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Not Thankful for Phil

2024/11/26
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Key Insights

Why is Thanksgiving considered an overrated holiday by some?

Thanksgiving is seen as overrated because it's often performative, with people forced to express gratitude in a way that feels insincere. It's also sandwiched between Halloween and Christmas, making it feel less significant.

What historical inaccuracy is often taught about Thanksgiving to children?

Children are often taught that Thanksgiving is a peaceful celebration where pilgrims and Native Americans shared a meal, ignoring the bloody history of colonialism and massacres that actually occurred.

Why do some people dislike the concept of Friendsgiving?

Friendsgiving is disliked because it feels like an opportunistic piggyback on Thanksgiving, adding unnecessary pressure and obligations to an already crowded holiday season.

What is the main complaint about forced family meals like Thanksgiving?

The main complaint is that these meals are not organic and feel forced, with people often having to sit through uncomfortable situations with family members they may not even like.

Why do some people feel the need to protect their privacy during holidays?

People feel the need to protect their privacy because holiday gatherings often involve invasive questions and performative expressions of gratitude that can feel nosy and uncomfortable.

What is the significance of Bombas socks in the podcast?

Bombas socks are highly regarded for their comfort and quality, and purchasing them supports a cause as each purchase results in a donation to someone experiencing housing insecurity.

Why do some people find the question 'What are you thankful for?' inappropriate?

The question is seen as inappropriate because it feels nosy and intrusive, especially when asked by someone the respondent is not close to, making the interaction feel forced and uncomfortable.

What is the podcast's view on the historical narrative of Thanksgiving?

The podcast criticizes the historical narrative of Thanksgiving as a whitewashed version of history, ignoring the true, often violent, interactions between pilgrims and Native Americans.

Why do some people avoid traditional Thanksgiving celebrations?

Some people avoid traditional Thanksgiving celebrations to escape the performative gratitude and forced interactions with family members, opting for more relaxed and enjoyable alternatives.

What is the podcast's stance on the political implications of Thanksgiving?

The podcast views Thanksgiving as a holiday that can be politicized, with performative gratitude and forced family interactions reflecting broader societal issues and political leanings.

Chapters
The hosts discuss their frustrations with being asked what they are thankful for during Thanksgiving, leading to humorous and candid responses.
  • Hosts express discomfort with personal gratitude questions.
  • Humorous anecdotes about inappropriate responses to gratitude questions.
  • Discussion on the performative nature of Thanksgiving gratitude.

Shownotes Transcript

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I feel so much unity and pride heading into this Thanksgiving. I just, I think I might flow over with how much pride and joy I feel. You're just bubbling over with Thanksgiving gratefulness? Totally. I was just going to say, we could call you hashtag blessed on this Thanksgiving. I think we should. One of William and our Patreon said he wants to start calling me Blessica.

So welcome. I'm Blessica. Pumps, what have you had it with? Okay, this happened to me last night, and I fucking had it. And I don't know if it was a trap or what, but this person I don't know all that well, but I know enough to say hi, you know, just like you do. And she said, what are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

And I was just like, go fuck yourself. We're not close enough to talk about what I'm thankful for. Is that just me having a bad attitude? Like, I felt like that was invasive. What are you thankful for? Why do you give a fuck? I just think that question is entirely out of line. I do too. I think, what are you thankful for? Like, shut up. Shut up. What I'm thankful for is that I haven't run into you in decades.

And I literally don't remember your name. That's what I have gratitude for. And what I'm looking forward to is this being our last meeting. And that would cause me to have immense gratitude. Oh, that's exactly how I felt. It's like you were there in my head because I was really taken aback. Like, what? What?

I just thought it was fucking bizarre. What kind of question is that? What kind of question is that? And here's the deal. Do you really want me to stand there and tell you? No. Everybody just wants to get their shit and get out. I just hate that. I'll tell you what I'm thankful for, Brooke. I'm thankful that my kids aren't on crystal meth. Right. And I'm thankful that you're kind of a cunt and we both know it. Right. I'm glad that's out in the open right now. Oh, I have one.

I'm thankful that when I got it up the ass last night, we used lube. What would she have done if I would have said that? I'll tell you what, listener. It had been a while. It had been a while since pumps started letting that pent up sexual tension out for the listener to hear. And I'm glad you brought it back. It's a holiday. And you really brought it back.

Pardon the pun. I thought it was pun intended. Yeah, pun intended. All right, let me tell you what I've had it with. Okay. Thanksgiving. Agree. I agree. Even though I defend it, but because it comes before Christmas, it's just kind of a eh, wah, wah. It's such an overrated holiday. And I...

I am going to start putting up my Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving just for spite. What about before Halloween? I'm going to start delivering my Christmas tree and getting everything all done before Thanksgiving because I want to slight Thanksgiving as much as I can. There's multiple reasons why I dislike it. Okay. Number one, everybody tries to trot out one day a year.

this bullshit gratitude that they have. And it is such performative bullshit. You're sitting there with your family,

And, you know, a couple of them are complete assholes. They've always been complete assholes. They will forever be complete assholes. And everybody says, let's go around the table and everybody share what they're grateful for. And what I want to say is put a sock in it. Let's quit with this bullshit. Second thing that irritates me about Thanksgiving is when we were little kids, little American kids that did the Pledge of Allegiance every morning dutifully, we were told, we

That Thanksgiving is a wonderful time where the pilgrims and the Indians decided to sit down together and break bread and share a meal. We have gratitude for that because we're so nice and we're so good and blah, blah, blah. I mean, like from kindergarten on. Yes. And then you start studying it.

And you find out it was this bloody massacre. Right. And this horrific shit show of colonialism. And, you know, I'm not one of these people I have to run around, you know, that happened long before I was ever thought of or whatever. But let's not whitewash it and come up with this, you know, patty cake fest a month before Christmas. Another thing I don't like about it is that.

Why are we doing these back-to-back things? I agree. You do Thanksgiving, and you're just about to come up for air, and then you have to turn around and do it again for Christmas. I've had it from top to bottom, left to right, up to my eyeballs with Thanksgiving. But I'll tell you what, out of everything that I listed, I want to circle back to that lady asking you that, because that's really sitting in my craw. Exactly.

But in my crawl, I was just like, number one, that's just, I feel like it's inappropriate. I mean, what are you thankful for? I mean, it feels nosy. It just, everything about it gagged me. It's like she cares. That's, you don't want to talk to me. I don't want to talk to you. Let me ask you this. Does she know you have a podcast?

I don't know. I would guess probably not if I were guessing. I don't know. Do you think it's possible that maybe she's like a Trumper that's super excited about his victory and just was kind of trolling you? Because I could kind of respect that a little bit. Okay, I could too. But based on, I know her from the courthouse like years and years ago. From your lawyer days? Yes. So I don't know that she would follow me enough.

I don't even know if she follows me on Instagram or whatever. Do you think she's a Trumper? I would say yes, only because she lives in Oklahoma City. She's from rural Oklahoma. Does she look like a Trumper? No, she's pretty cute. Does she have a Stanley cap? Did you see a Stanley cap? I didn't see a Stanley cap. Now, that's not saying she didn't want her car because I had one in my car, but that's here and there. Okay. Any other signs?

No. That could point to Trumpism? No. I mean, it was – that's what was so weird about it. It was one of those that we were just going to, oh, my gosh, how are you? Good to see you. It's been forever. Is she an attorney? No. She worked at the courthouse in the clerk's office. So it was just a passing fancy thing. You know, we should have never stopped past, hi, how are you? It's good to see you. And she asked you, what are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? And I was – it kind of was – I think I went –

I was like, a lot of stuff and just turn around and I mean, it just threw me off. Now that I look back, I should have said, fuck you. And the horse you rode in on, go fuck yourself. Thankful for shit, you asshole. Thrown my shit out of my cart, stomped off. So the other day I was playing pickleball with my friends and our friend, Amy, she

There's a court like next to us and there's these guys, four guys playing doubles pickleball. She looked over at me and she's like, I just, I just have this sick feeling in my gut. I'm just looking over at them and I just know.

I know they all voted for Trump. I can feel it. And it makes me sick. And I go, I feel the same way. She's like, I'm not over it yet. And Liz chimes in, I'm not over it yet either. And we're all just like, we're not over it. Yeah. And so like, there's this thing where, you know, when you go out, I look at people, I'm like, are they one of them? Or are they? Are they? Because I'm not thankful for them. I should have said, what are your political leanings? Okay, well, then I'll tell you what I'm thankful for.

I'm thankful that I never have to see you again, fucking Trumper. There you go. But I didn't. I just was too taken aback. Welcome to I've Had It. I'm Blessica. I love that. It suits you so much. Especially on a day of gratitude. Right. Where I feel very blessed and we had such a positive, you know, therapeutic intro that I know leaves our listener feeling warm and fuzzy on the inside. Right. Eager to go carve turkeys with their family. Yeah.

and share their gratitude list with one another while passing, you know, sides of mashed potatoes and green beans and turkey around the table. Yes. What's your name? I'm trying to think of something to go with Bless the Cat. Oh, it's Angela Dawn, the dawning of an angel. Yeah.

Have we told them that yet? Yeah, they know. Have we said that on the podcast yet? Yeah. This is the dawning of an angel. This is the... Angie, for short. Me, me, curtains. Me, me, drag. And what we represent here for America is a blessed blessing of gratitude. Yes. Two scoops. Yeah. Of gratitude. That's right. Kathy is here. What can we call her?

Saint lesbian? Yeah. I like that. Saint lessee? Yeah. Yeah. The patron saint of lesbians. The patron saint of lesbians. I like that. I like that. You know, I'm just going to say it.

I just don't think people give lesbians enough credit. We do on this podcast. We do on this podcast. You know what you should have told that lady when she said, were you grateful for this Thanksgiving? You should say, I'll tell you what I'm grateful for. I'm grateful for lesbians. So I'm going to start. If anybody else asks, I'm going to say. At your family dinner. Yes, I absolutely should. With your evangelical parents, when they get around the table, you should say, well, that's funny. Y'all should ask mom and dad.

I'm really grateful for lesbians. Yeah. And I think a lesbian should be president of the United States. And I believe that wholeheartedly. Oh, I completely agree. I mean, we've said that for at least a year. Like things just work better with the lesbian in charge. And the pantsuits alone would be worth it. The pantsuits alone. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. What...

What's going on on the internet and our reviews and all of the things? I've got some reviews for you. We haven't hit 12K yet. That's unfortunate. You know what I'm not grateful for? For listeners? Yeah. For not getting us to 12,000 reviews. They're obviously not thankful for you. Clearly. I wonder why. All we do is give and give. Positivity, sunshine, rainbows, cupcakes, unicorns. We're like a goddamn podcast of lucky charms and we can't even get to 12,000 reviews. Yeah.

Fucking assholes. Or you quit. I also have an email from a listener. Okay, let's hear it. This is something we haven't talked about. This is something that affects me personally. It's from Jenna, and she writes, I've had it with Friendsgiving. It has become another fucking holiday in itself. Is Thanksgiving not enough? Do you all have to deal with this at your- No. Let me let everybody know something that's super important for every person to know about.

For the last 20 years, she and I have gotten the fuck out of America for Thanksgiving. Right. For a week. And we would fly to Mexico and eat tacos on the beach with our kids and our dogs and our swimsuits with reckless abandon and never felt any need to do anything Thanksgiving-ish. Right. This year, we are unable to attend because...

My youngest son, whom I love more than anything on the planet, Roman, is playing varsity basketball. And they've decided that they're going to have a scrimmage the day before Thanksgiving and a practice the Sunday after. So I am a basketball hostage. Yes, you are. And nobody is able to go and nobody is able to do this. So the bitterness that I feel...

regarding this is overwhelming. It's exacerbated by that woman who accosted Pops and asked her a very threatening question. Very. I feel the need to protect her. I feel the need to fight back. And so I haven't had to deal with this Friendsgiving bullshit because I canceled Thanksgiving 20 years ago before it was cool to do it. We were trailblazers. We were trailblazers in Friendsgiving. We led the charge, but it was just...

our friends, just us. Well, it's just us eating tacos on the beach. Right. But I mean, you could technically call that a Friendsgiving. Which could be any meal, anytime, anywhere that doesn't have to be labeled, doesn't have to be dramatic. But do you have to do this, Kylie? Every year, someone wants to host the Friendsgiving. I have to cook. You have to bring something. It's just a second Thanksgiving. Okay. I have a question. Yeah. So the only difference in just having dinner at a friend's house

or going out to dinner is that everybody has to bring a dish. Is that the difference? Because technically you guys could get together. I'll tell you the difference. Okay. It is a piggyback situation. They're piggybacking on Thanksgiving and already crowding a very crowded weekend with something that could be done in March or April.

Any day of the week. Yeah. These are opportunist piggybackers is what this is. Friendsgiving is it's an original. It sounds cute, neat and fun. Do you find it Friendsgiving?

No. Do you dread going? Yes. My friends listen to this. Do you notice she's whispering? Because they listen. No one can hear you if you whisper. I know. It feels like they can't hear me. Are they lesbians? Yeah. And it's like, I get it. Gays, your chosen family. That's great. Blah, blah, blah. Okay. It's a hassle. I hate it. That is a thing. This is a thing that we have to backpedal on because a lot of people...

have shitty parents that aren't supportive of their gay children. And so then they have a friend's giving so that they feel love and respect. Even too cold-hearted hags like Pumps and me support that. Absolutely. And that goes into one of the many gay exceptions that we have for our grievances. There's just a lot. Always a gay exception. Even sitting on the same side of the booth, which I never thought I would say.

But yeah, the Friendsgiving, I just don't understand why you just don't, everybody got to dinner. Why do you have to cook? I'll tell you what I don't like. Forced meals. And Thanksgiving is a forced meal. There's nothing organic about it. Like I kind of even get to the phase, like if people ask Josh and me if we want to go to dinner. Initially, I'm like, yeah, sure. That sounds fine. And then as we start clicking close to that, I'm like,

Why do people have to go eat together? Why can't we just do that on our own? Like, why is that a thing? Well, it has been for like fucking, you know, tens of thousands of years. I'm the asshole bucking the system. But I don't know. I've just gotten increasingly intolerant. Same. But one thing that really helps me in that department is everyone, all my friends know that if they want to go to dinner,

With me, it's between 4 and 5. That's your call time. On a Saturday, like I have a friend that we eat together about a couple times a month, and it's a 4 o'clock dinner. I mean, she knows that that's it. I'm going to dinner tonight with my pickleball friends at 515 after our pickleball match. I just wanted you and the listener to...

And Kylie didn't know that. That's pushing it. I mean, that's okay. All right. Let's let's let's push through. What's next, Kylie? Okay. I've got a five star review and it's titled Thank You God for this pod. Five stars. And he writes, I wish I could turn back time so I could give these beautiful young women the adoption papers and be their petty gay son. They've probably always wanted. Yes. We could sit over multiple bottles of wine and just endlessly yap about our pet peeves.

I'm consistently satiated by their existence and my world pauses the second the Mothers of America drop an episode. They will forever be famous. I love them. God is a woman and it's mommy JW and mommy pumps. I just, I couldn't love that anymore. That is a wonderful review. And I do think that is proof positive that there is no God. Because if there was, we would have gay sons. Yes. Just like that. That writes such effusive stories.

sweet, darling messages to us who just thought we were just, you know, the cat's meow. Because I have two sons now that...

I don't know that they – I know for a fact they'd never listen to the podcast. Yeah. My children – no, I will say Dylan Welch, my older child, he does – he tells me he hits up IHIP News from time to time. Well, I mean, that's huge. Roman, no. He doesn't watch any of it. My boys could give two shits. They think I'm the dumbest, most obnoxious, miserable human on the planet. Any extra time they have to hear my voice –

is misery for them. So they're not going to seek it out. That is fucked up that neither of you ended up with gay kids. Yeah. Yeah.

I haven't thought about that. That would have been perfect. Yeah. Right? For both parties. Right. And it ends up these poor gay kids are born into these like, you know, total Bible thumper. Yeah. And here you are. Drag them to, you know, these camps where they're told it's a sin and all this crap. I would have just been like, it's perfect. It's great. Don't you worry one bit, honey. Right. If anybody bullies you, you let me know. Go kick their ass. I'll be the head cheerleader at the pride parade. Absolutely.

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I don't know why my eyes look directly at his crotch, but this man in his tight gray biker shorts had the biggest penis I have ever seen in my life. I was in complete disbelief. I was tickled, but also in shock. He was really big. LOL. When did you post this?

Did she post this on her Instagram? Angela Dawn. Yes, when I was in Washington Park. We were just in Washington Park last weekend. We went to dinner in the West Village. Did Pumps post this while we were in New York? Yeah, I found this on her next door. Yeah, let me see this. This man in his tight gray biker shorts had the biggest penis I've ever seen in my life. I'll tell you what. I know Angela Dawn. I can even identify her through a keyboard. Yeah. Okay. Okay.

Here's a poster. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. This is so funny. Hang on, I've got to get it out. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except Phil. Every one of you except Phil are wonderful neighbors. I'm happy to be a part of this community.

Fuck you, Phil. Nobody has gratitude for you, asshole. Which begs the question, we need more contacts. What did Phil do? That's all I need. That's all I need. I want less information about Phil. Except Phil. Okay. We have another poster on the Nextdoor app that says, please get your dogs circumcised. Every dog I've seen lately isn't, and I want them all to go to heaven.

Wow. All right. Wow. How post pooping sounds on South 42nd Avenue. Did anyone hear these noises? Can anyone identify these noises? And he wrote pooping sounds, which obviously meant popping. I was thinking like somebody was going like, you know, those far end of the arm things. Yeah. All right. Another poster here says poop.

Why are all of these cars parked at the entrance to our neighborhood? Apparently, it is some kind of walk-your-kid-to-school day, and our neighborhood is closest to the school. These folks drove to our neighborhood, parked their cars, and walked three more blocks to the school, pretending they walked the whole way.

Great message to send to your kids. Shakes my head. Why not just thumb your nose at the whole thing and drive your car right up to the school and walk your kid to school day? When they added a photograph. This is the perfect example of why do you fucking care? I mean, they walked their kids to school. BFD. Who cares? Shut up. All right. That must be Phil. All right. Here's another poster. Well, this isn't fun.

To whoever had a poop emergency Halloween night behind my recycle bin in the driveway, shame on you. I know you had a towel with you. You left it for me. You could have put it on the ground to catch some of your three deposits. You could have done many things, but you chose to walk away leaving the poop, towel, and some dirty napkins for me. Then John posts...

I'd like to report a crime. I'm seeing houses with Christmas lights up and it's not even Thanksgiving yet. Every comedian's on Nextdoor. Here's one. I'm a widow with two grown sons who choose not to have children. So I will never have grandchildren and I long for them. I'm wondering if there is anyone on Nextdoor who

who has children, but the children have no grandparents. Perhaps they have passed away or live in another country or are estranged. I would love to find a child or children to grandmother. I knit, I sing, I know gobs of stories, and oh, I would make a wonderful grandma. I have to say, I think that's kind of sweet. See, I think it's kind of sweet too, but in the back of my head, I'm thinking, is that

Like a pedophile thing, but it sounds just sweet. Are you saying this old lady's a pedophile? No, I'm just saying. Is that where your brain went? You just have to be so careful. Yeah, that's Trump's America right there. That's what happens. He starts appointing all these sex offenders. Now Meemaw's labeling these grandmas on Nextdoor. It's heightened my senses. You know what she could do? She could adopt a kid from Africa like I did. Listener, you might not know this because I think this was on Patreon. Pumps revealed in a Patreon session that when she was a young mother-

She adopted a feed the child in Africa. And God only knows where that kid is now because I'll tell you who doesn't know. Me. Yeah. Okay. Next door. Hi, my name is Tony. I'm a 68 year old retired man with limited abilities. I'm looking for a female that would like a furnished room and full use of my home in exchange for cleaning, cooking and grocery shopping and contributing a little for food if interested. Call me.

Tony. Now, here's what I can say about Tony. Here's where I'm going to give you. I think he might. How do we think he's going to stop there and not ask for the slap and tickle? That's what I was going to say. Like, this is just a one way street to give Antonio a blowjob. Do you want his number? No, I do not. Thank you so much for asking. All right.

Here's another post. After more than 40 years, should a church lower their standards and start offering different levels of membership? Should a church have a top tier membership for members who say they won't drink alcohol and a lower tier membership for the members who still want to be able to drink alcohol? Okay. And to this, I have to say, shut the fuck up. I mean, are you serious?

If you want to drink alcohol, drink alcohol. If you do or don't, everybody basing everything on what the church will think. Go get a fucking life. Go live your life. Go live your life and shut the fuck up. All right. Another next door app. And it says holiday greeting etiquette. That's the subject. Holiday greeting etiquette. I just want everyone to know that it is okay to

to wish us happy Honda days, even though we are a Toyotathon family. You don't have to use the generic happy winter car sale greeting. I don't even know who that is and I hate her. I mean, just enough. Just, you know, here's the deal. I remember when Trump was president the first go-round, every December, he would just get out and he'd go, I brought back Merry Christmas. Oh.

Everybody can say Merry Christmas again. And it's like, look, everybody says Merry Christmas. Even my friends that are Jewish go out of their way to say to people Merry Christmas. I am an atheist and I say Merry Christmas and put up two Christmas trees. You had nothing to do with it. New York City, all of these big cities that everybody say are, oh, these are liberal, woke cities. Guess what happens in December?

fucking Christmas tree, happy birthday, Jesus, all over the place. Everywhere. Although I do say happy holidays. At least I really try. You do? Because I had a bad experience in law school with it. And I've just been very conscientious. Oh, I remember this from last year. Yeah, I'm very conscientious to say happy holidays.

Instead of Merry Christmas. You know what? You're just woke Angela Dawn. I'm just the dawning of an angel woke. A woke angel. A meemaw drag woke angel. That's exactly what you are. Okay. These G word...

Darn woke liberals driving up the gas prices. Kroger's gas station on Hurstbourne is $3.21 a gallon. I remember when gasoline was 30 cents. Gasoline is spelled G-A-S-A-L-E-E-N. And so then somebody comments, a simple Google search explains what controls the price of gas and it has nothing to do with quote,

woke liberals. And then the original poster posts back to that person and says, Google is liberals. And then the other person types back to the person that misspelled gasoline and says, Google is a search engine, not a person. Then somebody else chimes in, Google is not an engine. It is in the computer. I would know if my computer had an engine. It does not take gas.

Yes, read it for me. Stop. Do you think they were being facetious? No. No. I would know if my computer had an engine. It does not take gas. Fuck you. So...

Oh, okay. Okay. This time of year, I grab weeds while I'm walking my dog and weave them into little wreaths that I leave around the neighborhood, specifically because there is a woman on next door who is furious because she thinks they are signs of witchcraft. I encourage you to do the same. Fucking love her. Profile and courage. Love her right there. You know what I have gratitude for? Her. Her little witchcraft wreaths.

That's trolling some old crazy lady. She's fucking all over it. I'll tell you this. I walk my dog and I'm not the most coordinated person. But do you think you could walk and weave like with weeds? I mean, that takes some coordination, I think. That's impressed. I'm impressed with her across the board. Don't sell yourself short. When a witch puts her mind to anything...

With the power and sorcery of witchcraft. That's true. You might be surprised at your superhuman ability to weave a witchy wreath. Maybe I could. Yeah. All right, Pumps. Joking around is our whole thing. But there's one thing that I do not joke around about.

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Will that be your excuse when this child commits rape or murder?

The Aldi employee was stocking the shelf, asked if I needed help. Yes, I'm a senior with osteoporosis. However, the Aldi employee disappeared. I described the assault to the manager. Unfortunately, the Aldi manager's response completely disregarded the injury I received from the assault. Oh, God. See, that's somebody I just never want to ever, ever be around. Here's what I recommend.

The lady that's making these witchcraft wreaths needs to find this lady. That Aldi. And Aldi. And she needs to make more and give them to this lady. Throw them in her cart, maybe put them in her purse when she's not looking. This is the answer. Witchcraft. I mean, I don't know much about it, but I'm in. I don't know much about it either, but let's go. Let's fucking go. Okay. I'm 79 years old and a widower.

And I like cunnilingus. And then somebody responds and says, that's a lot of information. Maybe too much for next door. Do you want his number? You want to keep this? I'm good. You're sure? Okay. Okay. And then somebody posts,

Please keep us in mind this holiday season. Is this a flyer, Kylie? It's a flyer. Okay, it's a flyer. Somebody post on next door. There's a picture of a woman with curly hair and a straw hat.

And she writes, I buy leftover gravy. I will buy brown gravy, cream gravy, sawmill gravy, country gravy, white gravy, milk gravy, sausage gravy, egg gravy, giblet gravy, mushroom gravy. What? Contact me on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day and I will add you to my schedule. I will arrive on time with my own containers. Schedule arrived.

Online at up to, and she has her email address, up to $1.25 an ounce. I'm your gravy lady. I do not buy onion gravy, potato gravy, ginger gravy, lemongrass gravy, lima bean gravy, jelly gravy, or talcum gravy.

What the fuck is she doing with all this gravy? I didn't even know there were that many. Do you think this is witchcraft? It's gotta be. It's gotta be some kind of fetish. That's just not normal. I've never heard of anything like that. Buying leftover gravy? Do you think she's a pedophile? Right. Pumps, what do you think? I think she's a witch. Here's her picture. Do you think she's a...

And she has her picture on it? Well, yes. I mean, to me, okay, let's go down your dirty thought track here. You think she's like... Here's your dirty thought track. She puts her picture there. It looks a little suggestive, wouldn't you say? We'll put this up on YouTube. Yeah, totally unnecessary. It looks a little suggestive, right? Like, look at that smile, right? So maybe this is coded language for...

She likes to swallow. See, I knew I'd get you there. Yeah. Didn't take much. She doesn't do onion gravy, though. She doesn't do onion semen. Okay. Next up, it's a post saying, I'm wondering how our last DoorDash Deliver person found it appropriate or acceptable to send us an emoji that looks like this. And it's an emoji with, is that a hair? Oh, a salute. It's a hand salute emoji. Okay.

Now, granted, I could be wrong, but does that look like a penis on that forehead or not? Garrett, our dasher we're referring to, says it is a salute. It sure looks more like a penis than a salute to us.

I just wanted to know if I'm the only one on the planet that can tell that is a penis on its forehead, a.k.a. dickhead emoji. We found it very disturbing and requested our tip be removed. Has anyone else experienced such rude and inappropriate conduct from their dashers or specifically one named Garrett? My partner also noticed a strong smell of alcohol when he was in close proximity to him. And I will just put this to rest right now.

Let me ask our penile expert. Right, let me get my glasses. Angela Dawn. Here is the emoji in question. Does that look like a penis or a salute? A salute? What an asshole. They took their tip back. I'll tell you what. Yeah, took the tip back. Fucking assholes and just mean. Yeah, and if Pumps doesn't think it looks like a dick, it doesn't look like a dick. Then it doesn't. That's right. It's genuinely not a dick. No. Okay, here's a couple more. I've heard about early voting.

But what about late voting? For example, say you don't want to waste your time voting, but then you find out someone you don't like ends up winning. Maybe if you haven't voted yet, you should be able to cast a vote. Maybe just up to a few days later. What do y'all think? Well, considering our person lost, I'm all in. I'm all in. That's like my young guest had never voted before. And he texted me and he goes, I really just need to vote today.

I don't have time tomorrow. And I'm like, well, it just doesn't work that way. Okay. The next one is anyone in Summers Point, New Road area, seen the 60-something-year-old white guy just walking in front of cars by Groveland Light and

With his ass hanging out like seriously low carpenter's crack. I saw him at Dollar General with all of it hanging out. I was happy there were no kids around. And then somebody responds, we are doomed. Somebody else responds, oh my God. And then somebody else responds, see something, say something, report to police. And then somebody responds, right. Isn't that like public indecency? Right.

And then somebody else responds, he might have Alzheimer's or dementia. Yeah, I just, you know, people that just get their panties in a wand about stupid shit. I mean, I've seen plenty of plumber's ass cracks in my day. It's not pleasant. Didn't somebody beat off for you like a couple years ago in a car at a red light?

Yes. It would take me a minute. I was like, what? Yes. I was sitting at a light on the way to exercise and I look over and he was making sure that I paid attention to him. Like he caught my attention on purpose and he was overdoing the wax of weaning. Let me ask you this. If you were to list your top three days you've ever lived in your life, is that number one, two or three? It's not even in the top three. Really? Interesting. Interesting.

Interesting considering how much... I had a lot more to be thankful for than that. Did you have any gratitude for that? No, I thought it was pretty funny. You know what's interesting about that is I remember you telling me about it, just how excited you were about it. I mean, it was like shocking. It definitely got my heart right out. Let me ask you this. Is that the last time you've seen a penis? I'd have to be.

Yeah, some rando in the car next to me. Some flasher. Some flasher. Creepy ass flasher. Some two-bit flasher. That's the last penis you saw. No wonder you were so damn excited about it. All right. Well, happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Happy Thanksgiving. And listen to our IHIP news as we try to cover the incoming...

Second Reich of the Trump administration over on IHIP News and subscribe on YouTube. Join us on Patreon and Pumps Tell Them. We will see you next Tuesday and Thursday.

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We are on all the available platforms, Apple, Spotify, Google, whatever. You get your podcasts and YouTube. Please go rate, subscribe, and review so that we will chart upwards with America's greatest legal mind, pumps. Pumps, what does an eagle say? Caw-caw. A little bit more enthusiasm. Caw-caw. That's it. That's, that's. Caw-caw. That's the patriotism that this country needs right there. Caw-caw.

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