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This is so bad. A Florida man was arrested after using sprinklers to spray disabled children. Yeah. True story, Antonio Roman, 61. Can I just say I've never seen a mug shot that says D G A F more than this guy?
Is he smarking? He's smirking, 61 years old. I get what Kane says about hating old people. I mean, I don't get it. It's still mean.
Not all of them are like that. He used a surveillance system to activate his sprinkler system to spray. His the disabled children.
next door because he was mad about their bus stop location. He did look at his little For those watching the simulcast, I swear to you, he's smirking. This is so ignorant. What a mean person. He consistently activated his sprinklers twice a day.
When the victims, they have to be literally loaded and unloaded from the school bus. That's they can't go to like a bus stop blocks away. They have to have help to get on the bus. And so investigators actually surveilled his home and they confirmed that it was directly aimed at the school bus stop.
So it was activated.
Now, can you imagine? Getting you know, sprayed and you're soaking wet when you're getting on the bus, going to school. and the Dad had to start wearing swimming attire to shield his children from the sprinklers. And when deputies made contact with the sky over the phone, he said he was upset about the location of the bus stop, and he did not like that it utilized part of his driveway for the wheelchair ramp of one of the victims needed. Oh my gosh.
Can I just have. 60 seconds in a locked room with this guy. That's all I need. All I need, I don't even need that. 60, give me 30 seconds.
30 seconds. I'll uh I'll just take thirty, that's it. He faces charges with stalking battery on disabled persons and battery, or yeah, battery on a disabled person and just regular battery. Wow, what a jerk. Can you imagine?
I What a horrible person.
Now If he felt that somebody was trespassing, why didn't he talk to his neighbor about it? Why did he? I don't know. And I bet he thinks he's in the right this whole time, too. That's just horrible.
See, these are the kind of stories that make me so incredibly mad. Uh, let's see here. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. So two guys got into a fight and one over Trump and bankruptcy.
And then one of them got stabbed.
Okay, because one of them stabbed the other. A Florida man fatally stabbed his friend during a heated political argument about Donald Trump's business ventures. And now he faces the possibility of dying behind bars because a jury convicted him of murder.
Okay, I have a real problem with his middle name. Donald James Brown Henry, it's one word. The James, I'm not making this up. The James Brown is one word. Donald, James Brown, Henry.
Oh. It's like Mark Wayne.
So you have three first names and one last one? And the last one's the middle name. That's too many names for you. At some point you have enough. Thirty eight years old.
Thirty eight years old. He was found guilty of second-degree murder for killing Sean Popp. I swear these names are made up. And what authorities describe as a shocking example of how political divisions can turn deadly.
So he's going to have minimum 17, no parole. And apparently uh it uh they uh were arguing and they were doing they were smoking pot. But I thought that like totally rel like doesn't that space you out? Yeah, it's supposed to call you. Or wait, does aren't they all or is it tweakers, the people who are always suspicious?
Or paranoid, sorry. I do get paranoid.
Okay, well, maybe it was the paranoid marijuana. I don't know. I'm sure there's different kinds, I guess, that make you more paranoid.
So. He he said that They were both arguing over Trump going bankrupt. That's the statement. And then apparently that enraged Mr. James Brown Henry.
Donald James Brown Henry. And then the Henry, he became The antagonist became aggravated and he was convinced that Pop was talking to him like he was stupid. He was sharpening apparently a kitchen knife while all this was happening.
So let's just hold up for a second. They're smoking pop. Yeah. He's sharpening a kitchen knife and they're m arguing over Trump's business. And so he took the knife and plunged it right into the pop's chest.
The victim walked outside and then collapsed. Uh so he's absolutely yeah, he's totally totally charged with murder 'cause he did it So, 17 years minimum, no parole. Wild, wild, wild, wild. Uh, let's see. Oh, we got uh.
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Tell them Dana sent you. Uh I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man.
Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan and Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said 20 billion one.
20 billion is an insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and better, and our army grows.
So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome.
So how does someone get in contact with Morgan and Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident? Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. That's pound529 from your cell phone. We are always open.
Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow. Dan Morgan from Morgan and Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
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Like, he keeps picking fights with Texas over this stuff. He's Ben he's picking fights with everybody. I don't Understand what he thinks this serves, what purpose he thinks this serves. And not I I don't get it. He apparently has like a whole social media team.
That runs, I mean, it's the Governor Newsom press office, so it's verified. You know what he said? He told one person. who criticized him. Quote.
Your husband keeps poop and porn in his pockets. What? That is his official account. His press office? That, yes.
Not even making this up. That is his actual official Governor Newsom verified yes. I mean we pulled I I I am That's his actual, if you don't believe me, hold up. Here it is. I'm giving it to you right now.
Leaning all the way in, I'm trolling, is basically what you're saying. That's not even... Like funny or clever. It's just like cringe. Like, what?
What are you doing? What do you think this is? Oh my. He has three people. That runs his comms team.
I had this. Where's the story at? Gosh, I hate these gestures on this. I'm going to take this whole new computer. IO.
I'm going to just shoot it. The Mossberg. Uh, He had, there was this article that was quoting his. Oh, here it is. Yeah.
This is so funny.
So his Social media person is some I don't know, some check. And they said, Oh, uh she's part of a team of three. This is Camille Zapeda. She's the genius behind a social media post. She's part of a team of three people.
She can't wear clothing that fits her. She's wearing like the slouchy stuff in her little photo. I don't know. He has three people that run this account. Yeah, here's another one.
Three whole people. And then you have Izzy Garden. Oh, for the love. Seriously? That sounds like a bad HG TV show.
Cause it is. I don't know what the genius is doing a lot of heavy lifting here with us. I uh the I mean, not kidding, this is actually some of the I I the tw I can't even some of them are so s cringy, I don't even wanna read them on the show 'cause it's just it you you just get secondhand cringe and it doesn't help anybody. But they have this great comms team, guys. They're really.
They've had. They c they've been calling people Voldemort. Hang on. I'm just looking at all of these different tweets of his that he has. Uh Our Wi-Fi is we're having technical issues here, so bear with us.
So we've got The Him making, so they're making fun of. I mean, everybody, they went after Noam, different conservative accounts. They went after Casey DeSantis. They uh cussed out Stephen Miller. they called some one Voldemort.
Uh stupid co I mean, it's bad. It's I I don't even understand what this is just so it's pointless. It's embarrassing. It's absolutely embarrassing. It really is.
And I just no, I don't see no any sign of it ever ending. This is their comms team. And this account was the one that did the caps lock. like version of w the stuff Trump does. Of Trump's style of posting.
So they were talking about Texas and gerrymandering. And They said, Gosh, I don't want to read this. It's so, oh gosh, this is killing me. I'm doing it for you guys. They went after, who are they going after?
They were saying that final warning, Donald Trump, maybe the most important warning in history. Stop cheating, or California, will we redraw their maps? This is all Caps lock. All of it. And guess who will announce it this week?
Gavin Newsom, many say the most loved and handsome governor, and a very powerful team. Don't make us do it. Mini exclamation points. Thank you for your attention to this matter. See, only he can do this.
You guys just look stupid doing it. It just looks thirsty. And then you have these leftists who are like, we think it's so great. They're like, they're falling all over themselves to praise it. Three people.
Three people. And they were talking about their comms team. They said, this is the one chick that I mentioned. She leads a team of three. They troll forty seven by mimicking his words in poor grammar.
They don't back down. Imagine going to college and this is what you, that's your job. I troll for Kevin Newsome. I don't even have my own byline. I just troll for his press office.
That's all I do. It's embarrassing. What did they? I mean, you could have AI do this better, probably. You know, they can, you don't even need these three people.
You could just eliminate their jobs. I think these three people may be AI created. I they've gone after they've tried to give him people nicknames. They've I I And it doesn't even, honestly, it doesn't even sound like the stuff that Trump would say. It doesn't even sound like the stuff he would say.
This is what gets me: the free press. David Mammet, who we're going to have back on the show. I can't say what the headline of this was, but I was reading these tweets from Newsom's press office, and then I saw this piece over at the Free Press from David Mammet. The The subhead is brilliant. Profanity was once a useful weapon, and now it's a dull blade.
Now, I'm going to tell you guys, I don't have any vices, really. I'm not. I've never done, I don't do drugs. I've never done drugs. I've, I, you know, every now and then I'll, I'll socially drink if we're having dinner.
Um I don't smoke. I don't But I You know, when you come from a family of sailors, You get creative with your language. And so That's my only advice, I I should say. But now, because I hear it so often on the left, I'm like, ooh, no. Mm.
I don't even wanna do that anymore. I catch myself like, mm no. That's a no-no Democrat word. I think what he says here is brilliant. And he basically talks about how the left is they're ruining Profanity.
Like everything else. They're ruining profanity, like they're ruining everything else. And I think that that's a I mean, I think it's smart. That's it's absolutely true. And he said profanity of the streets.
was you know In those days It was It was so much more aggressive. And Uh It meant something basically is what he's saying.
Now they're throwing it out. As a veneer. They're cosplaying tough, and they think. That Hijacking profanity is the way to convey that toughness. without actually having anything else.
That defines toughness. If that makes sense. They're ruining it. They're making it cringe. They're ruining everything.
They ruined comedy. They've ruined everything. They've ruined music. They've ruined. Arts and entertainment.
They've ruined government. What have they not ruined? They are a plague upon the earth, this ideology. And he's right. I mean, it was.
a useful weapon. It was a sign that you went too far. Oh, wow, wait, that was a line. Oh, there's a boundary I crossed. Oh, that person's upset or joyfully just out of their mind with exuberance, whatever.
Now it's I mean you have Betho or Rourke waving around his noodle arms. I mean If you he's like the same proportion and size as his wife.
Okay. I I just I don't know. Eight. ruins it. It makes it cringe.
And Kane, have you noticed? Have you f have you Sort of Now you you kind of recoil and Horror cringe whenever you hear a salty word now, just because the left has ruined it so much? Yeah. Yeah, it is. We always say that.
It's a spice. Cursing is a sound. You overdo it, it's no good. It's the spice melange. You overdo it and it's exactly, I completely agree.
But now it's just, and this is what Newsom and his social media account are doing. They're trying to act like they're so tough. They're trying to act like they're so tough. Look, we're cursing at Dina Perino, or we're cursing at somebody. Good heavens.
It's just, it's so, oh my gosh. It's just, it's just cringe. It's cringe.
So, I don't know. I don't think that this is going to serve the purpose that he thinks it does. I don't think that Newsom doing this is going to attract. Any like independents or leftists or progressives that are going to see him or hear him talk like this or see the stuff that he's tweeting and go, Oh, that's so edgy, because it just seems so contrived and forced. And that's the other thing that Mammet, you know, gets to.
He's like, you know, it. It was a spontaneous thing. It wasn't something that was focus grouped and planned out and. And released at a certain time. as like some c sort of toughness buff.
It's that's not what it's like. That's not what it's for. I don't know. It's so um It's frustrating. They're ruining something else now.
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Exclusions apply. Oh. I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome.
Um I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said uh twenty billion one. 20 million is an insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and batter, and our army grows.
So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome.
So how does someone get in contact with Morgan and Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident? Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. That's pound529 from your cell phone. We are always open.
Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow. Dan Morgan from Morgan and Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
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Offers are subject to change and certain restrictions may apply. And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
Okay, so this study says that apparently one out of what three people are considered highly sensitive. Meaning they feel things more deeply than others. I have a different word for it. A review of 33 studies, 13,000 people found that higher sensitivity is linked to more symptoms of anxiety and depression. They say it's not a disorder, but it does shape how people experience mental health.
I think there's something to that. I think there are some people that are way more. Empathic. empathetic but empathic. Then others.
Yeah. So I think that You know, they may take it personally, or they may feel slighted because they observed something that other people didn't, but uh, stop being panties for real. Just stop. Like, don't, you know, it's not stop taking everything that everybody does seriously because it's not worth it. It's just not worth it.
Just shrug it off and let them. You know, that's just gotta go through life. Uh I know that's very Bob New heart of me, but okay. Uh let's see. Ooh, a law to help sex abuse victims is creating an insurance crisis for public schools and local agencies.
Well rather, people are creating these problems, not the victims. Thank you. A new California law opened gates for victims of childhood sexual assault. They can sue public entities that failed to keep them safe. And now, apparently, there's, yeah, well, that's what happens, right?
FAFO. You don't do your job, you don't protect your students, then guess what? This sort of stuff happens. Without penalties, it will continue to happen. Sadly, you can't appeal to someone's morality to do their job and make sure that people are protected, but you can if there is a financial penalty.
How sad is that? MSNBC is changing its name. because they we're gonna joke about this litter because they think that you're not gonna know PMS and BC. It's going to be called MS Now. Ms.
Now, that's what I see. Are you gonna watch? No, I'm not gonna watch it. I don't care. It just sounds goofy, but they're trying, they're separating, and I don't know.
I. I just don't think that's going to assist them because I think that the reason that they even lasted this long is because they had that veneer of respectability with the NBC on it. Not that NBC is, you know what I mean? Gave them a little bit of a legacy. A 40-year-old man got stuck in a slide at a school playground in Vernon, Illinois.
That's what you get. He got stuck in the slide, Northeast Elementary School. The fire department responded because the dude got trapped at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. He was literally wedged in the middle of the slide, and they had to get him out.
They gave the man oxygen and it was really hot outside. They had to set up ventilation. It took them 30 minutes to free him. Took and dumped. Why am I laughing so much?
Oh my gosh. I mean, you know, you should know. Look at you, look at the slide, look at you again, and then make the determination as to whether or not you're gonna go down there. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you.
We're at the top of this third hour, and you can watch us make radio magic. Channel three hundred forty seven Direct T V is a simulcast. The chat is at Rumble. Uh All kinds of good stuff.
So, I gotta tell you, a little sidebar for moms and dads that are dealing with the back-to-school stuff.
So, for my friends, my husband and I got married very young.
So, our kids, out of all of our friend group, are the oldest of all the kids. Because everybody waited until like they were basically in their 30s before they started having kids. And we, I mean, we were, we started right away. And um I always hear them talk about, oh my gosh, back to school, like going to high school. Going to which it is.
There's always a list of stuff that you have to get. There's things that you have to get, you know, and there's specific items, and then everybody goes to the same stores, and so you know, you gotta go early or at Slim Pickens. Nothing prepares you, though. Boy moms out there, I know you're gonna feel me. Nothing prepares you, though, for when you have Sons.
that are going to college. And They It's worse than the high school, junior high going back to school stuff.
Now, love the boys. They're they're great they're responsible And I always tell people, I don't think college is for everybody. I think there's certain disciplines. And my son, he got scholarships.
So I'm like, it'd be stupid to not take them. But I also think his discipline is one that I would suggest. College for if you're going into a particular field, you know, if you're going into certain engineering, you're going into medicine. Wah, I think that's fine. And he's going into one of the three.
So To that point. Mom boy moms. At some point, your sons go from chatty Kathy's to here is a one-syllable answer. to everything. And then you have to take out your runes and uh basically try to figure out from your runes what that means.
You have to use magic to try to figure out what they mean from this one syllable word. It is the most frustrating thing ever. And when you have a bunch of boys that are like rooming together, it's even crazier.
So, for instance, I'm like, okay, well. They don't think you always think that you prepare your kids for everything, right? And I feel. Like, you know, we've been doing a really good job with that stuff. And then you get weird questions like: Can I put this in the microwave?
Or can I use. Mm-hmm. Metal on a non-stick pot, or you know, things like that. And then you go full stop. What did I not teach you?
And so every year at this time, For those who have left the house, I go through this. crazy list. Of, I need to repeat this as often as possible. Send them a list of things that they need to understand, basic, just in case I didn't cover this. You know, like, oh my gosh, don't put foil in the microwave.
Oh my gosh, you know, all this crazy stuff. And um Yeah, so my son's getting stuff together and he's uh going to college and he's rooming. He's got three other roommates. And They have like a kitchen, right? And they were talking about, you know, I guess what stuff that they can make and things like that.
And I said to my son casually, I was like, We guys. Do do you have Like plates and utensils? I mean, you can't eat out all the time, and you have a meal plan with school, so that's going to be helpful. But what about inclement weather? You know, what, you know, what was something?
I guess we need plates. Anything else? Like you guessed? Yeah. Like I can't even tell you for someone who I plan methodically everything.
Everything out. If we go anywhere, if we travel, if we do anything, if we Christmas, Thanksgiving, I mean, my meals are planned out. Everything I do. I will go to a restaurant if we host like a business thing. and everything is planned out.
I mean, I will literally pre-order things. I'm so type A. And You're days, you know, away from like going somewhere, moving in, and you're like, I also need some plates. I don't know, maybe I'll just eat with my feet. I don't know.
And I'm just thinking. Huh? Yeah. How are you gonna laugh? Like, what?
I can't hardly verbalize it. And it just gives I don't get anxiety, so I don't know if that's what this is. But I I I am unsettled and I feel like, well Is that, I don't know if that's, I don't want to be like, doctor, do I have anxiety? I feel unsettled and man. You know, because of this instance, because they don't know if they need plates and they don't have any silverware.
What are you gonna cook it in? You're gonna use your hands? Like, what is gonna do? What are you doing? See, I think that's the difference between moms and dads.
Because I think dads would be like, oh, you know what? This is a good opportunity for the kid to learn a little lesson. I'm not going to sit there and help him out with dishes, something basic like that. He's going to have to figure it out for himself. And guess what?
He'll learn and it'll be fine. And everybody will be happy and he'll be a self-sufficient individual.
Well, I told him, I'm like, so, you know, you could get like. Uh Melamine, you know, dishwasher safe melamine. That way you don't have to get like a nice plate that's going to break. And then I get, well, I guess any plastic. No, no, no No.
It's not. Dude, some lead plates. Oh my gosh! Oh, boy moms, please, anybody feel me out there? And the girls, I don't even understand.
Oh, the Lord did not give me daughters for a reason. Oh my gosh, because I I've been watching all of my girlfriends, their daughters that are going to college. Mm-hmm. What is up with the rooms?
So, one of our friends' daughters was telling me about this site. I swear they don't advertise. It's just the whole name screams: Cupcake, Love, Sheck, Fancy. I don't even know, like three random words. We're gonna throw it together.
It's basically like if unicorns explode on sale, that's what it is. Everything like warm room. ruffly and glitter and bright stones. And these girls' rooms look like someone... It looks like the cupcake room in Willy Wonka's factory.
I don't know how else to describe it. Like they go in and they have like whole entire. Houses in their dorm rooms. I don't get this. And they have like the frilly curtains and they have feathers on the lamps and multiple rugs.
And things are hung on the walls. And you go. in the like my son's room and he has an uh anti-comie poster taped to the wall And like a couple of hodgepodge things, and that's it. It is super Spartan, very Spartan. And he's I think he honestly I think that guys Pride themselves on how Spartan they can be.
Is that true? Is that true, Kane? There is there's a level of truth to that. I'll admit it. Like they move in, and it takes a second, and then they get messages from their friends or girls: Can you help me?
I don't know. Yeah. And they, you know, they have to go and hang up things with like feathers and boas and you know, ruffles, and it's just so crazy. But the rooms could not be more different. I you go into some of these girls' rooms and it's like you walked into a boutique.
It's like not even a dorm. You you don't it's like a Harry Potter tent, you know, where They throw a little tent down and it looks a little tiny, and you walk in, and it's like a whole thing. That's like the girls' college dorm rooms. It is the wildest thing ever. And then you go into these like the boys' rooms, and they just look like hobos, like the poorer hobos.
I like there was a sliding scale of hobos there on the other end of it. And I'm just like, How do you live? How do you live? I don't understand it.
So, I don't know. I'm just sitting here thinking, they're going to burn this place down. They're going to cook. And like, my son can cook because he does his own laundry. I have not done my kids' laundry in forever because I am not that mom.
I'm like, I am not going to be doing this for you. But I missed apparently the whole you need plates and utensils. And some other basic necessities when you're moving. out into your own thing for the first time. And you just I just figured they knew that and they don't.
Right? Like, you know what it's like to get a text: Can you actually put plasticware in the dishwasher? No, you can't, not even on the bottom rack. That's not where it's going to melt to death. You're going to die.
Don't do it. You know? Like we just. Oh my gosh. And then to have all of this happen.
And I'm juggling a few things. You're going to have, please indulge me. Give me some grace because it is. I don't know, man. It's weird.
I don't like this part of it. This is the part that they don't prepare you for. It was easier when they were toddlers. And your worst worries were like fevers and stranger danger. I feel like this is way worse.
It's way worse. Because it's like now the danger is you. It's just like you're going to set your house on fire. Oh my gosh. So I don't know.
I just get. Little A little worried. A little worried. Boy moms out there. But man, the girl moms are.
I don't, I'm so glad. I couldn't. I'd be like, do you really need another lamp with feathers? Do you really need this? Do you really need all these things?
And it takes them hours to move into like a box size of a room. Oh. I know y'all out there feel me on that. Good heavens, it is Wild. It's wild.
So I don't know. And I consider myself a maximalist. And when I'm even going, mm, that's a lot. You know. That's a big thing.
It's a big thing.
So, I don't know. I'm a little, all you parents with kids going back to school, I feel you. It gets worse. It gets worse. Just.
I'm gonna tell you that. It just gets, you know, your kids in the pool to teach them how to swim? You didn't do anything like that? Like, well, how protective are you? Because in this instance, I gotta tell you, as a dad.
I'm like, you're on your own. You're the dad. I'm saying that. That is the dad. That's how you learn.
You're not between the dad and these are boys. This is not about hovering. I'm like, what are you going to eat off of, you hobo? No, no, I'm not super. I'm not suggesting.
You don't even have a plate. But what I'm saying is: there's some failures. There's no doubt you have plates, right? Did you only? No, he didn't either.
He's admitting it. He's being honest about it. Hold up. No more. Steve, dear heaven, save us.
Please tell me. Please tell me that when you moved out that you at least had like some plates and some eating utensils. You like when I moved into my freshman year dorm? Anything. You didn't.
Yeah, no, I well, I had half a meal planned, but when I ate at home, I had like. plates to wash and stuff. We didn't have a dishwasher, we had to hand wash 'em, but yeah.
Okay. Oh my god. There's some hope. I mean, I just, it's just like the little things. Like, they like to not know the difference between a blind and a shutter.
I'm like, What? Do you want people looking in your room at night? You can guess them to cover them windows? You know, I just, oh my gosh, it is the craziest thing ever.
So, I had to vent to you guys right now. I know we always talk about meat and potatoes, but I'm over here like. Looking at my list, I always make a list, even though it's not for me. And then I'm looking at my list and I'm like, so many things are done. What is happening?
And it just is, and I'm, you know, I'm not that mom that's gonna be all up in there, like, this is hard. I'm not gonna cook for you. I'm not doing your laundry. I'm not cleaning your place. I think failure is a great lesson.
That's all I'm saying. I also don't wanna be somebody going to, you know. Walmart at like 10 o'clock at night because we don't have anything to eat off of. And then they're going to buy something dumb that breaks, or you know, I don't know. Or they're gonna think it's melamine and it's not, and they're gonna set something on fire.
You know, if they have it, they didn't even know if they had a dishwasher. I'm like, Here you go. It's like the first thing that I'm sorry, I just alerted everybody's dogs just then, but I'm like, how? How do you not know this? How are these things you don't know?
Oh my gosh. Oh, I guess uh like when we when we travel When we travel, I'm that person. I will literally Google tour the area. And I don't even need a map. I don't even need GPS.
I get there and I'm like, nah, we're going here and here. And Chris is like, why are you an alien? You are psycho. And but I know exactly where to go, and I'll be like, Yeah, we're going here, here, here. This is where we're eating, this is breakfast, this dinner.
I'm like, reservation here, this, you know, everything. is set. I go in and there is nothing left to chance.
So it is just Crazy to me for, I don't know, some of this stuff, but I know it's the life of a boy mom. It really is. So Man, I don't know. But uh Whew, oh my gosh, and thank the boy ma. Oh my gosh, literally, so David, one of our listeners out of Orlando, he says, I literally just used a pot and spoon my first year of college.
See? Yep, fun spoon. That's like an instrument. You gotta let them experience it. Oh, I know that, but.
I know that, but I'm you know, I'm just like, I can't. You're going to live your life even if it's stupid. That's the perils of being a great mom, the perils of being a good parent. And I had one. Another listener, Jules, is that I had to go shopping for my eldest first apartment because he didn't know he needed plates.
A cookware. I think they think they go into the they're gonna go into the apartment. and open the cabinets and ta-da. The glasses, it's like mom's house, it's plates like home. It's not like that.
You got to put that stuff in there, it doesn't just evaporate into the cabinet. If you're eating pizza and instant rum, and there's very little stuff. Oh, yeah, you're just going to eat bad carbs and sodium. Right. That's what did you do in college?
There's very little need for it. And that's why everybody has the butt cancer, Cain. That's why they all got it. Because that's all they eat in college. I did not.
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