Veterans Day, peanut butter hot dogs & football penalty

Hey everyone, welcome to The Pulse. I'm Tom Haynes. And I'm Christine Spiro, joined by Noheli Rose and Griff. Chris in the house. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That's a good introduction. I appreciate that. I feel like music should come. Every time you walk in the house. Right. Your own house. Right, I need her. That's the greeting you get, right? Yes, yes. Chris in the house. Every night at 7, we go beyond the headlines and look at the stories that have you talking. So, ahead tonight, the college football team penalized for flashing two. Many goalposts. We'll talk about this story. Weird food combinations. If you were with us last night, you heard about peanut butter on hot dogs. No, thank you. I mean, we're going to talk about the crazy and amazing responses you guys sent in. They were pretty overwhelming. Yeah, we got dozens and dozens. And side dishes are the heart of the holiday table from... Green bean casserole to mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. So we're talking about Thanksgiving must-haves. You're making me hungry. But first, paying tribute to our nation's veterans. Legg Griff here. This morning, President Trump placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown at Arlington National Cemetery. It is a time-honored Veterans Day tradition. This Veterans Day is the first since the war in Iran began more than eight months ago. Nearly a thousand service members have been injured and at least 23 have been killed in conflict. The president acknowledging their sacrifice, vowing it won't be in vain. He also thanked veterans and their families for their service. And sacrifice. Meanwhile, on this Veterans Day, communities across the Peach State came together to honor those who served for us, including in Smyrna, where residents gathered for a ceremony in Veterans Memorial Park. That was a particularly meaningful ceremony up there. They're great. Griff, it is a meaningful day in general. A lot of people are... We are obviously thanking our veterans for their support of this nation. You yourself are a veteran. Tell us a little bit about Your service and what this day means for you. Man, so my whole family, my grandfather was in the Navy. My father is a Marine drill instructor. My brother, Marine. My other brother, Army. My oldest son, Army. My middle son, Air Force. My youngest son, Army. My first cousin, Air Force. Everybody. So it's generational. Yeah. And then on my wife's side, her cousin Michael is in Japan right now in the Marines. And then her cousin Donna retired. So, and then in our family, if you. You weren't in the service, then you were either in the police department or Department of Corrections. So my whole family serves. I copied Morse code during Desert Storm. Oh, wow. And just at 17 years old, you know, and when I look back at it. The friendships I've made, the life skills, the leadership skills I learned, I've applied my whole life, and I'm just very grateful that I've served this country. It's something cool to say in passing. Well, thank you for your service, first of all. That is just incredible how it just lines up with, like, it falls in your whole family. It's in your blood, literally. That's okay. What was it for you that made you say, this is what I want to do? Is it because you had... Family members already in the military, or? Okay, so this is really dumb. Is there a moment? You know I'm a comedian, but this, so I really wanted to spite my father, who was a Marine, you know what I'm saying? And then I was like, I'm going to join the Army. And then I came home and he said, oh, Army means ain't ready for the Marines yet. Oh! Exactly. If I would have knew he had an acronym that quick, I'd have joined the Navy or the Air Force or something. I'm sure he's got one for that, too. Yeah, that's right. I'm sure the Air Force is called the Chair Force, So it probably wouldn't have been. Well, look at this young man. Oh, yeah! Let me tell you something. I was at the barbershop today in Douglasville, Cindy Cuts, and my barber, Sean, was in the Air Force, and we just talked about how, you know, being, we were children. We were so young, and then to leave, I just wanted to leave California. It was a bad time in California with gangs and other stuff, so to be able to be stationed in Germany and lived in Germany, and I speak fluent German because of that experience, I'm so grateful. But you were a really young man. I actually graduated from basic training at 17, but I was a platoon sergeant the whole time. So as a child, I understood that you could be in charge of older people as long as you knew what you were talking about. Yeah. And would you recommend going into service for younger people now? Because my nephew is interested and I'm like, well, I don't even know where to put you. So I've asked like military friends. I have a ton of friends in the military, Air Force, all kinds of things. I don't even know how to recommend where to go or if you should go. I mean, it's so cool. To me, I think all kids should join the military, you know, especially when you don't know what you want to do. You don't want to be a hassle to your parents. You don't know if you want to go to college or not. Join the military. Learn a trade. Learn to be a part of something. And, you know, I'm going to say Army, but I would recommend Navy and the Coast Guard. I mean, I don't know. For Marines, I mean, it really just depends. What recruiter you talk to? A lot of recruiters. They can all sell it. I had a really cute recruiter, and she actually sold me really easy, too. Speaking of recruiters, one of the barbers in the syndicate, he is in love with you. With me? I'm talking about in love with you. And he said, if you could tell her, he's a New Orleans Saints fan, but I said, I'm going to tell her anyway, but he is in love with you. Okay, what's his name? Um, see. Okay, okay. He's not my barber. Sean's my barber. I didn't call him my homie, so. Much love. We appreciate you. See, see, see. It's time to start finalizing those Thanksgiving menus. We want to know, what are your favorite Thanksgiving foods? You know the fan favorites, mac and cheese, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce. When it comes to dessert, you like pumpkin pie, pecan pie, apple pie. Bye. Whether you're hosting or eating at someone else's house, these dishes make Thanksgiving a holiday centered around food, family, and traditions. So which one of those stand out to you most, guys? I'm in charge of the mac and cheese. Oh, come on now, that's a big deal, that's a big deal. We're going to her house for mac and cheese. Does the mac and cheese substitute the mashed potatoes? No. Okay, you can have mac and cheese and mashed potato on the same plate. But let me tell you something. No one's going to be in charge of mashed potatoes like the macaroni and cheese person. You got to understand, in our culture, if you are in charge of the macaroni and cheese, that means no auntie, no sisters, no... Like, she's doing the macaroni and cheese, which means her macaroni and cheese is beyond on hit. Yes. Exactly. You can't destroy the mac and cheese on Thanksgiving Day. Right, but you do have both. You have to have mashed potatoes, too, though. You have to have both. All right, I thought it was... This will be the first year. We're empty nesters, me and my wife. So I was just telling her, last year she made all this food. It's just me and her. I said, babe, let's do traveling spoon this year and go to other people's houses. Traveling spoon. Yeah, that's what my mom been calling that my whole life. I like that. Traveling spoon, go to people's houses. You need me to bring anything, girl? Girl, like, what? Stop making, like, my wife is going to cook for 12 people and it's literally just me and her. Leftovers for five days. Leftovers for a week and a half. A week and a half. But I do want some of your macaroni and cheese. Okay, we need to do some collaboration here so that I can come over somebody's house. Travelers, boom. We need a taste tester. We need to taste sister. Favorite Thanksgiving side or dish? For me, it's pastel en hoja. Okay. That's a big Thanksgiving thing in Dominican Republic. It's actually a big thing for any... Holiday, Christmas. So what's in it? What's in it for us non-Dominican folks? That's a great question. You don't know what you're eating, girl. I do and I don't. So my guess is because it's wrapped in banana leaf and it has chicken or beef inside. Got it. And then I eat it with hot sauce, lime, and ketchup. But I can't tell you what it's made of. I think it's made of plantains. It's similar. But I know that the, how do you say masa? What you make it out of, like the dough that you make. It's not corn. I believe it's plantains, but it could be yucca, and maybe it's a mix. So I'm going to Google that and come back. Yes. Annalise, mac and cheese real quick. I'm mac and cheese all day. Mac and cheese all day. I love stuffing. We want to check your pulse on tonight's topics. Hey, scan that QR code on your screen. Leave your comments on anything we're talking about tonight. And when we come back, hot dogs and peanut butter. It was all the talk here last night, the crazy responses we got from some of our viewers. We're going to hear from some of you when we return. Then later, the flag thrown at a college football team for too many goalposts. Have you ever heard of a penalty for too many goalposts? We'll talk about that coming up. Welcome back to The Pulse. So yesterday, we were talking about weird food combinations and wanted to know if you would try peanut butter on a hot dog. And we asked for your responses at home, and boy, did you guys have something to say about it. So we wanted to share a few of those with you. Felicia from Marietta says, I love peanut butter. I'll put peanut butter in my veggie omelet instead of cheese. That's disgusting. But hot dog, no way. Okay. All right. Oh, right. I see the difference. She's rising the line. Right, yeah, yeah. I see the difference. All right. Instead of cheese. But hot dog, no, ginger from Somerville, okay? I do know someone that likes putting peanut butter on their grilled cheeses. Grilled cheese? Mary from Lawrenceville says, I love me a toast of peanut butter with ham on top. Brad from Cummings says, on hamburgers all the time. Got to try the hot dog. Interesting. Okay, before we go on to the next guy, we just said peanut butter on hamburgers. And grilled cheese. And peanut butter on cheese. And omelet. I got to digest that, no pun intended. That's crazy. Good luck digesting that. Absolutely. Hyde says, absolutely. Eat salami and Nutella. Why not peanut butter and a hot dog? Salami and Nutella. Antoinette from Hostel. That's absolutely disgusting. Thank you, Tony. I will not eat that on a boat. I will not eat that with a goat. I will not eat that here or there. I will not eat that anywhere. You were. It was the mayor of what? Who was it? The Newnan mayor? Macon. Macon, sorry. The mayor of Macon was the one who, I guess, this went viral when... This mayor mentioned eating peanut butter with his hot dog. Fat back phenomenon that we're having in America right now. And it just sounds like. THC food, things you get when you're not supposed to be out late, like peanut butter and hot dog. Oh, that smells really good. So you're not down. Thank you. I'm not ever eating peanut butter. My wife, LaNiga. Wait, you were in the army. You guys ate so... We ate a lot of random food. You guys ate so really... A lot of random food. But guess what? And probably if we had to rush... I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Peanut butter hot dogs, hurry up, because you just ate everything quick? Maybe, but not just putting it on like it was ketchup. Not by choice. Not by choice. So weird combinations. I put ketchup on my scrambled eggs. Does anybody here? I don't know if that's weird. I feel like a lot of people do that. Yeah. My mom did that. I love ketchup and scrambled eggs. They do taste better. My dad used to do that, so naturally now I do it. But like peanut butter is not the natural thing you reach for when you're making hot dogs at all. It's because you're doing too much. She wants a hot dog, and then you're like... Like, you know what? Let's crumble up some Oreo. Hey, I got a question for you. I got a question for you. We had a chef on last night, and she did make a good point. You have meat satay. It's like a peanut sauce for meat in Thai dishes. So that's peanut butter and meat going together. Oh. You know, you make a peanut satay sauce, so you wouldn't, you know, put the hot dog in there. But it's not a hot dog, and it doesn't have bread, and I don't want to hear it. Thank you. Hot dog is not a steak. Hot dog is not. No. Yeah. It's just going to be a no. So the bread cancels it out. I think the bread cancels it out and the type of meat that it is. It just doesn't, you know how people want the salty and then they want the sweet. Right, that's the same. They don't go together. They're not, you know, now if you said, oh, I eat hot, you know, potato chips with peanut butter, I'd be like, when are you expecting? Well, that's a great point. That was not too bad. That's a great point. And it is all about expectations. Right. Right, because when you bite into a hot dog, you're expecting the ketchup. And the yellow mustard and the relish and sometimes the onions and all of those beautiful and the pillowy soft buns. And it's all savory. And you're expecting all those flavors to fill your mouth. And then you're like, wait, what, peanut butter? Right. I don't think so. That's not my mouth. It just does not seem right. But I don't know. My family's Jamaican, so we kind of eat weird foods sometimes. So I don't know if I have room to really. Diss someone who likes peanut butter with, you know, we eat goat meat. Yeah, we do, too. And oxtails. Curry goat is absolutely amazing. Right, exactly. I don't find that weird, though. I think that's cultural. I don't think it's weird. Maybe in America it's like, you eat goats, what? But I don't really think that's weird. So do you think that this mayor of Macon is alone in his odd, you know, taste or desire for peanut butter hot dogs? Like, did he sort of... Well, based on our viewers, this doesn't seem like... Yeah, somebody puts it in there, scrambled eggs. Yeah, scrambled eggs and peanut butter. Awesome, that's what I want. What was our poll last night? I think 80% or 70% of people said no way. Like, no way. It's gross. 70? Only 70? Over 30? Oh, okay, I was like, oh, you think that's a lot? Over 30% said they would try it. Yeah. So 35, 37% are... Maybe that's what we... This is what we need to do. We're judging the book by its cover. We should at least... Somebody bring out the peanut butter. Right? Hot dog. You got the peanut butter hot dog? I'll take a bite. I'll take a bite. We sound like a lot of people. Try it. Right. We sound like a lot of people. People. You're not going there? I'm not going there at all. I'm going to go to Costco, get my big tub of peanut butter, go to the hot bar, and then slide some up. Maybe I'll put some up on social media. They're going to kick you out. Yeah. I'll do a taste test. We've never seen this before. Our college football team penalized for having too many goal posts. What's this all about? We're going to explain when we return. University of Miami, Ohio found a new way to commit an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty during the final seconds of the first half of With Ohio Leading 17-7. Ohio kicker Brack Peacock missed a 34-yard field goal attempt. That should be like a chip shot, right? Easy, easy. 34 yards? Well, he missed. Well, the replay showed that Miami's scoreboard operator had flashed extra images of goalpost uprights in the video screen in the kicker's line of sight. Look at the top of your screen. You see the video of the goalpost? Yeah. That is so aggressive. Miami head coach said he had no idea his team could get penalized for what was shown on the video board. Many people didn't know there was such a penalty. Now they know. The NFL in September sent a memo to teams about video board hijinks after it came to light on social media that the New England Patriots had shown uprights in reverse on video screens during opposing field goals and extra point attempts. I'm not a kicker. I've never kicked a field goal, but I would imagine that is confusing. So Miami, Ohio was playing Ohio. Yes. Okay, all right. I just wanted to clear that up. Here's the deal. If fans are making noise behind the goalpost, that's fine, okay? That's what going to the game is all about, razzing the other team. The team shouldn't be putting things up in the billboard to distract the other team. That seems like you're playing around with the rules, right? I don't know. I don't know. I didn't think it was that. You take the penalty. I'm a fan. Like, I like it. And he missed. So it worked. It all the way worked. That's number one. So shout out to whoever did it. Like, we did that. Give that guy a raise. That's like piping in noise into the stadium. All right? The same rules apply. What's the difference when the stadium puts on the screen for the crowd to make noise and be louder when the other team is on offense? But you're not going for a point. But the other team's on offense. At the basketball games, they had those long games, and everybody, when the player's at the free throw, and they're doing all that. The fans, the fans. But it doesn't obstruct your vision, though, which I think is the point. Well, when you're shooting a free throw, and you see the fans that are sitting, they're all doing this. But they're not giant. But that's what I'm saying. Those are the fans making that noise. That's not the other team's video board putting up scramble things on the screen. If he makes it, will we be talking about it? Well, probably, probably not. Or we would be giving him compliments about it. No, no, if he made it, but it was the ref that has us talking because he called the foul on the other team. Right, right. Well, it is, it seems like it is a rule. So they were right, I guess, to get the penalty. I guess the question is, I mean, there's so many things that happen during these football games that's meant to distract the opponent. That, you know, whether it's. The school is high-fiving the digital dude. For sure. Yeah, for sure. But I wouldn't have thought that that would be something that would distract the kicker. Right. I've never kicked a football, so I wouldn't know. Looking at it, I think so. Yeah, they put like four field goals right in the line of sight of the field goal. It's a lot of yellow lines. Everything is yellow. It's a lot of yellow lines. So, but. But it's like taking a timeout. Right before the kick to ice him out. That's playing around a little bit, too. I mean, pick your poison, right? Not that I know anything about sports ball, because I don't watch football at all. Sports ball is amazing, number one. Thank you for sports ball. That was so cute. Not that I know anything about sports ball, but I've never heard this rule before. So is this new or is this an actual thing? We've never heard. I've been watching sports ball my whole life, and I've never seen that happen before. So, again, shout out to the graphic guy who got away with it. They can't do it again, but I'm sure high school is another. It has to be a way because, like you said, so if I have to kick, I'm about to go kick. The other team calls a timeout. They call it icing me, making me think about it more. So it's little ways, any ways you can get to win or beat an opponent. You just got to do it. You have to do what you got to do. Well, when we return, are you mispronouncing these five common words? We're going to put you to the test. When the Pulse returns, don't go away. No, I ain't. Oh! Come on, ladies. Sports ball. Let's go. I don't see my name. Welcome back to The Pulse. So how do you pronounce, and I don't know how to pronounce this either, Worcestershire sauce? No, no, hell yeah. What? I don't know how to pronounce it. Let me just say, I was in the military and I was stationed at Fort Devens in Massachusetts, and we were next to the city of Worcester. In Massachusetts? Yes. First of all, it's Worcester. You're right, but I'm doing way better than the people that say Worcester. Which I did, because I went to college in Massachusetts, and I was on the radio, and I made that mistake. But we were by Worcester Mall, Worcester Mall. No, Hallie, keep going. I don't know how to pronounce that, but we're talking about the sauce used on steaks, hamburgers, Worcestershire sauce. I don't know how to say it. Worcestershire. Worcestershire. So on Scramble, I released 15 of the most mispronounced words in the United States. Okay, it's number one. Worcestershire sauce. Number two, gyro. You didn't even say it right. It's Worcestershire. It's gyro. It's gyro. It's gyro. It's gyro. It's gyro. Give me a break. It's gyro. What about dachshund? Gyro. Dachshund. Dachshund. Dachshund. What about niche? Niche. Yes, niche. All right. What about Porsche? I say Porsche. The Porsche Brunner show. Yes, I say Porsche. But I thought Porsche was acceptable. Porsche? I don't think so. Is it Porsche or Porsche? Like the car. It's Porsche. Oh, yeah. Cars. It's Porsche. Is it a Porsche car? It's Porsche. I say Porsche. I thought it was. I was going to say a Porsche model. But I thought they were both like acceptable pronunciations. Research shows that the main causes for people to mispronounce words are irregular spelling, words borrowed from other languages, and regional variations. Worcestershire sauce. It's not shire. I thought it was sheer. Worcestershire. It's Worcestershire sauce. Worcestershire. Shire. No shire. Worcestershire? No shire. I'm not going to remember that tomorrow. It's Worcestershire sauce. Bye, guys. It's gyro. It's gyro. It's gyro. Well, it's definitely not gyro. Did you say hero or gyro? It's very niche-y of us, to say the least. Yeah, niche-y. Have a great night. Happy Veterans Day, everybody. Griff, thanks for coming in. Thanks, man.