Cox n' Crendor Show - Episode 468 - Wrapped Up In Pretzel Conspiracies

Episode Date: June 23, 2025

The boys are back and this time Jesse is dazed and confused at the mall. Meanwhile Crendor is obsessed with Pretzel City USA and it's lack of pretzels. What's the deal with this?! Also a zebra is one the loose and MTG cards are taking over lives. All this and more on a brand new Cox n' Crendor Go to http://HeroForge.com and use code CRENDOR to get 5% off all orders of physical miniatures. Get started at https://factormeals.com/cox50off and use code cox50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box.

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or doing something and they hear you and you're vibrationally setting the tone for their day? Is that what you think's happening here? No. But, you never know. One person it could be. Yeah, maybe that's the ASMR they need that sets them right. Yeah, you can never say never. Even though

there are some times you could say never. That's true and oftentimes you should say never but you can't because the odds might be against you. I feel like there's a lot of slogans or like what would be a quote a saying what would that like never say never what would that be? An adage. Is that what that is? An age-old adage. Yeah let's see an adage proverb or short statement express yeah okay an adage alright. I feel like a lot of the adages

Like there's truth behind them, but sometimes they're not like fully truthful in what way what do you mean? You can say never say never but there's certain things you could say that to you like two plus two is four That's not gonna change unless you do that crazy math in which case it's not but then you're crazy right But that's still a thing So you can't so you know? Never say never it you know There is a scientist out there who would dispute that Yeah, but they'd be crazy

or smarter than us Well probably boy Addages like like okay we got actions speak louder than words that's true true to a degree yeah what if your action is giving a great speech inspire someone checkmate yeah and then what if you're just very good with words and maybe you're not great with actions and you're like, wow, that really spoke to me. But then the actions speak. I mean, I guess the only time this doesn't work is if you say no, I mean, I guess it works because if you say, hey, everyone, let's go take on Big McDonald's and then you just don't show up. Then your actions spoke like you didn't care that much. Your actions spoke louder than your ability to want to take on Big McDonald's and then you just don't show up then your action spoke like you

didn't care that much your action spoke louder than your ability to want to take on Big McDonald's. Maybe they were busy. Yeah well that then it says that you don't care enough. The action spoke louder than the words. What if they're stuck in traffic? Then you didn't care enough to get there early the action spoke louder than the words. But they'd still care maybe they just mismanaged their time they truly still care. Yeah and maybe they should give speeches about time management instead care about that instead of big McDonald's maybe they

should this fictional person should just manage their time better there's no pain no game that's not true there's plenty of people again without pain that's true but but I think it's it's more like rewarding to feel that like I put in the work and then I got what I wanted right instead of like yeah I just kind of fell into it like it's it's more of a that is a workout related thing but then people just took it and applied it to other things without, like

it, no pain no gain while working out makes sense. If you're working out, you're breaking down the muscles, you're doing the, like, I get that. However, taking that and then adding it to like the workplace, for example, like dude, your work shouldn't kill you, like that sucks. That's wrong. Yeah, it's, because I think a lot of time people will take these adages and apply them to things that just don't make sense. Or they take it away from where it originated. Yes, exactly. And even then, you can get too much pain at the gym. You can rip your muscles apart and get a rhabdomyolysis, or whatever the shit it is. Well, the phrase isn't too much... Yeah, the phrase isn't...

More pain than you can handle no gain yeah I'm just saying I'm trying listen I'm trying like devil's advocate these all right I hear you I understand I think that a lot of them have been stolen from the original purpose and reapplied in some way that doesn't necessarily fit the bill for the most part yeah like we

got the pen is mightier than the sword I remember I think Game of Thrones played on that one right he's like she then she has like the swords come out and she's just like I do not think so or whatever that I don't remember it was it's the one where they talk about power and they're talking about like and she's like no power is power is what she says that's what it is and it's like okay cool. That's a great line, but the premise of The the original thing was the idea that writing a really scathing thing Can do more damage than violence right? Yeah, like you can and I get it. I understand however

Guns and bombs were not taken into account for this I would wait to the pen is not mightier than the nuke. But you know, okay. But the pen can prevent the nuke from possibly happening. It could. It could. Yeah. So far it has, fingers crossed. Yeah. Um, yeah, the early bird catches the worm.

I mean, that's true, but at the same time, sometimes if the bird's bad at catching worms, the later bird will get the worm, right? You gotta be good enough to get the worm still. It seems like you're reading this wrong. early all I'm saying is reading it wrong It was challenging the first person to get the thing gets the thing So if they're early you get the thing you're like well. What if that first person sucks though, dude? What if they're terrible then like the next guy's gonna get it? Alright sure, but that's not what it means yeah but do you

truly know what it means yeah yes early bird it's literally the first person there gets the prize I get that but if you get there early you're gonna be the first person so the earlier you are you're the first person that's it I understand I'm just I'm challenging this by saying what if the bird isn't skilled enough to catch the worm Right well at least he has more time to do it because no one else is there yet He's early then he wasted his time low on energy no worms Right and if that happens, then he'll die and he won't be the next guy will be the early bird

That's true. Yeah, and so the cycle of life. I think that's science dude. That's actually science yeah. Yeah that just checks out. So how's your week going? Boy I am down that magic the gathering rabbit hole in a dark way where you know when you have friends in our industry and I'm not gonna call anyone out I'm not gonna say names but some friends in our industry, and I'm not gonna call anyone out, I'm not gonna say any names, but some friends in our industry are just bad with money, and in a fun way, because you get to see all the cool stuff they buy,

but you hate them because they have that kind of money to spend. Anyway, that's what Magic the Gathering is. It's a lot of me seeing my friends buying all these cards, like way more cards than necessary to get one card. Right. And I'm like, I don't wanna do that. I bought the cards, I bought.

I got some sent to me for free. I'm not gonna spend any more money on this. It's not a hobby I wanna dump money into. I just thought it was fun, cause Final Fantasy, and that's that. But then I see people, cause I'm missing like 40 cards overall, right? And those are those things where I'm like, well, maybe one day if I go to a card shop

or something and I see one, I'll pick it up. But I'm not in a rush. And then my social media is just flooded with people like, yeah, I got this ultra rare limited foil, VV full art. And I'm like, I wish I had that card. It's pure FOMO. I'm just like, but if I just went and bought some more cards, I could just had that card. It's pure FOMO. I'm just like, but if I just went and bought some more cards, I could just, and I'm like, no, Jesse, no.

I honestly, at some point this week, it might've been like Tuesday, I think. I had nothing to do at the office. It was too late to start streaming. And I was like, well, there's a card shop on the way home. I guess I could go look just, maybe they have like a collector's boosters. Why'd I do that I walked in of course everything was sold out and the guy was like can help with anything and I literally go no just looking like

somehow I was embarrassed to even be there like no I'm just looking and so then when I saw there are no Final Fantasy cards but after I said no I'm just looking I then proceeded to walk around the store Pretending like I was looking for something. Oh, yeah the classic Yeah, and then I was like, sorry. I'll be I'll come back later. He's the guard. So you're round That's where I'm at I'm lying to strangers about my magic the gathering fix because I Left the building and was like, no, we can't do that again. And then immediately on the way home, I was like, but what if there's another Magic the Gathering,

there's another, no, Jesse, no. So then I went home and I had to stop myself. So that's where I'm at, I'm kind of in this weird place. But then I guess they had some sort of Magic the Gathering con over the weekend. And all these damn people I follow are posting, like, we're hanging out, we're playing, look at all these cool cars we got,

and I'm like, no! So, it's kind of invading my life, and I am, it's really hard, because it's the same way I feel about gambling, where if you give me money and I'm at a casino, I will lose that money. Same thing here. There is no, this isn't good for me.

So, yeah, that's what's going on over here You know the amount of times I have done the thing like that well not like at a shop but like if you're in the store and then like You you're like looking at something and you just you like pretend to look at something I mean, I didn't want to do it because I don't want to be the guy to be like, got any of those Magic the Gathering cards? Because that dude would have been like, Final Fantasy, yeah, no, we're sold out. I would have been like, oh, geez, mister, and then left.

So I didn't want to have that weird conversation. For some reason, I was like, he's going to judge me as like that Final Fantasy guy. I don't know why. I don't know why I thought this. And so I just proceeded to be like, oh, I'm just looking. And then I went and like rummaged through comics that I don't know why I thought this. And so I just proceeded to be like, oh, I'm just looking. And then I went and rummaged through comics that I don't care about.

No, yeah, I've definitely done that type of thing. Because it's like, you'd rather do that than face like an awkward, a potentially awkward situation. It's not like, what's crazy is that in reality, I probably would have learned more information. And he probably could have said, oh, yeah, we're getting some in later or maybe you know we're not gonna get any more in instead I learned nothing new except he didn't have any because I saw he didn't have any and then I pretended that I cared

about the rest of his shop which I didn't yeah I've anything I made it awkward that's true by trying to not make it awkward you made it awkward Super awkward yeah Which I feel like people would think you're not that there's like Jesse's the goofy social guy right So you would think you wouldn't be like that you'd walk in and be like what's up? You got any of these cards, but you're just you're not doing it Oh when it comes to salespeople and or buying things I'm still like everyone else I don't want to upset your day. Hope you're like I'm still like everyone else I don't want to upset your day hope you're like I'm still a

millennial I still have that like well you know I know you're working your job so like I don't want to make a fuss or nothing yeah it's uh I mean it's better than the the older people that are just like where is it let me look in the back I'll find it. I know it's there. Oh man.

Yeah, that's definitely the boomer mentality of like, I know you have others. So I was at the mall, I'm walking around. For some reason you inspired me talking about how you went to the mall and went for a walk. So I went to the mall and went for a walk, but while I was there, the temptation got me

and I walked into a GameStop. By the way, random fan spotted me. You should have said hi. Sent me a message like, I was going to say hi, but I didn't. Anyway, walked into GameStop and I was like, oh man, they have those booster boxes. They're like 200 bucks. But those booster boxes of magic cards out of an entire box of, I don't even know, 100 something cards, I would probably get one that I needed. Which again, seemed like such a waste of money. I was like, all right, no, no, no, I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna get stuck with a bunch of cards.

I'm just gonna, but when I looked and I was like, okay, all right, and then, for some reason, I had the exact same experience that you're talking about with an older person where there was someone who was like Do you have this and they're like, uh, maybe we do she's like, all right. Well, I need this version I don't know what it was. It was some game and she was trying to get it for PS 5 and the guy was like All right. Well, I'll have to look in the back and she's like, I know you have it. It's brand new It was like, all right. Well, I'll see what I can do for you. She's like, okay.

And then he goes in the back and she's like, unbelievable. I'm like, what are you, this man's doing everything you want? What do you mean? She looked at me like I was gonna agree with her, which is hilarious, cuz I'm definitely that old now. Well, she thought I was a kindred spirit. She's like, right? These young kids.

And I was like, these guys do whatever you want. What do you mean? I had that happen at that one sandwich place I went to. And then they were like packed. Like it was super busy. And she's like waiting for her sandwich. I'm waiting for mine. And like it's taking a while. And she's like, is mine even there? And they're like, yes ma'am. We got it. There's a lot of people. We're doing it. And she like talks to me. She's like, can you believe this?

And I'm like I mean yeah She's just like I don't know what they're expecting like can't you just put it together like place crowded short staff You know there's the equation. What's the answer long wait time like I don't know. I feel like at some point in history Service was the key it was about the service and so you have an entire generation of like, this service is crap. When I was young, everyone treated me like I was royalty when I came into this place.

But it's also like, the people working there liked their jobs, or if they didn't like them, at least they were paid enough to not care. Live a normal life instead of having to work multiple jobs at the end of the day just I think you should you should just go in Look what you're trying to find what you're looking for and that's it Like you just I mean you're not wrong But I promise you neither of us are gonna do that

No, probably not Like you're right you are correct you are giving us the gonna do that. No, probably not. Like you're right, you are correct. You are giving us the self-help book version of it. You know, be adamant about what you want and be forthright and be honest and talk and communicate. Look, I get it. I'm still not gonna do that when looking for matching the gathering cards.

I'm embarrassed I'm looking for them. I mean yeah just talked to we'll call him s thorn or that's that's empty yeah that's too simple it's gotta be Sam T yeah yeah so he's a really playing the like the other day and he's like bro I just open for super limited and I'm just like yeah but you spent like eight billion dollars like if you didn't sure if you just throw money at something eventually you will get everything so it's like yeah I don't even know the fun in that like you

may as well just go start buying the singular cards but that's not the point is you got to pull right because then that's a story like if you go I just went to the store I bought everything people be like okay but if you're like dude I opened the pack and I pulled this un-bullied it's like whoa like that's a story like if you go I just went to the store I bought everything people be like okay but if you're like dude I opened the pack and I pulled this un-bullied it's like whoa like that's a that's a story you can tell people that's the gambling part yeah it's it's no fun if you go to the store and buy a single card which at this point that's my plan I'm done I already I spent more money than I originally wanted to which was the fact that I bought them originally.

The fact that I even bought Magic the Cards in the year 2025. Yeah, it wasn't what I wanted to do. You know me, I don't like collecting physical things. So I have a bunch of them now, and now I have too many. So I'll have to give a bunch away, probably on Discord or some nonsense at some point that's the reason I never really like collecting physical magic cards cuz I'm like what am I gonna do

I'm just gonna like have them sit around and then maybe at some point I'm like maybe I'll sell one I guess I don't know and then that's it like at least when I do my online like magic arena and play drafts and stuff I'm at least like having fun and playing the game and everything. Sure, yeah. I completely get that to the point where I had to not watch you. You were playing last night. I was like, oh, I wonder what Krendor's doing. I was like, nope, I'm not gonna, I can't look at that.

The minute I see him play with a card that I need, I'll be like, I could buy that card. Nope. Nope. Which last night was terrible terrible because everyone was like dude Did you see there's a special event happening in Magic Arena where if you get seven wins in a sealed draft? You get to you they send you the thousand dollar collector box or whatever and It was it cost eight thousand gems, which is like 40 bucks or something so I was like okay

I'll give it a shot. I thought I was gonna get like the the basic draft which is like you get three losses no they give you two losses all right and then you I just I don't like sealed draft because you kind of just open cards and go this is what I got well when you do actual like premier draft or something like that you get to actually build your deck and pick the card so I was like okay but I was like you know what for the content for the people watching I'll do it, and two instantly lost played like the sweatiest people, which makes sense because they're playing to win the collector box or whatever. And I was just like, I should have just got my gems. I don't know why I

did that. That's so funny. I mean, like, I understand those collectors ones are some of the art and that's really cool. If you're just a collector, I you know, I completely understand but it's also some of them Just looking at prices. I would wait I would like some of the some of the card values right now are so ludicrous where it's like This thing that has no value in the game and the art is kind of whatever But it's like a very famous Final Fantasy thing is like a thousand bucks you're like nah dude no I'll wait until people have forgotten about this yeah the hype will die down and then

they'll be that then I'll swoop in like a maniac and get my 40 cards and I'll have my full collection exactly so yeah it's I think it's just, you know, it's the it's the craze and then like everything it'll pass and then it'll absolutely affordable. Yeah. Yeah. I did. Are you getting the heat wave right now? No, it's pretty nice out. It's you know, it's LA. So it's right by the water, we're in our little valley. We'll get, you know, maybe 70, 80 max. It's the areas around us, they're done. They're done for. Like what? I'm gonna look up the weather right now, just to give you some, right now it's 71 degrees,

to give you an example of what's going on in the weather here. What the heck? Yeah, we're always that. The East Coast is getting destroyed, but not LA. Oh yeah, over here right now in Chicago, it's 92. So I got the tank top on. Dude, it's a heat wave out there. Yeah, we do not get above 85 for the next

until The 6th of July 85 is the highest we get through the beginning of July. Yeah, we got 98 tomorrow, and then it's pretty much just 80s which like I don't mind 80s It's nice out gets a little hot especially if it's humid, but like it's fine. But nineties is where I'm like, all right. Uh, I like, I don't mind nineties for like a couple of days where I can just stay inside. I go out for a little bit, but like, if you have to be outside, it's like, it's terrible. And then, yeah, like the whole East coast is getting blasted. I think, uh, England was getting hit as well, which is pretty bad. Cause the, they listen. hit as well which is pretty bad because the listen okay the amount of people in

England and all is played that are just like I'm not getting a see cuz it's like a couple it only it's only a couple times of the year but then it feels like every year it's just weeks just like weeks and weeks of I'm just being like oh it's hot I'm dying I'm like, why you just get the AC? Well, you know, I think it's because people can't justify the purchase for, you know, they'd rather have a few days of uncomfort than justify the purchase of it.

I think it's insane. As an American who has always had AC, I love AC, so I can't not have it. But I can understand if you grew up in a country where you didn't have AC. I get that. It wasn't like you could, well. I just value comfort, I think, too much.

Same, big same. I will never, the worst experience, and I've had plenty of terrible experiences in my life, but the worst experience by far was Dodger's wedding the night after, where I had drank more than ever in my life in order to worst experience by far was Dodger's wedding the night after where I had drank more than ever in my life in order to keep up with a bunch of Brits who kept drinking, then proceeded to eat more meat than a man should eat, and then had to go back to our bed and breakfast thing above a pub where there was not a bit of air conditioning

and my bedroom had exactly one small window and the ceiling fan that kind of moved, but slowly. And it was so hot, it was the dead of summer, it might have been, in that room, 106 degrees, easy. I was so gross and sweating, I took all the covers off the bed, I was naked laying there, spread eagle like someone who had been sacrificed.

I am covered in layers of sweat. I never felt worse in my life. I was like, I just, if this is how I die, make it quick, this is terrible. The next day I woke up, took a shower, still felt terrible. First people I see are Dodger's parents when I come downstairs and I'm like, hi. They're like, you look a mess. I was like I am a mess Terrible I must have that air conditioning. I need it. Yeah, it's because not only is it just like even if it's like 80s They're like it's humid the humidity is what does he in?

Yeah, always I cannot stress some buildings in the UK are not built for summer oh yeah cuz they're built for first off they're built for like the 1400s or whatever and then second are it's yeah they're they're just like you know just one two months side of the year but like even back then they probably wasn't getting as hot as it Is now or maybe it was just like a day or two, but I feel like you know it's it seems like it's getting worse I feel like they

That's crazy. I don't know what that's about. It's like some sort of warming of the globe No, no, no, that's that's not real. That's not real. I can't be real Ignore all those stats and figures. My gut tells me we're fine. I'm just saying. As a person who grew up not the wealthiest, especially during my college teaching years, where I was constantly in debt,

a box fan in the window does just fine. Yeah, that's true. It may be loud as hell, but you stick a box fan, put the window sill down on the box fan, you put that right in the window, you crank that sucker up, it will make your room very cool. It'll be bleh the entire time, but you'll be fine. That thing costs 25 bucks but it

also like dries out the air a bit but I guess if it's humid it's a good thing yeah who cares at that point you just want cool breeze you don't want to everyone I know who's like it's so hot like open a window they're like it's hotter outside I'm like I don't believe that first off at least there's wind right but they're like no no wind I wind. I'm like, where do you live, the desert? They're like, no, I live in Newcastle upon Umshasha. I'm like, all right. Yeah, I don't know.

But that one time in England was enough for me to be like, yep, I would never live here without air conditioning. I mean, a lot of the new places in England, especially if you're in London, like the new apartment buildings, they definitely have air conditioning. I mean, a lot of the new places in England, especially if you're in London, like the new apartment buildings, they definitely have air conditioning. Yeah.

Like last time we were there, it might've been, was it the last Coxcon? God, that would've been 2019. Whenever that was, I remember that half the group stayed in one place, and another half of the group stayed in another place, but then Mathis arrived late, and so I got him a room at this Airbnb one place and another half of the group stayed in another place. But then Mathis arrived late. And so he, I got him a room at this like Airbnb that was an apartment.

None of us had air conditioning, but the brand new apartment, single bedroom Airbnb that Mathis had had the best air conditioning unit I've ever seen. I was like, cool, cool. Part of me thought, what if I switched with him? I really considered it. After that first night. I was like Doesn't get into tomorrow. What if I just don't tell him and I'm like oh, no, that's where I'm staying if I couldn't That's like like Bilbo at the ring you're like what if I took it I?

Did pay took it? I did pay for it I did pay for it. What if I just took it he wouldn't care yeah What I couldn't because he's high enough. He probably wouldn't even know where he is Yeah, I just couldn't do it because I had already pre-sweated the night before in the bed And I was like there's no way that this guy wants to take my sweatsheets No, I'm all right, so I was like I'll be kind. There's no I'm bitter about it. Yeah So it's that's been too bad here cuz he's got air conditioning going he's got a chill in that wait it out Dude I saw the I saw you're about to put up the old, where I tell you about Warhammer. Yeah on Monday. It'll be up on the old YouTube channel for everyone to watch. It is very

well done. I'm very pleased with it. So hopefully you will love the edits we made and we tried to find as much footage as humanly possible of the things we were talking about. I had a lot of, that's not what he's referring to. I know enough about it now that when you were talking about things and they included footage, some of the footage did not match what you were saying.

It was like, you brought up, I think you were talking about like a slan priest or something right and the footage they show was just some random ass you know guy from magic it was something like a lizard man I was like no no no he's referring to this thing specifically so we need to show that thing so I had to do a lot of that because they have no context for what any of it means so they were trying their hardest but I learned enough and I feel good about it that I went in was like actually this is what he's referring to please use this footage yeah now you're doing you're becoming a true Warhammer aficionado yeah I'm

pretty pleased with that I did I was reading the comment thing the people is being like I'll call it 401k for nothing 40k 401k it's wherever 40k cuz you pay 40,000. I was reading all those. Yeah on the short we put out. Yeah that sounds right. I saw somebody was like this is why it's better just buy a good 3d printer. Okay here's there's my counterpoint to the 3d printer people all right. Number one you have to buy a 3dd printer You have to get a room for it. You have to like manage it You got to make sure it's not one of those ones with like resin fumes and shit They crystallize your lungs and then the other part I swear to God half the time people print out models on a 3d printer

They just they look kind of ass like I'm not gonna lie I've seen numerous models that are just I'm like what is that? They're like I 3d printed it, and I'm not gonna lie. I've seen numerous models that are just, I'm like, what is that? They're like, oh I 3D printed it, and I'm just like, ah, I see. I don't know what the different levels of 3D printer are, but there very clearly are good ones and bad ones, because I've seen some 3D prints where I'm like, my god that's amazing, and I've seen some 3D prints where I'm like, dude you can still see the scan lines. That's kind of shit. And I get the idea of 1D 3D print but I wouldn't want to do it on a budget because that defeats the whole point. Yeah exactly. It's like once you invest all this and you're doing all this stuff you may

as well have just bought the actual models at that point. Yeah. You have to really love it because you have to buy all the 3D printing crap with it and like you said, there's also, you know, 3D printers have various chemicals involved sometimes, so. You never know, so it's especially if you're getting cheaper ones too. I'm pretty sure there's like more expensive good ones that are actually solid. Oh, there definitely are, yeah. If you're really into it, then it's like more expensive good ones that are actually solid, but they're definitely are yeah

Really into it then it's like you know you like there's people they'll print terrain and other stuff, which is cool, but Again, you have to like know what you're doing and be like committed to being like I am a 3d printer now, right? It's got to be that if that's vibe, then I'm sure there's a payoff. I know a lot of people who do 3D printing stuff, and then they'll actively learn things like sanding the plastic down, and trying to make the prints different ways to make it come out a little less

looking like it was 3D printed. Like there's definitely a talent to it, and I'm sure if you have that talent, you can make some of the lower end 3D printer printer models look better but I would wager most people jumping into the I'm gonna get a 3d printer thing are not 3d printed talented. Yeah no it's I guarantee they're just like yeah I'll just do this so then they're like oh and then it's like anything they probably get it and then after a while their 3d printer just sits around doing

nothing it's like I always say strike while the irons hot a stitch in time saves nine you know curiosity killed the cat I understand that yeah the adages right the adages uh what do you think curiosity killed the cat means? I mean I think cats are inherently curious and they just try to do shit they shouldn't and then they get killed. Right, but what does that translate? How does that translate to us?

Translating to us is kinda, it's a little weird. I guess people get get in the involved with things they shouldn't you know like maybe it's one of those things or they're like I gotta know what old Ricky's getting up to and they like follow him and he goes into like his secret laboratory and he's like making crazy potions that turn people into frogs and he's like you shouldn't have seen this and then they're like well then they turn him into a frog I guess that's kind of it's so crazy to say but I guess that's kind of the idea of what it's saying It definitely feels like hey don't be snoopy is what it's like don't snoop on people is what it's trying to say

Don't be nosy because if you think about it in general curiosity is the one defining trait of humanity. Right. I mean that's the one thing we're good at is asking questions and seeking answers. That's how we ended up exploring, that's how we ended up going to the moon, that's how we ended up doing most of the things we do is just being curious and being like what's over there? So I feel like it's less about curiosity and more like don't be a snoopy bitch, you know what I mean?

Like that's what it's saying, mind your damn business. Yeah, no I think so. It's like that, or it's also kind of people get a little too curious about stuff. Like if cats jump on the banister and start walking around like 800 feet in the air, it's like people are just like, what if I jumped out of a plane

and they start doing crazy shit like that I get kind of branch into there but it also again all those things what if I jump out of a plane people are like well you could let's figure out how you do that safely hence parachutes you know what I mean like there's a curiosity is the thing we live for yeah no I agree I'm

just I'm trying to think of other ways, but I definitely think it's more of that where they get, people get a little too curious, a little too involved. Yeah, things they, it's like you shouldn't be asking questions. Yeah. It's like, okay. Yeah, and it's like maybe they should, but this is just a bad situation. Yeah, you're right. Like, maybe I should ask questions about why you are running those illegal drugs into that Chinese restaurant maybe I should but the phrase is like no you shouldn't walk away curiosity killed the cat

capiche yeah exactly better safe than sorry right exactly exactly do anything else I got nothing I Mean I do have a fun time with Susan Cox story which shout to my mom. She's a trooper um so The other day my mom calls me and it's like hey would you go to the mall with me? I'm like why for what purpose she's like well Your dad I Why don't you go to the mall with me? I'm like, why? For what purpose? She's like, well, your dad, I got him a brand new Apple watch, except I learned that I didn't get him the one

that has cellular service, only the one that is Bluetooth. Well, your father forgot his phone at home and so he was trying to reach me, but he couldn't on his watch. So we learned that lesson and she's like I thought we bought it but I guess we didn't so we got to go to the Apple store I'm like okay so we take the thing back to the Apple store my mom's trying to get my dad a new watch right yeah and that's fine it's whatever it we went to the mall that you and I went to the crazy

mall yeah so it was great to see that the caviar stand was still open. For anyone who don't know, the Century City Mall in LA is just hilarious. It is somehow the best people watching and the most up its own butt mall that ever existed. You can go grab your Lululemons next to your Tesla store, next to your like bespoke matcha experience right next door to like the outdoor seating area but it's only for you know dogs or something like crazy stuff and so when we went there we went there very early and no one else was

there when I say no one I mean we got into the parking garage and it was empty. Just, we were clearly the first people arriving to this mall. Anyway, as we go to find a parking spot, there are parking spaces as far as the eye can see. Everywhere. Just next to the escalators going up from the parking garage,

there were so many places to choose from. and I think my mom just suffered from decision paralysis Because she could not pick She like almost stopped the car and I guess cuz no one's around us She then proceeded to look around at the parking spaces. I'm like mom just park somewhere literally anywhere She's like, okay, and she goes to turn and I'm like, oh, you can't park there. That's an electric vehicle spot She's like, oh, okay So she goes to turn and like you can't park there That's a compact vehicle spot my mom went to the two places out of the hundreds of other places

You couldn't park she went to the two places that she's absolutely couldn't park And I'm like just pick any of the other spots she's absolutely couldn't park. And I'm like, just pick any of the other spots. She's like, okay. So then she proceeds to drive all the way down the aisle and then back up. And I'm like, what are you doing? We could have parked there or there or there or there or there.

She's like, I'm just trying to find the spot for me. I'm like, oh my God, every spot is open, mom. Every spot. There is no one down here. we are going so slow that if this was a normal business hours people be honking behind us but no one else was there because the mall doesn't open till 10 and we got there 955 so no one's behind us so my mom has taken it upon herself to find the spot for her and i'm like like, what are you doing? Why are we doing this? Just park. And she's like, this one's good enough for me. And so she pulls into it.

And then she gets out, looks at it, goes, am I over the line? There was nobody else here. She's like, am I over the line? I'm like, no, you're fine. She's like, no, hold on. Gets back in the car, pulls it back out, then drives it perfectly back in so she's not touching any of the lines. And I'm like, this could only have happened today with you because any other time I would have lost my mind holding up the line, making things miserable

for other people, instead I was just like, Mom, what are you, why are we doing this? She's like, I'm just trying to get a good parking spot. I think it's cause my mom just got a new car. She's had the same car for 20 years. It finally broke down, she's got a new car. And she loves it, but it's also one of those things where I think she's in that weird,

I'm gonna try and take really good care of my new car, even though this is LA and it's gonna get damaged in some stupid way no matter what. Right. Yeah, I don't know Yeah I don't know I don't know what's going on there but it was very funny and I couldn't believe it took us that long to park. That is that actually reminded me funnily enough of a story the other day when me and Toast Roman went to the mall because I was like oh like I mentioned last week I I did my mall walking, right? I walked all the different benches.

You inspired me. Yeah. So did that again. So that was good. I got my walk again. But on the way there, we were we parked and then we just start walking. And this car is just like slowly looking for a parking space.

And then there's these people walking. And it's one of those things where they're like, oh, they're getting to their parking space. So they put on their blinker thing. So like, this is my spot. And I'm like, they could literally just go down like another 10 feet and just get a space. But they're like, I need this spot that's 10 feet closer. And I was just like, that doesn't make any sense. Like it's so dumb.

Meanwhile, this guy pulls up behind him. And so he's just like, oh, now I gotta wait for these people to back out so that this guy can pull in and then he's get the like, it becomes this whole line now. But then we hear the guy in that car go, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, and the person that was like, there must have been somebody else backing out of a parking spot and they just backed straight into the car waiting for the parking spot and I was just like because you just hear like the of the cars clashing and I was like okay number one this is the house

like this is why you just pull up and take the open spot alright but number two I was like how does this person backing up not see that there's literally just a giant SUV behind them Like did they just not look that they just go time to back up Slam like it just you would be surprised my dude the amount of time in LA where I've almost been hit by someone They've just been looking at their phone is Infuriating I've never been more upset. I was like, isn't it illegal? What are we doing? What are the police doing? Arrest these people.

Yeah, it's too many of them now. Yeah, you're right. Too many. See, that reminded me of that. So I was just like dude speaking of bad parking The amount of times I'm just I'll just take the the open spot further away especially now they're like my knees still kind of wacky, but like I'll still park like a Bit further away. So I'm like dude. I'm I'd rather have like an open space where I can get out of the car easily I'm not worried about people backing in and out. You gotta be like, Oh, like all this stuff. Like it's just, I also don't trust other people like that situation.

Yeah. That, uh, I want to say it's a big city thing, but it's universal to everywhere. There's just truly terrible people on the road who we need we need better Like bus sir we need better everything and then we need to jack up the requirements to have a license Yeah, I think the license one is probably the biggest one because well I the reason why I want to have better services is so that the people who definitely won't be able to drive anymore at least have something. That's true. Yeah, like I'm not a mean person. I want them to be able to get around and do stuff. I just don't think they should be allowed to drive and there are some people that just cannot drive at all.

It crosses the full spectrum of humanity. Yeah, there's just some people that cannot drive. Oh, yeah, no there's definitely there's More people driving than there should be because there's yes least At least like two or three terrible drivers like really terrible drivers every day. I got my dashcam now So that's nice, so now I can You know if anything crazy happens, you can just be like, oh, I got it in the old dash cam and you just download it on your phone.

So that's pretty nice for insurance purposes. That's, I mean, I was talking with my mom about insurance because I was laughing where when I moved apartments, my insurance company was like, hey, we don't do apartment insurance anymore for California because of all the wire fires and stuff. And I'm like, oh cool. Then why the hell do I need you? And they're like, well, because our great rates on our car insurance.

And I was like, okay, fine. So a month goes by, I get a new bill and the bill says, hey, we're raising your car insurance. So now I pay the exact same amount I paid when I had both car insurance and renter's insurance. And I was like, why am I paying this? And like, oh, well, you had a deal where if you had renters and car insurance, you paid less.

But since you don't have that anymore, now you pay the exact same amount you paid before, except it's just your car. I was like this is the biggest scam No, it's so all insurance shit is just this like it's terrible It's not like you need insurance, but then they don't want to cover anything Right exactly shit. You would think like oh, I got insurance. I I don't pay anything they're like well you didn't meet your deductible yet it's like why is this even a thing it's like the

stupidest shit well that's I mean they're businesses right yeah so they're clearly not looking out for you they're looking out for making money and the minute you realize that the minute you're like wait a minute this is a scam! Yeah. It's dumb. And stupid. And dumb. But,

it's like I always say, Oh no. Yeah? Rome wasn't built in a day. I don't know if that applies at all, but okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. I follow. It can't if you think about it. Okay. Yeah. It can if you think about it. Okay, yeah, it can. You know what was built in a day.

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and will always be known as Pretzel City. I don't know. That's the question. I mean, here's the thing. You could go there. That's true. I could go there. Well, it is no, but I could. Well, hold on now. Right. I will be in your neck of the woods in end of October, November. That's true. I'm just saying we can make a trip to pretzel city USA. I'm just saying we can make a trip to Pretzel City, USA. I'm pretty sure there's already been like three places we were supposed to go that we forgot about and ended up Oh no, I will, yeah, I'll forget.

But the idea is I'm thinking about it now. Yeah, and we could do it, it is possible. Yeah, it's possible, we could do all sorts of things. There's Pretzel City CrossFit, Pretzel City Area Transit, Pretzel City Barbershop, stop. The Pretzel City CrossFit, Pretzel City Area Transit, Pretzel City Barbershop, stop. The Pretzel City Pub, dude? Pretzel City Pub? Uh, currently.

Anyway, sorry, I'm just interrupting. Yeah, alright. It is 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Feels like 100. I'm feeling that. I'm not, I'm in air conditioning. It is 57% humidity, 29.87 inches of pressure, 10 miles of visibility, 522 a.m. sunrise with an 839 p.m. sunset with winds at 18 miles per

hour, 2.73 V index zero with a moon phase of a waning crescent. 10 day, 10 day, 10 day. We got a Monday 95 mostly sunny, Tuesday 83 with scattered thunderstorms, Wednesday with the 84 and thunderstorms Thursday with the 89 and scattered thunderstorms Friday 87 mostly cloudy Saturday 89 partly cloudy Sunday 87 partly cloudy and Monday 86 partly cloudy I must stress I'm expecting a lot of pretzels but I just don't see them I was expecting an entire town of pretzels I found that I don't man's jerk Shack but that's not again that's not pretzels

that's true I found mrs. Mike's potato chips but not pretzels I do see pretzels at mrs. Mike's I Mean I guess that's good What I'm seeing I don't see any of that Dude, Mrs. Mike's also is like This is like a shack

In the yard. Oh my God, dude. I've Kind of been out this way as a kid. Because if you go slightly west along the river is a place called Galena, Illinois. And for some reason my parents were like, let's go to Galena, Illinois. It's where like Ulysses Grant was born or some shit. And we went there and it was just like, it was just some old ass midwest town and I remember just being like okay that sounds right yeah so I that's all I know just a bunch of old stuff there and I was a kid being like this sucks yeah it's not it's not like a big major city so I guess I figured they would be like oh yeah no we're all about pretzels, but there isn't like a

You know a pretzel place. Yeah, there are some places that just happen to also sell pretzels. There's got to be at least one There's gotta be do they got a beef a roux man. They have a beef a roux They got beef and sausage They got okay. They got a Culver's that's solid. Yeah, but again. That's not like yeah, I'm going to the pretzel place Yeah, that's not that they okay the Applebee's has four stars. That's not there's no way. That's how you know It's a midwest dude. That's like fine dining some places. Yeah I'm gonna pretend. That's like being from Dayton, Ohio. Let me tell you There's yeah, you got you out far

enough you're gonna be like yeah this is chili's that's yeah there's gotta be one pretzel place I refuse I'm telling you there's a lot of catering places that are just people's homes yeah I see that at themark family restaurant which looks like very generic diner. The Nine East Cafe, the Grasshopper Bar and Grill. The Royal Pub and Grill, the first image is of slot machines. Yep. That checks out. Old people love gambling in random restaurants or casinos. Janie's Lounge, nope that's casino stuff again. My god. Janie's Lounge right next door to the Little Caesars. Yep.

Maria's Pizza, again there for a place that's like pretzels baby. I don't see a lot of pretzels. I see a lot of places named Pretzel City. But it's like Pretzel City Bar i don't see a lot of pretzels i see a lot of places named pretzel city but it's like pretzel city barber pretzel city arena pretzel city crossfit i will say if you google mr twister it is a pretzel the high school mascot that i get and i love that yeah but again where's the pretzel places? Where's like, old Pappy's Pretzels? I will say though, having checked out

Duck Man's Jerkshack, I'm down. Duck Man's looks awesome. Duck Man knows what's up. This is the most Midwestern shit I've ever seen. I don't know how to describe this. It is a styrofoam tray of what appears to be nacho cheese Doritos with a layer of some type of Jamaican cuisine poured on top of it.

That's the jerk. And it's like nachos, but not nachos, and that is pure Midwestern, and I love it. I would get that in a heartbeat. Well, okay, duck man's jerk shack,. Okay area. Yeah, man's jerk Shack. What would that be called? Oh Yeah, I see it. It looks like a Duck man's looks when they say it's a jerk Shack. It literally looks like a jerk Shack Oh, yes, this is siding is coming off one of the walls

this siding is coming off one of the walls. Hey, he's not lying. It appears to be directly next to some sort of like cigarette and beer mart. Yeah, that's a staple. I'm really trying to find a pretzel place. Surely the Pretzel City shop will have pretzels. Surely. It has pretzels in the logo, but there is nothing else here informationally about the

Pretzel City shop. Nothing. Does it have a website? Can I learn anything about the Pretzel City shop? No. It has a Facebook page. All right, no, I'm all right. I went to their Facebook page.

I gave in. The pretzel shitty shop has jerseys with pretzels on them, pretzel logo shirts, pretzel logo sweatshirts. It has signs with pretzels. It has a giant wooden pretzel sign. It has merch, I assume, that's related to the school. It has all this different stuff. It has shirts that say, once a pretzel, always a pretzel.

It has come in, wear awesome signs. It has more pretzels shot glasses. Pretzel all, but no actual pretzels. Where are the pretzels? This is, this is insane. They sell pretzel necklaces. Where are the pretzels? You get everything but a pretzel necklaces! Where are the pretzels? You get everything but a pretzel.

In fact, you can get Pretzel City pretzels at Pretzel City, but they're clearly just prepackaged pretzels that then have the logo of Pretzel City put on them. Yes. I see that. I would much rather, like shouldn't there be dudes making fresh, like where's Auntie Anne's? Okay, hold on, we finally, I scrolled down far enough where I finally see fresh pretzels, finally. Okay, where is it? It is the same place in Pretzel City in the shop. It is one, it's next to the door it looks

like and they have exactly one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven bags of pretzels. Maybe twelve, there's one back there. And they're not, and it's, this is a combination of pretzels, pretzel buns, pretzels that are salted and pretzels that are not. I don't think anyone's buying pretzels pretzel buns pretzels that are salted and pretzels that are not I Don't think anyone's buying pretzels and pretzel City I Don't think so is this like an Iceland Greenland thing like we're being scammed. Is it the next city over? That's the one with all the pretzels I Don't know I There is a pretzel City

festival so like pretzel fest the the that got pretzels I hope so okay this pretzel city brew fest that's not what I want pretzel city you figured there'd be pretzels ever you figured be inundated with pretzels it's like no one wants to eat pretzels in Pretzel City. Wait, okay. Pretzel Fest 2025. Let's see what this is. 404.Found! Dude, this is... I think it's... This is a scam. We're getting scammed.

Yeah, I don't even think there are pretzels in Pretzel City. I agree. If you have to go to the gift shop to get pretzels in Pretzel City, that's a problem Yeah, I I Don't know somebody somebody's stealing the pretzels somebody's making sure there's no problem. Maybe twister. Mr. Twister is preventing pretzels He's the only pretzel in town like I don't know I was just fully expecting There to be at least a few like local

Pretzel makers Like here's old Twisty, they call him. His name's actually like Tommy Twister and he's been twisting pretzels since the Civil War. So she's like. I'm starting to truly believe that there is in fact no pretzels in Pretzel City. I don't think there are. Which is insane. We just got Greenland, dude.

They Greenlanded us. They really did. That's... Why... Why is... You're not gonna find an answer to this. You're not... It's not gonna happen. There's gotta be some weird reason, right?

History with German immigrants who brought their love of pretzels with them. But they brought their love of pretzels, where's their pretzel places? Maybe they're just not advertised to tourists like us. Like you gotta know, you know? Yeah, maybe you gotta know. Maybe this is a thing where you have to really research it.

But then curiosity kills the cat. Yeah, you don't want to find out Yeah, you're like, where's the pretzels and they're like, we can't tell you where the pretzels are. Stop asking about the pretzels But it's pretzel city. I said stop asking about the pretzels And mr. Twister comes out with a baseball bat He's just like, yes too many questions You can't be allowed to leave they put you in like a maze called the the twister yeah it's

like I'm lost I don't know where I am and then they get all wrapped up like a pretzel yeah yeah they wrap you up like a pretzel they twist you is like a torture device yeah so you never you never leave. Yeah. So that's the weather. All right, let's go to sports.

Sports. Currently sports. NBA finals, game seven happening. Currently it's 25-22 Thunder at the end of the first. This could be a good game. Kevin Durant traded to the Rockets, his 20th team. Let's see, NHL, the Panthers, won again. So the Canadians, well not the actual Canadians, but Canada loses another Stanley Cup. Then NFL, we got training camp stuff that's going to be happening soon. And

then in baseball, we've got the Yankees in first, the Tigers in first, the Astros in first, the Mets and Phillies tied in first, the Cubs in first, and the Dodgers in first. And... That's sports. Okay, what's our fact of the day? Okay, what's our fact of the day? Fact of the day. Buh buh buh buh buh buh buh buh. Here we are, fact of the day.

We've got ourselves one heck of a fact. So many facts, yep. You know what, give me a pretzel fag. Fact, there are no pretzels in Pretzel City, USA. Let's see, who eats the most pretzels in the United States? That honor goes to Philadelphia. While Americans average about two pounds of pretzels annually, Philadelphia eats about 12 pounds per year? What are they doing over there? Although, maybe this is

why. Speaking of Pennsylvania, there are about 45 pretzel companies in the state, including Snyders of Hanover. That means about 80% of pretzels sold in the U.S. are made in Pennsylvania. So that's why. They're probably like, pasting them all there. I guess. Yeah, I mean, I guess if that's why they're probably like pasting them all there or is it just local? I guess yeah I mean I guess if that's the market then there's more of them available and so more people grew up on pretzels they eat more I guess it makes sense but it's just yeah I don't know is it German immigrants did it? The world can thank a frustrated teacher with leftover bread dough for the invention of the soft pretzel. In 610 CE, while baking bread, an Italian monk decided to create a treat to motivate his distracted catechism students. He rolled out ropes of dough, twisted them to resemble hands crossed on the chest in prayer, and baked them.

The monk cursed in the snacks pretiola, Latin for little reward. Parents who tasted their children's classroom treats referred to them as brachiola or little arms. From there the baked treats spread to Germany where they made them with flour, malt, salt, baker's yeast, water, and fat making them soft and chewy many of these German Germans immigrated to Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley where they became known as the Pennsylvania Dutch. Oh okay yeah! That makes perfect sense actually from it yeah okay I get it yeah look at that yeah that's pretty cool that is cool it doesn't explain Freeport, Pretzel City, but it does explain Pretzels in America. I mean, we have a lot of German people immigrated over here. I mean, I'm half German. But then, where's the Pretzels? Where are the people that are making the Pretzels?

Did only the liars come to Illinois? Is that what happened? It's possible So there's your fact all right Who has come to us with tears in their eyes Dear illustrious sirs the tears my eyes I come with you with questions first for crendor Do you still follow the advice of Bob and Brad two most physical therapy famous physical therapists on the internet second? How would you spruce up some cup ramen to make it more tasty? Uh, I do not watch Bob and Brad. I believe Bob actually had some health issues and now he's not even on the show anymore.

So, hopefully Bob is doing well, but yeah, they... It's not even Bob and Brad anymore. But I've moved on to different physical therapists on the internet. And real life physical therapy. So, that's kind of my thing there. And how is that working for you? I mean, it's helping. I'd probably be worse off without it. Uh, slowly but surely.

I mean, I just, you know, you gotta keep doing the therapy for all the stuff. Every... something else will fall apart, then you just add to your therapy arsenal. Just build it up. Pfft. Uh, I'll let you figure out how to spruce up cup ramen. Yeah, maybe instead of water, you add, uh, broth. There you go that's my tip boy instead instead of

instead of adding water to the cup of ramen you add like a like a nice broth then you got me off you gotta warm up the water you can warm up the broth yeah but just that I don't know all right I'm offering solutions you said figure it out. You said figure it out yourself I said figure it out already answered the other one all right I mean you could just add like ramen actual ramen stuff

They put like an egg in it right you like a half half of who are like your star like how's? Some garlic like some mushrooms in there. Just do the actual round. Yeah. Easy. You got it. Yeah. Yeah, you got it. Next. Uh... Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do restaurants such as a alinity and delicacy and main course of the meal was human meat like pork chop or steak but of human... what? pretty much would you eat it? wait so you just want to know if we'll eat man meat? I think so no I wouldn't I would not do that no I well all right here's the thing if you fed it to me, and I didn't know it was man meat Then and I liked it, and then you said gotcha your cannibal now. I'd probably be like damn

You got me, but it was pretty good like you know most of the time when I eat things I don't know what it is if it's grilled it tastes delicious Right, but isn't there that thing where like if you ate humans you like weird brain disease I probably go crazy yeah but you know what would notice not be fine right but I don't I wouldn't actively seek it out it's not something I want to do yeah no I would not do that either yeah not for moral reasons I just don't want to eat a person Not for moral reasons, I just don't want to eat a person. Yeah.

It's not something I'm keen on doing. So there you go. Yep. We're getting some real good questions. The real bangers, yep. There's your dear illustrious sirs. Alright, what's our big news story of the day? Big news story of the day! Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do A runaway pet zebra finally captured after a week on the lam.

I have questions but please continue. Alright. A runaway pet zebra that was on the loose for more than a week in Tennessee and became an internet sensation in the process was captured Sunday, authorities said. Ed the zebra was captured safely after being located in a pasture near a subdivision in the Christiana community in central Tennessee. The Rutherford Country Sheriff's Office confirmed. The Sheriff's Office said aviation crews captured the zebra.

Ed was airlifted and flown by the helicopter back to a waiting animal trailer, said the Sheriff's Office. Video posted by the Sheriff's Office shows Ed the zebra wrapped in a net with his head sticking out as he's carried by a helicopter to the trailer. Ed arrived on May 30th, the Sheriff's office said, and reported his owner reported him missing the next day. The Zebra was spotted and filmed running along Interstate 24, forcing deputies to shut down the roadway.

But Ed escaped into a wooded area. Hell yeah, get out there Ed! There were several sightings posted to social media and Ed was filmed trotting through a neighborhood. The zebra quickly became the subject of internet memes. One fake posting showed Ed dining at Waffle House, a southern staple. Others had him visiting other Tennessee cities or panhandling on the side of the road. The primary question here of how does somebody have a pet zebra? Exactly. And then how do you accidentally let that pet zebra go? Yeah, like how are they storing the zebra? Is he just like locked away in a thing? Is he like out

on the farm? How did they get him? Why is he there? There's too many questions. Yeah, I guess I just don't understand. If they are able to have a zebra, this is just like the monkey situation. Like, anytime someone has an animal that isn't your average animal, then you always have to wonder, all right, well, don't they recognize that they have something unique and different and they probably should have the same precautions and uniqueness like the animal? You know what I mean? Like it feels like a lot of time they're like,

yeah I got this pet leopard, yeah I gave him a place to take a dump and he kind of does whatever he wants like what what do you mean yeah it's I don't know it's just I it's too many questions but again this might be a curiosity killed the cat maybe we can't ask those questions maybe this is like the the zebra pretzeled fiasco. Yeah maybe that zebra exists to be eaten and we don't want to know that. Yeah. Those people really love zebra and they raise zebras to be eight. I don't know. Again, what is the purpose of having a zebra? I don't know. Speaking of which, I don't think I'd eat zebra either. I mean that's like asking would you eat horse. I get, but it's like a weird, it's even a weirder horse. It does feel a little more special though, you know what I mean? Yeah. It'd be like saying do you want to eat elephant? Like I'm

not sure I do, but it is kind of a special thing, like you're not gonna eat elephant all the time. Yeah, but I feel like at that point it's just, it's more curiosity killed the cat. Yeah, oh no, agreed. Yeah, I don't think you should be eating an elephant, but I'm saying that it would be a rare thing if someone was like, have an elephant steak.

I just cooked it. I'd be like, what the hell? How? Where did you get the meat from? What do you mean you have an elephant? You know, same thing with the zebra. If you were going to give me one of those, I'd be like, where the hell did you get this meat from? Like, oh, we raised it. You're allowed to have a zebra? I would have questions. There are a lot of questions here. Once again, zero

answers. Yeah, no, zero answers. That's just, it's just the way it is for most of these news stories just very sad just the same way that there's no pretzels in pretzel city yep all big cover-up yeah and that's the big news story of the day okay thanks so much for listening or watching over join this podcast Quendor hit them with the socials we've got socials we've got youtube.com slash cox and Quendor podcast all one word. You can listen to the backlog of podcasts over there. We've also got Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud all over the place.

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