MON PT 1: Bobby's Medical Update And Lunchbox's New Symptom + Bobby On Tragic Events From The Weekend + Listener's Fiancé Wants To Have "Best Woman" In Wedding

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show – December 15, 2025 Episode: MON PT 1: Bobby’s Medical Update And Lunchbox’s New Symptom + Bobby On Tragic Events From The Weekend + Listener’s Fiancé Wants To Have "Best Woman" In Wedding

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Main Theme & Episode Overview

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show blends medical updates from the cast, open discussion on recent tragic events, listener dilemmas about relationships, office holiday drama, and the usual dose of comedy and call-ins. Bobby shares personal and medical updates, the team debates workplace treats and relationship boundaries, and they field pressing listener questions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reaction to Recent Tragic Events

(Starts ~04:02)

• Bobby opens with coverage of two major weekend tragedies:
  • A shooting at Brown University: 2 students dead, 9 injured, and confusion over a wrongly held suspect despite an area with 500 cameras.
  • The murder of director Rob Reiner and his wife, allegedly by their son.
  • Mass shooting at Bondi Beach, Australia during Hanukkah, with 16 people killed.
• Emotional and philosophical response:
  • Bobby reflects, "Man, screw everybody, people suck. Not everybody, but that's how I feel though, when I watch the news like this. It's like, screw everybody, people suck. You have to convince me now somebody's got to do some really good stuff to convince me people are good again." (07:11)
  • 75 school shootings this year alone—Bobby and the crew discuss the numbing effect of continuous news like this.

2. Holiday Treat Drama in the Studio

(Starts ~08:18)

• Morgan brings in homemade holiday treats—individual boxes for some (those with allergies/special diets) and a big tray for the rest.
• Lunchbox complains about only getting the shared tray, feeling slighted.
• Amy puts him in his place, "Do you ever bring anything in for anybody?" (09:39)
• Amusing back-and-forth about office gift etiquette, with Bobby as peacemaker.

3. Listener Dilemma: “Best Woman” in the Wedding Party

(11:00 – 15:15)

• Listener email: Bride-to-be is uncomfortable with her fiancé wanting his female best friend as “Best Woman.”
• Bobby’s perspective:
  • "I think if it makes you uncomfortable, you don't. You don't have it at your wedding, period." (12:14)
  • He argues that it's the couple’s day; no one should have to be uncomfortable.
• Amy raises trust as the core issue: "The root of it, though, is she doesn't trust who she's marrying."
• Ultimately, Bobby advises: "Get a new husband. I wouldn't have this if I were you... you don't deserve that on your wedding day." (15:08)

4. Parenting, Cursing, and Voicemails

(15:45 – 18:42)

• A listener asks if eight-year-olds should be allowed to “curse” when hurt.
  • Amy: Not in her house; worries about school and others’ homes.
  • Eddie confesses he only recently accidentally cursed in front of his son.
• Other voicemails cover:
  • Suggestions for the show's parody of “12 Days of Christmas.”
  • Listener shoutouts.
  • A fun segment where the team pokes fun at each other’s names and tries voices.

5. Medical Update Segment: Medical Minute

(28:13 – 38:13)

• Bobby, Lunchbox, and Scuba Steve share their ongoing health struggles.
  • Bobby’s Ankle: He’s almost healed; jokes about dunking again.
  • Lunchbox’s Stomach & Testicle Pain:
    • Chronic pain for months; multiple doctors and inconclusive tests.
    • Latest symptom: Pain radiating to his left testicle.
    • Bobby and crew (with much humor) suggest a urologist, discuss possible pinched nerve or kidney stones.
    • Lunchbox insists, “Impossible” for him to have kidney stones due to his water intake (debated by Amy and Scuba Steve).
    • Notable exchange:
      • Bobby: “Can we set the record for the most times we've said the word testicle in a segment?” (33:30)
      • Lunchbox: “I'm just telling you where it hurts.” (33:08)
  • Scuba Steve’s Tumor/Hernia:
    • Misdiagnosed tumor; confirmed it’s just a hernia after seeing a specialist.
    • Now allowed to resume regular activity, much to the group’s relief.

6. Funny Dating Debate: Measuring Height on Dates

(17:23, resumes at 38:17)

• Viral story of a woman bringing a tape measure to first dates to check if men are honest about their height.
  • Lunchbox at first is appalled but changes tune if the woman is attractive: "Measure me... just girly things." (41:48)
  • Hilarious reflections on dating profiles and double standards.

7. Heated Teacher Job Debate with a Caller

(45:55 – 51:05)

• Holly, a teacher from New York, calls in to confront Lunchbox about his repeated claims that teaching is an “easy job.”
  • Holly: “He hasn't got a clue... most teachers work during the summer at a different job because our pay was so low.”
  • Lunchbox: Unmoved, retorts that it's about picking your school and teachers don’t have to have a master’s degree (disputed by Holly, who says it’s required in many states).
• Bobby sides with Holly: "I do not think it is a... very thankless job. It's a very important and thankless job where good teachers have to work a lot. They don't get paid enough."
• Holly ends emotionally, sharing her loss and how the show helps her.

8. Good News Segments & Regular Bits

• Tell Me Something Good: (26:12, 51:13)
  • Stories of first graders saving their teacher’s life and a truck driver awarded for 5 million accident-free miles.
• The Morning Corny: (52:50)
  • Q: Why couldn't the elf pay his rent?
    A: He came up a little short.
• Bonehead Story of the Day: (53:06)
  • Woman jailed for TikTok videos urinating on supermarket food items. “That entertainer doesn’t live long.” – Bobby

9. Touching Discussion: Losing a Pet (54:13 – 57:13)

• Bobby and Amy share emotional stories of losing their dogs and what that grief means.
  • “I am so happy I get to be that sad because that animal brought me such fulfilled your life.” – Bobby (56:59)
  • They reflect on how pets shape adult lives and why grief is a sign of deep love.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "Man, screw everybody, people suck. Not everybody, but that's how I feel though, when I watch the news like this." – Bobby, (07:11)
• "I think if it makes you uncomfortable, you don't have it at your wedding, period." – Bobby, (12:14)
• “Can we set the record for the most times we've said the word testicle in a segment?” – Bobby, (33:30)
• “I am so happy I get to be that sad because that animal... fulfilled your life.” – Bobby, (56:59)
• Holly, teacher: “If I had to do it all over again... I would never ever have become a teacher.” (50:41)

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Timestamps for Core Segments

• Tragic news & reflection: 04:02 – 08:18
• Holiday treats and office drama: 08:30 – 10:58
• Wedding ‘Best Woman’ dilemma: 11:00 – 15:15
• Parenting/cursing/voicemails: 15:45 – 18:42
• Medical Minute (Bobby/Lunchbox/Scuba Steve): 28:13 – 38:13
• Measuring height on dates: 38:17 – 42:45
• Teacher call-in argument: 45:55 – 51:05
• Good news & regular show bits: 26:12, 51:13, 52:50, 53:06
• Emotional pet loss discussion: 54:13 – 57:13

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Overall Tone:
Conversational, irreverent, sometimes deeply emotional. Bobby anchors with earnestness, interviews and debates mix levity with sincerity, and Lunchbox is reliably provocative for both humor and friction.

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Summary in a Nutshell

This episode covers the sad reality of ongoing violence, the highs and lows of work and personal relationships—both on and off-air—and the real (and often hilarious) struggles of health and adulthood. The show mixes difficult conversations, comic relief, and honest reflections, all capturing the spirit and camaraderie that keeps fans tuning in.

Transcript

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[Lunchbox]

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[Bobby Bones]

Here we go.

[Amy]

Transmitting across America.

[Bobby Bones]

Hope you had a great weekend. Welcome to Monday show Morning Studio Morning couple sad and also bizarre stories. So there was an awful shooting at Brown University over the weekend. Two students died, nine others were injured. They can't find the shooter they arrested or they had a person of interest, they put his picture all over the Internet. Then they let him go and they're like, yeah, not him.

[Amy]

Yeah, things are going in a different direction now. And I'm like, well, gosh, they're like.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw there were I think 500 cameras, almost 500 cameras in all that area.

[Holly]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Like this is a surveillance state we live in. And they can't get the guy and they got the wrong guy. And was it the wrong guy? Was it actually the right guy? But I don't think it was the right guy if they let him go. And that shouldn't be the dominating headline. Over nine people were shot, two students dead, nine others were injured. 75 school shootings so far this year. Isn't that crazy? That is. And the fact they can't find the guy, they grabbed the wrong guy. And the fact they threw this picture, the wrong guy's picture up, if it was the wrong guy's picture, I can see him in my head right now. So the last time we checked, which was about 30 minutes ago, they had not found the guy. So if anybody does a quick search and they have found the guy, let me know. It's just bizarre. They can't find the guy, especially with the world we live in now. The other story was, and I saw this as I was going to bed last night, just the beginning part of it. They were like, two people are dead at Rob Reiner's house. And they didn't say yet that it was him and his wife, which I fell asleep. So I woke up this morning and I saw that was the case.

[Eddie]

The way it was written was weird. It said that he owned the house.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it was again one. Then they started going, well, the ages of the People, though, do match the ages of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle. So Rob Reiner directed Stand By Me, Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, a ton.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So they were stabbed to death in their home yesterday and sources say they were murdered by their 32 year old son, Nick. Now, Rob and his son Nick did a movie together, I don't know, 10 years or so ago about Nick's addiction problems. And I don't know that this has anything to do with that. Rob was 78. His wife was 70. According to this. I've seen differences on their ages, but I woke up with all the. That's bizarre. With all the information that it was him and it's possibly their son.

[Amy]

Yeah. The daughter, I believe, found them and said to the police, allegedly gave her brother as a suspect, saying he could.

[Bobby Bones]

Be dangerous with a knife.

[Lunchbox]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

Wasn't it?

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Or there was also the thing in Australia, which I didn't have my notes here on it, but at Bonnie beach, the beach where the guy goes up, there are two guys, I believe, and they're shooting on the first day of Hanukkah and they're shoot and you see the dude go up and tackle the front shooter. And the craziest part, because he goes up from behind and grabs the shooter from back, pulls him down, takes the gun from him. But the second shooter is behind the first shooter and can see this happening. It was a crazy weekend, sad weekend. 16 were killed on that Bondi beach in Australia. Man, screw everybody, people suck. Not everybody, but that's how I feel though, when I watch the news like this. It's like, screw everybody, people suck. You have to convince me now somebody's got to do some really good stuff to convince me people are good again because it's. That's a.

[Eddie]

That is.

[Bobby Bones]

That's terrible. The fact there have been 75 school shootings this year. How about that? Tell me that ain't terrible. Tell me that ain't the worst freaking thing you could possibly hear.

[Eddie]

Sad part is I can't remember like 45.

[Bobby Bones]

That's even worse because we've become desensitized to it.

[Amy]

Well, and 75 is a lot to recall. Yeah. Like it.

[Bobby Bones]

What? Yeah, there have been. That's just school shootings. 391 mass shootings. So that's literally just school shootings. More than one per state. That's one and a half per state, if my math is correct. 75, because that'd be 50 and then 25, which is half of that one. And a half per state. That's quick math.

[Eddie]

That's real quick math.

[Bobby Bones]

That's. Well, it's pretty simple. No, it's not that amazing. Pretty simple. I will do something a bit positive here. I saw Morgan walked in and gave everybody treats. Did you make these, Morgan?

[Amy]

I sure did. Yours is all dairy free and it's yummy. You got chocolates in there and I.

[Bobby Bones]

Have dairy free chocolate.

[Amy]

Yep, I made them. And brownies and rice in a Rice Krispie treat.

[Lunchbox]

Wait.

[Amy]

Oh, that's legit.

[Lunchbox]

She only gave me you and Amy.

[Eddie]

Now there's a big tray for us.

[Amy]

Huge tray out there that I brought for everybody.

[Rob Gronkowski]

We're.

[Lunchbox]

They got individual boxes and we. We got.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you angry? Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

This is two years in a row.

[Eddie]

She'S done this season.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan, would you like.

[Lunchbox]

Why did we get this? We got the leftovers.

[Amy]

It's not leftovers. I spent all weekend baking so you guys could have a plate because you complained last year and they both deserved them. Amy brings presents for everybody all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

Lunchbox is fired up. Right.

[Amy]

Has things that he has to do. I brought some for Mike also because he's vegan and that's where the separation is. All the rest of you guys don't have allergies.

[Bobby Bones]

She didn't do anything.

[Lunchbox]

Amy has no allergies.

[Bobby Bones]

She didn't do anything to take away from you.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Everybody take a breath. She did nothing to take away from you. But you're mad. She just brought.

[Lunchbox]

Absolutely.

[Bobby Bones]

But she presented to everybody at the same time. She goes, yours are out there.

[Lunchbox]

You guys can go to the buffet. I'm going to give them their own individual meal.

[Amy]

Do you know how much work it is? Do you ever bring anything in for anybody?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Amy]

When?

[Lunchbox]

No, no. I brought some cookies to the break room.

[Amy]

One that you bought from Kroger. You've never baked in your life.

[Bobby Bones]

And those cookies were for something else. And you just.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, they were left over for my kid's birthday.

[Bobby Bones]

Right, right, right, right.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

They were just at the house. So you just brought it. She made these.

[Lunchbox]

But she asked did I ever bring anything. So there is facts that I did. So there's a point for me. But I'm just saying, two years in a row. She knows that, like, wow.

[Amy]

And I'm still going to keep doing it because I would like to give one to Bobby and Amy. I'd like to give one to everyone. I brought a whole plate. You didn't even go out there and look at it?

[Lunchbox]

No, I saw it. I saw the plate. And I'm like, oh, here are the leftovers that didn't fit in the box.

[Bobby Bones]

And guess what?

[Amy]

You get none.

[Bobby Bones]

They're all leftover. They're the new presentation.

[Eddie]

Those are nice.

[Bobby Bones]

I have an allergy. Mike's a vegan. Amy's awesome.

[Lunchbox]

That's it. You guys all else suck. You don't deserve a box.

[Amy]

So you wanted to change the vibe.

[Lunchbox]

You know what?

[Bobby Bones]

Everybody else gets them.

[Amy]

Yeah. So, you know, like, we. We. We have all the emotions happening any given moment.

[Bobby Bones]

Hello, Bobby Bones. My fiance recently told me that they want their best friend, who happens to be the opposite sex, to be their best woman in our wedding. Or best person, if that makes me more comfortable. She's been his friend for years, and I truly believe nothing has ever happened between them. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't uncomfortable. They talk all the time, have inside jokes I'm not a part of. And honestly, she knows details about my fiance that I'm pretty sure I don't even know yet. I don't want to be the insecure partner who says no, but it feels weird having another woman standing right next to my fiance at the altar, like they're the second most important person in the relationship. So am I wrong to feel this way? Should I push through the discomfort because friendships matter, or is it fair to ask for some boundaries on a day that's supposed to be about us? Sign trying not to be the jealous one. Man. You can tell she's bothered by it by the way that she says they have inside jokes I'm not a part of, and she knows details that I'm pretty sure I don't even know yet.

[Amy]

Yeah, so I was just thinking that she probably feel the same way, but just minus the jealousy part. Because with a best man, there's inside jokes, there's details that you know, but you're just not bothered by it because it's a guy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah, because I would think even though she believes him, she doesn't all the way believe him, or you wouldn't be bothered by that. That they haven't ever done anything. I would think there's a morsel of wonder if anything's ever really happened. I also think you're not wrong for feeling anyway. Like, feelings aren't wrong. Like, how they come out. I mean, you can make wrong decisions there. But I think if it makes you uncomfortable, you don't. You don't have it at your wedding, period. Like, why would you have something at your wedding that makes you uncomfortable?

[Amy]

Well, this is his best friend.

[Eddie]

Could this be a deal breaker? Like, if he. If she tells him, like.

[Bobby Bones]

But who's more important? Him and the best friend are him and the. And the bride.

[Amy]

Him and her. But, I mean, I think there has to be a level of understanding like that. What's the issue is you don't trust me.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And you know what? That's not going to go away in three months. The answer is no. She can't be standing there as the best woman, because regardless, you don't deserve, for any reason, fair or unfair, to be uncomfortable at your own wedding. Regardless, it doesn't matter if you're right or wrong. You don't deserve to pay all this money to have this whole big day and you still feel uncomfortable while you're up there.

[Amy]

The root of it, though, is she doesn't trust who she's marrying. Okay, well, that's the bigger issue.

[Bobby Bones]

But that's not what she's asking. She's asking, can I say no to this? And you can say no to this.

[Amy]

I guess that would be my encouragement is to like.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, that's what I was saying. She doesn't trust him. That's why I was saying when she's like, she doesn't know details, like there's a morsel in her, and maybe it's. She doesn't trust him. Maybe she. She doesn't. I don't know.

[Amy]

Yeah, it's. It's hard. I had. I had. I had men on my side.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but your.

[Bobby Bones]

Your main person wasn't, though.

[Amy]

Yeah, my main person was my sister. She was my. Yeah. Matron of honor. And then I had three. What did we call them? Bridesmen.

[Bobby Bones]

And three makes it easier than one.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But also, it's not your main person.

[Amy]

Part of our high school clique standing.

[Bobby Bones]

Right up next to you. That's. That's way different.

[Amy]

Yeah. I mean, it could. It's fair to ask. Have a conversation with him of, like, here's how I'm feeling. And I guess I'm curious, would you have similar thoughts if it was flipped and I had a man standing next to me that I had all these jokes with and he was representing, like, can you. Can you put yourself in my shoes? And hopefully he could and. And relate to that.

[Bobby Bones]

In the end, he has to cut her. Not the bride. He has to cut his. He's got to move her down a couple spots. I think she can still be in it, but. Yeah, she can't be the main, Best, best woman.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

If the wife is uncomfortable with that. Because that is not a day where you should have anything that makes you uncomfortable.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So you can have all the healthy talks. And there's just something that makes her think that he's not telling her the truth.

[Amy]

Right. Which that makes me think that's the bigger problem. Moving her down doesn't change that.

[Bobby Bones]

It does for the wedding.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And she may think this is not something to temporary to kill the whole relationship over because it may be her that has the issue. It's inside herself. It's maybe that she doesn't trust him. She has issues in her past that make her feel that way about other women and guys. So it may not even be about him. Yeah, but she doesn't deserve it. Yeah. Get a new husband. I would, I wouldn't have this if I were you. You can find the healthy way to get to it, but I wouldn't have it because you don't deserve that on your wedding day. That's what I would say. It's uncomfortable. He needs to understand. And if he doesn't understand that he is not prioritizing you. Yeah, that's what I say. It's uncomfortable. But I appreciate you emailing that some voicemails.

[Holly]

Number one, I have a friend of mine who lets their eight year old cuff. Like if he falls off his bike, he can go, oh, f, that hurt. But he couldn't say like, f you. I was wondering what the parents on the show thought about that. Eight years old can fake her for thoughts. Let me know.

[Amy]

Yeah, I get the difference between oh, that hurt and you. So that's. Those are some good parameters. However, I probably am not going to encourage that, at least in my house, just because at school that's not going to be allowed. At other people's homes that's likely going to be inappropriate or rude. And I just don't want them to do that, especially at that age. Like they can save it for when they're older.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you ever see the videos where a parent will put their phone on a record and they won't tell the kid and they'll go, hey, I'm going to walk out. You can say all the curse words you want and it's like a four or six year old and like it's the one time you can do it. They don't know they're being recorded. And as soon as the parent walks out, they shut the door. The kid's like, they know all the words. They're so funny.

[Eddie]

Yeah, those are really funny.

[Bobby Bones]

They're very funny. Eddie. You guys no, no, dude, no cursing.

[Eddie]

No, Absolutely not. Like, and. And that's, you know, like, we curse, but, like, not around them. Although I did. I never cursed in front of my 17 year old. And I took him to the Opry ever. Ever.

[Amy]

Not even on.

[Bobby Bones]

Ever.

[Amy]

Accident?

[Eddie]

No, no, no. And I took him to the Opry with me, and I was. Guy has to do one. Slipped out in the middle of it, and I saw his face go, oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Dad just said the idea of his dad crumbled.

[Eddie]

But you know what, though? He's never brought that up, like, at all. And that was, what, a month ago? A month ago.

[Bobby Bones]

You've never said a curse word in front of you?

[Eddie]

Never.

[Bobby Bones]

What about the other kids?

[Eddie]

No. Oh, no. Definitely not.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, next one. Ray.

[Holly]

Hey. I'm catching up on the podcast on a long road trip, and I have an idea for the 12 days of Christmas for lunchbox. His has to be five losing lotto tickets, and he'll just be so frustrated every time he has to say it, but I think it'll be hilarious. Love you guys. Bye.

[Bobby Bones]

We will take that into consideration. I considered it. I love it. We're in.

[Eddie]

It's funny.

[Bobby Bones]

That'll be Lunchbox's line when we perform the 12 Days of Christmas. Practice it.

[Lunchbox]

Five losing lottery tickets.

[Amy]

Nailed it.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd say lotto.

[Eddie]

Lotto ticket. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Five losing lotto. I don't know. They both work.

[Eddie]

Neither.

[Bobby Bones]

Neither works. So you can pick whichever one. So I'm wrong on that.

[Lunchbox]

Hold on. What did I say? Lottery. So let's try it. Five losing lotto tickets.

[Bobby Bones]

That also feels clunky. Pick whichever one you like best.

[Amy]

I like lottery.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I'll talk to myself.

[Bobby Bones]

Talk to yourself. Let me know what you come up with.

[Eddie]

Circle back.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Circle back with yourself and then circle back with me.

[Holly]

All right, next up, I listen to your show every single day on my way to and from school with my mom. I love the show, and I just wanted to ask if you could give a shout out to my mom, Darren Fitzgerald. She loves the podcast, listens to it almost every single day without fail. And I love my mom, so I think she deserves one. Thanks.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Darren Fitzgerald, shout out to you. Also never met a woman named Darren.

[Eddie]

No, I like it.

[Amy]

Me neither.

[Bobby Bones]

Have met many a man named Darren. Never met a woman named Darren.

[Amy]

I only know two male Darrens.

[Eddie]

Although the Darren kind of sounds like it could be.

[Bobby Bones]

I like it as a woman's name.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Just have never met a woman named Darren. Have never met a woman named Steve. That's a very male name. I would not think there's a woman named Steve, but I wouldn't have thought there was a. Oh, we know Stevie.

[Lunchbox]

Stevie.

[Bobby Bones]

Stevie's different, though.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Lunchbox]

If I met a girl named Darren, I'd be. I'm out.

[Eddie]

No, but listen to it, though. Karen. Darren, like, sounds like Marin. Marin.

[Lunchbox]

That's different. If I'm at a bar, she's like, hey, my name's Darren. I'm like, whoa.

[Bobby Bones]

But she's like, my name's Darren.

[Lunchbox]

That's what I.

[Amy]

Or she's like, hey, my name's Darren.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't mind Darren. I think Darren's a cool name. I just have never heard it as a woman's name. Do it. Do a man's voice, like, as the best you possibly can. And I want you to say, I don't know. We'll say Steve. Hey, my name's Steve and I'm here to apply for a job today. Do the best man voice you could do. Go.

[Amy]

Hey, my name's Steve.

[Bobby Bones]

Why are you talking like that? It's not like banging in Batman.

[Amy]

Okay, how. How do you want me to go low or just sound like, like non smoker?

[Eddie]

Just low.

[Amy]

Yeah, he's like, just like low.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't have to like. Yeah, okay, I'm sorry.

[Amy]

What's my name again?

[Bobby Bones]

Steve.

[Amy]

Hi, my name is Steve.

[Eddie]

I'm out.

[Amy]

I kind of have to be a smoker if you want me to be a man.

[Bobby Bones]

Keep going, though. And I'm here to apply for a job today.

[Amy]

Hi, my name's Steve and I'm here to apply for a job today. Today.

[Bobby Bones]

Today.

[Amy]

Today.

[Eddie]

Okay, now I'm scared.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, now she sounds like she's asking for money.

[Amy]

Yeah, okay. Hi, my name's Steve. I'm here flying for a job.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you from Australia? Steve.

[Lunchbox]

I am a name. Steve.

[Amy]

Oh, that felt country to me. Hi, my name's Steve.

[Eddie]

Now you sound like Lunchbox.

[Amy]

I'm here to apply for a job.

[Bobby Bones]

Can you do a woman's voice?

[Eddie]

Me?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. Okay, I'm. Close my eyes.

[Eddie]

What's my name?

[Bobby Bones]

Darren. No, no, Mindy.

[Eddie]

Mindy?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Hi, my name is Mindy. Nice to meet you.

[Eddie]

I'm here to apply for a job.

[Bobby Bones]

Interesting.

[Eddie]

Sexy.

[Bobby Bones]

No. Can you do it?

[Lunchbox]

A woman?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, this is Mindy.

[Lunchbox]

I'm here to get a job.

[Eddie]

What do you got?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think I can do it.

[Eddie]

Come on, you can do it.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, my name is Mindy. I'm here to apply for a job.

[Eddie]

Ooh, that might be the best one.

[Lunchbox]

Hey, did you hear me?

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yours is not good. You sound like a dude trying to be a girl.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's do one more voicemail. Go ahead. All right, I have two questions. Morning, studio. Amy, what does your boyfriend think about you and your maybe love interest with Lunchbox and Lunchbox? If you were so famous, why does no one know what your real name is?

[Amy]

Amy, he hasn't said anything, so speak for him. Guess he's not aware of that. I don't think he would care, though. I don't think he's threatened, because there is. There is no.

[Bobby Bones]

What. What are y' all calling. He's not threatened. Like, he's not enough of a threat.

[Lunchbox]

There's no sexual tension over here. Guys. Like, you guys are just.

[Amy]

Nobody said anything about Amy.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what they're. There no threat about him at all.

[Amy]

Why did he bring sexual dinge?

[Lunchbox]

He said, I'd like. You have hidden love for me. Like, I don't know where they get that.

[Amy]

Yeah, definitely not a threat.

[Eddie]

If you took a picture of Lunchbox to your boyfriend, said, like, I'm in love with him, what do you think you would say?

[Lunchbox]

You'd be like, okay, well, I don't know.

[Amy]

We could ask him. I think it be fine. What was the next question?

[Eddie]

She starts laughing.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, go for it, Lunchbox. Yours is your. Nobody knows your last name. You're not that famous.

[Lunchbox]

I am super famous. I don't know what he's talking about. People know my name, like, just because he's a loser and doesn't know it. I don't care.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, there you go. Hey, thank you for the voicemails. Leave us a message anytime. 800. Wait, what is it? 8 7, 7, 7, Bobby. Yeah, we did St. Jude last week, so that number's burnt into my head. 877 77.

[Lunchbox]

Bobby Bones.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

Pressure is coming down.

[Lunchbox]

Trainer games on Prime Video January 8th. Watch the trailer on trainergames.com it's time.

[Bobby Bones]

For the good news with Bobby. Tell me something good. In Virginia, three first graders are being celebrated as real life heroes because they helped save their teacher's life. During a moment in the classroom, they got a little dicey. Now, their teacher, Madison Swift, was working with a student. She was eating at the same time and she started choking. She couldn't breathe. That's when her students Derek, Bryson, and Colton jumped in. Derek hit the classroom emergency call button and told the office what was happening. Bryson sprinted into the hallway to grab another teacher. And Colton stayed by the teacher's side, giving her back blows to try to dislodge the food. They're quick thinking brought hell fast. And the teacher says it saved their life. And so she let them choose all three individually. A prize from her classroom treasure box.

[Eddie]

It's like chocolate.

[Holly]

Yeah.

[Amy]

They all get an A.

[Eddie]

Like a slinky. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

They get to go and get a box of nerds. One of those small boxes of nerds that.

[Lunchbox]

You get it.

[Bobby Bones]

Trick or treat. WTVR with that story. When I read about the button that you push, is that the same thing as the call button that we had? It wasn't always an emergency button, but you'd go up and push it and you could talk to the office.

[Eddie]

Oh, I don't remember having that button.

[Amy]

They didn't have that in Texas.

[Lunchbox]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe our school had so many criminals we had to have that. Yeah. And they wouldn't do the announcements on a speaker.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, but the speaker was like in the office.

[Lunchbox]

The office had a speaker where they could hit the button and talk to all the classes.

[Bobby Bones]

But yeah, there was a speaker in every room.

[Eddie]

Right on the ceiling.

[Amy]

But I don't.

[Bobby Bones]

There wasn't a little button.

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Like I'm sending this person for insubordination. And they would call and tell them. No, that's often what it was. You call the office to tell them a kid got kicked out of class. So they would know in the next 45 seconds that kid would need to be in the office. So if he didn't show up, they have to go look for him. Yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

No, not at our school.

[Bobby Bones]

I guess we took a lot of gang members from other schools.

[Eddie]

Oh, really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we were. The school that you went to if you got kicked out of another school. Oh, that's why. That's why I'm so hard.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's.

[Eddie]

Of course, that's the reason.

[Bobby Bones]

Big shout out to these. These students for doing that. That's awesome. Glad she's okay. That's what it's all about.

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[Bobby Bones]

Tell me something good. Time for the medical Minute. Listeners are asking, what's happening with Scuba Steve's tumor? What's happening with Lunchbox's stomach? So everybody's been to the doctor with me. It's been surgery with my ankle. I've been going to foot rehab. They try to make me go to rehab, and I say, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

Because you want to get better.

[Bobby Bones]

But I'm back. I got. I was wearing a boot after I was on a scooter. Now I'm just in a brace. And so by January, I'm going to have 100% ankle.

[Eddie]

Let's go.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm going to be dunking again.

[Eddie]

Like, is that what they're telling you? You're going to be back to a hundo.

[Bobby Bones]

I said, can I dunk when I'm done? And they said, could you dunk before? I said, no. Then they said, no, you can't. But that's what's up, Lunchbox. So start from your story at the beginning.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I had a sharp left pain to the left of my belly button probably seven months ago, middle of June. And I started going to doctors is when I'd run. I could feel it. And after soccer games, when I'd get done playing, I couldn't move for. I mean, it was like all of a sudden I was incapable of walking. And so I started going to the doctors, and one doctor tells me, oh, it's your pelvic floor. Another doctor tells me, just Google some exercises and it'll be fine. I'm like, no, that's not it. So then I went for a CT scan. They found nothing. So then doctor's like, yeah, I don't know what to tell you. I'll send you to physical therapy. Sends me to physical therapy. And that made it a hundred times worse.

[Bobby Bones]

Belly rehab, as I'd call it.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, belly rehab. And I said, yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, man, that's not working. So I was like, I gotta stop.

[Bobby Bones]

It got worse.

[Lunchbox]

It got worse.

[Eddie]

Whoa.

[Lunchbox]

And I told the guy doing the physical therapy, he's like, well, that's not how it should be. You should feel better after you come in here. I'm like, no. The next day, I can barely walk.

[Eddie]

That wasn't soreness.

[Bobby Bones]

You were incapable of walking. Incapable of walking?

[Lunchbox]

Yes. No, no, it wasn't soreness. It was like, oh, my gosh. Uncomfortable discomfort.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy made the uncomfortable discomfort. Yes, yes. Amy made the point that you don't ever lift weights, though. So it could have been soreness. Just don't know.

[Eddie]

No, no, no, I'm used to that.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, I know what soreness is, guys. Like, I run and things like that. And I know what you feel like when you're sore. This was like, oh, my gosh. Like, this is not a good pain.

[Bobby Bones]

Have you been to so many doctors, a physical therapist, and they still don't know what it is?

[Lunchbox]

I don't know. So then I go to the gastrotology, eye close, and they tell me, oh, yeah, I don't think it's your colon, but we'll give you a colonoscopy for fun.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you should have done that.

[Lunchbox]

And I was like, man, I don't know about that. So then I go to a sports medicine doctor and they say, hey, we don't know, but we're going to send you for an mri. And I go get the mri. Oh, there's nothing wrong with you, but we're here if you need us. And so now I'm just stuck.

[Bobby Bones]

Any chances of phantom pain?

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

Because sometimes if someone has, like, their leg cut off, they still feel pain in what's not there.

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Lunchbox]

If it's amputated, no, it is not a phantom pain. So I have not played soccer, I have not gone running in probably two months, and I have run in the backyard with the kids. And here's the problem. Like, after I get done running now, like, if. I mean, I'm just talking, like, from the fence to the fence, we race. I get a little discomfort, my left testicle.

[Bobby Bones]

A little what?

[Lunchbox]

Discomfort my left testicle. Like, it hurts.

[Bobby Bones]

And that's the same side?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, same side.

[Eddie]

The left one. So it's moving.

[Bobby Bones]

So you have it uncomfort discomfort in your testicle and your stomach?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Like, it's like a. Like the pain kind of radiates down into my left testicle and it's just like, oh, my gosh. And I. So I don't know what to do.

[Eddie]

It's interesting.

[Lunchbox]

Like, I literally have no idea. And I'm like, maybe I'm making it up. But then when I'm sitting there on the couch, I'm like, no, I'm uncomfortable. Like, my left testicle is uncomfortable.

[Bobby Bones]

Ibuprofen help at all? Does it make it go away?

[Lunchbox]

I mean, I guess. I don't know. Maybe it's. See, I take ibuprofen or Advil, whatever it's called. And it's been an hour, so maybe it's just because I haven't been doing anything, or maybe it's the Advil. I don't know.

[Amy]

You might have enlarged veins from faulty valves.

[Lunchbox]

So I get people online saying, oh, you probably have a pinched nerve. Well, how do I know?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so you've been to all the doctors. Have you been to a testicle doctor?

[Eddie]

You have not. You haven't mentioned that.

[Lunchbox]

Well, in that what a hernia person is. A hernia doctor is. I don't know. I don't know if there's.

[Bobby Bones]

Did they examine your testicles at the hernia doctor?

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Let me see him.

[Lunchbox]

What?

[Eddie]

Go to Bobby.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. But that's what I'm saying.

[Bobby Bones]

There's one bigger than the other.

[Amy]

Oh, a urologist? Is that who he needs to go to? Because I Googled. What's a testicle?

[Lunchbox]

Is that it? I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Is there a specific urologist for the left? Like, that specializes in only the left testicle?

[Lunchbox]

I know. I know. That sounds like crazy, guys. I even think I'm crazy when I'm at my house and I'm like, man, that left testicle feels uncomfortable. Like, it's weird. Like, I don't. The pain kind of radiates down to the left.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you keep grabbing yourself. I'd rather you not do that anymore.

[Lunchbox]

Well, I'm just telling you where it hurts.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, so I still don't know. Okay, so theory.

[Lunchbox]

So go for it.

[Bobby Bones]

What if the actual problem is in your testicle and that's what's making your stomach hurt and you haven't got your testicle checked, so they look at your stomach, and your stomach is only hurting because of what's going wrong in your testicle. Also, can we set the record for the most times we've said the word testicle in a segment?

[Eddie]

And I laugh every time.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, well, I didn't know that there was a specific doctor. A urologist. I'll look him up. I mean, I will do anything. I'm telling you, this is miserable.

[Eddie]

So is the stomach pain gone?

[Lunchbox]

I haven't done anything, so it's not as uncomfortable.

[Eddie]

You can try that.

[Scuba Steve]

Right?

[Bobby Bones]

Testicle problems frequently cause lower abdominal pain.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, gosh.

[Bobby Bones]

As the nerves and structures are closely linked with pain often radiating from the groin to the stomach. Serious issues like testicular torsion.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, that's not.

[Eddie]

That's like, they're twisted up.

[Bobby Bones]

So that sounds like maybe it's kidney stones, too.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's what I'm Saying, I'm telling.

[Lunchbox]

You, it's not kidney stones.

[Bobby Bones]

It could be a kidney stone.

[Lunchbox]

I drink. No, no, no. I drink so much water, it would be impossible for me to get a kidney stone. Impossible.

[Amy]

It's not impossible.

[Lunchbox]

Impossible. It's not impossible. Impossible.

[Amy]

I don't think. I bet you hydrated people have.

[Lunchbox]

You get kidney stones from lack of water.

[Amy]

No, I have. I have kidney stones.

[Bobby Bones]

They're in me. They're not rock quarry in me. Then, boys, I'll be honest with you. I don't drink enough water.

[Amy]

When I had my body scanned, they found kidney stones, but mine just haven't passed yet. And they said, definitely try to drink a lot of water. I still don't drink that much water. And they're still just chilling in there and they haven't passed yet.

[Bobby Bones]

I move them.

[Lunchbox]

I hope. I hope.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I hope that you. Well, I would suggest that you go to a urologist.

[Lunchbox]

Okay. That's my next step, I guess.

[Amy]

I mean, testicular torjean. It's twisting of the text. Testicle. A medical emergency.

[Lunchbox]

I said.

[Eddie]

Did they get tangled up? That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Are they tangled up? Would you like me to take a look?

[Lunchbox]

No, no.

[Bobby Bones]

I will.

[Amy]

Talk promptly.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, look.

[Eddie]

So Bobby. Doctor.

[Bobby Bones]

I am a doctor now. I have a different thing, but I'm more of a doctor than anybody else. I'm a literal doctor.

[Eddie]

And it can be in two seconds right now.

[Lunchbox]

No, I'm not.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a PhD, not an MD, but, yeah, I'm okay.

[Lunchbox]

I'll pass on your looking at them, but I will have to find then, I guess a urologist. Like, I just.

[Amy]

I don't think you should rule out kidney stone.

[Bobby Bones]

Why drink so much water? It would be impossible. Impossible.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I bet there's cases where it still happened.

[Lunchbox]

Very rare.

[Amy]

How do you know this?

[Bobby Bones]

He doesn't. So this has been Lunchboxes medical minute.

[Lunchbox]

Rough.

[Bobby Bones]

We're rooting for you.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Thank you, man.

[Eddie]

Good luck.

[Bobby Bones]

The dark turn would be if he comes in one day and it's like.

[Eddie]

They gotta get rid of them one testicle. Yeah.

[Amy]

Your kidney stone is passing to your ureter, Boys.

[Eddie]

I'm losing the testicle.

[Bobby Bones]

The ureter got me, dude.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know. I don't know if I'd admit that on air.

[Bobby Bones]

Kidney stone.

[Lunchbox]

No. If I had to get rid of a testicle, why, it's just one.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, Scuba Steve. Let's check in with Scuba Steve real quick. Yeah, yeah. So you have had an issue in your body?

[Scuba Steve]

Yes, also with my stomach, but I Have results with mine. So it started back mid November. I had food poisoning, violently vomiting. I had some abdominal pain. And I went to get it checked out, and one place said that it was a tumor. And it freaked me out. I'm like, oh, my God, I have cancer and I'm going to die. I'm done. But I thought it was a hernia because another doctor told me, no, you have a hernia. So that's why I got the test in the first place. So then I was like, well, I need to get a different test to make sure that it isn't a tumor. And so I went to go see a specialist at Vandy who does only hernias. She was poking at my belly and made me do some stuff. And then she read the results and she goes, where'd you go again?

[Bobby Bones]

I was like, well, you don't need to say the name of the place, so we'll bleep that out, okay?

[Scuba Steve]

She goes, they don't. They're inexperienced. And she basically told me, talk down to them. And she goes, I do this for a living. It's just a hernia. So she gave me some sort of belt to wear. She said, I can do surgery if I want, but I can live with this for the rest of my life.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it weird on your body?

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, because it's a bump. And I was, for a while, was nervous that if I picked up my kids or did anything, it's just gonna start spilling out. Like, all my intestines are gonna fly out of my muscles. And she goes, no, I won't do that. You're fine.

[Bobby Bones]

You can.

[Scuba Steve]

You can go work out and do whatever you did before.

[Bobby Bones]

So Scuba was gonna do a bet. He's gonna have to run a 40 and, like, 54 or something.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, I got cleared for it, so I'm good now.

[Bobby Bones]

He's cleared. We can run it when we come back for the new year. I don't make him do it in the cold, you know, he'd be so tight.

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[Bobby Bones]

What do you think a lunchbox should do about his.

[Scuba Steve]

I think. Well, we were talking about him not drinking. He drinks a lot of water. But we've been to Vegas a lot, and I've never seen him drink water when we're there for days on end. So you could have easily got a kidney stone one of those trips in two days.

[Lunchbox]

You don't get a kidney stone, guys. That's months and months of preparation of.

[Scuba Steve]

Not drinking a lot of alcohol in those two days.

[Lunchbox]

You're right to be Fair.

[Eddie]

Soda in the vodka, though.

[Scuba Steve]

Exactly.

[Rob Gronkowski]

Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

And no water whatsoever. But it also could be his balls or whatever you want to call them.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, testicles.

[Scuba Steve]

Testicles.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. That's been the medical minute. Scuba glide on yours. I'm bouncing back. Lunchbox. To be continued.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, Purgatory.

[Bobby Bones]

You're in a bit of that right now.

[Lunchbox]

Sucks.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. This woman takes a tape measure on dates to see how tall guys really are.

[Amy]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Because she says they lie.

[Amy]

I actually have a measuring tape measure. Like, wouldn't it be funny if, like, I get it. I pull up to the coffee shop and I like tape measure just to make sure. He's actually 6:1, but I don't think he would say anything about the high comment.

[Bobby Bones]

So the whole thing is guys lie all the time on social media about how tall they are or on dating apps how tall they are. So what if you were on a date, guys, and a girl brings a tape measure to measure your height?

[Eddie]

Go ahead, measure it.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, really?

[Eddie]

Six foot? That's what I said. I am. I am six foot.

[Amy]

You're six foot?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Any six foot.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

I'm out. Like, what are you doing? Like, who are you? Like, you don't lie about any. Like, what, am I gonna start measuring your. Your. Your cup size? Like, you know what I mean?

[Bobby Bones]

Like, do you put that in fluctuates?

[Eddie]

Yeah, dude. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But do you put that in the bio of your dating app?

[Lunchbox]

If you put a picture up there and it's like, whoa, look at these. Because she's wearing a really padded bra and she shows up on the.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, now you're like.

[Lunchbox]

Let me pull off my tape measure.

[Amy]

Or he's like, do you have Spanx on?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, Like, I'm out of here. Like, bye. Or she says, you know, 5 foot, 135. You know what I mean? You show up and you're like, ah, let's get that scale out.

[Bobby Bones]

That scale would be different.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, man.

[Bobby Bones]

The difference would be in dating profiles, they list how tall they are.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that a thing?

[Amy]

Yes. Yes. You don't have to, but yes. Most every guy. It's helpful. Yeah. Because in most situations, the girl would like for her partner to be taller than her, even if it's just by an inch.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, then if that is the logic, and I understand why that would be helpful, then for guys, should the women put their weight.

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Amy]

You can see in a picture.

[Bobby Bones]

You can see in a picture how tall somebody is, but you can manipulate that.

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Eddie]

Is there anything women Put on their profiles like that.

[Amy]

Height.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Do they put high? Yeah. Doesn't matter, though, to women.

[Amy]

Height.

[Bobby Bones]

Like it matters to women with the guy is. But guys don't care about the height of a woman.

[Lunchbox]

Correct.

[Amy]

Some guys won't date girls if they're like over 5 7.

[Bobby Bones]

Only if they're like 5 5.

[Amy]

Yeah. So it does. It matters for some, but not quite as much for.

[Lunchbox]

Sounds high maintenance. This chick sounds high maintenance and annoying. Like she thinks I pull it. Not funny at all. That's how funny.

[Bobby Bones]

But what if she's hot? Isn't that always. Because we had a girl on last week that was like, my husband doesn't do this. And you were on fire about it. And then you saw. You saw her video and you're like, never mind, she's hot.

[Lunchbox]

Can you show me your video? Let me find her.

[Bobby Bones]

Her name is B Y. Alicia Dawn. Like by Alicia Dawn. A L, I, C, I, A D.

[Amy]

A W, N. My guess is he's gonna think she's pretty hot.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so Lunchbox, we're gonna pull up a video of her.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Up on the screen in front of you here. You will see by Alicia dawn and tell me if you think she is hot enough for you to break your rules here.

[Amy]

Like, Lunchbox is like, I'd be out, but I bet he would see her to be like, measure me.

[Bobby Bones]

That sounds weird.

[Eddie]

That does sound weird.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, she's into some weird stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

That sounds weird. Anyway, do you see her on your computer?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. She ain't worth it.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't think so?

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

There she is right there.

[Lunchbox]

That is not her.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that is her.

[Lunchbox]

That's a different girl than I'm seeing. You're looking at different girls.

[Bobby Bones]

I went to the wrong page.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I would trust the one, Mike.

[Amy]

This is her.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, let me see something else she got.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, we'll click into her profile here.

[Eddie]

Yeah, Stop talking like that.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

She's so pretty.

[Lunchbox]

You know what? Measure me.

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[Lunchbox]

Like, come on, you girl from Oklahoma.

[Eddie]

So dumb.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, she can measure.

[Amy]

Measure me. Just girly things.

[Eddie]

Like, what if you're caught in the lie, though?

[Lunchbox]

Whatever, man.

[Bobby Bones]

So she's hot enough that she can measure. Okay. It's all about how hot she is.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. I mean, look at her. Look at. I mean, she's got some. I like the shirt she wears. And she wears the same shirt, like, almost in every picture or video.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, a lot of them. I think she shoots a lot of the videos.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, look at that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

She's way less annoying now.

[Lunchbox]

Wait Eddie, would you let her out of it?

[Eddie]

Leave me out of this.

[Lunchbox]

Would you let her measure? No. Heck, yeah. You want to measure the inseam, too?

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, Amy just shows you I know the guys. Yep, everything's annoying. However, if it's met by how pretty someone is.

[Amy]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

You'll take more crap depending on how pretty she is, so. All right, well, there we have it.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, as long as she's over 18, she can measure.

[Eddie]

Oh, that sounded really weird.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel like Chris Hansen's like, one step away from busting in here.

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[Eddie]

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[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

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[Lunchbox]

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[Lunchbox]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

And talk to Holly who lives in New York. Hey, Holly, what's going on?

[Holly]

I just wanted to come and talk to Lunchbox. No, not talk to him. I don't want to talk to him. Just to talk about what he thinks of teachers. He hasn't got a clue. You guys remember during COVID when parents were in complete panic because they actually had to teach their own kids? That's all forgotten now. As far as summers off, most teachers work during the summer at a different job because our pay was so low, so. And if you were going to hand out worksheets and show a movie every day, Lunchbox, you'd be fired in the first couple of days. You don't have a clue. Kids don't respect teachers. Parents don't respect teachers. I worked for 35 years and I can't tell you the number of times that I got hit or spit on and the names that I was called. And parents just think we were glorified babysitting service. I'm sorry, I just had to vent.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I'm glad you did. Please stay on for a second. So Lunchbox has come on many times, especially recently. And I was like, man, being a teacher would be the best job and so easy because you get this month off, that month off, summer's off, you get like, what are the things they get?

[Lunchbox]

Spring break, Christmas break, a month off at Christmas they get all these fall break. They have a lot of vacation days. And I mean, I know you say parents were freaking out during COVID Yeah. Because they had a job. Plus they were trying to teach their kids. So Doing two jobs was a little more difficult. So yeah, that I understand that. So and I. You say you don't do worksheets. I mean that's all kit we did in school. Like you finish one worksheet, do another worksheet. And I'm sorry that you got spit on. I don't know what kind of school you're working at, but man, maybe that was on you. Maybe you should have changed schools.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, it's her fault. She got you said that's on you. So you think it's her fault?

[Lunchbox]

If you're getting spit on a bunch of times, don't you think you should maybe look at a different school?

[Bobby Bones]

Holly, you're a bottle.

[Holly]

Oh my God. Not Lunchbox. If you would take the time to look up and see the statistics on how many teachers are injured while working, you would be amazed. Also, you know teachers are required to have a master's degree. Something you didn't quite get through.

[Lunchbox]

Not true.

[Bobby Bones]

What's not true?

[Lunchbox]

Teachers don't have to have a master's degree. That's absolutely false. That's absolutely false.

[Holly]

No, this is how much you don't know about what is required of teachers. You don't have a clue.

[Lunchbox]

I promise. My brother in law is a teacher. He does not have a master's degree. He has a bachelor's degree. He doesn't have a master's degree.

[Holly]

In many states it's required. So there's another thing that teachers have to do is often work on their math, getting their master's degree while they're still teaching. And during summers, I don't know if you anybody that gets a month off during December, Nobody. So you just keep making stuff up. And I just needed to call a.

[Lunchbox]

Lot, a lot of states. So you mean Connecticut, Maryland, New York. That's a lot.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, she's from New York, so that.

[Lunchbox]

Was 47 states that don't require it. So that in school, I don't know if you were what kind of teacher you were, but a lot means more than three.

[Bobby Bones]

Like oh dang, you're hit her with that attack. Yeah, but okay, to be fair, she is from New York. So that was her story and her version. Okay, so Holly, Lunchbox is not gonna change. Lunchbox. Does she change your mind at all? You still think teaching's easy?

[Lunchbox]

Teaching is a pretty easy job. Laid back. They, I mean they go to happy hour. I mean they're done by 3 o' clock.

[Amy]

Now you're assigning their after school activities.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's made up.

[Lunchbox]

No, I'VE got friends that are teachers and they're the ones that go to happy hour the most. Yeah, those are your friends.

[Amy]

That tracks.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So I don't think we got anywhere.

[Lunchbox]

And I'm glad she called in to talk to me. She acted like she didn't want to talk to me, but she really wanted to have a conversation.

[Bobby Bones]

By the way, I don't agree with Lunchbox on this, but I will provide the forum for somebody who is a teacher to talk with and against him. But I do not agree with Lunchbox. I do not think it is a. I think it's a very thankless job. It's a very important and thankless job where good teachers have to work a lot. They don't get paid enough. And it's also why there aren't a lot of great teachers because they don't get paid enough. And like the people that would go and teach if there was a bit more money in it and would be great teachers, they don't even hop into that profession. So you got great teachers not making enough and then going, I don't know if they want to do this or checking out like he says.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, they check out for sure. I had a lot of teachers checked out. Promise you that.

[Bobby Bones]

Systematic failure is what I say. Holly, anything else you want to add?

[Holly]

If I had to do it all over again, I was asked this once. You know, if you go back to when you're like 19, 18, I would never ever have become a teacher. And I just want to say, Bobby, I absolutely love you. Make my mornings. I lost my husband a few years ago and you have just sent you and everybody out there, including Lunchbox and I just want to say good morning studio.

[Bobby Bones]

Morning. All right, Holly, hope you have a great holiday. Thank you for calling.

[Holly]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

It's time for the good news with producer Eddie.

[Eddie]

Stacy Batista. He is a Marine corps veteran but he's also a truck driver. He's been driving for 34 years and he was just nominated by his best friend for the road Warrior contest which is just a contest for good drivers. But the good thing about Stacy is He has driven 5 million miles accident free, not one accident. So he nominate, gets nominated, he wins the award and the prize is a brand new customer red Kenworth semi truck.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a whole truck.

[Eddie]

A whole truck and a fifty thousand dollar check.

[Amy]

Oh wow.

[Bobby Bones]

I thought it was gonna be like a gift card to pilot or something. No, dude, they gave him a whole truck.

[Amy]

Thousand dollars.

[Scuba Steve]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Those trucks are like quarter mile.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, that's pretty crazy, though. He's been driving for 34 years and not one accident.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like or that we know of.

[Lunchbox]

Not reported.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's crazy. Wow. That's a good story. Congratulations to him. That is what it's all about.

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[Lunchbox]

Tell me something good.

[Bobby Bones]

Wake up. You wake up in the morning, then you turn the radio on and the dial just keeps on turning. Then you hear. Bobby's on the mic. So you know it is. This is. This is the Bobby Bo. All right, time for the morning corny.

[Lunchbox]

The morning corny.

[Amy]

Why couldn't the elf pay his rent?

[Bobby Bones]

Why couldn't the elf pay his rent?

[Amy]

He came up a little short.

[Lunchbox]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

There you go.

[Lunchbox]

That was the morning Courtney.

[Amy]

Bobby Bone Show.

[Lunchbox]

Bonehead glory of the day. This story comes to us from New Hampshire. Kinky Kelly is a girl on TikTok, and she liked to go to supermarkets and use the bathroom on food and leave it on the shelf. And she got busted because she'd put it on TikTok. She's headed to prison for six months. Whoa.

[Eddie]

Like, what kind of food? Well, like, produce.

[Bobby Bones]

Doesn't matter, dude. But her name's Kinky Kelly. You know, she's up to no good with that name.

[Amy]

I don't understand.

[Bobby Bones]

That's also something that if you do, it needs to be like a personal kink, because as soon as you put it on anything public, you're gonna go to jail. Like, you can't mess with people's food. Yeah, yeah.

[Amy]

It's like, why not get produce and then do it at home? Or.

[Bobby Bones]

Or don't do it. Yeah, yeah. First of all, I wanna say don't do it at all. But I would like to say that if it's your thing, you can't record it, you can't put it out there.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because there's that. You just. That entertainer doesn't live long. So.

[Holly]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Rest in peace, Kinky Kelly.

[Lunchbox]

I'm Lunchbox. That's your Bonehead story of the day.

[Bobby Bones]

I had a dog named Dusty that I had for 12, 13 years. And I was talking with Dr. Josie, who's my vet. She has a podcast called in the Vet's Office. We were talking about, like, how hard it is when you have to put your animal down. And she's a vet who has to do this a lot. So I want to play you this because there's a lot of good that can come from it. When I moved to Austin, Texas, and I was living there, and as I moved there, I didn't know anybody, you Ever moved anywhere by yourself without knowing anybody?

[Amy]

Nashville.

[Bobby Bones]

So I moved to Austin and knew nobody moved down there by myself. There was a news story about a puppy mill being raided and all these dogs were at the puppy meal. I just went and got one of them. There was. There's no. They just gave me a dog. There was no paper. It wasn't. I just drove up and they were like, you can have one. It's crazy. Looking back, I did. So I took. Probably too young to take, but there was no other option because the shelter.

[Amy]

Or the rescue or whatever.

[Bobby Bones]

So I had Dusty for Dusty, that was his name for like 13 or 14 years. It wrecked me.

[Amy]

No, there's no other loss like it wrecked me.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I. When we were touring, because I was doing a lot of touring with Raging Idiots, my comedy band, and I was just starting to do some stand up. And so I then had to have a bus because mostly it was pretty equal. We just all had bunks and we could fit more people in. But I was like, I have to have a big bunk, big room in the back. I gotta take my dog because he's dying. And so we drove around. I dedicated my last book to him. Not the dog book, but my Fail until youl Don't. And on the front page it says, Too Dusty, the best dog. Da da, da. You'll never know this. Well, mostly because dogs can't read. But I had to go after. Oh, it was my complete adult growth dog. Oh, yeah. Like, as I grew as an adult, that's my association with him. He was with me the whole time. Best. Best buddy.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I had to go and do that and put him down.

[Amy]

That's awful.

[Bobby Bones]

It's awful.

[Amy]

I would venture to say most people that are listening to this that have animals can think of that one dog or cat that they had in their 20s or 30s, like when they were really going from childhood and into being an adult. And those animals, like, they help shape who you are. I know it sounds crazy if you don't have my.

[Bobby Bones]

For sure. Adult. Adult dog.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, growing as an adult was with me the whole time.

[Lunchbox]

Yes.

[Amy]

Through heartbreak and breakups. And before we.

[Bobby Bones]

We went in, when I put him down, we listened to Jack White. I believe that we are gonna be friends. I still remember it so vividly. It sucked. But this is why I took from that. It's awful. It's awful.

[Rob Gronkowski]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But what I took from that and what I would tell other friends who had to put their animals down was, I'm so grateful that I was so sad because had I not been so sad, none of that would have mattered for 12 or 13 years. I had a great 1213 years with that dog.

[Amy]

Exactly.

[Bobby Bones]

And had I not, I would not have been as sad.

[Amy]

Exactly.

[Bobby Bones]

It was a bowling ball to the gut. I was a wreck for months. It makes me sad thinking about it now, but I. I am so happy I get to be that sad because that animal brought me such fulfilled your life.

[Lunchbox]

Oh yeah.

[Amy]

What you love. Unconditional love.

[Bobby Bones]

If you want to hear that full interview, just go search for the Bobby cast on iHeartradio. Thank you guys for being part of the show today and we will see you guys tomorrow. Bye everybody. The Bobby Bones show the Bobby Bones show theme song written, produced and sang by Reed Yarberry. You can find his Instagram @reedyarberry Scuba Steve executive Producer Raymundo Head of Production I'm Bobby Bones. My Instagram is mrbobbybones. Thank you for listening to the podcast. 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] Sapphire Reserve cards issued by J.P. morgan, Chase Bank, N.A. member FDIC subject to credit approval terms apply.

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[Lunchbox]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

10 athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract for $250,000. This is where mindset comes in. Someone will be eliminated.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Lunchbox]

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