Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
It's officially fall ya'll, there's a frost warning for tonight and Josh likes a fall fog, rescuing a moose stuck in a well is Good News, Josh made a lot of salsa and Chantel needs to make a bunch of zucchini bread, if you haven't listened to music in the dark - you should, Josh forgot national wife appreciation day again this year, we need to get this craft cinema up and running, Josh's cave days are over, Chantel thought a stranger touched her shoulder, what do you like to listen to people talk about, Ig Nobel prizes were awarded for things including zebra striped cows, a fall flavored filled Would You Rather, and capri pants are the next big fashion trend.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus:
(2:49) - First day of fall
(7:20) - Frost warning
(13:33) - Good News
(17:12) - Josh made salsa
(22:05) - Music in the dark
(25:13) - National wife day
(30:32) - Craft cinema
(34:31) - Caving
(39:37) - Stranger hand
(44:31) - Active listening
(50:05) - Ig Nobel prizes
(55:12) - Would You Rather
(57:53) - Capris are coming back
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Full show transcript:
I heard some news. I don't know if you're ready for the news. What's the news? The news is that McDonald's says they're bringing back Monopoly next month. Oh, really? That's the news. Now, this was a huge source of a documentary recently because it was a giant scam and they had employees that were keeping all of the good pieces so they never gave all of the big prizes.
Huge, huge, huge controversy. McDonald's Monopoly started in 1985. Participants would collect the pieces and then you put them on the game board and if you got certain ones, then you could win all kinds of prizes. They gave away cars, they gave away motorcycles, they gave away trips, they gave away a million dollars allegedly every time they did the game. In the 90s, they lost a $24 million scandal centering around this game.
So I'm very surprised they're bringing it back. One man was in charge of security for the winning game pieces, one guy. And apparently, he knew which ones they were and so he told them out to friends and stuff. And it was a really big, big, big problem and more than 50 people were convicted in mail fraud and conspiracy because of that. And that one dude, that security dude, had to pay back $12.5 million in damages to McDonald's.
So safe to say he doesn't work there, but now they're going to This feels high risk. But maybe, so here's the thing on the consumer side of it, are we fools if we play the game thinking we're going to win knowing that it didn't ever happen before? No, it's never going to come out. And we go like, yeah, fool me again.
Or are we slated to win big because of the scandal? They're like, no, we really need to make this a big deal. Yeah, I don't know. I just feel like it's just a play to get you to spend money there. Well, yeah, marketing boy.
Of course it is. And you don't need it. But I like playing McDonald's. Yeah, I know you do.
I like putting those little stickers on the card thing. But what are the odds? Not good. Never tell me the odds. What are the odds I'm going to get some free fries? Pretty high. Pretty high. Yeah, but what are the odds that you're going to remember to bring your coupon for the free fries? Pretty low. Actually get your free fries.
Pretty low. Exactly. But you'll have to redeem them in the app anyway.
So they're going to push app stuff. Guaranteed. Oh, yeah. Guaranteed. So anyway, we'll see how it goes this time.
Good luck. No way, we're here again. Yes, way. Here we are. Surprise.
We came back. Oh man. That's amazing. It is amazing.
Thumbs up with these headphones. I'm telling you. Every day? Well, just until, just since you gave me this plugin, you gave me a different plugin for them.
Right. And if I plug them in all the way, yeah, my left ear has got no sound. Does this help if I turn them up a little bit or no?
No, like there's nothing in this year. If I only plug them in halfway, yeah, then I get, hold on, say something. All right, I took them out all the way. Nope, then I don't get my right ear. Now I've plugged them in here. Is that any better? My headphones?
Yeah. You didn't plug them in. I still have them. You say something. Say something.
Troubleshooting headphones in real time is fascinating. It's fun, huh? I mean, yeah. All right, we can talk about that later. I'm just telling you that like, on my end, everything looks good. So I don't know.
I don't know what to tell you. I gave you that cord. It's just an extender so that you could plug them in yourself and you didn't have to wait for me. And then sometimes I forget. And then you go like, hello, I still have my plug. So then I was like, there now you can plug them in yourself. It doesn't work is what I'm telling you.
Shake the cord around. Oh my, well, let's talk about it later. All right. Today is officially the first day of fall. Well, I think yesterday, yeah, September 21st.
Today's the 22nd. So I think we're officially now into fall. Officially, officially. Officially fall.
Yeah. Welcome to fall, y'all. And how do you celebrate? How do I celebrate fall?
Jumping in the leaves. No, no, I know that. I'm saying today. I know you do fall things. I'm saying like today, like when it's the summer solstice, a lot of people will do different summer celebrations or the spring solstice people will do stuff.
But fall comes around. Do you do anything special on this day? No, do you? I don't know. Do you have like a change of habit?
No. You know what I should do? Take the air conditioners out.
That's a great idea. I've actually it was it was a weeks long conversation to put them in. How long you think this one will go? It was more than a week. I said weeks. Oh, okay.
Plural. I don't know. I don't know how long it'll take. It takes as long as it takes. Oh, look, that's what you always say. My advice to the kids when they go, this is gonna take forever. And I go, no, it's not.
It's gonna take just as long as it takes. And they go, what does it even mean? What does that even mean? That means it's not going to take forever.
Quit exaggerating and get to work. That's what it means. Yeah. That means this this pain that you're going through of doing something you don't like will come to an end the sooner you get started. So get to work.
That's what it means. Good advice, Josh. You know what makes me sad? I was just thinking about I was thinking about you taking out the air conditioners and then I went, oh no, in just a couple of months, we're gonna have to start cleaning up for winter. We're gonna have to start putting deck chairs away.
And I don't like that. We just got them out. What is this process of taking stuff out, putting stuff away?
I want to live where there's seasons. That's what it is. I don't. I know.
If you didn't live where there were seasons and it was just always hot, you just always would have it out. Yeah. Doesn't that sound nice? It sounds different than here. It sounds different. It doesn't sound nice or not nice.
That just sounds like not here. Here we put things away and then we take them out. If we like them, if we like the things that we have, if we don't like them, we just leave them out. But we do.
We like our stuff. So anyway, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to fall. Y'all.
There you go. I was clearing away some notifications on my phone. I saw this one this morning.
Found an alert for a frost advisory. Okay. Was that for this morning?
No. Is it for tonight? When is it for? It's for tomorrow morning.
Okay. Beginning at 4 a.m. Yeah. And ending at 9 a.m. So it tells me be ready to scrape windows in the morning is what that tells me. Yep. Yeah.
Temperatures as low as 33 degrees. Yeah. So now my question is that's gonna put a little frost on the pumpkin. What do I need to do with my garden?
I got to look that up. Like I'm not worried about anything really. I just, you know, I don't want anything to, you know, I got plenty of tomatoes. I'm okay.
I'm all right. I just am wondering if that's a bad thing. You want your tomato plants to freeze? No, I don't want them to freeze. I'm just saying like, like I should probably look at covering them up. Yeah. At least with the sheet thing, throw that over the garden beds. Right.
So they don't get frost on, you know, the fruits. That's kind of what I'm saying. I see what you're saying. Yeah. But I don't know. Is that, is that like, I know we do that in the spring.
Is that also something you do in the fall? I don't know. I don't know either. I don't know. But also, I don't know. I don't know. Are you ready for that?
No. That's why I'm talking about it because I'm so mad. Unfurl your brow at me. I won't. No.
No. I don't like frost or being cold. I hate being cold. I know.
It's the noise I make when it's cold outside. Do you know I'm going camping this weekend? It's up to you, bud. Have fun. I'm just saying, like, that is a choice that not only am I making, but I'm excited about.
Yeah, I know. Well, it's at least a month overdue, but it's years overdue. You've been talking about it for a long time. I'm excited for you.
Yeah. I just hope it all goes well. But I won't know till I know. So I'm going to have to find out. Okay.
Anyway, anyway, anyway. Cover those sensitive plants. Yeah, I'm going to look that up. I need to figure out, like, fall frost. Do I worry about fall frost on the garden? Well, and now I'm like, do I worry about some of my plants?
They're going to die anyway soon. That's what I'm asking. Yeah. What's the point? I don't know.
I don't know. In the spring, it's different because you've just spent money on them. And you're like, no, I need you to live. Yeah. In the fall, you're like, I guess what, buddy?
Sad news is coming your way. So you should worry about fall frost, especially if you have tender plants like warm season vegetables being tomatoes, peppers and squash or annuals as they can be damaged, killed if temperatures drop to freezing or below. And it says throw blankets, row covers, water, the soil to retain heat, harvest the crops before the first frost, you know, those kinds of things. So fall frost is a concern. And you should just cover them up, blanket sheets, etc.
and give the soil some water so it can stay warm. Okay. That's what I'm going to work on. Here's the thing though.
What does it say? It rained all day yesterday and last night. So my soil should be wet. I want to over water because it's going to warm up today. You should. Why are you going to water? You're just going to cover.
I just said water the soil thoroughly before the frost because moist soil holds heat better than dry soil. Oh, interesting. I didn't listen to that part. I know.
That's why you asked that question. That's interesting actually, because I would have assumed that it would freeze more. What so you would freeze more? Well, it would freeze for sure, but frost is when the dew hits and then freezes and the dew is that light mist. So it could be a foggy morning even. It could be interesting. I like a foggy morning.
When the water at the river is like hotter than the air temperature. Yeah. And so you get all that fog. I like that. I like a fall fog. Do you like a fall fog? I do. I mean, yeah, I guess.
I like it. Then you remove your covers about mid-morning to allow the plants full sun to prevent heat buildup. Do you like a spring fog or is it just a fall fog? Have you ever seen a spring fog?
I'm sure you have. I've seen a winter fog. I like that. You just like all fog. I don't mind fog.
I would like to live by a foggy bay sometime. Okay. Doesn't that sound neat? Yeah, it does sound nice.
Yeah, I thought so. You know what is a dumb word? Fog. Limited visibility. Let's name it fog.
Yeah. Your nephew named himself Fog because he was too young to get on Facebook and they wouldn't let him do it. And so then he tried to create a second profile with a different birthday, but his name had already been taken.
And so he put his first name as Fog. That was the best. That's a good thinking. I know.
It makes me laugh. I like Fog. He was like 10. I'll just be Fog, I guess.
Or at least that's the story he told us. Anyway, all right. I like a good fall fog. I do. If we had to label the show, that would be the name of the show. Fall Fog. Yep. You mean if we titled instead of just giving it a date? Right. Oh, I see.
Episode title would be Fall Fog. Yeah. Oh, right. I like it. I know. Here is some good news for you.
This happened in Pembroke, Maine, where a young bull moose found itself in an abandoned well. You didn't see that well. Yeah, I know.
I knew the joke was coming. Yeah, clearly because he was in it. He fell. He was discovered by a 15-year-old named Cole. Cole was working on the property and he heard some rustling in the bushes and went to investigate and found the moose, antlers and all, in an abandoned well, unable to escape. How big is the well?
Not that big, I don't think. But here's what they did. They brought in this team of experts. They had a wildlife biologist named Steve Dunham along with some other people. But what they did is they tranquilized the moose. They wrapped a strap around the moose and then lifted him using an excavator. He wasn't wedged?
No, I think he was. Steve was able to climb in and prop his head up, get the strap around the moose. The best part is there were so many people on the scene that they were all helpful. A lot of hands made light work with a big giant moose. Before everybody left, they were able to see the moose wake up from the sedative and walk back into the woods. Steve said there was no obvious injuries and he may have some bruises and bumps, but he was able to walk and then sort of ran off, which is great. He looked as good.
That's crazy. He looked in good form as he trotted off, he said. Think about a well that is made of those rocks, like your traditional well that you would see. But the rock pile is just at ground level. So it doesn't stand up. You can tell it's stacked rocks and the moose is in it. You can see his head poking out like, hey guys, I'm in a hole.
I need help. His head, okay. I was thinking his head was down, but his head was up towards the opening of the well.
Yeah. I mean, he's standing in it. It's like moose height, but he's stuck. For some reason, I pictured like he goes down, his body's kind of at an angle. Head down, feet all squampus.
I see. No, he was head up, body in the well. How'd he fall head up? Well, I bet he didn't. I bet he fell in, but then got turned around once he was down in there and stood back up, but then he couldn't get out because it's too... Silly moose. It is too confined of a space.
So... Can you imagine you're a moose and you're just walking along and then you're like, ah, crud. I'm stuck. Yeah. I mean, it's deep. I'm looking at a...
It's actually pretty deep. There's people around and you're like, I don't want these people around. Yeah.
And then you fall asleep and then you wake up and you're like, how'd I get out of that place? I mean, I'm looking at Steve. Steve is standing in there with the moose and with the straps around the moose and everything. And the water is up to Steve's armpits. Really?
Yeah. And the moose, like the back of the moose is at the same level as his waist. Like the back of the moose is barely out of the water. And it's probably another four or five feet down into the well. And it's pretty wide open. It's a pretty big open space. Somebody needs to cover that well. That's correct.
That is very correct. But yeah, look, he was up. He's walking away. Good job, moose. Way to go. Good job. Good job, moose. Good job.
People, rescuers. And that's good news. You made batches and batches of salsa on Saturday. I made a lot of salsa. So much salsa. I had been gifted some produce and I have plenty of produce as well.
And so I said, I'm going to turn all of these peppers and tomatoes into salsa. So I went to the store. I bought the rest of the supplies that I needed. And I got everything that I needed to make salsa. So I stocked up on onions and cilantro, some limes, garlic.
You found a clever trick for getting the leaves of cilantro off the stem. But you hated it. I didn't.
I feel like you could do it faster just by plucking them off. Yeah. And I saw it a while ago. You can use like a colander or whatever. And we have a metal one that has smaller holes. Anyway, you just put the stem of the cilantro through there and pull it. And all of the leaves just fall right into the thing.
And then you're done. It's the sweetest little thing. It's a nice little trick. You didn't mind doing that. I felt like it took too long.
Like you could take off the leaves much quicker than this. I made a lot of salsa though. I made five and a half liters of salsa, I believe. Because each one of those bowls holds four cups. And I made 24 cups.
I know that Emory just kept wandering in the kitchen going. Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Why is it taking so long to make salsa?
I really want some salsa. Why isn't it ready? Well, she came in when I first mixed just the tomato puree. She was like, is it ready? And I'm like, that's just tomatoes.
No. That is just a tomato puree. Like now I've got to chop up the onions, the cilantro, the peppers. I've got to make all of the other stuff and mix it into that, including the bigger chunks of tomato that I leave in there. What else could I make? We could make some spaghetti sauce. I know I could.
Yeah, I was thinking about that. I could absolutely make some spaghetti sauce. I thought I could make pizza sauce. Yeah, I could make, I don't know what goes into tomato soup if you make it. I have so many tomatoes. All right, let's get to work. I have so many zucchini.
I've been to work. I worked for hours on making 24 cups of salsa. I know I was going to make zucchini bread because I can make so much. I have so much zucchini. Yeah, I can make 10 loaves of zucchini bread.
Yeah. Oh, get ready friends and neighbors. Because here comes the zucchini bread. It's just you pulling a wagon. Who needs some? I'm happy.
Happy to share. Yeah. My favorite part about yourself making experiences was that your hands were still on fire from the jalapenos. I was leaving. I was, that's a crazy thing. But I had, I had a little bit of like a hangnail thing. And so I just like chewed it off and my lips were on fire.
And I was like, what is going on? I went, Oh yeah, peppers. I rubbed my eyes once with jalapeno hands hours later after I had washed and they still had the oil. I thought my eye was going to fall out of its socket.
Good news. It didn't be careful if you're working with jalapenos. The nosiest of the peppers. Because it's jalapeno business.
If you're going to make one, I'm going to make one. Are we done with them? That's one, one each.
One each, what bad joke? Yep. All right, we're done. All right.
One each bad joke. We move on. Hand shake to you, sir. You have a strange extended hand.
What does that mean? It points down. There you go. A hand shake. You go like bow down, handshake. It looks like a sad hand.
Get that hand awake, you know? All right. I'll try better.
Okay. Now I have more work to do in the kitchen. I should wait after you finish zucchini bread, then I'll start the rest of tomato stuff.
Okay, I got to do that tonight. It takes a long time. It just takes a long time to bake.
So you can only make a little bit at a time because your oven can only hold so much. How many, those little pans aren't that big. You could probably make four at once. Blink, blink, blink. Try to make four at once.
Double the recipe, make four at a time. It's a fun time. Baking is fun. You love it. Get those zucchini off the counter.
I know. I think I'd be used. I don't want to waste it up. Right.
I have like six more ready to harvest. We had an opportunity, you and I, the other night we were just listening to some music and then we decided to listen to some music in the dark. Yeah, why not? We were just hanging out, listening to music in the dark and it was quite lovely. And I recommend doing that. When's the last time you listened to some of your favorite music in the dark, no matter what it is, where you're just, like you listening to music in the car, you've got lots of distractions while you're driving. So you're not fully listening to your music or you're listening to your music while you're cleaning house or you're listening to music while you're dancing.
But have you ever just like sat and listened to your music in the dark? Yeah. No, there are people that build listening rooms in their homes. Really? Yeah, like audio files that are really into it.
So they'll have their record player, they'll have that, you know, whatever music playing devices that they need in this room and they'll have it set up where you just fully experience the music. It was awesome. Yeah, I highly recommend it. I mean, we were just listening on like the little smart speaker, but it was fine. It was great.
Did you get time? I had a great time. It was lovely. And then we found that there were some songs that you really don't like, my one of my favorites. And then you went, why do you even like this? And I said, listen to it.
It's got a lot to it. But the way that you explain music makes me feel excited about music. So do you like this band a little bit? I appreciate them a little bit more. Okay.
It's layers upon layers. And I know you don't like his voice because your fingers sound like his mouth. Yeah, I don't think he sounds like that. But you know, he does. Oh, thanks. And I go, he doesn't sound like that.
Yes, he does. So you also get to have a little fun poking at each other's music, which is good. So, you know, because there were stuff you played and I hear this all the time. You have not heard that song all the time. Well, there was one song you did hear all the time.
Yeah. That wasn't my fault. That's the one I picked. No, that's not the one I picked. Never mind.
Forget about it. I picked a different song from that same artist. And then it went into more of the same artist and then more of the same.
And then you're like, we got to stop listening to this one band. That wasn't my fault. It's what I'm saying. I see. That was the radio's fault. Okay.
That's the speaker's fault. It just took over and did whatever it wanted. It just happened to be playing the same band.
Because when I did it, it varied it up. You're looking at me. I did not do it.
Anyway, listen to this music in the dark. It's cool. It is fun.
And it's taking away a sense, gives you a heightened listening experience. It's pretty good. It is a good time.
Check it out. It was a big day yesterday. And I don't even know if you realize what a big day it was yesterday. What was September 21st? Oh, only National Wife Day.
Oh, no. Also known as National Wife Appreciation Day. Oh.
Also known as, Oh, here we go. Forgotten about by a lot of dudes. That's because it's not May. That's when we do it. That's Mother's Day. I know when we do it then. Wife Day.
We did this four months ago. No. Yes. Let me check the calendar. That's not the same.
Yeah. I appreciated you four months ago. And I still appreciate you today just as much, if not more.
I don't even remember Mother's Day. Oh. What did we even do? Mom stuff. Like, say, say one thing you did to show appreciation.
Mom things. So yesterday was a day to appreciate your wife. Is that right?
Yeah, it sure was. I appreciate you every day. All day. Showing it. What's that mean? You can't do this to like, it's isn't like a big thing everybody knew about. It's not like it was a, what's that one in May?
Mother's Day? Yeah. It's fine.
That one husband appreciation. Oh, I bet it doesn't exist. April 19th.
See, right around the same time as June. That's rude. Okay. When I Google National Wife Day, it says to me, key details. Here's the key details. The date, the purpose. So it was September 21st for sure?
Yeah, for sure. What's the purpose? The purpose is to acknowledge and celebrate wives and show appreciation for their roles and contributions to the family and the relationship. Yeah.
Then I look at National Husband Appreciation Day. Yeah, what's the date? It does not, it gives me the date. What's the purpose?
April 19th. And it doesn't give me a purpose, but it tells me how to celebrate. How do you celebrate?
Write a heartfelt letter. Yeah. Plan a thoughtful surprise. Yeah. Cook his favorite meal.
Yes. Buy him a personalized gift. Uh-huh.
Engage in a shared hobby or pastime. Nice. Post a public shoutout.
Okay. That doesn't tell anybody, like when you Google National Wife Day, it doesn't tell you anyways on how to celebrate. If I look that up specifically and I say how to celebrate Wife Appreciation Day, it says plan meaningful gestures to show your wife you love and value her, such as taking over chores she does so she can relax.
Great idea. Writing a heartfelt letter, planning a special date night or creating a personalized gift like a scrapbook of your memories. Nothing says, I appreciate you, wife, like a scrapbook of memories and taking over a chore or two.
It says a luxurious home cooked meal, a surprise gift of flowers or a spa day at home or a professional spa can also be a thoughtful way to show appreciation for everything she does. Here, have a bath. Here, put together a scrapbook for me.
That's what I would like to see you do. It also says you could try a new hobby or a class she's been wanting to explore. Engaged in a shared hobby or pastime. This is do a new activity together. Let's do a new activity together. That sounds fun. Come to a haunted attraction with me this fall. I know, you've never even done one with me.
That's not true. I have done many with you. When? From the very beginnings of our dating to the last few years, I have done haunted attractions with you. You keep trying to drag me in there and be like, come do it. It's so fun.
It is so fun. And I go, I'll just be outside here waiting for you. And I talk to people in line.
They come out all scared. And I go, how was it? And they go, it was so good. And I go, it looked like it was a fun time.
I wish I could go in. You can. And they're like, why can't you? And I'm like, my wife won't let me. She says, you stand outside here while I go get spooked out. And I go, okay, I'll be here. Are you there with me under the bus? Every single time. Everybody that comes out, I go, oh, was it fun? Wish I could go. Could you imagine if I did that?
That would be great. You're just a sad, lonely husband whose wife won't let her have any fun. Must be nice to go with a group of friends and people you like. Is that a good time?
It looks like you had fun. Hey. Appreciate you.
Appreciate you. You showed me a video the other night and you were like, you're gonna like this. And I go, we'll see about that. And I kept telling you, I know you're going to like this. And I kept saying it over and over and over until you would watch the video. And then eventually you picked up your phone and went, all right, what is it? Yeah.
And then you opened it up and you watched about 13 seconds and then went, yeah, no, I like that a lot. Yeah. Yeah. So it is, it's a movie theater that does a craft cinema night.
They happen to be playing clueless, which you love. Yeah. One of the two movies that I could quote from beginning to end. So it's a movie that you like, but it's also an older movie. It's not like a brand new one.
So it's a movie that you don't have to pay a lot of attention to, which is good because you're going to be busy. Yep. Every little seat had like a little table kind of thing in front of it with a cute little lamp. And everybody was just doing crafts. Some were sketching. Some people were knitting or crocheting. Some people were doing some embroidery.
Yeah. So you get to bring your little craft, whatever like little, you know, non messy, easy to clean up kind of craft that you want. And you get to just sit and chill with a little cozy lamp, watching a movie on the big screen while you craft. I love it. I think it's genius. It's perfect. Crafting cinema or craft cinema, something like that.
It was called super, super smart. I think that's so fun. I think so too.
And I want to be a part of that. Yeah. Craft cinema night.
Super fun. Where? So it looks like they did it at the majestic. They do it.
Where the majestic in in Crested Butte, Colorado is where this one. I don't know. But they did one where they did the craft. So it was craft at the cinema. But then they showed the craft.
I was just looking at this. It's like, what kind of craft can I bring? It says many events book out. So every seat is packed. You have to make sure your craft can fit within your little seat space. That's right. You also have to bring any kind of craft that's not going to leave a giant mess.
So yeah, you're not. That's why I said it's like sketch or sketch or you know, I think you could probably get away with some watercolor maybe, depending on you know, because I've got a little tiny watercolor kit that I could I could probably take. You could probably get away with that. And the water is in the brush handle. So like, I don't have to have a cup of water there that I'm dipping brushes in and stuff. I'm looking at some of the crafts. I'm just on this craft night. People are just yeah, they're just like, crocheting or knitting. It looks like Baltimore has one jewelry. That one's doing a latch hook.
Yeah. Craft and cinema night here. They were doing one in Baltimore where they're showing mean girls. Oh, nice. They did one with but I'm a cheerleader.
They did 13 going on 30. See, the movie they show is less important. Yeah. It's just something on on the big screen while you're hanging out doing your crafts done.
That's right. Which is how I want to that's how I prefer to watch movies. It's craft cinema night because my hands get bored.
Wouldn't I watch a movie? That is true. And that's why you fall asleep. Yep. Yep. Anyway, it's very cool. I agree. Thank you for showing that to me, Josh. Yeah.
Yeah, it's pretty. And then you also would have like popcorn. You'd have popcorn and crafts and a movie snacks and a craft and a movie. It's like your dream come true. Got to make that happen.
It's a cool idea. I need to we need to have this. You need to organize it. Get it together.
Make it happen. It sounds like a lot of work. It does.
It does. We were watching a video of two guys spelunking. Yeah, diving. It's 150 foot deep cave. With jaggedy edges. No light.
Just their headlamps. No way. There's no way I would do that.
None. I know. And then you looked at me and you said, you're going to do this. You want to go do this? I said, no, my cave, my caving days are done. I am done with caves. And you and then you got all like, Whoa, when were you the big cave explorer? I'd like to know when your cave days were. I've known you for 20 some years. I got talked into doing some ice caving with this guy once.
I know. I got a phone call and the phone call said, Hey, we're going out to check out these ice caves. Are you interested in going? And I thought, well, that's kind of interesting. And then after I crawled through the tiniest little opening on my belly sliding across the ice, so, so narrow that I had to take off my backpack and scoot it in front of me with my headlamp. I went, what am I doing? What am I doing? Like I'm halfway through the cave entrance and it opens up once you get in there and you can stand up walk arounds big whatever.
But I'm crawling on my belly through a maybe maybe 12 inch little thing. No, what am I doing? What are you doing?
What am I doing? And you had never been there before. No, so you don't know where led and it's me and it's back and it's him and like one or two of his boys. And he's like, come check out this cave.
What am I doing? How long was it? The cave on your belly? Oh, in that little narrow thing too long.
It was probably felt like longer than it actually six or eight feet. Really? Yeah. Oh, that sketch, bro. I didn't go on that journey. No, I know you sat you sat up above the cave entrance in the car.
Yeah, I was up above it. We just drove out in the middle of nowhere. No, we found this cave.
Let's go see what am I doing? So that was your those were your that was my introduction into into cave. And then I went and checked out lava tubes. I don't mind lava tubes. I can hang out in there. They're huge.
Yeah, huge huge. You don't have to crawl on your belly anywhere. Well, that's not true. You did do caving with us at craters of the moon. And some of those have some pretty tight little spaces you have to crawl in and out of to get into and out of the lava tubes.
Correct. And some of those openings, you're like, man, what am I doing? What am I doing? Why am I in here? Yeah, because one little shift in the earth in your that's kind of what the whole time I'm down there, I'm going like, how am I getting out of here? The whole time all I can think about is how am I getting out? So your cave days are officially over. I'm given the opportunity to be somewhere else.
I will. The video we saw with these dudes that were going down 150 feet, 200 feet of rope down there. And then they just repelled down into it like whatever.
And deep dark hole. And then they found a river running through down there. And they were like, look, there's a catfish in here.
I feel like I got catfished being in that hole. Tell you that. And they got to climb back out with a rope. Yeah, I know. And did you see how fast the rope was falling? And then it went snap when it reached the bottom.
Yeah, what are we doing? The scariest part for me was like, look at all these jagged edges. Like if what if I fall from this rope as I'm climbing up it and hit one of these jagged edges, it could pierce me and I could bleed to death. Sounds fun. In this hole. Why am I in a hole?
I don't know. So I'm thinking I'm not big on caves. I don't think I'm thinking I don't think I am either. That's not for me. Yeah, it's too dangerous. My middle name is dangerous, but only if it's not too dangerous. Chantel not too dangerous.
Right. That's my middle name. Hints of danger. That's it. Hints of danger. I like it. Mild amounts of danger. Yeah. Casual danger. Mad. MAD.
Like when I'm out of danger. What? Chantel went outside. Mild amount of danger. Went back inside because it was too chilly. Yeah.
Exactly. I was sitting on the edge of the bed and I was looking at something on my phone and all of a sudden I feel this creepy hand on my shoulder. It wasn't creepy. It just felt creepy. It was your hand. Go on. It just felt creepy because I wasn't expecting it. And then I went, oh, because then I went to.
Yeah. Because there's nothing grosser than my touch. It just felt like a stranger's hand. And then I said, you sit up on the edge of the bed and let me.
Yeah. Creach my hand on your shoulder. And you tried so hard to get me to feel what you were feeling, but I just knew it was you. You didn't play along the way that you were supposed to.
Yeah. And then we had a whole conversation about you and how other people don't play the games the way you like to play and how you just take your toys and just go, I'm just going to go play over here by myself. You're going to play the way I like to play. So we don't get to play together.
I'm going to go play over here by myself and you could just go home, I guess. So did we learn anything? Did we accomplish anything? We didn't learn anything because I never felt like a stranger hand. You told me that my version of let me show you what it feels like is you let me draw you a diagram.
That's right. If I'm trying to explain something, I'll say, hold on, let me draw you a diagram because I can explain it better. Let me draw you a diagram of how I'm explaining this is what I'll say. I'll be like, look, I can show you visually because I'm that kind of guy. I like a visual aid in my teaching and explaining.
I think it helps. Yeah. And you're like, no, just let me show you.
Yeah, that's also a visual aid, isn't it? Yours is more of like a, let me just do this thing so that you can understand where I'm like, no, just let me draw a picture. I'm not going to be like, let me give you a weird touch so that you can feel like what it was like to have a stranger hand. There wasn't a stranger hand, it was still just me. So you can't make my brain, you're like, no, close your eyes and feel it. Yeah.
No, it doesn't make sense. I know it's you. Yeah, I know. But if you were wrapped up in something else and you didn't expect a hand on your shoulder, I know because you didn't play it right. See? Now I'm going can't play it.
Just play it over here by myself. Now I'm mad at you. Anyway, I don't think we accomplished anything. No, we didn't at all. No, we didn't because you didn't do it right. But also, why would there be a stranger hand that would touch you on your shoulder in our room?
That makes no sense. That's like when you're you're downstairs and you're doing your craft thing, you're at your at your table working on your art journal or whatever. And I walk and I go, Hey, and you go, Oh, and I go, I live here. You are not in the home by yourself. Why are you startled? I don't know. I get spooked out by things, I guess. Like someone's going to creep in and you're going to be like in trouble or something.
Yeah, I don't understand. I don't know why you're safe home. You should feel fine. Yeah, I know. But I get freaked out by everything. So just give me a heads up. I do. I'll go, I don't want to scare you.
Here I come. And then you go, Oh, it never, it never helps. Walk down the stairs. I walk heavy. And then I'll walk in and go, Hey, and you will, you even heard you walking down the stairs. Like, I know I knew you were coming. I was just walking down the hall a minute ago. And I could see somebody shadow coming from the other end of the hallway.
And you got he be jeep. Even when he came around the corner, I knew he was coming because I could see a shadow. And I still went I don't know what to do about that. It wasn't a stranger hand. It was mine. I know that now.
You should have known it the whole time. Like be like, Oh, that's sweet. And then turn and look and see if it's me. And if it's not, then go, Don't let that be your first reaction. Let your first reaction be like, that's nice. And then turn and go, that's a stranger hand. Don't start it stranger.
Work your way up to it. You know, Good. We were talking about, I don't know. I don't know what we were talking about. We were listening. I know what we were doing. We were listening to some music over the weekend and you were talking about your song. And I said, I really like listening to you. I said, Do you think that you can change your mind based on somebody's passion for it? Like if I don't like something and you go, Yeah, let me explain it to you.
Well, your question. No, I don't think I can change my mind, but I could potentially gain an appreciation. Yeah, you learn to appreciate it for sure. If somebody loves something so much that they're like, let me tell you about it in the way that I love it the most.
Right. Like we have a friend who's very good at animation and drawing and art. And I don't necessarily love animation, but listening to him talk about it, I go, That's fascinating. And I like listening to you talk about it. I like listening to our son talk about football because he loves football. And the way he talks about it is with such passion that I go, I could really learn to like this too, because of your amount of love for it.
Sure. And I feel the same when you talk about radio. Well, yeah, I have a big passion for radio.
I really like radio. That's why I'm in it. Yeah. I like listening to you talk about it. Okay. Good thing. Because I got a lot to say about it. You do.
But I also like the way that you talk about music, because you listen to music differently than the way I listen to music. Yeah. What is it called? I can't remember. It is called something. Like it wasn't polyphonic. Was that the right word?
Maybe. That sounds familiar. Where you can pick out the little, you pick out little notes.
Yeah. It's polyphonic listening where you can listen to multiple sounds simultaneously. And so a lot of people will hear it in the vocals. Like if there's multiple people singing different parts, and that's what like I'll hear a noise in a song and I'll be like, oh, that's funny. And you're like, what? I'm like, I'll listen to it again and I'll go listen to this weird little part where it goes, or whatever. And you go, I would never have even noticed that.
But it stands out to me. Yeah. So yeah, yeah, I think it's polyphonic listening. I think that sounds right. Yeah, that's what it is. The ability to simultaneously hear and distinguish multiple independent melodic lines and sounds within music.
Yeah. I like listening to music with you. Sometimes I don't because you'll pick out those little things. And then I go, now I can't unhear that. I know. I wish you hadn't pointed out that weird little thing to me.
Like there's a one Republic song. Oh, I can't listen to it because it squeaks. But I'd never noticed the squeaking. I hear the squeak.
You brought it up and then I went. Every time I hear that song, I go, oh, there's that squeak. I have to turn it down.
It's like when, like growing up as a kid, and I'm sure there were many people who had this, I could walk into a house and tell if there was a TV on in another room because I could hear it. Yeah. But like weird. Like not in the living room where I could see like, oh, the TV's on right here. Like I could hear whatever it was coming out of the TV and like a high pitch.
You know, in a couple of rooms away. Weird. I don't know what's up. Whoa.
I don't know what's up. I can hear these sounds. You do have that weird ability to pick up little things in music that I go up. Sometimes I go, tell me what you hear. And then sometimes I go, no, I like this song. Don't ruin it.
What do you like to hear yourself talk about? I don't know. I don't, that's not the way it works. Oh. It's not, you like to hear yourself talk. So I thought maybe you like to hear yourself talk about something specific. No, it would be like you, something that you like to listen to me talk about. But I wanted to get to the question before you asked me.
So, so I hurry to ask you, would you like to hear yourself talk about before you said, and what do you like to hear me talk about? I wasn't going to ask you. I was just going to have you volunteer.
Oh, you were? Mm hmm. How'd it go? Good.
It went really good. I think the list of things that I don't like to listen to you talk about would be easier to fill out. Wow. I'm kidding. Wow.
Come on. I said one nice thing. I didn't. I know.
On the day after National Wife Appreciation Day. Oh, right, right, right. My fault. My fault.
I forgot about that too. Am I supposed to celebrate today as well? If you forgot yesterday, yeah, you have to celebrate today. What are we going to do? Oh, it's not a matter of we.
What are you going to do? Am I getting it right? So close, buddy. So close. Have you heard of the I.G. Noble Prizes? No. Oh. Nobel?
Yeah. Or Noble? Nobel. I.G. What's I.G. Instagram? I don't know. I don't know what the I.G. is. I mean, I've heard of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Dan Spore. The I.G. Nobel Prize are set's Hierarchal Awards, which is kind of like a prize.
I see. So is this like the Oscars come out and then they have the Razzies, which are like the worst films and the worst actors. Same idea? This is mostly like it recognizes research that gives people like it makes people laugh. And is it I.G. or is it I.G.? I don't know. Because the G is lowercase.
Yeah, maybe it's I.G. I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know either. I was just reading some stuff about it and I was like, what is this? The I.G .G.s. Is that what it is? It says about the I.G .G.s. The I.G. Nobel Prize Honor Achievement. So surprised they make people laugh.
Then think they're intended to celebrate unusual honor, the imaginative and spur people's interest in science, medicine, technology. Okay. So what's the story? So they've given out a couple of different prizes. So they gave a literature prize for a man who passed away, but he persistently recorded and analyzed the rate of growth of one of his fingernails over a period of 35 years. Well, that's something.
Then they gave a nutrition prize that was awarded to researchers who determined that rainbow lizards prefer for cheese to other varieties of pizza. Interesting. Yeah, pointless.
All right. Also, also interesting. The biology prize went to a study that determined cows that were painted with zebra-like stripes were 50% less likely to be bitten by flies. I had heard about that.
Zebra cows. Yeah, I heard about that. Interesting. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Um, what's another one?
Let's see. The engineering design prize went to a team who researched how foul smelling shoes affects the good experience of using a shoe rack. It's offset. You see, people get excited about a shoe rack. And then it smells like shoes. And then they go, oh, I don't like this as much because it's stinky. I have to close the closet at night because I can smell your shoes.
Why? Because when your side is open, I can smell shoes. When my side is open, I don't.
That's why it's your side. And it's not like you have some putrid feet or anything gross. It's Birkenstocks, man. They stink. I don't even put those in the closet. I mean, there's, there's some sort of smelly leather situation. And it's not your fault.
It's what the shoes are made of. And it's, you should put them in the freezer. I heard that helps.
Figure out which one smells so sour and put them in the fridge or the freezer. Did you know about that? No. Put them in a bag, like a grocery bag and put them in the freezer.
Okay. It freezes the bacteria that stink. But then the second you wear them again and get them sweaty again, it's going to release the smells again. Then don't put them back in the closet.
That's what I'm saying. You have smelly shoes too. I didn't say I didn't, but I don't have, I can, I can fall asleep if my side of the closet is open. I can't if it's the other way around. There's something in there on your side that's getting loose. And I don't care for it. I don't know what it is. I don't like it. Okay. It's a leather, it's a, it's a foot leather smell.
I don't even have leather shoes. But do you know what I mean? Yeah.
I know what you're talking about. It's like, it's like worse than watch bands. You know, you know, watch band smell.
It's like that, but worse. Cause leather foot. Nobody likes that. It's a bad one. Well, I'm sorry that I've been keeping you awake for all this time.
I could up and close the closet and I go, now I can sleep. I handle it. So much drama. I've put you through. I know. I'll be fine. I just take care of it. It's cool. Anyway, cool.
They're doing all kinds of weird research and we're talking about. She's Louise. Sorry about my feet. It's fine. It's not your feet. It's the shoes. I'm not blaming your feet. Your feet are fine.
Sounds like you're blaming me. I'll talk to your brother-in-law about it. He knows.
He knows about those shoes. Would you rather this or that? Is it that time already? Would you rather carve one hundred tiny pumpkins or one giant pumpkin the size of your house? One. Just one house size pumpkin? Yes.
Why? I'm going to go with the one hundred tiny ones. I feel like that's going to be way less work. One hundred tiny pumpkins over a giant one. Yeah, tiny ones.
Says here. Carving one hundred tiny pumpkins would take anywhere up to eight hours, depending on the design's complexity. So if you were doing something simple and you were going to take two to three minutes per pumpkin, you would expect to spend up to five hours. The average carver would take eight to 17 hours. Adds about five to ten minutes per pumpkin.
OK. And a first timer or someone with complex designs could take over 15 minutes per pumpkin or 25 hours of work. Thanks for the research. Next. That's what you've selected.
I've selected that. I think a 500 to 1000 pound pumpkin, a professional carver could spend four to six hours on a pumpkin this size. If it was a 1000 or larger pound pumpkin, it could take up to two days to complete because you have to sleep in between. But also, again, I'll go back to the previous one that said a lot of the same things, you know what I'm saying? Depends on the complexity of the design. Yep, I get that.
But I'm not going to be very complex. I think the cleaning is what's going to take the most. I hate that part.
I hate that part. Now your giant pumpkin is going to take you most of the day. I'm not going to clean it. My design will involve dangling pumpkin guts as part of the design.
All right. You're a pretty complex person, though, as far as your artwork. So when you carve pumpkins, it's never a simple design.
You're going to get complex with it. I mean, is that what you're choosing? The one pumpkin? Yeah, I want the one big pumpkin.
Not me. 100 miniature ones. Yep. You know, your hands are going to be so tired.
I get to use ladders and scaffolding and cool stuff. You're just going to have 100 tiny little pumpkins. Boo. Boo to you.
Would you rather this or that? Big fashion news, Chantel. What is it? Much to our daughter's chagrins. And much to the comfort of my shins.
What? Capri pants are in are making a comeback. Maybe, maybe, maybe, but for dudes. OK. But I looked at the pictures and I hate them. OK, what do they look like?
Awful. It looks like pants that are too short. It's mid calf pants. OK, flares, pants, mid calf, gross. Just for dudes. This is just for dudes. It's a big thing in dude fashion. OK, what are they called?
Capris for men. OK. I'm reading GQ. Because that's where men learn about fashion is in GQ magazine. GQ. Capris.
I looked up Capris for men and now it's pulling up for long shorts. Yeah. Well, that's kind of what they look like. No, but they're not. They're just shorts that go to your knee. Yeah, you got to see this article, though. This is gross.
Specifically look up GQ. Yeah. Men Capris. Yeah. You see the picture of the four guys here?
No, I'm looking at. Like one guy, he's got on his capri pants, but then he's got on tall boots. It's awful. Oh, yeah. I'm like, OK, I see the four dudes. Not one of them looks good.
No. Mid calf flare, not it. Shorts below the knee plus boots. Nope. Whatever this leather thing is plus tall black socks.
Not it. And then these ones are kind of balloon pants. But then also what's he wearing on his feet?
Cozy socks and slippers while he's carrying a drink carrier with little little pink and green drinks. Yeah, I don't I don't like it. So then scroll down in the article. Take a look here at Jacques Carini wearing. Two short pants. It's just two short pants. Yeah, my style, like, because I like to I like to like take a gene and all like like they're they got a tight like a skinny gene and I'll pull them up mid calf.
Why? Because I have larger calves that they stay up and it cools off my legs a little bit. I do like to do that. People look at me and go, what's wrong with you? And I go, nothing's wrong with me. My pants are great. And I'm too hot. That's right.
And now I feel refreshed and cool. I don't know if I like this style. I don't I know our daughter will not. And I kind of want to do it because I know she won't like it. You should do it and then be like, what? This is what everyone is doing. Look, this was in GQ. Everyone is wearing their pants like this.
Where you go to learn about fashion. Yeah. Capris for dudes. One of those dudes is Justin Bieber wearing those. He's the one wearing the cozy socks and the slippers. Is it carrying the drinks? I didn't realize he looks like he's been through it.
And he has been, but he looks like it. Been through what exactly? All of it at once. Let's wrap up the show.
I think it's time. Yeah, it's been a Monday. Have a great day. We'll see you back here tomorrow morning. Grab the show on demand everywhere you get podcasts. You can listen to Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast, and we will see you back here tomorrow morning. We'll be here. See you.
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