I’m Drinking Every Beer in the Fridge

Summary

The Dale Jr. Download

Episode: I’m Drinking Every Beer in the Fridge
Date: October 23, 2025
Host: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Co-hosts: Amy Earnhardt, various Dirty Mo Media crew

Episode Overview

Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to the studio with his wife, Amy, for a lighthearted, candid episode of "The Dale Jr. Download." The two riff on everything from elaborate cocktails and their pickle obsession, to parenting fiascos, drunken mishaps, and marriage quirks. Threads of nostalgia and family stories run throughout, with their signature self-deprecating humor and relatable banter—making for an episode as much about everyday living as it is about being Dale Jr.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Drink of the Week: Pumpkin Spice White Russian

[02:00] - [04:50]

• Dale Jr. and Amy sample a "pumpkin spice White Russian" using High Rock vodka.
  • Recipe: Equal parts vodka, coffee liqueur, pumpkin spice creamer (homemade, per Amy’s laborious recipe).
  • Amy refuses to drink from a fancy-rimmed glass: “Put it in a normal cup for me.”
• They debate between liqueur and liquor.
  • Dale Jr.: “Isn’t it liquor?”
  • Amy: “No... there’s more sugar. It’s not quite as strong.”
• Discuss effort levels in making drinks—where’s the threshold?
  • Dale Jr.: “What is the threshold of, you’re doing too much when it comes to making drinks?”
• Bloody Marys: Accessories vs. the drink itself.
  • Amy doesn’t want bacon: “It just gets squishy and that makes you want to vomit.”
  • Dale prefers jerky as a stir stick over “surplus bacon” or chicken wings.

2. Food Challenges & “Man vs. Food”

[05:00] - [07:02]

• Dale and Amy riff on massive restaurant challenges: “Eat it all, get a t-shirt” type things.
  • Neither has tried, both remember watching “Man vs. Food.”
  • Dale Jr.: “Watching that show, it’s like a train wreck... after a while, you just want them to quit now.”
  • Amy gets mad when competitors almost finish but give up.

3. Whataburger & Number 67

[07:30] - [09:50]

• Amy’s first experience with the local Whataburger; Dale is incredulous he wasn’t told.
  • Specialty: the “junior burger” (not because of Dale, but because it’s smaller).
  • The day’s order is #67, which becomes an inside joke due to family connections.
  • Amy: “The universe is laughing at us again.”

4. The Filing Cabinet Brain

[09:50] - [10:40]

• Dale describes how his memory works, likening his mind to a “corridor with multiple rooms full of filing cabinets.”
  • Reference to the Pixar movie “Inside Out.”
  • Dale Jr.: “I bet we could ask ChatGPT to create a photo of what my brain looks like in comparison with that movie in mind...”

5. The Great Pickle Pilgrimage

[10:40] - [15:00]

• Story of Dale’s obsession with Butler’s Orchard pickles—“the most pungent vinegar pickle I’ve ever tasted.”
  • Traces love for pickles back to Waterburger, NC: “I became a big fan of dill pickles... I’d always get a side of pickles.”
  • Pickles from Butler’s can’t be shipped easily; their contractor’s family brings jars from Maryland.
  • When they run out, Dale and Amy literally fly to Maryland for a “pickle run.”
    • Dale Jr.: “I felt like Elvis Presley... flying across the country for a sandwich.”
  • Side tangent on Elvis’ eating and working out (“No wonder he died on a toilet. But I’m just saying…”)

6. Butler’s Orchard Visit & Nose Hair Mishaps

[15:28] - [17:54]

• Amy and Dale describe finding local specialties at Butler’s: apple cider donuts, elderberry syrup, etc.
• Humorous detour about nose hair waxing before their wedding.
  • Dale Jr.: “Ever since then my nose hairs have been like, 'Yeah, you done up now!'... we’re going to grow much faster and longer.”
  • Amy calls out Dale for boogers and how it’s friendship protocol to discreetly tell someone.

Notable Quote:
Dale Jr. [20:27]: “That’s in the written contract of friendship... If I’ve got a booger, you gotta tell me.”

7. Meeting Fans & Dale Sr. Nostalgia

[21:14] - [22:58]

• Story of meeting a long-time fan at Butler’s: 20 years working there, told a story about Dale Sr. giving her a kiss at Daytona.
  • Amy jokes about Dale Jr. reprising the “cheek kiss” moment.

8. Parenting & Carpet Catastrophes

[25:36] - [31:33]

• At the beach house, Amy can finally relax since their dog (Junebug) isn’t there to pee on the carpet—only to find their daughter Nicole did it instead.
  • Describes cleaning up with baking soda; Dale insists on “the sniff test.”
  • Discusses the difference in their two children: Isla, a rule-follower, Nicole, rebellious and unbothered by consequences.
    • Dale Jr.: “Nicole is below average on all metrics and she does all these things in spite... She doesn’t care.”
  • Wonder about ingrained personality versus parenting influence.

9. Grown Men, Beer, and Accidental Pee

[31:42] - [40:54]

• Dale’s night of “drinking every beer in the fridge,” hanging out with buddies online as Amy monitors his antics.
  • Amy [33:56]: “You said, ‘I don’t know why I can’t just stop.'”
• Hilarious late-night misadventures: Dale stumbles around, almost pees on bedroom furniture in his sleep.
  • Amy: “Not there, not there you don’t! ...He was about to sit on the wicker ottoman and pee there.”
• Stories of drunken sleep-peeing from Dale’s past—“I peed in a closet once accidentally...”
• Bonding over men’s tendency to sleep-walk pee, and how women rarely do it.

10. Relationship Quirks & Communication Styles

[41:10] - [45:10]

• Dale requests affirmation about his plans; Amy doesn’t respond unless it’s a question.
  • Dale Jr.: “I just think it’s so weird that you could say something and they just don’t even respond.”
  • Compares to crew chief Tony Jr. not answering on the radio.
• Amy insists: “If I made a decision, I am doing it. You don’t know about it unless I need your help.”

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Regular Segments & Listener Questions

“Are We There Yet?”: Bass Pro Shops Road Trip

[49:05] - [54:34]

• Amy reminisces about childhood car trips with her dad—making vans into beds and watching movies.
• Dale rhapsodizes about 1980s/90s custom vans, wanting to recreate those moments with his own kids.
• Anecdote: Shattered a van window as a teen, hopes Nicole isn’t doomed to similar destructive “personality traits.”

“Fixin’” Segment: Life Advice

[55:20] - [62:37] Presented by Hellman’s

• Potty Training Woes: Advice—“Just take off the pull-ups, let them figure it out.”
• DIY (Do It Yourself) Drama: When a partner’s handywork is always crooked, fix it gently, offer help, or encourage “tuning it up” together.
• Losing Hair: “Let it go!” Embrace baldness, maybe grow a beard for balance.
  • Dale Jr.: “I like the confidence of saying, 'I’m bald. This is what I’m doing.'”

Ask Amy Q&A

[64:20] - [74:16]

• Escape Room: Who would thrive? Dale, not Amy—she hates confined spaces.
• Keeping a Proposal a Surprise: Keep it low-key and heartfelt, not over-planned.
• Halloween Plans: Girls will be K-pop demon hunters; Dale’s costume TBD, probably a mask.
• Bearded Dale vs. Clean-Shaven: Amy likes the scruff, but is partial to seeing his real expressions. Dale dreams of a long beard and hair.
• Notable Art Heist: Which artwork would they steal if they could? Amy says Mona Lisa or Starry Night.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dale Jr. [13:04]: “I can get a hit from this juice... It’s almost like having a pickle until we get some more pickles—because you can’t... they don’t ship.”
• Amy [27:09]: “You can get any liquid out of carpet with baking soda... I poured it all over the top, put a towel, let it sit. Dale got the shop vac and vacuumed it up… No stain, no circle, nothing.”
• Dale Jr. [33:56]: “I don’t know why I can’t just stop.”
• Amy [36:15]: “He pulls the wooden stool open like a gate, sits on it... and I start hollering, ‘No, that’s not the toilet! Get up!’”
• Dale Jr. [62:09]: “I like the confidence rather than the guy that’s trying to push it as far as he can push it.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp (MM:SS) | Topic | Details | |----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| | 02:00 - 04:50 | Drink of the Week | Pumpkin spice White Russian discussion | | 05:00 - 07:02 | Food Challenges | Man vs. Food, massive meals, curiosity | | 07:30 - 09:50 | Whataburger, #67 | Amy’s burger order, family in-joke | | 10:40 - 15:00 | The Pickle Run | Butler’s Orchard obsession, flying for pickles | | 15:28 - 17:54 | Nose Hair Mishaps | Nose hair waxing, booger etiquette | | 21:14 - 22:58 | Fan Encounters | Dale Sr. story at Daytona | | 25:36 - 31:33 | Parenting Fiascos | Pee stains, baking soda hack, strong-willed kids | | 31:42 - 40:54 | Beer & Sleep-Peeing | Drunken mishaps, sleepwalking, more pee stories | | 41:10 - 45:10 | Relationship Quirks | Communication, affirmation dilemma | | 49:05 - 54:34 | Bass Pro Segment | Road trips, van nostalgia, destruction stories | | 55:20 - 62:37 | “Fixin” Q&A | Parenting, DIY advice, balding discussions | | 64:20 - 74:16 | Ask Amy | Escape rooms, proposals, Halloween, art heists |

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Tone & Style

• Candid, Playful, Affectionate: Dale and Amy banter naturally, poking fun at themselves, their relationship, and each other, with a heavy dose of self-awareness.
• Relatable & Genuine: Parenting struggles, household mishaps, and quirks make both hosts highly approachable—even as they reference the unique absurdities of their life.
• Occasional “NASCAR Royalty” Reflectiveness: Moments with fans or stories about Dale Sr. spark nostalgia and underscore the Earnhardt legacy.

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Summary

This episode of “The Dale Jr. Download” is classic Earnhardt—unfiltered, funny, and feel-good. From a deep dive into homemade cocktail recipes and a literal cross-country quest for the perfect pickle, to hilarious parenting fails and honest relationship talk, Dale and Amy invite listeners straight into their family world. Whether exchanging life hacks on stain removal, recounting sleep-drinking disasters, or musing over the “friend contract” (if you see a booger, say something), the conversation always returns to authenticity and connection—a perfect mix for fans new and old.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Amy]

Hi, guys. Dale Jr. And I are back in the studio for another episode of Bless yous Heart. I'm excited about our show today. We have some fun topics. We're gonna talk about some pickles. You love pickles, don't you? The traffic around Mooresville is driving me crazy. And then we have some funny stories about carpet. Okay, let's get started.

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[Amy]

Oh, yeah. This is the way it's gonna be, girl. We're gonna hang out, open a bunch of jars. You got big strong hands. Are you suffering from high crack?

[Dale Jr.]

I'm working.

[Amy]

Working that mouth. All right.

[Dale Jr.]

All right, everybody. Today's drink is the pumpkin spice White Russian. We have a couple of those sitting right here. Amy, you give it a shot.

[Amy]

See, I won't drink out of it because it's got gold around.

[Dale Jr.]

It's in the rear cup.

[Amy]

It's delicious.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, put it in a normal cup for me.

[Amy]

Mm, you're missing out. Yeah, this one's very good.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, it's the drink of the week. Presented by High Rock. It's one and a half ounces of High Rock vodka, one and a half ounces of coffee liqueur, and one and a half ounces of pumpkin spice creamer. What is liqueur? I can't really say. Coffee, liquor I don't know. Isn't it liquor?

[Amy]

It's. It's a. It's not just a liquor. It's like cut and it's got sugar in it. Right. Is that correct? Like, it's not quite as strong as a typical bottle of liquor.

[Dale Jr.]

So a liqueur is a specific thing, is just not a fancy way of saying liquor?

[Amy]

I don't think so. I think it. I think it's two things.

[Dale Jr.]

Okay. They're two different things.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Jr.]

Liqueur and liquor. I had no idea, man. For. For the pumpkin spice creamer, you need to add one and a half cups of half and half. One teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice, three tablespoons of pumpkin puree.

[Amy]

Not pumpkin pie filling.

[Dale Jr.]

Don't. Don't use pumpkin pie filling. It says 4 tablespoons of maple syrup, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.

[Amy]

Yes. So that's like a homemade, very indulgent coffee creamer, which is why it tastes so good.

[Dale Jr.]

Sounds like a lot of work, but.

[Amy]

Probably there are a lot of pumpkin pie spice creamers out there.

[Dale Jr.]

It definitely isn't Sun Drop and High Rock.

[Amy]

No, it isn't. This is for like a cozy couch sit. You know what I'm saying? You're gonna put a little more effort in than that and probably just have one, you know?

[Dale Jr.]

Gonna need to take a vacation after all this.

[Amy]

Lord have mercy.

[Dale Jr.]

Visit highrockvodka.com to find a bottle near you. Please remember to drink responsibly. You must be 21 or over.

[Amy]

That's right.

[Dale Jr.]

What are the. What is the threshold of. You're doing too much when it comes to making drinks?

[Amy]

I think that just depends on the person or your mood.

[Dale Jr.]

What about those. What about the Bloody Mary's? You know, with like the chicken and all the crazy. It's like a whole meal stacked on top of it.

[Amy]

So here's how I feel about a Bloody Mary. Like, the drink is far more important than the accessories. Even though the accessories make it look fun. It's gotta be like perfectly spicy and not too thick and all the things. And if you have a lot of those, like snacks laying around and it's an easy grab to stick in your drink, go for it. But I don't want to. Like, hey, if I'm drinking a Bloody Mary, I'm probably hungover.

[Dale Jr.]

I like Bloody Marys.

[Amy]

And then I'm not going to be into all of that. Extra effort.

[Dale Jr.]

I like Bloody Mary's. I like the. I like. Don't they put Worcestershire sauce?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And then pepper and all those things and hot sauce. I don't care about the celery being in there other than it's. I'm going to use.

[Amy]

It's a good stir stick.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm going to use it to stir. But I'm. I'm like not going to eat that otherwise. Just a side of celery at that point is not something I don't like. I'm hungover. I don't want to look at celery.

[Amy]

You know what I think?

[Dale Jr.]

Surplus bacon.

[Amy]

Yeah. I don't like bacon in my. I don't.

[Dale Jr.]

I would love a piece of bacon in mine.

[Amy]

So here's the thing. The bacon gets squishy and that makes you want to vomit. So I like crispy, almost burnt bacon.

[Dale Jr.]

I would prefer above bacon. I would prefer a stick of jerky. Boys. Beef jerky.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Jr.]

And I would stir with that. And it's got peppers on it that could fall into the. The drink.

[Amy]

Be good and add to your flavor.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, but I don't need nothing else. I don't need no other. I don't need like a chicken wing or nothing.

[Amy]

Yeah, I'm not going to eat a chicken wing either. You know, I have seen it where they like stick the little sliders, like tiny little bite sized things. That's kind of fun if you're out. But I'm not doing that myself. Yeah, it's too complicated.

[Dale Jr.]

All right. Have you ever went to speaking so this. Have you ever went somewhere and ordered the. You know, every kind of. Some eat places where you can go eat, have the. The meal where they're like, if you eat all this, you get a T shirt or if, you know, no one's done this or only 29 people have food competitions. Yeah. Have you ever. Have you ever ordered a dish that was one of those ever?

[Amy]

Of course not.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Just for fun.

[Amy]

No. Well, usually they're like 100 bucks or the tomahawk steak. The tomahawk steak. No, I've been to plenty of. I have been to a steakhouse in North Texas. The Cadillac Ranch is close by. So, like, I forget what this famous place is. And you have to sit on a stage and there's a timer and they give you time.

[Dale Jr.]

Ranch, a bar?

[Amy]

No, the Cadillac Ranch are Cadillacs buried in the sand face up. You've seen that? Yeah. So people stop and take pictures. It's like in the middle of the desert.

[Dale Jr.]

That'd be a good bar, though.

[Amy]

That would be a good name.

[Dale Jr.]

Sounds like a fun place.

[Amy]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

If it were serving drinks.

[Amy]

But I'VE seen. So I've seen that. But the guy didn't accomplish the mission either. Was a lot of food. Wasn't just steak. It was like a floated potato and all kinds of sides.

[Dale Jr.]

I've never done that either. I've never ordered the, like. Yeah. You're not probably going to finish this.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Kind of meal.

[Amy]

I don't want. No.

[Dale Jr.]

I mean, I watched that show, though. Man versus Food.

[Amy]

Yeah. That is fun to watch.

[Dale Jr.]

Made me curious.

[Amy]

We've only seen, like, one guy finish the food.

[Dale Jr.]

Watching that show, you, You, You're. You're like a train wreck.

[Amy]

Yeah. It gets gross after a while.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. After a while, though, you're kind of like, yep. I just kind of want you to quit now.

[Amy]

I get mad at them when they're so close and they. They can't finish. You do like, come on, man.

[Dale Jr.]

Mad.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, I'm sitting there thinking, I don't. I bet this guy feels so terrible.

[Amy]

Oh, I'm sure he does. But you signed up and you're so close. Like, let's finish.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. I don't know. Well, what. Let's get to some life updates.

[Amy]

Speaking. Wait. Speaking of cheeseburgers, I went to Whataburger.

[Dale Jr.]

The finally.

[Amy]

Finally went to our Whataburger. And you weren't going to tell me?

[Dale Jr.]

Did you not tell me because you thought I would give, you know, have a comment or something?

[Amy]

Well, I picked up Nicole from school, and then she and I went to Target to pick something up and. And I swung through there. I hadn't eaten lunch. I think it was Tuesday. You were here all day.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm surprised I didn't have a selfie or nothing. I got no notice.

[Amy]

I did take a picture of my cup. And the only reason why my food was absolutely delicious. And I was order number six seven, which I thought was ridiculous considering the nieces had been here and talking about six, seven all week. I'm like, look, Katie, I'm order number 67.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep, yep, yep.

[Amy]

The universe is laughing at us again. It was delicious. Yeah. I always get the number seven, which is the junior burger. And they don't put.

[Dale Jr.]

Just because you're. You're married to a junior.

[Amy]

No, no, because it's smaller. I felt like it was plenty for me. Oh, and then Nicole ate the French fries, so it was delicious. Everybody go check it out. But order number six, seven. I thought that was funny. I still don't know what it means. I don't either, but Nicole's saying it now, too, and she's doing her hands like, six, seven. Where did the hand thing come from?

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know. I don't know, Alex.

[Caller/Listener]

I have no idea. I don't get it. That's. That's younger than me.

[Amy]

It's too young for you.

[Caller/Listener]

Too young for me?

[Dale Jr.]

We have talked about this on this show before, and.

[Amy]

Is this serious? You seem very, very trying to remember.

[Dale Jr.]

In my mind. My mind doesn't have all the information. Go get it. It's in there. In the back.

[Amy]

File. Runner, run faster.

[Dale Jr.]

Yes. I was watching 50 Cent talk about how he bought He. He bought he. They were like. They were like, man, what's one thing you regret? And he's like, buying Mike Tyson's mansion. And he's like, what? You. You. Why did you regret that? He's like, man, you ever look down a hallway and be like, yep, I don't even want to go down there. I don't know. I don't know what's going on down there. But it's just. I don't even. It's too far. It's too.

[Amy]

In his own house.

[Dale Jr.]

Yes. And that's what my brain's like. It's like, oh, it's like, I know it's back there, but that's a long ways to go. Just not anything.

[Amy]

Just turn around and cry.

[Dale Jr.]

My brain's just like, yeah, we've got that information, but we're not going to find it today.

[Amy]

It's going to be withheld.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Well, that's what's happening right at this moment.

[Amy]

Okay. So we're just going to abort mission.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Dale Jr.]

We might find it.

[Amy]

It'll pop out of the room later, come down the hall on its own, and then chime in.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Golly. For Dale.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Like your brain's a big, giant filing cabinet. Right.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Or maybe a hall corridor with multiple rooms full of filing cabinets.

[Amy]

Now, I'm Think of that movie, that Disney Pixar movie with all the emotions.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh.

[Amy]

With all the bubbles.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

[Amy]

And then they're filing things away. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I. I bet we could ask Chat GTP to create the photo of what my brain looks like in con. In Compare, you know, in. With that. With those imagery with that movie in mind. Oh, man. I might have to try that. I bet it can do it.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Do it while you're at the deer stand. That'll give you.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, I'm going hunting. So we were. I was going to talk about Pickles. We. I'm trying to make this make sense because people are going to be like, oh, My gosh.

[Amy]

We've talked about the pickles. It's Butler's Orchard and our friend.

[Dale Jr.]

Butler's Orchard.

[Amy]

Butler's Orchard. The Butler family, and they're out of Germantown, Maryland. And so our friend down in South Carolina, who is our contractor, his sister in law, her family are the Butlers. And so he'll go up for Christmas or whatever and then go to the farm. And he always would bring us back pickles. And like, he started out just bringing us a variety of this and that. And Dale fell in love with the pickles. And he's talked about him the garlic and all the stuff in them. Did you bring any, by the way?

[Dale Jr.]

I forgot. So these. Listen, I've ate a lot of pickles in my life, and I became a. I. I became a big fan of dill pickles through our water burger in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Dad would. We ordered water burger every day when we were at Dad's shop. It was lunch for lunch, and I would always get a side of pickles. And they came in this little paper cup and they were so pungent and so deal. And it was like, damn, I need this. I need this in my life every day. And so, you know, haven't really found pickles that were that good. Whatever those sliced hamburger pickles that our waterburger, the North Carolina Waterburger chain uses, they're amazing. And so I've been a fan of dill pickles ever since.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

He brings us these pickles and I'm, you know, I'll be honest.

[Amy]

He's skeptical about all the things. I'm sure you're aware of that. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Like somebody says, hey, try this, it's great. I'm like, yeah, wait, I'll be honest.

[Amy]

I'm sure it isn't, but I'll try it for you.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, I've heard this before.

[Amy]

Yeah, right. And these just knocked his socks off.

[Dale Jr.]

They are insane. They are. There's. They are. They are insane.

[Amy]

There is no other pickle or juice that tastes like this. It is the most pungent vinegar pickle I've ever tasted. There's garlic, I think there's some onions. There's jalapenos in the jar. And so even the juice is like gold. After he gets done with the pickles, I use the juice for marinating chips or whatever.

[Dale Jr.]

We'll leave the.

[Amy]

I made dirty martinis with it.

[Dale Jr.]

We'll leave the empty. Where else do you leave the empty jar of the pickle juice so that you can then drink that over the course of time. Like, I walk over and just take a little swig, like I'm drinking moonshine. It's like, this stuff is so good.

[Amy]

He's addicted.

[Dale Jr.]

You're like, all right, we ain't got any pickles. But I know I can get the sensation.

[Amy]

I can get a hit from this.

[Dale Jr.]

I can get a little hit from this juice. And it's be like, I almost like having a pickle until we get some more pickles, because you can't. They don't ship. And so we'll eat these pickles, and then we're out. And then we're just talking about Max.

[Amy]

To go back to Maryland.

[Dale Jr.]

And then that's how good they are. They're that good.

[Amy]

Yeah. So he got down to. We were at the beach last week for fall break, and he gets down to his last jar, and then he asks me because I leave. I leave. A day later, he takes the kids to Talladega, and I drive home. He's like, don't forget that jar of pickles. Well, guess what? I forgot the jar of pickles. And it's half open and it's in the fridge. So, yeah, I forgot the jar of pickles. And he gets to the house, and he's like, you forgot the pickles in you. I was like, yeah, I forgot the pickles. But also, Kobe's birthday is tomorrow, and the only thing he asked for were those pickles and some jerky boys.

[Dale Jr.]

Yes.

[Amy]

And he's like, well, we don't have any. I'm like, I know, but we've got this block of time on Wednesday, and we could just fly up to Maryland and go to the farm ourselves.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And so that's what we did. We flew to Germantown, Maryland, to run.

[Dale Jr.]

Pickup to the Butler Butler's orchard.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Jr.]

I felt like Elvis Presley, man, in the middle of the night. Elvis Presley. The stories that you hear, you don't know whether it's true or not, but, you know, they could be embellished. But Elvis would get his cronies and be like, let's go.

[Amy]

And am I a crony now?

[Dale Jr.]

Let's go. We're going to go get that fried bacon sandwich that I love on the West Coast. You know, he would fly hours in his plane to go have a. A food dish that he was craving. Yes. Like, you know, just really unnecessary.

[Amy]

Yeah. If I find Elvis, I have a chef that's just going to make that for me.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, he also. He did. He had a Elvis at. One of Elvis's favorite meals was like a half Pound of bacon sandwich or something.

[Amy]

That sounds like something.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. And he would do. He would do peanut butter and banana fried.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Like, he would get a peanut butter banana sandwich and make it and, like, fry it.

[Amy]

Cheese, like, skillet fry.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know if it's skillet fried or dump it.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

Dump it.

[Amy]

Fry.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know.

[Amy]

But my mind is.

[Dale Jr.]

Everything this man ate is no wonder why he died on a toilet. But I'm just saying.

[Amy]

So we're gonna stick.

[Dale Jr.]

He was trying, though, man. Hey, he just came from the racquetball court. I know all this. I'm a big Elvis friend. He was trying to get right.

[Amy]

Trying to work out, trying to get that bacon fat.

[Dale Jr.]

He played little. He played a little racquetball, and then he sat down and played a song on a piano. And then he went to the bathroom, and that was that.

[Amy]

But it was a good experience. The family's amazing.

[Dale Jr.]

And we bought everything. They had donuts. What are they called?

[Amy]

Apple cider.

[Dale Jr.]

Apple cider donuts.

[Amy]

Cake donut. And they're covered in cinnamon and sugar.

[Dale Jr.]

It's so good.

[Amy]

Many things. We should have brought some to share.

[Dale Jr.]

Should have brought some to be able to, like, show and tell.

[Amy]

Sorry, but. And share with our friends.

[Dale Jr.]

That would have been preferable for Butler's Orchard as well, had we been able to show you what we're talking about. But they were incredibly nice.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And they. It. They have a store. It's about. It's. It's a. It's like indoor general store. All kinds of toys and all kinds of fun stuff. Anything you could think of as far as, like, spreads and. And cream. You know what?

[Amy]

You know, they have local produce. All these different maple syrups. Blueberry syrup.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Elderberry. They have elderberry jam. I got some of that. You got some in your nose.

[Dale Jr.]

I do. I got hair tickling in there. You get old and your nose hairs grow like crazy. We're talking about this the other day. So, yeah, I get these boogers in my nose. I mean, everybody has boogers. Don't point. Don't look at me like I'm weird. But I get them in. In the corners of my nose.

[Amy]

Like, who has corners in their nose? Do you have corners? I don't have corners of my nose. I get them stuck right here.

[Dale Jr.]

I get them right there. And that didn't happen until I was getting married to Amy. And we're at our wedding, and this lady says, all right, we're gonna.

[Amy]

You know, she waxed the nose hairs.

[Dale Jr.]

She's gonna Wax our nose hairs. And she had these little. Little, tiny, little surfboards. And she put some wax on it and stuck it in my nose. And so we got little surfboards sticking out of our nose.

[Amy]

Surfboards then.

[Dale Jr.]

And the glue dries, and she comes.

[Amy]

To press her like a wooden stick.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, she comes. But they're tiny surfboards. She comes out there and grabs that, pulls it out of there, and it yanked all the hair out of my nose. Luckily, I didn't die. And I could have died, but that'd.

[Amy]

Have been a hell of a way to go. Yeah, that'd been worse than Elvis on the toilet.

[Dale Jr.]

Ever since then, my nose hairs have been like, yeah, you done up now? Because we're gonna be growing much faster and much longer than we ever grew.

[Amy]

Before, especially in the front corners of his nose.

[Dale Jr.]

And so now I'm trimming them, and they're like, yeah, you're just. You're just, you know, making the problem worse with that trimmer, man. You're just. We're gonna keep growing. Like, the more you cut stuff, you.

[Caller/Listener]

Know, thicker it comes back.

[Amy]

Yeah. They say.

[Dale Jr.]

I mean, I. I was shaving when I was 12. I wasn't growing. No. I didn't have any peach fuzz or nothing, but I was shaving just to try to. Try to cut some hair just to try to get it to grow faster.

[Amy]

Listen, I don't know if this is really the reason your boogers get caught in the front of your nose.

[Dale Jr.]

Like, we're sitting in the car, and Amy's like, you got tissue? I'm like, yeah. I'm like, you know what? I do have some tissue.

[Amy]

He thought I was asking for myself.

[Dale Jr.]

I know. I'm opening up my console. I think it's gonna be, like, this glowing, like, tissue.

[Amy]

By the way, his console is full of. It's like. It's like a 7 11. He's got, like, tissues. He's got Sharpies, he's got Certs, he's got gum, he's got jerky, he's got organized.

[Dale Jr.]

I got a little Bluetooth speaker. Whatever we need. I got. If we need to break out of something or break into something, I got all the stuff.

[Amy]

He's got all the tools.

[Dale Jr.]

So I'm like, man, yes, of course I got. I got some tissue for you. She's like, good, you got a booger in your nose. Like, God dang, man. We went from hero to zero. Now I'm over there like, okay, pull my boogers.

[Amy]

The thing about Dale, too, is, like, he doesn't Want you to make him feel like a clown. So I waited till we were by ourselves to tell him. And he had had it in his nose for a while.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, my God. While I was at Butler's, we had. No, I'm with the people. They're all like, oh, man, this guy's awesome. But the booger.

[Amy]

But. So, like, in the car, he sits on my left, and in the plane, you sit on my right. So I wasn't staring at it until I got.

[Dale Jr.]

Dang. I had that thing the whole time I was at the Butler's Orchard.

[Amy]

That's. That's between you and your nose. You and your corners. Oh, I don't think so. I'd have seen it at the store, but. Yeah. Surely one of those people would have been.

[Dale Jr.]

Let me ask you a question. Is it a deal? When you realize that you're with somebody who is the kind of person that will not tell you you have a booger hanging out of your nose? Where does your. Where does your. Where's your feeling around that person go?

[Amy]

I. I don't know. It just depends on how much you're around that person.

[Dale Jr.]

I do not.

[Amy]

Like, I want them to be honest, but I also don't want them to, like. I want them to be discreet about it.

[Dale Jr.]

Absolutely.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Absolutely discreet.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

But if you're.

[Dale Jr.]

I've been around people for hours that I consider friends.

[Amy]

Yeah. That haven't said anything.

[Dale Jr.]

That are not the kind of.

[Guest/Co-host]

That are.

[Dale Jr.]

They're just like, hey, I'm not that kind of person. I'm not going to tell you.

[Amy]

Do you think it's. It's not about Yalls friendship. I think it's about their. Their willingness.

[Dale Jr.]

How could you not tell?

[Amy]

I don't know. If I don't have.

[Dale Jr.]

I think being a friend. That's part of being a friend. That's part of. That's in the contract.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

That's in the written contract of friendship. Even the loose friendships. It's in there down in the fine print. Like, you must say, I have a. If I've got a booger, you got to tell me.

[Amy]

Yeah. So I'm not shy. So unless it's like a random person. I don't know.

[Dale Jr.]

My fly is down.

[Amy]

Yeah. Flies down.

[Dale Jr.]

Come on.

[Amy]

So that's always a risky move.

[Dale Jr.]

It's always it. There's all. There's all these little things in there.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Booger in the nose. Flies down.

[Amy]

Something in your teeth.

[Dale Jr.]

Something in your teeth.

[Amy]

Yeah. You're breasting. Is that too far?

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know about breasting. There's only too close. That's in the very close friendship contract, wouldn't you say?

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. So, hey, we got some pickles.

[Amy]

We got some pickles. We'll bring some next week. Even share with everybody pickles or something. You did meet a really sweet lady that was a fan of yours and your dad. She had her name.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm terrible with this, so I'm sorry, but I believe her name was Chris.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Dale Jr.]

But she's been a fan. She's worked at Butler's Orchard for 20 some years. She's been a fan forever. I gave her my phone number. She said she has some friends here in Lake Norman. I'm like, when you come down, shoot me a text. I'll get you to the shop. We'll show you around. They were so great to us. Gotta.

[Amy]

That's true. But she had a great story about your dad. She said she met Dale Senior in Daytona at the gas station at a race.

[Dale Jr.]

Yes, Daytona. He was. He was getting gas at the gas pumps. The race car. He's in his race car. They used to mind.

[Amy]

This happened at, like, the corner.

[Dale Jr.]

They used to. They used to have gas pumps just like a gas station at the racetracks. Unocal 76. You'd push your car over there, and that's how you got gas in your car.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

And.

[Dale Jr.]

And so you could be around the gas pumps and see all the drivers at some point and get to be able to look at all the cars and everything.

[Amy]

It's a good place to stand.

[Dale Jr.]

She's standing there. Hey, Dale. And he's like, come over here. And she. He's in his car and apparently he waved her over and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

[Amy]

Yeah. She leaned in and he kissed her on the cheek. She said it made her day, made her life. Yeah. And she still very vividly remembers that story. I was kind of waiting for you to give her a kiss yesterday. Just give me the other cheek. You didn't. But she was very sweet. She had a really good day. Yeah, it was cool.

[Dale Jr.]

That was. That was. That. That crossed my. Crossed my mind for, like a split second. But I was like, man, I don't.

[Amy]

Know how to pull that off.

[Dale Jr.]

Probably shouldn't do that. Yeah.

[Amy]

I don't know. What if she turns her foot. If she turns her head as you're going in. You know what I mean? Like, that would be very awkward.

[Dale Jr.]

Or everyone there could go, me too. Me too.

[Amy]

I'm next.

[Dale Jr.]

Or, how dare you? I don't know.

[Amy]

I don't think anybody would have done that. It might have lined up though.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, I don't know. Hey, this is Dale Jr. And for the latest bless your heart gear, go to shop.dirtymomedia.com We've got plenty of options for everybody and adding new stuff every day. Go to shop.dirtymomedia.com when it comes to.

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[Amy]

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[Dale Jr.]

I think that we've had a pretty good show this far. You sure you want to do this?

[Amy]

Yeah, I do. We're at the beach house. It's fall break, and I've been missing Junebug terribly. But I'm. I'm in the laundry room and I'm thinking, how cool is it? It's been real, real relaxed. It's so nice that we can come down here and hang out without worrying about him peeing on the carpet. Cause you have to always worry about that.

[Dale Jr.]

He peed everywhere. All over the place.

[Amy]

Decorated everything except the staircase, which we just had covered with carpet going up to the girls room. Cause they're wooden stairs. So I turned the corner. Cause I'm getting the laundry out. I'm gonna put the laundry on the stairs to fold it. And there's this giant wet spot in the landing. And I'm like, what in the is that? Like, lose my mind. And I turn and I look and Nicole has no clothes on. She had just gotten out of the bathtub. I'm like, you. I knew she peed. I could tell by the look on her face. And Dale's like, no way. She peed on the floor. And he comes over and he goes, smell it. I'm like, I'm not smelling it. That is not my first move. It is his first move every time. Let's smell it. I'm like, you get your face in that and smell it.

[Dale Jr.]

I did. I didn't smell anything.

[Amy]

He didn't smell anything. So I get a towel, I'm soaking it up, and I call her over and tell immediately that she did it. And she confesses that she peed. And I'm like ripping her about it. You know, this, this is not where you pee. Blah, blah, blah. So we're soaking it up.

[Dale Jr.]

Wait, how did you soak it up? This was freaking amazing. I gotta never thought of this. I'm sure I would.

[Amy]

You can get any liquid out of carpets with baking soda. So I had this giant bag of baking soda and I poured it all.

[Dale Jr.]

All over the top of baking soda?

[Amy]

Yeah. And then I put a towel over it just so everybody could walk around or walk on it and let it sit for like an hour or something. And Dale got the shop back and we vacuumed it up and vacuumed Right up. It vacuumed right up.

[Dale Jr.]

No stain, no. No circle, no nothing.

[Amy]

Nothing. So magic grateful for that, but still not sure why the five year old peed on the floor in the carpet. Like out. Out of all the places to pee, the custom carpet that you can't pull up to clean under, like really the stair carpet.

[Dale Jr.]

This is the concern for me, I think is so Isla, our first child, she's a rule follower. She. She does a really good job. She, you know, she has her moments, but she does a really good job. She. She's above average in all the metrics of being sweet. Rule follower doesn't do anything too crazy. Nicole is below average on all metrics and she does all these things in spite. And. And she does things to. To. She knows your. She does it because she's like, I don't. You're not my boss. I'm in control. I don't like you to have control. I don't want to do what some. Nobody's telling me what to do. And she's not saying these things, but this is what's wrapped running in her mind.

[Amy]

It's a second child to second child mentality. You can just see coming.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. She. She's like. I'm like, you know, we're like, why did you pee there, not in the bathroom? She's like, I had to go. I didn't. I just had to go. So I went there and it's like, but this is the floor and. And it's carpet and you know, it's not where you need to go. But that I can't understand. I. My mind cannot grasp why she did that and didn't.

[Amy]

She has no shame.

[Dale Jr.]

She didn't know shame.

[Amy]

Like, hey, mom, I had an accident done care.

[Dale Jr.]

And I mean, you know, your punishment you're thinking about. All right, I need to. We got to have a repercussion here. This person absolutely doesn't care this happened. She will absolutely do it again. What is the level of punishment that might alter her path forward? And how do I. You're like, you're weighing in your own personal mind. At least I am. Amy is like, I want to punish her. I do want to. I knew she needs a punishment. She needs repercussions, but I don't want to push it too far.

[Amy]

Yeah, same. So like in that moment, like, I was frustrated with her. We've had plenty of conversations about the bathroom and the things and so I was telling her, like, you know, this is not where you're supposed to go to the bathroom.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. We can't get her to figure this out.

[Amy]

She just doesn't care.

[Dale Jr.]

She doesn't care, and she doesn't care.

[Amy]

About getting in trouble.

[Dale Jr.]

It ain't. It's. It's like in that moment, it's other things.

[Amy]

I didn't. I'm like, it's all kinds of other stuff. Yeah. I don't know. I feel like shame for her doesn't even work. Like, you can't even shame her into feeling, oh, I don't want to do that again.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

You know what I mean? So. I don't know. I'm at a loss.

[Dale Jr.]

I am, too.

[Amy]

We cleaned it up and that was. I feel like, gave us a little bit of. A little bit of a ticket of. Of grace, just getting it up. You know what I mean?

[Dale Jr.]

But I'm thinking, like, man, if this is what's going on at 5 when she's 15, 20, you know, when she's really able to jump in a car and drive down the road, you know how.

[Amy]

How she'll figure it out by then. She's not gonna do those things, but.

[Dale Jr.]

She'S not gonna pee in the floor. I'm not worried about. I'm not talking about just peeing in the floor. I'm just saying, like, at that point, judgment, her lack of not giving a. She don't give a. I'm thinking, man, if this is. This is like ingrained, and this is like a core ingrained personality kind of thing.

[Amy]

DNA. You think it's DNA?

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I don't know. I mean, it's just something that she's going to carry forward. It's all, we're.

[Amy]

All.

[Dale Jr.]

We're gonn. We're going to recognize this in all the years forward. And I'm like, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle that. Yeah. And that's a deep question. I'm just saying.

[Amy]

I don't know. I'm hoping she just starts to learn from. She's only five. I'm hoping she starts to learn from her mistakes and that it will. It'll be fine. She's going to be tough. She's going to be scrapping, figure out how to do things.

[Dale Jr.]

She's only five. But those things that are. There's these personality traits that are like, fixed, ingrained. They're like unchanging. You're not going to adjust them.

[Amy]

No. They always say the second kid is a little bit more bold like that. But I feel like some of It's a DNA thing.

[Dale Jr.]

You know what she did the other day? We're riding around the back car, though, and she did tell us she wants to be a doctor.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Wow. Which I was like, hell, yes, please do a doctor, be a doctor.

[Caller/Listener]

It's a good story. When she's in law med school, then.

[Amy]

I'm like, by the time she gets through medical school, you're going to really need it.

[Dale Jr.]

I was thinking there about 24 hours before we was going to find you in jail at some point. So being a doctor sounds amazing.

[Amy]

Yeah, he really very much supported that idea. Speaking of people having accidents, Dale hung out and watched football one night.

[Dale Jr.]

Thursday night Football.

[Amy]

Thursday night Football. I went to bed, I text him. It's like, can I. No, you're not gonna derail this.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm not gonna derail. I just wanna say that I went upstairs, we have a little bar, and I went upstairs, I watched a little Thursday Night Football, and I was like, I'm jumping into gas.

[Amy]

Which means he's gonna drink all the beer in the fridge.

[Dale Jr.]

So. Yeah, there. So I go over to the beer cooler and I go, I need to finish all these. We don't need to leave these here because I don't know when I'm coming back. And so I drank about 12 beers. Some of my buddies were playing.

[Amy]

I have a feeling that he had a mixed drink in there or two that he didn't recall.

[Dale Jr.]

12 beers. I had 12 beers. And I. Some of my buddies were playing some. Some Xbox, ncaa. We have our dynasty going on. And so TJ was playing another guy to see who could go to the national championship. So we were all streaming that, and there's like eight or 10 of us on there.

[Amy]

We're.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm just in my. I'm in heaven at this. I'm in heaven. I have one money in this silly, stupid bet. And I'm watching my buddies play video games and talking, and things got. I got carried away. I had quite a few drinks.

[Amy]

Yeah. So it's almost 2 o'. Clock. And I text him because the girls get up at 7. Doesn't matter what time he goes to bed. And they're gonna. It's their last day. Also with him, because he's getting ready to leave. So I wanted to make sure that he got to bed at a reasonable time so he could get up and play at some point during the day. So anyways, I text him, like, hey, man, the kids are gonna be up in five hours. And he's like, he didn't. I Don't know if you responded or not.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't remember even.

[Amy]

I just texted you.

[Dale Jr.]

Did I read that text?

[Amy]

Yes, you read the text. Oh, you. Yes, you did write back. And you said, I don't know why I can't just stop. And then you said something else. And that moment, I thought he was still upstairs in the bar. And so I didn't know what he was talking about. And I wasn't about to start asking questions. And so I just put my phone down because I can hear him walk. You know, I've talked about, how do you walk? And, yeah, so you.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm in an addition. I'm not even in the house she's in.

[Amy]

I can hear him walking around in the house at home when I'm outside by the pool.

[Dale Jr.]

What the hell?

[Amy]

You are a stomper. Anyway, so I know that he's moving because I can hear him walking. So he's gonna come towards the bedroom.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep.

[Amy]

So he turns the porch lights off. He comes inside, closes the door very quietly. He trips a little bit. He comes into the bedroom and literally walks half of his body into the corner post of this. We have this big framed be. He walks straight into the bed, which is not typical. Even if he's been up that late, he's not usually, like, stumbling and, like, hitting the bed.

[Dale Jr.]

I had a little shoulder injury for a couple days.

[Amy]

Yeah. So he's acting like he's gonna get in the bed without brushing his teeth. And I'm like, uh, go brush your teeth. Like, I'm awake. Of course. Go brush your teeth. Don't. We're not gonna do this. So he goes, okay. And he goes into the bathroom, doesn't turn a single light on, and spends about 20 minutes in there.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't need to. So I've learned how.

[Amy]

I think it took him forever because he couldn't see.

[Dale Jr.]

No, no, no. When I use the bathroom. And I have this light at home, too, so I love this thing on the little mirror. Yeah. So I go into the bathroom. We have this light at home and at the mirror at the beach house. So I go to. And it's a motion. So if I take my finger and circle the outside of the light, it turns on, and it. And then I can use that light to brush my teeth. And so I don't have to turn on, like, the lights in the bathroom. So everybody's like, oh, you know.

[Amy]

Well, I thought you were in there just fumbling around, probably.

[Dale Jr.]

Yes, I was still fumbling around.

[Amy]

Because it took you a while.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And he comes back and he gets in bed. Everything's fine. Well, a couple hours later, I wake up because he has gotten out of the bed. And I can feel that he had gotten out of the bed. And I look up from my pillow, and he's right in front of me on my side of the bed. And he had pulled this wooden stool that we have at the end of the bed, which is like one of those super skinny, like, long. It's hard to sit on, no matter what.

[Dale Jr.]

Sawhorse or something.

[Amy]

Like a sawhorse? Yeah. He pulls it open like it's a gate, sits down on it. And after he sits, he goes to reach for his underwear, and I start hollering at him like, no, that's not the toilet. Get up. And he's like, I gotta go to the bathroom. I'm like, not there. Not there, you don't. And he's facing me. He's not facing the other way. And so he gets up and he's like, scuffs at me and, like, walks off. And he walks into the living room. He was about to sit on the wicker ottoman and pee there. I was like, dude, get up. Get the up. You cannot pee there. You cannot pee there. And he's like, amy, quit cussing at me and get in the bathroom. Golly. Like, I'm guiding him to the right direction. And he used the bathroom and came back and has no recollection of this.

[Dale Jr.]

Don't remember that.

[Amy]

I was like, dang, dude, what did you do?

[Dale Jr.]

I wasn't awake. I wasn't.

[Amy]

But speaking of Nicole having an issue and, like, maybe later in life, it being something that happens. I mean, I know that people do that when they get drunk. I've heard plenty of stories.

[Dale Jr.]

I peed. I peed in a closet once accidentally. We were.

[Amy]

You were not. You were at a friend's house.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, it was a friend's house. There's a big party. We had drank a lot of beer, and I dove into this. I do. We had. It's a long story, but I had.

[Amy]

This is a lot of Easter eggs in this story, too.

[Dale Jr.]

We drank a lot of beer. I ended up having to go to the hospital to get my head sewed up because I busted my head open. And then. So I don't know whether that had the beer and the doctor's like, don't go to sleep. You might have a concussion. So we went back after I got my forehead sewed up, we went back and kept drinking.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And this is what you do in your 20s? Yeah. And so I might have been in my 30s.

[Amy]

No, you weren't.

[Dale Jr.]

But I. I think so.

[Amy]

Really?

[Dale Jr.]

And so early 30s. Might as well been my 20s. I was a late bloomer. So I don't know if the. You know, I really might have had a concussion or whatever, but my buddy woke me up mid pee. Yeah, he's like hollering at me, hey, you're being in the. Because I just opened the closet and walked like into the door jam and just start peeing. But it was in. It was like in an unfinished sort of. Sort of empty loft.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And.

[Amy]

And you were in there with a few people hanging out, just like. Everybody just crashed on the floor.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. There was one, two other people in there. Not. It was. Wasn't a lot of people. Just my buddy and his girlfriend. And he was like, hey, God dang, you're peeing in the closet. I'm like, oh, you know, I kind of woke up, snapped out of it.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

But I was asleep. You know, you.

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You're.

[Dale Jr.]

You're sleepwalking. You don't know where the hell you're at. And I was at a party one time where there were.

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We.

[Dale Jr.]

I was in a. In a room with a. There were people, like in the floor and people sleeping in the closet. And a buddy of mine stood up, right? And he stood. He was sleeping on the floor and he stood up and peed right there.

[Amy]

Oh, really? I wonder why he even stood up. Like, why do we even. Why didn't you just pee in your sleep on yourself if you're not going to even walk? You know what I mean? Have you ever done that? Yeah, you have?

[Caller/Listener]

All the time.

[Amy]

Maybe it's like a guy thing.

[Dale Jr.]

I, you know, I think it's absolutely a guy thing. I can't never. I can't imagine a girl doing this.

[Amy]

No. I don't remember ever hearing a story of a girl doing that.

[Dale Jr.]

I can't remember. I've. I've probably done it before, but I can't remember.

[Amy]

I mean, I. Brother in law.

[Dale Jr.]

You only know you've done it if you. You only know you've done it if you get called.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's true.

[Dale Jr.]

Because, I mean, you wake up the next morning, you're like, could have been asked somewhere, maybe.

[Amy]

Half of those spots on the carpet weren't actually June Bug. It was you.

[Tyler Reddick]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I mean, this sounds rather large.

[Dale Jr.]

There may be one or two times I've peed in our house and we just don't know.

[Amy]

Hence why we can't have anything nice.

[Dale Jr.]

You just didn't catch me, and I didn't wake up. I'm sorry. I mean.

[Amy]

Yeah, you should be. You should apologize for that.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm glad you.

[Amy]

You.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm glad you caught me.

[Amy]

Me too.

[Dale Jr.]

Got me to where it's supposed to go.

[Amy]

I'd have gotten a new rug.

[Dale Jr.]

Thing is, like, I don't understand how I'm not awake.

[Amy]

I don't know either. I'm not. I don't sleepwalk. I'm not like.

[Dale Jr.]

Because I remember. I remember going to bed. I remember brushing my teeth. I remember you going. You're not going to sleep. Because I'll. I mean, it's late. I'm like, it. I'm. Just Lay down. I'll get up in the morning. I'm gonna brush my teeth in five hours. But.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And I remember all that.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I still got to raise some hell. Still feel like I got to raise a little more hell. I've been feeling. I was, like, driving around this morning, like, man, I kind of feel like I want to raise some hell.

[Amy]

Go sit in a deer stand, kill a deer. Like that.

[Dale Jr.]

That's not it.

[Amy]

I don't. I don't. It's not. Because you need to raise hell. You just need an adrenaline rush. You just need to, like. You're so used to racing and the adrenaline and all the stuff that comes with that, and just being regular is kicking your ass.

[Dale Jr.]

Yes. Boring.

[Amy]

You don't know how to do that. You said something to me in the car yesterday, and then you thought I was crazy for not responding.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Can we talk about that for a second?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

So we're driving back from the pickles to the airport, and he says, I'm gonna put these pickles inside the plane just so that we don't have any issues with them getting broken, so. And I say nothing.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, if you put the pickles in the back, they could pop, you know, like any kind of pressure compressor. Yeah, they're not. They're. That. That area. So I'm thinking, man, we got. We came all this way. We got all this. I'm gonna put it up in the compartment with us so it doesn't explode.

[Amy]

Yeah, but he says that you've had your toothpaste, which seems like a perfectly rational thought, and instead of me responding, giving my opinion or arguing or whatever, I didn't say anything. Yeah, like, he didn't. It didn't warrant a response, in my opinion, because he didn't ask me a question, and he didn't say anything that made me think, oh, I need to stop that or talk about that. That seems like it needs work. You know what I mean? And so he's like, is that okay? I'm like, what do you want me to say? You made your choice. And it seems like a fine choice. What do you want from me? He's like, I just think it's so weird that you could say something to someone and then they just don't even respond to you. He said, Tony Jr. Used to do that to me on the damn radio. I'd say something. I'm loose. Da, da, da, da. And he'd not even respond. I'm like, well, you didn't ask me a question. Like, what do you want me to say? You know? Like, he always needs, like, the affirmations. And then he said something to Nicole this morning, and she just turns and look at him, and then she just turns back to the tv.

[Dale Jr.]

I said, how did the new. We got her a new bed.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I said, how did the new bed sleep last night? She just looked at me and then went back to the tv. I was like, damn. I thought it was just Amy, but I guess it's not just Amy.

[Amy]

No. Well, he actually asked her a question. I just laughed at it, but. Because I asked her the same thing, of course, when she woke up and I got a response out of her. But he. I don't know. Does anybody else do that? Do you ever?

[Dale Jr.]

I. This happened all. I raced for 10 years with Tony Jr. And other crew chiefs. This happened with you driving your ass off out there. You feel like you're on island by yourself in that race car, fighting that thing, and you're like. You know, you're just giving feedback, like, all right, it's tight right now. All right. Ten laps later, man, it's gotten looser. It's starting to turn. You know, you're just saying stuff, and you need your. It's like a CB radio. You want them to go 10 for good, buddy. It's something, anything, right? Just some sort of. I heard you. I got you. I heard you.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And they. They wouldn't. And Tony Jr. Did it all. Did this all the time. And I think he. Once he learned it, really got under his skin. He did it on purpose, especially when he was annoyed with me.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And that has now, like, imprinted. And so when we're riding, we're riding around or in the kitchen or whatever we're doing, and I'm like, I think I'm a blah, blah, blah. And Amy's just like, won't. It's not in her. It's not in her DNA to be like, cool, okay, good idea.

[Amy]

Well, if I don't cool, I am not going to respond with that. You know, if you want to go do whatever it is you're doing, go for it. Especially, like, here's the thing. You just like to talk about everything. You need affirmations about all your choices. And I am not that way. If I made a decision, I am doing it. You don't know about it. Unless I need your help. Right.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't like to. Well, this was my, this was my reasoning on this in this example, and this is applied to every other example. I was like, you know what? If I don't say this, riding in the car, we're going to get to the. We're going to get to the airport. And when I start loading 10 cardboard boxes into the passenger compartment and you're gonna. You may go. You may not. You may go. Why are you putting all this in here? Why is it not going in the back then? We. Now we're having a conversation that could have been avoided by the moment in the car.

[Amy]

So it's the same conversation. It's just situationally happening in one place versus another.

[Dale Jr.]

I was thinking that the one in the plane happening could. Could potentially.

[Amy]

He's worried about damage control.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. That has more potential to turn into an argument than just us going down.

[Amy]

The road where you're putting the damn pickles. Why would I do that?

[Dale Jr.]

It's an example of. But you apply this to all things. And so I was just trying to think. I was just trying to be like, hey, I think this is a good idea.

[Amy]

Well, next time I'm going to say 10 for good, buddy. That's exactly what I'm going to say. 10 for good, buddy.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I wonder if it's like that. If I wonder if other people have. Are in relationships. Right.

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That.

[Dale Jr.]

That where they. They are like, you know, my partner's the same way. Or, or I'm that way. I'm, I'm. I'm not. You know, I don't feel like that everything needs a response.

[Amy]

Yeah. I don't want everybody's opinion, so I ain't asking unless I really want it. Right. I'm not going to put that out there unless I really want your opinion, which I guess you did want my opinion, but I feel like you like to talk everything through.

[Dale Jr.]

I do.

[Amy]

Yeah. I'm not like that.

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[Dale Jr.]

We have a new segment. Are we there yet? It's actually a continuation of the Bass Pro Shops segments that we've been doing. North America's premier outdoor and conservation company. That's Bass Pro Shops. Plan your next adventure at a Bass Pro Shops near you or online@bass pro.com we want a little bit different layout for our living area. We've been, yeah, we need more. We got a damn very introductory sleeping.

[Amy]

We got a very living space.

[Dale Jr.]

We got a real basic introduction, low end model to sort of get our legs and understand how things work. And it's time to ramp up just, just a little bit. But anyways, do you have a good or bad road trip story?

[Amy]

I have road trip stories. The only camping experience I have with my dad is him putting up tents in the backyard for us to camp. I had two little sisters and he was like, ain't no way I'm taking y' all camping. He just knew that that was already a bad idea. So he's like, we're gonna test it out in the backyard. And of course we got up and came in house in the middle of the night just because we could probably. Yeah, but it was fun. And so, like, if we went anywhere with dad, he always kind of had that forethought, like, I'm gonna do the least path, path of least resistance. So if we went on a long road trip, like he drove us all the way to Orlando to go to Disney, he would drive us to Galveston or wherever. We would do like family trips. And he worked shift work. So he was real easy. It was real easy for him to stay up all night long. So he'd put us in the car, we got in our PJs and we would drive at night. And so going to Orlando, I remember we had a sperm in. We put all the seats down. Like, this is back when the rules were very loose or people were just farming. Yeah, we just made a giant bed out of the back and I would sleep on the back couch and the other two were in the floor. And he had gotten a little portable TV that had a VCR built into it. And so we would just play movies and, like, lounge in the back of the car. And it was, like, the coolest thing ever. And he drove most of those legs at night, so we didn't have to, like, ask him every 20 seconds, like, are we there yet? Where are we? You know, after you pee or whatever. He just avoided all that altogether. So. Pro tip.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Drive at night.

[Dale Jr.]

We used to ride around in these comfort coach vans. They were conversion vans, custom vans. The motorized back seat that would lay down into a bed. The big swivel chairs in the middle. These things are awesome.

[Amy]

Wagon.

[Dale Jr.]

I've been trying to get one, and there was one that popped up three months ago that was. They're so cheap. And I'm like, look at this, Amy.

[Amy]

But I said, no, please don't do this.

[Dale Jr.]

She said, no, we've already bought a boat. But I was like, all right, I probably don't need it. I wanted to drive it to South Carolina to the beach house. And the kids be like, look. Look back. I could look back there, and it'd be like looking in my own childhood.

[Amy]

Because we have to redo all those things. Why do we do that?

[Dale Jr.]

I love doing that. I love being. I love, like, nostalgia and all that stuff. So that's like, I love that. So I'm going to do that as much as I can. But I know it's not your thing, but we were. I was in one of these, driving down the road, and the back, I'm in one with a friend. His name is Mike Whitcomb. His dad, Bob, owned the Purolator car that Derek Cope drove. I'm riding in their van to a race Bristol. It's about an hour and a half drive. We're going down the road. We're in the back of that damn van messing around, bored of death. Those back windows is big back windows, they. They flipped open like the. They had these two little clamps. You unclamped them, and the. And. And it would open the window this way, and so the bottom would have a big. You know, you can stick your arm out, right? My dumb ass.

[Amy]

What'd you do?

[Dale Jr.]

My dumb ass. I think, man, you know what is. It'd be cool if it's aerodynamic, if I clamp the front side of the window and open the back side, and then it's like, it's a wing.

[Amy]

Oh, my God.

[Dale Jr.]

And I start to make that thing do that. And it. It's Twisting that glass.

[Amy]

You're bending.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm bending the glass window, the big glass window. I'm clamping the front and opening the back and forth, flexing it, and it shattered.

[Amy]

How old are you, 14? Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

The damn window exploded. And now we're going down their state, and the window's not gone, not there. And. And they're. The guy from, like, you know, his. His brother or, you know, mom and dad or whatever. Somebody's up front. I don't remember who's in the thing. And they're like, what in the hell just happened?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And I'm like, I don't know.

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You don't know?

[Amy]

I don't know what just happened.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know what just happened. Oh, I was so embarrassed.

[Amy]

That's where Nicole gets it. That's why you're scared.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

You're like, she's really not gonna grow out of this. This is, like, who she is for life.

[Dale Jr.]

She's gonna break van windows.

[Amy]

I thought you were gonna say that. You clamped your buddy's arm in it or something.

[Dale Jr.]

No.

[Amy]

Smashed his arm.

[Dale Jr.]

I could tell some of those stories. Oh, that's not. I gotta. Yeah.

[Amy]

How did you recover from that?

[Dale Jr.]

I was just so embarrassed.

[Amy]

Did your dad have to buy them a new window?

[Dale Jr.]

I was so embarrassed. I was just so embarrassed. It was embarrassing.

[Amy]

I don't know how it played out after that. I just got out and ran off.

[Dale Jr.]

But, you know, I didn't get in real trouble. I didn't get my ass whooped or anything like that. But, man, I was. I. I even. It's even today. I still feel the shame about it. Embarrassed of it, that is. Our Are we there Yet? Bass Pro segment. The Earnhardt families always relied on Bass Pro for our outdoor adventures, and that tradition continues with us today. Be sure to check out Bass Pro shops, whether you go and fishing, camp and hunting. I'm heading to the woods here this weekend. You can find everything you need at your nearest Bass Pro shop store and shop online as well@bass pro.com. all right, let's do our fixing segment presented by Hellman's. This has been a fun one the last couple of try. Last couple of shows. We've tried to help some folks out.

[Amy]

Yeah. These guys have some crazy stories, situations that people get into.

[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Jr.]

Let's start, let's start figuring out if we can help some people today.

[Amy]

Yeah. What's our first story?

[Caller/Listener]

This first one actually is very fitting for this episode. My five year old daughter is still in pull ups. We've tried everything but no luck. Any tips? I think just take the pull ups off and let her go anywhere.

[Amy]

I think so too. Yeah. So when you're potty training anyway, which usually happens between 2 and 3 or it did in our house, you have to let them just be completely naked so that they feel what that feels like to pee and have to do something with it. Right. And so that sometimes that process takes a week. They say to give it a long weekend, but sometimes that process takes like a week, sometimes it takes a little longer. It just depends on your kid. But we never really. So what I tried to do, we did pull ups at night and then we transitioned out of that as quickly as we could.

[Dale Jr.]

Like if there's gonna be some accidents.

[Amy]

There'S gonna be some accidents. As soon as your kid starts going all night long in a diaper without peeing, they're ready to sleep without anything. Like they know how to hold it. Right. So that's kind of your gauge for potty training anyway. So if, I don't know if your child's having an issue peeing in a pull up, are they wearing. First of all, it depends on if they're wearing it all the time or if they're just wearing it at night. But I say use. You just have to go for it and take it off. Like the kid's gonna figure it out.

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[Amy]

And if they don't, there's might be something else going on, you know what I mean? Like dreams or whatever that's making that happen. But I don't think that like that's a very easy fix. Just get rid of them. It's like the same thing with the pacifier. You just pluck it and let them whine for a week.

[Dale Jr.]

You know, I think, yes, I agree. Could, I could, I couldn't add anything better. I mean you're the, you're the expert pro at all that anyways.

[Amy]

You're, it's always up to you to make Things like that. Stop.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, all right, I agree. Next one. My wife likes to accomplish the little handyman things around the house, like hang a curtain, fix a drawer, or something along those lines. But every time she does, I end up having to redo it because it's crooked. The drawer doesn't close all the way or just doesn't look right. She gets discouraged and sad, and I'm stuck feeling like an ass. What should I do? Leave it crooked or fix it when she's not home? In parentheses, she's always home.

[Amy]

Oh, I was gonna say fix it when she's not home. Create a spa day for her and then fix the things when she's not home. I can attest to liking to do things like that myself, but I have learned that I'm not the best at it. You know, like, there's certain things I can do, but for the most part, I'm gonna ask him to help me. And if he doesn't know how to do it, I'm gonna expect that there might be a little flub or something, but he'll fix it. Dale is willing to screw it up to fix it. You know what I mean?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I'm not, because I don't know how to fix most things that I need his help with to begin with. So.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. I don't know. That's hard. Teacher do it with her.

[Caller/Listener]

I'm gonna say maybe teacher might be the way to go.

[Amy]

Just depends on what it is. Like, messing with cabinetry and woodworking. That's not something that you need some help. Right?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, I agree.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. I mean, I. I.

[Amy]

When I first started asking him to fix things, he was like, I don't know how to do that. I was like, you will figure it out. You can. You're a mechanic. Like, you know how to do lots of things. Just try.

[Dale Jr.]

Now it's like, whatever.

[Amy]

And now he's like master plumber over here.

[Dale Jr.]

Now I'm. Got my hands on things she doesn't want me to mess with.

[Amy]

Yeah. Now I gotta. Yeah. Now we're back to the story. I go to sleep and he starts tinkering with.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I think, you know, you. I like to. I think it's fun to kind of see. I think he should just let her keep trying and fix it. Yeah. Just let her keep trying. Go back behind her. If you think it needs to be fixed, say, hey, you know, it's all into the delivery. You don't have to feel like an ass. It's all in the delivery of how you go, hey, you did a good job on that door. I'm going to work on the alignment just a little bit and it'll be perfect.

[Amy]

Oh, so lift her up first and then.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, support.

[Amy]

Yeah, fixing it.

[Dale Jr.]

Did a good job there. I'm old. I'm old. Tune on it just a bit.

[Amy]

Do you mind if I tune on it? Yeah. Maybe ask her opinion.

[Dale Jr.]

She's going to say, yeah, you're so confident.

[Caller/Listener]

That's good advice.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, well, I ain't the one with the problem.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

All right.

[Caller/Listener]

My last one here. I'm losing my hair. When's the right time to just let go of the little I have left for reference? My hairline is basically halfway back on my head at this point.

[Dale Jr.]

Why? Let it go. Yeah, go for it.

[Amy]

I would say let it go. Yeah, yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Okay.

[Amy]

It is a lot of work, though, probably to shave that all the time. So, like, if you're gonna commit to that.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

His wife in this, he says, his wife says, let it go and let it go, but enjoy it while it lasts. Like, just let the hair go and then not shave.

[Amy]

So here's the thing about men's hair. Y' all are programmed to not ever lose it back here. So, like, it could go all the way back, like, to this space, and then that would be that.

[Caller/Listener]

I would say, then shave it.

[Amy]

You gotta choose to shave it.

[Dale Jr.]

I would just shave it. Eff it. Go for it. Just. I mean, just do it.

[Amy]

Yeah, just buzz it. Especially.

[Caller/Listener]

You can grow a beard. Beer with a bald heads.

[Dale Jr.]

A good look. It's great. You might could even go, what do you think about, you know, what do you think about the guys that are. That'll do it real tight. Like. I mean, it's like a number. Like a number two.

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because straight shaving has got to be wildly uncomfortable.

[Dale Jr.]

You could do a number two.

[Amy]

A number two?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Like, I don't know, number two, number three. It's probably a three.

[Amy]

I don't know what the gate.

[Dale Jr.]

I thought this is probably a two.

[Amy]

I would be. I would think that the guard number would be like a one closest. Like a one would be the smallest, right?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

One is as low as it goes.

[Amy]

Yeah, I'd probably do a one.

[Dale Jr.]

All right, well, I. I think you should go for it and grow a beard. Yes. Bald with beard. That's the move. Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

Follow the beard.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

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[Dale Jr.]

If you're bald. If you're going bald, adding the beard is a good compromise. Way to look a little still edgy.

[Amy]

Is that what it is? Guys are worried about losing their edge.

[Dale Jr.]

No, you just. It's about like, hey, you know, like, manly.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

You're feeling less than you are feeling imperfect.

[Amy]

Okay. Well, women know all about that. We're always tinkering with ourselves so we can feel a little bit more.

[Dale Jr.]

But I think I find, like, tuned.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

Up, as you say.

[Dale Jr.]

I think bald. Bald guys. I think the guy that has said, I'm just. I'm bald. Yeah.

[Amy]

I like that confidence.

[Dale Jr.]

I like that confidence rather than the guy that's kind of trying to push it far as he can push it. Right. So I hope that I'm confident enough at that point. If I ever get to that situation.

[Amy]

Just go, I don't think you're gonna have that.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm just saying, like, I. I see that guy walking around in the office, and I'm like, he's got confidence. He's like. He's like, you know, it ain't there anymore.

[Guest/Co-host]

I'm done.

[Dale Jr.]

This is. This is what I'm doing.

[Amy]

Yeah. But he took charge of his look. Yeah. Yeah, I do like that too.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. People will think that about this guy if he. If he goes for it.

[Amy]

I think you and Alex, though, are never going to lose. Like, there's no way that we're going anywhere.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, I'm good.

[Dale Jr.]

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[Caller/Listener]

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[Dale Jr.]

Hi, guys.

[Amy]

Dale and I are back in the studio for another round of Bless yous Heart. And we're excited for your questions today. What do you have?

[Caller/Listener]

All right, Joseph wants to know which one of you would thrive more in an escape room.

[Amy]

Oh, Dale. An escape room. I don't like being confined.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

The rule.

[Dale Jr.]

We should go do this.

[Amy]

I know we've talked about this with Mike Davis. I tried to get you guys to go do it. Remember years ago, there's one in Davidson, which I don't even know if it's there anymore. I don't like being in confined spaces. I don't like being held down. I don't like being chased. Kind of like Nicole, like none of that. So I think. I don't think I would mentally thrive going through that clues would be fine.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I was thinking that if we ever did it, I'd really be depending on you. But I will. No, I will hold back on that expectation.

[Amy]

I would hinder your experience.

[Dale Jr.]

All right, we should go try. I'm waiting on you. I'm not doing one without my first one's going to be with you can.

[Amy]

Be waiting your whole life. Now your first escape room is going to be your coffin.

[Caller/Listener]

How long do you think it would take you guys to like complete the escape room?

[Amy]

I don't know. Do they have a time limit?

[Caller/Listener]

I think there's a time you could do like, I think an hour, maybe two hours if I'm not mistaken.

[Amy]

Two hours.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, but you can stuck. You can quit too. But yeah, you'd be stuck in there.

[Dale Jr.]

For the rest of the. I'd be down to do it. I mean, I think I only try. I think I really only want to try it with Amy.

[Amy]

I want the easy level, entry level. Like the kid level.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

No, I feel like I would need to do that to get my bearings before I did. Like something where the clues were too hard. You know what I mean?

[Caller/Listener]

If you do that, we're going to need the security footage. So just see how that went.

[Amy]

Maybe we should all do it together.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

Next Question's from Herville. He said, my girlfriend told me if I make it obvious that I'm about to propose, she'll be pissed. Any advice on how to handle that or keep it a surprise?

[Amy]

Ooh. Keeping it a surprise is really important. I know that feels like such pressure for a guy. It is a lot of pressure, and it should be because it's a big moment. I think the only way to make it a surprise is to not make it such a big visual experience. You know what I mean? Like, some people set up flowers, and they have a photographer there. That's very obvious that you're about to have a big moment when they walk in.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. Your mom's there. Why is your mom all of a sudden standing there? So the element of surprise isn't that hard if you just don't overthink it. Dale shocked me with ours. We were in a church on a genealogy trip, and it had nothing to do with us. You know what I mean? And he asked me to get to marry him in the church, and so I just wasn't expecting that at all. I don't think it's that hard, right? No, no. Just don't overdo it. Don't overdo the day. Like, make it just a simple, heartfelt moment.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. I don't know if this needs to be something you have to tell somebody, but it is. It only needs to be, like, it doesn't have to be at a. It doesn't have a mountain. Well, no, I'm just, like. It doesn't have to be during an event or a moment, and it doesn't have to be around anybody. Like, it just, you know, it shouldn't.

[Amy]

Anyway.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. That moment can be just you and her, Right?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And. And so, like, you know, if someone happens to be there, that could be a witness. That's cool, because then they can tell the story. But that's not necessary. But so it just needs to be y' all two. And it can be really anywhere. Anywhere. And it can be on. It can be in a new place. Doesn't have to be in a place that's like, oh, I want to do it here. Because this. This is.

[Amy]

Yeah, I think that's going to tear up a little bit.

[Dale Jr.]

We don't.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

It doesn't have. Make a new. Make. Make this place a new place that's now somewhere you'll want to go in the future, because that's where this happened. Right. And so. And it can be. It. You know, it can be a new. It can be. You Know, a tropical vacation spot. You know, it could be anywhere. You go see it. You go to Europe, to a country you've wanted to visit all your life, and. And you just happened to go take this trip and you could do it there, you know, because once you have. You know, once you've had. Once you've done that thing in that spot. Now that spot is somewhere you're going to want to go to.

[Amy]

Sure.

[Dale Jr.]

You're going to want to go back to it. So make being a new spot, being this new part.

[Amy]

Take notes, Alex.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

No, no.

[Dale Jr.]

A lot of people think they need to do it in a place that's connected to them or connected to that person.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

It's like.

[Dale Jr.]

Right. You know, a lot of people, well.

[Amy]

They'Re trying to find something that makes it special. But the thing is, what's happening is the special thing, so it doesn't have to be connected to any other way. Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

What I'm seeing a lot on, like with nowadays is the girls are very worried about what they're wearing when they get proposed.

[Amy]

Yeah. Because everybody's taking pictures.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And I get that. So, like, to that point, Kelly asked me that morning when I was getting ready, she's like, do you ever, like, coordinate yalls outfits on trips so that your pictures look pretty? And I was like, no. And she's like, well, what are you wearing? And I showed her, and she's like, oh, that's perfect. And she ran off. And I was like. I wasn't. I was too hungover to catch it. Really.

[Dale Jr.]

I was wearing, like this.

[Amy]

And he. Yeah, well, like. Like, I'm gonna try to coordinate outfits with this man. Right. No, don't overthink it. It'll be funny.

[Dale Jr.]

Don't overdo it.

[Amy]

And just surprise the out of her with something simple.

[Caller/Listener]

Good advice. Next question's from.

[Dale Jr.]

Shawna.

[Caller/Listener]

Halloween's coming up. What are yalls costumes and what are the girls costumes?

[Amy]

So the girls are the K pop Demon hunters, and us moms are going to be the Sasha boys. So, like, forget the boy band group. Dale is going to be the only man along because TJ's at the racetrack already. And I'm off.

[Dale Jr.]

I got this year off.

[Amy]

We don't really know what he's going to do. He's probably just going to wear that surprise, which is really boring.

[Dale Jr.]

I'll figure it out. I'll figure it out.

[Amy]

You'll figure it out. You're just going to be the old man again.

[Dale Jr.]

No. No, I won't do that again.

[Amy]

Okay, we'll Figure it out.

[Dale Jr.]

All right. I'll probably be. I'll probably be something in a mask.

[Caller/Listener]

I was gonna say a mask is probably in the future.

[Amy]

I feel like Beetlejuice would be cool.

[Dale Jr.]

We'll see. I'm not wearing the whole suit. No.

[Amy]

The black and white. No. Oh, come on.

[Dale Jr.]

No, no.

[Amy]

See? He's no fun.

[Dale Jr.]

I am fun. Wait, I'm no fun. This just married me for nothing.

[Amy]

Yeah. I'm always bored.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

All right, what's our next question?

[Caller/Listener]

A lot of people in the chat want to know, Amy, bearded Dale or no bearded Dale for the last couple years.

[Amy]

I like this beard. I like this scruff. Just a little scruff. I love his face. I want to see his expressions. I like to see all that. And when I first started dating him, he did not have a beard. So that was how I fell in love with him. You know, that was what I was used to seeing. And then he starts growing the beard, and he's got it in his mind that in July, he has to start growing a beard so that when he goes hunting that one weekend in November, he's gonna be warm and so.

[Dale Jr.]

And I'm gonna look like a hunter that's like.

[Amy]

He's gonna show those deer who are. Who's the boss and have a scruffy face.

[Dale Jr.]

Lick the part.

[Amy]

Oh, my God. You know, you don't have to do all that. Let's just clean it up a little bit. But he had to go to the dermatologist, and that's why he shaved it. He would never just do that because I asked him to.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah. So, Dale, you're a beard guy. You like the beard?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, yeah, I think so.

[Amy]

He always said he wanted to, like.

[Dale Jr.]

I want a giant.

[Amy]

Giant.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Long beard.

[Dale Jr.]

But I've also wanted really long hair.

[Amy]

Yeah, I think his beard, like, his hair is just gonna grow out.

[Dale Jr.]

If I could have my way.

[Amy]

It'll just be the same.

[Dale Jr.]

If I could have my way right now, if I could snap my fingers, I'd have a beard probably down to here, and I'd have hair down to here.

[Caller/Listener]

You should just do it.

[Amy]

And what are we doing with all that hair?

[Caller/Listener]

Someone get AI to make that picture.

[Amy]

In his mind, too. It's like long, flowing blondes like surfer loves.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't care what it is. I don't care at that point.

[Amy]

Yeah, you do.

[Dale Jr.]

No, it'd be the me version. You know, that. That gif. Of Homer going back into the bush.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And being basically that. Yeah, but in. But with hair.

[Amy]

But with hair.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

That's a good visual. All right, I have one more question for you. Did y' all hear about the. The Louvre heist that.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Caller/Listener]

If you could have any piece of art or famous item in the world, what would you want?

[Amy]

Oh, my gosh. I mean, I feel like the Mona Lisa is the most famous piece of art. Like, everyone knows what that is. Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

Starry Night.

[Amy]

Probably want that one.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Even Isla knows what that one is. I can't believe that that happened.

[Sponsor/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

All those pieces they recovered one crown.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I think they dropped it or something.

[Caller/Listener]

That's what I heard.

[Amy]

Slightly damaged, but it's this stuff from the 1830s or something like that.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Old or 17 something. It's sad. They did it during the day.

[Caller/Listener]

I know. I thought there'd be like all these movies that you break into some high tech thing and they just went in like. Yeah, it's crazy.

[Dale Jr.]

If you.

[Caller/Listener]

If you had to have a role in the heist, do you have a role you'd like, like getaway driver, person who just knocks the wall down or something. The guy who flips around the lasers in the movies.

[Dale Jr.]

I want to crack the safe.

[Amy]

You want to crack the safe? Like they're all in glass cases in.

[Dale Jr.]

The middle of the earpiece in.

[Amy]

In the middle of the museum. I think I would be a good distractor. Like, I want to be the person that, like, distracts the guard and he would be the getaway driver, obviously.

[Dale Jr.]

How would you distract the guard?

[Amy]

I don't know. That was up to me to decide in the moment. Do whatever it takes.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, really?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I can come up with some ideas.

[Amy]

For you if we're heisting priceless art and jewels. Like you do whatever it takes.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

All right.

[Caller/Listener]

It's a safecracker and distraction.

[Dale Jr.]

I want to try to think of the piece of art I want. What do you got? I've been sitting over here thinking, and I can't think of any cool art I like.

[Caller/Listener]

That's why I asked the follow up question. I thought that was more Dale's feed.

[Amy]

Is there a trophy?

[Dale Jr.]

Get back in that corridor. Go down there.

[Amy]

We were talking earlier about how long the corridors are in Dale's head where he has to reach back way so far back in the filing cabinet to pull a memory out.

[Dale Jr.]

I know some art, damn it.

[Amy]

No, you don't.

[Dale Jr.]

I really don't.

[Caller/Listener]

It's all right. Amy listed the only two I know too, so that was.

[Amy]

Yeah, those are the two. Like that I think would be everybody walking into the house would know exactly what they're looking at, right?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, exactly.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

Well, that's all I got for Ask Amy today.

[Amy]

All right, thank you guys for your questions. Please check out the show and if you haven't already, I'm looking here. Here. I always look at the wrong camera. This one hit the subscribe Button on the YouTube channel if you haven't already. Also, don't forget to check out all the merch. @shop.dirtymomedia.com we are getting ready to post the finalists for our Mick and Mo Merch T shirts. And you can't miss that, so check that out and we'll see you next week.

[Dale Jr.]

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