This is just a small taste of the show overall, the bits and bobs that I found interesting, funny, insightful and relevant. To hear everything that happened, check out the podcast of today's show. However, if you're looking for a quick read along with random self inserts and my personal thoughts, you've come to the right place.
Call in Point:
(This is the broadstroke canvas on which I base my call, obviously these notes are going to be longer and more detailed.)
Middle of the week is here once more and for some people, that means payday is just two days away. However, if you are an out of control degenerate gambler like Mrs. Taylor over here, Wednesday is just another day to figure out how to cash out your 401k and turn it into big money. For those who tuned in on Monday, you heard about how Angi lost $500 at Ballys on Friday night but it seems her misadventures in gambling there are not yet done (more on that in a moment.) The reason the itch arose this morning involved the soon to be released gambling at Dave & Busters app section. That's right, the place where you go to be a kid again and win tickets for prizes while drinking beer and eating food is about to become the next big gambling spot. Wanna lose your rent money playing skeeball? Dying to bet away your wedding ring on a round of air hockey? Excited to take your best friend's college tuition when you go head to head in that car racing arcade game? All this and more will be possible when all 223 locations will allow those over 18 to bet on their app. In theory, this just adds more to do for the adults while their kids are running around the barcade but the reality is this means Angi can bet away her house to Marris in a game of Pop-A-Shot. Of course, Angi was salivating at the idea of literally betting on anything and would go one step further to include things like "what is the gender of the next person to walk through the door?, how many drinks can she down before falling over? and will Jay the Straight leave her for Misty Meadows this year finally?" Obviously, this will eventually turn into an excuse to tell iHeart that we need to have a work outing there for a team building exercise but until Angi gets that to happen, let's backtrack to the casino. See, when Angi goes to the casino, she has a weird habit. Much like her trips to Liquor Barn, things end up falling into her purse and she forgets they are there. In this instance, it tends to be left over chips as she discovered a $25 one the other day. Apparently, she also has Vegas chips as well so I'm assuming it's less about being absent minded and more about giving herself an excuse to spend what's left of her money on a whim. Her "actual" excuse though is she doesn't like to go to the cage for cash because that's less time she gets to spend sitting at the table. She did add that she likes talking to the women in the cage but the moment she walks into any place that has gambling, she loses her marbles and needs to run to a blackjack table. It was here that Angi explained to us the science of casino layout and how slots are all up front because they make the most money. She simply throws the blinders on though and runs past them because she feels more control at table games and if someone even says the word "blackjack," she salivates. Marris reminded her that video poker is slots but she only indulges in that nonsense because she's a mess with a problem. Continuing on our theme of casino layout, Angi also discovered that Ballys has food on the third floor but that doesn't matter to her because the girl is on a liquid (see: wine, brown liquor) diet. In fact, that only part of the building layout she has down is the one that leads to the tables she wants to be at. So to wrap this up, if you see Angi or Marris at Dave & Buster's, know that their paychecks are probably gone but they'll still be looking for action.
Other Stuff from Today's Show
Another day, another excuse to tell Angi what a terrible person she is (which is usually why they keep me around but now everyone can join in on the fun.) So Angi is an a-hole and if you asked Reddit, they would probably agree. I know that comes off sounding harsh but when you hear what she did, you'll really want to rub her nose in it (all the zingers.) Yesterday, she got up for work at 3 A.M. as she tends to do and she tried to be quiet as she sauntered out of the house. See, Jay the Straight was still sleeping and so were her blind, alzheimered, deaf dogs. Knowing that if she made noise, she would wake any combo of the three and so she got out without a sound. However, as she was leaving, she saw a pile of dog poop on the floor and ... did nothing about it. That's right, she just left it there for Jay the Straight to find when he woke up. Marris, smartest person in the room, asked why she would even mention it on the radio and not take the secret to her grave. Also, he pondered the nature of the poop and where it was? Angi explained that it was a solid, on the hardwood but had she stopped to clean it up, she would need to have still sprayed the floor and turning on the lights would have set things into haywire (thus causing issues that she had sought to avoid.) As for why she revealed this nonsense, it's radio and we are the narrators of tales here. Marris offered that he would have picked it up if the dog was his. As for the aftermath of things, Angi played oblivious to Jay the Straight when he mentioned it. I should also add this isn't the first time this has happened as well so if you're reading this Jay the Straight, might want to start backtracking those memories and prep those divorce papers.
Moving onto the Daily Discussion Topic, Angi decided to drop a real head scratcher in a day where we discussed gambling addiction and dog droppings. Over on Reddit, there was a thread for people over 30 about what they regret doing or not doing. Some of the answers included taking better care of their health and teeth, traveling more (which is ironic because when you finally have more money for travel, you have less time,) staying in shape, not taking education seriously, doing what your parents wanted you to do and not pursuing your passion and not learning to play an instrument. Marris really felt that one as he had avoided taking band because practice was before school and no one ever wanted to go to school before the intended start time. Angi had a choice between band and choir when she was in school and that was how she became the world's best lip syncer in the back. A couple more from the overall list included getting married too young (I know that guy) or getting married too late in life. Also on the list, the insanely bad take of playing too much time playing video games (there's never enough time!) Fresh off those takes though, we went to Angi, who ironically didn't pick charging for all the stuff she did for free as her addition. Instead, it was regretting staying in bad relationships for too long. Marris, on the flip side, said that he didn't try hard enough in some relationships and ended them for trivial things. Marris does have less than a handful who got away but he's not interested in revisiting those situations. Angi also chimed back in once more with doing all the drugs she did while Marris rounded out the in studio points with a regret of going to college. The friends he made were worth it but the four years of studies was not especially since it doesn't factor into his job today. As for myself, I've been on a soul-searching mid life crisis introspection as of late and honestly the things I regret are probably longer than these notes so know that my answer is plenty. Enough of our shame and sorrow though, let's see what the Request Line had to say. Tiffany said she was too selective in her 20's and 30's and turned down guys who could have been great choices. Nick was involved with cocaine and ended up with a 7 year prison sentence. Paulie said he would have started a 401k immediately, had he done that he could have probably retired now. Mike said not picking up golf when everyone else did. He joined a club last year and everyone has a 20 year advantage on him. Another Nick said baseball was his strong sport and he had a tryout with the Atlanta Braves. Unfortunately, he went to a massive party the night before because it was a cool girl throwing it and he bombed his tryout (and also did not nail the cool girl.) Jose regrets not going away to college to party.
Finally, the Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks game yesterday had an interesting two hour delay. A colony of bees decided to set up shop on the field and they had to have a specialist come out and clean it up before they could start the game. This is a story because Angi has never been stung by a bee and assumes she is allergic and would die if she was. She also once killed herself by almost driving her car off the road on the interstate when a bee flew into her car. Marris though is the calm bee zen master who will simply shoo them away and knows that for the most part, they are not looking to harm. As for the game, they had to wait for the keeper to come in from a little league game and vacuum up the 1000's of bees safely to get them to where they belonged. They also allowed the bee man to throw out the first pitch. In a sense, I feel like this could have been Angi's 10 o' Clock Toast but I guess baseball hats off to you Mr. Beekeeper.
Request Wars 3.5
Theme: Millenium Rock Songs
Current Champion: Marris (2x)
Angi's Song Choice: “Hanging By a Moment" by Lifehouse
Marris' Song Choice: "Pardon Me" by Incubus
Winner: Angi
10 O' Clock Toast:
Toastee: Angi
Feeling guilty over her shenanigans during Request Wars, Angi toasted herself for having the balls to admit what she did. Toward the last few seconds, Marris was in the lead by 1 so Angi had coworker Jasmine go vote for her, tying the game and giving us the coin flip that gave Angi the win over. Mother Teresa over here is currently on her repenting tour.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"I remember my husband pulled me out of bed, 'they killed Obama!'" - Angi
9:59 A.M. - Angi admitted she was wrong.