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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's the Fresh Show. This is what's trending. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The other thing about Secret Santa is if that's like,
if that's your Christmas in your family and that's it.
You get one gift from one person you don't even
know who it is, because it's like if it's supposed
to be random, that's a lot of pressure on one
person to get you a good gift.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Did you only get one Christmas present?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I mean I kind of feel that with ours, you know,
because we used to do where everybody bought everybody a gift.
That got expensive and stressful. So now we do Secret Santa.
Each person gets one person, but like you don't want
to mess up for the one person, you know, you
want to make sure you do a good job. Yep, stressful,
it is. It's very stressful. But two hundred and fifty bucks.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
You're right. I agree with you guys.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
If that in my family, all I had to spend
was two hundred and fifty dollars one time. It's a
lot of money, but I would save money.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Now is it illegal to get gift cards for a
Secret Santa? Because I played with my huge extended family,
my step family last weekend and there were two gift cards,
which are great gifts, but I feel like it's.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Kind of lazy to cop out. Yeah, I love it.
I love a gift card. I'm cool with it for
a birthday or other times.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
But I feel like if you're doing a White Elephant
or a Secret Santa, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, I think the only if you're doing a white Elephant, Uh,
I think it has to be like a like a
quirky gift card, like like a silly one.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
Yeah, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
It has to be like, uh, you know, I don't
bass pro Shoppers. I know, some random place.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Yeah, I mean, hell yeah, Cabela's.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
I mean I would get merched, I would get clothing.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I don't know if we're supposed to be like White
Elephant supposed to I thought that was supposed to be
kind of like, you know, weird stuff. Then again, Secret
Santa started that way too, I thought. And then now
you know, now people take it seriously. Like if I
get you know whoever it is I'm I got for
Secret Santa, I'm who is Sam?
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Say their name?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Yeah, we've up to your limit to fifty.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
I got Elvis Dran this year for Secret Santa. So
I'm yeah, I gotta it's it's it's terrible.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Yeah, by the way, like a Daisley shirt, Like I'm.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Getting him a what's that? What's that Alexander McQueen. Is
that where always chefs Elvis Frands our friend who does
this job in New York. And apparently yesterday somebody texted
me or someone dm me someone who listens to us,
but apparently we're listening to him, So thanks for that.
But uh, someone called and said they were calling from Chicago,
(02:21):
and he said, I don't know why you're listening to us.
You should be listening to brother Fred. That's what you said,
which was very nice. It's very nice when he throws
us crumbs. I appreciate that, like it's you know here
as yeah right, yeah, ro and that's a blast in
the past. But I do appreciate it. I appreciate that.
You know, when our friends are are are willing to
be generous with their with what they have, it's very
(02:43):
nice of them. But yeah, I got him a Paisley
Alexander McQueen's shirt for secrets had up, but don't tell him,
And it wasn't two hundred and fifty Bucks eat there.
I don't I don't even know how much stuff. I'm
not allowed to walk in that store, so I don't
know how much stuff costs in there. But I have
a feeling I can't afford him. Nonetheless, he'll really love.
It's gonna great.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Okay, we are.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
On, John, I don't know what we sixteen Okay, the
last one of the whole season.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
That's funny because there are several more.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
No, this is it?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Well, yeah, it's just kind of easy actually because by
the time we come back, it'll be playoffs, so it
won't be well, we also have to playoff picks.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Though the whole season will be over.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Just keep saying it's not going to and then we
move on to baseball.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Oh, it's like eighty some games.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
One hundred and eighty games games.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woman already took place last night. So
you got a you got a fifty to fifty shot
at this one. Crap, well all of them actually, but
Broncos Chargers. Oh the Chargers, all right, good because they won,
so you're one of no, yeah, okay, we're done. We're
done one and rap all right. Jason Brown sports pigs
(03:56):
for this weekend. So we have games tomorrow. Texans, Chiefs,
Oh the Chiefs, Steelers, Ravens, Steelers, Okay, Cardinals, Panthers, uh.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Oh, this is hard.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
The Cardinals, Titans, Colts, Colts, Rounds, Bangles, Bengals, Wait Lines.
Speaker 7 (04:19):
Bears again. Yeah, remember man, did they didn't? They just
get their ass kicked by Thanksgiving? But yeah, yeah, I'm
hoping it might be a different story.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
I need a blowout because I gotta I gotta go.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Back to Detroit, So I'm like, wrap it up.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
The Eagles, Commanders, the Eagles, Giants, Falcons, Falcons, Rams, Jets,
oh Rams.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Viking, Seahawks mm, Seahawks.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Well you really placed your thought into these guesses, aren't you.
Jaguars Raiders. Wow, the Jaguars, I know that. Of the
bottom to it's the battle of the bottoms. Yes, wild
(05:11):
the Four Nighters, No, I was talking about something else.
The Four Niners and the Dolphins.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
We got it.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
I'll go with the Four Niners, but Bellaha, better not
do me wrong again, because I feel like every time
I picked them they lose.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Are the Patriots Bills? Uh No, there's a lot of
terrible this year.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yeah, thanks a lot, Christian, You're on a fantasy.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Team Patriots, Bills.
Speaker 6 (05:34):
Uh, who is not the Patriots? Other team Bills, the Bills,
the Buccaneers, and the Cowboys. I know where you're going
with this.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Cowboy nation, baby.
Speaker 6 (05:44):
Discuss disgust me, Jason, it's so gross. And the Saints
and the Packers. Oh oh the Saints.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Wow that that was a visceral reaction. And you can't
lose par slay Jason Brown. Oh boy, Okay, let's see.
So I love how every Friday you act surprised. Every
single Friday for the last sixteen weeks, you had surprised.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
I haven't done this in a minute. Okay.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
Something the weather, the Bears game.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Yeah, it's definitely gonna snow.
Speaker 6 (06:14):
Caitlin will be out in the snow at the Bears
Detroit game on Sunday, right Sunday, yes, y, yes here, Yeah,
it's gonna snow.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Wear your coat.
Speaker 6 (06:24):
Then the hot coach from La he yeah, uh huh
he is going to the guy's gonna move him by
his hips.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Yeah, the job that I want.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Who has the man whose only job it is to
keep him in the coaching box.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
Yeah, I've been training for this for months at this point, and.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Uh, Travis, he's not going to be a battle of
the bottom zone. Unfortunately, he does not give bottom energy.
Speaker 6 (06:51):
However, you would be surprised, so maybe you know, I
don't know, I'll let you know. And then Travis Kelcey
is not gonna score, but he's gonna catch the ball
three times.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Okay, okay, all right, well there you go. Can't it's
the can't lose Parsley. Yeah, yeah, all right. So we
were just talking a second ago about a white elephant
and a secret Santa in all of this, and uh,
you know, Christmas is just a few days away, and
I know that you've all thoughtfully curated the gifts that
you're giving to your loved ones, the people that you
(07:24):
care about, and you've really put a lot of thought
and energy and effort into it, only to find out
this morning the researchers have found that more than half
of Americans will receive a gift they don't even want.
Half of American ten billion dollars worth of gifts headed
for the regifting pile. So you're gonna buy somebody something
that you think is cool, they're gonna take it back
(07:44):
or they're gonna give it away. According to a finder,
half of people.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Gift cards are the answer.
Speaker 5 (07:50):
That's why, why just tell me what you want? Well
that too, but I see you go out, you try.
You think you're doing your big one and buying.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
A thoughtful gift, and Kaitlyn don't even like it.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Will love everything you guys give me no, just no.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
People like, just listen to the people you're.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
With every day.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
But if they percent of Americans don't like their gifts,
well they're not listening.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
They're listening to each other.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
And the gift cards not the worst gift. I don't.
I don't think it's the worst gift.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
And some people would prefer like my sister for example,
she basically wants the same thing every year because it's
something that she wouldn't spend money on for a birthday.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yes, I'm team gift card. I think that that's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I would go the other way around.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I would say for birthday, you got to buy something
more personalized, and for Christmas you can get away.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
With the gift card.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
No, because like people have lists for Christmas, so like
I just like we share our lists and then you know,
I pick and choose or get something similar. I don't
mind a gift card. I'm like listen. I'm I'm broke,
So I love a gift card, but there's I don't know.
I just feel like always giving one it makes me feel.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Yeah, I'm comfortable making a Christmas lift.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
It makes me uncomfortable because you because I don't know
what to put on there, like what's the price range?
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Like I don't I don't want to.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Like like Kiky's nephew on there with his seventeen hundred
dollars pants or whatever you wanted. I'd be afraid to
put something on that the people would be like, oh
my god, really, dude.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
You know that's true.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
I want like skincare and like lion stuff that's cute whatever.
So it's like a more broad thing. I'm still picking
it out, but scared I will buy a gift and
you don't like it. And now I know that I
have a fifty percent chance that you won't like the gift.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
At least you've got you a gift car. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
One in twenty people expect to receive at least five
gifts they don't want to keep. The average cost of
the unwanted items is expected to rise to seventy two
dollars this holiday season, up from sixty six, a billion
dollar surge in wasteful holiday shopping. Clothing and accessories. Top
twenty twenty four is list of the most unwanted gifts
that people receive. Forty three percent of people hope to
avoid personal items. However, the numbers down. Household items follow
(09:49):
clothing as the least popular holiday gifts. Cosmetics and fragrances
round out the top three, and technology gifts are skyrocketing
and unpopularity.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Okay, people don't want that. You gave me an accessory.
That is one of my favorite gifts I've ever received.
What I did my Detroit hat and you had my
name stitching cursive on the side. Because I never get
my name on anything. It's not a real name. So
that's one of my favorite gifts I've ever received. Wear
it all the time, I'll try again.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
See I'm a person forgift I'm so bad at using
gift cards, Like I don't have a big wallet, Like
I don't have the space for it. And every time
I go to the store, I'm like, oh, I have
a gift card, but it's at home. That gift card
Fred gave us last year Christmas. I still got it,
haven't used it.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
Oh my god, I think I used it the second
way last. I was like, I need this.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
Like, I put it in a pile with my other
gift cards I don't carry to my wallet, and then
I just forget about it.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
So a bro cash, yeah, golf one.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
Yeah, but I just forget that I have it.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
Okay, Well give them to me. I will not forget
that I have them.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
We got this guy magic lessons. Still hasn't taken it.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Oh, don't get me started. Yeah, when you get creative,
you're right, Kiki, screw it. I'm not getting creative anymore.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Just get people.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Forget about it. Here's a nice twenty yourself. That's not bad.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Jason does get a stack of cash from his boyfriend.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
I love it. I look forward to it every year.
That's a gift. That's what he gives you. Does you
wrap it up to you a card with cashing it?
And I love it.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
It's like my little emergency fun. Yeah it is. And
it's like my little emergency fund.
Speaker 6 (11:25):
And so I keep it right by my bad and
then if I ever knew, well, break into my house
is right by my.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
Back for the year for all the housework you do.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Yeah, Hey, I was right.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
I will take the cash, and do you do you
buy him a gift that you like think about?
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
Yeah, I get him normally closed because he never buys
himself closed, so the only new clothes he gets is
when I buy him.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
So okay, Well, so just remember that half of the
people that you give a gift to, half of them
are like thanks, and they'll never use it. They'll take
it back or regift. Luigi Man, the suspect in the
killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, made his first
appearance in federal court yesterday. He faced his four federal
counts in connection with Thompson's death. According to a criminal complaint,
(12:11):
he formally waived extradition and was flown from Pennsylvania to
New York. He arrived at Lower Manhattan surrounded by dozens
of heavily armed law enforcement officers and the city's mayor.
I'm not sure why he had to be there, but
the federal complaint also set a notebook in Mazzioni's possession
contains several handwritten pages in express hostility toward the health
insurance industry and wealthy executives. In particular, he could face
(12:34):
the death penalty if found guilty of the federal murdered
charge against him.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
According to prosecutors, Hey, good news, guys.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Thousands of Amazon drivers went on strike today in four states,
or I guess yesterday in four states over concerns about
their wages and benefits. Members of the Teamsters union are
striking at seven facilities. Even though the Teamsters claimed to
represent seven thousand Amazon workers worldwide, that accounts for less
than one percent of the company these workforce. Amazon said
(13:01):
the strike will not affect holiday deliveries during the busy
shipping season, but by walking out the week before Christmas
and Hanukah, the teamsers hope to apply maximum pressure to
Amazon and perhaps convince some of the customers to shop
elsewhere for last minute gifts.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
You mean the water in soda I left out for
them isn't enough?
Speaker 6 (13:20):
No?
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Sorry, no?
Speaker 2 (13:24):
No little snacks yeah, little snackis yeah. Some people are
very thoughtful by it. I've seen TikTok videos people who
have little fridges out on their buck a porch or whatever.
How much Amazon are you ordering if you've got to
stock a refrigerator in front of your house for these people?
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Right? That much? They come every day to my house.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
They are heroes.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
They're there right now. I'm watching them on camera every day.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
Is Jonathan on the phone too.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
It makes a very nice thing to do. I just
don't know.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
If I could keep that up, I'd probably out there.
I'd probably run out of stuff inside my house and
then be out there using the Amazon snacks.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Yeah. Now, I'd get high and do that order.
Speaker 8 (14:02):
Yeah, like, and they'd be like, hey, can you just
stalk that?
Speaker 5 (14:06):
You do that?
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Hey, just grab one out of the box, the box
to leave it out there.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
Just grab one all.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Your way out. Thanks for carrying all those waters. If
you want one, you know, it's all yours. It's go
Caroling Day, It's National Sangria Day and National Underdog Day.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Hey today as well.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
The Entertainment Report is next after Teddy Swims in two
minutes on The Fred Show.
It's the Fresh Show. This is what's trending. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The other thing about Secret Santa is if that's like,
if that's your Christmas in your family and that's it.
You get one gift from one person you don't even
know who it is, because it's like if it's supposed
to be random, that's a lot of pressure on one
person to get you a good gift.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Did you only get one Christmas present?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I mean I kind of feel that with ours, you know,
because we used to do where everybody bought everybody a gift.
That got expensive and stressful. So now we do Secret Santa.
Each person gets one person, but like you don't want
to mess up for the one person, you know, you
want to make sure you do a good job. Yep, stressful,
it is. It's very stressful. But two hundred and fifty bucks.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
You're right. I agree with you guys.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
If that in my family, all I had to spend
was two hundred and fifty dollars one time. It's a
lot of money, but I would save money.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Now is it illegal to get gift cards for a
Secret Santa? Because I played with my huge extended family,
my step family last weekend and there were two gift cards,
which are great gifts, but I feel like it's.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Kind of lazy to cop out. Yeah, I love it.
I love a gift card. I'm cool with it for
a birthday or other times.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
But I feel like if you're doing a White Elephant
or a Secret Santa, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, I think the only if you're doing a white Elephant, Uh,
I think it has to be like a like a
quirky gift card, like like a silly one.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
Yeah, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
It has to be like, uh, you know, I don't
bass pro Shoppers. I know, some random place.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Yeah, I mean, hell yeah, Cabela's.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
I mean I would get merched, I would get clothing.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I don't know if we're supposed to be like White
Elephant supposed to I thought that was supposed to be
kind of like, you know, weird stuff. Then again, Secret
Santa started that way too, I thought. And then now
you know, now people take it seriously. Like if I
get you know whoever it is I'm I got for
Secret Santa, I'm who is Sam?
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Say their name?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Yeah, we've up to your limit to fifty.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
I got Elvis Dran this year for Secret Santa. So
I'm yeah, I gotta it's it's it's terrible.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Yeah, by the way, like a Daisley shirt, Like I'm.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Getting him a what's that? What's that Alexander McQueen. Is
that where always chefs Elvis Frands our friend who does
this job in New York. And apparently yesterday somebody texted
me or someone dm me someone who listens to us,
but apparently we're listening to him, So thanks for that.
But uh, someone called and said they were calling from Chicago,
(02:21):
and he said, I don't know why you're listening to us.
You should be listening to brother Fred. That's what you said,
which was very nice. It's very nice when he throws
us crumbs. I appreciate that, like it's you know here
as yeah right, yeah, ro and that's a blast in
the past. But I do appreciate it. I appreciate that.
You know, when our friends are are are willing to
be generous with their with what they have, it's very
(02:43):
nice of them. But yeah, I got him a Paisley
Alexander McQueen's shirt for secrets had up, but don't tell him,
And it wasn't two hundred and fifty Bucks eat there.
I don't I don't even know how much stuff. I'm
not allowed to walk in that store, so I don't
know how much stuff costs in there. But I have
a feeling I can't afford him. Nonetheless, he'll really love.
It's gonna great.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Okay, we are.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
On, John, I don't know what we sixteen Okay, the
last one of the whole season.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
That's funny because there are several more.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
No, this is it?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Well, yeah, it's just kind of easy actually because by
the time we come back, it'll be playoffs, so it
won't be well, we also have to playoff picks.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Though the whole season will be over.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Just keep saying it's not going to and then we
move on to baseball.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Oh, it's like eighty some games.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
One hundred and eighty games games.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woman already took place last night. So
you got a you got a fifty to fifty shot
at this one. Crap, well all of them actually, but
Broncos Chargers. Oh the Chargers, all right, good because they won,
so you're one of no, yeah, okay, we're done. We're
done one and rap all right. Jason Brown sports pigs
(03:56):
for this weekend. So we have games tomorrow. Texans, Chiefs,
Oh the Chiefs, Steelers, Ravens, Steelers, Okay, Cardinals, Panthers, uh.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Oh, this is hard.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
The Cardinals, Titans, Colts, Colts, Rounds, Bangles, Bengals, Wait Lines.
Speaker 7 (04:19):
Bears again. Yeah, remember man, did they didn't? They just
get their ass kicked by Thanksgiving? But yeah, yeah, I'm
hoping it might be a different story.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
I need a blowout because I gotta I gotta go.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Back to Detroit, So I'm like, wrap it up.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
The Eagles, Commanders, the Eagles, Giants, Falcons, Falcons, Rams, Jets,
oh Rams.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Viking, Seahawks mm, Seahawks.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Well you really placed your thought into these guesses, aren't you.
Jaguars Raiders. Wow, the Jaguars, I know that. Of the
bottom to it's the battle of the bottoms. Yes, wild
(05:11):
the Four Nighters, No, I was talking about something else.
The Four Niners and the Dolphins.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
We got it.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
I'll go with the Four Niners, but Bellaha, better not
do me wrong again, because I feel like every time
I picked them they lose.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Are the Patriots Bills? Uh No, there's a lot of
terrible this year.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yeah, thanks a lot, Christian, You're on a fantasy.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Team Patriots, Bills.
Speaker 6 (05:34):
Uh, who is not the Patriots? Other team Bills, the Bills,
the Buccaneers, and the Cowboys. I know where you're going
with this.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Cowboy nation, baby.
Speaker 6 (05:44):
Discuss disgust me, Jason, it's so gross. And the Saints
and the Packers. Oh oh the Saints.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Wow that that was a visceral reaction. And you can't
lose par slay Jason Brown. Oh boy, Okay, let's see.
So I love how every Friday you act surprised. Every
single Friday for the last sixteen weeks, you had surprised.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
I haven't done this in a minute. Okay.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
Something the weather, the Bears game.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Yeah, it's definitely gonna snow.
Speaker 6 (06:14):
Caitlin will be out in the snow at the Bears
Detroit game on Sunday, right Sunday, yes, y, yes here, Yeah,
it's gonna snow.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Wear your coat.
Speaker 6 (06:24):
Then the hot coach from La he yeah, uh huh
he is going to the guy's gonna move him by
his hips.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Yeah, the job that I want.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Who has the man whose only job it is to
keep him in the coaching box.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
Yeah, I've been training for this for months at this point, and.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Uh, Travis, he's not going to be a battle of
the bottom zone. Unfortunately, he does not give bottom energy.
Speaker 6 (06:51):
However, you would be surprised, so maybe you know, I
don't know, I'll let you know. And then Travis Kelcey
is not gonna score, but he's gonna catch the ball
three times.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Okay, okay, all right, well there you go. Can't it's
the can't lose Parsley. Yeah, yeah, all right. So we
were just talking a second ago about a white elephant
and a secret Santa in all of this, and uh,
you know, Christmas is just a few days away, and
I know that you've all thoughtfully curated the gifts that
you're giving to your loved ones, the people that you
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care about, and you've really put a lot of thought
and energy and effort into it, only to find out
this morning the researchers have found that more than half
of Americans will receive a gift they don't even want.
Half of American ten billion dollars worth of gifts headed
for the regifting pile. So you're gonna buy somebody something
that you think is cool, they're gonna take it back
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or they're gonna give it away. According to a finder,
half of people.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Gift cards are the answer.
Speaker 5 (07:50):
That's why, why just tell me what you want? Well
that too, but I see you go out, you try.
You think you're doing your big one and buying.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
A thoughtful gift, and Kaitlyn don't even like it.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Will love everything you guys give me no, just no.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
People like, just listen to the people you're.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
With every day.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
But if they percent of Americans don't like their gifts,
well they're not listening.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
They're listening to each other.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
And the gift cards not the worst gift. I don't.
I don't think it's the worst gift.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
And some people would prefer like my sister for example,
she basically wants the same thing every year because it's
something that she wouldn't spend money on for a birthday.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yes, I'm team gift card. I think that that's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I would go the other way around.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I would say for birthday, you got to buy something
more personalized, and for Christmas you can get away.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
With the gift card.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
No, because like people have lists for Christmas, so like
I just like we share our lists and then you know,
I pick and choose or get something similar. I don't
mind a gift card. I'm like listen. I'm I'm broke,
So I love a gift card, but there's I don't know.
I just feel like always giving one it makes me feel.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Yeah, I'm comfortable making a Christmas lift.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
It makes me uncomfortable because you because I don't know
what to put on there, like what's the price range?
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Like I don't I don't want to.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Like like Kiky's nephew on there with his seventeen hundred
dollars pants or whatever you wanted. I'd be afraid to
put something on that the people would be like, oh
my god, really, dude.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
You know that's true.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
I want like skincare and like lion stuff that's cute whatever.
So it's like a more broad thing. I'm still picking
it out, but scared I will buy a gift and
you don't like it. And now I know that I
have a fifty percent chance that you won't like the gift.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
At least you've got you a gift car. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
One in twenty people expect to receive at least five
gifts they don't want to keep. The average cost of
the unwanted items is expected to rise to seventy two
dollars this holiday season, up from sixty six, a billion
dollar surge in wasteful holiday shopping. Clothing and accessories. Top
twenty twenty four is list of the most unwanted gifts
that people receive. Forty three percent of people hope to
avoid personal items. However, the numbers down. Household items follow
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clothing as the least popular holiday gifts. Cosmetics and fragrances
round out the top three, and technology gifts are skyrocketing
and unpopularity.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Okay, people don't want that. You gave me an accessory.
That is one of my favorite gifts I've ever received.
What I did my Detroit hat and you had my
name stitching cursive on the side. Because I never get
my name on anything. It's not a real name. So
that's one of my favorite gifts I've ever received. Wear
it all the time, I'll try again.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
See I'm a person forgift I'm so bad at using
gift cards, Like I don't have a big wallet, Like
I don't have the space for it. And every time
I go to the store, I'm like, oh, I have
a gift card, but it's at home. That gift card
Fred gave us last year Christmas. I still got it,
haven't used it.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
Oh my god, I think I used it the second
way last. I was like, I need this.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
Like, I put it in a pile with my other
gift cards I don't carry to my wallet, and then
I just forget about it.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
So a bro cash, yeah, golf one.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
Yeah, but I just forget that I have it.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
Okay, Well give them to me. I will not forget
that I have them.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
We got this guy magic lessons. Still hasn't taken it.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Oh, don't get me started. Yeah, when you get creative,
you're right, Kiki, screw it. I'm not getting creative anymore.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Just get people.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Forget about it. Here's a nice twenty yourself. That's not bad.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Jason does get a stack of cash from his boyfriend.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
I love it. I look forward to it every year.
That's a gift. That's what he gives you. Does you
wrap it up to you a card with cashing it?
And I love it.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
It's like my little emergency fun. Yeah it is. And
it's like my little emergency fund.
Speaker 6 (11:25):
And so I keep it right by my bad and
then if I ever knew, well, break into my house
is right by my.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
Back for the year for all the housework you do.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Yeah, Hey, I was right.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
I will take the cash, and do you do you
buy him a gift that you like think about?
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
Yeah, I get him normally closed because he never buys
himself closed, so the only new clothes he gets is
when I buy him.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
So okay, Well, so just remember that half of the
people that you give a gift to, half of them
are like thanks, and they'll never use it. They'll take
it back or regift. Luigi Man, the suspect in the
killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, made his first
appearance in federal court yesterday. He faced his four federal
counts in connection with Thompson's death. According to a criminal complaint,
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he formally waived extradition and was flown from Pennsylvania to
New York. He arrived at Lower Manhattan surrounded by dozens
of heavily armed law enforcement officers and the city's mayor.
I'm not sure why he had to be there, but
the federal complaint also set a notebook in Mazzioni's possession
contains several handwritten pages in express hostility toward the health
insurance industry and wealthy executives. In particular, he could face
(12:34):
the death penalty if found guilty of the federal murdered
charge against him.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
According to prosecutors, Hey, good news, guys.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Thousands of Amazon drivers went on strike today in four states,
or I guess yesterday in four states over concerns about
their wages and benefits. Members of the Teamsters union are
striking at seven facilities. Even though the Teamsters claimed to
represent seven thousand Amazon workers worldwide, that accounts for less
than one percent of the company these workforce. Amazon said
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the strike will not affect holiday deliveries during the busy
shipping season, but by walking out the week before Christmas
and Hanukah, the teamsers hope to apply maximum pressure to
Amazon and perhaps convince some of the customers to shop
elsewhere for last minute gifts.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
You mean the water in soda I left out for
them isn't enough?
Speaker 6 (13:20):
No?
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Sorry, no?
Speaker 2 (13:24):
No little snacks yeah, little snackis yeah. Some people are
very thoughtful by it. I've seen TikTok videos people who
have little fridges out on their buck a porch or whatever.
How much Amazon are you ordering if you've got to
stock a refrigerator in front of your house for these people?
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Right? That much? They come every day to my house.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
They are heroes.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
They're there right now. I'm watching them on camera every day.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
Is Jonathan on the phone too.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
It makes a very nice thing to do. I just
don't know.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
If I could keep that up, I'd probably out there.
I'd probably run out of stuff inside my house and
then be out there using the Amazon snacks.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Yeah. Now, I'd get high and do that order.
Speaker 8 (14:02):
Yeah, like, and they'd be like, hey, can you just
stalk that?
Speaker 5 (14:06):
You do that?
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Hey, just grab one out of the box, the box
to leave it out there.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
Just grab one all.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Your way out. Thanks for carrying all those waters. If
you want one, you know, it's all yours. It's go
Caroling Day, It's National Sangria Day and National Underdog Day.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Hey today as well.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
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