816 - Engulp the Favors

• Plumbing issues and appreciation for working toilets  
• Joke about tossing waste off balconies  
• Modern Plumbing Industries ad, services, and outdoor shower install  
• Praise for Modern PI’s reliability and wide service area  
• Tom and Dan show intro with Ross McCoy guesting  
• Tom fights off a worsening cold, uses vibrating pipe device for lungs  
• Gross loogie talk and clearing chest congestion  
• BDM Appreciation Week and April 19th Party details  
• BDM perks, joke about drunken double sign-ups  
• Hollerbach’s Chef Pat 20-year event with surprise belt from Adam Pierce  
• Tom’s awkward speech and surprise-ruining moment  
• Surprise party debate and Pat’s dislike of surprises  
• Praise for pork shank, Tom eats too fast  
• Dinner with Norm, Crystal, Simone, Brendan O’Connor, and more  
• Tom covers Norm & Crystal’s meal, sparking financial tension with Dan  
• Argument over voicemail service and walker re-use  
• Sword cane debate and long-borrowed item disputes  
• Realization that many friends have helped Tom over the years  
• Christine praised for event help and gifting  
• Tom wonders if he gives enough, Dan prefers self-reliance  
• Favors make people feel good—Tom’s German restaurant favor test  
• Ross takes favors, remembers early BDM sod farm party  
• Underage bartender and shirtless Ron at wild first BDM bash  
• Dan rides with listener who had full-scale marijuana grow house  
• High Times photo ops and weed legality vs. old paranoia  
• Dan’s electric Vespa project update  
• Story of drug dealer with $10k pit bulls  
• Ross links dog breeding to party lifestyle  
• Ross’s dog confused by barking truck  
• Tease of “Snow Brown” story  
• Wild NJ police chief antics: pranks, harassment, spiked coffee  
• Discussion on toxic prank culture in police departments  
• Pee pranks, courtrooms reading gross quotes, and Coke pube clarification  
• New music from Laura Jane Grace, the Gamblers, Common Saints, Catbite  
• Streamline Mortgage ad with Brian ZIMMO’s proactive refinance approach  
• Ross books comedy show in Bunnell (April 3rd) and Bull & Bush Character Night (April 23rd)  
• Ram Davasy and Rue Nafasat to host  
• Dan dreams of tiny-town living and Hardy’s fried chicken  
• Nostalgia for small-town gas stations and authentic Mexican food  
• Tom’s maskless pandemic visits to rural towns  
• Listener voicemail about hazard light etiquette  
• Legality of hazard light use while pulling over  
• Parking signal confusion and hazard etiquette on modern vehicles  
• Tom’s parking chaos vs. Crystal’s precision  
• Ross likens Tom’s methods to AI-generated logos  
• Tommy inherits Tom’s improvisational style, forgets backpack  
• Camping trip responsibilities, overcommitting, and scheduling regrets  
• Ross’s challenge to Tom: pallet truck test with no training  
• Dan and Grizz used to ride pallet jacks at Home Depot  
• Listener Clark vents about school pickup lines  
• Andrea parks and walks, while others arrive hours early  
• Ross’s pickup line S-curve and blocked traffic complaints  
• Schools assign traffic staff due to parental incompetence  
• Precision vs. chaos in school release systems  
• Tom’s mom warned to stay quiet about drug dealer at bus loop  
• Listener story bluffing cop out of car search with weed  
• Tactics when dealing with police smell-based searches  
• Dan’s joke about hops as weed smell decoy  
• Listener Neal mentions Dan’s “Who’s the Baddie?” Coco episode  
• “Space Pups” vs. “Space Buddies” and fart jokes in dog movies  
• Nostalgia for early radio work and morning show indifference  
• Dan learns not to over-