November 27, 2025 • 26 mins
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🔥
In this Thanksgiving Day Special, Meech breaks down the Top 10 Things NOT To Do on Thanksgiving — straight from the smoker, the kitchen, and the chaos of hosting.
From showing up empty-handed, to trying to cook late, to touching food before the prayer, to bringing random plus-ones, to making greedy to-go plates — Meech is calling out every offense he’s seen over the years.
Whether you’re driving to grab your first plate, hiding from your family in the bathroom, or cooking your heart out before guests arrive, this episode is the Thanksgiving dose of comedy, honesty, and realness you need today.
Meech also shares why Thanksgiving is his most meaningful holiday, the memories that built him, and the real Marine Corps tradition of taking care of people far from home.
You’ll laugh. You’ll relate. You’ll get checked. You’ll get blessed.
Tap in — and stop touching the food before the prayer.
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What's going on, everybody? It's that ordinary podcaster
with the extraordinary thoughts that tells you to stop being
great and be extraordinary. I'm Demetrius Thakpen, also
known as Meetspeaks, and welcomeback to another episode of the
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we do. Now, First things first, happy
Thanksgiving to everybody that's.
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Listening to this episode all right now once again.
Happy Thanksgiving. All right, you were probably.
Listening to this episode as youdrive.
To your first house to. Pick up your first plate.
You know what I mean? You probably listening to this
episode as you get ready. Getting dressed, you probably
cleaning up the. House you probably prepping.
Food right now, you know, so I just want to just say, first and
foremost, man, I'm thankful. I'm thankful you feel me.
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That you took. Time out to listen to this
episode. Now.
Before we really dive into today's episode, I just want to
say a couple of things real quick.
I just really want to get a couple of things off my chest.
First things first, Monday's episode with PZ.
If you have not gotten a chance to listen to last year's
episode, do yourself a service and go ahead and check that one
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out before you even head on overinto this one.
Number two, my birthday. My birthday is Saturday,
November 29th. All right, in 1990, Wanda Banks
gave birth to me on a Thursday, the day of Thanksgiving.
You feel me like the day of Thanksgiving.
And a lot of people always wonder why Thanksgiving, why I
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go so hard for Thanksgiving. Well, I was born on that
holiday, you feel me like I was born on a holiday.
So this holiday always meant a lot to me growing up man.
Like I've always either my mom hosted or my grandmother hosted
or my aunt hosted but we will always go over and I just.
Used to love bro like I used to just love.
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Coming over the house, you feel me?
The whole house packed. I'm talking about outside.
Cars around the corner. You know what I mean, Aunts.
Uncles, cousins showing up. We all.
Eating good food. I'm talking about.
Food laid out. You know, people dressed up, we
taking pictures, we laugh. And they watching the.
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Game, you feel me? This back when the Lions used to
be. Terrible, you know, so.
I used to hear my brother, my uncles.
Upset watching the Lions, you know so.
Thanksgiving has always brought real memories for me as I got.
Older you feel. Me and I became.
An adult and I had my own place.I I went on to host.
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You feel me? And I.
Always made it my business, especially on Thanksgiving to 1
cook. You feel me?
Because my mom, she cooked. She always invited everybody.
Over. You know what I mean?
But being in the Marine Corps, Iknow what it's like to not be
close to home. You feel me Like I, I know what
it's like to not be close to home.
So I always will bring my, my, my dream rings over my peers
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over guys in my, my, my company,guys in my shop.
You feel me. I've always made it my business
to a host because I, I know whatit's like to not have family
close by. And I know that, you know, it
means a lot when we can all cometogether.
You feel me. So I really want to just say
that, man, because this holiday really means a lot to me.
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You know, regardless of what a lot of people may think about
the holiday, I understand the history of it.
But when you take that away, youknow, and you just look to your
left and look to your right, ain't nothing better than
breaking bread to the one with, with the ones that you call your
brother, you feel me? Ain't nothing breaking ain't
nothing like breaking bread withthe with, with family, you feel
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me? I think that's the best way to
say it. You know, ain't nothing like
breaking bread with family. So with that being said, let's
go ahead and get started with today's episode.
Now. Earlier.
This week, me and Peasy, we talked about just basic
Thanksgiving one-on-one. We talked about food.
We talked about guests. We talked about, you know,
things to brain, things not to bring.
We talked about pet owners. You feel me this time around I
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really had to think about it. You know, I really have to think
about. I said, what is it that we could
talk about on Thanksgiving that would set everyone up for
success? Now, as somebody who is hosting,
I'm talking about I got a Turkeyon a smoker right now.
I got the greens in the pot right now.
You feel me? As somebody that's getting ready
to host in less than 10 hours, OK in less than 10.
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Hours. These are the things that you
don't do one Thanksgiving. All right, I'm.
Telling you right now, if you head into somebody house, you
feel me, these are things that you don't do.
If you are the one that's hosting, these are the things
that you don't. Do on on Thanksgiving.
I got the top 10 things that youdon't do.
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All right, let's go ahead and get.
Started with today's episode. #10 don't.
Show up to nobody's house empty handed.
All right, I don't know who needto hear this.
OK, as somebody that's hosted Thanksgiving and as somebody
who's went to other people's houses, you feel me.
I always make it my business. And I say to them, I'm like,
hey, what is it that you want meto bring?
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You feel me? And they're like you could you
could bring whatever, I get it, I get it.
You probably cooking a whole bunch of shit all right.
But one thing that I'm not goingto do is show up to somebody's
house empty handed. I'm bringing chips.
I'm a bring napkins, I'll bring plates.
I'll make a dish here. I'll stop at the store.
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I'm calling you feel me? And I'm asking, Hey, do you need
charcoal? Do y'all need me to grab
something at the store? You feel me?
I say that man, because it's somebody right now that's
heading into somebody else's house, you know, and they ain't
bringing shit and, and don't usethat excuse that you single, you
feel me? Bring some chips.
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You know damn well you could have brought a Patty pie.
You know damn well you could have stopped at a store and
picked up. Something, maybe some liquor.
Maybe some ice. I say that man, because
especially if somebody is already preparing everything for
you, the least you can do is just bring something.
All right, now if. You are family and you showing
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up empty handed. Shame on you, shame on you.
And I'm going to tell you right now, if you are family and you
show up empty handed and and didn't even ask if you could
bring something, don't worry about taking anything with you.
Don't don't worry about that because I ain't about to feed
your whole family and you ain't even contribute.
Into anything #9. Do not show up and start cooking
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at the house. OK, and I'm gonna.
Break this one down just a little bit for everybody that.
Understands this OK. Some of y'all are told to bring
a dish. OK, as somebody that's hosted
before, I can't. I can't.
I can't buy everything. You feel me?
I might buy the Turkey. You feel me?
You might have to buy the ham. If you one of the guys that's.
Bringing one of the. Lead members on the show, I'm
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talking about probably the Turkey, probably the ham, more
than likely you probably bringing the greens.
You don't show up 15 minutes before.
Dinner is served. To start cooking your shit.
All right, I'll tell you this like.
Like this? Last year I'm doing
Thanksgiving. I'm do I did the Turkey, I did
the macaroni and cheese, I did the greens, I did the dressing,
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I did the yams, I did the mashedpotatoes.
We had a guest. They said that they.
Bring in the fucking ham. OK, I they.
Asked me what time is dinner going to be served?
I said. Dinner is being served.
At 5:00, they showed up at 4:45.Bro. 4:45.
With the ham. The ham still needed to go.
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In the oven. If the ham needed to go in the
oven all right, it I. Promise you right now, for those
who don't notice, and if you were about to make this mistake,
the ham needs at least a hour toitself.
The ham need at least 2. Hours.
To itself to reheat. You can't just do that in. 15
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minutes, OK. Some of y'all are pet owners.
So you was. Probably already told.
Like, hey, cook over here, that means that you got to show up a
hour. Or two earlier than.
Everybody else to prep your dish.
You can't just show up over hereand start moving shit out the
way because you showed up late. So I'm going to tell you right
now. I'm going to tell you right now,
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all right? Don't you show up and
immediately think that you aboutto start?
Cooking late in the game number.8 Do not touch.
The food until the prayer has been said.
OK, I will say that again. Do not touch the food.
Until the prayer has been said. All right.
I'm just letting y'all. Know that right now it ain't
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even about the prayer. OK, It really ain't even about.
The prayer we start the prayer when all.
Food has been done. You know what?
I. Mean like we start the prayer
when all the food has been laid out on the table.
We start the prayer where everybody has brought everything
that needed to be brought for the spread and everything.
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Has been. Set on the table until you the
the prayer. Is the final call.
I don't think a lot of people get that.
The prayer is the. Final call.
So. So you can't come in this
motherfucker with a plate. Pick it at shit.
You fear me. Ain't nobody should see you
fucking with with some ham on your plate.
Nobody should see you. What's the macaroni?
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And man, tell me why I. Remember, it wasn't even.
Thanksgiving. It was the 4th of July.
And I'm cooking all right. Once again hosting you.
Know what I mean? Invited somebody over.
And as I'm pulling food out of the oven, I'm not even done.
I still got meat on the grill. He come in this motherfucker.
With a plate in his hand. Talking about, hey, you know, I
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just need to put some food on the on the on the kids, you
know, you know, you know, kids getting hungry.
You know what I mean? I just want to just feed them
real quick. I said what the fuck?
I said bro, like ain't nobody else.
Hey, what the hell is you doing?I was like, man, take them kids
around the corner to like a store and get them a bag of
chips or some shit like that. You feel me?
Like you, you, you just can't put put start picking and
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putting food and shit like that on your plate before everybody
else ain't before the food ain'teven been put on the table.
Like come on now. It's just disrespectful to
everybody. In the house, it's just it's
it's honestly just disrespectful.
So unless. You just trying to get cussed
the fuck out on Thanksgiving andruin the holiday for everybody.
Go ahead. Fill up on some chips, get some
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of them chips that's going to hold you over.
All right. Hit that charcuterie board
that's going to hold you over, you know, and wait until
everything has hit the table andthe prayer as soon as you hear.
Let us bow our. Heads.
Amen. That's when you can fucking eat
#7. Do not bring a random.
Person to somebody elses house. OK.
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Some of y'all are guests and y'all showing up to somebody
else house you already. And I'm going to say this real
quick before we even start. You already ain't bringing
anything. Now you about to bring somebody
that nobody. You.
The host don't even fucking knowthis person.
Nobody in your circle. Know who the fuck you bring?
You bringing a random. Plus one neither.
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One of y'all bringing any fucking thing you see what?
I'm saying and. Y'all about to show up to
somebody? Else's house.
And. Eat.
Yeah. I promise you right now, you'll
never get. Invited to anything else if you
pull some shit like that. I promise you right now, you
pull something like that and youshow.
Bring a random. Person and you think that you
about to. Introduce them as.
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Soon as you get through the dough, Yeah, we about to ask who
the fuck? Is this?
Now I'm looking at the person's hands like did did this person
bring anything? Oh y'all just brought?
Empty stomachs once again. If we tell you, don't bring
anything. That's cool, but at least say
hey, I have so and so with me, you mind if they come?
You know, give us a give, give the host a a courtesy.
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I remember mine and I and I always.
I will always relate. A lot of this to stories because
of the simple. Fact that I've hosted you feel
me? And I remember.
I, I did Thanksgiving and I invited one of the Marines that
I hadn't seen in a while. You know, I was like, hey bro,
like, hey, I'm doing Thanksgiving.
You're more than welcome to pullup.
You feel me? He's like, hey, can I?
Bring my wife, I said Absolutely.
He shows up with him and his wife.
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He also showed up with him, his wife, his wife's mother.
His wife's sister. And his brother, I looked at him
and I looked at everybody else. I said, what the fuck is this?
He said. Oh.
Brother, I, I, you know, I, I was, I mentioned to tell.
You that I had everybody at the house.
You know, I really wanted to come by, you know, but they
wanted to come. Too I said bro like what the
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fuck and all they brought was a.Damn cheese dish.
And then on top of that, they sat in the corner and just
talked to themselves. They ain't even talked.
To nobody. This the problem with y'all be
bringing random people here you feel me is that they don't.
Even know anybody so they. They going to sit off to the
side and talk, you feel me? You ain't about to do that in my
fucking house. Y'all can go ahead and go to
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fucking Golden Corral. Y'all can go somewhere else with
all that bullshit. Number six, don't start
critiquing people food. All right, I get it.
Some people can't cook. You feel me?
Some people can't cook. But sometimes it's.
Really. The thought.
That matters all right. Y'all know for a fact I don't
like string bean casserole but you would?
Never hear me say if somebody shows up to my house with string
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bean casserole, you feel me because a couple of other.
People actually like it. I'm that's not my place to talk
shit about it, OK? I don't like it.
I'm not going to put it on my plate, but I'm also not going.
To bring it up, either who? Brought this like First off,
let's stop for a second and remember that somebody took the
time out to make. This all right, and it may.
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Not be good to you, but it also might be good.
To somebody else, so I would tell y'all this all right.
And and this is. Also man like for people who are
mixing like multiple cultures OK.
Just because it's not something that's.
Common in your household that don't mean that it's uncommon to
everybody else all right so I would promise you man like.
Don't, don't, don't get to. Talking shit about somebody
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else's dish, all right. Now if it's nasty, I will tell.
You OK? Respectfully, fold your plate
up. OK?
Fold your plate up. Put that motherfucker, Put it.
Put it in the trash. Get your napkin.
Put it on top. You know what I mean?
I mean, my, my, we was doing Thanksgiving and my stepfather,
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he came over and this lady next door, she brought something over
and I was like, what the hell. And he said make sure you put a
little bit of it on your plate. I.
Said I ain't going to eat it. He said regardless, she still
brought it. Don't.
Don't be rude. And I, you know, I put some of
it on my plate. You know, I tried to.
Taste it. It wasn't good.
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But after I was done. I folded my plate up, put it in
the trash. Some of y'all be showing up to
these people houses man, thinking that you could just say
whatever the hell you want. I promise you, man, just because
you don't like it, just because you don't like it, I don't mean
that ain't nobody else. They made that with love, they
made that with intention. That ain't your place to
critique it #5. And I promise you this probably
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a this one. Probably is for me.
OK. Don't get.
Drunk before the game over with to.
Be honest with you, don't be drunk.
Before the damn Turkey come out of the oven.
Don't be. Drunk.
Before the before prayer, don't be the.
Drunk. What?
This ain't fucking brunch, Demetrius.
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OK, this ain't bottomless mimosas, all right?
I don't know who need to hear this, but you showing up to
somebody else's house? You trying to host?
And yo ass is drunk. Come on, man.
You were supposed to sip as you go.
You were supposed to put drink some water.
You were supposed to put a little bit on your stomach.
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You remember? That's why you bought the
charcuterie board. That's why you bought the little
appetizers. So this would not happen.
All right, some of y'all be showing up on Thanksgiving
thinking that this is this is brunch or something like that.
Next thing you know you drunk passed out in the guest room
because because you couldn't hold your damn.
Liquor. All right, now I'll tell you
this right now, if you know you are lightweight when it come
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down to drink, don't, don't, don't think on Thanksgiving that
this is the day where you, you about to bring up your
tolerance. No, it's not, No, it's not.
You going to be throwing up. You you going to throw up?
Speaking from experience. As somebody who'd have passed
out early on Thanksgiving, as somebody who done thrown up on.
Thanksgiving as somebody? Who has showed they ass on
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numerous occasions on Thanksgiving?
Do not get drunk. Do not get drunk on
Thanksgiving. Really early #4.
Do not bring up. Personal shit on Thanksgiving
all right I, I, I can't stress this enough all right keep the
personal shit to yourself all right if you got something going
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on with somebody else and y'all both see each other on
Thanksgiving this. Is not the time or the.
Place for you to bring it up OK,this is not the time or place
for you to go ahead and address this situation all right
everybody here they trying to have a good time they trying to
be thankful they trying to just you you know what I mean
because. We don't know if we're going to
have. This it's holiday again.
We don't know if we going to have this moment again.
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Keep that personal shit to yourself.
Don't be asking about people's personal business on
Thanksgiving, OK? If so and so showed up last
Thanksgiving with. Somebody and now you.
Don't see that person that ain'tyour.
Place. That ain't your place to ask
what happened. OK, don't.
Ask people how you. Know when you going to get
married? When you going to have some
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kids? You fear me When you going to
get promoted, I will say. This the same way that we
talking about don't be talking about people's personal.
Business also. Can we keep the work at work?
You feel me? Can we keep the?
I say that again, I can we keep the work at work?
All right. Some of y'all showing up to your
coworkers house. I ain't trying to talk about
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Friday's task or with you bro. I'm not talking.
I'm not trying to talk about a Monday task or with you.
Why I got this food on my plate?All right.
Keep the personal business at a all time low and let's keep the
work business till till next. Week.
All right, we ain't talking about none of that.
All right, talk. To me about what's going on.
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On the game, all right. Talk to me about the food.
Talk to me about. Other things.
Don't ruin my mood. On this holiday #3 make your own
kids play, all right? I don't know who need to hear
that, All right? Some of y'all be coming over
with some kids. And first and foremost, I will
say this real quick man, becauseI don't.
I need to say this. If your kids bad, right?
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Like if your kids bad and you know they're bad, all right?
Because some of y'all know y'allkids bad as fuck, all right?
Don't come over to my house, youfeel me?
Just don't even fucking come over.
I ain't I ain't got time to keepdealing with that.
But at the same time, all right,it ain't my responsibility to
make your kids fucking play. Make your kids play.
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But when you make. That kid play.
Make that kid play reasonable, OK?
Make it reasonable. He can't eat the same way that
you about to eat. Give him what he can eat, all
right? If you can't pronounce it and
the kid can't pronounce it, don't put that on that fucking
boy plate, all right? And also prep y'all kids because
I tell. You right now, kids.
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Kids ain't got no filter and andand and and they and they can be
rude. So if you fuck around and put
something on their plate that they ain't used to eating,
they're going, they're going to say.
It out loud. This nasty?
The person who made it, probablysitting right next to you.
Don't. Come on now.
Monitor the. Kids, make your own kid play.
You know what your kid like #2? Dress for.
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The occasion. OK, yes.
I know it's Thanksgiving. Yes.
I know that we going to. Be at somebody.
House Yes, I know that for some of.
Y'all y'all might be at your house, but at the.
Exact same time you bout to have.
Company over. Take the, take the.
Bonnet off your head all right. Take the do.
Rag off your head bro, you feel me?
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I'm not saying that we got to wear suits, but at the same time
we shouldn't still be. Wearing the same thing that we
just woke up in. All right, dress for the
occasion. All right, because we taking
pictures. This still this still an event,
All right, I don't know who needto hear that, but this.
Still a event all right. I I take.
Pictures on Thanksgiving, I liketo save memories.
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I don't need you coming outside,man.
And you, you got the you still got your basketball shorts on
that you woke up in. You got your T-shirt on.
You ain't even took a shower because you think we at your
house, you walking around with your feet out.
Oh, dress for the occasion, all right.
Dress for the occasion and #1 all right, And I.
And I can't. Stress this enough, all right to
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go. Plates.
Get made after everybody has already eaten.
I will say that again to. Go plates will get.
Made after everyone has eaten and.
I'm going to let some of y'all know real quick, OK?
Because some of y'all think y'all slick.
You come. You going to eat?
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You going to stay and talk for alittle bit.
This is. This is not.
Uber Eats. Where you about to show up?
And grab something and bounce. All right, if you was going to
do that, you should have just skipped my house and went.
On ahead, you feel me? You showed up, grab something to
say hey. I'm going to make me a.
Plate real quick and I will alsotell you this, if you didn't
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bring anything, don't, don't make a plate.
Don't make it to go plate if youdidn't bring anything.
If you one of the ones that brought a + 1 and the plus one
didn't bring anything, the plus one won't get A to go plate.
All right, y'all can. Split y'all to go play I.
Some people may call it petty. I just call.
It being honest, all right, I just call it being fair, all
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right, if you. Didn't bring anything you are
not fucking bringing it to. Go plate All right, and I can't
stress this enough if you a. Family and all y'all brought is.
Some chips. Do not try to make a damn big
ass to go plate to feed the whole.
Family, OK, like come on now. Like let's just be respectful to
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everybody else because I do wantto enjoy the food the next day
as well. And lastly, and I think
honestly, this is one of the most important ones right here
and this is just a bonus, but. Come.
In a good mood, come positive all right.
A lot of y'all man like y'all didn't want to leave the house.
Y'all felt like y'all had. To go if you feel like that,
don't. Show up, you know what I mean?
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Because the. Last thing that anybody wants is
to have to deal with somebody with a bad mood or that's that's
not in the right space to even be around anybody.
All right. Come being.
Positive dude like this is a. Holiday where we.
Come together. That's really what this is all
about, coming together, bring a bread with family, just being
thankful that we have each other, being thankful for the
things that we have. If, if if that's too much.
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Stay your ass at home, you feel me?
If you feel like you don't want to get dressed up, you don't
want to be around the people, you don't want to be bothered,
keep your ass at home, you feel me?
You ain't got to come around everybody, and you shouldn't.
Feel obligated, all right? So with that being said, man, if
you can't come positive, don't come at all.
But if you going to come. You better be positive, all
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right, you. You better be.
Positive all right because and be thankful too and stop playing
with me. But most importantly as we come
to a close to this day, to this episode once again, man, my
favorite holiday of the year. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody
and also man, to those who have gotten selected to first aren't
first aren't major or mass aren't or Master Burns aren't.
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Congratulations, you feel me? Congratulations.
And to those who got passed over, man, I know it may feel
like you, you're, you're not good enough right now.
But I promise you man, it's justsometimes it, it ain't your
time. And it's God.
'S time, and then when you finally happens, I promise you
man, you're going. To be thankful.
But with that being said, I loveeverybody.
Be thankful, be merry, be happy,be merry and and and and and.
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we do. Now, First things first, happy
Thanksgiving to everybody that's.
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Listening to this episode all right now once again.
Happy Thanksgiving. All right, you were probably.
Listening to this episode as youdrive.
To your first house to. Pick up your first plate.
You know what I mean? You probably listening to this
episode as you get ready. Getting dressed, you probably
cleaning up the. House you probably prepping.
Food right now, you know, so I just want to just say, first and
foremost, man, I'm thankful. I'm thankful you feel me.
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That you took. Time out to listen to this
episode. Now.
Before we really dive into today's episode, I just want to
say a couple of things real quick.
I just really want to get a couple of things off my chest.
First things first, Monday's episode with PZ.
If you have not gotten a chance to listen to last year's
episode, do yourself a service and go ahead and check that one
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out before you even head on overinto this one.
Number two, my birthday. My birthday is Saturday,
November 29th. All right, in 1990, Wanda Banks
gave birth to me on a Thursday, the day of Thanksgiving.
You feel me like the day of Thanksgiving.
And a lot of people always wonder why Thanksgiving, why I
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go so hard for Thanksgiving. Well, I was born on that
holiday, you feel me like I was born on a holiday.
So this holiday always meant a lot to me growing up man.
Like I've always either my mom hosted or my grandmother hosted
or my aunt hosted but we will always go over and I just.
Used to love bro like I used to just love.
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Coming over the house, you feel me?
The whole house packed. I'm talking about outside.
Cars around the corner. You know what I mean, Aunts.
Uncles, cousins showing up. We all.
Eating good food. I'm talking about.
Food laid out. You know, people dressed up, we
taking pictures, we laugh. And they watching the.
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Game, you feel me? This back when the Lions used to
be. Terrible, you know, so.
I used to hear my brother, my uncles.
Upset watching the Lions, you know so.
Thanksgiving has always brought real memories for me as I got.
Older you feel. Me and I became.
An adult and I had my own place.I I went on to host.
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You feel me? And I.
Always made it my business, especially on Thanksgiving to 1
cook. You feel me?
Because my mom, she cooked. She always invited everybody.
Over. You know what I mean?
But being in the Marine Corps, Iknow what it's like to not be
close to home. You feel me Like I, I know what
it's like to not be close to home.
So I always will bring my, my, my dream rings over my peers
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over guys in my, my, my company,guys in my shop.
You feel me. I've always made it my business
to a host because I, I know whatit's like to not have family
close by. And I know that, you know, it
means a lot when we can all cometogether.
You feel me. So I really want to just say
that, man, because this holiday really means a lot to me.
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You know, regardless of what a lot of people may think about
the holiday, I understand the history of it.
But when you take that away, youknow, and you just look to your
left and look to your right, ain't nothing better than
breaking bread to the one with, with the ones that you call your
brother, you feel me? Ain't nothing breaking ain't
nothing like breaking bread withthe with, with family, you feel
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me? I think that's the best way to
say it. You know, ain't nothing like
breaking bread with family. So with that being said, let's
go ahead and get started with today's episode.
Now. Earlier.
This week, me and Peasy, we talked about just basic
Thanksgiving one-on-one. We talked about food.
We talked about guests. We talked about, you know,
things to brain, things not to bring.
We talked about pet owners. You feel me this time around I
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really had to think about it. You know, I really have to think
about. I said, what is it that we could
talk about on Thanksgiving that would set everyone up for
success? Now, as somebody who is hosting,
I'm talking about I got a Turkeyon a smoker right now.
I got the greens in the pot right now.
You feel me? As somebody that's getting ready
to host in less than 10 hours, OK in less than 10.
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Hours. These are the things that you
don't do one Thanksgiving. All right, I'm.
Telling you right now, if you head into somebody house, you
feel me, these are things that you don't do.
If you are the one that's hosting, these are the things
that you don't. Do on on Thanksgiving.
I got the top 10 things that youdon't do.
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All right, let's go ahead and get.
Started with today's episode. #10 don't.
Show up to nobody's house empty handed.
All right, I don't know who needto hear this.
OK, as somebody that's hosted Thanksgiving and as somebody
who's went to other people's houses, you feel me.
I always make it my business. And I say to them, I'm like,
hey, what is it that you want meto bring?
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You feel me? And they're like you could you
could bring whatever, I get it, I get it.
You probably cooking a whole bunch of shit all right.
But one thing that I'm not goingto do is show up to somebody's
house empty handed. I'm bringing chips.
I'm a bring napkins, I'll bring plates.
I'll make a dish here. I'll stop at the store.
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I'm calling you feel me? And I'm asking, Hey, do you need
charcoal? Do y'all need me to grab
something at the store? You feel me?
I say that man, because it's somebody right now that's
heading into somebody else's house, you know, and they ain't
bringing shit and, and don't usethat excuse that you single, you
feel me? Bring some chips.
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You know damn well you could have brought a Patty pie.
You know damn well you could have stopped at a store and
picked up. Something, maybe some liquor.
Maybe some ice. I say that man, because
especially if somebody is already preparing everything for
you, the least you can do is just bring something.
All right, now if. You are family and you showing
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up empty handed. Shame on you, shame on you.
And I'm going to tell you right now, if you are family and you
show up empty handed and and didn't even ask if you could
bring something, don't worry about taking anything with you.
Don't don't worry about that because I ain't about to feed
your whole family and you ain't even contribute.
Into anything #9. Do not show up and start cooking
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at the house. OK, and I'm gonna.
Break this one down just a little bit for everybody that.
Understands this OK. Some of y'all are told to bring
a dish. OK, as somebody that's hosted
before, I can't. I can't.
I can't buy everything. You feel me?
I might buy the Turkey. You feel me?
You might have to buy the ham. If you one of the guys that's.
Bringing one of the. Lead members on the show, I'm
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talking about probably the Turkey, probably the ham, more
than likely you probably bringing the greens.
You don't show up 15 minutes before.
Dinner is served. To start cooking your shit.
All right, I'll tell you this like.
Like this? Last year I'm doing
Thanksgiving. I'm do I did the Turkey, I did
the macaroni and cheese, I did the greens, I did the dressing,
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I did the yams, I did the mashedpotatoes.
We had a guest. They said that they.
Bring in the fucking ham. OK, I they.
Asked me what time is dinner going to be served?
I said. Dinner is being served.
At 5:00, they showed up at 4:45.Bro. 4:45.
With the ham. The ham still needed to go.
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In the oven. If the ham needed to go in the
oven all right, it I. Promise you right now, for those
who don't notice, and if you were about to make this mistake,
the ham needs at least a hour toitself.
The ham need at least 2. Hours.
To itself to reheat. You can't just do that in. 15
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minutes, OK. Some of y'all are pet owners.
So you was. Probably already told.
Like, hey, cook over here, that means that you got to show up a
hour. Or two earlier than.
Everybody else to prep your dish.
You can't just show up over hereand start moving shit out the
way because you showed up late. So I'm going to tell you right
now. I'm going to tell you right now,
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all right? Don't you show up and
immediately think that you aboutto start?
Cooking late in the game number.8 Do not touch.
The food until the prayer has been said.
OK, I will say that again. Do not touch the food.
Until the prayer has been said. All right.
I'm just letting y'all. Know that right now it ain't
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even about the prayer. OK, It really ain't even about.
The prayer we start the prayer when all.
Food has been done. You know what?
I. Mean like we start the prayer
when all the food has been laid out on the table.
We start the prayer where everybody has brought everything
that needed to be brought for the spread and everything.
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Has been. Set on the table until you the
the prayer. Is the final call.
I don't think a lot of people get that.
The prayer is the. Final call.
So. So you can't come in this
motherfucker with a plate. Pick it at shit.
You fear me. Ain't nobody should see you
fucking with with some ham on your plate.
Nobody should see you. What's the macaroni?
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And man, tell me why I. Remember, it wasn't even.
Thanksgiving. It was the 4th of July.
And I'm cooking all right. Once again hosting you.
Know what I mean? Invited somebody over.
And as I'm pulling food out of the oven, I'm not even done.
I still got meat on the grill. He come in this motherfucker.
With a plate in his hand. Talking about, hey, you know, I
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just need to put some food on the on the on the kids, you
know, you know, you know, kids getting hungry.
You know what I mean? I just want to just feed them
real quick. I said what the fuck?
I said bro, like ain't nobody else.
Hey, what the hell is you doing?I was like, man, take them kids
around the corner to like a store and get them a bag of
chips or some shit like that. You feel me?
Like you, you, you just can't put put start picking and
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putting food and shit like that on your plate before everybody
else ain't before the food ain'teven been put on the table.
Like come on now. It's just disrespectful to
everybody. In the house, it's just it's
it's honestly just disrespectful.
So unless. You just trying to get cussed
the fuck out on Thanksgiving andruin the holiday for everybody.
Go ahead. Fill up on some chips, get some
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of them chips that's going to hold you over.
All right. Hit that charcuterie board
that's going to hold you over, you know, and wait until
everything has hit the table andthe prayer as soon as you hear.
Let us bow our. Heads.
Amen. That's when you can fucking eat
#7. Do not bring a random.
Person to somebody elses house. OK.
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Some of y'all are guests and y'all showing up to somebody
else house you already. And I'm going to say this real
quick before we even start. You already ain't bringing
anything. Now you about to bring somebody
that nobody. You.
The host don't even fucking knowthis person.
Nobody in your circle. Know who the fuck you bring?
You bringing a random. Plus one neither.
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One of y'all bringing any fucking thing you see what?
I'm saying and. Y'all about to show up to
somebody? Else's house.
And. Eat.
Yeah. I promise you right now, you'll
never get. Invited to anything else if you
pull some shit like that. I promise you right now, you
pull something like that and youshow.
Bring a random. Person and you think that you
about to. Introduce them as.
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Soon as you get through the dough, Yeah, we about to ask who
the fuck? Is this?
Now I'm looking at the person's hands like did did this person
bring anything? Oh y'all just brought?
Empty stomachs once again. If we tell you, don't bring
anything. That's cool, but at least say
hey, I have so and so with me, you mind if they come?
You know, give us a give, give the host a a courtesy.
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I remember mine and I and I always.
I will always relate. A lot of this to stories because
of the simple. Fact that I've hosted you feel
me? And I remember.
I, I did Thanksgiving and I invited one of the Marines that
I hadn't seen in a while. You know, I was like, hey bro,
like, hey, I'm doing Thanksgiving.
You're more than welcome to pullup.
You feel me? He's like, hey, can I?
Bring my wife, I said Absolutely.
He shows up with him and his wife.
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He also showed up with him, his wife, his wife's mother.
His wife's sister. And his brother, I looked at him
and I looked at everybody else. I said, what the fuck is this?
He said. Oh.
Brother, I, I, you know, I, I was, I mentioned to tell.
You that I had everybody at the house.
You know, I really wanted to come by, you know, but they
wanted to come. Too I said bro like what the
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fuck and all they brought was a.Damn cheese dish.
And then on top of that, they sat in the corner and just
talked to themselves. They ain't even talked.
To nobody. This the problem with y'all be
bringing random people here you feel me is that they don't.
Even know anybody so they. They going to sit off to the
side and talk, you feel me? You ain't about to do that in my
fucking house. Y'all can go ahead and go to
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fucking Golden Corral. Y'all can go somewhere else with
all that bullshit. Number six, don't start
critiquing people food. All right, I get it.
Some people can't cook. You feel me?
Some people can't cook. But sometimes it's.
Really. The thought.
That matters all right. Y'all know for a fact I don't
like string bean casserole but you would?
Never hear me say if somebody shows up to my house with string
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bean casserole, you feel me because a couple of other.
People actually like it. I'm that's not my place to talk
shit about it, OK? I don't like it.
I'm not going to put it on my plate, but I'm also not going.
To bring it up, either who? Brought this like First off,
let's stop for a second and remember that somebody took the
time out to make. This all right, and it may.
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Not be good to you, but it also might be good.
To somebody else, so I would tell y'all this all right.
And and this is. Also man like for people who are
mixing like multiple cultures OK.
Just because it's not something that's.
Common in your household that don't mean that it's uncommon to
everybody else all right so I would promise you man like.
Don't, don't, don't get to. Talking shit about somebody
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else's dish, all right. Now if it's nasty, I will tell.
You OK? Respectfully, fold your plate
up. OK?
Fold your plate up. Put that motherfucker, Put it.
Put it in the trash. Get your napkin.
Put it on top. You know what I mean?
I mean, my, my, we was doing Thanksgiving and my stepfather,
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he came over and this lady next door, she brought something over
and I was like, what the hell. And he said make sure you put a
little bit of it on your plate. I.
Said I ain't going to eat it. He said regardless, she still
brought it. Don't.
Don't be rude. And I, you know, I put some of
it on my plate. You know, I tried to.
Taste it. It wasn't good.
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But after I was done. I folded my plate up, put it in
the trash. Some of y'all be showing up to
these people houses man, thinking that you could just say
whatever the hell you want. I promise you, man, just because
you don't like it, just because you don't like it, I don't mean
that ain't nobody else. They made that with love, they
made that with intention. That ain't your place to
critique it #5. And I promise you this probably
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a this one. Probably is for me.
OK. Don't get.
Drunk before the game over with to.
Be honest with you, don't be drunk.
Before the damn Turkey come out of the oven.
Don't be. Drunk.
Before the before prayer, don't be the.
Drunk. What?
This ain't fucking brunch, Demetrius.
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OK, this ain't bottomless mimosas, all right?
I don't know who need to hear this, but you showing up to
somebody else's house? You trying to host?
And yo ass is drunk. Come on, man.
You were supposed to sip as you go.
You were supposed to put drink some water.
You were supposed to put a little bit on your stomach.
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You remember? That's why you bought the
charcuterie board. That's why you bought the little
appetizers. So this would not happen.
All right, some of y'all be showing up on Thanksgiving
thinking that this is this is brunch or something like that.
Next thing you know you drunk passed out in the guest room
because because you couldn't hold your damn.
Liquor. All right, now I'll tell you
this right now, if you know you are lightweight when it come
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down to drink, don't, don't, don't think on Thanksgiving that
this is the day where you, you about to bring up your
tolerance. No, it's not, No, it's not.
You going to be throwing up. You you going to throw up?
Speaking from experience. As somebody who'd have passed
out early on Thanksgiving, as somebody who done thrown up on.
Thanksgiving as somebody? Who has showed they ass on
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numerous occasions on Thanksgiving?
Do not get drunk. Do not get drunk on
Thanksgiving. Really early #4.
Do not bring up. Personal shit on Thanksgiving
all right I, I, I can't stress this enough all right keep the
personal shit to yourself all right if you got something going
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on with somebody else and y'all both see each other on
Thanksgiving this. Is not the time or the.
Place for you to bring it up OK,this is not the time or place
for you to go ahead and address this situation all right
everybody here they trying to have a good time they trying to
be thankful they trying to just you you know what I mean
because. We don't know if we're going to
have. This it's holiday again.
We don't know if we going to have this moment again.
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Keep that personal shit to yourself.
Don't be asking about people's personal business on
Thanksgiving, OK? If so and so showed up last
Thanksgiving with. Somebody and now you.
Don't see that person that ain'tyour.
Place. That ain't your place to ask
what happened. OK, don't.
Ask people how you. Know when you going to get
married? When you going to have some
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kids? You fear me When you going to
get promoted, I will say. This the same way that we
talking about don't be talking about people's personal.
Business also. Can we keep the work at work?
You feel me? Can we keep the?
I say that again, I can we keep the work at work?
All right. Some of y'all showing up to your
coworkers house. I ain't trying to talk about
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Friday's task or with you bro. I'm not talking.
I'm not trying to talk about a Monday task or with you.
Why I got this food on my plate?All right.
Keep the personal business at a all time low and let's keep the
work business till till next. Week.
All right, we ain't talking about none of that.
All right, talk. To me about what's going on.
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On the game, all right. Talk to me about the food.
Talk to me about. Other things.
Don't ruin my mood. On this holiday #3 make your own
kids play, all right? I don't know who need to hear
that, All right? Some of y'all be coming over
with some kids. And first and foremost, I will
say this real quick man, becauseI don't.
I need to say this. If your kids bad, right?
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Like if your kids bad and you know they're bad, all right?
Because some of y'all know y'allkids bad as fuck, all right?
Don't come over to my house, youfeel me?
Just don't even fucking come over.
I ain't I ain't got time to keepdealing with that.
But at the same time, all right,it ain't my responsibility to
make your kids fucking play. Make your kids play.
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But when you make. That kid play.
Make that kid play reasonable, OK?
Make it reasonable. He can't eat the same way that
you about to eat. Give him what he can eat, all
right? If you can't pronounce it and
the kid can't pronounce it, don't put that on that fucking
boy plate, all right? And also prep y'all kids because
I tell. You right now, kids.
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Kids ain't got no filter and andand and and they and they can be
rude. So if you fuck around and put
something on their plate that they ain't used to eating,
they're going, they're going to say.
It out loud. This nasty?
The person who made it, probablysitting right next to you.
Don't. Come on now.
Monitor the. Kids, make your own kid play.
You know what your kid like #2? Dress for.
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The occasion. OK, yes.
I know it's Thanksgiving. Yes.
I know that we going to. Be at somebody.
House Yes, I know that for some of.
Y'all y'all might be at your house, but at the.
Exact same time you bout to have.
Company over. Take the, take the.
Bonnet off your head all right. Take the do.
Rag off your head bro, you feel me?
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I'm not saying that we got to wear suits, but at the same time
we shouldn't still be. Wearing the same thing that we
just woke up in. All right, dress for the
occasion. All right, because we taking
pictures. This still this still an event,
All right, I don't know who needto hear that, but this.
Still a event all right. I I take.
Pictures on Thanksgiving, I liketo save memories.
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I don't need you coming outside,man.
And you, you got the you still got your basketball shorts on
that you woke up in. You got your T-shirt on.
You ain't even took a shower because you think we at your
house, you walking around with your feet out.
Oh, dress for the occasion, all right.
Dress for the occasion and #1 all right, And I.
And I can't. Stress this enough, all right to
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go. Plates.
Get made after everybody has already eaten.
I will say that again to. Go plates will get.
Made after everyone has eaten and.
I'm going to let some of y'all know real quick, OK?
Because some of y'all think y'all slick.
You come. You going to eat?
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You going to stay and talk for alittle bit.
This is. This is not.
Uber Eats. Where you about to show up?
And grab something and bounce. All right, if you was going to
do that, you should have just skipped my house and went.
On ahead, you feel me? You showed up, grab something to
say hey. I'm going to make me a.
Plate real quick and I will alsotell you this, if you didn't
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bring anything, don't, don't make a plate.
Don't make it to go plate if youdidn't bring anything.
If you one of the ones that brought a + 1 and the plus one
didn't bring anything, the plus one won't get A to go plate.
All right, y'all can. Split y'all to go play I.
Some people may call it petty. I just call.
It being honest, all right, I just call it being fair, all
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right, if you. Didn't bring anything you are
not fucking bringing it to. Go plate All right, and I can't
stress this enough if you a. Family and all y'all brought is.
Some chips. Do not try to make a damn big
ass to go plate to feed the whole.
Family, OK, like come on now. Like let's just be respectful to
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everybody else because I do wantto enjoy the food the next day
as well. And lastly, and I think
honestly, this is one of the most important ones right here
and this is just a bonus, but. Come.
In a good mood, come positive all right.
A lot of y'all man like y'all didn't want to leave the house.
Y'all felt like y'all had. To go if you feel like that,
don't. Show up, you know what I mean?
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Because the. Last thing that anybody wants is
to have to deal with somebody with a bad mood or that's that's
not in the right space to even be around anybody.
All right. Come being.
Positive dude like this is a. Holiday where we.
Come together. That's really what this is all
about, coming together, bring a bread with family, just being
thankful that we have each other, being thankful for the
things that we have. If, if if that's too much.
(24:34):
Stay your ass at home, you feel me?
If you feel like you don't want to get dressed up, you don't
want to be around the people, you don't want to be bothered,
keep your ass at home, you feel me?
You ain't got to come around everybody, and you shouldn't.
Feel obligated, all right? So with that being said, man, if
you can't come positive, don't come at all.
But if you going to come. You better be positive, all
(24:55):
right, you. You better be.
Positive all right because and be thankful too and stop playing
with me. But most importantly as we come
to a close to this day, to this episode once again, man, my
favorite holiday of the year. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody
and also man, to those who have gotten selected to first aren't
first aren't major or mass aren't or Master Burns aren't.
(25:18):
Congratulations, you feel me? Congratulations.
And to those who got passed over, man, I know it may feel
like you, you're, you're not good enough right now.
But I promise you man, it's justsometimes it, it ain't your
time. And it's God.
'S time, and then when you finally happens, I promise you
man, you're going. To be thankful.
But with that being said, I loveeverybody.
Be thankful, be merry, be happy,be merry and and and and and.
(25:42):
Take the fucking Christmas lights down, OK?
Because it we still in November.We still in fucking November.
And just like that, another extraordinary thought left this
ordinary mind. I hope you enjoyed this episode
half as much as I enjoy making it.
Don't forget to head on over to your favorite streaming
platform, whether that's Apple podcast or Spotify podcast, and
leave this podcast on honest review because this podcast
(26:03):
deserves to grow just as much aswe do.
Also, don't forget to head on over to Tik.
T.O.K or Instagram and follow meat Meech.
Speaks. That's right.
Meech speaks. Mecha spelled ME.
ECH Stay. Motivated.
Stay healthy. I'm.
Out.
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