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Morning X Blog
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The MorningX with O'Dick and Deb
 Posted
3/3/2010 10:27:00 AM
WHO'S MORE IRISH?:
What are you doing on St. Patrick’s Day? We’re gonna be at Fado Irish Pub, and you should be, too. And while you’re there, maybe we can solve a little dispute that’s been going on behind-the-scenes for a while here. When Jason and Deb were hanging out with the proprietors of Fado a few weeks ago, Jason noted what he thought was a phony connection between Deb and the owners because they’re all not from the U.S. But Jason claims he’s more Irish than Deb is. They’ve been fighting about it ever since. Each day the two of them are going to put forth a reason why he or she is more Irish. Jason’s reason is the most obvious: he has red hair – that’s the most Irish thing you can possibly have. Jason wikipedia’ed it today, and there are more people carrying the ginger gene in Ireland than in any other country in the world. Deb’s got something pretty good, as well – an O’ in her surname. O’Keefe sounds pretty Irish to me. Caller Nick said that he’s gotta go with Jason, but there’s an easier way to solve this whole argument. If you’re going to go based on Irish stereotypes, you should just have a drink-off. Deb claims that at the Memorial Day Pool Party two years ago, she drank Jason under the table. A texter said that no Irish person has ever gone to bed before 10 PM. Drew thinks it’s Jason because Deb’s British, so her people have oppressed the Irish for centuries. Vote at the poll just over to the right here to determine who’s the real Irishman – Jason O’Dick or Deb. (Even if you think it’s Jason, vote for Deb so that you can see Jason dressed like a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day at Fado.)
DEB AND SI GOT IN A FIGHT:
Sorority Intern Cassandra is not a tough person. She was probably brought up to be the cute girl in the background who’s supportive, and she needs to be toughened up a little bit. She tries to be all growns-up and all growns-up, but she has a hard time of it. She tried to yell at Jason yesterday, and it certainly got his attention, if nothing else, but it left him feeling more like “what the hell?” Every week Deb and Cassandra go and work out, which makes her somewhat more tough, but some of the exercises scare her. When they’re doing group exercises, Cass doesn’t want to throw things at Deb’s face, because she doesn’t want to hurt her. When they pass the sandbags from one to another, SI barely even got it to Deb, and that’s not the way the workout should be. So Deb told Cassandra to throw it at her for real. And Cassandra did. And it hit Deb in the face. She tried to play it off like it didn’t really hurt, but when they were doing pushups after, Deb teased SI by showing her that blood was dripping out of her nose. Cassandra freaked out, but she’s sort of proud of herself at the same time. She’s an empowered woman now. Jason doesn’t like new, spunky Cassandra. But that’s because he’s a big pussy.
JASON AND SI ARE IN A FIGHT:
Yesterday we received an email asking us if anyone on the show wanted to intro Kevin Smith at the Long Center on Thursday. Cassandra asked Jason if he was going to do it, and when he said yes, she said, “You’re not going to try and be funny are you?” Ouch. The worst part is that Jason had a joke all planned out already, and now he’s upset that she’s shooting it down before it’s even been told. As we all well know, Jason is a “professional” comedian. He decided to test out his joke on us to see what we thought. “Kevin Smith invited me to be here and introduce him so that he would look slimmer.” From everyone here in the studio: silence, cricket, cricket, silence. And that’s about what he’s going to get if he tries to be funny when he’s going up next to a real comedian. Good luck with that, buddy.
JASON WAS INVITED TO A BABY SHOWER:
Why would someone invite Jason to a baby shower? Isn’t that just a bad idea, no matter how you spin it? Regardless of the reason, it’s happened. Jason is very conflicted about going. On the one hand, this guy inviting him is literally one of Jason’s best friends in the world, and when he moved to San Antonio, Jason was legitimately really sad. If Jason loves him so much, why not use this as an excuse to drive to San Antonio and see him? Because it might be miserable. Deb and Cassandra acted out what being at a baby shower is like, and it scared J just a little bit. Cassandra told us that there are diaper games where you put different kinds of chocolate in a diaper, and you have to guess what kind of candy you’re eating. Gross. Hey, you can drink, though. Brad called in to say that it’s not that bad if you have a co-ed party. They threw a couples’ baby shower, and the guys hang out and drink some beers and barbecue while the girls bounce around with their presents and games and stuff. Maybe Jason can do it, after all. Not that he’ll want to.
THAT GUY:
Every week we shine the light on That Guy – the guy (or girl) who does
something douchey and either doesn’t realize it or doesn’t apologize
for it. Today we talked about
Constantly-Posts-Horrible-Things-On-Facebook Guy. Let’s be clear in
that “horrible things” doesn’t indicate the John-Gosselin-penis type of
horrible. It’s more the million-app-requests type of horrible. That
Guy posts something on your wall, and when you’re excited to see you
have a notification, you’re shot down as soon as you see that it’s them
wanting to know, “What Is Your Emo Nickname?” How can you be so
heartless as to ignore the endangered panda fish who needs your help?
How long would Jason last in a zombie apocalypse? That Guy this week
is Deb’s nephew, Tom. But he’s almost 12 – that’s the age you’re
supposed to do that, right? He’s really just That Boy, so he should
get a free pass on this one. If you’re still in middle school, hey,
that’s fine. If you’re sitting at work and filling out all these
quizzes, you need help. It’s getting to the point where you don’t even
want to log into Facebook anymore – there’s no thrill in getting seven
notifications. Wait, how long did we talk about Facebook today? No
more the rest of the week.
AUSTIN RESTAURANT WEEK:
Brittany from Rare Magazine came by today to tell us about a really
cool event that’s happening this week: Austin Restaurant Week. It’s
something that happens biannually, in Austin and across the country,
where restaurants deeply discount their meals in order to benefit
charities. In Austin, there are 63 different restaurants offering
dinners, full, three-course meals, from $25-$30 for dinner or $15-$20
for lunch. They’ve got vegetarian and gluten-free options, as well.
There’s something for everyone. And it’s a chance to sample some nice
restaurants in Austin that you maybe wouldn’t have otherwise tried,
since they’re normally too expensive. The best part is that the
proceeds actually benefit the Sustainable Food Center. It’s going on
till tonight, and then it’s picking back up again from Sunday through
Wednesday next week. It’s a really big deal that it benefits the whole
community, so go to restaurantweekaustin.com or check out
@AustinRestWeek on Twitter to get more information.
NEW WAVE BALL:
The 80s were good. Maybe you know that or maybe you’re like Jason, and you were in diapers at the time. But if you want to remember or pretend to remember, there’s an awesome ‘80s dance party party this Friday night, 8 o’clock at the Hyatt downtown. But the best part is that it benefits the Austin Children’s Shelter. There will be great food and cocktails, as well as some fabulous auction items, such as golf stays and hotel stays and restaurant packages. There will also be a costume and dance contest, judged by some funny and cool local celebrities. Tickets are $50, but if you’re a 101X listener and you buy your tickets today, you can buy three and get one free. That’s a pretty good deal. Check out newwaveball.org for more info.
I LOVE YOU CALL:
Every day we call a random business somewhere in the U.S. and try to trick the person answering the phone into saying to Deb, “I love you.” Today we called Strega Sport Fishing. Well, we tried to. The guy answering the phone just said, “Hello? Hello?” for about a full minute. Turns out that Woody, the guy who answered, no longer has the business, since fuel prices got too expensive. Deb tried to butter him up by asking what he was doing – he’s retired – and saying that she may call a friend of his to go out fishing. When the time came, his only response to her “I love you,” was “… Bye!” She got butt-slammed. Ouch.
I LOVE YOU CALL 2:
We heard this hilarious news story about how a journalist released information about John Daly, the drunken golfer, and all of his citations on the golf course, and in response Daly released the reporter’s cell phone number on his Twitter account. We found the number and called Garry Smits, the reporter, and tried to squeeze an “I Love You” out of him, since she couldn’t get it the first time around. She told him thanks so much for printing that article, and then wondered if he had many supportive calls like hers. Not so much, surprisingly. (That’s sarcasm, by the way.) He and John Daly are pretty much off each others’ Christmas card lists, needless to say. He was extraordinarily boring is the real point of the story, and when Deb dropped the bomb, he dropped the ball (talk about mixing your metaphors). Butt-slammed again. Double ouch.
THE QUIZ:
Every day we “trivialize” Deb by asking her questions on a variety of topics. Today we did John Daly trivia. Is John Daly over or under 45 years old? Surely she knew that. She guessed under, which is correct. He’s 43. What’s he known for – his short game, iron accuracy, his length off the tee, or his swanky dinner party? She guessed his length off the tee, which is absolutely correct. She has heard about his dinner parties, though, and they are epic. True or false – John Daly has never been married? Deb guessed that he has been married, which is correct. Well done, even though all you know about golf is what you’ve learned from Happy Gilmore.
REWIND:
Twitter is arguably the most popular social networking site right now. Even the celebrities are Tweeting! In this game we choose 3 celebrities and use their tweets to play a game for tickets. Jason, Deb, Mindy Montford and a listener try to guess which celebrity tweeted what in order to win. If the listener beats either Jason or Deb by guessing the most correct tweets then he wins! Today we played using tweets from Pink, Nichole Ritchie and Kendra Wilkinson. These girls are all married and 2 have recently had kids, so Cassandra thought that would throw everyone off and it did! Deb won the game, because she watched E! a lot, but Jason and Mindy had no clue about these chicks. Congrats to the listener who at least beat Jason to win tickets to the Dead Weather!
NEWS:
Rick Perry won the republican nomination and Bill White won the democratic nomination in the primary for Governor.
Mindy Montford won 45% of the vote for District Judge, but now has to go to a “run off” with one of the other ladies.
SPORTS:
Tiger Woods is back home in Florida after spending a week in Arizona taking marriage counseling. He is back to practice. He has 4 weeks to get ready for the Masters.
Spring practice started yesterday. Garret Gilbert changed his number from 3 to 7. Case McCoy looks pretty unimpressive so far in his college debut.
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Son of a Preacher Man
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I'm gonna have to go for Deb being more Irish. I really wanna see Jason in that Leprechaun costume! Love you guys!! I listen to yall every morning.
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Posted By
Megan
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3/4/2010 8:18:44 AM
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Voting for DEB being more Irish just cuz i want her 2 wear a sexy leperchan outfit :P
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Posted By
GONZO
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3/4/2010 8:18:12 AM
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