Grinchy Quickies

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:19.9	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at
0:27.9	Dr. Laura.com.
0:29.7	Send a quickie.
0:30.4	It's quickie at Dr. Laura.com.
0:33.1	Here we go.
0:34.4	For Matt, if I'm getting some food for a treat for my two daughters while they're at their
0:43.6	mom's house, should I also get something for their five-year-old half-sister? My kids are 12 and 13.
1:02.6	Thank you, Matt. As grinchy as I purport to be today,
1:09.6	how the hell could you even think of not giving all the little kids a treat? What the hell, guy?
1:13.4	Of course you do. They're little kids. I don't care.
1:19.5	Who produced that other kid that's in the mom's house? There's a kid in the mom's house.
1:27.2	I have sister kid in the mom's house. Of course you give everybody a treat. I don't want to be outgrinched.
1:29.6	If you didn't give a treat, you'd outgrinch me.
1:32.8	Oh, that one I had to read three times to make sure I read it correctly.
1:39.6	That's it.
1:41.0	Okay.
1:42.3	Heather sent, quickie. Have you heard the phrase, can't is a coward, too lazy to try?
1:52.0	Even a Grinch likes that one.
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