Say No-No To Day-Blow

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: The Commercial Break
Episode: Say No-No To Day-Blow
Date: March 29, 2024
Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley

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Overview

In this lively episode, Bryan and Krissy blend personal anecdotes, festival misadventures, and improvisational humor to dissect Atlanta’s spring festival season, the etiquette and pitfalls of “day blow” (cocaine use during daylight hours), generational differences in partying, and the peculiar world of Costco food court policies and McDonald’s new Krispy Kreme partnership. True to the commercial break’s style, the duo delivers a fast-paced, irreverent, and unfiltered take on aging, nostalgia, and the ongoing quest for cheap thrills—culminating in a cornucopia of food-related tangents and advice.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Bryan’s Atlanta Festival Experience

[01:12–09:00]

• Bryan describes escaping "the chains that bind" for 190 minutes at a local spring festival.
• Atlanta is painted as a city of constant festivals, typically featuring “legacy acts”—musicians past their prime, now entertaining the midlife-and-kids crowd.
  • Quote: “They figure out, bring the kids on down. We’ll throw a little carnival where your little one can break its neck…” – Bryan [02:28]
• The Cherry Blossom Festival is cold, windy, blossom-free; weather complaints abound.
• Festival line-up includes Sister Hazel, Barenaked Ladies, and Moon Taxi.
  • Bryan’s Moon Taxi story: Entering their trailer for free beer, pretending to be part of the band. Brothers are sick of the story.
  • Quote: “The great part about being your brother is I get to hear the story four times from your mouth and another time from your podcast.” – Bryan’s brother [06:35] (said by Bryan repeating)

2. Generational Divide and Daytime Drug Use

[08:10–18:51]

• Festival crowds organized by age: young fans up front, middle-aged in the back with children.
• Bryan observes rampant hand-offs—code for drug exchanges, primarily cocaine.
  • Quote: “Just north of Atlanta is like downtown London. It’s full of white people and cocaine…” – Bryan [08:14]
• Strongly against “day blow” (daytime cocaine):
  • Quote: “Say no-no to day blow. Listen, day blow is for professionals. Do not leave this to the amateurs or the kids at home.” – Bryan [09:10]
  • Argues that once you start, stopping is nearly impossible.
• Amusing encounter with a too-high festival-goer who loses his phone and friends, turning briefly into Bryan’s “buddy”.
  • Quote: “It’s like my friends were here and then they weren’t here, and I was just looking…” – Festival kid [12:16]
• Observes an obvious drug dealer: older man with a neck tattoo mobbed by younger people.
  • “My fatherly instincts are kicking in...” – Bryan [17:07]

3. Reflections on the 'Day Blow' Lifecycle

[18:09–21:44]

• Bryan’s “wisdom” on the cycle and dangers of day blow: starts as fun, ends in paranoia and regret.
  • “Day blow never leads to anything good. No, it just leads to night blow which then leads to more day blow…” – Bryan [18:51]
• Anecdotes about “D”, his old dealer who never delivered before 6pm (to avoid day blow calls).
  • Quote: “He knew day blow—no, no to day blow. Because if he was coming once, he was coming four more times before the end of the night.” – Bryan [20:07]
• Light riff on “Day Man” from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, wishing for a “Day Blow” parody.

4. Costco Membership & Food Court Culture

[22:43–36:06]

• Krissy and Bryan share Costco experiences—stockpiling, extra fridges for kids, and the perennial freezer struggle.
• Costco cafeteria: famously cheap hot dogs, pizza, and new policy requiring membership for café purchases sparks controversy.
  • “I don’t know what other food they’re serving there… but the hot dogs are $1.50. That’s a hard deal to beat.” – Bryan [28:31]
• People are “looney tunes” about the hot dog policy.
  • Story of a woman who’s eaten two Costco hot dogs daily for 12 years with no membership; outrage over new requirement.
    • “Your life didn’t just crumble in front of you. Go in, get the $60 membership. It allows you to eat all the hot dogs…” – Bryan [31:22]
• Reflection: Is Costco right to make food court exclusive? Are people ridiculous for caring so much?

Costco Sampling Culture

[36:13–39:42]

• Discussion of Costco "tasting stations", the frenzy they inspire, and the indignities suffered by sample providers.
  • Quote: “Anything cheese, anything bread, anything sweet, anything meat—everyone goes nuts.” – Bryan [36:41]
  • Tales of people scamming extra samples or sending their kids as decoys.
• Connection to free stuff mania more broadly—stickers, chip clips, random swag.

5. McDonald’s Adds Krispy Kreme—Food News

[41:12–48:36]

• McDonald’s will be serving fresh Krispy Kreme donuts nationwide by end of 2026.
  • “This changes everything. This changes everything. I don’t even order food when they go to McDonald’s…” – Bryan [43:07]
• McDonald’s French fries and shakes: nostalgia and confessionals on fast food consumption.
• Bryan exposes the “simple syrup” trick in milkshakes and recounts confronting a Baskin Robbins worker over unnecessary sugar.
• Shaquille O’Neal’s Krispy Kreme ownership and ability to eat four dozen at once:
  • “Four dozen Krispy Kremes in one sitting. I’d be in a sugar coma…” – Bryan [47:46]
• Krissy relates the perils of free gourmet donuts and the irresistible draw of sugar.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Atlanta festivals & aging:
  • “Atlanta is a bunch of disparate little townships… all with their own festivals. Everyone has started to up their game… legacy acts that cater to my age group.” – Bryan [01:19]
• On day blow:
  • “If you’re going to do day blow, you have to be in an area where you cannot hear anything else. The police aren’t going to blow their siren…” – Bryan [09:16]
• On festival etiquette:
  • “You know the brood fuckers who don’t know how to walk through an actual crowd.” – Bryan [10:59]
  • “There’s a path somewhere. It’s just not on top of my blanket.” – Bryan [11:09]
• On Costco food court hysteria:
  • “Hot dogs are the most disgusting food… and I love them.” – Bryan [27:44]
  • “$1.50 for a hot dog? That’s a hard deal to beat.” – Bryan [28:31]
  • “Are people getting crazy over these $50 pig anuses that they cannot allow to be shared with everyone?” – Bryan [31:49]
• On free stuff addiction:
  • “I don’t need everything that’s free. I don’t need yet another magnet from my doctor… or another chip clip.” – Bryan [39:01]
• On McDonald’s donuts:
  • “This is a nightmare scenario coming true for Brian Green… I have given up McDonald’s… now they’re pulling me back in.” – Bryan [49:28]
• On milkshakes & simple syrup:
  • “All my life I have been ordering these milkshakes and people have been putting simple syrup on top… making me bigger, fatter, slower, older, for no reason.” – Bryan [52:34]
• Show sign-off wisdom:
  • “Day blow, no. Taco pocket, yes. Those things you can eat in the afternoon.” – Bryan [53:42]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Festival Recap/Cherry Blossom tangent: [01:12–08:10]
• Day Blow Explanation and festival crowd observation: [08:10–18:51]
• 'D' the Dealer stories & 'Day Blow' rules: [18:51–21:44]
• Costco membership rant and food court changes: [22:43–36:06]
• Costco samples/free stuff mania: [36:13–40:04]
• McDonald’s Krispy Kreme announcement and fast food nostalgia: [41:12–50:49]
• Milkshake/sugar discovery: [50:49–52:48]
• Episode Close (Taco Pocket Wisdom): [53:28–end]

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Style & Tone

• Casual, Bawdy, Fast-Paced: The hosts frequently interrupt each other, chase tangents, and deliver jokes or semi-serious rants.
• Self-Aware & Irreverent: “Maybe not good for you, but damn fun for a podcast.”
• Nostalgic, But Doesn't Take Itself Seriously: They poke fun at getting older, former glory days, and the ridiculousness of their own stories.

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For New Listeners

If you haven’t listened to The Commercial Break before, this episode is highly representative: Bryan and Krissy riff on everything from substance use at crowded venues, to the economics of hot dogs, to the perils of “free stuff,” all while keeping the tone wild, unpredictable, and relatable. Their chemistry and willingness to take the conversation off the rails is the main event; the subject matter—drugs, Costco, donuts—is mostly a vehicle for the improv banter.

Key Takeaway:
Stay away from day blow, question your Costco hot dog loyalty, and expect McDonald’s to tempt you (unwisely) with donuts soon. Eat a taco pocket instead.

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Best to you, best to you, and best to you out there in the podcast universe.
[Sign-off refrain: 55:41]

Transcript

[A]

I have a special talent I want.

[B]

To share with you.

[A]

I'm a turkey gobbling champion.

[B]

On this episode of the commercial break, he wouldn't show up till 9:45 because D knew that if I got it too early, then he. I'd just be calling him all day long. He didn't want to bother with that.

[C]

No. He knew how things work.

[B]

He knew how things work. I know how things work. You know how things work. But these young, these ute of today, the u. The utes don't know yet. They're following some bald guy with a neck tattoo. I'm looking for day bluff. The next episode of the commercial break starts now. Oh, yeah. Cassie Kittens. Welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is our friendly foot fetish finder, Kristen Joy Hoadley. Best of you, Chris.

[C]

Best to you, Brian.

[B]

Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Thanks for joining us.

[C]

You're welcome.

[B]

Oh, hey. Oh, you're there. Hey. Hi. Hi. Had an interesting weekend.

[C]

Yes, you did.

[B]

I did, yes. I broke free I broke loose of the chains that bind me Chrissy, you.

[C]

Got out into the world.

[B]

Yes. For 190 minutes, I was free. You know, it's festival season for everybody, I'm sure. But for here in Atlanta, there's. We have. If you've never been to Atlanta, Atlanta is a bunch of disparate little townships and areas that all have their own flavor and style. And I'm sure not unlike a lot of other big cities. Right. But in Atlanta, it really is pockmarked by all these little, you know, pockets of coolness or interest, you know, interesting things that they're known for or. And so everyone has their own festivals. Everyone. There's like 300 different festivals going on at any given time in the city of Atlanta during the springtime. And all of them have started to up their game. It used to be that you'd have like, you know, a Jason Fartin knife set while you were drinking some shitty swill that the local brewery put together. Right. But now they've all upped their game. They've got budgets, they're taking tax dollars, big tax dollars to get these kind of. I don't want to call them has been acts, but let's call them legacy path. Legacy acts. Yes. Thank you. That's a nice way of saying way past their prime acts that cater to a certain age group. And that age group is my age group. It's guys and girls with kids. Right. So they, they figure out, bring the kids on down. We'll throw a little carnival where your little one can break its neck and be, you know, life flighted to the local hospital. We'll have some local swill there that you can drink. Probably warm. We'll probably run out of it halfway through the day. And then you'll have to, you know, bring your own booze. And then we'll put a big stage out there in the middle of a field and. And we'll throw some act in there that, you know, tickles your nostalgic fancy.

[C]

Exactly.

[B]

Y so the first of those that I intend to attend, I intend to attend was the big cherry blossom festival here in Atlanta. Right?

[C]

That's a big one.

[B]

Yeah, I don't know if it's a big one. It's a one. And I don't know if this part of Atlanta is known for cherry blossoms or.

[C]

I see them all over the place.

[B]

I see them all over the place too. But that doesn't make this particular part of town have a corner the market on cherry blossoms. The fuck is going on anyway? Okay, so. Cherry blossom. Get the line.

[C]

The cherry blossoms in bloom.

[B]

I didn't see a fucking cherry blossom anywhere. It's freezing cold, wind whipping down my dick. I mean it was like really. It was not. The sun was out. It looked like a pretty day, but it didn't feel like a pretty day. It was one of those off days for the second Atlanta fake spring that we're going through right now.

[C]

Well, and part of that is that there was a huge snowstorm up north. Oh yeah, I heard about Minneapolis got eight inches.

[B]

I know. And then over the weekend. It's crazy. Yeah, it. The weather is just nuts. But I think the weather has always been nuts. I just get older and it's something that I like to fascinate about. You know, when I was young, I didn't have time to think about the weather because I had other things on my mind like, you know, chasing girls or doing drugs or, you know, avoiding police detection or something like that. But now that I'm older, I sit around and talk about the weather. Oh, it's crazy, this weather. I'm so old. This weather is crazy. Look at this. Freezing potentials off here. Weather channel weather.com said it was going to be 67 degrees. It's not a bit over 65. What the is going on?

[C]

It's so true.

[B]

Weather is a fortune telling venture and anybody that tells you different is full of fucking shit. It's better than it used to be as far as prediction is concerned. But it's not good. I don't know how many times I checked that weather.com. and the weather is the exact opposite of whatever it Sundays. Sunny in 77, raining in 52. I swear to God, every time. Anyway, so it's one of those days. It's an off day. It's a little chilly. It's very windy. But there are throngs of people that are out because everyone's just, you know, it's. Spring is kind of ish here. So everyone's out there with their beautiful Saturday. Beautiful Saturday. So get who is playing. Get the lineup here. You ready?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Sister Hazel. One song I even can pretend to remember. It's hard to say what it is I see in your eyes.

[C]

Oh, is that Sister Hazel?

[B]

That's Sister Hazel. Bare Naked Ladies, Chippity chat with a chip chick chicken. Take a drumstick, and you're doing with your pants on. You got no butchers on. Whatever. You know the band I went on tour with one time, don't know a song, didn't care then, don't care now. I wasn't in the music guys. I was in it for the cocaina. All right, so then they got Moon Taxi.

[C]

Moon Taxi, our old friend.

[B]

And we know how the Moon Taxi roll. I was looking for the trailer where I could go back and get the free beer, but it was behind some security.

[C]

Tell those people that you're in Moon Taxi.

[B]

Well, you know, so I'm with my brothers, right? And I, Kevin, I go, we're right. Right across the street from where my brother lives. And so we meet there beforehand, and we're all just sitting there hanging out. And I go, who's playing right now? Because I can hear, like, the bass, you know, I'm like, who's playing right now? And my other brother goes, oh, Moon Taxi. And I go, moon Taxi. That's fucking crazy. Did I ever tell you my Moon Taxi story? Kevin looks at me and he goes, you know, the great part about being your brother is I get to hear the story four times from your mouth and another time from your podcast. Yes, I know the Moon fucking Taxi story. Don't tell it again.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Okay, so Moon Taxi story is. Went to Bonnaroo, went in their trailer, thought I was with a production. Jeff told me to go, say, you're with Moon Taxi.

[C]

And I thought that was another part of the festival.

[B]

Yeah, that was another part of the festival. So I walked into the Moon Taxi trailer, stole their beer, and the Moon Taxi guys just let me in to do it, because I think they were Funny. Yeah, they thought I was ballsy. They were like, wow, look at this drunk kid coming in here, swinging dick with that VIP pass, that backstage pass going, I'm with Moon Tax. I am Moon Taxi. I'm the Moon Taxi. Here I am showing up to give you guys a ride to the moon. So anyway, so Moon Taxi's playing. So we get there, we get there toward the end of the set. Can't hear a fucking thing. It's like. But there are thousands and thousands of people there. And the young crowd is way up front. Yeah, the crowd gets older as you get backwards, you know what I'm saying, right? Way up front. Young crowd or people who are really into Moon Taxi for whatever reason, middle of the crowd, the 20 somethings, the college kids, right? Who are singing along with the Moon Taxi songs. As you get to the third part of the crowd, there's like a mix of younger and, and not so young folks. And then you get to where I'm standing and it's all families and old people, guys and girls who are way past their prime, but they are hitting it fucking hardly. The smell of marijuana is in the air. I can see many different handoffs going on. Handoff, handoff, handoff. And I mean by handoff, I mean they're not passing like, you know, pieces of paper in class. They're passing cocaine, basically, is what they're doing.

[C]

Everybody was ready to rage.

[B]

Everybody was ready to rage. That's right. Just north of Atlanta is like downtown London. It's full of white people in cocaine. Okay? That's. That's the way it is. And so they're like this. It's just like me, I got 190 minutes before I gotta be back with my kids. Give me the cocaine. And I'm thinking to myself, and at one time, at one point, I. I think someone may have been offering me cocaine. And I was like, you got to be out of your fucking mind if you think I'm gonna day blow. I'm not doing day blow. There's no day blow. Just say no. No to day blow. That's right, just say no to day blow. Listen, day blow is for the professionals. Do not leave this to the amateurs or the kids at home. Because I'm telling you what right now, if you're going to do day blow, you have to have. You have to be enclosed in an area where there you can not hear anything else. No outside forces, no one's going to knock on your door. The police aren't going to blow their siren. You have to Be really basically in an underground bunker to do day where you think it's night. A casino. That's a good place to do day because you don't know if it's day or night. Day blow is for serious people doing serious things and getting fucked up beyond recognition. Because if you do day blow, Chrissy, there is no stopping.

[C]

No, that's. Yeah, you're in, you're committed, you are way committed.

[B]

How do you stop doing coke at six in the afternoon? How do you do that? I don't know. I never did that. I never had this willpower to stop doing blow at six. I knew people who did. I knew people who would take like a key bump, like you know, two little bumps and then they would never come back and ask for more. And I'd be like, where did those people, where did they go? What brain do they have? How do they live as human beings? Why can't I have that same thing in me? Because if I start doing blow at three o'clock in the afternoon to see fucking Moon Taxi or Barenaked Ladies, I can promise you if I start at 3:30, by 3:45, I'm going to be locked up in my bedroom calling D. Yeah, hey D. Hey D, could you make it deliver Day BLO is for professionals. And all these people running around. So we're, we're standing there, you know, just. I'm trying to like, you know, kind of move a little bit. Like, I'm not, you know, I don't know if fucking doing the dad. I'm doing the dad dance. I'm like moving my butt back and forth left and right with my arms crossed, you know, like, don't fuck with me, but my booty shaking. I still got it. I still got it. Dave Low. So I'm standing there and people, it's so crowded. So, so crowded. People are just walking all. You know, we got a little blanket there set up, but people are just walking all over it and knocking people over. You know the brood fuckers who don't know how to walk through an actual crowd.

[C]

With the blankets, with the blankets.

[B]

They have no idea. They just step on you, they step over you, they push you out of the way. It really gets my goat actually. Like there's a path somewhere. It's just not on top of my blanket. Can you please go find that path?

[C]

Yeah, you can usually maneuver around it.

[B]

That's right. So at one point I kind of get knocked in the back a little bit, right? And I'm like, hey, dude, whoa. Guy turns around Long hair, tie, dyed T shirt, I'm guessing 22, 23 years old, got shorts on. Because only the that are high as can have shorts on when it's 51 degrees outside, blowing wind, 30 miles per hour. And so he turns around, he goes, oh, man. Whoa. I'm not looking to do anything. I'm not going to do anything. And I go, oh, okay. I can instantaneously recognize this kid has had way too much of whatever it is he's doing and cocaine. You know what I'm saying? So he's like, I'm not looking to do anything. I'm not looking to do anything. And I go, okay, I didn't think you were looking to do anything. I just wanted you to be careful when you were walking by on me. He's like, it's like my friends were here and then they weren't here, and I was just looking. And then I. I don't know, but I'm not looking to do anything. And I go, okay, bro, okay, let's.

[C]

Get you over here.

[B]

I grab his shoulders and I'm trying to get him to look me in the eye. I'm like, hey, you okay? And he's like, I was okay until I started looking. And then when I looked it, then everybody left. And I was like, were they sitting here? He looks down on the ground, he goes, I don't know, it was. It's all grass. I was like, all right, man. Okay, listen here. Your friends are here somewhere. Do you have a cell phone where you might be able to contact them? And he goes, well, I did, but then I went and started looking and I lost my cell phone. And I was like, oh, yeah, yeah, you're. You're right.

[C]

You gotta go old school where you're just lost now from your friends.

[B]

Yeah. So I go, hey, bro, listen, don't worry about it. Everything's gonna be okay. It's a lot of people. But your friends are here somewhere, and they're gonna find you or you're gonna find them. And at this point, that's all the advice that I can offer the guy, Right? Everything's okay. You're gonna find your friends. They. They're going to find you. What do you want me to do? You think I got a beacon detector about your friends? Like, I can't do anything about it. You knocked into me. I wasn't looking for a conversation with your LSD induced cocaine brain. I was just looking to help you along. And now he wants to stand there and talk to me. So now he. He crosses his arms. And he starts doing this swinging back and forth, swinging back.

[C]

He's your new body.

[B]

Yeah. Now he's my new buddy. Now we got a new guy at the. You know. Yeah. Now, is that the blanket isn't stuffed enough with people's footprints and, you know, old cups of swill. Now I gotta have this guy standing there. So he goes, listen, I was just looking. And I go, okay, dude, I got it. I know you were just looking. It's okay. Why don't you just go, Continue to look? And he goes, well, if I get lost again, then I won't be able to look anymore. And I'm like, I got it. 10, 4. And he goes, do. Do you want some? Do you want some? And I was like, do I want some what? And he goes, do you want. I got some. And he's like, looking in his pockets, patting himself down, patting himself down, looking for. He's like, well, I thought I had some. Maybe when I started looking, I didn't find it. And I'm like, okay, dude, you are way too up. I'm not looking for whatever you got. And I go, go on your way, dude. Walks five feet in front of us, stops, does the same thing to the person, right?

[C]

Starts talking.

[B]

He's like, yeah. He goes, I was just looking. I'm not looking. I'm not gonna do anything. I'm just. Just looking. And I was so. I'm watching people watching people, watching as he's just moving from blanket to blanket, telling people he's not looking to do anything. He was just looking. I'm like, oh, poor kid. That is so Brian. 30 years ago.

[C]

Hopefully he found his friends.

[B]

I wish I had some more wisdom for him than just, you know, keep looking. But that was it.

[C]

But that's all you can do. Or you can just stay in the same spot. But then if you're on stuff, you're gonna be antsy.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, he was way on stuff. I don't know what it was. His eyes were twirling like the Cheshire fucking cat. But what I really noticed is it is not hard to understand who is holding in the crowd if you just pay attention long enough. Let me explain. So at some point, there was a cup. There was a couple of people that were next to us. I think they got, like, a little annoyed at us because we were, like, you know, dancing and walking around. They were, like, calm older people.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And they got a little annoyed by our, you know, laughing and giggling. So they picked up and left. Maybe they just couldn't hear anything because I couldn't hear any fucking things.

[C]

Maybe the case.

[B]

So I forgot to tell you who the band that I actually went to see was. Was live. Yeah, the band. You know.

[C]

One time.

[B]

I don't know. I think. I don't know. Who knows? Yeah. Where did they go? Like, my question was, where did they. I go, kev, these guys haven't played live. And, like, what? They haven't been together.

[C]

Dj, Remember that? We. Look you. You were surprised about the DJ and, like, Mykonos or whatever playing that they did Creed.

[B]

You're thinking about Creed.

[C]

Around the same time.

[B]

Around the same time. Both known to be Christian bands. Probably weren't Christian bands, either of them. I think that's how life started out. I could be wrong, but they have all the. You know, you've heard us. If you've been on Earth, you've. You've heard a live song, right? Oh, down by the riverside Put your body on the water Put your hands on the water Anyway, I don't need to sing all of it. It's terrible. And so they pick up their thing, and then there's this big empty space. And I noticed a couple minutes later that there's a couple of younger ladies who have now collected in this space. And I'm saying probably mid 20s, early to mid 20s, right? All in halter tops, tiny little shorts. It's freezing cold out. They got their, you know, hands wrapped, you know, rubbing themselves. And I'm like, why didn't you just wear something warm?

[C]

They can't.

[B]

I know. I get it.

[C]

They can't.

[B]

They can't because that's not the way no kids roll these days. I say kids, you know, it's just not the way they roll. They're just. Anyway, so they're all collecting, and then some dude shows up. I'm gonna guess he's a little bit older than I am, right? He's got a shaved head. He's got just the beard. The beard is a little bit long. He's got a neck tattoo. He looks like a guy who should not be hanging out with these young ladies.

[C]

Your fatherly instincts are kicking in.

[B]

My fatherly instincts are kicking in. And I'm telling you what. Not only were the first three or four original young ladies there, but soon after, there was a huge collection of young people in general. And he was prior party number one. Everyone wanted to talk to him. Everyone was up against him. Everyone was, like, tugging at his coattails. And what I started to realize is this guy was, like, picking in his Pocket and like doing handshakes with everybody. And I thought to myself that's it. It's such a dead giveaway. And you know, how dumb can you be just right there? I mean, I guess not dumb but how obvious could you be right in the middle of that? And then I think to myself, when I was that age we did stupid shit like that all the time. And yes, we had the older bartender dealer that was just always hanging around 40 our senior, you know what I'm saying? This guy's 57 years old bartender hanging out handing out cocaine to 20 year olds like no one was going to notice. The exact same thing is still happening with the, with the, the youth today. But no, no Today Blow.

[C]

No, no, day blow, Day blow.

[B]

Go go Night blow. No, no day blow, okay, That's a new rule. Just remember that because this is the guy that you're going to be desperately trying to get a hold of four hours from now when you run out and you realize that it's only 6 fucking 15 in the afternoon. And what are you going to do with the rest of the night? Yeah, huh? How are you going to watch 90 Day Fiance all strung out? You can't do that. You got to be he up and hyped up and ready to go. There has to be, there has to be a friend with a guitar, someone who's going to change the music frequently, right? Half song Hoadly and lots and lots of alcohol if you're going to go day blowing it. Do you know what I'm saying?

[C]

Yeah, maybe they had that no other circumstances. Maybe that was the evening's activity.

[B]

Does I feel like Andy Dick? Andy Dick and John Belushi. Those are two people who can do day blow. Everybody else should just stay out of it altogether. I'm just, I'm just telling you kids, I'm just giving you a little wisdom. A little Brian wisdom. Uncle Brian, Day blow never leads to anything good. No, it just leads to night blow which then leads to more day blow which then possibly could lead to more night blow. And by the second day of Day Blow, I'm going to guarantee you're going to regret doing the day blow in the first place. I'm going to guarantee. Because then that's when your heart starts racing and every sound is the police coming from your door. Come outside, Mr. Green. Come outside. Oh, they're here for me. I need you to sign for this package. This is ups. They're pretending to be ups. It's me D. Open up the door. Oh, it's D, we're good.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

By the way, D didn't make deliveries before 6pm so it.

[C]

You already knew he was still sleeping?

[B]

Well, he was still sleeping. And he knew Day blow. No, no to day blow. Because if he was coming once, he was coming four more times before the end of the night. He could. He could manage your night for you so he didn't have to be bothered. He would say he would do this all the time. I'd be like, hey, D, I need you to come over, man. And he'd be like, yeah, yo, B, chill, man. Chill. Okay, I'll be over there. Give me like 30 minutes. That would be at. Let's call it 3:00 clock in the afternoon at 7:30. I'd still be like, Hey, D, you said 30 minutes, like 30 minutes ago. And he'd be like, yeah, yeah, I'm coming. He wouldn't show up till 9:45 because D knew that if I got it too early, then he'd. I'd just be calling him all day long. He didn't want to bother with.

[C]

No, he knew how things work.

[B]

He knew how things work. I know how things work. You know how things work. But these young. These Ute of today. The Ute. The Utes don't know yet. They're following some bald guy with a neck tattoo. I'm looking for Day Blood. Day Blow. Have you ever heard. Have you ever seen the. The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Episode. Day Man.

[C]

No, I've seen the show, but I.

[B]

Haven'T seen that Defender of the Night, man. You've never seen that. You gotta check out. Check out the Day Man. Okay, so I'm gonna change it to Day Blow. I'm gonna call those guys and ask if they'll do a rendition of Day Blow with me. Yeah, look at me. Now. I can just pick up the phone and call anybody. Let me call the. I told me Sunny in Philadelphia. Guys, where's Charlie o' Day when you need him? Like, managing a soccer team or something, isn't he?

[C]

I think so.

[B]

I think so too. All right, let's take a break. Lots more to talk about.

[A]

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[B]

Do you have a Costco membership?

[C]

You know, I've gone back and forth on the Costco memberships over the years. I currently do not have one.

[B]

I don't see any need why you guys would need one.

[C]

Right. It's just the two of us at this point.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And you know, it takes up a lot of space.

[B]

It takes up a ton of space. We had to get an extra refrigerator.

[C]

And it's a great value and I love the things that they have there. But yeah, you had to get extra refrigerator.

[B]

I had to get an extra refrigerator for the children.

[C]

Her family had like three freezers.

[B]

Anyone with more than one child understands the pain of having a, you know, nice designer refrigerator. And I say designer like a 7 year old. I could Panasonic or whatever it is. But having one of those nice refrigerators in your kitchen and realizing the refrigerator is useless because you can't put more than three things in there. Right. The freezer is even less use useful. It's piece of shit. You can't put. You can put 2 gallons of ice cream in there and that's it. Good luck getting anything else.

[C]

I know.

[B]

And half the time doesn't even make ice. It's the most ridiculous thing in the world. But anyway, so we had to get an extra refrigerator of which we went and got at Costco by the way, to put our Costco stuff in. Yeah. And it was like 300 bucks.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But Costco is. So we have a Costco membership. We also have a Sam's membership. We do go there quite a bit and we buy gasoline there and stuff like that. Like we're trying to save wherever you can. We have as many children as I do. You got ev. When you have as many children as I do and a podcast that's making practically nothing, then you'll understand that you have to save your pennies when you can. Yeah.

[C]

And at least you guys have one in close proximity. I'm not in an area that. That has those.

[B]

Yeah. Both of them are. Are within a 15 minute drive, let's say so. And it just depends on what we need. Sometimes we go to Sam, sometimes we go to Costco. But what I've noticed is they don't have all the selections of the things that, that we really need. We have. I'm just watching as the door is slowly opening and I can't figure out if it's blue and one of my children or if both of them are trying to make a break for it. Yeah, it's like, okay, you push and I'll throw it. Oh, there it is. There they go. So we, so we go to whichever one we need. But I noticed they don't have a lot of like really individual choices. Like they don't have the cereals that I want, the stuff that I eat a lot of. It's very limited in choice. And I'm certainly, I'm just. Call me picky, call me an, call me privileged, whatever. I'm not buying my meat at Costco. I'm just not doing it. So Costco and Sam's both have what they respectively consider like outstanding cafeterias. These places where you go, you buy the hot dogs, you buy the burgers, the pieces of pizza.

[C]

Costco's known for those hot dogs.

[B]

I know. And every time we go to one of these places, it's the dining area seems to get bigger and more crowded. It's unbelievable how much people enjoy these frozen. Clearly frozen. And then put in a microwave.

[C]

And I'm confused because. Do you go? Because normally if I'm going to the store, I'm going there to buy something not specifically to eat. So then do you eat and then go shopping? Because that is a good idea.

[B]

That is a good idea to not go. Never shop on an empty, Right? Yeah.

[C]

I have done that twice, maybe three times. What you need.

[B]

I always like, I'll end up picking up a dozen Krispy Kreme. Yeah. That are three days old. I'll end up buying like Hostess Twinkies.

[C]

And I'm like, Twinkies, Taquitos.

[B]

I know. I'll buy a. I'll buy a thing of Nutella and just stick my finger in it on the way home. I'm like, that's so delicious. I make the worst choices at the store. I really do. Yeah, I go in there like broccoli and chicken. That's what I'm going to get. Broccoli, chicken and whole wheat net, zero carb tortillas. I'm going for it, right. Little hot sauce and I'll be good. What I leave with is cream cereal, three day old Krispy Kremes and Hostess cupcakes for no reason that are probably 10 years old. So Costco has now made the decision because apparently some of these stores, they have, like, outdoor dining, too. Like, they have an outdoor window where people can just walk up, eat. Then they have this enclosed outdoor patio where you can go and you can eat your food. And the policy has been generally to look away from those. Like, don't ask for the membership card when you're buying.

[C]

Look away from.

[B]

Look away from the. Look away. Don't look at people who eat at Costco. That's probably a good idea.

[C]

The policy.

[B]

The policy has been generally to don't consider people eat at Costco human beings.

[C]

Oh, but you don't have to show your membership.

[B]

Well, on the outdoor ones, especially, like, you don't even need to show your membership to get in. You just walk up, you order the food, and then. Then you eat it. And it's been their policy to allow that or a general whatever kind of policy. Well, now they are clamping down at all of their stores. They are no longer going to let you buy the food in the cafeteria unless you do have a membership, which, you know, I was reading online, and I think there's people that are way too upset about this. First of all, we talked about this. Hot dogs are the most disgusting food you can ever put in your belly. And I love them, but they're disgusting.

[C]

Yeah. It should only be consumed at the ballpark once a year.

[B]

That's it. At the ballpark. Where you know that.

[C]

Clearly twice a year.

[B]

Yeah, maybe twice. Maybe twice a year. But you should really consider your life choices if hot dogs are something you're having on the regular. And this is coming from a guy who has had hot dogs on the regular for his entire life. It is not good for you. And I don't know what other food they're serving. Their frozen pizzas, you know, French fries that come in a bag like all this other stuff. I'm not saying that Costco is doing anything different than any other fast food restaurant is. I'm not claiming their food is worse than any other food. I'm just saying, like, you know, you probably shouldn't be eating at Costco on the regular. That's just my personal opinion. But the hot dogs are a dollar fifty. And that's a. It's a hard deal to beat.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Go to McDonald's. Like a Fudgeing cheeseburger. A cheeseburger. And when I worked at McDonald's, you know how much a cheeseburger was?

[C]

Chris had to be like a dollar.

[B]

It was 69 cents.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

That's how much the cheeseburger, just a regular cheeseburger, was 69 cents. For years it was like 69 cents cents. Now it's 4.99 for a cheeseburger. It's crazy. And I promise you there's nothing that special happening in that McDonald's cheeseburger. Anyway, so they decide, hey, listen, no more. You got to buy a membership if you want. The hot dogs membership is $60 for an individual, $120 for a family. And now they're putting face scanners at the, at the front of these stores so that they can identify that the person who has the card is the.

[C]

Person who's passing it off to a family uncle or somebody.

[B]

Yeah, because that was exact. The kind of secret, not so secret thing about Costco too, is that you really didn't have to be the person who had the membership in order to get in the door. You just had to like flash the.

[C]

Card and walk on through or scan it.

[B]

Yeah, I haven't. I had a Costco card, but I lost it. Like, I lose everything. And so I've been using Astrids for a year. I just like, walk in and flash asterisks. I just went to Sam's the other day and I just had Astrid's, you know, screenshot of her membership.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

This is the shrinkflation that everybody is talking about. You get less, you pay more. Now, I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with Costco. If you're, if you are calculating that discount that, that $50 hot dog, because someone is paying you essentially $60 to eat those $50 hot dogs, you're betting that they're only going to come in once, twice, three times a year to buy the hot dog.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

If you don't buy a membership and you're that guy or gal who is literally walking up to the Costco counter every day for lunch, I can kind of understand where Costco is coming from. But this is crazy to me how just looney tune people are getting about this new policy. I went on a, on a website.

[C]

Really crazy about anything Costco, it seems like.

[B]

I know, but why are they so upset that they can't go eat their $50 hot dogs anymore? Pay the $60 and then go eat your $50 hot dogs. I read a post, and I'm assuming it was a lady. It sounded like a female name. And she had a pic like, like an icon picture, a little avatar. And she explained to the entire world for everyone to see with her photo on the little avatar and her name out there for everybody, that she proudly eats two of those hot dogs every day for lunch for the last 12 years, and that she has never had a Costco membership and she's giving her money to Costco. And why shouldn't she be allowed to give her money to Costco just like everybody else is, just in a different way? This takes away my lunch. This is my place to eat. You know, she's like, Jared, I've lost £300 only eating hot whatever. And I'm like, okay, lady, listen, your life didn't just crumble in front of you. Go in, get the 60 membership. It allows you to eat all the hot dogs that you want for A$50 for the rest of the year. It's not that difficult. Now, I realize some people, including myself, $60 is a lot of money. Yeah, like, it's a lot of money. But, you know, it's just one of the things that Costco has the right to do as, as a corporation. Now, on the flip side of that is Costco so fucking protective over their $50 pig anuses that they cannot allow.

[C]

Share with every.

[B]

Share with everybody. Allow some extra people to go in and eat some pig anuses for A$50. I'm on both sides of this coin. I'm not a flip flopper. I'm actually on both sides of the coin. I say yay to Costco restricting access to. And I say no to Costco, restricting access. You figure that one out. So whichever side of the coin you're on, I'm. I'm with you. I'm with you. I see both.

[C]

They were having a problem too. Like you said, whenever you go, there's a lot of people that are there eating. So maybe they were having trouble with actually having places for paying customers with membership, customers to eat.

[B]

If my Costco is any indication, then the answer to that is yes.

[C]

Yeah. So maybe make it a little bit. Make people want to pay the 60.

[B]

Yeah, it's exclusive. It's a membership. You remember I was reading, remember Backstreet?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Backstreet was a club here in Atlanta and along with Club Anytime and a couple of other very famous clubs back in the 70s, 80s and 90s and early 2000s, I guess they got around Atlanta's restrictive alcohol laws, meaning serving alcohol, you can Only serve until 3 in the morning on Fridays and Saturdays only or on. On any day of the week on Saturdays only till 2 in the morning, because you couldn't serve alcohol on Sundays till noon. And you couldn't buy alcohol individually anyway. They Got around this by making it a membership club.

[C]

Right, the memberships.

[B]

That's right. So the membership used to be that you would pay $5 for a nightly membership, I think, if I remember correctly, and then you would pay like $45 for the year. But it slowly started to go up as more and more people turned up at Backstreet. Backstreet was originally like a Dragon gay bar, and then it just turned into anybody who wants to fucking party, go. Because to Back street or club.

[C]

Huge, right?

[B]

It was huge. It was like, I don't know, 30 story. I'm not. And I'm. I'm lying, of course, but it was like. It was 70 football fields of debauchery.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And every corner you could do. You could do day blow at Back Street.

[C]

Oh, yeah, dude.

[B]

You could do day blow at Back street because it was pitch black in there and you wouldn't know the difference. Right. But they were open, quote, unquote, 24 hours a day. So was Club Anytime, hence the name Club Anytime. And they actually had a. They had a vending machine in the bathroom that sold poppers. It was so crazy. I remember that. Okay, so Club Anytime, Club Backstreet. But as more and more people came, the. The prices got increasingly crazy and demand. Yes. You'd have to pay like a $30 cover plus the $80 to get your little, you know, membership pass. So I can understand how Costco is saying, hey, listen, we and Costco also made the choice not to raise membership prices. So you can't eat here unless you have a membership. But we' membership price is low, even though inflation is. Is higher than anybody would like it to be. So as there's demand, you can understand there's a reason to, like, raise prices or. Or make exclusivity. The truth about Back street was it was like, I say it was like any other club, but it was a club. You could walk in, see sloppily drunk people making out with other sloppily drunk people, and probably get drugs. Right. That was it. It was like any other club. But what made Backstreet made such a catch was, first of all, it was. It had a flavor all its own. It was hard to describe what was going on in Backstreet. So it did have some magic going on inside of that club. But people wanted to go because it was the place that you would go. That was it. So if you want to get in, you had to pay the tithe. That was just it. So I don't know what's going on with These dollar long foot long dildo dogs or whatever the they're serving over there. But people are going crazy over that them and have been for years. And so they're just now putting the red velvet robe up. That's what they're doing. And so maybe it's just. Fair is fair. You got to pay in to get your, you know, your dildo dogs. That's it. Yeah.

[C]

I didn't even know it was free or that you didn't have to pay the membership. But I have never specifically gone there for a hot dog.

[B]

Well, mine is inside. Like, there's no outside area, so I don't know how you would get in without at least flashing somebody else's. Yeah, thanks. But I've had the dildo dogs and I got to be honest with you, I'm not. I don't know if that's worth $60. If that's the only thing I'm doing with my Costco membership. I don't know that it's worth that. I think maybe once every other year we will stop by and get something to eat at that. But I usually don't go for the dildo dog. I just don't think it's all food for the.

[C]

Yeah, prepared food.

[B]

It's no ballpark dog, that's for sure. It's not sitting in its own slime for years on it.

[C]

Don't people get obsessed, us too, with the. The tasting. The tasters that are out there, the tasty teeners, like, with little tasting stations.

[B]

Where people are bananas, don't they?

[C]

I've read about that.

[B]

Yeah, because you pay your six. Here's another thing. Pay your $60 and I'll tell you why.

[C]

And then you can just eat at the. All the different tasting stations.

[B]

Why not? Grandma does it all the time. Everybody apparently does it. You will not believe how people go ape over those little tasting things. Those people, some of them, yeah, you.

[C]

Know, can't make it fast enough.

[B]

Listen, you're giving flaxseed away. No one's going to be there. You're giving baked goods away. Like, hey, you want to try Duncan Hines new, You know, Duncan Fresh cookie dough. Fantastic chocolastic. You want to try it with some fucking free milk? People are like beating each other over the head, right? They go crazy. Anything cheese, anything bread, anything sweet, anything meat. Everyone goes nuts. But then there's the poor bastards who got to sit around serving flaxseed. Hey, you want to try our new flaxseed oil? No, I don't. Thanks anyway. Yeah, yeah. I'm in a hurry. I gotta go. Nope, I use a different brand. I'm loyal to flaxseed, the flaxseed oil made with bird seed. I don't know what the fuck they're doing this flaxseed shit. So, yes, they go crazy over it. And people have been known to just, like, you know, take circles around the stores and have lunch. Yeah, that's it. On a Saturday afternoon, you can have lunch at Costco just on the free ship. But you're gonna have to get in fights with people in order to do that, because people liter stand there waiting in line, like, tapping their foot as if the samples should be ready for them. Queen sampler. I mean, give yourself a break, will you? It's not a meal, it's a treat. It's a thing they're giving away. I've read Reddit posts about people who do that for a living, who are like, the sample people who do that.

[C]

For a living, that work for the companies that do that.

[B]

And they are always like, I am miserable. I'm a sample maker at Costco, and you won't believe the animals that show up. Animals. I was reading one lady, she was really funny, actually. She was reading I wish. I probably should have saved that post. This is months ago. I was reading it and she was like, people will literally grab three or four of them at a time. They'll turn the corner, then they'll send their children to get two of them.

[C]

It's really weird.

[B]

And she's like, it's just amazing.

[C]

People love free shit to begin with, period. I used to do those conventions. And I mean, it could be a pen. It's your last. It's a crappy pen.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

It was a promotional pin.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

You had made. It's in a little plastic wrapper. And people freak out.

[B]

They freak out.

[C]

Can I take more? How many can I have?

[B]

Yeah, exactly.

[C]

It's crazy.

[B]

Listen, in my old age, I've started to realize I don't need everything that's free. Right. I don't need yet another magnet from my doctor.

[C]

Chip clip.

[B]

Yeah, I don't need a chip clip. I don't need a bumper sticker. Like, I don't need it. It's just stuff that collects in my house. Yeah. I think for some reason I'm going to use it at some point. Oh, that chip clip is going to come in handy. I've got a basket full of chip clips. I will never need another chip clip in my life. But here's the thing also is That I know this is true because we went to MEMPHO with 500 stickers and we left with addresses to send people stickers. People would come up and they take five of them and you'd be like, what are you doing? Oh, I got two buddies in a crowd. Do you. Do you even know what the commercial break is? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Great potato salad. Talk to you soon.

[C]

I know people just love anything free.

[B]

They love anything free. We could go to Costco and put a little Duncan Hines chocolate brownie on top of our podcast, and we probably have more listeners than we ever had before. Take a listen to this podcast for five. Subscribe to this podcast to get free Duncan Hines choco blasting.

[C]

You might be onto something.

[B]

Oh, you know I am.

[C]

Keep that Costco member.

[B]

Actually, we're going to take a break so that we can call Costco and see if podcasts are allowed.

[C]

Clean up on all night.

[B]

It's the best marketing idea we've ever had. And we've had some lousy marketing ideas. Lousy marketing people. But I'm telling you what, this is a great idea. Which time has come. All right, we're going to take a break. We'll call Costco and we'll be back.

[A]

Well, thank the baby Jesus. Brian took a breath. And now I will use this opportunity to let you know that we've got a brand new phone number.

[C]

Number.

[A]

That's right. It's 212-4333, TCB. And you can text us anytime you want, or you can call and leave us a voicemail and we might just use your message on the show once Brian gets through all the messages he missed last year. Of course. Anyway, you can also find and DM us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTok, CBpodcast, and of course, all of our audio and video is easily found on tcbpodcast.com Now, I'm going to thank G one more time that we have sponsors, so thank G. And here they are.

[B]

All right, let's stick with the food theme here.

[C]

Okay?

[B]

I just read something that I don't know how I feel about, but I'm sure it's going to change my life in one way or the other. Regarding food, McDonald's, the largest real estate owner in the world.

[C]

Yep. They're in the real estate business.

[B]

That's. That's it. Ray Kroc said it. I'm not in the burger business. I'm in the real estate business. Tens of thousands of stores all across the world will have ready for this Krispy Kreme donuts. Fresh Krispy Kreme donuts in every one of its stores. By the end of 2020, wow. They will be selling Krispy Kreme donuts.

[C]

I mean, who doesn't love a good Krispy Kreme? They're hard to turn down.

[B]

I have just managed to shake myself of any kind of addiction to McDonald's. And what I mean by that is, is I worked there for a long time. You could. I could probably never have another cheeseburger from McDonald's ever again. And it would be fine. But then for years, of course, it's just like everybody else. It's fast, it's convenient. So I would often times stop there, especially when I was single because. And I had a McDonald's right on the corner. Yeah. I could walk there, right? And I would sometimes like 2 in the morning, it was open 24 hours, I'd be like, you have to go to the drive thru. I'm too drunk. So McDonald's has made an agreement with Krispy Kreme to put fresh donuts in every McDonald's.

[C]

That's a game changer.

[B]

It is a game changer. And even though in the last number of years, even if sometimes we'll go and we'll get, you know, the kids love the happy Meals, but they don't eat the food. They just like the toys, right. You know, they'll leave the burger with one bite taken out of it. And sometimes the french fries are good, right? But in the chicken nuggets, forget about it. They don't eat them. They just don't find it appetizing, I guess I'm assuming. And so we don't buy it. It almost ever for the kids, except they want a toy. Okay, we'll go get you, you know, special thing. Okay, go get your toy. But this changes everything. This changes everything. I don't even order food when they go to McDonald's. I don't even order food because I'm like, I'm not interested. I'll have some of your French fries. But if you're going to put Krispy Kreme donuts in the McDonald's, the salty.

[C]

And the sweet, the, the fry. Hot fries. Salty fries.

[B]

They know it too.

[C]

With. They know it with the crispy cream.

[B]

They know it. They do. Stoned. Executive chef at McDonald's is like, let me make myself. He's probably at the. I can see him at this big corporate kitchen up in Oakbrook, Illinois, where they're. Where McDonald's is based. This big corporate kitchen, three in the morning, he's stoned. He has one of. One of his friends and him get into an Uber. He goes, I'm going to show you the executive kitchen at McDonald's. He flips on the light plates, they make themselves a shake, and his bro has like a six pack of Krispy Kreme donuts. They make themselves a shake, they cut it up, they put it in the shake, and they start dipping their french fries in it and they go, krispy Kreme Donuts and McDonald's. A marriage made in heaven for every heart diseased human being that's been eating our food for centuries.

[C]

What's up? The ante.

[B]

Let's pop the ante. Let's make us fatter, slower, stupider, more prone to disease.

[C]

Well, isn't it a thing. Thing too, about the, the McFlurry things. The machines that never work, the ice.

[B]

Cream machines never work. And I know why. I mean, there's been an investigate, thousands of investigations. I think the doj. DOJ did an investigation and they determined that the company who sells the equipment then also services the equipment. And by making it easy for those things to break down, then they always have to have service on them. But let me tell you this, as a guy who has done this once or twice, twice, the shake machines and the ice cream machines at McDonald's are a nightmare to clean. A nightmare to clean. You literally have to disassemble the entire thing. It's like a 40 step process.

[C]

It's like a juicer.

[B]

Yes. And you. Exactly. That's why I don't. I know I've got 12 juicers and.

[C]

They'Re all sitting there, but I know what I'm gonna have to do to clean it.

[B]

It's just a nightmare, so why bother? I'm gonna go to Jamba Juice or whatever that. I know Jamba Juice is just sugar and aloe or whatever, but I'm going for it. All right? I'm going for it. Listen, when you have to do that, if you got stuck being like, if it was your shift, right.

[C]

To do the night shift.

[B]

And, and a lot of times I was on the night shift and I would close up the stores and then we'd have to put all of that stuff in hot water, then in sanitizer, then in more hot water, then it's soapy water, then in sanitizer, and then you'd have to defrost the machine, which in and of itself took hours sometimes to do. It was a total nightmare. But I Get it? There's actual milk products or of course, keep it clean.

[C]

So they. They have now solved that. Just forget about the ice cream. We got donuts.

[B]

Yeah, we've got donuts. That's it. Or let's just start making ice cream out of a carton like everybody else does. I mean, why bother? But the thing about the McDonald's ice cream is it's soft serve ice cream.

[C]

That is a good point.

[B]

Which is great for people in their elder years like Brian, because I don't have to worry about breaking a tooth on ice cream. I mean, just the thought that I could run up to McDonald's and get a 12 pack of those and trust me, I could crush a 12 pack of Krispy Kreme donuts in 24 hours, no problem.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

You know who owns a lot of Krispy Kremes? Shaq. Shaq owns a lot of Krispy Kremes. Shaq is all over the place, right?

[C]

Shake Shack.

[B]

No, Shaquille o'. Neal.

[C]

Oh, Shaq. No, I know Shaq. Yes.

[B]

Okay. Shaq owns a bunch.

[C]

They just redid that one that burned down twice, weirdly.

[B]

Isn't that Shaq? That's Shaqs, isn't it? Yeah.

[C]

And it's finally redone. And they all. He does a lot for the. The community, too.

[B]

Hey, listen, I ain't got no bones with Shaq, right? I. I don't know the guy, but he seems perfectly lovely. I think I went to a party one time where he was DJing. Like, I got invited to a party. You remember that? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

So it was like d. You know, Shaq's big New Year's Eve celebration or something. I can't remember, but it was something. Super bowl party. I went and. And Shaq was there, and I could see him. You know, I was two miles away from him, and you could see him clear as days, especially if in a DJ booth. I know he is a giant amongst men. And. And then one time I met Magic Johnson at Burger King. Oh, at a Burger King. Anyway, so onward and upward with my story. Shaq one time was on 60 Minutes, and he was talking about all the different business ventures like general insurance and all this stuff where he basically says, I don't want you to pay me as a spokesperson. I want a piece of the business. Right? So smart. This kid is so smart. Not a kid anymore, older than I am. But he told the guy at 60 minutes they were in a Krispy Kreme and he said, I could do four dozen of these in one sitting.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Four dozen Krispy Kremes in one sitting. I'd be in a sugar coma personally myself, because I do get into sugar coma every time I eat those Krispy Kremes. Don't you? Like, I'll eat two or three of them because they're so good you can't stop eating them. 2, 3, 4. And then I'll be like, oh, I gotta go take a fuck on that.

[C]

Yeah, well, I know. And I normally don't even go for donuts, but we were out at this food hall, this newer food hall, and we're given just a thing of their, like these gourmet donuts. And they just gave them to you? Yeah, because we were new, we knew somebody and whatever.

[B]

And why am I not around when you know somebody?

[C]

12.

[B]

I was around at Menphone. I got stuck underneath a tent in mud next to the porta potties. Chrissy's back there gallivanting with all the celebrities. And I'm writing down addresses so I can send stickers to people who don't even know what the commercial break is. What's up with you? Why don't you invite me to the good stuff, though?

[C]

I didn't know we were going to get the free donuts, but we get them home. And I. I mean, I couldn't help it. They were so delicious. Yeah. Finally I just. I was like, jeff, do you want anymore? And he was like, no, because we just ourselves. Okay, I'm throwing them away.

[B]

And then two hours later, you're like, where are those donuts? You're picking them out of the garbage. I. I just love. I love a good donut. I love a good donut. And those Krispy Kremes. I don't know what it is. I don't know what crack magic they have in that sauce that they put on them, but they're so. And they're so good. Especially when you get them when they're hot. Yeah. And the chocolate top. Like the chocolate top. Oh, just forget about it. I love them. So I think this is just a nightmare scenario coming true for Brian Green, because I have given up McDonald's. Generally given up McDonald's. Mostly given up McDonald's for the last number of years. Now they're pulling me back in.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

But this is good for McDonald's because I think McDonald's does need something to get people back in the door. I think McDonald's long time ago lost a little bit of its luster. As far as a burger chain is concerned that, you know, the Buzzfeed. Damn website where all you're doing is just giving them more information about what you like by answering these silly quizzes.

[C]

And seeing what Megan Fox has done next.

[B]

Yeah, that's right. So I was on and I was doing, you know, one of these quizzes, and the quiz was about the best burger joint in America. So it was like, best French fries. Fries, Wendy's, Burger King, McDonald's. Five guys. I answered five guys on everything except for best french fries and best milkshake. I said best milkshake. I still think, even though Five Guys has great milkshakes, I still think a good McDonald's milkshake is pretty good. So they're French fries and their milkshakes. You got to have one. You know, they do those shamrock shakes and they put that green dye in it and that mint sauce that I'm sure is causing some kind of damage to my brain. It's just so good. But you only get them a couple months a year.

[C]

Oh, did you have.

[B]

Love it.

[C]

Did you have one this past?

[B]

No. No, couldn't afford it. Okay, that's hyper. That's high rolling for me right now. I made my own milkshake. I literally took some of my kids milk, I put some green dye in and I shook it up and I.

[C]

Was like, oh, well, just almost the same.

[B]

Yeah, I put 20 teaspoons of sugar in there and I shook it off. I went to a Baskin Robbins one time.

[C]

Oh, those are good.

[B]

I know. Good Baskin Robbins too. There's another one. So I go into Baskin Robbins and I say, hey, give me a mint chocolate chip milkshake. And they're doing them. I'm watching the only person in there, right? It's me and it's Astrid and I. We're the only two people in there. And so I'm watching the girl make the thing, and I see that along with the 12 scoops of ice cream that she puts in for a medium milkshake and like a gallon of milk, she's putting simple syrup on top of it. Oh, simple syrup. Syrup, Sugar and water. That's what simple syrup is. That's why it's called simple syrup. It's sugar and water. It's simple. And so she starts pouring simple syrup on top of this concoction that she's about to put in the blender. And I was like, excuse me, is that simple syrup? And she goes, it's sugar syrup. And I was like, okay, same thing. Simple syrup. Got it. Do you need to put that in there? In Order to make the milkshake. And she's like, well, I guess not. And I was like, is it possible for you to make me one without the simple syrup? So she ends up making two. Because now she's already poured one in there and she's. Now she makes me another one. Very nice young lady. And so she hands me both of them. She says, just whatever, this one has it, this one doesn't. I've made two. You can have it. Just charge one. So I taste the difference, which is no difference. There is no difference in the two. One might be a touch sweeter, but generally speaking, it's not any sweeter than the one without simple syrup. And I'm thinking to myself, all of my life I have been ordering these milkshakes and people have been putting simple syrup on top of it, making me bigger, fatter, slower, older, for no reason whatsoever. There is no benefit to the taste of it. And I can't believe that they've been putting this simple syrup on my thing.

[C]

I'm glad you finally figured out the. The.

[B]

The trick.

[C]

Not so secret.

[B]

Yeah, the not so secret ingredient that does nothing. The ingredient usually adds something to the dish. But this dish. Nothing.

[C]

Just calories.

[B]

Yeah. So now I don't. I don't say anything. I just say, hey, whatever, give me the simple syrup. I want my. You're not going to get me for a penny. I want my simple syrup. Double simple syrup, please. That's what I say. Simple syrup and day blow. Two things you should not have in the afternoon. No simple syrup and day blow. Now that we've informed and now, you know kids, and knowing is half the battle. Or so GI Joe used to say. All right. Well, it was a food filled episode of the commercial.

[C]

Are you hungry?

[B]

I am actually. Okay. Yeah. I think Noemi's in there cooking some of some taco pockets. You want a taco pocket?

[C]

Maybe.

[B]

Oh, you're gonna love a good taco pocket. If you haven't had a taco pocket, wait until you have a taco pocket.

[C]

Sounds good.

[B]

Yes. Day blow, no. Taco pocket. Yes. Those things you can eat in the afternoon. No problem. Won't leave you with any residual desire to have more taco pockets at 9 o' clock at night. Or maybe it will, I don't know.

[C]

We'll see.

[B]

We'll see. All right. We want you to be a part of the commercial break. We would love to have you on the show. If you have a question for us, if you'd like to talk to us, tell us a funny Story. Tell us a wild and crazy story. You can come on the show. Don't have to use your real name. We could even disguise your voice. If you are that paranoid, I'm happy to do that. If you are on Day Blow, then we'll disguise your voice.

[C]

Yeah, no problem.

[B]

No problem. But you got to do that. The only. There's only one way to do that. Excuse me. And that's to contact us so we can let you know how to get on the show. 212-4333. TCB. That's 212-433-3822. Text us, let us know you want to be on the show. Give us a little highlight of what you'd like to discuss. Someone will get back to you and let you know when and where and how you can get on the show. You can also leave comments, questions, concerns, contents, ideas. Ask Brian's mom, ask TCB. You can text it all to 212-433-TCB. Go to tcb podcast.com that's where you get all the information about the show, the video, the audio. It's all right there for the taking. It's all yours@tcb podcast.com also get your free piggy fronting stickers while they last. We're already planning the next sticker.

[C]

Yes, we are.

[B]

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[C]

I think so.

[B]

But I'll tell you that I love you.

[C]

I love you.

[B]

I'll say best to you, best to you and best you out there in the podcast universe. Until next time, Chrissy and I do say, we will say and we must Goodbye. I gotta get some cocaine. Gotta be crazy.