Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
Josh and Chantel celebrate Fat Bear Week’s new champ, Chunk, the 1,200-pound salmon-slaying king of Katmai National Park. From pumpkin spice season and Breast Cancer Awareness Month reminders to the bizarre trend of “no shoes at work,” a debate about the usefulness of coffee tables, a discovery of the Cheese Monger Olympics, and a sweet lost-and-found iPhone story. Plus, Chantel kicks off Halloween costume prep, a wildlife hero helps hermit crabs ditch plastic for real shells, and Josh dreams of fishing his soul clean, a new relationship test called “the Bird Theory,” a game of “Want to See Me Do Something Dumb?”, and a spooky Would You Rather showdown!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Fat bear week champ
(2:38) - Wednesday & October 1st
(5:04) - No shoes at the office
(8:50) - Good News
(11:34) - Coffee tables
(15:57) - Cheesemonger Olympics
(21:16) - Snack shopping
(27:54) - Do something dumb
(33:00) - Halloween costumes
(37:27) - Switch 4 Nature
(40:37) - Fishing for fun
(46:35) - Wash out the jar
(53:26) - The bird theory
(58:17) - Would You Rather
(1:01:15) - Chantel kudos
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Full show transcript:
Katmai National Park and Reserve officials have announced Fat Bear Champion!
Okay. Last week was Fat Bear Week, if you remember, and this year's Fat Bear weighs in at over 1200 pounds. Whoa, bro.
Yeah. This particular bear, 32 years old, has a broken jaw. Oh, yeah, I'm looking at a picture of him. However, he is still feasting on sockeye salmon there in Alaska and grabbing himself up.
Plenty of fish. His name is Chunk. Yep, I'm looking at Chunk. Chunk is. He is a chunk. Chunk is pretty awesome.
Is there a way that somebody could fix his jaw? I don't know. That makes me sad.
Oh, he's not 32, he's in his mid-20s. I'm imagining he probably got into a pretty good scuffle with another bear. But who walks up to Chunk and goes, I'm going to get myself some of that bear and fights him? He's 1200 pounds. I don't know, but I also feel like maybe we could tranquilize him, put him in a cage, fix his jaw, and then set him free again. I see.
That's a possibility. He's a very resilient bear. He kind of adapted to a new eating style with his broken jaw. They say they think he just has really great stories to tell and folks really cling on to whatever they can learn about bears throughout their resilience and through their perseverance and their boldness. This particular bear, Chunk, is the winner of the Fat Bear Week. He's the Fat Bear Week King.
Good job, Chunk. Look at him. Do you think he has his own version of the truffle shuffle? Yeah, he does. I'm sure of it.
Guaranteed. Anyway, Chunk's awesome. Good job, Chunk.
They make t-shirts with Chunk on them so you can get a Chunk shirt. Anyway, that's what I know about him. That's all I know about Chunk.
Good job, Chunk. He's a big boy and he's the Fat Bear Week King. He's his broken jaw.
He's doing alright with it for now. You want to start the show? Let's do it.
Cool. Oh, hey, you know what I know? What? It's October 1st. Yeah, it is. Yep. Yes, it is. I know that to be true. What else do I know? I don't know. It's Wednesday. Okay, my dudes?
My dudes? Are people still saying that? I think so. I don't think it's Wednesday.
My dudes will ever go away. I think maybe you can say it, but maybe you don't do the little like crazy noise. Oh, maybe. That goes with it, you know? The one where, ahhh, because it's a lot to make that noise. Yeah.
So, anyway. I don't even know the origin behind that. I don't think I've ever... It was just a kid who was wearing like swim goggles on a video and he just said, it's Wednesday, my dudes, and then put his head back and went, ahhh, like some weird frog noise. I don't know. That's the entirety of what I know about that thing, but I think that's it.
Halloween decor, I got that down. Did that go anywhere? I started. Okay.
And then I got lazy and just sat on the couch and hung out with you. Yeah. Watched tic-tac videos. I know. It was fun. It was fine, yeah. I laughed until my phone died.
Yeah. And then the fun ended. And then it was like, you should probably go to bed. Yeah. So that was quite the night. Homemade cookies day.
Hey. And officially pumpkin spice day. So, now it's officially here. Yeah, it's official.
It's official pumpkin spice day. That's right. I didn't know that, but that makes sense. And it does kick off breast cancer awareness month as well, which is kind of a big deal. And I know coming up on the 15th of this month is a special day. Today we wear pink. And on the 15th, it's like everybody's supposed to wear pink that day. On the 15th?
Yeah. It's a breast cancer awareness thing. So if you're thinking about it and you want to do something, here's your heads up a couple weeks from today. On the 15th, you should be wearing pink. I have a nice pink sweater just for the occasion. Nice.
You should be wearing that in honor of breast cancer awareness. Oh, I will. Okay. Very good. Other than that, I'm here.
You're here and we're here and let's try to show. Okay. Here we go.
All right. There's a new trend at work and it's called no shoes allowed. No shoes allowed. Where shoes at work, please? There's a lot of workplaces that are saying, oh, leave your shoes at the door.
It's supposed to create a more relaxed and collaborative work environment. I disagree. Okay. Why? Gross.
It's happening in England as well. And you can wear socks, slippers or go barefoot. All right. I'm into England is adopting next year a four day work week officially across the whole country. I know.
32 hour work week. I'm super into it. I'm very happy about that. I want that to catch on.
Same. I am not stoked about bare feet workplace. Here's what's going to happen. You're going to find bare feet on people. Some people are going to have hairy feet. Some people are going to have long toe nails. I don't like some people are going to have smelly feet or you're going to find people in their socks. Some people are going to have clean socks. Some people are not by the end of the day.
You won't know you won't. Everyone will have dirty little sock feet. Slippers then get a pair of slippers. You can wear around some slippers.
All right. I'm okay with slippers. Wear slippers around. I'm not okay with sock feet bare feet. Why running around the office feet. Look at you.
Dr. Seuss. Here's the scenario. Right. You're in here. You're working.
Yeah. Co-worker comes in says I got to show you this email. Come around the counter and bare feet on the floor. Get out. Go put on shoes before you talk to me. Dress nice from the foot. Go put on shoes before you talk to me.
Bare feet. Can't handle your dogs barking. Get out. And then what if he has like a weird little raptor toenail. Get out.
Click, click, click, click. Adios muchacho. I am not okay with bare foot sock foot workplace. How come? I mean you just said but I think it's fine.
No. Imagine you go to order your food. They bring it out. Clickety clack and toenail sock feet. Hole in there.
Toe sticking out it. I'm okay with this until I have to use the restroom. And then I'm not walking bare foot into the bathroom. I just walk bare foot into the bathroom way. I'm into slipper workplace.
It's comfortable. You're going to be there for a few hours. Might as well. If you're in an office space, wear some slippers. That's where it ends. You wear shoes, you wear slippers. And if they're like, Hey, we don't you tracking in the outside into the inside? Just like your house.
Some people don't like it when you wear shoes in their house. Right. And that's fine. That's your home. So some people might have an office where they feel more comfortable, you know, not having shoes walk around in their office. That's fine.
Where's slippers? Okay. Provide. I was gonna say, who provides the slippers?
Provide for your guests. Employees provide their own, just as they would provide their own shoes. Slippers okay.
Socks and bare feet, absolutely not. No way. I like that you hate this so much. It's so gross. It's awful. I want nothing to do with it. Oh, hey, look, I found some good news. Oh, hey, look, let's hear it.
Okay. Back on the 4th of July, Faizon Chaudry, that's his name, lost his iPhone 14 Pro Max. Why it needed to go into details about which phone? I don't know.
Is that? The story says he lost his iPhone 14 Pro Max. How about he just lost his cell phone? Maybe it was just because it was very expensive. Maybe, I don't know. Or maybe because did Apple pay for this article? I don't know. That's weird.
That's a weird thing to write exactly what phone it was. Okay. Isn't it? Yeah, kinda.
Okay. So on the 4th of July, he lost his phone while tubing on the Delaware River. Tubing is so fun.
Yeah, along the New Jersey, Pennsylvania border. Two and a half months later, he got a call from a woman named Maddie Wells. Maddie was on a canoe trip and spotted the phone underwater, got it, brought it home. She did? Yeah, she found it underwater.
Yeah. And amazingly, even though the phone was submerged in water for that entire time, it powered on and still worked perfectly. iPhone 14 Pro Max. I was gonna say, this is written from iPhone.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Maddie called Phaizon with the good news. She had the phone and it was working. Phaizon was shocked. He even thought that the phone call was a prank. Like, okay, sure thing. It's a weird thing for somebody to call with some specific information that they wouldn't know about.
Hey, we found your phone. Okay. Okay. Yeah, sure you did. He said I was sketchy about it a little at first, thinking that it might be getting scammed or something. He changed his mind when Maddie sent him a text with a picture of his phone. He went, no way.
So he drove to meet Maddie to get his phone back. He said, I couldn't believe it. I was just mind blown. I mean, you wouldn't expect something like that after two and a half months being in the water. But there it is.
You're not kidding. The iPhone 14 Pro Max. Paid for by Apple. Well, good news. Yeah. Phase on.
Big day. Get a better way to hold your phone. Yeah. Don't go tubing with your phone in your pocket. You know what I'm saying? Just some tips. Yeah. Or, you know, put it in a dry bag and clip it onto your stuff.
Like, what are you doing, man? This is not new news. Just leave it at the boat. This technology has existed for decades. They've been tying stuff to rafts forever. Tie it down. Come on, man.
That's good news. If I were to ask you, what is the most useless piece of furniture in our house? What would you say? You've asked me this before. Have I? Yeah, because then we talked about that shelf I hated, but it's gone. Most useless piece of furniture. I don't know.
What do you think? Well, a lot of people are saying it's their coffee table. I think we use the coffee table. They say their coffee tables are a waste of space and money. I really like our coffee table. I like our coffee table, too.
We specifically went shopping for that coffee table because we didn't have one and we needed one. A lot of people say it just gets in the way of walking. It just collects stuff. I don't think collects stuff a lot. We have a couple of coffee table books. I have a tote sitting on it at the moment, but that's very temporary. There's stuff on it right now. But that's because it's a table to hold stuff. Mostly it holds my drink when I'm watching TV or my feet when I'm watching TV.
And kick back, yeah. I don't. Where would I put my feet in my drink if I didn't have it? Is that why they call it a coffee table? Because it holds your drink. I don't know. I've never given that any thought. I don't know.
I would assume so. It also holds my plant. I have a plant there.
That's right. It holds my plant. On a Lazy Susan. So it can spin around if it wants. Why is it on a Lazy Susan? It spins, but a Lazy Susan is like a tear, isn't it a tear? No, it can be.
It can be if it's a cupboard. But just a spinny thing, isn't that what that is? Yeah. I mean, I guess.
I don't know. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So it's both.
Yeah. It's a tabletop Lazy Susan, not a two shelf Lazy Susan that you would find inside a corner cupboard. A lot of people are saying that coffee tables are just so you can stub your toe.
And I will say, I can attest to this. But what would I do without my coffee table? What would I put my drink in my feet? Yeah. When I watch TV. I don't know. On the floor?
It is called a coffee table because its function is to hold cups of coffee and other refreshments, especially in the living room while socializing and relaxing. I figured as much. I just never gave that any thought.
I've never ever given that any thought. So I don't think it's useless. I don't think our coffee table is useless. I use it every day.
Useful is what I would say. Do you know what a Lazy, why it's called a Lazy Susan? Are you still on the Lazy Susan?
Yeah. Because when I typed in, why is it called to do research on a coffee table? It wanted me to find out why it's called a Lazy Susan. And I don't feel comfortable calling it a Lazy Susan anymore. It needs a new name.
Oh no. The term Lazy Susan most likely originated in the early 20th century with the Susan part being a generic name for a female servant and Lazy referring to the convenience of the rotating tray replacing the need for a human servant. Oh. Oh, just it's the Lazy Susan. We're going to rename everything in our house. Yeah.
I'm going to call it like a Lazy Derek. Yeah. Yeah.
That's just rude. I had no idea. The things you learn. Whatever. Yeah. Rainbow. Yeah. The things you learn. That's our version.
Yeah. With not the right music. Kind of a wonky spiral. The things you learn from Josh and Chantel. Like why is it called a Lazy Susan?
Or a coffee table. Yeah. And now you know. And now you know.
You're welcome. That's a service we did to the community. We went, hey, now you know. Doo doo doo doo doo.
Here's something you can get behind Josh. What is it? This is a cheese competition. I like a cheese. Called the Cheese Munger Olympics.
Okay. Does it involve eating cheese? It involves eating cheese.
Yes. It happens in France. I don't know if it happens in France every year.
But it happened in France last month. An American just won it. Amelia just won it. Amelia. Yeah. She's studying cheese at the Philly Cheese School.
Yes. That's a real place. There's a Philadelphia Cheese School. Philly Cheese School. Is it in Philadelphia? I don't know.
Okay. But what is she studying? Cheese. She's a cheese expert. All right. Here's what happens at the Cheese Munger Olympics. Are you ready?
There's a written test, a blind cheese tasting, a cheese sculpting event, and a competition where you have to cut the cheese. All right. Which is not easy. Some cheeses have to be cut a very specific way. I don't know if you know that. I do. I do know that.
What did you find out? I thought this school was a joke, but it's pretty legit. Yeah?
Yeah. What are you learning? Philly Cheese School was established in 2020 serving up fun and informative cheese classes. They teach you how to serve, pair, and enjoy cheese virtually or in person at their South Philadelphia classroom. Their classes have, I'm just starting to get through, trying to see what their private classes are. They'll teach you, like you can do this as like a birthday party or whatever.
It's kind of a one-off. And it feels like how to make a charcuterie and how to cut cheese specific ways. I feel like we took this class. I feel like we know a little bit about this. Would you know enough to compete in the Cheese Munger Olympics?
Here's the deal. They take it to the next step because they do go into really how to pair your cheeses together with stuff. Whether that's like a wine or that's with a fruit or a meat or something. They really kind of go into those details. Okay. Okay, but do you want to compete in the Cheese Munger Olympics? I don't think I have what it takes. Why? I need to study. And also there are some cheeses that I go, hmm.
You do have to take a test and an oral presentation. Yeah. You have to talk about cheese history. And you also have to create a presentation of an Amuse Bouche cheese plate. There it is. You can't do that. You can do that. I could, but I also, as I said, not all cheeses are good.
Yeah. You don't have to eat all of the cheeses. You just have to put them together. I know, but in order to know all of the cheeses, I would have to eat them. And I don't want to eat all the cheeses. There are some that I don't like. There are quite a few I do like. But there are some that I go, hmm.
But I'll tell you, this school might be the way to figure it out. They turned a, what's that cheese you like that I'm not a big fan of? I think has like a fishy taste. Is it brie? Brie. They turned this brie into a fondue. Oh. They basically like baked it.
So it got all runny inside. Oh. I know. I know.
I can't believe you don't like brie. It's so good. It's fine.
Good. It's just the outside is kind of fishy. Don't eat that part. I don't whenever I eat it. But you know, I could probably go for dipping some bread into a melted brie like this. Now I want some brie. If they had a brie Olympics, I'd be there.
You would? Oh, in a minute. You like the brie. Yeah, I do. I would say, here's a bold statement.
I would say brie is my favorite type of cheese. Really? Yeah.
Top of the list? Oh, yes. Of all the cheese you've ever had? Oh, yeah. A baked brie. Yes, please. Craft American single. Get on board. Cheese whiz.
Hell Vita. Come on. There's so many great cheeses. There is a lot of great cheeses, but have you had baked brie?
Listen to you. It's so good. I want some right now.
I don't have any. I know. With the little roasted garlics. Yeah. I know. Look at you. I got you all cheesed out.
I don't need to compete in order to win. I just need to get some baked brie for you. And then, you know.
And then we'll both win. Happy wife, happy life, they say. Get her cheese.
She'll be great. Just brie. Just baked brie.
Because I don't love all cheese. And some little soft bread. And some of those roasted garlic bits. Yeah.
Oh, and some pine nuts. Yes. You know me so well. Okay, here's the question. Let's say you go into a store and this store has a variety of goods. So there's shoes. A plethora of goods. It's a selection of wares.
All right. There's clothes. There's purses. There's makeup.
There's... It sounds like every other store I've ever been to. Home decor.
Sure. Sounds like a big box retail store. You walk in.
All right. What's the first place you go to? Electronics. Okay. That checks out.
More specifically, clearance shelf in electronics. Okay. Because I love a good deal. You do love a good deal. And sometimes I find them.
Yes, you do. Not every time. And probably I would say a couple of times a year I find something that I'm like, this is a really good deal.
Mine. And then you go to outdoor gear. So I spent a lot of time this weekend shopping with my sister and my daughter on our girls' weekend. And the first section that they each of them went to, both of them like shopping one.
I don't enjoy shopping. And so I would always find myself in a different section than that. Right. Because they were going to go to clothes. They went to purses first. Both of them. And then I'd say. Purses and then clothes.
Yeah. Or I would just skip past them and go, I'm not into purses. I'm going somewhere else. Like I got one already. I'm out.
Have fun. The third time that happened I went purses again. And I just walked away. I was like, I can't with the purses.
That's not me. But I mostly found myself in the shoes. I went to shoes. Yeah. Books. Okay.
And snacks. Oh. Yeah. That checks out. That's on brand.
That is very Chantel. Yeah. Those are my. I want cozy shoes. I like shoes. And I want a book. Yeah. And also something to eat. Yeah.
Yeah. Here's why I like shopping for shoes. And they'll tell you why. Because my feet don't change size. If I try on.
Oh, I see. If I try on clothes. And I go, this is supposed to be my size, but it doesn't fit.
Okay. And then I get all depressed. But then I go, but shoes. But do you understand that every brand sizing is different? Yes.
Yes, I do. So it's going to be that way. That's why it's hard to shop. And that's why you have to try on multiple things to find things that you don't roll your eyes at me. I say this all the time.
I know you do. You gotta go try stuff on because you might find something. And I want you to try on weird stuff. I'm like, you've never tried on anything like this. Go try it on. What if it looks amazing on you? And then you go, it won't. Like that. Like a goblin. It will never look good on me.
Well, not with that attitude. It's like a goblin. Yeah. Wow.
Oh. Emery always found herself after her purses. She found herself in the dog toys. She was always shopping for the dog. Always. Where's Emery? Oh, go check the dog toys. Yeah.
She was sending me video calls and stuff going like, hey, I want to find a costume for the dog. What do you think about this one and this one? I'm like, I'm not even there for one.
For two. I don't even know the size of the dog. I look for the pounds because she was like, I don't know what size she's even.
I'm like, dude. She really wanted a Halloween costume. And I said, no, I'm not going to spend money on a costume that she's going to wear once. I know. For half a minute. You get it. I do get it. I do get it. I'm the guy over here who gets it. Even though you said I sounded like a goblin.
Yeah. It'll never fit me. Like that. Go try it. And then you come out looking like a pretty goblin and you're like, yeah, it's okay. Do you want to buy it? A pretty goblin? Yeah. Because you're wearing a nice outfit before you were just like, eh.
And then you went in and tried on something new and you came out and you're like, it's okay. On this radio show, you have called me a largemouth bass. A sturdy, strong, hearty fish. You said that my dance moves were lumpy like cottage cheese. Also true and not mean.
It sounded like a goblin. Only when you're talking about trying on clothes. Not all the time. It's like you walk around being a goblin. It's just when I go like, like you walk past clothes, you're like, oh, that's kind of cute. And I go, go try it on.
No, it'll never look good. Like that. That's it. That's the only time. So what did I say?
Oh, I've said three nice things. When? Just then. You don't sound like a goblin all the time. Only in one instance. The rest of the time, you're very nice. That's a nice thing. And you're only a goblin about trying on clothes.
Two, the bass is one of the greatest fishes ever. So you need not feel like that's a disparaging comment. It is not.
That is a compliment of the highest caliber. And then what was the other one? Oh, lumpy movement. Yeah. Just fact. There's nothing mean about it.
It's just a lumpy movement. You know, I don't, I don't know. You remember, here's the deal. You remember when Beck was little and he was learning how to do body rolls. Yeah. And you know how it wasn't smooth because he's a kid trying to do a dance move.
And it kind of looked lumpy. Yeah. That's it. It's great. You do a good job.
And I'm proud of you for trying. And it just looks a little lumpy. That's all. Okay. Thanks, dear.
Those are three nice things. Love you. Love you too.
That's so sweet. We were watching a video yesterday. And it was just a guy and he said, want to see me do something dumb? Yeah.
And then he laid down on the ground and rolled down a hill. He's an adult. Yeah. Have you rolled down a hill as an adult?
No, but. You don't walk right for a couple of days. I just thought that sounded like a real fun game. Hey, you want to see me do something dumb? Do something dumb?
Yeah. And then you just do something dumb. Not anything dangerous. Not anything illegal. No. You just do something silly.
Yeah. Want to see me do something? Want to see me do some parkour? Yeah. Parkour. Like that.
Yeah. What a great idea for a game. That's our new game. Want to see me do something dumb?
Yep. But can it be something that I'm not going to feel like super nauseous about afterwards because I'm telling you, rolling down a hill isn't a bad answer. You get to pick the something dumb that you want to do.
Oh, good. So if you don't want to roll down the hill, don't roll down the hill. I won't. If you want to parkour, parkour. Yeah, I'll parkour. Just be safe. I'm pretty okay at the parkour.
Are you? Yeah, I'll like jump up on a curb and grab my foot and then jump. Parkour. Like that. Yeah. Pretty good like that. Okay.
I mostly will probably just do some silly dancing because she's dancing. You got to let that go. Can't. That's what I'll do. Okay.
Because even though it's lumpy, it's still a lot of fun. Okay. And I still like to do it.
So I'm still going to dance. Okay. Do it to it. I will. I will. Here's the thing about the Wanted To See Me Do Something Dumb Game is it's probably going to change where you are. Oh, absolutely.
It's going to depend on the environment. Yeah, your circumstances. Like doing something dumb in here is way different than doing something dumb, you know, out and about. Yeah.
If there's grass or if there's like a playground equipment, the change is everything. If you are with a group of your friends and one of them says, hey, you guys want to see me do something dumb, you stop what you're doing and watch. Oh, because you always want to see somebody do something dumb.
It's true. Hey, you guys want to see something crazy. Look at this.
Look what I can do. Again, don't be mean to people. Right. Don't do something illegal. Right.
And don't do anything dangerous. Yeah. And the game is as fun as you want it to be. Is that some life motto? Yeah. Is that what that? Yeah. You're welcome.
Make the game as fun as you want it to be. Yeah. Oh.
You choose your own kind of fun. Just have the ambulance on speed dial. Listen. Because if you do something real dumb, you're going to need it. Mama Cass said it best.
What did she say? Make your own kind of music. Oh, yeah?
Sing your own special song. Do you think she wrote that one? I don't know.
Why do you ask? Well, there were other people in the band. It could have been written by anyone. Yeah. I think she sang that one by herself though. Did she? I don't think that was the mamas and papas. I think that was just a mama. Oh. No papas.
No other mamas. I'm not sure about that. But when I look it up really quick. All right. Keep on talking while I do the research.
What should I talk about? Doing dumb things. Yeah. What if it's just saying something that you don't know any information about? Does that count? Want to hear me talk about something I don't know anything about?
It's mama's and papa's music. I got one joke. But I've got no information to back it. Yeah. It's just mama Cass.
All right. But does that mean she wrote it? We need to find out who wrote it. Oh, golly. So you got to look it up on Wikipedia. That song.
And it'll tell you specifically who wrote it. Oh. Thanks how to teach me how to write the... You're welcome.
How to teach you how to use the... Use the internet. You're welcome. You're welcome. You're very welcome.
I'm looking, Josh. Did you find the Wikipedia article? Yeah. The internet is kind of slow today. Oh. It was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Will.
There it is. Neither of them are her. So she did say it, but she did not write it. Okay. I think I said it. As Mama Cass said. That's what I said. Right.
As she repeated that someone else wrote. That's all I was trying to find out. That took way too long to get to the bottom of, but good job being a sleuth.
Good detective work. Hey, make your own kind of music. All right. And we're back to the joke. Here we go. It's October 1st, so that means Halloween costumes are attempting.
Attempting, being attempted, being attempted. There you go. Are you talking about the project that we found ourselves walking into that we didn't ask to be a part of? Yep. Is that what you're talking about? Yep. You're talking about how it's the first and there's 30 days until Halloween. Yes.
And somebody decided that we needed to panic and hurry and get everything together. Is that what you're talking about? Yeah, exactly.
For 30 days from now. Yeah. Is that true? Yeah. I'm just trying to understand. I'm just trying to make sure we're all on the same page here. Halloween is 30 days away. And so we don't need to stress right now about it.
Is that true? Well, I do appreciate that she wants to be on top of it and she just wants to get it completed. I'm on my way home last night and I said, Hey, what are you doing? And you said, Well, Emery wants to run to the Halloween store. I said, Oh, okay. And you said, if you want to go with, I went, Sure. So we load up, we go to the Halloween store and we're walking around. I don't know what we're looking for.
She's like, I'm trying to be this and shows me a picture. And I went, Oh, that's not something you can just buy. No.
That's not like an inflatable among us. No, no, no. That is, that's actually going to take some work. So there's 30 days and, and there's a lot of work to do. Now part of it, she finished last night. I hope her finish a good part of it. I think she's happy with the result. She was not happy with the way that I was trying to attach it because I was trying to do like a bungee chin strap thing. And she was like, No.
How did you decide how to attach it? Oh, she's like, we can just use a string. And I went, it'd be cool if it had a like a shock cord elastic cord so you could stretch it like a birthday hat. Oh, a birthday hat would have one.
That just came to you. I have birthday. You do have birthday hats. Nice. I've solved an issue. Here's what I like about you is that I have an idea for how to do stuff, but then you always come in with a better idea. And then I go, Yeah, do that idea. That's a better idea.
What was your idea? So she was asking me for help with her costume. And I said, let's ask dad. Dad will just have a better idea.
And sure enough, there you go. Except she wasn't a fan of your elastic idea for sure. And she, as you were trying to cut the string and you were fiddling with it, she just kept looking at me like, I don't like this idea.
I don't like this idea. And I kept ignoring her because I went, it's going to work out. Like just have some faith.
Yeah. She kept looking at me. I don't like this idea, mom.
Tell him I don't like this idea. Well, I solved it. It's better.
She's going to be happy. And to be fair, the piece of a shock cord, a paracord that I had, or the elastic, it was pretty big. It was a bigger diameter. It's not made for a chin strap.
So it wasn't the right idea. But now that I remembered, I have some birthday hats back here. Oh, it's on that chin strap that hat. Yeah, that would be perfect. Yeah.
I know. Good job. And now I got to figure out the next parts because the next parts I think are harder. The next parts. I don't know what I mean. Yeah.
There's a skirt that she needs to make, but that'll be right. Yeah. And you've done that before. So that should be fine. As long as it looks right, if it doesn't look right, you're going to have an issue. You know what I'm saying? It can't look all. It's got to look good or else she's going to be upset about it.
I know. I shall give you the look. Like I don't like this idea, Dad. Tell mom to stop doing this idea because that's the look she was giving me. I don't like this idea, Mom.
Tell Dad to stop. And I went, no, I'm not going to because he's on the right track. Well, I'm excited.
I solved it. I'm going to grab a couple of birthday hats out of the studio here behind me that have been here since February and I am going to put some string under that hat. It's going to be awesome.
It is going to be awesome. And I got 30 days to solve the rest. So we got time, nothing but time. Yeah.
This is a cool story. Are you ready? Sure. And I've seen this guy before. I've seen some of his videos before, but he's making news because he's doing some cool things. He is a wildlife photographer. His name is Sean.
Okay. And he looks for hermit crabs using trash as their home. I've seen some of these videos. And then he'll give them options of like different shells. So he'll bring actual shells and say, Hey.
Yeah. But it'll put them in like a rubber made thing and give them different options. And then he'll kind of leave them alone because they have to feel safe to come out of their, you know, current shell to be able to go pick a new one. But yeah, cause they'll move into something as they grow bigger. And if they find like a can or a, you know, all kinds of weird stuff. Yeah. I've seen them in like laundry detergent cups.
Oh, sure. I've seen them use that as a shell. I've seen some that have PVC pipes as a shell. And then this guy, Sean, will be like, Hey bud, like let's get a real shell for you. And then they ditch their plastic garbage. Yeah.
And then he gets rid of it. Thank you. Yeah. You can see him be so happy. Those crabs are so happy to have a real shell. I bet so.
It's so nice. So he has started a project called make the switch for nature. Oh, cool. And you can donate shells.
Nice. And then he collects them and then he leaves them in areas that hermit crabs live in. And he's re-homed hundreds of crabs. Yeah.
And then picked up trash along the way. That's great. It's called a twofer. It is indeed.
That's a one two punch. Good for him. What a great thing.
I know. I think it's awesome. And it kind of makes me want to help. That's a good human right there. That's a nice human doing good human things.
I want to donate some shells. Do we have any? No. Do we live near an ocean?
No. Hard to get shells? I know. OK. As long as you know that we don't have a lot of shells laying around.
OK. If you do want to help out, you can get seashells from recycling shops. I don't know what that means.
Restaurants, thrift stores, previous hermit crab owners. That makes sense. Yeah.
Because people will old family collections. Right. And because people will definitely like decorate in nautical. Yeah. And then have shells as part of that decor that then, you know, they decide to get rid of. Yeah, that's fine. If you see shells laying around, there's a great way to make sure they're being used in a cool way. I like it.
I do too. Go check it out. Make the switch for nature. OK. For letter four. Number. Number four. Thank you.
Smart. Josh, I've got a gift idea for you. It's not going to be a surprise because I need to unwrap it right now. Well, I'm just going to tell you about it. Do you have the gift?
Nope. What is it? You're going to have to buy it yourself. OK. What is it? A book? Called Fishing for Fun and to Wash Yourself.
It is written by Herbert Hoover. Her, her. Her, her, her. Who? Her, her.
Herbert Hoover. Fishing for Fun and to Wash Your Soul. Yeah. Her, her.
Her. Tell me about the book. What do you know about it? He just basically talks about how fishing can be therapeutic and spiritually cleansing. I agree with all of this.
It offers a respite from the complexities of modern life. I need to go fishing. Yeah. I need to go fishing for fun. Fishing for fun?
I know. Here's the difference between fishing for fun and fishing for objective. Fishing for objective was stressful. It was not necessarily a relaxing trip. It was fun. I had a great time. So don't get me wrong, but it was not a relaxing let's go, let's go out into nature and fish. Let's all go to the nature. It was, we have a specific task in mind. We need to catch a certain fish and move on. OK.
So it wasn't, it wasn't a weekend of relaxing, camping and fishing. Sad. Do you know what I'm saying? I do.
So I need in my life a relaxing fishing getaway. OK. That's what I'm saying. OK. I need a bit of quiet nature.
A respite from the complexities of modern life. This is exactly what I need. That's what you need. Herver, herver. Herver, herver said it best. That's right.
Fishing for fun and to wash your soul. I do need to read this book. Is it a big book?
How big is this book? I don't know. Look it up. It says it's a wise and witty book. Oh, good. It's 86 pages.
I could read this book. Bro. Yeah. Pick it up. Pick it up. Well, it's available new for $91. Let's see if the library has it.
Let me do some research really fast. I bet the library owns a copy, but guess what? I bet you. Now it's going to be a race to see who can pick it up first. Is it?
Yep. I bet people are going to the library right now to pick it up because we've been talking about it. I'm on my way.
I got it. I can pick it up for $12 used hardcover, but a new paperback is $91. Don't buy it. Just rent it from the library. Rent it. We've talked about this.
Yeah. The National Archives has it. For $12.99. The local library does not. Herberhoof's book? Did anything else from Herberhoof? Let's find out.
Keep talking. Oh, well, I found it for sale at the... Yes, there is quite a few books from the one Herbert Hoover, but not one of them is fishing for fun. Well, it looks like he's having a fun time fishing on the cover.
Did you see how funny he's having? I can get it from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum Store for $12.99. Okay. So I probably need to pick that up. Are you going to read it? Who's Richard Norton Smith?
Why? He wrote the foreword. Oh. Oh, he's a historian.
How about that? Don't you know your historians? No.
Come on. An historian of what? Just a general? American historian.
Okay. So I assume of America. He is an American historian and author specializing in United States presidents and other political figures.
Oh, there you go. His name is Richard Norton Smith. Herbert Hoover, Fishing for Fun and To Wash Your Soul. Here's what else the Fishing for Fun book has to say.
It says, the natural forces at play in fishing do not discriminate based on status, reminding people of the fundamental equality of life and the frailty of human endeavors. Okay. He wrote this when? I don't know. Because I'm going to tell you right now, everybody had a stick with a piece of fishing line on it when he wrote it.
You think so? Because now people have drift boats. I see what you're saying.
And very expensive gear. And so the simplicity of it does not discriminate. And the equality of it. That's correct. You're saying that people with a boat have more. I'm saying that it's changed.
Fly fishing has changed over the years. He wrote that in 1963. That's not that long ago.
How about that? I think what he's saying is that fish don't care whether you have a boat or not, fish are going to be like, I don't want to bite that line today. Keep moving on, fishermen. Is that what you're saying? That is what I'm saying. Okay. Well, thank you for the recommend.
Yeah, sure thing. I would like to read that book. I know you would. 86 pages. I might make it through that one.
That seems like a good length. I watched a video and it's a woman who cleaned out, I don't know what was in it, a jelly jar, some kind of jar. She cleaned it out and then she went, ooh, a jar. What can I do with this jar? I'm going to save this jar. I'm going to put it with all my other jars because I need a collection of jars. I can't throw away a nice jar. And she put it in a cupboard with all the other jars. And there it shall go to die.
I know. But every time it resonated with me because every time I see a nice jar, I say the same thing. Ooh, a jar. What can I do with this jar? What can I put in this jar?
Every time I make spaghetti, I go, do you need this jar? No, that's different. And you go, no.
I go, okay. Spaghetti jars are different. Why? Because it's not a nice shape.
Do what now? It's just not a nice shape of jar. That's weird because we have a painted one in the bathroom.
That was a different jar. It says classical on it. No, it does not. It does not.
It's, bro, I'll bet you. It does not say classical. You painted the classical jar and then sanded it so that it would look aged.
What are you talking about? It is not a classical jar. I'm pretty sure it is.
I'm telling you, it's not. It's not a classical jar. It's a prego.
I've got a craft idea. It's a prego jar. No, it's not. It's not.
It's got to be. Every time I see it, I go, that's a sauce jar. It's holding combs. That sauce jar's holding combs. It was not made for combs. It was made for sauce. But here it is, painted a pale blue and sanded to look aged, sitting in the bathroom holding combs.
For one, if you think it's the one that was holding combs, that one broke a long time ago. So that's in the garbage. And it wasn't in classical jar. No, that one was bigger. It's the one that was holding bath salts for you. Yeah, that one's still there. That's a classical jar.
It is not. And then a repurposed small vase for bubble bath, because it looks cute on a shelf. That's fine. Yeah, okay. It's just open. It's gross.
Why? It doesn't have a lid. It's just open to dust. I don't care for it. It's just being open. I didn't know this was the thing for you. Yeah, it's a thing. Every time I go in there, I don't like to go in that bathroom.
I know you don't. I go downstairs, because downstairs there's trees and things. But is that why? Because of the... No, it's just, it's not my favorite place. It's too central to the house.
I like to be away. That's funny, Josh. Yeah, but also a classical jar holding epsom salts. It's not a classical jar.
Are you sure? And it's not holding anything, because I'm out of epsom salts. Yeah, but that's what it's there for. It's just, now it's just sitting there empty.
Yeah. So is the vase bubble bath. No, that has bubble bath in it.
But it's still open topped. Gross. It's just bubble bath. What's the big deal? Dust bath is what it is. Dust bubbles.
What do you care? You don't use... I know, I don't like a bath. Take a bubble bath?
What is your problem? You imagine me in a bubble bath? No way. Bro, it's so nice. I bet it is. I'll just have a hot tub.
It's so much better. You can't put bubbles. I don't need the bubbles.
That's what I just said. Imagine you walk in the bathroom there. I'm sitting there in a bubble bath. I'd be like, oh, you're having some relaxing time. No.
I would be so happy. No. It's not. Like my knees would be up. I can't.
That is the problem. We need a longer bathtub. Yeah, a hot tub. We need a hot tub. You can't lay down in a hot tub. You can.
It has a lounge seat. Yeah, I guess they do. Yeah.
Yeah, they do. Come on. But there's other people in a hot tub. Are there people's dirt?
No. Soaking. You gotta rinse off before you get in the hot tub. Those are the rules. Those are the rules. Almost like you have to take a bath before you can get into the hot tub.
You have to take a shower after you take a bath to get clean because the bath doesn't clean you. Tell you that. But it is relaxing.
I don't know about that. It so is. Anyway. Anyway, what were we talking about?
Where did you get that jar that holds the salts? Is there something I was going to ask? Is there something that you always clean out? And then you go, yeah, I got to keep this. You got to keep this around.
You used to keep because you used to be a big geocacher. Yeah. So anytime there was like a film canister, you were like, keep those. So we had a plethora. I had a whole bag of them for a long time.
A film canisters. Yeah, I don't have that anymore. No. But you always kept those around. Trying to think what else you like to keep around. Some might say is garbage.
You might say is purposeful. Like a jar. Like a jar. Put ribbon in this jar. Yeah, you have jars and jars of ribbons and buttons.
Yeah. And an open vase for bath, bubble bath. What do you want me to do with it? It should have a lid. I don't have. That's all. I don't have a lid for that.
No, I know. You'll have to use a different jar. That has a lid. I like that jar. It's not a jar. It's a vase with an open top. Put a towel on it or something.
I don't know. There's dust getting in there. How much do you want to bet that that is not a classical jar?
Holding the epsom salts. Not enough. It's got to be. It's the right shape. It's that square shape.
All right. Are you sure it's not? I am positive it's not. That's why I'm asking.
I'm telling you, it's not like a canning jar, like a ball canning jar. It's not that. No, it's not that.
It's a classical spaghetti sauce jar. I'm pretty sure. I'm real confident.
Okay, let's take a bet. What else would it be? It's a jar. It's not a classical jar. I don't know. It might be.
You know that orange peel theory that came out a while ago on social media where it was like a relationship test if you asked your spouse to peel an orange for you? Sure. Hey, would you peel this for me? And then if they go like, no, peel it yourself.
Or if they're like, sure thing, whatever, or they just do it. Happy to help. Yeah. That was like a big relationship test. I remember that.
Yeah, okay. So there's a new relationship test called the bird theory. The bird theory. So this is, you get excited about something insignificant, such as you look out a window and say, oh, that's a beautiful bird. Or wow, does your partner come to look to see what you're interested in or do they ignore it and go about their business?
I see. Or worse, do they lash out and dismiss your enthusiasm? Maybe they come to look and they go, oh, that's stupid.
So if you do repeated reactions that involve ignoring or flat out rejecting enthusiasm, that doesn't look good. That's not a good look. It's not a good look. It's a red flag, as they say. So here's what it says. It says the concept is that when one partner makes a small bid for connection, like, look at this bird, the other partner's reaction reveals the strength of their bond.
And here are the things. There's a turning towards and a turning away. The turning towards a positive response, such as acknowledging the bird with interest, is a turn toward and indicates a healthy relationship.
Whereas a turning away, ignoring the bird or reacting negatively, suggests potential problems in the relationship. Oh, ho, ho. Who did this? It says that Gottman's research. I don't know who that is.
Gottman's. I found that couples who consistently turned toward birds were more likely to stay together long term compared to those who turned away. And it's not necessarily a bird, right?
Like, the bird is just an example. No, I get it. Yeah.
Yeah, that's just what it is. It could be anything that you show enthusiasm for, such as fly fishing. Look at this fish icon. What? Let me turn towards it. Right.
No, you just go another one? No, that's not true. Or you'll say, No, I know I'm kidding.
I'm kidding. You'll say, oh, are you smiling real big because you never smiled that big in a picture with me? That's what you'll say because you do. And you said it yesterday. And you meant it.
I didn't mean it. You like fish. I am happy to share your enthusiasm for fish. Yeah. I just also wish you had the same amount of enthusiasm. But have you ever caught a fish?
Yeah, I have. I know. It is very exciting.
It's a rush. And the picture that I have with the fish that I caught. You're very excited. I was very excited. That's a great picture. I know it is. We should hang that picture up.
I'm working on it. I like that picture. I know. It's a good one. I agree.
I'd like to go fishing again, actually. Yeah. Just not in the crazy places. Like I took you to some crazy places. I need to take you to some much better cool places and let you have a fun experience. OK.
I'll share your enthusiasm. Yeah. Look at me turning toward your connection. Oh, look at you. Look at you. Wow, it's healthy in here. I can feel it. I'm like floating on healthy relationship in here. It's your turn now.
Turn toward my enthusiasm. For? I don't know. I can't think of anything.
I got nothing. I tried to help you find that thing you lost. But then I was apparently annoying. My pattern? Yeah, because you lost a pattern you don't know where you put it. Did you ever find it?
No. But you kept looking and I kept going, did you look here? Did you look here? Yeah, that was fine. And then you felt like I wasn't being helpful.
That was not helpful. Where did I put that pattern? I forgot about it.
Now it's back in my brain. I'm not feeling very connected. I'm turned toward finding that pattern.
I'll be helpful. Did you look everywhere? I said at one point and you said, yes, I've looked everywhere. I actually think. I don't think you have or you would have found it.
Here's what I actually think. I think it's a pattern that I have that I found online. It might be still in my phone on a tab. Let's check it out. I will check it out.
You want me to check it out right now? No, because I know you have 86 tabs open. I have a lot of tabs open. How many tabs? I don't want to say. It's more than 86.
No. How many? 58.
What? Oh, would you rather this or that? Would you rather have skeleton arms or zombie legs? I'm picking skeleton arms, skeleton. What are zombie legs? Oh, like your pants are always ripped. No, those are zombie pants. Yeah, I know. Then it's like you drag one foot.
You kind of slow walk. That's not what it is. Yeah, that is what it is.
Well, I guess that's how they function. I thought I would figure out what we need to do for a... Hold on. Okay. Hang on. I'm being held.
What are you doing? Well, I think zombie legs is... They're kind of... They've got wounds on them. You've got open fleshy wounds. Because zombies are the undead. So you'd have gross, hangy skin. Ew, gross. I was just thinking...
This is your thing. Yeah, but I was just saying that you walked with a limp. But a skeleton arm is just bones. Yeah. Be careful. It's just bones.
Yeah, you'll have to be careful. What if you had one of each? One skeleton arm and one zombie leg? No. Okay. I gave you that as an option. That's a third option. Skeleton arms, zombie legs, or a skeleton arm and a zombie leg? Let's see.
Why are you doing more research? Well, I'm just trying to decide if I want zombie legs or not. Some zombies don't have legs.
That's fair. You want your skin falling off all day? I can wear pants. They got holes in them. No, they don't. I just said... I don't have to have zombie pants.
I can have zombie legs under normal pants. No. Yeah. Have you ever seen a zombie with normal pants? No, but I also haven't seen a human with skeleton arms. What are you picking?
Zombie legs, regular pants. That's what I'm picking. This is so dumb. What are you picking? I said skeleton arms. You did? Yeah.
No. I was busy looking at zombie legs. Think how long my fingers would be. The same. They'd be the same. I mean, how skinny they'd be. Yeah, they would just look really long.
Yeah. They wouldn't look long. They'd be the same way.
Did you just say that I had fat fingers? Would you rather this or that? Are you with me? Here I am. Right there. Here I am. Hello.
What can I do for you today? Here's what I noticed about today's show. What did you notice?
And this is not untrue. And I just want to give you some props at the end of today's show. Because throughout the show today, you've said, you know, oh, I gotta find something to talk about. I gotta find things. Gotta, you know, and you've fleshed out the whole show.
Like you did a lot of heavy lifting. And not that that's untrue for most shows. You do a bang up job at putting together a bunch of stuff to talk about. So I just wanted to say today's show, I'm looking through other than good news, earlier this morning, you brought everything to the table. So bravo.
Thank you. But that's bravo. Most days. I said, that's not unlike most days.
I mean, there are some days where it's like 80, 20, 75, 25, something like that. But you did a big job today. Today was a 90-10. Today was a 95-5 even.
It was a 95-5. So I just wanted to give you kudos because you did a good job. Because here's the worst part about this job is like trying to find things to talk about. And we have friends and family that'll offer suggestions. Like you could talk about that and I go, yeah, I could, but it's going to have more meat.
Right? Like it's got to create a conversation. There's like 13 or 14 different things that we talk about every day. And the way people listen to the show is different. I mean, there are people that obviously listen to the podcast and will listen to it in its entirety.
And we appreciate that. But for the majority of people, they might just catch part of a conversation or one conversation out of the 13 or 14. So you got to have new, fresh stuff all the time. We can't revisit and go, oh, we talked about that in the six o'clock hour. We'll talk about it again in the eight o'clock hour. And I feel like we're just both people that we don't take life too seriously. So we're just going to bring nonsensical topics. Well, that happens.
Because it's just about having some fun. That's right. That's right. So anyway, good job putting together today's show.
I need all my words out. Thanks, buddy. Thanks for noticing. Oh, I noticed. Because there were times when I was like, I could look through. I could talk about that.
Like, that's not that great. I'm looking at all of my sources going, and you found good stuff. So good job. Thank you.
Yeah. Let's wrap up the show for today. Let's do it. Hey, there's still one more that has to be done. We do a bonus bit for the podcast.
So we still have to find that. That one's on you, bud. Oh, it is? Yeah. All right. So if you're listening to this now on the radio, then there will be a new bonus bit that I will put together for the podcast right at the beginning of the podcast.
We do that every day. So if you go and listen to the podcast, you get extra show. And you can listen to the podcast on demand everywhere podcasts are available. If you've never listened, go check it out. You might enjoy it. Plus, you can hear the whole show without the music and commercials.
Just about an hour long, you get the whole thing. But if you listen to us live, that's cool too. Oh, love that. If you listen at all, hey, thanks for being here with our nonsense. Yeah. If you're listening to this on the podcast, you already heard it. So, you know, thanks for listening to the podcast version of the, you know what I'm saying. Have a good day.
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