their spring break kids to catch them partying or drinking.

  • Bert highlights parental anxieties about sending kids on spring break, admitting the first iterations of the sting were “too easy” and led to numerous show complaints ([00:46]).
  • The team now gets more selective, only pursuing stories with deeper issues than just underage drinking ([01:40]).

• Featured Caller: Elaine, a concerned mom on a voice disguiser, reveals her 19-year-old daughter (a UGA freshman) isn’t with her friends in Panama City as claimed, but instead is posting photos online with a much older man ([02:29]).

  • Elaine discovered inconsistencies via Facebook posts from her daughter's supposed friends: “Things like, ‘wish you could be here. We're having a great time, we miss you.’ So she's obviously not with these girls.” ([03:05])
  • Elaine: “I honestly thought my daughter would know better than to do something like this. And I hate snooping. I'm really not the snooping type…”
  • The cast teases the situation, noting the classic rookie mistakes of young independence ([05:46]).

• Parent Panel: Debate over parental rights when funding college kids' fun:

  • Bert: “It does change things with your money.” ([10:07])
  • Listener Angie (caller): "If I'm paying. I've given you $600. I better know where you are." ([10:07])
  • The show agrees there’s genuine concern (and some betrayal) if a kid misleads a parent about their whereabouts, especially when money is involved.
  • They set up to call the daughter and get the truth, with Bert promising, "Give us 24 hours. We'll get the phone numbers and we will try to call down..." ([10:22])

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2. Unusual Things People Give Up for Lent

Starts: [12:54]

• Prompt: Bert asks listeners for the most unusual things they're giving up for Lent, moving beyond common choices ([12:54]).

  • Jeff's wife is giving up alcohol and Starbucks drive-thrus: “If she wants to walk to the Starbucks near her house, that's cool...But as far as going through the drive-thru, not gonna do it.” ([13:12])

• Listener Calls:

  • Maria and her boyfriend: “We gave up sex … because we're Catholic, so the Bible.” ([14:04])
    • They admit the challenge never seems to succeed for the entire period.
  • Lindsay: "I don't like to wear underwear, so I'm going to wear underwear." ([20:04]) — The cast finds this both hilarious and highly original.
  • Chelsea: Giving up trashy reality television, tallying up to 20 hours a week: “It's amazing how easy it is just not to turn on the television.” ([20:56])

• Cast “Sacrifices” (and skepticism):

  • Bert discusses giving up alcohol for 30 days but is challenged by castmates who recall prior, sometimes short-lived attempts ([15:00]).
  • Honest back-and-forth about the difficulty and the purpose: “But I don’t know what it proves. Like if I go 30 days and I don't drink, after the 30 days, I'm gonna start drinking again. So what does it prove?” — Bert ([17:58])
  • Cassie questions Bert's resolve: "30 days, I think, is gonna be very difficult for you to do, not drink at all. Whole month." ([17:44])

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3. Body Image, Relationships, and Size Preferences

Starts: [26:16]

• Topic: A Glamour Magazine stat claims 6 out of 10 women won't date men skinnier than they are.

  • Bert: "6 out of 10 women won’t date or even look at a man who is skinnier than they are." ([27:05])
  • The cast is not surprised. Cassie: "I could not date a guy smaller than me.” ([27:13])

• Women’s Rationale:

  • Kristin: "We want to feel small with a guy... we want to feel protected." ([27:29])
  • Abby: “A man should not be able to wear your jeans.” ([27:47])

• Callers and Candid Moments:

  • Nikki, a self-described “big old gal,” shares insecurities about her slim boyfriend: “But it is. There's a lot of insecurities that come with that...You know, is he cheating...Am I hurting you? Are you okay?” ([31:36])
  • The cast jokes about intimacy and the practical challenges when a woman is the physically larger partner, keeping the conversation light and honest ([31:00]).

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4. Wedding Planning: Apathy and Real Talk

Starts: [32:26]

• Lyndall’s Story: She’s engaged and atypically calm (even indifferent) about wedding planning.

  • Bert: "I have never met a woman that it feels to me that dislikes planning a wedding more than you." ([32:49])
  • Lyndall: “I just want to get married ... It's not a big deal to me that the tablecloths match the wallpaper … If people enjoy themselves, I’m happy.” ([33:06])

• Cast and Listener Reactions:

  • Cast jokingly accuses Lyndall of being “not really a girl,” seeing her lack of stress as alien: “Calmness will only anger people more.” ([35:18])
  • Kelly, a fellow laid-back bride, calls in to self-identify: "I have no desire to plan a wedding at all...I just want to have a party." ([36:20])

• The "No Kids and No Booze" Wedding Reception:

  • Lyndall explains her decision against children at the reception and a dry event: “It's a dry wedding reception, whatever … it's just not an adult environment with kids around.” ([36:55])
  • The cast is in disbelief over the prospect of a wedding with no alcohol: “You can have fun without drinking, Bert.” ([37:43])
  • Jeff jokes about sneaking in alcohol and tailgating outside: “Let me ask you. Would it be considered offensive if during the ceremony we did tailgate?” ([39:12])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Parental Trust:
  “She’s 19 years old, she’s in college – like you have no control over where she goes?” – David (caller), [07:43]
  “If I’m paying. I’ve given you $600. I better know where you are.” – Angie (caller), [10:07]

• On Lenten Sacrifices:
  “I don’t like to wear underwear, so I’m going to wear underwear.” – Lindsay (caller), [20:04]

• On Men's Size and Dating:
  “A man should not be able to wear your jeans.” – Abby, [27:47]
  “I think you broke me is generally not a line that's going to turn you out of bed in any way, shape or form.” – Bert, [31:10]

• On Apathy in Wedding Planning:
  “I just want to get married … It's not a big deal to me that the tablecloths match the wallpaper … If people enjoy themselves, I’m happy.” – Lyndall, [33:06]
  “Calmness will only anger people more.” – Bert, [35:18]

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Funniest/Most Relatable Exchanges

• The entire crew poking fun at Bert’s attempt to give up alcohol and questioning his resolve ([15:00–18:00]).
• The dry wedding saga, with plans for faux-outlaw tailgating and photo booth shenanigans ([38:00–40:10]).
• Real listener confessions about giving up sex or wearing underwear for Lent, providing both shock and laughter ([14:04], [20:04]).

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Spring Break Sting & Parental Drama: [00:46] – [10:45]
• Lent: Unusual Sacrifices: [12:54] – [23:30]
• Body Image & Dating Standards: [26:16] – [32:23]
• Wedding Planning: Apathy and Opinions: [32:26] – [40:14]

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Summary

The Bert Show delivers its signature format of honest and humorous conversation, blending listener stories with cast banter. Whether discussing the fine line between parental concern and helicoptering, the quirks of Lenten sacrifices, what women actually want in a partner’s body type, or a refreshingly stress-free approach to wedding planning, the episode is a lively snapshot of real-life dilemmas and relatable personalities. If you missed it, you’ll find yourself both laughing and thinking along with Atlanta’s favorite morning crew.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

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[C]

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[B]

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[C]

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[D]

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[E]

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[C]

Really?

[F]

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[B]

Birch Show's spring break sting operation. For a couple of years there, this is the segment that got us more complaints than anything else. And I totally understand why. If you're on spring break and you're a student, you're an easy, easy target. It was too easy. Like, if you're going down to spring break and you're a parent that allows your child to go, then you sort of have to assume that the worst they're going to party, they're going to be up all night, they're going to be getting intimate with guys and women. It's going to happen.

[G]

You can only hope that you've done your job so that they don't climb from balcony to balcony. They don't do something stupid while they're partying. But, you know, they're going to be partying, you know, so they have protected sex and not unprotected sex. So they have, you know, a good time, but they're still safe while they're doing it. You know what I mean? That's the only thing you can hope for, or that's the only thing you can really sit down and talk to them about. Because if you sit down and tell them, don't drink underage, it's just futile, right?

[B]

So we've changed the rules a little bit the last couple of years, because in the first couple of years, it was just parents calling up, going, hey, give my kid a call, and I'll be listening on the other line. And I really want to see if they're drinking or not. And we're hitting at 100% accuracy, of course. So each year since then, we always get emails from parents that want us to do it. And Tracy's had to be really selective on the ones that we decide that we're gonna give the green light to. Cause there has to be a storyline other than I just wanna catch my kid drinking. Cause then it's unfair.

[C]

Right.

[G]

Well, and it's a little hypocritical too. Cause I think every person in this room could say we drank underage.

[E]

Right?

[B]

For sure. Yes, for sure.

[C]

Absolutely.

[B]

So we got a whole bunch of emails the last couple of weeks. And UGA is on spring break this week. I think it was Georgia State last week. I think it's Georgia Techs next week. So we're starting to get a whole bunch of emails. And Elaine might be a perfect fit. She's on the voice disguiser. Hey, Elaine.

[H]

Hi. Hi guys.

[E]

How are you?

[B]

Good. Good morning. How are you?

[H]

I'm good.

[E]

Well, I think my daughter has some inconsistencies in her story, but I'm good.

[B]

Okay. She's 19 years old, she goes to UGA.

[E]

Yes, that's correct. She's a freshman there. And of course she's on spring break, which is fine. And you guys, what you were talking about is, I agree with. She's gonna party. I kinda know that she's drinking. I've taught her well though, you know. However, I did give her. She's in Panama City with her girlfriend. She's supposed to be, I should say, in Panama City with a girlfriend. And I actually gave her $600 to do this. Cause, you know, I mean, I was young, I wanted her to be able to go have fun on her spring break. And she's a smart girl, you know. Well, at least I thought she was. But I was actually over at my sister's and my niece's Facebook page was up and my sister was like, hey, you want to, you know, see Kelly's Facebook page? And I actually, I did. I wanted to check it out and see some pictures and stuff. And on my daughter's wall, I guess it's on the Facebook wall, it's called. There were messages from the girls that she is supposed to be with. Things like, wish you could be here. We're having a great time, we miss you. So she's obviously not with these girls. She's not with the girls. She's supposed to be on spring break. And there's also a 26 year old, at least, he's got to be at least 26 year old guy that she's like in pictures with, you know, very close, very close, obviously with this guy. So I am thinking that she, I Don't know where she is. I don't know what she's doing with my money. I don't know why she's not with her friends, why she's not where she said she'd be. And I want you guys to help me out because I don't know what's going on.

[B]

How many friends are we talking about? Hit her up on her wall saying, hey, wish you could, I wish we were there, or whatever.

[E]

Was there at least three wall posts I get from her friends.

[G]

And these are the girls you thought she was with?

[E]

Different girls. I mean, so they're in.

[C]

They look like they're in Panama City, but she's not in Panama City with them.

[E]

No. No.

[F]

So she did her own version of 25 Things My Mom Didn't Know About Me.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

So she's got the money, she's supposed to be with her friends, and she is definitely not with them because they're having a great time without hers. I honestly thought my daughter would know better than to do something like this. And I hate snooping. I'm really not the snooping type. I was honestly checking out her page. I. I really wasn't snooping. I didn't think she was anywhere she wasn't supposed to be.

[C]

I just think that, as, you know, the older you get does not mean that you lose that part of you that, you know, might check out that page, you know, A little curious.

[G]

I don't blame you.

[E]

You know, my daughter really doesn't hide her page either. I mean, she's making it a public profile anyway, so I don't. It's not like she's hiding it from me. I just happened. My niece's page happened to be up, and she's a friend of hers. I was really surprised, to be honest. So this is such a friend to me. I don't know where she is. I don't know what she's doing.

[C]

You're a freshman in college and you got mom's permission to go down and party in Panama City with your girlfriends,

[B]

and you're still screwing it up.

[F]

Rookie mistake.

[E]

I mean, I don't know. I mean, from a picture. There's several pictures where she is all over this guy. He's definitely late 20s.

[B]

Mom, I cannot live with all this freedom that you're giving me.

[G]

Yeah.

[F]

Had she been honest with you and said wanted to go on a trip with her boyfriend for spring break, would you have granted her the permission?

[E]

I don't think so. That's a tough question. I don't know. It didn't come up, so I didn't think I'd have to make that decision.

[B]

Has she even told you that she was involved with a guy?

[E]

Nothing.

[B]

Nothing? You know nothing about this?

[E]

Dude, I'm down there as girlfriends to hang out, have a good time. She's not involved with anybody as far as I know.

[C]

Hmm.

[E]

I'm definitely questioning everything at this point. You know, she's not with her friends.

[F]

Will she call?

[E]

I'm worried. I'm actually worried. I mean, I'm assuming she's with this guy, but that doesn't make me feel better because this guy looks like a jerk.

[F]

So will she call you to check in or anything?

[E]

I'm hoping to hear from her, like maybe tomorrow.

[B]

Within the pictures that you've seen with her and this 26 year old guy, are they in a beach setting or are they just in a ball? They're not even at a beach.

[E]

It looks like they're in every kind of setting. A lot of bar settings.

[B]

But you know how you can tell if somebody's at the beach? Like, even in a bar setting you'd have, like, you look sunburned or you'd have a. You just dress differently at a beach bar. Do you have any indication that she's anywhere near a beach?

[E]

No, I don't think she's done a typical spring break.

[C]

But are these pictures recent? Are these pictures now or are you just looking at old pictures?

[E]

It looks like over a span of time. I mean, her hair changed, you know.

[C]

These are not pictures posted this week. So these were not pictures of where she is now. So she has no idea she's with somebody.

[E]

She actually is probably dating, who I didn't even know she was dating and is likely with him this week.

[B]

Here's David. Who says that. Look, you're totally overreacting. You might be in the wrong here. Hey, David. Go ahead.

[H]

Yeah. Don't you realize that your daughter's 19 years old? She's in college. Like you have no control over where she goes?

[C]

Well, I just write the check if

[E]

she's gonna lie to me. Why is she lying?

[H]

I just think you're taking it way too far.

[F]

But mom wrote the check. Yeah, mom wrote the check.

[C]

$600. I think your argument is invalid.

[B]

David, do you think that, like, if there's no money involved here, then you. It's a different story?

[H]

I feel it's the same way. Either way, she gave her the money to go have a good time. She's having a good time with a guy.

[F]

Yeah, she gave her the money to go with her friends.

[E]

I mean, I did, but we were very clear, you know, boundaries. I mean, she was going with her girlfriends, they were going together, they were staying together. To me, that when I gave her the money, I had no idea she was lying to my face.

[F]

She committed fraud.

[G]

I just don't understand what's her motivation on not telling you? Because if she is 19 and she's at UGA and she has an older boyfriend, why not just tell you that?

[B]

You know what I mean?

[G]

Like, what are you gonna do about it? She's at college, right? She's gonna date whoever she wants to date. So I'm just curious why she felt like she had to keep it a secret from you.

[E]

I think that's what really concerns me,

[G]

especially as a parent who gives her so much freedom, you know, how many

[E]

things she's actually keeping secret from me. It's not just that she didn't go, you know, how many levels of lying and. And betraying me as her parent, it's wrong, and it makes me really nervous.

[B]

Hey, Angie. Go ahead. You're part of the Burks show.

[H]

Yeah. The last caller must be not a father and an idiot because not make a difference. It doesn't make a difference how old they are. You're funding her for fun. You. You're the one that's paying for it. And. And you never know what these days. You can't just meet people online, and you can't just hook up with people online. You. You have to have a sense of. Of safety. And. And she obviously is not even thinking in that realm. She's not thinking of how. You know, it's great that you met him, and you may have known him for a couple of months, but now you're on a personal trip that your mother doesn't know. What if something happened to you? Your mother has no clue where you are. She can't come and help you. We're mothers. We are like. We want to protect them and we want to make sure we may not be able to help you in every situation, but that the last caller is insane. He shouldn't even wasted the call, Tom. But I would feel the same exact way. If I'm paying. I've given you $600. I better know where you are.

[B]

It does change things with your money.

[F]

I want her to be my mom. I feel very safe and protected.

[B]

This is actually a great examp of if we were gonna do a spring break sting, why we would do one rather than just call down there and bust some student that you know is gonna be drunk. There's reason to call down there.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

And there's reason to find out where she is. So, Elaine, give us 24 hours. We'll get the phone numbers and we will try to call down or producer Tracy will set it up to where we can get her on and she'll give us the truth.

[E]

I would really appreciate it, you guys, really.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

I just need to know what's going on. I mean, if something were to happen, I don't know where she is, so I don't know how to protect her, you know?

[B]

Indeed.

[F]

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[A]

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[B]

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[C]

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[B]

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[C]

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[E]

Mommy love.

[C]

I think Kid is walking up the slide.

[D]

Really?

[E]

Autotrader.

[G]

Buy your car online.

[E]

Really?

[B]

I'm curious what you guys are giving up for Lent. But the more unusual ones, like, we're gonna cover, I think some of the basic ones in this. What's more of the unusual stuff that if you told people you were giving it up, they're like, really weird. This is a little strange. We can put you on the voice disguiser if you want. Jeff's wife has given up two major things in her life.

[F]

She's given up alcohol. She's gone 40 days with no booze whatsoever. None. And she's also giving up coffee drive throughs, like going to the drive through at Starbucks because she. I think she just thinks that she was going to Starbucks. We have a really nice. We bought a really nice, cool coffee maker for the house like a year ago, two years ago, with the intention of her not going to Starbucks anymore. Like, she would use that and it was really expensive, so.

[C]

Worked well, huh?

[F]

Well, it did for a while. And then she just started to get back into the coffee thing, like, and driving around mindlessly drinking it and stuff. So she gave up going through the drive through. So if she's out, if she wants to walk to the Starbucks near her house, that's cool. Or if she wants to take her laptop and go sit there and be like one of those coffee house workers and stuff, that's cool. But as far as going through the

[B]

drive thruh, not gonna do it. Not allowed. Maria, good Morning. You're on Q100.

[H]

Hi. Me and my boyfriend, we gave up sex.

[F]

Why?

[H]

Just because we're. I don't know, we're not supposed to do it, so we just gave it up just to see if it worked.

[B]

Who says you're not supposed to do it?

[H]

Well, we're both Catholic, so the Bible.

[F]

So God.

[H]

Yeah. So we're both Catholics, so we decided it'd be best if we gave it up, but it hasn't worked yet.

[B]

How many?

[H]

We've given it up every year and it hasn't worked.

[B]

How many days were you into your promise to God before you gave sex back?

[H]

Last year it went two weeks.

[F]

Okay, how long has it gone this year?

[H]

This year it's been the whole time, so I think it's a week and a half.

[F]

Nice.

[B]

Week and a half.

[G]

All right, good.

[B]

Godspeed.

[C]

I love how you talk about this promise to God when you haven't even decided whether you're going to do this or not or give up anything for Len, even that's already Started Well, I was.

[B]

I. I don't really have deep religious roots or anything like that, but I'm giving up drinking for the next 30 days. And it just happens to fall during Lent, so. I could call it that. Come on. What's spurred it off this weekend? Drinking. I'm just not. I suck.

[G]

Are you sure you don't want to wait till after St. Patrick's Day?

[B]

Yes, I'm positive.

[F]

So what happened this weekend?

[B]

I'm sick of being hungover. I'm sick of not being able to, like, just turn it. I get like this from time to time. It's not the first time we've had this talk. It's like, I don't know how to socially drink. If I'm drinking, I'm in fourth gear and I don't have a first gear. So, like, Thursday night, I go out to have dinner with my friends. We end up over the W. I'm hungover. On the air on Friday. Saturday. I knew what was gonna happen Saturday. But, yeah, I just felt like crap on Sunday. And the family comes home and it's a wasted day. And I didn't even feel right on the air yesterday. I just wanted. I've never given up drinking for 30 straight days.

[E]

There.

[G]

You have bigger challenge.

[B]

No, I haven't. I've given it up. I was doing the two drinks when I went out thing. When I was.

[F]

No, There was a time on this

[C]

show that you've completed that you've had to do it over and over again.

[B]

Did I do it? Did I do the 30 days?

[F]

Multiple times you've done it, you've done it more than once where you've gone like, okay, I'm not going to drink one of them.

[B]

See, it's also robbing me of my memory.

[G]

T shirt. The guy without his shirt. The first picture.

[B]

I didn't give it up entirely. I was allowed to have two drinks a night, which I was good about. Now I'm giving it up entirely.

[F]

And there was one time, because I remember being. It must have been years ago because vision was open.

[C]

It sounds pretty sad that you could have two drinks a night and you were cutting back.

[B]

Two drinks a night. That was way cutting back. Do most people just have two drinks a night? I don't know.

[G]

I think that's actually a bigger challenge is what? For you to be able to go out and have one or two drinks.

[B]

Stacy said the exact same thing to me last night. She said giving it up is a compound.

[G]

Yeah, that's easy for you to do. Cause then you Just don't go out you. And I think the bigger challenge is the other way around.

[F]

Had the conversation about being at vision once when you were there. Sober, completely, no drinking at all. You hated it.

[B]

I didn't like that.

[F]

Well, I think that has more to do with the people that are around you than you at that point. Because vision, sober, not pretty.

[B]

No. Most of those places, sober, not pretty. So maybe the real sacrifice is to continue to try to socially drink. Melissa, say what you want to say.

[C]

No, I'm just smiling.

[B]

Don't look at me with those judgmental.

[C]

Just say what you want because it's not going to be.

[B]

I'd rather you be honest with me than judge me with those eyes.

[C]

It's not gonna work.

[G]

What's not gonna work? Giving it up about Burr.

[C]

But this isn't gonna work because we've. We've been down this road.

[G]

Which one wouldn't work? The one where he doesn't drink at all or just the cup?

[F]

Listen to her. She hates you.

[C]

I don't hate you. I'm being honest.

[B]

I know you don't. I'm asking you for honesty.

[C]

I'm giving you honesty. 30 Days is a tough. That's tough for you to do. I'm being honest. Nobody else is being on everybody.

[B]

I'm asking you for it.

[C]

Honest.

[B]

Go for it.

[C]

The thing is that 30 days, I think, is gonna be very difficult for you to do, not drink at all. Whole month. With St. Patrick's Day and with your buddies, after a while, you're just gonna be tired of you not going out with them. Then once you go out, you have a hard time just having one or two days.

[B]

Yeah. I'm not disagreeing with you. It's gonna be very difficult, which is probably the reason why I have to do it. But I don't know what it proves. Like if I go 30 days and I don't drink, after the 30 days, I'm gonna start drinking again. So what does it prove?

[F]

Don't bother.

[G]

I think the other way could help you change your social patterns. If you can go for a month and limit yourself to a certain number one or two, whatever you decide, and then maybe that changes your pattern after that 30 days. But I agree with Stacey. It's the cop out if you just go 30 days without.

[B]

That seems like a way tougher challenge, actually, than not giving it up at all. I mean, giving it up altogether.

[G]

Give it up altogether or just limit yourself?

[F]

Well, he's not personally challenging himself. He's trying to fast from alcohol for A period of time.

[G]

Well, he said it doesn't have to do with lent.

[B]

Not really. Doesn't.

[F]

Yeah, but I mean, you're trying to. You like, you're.

[B]

No, I think the end goal would be to learn how to socially drink, because in all these years, I still haven't learned how to do it in all these years. So I think the bigger challenge really would be because I could give up alcohol. I really do. Even though Melissa is saying that I couldn't. I could for 30 days, and I'd be pretty cool about it because I

[G]

think that you've shown yourself discipline with the workout routines and the diets and all that kind of stuff that you're able to stick to.

[B]

But being around people that you are,

[C]

I want to go back to. Because if we've challenged himself before, I am curious to go back to see how successful you were at all the drinking challenges you've given yourself over the time we've been together. And then if it didn't work, figuring out why it didn't work.

[F]

I think he's done them. Like, the ones I remember. I don't remember him falling off the wagon. Like, I do remember the two drink one. I do remember the no alcohol one. And I think I would remember if he failed at it because we'd give him a world of grief. So I think I would remember that. But I'm pretty sure he did them all. Like, I think you just have the mentality that when you put your mind to something, I'll do it. You complete it. Unless you get drunk in the, you know, before. Before then.

[B]

I think the tougher challenge would be to try to socially drink than it would be to give it up at all.

[G]

Wonder how you can set limits with your friends? Like, who can. Who can help you?

[B]

Here's my problem. Those damn friends.

[F]

Well, first, you need new friends.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Hey, Lindsay. Go ahead. You're on the voice disguiser.

[E]

Good morning.

[B]

Good morning.

[E]

I'm actually giving two things. One basic and the major one is I. I don't like to wear underwear, so I'm going to wear underwear.

[G]

Forcing yourself to wear underwear for Nice.

[C]

That's hilarious.

[F]

That's pretty awesome.

[C]

Good luck with that.

[G]

Quite a pilgrimage.

[B]

Now, in the catholic religion, do you pray to God and tell him exactly what you're giving up?

[E]

I do. That's why I gave up chatgill. So, you know, I didn't feel right

[B]

saying, you know, Gave up what? What was the other one?

[C]

I didn't hear?

[D]

What.

[C]

What did you say? Chocolate.

[B]

Chocolate. And not wearing Underwear.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

All right. I have to put on underwear for 40 days. I don't know if I can make

[G]

it so restrictive that.

[B]

Hey, Chelsea, you're on Q100.

[E]

Hey guys.

[H]

Good morning.

[E]

How are you?

[B]

Good. How are you?

[H]

Good, good.

[E]

I am actually giving up all of the trashy reality television shows that I have been addicted to lately.

[B]

That' Wendy is in shock. I'm shocked.

[F]

There's no way I would like you to explain to us what a non trashy reality show is. What made the cut that is still viewable.

[H]

Yeah, that's really true. I actually haven't watched any television other than the news. I haven't watched anything in probably two or three weeks just because I've been really busy.

[E]

And it's amazing how easy it is

[H]

just not to turn on the television. But I was addicted to. Addicted to some of these shows. Like what was my favorite? Rock of Love. One, two, and however many more there are to come. And I love New York. And then there was the Shot at Love with Kilo. Then they had the Bisexual Plan. Then there's I Love Money and I

[D]

love Money's Getting Good.

[H]

And I would watch the shows and then at the end of the hour, thank God, what a waste of an hour that was. So I just put my mind to it and I'm giving up those shows and hopefully when. When it's finished, I will not have

[E]

the need to start watching them again.

[B]

If you add up the hours in any given week that you watch reality tv, how many hours are we talking about?

[H]

Let's see. It's typically in the evenings after I put my kids to bed. So probably at least three hours a night.

[E]

So I would guess like 20 something hours a week.

[C]

W. That's like a parking job.

[H]

Yeah, they just track me down and I find them on the television and I can't.

[F]

They find me.

[B]

They jump out of the T. Boy,

[C]

the TV changes the channel so that I'm watching it on its own.

[B]

It is hard to avoid. And once you watch the first one, if you get involved in like one character you're in, you're in.

[C]

Oh, I love those shows. I'm all about it.

[B]

Especially if there's like a marathon.

[G]

Yeah, you gotta watch all of them. I wonder if. If Wendy, you watch even more than that because all those shows come on. Yeah.

[B]

I mean, there's Rock A Love on Sundays and then there was Tool Academy after that.

[F]

What is Tool Academy?

[B]

It's where they brought their boyfriends in to be Mr.

[C]

Awesome.

[B]

But then they told them they were big tools and they had to graduate

[C]

from the Tool Academy.

[B]

That is what your life has become.

[F]

My favorite part about those shows like

[B]

that is if I had a morning show on the rock station Tool Academy, it would be the Tool Academy.

[F]

My favorite part about those shows is like none of that happened as an individual project. Like somebody went into a boardroom and said, hey guys, here's my idea. Tool academy. And then 10 other, like there's 10 other people in the room. Like at least seven of them had to say, that's a money maker.

[B]

All in favor of Tool Academy say aye. Aye.

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[B]

I'm always a little reluctant to ask you guys to call in this early because I know you're busy trying to get the kids off or whatever, get into work, but I'm going to try anyway this morning because I read a statistic yesterday that, to me, was overwhelming. And it also contradicted everything we talked about a couple of times last week. Because last week we were talking about women and how they were more upset about their men gaining weight. Then they led on to their men. Like, maybe dudes put on £50 in four years or whatever, and their wives haven't said anything. And they were calling us up on the voice disguiser last week and emailing us saying, yeah, you know, I've never told my husband this or my boyfriend, but I think he's gross because all the weight he's gained.

[G]

Right.

[B]

Then I read this in Glamour magazine. It says 6 out of 10 women won't date or even look at a man who is skinnier than they are.

[G]

Oh, yeah. Most of my friends are that way.

[B]

Seriously. Maybe as a guy, I was shocked by that.

[C]

I'm not. Well, I could not date a guy smaller than me.

[B]

Really? It would make me feel inadequate. Six out of 10, that means more women won't date a skinny guy than

[G]

would if they're skinnier than you. Yeah. Because, I mean, from my friends and I that have talked about this, they're like, we want to feel small with a guy.

[B]

Really?

[G]

Yeah.

[C]

We want to feel protected.

[B]

It's a whole protection thing. A man should protect a woman. So you want a guy that's bigger than you.

[G]

And it's an attraction thing, too. You want to feel attractive to them. And so if you're bigger than them, you feel. I think I would feel less attractive.

[D]

I do.

[F]

And also I would agree with that, because a man should not be able to wear your jeans.

[B]

Well, that's extra.

[C]

Extra jeans be too big on them.

[F]

Yeah. Like a real, real man doesn't wear skinny jeans.

[B]

I was really surprised by this. Maybe just because I'm a guy but yeah, to you guys, it's like, no big deal. It's like, it's a no brainer.

[G]

Yeah. Total no brainer. Yeah. Because some of my friends won't date guys not only. Yeah. Not only, like, shorter, but also width wise. Like, it's almost like a comparison of their shoulder width.

[H]

Yeah.

[G]

Like, they want a guy who's got more brawn, really.

[B]

So they'll take an instant look at him. And based on his brawn or his thinness, I knew. Lord, no one knows more about short than I do. So I knew that, but I didn't know skinny.

[C]

That is so funny because Katie and I teased about this back when I did date guys, I would only date the skinny guys. Like, I didn't want to date the guys that were brawner or meatier. But of course I was gay, so I ended up. I wanted to date the girlier the guy was. The more I wanted to date.

[G]

I was like, huh.

[F]

What do you think about this?

[G]

He kind of looks like his mom.

[B]

How weird.

[C]

And he's got such nice skin.

[G]

He's a little effeminate.

[B]

Yeah, a little effeminate.

[C]

And it turned me on. Weird.

[B]

That's awesome. 404-741-Q100. Yeah. I thought this was gonna be shocking. Not at all. Not for you guys. Hey, Stacey. Good morning.

[H]

Hey. My husband is actually. He weighs more than I do, but he's taller and he's a lot skinnier than I am. I'm 18 months old, so it's trying to keep up with him. He drives me crazy because he will go to McDonald's and get like three double cheeseburgers, two large fries, and a large sweet tea. And still it's so skinny. Drives me crazy.

[B]

Really?

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. This is one of these gender things where I read it yesterday and I'm like, this is really shocking information.

[C]

Yeah, not so much.

[G]

Because, like, I don't know, like, when you're, like, laying down or you're like, snuggling or whatever, like, you want to be able to, like, be like, in their arms and not be smothering them.

[C]

Like, you're like the pancake.

[G]

You know what I mean? You want to feel, I don't know, protected.

[E]

Yeah.

[G]

You want someone bigger protected. It's just.

[C]

You want to hug something.

[B]

You don't want to hug yourself.

[G]

Yeah. And then like. Well, it's too early to talk about that.

[B]

Go ahead.

[G]

No, just be good.

[B]

Be good about it.

[G]

Well, if they're, you know, you're intimate. I'm trying to figure out how to describe it without it being too much for this early? And I haven't had enough coffee yet to make my brain fire that fast.

[F]

You don't want an intimate partner who you're dominating.

[B]

No, that's not. She was gonna say.

[C]

Not the right choice of words, Jeff.

[B]

But

[K]

there's certain.

[G]

Well, it's hard to describe.

[K]

There's certain.

[G]

Well, I. I can't say. I can't figure out how to say it. Never mind.

[F]

Tell me. You gotta say it now.

[C]

Hold on. Thanks.

[J]

Hold on.

[F]

Game show music Game show music

[C]

If. If you're doing anything non traditional, then you don't want to, you know, crush anybody as a woman.

[B]

Okay. You don't want the guy to be so fragile. That's.

[G]

Get off.

[B]

I can't breathe.

[C]

Get off me.

[I]

I can't breathe.

[C]

Yeah, and if anybody says that to you, then you're not gonna feel sexy.

[B]

Thank you.

[C]

Or skinny.

[G]

Right.

[B]

Yeah. I think you broke me. Is generally not a line that's gonna turn you out of bed in any way, shape or form. Good morning, Nikki.

[C]

Yeah, Women always wanna feel small and petite.

[B]

Hey, Nikki.

[H]

Hi. Good morning. Good morning. You guys are so funny. My boyfriend and I are like Jack Spratt and his wife. He is 5 foot 11, about 135, 140 pounds.

[G]

Whoa.

[E]

Yeah.

[H]

I'm 5, 2 and a big old gal. You know what I mean? So. But it is. There's a lot of insecurities that come with that. You all. I don't. I don't know about other women, but, you know, is he cheating on me because I'm not attractive enough? You know, and the whole thing, like you were just talking about in the bedrooms. Am I hurting you? Are you okay?

[B]

What's the safe word? What's the safe word? I can't remember the safe word. Yeah. Not shocking material. I looked at that and I'm like, no way.

[G]

Yeah. I would guess if we asked skinny guys if they had a harder time dating than short guys, they might almost have a harder time.

[B]

Seriously?

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

I would have never predicted that.

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

The Burt Show.

[F]

The Burt Show.

[B]

So, Lyndall, I get in studio this morning, and I just asked Lindell how her weekend went, and it just struck me. It feels like to me, every time I have talked to Lindell about planning her wedding, it feels like it has been so labored for her. Like, I have never met a woman that it feels to me that dislikes planning a wedding more than you.

[D]

I don't dislike planning my wedding. I just. It's not a big deal to me, and I don't get stressed out about it. Like I was telling you earlier this morning, it's not important to me that the tablecloths match the wallpaper that matches the carpet or, like, what specifically you're eating. If it's chicken rosemary or chicken lemon.

[F]

And be careful what you're saying. Tracy is listening, and she is pregnant. We don't need to hurt her heart right now.

[D]

I know.

[F]

The tablecloths don't have to match the napkins.

[D]

Oh, yes, they do, apparently.

[F]

Are you out of your mind? You just got yourself fired.

[D]

I just don't. It's not a big deal to me because I figure people have fun regardless of all the specific little details. But I know that there are girls out there that. That is important to them, and that's great, and they'll be happy with their wedding, but I'll be happy with my wedding if people enjoy themselves.

[B]

So the whole process, to me in talking to you, you just feel like it's kind of stupid.

[D]

It's not stupid. It's just I didn't realize how much stuff you'd have to do. And I'm not getting stressed out. And I was telling them last week that it's my mom that stresses me out the most because she gets really anxious about everything, whereas I'm just like, whatever sounds good to me. It works. And I'm just really laid back about it and get things done, and I make. Make a to do list, and everything pretty much gets checked off every week. So.

[B]

How about your fiance? Is he getting stressed out about it?

[D]

No, neither of us are. We're both just really chill and really

[B]

relax, and it's the stress around you that's stressing you out.

[D]

Yeah, it's that it's like, the most

[G]

probably lackadaisical wedding planning ever. Cause it's not lazy. Y' all are getting it done. You're checking things off the list. But I don't know if lackadaisical is the right word, then I don't think

[C]

people trust the fact that you're not stressed out, which is. Yeah.

[G]

Maybe it's apathetic.

[B]

Yeah.

[G]

This is the first time.

[B]

Right.

[G]

Apathetic wedding planning ever. Like, you're like, I just want to get married.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

This is the first time I've ever heard a woman say when she's planning her own wedding day is whatever happens, happens. What?

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

That just goes against your genes right there.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

You must be lying. You must be covering something up.

[D]

I'm not Really? A girl.

[F]

I wonder if there's a time that we could open up the phones and have Lindell be in studio and have women who are planning their wedding call up and just, like, vent to her about the petty. The thing that you know is petty. The thing that you know. Like, I went in there and I went to the shop, and I reserved this, you know, Savannah style flatware, but then they rented it to someone else, and I have a signed contract. Now they have to give me the Savannah Deluxe, and it's different and just unload on you. And then. And Linda, you can say it's flatware. What are people who. What, describe the flatware at the last wedding you went to.

[B]

That will only anger people more. Calmness will only anger people more. They're looking for some solidarity, and it's not gonna happen.

[D]

It's like, little stuff. Like, flatware is important. Like, you'll talk to catering companies, and they'll just specifically not. Unless you ask the right questions. You don't get the right answers. And so a lot of times you're like, what kind of flatware they use? And I'm like, whoa. Well, we use, you know, like, recyclable. I'm like, I don't want plastic flatware that looks metal. Like, I want actual, you know, flatware that you would use in your own home.

[F]

If I want plastic flatware, I want plastic flatware that looks plastic.

[D]

Yeah, but so a lot of places will.

[B]

I want people to know.

[H]

I don't care.

[F]

Right.

[D]

Barbecue style. No, but stuff like that that you don't take into consideration. Or. I was talking to Tracy, and she said, make sure you, like, find out how big the plates are. Because they'll just say, oh, yeah, we provide plates. They don't tell you. They're like, the size of a saucer, and you can't put anything on that other than, like, a bread roll.

[A]

Right.

[B]

It's like going to that. Like, on the Atlanta magazine dining out thing, where they give you little itty bitty piece of dish and you can't put any real food on it.

[H]

Right.

[B]

It's the same deal. Good morning, Kelly. You're on Q100 Lyndall.

[H]

I am so with you. I'm 37, got engaged in August, have no desire to plan a wedding at all. I told all my girlfriends they can do it. Everyone's like, when's the date? When's the date? I'm like, we don't have a date. I don't care. I just want to have a party. I Don't care about any. I don't want to plan one thing. Not one.

[B]

Yeah. It's just for other women to hear that, it must be like, who are you? And keep that to yourself.

[D]

We're not alone. There are lots of women out there like, that. You just don't. Because there's the whole Bridezilla myth. You don't come out and just be like, well, I'm completely opposite. It's just not normal, I guess.

[B]

What's going on with the kid issue? Because I know you guys are.

[D]

I have been to so many weddings in the past three years, and that's the best part about me having to plan my wedding. Now I've gotten to see what I do and don't like about everybody else's. And one thing I don't like is little kids at the wedding reception. We don't drink alcohol or anything. And so it's not having to do with, like, it being alcohol related. It's dry wedding reception, whatever. But just seeing the parents bring their kids in car seats, put the car seat on the table that's supposed to sit 10 people, but you can only sit, like, five because they've got their diaper, bag their kid, and, like, all this stuff that totally disrupts just the whole atmosphere of a fun reception because you've got little kids running around, people pulling the tablecloths and the plates on the floor, and it's just not an adult environment.

[F]

So.

[B]

And you said something about a fun reception, but you said there's not gonna be any booze there, right?

[E]

Mm.

[B]

You can have fun without drinking, Bert.

[K]

I don't know.

[E]

How many.

[F]

What time is this?

[B]

That's a myth to you?

[C]

I was like, wendy. What?

[F]

Somebody told you that?

[C]

What?

[B]

Those are not your ideas. No, it's not.

[F]

What time is the. What time is the reception?

[D]

Ours is in the afternoon. Okay, so it's like one.

[F]

One to one, like four. One to four on a Saturday, right? No alcohol. No one to four on a Saturday, huh?

[C]

It's her wedding, and she gets what she wants.

[B]

What are the fun things that are planned for this reception to take the place of the booth?

[D]

Well, since you'd be there with friends, you can talk to your friends. We've got a photo booth, a dj, like, just other stuff to wear.

[F]

What sober adult gets into a photo booth? Let me tell you something. I had a photo booth. I had a photo booth at my birthday party. Early pictures, boring. Late pictures, bribery. That's blackmail right there. So, yeah, you know what?

[B]

You can sneak in a Flask if you really need to, but you'll be

[D]

the only drunk person. And we will all laugh.

[B]

Oh, no. There'll be plenty of us. You just won't know it then, like eight.

[G]

We're not Mormons, so we're not allowed to the ceremony.

[F]

So can we tailgate?

[G]

We could do something else. We could pre party.

[B]

Tailgating. Tailgate? Tailgate outside the wedding.

[C]

My thing is that we have not received any invitations yet. So I would say based on this conversation, we may not.

[F]

Yes. She's talking like her wedding's all done yet. We haven't. Never.

[D]

I'm ordering the invitations this week. That's my thing to do.

[C]

No pressure.

[F]

Let me ask you. I'm surprised you're not eviting people. Forward this along. Would it be considered and answer this honestly, but would it be considered offensive if during the ceremony we did tailgate?

[D]

I wouldn't be offended.

[F]

Would there be anyone in your family who would be offended?

[D]

No.

[F]

Are you sure?

[H]

Come on.

[B]

Come on.

[F]

It's okay if it will.

[B]

I mean, we're probably not. We're going to do it either way. We're just wondering who we got to stay away.

[D]

They wouldn't care. It's your decision. It's your. It's you. It's not us.

[B]

But I mean, if you want to. Go to hell.

[F]

Jeff, with the exception of Carter, we're not going to get schnockered.

[E]

She's going to get chaperoned.

[F]

Puking in our.

[C]

As always.

[F]

The hoodie's drunk. It's going to be like, I can't commit to that. It'll be a respect. It'll be a respect. Full intoxicated. I just think it would be funny to have like bring on a full on. Get somebody's dually F250 with the grill on the back, inflatable chair. And when you pull in from your.

[D]

I would take pictures of that.

[F]

There's the bird show in inflatable furniture. Tailgating.

[D]

These are my co workers.

[F]

Yes, yes.

[B]

Flat screen tv.

[C]

You won't have to announce it. You say, oh, my God, is that the bird show?

[F]

Bird will be on the roof of the Winnebago with no shirt on, heckling people who are going to other weddings. Oh, what's going on? You going to the Blobsky wedding? Blobsky wedding song. The bird show.

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