SORE LOSERS - Why is Ray Ready to Kill Scuba Steve?

Summary

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Podcast Summary: SORE LOSERS - Why is Ray Ready to Kill Scuba Steve?

The Bobby Bones Show – June 20, 2026

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Main Theme Overview

This episode of “Sore Losers” features the usual hilarious, chaotic banter between hosts Lunchbox, Ray, and their friends, with the highlight being Ray’s bewildering hotel story from Chicago. The title’s teasing question—why is Ray “ready to kill” Scuba Steve?—unfolds as a case of comic misunderstanding around their travel accommodations.

The show weaves together neighborhood dramas, parenting mishaps, and fish-out-of-water tales—all infused with irreverent humor and real talk about everyday life, sports, and unexpected adventures.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Nashville Living & Old Apartment Stories

[02:09 – 06:18]

• Ray reminisces about living on Broadway (Nashville) for five years, feeling underappreciated that his unique downtown stories never got attention from the rest of the group:
  • “I lived at the center of the universe for five years and not one person was fascinated with my life. Which tells me everybody's infatuated with their own lives and doesn't give a crap about anybody else.” (Ray, 05:11)
• Classic apartment mishaps: a poorly repainted door (“fire engine red” unlike the others), musty smells, the results of a prior flood, and a narcoleptic receptionist.

2. Father’s Day Weekend Neighborhood Drama

[11:09 – 17:58]

• Lunchbox shares the blow-by-blow of planning—and having canceled at the last second—a Father’s Day backyard party complete with inflatable water slides.
  • He describes how one dad got everyone excited (“Gassing it up, man. Moms and bikinis. Moms going down the slides, you know, it’s just gonna be a fun day.” – Lunchbox, 13:52), before abruptly canceling:

  “He cancels on Thursday night at 9:30pm. That doesn't sit well. …The friendship right now is on the rocks.” (Lunchbox, 15:50)

• The ripple effects: wives making plans, kids disappointed, and neighborhood logistics derailed.

3. Parenting & The Apple Store Snafu

[21:28 – 31:50]

• Lunchbox and his wife’s ordeal at the Apple Store:
  • Scheduled for an 11:30 appointment, they wait over an hour due to a system glitch—the only technician starts at noon.
  • His kids entertain themselves building forts from the seats but are shut down by a staffer who tries to “pacify” them with iPads:
    • “This is what is wrong with America… The kids are using their mind, they're being creative…[but] she comes and shuts down the creativity for a kid to stare at a freaking screen.” (Lunchbox, 24:02)
• Ultimately, the laptop repair cost is nearly the same as a new one; he opts to replace it.

4. Downtown Scenes & The Broadway Walk

[31:35 – 32:21]

• Trying to show his kids the “music” on Broadway, Lunchbox finds them more enthralled with the iPads than local culture.
• A brief kid’s-eye view of homelessness in downtown Nashville leads to a teachable (and chaotic) moment.

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Main Segment: Ray’s Legendary Chicago Hotel Story

[35:22 – 52:55]

The Big Unravel …

Ray shares, in vivid detail, the story of a work trip to Chicago with Scuba Steve where their choice of hotel turns out to be an LGBTQ+ themed boutique hotel (unexpectedly, for them):

• Check-in Clues: The decor—Dennis Rodman art, books like “Forty Shades of Gay,” and “men in dresses” wallpaper—initially seem like hip, progressive design touches.

• Quirky Details:

  • Lighting described as "sex lighting" with under-bed glows.
  • Transparent showers and a sink in the middle of the room.
  • Bar menu: no beers, only craft cocktails with names like “Naughty Boy” and “Nasty Gal.”

• Interactions:

  • Bar conversations reveal a regular clientele unfamiliar with seltzers ("we never have people ask for it").
  • At the desk, the staff keep calling male guests "boy" regardless of age (“I don’t care what you do, boy.” – Front Desk, 44:46).
  • Staff dress code: male receptionist in a summer dress and high heels; another female staffer is cautioned for her “booty shorts.”

• The Realization:

  • After a night spent among rainbow flags and suggestive art, Ray slowly comes to realize the hotel’s audience:
    • “Did you not realize when you booked this that you booked us at an LGBTQ+ hotel? The entire weekend people thought we were gay!” (Ray, 51:17)
  • Scuba Steve is oblivious until Ray points out the context clues; their attire—”basketball shirts and miniature basketballs looking like we were gay partners”—might have set a specific impression.

• Comedic Reflection:

  • The staff's insistence on separating the two into different rooms: “She thought we were feuding and that we were gonna have loud hookups…”
  • Ray draws out the humor of culture clash and their own cluelessness, all while affirming that the hotel was impeccably clean and everyone was friendly.

Notable Quotes

• “I was wearing a Miller Highlife cutoff that said, I like it fast. Scuba, we were rolling around all weekend… looking like we were gay partners.” (Ray, 51:36)
• “Cleanest room I’ve ever been in. But good gosh, it was just for LGBTQ+ people.” (Ray, 52:10)
• "At the bar, there was no sports on. All it was was life movies." (Ray, 44:20)
• “That art piece… I swear to God, it was a person bent over and another person behind him." (Ray, 47:31)

Memorable Moment

• Ray realizing post-departure, with Scuba Steve, Kevin, and the rest of the group, just how fully immersed in the LGBTQ+ hotel experience they were—all because of an online booking oversight.

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Other Notable Segments & Timestamps

• The Car Dilemma (Vehicle negotiations, $6,000 price tag): [06:37 – 08:46]
• Father’s Day Shout-Out & Absentee Dads Commentary: [11:09 – 11:33]
• Parenting Tech-Addiction Commentary: [24:30 – 25:46]
• Humor about Nashville culture, cost of living, and matching cars: [07:01 – 08:46]

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Final Thoughts / Tone of the Episode

The episode is filled with fast-paced, spontaneous storytelling and sharp, unscripted group chemistry. The comedic tone often leans self-deprecating and observational—especially in Ray’s hotel saga, which has the crew in stitches reflecting on their unwitting adventure in inclusivity and how easily everyday situations can spiral into the absurd.

The “why is Ray ready to kill Scuba Steve?” punchline is less about literal anger and more about classic buddy comedy—Ray’s over-the-top confusion and storytelling lend the episode a classic Sore Losers flavor.

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Episode Timeline at a Glance

| Timestamp | Segment/Story | |-----------|--------------| | 02:09–06:18 | Broadway living nostalgia, forgotten stories | | 11:09–17:58 | Neighborhood Father's Day party drama | | 21:28–31:50 | The Apple Store parenting saga | | 35:22–52:55 | Ray's Chicago LGBTQ+ hotel adventure |

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Conclusion

This Sore Losers episode delivers a wild mix of neighborhood gossip, family chaos, and travel misadventures—anchored by Ray’s long, hilarious story about accidentally bunking in a specialized Chicago hotel. If you want a dose of unapologetic, real-life comedy about the things that go spectacularly sideways for these “losers,” this episode does not disappoint.

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Transcript

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Dude. It feels good to be here.

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You are looking live at Nashville, Tennessee.

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Lower Broadway. Or are we Upper Broadway?

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This is Mid Broadway.

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Mid Broad.

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I was on Lower Broad when I lived in the apartments that got demolished for the Four Seasons.

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Oh, they didn't just renovate those and add on. They just. They tore it all the way down.

[A]

That hit deep. This. We might already need to repeat this one. Worst. Where's our page?

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Where is our page? No, don't, don't. It's there. Oh my gosh. I almost lost it.

[A]

You fools. When you come over to my old apartment, it definitely smelled.

[B]

Oh, dude, it reeked. It reeked like musty mildew. Dude, it was so weird.

[A]

It survived the flood, bro. What do you want from the apartment.

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I understand, but you would think that they would bleach it all and rip it down to the studs and come back, but I guess they didn't bleach at all.

[A]

What was it, a murder scene?

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You bleach the walls of the mold, you kill the mold.

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Well, and also, the lady at the front desk fell asleep.

[B]

That's 100%.

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Like, she was narcoleptic. So, like, what did you expect? Oh, I hate to get into that. I have to say this. They came and said, hey, we're going to paint your door because this one drunk boyfriend, ex boyfriend of our one roommate came and broke down the door.

[B]

Nice.

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He tried with cowboy boots. So, hey, we're gonna replace the door, paint it. The lady sent her brother, I think, and paid him $20 in a pack of beer. And one night he painted our door. And I mean, it was slot. I don't know if he even put masking tape up. He just came with red paint and a bucket and paint because all the doors were red.

[B]

I didn't remember that, but it wasn't

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the same version of red as the other people's. He didn't realize there's different hues of red.

[B]

He didn't paint match.

[A]

Dude, it was fire engine red. For the final six months we lived there. Well, yeah, he swung by. Thank you. Looks great. And I mean, like, paint on the wall. Like, at some points he missed by an inch. Just slathered it all over the place, man.

[B]

So interesting.

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The place was great. Each of us paid $600 a month.

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I will say it was a legit spot. Like absolutely legit. So cool, so fun, convenient, especially for the lifestyle you were living. It was in the center of everything.

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Everybody should be able to live in the center of a city for five years. And we did that check mark.

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I've never done it.

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And I mean, it's like a story for another day. But like, I always thought about it sometimes. Dudder guy, he's fascinated with this other guy, the midday guy that lives downtown. Always asking about the bars, man. What was it like this weekend? What was it like? Well, that guy lives in midtown. He doesn't even live on Broadway.

[B]

Correct.

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I lived on Broadway from 2014 until 2019, and nobody gave a flying. I never got questions. Hey, what was the city like this weekend? Nobody asked me anything. There should have been a bit on the show. Hey, Ray, what's the weekend report? Raymundo, what's the weekend report, man? From Broadway? I lived at the center of the universe for Five years and not one person was fascinated with my life. Which tells me everybody's infatuated with their own lives and doesn't give a crap about anybody else.

[B]

It's not that. I just don't think you would have a great story every weekend. Not. There's not a great story from every weekend. It's pretty monotonous wherever you live. It's like, oh, man, the bars were crowded. Ok. Next weekend, bars were crowded. Next weekend, bars were crowded. There was a fight. Okay, now we got something next weekend. Oh, man. We didn't go out. We went and saw baser's parents and we hung out in the country. Okay, cool. So I mean, as much as you want to make it like it was the most exciting thing and you were swinging from bar stools and the rafters every weekend, that's not what happens.

[A]

Maybe it wasn't that. Maybe it wasn't a bit every Monday. But why was nobody fascinated with my life that I lived downtown in a major city in the one of the biggest tourist capitals in America, where the soar losers convention, 175 days away. Presented by Freeland Chevrolet.

[B]

They are not in the heart of downtown, but they're just outside of Nashville.

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Hell yeah. And there's a Tanger outlets. So you can. There's Tiger woods golf.

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No, there is that Pop a stroke.

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Pop stroke Starbucks around the corner.

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Nice.

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It's so nice out there. I actually may swing by today.

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All right.

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Also because I got to check in on my vehicle.

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That's a good idea.

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Trying to help me on prices.

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Good.

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I can't afford $6,000.

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Yep. Whoa. What did you say?

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That was the original price. I think they're gonna put a chrome muffler on it or something. And I said, guys, scale it back a little bit. But it's been. It's been a month and we are still negotiating. We're still deciding if I'm gonna go with that vehicle, get the work done or just get an all new vehicle.

[B]

Dude, you could get a Chevrolet Caprice.

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Richard found me a $50,000 4Runner.

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Oh, you're looking to be matching vehicles with Bazer. And I said baser, I mean, you can't do that. Looks so sick.

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They last so well. And hold up so well.

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No, no, no, no. You can't have a matching vehicle as your chick. There was a couple in my neighborhood growing up and I don't even know what these cars are, but a 3000 GT?

[A]

Yes. From fast and Furious.

[B]

Nah, this is pre Fast and Furious. And they were Green. They had the exact same color and exact same model. 3000 GT. Maybe the dude worked at a dealership. I don't even know, like, if that's a Chevy, if that's a Ford, if I have no idea what that is. But let me tell you what they did not like. They did not like their car getting hit by a tennis ball, and they did not like it when you fake through a tennis ball at their car. We did fake throw all the time where you have a ball in your hand, act like you chunk it at them. And I don't know what it was, but they. And they would start chasing us in the 3000 GT. Let's go. Go. No fans. Go. No fans. Hurry. Run, run, run, run. Oh, they're still coming. They're still coming. That 3000 GT, it was a freaking sucker for everything. Love to chase us.

[A]

You got to get the new kids on that.

[B]

Well, we're working on it. They're. They're. They're ready, but I don't know what a 3000 GT is, but that you can't get the matching vehicle as your wife.

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Well, I told him I can't also manage the $50,000 price tag. I think he was trying to get me one of the best vehicles in the south, and I said, you got anything out back? Let's go, guys. We're gonna do it live.

[B]

Arnold, what's up?

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Hey, guys. I'm on Broadway this weekend, but nobody cares, and Abby and me are getting married. Whoa. Thought it was a different guy, but congratulations. Well, hoping that we get married right after Morgan in between Abby and her new dude try and dovetail our marriage in there. So go Morgan.

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Abby.

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Arnold.

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Abby and her guy Jason.

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Hey, so are you a little jealous that he bought her a ring or no?

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I bought the ring, you little.

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Oh, sorry, Arnold. All right, man. Have fun on Broadway this weekend, dude.

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We're gonna do it live. We are the 1, 2, 3, soar.

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Loser. What up, everybody? I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports, so I'll give you the sports facts, my sports opinions, because I'm pretty much a sports genius, y'.

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All.

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It's Sizzin. I'm from the north. I'm an alpha male. I live on the north side of Nashville with Bazer, my wife. I'm also from Wyoming, Bringing that to the show now. Kind of my new history, historical chronology of my life. We live on 2.3 acres. We also have two kids at Vanderbilt. Justin hasn't checked on him in months. He lives in Michigan. Cascade Michigan. He's a traveling rn. No idea what he does. I just rage texted him the other day. None of these are going to be appropriate. Before I kick it over to you, I want to just read a couple of them.

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I would love to hear it.

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I said, we're talking about Beat the Streak. And he said, I don't care until 6. And I said, when are you going to care at 56, 57. Good morning, sir. You just won 5.6 million. Where. Where should we wire that sum of money are you going to care then? Dummy. Dummy. He's still not responding. This is all me. Then again, I mean, Nobody has broke 40 yet. These guys are playing strategic or they're just horrible. Me this morning you have been derobed because he was. His top score was 12 and. And I got 13, so I beat his top score.

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Nice start.

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In the music bed again. So I said, you have been derobed. Essentially naked. You are trusted in a man. Oh, you trusted in a man with a churro for a wanker. And he do. He picked churro. The guy for the bruise.

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I understand.

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I said, the crown resides in Cascade south because he lives in Cascade. South of Cascade. I just call it Cascade South. Is Nashville smart. I rage texted him this morning.

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I love it and I love that you're up to 13. It really means a lot to our listeners on Beat the Streak. And I just want to say I want to get this out of the way. Happy Father's Day weekend to all the dads out there that are listening, the ones that are present in their kids lives, and absentee dads. Happy Father's Day to you, coacher. I'd like to say happy Father's Day to you as your kids are over at Vanderbilt enjoying the weekend.

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Kids at home.

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Cat.

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Oh, Piper.

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Yeah. Okay, good, you get. See another thing you guys screwed up is giving them both p. First names. I want to call it Pablo every time.

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Pablo, Piper and Scully. His real name is Scully.

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What, the old one? Yeah. Oh my God.

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Yeah.

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Okay. Anyway, and happy Father's Day to me weekend. It's going to be an amazing weekend because one of the neighbors he texted on Monday texted like five dads. And he's like, yo, dude, what day do you guys want me to rent this sucker? Gonna put it up in the backyard for the kids to play all barbecue and you guys, we can have some drinks and we're like, wow, dude, this is what he was gonna rent. Ray, he's gonna rent this for the kids.

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Seen it.

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It's like a Blow up inflatable with three slides into water. Like it was gonna be a fantastic thing. And I said, Saturday doesn't really work for us. Sunday's better for us. Another dad text, Sunday is perfect for us. Another dad, I'd prefer Sunday, but I could still make Saturday work. So that's three Sundays from three dads out of the five.

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Warn him, grass will die, but continue.

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Yes, it will die. But then another dad said, hey, either day works for me. It's up to y'.

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All.

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My name's Paul.

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No fifth dad never responded. So we're all just like, heck, yeah. Told my wife, hey, Sunday, we're going over here. They got the inflatable. Making plans. I said, we should probably bring some, you know, appetizers or sides pause.

[A]

I wouldn't call it the inflatable pause.

[B]

Why?

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That has sexual connotations.

[B]

It does?

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Yeah. Inflatable guys back would always get inflatable girls.

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Oh, hey. Got it. When's the inflatable ready? Those aren't called inflatable. They're called blow up.

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That's right.

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They're called blow up. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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You're welcome. Anyway, not that I've had one or used one or anything like that. I've just known the terminology. So thank you. So I'm excited. Told my wife, hey, don't make plans Sunday. This is what we're doing. It's going to be great. Kids are going to have so much fun. And all the other dads saw one dad at the pool and he's like, dude, you ready for Sunday? I'm like, can't wait.

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Gassing it up.

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We are gassing it up. Gassing it up, man.

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Because see the chicks in bikinis, right? Moms.

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Moms and bikinis. Moms going down the slides. You know, it's just gonna be a fun day.

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Has Sarah been working on her summer body?

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Gotta walk, you know, five houses down. It's gonna be fantastic.

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Dude. The women, do they throw on bikinis? What are they wearing to these?

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We haven't really done the slide in the backyard. They. At the pool, dude, they wear bikinis. There was a woman the other day with a string bikini with it going up the crack.

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That'll get the neighborhood talking.

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It was getting devoured by the butt mark. Wow.

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Oic, Congrats, man.

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Yeah, she was there with her two little dude boys. And then I guess the husband showed up. I'm gonna assume it's the husband. He. They hung out for like 30 more minutes, then they bailed out, but she Definitely had the string bikini right up the booty.

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They're proud of it. So what are we doing? Are we gearing up for this or what?

[B]

We're gearing up, man. I'm like, hey, we need to.

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Interesting to talk about this because it hasn't happened yet.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So how do we get the end of the story?

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I'm going to get to the end of the story right now. Oh, and then last night, he text. He goes, oh, guys, actually, my wife had plans for us. I'm not renting it.

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Last second cancellation after everybody's committed.

[B]

And I'm like, what? He goes, yeah, I guess I should have checked with my wife first, but apparently she has plans for me. And so I'm booked all day Sunday

[A]

to be really lost money gambling. He can't rent it anymore.

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I mean, that might be it. He might have done something online or he went to a poker game and got cleaned out. I have no idea. But the fact that he is the one that brought this to the table and has been talking about it all week, having everybody in the neighborhood excited, texting five other families, the plans, everything, the excitement, how he's going to do the meat. You know what I mean? Like, hey, don't worry. I'll have some brisket. I'll have this. And then he cancels on Thursday night at 9:30pm that doesn't sit well.

[A]

That, that, that. I mean, like, that definitely put in timeout. Red card. The friendship right now is on the rocks.

[B]

It was like, what in the hell? So now I gotta go back to my wife and be like, hey, actually, we gotta figure out what we're gonna do Sunday.

[A]

And that's what I'm saying. People then start making their own plans. You're starting to. Hey, you know, I. Honey, I might get a tomahawk, take it over there. And then women are already thinking about the bikinis they're gonna wear. The kids already have it in their

[B]

head, oh, they're already exc. Showed him a picture. I was like, you guys want to go down that? Heck, yeah, They're. Dad, can I go face first? I don't care. Do whatever you want, man.

[A]

That thing's easily a K to rent.

[B]

I don't know how.

[A]

No, Those things are the size of a mini mountain.

[B]

I feel like inflatables are a couple hundred bucks for a couple hours.

[A]

I don't know if you can rent that for a couple hundred dollars. I will get one this weekend for me and Bazer. There's no way it's a It's a once a year birthday type thing. And Buddy's going to just do it on a random weekend.

[B]

No, he was going to do it on Father's Day weekend. It was going to be a celebration, like get all the dads together. And what's crazy is one of the people is like, hey, my parents are going to be a town. Is it cool if they come? He goes, oh, yeah, absolutely. I got plenty of chairs.

[A]

I mean, dude, people are already starting to make plans on top of plans.

[B]

So I'm, I'm just like, what the hell? I, I, I don't even understand it.

[A]

Yeah, that's on him. Not a good look. I believe once we start stuff with the friend group, it almost 100% of the time happens. Jessica. Hey, we're going to play Go T. We're going to go driving range. Sound like a non golfer. We're gonna go to their driving range on Saturday. Even though we're hungover, we all still go do it. So, yeah, for somebody to back out on plans. Cause for concern.

[B]

Also kind of weird that he sent it at 9:30 at night on a Thursday. He's hoping that it was just gonna slide in there and we weren't gonna be like mad. I think he does it at 9:30 so that way you don't send the angry text back like, hey, man, what I thought we were on. I've told my whole family. I've told everybody. So there it is, man. So the weekend is starting out great. I was all excited about a party in the backyard and guess where it is. Party's been canceled. Just like this podcast. We'll take a break and we will be right back.

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And they got some kick too. That turbo torque is crazy.

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The most in its class. It moves.

[B]

Moves.

[A]

Rogue doesn't mess around and peep the space merch on merch. Gear mics, all the fits.

[C]

Load up.

[A]

We out 2026 Nissan Rogue built for all of it. Auto Pacific Segmentation 2026 Rogue vs latest in market Competitors in the EX SUV mainstream Mid Size class excluding electrical vehicles based on manufacturer websites. This is going to be the one we repeat. We started hot we that was a hell of a segment. I think this really is the one that we repeat and that's just inside baseball. So okay.

[B]

I mean Wednesdays was a banger too.

[A]

It was.

[B]

Yeah. About the old people getting lost on the trip and running out of gas.

[A]

And it was good.

[B]

It was not bad. But let me talk about something else. Susan Kocher, my wife, decided to knock the computer, the laptop off the couch.

[A]

Yours.

[B]

Yeah, screen. You know, you pick it up, you open it and it's not cracked or anything, right. But it's like fuzzy lines. Fuzzy lines, like all distorted and everything. And I'm like, son of a gun. So gotta go to Apple, right? Because. Got a little MacBook. This is not a commercial for. For Apple. This is a. This is what happened.

[A]

Well, somebody got a discount.

[B]

No, no one got a discount. No one got a discount.

[A]

We'll make sure we fit it into the podcast.

[B]

Nope, didn't say anything like that. And they said, what time would you like your appointment? And my. I said, oh, there's an 11:30. Can you go at 11:30 and take my computer? She said, absolutely. I said, then I'll meet you down there. We can grab lunch at 5th and Broadway with the boys. Eat some lunch.

[A]

That's the one you're talking about. Always right next to the convention. If any of our losers need a charge.

[B]

Yeah, they need a charge. They need a new phone. They need a laptop. They need. What do you call them? Thing. AirPods.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

They have them all at that location.

[A]

Typically, the sore losers for the convention pass out their phone needs charging the next day. It's a great fuel up.

[B]

Yeah. And it's got ac and they validate parking, so it's very, very convenient. So my wife gets there at 11:32, checks in. They're like, someone will be right with you. And she's like, hey, how much longer till you're done? I'm like, I don't know. I'll be there in a little bit. 11:45, someone's gonna be right with you. Okay. I walk in at 11:54. She's like, oh, they said they'll be right with us. All right, cool. Got the three boys there. And they have these like cubes, wooden cubes that you can sit on. And they have like. I don't know what. They're kind of like baskets underneath them. They're like, I don't know. What kind of material is pleather? Fake pleather.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So they're taking those out of there and they're making tunnels and making, you know, mazes. And so they're crawling through it and this lady comes over and loses her. I can't have them doing that. I can't have them doing that. That is going to. They're going to get hurt. I'm like, they're just crawling through the blocks. It ain't a big deal. She's like, how about I give them some iPads? And this is what's wrong with America.

[A]

What an upsell. That lady needs a raise.

[B]

This is what is wrong with America right here in a nutshell. Because the kids are using their mind. They're being creative. They're building something. They're making a maze where they can crawl through it, and they act like they're taking a nap in it. They were acting like it's their house or their underground bunker, whatever you want to call it. And she comes and shuts down the creativity for a kid to stare at a freaking screen.

[A]

Have they ever had one before?

[B]

No.

[A]

This is amazing. I love that lady.

[B]

They've never had an iPad to play on.

[A]

She used technology to tell you to shut your pie hole.

[B]

That's exactly what she did.

[A]

Hey, Free Ranger.

[C]

Hey.

[B]

You want your kids to be creative and be engineers and architects and build things? No. Sit down and look at a computer screen and rot your brain. Thank you. That way we can get more sales here.

[A]

You're like, no.

[B]

And I said, boys, why don't we just go walk Broadway and check some music out?

[A]

Now we're talking.

[B]

They're like, no, Dad, I want an iPad. Oh, my gosh, dad, we get an iPad. So my whole thing is, hey, lady, how about you have your appointments running on time so we don't have to sit here and build tunnels and fortresses and underground bunkers that we are exploring? Because you guys are running 30 minutes behind now. Because now it is noon o'. Clock. And here she comes like, oh, you're the iPads. And my kids are like, how do I work it? And she's like, here. Here's how you can draw. Here are the games. And they want to play the games. Dad, how do I play this game? I don't know how to play the game, man. I've never played that crap.

[A]

I don't care what your business is. Go find that lady at the Apple store and hire her. She is worth every penny she's making.

[B]

So they're playing the game and now it is 1212. And someone comes over and goes, are you guys just hanging out?

[A]

Yeah, we're sobering up.

[B]

And my wife's like, no, we had an 11:30 appointment with the geek Squad. And they're like, oh, let me go check what's going on with that? And they come back and they're like, all right. Do you already assigned to somebody? They should just be with you. Any minute. I'm like, okay, great. We've been assigned to someone. What the hell does that mean? I. I don't know what that means, but we got here. She got there at 11:32. Like, what? What's going on? It's been 45 minutes, and my kids have already gotten in trouble for being creative. And another seven minutes goes by. So at 12:22, the dude comes back, goes, you know what? I'm just going to take you over to Sally over here. Takes her over to Sally from Southern Charm. How'd you know?

[A]

Also, the geek squad. I went to there with our laptop. They're quick. That's odd that they weren't right on top of it.

[B]

Very odd. Very odd. And she goes, Sally goes, I'm with another customer, but I guess I can help you guys. At the same time, she's like, what. What time was your appointment? And my wife's like, oh, 11:30. She goes, oh, I didn't. I wasn't scheduled to work till noon. So somehow they let us make an appointment for a department that wasn't even opening until noon.

[A]

The entire department or just Sally?

[B]

No, the entire department, because she was the only one working that day.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

She's like, I don't know. And the lady that was at the same time goes, oh, My appointment was 11:15.

[A]

Yeah, see, Broadway, I don't think there's gonna be a lot of people rolling in there with laptops. It's basically, hey, I got drunk last night. I need a phone charger. Oh, here you go. On the wall.

[B]

Yeah, but how in the world.

[A]

That is funny. They only had two people.

[B]

No, no, no. They had one person not scheduled to noon, but they had two people. Appointment, 11:15, 11:30. And instead of saying, oh, my God, we messed up, your person's not coming until noon. Like, the person's not going to be here for another 30 minutes. They kept going, oh, yeah, someone will be right with you.

[A]

Yeah, you rig them a roll them.

[B]

Someone will be right with you. Don't have your kids enjoy themselves. Someone will be right with you.

[A]

What do you think we tell them on the phones on the big show? We'll be right with you. We ain't gonna be right with them. The dumbest topic we've ever heard of, bro. You got rigmarolled.

[B]

Oh, we got.

[A]

Rig them enrolled. You're playing on iPads. Kids are addicted now.

[B]

Oh, kids are really addicted. I mean, they're, like, rolling their neck out because they're sitting there, oh, my God, Dad, I'm tired. Of looking down.

[A]

You got dad staring at Broadway for 45 minutes, wondering why. What happened to his life? I mean, it's beautiful.

[B]

I'm like, dude, I used to be in those bars and now I'm just standing in an Apple store as my kids are glued to an iPad. All three of them with their own separate iPad. Not even one iPad to share. They brought him one iPad per person. And then the guy comes up, he goes, hey, can I mark down that they were part of that class that was over there. We get kind of credit, like, and I'm like, so now you're using me to inflate your numbers after you yelled at them for being creative and you assigned us a time to show up when someone wasn't going to be here for 30 minutes after when we got here.

[A]

No, the lady deserves that though. The way she turned it, it was a massive turn pivot. So I, I say, she can use your kids as whatever credit.

[B]

And I said, yeah, go for it, whatever. Write down that you had three extra kids in that class.

[A]

Baby box 1, 2 and 3. You heard me right, I'm lunchbox.

[B]

No, they didn't ask me their names. They just said, okay, I'll mark down three kids in the class. And that's what they did. They marked down three kids in the class. And we finally got out of there at 12:55. And oh, could they fix the screen? They'll fix the screen for $450. Or you can buy a new computer for 550.

[A]

So is your computer fixed?

[B]

No, it's new.

[A]

All because it got knocked off the couch?

[B]

Yeah, because they could fix it for 450, but you get a new one for 550.

[A]

That's all the computers are.

[B]

Oh, when you're not using, if you're just using it for just Internet and just a little stuff like that, you don't need to get one. With all this memory and all these cool functions, it's a lot cheaper running a sale. Oh my God, dude, I'm going to

[A]

Broadway today to go get one of those. I haven't had a laptop. My other one, my IBM one's like a hundred dollars. It is so slow. Back in the day when I used to gamble, I would punch it. So like the mouse thing doesn't work.

[B]

That's probably a bad idea.

[A]

The fact I can get a laptop for five hundo.

[B]

I'm going, yeah, it's really cheap and they're really helpful there. They'll, they'll get you in and out in a Matter of minutes, right?

[A]

Apple store on Broadway.

[B]

And if you need help and you. You are waiting, they will provide you with an iPad to kill your time, kill your brain cells. And it was just a fantastic day. I just don't understand how one of the best technology companies in the world has a glitch in their system where people are allowed to make appointments before the people are even scheduled to come into work. Explain it to me.

[A]

Dealt with the same thing with Wendy's.

[B]

Go ahead, tell me.

[A]

No, I already told the story on the big show. And they brought free Wendy's for us because they would open before they even started serving breakfast. Same thing. It's just a little business thing. We do it, we start. We. Maybe we don't do it, but yeah. So it's. It's a thing. Yeah, you open a business and your girl's not ready. Stuff like that.

[B]

Man, it was a long day because then the kids are starving. They've been sitting there for almost two

[A]

hours, ready to take him to Peg Leg Porker or. What is it, Rip, Tootsies. They can go see the girls at Rippy's.

[B]

No. Then my, my, addicted to something else. Then baby Box is like, dad, I thought we were going to go watch music. I'm like, I gave you that option to walk up and down Broadway and see music, but you chose the iPad. He goes, oh, I thought we would do it after the iPad.

[A]

Dude, you take your kids to the Apple store, all of a sudden they're addicted to the seven deadly sins. That's Broadway.

[B]

But we did walk out, and there was a guy just laying on the sidewalk.

[A]

Hey, brother, you got a couple dollars?

[B]

And they're like, dad, why is he. Why is he on the sidewalk? Guys, just walk around him. Just walk around him like they're horseplaying, you know? I'm like, guys, watch out. Watch out. Well, dad, he shouldn't be laying on the sidewalk. I'm like, guys, just get that. Go, go.

[A]

Take a break.

[B]

We'll take a break. We'll be right back. I turned off news altogether. I hate to say it, but I

[A]

don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait.

[B]

It feels like it's trying to divide people. We got clear facts.

[A]

Maybe we can calm down a little.

[B]

NBC News brings you clear reporting. Let's meet at the facts. Let's move forward from there. NBC News.

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[B]

From the show last night to this drive. Why is it never chill?

[A]

Because this is our life backstage on the road. It's loud, messy, real. And that's the best part. Whole crew, no plan, just moving.

[B]

Good thing Nissan builds for that kind of chaos.

[A]

Not just test tracks, real life scenes, late nights, road trips, all of it. That's why it holds up. Nissan was ranked number one in initial quality among mainstream brands by J.D. power.

[B]

Yeah, you can tell.

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[B]

Irsay The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club.

[A]

This week on the podcast I'm sitting

[B]

down with Will Wheaton, who played Gordie Lachance in stand by me 40 years ago and now narrates Stephen King's the

[A]

Body, the novella that inspired it all. We talk about what it's like to return to a story that shaped his

[B]

life, channeling his memories of River Phoenix

[A]

in the recording booth, and why the friendships you have at 12 might be the most important ones you'll ever have.

[B]

I know Gordie Lachance.

[A]

I am Gordie Lachance. Like, I mean, even when I was a little kid, I was Gordie Lachance

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when I didn't know it.

[A]

Listen to Earsay the Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Did you get my note?

[B]

You didn't send me?

[A]

I sent you an email.

[B]

Oh, you did?

[A]

I said I have to tell my hotel story.

[B]

Oh, please do, man.

[A]

Unless you want to talk about the USA World cup for 13 minutes.

[B]

No, we're not going to talk about that. We're just going to say it's a great day. Oh, here it is. I have to tell my hotel story. So Ray Kocher over to you.

[A]

It was too inappropriate for the Bobby Big show, so I bring it over here.

[B]

Oh, hotel. When you went to Chicago. Got it. I was very confused.

[A]

So me and Scuba check into this hotel. This can be a good story. This actually may make this episode worth repeating.

[B]

Please tell me, did you guys share a room?

[A]

No. Luckily, we had doubles.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

But I didn't. I didn't know going in. But we go into the hotel, and it's one of those where there's no lobby in the basement, you automatically go up four floors.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, but so it's just one of the. I just want you to imagine it. Everything in Chicago goes straight up. It's. That's just how it is. It is every restaurant, every hotel, everything. And so we check in. We. And. And you're looking at. You're seeing stuff. So on the bottom floor, you had a Dennis Rodman picture. You had, like. It was a very interesting, like, oh, we. Oh, there's like, tons of books, and it's just very artsy. Okay. So that you're getting that feel.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Chicago, Dennis Rodman. So we go up the elevator, we go check in, and the late. We check in and say our birthdays. And the lady was obsessed with our birthday. She goes, oh, my gosh, September. You're like, such a good guy. And I was so confused. I'm like, she was. You're a Virgo. And then she goes into Scuba about him being whatever he is, I Taurus. And she goes, oh, you're. You're crazy, but you're loyal. He goes, we're loyal. Scuba, obviously, apparently knows your star sign.

[B]

Oh. And he's into it.

[A]

And he's like, oh, yeah, it means I'm loyal. But, yeah, we're crazy. We're crazy. But this lady is obsessed with my birthday. No big deal. We check in, yada, yada, yada. We go to the elevator up to the room, and it was so quick that we're only in our rooms for 30 minutes. Then to the basketball thing.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

So, like, we're just chilling around, sitting around, doing nothing.

[B]

Totally understand.

[A]

And they got decorations. It's pride month.

[B]

Okay. So I got some rainbows. Yeah.

[A]

And I'm like, dang, like, for sure, progressive.

[B]

Love it.

[A]

I wish we had more rainbows here.

[B]

Love it.

[A]

You know what I'm saying?

[B]

Yeah. All Four support Ibiza.

[A]

So just Rainbow Central. I'm like, dang. Chicago loves them some pride month. Like, take pride in your pride.

[B]

Take pride in your pride.

[A]

Go up the elevator and go into the rooms.

[B]

This is after the basketball.

[A]

Yeah. And no, no, before the basketball. And we're gearing up to go back.

[B]

Okay, go ahead.

[A]

And on the elevator, Scuba's in his room. And the lady at the host, she goes, yeah, I put you guys. She was, huh, Two rooms. Yeah. And she was, okay, I put you guys. I put rooms in between you guys. So you guys are separated, but there's multiple rooms in between you guys. And I was like, okay, cool. And so we go up the elevator and the elevator has. It's men all in dresses. So the wallpaper is just men that are like, like to dress like women.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

And I'm like, listen, I'm all for progressive. Me and Baze are actually in the wallpaper market right now. Interesting. Must be in style. I'm like, this, this hotel is like cutting edge.

[B]

Cutting edge.

[A]

Maybe that. That's the cool new art. I saw the bottom basement, that when we first walk in, it's artsy. So we go to our rooms and the lighting's weird. There's a sink in the middle of your room there. There's no upper lights. It's all under the bed.

[C]

Huh?

[A]

It's all. I mean, if I was to put a name tag on it, I would say it's like sex lighting.

[B]

Got it. So like when you step, the lights light up.

[A]

Yes, got it.

[B]

That's what. How it was with the W in Austin for Iheart.

[A]

And it's, it's all to make it so you don't leave the bed. So you just hit a button. The curtains go up. You hit a button and shower completely see through. So you have to put. Do a curtain or. Thank God me and Scuba had different rooms or you'd be able to see the other dude go the bathroom and take a shower.

[B]

That'd be weird.

[A]

Didn't think anything of it. 30 minutes we go to the basketball, me and Scuba, and the, the get in the cab and the cab driver's like, you guys are staying there? Like, yeah, we're staying there. It's a great place. So clean. As I was going into my room, the guy is with wet wipes cleaning off my door handle.

[B]

Very nice.

[A]

One of the top five cleanest hotels I've ever been in.

[B]

You like clean?

[A]

And he goes, how is that? We're like, good, good. It's awesome. He's like, interesting. All right, so we go to the basketball, come back from the basketball, and Scuba goes, hey, you want to do the bar? I'm like, yeah, let's do the bar. And so we go into it and it was the same day the USA World cup had a. A World Cup. And it says on the little. There's a post it board and it says, who do you want to win usa Boys or don't tell me Portugal, boys. And I'm like, I thought it was World Cup. Why would it be U21 under 21? I don't get why it says boys. So I just go up there, put a sharpie mark, usa. And then Scuba goes, hey, meet up. Let's meet up. And we're in cut offs because we're playing basketball.

[B]

Yeah. Got to be able to hoop two

[A]

dudes balling out in our 40s cutoffs. On we go sit at the bar. You can pretty much wear whatever you want. And again, more flags. Like, I'm talking Super Pride Month. I'm like, baser wasn't kidding. Like, Chicago is progressive. Like, this is great. This is totally different. I think Nashville needs more flags.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

We sit down at the bar and I look at the menu and there's no beer. There's not one beer. And it says all their drink and the drinks. No, no beer.

[B]

None.

[A]

And it. There was one drink called Naughty Boy and there's another drink called like Nasty Gal. And I'm like, I can't. Even though the Naughty Boy sounded pretty good because it was similar to a pina colada. I can't order a Naughty Boy. Hi, how's it going? I'm gonna take a Naughty Boy. So I go, hey, do you have any seltzers? Like a White Claw Truly's any of those? He goes, I got an off brand if you want that. But we never have people ask for it. I'm like, who doesn't order beer and seltzer's? Like, what, you never have people ask for it? Because. Yeah, but it's called neutral. You can have someone cool get me four. I'll put them down in 30 minutes.

[B]

I mean, Ray is neutral.

[A]

So we're sitting there at the bar, drink some drinks, Scuba leaves, he's going to bed, and I'm talking stock. Obviously. It was the huge SpaceX launch IPO. It was going to be a new stock. Elon stock, $135. So I get to talking to this girl. Very nice. She was. I don't know how to say it.

[B]

Large.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So that's how you say it? Large. Hefty.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, but that. That wasn't what I was trying to say.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

She, like, had a deep voice.

[B]

Okay, okay.

[A]

Which was fine. So I'm telling her. I'm like, hey, SpaceX, get on your Robin Hood. And she had three. This is a story for another day. She had 300, and she couldn't do options with it. So I told her to she needed to deposit 200 more dollars so that she could actually do an option on the space X. And I go, hey, you got to make sure you cash this out, not cash out. But you got to. It expires. It'll expire worthless. So you have to do something on Friday when the SpaceX stock comes out. Hopefully she did story for another day. And so she goes on to her regions, and because she had to deposit more, she couldn't do an option. And she sees and she had $300. So she deposits 200 more dollars. And I swear on her regions, it wasn't her name. It was like a dude's name. It was like, mark something. I'm like, weird. Like, she just logged into her dude's account like that.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

So tell her the options bar closes. Security guy at one point had a conversation with him. He's like, yeah. He's like, do you got any security jobs in Nashville? I'm like, yeah. Why? What's up? He goes, they're just too in your face. Like, everything's all. They're just so open here. And I'm like, ah, Chicago's like, in your face. I don't know what that means, but maybe he was talking about the hotel. And I was like, I don't understand what he's talking about.

[B]

Yeah. Like, people are close talkers. They get in your face when they talk.

[A]

So I pass out. I go back to my room. Weird lighting. I wouldn't. Would never imagine that type of a lighting at a hotel for, like, a family. You're not able to, like, see each other. It's just like you can't see your hand in front of your face because it's only floor lighting.

[B]

Totally understand.

[A]

Bizarre, but the cleanest room I've ever been in.

[B]

Totally get it.

[A]

And somebody was asking me. They're like, oh, it may be maybe the basketball we were talking about. They're like, hey, how do you like the place? And I was like, it was weird that it was so clean, but. And it was almost like a cruise ship, but. And there was, like, weird products that it had for you. Like, there was like butt wipes.

[B]

That's okay?

[A]

Yeah. That's awesome. I loved it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I go, but it's. It's weird. The tv, I don't even think has cable. All it does is it can only play movies and stuff. Oh, and at the bar, that leads me to. I should have said that at the bar. At the bar, there was no sports on. All it was was life movies.

[B]

Weird.

[A]

Okay, let's go back to the room, go to bed, pass out, wake up in the morning, go back, and this is it. We're leaving. We're leaving this hotel, heading out.

[B]

Chicago. Bye.

[C]

Bye.

[A]

We were there one night. Promise. It gets good. And I'm sitting at the front lobby, and it's me. I'm gonna be there for an hour. Scuba wanted him to sleep in. And so I'm doing the stock trading. Okay. Stock market opens at 8:30. I was like, I'll be down here for an hour, Scuba. Take your time. I'm chilling the whole time. And the computer's right next to the host table.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

And I'm on the computer and I tell the. The dude at the front, I'm like, hey, I'm gonna be here for a while. I'm on doing fidelity stuff, you know, just trying to figure out this SpaceX IPO at launch day. It's a big day. And he goes, I don't care what you do, boy. I was like, bizarre that he would call me boy. And it. And so that was fine. I'm like, that is a new term. Like you and me. I'm like, boys had a day.

[B]

Yeah. But I'm not gonna be like, you do you, boy.

[A]

Okay. And then so I'm seeing all these people entering and exiting. And like, these people exit.

[B]

Are they coming in the front of the back?

[A]

They're coming in the front.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And this. And it. I swear, I kept thinking, it's crazy that all these companies have send these employees that are of the same sex. It was rare that it was a guy and a girl. It was always like two dudes, two chicks. I'm like, smart. This company's saving on hotel rooms.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And so the two dudes are walking out, and this guy, this host, he always is saying to these people, hey, what was your room number? Because I think then he gets that for the housekeeping people.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And so it'd be like, hey, boys, what was your room number? And these guys are in their 40s and he called them boys. And at this point, I'm like, what is with the term boy? Why is he calling everybody boy? So then a couple other ones maybe would be younger. Hey, boys, what was your room number? Look, I had no idea. I thought it was dude, bro. I had no idea boy was so regularly used. Yeah, then I'm hearing everything. So people are checking in, checking out. And this host is the front desk guy. Yeah, pretty funny, like, but he was saying edgy stuff.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

So the one guy goes, hey, can I leave my suitcase down here? And he goes, yeah, for sure. Just leave it for a second. And the guy goes, you know what? I'm sorry, I got to get in it for a second. Do you care? And he goes. And the host goes, well, I mean, unless you got a vibrator in there, I don't care. And I'm like, dang that, that's funny. But like, I don't know if I would say that.

[B]

Yeah, I'm not sure I'd say that to a guest at hotel.

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And so then I'm just sitting there waiting stock. You guys know it. You had my truck drivers know what the stock market. Don't you? Do you? It doesn't really move a lot, so it's a lot of chilling. I'm just seeing what SpaceX is doing. And it didn't launch right away. You had to wait like two hours. So I didn't even see anything what it was going to do market wise. And so as I'm sitting there, I'm looking at some of the art and I swear to God, the one of the art things was two was like a person bent over and like the other person was behind him. But I'm also hungover, okay? And I'm like, there's no way that's what that art piece is. There's just no way. Okay.

[B]

Yeah, that would be weird to be in the lobby of a hotel.

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I. I don't think that they could get away with that in today's world. So I was like, okay, there's no way. Okay? So I'm sitting there and I. And I like stand up. And I hadn't stood up to like see the ho. The person at the front desk yet. Yeah, and the dude was behind him.

[B]

Right behind you.

[A]

No, the dude dude was behind the desk. And when I stood up, he was wearing a dress. So it was, I mean, like, for sure a dress. Like literally a dress. Bazer, Warren Charles, a month ago, like a summer dress.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And then he was wearing high heels. So for sure. Dude. Hey, boys. When you guys, what's your room number? And then I went around and I stood up, and I could see he was wearing a dress.

[B]

Okay. And he said, where's your dress?

[C]

No.

[A]

And I was like, okay, they're. I'm in the major city here. They dress different. They totally dress different. I'm all for that. Another employee comes to work.

[B]

Okay, got it.

[A]

And the employee.

[B]

Boy or girl?

[A]

Girl. And she has the booty shorts on, but they're so high, you can see her entire booty.

[B]

Love it.

[A]

Not that I looked. And the front desk worker goes, you can start your day any way you want, but you better go in the girls or boys bathroom and change those shorts because you're not coming to work.

[B]

Whoa.

[A]

And I was like, why did she say the girls or boys restroom? Why would you. Why would you just say go to the girls restroom? And so. So I'm sitting there, okay. I'm doing my stock trader doing that, Hitting up scuba. I'm like, hey, dude, let's go.

[B]

Things are getting weird.

[A]

It's been a minute. SpaceX is doing nothing. Not that it's getting weird. I'm just so confused. All this stuff. And so then we get into the elevator, and again, it's the wallpaper that's dudes and dresses. And I was like, so is that trendy wallpaper or why was the front desk worker in a dress, too? Like, I'm totally fine with it, but I was so confused. And then we get downstairs, and there was the Dennis. I started looking at the art. So the Dennis Rodman thing, which I thought was for Chicago, was because he

[B]

was in a dress, wasn't he?

[A]

Was it because he was alternative lifestyle, I believe. And then I started looking at the art, and there was a books. It was library stuff. And it wasn't just any books because we're waiting in the lobby for our Uber. It was. It wasn't like Forty Shades of Gray. The book was like Forty Shades of Gay.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Which I didn't even know that was a book. And so then I'm looking at the art, and there's more of the art from up.

[B]

When's the last time you'd read that?

[A]

I had.

[C]

Oh.

[A]

So then there was the same statue that was upstairs, and I was looking at it more closely, and it was a dude bent over and a guy behind him. That art piece.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

I'm like, whoa. I'm seeing a theme here. So we go out, get in the Uber, and I go scuba. Do you. Did you notice anything there? And he goes, what do you mean? His voice is kind of like, here. What's scuba's? Voice is like, yeah, yeah, the sink was in the, in the living room or the sink was in the main area. What was wrong with that? And I go, no. Did you notice anything else? Yeah, like the check in process was really smooth and everybody was super nice. And I was like, did you. I'll go scuba. Did you not realize when you booked this that you booked us at an LGBQT plus hotel and the entire weekend people thought that we were gay?

[B]

And what did he say?

[A]

He's like, the wallpaper was men dressed as women. And I go, yeah, dude. And we were playing in a basketball tournament and he was wearing a Dick Kembe Mutombo jersey. And bro, I was wearing a Miller Highlife cutoff that said, I like it fast scuba. We were rolling around all weekend in basketball shirts and miniature basketballs looking like we were gay partners. Did you have any idea when you booked this hotel what it was going to look like to every person we met there? I'm going to kill him. What a clean, beautiful hotel. But good gosh, it was just for LGBQT plus people. And then it made sense that the lady at the beginning goes, I'll put a couple rooms in between you guys. She thought we were feuding and that we were gonna have loud hookups and she didn't want the other partner to hear the other partner. And then you think back at the bar, people were like, are you guys staying together? And I'm like, that's the most bizarre question to ask somebody that's here on work if they're staying with their co worker. And we were like, no, no, we're a couple rooms apart.

[B]

And that lady down with a swing and she didn't want you.

[A]

The lady that I taught stock, dude, she logged. I think she was a man transitioning to a woman because her regions account said mark or.

[B]

Or she just was a cross dresser. She liked to dress up in drag.

[A]

Yeah, and the World cup boys, that was, that was their terminology. That's why it said USA boys are Portugal boys. That's why when every person checked out, he would say, what was your boy's room number?

[B]

That's why.

[A]

Why would he be calling 40 year old dudes boys?

[B]

That's why it was okay for the woman going, the guy or the girl's bathroom?

[A]

Dude, I had to tell it. It wasn't the story for the bank show.

[B]

Have a great week.

[A]

And then, oh, we get home and Kevin kick off. Kev, he goes, those pictures you posted to that hotel room, he goes, I've stayed there too. What is going on? What do you mean you stayed there?

[B]

Did you notice anything?

[A]

Gavin? He goes, great price. I was able to afford the Magnificent Mile. And then we were both talking about how clean the rooms were and how the guy was sanitation wipe on my door handle as I was opening it.

[B]

Oh, man.

[A]

And the security guy. Yeah, he said they're open here. He goes, they're a little too open here. I'm looking for another security job. And I thought, what? Keep the doors open. You guys aren't very secure.

[B]

Oh, man. Have a great weekend, guys. And Justin Luzina. We'll get to your email Monday. You don't get here till the 24th, so we'll get to your email Monday, man. Have a great weekend.

[A]

We got to replay it.

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