Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Legal, for Now… | 6/24/25

Episode Date: June 24, 2025

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So record-breaking heat wave is continuing across the United States of America. Temperatures, reaching three digits, and that's before you even get to the fields like temperatures. So be careful. Be careful out there, because it's summer. If I hear or read one more heat advisory stay safe tip story, I may actually lose my mind. I got it. I need to stay hydrated. I got it.

We have this invention called air conditioning. I got it. Check on friends and neighbors. Are there air conditioners broke? I mean, I guess they'll come outside. I'll see the windows open and I'll say, hey, your air conditioning broke? That's why your windows are open, right? Nope, just wanted to air out the place.

Okay, good to see you. Take care. I swear, I can't. I just can't. I got it, okay? And I'm pretty sure America has got it. It's going to be hot. We'll figure it out.

Just, I just can't. I can't. But I also can't get that darn song out of my head. We're having a heat wave. A tropical. he'd weigh you. Sorry. Welcome. Welcome to Tune the Fats. Well, according to all reports, we have a ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel. Now, I know that we have, everybody's playing the clip of President Trump saying the F word today. I mean, he was angry because they had a

ceasefire deal. Then there was some, I don't know, one rocket that was fired. We don't even know by who. And Israel unloaded a bunch of rockets before that because Trump gave them like 12 hours or 24 hours and then they unloaded a bunch of bombs just to say, hey, take that with you. Remember that with you on the ceasefire. Daddy Trump did not like that at all. He was very angry. And he was on his way to the NATO summit in the Netherlands, which should go over great. Because I'm sure they're going to be happy to see him. And they're going to be happy. that he's pissed at these two countries. And he doesn't want anything to do with these other countries in NATO either.

So we'll see. Maybe we get a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, too. We've had enough of that. Haven't we? Yes, we have. So let's end that. Let's get these NATO countries paying more money, paying their fair share,

which apparently we're all for unless it's someone else. And then let's go ahead and have world peace, shall we? Yes. How about, and the words of John Lennon and the great Yoko Ono give piece a chance, shall we? So since I've clicked like on a lot of stories about American Dream stories, I continue to get them. And I love seeing them. I love reading about them. And I want to tell you about some of them.

And I know for many of you, me included actually, that the American Dream is going to be, you know, winning the Lotto. If your dream is to be rich. Now, really, many of us are living the American dream by just surviving and being in this great country, the United States of America. And many countries around the world, people are living their dream the way they want to. It might not be your dream, but they're definitely living it. But, you know, if your dream is to be rich and you want to win the lotto, I get it. You know, the Mega Millions drawing is tonight. If you're listening live, it's the 24th of June.

2025, the jackpot is $326 million with $145.7 million cash payout. And then you have the powerball drawing tomorrow night, the 25th of June, that is worth an estimated $140 million jackpot. So you'd only get $63.0 million. So if your American dream is to be rich and with a lot of, that's more power to you. I understand it. I was reading a story about this guy, Dave Dahl, who was born in Portland, and he started working at his family bakery. And then he said, yeah, then he started doing drugs and smoking cigarettes.

And the story, he said, begin smoking cigarettes and using substance. Oh, okay. So he dropped out of high school, and then he was put in jail for committing burglary. And he returned to the family bakery in 1989 after his brother, Glenn offered him a job, soon quit, moved to Massachusetts, where he was imprisoned again for armed robbery.

And he faced another arrest in Portland, Oregon. He served his time, and then he went back, you know, unbended knee to the bakery, and his brother said, okay, come on. And so while working at the bakery, he created this unique cornmeal-crusted loaf that he was happy about it. And he called it Dave's Killer Bread. And the loaf became this foundation for the new brand, started selling at local farmers markets, and it was very popular. And then other grocery stores started carrying it.

And in 2013, he had started to have... employ 300 people. Nice. And most of the people that he was employing were former convicts. He wanted to give people second chances. And in 2015, Dave's Killer Bread was acquired by Flowers Foods for $275 million. That's awesome. And that's an American dream right there. And Dave Dahl's personal transformation highlights in this story. They talk about how second chances do work. I mean, he was a third chance for Dave. So that's awesome. That's an awesome story of American dreams.

But then I see a story of Jack Ma, who is the co-founder of Alibaba group. Now, Alibaba, I don't know if people know this, that's in China. But apparently he's living the American dream in China. Why? Because he struggled. Nobody wanted to hire him when he was young. He couldn't get a job. He dropped out of school.

He struggled, college entrance exams, kept being rejected. They talk about how many times he applied for work, and there were many people who applied for that same job, and he was the only one that was not hired. Really funny. I mean, it's not funny, but it is. He applied for 30 different jobs and gets rejected on all of them.

In fact, they said you're not employable. 24 people, when KFC went to China, moved into China, 24 people applied for one position, 23 got hired, ah, Jack Ma did not. But he visited America, and when he came to America, he noticed a thing called the Internet. And he thought, hey, that's a pretty good idea. So he gathered 18 friends and launched Alibaba, business-to-business, e-commerce platform, designed to connect Chinese manufacturers with international buyers. And it really struggled.

And he was about to go under until the company launched an IPO at $25 billion on the New York Stock Exchange. And now he's one of the richest guys in the world. Jack Mao. So he's living the American dream brought to you by America in China. So there's still a shot for everyone. Right? Right. Let's say you have an idea for an American dream,

but it is not in the town that you're living in right now and you need to move. Well, that's where real estate agents I trust comes in. Go to real estate agents. I trust.com and find you the best real estate agent in your area to sell your house. And they will also help you find a real estate agent in the city you need to move to complete your American dream.

And by moving to that city, by getting you the best price for the house you're selling and getting you the best price. price to purchase the house you want to buy. Real estate agents.I trust.com. Look, you need a real estate agent that is someone good at their job, not just some fly-by-night bus stop bench real estate agent. So that's where real estate agents I trust comes in. It's a free service and you log in and you provide information and we can get you the best real estate agent in your area. Look, it got started years ago by Glenn Beck. Glenn decided that he'd had enough of trying to sell homes and not making any money.

In fact, losing money on homes because he couldn't find a good real estate agent. And he said there's got to be a better way. And now there is. A real estate agents I trust.com. As I said, free service. Free service connects you with the top performing agents who actually care about your outcome. So if you go, if you decide that where you're at right now isn't where your American dream is, But that over there is, well, you're going to want the best deal for where your American dream isn't and the best deal where your American dream is. Real estate agents I trust.com. A move isn't just a move. It's your life. Real estate agents I trust.com. Go ahead. Live your dream. Real estate agents I trust.com. It's hockey season and you can get anything you need delivered with Uber Eats. Well, almost almost anything. So no. You can. can't get a nice rank on Uber Eats. But iced tea, ice cream, or just plain old ice? Yes, we deliver

those. Gold tenders, no. But chicken tenders, yes, because those are groceries, and we deliver those too, along with your favorite restaurant food, alcohol, and other everyday essentials. Order Uber Eats now. For alcohol, you must be legal drinking age. Please enjoy responsibly. Product availability varies by region. See app for details. So I see a headline that really makes me a little concerned, and then I read about it and it's like, okay, well, that's fine. Now the headline is Breyers recalls more than 6,000 cases of ice cream. Okay, now I'm really concerned because I'm a big fan of Briars. There may or may not be a container of Breyer's ice cream in one of my freezers at all

time. So I'm thinking, okay, I do not like this at all. Then I read what's been recalled. The ice cream brand Breyers announced that it has voluntarily, you know, out of an abundance of caution, recalled thousands of cases of its Rocky Road ice cream flavor. According to the FDA, Breyer's voluntarily recalled 6,668 cases of its ice cream because of an undeclared allergen and mislabeled product. Specifically, Breyer's Rocky Road ice cream product was accidentally packaged in a Breyer's chocolate truffle labeled tub with a Rocky Road

lid. What the hell is going on at the Breyer's plant? So the machine that does the work, or, you know, an AI robot, had the chocolate truffle labeled tub with the Rocky Road lid. That's completely unacceptable because on the product, it said it may contain tree nuts. But the lid of the ice cream said the product did contain almonds. Well, yeah, it was a Rocky Road lid. The chocolate truffle may contain tree nuts. So it doesn't look like a...

anyone was actually harmed from this, but it was distributed to retail locations across the country. So if you are concerned, or I would love a picture of a Breyer's tub with the chocolate truffle package and the Rocky Road lid. I mean, it may be a collector's edition someday, depending on how long you leave that bad boy in your freezer. So the grocery chain Kroger has just announced that they're going to be closing a bunch of stores by the end of 2026, so within the next year and a half or so. I don't forget, you remember Kroger where their CEO resigned a couple of months ago because he was under an internal ethics investigation. I guess he was taking care of a little bit with the secretary.

I don't know that. I don't remember exactly what. what it was. I don't know if they said that's what it was, but it was an ethics violation, so I'm sure that he was taking care of a little bit. and this was somebody at corporate headquarters. I'm not sure who that was.

Kroger oversees 2,800 stores nationwide now under the banners of Ralphs, Fred Meyer, King Supers, and Harris Teeter. I don't know that I've ever been in a King Supers or a Harris Teeter, but I'm sure they're fine location. They also, you know, under the heading of Kroger, obviously, have been there. I will say this. They talked about how they lost money last year.

And apparently in quarter one of this year, the income fell from $866 million, down from $962 million. That's quite a bit. I will say that probably most of that came from the Kroger that's not far from my house. Like, I have a big Kroger warehouse not far from my house. But the other direction, there's a Kroger. that was a booming store, big store, beautiful. It's nice, I sound like Donald Trump.

It's a big beautiful store. They had everything. I mean, it's a monster store. And across the street, not long ago, they just opened the H.E.B. You can't find a hitching post at that H.E.B. I mean, they are two and three to a mule into that place. And Kroger is right across the street.

And it didn't look like that parking lot is, as full as it used to be. You know what I'm saying? So there's some serious loss there. So what they're doing is they're closing down 60 underperforming stores. Okay. And so they're just saying, hey, we're going to close them down. They also said that they're going to reinvest savings from the closures into improving the customer experience.

Okay. Not sure what that means. Maybe we're going to get rid of some of the self-checkouts. and improve customer experience by giving us cashiers back. There's an idea. Now, they also said that the layoffs that are expected, employees that are affected at affected locations will be offered positions at nearby stores

or in other areas of the business. So they're making sure that if you lose your job at a particular Kroger that's closing, that's on you. You can't, you know, we're giving you another job. You can go work at this store, or you can, you know, if you want to move to another city, you can move there too and work there. We'll still give you a job.

So that's kind of good. They did not say what stores they're closing. They did not say if it was all going to be Kroger or if it was going to be one of the other stores that they run. Because, you know, as I said, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Kingsupers, Harris Teeter, yeah. Maybe we close those. I don't know.

I don't know. They didn't say. but just a heads up to those of you that work at Kroger around the country if you hadn't heard and I'm sure if you work at Kroger, you've heard and if you work there you know that if your store is a viable store or not I've worked at a number of grocery stores in my life

and you know which stores probably aren't doing the business to survive you do know that yeah you do also I see where Amazon man I could tie this into real estate agent's I trust.com for sure. Even Kruger employees, if you plan on moving,

real estate agentsitrust.com. That's a free plug for real estate agentsitrust.com. But here's another one. Amazon has ordering 350,000 employees to relocate or resign without severance. I guess I'm relocating then, aren't I? They said, yeah, you, here you go. You're 350,000 corporate workers. You're going to either resign without receiving severance or move to a major hub.

Seattle, Arlington, Washington, D.C. Okay, well, let's not come to Arlington. That's D.F.W. That's close to me. We got enough people. We got enough people. Go to Seattle, go to Washington, D.C. I'm sure many of them will choose Arlington. So what they're trying to do is combat inefficiencies of remote work.

So they want to physically unite teams in order to improve collaboration, innovation, and operational effectiveness. We've heard this from many corporations over the last year since COVID that everyone has been working from home. But you really do lose that collaboration, innovation, and operational effectiveness. and people even just talking in the break room, you know, coming up with ideas that you don't get when you have remote work. So the corporate relocations have been essential for cost reduction, organizational restructuring. And so Amazon at the same time that their founder and chairman, I think he's still the chairman. It's not the CEO, but because Jacey, Jassy, it's a stupid name, a guy that says. in charge of Amazon.

You know, Andy Jesse. Jesse, that's his name. Andy Jesse. And it's not a stupid name. I apologize, Andy. It was just a little joke. And he said Amazon's AI adoption strategy

is closely linked to its relocation policy. AI will reduce Amazon's workforce in the upcoming years. Yeah. So pick a place that you're going to want to stay because if you move, it won't be long before AI takes your job.

This coming at the the same time. Anyway, I was getting to. I got sidetracked by the AI line. This comes out of time. They're moving all their corporate workers to either Seattle, Arlington, or

Washington, D.C. But Bezos's three-day wedding to Lauren is beginning today. So that's good timing. That's good timing. It has really nothing to do with this. But it does in my mind, because if I'm working for Amazon and I see Mr. Big Shot

out on his yacht in Venice, Italy for his three-day wedding celebration, and I'm having to pack up my wife and kids and move to Seattle. I'm not going to be a very happy employee. But maybe you will be, and you don't want to lose the money you're being paid, because if you say, I can't move, well, then you're not getting any severance either. That doesn't seem fair, but life isn't fair, is it? No, it is not. All right, let's go to the break room.

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and on Thursdays. So, you know, you can catch me on those places as well. Okay. Congratulations to Dally Parton, Dali Parton, who is forever 40 years old, I guess, but really she's 79 now. She turns 80 in January, so she just turned 79, well, halfway through the year, I guess.

So she's halfway through her 79th year. Anyway, she just announced that she's going to be live in Las Vegas with what they're calling a mini residency that's going to run at the resort from December 4th through December 13th. And I know everybody, well, they'll make it longer,

they'll have an extension. I don't know. I think Dolly comes in, does a quick mini run at the residency makes. I didn't say how much they paid her for it. I bet you it's a fortune. And so tickets go on sale tomorrow, the 25th of June, 2025, 10 a.m. Pacific on Ticketmaster. If you want to go see Dolly in Vegas with the show titled, and I'm sure they worked hard on this. Dolly live in Las Vegas.

It's also happening during national finals rodeos, so big good times, good times in Vegas during that time, December 4th through the 13th. Boy, I would like to know what they paid her for that. I couldn't find exactly what the contract was and how much they paid her for it, but I betcha Dali, well, let's just say she's not showing up in Vegas for free. I'd just like to know what the heck they're paying. Paying her. That's all, just for me. Also, new news, Maroon 5, you know him, you love them. It's set to return with a new album, Arena Tour.

They're going to release Love is Like. It's their first album in over four years. Congratulations to Maroon 5. It's going to come out in August. And, man, how many people have come up to me and clamored for the new Maroon 5? album and that's I mean there you go you finally got it and stop your clamoring to me okay

so we're finding out a little bit more about the concert cancellations at Fenway Park remember I don't know the end of last month when Shakira was supposed to play there at Brooks and Dunn and Jason Aldeen all the had big shows at Fenway Park and then the shows were cancelled because of safety problems

okay so they just people were showing up for the shows on the 30th and they were like yeah no we're not doing it the show has been canceled due to safety reasons oh okay so i always a guest thought that the boston's inspectional services department and i i love them just decided that hey you guys aren't going to pay us some extra money we'll shut this thing down i'm sure that never happens but that just it was the first thing that came to my mind is that the find people at Boston's Inspectional Services Department

decided that the envelope that they needed to receive wasn't big enough for, from Shakira, Jason L. Dean, and Brooks and Dunn. So we'll just shut this place down. We'll show you who has the power. And they did. But apparently there was,

they were doing a trial run. They like to call it a rehearsal. And part of the stage broke down completely. Oh. okay so that was actually a safety issue and they found that the whole setup was on safe and they were going to let anyone perform so canceling the shows were apparently the only choice and sure everyone was pissed and everybody wants their money back and they'd go to the place to purchase and they would like you know travel costs and all that kind of stuff reimbursed good luck with that

but uh there actually was a safety issue so i want to apologize To all the good people at Boston's Inspectoral Services Department, the famous B-I-S-D, it wasn't because the envelope of cash wasn't thick enough. There actually was a safety issue.

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and live casino games and with no wagering requirements. What you win is yours to keep groovy. Hey, I won! Sporting will begin when passenger Fisher is done celebrating. 19 plus Ontario only. Please play responsibly. Concerned by your gambling or that if someone close you, call 186653310 or visitcomicsonterio.ca. Who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with Mick Relf's. Mick Ralph's legendary guitarist from the band Bad Company dead at the age of 81.

He's survived by two kids, three step children, his partner. He's, you know, the bandmates gave lasting legacy stories about Mick Ralph's. And they're due to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. I guess he got a chance to know that they were going to be inducted, but he won't be part of the induction ceremony. I don't think, you know, unless he shows up, you know, as dead. But anyway, Mick Ralph's passed away. He did, I was reading about him, and, you know, everybody said they just talked to him a couple of days ago,

and we had a few laughs. But he suffered a stroke a few years ago, like in 2016, not long after their final performance together, or at least that was his final performance with bad company back in 2016, after he had a stroke. So I don't know how good he actually was the last nine years or if he was just, you know, struggling to stay alive, which I have no idea.

But I know Mick Ralphs and I weren't on a phone call basis. But the rest and peace to Mick Ralph's, the founding guitarist of Bad Company, and Mata Hoopal. I didn't realize. I forgot about Mata Hoopal. I used to have a friend along. long time ago. That was a big

Mata Hupo fan. Don't look at me like that. He anyway, Milk Ralph's, rest in peace, dead at the age of 81. Then we have Zunilda Hoyos Mendez dead at the age of

43, along with her husband, Jared Gelling 46. Both were found dead in their rental home in Malaga. So apparently they were, what they're calling vacationing in Spain. Apparently, a hubby had knee surgery, and then they were going to rehab in Spain.

I need to do that. I desperately need a knee replacement, and when that happens, I think I'm going to take my rehab time in Spain. Oh, come on now. So you may remember Zunilda Hoyos Mendez as She-Hulk, the Colombian bodybuilder. Yeah, she was awesome.

and now it was a terrible way to die. Now she apparently told relatives that Gelling, the husband, was being aggressive toward her over the past year and the two intended on divorcing following their trip, which would have ended with the bodybuilding competition in Portugal in a couple of weeks. So we're going to rehab your knee in Spain for a month or so, and then we'll go to Portugal for the bodybuilding competition, and then we're getting a divorce because I'm saying.

sick of you. That's what was supposed to happen. Not what exactly happened. Her husband was found dead with self-inflicted stab wounds. She was beaten to death with a hammer. That's not funny. But I mean, who has beaten She-Hulk with a hammer? Well, I guess husband. And then he couldn't take it. So he stabbed himself to death. Wow. Really, really sad. Rest in peace. to Zunilda Hoyos-Mendez 43 and I guess

rest in peace to Jared Gelling 46 as well even though it sounds like he was the one doing the beating with the hammer and then couldn't take it anymore

so he stabbed himself. Wow. Okay. All right. Rest in peace to everybody. And I don't know that anyone has died yet and I don't know that they will but the street festival

going on in France. This was this annual street music festival And 145 people reported being attacked with a syringe The alleged attacks happened during the annual street music festival 12 people have been arrested in connection with the attacks Huh, isn't that weird 12 people have been arrested But didn't say this

17 girls and a young woman reported being attacked by syringes two men were arrested in the city one girl said that she was pricked with the syringe and only had been scratched in the crowd oh oh she said she was she said she was pricked with a syringe but no she was just scratched with it wow okay that is not good that's good good times are happening in France right now

this street festival was in Paris and so I guess we're gonna be careful when you're out there the street festivals in any city in Europe, let alone the United States, but now in France. We're just going around attacking people with syringes.

I did not see a report on what was in the syringes, what caused it, why they were doing it. Apparently there was some social media platforms calling for the attacks on women prior to the

festival. So I really, I don't, I really, really kind of weird. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the immigration problem in France. Because they would have said something, right? Right.

I don't know how long I've used my quote, but it is my quote. Once you're in it, you're in it. And that goes to a number of things. Traffic jams. And I guess I could put this in Who Died Today, which is the segment we're kind of in. The Amtrak

train out of Penn State. in Baltimore, got stuck in a tunnel, and since they're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave in the northeast, everything went dark. No AC, nothing. They're in the tunnel. Apparently there was some emergency lights on,

but it got heated up really fast. They said there were reports of some people passing out. They were giving away, they handled, let people have free water and free snacks. What do you want for? them and then they were there in the tunnel, I don't know, for an hour and a half, a couple hours. That's no fun. I've ridden trains in the Northeast. I have not written that line from Baltimore down. They were headed down to D.C., I believe. But that would not be good. People are unhappy,

too. They claimed that everything was going to be taken care of. And so they finally got them out of there and they said, you know, hop on the next train. The next train was full. So as many people hopped on some other trains, they want their money. I don't know what's going to happen. It's going to be a nightmare for you people. You might as well just write that one off because once you're in it, you're in it. But I saw the post from the people that were in the Amtrak.

Once we get out of the tunnel back onto the platform, there will be other means. They're still trying to get the more going. Yeah. We cannot get it going. Yeah, we're stuck. We're going to do a train transfer. Yeah. We just want to get the train out the tunnel first.

Uh-huh. So, yeah, you better. Yeah, we appreciate your patience with us. Yeah, we appreciate it. Thank you. Once again, we are sorry. We are so sorry. But suck it up because we're stuck here.

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He's the Lieutenant Governor, and Greg Abbott is the Governor. They're supposed to be, I guess, working hand in hand. But no, no, because he's been wanting to ban T.O. products in the state of Texas, and he was been fighting hard for it. And they passed a law, or what would be a law, and sent it to the desk of the governor. And if the governor signed it, then we would have that ban here in the state of Texas. Well, Abbott did not sign the bill. He just vetoed it.

Oh, okay. So now Dan Patrick is very unhappy with the governor. And so I guess we actually have legalized marijuana in Texas. Good. We're Texas. But Dan is not happy about that. I don't know how much money he gets from the alcohol people. But I'm just saying that I was told, and I don't know it to be true. I was told that he was once a bar owner. I don't know if he still is. I don't know if he actually was in the past. It's just interesting to me if that is true. so now there's a special legislative session that's coming up in Texas starting July 21st.

And I guess they're going to revisit that because Abbott wants to have a more structured regulatory approach to the THC in Texas because they want, you know, they need to get a piece of the pie of it. And in the story it talks about, oh, we need to ban the sale of THC products to minors. Isn't that already part of the deal? requiring product testing throughout the production process just ways of you know the king getting his

I thought there was no king's protest going on this is paying the king money giving local governments the power to prohibit stores that sell THC items yeah you don't want THC in your city let those stores open up

just outside the city line that always works good wow so for right now anyway go ahead As far as I can tell, marijuana is legal in Texas. So go for it. I'll join you.

What are they going to do, bro? We got at least until, you know, after July 21st. So we got less than a month, but we can still go for it, though, okay? So have fun. Have at it. I mentioned that the Indiana Pacers lost the NBA championship. and I talked about Tyrese Halliburton going down and he had a calf problem, but apparently now it is an Achilles tear. Wow, that is not good.

He tore the Achilles and now he's going to miss the entire next year, 2025 to 2020 and 26th season. What is happening with the torn Achilles injuries? They seem to be more prevalent now, and I'm not sure why that is. is it's some kind of training thing, some kind of diet thing. Honestly, I don't know. And Aaron Rogers, I think, was the first one that began the big downfall of the Achilles tendons, although he went to a place that is this, I don't know, the Taj Mahal of Achilles tendon rehab.

So I guess it's not the first one. Now, I could make the argument that perhaps these torn Achilles had something to do with that. But Aaron Rogers is the outlier of that, right? Because he made a big deal about not getting that. So is he just

the outlier? And that is causing them? I don't know. I don't know. And I'm sure, just like everything else, if it was that, they would tell us, right?

Of course they would. Congratulations. Speaking of sports, to Travis Hunter, I didn't get a chance to congratulate him. He's a rookie in the NFL. coming from Colorado, where he was a two-way player, offense and defense.

He just signed a four-year rookie deal valued at $46,649,216. $216.16 with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Now, that's not so special. I mean, that's great and good for him. I mean, that's a great contract for four years. Good deal. What is most important about that deal is that he signed, in that deal, the $46,649,216, he got or is going to get, I don't know when it goes into his bank account,

$30,556,646 as a signing bonus to be paid up front and in full. Oh, wow. Okay. Congratulations. That is a good day. When you wake up and your checkbook had a hundred bucks in it, and now it has $30 million. What do you do first? Do you roll back over and go to sleep or do you get up and train?

Do you buy what? What do you buy first? You roll over and look at that checkbook, log on to your banking app, and you now have $30,556,6. Well, actually, plus the hundred that you already had in there. so you have $30,556,746,746 into your bank account. What's the first thing that you do? I know. That's a tough question.

But I would like to be able to give you an answer. I can't. All right, let's get out of here. I'll leave you with the joke of the day. This is a joke. It's been in the fat pile for a while, and I don't think I've shared it with you. I remember sharing it with someone here in the house,

because I remember reading it out loud. And so it's just a, you know, family-friendly little joke of the day-to-day. Sent in by Chris to Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com. What do you call a lion who has eaten your mother's sister? I don't know. What do you call a lion that's eaten your mother's sister? An ant eater.

Duh. I know. I know. Sad.