THURS PT 1: Bobby's Hard-Hitting Therapy Question + Bobby Brings Up Amy's Traumatic Past + Amy's Drunk Audio

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – Thurs PT 1: Bobby's Hard-Hitting Therapy Question + Bobby Brings Up Amy's Traumatic Past + Amy's Drunk Audio

Date: March 5, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones (+ Amy, Eddie, Ashley McBryde)
Episode Overview:
This episode brings a blend of the crew's classic humor, honest conversations about life and past experiences, listener advice, and a memorable interview with singer-songwriter Ashley McBryde. The main themes include hard questions about life purpose (prompted by therapy), personal stories of growth and regret, audience Q&A about workplace setbacks, and a vulnerable discussion about addiction and recovery. The show wraps up with fan interactions, light-hearted segments, and a bit of in-the-wild listener feedback.

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Table of Contents

1. Opening Stories & Viral News
2. Personal School Stories & Parenting
3. Sardine Trend & Airline Etiquette
4. Defamation and TikTok Conspiracies
5. Anonymous Advice: Stuck in a Job Rut
6. Therapy Question: What Is Your Purpose?
7. Driving Pet Peeves
8. Ashley McBryde: Sobriety and Empathy
9. Listener Calls: Cruise Reactions & The Price Is Right
10. Amy’s Drunk Audio & Lunchbox Observations

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Opening Stories & Viral News

[02:23-03:42] Mud Rescue & Human Endurance

• Bobby shares the story of Andrew, a man missing 10 days found stuck in mud to his shoulders in Florida. The group discusses the strangeness and survival chances.
  • “He was in bad shape. They don’t know what happened.” – Bobby [02:25]
  • “How is he alive?” – Amy [03:24]
• Eddie wonders if emotional distress could lead to someone getting stuck, but everyone is baffled by the details.

[03:42-05:45] Georgia Bill: Licenses Revoked for Truancy

• New law proposes revoking licenses for school absences in Georgia.
  • “Three tardies, they take your license. Four, they take your car. Five, they take your house.” – Bobby [04:21] (joking)
• Group shares personal stories of skipping school and disciplinary parental tactics.
  • Amy recalls her mom escorting her to class after chronic lateness: “She showed up unknown to walk me to class to show me I was capable of getting there on time. And I was. Never late again.” – Amy [05:28-05:35]

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Personal School Stories & Parenting

[05:55-07:19] Regret and Empathy in Parenting

• Amy reflects on a childhood moment of embarrassment: she abandoned her mom after she fell at a softball tournament but retrospectively feels immense regret.
• Later, with her own adopted daughter, she experiences “karma” when her daughter steps over her after a fall in the airport:
  • “She paid me back from the dead.” – Amy [06:34]

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Sardine Trend & Airline Etiquette

[07:25-09:55] Year of the Sardine?

• Crew jokes about sardines being the next health or wellness trend, like cottage cheese or avocados before.
  • “I feel like by the end of the year it's going to be like the year of the sardine. Sardine marketing is hot!” – Amy [08:49]
• Eddie and Bobby discuss their limited experience with sardines—mainly pop culture references.

[09:55-10:56] Airline Headphone Rule

• United Airlines will now require headphones for all passengers playing audio.
  • “That is now this: if you’re going to have a phone...you can’t listen to it outwardly on the plane. You have to have headphones.” – Bobby [10:24]
• Crew describes pet peeves on flights: crying kids, loud iPads, and feeling for parents struggling.

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Defamation and TikTok Conspiracies

[11:18-13:45] $10 Million for False Accusations

• University of Idaho professor wins $10M from a TikTok conspiracy theorist who falsely accused her of murder involvement after the Idaho student murders.
  • “You can't just say crap. It affects people's lives.” – Bobby [12:06]
• The group clarifies “free speech” and its legal boundaries.
  • “You can talk about the government bad—and they can't come for you—but you can't just say stuff and go: 'free speech.'” – Bobby [13:15]

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Anonymous Advice: Stuck in a Job Rut

[14:19-18:55] Listener Seeks Promotion Clarity

• Anonymous Listener: Stuck at job 7 years, always overlooked for promotions; a newer coworker gets promoted. Asks: Stay and hope, or leave?
• Bobby’s Advice:
  • Ask the boss for clear, specific benchmarks for promotion.
  • “What I would do in this situation is I would say, ‘Hey, I need you to give me some exact things that I can do in order to be promoted...’” – Bobby [16:01]
  • Don’t assume malice without more info.
  • Don’t quit without a plan; weigh restarting at a new place.
• Amy: Consider if you’re valued, but don’t leave without a backup. “You may go somewhere else, and who knows, if there’s a pay cut, then you don’t have the tenure...” [17:23]
• Eddie: Raises idea of going above and beyond; Bobby encourages sharing wins so bosses notice.
  • “If you don’t celebrate you, nobody else will.” – Bobby [20:12]

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Therapy Question: What Is Your Purpose?

[24:15-32:04] Deep Reflections on Life and Motivation

• Bobby’s therapist asks about “purpose”; he tosses the question to the crew.
  • “What do you think your purpose is?” – Bobby [24:15]

Eddie:

• “It’s easy: mine is to make everyone around me better...my goal is to make their life as good as it can be and prepare them for the world.” [25:47]
• Group laughs at Eddie’s confident delivery, but ultimately agree his warmth and kindness have a positive impact.
  • “You are one of the most fun people to be around. You’re very kind...so warm immediately that people are drawn to you.” – Bobby [26:12]

Bobby:

• “If it was all boiled down...it is to show folks that think they can’t do it...that it doesn’t matter where you come from. You can do whatever you want.” [27:32]

Amy:

• Hardest to articulate; feels like a “connector,” especially in private or behind-the-scenes ways, helping others through things she’s experienced.
  • “I can be a connector for someone and connect them to the person that could helpfully change the trajectory of their life.” [29:36]
• Bobby recognizes her deep empathy and perspective from tough life experiences.

Memorable Exchange:

• “Empathy is not something that you can buy. Perspective is not something you can buy. Nobody wants to have to get perspective because perspective is only gathered through very hard times.” – Bobby [29:48]

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Driving Pet Peeves

[37:23-43:49] What Annoys You Most in the Car?

• Backseat driving, slamming doors, leaving trash, yelling “brake!”, feet on the dashboard (especially bare feet), changing music without asking, and road rage.
  • “I try to give people grace on that...I’ve been in such bad situations.” – Bobby [37:44]
  • “My wife will say that, you know, if you do that and I hit something...your knees will go into your face.” – Bobby [40:56]
  • “When people get out of my car and they’re like whammy [slamming the door]...may never get invited back.” – Bobby [40:14]

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Ashley McBryde: Sobriety and Empathy

[32:16-37:23]

• Song Story: Bobby admires the honesty in McBryde’s lyrics about addiction (“Percocet, Adderall, nicotine, alcohol, throwing dishes down the hall. Bad mistakes. Tried them all.”).
• McBryde honestly discusses her alcoholism and intervention:
  • “I'm a drunk. And if you find yourself wanting to be like, ‘No, you're not’—that's how good I am at it.” – Ashley [32:45]
  • She recounts waking up at another artist’s house, realizing she needed help.
  • “Why do you think you stayed?” – Bobby [34:20]
    – “I was gonna die.” – Ashley [34:21]
  • Powerful reflections on how her addiction affected her loved ones, and how empathy is hard-earned but valuable.
• Bobby relates to her rehab and family experiences, both showing vulnerability.

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Listener Calls: Cruise Reactions & The Price Is Right

[50:39-55:04]

• Listener theorizes Lunchbox may have actually gotten on The Price is Right and is playing a long prank (April Fools?), given his secrecy and timing of the episode airing.
• The team speculates — Bobby gives it a 31% chance Lunchbox is pulling a fast one.
  • “I think it would be one of the greatest bits if he just played us completely...” – Bobby [51:19]
• Listeners share FOMO about the Bobby Bones cruise and plan to join in 2027.

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Amy’s Drunk Audio & Lunchbox Observations

[56:41-58:38]

• Amy shares a “drunk audio” moment: she records a fan who approached her about Lunchbox’s body (“his arms are a little scrawny; he needs to lift some weights”).
  • Amy jokes, “Amazing!” [57:39]
• Conversation about commenting on people’s bodies and show policy: “We’re not gonna talk about somebody behind their back and not say it in front of their face.” – Bobby [58:28]
• Plan to play the clip for Lunchbox when he returns.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

Big Questions and Their Impact

• “What do you think your purpose is?” – [24:15]
• “Empathy is not something that you can buy. Perspective is not something you can buy. Nobody wants to have to get perspective because perspective is only gathered through very hard times.” – Bobby [29:48]

On Hard Life Lessons

• “She paid me back from the dead.” – Amy [06:34] (on karma through parenting)

On Success at Work

• “If you don’t celebrate you, nobody else will.” – Bobby [20:12]

Ashley McBryde’s Sobriety

• “I'm a drunk...That's how good I am at it.” – Ashley McBryde [32:45]
• “I was gonna die.” – Ashley [34:21]

On the Car

• “When people get out of my car and they're like, whammy...may never get invited back.” – Bobby [40:14]

Drunk Amy Audio

• “His arms are a little scrawny…He needs to lift some weights.” – Listener via Amy’s recording [57:31-57:39]

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Overall Tone

The episode is lively and honest, balancing irreverent humor with raw reflections. The crew isn’t afraid to poke fun at each other or themselves, but also tackles meaningful issues (workplace frustration, addiction, life “purpose”) with kindness and candor. Conversations with listeners are warm and inclusive, and celebrity guest Ashley McBryde provides a particularly impactful real-life perspective.

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Transcript

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

Transmitting across America

[Bobby Bones]

is. Let's go. Welcome to Thursday Show Morning Studio.

[Eddie]

Morning.

[Bobby Bones]

This guy was missing for 10 days, but they found him and he was shoulder deep in mud when they found him. It feels like quicksand, but they didn't say quicksand. But for 10 days, this guy Andrew was missing. He was last seen on Valentine's Day. He was found by the fire department in Paka, Florida, stuck in mud up to his shoulders. The Mud Pit was located on a property of a materials company, which is a sand plant. His car was abandoned nearby. People had spotted him nearby, but they say they were lucky to find him. He was in bad shape. They don't know what happened.

[Eddie]

Weird.

[Bobby Bones]

They just said that he was depressed because of a recent breakup.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but you're not going to dig yourself in mud for that, right?

[Amy]

Like, where are you?

[Bobby Bones]

But I don't know that you think mud would keep you locked in. I've seen some pretty big mud puddles, and I think I could have walked through and got out.

[Eddie]

Man, if you're sure he was shoulder deep, right? Yeah, like, you're shoulder deep. You can't move.

[Bobby Bones]

You're just stuck 10 days, too. So you're talking about no water.

[Amy]

How is he alive?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. Unless he had like, some water in his jacket. He was wearing like a big car jacket with a hood or whatever. But when they found find him, it's dark and there's like 10 people digging him out. It's so reminiscent of what quicksand taught us. It was in the 90s, which was just sand.

[Amy]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

So that was a crazy one. Georgia may revoke the driver's licenses of teens who skip school.

[Eddie]

Yikes.

[Amy]

I don't know that I'm anti this.

[Bobby Bones]

What? I. I know, but.

[Eddie]

But didn't you guys skip school?

[Amy]

Yeah, I'm not sure. It's like, not.

[Bobby Bones]

You say yes, never once.

[Eddie]

Yeah, you never know when you had a driver's license and they gave you off campus lunch.

[Bobby Bones]

Call me Mr. Pa. Okay, well, perfect attendance.

[Ashley McBride]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I think it's probably not a first offense that you take the license away, but there maybe once you're. You know, what do they call it? Like, not delinquent, but there's a word. There's a word for truancy.

[Bobby Bones]

Three, tardies, they take your license. Four, they take your car. Five, they take your house. Georgia teens who skip school may have to forfeit their driver's licenses. This is from wsbtv. The Georgia Senate overwhelmingly approved the Everyday Counts act, which would let the state revoke driving privileges from 15 to 17 year olds labeled chronically unexcused, meaning five unexplained absences in the first 50 days of school, or 10% of the days.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't hate it. I don't hate it, but I never missed. Amy missed a lot of school so much, her mom had to walk up to school with her.

[Eddie]

You were charting.

[Bobby Bones]

Whoa.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Eddie]

She was tardy.

[Amy]

You're.

[Eddie]

I know what you Said, you know what I said?

[Amy]

Now that's Bobby's version of the story. I didn't miss anything. A lot of school did I ever skip some classes? Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Isn't that skipping school?

[Eddie]

Amy, don't be a lawyer, just say it.

[Amy]

Skipping school would mean the whole day skip.

[Bobby Bones]

Semantics.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Amy]

Also, it wasn't a lot, cuz that

[Bobby Bones]

teacher you skipped, you skipped her school.

[Amy]

And then my mom only escorted me to class cuz I was in that class every day. I was just late.

[Bobby Bones]

But she showed up at school unknown.

[Amy]

She showed up unknown to walk me to class to show me I was capable of getting there on time. And I. And I was. And let me tell you, I was never late again, ever. Georgia should be like, okay, we're gonna have your parents come and walk you to class.

[Bobby Bones]

Problem is, some people don't have parents. And that's probably where a lot of this comes from is like without good environment influences, you don't make good decisions.

[Amy]

Yeah. That was such a baller move for

[Bobby Bones]

my mom to show up.

[Amy]

Yeah, she's. I'm on the second floor where we socialize. That's the floor we hung out on in between classes. And she tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around and I was like, mom, what's wrong? She was like, I'm here to escort you to algebra or whatever.

[Eddie]

That's awesome.

[Amy]

Geometry.

[Bobby Bones]

This is the same mom you let step in a hole and ran off from.

[Amy]

I was much younger then and I was embarrassed by her. And that's one of my biggest life regrets.

[Bobby Bones]

I know.

[Amy]

What is up with you right now? I know I mistreated my mom terribly and I asked for forgiveness.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, no, I think it's great. But you were walking with her, she fell in a hole and you just kept walking.

[Amy]

Yeah, I was at a softball tournament and we were walking along and I was so embarrassed that she fell and I should have been like, mom, oh my gosh, are you okay? Instead I was like, I don't know her, but I think we had already been pre fighting. Like I was already annoyed with her and. But she, my mom already paid me back from the dead for that. My mom had passed away by the time I adopted my kids. When I. The first day I became a mom, she paid me back. First day we were on our way from Haiti to Miami. Once we landed in the Miami airport, I was on one of those moving walkways at the airport and I, my foot got stuck and I tripped and I fell. And my daughter that I just adopted stepped over me, kept walking and started laughing and I was like, okay, mom, I see you see she. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So she, it all comes around.

[Amy]

She got her payback on day one and she was like, okay, I'll leave you alone.

[Bobby Bones]

They're calling it skin care in a can from Yahoo. They swear by the 10 sardines that you can buy and putting them on your face.

[Amy]

Okay. I have seen so much about eating sardines and it helping your skin from the inside out. Like it'll be a game changer. But I've not seen anybody laying the sardines on their face, touting their omega

[Bobby Bones]

3 fatty acids and skin nourishing benefits. While sardines are nutrient dense and offer health benefits, experts caution against viewing them as a magic solution for skin care or weight loss. Ultimately, sardines can be a valuable addition to a healthy plan, but they are not a one size fit all solution for skin health.

[Amy]

I have seen people doing what they're calling a. I guess it's a sardine cleanse or fast or something. Eating them for three days straight. Every meal, breakfast, lunch and dinner is sardines.

[Eddie]

I'm in. Sign me up.

[Bobby Bones]

We're not asking you. We don't want what's going to happen to your body to be in this room with us.

[Eddie]

But what is it? Sounds like it's good for your body.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what there's a lot of things good for your body. Eat in moderation. Eat vegetables.

[Eddie]

Do you like sardines?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think so. I think my relationship with sardines are one, Ninja turtles and then two, that's anchovies. Oh, you're right. I don't like, I don't like anchovies

[Eddie]

because sardines are the ones in the can. You kind of like pull the tab and open it and they're in oil or water, whatever you want.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not anti, but I'm not pro. I don't think I've been around them enough.

[Amy]

I feel like this is. We're still early on in 2026, but I feel like by the end of the year it's going to be like the year of the sardine. Like their marketing. Sardine marketing right now is hot. Sort of like when cottage cheese, they

[Bobby Bones]

need it because they're sardine marketing.

[Amy]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

Because they're all sitting around a table. All right, boys.

[Amy]

It's sort of like 2024, 2025. Like you couldn't go anywhere without cottage cheese this, cottage cheese that. And I feel like at the end of this year we're going to be like, sardines is sardines.

[Eddie]

Sardine pancakes, sardine toast.

[Bobby Bones]

Because avocado had a good run. They did like, they did a whole thing.

[Amy]

I feel like avocado is still going strong.

[Bobby Bones]

Kind of, but not the same. Yeah, like, there was. There was like a two year period. Avocado toast. That's what all the cool people were doing.

[Amy]

But do you ever wonder, like, how this happens? Because sardines have been around for a long time. So, like, what suddenly causes the. The boom? The numbers are like a sardine boom right now.

[Eddie]

Like, the numbers are record low. Like, guys, we're gonna lose the sardine industry if we don't start selling this thing.

[Bobby Bones]

But then they gotta dump a bunch of money into influencers. They like seed influencers to talk about their sardine.

[Amy]

They're doing something. Because I swear, I can't go five minutes without seeing something about sardines.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, so you're on the sardine algorithm.

[Amy]

Well, now that you.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy goes into her pocket. She reaches in her pocket. Well, I have one here. She's being seeded. Money from the sardine industry. There's a new airline rule. This makes so much sense. I love common sense rules. This is from CBS News. United Airlines has updated its contract of carriage, which requires all passengers to wear headphones when using things that make sounds.

[Eddie]

Oh, it was a rule. Like, they tell you that, but it's

[Bobby Bones]

not a rule because, you know when you buy a ticket, you got to click a couple things. You never read.

[Amy]

Yes, yes, I never read anything.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we never read any of that crap. Yeah, we click the little boxes and we move on and we buy our tickets in. That is now this, meaning if you're going to have a phone or you're going to have any sort of music device, you can't listen to it outwardly on the plane. You have to have headphones.

[Eddie]

Amy, did you hear the one on our plane?

[Amy]

Well, was somebody listening to it loud? No.

[Eddie]

Is a kid on an iPad and it was loud?

[Amy]

All I heard was a kid crying. And I felt so bad for the

[Bobby Bones]

parents crying because just.

[Eddie]

They just cried.

[Amy]

I want to get off of here.

[Eddie]

Oh, the worst. The worst was like, oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, they were speaking.

[Amy]

Yeah, like, not, not. They were still really little, but maybe they just started learning to talk because it was like, I want to off plane. Like, I felt really bad.

[Eddie]

And they started pleading with his dad. He's like, daddy, please, Daddy, please make it stop.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that because her ears hurt or just bored?

[Amy]

That's what I was thinking. I feel like they must be in some sort of pain and they're trying to communicate. Communicate like I. Make it stop.

[Bobby Bones]

The university Idaho professor who was the subject of this Tick Tocker. So the professor made 10 million bucks. His Tick Tockers were saying all this crap about him. So remember that murder in Ohio where they killed four people?

[Eddie]

Idaho, Idaho State.

[Bobby Bones]

What? I say Ohio. Yeah, yeah. Sorry, Idaho. Thank you. A University of Ohio of Idaho professor won $10 million after a TikTok Teret influencer pushed a crazy fake conspiracy that. That they were behind the savage quadruple murders of four students. A Boise jury in US District court ordered fortune telling Texas tick tocker Ashley Gouliard on Friday to pay $10 million after concluding she falsely accused professor Rebecca Schofield of having a secret romance with one of the four victims and orchestrated the killings.

[Amy]

Oh, wow, good.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't just say crap. Yeah, it affects people's lives.

[Amy]

Okay, good to know. Also, $10 million. Like, I don't know if she. If someone doesn't have that kind of money, what do you do?

[Bobby Bones]

Two things. One, nothing. Two, they can garnish wages in some cases.

[Eddie]

Can they do like payment plan where

[Amy]

it's like, that's garnishing wages.

[Eddie]

Oh, is that it?

[Bobby Bones]

That's if you work. So they're gonna take some of that. Yeah, but if you never work and you make money, they can't garnish. And if it's not there, like I said, you can't get Mountain Dew out of a turnip. Sometimes you just, you don't get the money. Like OJ he lost all that money in a civil trial. They never got paid until I think now they're getting some of that money because he died and his estate has some money. They're selling stuff, but yeah, no, it's not always that. They get the money, but that's crazy. Golliard began uploading videos to more than a hundred thousand TikTok followers in November of 2022, accusing Schofield of a secret relationship with one of the students and had ordered the killings. Millions of views on and on New York Post with the story. But I think people get confused on what free speech is. Literally free speech is you can speak out against the government and not go to jail. That's what it. That's all it is. That's not all it is. That is significant. But you can't just say stuff and go. Free speech. No, no, no. That's not what free speech is.

[Eddie]

Now what is this defamation? Like if you speak falsely about someone publicly That. I mean, that's definition, right?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's. Sure. I don't know if that's what exactly this case was. That feels like. That's my defamation.

[Eddie]

Mess it up, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, so remember that one next time someone's like, what's free speech? So it's protection from government. That's what free speech is. You can talk about the government bad, and they can't come for you because

[Eddie]

there are some countries that cannot do that. You cannot speak bad about your government.

[Bobby Bones]

And sometimes here now, it's starting to feel like, oh, yeah.

[Amy]

I mean, do you know how many people I. I speaking of stuff in my algorithm? Like, it's like, hi, please know I am healthy and I'm not going to harm myself.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a lot of politicians. My tires have air, my brakes have been checked. I'm not going to harm.

[Amy]

I'm a really good swimmer.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, I'm a good swimmer. I'm also in Congress. It's crazy.

[Amy]

Yeah, there's a Congress and then there's also. Yeah, just influencers that are speaking out on certain things and. Oh, man. Shoot. What was my thought? I can't remember.

[Bobby Bones]

Why don't you hold on to it? We'll come back to it. Okay, Bones, it's the anonymous inbox. Anonymous in box. There's a question to be had. Hello, Bobby Bones. I've been at my job for seven years. I've been open with my boss for a long time about wanting to be promoted. I've had multiple conversations, and I'm hearing things like, you're close or it's coming, but it never actually happened. Recently, that promotion opened up, and it went to a co worker who's only been with the company for four years. When I asked my boss about it, still didn't get a clear answer. I'm torn. Do I put in another year at this company in hopes I finally get promoted, or do I sign my leave? How do you know when it's time to stop waiting? Signed woman in corporate America, you've waited long enough. But I think you need to have an understanding of, is it you or is it them? Because if you've been there seven years and they haven't promoted you, it's a long time. But if you're doing a great job, it is in their best interest to promote you to do a better job, to make them more money, generally speaking. Now, unless you have some fight with your boss, and I'm not even doing man woman stuff now, just generally speaking, act like you don't have A wiener or a vagina? Okay. It's just. It's a Ken doll.

[Eddie]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

Whatever. If you can make your company more money at a job that makes them more money, they're going to put you in that job to make the company more money. Generally speaking, unless you have a fight with somebody, seven years is a long time to not get promoted. So what you have to now internally try to understand, is it. Is it them which it feels like you think it is here, or is it really you? Because it could be you and you don't notice. What I would do in this situation is I would say, hey, I need you to give me some exact things that I can do in order to be promoted, because then you can meet those benchmarks. And if you do meet those benchmarks and they don't promote you, that's them. But it just feels so vague right now that it's like, I'm just going to pass it over. You need specifics. I would be upset, too. Now, again, I don't know the whole story, but seven years is a long time. And I feel like, regardless of sex, that if somebody could provide more value to the company in an. In a more viable position, you're moving them up because it's the boss's job to make the most money for the company. You can walk. I'm good with it if you have something else lined up. But what I would do if you're going to stay is say, hey, I'm really a little disenfranchised by this. I've been here seven years. But can you list specific things benchmarks I need to hit in order to get a promotion? And then if you do that and you don't, they suck. But if you're like, oh, I've not even been close to this, once they give them to you, then maybe there's an. You can understand a reason why. What do you think?

[Amy]

Yeah, I just feel like the number one thing, we all want to feel valued for our time and what we have to offer. And we would need somewhere to go where we can guarantee that value, too. You may go somewhere else, and who knows, if there's a pay cut, then you don't have the time to that You. The tenure, like the seven years there. And it may take how many years to build back up? So you have to weigh, like, how long it might take you to finally get promoted where you put in the work than if you transfer somewhere else, because then you're kind of starting over a little bit. So just making sure if you can find a backup plan. That would be great. But I wouldn't just, like, quit with no plan unless you're trying to, like, eat, pray, love it, or something.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Hosteli got her groove back. Let's travel the world, see what's up. Yeah. Also, if your biggest fear is starting over, there's no better time to start over than right this second because you're starting over now instead of starting over in a year. There's just a lot here. I would just say instead of getting mad at something that maybe you don't have all the information on, get some more information. Because if they're just holding you back because you're a woman, first of all, hr. Second of all, that sucks, and you need to get out because that's not. You don't need to be in that kind of leadership. But it could be things you don't even realize because you haven't asked the right questions. So that'd be my advice there. Most bosses aren't looking to hold people back. Most bosses are looking to just keep their own job. And if they can promote people that makes them look better at their own job, they're going to do that because they also want a promotion. That's that. On that.

[Eddie]

Can I ask you a question about. You said, you know, do people think like, oh, doing my job. Right. I'm doing a really good job at what I'm asked to do. Yeah, but what about, like, doing above and beyond things? I've worked with people where, like, they just don't do above and beyond things.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I work with people like that, too.

[Eddie]

I'm glad you not naming any names.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm glad you brought that up. What I would say to do also is if you don't let your people know that you're going above and beyond all the time, they're never going to know because they're so focused on what their jobs are and they are so underwater with everything that they're doing. They're just going to notice that the wheel keeps turning more so than who's turning them all faster on certain parts of the wheel. So you need to share your successes with your people because they won't know. Not that they don't care. Big difference. But they won't know because they're so worried about what's happening in their world and their successes and sharing their successes so they don't get fired or they get promoted. So when you have successes, you have to share them upward and you don't have to be like, look at me

[Amy]

how do you do that?

[Bobby Bones]

You don't have to look at me. But hey, just checking in. Was super proud of the way we were able to handle this. Boom, boom, boom. It's all in presentation. But you got to do that because they're not going to notice. Not because they don't care, but because they're so focused on what their job is that as long as the wheel goes around, they're keeping their job. Sometimes some people are pushing harder on the wheel and those people need to be rewarded. But sometimes you don't know who that is.

[Ashley McBride]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So if you don't celebrate you, nobody else will. That's a good question. And I don't know who you're referring to, but I just. No, no, I was just checking out. Yeah, just plague. A statement about general work. All right, there you go. Close it up.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Eddie]

Big question.

[Bobby Bones]

Because mostly I go in and he's like, what's on your mind? And I hit him with something. And we just kind of roll off that. But it was like, hey, what do you think your purpose is? So what do you think your purpose is, Amy?

[Eddie]

What?

[Amy]

Now you're giving us this loaded question.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll answer mine, but I don't, I don't want to point you. Okay, what do you think your Purpose is. Yeah.

[Amy]

When you said, I'm gonna answer mine

[Bobby Bones]

after you answer yours.

[Amy]

Oh, gosh. I thought you were gonna give me time to think.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you want time?

[Amy]

I would like it. A little time.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie, what do you think your purpose is?

[Eddie]

It's easy. It's easy. Mine is to. Yeah. Mine is to make everyone around me better. So, like, starting with my family. I want to.

[Bobby Bones]

AMY laughs. I'd like to just check in real quick. I just like to check in real quick.

[Amy]

I love the confidence of Eddie. I think he does make our lives better. He's a very joyful.

[Bobby Bones]

There was a laugh. I'm just checking in on the laugh.

[Amy]

Like, I don't know that I could say that with such, like. I guess it's. I'm laughing also within the of, Like, I wish I could answer with such confidence that I have that kind of an impact. And, like, I am supposed to make everybody's life better, and I do it.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, well, let's hear what he has to say.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

I think that I was put on this earth to make people, either you

[Ashley McBride]

just said, better, get away from their

[Eddie]

problems, whatever, but make them better as people. I don't know why I'm not doing anything. I'm just being me. But starting with my family, I'm raising four boys. My goal is to make their life as good as it can be and prepare them for the world. My wife, I want her life to be better because she's married to me. I don't know, man. That's just how I feel about my purpose on earth.

[Bobby Bones]

I think your word choice was hit, Amy, a little funky, because now we understand what you're saying.

[Amy]

Totally.

[Bobby Bones]

You. You think your purpose is to be there for people, to help them so that they have a better life.

[Eddie]

Yeah. But even someone that I meet, like, may I maybe, I don't know, a better day, after we talk for a little bit, their day will be better.

[Bobby Bones]

I can tell you that you are one of the most fun people to be around. You have. You're very kind. You love small talk. Like, you're that person that is so warm immediately that people are drawn to you. Like, we'll go to dinner with people that I'll drag Eddie along and be like, hey, Eddie, we're gonna go to dinner. I'll give you an example with Rich Eisen from ESPN now has his own show, someone I've looked up to for a long time. We've become friends, and I was like, eddie, come to dinner. We're gonna go down To Rich Eisen. He's like, okay, I'm in. We leave. And Richard's like, okay. He goes, that Eddie guy. I love that guy.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, people love Eddie just being around him. I think how initially came out was, you're gonna make everybody better because you're so good. No, no, no, no.

[Eddie]

I got everything. I just. I just feel like I want people to leave whatever encounter we had feeling better about them.

[Amy]

That's beautiful.

[Bobby Bones]

Love it.

[Amy]

Sorry I left.

[Bobby Bones]

No, because what he was saying, at

[Amy]

first, it was weird.

[Bobby Bones]

It was kind of like when Morgan number two was talking and she was like, people keep coming up to me saying I'm much prettier than pictures. And we're like, that. We know what you mean, but that sounds a little weird. Yeah. Okay, you're up.

[Amy]

So I have heard from people that.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, I've heard. I want you to say what you think. Your.

[Amy]

This is really hard for me.

[Bobby Bones]

It is. It was hard for me too. Why are you here?

[Amy]

I don't like it.

[Bobby Bones]

What is your purpose? You want me to go?

[Ashley McBride]

Sure.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Because it was hard for me too. I think my purpose is, like, if it was all boiled down to something, and it is to show folks that think they can't do it, they come from places that people around them aren't doing. Whatever it is you want to be. You want to be famous. Okay. You want to play piano, you want to be. Get your. The first person to graduate high school in your family, you want to get a doc, you want to be a doctor. That it doesn't. It doesn't matter where you come from. Like, I think my purpose is to show by example that it doesn't matter where you come from. You can do whatever you want. That the world is absolutely bendable, and resources are far less for some folks. But the fact that you don't have those resources, once you get to that midpoint, you're so much stronger because you got there without all the help other people had. So now you're so strong, you're stronger than they are at the same exact level. It's to show people to be the example to folks that it doesn't matter where you come from. If you just keep pushing, you can do whatever you want. I think that's my purpose. Beautiful.

[Eddie]

It's pretty good.

[Amy]

Both of you. Beautiful.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Amy.

[Amy]

Purpose, purpose.

[Eddie]

Got anything?

[Amy]

I was thinking of that book from back in the day.

[Bobby Bones]

Who wrote it?

[Amy]

Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Life. That.

[Eddie]

That didn't read that one.

[Bobby Bones]

And he doesn't and he doesn't read.

[Amy]

It was big, big, big, big back in the day. Okay, well, I feel like a connector of sorts, and not always publicly. I do like connecting with people in our job and what I do. I love connecting face to face and sharing experiences. But something that has been very meaningful to me the last five years is connecting behind the scenes and privately with certain things that I've been through and being able to support others and come alongside them and what they're going through. Because I feel like I've experienced some things in the last several years that I never thought I would. And again, they're not stuff that everybody knows about. But somehow it's like if you're in that circle and someone knows, they're like, you need to call Amy. And I'm like, oh, my gosh, I can't believe I'm the one with the resource and the information on this. What Something that used to be so foreign to me and now I know, and I can be a connector for someone and connect them to the person that could helpfully change the trajectory of their life.

[Bobby Bones]

I think you have a lot of empathy based on a lot of the public, but also private things you've been through in the past years. And empathy is not something that you can buy. Perspective is not something you could buy. Nobody wants to have to get perspective because perspective is only gathered through very hard times. But once you have it, there really is nothing more valuable than it. And I think you have a lot of that in those areas. And so now you're the person that people that are going through those similar situations hard, they can go, you know who has perspective and empathy and actually wants to help is Amy. Would you say that would be accurate? I would say that would be accurate.

[Ashley McBride]

Thank you.

[Amy]

That feels. That feels right. Hard for me to say, but it feels right. Like, even on the cruise, I connected with a listener, a fellow adopted mom, and we ended up sitting next to each other at. She came to my pizza making class and then we sat by each other. And through just talking, I could tell what she was going through with something. And I. Something I've never shared publicly with anybody. I was able to, one on one, because it's a private situation, share with her. And then gave her like, you need to order this book, you need to look up at this website. And yeah, that was just a moment that literally just happened a couple of days ago where, yeah, I felt for her. And those are the moments that mean a lot to me.

[Bobby Bones]

I think we all have earned tools and it Is our obligation to use them in a positive way?

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

We don't want to have to. We never again. I never volunteered. Hey, I want to grow up in poverty in a trailer park and not parents, however, I'm telling you, I'm so fortunate from what I have from that. And I think if I didn't use that in a positive way, that's on me, and that's not good of me. So I think not just us three, but just any of the listeners, too. We all have earned tools that we didn't sign up to have to have, but now that we have them, I think it is our obligation to use them in a positive way. And so I'm just happy that I have Eddie because he makes me better every day at this job.

[Eddie]

I like. I like how Bobby. We said what we thought, and Bobby like what you mean to say.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, that's it. I hope that didn't come, but I hope that didn't come out wrong.

[Eddie]

No, you just helped us.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you sure, though? Because that also.

[Amy]

You did a good job doing it before.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't want anybody fixing you. I don't know.

[Eddie]

You said it how I should have said it.

[Amy]

Well, we. And I appreciate that I interrupted you with my laugh, and I laughed at her laugh.

[Eddie]

Can you do me a favor? Can we hold this question for Lunchbox when he gets back? I really want to hear what his purpose is.

[Amy]

He's gonna say, my purpose is to one day be rich.

[Eddie]

And, like, I want to hear that

[Amy]

and win the lottery.

[Bobby Bones]

Then nobody tip him off.

[Eddie]

You got it?

[Bobby Bones]

No listeners. Because they'll tip them off. All right, good job, everybody. It's a Bobby Bones show interview with Ashley McBride. I was listening to your song Arkansas Mud, and the first line, just from memory, I think is Percocet, Adderall, nicotine, alcohol, throwing dishes down the hall. Bad mistakes. I've tried them all.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that. Is that right?

[Ashley McBride]

Yeah. Bad decisions. Tried them all.

[Bobby Bones]

I love that.

[Ashley McBride]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that was really good.

[Ashley McBride]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

So, I don't know, talk about that song and that lyric. I don't know. Is that real? Yeah.

[Ashley McBride]

Oh, yeah. As I've had to say over the last three years, I'm a drunk. And if you find yourself wanting to be, like, no, you're not. That's how good I am at it. I've had people say, I never really saw you as much of a drinker. And so now I can say, if you were around me prior to three years, nine months, six weeks, and however many days ago I was drunk. Sorry. I am sorry.

[Bobby Bones]

Who did notice when we were in professional settings?

[Ashley McBride]

Like, luckily, I did not embarrass my organization, and I would do different things to get a handle on it or to make myself believe I was getting a handle on it. You know, there's no drinking before shows. I'm totally fine with that. But for some reason, my brain was like, you didn't drink till after a show, and now you have to drink as much as humanly possible. So everybody that I work with, everybody I was close with, not even my

[Bobby Bones]

parents knew the extent of it whenever you went in. Because I had to put my mom in rehab a couple of times before she died. And it's never a fun thing. It was always a terrible thing. But she never stayed. She left every time.

[Ashley McBride]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because she had the ability to do that. I check her in, but she's an adult.

[Ashley McBride]

Technically, I had the ability to leave.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you ever want to?

[Ashley McBride]

I kept being like, I. I can't do. I can't do this. Like, I don't know where I am. I can't. Oh, my God. I have to do this. I mean, I'm gonna do it. They got me here. I'm gonna do it. But I just kept being like, there's no way I'm doing this for 30 days.

[Bobby Bones]

That's insane.

[Ashley McBride]

I don't live under a bridge. I didn't hurt anybody. And. And now I can hear my other self going, oh, kid, sit down and shut up and put your seat belt on.

[Bobby Bones]

Why do you think you stayed?

[Ashley McBride]

I was gonna die. Yeah, that's. I mean, that's the reason I had to go there. Intervention style. I woke up at another artist's house, another female artist. And. And if I told you who, you would not be shocked, of course. And I woke up in a bed that's not mine, in pajamas that aren't mine. And I was like, oh, my God, that must have been a doozy. I'm thirsty. I don't know where I am, and I don't know where water is, so I'll just go find water. And when I went to find water, I found a living room. In that living room with my team, Dana and John Peets, and my day to day. And I said. I looked at them, and that artist was also on the couch. And I said, okay, I don't know where my boots are, but I need my boots. And they said, we need you to stop. And I said, I need me to stop, too. And that was when I found out that she took me to her house that night after we'd been out to make sure I didn't die. But I didn't.

[Bobby Bones]

Was there a point? Not was there. At what point later did you appreciate how hard it was even for them to do that for you?

[Ashley McBride]

There's so much that I look at now, and all during the process, I say, funny, but I'm going to use that in kind of a loose term. I'd be at treatment, and people would say, oh, I really like those shoes. And I'd go, thanks, they're not mine. And, oh, cute pajamas. And I was like, my clothes aren't even here yet. And when I think about Dana and Blakely having to go shopping and find me clothes and having to go through my stuff and to decide whether to tell my family I cannot. I cannot fathom or make up for how much I put them through. And that's another reason to stay, is I didn't die, and I have the chance right now. And, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm hurting me. Whatever. And I'm hurting them. And if this goes any farther, this is really, really ugly. This is like, they'll have to make a movie about it. Bad. So I just buckled down and decided, well, I'm here, and technically I can leave, but we're far enough out in the middle of nowhere that I wouldn't know what direction to go. Hi, I'm Ashley. I'm evidently a drunk.

[Bobby Bones]

Evidently. You had to have that version first, right?

[Ashley McBride]

I did. And when I was like, I don't, you know, filling out different. You know, they give you a worksheet, and can you list this and that? And they're like, how much do you drink? And I'm like, out of time. The same as everyone else. I just drink two glasses at a time. Having to go through that to illustrate to myself. And at the. You know, at first, you're like, okay, I'll fill out the worksheet, but whatever. Like, again, I do my job. I do my job well. No one is hurt. I pay my bills. I think I'm okay. And then as you are filling out those worksheets and doing those talks and everything, you go, oh, I'm not okay. It is our entire industry.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Ashley McBride]

It's one of the most loved and celebrated things about our industry. I built a career on it. I was literally before I ever popped on the scene, dubbed the whiskey drinking badass. So now I need you to give me the tools to not do it.

[Bobby Bones]

Bones. Annoying driving habits. What's the most annoying habit? You could. It could Be you driving or just somebody in the car.

[Amy]

Okay. Well, when you get out into the middle of the traffic, like at a light and you end up causing you block people, that's annoying. You go too far.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yes, I do. I've done that.

[Amy]

I'm guilty of it. It's annoying when you've done it because it's mortifying.

[Bobby Bones]

I try to give people grace on that.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I've done it a couple of times. And you're just so vulnerable right in the middle and someone wants to turn. You've completely blocked a turn. I know. I've. I've been in such bad situations in that though, that now I'm probably too vigilant about driving across until it's wide open. Because the line can be green. But if there's a back. A line. Yes, I know. Sometimes I let it get weight and. Because that's the worst. When people looking at you like you're the stupidest thing to ever exist. And I'm like this. I'm sorry. Do my mouth. I'm sorry.

[Eddie]

You don't really say it though.

[Bobby Bones]

You just do this because they can't hear me. Think about this. Think about in the car. Things in the car that are annoying. Number one, backseat driving. 42% of people say that's the worst. Do you guys deal with backseat drivers? Do you backseat drive?

[Eddie]

I'm the backseat driver. If I'm in the car, my wife's driving, I'm the one. Like, it's a four way stop. It's time to go.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you really go hard. Oh, yeah. See what I do? And it is annoying. And I drive a lot, but my wife also drives a lot. We don't have this masculinity thing where dudes got to drive. So she drives a significant amount. I'm not used to sitting on the passenger side, so I always think she's going to hit something. Oh. Like when she's turning and everything on the right side, I'm like, no. God.

[Amy]

Yeah. I was going to say that's my backseat driving is gasping.

[Bobby Bones]

No, same.

[Eddie]

That's so annoying.

[Amy]

Grabbing the wall.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm never in the passenger seat. And when. When I am and she is driving, I'm just like, something. Oh, God, you're going to hit it.

[Eddie]

You know what my wife does?

[Bobby Bones]

She.

[Eddie]

She grabs the top of the roof of the car. You think we're going to flip over, like.

[Bobby Bones]

And sometimes my wife will be driving just fine. And I feel like she's not breaking fast enough for the car. That's up there. I'm like, I shouldn't do that because

[Eddie]

you slam on the floorboard like you have a break.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe not on purpose, but I think. But maybe. Maybe. Yeah, I probably do that a little bit. Leaving trash behind in a car.

[Eddie]

That's so annoying.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

All my kids, it's. It's a routine now that every time we get somewhere, I'm like, all right, everybody get your trash. If you brought anything in the car, grab it right now and get rid of it.

[Bobby Bones]

You know what bothers me is when people get out of my car and slam the door too hard. I don't like that. I try to really. If I'm Ubering, give respect to Ubers and really shut it with a gentle touch, a little precious touch. I want to make sure it shuts, because if you don't. If you don't shut the whole way, then they got to get out and be like, idiot.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Do you close it, or do you, like, just go hear the click, click?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't like that, because I feel like they won't think it's closed. When people get out of my car and they're like, whammy. Yeah. They may never get invited back. I'm just gonna be honest. There may never be an invitation to get in my car again if, like, you get out and just slam it like it's nobody's business.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I don't like that. Another one's yelling break, But I already admitted to that one.

[Eddie]

Yeah, same.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I do that. Putting your feet on the dashboard. Now, I don't do bare feet, but I will do sock feet. If we're going on a road trip and we do switch, I will put sock feet up, and she'll go, there are sock. There are now sock prints on my glass.

[Eddie]

You do it on the windshield, on the dashboard.

[Bobby Bones]

My legs are long, dude.

[Amy]

And then your toes, and. And I. I do that. It's not so much about disrespect. Then I put them down because I freak out. If we were to get an accident, my legs are gonna fly back and snap in half.

[Bobby Bones]

My wife will say that, you know, if you do that and I hit something, because you're always yelling, I need to break. Your knees will go into your face. And I'm like, nah, I'm okay with it.

[Eddie]

When I was younger, I was dating my wife now, and she would do that. She would do bare feet on the windshield. And so it left, like, these feet prints. And my dad got in the car, and he thought we were hooking up

[Bobby Bones]

oh, because of the feet print.

[Eddie]

I swear we didn't do that.

[Bobby Bones]

As I look through this story because I started talking about things that I do. This is passenger habits. Like bad passenger habits. Because I have them complaining about driving. Do you guys. And mind comes through screaming that I think we're going to die. That'd be most of my complaints about the driving. Because I'm never like, you're a bad driver. I'm mostly like, I'm glad we're gonna die. That's a different kind of complaint. Eating messy or smelly food. I'm not a big eater in the car unless we're in a hurry somewhere. If I'm driving, sometimes I'll eat a little more than if I'm in somebody else's car or my wife's car. She keeps our car meticulous. Like, no trash. Always clean, vacuumed out. I don't. I got a bunch of like, water boxes.

[Eddie]

I'll tell you what, man, that's gonna change when you guys. Guys have a kid.

[Bobby Bones]

Why? Because just I'm cleaner.

[Eddie]

Dude, kids just trash cars, like, bad.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Just wait.

[Eddie]

Not yours.

[Bobby Bones]

Just wait. Wait till a little soldier gets out. So. Yes, sir.

[Eddie]

Cleaning the car.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. When they get out playing music or switching the music without asking. We have a rule, a hard and steady rule. If you drive, you control.

[Eddie]

I like that.

[Bobby Bones]

So you got the ox, basically. You got the Bluetooth.

[Eddie]

I like it.

[Bobby Bones]

And most of mine is 90s. Either like 90s emo rock, as she calls uncle music, or like 90s country, which she can do, but she prefers 2000s music. Like, she prefers like the Joe Nicholson of the world more than like the 90s is of the world. And that's probably because there's a little more than a decade age difference, but yeah, that's pretty much the list. Anything else come to you guys mind?

[Amy]

I mean, road rage is annoying. Like, if I'm driving with someone that has a freak out and like, gets mad at some other car in a dramatic way and they're not driving down, or if, like I'm. Someone does road rage to me, like, that's.

[Bobby Bones]

If someone does road rage to you.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a weird way to say it.

[Eddie]

That's not good.

[Bobby Bones]

Someone does road rage. Man, that sucks.

[Eddie]

You know what I don't like? When people get in the car and they like adjust it, put it all the way back or lean the seat back and then don't put it back the way it was.

[Bobby Bones]

If it's your car.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Like if they're riding in my car. And they do that to the passenger? Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, to the passenger.

[Eddie]

I'm like, hey, when they're, when they're getting out of the car, hey, will you put that seat back up the way it was, please? I don't like that.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't like it whenever the, if I drop the car off somewhere, like if we go to restaurant, we're gonna valet, the person gets in and messes with my seat.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I don't like that either.

[Bobby Bones]

So I'll still tip on the same, but I'll still remember I didn't like that. Anything else come to mind? Okay, good. All right.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

Mike D's riding his wigs.

[Bobby Bones]

Next bit. Now Bobby's on the mic. So you know what this this is. This is the Bobby V Stor. All right, we're two man in it. Eddie and myself. Lunchbox is currently on the cruise. Probably under the influence of alcohol.

[Eddie]

Probably.

[Bobby Bones]

Even though it's in the morning. Let's do the investigative. Corny. We have 90 seconds to figure out as many jokes as possible. Amy, are you ready?

[Amy]

Ready.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie, you ready?

[Eddie]

I'm ready.

[Bobby Bones]

Two man. Let's go. The morning. Corny.

[Amy]

What did the yoga instructor say when her landlord or tried to evict her?

[Bobby Bones]

Namaste.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Go, go, go.

[Amy]

Why was the car always tired?

[Bobby Bones]

Exhausted. Exhaust.

[Eddie]

Exhaust pipe.

[Bobby Bones]

It's exhaust. It's exhausted.

[Amy]

That could be it, but it's not.

[Eddie]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh my gosh.

[Amy]

I guess this could go two ways.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it's got to be your joke. It's tell. Tell us. Pipes.

[Eddie]

Tired.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, good.

[Eddie]

Flat tired.

[Bobby Bones]

It's tired cuz it had no brakes.

[Eddie]

That's it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Eddie]

Oh, go, go.

[Amy]

What? What was. What is the wake up time for? Ducks.

[Bobby Bones]

Quack.

[Eddie]

The quack of dawn.

[Bobby Bones]

The quack of dawn.

[Amy]

What does a cat order at a bar?

[Eddie]

Meow. Meow. Tiny.

[Bobby Bones]

Purr. Purr, Purr. I don't know. Bar drinks, man. Okay, okay. Let me. Let's try Meow Mix.

[Eddie]

Mai Tai Shot. Tequila.

[Bobby Bones]

Vodka.

[Eddie]

Beer. Corona.

[Bobby Bones]

Duke. Hat, Tail. Nose. Fur. Whisker. Whiskey.

[Eddie]

Whisker Whiskey.

[Bobby Bones]

Whisker whiskey. Okay. What's a whiskey drink?

[Eddie]

A whisker sour.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Amy]

Oh, my God. What?

[Ashley McBride]

What?

[Amy]

Birds spend all of their time on their knees.

[Bobby Bones]

Pray. What? Pray on your knees. You pray.

[Eddie]

Oh, praying kind of bird.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

What? Birds spend all of their time on their knees.

[Bobby Bones]

A knee. A knee. Knee.

[Eddie]

Knee, knee. Like a kneeling. They're kneeling. Birds, crows, cardinals.

[Bobby Bones]

You pray, though.

[Eddie]

What's a prey? What kind of bird is a prey? Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Seagull time.

[Amy]

Birds of prey. Oh, but y' all got. I mean, honestly.

[Bobby Bones]

We said pray.

[Amy]

I believe y' all got whisker sour.

[Eddie]

How many did we get?

[Amy]

You got. Nah, I'm a stay. That would be a little more difficult.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, we nailed that one within one second.

[Amy]

You got it. Never took any breaks because why is the car tired? You got ducks wake up at the quack of dawn. The cat orders a whisker sour at the Bar Mutual. And then the birds on their knees are birds of prey. But you didn't get that one. But you got four. Like, not

[Bobby Bones]

high level.

[Amy]

These are more.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you elevated today because we feel like the group is smarter.

[Eddie]

I get it.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, smarter.

[Eddie]

Two of us, but smarter.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Addition by subtraction, some would say. All right, there you go. That's it. Thank you. Okay, it is voicemail time. Hit me.

[Amy]

I was just listening to Friday's show,

[Ashley McBride]

and it hit me if this is

[Amy]

the biggest prank ever from Lunchbox about the prices.

[Bobby Bones]

Right. It's perfect timing because it's April Fool's

[Amy]

Day on March 31 and April 1. He could just be like, April Fools.

[Ashley McBride]

I got you.

[Bobby Bones]

I was really on the show. Oh, my gosh.

[Ashley McBride]

I just want to let you know

[Bobby Bones]

I'm thinking about that.

[Ashley McBride]

I know you're on the cruise, so

[Amy]

I hope you guys are having a great time.

[Bobby Bones]

Love you guys. Bye. Okay, so Lunchbox is still on the cruise. I'm now back in the studio. However, we should talk about this. He's not on right now. Lunchbox went to Price is Right. I let him off work for basically a week to go and try to get on the show. Because that was his dream, by the way. He got paid to do that. It was. I made sure it wasn't a vacation. He went. He got paid to go do prices. Right. He did not get on, and he was so upset. I have a theory that he might have got on because you can't say anyway if you got on or if you won. And I think it would be one of the greatest bits if he just played us completely because he keeps saying, watch the show on 31st. On the 1st, I'm in the crowd. I'm in the crowd. And he gets on. So I don't know that he wins. My theory is, I think he gets on the show 31%. So not 50. 50. 31. He's also not a good actor. That's the only reason I'm not convinced. But 31, Amy.

[Amy]

I mean, I know that I'm quite at 31, I guess. I. I hope that your theory is right. I'll put myself at 20% with 100%. I hope you're right, Eddie.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I'm kind of with you. Like, that would be so awesome. Like, if you were to pull this off, it'd be great.

[Bobby Bones]

Here's the problem.

[Eddie]

I don't think he's that smart. Like, I don't think he's smart enough to plan out, especially, like, the callers talking about with, like, April Fools and the timing. That would be genius. I just don't think that he's smart enough to pull it off.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think it's because of April Fools. I think that just happens. That's.

[Amy]

That's, you know, what could have happened in October.

[Ashley McBride]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

But, I mean, I'm with you guys 20%.

[Bobby Bones]

That'd be cool. It would be awesome. I'd stand up, shake his hand, and be like, one of the greatest segments ever.

[Amy]

Well done.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Well done. So okay with you? Give me the next voicemail. Hey, Bobby, longtime listener. I did not go on the cruise, and I've been watching all the Instagram videos. I. Everybody. And I'm totally signing up for 2027

[Amy]

because I have the worst case of FOMO.

[Bobby Bones]

So 2027, I will be on that cruise.

[Amy]

Love you guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Awesome. Can't wait to see you. Topshelf. Countrycruise.com Scoob is not here to correct me, but I believe that is correct. So. And. And Riley Green is the artist that we have got to confirm to also go on so far. And there'll be way more. All right, next one. I'm dying.

[Amy]

That Lunchbox got a red card. You know, somebody higher up did that because they listened to the show and

[Bobby Bones]

because Lunchbox is so greedy and all

[Amy]

the things, they did that on purpose

[Bobby Bones]

just to punish him.

[Amy]

And I think it is hilarious.

[Bobby Bones]

It is so funny.

[Amy]

I'm.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm laughing about myself.

[Amy]

People probably think I'm crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Have a good day.

[Amy]

Glad everybody else had a great time on that cruise.

[Bobby Bones]

Everybody got these black cards that got you in everywhere if you're a part of the show. So I had one. Eddie, I had one. Amy had one lunch. Fox had a red one. And none of us. None of us did this. I promise you, I had nothing to do with it. I didn't know about it. Scuba says the same. He had the only one where he couldn't even get bottles of water.

[Eddie]

No, he can only get tap water.

[Bobby Bones]

He can only get tap water. I don't know why that happened. I promise I would not do. If I were gonna do that, it would be for, like, one hour. We'd get it recorded as a bit. We'd move off of it. But I wouldn't subject him to that for the multiple days where you guys are getting drinks and he can't even get a bottled water. He had to get a tap water, so.

[Amy]

Which I don't even know what tap water means on a ship.

[Eddie]

No idea. Like, where do they hold that?

[Bobby Bones]

I think they scoop it out with a bucket and then hand it to you. All right, let's play one more voicemail here. Go ahead. Sounds like everybody's having a good time on the cruise. I was on a cruise about a month ago, and when I got home, it took me, like, three days to recover from feeling like I wasn't moving when I was standing on. On land. So just curious if any of you guys are excited experiencing the same thing. Love the show. Later, I was on for a couple days. I felt fine after I got a little seasick at the beginning, though, on the boat. But when I got off, mostly I was just kissing the land, so I wasn't.

[Eddie]

I was good, man. When Amy got off the boat, she was dying, but that's because she was hungover.

[Bobby Bones]

She was hungry.

[Amy]

I don't know what happened. It's like when you're at sea, you just.

[Eddie]

Oh, Amy.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what she said. Night watch. It's like alcohol hits different on the water.

[Amy]

Three sips. No, no, no. The problem is, Yeah, I think it hits different, but they just had this specialty fruity martini thingy that tasted like fun.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe things just taste better on water and you had more of it.

[Amy]

Like, it was easy to lose control.

[Bobby Bones]

You. Wow. I mean, the way she said that. What kind of videos exist of you on the boat?

[Amy]

No, no, no, no. I mean, with how much you've had, because you're like, oh, this is yummy and tasty and you feel fine. It's like you feel fine until you don't. And then you're like, whoopsie.

[Bobby Bones]

You guys can leave us a voicemail anytime. 877-77. Bobby. Bobby Bone Show, Bonehead. This story comes to us from Madisonville, Kentucky. A man got arrested, and he needed $2,000 bond. So he calls his girl at home, hey, I need $2,000 to get me out of jail. She's like, I'm on my way. She drives up to the jail, hands over, 1, 2, 3. $2,000 in $100 bills. Nice. Good job. Only problems. It says for movie use only. Okay. Bad job.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Fake money.

[Bobby Bones]

Bad job. And so. So now she's facing felony charges. They didn't free him? No, no, he's still in jail. She's in jail. All right, well, there you have it. I'm Lunchbox. That's your Bonehead story of the day. Okay, Lunchbox is still out on the cruise. What do you have?

[Amy]

So when I was on the cruise, someone came up to me, and they were like, oh, I have thoughts on Lunchbox. And I thought, hold, please. So I got on my phone and started recording, not knowing what they were gonna say, but I honestly thought they were gonna say, like, oh, my gosh, he's so cool in person. Like, he's so fun. Cause, you know, on the radio, he's just, like, loud, obnoxious, and, like, really mean sometimes to listeners.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I'm not familiar.

[Amy]

But he's. He's Mr. Party Time on the Boat. So I thought it was gonna be more like that. And so I hit record, and then I really don't like commenting on people's bodies.

[Bobby Bones]

But you're gonna allow yourself to do that here?

[Eddie]

I like it.

[Amy]

Well, I thought about it, and he. I thought about it, and he's his. He comments on people's bodies all the time. So then I thought, well, maybe it's okay. And I don't think he would get offended by this or care. He'd be like, screw her.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead.

[Amy]

What's your impression of Lunchbox?

[Ashley McBride]

His arms are a little scrawny.

[Bobby Bones]

He needs to lift some weights.

[Amy]

Amazing.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, is that it?

[Amy]

Yeah. Can you tell that I've been drinking?

[Eddie]

Both of you all? How late was this one, Amy?

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

The takeaway is more than Amy's drunk than my truck.

[Amy]

It's more that I was, like, amazing,

[Eddie]

and I feel like you were leading the witness a little bit, because I

[Amy]

had to get my phone out.

[Bobby Bones]

How scrawny do you think that guy's arms are?

[Amy]

No, no, no. She came up and she told me that, but then I was. Cause in my. Well, I'm holding my martini. I'm like, hold on. So I'm let. I had to get my phone and then reset the conversation for the audio. So I probably could have done a better job at that. But that was just me resetting.

[Bobby Bones]

Make a note to play that when he gets back.

[Amy]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

We have to do it in front of his face. We're gonna do it behind his back.

[Eddie]

He needs to hear it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And just the integrity of the show. Meaning we're not gonna talk about somebody behind their back and not say it in front of their face.

[Eddie]

Yeah, we'd never do that.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no. That's it. I hope everybody has a good day. All right, goodbye, everybody.

[Eddie]

Get your Bobby Bones on ya.

[Bobby Bones]

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