Leave It to Dale to Pack This for His Cruise…

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Dale Jr. Download

Episode Title: Leave It to Dale to Pack This for His Cruise…
Release Date: February 26, 2026
Host: Dale Earnhardt Jr., with Amy Earnhardt and Travis
Podcast Network: Dirty Mo Media, SiriusXM

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Overview

This lively episode of The Dale Jr. Download features Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife Amy, and co-host Travis engaging in candid, humorous conversation about family vacations, childhood food memories, mischievous antics, parenting dilemmas, and the quirks that make their family tick. The highlight of the episode is Dale’s hilarious retelling of bringing a travel-size Xbox on a cruise—prompting both laughter and light-hearted scolding. Listeners are treated to a mix of nostalgia, relationships, and playful debate, all in the show’s trademark conversational and genuinely funny style.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Packing an Xbox for a Family Cruise

[02:18 – 08:57]

• Dale recounts packing a miniature Xbox for a family cruise, sparking teasing from Amy about his “addiction.”
• The Xbox attracted attention at customs, where the officer mistook it for a medical device.
• Dale and his friend TJ went so far as to remove the room’s TV from the wall in order to play, only to be caught in the act by Amy.
• The episode reflects the addictive pull of online gaming leagues—even on vacation.
• Amy: “If you can’t even go on vacation without taking video games, then are you actually on vacation? No.” [07:01]
• Travis shares the intensity of Dale and TJ’s gaming league, describing peer pressure to play even when sick.

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2. Food Nostalgia: Cinnamon Toast, Lean Cuisines & Pot Pies

[10:01 – 17:41]

• The hosts reminisce about growing up with various food restrictions and creative snacks.
• Dale fondly recalls making cinnamon toast to compensate for a sugar-free household:
  “We had to get creative and resourceful with our snacking.” [12:56]
• Amy and Dale swap stories about Weight Watchers meals, chicken pot pies (which Dale despises), and tricks to avoid eating disliked foods.
• Dale: “The chicken pot pie was my worst enemy… I chewed that thing up and spit it back into the plate and then made throw up noises.” [15:25]
• They also recall inventive snacks like salted lemons and grapefruit with sugar.

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3. Parenting, Grocery Shopping, and Junk Food Debates

[20:32 – 31:16]

• Amy describes her approach to feeding their daughters – mostly healthy cereals, with Dale sneaking in “Bluey” cereal and other treats.
• Dale admits he prefers shopping in-store for the “firmness” of grapes, finding the online order struggle amusing:
  “The grapes have to be a certain firmness, crunchiness.” [22:59]
• They share grocery store anecdotes, including Dale confusing an employee by returning to shop after a curbside pickup.
• Playful banter about planned guys’ and girls’ trips, and a running gag about not wanting their partner to have "more fun" while away.

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4. Dale’s Guys Trips: Messing with Strangers and Making Up Stories

[24:30 – 28:41]

• Dale recounts playful pranks with friends in Key West, from shouting random names at people on the street to inventing elaborate boat stories for unsuspecting tourists.
• Dale: “We would holler at somebody across the street and call them whatever name we thought they looked like… lasted for hours.” [25:31]
• Amy finds these antics exasperating but recognizes it’s part of what the guys find fun on trips.

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5. Couple Time: Head Spa Experience Gone Awry

[34:08 – 39:27]

• Amy surprises Dale with a head massage—actually a scalp-cleansing spa, not the relaxing head scratch Dale was expecting.
• Both found it less satisfying than anticipated—especially Dale, who found wearing gloves to be “an ick.” [37:17]
• They humorously detail the awkwardness of being in separate rooms for what Dale thought would be a shared, relaxing experience.

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6. Table Manners and Family Behavior

[39:41 – 43:17]

• After attending a family dinner, Amy accuses Dale of poor table manners—cutting up his food before everyone was served and being glued to his phone.
• Dale argues: “With my family, I can get away with stuff.” [42:37]
• The conversation touches on how he behaves differently at his family's gatherings compared to hers.

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7. Parenting: Milestones, Rules & Dreaded Moments

[51:27 – 56:39]

• The couple discusses which upcoming milestones they dread for their children: moving out, learning to drive, and especially dating.
• Dale jokes about being an overprotective dad:
  “There’ll be no chance in hell I’m going to like any of them (the boys). And that’s not all right. It’s what it is.” [54:41]
• The conversation highlights differing parental anxieties and modern tech’s role in keeping tabs on kids.

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8. Fashion Regrets & 90s Style

[56:52 – 63:01]

• Amy and Dale reminisce about regrettable fashion trends: perms, dyed hair, frosted tips, and baggy jeans.
• Dale: “I did not mind the frosted tips… it looked like kind of like grays.” [59:13]
• Amy recalls starter jackets and the appeal of preppy and grunge phases.

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9. Parenting Rules Broken & Spongebob’s Surprising Resurrection

[65:41 – 68:48]

• Amy and Dale discuss rules they swore they’d never break as parents, including bringing iPads to restaurants.
• Disagreement about what age is appropriate for watching Spongebob—Amy:
  “You can’t regulate Spongebob. Once you put it in there, you can’t extract that from her little minds.” [67:13]
• The debate ends with Amy admitting the show eventually became acceptable in their household.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dale Jr. [07:10]: “There were 30 other people in the league that were like, hey, are we going to advance? It’s late. Why aren’t we advancing today? … You’re holding up 30 of us for your vacation.”
• Amy [11:12]: “There were no junk food period in the house. No snacks, crackers, no nothing.”
• Dale Jr. [15:25]: “I chewed that thing up and spit it back into the plate and then made throw up noises.”
• Amy [31:13]: “No, you’re not. That’s exactly how you really feel.”
• Dale Jr. [37:17]: “It feels like an ick.”
• Dale Jr. [42:37]: “Because with my family, I can get away with stuff.”
• Dale Jr. [54:41]: “There’ll be no chance in hell I’m going to like any of them.”
• Amy [67:13]: “You can’t regulate Spongebob. Once you… put it in there, you can’t extract that from her little minds. Like, it’s too early.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:18 – 08:57: The Xbox story: Dale’s cruise gaming adventure
• 10:01 – 17:41: Childhood food and snack nostalgia
• 20:32 – 24:00: Grocery shopping quirks and Dale’s grape obsession
• 24:30 – 28:41: Tales from guys’ trips: pranks and fake stories
• 34:08 – 39:27: Head massage expectations vs. reality
• 39:41 – 43:17: Family dinner: Table manners and family dynamics
• 51:27 – 56:39: Parenting milestones, dating anxiety
• 56:52 – 63:01: Fashion and hairstyle regrets
• 65:41 – 68:48: Parental rules broken, Spongebob debate

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Tone & Style

• Conversational, candid, and comedic banter
• Unfiltered perspectives on family, nostalgia, and relationships
• Playful teasing and affectionate ribbing between Dale, Amy, and Travis

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This episode is packed with stories of mischievousness, nostalgia, and family dynamics, providing both laughs and revealing insights into the Earnhardt household. It’s a great listen for fans who enjoy authentic, relatable discussion with a humorous twist.

Transcript

[Dale Jr.]

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[Travis]

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[Amy]

Oh yeah. This is the way it's going to be, girl. We're going to 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, guys, thank you for joining us for here in Dirtymo Media Studios. Dale Jr. And I for another episode of Bless yous Heart. And we got some fun stuff to talk about today. One thing I think we needed to start with because we missed this with our cruise conversation, is your medical device.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, yep.

[Amy]

So Dale. Dale always travels with like this little crossbody or smaller backpack.

[Dale Jr.]

Not a medical device.

[Amy]

His iPad will fit in it, which is huge. So it's like not super small, but it's not a full size backpack. We're getting ready for the cruise and he's got this giant orange and black backpack and it looks to be full and it's like two days before we're even leaving. So he's like fully prepared his carry on more than he typically does.

[Dale Jr.]

This. This goes back to the. This goes back to. So me and TJ are in this college football dynasty on Xbox and we needed to be able to like log in just to do a couple things. And so I bought this miniature Xbox that would fit in my bag.

[Amy]

You bought it for this cruise? Oh my God. That makes it even worse. So anyway, we. He's got this backpack, he's got the passports, he's got all the things in there. So I'm like, okay. Dale's. Jill's in charge of all the important things. We're going through customs after we just get parked and everything. We're going through the customs sign. It's like the. It's like the airport. You have to go through the scanner and all the things. Your bag goes down the line and we all get our stuff back and his backpack gets flagged and I'm like, oh great. Well, it was the Xbox. But the guy at the terminal was like, excuse me, sir, do you have a medical device? And I just looked at him like shaking my head like, you packed this illegal box in here. That's not supposed to come. They're very strict about like any extra electronics or anything. Cuz they don't want you shorting out the boat. Right.

[Dale Jr.]

Somebody brought an air fryer.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Jr.]

They thought that was going to get me.

[Amy]

Yes. So like on the way out, TJ got some wires confiscated. So we had to go pick up TJ's wires when we were leaving the cruise and we saw the table full of that people were going to try to bring on the boat.

[Dale Jr.]

Somebody thought they were actually going to carry the air fryer into their room. Air fry food.

[Amy]

Just cooking up their own meals, all inclusive.

[Travis]

Food's cooked for you. I'm going to do some cooking myself.

[Amy]

And they brought an air fryer.

[Dale Jr.]

I just wanted to bring an Xbox. Come on.

[Amy]

So he bought a brand new travel size Xbox just so TJ could advance the league.

[Dale Jr.]

Me and TJ had the TV off the wall in this little cat in this. We're in. We're in the. We're in the room.

[Amy]

They went back to the room to rest.

[Dale Jr.]

No.

[Amy]

And we were at bippity boppity boo. They went back to their room. They were supposed to be going to the pirate bar. They went back to their room and we had to come back to get their dresses for something for the tea. And I'm like, you are busted. They were sitting there. His face gets as red as it possibly could because he didn't expect me to come back and see. Playing video games.

[Dale Jr.]

I was like, tj, Amy is. Amy has a sense that we're playing Xbox. And she's only. She's not. Hey, bring me the dress. She's like, I'm coming back to the room.

[Amy]

You're busted.

[Dale Jr.]

Get the dress. Because she knew we were in there playing Xbox. And she's like, I'm going to catch them.

[Amy]

And I did. I was like, you too? There will be consequences and repercussions. You guys are just criminals. Like, why can't you just give this up for a damn weekend?

[Travis]

I was for one year and I couldn't keep up with them.

[Dale Jr.]

We had to take the TV off the wall.

[Amy]

It's embarrassing.

[Dale Jr.]

And it's one of those TVs that's not supposed to come off the wall. They're like. They have it fastened so in such a way you're not. It's not coming out.

[Amy]

Cause you're on a boat and it's not supposed to wiggle.

[Travis]

Enjoy the tv. How it is.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, we get. We got it. Damn. They didn't fool us. We got it.

[Amy]

Did you put it back, though?

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, you saw it. It was on the wall when you walked in there.

[Amy]

I mean, not like. I know it was back on the wall, but was it tight? Yeah, you got. Now I'm nervous. You're gonna get a bill for a damn boat tv.

[Dale Jr.]

No, it's fine.

[Amy]

Anyway, they can't quit. We missed that. And the medical device thing and TJ hissing over here. Because TJ was the one that teed this whole thing up, but he didn't want to bring it and get in trouble.

[Dale Jr.]

TJ's like, hey, man.

[Amy]

His wife in the middle of the Disney terminal.

[Dale Jr.]

He's like, hey, buy an Xbox. S. It's a little one. And I'm like, cool, I'll buy An Xbox S. And because I had an Xbox that I was taking around to the. On the fifth wheel and stuff, and it's big and. And it's tough to get in and out from under the bed and all that stuff. So I'm like, I'll just buy this S. And now I'll have this travel one for whatever, wherever I want to go. So, I mean, I bought it for a long. More than just a cruise, but it was.

[Amy]

I know. Why do we have to take it on vacation? That's the whole point.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, it fit right in my backpack. I mean, it was like. It was meant to be.

[Amy]

It's a sickness. It's an addiction and a sickness. It is. If you can't even go on vacation without taking video games, then are you actually on vacation? No.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, there were 30 other people in the league that were like, hey, are we going to advance? It's late. Why aren't we advancing today? It's supposed to be happening today. Why?

[Amy]

Because y' all are on vacation.

[Dale Jr.]

We told them that, and they were like, you're holding up 30 of us for your vacation.

[Amy]

Y' all are all. Y' all all have a problem.

[Dale Jr.]

They were like, yeah, this is a very young hold up the league for anybody else's vacation.

[Amy]

I am certain there are not 30 other people chirping.

[Dale Jr.]

They were.

[Travis]

I tell him. I will. I was in this discord for the one year I was there. I can promise you. Like, I had a user game the one year, and I was legitimately sick. Like, on the couch, fetal position. I'm like, I'm not going to play the game. And the guys on Discord like, hey, Travis is sick. Can we just, like, force advance? And they're like, they had to take a vote on what to do with my game.

[Amy]

And, like, that's aggressive, right?

[Travis]

Yes.

[Amy]

I feel like that's like, 30. You got 30. TJ's.

[Dale Jr.]

30 people going, you don't hold the week. You don't hold the advance for us when we're on vacation. Tj, why are we getting. Why are you getting prefer. Preferable.

[Amy]

So TJ set the tone for how this plays out.

[Dale Jr.]

TJ's very strict.

[Travis]

TJ should have given ownership of the league up to someone else for the week.

[Amy]

He would never. He would never do that, considering he might not get it back.

[Dale Jr.]

It's like, anyhow, the funny part. The funny part of this story, if anybody has forgotten by now, the late. Yeah, I had the Xbox in the bag, and the. And the guy's like, is this A medical device. And I'm like, come on, man. You're 24 years old. You know an Xbox when you see one.

[Amy]

He thought it was a defibrillator or something like that.

[Dale Jr.]

I was, like, insulted because I'm, like, 51.

[Amy]

I think you deserved it. It was great for moment for you.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't need another.

[Amy]

Considering your gray beard and in the size of your backpack. He was like, there's surely not a video game in here. It's got to be a medical device.

[Dale Jr.]

He was wrong.

[Amy]

He was wrong.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep.

[Travis]

And it wasn't the kids.

[Amy]

What are we drinking, Ralph?

[Dale Jr.]

All right, the drink of the week is. Let's see here. Is it called the Orange Crush? It's in parentheses.

[Amy]

It's the Orange Crush.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, really?

[Amy]

Oldie, but a goodie. One of our favorites. In the Orange Crush, you have 2 ounces of high rock vodka, 1 ounce of triple sec, 2 to 3 ounces of fresh squeezed orange juice, 1 to 2 ounces of lemon, lime soda, crushed ice, and an orange wedge if you want to garnish it.

[Dale Jr.]

A fancy screwdriver?

[Amy]

Yeah, it's a fancy screwdriver. It's a little. It's a little.

[Dale Jr.]

That's what should be called fancy screwdriver.

[Amy]

Fancy.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Fancy screwdriver. Well, there you go. It's delicious. If you want to find High Rock near you, visit highrockvaja.com and use store locator to see where you can find it in your area. And also remember, you must be 21 years or over. Drink responsibly. Travis, what are you drinking?

[Travis]

The same thing.

[Amy]

Ooh.

[Travis]

I told Morgan's, like, if you have extra, like, don't wasted.

[Amy]

You don't have any ice.

[Travis]

Yeah, no ice in it, but it's good enough for me.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

So I get up yesterday. I get up a couple days ago. A couple days ago. Amy's always cooking breakfast for the girls in the morning. So basically, most time, it's pancakes, eggs, bacon, that kind of stuff. Get up the other morning, and I come downstairs, and on the counter is cinnamon toast. And it.

[Amy]

It was like a Saturday. It was not like a school morning.

[Dale Jr.]

So Amy doesn't know this. Maybe she. Maybe I said something about it. But in the 80s, when I live with dad on the lake house with Teresa Nim, we. Teresa didn't let. Teresa didn't let us have a lot of sugar. We had Popeye's cereal that was in a bag. It's just puffed wheat. No. No sugar, nothing. It was just puff wheat in a bag. And I would. I would pour equal and stuff like that, those little sugar packs and stuff all over. It was. It was better than plain puffed wheat. But I would have fed on cereal

[Amy]

altogether if that was.

[Dale Jr.]

There were any. There was no junk food period in the house. No snacks, crackers, no nothing. At least that's my memory of it. I'm sure it wasn't as. As rigid as it. As it is in my memory. I'm sure it wasn't. But we got. We would get resourceful and.

[Amy]

What do you mean? Like you're.

[Dale Jr.]

I made.

[Amy]

I would sugar packets at the dinner.

[Dale Jr.]

I would. So we did have cinnamon, right? We did have ingredients for other things.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And I would make myself cinnamon toast almost multiple times a week, like in

[Amy]

the middle of the day when she wasn't at home.

[Dale Jr.]

Now she might be there. I don't remember. It wasn't that rigid. But I made myself cinnamon toast all the time. Kelly showed me how to do it. And so at 12, 13, 14 years old, know, I put a little butter, a little. I didn't use much cinnamon as you but. Because a little bit goes a long way.

[Amy]

It does.

[Dale Jr.]

But yeah, I walked in there and looked at that and I was like, oh, my God, I have eaten that so many times in my life. And that was just funny.

[Amy]

Well, the girls had never eaten it before.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And since it was Saturday and I didn't really want to like, bake something and take that amount of time, I decided to make cinnamon toast. And it was.

[Dale Jr.]

Sent me back.

[Amy]

I ate a lot. I ate that a lot growing up, too.

[Dale Jr.]

A piece of it is good. That sent me back in my memory bank into my feelings.

[Amy]

Yeah, it's your feeling.

[Dale Jr.]

My God.

[Amy]

It's a good nostalgic food. And it's quite easy. We ate a lot of junk growing up. We always had like all the good sugar cereals, Gushers and all that junk in the cabinet. We ate.

[Dale Jr.]

We used terribly.

[Amy]

We had.

[Dale Jr.]

So again, we didn't have. You know, we had to get creative and resourceful with our. With our snacking. And Teresa used to have all of these Weight Watcher meals. And there was like a. There was pizza that was kind of on a. On a roll and God, I can't remember the name of it, but it

[Amy]

was eat those two like a half of a hoagie.

[Dale Jr.]

It was like half of a hoagie bun pizza.

[Amy]

Yeah. It gave you like legal bite vibes. Lean Cuisine, maybe. Yeah, maybe.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't think. I don't know.

[Travis]

You would.

[Dale Jr.]

I would recognize the name if I saw it. But this is from the freaking late 80s. Early now. This is long. Weight Watchers, maybe.

[Amy]

Yeah, maybe it was shaped like a boat.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, dude, I would. And I ate these. I mean, that was. They were great. They tasted good. Yeah, I know. She would buy all that food for. For herself for the most part. But, yeah, it was Weight Watchers. That's it right there. The Weight Watchers French bread pizza. I ate. I bet you I ate thousands of

[Amy]

those things in between all the pot pies.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Oh, man. We had chicken pot pie. And that was. It was just the standard.

[Amy]

The Swansons one. Yeah, we eat the same thing. We're all eating these frozen foods in the 80s. Like TV dentists, all of us.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm sorry for anybody out there that disagrees with this, but the chicken pot pie was my worst enemy.

[Amy]

It was his arch nemesis because he got fed that so often and it had peas in it, which he despised. So, like, now the whole dinner is ruined because it had four peas in it.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm sorry. I have a hard time knowing whether I told this story during our. We did, like, 20 hours of interviews for Learn Heart doc for Netflix, so I may be told that story there. Maybe I don't want to retell it if I've told it here, but one time, Teresa made me a chicken pot pie for dinner, and I was. I mean, it just was. I was grossed out by the. It had no flavor, no salt. It just was not fun to eat, and I didn't want to eat it. And I was so mad, and I. This is dumb, but I chewed that thing up and spit it back into the plate and then made throw up noises.

[Amy]

You did not.

[Dale Jr.]

So. And trying to.

[Amy]

Was she sitting in the room?

[Dale Jr.]

She was not in the room. God. I was. I thought that I would. This is how stupid I was. I thought that I could convince her that I had ate it and then puked it back up onto the plate.

[Amy]

That's disgusting.

[Dale Jr.]

She was gonna come in there and go save you. I'm so sorry that I fed you that. Oh, my God, you threw up. Bless your heart. Yes. And she was like, you fool. I can tell.

[Amy]

Like, it's not splattered anywhere. It's not that chewed up.

[Travis]

You already did the hard part. You did the chew like you tasted. Anyways, just.

[Dale Jr.]

I was desperate. Desperate to end the run of chicken Popeyes. I was desperate to end this run.

[Amy]

All he needed was that buffalo sauce finger to squirt some buffalo in. It changed his whole life.

[Dale Jr.]

That's another story.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's disgusting, by the way.

[Dale Jr.]

But I was going to say, talking about getting resort resourceful. So Kelly turned me on to this, and this was a lot of fun. And I've, you know, it's one of those things that I've tried to recreate and it's. It's not good. It's terrible. But we would cut lemons in half.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And she'd get half and I'd get half. And we'd go sit in the living room on the couch with a salt shaker and we would dump salt on top of the lemon and then.

[Amy]

And then suck on it.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Eat it and squeeze it and drink the juice.

[Amy]

Golly.

[Dale Jr.]

I mean, I've tried to. I remember doing that and being like, this is awesome.

[Travis]

Do you eat grapefruit with, like, sugar salt on it? That's another thing.

[Amy]

Sugar. Like, I would. I would add sugar.

[Dale Jr.]

That's. That's another tree. Teresa turned us on to cutting grapefruits in half. Getting past the bitterness of the grapefruit was hard at first, but after a while, we put sugar on it.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

We put sugar on top of the grapefruit and, you know, scoop out the individual.

[Amy]

Yeah. Little parts, the sections.

[Dale Jr.]

And the other thing that Teresa cooked us. And I'll never forget this was awesome. She had these little egg holders and she hard boiled. Hard boiled them, but they were still soft yolky in the middle.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And she chipped the top off and cut it off and sliced it off and cut us.

[Amy]

That's very fancy.

[Dale Jr.]

Made some toast and cut it in little strips. Dip it in there. I was like. And that only happened once. I was like, this is amazing.

[Amy]

They must have gone on a trip somewhere. And she saw that. She's like, I'm gonna do that when I go home.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, man. Best. That's the best breakfast I remember having at dad and Teresa's house on the lake. And. But it only happened. That only neat little thing happened once. It's like never no more.

[Amy]

It's really complicated. Back to the pie tonight. Now, soft boiling eggs.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep. We're going to have chicken Popeye.

[Amy]

I don't like runny eggs either.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

You and I eat so differently. It's bizarre. Like, we are completely opposite.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't like runny scrambled eggs.

[Amy]

Like, I ain't eating egg yolk, but

[Dale Jr.]

I like eggs soft like that. The dip, the.

[Amy]

Because it's not even hot.

[Dale Jr.]

Okay.

[Amy]

That's why I don't like it because the texture is, like a little thick and it's not even hot.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Do you do over medium eggs?

[Dale Jr.]

No, it's got to be what that is.

[Amy]

Well done. A little rubber for my bags to be rubber.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Same thing with steaks. Like cook it well done please.

[Travis]

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[Amy]

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[Travis]

what other cereals do the girls eat?

[Amy]

They have Bluey cereal. Dill brings them Bluey cereal. So here's the thing. I don't really buy Them cereal that often? We have a couple boxes. Usually it's just like a basic Cheerio, but like the organic ones that don't have all the junk in it. So I'm somewhat like Teresa in that regard because I just don't want them eating junk like that every day because that's what they want. So Dale goes to the grocery store and if he goes, there's always like some random junk that he brings home at one on one trip. It was bluey cereal. And of course I see that blue, and I'm like, oh, crap, why did you buy that? He goes, no, no, no, no, no. It doesn't have dye in it. Look, it's got. What? What was it?

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know.

[Amy]

What's the word? Starts with an S. Sugar? Spirulina.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know.

[Amy]

He tried to tell me what spirulina was.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know what that is.

[Amy]

Well, it's got blue spirulina in it. I'm like, okay, that's safe. So there was.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, I don't know what that is.

[Amy]

It could be food. I do you. I don't know exactly what it is either, but I know it's safe and healthy. Like, people put blue spirulina in like a smoothie, so it's good for you.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. The blue cereal doesn't have any of the. At least it says on the box.

[Amy]

It says it doesn't. And it's just like a puff ball. Every time he goes to the grocery store, he brings some junk food. Yeah, that's a fact. Like, you can't send the man to the grocery store because even if you send him just to do the pickup, he goes in and shops afterwards. He did that this last week.

[Travis]

The thing is, though, they know the placement. They put the stuff right. Like it's impossible to walk past and not grab something.

[Dale Jr.]

Amy.

[Amy]

I don't. I don't. I don't even see it anymore.

[Dale Jr.]

Amy doesn't like to go into the store. She wants to order it, pick it up at the curb.

[Amy]

It's the best thing that happened in.

[Dale Jr.]

And I like to go in the store. So I. She's like, hey, man, I got to order. Can you go pick it up? I'm like, great. I go up there, I park, I do the stuff on the phone, the texting back and forth with the store. They bring it out. And this is kid, little 18 year old kid. He's like, who's this order for? I said, amy. He goes, all right. He said, put it in the truck. I'm like, yep, put it in the truck. Let's open the door. I help him. You know, we're putting this. I shut the door, I back out of the pickup parking spot into a regular spot and then get out and I go inside and I get me a cart and I'm walking around and. Because I looked at Amy's order and I'm like, yep. Not, didn't get any, you know, this.

[Amy]

I didn't get any grapes.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep.

[Amy]

And it's because there's a reason he doesn't like anybody else picking his grapes out.

[Travis]

That's fair. That is 100% fair.

[Amy]

You know, a man stirring his drink or making him cocktail, it kind of falls in line with that.

[Travis]

That's not the same.

[Dale Jr.]

No. The grapes have to be a certain firmness, crunchiness.

[Amy]

Yeah. So like I have a very big disclaimer in my order thing. I don't think they were to get grapes. They have to make sure they're crunchy. I'd rather they just don't put them in the order.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm not. I'd rather not leave a little note on my order. Crunchy grapes only. I'd rather just go in there and look for myself instead of like the, the people in the store are probably going to. You believe this chick? Crunchy grapes only. Who do these people?

[Amy]

No, I have like a pretty typical shopper. It's not the people in the store. They're people that don't work in the store, that help shop.

[Travis]

Because I'd be worried that they're just gonna look at like the top ones. Now you get like, look at the bottom and see if they've been sitting in their soggy or whatnot. You gotta really. Grapes.

[Dale Jr.]

I go in there and I'm walking around and I've got my grapes and I'm getting some soft drinks and this and that and other. And I've got my cart half full and halfway through the store, who do I run into? 18 year old dude who brought my groceries out.

[Amy]

And he's like, what are you doing in here?

[Dale Jr.]

He's like, it was almost like he

[Amy]

was having deja vu. And he didn't really.

[Dale Jr.]

No, no. He was looking at me like, I'm not sure you're allowed to do this.

[Amy]

I'm not sure you're allowed to do that.

[Dale Jr.]

And allowed to pick up and shop. Why are you doing it that way? He was just so confused.

[Amy]

You should have just looked straight at him and said, my wife doesn't get what I like.

[Dale Jr.]

So I'M like, yeah, one day you're gonna learn, pal.

[Travis]

Or act like you've never seen before.

[Amy]

You should have been like, oh, hey, nice to see you.

[Dale Jr.]

Hell no. I'm like, yes, sir, I'm here, I'm in. Yeah, I'm messing with your mind.

[Amy]

Or you could have just called him some random name like we did the Formula One guy. You'd be like, hey, David, what's going on?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, so fun.

[Amy]

We should just do that. You should do that. In Key west, they look at the window of some bar and just chirp, hey pal. Hey, David.

[Dale Jr.]

Mike. Oh my God, Mike. We get so bored in Key west. And I'm getting ready to take a guys trip. A buddy of mine is retiring, a friend of ours. And so we're going to go down there and have a little fun. One of. With the old group, the original, you know, boys group. Sunny and Sean, David and Brad and all them. And so. But we, I mean for 10 years ago, we would, we'd go down there for three, four days and raise hell. And about day and a half, two days in, we're, we're sitting at this taco stand and you basically face the street and across the street is one of the most popular bars, Captain Tony's. There's people walking in and out of there all the time. And we would holler at somebody across the street and call them whatever name we thought they looked like.

[Amy]

Yeah, they'd read them and then we

[Dale Jr.]

would holler their Bill. Hey, Bill. And they would turn and look like, what? And we'd be like, oh, damn. You know, you look just like my old buddy Bill. I thought that was Bill. You know, we thought that.

[Amy]

And you're like, they would do it constantly. Like there wasn't like they just did it once to one person.

[Dale Jr.]

It lasted for hours, for hours to do it.

[Amy]

I would get so annoyed because I don't like, he's always like, let's just go down to Key west and just chill and hang out and be invisible. Like you don't even know how to do that.

[Dale Jr.]

There's.

[Amy]

Even when you do have the opportunity, you got to do things like that to bring attention to yourself.

[Travis]

That's fun though.

[Dale Jr.]

There's a bar and right next to the bar in, in sort of a town squarish area, there's this old boat and it's just a short 20 foot, 25 foot fishing vessel that's just been laying there for 80 years. I mean it's old and people. And we sit on the rail at this bar Right next to the sidewalk drinking beer and people walk by and every now and then we'll see like a couple or something and we'll stop them and tell them a completely made up story about the boat. And it's so much fun, especially because

[Travis]

you know that they're going to tell that story to somebody.

[Amy]

They're going to share.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, my God. We just think about, you know, we're sitting there while we're drinking, thinking about how we're crack. We're crafting our story. Right. How this wild story, it's got to be believable, but it's got to be. And then we lay it on somebody and see how it lands. It's a lot of fun. Yeah.

[Amy]

Do you do things like that when you travel? I don't feel like that's something that you would do.

[Dale Jr.]

I like messing with people.

[Travis]

I would have. I'd sign up for making up fake stories and doing that.

[Dale Jr.]

I like messing with people.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. It's his favorite thing.

[Travis]

It's normal fun. No one's getting hurt.

[Amy]

No, no one's getting hurt.

[Travis]

Listen, the dumbest things entertain guys when they're drinking and hanging out and we

[Dale Jr.]

go to bars and you're sitting there and in. At some point in the con, in, if you're, you know, you in these. Some of these bars are kind of small and. And you get in there and. And then another group just like yours, you know, comes in and before long, you know, your, your buddy's talking to one of them and oh, where y' all from? And so we always, we like, we would sometimes like come up with fake jobs that we all had. Like Brad, you know, my friend Brad, he's. He's a movie producer or My friend Brad works. Did anyone actually believe my friend Brad works construction? Building high rises? You know, so, you know, just. We would just come up with silly things and I don't know why that was just entertaining for us to, to mess with people, to tell people.

[Amy]

Did that actually work for you? Considering, like you have your.

[Dale Jr.]

We weren't trying to make it do anything.

[Amy]

People knew. People recognized you every time.

[Dale Jr.]

No, I didn't tell people that I was somebody else.

[Amy]

It wasn't just, it was just, it

[Dale Jr.]

was just my friends. I don't know why we had fun doing that.

[Amy]

Just because you got away with it.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, there's no, there was no end game or agenda. It was just kind of.

[Amy]

No, it's just entertain yourself.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, we were just entertaining.

[Amy]

Yeah. Girls don't do stuff like that. Like we talk to people. And I'm not saying girls don't lie about what they do or who they are or where they're from, but for the most part, we're just, like, not messing with other people to get you stick to your jollies, you know? What did you say?

[Travis]

Stick to your group and talk.

[Amy]

I can't hear you.

[Travis]

You stick to your group and talk to people or you don't talk to others? Just.

[Amy]

No, not really. So I'm going on a girls trip that weekend to try and get out of the house. And Dale's like, wait a second. You're gonna go on a girls trip when I'm on a guys trip? Where are you gonna go? I'm like, probably just to the beach house. He goes, okay. Cause that's a rule. Like, you can't go do something more fun than I'm doing if I'm on a guys trip. Does that feel fair? No, no. They're like, no, no, no. I can't be wanting to be where you are.

[Travis]

You should have chose a better location.

[Amy]

I know.

[Travis]

Like, that's on you. Dale, if you think that, like, Amy's picked a better spot that that's on YouTube.

[Dale Jr.]

No, no, no, no. You gotta. This. This only works if you follow the perfect timeline. So what? I was only trying to tell Amy that while I'm on my trip, I'm going to be missing you, going to be wishing I was with you. And she knows that I'm going to call her after the first day, hungover, going, God, I want to. Where are you at? I wish I was where you are.

[Amy]

And so that does happen every time you go somewhere.

[Dale Jr.]

And so I planned this trip with my buddies, and she's. And so I'm like, yeah, man, it's awesome. Can't wait. We're gonna have so much fun. And. And then she says, hey, I'm thinking about taking my friend to the beach house that weekend. You all right with that? And I'm like, wait a minute now. You can't be going somewhere where I want to be. You can't. Now you got me, like, not as excited about my trip and wishing that

[Amy]

I was a FOMO issue. I mean, that's feel like a.

[Dale Jr.]

It's half true. Like, I, of course, want to be where you are, but I just was trying to compliment her.

[Amy]

In his mind, I was going to be at home up to my elbows and taking care of kids and cooking and cleaning the house and all of my duties. And that was fine as long as he got to go have fun. And I was doing all the chores, but now that I get to go have fun too, he's like, well, damn, now I'm not excited about my trip. I'm not as excited about heckling everybody and hanging out with my friends. Because you're going to be having fun.

[Dale Jr.]

We'll be fine. I'm glad you're going to Google to go do something.

[Amy]

Yeah, it'll be fine. I just didn't know if that was like a relationship rule that anybody else had. If I go on a guy's trip and I have a plan, you can't go have more fun or equal. Or even equal fun.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm just messing.

[Amy]

No, you're not. That's exactly how you really feel.

[Dale Jr.]

It is not.

[Amy]

They wanted it to come out of your mouth.

[Dale Jr.]

I was trying to make it sound like, darn, honey, I'm gonna miss you. Yeah, because, you know, after the first day drinking in Key West, I'm gonna call you the next morning and go, man, I wish I was laying in the bed.

[Amy]

I know, but why does it matter where I'm at? Huh? Why does it matter where I'm at?

[Dale Jr.]

Because our bed is comfortable that you're missing. And when I'm hungover, cuddling up with you is the best medicine. I don't know how you feel about when you're hungover.

[Amy]

No, it's not okay, this is getting out of hand.

[Travis]

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[Amy]

so I took Dale to get a head massage. And it's not what you're thinking. There's a place in town that does head massage on your actual head. Travis looks straight at me like we.

[Travis]

Dale talked. I knew exactly where. Like he talked about how excited he was for this.

[Amy]

So it was okay. It wasn't, I don't know, mad respect

[Dale Jr.]

for the head massagers out there. We had a good time.

[Amy]

We had a good time.

[Dale Jr.]

But it wasn't what I thought.

[Amy]

It's more of a thing you just go by do by yourself. Not like a couple's.

[Dale Jr.]

So.

[Amy]

Because you don't go in together. Like a couple's massage.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. So me and Amy have this little thing that you got. You buy like a, a knickknack store and it's these, it's this little thing you put on your head and it's got all these little wires, little metal prongs. Metal prongs. And it just scratches your head and you just kind of, you just kind of move it around. It feels like a, it feels like 40 fingernails. Just you Know how it feels to have your head scratched? It's like the greatest feeling ever.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And, you know, you just want to start kicking your leg like a dog. And so I thought that that was kind of what was going to happen at the head massage. But they literally just wash your head for 45 minutes.

[Amy]

Yeah. It's like a head spa wash. Yeah. They analyze your scalp. They, you know, wash your hair.

[Dale Jr.]

There's nothing wrong with that.

[Amy]

I need all types of hair treatments and scalp treatments.

[Dale Jr.]

I need a thorough cleansing.

[Travis]

But what do you like? Seems useless.

[Dale Jr.]

Sorry, I can hear you.

[Travis]

It seems useless.

[Amy]

For me, it's more like a one and done type of thing.

[Dale Jr.]

Just a little.

[Amy]

He said it feels useless.

[Dale Jr.]

Said he seems useless.

[Amy]

Well, I don't know. I guess if you're a girl and you use a bunch of dry shampoo and different products on your hair, like, your scalp might get to where it needs a good proper cleansing.

[Travis]

But yeah, for a girl, but for a guy, I don't think it.

[Amy]

Not really. No.

[Travis]

What are we getting done?

[Dale Jr.]

Like, I wanted it to be like, hey, you know, like when I lay down on Amy's lap on the couch in the living room and she's watching tv, and every now and then she's, you know, when she's not watching her phone or tv, she starts scratching my head with a hand and I'm like, man, this is good. That's what I thought it was kind of going to be like. But no, they just washed my hair for 45 minutes. They washed it?

[Amy]

Yeah, they washed it. And it. Like, you can hear all the soap. They've got so much soap in your hair, you could. Like, it almost sounded like you're stirring up a bowl of mayonnaise. You know what I mean? Like, that weird sound that.

[Dale Jr.]

So they obviously put gloves on.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And so they're. They're washing your hair with gloves on. And that.

[Amy]

That's weird.

[Dale Jr.]

Was weird.

[Amy]

Did they have gloves on?

[Dale Jr.]

Yes.

[Amy]

I didn't notice that part.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep. Well, I thought about it. I'm like, man, I wonder if they wear gloves. Yep. Feels like she's got gloves on.

[Amy]

So you're not relaxed at all. You're just sitting there analyzing. Her fingertips.

[Dale Jr.]

Definitely got gloves on. And so.

[Amy]

Goodness.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, it was. Imagine like trying to wash a dog with gloves on. Right. Or anything. Any, like, anything. Washing your own hair with gloves on.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

It'd just be uncomfortable. Right?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And. And I don't know about. It's an it for me, it feels like an ick.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Travis]

No, I. But Why are they wearing gloves?

[Dale Jr.]

Well, dude, I mean, they wash a lot of people's hair. I don't.

[Travis]

Hairdressers don't want, like, if they would wash people's hair before cutting it. Darn. Wearing gloves.

[Amy]

Not wearing gloves.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[Travis]

And you. You're. It's full of soap and water. Your hands are.

[Amy]

Maybe they're just wearing gloves to protect their own hands from cracking open. From having a kid.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. They're doing this all day long. So I imagine putting the gloves on probably a good thing for them. And they do use a lot of oils and all kinds of things, so there's a ton of chemicals and stuff, and they probably just don't want that. I don't know what that would do to your hands.

[Amy]

I don't.

[Dale Jr.]

All day, every day.

[Amy]

It was. It was relaxing.

[Dale Jr.]

It was.

[Amy]

Listen, if I had gone by myself, I probably would have enjoyed it. But I'm laying there going, okay, I wonder if Dale's enjoying this because he's in a different room.

[Dale Jr.]

That was weird. So listen, if your wife or girlfriend says out of the blue, do you want a massage? And you say, yes, you automatically assume that you're going together for a couple's massage. And so I never. I don't ask the question. I don't even ask questions. We get there and the ladies are like, okay, Amy, ready to take you back. Dale, you're going over here. And I was like.

[Travis]

Amy's like, yes.

[Dale Jr.]

I was like, no, I don't want to do now. I don't want to do this. You know, and that's good. So I'm like, okay. All right. By myself.

[Amy]

Yep. And listen, we gotta have some part fun new experiences.

[Dale Jr.]

But they do have. They do have a couple's area, but they didn't put us in there.

[Amy]

They do.

[Dale Jr.]

That's what you told me. They said they had a place where both of us could go.

[Amy]

No, I didn't know that.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, I thought you said that.

[Amy]

I thought that they would have. But no, I don't. Yes, they don't.

[Dale Jr.]

I would absolutely go back and do it again. Maybe. There's different types of treatments and stuff.

[Amy]

There are. There's a whole list. That's the other thing. It's, like, hard to pick something to do.

[Dale Jr.]

It is. It was clean, nice. The service, the ladies, everybody in there, incredibly nice. Incredible. I want to make sure, you know, they don't think we're talking, so. Because it was really good, but

[Amy]

just wasn't what we expected.

[Dale Jr.]

This was different than I thought it was going to be. Yeah, that's it.

[Amy]

That's it right there. Yeah. And so when they do the little water rainbow thing that goes over your head, that tickles a lot.

[Dale Jr.]

Didn't tickle me much.

[Amy]

So I get real ticklish behind my ears, like on my neck. And it trickles down your neck. It's very tickly.

[Dale Jr.]

What's this? Table manners.

[Amy]

Table manners? Just table manners refers to you.

[Dale Jr.]

Table manners. On the note. I'm sure this is about me.

[Amy]

We went to dinner last night to celebrate Kennedy's graduation from cosmetology school. And we have this banquet room, and all the family's around. Everybody orders their food and plates are coming out. And we cut the girls food up first and let them start eating. And as soon as Dale's food gets there, he too, decides, I'm just gonna start eating.

[Dale Jr.]

Nope.

[Amy]

Okay. Yes. Well, you were playing with your food, cutting it up just like we had. Just everybody else is just sitting there waiting, except for Wyatt, who's also a kid.

[Dale Jr.]

LW's eating, taking bites. Did you see that?

[Amy]

It's not good table manners. You're supposed to wait for everyone to get their food in an environment like that, where it's like a formal dinner, you're supposed to wait. It's bull. Sitting there, cutting up. Your food is cutting up.

[Dale Jr.]

Your food's fine.

[Amy]

You're already starting. You're already messing with your plate. Like, you're not supposed to mess with it.

[Travis]

Then why'd they bring it out?

[Amy]

Well. Cause they have to. There's 21 people, so they're bringing plates out. I mean, it's not like he had to wait very long.

[Dale Jr.]

No, I don't see any problem with trying to cut up your chicken on top of your salad while other people's food's still coming. So I. I don't know. I know I was. I can understand, like, waiting to take the bite before. You know, wait to start eating while other people's food's still coming out. I get that, but I wasn't going to eat it.

[Amy]

I.

[Dale Jr.]

We had goat cheese. I was cutting that up, and then I was kind of cut up the chicken and get it ready to go.

[Amy]

I think that he just refuses to have good manners, especially when he's around his family. It's like a rebellion.

[Dale Jr.]

I think I intentionally have bad manners around his family.

[Amy]

Kelly's up talking. You know, she's talking about her daughter doing the whole thing, and he can't stand it. Like, he's not paying attention. He's Looking at his phone. He's looking elsewhere. And it appears like he's talking to me because I'm like, dale, pay attention. Turn around. And she can see that. And I'm like, can you please just behave yourself? Put your phone down. What are you doing? What are you doing on your phone? Are you trading stocks over there? Like, what are you doing?

[Dale Jr.]

Are you trading stocks? I'm like, no, I'm check make. I'm making a bet. How the hell parlay hit last night?

[Travis]

There's an exception. You can be on your phone for bets. You got to hint or check your bets.

[Dale Jr.]

I hit a big part last night. Yes, sir.

[Amy]

Yeah, he was trying to get me to hit the button. I was like, I'm not going to be responsible.

[Dale Jr.]

I told Amy. I was like, hey, do you want to. I pleaded up. I'm like, you wanna. You wanna hit the button? Send this one in. She goes, no, I ain't getting. I ain't getting involved in that.

[Travis]

Feel that rush.

[Dale Jr.]

It landed.

[Amy]

If we were at dinner with my family, he'd have sat there because he was with his family. He's like, I ain't have no minors. Like, his whole mentality of his role as a person is different.

[Dale Jr.]

You ain't wrong.

[Amy]

Why can't you just be good?

[Dale Jr.]

Because with my family, I can get away with stuff.

[Amy]

But why do you want to? Why do you not just wanna be good in front of your own kids? Yeah, for the sake of all of the. You know, you're the one of the eldest people in the damn room.

[Dale Jr.]

You're correct in your description of how I act in my presence of my own family versus in presence like, you do it for attention in front of yours. I'm polite. I try to make sure I'm not, you know, not rocking the boat or creating any waves. And I just try to stay out of the way and just be kind and helpful.

[Amy]

It's just your mentality. On the way there, also in the truck, the entire way there, he's jazz. He's razzing the girls. They were talking about where we were going for dinner.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, my God, that was so fun.

[Amy]

And he kept. Kept calling it all these random, other ridiculous names. Really making both of the girls frustrated. No to one point, I'm like, I'm buying into this. He's messing with you. And then they started playing along. But at first they were get. Especially Nicole. She's like, no, dad, that's not what it's.

[Dale Jr.]

Can we tell them what was happening? So the name of the restaurant is Epic. It is. It's one, if not the best place to eat in Mooresville. Downtown Mooresville. Epic Chop House Steakhouse. It's really, really good. And they're great people. They. They're. They do a good job. We're thrilled because, man, you know, the town before Epic came in, the town needed a big bit of kick in the butt. And that was one of the few things that came along that really began this revive it revival for the downtown. And so now there's all kinds of great businesses down there to enjoy. And that was one of the first ones. So we. We go to Epic quite often, and the girls like it. They. They know what Epic is. They're excited when we're going to go to Epic. They want to talk about it. And so I was doing a little word play instead, and they're like, we're going to Epic. And I'm like, are you sure that's the name of the place? And they're like, yeah, Epic. And I'm like, are you sure it's not. Man, yeah, I'll have another. Or are you sure it's not. Now, that was pretty good. Are you sure the name of it's not. That's not as good as Amy's? And they're like, no, it's called Epic. And I'm like, I don't know. I think it's called Pretty Decent, but. And they were just.

[Travis]

That's pretty funny.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, it was funny.

[Amy]

It is funny. But he had, like. He does. He gets in these, like, kid, like, playful, I gotta just pick on everybody moods when he is gonna be around his family. And I was. I told him before we got in the parking lot, get it out in the car. Now. Don't you go in here with this attitude and make your sister mad. Picking on her just. Just to get a rise out of her, like, get it out before we get out, you know, I like to mess with people. Yeah, well, sometimes I want to laugh. It's funny. Sometimes people are like, enough.

[Dale Jr.]

I want to laugh. I'm having a good run here over the past couple of weeks.

[Amy]

What are you talking about?

[Dale Jr.]

Of being in a good mood.

[Amy]

Good mood, dude.

[Dale Jr.]

And I want to hang on to it.

[Travis]

Let's not lose it.

[Dale Jr.]

That's not losing. I don't want to lose it.

[Amy]

Sometimes you're more funny when you're in a bad mood.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I don't like being in the bad mood. I'm suffering. Amy, while you're laughing and having fun,

[Amy]

you are not suffering in any facet of life.

[Dale Jr.]

Right now, while you're laughing and enjoying it, I'm suffering inside and now and here over the last.

[Amy]

That is insane. If you're not suffering.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, like if I'm in a bad mood.

[Amy]

Usually you've caused your bad mood.

[Dale Jr.]

I know, but I go through these like swells of, you know, not depressed, but just down. Nothing to look forward to. Not excited about nothing. Just struggling to kind of get the ball rolling in the morning. Yeah. And then I come out of that and I'll have a good run of great days. Great, you know, choosing joy. Everything's great. Happy to be alive. Well, you know, we're going to seize the day all in a great, great frame of mind. And it comes and it goes and it always has. My whole life. And so like when I'm riding the high, I want to ride it. I want to take advantage of it.

[Amy]

Better ride that parking wave.

[Dale Jr.]

I come in the, I come in the kitchen in the morning and just smile and stare at Amy and she's like, what?

[Amy]

He just does, you know, I'm like, he just will stand there, not very close, but like from afar across the room. And his presence gets my attention. And I'll turn and look at him and he's just staring at me, oddly staring, not saying a word.

[Travis]

What's wrong with that?

[Amy]

It just makes you feel a little off.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm doing it because I know it makes her feel weird.

[Amy]

He's always done that. It's just like an intense stare.

[Dale Jr.]

She'll go, what is what? And I'll be like, honey, I'm happy. I'm happy to be alive. Another great day. This is gonna be awesome. We're gonna kick some ass today.

[Amy]

I'm like, pick up some food, start slinging some breakfast.

[Dale Jr.]

I love it, man.

[Amy]

Yeah, well, I'm not bored. I've said that before too. You're not boring.

[Dale Jr.]

I am not.

[Travis]

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[Dale Jr.]

All.

[Amy]

Dale and I are in the Dirtymome Media Studios for another round of Bless yous Heart. And we've had a fun show. We're excited for your questions. What do you have, Travis?

[Travis]

All right, so this first question, Dale answered it on Tuesday and you've mentioned it a couple times already today. So if you could shoot five liquids or sauces out of your fingers, what, what would they be?

[Amy]

Amy, this is like the most random thought ever. Dale and I have discussed his answers. I still don't understand what he needs all them oils for.

[Dale Jr.]

To fill up the cars. I mean, I said gas. Well, three of my fingers, I'd have diesel. Regular diesel.

[Amy]

Gasoline, leaded crude oil.

[Dale Jr.]

Crude oil. Because those things would be valuable. And I could also.

[Travis]

And water for the power washer.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, power wash. One finger, that's a power washer. And then one that's buffalo sauce.

[Amy]

I mean it's. I probably wouldn't go with anything functional like that. Especially if you're going to have all the oils. Why do I need them? I would have some water, probably like wine, hyrak, some tequila. Like this is my drink dispenser. Right. I can't imagine I would want to shoot anything liquid out of my hands and use it as a tool. You know what I mean?

[Dale Jr.]

Sure.

[Travis]

Maybe some champagne.

[Amy]

Some champagne, yeah.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Like all drinks.

[Travis]

I still think you need like one like ranch. One condiment.

[Amy]

A ranch?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

No, I don't eat ranch. And he's got the buffalo sauce.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't eat ranch.

[Amy]

You don't eat ranch either?

[Dale Jr.]

No.

[Amy]

I used to put ranch on my pizza.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Going back to like things we ate as kids. Yeah. All drinks for me.

[Travis]

All right, so this one actually kind of goes off as Beth wants to know, is there a weird food combination that you like?

[Amy]

Weird food combination that I like.

[Travis]

So, like growing up.

[Amy]

What's weird?

[Travis]

I would mix cottage cheese and applesauce.

[Amy]

And applesauce.

[Travis]

Yeah. And it was delicious.

[Amy]

The texture of that is odd.

[Dale Jr.]

That is gross.

[Amy]

I mean, I've seen people eat like pineapple and cottage cheese, so it must be like a good sweet combo.

[Dale Jr.]

Cottage cheese isn't anything.

[Amy]

It's the texture that's off. Putting but it doesn't actually taste that bad. And it melts. You eat cottage cheese more than you think now, because I put it in my eggs.

[Travis]

I started doing that, too.

[Amy]

Yeah, it's good. I don't know. Like, I've always been pretty basic with my food combos, I feel like. But I did eat a couple of peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches when I was young.

[Dale Jr.]

Peanut butter and mayonnaise?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

What about with peanut butter, banana.

[Amy]

Oh, I feel like that's a totally amazing combo.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Yeah, yeah. That's a normal one.

[Amy]

Yeah, I've eaten that.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Travis]

What made you do peanut butter and mayonnaise?

[Amy]

I don't know why that happened.

[Dale Jr.]

That is strange.

[Amy]

That feels like an accident. But it happened more than once. My nana made me. Made me those. Yeah. I don't know. I used to.

[Dale Jr.]

I know everybody. I mean, mine was the banana.

[Amy]

Mayonnaise.

[Dale Jr.]

Banana and mayonnaise.

[Amy]

I'll never understand that.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, they made those when we were kids. And it. I didn't think it was a weird thing, but when I told the world about it on social media, I learned that it was quite.

[Amy]

It's definitely a North Carolina thing.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

It wouldn't be so weird if the bread was toasted. But it's never toasted. It's, like, so squishy.

[Dale Jr.]

Toasted. Then it can be toasted. There's no rules here.

[Travis]

Next question. Here comes from Carol. Is there a milestone event for your kids that you're already dreading?

[Amy]

Honestly, I. The thought of them moving out of the house is something I've dread. Like, them going away to college and not having.

[Dale Jr.]

I feel like it's going to be the other way around. Like, they're not going to want to move out of the house. We're going to be like, hey, get out of here. Mom and Dad's ready to hit the road.

[Travis]

They're going to be fine. Hit the road.

[Dale Jr.]

We'll stay here.

[Amy]

I feel like they're going to want to go away to college or something. And then we're going to follow them. Like, we're gonna get an apartment and.

[Travis]

No, don't do that.

[Amy]

Why?

[Dale Jr.]

No way.

[Travis]

No, you gotta let them have the space.

[Amy]

Do I. See, that's the thing. I'm gonna want to be a helicopter mom.

[Travis]

Unless, let's say they are, like six or seven hours away. Then I think you can have an apartment so that when you do go visit, like, you can, but if you're nearby when they. You gotta give them space.

[Amy]

Yeah. No, not if I'm nearby. So Like, I went from Texas to Kentucky.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And so nobody could visit me very easily.

[Dale Jr.]

And I don't know when the kids. I envision that when the kids get to, you know, go off to college or whatever that is, you know, that we're. We're gonna take off.

[Amy]

Where are we going? To the moon, man.

[Dale Jr.]

Places.

[Amy]

Just places. I can't. I mean, I'm sure we will start traveling.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

But I feel like we just will be scared. We'll want to, like, follow them around, make sure they're okay. I have.

[Dale Jr.]

No. I'm not thinking that way.

[Amy]

You're not.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know. I might. I don't know how it will feel, but I'm not feeling like. I feel. I'm like a. All in or all off. I can't do. I can't let my heart. Can't be like, here and here.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Can't be in two different places. And so if they're like, hey, I got accepted at this college, and I'm. I'm gonna do that. I'm. I'll be like, all right, man, let me make sure you have all the things, and then off you go.

[Amy]

Yeah. I mean, of course I'm going to do all that. And then I'm going to be worried to death when they're by themselves.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm just going to let it, leave it in. Leave it up to the universe.

[Amy]

What about driving?

[Dale Jr.]

Driving?

[Amy]

What, like, them learning to drive majors is going through that right now, and she's.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm worried about that only because I know how dangerous the road is and. And I know how careless kids can be, and. But we're going to do all the things, like they have that breaks program that we learned about through nationwide insurance, and I'm going to send them through stuff like that. They're gonna go, oh, yes, yes, sir. They're going to go through the breaks program. They're going to do. They're going to get a ton of information before they, you know, hit the road. They'll have all the understanding. At least they'll have been presented the materials, you know, to sort of understand.

[Amy]

So that's not worried about it.

[Travis]

Plus, technology you can, like.

[Dale Jr.]

I'll tell you what, this is the mouse. It's not a milestone, but the. The relationships, the boys. Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

I'm scared for that.

[Dale Jr.]

That is going to be a massive problem because. What do you mean? Well, there'll be no chance in hell that I'm going to like any of them. Yeah, right. No chance they could be the Most buttoned up, greatest young men. And I'm still not going to like them.

[Amy]

That's okay.

[Dale Jr.]

And that's not all right. I mean, it's. Yeah, it's. It's. Oh, it's. It's what it is. It's not like, okay or not okay. It's just I'm not going to like it, and they're not going to listen. I'm going to tell them, you know, to. To. I'm going to tell them about how they navigate those situations, and they're going to totally just, you know, do what they want to do.

[Amy]

The boys or our. Our children.

[Dale Jr.]

The kids. Our kids.

[Amy]

Our kids. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. You're gonna be like, hey, man, you know, just take it. You know, just be smart. You know, this is what. This is the. This is the pace and speed and the things you need to be aware of, and they're not gonna listen to none of that.

[Amy]

I can't. I can't imagine you even talking to the girls about dating. I feel like that's gonna be something

[Dale Jr.]

that, like, Mom, I'm sure you're going to do the majority of that, but I'm gonna have some opinions.

[Amy]

Of course. My dad didn't have any opinions.

[Dale Jr.]

I'll be honest. It ain't gonna be like, here's my advice. It's gonna be like, here's the rules.

[Amy]

Yes, of course. Yes. Here's your curfew.

[Dale Jr.]

Screw up. Yeah. If you screw up and you're late, I don't care if it's a minute, two minutes, ten minutes, your ass better be on time. Be where you're supposed to be.

[Amy]

Yeah. The thing about, like, life360 and all that now, too, is you can track them.

[Travis]

You can see how fast they're going.

[Amy]

Yeah. We didn't have any of that going on.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. That's the kind of stuff I'm.

[Amy]

Yeah. I mean, I snuck out of the house as a kid in high school, but I didn't do anything too wrong. So, like, at least one of them is gonna have my.

[Dale Jr.]

Like, my dad was really my dad when I flipped my truck. He. He was like, I flipped my car. You know, it happens. And I'm like, but it doesn't.

[Amy]

Like, not everybody just starts flipping trucks.

[Dale Jr.]

Point is, is it was a lesson for me to be like, hey, chill out. Yeah. Like, if. When my kids do the silly things that I did that I'm. And I'm still here to. And you know, it didn't. You know, they do say it's not the end, ruin Your life and ruin my life. You know, you don't have to really. The punishments don't have to be severe, but it's just got to be, you know, you just got to tell them what you expectations are.

[Amy]

I hear you. Well, I'm worried. And he's not.

[Travis]

He's worried with some things.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Just different ones. Next question comes from Heather. She wants to know, Amy, what is a fashion trend that you regret. Regret following?

[Amy]

Golly, so many.

[Dale Jr.]

I love this question.

[Amy]

This is a great question.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, this is great.

[Amy]

I'm thinking about, like, all the times I dyed my hair black or it looked great.

[Dale Jr.]

It's fine. I mean, you just.

[Amy]

That's a hard thing to undo when you're a blonde. It's a hard. Like, you have to just wait for it to either, oh, geez, fade out or you have to bleach it out. And that is not cute. Yeah, perms. I had a perm as a young kid, and it was a bob. It was, like, short. It was a lot more. More hair things than anything when no Doubt was really popular. I bleached my hair platinum. No, it was. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I was like, did you have the purple or the pink tips?

[Amy]

No, my parents weren't cool enough to let me do anything like that. But I did get to bleach it out. It was really platinum blonde, and then it was so fried. That went to curl it before school one day and, like, fried off onto my curling iron.

[Dale Jr.]

I gotta say, I liked Gwen's hair when she had the.

[Amy]

The pink.

[Dale Jr.]

She. They had the song called Ex Girlfriend, and she had blonde. Blonde hair with pink tips. Probably about four inches.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And I was like, pretty cool.

[Amy]

Yeah. Well, I couldn't do that kind of stuff with cheerleading either. There was so many, like, yeah, dress code rules.

[Dale Jr.]

You remember when I wanted to dye my hair orange?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

You would have let me. If you would have let me, I would have done it.

[Amy]

Listen, he wanted to do stuff like that, too. Again. When he was racing and had rules with all of his sponsors. He's like, oh, I've got this idea. I'm like, you're already kind of orange. Like, why not go for it? Maybe nobody will notice.

[Dale Jr.]

She did not say, why not go for it? It. She said, no.

[Amy]

I mean, why would you want to look like Carrot Top and have orange. Orange hair?

[Dale Jr.]

What did I want to do, blue?

[Amy]

You just wanted to dye your hair a different color.

[Travis]

It sounds like.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, definitely did. Like, in my mid-30s.

[Amy]

I've never seen a man do that.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, that would have been Weird.

[Travis]

I regret the.

[Dale Jr.]

Thanks for holding me back.

[Travis]

The frosted tips and the gel and the hair and the up. You have it sticking on the floor.

[Amy]

You had that, too.

[Travis]

Oh, yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I feel like, like the boys to men, Backstreet Boys, kind of like 2000s.

[Dale Jr.]

I did not mind the frosted tips. The. I went to a. I went to Teresa's stylist to get my tips frosted in the 90s and in late 90s.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And it was. Right. High end place. So it looked. It wasn't like that, you know, it wasn't like one of them cheap jobs now. So the first time I got it done, it looked like kind of like grays. Like.

[Amy]

Oh, it was ashy.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. And it was. It was. I liked. I thought it was good. And then finally we were like, man, just do the whole thing, you know? And we did the whole half. Whole top. Now that. That was.

[Amy]

And you did that yourself.

[Dale Jr.]

No, we did.

[Amy]

I did the salon. Did that.

[Dale Jr.]

Salon did it. Yeah.

[Amy]

But it's all hair related.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

There's lots of bad fashion choices. I mean, I look back at stuff recently, too, and I'm like, golly, what

[Dale Jr.]

were you thinking when that guy would stick that thing through the scalp?

[Amy]

Oh, yep. You had it.

[Dale Jr.]

He put it had this little thing on the cap.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And he'd stick it. And I. The.

[Amy]

It was like a crochet hook.

[Dale Jr.]

You do not. It was like a needle. It's like bang, bang. I'm like, you do not have to do that. Like, you can get in there and get hairs without having to poke me in the head physically every time it hurts. Yeah.

[Travis]

Dale, did you ever wear, like, the JNCO jeans, like the really baggy jeans?

[Dale Jr.]

I had? The Carpenter jeans. No, no big baggies. Just the Carpenter with the hair.

[Travis]

Yeah, I had those, too.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I had baggy jeans, but not Jenkos. Not like the true ones. Those are fun, though.

[Dale Jr.]

Carpenter jeans were big. Every. Everybody.

[Amy]

We're like in different generations, everybody wore Carpenter jeans.

[Dale Jr.]

I was around. I wasn't. I remember being in school when everybody wore their pants backwards. Like crisscross.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Remember that?

[Amy]

I think I was in junior high.

[Dale Jr.]

This cross will make you jump. Remember that?

[Travis]

So I know a song, but never that.

[Dale Jr.]

Boys wore their clothes backwards.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And then people started literally coming to school with their clothes backwards.

[Amy]

With their clothes backwards.

[Dale Jr.]

Not all of us did it, but some people literally did that. I'm like, bold.

[Amy]

Yeah. They didn't last very long and then let you do that at school for.

[Dale Jr.]

There was a phase when we were Wearing a pants inside out. I do not kid. What was that?

[Amy]

I don't know. What. I didn't do that.

[Dale Jr.]

Some of the music, it was a band or song or something, and people were coming with their jeans inside out.

[Amy]

I do remember that. I don't remember the band that did it, but I do.

[Dale Jr.]

Somebody that did it.

[Amy]

My favorite trend that I. I know kind of came back just lightly was in the 90s, like the. The baby doll T shirts with, like, the cami dresses and like Doc Martens. It's kind of the same.

[Dale Jr.]

I had some Doc Marten in the

[Amy]

grunge era, but, like the. The dainty girl grunge. I don't know if you call it

[Dale Jr.]

that, but there was grunge. And I was hanging out with this crowd and trying to impress them. And so, yeah, I had Doc Martens and all that stuff. Yeah, for a while.

[Amy]

I just took some Doc Martens out of Isla's closet yesterday. They're too small. And I got a little sad. They're so cute. They're flowers all over. Them all come back.

[Dale Jr.]

I had a little airwalk phase where I wore airwalk shoes. They're kind of like these, to be honest with you. They're comfortable. Airwalks were so comfortable.

[Travis]

Yeah, I remember those.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep. Had a pair.

[Amy]

You have them on?

[Travis]

No, I had a pair.

[Amy]

You had a pair?

[Dale Jr.]

I've. I used to. I had this football. So not necessarily a fashion thing that I regret, but Teresa would make us, you know, dress a certain way for school collared, but now shirt or whatever. And my friends, I'm going to, you know, a public school at this time. And my friends, man, they just wore whatever the hell they wanted. That's, you know, get on a school bus. And I'm like, everybody just dressed regularly. And here I am and brand new Wrangler jeans, starched, and I've got this damn college shirt on.

[Amy]

I can't imagine you in an outfit.

[Dale Jr.]

And I would. I would pack a shirt in my backpack and change clothes on the bus. I'd get on the bus wearing whatever Teresa said. I had to wear whatever she laid out that morning. And then I'd get on the bus

[Amy]

and change my shirt, like, just into a T shirt.

[Dale Jr.]

School. Yeah. Wear whatever I wanted.

[Amy]

Good Lord. You got naked on the bus.

[Dale Jr.]

I guess I did.

[Amy]

Dang, dude.

[Dale Jr.]

What's funny is, like, my second, third, fourth grade. I mean, just a kid.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Travis]

It's funny the brands that, like, when I was growing up, if you wore that, like, you were like a loser. And now like, they're popular.

[Amy]

They're popular.

[Dale Jr.]

And I'm just like, you remember what were the. The. The. The brown shoes?

[Amy]

I didn't have those. That. They look like moccasins, kind of.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, they had a name. Bass.

[Amy]

Wallabies.

[Dale Jr.]

No bass.

[Travis]

Look at that.

[Dale Jr.]

They were brown air loafers called Bass.

[Amy]

Like a boat shoe.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, dude, those things. Everyone had a pair of those.

[Amy]

We went through, like, a preppy phase. I remember when, like, Jabot. Do you remember Jabot jeans that had, like, a little label on the fly?

[Dale Jr.]

This probably the second one there. Yeah. Or the third one, Sperry Man's gold.

[Travis]

I remember I had, like, a pair, because that was like, everyone.

[Amy]

I pop my collar with my little polo shirts and have my Jabot jeans and all the things. I went through a hard preppy phase.

[Dale Jr.]

All of us had those for one year.

[Amy]

You know, I also remember having a Hornet starter jacket.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, I got one.

[Travis]

Chicago Bulls and Dolphins.

[Amy]

I mean, I don't think I ever watched a basketball game at all as a kid, but I had me a Hornet starter jacket. And I had Barkley's. The all black Barkley tennis shoes. I thought it was so cool. My sister got the Jordans, and I was like, I don't want to be like her. So I got. Got the other ones. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Nice.

[Amy]

It was cool.

[Dale Jr.]

Nah, man, that's some good memories.

[Amy]

I wish I still had the jacket.

[Travis]

You see the photos of yourself, and you're just like, oh, mom, why'd you let me wear that?

[Amy]

Yeah. She's like, it was too hard to change your mind? Just let you go?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And I know what that feels like now. Let's just let it ride. Do you have any other questions?

[Dale Jr.]

You remember cut? Did you ever cut? You probably did do this, but cut the lines in your head?

[Amy]

Yeah. No, I didn't do anything.

[Travis]

Stair steps. Yep.

[Dale Jr.]

You do like, three. I had that for a little six months or so.

[Amy]

Like Charlie Sheen, Brian Bosworth.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Never did that.

[Dale Jr.]

All this, you know, 12, 14, 15

[Amy]

years old or so when it's still cute.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. I had a flat top once.

[Amy]

What?

[Dale Jr.]

When I was in military.

[Amy]

With your curly hair?

[Dale Jr.]

When I was in military school, they had to buzz you, and so I didn't want to have a buzz cut like everybody else. I mean, it was short, right? Like a number two or number three, but they'd let you have a flat top. And so I did a flat top once for a while.

[Amy]

God, I'd love to see a picture of that. I can't imagine your head's already so very square.

[Dale Jr.]

12, 13 years old, man.

[Amy]

I had a Simpsons character.

[Dale Jr.]

Perfectly flat top. It was badass.

[Amy]

That's when we need to dye it. When you get a flat top. Blue flat top.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Travis]

One more question is, what is something you swore you never do as a parent that you've given in on, that I never do, that you swore you would never like? Is there anything that you're like, yeah, they're not doing this, or probably like

[Amy]

taking iPads to a restaurant. I remember thinking, like, there's got to be another way. And they're. I think we don't take them all the time, but if we're on vacation, we take them just so we can sit there longer because their attention span is so short. So that's one of them.

[Dale Jr.]

But when Kelly had her kids, I was, I was in, in the, in the, in the cartoon realm. My favorite is spongebob. I like spongebob. So if I'm gonna sit down, watch cartoon, because it's just. I like, I just. There's some others, but SpongeBob's probably my favorite. And so I intentionally would. Anytime I bought Kelly's kids anything, it would be spongebob. It'd be spongebob, stuffed animals, slippers, slippers, whatever, spongebob, everything. I was going to imprint spongebob on these kids and. And it kind of worked.

[Amy]

Kennedy really likes fun job.

[Dale Jr.]

And so when we had kids, I was like, all right, you know, can't wait till we. They get the chance to find out what SpongeBob is. He's hilarious. And Amy's like, they ain't watching SpongeBob.

[Amy]

I mean, he played SpongeBob. He didn't just think about it. He had SpongeBob on for Isla when she was like three years old. She's learning how to speak very well. Like, she's repeating everything. And spongebob is on when I come downstairs whatever morning it was. And spongebob is crude and it's not that, like, kids can't watch it, but three year olds probably shouldn't, because SpongeBob, like, what's Krusty Krab and SpongeBob? And what's the little guy that's really like Squidward? He's mad at everything. And he said, I hate you, SpongeBob. And I'm like, nope, turn it off. Because we're not talking like that. She's going to start saying, I hate this and I hate this and I hate you, dad, and I hate you, Mom. You can't be watching this. And he was so mad at me. I'm like, what, are you kidding me? You can't regulate SpongeBob. Once you. Once you, like, put it in there, you can't extract that from her little minds. Like, it's too early.

[Dale Jr.]

But then we got to a certain time where I'm not. I'm just. She starts putting spongebob on the tv.

[Amy]

They. They just came out with a movie, and so we've seen spongebob, too. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And I'm like, hey, wait a minute. Nobody told me SpongeBob was now clear. All free and clear.

[Amy]

Nobody says, I hate you in the movie. Oh, they've cleaned it up a little bit. I think enough of us moms were like, okay, they, like, clean it up, spongebob.

[Travis]

The girls are older now.

[Dale Jr.]

They are, but, I mean, they're older now, you know, I didn't get to. Hey, I didn't get the memo that morning. From this point forward, spongebob is good to go. You can start having some spongebob.

[Amy]

I was just trying to surprise you, Dale. You said you like that, and I'm

[Dale Jr.]

like, man, I thought I'd get a notice.

[Amy]

No, there's probably gonna be lots of things that happen like that. Like, okay, now we're gonna just try this out.

[Dale Jr.]

It's hard to keep up.

[Amy]

That's gonna be, I guess, welcome to your life.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Buckle up, Ralph.

[Travis]

Well, that's what we got this week.

[Amy]

Thank you guys for your questions. If you haven't already, please hit subscribe. And don't forget to check out all of the [e-mail] Also, if you haven't already noticed, we have Jerky Boys merch, and you can buy some of that here in the shop. So thank you for your time and your questions, and we'll see you next week.

[Dale Jr.]

Check out DirtyMomedia on Instagram, Facebook, X and TikTok. Why have I asked my electrician I

[Travis]

found on Angie.com to bury my pet hamster?

[Dale Jr.]

I was so moved by how carefully

[Travis]

he buried my electrical wires, I knew I could trust him to bury my sweet nibbles after his untimely end.

[Dale Jr.]

This is very strange, Angie. The one you trust. Define the ones you trust. Find pros for all your home [e-mail] hi, neighbor.

[Amy]

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