Jed's Backhanded Compliment

Over the weekend Jed was checking out some live music when someone came up to him and called him this particular name...

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, hold on, we're going to meet our friend Chuck
real quick. And I don't have where Chuck's from. Chuck,
where are you calling from? Where you at?

Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm in a truck down here in Lake in Maine City, Florida,
right now, Chuck in the truck, it right.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
You gotta keep the wheels turn and make amen. Amen.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Welcome everyone, Joe Shows Live on ninety three three fl
Z and we're going to talk about backhanded compliments, which Chuck.
Let's listen in on Jed real quick because Jed's the
whole reason why we're talking about it. And then uh,
Jed ran in here after he picked up your colleagues
as Chuck's funny, we gotta talk to Chuck.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
So why are we talking about backhanded compliments?

Speaker 1 (00:40):
So?

Speaker 4 (00:41):
I was checking out some live music this last weekend
and then there was there's this woman who came up
to me and started talking to me, and she said,
do you mind asking me? Did do you mind if
I ask how old you are? So no, no, no, I'm
all you know. I turned thirty next month. And she said, wow,
you're an old soul because it's like it's a jam
band type of scene. The hippie music, right like a

(01:02):
guy like my age should not be listening. Is not
a complient you don't like it.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
Is not.

Speaker 3 (01:08):
Rather have an old soul than someone who doesn't. This guy,
you know what it is. This guy's been hanging out
in Soho.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
He don't want to be an old you know, stop
he wants to be a young at least meat.

Speaker 3 (01:24):
Chuck.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
So I hear that you give a lot of compliments,
and you're worried that these compliments are actually backhanded.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
What I don't pay attention to whether they're backhanded or
front he I just you know, I say compliments and
people look, you.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
Know, hey, just something comes from hey you look amazing
in the day.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Or hey like your shoes, or let you out there,
Hey nice car?

Speaker 4 (01:45):
Whatever, no.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Swearing on me, Chuck, Chuck in the truck getting a
little nney.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
It don't sound like they're good compliments.

Speaker 4 (01:59):
Still, I'm sorry, that's okay.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Those sound like they would be fine, right Like, you
can't say if you're gonna compliment someone's choose, you probably
can't say those are a lot better than yesterday.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
They can't do that. No, no, no, no no.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
My dad does he goes your hair looks good for once.
He does all the time. If you're saying they were
talking about it literally last night, how does that make
you feel? It makes me feel horrible because I got
bad hair.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
I already know it. But he'll be like, you looks lately,
like he said stuff like that. Yeah, like it can't
ever be your hair looks good.

Speaker 4 (02:44):
You know.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
That's what I'm a batcanded. Compliment is talking too much? Yes,
maybe no.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
It's or like when you come to work and they're like,
oh my god, you look so nice today, and it's
like help, or like, oh you look tired. I got
actually a lot of sleep. Okay, some sleep. I like
you when you're a little bit more rest. It's like, okay,
at my full eight hours. But all right, yes exactly.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
You know you don't look too bad.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
You look good with.

Speaker 3 (03:14):
A little bit of weight on you. That's what happened
when I yes, yeah, I would crash out gotten that
multiple Oh.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah I want to gain weight. Yeah, that's what I
want to do.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Look healthy today was like exactly, thank you's now picking
up on this.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
It's the ending.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
It's the ending of the compliment.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
It's when they say the today park like you look
good today. Your shoes look nice today, your hair looks
good today. The implication, Yeah, it's like so yesterday I
wasn't like up to part.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
I don't want to compliment with a comma.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yes it's superkay, all right, we got that noted Chuck
in the Truck.

Speaker 3 (03:54):
You better call him more often.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
Man, what I called in for when I'm being on
the radio.

Speaker 3 (04:01):
But I got the tail unto your.

Speaker 4 (04:06):
Gas station h situation.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
Your guy yes, me wanting to yeah, yeah, yeah, you know,
the one where you don't want to take accountability in
front of that sounds like an amazing woman.

Speaker 4 (04:17):
You have need.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
To hone it up, all right, better off in the
long run.

Speaker 3 (04:25):
All right, So be honest if I too, yeah you too,
in front of her, say hey, yeah that was me,
No problem.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
Don't don't don't blame it on the air vents and
my neighbors.

Speaker 4 (04:39):
Don't look at the air event.

Speaker 2 (04:40):
Blame the toy that's not on the floor.

Speaker 1 (04:42):
Okay, all right, deal Chuck love you man, call him
more often.

Speaker 3 (04:46):
You're a great caller from the truck. I appreciate it. Hey,
y'all have a great show.

Speaker 4 (04:51):
Keep up the good work.

Speaker 3 (04:52):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
Shuck in the Truck everybody we love.

Speaker 3 (05:01):
I like him, I like him. That's a good that's
a good caller.