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I lost internet for all Thanksgiving, so that was fun. Basically had to stand outside and use my 5G in the country. But anyways, just wanted to say a big thank you to all of our besties out there and just a happy Thanksgiving. We guys could not do this without you. Without further ado, let's get this episode started. Happy Thanksgiving, folks, and welcome to this very festive turkey edition of...

Pillows and beer. That's the podcast that I'm on. I am here in Albany, New York for my part two Thanksgiving and part two of this Thanksgiving episode of pillows and beer here with Nick Norris and Austin's running around trying to fix his equipment from Seabrook. What's up, Nick?

What's going on? My whole family's in now. We've gained some more for Thanksgiving tomorrow, which is always great. My sister's actually running around in her House of Red t-shirt right now, making some pies. Oh, nice.

Well, if you want your own house red t-shirt, go to pillowsandbeer.com. And you can buy tickets for all our future tour dates, which is Philly, New York, and Boston. And New Orleans. But I don't know how many are left for New Orleans, so don't hold me to that. I had the most traditional, easy Thanksgiving on Tuesday, and it was so wonderful. The way he said that, a traditional Thanksgiving on Tuesday.

Yeah, I know, right? It was fun, though. My dad made the turkey in the oven, and we had stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, which I don't eat. But my mom forgot the corn, and then we all made her feel bad, and I convinced her that it was my favorite thing about Thanksgiving for like 20 seconds. And I was like, I'm just kidding, Mom. But yeah, it was just the six of us. Hello. Hello. Austin's here. Hello, party people. Okay. Okay.

Hello. Hi. Hello. Hi. Hello. Welcome to Pills and Beer. Hello.

okay i think this is the good volume we've been live for a while but everyone can hear austin's pre-podcast routine yeah well i want people to know because i have to talk into this and i hope that it's not too loud you know so you're like hi hello hello um one of the things that i heard when i was

Putting batteries into this amazing recording device, which is awesome, by the way. My dad was like, I think that we have batteries. And he pulled me into this room and he opened this drawer. There were like 248 batteries in there. Everyone has a battery drawer. Yes. I mean, and this was no different. He was like, do these work? Actually, Amazon...

Everyone should just go on Amazon and buy a package of batteries of each type and just keep them in your drawer. It'll make you feel real grown up.

It's true. And the same thing goes, by the way, for iPhone chargers. Like, you know, don't just buy one cord because you need it. Buy like five, right? And then, you know, you always kind of have them and bricks and then like a four-foot cord and a six-foot cord. Having a charger drawer. Switching to Android chargers. So you guys are catching up. So we can all help you out now. Nick, you're so lucky we haven't banned you from our group chat. You're so lucky. Yeah.

We have not banned you and your Android loving ass from our group chat. Yeah, but that's all switched. Well, we have a separate, we have a separate group chat. Austin, tell us about your drink that I just saw you making on Instagram. Oh, your fam family booze. Like, well, our guy, here's what I'll say.

Austin, you have... It's funny because I said I had a traditional Thanksgiving with my family, but I think it's more like... I don't know who's traditional or classic because to me, yours is more traditional because yours is more of like a party and like... I'm not saying booze fest in a bad way, but like you all get to go out and just be like, you know what? For the next three days, we get to do whatever we want and like drink. And ours was like, all right, everyone came over. We ate. We hung quality time, but then we went back to just like watching movies and...

I didn't even drink that night. Okay. I guess. But then I saw your video and I was like, hell yeah. You're like dumping a bottle of bullet into something with your sister. And I was like, this looks like a, like I loved mine, but I'm saying I would also love to be at yours. Yeah. Um, so Thanksgiving for us is this like a bunch of,

I'm sure that a lot of people can commiserate on this, but it's a bunch of people who are coming together. So it's like 15 to 20 of us. And I heard you say that you don't like sweet potato casserole or sweet potato. What was it, Craig? Yeah, I don't like sweet potatoes. Okay. So I took it upon myself this year to make the sweet potato casserole with the marshmallows on top because we don't typically have that. That's not a part of our typical...

Thanksgiving Day Feast and me and my sister were like wait well what the you know WTF so Katie's making a whole bunch of deviled eggs and I'm making this sweet potato thing I'm a big deviled egg fan you're a big deviled egg fan yeah

Um, so, uh, yeah. And then, and then let's see, Katie and I, Craig, I mean, if you remember, or I don't know if you do remember, you might not have been inside when we were doing this because you were in charge of the fricking bird for God's sakes. But when I did my friends giving episode, uh, and you were in charge of frying the Turkey, which we are doing one this year. Um, it, uh, it, it's,

Okay, I was inside with my sister and I was making like a... What we refer to as a holiday cheermeister drink. And it's gained a lot of legs since then. I mean, every Thanksgiving, like my DMs are just blown up. Like, what's the recipe? What's the recipe? What's the recipe? So then Katie and I dropped that video for people who want to make it. Okay, tell us what it is again. I know people last year listening would know, but like first tell us what it tastes like and then tell us what's in it. It tastes like...

Holiday cheer, Craig. It tastes like fall. I actually don't have a drink. Damn it. My dad's drinking that same beer, Craig. What is it? It's the hazy one. Athletic brewing. My dad packs me a cool... I have a funny story about coolers. I will get to this beer after Austin talks about this. So the holiday cheermeister drink, in my opinion, it tastes like fall...

Thanksgiving transitioning into Christmas. So it does not have that like Christmassy taste to it yet, right? There's no like spruce or like mint taste in there. Balser. And what it is is that it's basically Prosecco and bourbon. And then it's like cran juice and cranberries, but it's parts, right? So...

You ever squeeze a lemon in it? That's a personal preference there. It's a personal preference. I feel like it would go great with a squeeze of lemon. Lemon wedge. Austin, I think that was a great description of... I'm trying to turn this down. What is that noise? Fall to Thanksgiving. It's a half cup bourbon, one cup pomegranate juice, zest of orange. So there is some citrus. One half cup of fresh OJ and a bottle of Prosecco. And obviously...

I think that we made like a triple thing, right? So, you know, it was like a cup and a half of bourbon, two bottles of Prosecco, you know, just increase your recipe as you want it. And people just love it. I mean, they hit me up like crazy for it. So that's the holiday cheer Meister drink that Austin, what's, what's one time three, wait, what? Yeah.

You're like, so we made three times that, so we used two bottles of Prosecco instead of one. Whoa.

People listening right now are saying the same thing. Okay. Well, I said a half cup of bourbon and all that I thought about was the 1.5 cups of bourbon. But it really is just like a feel it out. Just keep on drinking it and keep on tasting it. And what we always say is that you can always add more, but you can't take out. So if all of a sudden we're like, oh man, it tastes too much like bourbon. It's not the point.

The point is not to taste the bourbon. It's just to taste like a delicious drink. But yes, Greg, you're right. I guess that by that math, it should have been. No, no, no. I'm just kidding. I think it sounds fantastic. I love drinks like that. I'm, you know, I'm I was on a big sangria kick, like anything that you make that like I never loved the taste of alcohol. So I think like there has to be some bite, but I like.

Nick's looking at me weird. I don't love the taste of alcohol. I like alcoholic drinks, but I don't like that. So you're saying like a straight shot of vodka, you don't like the taste? Yeah, like I don't, like I would. Who the hell does like a straight shot of vodka? Well, some people, the Russians. Well, yeah, that's because you live in the.

It's because you live in the West Virginia mountains, Nick. Yeah. You literally live where shine is made. I'm saying like it looks like a fun drink that you could have a couple cups and feel loosey-goosey and not be like, this doesn't taste good. Right. Right. And it's very good. And the feedback that I get from it is like these people are like, holy moly, like, you know, the punch flew. So it's definitely a tasty, tasty beverage. Any drunk aunts or uncles or cousins yet? No.

Well, I mean, me and Katie are like the drunk aunts and uncles now because my cousin's two little girls are like the young guns. And now it's no longer Katie, right? So Katie is eight and a half years younger than me. So Katie's used to being the young one. But for Thanksgiving, it's always my cousin's kids because they're like 11 and 8. So...

No. Okay. Well, we might have a drunk uncle show up tomorrow. Did the little kids ask what you're drinking? They're like, hey, we want some of that. Yeah, and I'm like, here you go. No, I'm kidding. Yeah. Okay, we're going to take a quick break on this special Thanksgiving episode of Pillows and Beer. We'll be right back after a word from our wonderful sponsors.

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I'm not West Virginia.

Yeah, well, you are now. Especially since you just said that you love to drink moonshine. Yeah, like I like this bullshit. Virginia has the Franklin County. That is moonshine capital. Well, Rono, like right outside Rono. Yeah. Well, like when I would visit Chris, look, if someone has a bottle of shine, like I will put it up to my mouth and nip it and be like, wow, that was a fun feeling. Each moonshine is so good.

Yeah, but I'm not drinking moonshine. No, definitely. Nick, who drinks moonshine unless you want to go blind? I'm going to call you red lightning. The whole point of flavoring shine is so that it doesn't hurt like gasoline to the point where you're like, oh, that's what I'm talking about. Exactly. You got peach, you got apple pie.

Yeah, but it doesn't actually taste like apple pie. Who are you, Nick? It tastes like Everclear. It tastes like Everclear with a little spice in it. You haven't had real moonshine from Franklin County then, Craig, because it tastes like... I have. I just don't remember. I just don't remember. That's the problem. Fair enough. I want you to bring me some moonshine, Nick. That is what I want. I want you to bring me some moonshine to our next PMB stop.

And I'll drink it after the show. And I'll taste it. I'm sure I could go in the bayou and find some good moonshine, Louisiana. Oh, I have no doubt you could go in the bayou and find some good shine. Yeah. I mean, I remember the first time I ever had moonshine. I was with a guy named in Charleston. And they were rushing me. No, I was visiting the college, I think. Chris.

Probably shouldn't name names, but they gave me a piece of the peach, like a slice of peach. And Sean just sat there laughing. And I was like, what? And I like ate one slice of peach and I was pretty fucked up. And I was like, that man is my first moonshine experience. All right. Um, and,

And were you a senior in high school, Craig, or were you a freshman in college? Yeah, I just graduated. Okay. This was like senior week and senior year. Okay, okay, okay. I have a good one too then, right? Because you just shared and I feel like I should share. And I didn't get like, it was a positive experience, I'll add. Not all of my drinking experiences were, but that one, I think it hit me fast. And I just sat there. So mine was, I was a senior in high school and typical...

in high school who visits...

Or what's more typical is that when you're in college, your freshman year, and you're rushing, you try to prove to all the brothers that I've been drinking for years. And I know how to drink. I'm a seasoned drinker. And so I did this my senior year. I visited my buddy at University of Tennessee. He was rushing a fraternity. So he was in his pledge gear, which for those listening, basically pledge gear in the SEC is when you wear...

you know, khakis and like a button down, you know, that's tucked in with a blazer. Right. And so that's pledge gear. Right. But mine at Alabama was I had to wear, um, new balances, jeans. Some people never grow out of that, by the way.

Yeah. Yeah. And I tucked in, you know, polo and yeah. No, of course. Like it's pledge gear. So people were like, so you could spot a pledge from a mile away. So anyways, I go to university. I'm saying that there's a lot of men that still dress like that. Like in college, like you're like, Oh, like I have a friend and he dresses like, yeah, but it's his outfit. Like, and then you're like, get on your bows and toes. He's like, I'm a 40 year old man. Uh,

That's why you got kicked off campus, Craig. So like stop screaming that to everyone. I live off campus. So I go to Tennessee and basically the way that I get into his fraternity party is that he tells all the brothers like, hey, this is Austin. He's thinking about rushing next year, University of Tennessee. They're like, okay, hell yeah. They're like, man, ask him what he wants to drink. You know, we're taking like a, we're taking like a, you know, liquor run.

At this point in my life, and don't ask me why, I was drinking Seagram 7 whiskey. Yeah, but not the 7 part, Craig. Like, just the first, you know, 7 part. Like, I was drinking Seagram 7 out of the bottle. Like, you know, little pools, right? I wish you could see my face. Yeah. Like, you were one of the water bottle kids that just brought his own vodka or, like, his own bottle of liquor. Dude, and now when I think about it, yes. Like, it's so disgusting. That's, like, exactly what it was. Ugh.

My whole body has chills. Yeah. It makes me kind of convulsed too, and I don't feel so hot talking about it, but I... Oh, boy. It's so gross. Seagram 7. Oh, it was like a plastic bottle. Mine's Bacardi. I don't know what we were thinking, but me and my one buddy...

liked to drink Seagram 7 because what we would do is that we would go to his house and we'd sit there and watch you know something or like play in these video games because he because like he was that friend of mine that had like the badass room you know he had an awesome room and I was like oh man I wish I had in this room anyways so fast forward I go to Tennessee I'm drinking it I'm taking polls you know I'm a badass like in front of you know the brothers the actives you know I'm trying to prove to them that I'm not just like a high school kid and I and I and I know how to drink

And I go to my buddy's dorm room. I mean, he lived in a dorm room where there's a security guard out front or, you know, sitting inside. He was like, hey, I need you to straighten up for 30 seconds. I was like, you know, we walk in and then I'm like a mess. You know, he like throws me in bed. I wake up in the middle of the night with puke all over me. I mean, everywhere in this room. I flip the mattress and go back to sleep and I never told them.

how terrible how terrible did you drink them when did the moonshine come in no no okay it wasn't like a moonshine story but like you were telling a story about drinking moonshine and getting fucked up in college oh you're talking about being in tennessee everything yeah like wait what i i thought this was the first time that you drank moonshine there's no moonshine involved in this story so when's the first time you drank moonshine

I guess I really just wanted to tell that story about my first really fucked up time. Well, I was I kind of read it that like that was your first time getting really fucked up on. No, no, no. It's just my first time drinking moonshine. I got my my bad one is Bacardi and I can't ever smell Bacardi anymore. But I've that's a story for another day. OK, so there's no moonshine. I don't even know. Do you have moonshine?

Do I have it right now? No, I don't. I mean, I could get it. It wouldn't be that hard. I love opening in someone's freezer and seeing the jar. And a lot of people don't know what it is unless you know. And you're like, this motherfucker... Like, this motherfucker has a fucking jar of moonshine in his freezer. Like, any liquid... Anyone that has...

an unlabeled container in their freezer and there's liquid in it. It's real moonshine. And it's just, it just, it makes me think that you're cool. That's all. I just think that you're cool. It makes me think, it makes me think of like,

back in high school. So I had friends, of course, that would go to their house. Another non-moonshine story. No, okay, okay. I'm going to make this one quick because Craig and I always joke about me landing the plane, right? So I'm going to land this plane quick because I did not land that last story's plane quick.

But when kids snag liquor out of their parents' vodka bottles and then they put water back in it and they put it back in the freezer and the parents are like, we know that you stole our liquor because the bottle is frozen now, you idiot. And we obviously didn't realize that vodka doesn't freeze and water does freeze. Duh. That is one thing that we were pretty convinced about.

like that you could do and never get caught which you're like well do you think that your parents just have liquor as a collection and that they never drink the vodka like that's right

Well, I'm going from... Sometimes, yeah, man. Are you kidding me? That's my dad's story. Dude, my parents had this bottle. I swear that every time that I opened it or opened the liquor cabinet to go in there, it was always there. It was always there. And I was like, they're never going to know if we drink this because they never drink it. That was my dad. He would always steal the bourbon bottle and...

The family would come over for play cards and then one of his uncles would go. They'd ask, do you want ice in your drink? He goes, oh no, Mikey's already watered it down enough. So it's good. That's funny. That's really funny. No, no, no. But seriously, my parents had a liquor cabinet basically for guests and parties. Because my mom drinks French white and my dad drinks beers and French white. That happened in my grandparents' house where...

I was finally the age to drink or whatever and they were having a Christmas party and they have this such a cool bar downstairs but like

It was always just the cool bar. And so I was like, oh, let's make a drink. And we went to make a drink and like the liquor was not liquor inside. And we're like, oh, I guess one of my uncles had been like coming down here for years, like secretly drinking the liquor bottles. And we just never knew because no one ever. What's that uncle's name, by the way? Like, you know, let's just guess. Like what? What is the if you guess it, I'll tell you. No.

no no no but like but like you know what i mean you're like oh man uncle uncle harold again you know it's like what i'd go todd it was uncle doug okay there you go yeah man i was just like him and henry oh man hank hank was back in it again i love my i love uncle oh uh

Okay, we got to take another quick break and then I'm going to tell you about my cooler stories. I would like to talk to you about one of our sponsors, Timeline Nutrition, and one product in particular, MitoPure. MitoPure is one of the first products to offer a precise dose of urolithin A to help upgrade your mitochondrial function, help increase cellular energy, and help improve muscle strength and endurance. I've started taking it recently and I've started to tell that there is definitely this one I work out or I'm active.

But MitoPure does more than just help with my muscles. It can help with health stand as well. I want to be one of those granddads one day that you see in the video of him swinging his grandkid around. I want to rely on myself for as long as I possibly can. One way to think of MitoPure is that they are in your cells, chomping up the damaged mitochondria that makes you feel old and tired and helping to recycle it into new healthy ones.

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Bonus bets expire 168 hours after issuance. Terms at sportsbook.draftkings.com slash football terms. Welcome back, y'all, to this episode of Pillows and Beer, special Thanksgiving epi. I'm in Seabrook. Craig is in Albany. Albany or Albany? Albany. And Nick is Albany. Okay. Craig's in Albany. Okay, fine. He's on his second Thanksgiving of the week episode.

like a good boyfriend, and Nick is in the mountains of West Virginia filming for the new... What? No, finish your sentence. I was excited. Filming for the new Hatfields and McCoys, which is a great episode. That's Kentucky! The Moonshiners. The Moonshining Show is Virginia. It's two, man. One lives in Kentucky, and one lives in wherever the hell their family lives. As long as you're not doing the...

What is it? They hunt not for truffles now, but they hunt for like some plant. No, they hunt for... They like collect this...

Anyway, so I think I have to party tonight, Austin and Nick. So I'm, as Nick pointed out, I've got my athletic bruise because my dad packed me and Paige a cooler, which one day I will have to tell you about the cooler stories. But my dad always has a cooler with him. And what I didn't realize is, so like we sat down to watch a movie together.

With my parents and my dad or like football and my dad. I was like, oh, I'm going to go get a drink or Paige said it. And he's like, oh, I got my cooler right here. And so he had his cooler like next to the couch. And Paige is like, why do you have a living room cooler?

And he's like, well, I've got all my drinks right here. I don't have to go anywhere. And like, he doesn't drink. So he's always got his NA beers whenever he goes to someone's house. And I didn't realize that my mom was like mortified when my dad walks, like brings his own cooler to,

to people's houses because I did it the other day and Paige is like you are not bringing your cooler into your friend's house and I was like why the fuck not it's like extra drinks it's pretty great and then Anna my brother's girlfriend was like wait Christopher brings his cooler every single place we go but that's because he likes his own like beers anyway do you guys ever take cool my dad does that because the same way he only he doesn't drink anymore so he just drinks a lot of brewing

Right. Yeah. Much to unpack here. There's so much to unpack here with this story that you just said. First off, the cooler next to the couch. Acceptable. Okay. It's your own house. Like you don't want to get up. You pack yourself like a lot.

a little six pack, maybe throw like a Coke in there or like, yeah, he's got sodas and water. Like, yeah, sure. And like it immediately, I know that Craig doesn't watch Seinfeld, but it immediately just reminds me of the summer of George when George has his cooler in his, you know, recliner. And he's like, you know, he opens it down here. It's like, you know, I'm right on the side. It's incredible. And it always made me want to get a cooler like that. Now bringing a cooler to,

to another person's house so you can have your own beverages. Okay. Certain scenarios. I think that if Craig called me or Nick called me and said, hey, why don't you come over today and watch some football? Then sure, I could bring over my own little cooler. But if you're like, hey, why don't you come over for dinner and like hors d'oeuvres? I don't know if bringing your own cooler would cross my mind. I don't know if I would deem that acceptable.

Well, apparently my dad puts them in his pockets now at weddings. Cause like weddings, they're like, you can't bring, but like, look, these are from the days it just venues just now started to carry non-alcoholic beer. Like it was very rare to find, um,

and a beers. And so when I'm not drinking is when I have my cooler. If I'm drinking, I'm coming to drink your shit, which is kind of funny. Like I'll just drink whatever like is in your house. I'm Uber in like it doesn't matter. But if I'm driving, then I love having my cooler in my car because if I'm not drinking, I'm

If I don't have non-alcoholic beer, I'm probably going to end up drinking like, like I have to have something in my hand. So I'll end up drinking like beer instead of water. You just basically hit the only loophole that I think

like exists in this right because you know now i feel like a butthole because i'm like no craig you don't bring you know your own cooler then you're like yeah but it's full of like you know my well you don't want to you don't want to expect like your person to like carry them because a lot of people are like we're not spending money on shit that doesn't have alcohol in it like some people are like your beers cost more than mine but that's not the point right no no no so there so what's funny is i didn't know we had this family of like

People that take their cooler everywhere. Like Christopher just brings his cooler because he likes to have ice cold beer. And he's like, and guess what happens? Everyone always ends up drinking out of my cooler. Cause like whenever we go, like he, I guess he just did like a couple of groomsmen suites and like they didn't have beer for him. Well, that's different though.

Yeah, like there's a thing about being prepared and then you're right. Walking into someone's house with a cooler is pretty funny. Yeah, well, like if I was going to walk into your house because you invited me over for a dinner party, I think that's a no. But if you're inviting me over for like a happy hour or something like that, you're like, hey, why don't you come here and get drinks with some other couples prior to dinner? Then...

I think that you could bring a cooler, I suppose. It's funny that you put it in that perspective because we did just cover Sean and Morgan's and I used my garage fridge and I was like, you know what? Yeah, I'm bringing my beers, but I'll grab some like, you know, Coors Lights too in case someone wants them. And I grabbed a bottle of white wine and I did put it right in the kitchen. And I remember seeing Morgan kind of look over whose house it was and I opened it up and I like took out a bottle of wine and put it on the counter.

and like handed someone a beer and she was probably like craig we have that stuff here if you like i don't know but i feel like you always bring a bottle of wine right if you're going to dinner maybe not cooler but i always bring a bottle of wine with me or a bottle of bourbon or something you don't bring a cooler like if i ask you over to my house for dinner yeah with so

Yeah, I don't have a personal cooler. I bring a bottle of wine that I'm giving to the host. I guess that's it. So my dad packed us a cooler for our drive because we drove to Albany, which I was so fucking happy that Paige agreed to do it. It's a six-hour drive. I was like, door-to-door on a plane would have been nine hours. So it was great. We stopped four times, which some people have a heart attack hearing that. But he packed us a cooler for the drive. And you know what? It was great. We had water, sodas, but he also packed me these NA beers.

And so I snuck the cooler up the back steps just now to podcast with you guys. But I like I'm going to have a I have a feeling that's the last non-alcoholic beer that I'm going to have for two days. We've got some. Yeah, I mean, it's it's going to be funny, but I'm I don't know. I've got my own personal cooler in Paige's room now. I know. But like, I just saw the bar downstairs and it's like, you know, it's it's awesome. We need that NHL. Craig or no?

Yes, I'm going to be drinking tonight. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying I'm going to get like... I bet my tolerance is going to be... It's going to be fun. I'm excited for it, though. We just played nine holes, me and my dad and my cousin and my uncle. And then we went to, you know, the club watering hole afterwards. And I had a couple beers and then...

I hurried home here, and now Katie's downstairs. She's making that punch, and I'm like, okay, get me a glass of punch. Yeah, I walked in, and I said, I really want a fucking pumpkin beer, and they were like, Gary got you a ton. So he got me Christmas beers, pumpkin beer, and they've got spiced bourbon down there. It's something where I'm like, I'm not drinking bourbon, but I've got pumpkin beers and Christmas beers. Good on Gary, by the way, because...

you know there's nothing better than is it too early to drink eggnog is eggnog to you guys post thanksgiving or can you so i was gonna i asked that in our outline is eggnog allowed yes i i just love eggnog so much but to me it's a christmas drink but i was at someone's house no no no in june the real answer is the real answer is that you have to wait 36 more hours friday it's on

Friday. Yeah, Friday's the eggnog day. Yeah, well, that's always. That's when the radio starts playing Christmas music and everything. Okay, well, I'm going to start drinking red wine and pumpkin beer tonight. I'm going to have two days of just indulgence. I mean, there's nothing better than finishing a long-ass road trip. And then, Craig, this is a perfect example of what you're talking about. Okay, so say that you go on the road trip.

And you're like, okay, you know, we've been driving all day. All that I want when I get there is just some awesome beer. And like, say that you're thinking about that beer, right? And you're like, ooh, yeah, this pumpkin beer would be so awesome. You're like, but shit, Gary probably doesn't have this in his fridge. And so you get there and he's like, hey man, you know, here's a Coors Light. And you're like, you know, thank you so much. But in the back of your mind, you're like,

oh, that's not going to hit the way that I want the pumpkin beer to hit. So then you bust out your own cooler, which is frosted with this pumpkin beer. And then all of a sudden, I've got ice cold beers. I've got ice cold beers in here for my dad where I like. So I was being kind of a pussy because athletic brewing has to be honest, like

percent of alcohol in it and technically it's illegal to drive with it but I was about to crack one open but then it got really icy and mountainy but then when I got home I was like oh there's a ice cold beer in here

I have to tell you something embarrassing about Gary. I'm in Paige's bedroom right now, and I didn't realize that he went to, like, military, like, a private, like, military school, and I thought it was a picture of a guy that wasn't Gary, and it took me so long to be like, so who's this guy that, like, it's Paige. It's Paige and her brother. Yes. I got jealous of a picture of her brother, like, the first time I came here.

That's funny. Yeah, it is funny. Oh, wait. Okay. Well, where's the picture, man? Show me the picture. It's in her. Well, because I just saw this picture of Paige and Gary. Holy crap. Her mom put Pringles and Rocher. How do you say the chocolate balls? Ferrero Rocher. Ferrero. Oh, yeah. She put snacks on my nightstand. Oh, I love that. All right. Well, okay. On that note. Hold on. Hold on. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Last thing, does she do... Yeah, they don't care if you guys are in the same room, right? No, no, no. Okay. Did your parents care? No. Our parents are just happy to have us home. Yeah. And that we're healthy and happy. My parents stopped caring once I graduated. I think it was... I don't think they want to put any...

thing in place that would discourage us from coming home. I think they're like, if you want to come home, you can do whatever the hell you want. My parents stopped caring once I was born a man. No. It was after college. But with Katie, dude, they have never cared either. Like, you know, when she brought home a guy...

Well, not just that's always the younger sibling, like a boyfriend from college. And I was always like, Mom, Mom, are you gonna let this happen? Are you gonna let this happen? And she was like, you know what? I'm just happy that she's home. And like, yeah. So to y'all's point, that's true. Always younger sibling. All right. Well, wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving for us, Austin.

Craig, you have to as well. But besties, happy, happy Thanksgiving and thanks for joining us today. Enjoy the family time and soak it all in as much as you possibly can. We love you all. Craig, wish him a happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving to... I had to bring it up at the table. I was like, I hope everyone's enjoying this murderous holiday that we celebrate where we just came in and stole a bunch of land from people and gave everyone diseases. And now we still... And my dad's like, but this was the day that they didn't do that. They all got along on Thanksgiving. He said, Craig, they had fun on Thanksgiving. You're...

And then I thought they would know I was like kind of kidding, but they were like, you're stupid, Craig. Thanksgiving was a day of peace. And I was like, well, they only needed a day of peace because of a murderous British regime. And then Paige goes, your people were there, Craig. The Conovers have been here since the 1620s. Like they came over on the Mayflower. She said, so if you're going to yell at anyone, yell about your own family. I said, well, that's very fair.

Only Craig would end our Thanksgiving podcast on that note. But also, happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Hey, Paige. Every sandwich has bread. Every burger has a bun. But these warm, golden, smooth steamed buns? These are special. Reserved for the very best. The Filet-O-Fish. And you. You can have them too.

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba.

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