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Listeners confess their sins to Dori

BY Jillian Raftery  on March 19, 2013 @ 2:42 pm (Updated: 2:35 pm - 3/20/13 )

After a an anonymous New Yorker started advertising his "Mr. Apology" confession line, Dori thought his listeners might have a lot to confess, too.

"We're here to make people feel better," said Dori.

So he asked them to call in and, voices disguised, confess all their dirtiest secrets. Like listener Goldfinger*, who felt frustrated with homeless people.

"I realize I should have compassion for the less fortunate," said Goldfinger. "But I'm getting sick and tired of the homeless in Seattle. I don't mean the legitimate homeless. But I mean the guy up in Shoreline who wears a white shirt and a tie and has been out of gas for at least nine months."

Goldfinger says he has no more sympathy for legitimate homeless people because of all the scammers out there. And after he confessed, he said he even felt his blood pressure go down.

Mister L had a more serious confession: he used to have a serious drinking problem.

"Over the course of 2005 to 2010, roughly, I have driven the streets of Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest highly intoxicated," he said.

He never crashed his car or got arrested for a DUI, but during a stay at a treatment facility that helped him overcome his alcohol addiction, he estimated that he drove drunk over 3,000 times.

"After some time of being sober, I appreciate this chance to apologize to your listeners and anyone who was on the road at those times. I'm sorry that I endangered your lives," he said.

Jester called in to confess that he had an anger management problem and wanted to know how he could anonymously make it up to a friend he'd wronged.

"We kind of got into a squabble. I got angry, I kind of have a bad temper, so I took my knife and I wrecked his brewing equipment," said Jester.

Dori told him that he could send him cash in the mail so he'd be able to repair his equipment, while producer Jake told him to buy his friend some beer.

There was just one listener that Dori couldn't absolve, a listener that hung up at the last minute: Sori confessed to voting for Christine Gregoire.

"There are some things we can't forgive," said Dori.

*Names have been changed to protect listeners' identities.

Jillian Raftery, Social Media Captain
Jillian Raftery is a social media captain for the Dori Monson Show. She loves the neighborly vibe of the Pacific Northwest and spends as much time as possible outdoors.
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  • Ontos wrote...
    My biggest sin
    March 20, 2013 10:34 am
    Is motoring to my tract home at "Hawk Creek Ranch" in my Jag.
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  • chubby wrote...
    I wonder . . .
    March 20, 2013 4:52 pm
    how many times Anne Bremner drove drunk before she was finally caught. Ask her next time you have her on your show, Dori. Hypocrite! Oh wait, Dori says that people drive an average of 80 times before they are caught. And please, please, please start taking phone calls from listeners again. It is torture to listen to you banter with that pea brain producer, Jake. It's talk radio . . . the callers make the show!
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    My hope is that,
    March 24, 2013 12:20 pm
    all Left wing Parrots will eventually realize the errors of their ways and come here and apologize to us Americans for re immaculating their Dear Leader. TWICE!
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  • Annie (1) wrote...
    Hate this!
    March 24, 2013 1:11 pm
    I have to say-I hated listening to this & after about a minute(maybe less) switched the channel. I find myself doing this more & more often with all of KIRO'S shows. I used to be an avid-all day listener-but no more.The morning news is awful-Might listen to a bit of Ross & Burbank from 9-10 but as soon as Tom Tangney comes on-off goes the radio. Dori-used to be my very favorite-but when he switched from taking calls (loved the back & forth discussions with callers) to just talking --now more ranting than anything else--with his producer it was a major disappointment . His show has become more like the "National Enquirer" of the airwaves! This "Confession Line" idea is a great example of just that.
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  • Yadda1 wrote...
    Fluffier
    March 24, 2013 2:10 pm
    Than fluff.
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    Wow
    March 24, 2013 2:41 pm
    I see Dori has attracted a bunch of malcontents to his blog... :+{
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    You
    March 24, 2013 4:36 pm
    too!
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  • CH wrote...
    "There are some things we can't forgive," said Dori.
    March 25, 2013 4:45 am
    Me being a Moron. Or dad wanting a girl, I was the best I could be for him but he was a skunk of drunk! Almost as bad as the flounder BLAW.
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