Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 769 | Shoulda called a Horticulturist…

Episode Date: December 8, 2021

Kellogg's says bye bye to union workers… Amazon servers outage… Recalls… Jack and Box sells Tacos… House burns to kill snakes… Subscribe to the YouTube Channel… Subscribe www.blazetv.com/jeffy / Promo code jeffy… Email [e-mail] Helen Hunt clown face accident… Buc-ee bit on tik tok… Space: Leonard Fred and Dead… Moon Bidness… www.blazesocks.com  Who Died Today Yesterday… What’s that smell pear tree… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it the matcha, or am I this energized from scoring three Sephora holiday gift sets? Definitely the sets. Full size and minis bundled together? What a steal. And that packaging? So cute. It practically wraps itself. And I know I should be giving them away, but I'm keeping the Summer Fridays and Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez. I don't blame you. The best holiday beauty sets are only at Sephora. Gift sets from Summer Fridays, Rare Beauty, Way and more are going fast.

Get full-sized favorites and must-have minis bundled for more value. Shop before they're gone. In-store online at Sephora.com. Blaze Radio Network And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. So, 1,400 union members went on strike October 5th. Cereal Plants, Kellogg cereal plants in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, all had their contracts expired, and they wanted to talk. We want an upgrade to our contract.

Okay, here's one. Nope, that's not good enough. Okay, here's one. Yeah, no, that's not good enough. Okay, well, here's one. Yeah, no, that one's not good enough. Well, we still want a better contract. You know what?

No. How about no. We're going to just go ahead and hire replacements for you. You no longer work here. Have a nice day. Wow. Now, they already have replacement workers working. So Kellogg's is still cranked out the cereal.

Don't worry about it. I know, you know, supply chain shortages and all. Kellogg's is like, bring in some workers and we'll let them do it. But they say, we're going to hire all new people. And I don't know if it's going to go to all or some of the people that are already the replacement workers. I would guess that's probably the case. But the 1,400 union workers, above. I mean, I don't, I want to be on Kellogg's side because it's like, come on now.

You know, we're, we've made all these concessions. But I'm sure that the union would say those concessions aren't good enough. And I don't want people to lose their jobs. But at some point, don't you have to say, whoa, whoa, hey, union. How about we just take this last offer and keep our jobs? Nope. Bye-bye. Welcome to chewing the fat.

So if you were trying to watch Amazon yesterday and you couldn't get it to load or it was just, you know, slow loading. They did have some problems. Their web services cloud servers were causing slow loading or failures for significant chunks of the internet. Isn't that the, I mean, the guy that's in charge of Amazon now, that was what he was in charge of before Bezos gave him the CEO. gig. So the new guy, you better hop something on it, man. He's not doing well. When people go to Amazon, they expect it to

load. But although I was watching Amazon Prime yesterday afternoon for a little while, I'm hooked on a new show. They announced that the new season of Hannah was out. And it comes on

a new when you log into Prime and I was like, oh, you know, I never watched any of that. This was like their third season. So I started watching from season one. Not bad. Not bad. I'll let you know. I'm about five or six in from the first season.

I don't know how many episodes they have, probably, you know, seven to ten tops. And it's, okay, I really enjoyed the first couple. And then it kind of slowed down. I'm like, okay, let's pick up the pace a little. So hopefully they're laying the groundwork now for, some more good deaths and some killing scenes that I want. Because if we're only going to break down of the struggles she's having as a young girl, I got it, kill somebody.

Anyway, that's just me. But it worked fine. So, you know, I guess my area, part of the Amazon Web Services, AWS cloud serving, slow loading wasn't significant enough. we were fine, no problem. Maybe it's just because I'm on that 5G. Although I don't think I'm on 5G for Amazon. I think I'm only on 5G on my phone

because I get my internet at the house, not through T-Mobile. And by the way, now that I'm thinking, I just looked at the bill that I have to pay for just internet, I'll just say I was unhappy. I think I'm going to start watching all shows

on my phone. Yeah. Hey, Jeff, how about that 60 inch TV you got? Yeah, it looks great, doesn't it? Yeah. Here's my phone. I'm going to go ahead and just mirror it to the TV. Oh, it's just anyway, if you had problems with Amazon, it should probably be fixed now,

guessing. Should be a problem? If it is, ooh, the new guy's got to go. Okay, so speaking of going, I'm getting tired of hearing about recalls of products. What the hell is going on in America? I'm serious.

Now, I just see a story about hundreds of thousands of pounds. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of ham and pepperoni recalled because of listeria concerns. I don't even care what because of. Why are we? I mean, what is going on? It's a lack of union workers, Jeff. Oh, okay. Never mind.

I mean, that's kind of a good argument for union workers. So the recall applies to 17 products that were produced on various dates and shipped to retail locations across the country. Oh, okay. Now, don't forget that if you were to, you know, contract Listeria or Listerosis, you can have a wide range of symptoms. Fever, headache, stiff neck,

muscle aches, and my favorite, others. No, no, the cough is what I was, not bad. Holy cow.

Now the cough might bring on that. I mean, it might go the other way. You do not want to recall, man. You do now want this. It is.

And from the Michigan-based company, too. 234,3,391 pounds of ham and pepperoni products. Holy cow. Yeah. No. Well, first, this cannot. We just has to stop. If it's the lack of union workers, then we need to get it fixed.

Kellogg's, you might want to rethink the firing of your union employees because you don't. I know they gave you the long list and range of symptoms, but you don't want the others. Right? You do not want that, man. I'm sorry. No. Speaking of, you know, possible issues from food. Did you hear that Jack in the box is buying Del Taco for $575 million?

That's, I mean, I know that's a lot of. of money, but it seems like it would be more. I mean, it just feels like it should be more than $575 million. I'm sure Del Taco feels that way, too. It can always be more. That's what she said. No, I mean, just it can always be more. You know that.

So the deal is expected to close early next year, so sometime in the first couple of months of next year. And I know, I thought Taco Bell bought another restaurant, another taco place a while ago. and then that's kind of, well, I don't know that it fell through, but it really didn't work out well. So maybe, I mean, maybe Jack in the Box wants to get into tacos, man. And so they're doing it, darn it. We're getting into tacos one way or another.

So the casual Mexican chain Quidoba announced it was going to sell in 2000. Yeah, that's what they bought in 2003. a while ago and then in 2000, sometime in the tens, somewhere in the tens, they decided to, hey, no, have a nice day, we'll take care.

So Del Taco is now part of Jack in the Box. So what a great time, man. You can stop by Jack in the Box and get yourself a Jack in the Box. Does that mean the stupid white ball guy? You know, the Jack in the Box mascot will now have a Taco with him too.

I don't know. So, wow, restaurant brands international. Jack is one of many restaurant chains expanding its portfolio. Restaurant Brands International, which owns Burger Kings, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons. Oh, yeah, they're buying Firehouse Subs. And Johnny Rockets and Fat Burger owner, Fat Brands. Why are they not a spancer of this?

sponsor of this show. Why does fat brands not advertise on chewing the fat? Look, fat. They're announcing they're going to buy native grill and wing. I've never seen or been to a native grill and wing. While Burger Fi is buying Anthony's coal-fired pizza and wings. I mean, it's all just big one, happy family. of cluster of restaurants and just be happy with what you get.

Okay. Can I help you with that? Yeah, I'd like a burger and a fries and shake and ate tacos, please. Okay, thank you. Just incredible. So if you've actually been to a jack in the box, you'd know that we already sell tacos, you don't have to ask for,

hey, aren't you guys selling tacos now? I mean, who doesn't know that? Right? I've tried to remember if I've ever actually bet to a jack in the box. I don't think I have. I see them because they are here in Texas. So if I bet to a jack in the box, I don't think I have. Which would explain why I've asked if they had tacos now

and come to find out they already do. So maybe they're just upgrading. They're tired of the tacos they were making. We needed some tacos. Get Del Taco in here. Give them half a billion and we're going to get some tacos in here. All right, good. Thank you.

Please pull up. Second window. Okay. So by now, you've probably seen at least a thousand gift guides for holiday season. Gifts for moms, gifts for guys, gifts for your neighbors, cousins, dog. You can study all those gifts and shop at 10 different places or even 20 different places. Or you could start your shopping at Raycon. And get a gift everyone.

use. Raycon wireless earbuds. I love my work buds. And I have the smaller pair just the Raycon regular earbuds, but the Raycon work buds are awesome. And it's

amazing that there are times during the day when you just want to I don't know get away from outside noise and that's when the Raycon earbuds come in a handy. The RACON wireless earbuds are just awesome.

I mean, they give you amazing audio quality, wherever you go. Whether you use them to pump up, wind down, to work, some may use it to work out. I don't understand that concept, but I can understand wanting to wear the RACON wireless earbuds. They'd be useful for anyone on your list, that's for sure. And even better for you, if you don't have a bear yet. They start at half the price of other premium audio brands. Auto brands? These RACON wireless earbuds, just to be clear, are not cars.

There are different audio brands. They're half the price of other premium audio brands. And with their latest model, you get three sound profiles to make sure everything you're listening to sounds its best. It's just the right amount of bass. It just makes everything sound that much better. RACONs are available in five styles. colors so you can pick a perfect one for everyone on your list.

Free shipping and returns so it makes gifting even easier. The holidays are coming up faster than you think. Now is the time to knock out that gift list and avoid the last minute shopping scramble, especially because right now you chewing the fat listeners. We're going to get 15% off sitewide with the code holiday at buy raycon.com. slash jeffy. Go to buy raycon.com slash jeffy.

Use the code holiday and get 15% off your entire Raycon order. Buy raycon.com slash jeffy. I've got a story about a homeowner

that accidentally burned down his house in an effort to fight a snake infestation. I know exactly how it could happen and I'll tell you about it after we go into the break room because I need something ice cold to drink desperately. Oh, fresh one too. So good.

So, as I was saying, this Maryland homeowner accidentally, accidentally burned his house down in November, which is, oh my gosh, just last month, while attempting to use smoke to get rid of a snake infestation. So I get it, though. I can see how it could happen. I mean, I told you the story before. No laugh. I told you the story before at my folks' house. This is 100 years ago in Florida.

We were out at, we went to some event. And we came back and we pulled in the driveway, and then I turned into the driveway, this huge spider web. was between the yard light and the tree in the yard. And, I mean, it was huge, it was monstrous. And, you know, I stopped. I backed up the car so the headlights would hit it again. And then I pulled the driveway, and I got out.

And I said, I got to see how big this thing is. So I went in the garage and just got some spray paint. I didn't know what it was. And I just started spray painting the spider web so I could see it. See how big it was, you know, see what it looked like. And then I thought, well, I'm going to burn this. I was smoking at the time. I got my lighter.

I'm going to burn. And I came close to fire this bad boy up with my lighter. And I stopped myself because if I would have done that, I mean, the front yard in the bushes and I was burning. The paint on the spider web goes up. Yeah. I mean, that's what I'm looking at. Right. I mean, I'm looking at that.

You're hearing it. I'm looking at it. The little place goes down. But it would have been an accident. I understand how it could happen because you're not. you're not thinking right so you're not thinking that i mean what you're just thinking you know i just burn the web

that's with fresh spray paint from a can and then the next thing you know i mean the whole thing is on fire when you're moving out of the house you're done so that's what this guy he was using smoke to manage the snake infestation and the heat was too close to the combustible that caused the fire and the walls and the ceiling. And the homeowner didn't know it at the time

because it started in the basement. So by the time the firefighters got there, I mean, you look at the pictures. They're saying a million dollars of damage. I mean, the house is gone. I mean, it's literally to the ground. There's only very little of the structure left and the smokestack, you know, from the fireplace.

It's like it's not a, it wasn't a factory. It's not a smokestack. They call it from the fireplace. Chimney? Yeah, the chimney. Yeah, that's what they call it. Chimneys. Smokestack, chimneys, same thing.

But I mean, I can understand how it could happen. It's just something that, you know, you get overwhelmed. You know, you want to get rid of the snakes, okay? And you know that the smoke will get rid of the snakes. You just didn't count on the heat. Right. You just didn't count on that. And, you know, before you know it, the whole damn thing is gone.

Sad. Did it work, though? I will say, I was just going to say, I bet you those damn snakes are gone. I'll tell you that. So we've talked about Helen Hunt and the beyond three cuts to clown face for Helen. I mean, whoa. The last, I'll never forget the time I saw her that I hadn't seen her in a while. and the promotion came up for the show that she was on.

That's that stupid Netflix movie. Anyway, and I was, that's Helen Hunt. I mean, I had to rewind it. I had to go back. I watched it about four times just to try to, oh my gosh, that is her. So, I mean, she's had some serious work done. And you know what?

Whatever. Helen, do you want to cut your face up and pump it full of juice to make it a concrete brick so it doesn't move fine? Whatever, I don't care. But I can't remember if we talked about the car accident she was in. And I saw the headline, I'm like, oh.

So that kind of explains, you know, the cuts to clown face. If she was in this car accident. But then when you read about it, it was 2019, which no way she's reached clown face. And that's your period of time. It's taken longer than that to get there. And according to this. the car, you know, was involved in this car wreck and she was, the SUV she was in

with a driver, when she's Helen, hello, gets tipped on its side. Okay, but she was fine. She went to the hospital and they let her go in a few hours. So she was, you know, whatever damage happened certainly had nothing to do with the clown face. Maybe the concrete got shaken up a little bit

in the face. And so she had to get that tightened up. It's possible. I don't know. I'm just guessing. But now there's a big lawsuit, and she's suing for, she's suing for some money.

And the limousine company is like, no, it's not our fault. We're just driving. We got hit by somebody else. Sue them, leave us alone. We don't have anything to do with it. But she's suing them for negligence.

And, you know, I mean, Maybe she needs the money. Maybe she's spent a bunch of cash on, I mean, clown face cuts ain't cheap. I mean, you drive by those offices in the houses of the clown face docs, man. They're living a good life.

So, and they're not doing that out of the goodness of their heart. I guarantee you that. So she was treated, they let her go, and now I guess she's, there weren't any major injuries. And the police said that drugs and alcohol were not involved in the crash. But it didn't say, you know, whether Helen was, you know, you know, because she wasn't

driving, so she didn't matter whether she had booze or alcohol. But I do, at some point, I kind of, I mean, I feel sorry for Helen. I don't know why. It's just like, dude, what are you doing? Helen. I mean, I like Helen, and I still kind of like her. I appreciate some of her work, but it's just like, we know you're getting a little old, it's okay. And guess what? Once you get to clownface, and I know we've been down this road before you and I, but once you get to clown face, it's pretty noticeable. All right? It's not like nobody knows that you're, it's like, ooh, Helen.

Easy baby, okay, have another martini and take it easy. You're okay. If you keep that up, you know what's going to happen? You're going to get in a car accident and have to sue for negligence just to get some extra cash. Oh, that's happening? Oh, okay. All right, so you know about Texas and Whataburger, and if you're from Texas, you for some reason love Waterberger. That has to change, by the way.

But I know that all the Texans, those are fighting words. It's Waterburger, okay. All right, whatever. It's okay, you just don't get it. No, I don't. And it's okay. I'm okay with not getting it. I am not eating your damn water burger, okay?

I went there when we first moved here because everyone said, hey, Waterburger, Wadaberger, Waddeberger. Taxis, Wadderbaker, taxes, Wadderbaker. It was horrible. No, it wasn't horrible, but it was just average. Average. And same with 80s.

H-E-B, we're supposed to love H-E-B, but now we're supposed to love Buckees. We're supposed to love Buckees. So I see the story where this TikTok video went viral. Hi, Jeffie. Hi, Chris. Take care. Oh, you're recording? Yeah, whatever, yeah.

There's a red light. With the mic lights on. Would you light the door close? The red light means that he's recorded. You know what? If it means you to go, yes. Oh, okay. I love you.

I love you. I just thought San Jaco. No, I appreciate it. It means a lot. You know, I got to tell you. Kellogg's might be right when they got rid of the union employees, man.

Sometimes you've got a clean house. Sometimes you got a clean house. Anyway, so back to Texas and Waterberger and H.E.B. Yes, that was Chris Cruz saying hello. I don't know what he does here anymore. I see him post stuff online. silly. I follow him on my Twitter account at Jeffrey JFR.

I follow him on Instagram my Jeff Fisher Radio account. I don't know if I follow him on Facebook from Jeff Fisher Radio. But he's around. I see him posting stuff and he's posted pictures of him and his kid and the wife and whatever.

I don't know what he does around here anyway. So back to Texas. And so you got What a Burger. He got H-E-B. and Buckees. And this viral video of, I think it's just a guy, right? It's just one guy or is it a couple?

It's a family. It's a whole family. And they don't, they're at Buckees, which, you know, there's another thing about Buckees. I mean, I know that we're supposed to all love Buckees. Oh, no. We will throw you out of the state, I swear to God. I like Buckees, all right? I like Buckees.

However, I will say that, you know, there are times when you pull into a buckies and all 8,000 gas tanks are backed up. They don't like semis there. You can pull in and shop, but they don't have any diesel fuel for semis, so they, you know, screw off truckers. And I love the idea of the store and the millions of sodas along the back wall and the bathrooms are all cleaned and separate cells. I like Buckees, okay? I like them. And I like the little beaver nuggets. I know, big surprise.

Do I do like the beaver nuggets? Yes, I do. What about the snacks? Anyway, so, I mean, I like Buckees, okay? But many people go out of their way to arrive at a Buckees. I don't know that I'm doing that. But I know family members have. so it's okay.

However, this I don't know that I believe. Now, I haven't heard it yet. I haven't heard this family, but they're making a big deal that they were pronouncing Buckees wrong. All right? And I feel like whenever something like this happens, it's not real.

We're looking for that viral video on TikTok, which they got, by the way. So let's hear it. And I'll hold it up on my phone. for you to see it so you can get an idea of whether you believe the family or not. Okay, it's our family's first time at Busey's.

We're all so excited. Oh, look. I love this. They greet you at the door. All right, there it is. Bucys with a gopher. Not real. Because stop it for just a second.

So, I mean, they greet you at the door with Welcome to Buckees, right? Which she said, oh, they're here greeting us. but then they didn't play it. You know, she kind of brings the audio down. And there it is, Bucys. So really funny. Go ahead.

All right, there it is. Bucys with a gopher. People in Texas really like their gophers. It's a cute Christmas shirt, though. And long drive, first stop is at the bathroom. And look at all that food. That's quite amazing. Oh, nuts.

Gophers must have nuts. There's a giant gopher. He's pretty cute, though. Oh, gopher shoes. Yeah. Yeah, it's all. There's birds inside showing us around also. Ooh, beaver nuggets.

Why do they have those in the overland? Should have stopped at the gopher nuggets. I mean, the beaver nuggets or whatever you want. You should have stopped there. Because it was funny and almost believable. But then I took it out too long. So, never. Not ever.

Although I wish I would have thought of it because it's fine. It was fantastic because you people, Corby, you Texas people, oh, it's Buckees and we'll take you all back if you don't love Buckees and Wadaberger. Okay, it's our family's first time at Buccese. Exactly. No, ma'am. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha that's what I mean Texas freaks man Okay it's our family's first time at Bucie's

No ma'am no ma'am So bad How am I doing today Gary Busey? You're doing great Good then I'll keep it up Right? Thank you It's sad, the whole damn thing. All right. I'll go to Buckees.

I don't mind H-E-B. I refuse. Refuse to give you what a burger. Do. Okay, it's our family's first time at Bucies. That's annoying. What? You're a muffler.

You don't hear it? Oh, I don't even notice it. I usually drown it out with the radio. How's this? Oh, yeah. Way better. Save on insurance by switching to Bel Air Direct and use the money to fix your car. Bell Air Direct, insurance, simplified.

Conditions apply. Okay, so I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but this could be, you know, the Earth could be over. This month, okay? So we have the asteroid. I feel like we've talked about this one before. the asteroid that's purportedly the size of the Eiffel Tower because everybody knows the Eiffel Tower.

Yeah, we did talk about this. Because everybody knows the Eiffel Tower. That's how big the Eiffel Tower is. Nobody knows how big the Eiffel Tower is. You just know that's what it looks like. But it's headed toward Earth. It's going to be here in a couple of days. If you're listening live,

today is the 8th of December, 2021. They're saying here, it's headed toward Earth. Well, I mean, it's headed toward Earth. actually right now, but it's going to be here on December 11th potentially hazardous due to its size and proximity to Earth.

Yeah, it's going to come within 2.5 million miles of Earth, which is, I mean, right there. It's 10 times farther away than the moon, but it's right there. It's right there. The asteroid is called 4660 nearest

N-E-R-E-U-S. What's the pronunciation? Amorphophalus. It's right there, 2.5 million miles away. It was discovered at 1982. It's shaped like an egg.

And why would it... It's an egg-shaped Eiffel Tower? Okay, whatever. It's... Whatever you got. All right. So anyway, the asteroid 46660 Amorphophalus. All right. So that's the same. 11th. Then we have a comet that's supposed to be at its closest approach on December 12th.

That comet will be visible in the evening sky, specifically right around after sunset. So once the Eiffel Tower hits, you're going to be standing in rubble and look up and go, we're doomed. And this beautiful comet's going to fly by. Now, the comet is, named Leonard I guess it might be Leonardo L-E-O-N-A-R-D So that is wonderful Wonderful good

things to do now it's closest point according to this and what do they do is 21 million miles away So I mean that's a We probably don't have to worry about it hitting us I don't know that all right but Leonard I mean when you're standing in the rubble

from Amorphophallus Leonard is going to fly by and you're going to be going on oh great another one now you're going to be digging out from as Leonard flies by with light then

we have another asteroid that's going to show up on December 27. Right. I mean, I don't even know if we're going to be able to hear it. I know.

We doomed is what we are. You're going to be in the rubble of amorphalus. And then Leonard is going to fly by. And then you're going to have Fred. This one is called Fred. The end of the world, the end of the world asteroid is Fred.

It's called 2018 AH. I call it Fred. I mean, the family named it 2018-A-H. We call it Fred. I mean, that's just going to kill. So we're just done. We're done. So you might as well the shipping

backlogs may be not your worst worry come the first of the year. You're not even going to make it to 2022. I mean, sub might. Right, I mean, it's going to hit and then, you know, by the 27th and then by the first. So long, farewell, I'll be, it's not going to be any Oleg Zion this year, baby. It's going to be.

Yeah, this is the New Year's song of 2022. Whoa, hey, whoa, no, no violins, man. I mean, you'd think if you're standing in rubble like that you wouldn't be ready for violence but that's what's going to happen pretty sure under the light of Leonard

if we survive if we survive under the light of Leonard we know I mentioned on chewing the fat my chewing the fat segment on Pat this morning for those of you listening on Wednesday the 8th of December I did my two in the fat segment on Pat, and I talked about China's U22-what'd you call me,

the China U-2-2 rover, which is up on the moon, and it's wandering around the moon now. But they sent a picture back that they think is a hut on the far side of the moon. Now, some people that aren't scientists think that it's just rocks together over there. I would like to believe that, you know,

know, at least something has happened up there. I would like to think that perhaps, you know, Amazon's making a new show. I guess it could be Netflix. Maybe it's being, you know, partnered, Amazon and Netflix. Amazon's taking the crew up. God. Weightlessness.

Oh, Jesus. Yes. Yes. Yes. But you think about all the reality shows that are, out there now. You got what, naked and afraid, dual survival, ultimate

survival Alaska, life below zero. You know you've watched at least one episode of these shows. Mountain men love Mountain men. I've watched multiple episodes of Mountain Men. Yukon Man, copycats, man. And then Live Free or Die. I mean, those are great

shows. I know. You laugh, but you know you've watched at least one. You have watched at least one episode of those. stupid shows just to see what it was like. So that's what I think they're doing. I think we're filming. We're filming on the moon, man. I mean, and think of, I'm not sure if they need help.

You know, working out a title of what's happening up there. I'd love to help produce the moon reality show would be awesome. I mean, alone on the moon. Right? Lunar, loner, frontier moon. my space suit and me my moon on the moon

huh? Ah? Come on, oh yeah. Ha ha ha ha ha. Okay. No, keep it going on us.

We're going to name another show. And it really Stay tuned tonight on A&E or Amazon Prime or Netflix or whoever the hell paid for this.

Celibacy of the moon Oh yeah Wait, that doesn't No, my moon On the moon Oh yeah Come on Carmen Line Oh, Jesus

Where's the Carmen Line? I mean that guy died We gotta give him his props Oh Jesus Carmarline Thank you, we lost him He was the pilot At least that's what we claim here on this show

Whether it's a pair of running shoes or a new car, you check how well something performs before you buy it. Why should investing be any different? At Fidelity, we get that performance matters most. With sound financial advice and quality investment products, we're here to help with accelerating your dreams. Chat with your advisor or visit Fidelity.ca. Performance to learn more.

Commission's fees and expenses may apply. Read the funds or ETF's prospectus before investing. Funds and ETFs are not guaranteed. Their values change and past performance. may not be repeated. Okay, so blazesox.com. And I just want to tell you, just go there and get yourself some Let's Go Brandon Sox. Okay.

That's right. You heard it from me. Let's go Brandon. Sox. So it's a limited time. Available for purchase now through the end of 2021. Once they're gone, that's it. No more.

Now some would say once they're gone. They're gone. You're not getting them back, okay? And they're only available if a certain number get pre-ordered. So if you don't pre-order right now, they're going away anyway. Okay?

So blazesox.com. Let's go, Brandon, socks. All right? Grown in America, that's where the cotton comes from. Spun in America. That's who's putting them together. Packaged in America. That's who's wrapping.

I'm in plastic or whatever they're wrapped in and they're Americans doing the work. All right. None of that old China helper workers thing. They got going on over there. Who picks the cotton in China? Oh yeah. That's right. The slaves.

The Uyghurs. We're not supposed to talk about. Anyway, let's go Brandon Sox. Blaise Sox.com. And you notice I'm going to hold up my phone house so you can see the picture. But the one looks like. like a butt with the poop emojis all over the sock. Then let's go brand of socks.

And it's supposed to represent, you know, when Biden pooped his pants at the Vatican when he was with the Pope. There was due to feces thrown all over the walls, the floor, the ceiling in a stunk so bad. I don't know if it was like that at the Vatican. I just know. Look, that's what was reported. So, Blaisox.com.

Let's go, Brandon. I love that clip so much. I just want to talk about... So, does you know, that it was reported that Joe Biden pooped his pants at the Vatican? There was due to feces thrown all over the walls, the floor, the ceiling, and it stunk so bad. I don't even want to comment.

Right. Oh, no. No, no, baby. No. And I have to apologize. Now, I have to apologize here on chewing the fat. Put my heart on my sleeve for this. Okay, I got a couple of emails, people, you know, questioning, what's going on, why, how is this possible?

Okay, so yesterday we talked about the death of Medina Spirit, the disputed winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby. That, in fact, when we talked to Medina Spirit, just a few days ago, prior. to his death. We asked, hey, was the bethomethazone present from an injection or did someone just rub it on you? And this is what Medina Spirit said. So obviously it was just a topical ointment and it wasn't injected. However, the reason that people were bummed was not because we didn't play a portion of the interview with Medina Spirit.

No, I know. We don't need any more from you, okay? Was that Medina Spirit wasn't who died today. And I want to apologize because you're 100% right. 100% right. If any person, any being deserved, who died today? It was Medina Spirit. So I apologize, Medina, and if you were, you were still with us, I'm sure that you would say.

So yesterday when I was talking about this story, I was actually, I was really, you know, I was stumbling a little bit, trying to figure out the wording of how they had talked about how Baffert, well, first of all, Bafford had 74 horses, die in California since 2000. Now, and then I went back and I was trying to figure out exactly they were saying, you know, the way they worded it was really weird. But I finally understood it. It took me a little while to get to it. But what they really mean is that he wasn't the most. There were two trainers that had more horses die in that time out of the hundreds of trainers.

And they worded it like that just to make it. hard to understand so that Baffert would look like he was the worst. Because then they factored in the races run, they factored in a way to make Baffert the worst, and they worked it out that he had the highest rate of the 10 trainers who had the most horse deaths with number of races. And it doesn't say it says that Medina Spirit earned $3,545,200 in 10.

career starts. Now, that's expensive to keep a racehorse. And Bidina Spirit was a little bit of a hoity-to-dy horse. No, I know, I know. You were just picky. But I'm sure that it costs more than, you know, so three-year-old. I'm sure it costs, you know,

probably a million dollars a year to keep Medina Spirit fresh. But I was wondering, and it isn't reported. And I may have to do a chewing the fat deep dive on this. if there's any, you know, two in the, I mean, Medina Spirit, business, frozen for the future.

Oh, yeah. Because that's where they make their money, right? So even in death, Medina Spirit could be making some money. Oh, yeah. You know, another thing that probably needs to die. And I don't, you know, I don't wish death on anything most of the time.

but I'm reading this story about a tree called the Bradford pear tree. And I originally started thinking, well, I love pears. And when I was a little kid, my aunt had a pear tree off the side of the house. It was great. I loved them. They'd fall on the ground. Just pick them up and eat them or you'd pick them off the branches. It was awesome.

I don't think this is actually a pear tree. It's just, it's called the Bradford pear tree. Because in the early 19th, In the 1900s, it came here to the United States from Asian countries, and it became the ubiquitous ornamental tree planted in suburbs because it had early white blooms, spring blooms, made everything look beautiful. Except they found out that the blooms smelled like rotting fish. So the neighborhoods are kind of like, how about, no?

We don't want the neighborhood to smell like rotting fish. Then we find out that since it's not native, the bugs don't even want it. I mean, the branches fall off and crap everywhere, but the bugs won't eat it. It just lays there and rots and smells like dead fish. Uh, no. And then you think, well, it's wood.

Maybe we just use it for the fireplace. I don't think we want the house smelling like dead fish, rotten fish. No, thank you. You ever smelled rotten fish, though I mean, like old rotten fish like that? I mean, it's really bad. I mean, you hear about it, but until you actually do it, it's really bad. There may have been a time. I may know someone who left some fish in a cooler once,

and they lived in this apartment complex that had a, every apartment had a little storage unit in the washroom. and this person an idiot had caught some fish on a little trip and then forgot about it and put it in the cooler and put it in the little storage unit.

I tried to tell him that you're an idiot for doing that. And then a few days later the washroom man, holy cow. And I told the guy, hey,

that's yours, bro. So, you know, he waited until the middle of the night to go down to the washroom so nobody would see, nobody would see him.

And, oh man. I mean, I think what the guy did was finally just, I mean, hold his nose and take the cooler and everything and just put it in the dumpster next door

to the apartment complex. But it took a long time. for that, because by then, the rotten fish had just permeated the wall. Oh, man. It was nasty. I told that guy's an idiot. I can't believe anybody would do that.

That's what I told them. My gosh, what are you doing? So anyway, the Bradford Paird Tree. I guess, you know, I don't know if it's in South Carolina, it's in Maine, we've got it moving around. But if you have an opportunity to remove, the Bradford pear tree. I would do that.

And really, this was a story. I was talking about the Bradford pear tree, but really what it is, is just a story to promote horticulturists. You know, people should actually consult horticulturists, actual horticulturist and main tree experts, big tree, should be consulted on the advice, you know, for good ornamentals to plant.

Okay, great. Tell you what, you tell me what to plant. And actually, you start smelling rotten fish in the front yard. You're probably going, man, I wish I would have talked to that horticulturist. Get him on the phone, would you? But it doesn't say what you do with it. I mean, if it's smelling like rotten fish, I'm not sure.

Oh, I look. Right, I guess you have to do. You end up having to burn it. I love this from the horticultural people. This is why you should call it. talk to horticultural people right here. If people have one or are concerned about its potential for escaping and causing problems to the ecosystem,

they can remove it. But said, and I want to give this guy his full due here, because he's right. I wonder how he feels about the vaccine, though. But his name, Gary Fisher, hello, Gary Fisher. No, that's not the guy.

His name is fish. is fish. So I guess that's his nickname because the story starts out with Gary Fisher. But then the rest of the story talks about fish said. So I don't think they were talking about

the rotten fish. Anyway, back to what he said at the end of the story that I want to pat him on the back for. And it would be interesting to see how he feels about the vaccine. If people have one or are concerned about its potential for escaping and causing problems to the ecosystem, they can

remove it. But we're not going to tell people that they have to. Right. Oh, okay. Okay. You're going to tell us a bunch of other stuff, but if you want to keep that rotten fish pear tree, you go right ahead. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.