Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Let It Burn… | 1/2/24

Episode Date: January 2, 2024

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The winner of the Powerball on January 1, which was, if you're listening live, yesterday, they won an $842.4 million jackpot in grand blank. Michigan, which is just, you know, just south of Flint there in Michigan. They bought it at the food castle of Grand Blank. So if that's you, congratulations and happy new year to you. It's good to be back. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat.

Yeah, there were some more winners in the Powerball as well. They had four tickets sold in California, Connecticut, Florida, and Maryland. that win a million dollars. Two tickets from Florida and Texas, which I was not won, matched all five white balls and won a two million dollars in prizes. And there were additional, I don't know,

$50,000 prizes and $150,000 prizes. So congratulations to all those winners. Happy New Year to you. And happy New Year to those of you in 22 states that increased the minimum wage, rolling in the cash at minimum wage. So the lowest wage allowed in Montana is now $10.30 an hour, $16 in New York, California, and Washington. Workers in Florida, Nevada, Oregon, D.C. will get a pay bump later in the year.

Is it Nevada, Nevada, Nevada? I know. All the people from Nevada are really mad. Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage is still $7.25. Man, you are raking in some cash. at $7.25 an hour. And that's the baseline in 20 states. $7.25 an hour. If you're working for that, you are working for the wrong place. I may have to double check what my contract breaks down to be because I feel like it's less than $7.25 an hour.

But, you know, what do I know? Maybe that's just because of the inflation on everything that we, not only myself, but you have to purchase these days. It's through the roof. I know, I know. And it may be something that we all have had to deal with over the years. It's just a different time. I was reading a post about, well, they were comments from the year 1957.

And I don't know if they're real or not, because I feel like they say what we want them to say. But, you know, they started off with, I'll tell you one thing. If things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible. to buy a week's groceries for $20. I don't feel like that's 1957. I'm afraid to send my kids the movies anymore. Ever since they let Clark Gable get away with saying, damn, and gone with the wind.

It seems every movie now has either hell or damn in it. Yeah, it does, doesn't it? It does. Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before 5,000. $5,000 will only buy a used one. Yeah, no kidding. Good luck buying a set of tires for $5,000 these days.

If cigarettes keep going up, I'm going to quit. A quarter of a pack is ridiculous. Right? It continues. I never thought I'd see the day. All of our kitchen appliances would be electric. They're even making electric typewriters now. Okay.

Oh, man, think of where, if this is true, And there's no, you know, there's nobody putting their name to any of these. These are just newspaper comments from 1957. You know, oh, minimum wage. If they raise the minimum wage to a dollar, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store. I know. And think of that, it's like, you know,

the actual minimum wage for, I don't know, many states and 20 states is still $7.25 an hour. You're making almost a buck in 1957. That doesn't seem like that's a good deal. Again, I know, it's just me. The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on. Now, this one, there's no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend.

It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel. First of all, that's too much for Lincoln or Omaha, even in today's world. Oh, stop it. It's Lincoln and Omaha. It's fine. The great state of Nebraska, way better than Ohio. I think we can all agree on that, can't we? It continues.

If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a haircut, forget it. Right? Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year? year. Just a play ball. Wouldn't surprise me if someday they're making more than the president. Well, you're not going to be surprised because they are. No one can afford to be sick anymore. $35 a day in the hospital. Too rich for my blood. Think about it. Those are just thoughts from 1957. And boy, if these are actually, if this is true, these are true statements, man, you can see that, any time this country is complaining about how much things cost and where we're headed.

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Tampa Bay Fisheries, Inc. is voluntarily recalling the products because it contains soy, which was not declared on the product label, and we cannot have that. We all know that, right? You put soy into a product, and it's not on the label, shut it down. So when they were sold that Whole Foods Market, the beer-battered Pollock Fulets, and the beer-battered cod filets. So if you're feeling ill, man, it is because the soy was in the product, and it was not listed.

So if you, I know, don't look at me. I know you got an allergy, severe sensitivity to soy. It could be, you know, life-threatening, allergic reaction. I get it. So you could bring it back for your money. You could throw it away. The thing is, no illnesses have been reported to date. But it could.

It could happen. All the product has been pulled from the shelves. And so if you still have something in your freezer and you haven't eaten the whole, food's beer-battered bollick fillets or the beer-battered cod fillets, be careful because they have soy in them and it doesn't say it on the label, which is why out of an abundance of caution that they were voluntarily recalled. Then we have, I guess this would be good news with our EVs,

the United States government said that the subsidies that you can get for buying an EV, you can get them right there at the dealership. Now, no one is there buying them, but you can get them if you want them. You can snag up to $7,500 on the day you buy the electric car instead of waiting to claim it on your tax return. Now, that's not for all of them, like the Tesla Model 3S and the Mustang Mach E. Yeah, you're not eligible for the tax break. So you can get those. those are beautiful cars, but no, you're not getting a tax break at the dealership or on your taxes.

So just move on. And those of you that were having issues with your new Chevrolet Blazer EVs, all, I don't know, two of you? Yeah, those have been recalled. Well, they're not recalled. Okay, they're halting sales. And there was, you know, a little bit of an issue. The vice president of global Chevrolet said that we're aware. of a limited number of customers that have experienced software-related quality issues with their

blazer EV. Customer satisfaction is our priority, and as such we will take a brief pause on new deliveries. I mean, this is the same car, the Blazer EV, that had the issue with the guy, the media guy, was doing inside EVs, and he was, you know, traveling with the Blazer. Ooh, that was not good. He was taking the new Blazer EV on a drive. The infotainment screen goes blank. The car said it was unable to charge.

The vehicle failed to even continue to proceed. And so that's when he just rented a car on an internal combustion powered rental car, you know, one that run by gasoline. And he continued out his trip. So look. Look, a GM said, though, this is not related to the Altam or Google built in. So the sale is, you know, the stop sale is just until we issue a software update to remedy these concerns. Yeah, I would say so.

If the infotainment screen goes blank, you're unable to charge. Oh, I forgot to mention the window switches stopped working. Yeah, I don't worry about it. You know, your warning lights are all over the place. In fact, 23 fault code problems came up on the one-man Kevin Williams inside EV's drive. So, I'll just get a gas-powered car and move on. Yeah, I hate those fossil fuels, though. Man, do I hate those fossil fuels?

Then we have a ship just on fire. A ship of, I don't know, lithium-ion batteries. on the ship just burning. Yeah, we're going to let it burn. Wait, what? Yes. The cargo ship just caught on fire. Oh, caught on fire offshore of Alaska. And they tried to extinguish the flames to no avail.

So the fire started on Christmas Day. And the ship owner, a spokesperson for the shipowner, Wisdom Marine Group, the crew released carbon dioxide, into the hold, sealed it over concerns of an explosion. Yeah. So now the Coast Guard is there, and it was going into the, Un-Alaska, which is beautiful this time of year. It's one of the busiest fishing ports, actually, in Un-Alaska, the Aleutian Islands community.

Yeah, I was going to dock there? No, not anymore. No, we're sitting out off the coast. no, we don't want anything coming to the coast. They're just letting it burn. No, we're not coming any closer than two miles to the coast and the safety of on Alaska residents and the surrounding communities are top priority.

Now, the owners have said there's no oil leaks associated with the incident. I would say there's no oil leaks yet. A team of marine firefighting experts late Friday said that, there's no signs of structural deformation or blisterable. outside of the cargo hold. Uh-huh.

Now, there's a team remaining on the ship. They got the crew off, but there's a team that remains on the ship to evaluate the situation. And now, so, according to Marine Traffic website, the ship had the carrying capacity of more than 13,000 tons

and sails under the flag of panel. I don't know how many batteries are on this ship, but the picture of it is just sitting off the coast, of on Alaska and they're just letting it burn. Good times. Good times for the battery world. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately.

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It poses an interesting question. Okay, so here's the email. Jeffie, I know and understand the rule. Hey, what are you listening to? Okay, so the rule, if you're not familiar with the rule, if you are a subscriber to chewing the fat, if someone asks you, hey, what are you listening to? Your first answer, as a subscriber to chewing the fat,

must be chewing the fat. That's just the way it is. I know you're going to listen to other stuff, but your answer as a subscriber has to be chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. Those are the rules. I don't make them up. Well, actually, I do. But those are the rules.

But recently, a situation almost came up, and I realized I wouldn't have known what to do. Okay. I deliver groceries. Usually I carry everything from my car to the house myself, but sometimes the customer comes out to help. Isn't that special? Because I work all day and you only work an hour or so,

okay. All right, just calm down with that. that. All right. I work a lot more than that, but a little jabbed in the heart there. It's okay. I have to fill the time with the other podcasts. I know that. That's what I've said all along. One of them is a Joe Rogan stand-up comedy show called Kill Tony. All right. I mean, that's a fine show. I appreciate that. It was playing loudly on the car speakers and was funny enough to make me laugh out loud as the customer came up to help me unload my trunk. If, if, now they didn't ask, if he had asked me,

what I was listening to right then, what is the chewing of fat policy? Is it only the earphones? I love the show, and thank you very much. And he also said that he likes me when I show up on Mojo 5O. I do a weekly, weekly little fun hit with Brad and Ron over there. Is it the real Daily Mojo or Daily Mojo, the real?

I don't know. You know what I'm talking about. Just go to, what is it, Mojo5.com, or the real daily. mojo or whatever it is the daily mojo whatever it is you know what I'm talking about anyway Brad is so mad at me right now for that so here's

the deal the rule is when asked what are you listening to your answer as a subscriber of chewing the fat is chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher that's the rule I don't care it doesn't matter now I know this rule needs to be you know if you need to be thought out a little bit

but the rule is the rule now obviously if the person says that doesn't sound that's chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher? Well, that's when you would say, that's when you would say, no, that right there, that's Joe Rogan's a stand-up comedy show, Kill Tony. But you should listen to Chewere the Fat with Jeff Fisher. See, you've followed the rule. Now you've told the, then you've told the truth, and you've also promoted the show. So, I mean, the rule is the rule. When asked, you must answer chewing the fat. Duh. So I was looking, I watched a lot of TV over the break, and a lot of different

shows. I started re-watching some shows. Reacher, by the way, on Prime. What are you doing with this one episode a week thing? This is just driving me crazy. It's been really good. But having to wait for it on a weekly basis is really agonizing. I want them to just

drop the whole thing. Then I was looking at the top, most watched, primetime telecasts of 2023. Now, of course, the top one, number one, is the Super Bowl. Duh, 14. almost 115 million people,

and then you get into the championship games of NFL. So the top, I think, 15 are NFL games. And then you have the Oscars jumping into 19 million. So all the NFL games, the top 14, are over 20 million. You get into 45 and 50 million for the playoffs that are, you know, 1, 2, and 3, 114 for the Super Bowl. And then you have the Oscars at 15. And they were back to NFL games until,

22, where you have Next Level Chef. Okay, Next Level Chef. Season 2, Episode 1. That's Gordon Ramsey. Now, that's a time slot hit, if there ever was one. Oh, when was this show on? I don't know.

212-23. What did this show follow? Oh, I know. The Super Bowl. So this either, and I don't, honestly, I don't know with it here. So it was either pre-Super Bowl or after Super Bowl.

I'm sure it was probably post-Super Bowl because they probably promoted it during the Super Bowl. I just don't remember. And then we're back to NFL until, I don't know, 31. You get into the NCAA basketball championship, a lot of sports, all sports except for Gordon Ramsey, which was the time slot hit around the Super Bowl. The Grammy Awards got $13 million and 36. NBA finals at 35. So 35 and 36 are not NFL games.

So just incredible, all these shows, you know, getting big numbers on there, mostly NFL games. I mean, we know that. But when you start getting down into some of the shows that had huge ratings, like this accused, Season 1, Episode 1 on 122, 23, that's absolutely a time slot hit. It's after a football game. And the first episode was actually pretty good. The others, there was only, I watched, I think I've watched most of those episodes of the

accused. And the first one was pretty good. And there were maybe a couple of the accused. There are different stories each week. And it was, ah, it was kind of, eh, it was just eh. And then NCIS, Hawaii, definitely a time slot hit, although I continued to watch it because it's NCIS, but all these shows are time slot hits. 60 minutes. Uh, you know, that's before, that airs, you know, right around, uh, after football, uh, before football. NSI. A lot of FBI's and NCIS. Most of those are, you know, I like them and I watch them, but, you know, they're kind of like time slot hits.

And those all have 9, 10 million viewers. You know, Blue Bloods. A lot of Blue Bloods in here, which, you know, season 13, episode 14, you know, it was huge. You know, almost 10 million people are watching that. So, you know, a lot of Blue Bloods, and they know that they re-up. The only show on here that I have not,

that I can't get into, and I've tried a couple times, is Chicago Fire. I'm not really sure. I mean, I've watched it a couple times. It's okay. That's all right, I guess. It's just another boogie television show. But I've got other shows to get to.

There's no time for Chicago Fire. All right. I see where, fire country. Is that the name of the fire country? I think it is. That just really up. So we've got new shows coming out soon on the networks during January. and after the Super Bowl for sure.

Yellowstone, the season 5 episode 8, The Knife and No Coin, that had 11.5 million. So, I mean, there's some people watching some of these shows. That's pretty good. Most of the, I'm really surprised that they gave the numbers. These NFL games on Prime video.

I was wondering, hey, I wonder what Prime is getting for their Thursday night games. And I think the highest-rated Thursday night games. game. Let's take a look at the highest rated Thursday night game for Prime. It's probably about 11 or 12 million. That's pretty good, I think. For a separate app, yeah, you're looking at 914. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings, 15 million. Yeah, there's 15 million. The next one is 15 million, Seattle, Dallas. So, and then 14 million, that's pretty good. You're getting over 15, over 10 million for those prime games? I feel like Prime is getting their money's worth

for that. And I will say that I did watch the 60 Minutes, the season 55, episode 17, Prince Harry, and Hans Zimmer. That was a pretty good episode. And that had 12,464,000 people, of which I was won. me started on the production of the NFL prime shows though i've got a real issue we may have even covered that i've got some real issues with the NFL on prime but they're getting some you know some pretty decent numbers and that's with that's the NFL of course they are then we have some new movies uh coming out this year uh we've got joker and dune whoa can't wait for that dune huh we have the amy win house uh biopic the biopic uh back to black and we have a new A-24 film about a civil war in modern-day America.

Aha! Yeah, that's the one. I think I see the promos for that with Kirsten Dunst. Anyway, so we have that. I did watch The Creator. I don't know if we talked about this or not. But I watched The Creator. And, you know, I really liked the movie.

I like John David Washington. That's Danzel's son. And I like the premise of the movie. You know, The War Between Humans and Robots. You know, former soldier finds the secret weapon, the robot, you know, in the form of a young child. I get it. I like the whole premise behind it. The only thing that bugged me through the whole movie.

And it's just me. It's fine. I get it. I get it. The only thing that bug me is that, you know, of course, and I say, of course, because it has to be this way in today's world. The U.S. is the bad guy. And China is the good guy. And, I mean, even the movie, what happens when we win the war?

There'll be peace, because that's what China wants. Okay, all right. Thank you. Appreciate it. Other than that, though, the whole... Just remember, okay, U.S. bad, China good, and we'll all get along. It's hockey season, and you can get anything you need delivered with Uber Eats. Well, almost, almost anything. So no, you can't get a nice rank on Uber Eats. But iced tea, ice cream, or just plain old ice? Yes, we deliver those. Goaltenders, 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.

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Congratulations to the University of Michigan Wolverines. Hail to the victors as they beat Alabama, and they will take on Washington. The Huskies from Washington, both teams undefeated this year. Both teams, Washington beat Texas, Michigan beat Alabama, and they will play in the national championship next Monday, which will be fantastic. It'll be fun to watch.

I don't know who will win that game. I have a feeling it felt like Michigan is the team to be reckoned with, and they are on a mission. Then, having said that, I think Washington is a team that's on a mission. And both teams have players and coaches that came back, specifically came back this year to make it to the national championship, and they did.

So this game next week will be fan. There was so much fun to watch the playoff games. And there were some great college games over the holidays, great NFL games over the holidays, just fun to watch. And that's why these athletic events are number one, why people watch, why you have 20 to 50 to 100 million people watching games. Because they're new and you just, there's so much fun to watch. And you're watching top level athletes play their sport. and it's just a really, really fun. And my Mizzou Tigers, M-I-Z,

won the Cotton Bowl, beat the Ohio State Buckeyes. Couldn't have been happier. Still not a huge fan of the head coach of the Missouri Tigers, but he just got an extension on his contract because he had a great year. We'll see how that pans out. Contracts really are, you know, don't mean much in today's world,

but congratulations to Eli Drinkwitz, who is the head coach of the Missouri. tigers. Then we had the Pop-Tart bowl where the Pop-Tart gets put into a toaster and pops out non-edible version. It was just really

fun to watch. We had the Cheezed Bowl where they had the the Cheez-It guy, the non-edible cheese-it. No, the Pop-Tart guy was edible. And their trophy, the Pop-Tart trophy is awesome. It's really tall

and it's got, you know, emblazing. pop tarts on all sides of the of the trophy. At the top, there's a football that has the toaster slices in it where you put two real pop tarts. Really, really funny. And it was fun to see the coach get dumped with a bucket full of cheese. It's after the victory. It was just the whole, hello, it's college football.

I love college football. Don't get me wrong. I love football. NFL as well, but college rules the roost. But now we're in the heat of the battle in the NFL as the playoffs are about to begin. You know what else is about to begin? We are going to see the original Mickey and Minnie Mouse steamboat Willie characters in some very strange, that's a predicaments, some very strange predicaments.

The early version of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse enters the public domain. So Steamboat Willie, the character available for public use, is out there in the open now. It's only the original versions of Mickey and Minnie as they appear in Steamboat Willie that are up for grabs. You don't get to use the characters with the white gloves and the red pants and the polka dots and a high-pitched voice. those are all still off limits. But man, oh man, are we going to see, you know, the Mickey Mouse horror movies? We were fortunate enough to see the Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey. Who didn't love that movie?

And so there's going to be some really good Mickey Mouse Steamboat Willie versions coming soon. I know, I think we've already got a game, right? there's a public domain game jam and so I guess we're already going to have you know unhinged Mickey Mouse hunting players in the dark so be ready for Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse doing some very very strange things

that you wouldn't ordinarily see but Disney let the let it go sorry you know what we're not going to we're not going to worry about the copyright for that any longer. Okay. I know there's a whole bunch

of things that are now open to the public with the public domain on these copyrights. They claim that thousands of copyrighted works from 1928. They're entering the public domain, sound recordings from 1923. Who doesn't love those?

And they have a list of all these books and plays and films that are now open. Public domain. You can do with them what you want. These musical compositions, sound recordings. Let's leave with the sound recordings.

Who's sorry now? Recorded by Lewis James, the happy six, the original Memphis 5, is now in the open. Bambulina? Oh, hello, by the Ray Miller Orchestra. Hello. Who doesn't love that? So,

ooh, they might end up using this one, though, if Michigan wins the national champion. because the Wolverine Blues are recorded by Benson Orchestra of Chicago. That's in the open domain, the public domain now. So that's almost a title of a Canon show. Tonight's episode, Wolverine Blues. And I think my favorite from Winnie the Pooh, although Blood and Honey is pretty good. There was one company, oh shoot, it was a toilet paper company, I think a sustainable toilet paper company.

I can't remember their name now. They used Winnie the Pooh as, you know, the 100-acre wood has been cut down, and poo and Christopher Robin can't climb trees, and Owls Home is a mere stump. That's a good movie, too. I know it's a commercial, and it's for, you know, sustainable toilet paper, which give me a break. But that's funny. The 100-acre wood cut down. Pooh and Christopher Robin, no trees to climb.

Owls Home a stump. I don't know if they had Tiggers Graves. there or not? What would be on Tigger's Gravestone? Was the only one? Speaking of gravestones, who died today? Who died today? Well, first

let's start with Tom Wilkinson. Tom Wilkinson, the veteran actor, you'd know him if you seen him when you see the picture. I mean, if you think, who's Tom Wilkinson? As soon as you see him, you go, oh yeah. But you remember him from the full Monty?

He's been in a ton of movies, and just, I mean, Emmys and Academy Award nominations. The guy was awesome. He was in a lot of, a lot of movies, a lot of shows. Born in the UK in 1948, he was, you know, really smart. He was in so much stuff. Very sad. He has passed away at the age of 75.

Tom Wilkinson, dead at the age of 75. I know what you're thinking. It doesn't say that. It does say that he died suddenly at home with his wife and family. So there's that. Then we have a rest in peace, Tom Wilkinson. Then we have Gaston Glock. Yes, Gaston Glock, dead at the age of 94.

Gaston Glock, the engineer and tycoon, and he really has been like a reclusive tycoon, who developed one of the world's best-selling handguns. died at the age of 94. Now, Gaston, like Tom Wilkins said, I mean, was just an interesting cat. He didn't, he bucked the system quite a bit. Gaston Glock. Don't look and be like that. He died at the age of 94.

It doesn't say what he died from. The announcement didn't give a cause for death or any other details. So why don't you just? Shut up, okay? It's 65% of U.S. federal, state, and local agencies, according to the company, use the Glock. And the anti-gun people do not like him. Now, he rarely responded to criticism from activists. I mean, during, I remember during the big divorce they had, he and his wife, I don't know, but, I don't know, it seems like forever ago.

So probably in the 2010s, something like that. They had the big divorce, and his wife just said he was like King Lear. He was just a recluse, weird kind of dude. However, he would not join other weapon manufacturers in signing a voluntary gun control deal with the U.S. government. He was like, no, that is not happening. So rest in peace, gas and glock, dead at the age of 94. With Amex 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. Here we go again. A Florida woman is suing Hershey after she says she was deceived by the chocolate brand's packaging of its holiday-themed items. Were you? Were you deceived by the packaging? Okay. So this proposed federal class action lawsuit by plaintiff Cynthia Kelly of Hillsborough County, Florida, that's, you know, Tampa, stated she was a filing on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated individuals who purchased a Reese's peanut butter product based on false and deceptive advertising. Wow. Hershey's labels for the products are materially misleading and numerous consumers have been tricked and misled by the pictures on the products packaging.

Okay. So it was filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on the 28th of 2023. The products include Reese's peanut butter pumpkins, Reese's white pumpkins, Reese's Pieces Pumpkins, Reese's Peanut Butter Ghost, Reese's White Pumpkins, Reese's Peanut Butter Ghost, Rees's Peanut, peanut butter bats, Reese's peanut butter footballs, Reese's peanut butter shapes, assortment, snowman, stocking bells. The Hershey Company said that, you know, she's falsely representing several Reese's peanut butter products as containing explicit carved out artistic designs when there are no such carvings on the actual products.

I will say this, this is going to come as a surprise to you. I do have some Reese's peanut butter products in my possession. One is the peanut butter nut crackers from the hollow now. This isn't Halloween. Her stuff is all wrapped around Halloween. I know. Mine is wrapped around Christmas. But I will say that the nutcrackers looks like it's got nutcrack. I looked at the product and I was like, well, okay, so the package, the wrapping looks like a nutcracker.

Now, when I open it up, do I care if it looks like a nutcracker? I do not. I would say, oh, okay, so it's just in the shape of a would-be nutcracker. Is it chocolate and peanut butter? Yes. That's what I care about. So I open up the product and oh my gosh, they do have a little stamp of the nutcracker on the chocolate for this. Now, let's check out the Reese's milk chocolate peanut butter Christmas trees.

This one is just actually the package just doesn't say Christmas trees. You can't have that on a package. It just says peanut butter trees. I wouldn't want you to think that it was a Christmas tree. That would just be horrible. All right, so let's open up the package of the tree. and the cutout is of a tree. That's it.

There's no little stampings on it or anything like that. It is just a tree that looks similar to a Christmas tree, but it is not a Christmas tree. Otherwise, they would have said that. They don't. So this is just another case of someone, you know, pissed that they're, I can't believe that we're saying we're mad because the Halloween can't.

Let me see, exactly. The Reese's white pumpkins, I'm not sure what she's claiming that they didn't, they didn't have explicit, carved out artistic designs when there are no such carvings on the actual products. Okay, this will not go through for sure. There's the litigation between the fast food restaurants where the food was looking,

They were saying trying to claim that the pictures were different than what was actually being served. And the judge is like, yeah, no, that's fine. And she's seeking $5 million. Hershey's do not give her any money. Do not give her. If you give her money, I'm going to be pissed because I don't care. If someone were to give me a Reese's peanut butter product that was supposed to be a pumpkin, I would say, oh, look, that does it look like some kind of pumpkin shape?

Yes. Is it peanut butter and chocolate? Yes, it is. Okay, that's fine. Thank you. But hey, good luck. Good luck to Cynthia Kelly from Hillsborough County, Florida, and your lawsuit against Reese's peanut butter products.

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