October 28, 2025 • 15 mins
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The Pain Relieving Power of Nostalgia.
Where to wear your fitness tracker.
The Worst Thanksgiving Food
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Unknown (00:00):
Gib, hello and welcome to another episode of the
(00:10):
podcast. I'm Gib Gerard, herewith one of my favorite things
that we do. I call itintelligence to go that's where
we take pieces that we've doneon the radio this week, and we
hand picked them, mix them up,and we give them to you, for you
to put your pocket and take withyou wherever you go. We got some
great ones for you today. Sohere, without further ado, is
(00:32):
me, Gib Gerard and John Tesh.
So Gib, a brand new study fromthe Journal of Neuroscience
found, if you have aches andpains, you should watch an old
movie you love. Their suggestionis When Harry Met Sally et or
big Okay, so there's greatmovies. They're great, but I
have other choices. They foundthat nostalgic entertainment
(00:53):
reduces brain activity in areasthat perceive pain, so you get
powerful, drug free pain reliefby the time the movie is done. I
think this happened during covidBecause we saw the Netflix data
and friends in Seinfeld werelike number one and number two,
comfort shows. Yeah, shows. Youknow what's gonna happen. You
know how it all works out. It'son in the background, and it
just feels good to have it on.
The office is like that for alot of people. And look, there
(01:16):
is nothing wrong with this. Youhad me at watch your favorite
old movies, which is somethingI'm going to do anyway. It's
good to know that there'sactually a pain benefit. It's
amazing to me, all the stuffthat we report on, how often we
find out what simple creatureswe are. You want to feel better
in your body, feel better andmore comforted in your mind, and
that's all it takes. All of asudden chronic pain starts to go
(01:38):
away. I thinkthe office is probably a good,
good suggestion from you,because all those characters are
so quirky, you just feel betterabout
yourself. Oh my gosh, can youimagine? Yeah, well, my job is
not that bad. I don't have thatguy breathing down my neck all
the time. Exactly.
Here's an interesting statistic.
Gib Gerard as father of twogirls and a boy, and the girls
(01:58):
are, one of them is gettingready to go into into junior
high. The other one is inseventh grade, right? Yeah.
Seventh grade, sixth, sixth andmy granddaughters, yeah. So 40%
of high school girls playorganized sports today, compared
with 7% that did in the 1970slook,
(02:18):
we know I talked about this.
What's great news. I love that.
It's, it's phenomenal news. Itmeans that, you know, it means
that certain things are working.
And look, I talk about this allthe time when we do the coaching
calls with with our with ourgroup, and that is, you know, my
kids all play sports, and theydon't play sports necessarily,
because I believe that one daythey are all going to be
professional athletes or evennecessarily get scholarships.
(02:39):
But because Sports teaches usabout our lives, about what it
means to to put a lot of effortinto something, into and to reap
those rewards, what it means toovercome hardship, what it means
to lose with dignity, win withdignity. All of these things are
life lessons that they're goingto have to take with them into
adulthood. And that is why mykids play sports. And the more
kids that do it, I think, Ithink the better society will be
(03:00):
with people who understand thosefeelings.
Yeah, I did too. I mean, it'sjust, it's great to see, you
know, the kids that are girlsand boys that are playing
sports, they don't have iPads intheir hands.
No, you can't, otherwise a ballhit you in the face. There
we go with more randomintelligence, Gib, we now know
that 11% of North Americanhouseholds, somebody in the
(03:24):
household admits to having dirtydishes under one of their beds.
I mentioned this to you and mom,and mom was like, Are you
kidding me? And you said, Yeah,my daughter would do
this. So I have a teenagedaughter. She's very young
teenager, but she's a teenagedaughter, and she absolutely has
dirty dishes somewhere in herroom at all times, because
(03:45):
she'll she'll go in, she'll bedoing her homework, and she has
her headphones on, and shedoesn't want the world to talk
to her, and she goes back intoher room and she listens to her
music, and she does her homeworkwith her snack. And then she has
no inclination to put those,those dishes back in the sink,
and I am sure they are rottingunder her bed, and we have an
infestation of something. But II can't go in that room. I
(04:07):
refuse to. Ernest heckleton,heckleton Shackleton,
Shackleton, Shackleford,Shackleton. He would not explore
those the mounds of clothes thatare all over her room.
The great explorer, yeah, Iactually had a friend who used
to he showered with his dog sohe could watch his watch his dog
(04:28):
in the shower. But he alsothat's how he washed, washed
his, his his pots and pants inthe shower.
I mean, as disturbing as I findthat, as Lenny, having a teenage
daughter is more disturbing thanthat. There we go. Tie. So Gib,
I sort of did this naturally,because I like to wear my watch
on my on my non dominant hand.
But the technology website C NETsays, If you want to get a more
(04:51):
accurate reading from yourfitness tracker and tracker and
so many of us have these thingsnow, wear it on your non
dominant hand. That way itwon't. Use your emotions like
whisking an omelet. These aretheir examples, whisking an
omelet or applying makeup withexercise,
yeah, you don't realize how muchmore effort you're actually
using with your dominant hand ona daily basis. So that when you
(05:14):
when you wear the tracker on thenon dominant hand, yeah, if you
switch, you really see a hugedifference in the number of
steps you're taking, and itreally only counts the steps. It
doesn't count the dishwashingand the, you know, the even the
turning of a doorknob, all ofthese activities that you do
with your dominant hand start togo away.
Yeah, my wife was bragging abouther 10,000 steps the other day,
(05:37):
and I said, I said, eyelashes.
Putting her eyelashes. Whatare you talking about? No, that
doesn't count as steps. I saw. Itexted her this thing, working
on those eyelashesbusted 10,000 steps. Gib, I know
you're a technology guy andyou're also very healthy, a
longevity guy. Apparently we'regonna be putting a camera in
(05:58):
your toilet. Nope. So Kohler,yo, wait, wait for it. Kohler
just announced a $600 toiletcamera called decoda, not duh D.
The camera attaches to yourtoilet bowl and takes pictures
of what's inside, not insideyou. It requires a finger, it
requires a fingerprint scan tosign in, and uses an optical
sensor to analyze your guthealth and hydration. It can
(06:19):
also potentially detect blood inyour urine or or stool. And they
say, they say that Dakotasensors see into your toilet and
nowhere else, quote, unquotecool, because,
come on, have it for underwearnow. I Oh, do they? Oh, yeah,
(06:40):
it'll detect yourunderwear. Can detect diabetes.
Live from the toilet bowl at aGib Gerard show.
At a certain point we need, weneed to go back to dumb
appliances, because what happensif there is a server outage and
all of a sudden you can't flushyour toilet, because the server
(07:01):
that helps use your toilet.
Camera won't allow any you know,won't verify your fingerprints.
You can't flush the toilet, andso you're sitting there waiting
for somebody to to unplug andthen replug in some server in
the middle of nowhere in orderto in order to be able to flush.
That's called a cold boot.
It's a cold boot. Turn it on,turn it back.
(07:22):
I'm just saying I want wi Fi'sdown. I have no idea what's
going on my toilet Exactly,exactly. Oh, is it the Wi Fi is
out, and now you can't flush,and
we're done here. So Gib, you andI both know that sleep and
exercise are both crucial forgood health. So when you haven't
had a full night's sleep, is itbetter to sleep in a bit or get
up and exercise? Mayo Clinicresearchers say if you have to
(07:42):
choose one or the other, just gowith sleep because it is, quote,
unquote foundational.
Yeah. I mean, see, I alwaysthought that the best way to get
your sleep under control was toget up at the same time every
day, right? And that's somethingthat we've talked about a lot
like that. If you can just getyour body used to waking up at
the same time every day you canstop, you stop having caffeine
(08:02):
after a certain point in theday, eventually, your your sleep
time will become early enough togive you the right amount of
sleep. And I always, I alwaysfeel like getting up and
exercising, regardless of what Idid the night before, is the
best way to keep my clock set. Iwill say, though, especially as
I get older, the more disruptedmy sleep is, the harder it is to
(08:24):
do everything in the day. So Irespect the fact that the
research is that getting yoursleep is way more important than
getting the exercise in but Ibelieve, and again, we reported
on other stories about this,that if you can get up at the
same time every day, and you canstart to build your schedule
around waking up at the sametime every day. That is the
recipe for getting sleep andexercise together in a way that
(08:45):
is harmonious for yourlife. I agree with you. I would
go, I would go and exercise andthen plan to take a nap. Hell
yeah. That's yeah. That's youlove taking naps. I do. I do
because I don't have three kidsin my house jumping on my head.
That's true. Not today, anyway.
All right. Gib, in a recent PewResearch Study, couples were
asked to describe their spouseusing one word, okay, number one
(09:06):
answer, all the way across theboard, was stubborn. Number two
was sweet. I mean, I mean it'smy I mean we're both thing. I
mean my wife is she's stubbornand sweet. Stubbornly, yes, yes.
She's stubbornly. Sweet,yes, yes. I think, I think they
seem like they are contradictoryterms, that you can't be
stubborn and sweet, thatstubborn is smart. This is smart
(09:27):
is rude and sweet is kind. But Iwould say the deeper into a
relationship you get, the moreyou realize that stubbornness,
while frustrating, does not makeyour partner any less sweet than
they were, there are stillkindnesses that happen, even
when they dig their heels in onsomething that you don't think
matters at all, and you wishthey would just get over it and
(09:49):
stop making it a big deal, butyet they bring it up every
single day. Not I'm just sayingthat that could also coexist
with being kind and sweet and.
Really nice.
Well, if my spouse was my spousewasn't stubborn, I probably
wouldn't be alive as stubborn asshe was with doctors. In this
case, stubbornness is agovernment. If you weren't
stubborn, your kids would be butit'd be a free for all.
(10:10):
Yes, if I wasn't stubborn, mykid, my I think my daughter
would still be in bed.
Now here's an interesting study.
The recent study found that kidstoday cannot run as fast as
their parents did when they werekids. Why do you think?
Gib, oh, I probably becausethere's a lot less time spent in
competition with other the kidsnow that when we were younger,
(10:34):
there was more running aroundthe neighborhood. Yeah? And you
you had to run for yourfunctional running. Yeah, you
had to run for your life becausetheir bully was coming after you
or something? Yeah, PaulMcGuinness had a switch
switchblade, right? So you'reyou were running with a whole
different fight or flightresponse than kids today. Even
understand is that, again,there's a big reason why I try
to get my kids, my kids ridebikes around the neighborhood.
(10:55):
My kids are do as many sports aswe can squeeze into it's for
this reason is because I wantthem to be as active as my wife
and I were,you know. And there's, there was
also a study that showed thatthe among the world class record
holders for the for the mile,they're usually like fourth or
fifth in line, in the in the inthe pecking order of kids in the
(11:16):
phone, yes, because those kidsare always trying to keep up
with the older siblingsExactly. There is no bigger
motivator through the mostformative years of your life as
trying to keep up with and notgetting beaten up by your older
sibling. That's why your son isso fast. That's why he's so
fast. That's why my middledaughter is so fast. She's
because my oldest daughter has abig kick, and they both have to
jump really quickly out of herway, and that that's the kind of
stuff that happens on theSavannah and in my house,
(11:39):
perfect.
All right, ladies and gentlemen,boys and girls, here we go with
the with the top five habitsthat annoy your spouse the most.
Everything that I do, we'regonna go from number five,
keeping score in therelationship. I try to do this.
It never works.
Don't do it. Don't do it. Youknow, if you're keeping score,
it means you're looking for waysto be resented, to be resentful.
(12:00):
And I recommend, I recommendtrying to do 99% of the work in
your relationship. And the moreyou're trying to do 99% of the
work, the more your spouseactually shows up for you. It's,
it's a surprising announcement.
We think it's supposed to be5050, and we want to keep score.
And the let, the more we let goof that, the better your
relationshipis going to be. Number four,
spending money irresponsibly,yeah. I mean,
(12:21):
especially, I mean that's,that's family's resources, that
you're, that you're, you know,look, I like, I like, a remote
controlled drone flying aroundmy house as much as the next
guy, but, but you know, if it'sbetween that and groceries this
week, you got to choose thegroceries.
At least we can hide the Amazonpackages. Number three, bragging
about yourself.
Yeah, let your spouse do it foryou. In fact, brag about your
(12:43):
spouse as much as possible. Yep,yep. Number two. Wait for number
one. Number two. Thing thatannoys your spouse the most,
according to the recent survey,looking at your phone when
you're together,look, you're what you're saying
is you're not important. Whatyou're saying is you're not a
priority. And nobody wants tofeel like that with the person
is supposed to be the mostimportant person? Am I number
one the way you chew you I mean,I feel attacked. I feel like
this is directed right at me.
(13:06):
And you, yeah, I mean, the wayyou it's because it's just the
noise while you're eating, andmaybe it's been a long day, and
just the extra stimulation.
There's a lot of stimulatingstuff going on in my house. And
I will tell you the one lastthing of having somebody chew in
your ear is enough to sendeither one of us over the over
the river.
All right? Gib Gerard, here wego. According to the most recent
(13:26):
survey, the most dislikedThanksgiving food is cranberry
sauce. I was gonna let youguess, sure, yeah, cranberry
sauce. I disagree. I think,Well, I think cranberry sauce,
which just comes out of thatcan. I love that stuff, maybe
because it's got a lot of sugarin it. Sugar in it. But if you
start, if you start doing whatmy mom used to do, where you
put, you make cranberry mold,and you put in, you put, like,
(13:48):
nuts and you put inmarshmallows, that stuff is not
supposed to be in Cranberry.
You say, whatever you want. Andlook you everybody can have
their least favorite thing. Butthere is not. I adore the
Thanksgiving feast. I love everysingle dish. Oh, you do your
sweet potatoes withmarshmallows. Oh, you do your
sweet potatoes without Oh, youuse yams. Oh, you use real sweet
(14:11):
potatoes. I don't care. Give meall four. I'll try them all, you
know. Oh, you use the greenbeans from the can. You get your
green beans fresh, one pile ofeach on my plate, please. I love
it all. I'll take the cranberrymold, the cranberry sauce, the
light meat, the dark meat. Ilove Thanksgiving dinner. It is
my favorite meal of the year. Iwish, I wish we did it twice,
(14:32):
but you know the specialness ofthat one meal, I absolutely love
it. So let cranberry sauce beyour least favorite thing. I
will take your helping and putit on my plate.
In this house, we have it fivetimes because we just keep
eating the sandwiches. It'sokay. You can put the you can
put the cranberry mold in thesand. It's a
little bit sweet, little bittart. Oh, come on, that's it for
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Gib, hello and welcome to another episode of the
(00:10):
podcast. I'm Gib Gerard, herewith one of my favorite things
that we do. I call itintelligence to go that's where
we take pieces that we've doneon the radio this week, and we
hand picked them, mix them up,and we give them to you, for you
to put your pocket and take withyou wherever you go. We got some
great ones for you today. Sohere, without further ado, is
(00:32):
me, Gib Gerard and John Tesh.
So Gib, a brand new study fromthe Journal of Neuroscience
found, if you have aches andpains, you should watch an old
movie you love. Their suggestionis When Harry Met Sally et or
big Okay, so there's greatmovies. They're great, but I
have other choices. They foundthat nostalgic entertainment
(00:53):
reduces brain activity in areasthat perceive pain, so you get
powerful, drug free pain reliefby the time the movie is done. I
think this happened during covidBecause we saw the Netflix data
and friends in Seinfeld werelike number one and number two,
comfort shows. Yeah, shows. Youknow what's gonna happen. You
know how it all works out. It'son in the background, and it
just feels good to have it on.
The office is like that for alot of people. And look, there
(01:16):
is nothing wrong with this. Youhad me at watch your favorite
old movies, which is somethingI'm going to do anyway. It's
good to know that there'sactually a pain benefit. It's
amazing to me, all the stuffthat we report on, how often we
find out what simple creatureswe are. You want to feel better
in your body, feel better andmore comforted in your mind, and
that's all it takes. All of asudden chronic pain starts to go
(01:38):
away. I thinkthe office is probably a good,
good suggestion from you,because all those characters are
so quirky, you just feel betterabout
yourself. Oh my gosh, can youimagine? Yeah, well, my job is
not that bad. I don't have thatguy breathing down my neck all
the time. Exactly.
Here's an interesting statistic.
Gib Gerard as father of twogirls and a boy, and the girls
(01:58):
are, one of them is gettingready to go into into junior
high. The other one is inseventh grade, right? Yeah.
Seventh grade, sixth, sixth andmy granddaughters, yeah. So 40%
of high school girls playorganized sports today, compared
with 7% that did in the 1970slook,
(02:18):
we know I talked about this.
What's great news. I love that.
It's, it's phenomenal news. Itmeans that, you know, it means
that certain things are working.
And look, I talk about this allthe time when we do the coaching
calls with with our with ourgroup, and that is, you know, my
kids all play sports, and theydon't play sports necessarily,
because I believe that one daythey are all going to be
professional athletes or evennecessarily get scholarships.
(02:39):
But because Sports teaches usabout our lives, about what it
means to to put a lot of effortinto something, into and to reap
those rewards, what it means toovercome hardship, what it means
to lose with dignity, win withdignity. All of these things are
life lessons that they're goingto have to take with them into
adulthood. And that is why mykids play sports. And the more
kids that do it, I think, Ithink the better society will be
(03:00):
with people who understand thosefeelings.
Yeah, I did too. I mean, it'sjust, it's great to see, you
know, the kids that are girlsand boys that are playing
sports, they don't have iPads intheir hands.
No, you can't, otherwise a ballhit you in the face. There
we go with more randomintelligence, Gib, we now know
that 11% of North Americanhouseholds, somebody in the
(03:24):
household admits to having dirtydishes under one of their beds.
I mentioned this to you and mom,and mom was like, Are you
kidding me? And you said, Yeah,my daughter would do
this. So I have a teenagedaughter. She's very young
teenager, but she's a teenagedaughter, and she absolutely has
dirty dishes somewhere in herroom at all times, because
(03:45):
she'll she'll go in, she'll bedoing her homework, and she has
her headphones on, and shedoesn't want the world to talk
to her, and she goes back intoher room and she listens to her
music, and she does her homeworkwith her snack. And then she has
no inclination to put those,those dishes back in the sink,
and I am sure they are rottingunder her bed, and we have an
infestation of something. But II can't go in that room. I
(04:07):
refuse to. Ernest heckleton,heckleton Shackleton,
Shackleton, Shackleford,Shackleton. He would not explore
those the mounds of clothes thatare all over her room.
The great explorer, yeah, Iactually had a friend who used
to he showered with his dog sohe could watch his watch his dog
(04:28):
in the shower. But he alsothat's how he washed, washed
his, his his pots and pants inthe shower.
I mean, as disturbing as I findthat, as Lenny, having a teenage
daughter is more disturbing thanthat. There we go. Tie. So Gib,
I sort of did this naturally,because I like to wear my watch
on my on my non dominant hand.
But the technology website C NETsays, If you want to get a more
(04:51):
accurate reading from yourfitness tracker and tracker and
so many of us have these thingsnow, wear it on your non
dominant hand. That way itwon't. Use your emotions like
whisking an omelet. These aretheir examples, whisking an
omelet or applying makeup withexercise,
yeah, you don't realize how muchmore effort you're actually
using with your dominant hand ona daily basis. So that when you
(05:14):
when you wear the tracker on thenon dominant hand, yeah, if you
switch, you really see a hugedifference in the number of
steps you're taking, and itreally only counts the steps. It
doesn't count the dishwashingand the, you know, the even the
turning of a doorknob, all ofthese activities that you do
with your dominant hand start togo away.
Yeah, my wife was bragging abouther 10,000 steps the other day,
(05:37):
and I said, I said, eyelashes.
Putting her eyelashes. Whatare you talking about? No, that
doesn't count as steps. I saw. Itexted her this thing, working
on those eyelashesbusted 10,000 steps. Gib, I know
you're a technology guy andyou're also very healthy, a
longevity guy. Apparently we'regonna be putting a camera in
(05:58):
your toilet. Nope. So Kohler,yo, wait, wait for it. Kohler
just announced a $600 toiletcamera called decoda, not duh D.
The camera attaches to yourtoilet bowl and takes pictures
of what's inside, not insideyou. It requires a finger, it
requires a fingerprint scan tosign in, and uses an optical
sensor to analyze your guthealth and hydration. It can
(06:19):
also potentially detect blood inyour urine or or stool. And they
say, they say that Dakotasensors see into your toilet and
nowhere else, quote, unquotecool, because,
come on, have it for underwearnow. I Oh, do they? Oh, yeah,
(06:40):
it'll detect yourunderwear. Can detect diabetes.
Live from the toilet bowl at aGib Gerard show.
At a certain point we need, weneed to go back to dumb
appliances, because what happensif there is a server outage and
all of a sudden you can't flushyour toilet, because the server
(07:01):
that helps use your toilet.
Camera won't allow any you know,won't verify your fingerprints.
You can't flush the toilet, andso you're sitting there waiting
for somebody to to unplug andthen replug in some server in
the middle of nowhere in orderto in order to be able to flush.
That's called a cold boot.
It's a cold boot. Turn it on,turn it back.
(07:22):
I'm just saying I want wi Fi'sdown. I have no idea what's
going on my toilet Exactly,exactly. Oh, is it the Wi Fi is
out, and now you can't flush,and
we're done here. So Gib, you andI both know that sleep and
exercise are both crucial forgood health. So when you haven't
had a full night's sleep, is itbetter to sleep in a bit or get
up and exercise? Mayo Clinicresearchers say if you have to
(07:42):
choose one or the other, just gowith sleep because it is, quote,
unquote foundational.
Yeah. I mean, see, I alwaysthought that the best way to get
your sleep under control was toget up at the same time every
day, right? And that's somethingthat we've talked about a lot
like that. If you can just getyour body used to waking up at
the same time every day you canstop, you stop having caffeine
(08:02):
after a certain point in theday, eventually, your your sleep
time will become early enough togive you the right amount of
sleep. And I always, I alwaysfeel like getting up and
exercising, regardless of what Idid the night before, is the
best way to keep my clock set. Iwill say, though, especially as
I get older, the more disruptedmy sleep is, the harder it is to
(08:24):
do everything in the day. So Irespect the fact that the
research is that getting yoursleep is way more important than
getting the exercise in but Ibelieve, and again, we reported
on other stories about this,that if you can get up at the
same time every day, and you canstart to build your schedule
around waking up at the sametime every day. That is the
recipe for getting sleep andexercise together in a way that
(08:45):
is harmonious for yourlife. I agree with you. I would
go, I would go and exercise andthen plan to take a nap. Hell
yeah. That's yeah. That's youlove taking naps. I do. I do
because I don't have three kidsin my house jumping on my head.
That's true. Not today, anyway.
All right. Gib, in a recent PewResearch Study, couples were
asked to describe their spouseusing one word, okay, number one
(09:06):
answer, all the way across theboard, was stubborn. Number two
was sweet. I mean, I mean it'smy I mean we're both thing. I
mean my wife is she's stubbornand sweet. Stubbornly, yes, yes.
She's stubbornly. Sweet,yes, yes. I think, I think they
seem like they are contradictoryterms, that you can't be
stubborn and sweet, thatstubborn is smart. This is smart
(09:27):
is rude and sweet is kind. But Iwould say the deeper into a
relationship you get, the moreyou realize that stubbornness,
while frustrating, does not makeyour partner any less sweet than
they were, there are stillkindnesses that happen, even
when they dig their heels in onsomething that you don't think
matters at all, and you wishthey would just get over it and
(09:49):
stop making it a big deal, butyet they bring it up every
single day. Not I'm just sayingthat that could also coexist
with being kind and sweet and.
Really nice.
Well, if my spouse was my spousewasn't stubborn, I probably
wouldn't be alive as stubborn asshe was with doctors. In this
case, stubbornness is agovernment. If you weren't
stubborn, your kids would be butit'd be a free for all.
(10:10):
Yes, if I wasn't stubborn, mykid, my I think my daughter
would still be in bed.
Now here's an interesting study.
The recent study found that kidstoday cannot run as fast as
their parents did when they werekids. Why do you think?
Gib, oh, I probably becausethere's a lot less time spent in
competition with other the kidsnow that when we were younger,
(10:34):
there was more running aroundthe neighborhood. Yeah? And you
you had to run for yourfunctional running. Yeah, you
had to run for your life becausetheir bully was coming after you
or something? Yeah, PaulMcGuinness had a switch
switchblade, right? So you'reyou were running with a whole
different fight or flightresponse than kids today. Even
understand is that, again,there's a big reason why I try
to get my kids, my kids ridebikes around the neighborhood.
(10:55):
My kids are do as many sports aswe can squeeze into it's for
this reason is because I wantthem to be as active as my wife
and I were,you know. And there's, there was
also a study that showed thatthe among the world class record
holders for the for the mile,they're usually like fourth or
fifth in line, in the in the inthe pecking order of kids in the
(11:16):
phone, yes, because those kidsare always trying to keep up
with the older siblingsExactly. There is no bigger
motivator through the mostformative years of your life as
trying to keep up with and notgetting beaten up by your older
sibling. That's why your son isso fast. That's why he's so
fast. That's why my middledaughter is so fast. She's
because my oldest daughter has abig kick, and they both have to
jump really quickly out of herway, and that that's the kind of
stuff that happens on theSavannah and in my house,
(11:39):
perfect.
All right, ladies and gentlemen,boys and girls, here we go with
the with the top five habitsthat annoy your spouse the most.
Everything that I do, we'regonna go from number five,
keeping score in therelationship. I try to do this.
It never works.
Don't do it. Don't do it. Youknow, if you're keeping score,
it means you're looking for waysto be resented, to be resentful.
(12:00):
And I recommend, I recommendtrying to do 99% of the work in
your relationship. And the moreyou're trying to do 99% of the
work, the more your spouseactually shows up for you. It's,
it's a surprising announcement.
We think it's supposed to be5050, and we want to keep score.
And the let, the more we let goof that, the better your
relationshipis going to be. Number four,
spending money irresponsibly,yeah. I mean,
(12:21):
especially, I mean that's,that's family's resources, that
you're, that you're, you know,look, I like, I like, a remote
controlled drone flying aroundmy house as much as the next
guy, but, but you know, if it'sbetween that and groceries this
week, you got to choose thegroceries.
At least we can hide the Amazonpackages. Number three, bragging
about yourself.
Yeah, let your spouse do it foryou. In fact, brag about your
(12:43):
spouse as much as possible. Yep,yep. Number two. Wait for number
one. Number two. Thing thatannoys your spouse the most,
according to the recent survey,looking at your phone when
you're together,look, you're what you're saying
is you're not important. Whatyou're saying is you're not a
priority. And nobody wants tofeel like that with the person
is supposed to be the mostimportant person? Am I number
one the way you chew you I mean,I feel attacked. I feel like
this is directed right at me.
(13:06):
And you, yeah, I mean, the wayyou it's because it's just the
noise while you're eating, andmaybe it's been a long day, and
just the extra stimulation.
There's a lot of stimulatingstuff going on in my house. And
I will tell you the one lastthing of having somebody chew in
your ear is enough to sendeither one of us over the over
the river.
All right? Gib Gerard, here wego. According to the most recent
(13:26):
survey, the most dislikedThanksgiving food is cranberry
sauce. I was gonna let youguess, sure, yeah, cranberry
sauce. I disagree. I think,Well, I think cranberry sauce,
which just comes out of thatcan. I love that stuff, maybe
because it's got a lot of sugarin it. Sugar in it. But if you
start, if you start doing whatmy mom used to do, where you
put, you make cranberry mold,and you put in, you put, like,
(13:48):
nuts and you put inmarshmallows, that stuff is not
supposed to be in Cranberry.
You say, whatever you want. Andlook you everybody can have
their least favorite thing. Butthere is not. I adore the
Thanksgiving feast. I love everysingle dish. Oh, you do your
sweet potatoes withmarshmallows. Oh, you do your
sweet potatoes without Oh, youuse yams. Oh, you use real sweet
(14:11):
potatoes. I don't care. Give meall four. I'll try them all, you
know. Oh, you use the greenbeans from the can. You get your
green beans fresh, one pile ofeach on my plate, please. I love
it all. I'll take the cranberrymold, the cranberry sauce, the
light meat, the dark meat. Ilove Thanksgiving dinner. It is
my favorite meal of the year. Iwish, I wish we did it twice,
(14:32):
but you know the specialness ofthat one meal, I absolutely love
it. So let cranberry sauce beyour least favorite thing. I
will take your helping and putit on my plate.
In this house, we have it fivetimes because we just keep
eating the sandwiches. It'sokay. You can put the you can
put the cranberry mold in thesand. It's a
little bit sweet, little bittart. Oh, come on, that's it for
(14:54):
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