"B98, who do we have on the line?"

I have been choreographing a dance for Hurricane High School the past two weeks. I go to early morning practices to help them work on it. On my way home (1/2 hour drive) I’m flipping through the radio stations and I hear “Robin and Tommy” pleading for any females in the area to call in right now. They want to play battle of the sexes and they need a female caller. They kept trying to pick up the phone but every time it was a male trying to act like he has too much estrogen and attempted to have a high pitched female voice. They weren’t fooled. So- I figured, why not? I’ll just call in because it sounds like someone needs to represent the female community of St. George. And I’m pretty smart, right? I would be the perfect candidate.
I dial in and they answer!!! “Hi, B98, this is Tommy, who’s on the line”. I could hear him speaking to me on my phone but I could also hear it live on the radio. I froze. I didn’t know what to do. I finally turned down the radio and introduced myself. I explained I had NO idea what I got myself into, I didn’t even know what game they were playing. They said I’ve going up against Dev for a prize package. I was in! So… here’s how it goes…:

Robin (DJ): “Ok Erin, here’s your first question…Who makes the PT Cruiser”
Erin: “Ahh….. I don’t know…. CHEVY!?!?!”
Robin: “No, wait! I didn’t explain it right, you have choices, it’s multiple choice. Ok is it Chrysler, Chevrolet, or Ford?”
Erin: “Chevrolet?”
WRONG.

Dev goes and get’s his question right… but it wasn’t a girl question… it was about spring training… this is when I realize the game is RIGGED!

Robin: “Ok Erin, next question… now listen to my voice intonation when I give you multiple choice answers. In a recent survey given to men, what is the first thing they notice on a woman, their front side, backside, or EYES. Remember, listen to my voice intonation.”
Erin: “FRONTSIDE! Final answer!”
Robin: “No no no… listen to my voice, front side, backside, or EYES????”
Erin: “No way is it eyes!?! They lied. If I’m going off your voice intonation then I’ll say eyes as my final answer but we all know what the real answer is… “
***By this time they are all in tears laughing at me…
Robin: “I’m giving it to her!”

Dev goes again and get’s his male oriented question right… screw that… this isn’t battle of the sexes…

Robin: “Alright Erin, last question. Now it’s not multiple choice so I’m going to give you some hints. Who sang the National Anthem at Woodstock in 1969?
Erin: “What the!?!? I wasn’t even born back then… how am I supposed to know this? I really have no idea so you might as well give it to this Dev guy…”
Robin: “No, think about it, he was really good at the guitar….”
Erin: “No, you think about it, I really have no idea so you should just give the prize to Dev, he deserves it, he knew that spring training in AZ has something to do with cacti!”
Robin: “Okay…. Another clue… he plays the guitar and his name rhymes with shimmy…..”
Erin: “What? Shimmy? I have no freaking clue… seriously I give up… I’m just embarrassing myself and all the women I’m representing this morning.”
Robin: “Okay… last clue… his name backwards is Hendricks Jimmy… who is it?!?”
Erin: “Jimmy Hendricks!!!!!!!!!!!!” (never a prouder moment in my life)
Robin: “YES! YOU GOT IT!!!”

Yippee.

We all could not stop laughing on the radio because of how bad I was at this game. I was mortified at how dumb I sounded but I did it all with a smile on my face. They told me to hold on the line so they could get more information. Once they were off-air they told me that they had so much fun and thought I was so funny that they were going to give me a prize package too! YAY! “What did I win?”

A golf package to Sun River golf course.

I hate golf.

****Epilogue: I got home that morning and couldn’t wait to tell Neal about my hilarious commute home. After explaining to him what happened the first thing he asked was, “You didn’t say your last name was Burk right?”