TUES PT 1: Bobby's Problem With Baby Clothes + The Hardest People In Our Lives To Buy Gifts For + Country Artist "Merry Christmas" Game!

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – December 16, 2025 (TUES PT 1): Bobby's Problem With Baby Clothes + The Hardest People In Our Lives To Buy Gifts For + Country Artist "Merry Christmas" Game!

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Overview

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show dives into the everyday annoyances and heartfelt moments of the holiday season. Bobby vents about the wastefulness and clever marketing behind baby clothes, the gang debates who is hardest to buy gifts for, they tackle a few trending news stories, share listener dilemmas, and play a fun “Country Artist Merry Christmas” guessing game. The conversation is sprinkled with personal anecdotes, gentle ribbing, and practical advice for life and the holidays.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. The “Scam” of Baby Clothes

[03:27 – 05:36]

• Bobby vents about baby clothes: He thinks it's a "scam and a scheme at the same time" that newborns only wear clothes for a month before outgrowing them.
• "When I buy clothes, I get to wear them for years... but baby clothes? You have it for a month." – Bobby (03:47)
• The crew jokes about the impracticality of “crib shoes”—shoes for babies who can’t walk—and why baby clothes don’t expand with the baby.
• Bobby notes they aren’t doing a baby shower or registry, and he and Caitlyn prefer to give away the baby clothes they can't use.

2. Hospital Prep & Parenting Logistics

[05:36 – 07:54]

• Bobby discusses assembling the baby stroller and car seat (“felt like I couldn’t have any parts left over…that’s a baby!”).
• They plan to do a hospital tour to know where to park (“you don’t want to be street parking when you’re in labor”).

3. Debate: Recording Births in Hospitals

[06:49 – 08:24]

• The team discusses the pros, cons, and tech aspects of recording birth experiences, including privacy concerns with meta glasses.
• "If there is no connection, nothing can be connected to…" – Bobby, on privacy protections with smart glasses (07:54)

4. Current News Stories & Reactions

[08:30 – 14:46]

• Brown University Shooting Update – Bobby expresses disbelief that the suspect hasn’t been caught despite 800 surveillance cameras in the area.
• Rob & Michelle Reiner’s Son Arrested – The show briefly recaps the shocking murder case and the party that preceded the tragedy.
• Random Acts of Kindness (or Accidents?) – The team discusses the story of a $4,000 gold coin dropped in a Salvation Army bucket and speculates whether it was intentional or a mistake.
  • “Is there somebody at their house right now going, ‘Where is my lucky coin?’” – Bobby (11:20)
• Chipotle Lawsuit Alleging a Rodent in Food – Bobby & Amy are skeptical of a lawsuit where a woman claimed to find a rodent in her burrito. Lunchbox lists rodents, and they debate food mishaps.
• Personal stories about finding weird things in food, like a screw in fries, add a relatable touch.

5. Mailbag: In-Laws Visiting for Two Weeks

[14:46 – 18:08]

• Listener writes in: Her husband invited his parents for two weeks over the holidays without asking her.
• Advice:
  • Bobby: “I don’t think you should say anything now, though…I think you can have that talk after.” (15:43)
  • Amy: “Is there any way to shorten it?” She wishes the listener could renegotiate, but agrees with Bobby that it’s too late now.
  • Lunchbox advocates making a “big deal out of it” so the spouse feels guilty—but everyone agrees this risks awkwardness if the spouse blurts it out to the parents.

6. News: Car Drives Into a Pool

[20:22 – 22:10]

• Story of a woman accidentally driving into a swimming pool with her daughter after confusing the accelerator and brake.
• Bobby: “If you’re old, this happens a lot.”
• Stories about foot mishaps while driving, like flip-flops getting stuck.

7. The Hardest People to Shop For

[22:10 – 26:01]

• Bobby asks: “Who do you dislike buying presents for—not because you don’t like them, but because it’s hard?”
• Consensus: People who buy everything they want for themselves, or spouses.
• Discussion of Christmas versus birthday gifting challenges, especially for December birthdays.
• “If they’re difficult, I don’t buy them anything.” – Bobby (24:57)
• Donation gifts: Amy appreciates when Bobby has donated to causes in her name; Lunchbox thinks it’s “stupid…doesn’t do anything for me.”

8. Tell Me Something Good: Dog Rescue

[26:18 – 27:29]

• Lunchbox shares a “Tell Me Something Good” about Doug the collie being rescued from icy water by firefighters.

9. Guest: Tucker Wetmore’s Music Story

[27:36 – 30:20]

• New artist Tucker Wetmore recounts moving to Nashville, scraping by with odd jobs, and how those struggles make him value success more.
• Bobby: “Did you ever steal a fry when you were delivering DoorDash?” Tucker swears he never did.

10. Country Artist “Merry Christmas” Game

[30:50 – 37:10]

• The team plays a guessing game identifying country stars by audio clips of them saying “Merry Christmas.”
• Funny false starts and friendly competition, with Amy emerging as the winner after correctly wagering her points on Shania Twain.
• “I just needed that one more time, and I got that…very.” – Amy, on recognizing Shania Twain in the game (36:11)

11. Top 10 Life Decisions People Stress Over

[40:17 – 45:16]

• Based on “Psychological Science,” Bobby and the team walk through the most stressful life decisions.
  • Moving to another country
  • Getting married
  • Buying a house
  • Becoming self-employed
  • Whether to quit a job without another one (and more)
• Discussion includes candid stories about moving for work, sharing how long it took to find friends (“Five years.” – Bobby), and the various intimidating steps in commitment from saying “I love you” to having a child.

12. Tell Me Something Good: Bank Teller Stops Scam

[46:14 – 47:43]

• Amy recounts a story of a bank teller in Missouri saving a woman from a “jury duty” scam by slipping her a note (“This is a scam—don’t withdraw the money”).

13. The Morning Corny

[48:36 – 48:47]

• Amy’s joke of the day:
  • Q: What do you call a broke Santa Claus?
  • A: Saint Nicholas.
  • (Laughter and supportive groans)

14. Tuesday Reviews: “Down Cemetery Road” & “J. Kelly”

[48:55 – 51:33]

• Bobby reviews:
  • Down Cemetery Road on Apple TV+ (“slow but smart”—3.5/5 explosions for British nuance)
  • J. Kelly (Netflix, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler—slow, industry-insider, but satisfying conclusion—3.5/5 “silver-haired foxes”)

15. Bonehead Story of the Day

[51:34 – 52:20]

• Man in Canada arrested for assault after using a snowblower to pelt his neighbor with snow during an argument.
• “You don’t really got to shoot her and hit her with snow from the blower.” – Bobby (52:11)

16. Psychology of Holiday Shopping

[52:39 – 53:30]

• Touching products in-store makes people more likely to buy them, hence Apple’s strategy of angling screens for customer adjustment.
• “Something inside of you gives you a bit of that ownership…they have found that people buy way more computers if they reach down and touch it.” – Bobby (53:13)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On baby clothes:
  “This baby clothes situation, it’s a scam and a scheme at the same time.” – Bobby (03:27)
• On in-laws visiting:
  “If you’re going to have to just knuckle up and bear it...then afterward there has to be a real conversation.” – Bobby (16:11)
• On difficult gift recipients:
  “If they’re difficult, I don’t buy them anything.” – Bobby (24:57)
• On scams:
  “You will never get a phone call about payments because you missed jury duty. It is not going to happen.” – Amy (46:28)
• On product psychology:
  “Once you touch something, something inside you gives you a bit of that ownership.” – Bobby (53:13)

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Key Segment Timestamps

• Baby Clothes Rant: 03:27 – 05:36
• Mailbag (In-Laws Visiting): 14:46 – 18:08
• Country Artist Merry Christmas Game: 30:50 – 37:10
• Top 10 Life Decisions Discussion: 40:17 – 45:16
• Morning Corny: 48:36 – 48:47
• Tuesday Reviews: 48:55 – 51:33
• Bonehead Story of the Day: 51:34 – 52:20
• Psychology of Holiday Shopping: 52:39 – 53:30

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Tone & Takeaways

• Relatable: The crew brings humor to everyday annoyances (baby clothes, holiday prep, difficult gift recipients).
• Practical Advice: On relationships, shopping, and life transitions.
• Playful Competition: In the Country Artist game, showing off their music chops and camaraderie.
• Holiday Spirit: With jokes, gift talk, and “Tell Me Something Good” stories, the show has a warm, light holiday vibe.

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For listeners:
This episode is a blend of honest parenting and relationship talk, holiday humor, trending news, and country music games. Expect real-life stories, laughter, and approachable advice for thriving (and surviving) the busiest season of the year.

Transcript

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

Welcome to Tuesday show Morning studio. Morning. This baby clothes situation, it's a scam and a scheme at the same time. Do you like to buy newborn clothes? You buy clothes and you wear them for like just when they're super baby and they're not a super baby, then you just have clothes land. You never get to use them again.

[Lunchbox]

That's correct.

[Bobby Bones]

When I buy clothes, I get to wear them for years.

[Lunchbox]

Yep.

[Amy]

Right?

[Bobby Bones]

It's unbelievable. Oh, tell me about it. You can like pinch the size of a shoe. That's how big the shoes are.

[Amy]

Like every month or so. You're.

[Bobby Bones]

This is stupidest thing ever heard. We can build rockets that release parts of it and keep going. We should have baby clothes that extend. Oh.

[Lunchbox]

As they get older.

[Bobby Bones]

As they get older.

[Lunchbox]

It's not a bad idea because they.

[Bobby Bones]

Have a size that's just newborn. It's the dumbest thing I ever heard.

[Lunchbox]

What size is that?

[Bobby Bones]

Zero. I don't know. Newborn, NBA newborn. Yeah. So it's a total racket. I need to get in this business because it's the only thing I've ever seen in my life where you got to keep buying more and more of it as you go. And we're not again. Who knows if we'll ever have another. I don't know. So why I keep it? We'll give it away.

[Amy]

Well, you could hold on to it until you decide.

[Bobby Bones]

We will give it away.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

We used to hold on to it and they would just end up in trash bags. So we just give it away.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. But it's like you have it for a month, you're buying clothes for a month.

[Amy]

See, but this is also one of those things where if you would. Well, never mind. You're not going to want to register for anything. It doesn't matter. But this is the stuff people want to buy. Buy you like they want to.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't want people to buy me anything. We're fine. So I don't want people to give me anything.

[Amy]

I don't. People want to.

[Lunchbox]

Amy, Let them even.

[Bobby Bones]

And I won't say too much about this, but even at Caitlyn's baby shower, we're not doing that. You know that.

[Amy]

Yeah, I know that. Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Wait, what's the shower for then?

[Bobby Bones]

Not. We don't want anything. We don't. We need. But that's a shower we need. No, they're literally all taking a shower together. I was like, whoa, this would be a fun thing.

[Amy]

Well do. I mean it is a cute idea of what is going to happen which. Cuz I mean people want to bring something.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So. But we're not. We're not registered.

[Amy]

It's definitely not.

[Bobby Bones]

And don't get me started on shoes cuz I love shoes.

[Lunchbox]

Crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

The shoes are crazy. They're pinch size and they're out of them and well.

[Lunchbox]

And they don't even walk.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's right. Good point. They don't even walk. Why do we have shoes?

[Amy]

They're called crib shoes.

[Lunchbox]

Okay. What?

[Bobby Bones]

Never had those. Got the stroller all the way fixed now. So I. I went in and found a couple things that I did wrong while building it the first time. So there were some things. Yeah. Sometimes you'll build something and there's like a part or two left over and you're like, this is fine. I felt like I couldn't do that with this. That's a baby. Yeah. There were a couple things that didn't quite match and I was like, this is not right. Things aren't even or equal. So I went back and now we're good. I feel confident now. My stroll, because it's a stroller that has a bassinet in the top of it. That makes sense, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. And I wasn't confident because I thought the baby shoot out of there. How it was built. It's just a little too like flingy. But now super baby's gonna be fine and we're gonna rock. We're gonna rock it. We do have to go to the hospital at some point and do a tour on where to park because if you're like going to labor, you know, you don't just want to street park. Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. That's so wise.

[Bobby Bones]

Throw the keys. And so you got all that coming up.

[Lunchbox]

And you need to take a car seat with you.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep. They won't let you leave the hospital. Oh, we have plenty of car seats.

[Lunchbox]

We have two.

[Bobby Bones]

Luckily we didn't put those together. We pulled them right out of the box in one tug.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, that's nice.

[Bobby Bones]

And it's all in there. So I did that. I did have a voicemail too because I was talking about recording in the room where the mom gives birth. I don't think that's something that I. If my wife says do it, I'll do it. But some hospitals don't allow it. Some hospitals only allow head up and some allow full money, I guess, if you want that. But I do have a voicemail about that. Number two, please. I know you're not supposed to. Or the scene that's supposed to record in or. Well, you can always wear your meta glasses. I know it's kind of for you.

[Lunchbox]

You know, keep it for your personal use.

[Bobby Bones]

I know it's kind of hard to keep that G rated, you know, with your wife getting. Giving birth, but there's an idea using meta glasses. I love the show. Thank you all. They would know in a heartbeat if I go down around where the doctor is and I got my. Because they have little lights in them too. Oh, I know.

[Amy]

But then question. Does that mean meta also has access to the birth of your baby?

[Bobby Bones]

If so, what happens on mine is. Mine is connected to my phone. So anything I take pictures of a video of uploads into my phone immediately. You can turn that off. So if there is no connection, nothing can be connected to.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

It just stores in the. In the, in the glasses.

[Lunchbox]

Can you turn the light off on the. On the.

[Bobby Bones]

No, they have that. So you can tell that nobody's secretly recording. Now, if you're in a very bright place, you almost can't see the light.

[Amy]

Yeah, because my friend used them once to like spy on some boutique that was copying her. So she went in with the color.

[Bobby Bones]

You really. You can. If you really look, you can see. Because they have to do something to show that people aren't like always secretly spying. There's a little light. If it's dark, you can for sure see it. But like, let's say a random boutique you're trying to spy on.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't tell.

[Amy]

She went in, she was like, I knew it.

[Lunchbox]

You imagine you getting busted in the delivery room. Sir, are those metaglasses?

[Bobby Bones]

They take them and throw them and step on them. The fact that they can't catch that brown shooter, meaning the guy went to Brown University and shot and killed those people and then also injured a bunch of people. And they arrested the wrong guy and they put his name out there and they put his picture out there and they're like, oops, wrong guy. They still don't have somebody. $50,000 reward. Now, the guy is approximately 58 with a stocky build. I watched the video. He's dressed all in black, but he's wearing long sleeves and covering his face. But it's also, like, super cold. So you wouldn't think anything weird about it if you were to see the guy walking. And I said Yesterday there were 500 cameras. I was wrong. There are 800 cameras. Oh, no more.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Police are pursuing a new lead based on photos and videos of an individual taken around 2pm Saturday, hours before the deadly mass shooting at Brown University. Unbelievable. They haven't caught this guy. Unbelievable. Massive failure. So footage released by authority showed the person of interest two hours before the shooting. Investigators are now working to reconstruct the person's movements before the attack. I'm blown away. They can't catch the dude. I said yesterday we're in a surveillance state. We're 300 cameras more than yesterday that they're now saying. So that's the update there. They still don't have the person. There is a reward. The next one is the update on Rob and Michelle Reiner's son, Nick. He's been arrested in connection with the murders of his parents. So Nick Reiner was arrested and booked on suspicion of murdering his parents, who were found stabbed in their LA area home. He is in custody without bail. We did hear yesterday there was a very loud argument at Conan o' Brien's holiday party the night before the killings. I wonder if the night before the killings is literally hours before the killings. If the night before is like four hours before, it becomes like 2am and it's the next.

[Amy]

I perceived it as they were at the party earlier that night. But then the hours, you know, flip it to next day.

[Bobby Bones]

So there's the update from that from NBC. I saw a story, too, where somebody tossed a gold coin, an anonymous donor worth $4,000, into a salvation army bucket. And on the surface, it feels like a very good story almost to tell me something good. This is from my NBC 5 and I'll read you the story. Salvation army staff in Vermont discovered an anonymously donated gold coin worth more than $4,000 in a red kettle. The donation comes at a critical time as the local campaign works toward its goal of raising $55,000, which. Which will be used for kids, music lessons, and essential family support. And then I'm thinking, is there somebody at their house right now going, where is my lucky coin worth $4,000? I thought I took quarters. Like, what? Because I think probably it was on purpose. But you're counting on them knowing that's a very valuable coin, Right? And I do think it was on purpose, but I think, I don't know, 26% chance that it was Somebody throwing coins in the bucket, not knowing it was a $4,000 coin. Oh, wow.

[Amy]

Yeah, I hadn't thought about that.

[Bobby Bones]

Honey, you seen my $4,000 coin?

[Amy]

You would want to make sure that. Yeah, they knew. So it's like, if you're gonna drop that in there, you either, like, drop it off at a location and not the bucket, or you, like, put it in an envelope and you say, well.

[Bobby Bones]

Because the whole thing wanted to be anonymous. Yeah, but you know who else is anonymous? People that throw 50 cents in there.

[Amy]

Mm.

[Bobby Bones]

So I do think it was purposeful, but I do think there's also a chance that it was thrown in accidentally.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And to have a coin worth $4,000, that's pretty cool. I don't have any coins worth more than actually what the coin is worth.

[Lunchbox]

Like a quarter.

[Bobby Bones]

I got a couple solid quarters worth about 25 cents. There was another story, and this is a Chipotle story. Big shout out. Chipotle. I love Chipotle. And I do feel like, just from what I read, this woman is not telling the truth. I feel like they think she's not telling the truth either. A New York City woman is suing Chipotle and Doordash, claiming she suffered serious injuries after allegedly biting into a rodent hidden in her meal delivered last year. Also, if Doordash is involved. It's not. It may. If it were true, it may not even be a Chipotle thing.

[Amy]

Yeah. Could it be the driver that put the rodent in there?

[Bobby Bones]

I'll read you the story. I feel like sometimes people are just making stuff up to try to get a cash grab. I can't prove that that's true here at all. But this person, on January 11, 2025, said that her doordash delivery person delivered her a Chipotle burrito that contained a rodent.

[Amy]

A whole rodent intact.

[Bobby Bones]

Come on. Chipotle states that the company strongly denies the allegation and is confident that whatever this item was is a chicken tendon. We will vigorously defend ourselves against these claims. Internal agents of Chipotle analyzed the evidence both in person and in photographs and. And are confident it's just part of the chicken. No penalty fee has been confirmed. However, plaintiff's counsel is seeking a sum exceeding a lot of money. That's from people. I feel like it wasn't a rodent.

[Lunchbox]

Okay. Because I'm looking at the list of rodents. Mouse, rat, rabbit, a hamster, chipmunk, squirrel. Those are rodents.

[Bobby Bones]

I've had a bunch of rabbit and squirrel. Not so bad. By the way if they did cook it up good, the other ones could be gross beaver.

[Amy]

Okay, so she's. You know that little white part, like in the chicken that, like, looks really white? Like, man, if that's fried up just right. Which Chipotle doesn't fry. So that's not the thing. But I'm looking at images of. If you fry that just right, it does look like a little rat with a tail.

[Bobby Bones]

You ever had anything weird in your food? Like, ever in history of you going out to eat? It comes to mind.

[Amy]

Not that was that traumatic to. I remember at the moment I had a screw.

[Lunchbox]

Like a screw in my fries.

[Amy]

A screw?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

And I remembered that it was a brand new restaurant. Like, they had. It was like grand opening. So I think that they were just working on, like the ceiling and a screw fell in the fryer or something.

[Amy]

Oh, gosh.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow. Yeah. It wasn't somebody trying to break a tooth as a prank to somebody? As a. Wow. Did they tell you that?

[Lunchbox]

No, I found it.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no. Did they tell you that's what it fell from the ceiling?

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you made that up.

[Lunchbox]

No, I made it up. Cause I can still hear hammering in the back.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you could. You can hear construction while you're e.

[Amy]

Like, did you get your meal comp.

[Lunchbox]

I don't remember. I feel like we went like, after the show. Cause it's right down the street and I. I told the lady and I think maybe I got like, more fries without a screw in it.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, screwless fries. You got bonus screwless fries. Oh, that's great. There's a question to be had. Turn it into Melvin. Hello, Bobby Bones. My husband invited his parents to stay with us over the holiday two full weeks and only found out after the plans were already set. Not really a heads up. Don't get me wrong. I like his parents, but two weeks is a long time. Especially during the holidays when the house is already chaotic. Am I supposed to say something now or just smile and try to survive? Signed overbook for the holidays. That's unfortunate that he didn't talk with you. Not even that there would have been a different outcome, but at least a, hey, this is what I want to do. I don't know. I don't think you should say anything now, though. I think you can have that talk after. Right? Ugh.

[Amy]

Is there any way to shorten it?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, so you want to actually change it? Yeah.

[Amy]

I do think the outcome would have been different if she would have had the opportunity to be a part of it. And they could have met in the middle and been like, hey, let's do a week.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but I. We can't really debate that.

[Amy]

I know. This is.

[Bobby Bones]

It's already happening.

[Amy]

Yeah. There's a conversation that needs to happen. I guess. I don't look at. Try to just focus on the positives of having them there for two weeks. Do they help out around the house? Do you have kids? Do they help with the kids?

[Bobby Bones]

I think this is probably something that needs to be addressed after they leave. Because it's already happening. If it's already happening. No need to make it weird right now. If you're going to have to just knuckle up and bear it. Knuckle up and bear it. And then afterward there has to be a real conversation because this can't happen again without there being a conversation.

[Amy]

Yeah. I can't imagine not talking to my person about someone coming into our home for two weeks. No matter who it is, if you.

[Bobby Bones]

Say something now, there's a risk of it being awkward because what if he says something to them and he's like, she's not happy about. I think it just encourages there to be some other negative from this. And I would just hopefully eliminate all that and let everything that's going to happen because of this happen after it. You already have the pile of poop on your porch.

[Amy]

That's a good point about him slipping up or bringing it up to his parents.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Because I was thinking, well, she could talk to him now, but you're right, there could be a slip up.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie.

[Lunchbox]

My style is to make a big deal out of it at first, you know, and then be like, all right, look, I reacted wrong, but it's okay. They can come for two weeks, but we've got to talk about this beforehand. Like, you can't just, you know, book and tell them two weeks is fine, and then tell me later after the fact, but make a big deal out of it. And then that way you kind of look like, oh, cool, man. Like, he. Like, I. I took it like a champ.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. A little performative, huh? Yeah. A little bit disingenuous.

[Lunchbox]

A little bit. Just to make her feel. Or make him feel, like, guilty. Oh, yeah. Like, oh, man, maybe I shouldn't have done that.

[Bobby Bones]

I still would worry that he's gonna then say something to the parents. Yeah. There's gonna be some sort.

[Amy]

Bobby makes a great point and it's the guy. Like, I think a girl would maybe probably not say anything, but a guy would probably slip up to his parents.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you know, she didn't want you here. Yeah, she didn't want. You are stupid.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So I'm sorry that happened to you. You're going to have to learn from this. And this is definitely a conversation after they leave. Hey, we need to talk about this. You can't do that. You can't have them here for two weeks at least. If you do, we got to talk about it beforehand because you kind of slammed this on me.

[Amy]

You can already tell he's kind of stupid because he did that.

[Bobby Bones]

There you go. I agree. Because of this, he's already kind of stupid so he could do something stupid like say something to them and it's now awkward within the house. Good luck with that. Sorry that happened to you. That's the mailbag. Close it up. Want to score when your favorite player does well, you can't unless you download Better Picks. Who's giving away a free $10? Download the Better app, Pick more or less on your favorite player's stats, watch the games and win some cash. It's that simple. Must be 21 or older. In a jurisdiction where Better Picks operates, terms and conditions apply. Better Picks Sports just got better. So let me get this straight. Your company has data here, there and everywhere, but your AI can't use the data because it's here, there and everywhere? Seems like something's missing. Every business has unique data. IBM helps your AI access your data wherever it lives. To change how you do business, let's create smarter Business. IBM.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

This is where mindset comes in.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Lunchbox]

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[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

A woman drove into a swimming pool, had her five year old daughter in the car because she mistook the accelerator for the break. Man, it's, it's hard to judge. I, I've only done that once and it's. I was driving a standard when I first learned. But I can definitely see how if you're old or I can see how old was that? Old. No, but if you're old, like this happens a lot where old people drive into stores.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, we've heard that thanks to a.

[Bobby Bones]

Quick intervention of two lifeguards in one person, the occupants were able to be removed from their vehicle. Imagine though, you just see a car driving to someone pool.

[Lunchbox]

Dude, you're a lifeguard. Like you're not trained for that.

[Amy]

Like does your brain register? Oh, my foot's on the accelerator. So now I need to switch it over to the break.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably too late. You're probably close to it.

[Amy]

You got to be very close.

[Lunchbox]

Or you hit both. Well, if you hit both, you're going to break, right?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it'll be a gassy break. Yeah, but it'll break. The mother and daughter were unharmed. They were taken to a nearby hospital. They were suffering from shock. That's from People magazine.

[Amy]

Terrible.

[Bobby Bones]

You ever done that? No offense. Have you ever done that?

[Amy]

No. I mean that's if it's happened, it's very quick. Like I recognize their stop. Like correct. Yes. Have I had my foot on the accelerator when I thought.

[Bobby Bones]

So you have done that though?

[Amy]

Yes. Not to where it's caused any damage and it's. I mean, but I have to tell you the truth that it has happened.

[Lunchbox]

I've had a flip flop get stuck like while I'm trying to move my foot and I freaked out but eventually got loose.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Flip flops are dangerous. Again, especially driving a standard too. I guess just in general, we should kind of eliminate flip flops. When you're anything with machines, those things.

[Lunchbox]

Can fall off, get stuck.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And even get stuck and fall down. And you reach down for it. Next thing you know you're a swimming pool in a car.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Who did you dislike buying presents for? Not because you don't like them, because it's hard to buy for them.

[Amy]

Oh, you're difficult.

[Lunchbox]

You.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I was. Oh, I, I didn't mean specific. Okay. All right.

[Amy]

Well, who did you mean?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I just meant like in life, is there a general person.

[Amy]

Yeah. The person that just when they, they have something they want, they buy it for themselves and they.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

It's like, how do you get this person something? Because they have everything they want.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, fair enough. As mostly most people think it's the most difficult to get a present for the spouses or partners. Yeah. What do you mean? That's your wife. Do you have a rule?

[Lunchbox]

We do like one gift, really, for each other, and the rest is just for the kids. But I mean, I think that's easier because you, they. You kind of live every day with them, so you hear what they talk about. Like, my wife loves coffee, so I know. Like, my go to is always something coffee related.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you done?

[Amy]

Your go to is always something every something coffee related.

[Lunchbox]

Little bag of coffee.

[Bobby Bones]

So you heard her say one thing years ago and now you stick to that?

[Lunchbox]

Oh, no, this year's different. I got her something different.

[Bobby Bones]

Good.

[Amy]

Cuz you probably run out of coffee options.

[Lunchbox]

Mugs. Mugs are the best thing ever.

[Amy]

Dude.

[Lunchbox]

Travel mugs. Tumblers.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you done?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I'm done.

[Bobby Bones]

What about you and your partner?

[Amy]

My boyfriend.

[Bobby Bones]

It's weird to call him boyfriend.

[Amy]

It's weird to hear you say partner.

[Bobby Bones]

Which weirder guys? Boyfriend.

[Amy]

Partner.

[Bobby Bones]

Partner with Amy. Partner's weirder. It makes it sound like she's a lesbian.

[Amy]

Yeah. So this actually came up the other day because I said, oh, we need to. I'm trying to figure out your gifts. And he's like, okay. I think he goes, I think I'm done. And I was like, wait, you're done?

[Bobby Bones]

You.

[Amy]

You don't even know. How do you know what I want? And he was like, I paid attention. I was like, okay, so we'll see.

[Lunchbox]

You're getting some copy. Related.

[Bobby Bones]

I would think you would be. Instead of like, we'll see. I think you're like, oh, wow, this is going to be great.

[Amy]

No, I. I'm excited. And we'll see. Like, I. We'll see. Like this. I don't know. This is the first Christmas where it's like we've been together this whole time and yeah, he's had things over the year to pay attention to and we'll see how that happens.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, if I were him, I'd be so.

[Lunchbox]

If I heard this.

[Amy]

No, no, no, I didn't say that to him. I'm saying it to you, y'.

[Bobby Bones]

All. Even worse. My wife is done. We do one. Really? One? But then her birthday, it's. It's like, snap, Crackle pop, birthday time.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Right.

[Bobby Bones]

And so that's A difficult. That's a difficult little dance for me to where it's like Christmas and she. But her whole life she had a birthday where she didn't get to have a birthday around people. And people would often get her one gift for both Christmas and birthday because they're so close. I definitely don't want to do that because I think she kind of resents the fact that she never got a standalone birthday. So I tried to juggle that. I think I nailed it. I always nail it.

[Amy]

Well, so who do you think is the most difficult person for you to shop for?

[Bobby Bones]

Nobody anymore. Because if they're difficult, I don't buy them anything. I just don't.

[Amy]

Interesting. What if we did that approach?

[Lunchbox]

I didn't know that was an option.

[Amy]

You're difficult.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yeah, it's like if it's on the border. I did read a story where people said that the whole question was if someone gives a donation in your name, is that a good gift or a bad gift?

[Amy]

Yeah, it's a good gift. You've done that for me before, Bobby.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but yours was just something you really care about.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I don't think most people have something they really. They really care. Yours was a direct. Like it's probably if I'm guessing the orphanage or something.

[Amy]

Well, one time you did Heifer International. You bought like a years ago.

[Bobby Bones]

20.

[Lunchbox]

That's nice.

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah, I still remember it. And it meant something. You bought all these animals in my name and it was so cute. And I got.

[Bobby Bones]

I think I donated to like the orphanage.

[Amy]

I mean, you've. Yes. You've done the orphanage. I was giving another specific example where I thought it was really thoughtful and kind and organizations like that exist where you can sponsor animals in someone's name and then they get like a picture of the animal. It's cute. And you know, like the village it's going to.

[Bobby Bones]

If you guys got a. A donation in your name. Lunchbox. What you think? Stupid.

[Lunchbox]

Lame. What a waste of time. Like, that doesn't do anything for me.

[Bobby Bones]

You can also lie. Just be like, I donated. You can't track it.

[Amy]

That's the thing. If you get the animal in the village, how are you going to get that?

[Bobby Bones]

I can print off a couple pictures.

[Lunchbox]

Picture can be generous.

[Bobby Bones]

Look for the animal. Oh, that's the one Bobby got. Anybody seen Herbie, the bison? Okay, it's time for the good news with Lunchbox. Tell me something good, Doug.

[Lunchbox]

Doug is a two year old collie was out for a walk with his owner in Iowa. Bunch of snow running around, having a good time. When Doug.

[Bobby Bones]

Doug goes out on the pond, and.

[Lunchbox]

The pond is frozen, but he gets.

[Bobby Bones]

Out there and falls into the water.

[Lunchbox]

And so he calls 91 1.

[Bobby Bones]

Sheriff shows up. Volunteer firefighter shows up, gets in a kayak and shimmies his way out there and. Whoa.

[Lunchbox]

Grabs Doug dug into the kayak and brings it to the shore.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, Doug dug looks like kind of like Lassie dog. It is bigger. Like, a bigger version of that. I'm looking at the pond. It's not a pond we would step on because you see water. Found it. What's a dog supposed to know?

[Amy]

Duck.

[Lunchbox]

Duck doesn't know duck.

[Bobby Bones]

Duck doesn't know crap. See something fun.

[Amy]

I'm surprised you have all that time. Like, you make a call, the people have to get in their cars, drive to you, respond, come up with a plan. And Doug. Doug's still frozen water. If I was Doug Doug, I'd be like, it's over. Time to go. This is my time.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. There you go. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good, Bones. Gonna talk with Tucker Wetmore.

[Eddie]

So we went to the rudder. We sit down, start eating. Immediately the manager of the whole place comes up, just starts talking to us. He goes, what are you guys doing? Where y' all from? Yada yada. And I'm like, oh, we're. We're just visiting, see if we want to move to Nashville from Washington. And he goes, oh, that's amazing.

[Bobby Bones]

You do music.

[Eddie]

I was like, I'm. I'm trying. I got a handful of songs and a. And a dream, and. And then he's like, dude, I got the stage right here. If you ever want to play it on, like, the. The weekends, during the summer, you can play it as outside stage.

[Bobby Bones]

And.

[Eddie]

And then he was like, honestly, if you need a job, you got a job here anytime. And this guy doesn't know me at all.

[Bobby Bones]

You just met him.

[Eddie]

I just met him.

[Bobby Bones]

He walked up at the table five.

[Eddie]

Minutes before this, and he was like, if you need a job, you got a job on the spot. Just let me know when you're in town. I was like, mom, I think. I think I got this feeling now. I got this feeling where, like, if. If something doesn't work out, something else is going to work out. And. And she was like, all right. And so that was kind of like, that's where it swapped. And then I got a. I didn't ever take up. Take him up on the opportunity. When I moved to it was one of those things that I could feel into my soul that it was the right decision.

[Bobby Bones]

So how long were you here?

[Eddie]

I signed a publishing deal in 2022.

[Bobby Bones]

So did you move in 20?

[Eddie]

I moved in 20.

[Bobby Bones]

So what'd you do for two years? How'd you pay rent?

[Eddie]

I doordashed back when FGL, that bar downtown was FGL. I worked there for probably a week and a half serving food, and I hated it, so I quit. Then I would doordash and I was living on the skin of my teeth for a while there. Like peanut butter spoon for. For dinner kind of thing. And I'd buy these. These packs of like hamburger patties and I'll just cook them up and throw an egg on it, and that would kind of like be my dinner.

[Bobby Bones]

Is there an appreciation now? Extra. Because of the struggle before.

[Eddie]

Oh, 100. Growing up with the silver spoon is. Is a blessing in its own way. But I feel like growing up with the wooden one teaches you a lot more about how life actually is and how it can be, you know, if you don't try to work for something, you know, I feel like it's. It's very important to know what bottom feels like, especially when you get to the top. Putting. Being a good role model for the people that want to do something, anything in life, you know, tale as old as time pressure makes diamonds. You know, it's. That's very cliche, but it's a true thing.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm going to ask you this question. I want 100% honesty. This is based off something you just said. 100% honesty. Raise your right hand. I, Tucker, promise to be honest.

[Eddie]

I Tucker wet more promise to be honest.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you ever steal a fry or any food when you were delivering door dash?

[Eddie]

No. Never a single time? Nope.

[Bobby Bones]

You are the most honorable door dash guy in the history of door dash.

[Eddie]

I promise you, not a single thing. Not even thought about it.

[Bobby Bones]

One accidentally dumped out, so he left it out and then ate it.

[Eddie]

Not a single time.

[Bobby Bones]

Honorable Tucker Wetmore.

[Eddie]

I try.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

That's crazy to think about, though.

[Bobby Bones]

I. I feel like shake the bag and let some fall. I used to wait tables. I waited tables a lot. And so, yeah, that would happen.

[Eddie]

Yeah. That's so funny.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh. Or for me, it was after they were done as well. If the rolls hadn't been touched or if something hadn't been touched, I would save it and eat it.

[Eddie]

Gotta do what you gotta do, I guess. That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Like, I'm proud of you. Like, it didn't eat a single fry.

[Eddie]

Not a single.

[Bobby Bones]

And you raised your right hand so you can't lie about that.

[Eddie]

That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll play you a clip of a famous country artist just wishing you a merry Christmas. All you gotta name is the artist. For example. Wishing you a merry Christmas. Oh, I got it.

[Lunchbox]

Luke Bryant.

[Bobby Bones]

Brian. That's correct. Would you play that one more time? Wishing you a merry Christmas. That's Luke Bryan. I'm gonna do seven of these. Write your answer down. These are hard. Oh, good. Number one.

[Amy]

Wishing you a merry Christmas.

[Lunchbox]

This is hard.

[Bobby Bones]

It's hard. And the females are harder to differentiate. Can you play it again?

[Amy]

Wishing you a merry Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think I would get that one. And I can see who it is.

[Lunchbox]

Dude, I have no idea.

[Bobby Bones]

One more time. One more time.

[Amy]

Wishing you a merry Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

Five seconds. I'm in for the win. Amy.

[Amy]

Carrie Underwood.

[Bobby Bones]

Lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

Megan Maroney.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie.

[Lunchbox]

I have Kelsey Ballerini.

[Bobby Bones]

One of you is right. Would you play it again?

[Amy]

Wishing you a merry Christmas. I don't know who's right?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

I think we're all wrong. It's Carrie Underwood. Oh, wow. Okay, one, Amy. Next one. I just want to wish you a merry Christmas I'm in.

[Lunchbox]

I'm in.

[Bobby Bones]

I just want to wish you a merry Christmas I just want to wish you a merry Christmas all right, five seconds. Merry Christmas. It's pretty easy or no?

[Lunchbox]

Yes, very easy.

[Amy]

Yeah, like out of the gate, easy.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. Okay, lunchbox. Your answer.

[Lunchbox]

Luke Combs.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy.

[Amy]

Kane Brown.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie, that's camera. It is Kane Brown, right? Would you play one more time, please? I just want to wish you a merry Christmas do you hear it now?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You guys. Just the way they were in so fast, and then it just went so quick from there. It was a spiral.

[Lunchbox]

I couldn't get it.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, next up. Wishing you a merry Christmas.

[Lunchbox]

What the.

[Bobby Bones]

Here it is again. Wishing you a merry Christmas.

[Lunchbox]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

One more shot. Wishing you a merry Christmas.

[Lunchbox]

I'm in.

[Bobby Bones]

There's part of that. That really sounds like him. Part of it doesn't. But if you listen, I'll do it one more time. There's just one single element that really tells you who it is. Wishing you a merry Christmas. I know who it is. Great.

[Lunchbox]

And then write it down. I know his name, though. And when Bobby says, what do you have? Tell him.

[Bobby Bones]

Say it when I up on that. Yeah. All right, guys. Amy, what do you have? Nothing. You don't have anything. I wrote on this lunchbox that is the guy that did Ray's car. Okay, that's wrong.

[Amy]

Chase Matthews.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie.

[Lunchbox]

Dude, you're so right. At the very, very end is when you can tell that it's Darius Rucker.

[Bobby Bones]

That's true. Wait, what? Hit it again. Wishing you a merry Christmas.

[Lunchbox]

Christmas.

[Amy]

I need him to go.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't need to laugh in there. All right, next up, wishing you and your family a happy holiday season.

[Amy]

I'm in.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm on the board.

[Lunchbox]

I'm in for the win. I'm in.

[Bobby Bones]

Trying to name the artist. Wishing you and your family a happy holiday season. Lunchbox. George straight. Amy.

[Amy]

Dang. I shouldn't have gone in so quick. I feel like that's where they got it.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, we got it.

[Amy]

Okay. George straight.

[Eddie]

Eddie.

[Lunchbox]

That's the king. George straight.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. Three left the score. Amy and Eddie in the lead. Lunchbox has got one. I'm right behind them. But you're two back.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, how many did we go?

[Bobby Bones]

We've only done four. Okay. All right, here we go. Next one. Wishing you a happy holiday season. You name that country artist.

[Amy]

Yes, I'm in.

[Bobby Bones]

Wishing you a happy holiday season. Sounds like the one we just played.

[Amy]

George.

[Bobby Bones]

Wishing you a happy holiday season.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, man. Come here.

[Eddie]

One more time.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, why not? Wishing you a happy holiday season. I'm in for the win.

[Lunchbox]

I know that voice.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, Eddie.

[Lunchbox]

I have Gavin Adcock. I know it's wrong.

[Bobby Bones]

He'd have been like, wishing you a happy holiday season. Except Zach Bryan. Screw Zach. Brian. Right, Amy.

[Amy]

Tim McGraw.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct. Lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

Tim McGraw.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, lunchbox. Well, I still two back on Amy with two to go. That's okay.

[Amy]

All right, next up, happy holidays.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's way too hard. I thought it was both of them. I'll tell you who that one is. That's Maddie. That's Maddie from Maddie.

[Lunchbox]

That's what my guess was.

[Bobby Bones]

Maddie and Tay. No, I figured you cut it in.

[Lunchbox]

Half because they broke up.

[Bobby Bones]

Nah. Here we go. Dang it. Okay, go with the number six.

[Amy]

Wishing you a very merry Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

No chance. You get this one. Oh, this was worth two points. Okay, hold on. Go again.

[Amy]

Wishing you a very merry Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

This is the rare two pointer. Oh, that's really hard.

[Amy]

Again, wishing you a very merry Christmas.

[Lunchbox]

I'm in.

[Amy]

Do you have it? I hear. I hear something in the. In the very. That's giving me my brain.

[Lunchbox]

Where?

[Amy]

A little tickle.

[Bobby Bones]

Everybody in, like.

[Amy]

My brain is like. That's familiar. One more time.

[Bobby Bones]

One more time.

[Amy]

One more time. Wishing you a very merry Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm in.

[Amy]

I just needed that one more time, and I got that very.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Really? Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. Lunchbox. Ashley McBride. Is that what you have, Amy?

[Amy]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, Eddie, what do you have?

[Lunchbox]

Oh, my gosh. You got it, right. I have Gretchen Wilson.

[Amy]

No, guys, y' all are both wrong.

[Lunchbox]

No, it's.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you willing to lose all your points if you miss it? Okay. Because you're so confident.

[Amy]

I'm confident because of the very. The way she said very. It's something. It's like a little. But you're.

[Bobby Bones]

You're really putting on a show. Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

So.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll wait.

[Amy]

Draw my points if you let me hear all the time. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Deal.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Wishing you a very merry Christmas.

[Amy]

Oh, shoot.

[Bobby Bones]

You've wagered all your points now. No, you said if you heard.

[Amy]

I did. I did. I did. Shania Twain.

[Lunchbox]

It's not.

[Amy]

I'm an idiot.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't think it's Shania? No.

[Amy]

I don't know, guys.

[Lunchbox]

It's not Shania.

[Bobby Bones]

It's Shania. Okay? She wagered them all and still got two extra.

[Lunchbox]

That's how you do it. Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. Wow. And then one final one. That was respect.

[Lunchbox]

Respect.

[Amy]

Thanks, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.

[Amy]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I got that. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy holiday season. Well, that's why he only has two. So even if you're waging them all, you couldn't. You couldn't beat. He couldn't win. Oh. Everybody in Lunchbox. What do you have? That is Scotty McCreary. I'll let you wager all your points. Yeah. Scotty McCre them all. Yeah. Okay, Eddie.

[Lunchbox]

Scotty McCreary.

[Bobby Bones]

You wager years?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie wagered all yours. Amy, what do you have?

[Amy]

I'm Scotty McCreary.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, you didn't wager. All yours. But they did come trying to catch you. Yeah, it's not Scotty McCurry.

[Lunchbox]

We're losers.

[Bobby Bones]

You guys have zero. Going home with nothing.

[Amy]

The other deep guy.

[Bobby Bones]

Merry Christmas, everybody. Amy is our winner. Hit her song. Bones. Have you ever turned a dollar into ten grand? I doubt it. But now you can. On Better Picks. Download the better app, Pick more or less on your favorite player's stats, watch the games and win some cash. It's that simple. Better picks available in 33 states, including Texas, California, and Georgia. Download the Better app today. That's better. B E T R. And get a free $10. No deposit necessary. Must be 21 or older in a jurisdiction where Better Picks operates terms and conditions apply. Better picks. Sports just got better. So you're telling me that the AI that's meant to make everyone's job easier to manage just adds more to manage? On top of the thousands of apps the IT department already manages? Funny how that works. Any business can add AI. IBM helps you scale and manage AI to change how you do business. Let's create Smile to Business IBM.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

This is where mindset comes in.

[Amy]

Someone will be eliminated. Pressure is coming down.

[Bobby Bones]

Trainer Games on Prime Video January 8th.

[Lunchbox]

Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2.

[Amy]

Of Unrivaled Basketball is here and the talent is unreal. Paige Beckers, Nafiza Collier, Kelsey Plum, Brianna Stewart and more are back to redefine the game. Unrivaled basketball season two, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, tips off January 5th on TNT, TruTV and HBO Max. Ever wish you could try the Washington Post and see what all the talk is about? Right now you can, with a one week pass for just $7. No commitment, no strings attached. Just $7 for one week of unlimited access to the Post. It's the perfect way to explore our award winning journalism and experience what subscribers already know. There's nothing else quite like it, so why not give us a try? Go to washingtonpost.com week and start your $7 one week pass today. That's washingtonpost.com week, the top 10 life.

[Bobby Bones]

Decisions people stress over the most. So this is from Psychological Science at number 10. Whether to move to another country, I've never considered that. I do see where that would be stressful. Or just to another state.

[Amy]

Moving anywhere.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we'll do a minimized version of that. Just moving. I've moved places where I've not known a single person. Like out of state, completely didn't know a single person. That's weird. That's stressful. You guys ever done that?

[Amy]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

Here.

[Bobby Bones]

Moved another state not knowing anybody.

[Amy]

Well, I knew the guy I was married to.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you knew somebody then.

[Amy]

Yeah, but he was deployed a lot.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Okay, fair. I'll give you half point.

[Amy]

Okay, thanks.

[Bobby Bones]

Anybody ever move? No. You knew I knew us.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I just thought about that.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you guys out of your mind?

[Amy]

I'm not talking about Nashville. I'm talking about North Carolina.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but you moved with your husband at the time.

[Amy]

Yes, but he immediately went to Afghanistan.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

How long before you had a group of friends, like when you moved to that city?

[Bobby Bones]

Five years.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, my goodness.

[Bobby Bones]

All I did was work stuff. I know. Single. I didn't have a single person I could call. Nobody that I knew. No. It's weird. I like that I did that. But, yeah, it was tough. Let's see other ones. Whether to get married.

[Lunchbox]

Stressful.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it more stressful leading up to the marriage or to think about proposing?

[Lunchbox]

Man, the. The proposal to me was just kind of like I never thought of it anyway, so when my wife gave me the ultimatum, I was like, oh, I got to propose. But then when it came to the actual marriage, the wedding, I was like, this is crazy. This is forever. Like, the second we get married, this is it. My life's changing.

[Bobby Bones]

What's funny about that is because I never had a romantic partner that I lived with ever, until my wife. Never told anybody I love them until my wife. And so all of those were like steps. It's like, man, once I tell her I love her, I'm in forever. But then it's. Once I propose, it looks like I'm in forever. Then it was like, once I get married, oh, man, I didn't think about. But now I'm really in forever. And I was like, once we have a baby, oh, my God, I'm in forever. Like, every one of those steps.

[Lunchbox]

That's a good point.

[Bobby Bones]

It felt like that. Whether to get surgery at number seven. I guess that would be elective only.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Whether to buy a house at 6. I remember when I bought my first house. I went to our station general manager and I was probably 24, and I said, hey, I'm thinking about buying a house. I'm really nervous about it because there's. In this job, you get fired any day and like, a contract doesn't mean much. And I said, hey, I don't. Huh. Cool. Yeah, it really doesn't.

[Amy]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

So I said, I don't want to buy a house. And then you fire me. I said, can you promise me you're not going to fire me? Even if he was going to fire me, he wouldn't say no.

[Amy]

Yeah, but he probably talk you out of buying a house.

[Bobby Bones]

And he did. And he said, I think you can buy the house.

[Lunchbox]

That's good.

[Bobby Bones]

And so I went, I bought the house. Yeah, buy. Now, the stressful thing about buying a house is all the papers you have to sign because you didn't read them.

[Lunchbox]

There's no way you can read them. They're too many.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a whole book. And it's just a sign this. Okay, Sign this. And at first you're acting like you're reading them. For a second they'll hand you the page. You're like, yeah, let me take a look.

[Lunchbox]

That's so true. You don't understand any words on there.

[Bobby Bones]

By page seven, you're just like, I'll just sign a stupid thing. I don't need to act about this anymore. Number five, whether to become self employed. If you're gonna leave your job to like start a new career, especially it's solely on you without a built in paycheck. Number four, whether to drive a car. Now what this means is if you're too tired to drive, if you're a little buzzed, if there's bad weather like, oh, should I drive? That's stressful.

[Lunchbox]

Just call a cab, man. Get an Uber.

[Bobby Bones]

But I think people worry about that. I've never been buzzed, but I think people probably go, am I? Even if they don't know they are. But if I've had a little drink, they're like, I don't know, should I drive? The bad weather, when I get. If it's like, oh, yeah, hard. And you're like, I don't think I'm gonna drive the buzzed one.

[Lunchbox]

If there's any doubt, just get an Uber.

[Amy]

Right?

[Lunchbox]

Like if there's any question like, should I drive? Just get an Uber.

[Bobby Bones]

I think. And yes, I think that's what you should do. I don't think that's what everybody does.

[Lunchbox]

And deal with your car later.

[Bobby Bones]

Again. I think at times people are in a place where they don't want to leave their car.

[Lunchbox]

That's, that's definitely a big question. Like, oh, I'm gonna have to come back and get this tomorrow.

[Bobby Bones]

Whether to invest money at 3.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. With lunchbox 100. Stressful.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you just realize it's not going to go. How did you make profit?

[Lunchbox]

I don't remember.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not gonna go well. I think I'm an emotion on an emotional deficit. Well, with that, number two, whether to quit your job without another job, so meaning you're not starting your own job.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's stressful.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's like, I hate this job. I'm quitting, but you don't have another one. And then number one is whether to accept a new job. So the top two are jobs. Like someone comes and offers you a job or you have a job that it's going pretty well, whether to accept a new job.

[Lunchbox]

And leave it.

[Amy]

Yikes.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm surprised that having kids isn't on here. However, that's not really a decision for a lot of people. I think a lot most a kid happens. A kid isn't planned.

[Lunchbox]

You think majority?

[Bobby Bones]

I think majority a kid. I don't think people are trying not to have kids. I think it's just if it happens, it happens. But we're not going to try to plan it because that's probably why it's not one of the top 10, because I think they just happen more than we were trying to plan it. I think it's probably stressful when you're about to have the kids.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, that's stressful.

[Bobby Bones]

I think kids are probably stressful themselves, but another one is to get an education. And speaking of babies. So had Matt still on my podcast. Matt was talking with us and he had some big news on the Bobby cast. I think it's going to work with.

[Lunchbox]

With the baby coming.

[Bobby Bones]

My old lady is pregnant, everyone. How you feeling about that? I'm very excited to be having a child. We found out as a boy.

[Lunchbox]

I'm really hoping that the due date is like at the end of May, but I'm hoping it lasts to June.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I want to make it like kid in class for sports. But then it's going to be because a AAU cutoffs are where they are. It's going to be the youngest in aau, so it's going to get the benefits of playing up. I'm already projecting my hopes and dreams on on said child. So. So Matt's still having a baby and is already planning its basketball future. Matt still played college basketball. He's a large guy. That's possible. So, yeah, having a baby. You can hear that. Full conversation over on the Bobby cast. It's time for the good news with Amy.

[Amy]

Last week, a bank teller in Clay County, Missouri, stopped a woman from losing thousands of dollars after a phone scammer claimed she missed jury duty and needed to pay a cash bond. This is a very popular scam that's on the rise right now. So be warned.

[Bobby Bones]

Have you fallen for it?

[Amy]

I have not. Nor will I because this famous last words. Clay county sheriff's office is saying, hey, similar scams are on the rise. You will never get a phone call about payments because you miss jury duty. It is not going to happen. If you miss jury duty, you might get some sort of notice by mail, but you also don't have to pay a bond.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think like you're talking to yourself. Like you're convincing yourself.

[Amy]

Yeah, like just because you missed jury duty, I don't know that you have to pay a cash bond, but I'm not totally sure about that. If you do need to though, it will arrive by mail. They won't be on the phone. So anyway, she's on the phone with the scammer and at the bank. So the quick thinking bank teller wrote down on a piece of paper, this is a scam.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't.

[Amy]

Don't withdraw the money. And passed it to her. And that's when she hung up the call and called the police.

[Bobby Bones]

I bet you they have to take some sort of online course or be briefed on all the scams. If you work at a bank to do this and to recognize these patterns from people coming in, they're getting scammed. I would think that's part of what their job is now, to hopefully recognize scams because. And that's just to the benefit of the bank because the bank ends up just losing the money. So they're learning that to a bit protect themselves and to protect the other people.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's a good story. I'm glad that teller was aware of what was going on.

[Amy]

Yeah, I don't even have the teller's name. They just call her an unsung hero.

[Bobby Bones]

And who saved you? What'd you look like? You don't have her name.

[Amy]

But Bobby, this was in Clay County.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy, were you scared when you got the note? Did you think it was a prank? All right, there you go. That's what. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good. Wake up. You wake up in the morning, then you turn the radio on and the dial just keeps on turning. This week's next bit. And Bobby's on the mic.

[Amy]

So you know what this is?

[Bobby Bones]

This is the Bobby Bone. Now time for the morning Corny. The morning Corny.

[Amy]

What do you call a broke Santa Claus?

[Bobby Bones]

What do you call a broke Santa Claus?

[Amy]

Saint Nicholas.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, Nicholas.

[Lunchbox]

That's good.

[Bobby Bones]

That was the morning corny. You can tell we're in the holiday spirit. We're so encouraging a baby's jokes.

[Amy]

I know. Lately.

[Bobby Bones]

A little Tuesday reviews day for me. I'll give you two shows I did watch down Cemetery Road. Anybody watch this on Apple? Mm. Mm. So it's basically house explodes, little girl gets abducted. This woman's like, I gotta find her. It's British. It got 79% of rotten tomatoes. I give it. Those British shows are really good with a lot of nuance, but they're slow. Just generally speaking, faster horses down Cemetery Road. It's got Emma Thompson in it as one of the main people. I give it three and a half out of five explosions. I was almost a four. We don't do 375. It's just slow. So I give it three and a half out of five. I do lie. I do feel like British people are just smarter, though, with their accent, like, you don't have to say anything smart.

[Lunchbox]

They do sound smart. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like if you're gonna bring an expert in for something and they're British, you win. The other one is I did watch that movie on Netflix with George Clooney and Adam Sandler called J. Kelly.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, yeah?

[Bobby Bones]

Did you guys watch it?

[Amy]

I've started it. I haven't finished it yet, so I.

[Bobby Bones]

Had to watch it in two parts. It's slow. It's not even British.

[Lunchbox]

And it's gonna say it's a British. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

So J. Kelly is George Clooney, basically, like Mike said, kind of playing a version of himself. And the whole thing is him looking at his life and with perspective, valuing things probably differently as he got older. Adam Sandler plays his agent. I did see where they're thinking this could be nominated for Best Picture. Yeah, it probably will. Are they out of their mind? A little bit. I think it's because it's kind of like an industry movie. Because it's a movie kind of about the movie industry. Yeah. It's a movie that while you're watching it, you're like, I don't know if I like this. It's slow. There's really nothing. There's no. There's no explosions or anything. Okay.

[Lunchbox]

That's a no house explosion.

[Bobby Bones]

And then Adam Sandler's not like. There's none of that. So nobody's really doing what they do. George Clooney's not Batman or anything in it. But when it's over, there's. There was value in it. It's one of those movies that while you're watching it, you're like, this is slow. I don't know if I like this.

[Lunchbox]

How long?

[Bobby Bones]

Two and a half hours. Way too long. I watch it in two parts and. But when it's over, because my wife and I watched it, we were like. I think we liked that. But I wouldn't recommend it to a friend because I think they'd call me halfway through and be like, this movie sucks. How do you feel about that review? Yeah, like, the ending I loved, and I was like, okay, it kind of left you in a place like hit you a little bit emotionally, but overall just like. What was the point of this movie? I. I'll give it three and a half out of five. Silver haired foxes. Okay. Which is George Clooney.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Bobby Bone Show. Bonehead story of the day. This story comes to us from Ontario, Canada.

[Lunchbox]

A 57 year old man got in an argument with his neighbor. Neighbor was not happy how he had cleared the sidewalk, didn't do a good enough job. So the 57 year old man goes, I didn't clear it. Good enough.

[Bobby Bones]

Goes in, gets the snowblower, aims it right at her and starts dousing her in snow. He got arrested for assault. I thought he was gonna re blow the snow over what he had cleared. That would have been petty, but it wouldn't have been assault.

[Amy]

Right?

[Bobby Bones]

You go, oh, you don't like it? And then you blow the snow back on top of it.

[Lunchbox]

Same effect.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't really got to shoot her and hit her with snow from the blower. Also, I'm surprised Canadians really don't act like that. Kindest people.

[Amy]

Generally friendly.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, generally super friendly. Okay, there you go. I'm Lunchbox. That's your bonehead story of the day. Bones. If you're out and you're shopping, you're doing Christmas shopping, even grocery shopping, they say, don't touch the products at the store. Not so much about the germs, but if you touch it, it does something with your brain and it makes you more likely to buy it because you already have a sense of ownership.

[Amy]

Really.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw this whole story about Apple stores, and when you walk into an Apple Store, it has nothing to do with this story. But when you walk into an Apple store and you look at the laptops, they're all down and the screen is bent back a bit, just a bit. And it's bent back just a bit where the glare in the room in your eyes, the angle doesn't match. So you grab it and you flip it up just a little bit if you're thinking about buying it. And it's the same theory here that if you touch something, something inside of you gives you a bit of that ownership, that they have found that people buy way more computers if they reach down and touch it. So that's why they bend them back.

[Lunchbox]

That's so sneaky.

[Amy]

Oh, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy's like, I bought four yesterday. I didn't even need all four.

[Amy]

I'm getting got.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, Pretty wild, huh?

[Amy]

Yeah, they just put everything out of reach. Excuse me, can you I mean, they're.

[Bobby Bones]

Playing music that makes us buy stuff. Everything.

[Lunchbox]

The lighting.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I mean, they're. They're researching everything. I mean, they don't put clocks on the walls. Maybe that's just Vegas casinos. Yeah, maybe. So you guys have a great day. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Bye, everybody. The Bobby Bones show theme song written, produced and sang by readyarberry. You can find his Instagram reedyarberry Scuba Steve Executive Producer Raymundo Head of Production I'm Bobby Bones. My Instagram is Mr. Bobby Bones. Thank you for listening to the podcast. Have you ever turned $1 into $10,000? I doubt it. But now you can. On Better Picks, download the Better app, pick more or less on player stats, watch the games, and win some cash. It's that simple. Better Picks is available in 33 states, including Texas, California, and Georgia. Download the Better app today. That's better. B E T R. And get a free $10. No deposit necessary. Must be 21 or older. In a jurisdiction where Better Picks operates, terms and conditions apply. Better Picks Sports just got better. Hey, it's Bobby Bones here. When you're traveling with family, it can be a circus. Mom wakes up at 5am nephew stay up till midnight. And your dog, he just wants a yard to play in. Booking.com makes it easy to find a stay that's right for everyone. Whether it's a vacation rental or a space to spread out or a hotel where someone else makes the breakfast. Find exactly what you're booking for booking.com booking. Yeah, that's booking.com booking, yeah.

[Amy]

Okay. Only 10 more presents to wrap. You're almost at the finish line. But first, There the last one. Enjoy a Coca Cola for a pause that refreshes.

[Bobby Bones]

When you own your own business, you own every decision. Catch the red eye or take the 6am Make a new hire or promote internally.

[Lunchbox]

Celebrate a win with the toast at.

[Eddie]

The gate or unwind at the lounge.

[Bobby Bones]

Big props to this team. Some decisions are a win win, like.

[Lunchbox]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Lunchbox]

Thursday Night Football is on. And it's only on Prime Video.

[Bobby Bones]

Brilliant.

[Lunchbox]

Just brilliant. This week, the west coast action heats up when the Rams meet the Seahawks in a huge divisional showdown. Coverage begins at 7pm Eastern with Football's Best Party TNF tonight presented by Verizon. And don't miss the Broncos and Chiefs on Christmas night. It's Thursday Night Football only on Prime Video. Not a Prime member? Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial. Restrictions apply. See Amazon.com amazonprime for details.

[Amy]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.