Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 831 | Wussification Continues…

Episode Date: March 16, 2022

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It wreaks havoc on honeybee colonies And crop fields It also kills people Dozens of people have been killed in other countries because of the murder hornet. Now, we found a way to kind of control them. We realized the scent of the queen, the pheromones that the queen pushes out

is primarily made of three different acids. So those are readily available. They make these traps with the pheromones, fioromones, fioraphylis, I know. Now, stop, I don't need to hear it. And so they build these traps, and the male hornets think that they're going to be getting a little queen business. And they show up at the trap button, but no, they get stuck in the trap. It's kind of like the glue sticks for the rats.

However, I learned something new about the murder hornets that I did not like. I did not like this at all. Okay? We know now that they, you know, obviously are responsible for deaths, as I said earlier. but the best advice if you're attacked by murder hornets is don't swat at them, which is obviously a pretty good reaction. Your best choice is to run away as fast as possible covering your face. Now, we all talk to, I remember talking about Coyote Peterson's video where he stung himself.

I mean, that's what Coyote does. He gets stung by these different insects. on his YouTube channel. And he even said that it put him in momentous amounts of pain for around six hours. Okay? So we know that they sting and they, you know, give you the neurotoxin called mandorotoxin. Manderotoxin. Yeah, I know.

No, no, I don't need to hear it. No, I don't want to hear amorphalus. Not today. At least not this early in the show. However, the one thing that I didn't know about these stupid hornets, the Asian giant hornet, the stupid murder hornet, is that researchers have now found that the hornets are also capable of spraying venom into victims' eyes. which is why it's a good idea to cover your face and not swat them and just get away from them as fast as you can. That does not sound like fun. Welcome.

Welcome to Chewing the Fat. So a prediction that I, well, this show, CTF Chewing the Fat predicted not long ago has now come true. I told you. that it's not going to be long. When we were talking about Starbucks not having cups at their stores, a shortage of cups, they were just going to get to a point where it's just not, they're just not going to have cups anymore.

You're just going to have to bring your own. Or we have some cups that will sell you, and you can keep bringing them back reusable. Yep. When the Starbucks in Seattle reopened last week, that's amazing that they've been closed this long. Anyway, that's another story in and of itself. they found, the employees found that the disposable paper and plastic cups, yeah, they're not available anymore, just reusable options.

I knew it. I knew they couldn't do that anymore. Obviously, I mean, they believe it that, you know, they're adding to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which doesn't exist. But they claim they run through 7 billion disposable cups every year. That's worldwide. So their shareholder meeting, their latest shareholder meeting, they unveiled the latest steps in taking two disposable cups. Oh, they include more than 20 different iterations of tests across eight markets to figure out the best ways to ditch the single use cup. By the end of next year, Starbucks customers will be able to use their own personal reusable peas.

cups for every Starbucks order in the United States and Canada, and that includes drive-thru and mobile orders, which are currently excluded. So if you get mobile orders or drive-thrus, you still get the plastic cups. Isn't that special? They're just doing so many tests to understand how it is most convenient for our customers and won't slow the drive-thru line down for the person behind you, and is also, you know, operationally friendly to our partners. Oh, okay, well, that was Amelia Landers, Starbucks vice president of product innovation.

Here's an idea. How about you just let us continue to use your stupid plastic cups? Okay. Okay. Good. I mean, right now, they claim that their disposable cups and lids make up 40% of the company's packaging waste. Okay. So the cup is 20% of our waste footprint globally.

but more than that, it's an icon. This is Starbucks icon all around the world, and if we can replace this disposable cup, this symbol of waste, with this reusable, we completely change people's mindset. And at Starbucks, we can really set an example

and change the whole industry. Yeah, yeah, you sure could. It sure could change people's mindset, you know, like going to the place that gives you a cup. But getting customers, according to Starbucks, to ditch single-use cups, has proved to be tricky so far.

Oh, really? You think so? I don't know why. We've even learned from our consumer research is that even the most ardent champions of sustainability really do not claim that they carry a reusable cup around.

What? People are carrying around their reusable cups? That's just dumb. Starbucks is also planning to try out new cup washing stations. Yeah, that'll go over great. New cup washing stations in Oahu. That's in Hawaii. And Arizona State University campus.

That's in the state of Arizona. Customers will be able to have their personal cups cleaned before ordering their beverage. Oh, darn. Well, I know we had the. I mean, you want a cup washing station in those cafes because there's not enough room for the junkies that are going in to shoot up and wash up in your bathrooms. And there's not enough room down in Florida. We had a guy that was, you know, pleasuring himself looking at the hot chicks getting Starbucks at Miami Beach. So don't worry about a Starbucks.

You're fine. You've got bigger fish to fry, the waste of your coffee cups. So anyway, I told you it was coming. Prediction from chewing the fat. All right. So time change. We just had a big time change last weekend. This weekend we have, it's spring.

It becomes spring, I guess, technically, this weekend. But daylight savings time. What are we? We're in standard time now. I don't even remember. Spring ahead, fall back. It's just agonizing. So our Senate, the United States,

States Senate, the senatorial body, unanimously approved a bill that would make daylight savings time permanent. And so good. Let's make it happen. I don't want to hear the fight of it should be standard or it should be savings time. I don't care. One of them needs to be chosen. And that's the one we go by.

Have a nice day. So you still need the House of Representatives to approve. the measure, and then you're going to need President Joseph Robinette Biden to sign the bill so the legislation would go into effect. Now, if that all happens, which I find highly suspect, but if that all happens, then it will take effect in the fall of 2023 because airlines and railroads and other mass transit operators have built out schedules based on the current timekeeping system. And Lord knows, you can't give somebody short notice to change their schedules.

You know, like making them close their business or telling them they can open back up. Stuff like that. You know, mandating stuff like that. You can't be expected to have them do that without any notice. That's just dumb. So this has been going on far too long. I mean, it started back in, you know, World War I. And then people, I love the article that talked about it was, it was, it was repealed because of its

widespread unpopularity. Yeah. Yeah. But even then, even after the first time they did it, there were a few states and cities, including New York, that went ahead and continued the practice. Hey, you know what? Sure, it's unpopular, but we don't care. And so then it brought it back in World War II for three or four years.

and then because it was wildly unpopular, they went ahead and got rid of it again. And then they brought it back. And then in the 70s, they changed it again, and then they just did the whole thing, set it up, and that's where we've been at. So whatever one you choose, whatever one you want, I don't care.

Savings, standard, but you could even come up with a new name for it, for all I can. just so that the time stays the same. Time is our construct, right? It doesn't matter. We just need something to be able to schedule our life and time around, our life and schedules around.

If that's the clock, that's the clock. But make it the time. Just choose one. Just choose one. Otherwise, call me or email me, Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com. And I'll choose. for you. Okay, I'll read

all your little, hey, this what needs to be standard. Hey, this needs to be savings. And then I'll decide. I'll be the judge. I'll get my gavel out and everything. I'll put my judge robe on. And I'll decide. And all you other places, too, that

Hawaii and the non-navaho areas of Arizona that play along or don't play along or whatever. part of, you know, Amish land that you're in that don't play along. I don't care.

We're going to one time and that's what it is. The world is going to survive. Our world, the United States of America is going to go on this time. There's going to be different time zones. Still, I get that, but it's going to be one time. Okay? One time, 24-7, 365.

All right, good. We've got that settled. Good. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. Hey, don't forget, you can always email the show, Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com, and let me know what you're thinking about, how you're feeling. I've got an email from Nathaniel. I want to read to you that makes me love you, the chewing the fat listener. but before I get to Nathaniel's email, I want to remind you that you can also use that email address, chewing the fat of the blaze.com.

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So, I mean, you're welcome. Okay? All right, good. So the email from Nathaniel, Jeffrey, I was listening to your podcast from a couple of days ago. and I heard you mention China winning the Paralympics.

I started thinking about China and their mistreatment of athletes. And then I had this disturbing thought. What if they take normal athletes and start chopping off arms or legs to get them to compete in the Paralympics? Maybe that's how they win. Think about it.

That's actually a great point. I would not put that past China. I would hope and pray that that doesn't happen, but it would not surprise me one little bit. That's a great call, Nathaniel. And that is why I love you, the Chewing the Fat listeners. Have you watched the Adam Project yet? I know we're in the break room,

The Adam Project on Netflix with, uh, what's his face? No, Ryan Reynolds. And the same was a fun ride. I enjoyed it. And the kid that plays a young Ryan Reynolds is really good. So the movie is after accidentally crash landing in 2022, time traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed, Jonathan Wright's Ryan Reynolds,

teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future. What? Yeah, I know. The kid, Walter Schobell, young Adam, is awesome. He does a great job. Jennifer Garner's in it as well. But, okay, so I enjoyed the movie. It was a fun ride.

The only thing that killed me in this whole movie. And I know it's on me, and I really worked hard to get past it. And so I made it through the whole movie because I had, you know, my daughter and my father-in-law, and I just put it on as we're going to watch it. I don't care whether you like it or not you're watching. And so I think my father-in-law ended up leaving that. No, he watched it all because we talked about the time travel. So Mark Ruffalo is in it.

He plays Ryan and Walter, the young Adam's dad and Jennifer's husband, who is dead in the future, but at the time that they go back, he's still alive. Anyway, it's just he drives me crazy. He's been in all these hit movies. He's made a ton of money. He's such a douche in real life. and you know what he's not that great of an actor I'm sorry

no I know he's a big star and he's a big name for whatever reason but he's just he's not that good I'm sorry don't give him work anymore anyway Ryan is funny and I like Ryan a lot and you know it's embarrassing

the way his wife looks at me like lively but you know whatever it's fine she can look at me any way she wants but it's a fun ride if you haven't seen it on Netflix. I realize I've seen now where Netflix has lost all its pandemic gains.

Huh. The streaming service shares were more than 50% down from the company's 52 week high. Wow. That is not good for Netflix. Okay? That is not good for Netflix.

I'm not sure what's up with them. What's going on? on. You know, they had big gains during the pandemic. They have you know, maybe, I think people are obviously coming back to the workplace and getting out to, you know, not getting out

of the house. So they're trying to blame some of it on going back to the theaters, but that's not really it was Netflix bag, right? They need to get into some kind of live thing. You know, they're fighting with you know, Amazon and Google

and ESPN and NBC and now Apple we're getting into that live broadcast world so I know that wasn't really their bag but you know we'll see if they can you know make it out however I see and this could be an issue with Netflix

you know maybe it's just me but I see where we're going to have the great Barack Obama is going to narrate a net Netflix series, Our Great National Parks. Isn't that wonderful? Now, I just want to be clear, all right? I love the national parks, and I have the National Geographic authors on simply because I love the park so much, and there's so much history there, and so many stories inside of all

these parks. It's just really cool. But I do not, personally, I do not want to hear Barack Obama telling me about our great national parks. I don't care. I can't do it. I can't do it. So I don't know if that has anything to do with the stock falling. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but, well, just but. I mean, people are getting back out into the world, right?

And so that does, that is going to affect your Netflix, you know, time spent viewing and or listening. I mean, last week was, what, the two-year anniversary of the pandemic? and I guess technically we still are in the pandemic. I don't believe the WHO, the World Health Organization, not the band, has kicked us out of the pandemic yet. But I mean, we have U.S. air passengers at 87% of pre-COVID levels. We have NYC Subway ridership, 56% of pre-COVID levels. Office occupancy, 38%.

projected to be 60% of 2019 levels. It's projection. I don't know that we're going to get that. NFL attendance per game average was up. 0.9%. Zoom stock down. Netflix stock down. And I know that we're in the,

like I said last week we were in the spring and we feel like we're done with COVID, but the numbers are still alive and well. I mean, COVID hasn't disappeared. and obviously it's not going to disappear at all, but we have, you know, China locking down cities again. The city of Chengchun has been shut down after COVID-19 cases surfaced this past Friday. 98 cases found in the province.

So lock it down. Nine million residents. Oh, okay. No problem. I thought they were. They all vaccinated? Didn't China just vaccinate the whole damn country? I don't know.

I don't know. I know the Pfizer CEO is talking about the fourth booster shot, trying to get approval. I just got a call on my phone telling me that the booster shots are available. That's so nice of them. Let me know if the booster shots are available. They called my phone with a local phone number, which I, so I picked it up. because I thought it was, you know, someone else. And I usually, I'm kicking myself because I usually do not answer if I don't know who it is.

But I thought it was actually someone that I knew that I didn't have in the phone anyway. And so I picked it up and it was just a, it wasn't a bill collector this time. It was a, it was the government telling me that the booster shots are available. Yeah, they told me it in. They told me it in Spanish. They told me it in some... I don't know what language it was. It could have been Vietnamese.

It could have been Chinese. I don't know what it was. And then it told me... And then they wanted me to answer their question of whether I was going to get the booster. Am I going to get the booster? Have I already had the booster? Or am I not going to get the booster?

And I went to push the number and I pushed the wrong button and hung up so they don't know the answer. Darn it. With MX Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too. That's the powerful backing of Amex. Conditions apply.

So those of you still wondering, yes, Russia is still at war with Ukraine, or Ukraine is at war with Russia, however you want to look at it. And the head of Ukraine spoke to our Congress today, so we'll see if anything comes of that. I wish people would stop talking about World War III. I'm sick of hearing about it. I don't want to put it out there in space. It's already out there now. Just stop it.

Let's not talk about that, okay? If we don't talk about it, then it won't happen. I see where the EU has imposed sanctions on the Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich. And so they're, you know, targeting Russia. Really? I mean, it's just a lot of them. a Russian billionaire.

So friends of friends and friends and he's a, you know, Russian billionaire, so we're just going to sanction him. And I don't know that I, you know, look, I think it's ridiculous that we're sanctioning, you know, a billionaire because he's from Russia. He owns the soccer club. The guy has a lot of money. I don't know how much money he has.

There are reports that he has, you know, $23, $24 billion. It's not bad. I would like to have, you know, a few of those billions from Roman for myself. But I was reading a story about the Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich. And he owns, I don't know, he owns a couple of the world's largest super yachts. I think he will get, he's going to get dwarfed with Jeff Bezos's new yacht, if Bezos can ever get it out into the ocean.

But, well, even if he doesn't, I mean, if his finish. with the yacht and it just sits there at the dock. It's still the largest yacht in the world. But he owns the one eclipse super yacht. It's one of the world's largest vessels. And he's paid so much money. He used to have parties on this yacht. Okay.

It was reported one party that he held a New Year's Eve party on his yacht. He paid Lady Gaga $2.9 million to perform at the bash. I mean, if you're Lady Gaga, you're not turning down, and she didn't. 2.9 million. Okay. And according to this, it was a $1 million bonus just for playing a 90-minute concert on New Year's Eve. Anybody's seen Gaga? No, she's out on Abramovich's yacht making $3 or $4 million.

Holy cow. I mean, it was an A-list event, according to. of this, 300 guests, Sean Didy Combs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, and, you know, the who's who of the who's who are on the yacht celebrating New Year's Eve, doing whatever it is they want to do,

and paying Gaga, you know, three or four million. Now, they, they welcome the New Year's at insane Bartz. And I guess, You know, he looked bored. He had Salma Hayek there and Demi Moore.

And, you know, he also, the black-eyed peas were there. I mean, I don't know. He's just throwing a big party. He's just spending money because he can't, right? So, okay. I know he had other bashes where he had Kanye, Prince performed, Gwen Stefani, Beyonce performed. I mean, the guy is living the good life.

So do I feel, you know, really bad about this guy getting sanctioned? Not so much. However, should he be sanctioned? No, no, he should not. I mean, this is almost the houses of the hoity tooty, the yacht itself, okay? I mean, apparently this was, it cost him $590 million. It's divided into nine decks, holds one main heli, pad on the front.

The granite floor of the pool rises to sit flush with the deck to form a dance floor where a lot of action, you know, takes place. And it's got a high-tech anti-poparazzi system that detects and disrupts a potential picture. Sweet. It's got an intruder detection alarms, missile defense. system. Okay. Yeah, let's hang out there. It's got 6,000 square feet of living space and 600 doors, according to this. Fully equipped 77 square meter gym, of course, a beach club, beauty salon, tender garage, and a deck jacuzzi. I mean, and then if you, if that doesn't suit you, how about you go to the atrium

and maybe you go to the open patio level for the views of wherever you're at? What do you think about that? So I'm hard-pressed to feel sorry for Roman, but it's not right that the friends of the friends of the friends are getting sanctioned because Putin is... And actually, this is what's going to end Putin, right? I mean, the oligarchs were on his side because he made them all rich.

And they made Putin rich, right? And the country was going okay. And now, if all these rich guys are getting sanctioned and coming on board, they're going to go back to Vlad and say, dude, what up, bro? And that's exactly what they're going to say to. They're going to show up at the Kremlin. Yo, Vlad, what up, bro? and then that might be the last time you hear from you never know.

I know they said, remember the story of the lady that held up the sign on the news report and they took her away and arrested? The one story I read was that she was fined. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. You call it whatever you want, but I'm sure that she was fined. You know, and I mentioned, I think I mentioned on this show that the four-sixes, the ranch in Texas that is part of, you know,

Yellowstone television series and part of 1883 television series. And, you know, Taylor Sheridan is doing his party. He's probably got some other shows that he's going to be filming there. Well, he just bought the ranch. Isn't that special? Four sixes. He just bought it. And look, the ranch was established in 1870.

It has 266,255. plus acres in West Texas. Oh, that's it, though? I mean, that's just a small little, a working ranch in West Texas. It was listed for sale at $341 million. It's about 150 miles to the east of Wichita Falls and Fort Worth is 200 miles to the southeast. and Lubbock is 95 miles to the west.

It's right there, King County. I don't know why you're looking at me. I'm holding on my hand to show you where it's at in the state. So it's a 6666-6-6 ranch, and they pronounce it four sixes. But just incredible. The daughter, was it the daughter or the great-granddaughter? I'm sorry, not the daughter. The great-granddaughter just died in 2020.

And so that's why the ranch was up for sale. And, I mean, it couldn't go to a better guy, Taylor Sheridan, plus what a deal. So he buys this ranch, the four-sixes, for $341 million or whatever he paid for it. I mean, he's going to be filming shows there. So he's renting the property from himself. It'll be paid off soon.

It'll be paid off very soon. So congratulations to Taylor Sheridan for owning the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas. This episode is brought to you by Peloton. A new era of fitness is here. Introducing the new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus, powered by Peloton IQ. Built for breakthroughs with personalized workout plans, real-time insights, and endless ways to move. Live with confidence.

while Peloton IQ counts reps, corrects form, and tracks your progress. Let yourself run, lift, flow, and go. Explore the new Peloton Cross-training Treadplus at OnePeloton.ca. Okay, this story has been driving me crazy. So it's kind of the wussification of athletes continuing on. It's an ongoing process of the wussification of athletes. But tennis star Naomi Osaka was heckled this past weekend at Indian Wells tennis tournament. and started crying.

Asked the chair umpire if she could address the crowd following the conclusion of the second game. And the empire said, uh, do. So after the match, which she lost, by the way, to Veronica Kulamatova, who is ranked 24th in the world,

uh, 6064. Osaka is currently 78th ranked women's tennis player in the world. Uh, and when they say heckled, uh, one person, yelled, Naomi, you suck.

Now, nobody wants to be told they suck. I get it. I do. I truly do. But you're a professional athlete playing on a world stage. And if someone says, you suck. It really shouldn't bother you. In fact, this should give you strength.

But after the match, they did give her the mic. Hi. Uh, uh. I just wanted to say thank you. Oh, thank you. I was going to say thank you. Oh, for cheering after your loss. Oh, she's wiping away tears.

Yeah, you have, actually. I just wanted to say, um. Oh. Yeah. Oh. Oh. Yeah. Oh.

Don't worry about that, yeah, yeah, yeah. What I mean? I'm heckled before. Like, it didn't really bother me. Oh, really? But, oh, I don't know that that's true. It's, like, heckled here. Like, I've watched a video of Venus and Serena getting heckled here.

Uh-huh. If you never watched it, you should watch it. Okay, I will. I don't know why, but, like, it went into my head and I played a lot. Uh-huh. I'm trying not to cry. Oh, I know. Go ahead.

Take your time. It's okay. I just wanted to say thank you and congratulations. Oh yeah, she didn't say her name, but congratulations to the, you know, the girl who kicked your butt on the court. She's sitting over there thinking, dear Lord. The health of everybody here that out of about 10,000 people, one person's voice can't weigh out 9,999 others. And we love you here. Yay!

And of course, she knows that, except that that's not the way it really is. Is it? me. No, it isn't. Because that one voice did make a huge different, right? Difference. Now, she's been the center of mental health conversation surrounding athletes who are consistently in the public eye ever since her withdrawal from the 2021 French Open, citing long bouts of depression as the reason. And back in August, after some time off, she was at a press conference and she was asked about how she balances. everything. And she began to answer. And then she began to cry. And then she left the podium for about five minutes. That's what one of the things that she was talking about is that she, I feel like I've been, I've cried enough on camera lately. And then she came back at that same time in August and said that she

she spoke of her difficulties through COVID, including the lack of social interaction. The pandemic has created. I don't know. I think differently. This whole COVID thing was really stressful with the bubbles and not seeing people and not having the interactions. But I think like, I guess seeing the state of the world, how everything is in Haiti and how everything is in Afghanistan right now is definitely really crazy. Oh, okay. I remember that was back in August. So this particular time, she referenced the incident in 2001 when Serena Williams,

was around in a booed throughout her final match at Indian Wells. Now, ask yourself, and she said she couldn't help, you know, go back to that. And, you know, bring that up. Let's wonder, why was Venus booed? And by the way, as we go back to Serena being booed of Venus and her dad, King Richard, were also booed at Indian Wells. the dad, Richard said the crowd directed racial slurs his way. I don't think so.

But, you know, if you say so, okay, I believe you. And they shouldn't have done that. However, I mean, they boycotted. The Williams boycotted Indian Wells for a long time, 10, I think even more than 10 years, maybe 13 or 14 years, something like that before they would go back there. However, why were they being booed? And let's take a look at what happened during the event. Serena won. Okay.

She kicked ass, and she won the tournament, and then she left. And she said that she cried in the car, and she was upset, and she vowed never to return again. And fine, whatever. You know, that's fine. But she didn't do it out on the court. She continued because she used that as her strength. Now, why were the Williams family, particularly Serena, on the court booed and then Venus and her dad in the crowd.

Why were they booed? Why was it the darkest moment of her career? That's what Serena called it. Okay? All right. Yeah, 14 years. I mean, this happened in 2001 and she didn't play again until 2015. Right.

So, I've been a long time. Anyway, so what happened? What happened? Well, her opponent at Indian Wells was supposed to be her. sister, Venus. 20 minutes before game time, Venus pulled out of the event, citing a knee injury. Oh, oh, my knee. Oh, ow, my knee. And so Serena played the number two in line at the event. Oh, so they were being booed because they weren't playing each other. And Venus and dad was being booed because the audience thought Dad pulled Venus

because he decided that Serena needed to win. So it's a little bit different, isn't it, Naomi, than what you happen to have happened with one person telling you you suck. But I know you are part of the mental health conversation surrounding athletes. And I get it. You're having long bouts of depression.

I get it. And I know that you're, you know, 78th in the world now as far as women tennis players go. But, you know, I understand. I understand Naomi. And darn it, man, I wish that one person didn't say you suck. But they did. And you had to cry.

I love the fact that I want to speak. Yeah. No. No, that's not happening. I just got the mic at the end, but I mean, it's just incredible. So obviously it's a, all right, I'm going to stop now. I get it. Okay.

That's her problem, and she's dealing with it in the way that she knows how to deal with it. But I just want you to know that I did go back. I did go back and watch the videos and listen to the interviews from 2001, Naomi. and it's not the same thing. Okay. I should just wrap it up. I'm sorry, I got carried away with Naomi. It drives me insane.

The wussification. I get it if you're depressed or whatever. You don't feel, you don't want to do it, but you're out there. You're a professional athlete. You're the top of the pile, the heap. That's it. It's you.

People want to look up to you. I don't want to see you whining on the court because somebody said you, suck? So what? My gosh, it's just amazing to me, that's all. Okay. Remember, this has to do with the Pat Gray Bingo.

If you're, you must listen to Pat Gray Unleashed, I already told you that, but I know you can't listen all the time. And because of that, I'm here for you, okay? I'm the Pat Gray Bingo Whisperer. The total amount of squares covered today. 10. 10 squares have been crossed off.

Biden, let's go, Brandon, I agree. Fifteen days to flatten the curve. I haven't grown a third tail. Keith's watershed moment. Write your own jokes from Jeffie, which I did this morning. What a world? Suboptimal.

Keith mentions at the micshow.com. Keith, I mean. And Carmen Line. Those were all mentioned. On Pat Gray Bingo this week so far, there has been no bingo. If you get bingo and you're the first person to call the show, you will win a prize. Okay? Okay, then.

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