Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Monday, August 11th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
We're in studio and livin' the radio life on a Monday morning, there's a place called Zilwaukee in Michigan, duck races are Good News, there are a lot of bad songs, we saw some pretty amazing things at the Idaho Falls duck race, what's the deal with people listening to audiobooks in public, Josh posted a video on TikTok about hometown controversies and we've learned some interesting things, our first cars were pretty lame, Josh recreated his first day of kindergarten photo, we saw Weird Al live on Friday and it was weird in the best way possible, Claire's is closing a bunch of locations, we created some Batman fan-fiction during Would You Rather, and we learned what happens to lonely wasps.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Chantel from the back
(2:07) - That's jazz baby!
(4:12) - Zilwaukee, MI
(7:20) - Good News
(10:50) - Worst songs of all time
(15:34) - Duck race
(21:16) - Audiobooks in public
(26:13) - Hometown controversies
(32:49) - First cars
(37:45) - Josh is headed back to school
(45:52) - Weird Al live
(49:34) - Claire's is closing
(52:49) - Would You Rather
(54:50) - Lonely wasps + outro
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Full show transcript:
You decided to recreate a photo from when you were your first day of kindergarten. Yes. You were posing. I was your photographer. Right.
And as we were taking the photo, our daughter was in the car filming the behind the scenes. Yeah. Mhmm. And she showed us the behind the scenes, which was pretty funny. But then I also said, is that what I look like from behind?
You didn't say that. You were grossed out. I was grossed out. You said that's what I look like from the back. I've never seen the back of me before.
How have you never seen the back of you? You've never stood in a, like, a three way mirror like those when you're trying clothes on. Yeah. But that's different. Why?
That's different because you're trying on clothes, so you're posing and you're looking at stuff. If you're just naturally standing Yeah. And somebody takes a video of you just naturally being you standing from the back, I didn't like it. Well, I know you were very vocal about not liking it. I need to go look at the video because I don't, I don't remember.
I didn't like it. I didn't like the way that my clothes were looking. Uh-huh. I didn't like the way there was some no. I didn't like it.
And so I said, is that what I look like from behind? I see. I'm looking at it now. What are you what are you angry about? All of it.
All of it? It's just you from behind. No. I didn't. I don't like it.
Okay. Well So spurred me into action. What's that? Back part of me. What is that?
You're gonna work on the back part, the part I never see. I'm gonna work on that part. And what exactly are you gonna do for the back of you? I don't know yet. I don't know yet, but I'm gonna work on the back part of me.
Okay. Well, good luck on the back of you. I'm excited for you. Thank you. It's gonna be good.
Yeah. And then you're gonna take a picture of me from the backside, and I'm gonna go, hey. That looks pretty good. Okay. Alright.
Well, do you wanna start the show? Yeah. Let's do it. Alright. Here we go.
Hey. Oh, hi. And we're back. And we're back. Hi.
It's a Monday. That's a true statement. Yeah? What feel like you wait all week to get to the weekend. Yeah.
And then the weekend is just over in a blink of an eye. Right. And suddenly, you're back to a Monday. That's, that's exactly what has happened. And that's jazz, baby.
And that and that's showbiz, and that's Hollywood, and that's radio. That's just life. I mean, yeah. It really is. It's just Yeah.
Just life. You spend, five days at your jab, and then, you get a couple of days to recover from the five. Right. And then they're like, hey. Welcome back.
Ready for five more? No. Yesterday, you said two days is not enough. Oh, no. It's not.
Very like, that was a direct quote. That is such a backlog. Two days is not enough. I was clocking in at 03:00, like, I don't wanna go back to work. I know.
I like being my own free time. I like having that. Do I wanna take a nap right now, or do I wanna read a book, or do I wanna go to the store, or do I wanna cook some bread? I like making those decisions. Okay.
Can't make those decisions when you're at work all day. Can't you? I mean, you can. Doesn't mean you can follow through on any of it, but you can make those decisions while you're doing a desk thing or making a show thing or whatever it is. A little slow this morning.
I I know. Alright. It's early. Okay. Here we are.
We're back. We're Happy to be here. That's exactly right. That's true. That is true.
Happy to be here. Happy to be here. Yeah. Good morning. Sometimes you can learn things from the Internet.
Like, for example, I learned today, just this morning, just minutes mere minutes ago, that there's a town in Michigan called Zilwaukee. Zilwaukee? Yeah. In where? Michigan.
In Michigan. The founders chose the name in 1848 to try to confuse people who are planning to move to Milwaukee Uh-huh. So they'd accidentally move to Zillwaukee instead. Well, they don't even sound the same. I mean, I guess they they do, Zill and Mill, but zuh.
Well, the idea was to confuse immigrants. So it's, like, not English speaking Uh-huh. People so that they would get confused. So they go, no. We're going to Zilwaukee.
Exactly. I see. Alright. Exactly. And did it work?
I don't know. No. Because you know why? I've heard of Milwaukee, and this is the first time I've heard of Zillwaukee. Well, that's because probably it didn't work because nobody moved there.
That's what I'm saying. What you're saying. That's exactly what I said. Did it work? No.
No. Because I've heard of Milwaukee and not Zillwocky. Okay. And, of course, there's a lot of people that are like, that's not true. That's just local legend.
Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. How will we ever know? We won't. We won't because there's not any concrete written definitive proof.
Indeed. Zilwaukee. How big is Zilwaukee Oh. Compared to Millewake? I don't know.
How do I spell it? The same way? Same way. I thought that that, this had something to do with, Zillow. No.
It has nothing to do with Zillow. Why would you think that? How do you spell it? Z I l w a u k e e. There it is.
I wonder okay. You look up that. Oh, it's not big. Really? No.
The population is 1,493. So no. You're right. It did not work No. It didn't work at all.
At all. Did not work at all. It's a 2.34 square mile, city. It's very small. Where are you from?
Milwaukee? Uh-huh. Oh, do you mean Milwaukee? Nope. Yeah.
It's about 400 miles away. Yeah. It's not even close. It's not even like they were just across, like, a street, and they were like, nah. Nah.
You are now a resident of Zillwaukee. Like, they're not even close remotely. And Milwaukee is in Wisconsin. It's an entire different state. Right.
But that's what you said. Michigan wanted people to move to Michigan. So they're like, let's trick them. Didn't work. The town never got off the ground No.
Still to this day. Let's talk about some good news Let's do it. To get you going. There was in Idaho Falls over the weekend, a duck race. Yeah.
Rubber ducks Yes. Went down the river. Close to 30,000. I was doing a little bit of research. It was a little over 27,000 according to their website k.
This morning that, were launched out of a dumpster into the water and over the edge. And all that money goes to, the rotary, the Idaho Falls Rotary Club. And that is, an organization that works on, like, city beautification and all that kind of stuff. And now, they actually have the website duckrace.com. So I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that, they've been doing it for a little while.
Yeah. We looked it was, like, thirty four years. Yeah. We looked at it. Going on for a long time.
Yeah. It's just So Thirty go ahead. No. I was just gonna say duckrace.com. Like, they do this for people all over the world.
They do duck races. And help them organize it and help them sell ducks. And they have the ducks with the cool sunglasses and, like, all that stuff. Right. So, anyway, I, I found that out because in good news today, there's a story about the Chicago River that was taken over for the annual Duck Derby, they call it.
And they raised funds for Special Olympics Illinois. So theirs happened this weekend as well. And they had over 82,000 rubber ducks plunge into the river off of Columbus Street Bridge, and each duck was a $10 donation to adopt. Oh. And 82,000 rubber ducks floated down the river, which was pretty amazing.
And the, finish line the the duck that crossed the finish line first, the person who had adopted that one won a Chevy Trailblazer. Oh. They also gave away $2,500 in cash. They gave away Chicago Cubs tickets. They had some good prizes.
And they raised about $600,000 for Special Olympics Illinois, which is pretty amazing. That's pretty incredible. Right? And then they collect all the ducks and they save them for the next race, and tens of thousands of rubber ducks go back into the water next year, and they'll do it again. They'll do it again.
Same here. Right? Yeah. So I did some quick math, and I I believe, with 27,000 ducks at roughly $5 a duck, that, that works out to oh, where'd my calculator go? It disappeared.
It was it was a little over a $100,000 or so, which I thought was pretty cool. Yeah. So it was 27. That's what I said. 27,000.
Yeah. So 27. Yeah. $137,000. Nice.
Or so ish. I don't have an official number from them, but that's not bad. Going to help out the Outer Falls Rotary. So that's cool. I like it.
Yeah. Good job, everybody. Good news. To the winner. Yeah.
All those people winning cars and ATVs and foods. Not me. I didn't win. Concert tickets, all kinds. I didn't win either.
But I also didn't adopt a duck this year. No. So you can't win if you don't play. That's true. That's fair.
Anyway, Duck Race is good news. There's a debate going on social media about one of the worst songs ever. What is the worst song ever is the debate. What I think is funny is that I have a list of the top 10 worst songs ever. And we play here on Glasgow Oh, stop.
Most of them. Is that right? Yes. So who this is just random people? Just random people that are having a fit about the worst song ever.
And the fact that there's a top 10 list means that there's, you know, more and more people that are like, yep. I agree with you. That's the worst song. And then somebody has tallied the results. For sure.
So go ahead. Number 10 is the Oh, you wanna you wanna do the whole list? No. I'm not gonna do the whole list. Okay.
Number 10 is the whole discography from U2. Everything from U2. Everything from U2. Okay. So if it's from U2, meh.
Moves like Jagger is number five Okay. By Maroon five. Yeah. All About That Bass. Megan Trainer.
Happy by Pharrell Okay. Is number three. Blurred Lines from Robin Thicke Okay. And Hazel Sister by trade. Really?
Yeah. That's very surprising. And this is just random people on the Internet. Yeah. Just randos.
Who decided to sit behind a keyboard and complain about the songs. Right. And here's, like, I think sometimes people get worn out by songs. Okay. Yeah.
They get tired of it because they hear it so often. And so then they think it's the worst song ever because it's overplayed or they hear it too much. But I think you have to go back to, like I don't know. When you first heard it, was it the worst song you ever heard when you first heard it? Probably not.
It's just been overplayed too much. I was gonna see if it would tell me. It does. So, Hey Soul Sister from Train is their most popular song Okay. On streaming.
Drops of Jupiter is their second most popular song. And the difference between the two is staggering. What do you mean? Like, the Hey, Soul Sister. This is this is Spotify streaming.
Okay. So, Hey, Soul Sister well, let me start with Drops of Jupiter. Drops of Jupiter has been streamed 1,101,000,000 times. 1,101,000,000. K.
Hey, Soul Sister, 1,902,000,000. It's a difference of 801 plus million streams for Hey Soul Sister. So for it to be the worst song, people sure do listen to it a lot. What was number two? Blurred lines?
Yeah. I would beg I'm gonna throw my 2¢. I'm gonna throw my dog in this fight and say that the worst song ever is Sandstorm. I wouldn't talk about this stuff. Like that.
Blurred Lines has 980,000,000 streams. It's not over the it's not over the billion, but it has 980,000,000. What what was number three? Happy. Happy.
From Pharrell Williams. And that song is huge. But, again, it's probably more than anything, the fact that people have just gotten sick of it. 1,623,000,000. These are current numbers.
This is like people love this stuff. So you say it's the worst, but people love to listen to the worst then. Make that make sense. If it's so bad, people wouldn't be listening to it. I get you.
You know what I'm saying? I get you. What was number 10? Everything from U2. Oh, just U2 in general.
Okay. So U2 as an artist, like, again, their biggest song with or without you, 1,266,000,000. That's an awful lot of people who like that. That's their biggest song on on Spotify. Anyway, my point is on demand listening completely, is the opposite of what this list says.
Worst songs, most consumed songs, Yeah. More like. Yeah. More like. And we played them all.
The, Duck Race in Idaho Falls. Yeah. We did. What I found very interesting as we were sitting there watching, We saw a man who had kind of the long buoy thing that was gonna capture the ducks, and he was sitting on a concrete what? A concrete Pillar?
Pillar in the middle of the river. Right next to the falls. Yeah. How did he get over there? We found out from some other people watching that he was boated over there That's right.
On a barge. There was, like, a little barge. Boat. It was a boat, but there was, like, a little barge on the back of it. Deck?
There's a deck on the back. About a barge. I there was the word barge was mentioned. Alright. K.
Which is so close to the falls. Oh, yeah. No. He backed right up to the edge. Yeah.
Literally couldn't have been closer without going over. And then we watched as the jet skis, the police jet skis and the police boats got dangerously close to the edge. Mhmm. I was I thought for sure we were gonna see a different kind of show that day. And I know they know what they're doing, but I just feel like maybe you were just tempting fate a little too much.
Maybe. I don't know. I think they were like, oh, look how dangerous I am. Is that that's it. They were like, danger is my middle name.
Look at me go. Uh-huh. All these people watching, let's I'll show them how dangerous I am. I didn't like it. It was a little bit sketchy.
Yeah. I was like, oh. And then I'd look away. I'd look back. That jet ski's close to the falls again.
Get get away from the falls. Yeah. That, that was a a pretty good thing to watch. That was fun. I don't we were talking about the fact that they had on full wetsuits Yeah.
And cowboy hats. It's a good combo. I've got on my wetsuit, full neoprene with booties and everything. What am I missing? Cowboy hat.
What is this outfit missing? I've got neoprene. I've got PFD, life jacket, buckled. Ah, yes. Cowboy hat.
That's right. I remember now. Black neoprene too. Right. Hot.
Yeah. Well and they had been out there because they have, like, jet boat races and all kinds of stuff going on. And so, they'd been out there, like, all day. I know. All day.
I know. And you can't just jump in the river to cool off a bit. You gotta be on patrol. You gotta stay alert. You get your Look alive.
Especially that close to the falls. I know. I did like the guy that they put on the pillar. I wonder if that was, like, newbie job. We're gonna drop you off on the pillar.
We'll check-in on you in a minute. Will you hold that rope? Because he kinda was just stuck there. Yeah. He kinda was.
We've never saw how he got off of that pillar. But probably the same way he got off. Sure it was, but I'm gonna have watched. Up and you're right. We didn't stick around for the We should have waited.
Removal of the deputy. Man, that is interesting, though. How does he get that job? Maybe that's how you earn your cowboy hat. Oh.
You gotta you gotta run the pillar. And then they're like, congratulations. You get your hat now. You're official. That's right.
Cowboy hat wearer. Not all of them were wearing cowboy hats. Just a couple. But it it certainly is a statement when you're out on the water. Maybe that is their inside thing.
Like, yeah. I I wear my cowboy hat because, hey. I've sat on that concrete pillow. I had to earn it. I ran the rope.
Now I get to wear the hat. The hat changes every year. There's two hats. If you're driving the boat or if you're driving the lead jet ski, those are the two that get hats. We're making all this up.
Okay. I was like, really? Were they wearing different hats? No. Those were the only two guys wearing hats.
The guy driving the boat and the one dude on the jet ski. So I'm what I'm saying is if you're anybody else, you don't get the hat. The hat is a is a Uh-huh. Chain of command thing. Uh-huh.
So you you next year, you might be eligible to be the hat guys. What if my normal everyday attire is cowboy hats? Oh. And I'm like, oh, you guys are wearing cowboy hats? Like, I wear that all the time.
I didn't know we were wearing cowboy hats today. On the job. Yeah. And they say, no. You cannot.
Only me have the authority. Only me and the other lead driver. That's right. Me and Bill. We get to wear the hats.
Nobody else. Anyway It was fun to watch. Yeah. It was a different kind of experience for sure. Great.
What did I call it? The great migration. That is exactly what you call it. And you weren't even talking about the ducks. No.
I wasn't. As soon as the ducks were emptied, you saw all the people just move down the river with the ducks. They all flew south. Also, what I noticed is as soon as the ducks were, like, closer to the riverbank Yeah. The amount of people that reached in and took a duck?
Yeah. Well, right on the ducks, right on the bottom. And there were a lot of people yelling, like, don't take the duck. But there were there on the bottom, it says, please do not take or do not remove. Like, it's they do need the ducks.
I know there were people that were like, I'm getting this duck. I bought it. No? It's not. You rented it.
You rented a duck for a race. Anyway, don't take the ducks. Congratulations, and job well done to all of those people involved. Thanks, Rotary. This is a very, Seinfeld moment.
I'm gonna say just in a minute. I'm gonna say, what's the deal Oh, okay. With Alright. With people shopping while listening to an audiobook very loudly? No headphones.
Yeah. Walking around. I saw this a couple of different times over the weekend. Yeah. Walking around with their speaker on their phone.
There's no way they're even listening to it. No. It's like a comfort blanket. But their speaker is loud. So loud that you look over and you're like, who is that?
That's loud. Right. And then you're like, oh, they're maybe they're on the phone. No. They're not on the phone.
They are listening to an audiobook. Or or a a, like, a true crime podcast or whatever it is, but loud. Lovely. And walking around just their phone dangling in their hand. And I'm like, what do you The one I saw yesterday was she had it in her cart Yeah.
Just in the top of her cart. And I happened to look over. I was like, what is that noise? And she's just happily, like, strolling along with her loud some earbuds. I know.
You know? There's no way she's listening. No way. Comprehending what's being said. No way.
I don't I don't get it. The one that I saw that had the phone swinging in her hand, was was an interesting choice too because, like, I know as that thing's moving, it's, like, the sound is, like, coming and going, fading in and out Yeah. As you're walking. And I'm like, you you don't even maybe you don't even know it's playing. Maybe I'm like Maybe it's just something.
In her cart for sure knew it was playing. But when it was in her hand, maybe she just didn't realize because That's happened to me before. Yeah. Like, maybe it was just playing music or something. Like yeah.
That's me. Yeah. And maybe that's the case. I'll give I'll give a benefit of the doubt a little bit to something like that. But in your cart, propped up, playing, that's intentional Oh, for sure.
And strange. For sure. Like, I don't wanna hear your Nobody wants to hear your or your podcast or whatever. I also don't wanna hear your conversation. Even if you're speaking on speakerphone Right.
Nobody wants to. I'm not a big fan of that. A lot of people like to do that FaceTime thing. And is this the one you're looking for? Is this it?
And maybe that's a convenience thing because somebody can't get out of the house or whatever. But do you have to do it? Is this it? Yeah. Are these the right tortillas?
Like, it's tortillas. Pick one. It's not usually tortillas. Is this the right kind of green beans? Yeah.
Fancy cut. Let's go. Kind of is the simple days where you just sent somebody to the store and just hoped they came back with what you asked to get. Right? Is this the right kind of rice?
Or if your mom sent you to the store and you were like, oh, there's so many rice options. Which one did she say? Bismari. Did she say Jasmine? Yeah.
Uncle Ben's? Maybe it wasn't rice. Maybe it was pinto beans. Now I'm all messed up. It wasn't rice at all.
It was ice. Right. She just wanted cubed ice. Right. A bag of ice, not a bag of rice.
That's my fault. I kinda miss those days Do you? Where you just had to guess. I don't know. I'll go to the like, I'll go to the store, and I'll just send a text.
I am at the store. Anybody need anything? Yeah. You do that. That that seems to work out better.
Like, I'm here for something I need to get. What else does anybody else need while I'm here? Yeah. I like that. That's nice.
And then you go, yeah. I need two avocados and mop liquid and what's it called? Soap? Mop liquid. I've never asked for mop liquid.
You should? Oh, yeah. I need some mop liquid. What's this called? It seems What do you call it?
It seems like maybe What do you call it? When you go to fill up the mop bucket with water and I don't mop liquid. I don't call anything. Now I'm gonna call it mop liquid from now on. I don't know what it's called.
Floor soap? Is this the right mop liquid? Right. Floor soap. What's it called?
I don't know. I don't know. Let's just not look it up. Let's pretend it's the old time so we just don't get to know the information. Like, floor soap, mop liquid, mop detergent, floor detergent, floor I think it's just floor cleaner.
No. Okay. No. It can't be that. That's what the mop is, a floor cleaner.
I like mop liquid. And listen. I'm not gonna tell you. There's not really a name for it. Yeah.
I googled mop liquid, and it brought up all the different brands and stuff like that. It's mop liquid. That's what it's called. You posted a video over the weekend Mhmm. On your TikTok about, hometown controversies.
That's right. A lot of people have a lot to say about a lot of things all over the place, and I wanted to hear, like, I know what's going on here. So I wanted to hear a little bit more about what's going on in other places. Right. And we learned some things.
We learned about some controversies in Pocatello. People are upset about the mall being torn down. Yeah. That's right. In Idaho Falls, people are upset about the water tower.
And downtown parking. Those two things Yep. Are very high on the list of things people wanna talk about. There was also somebody chimed in from Nampa who said they're upset with their new water tower as well. They had a water tower that, was taken down, and they got a water tank instead.
So instead of having a a cute little tower. I guess. It is cute. They now have a water tank. Tank.
Which, again, water tanks are a big deal in Pocatello. The water tanks are all over. That's how they handle water. They don't have a water tower. So there's that.
I learned about in Cary, Idaho. Oh, yeah. They are, telling people they can't build anything because the city's septic is full. That's a problem. That's a huge problem.
That's a big one. Did any other cities chime in? I had some people in different parts of the country that had, said some stuff, but a lot of people were relating to I specifically was talking about the water tower thing, because I was downtown and I posted the video. And so I saw people commenting on that a lot. But I also saw people, that were upset that, their algorithm was now showing things from their own hometown.
So, you know, I'm a little bit sorry about that, but also not sorry because that's my job. But you can't control that. No. It can control how people's algorithms work. But people are like, why am I seeing stuff from my hometown?
Like, why why is my FYP so local? I don't know how I feel about this. Like, well, this is where we are. I like a little local things thrown in every now and then. Right?
You gotta stay up on what's happening in your area. I'm gonna say it. I like the new water tower. I, I like that it's gonna hold water. I like that it's gonna hold clean water.
There's that. So, you know, I'm fine. Look. The city's gotta grow. The city's gotta do what it's gotta do, so I understand.
I also understand all of the sentiments. And and what I just what I really thought about last night, what what kind of occurred to me is that, we don't necessarily have a city skyline in Idaho Falls. There's not like you know, you roll into Boise, you can see the tall buildings. You roll into Salt Lake, you can see the tall buildings. You like, there's not necessarily an Idaho Falls skyline.
And so for a long time, the skyline was defined by the existing old water tower. And so I think that, like, sentimentality and everything else and people talking about it's been an icon. Like, all of the things, totally understand. Born and raised here. I've seen it my whole life.
I get it. It's also a part of infrastructure, and it's and it's fading. Right. Now what the city plans to do or how they manage it, what it ends up turning into, whether it comes down or not, whether it turns into a restaurant like some people record. I don't know.
That's not up to me. I'm just happy to have flowing water to my house. Clean water. I'm grateful for that. Me too.
And if that means that there's a cool light up tower, alright. And I appreciate the people in charge making those decisions. That's I don't envy backlash. Any of those folks. Mm-mm.
Like, that's Nope. That is, that's a rough gig. And every time somebody like me posts something about it and the comments go crazy, I go like, hey. Listen. This is I'm not this is nothing I can control.
I it doesn't matter. Like, and I also don't really have a thought. Like, okay. I think it's funny that you wanted to hear some other hometown controversies, and there were two others that were involving Water. Water.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Specifically, like, the same thing. And I and it's gotta be because defining skyline.
Nampa isn't Downtown Boise. Nampa doesn't have a big skyline. Like and if it's a if it's a landmark, if it's a thing, then, yeah, I can see why people would be like, you changed our thing. But to be so upset, I'd you know? There's there are way more important things to be upset about.
I get it. I do. I then my water tower is now a water tank. Yeah. We could be Carrie.
Yeah. We could have full septic. We could have a lot of problems with our sewage. Well and and I think the big deal there is that they don't have a sewer treatment facility. Like, East Idaho is a little bit more developed than Cary, Idaho.
And so, you know, if you're out rural and you have your own septic, that's one thing. But if you're gonna plumb into the city septic and it's full at capacity, that's a problem. Yeah. I didn't know that was a thing. Good.
Nobody's reporting on that. No. We don't hear anything about that. And sorry, Pocatello. Sorry about your mall.
Yeah. I liked that mall. I frequented that mall when I lived there. Spent a lot of time in the Pine Ridge Mall. Sad.
Yeah. It's a sad one. Yep. We're gonna get through it, everybody. We're gonna get through all of these changes.
And a lot of people also wanted to bring up, like, I didn't know this was your big controversy. I thought that, Lori Valor was the big deal. And I went, you know, that's that's a Rexburg slash Salem issue. Let's stop talking about her. Can we?
Just for a minute? That'd be cool. Anyway, if you wanna see the, TikTok, it's on my, TikTok. You wanna chime in? Go for it.
That's fine. There's plenty of room for comments. There's plenty in there. You can see. You're not alone.
Everybody's got something to say. Oh, they always do. Yeah. Alright. Hometown controversy?
Is that what I called it? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Alright.
Just look for that video on TikTok if you wanna see it. We've talked about this before, but our daughter is gonna be driving soon, and we have a car that used to be our sons. Right. It is a what year? 02/2002.
02/2002. Yeah. Toyota. Yeah. And it's got and it's got, 200,000 miles.
It's fine for It's a Toyota. For a first car. Right. Right. Our son did it.
He survived. You think we asked her to drive the most horrendous vehicle you've ever heard of or seen in your entire life. You spent some time working on it this weekend. Yeah. You put air in the tires.
Yeah. I got got a new battery. Got this thing up and running. Took it through the car wash. Yeah.
It looks great. I've detailed the inside Yeah. For the most part. Like, I've I've cleaned this thing up. Like, it's a it's a good looking little It looks sharp.
Ride. And it looks much cooler than my first car did. Okay. My first car that I purchased and drove was a 1965 Ford, like a truck. And it was big and heavy and loud and big, and it was Was that your was that your choice, or did somebody beg you?
The truck. Okay. Nobody was like, please take this truck. What do you mean beg me? No.
Like, I had a car, but I didn't wanna drive it, but it was the only one we had. So it wasn't like I was like, yeah. Blah. Was that the Mercury Sable? Yeah.
Yeah. Good ride. No. Peeling clear coat. Missing rearview mirror.
Yeah. You know, important things. So, you know, is as a first time driver, get you to school, get you to practice kind of vehicle, this is great. It's reliable. You know?
I got got It's fine. It's got leather seats. She said that she doesn't like the inside because she doesn't like the leopard print. Which there is no leopard print. No leopard print.
There is wood trim. Like, the things that that people are like, this is luxury. It's got leather interior. It's got wood trim. It's got some chrome.
Like, all these things where you're like, oh, this is, like, high dollar interior. Hot ticket. She's like, no. It's gross. Yeah.
Well Slow down. Car that you don't have to pay for. Do you wanna ride the bus? Yeah. Or do you wanna drive yourself?
Right. Because for me, I'd rather drive this car that's not terrible. Yeah. We went to the store with her. Dinky old bus.
I saw this station wagon that had the most beat up looking wood panels ever. And I said, oh, hey. We could get that one instead. And she was like, yeah. Please.
Let's do. That one's awesome. What is wrong with you? Know. I don't get it.
I don't get it at all. I don't know why is she so angry about this thing. I don't either. I think there's a couple more things we have to do to that car. Right?
Maybe a windshield because it needs a new windshield. Yeah. It's pretty cracked. What's the other thing? And I well, I need to get new tires.
New tires for sure. I need I need to get new tires and a windshield going. But other than that, it really is. Oh, it's a great little car. Terrific little car.
Yeah. The air conditioning worked great. I was blown away. The radio's not great. No.
But that's distracted driving anyhow. Ham it up to that. I mean, really, I didn't have an air condition like, my air air conditioning unit was broken in my Mercury Sable. My air conditioning was rolled down the window and get a breeze. Exactly.
And I had to drive to Pocatello and back all the time in college. No air conditioning on the freeway. You ever done that? That's You ever done that? Yeah.
It's terrible. You ever done that? Yeah. Yeah. It's terrible.
Yeah. Well She should be lucky. She is lucky. She should be grateful. She should be grateful.
We gotta teach this kid some gratitude. It's spoiled. Give her the attitude of gratitude. I mean, it's not changing. So, you know, there's a few things she's like, I just want fuzzy dice, and it'll be fine.
That's right. She just wants know why fuzzy dice to take from the typically something you put in, like, a fifties car, but okay. Whatever. She thinks it's that old. She's like, fifties, 02/2002, same.
It's old car. And she wants a Miata. Like, that's the dream car. I'm like I know. Really?
Which is really cool, but she wants the one with the pop up headlights and the whole deal. They're that cool. They're pretty cool. She loves them. Yeah.
Whatever. You got some weird taste. I still prefer anything to not ride a stinky old bus. Right? Yeah.
That's what I'm saying. We did something fun fun yesterday, something that you were pretty excited to do. Yeah. The way that you gathered all the equipment that you needed. Yeah.
So, I know today is, kind of the kickoff, if you will, for a lot of back to school, kids going back to school all over the place. And over the next few weeks, that's kinda gonna be the norm. Right. More people will be going back to school. And I have a picture of me on my first day of kindergarten.
Aw. It's pretty special. And, I did the just some quick math and assume that would've been 1987 when I was five. K. Right?
Yeah. So I posted, well, I I have this picture printed out, and I said, I really wanna recreate this image. So, I gathered up my backpack and a lunchbox, and I got some clothes that I feel like are pretty close to what I similar. What I was wearing when I was five. Similar.
Yeah. And, and went exact back to the exact place I was standing. I'm standing in the exact same spot in front of the exact same building. Right. The building has changed.
Only slightly. The facade on the front of the building has changed, but the concrete steps are the same in both photos. The bush has been replaced by a weed. And there's a few things going on at this place. Anyway, went and recreated the photo.
I just posted it on Instagram and Facebook and threads, and you can go see it at classy97klce. If you wanna see what I looked like on my first day of kindergarten and what I looked like yesterday when I recreated the photo. It's pretty adorable. I just I wanted to get in on the first day of school stuff because, you know, it's it's a big deal. Said, when our kids looked at the photo of you from kindergarten or was it kindergarten?
Yeah. Okay. They wondered what shorts you were wearing. Yeah. And you said, I don't know.
I think my mom made them. Yeah. My mom made some made, shorts and pants and stuff. I don't think she made many shirts, but she was definitely making shorts at that point in my life. I think it's funny that your shorts come down so low on your legs Yes.
That your socks come up so high that That's right. Only your knees are visible. That's correct. You want air, but not too much. That's right.
Just my knees. That's correct. Just my knees to be seen. Yes. It's very stylish.
Are you looking at the photo? Yes. It's pretty good. It's pretty good. I love it.
I'm impressed with how well it turned out. Like, the pose was really easy because I'm just arms there, like, real excited. Okay. I'm a little squintier, in 2025. Yeah.
You didn't have glasses. Oh, at the sun was in here. Well, but I also didn't get I didn't get glasses until the last day of second grade. So pretty proud of you for taking the photo without your hat. Well, I didn't have a hat on in 1987.
I shouldn't have a hat on in 2020. But I rarely see you without a hat, especially in photos. I know. Because nobody can see your bald head. That's right.
It's a secret. Can know you're bald. It's a secret. I wasn't bald in 1987. You were gonna shave your beard.
Yeah. But you said that I shouldn't Yeah. Because you don't like my face. That's not it. I think so.
I think you're like, no. Don't. Well, I said no. Don't. Just because I prefer Yeah.
Because you don't like my face. That's not true. I prefer your face with facial hair. That's it. Because what's underneath the beard?
Your face. Full face. Yeah. I don't like it. Keep it covered up.
I don't like your face. It just makes you look very, very young. Yeah. That would have been funny for the photo. Then you should have done it.
No. You told me not to because Geez. Then you'd have to look at this face. Stop it. Stop it.
Oh, that picture is adorable. I I like when people recreate photos. I think this one was pretty solid. I agree. If you have old photos, I recommend.
If you have if you have old photos from when you were, like, in kindergarten or something, and it's your first back to school stuff, go retake it. If you can if you can go to the same spot. It was weird standing there. I felt weird. I'm like, I stood here thirty eight years ago.
Do you remember what the inside of that school looked like? Vaguely. Because I remember, like, you'd walk in. There was kind of a big playroom area. Uh-huh.
And then they had a kitchen off in the back, where they would prepare snacks and stuff. And then they had the outside area where the guy the outside area where the guy the guy came out. He was like, what are you doing out here taking pictures? There was a, like, a, like, an awning thing. There was a cover.
That was a covered area. It's not covered anymore. But that's where I had my first squeeze it. Oh. Do I remember that?
Remember that? I don't remember anything about kindergarten. I don't remember learning anything. Remember your squeeze it. I this is the same place I dressed up like Santa Claus, for a Christmas program k.
Which was a big deal, and we sang up on the house top. How did you get to be Santa? I lucky guy. Sheesh. Lucky, lucky guy.
I bet all the other kids hated you for that. Well Well, if she could've placed Santa Claus. Maybe I auditioned and was just stellar. I don't know. Maybe I was quite the performer.
I don't remember a lot about it. You were little. I was five. So, anyway, there you go. There's my recreated, first day of school photo.
Trying to see what's on your shorts from 1987. Are they horses? Dinosaurs, probably. No. That's what's on my shorts in 2025.
Dinosaurs. Those are real clothes I own. Yeah. These are these are real things I wear. The dinosaur swim trunks that you wore yesterday?
Yeah. Yeah. And then just wore them all day. Wore them all day. They were on.
I wasn't gonna change. Why? You're like, I can't believe you're just hanging out all day in your swim trunks. I'm like, yeah. Here we go.
Oh, it's funny. Go check it out on Facebook and Instagram because it's pretty adorable. At classy ninety seven k l t. 1987 and twenty twenty five are both adorable. I'm wearing my fly fishing boots because they were the only boots that I had.
I still claim that I think you're wearing two different boots in your picture from 1987. I don't think so. You think one is just muddier than the other? I think the right boot is a little bit worn out, and then the left boot is pulled up a little taller on the tongue, is a little higher. It's the same boot.
Okay. It's probably not even a boot. You know what it probably is? It's like a Velcro New Balance. That's probably what it is.
It's a cool shoe. You look really cool. You're so mean. You're being mean to that kid. Why are you being mean to that kid?
I just You're being mean to five year old kids. I'm sorry. I I just why is his shorts so high? You're being mean to me as a five year old. I don't like it.
I wouldn't be mean to you as a five year old. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You're cute. I said you're adorable.
Yeah. We got to go watch Weird Al Yankovic Yeah. We did. Weekend. I forgot that happened on Friday.
That was a fun show. It was a great show. He did a great job. And how old did we decide that he was? 65, I think.
65? Yeah. I think so. I think that's right. He was kicking.
Yeah. He's 65. He was dancing. He was doing the Michael Jackson leg. He still weirdo.
Yeah. Still putting on a good show, buddy. It was a great show. It was a lot of fun, and I'm glad that I got to see it. I've been listening to him for a long, long, long, long, long time.
And I I really enjoyed Puddles pity party too, the show that opened for Weird Al. I didn't know what to expect. Right. I don't think anyone did. And I went, Kevin Costner.
I learned a lot about Kevin Costner. There was one point. So Weird Al had all of these, in betweeners, like, when he would perform a song and then he'd leave the stage to do, like, a Like a wardrobe change. Costume change. Yeah.
And so then he had these little bits of, like, funny clips from different shows that he's done and different things. It was very UHF. It was very UHF. And I was so like, this is awesome. Little weird clips, like, different appearances he's made on, like, Scooby Doo and Rocky and Bullwinkle and, like, all kinds of stuff.
Of stuff. So I was like, I'm gonna take this opportunity and go to the restroom. So I went to the restroom. Yeah. I thought I was hurrying, but then I heard fat Yeah.
On the way back to the and I was like, I gotta I gotta see this. Yeah. I gotta see this. That was a was a big moment when he comes out in the costume and the whole deal. It's very cool.
It was fun. He did a great job. It was so good. And what I love the most about Weird Al is that he's just always he's just always been true to himself. Very much so.
Like, I'm a weirdo, and I own it, and I accept it, and this is who I am. Like it or hate it. And I don't know. Maybe that's why he's so successful because he's just like, this is who I am. I got weird, long, curly hair, and I play a weird instrument.
Yeah. And when the accordion came out under the spotlight, what a moment that was. Like, oh, here we go. And then he did a, a polka medley with a bunch of new stuff that I hadn't heard, those versions of. That was great.
That was really fun. And and then, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift. And then did you see the little cartoon graphic was Taylor and Travis and him and Billy? And and I was like, why did Travis get in here? How did that happen?
But there he is. Yeah. It was pretty funny. Anyway, yeah, it was it was unapologetically weird, and it was, it was a good show. Very good show.
Had a good time. And the crowd, the the huge crowd. Right. Sold out. That show was packed.
And, I really loved the encore. I I I was, like, racking my brain because I didn't wanna look at the set list, to see, you know, what was what was gonna be happening or when songs were gonna be happening. And you're like, there's still, like, eight songs. Like, he's been playing for two hours, and there's still, like, eight songs. I'm like, yeah.
This is great. I'm having a great time. Library. And then it got to the encore, and I was like, what is left? Like, I'm really racking my brain.
And then the second I saw a single stormtrooper, I went, of course, the two Star Wars tracks. Like, it's gotta be Yoda. It's perfect. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was so good.
Such a great, great, great show. That was fun. It was a good time. Yep. If you ever get a chance to see Weird Al, definitely don't miss the opportunity.
Yeah. It was fun. Great show. I just saw some sad news. What's some sad news?
The mall based teen accessory retailer Claire's recently announced that it's file filing chapter 11 bankruptcy and has identified several locations that it will be closing soon. No. Yep. Buyers. Apparently, according to the CEO, Chris Kramer, they cited increased competition, consumer spending trends, and the ongoing shift away from brick and mortar retail as the reason for the decision, along with, quote, our current debt obligations Oh, no.
And macroeconomic factors. Do you know what that means? They don't pay their bills. Yeah. I don't know what that means.
I'm just trying to our current debt obligations. I hate my current debt obligations. Kidding. I hate and macroeconomic factors. You wouldn't understand.
You're just regular old people. I'm a CEO. That's what that means. So they are closing down 13 well, I'm trying to see. There were me.
18 Claire's locations and Icing, which is their sister brand. Oh. So they're closing 18 stores. Thirteen Claire's out Icing? Yes.
And, fortunately, I guess, is that none of them are in Idaho, but there is the Park City, Utah and the Provo, Utah locations that'll be closing. And then there is an icing in Orem, Utah that will be closing as well. So Oh, Claire's. It's it it feels like they said that if there isn't a buyer identified soon, that Claire's will close all of them. Dude, Claire's liquidate their inventory.
Claire's was always there for me growing up. Anytime I needed glitter. Pizza pizza earrings Yeah. Claire's was there. That's right.
That's right. So, anyway, just wanted you to know it's sad sad times. That is sad times. That's what's happening. They filed a while ago.
Now they're liquidating stores. There there was a store that came in the nineties, that was kind of like a Claire's knockoff. And so the mall that I used to shop in was the Twin Falls Mall. Magic Valley Mall. No.
That's not what it's called. Bet. I don't know what it's called. It might be called Bet. It's called Magic Valley Mall.
And they so they had Claire's forever. And I remember being like, mom, I'm just gonna go to Claire's. I gotta go get my elephant earrings. Mhmm. And then there was a store that came in, like, not five stores down that was, like, really similar to Claire's.
And I remember being like, oh, there are two. It was exciting. I was trying to see if there was another one. There was What? Claire's was just the one.
I'm trying to find my I was trying to find it too, but I don't I don't know. I feel like there was one. Yeah. I don't know. I might be wrong.
Nonetheless Bad day. Yep. That is some change. It is called the Magic Valley Mall. No way.
Would you rather this or that? This is a back to school this or that. Makes sense. Would you rather have a teacher that tells way too many bad jokes or a teacher who never smiles? I'm going with bad jokes.
Yeah. I think I would tolerate it'd be a fun atmosphere Yeah. Even if the jokes were lame out. Exactly. And you'd you'd be you'd be able to build some camaraderie with the classmates and be like, this guy.
Yeah. Let's, like, really laugh hysterically every time he tells one. Like, oh, good one. Mister Wayne? His first name is Bruce.
Yeah. I was That's right. It's Batman. Batman is your t shirt. I mean, but we don't know that.
We just know him as mister Wayne. Mister Wayne. Yeah. But we all have our theories. Like, that dude, 100% has a bat cave.
And he tells terrible jokes to make us think he's not cool. But, really, he's bad. You see? It's a cuff. Mister Wayne is so lame.
Yep. Secretly, he's fighting crime to save all the schoolchildren. Just the same handful of supervillains Yeah. Over and over and over. That rascally penguin.
Yeah. I'm on a kitchen. The Riddler again. He steals all of his jokes from the Riddler. Well, the Riddler wasn't a comedian.
He was a puzzler. He was the Joker is the guy who is like, nah. That's right. That's right. All that, you know, jokes.
So he's stealing all of his jokes from the joker. Well, I think he heard the jokes when the joker told him, and he thought they were kinda cute. So he was like, I'm a try these out in the classroom. And so then he brought them to what is this world we're creating? Would you rather this or that?
I'm taking the the bad joke teacher. Sames. Samesies, buddy. We were writing fan fiction there for a minute. I don't know what was happening.
Anyway, would you rather this or that? I there's one creature that I just don't care for, and it is the wasp. Yeah. There was a pretty extensive wasp nest that we found in our The will well of that car. Yep.
Yeah. And it's the to be fair, the car has been parked for a little while, and so the wasps made a home. A very nice home. It was it was larger than I expected. And when I knocked it down, I was like, woah.
That's that's a gross one. You made some some wasps very angry. Yeah. It was gross. So then we kicked it into the middle of the road.
You do. I don't want them buzzing around the car or around the house. And then yeah. Just let the cars run over it. Ugh.
Awful. Killed any wasp that kind of flew out of the nest. So we killed them and then just kicked the nest into the road. Right. Probably not the proper way to set that up.
Wanna deal with it. It's gross. No. But then I found out later that there were just some wasps that were returning home for the evening, and they were flying around where their home used to be. Ah.
And I felt kinda sad. Well, I think they relocate. They'll be fine. I looked it up because I was like, what do lonely wasps do when they come home and their house is destroyed? Yeah.
They typically find other colonies to join. Yeah. That'll be fine. I think they will be fine. Or they attempt to repair and rebuild the nest if it's just partially damaged.
They couldn't have repaired this one. No. I I don't care for them. Here's the thing. We've got quite a bit of them in the backyard, and, they are eating the little moth larva and the and all the gross stuff in the garden.
I appreciate that. Doing good work. Keep that up. I like it. The birds are supposed to eat them.
Birds aren't holding up their end of the deal. No. They're not. But, also, if you were a bird, would you wanna eat a wasp? No.
I think they do. I think they like them. I don't think they do. It's like spicy nuggets. You know?
Same. Like, oh, yeah. Wasp. But they they're supposed to. They're supposed to eat all kinds of bugs and stuff, and they just aren't holding up their end of the deal.
I know. It's because we're giving them too much food. They don't have a need to eat the wasps. Yeah. That's fair.
But they also could vary up their diet. I mean, I I don't know which of the birds. It's probably like the sparrows and stuff that would be eating the bugs. You know that praying mantises eat wasps too? They eat all kinds of crazy things.
They're wild. You're wild pregnant. Yeah. You're wild. Yeah.
They are. They're weird looking. They're aliens, and they, they I don't like their heads. I don't like the way they eat things. I can't stand to watch it or listen to it.
It's gross. Thanks for doing it. Do it out of my purview. I don't want it. Go out of there.
I really hope all the praying mantises hear this, and they get together and they're like, let's go to Josh's house. Buffet at that house. Hey. I just found out that mice and skunks and raccoons may eat wasps as well. I don't want those around the house.
Well, they eat their nests. I don't want those around the house. Well, we've got skunks because I've smelled them before. Not at our house. They're nearby.
There's a lot of land around our house. Seen some raccoons around our house. I haven't seen a raccoon around our house. I've seen them in the neighborhood. I've heard about them in the neighborhood, but I haven't seen them.
True. I think one managed to make its way into our house and is living with us, claiming it's a dog. No. I mean, that that dog does have some raccoon traits for sure. Raccoon tendencies.
Yeah. I look at it and I go, you're part raccoon. Yeah. You're part something. You're something else.
Well, good science, info about lonely wasps. Thank you. I mean, you know, I learned something. Well, that's kinda sad. I really it's sad.
Like, you built up your home and you plant some larva, and then you come home one day after it. Building it in the weirdest place. Day of hunting, and you're like, where's my house? Well, I knew they were there because there was a there was about, you know, 10 of them or so sitting on the tire. Ugh.
And I said, there's no way there's that many just sitting here. They are definitely there's definitely a nest somewhere. And I tried to look under there, but I couldn't see. And I was creeped out by them as it was because I don't like them. And I was like, I'm going to the car wash.
Went through the car wash, came back, pulled into the parking spot, and immediately, they were like, hey. You're back. Let's be back at our nest. Yeah. We're ready to be home.
I went, no. No. No. I gotta fix that. That's when I got really under there, and I looked and I went, that's a big one.
And it was. It was a big one. It is no more. Yeah. We took care of it.
Still gives me a heat exchanger. My middle name. And it really grosses me out. I kinda kicked the wasp nest at you accidentally. Yeah.
You did. And I had to jump real quick because it was flying toward me. I I'm a little heebie jeebbed right now. I'm kinda grossed out. Okay.
I'm just telling you. Like, I got skin crawlies. Okay. Let's Let's end the show then, bud. Alright.
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