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Feel the rumble of controversy and chuckle at the quirks of life as we unravel a tale of passion and fury, featuring Panthers owner David Tepper's latest spectacle. His drink-throwing debacle after a stinging Panthers defeat isn't just hot gossip; it's a springboard for us to explore the impact of impulsive authority figures. But don't fret, we're not all about the drama—our chat takes a light-hearted turn, dissecting how Star Wars phrases have stealthily crept into our everyday banter. Ever been caught off-guard with a "May the force be with you"? We're serving up the ultimate witty rejoinders.
Prepare for a foray into the delightful oddities that make life richer, as we introduce the world to college football's newest, and perhaps crunchiest, addition—the Pop Tart Bowl mascot. This episode isn't just about the laughs; there's the unexpected delight in Snoop Dogg's leap from laid-back rapper to NBC's Olympic commentator. You'll even find yourself considering a 'no spend January' with our insights into the challenge's intriguing dynamics. So, as you look to refresh your spirits and wallets, let us be the ones to guide you through the pitfalls and triumphs of starting the year on a thrifty note.
the show. Welcome to eat it. And Amadeus. It is a new year, the first show of the new year, and, in case you missed it, we've got some great things to run down for you.
Speaker 2Okay, so we started out this morning on the radio anyway, talking about the big Jacksonville viral video of when the Panthers lost 26 nothing to the Jaguars this past weekend and the owner of the Panthers threw a drink evidently into the Jags crowd.
Speaker 1So he was in a suite and those suites basically are like on the very back of the upper seats and then I guess I don't know if the fans were giving him a hard time. We can't really tell what went on before, but he was clearly over the edge, he was over the edge. He picked up his drink, he tossed it and then he like storms off and he also threw the cup at him. After he tossed it. He stepped back for a second and then he leaves in and throws the cup.
Speaker 2And then he goes back to the bottom of the cup, and then he goes back to the bottom of the cup. So this guy's name is David Tepper.
Speaker 1He has a history of being a brat, just an absolute baby.
Speaker 2Although I can say douche bag on this, on this podcast, or we can even say asshole yeah, he's, he's the drama.
Speaker 1He's the asshole.
Speaker 2So he has done things like said hey, if I think a waiter sucks, I'll just buy the restaurant and fire him or he will just buy his house and destroy it, and I love that.
Speaker 1when you sent me the link, we had an old boss who was kind of a douche bag and you're like it kind of looks like this guy.
Speaker 2I was like, oh my God, I like him, he looked just like him in that one particular video. What it is, it's that angry scowl. It was a scowl, for sure, but it just you know what. There's nothing better than getting under someone's skin, but when they are in such a situation, they're like oh.
Speaker 1I'm just finding him doing something.
Speaker 2I mean there's someone who can step in, the police said, Well, we can't do anything because we would need the person who the water landed on to physically come in and right yeah, it is what it is.
Speaker 1It is what it is. We also talked about the fact that Star Wars lingo has now become so common that it is what?
Speaker 2just like one in every million words, which sounds like not very many, but it's just like oh, I'm so dizzy, these are words that come up one in every million words, you wouldn't say they're uncommon. Oh my gosh, I got so dizzy Looking at that jewel. Yeah, that's, that's a. We call that double dipping, so anyway.
Speaker 1Jedi is like that. Now, yeah, one in every million words is Jedi. I feel like, obviously, jedi is. You know the word, but I feel like the phrase may the force be with you is the answer?
Speaker 2I don't know if it's the answer. I don't know if it's the answer. I don't know if it's the answer, or whatever. People say it all, you say it more than most, so like you definitely rock the average on that, but still and we did you ever come up with what is the proper response?
Speaker 1If someone says May the force, am I supposed to say? And?
Speaker 2with you or am I? Am I enough Do?
Speaker 1I have to have a qualification to throw that term around? Must I have to have a proper response? And I don't think there has. Like you, say that to someone as they're departing, I don't think I mean, I'm sure there probably has been a reply, but I can't, I can't like back at you, right? No, you wouldn't say back at you. Maybe you would say I feel like it's just always the last thing with the force.
Speaker 2be with you, oh yes.
Speaker 1I don't know, but anyway, I love that.
Speaker 2Thank you for that. I love that. That was a great question. Thank you, that's a well wish, have you said something to you there. They hope things go well for you, yeah, but I think it would be better to say it back.
Speaker 1May the force be with you too. I don't know either way. I'm just happy to be two places at once.
Speaker 2Well, yeah, the force is everywhere at once.
Speaker 1It is everywhere at once, as a matter of fact, now that you mentioned that saying.
Speaker 2May the force be with you is stupid because it is with you.
Speaker 1You know it's just a matter of time. You know you're not going to be scared off.
Speaker 2I will not be doing that. All right, let's move on to this amazingly funny mascot story. So the pop tart bowl was one of the many bowls this college football season and they told us in advance that they were going to be doing the world's first edible mascot.
Speaker 1So they roll out this toaster.
Speaker 2This guy dressed like a pop tart comes out of it and then rolls out, and then rolls out and he's got a big Mass got. Then gets back in the toaster holding a sign that says dreams really do come true. Jumps into the other slot and comes out at the bottom of the toaster as a baked giant pop tart, which is obviously not the same guy, but it's just something that rolls out and the way it's not the same. It's a giant. It looks like it's him cooked and these players start eating him. It's horrific.
Speaker 1And you know what's funny and delicious? That same face as the mascot that goes into the toaster comes out with one I closed. Like a winky face, winky face and then they dig in.
Speaker 2It was a great mascot. It even had the little parts. You know how, like if you push on the icing it crackles. Yeah, it even had like that finger parent print on it. Absolutely, it was a massive pop tart but people were responding very funny, like some people were saying like okay, I'm traumatized, I just watched you guys eat the mascot. And then other people were saying this is absolute cringe. This is disgusting. I hope we do it every year.
Speaker 1It was the way it was meant to be.
Speaker 2He was a massive pop tart. He was great. It was a. It was fantastic. I some people did say that it was like the worst you know most horrific traumatizing thing ever.
Speaker 1Are you hearing what I mean? I mean, it was really funny.
Speaker 2I just like I didn't even know there was still such a thing as that kind of thing.
Speaker 1Yeah, it was really funny but I also loved. I think it was the next day Cheetos had a or cheese. It had their mascot with a big sign.
Speaker 2This is not edible, not edible. Don't even try it, folks.
Speaker 1There were a couple things we didn't get to that I wanted to run by you. Snoop Dogg will be joining NBC's Universal Olympic.
Speaker 2Games for prime time coverage this year. I love it.
Speaker 1No it's going to be doing special reports and commentary, I just like. I think it's going to be really fun, I mean. I mean this is just a great place to do this. You know it's like the LA who just started out as this humble rapper. I mean what, how cool is this? He's become just this like face for like youth sports. I mean my pop and my mom.
Speaker 2Love Snoop Dogg because he's friends with Martha Stewart. Yeah, I just love Steve's dog.
Speaker 1He's just relevant, over and over again.
Speaker 2In fact, was it a couple of months ago where he said that he no longer will smoke.
Speaker 1Yeah, I mean it was really really cool. I just think I think the him joining NBC is a cool thing and it's gonna make me wanna watch his commentary and his special reports. Okay, there's the other thing, and we may wanna do this on the radio. Did you see this list of things that are legal but make you look like a psychopath if you do them?
Speaker 2I did see that list.
Speaker 1My favorite one was digging a hole at night.
Speaker 2Yeah, digging a hole at night. If I came across somebody digging a hole at night, I would run the other way and call 911.
Speaker 1It's not illegal, but it does make you look like a psychopath. It makes you look really creepy.
Speaker 2Also, things like getting in an elevator. We just want other person.
Speaker 1is it kind of suspect thing to do and the other thing is to get in an elevator and not face the door, not turn around.
Speaker 2Oh, turn around, just stare at everyone.
Speaker 1Yeah, like a crowded elevator, you just walk on it. There's no rule.
Speaker 2Nobody has posted that as a rule Like psycho Weird, that is funny, those are things you could do to just really freak someone out.
Speaker 1Yeah, absolutely. I'm gonna take a good look at that list. I may even add it to my phone and then just start knocking them off. I might just go out and dig a hole one night, do all those things, just see what happens.
Speaker 2We also discussed the idea of, instead of a dry January, that some people are doing, people are doing no spend January. And I would like to regularly update that on this podcast, because you and I both wanna try this. Obviously, there are some things you have to spend on. You could go out and do all your grocery shopping for the month now, but you're still gonna need gas.
Speaker 1Right, and if you eat a lot of fresh vegetables? You can't get that for the month, not really.
Speaker 2So if you set aside whatever you're gonna spend on that, but then you spend not one dime more. I tried this for one week once, and I actually was invited out for wine with some of my friends.
Speaker 1And you said no.
Speaker 2I told them what I was doing and they were like we got you, we're gonna treat you and.
Speaker 1I was like, oh, that feels so weird. But yeah, I don't know if it's still the same then.
Speaker 2But you know what? It's not the same cause then yeah.
Speaker 1I'm not gonna do no spend to January. What I wanna do, I'm gonna keep all my receipts for the month and really see, like, did I need this? Maybe I'll do a no spend in February or just modify the rest of the year because, let's face it, I mean things are tough. It's tough out there. Things are tough, I mean, thank goodness gas is going down, but like everything else is going up, except for our pay rate it ain't going up. If it stays the same and everything goes up, it's like you're losing money.
Speaker 2Right, and there are so many things that I buy. You asked me this. When I said I wanted to do it, you said well, like, what do you buy? That's not food or gas. What are you buying? That is such an excellent question and I'm glad you asked, because I don't know, but I'm doing it.
Speaker 1I do find myself because I work on my computer. I'm in them because of the business we're in. If a new album comes out and I get like, if I get a thing on Facebook, oh, here's the new single, I go to Amazon right then and purchased, like pre-purchased, the album.
Speaker 2I don't think twice about it, right.
Speaker 1And then it shows up three weeks, four weeks or one hour long Like, oh yeah, I forgot I bought that and so I'm really, really bad about that. I might try to not do that for the month of January.
Speaker 2Yeah, just trying to sit on it. Just, even if you just write it down and then re and consult the list at the end of the month and if there's something on that list, then you don't have to feel like you've deprived yourself, you're just putting it off, you're not saying no, you write it on a list.
Speaker 1And say do I really need this?
Speaker 2Do I really need this? And then at the end of the month, if you're like you know what, I have this really good idea that I invite right then because I don't even need this anymore.
Speaker 1You know what? At the end of the year, it could also be a really good Christmas list for your family or friends. Yes, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2It could be that, or it could be like you say OK, look how much I saved by not buying these things. I'm going to go do this. Oh yeah, or that. And then the other thing we talked about this morning and I'd love to one day spend the morning on this, on a podcast is missed connections.
Speaker 1Now.
Speaker 2I did not realize that this is still a thing on Craig's list. But there are still people who are seeing people in public, not taking an opportunity to meet them and then going to Craig's list under missed connections.
Speaker 1You didn't realize this was still a thing on Craig's list and I didn't realize Craig's list was still a thing. I had no idea. I had no idea it was still operating.
Speaker 2And let me explain what that means. It would be like if I saw you at Publix on a shopping trip and I said parking lot, Publix, Eagle Harbor, you were wearing this, I was wearing that, I helped you with your cart. I'm kicking myself that I didn't ask you your name, just something like that. I can't imagine that there are two people that could ever connect that way, because it would require both of you knowing that this exists.
Speaker 1Right, exactly, and I didn't know it existed. You didn't know it existed.
Speaker 2No, I think you'd have better luck on Facebook you know.
Speaker 1what we should do one day is ask people on the air have you ever?
Speaker 2Have you ever done?
Speaker 1this Made a connection on missed connections, because I'm curious.
Speaker 2Because wouldn't you think Now, granted, all of the connections we've read on the radio today were all people that said older, so maybe they're not realizing that the better way to do this would be on social media. But either way, it's very entertaining. It is entertaining Especially for the one lady who said I'm looking for this guy or someone similar.
Speaker 1I feel like that's desperate. It's pretty desperate.
Speaker 2So anyway, thank you guys for tuning in to Eden and Namadeus. In case you missed it, that's what you would have missed today on the show, and then some, and then also, of course, at the end of the week we'll play back for you all of our Battle of the Sexes trivia contests for the week, so you can get your trivia on as well. You can always find us at 999gatercountrycom or locally in Jacksonville at 999.9 on your radio dial. What are you excited about for the new year?
Speaker 1So I'm seeing Madonna in April and you remember she was sick last year. I'm really super excited about that show and I forgot. I'm seeing Boy George in Mulan Rouge on Broadway in February.
Speaker 2So you have some things already on the calendar.
Speaker 1Got some things on the calendar, yeah, so I'm looking forward to a couple of getaway trips.
Speaker 2I've had a couple of things I was looking forward to this year that aren't going to happen after all. So no, it's OK, it's good. I've got to read just to rethink my list, but in the meantime, you think about what you're excited about in 2024. And we love you and thank you for tuning in. Bye, so here we go again, on號.