Bulldogs, Breakfasts, and Boundaries

Ever tried convincing a two-year-old to love football? It's a challenge we know all too well, especially with the excitement of the Georgia Bulldogs and their quest for dominance this season. With Carson Beck leading the charge and the team facing a tough schedule, we explore the highs and lows of their journey, the importance of teamwork, and the impact of Oklahoma and Texas joining the Southeastern Conference. Expect some laughs as we recount our toddler distractions and ponder the transition into reading amusing "Dear Abby" letters.

Craving a breakfast that’s anything but ordinary? We venture into the realm of biscuits, sausage gravy, and fried eggs, sharing a hilarious cultural clash story involving British schoolchildren and American gravy. On a more serious note, we tackle the complexity of family dynamics when a son in a throuple plans to stay over, offering heartfelt advice on boundaries and relationship preservation. We then shift gears to laugh about the legendary Penthouse Forum, debating the authenticity of those spicy letters and imagining how AI might generate them today. Stick around for our playful question of the day about which wild tales could actually be true!

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Football Season and Relationship Woes

Speaker 1 0:15

Hello and good morning, you beautiful people.

Speaker 2 0:18

Good morning one and all.

Speaker 1 0:19

Here we are Saturday, the beginning of a three-day weekend and football season.

Speaker 2 0:25

Football is here. Finally, it has arrived.

Speaker 1 0:28

Let's see, I wonder who's playing today at 11 o'clock Hmm.

Speaker 2 0:34

Well, could be the Georgia Bulldogs.

Speaker 1 0:37

Go Dawgs.

Speaker 2 0:38

Second.

Speaker 1 0:38

Who are they playing? How are they looking?

Speaker 2 0:41

Well, right now I would suppose that they look pretty good. They're ranked number one, but you know that's preseason, that's not something you really, you know. Lay your head on and say, you know, woo-hoo, here we go, but you know, so it should be a good year. We got the very, very, very tough schedule this year and some unprovens, but some provens, and you know it's going to be a good year.

Speaker 1 1:11

What is Clemson ranked?

Speaker 2 1:14

12th.

Speaker 1 1:15

Okay, so it should be a decent game no, absolutely All right give me the rundown quickly of some standout players and some up-and-coming players quickly, if you can.

Speaker 2 1:27

Quickly, okay, carson Beck quarterback, if he has a good year, could be in the running for Heisman-type awards and really good things. We have an offensive line that is outstanding across the board. Don't really go into names or anything like that. We have a set of linebackers that are going to be phenomenal.

Speaker 1 1:53

All right, stop there. Linebackers are they offense or defense? Defense, Okay.

Speaker 2 1:59

Defense and a secondary. That should be very good. It's hard to go into names like that, because at Georgia I guess it's not an arrogant thing, but we think more in the line of team. You might have an outstanding player here or there, but it's like last year, you know everybody was yelling and screaming oh, you know, we've got a tight end. That's so wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Yet you know we had four people go in the first round and five people go in the second round. So you know you had a whole team that was really good and the year before lots of first-round players and all that stuff. So you didn't rely your head on or, you know, rely everything on just one player.

Speaker 1 2:46

No, but you do know the names of the players, right?

Speaker 2 2:49

Yeah, absolutely, all right, absolutely.

Speaker 1 2:52

I was just trying to be a good interviewer and stretch it out on the football topic, because I really know nothing about football. Well, I mean, you know, on the football topic because I really know nothing about football. So I don't mind watching it.

Speaker 2 3:02

Yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 1 3:04

But I'm not going to be all pouty if I miss a game either.

Speaker 2 3:10

Well, you know your. Your priorities are one thing but it's something I look forward to every year, again looking forward to it, and it'll be interesting to see. You know, I was looking at the games last night and I saw that Oklahoma was playing Temple and normally that would be a just turn your head, and you know, turn your head and cough type thing.

Speaker 1 3:35

Hmm, I'm sorry I don't.

Speaker 2 3:39

I wasn't what guys will know what that means. I know what turn your head and cough means, but I didn't understand how you were using it in relation to whatever you were talking about, I was off gazing on something else. It means you know, you know you're really not interested in, you know it's not something that thrills you oh yeah, but you know, I realized oklahoma is now in the southeastern conference. It's like, well, that thrills you. Oh yeah, but I realized Oklahoma's now in the Southeastern Conference.

Speaker 2 4:01

It's like, well, I better pay attention to what the hell they're doing. Yeah, so the landscape changes a little bit.

Speaker 1 4:08

Yeah, that should bring a little something interesting. More interesting, I don't know.

Speaker 2 4:13

Oklahoma and Texas are now in the thing. It was kind of funny. I ran into a guy at the grocery store, the thing. And it was kind of funny. I ran into a guy at the grocery store. He had a hat on that had the sec logo on the front and all the sec teams on it. But of course it was before texas and oklahoma were in the thing. And and then, uh, I got to thinking back my first year at our school at arkansas. Who was our biggest rival? Our biggest rival was Texas, and it was back when it was the Southwestern Conference. But now both Texas and Arkansas are in the Southeastern Conference and there's no more Southwestern Conference, and Oklahoma, who is a big eight now, is then you know just how the landscape continues to change.

Speaker 1 5:01

I'll be honest, I always thought Texas and Oklahoma were already in the SEC. What were they in before? You said something about Western Conference. I didn't know there was such a thing.

Speaker 2 5:12

The Southwestern Conference.

Speaker 1 5:13

I didn't know there was such a thing. That was a long time ago.

Speaker 2 5:15

That was before you found out what sports were.

Speaker 1 5:19

So what were they in last year?

Speaker 2 5:22

Big eight, big 10, big 12, big something or another.

Speaker 1 5:27

Yeah, All right Well football begins.

Speaker 2 5:31

It does. We're going to be interesting.

Speaker 1 5:33

We're going to get the baby today. I keep calling him baby. He's a two year old. He's a toddler now. We're getting him today, so it's going to be interesting to see if we can get him interested in football.

Speaker 2 5:43

He'll have no interest in football right now.

Speaker 1 5:49

How can we get him interested?

Speaker 2 5:50

Well you, know he's the proverbial kid in right field right now. He'll be interested in the game until he sees a butterfly. Yeah, and then you know, let me go chase the butterfly.

Speaker 1 6:04

And you know, that's just what a two-year-old does squirrel yeah, what absolutely all right, let's move on to something else. I want to read some dear abby's to you and have you react to them. How does that sound? Does that sound all right to you?

Speaker 2 6:22

gee, okay, absolutely okay, let's see.

Speaker 1 6:30

Let's see. I'm looking for a topic here. I found one earlier. Now I can't bear with me. All right, here we go. I still love my turn your head and cough yeah, that was pretty good, even though I wasn't paying attention. But after you explained it to me now I can't bear with me. All right, here we go. I still love my turn your head and cough yeah, that was pretty good, even though I wasn't paying attention. But after you explained it to me, I was looking at the TV, reading the headlines. I was also thinking of the next question I wanted to ask you and I know that's the perfect example of how not to listen to someone. You're not actively listening to someone when you're thinking about the next thing to say or ask. You need to shut your brain down and listen.

Speaker 2 7:07

Exactly.

Speaker 1 7:08

Okay, here we go, you ready, I'm ready. Dear Abby, now I've not read this before, so I just read the headline. I'm scared my husband might kick me out of the house. I'm scared of this too, every day. I'm afraid you're going to find out I'm a fraud Not a fraud, but you know you're going to get sick of me and say, all right, that's it, you're done out, okay. You know you're going to get sick of me and say, all right, that's it, you're done Out. Okay, you ready, here we go, okay, this seems like it's a long one.

Speaker 2 7:38

I mean, do we need to go any further than that? Do we need to read the story?

Speaker 1 7:42

Yeah, we do. I want to see why she's scared I have a feeling. I think I know what it is. But let I know what it is. But let's see All right. My husband and I have been together for nine years, married for seven. I moved into his house with him and I'm still not on the mortgage. I work full time in the medical field and contribute to all the bills. We did meet with an attorney and, if God forbid, something happens to him we have a quit claim deed and I wouldn't have to leave.

Speaker 1 8:13

However, he has said to me several times if you do this or that, you can't live here anymore. Oh my gosh, if you do this or that, you can't live here anymore. I'm on eggshells a lot. My concern is that he could tell me to leave at any time why are you still?

Speaker 2 8:30

I know the guy, I know. Let me finish, let me finish. He should leave.

Speaker 1 8:34

I know my concern is that he could tell me to leave at any time and I wouldn't have a say in it. I love him with all my heart, but this makes me feel like I'm disposable. It makes me sad and uneasy. What do you think? Get the hell out of there?

Speaker 2 8:48

Well, first of all, you know they can't kick illegal aliens out of the country, much less kick you out of that house. Squatters rights. You know you have squatters rights.

Speaker 1 9:03

That's a messed up relationship from the beginning.

Speaker 2 9:06

Yeah, why are you there, right? That's my question, right, and if you're, you know, know, what did she say? She's a nurse oh, I didn't.

Speaker 1 9:14

It didn't say no, she works in the medical field. I don't know medical field.

Speaker 2 9:17

Okay, so she apparently has a fairly decent job. Uh, so why are you there? Right exactly that would be my response she just says.

Speaker 1 9:27

he says if you do this or that, what is this or that? Even it's still, I guess it doesn't matter.

Speaker 2 9:32

It doesn't matter, she shouldn't be there, let's see what Dear Abby says If you go on a homicidal maniac spree, I'll kick you out. Well, okay, sure.

Speaker 1 9:42

If you leave lipstick on the coffee cups, you're out.

Speaker 2 9:46

Yeah gone, see you bye. So what does Dear Abby have to say have your husband should not be threatening you.

Speaker 1 9:56

No duh, you live in a state in which a set assets are divided by a judge on an equitable basis. For your peace of mind, schedule an appointment with an attorney and discuss where you would be financially if your marriage should not work out, then plan accordingly. No, get the hell out right now.

Speaker 2 10:16

And they always got to have some attorney tell them what to do, right, oh, come on.

Speaker 1 10:21

Right.

Speaker 2 10:21

Whatever happened to you know taking your own responsibility for your actions, mm-hmm Yep. Well, number one, the letter's screwed up. And number number two, dear abby has the stupidest advice. Okay, yeah, okay next one ready.

Speaker 1 10:36

All right, dear abby, my sister demands her annoying pet bird must sit at the dinner table okay, well it's against a lot of sheep, the the sister.

Speaker 2 10:49

So you shoot the bird and you're done with it.

Speaker 1 10:52

Next question All right, my sister has a squawky bird. She insists on keeping alongside the dinner table when she invites guests for dinner. Its ear piercing. Screeching inhibits guests' ability to carry on a normal conversation. So I asked her if in the future she could please put the bird in another room during dinner. She responded that the bird is a family member. I said so are children, but they aren't permitted to run around the the dining table screeching when there's company over. Oh my gosh. This year when we returned to another dinner she pulled the bird in his cage even closer to the table. That's disgusting. I wouldn't even go over there anymore. To the person sitting next to her then the last time she apparently decided the comfort of her guest is not as important as her closeness to the bird. I don't know how to address this in the future. When she disregards my feedback, then don't don't go over there anymore.

Speaker 2 11:56

I think the woman's brilliant by doing the bird thing. Oh, so she can't so that way, people don't want to come over and she doesn't have to screw with them, like I'll show you.

Speaker 1 12:05

Well, that's a take, and that way they make the decision on their own.

Speaker 2 12:08

Like do y'all is that? What do they call that? Uh manipulation? Uh passive? Aggressive yeah well, I invited you and you didn't want to come over, so yeah yeah, that's, true I think she's brilliant. Yeah, that's true but you know, taking the other side of it there's. You know one simple thing. You know shoot the bird, eat dinner, all right. So here's what. Let's see. What does abby say?

Speaker 1 12:36

because it's clear your advice wasn't appreciated. The next time you are invited to a dinner party at your sister's at home, feel free to say you're busy.

Breakfast and Family Dilemma

Speaker 2 12:45

There you go and the bird lover wins again yep, there you go all right.

Speaker 1 12:54

All right, let's see. I you think that's good enough. You want to do a question? You go Alright. Alright, let's see. You think that's good enough?

Speaker 2 13:00

You want to do a question, let's do one more. Let me see if I can find one we can point out.

Speaker 1 13:08

I'll try to find it. Try to find one, a good one.

Speaker 2 13:15

Well, we're going to do a little off-the-wall breakfast this morning. Yes, tell us about breakfast while I'm trying to find something Well, normally we're real picky not picky eaters but we like to eat kind of light, have some grits and some eggs and that's it. But I was going to surprise my bride this morning and I'm going to make biscuits and gravy, sausage gravy, biscuits and sausage gravy and put a fried egg on top of it and splurge for breakfast this morning.

Speaker 1 13:48

It's going to be really good.

Speaker 2 13:51

If you've ever had this, you know I saw a video of school kids in Great Britain trying different foods from the Americans, yes, and it showed them eating biscuits and gravy and they were like you know, this is what is this? Lumpy crap. You know, this is awful Gravy. Before they taste gravy, of course, gravy is supposed to be brown. You know why would you do that? And then they eat it and their eyes just explode and they're like, oh my god, this is the greatest thing ever and they're like oh you americans, your food's so good yeah, but you're gonna get fat, so don't eat too much of it.

Speaker 1 14:38

Going to get fat, so don't eat too much of it. Enjoy. All right, this is the last one. You ready? I'm ready. Dear abby, my son is in a throuple. I don't want them to all stay in my home and you, you have the right to say no what is a throuple? Three. See he's in a threesome. Okay, I'll read it.

Speaker 2 14:58

Let me read it Okay.

Speaker 1 15:01

Remember, we've known people like that.

Speaker 2 15:02

I didn't know, you called it a throuple. Oh, I don't know, I call it. It's a threesome. Okay, a throuple, yeah, a throuple.

Speaker 1 15:08

All right, you ready, here we go. My 25-year-old son lives with his two girlfriends who are also romantically involved with each other. They share a single bedroom. One of them has a baby due this week and the other has made noises about wanting a child. I don't approve of this arrangement and I can't see it ending. Well, I love my son and I have a good relationship with all three of them, but it flies in the face of my upbringing and beliefs. Well, that's a. That's a opposite right there. You have a good relationship with all three of them, but it flies in the face of my upbringing, upbringing and beliefs. My question how do I deal with the threesome if they come and stay at my house? I don't want this going on under my roof, but I don't know how to assign bedrooms. Well, you're the parent. You either tell him no, you all cannot stay here, or two, you're going to stay here, you're going to stay there, and you're going to stay there. All right, what do you think? What do you think so?

Speaker 2 16:19

yeah, I just boy. I game comes on 11 today and I'm looking forward to it, man, it's gonna be a great football game. We got snacks going on, yep okay, good football game today.

Speaker 1 16:37

All right, let's see what Dear Abby says. Discuss your feelings with your son as soon as he tells you he and his extended family want to stay at your home. Explain that what goes on in his dwelling is his business, but in your own home you prefer the three of them or four once the baby arrives not to share one room. That's the problem. You got to be gentle, you got to walk with. You got to walk gently around this situation because there's going to be a grandbaby and if you want access to that grandbaby, you know you got to tread lightly, I think.

Speaker 2 17:19

I just, you know, I don't. That's almost like they make this crap up.

Speaker 1 17:24

I do, and I was just going to get to that too. I think some of these are made up and I think we should write in. Mr Sean said he was going to write a couple. I want him to write a couple and write in the Deer Avenue.

Questioning Truth in Penthouse Forum

Speaker 2 17:37

It's like trying to write the penthouse for them. They'll never believe what happened to me yesterday. I was in the grocery store and came upon this. You know four women who you know all, wanted me naked.

Speaker 1 17:56

So you're revealing that you've read Penthouse Forum before.

Speaker 2 17:59

Well, who hasn't? I'm not. Oh, come on, Carol.

Speaker 1 18:01

I don't know.

Speaker 2 18:04

If you were a red-blooded American boy, you read all kinds of things, absolutely.

Speaker 1 18:10

Okay.

Speaker 2 18:13

Well, I mean, you know, think about it, boy. When did you see it on Seinfeld? When they're at the little bodega and Kramer says, oh, get the penthouse for them, that'll be good stuff to read at the dinner table.

Speaker 1 18:28

Okay.

Speaker 2 18:32

The point being, the stories are made up, and I think that some of these stories that they come up with this on are made up as well.

Speaker 1 18:40

Oh, definitely, and there's no doubt about it.

Speaker 2 18:42

I think they are.

Speaker 1 18:43

That's the point of it. Yes, they need, because you know who's writing to Dear Abby.

Speaker 2 18:47

Yeah, who's writing to Dear Abby and talking about their?

Speaker 1 18:53

Yeah, all right, we need a question of the day and move on. Okay, yeah, all right, we need a question of the day and move on.

Speaker 2 19:00

Okay, here's the question of the day from the gent, dear abby or penthouse forum. Which letters are absolutely true? Which letters are actually letters written by people? That's your question of the day, all right, and if you answer one or the other, god bless you and do, and I wonder if they're ai generated nowadays oh lord, they probably are. I wouldn't doubt it. The way the I know what did you call it a? A trip truce, thruple A thruple, yeah. What the hell yeah.

Speaker 1 19:40

Let's make up a word too. At least it's heterosexual Kind of.

Speaker 2 19:44

Maybe Kind of Maybe.

Speaker 1 19:45

You know, we don't know that. Well, the thruple we knew were all men and we didn't know them. Know them.

Speaker 2 19:57

We knew of them. You worked with one of them that's all I know. Alright, gotta go that's all I care to know about it go dogs.