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Episode Date: November 5, 2024

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gondoliers, I think it's gondoliers, right? Gondolars, you know, the guy that steers the gondola. There's only 433 gondolas left, down from 10,000 at one time. And the city is seeking fresh talent to keep this iconic cultural symbol alive. And it's an easy gig to get. I mean, they used to just pass it down. But the kids were like, yeah, no, I'm not doing that. All you have to do is pass a third.

30 hours of classroom instruction and complete a hands-on training course to develop the skills needed to successfully navigate the city's canal routes, which are, I mean, they're convoluted, all the while maintaining that perfect balance atop the stern of the slim, flat-bottomed watercraft. And you have to be able to be well-versed in art, history, and culture of Venice, speak some English and French, and complete an apprenticeship under the tutelage of a mess Mr. Gandalier. Is it gondolier? Gondolier.

Yeah, gondolier, whatever. The lucky few who passed the boaters bar become a card-carrying member of the Gondoliers Association. It's the gondoliers association. Whatever they call themselves. You know that. You can become a master gondolier.

So, so you have to, oh, you have to be over 18 as well. Yeah. And, oh, you've got to hold an EU citizenship and a high school diploma. And you've got to be a master. able to swim just that though that's an easy gig i say you just become the guy that is uh given people a hard time while they're riding on your gondola like you're not wearing that are you i don't want to be seen out here on the waterways with you wearing that and holy cow is this your date tonight

be that guy and you or that girl i mean there's only a few girl gondoliers on the on the waterways or women. 14 of the 433 are women. So you got a good shot if you're a female and you want the gig. I don't know if you just identify as a female, if that helps or not, but you know, you can give it a shot. Plus they say you could earn up to 150,000 euros a year. I don't know if that means with tips or if that's your salary,

but that's a good gig. Plus, I don't know, I mean, I'm more looking for. I think I want a card that says, I am a master gondolier. I know, pretty sweet. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. Okay, so the Boeing strike is over. The Boeing's 33,000 production workers voted to end their seven-week strike yesterday,

approving a 38% pay raise over four years. Okay. And the company's latest offer is two points shy of the 40% the union was calling for, and up from the 25% offer workers rejected in September, which prompted the walkout, and it brought that Boeing company to a halt. And the latest offer raises average machinist pay to $19,000, I'm sorry, $119.3,000 per year. Wow. Okay. Union members can return to work as soon as today or as late as November 12. So just pick a time. You know, whenever you want to come in. You're going to get a bonus. You're going to get $12,000 bonus. That's pretty sweet. And it also changes the workers retirement plans. Yeah, there was a big, they were a big deal about the pension deal that was going on. I'm not sure what all the details were for that. But that's, you know, good for them. So, you know, just pick a day. Today, through the 12th when you want to come back to work and we'll get to that $12,000 bonus and we'll get to that raise. And then you guys can try to not screw up the airline business anymore.

How about that? We'd like to have our airplanes fly around without screws coming out. That'd be nice. I know. I know it wasn't all your fault, but, you know, it was made to look like your fault. And, you know, because many of the, many of the instances where there were issues came from Boeing jet liners. Huh. So they're happy at the, I'm sure the front offices of Boeing is taking a sigh of relief. Hey, let's get back to work and try to return to the, and this is the line they used,

excellence that made Boeing an iconic company. Yeah, that's going to take a long road for sure. And of course, in the story, they mentioned how the White House took the strike. Oh, man, very importantly. I mean, last month they flew out U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Sue, and they flew her out there to help with negotiations. Yeah, they told her. her to take a hike, okay? Get out of here. You're not helping, but they cared. They cared. The White House cared about you and Boeing and the employees. And man, they, they cared. So we got that. We got that going for us. I mean, if it wasn't for Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida getting involved in the dock worker strike, they'd still be on strike. That's how much

the government, the White House, Washington, D.C. government cares. about the striking employees in the country, that's for sure. Now, we talked about the tech workers at the New York Times that were pissed, and they said they were going to strike. Well, they have. The 600 members of the New York Times Tech Guild went on strike yesterday. So Boeing is back, but the tech workers are on strike at the New York Times. So this endangers their ability to send notifications,

keep apps and websites up and running as scores of viewers. I mean, hello, the New York Times. Today is the day. Election Day. It's a good day to walk off for them because they can prove how important they are to the newspaper or the website. But let's see. Let's see what happens with the New York Times Tech Guild that is now on strike. They probably are going to get what they want, ASAP.

Then we have a huge labor strike. in Canada at Canada's container ports, which, you know, again, is going to end up affecting us, which is incredible. So labor strikes are going to shut down operations at Canada's container ports from east to west coast, and that leaves the U.S. trade in limbo. Oh, okay. Well, that's special, right? Yeah, of course it is.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union's ship and dock foreman local, 514 began striking Monday morning. And who isn't for the international longshore and warehouse union ship and dock foreman local 514 in Canada? So they're stopping containers and cargo immediately. Okay. According to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, $800 million in trade flows through the West Coast ports every day. Yeah, I mean, it's going to affect the U.S. ports as well. So they need to get that taken care of.

But okay, good luck. Good luck and God bless. And of course, just like clockwork, we have a tropical storm, Rafael, forming in the Caribbean, expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. I don't know. Today, tomorrow, expected to reach Cuba sometime today. Raphael is on a path to head into the Gulf of Mexico, a crossover Cuba. And then the cone of death has it heading toward Louisiana.

So we'll see. I have tropical storm warnings up in the Keys in Florida and along the west coast there a little bit. I don't think very far, very far north on the southern tip of Florida's west coast. But because it looks like the track is leading it out into the Gulf of Mexico farther away from Florida. And then it will head to the, I don't know, the South Gulf of Mexico coast of Louisiana, Texas. Mississippi, Alabama, in that neck of the woods. But that's good because that'll be coming, you know, people will be needing to prepare for that this coming weekend.

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So yesterday I talked about Mariah Carey and her, it's time, Instagram post. where, you know, it's all I want for Christmas, and it's Kay Jewelers, and it's just an ad, right? And so it's all it is. I mean, I got it, and it's been 30 years since all I want for Christmas came out, and she is milking it

for everything she can. Good for her. Well, then I see a story yesterday, after the show, where she went to the Madame Tussaud's New York, and she has a new wax figure at the

wax figure museum. And the picture, it's hard to tell. I mean, it's a great job. Holy cow, she's 55 now. So she stopped by there and to unveil her, you know, brand new wax figure. And it was, you know, especially made for the Christmas season. Of course. So we're still milking all I want for Christmas.

And I'm looking at this thing. When I first looked at it, I thought, okay, so that's the wax figure. Nope. The wax figure is the other one. I mean, it's an awesome job. by Madame Toussau's Wax Museum. And she said that she was freaked out by it a little bit. And when she came in, she was like, oh my gosh, it's surreal.

Very good. Yeah, no doubt about it. So the new figure is a part of a seasonal holiday display at the museum's seasons of New York City exhibit. And it's a snowy backdrop behind her replica, even features a nod to her beloved. of Jack Russell Terriers and she's sitting in her red dress holding the ornament and I looks

it's incredible I thought that was her but nope that's the wax museum but also because so she announced that his time with the K Jewelers sponsoring sponsoring her diamond brand I guess it's just that's K Jewelers brand Jeff it's not Mariah Carey's

oh I know she's just saying you know got to buy her diamonds for Christmas But she's also kicking off, I mean, of course she is, kicking off her Christmas tour. Ha! Of course she is. So, congratulations. You have a chance to see Mariah live on her Christmas time tour beginning tomorrow. For those of you listening live today, it is November 5th, 2024.

Oh, my gosh, it's November 5th. It's Election Day. to go around the country and check in on some cities and see what's going on on election day. Beginning tomorrow in Highland, California, the singer is set to visit 20 cities across the country before wrapping up December 17th in New York City. She's traveling all across the country, too. So she's got Highland, California, Los Angeles, Greater Palm Springs, Phoenix, Austin, Texas, Houston, Texas, Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, Atlanta, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee, Rosemount Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boston, Mass, Baltimore, Maryland,

Raleigh, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Newark, New Jersey, Belmont Park, New York, and, of course, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 17th. So, Mariah's out there, hawking her Christmas time tour, and, man, that will be, it'll be great. It'll be great. She's worked with some incredible people And a little Miss Debbie Allen The fame icon served as creative director and choreographer

On the tour I'll be doing songs I've never done before Some duets I've got to keep some surprises Said Mariah Uh huh You sure do Maybe she could get her kids

To come out and sing with her It'll just be a whole family thing It'll just be so wonderful And you know what else she could do is she can wear diamonds from K-Julers. And maybe K-Julers can set up, you know, a special Christmas time concert tour sale for you can get a good deal on K-Juler Diamonds

if you're at the show. If you go there after the show and give them your ticket stub number, they're going to give you an even bigger discount on diamonds. If she's not doing that, she should. If you need some more ideas, I'm here for you. Just, you know, email me, Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com, and we can hook you up.

Or, you know, you can, you know, reach out on X at Jeffrey JFR. You can reach out on Instagram and Facebook, too, Jeff Fisher Radio. If you'd like, that's fine. You can leave a message on my YouTube page, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher. And you could, you know what you could do, Mariah. You could order a cameo for yourself. And your cameo could ask what ideas I have for your, uh, for your, uh, for your, your, you know, for your tour.

And you can order a cameo at Jeffrey JFR on the Cameo app. And just ask me, I'll do it. I'll do it for you as a Cameo app. Although, you know, you're going to have to pay a little bit more than what I charge on Cameo, because it's not free. But if you want to, I'll give you a teaser if you order a cameo. Then you can reach out and we can talk, we can talk privately for some more ideas. That's going to cost you more than what the cameo costs.

I promise you that. All right. let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. Well, today is election day. For those of you listening live, it is the 5th of November, 2024.

Today is the final day. Kind of, unless you mailed in your ballots and then some places will let you count your vote for the next week or so or whatever it is. But for the most part, I think 90 million people, people already voted in early voting. So we have plenty of, plenty of space for you in line to vote today. So if, uh, if you've already made your decision to not vote, I understand it.

I do. But I would hope, uh, you know, listening live today on the 5th of November, uh, 2025 that you rethink that decision and go ahead and vote. Uh, if you still can. Uh, that would be, uh, it'd be a good thing. It'd be a good thing. Either way, either way that you vote. Now, I wanted to check in with some of the cities around America to see how things are going on election day. So let's check in with Washington, D.C. I don't have a live correspondent there. They're all busy today. So let's just, I have a, I've sent a drone over the city of Washington, D.C.

to see if we can hear any sights and sounds of what's going on in Washington, D.C. Oh, they're boarding up their windows and doors. Huh. All right. All right. That's what's happening in Washington, D.C. Weird. That's funny.

I guess they're putting up fencing and boarding up windows and doors. All right, let's go to the drone in Seattle, and we'll go on the other side of the country. We'll just crisscross across the country here to see what's going on in different cities around America. Let's see what's happening in Seattle. Oh. Oh, wow. They're already boarding up windows and doors in Seattle as well. Well, let's check out Portland.

I mean, we're over there. We might as well check out and see what's happening in Portland. Oh, my gosh. I'm busy boarding up everything in Portland as well. That's weird. That's weird. All right, yeah, let's check in with Detroit. I mean, Michigan is a hotbed, and they've been all over the place.

Let's see what's going on in Detroit, shall we? Oh, they're chewing the fat drone camera. Oh, my gosh. They're busy boarding up windows and doors in Detroit. Detroit as well. That's weird. That's weird. I don't know why because the only place that possibly should be boarding windows and doors up is maybe New Orleans because, and that certainly isn't become, because of the election. That's, oh yeah, that's because there's a tropical storm going to be a hurricane coming their way. So they're busy boarding up everything there. I'm sure

it has nothing to do with the election at all. It has to do with the hurricane. Anyway, we checked in around the country. Yeah, no, that's what's happening. Another way for you to check-in is becoming a member of Blaze TV. And by subscribing to Blaze TV, that helps keep this show free. I appreciate you subscribing to chewing the fat. And you know it's free, whatever platform you want to subscribe on. And one of the things that helps keep this show free is, of course, your subscribership to Blaze TV. Now, we're going to have election coverage tonight, like no other, all of your favorite co-host, you know, except for me, we'll be telling you what's happening in the election around the country.

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You know, I love Wendy's Frosties. I've made no secret of that. I am a fan of Wendy's Frosties. and they just announced that they're going to, they have a new salted caramel frosty. I may have to try that. And normally I just stick to my chocolate. I mean, I've had the vanilla before because someone got a vanilla frosty

that they didn't want in my household. And I thought, well, you know, what the heck? I'm going to eat. I'm not going to say no to that. But I may have to try the salted caramel frosty because I'm a fan. And I may have to get a chocolate frosty on the side just in case the salted caramel isn't quite

as good as I hope and wash down the salted caramel I mean you can't just have a salted caramel and now have a chocolate frosty to wash it down maybe you have a salted caramel frosty get yourself a vanilla frosty

and a chocolate frosty so you have the salted caramel the vanilla to kind of cleanse the palate after the salted caramel and then you have the chocolate frosty just to settle yourself in I guess they're dropping some other new ideas to the menu coming up this month.

But the salt and caramel sounds pretty good. And maybe while I'm eating my frosty, I can watch my 97-inch TV. I did not know this small little fact. This year, between September, between January and September of 2024, 38.1 million TVs that were at least 97 inches wide were sold.

Now, I want to go on record as saying, as of this moment, that you're listening to chewing the fat, I do not have a 97-inch television. Now, that may be coming ASAP, but I do not have one. I think the largest TVs I have in my home are 65, something like that. I think the largest ones are 65, and the rest are, you know, I don't know what these are, 430s, 40s, whatever they are. uh just samson tvs for the bedrooms and the family rooms but uh i think about the 97 inch it could be coming because uh you can quote me on this it's never big enough that's what she said yeah i know i know well it's never big enough of this according to uh circana okay so uh an order i'll see 10 times more than the amount of TVs of that size that were sold during the same period in 2020

So the reason is because, ah, they're cheaper. So a TV that size was $3,113 compared to $6,662 for 2020. So you get a 97 inch for a little over $3,000 down. Yeah, you had to drop that down before I get the 97 inch here. As a consumer technology improves, it tends to get, I don't know, cheaper. When they first introduced, when Samsung first introduced their 98-inch TV in 2019, yeah, I remember, it was like 100 grand. I was a lot of money.

And that's, I mean, I obviously not even close to having that. I'm not spending that. You look at it and go, yeah, they'd be nice, but it's not going to happen. So now, Samsung has versions that start at 4,000. That's pretty sweet. So you're sitting watching TV with the person on TV

that's the same size as you. Yeah. So I love it. I'm all for it. No problem. If I could get a 97-incher for, For, you know, a thousand bucks, I may be, I'm up for that. Because once again, like I said, you can quote me on this.

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The Army confirmed Monday that the U.S. soldier who was operating the Gaza Aid Pier brought to you by this administration and the president Joe Biden, who, by the way, is still president of the United States, ha, weird, has passed away. They, he suffered critical injuries while operating the floating pier in May. He was airlifted to an Israeli hospital and then sent back to the U.S. for emergency care. He was recently medically retired from his role in the military due to injuries. they did not list a cause of death for Sergeant Quandarius Devon Stanley

but you know obviously it had to be that right if it wasn't that they would have said something just sad very very sad so he was a leader in the seventh transportation brigade exponential TBX especially during the mission to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza and so rest in peace, Sergeant Gwondarius Devon Stanley, 23.

Also, we have Jose Hugo de la Cruz Mesa. A 39-year-old defender was killed on the soccer field as they were just postponing the game, suspending the game, because of a storm moving in, and he was hit by lightning and killed. Holy cow. So Jose Hugo de la Cruz Beza dead at the age of 39. Now, there was a sudden crack.

It was live on TV. At least eight players fell forward like Domino. It was the flash directly hitting two of them on the right of the screen. The footage is incredible. The goalkeeper, Juan Chaka Lagata, 40, was rest of the hospital with severe burns. Two teenagers and a 24-year-old man were also injured. but are listed as being in stable condition. Now, this took place in Peru at Cota Cota Stadium in Chalika, Peru.

And so amazing that they were suspending the game because of the storm warning and then lightning strikes right then. And very sad, very sad. So rest in peace to Jose Hugo della Cruz Meza. and I hope others that were injured recover. In other natural disaster deaths, at least 10 people killed after Mount Lua Tobe Laki-Laki erupted in eastern Indonesia. And they're saying that there are greater risks of earthquakes coming

in the next few days. So rest in peace to the 10 people killed after Mount Lua-Tobie Laki-Laki erupted in eastern Indonesia. And speaking of mountains, I saw where are they making a big deal out of Mount Fuji. It's been snow. There's no snow on Mount Fuji. It's the longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer. Okay.

And? And? And? Well, it's just, it's climate change, damn it? Oh, okay. Okay. Is it? Okay.

All right, fine. You can believe that. And the other news, I know, we talked about this. yesterday, as a matter of fact, in Spain with all the flooding and they were, they're angry at all the leaders and they want the leaders to, you know, be held responsible and they came too late. They were four days too late. They should have been out there with a shovel on it four days ago. That's what they were saying yesterday.

And throwing mud at them. Well, I saw a post today that really, I don't know if it's true or not, but I believe it because they're a big part of the, you know, UN Agenda 2030. Spain is in that deal. And so, according to the Post, Spain has destroyed more than 256 dams between 2021 and 2022 to restore the natural course of rivers.

And that's in order to comply with UN Agenda 2030. Now, if that's true, don't come at us with these floods are just climate change and it's a horrific thing. No, you have people living in areas now. that are dangerous for them to live because you destroyed the dams that were protecting these living areas. That's just incredible.

But we're going to blame it on climate change. Okay. All right. Sure. You go right ahead. No problem. And I don't know that this story is a precursor to what today's election outcome will be.

But zookeepers at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., it's federally owned Smithsonian, and institution facilities in the D.C. area announced that this weekend, they were helping to manage an elephant's osteoporosis that's had the elephant, named Kamala, has had for 10 years.

And so they had to put her down. Humanely, of course. Of course. They just, we had to humanely dispose of her. Oh. Okay. Now, according to the zoo, Kamala, not an African elephant, but rather an endangered Asian elephant from Sri Lanka that was orphaned as a calf then raised by humans, found it increasingly difficult over the past several weeks to move, suffering limited motion in her wrists, hips, and shoulders. The elephant's degenerative disease affected her joint cartilage and her underlying bone, leaving her stiff and in constant pain. Me too. I have that as well. I don't want the National Zoo to put me down, though. I just don't. So they hope that the flat terrain would help. And so they let Kamala and her herd mates parade around the elephant community center and neighboring outdoor habitat.

But this change of scenery did not help the old elephant. The old elephant would just stand there in one spot. Me too. I understand. That didn't matter to the zoo, though. No, the pain medications were no longer a match for her osteoporosis. Me too. I understand. Man, do I understand this elephant's pain? So on account of her limited mobility and increasing discomfort, we had to put her down.

We put her down on the elephant barn. It doesn't say how they put her down. So, I mean, it would have to be a big gun. Those elephant guns. I don't know. They probably gave her. some kind of poison because it doesn't say right i mean we don't we can't put people on death row we can't use that medicine on people in death row but we can use it to kill elephants that are

suffering from you know pain because they've got osteoporosis so bad and they just they just stand in one place and don't move about with the other elephants maybe she just didn't like them i don't know maybe just let me sit here i want to watch some tv i'll just stay here i'm fine sure it's not, you know, not anything to think about it that, you know, they killed the elephant and that's a sign that Kamala Harris was going to lose the election. I'm sure that's not true. It's not a sign at all. But I guess it could be. Boarding for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes. Ugh, what?

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mention Quincy Jones again. Yesterday, he was in Who Died Today, and he died at the age of 91. Very sad. And I called him a legend. And of course, I I mean, you can't mention Quincy Jones without mentioning his seven children and how many, how many wives he's had and some serious business going on for Quincy Jones. Had seven children, Jolie Jones, with former wife actress Jerry Caldwell, Martina Jones and Quincy Jones. The third was second wife model, Ula Anderson, Cadatta Jones, and the office actress Rashida Jones with third wife actress Peggy Lipton, who has passed away, rest in peace. And Rachel Jones with Carol Reynolds and Kenya, Julia, Mama, Sarah Jones, with actress Natasha Kinski. Natasha Kinski,

remember Natasha Kinski from the movie Cats? Yes. That was when she was in her prime. Now, she still looks pretty good in this picture here with Quincy, but not as good as then. Anyway, I just wanted to pay my respects again to Quincy Jones. The guy is an EGOT winner.

I didn't, the guy is a legend. He's had 28 Grammy Awards, an Emmy, an Oscar, a Tony. He's in an EGOT. he's there he's on the list hey he produced we are the world produced Michael Jackson's thriller

he became an executive at a major record label the first black executive at a major record label he scored nearly 40 films numerous TV shows he set up his listen up foundation to empower youth through education and music he's been awarded the National

Medal of Arts Honor I mean it's just the guy was a So I didn't want to let that slide. Quincy Jones, rest in peace at the age of 91. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Prince Andrew is in trouble.

He's going to be living in a trailer park soon. So the king cut off Andrew with, Andrew was getting, he had security and he was a working royal. And I think they were making, giving him an allowance of like $1.3 million a year. just to be the son of the queen and brother to the king or prince then. But now he's been cut off completely.

Now he's been living in this $38 million property, this royal lodge that he's lived on since 2004. It's 98 acres in Windsor Great Park, and it's been in royal hands for nearly a century. I mean, the king's not going to get rid of the property. He just wants Andrew gone. and Andrew can't afford the upkeep to the mansion. So he signed the lease.

I think he's, I think he signed like a hundred year lease with the, with the crown for, I don't know, a few hundred thousand dollars a year. And then he was supposed to keep up the dump too. So he could keep the place up. And with the million three, that offset a lot of the expenses.

Plus he's not a working royal anymore. So he gets none of that money, whatever that was. so now the place is looking like it is in disrepair now we've got some close-up pictures of it holy cow he can't afford to keep it up so the king has given him until the end of the year to get it right and so and that's not going to happen he doesn't have there's no way that he can repair and uphold all this even just what little bit i'm seeing online the pictures of of the of the castle I'm sorry, it's not a castle, it's a mansion.

And so they're looking at, he claims in this story that he's already invested nearly $9 million in renovations. Okay. All right, if you say so, because it doesn't look like it. I guess, you know, repair costs are pretty steep these days, but it looks like you didn't get your money's worth if you've already spent $9 million. So he's out.

I mean, the king has wanted him to live where Harry and Megan lived at the Frogmore College cottage, which he told him move in there. And the prince is like, I can't live in that place. That's like living in a little trailer park to me. He may actually move into a trailer by the time the king has done with him. Charles wants nothing to do with Andrew anymore.

So he's either going to move into Frogmore Cottage and shut his face. or he's going to be actually living in some kind of trailer because maybe he gets somebody to bail him out. I don't know. Is anybody going to bail out Prince Andrew after all the hub to do with him and Jeffrey Epstein? I don't think so. And the king has already kicked him to the curb. And so he's going to have to move out.

Sorry to hear it, Charles, but you're going to have to move out. And then the king will fix it up and it'll all look beautiful. And he'll stop by there once in a while and go, yeah, okay, I like it. All right. let's check in with the email. I've got an email response to yesterday's show and an email a joke of the day sent to chewing the

fat at the blaze.com. This email from Josh says, I heard you talk about tasty cakes and hostas being some snacks you wouldn't turn down and as a good southern gentleman I must disagree with both

those it takes. You cannot take away from the deliciousness of the all-time great snacks known as Little Debbie. I know I like Little Debbie too, and I apologize for that. Little Debbie is a good snack and a good meal, actually. Whether it's the chocolate swirl cupcakes, which are so good. The fudge rounds, yes. The Nutty Buddies, yes. And of course, the iconic Swiss cake rolls. I love those so much. I've probably eaten a million of those. Little Debbie is far and away the best cakes on the market. And thanks to her, a lot of people are now called Big

Deborah. That's a fact, Josh, and I apologize that I did throw a little Debbie into the mix. Although, if I remember correctly, the email specifically was talking between tasty cakes and hostess. And so there was no mention in the original email about Little Debbie, which is why I did throw it in there. But I'm with you. I like Little Debbie. And I guess I would prefer a little Debbie over Hostess. And tasty cakes would have to come in third on that list.

I know. Sorry, Pennsylvania. I get it. I know. But Josh is right. I mean, those Swiss cake rolls, I think, are what puts them over the top. So you're right, Josh. All right.

Okay. So this is The Joke of the Day from Steve in Davenport, Iowa. Is Steve, Steve Days? I appreciate Steve supporting the show. I'm not sure where he. his studios are. They are in Iowa. I don't know if they're in Davenport.

You know what? Let's just go with it. This joke of the day from Steve Days. A guy shows up for work and it's plain to see that he has had the tar beaten out of him. Bumps, bruises, the whole enchilada. Co-worker asks, what the heck happened to you? He replies, well, I called my wife a two-bit hooker and she beat me with a bag of quarters. Oh, that's just sad, Steve.

It's just sad. Because what he was saying is that he called his, how you get it. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts. Unwrap holiday magic at Holt Renfrew with gifts that say I know you. From festive and cozy fashion

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