Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - They’re Still There… | 5/13/24

Episode Date: May 13, 2024

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Starting point is 00:00:00 From Searchlight Pictures comes Rental Family only in theaters November 21st. Earning rave reviews at TIF, rental family is emotional, funny, and the feel-good movie of the year. Academy Award winner Brendan Fraser stars as a lonely American actor living in Tokyo, who struggles to find purpose until he starts working for a Japanese rental family agency. Along the way, he forges some surprising human connections and discovers unexpected joys within his built-in family. Experience rental family, only in theaters November 21st. Blaze Radio Network And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher.
Starting point is 00:00:36 So Dell, the computer company, reported that they had an information breach. Oh, so they were hacked. Yeah, they were hacked. And personal information of approximately 49 million customers were hacked. Oh. Now, Dell says there's... no need to worry. We believe there's not a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved. Oh, okay. Well, what type of information was that? I mean, they sent out an email
Starting point is 00:01:14 notice of the data breach. I mean, just the people's name, physical address, Dell hardware and order information, including service tag item description, date of order and related warranty information. That's it. So don't even worry about it. We've talked to about it a bunch. Your information is out there and you just have to do the best you can because the hackers have our information. This particular breach was posted on a forum that said, hey, I got sold a data from the computer company for 49 million customers and other information systems purchased from
Starting point is 00:01:50 Dell between 2017 and 2024. Now, that is down now. So we guess that he sold that information or they. sold that information, but they're monitoring the situation and they're taking steps to protect the customer's information. And we, again, we don't believe there is a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved. So if you have Dell and you have a Dell product that you purchased between 2017 and 2024, you're fine. Don't even worry about it. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat.
Starting point is 00:02:31 I'm kind of upset with myself. You know, when you're out driving around and you see places that are, I don't know, places under a bridge or behind buildings and different stuff, you say to yourself, wow, if I was homeless, I may actually live there. That's where I would stay. And I know it's a stupid thought process, but it's me. But then I hear, I see this story about this lady, a 34-year-old Michigan woman in Midland, Michigan, up there in the Tri-Cities, Saginaw Bay City, Midland.
Starting point is 00:03:05 And she was living in a sign. And I don't know that I would have thought of that. So contractors recently working at the Family Fair grocery store in Midland was up on the roof, and they realized, hey, somebody's living inside of this rooftop sign. She's been there. for over a year. Nobody knew she was living there. The sign is about 15 feet long,
Starting point is 00:03:37 five feet wide, eight feet tall. And she has a bedding on the floor. She has a little coffee maker, a little computer desk, a printer in the small states. She is living large in this family fair grocery store sign.
Starting point is 00:03:54 And I, bless her heart. Bless her heart. Now, they don't know how she gained access to the location. they don't know how she evaded detection for about a year. But she was there and she was definitely living there.
Starting point is 00:04:10 The police, the store, everyone, we've never encountered anything like this. He had no kidding. So, you know, times are tough for everyone. We have homeless people all over the country in our major metropolitan areas and even in our smaller metropolitan areas. It's a horrible thing and needs to be addressed more than it's, being addressed. However, I will say that this was an ingenious idea to live in the sign. Now, police say that she agreed to leave and the store people said, hey, we're going to
Starting point is 00:04:44 make sure she receives all of her property. And, you know, I don't know if they helped her find a place to live or what's happening with that. But I mean, the long-term housing issue for the homeless is a real issue, as I said. I mean, shelters all over the country are having a significant increase in demand. So, I mean, if there's a way for any of us to help, we definitely should. That having been said, what an ingenious plan. And it will make me look at store signs in a whole new light. I also know now why traffic seems to be getting worse in the DFW area where this show
Starting point is 00:05:26 originates from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Because according to this, the largest gaining U.S. metro cities from 2022 to 23, number one, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Texas. Yes, they claim 152,598 people moved here. Boy, it feels like a lot more than that. And I know this is dated from 2022 to 2023, but holy cow, does it feel like a lot more than that. Number two, Houston, Texas, Pasadena and the Woodlands, 139,789 in that year. Number three, Atlanta, Sandy Springs and Roswell, Georgia, 68, 58,000, 585.
Starting point is 00:06:17 Orlando, with Kissimmee and Sanford in there, the Metroplex, 54, 910. And number five, Tampa, St. Petersburg Clearwater with 50, 51,622. Two of the top five I've actually lived in, and I could live in Tampa Bay again, although if they're going to start getting all these people moving there, maybe we need to think about that. I was, I mean, the other day, I was actually amazed at how much traffic was on the interstate. And I couldn't believe it because normally at that time, it's not as bad. And I say normally since I've moved here.
Starting point is 00:06:59 And now the last couple of years, it's gotten terrible. And even when I drive into the studios to do Pat show at 4.30 in the morning, while the roads are not packed, there's more traffic on them at that time. So it's not surprising that the numbers are increasing in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Arlington, Texas. You know what I think is that people actually need to move. I don't know, somewhere else. That would be great. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:07:30 Probably not going to happen, though. I see where two of the top 18 cities in America, of the richest cities in America are in DFW. Of course, number one is Los Altos, California. I mean, that's hello. But number two is University Park, Texas, which is Dallas. I don't know if you know that.
Starting point is 00:07:52 SMU University. And then four is South Lake Texas. That's a suburb of Dallas. It is part of the Metroplex, South Lake, Texas. And then number 16, I think. Number 18 is right next to South Lake in Colleyville, Texas. So people are not going to be moving out of Texas anytime soon. With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too.
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Starting point is 00:09:16 Magamillions has a drawing with a $363 million jackpot, where the cash payout would be $166.9 million, which, yeah, be willing to take that. But I see where Wendy's has a free $6.5.5. Piece Nuggets on Wednesdays for the rest of this year. It's called Wendy's Wednesdays. All fans have to do is make a purchase of any price on the fast food restaurants app or online to snag the freebie. So Wednesday isn't the only day for free food in Wednesday out at Wendy's.
Starting point is 00:09:55 Every Friday, fans can score any size French fries for free with any purchase. Wow. Okay. I mean, that's, I guess you have to buy the. food on their Wendy's app though so you can find the offers on Wendy's app every Friday and the nuggets on Wednesday yeah so hey it's a good deal you know I mean if you're going to go to Wendy's anyway I know Wendy's is kind of expensive but if you're going to go to Wendy's anyway you might as well get the freebies that you have coming six-piece
Starting point is 00:10:23 nugget on Wednesday and the fries on Friday plus I see where Wendy's now has a new nugget pack. Yeah, I know the nuggets. I'm called it. It's called the Nugs Party Pack, a 50 count package of regular or spicy chicken nuggets for $15.
Starting point is 00:10:45 That seems like a fair price. You go on Friday, for 15 bucks, you get a 50 count chicken nugget, the Nugs Party Pack, and a free fry. That's a good deal.
Starting point is 00:11:01 That's a good lunch for 15 bucks. Isn't it? No? Okay. That's fine. Now, Burger King also has some deals going on this month. Coming up, starting on the 28th of this month, they're celebrating 70 years of Woppers. 70 years of Woppers, and they're giving customers freebies when they spend 70 cents.
Starting point is 00:11:26 So May 28th through June 3rd, which, you know, kind of chintzy for Burger. King, but okay, whatever. Through May 28th through June 3rd, every day brings a new free item. So seven days of discounts kick off Tuesday, May 28th. And it also coincides with National Hamburger Day. Okay. So they're offering fans a free hamburger with the purchase of 70 cents or more. Then May 29th, you can grab a free or a sandwich. Thursday, you get a free medium soft drink. I mean, that's kind of bougie. and then June 1st, the official 70th birthday. So they're celebrating customers can honor the moment of a free birthday pie slice,
Starting point is 00:12:10 the sweet which combines birthday cake flavored fillings and a cookie crumb crust. We'll be available starting May 16th, but only one free on June 1st. And the story that I'm reading tells you the cheapest thing you can get. So really what you know is get the milk. The milk is cheap or you can buy condiments that gets you that. 70 cents purchase and then you get the free burger or the free drink seems kind of chintzy free cassanwich uh i'm sorry croissantwich and uh so you go to burger king and celebrate their 70th birthday of the whopper for 70 cents a day gets you something else free at burger king i
Starting point is 00:12:54 don't know seems kind of you know i'm happy that they're doing it and you know congratulations to burger king for 70 years of whoppers, but it seems like we could do a little bit better. I know. That's just me. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately.
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Starting point is 00:13:40 Anytime Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com You can order a cameo from me Of course, that's not free At Jevi JFR on the Cameo app So I didn't get a chance I wanted to go see Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes this weekend I'm going to try to sneak it in this afternoon Maybe tomorrow afternoon
Starting point is 00:13:59 I'm not sure I really I tried to, I wanted to go this week weekend. I just, I didn't have too many other things going on and I didn't feel that great. And I just, I don't know, I had some kind of mung. I still have it a little bit. I just, I've got, uh, it's a mong disease going on. But, uh, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, of course was going to be number one. I really wanted to see it. I do still want to see it. And of course, it was number one. Uh, 56.5 million domestically. That's huge in today's world. 129 million globally so far. So, I mean, the box office has got to be half.
Starting point is 00:14:31 happy with Kingdom coming to the box office because that's bringing in some crowds. Fall Guy, which was number one last week, I guess they're saying it held strong with 13.7 million and 103.7 globally. But we'll see if it has any real staying power. Challenger's number three, 4.68 million. I mean, the domestic total is 38.7. not that good. In the review, it says, showing decent traction.
Starting point is 00:15:07 Is it? Is it? Okay. Tiro, pulls 3.45 million. Okay. I guess. Godzilla,
Starting point is 00:15:15 Khan, the new Empire. I really do want to see that. Only I'm going to wait for it to hit streaming, but that earned another 2.52 million this weekend. But, I mean, that's a 191 million domestic. That's pretty good.
Starting point is 00:15:28 That is pretty good. Unsung Hero, 2.25 million, three week domestic total of 16.7 million. I mean, that's pretty good for that, going up against the bigger films. Kung Fu Panda, still hanging in there at number 7th. 2 million in his 10th week. They've got 191.7 million domestic. So that's pretty good. Civil War still hanging in there a little bit.
Starting point is 00:15:58 They've got the total of 65.2 million. I don't know. I think they expected better for that. Star Wars Episode 1. 1.5 million in the re-release. So it's got a lifetime gross of 486.6.62 million. Okay. And Abigail, number 10, scored,
Starting point is 00:16:17 they brought in a little over a million, totaling 24.7 million domestically. So as soon as I can get to see, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, I will have a review for you. I did watch a show, show that was sent to me from the Daily Caller called Demand for Hate this weekend. Really, really fascinating. And it's, you know, it's about, well, they focus on one case
Starting point is 00:16:46 in particular, but they really are focusing on the lies that we're being told about racism and the demand for hate. I know I watched it through my lens of whiteness, but if you have any any thought in your mind about why college campuses have become what they've become demand for hate definitely lets you in on a little secret yeah how to destroy a person's life based on lies with no remorse that's correct yeah they've been the college campuses are all for it and so are the administration really really sad really but we've talked about it a bunch of how these cases that are hate crimes turn out to be, I don't know, what's the word I'm looking for?
Starting point is 00:17:34 Oh yeah, lies. And it's almost all of them. And this demand for hate is well worth of watch. If you have an opportunity to watch it from The Daily Caller, and it's about an hour long and well worth the watch. You know what else I watched this weekend too is four episodes of Hacks on Max? I didn't realize that the show was back. And this time, they're pissed.
Starting point is 00:17:58 Season 3 of Hacks is back on Max. And the first four episodes are up. You know, they're releasing two a week. They started last week, as a matter of fact. And I missed it. Very, very disappointing. And I realized, holy cow, I've got to watch them. So now, you know, the May 16th, the 23rd and the 30th, they dropped two a week for the next couple weeks.
Starting point is 00:18:23 And then the season finale, nine episodes is May 30th. Very disappointed. There's only nine episodes. But really, really good. Gene Smart, Hannah and Beiner, all the other characters in the show. Fantastic. I love this stupid show.
Starting point is 00:18:39 The episodes are, I don't know, 30, 40 minutes long, something like that. Really funny. Deborah Vance is Jean Smart and, or Gene Smart is Deborah Vance. And just very, very good as the aging comedian.
Starting point is 00:18:55 And it's just really fun. Makes you laugh. And the end of episode four was hilarious. So if you are not hip to hacks, go to Max and watch all the first two seasons
Starting point is 00:19:10 and then, of course, the third season just started the first four episodes of season three are up. Really good. There's a fast watch. Each episode is like 30, 40 minutes tops and really, really fun. Fantastic show. You know, maybe if I
Starting point is 00:19:25 hadn't to watch that show or the other doc, I might have time to go to the movie theater and see apes. Just thinking out loud. Wow, another thing we may be able to watch is the explosion, the demolition of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. That was supposed to happen this weekend and because of, I don't know, lightning in the area, rising tides, they forced a postponement. They claim that it's going to happen tonight.
Starting point is 00:19:54 We'll see. You know, it's all tentative. you know so we'll see crews have been preparing to use these explosives to break down the remaining span which is about 500 feet long and weighs up to 600 tons we talked about this a little bit i think last week maybe the week before that this was coming up and uh you know they the collapse led to the six workers who were on the bridge we've only found five of them so far and uh the ship has remained stuck among the wreckage since the crash and the baltimore port has always been closed to most maritime traffic. So the controlled demolition will allow the
Starting point is 00:20:34 dally, the boat that struck the bridge, to refloat and be brought back to port. Once that ship is removed, they claim that maritime traffic will return to normal. I've got the big cranes out there and they've been removing some of the big debris and they're hoping to have, you know, once they, you know, explode big pieces into smaller. pieces and it'll be easier for them to remove it. So I did not know this though, okay? Since the crash, the 21 member crew of the dolly have still are still on the ship. I know.
Starting point is 00:21:13 And they claim, yeah, well, they can stay on the ship while things are detonated too. Wait, what? Yeah, they're fine. Everyone within, I don't know, a couple thousand feet. You have to wear some ear plugs. But other than that, you should be fine. it's a safe space. Is it?
Starting point is 00:21:32 Okay. I did not realize that, yeah, you guys aren't going anywhere. Okay. Yeah, you're stuck. And you got all those things. You're not going anywhere. Sorry. Oh, you're not leaving the ship.
Starting point is 00:21:43 Holy cow. That would be, what's the word I'm looking for? Oh, yeah, not fun. But I am looking forward to seeing the explosions. So I'm going to have to, you know, try to log in. and catch some YouTube live feeds of the old Francis Scott Key Bridge and watch the explosions as they break up the remaining span. Boarding for Flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes.
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Starting point is 00:22:47 19 plus Ontario only. Please play responsibly. Concerned by your gambling or that if someone close, you call 18665331-260 or visit Comex Ontario.ca. Who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with Roger Corman. Roger Corman, dead at the age of 98. He's a giant of independent filmmaking. he produced and directed and influenced the careers of Jack Nicholson, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and many a many others. So Roger Corman, the fabled King of the Bees producer and director who churned out low-budget genre films with breakneck speed, his dead at the age of 98. now he died at his home in santa monica california no cause of death was given so i'm sure he got 98 still though at 98 uh you know they need to if they if they would have been that they would have said so right right uh then we have sam reuben sam reuben a i you know the world loved this guy he was an la entertainment anchor and interviewer he was he
Starting point is 00:24:08 He died at the age of 64. Now, he just died. Yep, he just died. He's 64. Happens all the time. No cause was released. They just know that, hey, guess what? Sam was dead.
Starting point is 00:24:25 And it's very sad. I mean, he was on a first name basis with a lot of top stars because he was, you know, LATV, KTLA. And he was, you know, the guy, the entertainment guy. and at 64, you just drop over and die. So it couldn't have been that, right? No, no, it couldn't have been that. Otherwise, they would have said, and they would have not just left it
Starting point is 00:24:51 with no cause released. So Sam Rayburn, why do I keep wanting to call it Sam Rayburn? Wow, I think that was from the show Bloodline on Netflix, which I haven't watched it quite sometime, great show. The first couple seasons were awesome. I mean, they all were great.
Starting point is 00:25:09 So just bloodline. And I think that was Sam Rayburn, right? Wasn't it the old man was Rayburn? Anyway, Sam Rubin. Sorry, Sam Rubin. I don't mean to get you conflated there with an actor. Sam Rubin dead at the age of 64. Rest in peace.
Starting point is 00:25:28 Then we have Susan Baclini. Susan Baclinai, dead at the age of 77. Now, you say, wait, Susan Backel and I, who is that? Well, Susan played the first victim of the killer shark in Jaws. All right? So, I mean, you want to talk about, you want to talk about Brush with Greatness. She spent three days in rehearsal before being thrown around the sea by the Great White Shark, you know, the fictional Great White Shark and then dragged under the waves.
Starting point is 00:26:05 she was a stunt woman, nationally ranked swimmer and diver, animal trainer, and mermaid performer at tourist attractions. So this, you know, her unique set of skills made her perfect for the first victim of the killer shark in jaws. Susan Baclinai, dead at the age of 77. She just had a fatal heart attack. Couldn't have anything to do with that, though, because they would have said it. They would have said, well, because of, but caused by, but no, they just said she died of a fatal heart attack. So rest in peace, Susan Backel and I, dead at the age of 77. Okay, then there's a story out of Utah.
Starting point is 00:26:50 And the story headlines kind of misleading. Okay. So, I mean, the story headline is ice chunk drops from plane and kills families pet goat in freak accident. So apparently this giant ice chunk smashed through the goat housing, the goat shed, and smashed into the goat. Now, it didn't,
Starting point is 00:27:18 the goat didn't die from the ice chunk. Okay, that's a little misleading. And we don't necessarily know that it came from an airplane. They just kind of guessing that it came from an airplane. I guess there's a flight path that goes over this area.
Starting point is 00:27:33 So planes, do fly over. But the story is that the roosters were freaking out. The horses were going crazy. This lady came out of her house. Saw this large hole through the roof of the shed where she kept her goats. One of the goats was hurt and bleeding beneath the hole on the ground where were ice chunks.
Starting point is 00:27:54 Now, they were at least basketball-sized piece of ice. I mean, the hole's pretty big. And the goat didn't die right away. the goat suffered. So, I mean, they rushed the goat to a veterinarian. And the veterinarian was like, yeah, we're not bringing this thing back. We're going to have to just euthanize it. And so they put it down.
Starting point is 00:28:17 So he was still alive. He was still trying to hang on. And he couldn't. He was too far gone after the ice junk, after the ice junk crashed through the shed's roof and landed on them. Now, the officials say, we, you know, we don't know what happened. The only plausible explanation is the ice had fallen from a plane. We don't know. They're investigating to see if a plane, you know, has a report of losing a chunk of ice.
Starting point is 00:28:44 I'm sure those reports are documented every day. You know, we're flying along. Yeah, we're flying along and we lost a giant chunk of ice and we don't know where it landed. So we get in reports of, you know, humans or houses being harmed or humans being harmed or, you know, even animals. We don't care much about goat, but other animals we care about. And so I'm sure that's, I'm sure we'll find out where the ice chunk came from. But rest and peace to the unnamed goat in Utah, who was bashed and injured beyond saving from the sky. Sad. It's sad. Rest in peace, family goat in Utah.
Starting point is 00:29:29 You know what else we lost? Freedom works. I can't believe this. I was reading a story. Freedom Works is dissolved. Effective immediately. That happened last week. The board of directors voted unanimously to dissolve the organization.
Starting point is 00:29:45 Wow. So they had roughly 25 employees. I guess staffers will continue to receive paychecks and health care benefits for the next few months. That's good. I don't wish anyone, you know, to lose any of their stuff. but Freedom Works, wow. They laid off 40% of his staff in March of last year, but I guess, you know, result in a drop in fundraising,
Starting point is 00:30:12 and, you know, they could keep it going. So Adam Brandon, the, I think he was the president of Freedom Works. I believe I've met him a couple of times. He said that, look, we had to shut down because the ideological up-eval of the Trump era. So, yeah, the MAGA movement wasn't quite up to the libertarian principles of
Starting point is 00:30:39 Freedom Works. So Freedom Works, wow. I mean, they were the heart of the Tea Party movement at the time. I mean, I thought that that's when they started, but no. Actually, Freedom Works was founded in 1984. Oh, okay. It grew out of the Coke funded group, the K-O-C-H
Starting point is 00:30:57 funded group, not the C-O-K-E-F-E, group. Citizens for sound economy. Freedom work split apart from the Coke, K-O-C-H political network in 2004. Yeah, so it was kind of, it was kind of born in 2004, 2005
Starting point is 00:31:13 as we got into the Tea Party. So anyway, freedom works. Wow. Rest in peace. It's hockey season and you can get anything you need delivered with Uber Eats. Well, almost, almost anything. So no,
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Starting point is 00:32:37 So that should be fun. I always, I love those stupid dog shows. And I always wanted to, I always wanted to be one of the, one of the runners. You just kind of fast walk along, guiding the dog, giving the dog treats. Just strikes me really funny. And I get to make fun of their shoes. It's all I can watch is their shoes and their clothes if they match the dog. Whose dog is being run by whom?
Starting point is 00:33:04 It's just a funny little thing that I like to do. So maybe it's just me? Okay, it's just me. Speaking of animals, I am so, I don't know, bummed. I feel like I was used. I feel like I was used. So the birds aren't real people. The birds aren't real people.
Starting point is 00:33:27 I mean, I talked to the head guy, Peter McAdoo. I don't know, a couple of years ago. episode 6.59 of the chewing the fat. I talked to the Birds Aren't Real guy. And now I see a post from Birds Aren't Real, which is Peter. And he, I don't know, he took time off and he's had a kid now and he's got a wife. And so I guess he's feeling guilty. But this post this weekend, it breaks my heart.
Starting point is 00:33:52 It breaks my heart. And I think he may, I don't know if he's being held hostage. I don't know if what's happening. But this post says, I may. a huge mistake. Hi, all, I can't keep doing this. Birds are real, and they are beautiful. They are the closest thing we have to angels on this earth, and I turned everybody against them for what? A joke? It makes me sick. I ask you all today to take a moment and appreciate the beauty of spring. Listen to the birds sing their song. Let it fill your heart. Let it fill your heart.
Starting point is 00:34:31 with the music of the universe. I think he's been taken hostage. I think we need to check it on Peter McIndo because I think that the bird watchers of America or something have him held hostage and are making him say this. There's not a video. This was just a post with words.
Starting point is 00:34:51 There's no video. So I don't know if he's, I don't know if he's blinking, SOS. I don't know if we're trying to read between the lines. lines here. Maybe we should send help. If you know, Peter, maybe, you know, send help and try to figure out where he's being held hostage because I won't have it. I won't have it. You're telling me that the birds are real now after all of this? No, Peter, no, I will not have it. And I hope that you're safe. I hope someone rescues you from your hostage situation because
Starting point is 00:35:28 I just will not believe it. so have you ever heard of a building called or you know a project called an alema i have not either and i saw this and i thought there's no way that this is real right it's called uh the anolema tower and as i see the headline about it i've like okay so there's no way that this could be real it just can't be uh a new york architecture firm unveiled a proposal for the world world's tallest building, the Anilema Tower, which would be suspended from the sky by cables attached to an asteroid. The firm plans to construct the building in Dubai due to lower costs, then launch it to hover
Starting point is 00:36:17 above Manhattan. The building would be accessible via drones and is designed to travel daily between the northern and southern hemispheres, returning to the same spot in the sky each day. and I thought, okay, that sounds ridiculous, which made me think that might be real. Well, a few years ago, a company named Clouds A-O, I don't even know if they exist anymore,
Starting point is 00:36:42 did this as some sort of thought experiment. I guess they won a NASA-backed competition to design a Mars base with their idea, and so they also threw this together as well. And this story is from 2017. I don't remember talking, about this. It's possible we did, but I don't remember it. And it was done as a utopian experiment. Oh, okay. I mean, first of all, you'd have to go fetch an asteroid and bring it into orbit around
Starting point is 00:37:13 Earth, which is just easy. I mean, it's so simple. Then you'd have to build a, you know, a skyscraper in Dubai. And you always want to build a skyscraper at the cheapest price point, don't you? And then you have to attach the 35,754 kilometer long cable to the asteroid. Then you'd have to lift the building off the ground. Then you'd have to attach the building to the cable hanging from the asteroid. Then you'd have to... Well, the building would be in orbit then, right? Once you attach it to the asteroid, the building would be an orbit.
Starting point is 00:37:55 So, but then it would have to move from... I mean, how do you get it? Does it just move on its own from the latitude from the south? It's not going to travel. I'd be so weird because you'd be waking up and eating breakfast as you fly past cities heading past Cuba and Haiti as you go to the south, right? To eat the south during the day and then at night you'd be over New York, I guess. Or maybe it'd be the opposite.
Starting point is 00:38:27 I'm not really sure. if that was the case. But again, for sure, it's a cool thought. And that's all it is, is a cool thought. It's not going to happen. I don't know. I don't know if I'm bummed or if I'm not. But I love the fact that it's a thought process.
Starting point is 00:38:45 And I also love, this is why we don't need governments to tell us, well, that's not real. Because when you read something, if you think to yourself, you know, I don't think that's real. Then you should do your own homework. And if you read something and you go, oh my gosh, that's real, then you should do your own homework. If you're walking around believing every headline that you read or hear and you just believe it, face value, that's on you. That is not the fault of a social media platform.
Starting point is 00:39:17 Sorry about it. So I got rabbit hole into a story that talks about, well, for you, for you listening to chewing the fat because, you know, I like to add the show with a joke of the day and or a thwart. thought of the day. And so I see a story about puns and sign jokes that people have done. And I don't know that they're real. This again, probably not real.
Starting point is 00:39:41 It's made up. Somebody writes the jokes on a sign and post them on the internet. And so there's never, ever a sign, really, that has this pun joke on it. But there's, I haven't gone through them all yet. But I'll share just a few with you as we get out of here today.
Starting point is 00:39:56 great height and seek players are really hard to find that's on a sign laughing out loud is forbidden in Hawaii because it's Aloha State that's right there on a sign when you dream in color it's a pigment of your imagination that's right there on a sign for you
Starting point is 00:40:25 and I'll leave you with this last one I think my wife is putting glue on my firearms she denies it but I'm sticking to my guns more from the sign pun joke post as we continue this week on chewing the fat stream and subscribe to more Blaze media content at the blaze.com
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