Phone Number Follies, July Jamborees, and Canine Safety
Ever found yourself laughing at the absurdity of inheriting a phone number? Join Mike and Tom as they recount their hilarious and sometimes frustrating experiences with misdirected messages and calls meant for the previous owner. From unexpected birthday wishes to confusing work policies, enjoy our humorous exploration of the daily annoyances we all face. We'll have you nodding along and chuckling at the ironic twists and turns that come with simply owning a phone.
But that's not all—we also reminisce about our Fourth of July week, sharing stories that range from a family gravesite visit gone hilariously awry to lazy afternoons spent in the yard with our dogs. Alongside the fun, we highlight the serious issue of hot weather safety for pets and kids, offering practical tips to ensure everyone stays safe during summer's high temperatures. And if you think managing work and life balance is tough, you'll appreciate our light-hearted banter on impractical break times and the barrage of work texts that somehow find us, even when phones are off-limits.
To top it all off, we dive into whimsical political banter and nostalgic tales of past fireworks mishaps and youthful exploits. Whether it's debating beer-drinking bets, handling fireworks, or recounting mischievous summer adventures, we wrap up with a blend of humor, literary quotes, and memorable anecdotes. Tune in for laughter, wisdom, and a sneak peek into our upcoming "Empty Alternative Overtime" podcast. This episode promises to keep you entertained from start to finish!
00:13 - MT Alternative Podcast Hot Topics
08:52 - Phone Number Frustrations
15:27 - Whimsical Political Banter and Overtime Preview
24:06 - Hospital Mishaps and Unexpected Encounters
MT Alternative Podcast Hot Topics
Speaker 1Welcome to another episode of the MT Alternative Podcast . The podcast with a hodgepodge of stories and topics that will make you ask what the hell were they thinking . Now here are your hosts , mike and Tom .
Speaker 2Alrighty Tom , what's going on ?
Speaker 3Oh , not too much , Mike . How are you ?
Speaker 2I'm here .
Speaker 3Yeah , we're having a pretty hot Fourth of July week .
Speaker 2Yeah , we are . It's been really hot weather . Yeah , yeah , hardly any rain going on yeah , we definitely need the rain , definitely yes , because uh rain makes the flowers glow grow and my grass grow too , so it doesn't look like a third world country out there yeah , and it doesn't crunch under your feet like some cereals , I think it's beyond crunching , now , now it's just kicking up dirt dust turning brown . Yeah , it's like something not all of it , but enough yeah , exactly , but that was your trip yesterday oh , we had a good time .
Speaker 3It was a little eventful at some points and it didn't car full of family members that's getting fun all the time yeah , well it's a good little bonding time together in this , but it was , it was , but you know , not everybody agrees on which way you ought to go .
Speaker 2Of course , who was driving ?
Speaker 3Me .
Speaker 2Okay .
Speaker 3Not everybody agreed with the way I went .
Speaker 2You're the pilot .
Speaker 3Yeah , well , pilot of the airway maybe , but not the highway , because who was your co-pilot ?
Speaker 2the airway , maybe , but not the highway , because who's your co-pilot ? Oh , my wife . Okay , where'd you get to tell me somebody else's up front ?
Speaker 3oh no , no , yeah , well , there was some other lady some other lady yes I got you but yeah , we had a good time . We went and visited her dad's uh gravesite , cleaned it up a little bit , put some flowers up there and excellent , that's nice . Her grandfather was in the service . So we kind of fixed it up and did a little flag deal and kind of nice paid tribute to him and we had a good little trip . Enjoyed things , enjoyed things , good times what did I do ? You probably laid around I did do that I did too .
Speaker 3So the first of the week the hell did I do ?
Speaker 2I did some yard work , shit , but for the most part you're right , I didn't do shit I haven't done any yard work this week at all watch a little tv , which I usually don't do oh well , yeah see those off watching tv because three dogs around me . I kind of put you out oh yeah , five dogs keeps you awake once I lay on that couch or sit on my recliner , that's it . Dogs are up there and it's like good night , irene yeah , I guess it's just when you have the dogs .
Speaker 3I guess that cutoff point's three and then , once you go over three , it's like an alarm system .
Speaker 2We both said before , if we had the means , we'd have more .
Speaker 3I'd have a yard full . There'd be no cutoff point . I'd have a yard full as long as I could take care of them .
Speaker 2I would have more .
Speaker 3Exactly , that's the key , as long as you can take care of exactly right yeah , who wants to have a dog that you can't feed ?
Speaker 2that's sad speaking since we're talking about dogs again . People , summertime yes oh my god , for any reason , leave your dogs in a hot car , even if you're just running in for , oh , just a couple items . It never turns out that way . It gets very hot in the vehicle that's right don't leave the car running with the ac running . Someone could smash the windows and take off with your car or take off with your dog .
Speaker 3Yeah Well , first off , if you leave your car running , you can't lock the door anyway , what's going to happen ?
Speaker 2Oh , they can . They have other keys , other fobs .
Speaker 3Yeah , but what if you're a poor guy driving a 74 Plymouth ?
Speaker 2Oh yeah , but what if you're a poor guy driving a 74 Plymouth ?
Speaker 3You're not going to get in your car if you've left it running and locked the door .
Speaker 2Unless you had a spare key . Yeah , back in that day they probably had two or three keys .
Speaker 3Yeah , you're right .
Speaker 2But anyways , just yeah , don't do it . Don't leave your kids in a car . Remember if you've got your kids in a car ? Oh , I forgot , I took the kid to school today . Kids in a car . Remember if you've got your kids in a car ? Oh , I forgot , I took the kid to school today . No , no , no .
Speaker 3You've got to remember you always have kids . Here's what's sad , Mike . Here is what's really sad . At one point a year or so ago , I heard a news article say the best place to leave your cell phone when you're in your car .
Speaker 2Is it in the back seat ?
Speaker 3Back seat with your child , because , you always remember that .
Speaker 2What in the hell are we thinking ? Some people said put your shoes back there too , cause you're gonna put your shoes on but , yeah , I don't you don't remember .
Speaker 3You have a six year old .
Speaker 2I didn't have my kids all the time Get the voice . Young Kids are young , but when I had them every other weekend , I knew I had them . Every other weekend , I knew I had them .
Speaker 3You know , and already last week I heard a story last week An eight-year-old left in the car . Mother had to go to work she worked at Google or whatever that is and left . Her child Didn't have child care . So she took her child , had crayons and everything in the backseat of her car , who knows how long Eight-year-old . Oh that's sad what .
Speaker 2You would think an eight-year-old would know how to unlock a car door , though .
Speaker 3And get out and get cool , but you know hey .
Speaker 2Unless she fell asleep .
Speaker 3Mom says do not get out , you could make me lose my job . Don't out , you could make me lose my job . Scare the child into never moving . I mean an eight-year-old . I can imagine my grandson eight-year-old If I scared him into staying in the car .
Speaker 2He probably he seems smart enough that he would know .
Speaker 3He does . But every night he has this quirk when he comes to my house , when it's time for him to shut all his electronics down and get ready for bed , the whole time he shuts everything down . The next move he makes he goes to the bathroom and looks in the mirror . I said why do you do that ? Every time ? He said Paul , so I don't have nightmares . I don't know where he got that .
Speaker 2He didn't ask to elaborate on it . Nope , I said why do you do that ? Every time he said Paul , so I don't know where he got that he didn't ask to elaborate on it .
Speaker 3Nope . I said why do you do that every time ? He said Paul , so I don't have nightmares . Hmm , I don't know where he got that he didn't ask to elaborate on it . Nope , I didn't .
Speaker 2Curious .
Speaker 3I allowed him to do his thing , I'm just curious , I am too . I might just press that .
Speaker 2Well , you can't tell a story like that , I know , leave us all hanging Might be a future story .
Speaker 3Listen , keep listening , That'll be a future story . Oh great Corbin's nightmare mare . We all love stories from Tom .
Speaker 2Some stories from Tom .
Speaker 3Yeah , some of them are pretty stupid .
Speaker 2Some of them yeah have you talked to any of , uh , the little fellas ?
Speaker 3sure that guy he . Okay , let's talk about a cell phone okay , just a minute . He's all pissed off about his because he's getting messages and calls from every freaking . Like I said , if you don't get on the internet and get on stupid sites , your number won't show up , right .
Speaker 2Blah , blah , blah , blah blah .
Speaker 3Oh , that's got nothing to do with it , they're all just . He goes on and on .
Speaker 2So he has a story that's bothering him . Oh yeah Again . Yes , you think he'll ever come on , and just , he actually sounded a little happier today , oh so you want to bring him in now , or we could do that .
Speaker 3All right , we'll bring him in now we could just see what he's got going on . He did seem happy .
Speaker 2Let's get him early all right , let's try this out . Hey bud , here we are once again .
Speaker 4Yes , here we are . How are you feeling this week ? Absolutely wonderful . How are you ? I'm great . I'm a little scared , but I'm kind of happy . Why are you happy ? You don't seem really upset about anything , but your voice seems a little creepy . Well , you know why I'm so happy . Why , because I pulled one over on you . I'm mad as hell . Oh , son of a bee . Yep , let me just tell you I'm hot under the collar . Can't we have a couple minutes of some nice , quiet talk ? Yeah , you just had it with the other two idiots . Okay , go
Phone Number Frustrations
Speaker 4ahead .
Speaker 4Yeah , well , I'm a little pissed off about my phone . What's wrong with your phone ? Is it old ? Well , I don't know how many people had it before me . Oh shit , I get calls from every doctor's office in this state and the next state , oh , okay .
Speaker 4And randomly I get this birthday message in the middle of the year . It ain't even close to my birthday . I get excited , thinking there's a party somewhere . Nope , nope , not a damn party anywhere for me . And then I look at the calendar Hell , my birthday's eight months from now . Why are you calling me ? Oh , newsflash , you got somebody else's old number . Well , my God , I used to get a happy birthday shout-out . That was kind of nice . Could have been a belated birthday . No , not belated Early , okay , really early Sounds closer to belated than early , though . Okay , so they missed it . Yeah , that happens . That pissed me off worse . Oh , okay , never mind , forget . I said that . Up the bear , up the bear . Keep on my apologies . Up the bear , up the bear , keep on my apologies . Anyway , yeah , and now that we're on the subject about somebody else's phone number yeah , so I went through all this bullshit at the store to try to get it fixed . Guess what ? What ? That's going to cost you ten extra dollars .
Speaker 2Why .
Speaker 4Because they've messed up and can't take somebody else's number off of your phone . And if you want to change your number to another number , guess what what that costs seven . Okay , so we're up to 17 bucks . A change in shit right now . Yeah See , they're idiots and I will not , and I refuse to change my number because they messed up . So you know what I do what do , you do .
Speaker 4I mess with the people who call that sounds like fun . Well , it starts out as fun , but it's not too fun when you get the wrong person and you get locked out of a place that you like going . Oh Whoops , oh Big mistake on your part obviously .
Speaker 4Yeah , one day this store called me and told me that my favorite beer was in . I thought they were talking to somebody else and got pissed off and cussed them . They said don't ever come back here . Now I got to find another place . Well , they don't ever come back here . Now I gotta find another place . Well , they don't know , it was you . Yeah , they did . They called me , left a message , remember . I thought they were leaving it for somebody else . You could have said that wasn't me . Somebody else has that number . Yeah , this is so-and-so's number . I keep getting calls . Maybe they would have believed you . I was too mad I didn't think about it .
Speaker 4But when I did get it strained out , it caused even more issues . How so ? Well , let's just think when do you work ? I work in a factory , okay . Do they have some type of notification system that goes to your phone ? I'm not allowed to use my phone at work unless it's an emergency , exactly . But answer my question yes , they do . Okay , do you have ?
Speaker 4I get many texts throughout the day . It's kind of aggravating . How do you get many texts throughout the day if you're not supposed to have your phone on the floor , because the company keeps texting me , sometimes the same shit over and over , exactly . So it's annoying . So when I look at my phone , then my boss gets mad at me . Yeah , what are you doing on your phone ? Well , I'm checking to see what you idiots want to tell me . Why can't you come out of your air-conditioned office and tell me what they're going to tell me ? Nope , then there would be no reason to look at my phone . Yeah , exactly , p-h-a-t or yeah , or P-H-A-T . Yeah , that , yeah , let's all get on our phones and talk around . So why do you think they do this with the policy they have ? Well , I don't know , but it's gotta be some kind of brain-dead system , because , why ? Why would you ask somebody to not have a cell phone ?
Speaker 4and then constantly call and text them all day long , their clinic , for example . Yes , that's another one . They don't text you , they call you . They call you on your phone .
Speaker 2But you can't answer the phone ?
Speaker 4Nope , but they will leave a message , is it true ? Oh well , you can check it you . Nope , but they will leave a message .
Speaker 1That's the truth .
Speaker 4Oh well , you can check it . You can check it at break time . Yeah , because we got so much damn time All ten minutes of it . Yeah , I'm going to spend my break time looking at stupid shit . Well , here's the thing . First off , our canteen . It's starting to get me a little angry again , okay . Well , this is how it works . I don't want you to do this . Well , don't listen to me , I'm getting upset . Okay , well , here's something else for you to get pissed off about .
Speaker 4We work halfway across America from the canteen and they want us to spend our first four minutes walking there and another four minutes walking back . Who can drink a drink ? And another four minutes walking back ? Who can drink a drink In two minutes ? Yeah , I can't even drink a beer in two minutes . I tried . I believe you could Want to bet . I think you could drink a beer . I got five bucks . Oh , no , now you'll just slow down on purpose . I got five bucks on me . I think I could do it . I think I can do it . I know you can do it . All right , give me five bucks . I don't know why I'm agreeing with you . Yeah , but I proved it , remember . No , not yet . You didn't . Yeah , but you agreed , so why do I need to prove it ? You agree , I don't need to even prove it anymore . I agree that you can . So there's no bet . Oh , okay , no bet . Now let's just step into the realm we're in now . Okay , you want to ask me every single week why are you pissed off ? Well , this is why .
Speaker 4Okay , tell me you make up your rules as you go . You said you'd give me five bucks and I didn't . And here I am . No , no , no , no , no , no , five bucks , no , no , no , no . See , you said I bet you . This is why I'm pissed off .
Whimsical Political Banter and Overtime Preview
Speaker 4I said I bet you could drink it in two minutes . Okay , yeah , and I got five bucks on me . You said I agreed , are you betting against me ? And so that means you agreed to give me . You can't do it in two minutes . Huh , you can't do it in two minutes ? Oh , yes , I can . All right , so then it's even . It's a draw . Where's the bet ? You're supposed to bet against me ? No , no , a draw is where you pull the little handle . That's a draw . Beer , this is a can of beer . It's a big can of beer . Yeah , well , still gives me two minutes to drink it . I don't have five dollars , I don't have two minutes . See , I have to go somewhere .
Speaker 1No , you're not . Where are you going ?
Speaker 4Well , I was gonna go buy some fireworks . I wouldn't do that . That's not smart , sure it is . Who wants to walk around with nine fingers ? Remember the incident last year ?
Speaker 4Yeah who wants to walk around with nine fingers ? Remember the incident last year ? Yeah , who wants to walk around with nine fingers ? Alright , so what are you gonna do ? Walk around with eight ? Seven , that's a good even number . Eight , who wants that number on their hands ? Well , some people need all their business , okay , well , if both of them look the same , right , no one will know anything happened . Okay , so I want to blow the other thumb off , so it'll look like the other one . You kind of need your thumbs , why ? How will you grip anything ? How are you going to hold ?
Speaker 2your beer properly .
Speaker 1Trust me , I'll get a grip .
Speaker 4How are you going to hold your beer In my belly ? Okay , how would you pick it up without your beer In my belly ? Okay , how would you pick it up without your thumbs ? You ever heard of a straw ? Of course I've heard of straws , exactly . And you look like a girly man , yeah , but I'm getting drunk faster . Okay , that's a good point by you .
Speaker 4Yeah , great point by me . See , I'm getting happier already . We should hang around longer . You are an idiot . Yeah , speaking of idiots , you want me happy ? Give me a straw ? Oh shit , wait a minute , let me run down to the old Mickey D's . Mackie D's McDonald's no , that's a cocaine straw . Oh , those won't work . No , that's's cocaine straw . Remember they used to have the little cocaine spoons , yeah , on the end of a pot leaf ? No , not McDonald's . Oh , they had the little red one one time . Oh , yeah , and a little spoon , a plastic stir . Just enough for a little bump , bump of what ? Yeah , exactly Coffee . I think , on that note , we should just start saying goodbye , what ?
Speaker 1do you ?
Speaker 4think you just started making me happy and now you want me to leave . Yeah , that's the old days . Okay , well , anyway , yeah , anyway , yeah . Well , I'm going to go to McDonald's here in a minute . They don't have those anymore , but good luck finding some . Yeah , but they still got the great big straws . Yes , they do . Yeah , that's for double dose . What are you going to do ? Sit across the room no , I'm talking about being fat and around ? Ah , you don't need that . Yeah , twice the double dose . Okay , well , you go and have fun . I'll talk to you next week . Well , I'm going to go to work now , where I can't use my phone . Good , so they can text me 700 times .
Speaker 3Good .
Speaker 4Crazy bitches . Goodbye , see you later .
Speaker 2Yeah , see you later . What do you think of it this time , Tom ?
Speaker 3He's a little stinker had us believing that he was okay today and then he slapped us .
Speaker 2I kind of thought it was going to be that way . I'll admit I fell for it .
Speaker 3Yeah , I did too .
Speaker 2But we should have known .
Speaker 3Yeah , well , I really should have . I mean , he doesn't have a beat . Pessimists are terrible people .
Speaker 2He doesn't have a point On Pessimists are terrible people . He does have a point On what what he was talking about with the texting . Yeah , he does .
Speaker 3And the phone news he does .
Speaker 2If I'm not allowed to be on the phone at work .
Speaker 3Why are you texting me at work ? Okay , first off , you know what , what ?
Speaker 2if I think it's an emergency . I'm doing something that I should be paying attention're texting you .
Speaker 3You know they're going to say yeah , that's what that means .
Speaker 2No , but anyways he's kind of right , I kind of made a point .
Speaker 3Yeah , he did . I'm sorry that it pisses him off so bad .
Speaker 2Yeah , everything , he just needs anger management lessons . But anyways .
Speaker 3Yeah . I'm kind of glad to see his car leave . Yeah , oh boy .
Speaker 2Yeah , the little once again can't believe there's still a pacer on the road I thought it was a gremlin well , it might be , could be both the way he's got it made up looks kind of funky what you don't like the blue sky and the unicorn , but they're gone now .
Speaker 3Okay , good , yeah , if I'd drive that thing around .
Speaker 2I'd be mad too , since tomorrow is actually 4th of July . Yes , what will you be doing ?
Speaker 3Let's see . I will be doing fireworks and different things . I will do another podcast .
Speaker 2What podcast will we be doing tomorrow ? We ?
Speaker 3will do an overtime podcast .
Speaker 2Overtime . Yes , what is that ?
Speaker 3That is the Empty Alternative Overtime Podcast .
Speaker 2Ah , a little extra A little extra . I like it .
Speaker 3I do like it because it takes me away from it , and boy oh boy , I have some things to talk about .
Speaker 2I know you do too .
Speaker 3Here's my favorite thing about it out I know as you do too . Here's my favorite thing about it . As much as I enjoy cutting up and having a good time and laughing and giggling , we have serious , serious issues going on in this area we do , and it needs to be related to people who just and I need to get a lot off my chest .
Speaker 2Yeah , and I don't feel like doing it on this podcast .
Speaker 3Exactly . So , yeah , we're going to do a little something different and it's going to be great . I really believe that most of the folks that are listening now to this one will appreciate the one coming .
Speaker 2Oh , I think . So too , I believe , so I mean , I'm looking forward to it to be honest , I'm excited about it . Talk about some actual current events of what's happening . Yes , uh , a few things . We're going to talk about the debate again .
Speaker 3We left yeah , we did talk about a little last week . I want to talk about that .
Speaker 2I want to discuss that . I want to discuss how . Uh , I also found out that , surprise , surprise , 25 house democrats are reported calling for biden to be removed from office . But guess who were they ? Who guess who some of these senior Biden officials are supporting ? Take a wild guess the laughing hyena .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 2Kamala .
Speaker 3Yeah . His right-hand man woman whatever .
Speaker 2That is a joke .
Speaker 3I don't know , it's really scary .
Speaker 2We will be discussing this , amongst other things . Anyway , that was a joke , yeah , I don't know , it's really scary . We will be discussing this , amongst other things .
Speaker 3Yeah , and like I said , I'm looking forward to jumping into this . Yeah .
Speaker 2It's a lot of stuff . You have stuff on your chest you'd like to get off ? Sure , same with me . This world right now , no matter what you people think , it's going to shit . It's not going the right way . Nope , not at all . But again I digress we'll get off of that for now and get back to our normal schedule of dumb shit of craziness yes we like the craziness the crazy is good , the crazy is excellent it keeps us all in line and kilter you know , I got a couple of quotes that I found .
Speaker 2That I found interesting . Okay , some of them are all funny , right ? Some you know . Some make sense , some are funny . I'm going to read some to you . Okay , let's see we got Will Rogers . You've heard of Will Rogers .
Speaker 3Yeah , the Will .
Speaker 2Rogers Institute . A quote from him I am not a member of any organized political party . I am not a member of any organized political party .
Speaker 3I am a Democrat . No truer words have ever been spoken Way to go Will . I think I'll donate to your cause the Will Rogers Institute . That is an awesome little institution .
Speaker 2That's awesome . Let's see , we have another one from a Jules Renard . Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired .
Speaker 3I rest all the time before I get tired . Wait a minute .
Speaker 2Wait a minute . Yeah , wait a minute . Do you hear what you just said ?
Speaker 3Is that ? Oh well , wait a minute .
Speaker 2I don't really . Is that an oops or an uh-oh ?
Speaker 3No , that's a don't listen to me , no , don't .
Speaker 2Don't listen
Hospital Mishaps and Unexpected Encounters
Speaker 2to what he said . Yeah , here's an EB White quote . Prejudice is a great time saver . You can form opinions without having to get the facts .
Speaker 3Did he get that from a spider ? Probably , oh , charlotte .
Speaker 2Itsy Bitsy .
Speaker 3Yeah , EB White wrote that .
Speaker 2Why are you going to bring Charlotte's Web into this ?
Speaker 3EB White wrote that EB White wrote .
Speaker 2Charlotte's Web . So well , that's one of his quotes . Are you shocked ? I am shocked because , well , he's a writer obviously . Why couldn't he come up with a quote . You come up with quotes all the time . Why couldn't he come up with a way to save a ?
Speaker 3pig . No , he had to leave it up to a damn spider . Now you've got to bring Wilbur in yeah well , he didn't think of that , Charlie did .
Speaker 2Here's one that sounds like this is one of your quotes actually . Okay , my fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them .
Speaker 3Yes , you don't pretend to sing to them .
Speaker 2I'm surprised your name's not on here Mitch Hedberg .
Speaker 3Mitch probably stole it from me like everybody stole my song lyrics .
Speaker 2Alrighty Mark Twain get your facts first , then you can distort them as you please .
Speaker 3I thought you were going to say get your thought you were going to say get your fat ass off my raft , tom .
Speaker 4Nah we won't go there now .
Speaker 3Okay , here we go .
Speaker 2Okay , always remember that you are absolutely unique , just like everyone else .
Speaker 3Oh unique .
Speaker 2What's that Bridge ? For asshole , yeah pretty much , pretty much , people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do .
Speaker 3Yes , exactly , I feel .
Speaker 2Who said that ? Tom yeah , isaac , yeah , isaac , asimov , asimov , whatever .
Speaker 3Yeah , some foreigner .
Speaker 2Something I cannot pronounce . Yeah , I'm sorry , Isaac , for screwing up your last name .
Speaker 3Yeah , sorry .
Speaker 2What's another word for thesaurus Stephen Wright the great comedian ? Do not take life too seriously . You will never get out of it alive .
Speaker 3Yeah , if you take it not serious , you're not going to get out of it alive , albert Hubert .
Speaker 2All right , I'll read this last one .
Speaker 3Isn't he the Albert Hubbard ? Isn't he the one that did the life you chose to lead , or something , the life you were born to live ? He bases it all on the age and the numbers .
Speaker 2It's weird , it's weird , could be right . Quote makes sense to that , and this is from Groucho Groucho Marx .
Speaker 3Oh , yeah Great guy .
Speaker 2I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member .
Speaker 3Yeah , because I'm an asshole .
Speaker 2I think I like that one best . I do like that one , that one's awesome .
Speaker 3Yeah , you want me as a member . What kind of club is that Hell ? No , I ain't coming . You drunk people in here all the time . Why are you going to be like that now ? Well , see , see , now you're taking it to another level .
Speaker 2Well , I mean , why would you go to a place that would let you in what like a hospital of some sort ?
Speaker 3Yeah , well , everybody gets to go into a hospital .
Speaker 2They do .
Speaker 3Everybody yeah .
Speaker 2I've been there too many times . Yeah , me too .
Speaker 3I remember a couple of times I was in the hospital , but there is one time that every time I think of all the surgeries and all the broken bones I've had over the years , one hospital story stands out because it is the weirdest story that I can remember about .
Speaker 2Is it like spirits and stuff Paranormal ? No , nothing like that .
Speaker 3No , but it is coincidental . And you've got to kind of wonder about things . Okay , tell Well me and my hoodlum buddies in the little town . Remember the light bulb ?
Speaker 2No , but it is coincidental and you've got to kind of wonder about things . Okay , do tell .
Speaker 3Well , me and my hoodlum buddies in the little town remember the light bulbs , yeah , the light bulbs , the signs and all this .
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah , yeah .
Speaker 3All the little munchkins .
Speaker 2Anyway , a bunch of thugs .
Speaker 3Well , we used to actually have to work in the summertime .
Speaker 2Okay .
Speaker 3Mowing grass to accumulate our own money oh yeah so listener . In austin his dad allowed us to use his truck to haul our lawnmowers and everything around . So we were in the middle of the summer hot , all our lawnmowers in the back . We're driving from yard to yard .
Speaker 3We see a couple of our buddies okay there they are walking up the road , hop in the back , blah , blah , we'll give you a ride home . So they go and hop in the back and they're riding . We take them home . We drop them off at this kid's house that is very , very close to a dirt road that we call the yellow brick road , and this dirt road just took a little winding thing did it go to oz ?
Speaker 2nope , it just took one one highway to another .
Speaker 3It was just a long little dirt road that connected both highways and when you want to drink as a kid and everything , that was the road you took . Everybody went on the yellow brick road . Well , we had a school teacher who taught us how to run and track and all that . She was our cross-country coach . She wanted us boys , since we had access to a truck , to haul off an old bathtub out of her yard . So we did . We took it out this yellow dirt road and put it on top of a cliff and spray painted coach's bathtub . So when we'd run on this dirt road , everybody would see it and laugh and thought it was funny . So we did this . Well , we had to drop off our buddies out of the back of the truck and then we wanted to go see how easy it was to see this paint okay so we drove down the yellow dirt road .
Speaker 3well , on our way to see this bathtub my buddy floors it on this yellow brick road . That's dirt and we lose control and we flip the truck end over end . Everything we owned is all over the top of this truck because we landed on our top and all of us climb and rush out of the side . I have blood from head to toe .
Speaker 2I'm my nose is just . You were not wearing your seat belt I was in the middle .
Speaker 3No , there was no seat belts in 1980 . You don't wear your seat belt in 80 , especially if you're in the middle of a bench truck right with two people on either side . So the guy who was supposed to be driving is on my right , the passenger seat . The guy who's not supposed to be driving is in the driver's seat because he was on the permit . He had his learner's permit . The other guy on the other side was a licensed driver . He was a couple years older than him .
Speaker 2Why was he not driving ?
Speaker 3Because it was the other guy's dad's truck and he wanted to drive on the dirt road .
Speaker 2Look where that got him .
Speaker 3Yeah , on top . So anyway , where we climb out we seem to be okay , all but my nose Blood pouring from my nose . I got it all over my shirt . Earlier that morning , after we got done with our first yard , I did forget to slip this in . This is very important . Earlier that morning my sister , who was pregnant at the time , knew that I had access to this truck and she said early that morning you got to take me to the hospital . I said , well , I have to go pick up brad to do another yard a little bit . Anyway , can it wait till then ? No , I won't be pregnant then . So I jump up and we run , take my sister to the hospital .
Speaker 2How did you forget that ?
Speaker 3I don't know , but anyway that was early in the morning . So I got her to the hospital and then all this other stuff happened , with the guys picking them up , dropping them off at their house then we're going to the bathtub and we roll the truck .
Speaker 3Here comes the sheriff . Somebody called said this guy's rolled a truck out here . Here comes the sheriff , sees us walking up the road . He picks everybody up . Yeah , you better take this one to the hospital because he looks like he's got a broke nose . I get taken to the hospital . I'm walking down the aisle , blood from head to toe . Here comes my sister out of her room where she just had twins and she comes walking up the other aisle . I didn't realize she had her babies at this time and we see each other and she thought I was there because I was all bloody . I was there actually to check on her to see if she needed a ride home .
Speaker 2Didn't they bring you there because you were bloody ?
Speaker 3Yes , they brought me , but my sister had no idea that .
Speaker 2But you were bloody .
Speaker 3Yeah , I was upstairs After I got checked out and I was fine , then I went upstairs to see my sister and she seen me all bloody , thinking oh my God , what happened to you ? I said , no , I'm here to see you . I'm done Hospitals .
Speaker 2Got to love them .
Speaker 3But yeah , that was a little strange .
Speaker 2Spent too much time in the hospitals myself , unfortunately .
Speaker 3Yeah , car wrecks and different things , exactly , but you know , this being the fourth of july week , though , I hope everybody really stays away from car accidents and hospitals , and you know , it's all fun and games until someone loses a finger yeah , I would definitely suck to lose a digit , or two . Yeah , yeah , be safe out there . You end up as a shop teacher hey , what happened to your arm ? I lost it in a teaching accident are you ?
Speaker 3sure , it's like the old saying children do not do fireworks , let the adults who have been drinking all day do them yeah , there you go , that always works out run jerry , what was ? Daryl daryl run , daryl listen .
Speaker 2I saw a picture of a firework with the name of his honor . I saw that post .
Speaker 3I saw that that was cool there . It's funny that someone's there run he's got a big wheelchair with an empty wheelchair , sitting there with the firework going off Darren or Daryl or something .
Speaker 2Daryl , it's Daryl , I'm pretty sure of it .
Speaker 3That's funny .
Speaker 2I'm sorry that poor guy .
Speaker 3Yeah , I've been chased by fireworks before .
Speaker 2How about the other video of somebody lighting off a bunch of fireworks by their band and what happens ? It goes in the back of the van .
Speaker 3It's like wow oh , you see a sparks flying .
Speaker 3Yeah , and , and my dogs the brightest of the bright come out during fourth of july my dogs don't like fourth of july either , and although no , our dogs hate it although I live in a pretty remote area the other night , let me me tell you what happened and I'm not exaggerating , mike . These mortar shells , or whatever they were shooting off , lasted for at least and I'm I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt at least 35 , 40 minutes non stop . There wasn't like a pause and let's light this one . And no , it was like boom , pow , pow that's my wife .
Speaker 2I was living in the florida shores oh , I bet so for a week you thought you were in iraq or somewhere where there's more going on that's crazy .
Speaker 3I mean , I know it's fun , I understand Non stop .
Speaker 2Well , suddenly that there's some veterans who have PTSD Caused by that you know they can probably handle . Okay , it's 4th of July evening .
Speaker 3I'll do something . Try to get rid of it .
Speaker 2Days , nights .
Speaker 3Not everyday .
Speaker 2I mean , hey , I was young , loved fireworks myself . It was great lighting them off . I was young , I loved fireworks myself , it was great lighting them off . But I was respectful more back then and , hey , every day let's go . Or we went way out in the middle of nowhere .
Speaker 3Yeah , here's what's old-fashioned . We went into this big firework place yesterday . I didn't get excited over anything , except for black cat firecrackers and bottle rockets . Really , I'm so boring , I guess , because when I was kid that was all we really had right except for we would , every once in a while , your parents would buy these little fountain things m80s quarter sticks .
Speaker 3Yeah , well , if you knew what an M80 is . You probably ought to go and apologize to your neighbor because of their mailbox . Anyway , that's another story for another day , but yeah , this brings me to remind everybody . All these stories that you hear from us are on all the earlier podcast episodes . Don't forget us on Facebook . Don't forget us on facebook . Don't forget us on twitter . We're on several different oh yeah , uh areas . So , michael , you know he knows most of them we're on lots of them .
Speaker 2You can listen to us once again . Iheart spotify , amazon teaser player fm . Again , iheart Spotify , amazon Deezer Player FM , the Buzzsprout site . You can find us on there . There's a link on our Facebook page where we usually put up episodes coming out , so there's a link there . You can follow us from there . I've been a little slow on .
Speaker 3Facebook guys , I'll give you that I've been a little slow .
Speaker 2We'll find other ways to get it out there . But again , we do have a new podcast that's going to be starting , probably by this weekend .
Speaker 3Yes , and you will enjoy this Over time on the MT Alternative Podcast .
Speaker 2Be sure to listen . A lot of current events , a lot of things that are happening now . Serious , more serious topics yeah , be a little different . We're not getting rid of this one , though , still doing this .
Speaker 3We have a comedic mind .
Speaker 2This is fun for us .
Speaker 3We have a comedic mind , but we also have a patriotic heart . Absolutely , we want everybody else to understand where we stand and why . I mean it's not because everybody else is . It's because we have thoroughly researched different things and we know what we see and we have formed opinions .
Speaker 2I know exactly how I feel too .
Speaker 3Exactly . You don't have to tell me that , oh , you need to be a cat . This week .
Speaker 2You don't have to tell me what you are , just live your life . Let me live my life . We don't push anything on each other . We can coexist .
Speaker 3Don't ask we don't push anything on each other . We can . We can coexist . Don't ask , don't tell . Our government started that that's gotta be something . That's right , I mean , come on .
Speaker 2But anyways uh , I've had a great great great one , and uh , that's you on the flip side .
Speaker 3Yep . All right , see everybody next week . See everybody next week Later .
Speaker 1We hope you enjoyed this episode of the MT Alternative Podcast . Join Mike and Tom next week for more stories and antics . Ugh , honestly , I have no idea myself what to expect from these two idiots . Thank you all . Goodbye . We'll see you next time .
