Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
From fingernail clippings selling for big bucks in China to a massive great white shark named Contender making waves off the Carolina coast, this episode of Wake Up Classy 97 has it all! Rainy day vibes, embarrassing your kids at the drive-thru, candy price rants, a hilarious dental floss and tweezers confession, and even some heated fantasy football smack talk. Plus, a feel-good story about Piedmont Airlines donating a real plane to a university’s aviation program.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Sell your fingernails
(2:54) - Dog for sale
(6:06) - Stay home sick
(10:25) - Good News
(13:00) - Pop rocks
(18:09) - Josh & the dog are twins
(22:32) - Don't go out in PJs
(27:05) - Embarrassing our daughter... again
(31:44) - Silent driving
(39:34) - Tweezers & dental floss
(44:44) - Fantasy Football update
(49:53) - Husband & wife book club
(55:08) - Photos of us
(1:00:34) - Would You Rather
(1:02:20) - Contender
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Full show transcript:
Ready to get a little weird this morning?
Always. So in China, people there are getting big bucks to the tune of $21 per kilogram of fingernail clippings. Ew. Yeah. Why? Well, you clip them off, you sell them, and people are buying them up and using them in traditional Chinese medicines to treat stomach issues, tonsillitis.
Yeah. Companies produce these remedies and they're buying up clippings from schools and villages. They then wash the clippings, they dry them out, and they grind them into a powder that they then use in medicinal products. $21 per kilogram.
How much is a kilogram? But they're only buying fingernail clippings, not toenail clippings. Oh, dang it.
But fingernail, how much is a kilogram? Yeah. To what? Kilograms to pounds? One kilogram is two pounds.
A little more than two pounds. You would need so many fingernail clippings to eat those two pounds. So start saving up nails.
I am going to start saving $21. Only your fingernails, no toenails. That's very close. To what?
I don't know why it's so close. What? I don't know. I just don't understand. I was going to say that's very easy.
I don't know why I said that's very close. Okay. That's very easy. That's an easy way to make money.
It's not though. It grows for free on your body and you got to clip it off. But how often do you clip in your nails? Yeah. You're right. I don't clip my fingernails.
I mean, fingernails probably a couple of times a month. But you know how much it's going to take forever to stock up a pound just for $20. A pound?
Yeah. The next time I clip my fingernails, I'm going to weigh them. Here's the other part. You got to do it over a bowl or something.
Yeah, you do. Otherwise they're going flinging across the room. You don't want to be missing out on lost fingernail clippings that could turn a profit. You're right. Good grief. Wasted money.
Wasted. Come on. All right. Well, that is that.
Now you know. I think we're going to go ahead and roll on into the show. Let's begin.
All right. As they say. It's pretty close. I don't know why I said that.
Here's the show. Hi there. Oh, what's up? Oh, it's rainy. Yeah.
Which, how'd you feel about it? I like rain. Okay.
And I like the fall rain. All right. I don't know. Sure could use the water, they say. Feel that those aquifers. Yeah.
I'll go. The reservoirs are going to need it. I don't mind the rain. Okay. I like it. I like it especially when I'm at home sitting in front of the window with a nice book. Yeah.
And a little warm steamy beverage. Yeah. Yeah, I get you. Here's the thing. The dog hates it.
The dog hates everything. No, I know. But so when the wind blows, when the rain goes on the roof, she gets all skirt. She's such a cry baby. And then she sits outside the door literally going.
At two in the morning. I heard that. Yeah. Well, I'm not so fond of the dog right now. I know.
She keeps having an accident on my rug, my kitchen rug. Yeah, I don't know what that's about. I don't either.
I'm about over it. Yeah. It's usually where she sits to have treats too.
So I'm like, well, this is your treat zone. Right. Don't do your business here. I don't know.
I don't know why. Dog for sale. Is that, you're going to put a little sign around her neck?
Yes. And I went out to the living room. I said, go to bed. She sat on her little pillow thing and looked at me. I said, go to bed. She lays down. I turned to walk away and she's right behind me and I went, no, go to bed. So I took the thing off the door so it wouldn't blow around and knock on the door in the wind. Did that help? I went back to bed and I didn't hear a crying about it anymore.
I didn't hear a reaction about it either. I thought maybe you had taken her outside. No. Maybe you should have. Maybe I should have. Maybe she wouldn't have had an accident on the rug.
It was two in the morning. Perhaps. Perhaps that is true.
Perhaps. So, I mean, of all the places, that's one of the cleanest places she could do it because it's easy to clean up. It's a rubber rug. Like one of those soft rubber ones by the sink.
Yeah. I'm not really fond of that rug anyway. So maybe I just get rid of it. But you want something else, but if you get something fabricated, then you're going to have an issue. Then it's going to be ruined. So I like that it's, you know, of all the places, it's not on the nice rug in the living room. It's, you know, I don't like that it's happening.
Dog for sale. Again, I'll reiterate. Okay.
All right. So, you know how sometimes you just are feeling ick and then you're like, you have to make that determination of whether you call in sick or if you just tough it out and go into work even though you're feeling kind of, so younger generations are like, keep it away. Where older generations were like, you better show up even if you got the sniffles. Yeah. I like to stay away. Do you?
Yeah. Stay home if you're sick. That's what I'm saying. Don't spread it around.
Yeah. Nobody wants your germs. The younger generation says it's selfish if you show up to work and you're, and you're sick.
It's not like, like an admirable thing. Like, whoa, you came to work and you're sick. Like you really are a hard worker. What a pro. Right.
Yeah. Older generations really thought that. The younger generations are like, I don't want your gross.
Stay away from me. How selfish of you to bring that to work. I don't necessarily know if it's selfish because they're trying to do, because sometimes if you have a job and you've got to find a replacement to do your job, sometimes that's more work. True story. Than it's worth.
Teachers, for instance. Yep. Difficult to find a sub. You got to get your sub plans. Well, or if you work in food service, you got to have somebody cover your shift plus nobody wants you sick around their food. Don't go to work sick if you're working in food. Yeah. I feel like, I mean, look, if you're just dealing with like a little cold and I'm not talking food, I'm talking pretty much everything but food or medical.
You should probably not take your sniffles to the doctor unless you're going to see him to get rid of your sniffles. You know what I'm saying? I know what you're saying. You're following me? I think so.
Like I've shown up here and had like a sore throat and then you have to talk and sometimes your voice sounds froggy. Yeah. And you go like, oh man. I have a stuff that knows. Like what am I doing? Yeah.
Yeah. But sometimes what I found is that over the years, if I go into work with a little bit of a throat, by the time I get done with talking for four hours, it doesn't hurt as much. It loosens up.
You loosened up all the sick. Yeah. Gross.
Yeah. That's the cure. Just keep talking. Talk a lot. You got a sore throat? Talk a whole bunch. I have to make the determination every morning, whether I feel sick or not.
Oh. Do I want to stay in bed? Well, that's always a yes.
Or do I want to go to work? Yeah. Guess what?
Guess what decision I made today? I couldn't figure that one out. Oh man. It was so hard this morning though because it was rainy outside and you could get the little pitta-patterns.
Man. That's the best. I like it when you're camping in the rain. Like I don't like being cold and wet, but I like when you're in your shelter, whether it's inside a tent or inside of the camp trailer and it's raining and you can really hear it. I like mountain thunder.
That's the best. It ricochets off everything. It's very fun. It's good at home too. It's nice.
You can just cozy up in the house. Mountain thunder sounds like an American Ninja Warrior. What's up? I'm Mountain Thunder. You mean American Gladiator?
Yeah. The Gladiator's Nitro. Mountain Thunder. Duh-duh-duh.
Yeah. And it'd be a little dude. Hey, it's me, Mountain Thunder. And you're like, what are you going to do? I'm quick. I'll tackle you by your ankles.
No, that's what. If I did some kind of wrestling, that'd be my name. Mountain Thunder.
Hey, what's up? Mountain Thunder. Yeah.
Enter the ring and it goes. Exactly. Yeah. Cool.
You got it. That's cool. Thank you. It is cool. Welcome to the ring.
I am cool. Mountain Thunder. Yeah.
It's fun. Now you do a thunder noise. Nice one. Thank you. Thank you. How about some good news?
Let's hear it. So Piedmont Airlines is based in Salisbury, Maryland. And they just gave a retired Embraerer 145 regional jet with two Rolls-Royce static turbofan jet engines to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. So they donated a full-on airplane to this university. So let me tell you about UMES.
UMES is one of the few historically black colleges and universities in the country with a serious aviation program. Oh. Yeah. So the donation supports the expansion of the program as the university is launching a certified aviation maintenance technical school. Serious. Serious aviation.
That's right. This particular plane, the Embraerer 145, it is no longer in commercial service but it remains fully functional which gives students hands-on experience from nose to tail with an aircraft. And the two Rolls-Royce turbofan jet engines will allow students to roll up their sleeves and work on real-world equipment which will prepare them for certification exams later on which is really cool. And the CEO of the Piedmont Airlines named Eric, he said, this was about building a better future for these students.
By placing real-world tools in their hands, we're helping to shape a skilled, diverse workforce that will strengthen the talent pipeline throughout the industry for years to come which I think is pretty darn special. Every time you talk about the turbo engines. Yeah. You want to hear more about it?
I mean. Two Rolls-Royce turbofan jet engines. It makes me think of like the Turbo Man description. Turbo Man. That guy, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jingle All the Way, Turbo Man? Turbo Man. Because he's got two Rolls-Royce turbofan jet engines. Turbo Man. I see.
Fully articulated. Exactly. I get it. Yeah, it's like a commercial. The Embraerer 145, two Rolls-Royce turbofan jet engines.
Call the number on your screen. That thing. Yeah. I get it. Well anyway, very cool. That's cool. No, that's really cool. What a donation. That's pretty.
Serious aviation is happening there. That's right. What a donation. And serious good news. Yeah.
I like a nice pop rock. I don't. I know you don't. I like them. They're fun. They're loud. Yeah, they are loud. They are not fun. Go on. I know that I'm not allowed to have them in your presence because you don't like them.
You have a case of misophonia. Yeah. And that is a top tier trigger food. I know it is. It makes me laugh.
Oh, just even thinking about it makes my skin go. You weren't around this weekend. Oh. And we happened to be at a place where there were road trip snacks. And I said, ooh, some pop rocks.
Josh isn't around. Oh, I bet your sister, she has it too. She does. And I bet she went nuts. I said, I love pop rocks. And she said, I don't.
Yep. And I said, Josh doesn't either. But guess what?
He's not here. But guess what? Pop rocks? A little bag of pop rocks?
Guess how much? Uh, was this like a gas station? Yeah. That you got them? Yeah. I didn't get them because they were too much money. Oh, serious?
Yeah. I guess how much? Well, they should have been like 75 cents for that little pack. A dollar fifty. That's, that's double the price I would have paid.
I know. That's a 75 cent snack. I couldn't even believe it. And then I looked at another place because I went, oh, their markup's really hot. A dollar fifty. The going rate for pop rocks is a dollar fifty.
Too much. A dollar fifty is candy bar money. Yeah. Not a tiny bag of pop rocks. Have you looked at the price of licorice these days? No. It's absurd.
What is it? I mean, look at the bag of chips. They want six bucks in bag of chips. That's true.
Get over yourself. That's what I thought about the pop rocks. I went, no. Two thirds of that bag is air. I know it.
Two thirds of that bag of pop rocks is not pop rocks. All right. So my mouth did not have a party, but my wallet did. Well, there you go. I was floored, Josh. Floored. Is anybody buying pop rocks at a dollar fifty?
You can't be. I know that's spending candy bar money on pop rocks. Pop rocks are a 75 cent candy.
I agree. I would be willing. You know, what's another 75 cent candy? I don't know. Fun dip. Fun dip. Yeah.
Same. If it comes in a bag under a dollar. Well, that's not true. All right. Big League Chew bubblegum. That's a three dollar bubblegum. Is it?
That's an expensive bubblegum because of the quantity that you get. All right. That's fair. It is a, yeah, right? Fruit stripe, not a three dollar gum. Fruit stripe? No. Is that three dollars? I'm saying if Big League Chew feels like it should cost three bucks, fruit stripe better be way cheaper.
I don't even know. Can you still get those little slim packs of bubblegum, like the double mint and the big red? We used to be able to get that little pack for like a quarter. Is that still a thing? I don't know, old man. Wow. And bread cost 15 cents. What do you mean?
I used to go to the gas station and get my tiny pack of gum for 25 cents. Well, you know what I'm saying. Juicy fruit, delicious. The Wrigley company. I had some good gums. I got some good gums because I have lots every day. Hey yo.
Hey. Can you even believe it, Josh? No, I'm flabbergasted, a dollar 50 is too much for a little thing of pop rocks. And then I said, Josh is going to be... I don't know what they think they're selling, but yeah, I'm happy that it's...
Very happy. You've been priced out of pop rocks at a buck 50. Like I'm not willing to pay.
And I'm like, yes, finally. Peace and quiet, not mouth noise. I tried to do it quietly when you were around. That's not a possibility with pop rocks.
There's no such thing as quietly. Do you ever eat pop rocks? No. Why? Because there's too much. It makes my ear drums hurt. Even in your own head?
Worse in my own head because where my ear drums are located, it's closer. They're so fun. No. Yeah.
No. Sour candy, totally fun. Also not candy bar money. You shouldn't be paying candy bar money for sour candies. I wonder if I can find pop rocks cheaper somewhere else.
I gotta go look. Or don't. No, I will. Or don't.
It's fine. I need a party. No.
Pop rocks is a party. No. We were at our house, my sister and I, this weekend and she told me that the dog looks like you. In person, she said she looked at the dog and said that looks like Josh. Yeah. What's that mean?
I don't know. She said. Why do I, why does she think the dog and I are the same? And then I took a picture and I said, let me see and do a side by side. And she said, well, it can't, and I couldn't get the dog to look at me.
Okay. And she goes, it has to be from the frontal, not the side. So I have to get a frontal shot of her, which I think we do have. Yeah. I'm scrolling. I'm looking.
I need to put a. Why does she think the dog looks like me? That's a weird thing, isn't it? Yes. I don't know. It doesn't.
And she goes, yes, sir. Here's one. Here's a good picture.
Okay. I got one right here. Well, she is a muddy mess. Here's one where she needs a shower.
She needs, yeah, she needs a bath, a dog. You think that's looks like me? I don't.
I listen. I said, I don't think it looks like Josh. And she said, yes, it does. So what I'm going to have to do is do a side by side comparison of me and the dog and say, like, I know there's that thing where like pet owners like resemble their, their animals and stuff. You've got that one where I've, I'm holding her and we're both wearing orange sweaters. Is that picture? Do we look the same? Let me look and see because then we pulled up that picture because she said, we already have a side by side.
But listen, I don't think you do. I don't know what she's seeing, but also our dog needs a haircut. Yeah.
Here she is with a little bit cleaner cut. This is what happens when you open the door. No, I know. I've seen that. Yeah. The little move.
Oh, it gets very excited. Hmm. I don't know if it's the shaggy eyebrows. I don't have shaggy eyebrows. You don't have shaggy. You don't. I don't know if it's maybe the, the chin scruff.
She's got a lot of chin scruff. Yeah. Here's this one. You two wearing matching orange sweaters.
There's this one. I don't, I don't, I don't see myself in the face of that dog. I don't either. I don't look at that dog and go, yeah, that dog looks like my face. That's a strange thing to say. Don't worry.
We'll ask the internet. And she said from the front, not the side. Yeah.
Yeah. I don't know, Josh. Maybe you are starting to look like your pet. I'm changing. Yeah.
I don't know. You're like a little Jack Russell. Look at your face.
Jack Russell face. I don't know. That's a weird thing. I don't know.
Interesting. What to say? I mean, that's a good picture of the dog. That is a good picture of the dog. But.
Look how calm she looks. Yeah. I know. It was a moment in time where she didn't look like a blur. Where she was just hanging out, laying down. Yeah. Put a sweater on her.
It helps. That dog. Did I mention a dog is for sale? We got a dog for sale.
The dog's not for sale. No, that's right. You could have her for free. No.
But you'll take Josh's twin. Apparently. Apparently. Who do you look like? What animal do you look like? You say. I don't know. That's a mask. Look at my face.
No. Ask your sister. She's the one that sees my face in the dog's face or the dog's face in my face.
Does she think I have a dog face? Oh. It looks like cauliflower.
Yeah. Does she think I have a cauliflower? Do you think that I have a dog face?
My dog face man? No. Is that what she thinks? I think she thinks I'm a dog face man. I don't think you look like a dog face. I don't either. Kid it. No, I got your cauliflower.
No, stop. When you were younger, did your mom ever take you to school in her pajamas? My mom had to go to work around the same time. So I didn't have that experience, no. Oh. I know you did to the bus stop even. No.
No. No, she didn't walk you to the bus stop in the pajamas and a coat on because I feel like I've heard that story. To the corner she did and then I would walk the rest of the way. Like I'm good from here, mom. Thanks. See you after school. She took me to school once in her nightgown in slippers and then her car died on the way home.
No way. And this was before cell phones, ladies and gentlemen. So she had to walk?
So she had to walk home. What grade? Oh, goll. Well, I mean elementary. Yeah, elementary.
Okay. But she had to walk home in her pajamas and slippers. So on Friday, you and I didn't have to work and I woke up and helped our daughter get ready for school. I didn't help her get ready for school.
She got herself ready for school. I was just around. Yeah. And I said, all right, I'll take you to school. She goes like that.
And I said, yeah, what's wrong with this? I had shorts, like pajama shorts. Plaid.
Plaid pajama shorts. Plannel. Yeah. Tank top. My hair in a bun. Yeah.
Messy bun. I threw a jacket on because it's a little bit chilly and I was going to go in just some sandals. Uh-huh. I think I threw on some real shoes. No, I waited in my sandals. And then the split second before I walked out the door, I went, wait a minute. Because after my mom had to walk home in her pajamas, she always said, make sure when you go out, you always wear something that you can walk home in. You never want to get caught walking in your pajamas.
So for a split second, I looked at myself and went, maybe I should change. That's some good advice. It is good advice.
And good on you to remember and follow it. Did you change shoes? No, I said.
Oh, no. I drove her to school in my pajamas. I did. What could have happened? My car could have died.
A long walk. Well, we have cell phones now. The difference is I just waited my- You think I would have answered? Yeah.
I don't know. You were around. It's not like you were out of town. You could have absolutely run right over and been like, yeah, here I am.
Save the day. And I say, no, I'll just wait in my car until you come. I might not have answered. You just never know. You've been busy.
Yeah. Then I'll just wait longer. You're not going to walk. No, I'm not going to walk in my pajamas.
I was in my pajamas. I know. I heard. And that's a long walk.
Yeah, I know. In pajamas. In pajamas. I'd have to walk through a roundabout. Oh, could you even? I couldn't.
That's what I'm saying. I don't think you have to go through the middle. I think there's a way to go around it. I'm sure of it. I don't think you have to go through it. No, you have to go straight down the middle. Oh, no.
You're never going to get there. Too many cars. It's hard enough to drive. Can you imagine having to walk through it? Oh, man.
That is good advice though. Throw people into the mix of a roundabout. There's a fun time. It's cool.
No, thank you. Well. Good advice though. It is good advice. Make sure that you are dressed appropriately so that if something happens. You're not walking home in your pajamas.
Because nothing more embarrassed. Every set I looked like an NPC character. That's right. You did look like a non-playable character from a video game because you were just a hodgepodge of clothes. You didn't have a planned outfit. No.
And then you do that weird wave. I thought I looked great for one. Okay. For two, nothing happened. I didn't have to walk home. You got lucky this time. Everything is great. Did you see a picture of it?
Yeah. It looks so good. You showed me. It looks so good. It definitely looks like the thrown together outfit. That is for sure.
Definitely looks like I rolled out of bed. If you have a teenage daughter, you know that it's very easy to embarrass them. And quite frankly, my favorite joy in life. Yeah. You have a good time with it. It's pretty easy.
And it's also pretty fun. We went through a drive through coffee shop the other day. And it's at a particular place where the employees, they're all very friendly and chatty. I know what you're talking about. Chat.
Yeah. And the one guy that came to our window said, hey guys, what's up? And I said, nothing much, guy. What's going on? And that was it.
And then as soon as I paid my money, Emery said, we have to have a talk. Uh-huh. And I said about what? And she said, you can't do that. I said, I was matching his vibe. Like I can and I did.
And I did. And then we were at a restaurant and we were eating happily taking our trash to the garbage. And then a waitress came over and said, oh, I'll take that for you.
And I said, what's service? Emery's done. She couldn't handle that. That's no big deal. I like when, when people wear a name tag. And then I refer to them as their first names. I'll be like, thanks, Clancy.
Appreciate it. She cannot handle that. She's like, you don't know them.
Like they're wearing a name tag that has their name. Hey, nice, nice service there. Angela, appreciate it. We were driving through the downtown area in Logan and there was a bustle. Something that was happening. There was bustling population there. There was lots of people and there was a guy walking across the street. And I said, I'm just going to ask him what's going on.
And Emery said, don't, don't, don't, don't. They rolled down the window. What's happening? Hey, quietly.
Yeah. I wasn't actually going to ask him. I just, and I hear a little squeak from the back seat. She just went, oh, yeah.
No. It's my favorite. My favorite is when you are at a drive-thru and you order your food. And then they say, okay, that'll be 654 at the window. And you go, okay, here I come. Yep. That's my favorite. It happens. It catches her off guard every time and she melts into the sea.
Like she just is done. It's the best. It's my favorite thing to do. It's so easy and it's so fun.
And it's all part of a plan of just letting her know that life's not so serious. Hey, right? Chill out. It's okay.
Take a breather. If I ask this gentleman what's going on downtown, what's the worst that can happen? He's going to tell me?
Or he's going to ignore me. Hey, what's going on down here? I mean, that's nothing. If somebody says to me in the drive-thru, hey guys, what's going on?
I'll say, hey, what's up, dude? Yeah, you are an empath in that you match people's energy. Oh, for sure I do.
Yeah. If you're like, drool and down in the dumps, guess where I'm going to be? Yeah, I'm down in the dumps. Yeah.
But that was mostly a joke. I matched that guy's energy because I knew it would embarrass him. Well, well done.
And it did. Yeah. And it's easy.
Good job. My favorite is when I try to embarrass her and I turn back around and she's gone. Long gone. You're like, where did she? Because she ran away. She's around the corner looking at something like she doesn't know who you are.
It's perfect. We were eating. Where were we eating? And we had a bunch of our family around and she thought the waiter was cute. And then the whole family found out that she thought the waiter was cute. And then it was game on.
Yeah, it was all game on. But that's when you got weird with the pasta because he delivered the food and you were like, what is it? What is his order?
What is it? She made him say the penne pasta two or three times. What?
Oh, that's hers. That one was awkward. That one was bad. What? What is it? What?
What pasta is it? Come on. It was fun. I had fun. I know you did.
I got poked in the ribs a lot of times for doing that. Hey, hey, what is it? Oh yeah, that goes to her. I'll have that. I'll take that. You can put that right here. Crazy woman.
When you drive in your car, silence, music. Is that a question? Yeah. When you drive in your car, silence, music.
Oh, I think you know the answer to that. Yeah, I can hear you pulling into the driveway from four houses down the road. And it's not your car making the noise. It's the...
I'm not listening to club music. It sounds like it. You got parking the driveway and you got glow sticks going. It's a whole thing. I've seen it.
It's a five. Listen, if you're going to listen to music, you got to listen to it loud. Plus also, I like to sing along and I sing better the louder I get.
Is that right? But if I sing loud, I don't want to hear myself. So I have to get the music loud so that I don't hear myself.
So if you're ever at a stoplight next to Chantel, you get video of it. Send it to me because she'll be belting it out. I will be belting it out.
Like nobody's watching. That's true. Yeah. I will be. And I can post that.
We can say, guess what song she's singing. That's a good game to play. Ooh, that's fun. We should do that. Catch you lip syncing in a car?
Yeah. You drive next to me. Guess which song she's singing? You record next to me and I'll just be singing in my car.
Then you have to guess what song she's singing. This sounds dangerous. I should have a passenger film.
I should have a film. Or have somebody else be driving. I hate being a passenger. Look, it just varies. It depends on the day. I know, like, when I was in the truck for many, many, many hours this weekend on my fishing and driving trip, I had on just some, like, background style, like, quality level music, which was nice. And it was just a variety of stuff.
I just kind of hit shuffle and let it play some classic rocks, some old punk rock stuff, just all kinds of stuff. And then just let it roll. And it just did its thing. And it was nice. But I had it real quiet because I was having conversation and stuff. But it was there to, like, fill the dead space, which worked out good. But it was all good. It worked out good. Yeah.
It was all good. Gen Z. Oh, here we go. Here's a poll. Here we go. Here we go.
Give me the data. They want commute silence, not commute. Complete silence on their commute.
Please give me commute silence. That's, it's interesting. And I get it. Like, I, I like, I like quiet when I'm driving because there's so much noise all day. And so it's nice to be in there and be like, it's just me and the, and the quiet and the road rage.
I can just live in it. Cause people drive real special. Like there's a lot of really talented drivers in East Idaho that just, they're the only ones on the road and they don't even know other people are there. And it blows my mind.
Isn't it funny when, when you, and I'm, this is a general you are on the road. Silence. No. You're, you're the only one who knows how to drive properly. I tell you what.
You're, you're absolutely right. That's true for everyone. If everyone could drive as well as I drive, everything would go real smooth. Right. And I say the same thing about myself.
That's true. And you think I drive terribly, not terribly. No, I don't. But you do make a lot of noise. I think that you, I think that you get too close to people.
I think you tailgate a little bit. Do I? I don't think I do at all.
I think you have a depth perception issue. Well, I think that you, oh, here we go. We're going to start finger pointing. I think that you, uh, here we go.
I'm waiting. No, you tailgate. I think you follow too close.
I don't. And I think if you, if you are tech, texting or talking on the phone or talking to somebody, you forget where you're going. And so then I always have to say, turn here, turn here.
And you go, oh yeah, I forgot where I was going. Texting. I'll do the voice thing. I hit the microphone and let it talk to text.
So I never know if what I'm sending is actually what I'm sending because I don't read it. Right. I've done that before. That's what I do. I hit the microphone and then I go blah, blah, blah. Send. And then it goes. Yeah.
Yeah. Because I'm driving. I'm not trying to text and drive. I'm a talking text fella. I do it also like because I just hate how long it takes for my thumbs to write out a word.
So even in like, it's an old man thing, I think. I just can't be bothered. I'll just hit the microphone and then I'll reread it and I'll go, no, that's not what I meant to say, but oh well. You know what's better than that? What? A phone call.
Every time. Hey, we were talking about driving, not texting. Hey. What do I do driving wise that you think is no boing? That means no boing.
No, that means no good. I think there's, there like aggressive driving, defensive driving, I think is the right word I'm looking for. Defensive driving is important, but I think in addition to a good defense, you need a good offense.
And I think you don't do enough offense driving. What? I don't even know what that would look like. Like you, you are overly like you're impatient, but you're overly patient waiting for opportunities to turn and stuff where I'm like, I could have gone four times. I would have gone there.
I would have gone there. And you're like, I'm driving. I'll go when I'm ready.
And I go, you're waiting too long. No, because that's, that's what I'm saying. I feel, see, here we go. You asked.
You're right. I did ask. You can't be mad at me. You said, what do you think I do? I gave you an answer. All right. I won't combat it. Like you'll wait. Like there's, there's a two lane road and you'll wait for both lanes to be clear before you turn.
Yeah. When you're going to go into the first lane anyway, and it's been clear for a long time. Because I don't know if that car is going to change lanes, right?
When I'm going to go to turn. And that's an intersection and it's illegal. And if they hit you, it's their fault.
It doesn't matter. I'm going to avoid the accident. I get it.
There was no accident to avoid. I also just feel like there we go. Well, no, I'm not going to say. Okay.
What do you feel like? I think that if somebody's driving and they don't feel comfortable going, then they should go when they feel comfortable driving. I totally agree. That's why I said I'm a terrible passenger. You are a terrible passenger. You should go.
Yeah. You could go and you could still go and you're like, that other lane. And I'm like, that other lane is irrelevant to you. And then I say, let me drive.
Yeah. See, terrible passenger. That's why I drive my own car.
And if everybody could drive like me, it would be really nice. I was kind of putter in around the house last night. You were out of the house and I was just, I don't know, waiting for you to come home.
But I was doing stuff around the house. And I go, I need some dental floss. Where's my dental floss? Couldn't find. I found some dental floss, but it's not the right dental floss.
Okay, hold on. What's the right dental floss? There's a certain brand that I like. Which one is it? I don't know.
It's in a green container. You know, which one I don't like? Which one?
That one in the blue container. Oh, I like that one. That's like a, it's like a slick ribbon.
I like that one. It's like, you know what it's like? It's like this whiteout tape.
It's the same consistency as that whiteout correction tape. It's real thin and stretchy too much. I don't like it. I don't feel like that does the job.
The one I currently have is in a clear container. And I really don't like it. Okay, but I have, I have dental floss in my purse. I have dental floss by my nightstand. I have dental floss in the bathroom.
I have dental floss in my car because I always need dental floss. And then something else that I realized I always need to have around is tweezers. So then I went, where's my tweezers? I have tweezers in my car. I have tweezers in my purse.
I don't know if this is a sign of getting older, but these two things specifically are things that I need to have on hand everywhere I go. Okay. Because I never know when a rogue hair is going to pop up. Oh, sure. I got to take care of that. Same.
Same. Or when food gets stuck in my, in my teeth. Well, that's what dental floss is for.
That's what I'm saying. And toothpicks in that. I've got to have my dental floss from my tweezers. I've got those plastic picks.
And they're all different too. I've got the floss picks that are with, you know, a weird little fibrous ribbon type. And then some that are with like a more rigid, like string. And then I have some that are just rubber toothpicks that are fun. And they just have little rubber feats on them.
Those are neat. I'll tell you though, I think the stuff I don't like, what is, what is PTFE floss? I don't know. I was going to pull out my one that I have in my lunch bag here. This one's okay. It's not my favorite type, but let me see.
Reach this one. Oh, that's old school. It's not bad. That's an old school container. They're still making that stuff? Or you just had that around for a minute. Oh no, I go through this stuff like crazy. Let me see this one.
I have to have dental floss everywhere. Yeah, I don't mind this kind. Yeah, that's fine. That's, that's on par. I can, I can deal with that.
That's not my favorite, but it's fine. Yeah, no, but that one's got that you can feel in your fingers. You can feel that it's got some grip. So it's going to get the food out. Right. But it's not the one at home that I pulled out of the drawer in the bathroom.
Yeah. It's too firm. I don't like it. It's too firm. Yeah, it's too, I don't know. I don't know how to explain it.
Do you know the ribbon one that I'm talking about? Okay. Are there things that you have to have around? For sure you have to have floss too. You like your little flossers.
Oh yeah, I have those little flossers all over the place. Anything else? No, really?
I don't know. Water's helpful. A hair band. I always have to have a hair band around because I carry a pen and chapstick and a, and a Sharpie everywhere I go. So I always have that with me.
That's just my like usual stuff. I usually have a pocket knife nearby. I don't usually carry it in my pocket. I found that I was carrying it and I wasn't using it regularly enough that I was like, I don't need to carry this around.
So I have it nearby if I need to go grab it, but it's not like handy in your pocket. Yeah. Nearby where in your car? Yeah. Like I've got, I know where they are in the house and stuff. Pocket knives? Yeah.
That's what I said. I never need a pocket knife. Never? Never. Never.
No. Never. Never?
Never. You never have to open a package or? I'll just use whatever's around. A key?
Yeah. I've used keys before. I've used my teeth. Yeah, you would. Your teeth to open like a box? I mean, no.
You over there gnawing on cardboard. I'll get into it eventually. Don't worry. Don't look away. Look away. But my key works great for that.
Sure thing. Or my tweezers that I have around. You know what else works? A pocket knife.
Don't need it. Yeah. Okay.
Well, well, well. What have we here? What have we here? Well, I thought you would be all excited to talk about this. I'm not excited to talk about it. Are you upset at me?
Yeah, I have. For being a strong competitor? Is that the problem? It had nothing to do with you. It had everything to do with your people on your team. And I, the only reason you won, let's talk about this. The only reason you won is because your. The team was better?
No. You have one player who performed very well. Otherwise, I would have smoked you.
What are you talking about? I had one player that performed well. George Pickens was the only one who did anything for you. Settle down. I won't. He did indeed get some good points, but you'll see Josh Jacobs also did a real fine job.
Amen, Ross, A. Brown. Yeah. Great amount of points. Jake Ferguson, stellar performance. The, my weak links were Trey Tucker, who didn't have a strong game, but every single other player was awesome. And your Vikings defense. Well, the Vikings defense still was positive at four. That's fair.
So, you know, it's fine. Listen, I would have, I would have beat you if. If you had more points. If Tiree Kale didn't break his knee. Boy, that was a bad injury.
Look, I'm going to tell you right now. I know it was, but it also came late in the game. He wasn't going to get you another 13 points.
Yeah, he might have. No. Yeah.
No. He might have. But he wasn't going to. It wasn't going to happen. I think, didn't the Dolphins win that game?
I don't know. I think that they did. I think that's their first win. Good for them. Go Dolphins. Yay. Hey. Who else played last night? Oh, the Bengals. You have a whole lot of zeros sitting on your bench. You know that?
I know Josh. Zero points, zero points, zero points. You got a lot of that going on. Because that guy's out. Oh. And so is that guy. And that guy's on injured reserve. I see.
I hate fantasy football. Well, here's the deal. We are both two and two, which is, exciting. Have you looked at our schedules? No. Do you want to know something that I found out today? No. Okay. Well, I won't tell you. I'll just tell everybody else.
Just go, just say. You and I played a week four. We play again in the final week, week 13. So I can have some.
You will have a chance at some sort of redemption in a matter of, you know, eight weeks or so. Yes. Settle down. No, you settle down. I'm going to rebuild my team. And I'm going to come back. It's a lot of weeks between then and then.
Yeah, I know. I'm going to come back swinging. Just you wait. Okay. Like that old, my fair lady, just you wait.
Okay. And the stuff's going to happen between now and week 13. We're about to begin week five. There's a lot of weeks in between here.
I know that's what Becca always said. There's a lot of football still left. There is.
There is. We're getting close to halfway through the season though, which is wild. And the playoff picture right now, you're not in the playoffs. Only four teams go to the playoffs. And right now I am number three in the playoffs. Oh, settle down.
I'm so happy for you. No, you're not. Stop telling me to settle down. Calm yourself.
It's a big deal. I was 0-2 and now I am 2-2 and I am in third place in the league. You are currently in fifth. You're not, you got to like keep your chin up here. No. Yes.
Well, my chin is going to be, I keep my chin up. Who do you play this week? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Oh, you're playing the control alt defeat team.
That's who you're playing. So, all right. Well, good luck.
Care anymore. Right now you're projected to not win. I know because I've got to rebuild my team.
Oh, and you have two empty slots. I see what's going on. I see what's happening. Yeah. All right. I'm working on it. I had to sign a waiver. No, it's not how it's not what you did. You have to put it in a waiver.
You have to pick up players on the waiver wire. Yeah. Yeah. That's what I have to do. Okay. Stupid.
I hate fancy football. Well, good luck with your week. I'll see you in week 13. Okay. Okay. Calm down. Stop. Josh, I have a great idea.
What is it? Are you ready? Sure. This is a two person husband and wife book club. Okay. You read chapters together, not out loud, because I don't like being read out loud. Yes. Let's do it that way, because you read at a different speed than I do.
Yeah. And so if you have to, one, wait for me to read at my speed and two, do it out loud and listen, you are going to have the best time. I won't.
You are going to have the best time. This was a terrible idea. Never mind. Two person book club. This is where you'll read the book and then be like, are you going to start that book?
And I'll go probably not. So maybe you should just read it yourself. The idea was that you read chapters together and then you discuss the chapter. Well, that's what a book club is.
We, right, but this is just a two person husband and wife book club. Here's what I don't like about it. What? Also, what?
We have to have two copies of the book. Yeah. That's pointless.
Why? You don't have to buy them. You can rent them from the library. Rent. I think it's called check out. Same.
Rent. Like, okay. So for example, the memoir that I started and haven't finished and returned and you read through and enjoyed and you're like, you really need to read this. I went, yeah, I know. I was planning on it. I just, things got real busy and I haven't been able to pick that book up. So I took the book back to the library. Sad.
I ended my rental. You would have liked that book. I will one day finish that book. I got a couple of good chapters in and then I just, I got busy. You actually, yeah, you started off strong. I know.
And I'm excited to read it. I'm just, I couldn't. I ran out of time. I've got no time in my day to sit down and read. You have time to play your game. Don't you?
Enough about that. We have a friend and they like to read outside in their garden. They have Wednesday night reading club. Yeah. It's just them with the kids and stuff. No, it's just the adult. Yeah. Nice. And no, that's what I'm saying. Wouldn't that be awesome? Yeah. Well, I don't have their yard.
You don't need to have their yard. They have so many different awesome reading. They do have a lot of reading.
They have a lot of really good reading nooks. I agree with you. That's great. We have one reading nook in our backyard and that's fine.
It's nice. I could still read back there. I have read back there. But why don't you join me for reading club? And then we can just guess the chapter. Or what?
You read the book and I'll play my game. It's typically what happens. Yeah, that's fine.
Yeah. It's my decompression. What if I read out loud? Reading is a, no.
To you. No. Why? Because.
Because why? I don't like it. I don't want to be read to. I didn't like it in elementary school. I was like, this book has nothing to do with airplanes. It'll be like. So I'm not interested.
Your own personal audio book. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sign me up. Fine. I'll just be a one person book club.
That's what I was saying. And then if you want to talk about the chapters with yourself, I'm sure you'll love that. Here. I don't. I actually have to go to Reddit sometimes to see what other people have to say about the book that I've just read because I don't have anyone to talk to about it.
Sorry about that. I was part of a book club once and all of the people moved away. So they're not around anymore. Well, you can still do it remotely.
I know. But then here's the other part is that they, everybody got to pick it. Like we took turns picking the book and I didn't like what they picked sometimes. And then I went, why am I reading books that I don't want to read when I have a huge list of books that I do want to read? And so I said, I'm not going to do this book club anymore just because I don't want to read your books. I want to read my books.
That makes sense. So read stuff you like. That's what I'm and then talk to yourself about it in your head. That's what I do.
That's what I'm saying. Just wanted to talk to somebody about it. I mean, you can talk out loud about it. I'll sort of listen. No, you won't listen. I'll try to listen. You won't. I probably won't.
Okay. So the book club coming up tomorrow. What are you going to read? You got a book picked out? Yeah.
Is it going to be exciting? I don't know. Oh, don't be so sad. Come on.
Chin up. You got a one person awesome book club. How's it awesome? Because it's you and you're awesome.
You said one nice thing. We got a text from our daughter yesterday and it was a little confusing, but I think we sorted it out. Yeah?
Yeah, I think we sorted it out. She was saying like, if you were talking to somebody that maybe didn't know who I was or if I was talking to somebody who didn't know who you were, is there a photo in my phone that I would show them to be like, this is her. And then some fine examples were added. Are those the photos she uses?
Is that what that is? Well, I sent some. Okay. Right?
Yeah. Which ones would you show of me? I'm looking. Okay. Hang on. I'm tight.
Because the one I sent of you, I mean, this is pretty much, very much you. You got your yellow shoes. Okay.
You've got your old man's sweater. All right. You got a nice smile on your face.
Okay. That is really, that looks like you. So if somebody was like, what's your husband? What's he?
What's he? What's fine one with you holding a fish? Because that's when you smile the biggest. I found this photo. This is you riding in a barrel train, wearing gloves, but your fingers are in the fingers because they were cold. So you had them as a fist in there, holding your phone as well. And then you'll notice I'm behind you in the barrel right behind you.
Yeah. Why do you look so unhappy? Because I'm in a barrel train. That is exciting. Yeah. Okay.
You're always, this says to me, always down for a good time, making fun out of anything. Yeah. Including a barrel train that clearly just makes me distraught. So that's a fun photo.
I feel like I would actually get a picture that represented you or one that I felt was, I don't know, cute. Yeah. Here's one of you with a cold nose. So you have a scarf up around your face. That's what I mean.
Yeah. I don't think that you would pick a good photo of me. I'm just going through. I'm just looking.
I'm checking things out. You don't think I would pick a good photo of you? I could pick this one of you when you got the high score in the Pac-Man. That was a good one. And I'm pointing at it. You're so happy. A lot of pointing. I feel like, yeah, this is my husband.
He plays a lot of Pac-Man. I like this photo. This one's fun. This is you giggling, but then also trying to be nonchalant with your giggle, which I think is funny.
Like you don't want to laugh, but also you're kind of laughing. That's a fun one. So that's what you would show people?
Yeah. They'd be like, what's your wife like? And I'd be like, she's just like this. This is her. Oh, that's a nice one.
I know it is. You got a nice little smile. That's a cute one. I could pick this one where you superimposed your face on your sister's head. That's a good one too.
I have this one where I held up a magnifying glass to your eyes and made them look crazy at the dollar store. You know, there's some good options. What's your wife look like? This. Yeah.
And then big old giant bug eyeballs. I think that's funny. It is funny. I actually wouldn't be opposed to that either. Yeah. Because that's funny. It is good.
So if you show people that, it'd be like, yeah. What's she like? I'm like, just like this. She's a big dumb dope.
This is her 98% of the day. Big goofy zoomed in eyeballs. If you had to pick one of the kids, is there one you would show? Let me think. I mean, I would have to really think about it. I mean, I like, I like, I don't know.
Does it have to showcase their personality too? Well, I think that's what the idea was, right? Right? Right?
I know I'd have to do more digging for that one. Yeah, I think so too. Because I mean, it would be easy for Emery, but our son. Well, I think there's like the senior photo we took in Times Square, I think kind of captures his kind of his attitude. He just doesn't like to take photos.
Yeah. But that's a cool photo. That is a cool photo.
Like right there in Times Square, that's a cool look. Well, I have this one of him being, there was a rock when we were down in Utah. He was being the little mermaid. Yep. But that's not necessarily indicative of his personality. It's true story.
Because he doesn't typically do that. Here's a picture of me holding a fish in Yellowstone. That's a good photo. You could show people. Look at how big your smile is. I've never seen you smile that big when you take a picture with me. That was a great fish.
Such a good fish. Hey, would you rather this or that? Would you rather get scared by jump scares every hour or hear creepy organ music follow you everywhere you go? I already get jumped by jump scares. Yeah, you do.
And you could get jumped like every 15 minutes without really even trying. Yeah. So I'm going to pick the creepy organ music because I think it's kind of fun. Don't you? No, I'd rather just go for the jump scares.
You would every hour instead of... Everywhere? That organ music is going everywhere you go. Only when I'm moving. So if I'm just in a room, it doesn't play. But then if I get up to leave and go talk to somebody, they get that... Right. Everyone would know you're always on the move. That's right. And I'm okay with that because then they'll know I'm arriving. Every time you went to the bathroom.
Yes. And then the organ music starts up again when you're done. Yeah, I'm going jump scares because it already happens. So you're just going to live in the way that you are instead of trying something new?
Yep. That's just the way that I am. I'm just going to jump and go jump and go jump. And you could try something new. I don't want to try something new.
I like to live in my comfort. But what about... I think it'd be kind of fun. No. All right. Well, difference of opinion on what you'd rather this or that. Agree to disagree.
Okay. I don't know why you are so fascinated with the ocean when things like this exist. There is a shark called Contender. Yeah. I'm going to look him up.
One of the largest sharks known to man believed to be around 30 years old, 14 feet long, 1653 pounds, great white shark. Spotted near North Carolina's, is it Pomlico Sound? It's a hotspot for beachgoers and kayakers.
And this particular shark, Contender, appeared there, surface near swimmers. And? That's it.
That's the whole story. He just wanted to say, hey. Hey, what's up guys?
I like swimming too. Huge. I am looking at pictures. Yeah.
He looks like he's a beast. I'm looking at a size comparison thing. Yeah. How old is he?
They said around 30. Contender weighs 1653 pounds. A gorilla weighs 400 pounds. He weighs as much as four gorillas. Two bouncy castles filled with five year olds, weighs about 800 pounds. He weighs as much as four of those.
I don't know. It's fascinating because it's terrifying. It's so scary. They're so scary.
Ocean animals are so scary. Contender is huge. Why did they name him Contender? I don't know. Who's he contending against?
Everyone. He's contending for the top of the food chain, is what he's contending for. That guy is nuts. Like it is mouth of teeth. I know. Yeah, he's a mouth of teeth.
You are correct. He has a whole mouth of teeth. Like every other shark.
He too has a mouth of teeth. 14 feet. Okay, put that into context a little better. What else? It's this room. This room is like 12 feet.
Whoa, bro. He's longer in this whole room. Bro, I don't want to ever see that shark. He's huge. That's terrifying.
I know. Surface near swimmers. Swim away, but calmly. You don't want to appear like you're in distress. I'm food.
I'm food. Yeah. Huge. Scary. Cool. I'll just look at pictures. I don't want to see him in real life.
I'll just look at pictures and be fascinated. Contender. I wonder if they worked him into Shark Week.
We didn't watch a lot of Shark Week. I know because it gets a little boring. Yeah. Because of all the sharks. Yeah.
Because of all the statistics and the facts. Like, he weighs as much as four gorillas? Yeah. Yeah.
Real boring. Anyway, that's the story about Contender. That's everything I know about Contender.
Hope you enjoyed it. That's going to wrap up the show. We're going to wrap up the show with a great white shark. That's right. I like it. Yep. He's the ending for the day.
Or she. Do we know? I don't know the answer to that.
Great question. Maybe look that up. I was just waiting for you to look it up. You were supposed to do. Oh. Is Contender a male shark or a female shark?
Um, don't know the, male. There you go. There you go. Now we go. Now we know. Yes. Contender is the name given to the largest male.
Great white shark ever recorded in the North Atlantic Ocean. You can track him on Osearch, on the Osearch website. To monitor his movements and activities. What do you think he's up to? I don't know.
Shark stuff, I bet. He should have put a camera on him. So you can see what he sees? Yeah. Yeah. It's the GoPro on the shark swimming around. Oh look, he's in the water. Oh, he's in more water. Scared away all the fish. Yeah, something.
Anyway, it's going to do it for the show. Have a great rest of your Tuesday and we'll be back tomorrow morning, bright and early to hang out with you again. Check out the podcast if we're a podcast that are available.
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