July 21, 2025 • 8 mins
Melody’s back—and to ease into things, she’s joined by guest Brendan for a fun round of “If You Had to Choose Just One…” From fast food to favorite hymns, the two go back and forth picking their top picks and laughing through their answers. It’s fast, lighthearted, and full of the quirks and warmth you’ve come to love. So… which one would you choose?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
hey, it's melody here with you on this episode of
quirks, bumps and bruises, but Ihave brendan beavers in here
along with me, hello you hearbrendan each and every weekday
night from 7 until 11 that'sright and uh.
So you're in here early todayand I want to play a game with
you let's do it it's called.
You can only pick one.
(00:22):
You Can Only Pick One.
I'm going to give you somequestions.
Okay, we talked last week I didon my show about French fries,
because it was National FrenchFry Day.
Yes, it was One day, and so I'mgoing to ask you what type of
potato would you save?
If you could only save one,would it be French fries from
(00:43):
McDonald's, curly fries fromwherever?
I think about Arby's Potatosmiles.
Have you ever seen their littleround potatoes and their
smiling face.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Yeah, like the Michelinies Poppin' Chicken
there you go, you get those as akid.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Or waffle fries from Chick-fil-A.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Okay.
So how are we saving these?
Are we saving them off a cliff?
Speaker 1 (01:05):
these.
Are we saving them like off acliff?
Are we saving them for later?
You're saving them, and it isthe type of potato that you will
have to eat the rest of yourlife arby's curly fries.
Really, it's gotta be well, Iwill tell you that I did some
statistics about that for thefriday fun fact, and uh,
mcdonald's fries came in first,really, but curly fries was a
very close second.
So there you go.
So this question is definitelyfor you, brendan.
(01:26):
All right, which childhoodsnack would you save?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Oh no.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So every time I say, would you save?
It means that that is what youhave to eat forever.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Okay, all right, I got it.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
The other three that you don't choose are going away.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
So I'm not saving snacks off the side of the cliff
, got it?
So I'm not saving snacks offthe side of the cliff.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Got it.
Got it Exactly, All right.
Number one Cosmic Brownies.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Oh boy.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
That's number one.
Number two a bag of the hotfries.
No.
Number three Fruit Gushers.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Or number four Dunkaroos.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Oh, I'm saving Cosmic Brownies.
Oh, I figured that.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
That was easy.
I figured that that was easy.
I figured that, all right, thisone is a good one for you,
brendan.
Which of these two movie?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
series would you save .
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Okay.
Both of these have severalepisodes of movies that have
followed through the years toystory you got a friend in me.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Or star wars oh no oh no, all right, so hot take, I'm
picking toy story.
The reason why wow is becausetoy story was such a big
influence in my childhoodwatching the first one, second
one, even the third one now Iknow there's a fifth one coming
(02:42):
out soon.
I'm actually kind of excited tosee that, because it's more of
like a modern style, likethey're battling technology star
wars to me.
I just feel like I I lostinterest after the new remakes
may I don't know, it's justafter they made the prequels
from the fourth, fifth and sixthone.
That was, it's all confusing Idon't know.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Yeah, I have no clue what you're talking about
exactly me, me neither.
So I'm going to give youanother one.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
All right.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
We started a while ago with what French fries would
you save?
And you were going to save thecurly fries.
So I'm going to ask you nowanother food question which fast
food restaurant would you save?
Oh man Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, I'm ready, let's do it McDonald's, okay.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Wendy's Subway or Starbucks.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
So I'm taking away Starbucks and Subway, because I
mean Starbucks is known forcoffee.
They don't really necessarilyhave fast food.
So, take that one out Subway.
Eh, you know, $5 footlongs, noteven $5 anymore.
So anyways.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I got to save Wendy's .
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Now Wendy's is so, so good.
Now let me tell you thisMcDonald's is really good, with
a lot of variety, especially fortheir breakfast, but Wendy's is
very underrated.
Baconator, the Biggie bag, youknow the meals that you needed
for college when you only hadthat 10 bucks in your pocket.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
And you didn't want ramen noodles one more day,
that's right.
All right, I would chooseMcDonald's.
Ok, I just love.
I love their fries, I lovetheir caramel frappe thingies, I
love those.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Wrap a cappuccino.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Yeah, whatever that is, that would be me All right.
What about this one?
Okay, which modern appliancewould you save?
Now, you, the other three, yougot to say I can't ever use them
again.
I'm going to save this one.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
This is okay.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Dishwasher, a washer and a dryer, a vacuum cleaner or
a microwave.
Out of those four, what are yougoing to save?
Dishwasher microwave Washer anddryer.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Washer and dryer Vacuum.
Oh, oh no.
Oh no, oh no, Save the washerand dryer.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah, yeah, got to.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Like you can, you can .
You can wash your own dishes.
You can wash your dishes, youcan.
You know, yeah, it's got to bewashing.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
You can use a broom if you have to.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
And you can put something on a stovetop, that's
true.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
And heat it up.
Or you can be like those peoplewe've seen online just crack an
egg out on the road They'llcook it.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
So I don't know about you, but I could eat an entire
meal of appetizers.
Okay, I'd love to go to arestaurant and try appetizers,
so I'm going to ask you whichappetizer would you save?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
I think I know what your answer is going to be, but
I want to see if I'm right.
Okay, wings, mozzarella sticks,quesadillas or loaded nachos oh
, that's a hard one, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Oh no, it's got to be between the nachos and the
mozzarella sticks.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Oh well, see, that's not at all what I thought, what
did you think I thought you weregoing to say wings.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Well, I like wings too.
I'm just saying that when itcomes to an appetizer, you can't
touch certain places.
Mozzarella sticks are loadednachos.
I got to say nachos.
Uh, I gotta say nachos.
Yeah, save the nachos.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Those are so good, all right.
Which online service would yousave?
You're ready boy.
Netflix, okay, google, youtubeor twitter.
I'm saving google yeah, yeah,bye I use it every day, I use it
every day, absolutely all rightnow.
You were born, what year?
2001 so you weren't even bornyet.
(06:04):
With this question I'm gettingready to ask you, but I think
you may still know the differentcategories, probably.
So which 90s TV show would yousay?
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Okay, all right, I like this.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Friends.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or my So-Called Life.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Okay, oh, buffy the vampire slayer, or my so-called
life, okay, so I never heard thelast two.
I've I've heard of buffy, butI've never watched it.
Never heard of the last oneagain controversial, take I, I
gotta say fresh prince ofbel-air I love fresh prince of
bel-air.
I'd say friends that I lovefriends too.
That's so hard because I'vewatched both series like
multiple different times, so Igotta say fresh Prince all right
.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Which app on your phone would you save?
Okay, this is gonna be hard.
Okay, the camera, the clock,your notes, where you can leave
notes, or your email saving theclock, because if I didn't have
an alarm, I wouldn't be wakingup.
Oh, I'm saving my camera, yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
I don't want to take a picture of myself you're're
crazy, Brendan.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
All right, here's another one.
Which candy bar would you save?
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Snickers.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Twix, kit Kats or Milky Ways.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Sorry, what was the first?
Thing?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Snickers, twix, kit Kats or Milky Ways.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Easy Snickers.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I'm a Kit Kat girl, so those were just fun.
They were and you learn aboutpeople that way.
I feel so bad for the otherones though.
Well, I now know that you loveArby's fries.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You love Wendy's for burgers because you like the
Baconator.
You like Toy Story.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
You like Snickers candy bars.
You're going to keep your clockon your phone.
You like Google search.
So I've learned a lot about youtoday.
Just a few things to know.
Now you're going to have tolearn about me, Uh-oh, but I'm a
hidden secret.
Thanks for listening to theQuirks, Bumps and Bruises
podcast.
If you enjoyed the show, pleasetake a moment to subscribe,
rate and share the podcast.
(07:56):
You can learn more at joyfmorg.
hey, it's melody here with you on this episode of
quirks, bumps and bruises, but Ihave brendan beavers in here
along with me, hello you hearbrendan each and every weekday
night from 7 until 11 that'sright and uh.
So you're in here early todayand I want to play a game with
you let's do it it's called.
You can only pick one.
(00:22):
You Can Only Pick One.
I'm going to give you somequestions.
Okay, we talked last week I didon my show about French fries,
because it was National FrenchFry Day.
Yes, it was One day, and so I'mgoing to ask you what type of
potato would you save?
If you could only save one,would it be French fries from
(00:43):
McDonald's, curly fries fromwherever?
I think about Arby's Potatosmiles.
Have you ever seen their littleround potatoes and their
smiling face.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Yeah, like the Michelinies Poppin' Chicken
there you go, you get those as akid.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Or waffle fries from Chick-fil-A.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Okay.
So how are we saving these?
Are we saving them off a cliff?
Speaker 1 (01:05):
these.
Are we saving them like off acliff?
Are we saving them for later?
You're saving them, and it isthe type of potato that you will
have to eat the rest of yourlife arby's curly fries.
Really, it's gotta be well, Iwill tell you that I did some
statistics about that for thefriday fun fact, and uh,
mcdonald's fries came in first,really, but curly fries was a
very close second.
So there you go.
So this question is definitelyfor you, brendan.
(01:26):
All right, which childhoodsnack would you save?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Oh no.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So every time I say, would you save?
It means that that is what youhave to eat forever.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Okay, all right, I got it.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
The other three that you don't choose are going away.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
So I'm not saving snacks off the side of the cliff
, got it?
So I'm not saving snacks offthe side of the cliff.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Got it.
Got it Exactly, All right.
Number one Cosmic Brownies.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Oh boy.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
That's number one.
Number two a bag of the hotfries.
No.
Number three Fruit Gushers.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Or number four Dunkaroos.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Oh, I'm saving Cosmic Brownies.
Oh, I figured that.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
That was easy.
I figured that that was easy.
I figured that, all right, thisone is a good one for you,
brendan.
Which of these two movie?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
series would you save .
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Okay.
Both of these have severalepisodes of movies that have
followed through the years toystory you got a friend in me.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Or star wars oh no oh no, all right, so hot take, I'm
picking toy story.
The reason why wow is becausetoy story was such a big
influence in my childhoodwatching the first one, second
one, even the third one now Iknow there's a fifth one coming
(02:42):
out soon.
I'm actually kind of excited tosee that, because it's more of
like a modern style, likethey're battling technology star
wars to me.
I just feel like I I lostinterest after the new remakes
may I don't know, it's justafter they made the prequels
from the fourth, fifth and sixthone.
That was, it's all confusing Idon't know.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Yeah, I have no clue what you're talking about
exactly me, me neither.
So I'm going to give youanother one.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
All right.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
We started a while ago with what French fries would
you save?
And you were going to save thecurly fries.
So I'm going to ask you nowanother food question which fast
food restaurant would you save?
Oh man Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, I'm ready, let's do it McDonald's, okay.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Wendy's Subway or Starbucks.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
So I'm taking away Starbucks and Subway, because I
mean Starbucks is known forcoffee.
They don't really necessarilyhave fast food.
So, take that one out Subway.
Eh, you know, $5 footlongs, noteven $5 anymore.
So anyways.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I got to save Wendy's .
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Now Wendy's is so, so good.
Now let me tell you thisMcDonald's is really good, with
a lot of variety, especially fortheir breakfast, but Wendy's is
very underrated.
Baconator, the Biggie bag, youknow the meals that you needed
for college when you only hadthat 10 bucks in your pocket.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
And you didn't want ramen noodles one more day,
that's right.
All right, I would chooseMcDonald's.
Ok, I just love.
I love their fries, I lovetheir caramel frappe thingies, I
love those.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Wrap a cappuccino.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Yeah, whatever that is, that would be me All right.
What about this one?
Okay, which modern appliancewould you save?
Now, you, the other three, yougot to say I can't ever use them
again.
I'm going to save this one.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
This is okay.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Dishwasher, a washer and a dryer, a vacuum cleaner or
a microwave.
Out of those four, what are yougoing to save?
Dishwasher microwave Washer anddryer.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Washer and dryer Vacuum.
Oh, oh no.
Oh no, oh no, Save the washerand dryer.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah, yeah, got to.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Like you can, you can .
You can wash your own dishes.
You can wash your dishes, youcan.
You know, yeah, it's got to bewashing.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
You can use a broom if you have to.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
And you can put something on a stovetop, that's
true.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
And heat it up.
Or you can be like those peoplewe've seen online just crack an
egg out on the road They'llcook it.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
So I don't know about you, but I could eat an entire
meal of appetizers.
Okay, I'd love to go to arestaurant and try appetizers,
so I'm going to ask you whichappetizer would you save?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
I think I know what your answer is going to be, but
I want to see if I'm right.
Okay, wings, mozzarella sticks,quesadillas or loaded nachos oh
, that's a hard one, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Oh no, it's got to be between the nachos and the
mozzarella sticks.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Oh well, see, that's not at all what I thought, what
did you think I thought you weregoing to say wings.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Well, I like wings too.
I'm just saying that when itcomes to an appetizer, you can't
touch certain places.
Mozzarella sticks are loadednachos.
I got to say nachos.
Uh, I gotta say nachos.
Yeah, save the nachos.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Those are so good, all right.
Which online service would yousave?
You're ready boy.
Netflix, okay, google, youtubeor twitter.
I'm saving google yeah, yeah,bye I use it every day, I use it
every day, absolutely all rightnow.
You were born, what year?
2001 so you weren't even bornyet.
(06:04):
With this question I'm gettingready to ask you, but I think
you may still know the differentcategories, probably.
So which 90s TV show would yousay?
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Okay, all right, I like this.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Friends.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or my So-Called Life.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Okay, oh, buffy the vampire slayer, or my so-called
life, okay, so I never heard thelast two.
I've I've heard of buffy, butI've never watched it.
Never heard of the last oneagain controversial, take I, I
gotta say fresh prince ofbel-air I love fresh prince of
bel-air.
I'd say friends that I lovefriends too.
That's so hard because I'vewatched both series like
multiple different times, so Igotta say fresh Prince all right
.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Which app on your phone would you save?
Okay, this is gonna be hard.
Okay, the camera, the clock,your notes, where you can leave
notes, or your email saving theclock, because if I didn't have
an alarm, I wouldn't be wakingup.
Oh, I'm saving my camera, yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
I don't want to take a picture of myself you're're
crazy, Brendan.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
All right, here's another one.
Which candy bar would you save?
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Snickers.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Twix, kit Kats or Milky Ways.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Sorry, what was the first?
Thing?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Snickers, twix, kit Kats or Milky Ways.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Easy Snickers.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I'm a Kit Kat girl, so those were just fun.
They were and you learn aboutpeople that way.
I feel so bad for the otherones though.
Well, I now know that you loveArby's fries.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You love Wendy's for burgers because you like the
Baconator.
You like Toy Story.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
You like Snickers candy bars.
You're going to keep your clockon your phone.
You like Google search.
So I've learned a lot about youtoday.
Just a few things to know.
Now you're going to have tolearn about me, Uh-oh, but I'm a
hidden secret.
Thanks for listening to theQuirks, Bumps and Bruises
podcast.
If you enjoyed the show, pleasetake a moment to subscribe,
rate and share the podcast.
(07:56):
You can learn more at joyfmorg.
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