Reliving Our Most Embarrassing Key West Memories

Summary

The Dale Jr. Download

Episode: Reliving Our Most Embarrassing Key West Memories
Date: September 18, 2025
Host: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Dale), Amy Earnhardt (Amy), and Show Producer (assorted minor speakers)

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Episode Overview

In this lively and candid episode, Dale Jr. and Amy share hilarious and cringe-worthy stories from their years of Key West vacations, reflecting on youthful antics, local adventures, and a few unexpected run-ins with both people and pets. The show’s tone is nostalgic, self-deprecating, and full of southern charm as they recount their escapades, discuss changing priorities with age, and field questions from listeners about everything from haunted houses to parenting snafus. With a running theme of “owning the embarrassment,” the couple invites listeners to join them in laughing at life’s less-flattering moments, especially those witnessed by the always-watchful locals of Key West.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Remembering Past Key West Trips

Dale and Amy kick things off by admitting the episode’s notes were “drunkenly added,” setting the comedic, anything-goes tone.

• Frequency of Visits & Changing Attitudes

  • Used to visit Key West 8-10 times a year, often “running really hard.”
  • Now feeling that “days are numbered” due to family and demanding schedules.
  • Dale: “I was thinking we needed a shorter trip, just one day. Fire down there, get it done and get out.” (05:00)
  • Amy: “We just need a longer trip so we don’t feel like we have to crunch everything into such a short amount of time.” (04:45)

• Trip for Tim Duggar’s Birthday

  • Tim leveraged his birthday to get Dale and Amy down, knowing Amy usually hesitates.

2. Pet Woes: Junebug’s Misadventures

• Junebug’s Accident
  • Junebug, their elderly Pomeranian, got attacked by Gus, the family’s other dog, just before the trip.
  • Amy recounts late-night vet runs and his recovery: “Broken ribs, no punctures, but he just launched on… spent the weekend at the emergency care facility…” (05:40–06:19)
  • Dale on pet aging: “He had a stroke not long ago, lost his hearing entirely, can’t hear a thing… Now Junebug does none of that [barking].” (08:21)

3. Key West Travel Antics & Embarrassing Memories

• White-Knuckle Landings & Awkward Encounters

  • Amy panics mid-flight, convinced the landing gear didn’t go down.
  • Both spiral internally: “Should you go tell him? No, I ain’t going to tell her.” (11:13)
  • Dale nervously jokes about “sliding off the runway” to their pilot, who was at the controls during their past plane crash—realizing too late it wasn’t funny:
    • “As soon as it came out, I was like, that wasn’t funny at all.” (15:41)

• Key West Escapades

  • Signature Key West routine: bar-hopping, long hours, and embarrassing bar stories.
  • Dale: “A day in Key West… get up in the morning, get some food... couple beers around lunch… from bar to bar, enjoy music… one, two in the morning, go to bed.” (10:00)
  • Amy always went to bed earlier; Dale sometimes napped and then rallied.

Notable Key West Stories

• Cupcake Sushi & Bike Dress Mishap

  • Key West’s local treat: “Cupcake Sushi” for the girls.
  • Amy’s “maxi dress caught in the bike,” stranded outside Fausto’s: “I was not even on the sidewalk… yelling loud enough someone comes out, had to come and cut my dress off.” (19:29)

• Rubber Mask Pranks

  • Dale and friends would wear horse and chicken masks, hide in bushes, and jump scare passersby late at night. Nearly got in serious trouble with an upset dad. (20:40–22:13)
  • Dale: “What they’ve seen us do is on the lower scale of dumb in terms of Key West. Every day, it’s chaos.” (19:59)

• Karaoke at Bobby’s Monkey Bar

  • “Run out of Bobby’s” more than once—never plan to go there, “Bobby’s just happens." (23:22–23:33)
  • “It’s kind of where all the locals go… not my favorite thing to do because I feel super shameful when I wake up after I’ve gotten on a stage and, you know, squawked karaoke.” – Amy (23:05)
  • Surprise reconnection: Dale meets the son of a cancer survivor he’d tweeted about and runs into a long-lost NASCAR engineer now running karaoke. (27:17–30:31)

• Flying Monkey Bar & A Not-So-Fresh Moment

  • Amy exposes Dale’s “box fan fart” that grossed out their friends: “Who does that? Sits with friends in front of the frickin’ box fan and just rips it… ruined our moment.” (33:55–34:09)

Notable Quote

• “Now, what I remember about the Flying Monkey bar is that box fan and Dale’s manners.” – Amy (34:02)

4. Listener Q&A (Advice & Anecdotes)

(54:37–74:46) Tone is caring, sometimes playful.

• Haunted House Nerves:

  • “Just go and scream. She’s gonna have fun watching that… that’s part of the fun.” – Amy (54:46)
  • Dale: “Going to some place like that really gives you tons of content… You’re never going to be without things to discuss.” (55:36)

• Advice for New Dads:

  • “Pick up some of the slack… even simple things like folding the blankets...” – Dale (58:53)
  • “Get your rest… feed her, even if she doesn’t say she needs anything…” – Amy (56:40)
  • “I really enjoy changing diapers. Mom spends a ton of time with the baby… you get this real one-on-one time.” – Dale (59:14)

• Childhood Beliefs That Seem Funny Now:

  • “Used to think that rice came from my dad’s belly button.” – Amy (62:14)
  • “Don’t make that face. It'll get stuck that way.” – Dale (63:27)

• Parenting Moves They Said They’d Never Do:

  • Amy once swore she wouldn’t let the house get messy, but “there’s stuff everywhere.” (65:16)
  • Dale: “I will hold them accountable. I’ll be stern and mean … Not happening!” (66:25)

• Funny Kid Updates

  • Isla’s earring saga: “She goes everywhere with one earring. She’s not ashamed.” – Amy (64:41)
  • Lying and discipline frustrations: “She literally said to us, like, five times in a row, ‘I brushed my hair.’ And I’m like, ... what is with this?” – Dale (67:48)

• Animal Updates

  • No more new animals for now, though with two animal-loving daughters, “more animals is inevitable.” (75:11–75:18)
  • Dale muses on the limiting side of animal ownership vs. their love for rescue work and providing a retirement home for donkeys, a mule, and a mini horse.

5. Games & Laughs: Family Feud Segment

(47:26–54:29)

A lighthearted round of Family Feud with food and relationship-themed questions sparks plenty of jokes:

• Name something a baker might call his wife:

  • “Honey bun” (first guess, #1 answer)
  • “Sugar britches” (Dale, laughing: “That’s what I like to call Amy… The power of sugar britches!”) (48:28–48:50)

• Name a place a wife would be mad to go for their anniversary:

  • “Racetrack,” “His mom’s house,” “Strip club,” and “A tacky themed restaurant.”

• Name another word for rear end:

  • “Bottom,” “Arse,” “Heiny,” with “Badonkadonk” suggested playfully by Dale.

• Name something that grows faster than you want it to:

  • Hair, weeds, kids, fingernails, belly.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On growing up and letting go

  • Dale: “I think it was just part of becoming who I am.” (22:31)

• On the art of embarrassing oneself:

  • Amy: “There’s so many embarrassing memories… I get nervous going down there because of all the stupid things we’ve done and how foolish we acted.” (19:38)

• On the randomness of Key West encounters:

  • Dale: “That was my mom that you met in the hospital… Just wanted to say hey... Small world.” (28:09)

• On parental discipline:

  • Dale: “I’m like, holy mackerel, I’m in trouble.” (68:32)

• On fatherhood:

  • Dale: “I know, it’s the strangest thing. I miss… sitting in the chair with that child on your chest and reading a book or singing. ...Those are fun, fun moments. And everybody tells you, better enjoy it. And they’re right.” (60:36–60:58)

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Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 04:15–05:06 | Discussing Key West plans, Tim Duggar’s invitation | | 05:37–10:01 | Junebug’s accident and dog stories | | 10:01–13:14 | Key West routines and flight-anxiety anecdote | | 19:29–23:22 | Cupcake sushi and Amy’s bike dress mishap | | 20:40–22:26 | Rubber mask pranks and hiding in bushes | | 23:05–31:04 | Karaoke at Bobby’s Monkey Bar, surprise reunions | | 33:55–34:09 | Box fan fart story at Flying Monkey | | 47:26–54:29 | Family Feud game section | | 54:37–74:46 | Listener Q&A: Parenting, silly beliefs, kids & animals | | 76:03–77:22 | Listener asks for top Key West spots; recommendations |

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Key West Recommendations (76:09–77:22)

Top Places According to Dale & Amy:

• Schooner Wharf (relaxing marina spot)
• Brawl Bar (buffalo shrimp, oysters)
• Amigos (margaritas, breakfast tacos)
• Captain Tony’s (across from Amigos)
• Hanks (award-winning Korean BBQ tacos)
• Bobby’s Monkey Bar (late-night karaoke)
• Green Parrot (classic hangout)

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Tone & Style

Conversational, irreverent, and warmly self-mocking—fans of Dale and Amy will find the episode loaded with in-jokes, real-life parenting and travel hiccups, and plenty of stories that show even the most successful folks can still be the biggest goofballs in Key West.

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This episode serves as both a highlight reel of embarrassing Key West moments and a lighthearted look at how life, family, and even pets force everyone to slow down and laugh at themselves. From box-fan farting in a bar to family Feud bickering, it’s a full slice of Earnhardt domesticity—silly, relatable, and endearing.

Transcript

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[B]

The notes. Yes.

[A]

We drunkenly added the notes.

[B]

Drunk lots of drinking, so some of this. We're not even going to know what it is. That's all right. That's fine.

[A]

He probably already understood that that's what.

[C]

Happened by the organization.

[A]

Quality and everything.

[B]

We should just own it.

[A]

What'd you say?

[B]

Should we just own it there. All right. Let's just don't. All right. Yeah.

[A]

Hey, everybody. Dale Jr. And I are back in the Dirty Mo media studio for another round of bless your heart. We have. Good. We're gonna talk about our little trip to Key West. Our little doggy here who has joined us today, June bug. He got another attack. But we have a good show. Let's get started.

[B]

The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media.

[A]

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?

[B]

I'm working.

[A]

Working. Dale, what's our drink of the week?

[B]

All right, we got the high rock drink of the week, and this one looks like it might be something familiar for me. I see orange and white, so I'm thinking creamsicle. But it is called the orange dreamsicle, so. Yeah, that's. That's what it is. Two ounces of high rock vodka. One ounce of triple sec, two ounces of orange juice, whipped cream, orange soda. Two ounces. And there it is. So everybody loves orange creamsicle, and this is kind of a spin off of that.

[A]

Yeah, it's very nostalgic popsicle that they've turned into a cocktail. It's Pretty amazing. Amazing, yeah.

[B]

Delicious. It's really similar, honestly, to the Dahlia.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

That you can go and get at the Texas Roadhouse.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

So we have a High Rock vodka drink at Texas Roadhouse called Dahlia. Doing really good. And that's. That's kind of what the. The idea is behind the dill. Yeah. So the Orange Dream. Sickle man, you could make this any way you want, but the orange juice, whipped cream, orange soda, those are critical components. The triple sec. What. What is triple sec?

[A]

It's an orange liqueur.

[B]

Is it?

[A]

So it's just kind of adds to the orange, but the whipped cream really just gives it that.

[B]

You got any orange stuff? Put the orange stuff in orange stuff and whipped cream. Triple sec, Mix it all together. Soda.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Visit highrockvodka.com if you're looking for a bottle near you, there's a locator on this website, so you'll be able to see what store near you has a bottle you can go grab. Also possible for some states that they can ship to you. That'll also be on the website as well. Please remember to drink responsibly. Must be 21 or over. So lots of. Lots of notes on this sheet. Me and Amy went to Key west for our friend Tim Duggar. Tim is having a birthday, asked us to go to Key west and meet him in town for a couple nights. And of course, that was. That was all right with me. And Tim's a ton of fun, and we've. We've been friends for a long time.

[A]

He knows that I hesitate to go to Key west, so that was leverage. Was his birthday. He's like, all I want you guys to do is meet me in Key west for my birthday.

[B]

Amy's Key west days are numbered, and I kind of still like going down there, but I'm starting to understand that my. My number, my days down there are numbered as well. We used to go eight, ten times a year and just run really hard. And so, you know, we're realizing that, you know, with everything going on in our lives, that it's just harder to fit that kind of activity into the. Into the year.

[A]

But I feel like we just need a longer trip so we don't feel like we have to crunch, like crunch everything into such a short amount of time. Like, we'll take a beach day instead of, you know, flip flopping around the island, just trying to drink every. At every bar.

[B]

I was thinking we needed a shorter trip, just one day.

[A]

Well, it's either one night or one.

[B]

Week, fire down in there, get it done and get out.

[A]

That's why I always let you go with your friends instead of taking me along, because you guys can go do that. Well, and then I can help you return to existence when you come home. If both of us are knocked down that far, it's just too hard.

[B]

Most of the notes that we made for this show were made after multiple beers. So some of these things we're not even going to remember what the context is, but I bet we can.

[A]

Yeah, it's a good challenge, though.

[B]

Our best. Before we get going on our Key west trip, we had a little incident with Junebug.

[A]

That's right. So it's Friday evening, 5 o'. Clock.

[B]

Getting ready?

[A]

Yeah, we're getting ready to. I'm getting ready to, like, get the girls bed and pack for the trip because we leave Saturday morning. So I'm getting things out of my car. Gus is sound asleep by the steps by the back door to the garage. Like, his room's real close to the garage. He's sound asleep. Junebug follows me outside, or I think he does. What he really did was take a hard right, right into Gus's room and just to go check out what he had in his food bowl. And Gus came out of his slumber and just attacked him. So we've got a broken Pomeranian. He's got broken ribs, no punctures, but he like just launched on. Crunched him, basically. So he spent the weekend at the emergency care facility down in Charlotte.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Just to be doing better today, but.

[B]

So you took him to the vet? I was not here. I was.

[A]

You were in Bristol.

[B]

I was in Bristol for the Xfinity race, and I had an autograph session at the Hard Rock Casino, who's a new partner for us this year. But Junebug, you said that Junebug, you took him to the vet.

[A]

And I called our vet immediately. She said, bring him in. And so I took him. They did the X rays and they're like, you know, you can take him home. I'm like, well, I don't feel comfortable taking him home if he's got all these broken ribs. Like, what else do I need to do? And so they called the care facility and set it all up. And I had girls with me, had the iPads, had like a bunch of road snacks. We rode all the way down to Charlotte and they have. It was like a three hour event of just trying to make sure he was in the right care and he was going to be okay because you couldn't really tell from the X rays if he had any internal punctures from Gus's teeth, but.

[B]

So Junebug is how many years old?

[A]

He's 14.

[B]

14?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Pomeranians. I guess we looked it up a while back. They. 16 to 18 years. What they get?

[A]

Long little life.

[B]

Yeah. And so he has been so much fun while he. He does a couple things that are absolutely asinine, really frustrating. So he pees all over the floor. Does not have. We've tried and tried. He doesn't have the. He's not trained right. To go. Go to the door and wait. So we have to constantly be making sure he's taken outside. And. And sometimes, you know, a couple hours go by and you'll forget. And there's a spot on the floor. But he's gotten better. He used to pee all over the rugs, all over carpet, all over cloth. Now at least he's peeing on tile and hard floors. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's a little bit easier for cleaning up. Yeah. But I step in it once or twice.

[A]

Yeah. His favorite place is just pee right at the bottom of the staircase. So you come down the stairs and you hit a piece of, you know, cold, slick. Tt.

[B]

And this is with Amy's no shoe policy in the house. So much fun. Just. Just clean. Sock right into the pee.

[A]

Well, then you got to clean your shoes. I mean, yeah, we're cleaning something anyway.

[B]

But anyways, he's been a lot of fun. And in the past couple of years, it's been. He's. I'm pulling for him to, like, you know, battle through all these challenges because he had a stroke not long ago, lost his hearing entirely, can't hear a thing. And so. Which has actually got some benefits. So he used to. At the sound of any kind of knock or a car driving by or anything out the front door, he goes screaming, barking, raising hell at the front door. And that would draw Gus into that same barking. Barking. Barking.

[A]

Yeah. We got, like, the mouth and the muscle. The big one.

[B]

You go over there, and it's just Mitch mowing the grass. And it was all day, every day. And I'm constantly sitting on the couch, hollering at them to shut up.

[A]

Got three things screaming.

[B]

Yeah. So now. Now Junebug does none of that. Like, all kinds of things are happening around the house. He has no idea.

[A]

No. You can sneak right up on him.

[B]

So that's actually kind of nice. We try hard to keep them apart or try to. We shut.

[A]

Kick the food off the floor. We Shut the doors to the food.

[B]

For the last three preemptive things for the last five years. Every time we feed Gus, we shut him up in his room, let him eat, make sure he's ate, make sure Junebug's got done with his food, and we can let them back out into the room, the house together. But that was a pretty scary deal. Junebug's been real tender for the past couple of days, but he's looking really good today.

[A]

Yeah, he walked. He popped all the way up the stairs this morning to try to find me. I left him on the couch, so that's a sign of progress. But he's with us anyway, just so. Yeah, that's why not taking any chance.

[B]

So Key west, we again, we used to go to Key west all the time. We did raise all kinds of hell down there. And, you know, a day in Key west, in my head, everybody does it a little differently. But you get up in the morning, you get some food, and you kind of cruise into a couple of beers around lunch or just a bit before lunch, and you just kind of steadily hang and go from bar to bar and just enjoy music and whatever. And one, two in the morning, you go to bed or.

[A]

Two in the morning. Yeah, I went to bed at like nine o' clock every.

[B]

Well, that's like, with a nap in the middle of the night. Thinking back, I was like, I need.

[A]

To get out of here.

[B]

Yeah. Thinking back to, like years ago, that's kind of the process, right. It was day after day after day of that. And obviously, as we got older, we slowed down. And now when we go down there and try to. Try to at least, I mean, because kind of the only Key west we know. So we go down there and that's what. What Tim and his wife like to do. They're kind of younger and they have.

[A]

A route to, like, they started one place and they have a circuit that they take.

[B]

Yeah. And so we went down there and had fun, Tried to hang out. It worked pretty good.

[A]

We did fine.

[B]

Yeah. Got got home. Felt good when I got home.

[A]

Yeah. So flying in was an adventure because we're not gonna talk about that.

[B]

What happened?

[A]

Well.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Well, so we're flying in and you go over the water. So for a while you, like, you lose your wi fi. So you are forced to have to chat with your partner. So Dale and I are just sitting there, like, giggling, laughing, talking about what we're gonna do, excited about our trip, hoping Junebug's okay. Just talking about all the things and we're getting ready to land and, like, really close to landing. And I look over at Dale and I was like, you know what? I didn't hear the landing gear go down. Did you hear the landing gear go down? And that's usually a noise. It's pretty prevalent. Like, you don't miss it. And he goes, actually, I didn't. And so I start to scramble in my mind, like, just spiraling very quickly. I'm like, should you go tell him? And he's like, no, I ain't going to tell her. I'm like, well, all right. Giddy up. We're just gonna.

[B]

We were.

[A]

Of course the landing gear was down. It's just. We were chit chatting and didn't hear it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So we had a great flight. And then all of a sudden, I. In my nervousness and I panicked and Dale panicked.

[B]

You know, with the. With the crash we had a couple years ago, we're kind of a little anxious about flying still. But the couple. We couple. A week ago, two weeks ago, I had the same feeling. I was. We were landing and I thought. I didn't hear the landing gear because it's. You hear it? And I was like, I didn't hear the landing gear. Well, I'm sure they got it down. I mean, of course, you know, of course they got it down and they had it down. I mean, I don't know. It's silly, but you can't help but have these, like, little thoughts creeping, you know, every now and then you're like, well, I didn't hear it.

[A]

So now you're neurotic down in general.

[B]

But you're surely not going to go up to the cockpit as they're descending.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, literally, there's the Runway. Hey, guys, Landing gears down, Right. That, you know, I mean, so I'm.

[A]

Throwing my arms down like white knuckle. And he goes and just straps himself in tighter.

[B]

My belt tighter. That's what everybody, like T.J. always told tightening belts. So I just tighten the belts. Anytime I have any concern, I'll just tighten the belt.

[A]

He just tightens his seat.

[B]

That'll do it. But there. Our pilots already know that we have, you know, we're oversensitive. Yeah. Level of anxiety. They know it. You know, we. We talk about it. We talk to them about it. We're pretty open about how we feel in terms of flying. And so, yeah, it was. It was funny. We landed. They landed. They landed the plane. And this is. I feel so bad about this because.

[A]

Dale is also nervous and Spiraling. But he wasn't talking about it like I was, because I was. Stopped talking. So we get out of the plane, and I'm just.

[B]

The pilot that landed the plane is Jeff. All right? Our. Our lead pilot, Joey was at a wedding for his family.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And so we asked Jeff, our old pilot, who we love and trust 100%, who was. Who was with us when we had the crash at Bristol. We asked him to fly us to. To join Alex, our other pilot, to get this trip done.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So he's actually at the controls in the left seat, landing this plane.

[A]

And he's a phenomenal pilot.

[B]

Would trust him with my life, military experience. He's great. So he lands a plane, and we're just thrilled that we seem. We only see him like once a year when he comes in every once in a while. Flies our plane every now and then. Right. When Joey needs him. He's always good to do us a favor. And so anyways, we get off the plane and I'm. We're just having their nervous energy. Right. Not thinking about what's. What we're saying.

[A]

And Jeff is also very excited to see us. And he's like, gosh, it's so cool to see you guys. I haven't been to Key west in forever. And it was like. I said, everybody's just over talking, right?

[B]

Yeah, And I said, yeah, everybody's over talking, especially me. And I said, jeff. I was like, we're. We've thought for a second. We weren't sure. We heard the landing gear land. And I thought, man, we're gonna land this thing, slide off the end of the Runway. And that came out of my mouth to the guy who was on the plane with us when we slid off the end of the Runway in Bristol.

[A]

And I was like, huh? Really random. Jeff's like, come on, man. You know, it's okay.

[B]

Jeff's like, oh, man.

[A]

No, I know.

[B]

And I'm thinking, man, why is that?

[A]

What I wanted to say right now.

[B]

Was I thinking to say that to this guy? And so. But we love Jeff. And, And. And I'm sure he's like, yeah, whatever.

[A]

Yeah, he knows how awkward and silly we can be.

[B]

But, yeah, that was. That's one of them times when you say something, you're like. As soon as it came out, I was like, that wasn't funny at all. So that's how we started the trip. Hey, this is Dale Jr. And for the latest Bless yous 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 Community Coffee is the official coffee of Dirty Mo Media. They're a family owned fifth generation roaster that's been around since 1919. That's forever. They just came out with a new great tasting coffee first light blend as well as iced coffee K cups. First light is a bright, delicate, light roast with notes of honey and brown sugar. Their iced coffee K cups are rich and refreshing and they stand up to ice so your coffee isn't watered down. Available in classic black and vanilla sweet cream.

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[A]

So on the way from the airport to the hotel, Dale, we were talking about getting cupcake sushi for the girls. So if you haven't heard of cupcake sushi, you absolutely will. Now there is this wonderful lady named Lori that lives in Key west and she created this dessert called cupcake sushi. And it's literally like cake ball. It's like a cake ball center with a chocolate dip and like decorations on the top. It looks just like a piece of sushi. But it's dessert.

[B]

It's dessert entirely dessert. I need to make that clear, people. It just looks like, I know I've told people about this and they go.

[A]

Ew, no, there's no fish. There's no cupcakes and fish. No, it's all cake.

[B]

They can't comprehend the idea of sprinkles just looks like.

[A]

Yeah, it just looks like citrus.

[B]

Really a piece of cake.

[A]

So it's like a really Special treat you get when you go to Key West. She ships it. So we've gotten some recently. She sent us a box, and the girls call it cupcake shooshi. Well, Nicole does, because she just thinks it's funny to do that. So we promised to bring them some more back. So we were talking about where we used to pick that up at the markets, and Dale reminded me that we used to get it at this place called Fausto's, which is, like, the little local grocery store there that's really close to our old house. And I was like, you remember? My memory of Fausto's isn't the cupcake sushi. It's that bike ride I had where I had to scream for help outside of Fausto. So I went to pick up takeout from one of the restaurants in the middle of the day. I'm riding back on my bike because it's what you do on Key West. There's a basket on the front. Like, he used to ride in the basket, or I'd put my food or whatever in the basket. So I've got peanut noodles in my basket. I'm wearing a maxi dress, which is a dumb move, because as I'm halfway home, a maxi dress is something that goes down to your ankles. It's a longer dress, and I forgot to tie it up in a knot, which I usually did well. So I'm riding home, and that stupid dress gets caught in the wheel of my back tire. Like, just gets caught up in the spoke or something. Like, so tight so quickly that it, like, cinched my legs tight. I couldn't move. So I'm standing there, like, straddled on.

[B]

My bike in front of the Faust.

[A]

In front of this grocery store, just, like, humming out in the road. And I was not even on the sidewalk.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

And, like, help.

[B]

Help.

[A]

And so I'm yelling loud enough so that someone comes out, and they had to come and cut my dress off. And it was, like, a whole thing. So my memory is the embarrassment. There's so many embarrassing memories. That was the other thing we were talking about. I get nervous going down there because of all the stupid things we've done and how foolish we acted.

[B]

That's. So.

[A]

That's the thing we're gonna remember.

[B]

What they. What. What they've seen us do is, like, on the lower scale of dumb in terms of Key West. I mean, Key west. Every day, it's chaos.

[A]

Yeah. There's a lot of shenanigans happening.

[B]

Yeah. And, like, I think they see us coming, and they Go. We're harmless.

[A]

I was just raised to not do that kind of stuff out in public, you know what I mean? Like, we are supposed to, like, have our manners. And so you kind of lose your manners down there because everything, like you said, is just so chaotic and everybody's acting so silly. But even our taxi driver, who we hadn't seen forever, goes, oh, man, you guys still jump out of the bushes and scare people. We used to do something. So many stupid things down there. We had these rubber masks. One looked like a chicken. What else did they look like? A horse. Like, stupid, big rubber masks.

[B]

So I found these masks at this gas station or a general store. And we were. Me and some buddies were really hungover, trying to go get something to eat. And we were walking around this general store, and one of the guys, they. They walk over wearing this rubber horse head. And I was like, oh, that's hilarious. Let's get the chicken. And, you know, all kinds of animals. I'm like, let's just get one. Everybody get one. And we brought them all back to the house and we just threw them in the. Threw them. Threw them in a drawer and didn't worry about it. And then one night, it's like two o' clock in the morning. We would sit on the front porch and our house was on this main street that everybody. All the drunks walked home from the bar. Yeah. And so we'd get home. Sometimes we get home earlier than most, and we'd sit on the bar and have a few drinks before we wanted to end the night. Listen to some music. Just watching people walk by and they were, you know, chalk and chat and hear your music and tell you something. Hey, how's it going? Everybody in a good mood? Everybody's happy. And we would some nights hide in the bushes and jump out and scare people.

[A]

There's two giant planters in the front of the house.

[B]

There's zero traffic. Zero street traffic.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. It's just.

[B]

So we would. We would hide in the bushes and jump out and scare people coming down.

[A]

The side of all with random horse masks and shit on.

[B]

And then we started doing it with the masks and we almost got our asses whooped one night, one guy fell in the street. Well, this one. There was another one where this guy had had his son with him, and he was like 14, 15 years old. And that guy was really upset that we did that.

[A]

Well, he should have had his kid home earlier.

[C]

14, 15.

[A]

That's Key West. He learned his lesson too, right?

[B]

Yeah, but it was. We Just do goofy stuff. But those were the days.

[A]

Yeah. So people did remember some of that. Which is always a little embarrassing.

[B]

Not really.

[A]

I think so you can en and lift it up if you want, but I'm embarrassed.

[B]

I'm not lifting it up. I'm just saying I'm not ashamed of it. I think it was just part of becoming who I am.

[A]

It's just part of my development, my growth and development. Speaking of being embarrassed too, there's one other spot that we used to go to Key west called Bobby's Monkey Bar. This place is like a super dive, and it's where all the locals go to sing karaoke, which is not my favorite thing to do because I feel super shameful when I wake up after I've gotten on a stage and, you know, squawked karaoke. Dale loves this place and so we always go. And Tim also loves to sing because he's a singer. So we go down to Bobby's on the last night that we were there.

[B]

So, yeah, Bobby's is a karaoke bar. A lot of fun. We spent way too many nights in there. And it's kind of like we've gotten.

[A]

Run out of Bobby's.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. We were talking about earlier in the day, like, hey, Tim's like, hey, should we go to Bobby's? I'm like, we never plan to go to Bobby's. Bobby's just happens.

[A]

It just happens.

[B]

We don't plan it because nobody ever gets up in the morning, goes, Bobby's on the. Bobby's is on the list on the docket right after, after, you know, this and this and this.

[A]

This is kind of places open to 4:00am yeah.

[B]

Okay. You just end up there because you, you just needn't have kick in the ass. Right. And so. And you're kind of wondering whether you got the balls to get up on stage and sing a song. Right.

[C]

Yeah, of course.

[B]

And so we get. We go to Bobby's. We weren't planning on going. We ended up getting on a pedicab. Amy had napped in the middle of the day.

[A]

I was overstimulated at some point. I don't remember where we were.

[B]

And I was. I was barely getting through like 4 or 5 o'. Clock. I was. I was just kind of motoring on, thinking, well, I might be in for an early night.

[A]

Let's talk about that. So I went to. I went to take a nap. Where were we when I left? Do you remember? Okay, well, I'm at. We're at a bar somewhere and there's people everywhere. I'm not feeling that great. I want to go take a nap. I'm overstimulating.

[B]

Oh, it was on the. Right in front of Amigos, right on the side we were.

[A]

They were going in, right in that square of town where it's like the most traffic. Foot traffic.

[B]

I was like, noise, everything, Amigos. And have a margarita. You're like, I'm tired. I'm ready to go.

[A]

I can't do this.

[B]

I can't do it.

[A]

I literally just turned around and walked off and went back to the hotel in Napa for a couple hours. I can track down on my phone. So I wake up, I'm like, okay, I'm gonna go back out.

[B]

I said, at Amigos had a Margarita.

[A]

You did?

[B]

Yep. Turned on my little speaker. I had my little clip on.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

On my. On my pocket and on my loop. And so I set my speaker there, had a margarita, watched people run around, and. Because it's a perfect place to sit and watch people. And I got up from there and went. I was headed back toward the house.

[A]

Okay, so you went to Shots and Giggles.

[B]

Went to Shots and Giggles.

[A]

Yeah. That's where I found him. Shots and Giggles.

[B]

Sitting on the porch.

[A]

There he was sitting on the porch. I come around the corner and he looks at me like, I can't believe she came back. I mean, I almost didn't, but I come. I come up to him, and he's cross eyed, and he doesn't even have his shoes on. I'm like, where are your shoes? Why are you in Key west without your shoes on? And I look down, and his feet are so swollen.

[B]

Oh, my God, he's had so many.

[A]

Cocktails, and he's been sitting with his legs dangling on a bar stool all day. And he's made, like 10 friends. There's new people everywhere. I'm like, oh, my gosh. Maybe I should just pivot and turn around and go back. But it was too late because he saw me.

[B]

I went from like, man, I'm probably just gonna go on back to the room to full throttle. Oh, I got my second glue. Yeah. And we end up on a pedicab to Bobby's like, an hour later. But so at Bobby's. Check this out. So two things, two things happened at Bobby's that were. That were kind of like that. Man, this is, you know, small world. Yeah, small world. So a long time ago, not a long time ago, probably several months ago, I went to get some blood work done, and there was a Lady sitting next to me, an older lady, and she said she was getting her blood work done, and she come out and she said, hey, it's cancer survivor day, and I'm a survivor, and I'm getting my blood work checked to make sure everything's good. And I thought, you know, I'm glad she's a survivor. That's awesome. And then I was like, well, you know, have to get your blood work checked and worry that.

[A]

Yeah, it's always in, like, the back.

[B]

Always in the back of your mind. I'm like, man, I felt, you know, it was just a great moment where I really had some compassion for what she might be having to go through. But she had this. She had this happiness about her. Like, I'm sitting there thinking about her. Her situation going, that must be crummy. And she had no crummy.

[A]

She defeated death, and she's happy.

[B]

She was like. She was like, would you do me a favor? Would you go, if you're on their broadcast this weekend, would you mention cancer survivor week or day or whatever it was? And I was like, well, I don't know if I can. I'm thinking in my head, I'm not. I'm not sure I can. Like, I can't just go on the broadcast and just do whatever I want. But, yeah, I said, I can do something. So I went out and sat down in my truck, and I typed it out, a tweet. I said, man, just met this lady. It's a great story. She made me feel awesome. And her story is awesome. Cancer Survivor day. This is for her. Well, we're in. Bobby's having beers, and this group comes in, and the guy walks up to me and he says, hey, that was my mom that you met in the hospital or the doctor's office that day. Just wanted to say hey. And I was like, oh, man. Wow. You know, small world.

[A]

Yeah. He said that really made her day that you said something about that.

[B]

That's awesome.

[A]

He was like, well, she really made my day. That was a really cool experience.

[B]

So we had a great interaction with those folks, and they had a great time. Guy comes in that's going to run the karaoke. Karaoke's gonna fire up, and guy gets up on the stage. I recognize the guy.

[A]

He's an older man. He's had struggles with his. Like, he's got all of his equipment in this little wagon. So he's pulling the wagon through. Tara's trying to help him. He's like, no, no, no, I got it. I got It. It's okay. It's actually easier if I do it by myself. He just wanted to make sure that we didn't tump his wagon over. He probably could see how intoxicated everybody was. But as he's. As she's having that interaction with him, Dale's like, I recognize that guy's face. Who is that? And he goes, he's an engineer. And then Terry goes, hey, man, are you an engineer? And he turns around and he goes, I sure am. And then Dale and this man who now we know is Bob, not to be confused with Bobby Lock Eyes, and they, like, realize that they've known each other forever. And he was someone you worked with, Bob.

[B]

Bob lives in Key west now. And he's just kind of an. He's just kind of a jack of all trades. Hey, you need somebody to. So he was filling in for another guy on the karaoke.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And he's like, you need somebody to fill in? I can, you know, make a couple bucks and do it, no problem. His wife works as a. Is a. At a restaurant down the road. And I've. I've known them my whole life. And I knew he's. I knew he was in the Keys, and I hadn't seen him in a long time, But Bob the engineer worked on my Legends car when I was 15. Wow. And so we went down to Daytona to race at Municipal Stadium. I can never say that right. But. And he. He was around, you know, my racing and di and all that back in the. Back in the mid-90s. But eventually, at some point, he got out of NASCAR and went down to Florida to the Keys to, you know, live out the retirement age of his life. But I had not seen him in years. I knew. I figured he might still be down there. But, yeah, it was great to see him. And so now. Yeah, we're really. Now it's Bob running karaoke. Like, it's different now. We're damn sure gonna have a good time. Yeah. You got Bob here, the son of the lady I met. And it just was like, Dale has.

[A]

Moments like that all the time where he's like, I'm supposed to be right here in this moment.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He went to Pie in the sky the other day, and he walked in with his late model team, and there's. Somebody had been there before that day. It had to have been, because it looked like it was fresh. There was, like, a big chalk drawing that said, this is the best pizza around. Thank you, Dale Jr. I'm like, that doesn't happen to Anybody else?

[B]

Somebody wrote on the ground, Del. Jim was right. Best pizza in town or something. That's cool. And I mean, that was only just in chalk, so, I mean, it wasn't going to be there for long. I happened to go to Pine the Sky that day to see it.

[C]

Yeah, that's cool.

[A]

But his life's full of little moments like that.

[B]

Yeah. Bobby's Monkey Bar for karaoke.

[A]

You can sing whatever you want.

[B]

I sang John Conley.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Rose colored glasses, Fine young cannibals. She Drives me crazy. Or Good Thing. Good Thing.

[A]

Good thing.

[B]

And I might have sang another song. Those two.

[A]

I remember the first one you sang with Tim.

[B]

That was it. John Conley.

[A]

It was fun.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

These Doritos Golden Sriracha aren't that spicy.

[C]

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[B]

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[A]

Oh, I gotta. I got one more Key West.

[B]

One more Key West.

[A]

All right. So during our circuit on the first day.

[B]

Day.

[A]

I'm pretty sure it was first day, Tim and Terry wanted to go stop and get a slush. What's the place called? I can't even remember. The Flying Monkey. The Flying Monkey. So they have like the wall of all of the frozen drinks.

[B]

Slushies, all the different flavors, which I never get. Never.

[A]

So.

[B]

But on this particular trip and I ain't had. I ain't had a Fly monkey drink in 10, 15 years. I got one.

[A]

I don't know if it's been that long.

[B]

It's been a long time.

[A]

It's not been long.

[B]

I don't drink them.

[A]

You were the one that introduced everybody to.

[B]

Back in the very early stages of Key West.

[A]

So that used to be what he liked. That was what he sought out. So that was his favorite bar. He would go sit at the bar. Bar on the corner at Flying Monkey because nobody else was in there. And now with all of your growth and development, you want to be where it's crowded and people are singing karaoke. So we go to the Flying Monkey, though, to get a monkey drink, because they are delicious. And when you're tired of drinking beer, it's a good change. But it's hot and still hot in Key West. It's like. It feels like it's 90 degrees outside and it's swampy. So we go sit at this bar and drink our frozen drinks. And there's this giant box fan at the end of the bar blowing into the bar. Well, Dale, coincidentally, just sits right in front of that damn box fan and rips the nastiest fart. And I'm like, oh, my God. I mean, literally choked. I'm like, who does that? Sits with his friends in front of the fricking box fan and just rips it and lets the dead animal out of his ass and, like, ruins our moment.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

I'm like, that's. Now, what I remember about the Flying Monkey bar is that box fan Dale's manners.

[B]

Now, now, finally, nobody's going to want to go to Flying Monkey.

[A]

Not with you.

[B]

Stunk the place up.

[A]

I mean, you can't take him anywhere. I can't help it if he has to do that. He's doing it, and he doesn't. There's a restroom real close. There's another bar with nobody sitting at it. Real close.

[C]

Did you see the box fan? And then remember, it's five foot tall.

[A]

It wasn't like, a little guy. It was as tall as me.

[B]

It was coincidence. I'm seriously there playing God. Y' all are making me want to go back to Key West. I was totally ready to never go back for, like, months when I got home. And now I'm like, let's go.

[A]

You. You. Do you.

[B]

It'll be fun.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, we had a good time. I went and took the girls to dance the other day, and.

[A]

I had cat. What did I have going on Tuesday?

[B]

Catwalk.

[A]

Was that Catwalk? Catwalk, yes. So we went to Catwalk for a cause.

[B]

So I. I took the girls to dance. Amy went to Catwalk to. To support. There's multiple.

[A]

Yeah, it's kind of transformed into this new thing. The Speedway children's charity have taken it over.

[B]

So Sherry Pollock's started that program years ago, but so I'm taking the girls to dance. We're standing in the hallway, and there's another dad there, and he's talking about the girls. His girls walking on his back. And I thought, man, I've got, you know, great memories of my childhood. And there's a lot of memories in there, but some are hidden, you know.

[A]

Some are hidden.

[B]

Yeah. I was talking to somebody this other day. They were like, me and Tony Stewart were talking the other day, and he's like, man, I got a ton of memories, but I need somebody to start telling the story for it to pop out.

[A]

Right. And so you've walked it back too far.

[B]

Yeah. And so they started talking about their, you know, this. His. His guy's like, yeah, she was walking on my back the other day, trying to pop my back. And I was like, my gosh. That was something that dad used to ask Kelly and I to do all the time.

[A]

Oh, really?

[B]

Yes. Almost daily, dad would lay on the floor and have Kelly walk on his back when she was, you know, 12.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like. And so, you know, when she was young. And sometimes I would do it, but I thought it was more of a game where he wanted it to, you know, he wanted his back to get popped. Right. He wanted her to. Kelly would step where he told her to step and do it, like, you know, walk from the bottom to the top up to the shoulders or whatever. Right. And I'm just like, oh, I'm gonna fall off.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm just being a kid. And so I thought, my gosh, why am I not taking advantage of that built in?

[A]

I would be scared. Yeah. I would be scared to do it with our children.

[B]

Little mini chiropractors at home.

[A]

You think?

[B]

Yeah, I think you both always having back issues and.

[A]

Yeah, but I ain't letting them. Those crazy girls ain't jumping on my back.

[B]

They don't jump.

[A]

They would. That's what I'm nervous about.

[B]

Well, that's what you. That's why you use the old one, because she follows direction. She's a rule follower.

[A]

But she's so much bigger. What if something goes awry?

[B]

I don't think it will.

[A]

Then I'll be locked up on the floor.

[B]

No, I'm doing it.

[A]

You should. You do it. You're big and you can handle it. I don't remember doing that with my dad. He never asked us to walk on his back because he probably knew better, too. He was probably gonna get, like, you know, elbowed or something.

[B]

You know, I just, you know that. I don't know why that touched me, but it just made me think of that memory immediately. And I'm standing in the hallway of that, you know, that dance whatever studio. And I was like, wow. I remember. I remember doing that.

[A]

It unlocked a file for you.

[B]

I was like, crap. So that was. I don't know why I wanted to bring that up, but.

[A]

Do you ever walk around on your dad's feet? Like, did you ever let.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

You let the girls do that? Sit on your feet?

[B]

Yeah. Not. Not really.

[A]

That's hard.

[B]

My favorite thing. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. We used to love dad doing that because he always had his work boots on.

[B]

I do it. Well, speaking of stories, we're celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This is, you know, a partnership with Bass Pro Shops, who works in a lot of different areas in this building with. With Dirty Mo Media, the Dale junior Download. Our race teams. Obviously, we've got a great relationship with Johnny and Bass Pro, and we. We want to celebrate hunting and National Hunting and Fishing Day. We're going to both share whatever stories we may have. This week's fishing story segment is brought to you by Bass Pro Shops North North America's premier outdoor and conservation company. Plan your next adventure at a Bass Pro Shops near you or online@bass pro.com. don't forget you. They have an app you can download on your phone and shop. And so I guess I can go first. Unless you got a story, but I.

[A]

Got a quick one. So my. My first fishing experience, Pawpaw took me, which is my dad's dad. And I think it was like a fishing tournament or something at the lake for kids. And so they had this, like, netted off area where the fish. Where they dumped the fish in. So, like, everybody caught a fish. Katie caught one, but I didn't. And we stood there all day fishing. I didn't catch a thing.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I feel like that. That in that moment too, I felt like this is the type of. This is the tone of luck that I'm gonna have in my life if I can go to something like that where the fish are supposed to be like, literally right there. And I still didn't catch anything.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But. So I didn't really care about fishing too much after that until I got older. And then like going out on boats, when we take trips, we go out and like, you caught that marlin and Cabo. That was amazing. So I feel like I like sea fishing better than lake fishing.

[B]

I understand that. We. We lived on Lake Norman, so we. We fishing dad and bass boats and all that stuff was a big part of our lives.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Growing up, my very first memory of fishing was I just moved. I must have just recently moved in with dad. So this is probably 1981, 1982. And there was a lake, not Lake Norman, but another lake maybe an hour or two hour drive away. And we went and fished on this lake. And we stayed in a camper truck. So we stayed in a.

[A]

At the bed of the truck.

[B]

We stayed in a camper that was in the bed of the pickup truck. And so imagine like that being in the, you know, dad, 1982, and. And hanging out with him and being in a camper truck and going out and fishing on the lake. That I just. It sounds really vague, vague memory of that, which is. I can't imagine him even using a camper truck. But he was a different person back then, I think. But then my favorite fishing story that I have is I used to go fishing with a man named Captain Malcolm. He was a highway state patrolman and he was great friends with my dad. And he would eventually take over managing the security at Dylan Hart Incorporated.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

In the early years of Dylan Incorporated, once he retired from the highway patrol. But he, he and I would go out on Lake Norman and fish. And we're out there fishing one day and I think we're fishing for crappy or nothing. Crazy.

[A]

For what?

[B]

Crappy fish. They're not crappy fish. That's just what they're called.

[A]

But is that an actual type?

[B]

It's a term of a. It's a real fish, but never thought about it. But they probably don't appreciate that the fish don't care. Yeah. So we're in the boat and he goes, look there. There's a gar swimming beside us. And I look down and it's a garfish. And he's about 2 foot long. And a garfish on the front has about a 10 to 12 inch nose, snout, whatever you might want to call it. And it's teeth all the way down.

[A]

And you see, you can see the teeth.

[B]

It's like a long needle snout and it's full of teeth.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And it's like 12, 10 inches long. It's a third of the fish, okay. And it's a real slender fish, right? And so that thing's just swimming right along beside us and it's unbothered. And I mean, for 10 minutes I'm putting all kinds of lures on my line, trying to get this thing to react. Nothing. And he's just hanging out. And so I ended up putting this big hook on the end of the line. He is literally about a couple inches above, below the water. Line. I dropped the. I dropped the hook beside him and quickly took the pole and went underneath him and wrapped the line around.

[A]

Lassoed the fish.

[B]

Pulled up and the hook goes into the fish and pull him into the boat. Lassoed him and.

[A]

What the heck?

[B]

We lassoed him and put him in the live well. And so me and Captain Malcolm took and got this thing mounted.

[A]

A two foot fish.

[B]

It's two and a half.

[A]

Is that a good size?

[B]

Whatever. It's a gar. It's like this. It's just a strange looking fish. Look, I'm. I'm 16 years old.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. I'm just asking the question. So I'm naive over here. I got to know.

[B]

Well, he goes to the Statesville paper and tells them the story and they write an article. A little blurb in Statesville paper. How Dale Jr. Lassoed gar fish.

[A]

Gosh. So where's the gar.

[B]

It's somewhere in our. In our stuff.

[A]

It's upstairs.

[B]

No, no, upstairs, like in the storage where we. Yeah, it's in a storage somewhere.

[A]

Just somewhere. We gotta find this thing.

[B]

I don't know where it is, Amy. I haven't seen it in years. But this did happen.

[A]

Okay, yes. Pull up the article. At least you've got that to bring.

[B]

I know it might be on the wall in the dirty dome. I haven't. I can't.

[A]

No. I've never seen a fish hanging anywhere.

[B]

I don't know where it is, but I. I had it mounted. Last time I saw this fish was when I lived across from dei. It might be up in the attic of that shop I built behind that house.

[A]

Oh, man, the relics you have. Well, that's a fun story.

[B]

So across the street from Di, there's this house I used to live in. And behind that house is a swimming pool and a really big brick building. And that brick building is where we started Junior Motorsports. The street stock racing team.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I kept my bus in there. And so when I moved out, you know, that that building stayed there.

[A]

I mean, did you just run though? Did you not back up some of your.

[B]

I got most of everything out of there, but that's the last time I remember seeing the guard.

[A]

Oh, so you probably were like, screw that.

[B]

It might still be in the attic of that building for all I know.

[A]

Well, Isla's first time fishing was with you, was it two years ago? She. You took her to the lake house and y' all fish off the pier?

[B]

We were. We were playing around on a boat or something. We went to.

[A]

We had the pontoon I took, did I.

[B]

Was it the pontoon or was that that boat old boat house we used to have?

[A]

No, it was just the pontoon. And she was. It was just two years ago. So it wasn't that long ago. She, she went over there in her little pink Barbie dress and caught a fish. And the look on her face in those photos was like priceless because she'll pick up worms, she'll pick up bugs. She's not scared of anything outside. And so she getting go fishing with daddy was like, we might go on.

[B]

The boat this weekend. And so I thought that might be a great opportunity to get to fish and pull back out fish off the pier.

[A]

Let Nicole do that. Her first time fishing was when we went to a big cedar. So Nicole hasn't fished otherwise. All right, so it's her turn to catch a fish.

[B]

That's an activity we need to include in this weekend.

[A]

Maybe you can pull that guard trick back out.

[B]

Well, keep celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day every day with Bass Pro Shops. We really appreciate their partnership. The Earnhardt family is trusted bass post shops for for our outdoor adventures. And that tradition lives on with me and my family today. We love taking our family there to gear up for weekend getaways or just getting.

[A]

Just explore.

[B]

Yeah, getting. Getting some, some rods and reels and casting a line into the pond at the house. Thankful to Johnny Morris and the bass pro team for everything that they've done for us here at Junior Motorsports and Dirty Mo Media. They're great partners, great people, and they believe in everything we're doing. National Hunting and Fishing day is on September 27th, so join us in honoring generations of sportsmen and women who've helped conserve America's outdoor heritage and inspire others to get outside. Share your stories. Take the guide to outside [e-mail] pledge you could win possibly a Bass Pro Shops gift card just for taking part. So share with us your fishing stories and we'll keep telling you ours. We've got a few more. I'm sure you can't count on much these days. No way, Jim. This is incredible. But you can also always count on Sundays with the NFL on CBS and Paramount.

[C]

Plus, here we go. This time for real.

[B]

Watch your local NFL game live every Sunday all the way through the AFC championship game. And he's in for a touchdown. Visit paramountplus.com NFL to get started today and count on Sundays with the NFL on CBS and Paramount.

[A]

Are you ready to get spicy?

[B]

These Doritos golden Sriracha aren't that spicy.

[C]

Maybe it's time to turn up the heat.

[B]

Or turn it down. It's time for something that's not too spicy. Try Doritos Golden Sriracha. Spicy but not too spicy. So we're gonna play a game called Family Feud.

[A]

Ooh.

[C]

It's just like Family Feud too. Oh, yeah. I've got a bunch of questions surveyed from the online audience.

[A]

Oh, is that right?

[C]

And you guys are gonna try to answer these as a team together.

[A]

Are we ready?

[C]

Yep, I'm ready. You guys are a team. So you guys are trying to find for this first question, the top seven answers on the board.

[B]

Holy crap.

[A]

What'd you just say?

[B]

Top 7 answers. Just like Family Feud.

[C]

Oh, just like Family Feud. Name something in a bakery that a baker might call his wife.

[A]

That a baker might call his wife.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Honey bun.

[C]

Number one answer.

[B]

Number one answer. Honey bun.

[C]

Number one answer.

[B]

Are you gonna guess Biscuit?

[A]

Does he call her a biscuit?

[B]

Oh, man.

[A]

I mean, cupcake.

[C]

Cupcake. Number four answer.

[B]

Sweet cakes.

[C]

Sweetie. I'll give you sweetie.

[B]

Sweetie.

[C]

Three answers.

[A]

Sweetie.

[B]

Oh, I get sweetie Sweet cakes.

[A]

All right, don't give him points just for.

[C]

How about this close.

[B]

Sugar britches. Sugar britches.

[A]

Do they sell that at a bakery?

[B]

That's what I like to call Amy. I mean, this is when I get stressed. I need Amy to giggle.

[C]

Yeah, sugar is the number six answer.

[B]

So I'll give it to you. I go. I go right.

[A]

He goes deep for sugar. British.

[B]

I don't know why this is funny. Everybody in here smiling now. Look at that. The power of sugar britches.

[C]

Never heard of that? You got three answers left.

[A]

Three answers left. How about do we call her cookie?

[B]

Oh, wow.

[C]

No cookie. Two strikes.

[B]

I guess that was a good one. Cinnamon roll. Cinnamon something.

[A]

No, you start calling me Cinnamon.

[B]

All right, well, I'm just trying to think of things that are in there.

[A]

How about cream puff?

[B]

Cream puff? All right, we've officially reached.

[C]

We don't know.

[B]

Just tell us.

[C]

All right, number two answer was his oven.

[A]

What?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Stop. Who says that?

[B]

No one says that. It's. That's no way. The number two answer.

[A]

Is that what you're calling your new girlfriend? Hey. Oven.

[C]

No, no, definitely not his oven.

[A]

Like bun in the oven?

[C]

No, definitely not. Number five is muffin.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

Number seven was donut.

[B]

Which.

[C]

I don't know. You're not calling your girlfriend a donut.

[B]

Or your wife.

[C]

All right, next. Next question. Top eight answers on the board. Wide range here.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Name a place where if her husband took her there for her anniversary. A wife would be mad.

[B]

Racetrack.

[A]

Is it on there?

[C]

Racetrack. Well, sporting event. I'll give it to you. Number three.

[A]

Okay, we're going. That broad?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

His mom's house.

[C]

Number six answer yes.

[A]

On an anniversary trip. Don't take me here. The hospital.

[C]

Hospital's not on there.

[A]

Not on there.

[B]

Not on there.

[A]

I don't know. Maybe you need some tuning up.

[C]

That's actually a good answer.

[A]

Now.

[B]

What about a cruise?

[C]

That she'd be mad.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

That's just me.

[B]

That's the same as me. Amy would be disappointed if that's not on it.

[A]

Don't take me on a big old vote. Let's see. This is hard.

[C]

There's a big one on here. That's the number two answer. I think you guys could get.

[B]

Concert.

[C]

Concert not on there. Actually.

[A]

An arcade.

[C]

No.

[B]

Chuck E. Cheese.

[C]

Chuck E. Cheese kind of. Number one answer is a tacky themed restaurant.

[A]

A tacky restaurant.

[B]

You gotta give that to me. There you go.

[C]

You got one. You want me to tell you the rest?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Number two answer was strip club.

[B]

Oh, shit.

[C]

I mean, duh, duh bar and club, which I disagree with. Number four.

[A]

Yeah, that's.

[C]

That's what you end up doing.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Number five was bowling alley. Seven was the movies. And eight was a car show.

[B]

Yeah. All right.

[C]

You guys want to do one more?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

All right, let's do top six answers on the board. Give me another word people say for rear end.

[B]

Bottom.

[A]

Ass.

[C]

Bottom is correct. Number five answer. Ass is not on there. But there's a. Arse. Arse. That is a correct number two answer.

[A]

Bum.

[C]

Bum is not on there.

[B]

Badonkadonk. Badonkadonk.

[C]

Donkey should be on there, but it's not on there. No donkey?

[A]

No donkey?

[C]

No donkey.

[B]

What about caboose? No, caboose is not on there.

[A]

Bootay.

[C]

He's not on there.

[B]

These are the answers.

[C]

These are the answers. It's a little bit more mainstream, I think.

[A]

You mean for. For the use. We need you to go into our.

[C]

I think you got to go back a little bit.

[A]

Oh, back?

[B]

Yeah. Oh.

[C]

I actually think you guys are too hip for this.

[A]

We're too hip for this one.

[B]

Where did you ask this question? This is just straight on the wrist. Home.

[C]

Caboose would have been number one answer.

[B]

That was pretty good.

[A]

Buns.

[C]

Buns not on there either.

[A]

What the heck?

[C]

All right, you're missing a huge one. That's just very simple, straightforward, almost scientific, but. But yes.

[A]

Oh, I thought that was what we.

[C]

Started with rear end, backside, backside. Number three answer.

[A]

Oh, I got one.

[C]

Heiny Heiney. Number six answer. One more.

[B]

Now. Now you're cooking our heritage.

[C]

Got your grandma bringing on.

[B]

I'm graying even more just talking about this.

[A]

So there's one more.

[B]

One more. Yeah.

[C]

Number four.

[A]

Tush.

[C]

Not tush. No, that's a good one. We could have made our own top.

[A]

We should.

[B]

Yeah. Here. What is it?

[C]

Derriere.

[B]

We would not.

[A]

I declare. That was. Yeah, that one we should have gotten.

[B]

Let's do number five.

[C]

You want to do number five?

[B]

Okay. This was pretty fun.

[A]

Same. This is.

[C]

These are unlimited, too. All right, six answers on the board. Name something that grows faster than you want it to.

[B]

Nose hairs.

[C]

All right, I'll give you number one. Hair unibrow.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, hair unibrow.

[A]

Unibrow.

[B]

Oh, I was gonna say ear hairs.

[C]

Also, I think that all kind of compasses them.

[A]

Weeds.

[C]

Weeds. Yep. Number two, answer.

[B]

Your kids.

[A]

Yeah, just say cheap.

[C]

Number three answer. Oh, we're just going down the list now. Now we're getting to the answer.

[B]

Yeah, now we're getting fingernails.

[C]

Fingernails. Number five.

[B]

No strikes. We found.

[A]

I'm scared to say anything, you guys.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Game show host.

[B]

No whammies. No whammies.

[C]

Shazam.

[B]

Give us one.

[C]

I'll give you the number six answer. Debt and expenses. That's a boring one.

[A]

Oh, debt and expenses. Yeah, of course. I give up.

[C]

Belly.

[A]

Your belly.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, Your belly.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. That's the truth.

[C]

Number four.

[B]

All right, that was time for fun.

[A]

Thanks, Tim.

[B]

It was fun. Good job.

[A]

Hello, everybody. Dale and I are back in the Dirty Mo Media studio for another round of Bless yous Heart. We had a pretty fun show today, and we are excited for your questions. What you got?

[C]

All right, first question from Ethan. My girlfriend really wants to go to a haunted house, but I hate jump scares. How do I handle it without looking like a wimp?

[A]

Listen, you just have to go and scream. And I think that jump scares. She's gonna have fun watching that. And I don't think you should worry about it. That's gonna be, like part of the fun. Do you worry about looking like a. Like you're scared in front of a girl?

[B]

No. No. Well, no.

[A]

Is it like, how long have this. They've been dating?

[C]

I don't know how long they've been dating, but girlfriend is better than maybe first or second date. I could see a little like, you're.

[A]

Established enough to throw it in there. I think so.

[C]

She's probably a senior.

[B]

Scared.

[A]

You just go Maybe scream extra loud even more than you would. Play it off a little to make it just.

[B]

Where are we going?

[C]

Ridiculous haunted house.

[B]

Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, if you're going on an early date, you're very anxious, you're really nervous. You're going to be worried about what to say, how, what. How to start the conversation. Are they easy to talk to? Going to some place like that really gives you tons of content.

[A]

Yeah, it does.

[B]

Right? So, I mean, you're never. You're going to be standing in line, right, Waiting to go in, anticipation building.

[A]

Getting physically closer so that everybody's like, not so scared.

[B]

You're not gonna be without things to discuss, which is really helpful. Right? Yeah. Some places you go and some things you do, there's either no. No way to communicate. Either allowed a concert or something like that, or you're sitting somewhere, like a.

[A]

Quiet dinner, and you're struggling to think.

[B]

About what to talk about. Yeah. So, I mean, I like those kind of activities that sort of assist you with that. And you really do get to kind of. I think in those kind of places too, you really do get to see the true individual a little bit more. You get a read on them better.

[A]

You do like, it helps you let your guard down.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I think that's a bonding thing. It's fun. I don't think she's going to. She's not going to care about it as much as.

[B]

No, no. A lot of. I mean, if you like that kind of stuff too, they need to see.

[A]

Dive on in. Yeah.

[B]

Go for it.

[C]

Oh, yeah. A lot of makeup opportunities in the line, too. Just saying. Just saying. This question comes from the chat inglorious Belchers. He's going to be a new dad. Any advice for the new dad? He's very nervous.

[A]

Well, congratulations. Advice. Everyone always told me before we had our first baby, get your rest. And I never really understood what that meant. And there's no really a good way to prepare for that. But like, when you first have the child, there's no rest. There's none. So just be prepared that you're going to be tired and just know that going in, do everything you can to help your wife with, like, the laundry, food, feed her, keep feeding her, even if she doesn't. If she doesn't say she needs anything, make sure there's like a snack and a water beside the bed. Cause, like, it's wild how all of a sudden you just get hungry because you're breastfeeding and all that. That just helps everything. Just those little tiny Things I can't remember. Like, also, it's one of those times it's like so short that you kind of black it out. You know what I mean? Maybe that's probably because of sleep deprivation too. But it's a really amazing, like, awesome time bringing a baby home.

[B]

Yeah, there was, I'm trying to remember a lot of the specific details because, I mean, even we had Isla, then two years later we had Nicole. And a lot of stuff I'd forgotten already that you experienced. But thinking back, I really enjoyed and it made me feel better about myself and about my role. So I think a lot of husbands, kind of. A lot of husbands might feel a little bit unsure about what their role is or all of us. You know, for the longest time in this relationship, it's been you and your wife and your, and you. And it's, you know, all this attention and now immediately the attention is divided among other people in the house. And, and so you're kind of wondering like, where, you know, where you fit or what you need to do and you kind of standing on the sideline because really the wife's the one doing everything, feeding. And she's the one that knows the intuition right on what to do. So like just, it's almost like you got to just jump in. It's like a double dutch. You just gotta jump on in there and start skipping. And like Amy said, like, pick up.

[A]

The other things too, like she always did, like the laundry, whatever, pick up.

[B]

Tidy up, just, just, you know, even simple things like just folding the blankets up that are laying on the couch. Just make the place look a little better. She's tired, she's wore out, she can't do this and this and this all anymore. So like kind of just, just pick up some of the slack. And I, I thought, you know, some guys are different, but I really enjoy changing diapers.

[C]

Really.

[B]

The. Well, the mom. Mom spends a ton of time with the baby. There's a lot of intuition there that we don't have as men. And so you get this sort of real one on one time to, to, to play and talk and laugh while they're laying down on this mat. Either before or after the change, you know, they just, you can just play and take a minute and give mom a break. And so, and if you're depending on how you're feeding, you know, you can, you can take, take over some of the nights. That is a big deal. Like.

[A]

Yeah. Getting a good chunk of sleep.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, is life changing when you're in.

[B]

The first Several months or however long you're getting up in the middle of the night multiple times. And so pick a night where it's your night. You're going to do it all. Get the routine down. Understand? Get your clock ready and set, and so mom can just have a night where she doesn't have to worry about waking up. That seemed to be, like, the best thing for you.

[A]

Yeah, it's like a reset almost when you get that good chunk of sleep.

[B]

Right. Yeah. So it's. I always. I'm. I know. It's the strangest thing. I miss. I miss laying. I miss sitting in the chair with that child on your. On your chest and reading a book or singing. We used to sing songs. What was it you'd seen?

[A]

The Mockingbird.

[B]

Mockingbird. All the time. I couldn't tell you the lines of that song right now.

[A]

He would make him up as he went, and then he's promising Isla all kinds of things. There is Mockingbird song.

[B]

I had it. I had the word. I had the song memorized at one point, but I couldn't tell you the lines of it now. But, yeah, those are fun, fun moments. And everybody tells you, better enjoy it. And they're right. And you try.

[A]

It's hard to do in the moment, especially with the first one, because you just don't know what to expect. And everything seems a little bit more unnerving than the second child. Like, no, no problem. Nicole came. I wasn't nervous about any of it, so it was easier, but it's. It's just all fun. Enjoy it. Don't. Don't worry. The baby's gonna be fine. You're gonna do just fine.

[B]

Oh, man.

[A]

Because you're stressed and worried about all the things.

[B]

We were worried about it all the time. You know when it's. When it's laying in the bed trying to sleep, and you're just worried about it, right? And you're just staring at the monitor and you're like, oh, is it alive?

[A]

You know, it's. It alive.

[B]

Yeah, it's gonna be fine.

[A]

It's gonna be fine.

[C]

That's some good advice. I think he'll take that and run with it. Next question's from Chloe. What's something you used to believe as a kid that makes you laugh now? And she gave a couple examples, like it was illegal to turn the overhead light on in the car, or sneezing with your eyes open would make them pop out, which I thought was actually still true to this day.

[A]

What? Sleeping with your eyes open makes them pop out sneezing.

[B]

I'm sorry.

[C]

I might say sleeping.

[A]

Sneezing.

[B]

Sneezing.

[A]

Can you even physically do that?

[C]

I don't think so. I think that's actually true.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

I used to think if you ate too many carrots, you'll turn orange.

[A]

Well, so you can. From beta carotene. But like, it would take a lot.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I thought it would be like bright orange.

[B]

Bright.

[C]

Like you'd just be a carrot.

[A]

That's funny. So my dad's gonna kill me, but I used to think that my. That rice came from my dad's belly button.

[B]

Oh, man. Really?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Cause he.

[A]

Rice. Well, he always wore a white T shirt underneath, like his flannel or whatever. And we would. We would picked the lint out of his belly button and it looked like a little piece of rice. And I wasn't a rice. We were not a rice eating family. We were a potato family. We really never ate rice. And so. Yeah. He's gonna kill me.

[B]

You're brave for putting that out there.

[C]

That's fine.

[A]

There's been rice in Dale's belly button too. So, I mean, I feel like that's fair.

[B]

In a belly button is just what guys deal with.

[A]

Yeah. Well, girls don't, so. And he had three little girls, so that's what he had to deal with. We would pull his shirt up and pull the rice out of his belly button.

[B]

I. What did. What, what did we.

[A]

What do you believe?

[B]

What do we believe as a child? Yeah.

[C]

The overhead, overhead light one was real.

[B]

Like.

[C]

Like you have that. Like there's like that light in the middle of the car in the car seat. If you turned it on while, like your parents are driving, they would yell you and say, that's illegal and get arrested.

[B]

I never heard that in my life.

[A]

My parents never told us that. They were like, we can't see.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And the battery's gonna run down in the car or whatever. They would tell us all kinds of.

[B]

Things, but I can tell it's like if you swallowed Bubba gum is gonna plug up your.

[A]

For seven years.

[C]

Oh, yeah. The seven years thing.

[B]

And don't do. Don't, you know, don't make that face. It'll get stuck that way.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yes. I've been telling the kids that lately. Like, your face is gonna get stuck like that.

[B]

Yeah. I'm gonna remember one after we end this show that I'm gonna wish I'd have remembered.

[A]

Is there a song that you.

[B]

I'm sure there's some good ones.

[A]

Change the words. So I have hold me closer, tiny dancer I used to think, said Tony Danza. Hold me closer, Tony Danza.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I feel like a lot of people think that.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It's a common mistake.

[A]

And I'd sing the heck out of that.

[C]

Yeah, that's funny. All right, next question. A lot of people asking about Isla. An earring update.

[A]

But we're still a pirate.

[C]

Yeah, Still a pirate.

[A]

Yes. There is no change in the earring.

[B]

So I lost an earring. The other one's still in there, and she won't let nobody take it out.

[A]

She's terrified that it's gonna hurt.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

But I'm like, we're not gonna yank it out with a Barbie leg. We're just gonna gently pull it out.

[B]

Y' all haven't even talked about it.

[A]

Oh, we talk about it regularly.

[B]

Really?

[A]

Yes. Just about every time I put them in the bathtub, I'm asking her if.

[B]

I can, how does that one come out?

[A]

It just unclips and then just pulls out. It's really not that big of a deal.

[B]

It's so weird. She goes to school. She goes everywhere with one earring.

[A]

She's not ashamed.

[B]

No. She doesn't care.

[C]

Wow, that's interesting. That's funny. Next.

[B]

That was. That's a good one. Pamela is in the chat, said, don't eat watermelon seeds. They'll grow.

[A]

It'll grow watermelons in your belly.

[C]

A couple people are saying pickle juice, too. Don't drink the pickle juice. Yeah, I never heard of that one.

[B]

Yeah, I'd heard pickle. You know, don't drink lots of pickle juice because of the salt content, but I don't care.

[A]

It's good for you, I think.

[B]

I like the way it tastes.

[C]

Yeah, it actually is.

[A]

It's good for your belly.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

Next question is from Brandy. What's something you swore you'd never do as a parent but you actually do?

[B]

I don't think I have anything on that list.

[A]

I remember telling something my sister, she let Adeline do. I was like, I would never. I think it was just toys all over the. Like, I really, really, really like, especially the common areas of the house, to be tidy. And that's just basically impossible with kids. There's stuff everywhere. And I remember going to Katie and Kobe's house after they had Adelyn, and there's, like, toys everywhere, everywhere. I'm like, oh, my gosh, I can't believe you live like this. And she reminds me that I said that because I don't remember saying it. Like, I would never. And, you know, here we are. We've got. I mean, there's stuff everywhere.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, I think it's stuff like that. So I would always watch my sister Kelly, how she talked or raised her kids or discipline them. And I would comment from time to time, which I probably shouldn't have. And, you know, she's like, you're gonna learn how hard it is. Right. To hold them accountable and how hard it is to. To discipline them.

[A]

And each one's different, so you have to use different tactics.

[B]

And see, she was right. So I was like, oh, I'll never. I will hold them accountable. I'll be stern and mean. I'm gonna be. Yeah, this is where it is. You're gonna be in line. You're falling. Line.

[A]

Yeah. That military school thing you thought was going to work for you.

[B]

Not working.

[A]

No.

[B]

Not happening. It's not. Doesn't exist.

[A]

No. It's weird, though, when you have kids and you. Speaking of logging things back, when you get really frustrated or there's a situation that you were in as a child, things that come out of your mouth are just like, what you heard as a. As a child.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

You turn into your parents whether you want to or not. And that's kind of frightening sometimes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You're like, where'd that come from?

[B]

Yeah, Trauma.

[C]

That's more for me, too. I'm like, I hear my dad when I. When I talk sometimes.

[A]

Really every day.

[B]

I'll tell you something that blows my mind. This isn't too. She won't be too mad about this. We were at the house last night, and she's. I took the girls upstairs. Amy's not feeling too good, so I took the girls upstairs and washed their hair and gave them a bath. And they come downstairs, and I'm like, all right, girls, we're going to brush your hair now. That's, like, the next steps. Go and get your hair brushed. So they go upstairs to brush their hair. They come back down. Isla's hair is exactly. It's a mess.

[A]

It's a hot mess.

[B]

It's exactly like it was when she was downstairs a moment ago. She has not touched it.

[A]

And it's wet, so it's, like, gonna dry and get knotted up like that.

[B]

And I'm like, isla, I asked you to brush your hair. I brushed it. And she's looking straight at me and Amy, and I'm like. I'm like, am I crazy? She brushed. She stuck. Did she put a brush in her hair? Yeah.

[A]

He looks at me, he's like, okay, do I need to get mad, or did she actually try?

[B]

And he's like, she's not touched her.

[A]

That is not a. No, not a strand.

[B]

And she literally said to us, like, five times in a row, I brush my hair. I brush my hair. And I'm like, whoa, yeah. What is with this?

[A]

Yeah. Like, I'm about to blow a gasket. How do I control myself and get her to do this?

[B]

Where is this coming from? Because we're not walking around the house, like, telling little white lies, like, what in the world?

[A]

I just looked at her. I was like, isla, go brush your hair.

[B]

And when you try to tell them, like, the lies worse than the. Yeah, the. You know, the act was right. Whatever it is, you're trying to lie about it, just in one ear and out the other, and they just don't care, especially.

[A]

She'll lie about all kinds of stupid. She does not care.

[B]

I'm like, holy mackerel, I'm in trouble.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It makes me mad. But I don't want to overreact, you.

[A]

Know, because then she's scared to tell the truth.

[B]

Yeah. I'm trying to figure out, like, what's the reaction to actually get her to. To stop lying and actually feel like she can be totally honest with us and go. Instead, go, oh, you're right. I haven't done it. I'll go do that now.

[A]

I got distracted. Whatever. Nicole, on the other hand, will. She'll shoot. She will brush her hair. And then when she doesn't do anything, when she doesn't do what you're supposed to do, she just doesn't care at all. Like, she wants chocolate chip muffin. You can't have a chocolate chip muffin. I really want it. And she goes and gets it anyway. And you're like, now what do we do? Because she went and got the damn thing. So, like, you put her in timeout. What do you like? It's just a whole different ball of issues you have to deal with. But, yeah, the lying thing, I don't know. Please give us some advice.

[B]

Yeah, Nicole. Nicole's funny because she. She doesn't stomp her foot like I want it.

[A]

Isla used to do that, physically stomp her foot.

[B]

But I want it. No, I want it. She doesn't get like that. She'll just stare at you. Stare at you and say, why can't I have it? Oh, man. Why can't I have that? Yeah. And you're like, well, just. It's no sugar right now, or it's too late or.

[A]

Yeah, it's too late in the day.

[B]

For, you know, let's eat our dinner first or whatever. She's like, no, I just want. I want that first. What's. Why can't we do it that way? You know? And she doesn't understand. And then she feels like you're. You're doing. She feels like you're punishing her.

[A]

No, but she didn't care about getting punished, though, really, either. It's hard, and she's. She's tiny, but she's really able. So she'll go get the stool and just get in the pantry and just get whatever she wants.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

And you're like, Bull MacGyver. There's no way to keep stuff from.

[B]

Isla would never go in the pantry and just climb up a ladder and start grabbing whatever. Isla won't do it. She knows not to do it. Nicole does not know not to do it. Nicole just goes in there.

[A]

She's like, I can get shit done.

[B]

I don't have here. I don't. I mean, obviously, she. I'm like. She slips off, and all of a sudden, I'll hear some gummy bears and, you know, little papers, and I'm like, what the hell's going on? Hey, who's in there? I'll go in there. And she's in there up the ladder. I'm like, what are you doing? She's like, I just want some gummy bears. And I'm like, well, you gotta ask, like, we're not gonna eat gummy bears. But I want them. But I want to have them.

[A]

I know you want it, but you can't.

[B]

It's so funny.

[A]

Yeah, it's a lot.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All day, every day.

[B]

We got a run there.

[A]

Sorry.

[C]

That's all right. I got one more question for you guys. A lot of people are asking if there's any more animals you'd like to acquire now that the swans are, you know, off at the other farm in South Carolina.

[A]

No, I think that we need to just embrace what we have at the moment. We've talked about this on the show, but we just had another run in with Junebug and Gus over food, so. And he's. He's doing fine, but we got too much going on, I think, for acquiring any more animals at the moment.

[B]

I. I mean, we had. Carolina Carports is one of our partners here at Junior Motorsports. They came to us and said, we want to provide y' all a barn if you want one. And I'm like, you know, I. We have a barn. It's. It's kind of modest and small.

[A]

It came with the property when you bought it.

[B]

It was already there when I bought.

[A]

It, so I don't really have any animals in it either.

[B]

We were thinking about, like, kind of fixing that one to be better for what we're. What we have right now. We're rescuing five with five donkeys.

[A]

Five donkeys, A mini horse. Like, there's a lot. There's a lot of animals that need a bigger space.

[B]

So we rescue, and it's kind of. We're just kind of like a holding place. Yeah. And until the animals.

[A]

We're a retirement community.

[B]

Yeah. Until they're. Until they. Till the end of their life or there's another home for them to go to or whatever. But we. So, yeah, I know. It's fine.

[A]

You're teasing yourself.

[B]

I'm not teasing. I'm not. I have zero expectations.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I'm just trying to share with the people what. What's going on. And so we had this barn, and it needs some updates. They. The. The animals can't really use it where they want to. But anyhow, this company's like, man, we'll give you a barn if you want a barn, you know, just in case you want a barn. And Amy's like, well, we actually kind of could use a barn, so maybe we'll do that. So they're staking out this little spot, and all I'm thinking while they're doing this, like, I'm okay with it. I'm not like, hurrah. Cheering this on. But all I'm thinking is. Is, like, as we get older, and we're like, where you'd like to travel, Right. We like to go. Right. We go. We going to go see our family in Texas. We got family in Texas we need to see multiple times a year. We got other things we want to do with the kids. We got a fifth wheel. We're gonna travel and go do and see. And when I see that barn, I think about animals and I think about having things that are tethering us from doing the travel.

[A]

I don't think any of those animals in the barn, like the donkeys, are gonna keep you from going anywhere. You travel pretty much. I know, but pretty well now.

[B]

Barn. New barn, new animals.

[A]

No new barn to fit the animals.

[B]

You don't think. Do you think? I mean, our girls are gonna probably want a horse one day. They're gonna be the one.

[A]

Well, that's just what we'll have to see how that goes.

[B]

I'm anxious.

[A]

I like the idea of having the new barn where it's allocated for the spaces for. I mean, they need to be able to be inside, too. When it's freezing and it's super hot. Like, they don't have a whole lot.

[B]

Of shade right now. They don't have a good spot.

[A]

But if we have the spaces for them to be in their little stalls or whatever, the girls could now have a chore to help me do things with these hoofed animals. And if they show interest in doing anything with animals, maybe. But I'm not doing it for that reason.

[B]

I know. I.

[A]

But they need. They need more chores. I feel like this is a good. Really.

[B]

They do need chores. We got to get them into the chore business.

[A]

The barn is staked, so we are getting closer. We're waiting to power now. Waiting for Duke Energy hello. To come on out.

[B]

Who?

[A]

Duke?

[B]

Oh, man.

[A]

You have to come give us a new power.

[B]

Goodness.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, yeah, that. I love rescuing the animals, though. I mean, I know there's, like, there's. We have this really, really big mule. Mule. And she came from. From the Amish.

[A]

Amish community. Yeah.

[B]

Amish community. Right. And so. And it's in good health, but. And the girls love it. They go out and there's all. There's all these donkeys and they. They make all this racket in the morning, like a. They're like chickens in the morning. Yeah. Cock a doodle doo and all that. They're out there doing donkey noises and loud.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And so it's kind of fun. But. Yeah, I'm kind of.

[A]

No more animals.

[B]

No more animals. I mean, I think more animals is inevitable because we have two little girls that just gonna love animals.

[A]

But I have always wanted to have a chicken coop, but I don't feel like. So we are on the road too much with that. And back to coyotes and snakes and all that, too. I don't know how we would keep that safe. Even just feeding them. I feel like there'd be snakes in it. And. Yeah, I don't really want to deal with that. But we do have neighbors that have chicken coops.

[B]

Yeah, we got a lot of neighbors with chicken coops. They got eggs all over the counter in the house. Wow. Yeah.

[A]

We just go borrow some.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Commandeer.

[C]

Well, I think it's a good place to stop. What do you got?

[A]

Dale's reading.

[B]

There's folks that are curious about your hat. Amy, tell them where you got that.

[A]

Oh, my Hat. It's a Ken Rosin hat. I got this at the motocross last week. Ken and his wife Courtney are actually who hosted us. So that was super fun, and we got a lot of merch. And this is one of his hats.

[C]

It's cool hat.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

There's also a question about all those folks.

[C]

Were the top four places to go to Key West In Key West?

[B]

What?

[C]

There's a listener that's going to Key west who wants to know where your top three places are.

[B]

Top three places to go in Key West.

[A]

Well, so we always start at Schooner Wharf. It's right there in the marina. It's outside. It's one of those places you can sit and hang out all day or just, like, pop in for a beer.

[B]

Brawl bar for buffalo shrimp.

[A]

Yes, the hatch and beers. It's real close. Buffalo shrimp, oysters, all that.

[B]

Amigos for margarita.

[A]

Yeah, they have great. They have good breakfast, too. Amigos.

[B]

They have tacos.

[A]

They like breakfast tacos and that kind of thing.

[B]

And right across the street from Amigos is Captain Tony's, which everybody knows that one Hanks is a great place. Hanks bar, they have great food. They have a top. They have a food truck that's won awards in the state of Florida that has Korean barbecue tacos. Pretty and pretty insane. So, yeah, that. So Hanks Amigos. Captain Tony's Schooners. Schooners has a tuna taco appetizer that's out of this world.

[A]

The green parrot's kind of a relic, too. It's a fun place to stop in during the day. And then Bobby's monkey bar if you want to sing some karaoke.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Late night.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Good times.

[C]

Good times.

[B]

All right.

[C]

That's asking me for today.

[A]

Thank you guys for all your questions. We appreciate you coming in again this week. And don't forget to check out the show. Also, please hit the subscribe button if you haven't already, and check out all the merch.

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