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Deucebags and a Microphone. My name is Mark.
And my name is Rob.
We are operating from Kansas City, Missouri in Camdinton, Missouri, which is about 2.5 hours south of Kansas City. Southeast, maybe.
Yeah, southeast, yeah.
Home of the Lake of the Ozarks, right there in the epicenter of debauchery, right?
Yep.
Yep. So, anyhow, Rob, we're in luck.
Yeah, yeah. The average Super Bowl ticket price started at $5,300, but it's down to $3,500.
For the shitty ticket, probably standing room 20 rows back.
We're in luck. It went down 2,000, Rob. Yeah.
You know, last year I saw where people that bought tickets for around $4,000 were on the concourse back about 20 rows.
The people were literally watching the game on their phone.
So I don't know why in the fuck would you want to do that, except, you know, taking pictures, selfies, and sending them out.
Hey, look, I'm at the Super Bowl. Look, I'm watching this shit on my phone. There's people everywhere.
I think it's ridiculous, but whatever.
The Power and Light District here in Kansas City will be home to thousands watching the game.
The average hotel downtown that night is around $600.
But you can't get one, not even the shitty ones on the east side, like over there near Truss and all those Van Brunt and all that.
You can't even get one there. Yeah.
I plan on watching the game from my living room with some wings, Rotel, and extra thin tortilla chips, and maybe some barbecue to boot.
What do you think, Rob? That sound about right?
Sounds damn good to me.
All right. Now, here's my dilemma. Okay. Ice cold, ice cold, Genling, even though it's a Pennsylvania beer.
Or should maybe I find Boulevard or a local craft boo just for this game?
I said boo, brew.
I think so. Okay. Okay. You just backed it up. I didn't say anything. How I was leaning.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to have to go with a craft brew from Kansas City.
Just right down the road, a mile down the road is Martin City Brewery.
They have some really good like an Abbey Ale, which is kind of an amber ale, which I'm really into.
They're my favorite beers to drink, obviously, because you know, Genling is amber ale.
So it's not quite as good as Genling in my opinion. I mean, everybody has different tastes.
But you know what? I think I'm going to have to go get some Abbey Ale.
I'm going to have to consume that. And then after we beat their pants off, we're going to go ahead and grab some Genling. Right.
Yeah. Just for one day. Just for one day. Just for one day. We're stopping the Genling. Yeah.
And Potsville, I believe, if I'm correct, is a suburb of Philadelphia on the north end, maybe something like that.
I believe if I'm wrong, I don't know. But that's what I was thinking for some reason.
Either I went through there or saw it or something. I don't know. Anyhow, you know, Pennsylvania beer, you know, I guess.
So they could be considered the enemy for one day.
We both admit we love Pennsylvania beer. Yes. Yeah. And the other one is Rolling Rock.
Two of my tops are Genling and Rolling Rock. Both Pennsylvania beers.
And I still can't. For one day, I'm going to have to. You know, same here.
I'm going to get a craft brew and then I'm just going to be good with that. And, you know, and that'll be fine with me.
You know, I'm saying three thousand. That's, you know, for a ticket, three five hundred.
Why not take a cruise? You know, they play the game everywhere on a cruise because I've been on there for a Super Bowl before.
They play them in your room, the Jumbotron on the main deck, all the sports bars, you know, would that be great?
You know, spend three five hundred on a luxury cruise and watching the game on there instead of being there with like.
I mean, you probably have to Uber or rent a car to get there and it would take forever to get in there.
Security will be Dix forever to get out of there.
And you probably can't see the damn you can't see the football anyhow.
So I don't really understand. It would take you one whole quarter just to go get a beer.
Mm hmm. Take a leak. Yeah.
Hey, no kidding. You know, yeah.
So you're wasting your money going on. That's my opinion. No, no, no.
I want you to go home or like you said, on a cruise or wherever. Rob, I agree.
Hundred percent. That's why I brought it up. I wanted to see what you thought.
OK, number one, I got to get a local craft beer to support Kansas City.
And then number two, you could even go with a Budweiser.
Yeah. I mean, Missouri beer. Uh huh.
So yeah, for whatever reason, I've grown out of Budweiser.
I used to. I kind of have to. Yeah, I used to love it.
To me, it just doesn't have that good of a taste anymore like it used to.
So you think so, too? Yeah, yeah. It's not the same as what it was.
Yeah, I don't know if they use cheaper ingredients or if it's just me drinking better beers or something.
Drinking craft beers. It could be.
I've got my taste buds changed and I'll try it again. I'm like, man, this ain't right.
Yeah, you know what? Me too. And it's switch from just your regular, I don't know, Pilsner to now I like an amber lager or something like that.
You know, so anyhow, probably part of it's me. And the other part is, who knows?
You know, they might use I don't know this for sure, but they might use cheaper ingredients.
But now, so anyhow, but anyhow, speaking of cruise ships, someone was listening to us on a cruise ship, Rob.
Really? Yeah. Did you see the ping in the middle of the ocean? No, no, I did not. I have not looked at it.
OK. Well, the reason I know this is I believe this to be a cruise ship is because for some reason, if you play it, it wasn't in an airplane,
because I've listened to our show numerous times in the air with different airlines and it never registers on RSS or Google.
You don't see it. Yeah. I don't know if it has something to do with their Wi-Fi or what, but you cannot find it on there.
So that being in the middle of the ocean, I would bet it wouldn't be a yacht. It probably wouldn't be an oil tanker or a cargo ship.
It's probably a cruise ship. And someone's listening to us, you know, as their leisure while they're sitting there looking at the ocean or whatever,
or chowing down on their fifth burger, you know, whatever.
So, you know, so whoever this is, please, please, please email us. Let us know who you are, where you were when you're listening to the show.
I mean, that would be cool to know. Yeah, I thought that's pretty cool. I was like, man, I can't wait to tell Rob.
So anyhow, yeah, so yeah, I'm going to listen to us on a cruise, too.
So then the end of April, I believe you can look at my paintings. OK.
Well, we'll see. I might go on one myself. Man, that would be excellent, dude. You need to. You so need to.
Well, I thought you did. Yeah. Yeah. I think I'd be excellent. I might go on a cruise.
Cool. OK. You know what? We'll talk about it later. I think that's an excellent idea.
And I know exactly who to go through. Yep. Yes, I do. Yep.
Well, she are you talking about my cruise person? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah.
She listens to this show. Her name's Wendy Whitbeck from Travel Masters, and she is the best, the best.
I'll tell you what, she's been everywhere. And so you can go, all right, well, I'm going to be going from Norfolk.
I don't think they do them anymore from there. But let's just say Norfolk.
And she can tell you what what what is the best hotel, you know, that you're next to the pier at.
What's the best value? Everything. I mean, because she's been to all these places and she knows it.
She doesn't just look it up on a map and go, it looks like this might be your best bet.
She actually knows she's been there and lived through it and knows.
So anyhow, so we'll talk about that a little bit later. And chances are she'll hear this.
I take your word for it. So I'm telling you, she's the best without a doubt.
I've got everybody at work using her. I got like five people at work using her.
They all rave about her. I'm like, yeah, I told you, man, I wouldn't lie to you. I got to work with you every day.
I got to look at you every day. So I wouldn't lie to you. So yeah, no shit.
Yeah, so it'd be kind of bad like, hey, Mark. Yeah. Yeah.
I called that lady. Yeah. Yeah. Why? You know, I mean, it would really be awkward.
No, she's the best. I would not recommend anybody who is not the best.
If I didn't know for sure if they're the best, I wouldn't say it.
So anyhow, my cousin and family that they live in Canada, they're visiting from Nashville.
They'd never been there before. They're hopefully one of their daughters going to go to school there.
Well, actually, I'm hoping she goes to school here, but I don't know if that's going to happen.
So anyhow, you know, I told them to get the Nashville hot chicken and Hattie B's,
and I told them some of the best, the must see places. And I think they visited some of them.
I know they went to Hattie B's because I got a text. Oh, my God, this chicken is so good.
And then the peach cobbler, which I forgot to tell me about the peach cobbler. Oh, my gosh.
Have you ever had Hattie B's or peach cobbler there? No, I have not.
OK. You've been to Nashville, though, right? I've been through Nashville.
OK. You never really stop. OK. Oh, no, no. OK. I also, you know, direct them to other food joints.
I even direct them to the White Castle. So I introduced the White Castle to my cousin a long time ago when he was here,
when the White Castle was still in Grandview. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
And I told me his burgers were huge. Yeah. Yeah. He hated them.
So so anyhow, I told him I said, hey, there's a lot of White Castle's around there. He's like, no.
He said, I can bring you some. OK. Yeah, we can talk. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Some little grease pellets from heaven. Yep. I can smell those onions now.
So anyhow, but I realized talking to him, I have vacation withdrawal this time of the year, you know,
is usually when we go on cruises. But, you know, we didn't want to leave my mom here during the winter.
I know she's too dependent on us. So we had to push it back till spring.
So I kind of got, you know, describing all this stuff and reliving the times I've been there in Nashville really made me realize
I'm on vacation withdrawal. You know, and I know a lot of people are probably like, oh, fucking lucky you.
You get to go on a vacation. You know, I mean, it really is a thing to me.
You know, to me, it's a sanity thing. If I don't take a vacation, I'm going to go fucking insane and my head's going to explode.
You know, I mean, that's just the way I'm geared. I've got to get away from everything for a certain amount of time, clear my head and come back.
So anyhow, so this time of year, you can't really go to Eureka Springs because you don't know what the weather is going to be.
And you can't really do anything outside anyhow. Right. Right. Yeah.
Because I mean, you know, if it's 30 degrees, you're not walking around outside. You're not going to the shops.
You're not going and sitting in the forest and the trees. You're not doing any of that. You're inside looking through.
A lot of time, a lot of this time of year, a lot of the time there's not many places to open.
Yeah, that's that's also true. A lot of them go to Florida. It's a tourist area.
It is. And a lot of them go to Florida. A lot of them are retired people that they they they want to own business, you know, to retire.
And they just do, you know, they get to live down there where they want to.
And, you know, and they have to do a little work, but not a whole lot of work.
A lot of it. And then a lot of them, because there's not enough tourists there in the winter.
You know, you don't want to you don't go down there during the winter because those steep hills and mountains.
I mean, if there's any weather at all, you can't get up them.
I mean, yeah, if you got anything at all, I mean, even semi-slip conditions, you can't get up those hills.
So a lot of them, they build to Florida. They're just like, yeah, you know, we'll see you guys.
Yeah, let's say end of March. Yeah. So yeah, you're right.
At least half the places are shut down right now. The places to stay.
And even I think even some of the restaurants close for winter, too.
So anyhow, I think so. Yeah.
Yeah. So anyhow, so the best thing to do to me is whenever you're jonesing for a vacation real bad, you plan one.
So, you know, so the cool thing is, is I already have one planned.
So this is what makes me feel better.
I go around and look at unique activities to do in the areas like I found some sunset cruises for Curacao, Aruba and Bonaire.
All those are the three islands that we're going to go to.
And I booked two sunset cruises. I feel really good about it.
It's still 80 some days away, but still it made me feel a little bit better.
You know, like I said, I go crazy if I don't get to go somewhere and unwind.
So anyhow, but, you know, finding these activities online is really fun.
You know, like Key West, if you look it up, a lot of people like Key West.
I like Key West. It's not my favorite place, but I like it.
Anyhow, Ernest Heavingway's house. You can go there and see it. It's unique.
I've been there. Anyhow, he has five legged cats that are inbred there.
I'm not kidding you. All the cats are from him when he owned the cats.
And they've been reproducing and they're insetuous and they have all these little birth defects and stuff.
I'm not kidding you. If you go down there, you'll see like a five legged cat.
Yeah, it's still a little on the property. That's cool.
Yeah, yeah, it is cool. And supposedly he was a real fucking asshole.
Anyone that's around him. Yeah, that's the one I've read.
Yeah, he was a miserable bastard according to everybody that knew him.
They're like, oh my God, he was such an asshole.
I also am down there in Key West.
There's a vacation home for that President Harry S. Truman has and it's called the Little White House.
I didn't know that. It's called the Little White House.
It's a White House and it's called the Little White House. It's pretty cool.
So anyhow, the Little White House is a place a lot of people don't know.
The only reason I found out about it is because someone told me when I told him, hey, where are you from?
We're at this restaurant Latitudes. We were talking to some people. Hey, where are you from? Missouri.
Oh, did you know Truman's Little White House is down there? No, I didn't.
You know, it's not something like they really brag about or whatever, but it's really cool.
It looks kind of like a little White House, not quite, but a little bit like it.
And I guess, you know, he would bail down here to get away from her.
I mean, after all, he didn't, you know, he was so burnt out on it and having to drop the atom bomb on a bunch of people and kill a bunch of people.
He was so burnt out by the end of his presidency that he didn't run for reelection. He could have. He said no.
And then after that, Rob, I know you know this because you lived around Kansas, say your whole life growing up.
It didn't depend on Missouri. What did he do? He sat on his porch every day and waved at people.
If he wasn't in Florida, he was out there and it didn't matter.
He'd sit out there in cold weather, hot weather. He would sit on his porch and just wave at people.
That's all he wanted to do. Did you ever hear that? The people that used to wave at him all the time?
No, I had not heard that.
Yeah, it's probably in the archives somewhere.
But they said that every day he sat on his porch and all he yearned for after all that stuff in Washington, D.C.
and having to drop the bomb and all that. After all, he was responsible for millions of deaths.
I mean, he did order that, which look, he saved so many lives by doing that. He did.
But still, think at the end of the day, you're thinking that, you know, I vaporized millions of people.
I mean, it's probably kind of hard to live with, right? I mean, wouldn't you think? Wouldn't you?
Yeah, it would be.
Yeah. Well, he saved a lot of lives. The war didn't go on. He forced him to unconditionally surrender because, you know,
and to his credit and everyone else's credit is they did send him pamphlets for about four or five days saying,
hey, look, guys, we have this thing that's going to vaporize you. Stop right now and it won't happen.
And of course, they said, oh, fuck you. And, you know, and they had to.
But so after all that, he was so worn down. He was like worn down to a nub. He was like, you know what? Fuck this.
All I want to do is go sit in my home in Independence, Missouri, where I grew up and wave at people driving by or walking by.
Right. And he was a very accessible ex-president because I don't believe he had any security there either.
And I don't believe he wanted any. Isn't that something? Isn't that refreshing?
I don't think he did either. I don't think he did it.
No, no. He lived there and he sat on his porch. I know. Well, all of them are dead now.
But I knew about 20 people growing up, older people that used to wave to him all the time.
You know, and this is now it's like it's in the historical register and it's well kept in the I think the government owns it.
I don't know if it's local or whatever. But anyhow, now nobody lives in it.
And it's kind of like a museum type of thing. And it's kept nice and everything.
But I mean, you know, it's just a regular house there that he lived in, that he wanted to live in.
And he, you know, and I thought that's cool. And I think the house was like part of his family's home.
I think maybe he lived there part of, you know, part of his life and he wanted to go back there.
So anyhow, and then another thing is, is I had to book some some insurance, vacation insurance.
And a lot of people are like, OK, well, all right. They'll book with the with the actual boat.
Like let's say it's Carnival or Norwegian. They'll book with their insurance.
Well, when do you let me know this last cruise? And I had no idea.
OK, they don't cover anything except the cancellation on the boat.
Nothing else. If you buy your insurance from a company that does that, like Alliance or Travel Guard, you you get medical.
Because if you have to go to the hospital on the boat, it's thousands of dollars just right off the bat.
Number one. Or if you have to go to the hospital in Aruba. Oh, my God.
I could not imagine how much that would be. And then the other thing is, if you're in the hospital, you're not getting back on the boat.
So not only are you going to owe a huge hospital bill because guess what? Your insurance doesn't work over there.
A lot of people go, no, I got Blue Cross. I don't care. They don't pay out of country.
It's right there on your card. So a lot of people are.
Actually, you're only allowed a certain area, a certain network.
Yeah, yeah. There's a PPO and all those. Yeah, you're right.
I mean, around here, I pay a different fee if I go to a certain hospital and I pay a lower fee that's in network.
They do that all the time now. They have their. And I know why, because I got a surprise bill when I had my gallbladder almost rupture quite a few years ago, seven or eight years ago, something like that.
And they sent me the remaining bill that that the insurance wouldn't pay.
And I'm like, shit, it's like 70 grand. So I'm like, oh, fuck. Yeah, I can't pay this, you know.
So anyhow, I call up the insurance lady and she goes, hey, she goes, let me let me in.
Let me let you in on something here.
I'm like, OK. She goes, you're not responsible for that.
We have a plan with them with that. I'm not going to say their name, but we have a plan with that hospital.
I spent five days in the hospital, including a full day in the emergency room because they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me.
So, OK, that was 75 grand that all that cost.
All they had to pay them was five grand because that's all the plan allowed.
That's the plan they negotiated with them to be in their network.
And that's how they want to go to certain hospitals because that hospital only charged them five grand.
Another one might charge them 10 or 15 or 20. You see what I'm saying?
And I couldn't believe it. I go, I don't have to pay this? She goes, no, you don't have to pay this. They have to write it off.
She said, we paid them what we said we're going to pay them and what they said they're going to take for this.
Wow. So anyhow, I never got another bill because anyhow, she goes, do you want me to call him?
I go, yeah, I would like it. She goes, I'll call them and I'm going to tell them if they send you another bill, she's going to report him somewhere or something.
And I never got another bill again. Nothing. Never heard a peep. They should have never sent that to me.
I don't know if it's an accident or if it's their policy to send it to see if people pay.
You know, some people probably freak out and go, oh, should I owe this?
And then they call it go, well, how about a hundred dollars a month? Okay, sure.
You know, I think in what you enter into a contract like that, then you're not getting out of it.
You're paying a hundred dollars a month, probably for the rest of your life.
So I don't know if it's standard procedure to try to get more money or if they just they made a mistake and they sent me a bill they shouldn't have.
So anyhow, but oh, anyhow, the trip insurance.
Okay, so a hospital in Aruba and then you got to get back home and which, oh my gosh, the the airports in Aruba,
although they're better than a lot of a lot of smaller islands, are astronomical, astronomical to get to a bigger.
Let's see from Aruba. You probably would get back to the states.
They probably have. But the planes aren't very big and they cost a lot of money.
And so if you have the total trip insurance by Alliance or Travel Guard, you get you get a hospitalization covered.
You get your flights covered. And look, I'm not getting anything from any of these guys.
I'm just telling you this right now because I kind of went into it. I didn't mean to.
But anyhow, OK, so you have everything covered like like front to back.
So you get your hospitalization if something happens on the boat, on an island or whatever.
You also get your flights, the hotels and the crews, the work of the crews.
Let's say you spent three thousand on a cruise. Every penny of that is refunded to you.
They they give you back in a check. So, yeah, so anyhow, yeah, you know.
Let's see. Oh, oh, I got one more thing I want to kind of go over to.
OK, this has been going on lately, too, in cruises. OK.
More and more cruises are happening around the world. OK.
And let's say they used to have 10 of them. Now there's 50 of them. OK.
So what's happening is they used to be able to stay at a port and wait for people
that are trying to get back on the ship. Let's say they got somewhere got trashed
or they have their time wrong. They said be back on the boat at two.
You thought it was six. They used to wait four or five hours.
I mean, I remember I'd be so pissed. I'd be like, all right, I'm back at two thirty.
Like they say, I get on the boat and then I'm just sitting there waiting.
Well, how come we're not leaving? I got back at two thirty.
How come we're still there? And then you keep hearing them call names.
And then like four hours later, they show up and it's like, man,
I could have spent four hours out on that island, but I obeyed everything.
And I got screwed. You see what I'm saying?
But now they can't do that because they don't have the port time they used to.
Most of the times that ship leaves an hour later and other ships docking there.
So now the last two cruises I went on, I witnessed four people having or four different.
OK, in Roatando, it's like four families. They had a bunch of luggage.
They put them out on the pier and they leave them there and then they go.
And then the next thing they do is they take the money that you owe them off of your credit card.
So hopefully you have enough money on your credit card to make it to the next port
that the next cruise is going to be on or make it back to America or whatever.
And so it's kind of funny now.
I mean, they they just don't wait.
A lot of people don't realize that, you know, they're used to going, oh, man, they'll be there in an hour.
Not necessarily true anymore.
The last cruise, I'd say they waited about 25 minutes and then they were gone.
They booked.
People get left there because because they think, you know, that they'll stay there for like they used to.
But anyhow. All right, Rob, I took up a lot of time there.
What do you want to go into?
Well, since you're on cruises and out of the country, I'm going to another country.
OK, sounds good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
A mountain in New Zealand is now officially recognized as a human.
Hmm.
OK, a mountain in New Zealand is now officially recognized as a human.
I want to hear this.
Considered an ancestor by indigenous people,
the mountain was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
Mount Taranaki, now known as Taranaki,
Angola, it's already a guessing on those. OK, it's considered an ancestor by indigenous people.
The snow cap dormant volcano is the second highest in New Zealand's North Island at 8,261 feet.
And they pop those spots for tourism, hiking and snow sports.
Recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
It is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand,
which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before.
OK.
That's weird, man. Yeah.
New Zealand, huh?
Yeah, this is in New Zealand.
And that's a dormant volcano that they're calling a mountain.
Wow.
And they gave it human rights.
Just because the people that came from there recognized it as an ancestor or whatever.
Well, here. OK. Yeah, I think it's wacky, don't you?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's why I bought it.
Yeah, but I mean, it's not hurting anything, I guess, right?
No.
Well, fuck it. Let them have their fun. Whatever.
You want to play that a mountain's a human being? Go ahead. You're not hurting anything.
I just want to know if the mountain's going to pay taxes like everybody else.
Yeah, I think it would. You know what, Rob? I demand it.
Yes, I agree with that.
But, I don't know if they have taxes in New Zealand or not.
Yes, they do. Actually, a guy that I used to work with, I worked with him for a couple of years,
almost exclusively, he was a guy who went out of town with him, my whole job.
He went to New Zealand. And yeah, they pay taxes and they've got an economy
and they have a governmental system and all that.
But he said it was really weird. He said if you go up into the mountains,
you have to be back before like two or three because every time at like 3 p.m. or 2 p.m. or something,
a monsoon comes out. It rains hard for like, I don't know, 50 minutes, 40 minutes, something like that.
It washes out the gravel road and you can't get across it. So you're stuck on the mountain.
And I was like, wow. And so every damn day, they went up into the mountains, to the hot springs,
the mountains, there's like hot springs there, right?
I've been in hot springs in Colorado before and it just re-energizes your body.
I mean, at least I think it does. They say it does. It felt like it did because of the minerals in the water.
So every day they would go up there, him and his girlfriend would go up there
and they'd lie around in the hot springs, drink some beers and everything.
But the locals said, be through here, this part by three or whatever,
because when the monsoon comes in, it will wash out the river or wash out the road.
And then they put the road back together and it does it again the next day.
So very different way of living for sure.
So, all right, hey, let's take our first break and we'll come back in a minute.
I got some emails, dude.
Hey, sounds good.
All right, cool. And Ronnie, Ronnie sent us one. All right, we'll be back.
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Strange but true.
Yang Kyo-Jong was a Korean soldier who, during World War II,
was captured by the Japanese and forced to fight the Soviets.
He was captured by the Soviets and forced to fight the Germans.
And then was captured by the Germans and forced to defend Normandy.
Where he finally captured by the Americans and sent to a prison camp,
he is the only soldier have fought on all three sides of the war.
Now, from his underground bunker camped in Missouri,
stocked full of dried goods, canned food, and a couple of vibrating toys,
is ramblings of a madman featuring Rob Rant.
My mechanic told me I couldn't repair your brakes.
So I made you one letter.
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Two douchebags and a microphone. I'm Mark.
And I am Rob.
Well, you want to get to the emails?
Yeah, thank you.
Okay, the first one, I'm going to go ahead.
This is kind of like the featured email because this is a really good one.
I mean, Ronnie's got one too that we'll get to a little bit later
because it's another top seven list and we'll have to bring that up on the next show
or come out in their list.
Mark, I know you are a barbecue guy.
I recall you saying you used to be a pit and grill guy.
I'm asking you because you would probably know.
Should beef brisket have a 16th or a 32nd inch edge of fat on it?
They say it's for flavor.
I believe you said you used to work barbecue,
and if I got the wrong podcast, I'm sorry, Thanks in Advance,
Walt in Tennessee, you did not get the wrong podcast.
This is it.
No, this is correct. This is correct.
Yeah, I was a pit guy in Jackson.
I even know the answer.
Okay, cool.
Go ahead, Mark. Here's your question.
All right, yes, I was a barbecue guy for a couple of years.
I did the pit and then I went back and did it again for a couple of years at Jack stack,
which is a very famous, probably the most famous barbecue in Kansas City worldwide known worldwide.
So I would know this.
All right.
Okay, Walt, if a joint sells quality barbecue, this should not be an issue.
The marbling of the meat provides all the flavor.
Also, you have to barbecue it and not smoke it.
There's a difference.
Barbecue pits, they have lower racks that are closer to the fire.
And then they have other ones way up there that are for slow cooking and smoking.
The brisket has to be seared off at the lower level.
And then when you get like a golden tension, a golden crisp kind of layer to it on the meat side of the brisket,
that locks in all the juices.
So the juices are in there.
The marbling, what happens is, is when you sear it, the fat that melts inside the brisket, the marbling,
that's why we say get choice or prime, but hopefully prime.
When it melts, it doesn't leave the brisket.
It doesn't drip off.
And what it does is it sits in there and it tenderizes and marinates that meat.
So no, it should not have any fat on it at all.
After you sear the brisket, it's a golden brown.
Okay?
And then you slow cook it for six or seven hours, however long it takes,
depending on how hot your fire is, up on the very top to where it's slow cooking.
You want it to slow cook about, I don't know, what would you say, Rob, 300 maybe?
Yeah, about, yeah.
Probably, you know what, probably 250, right?
Yeah, yeah.
I was going to say more like 275.
Okay, 275.
Yeah.
You know, Rob, you're right, 275.
Somewhere in that range.
Yeah, you want it to cook so you'll get it.
You know, you don't get it in three days, because if you have it sitting there three days, it'll dry out.
But if you have it there for six or seven hours, slow cooking, 275, I think you're correct.
That's probably the best temperature.
And then your brisket is fine.
You don't need any fat on it.
I've heard that too.
And I don't know.
I don't know if it's people that don't know, or if they're just trying to sell someone some fat.
What do you think?
Well, it adds to the weight of the meat.
So yeah, I would say.
Yeah, I've heard that.
No, no, Mark is right.
For a good brisket, there should be no fat.
No, you have all the flavor from doing what I said.
And anyhow, Rob knows this too, because if you live in Missouri, you know this shit, right?
Yes, yes.
I've worked in a barbecue place or two myself in my lifetime.
And it's also part of your manhood card, right?
Whenever you go to get your man card, you have to present the barbecue rules.
Yes, you do.
If you don't know them, you don't get it.
They hold it back until you come back with the right answer.
So there you go.
And I'm happy to say Rob and I both have our man cards, don't we?
I know I do.
Do you have the hologram on yours or not?
Do you have the old-fashioned or do you have the new one with the hologram?
No, I have the hologram.
I had to renew mine.
Oh, okay, okay.
I got both.
I saved my original one without the hologram, and now I got the one with the hologram.
It's pretty cool.
Well, yeah, yeah, always.
Yeah, you've got to save the old one.
You've got to save the old one.
It's like a driver's license.
Yeah, like a driver's license where I have long hair and I freak people out.
Oh, my gosh.
Your hair is long.
I'm like, yeah, no shit.
I told you this how many times.
Yeah, so anyway.
Proof.
Yeah, proof.
People that didn't know me back then that know me now.
Okay, Mark and Rob, are all the shows going to be video as well?
I think you have three currently.
Vicki, North Kansas City.
No.
Okay, this one right here will be video.
There's another video question on your evidently we sparked some interest like this.
Yeah.
Okay.
I have people asking me all the time, how do I watch you?
You don't watch, you listen.
It's what you do anymore.
It's all on video.
So we'll get to that.
That's the way we have to do it for now.
Yeah, for now.
But we are going to video.
We have to.
I've got to reconfigure my podcast room here so you can see more of the art and stuff that
I have on it.
So but anyhow, the other two shows besides this one, two douchebags and microphone, the
other two, the sports bastards and the music creeps, we can't.
It's at the city market in Kansas City generally.
If the weather's nice, it's there.
There's really not a good way to video us.
And also people don't come up and talk to you if you're having video there.
If you just have a microphone there, people come up and talk to you.
But if you put a video out there, people don't want to be on it.
They, you know, they don't think they look good or I don't know, or they just don't want
to, you know, they don't know what you're saying, what you're into.
You know, it could be a podcast about devil worshiping and then they show up and start
talking.
I don't know, you know.
So, yeah, people generally.
You never know.
They might have a spell on you once.
You never know.
They had down to the city market.
It's probably, probably half of them did.
Rob, that's it right there.
And then the other half, they just think I look mad.
Okay, Mark, I could not agree with you more.
That dumb ass fireplace statue is completely ridiculous.
I'm trying to load up a bunch of guys to tear that bitch down one night.
Mitch and Garden City.
Let me know, Mitch.
I will gladly, gladly show up with a sledgehammer.
I knew I couldn't be our first video on podcast.
Yes.
Tear down the statue of the Burke district.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, Google it.
I'm not going to explain it again.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Ronnie and Tulsa.
Tulsa King asked this.
Robin Mark, what are your all time favorite TV series?
Top seven.
Next show.
Yep.
I tried it.
I was going to give you, I've been so busy.
We're looking for a new car or a Jeep or something.
And anyhow.
I'm not being looking for a new truck, too.
Yeah.
It takes up so much time getting online and anyhow, one of the people I'm dealing with,
they have two different car dealerships.
So I have to tell them, OK, I want this one over here because I'm going to go over to
this one and all that stuff.
So it's kind of, anyhow.
All right.
So anyhow, I didn't have any time to alert you is what I'm saying.
OK.
No, you're good.
You're good.
OK.
So Ronnie, that will be Tuesday night.
You'll probably get it Wednesday.
OK.
Mark, I love the new segments you have, such as post apocalypse and strange but true.
Keep up the improvements.
It's being noticed.
Larry in Ottawa.
Thank you.
You know, there's a.
I'm trying to figure out what I'm trying to say.
You could still be silly, but kind of grown up.
Right.
You know, some of these things aren't quite like knee slapping.
Ha ha ha.
But I don't think it has to be.
I think neat little pieces of information are just as good for something like this.
And stuff like strange but true is stuff that has always intrigued me.
And I think it probably intrigues a lot of people.
And thank you for Larry.
Thanks.
Thanks for sending that message because it just kind of backs up what I'm saying.
Makes me feel better about the direction we're going, you know, because.
You know, when I listen to the early ones like Mr.
Creepy and all them, I fucking cringe, you know, I was still figuring out what I wanted to do
and what I can do good and what you can do good and what Topher, you know what I mean?
And it's easy to kind of like think something's good and he he and ha ha and then a little bit later.
You're like, yeah, so but I leave them up.
You know, people go, oh, that sucks because I did.
So anyhow, all right.
Next one, Rob, how is the duck blind studio coming along?
You haven't heard much about it for a while.
You spoke about it last one or no, the one before you.
Yeah, it's slowly.
I just inherited more burn to put in here.
And just tonight, my daughter brought me a little light, a little table light that she found.
Oh, dude, I'm jealous.
I don't know if it works with I just I'm loaded over guard right in here.
I mean, there's going to be so much added.
Yeah, yeah.
He's aiming for what I'm doing right.
Yeah, I want something spectacular when it's shown.
Yeah, I already had the LED lights wrapped around.
And I've got a couple of things with a lot more to go.
OK, like I still have the time.
You know what I mean?
I got I got an unexpected five hour visit from my grandson today.
You never know what's going to happen.
Which is awesome. I'm very happy for you, Rob.
Oh, I love it. I love it. I love it.
Cool. Yeah. OK. All right.
This is why I look at it.
What you said in here, I told my friend, and she's getting ready to start a podcast.
And I kind of video chatted her and showed her some of the stuff that we use and all that.
But I also mentioned the mood you set in your room should be something that makes you happy.
It makes you, I don't know, entertaining, I guess.
Maybe all this stuff in this room is stuff that I love that is my core being.
And I love having it around me because I feel personality.
Yes, your personality is what it is.
Yes. So that's what Rob's doing down there.
He's putting his personality around him.
And I feel it's better podcasts when you have stuff like this.
I got my rock and roll over there. I got my beer signs.
I got my chief cell line. All this stuff.
I want to have all that too. Yeah.
So I think it's not just cool looking, but I think there's actually a method behind it.
I think there is good reasoning to have something like this.
All right. Next one, and this is another video question.
Look, this is it. I'm not entertaining another video question again.
Gentlemen, why on earth would you want to move this show to video?
We love it with the funny pieces you add afterwards.
Nobody and nowhere.
Nobody. Okay.
We're going to have two versions of it.
And like I said, this is the last time I'm going to talk about it.
We're going to do the one live and then I'm going to splice it apart like I always do
and put the little bits and stuff in there like the strange but true and the post-apocalypse
and pick up lines from the loser and all that stuff.
That will still be there, but it will be in the listening only section, the podcast section,
like Apple Podcasts or let's see, who else? Spotify or whatever.
So if you want to do a live one without all this stuff, if you want to watch it, you're welcome to do that.
Or you can do both of them. You can watch it and then listen to the final product a day later or whatever.
So we're not taking anything away. We're adding something.
And that's it. So please, no more stuff about video.
I know some people don't hear all the podcasts, but anyhow.
That's just going on. I'm done with it. So anyhow.
Yeah, point blank. You're going to have both.
Yes. So cheer up. There'll be so much douchebaggery. You'll get sick of it.
All right, Rob, we turn to you.
OK, well, I'm going to jump in.
You guys did a list on music creeps the other day without me.
Sorry?
I went into the story about where I was yelling at you and Topher about 5.15, 5.30 in the morning.
I told him he was laughing.
Seriously, I was yelling at you guys. I'm surprised I didn't wake my neighbor.
But I went ahead and put come up with my top seven fight songs.
Sweet.
OK, first one, bear with me.
Because when you went into the description, you said you were in traffic.
Somebody put you off or hit you from behind or something.
That's kind of where this song comes in.
Yeah, yeah. Someone fucking hits you and then they flip you off and they're the ones that ran the red light or something.
Or they cut you off and you're both sitting there at the light and he flips you off when he ran the red light or whatever.
And so you're like, all right, motherfucker.
So you jump out because this guy's being belligerent and this is go ahead, Rob.
Well, for this song, this is for the shy, quiet guy.
They have to sit there and think about it before he just jumps out of his car because he's not a fighter.
OK.
This song is color of the county by Kenny Rodgers.
OK, so this is a guy.
When he locks the door, he takes all three of that one brother out.
So you're going to take that guy out and any of his friends that they call with you.
True.
I'm being a fighter.
That's a good one. Really good one.
I thought it was. Yeah, I thought it was.
Number six. I went with Gator Country, Maliachi.
Like I said the other day.
That's the one that you said Topher grazed on it. You're like screaming.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's the one I was screaming the whole time.
I was like, all right, I calmed down now.
I don't know. I kind of like flirting with disaster.
I know that's kind of common for Molly Hatchet, but I don't know.
Yeah. Yeah.
I think Gator Country would be more of a fight song.
I think it would, too. You're right.
Anyhow. Yeah.
OK, my number five.
The number of the beast by Iron Maiden.
Oh, yeah.
That's a good one.
Yeah.
My number four.
Godzilla, Blue Orchard Cole.
Oh, shit.
That is a good one.
He's got a bus and throws it back down.
And then he goes to the center of town.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, a fight song.
That is one of the all time best riffs ever. Guitar riffs.
Oh, yes, it was.
Very simple, too.
Minor in a regular chord, F chord.
Anyhow, go ahead.
OK.
My number three.
Screaming for Vengeance by Jude Priest.
Oh, yeah. Another good one.
My number two.
Breaking Stuff by Limp Bizkit.
Breaking Stuff.
I don't think I'm familiar.
Yeah.
He's talking about.
Oh, yeah.
He's breaking everything.
Yeah.
It's a very angry song.
OK.
Cool.
That would be like the parallel to my Pantera.
The anger rock.
Right. Yes.
Yes.
OK.
Cool.
But it's one of the.
It was one of the rur songs.
It's been out quite a while.
I'll check it out when I get a chance.
You would probably know it.
I'll listen to it.
Hopefully I'll get a chance because I got the next three days off.
Woohoo.
Lucky you.
Yeah.
Lucky me.
OK.
And my number one, like I said.
Hair of the Dog by Nance.
Oh, man.
I can't believe I didn't remember that one.
Yes.
I've always thought that the.
I think we did touch on it, didn't we?
I said, do you want I think Topher came up with that one and I asked him if you could use the Guns N' Roses one too.
And he said yes.
OK.
You asked me.
Oh, it was you.
OK.
It was you.
OK.
When I mentioned Gator country, I mentioned my number one hair of the dog.
Oh, that's right.
You did.
OK.
Yep.
All right.
That's a great list, Rob.
That's a really, really good list.
All right.
I'm going to take our second break.
Come back in a minute.
All right.
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And in medieval and renaissance art, Satan was depicted with a goatee as well.
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The apocalypse just happened.
You don't know what to do.
You don't know where to go.
But we can tell you what you can eat.
Elderberries can be a delicious and tasty treat in the wild.
During the apocalypse, this can be a great go-to food because it is also medicinal.
It helps with inflammation to headaches.
And also, maybe you're sore from running from that radioactive antelope or whatever.
Take some elderberries. Maybe you can run a little bit faster and get away from the damn thing.
Two douchebags and microphone. I'm Mark.
And I'm Rob.
I've got something to say here real quick.
I'm doing a lot of mouth whistling right now.
And here's what's going on.
I had a crown break off right at my gum line.
And I'm having an implant put in.
An implant takes like eight months of the gum's healing and the bone healing and all that.
It's not a simple process.
That's how come it costs so much.
Okay, so until then they give you this thing called the flipper tooth that you put in and it fits in there.
It looks like a tooth that you can eat with it and all that stuff.
Well, it's being cleaned right now.
So I got this little cleaning thing.
And I don't have it in so I'm whistling quite a bit when I talk.
So that's what's going on.
I think it, yeah, yeah, yeah.
This month I should be able to go in there.
I think I already have an appointment.
I think it's next week to go ahead and have the tooth implanted into my gums.
And then I won't be whistling like I am right now.
So I apologize for the whistling because I hate it too.
I can't stand it.
But hopefully it will be resolved here in a week or something like that.
So anyhow.
Okay, Mark.
I'm just going to say I can't hear it.
Really?
I cannot hear it.
No, I cannot.
Okay, in that case I was joking.
Okay.
I don't know if anybody else can, but I cannot hear it.
Okay.
Maybe it's just me being sensitive to it.
I fucking hate it.
Anyhow.
Anyhow, Rob, I've been talking this whole podcast.
You got something you want to go into?
Yeah, I do.
Okay.
This is another little interesting.
Okay.
Zigzag Rolling Papers have introduced a new limited edition portable vinyl record player
in celebration of the brand's rich music heritage.
Zigzag says it's synonymous with creative expression and music culture
from gracing iconic concert posters with featuring on album art
like Dr. Drake's The Chronic.
The suitcase-style turntable is designed for music enthusiasts on the move.
It features a convenient carry handle, making it easy to enjoy vinyl records
no matter where you are.
The record player is equipped with built-in stereo speakers
that deliver crisp, clear sound,
or you can plug in your favorite headphones and immerse yourself in the music.
The three-speed built-in turntable
and it embodies vibrations for smooth playback
and wireless Bluetooth connectivity
allows streaming music up to 33-foot away.
It also includes a USB port
enabling the playback of music directly from a USB drive
so a digital music collection is just as accessible as vinyl.
Wow.
Yeah. It doesn't say where to buy them, but...
Yeah.
Why, look into one.
No, me too.
This is a travel turntable.
Yeah, that sounds cool to me.
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, I imagine we could probably look it up and figure out a little bit more about it,
don't you think?
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
This article does not tell how to find it,
but I'm sure you could look it up.
Yeah, I'm gonna look it up.
I'm sure if you dig enough, you'll find it.
Okay, thank you.
Yeah.
Okay, I gotta go into Super Bowl sweets and their food,
but first I got a little mystery that I want to speak about.
Okay, every morning when I go to work, I go through the Country Club Plaza, right?
You know where it's at, right?
The Warner Road Bridge that goes up there,
it goes up towards St. Luke's and all that,
or you can go right towards Broadway from Warner Road, right?
And it goes over Brush Creek first, then you go on 47 either way or up, you know.
Okay, in the middle of that, in Brush Creek, just to the right of the bridge,
there was a drone right in the middle of the creek, frozen.
How did that happen?
Okay, and then when it thawed, the drone was gone.
Now, did it sink or did someone like come out there,
oh, it's gone, now I can go fish it out?
And if it went in there in the first place, why would you let it ice over on it?
See what I mean?
I'm still perplexed by it.
I'm like, how does that, you know?
Anyhow, you're like me, you don't have an answer, so, all right.
Yeah, yeah, there is no answer.
I don't know.
Yeah, I mean, if your drone went into a lake, or not a lake, but a creek,
it had not been frozen yet.
And if it freezes around it and your drone's like halfway submerged,
then you had to let it freeze on it, right?
Yeah, so, and then it disappears when it defrosts.
You know, the day we got the rain and everything,
a lot of the ice melted on everything, including the creeks, and now it's gone.
So, I don't know.
Okay, the famously expensive Super Bowl sweets,
which can reportedly cost up to $2 million, have even more offerings.
There will be sushi and sandwich platters, seafood towers,
and luxurious Tomahawk steaks with the Super Bowl 59 logo branded onto the bone.
How about that?
I'd save that bone, wouldn't you?
It has Super Bowl 59 on it, and it's on a Tomahawk bone, branded in there.
I would take that sumbitch and I would put it in here somewhere.
I don't know where, on the wall somewhere.
I think that's cooler than shit.
So, anyhow, 12 hours ago, the hospitality company that partnered with
Caesar Superdome to create a sprawling menu featuring Louisiana favorites
mixed with game day classics.
Specialty items include three different poor boys,
Nola's signature seafood sandwich, alligator sausage of French bread,
a lobster cara age sandwich, and a vegetarian twist on Vietnamese bun.
Jambalaya and Cajun beef brisket sandwiches will also be available
alongside stadium staples like hot dogs, pretzels, nachos, and more.
Put me in that one right there, the hot dogs and cheeseburgers.
So, anyhow, it says we want to bring life to the city,
but also need to remember it's a football game.
National executive chef Carmen Callot tells people of crafting the menu.
It's about marrying the Cajun creel, the French, the Southern,
a global melting pot that makes New Orleans so special.
The surf and turf poor boy is a star dish.
It consists of five colossal gulf shrimp, nine-hour smoked short rib,
as well as Mornay and Rumelaid sauce, lettuce and tomato,
or Rumelaid I think some people call it, lettuce and tomato on bread
from local Leidenheimer Baking Company.
So in preparation for 62,000 fans attending February 9th game,
Callot and his team of chefs have ordered thousands of ingredients
with roughly 40% coming from No Less suppliers,
and 5,000 alligator sausages, 6,500 pounds of shrimp,
12,000 oysters, and 50,000 Leidenheimer baguettes.
So there.
Okay.
A lot of food we're talking about.
A lot of gators getting murdered for that.
Yep.
A lot of shrimps getting murdered for that.
All right.
Rob, we turn to you.
Okay.
Did you know that after Satorli Raw,
Eddie Van Halen almost started a super group?
Actually, I did.
I was going to cover this on the music creeps.
Go ahead.
I'm not good at now.
Well, no, no, go ahead.
I'll jump to something else real quick.
No, no, go ahead.
It's cool.
Okay.
Before discovering San Diego in 1985,
Eddie was incredibly uncertain about the future of his career.
Seemingly, he had zero idea what his future trajectory would be,
and consequently, he came up with the idea of forming an 80s super group.
With or without the super group, Eddie Van Halen is a legend already,
and we don't need to paint you a picture as to why.
However, if Van Halen ever discovered Hagar,
the legacy of Eddie would have been entirely different,
and it's all because of this ambitious musical dream.
In an interview with Guitar World in 1996,
Eddie divulged how and why he was going to form this 80s super group
and told the publication.
My plan at the time, and I wouldn't necessarily call it a solo record
because Mike and Al would have played on it,
was to get Mike Rutherford of Genesis, Pete Townsend,
Bill Collins, and Joe Cocker, all of whom I had talked to.
I had written right now back then, and I wanted Joe Cocker to sing on it.
Wow.
It would have been fucking great.
That's what I wanted to do, write a record where I did all the music
and had a different singer on each song added Eddie.
Just imagine if this one would have come to rotation.
That would be cool.
You would have had a different singer every song.
Another one that I wish would have happened was Ozzy almost joined Van Halen.
Yes, yes, I've read that too.
Eddie and Alex both really wanted Ozzy to sing for them,
and Ozzy and Sharon decided against it, I guess, and keep his solo career.
But man, what could have been, what could have been, geez.
Exactly.
Yeah, that would have been great.
So anyhow, thank you, Rob.
Yeah, I mean, we've got so much stuff to cover on the music creeps
that it's like you might as well cover music stuff
because we can't get to it all anyhow.
Right, right.
There is a dangerous new sex trend in sweeping college campuses.
Doctors warn young men they are at risk of death.
Honey, honey nearly kills people.
A new sex trend is sweeping college campuses across the US,
and healthcare professionals are sounding the alarm.
Male students are consuming honey packets that are marketed as sexual enhancers,
but doctors warn that the seemingly unnatural products pose significant health risks.
The honey packets, which contain natural ingredients,
are said to boost sexual performance and the intensity of an erection.
In a recent TikTok video, wait a minute,
a college kid needs fucking, he needs help with his fucking, what?
No way.
Okay, anyhow, the honey packets that contain natural ingredients.
I mean, the wing blows out of the fucking west, you got a boner.
What the hell, what are they talking about?
In a recent TikTok video garnered more than 400,000 views,
several male students at Arizona State University
discuss the popularity of the products.
However, according to USA Today,
investigators have found that many of these packets contain hidden pharmaceutical drugs,
specifically the same active ingredients found in Cialis and Viagra.
FDA approved medications for erectile dysfunction.
These drugs, such as Sinvideli, can cause dangerous side effects,
including sudden blood pressure spikes, chest pain, vision changes, or even heart attacks.
The troubling part is that honey packets are not regulated by the FDA
and they are categorized as dietary supplements,
and so their contents are not reviewed before reaching the market.
Dr. Jesse Mills, a clinical professor and director of the Men's Clinic at UCLA,
expressed his concerns, noting that college students can purchase these packets without knowing what's inside.
It's crazy, he said.
You can go to any liquor store or truck stop and buy a honey packet and have no idea what's in there, Mills told the USA Today.
This lack of oversight creates an environment where dangerous products can easily reach consumers.
Doctors are particularly worried about the combination of these honey packets with alcohol,
a common scenario at college parties.
Dr. Peter Leone, a professor at the University of North Carolina,
cautioned that this mix could lead to severe drops and put blood pressure, dizziness, and fainting.
I would worry about kids dropping their blood pressure, having issues around passing out or getting dizzy, he said.
This trend points to a deeper issue with this hookup culture, is what they're saying.
This is what they're saying, I don't know if this is necessarily true, this part of it.
This trend points to a deeper issue, is what they're saying, the hookup culture,
where the focus is less on sexual health but more on performance in comparison with past partners.
That's been going on forever, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't think I know what they're talking about.
Experts argue that while seeking more pleasurable sexual experiences is not inherently bad,
these unregulated supplements may be an unsafe shortcut.
So, anyhow, okay, I read that article but I also want to say, Rob, we were that age, right?
Yes.
Did you not get a boner whenever the wind switched direction?
Yes, I did. I definitely did not need any supplements or any help, that's for sure.
No. It didn't take anything. For no reason, I'd get a fucking boner and go, what the hell? Why now?
Yeah.
You know, you'd be in a fucking dentist chair and all of a sudden, why did I get a boner?
What the fuck's going on here? Yeah.
Do college kids need that for real? I don't know what happened with American youth but it's not good.
I can tell you that. So, Rob, after all that boner talk, I turn to you.
Okay. If you're planning to beat us, the latest launch from McDonald's Spain is worth giving a try.
That's probably got to get to go to Spain to get it right now.
Mm-hmm.
McDonald's Spain has launched the Extreme 2D Pepperoni Burger, which tastes like a pizza.
It combines a mild-flavored fusion of classic flavors and Italian flair.
The Extreme line-up promises to transport you straight to Italy.
According to the report Dextero, the burger was released on January 21, 2025.
The burger includes a combination of flavors inspired by Italy consisting of beef, cheddar cheese, and onions,
complemented by tomato sauce with a way to know and pepperoni bites.
The Extreme 2D Pepperoni Burger will be available in over 625 McDonald's restaurants, as said by McDonald's Spain, or Merco 2.0.
The latest McPizza-like burger is an addition to previously launched Extreme burgers, including Pull Pork and Barbecue Burger.
However, the burger is exclusively available in Spain, and it is not clear that the burger will be taking its way to the U.S. market.
I don't know about you, Dexter.
I think that would go over good in the U.S.
I think it would too. Wouldn't you love to have a pizza actually and a sandwich?
Yeah, yeah. I think that would be good.
Yeah. You know, you can't always grab a slice of pizza, you know, it kind of flops over and it's kind of greasy and all that.
But I mean, a burger, like if you're working or something, you know, or driving, a burger you can handle, if it tastes like pizza, that's even a bonus, right?
Yeah, I think that's a great idea.
So there's no indication that it's coming over here at all, is that what you said?
Well, they're not sure yet. They're just trying it out at this point.
Okay.
I'm going to keep my eyes on it for you. I would like to try one.
I would too.
All right. We go from a pizza burger per se to fossilized vomit. That sound good?
Oh, shit.
All right. Fossilized vomit found in Denmark dates back to 66 million years.
Prehistoric puke held as national treasure. Something smells rotten in the state of Denmark.
They said that, not me, or rather it did 66 million years ago.
Danish scientists say, announced in the recent discovery of a very old shark vomit on the country's cliffs of Stevns, a coastal scenic spot, one hour from Copenhagen.
The prehistoric patch of puke sat there long enough to turn into a fossil.
Languishing and obscurity until an amateur sleuth made the gross in discovery last November when a shark or shark-like creature, and I'm not sure what the shark-like creature is.
I couldn't find any information of that at all.
So I guess they're talking about like a dinosaur type of shark creature, possibly that many years ago.
So anyhow, apparently he did not enjoy a meal of sea lilies, whatever those are.
Sea lilies aren't that great to eat because they are almost only skeleton, Dr. Jesper Mellon commented.
The spew sample has already been classified by Denmark as an object of exceptional natural historical value.
That means the vomit belongs to Denmark and is not for sale.
This is a famous piece of puke in the whole world, Dr. Mellon told the Times.
So there you go, fossilized puke.
We brought it to you first, here.
That's right, hard hitting, hard hitting.
We cover the news that no one else will because they're afraid to.
Right, Rob?
Right, right.
Everyone's afraid of vomit.
We'll jump right in there.
We will roll up our sleeves and roll around with vomit if that's what it takes to entertain you.
Right?
Right, and hey, while we're on it, I have another story that you'll never hear anywhere else.
Here you go.
There's eccentric and then there's toko.
The man who single-handedly made entire humanity jump the shark, known as the human colleague.
This Japanese legend has officially opened doors to Toko Toko Zoo in Satama Prefecture,
where you too can live out your childhood dream of turning into a giant dog.
Toko was a Japanese dude that actually turned himself into a dog.
Okay.
If I'm honest, it's a suit.
Opened on January 26, 2025, the Toko Toko Zoo does not feature lions, pandas, and grumpy zookeepers scooping up after elephants.
Visitors can get the chance to step into hyper-realistic Alaskan Malamute suits.
According to the zoo's website, guests are encouraged to engage in activities typical of dogs,
which presumably includes nipping random objects, chasing invisible squirrels, and maybe attempting to bury bones in the couch fish.
This dream-turned-reality is only for those between 4'11 and 5'11, as they can squeeze into the canine suit.
The zookeeper had a report leak clocked in at $311 for a 180-minute session.
If you're having trouble operating the suit's mouth, you need to get a 10% discount.
Okay.
Yeah, it's like the furries.
Rob, have you had the displeasure of witnessing a furry?
No.
There are people that they dress up in...
I know what you're talking about. I have not witnessed this.
And they actually want to believe that they're this animal, whatever they dress up like, and that's the way they want to live their life.
Yeah. Yeah, that's about what this guy did, yeah.
Yeah, and I'm supposed to walk by that and not laugh?
I mean, I'm sorry. You know, I'm the type of guy that if something like that happens, I'm fucking laughing. I mean, I don't know.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, thanks for the entertainment. Needed a little light-hearted.
I'd be asking what the hell's wrong with him.
You know what I'd do? I would like it. I would act like he's a different animal. Like, oh wow.
So what made you decide to be a bear? Huh? What are you talking about?
That is a great bear costume. Huh? Yeah, man, it looks great. Where did you get it at, man? I want to be a bear too.
So where did you get that costume at? Come on, let me know. See what they do.
Ah, oh, ah, ah, ah.
Or you can just hit him in the nuts.
How about hit him in the nuts?
Yeah?
Yeah, that'll work.
Walk up and go, hey, did you? Bam.
And then just walk off and go, there you go.
All right.
Are we closing this down or you got anything you want to talk about?
Um, I'm sure it's been on my head.
All right. Well, I had some other stuff, but that little doo-doo-doo is I can't find it suddenly.
So I guess we're going to end this bitch by default.
So, all right, everybody, thank you for joining us.
Ruthann, if you're listening to me, give me another chance. I'm sorry. I've learned. I've changed my ways.
Please, for me, Ruthann.
Rob loves you. He's brokenhearted. He's brokenhearted, Ruthann.
Come back for Rob. You and Rob can make fun of me. I'll shut up.
I'll shut off my mic and I'll let you guys make fun of me for a whole 40 minutes.
Isn't that a good deal?
Sounds good to me.
So come back, Ruthann. Come on. We both have our arms out, but you can deny me, but you can't deny Rob.
Rob, are you sad?
Yes, I am very sad.
See? You can hear it.
I'm going to leave three hours sleep tonight.
So there you go. That's what you're doing to this young man here, Rob. You're destroying him.
So think about it. Don't be selfish just because you're mad at me and I'm a dick. Don't take it out on Rob.
Hey, everybody, thanks for listening. Good night, assholes.
Good night, assholes.
Oh, no. Looks like the show's over, kids.
Mark has explosive diarrhea and can't afford a wireless mic.
Fear not, assholes. They'll be back invading your ear holes soon.