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# 65 PAVE THE LANE
Ever wondered if store-brand chips can stand up to their big-brand counterparts, or how garlic and Nesquik could possibly end up in the same cooking conversation? Harry got new 3D printer adventures to share, and Paul has been soaking up some quality family moments. Plus, Harry is on a winning streak in our NASCAR pick-ems—stick around to hear all about it! Join us as we catch up after a brief hiatus and give shout-outs to our loyal fans in Atlanta and Dallas.
Forget major sporting events from 2023; we’re taking you on a nostalgic trip through some epic sports drafts, like the 2005 NFL draft with Frank Gore and the 2004 MLB draft with Dustin Pedroia. We also break down the rain-shortened Chicago Street Race in NASCAR, where Alex Bowman took an unexpected win. Our mixed feelings about road courses and the idea of city road courses might surprise you—find out what we think they could mean for the sport and for host cities.
Pet peeves—everyone's got them, but which ones are the worst? We get into some heated debates, pitting know-it-alls against people who don't use their turn signals. Then we touch on some hot sports news, like the Philadelphia 76ers signing Paul George and the New York Giants’ mishandling of Saquon Barkley. And don’t miss the lighter side: a cat named Max receiving an honorary doctorate from Vermont University. It's all here on the Trout Stream's jam-packed return episode—tune in and join the fun!
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Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of the Trout Stream. I am Harry Troutman, and with me, as always, is my co-host, I am Paul Troutman. So pick up a pole, cast a line and join us on the stream. On episode 65, we will talk about our favorite athletes to wear 65, hand out our golden trouts and eels of the week, continue our biggest pet peeve bracket and, of course, much more. Paul, welcome back to the Trout Stream, welcome to 65. Welcome back. Short little break, little hiatus, little siesta for our Latin fans. It's good to be back. It's good to be back. It is great to be back.
Speaker 1:A huge shout out to everyone who tuned into our summertime special, especially our listeners from Atlanta, georgia. Oh, the old Hotlanta, hotlanta, tune in from Hotlanta. And just the biggest city, dallas, texas. I'll be Just to name a few. Buddy, it has been quite a while. We had the summertime special. Like I said, it was fun. It was great. It was great having Ray on.
Speaker 1:But I'm ready to just get back into the swing of things. I'm ready to bring the show back. Yeah, I'm ready to lace up my boots and dive in headfirst. I don't want to talk about too much of what we did on our time off. Again, you did Chicago. Is there anything else you want to fill in Anything else? You got Quick flash in a hurry. No, I got nothing special is standing out. Enjoy my time with family. There you go, man. I got a 3D printer Proud of you. And when I say, my wife sees how happy, happy I am, but she's also loathing this 3d printer, because now I can just make my own trinkets and stuff and just have more stuff. I can just make stuff. You can make whatever you want. Now I have only made one useful thing and that is a potato chip bag clip printed three of them for all the chips we eat. By the way, we don't really eat chips, but you can use it for other things Other than that. It has been trinkets and fidgets and all that, but enough about that. Yeah, you can use that clip for tortilla chips. Ew, I'd like you to get out of my house because that is exactly what it's on it's restaurant-style tortilla chips. Yes, the cheaper the better, a Walmart brand. I told you, don't get me started.
Speaker 1:I had a barbecue recently, reagan in town. It was a birthday party. I'm like you want to barbecue chips and Reagan looked at me and goes Dad, why are you getting the Walmart ones? I said, sweetheart, because the price of these is $2.59. Don't check the price tag of that, lay's. And it was like $6 for a bag of chips.
Speaker 1:And guess what? Couldn't tell the difference when I put it in a bowl. No, although the only thing I will argue until I am blue in the face isn't the initial quality. I think the initial quality is very similar. Not unnoticeable it's when you reseal it and then a day later go back. I think big brands hold up a lot better than store brand. Brands hold up a lot better than store brand they do, because if I'm thinking Walmart brand barbecue chips, I'm cracking that steel.
Speaker 1:I actually got some sour cream and cheddar. It was held up, the ruffles, the flat barbecue, put them in a bowl and all I was like is welcome to the party. I was like an ode to the old school Harry Chips in a bowl. There is something about chips in a bowl. Mm-hmm, you somebody be like, I got one for you. Boom right here. So I feel like chips that you eat with your heart on chips, right, yeah, and I was making something the other day and I realized I never do it the same twice. So what is the first thing that I'm going to give you? An expression, I'm in and I want the first thing that comes to your mind. You ready, yep, measure with your heart.
Speaker 1:Garlic, garlic, really, yeah, wow, that was quick, it's just. It's so crazy because we have a lot of similar opinions. But you know what mine is jelly nesquik. When I'm making chocolate, okay, uh, I have not used nesquik. When I'm making chocolate milk, oh, okay, I have not used Nesquik in a very long time. I keep it in the house. When I want something a little sweet, a little chocolate, yeah, I'll make a glass of chocolate milk. When something says like two cloves of garlic, I get to pre-mince garlic in a liquid plastic container I don't know if it's teaspoon or tablespoon for a clove and I just go. I plastic container, yeah, yeah, I don't know if it's teaspoon or tablespoon for a clove and I just go hmm, I like garlic, dump the whole container in there. No, vampires are coming near my house. No, no, not at all. No, yeah, sometimes my milk comes out like perfect and other times it's very thick and it's just a melted chocolate. At that point, yeah, yeah, milkshake.
Speaker 1:With this NASCAR season, I pointed out a trend. If you listen to 63, 64, I don't know where I mentioned it. Regardless, if we don't record, I win Our NASCAR pick-ems. I won again, buddy. I think you did, sir, that you did, and that has been several in a row. Yeah, yeah, I know You're killing it Like we took the month of June off, except for our summertime special, and I killed NASCAR. You did. We will talk about NASCAR later. All that we need to know is that I beat you, michael McDowell, 34, in the White Sox car, white Sox car, currently wearing a White Sox hat. Not a fan, just a fan of a cheap hat and a good design. That's a good design it is. I do like the alternative logo 65,.
Speaker 1:One jumps right out and you don't even have to think, paul and I, there is one right tackle that jumps out. One right answer. One right answer. He likes to pave the lane, the one, the only Lane Johnson.
Speaker 1:Ladies and gentlemen, without a doubt, what else can you say? I was watching uh, you know I'm getting big into YouTube highlights. Okay, in my old age I don't want to watch TV, so I'll watch highlights. And someone created a video of, like Lane Johnson just being on an Island by himself because he can handle it. Yeah, it, I'll watch highlights. And someone created a video of Lane Johnson just being on an island by himself because he can handle it. It was Lane Johnson highlights. I'm watching Lyman highlights. That's the thing that you're in. You're in deep Harry. You're in a relationship, yes, with the Eagles. We all are. Let's be honest here we bleed green. Lane Johnson 2017 offseason.
Speaker 1:Right before the start of the greatest field of Eagle season of all time, they asked him well, you guys win the Superbowl? And he said I'd buy every Eagles fan a beer. Ladies and gentlemen, when the Eagles won the Superbowl, at the Superbowl parade, lane Johnson had a deal with Bud Light and Bud Light gave every fan one free beer. He was just at WrestleMania. He was in a luchador mask with Jason Kelsey. He was big man, very big man. Yeah, big boy. Yeah, big bear, big bear, run fast. He's also our closing segment. That, literally from before episode one that Harry had written down, is also Lane Johnson's area.
Speaker 1:Right, he's the only athlete that I know of, professional, multi-millionaire athlete, who took time away from the sport for mental health, like a serious amount of time. Yeah, even they were interviewing coaches and players and I hate me. Where's lane? How's lane doing? They're like that's for him to tell you, not us. And that's when I had a lot of respect for lane and diversity was organization, when everyone was like he's okay, but that's his story. Yeah, I was concerned because, oh crap, what's going on? You know sports, yep, a lot of bad stuff happens in sports and I was like, oh, come on, man, I hope he's okay. And then you find out he's. I need to take time off for me. You're like gosh, dang dude, bravo man, that was SB worthy in my opinion. Yeah, be a man about it. That's it. That's all I got for 65, dude, I got one, not a big household name, but another lineman.
Speaker 1:Obviously, 65 is going to be a lineman number, offensive lineman. How about Gary Zimmerman? He's a Hall of Fame offensive lineman. He was on the all-decade team for the 80s. All-decade team for the 80s, all-decade team for the 90s. But the most unique thing about him, harry, is he started his career in the USFL, the OG USFL, the OG USFL, with the likes of Douglas Flutie, reggie White. So this was back in the day, it was like minor league football and he got signed from the USFL and it was always meant to be like for the I don't want to say bums, but the guys that couldn't make it big, except for Reggie White, doug Flutie, I think, warren Moon Right, but he went to USFL and proved himself in the NFL and then two-time 80s and 90s all-decade team. That's big. That's huge. Yeah, making an all-decade team as it is, especially as a lineman, that's huge.
Speaker 1:Going in draft picks, harry, let's go newest to oldest. Nfl Carl Nassib 2016. Number 65, draft pick to the Cleveland Browns. Number 65 World draft pick To the Cleveland Browns. He Did not start Until his Senior year At Pennsylvania State University as defensive end. Even in high school he didn't start. Oh, wow, yeah. Senior year he was looking at the weak spot On the defensive line Until he became the not we weak spot and became the leader.
Speaker 1:Going back in time here a little bit, harry 2005,. San Francisco 49ers Select Frank Gore. What year, 2005. Wow, long time. Moving to the MLB Major League Baseball 2004. They bought the Red Sox like second baseman in the future. Mvp Dustin Pedroia. And, harry, I finally got one for you. Nba, we're going to go old school, 1979. Detroit Pistons select Bill Lambert. Big boy in the paint. The bad boys of Detroit that won the titles in 88, 89 or 89 and 90. Back to back years, isaiah Thomas.
Speaker 1:Before you had Hackashack, you had beat the crap out of Jordan and it was Bill Lambert. He didn't fight anybody and I loved it. Like, looking back at it, if you can't beat him and that was Bill Lambert, Lamb, beat him, as I called it Just now. I just thought about it right now. Could have been really good back in the day, so good, especially with the stash. It would have fit right in. It would have fit right in with those guys. Oh man, all he was missing was a tweed jacket. Yeah, all right. Now, harry, back to you over there to show you. That's all I got to say.
Speaker 1:Nascar has raced the 65 car 94 times. Zero wins, oh tough, yeah, it's tougher. 65 is not a pretty number on a car. I was just getting ready to say, if you're tuning in for the first time, paul and I have good-looking numbers and bad-looking numbers. Yeah, 65 on a car, not that great, not good. Nah, nah, not the best. No wins, not surprised. Yeah, it's like a spoil because it was a bad number. There's some good numbers out there that don't have wins either, but we'll get those later, much later. We.
Speaker 1:There was a lot of races while we were off. Obviously, nascar is in very much full swing, except for here in a couple of weeks with the Olympics. We get two weeks off. Yeah, we do, and then Paul and I will be casting our votes for gold medalists. Oh, I'm in. We'll have some fun with the Olympics there.
Speaker 1:We were at Chicago Street Race, where they literally race on the street, hence the name Street Race Got it. You were in Chicago, I was. You got to see a good bit of it set up. This is the second year. Second year it has rained twice. Yeah, at Chicago Street Race. Very sad Actually.
Speaker 1:I want to see a complete race. I do. I want to see all 75 laps. Now. Last year was 75 laps because it was supposed to be 100 and shortened to 75. Yeah, this year was 75 and it got shortened to 58. It got shortened by a clock. It became a times race, not even a lap race. Yeah, not even laps. It was time. Once the timer ran out, they had two laps.
Speaker 1:I'm going to be completely honest here. I was talking smack about Alex Bowman. I said I don't know if he even belongs in a Hendrix car. Yeah, Let alone the 48. And he gets the win. He got the win on a range shortened. You got to. Yeah, and if that race had five more laps he wasn't going to win. Yeah, there's no way he's winning. But the hey man that's NASCAR and he can get in with that one win. He can go off and win a championship, can go off and win a championship. He can win a championship now, which is one of the reasons why I love this sport. Yeah, I feel so bad for Tyler Reddick coming in second. He just kissed the wall and it was enough to slow him down and not be able to catch Alex Bowman at the end. Yeah, just enough. Yeah, man, I thought he had.
Speaker 1:I was really cheering for it like a photo finish, beating him banging on the road. What was so cool is that Alex had rain tires on with grooves like a normal car. Yeah, normal car grooves. Tyler had slicks and he was catching them. Track was drying out, but it was a great race.
Speaker 1:I went with Kyle Larson because he's a road course guy. It is a road course. They didn't make an oval out of the Chicago streets. No, that'd be cool though. Yeah, it was like Not at all. Yeah, I think it was a very good race. I think it was good man, because Kyle Larson at the end was a roving gangster trying to get up there, like I mean. I got this. Overall I think it was a very good race and I'm a road course skeptic and I thoroughly enjoy it.
Speaker 1:Yes, I wish there were more city road courses and not just quote unquote road courses. I think road courses are boring. Not a fan, at least for the camera view. I realized it recently. Is is a camera view. I realized it recently. It's for the camera view and because of the O, where you can see more. And you got tighter racing and NASCAR. We like tighter racing, beating and banging and sliding around to where road courses. You're sliding around because everybody's going through the S turns or whatever, and the only beating and banging again is when somebody goes in too hot into a corner and wrecks you, not competitively. The expression Robin is racing is made for NASCAR. But yeah, I hope they keep it going.
Speaker 1:There was a big concert, like I said. Unfortunately it did get rained out a bit, but there's a big concert. It's a whole thing, man. It's a whole big event and I think it's great for the city of chicago. I think it's great for the sport of nascar, I think it's great for everything. It's just weather, man, like just the weather sucks. I feel bad. Yes, that's a lot of money.
Speaker 1:The two favorites wrecked out. You got kyle larson, who just I just drove into the wall, yeah, tires. And then SVG, oh, shane Van Ginsberg, a road course guy. He's going to be a dominant dude in NASCAR. You can already tell. Oh yeah, he was winning heavily. What I loved about him, though, it was a heavily McDonald's sponsored race and he was driving the Wendy's uh, sauced up nugs car. I was like, please, for the love of God, I didn't want him to win, I don't Okay.
Speaker 1:So, real quick, pet peeve of mine is when road course guys come in and race just road courses. Really, I hate it. I understand it, don't get me wrong, I understand it. Like even RFK Roush, fenway Gizlowski they had a guy in the 60 car, tommy Hand, who won a stage. I just don't like it. I want to see these oval guys going out there and see who the best road course guy is.
Speaker 1:So I like SVG as an Xfinity full-time this year, right. So to me that's okay, and he's won three or four road courses this year, like he won Chicago Saturday Battling Kyle Larson at the end right. But SVG is in the playoffs. I think he has tied for the most wins in Xfinity this year, but he's not going to win the championship. Now, if the last race of the year was a road course, I'm giving him the trophy as long as he gets to the last race. So that's the difference is, his background is road course but now he's in Xfinity and then I think he's in a cup car next year. There's talks of cup for him next year and then guys coming in and doing two or three races that are just road courses.
Speaker 1:I don't like the Boris said or is said man. I think of him and Marcus Ambrose. Yes, those two guys, although I do, or said, but yes, those two guys, although I do have more said. But yeah, no, I was never a fan of road course guys. I like the drivers, but the concept of it is kind of whack. It was like they're out to devil without a cause. They're not going to win a championship. Yeah, they were invited there. What is their stake in the race? You know what I mean? Owners' points and just bragging rights, money. It's a good motivator, mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:So, like we said, I won several in a row, which means it is my pick. First. I'm going with the number 43 car Eric Jones. Oh, good choice. Yeah, I am getting to the bottom of the barrel. Ah, okay, you are digging deep in that barrel because, without hesitation, I already wrote my car number in on the sheet and on my piece of paper right here the number 11 FedEx car Dennis Hamlin. Yeah, you need this.
Speaker 1:Yeah, six of the top seven last year were Toyota. Danny won Toyota. Danny won. Danny won Pocono the year before, but then he got disqualified, so Chase Elliott got the win. So where are we sitting at record wise and where are we sitting at points wise? And I'll tell you why you need this. Win Wins wise. Harry is sitting at 12 wins on the season. I am sitting at 8 9 if you include the All-Star Race, but we don't. With Harry's 12 wins. He has 569 points on the season and I am sitting at a whopping 526. I am 43 points behind Harry. But before we move on, buddy, we both had a disqualification we did.
Speaker 1:At Sonoma, I picked a 12 car and that was already used. You already used 12. And then at Iowa, you picked the 22 car of Joey Logano. Oh, we picked teammates. Ew, yeah, that's amazing. And you already used Joey at Texas. And the best part is that you picked the 2 car. I picked the 22 car and the 12 car won the race. Oh, would you look at that? We picked the wrong Penske car. We picked the wrong Penske car. But that's enough about NASCAR. Let's keep it golden. Let's keep it moving right along to our golden trouts. I got a few here, along to our golden trouts. I got a few here and we mentioned it earlier. But I got to go SVG From the Chicago Street Race On the cup side, because he loves what he's doing.
Speaker 1:It was a great interview. Rubbin is racing, smashes into the wall, destroys his car Not destroys it, but broke it to where he couldn't race again Days over. In his post-race interview, after he leaves the infield care center, he is smiling. Now, the old school NASCAR guys. Like anytime, somebody rubs you and wrecks you, you're going to lose your mind more on that later. Svg was like man, it's racing. But how do you feel he's smiling? He's happy because he appreciates where he's at. And then, speaking about appreciation, I shared this with Harry on the old tic tac.
Speaker 1:There's a a twitch user, please twitch one of those streaming service sites, cod Codename Kind Penguin. So I don't know if that's Twitch, but that's his TikTok handle, kind Penguin. What he does is this is the epitome of Golden Trout. He searches for folks that have zero followers or zero people watching their stream and they'll sit in and people are just talking to themselves, whether they're bored or they're lonely or whatever it is, and he'll just message them. One guy was like hey man, today's my birthday and nobody acknowledged me. So the streamer sang happy birthday. And not a great voice, just sang happy birthday, doing their best to cheer somebody else up. Or somebody said hey, you know, missed somebody else, I'm not having a great day. My friends and coworkers make fun of me for whatever, and this random dude just cheered him up, so he donates money to them and helps build their self-esteem. So, long story short man, this kind penguin dude, kudos to you. You got a golden trout coming your way. I got one, and I don't know if it's a golden trout, but I do love the move and I love the aggressiveness of it.
Speaker 1:From our Philadelphia 76ers signing Paul George Ooh, pg, pg, eight. Obviously he can't. He can't be 13 on the Sixers. I like it. I like it a lot. I think it's going to be a great addition and I think Sixers are going to it. I like it a lot. I think it's going to be a great addition and I think Sixers are going to go pretty far this year.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you signed Kyle Lowry. Now I wish I get why he went eight because of Kobe's shallow respect. I wish he went with 31. I know, yeah, we talked about it. You and I talked about it off air there, pretty flat for white guy asked for a 13 but they drew a 31. It would have been perfect, it would have been hilarious.
Speaker 1:But then again, how often wear a? Yeah, not too often. Who else wears a? Nick Castellanos. I don't know if you saw what he did at BP two nights ago. Last night before, he's in his warm-ups where it says Castellanos eight and he took some athletic tape over his own name and put George, yeah, it's going to be a giveaway. Those jerseys are giveaway jerseys. Oh, yeah, so somebody's going to get that jersey. Well, so the first X amount of fans through the gate, or 15 and over, whatever the case is, get this baseball jersey. Yeah, they're giving them away. That's pretty rad. Someone gets that exact one. That'd be really cool. That'd be really cool.
Speaker 1:Now I hope that when the fields win the series, that PG-8 returns the favor when Cassie hits a game-winning bomb in the Game 3 of the World Series. Buddy, we are flowing, we are moving great. Are you ready? Because it is time for the biggest pet peeves bracket? Alright, bud now. We've had the polls out there for quite some time, taking a live look at them right now. And All right, bud Now. We've had the polls out there for quite some time, taking a live look at them right now. And polls are officially closed. So let's start with the biggest blowout Harry, going against the tightest matchups. Biggest blowout coming from the top right region Frank's Red Hot region. Right, we'll rename all the regions after hot sauces.
Speaker 1:You have people that pronounce the L in Salmon going up against know-it-alls or one-uppers. Very much, much, much closer than I thought it was going to be. This one is 95 to 5. Going with know-it-alls and one-uppers. Listen, I understand how annoying they are. Okay, I'm in To Linda and Morgan, who I can just see our Facebook. I'm not going to go through all our socials where the brackets are. To Linda and Morgan, thank you for understanding my pain. I cannot stand the L in Saturn. No, it's annoying, but one of us know it all. Yeah, they might be worse. I think they are. They are worse. I know a guy. He was way worse. So the next time we see know-it-alls and one-uppers hey man, because I know a guy they'll be going up against people who don't use turn signals. That's gonna be a wild one, harry, do you know? I? I know a guy. He was way worse. I was on the turnpike the other day and this woman was on the phone and just switching lanes like it was her road and we were all gracious enough to drive on it. It's gonna be tough. Not as tough as this one, harry.
Speaker 1:How about we have people who drag their feet when they walk? Curious people who cannot say please and thank you? Top left region, tabasco right, this one's hot, this one's spicy. Is it dragging feet or no manners? 87% of them. And to people with no manners? I don't know, I don't know. 87% of the people with no manners. I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Dragging your feet is one of my. Just pick them up, dude. Oh my gosh, pick them up. Oh yeah, especially out in public with people that are wearing like sandals or shoes, house shoes or slippers, like bro. I don't want to hear it Because to me, no manners is a reflection of how you were raised. Yeah, so drag, drag your feet Same way, I think, is it? Yeah, I guess no one told you pick your feet up? I don't know. Are we the weird ones who like get really, or should be that upset about it? It's just annoying, it is. Yeah, this is laziness, I think. Yeah, but no manners. Moving on Next time, we see not saying please, thank you.
Speaker 1:We go against people who are always late. No manners First, heartiness. Wow, that was going to be tight, that was going to be crazy. That is going to be a heavyweight bout. That is how about this next one, harry, from the bottom right region, the Tapatio region, we have speakerphone in public against heavy breathing, bleeding, I don't know. I don't assume that's what it sounds like. 98% of the folks went with us. Speakerphone in public. Next time we see speakerphone in public, then we go against returning carts. Which one drives you nuts more, harry, people not returning their carts or people talking on their cell phone in public Speaker on the phone doesn't bother me. Oh man. I know pet peeves are like to each their own, but it doesn't really bother me. We are going to be battling next week. I already know it Because it's entertaining to me Like I can hear your whole life right now. Yeah, pretty embarrassing, lady, put it away. Pretty real. Last matchup, bottom left, texas Heat. Pretty real. Last matchup, bottom left, texas heat.
Speaker 1:People watching videos on their phone while in public with no headphones. Heads up 101, mano y mano against being rude or not tipping servers. I used to know somebody that only tipped $2 everywhere they went, didn't matter. Oh, nice dinner one time. Nice dinner, $2. I had a nice conversation with my buddy saying no, sir, no, that's not how it's done around here out in California too. I was like no, here's the thing. Your video annoys me. Your lack of tips and being rude messes with someone's life yeah, 100%. So I really hope the non tipping moves on videos on the phone and public and no headphones is very annoying, especially because, okay, imagine sitting next to somebody. Yeah, sit between two people, harry, the guy on your left doesn't tip. The guy on your right is watching Dallas Cowboy highlights volume, full blast, no headphones. In who you punching first? Dallas Cowboy highlights Volume, full blast, no headphones in. Who are you punching first? The guy does the trick question both at the same time. Fair, yeah, 74 to 26 in favor. Being rude and not tipping servers is moving on. Oof, oof.
Speaker 1:I just feel like we might have exposed some people. I think we did. I think they unintentionally, who knows? To each their own. That's not my business, it wasn't my service. Both are pet peeves. Which one is more of a pet peeve? I don't think we exposed anybody. Oh yeah, hey, tip your waitress. I think everyone should have to work for tips at least once in their life.
Speaker 1:I had a job when I worked at Frank's Garden Nursery. We weren't allowed to take tips. Really, yeah, they got onto us because I was 17. 40-pound bags of topsoil, just load them into cars. When an old man in an old school Cadillac showed up and they ordered 40 bags of topsoil, oh, and there I am, loading 40 bags of topsoil. I was in great shape doing this, just slinging topsoil bags to the trunk of this Cadillac, and a dude tried handing me like a 20. I said no, man, I can't take tips Because like I'm out in the open. The manager standing there and the dude like slipped it in my pocket, in my shirt, and the manager went and talked to me. I was like I didn't put it there, I didn't accept it. He gave it to me. Yeah, yeah, I mean totally different. But the next time being rude or not tipping wares, we see them.
Speaker 1:This is why I want is hearing somebody else's headphones. So what would be obviously the hypothetical is would you rather be on speakerphone or hear their headphones? No, because here's the thing If I just hear the noise and I can't make out what it is, that's going to annoy me. Yeah, true, but that's it for those four matchups. Be on the lookout, probably before this episode drops. I can't even speak right now, harry, I'm so excited.
Speaker 1:Before this episode drops, the polls will be out. The updated picture of the bracket now that I learned how to truncate some words and make them smaller will be out. Polls are coming. Get those votes in and be ready for the Sweet 16. Because it's going to be sweet. I was just going to say I'm so glad we finally be ready for the Sweet 16. Because it's going to be sweet. I was just going to say I'm so glad we finally made it to the Sweet 16, because it's starting to feel like the Sweet 16. It is, and I'm pretty pumped.
Speaker 1:You know what we're not doing, harry. We're not wasting time. I love it. Like I said before, we're not going to do too many eels, because pet peeves already get your blood flowing. I gotta give one out, though. And, man, do we dump on the Cowboys? Yeah, we do, but you gotta remember there's four teams in our division. I think it's time we dump on the New York Giants. I'm in.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, how they handled the Saquon Barkley stuff. Have you been seeing that? No, I haven't. Well, you can go test free agency and then you can come back and then let us know and what your your generational talent. And then, oh my gosh, it is an embarrassment If the New York Giants don't score a touchdown this season or score four all year. It's going to be four more than I thought. Really, they are a joke of an organization and it's a shame.
Speaker 1:I love it so much. I had no idea it was that bad. I haven't watched Hard Knocks at all. Oh, I haven't either. That's just what I've seen on social media. Could you imagine? That's just what they showed. Yeah, no, once you're done, give us a call. You gotta respect them. They didn't play the franchise tag or anything like that. I get it because they already did it once. That's like his childhood team. I know Can't believe it Sticking with sports teams.
Speaker 1:I got to give my eel. This is not a golden trout, this is an eel. And this one is going out to the Pittsburgh Pirates who recently they have a new stud A's in, paul Skeens, lsu alum World Series, college World Series champion, college World Series MVP. Seven innings, no hits, one walk, one hit batter and they pulled him no hitter. Through seven innings he had six outs to go for a no hitter as a rookie and they pulled him because of analytics. He was at 99 pitches. When a guy's lights out like that, yeah, screw your analytics, dude, keep it rolling. Man can't stop, won't stop. Screw your analytics. Yeah, that's when quizify says she ain't no hollaback girl. It was in fact bananas, b-a-n-a-s. That's all I got for you. That's the only eel I got. I think we have one more we have.
Speaker 1:I hate giving it to him, but it was such an eel-like move at the Chicago race, and that is to the one and only Bubba Wallace. What an idiot. Alright, what are you doing, bud? So we were watching the race. We were texting at the end there. You turned it off after you found out the winner. And I enjoy the post race stuff. I like seeing them raise the trophy. I liked all the interviews. I really enjoy that part. I enjoy the post-race stuff. I like seeing them raise a trophy. I liked all the interviews. I really enjoy that part. So they're following Alex Bowman around and he's crying.
Speaker 1:He didn't think he'd be back in a cup car. He didn't think he'd be racing After his back injury, after his brain injury I didn't know he had a brain injury, by the way, he had a concussion. Didn't think he had a brain injury, by the way, he had a concussion. Didn't think he'd be racing. Here he is winning the street race, big move by his team Still not the biggest fan, but after and this is why I watched the post-race stuff because I didn't know this stuff yeah, it makes sense.
Speaker 1:I didn't realize how hard he was struggling and how he knew he wasn't up to par. I didn't realize how hard he was struggling and how he knew he wasn't up to par, because when a guy says, hey, we haven't been our best, and they say that out loud and honestly as honest, as he was Right About it, and not just the PR. Oh, we haven't been our best. Like you could genuinely tell he was upset. So when they're following the cameraman are following him around, he's doing his victory lap Nets are down. The driver's safety net is down. Bubba Wallace Slams him into the wall, which any other driver fine. Bubba did get a $50,000 fine, which is no joke. That cannot be paid by the team. That has to be paid by Bubba Wallace, by him. Yeah, sign here. Sign your check here, please. Yeah, alex Bowman apologized till he was red in the face. It's just one of those racing things that happened and Bubba threw a fit. And once again, bubba threw a fit. Once again, I don't. I think the fine should have been doubled.
Speaker 1:I'm tired of his temperament. I'm tired of him. Man, I really like Bubba too. I'm a Bubba fan. I have been for a very long time, but it's this stuff that's just getting old. Yeah, it's that stuff that's getting old. When he dumped Larson two years ago, he goes down the infield like shoving him, trying to. I'm just tired of the attitude. The woe is me. The woe is me. No one, no one's gonna hand you a winning NASCAR. That's it. That's enough, eels, I'm getting mad. That's enough with the eels. That's enough being mad. Why be mad when you can be glad with PWN America's favorite segment, paul's Weird News? Here is your host, paul. Hello Harry, this is Paul out here on the streets. I got some news stories for you. So why do you say bah, wah, dah, bah?
Speaker 1:Let's start in the state of Vermont, where Vermont University, prestigious Vermont University, has handed out a degree recently, a doctorate, as a matter of fact, a doctor of litter etcher yes, I just started litter L-I-T-E-R at your to Max the cat. Max Cat is an honorary doctor. He's a member of the community and he got his degree ahead of the students who graduated. The students graduated, but beforehand, right before the students did, they were like and, ladies and gentlemen, usually you have somebody like a celebrity, like the honorary master's degree, doctorate degree, lawyer how about this? The honorary Vermont State University, charleston or, I'm sorry, castleton campus, is honoring Max the Cat, but it's not because of his mousing or his napping or his protection or his cuddliness, just for his friendliness. I'm nice to people, yet I don't get an honorary doctorate, yeah, but people walk by and go. You're one cool dude, yeah, since I grew this mustache out. Wow, kat is getting an honorary doctorate degree.
Speaker 1:What is he going to do with it? Go to the alleys and be like what's up. Aristocrats Told you, I'd rather be aristocrats, but all right, wild. Speaking about wild Harryry, let's get an airplane. Let's go from vermont all the way across the oceans. Either way you go, we gotta go across an ocean. Let's go a long way to china. Oh, h2o? No, they didn't.
Speaker 1:Is the title of this one. It's not what I would have called it, but okay, a Chinese park, one of its most famous waterfalls, china being China enhancing it. A quote, small enhancement to the country's tallest waterfall A thousand foot high, cascade waterfall. This thing is huge, very tall. How tall is Niagara Falls? I was there and I don't remember. Yeah, I don't know. I don't even know if it's a thousand feet. A thousand feet seems really high to me. It does. But how tall is the Burj Khalifa? A hundred and twenty-something stories, and a story is 10 feet. I'm always assuming a story is 10 feet. So that's Buddy. How do we know so much sports and yet we don't know how tall the Burj Khalifa is? Is it 120? I don't even know if I'm saying it right. You are, it's the Wiz Khalifa. That's what I'm trying not to say. But Yuntine Waterfall is a thousand foot high, prestigious waterfall. This is almost like Vermont University of Doctorate in Literature Literature.
Speaker 1:But hikers get to the top. Oh wow, we made it all the way up here just to realize that China has a water pipe and it's a fake waterfall. They're pumping in water at one of the most notorious waterfalls in the world Unnatural water. Why China? Why it's hailed by China as the tallest continuous waterfall. It's actually fed with a pipe built into the rock face as the source. So they have a somehow. They tried hiding it. Somebody's at the top. Hikers like up there going bb, we're hiking up this mountain. They get there like what the hell, bobby, it's just a pot. And that's when they were like ball with a ball diggy diggy. What is going up with this thing? And that's when they were like ball with a ball diggy diggy. What is going up with this thing? But now Harriet's got another airplane, your bag's packed. Still, let's go.
Speaker 1:You've been to Indonesia. No, actually, okay, where's Indonesia at? On your countries to visit about 140 countries in the world. Where would you put Indonesia? There's 40 countries. I just about 140 countries in the world. Where would you put Indonesia? There's 40 countries that I just I don't belong in. Okay, you're right, that's for sure. I'm going to be honest. That makes sense. There's about Middle East is pretty much out for me. I don't belong there, okay, yeah, yeah. There's some African countries. I don't belong in, gotcha, for my own safety. North Korea obviously I don't belong there, oh, yeah, yeah, some South American countries yeah, whoa, this is tough. Indonesia, I don't know. It's higher than I'm Now that I'm talking. It's actually a little higher than I realize. You know what? I think I have Indonesia in the middle Because it's a large country, a lot of ocean, beachfront area Always in the middle, yeah, second, third, right, second third, if I got to break it every now. And then, third, how about this?
Speaker 1:Let me give you a little backstory. There's a mom missing Her 45-year-old husband. Farida Can't find her. He looks left, he looks right. Hot route Red 7. Still not over. There Calls an audible Nope, not behind the dresser, not in the closet. He's going to miss him.
Speaker 1:For two days he found all her belongings in the house Obviously, huge suspicion right. And then they saw a very large python with an even larger belly. And there she was. I'm not pausing for effect. I'm pausing for I'm trying to laugh and not laugh at the same time. So in Indonesia, she became the fifth person since 2017 to be eaten whole by a python. She went missing on a Thursday and by Friday night she was found. It wasn't really two full days, but two days right All Thursday, most of Friday, in the belly of the beast, there's got to be a big snake. Indonesia, they've had five people eaten by snakes since 2017, so that's almost one a year. Five people seven years. It's a little under that, but still nope.
Speaker 1:Do they not like pass out brochures? You would think so, especially like locals shouldn't know procedures. Hey, if a snake invites you in the back of a cab, hey, let's just share a cab. Don't do it like everywhere you go like you're gonna have things. Like you come on down to louisiana and gator down the street is gonna tell you hey, man, you see a gator run and not me, I'm talking about alligator. Or he's gonna tell you where to shoot it. In pennsylvania they say billions of money. Hey, now watch out for them. Amish kids down the street. They're a little weird. Everybody has a local thing they warn you about.
Speaker 1:Right, you smell cucumbers out in the woods. Run, it's a copperhead or moccasin or something, I don't know Smell cucumbers and it's a bad snake. That's all I know. Doesn't matter. Yeah, who cares? Doesn't matter. What do you think a huge python smells like in the middle of the woods? Why not carry something? A screwdriver, Like just a screwdriver even. Yeah, I'm not saying you have to carry a three-foot machete. No, that'd be cool though It'd be dope. I understand it's not that practical, but carry something. Yeah, because you're not going to not fight back. Maybe a little Hiyuken uppercut Send you to the moon, alice. A little Honeymoons reference there for you, young whippersnappers.
Speaker 1:My backup plan in life Yep, I don't know if we talked about it on the show. In the Everglades, pythons are going crazy and you can get paid by the state to hunt pythons. Yeah, it's 18 to 20 bucks an hour. I think we did talk about it, but I don't care. Like we'll talk about it again because it's my legit backup plan.
Speaker 1:What do you think Indonesians are going to pay? Nothing, and that's why they eat people. Ah, true, they get big there. They don't have conservatories, we do, yeah, so you get paid hourly. So even if you don't find something, you still make money. But then if it's four foot it's 50 bucks. Four foot and under is 50 bucks I'm in Personally and then it's $25 every foot over. Now here's the scary thing about pythons. Obviously they ate a woman. They get pretty big. Yeah, they can get pretty big. I've seen the movie Anaconda. So you get a couple of 10-footers a night 10-footer. You know what I'm going to be using that money for is new underwear.
Speaker 1:You don't like snakes? No, snakes don't bother me. Teeth bother me. I'm not scared of snakes. There's a mutual respect.
Speaker 1:Okay, I started grasping the field recently A bunch of field mice. Where you see field mice, you know what's next. And as I was emptying out a little push mower, from the edge right underneath the tree, I hear free mulching around the tree. I was like, oh, that's weird, there's a little stick sticking out of there. Why is that stick looking at me? All right, so I went the long way. It was a little real skinny. I go the long way. I was a little real skinny, I go along. I was like, how long is that little skinny snake? Is he really long and skinny? That's weird. And there's another head that pops up. There's multiple. There was a.
Speaker 1:It was a den, oh no, of rat snakes. Oh, that's tough Cause you, you want to pop them. You know what I mean? A little, you want to pop them. You know what I mean. No, you want to keep them. You're eating the rats, oh no. Oh yeah, I thought you meant bring them home and keep them as a pet. No, no, keep them. Oh, buddy Snakes, don't scare me. I'm not going to ask them to live with me. No, I'm not inviting you anywhere. I know it was a mutual thing.
Speaker 1:So I, just in case, I saw Mama and I realized y'all gotta eat, y'all gotta eat man. So go ahead and eat that field mouse. Don't you touch the turtle. I saw you can eat the field mice. Now, if he gets big enough to eat me, shotgun blast in the face. Fair, that's very fair. Yeah, 100%. Yeah, water snakes don't care, they all need to die. Oh yeah, boom, dynamite. But like a little gardener snake, a little rat snake, a little brown snake, nah, black snake, it ain't bothering me, I get it, but still not a fan. If I see a big snake, I'm like boom, I got one for ya. Click, click, boom. Somebody's gotta feel this. I don't know, if they get too close I'll hit them with a fist of rage. I see how that feels, but that's it for me.
Speaker 1:Out here on the streets, back to you with Studio T Buddy, we got right back into the swinging things. It's time to pack up. We did we're swinging for that fence Going and going. Phillies are hot. We have the All-Star break coming up. Looking forward to it. A lot of Phillies, very exciting. It's in Texas. I'm not the biggest fan of that, but they got that new, shiny new stadium. It is a nice stadium too.
Speaker 1:Alec Boehm is in the home run derby. Very excited for that. Alec Boehm, I'm in. Are we going to record again before the All-Star game? I think it's on Tuesday, so we probably will not. No, we record on Thursdays. Yeah, I'm excited, I'm probably going to watch it. Yeah, I'm definitely going to watch it.
Speaker 1:It's the All-Star game. Definitely going to watch the Home Run Dairy. Yeah, the Home Run Dairy should be what? Like Sunday, it's Monday, it's always Monday. I don't know why Sunday is nothing. Is that the All-Star game or the Celebrity All-Star game? Oh, it might be some other stuff on Sunday or Monday, but I always remember listeners who are listening can correct me. Monday is the Home Run Derby, tuesday is the All-Star game, wednesday is the day off for everybody and I'm pretty sure don't quote me this is the only.
Speaker 1:There's 365, 366 days of the year and there is one day in the American calendar where there is not a sporting event, professional sporting event, scheduled, and that is the day after the MLB All-Star game. Really, think about it no football season, no basketball, no hockey, wow. Also, I'm pretty sure that was a Jeopardy question one time, like maybe Final Jeopardy, and I knew the answer like immediately Because I think about it Okay, they're off at the All-Star game. At the All-Star game, there's no football, hockey or basketball Boom Sold.
Speaker 1:So those of you that go to a bar trivia, you are welcome, harry, and I get 20% of your cut If you get a t-shirt. We want 20%. We will each take a sleeve Because I'm sitting here in a tank top. I love backing up. It's just, it's not that we're done, it's just whatever. Yeah, I love it. It's like a Louisiana goodbye. All right then. It's a. I love it. It's like a Louisiana goodbye, all right then.
Speaker 1:So wait a minute, is the all-star game when it's in Philly? Is that the 250th anniversary of America 2026 all-star game will be in the greatest city in the country the 250th anniversary of the birth of the greatest country, absolutely 30 years. Since the last time it was there. I have been looking at Facebook marketplace, obviously, and I every time I see something from an all-star game the all-star game I just want to buy it. I I'm so mad that my bag got molded. What bag was it? The bag? It was a 1996, an all-star game bag Liberty Bell and gold. It was a white bag. The end pockets were red. Little gym bag. It was like plastic-y. We got them all. We went to a game that season, all of us, and it was like the free giveaway. Oh, and so we each had like our own gym bag and like they survived for so long. I think I took mine to basic training. I could be mistaken. I can't wait.
Speaker 1:Other big news coming out buddy, pennsylvania is finally getting a new license plate. It is a nice cream color. Pennsylvania let freedom ring will be in red. Pennsylvania top let freedom ring down bottom, and then the numbers and letters will be deep blue. Huge fan love it.
Speaker 1:I don't know how I'm gonna feel about it. Here's the thing when we went from like the fade, blue and yellow, right, because that's the same colors. Yeah, when we went from the fade to the solid lines, I hated it. I still hate it to this day. Okay, yes, stupidest license plate in the entire country, possibly the world, possibly. I hate Pennsylvania license plates. So anything that's not those I instantly love. And then you throw the Liberty Bell on it. So those guys over in Pittsburgh guess what? It's not a bridge, nah, not a bridge. Nah, it's not a bridge. It's the Liberty Bell, which lives, breathes in Philadelphia, because the country was founded in Philadelphia and they rang that bell to celebrate the freedom of July 2nd and Simmons.
Speaker 1:So here's my thing, here's my dilemma. There's a lot, a lot of cream, white, off-white license plates in the country. From a distance you can't tell what it is till you get close to this day, harry, I see that yellow, white and blue license plate. I get excited. I'm turning to the Leonardo DiCaprio meme from his Hollywood movie whatever, where you're just sitting there. I know that one, I know that. I know that Every time I'm driving like Pennsylvania, yeah, no matter what it is. I never thought about that.
Speaker 1:So that's my thing. Yeah, that's how I look at it. Yeah, but is it the most aesthetically pleasing? No, no one looks good. No one looks good. I like it. It's not the greatest, but to me it's better than what it is. Yeah, it is a step in the right direction. Ooh, I like that, Buddy.
Speaker 1:This has been fun. I'm so glad and so happy to be back, buddy. This has been fun. This has been exciting. It feels so good to be back and I can't wait for more episodes. I'm really excited. I'm glad we're back. It's been too long. It has.
Speaker 1:The month is great and then, once we're like back in the zone, it's just that month was not that fun. No, obviously, family time and all that it was fun and I'm not trying to just oh, yeah, the family time was the fun part, but being away from the show and stuff like that, I'm not only god knows why we feel that way. It's like a lot of pressure just came off after this episode. I'm not going to lie to you. Yeah, it did. I'm not saying it was doubt, but it was like what are we doing? Are we sure we're doing it right? Right, because when you get to the end, you get back in the swing of things. We refer to Lane Johnson coming back after his mental health hiatus and he comes back and he's in full form, not giving up a sack for three years, maybe bryce harper coming off of ucl surgery, pretty much. You look at the mirror, harry, and I look at each other and you just want to raise your hands and be like I am the bull.
Speaker 1:God, for those who don't know, the 65 best-selling album of all time is devil without a cause. Kid rock love that album. I do love that album. Man, I know we're packing this up. I know we're. You're trying to close it out that album. I got that in high school, so nine. It came out 98. I think. I bought it in 99. Uh, I was freshman in high school and you and I would listen to that together, whether in our room that we shared or on our headphones on the anti-skip disc man, which we'll talk more about that in a later episode. Devil Without a Cause great album, great album. Listen before we sign off, there's one thing I got to mention A day one fan Judy, we have given the earl to cancer. We'll miss you. Yeah, thanks, thanks for listening. Don't get your lines tangled and if you need help, reach out. Guarantee someone will listen. Go Phil's. Go Phil's thanks for listening to Trot Shame, this has been a Hook Brothers production.
