MON: NEW SHOW! Should We Put A Hug Bell In The Studio? + A Human Library + Top 10 Worst Pop Culture Moments Of 2025 + Raymundo Has Another Money Scheme

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – December 22, 2025

Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Bobby Bones and the crew kick off a new week with fresh banter and a blend of the absurd and the insightful. Topics include whether the studio needs a "hug bell" for spontaneous affection, the intriguing concept of a "human library," a rundown of 2025’s most cringe-worthy pop culture moments, and Raymundo’s latest attempt at running a clever (or questionable) money scheme. Mixed in are signature tangents, viral video strategies, and the usual playful ribbing among friends.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Should We Put a Hug Bell in the Studio?

[03:11–05:51]

• Concept Introduction: Amy and Morgan suggest installing a hug bell in the studio for times someone needs a hug, inspired by a mom who did this at home.
• HR and Practical Concerns: Jokes and mild skepticism ensue about how this concept fits with workplace norms and HR.
  • "Show doesn't get HR because it's all bits." – Bobby ([03:26])
  • Concerns about potential for abuse or discomfort are raised, especially around choosing who gives the hug.
• Possible Alternatives: High-five bell or chest bumps considered (with the latter quickly dismissed as “going too far”).
• Conclusion: The suggestion is deemed too risky for their environment but possibly workable as a bit on air.

2. Human Library: Learning from Real People

[07:44–09:06]

• Explaining the Concept: In Denmark, libraries lend people instead of books; you “borrow” someone to learn from their life experience.
  • "They tell you life lessons, they tell you their stories, their personal life, and then you learn from them...it just gives you an experience through someone else's eyes." – Morgan ([08:02])
• Team’s Reactions:
  • Bobby jokes about how the name feels dystopian, leading to funny/sinister movie plot ideas.
  • General agreement that while the idea feels odd at first, it's actually "healthy and wholesome."

3. The 10 Worst Pop Culture Moments of 2025

[09:46–20:02; 12:46, 13:26, 16:39, 17:14, 18:06, 19:40]

• Interactive Segment: Bobby quizzes the team on “People” magazine’s list of the most cringeworthy pop culture moments of the year.
• Notable Moments on the List:
  • The Coldplay Couple at a Boston Concert: Went viral after coworkers "dove out of sight" when caught on camera, which led Chris Martin to call them out. ([10:11–11:22])
  • Katy Perry’s Blue Origin Space Flight: With an all-female crew, questioned for its purpose, mocked online. ([12:05])
  • It Ends With Us Saga: Ongoing, messy drama between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. ([12:47])
  • Bill Belichick and Jordan Hudson’s Relationship: Notable for their 49-year age gap and social media flaunting. ([13:26])
  • 6, 7 Meme Confusion: Dictionary.com picked a viral meme as word of the year, perplexing parents. ([15:21])
  • Sydney Sweeney’s “Good Genes” Campaign Backlash: Interpreted as eugenics, causing uproar. ([15:52])
  • Jimmy Kimmel’s Near Cancellation: Suspended after controversial political comments. ([16:27])
  • Louvre Jewel Heist: Thieves stole $102 million due to weak security password (“louvreluv”). ([17:14])
  • Viral AI Animal Falls Memes: Clips of “animals” falling into pools/trampolines fooled many. ([18:06])
  • TikTok Ban Scare: Widespread panic over a threatened but swiftly overturned TikTok ban. ([19:40])
• Analysis: The crew points out the difference between “worst” and “most dramatic,” noting that some items are more embarrassing than harmful.
• Memorable Quote:
  • "If they just wouldn't have dove, I bet they think back about that. We just would have played it cool. It wouldn't have gone viral." – Bobby ([11:01])

4. Raymundo’s Southwest Companion Pass “Scheme”

[20:31–25:44]

• Raymundo’s Dilemma: He needs to spend ~$6,000 quickly to keep his Companion Pass, asks the crew to funnel their holiday purchases through his credit card.
  • "So I was enlisting the help of the show. If you guys need to use our credit card, then let's go and then we can get this and I'll be a companion passer for next year." – Raymundo ([21:09])
• Reactions:
  • Most are hesitant, citing hassle and a bit of shadiness.
  • Ray floats past (and failed) ideas like buying and returning items or using delivery services.
  • Bobby suggests booking qualifying flights as a last-resort strategy.
• Show banter escalates into travel talk and personal stories about Hawaii.

5. How to Go Viral: Creating Notorious Moments

[31:35–36:44]

• Eddie’s Plan: Advises Lunchbox to manufacture a meltdown in public and hope it’s recorded for viral fame, suggesting Starbucks or an airplane for max visibility.
• Self-Posting vs. Real Viral:
  • Bobby points out that self-posting can work, as many don’t notice who actually uploaded viral videos—they just want to be entertained.
  • "You could post on your own account...most people won’t even look and see who it is. They'll just like it." – Bobby ([32:15])
• Lunchbox Worries: Wonders about potential negative fallout and “bad viral.”
  • "You get canceled from your job, you get canceled." – Lunchbox ([33:49])
• Creative Ideas Fly: Pouring a lukewarm drink over yourself at Starbucks as a “protest;” public dance challenges filmed by bystanders.

6. Viral Influencer Bad Tipping Story

[37:23–39:01]

• Story: A bartender’s viral TikTok recounts a social media influencer with 4M followers who tips only with “exposure” and a backhanded comment.
• Team Response: Disdain for both the lack of tipping and the classist attitude.
  • "That's a bad person. And not even about the tipping, just the comment." – Bobby ([38:34])

7. Other Segments & Fun Facts

• Improving Memory ([39:18]): Keep arms and legs uncrossed to remember more information.
  • "Body language. Researchers found that a group of volunteers attending a lecture that sat with unfolded arms and legs remembered 38% more." – Bobby
• Cool 2025 Gift: A ring ("Lotus") that controls lights and appliances with a point-and-click infrared signal ([40:57])
• Holiday Decorations Injuries: 160 people are injured daily during holiday decoration setup/takedown (!) ([45:39])
  • "I've stopped doing the ladder thing..." – Eddie ([45:52])
• Viral Finance (“Fintok/Girl Math”): Social media hacks for saving money; skepticism abounds about their effectiveness. ([43:34–45:12])
• Bizarre News: A hero neighbor in NJ, praised for saving a woman in a fire, is later charged with starting it. ([46:16–47:24])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Viral Fame:
  • "You have to be so out of control that somebody random records you and then they have to post it on an account that gets seen." – Bobby ([32:17])
• On the Human Library:
  • "But human library sounds like a horror movie." – Bobby ([08:50])
• On Raymundo’s Hustle:
  • "Ray's always got like some plan to do something shady." – Bobby ([22:44])
• On Girl Math:
  • "Girl math saves you money. Girl math saves you." – Morgan, tongue-in-cheek ([45:02])
• On Pop Culture Blunders:
  • "If we never cheated..." – Bobby, on the Coldplay couple ([11:22])
• On Decor Injuries:
  • "I've stopped doing the ladder thing... I'm just gonna put it around the doorways." – Eddie ([45:52])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Topic | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------------|------------------| | Hug Bell Discussion | 03:11–05:51 | | Human Library | 07:44–09:06 | | 2025 Worst Pop Culture Moments | 09:46–20:02 | | Raymundo’s Companion Pass Scheme | 20:31–25:44 | | How to Go Viral | 31:35–36:44 | | Infamous Influencer Tipping Story | 37:23–39:01 | | Memory Research & Body Language | 39:18–40:37 | | “Lotus” Remote Control Ring | 40:57 | | Viral Finance/Girl Math | 43:34–45:21 | | Holiday Decor Injuries | 45:39–46:16 | | Fire Hero Turns Suspect Story | 46:16–47:24 |

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Tone and Style

As always, The Bobby Bones Show delivers funny, fast-paced conversations filled with playful teasing, genuine curiosity, and a knack for turning everyday moments into entertaining bits. The hosts keep the energy high, oscillating between social commentary, viral trends, and inside jokes with familiarity and warmth.

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This summary captures the essential discussions, humor, and memorable moments that make this episode of The Bobby Bones Show a quintessential listen for fans—whether you caught it live or are just catching up now!

Transcript

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[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Come on.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy thinks we should possibly put a hug bell on the studio.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you just ring the bell when you need a hug.

[Eddie]

Oh, and somebody hugs you.

[Morgan]

Yeah. No, I mean, I do realize we have a few kinks to work out with HR probably, or something, but this.

[Bobby Bones]

Show doesn't get HR because it's all bits.

[Morgan]

Okay, well, then if it happens on.

[Bobby Bones]

The air, it's a bit hug.

[Morgan]

Bell it up.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think people want to be hugged.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Morgan]

But you. Maybe you don't know that you need.

[Bobby Bones]

The hug, but then if I don't know, I'm not gonna ring the bell, Correct?

[Morgan]

Well, you could give it a try.

[Eddie]

Could you ring the bell for someone else?

[Bobby Bones]

That gets dangerous.

[Lunchbox]

And then if you ring the bell, do you say, I want so and so to hug me, or does someone just have to go voluntarily hug you?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think you can pick who you want to hug you, because that would feel creepy. If you ring the bell, somebody just hugs you.

[Morgan]

Yeah. It's just like, whoever's closest or something.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

I don't know. I just thought, where did you see that?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Like, I don't know. A mom said she put a hug bell in her living room or something. And it's been great just for kids, recognizing their emotions and their needs. And I said, a mom and a kid.

[Bobby Bones]

A mom and a kid makes sense.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So hug bell in the living room. I kind of thought, well, maybe we need a hug bell in the studio.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think that it's right for this environment because I think it would be abused somehow. I don't know how yet. Somehow I'd be abused.

[Morgan]

What about a high five bell? Yes, you need a high five.

[Eddie]

We can do a high five.

[Morgan]

Like, this is. High fives are very sportsman. Like. Like, that's why the high five. It's got power.

[Eddie]

What about butt pats?

[Bobby Bones]

See, this I'm talking about.

[Morgan]

Morgan says high five, and y' all turn into a butt pat. I high five. Sportsman high five might actually work.

[Eddie]

But I still think that we should do, like, Lunchbox needs a high five. Ring the bell.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't ring for other people, Right.

[Eddie]

Sometimes people don't recognize that they need the high five.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's up to them. To recognize because you can't be telling people to go touch other people.

[Morgan]

Okay, but just imagine like when we're celebrating a win, like high fives all around. And then the bell's just like, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

[Lunchbox]

We're gonna go chest bumps.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

I don't know about that.

[Bobby Bones]

Why don't we do crotch taps? That's my point. I think it works with families.

[Morgan]

As long as it's on air, it's fine.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's not a bad. Another thing is since it's only on air, people will be ringing in the middle of segments and then it's throwing us completely on air.

[Morgan]

It doesn't have to be. Okay, you're right. I wasn't picturing it being on air thing. But I guess if it's not on.

[Bobby Bones]

Air, then it becomes an HR issue because we're.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's not a bit.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not a bit.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

If we're doing bit.

[Morgan]

It's just like we're in here together. So many hours. Like hours and hours and hours. Like sometimes somebody just may need a hug or a high five.

[Bobby Bones]

And you know what, you can text whomever and be like, hey, would you give me a hug if you need one?

[Eddie]

That'd be weird.

[Bobby Bones]

It feels weird for him.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

There's a guy playing pickleball and he was playing. There was like a rooftop pickleball game. It's like a couple stories up and the ball goes over the. Over the fence and so he goes is chase. And he dies.

[Eddie]

It's gone.

[Bobby Bones]

No, he died.

[Morgan]

Why'd he do that?

[Eddie]

That's a pit.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, he didn't mean to die. Like it wasn't his plan to jump off the building. It was an accident.

[Eddie]

He was trying to get the ball.

[Bobby Bones]

Horrifying footage is captured the moment a 32 year old fell to his death during a game of pickleball. The man can be seen falling, slash, leaping over the safety railing to try and get to the ball before plunging over the three story court. He. When he fell, they had like a mesh net there to catch balls and stuff. But when he fell, he was too much for the net and it tore under his weight. It was a club like you go and you play and the court is outside on kind of this rooftop thing and his momentum and he was chasing the ball like to save it either to hit it back in regardless.

[Eddie]

Got it, got it, got it. He wasn't trying to just like, oh, I don't want that ball to go over. He was trying to make a play and probably his momentum took him, but man, that's risky putting that right.

[Lunchbox]

I think he jumped over trying to get the ball.

[Eddie]

I.

[Bobby Bones]

He was trying to get a ball.

[Lunchbox]

I don't think he was trying to hit it.

[Eddie]

Oh, okay.

[Morgan]

That one just.

[Bobby Bones]

You ever see people that topgolf that fall off into the net? Yes. And then you see the camera video from the below ground and you see the people. You see them just hanging on the net because those nets have to be strong enough to catch people.

[Eddie]

Those are strong.

[Morgan]

How are they falling off?

[Bobby Bones]

They swing and there's nothing. There's nothing there. Like on the second and third levels.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

And sometimes people get drunk and just do it to test the nets.

[Bobby Bones]

Ok, I've never seen someone just test the nets. I have seen people swing and be either no balance or be wasted and accidentally fall over. Yeah, but the videos from below are always funny. When you see their butts go boing into the net. You can die doing that. A human library. I thought this was interesting. Stevenson was telling you about this.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So instead of checking out a book, you sort of rent or check out a person and they tell me feels like prostitution at first.

[Eddie]

I don't like it.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not. But it's also in another country.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. This is in like Sweden or Norway.

[Morgan]

Or something, or Denmark or.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, one of those. One of those safe countries that have healthcare for everybody.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So this is something they practice there. I was like, oh, this could be cool. They are your entertainment of sorts. They tell you life lessons, they tell you their stories, their personal life, and then you learn from them and it just gives you an experience through someone else's eyes. Empathy. And so that's just something they do there instead of, you know, book library. It's a human library and you check people out.

[Bobby Bones]

It feels a bit like a sperm bank in that you know certain facts about people that gave you the sperm. And so you all take that sperm. This. And I've seen this happen in a couple of places. I've never been to one, obviously, but it tells you about the people. And then you contact the people and that you sit with them and, like, learn from them. It's actually very healthy and pretty wholesome. But human library sounds like a horror movie.

[Morgan]

Yeah, it's Denmark. It is Denmark.

[Eddie]

That would be a great movie. Starts all nice, like, oh, they're gonna come tell me a story. And then, oh, murder.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, no. I was thinking, like, you take things from the human, like they're tied up and it's like, I'm gonna check out the. I need the lungs.

[Eddie]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Or the kidney.

[Eddie]

Oh, Dang, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Signs of the lambs.

[Morgan]

It's dark.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. The most caring city in America is Virginia Beach. Shout out to Virginia beach listeners in 2024. And they listed this based on how much people gave. Volunteer hours, charitable donations, support for the homeless. Virginia beach comes in at number one. Boston at two. Scottsdale at three. A lot of Arizona. Places like Gilbert, Arizona. But I'm not sure where Gilbert is. No offense to people in Arizona. I don't know where Gilbert is. Fremont, California, is another small place. I didn't know. But San Diego, Colorado Springs, St. Paul and Madison, Wisconsin.

[Morgan]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

So they're the big carers there. Hey, I did see a list. Two of the worst pop culture moments of 2025. And so that's pretty broad to go. What do you think made the list? But if I give you, like, 30 seconds to think about it, like, what happened in 2025? And I do, like, but they're the worst. The worst pop culture moments. So, meaning cringe moments. What comes to mind?

[Morgan]

The Coldplay incident.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, Number two.

[Eddie]

It's a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a great one. The Coldplay couple, the co workers caught canoodling at a Boston concert, then dived out of sight. That was in Boston.

[Eddie]

Didn't realize that.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't either. But not in time to prevent the clip from going massively viral. No, what caused it to go viral was them diving. If they just would have chilled and been like, huh? It would have never gone viral. So it wasn't that they didn't get out in time. It's that they did it.

[Morgan]

And then Chris Martin is like, oh, what, are you guys having an affair or something?

[Bobby Bones]

Like, he's just like, that's only because they dove, Right?

[Morgan]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

They never dove and just sat there. None of this would have happened. They'd have been caught, and within the room or within the arena, people would have been like, oh, dang, that's so and so and so. It had never gone viral. Chris Martin would have never said anything had they not dove out from the camera. It was so odd looking that it looked like a setup. It looked like when NBA teams go to the Kiss Cam and they're like, we're not kissing. And it's obviously people who work there and they're just doing it to go viral. It looked like that. It was so over the top. Yeah. If they just wouldn't have dove, I bet they think back about that. We just would have played it cool. It wouldn't have gone viral. Not a single person would have posted it. And Chris Martin wouldn't have said anything, and our lives wouldn't be ruined. But also before that, it's if we never cheated.

[Eddie]

Yeah, or that.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, Morgan, you're on the board.

[Lunchbox]

Diddy trial. That's bad.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it's not bad. It's worst pop culture moment. So it's not like killing murderers or anything like that.

[Morgan]

Well, this isn't worse, but Taylor and Travis got engaged. Like, some people might be, like, cringe, but I liked it.

[Bobby Bones]

I think most people liked it.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Ariana Grande and Cynthia like all their red carpet stuff.

[Eddie]

Oh, the red carpet. Yeah, that was something.

[Bobby Bones]

Interesting. Interesting.

[Morgan]

Oh, Demi Curious.

[Bobby Bones]

No, didn't make it. I can give you guys hints about some of these because like I said, some of this stuff's gonna be tough. Yeah, you're gonna know every one of them, but it's gonna be tough. Most cringe worthy.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, Katy Perry. Space.

[Bobby Bones]

The Blue Origin. Space flight.

[Morgan]

Good one.

[Bobby Bones]

Katy Perry joined an all female crew, including Lauren Sanchez Bezos and Gayle King on blue origin for an 11 minute voyage into space. Many questioned the point, including the Wendy's Twitter account, which responded. Can we send her back? Talking about Katy Perry.

[Morgan]

Oh, man. Ouch.

[Bobby Bones]

Boxes on the board.

[Morgan]

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Is that this year?

[Lunchbox]

I think that was this.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's the hotel.

[Bobby Bones]

It was this year, but it probably rolled into the year before that too. But the hotel. I was part of it. I get. No, but that wasn't really part of this. That was part of her campaign. And she sucks, though, where the person was recording her. No, I didn't make the list. Oh, it did make the list. It ends with us. Saga. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. Morgan's on the board with two.

[Lunchbox]

Morgan. Hey.

[Bobby Bones]

It ends with us. Blake Lively. And director Justin Baldoni's still ongoing clash has generated thousands of pages of filings. Morgan's in the lead.

[Eddie]

Oh, I got one.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead.

[Eddie]

Lil Nas X.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that like 2018?

[Morgan]

What'd he do?

[Eddie]

He's drunk, naked, on the road.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't make the big list. I thought you meant is it country?

[Eddie]

No, no. He was looking for some party, right?

[Bobby Bones]

He was in his underwear. He's ripped up. That's what I took from it. Like, Lil Nas X in good shape. All right, I'm gonna start to give you guys hints unless anybody else has anything else. There's 10 total. Morgan's in the lead.

[Morgan]

Bill Belichick and his girlfriend.

[Bobby Bones]

Boom. Amy's on the board, Jordan Hudson and Bill Belichick.

[Eddie]

Good one.

[Bobby Bones]

Jordan Hudson may have shut down questions on CBS about how she met Bill Belichick, who is 49 years older than her, which is crazy, because I'm not 49. I got years to go before I'm 49. That means if this were the same situation in my life, that person hasn't been born yet.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, that's weird. Oh, it's so weird.

[Bobby Bones]

But the two were very loud about their love on social media and beyond. And by the two, her. Okay, Amy is now on the board.

[Lunchbox]

Good job, Amy.

[Morgan]

Thanks.

[Lunchbox]

What else? What else went down this year?

[Bobby Bones]

Give you 20 seconds and I'll go into the clues. This is from people, by the way. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Hmm.

[Lunchbox]

Man, we are really pop culture.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you guys have nailed four. That's good because you're all. Yeah, it's. It. It's hard to look back at a year.

[Morgan]

I keep getting a mix of, like, was it last year? This year. This year feels like a blur. Okay, so you said nobody's d. Nobody.

[Bobby Bones]

Died, and this was a merit. Nobody died.

[Morgan]

Chair throwing this year.

[Bobby Bones]

Nothing to do with country music. No, the chair. I don't know when that happened, but it's not on here.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Eddie]

I love the video of him talking to the cops, though. That was a good one.

[Lunchbox]

That was pretty funny.

[Bobby Bones]

He was like, chris Young sucks or whatever. Isn't that what he said? Like, turn this off or something?

[Morgan]

Well, he was also complimenting Thomas Ratt.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Like, call my boy Thomas Ratt.

[Eddie]

And he was on the phone with.

[Lunchbox]

This is my song.

[Eddie]

He's like, eric Church is on the phone.

[Morgan]

Talk to him.

[Bobby Bones]

Am I wrong? Wasn't he. Weren't they playing Chris Young? And he's like this garbage. Don't play Chris Young. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yikes.

[Bobby Bones]

That's 2024, though. Okay. All right, so we're going to start here. If you know it, we'll do it like this so it's not confusing. Just say your name is the buzzer, but once you go, you don't get to jump back in. All right. At number 10, it's a meme. It's something that a lot of parents couldn't figure out.

[Morgan]

Amy.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy.

[Morgan]

Six, seven.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct. Yep.

[Lunchbox]

I thought that was a good thing. That was bad.

[Bobby Bones]

When Dictionary.com picked 6, 7 as the meme and word of the year, confusion ensued. 6, 7, and number 10, number 9. This was controversial for a celebrity. I think a lot of people got upset with it. I felt like the people getting upset. I felt like it was A little overblown, like it wasn't meant to be. What it was getting accused of.

[Lunchbox]

Lunchbox, go ahead. Sydney Sweeney.

[Announcer]

Jean.

[Bobby Bones]

Great. Jean's campaign. Correct.

[Morgan]

American Eagle.

[Bobby Bones]

The Sydney Sweeney ad backfired due to misinterpretation as good genes leading to, like, eugenics. And so she's still answering questions about that. Okay. Lunchbox has two. Amy has to. Morgan has two. Eddie, you kind of suck.

[Eddie]

I got nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

Next up, it's. Somebody on television that was taken off television. Eddie. Eddie.

[Eddie]

Ellen.

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Morgan]

No. Morgan.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan.

[Morgan]

Jimmy Fallon.

[Bobby Bones]

No. Jimmy.

[Morgan]

Jimmy.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy.

[Morgan]

That's good. Jimmy Kimmel.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct.

[Lunchbox]

Dang it.

[Bobby Bones]

Jimmy Kimmel's near cancellation. His show was suspended after threats from the FC chairman over his political comments. Jimmy Kimmel's near cancellation at number eight.

[Morgan]

How did we end up with two night show hosts that are both.

[Bobby Bones]

Jimmy, there are only. There are three left. One of these you're not gonna get. You might, but we'll see. All right, next up, a story we talked about a bunch on the show because we thought it was crazy. It was a. Morgan. I don't know if it's this one, but. Morgan, are you jumping in? Go ahead.

[Morgan]

Cracker Barrel.

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's really good, though.

[Bobby Bones]

A story we talked about because it was illegal, but we thought it was funny. We actually rooted for the criminals a little bit.

[Eddie]

Eddie, that's the heist. The deluge.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct. Deluge. I'm on the board. Thieves stole. I would have said it just a heist. And after thieves stole 102 million in jewels from the museum, it was reported that the password of its surveillance system was simply Louvre Louv. Security at number seven.

[Morgan]

Amy, can I guess one?

[Bobby Bones]

You're gonna go blind. Wow.

[Morgan]

Oh, why not?

[Eddie]

He's giving hints away.

[Bobby Bones]

I got two left. I don't think you're gonna guess them.

[Lunchbox]

I like it.

[Morgan]

I guess now I get taken out of the next one. Oh, well, then go ahead, give the hints.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm gonna give the one that I think is harder, that I don't think you guys will get because it's kind of generic. And I'll save the one I think you might get. I'm gonna give you some of the specifics about this, some clues. Trampoline, a plane, doorbell cameras.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, lunchbox. Go ahead. The bear falling. Like the. When they were doing all the animals on the trampolines. Jumping. They're memes.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll accept it. Everybody falls for AI Animals like jump into the pool. There's so many.

[Eddie]

I felt for that one. It was like deer.

[Bobby Bones]

I think okay, we have one left. The score is Amy 3, Lunchbox 3.

[Morgan]

Morgan 2 is the one where there's a bunny rabbit feeding all its bunnies, and then the cat comes in and gets its kitten.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably AI. I watched a funny AI One yesterday, and you can put this crap on Facebook, and everybody believes it because that Facebook audience believes anything. But there was one, and there's a whole series of people that are, like, doing tug of war at a zoo through a hole, and people can just grab the rope and, like, pull against a monkey. You guys seen this?

[Public Investing Announcer]

Yes.

[Eddie]

The gorilla.

[Morgan]

The arm wrestling the gorilla.

[Bobby Bones]

So all fake. But I saw one yesterday. Yeah, all fake. All those are AI but the one yesterday, the guy was pulling on the rope, and the gorilla pulls him really hard into it. Big dude. And then pulls him so hard he goes through it, and the gorilla just starts pounding him.

[Eddie]

I saw that one.

[Morgan]

Hey, I'm gonna go blind.

[Bobby Bones]

There's only one left. Why would you not?

[Eddie]

And you're in the lead, I think, right?

[Lunchbox]

You're tired of the lead.

[Morgan]

I just want to go.

[Lunchbox]

I love it.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd wait if I were you, but. No, no, no.

[Lunchbox]

Go ahead.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, next one. Last one. This was less than 24 hours. All in.

[Morgan]

Oh, well, never mind.

[Bobby Bones]

It scared a lot of people. I never thought it was really going to happen. I was pretty vocal that I didn't think it was ever going to happen, even though the threat of it happening.

[Lunchbox]

Lunchbox.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead.

[Lunchbox]

TikTok being banned, correct?

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

What were you going to guess?

[Morgan]

Oh, the. The weird UFO things hanging out over.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, that's not like cringe celebrity. That's like real life. That's real news. They're being suppressed, so we don't know the truth.

[Morgan]

Oh, it's still a cringe truth, according to Bobby. Culture moment.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you watch the documentary? Not yet.

[Eddie]

She bought it, though.

[Morgan]

I did. I haven't purchased.

[Eddie]

She says that. But you gave her the money to buy it.

[Morgan]

Because he gave me the money, so I went ahead and bought it.

[Eddie]

Now you have to watch it.

[Morgan]

I didn't spend them. He said I had plenty of time.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not rushing her to watch it all, and I don't think she'll. I don't think it's something that you can focus on for a full movie. Especially her. She struggles even an episode.

[Eddie]

Well, she multitasks.

[Morgan]

Not. Not during this, I won't. I will dedicate all of my time.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, Raymundo. Oh, what's up with your Southwest Companion Pass?

[Raymundo]

So we're a little Bit short. Usually we're able to. Whatever the threshold is, we can get it. And we. I end up flying throughout the country for free for the entire next year. So we are short and in points terms it's about 7,000 but you can get three times the points at department stores. So essentially we're about $2,000 short. So I was enlisting the help of the show. If you guys need to use our credit card, then let's go and then we can get this and I'll be a companion passer for next year.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't understand. So you want us. If we're going to buy something, let you buy it. We pay you back.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And you get the points and we.

[Raymundo]

Got to do it within the next week.

[Bobby Bones]

Why would we just not do that if we have point cards for us?

[Raymundo]

Well, to help me accomplish the goal. Cuz we're short. We're not going to get it. I'm not. We're not spending 6k.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you need $6,000 in purchases.

[Raymundo]

Depending on what it is. Sometimes it's three times a point, sometimes two others. It's just a point for a dollar Question.

[Lunchbox]

Why not buy 6k worth of items and then return them in the new year January 1st?

[Raymundo]

Can't do it. Already looked into that.

[Bobby Bones]

And also the fraud part of it. But yeah, go ahead.

[Raymundo]

Yeah. Also that we would definitely never. And then some of them, you have to. Two months. They say you got to show proof for two months. Delivery services we had looked into and we're like all right, not doing that for two months.

[Bobby Bones]

Then how do you get it in time?

[Raymundo]

I believe they could then revoke it if you cancel with that company.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. So they'd give it to you for a minute.

[Raymundo]

It has been looked into.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. I don't know that this show is going to be a big help. Do you guys want to buy anything through Ray?

[Morgan]

Not really working on my own.

[Bobby Bones]

It feels a bit shady. Yeah.

[Raymundo]

A lot of department stores. Maybe if you want cable services that can also be covered and maybe double the points. Those are the ones we're looking for like three times the points. You guys need some in Marshalls. Boom.

[Bobby Bones]

The mall.

[Raymundo]

Let's go, let's go. You know, Supermarket sweep. Let's go. And then pay me back the next day.

[Bobby Bones]

You'll go with us? Yeah, online with you.

[Raymundo]

Because I would need the money very quickly because I mean we don't. We don't want 6k just sitting build on the card. I would need a transaction pretty quickly after that.

[Bobby Bones]

Ray's always got like some plan to do something shady.

[Raymundo]

Well, it's interesting.

[Bobby Bones]

He always has like the history of Ray is that there's always some way he's trying to figure scheme to make something happen.

[Raymundo]

Now that my wife's in on this too, she's like, hey, we got to get this companion. I've been all over. I went to Hawaii for free. I went. Did we go Texas maybe not to Mike's wed. I did. I went to Mike's wedding for free. I've been to Vegas for free. Detroit.

[Bobby Bones]

Can I suggest something? Because I know friends who have been super close on their past and they take a flight and come back the same day just so they can get it. Because to pay for a flight, if there are one flight away or that many points away, it's worth it to spend whatever the 3, 400 bucks. When you're going to save 3,000 the next year by being your partner's companion, that's a free pass with your partner.

[Raymundo]

Yeah, solo trip for me and I end up getting the threshold too. That's double. Two birds, one stone. Awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

The people I know that have done have flown there and like made it a point to fly there and come back the same day. I mean it wasn't even like a trip.

[Raymundo]

I'm going Hawaii if we're trying to rack it up.

[Bobby Bones]

Does Southwest fly to Hawaii?

[Eddie]

Yeah, they do.

[Raymundo]

That is the number one reason to get the companion pass. That is a free trip, nine hour flight.

[Eddie]

And they serve like a special drink on the flight to Hawaii. I see it. Because when you fly just to like Chicago, it's on the menu, but it says Hawaii flights only.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So does Southwest flight to Hawaii. Let me re ask my question. They fly to Hawaii. I knew that because they fly from California. But does every flight have to go to California and then to Hawaii?

[Morgan]

Most likely when I went on Southwest, we did have to stop like at lax.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Eddie]

Was the drink. Could you get the drink from Nashville to lax?

[Morgan]

I don't know. Because I didn't know.

[Bobby Bones]

That's not a Hawaii flight.

[Eddie]

Even though your destination is Hawaii.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, because they don't care about that. Yeah, because there are a lot of people on there that are also going to Bakersfield.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Eddie]

But I wonder if you tell them like, no, no, I'm gonna connect in la.

[Bobby Bones]

And they're like, when you connect when you're going, that trip into Hawaii will make sure you get your drink. Other flights, like when I've flown out, I've flown from Atlanta, which is much better. Because you don't have to, like, change flights way later. I like to just either. I like to do the longest flight the quickest. Like, I like to get on my longest flight quick, meaning if I got to fly an hour to Atlanta and then fly 9 or 10, 11 to Hawaii, I'd rather do that than fly 5, break 4, or whatever that that break is. I just want to be in one place a lot of the time. I don't like moving around. I don't like. Even if it's way longer on a flight, I don't want to stop halfway through. I also don't want to stop with a small layover and then have a small flight. I don't know if I'm explaining that correctly. We flew to Europe. We went to, like, where do we go? Like, we went somewhere in Italy. We had to fly to, like, Paris, which is a really long flight, get off. We're tired, and then take, like, an hour and a half flight to over to Italy. I'd rather fly an hour and a half than go all the way to Italy. But I don't. You don't get to pick sometimes. But I know Southwest, I guess they don't go except from California to Hawaii or Las Vegas. They do fly from Vegas. Yeah.

[Guest]

We've had to stop there multiple times to go to.

[Bobby Bones]

You've been to Hawaii multiple times?

[Guest]

Oh, my God, like, probably 15, 20 times.

[Lunchbox]

What?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you're from California, though, or you spent a lot of time in California?

[Guest]

Yeah, we. From there, we used to just go straight from.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you eating a cookie?

[Lunchbox]

Beef jerky.

[Bobby Bones]

Sorry.

[Eddie]

Right at that moment, sounds like he's eating a cookie.

[Announcer]

I don't know.

[Morgan]

But also, like, don't you have family in Hawaii?

[Guest]

Yeah, my wife's family. Her grandmother was from Hawaii before it was a state.

[Eddie]

Wait, so what year was that?

[Guest]

She was born, like, in 1910 or 20.

[Morgan]

She's passed since, but he's just sharing how long.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's guess when Hawaii became a state. I'm gonna guess 1958.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I was gonna guess 50s. I'm gonna go 55.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, no, now you're. Now we're just all gonna base them off each other. But when would you have guessed? 1962, 56. Okay, so we're just guessing all based off.

[Eddie]

Come on, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

What do you have? 1959.

[Eddie]

Oh, you got it.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I missed it by a year.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but you're the closest. You didn't go over.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, we're doing prices, right?

[Eddie]

Yeah, man, always.

[Lunchbox]

All right, great.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll take it. I didn't feel like I hit it, so I don't think I should get the victory.

[Eddie]

But I'll take it because me and Lunchbox went under. Way under. And then Amy went over.

[Bobby Bones]

Can I get some free points for that? Can I get some?

[Eddie]

So are we going to help Ray or.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I'm not going to the mall and walking around with him to buy stuff.

[Eddie]

No, to me it just seems like a pain. Like, all right, Ray, pay for this and then I got to go to the ATM and give him cash.

[Bobby Bones]

It does seem like a pain. But. But friendship is pain sometimes.

[Eddie]

Sure.

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[Eddie]

Whenever, Whenever. I think like, this is a no brainer. You know how, like there have been videos, I've been seeing lots of videos of like people just losing it at the store or they're at Starbucks and they're just like, this is not my drink. So I think if Lunchbox goes into one of these stores and just starts complaining, maybe throws the drink all over the counter, something like that.

[Morgan]

I've seen it flying. Maybe like on a plane.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, for sure he'll go viral on an airplane.

[Eddie]

Dude, it's a no.

[Bobby Bones]

He'll also go to jail on an airplane.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's true.

[Bobby Bones]

This. He probably won't if he's just upset.

[Eddie]

And I think you have to be careful. You can't like throw the drink on a person. Yeah. But if you do it on the counter and be like, I'm out of here. Kick it on the way out and then get out of dodge.

[Bobby Bones]

But the question is, are you counting on somebody else to record it?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like you have to be so out of control that somebody random records you and then they have to post it on an account that gets seen. Or can you have somebody record it and then you post it on your own account? Because I see bands that do this, they'll play. And because we don't really look if we're just doing for you page on TikTok, we don't really look at who the person is. We just watch the video. And sometimes I might look down and see who it is. But if it's for you, we don't even know the people. We don't care. Just entertain us. And so you'll see the letters pop up on the screen in the description. We sat for an hour and this band sucked. And it's the band posting it of themselves and they don't suck. But you're watching it and you're like, oh. Oh. They're actually pretty good. But it's drawn you to watch. So Lunchbox could post on his own account and be like, this dude went crazy at Starbucks. Luckily I recorded it and then it's him going, oh, and it's on his own account. People won't even look and see who it is. I'll just like it.

[Eddie]

So could that, that could be the backup. Because what if like somebody just happens to record his meltdown and then it.

[Bobby Bones]

Goes really viral, but then you're depending on other people too much there.

[Eddie]

But, but if it doesn't happen within a week, then you can post yours.

[Bobby Bones]

Lunchbox thoughts?

[Lunchbox]

I think if I don't know. I don't know if that's really beneficial to.

[Eddie]

What? You want to go viral. I don't understand.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you want to.

[Morgan]

On his own account.

[Bobby Bones]

But he's not going to go viral on his own account. His most viral videos of Peyton Manning just stepping off a bus. Oh, it's about.

[Eddie]

It's about being viral on your account, not just going viral.

[Lunchbox]

Well, no, no, no. I'm just saying, like, is that a bad viral? Like, where it's going to get a lot of backlash?

[Morgan]

Yeah, but bad is not always.

[Lunchbox]

Not always good. No, that's not true.

[Morgan]

Any viral is good viral.

[Bobby Bones]

You care about backlash all of a sudden.

[Lunchbox]

Well, no. Like, you get canceled from your job, you get canceled.

[Eddie]

No, no, we're not gonna cancel you. We know it's a bit.

[Morgan]

Teachers suck.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you're not gonna get canceled.

[Lunchbox]

We're literally teachers.

[Bobby Bones]

We're talking about it right now.

[Eddie]

Like, do you have a job somewhere that you're worried about?

[Lunchbox]

Well, I mean, you always gotta worry about your job, Eddie.

[Eddie]

No, I'm talking about. You obviously wouldn't get fired from this job. We're talking about this and you're gonna do it. So you're good.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, let's do it.

[Bobby Bones]

No, not let's. We're not gonna be there. You do it.

[Morgan]

No, I'm not gonna be anywhere near.

[Lunchbox]

Why be there?

[Bobby Bones]

Because it's not. We're not going viral. We're not making any money. It's not our social media. Why would we be there? He's giving you a tip as to.

[Lunchbox]

Well, I need someone to film it.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you can just put your phone up and prop it up. Otherwise it look.

[Lunchbox]

And then when I get hauled off in cuffs.

[Bobby Bones]

Why are you going to go so hard till the cops get there? You don't keep going for like 12 minutes.

[Morgan]

Also, how awkward if people see him setting up.

[Eddie]

He's got a little tripod.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you do it on, like, you know, like a little table back there. You don't. You don't really tripod it up.

[Morgan]

I always wonder what influence dancers are doing sometimes. Whenever. Like, what that's like when. Because they have footage of them, like at the grocery store doing things, but, like, the phone is, like, propped up. Do they just go set it up and then go do whatever they're.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Like, do they. Did they feel awkward doing that or they don't care?

[Bobby Bones]

Both, probably at first. Awkward, then you don't care. I've seen videos like the band one where people are recording somebody doing, like, a dance, and it's from, like, a side angle, and they're dancing hard in front of their camera to do it. And they're like, look at this idiot. And it turns out it's just another video from them on their account. So they know, like, they're aware of what people see and how weird it looks while they're doing it, and they're just using that to their advantage. I think for Lunchbox to go viral doing one of those. If he goes. I think the. I don't want to give him all the. Because I know. What do you got? It'd be an easy way for someone to go viral that, like, can't dance. If you have people hold the. Hold the phone for you. Be like, hey, would you hold this? I'm doing this TikTok dance. I'm like, all right. And they hold the phone, and then you do. You play the music to the phone. You're doing the. Trying to do the dance, and you get their reaction. This guy kind of sucks. Here's your fun. Like, that's funny.

[Eddie]

It's kind of funny.

[Lunchbox]

Okay. I like both of them.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I really want you to go in and destroy the Starbucks then, dude.

[Eddie]

You don't have to stick around for the cops.

[Bobby Bones]

No, when I get handcuffs. Yeah, you don't go for 12 minutes.

[Lunchbox]

But then they hunt you down. Because the video, like, we always talk about boneheads posted online. That's how they get busted.

[Bobby Bones]

If you don't assault anybody.

[Eddie]

Yeah. You can't just don't touch anyone.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't break anything. Just.

[Eddie]

If you're going to pour the drink, pour it on. Just crash on.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I don't think you pour or just yell, dude, pour it on yourself. Yeah, pour it on yourself.

[Eddie]

There we go.

[Bobby Bones]

You think this is hot enough? Watch this. Pour it over your head.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, man, that would. That would be bad. I mean, hey, what would you complain about?

[Morgan]

Either sacrifice.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, no. I think you're missing the point. They give you, like, a cold, and you go, I ordered hot. You think this is hot? Look, it doesn't burn me.

[Eddie]

It's not hot.

[Bobby Bones]

You dump it on your head.

[Eddie]

You spelled my name wrong. They do. They do complain about that one.

[Bobby Bones]

I said my name is Ran. You're way wrong.

[Lunchbox]

Not bad.

[Bobby Bones]

Anyway, I watch those videos that he. When people crash out. Yeah, dude, the people that crash out at the airports, for the most part don't get arrested. If they go really hard and they, like, hit the person or something, they get arrested. But most times they're just like, calm down.

[Eddie]

I Think you're free to have a meltdown somewhere?

[Bobby Bones]

There's no rule. Let me check the law. 1, 2, 3. Nope. No rules against meltdowns. No laws.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I definitely won't do it at an airport. Airport's not gonna happen.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's not. That's.

[Lunchbox]

That's not gonna. That's bad.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you don't end up on, like, a no fly list.

[Lunchbox]

That'd be terrible. Man. That would ruin my.

[Bobby Bones]

There was this story, and this is. This influencer goes into a bar and, like, didn't tip and was like, instead of tipping, I'm going to actually just give you a shout out on, like, the.

[Morgan]

That's so lame.

[Eddie]

Social media.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a. It's exactly what it is. So diner is the person's name. Just one word. Diner is a country singer and also bartending. And on TikTok, it's a girl, she shared the story about how a customer came in and said, man, your service was so amazing. But then they want a tip. They just want to give them a shout out clip.

[Announcer]

I'm a bartender in West Hollywood, and last night these two girls came in and they stiffed. They had no tip on the handheld. And she walks up to the bar and she goes, you are so amazing tonight. I have 4 million followers on Instagram. What is your at? So I can give you some notoriety. And my coworker is, like 40 years old, does not care about, and neither do I. So we both kind of, like, laugh. We both just go. And she goes, you know what? At least I don't have to work at a bar to pay my rent.

[Morgan]

Insufferable.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's a bad person. And not even about the tipping, just a comment. Like, the tipping thing's awkward and weird and probably you should give them some money because that's their job and you just used. They gave you service, and that's how it works. But the. Hey, at least I don't have to work at a bar to pay my rent. Sounds like somebody who grew up with a lot of privilege and doesn't understand what it's like to have to work to pay for stuff. Well, she would have said who it was.

[Morgan]

That's so weird.

[Bobby Bones]

That girl's name is Local Diner Girl. We won't tip her, but we'll give her some notoriety.

[Morgan]

Yeah, Local Diner girl. Well, someone with 4 million followers.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that kind of sucks, Bones. According to researchers, to improve your memory, uncross your arms and legs entirely.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that'll work for a minute, but then I just subconsciously cross them back.

[Bobby Bones]

Then you forget that's what it is. And you cross them back. Yeah, it's affecting how you remember things. Body language. Researchers found that a group of volunteers attending a lecture that sat with unfolded arms and legs remembered 38% more. I need a bigger sample size than this.

[Morgan]

I know why. Because they're open to receiving.

[Eddie]

Oh, you need to make your arms like that.

[Morgan]

Did they sit their palms up so they can receive?

[Bobby Bones]

I think that's the hula Hula study group.

[Eddie]

So it's while you're taking in information.

[Bobby Bones]

Not just the group that attended the same lecture and sat with folded arms and legs remembered significantly less information. I don't think it's about embracing the spirit, as Amy's saying, like welcoming. I think there's probably some physical. There's something physical happening is what this is saying. Yeah, I'm not saying it. This is saying it. The key to retention when it comes to your memory is not having your body physically closed off. Because if you physically relax, you are able to basically go to the next level and try to understand what's happening. If you're not. And you're tight, you're so.

[Raymundo]

You're.

[Bobby Bones]

Even if you're not doing it with your brain, you're. You're so focused on that. Like, if you're not doing consciously. Yeah, your body's so focused on that.

[Morgan]

I get it.

[Bobby Bones]

But I like what you're saying, though, but I think that's a different study.

[Morgan]

Well, I say body language is everything. Even with people like you, you're. You're more welcoming when you're open, armed.

[Bobby Bones]

I agree with all you're saying. I think this is different because it's a physical manifestation that's happened. It's a physical thing more than it is a spiritual.

[Morgan]

Oh, I'm not saying spiritual at all. I know it sounds that way, but no, church.

[Eddie]

You know, I get in, like a receiving position. Yeah, that sounds weird. That's not what they say.

[Bobby Bones]

Church. Spiritual.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

One of the most interesting gifts of 2025 is called a lotus. It's basically a ring that goes on your finger. It lets you turn on or off the light switch or the TV just by pointing at it. Press a button on the rechargeable ring and an infrared signal triggers specialized covers that flip switches without any rewiring apps or the need to get up. It's like a universal remote you can wear for your TVs and lights the ring. And three light switch covers cost 399. That's from time back in the day, you're not going to know this unless you're 35 or up. When that clapper came out, that was legit. Like our grandparents. I never had one because I wanted it. It was older. I was a kid. When you could hit clap twice to make a light go on and off. Clap on, clap, clap, clap off, clap, clap. The clapper. It was amazing. That's what this is. Although I'd be afraid I would just be, like, pointing at stuff. And things are firing off, like TVs on, lights, microwave. Everything's happening now. Overwhelmed by everything. Had to buy a new Oura ring.

[Eddie]

What happened to the other one?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I'm still wearing it. I live by. I think it's great just for sleep. I have trouble sleeping. If they up, I don't know. This is true. But remember when Apple got in all the trouble because all the phones would slow down? It turns out there was a class action lawsuit against them because they were purposefully slowing down old phones so you'd buy a new one. I feel like when they do it, get a new Oura ring. This one starts slowing down, I have to charge it, like, every day now. It just could be a bad ring. But I love it.

[Morgan]

You got a lemon?

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe. But I do love the ring. And so I ordered another one.

[Eddie]

Why are you buying stuff during Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

For yourself when no one's gonna buy this for me? Because I do know. Because you would never think to buy this for me because I wear one. You don't know that I need it.

[Eddie]

I thought about it.

[Morgan]

Unless you say, like, oh, my oura ring's been acting up. I might need a new one.

[Eddie]

I said, well, I wonder if Bobby want an Oura ring. But he already has one.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. So I. I bought Eddie a flamethrower yesterday for Christmas.

[Morgan]

Do you already give it to him?

[Public Investing Announcer]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah. Today I'm buying the tanks for it.

[Bobby Bones]

I bought on the wrong tank. So it's like I gave him. It's like I gave him a Game Boy but the wrong batteries because I bought tanks to the side.

[Eddie]

And then it's legit. Amy.

[Morgan]

So where are you throwing?

[Bobby Bones]

He wanted to do it in here. Yeah, I wanted to let me. He was getting the tanks out. I was like, I don't think it's a good idea to do it in here. And he's like, no, it'll be okay. And luckily, the tanks didn't go.

[Eddie]

Once I get the tanks, you want me to bring it back?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I think you should just do a video at home.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And send it over.

[Lunchbox]

Dude, your kids are going to burn.

[Eddie]

No, they're going to love it.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not this big, so it's not.

[Lunchbox]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not like an army flamethrower, but it's definitely one that. It's like, oh, bottom. A Tick Tock shop saw videos. Like, Eddie would love this. Mostly. I thought, Eddie's kids will love to watch Eddie.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. They're not.

[Eddie]

They're not gonna do it. They're gonna watch me do it.

[Lunchbox]

Wait till you're not home.

[Eddie]

No, I will hide.

[Morgan]

Lock it up.

[Eddie]

I have hiding spots.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you guys go to TikTok for money advice ever?

[Eddie]

No, it just pops up, dude. And I. I watch the whole video, for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

You do? Yes. But do you ever do anything based on what they teach you or tell you?

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

It's called Fin Talk. It's like finance Tick Tock.

[Eddie]

No, I just take in the information and maybe, like, someday I'll incorporate into that. My. Into my money world.

[Bobby Bones]

You take it in.

[Eddie]

Yeah. So, yeah.

[Guest]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

To incorporate it later. But do you memorize it?

[Eddie]

Yeah. Like, remember I talked to you guys about the. The car. The guy that. That buys cars. He doesn't. He buys cars cash. And the way he did it was by buying a junker at first, paid cash for it, and then every month after that, he would save 500. $500.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that Fin Talk, though, or just a compelling video series?

[Eddie]

That's Fin Talk.

[Bobby Bones]

It is.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't know if this is considered that, because the Fin Talk that I see, I don't call it FIN Talk is them actually talking about money, like how to save money, where to invest money, things like that. And some of the stuff on TikTok. Just because on TikTok doesn't mean it's true.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I mean, there's a girl I follow. She's on. I'm sure she's on Tick Tock, too, but she pops up on my Instagram. But I've told y' all about her before. She's. Her handle's like your rich bff and she's a former Wall street girly girl who now breaks everything down for you.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that her saying that you like, back to us?

[Morgan]

Because on every video, she's like, hey, it's your rich bff, your former Wall street girly girl ready to help you, you know, save and earn more money. And she gives like, she breaks it down in layman's terms and gives you practical tips and tricks and advice.

[Bobby Bones]

Nearly 60% of users tried Money saving trends like low budget living, girl math, and no spend. September Millennials and Gen X sold the biggest payoff, saving around $432.

[Morgan]

I don't feel like girl math saves you money. Girl math saves you.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't either. Girl math is like an experience.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Girl math, that's like you buy, like you buy something and you take it back. Look at all this money I made.

[Morgan]

Or you're like, you weren't going to buy it at all, but since it's 20% off, you're totally getting it. It's like, but wait, you weren't going to spend any money.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

When do you guys take down your decorations?

[Eddie]

February.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah. You wait a bit.

[Eddie]

We wait a little bit. And that's mostly just because we're tired from the holidays.

[Bobby Bones]

Have you put everything up?

[Eddie]

Everything's up. I did the outside the other day.

[Bobby Bones]

This close to Christmas.

[Eddie]

Yeah. And my wife's like, if we don't do it now, it's never gonna go.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Because it'll literally be Christmas.

[Lunchbox]

Right.

[Eddie]

So. And sand and big Santa's up.

[Bobby Bones]

All of it's up if you're still putting up holiday decorations or even when you take them down. According to Consumer Product safety commission, nearly 160people are injured every single day while putting them up or after Christmas by taking them down.

[Eddie]

I've stopped doing the ladder thing. Like the kids were like, oh, let's put it along the roof. And I'm like, no, I'm not doing that anymore. Like I'm just gonna put it around the doorways.

[Bobby Bones]

All of Eddie's directions are 6 foot or lower, I guess. Maybe if you reached up maybe like 7 foot or lower.

[Eddie]

What I did was I lined up the sidewalk, you know, like the, the, the walk to the driveway and then did that. Just anything low to the ground was safer. I felt like.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you guys see the story about the man who tried to save his neighbor in the fire, but now he's being charged as killing the guy?

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Raymundo]

Her.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a woman. He and her was an older lady or something. Yeah, I think it's he and her, right?

[Morgan]

Yeah, it's a her that he tried to save.

[Bobby Bones]

So he was getting all the credit at first, but it turns out he started the fire.

[Morgan]

Oh my.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so I'm going to read you some of this. The story's been out a few days now, but a 70 year old new Jersey man, once praised for trying to rescue his neighbor from a house fire has been charged with first degree murder, felony murder burglary and aggravated arson in connection with the July 25th fire in Fanwood that killed 82 year old Virginia Cranwell. Initially hailed as a hero after suffering burns while entering the burning home, he later became a suspect following investigation that determined that her death was a homicide. He, a corrections officer, retired and her neighbor for 30 years maintains his innocence. He's being held in Middlesex County Jail as the investigation continues. I don't know what happened, but that's a weird story.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And he's still like, I didn't do it. But what if he didn't do it? I don't know enough about it to have a real opinion based on the story was so wild that I pulled it. I think Morgan sent it to me.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I prepped it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. But I just feel like everybody now is being framed. All right, we are done with today's podcast. Hopefully we'll have one for you tomorrow. Thank you guys for listening to the podcast. If we don't have one for you tomorrow, that's on us. But I think we're gonna have one for you tomorrow, even if it's a little shorter. We're trying to get as much new content up for you guys, even though everybody's breaking. So have a great rest of the week, possibly. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye, everybody. This episode of the Bobby Bones show is brought to you by Chase Sapphire Reserve. Traveling is one of life's greatest joys. Honestly, can anything be more exhilarating? Yeah, it can. With Chase Sapphire Reserve, it's your getaway to the world's most captivating destinations. First, you'll earn eight times points on all purchases through Chase Travel. And the card gets you into the Sapphire Lounge by the club at select airports nationwide and access to one of a kind experiences. Whether you are booking a once in a lifetime trip or your next weekend escape, discover more with Chase Sapphire [e-mail] SapphireReserve cards issued by JP Morgan Chase Bank NA member FDIC subject to credit approval terms apply.

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